Cybercrime Rings with Kuwait Roots Disrupted

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014 RAMADAN 4, 1435 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Iraq parliament Europe rights Sharapova, session ends court upholds Nadal Emsak: 03:07 in chaos as French knocked out Fajer: 03:17 Dohr: 11:52 turmoil deepens burqa ban of Wimbledon Asr: 15:26 Maghreb: 18:52 7 10 20 Eshaa: 20:23 Cybercrime rings with Max 48º Min 30º Kuwait roots disrupted High Tide 03:53 & 14:08 Low Tide Microsoft moves to fight malware • Millions of PCs infected 08:50 & 21:23 40 PAGES NO: 16214 150 FILS BOSTON: Microsoft Corp launched what it hopes will be many machines were infected, but noted that the num- Boscovich said about 94 percent of all machines infected Ramadan Kareem the most successful private effort to date to crack down ber could be very large because Microsoft’s anti-virus with the two viruses communicate with hackers through on cybercrime by moving to disrupt communications software alone has detected some 7.4 million infections Vitalwerks servers. Criminals use Vitalwerks as an inter- channels between hackers and infected PCs. The opera- over the past year and is installed on less than 30 per- mediary to make it more difficult for law enforcement to tion, which began on Monday under an order issued by cent of the world’s PCs. The malware has slick dash- track them down, he said. The court ordered the reg- Prayer and a federal court in Nevada, targeted traffic involving mali- boards with point-and-click menus to execute functions istries that direct Internet communications to send sus- cious software known as Bladabindi and Jenxcus, which such as viewing a computer screen in real time, record- pected malicious traffic to Microsoft servers in Microsoft said work in similar ways and were written and ing keystrokes, stealing passwords and listening to con- Redmond, Washington, instead of letting it go on to Ramadan distributed by developers in Kuwait and Algeria. versations, according to documents filed in US District Vitalwerks. Vitalwerks spokeswoman Natalie Goguen It is the first high-profile case involving malware writ- Court in Nevada on June 19 and unsealed Monday. said she had no immediate comment. ten by developers outside of Eastern Europe, according The malicious software was purchased by at least 500 In the operation that began on Monday, Boscovich By Teresa Lesher to Richard Domingues Boscovich, assistant general customers, who are identified in the court documents as said, Microsoft will filter out communications from PCs counsel of Microsoft’s cybercrime-fighting Digital Crimes John Does 1 to 500. Boscovich said the developers bla- infected with another 194 types of malware that are also nother Ramadan has arrived and more than a Unit. “We never seen malware coded outside Eastern tantly marketed their malware over social media, includ- being filtered through Vitalwerks. Microsoft has not billion Muslims around the world abstain Europe that is as big as this. This really demonstrates the ing videos on Google Inc’s YouTube and a Facebook accused Vitalwerks of involvement in any cybercrime, Afrom food and drink from dawn until dusk for globalization of cybercrime,” said Boscovich, whose team page. They posted instructional videos with techniques though it alleges that the company failed to take proper an entire month. While this is one of the main deeds at Microsoft has disrupted nine other cybercrime opera- for infecting PCs, he said. steps to prevent its system from being used for such that characterize Islam, there is one that is superior tions over the past five years, all of which it believes orig- The court order allowed Microsoft to disrupt commu- activities. “We just want them to clean up their act, to be to the month-long fast: it is the habitual daily inated in Eastern Europe. nications between infected machines and a Reno, more proactive in monitoring their service,” Boscovich prayer. The daily prayer is the most significant act of He said it would take several days to determine how Nevada, firm known as Vitalwerks Internet Solutions. said in an interview. — Reuters a believer since, according to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), it is the deed most loved by God and “Between man and non-belief is the abandonment of prayer.” Prayer is an exercise that increases one’s Assembly passes budgets of govt depts self-discipline and strengthens one’s faith by training him to look beyond the illusive qualities of life on earth. Barrak won’t answer prosecutor’s questions There is a specific sequence and method for the By B Izzak ritual prayer in Islam, which is preceded with ablutions. Just as one would groom himself before KUWAIT: The National Assembly yesterday passed the meeting an important friend, ablutions prepare the 2014/2015 budgets for 13 government departments, Muslim physically and mentally for his encounter authorities and establishments including those of with God. Every prayer starts with the first chapter Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA), Central Bank of from the Holy Quran, which constitutes what could Kuwait and Kuwait Petroleum Corp (KPC). But before be called “the Lord’s Prayer” in Islam. passing the budgets, a large number of MPs strongly Bowing and prostration are also essential parts of criticized the lack of a government development plan to the ritual prayer, and these postures are reserved for go along with approving budgets. MPs also criticized no other being but God as a tribute to His suprema- the failure of most government departments and cy, power and majesty. After invoking blessings on authorities to implement the budget plans fully. God’s righteous servants, especially Muhammad MPs also raised the issue of several departments in (PBUH) and Abraham (PBUH), the prayer ends with a general and Kuwait Municipality in particular for losing greeting of peace. Habitual daily prayers nourish key court cases that cost those departments tens of mil- the soul, strengthen the will and revitalize the spirit. lions of dinars as a result of a lack of legal representa- They are the mainstay of the Muslim’s faith. tion. MP Jamal Al-Omar said Kuwait Municipality has In addition to the ritual prayer, the Muslims lost cases worth more than KD 14 million because the engage often in remembrance of God and supplica- legal department failed to defend the municipality. tion, which differs from ritual prayer in that it can be Minister of Communications and Municipality Essa offered at any time and in any form. It is a sponta- Al-Kandari told the Assembly he has asked a legal team neous prayer from the heart of a believer at any from the legal and fatwa department to investigate why moment during his life - in times of need, in the municipality lost those cases, adding that he has moments of joy, during reflection or strenuous instructed the municipality staff to assist them. effort. It is informal communication with God, a Head of the Budgets Committee MP Adnan “spiritual snack” between the ritual prayers. Abdulsamad said that it has become like a general In addition to the five daily prayers, there are trend that government departments lose court cases optional congregational prayers at night, which are that require them to pay huge compensations. He said that a local private company has filed a lawsuit against called Taraweeh prayers during Ramadan. The the customs department demanding a compensation Muslim increases the number of daily ritual prayers KUWAIT: Health Minister Ali Al-Obaidi (center) and Information Minister Sheikh Salman Al-Sabah (right) between KD 800 million and KD 1 billion. and supplications during this time. Qiyamul-layl is attend a session at the National Assembly yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat Continued on Page 13 prayer that is performed particularly during the last one-third of the night. These night prayers become especially important during the last ten nights of the month as Muslims anticipate Lailat-ul-Qadr, or the “Night of Destiny.” It is said to be worth a thousand Erdogan launches months in merit (Quran 97:1-5). It is on the Night of Destiny that the Quran was bid for presidency first revealed. No one knows exactly which night it falls on so prayers are conducted late into the night ANKARA: Turkish Prime Minister Recep for all of the last then days. Attendance at designat- Tayyip Erdogan declared yesterday his ed neighborhood mosques is high, and attendance candidacy for the August presidential at the Grand Mosque in Kuwait City reaches about election which is expected to make 30,000 during these days. him Turkey’s longest-serving and most God instructs us in the Quran to “establish prayer dominant leader since Ataturk. for My remembrance” (20:14). Just as there is a “min- Erdogan - tipped to win the poll imum daily allowance” of calories, vitamins and min- despite a turbulent year that saw erals for a healthy body, the five prayers can be con- unprecedented protests against his sidered the minimum daily allowance of communi- rule - vowed the election would mark a turning point for a “new Turkey”. The cation with God for a healthy spirit. election will be the first time Turks will Courtesy of the TIES Center, the social and educa- directly choose a president, and tional hub for English Speaking Muslims in Kuwait. Erdogan indicated he intended to be For more information, please call 25231015/6 or e- much more than a ceremonial head of mail [email protected] or visit www.tiescenter.net. state. But the secular opposition - which strongly opposes his Justice and ANKARA: Turkish Prime Minister Development Party (AKP)’s Islamic-tint- Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as Saudi king ed rule - denounced Erdogan as a vio- he addresses members of AKP yes- lator of the rule of law who had no terday. — AFP (See Page 10) right to be president. But launching his the founder of the modern Turkish names new campaign in Ankara in a speech to republic, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. 4,000 cheering party members laced However his move to switch from the with Islamic references, Erdogan said, premier’s office to the Cankaya presi- intel chief “The owner of this victory is only Allah. dential palace in Ankara comes at the We are bracing for a blessed journey to most turbulent moment in his decade- RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah has tapped the for- serve the people.” Erdogan’s wife Emine long domination of Turkey. The govern- mer deputy defense minister to lead the kingdom’s intel- could be seen wiping tears from her ment was shaken by mass protests in ligence services and revitalized the political career of a eyes while his boisterous supporters 2013, a torrent of corruption allega- former spy chief and longtime ambassador to the United chanted “Turkey is proud of you!” tions, a damaging feud with former States by naming him to a new senior advisory post. The If he wins, Erdogan, 60, would serve allies, and most recently its clumsy moves come as the world’s largest oil exporter watches as president until 2019, with the possi- response to the Soma mine disaster SAO PAULO: Argentina’s forward and captain Lionel Messi (left) and Argentina’s the rapid military gains made by Al-Qaeda-inspired mili- bility of a second mandate, making him that killed 301 people. midfielder Angel Di Maria celebrate after Di Maria scored during a Round of 16 tants in neighboring Iraq with growing concern. Turkey’s longest serving leader since Continued on Page 13 football match between Argentina and Switzerland at Corinthians Arena during Continued on Page 13 the 2014 FIFA World Cup yesterday. -— AFP (See Page 20) WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014 LOCAL

Food of Ramadan

Quaker Oats Harees Ingredients • 1 cup of Quaker Oats • 5 cups of water • 1 medium onion • 1/2 cup of fresh celery (roughly chopped) • 1 medium carrot (roughly chopped) • 2 bay leaves • 2 cardamom pods • 2 whole cloves • 2 tsps. of salt • 1 tsp. of black pepper • 1 whole chicken • 1/2 cup of Egyptian rice • Ghee (to ﬁnish)

Preparation • Put the water in a large bowl on a medium heat, add the onion, celery, carrot, bay leaves, carda mom and cloves, and season the mixture with salt and pepper, then stir until it begins to boil. • Cut the chicken in quarters, rinse, and add to the mixture, stirring until it boils. • Reduce the heat, stirring the chicken for around 45 minutes, or until completely cooked. • Remove the chicken from the stock, and leave it to completely cool down, then skin it and remove the bones, before shredding it into small pieces. KUWAIT: The Kuwait • Strain the stock, and allow the liquid to be brought back to the boil, add the rice Banks Club organized its and leave to boil once again. annual ‘Qraish’ party at • Reduce the heat and ﬁnally remove the rice from the heat when it is almost cooked, the Burj Al-Hamam then add the oats and the pieces of chicken, return the mixture to the heat for a further restaurant. 15 minutes or until all of the contents is completely cooked. • Blend the mixture using a masher or blender until a very smooth soup-like consis- tency is achieved. • Raise the temperature then pour into bowls and serve hot (adding ghee according to taste). WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014 LOCAL

KUWAIT: The Islamic Care Society launched the second phase of its philanthropic campaign in Yemen, which includes providing food aid to 2,000 people in Yemen. The ‘Empowerment Initiative’ lasts until the end of the holy month, covering areas in the Amran and Sana’a gover- norates. The initiative is part of the ‘Basket of Hope’ annual campaign which helped finance charitable and developmental projects in Yemen for the past five years. Ramadan lifts morale of professionals

DUBAI: The Bayt.com ‘Ramadan in the hours throughout the Holy Month would 81.1% of poll respondents could be people that their consumption of goods and servicing that more working hours in Ramadan MENA Workplace’ poll, recently conducted have a positive impact on their performance. staying up late. As a way to increase motiva- es increases during Ramadan - to a large would have a positive impact on their per- by Bayt.com, the region’s number one job The sentiment is mirrored when it comes to tion, 90% believe that special bonuses extent, for 50.3%. It is considered to be formance. The trick to staying productive site, shows that more than 80% of the work- company performance as well, with 42.1% offered to employees in Ramadan will be more difficult to find a job during though is simple, and at Bayt.com, we ing population in the Middle East and North agreeing that more working hours will have greatly motivating. Ramadan is seen as a Ramadan, with 44.6% stating that it is hard- advise that professionals take the time to Africa (MENA) believe that Ramadan is a a positive impact on their company’s per- time when there is a noticeable increase in er to do so than at any other time of the set goals, in order to achieve their true month that lifts morale at work. 44.5% say formance either, although 41.3% “strongly the number of charitable activities, with year. 31.9%, however, believe that it is easi- Ramadan potential. Ultimately, the aim of that employer efficiency is not affected, and agree” that more working hours would have 87.8% stating that their company is more er. Ramadan is giving and sharing, and that’s 55% claim that important decisions and vital a positive impact. charitable during the Holy Month. It is also “Ramadan is a month of beauty, mercy, what should reflect in the workplace. “ meetings are not postponed till the Holy Business is slower in Ramadan, according seen as a time of increased socialisation and blessings, revolving around doing Data for the Bayt.com ‘Ramadan in the Month is over. Nine out of 10 professionals to 74.7% of respondents - 46.4% of which between colleagues, according to 84.7%, good deeds and practicing self-restraint,” MENA workplace’ poll was collected online (86.9%) say that the companies they work in strongly believe so. This could be attributed although more than half (55.4%) of respon- said SuhailMasri, VP of Sales, Bayt.com. “It’s from20 May to 24 June 2014, with 7,394 have different official working hours during to the fact that 69% of professionals claim dents claim that employees tend to become also a challenging month, especially for BNP capital ratio slips to 10% ‘borderline’re- Ramadan when compared to the rest of the that colleagues tend to take their holidays short-tempered during Ramadan. However, professionals balancing the pressing spondents from UAE, KSA, Kuwait, Qatar, year. In terms of impact on performance, during the Holy Month. Another possible 25.2% of respondents strongly disagree. demands of work and the extra demands of Oman, Bahrain, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, 58% of professionals say that more working reason for lower productivity according to Eight out of 10 (81.9%) respondents say Ramadan; with 43.1% of professionals say- Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia. WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014 LOCAL

In my view Ramadan TV series kuwait digest Backbone of The problem the future from within By Abdullatif Al-Duaij ISIL he General Director of the Public Authority for terrorism People with Special Needs announced recently What is this Tthat 10,000 files out of 40,000 there belong to By Labeed Abdal lame endless people with fake disabilities. This is the number of cases discovered so far, including some people - and I show? do not know why not all of them - who were referred to the proper authorities to be held accountable. The director also indicated that there are at least 5,000 files of people suspected to be faking disability as [email protected] well. This means that around 40 percent of people with special needs are liars or thieves of state funds. he youth development department at the But they are not generally considered that, unfor- Ministry of Youth Affairs reiterated the ministry’s tunately. In other Kuwaitis’ eyes, they are Kuwaiti citi- Tcommitment to improve skills and capabilities of zens with limited income, who the state must care for, young men and women through training programs. and perhaps help by taking back the benefits they This is considered an important effort at a time in took illegally on a gradual basis. Despite that, people which the Arab world faces great challenges which claim that corruption and thefts in Kuwait are com- require giving attention to young people as the true mitted by a sheikh and a merchant, and if these are national wealth and best investment for the future. eliminated, everything will be OK. The Ministry of Youth Affairs deserves credit for put- Al-Anbaa There are thousands of Kuwaiti citizens who ting together training programs, out of the belief that embezzled the allowance the government pays to young people, including Kuwaiti and non-Kuwaitis, are the backbone of the near future. Meanwhile, the ministry’s recent step to honor participants in the ‘Entrepreneur 2’ program was also a There are thousands of kuwait digest significant step, especially that the ceremony was held Kuwaiti citizens who Try to avoid overeating embezzled the allowance The ministry’s recent the government pays to step to honor participants By Dr Shamlan Y Al-Essa he speech of His Highness the Amir Wednesday evening was warns against children eating sweets, to a point that British legisla- disabled citizens or in the ‘Entrepreneur 2’ comprehensive and clear in addressing arguments, diwaniya tors thought about a law to hike taxes on sodas and other drinks attempted to do so. Ttalks and gatherings that demanded an end to talks, accusa- that are full of sugars. program was also a tions and rumors in the country. He warned that all what is being Each can of such drinks contains 10 spoons of sugar, and it said lately about the issue that has been referred to the prosecution, seems that citizens and expats have become blind and lost their significant step. in addition to the continued flow of rumors and crises, cannot be ability to think right during the holy month, during which one disabled citizens or attempted to do so. But in addi- something spontaneous, or in the spur of the moment; rather it is should reduce the amount of eating and drinking. But they increase tion to that, there are Kuwaitis who embezzled social part of well-studied plan to bring down the state. the burden on their stomachs by overeating and ingesting sweets, I liked the Amir’s affirmation on the unchangeable, most impor- while official statistics show that Kuwait is among the topmost in security or illegally obtained loans or other govern- at the National Library, the oldest library in Kuwait tant of which is not to encroach on the judiciary, and confirming the obesity around the world along with diabetes. So fear Allah during ment services. They break the law recklessly, or rather which opened in the 1940s as a boys’ school. Honoring fight against corruption and corruptors, and holding everyone your fast, and do not overeat during this holy month, and do not without fear of punishment, because they are the young people of today in the same place where responsible for these difficult and dangerous times. He asked citi- violate the true meaning of this month’s principles. Kuwaitis who can do what the sheikh or merchant their grandfathers studied bears a very symbolic zens to go to the prosecution and concerned authorities with any We congratulate the new MPs who won the by-elections: cannot do. Despite that, there are many people who meaning. evidence they have about theft of public funds or violation of the Ahmad Al-Qudaibi, Abdullah Maayouf, Mohammad Al-Rashidi, criticize my repetition of this fact, and continue to HH the Amir’s vision to transform Kuwait into a law, and here the responsibility became the citizens’ first and the Ahmad Lari and Fares Al-Otaibi, and we wish them success in their insist that Kuwait’s problem is limited to those two financial hub includes establishing a fund to support government’s second. HH the Amir’s appeal is for them expressing new tough mission. All what we hope from the new MPs is to con- types. small projects and young people’s initiatives. This par- their opinion through legal channels, instead of destroying the centrate on issues that are in the interest of the county away from Our main predicament is that people are corrupt ticular issue needs to be given utmost attention, in norms by casting doubts on everything existing in our country. the popular issues and thinking of self, tribal, sectarian or family and encourage others to commit thefts. There are order to help young people give back to their nation We congratulate citizens, expats and all Arab and Muslim nations interests. politicians who try to run away from this fact by pre- and stay away from extremism. on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan, and all what we Our country is lagging behind GCC countries in all fields, so it is tending that the problem originates from above, and There are many gifted young men and women who hope for is that everyone complies with their religion’s teachings by the responsibility of the National Assembly to take a reformist policy therefore political reform is enough to fix the situa- need support from the public and private sectors. The not overspending and squandering money on stocking food. that rescues the country from widespread corruption, squandering tion. But this is a big lie, because our problem as seeds of their efforts must be put in the right soil so I was shocked when I went to our area’s cooperative and saw the of public funds and delays in development projects, that apart from Kuwaiti people comes from within. True reform is that the desired fruits can be reaped. Otherwise, we stocks of sugary, fatty and carbohydrate-rich foods in preparation worsening services like weak education, deteriorating health servic- social in the first degree, and must start with the risk having them kidnapped by destructive hands that for the holy month. We warned in previous columns more than once es, negligence of the environment and most importantly negligence Kuwaiti citizen and his corrupt surroundings. have no value for a nation or people. that cancer patients should be aware that the disease cells flourish of implementing the law strictly and fulfilling the equality in front of —Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Qabas quickly when one eats sweets. There is a campaign in the West that the law principle. —Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Watan

in my view Children learn to fast for Ramadan

By Abdullah H. Erakat ind Abu Shoushah’s grandparents threw her “Children need extra calories. They have extra a party the very same day they learned that energy so they have larger demands for calories Hthe seven- year-old had fasted from sunrise compared to adults,” Nabulsi said. to sunset without even a glass of water. She and He also said that if children are going to fast, par- her family traveled from the West Bank city of ents should discourage them from eating foods Jericho to Abu Dis for iftar, the traditional meal that rich in sugar during the evening iftar meal. Instead breaks the fast every night during the holy month they should concentrate on foods like vegetables, of Ramadan. fruits, high protein diets, meat and wheat cereals. After the family ate, they threw Hind a party Extra amounts of water are crucial, especially dur- where she was treated like Miss America and even ing the summer. Nabulsi says parents should steer given a crown to wear. their children away from energy drinks and soda “The whole family paid attention to her when and concentrate on natural juices and water. she fasted the first time,’ Hind’s mother Amneh said. As for adults, Nabulsi says some can even gain “She was so proud of herself and found the situa- weight despite fasting for 30 days from dawn to tion to be very encouraging.” Now eight, Hind has dusk. already started fasting this year as well. “Ramadan “Some people fast all day and then consume is something so nice because we all come togeth- large quantities of food, not following any kind of er,” Hind said. diet. They will gain weight in Ramadan instead of Ramadan, which began Sunday with the sight- losing it,” he said. “But if you follow the recommen- ing of the new moon, is the holy month for dations, what food you will eat, how much you will Muslims. They fast from sunrise to sunset, don’t take in, exercise which is not against Ramadan, smoke and don’t have sex. The idea is to purify the then you lose weight.” soul and refocus attention on God. Muslims also Manal Samara, a Palestinian living in Saudi give charity to the poor dur- Arabia, says she misses her ing this month. family during Ramadan. To fast, especially during The idea is to purify the But in some ways, observ- the long hot days of summer ing the holy month is easi- is not easy. Shaikh Abu Ali of soul and refocus attention er in Saudi Arabia than in Eizariyya near Jerusalem, the West Bank. says fasting teaches self-dis- on God. Muslims also give “You can buy all of your cipline. groceries in one place “Fasting raises the will of charity to the poor during unlike going store to store a human being to do things this month. in Palestine and the shops that ‘he knows will be good stay open real late here,” for him in the afterlife,” Abu she said. During Ramadan, Ali said. “Because he or she she says, many new Arab does not eat, does not drink the whole day, he will television shows air for the first time. also not lie or steal while fasting.” Samara moved to Riyadh four years ago with her Muslims are obligated to begin fasting when husband Shadi and their two small children. they hit puberty, he says. Although her children are too young to fast, “It could be 12, it could be 13. They are not pun- Samara says she and her husband still teach them ished by God if they do not fast before that age. about Ramadan. But in order to teach them and get them used to That and they see ‘the atmosphere of Ramadan’ fasting and praying, we teach them to start fasting with their father going to the mosque to pray the before that age,” he said. Taraweeh prayer (special Ramadan prayers prayed His eight-year-old daughter, Aya, began fasting after Iftar), and friends coming over for Iftar. when she was just six years old. In the West Bank city of Jericho, maximum tem- 4- Who was the first maiden “I did not force her to do that,” the shaikh insists.” peratures can reach 116 Fahrenheit in the summer. I even told her that if she feels hungry or thirsty, Amneh Abu Shoushah says that even children who to migrate to Medina? that she should go to the kitchen. Why? Because don’t fast should participate in the iftar meal. She she is a child. Every day I would ask her if she is serves soup, salad, cucumbers and yoghurt as well - Um Kulthum bint Uqba tired, hungry or thirsty. But they love to fast as other dishes that are easy on the stomach. because they see us do that,” he said. This year their seven year old son Talal will start While it is more common nowadays to see fasting. He wanted to fast last year but she encour- Yes No Muslim children fasting before they hit puberty, aged him to wait a year. Palestinian pediatrician Dr Sami Nabulsi does not “He came to us after he saw his sister Hind was recommend it. He says parents should be very cau- going to fast and asked why does she get to fast tious when encouraging them to fast. and I don’t?” Abu Shoushah said. LOCAL WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014 MP calls on govt to meet union demands Education official refuses to meet fired workers

By A Saleh the crisis through a solution that guarantees thing since they were hired through contracts employees’ full rights, union member with private companies. Her statements KUWAIT: A lawmaker demanded government Mohammad Al-Refaei said. Refaei also sparked a state of chaos that saw many workers intervention to end the labor strike at the announced that the union opened two win- burst into tears or lose their tempter as they Public Institution for Social Security, which dows to accept paperwork from senior citizens tried to force their way into Wutaid’s office, forc- completed a month last Thursday, making it and people with special needs only during ing the official to call police. the longest work stoppage in Kuwait’s history. Ramadan. The employees demand that the ministry The PIFSS labor union demands financial bene- finds them other jobs in schools, or transfer fits that have previously been agreed upon Frustration their contracts to co-operative societies which with management, and received promises from In other news, police were called to the will supply schools with foodstuff from next Finance Minister Anas Al-Saleh to adopt them. Education Ministry building after nearly sixty year. Many of them say that they were forced to The union decided to go on strike after their employees stormed Undersecretary Mariam Al- find jobs in the private sector because they demands were kept at the Civil Service Council Wutaid’s office in protest against losing their have not heard from the Civil Service for one year for study, and Saleh refuses to jobs. The ministry decided recently to end con- Commission for years since they applied for a negotiate their demands until employees tracts with food suppliers that provided lunch job in the government. return back to their offices. meals to elementary schools around Kuwait. Wutaid eventually came out of the office MP Hamdan Al-Azmi supported the union’s Nearly 800 Kuwaiti women who worked in and met with the protesting workers, saying demands, saying that council’s failure to adopt preparing the meals lost their jobs as a result. that she plans to meet officials at the the increases after one year makes the labor After no ministry official agreed to meet them Manpower and Government Restructuring strike due. He called the government to during a previous sit-in, a group of workers Program to find alternative jobs for them. MP respond to workers’ demands in order to avoid staged a second sit-in Sunday outside Wutaid’s Azmi also commented later on the situation, more labor strikes in the public sector if other office and demanded to meet her in order to saying that the female employees have finan- KUWAIT: The new ambassador of Brazil Antonio Carlos Don Nascimento Pedro visited Kuwait Times unions decide to follow suit. The union mean- discuss their situation. cial obligations, thus firing them was unaccept- and discussed matters of mutual concern with Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Alyan. while met Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem to dis- The senior official refused to meet them, able. - Translated material from Al-Qabas and cuss their demands with the hope of ending and said that the ministry could not do any- Al-Rai was used in this report Is it the right Gulf Bank welcomes new group of trainees time to sell KUWAIT: In pursuing its corporate social responsibility program, and them to the day-to-day business, as well as shedding an insight into a Rotterdam refinery? with a firm belief that Kuwait’s Youth are the backbone to support a tran- possible future career in banking in Kuwait. sition of Kuwait’s towards a more diversified beyond oil economy, Gulf Mona Mansour, General Manager of Customer Service Delivery at Gulf Bank is welcoming its second batch of eager young adults that will be Bank reiterated Gulf Bank’s vision of its role in support of the Youth in KUWAIT: Has Kuwait’s oil minister Ali Al-Omair offered undergoing a 5 week Internship Program via ‘Lothan Youth Achievement Kuwait by saying; “Gulf Bank is committed to being an active player in selling the Rotterdam refinery? Is this the right time to Center’ (LOYAC) which specializes in preparing youth in Kuwait to assume supporting Kuwait’s youth, therefore, we are keen to welcome the latest get rid of it despite its strategic location? Has the refinery leadership roles in their future careers. Gulf Bank has set as a key priority, Intern batch through LOYAC.” Further adding that; “By encouraging our become a burden to KPC, making annual losses? Will it the training and preparing the Youth of Kuwait to enter the private sector youth to be involved in gaining hands- on experience, we are preparing do no good to develop it? These questions have to be workforce armed with the knowledge and skills necessary to thrive in a and equipping them with the skill sets necessary for success in their answered by a number of oil experts and analysts. dynamic competitive environment as part of its commitment to the com- future careers. Therefore, it is our hope that by immersing the interns in The former manager of KPC’s office in Europe Abdul munity in which it operates. our various Branches and Departments they will learn key skills; team- Samad Al-Awadhi said that selling the Rotterdam refin- Gulf Bank’s Internship Program is a hands-on experience whereby work, commitment, punctuality, initiatives, amongst other skills that they ery was illogical and uneconomic because of its major Interns begin with a two-day induction program held at the Bank’s will come to benefit from through this opportunity.” strategic location. “Over ten years ago, there were plans Training Center ‘Durrat Alkhaleej’ - located in its Zahra Branch. The The second batch of Interns follow in the footsteps of the initial 2014 to sell the refinery in a bid to sell the whole company Induction program is focused on the principals of banking and the bank- Gulf Bank summer Interns that were trained as part of an initiative in col- instead of developing and expanding it though investing system in Kuwait. After the two day period, the Interns are then laboration with Kuwait’s Gulf University for Science and Technology ments worth billions,” he explained, pointing out that Mona Mansour assigned to either a branch, or a department within the Bank exposing (GUST). logically speaking, one should either sell a company the way it is or develop it in order to sell it for highest prices. “Instead, Kuwait neglected the company and paid more attention to activities in China and Vietnam,” he added, urging KPC to conduct a thorough study before making a decision on selling the refinery and use it to provide 150-200 Kuwaiti technicians with proper practical training annually. Oil marketing and refining expert Abdul Hamid Al- Awadhi said that investing in oil refineries is one of the most favored projects for crude oil producers. “Our local refineries get various kinds of support and subsidized oil, gas, electricity and water without paying any taxes or environmental surcharges,” he said, pointing out that what happens overseas is the exact opposite, where KPC has to either transport crude oil from Kuwait, or sometimes buy non-Kuwaiti oil from other sources. He also stressed that KPC had to pay environmental pollution-related taxes, income taxes and fees for using the land. Awadhi, who is favor of selling the refinery, stressed that it has been making losses for years and has 520 foreign employees while only four Kuwaitis work there. KUWAIT: Jahra municipality inspectors confiscated 210 kg of meat products found unfit for human consumption, and issued 14 tickets during a recent campaign at factories and warehouses in Sulaibiya. — By Hanan Al-Saadoun

Kuwait keen on partnership with UNDP

KUWAIT: Undersecretary at the Supreme Council for Planning and Development (SCDP) Khaled Al-Khamis said here yesterday that Kuwait was keen on bolstering partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Al-Khamis said that consul- tative work between Kuwait and the UN had resulted in the Draft country programme document for the State of Kuwait (2015-2018). He added the document was agreed after a UNDP executive council meeting which was held in Geneva, June 23-27. This document is compati- ble with the Kuwaiti leadership’s 2035 development goals for the country and it will lead to improvement in the execution of development projects, said Al-Khamis. Equally, human resources development in Kuwait will play an integral part in implementing plans for development, said the official, stressing that investing in the human aspect of the development plan will ensure its success. The official noted that, “the document directs focus onto results, detailed follow up on progress, evaluation of all programs, and improving transparency and accountability.” Meanwhile, SCDP advisor Fares Al-Obaid held meetings with UNDP’s Administrator Helen Clark as well as other UN officials to look into means to bolster cooperation between the two sides. The officials at the meetings proposed the opening of several UN offices in Kuwait. The meetings also touched on Kuwait’s eagerness to expand its partnership with UN programmes worldwide. — KUNA WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014 LOCAL Three drug addicts Arrested in Salmiya Indian deliveryman assaulted

KUWAIT: Special patrols arrested three Arabs in Verbal exchange filed a complaint against a passenger who did an abnormal condition in Salmiya and police A verbal exchange between a female citizen not like her physical inspection. The employee found shabu (meth) on them. They were referred and a female employee in a citizens’ service center was helped by policemen, and the passenger to the narcotics authority. Patrols also arrested a ended at Rumaithiya police station, as the fight was sent to Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh police station. bedoon who pretended to be a policeman. broke out when the woman asked the employee, Policemen found him in an abnormal condition, “Why don’t you smile, what’s wrong with you?” KD 1750 stolen and on searching him, they found uniforms, The employee replied, “I am fasting”, so she retort- An Egyptian expat accused a compatriot of police and military badges, two toy pistols and ed, “Why are you not respecting me?” The woman his of stealing his savings from their residence, non-lethal weapons. He was sent to concerned was charged with insulting a public employee on and he is being questioned. A security source authorities. duty. said the Egyptian went to the police station and told them that his roommate stole KD 1,750 Driver attacked Deliveryman attacked from his cupboard. Detectives are investigating. A fight broke out between an Indian taxi driv- A citizen was charged in Sabah Al-Nasser police er in his thirties with five youths, bruising his eye station for beating an Indian deliveryman because Body found and right cheek. The cabbie asked for the tariff in he was late in making deliveries. A source said the An Indian driver’s body was recovered by the advance, because some young people do not citizen ordered suhoor for his family, but the deliv- coroner when he committed suicide by drinking pay after arriving to their destination. The youths eryman was late. As soon as he knocked the door, a poisonous substance. A security source said refused and the dispute reached the point of he started beating him. The victim went to the Indian’s sponsor called paramedics because exchanging blows, then the five escaped. Police Farwaniya Hospital and filed a complaint at the the driver was very sick after drinking a sub- are investigating. police station. Police are investigating. stance to treat camels, but when they arrived, he was already dead. The sponsor said the driver Graveyard fight Family dispute was depressed because his girlfriend dumped A funeral at the Shiite graveyard turned into a A female citizen in Ahmadi beat her elderly him. battle between two sides following a dispute mother-in-law just before iftar time during a dis- over burying a dead man. Mourners were sur- pute over preparing a meal, after a complaint by Escape attempt prised by screams that turned into verbal insults the mother-in-law. A citizen was sent to criminal detectives for followed by fisticuffs. The fight did not stop until attempting to leave the country with his broth- after great efforts, and when the two sides were Airport complaint er’s passport because he is wanted for attempt- leaving, they resumed the fight. An employee at Kuwait International Airport ed murder. Woman held with KFAED medical center inaugurated sorcery items MANAMA: The Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Medical Center was officially inaugurated here yesterday. By Hanan Al-Saadoun Asian dies The center, which provides health services for primary health A Sri Lankan male was instantly killed care for a number of areas in the north of the capital, Manama, KUWAIT: Abdaly customs inspectors when he drank pesticide at his sponsor’s has been funded by Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic yesterday arrested an Iraqi woman with house in Saad Al-Abdullah, said security Development (KFAED). The total cost of the project is about 3.5 million Bahraini dinars. Bahraini Health Minister Sadeq Al-Shihabi, the possession of sorcery and witchcraft sources, noting that initial forensic exami- who opened the center in the presence of the Dean of the items, said security sources, noting that nation showed that an empty pesticide Diplomatic Corps, Kuwaiti Ambassador to Bahrain, Sheikh Azzam the woman was referred to police inves- bottle was found beside the man. Al-Sabah, said that the health center is the 16th to be funded by tigators to decide whether to deport KFAED, a matter that reflects the extent of cohesion and coopera- her or make her sign an affidavit. Sabahiya fire tion between Kuwait and Bahrain. He added that the center, which is located in Barbar area, was A fire broke out in a Sabahiya two- a major achievement and an example of cooperation between Kabd murder storey house, said security sources, not- Kuwait and Bahrain, pointing out that the cooperation will also The first murder in this year’s ing that firemen rushed to the scene include the establishment of other health centers in the next Ramadan took place in Kabd where an where they had to evacuate a Kuwaiti stages, especially since the ministry is seeking to develop its Indian stabbed his Bangladeshi col- family to the roof until the blaze was con- health services. Al-Shihabi extended thanks and appreciation to Kuwait for its league to death over financial disputes. trolled and the house was ventilated KUWAIT: Ornithologist Khalid Al-Nasrallah said that the Boubyan island contribution through KFAED in the establishment of this center became a favorite habitat for the rare crab plover bird. A three-year study The suspect was arrested, the knife was from the heavy smoke resulting from the which serves approximately 54,000 people, in addition to its con- showed that the island contained more than 3,000 nests for the crab plover, confiscated and further investigations fire that broke out because of an electric tribution and support in the creation of other health centers that the largest number for the bird worldwide, Nasrallah said. are in progress. fault. No casualties were reported. serve different areas of Bahrain. —KUNA

A group picture of the students at Al-Othman Museum. NBK internship students visit Al-Othman Museum

KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait an extension of NBK’s education out- long-standing social involvement as (NBK) organized a field trip for the stu- reach efforts. The 5-hour daily ses- well as its national commitment dents of the Summer Internship sions of two-week internship featured towards providing the young genera- Program to Al-Othman Museum, after a mixture of theoretical and practical tions with the appropriate opportuni- concluding their training session. training dedicated to providing the ties to experience firsthand how the Students were taken on a tour of interns with invaluable knowledge on actual professional banking issues the Museum and learned more about a variety of subjects such as team and transaction are handled and the history of Kuwait and how things work, creative thinking, means of self processed. were decades ago. The tour was both expression and modern banking work NBK regularly organizes and interesting and educational at the procedure, in addition to helping designs events and packages for the same time. interns to have greater exposure to youth of the country to familiarize The NBK Summer Internship daily banking work procedures. them with the world of banking and Program is designed for students as The program demonstrates NBK’s make them responsible citizens. KFSD warns of Ramadan accidents

By Hanan Al-Saadoun inception. “Most fires start small,” he stressed, urging everybody to follow Shamlan Harbor KUWAIT: Kuwait Fire Service Directorate’s KFSD regulations found at PR department urged all citizens and www.kfsd.gov.kw where they will find closure postponed expatriates to be very cautious of domes- videos on how to avoid home acci- KUWAIT: Secretary General of the tic accidents likely to happen during the dents. Fishermen’s Union Hassan Al-Sebagha holy month of Ramadan, especially at the Ameer also urged housewives to said the issue of closing Al-Shamlan time of preparing iftar meals such as gas use electric fryers to avoid fires caused Harbor was resolved by postponing it leaks and burning fat or oil while cooking. by burning oil. He also urged them to until an alternative is found. He said The department warned against filling wear loose clothes made from unin- that the union’s board of directors met frying pans with too much oil to prevent flammable materials while cooking the Environment Public Authority and the oil from catching fire at a temperature and warned against allowing children Ports Authority and agreed to limit the hotter than 240 degrees centigrade. into kitchens while cooking. Amir also use of Shamlan Harbor to fishing boats KFSD’s PR and media manager Col warned of putting too many plugs in based on a list of names and numbers Khalil Al-Ameer said people must take one socket, especially before going to approved by PAAAFR, and having the proper precautions against kitchen bed, and urged everybody to install Ports Authority issue a clear metal plate accidents and should have fire extin- smoke detectors in their houses and for each boat in the harbor. guishers and blankets because they can make sure that the circuit breakers help in fighting any fire right at its work properly. One year after Morsi, Egypt roiled by unrest

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014 Chaos in Iraq parliament Sunnis, Kurds walk out after no Maliki replacement named

BAGHDAD: Sunnis and Kurds walked out of the first session of ernment, with the help of Shiite sectarian militias, has managed Iraq’s new parliament yesterday after Shiites failed to name a to stop the militants short of the capital but has been unable to prime minister to replace Nouri Al-Maliki, dimming any prospect take back cities its forces abandoned. The army attempted last of an early national unity government to save Iraq from collapse. week to take back Tikrit but could not recapture the city, 160 km The United States, United Nations, Iran and Iraq’s own Shiite cler- north of Baghdad, where ISIL fighters had machine-gunned gy have pushed hard for politicians to come up with an inclusive scores of soldiers in shallow graves after capturing it on June 12. government to hold the fragmenting country together as Sunni Residents said fighting raged on the city’s southern outskirts on insurgents bear down on Baghdad. Monday. With Shiites failing to name a prime minister, Sunnis and On Friday, in an unusual political intervention, Grand Kurds refused to return from a recess to the parliamentary Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, Iraq’s most senior Shiite cleric, called chamber in Baghdad’s fortified “green zone” where they were on political blocs to name the prime minister, president and meeting for the first time since an election in April. Parliament is speaker before parliament met yesterday. Now that deadline not likely to meet again for at least a week, leaving Iraq in politi- has passed, a prominent Shiite lawmaker told Reuters he cal limbo and Maliki clinging to power as a caretaker, rejected by expected Sistani to keep up the pressure. Maliki’s close Sunnis and Kurds. friends say he does not want to relinquish power, although Under a governing system put in place after the removal of senior members of his State of Law coalition have told Saddam Hussein, the prime minister has always been a member Reuters an alternative premier from within his party was of the Shiite majority, the speaker of parliament a Sunni and the being discussed. Rival Shiite groups also have candidates. largely ceremonial president a Kurd. The Shiite bloc known as Many worry that a drawn-out process will waste precious the National Alliance, in which Maliki’s State of Law coalition is time in confronting the militants, who have vowed to the biggest group, has met repeatedly in recent days to bargain advance on Baghdad. A Shiite lawmaker, speaking on condi- over the premiership but has so far been unable either to tion of anonymity, said: “Things are bad. The political process endorse Maliki for a third term or to name an alternative. is not commensurate with the speed of military develop- BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki, center, greets lawmakers during the first session of the newly Fewer than a third of lawmakers returned from the recess. ments.” — Reuters elected parliament in the heavily fortified Green yesterday. — AP Sunni parties said they would not put forward their candidate for speaker until the Shiites pick a premier. The Kurds have also yet to nominate a president. Osama Al-Nujaifi, a leading Sunni politician, former speaker and strong foe of Maliki, warned that “without a political solution, the sound of weapons will be loud, and the country will enter a black tunnel”. He said his bloc did not have a candidate for a speaker so far and was waiting to see who the National Alliance would nominate for prime minister. “If there is a new policy with a new prime minister, we will deal with them positively. Otherwise the country will go from bad to worse,” Nujaifi said. Shiite lawmakers sought to shift blame to the Sunni and Kurdish blocs, saying the premiership was the last position to be named in the constitutionally-defined process. Mehdi Al-Hafidh, parliament’s oldest member who is tasked by the constitution with chairing the legislature’s meetings until a speaker is named, said the next session would be held in a week, if agreement was possible after discussions.

Fighting Rages Baghdad can ill-afford further delays. Government troops have been battling for three weeks against fighters led by the group formerly known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). This week it shortened its name to the Islamic State and declared its leader “caliph” - historic title of successors of the Prophet Mohammad who ruled the whole Muslim world. Fighting has raged in recent days near former dictator Saddam Hussein’s home city, Tikrit, north of Baghdad. ISIL also controls suburbs just west of the capital and clashes have erupted to the south, leaving the city of 7 million confronting threats from three sides. The United Nations said yesterday more than 2,400 Iraqis had been killed in June alone, making the month by far the deadliest since the height of sectarian warfare during the U.S. “surge” offensive in 2007. In a reminder of that conflict, mortars fell near a Shiite holy shrine in Samarra which was bombed in 2006, unleashing the sectarian bloodshed that killed tens of thousands over the next two years. Samarra, north of Baghdad, is now held by Baghdad’s troops with ISIL in the surrounding countryside. Violence also struck the capital, where police found two bodies with their hands tied behind their back and bullet wounds in the head and chest in the mainly Shiite neighbourhood of Shula, police and medical sources said. A bomb went off in Baghdad’s western Jihad district, killing two passersby and wounding six more, police and medics said. The insurgents’ advance has triggered pledges of support for Baghdad from both Washington and Tehran. Yesterday, Iran’s deputy foreign minister said his country had not received any request for weapons from Baghdad but was ready to supply them if asked. Iraq also flew Russian-made Sukhoi Su-25 jets delivered on Saturday for the first time, state television reported, although there was no independent confirmation. Saudi Arabia pledge $500 million in humanitarian aid for Iraqis to be disbursed through U.N. agencies, a Saudi Press Agency statement said.

Shouting Match Parliament opened its first session with an orchestra playing the national anthem and the recitation of a Quranic verse emphasising unity. Hafidh called on lawmakers to confront the crisis. “The security setback that has beset Iraq must be brought to a stop, and security and stability have to be regained all over Iraq, so that it can head down the path in the right way toward the future,” he said. Lawmakers stood at the arrival of Maliki, who waved to his long-time foe Nujaifi and shook hands with Saleh Al-Mutlaq, another leading Sunni politician. But anger among the three main ethnic and sectarian groups soon flared when a Kurdish lawmaker accused the government of withholding salaries for the Kurds’ autonomous region. Kadhim Al-Sayadi, a lawmaker in Maliki’s list, shouted back that Kurds were taking down Iraqi flags. “The Iraqi flag is an honour above your head. Why do you take it down?” he shouted. “The day will come when we will crush your heads.” The dramatic advance by ISIL, which has dominated swathes of territory in an arc from Aleppo in Syria to near the western edge of Baghdad in Iraq, has stunned Iraq and the West. The group and allied militants seized border posts, oilfields and northern Iraq’s main northern city Mosul in a lightning offensive in June. Other Iraqi Sunni armed groups which resent what they see as persecution under Maliki are backing the insurgency. Kurds have taken advantage of the advance to seize territory, including the city of Kirkuk, which they see as their historic capital and which sits above huge oil deposits. Results of April’s elections initially suggested parliament would easily confirm Maliki in power for a third term. But with lawmakers taking their seats after the collapse of the army in the north, politicians face a more fundamental task of staving off a breakup of the state. Maliki’s foes blame him for the rapid advance of the Sunni insurgents. Although Maliki’s State of Law coalition won the most seats, it still needs allies to govern. Sunnis and Kurds demand that he go, arguing he favours his own sect, inflaming the resentment that fuels the insurgency. The United States has not publicly called for Maliki to leave power but has demanded a more inclusive government in Baghdad as the price for more aggressive help.

Deadline Passes Washington has so far pledged 300 mainly special forces advisers and said on Monday it was sending a further 300 troops to help secure the embassy and Baghdad airport. Maliki’s gov- INTERNATIONAL WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014 One year after Morsi, Egypt roiled by unrest

CAIRO: A year after he deposed Egypt’s first freely elected president only to take his place, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi presides over a country roiled by militancy and ever-shrinking liberties, critics say. On July 3 last year, the army, then led by Sisi, removed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi from office after millions took to the streets demanding his resignation. Sisi went on to win May’s presidential election, partly thanks to his image as a strongman who can restore stability to a country in tumult since an uprising toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011. But the lead-up to the anniversary suggests the divisive ouster of Morsi still looms large over Sisi, who won the election with 97 percent of the vote against a weak leftist candidate. On Monday, two policemen were killed defusing bombs outside Sisi’s palace, with the president pledging “retribution”. A few days before, a court prolonged the detention of 24 secular activists jailed for violating a ban on all but police-sanctioned protests. Some of these activists had supported Sisi when he ousted Morsi, but a crackdown on Islamists has since extended to other dissidents. Morsi’s overthrow unleashed the bloodiest period in Egypt’s modern history as a crackdown killed more than 1,400 of his supporters, jailed thousands including top Brotherhood leaders and sentenced about 200 to death. Militant attacks have since killed about 500 policemen and soldiers, says the government. “It’s really a dark time... We are seeing citizen killing citizen, brother killing brother, families being torn apart. It is not a civil war, but it is a civil conflict,” said Shadi Hamid, fellow at the Brooking Institution’s Saban Centre. “Egypt is very, very divided.”

Brotherhood ‘spoiler’ JENIN: Palestinian mourners gather next to the body of Yousif Zagha, 20, who was killed by Israeli troops early yesterday, before his funeral in this West Bank The Brotherhood is facing its most daunting challenge since refugee camp yesterday. — AP its inception in 1928, but the movement that swept all elections between the fall of Mubarak and Morsi is far from over, experts say. “Certainly Egypt has moved to a new chapter, but it’s unreal- Israel weighs action against istic to think that the authorities have eliminated an 86-year-old organisation that is the largest political party in the country,” said Yezid Sayigh of the Carnegie Middle East Center. The movement was blacklisted as a terrorist group in December after being blamed for a deadly bombing north of Cairo, a charge the Hamas over teens’ murder Islamists denied. With no signs of reconciliation shown by Sisi, the Brotherhood has the incentive to “play spoiler,” said Hamid. The Israeli leaders divided over scope of future action Brotherhood insists it eschewed violence decades ago, but there are signs some of its members have begun targeting the police. JERUSALEM: Israel vowed yesterday to hunt down the Hamas government freesheet Israel Hayom. Frenkel, 16, was from Nof Ayalon, and Eyal Ifrach, 19, from Elad- Hamid, author of “Temptations of Power”, a book on Islamist militants it holds responsible for killing three teenagers, but was “Hamas is responsible for the kidnapping and murder of the both in central Israel. movements, said there was a “growing openness (among sup- likely to carefully weigh its response to avoid triggering a youths and we know how to settle accounts with them,” said The three students were shot dead shortly after they were porters of the Brotherhood) in accepting certain low level acts regional flare-up. As further details emerged of the fate of the Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon. “We will continue to hunt the picked up while hitchhiking on a road in the southern West against security personnel which is seen as defensive violence”. three abducted youngsters whose bodies were found in the killers of the youngsters, we will not rest nor will we be silent Bank, according to media reports. Their bodies were buried in a The Cairo-based militant group Ajnad Misr - which the southern West Bank on Monday, Israel said it would not rest until we lay our hands on them.” There has never been any cred- field near Halhul, just outside the flashpoint city of Hebron, 10 authorities claim to have defeated - said it planted the bombs until it finds their killers. But despite extensive Israeli strikes on ible claim of responsibility for the teenagers’ abduction and minutes from where they were last seen. Monday evening’s that killed two police officers on Monday. “I pledge before God Gaza overnight, no one was killed, with Israel’s military estab- Hamas has described Israel’s accusations as “stupid”. security cabinet meeting ended inconclusively, with ministers and their families, the state will get just and speedy retribution,” lishment and cabinet heavyweights backing a more measured sharply at odds over the right course of action, army radio Sisi said, only hours after the palace blasts. response over isolated calls for a major operation in the Hamas PM Attends Funerals reported. powerbase. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was to attend An Israeli official familiar with the content of the meeting ‘Open Oppression’ The disappearance of two 16-year-olds and a 19-year-old a joint funeral for the three youngsters later yesterday, was in confirmed Yaalon suggested a “measured” military response Activists accuse the new authorities of wanting to counter from a roadside in the southern West Bank on June 12 and the no doubt whom he held responsible. “Hamas is responsible and which would not lead to an escalation with Gaza, and the 2011 uprising that saw millions rally against Mubarak hunt for their kidnappers had gripped the Israeli public, trigger- Hamas will pay,” he told an emergency meeting of his security Netanyahu was inclined to accept his position. Yaalon also pro- demanding “bread, freedom and social justice”. “Today’s rule is ing an outpouring of public grief and anger. The discovery of cabinet on Monday evening. The joint funeral was to take place posed turning a former West Bank army base, which is currently worse than under Mubarak and Morsi put together,” said Amr their bodies was given blanket coverage across all media. “The in the central Israeli town of Modiin, after separate ceremonies used as an educational institute, into a new Jewish settlement Imam, a defence lawyer for anti-Mubarak activists being tried for bitter end” read the headline in top-selling newspaper Yediot in the home towns of each victim. Gilad Shaer, 16, was from in their memory, Haaretz said in a report confirmed by the offi- violating the protest law. “The symbols of Mubarak’s regime are Aharonot. “Cut down in their youth,” was the top line in pro- Talmon settlement near the West Bank city of Ramallah; Naftali cial. all out, the officers who killed protesters are free, while the revo- lutionaries who took part in the January 25 revolution are in jail.” Netanyahu to Avoid Escalation Egypt’s political turmoil set off since Mubarak’s ouster was The security cabinet was expected to reconvene later yester- aggravated in November when the new authorities passed a law day, although commentators said Netanyahu was unlikely to that prohibits unauthorised demonstrations. Anti-Mubarak seek a major escalation. “The prime minister is expected to activists have been jailed for breaching the law, which Sisi sup- refrain from an excessively fierce reaction because of (the porter Chehab Waguih, spokesman for the liberal Free Egyptian Muslim holy month of) Ramadan and the fear of the reactions party, said was adopted to “ensure stability and not restore a that a large-scale military operation might elicit,” Yediot said. despotic regime”. Sisi has said his priority is to return Egypt to Hamas has warned Israel that it would “open the gates of hell” if stability and help recover the shattered economy rather than it conducted reprisal operations against the Islamist movement. encourage democratic reforms.—AFP Two Hamas men named by Israel as the prime suspects - Marwan Qawasmeh and Amer Abu Eishe - remain at large. Palestinian witnesses said troops blew up their homes in Hebron early yesterday. In the hours after the teens’ disappearance, Israel launched a vast search and arrest operation which saw 419 Palestinians arrested, of whom 276 are Hamas members. Five Palestinians were killed in clashes triggered by the operation. Simultaneously, militants in Gaza began firing a wave of rockets at southern Israel which has since escalated, prompting Israel to stage dozens of retaliatory air strikes. Overnight, eight rockets hit the south, without causing any casualties or damage, the army said. In response, Israeli warplanes hit 34 targets across the Gaza Strip, the military said. Palestinian medics told AFP four people were wounded in the southern city of Khan Yunis. A sixth Palestinian, Yusuf Abu Zagher, 18, was killed in the northern West Bank city of Jenin CAIRO: An Egyptian dawn awakener or ‘Mesaharati’ beats yesterday. The Israeli army said he was a Hamas operative who on his drum as he rides his donkey to wake up Muslims for had been about to hurl an explosive device at troops sent to a meal before sunrise during the holy month of Ramadan arrest him. — AFP on Monday. — AP Iran looking to solar power SICHANLOO, Iran: In this village nestled in and bolster its sanctions-battered econo- across the country. In Sichanloo, a hamlet the arid hills of rural Iran, government-sub- my. “A big change is in the making in Iran,” 200 kilometers (125 miles) northwest of sidized solar panels on the rooftops of said Saman Mirhadi, a senior government the capital Tehran, the seven families who homes provide both needed electricity official in charge of solar projects. live here once relied on gasoline-fueled and a shining symbol of efforts by the Iran, home to some 77 million people, generators for electricity. Islamic Republic to wean itself off fossil is a fossil-fuel powerhouse, even in the Now, more than two dozen solar pan- fuels and nuclear power. President Hassan crude-oil rich Middle East. It is home to els shine from nearby rooftops. With the Rouhani’s government has quintupled its both the world’s fourth-largest proven oil flip of a switch, electricity stored in truck- spending on solar power projects in the reserves and massive natural gas reserves. sized batteries from the solar panels lights last year, taking advantage of Iran’s 300- However, sanctions have cut into the up the home of Habibollah Kakavand, the odd days of sunshine a year that make its country’s refining and production capabili- father of one of the village’s families. “In the vast sun-kissed lands one of the best spots ties. Iran’s economy also has faltered, while past, we used gasoline-fueled power gen- on earth to host solar panels. While being the country’s push for nuclear energy has erators to meet our electricity needs in the good for the environment, the panels also come under scrutiny over Western fears absence of a grid network. It needed fuel offer rural Iran steady power amid uncer- the Islamic Republic could use its program plus maintenance, which was costly. It also tainty over the country’s contested nuclear to build atomic bombs. Iran has said its had a lot of noise and caused pollution,” he program as it negotiates with world pow- program is for peaceful purposes. said. “But the government has supplied ers. Rouhani’s administration, however, free solar energy. It doesn’t need fuel and And as the Islamic Republic cuts back sees a bright future in solar, spending $60 has made life comfortable for us.” on subsidies that once made gasoline million this year on solar projects com- Kakavand’s wife Mehri nodded in cheaper than bottled mineral water, a pared to just $12 million last year. It espe- agreement as she swept the Persian car- push toward self-sustaining solar power cially wants to target rural communities pets in the house using a vacuum cleaner could help the government save money largely cut off from government services powered by the solar panels. Solar has been a hot topic of discussion in Iran, which this year fielded a team of university students to compete in a US solar car contest in July. Mirhadi said the government installed solar panels at some 1,000 locations across Iran, including the rooftops of mosques, schools and government buildings. Jafar Mohammadnejad, a senior Energy Ministry official, said recently passed laws and incentives encourage domestic and foreign investment in renewable energy projects in Iran. It remains unclear what percentage renewable energy accounts for in Iran’s energy portfolio, though he said officials hope to TALEGHAN, Iran: In this June, 22, 2014 photo, Iranian students tour the Taleghan produce 5,000 megawatts from renewable Renewable Energy Site 160 km northwest of the capital Tehran. — AP resources within two years. —AP WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014 INTERNATIONAL Boy’s death highlights danger of border crossings EDINBURG, Texas: When authorities judges and open more detention facili- weeks. found an 11-year-old Guatemalan boy’s ties. The boy’s family in Huehuetenango, body about a mile from Texas’ southern The number of unaccompanied immi- Chiantla, Guatemala, had last heard from border, they also discovered his brother’s grant children picked up along the bor- him about 25 days before his body was Chicago phone number scribbled on the der has been rising for three years as they found. At that time, he was in Reynosa, inside of his belt buckle. The boy, wearing fled pervasive gang violence in Mexico, waiting to cross the border. His “Angry Birds” jeans, black leather boots Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador. father told authorities the boy was trav- and a white rosary around his neck, had More recently, children and parents have eling with a coyote. apparently gotten lost on his way north said they heard children traveling alone Although the number of immigrant from his native country and was found and parents traveling with young kids children who have died crossing into about two weeks ago, alone in the brush would be released by authorities and Texas was not immediately available, less than a mile from the nearest US allowed to continue to their destination. such discoveries are not unheard of. home, a South Texas sheriff said Monday. Many of the children turn themselves About 445 immigrants died along the While hundreds of immigrants die in to the first law enforcement person US-Mexico border last year, according to crossing the border each year, the discov- they see, so Guerra said it was unusual to the Border Patrol. The Pima County med- ery of Gilberto Francisco Ramos Juarez’s find a child in this more remote area - ical examiner in Arizona, which is the decomposed body in the Rio Grande near La Joya, about 20 miles west of perennial leader in immigrant deaths, Valley on June 15 highlights the perils McAllen. Sometimes smugglers, known recorded 168 of the deaths; of the 70 unaccompanied children face as the US as coyotes, leave people behind if they where an age was confirmed, none were government searches for ways to deal can’t go on; other times a group may younger than 13. Immigrant deaths in with record numbers of children crossing scatter when authorities approach. the brush in Hidalgo County occur from into the country illegally. “Down here Investigators were able to reach the time to time, but more common are finding a decomposed body ... we come boy’s brother in Chicago; his phone drownings in the Rio Grande. Brooks across them quite often,” Hidalgo County number was one of three on the boy’s County to the north has more immigrant Sheriff Eddie Guerra said, adding that this belt. It’s not uncommon for immigrants deaths in its vast unpopulated ranches. was the first child immigrant his office to put relatives’ phone numbers on their Dr. Lori Baker, an anthropologist at has found since he became sheriff in clothing because scraps of paper can get Baylor University, has spent years April. “It’s a very dangerous journey.” lost or wet during their journey. The exhuming immigrant graves along the More than 52,000 unaccompanied boy’s brother gave authorities his border and trying to identify them. children have been apprehended enter- father’s phone number in Guatemala, Earlier this month, she spent two weeks ing the US illegally since October, creat- and the dad identified the boy’s personal exhuming 52 graves at a cemetery in ing what President Barack Obama has items. Falfurrias, the Brooks County seat. She called an “urgent humanitarian situation”. The cause of death has not been made a similar excavation last year. Baker On Monday, Obama asked Congress for determined, but authorities suspect heat recalled exhuming an infant, a 2-year- more money and additional authority to stroke, Guerra said. The boy was no old, a 6-year-old and a preteen. Baker deal with the surge of youths, mostly longer wearing a shirt when he was said children’s bones are small, so they EDINBURG, Texas: Photos of the belongings of an 11-year-old from Central America. Obama wants flex- found. An autopsy did not find signs of aren’t easily seen in the brush. “There are Guatemalan immigrant whose body was discovered on June 15 are dis- ibility to speed the youths’ deportations trauma, and the pathologist estimated going to be many more if we can find and $2 billion to hire more immigration the body had been there for about two their tiny bodies.” —AP played during a press conference Monday. —AP NYC police cannibalism Obama vows to go it conviction overturned NEW YORK: A federal judge has over- others he had never met about killing alone on immigration turned the conviction of a former New and cooking his wife and others in a can- York City police officer accused of plot- nibalism plot. In his 118-page opinion, ting to kidnap, kill and eat young first reported by The New York Times, women. Judge Paul Gardephe ruled late Gardephe said: “The evidentiary record is Republicans kill bill hopes Monday that there was insufficient evi- such that it is more likely than not the dence to support the conviction of case that all of Valle’s Internet communi- WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama ignited a new of the 52,000 unaccompanied minors that crossed ille- rapidly growing Hispanic population and win presiden- Gilberto Valle, defense attorney Julia cations about kidnapping are fantasy power showdown with Republicans Monday, vowing to fix gally into the country since October. The decision will tial elections. But the issue leaves Republican leaders Gatto said yesterday. “The judge’s well- role-play.” America’s broken immigration system alone after Congress ensure that deportations are handled as humanely as deeply exposed among the party’s grassroots, and reasoned decision validates what we The judge planned a hearing yester- refused to vote on his top remaining domestic priority this possible, while still ensuring the protection of asylum activists are whipped up every day by a chorus of invec- have said since the beginning: There was day morning on the status of the case; year. Obama rebuked Republican leaders who will not pass seekers and refugees, the president wrote in a letter to tive about the reform bill on conservative talk radio and Valle has been jailed since his arrest in a “darn bill” because they fear conservative activists who congressional leaders. The president also asked for addi- other forums. 2012. “Gil Valle has been in jail for 18 long oppose offering a path to citizenship for 11 million undoc- tional authority for the Department of Homeland Earlier this month, the number two Republican months, 7 months in solitary confine- umented migrants as “amnesty”. Security to process and remove unaccompanied child leader in the House, Eric Cantor, lost a primary nominat- ment, for a crime he absolutely didn’t If the lawmakers allowed a vote, “they would be follow- migrants from nations like Guatemala, Honduras and El ing contest in his seat in Virginia in a shocking result commit,” said Gatto. “We’re relieved he ing the will of the majority of the American people who Salvador who transited through Mexico. Obama wants largely attributed to conservative outrage over the pos- will be free and incredibly grateful to support reform,” Obama said in a statement to reporters in Judge Gardephe for upholding the awe- the White House Rose Garden laced with sarcasm and bit- some and fundamental legal principles terness. “Instead, they have proven again and again that at stake here, including our core freedom they’re unwilling to stand up to the Tea Party in order to do to be able to think what we want free of what’s best for the country.” Obama said House of government intrusion.” A call to a Representatives Speaker John Boehner told him last week that his chamber would not vote this year on comprehen- spokesman for Manhattan federal prose- sive legislation that passed the Democratic-run Senate a cutors was not immediately returned. year ago. Searching for a genuine legacy-enhancing Prosecutors had argued that Valle achievement to adorn his battered second term, the presi- took steps to carry out his plot, including dent argued that he thus had no choice but to act to stem looking up potential targets on a restrict- a building immigration crisis. “If Congress will not do their ed law enforcement database; searching job, at least we can do ours,” Obama said, revealing he had the Internet for how to knock someone asked the Department of Homeland Security to come up out with chloroform and where to get with recommendations within the next few months, which torture devices and other tools. he pledged to immediately implement using his executive Gardephe upheld Valle’s conviction on a powers. Obama said he would surge resources to secure charge of illegally gaining access to the the southwestern US border, where a flood of tens of thou- law enforcement database, which carried sands of child migrants from Central America has a maximum sentence of one year. Valle stretched customs services and deepened the partisan bile was fired after his conviction. over immigration reform. Gilberto Valle In one of the numerous online conver- WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe sations shown to the jury during the trial, Fiery Mid-Terms Biden, pauses while making an announcement about immigration reform Monday in no crime,” she said. “Gil Valle is innocent Valle told a man he met in a fetish chat The moves will further inflame the fiery showdown the Rose Garden of the White House. —AP of any conspiracy. Gil is guilty of nothing room, “I want her to experience being between the Democratic president and Republicans more than having unconventional cooked alive. She’ll be trussed up like a ahead of mid-term congressional elections in November. to surge immigration judges to the area and to do more sibility of reform. He quit his post as a result. Political thoughts.” turkey. ... She’ll be terrified, screaming Republicans accuse Obama of exceeding his presidential to crack down on criminal and smuggling networks. The power players in Washington quickly adopted political power in a series of actions on health reform, immigra- request will also include funds for Central American positions after the president spoke. “Speaker Boehner Valle, who could have faced life in and crying.” In another exchange, Valle tion enforcement and personnel issues. Their case was nations to reintegrate returned migrants. Obama cam- has made it absolutely clear that he won’t lift a finger to prison, was acquitted of kidnapping con- suggested a woman he knew would be bolstered by a unanimous Supreme Court ruling last paigned in the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections for fix our broken immigration system, so President Obama spiracy charges, the most serious count easy prey because she lived alone. The week that found the president overstepped his powers comprehensive immigration reform - racking up huge is right to protect families from being torn apart,” said he faced. He was convicted in March men discussed cooking her, basted in by appointing several officials to the National Labor majorities from Hispanic voters, for whom the issue is Senate Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid. Boehner 2013 and had not yet been sentenced. A olive oil, over an open fire and using her Relations Board without the consent of Congress. deeply resonant. The president said he was certain that said that he told Obama last week that the American jury had concluded he wasn’t just fanta- severed head as a centerpiece for a sit- Obama’s salvo against Republicans came after the Republican leaders did in fact want to move on the people and their elected representatives did not trust sizing when he conversed online with down meal. —AP administration announced over the weekend that it issue, but were unable to get their party’s rank and file the president to enforce existing immigration laws. “Until would ask Congress for more than $2 billion to enforce on board. He is almost certainly correct. Political analysts that changes, it is going to be difficult to make progress Chile: US the southern border and speed up repatriations of some warn that Republicans cannot continue to alienate the on this issue,” Boehner said. —AFP had role in deaths SANTIAGO: A Chilean court said US military intelligence services played a key role that led to the 1973 killings of two Americans in Chile in a case that inspired the Oscar-winning film “Missing.” A court ruling released late Monday said former US Navy Capt. Ray E Davis gave information to Chilean officials about journalist Charles Horman and student Frank Teruggi that led to their arrest and execution just days after the 1973 coup that brought Gen. Augusto Pinochet to power. “The military intelligence services of the United States had a fundamental role in the creation of the murders of the two American citizens in 1973, providing Chilean military officers with the information that led to their deaths,” the ruling by Judge Jorge Zepeda said. Zepeda also upheld the decision to charge retired Chilean army Col Pedro Espinoza with the murders, and Rafael Gonzalez, a former civilian counterintelligence agent, as an accomplice in Horman’s murder. The two Chileans and Davis had been indicted in 2011. Davis commanded the US Military Mission in Chile at the time of the Sept. 11, 1973, American-backed coup that ousted the democratically elected government of leftist President Salvador Allende. —AP INTERNATIONAL WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014 Europe rights court upholds French burqa ban

STRASBOURG: The European Court of Human Rights in places open to all, practices or attitudes which yesterday upheld France’s controversial burqa ban, would fundamentally call into question the possibili- rejecting arguments that outlawing full-face veils ty of open interpersonal relationships”. breaches religious freedom. In a case brought by a 24-year-old French woman with the support of a ‘Victory for women’s rights’ British legal team, the court ruled that France was Under the ban, women wearing full-face veils in justified in introducing the ban in the interests of public spaces can be fined up to 150 euros ($205). social cohesion. Belgium and some parts of Switzerland have fol- “The Court emphasized that respect for the condi- lowed France’s lead and similar bans have been con- tions of ‘living together’ was a legitimate aim for the sidered in other European countries. The measure at issue,” a statement from the ECHR said. International League of Women’s Rights, founded by The court said the “ban was not expressly based on French feminist Simone de Beauvoir, welcomed yes- the religious connotation of the clothing in question terday’s ruling as a “victory for secularism and but solely on the fact that it concealed the face”. It women’s rights”. Attempts to enforce the legislation also emphasized that states should be allowed a in France have proved problematic and sometimes degree of discretion-”a wide margin of appreciation”- sparked confrontations, such as riots in the Paris sub- on a policy issue which is subject to significant differ- urb of Trappes last year. The hearing comes just days ences of opinion. after one of France’s highest courts upheld the 2008 Two of the 17 judges, who spent several months sacking of a worker at a kindergarten in the Paris sub- deliberating on the case, dissented from the majority urbs for wanting to wear a headscarf to work. view that the ban did not breach the European Coincidentally yesterday, an appeals court in Convention on Human Rights’ provisions protecting Versailles outside Paris will hear the case of the hus- freedom of thought, conscience and religion. But the band of a veiled woman whose violent action during judges agreed unanimously that the woman had not a police ID check on his spouse earned him a three- been a victim of discrimination. She had not been month suspended prison sentence. prosecuted under the law, which has resulted in only NORD: A woman wearing a niqab, a type of full veil, walks in a street in the center of Roubaix. The Many Muslims view France, which is officially a a handful of arrests since it was introduced in 2010. European Court of Human Rights yesterday upheld France’s controversial burqa ban, rejecting argu- secular republic despite being overwhelmingly The university graduate, who has family in ments that outlawing full-face veils breaches religious freedom. — AFP Catholic, as imposing its values on them and other Birmingham, England, had requested anonymity for wore the full veil of her own free will and was willing necessary to ensure gender equality, human dignity religious minorities. France has one of the biggest fear of reprisals in France over her action. to remove it whenever required for security reasons- and “respect for the minimum requirement of life in Muslim populations in Europe. Apart from the veil She had argued that being obliged to take off her addressing two of the main arguments put forward society”. The court dismissed the first two arguments issue, there has been controversy in the past over veil in public was degrading. by French authorities in support of the ban. The but upheld the third, saying it was “able to under- whether schools and holiday camps should be In written evidence, she had testified that she French government had argued that the ban was stand the view that individuals might not wish to see, required to provide halal meals. — AFP Erdogan, the lemon seller now ‘sultan’

ANKARA: Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who rose Erdogan blames the troubles on an from selling lemons on the streets to erstwhile ally, the powerful US-based become Turkey’s most powerful modern Muslim preacher Fetullah Gulen, firing off leader, is hailed by supporters as the sav- almost daily tirades about coup plots and ior of his country, but has become an foreign conspiracies to bring down his increasingly polarizing figure. The reli- government. giously devout but charismatic prime min- Erdogan’s overwhelming election suc- ister is now seeking to extend his 11-year cesses have led to his increasingly authori- domination of Turkey by standing in a tarian style, according to Ilter Turan, pro- presidential election that would make him fessor at Istanbul’s Bilgi University. “Since Turkey’s longest serving ruler since its he took office, the prime minister has founding father Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. gradually shifted from pragmatist tenden- But the man dubbed the “Sultan” is cies to ideological ones, from teamwork to enduring the most turbulent phase of his personal decisions, from democracy to career, accused of being an autocrat and authoritarianism, from thought-out poli- lashing out erratically at critics, from for- cies to impulsive ones,” he said. mer allies to Twitter users. Months of political turmoil in the wake of the Gezi street From prison to power protests have cast a shadow over Erdogan, The son of a coastguard officer in once hailed as an emerging global player Istanbul’s harbourside neighborhood of after Turkey’s decade of unprecedented Kasimpasa, Erdogan sold bread and growth. “I am not a dictator. It is not even lemons on the streets as a teenager. He in my blood,” he said last year. But as tales joined Islamic youth groups that chal- of official graft and sleaze spread through lenged the era’s secular-nationalist social networks, the 60-year-old has regimes and the coup-happy generals ANKARA: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine Erdogan wave to members of Turkey’s ruling Justice and become increasingly irritable and combat- who saw it as their duty to ensure a strict Development Party (AKP) at a ceremony in Ankara yesterday. — AFP ive, branding his critics “traitors” and “ter- separation between mosque and state. rorists”. Erdogan, a one-time semi-professional The anger come to a head over his football player and a business graduate, response to the mine tragedy in the west- became mayor of Istanbul in 1994, and set French ex-president held ern town of Soma in May that claimed 301 about tackling urban woes such as traffic lives, when he apparently attempted to gridlock and air pollution in the megacity downplay the incident by comparing it to of more than 15 million people. for questioning over leaks mining disasters in 19th-century Britain. When his religious party was outlawed, Yet he can still count on solid support he joined demonstrations and was briefly among rural Turks as well as many reli- jailed for allegedly reciting an Islamist NANTERRE: Former French President Nicolas separate allegations that late Libyan leader ment last week, Sarkozy said he was still “in a peri- gious business people who have pros- poem which the court regarded as incite- Sarkozy was held for questioning yesterday over Muammar Gaddafi funded the same campaign, od of reflection” but indicated he would make up pered under his rule. Soner Cagaptay, ment to religious hatred. “The mosques suspicions that he received leaked details of an they began to suspect he had kept tabs on the his mind in coming months whether to seek the director of the Turkish Research Program are our barracks, the domes our helmets, inquiry into alleged irregularities in his 2007 elec- Bettencourt case through a network of informants. 2017 ticket of his UMP party. at The Washington Institute, said the minarets our bayonets and the faithful tion campaign. It was the first time a former head Those suspicions finally prompted the formal Yet a growing number of voices in the UMP Erdogan’s economic record and effective our soldiers,” read the controversial poem of state had been held for questioning in modern launching of yet another investigation into influ- have been arguing he is too much of a liability to use of his image as an “authoritarian he recited words he has repeated again French history and is the latest blow to Sarkozy’s ence-peddling in February. Sarkozy has likened the run for them as president. Those calls grew louder underdog” would likely see him win the and again on the campaign trail. hopes of a come-back after his 2012 election elections. In 2001 Erdogan and his long time ally, defeat by Francois Hollande. The conservative current President Abdullah Gul, co-found- politician denies all wrongdoing in a string of ‘Shift to authoritarianism ‘ ed the Islamic-rooted Justice and investigations involving him. Sarkozy arrived yes- Erdogan was credited with bringing Development Party (AKP), which scored a terday to be quizzed by investigators at their stability to Turkey after decades of fre- landslide win the following year and two offices in Nanterre, west of Paris, after his lawyer quent coups and rocky coalitions, and more victories since. was held for questioning on Monday. “Mr Sarkozy clipping the wings of the powerful mili- A formidable campaigner, even illness has been summoned to Nanterre and is being held tary. A fan of new bridges, airports and did not stop him going from city to city for questioning,” the source told Reuters. other megaprojects, he has transformed addressing monster rallies of supporters, Asked about the matter, government what was once an economic basket-case often draped in the scarf of the local foot- spokesman Stephane Le Foll said Sarkozy was into a robust market, tripling the income ball team. His party introduced a series of “subject to justice like everyone else.” “Justice of ordinary Turks and reining in runaway reforms to bring Turkey closer to the authorities are investigating and have to go all the inflation. It was plans for another new European Union but talks about eventual way,” he told i

KIEV: Ukrainian forces struck at pro-Russian separatist bases in had not seen “concrete steps for de-escalating the situation, Poroshenko, announcing the military would now act to of the peace plan, including the freeing of hostages and creat- eastern regions with air and artillery strikes yesterday after including strengthening controls on the border.” In Moscow, the answer the “terrorists, militants and marauders”, accused the ing effective border controls. President Petro Poroshenko announced he would not renew a foreign ministry hinted that the United States stood behind rebels of failing to keep to the truce or follow a peace plan he Poroshenko had extended a government ceasefire last week ceasefire but go on the offensive to rid Ukraine of “parasites”. Poroshenko’s decision not to extend the ceasefire. “There is an had outlined. Later on his Facebook page, the 48-year-old leader until 10 p.m. (1900 GMT) on Monday to allow for peace talks Within hours of Poroshenko’s early morning announcement, the impression that the change in Kiev’s position ... could not have warned the future would be difficult, adding: “we must be unit- with a contact group involving separatist leaders, a former military went into action against rebel bases and checkpoints in come about without influence from abroad, despite the position ed, because we are fighting to free our land from dirt and para- Ukrainian president, a senior representative of the OSCE rights the east which has been in separatist ferment since April. of leading EU member states,” it said in a statement. sites.” “After the president’s speech, the ATO (Anti-Terrorist and security body and Moscow’s ambassador to Kiev. “The Saying Ukrainian forces had launched attacks “from the air Separately, the speaker of Russia’s lower house of parliament Operation) went into action. We opened artillery fire, carried out unique chance to implement the peace plan was not realized. It and land”, the defense ministry said: “The terrorists’ plan to sig- called for a new ceasefire. “We think that without a truce, with- air strikes at the strategic points of the terrorists and places happened because of the criminal actions of the militants. They nificantly escalate armed confrontation has been disrupted and out the start of dialogue, it is simply impossible to restore peace, where they are concentrated,” military spokesman Oleksiy publicly declared their unwillingness to support the peace plan the threat of losses to the civilian population and service per- justice and law and order in Ukraine,” Sergei Naryshkin, an ally of Dmytrashkovsky said. as a whole and in particular the ceasefire,” Poroshenko said. sonnel has been liquidated.” There was no immediate word on Putin, was quoted as saying. Poroshenko, just over three weeks Rebels had fired on an SU-25 attack aircraft, damaging it, Pro-Russian separatism erupted in Ukraine’s east in April after casualties. Poroshenko, who accuses Russia of fanning the con- in office, is also facing rising anger at home and from the new but the plane had manage to land safely at its air base, he street protests in Kiev toppled a Moscow-backed president, flict and allowing fighters and equipment to cross the border to political establishment over military losses. He is under pressure said. He denied a rebel report that a military helicopter had Viktor Yanukovich, after he had walked away from a free trade support the rebels, turned his back on another renewal of a 10- to switch to more forceful action against the rebels after a been brought down. One Ukrainian serviceman had been deal with the European Union that would shift Ukraine west- day unilateral ceasefire after four-way telephone talks involving ceasefire which many say was used by the rebels to regroup and killed and 17 wounded in the past 24 hours in rebel attacks on wards. Russia subsequently annexed Crimea and separatist the German and French leaders and Russia’s Vladimir Putin. rearm. A statement tweeted by the Ukrainian foreign ministry Ukrainian posts, Dmytrashkovsky said. Poroshenko said he rebels in Ukraine’s Russian-speaking east seized buildings and Showing impatience at what he had heard from Putin, on Monday night said 27 Ukrainian servicemen had been killed was willing to return to a ceasefire “at any moment” if it strategic points, declaring “people’s republics” and saying they Poroshenko said in his early morning statement that Ukraine and 69 wounded since the ceasefire began on June 20. became clear that all sides were ready to carry out all aspects wanted union with Russia. —Reuters WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014 INTERNATIONAL Outrage over Indian lawmaker’s ‘rape’ threat

—KOLKATA: An Indian lawmaker comments drew widespread condem- said raid. I said they should raid all the Brinda Karat, the leader of the faced calls to quit yesterday after he nation yesterday, including from people and places, including women Communists, told reporters that the was captured on video threatening the Trinamool which is the fourth largest and old,” he told CNN-IBN, refusing to comments were “completely unaccept- rape of his political rivals’ relatives. party in parliament and whose sup- apologize. However even his own wife able” and Pal “must be suspended” Amid widespread outrage in India over port is concentrated in the state of Nandini said the lawmaker was out of from the Lok Sabha, India’s lower a series of recent high-profile rapes, West Bengal. “We do not in any way line. “I feel terrible about it. Whatever house of parliament. India brought in the Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Pal endorse what he said,” party he has said, it is not right being a tougher laws last year against sex could be clearly heard bragging of his spokesman Derek O’Brien told member of the parliament,” she told offenders after the fatal gang-rape of a ability to order attacks against his left- reporters, adding that party leader and reporters in Kolkata. The head of the student in New Delhi in December wing opponents. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata National Commission for Women said 2012, but they have failed to stem the “If CPIM (Communist Party of India- Banerjee was “hopping mad” about the Pal’s position was now untenable. “He tide of violence against women across Marxist) tries to kill and intimidate our remarks. should resign. This is a very unfortu- the country. In May, two girls aged 12 workers... I will not spare them. I will let Pal, who was a minor film star in the nate statement. CM Mamata Banerjee and 14 were found hanging from a loose my men to rape your women,” he Kolkata-based movie industry, tried to should take action against him, he mango tree in the state of Uttar said in an address to followers in late limit the damage by claiming he had should be suspended,” said the com- Pradesh after they had been abducted All India Trinamool Congress Party MP, May and filmed on a smart phone. His been misquoted. “I never said rape. I mission’s head Mamata Sharma. and gang-raped. — AFP Tapas Paul Malaysia vows stern action against NZ assault suspect

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia said yester- Zealand thinks that the Malaysian inves- there. But Malaysia “stopped us from day it will take stern action against a tigation is not being conducted proper- doing that by invoking diplomatic junior military official if he is found ly and requests his extradition. immunity,” he said. guilty of sexually assaulting a woman in He said that initially Malaysia was The differing versions of the events New Zealand where he was working at willing to waive diplomatic immunity so could not be immediately reconciled. the country’s diplomatic mission. that he could be tried in New Zealand. New Zealand officials released Tuesday Foreign Minister Anifah Aman told “But during discussions on May 12, the a May 10 note asking for Malaysia to reporters that a defense ministry panel New Zealand side offered an alternative waive immunity and a May 21 response will investigate Second Warrant Office for the accused to be brought back to from the Malaysian High Commission Muhammad Rizalman bin Ismail, 38, Malaysia,” he said. “It was never our saying Malaysia didn’t plan to do that who was charged in New Zealand’s capi- intention to treat the matter lightly.” and had decided to repatriate tal Wellington last month but evaded However, New Zealand’s Prime Minister Muhammad Rizalman “as soon as possi- trial by using diplomatic immunity. He John Key earlier indicated that his gov- ble.” But there was no record of the returned home on May 22. ernment would have preferred to keep reported negotiations on May 12 men- “Diplomatic immunity is not a license the man in New Zealand and try him tioned by Anifha.-—AP —AP for them to commit crime,” Anifah said. It was not immediately clear what punishment he faced under Malaysia’s mili- Sri Lanka delays digging tary rules. However, the defense ministry “will not hesitate to take stern up Muslim mass grave action against the accused ... if it is proven beyond reasonable doubt that COLOMBO: A magistrate has post- “Police wanted more time,” a court he is responsible and committed the poned yesterday’s scheduled start official told AFP by telephone from alleged misconduct,” he said. Anifah said of an operation to exhume a sus- the site, around 330 kilometers east Muhammad Rizalman worked at the pected mass war grave on Sri of the capital Colombo. “So the dig- HONG KONG: Demonstrators march during a pro-democracy rally seeking greater democracy in Hong Kong yes- Malaysian High Commission in Lanka’s east coast after police said ging was postponed.” Sri Lanka’s 37- terday as frustration grows over the influence of Beijing on the city. — AFP Wellington for the past year as a they needed more preparation year civil war, which ended in 2009, defense staff assistant when he was time, an official said. Authorities had mainly pitted the majority ethnic detained on May 9 for allegedly follow- been due to begin excavating part Sinhalese, who are Buddhists, Thousands stage boisterous ing a 21-year-old woman home and of a beach in Kalavanchikudy dis- against the minority Tamils, who are assaulting her. trict after a resident petitioned the mainly Hindus and live in the north. He was charged the next day with local court, claiming the site con- Muslims, who account for around march for democracy in HK burglary and assault with the intent to tained the remains of around 100 10 percent of the population, large- rape, each of which carries a maximum Muslims who were killed 24 years ly avoided being caught up in the prison sentence of 10 years. He returned ago at the height of Sri Lanka’s eth- fighting. But there have been alle- Frustration grows over the influence of Beijing home with his family on May 22. Anifah nic war. But after visiting the site, gations that the Tamil Tigers rebels said the accused will be sent back to the magistrate agreed to allow the carried out several massacres of start to be delayed until August 18, Muslims in the east as part of their HONG KONG: Hundreds of thousands of protesters, some But there are heightened fears that those freedoms are New Zealand “if it is absolutely necessary.” Asked to elaborate, Anifah said “I giving police more time to secure push to create a separate Tamil waving colonial-era flags and chanting anti-Beijing slogans, being eroded. Among other fears, there has been a series of the services of forensic experts. homeland.— AFP staged a pro-democracy rally in rain-soaked Hong Kong yes- attacks on media workers in recent months-including the will consider sending him back” if New terday that organizers say could be the largest since the city stabbing of a liberal former newspaper editor-while pro- was handed back to China. The march reflects surging dis- democracy media have complained of massive cyber-attacks. content over Beijing’s insistence that it vet candidates before Concerns increased in June when Beijing published a contro- a vote in 2017 for the semi-autonomous city’s next leader. It versial “white paper” on Hong Kong’s future that was widely comes after nearly 800,000 people voted in an informal refer- seen as a warning to the city not to overstep its boundaries. endum to demand a free electoral mechanism that allows “Public sentiment has dropped to the lowest point since voters to nominate candidates. The poll irked Beijing, which 2003. I believe more people will come out,” organizer Yeung branded it “illegal and invalid”. said. The 2003 march saw 500,000 people protest against a Swarms of people poured out of the city’s Victoria Park, proposed national security bill, forcing the government to the starting point of the march that will culminate in the sky- shelve it. scraper-packed Central business district. By 6pm (1000 GMT), at least 200,000 protesters had joined the march, Johnson Venting anger Yeung, a rally organizer said. The streets turned into a sea of Two student groups have said they will hold an overnight umbrellas and banners bearing slogans such as “We want rally after the march to “occupy” a Central street and an area real democracy” and “Civil nominations for all”, with one outside the government headquarters. One of the group’s activist urging police to remove barricades lining the protest leaders, Joshua Wong, said the student rally would be held to route for wider space to accommodate the surging crowds. vent “anger” towards the authorities but would be peaceful. Flanked by security officials in lime-colored vests, some Pro-democracy group Occupy Central, which organized the protesters also sang the Cantonese version of “Do You Hear referendum, has said that it will stage a mass sit-in in the the People Sing?” from the musical “Les Miserables”. “There is city’s business district later this year unless authorities come a strong desire for genuine democracy that offers choice and up with acceptable electoral reforms. competition without (political) vetting,” Anson Chan, a former A small group of protesters burned a copy of the white number two official in Hong Kong who is now a pro-democ- paper and a picture of the city’s leader Leung Chun-ying after racy activist, told reporters. The chairman of the Hong Kong they were stopped by police near a flag-raising ceremony to post office union, who marched with the protesters in swel- mark the handover on yesterday morning. “We should avoid tering and muggy weather, said the city’s government was doing anything that may undermine Hong Kong’s stability guilty of kowtowing to Beijing’s diktat. “This march is not for and prosperity,” Leung said in a speech after the ceremony. us, it’s for our children. Without universal suffrage there’s no The 10-day unofficial referendum, which ended Sunday, gave way to monitor the government,” said Ip Kam-fu. three options for the election of the city’s next leader, all of which included the public having some influence on the Surging crowds selection of candidates. Organizers expect more than half a million people to join Beijing condemned the vote Monday and accused its the rally, which would be a record high. It was impossible to organizers of breaching the rule of law. China has promised independently verify early numbers but the rally seemed visi- to let all Hong Kong residents vote for their next leader in bly larger than the June 4 rally to mark the 25th anniversary 2017 - currently a 1,200-strong pro-Beijing committee choos- of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, which police said es the city’s chief executive. But it says candidates must be attracted 99,500 people. Paul Yip, a statistician at Hong Kong approved by a nomination committee, which democracy University, told AFP he was leading a team of 15 to inde- advocates fear will mean only pro-Beijing figures are allowed pendently assess yesterday’s crowd size, a topic of great polit- to stand. A study released on Monday by the Chinese ically sensitivity. July 1, a traditional day of protest in the for- University’s Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies sug- mer British colony, marks the anniversary of its handover to gested that mistrust of Beijing is growing. Nearly 44 percent China in 1997 under a “One country, two systems” agree- of around 800 Hong Kong residents interviewed for the ment. That allows residents liberties not seen on the main- monthly survey said they did not trust the central govern- land, including free speech and the right to protest. ment, up five percentage points from May.- — AFP Afghan poll result delayed as fraud dispute deepens

KABUL: Afghanistan’s presidential elec- tip Afghanistan into a risky period of while Abdullah’s loyalists are Tajiks and tion result has been delayed for several street protests and uncertainty. “We other northern Afghan groups. The UN days, officials said yesterday, as a dis- have started inspecting the votes in has expressed its concerns over rising pute over alleged fraud threatens to around 2,000 polling centers after the friction and last week called on candi- derail the country’s first democratic commission decided to make sure of dates and their supporters to “refrain transfer of power. The preliminary result transparency,” Independent Election from any acts that incite imminent vio- of the June 14 run-off vote had been Commission member Sharifa Zurmati lence, civil disorder or lead to instabili- due today but was postponed at short said. “The announcement has been ty”. Ghani’s campaign team criticized notice to allow ballots in 2,000 voting delayed for several days until the the delay, but said it welcomed any centers to be checked-throwing the inspection ends. We will hopefully fin- attempt to prevent fraud in the vote handover process into turmoil. ish the inspection on Friday and then count. “We believe the election com- Abdullah Abdullah, previously seen set a date.” “During the inspection, mission should work in accordance to as the poll front-runner, has said he some votes will be invalidated.” About the election timeline and announce would reject the result due to “blatant 6,000 voting centers were open across that results on time,” said campaign fraud”, while his poll rival Ashraf Ghani Afghanistan on June 14, when voters spokeswoman Azita Rafat. “If this delay said the election was clean and claimed defied the threat of Taleban attacks to is for the sake of transparency then we victory by more than one million votes. choose between former foreign minis- accept it, though it runs against the The United Nations and donor counter Abdullah and Ghani, an ex-World election law.” Abdullah, a former anti- tries have been trying for months to Bank economist. Taleban resistance fighter, believes prevent a contested election outcome, fraud denied him victory in the 2009 fearing political deadlock and ethnic Fears of ethnic tension election and has said he is again the violence as US-led troops withdraw Any tension between supporters victim of massive ballot-box stuffing from the country. could ignite ethnic unrest since Ghani overseen by the election commission, But with the two candidates at log- attracts much of his support from the Ghani and outgoing President Hamid gerheads, many fear the impasse could Pashtun tribes of the south and east, Karzai.—AFP WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014 INTERNATIONAL

China general’s ousting tightens Xi’s grip on military BEIJING: The Chinese Communist The expulsion “definitively puts to below the US’s $495.5 billion. a term to describe it: “PLA Inc”. “When lysts say. As a son of a Chinese revolu- Party’s dramatic expulsion of a former rest any notion that Xi is not fully in Experts say the spending spike has Deng Xiaoping took over (as para- tionary leader, Xi already had stronger top general-the most senior figure to command of the CCP and its military”, brought with it more opportunities for mount leader in 1978), there were the credentials with the PLA than did his fall in President Xi Jinping’s anti-corrup- according to Christopher Johnson, the corruption within the ranks, a trend Four Modernisations,” said Brad predecessor Hu Jintao. He has strength- tion campaign-is an assertion of politi- Freeman Chair in China Studies at CSIS Glosserman, executive director of the ened that relationship over the past year cal control over the powerful and in Washington. The announcement Pacific Forum CSIS and an Asian securi- with a high number of visits to military wealthy military, analysts say. Xu made explicit reference to Xu enabling ty expert “One of the things that Deng bases. “Xi Jinping’s relationship with the Caihou, former vice chairman of China’s the buying of military office, he point- commanded was, ‘We either get the military is good because of his Central Military Commission and until ed out, suggesting “Xi and his civilian PLA out of business, or you get out of ‘princeling’ background and his earlier two years ago a member of the ruling peers are keen to send a message con- the PLA’,” he said of the order to busi- career as secretary to the secretary-gen- party’s elite 25-strong Politburo, was cerning the party’s control of the mili- nessman officers. eral of the military commission” Geng stripped of his party membership on tary”. “The accusation goes right to the “This intermingling of interests has Biao, said Joseph Cheng, professor of Monday and his case was handed over heart of the PLA’s loyalty to the CCP been slow to reverse and undo; that’s political science at the City University of to prosecutors. and its role as the ultimate guarantor of been a real source of the problem,” he Hong Kong. The 71-year-old is the highest-rank- party rule,” he wrote in an analysis. added. “I think a lot of people believe For his part Xu was born in the north- ing Chinese military officer to face trial that there’s some pretty extensive cor- eastern province of Liaoning in 1943 and in decades. The authorities’ move to Army ‘undermined’ by corruption ruption. There’s a sense that this min- graduated from the Harbin Institute of pursue charges against him-despite Authorities have not yet released full gling of interests is undermining the Military Engineering before rising reports that he is dying of bladder can- details of the accusations against Xu, ability of the PLA.” Since taking office, Xi through the ranks of the PLA, including a cer-is intended to send the People’s but some reports state that according has repeatedly urged the armed forces- stint as the director-general of its General Liberation Army (PLA) a clear message, to military officers briefed on the case, whose combat experience is limited, Political Department. But the connec- analysts said. The PLA’s influence in he and his family members received despite Beijing’s sometimes assertive tions he built up could not save him domestic affairs has waned since the tens of millions of yuan in bribes. approach in maritime territorial dis- once the decision to purge him was tak- days of Communist China’s founding China’s military spending has seen dou- putes with its neighbors-to strengthen en. A front-page editorial Tuesday by the father Mao Zedong, but it remains a ble-digit annual increases in recent their capacity to “win battles”. PLA Daily backed his expulsion and political force to be reckoned with and years, with the official 2013 defense Xu Caihou called for all military officers to “firmly has at the same time built up a vast budget reaching $119.5 billion, accord- compounded by the difficult task of ‘Correct decision’ support the correct decision of the CPC network of business interests. Xi ing to Beijing-far eclipsing the expendi- disentangling the PLA from the com- The move to take down Xu also sug- Central Committee... and ensure all their presided over the meeting that decid- ture of neighbors including Russia mercial interests it developed over gests a calculation by Xi that it is impossi- actions follow the instruction of the CPC ed to expel Xu, the official news agency ($69.5 billion), Japan ($56.9 billion) and decades. The web of connections is so ble to fully consolidate power without Central Committee, the CMC and its Xinhua stressed. India ($39.2 billion), although still well extensive that academics have coined asserting control over the military, ana- Chairman Xi Jinping.” —AFP Japan takes historic step from post-war pacifism Historic security policy shift angers China

TOKYO: Japan took a historic step operations such as the 2003 US-led often to get the public to agree to a shouting, “Don’t destroy Article 9” away from its post-war pacifism invasion of Iraq. The new policy is more elastic interpretation of article and “We’re against war”. “I’m against yesterday by ending a ban that has angering an increasingly assertive 9. Abe is taking a bigger leap and the right of collective-self defense, kept the military from fighting China, whose ties with Japan have getting away with it, thanks to the but more importantly, I’m against abroad since 1945 - a victory for frayed due to a maritime row, mis- Chinese,” said Columbia University the way Abe is pushing this change Prime Minister Shinzo Abe but a trust and the legacy of Japan’s past political science professor Gerry through,” said 21-year-old university move that has riled China and wor- military aggression. “China opposes Curtis. Abe, who took office in 2012 student Misa Machimura. ries many Japanese voters. The the Japanese fabricating the China promising to revive Japan’s econo- Legal revisions to implement the change, the most dramatic shift in threat to promote its domestic my and bolster its security posture, change must be approved by parlia- defense policy since Japan set up political agenda,” Chinese Foreign has pushed for the change - which ment and restrictions could be its post-war armed forces exactly 60 Ministry spokesman Hong Lei told a revises a longstanding government imposed in the process. Since its years ago, will significantly widen news conference in Beijing. interpretation of the charter - 1945 defeat, Japan’s military has not HWA: This undated picture released by North Korea’s official Korean Central Japan’s military options by ending “We demand that Japan respect despite wariness among Japanese engaged in combat. Past govern- News Agency (KCNA) shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (center) the ban on exercising “collective the reasonable security concerns of voters. ments have stretched the constitu- inspecting the Hwa Islet defense detachment off the east coast of North tion’s limits to develop a military Korea. —AFP now on par with that of France and to permit non-combat missions abroad, but its armed forces remain Japan voices anger in Beijing far more constrained legally than those of other nations. China has over N Korean missile launch already argued that Japan is raising regional tensions and seeks to back BEIJING: Talks between Tokyo and investigation. The agreement, following three its case by pointing to Abe’s efforts Pyongyang on the abduction of Japanese cit- days of talks in Stockholm, was seen as a to cast Tokyo’s wartime past with a izens during the Cold War opened in Beijing major breakthrough in a highly strained rela- less apologetic tone. yesterday, with Tokyo’s envoys giving the tionship, and the most positive engagement “It makes it easier for competitors North Koreans a diplomatic rebuke over mis- between Pyongyang and the outside world to paint Japan as a wolf in sheep’s sile launches. Sunday’s test launch of two in many months. North Korea admitted in clothing,” said Richard Samuels, short-range Scud missiles was “extremely 2002 that it had kidnapped 13 Japanese citi- director of the Center for regrettable”, Junichi Ihara, the head of Japan’s zens to train its spies in Japanese language International Studies at the delegation, told his North Korean counter- and customs. The subject is highly charged in Massachusetts Institute of part Song Il-Ho as talks got under way at Japan, where there are suspicions that Technology. But he added: “Just Pyongyang’s embassy in the Chinese capital. dozens or perhaps even hundreds more were because Japan is strong does not Speaking in front of international journalists- taken. The North has promised to use the mean that it will be aggressive.” who are rarely allowed in the embassy-Ihara Beijing meeting to “explain about the organi- According to the cabinet resolution, stressed the missile launch was “incompati- zation, composition and persons in charge” of Japan could exercise force to the ble” with the substance of previous North a committee it has set up to reinvestigate the minimum degree necessary in cases Korean commitments made to Japan and to abductions, Tokyo officials said previously. where a country with which it has agreements at Six-Party nuclear talks. Ihara and Song were chief negotiators at the close ties is attacked and the follow- Ihara called on the nuclear-armed North breakthrough Stockholm talks. “What is truly ing conditions are met: there is a not to repeat the launches, and to respond to important is what comes next,” Ihara said yes- threat to the existence of the the demands of the international community, terday. “It’s necessary to firmly and steadily Japanese state, there is a clear dan- but Song defended Pyongyang’s actions. implement this agreement and make it effec- ger that the people’s right to life, lib- “The rocket launch... was carried out smooth- tive.” The North’s missile launch came three erty and the pursuit of happiness ly without having the slightest impact, not days after Pyongyang fired what were TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives for a press conference at his official resi- could be subverted, and there is no only on regional peace and security but on believed to be three short-range missiles into dence in Tokyo yesterday. —AP appropriate alternative. international navigation order and ecological the sea. The show of force came ahead of a self-defense”, or aiding a friendly its Asian neighbors and prudently Voters wary Precisely how the change might environment,” Song said. The talks were held state visit to Seoul by Chinese President Xi country under attack. Defense handle the relevant matter.” The Some voters worry about entan- work in practice remains unclear, in a huge meeting room under two giant, Jinping tomorrow to discuss issues including Minister Itsunori Onodera, speak- shift, however, will be welcomed by glement in foreign wars and others although it is likely to ease the path imposing pictures of North Korea’s founder the North’s nuclear weapons programs. ing to reporters outside the prime Washington, which has long urged are angry at what they see as a gut- to joint military exercises with coun- Kim Il-Sung and his son, Kim Jong-Il, who Japan and North Korea have no diplomat- minister’s office, said Abe’s cabinet Tokyo to become a more equal ting of Article 9 by ignoring formal tries other than the United States. died in 2011. The younger man was in turn ic ties and contact each other through their had adopted a resolution adopting alliance partner, and by Southeast amendment procedures. The charter New Kometi, the junior partner in succeeded by his own son Kim Jong-Un, as embassies in Beijing at present. A Chinese for- the shift, which also relaxes limits Asia nations that also have rows has never been revised since it was Abe’s governing coalition, says the the dynasty maintains its grip on the secre- eign ministry official said Beijing hopes the on activities in UN-led peace-keep- with China Japanese conservatives adopted after Japan’s 1945 defeat. scope of revision is limited, and tive, isolated state. two can establish diplomatic relations. Vice ing operations and “grey zone” inci- say the constitution’s war-renounc- On Sunday, a man set himself on fire Japanese voters are still wary of foreign minister Liu Zhenmin said the nor- dents short of full-scale war. ing Article 9 has excessively limited near a busy Tokyo intersection - a entanglements in conflicts far from Kidnappings sensitive malization of ties between Tokyo and Long constrained by the pacifist Japan’s ability to defend itself and rare form of protest in Japan - after home. “I only see this happening in The Beijing talks are aimed at checking Pyongyang would be “better for the stability post-war constitution, Japan’s that a changing regional power bal- speaking out against Abe’s re-inter- areas near Japan. I don’t see Japan progress in Pyongyang’s promised investiga- of Northeast Asia” and said he welcomed the armed forces will become more ance, including a rising China, pretation of Article 9. Around 2,000 deploying far-away forces in the con- tion into the fate of Japanese citizens abduct- two sides using Beijing “as a platform” for dia- aligned with the militaries of other means Japan’s policies must be protesters, including pensioners, text where then end up in the front ed during the 1970s and 1980s to train North logue. “China has always been encouraging advanced nations, but the govern- more flexible. housewives and trade unionists, lines,” said Brad Glosserman, execu- Korean spies. North Korea made the surprise the US and Japan to develop normal relations ment will likely be wary of putting “Conservative governments have marched near the premier’s office tive director of Honoulu-based think pledge in May after Japan said it could ease with the DPRK,” Liu added, using an abbrevia- boots on the ground in multilateral pushed the envelope hard and yesterday carrying banners and tank Pacific Forum CSIS. —Reuters its sanctions if Pyongyang carries out a fresh tion of the North’s official name. —AFP Cambodians return to Thailand after exodus Airbus, Boeing, Israel firms PHNOM PENH: Nearly 10,000 Cambodians prompted, by some estimates, the entire the pinch of a shrinking workforce within days bid for S Korea military deal have returned to jobs in Thailand after fleeing undocumented Cambodian population to flee of their flight. Yesterday Sihasak also stressed en masse last month, officials said yesterday, as Thailand. Sihasak said it would now only take the importance Thailand placed upon its for- SEOUL: South Korea said yesterday it is the United States and Europe’s Airbus are the two countries agreed to make it easier for one day for Cambodian migrants to obtain a eign laborers. “Thailand needs to restore order considering offers from plane giants in a global competition to win military migrants to obtain work permits. The exodus of Thai visa following the establishment of worker and has noted that migrants have brought Airbus and Boeing as well as Israel contracts for building refuelling planes. more than 250,000 laborers fearful of a crack- registration centres along the Cambodian-Thai huge benefits to the Thai nation and helped Aerospace Industries (IAI) to provide air Airbus’s MRTT is already in service in down on undocumented workers under border. boost its economy,” he told reporters. refuelling tankers in a deal estimated to Australia, Saudi Arabia, Britain and the Thailand’s new junta has raised concerns about In a parallel move to ease the process, Meanwhile Hor Namhong urged Thailand to be worth $1.38 billion. The Defense United Arab Emirates, according to the the impact on the kingdom’s migrant-depen- Phnom Penh said last week that it would now release 14 Cambodians who were arrested last Acquisition Program Administration IHS Jane’s Defense Weekly. The firm won a dent economy. At a meeting in Phnom Penh cost only $49 for Cambodians to buy a pass- month for using illegal work documents. (DAPA) said it has accepted the bids from $1.4 billion order in March to replace the yesterday, Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor port, visa and other working documents to Rumors of the shootings, abuse and arrests the three companies with a goal to Singapore air force’s ageing air refuelling Namhong and visiting Thai foreign ministry enter Thailand. Border officials at the of migrants by Thai authorities were among the choose a final bidder by the end of tankers that had previously been made by permanent secretary Sihasak Phuangketkeow Cambodian town of Poipet, the main crossing factors believed to have triggered the mass November. Boeing. Boeing in 2011 beat its European agreed to help “migrants to work legally” in between the two countries, said yesterday that departures. Some Cambodian officials claimed The bids involve Airbus’s A330-based rival for an estimated $30 billion contract Thailand. around 1,000 workers had crossed back into workers were rounded up from construction Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT), to replace the US Air Force’s ageing fleet “Cambodia has asked Thailand to issue visas Thailand every day since the weekend. Thailand sites in Thailand and sent back to Cambodia in Boeing’s B767-based KC-46 and the over- of KC-135 tankers with the newer KC-46 for more than 10,000 migrants, most of whom has almost no unemployment and depends trucks. But Thailand has strongly denied hauled B767-300ER made by IAI. “We will aircraft, with the first deliveries expected have now returned to work there,” said Hor upon neighboring Cambodia, Laos and forcibly expelling migrants and has dismissed evaluate the proposed three aircraft types in 2017. South Korea’s military procure- Namhong. Cambodian laborers help keep Myanmar to fill manual labor vacancies. reports of killings as “groundless”. The coup in beginning early July,” DAPA said in a statement needs, especially where the air force major Thai industries from seafood to construc- Despite insisting there was no crackdown Thailand on May 22 followed years of political ment. It did not elaborate on the number is concerned, have overwhelmingly been tion afloat, but often lack official work permits. against Cambodian migrants, the junta was divisions between a military-backed royalist of aircrafts to be purchased but industry met by US suppliers in the past-a reflec- A junta warning last month of arrest and unable to stem the flow of workers across the establishment and supporters of former Thai sources put the number at four. Boeing of tion of their close military alliance. —AFP deportation for those working illegally had border, with Thai businesses reporting feeling prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. —AFP NEWS WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014

Assembly passes budgets... Saudi king names new intel chief Erdogan launches... Continued from Page 1 Continued from Page 1 Continued from Page 1 included oversight of Saudi policy in the Levant, including toward Syrian rebels Still hailed by supporters for presiding over an eco- When debating the KIA budget, a number of MPs criticized the The king named Prince Khalid bin seeking to oust President Bashar Al- nomic transformation of the majority Muslim country, authority’s investment policy, especially for ignoring the domestic Bandar to the post of chief of general Assad. He was relieved of his post at the market. Omar said it is not logical for the authority to manage intelligence in a decree Monday, the offi- helm of the intelligence agency in April. Erdogan is now accused by critics of running the country investments in excess of $500 billion and ignore the local market, cial Saudi Press Agency reported. Khalid King Abdullah last week ordered like an Ottoman sultan, and has become an increasingly polarising figure. His candidacy means Erdogan’s one- while MP Abdulhameed Dashti called on the finance minister to was relieved of his post as deputy authorities to take all necessary meas- time close ally and co-founder of the Islamic-rooted AKP, dismiss KIA managing director. defense minister on Saturday, barely six ures to secure the kingdom from terrorist incumbent President Abdullah Gul will be stepping aside, In another development, opposition leader Musallam Al-Barrak, weeks after he was appointed. Khalid groups or others who “might disturb the with his political future uncertain. Gul, who has repeated- who was due to appear before the public prosecutor late yester- was previously the governor of the security of the homeland,” according to a Prince Khaled ly squabbled with Erdogan in recent months, appeared day, said he will not answer questions by the prosecutor. The pub- Riyadh region, an important post he report by the state news agency that noted particular concern about develop- to be absent from the Ankara rally, which was attended lic prosecution had summoned Barrak for interrogation over a law- assumed in Feb 2013 that involves over- seeing the capital and provides opportu- ments in Iraq. Saudi Arabia, which has by the entire AKP elite. suit filed by the Supreme Judicial Council over remarks made by nities for direct contact with top officials frosty relations with Iraq’s Shiite-led gov- If elected president, Erdogan is expected to wield far the opposition leader at a public rally on June 10 deemed offen- and visiting dignitaries. He is the son of ernment, shares long desert borders greater power than previous incumbents, and he indicat- sive to the judiciary and the chief justice Faisal Al-Marshed. Prince Bandar, one of the eldest surviv- with both Iraq and Jordan. Militants from ed the direct election would give the head of state a Barrak charged in a statement that the public prosecution has ing sons of King Abdulaziz, the founder the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant greater mandate despite no constitutional backing. The adopted a selective policy with regards to handling the case by of the kingdom. last week captured and temporarily held president was previously chosen by parliament. “The fact deciding to start interrogating him while ignoring the main issue. The monarch also named the former an Iraqi post on the Jordan border, a that the president will be elected by the people is a turn- The former opposition lawmaker reiterated claims that the public intelligence chief, Prince Bandar bin crossing that is roughly 70 km from ing point for democracy,” declared Erdogan. “The presi- prosecutor is not qualified to interrogate him because the lawsuit Sultan, as adviser and special envoy to Saudi territory. The insurgent group has dency will not be a place of rest.” In an apparent reference was filed by the Supreme Judicial Council of which the public the king. Bandar was ambassador to the seized territory in both Iraq and Syria, to the AKP’s drive to lessen the historic influence of the prosecutor is a member. In addition, the judicial council had issued US for 22 years before becoming director and this week announced it was creating powerful Turkish military, he added that a democratical- a statement on June 11 in which it clearly criticized the statements general of Saudi Intelligence Agency in its own government, or caliphate, ruled ly-elected president “will put an end to a dark period of made by Barrak and considered it false, the statement said. July 2012. His brief in the latter role by Islamic law. — AP Prince Bandar tutelages”. — AFP WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014 ANALYSIS

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By Joan Biskupic ometimes there is no middle ground. Through much of the US Supreme Court’s term, the nine jus- Stices found common if narrow ground to bridge their differences. Many of their high-profile decisions avoided the polarization that defines Washington today. That all changed on Monday, the last day of the nine- month term, with the re-emergence of a familiar 5-4 fault line in a dispute over a US law requiring employers to provide insurance for contraceptives. For 30 minutes Justice Samuel Alito, a conservative who wrote the majority opinion, and liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who wrote the lead dissent, voiced their competing views of the meaning for America of the deci- ISIL, Qaeda rivalry could be dangerous sion permitting some corporate employers to object on religious grounds to certain kinds of birth control. In By Michel Moutot want to impose their version of Islamic Laden. Believed to be holed up in the said. “That’s why so many people from all recent weeks the justices had resolved an array of dis- and Michael Mainville sharia law. Renaming itself simply the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region, over the world are joining them.” putes, including over abortion protests and presidential appointment power, police searches of cellphones and Islamic State (IS), the group also daringly Zawahiri in their eyes seems to have environmental regulation, as well as rules for class-action he declaration of an Islamic declared its chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi done little in recent years beyond issuing ‘Pacman’ Devouring Enemies lawsuits. caliphate in parts of Iraq and Syria as caliph and “leader for Muslims every- statements and videos. Baghdadi, in his Experts said it was unlikely that major In all of those, the nine managed to find shared ter- is a direct challenge to Al-Qaeda where”. early 40s, is meanwhile a seasoned bat- groups linked with Al-Qaeda would rain, even some unanimity. In the cases over abortion T and could set off a dangerous contest for tlefield commander and IS has created a immediately declare their allegiance to IS. protests and presidential “recess” appointments, the justices ruled 9-0 on the bottom line, even as four justices the leadership of the global jihadist New Generation of Jihadists modern image with magazines and But the longer the movement can hold its broke away each time to protest the majority’s legal rea- movement, experts say. Desperate to Al-Qaeda can hardly ignore what is videos, many in English. territory and resist a counter-offensive by soning. But religion is different. The justices divide bitter- retain its preeminent role, the movement essentially a declaration of war from an Several jihadist groups have already Iraqi forces, the more attractive it will ly over it. Monday’s case was further clouded by the issue behind Sept 11 may be driven to carry upstart that has scored a string of suc- declared their allegiance to IS and experts become. Some in the end may have little of reproductive rights and the assertion by the family- out fresh attacks on Western targets to cesses, said Magnus Ranstorp, an expert expect more to follow. “The younger gen- choice, as IS forces other groups operat- owned companies in the dispute that some contraceptive drugs and devices are akin to abortion. prove it remains relevant. “This competi- on radical Islamic movements at the eration of the jihadist community is ing in Iraq and Syria into its fold. “The In the case of Burwell v Hobby Lobby Stores, the com- tion between jihadists could be very dan- Swedish National Defence College. “The becoming more and more supportive of Islamic State’s announcement made it panies challenged the Obamacare insurance requirement gerous,” said Shashank Joshi of the competition has already started,” he said. (IS), largely out of fealty to its slick and clear that it would perceive any group for employee birth control. They objected to four meth- London-based Royal United Services “Al-Baghdadi already refused to pledge proven capacity for attaining rapid results that failed to pledge allegiance as an ene- ods, including the so-called morning-after pill. They said Institute, warning that Al-Qaeda may allegiance to (Al-Qaeda leader Ayman) Al- through brutality,” said Charles Lister of my of Islam,” Lister said. they should qualify for an exemption under a 1993 religious freedom law. The Obama administration countered look to make a “spectacular” show of Zawahiri and now he can say: ‘Look what the Brookings Doha Centre. Ranstorp pre- Anwar Eshki, head of the Middle East that for-profit corporations, even closely held ones, are force. The Islamic State of Iraq and the we have accomplished... You are just dicted that supporters will flock to join IS, Centre for Strategic and Legal Studies in not covered by the 1993 law. In his opinion for the court’s Levant (ISIL) announced on Sunday it was somewhere, we don’t know where, talk- inspired by the group’s success in seizing Jeddah, said it was inevitable that an five conservatives, Alito said there was a federal interest in establishing a caliphate in parts of Iraq ing on the Internet.’” territory extending from Aleppo in north- aggressive group like IS would come into ensuring that people who run their businesses for profit and Syria where it has seized control. A For a new, younger generation of radi- ern Syria to Diyala province in eastern conflict with other jihadist groups. IS, he not compromise their religious beliefs. “A corporation is simply a form of organization used by human beings to form of government last seen under the cal Islamic militants, Al-Qaeda with its Iraq. “It’s going to be a great boost for said, “is like Pacman in the video game: it achieve desired ends,” he said. He asserted the decision Ottoman Empire, a caliphate has been a grey-bearded 63-year-old leader is no them. Now they own a piece of land, it’s will devour all the terrorist groups in its would have limited effect. Alito said Congress did not long-held dream of radical jihadists who longer the draw it was under Osama bin tangible, it’s a state-building project,” he path.” —AFP want to exclude people who operate for-profit businesses from the law’s protections. Ginsburg countered that such a view effectively allows religious owners to impose their views on employees who might not share their belief. Boko Haram beats efforts to choke financing ‘Startling Breadth’ In her dissent representing the four liberals, Ginsburg By Phil Stewart and Lesley Wroughton Reuters that the United States has seen evidence that their funds are unlikely to disrupt their campaign. called the ruling one of “startling breadth.” A women’s Boko Haram has received financial support from Al- Boko Haram had developed “a very diversified and rights advocate in the 1970s, she recalled how the court had long declared contraceptive coverage crucial to hen Washington imposed sanctions in June Qaeda in the Islamic Magreb (AQIM), an offshoot of resilient model of supporting itself,” said Peter Pham, a women’s participation in the economic life of the coun- 2012 on Boko Haram leader Abubakar the jihadist group founded by Osama bin Laden. But Nigeria scholar at the Atlantic Council think-tank in try. The last announced opinion of the term, Monday’s WShekau, he dismissed it as an empty gesture. that support is limited. Officials with deep knowledge Washington. “It can essentially ‘live off the land’ with case was arguably the most high-profile. It forced the jus- Two years later, Shekau’s skepticism appears well of Boko Haram’s finances say that any links with Al- very modest additional resources required,” he told a tices to confront difficult issues against the backdrop of founded: His Islamic militant group is now the biggest Qaeda or its affiliates are inconsequential to Boko congressional hearing on June 11. the enduringly controversial 2010 signature healthcare law of Democratic President Barack Obama. security threat to Africa’s top oil producer, is richer Haram’s overall funding. “Any financial support AQIM The term featured none of the blockbuster decisions than ever, more violent and its abductions of women might still be providing Boko Haram would pale in Low-Cost Weapons of the past two years when the court upheld the and children continue with impunity. As the United comparison to the resources it gets from criminal “We’re not talking about a group that is buying Obamacare law and set the pace for same-sex marriage States, Nigeria and others struggle to track and choke activities,” said one US official, speaking on condition sophisticated weapons of the sort that some of the and voting rights. All told, this term’s cases failed to cap- off its funding, Reuters interviews with more than a of anonymity. jihadist groups in Syria and other places are using. ture public attention the same way. The rulings gave each side - left and right - something to call a triumph. dozen current and former US officials who closely fol- Assessments differ, but one US estimate of financial We’re talking AK-47s, a few rocket-propelled grenades, The justices also ruled narrowly, and even unanimously, low Boko Haram provide the most complete picture to transfers from AQIM was in the low hundreds of thou- and bomb-making materials. It is a very low-cost oper- in some major business cases, including one brought by date of how the group finances its activities. sands of dollars. That compares with the millions of ation,” Pham told Reuters. That includes paying local Halliburton testing how easily shareholders can band Central to the militant group’s approach includes dollars that Boko Haram is estimated to make through youth just pennies a day to track and report on together in class-action lawsuits for damages. using hard-to-track human couriers to move cash, its kidnap and ransom operations. Nigerian troop movements. Much of Boko Haram’s When the court separately ruled that the streaming video service Aereo Inc had violated copyright law, the relying on local funding sources and engaging in only military hardware is not bought, it is stolen from the majority stressed the decision was limited and did not limited financial relationships with other extremist Lucrative Kidnapping Racket Nigerian army. cover other technologies such as cloud computing. In groups. It also has reaped millions from high-profile Ransoms appear to be the main source of funding In February, dozens of its fighters descended on a politically gridlocked Washington, the justices, particular- kidnappings. “Our suspicions are that they are surviv- for Boko Haram’s five-year-old Islamist insurgency in remote military outpost in the Gwoza hills in north- ly Chief Justice John Roberts, could be feeling institution- ing on very lucrative criminal activities that involve Nigeria, whose 170 million people are split roughly eastern Borno state, looting 200 mortar bombs, 50 al pressure to come together rather than pull apart, Harvard law professor Richard Fallon said. “We have this kidnappings,” US Assistant Secretary of State for evenly between Christians and Muslims, said the US rocket-propelled grenades and hundreds of rounds of enormous gap in politics today, between liberals and African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield said in an officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity. In ammunition. Such raids have left the group well conservatives,” Fallon said. “The chief justice may be nat- interview. February last year, armed men on motorcycles armed. In dozens of attacks in the past year Nigerian urally concerned that people not look at the Supreme Until now, US officials have declined to discuss snatched Frenchman Tanguy Moulin-Fournier, his wife soldiers were swept aside by militants driving trucks, Court and see it divided in this same way.” Boko Haram’s financing in such detail. The United and four children, and his brother while they were on motor bikes and sometimes even stolen armored But the justices found themselves more apart than together on Monday. Sitting alongside each other on States has stepped up cooperation with Nigeria to holiday near the Waza national park in Cameroon, vehicles, firing rocket-propelled grenades. the long mahogany bench, Alito and Ginsburg barely gather intelligence on Boko Haram, whose militants close to the Nigerian border. Boko Haram’s inner leadership is security savvy, not looked at each other while reading from their opin- are killing civilians almost daily in its northeastern Boko Haram was paid an equivalent of about $3.15 only in the way it moves money but also in its commu- ions. —Reuters Nigerian stronghold. But the lack of international million by French and Cameroonian negotiators nications, relying on face-to-face contact, since mes- financial ties to the group limit the measures the before the hostages were released, according to a con- sages or calls can be intercepted, the current and for- United States can use to undermine it, such as finan- fidential Nigerian government report later obtained mer US officials said. “They’re quite sophisticated in cial sanctions. The US Treasury normally relies on a by Reuters. Figures vary on how much Boko Haram terms of shielding all of these activities from legiti- All articles appearing on these range of measures to track financial transactions of earns from kidnappings. Some US officials estimate mate law enforcement officials in Africa and certainly pages are the personal opinion of terrorist groups, but Boko Haram appears to operate the group is paid as much as $1 million for the release our own intelligence efforts trying to get glimpses and the writers. Kuwait Times takes no largely outside the banking system. of each abducted wealthy Nigerian. insight into what they do,” a former US military official responsibility for views expressed To fund its murderous network, Boko Haram uses It is widely assumed in Nigeria that Boko Haram said. therein. Kuwait Times invites read- primarily a system of couriers to move cash around receives support from religious sympathizers inside US officials acknowledge that the weapons that ers to voice their opinions. Please inside Nigeria and across the porous borders from the country, including some wealthy professionals and have served Washington so well in its financial war- send submissions via email to: opin- neighboring African states, according to the officials northern Nigerians who dislike the government, fare against other terrorist groups are proving less [email protected] or via snail interviewed by Reuters. In designating Boko Haram as although little evidence has been made public to sup- effective against Boko Haram. “My sense is that we mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. a terrorist organization last year, the Obama adminis- port that assertion. Current and former US and have applied the tools that we do have but that they The editor reserves the right to edit tration characterized the group as a violent extremist Nigerian officials say Boko Haram’s operations do not are not particularly well tailored to the way that any submission as necessary. organization with links to Al-Qaeda. require significant amounts of money, which means Boko Haram is financing itself,” a US defense official The Treasury Department said in a statement to even successful operations tracking and intercepting said. —Reuters

WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014 SPORTS

Kidd to coach Bucks Keshi steps down as coach Cook gets Broad backing MILWAUKEE: The Milwaukee Bucks have appointed Jason Kidd as BRAZIL: Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has stepped down from his post LONDON: Stuart Broad insisted yesterday that Alastair Cook remained the right head coach, the National Basketball Association team said in a state- after the country’s elimination from the World Cup, FIFA said yesterday. man to lead England in Test cricket as he all but disclaimed his own chances of ment yesterday. Kidd becomes the 14th head coach of the franchise The Nigerian Football Federation have yet to confirm his resigna- leading his country in the five-day game. England recently went down to a 1-0 after the Brooklyn Nets freed him from his contract in exchange for a tion, however, and Keshi was evasive in answering a question on his defeat in a two-Test series at home to Sri Lanka, with Cook’s highest score in four pair of second-round draft picks in 2015 and 2019. future after Monday’s 2-0 loss to France in their last-16 round innings a meagre 28. He takes over from Larry Drew who was fired on Monday after encounter in Brasilia. That meant the left-handed opener had gone more than a year since scoring leading the team to a 15-67 record in the first year of his three-year FIFA.com quoted a tweet from Keshi, although earlier in the tourna- the last of his England record 25 hundreds, while his performance in the field on deal. “Jason is a determined leader, a tough-minded competitor and a ment Nigerian officials claimed the manager had no social media pres- the fourth day in the second Test at Headingley-which Sri Lanka went on to win by great team mate,” Bucks owners Wesley Edens and Marc Lasry said. ence. “Friends, it has been a good run and I have enjoyed every 100 runs-led to criticism from the likes of Shane Warne and Geoffrey Boycott. “We believe his focus, vision and intensity will moment. It’s been an honour coaching the Super Eagles. It is however However, Broad-England’s Twenty20 skipper-said he was looking forward to help him...to rebuild the Milwaukee Bucks as we time to bow out,” the tweet said. seeing Cook get back amongst the runs in a five-Test series against India which starts at the Nottinghamshire paceman’s Trent aspire to achieve excellence over the next several Asked what he planned to do after the World Cup, after being Bridge home ground next week. years. We are excited Jason will call Milwaukee his linked to the national team job in South Africa, Keshi told reporters on Monday: “I’m going home to visit my wife and kids. I’ve not seen them “I certainly think Cooky is the right man for the job new home.” now and once he gets one hundred under his belt I think for a long time.” Kidd, 41, guided the Nets to a 44-38 record last he’ll get many more-I’m just looking forward to that hun- The 52-year-old, whose nickname is “Big Boss”, coached the Super season and won a first-round playoff series dred celebration when he does it,” Broad said at a news con- against Toronto in the first campaign of his Eagles to last year’s African Nations Cup crown. He had been in charge ference in London organised by series sponsors Investec. four-year deal. of the side since late 2011 after several previous stints as assistant. “He’s a relaxed guy, there’s a few of us who have played The new Bucks coach was a 10-times All- Keshi was the captain of Nigeria for their maiden World Cup appear- long enough to know we’re in a stats and results-driven busi- Star during a stellar 19-year playing career as ance in the United States in 1994 and also worked as national coach of ness so when you’re not scoring runs or taking wickets you a point guard. — Reuters Togo and Mali in the past. —Reuters expect a certain amount of flack. —AFP Cubs defeat Red Sox

BOSTON: Jake Arrieta held the Red Sox hitless until Stephen Drew singled with two outs in the eighth inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat Boston 2-0 on Monday night in the opener of only the second series between the teams at Fenway Park since 1918. Six days after losing a perfect game on a leadoff single in the seventh inning of his previous start at Wrigley Field against Cincinnati, Arrieta took his no- hit bid a little deeper. He allowed only Mike Napoli’s fifth-inning walk before Drew lined a clean single to right. Arrieta (5-1) was lifted by Cubs manager Rick Renteria immediately following the hit that came on the right-hander’s career-high 120th pitch. He struck out 10. Nate Schierholtz hit a two-run homer for Chicago. Jake Peavy (1-7) is winless in his last 12 starts. He gave up two runs on five hits, walking two and striking out seven in six innings.

TIGERS 5, ATHLETICS 4 Rajai Davis hit his third career grand slam with one out in the ninth inning, giving the Tigers a victory over the Athletics. Oakland closer Sean Doolittle (2-2) was given a three-run lead to work with in the ninth, but only managed one out. Nick Castellanos and Alex Avila started the inning with singles. Eugenio Suarez struck out but Doolittle walked Austin Jackson - just the second walk he has issued this season - to load the bases for Davis. Blaine Hardy (1-0) earned his first career victory with a scoreless top of the ninth. Oakland starter Scott Kazmir left the game in the sixth, one pitch after appearing to grab at his hip, but Dan Otero replaced him and kept the game tied through seven innings. A HYDERABAD: In this Sept. 20, 2011 file photo, then Auckland player team spokesperson said that Kazmir was “fine”. Lou Vincent plays a shot during the Champions League Twenty20 cricket qualifying match. — AP RAYS 4, YANKEES 3 Logan Forsythe hit a tiebreaking single with two Vincent handed outs in the 12th inning and the Rays beat the Yankees after squandering a late lead. Matt Joyce and Kevin Kiermaier homered for the life ban after resurgent Rays, who have their first three-game winning streak since taking a season-best four in a row May 22-25. They’ve won five of six overall and no fixing confession longer own the worst record in the majors, a distinc- tion that had belonged to them every day since June WELLINGTON: The England and officials investigating alleged 4. Brian Roberts homered off Rays reliever Joel Peralta Wales Cricket Board (ECB) match-fixing in at least four coun- with one out in the ninth to tie it 3-all. announced a life ban on disgraced tries but had never spoken publicly Brandon Guyer drew a two-out walk from Jose former New Zealand cricketer Lou about his involvement until now. Ramirez (0-2) in the 12th and stole second base. Vincent yesterday, just hours after He was one of three former New Forsythe lined the next pitch into center field, scoring the player admitted he was a Zealand players identified as being Guyer easily. Brad Boxberger (1-1) pitched two perfect “cheat” and had shamed his coun- involved in the investigation, innings for his first major league win in 72 appear- try and the sport by fixing matches. though neither the ICC, nor New ances. The ECB said 35-year-old Vincent Zealand Cricket (NZC) have named had pleaded guilty to 18 breaches the other two cricketers. ROYALS 6, TWINS 1 BOSTON: Chicago Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro (left) leaps as he celebrates with teammate Junior Lake, of the board’s anti-corruption regu- Local media identified Chris Alcides Escobar tied a career high with four RBIs on after a win against the Boston Red Sox during a baseball game. — AP lations in three matches in England Cairns as one of the other players two doubles and Salvador Perez homered to lift the and had accepted the ban which implicated in the investigation, an Royals to a victory over the Twins. will be placed on the 15-day disabled list after an MRI interleague series against the Indians with a victory. barred him from playing or coach- allegation the former all-rounder Danny Duffy (5-7) gave up one run and four hits revealed a bulging thoracic disk in his back. Curtis The defending NL West champion Dodgers took ing in any form of recognised crick- has denied. while striking out three in 5 2-3 innings and Mike Granderson had two hits, including a homer, for the over sole possession of first place in the division by a et. “This has been a complex case Cairns travelled to London in Moustakas had two hits for the Royals. Kansas City Mets. half-game over idle San Francisco. which has crossed different cricket- May where he had been inter- (43-39) has won three of four and is off to its best start Haren (8-4) struck out five and walked one on the ing jurisdictions and required close viewed at his own request by since 2003. NATIONALS 7, ROCKIES 3 11th anniversary of his major league debut, getting collaboration and intelligence-shar- London police, English cricketing Yohan Pino (0-2) gave up four runs and seven hits Adam LaRoche homered, Ryan Zimmerman had through seven innings for just the third time in 17 ing between both our own anti- authorities and the ICC’s anti-cor- while also striking out three in 5 2-3 innings for the three hits and Ian Desmond added two doubles and starts this season. Corey Kluber (7-6) allowed a run corruption unit, other domestic ruption unit. Twins. Eduardo Nunez had two hits and an RBI in his three RBIs as the Nationals welcomed back Bryce and six hits over 6 2-3 innings and struck out five. boards and the ICC’s ACSU (anti- Upon his return to New Zealand return from the disabled list for Minnesota, which has Harper with a win over the Rockies. corruption and security unit,” ECB he again denied any wrongdoing lost six of its last seven games to drop into last place Harper, who missed 57 games because of a torn PADRES 1, REDS 0 chief executive David Collier said in and described the accusations in the AL Central. ligament in his left thumb, went 1 for 3 with an RBI Everth Cabrera’s sacrifice fly in the fifth inning a statement. against him as “absurd, bizarre and single - on Bryce Harper bobblehead night. scored the game’s only run, and the Padres topped “We are extremely pleased that scary”. MARINERS 10, ASTROS 4 Jordan Zimmermann (6-4) allowed two runs in six the Reds despite managing just one hit. the matter has now been brought Vincent, who played 23 tests Robinson Cano had a three-run shot in the seventh innings as Washington won its third straight. Tommy Medica’s single in the second was the only to a satisfactory conclusion and and more than 100 one-day inter- inning, one of the Seattle Mariners’ season-high four Justin Morneau had three hits for the Rockies, hit for the Padres, who got solid pitching behind that an individual who repeatedly nationals for New Zealand, had homers in a win over the Astros. who have lost 12 of 14. Yohan Flande (0-1), making his rookie Jesse Hahn (4-1) and four relievers to end sought to involve others in corrupt been investigated for being Mike Zunino had a two-run drive in the second, second start, was charged with three runs on six hits. Cincinnati’s season-high five-game winning streak. activity for his own personal gain involved in attempting to manipu- Michael Saunders added a pair on his long ball in the Huston Street pitched the ninth for his 22nd save has accepted that his conduct war- late 12 matches in five countries fourth and Brad Miller homered two batters later to DODGERS 1, INDIANS 0 in as many chances for the Padres, who won for the rants a lifetime ban from cricket. between 2008 and 2012. Vincent help the Mariners to their eighth win in 10 games. Dan Haren gave up one hit in seven innings - a sin- second time this season after getting just one hit. “It once again highlights our pleaded guilty to offences relating Heralded prospect Taijuan Walker (1-0) allowed gle that was awarded to Michael Bourn after a video Mat Latos (1-1) allowed one run, a hit and a walk resolve to keep cricket clean and rid to two matches he played for homer runs to George Springer and Marwin Gonzalez review - and rookie Clint Robinson had a pinch-hit RBI over seven innings in absorbing the tough-luck loss the game of the tiny minority who English county Sussex in August early before settling down to strike out six in six single in the seventh as the Dodgers opened their against his former team. He struck out four. — AP seek to undermine the sport’s 2011 - a Twenty20 contest against innings in his season debut after dealing with a shoul- integrity,” he added. Lancashire and a 40-over clash with der problem. Houston starter Collin McHugh (4-7) Vincent, representing Auckland Kent - besides another Twenty20 allowed five hits, five runs and tied a career high with MLB results/standings Aces, also tried to “corrupt” two match between Lancashire and three home runs in six innings. matches in the 2012 edition of the Durham in 2008, the ECB said. Champions League Twenty20 tour- Vincent is unlikely to appeal the ORIOLES 7, RANGERS 1 Baltimore 7, Texas 1; Tampa Bay 4, NY Yankees 3 (12 Innings); Washington 7, Colorado 3; Detroit 5, Oakland nament, its organisers said on ban after saying he would “accept Steve Pearce hit two of Baltimore’s four home runs 4; Chicago Cubs 2, Boston 0; Atlanta 5, NY Mets 3; Kansas City 6, Minnesota 1; Seattle 10, Houston 4; LA Tuesday. any punishment” in his confession off Joe Saunders and Ubaldo Jimenez ended a run of Dodgers 1, Cleveland 0; San Diego 1, Cincinnati 0. statement. nine winless starts as the Orioles defeated the The top-order batsman has American League National League “I have shamed my country. I Rangers. already been banned by the Eastern Division Eastern Division Bangladesh Cricket Board for three have shamed my sport. I have Adam Jones and J.J. Hardy also homered for the W L PCT GB Atlanta 45 38 .542 - Orioles, who hit a major league-leading 46 long balls years for failing to report an shamed those close to me. For that Toronto 45 39 .536 - in June. Jimenez (3-8) allowed one run, none earned, Washington 44 38 .537 0.5 approach from match fixers when I am not proud,” Vincent added. Baltimore 43 39 .524 1 and four hits with seven strikeouts in eight innings. Miami 39 43 .476 5.5 he played for the Khulna Royal “The time has come for me to now NY Yankees 41 40 .506 2.5 The right-hander walked only one after issuing 30 free NY Mets 37 46 .446 8 Bengals in the 2013 BPL season. face them like a man and accept Boston 38 45 .458 6.5 passes in his previous seven starts. Saunders (0-5) Philadelphia 36 46 .439 8.5 “My name is Lou Vincent and I the consequences, whatever they Tampa Bay 36 49 .424 9.5 am a cheat,” he said in a statement may be.” ICC chief executive David gave up seven runs and nine hits in five innings. Central Division Central Division Milwaukee 51 33 .607 - issued to local media earlier yester- Richardson endorsed the ban and Detroit 45 34 .570 - BRAVES 5, METS St. Louis 44 39 .530 6.5 day. “I have abused my position as a was hopeful that it would send out Kansas City 43 39 .524 3.5 Three errors by New York fueled Atlanta’s come- Cincinnati 43 39 .524 7 professional sportsman on a num- a “loud and clear message” to those Cleveland 39 43 .476 7.5 back as the Braves scored four runs in the eighth Pittsburgh 42 40 .512 8 ber of occasions by choosing to corrupt. Chicago White Sox 39 44 .470 8 inning and beat the Mets for their fifth straight win. accept money through fixing. “These unscrupulous corruptors Minnesota 37 44 .457 9 Chicago Cubs 35 46 .432 14.5 and small group of greedy individu- Errors by reliever Jeurys Familia (1-3), center fielder “I have lived with this dark secret Western Division Western Division Juan Lagares and third baseman Eric Campbell in the for many years, but just months als should not be permitted to Oakland 51 31 .622 - LA Dodgers 48 37 .565 - eighth helped the Braves rally from a 3-1 deficit. ago I reached the point where I destroy the game for the over- LA Angels 45 35 .563 5 San Francisco 46 36 .561 0.5 Anthony Varvaro (3-1) pitched one scoreless decided I had to come forward and whelming majority who play the Seattle 45 38 .542 6.5 Colorado 36 47 .434 11 inning to earn the victory. Craig Kimbrel recorded the tell the truth.” Vincent admitted last game as they should, and the fans Texas 37 45 .451 14 San Diego 36 47 .434 11 final three outs for his 25th save. The Braves December that he had been co- across the world,” Richardson said Houston 36 48 .429 16 Arizona 35 49 .417 12.5 operating with ICC anti-corruption in a statement. — Reuters announced late in the game that catcher Evan Gattis WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014 SPORTS Pagenaud wins 2nd race of Houston doubleheader

HOUSTON: Not everything was bigger in Texas on a hot and humid weekend in which a pair of small IndyCar teams claimed the commemorative cowboy boots from the Grand Prix of Houston. Sam Schmidt’s drivers went 1-2 on Sunday for the first time in team history as Simon Pagenaud grabbed the win and led rookie teammate Mikhail Aleshin to the checkered flag. Pagenaud used the win, his second of the season, to climb back into the champi- onship race. He came to Houston trailing Will Power by WIMBLEDON: Angelique Kerber of Germany gestures during her women’s singles 91 points, and cut it to 59 after the two races. match against Maria Sharapova of Russia at the All England Lawn Tennis “It’s fantastic for the race team and the entire Championships. — AP organization,” said Pagenaud, who admitted after the race to feeling “a little faint” from Sharapova crashes out temperatures that soared into the 90s. “The whole team has elevated to top team level.” LONDON: Maria Sharapova suffered more the 2007 Australian Open and showed no signs Aleshin, the first Russian to compete in Wimbledon heartache as the French Open cham- of being overawed in a ruthless 57-minute rout IndyCar, was a career-best second for his first pion crashed to a shock 7-6 (7/4), 4-6, 6-4 defeat of the 22nd seed on Court One. podium and said a tire problem nearly pre- against Germany’s Angelique Kerber in the Safarova will face one of her compatriots in vented him from making it to the finish. fourth round, while Lucie Safarova stormed into the last four as she is scheduled to meet the win- “It’s definitely an amazing day for the her first Grand Slam semi-final yesterday. ner of Tuesday’s all-Czech quarter-final between team,” he said. “We are one of the fastest cars Sharapova famously won Wimbledon aged Petra Kvitova, the 2011 Wimbledon champion, on the track and I think we did an amazing 17 in 2004, but she has struggled to emulate that and world number 43 Barbora Zahlavova job today. The whole team did an amazing feat for much of the last decade and this was Strycova. It will be the first time two Czech job.” Third went to rookie Jack Hawksworth, another dispiriting experience for the Russian as women have advanced to the semi-finals at the the ninth seed sealed a stunning Centre Court same Grand Slam since Hana Mandlikova and his first career podium. It capped a break- triumph on her seventh match point. The world Helena Sukova at the 1986 French Open. through weekend for the British driver, who number five arrived at the All England Club fresh Earlier yesterday, Simona Halep booked her finished a career-best sixth Saturday. from her second Roland Garros title, but she has first Wimbledon quarter-final appearance as the “It’s been rough this year, we’ve been fast now failed to make it past the last 16 in seven of Romanian third seed eased to a 6-3, 6-0 victory sometimes and just not quite made it hap- her last eight appearances at Wimbledon. against Kazakhstan’s Zarina Diyas. pen,” said Hawksworth. “We’ve not quite put it Kerber, who reached the last four in 2012, will Halep had never been beyond the second together and today we did.” face Canadian 13th seed Eugenie Bouchard, a round in her three visits to the All England Club, A day earlier, Dale Coyne Racing scored its winner against the German in the French Open but the 22-year-old has been in fine form this first win of the year with rookie Carlos fourth round recently, on Wednesday for a place year, reaching the French Open final last month, in the semi-finals. “Every single set was so close and she demolished world number 72 Diyas in Huertas. The rookie led a Colombian sweep of so I’m just happy that I won against Maria. She’s just 57 minutes in a fourth round tie delayed the rain-soaked podium alongside country- a great player,” said Kerber after her second win from Monday due to bad weather. men Juan Pablo Montoya and rookie Carlos in six matches against the Russian. The world number three, the highest seed Munoz. It was a race Pagenaud thought he “I’m so happy to be in the quarters now. I had left in the women’s draw, is only the second should have won. He spent the previous it before the match in my mind that the last few Romanian woman, after Virginia Ruzici, who is week training in California for the heat and Grand Slams I lost in the fourth round. “When I now her manager, in 1978 and 1981, to make it humidity, and won the pole for the first race had the three match points in a row and it was to the last eight at Wimbledon. Her quarter-final of the doubleheader. His race was ruined, deuce, I just tried to focus on myself and say opponent will be Sabine Lisicki after the German though, first by a spin and then when he was ‘believe in your game’. At the end it worked.” 19th seed shrugged off a shoulder injury to collected in Scott Dixon’s crash. He finished Sharapova’s exit means four of the top five defeat Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova 6-3, 3-6, seeds have been eliminated following the earlier 6-4 in another weather-delayed tie. Lisicki, who 16th in the first race. “I was so disappointed departures of Serena Williams, Li Na, Agnieszka broke down in tears during her loss to Marion Saturday because we had such a fast car this Radwanska, and there is only one former Grand Bartoli in the Wimbledon final 12 months ago, weekend,” he said. Power, the points leader, rallied from Slam winner, Petra Kvitova, remaining in the has now reached the quarter-finals in her last five HOUSTON: Simon Pagenaud (77), of France, leaps as he celebrates his victory on the winner’s women’s draw. While Sharapova was bowing out, Wimbledon outings. Lisicki had called for treat- another poor qualifying effort to put himself stage after the second IndyCar Grand Prix of Houston auto race. — AP Safarova cruised into her first Grand Slam semi- ment on her shoulder at break point on her in position for a third-place finish. But he final as the Czech 23rd seed thrashed Russia’s serve in the third game of the final set, sparking failed to make it to the finish line when a part Castroneves had been setting up his pass through the field, but he rallied to finish fifth, Ekaterina Makarova 6-3, 6-1. Safarova was play- claims it was a deliberate tactic to unsettle broke on his car two laps from the finish. of Pagenaud and apparently didn’t see behind Charlie Kimball, despite the damage. ing in her first quarter-final at the majors since Shvedova. —AFP Pagenaud, Aleshin and Power had peeled Bourdais when he suddenly tried to cut into It marked consecutive top-five finishes for the away from the pack, leaving Hawksworth the same lane as Bourdais. Castroneves first time this season for Bourdais. Weeping Serena in health scare behind for a spirited battle to hold on for wound up 21st. “He changed lanes and we made pretty fourth-place. “I was attacking and trying to pass heavy contact,” Bourdais said of Castroneves’ LONDON: US superstar Serena Williams was at were called to court in a reflection of her status Then Power went off course and fell to Pagenaud, and I had no idea (Bourdais) was move. “That busted my front wing pretty the centre of a Wimbledon health scare yester- in the sport. After a 15-minute delay, Serena 11th. Still, he entered the weekend with a 39 there,” Castroneves said. “When I am attack- good. After that it was a tough fight. I had to day when she wept and appeared to be close served up four double faults in her first service point lead in the standings and that was ing, I can’t have my eyes on the back. It’s be really creative to compensate for the bal- to fainting in a doubles match with sister game, wobbled on the baseline before Venus unchanged. absolutely ridiculous why the guy had to put ance of the car.” Huertas, winner Saturday, Venus. Serena, the world number one singles led her back to her chair by the hand. Umpire Hoping to close ground on Power this the car over there. It’s the rules of traffic, and Munoz, who finished third on Saturday, player, called the doctor to Court One just after Kader Nouni, having already come down from weekend was Team Penske teammate Helio when a guy hits a guy in the back, it’s his both failed to finish on Sunday and were the she and Venus had warmed up for their second his chair to talk to the Americans, announced Castroneves, who was ninth Saturday but fault. I am upset, yes, because we had a great first two cars out. It was a topsy-turvy week- round match against Kristina Barrois and that Serena was retiring from the match started from the pole on Sunday looking for a car and it’s just a shame to have drivers like end like that in which Munoz was the only Stephanie Voegele. She broke down in tears as through illness with the sisters trailing 3-0. win. Instead, he was chasing Pagenaud from she consulted with the doctor and physio Later yesterday, the WTA Tour said that Serena that who do not use common sense.” driver from the big three teams - Andretti before the tournament referee and supervisor was suffering from “a viral illness”. — AFP second for the lead early in the race when he The contact broke Bourdais’ front wing Autosport, Chip Ganassi Racing and Team drove into Sebastien Bourdais. while he was running third, caused him to fall Penske - to earn a podium. —AP

Nasr, Qadsiya held to 2 -2 draw

KUWAIT: Al-Nasr Club of Saudi Arabia was held to a draw in its debut match in the 35th annual Roudhan Futsal Tournament. The second day of the tournament did not see a large number of goals compared to the opening day which saw 17 goals scored in three matches. Al-Nasr Club’s went down 0- 1 shortly after the beginning of its match with Qadsiya Club, before scoring the equaliz- er and scoring again to go up 2-1. Qadsiya managed to level the score before the end of the match. In the second match, Holiday Inn defeated Redsltes 3 -1 in Group B competition. In the third and final match, Doctorna made a successful debut in the tournament defeating Sporty Academy 2 -1. WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014

FAN FERVOR Schuerrle, Ozil strike late as Germany sink Algeria

PORTO ALEGRE: Extra-time goals by Andre Schuerrle made too many defensive errors and allowed them to fective Mario Goetze at the break. and Mesut Ozil sealed Germany’s 2-1 win over Algeria in counter-attack us. A blocked Goetze shot and a Thomas Mueller header Monday’s last 16 clash to put the three-time winners “It was just as well that (Germany goalkeeper) were all Germany had to show for an opening 45 min- into the World Cup quarter-finals. The victory at Porto Manuel Neuer came out time and time again. “Our fin- utes which allowed Algeria to grow in confidence. Alegre’s Beira-Rio Stadium was Germany’s first over ishing must be better against France.” Much of the pre- Algeria had by far the better of the opening exchanges Algeria at the third attempt, but this was a far from match talk had been of Algerian revenge more than and forward Islam Slimani had the ball in the German impressive display by the Germans over 120 minutes. three decades after the ‘Shame of Gijon’ when net on 16 minutes, but was flagged for offside. Schuerrle’s deft flick on 92 minutes, then Ozil’s Germany’s mutually beneficial 1-0 win over Austria sent Schuerrle made the difference after the break as left- 119th-minute tap-in was enough to put Joachim Loew’s Algeria home from the 1982 World Cup. back Benedikt Hoewedes headed straight at M’Bolhi, Germany into Friday’s quarter-final at Rio de Janeiro’s But Germany progress to the last eight at the while Germany captain Philipp Lahm fired wide with a iconic Maracana stadium against France. expense of the north Africans, who had reached the last long-range effort on 54 minutes. “We’d have prefered to win in 90 minutes, but the 16 of a World Cup for the first time. Algeria kept pushing forward, but only a crucial Algerians did a good job,” said goal-scorer Schuerrle. Algeria goalkeeper Rais M’Bohli produced a string of M’Bolhi save denied Mueller with a bullet-header on 80 “We don’t care how we did it, the main thing is we’re in saves to frustrate Germany’s mis-firing attack in a man- minutes before he hit the side netting moments later. the quarter-finals.” of-the-match performance. “We’re very disappointed, Extra-time had barely begun when Mueller fired in a Algeria grabbed a deserved consolation just before because we felt there was something to have been had cross which Schuerrle deflected into the back of the net the final whistle as replacement Abdelmoumene from this match,” said M’Bolhi. with a deft flick to spare German blushes. Ozil looked to Djabou claimed his second World Cup goal. The stats “We’re part of Algerian football history, no other have killed off Algeria’s hopes when he added the show Germany had more than three times as many team went so far before and we showed we can play on Germans’ second just before the final whistle after an shots on goal as Algeria and their lack of finishing is a an equal footing at the highest level. exchange of passes with the impressive Schuerrle. But concern for Loew. “We really want to build on this and push on.” there was still enough time for Djabou to blast home a “That victory was down to sheer willpower,” admit- Schuerrle’s goal was just reward for a battling display as thunderbolt of a shot to spark faint hope before the ref- ted the German coach. “We gave away a lot of ball, he created a string of chances after replacing the inef- eree ended Algeria’s quarter-final dreams. —AFP

BRAZIL: Germany’s forward Thomas Mueller (right) fails to score past Algeria’s goalkeeper Rais Mbohli during the Round of 16 football match during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. — AFP ‘Invisible man’ gives Scolari headache

TERESOPOLIS: It is usually Neymar, the creative genius Paulinho was dropped from the side against Chile, mak- he is quite comfortable with. of the Brazil side and the country’s most recognisable ing way for Fernandinho, but now he could be set to get Having undertaken that less glamorous job through- and highest-paid athlete, who dominates the headlines. the nod ahead of Hernanes and Ramires and be recalled out last season at City, giving Yaya Toure the freedom to When it’s not him, it is Oscar, or perhaps Thiago Silva alongside the Manchester City man. roam, Fernandinho also performed the same task while and David Luiz who get the most attention. “A lot of people said that I was downbeat after losing partnering Paulinho in Brazil’s 5-0 friendly win against But the man who holds Brazil together arguably my place in the team but that wasn’t the case. I will keep South Africa in March. more than anyone else is the unassuming holding mid- working hard in training to be at the coach’s disposi- “When I was called up, it was to play in the holding fielder Luiz Gustavo, and his absence due to suspension tion,” said Paulinho, who still took centre-stage before role,” said Fernandinho. “That is how I played in England for Friday’s World Cup quarter-final against James the dramatic penalty shoot-out against Chile, rousing throughout last season. For me it is no problem what- Rodriguez’s Colombia in Fortaleza is a serious blow for his tense and nervous team-mates one by one. The soever. “If ‘Felipao’ opts for somebody else, that is also the hosts. return of Paulinho would see Fernandinho drop back not a problem. The important thing is to find the bal- “I prefer to leave the fame to the more popular play- into the holding role, where he would assume the ance we need to keep the midfield secure against ers,” says the 26-year-old of the wealthy but unfashion- responsibility of keeping an eye on Rodriguez, one of Colombia. “When I play in that position, my job is to able German Bundesliga side Wolfsburg. “I take satisfac- the players of the tournament so far. But if the 29-year- mark, close down spaces. Whoever plays alongside me, tion from the feeling that I have given my best.” old has all the characteristics of a box-to-box player, he we will do our best to cover for the absence of Luiz The Brazil team’s technical director Carlos Alberto is quick to point out that the more defensive role is one Gustavo.” —AFP Parreira, meanwhile, describes him as “the invisible man of the team with the best defence in the world.” During the group stage, Luiz Gustavo won the ball back more than any other Brazil player and did more Africa’s good, bad and running than any of his team-mates too while covering to allow full-backs Daniel Alves and Marcelo to join the attack. The former Champions League winner with the ugly at World Cup

RIO DE JANEIRO: Algeria and Nigeria headed home with Iran to prove worthy opponents for former yesterday after another five-prong African World Cup world champions Argentina and France. challenge came to a disappointing end in Brazil. 5. Cameroon gave glimpses during the first half against While the ‘Desert Foxes’ and ‘Super Eagles’ proved hosts Brazil of what they might have achieved had combative last-16 opponents for Germany and France, they concentrated on football rather than bonuses. the lack of a cutting edge in attack led to defeats. The losses against the former world champions were hardly THE BAD ... surprising as African teams have won just 16 of 80 1. Africans were generally woeful at set-pieces, with cor- matches against European opponents at the global ners under or over-hit and free-kicks not carrying the showpiece. African football supremo Issa Hayatou threat posed by European and South American stars. echoed the pre-tournament hopes of football followers 2. Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah must regret his pre-tour- from Cairo to Cape Town when he wished for “one or nament we-can-be-world-champions quote as it put even two” African semi-finalists. unnecessary pressure on a mentally brittle squad. But Algeria, Nigeria and Ivory Coast won only once 3. After all the hype around outspoken Cameroon cap- each, Ghana collected a solitary point, and shambolic tain Samuel Eto’o, he barely threatened Mexico and Cameroon lost all three matches for the second World missed the other two losses through injury. Cup in succession. Slack defending, a lack of midfield 4. Amateurish Ghana defending allowed American John creativity and below-par set-piece executions were con- Brooks to head a late winner that put the ‘Black Stars’ tributing factors to an underwhelming African showing. on the back foot after just one game. There was some cause for celebration, though, as 5. Nigeria were shocking in a goalless stalemate with two African teams reached the last-16 for the first time Iran, barely posing a threat up front. and Nigerian Stephen Keshi became the first African coach to make the knockout phase. ... AND THE UGLY AFP sports looks at some African highlights and low- 1. So-called Algerian supporters who shone green lights from the World Cup: lasers at the Russia goalkeeper, who claimed he was blinded when conceding an equaliser. THE GOOD ... 2. Bonus-obsessed Cameroon and Ghana players who 1. Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama enhanced his seemed more interested in dollars than qualifying for growing international reputation even though a flap the knockout stage. Brazilian national team coach Luiz Felipe Scolari at a corner gifted a goal to France midfielder Paul 3. Kevin-Prince Boateng swore at his coach and Sulley Bayern Munich is the guard-dog in front of centre-back Pogba. Muntari struck an official and both were booted out pairing Silva and David Luiz, but in last Saturday’s last- 2. Top-ranked African side Algeria ditched the overly- of the Ghana camp. 16 win against Chile he picked up his second yellow cautious system that led to defeat by Belgium and 4. Experienced Cameroon midfielder Alex Song was card of the competition. produced some slick counter-attacking football. red-carded for striking a Croatian on the back in full As a result, coach Luiz Felipe Scolari will have to 3. Ghana showed what they were capable of in a draw view of the referee. reshuffle his midfield for the second match in succes- against Germany, which was sandwiched between 5. Later in the same match, Cameroonian Benoit Assou- sion at the Castelao Stadium. timid losses to the United States and Portugal. Ekotto attempted to head-butt team-mate Benjamin Having struggled during all three group games, 4. African champions Nigeria shrugged off a drab draw Moukandjo after an attack broke down. — AFP WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014

FAN FERVOR Pogba ready to shoulder French expectations

BRASILIA: With his decisive goal against Nigeria in the World Cup last 16, France’s young midfielder Paul Pogba indicated that he is ready to bear the burden of his team’s expectations. The captain and stand-out player of the France team that triumphed at last year’s Under-20 World Cup in Turkey, the tall, technically refined Juventus player has long been seen to represent his country’s future. National coach Didier Deschamps has described him as a central midfielder who has “everything”, but prior to Monday’s 2-0 win over Nigeria in Brasilia, his maiden World Cup had been mixed. He was criticised for kicking out at opposing midfielder Wilson Palacios during France’s opening 3-0 win over Honduras, after which Deschamps urged him to show more “control”. He then impressed as a substitute in the 5-2 victory over Switzerland, notably producing a sublime assist for Karim Benzema, but after a lacklustre display in the 0-0 draw with Ecuador, his place in the team was reported to be under threat from Moussa Sissoko. In keeping with his experiences in Brazil to date, his performance against Nigeria at the Mane Garrincha National Stadium was a slow-burner. While he forced Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama into a spectacular save with an emphatic first-half volley, his final pass often let him down, but as France began to turn the screw in the latter stages, so Pogba came to the fore. His 79th-minute header may have owed to a handling error by Enyeama, but his team-mates were quick to underline its importance. “Paul produced a great performance. They say that big players show up in big matches,” said midfield colleague Blaise Matuidi. “He has a lot of weight on his shoulders. Don’t forget he’s 21.” Pogba’s performance also caught the eye of potential semi-final opponents Brazil. “France are a good team, with excellent players. Perhaps the one who stands out the most is Pogba,” said Brazil midfielder Fernandinho, who plays for Manchester City. “He’s a player with very good technique, is a strong finisher, and scored with his head.” Fernandinho might have crossed paths with Pogba sooner had the Frenchman not run out of patience over his slow progress through the youth ranks at former club Manchester United. United were accused of “stealing” Pogba, then 16, from Le Havre in 2009, but despite the eagerness they showed to acquire his services, Pogba felt that the club’s legendary manager Alex Ferguson was stunting his progress. “It was the feeling I had with the coach,” Pogba told French sports daily L’Equipe in August 2012, shortly after joining Juventus. “He said he trusted me, but he didn’t let me play. He said I was too young. He said: ‘Your time will come.’ It did- n’t come. “Even though he’s had a 25-year career and despite the fact he’s the boss, my objective was to play. “I’m impatient. When I want something, I’ll do anything to get it.” Ferguson countered by claiming that Pogba had not shown United “any respect at all” and asserting that he was “quite happy” to see him leave. Pogba’s instant impact at Juventus, quickly becoming a key first-team player and winning the Serie A title in his first two seasons, suggested that, for once, Ferguson’s judgement had let him down. And with Germany now awaiting France in the quarter-finals at the Maracana on Friday, Pogba will not have long to wait for another opportunity to enhance his blossoming reputation. — AFP France’s midfielder Paul Pogba What a howler! Greece players given World Cup teaches heroes’ welcome home US fans new lingo AUSTIN: Fixtures have nothing to do with ATHENS: Greece’s World Cup squad received a heroes’ wel- saved by Costa Rica goalkeeper Keylor Navas to send the plumbing, kit means uniform, and clean sheet is a come home on their return to Athens yesterday after Greeks out, thanked the supporters. “For me it means so shutout. The World Cup in Brazil has been forcing reaching the World Cup last 16 for the first time in their much, such love is the best reward for us,” he said. American fans to learn a whole new sports history. Although there was no official gathering organised by the vocabulary. With interest in soccer at new highs Over 200 supporters greeted the players at Eleftherios Hellenic Football Federation or the government, the state in the United States, Americans face a new way of Venizelos airport in an impromptu gathering, chanting was represented by minister of sport Giannis Adrianos, speaking about the sport due to a preponder- loudly and embracing them as they made their way who pledged to follow through on the team’s wish to for- ance of British English in broadcasts, which has through the arrivals hall. feit their bonuses for a new training centre. The Greeks lost on penalties to 10-man Costa Rica in a “Today is a day for our national team,” he said. “I want to filtered down to local TV. second-round match in Recife on Sunday after a match in say a big thank you from the bottom of my heart, like all The main broadcasters of the World Cup in which they missed several opportunities ended 1-1 in Greeks. Also, it’s the obligation of the state for the issue of America, ESPN and ABC, have British commenta- extra time. “We thank all the people who came here and all the training centre, the Prime Minister’s interest is a given tors, while the US anchors on ESPN’s flagship Greeks,” midfielder Kostas Katsouranis told reporters. and we will begin planning.” Outgoing Greece coach Sports Center wrapup show use terms such as “Unfortunately, we could not give them a little more joy for Fernando Santos was conspicuous by his absence, the 59- “match”, “pitch” and “nil” without fear of offending a while longer. We are proud and we thank the fans who year-old Portuguese having returned to his homeland local sensibilities. Americans, well aware of the recognise this.” Fanis Gekas, whose shootout penalty was after his contract expired. — Reuters long-standing, “soccer-football” word divide, have been forced in the past few weeks to decode terms such as “boots”, what players have on their Neuer could provoke repeat feet, and “fixtures”, which are the schedule. “The matches sound better when a British guy of 1982 incident: Schumacher is announcing. You can figure out what they are saying by watching,” said Austin specialty sand- BERLIN: German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer’s habit of wich merchant Lucky Sibilla. charging out of his area could see a repeat of the notorious Brilliant is a popular way in British English to incident from the 1982 World Cup semi-final between describe a well-executed sports play. For exam- France and Germany, the villain of that match Harald ple, Uruguay forward Luiz Suarez scored two bril- Schumacher said yesterday. liant goals against England before he bit an Italy Schumacher acquired the nickname of the ‘Butcher of defender in their next match and got a nine- Seville’ for his shoulder charge outside his area on Patrick match ban. Some terms are self-explanatory. Battiston which left the Frenchman unconscious on the When the score goes from 1-0 to 1-1, “an equalis- ground, he subsequently lost a couple of teeth, suffered er that brought the match level” makes perfect cracked ribs and bruised vertebrae. On Monday in the 2-1 sense. When a player strikes a hard shot into the win in extra-time over Algeria Neuer saved his defence on goal, and the British announcer says “What a several occasions by rushing from his area to clear the ball, cracker,” that comment is about the quality of the coming close to bringing down opponents at the same kick and has nothing to do with a salted rectan- time. “It’s a split second thing,” the 60-year-old smartly- gle holding a slice of cheese. A “howler” is a terri- dressed Schumacher replied to a question from AFP at a ble error, unless a lonely wolf enters the pitch. gathering of journalists organised by tabloid daily Bild in Some language is faintly familiar. Extra time Berlin. “If one looks at yesterday’s match and how many would be called overtime in U.S. football, a dive times Neuer came out of his goal.....he can always be Germany’s goalkeeper Manuel Neuer would be called a flop on a basketball court, and unlucky and arrive too late and something like what hap- the team. “Without Neuer it would have been a debacle,” pened (in 1982) can occur.” overcooked means overdone. said Schumacher. “For me he is one of the best if not the However, concepts such as time and perspec- Schumacher, who was presented to the press as ‘a man best goalkeeper at the finals.”The team has not clicked yet, who knows the French’, refuses still to change his version tive may be a little more difficult for U.S. sports there is no unity.” fans to grasp. Basketball fans used to clocks that of events in that he did not intend any harm to Battiston However, despite that reservation Schumacher, who count down to the tenth of a second are chal- and he was just going for the ball, although the caused even greater consternation in German football Frenchman had already shot at goal by the time the colli- when he claimed in 1987 in his biography that doping was lenged to comprehend the fuzzy math of injury sion occurred. rife in the Bundesliga and how teams enjoyed the compa- time. National Football League fans used to preci- “This subject comes up with me at every major finals,” ny of prostitutes in pre-season training, still believes the sion may be yelling for the replay official to cor- he said. “Later I apologised, but only because I did not go Germans will win. rect an obvious howler from a referee. to his aid after the incident,” added Schumacher, who “I bet on 2-1 for us (the Germans), I believe we are There is one British term Americans sports instead retreated to his goalline and nonchalantly chewed going to beat the French. “They are dangerous. They have fans may wish to import - describing an unsports- gum waiting to take the goal kick and also taunted French very good players and they are very very difficult to play manlike act as being “cynical”. After all, what bet- fans. Schumacher, whose behaviour was held responsible against but at the end of the day I am German and I bet on ter word is there to describe a player who dives back in Germany of reviving negative opinions of the Germany.” However, never one for being sentimental on an overcooked cross just looking for a penalty Germans held over from World War II by the French, Schumacher gave a terse response when asked would it be in the waning minutes of injury time to break praised Neuer for saving the team on several occasions a special match for him. “No” he said as he got into a taxi to open a nil-nil match? — Reuters against the feisty Algerians but did not spare the rest of take him off to the airport. — AFP Sharapova ‘Invisible man’ crashes out gives Scolari headache

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SAO PAULO: Argentina’s midfielder Angel Di Maria celebrates after scoring against Switzerland. — AP

SAO PAULO: Switzerland’s forward Admir Mehmedi (left) vies with Argentina’s forward and captain Lionel Messi in the second half of extra time during a Round of 16 football match during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. — AP Di Maria breaks Swiss hearts

SAO PAULO: Angel Di Maria’s extra-time winner Although cruel for the Swiss, it provided a mem- Romero. But his attempted chip was painfully gen- With extra-time looming and the crowd growing Shouts of “Ole, ole!” rang out with each Swiss kept Argentina’s World Cup dream alive yesterday as orable swansong for their celebrated coach Ottmar tle and lobbed gently into Romero’s hands. Soon tense, Messi went at the defence with a short, jink- pass and Shaqiri railed at referee Eriksson when he they scrambled into the quarter-finals with a dra- Hitzfeld, who is quitting football and learned of his after the break, Drmic let another golden chance ing run and shot which was smothered by Swiss inadvertently got in the way and prodded a short matic 1-0 win over Switzerland. brother’s death not long before the match. slip when Shaqiri picked him out in the box, but this ‘keeper Diego Benaglio. pass of his own. Argentina had failed to muster much by way of The game started cagily but the closely guarded time he fired well off-target. Tempers flared and referee Jonas Eriksson inter- Argentina regrouped for the second period of chances but just two minutes before the penalty Messi carved Argentina’s first opening when he Argentina, getting little change through the vened when Messi tangled with Valon Behrami, and extra-time and Di Maria nearly broke the deadlock shoot-out, Lionel Messi picked out Di Maria for his glided into the box and crossed behind the defence. middle, switched to pumping in crosses and it near- appeared to shove him to the ground. But the when his rasping shot was palmed away from the priceless strike. Messi’s glorious flick of the boot left two defend- ly paid off when Higuain’s header was tipped over Argentine captain escaped without a caution. top corner by Benaglio. Switzerland nearly grabbed an equaliser at the ers standing on the right wing but there were noth- the bar. Despite being under pressure, the Swiss had a Switzerland looked to be holding out for penal- death when Blerim Dzemaili’s header cannoned off ing more than half-chances in the first 20 minutes. Higuain failed to connect properly with another chance for a last-minute winner. But from a deep ties-a dangerous game as, although Behrami was the foot of the post and he sent the rebound wide It was Switzerland who nearly scored when cross from the right, before Messi struck one from free-kick, defender Fabian Schaer couldn’t keep his shackling Messi, Di Maria saw another shot deflect- of the goal. Shaqiri wriggled into the box and found Granit distance which flew narrowly over the top. header on target. ed wide. The final result was greeted with an ecstatic roar Xhaka, whose solid shot was blocked on the line by Argentina had their best chance when Messi’s Extra-time arrived and with it more tension as And their defence finally crumbled when Palacio by the Argentine-dominated crowd as the goalkeeper Sergio Romero. cross found Rodrigo Palacio, who had just come on the 63,000 fans nervously watched an increasingly won the ball in midfield and fed Messi, who ran for- Albiceleste headed for a last-eight clash with Switzerland had an even better chance when for Lavezzi but he could only glance his header timid Argentina, while Switzerland became more ward and found Di Maria who this time made no Belgium or USA, who play later. Josip Drmic found himself one-on-one with Sergio wide. and more bold. mistake with his left foot. — AFP Teenage Kyrgios beats FIFA lets Cameroon lead Nadal at Wimbledon ‘seven bad apples’ hunt LONDON: Australia’s world number played some extraordinary tennis. I RIO DE JANEIRO: FIFA said yesterday it will let star Alex Song was dismissed for a bizarre elbow 144 Nick Kyrgios caused one of the was struggling a little bit on return Cameroon football authorities lead the hunt for assault to the back of Mario Mandzukic in the greatest Wimbledon sensations yes- but I worked my way into it and I got “seven bad apples” in the national team who 40th minute. terday when he sent world number that break in the fourth set. I served have been linked to match-fixing at the World Later, left back Benoit Assou-Ekotto aimed a one and 14-time Grand Slam title at a really good level all throughout Cup. The Cameroon federation has said it is headbutt at team-mate Benjamin Moukandjo winner Rafael Nadal crashing to a the match so I was really happy.” determined to “employ all means necessary” to leading the ‘Indomitable Lions’ German coach shock fourth round defeat. He said he always believed he uncover any wrongdoing around the African Volker Finke to label their behaviour as “disgust- The 19-year-old Kyrgios, making could cause a sensation regardless of country’s World Cup group game against ing”. Before the tournament started, the players his Wimbledon debut, clinched a the status of Nadal who had arrived Croatia. refused to board their plane for the finals until a But a former head of FIFA security said con- problem was resolved over their bonuses. They fearless 7-6 (7/5), 5-7, 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 at Wimbledon having wrapped up a victed match-fixer Wilson Raj Perumal, who lost all three games to Croatia, Mexico (1-0) and victory to become the first wildcard ninth French Open title. made the allegations against Cameroon, has Brazil (4-1). in 10 years to make the quarter- “You’ve got to believe that you also provided “disinformation.” The government has since ordered an finals at the All England Club. can win the match from the start and The Cameroon Football Federation said its inquiry into the disastrous World Cup campaign. He is also the first player ranked I definitely thought that. I’m playing ethics committee was looking into Perumal’s The Le Jour newspaper said that football leaders outside the top 100 to defeat a some unbelievable tennis on the allegations, reported by Der Spiegel magazine, and officials and team captain Samuel Eto’o world number one since Andrei grass.” that he correctly forecast the 4-0 victory by have been summoned by police. Olhovskiy stunned Jim Courier in the For the fourth match in succes- Croatia and that a player would be sent off. However former Cameroon international Wimbledon third round in 1992. sion at this year’s Wimbledon, Nadal FIFA has refused to comment on the case or goalkeeper, Joseph Antoine Bell, dismissed the It was a performance of brutal dropped the first set against a confi- whether its security department is investigating. allegations in an interview with AFP. “It’s crazy. I inventiveness and uninhibited dent Kyrgios, the player of Greek- FIFA president Sepp Blatter confirmed he has cannot see anyone normal who would want to bludgeoning from a man who had Malaysian origin firing 13 aces and 22 been told about the allegations.”Yes I have been corrupt this team,” he commented. “I cannot had to save nine match points in his winners past the bewildered told about this but let them do their work on believe that someone would be tempted to cor- second round win against Richard Spaniard in the opener. this investigation,” he told the British news rupt a team that is losing, Bell added. Gasquet and his reward is a clash The Australian, showing no stage- agency Press Association in Rio de Janeiro. The International Centre for Sport Security, with Canada’s Milos Raonic for a fright on his Centre Court bow, “Speaking generally, the integrity of the based in Qatar, said that “key questions” had to place in the semi-finals. showed a brash disregard for the game is a top priority for FIFA and as such we be answered about the case and Perumal’s For Nadal, the 2008 and 2010 occasion, attempting a cheeky take any allegations of match manipulation very involvement. champion, it was a third successive ‘tweener’ (hitting the ball from seriously,” said FIFA spokeswoman Delia Fischer. Perumal-who started fixing matches in his disappointing Wimbledon with yes- between the legs) in the seventh The Cameroon federation gave no details of native Singapore before moving abroad-was terday’s fourth round loss following game of the second set. its hunt to add to its statement Monday which first arrested and ordered jail in Finland in 2011. a first round exit last year and a sec- But Nadal then levelled the tie by announced the ethics commission inquiry. He is now in Hungary, under police protection. ond round defeat in 2012. But he converting the first break points of “Recent allegations of fraud around Chris Eaton, ICSS director, said there has been cannot argue with the statistics of the match in the 12th game. WIMBLEDON: Australia’s Nick Kyrgios returns against Spain’s Rafael Nadal Cameroon’s 2014 FIFA World Cup three prelimi- no observed “suspicious betting” on the Tuesday’s Centre Court demolition That would usually signal the during their men’s singles fourth round match on day eight of the 2014 nary games, especially Cameroon versus Croatia, Cameroon-Croatia game. which showed Kyrgios firing 37 aces beginning of the end for an oppo- Wimbledon Championships. — AFP as well of the ‘existence of seven bad apples [in “Key questions that should be asked about and 70 winners as a new star was nent of Nadal, but Kyrgios dug deep courtesy of a vicious run around fore- in the fourth set and he wasn’t going our national team]’ do not reflect the values and this case include how, when and from whom born. to seize his moment. hand cross-courter off a Nadal sec- to let up. He worked his way confi- principles promoted by our administration,” it Perumal received information about this match “I was in a bit of a zone out there. He saved a set point in the 12th ond serve. dently to three match points but only said. “We are strongly committed to employ all and why he sent it to the media, instead of pass- It hasn’t sunk in at all what’s just game of the third set before again With Nadal wilting beneath the needed one with his 37th ace shoot- means necessary to resolve this disruptive mat- ing this information to the police and prosecu- played out out there,” said Kyrgios. “I dominating the tiebreak to take it barrage, Kyrgios broke for a 3-1 lead ing past the flat-footed Nadal. — AFP ter in the shortest delays.” tors that he has reportedly been co-operating The match raised eyebrows when Barcelona with over the past three years,” Eaton said. — AFP Germany’s jobless figures disappoint Page 23

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AMRITSAR: Indian activists of the Congress Party sit on a tractor pulled by a horse as they shout slogans against central government during a protest against the fuel price hike in Amritsar yesterday. State run oil marketing companies such as IOC, HPCL and BPCL surged in trade, after they raised the price of petrol by 2 rupees a liter, the biggest increase in nine months in Delhi. The move follows an increase in railway passenger fares by 14.2 percent and freight by 6.5 percent on June 20. —AFP Oil outage would strain supply Almost 3 million bpd off the market due to outages

LONDON: The world’s unused spare oil 3.3 million bpd and exports about 2.5 mil- ing for an oil company. Iraqi officials say amount of time,” said David Wech of JBC News production capacity would struggle to lion bpd from its southern terminals the southern oilfields that produce almost Energy. As a result, readily available spare cover for another big outage, industry around Basra. all of the country’s exported oil are safe. capacity may be less than the IEA’s official in brief officials and analysts say, increasing the “If we were to have another big out- OPEC Secretary General Abdullah Al-Badri estimates. “Global spare capacity is 1.5 chance governments may tap strategic age, spare capacity would be really test- says the group is ready to pump extra oil million bpd, overwhelmingly in Saudi reserves should Iraq’s southern exports be ed,” said Olivier Jakob, oil analyst at if needed. Arabia, although for short periods of time Qatar Airways threatens disrupted. Unrest in Iraq comes as the Petromatrix. “The answer to a big disrup- we could draw on surge capacity of say to halt the Airbus orders almost total loss of Libyan supply, tion is going to come more from the SPR Saudi ready another 1 million bpd,” said a former IEA FRANKFURT: Qatar Airways could reconsider ordering Western sanctions on Iran as well as con- than from spare capacity.” The SPR, or the Of the 3.3 million bpd of spare capcity official. “People are surprisingly compla- Airbus aircraft if it could not obtain landing rights - or flict in Syria and northern Iraq are keeping Strategic Petroleum Reserve of the United the IEA estimates is available, some 2.65 cent, I think.” Apart from Saudi Arabia, slots - at European airports, Chief Executive Akbar Al almost 3 million barrels per day (bpd) - States and similar reserves held by other million bpd is in Saudi Arabia, the world’s supply could also increase in the short Baker told a German newspaper in an interview. “If they more than 3 percent of world demand - industrialized countries through their largest exporter. A Saudi official last week term should Western sanctions on Iran, in (European airport slots) are limited further, we will stop off the market. membership of the IEA, are consumer reaffirmed the kingdom’s willingness to place over its nuclear program, be buying European aircraft. We have 186 orders at Airbus. More Saudi Arabian supply, and the US countries’ last resort in case of supply out- make up shortages. “Saudi Arabia has the removed, analysts including Jakob said. What impact would that have on German jobs?” the shale oil boom, have helped plug gaps, ages. Another big outage would also capability to produce up to 12.5 million But there is no sign of that happening yet. Handelsblatt daily quoted Al Baker as saying in its but another crisis would deepen depend- encourage the case in the West for relax- bpd when the customers ask for it,” a It is therefore fortunate that Iraq’s south- Tuesday edition. Fast-growing Middle East airlines such ence on the Saudis, who are alone in ing strict monitoring of Iran’s oil exports, Saudi official said. “The oil resources, pro- ern oil ouptut is unaffected so far. Brent oil as Qatar and Emirates have said that European govern- holding significant amounts of unused stunted by sanctions over Tehran’s duction facilities and the management all has fallen to below $113 a barrel from the ments were seeking to restrict fair competition by giv- production capacity. Militants from the nuclear program. Strategic reserves were support this.” But some in the industry nine-month high of $115.71 it reached on ing airlines based closer to home preference when Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant over- last tapped in 2011 during the Libyan question how sustainable the full 12.5 June 19 as traders saw less of a risk of dis- awarding airport slots. ran the northern Iraqi city of Mosul in conflict. China, not an IEA member and million bpd is. The kingdom has not been ruption. “Should there be no meaningful June, increasing concern of a disruption the second-largest oil consumer after the known to boost its production that far - disruptions to Iraq’s oil production - as we Kuwait crude exports to exports from the second-largest OPEC United States, also holds stocks. “A major output touched 10.1 million bpd in 2013, expect - the Brent price should correct to Japan down 18.8% producer. So far, Iraq’s southern ship- hit in or around Basrah would be very believed to be the record high. most of its recent increase,” said Eugen TOKYO: Kuwait’s crude oil exports to Japan fell 18.8 ments are not affected. Global spare pro- bullish in the short term for prices, and “Saudi Arabia may very well be techni- Weinberg, analyst at Commerzbank in percent in May from a year earlier to 6.31 million bar- duction capacity stands at 3.3 million would likely lead to an IEA/SPR release,” cally capable of supplying close to 12.5 Frankfurt. “Should there be any meaning- rels, or 204,000 barrels per day (bpd), down for the sec- bpd, the International Energy Agency said a former government official million bpd, but probably only by draw- ful disruption, a price rise to at least $120 ond straight month, government data showed. As estimated in June. Iraq produces about involved in strategic reserves, now working down stocks and thereby for a limited per barrel should be expected.”—Reuters Japan’s fifth-biggest oil provider, Kuwait supplied 6.2 percent of the Asian nation’s total crude imports, the Japanese Natural Resources and Energy Agency said in a preliminary report. Japan’s overall imports of crude oil BNP capital ratio slips to 10% ‘borderline’ slid 3.3 percent year-on-year to 3.27 million bpd for the third consecutive monthly decline. Shipments from the LONDON: BNP Paribas said a record $9 billion be) above their target - not as strong as Middle East accounted for 83.0 percent of the total, fine slapped on it for avoiding US sanctions they’d like to be, but they’re not far off given unchanged from a year before. Saudi Arabia remained would not force it to rush out and raise cash the enormous trauma they’ve had to go Japan’s No 1 oil supplier, with imports from the king- or sell assets, even though it will wipe out the through,” said Chris Wheeler, analyst at dom growing 6.2 percent from a year earlier to 1.09 mil- French bank’s capital advantage over weaker Mediobanca. BNP’s core capital was 10.6 per- lion bpd, followed by the United Arab Emirates with rivals. The fine will leave BNP with a core capi- cent at the end of March, after the bank 751,000 bpd, up 4.3 percent. Qatar ranked third with tal ratio of 10 percent - above minimum regu- worked hard to bolster capital since the sum- 352,000 bpd and Russia fourth with 254,000 bpd, latory levels but the floor that investors now mer of 2011, mainly by closing businesses respectively. Japan is the world’s third biggest oil con- expect big banks to hold, and below the 11 and reducing its reliance on short-term fund- sumer after the US and China. percent average that Europe’s bigger banks ing, especially in US dollars. now hold. But rivals have also been building capital, Saudi Ma’aden signs It undermines progress made by BNP in and most European banks have an average $5 bn financing deal building its capital up over the last three core capital ratio of 11.1 percent under full DOHA: Saudi Arabian Mining Co (Ma’aden) has signed a years and could leave it under pressure to Basel III rules, according to analysts at Credit $5 billion financing deal with commercial banks and a raise equity if a review of assets by European Suisse. Nordic lenders Handelsbanken and state-owned investment fund to back its $7.5 billion regulators throws up any nasty surprises, or if Swedbank have ratios of near 18 percent, phosphate production project in the kingdom, it said in any more bills land at its door from a rising while weaker rivals in Italy, Portugal and a statement yesterday. The project in the northern city tide of legal charges and fines. In a show of Spain are below 10 percent. Deutsche Bank WASHINGTON: Attorney General Eric Holder (center) flanked by FBI Director James of Waad al-Shimal is a joint venture between Ma’aden, confidence, BNP rejected the option to cut its and Barclays have both raised billions of Comey (left) and Deputy Attorney General James Cole announced a deal between Saudi Basic Industries Corp and Mosaic and is part of dividend. It said it planned to keep its 2014 euros from rights issues in the past year as the US government and French bank BNP Paribas at the Justice Department in Saudi state efforts to create a stronger industrial base payout unchanged at 1.5 euros per share in their capital and leverage ratios came under Washington. — AP beyond oil refining and export. Phosphate is commonly cash, which costs 1.9 billion euros. intense scrutiny. BNP Paribas could sell used in fertilisers. A total of 16 local and international BNP’s record penalty for breaking US sanc- Additional Tier 1 debt - or bonds that convert Asked if the bank could sell assets, such as banks remains weak, which could limit earn- commercial banks, including Al Rajhi Bank, Bank of tions on trading with Sudan, Iran and Cuba into equity if the bank hits trouble. “At this its stake in shopping centre Klepierre worth ings generation. BNP also still needs to pay Tokyo-Mitsubishi and BNP Paribas, as well as three has been hanging over the bank for months, stage we’re in no rush in respect to Tier 1. more than 1.5 billion euros, Machenil said Polish bank BGZ, which it has agreed to buy export credit agencies and the Public Investment Fund and analysts said it was encouraging that the That doesn’t mean we might not do some- that was a “micro management question” for $1.4 billion, and it faces a regulatory “valu- (PIF) signed the financing agreement on June 30, the bank’s capital at the end of this year should thing opportunistically, but there is no rush and there were no specific plans for any ation adjustment” next year, which together bourse filing said. still scrape above its target of 10 percent. “It for Tier 1,” BNP finance director Lars Machenil sales. There are risks to its capital rebuild may knock 50 basis points off its capital, ana- leaves them in a position where they (should told analysts on a call yesterday. plan, however. Income for all investment lysts said.— Reuters WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014 BUSINESS Euro-zone manufacturing growth eases

LONDON: Euro-zone manufacturing euro-zone fell to 51.8 in June from May’s PMI survey will raise concerns that the the recovery from stalling, and we will no deposit rate below zero and offering growth eased slightly more than previ- 52.2, its lowest since November. euro-zone recovery is losing momentum. doubt see more calls for full-scale quanti- more long-term loans aimed at boosting ously thought last month and factories The final figure was just below a pre- The overall picture is a reminder of just tative easing to be implemented,” bank lending to businesses. Inflation held fulfilled existing orders to keep busy, a liminary flash reading of 51.9 but has now how fragile the region’s recovery is look- Williamson said. The chance of the steady at just 0.5 percent last month, well business survey showed yesterday. A held above the 50 mark that separates ing,” said Chris Williamson, chief econo- European Central Bank launching an below the ECB’s target of just below 2 resurgence in the bloc’s periphery coun- growth from contraction for a full year. A mist at data collator Markit. asset purchase program has risen to one- percent and firmly in what it calls the tries supported Germany, which was subindex measuring output fell to 52.8 Having expanded a feeble 0.2 percent in-three, a Reuters poll taken last week “danger zone”. The PMI data showed fac- again the driving force, despite slower from 54.3, marking a nine-month low. in the first three months of 2014, euro- found, ahead of this Thursday’s ECB poli- tories raised prices marginally in June for growth due to extra public holidays. But Some of that tepid growth was generated zone quarter-on-quarter growth is cy-setting meeting. a second month but not as fast as their in France - the bloc’s second-biggest by running down existing orders as new expected to be just 0.3-0.4 percent ECB President Mario Draghi input costs rose. Detailed PMI data are economy - the contraction in activity business increased at a slower pace than through to the end of next year. “The announced a raft of measures last month only available under license from Markit deepened. Markit’s final Manufacturing in May. The backlogs of work index fell to slowdown will put pressure on policy- to counter the threat of deflation and and customers need to apply to Markit Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for the a nine-month low of 49.5 from 49.6. “The makers at the ECB to do more to prevent support growth, including cutting the for a license.— Reuters Vatican bank’s head to quit as shake-up bites

VATICAN CITY: The Vatican bank’s chair- Freyberg was doing “an excellent job”. man is to step down as soon as next week as part of the restructuring of an institution Clean up that has been an embarrassment to the According to another source, some Catholic Church for decades, Vatican Vatican officials always saw Freyberg’s posi- sources said yesterday. But the sources, tion as a stop-gap following the spate of who spoke on the condition of anonymity, scandals at the bank in the closing years of disagreed over whether Ernst von Freyberg Benedict’ papacy. Now that many of the was leaving willingly or whether he was reforms are in place, according to this being pushed out over differences within source, these officials felt a new chairman the Vatican about the pace of reform. should be found as the bank enters a new Freyberg’s departure is expected to be phase with new statutes. “Freyberg was announced in connection with the publica- called in to clean up the mess and now tion, most likely next week, of the new something different, more stable, is need- annual report of the bank, officially known ed,” the second source said. Freyberg was as the Institute for Works of Religion (IOR). not available to comment on his future. A The new statues of the bank are expected spokesman for the bank declined to com- to make the chairman’s job a full-time, resi- ment, saying merely that there was “an dential position and, according to one overall structural reform process being con- source, Freyberg has decided he wants to sidered” by a group of eight cardinals advis- return to his family in Germany. ing Pope Francis. The group is meeting at “He is at peace with his decision the Vatican all this week and is expected to because it is his decision,” this source said. discuss the changes at the bank ahead of a Freyberg was appointed to head the bank meeting of the pope’s economic advisers in February, 2013 in one of the last deci- on Saturday. Last week the Italian maga- sions made by former Pope Benedict zine L’Espresso ran a story about tensions before he resigned at the end of that between Monsignor Battista Ricca, Pope month. Under his leadership, the IOR, Francis’ personal delegate at the bank and which has been hit by numerous scandals Freyberg. L’Espresso said Ricca was upset in the past, closed hundreds of accounts, that Freyberg had not kept him fully instituted strict anti-money laundering informed about some of the clean-up oper- regulations and launched several investi- ations at the bank. In particular, L’Espresso gations into suspicious activities. Just said, Freyberg kept Ricca in the dark about three months ago, Australian Cardinal moves in 2013 to unwind an operation that George Pell, bought in by Pope Francis to began before his arrival and that resulted in head the Vatican’s new department to a 15 million euro ($20 million) loss for the oversee all its economic activities, said Vatican bank.—Reuters JOHANNESBURG: A striking worker wears a tyre around his neck as thousands of workers clad in red demonstrate on the first day of a nationwide strike called by South Africa’s National Union of Metalworkers (NUMSA) in Johannesburg Central Business District yesterday. — AFP China opens tea and yachts to foreigners in free trade zone South Africa engineering strike,

SHANGHAI: Shanghai has trimmed the list dashed when a government official said of what is banned in China’s first free trade such activities were off limits to both for- latest blow to sickly economy zone, opening a few more areas to foreign eign and domestic firms. In addition, 23 of participation, it said yesterday, following the reductions were the result of merging disappointment over the new FTZ. The items together, the official Xinhua news Strike follows 5-month platinum stoppage Shanghai government released a new agency reported. “negative list” of what is barred in the zone, Some analysts had expected the list to JOHANNESBURG: A strike by more than offered raises of up to 8 percent. engineering sector in South Africa is 335 bil- cutting the number of items from 190 to be slashed. “The Shanghai FTZ is off to an 220,000 South African engineering workers, Ngobese said a report by public broadcast- lion rand ($32 billion), according to the Steel 139, according to the document posted ambiguous start,” real estate services firm hot on the heels of a crippling platinum boy- er SABC that NUMSA has revised its wage and Engineering Industries Federation of online. The FTZ in China’s commercial hub Cushman & Wakefield said in a report last cott which ended last week, will deal a fresh demand down to 10 percent “was not true”. Southern Africa. The looming boycott is a was launched last September, a much-her- week. “The opacity of the rules governing blow to an economy that contracted in the Eskom produces the bulk of electricity in fresh blow for the economy, which lurched alded move promising widespread reform the FTZ, the uncertainty about its future first quarter. Members of the National Union Africa’s most developed economy and is into a contraction in the first quarter after a including free convertibility of the yuan and the slow pace of reform have led to of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), the deemed an essential service, making strikes five-month platinum strike hit mining output. currency. The original “negative list” was concern that the much-heralded zone will country’s largest union, were downing tools illegal. But NUMSA General Secretary Irvin Jim Mining contributes 5 percent to gross domes- deliver far less than officials have prom- issued at the same time. But yesterday’s yesterday and gearing up for protest marches hinted at the weekend that workers would tic product. revisions were limited, the new list showed, ised,” it said. Companies have still been after last-gasp talks failed to yield a deal on defy the ban, saying the union might have “no Steel and metals manufacturing directly among them allowing some foreign com- flocking to the zone in anticipation of panies to use Chinese airline reservation future opportunities, with office rents dou- wages and other issues. option but to allow our members to liberate accounts for about a fifth of the factory sector, systems, and scrapping some requirements bling in the last year-but largely due to The union’s members would take part in themselves”. The strike will likely hit the opera- and the impact of NUMSA action will proba- for investing in medical facilities. speculation, Cushman & Wakefield added. marches from 0900 local time (0700 GMT) in tions of companies like constructing and bly be stronger than that of the platinum Foreign investors would be allowed to By the end of June, 1,245 “overseas” firms several cities including the commercial cap- engineering firms Murray & Roberts and strike, Barclays Africa said in a note. The rand set up wholly-owned companies to design had set up in the FTZ, though the figure ital Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban, Aveng Ltd , both involved in building two cru- currency was little changed in early trade, yachts and manufacture aviation engine includes companies from Hong Kong and NUMSA spokesman Castro Ngobese told cial power stations for Eskom. fetching around 10.64/dlr. NUMSA, once a components. They would also be allowed Taiwan, the Shanghai government said. Reuters. “There are no talks at the moment political ally of the ruling African National to process green tea through joint ven- “The Shanghai free trade zone is a test and none are scheduled,” he said. NUMSA Fresh blow to economy Congress, fell out with President Jacob Zuma’s tures with Chinese partners. Initial excite- field for the country’s deepening of reform will also picket the headquarters of power Auto parts makers such as Dorbyl Ltd , government over policy differences last year. ment that a ban on investment in some and opening,” Dai Haibo, deputy director utility Eskom on Wednesday to press for a Africa’s biggest packaging firm Nampak and The union claims around 340,000 members, forms of gambling could be lifted, includ- of the management committee for the wage increase of 12 percent, nearly double power cables maker Reunert could also be although only around two-thirds of these are ing lottery tickets and horse racing, was FTZ, told a news conference. —AFP the current inflation rate. Employers have affected. The total turnover of the metals and planning to go on strike. — Reuters

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AirAsia announces Japan comeback with e-commerce giant

TOKYO: AirAsia’s feisty chief executive major airlines in Japan. Fernandes was in combative mood yesterday declared the low-cost airline The rebooted AirAsia Japan will see yesterday, making clear he was happy back in Japan after its bitter split with Malaysia-based AirAsia, Asia’s biggest to take on the whole of Japan’s avia- ANA, but this time in an alliance with budget carrier, partner with Rakuten, tion establishment, including e-commerce giant Rakuten. “This is along with an infrastructure fund, a AirAsia’s former partner. “AirAsia is a AirAsia Japan part two, and I am very cosmetics company and a sports gear unique company. We have many fla- excited. I hope there is no part three,” retailer. AirAsia will have 49 percent of vors, many different colors, many dif- chief executive Tony Fernandes told a the venture and Rakuten will hold an ferent ways of doing things,” he said press conference. AirAsia entered the 18 percent stake. However, in accor- in an apparent jab at the new name Japanese market in 2012 in a joint dance with Japanese law which limits of the old company. Fernandes, who venture with major carrier All Nippon control by foreign entities, the strode on stage to Taylor Swift’s “We Airways (ANA). But the project ended Malaysia-based airline will hold just Are Never Ever Getting Back in an acrimonious dispute over busi- one-third of voting rights. Details of its Together”, said: “ANA were fantastic ness practices last year. ANA subse- business plan, such as its flight sched- partners... but we were just different, quently inherited the business and ules and which airport it will use as its different views of doing things, so we rebranded it Vanilla Air. “Watch out, hub, are to be announced later, split.” The press conference ended TOKYO: AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes (left) speaks during a press confer- JAL, ANA, Peach and-Vanilla,” Fernandes said, adding the unit would with servings of ice cream in several ence in Tokyo while AirAsia Japan CEO Yoshinori Odagiri (center), Rakuten CEO Fernandes said, naming some of the begin flying in early 2015. flavours but not vanilla.— AFP Hiroshi Mikitani (right) attend. — AFP VIVA launches its new promo

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Ocado hopes new depot model will attract partners

Shares down 4.9 percent BATU HIJAU: This undated handout photograph shows trucks hauling raw earth materials in the Batu Hijau copper mine site, located in Indonesia’s West Nusa Tenggara province. US mining giant Newmont said yesterday it has filed for international arbitration against Jakarta over LONDON: British online grocer Ocado will business at about 2.1 billion pounds. a controversial mineral ore export ban that has forced it to halt production at its Indonesian mine. — AFP start building a third major distribution centre this year, it said yesterday, hoping Making a profit the smaller design will provide a model for Ocado, whose range includes products Indonesia ekes out trade partnership deals with overseas retailers. supplied by upmarket grocer Waitrose, said Ocado, which signed its first third-party it made a profit before tax and one off deal with Britain’s No 4 grocer Morrisons items of 7.5 million pounds in the 24 weeks last year, also reported a first-half profit, to May 18, its fiscal first half, compared with surplus; rupiah still shaky putting it on track to make its first annual a loss of 1.0 million pounds in the same pretax profit this year. Britain’s online gro- period last year. Gross sales rose 15.6 per- cery market is growing at around 15 percent to 442.4 million pounds, having been Exports fall 8.11%, imports down 11.43% cent a year, far outpacing the broader mar- up 18 percent in the first quarter, a slow- ket, and while it still accounts for only down Steiner attributed to “subdued and JAKARTA: Indonesia posted a small trade sur- by 0750 GMT. Non-deliverable forwards were but was near forecasts for 6.76 percent. On a about 5 percent of total grocery sales, cautious consumer spending”. plus in May as imports fell more than expected, also weaker. The softer tone was attributed to month-on-month basis, CPI was up 0.43 percent. industry group IGD sees it more than dou- Ocado said its retail business would con- helping to take some pressure off the fragile the smaller-than-expected trade surplus and Analysts mostly expect Bank Indonesia to keep bling in value over the next five years to 17 tinue growing broadly in line with, or rupiah ahead of a presidential vote next week. concerns over the outcome of the presidential rates unchanged but maintain a hawkish bias as billion pounds ($28.93 billion). slightly ahead of, the online grocery mar- Southeast Asia’s largest economy has been election. A patchy global recovery and weak it remains vigilant on inflation. Bank Indonesia Despite the rapid growth, however, ket. It has not made an annual pretax profit trying to curb strong consumption amid sliding commodity prices will likely weigh on the out- has indicated that it will continue to adopt a Ocado has struggled to make a profit due since it was founded in 2000 but analysts exports to keep its current-account deficit from look for exports in the near term, while continu- tight monetary policy at least until end of this to the costs and complexity of delivering are forecasting one of about 16 million widening and hurting confidence. The country’s ing pressures on Indonesia’s trade and current year to help stabilize the rupiah and to lower the perishable goods to customers’ doors, and pounds for its 2013-14 financial year. trade balance for May returned to surplus, a accounts mean the authorities need to be current-account deficit to under 3 percent of some industry analysts think partnership Britain’s traditional supermarkets are see- modest $70 million compared with expectations watchful of inflation. gross domestic product from 3.3 percent in deals with foreign retailers could be an ing little, if any, growth in sales at their big for $410 million, but analysts said this was still a Indonesia will hold presidential elections on 2013. important way for the firm to prosper in stores, leading to a pick up in competition relief after the previous month’s shock deficit. July 9, a day before its central bank meets to It has maintained its policy rate at 7.5 per- future. Ocado said it had secured a site for a in online sales. Market leader Tesco recently “The fact that exports managed to outdo decide monetary policy. “Facing the increasingly cent after increasing it by 175 basis points so-called customer fulfillment centre (CFC) cut the delivery price for its online grocery imports this time round comes at a very fortu- thick atmosphere of uncertain anticipation between June to November to support the in Andover, southern England, that will orders. Though Ocado’s share price is down nate time, especially after April’s hefty $2 billion ahead of next Wednesday’s very close presiden- rupiah. An HSBC Markit purchasing managers’ have a capacity of 65,000 orders per week - 16 percent over the last six months, it is still deficit,” said Wellian Wiranto, economist at OCBC tial election, this number (trade surplus) will be index survey yesterday showed manufacturing about one third of the capacity of its sec- up 24 percent over the last year, mainly on Bank in Singapore. Exports in May fell 8.11 per- welcomed by the market,” Wiranto said. After activity in Indonesia rose in June due to a rise ond CFC at Dordon, central England. the back of a 200 million pound deal with cent from a year earlier, data from the statistics surpluses in February and March, Indonesia’s in new orders on strong domestic activity, but Building works are expected to start in Morrisons to provide its online grocery bureau showed yesterday, worse than a 5.94 per- trade balance swung to a $1.96 billion deficit in export orders fell for the first time in six the fourth quarter of 2014, with the site operation and on hopes it could do similar cent decline forecast in a Reuters poll. Annual April - the second biggest monthly one in five months. “Given the import-driven pressures opening for Ocado’s sole use at the end of deals overseas. The Jefferies analysts, who imports in May dropped 11.43 percent versus years, hit by a mineral export ban and weak on Indonesia’s trade and current account 2015. Investment in the project will total have a “hold” rating on Ocado stock, said expectations for a 8.21 percent fall. commodity prices. deficits, such pick-up in domestic activity is 80 million pounds. Chief Executive Tim the shares looked fully valued. They reckon The rupiah, Asia’s worst performing currency Annual inflation in June slowed to 6.70 per- not desirable at this juncture,” said Su Sian Steiner said the investment would show investors are pricing in an option value for last year, eased 0.3 percent to 11,880 per dollar cent from 7.32 percent in May, the data showed, Lim, economist at HSBC. — Reuters Ocado could build CFCs that were “modu- international expansion of about 500 mil- lar and scalable,” putting it in a strong lion pounds with the remaining 1.9 billion position to attract partners elsewhere in pounds of economic value reflecting the world, where online grocery shopping broadly static market share in a strongly Japan’s business confidence sags is less well established. Some sector ana- growing UK online food market. In the first lysts remain to be convinced, however. “It half, Ocado’s active customers increased to TOKYO: Japanese business confi- at plus 12, well short of market the strength of Japan’s recovery. Japanese consumers face higher is unclear to us that this provides the 396,000 from 360,000, though average bas- dence has sagged since an April expectations, after hitting a more The Tankan reading for large prices due to the tax rise and creep- capex-light solution which is needed in ket size dipped slightly to 114.43 pounds sales tax hike came into force, than six-year high of plus 17 in the companies in the non-manufacturing inflation-the result of the cen- order to strengthen the appeal to interna- from 114.90 pounds. Ocado said the pushing up prices, in the first dete- preceding quarter. The latest reading sector tumbled to plus 19 from tral bank’s efforts to conquer years tional partners,” said analysts at Jefferies. Morrisons.com service successfully rioration in six quarters, a Bank of ing marked the first decline since plus 24 in the March quarter, also of deflation and slow growth. At 0900 GMT, Ocado shares were down launched in January and was ramping up in Japan report showed yesterday. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took the first downturn in six quarters. However, other recent data showed 4.9 percent at 353.4 pence, valuing the line with expectations.— Reuters The Tankan survey for the April- office in late 2012 on a pledge to The business sentiment index Japan’s jobless rate edged down to June quarter showed confidence kick-start the world’s number-three marks the difference between the 3.5 percent in May, the lowest level among large manufacturers stood economy, and throws into question percentage of firms that are upbeat in nearly 17 years, with signs of a Australia keeps rates and those that see conditions as tightening labor market. That will unfavorable. A positive figure add pressure on firms to raise means there are more optimistic wages to attract workers, econo- on hold at 2.5 percent business managers than pessimistic mists said, after major companies ones. The closely watched survey of wrapped up spring labor negotia- SYDNEY: Australia’s central bank kept inter- was not more robust in its commentary on more than 10,000 companies is the tions with pay rises for the first time est rates on hold at a record low 2.5 percent the exchange rate. “The big issue is ... why most comprehensive indicator yet in years. Also on a brighter note, yesterday, as a resilient currency and soft- they are not re-engaging on the Aussie dol- of how Japan is coping with the the Tankan showed big firms’ plans ening commodity prices hobbled the econ- lar, which seems a little puzzling,” Walters impact of the nation’s first sales tax for capital spending were picking omy’s shift away from mining. The Reserve said. He added that financial markets had rise in 17 years. up since the last survey and many Bank left the cash rate unchanged for its hoped for a stronger acknowledgement Consumer spending turned economists expect activity to 10th straight meeting as it continued to from the RBA that the currency’s strength down after Japan raised its sales tax recover in the third quarter. highlight the need for accommodative was hurting the economy. “They didn’t take from 5.0 percent to 8.0 percent on “While today’s Tankan points to monetary policy to “provide support to any opportunities to say something like, ‘it’s April 1, with millions of shoppers a contraction in GDP of around 0.5 demand and help growth to strengthen uncomfortable or unsustainable’.” Australia making a last-minute dash to stores percent... last quarter, the survey over time”. is transiting away from an unprecedented ahead of the increase. The rise was suggests that the recovery will But it expanded on its frustrations about boom in the mining sector, which has seen as crucial for shrinking Japan’s resume in the second half of the the recent strength of the Australian dollar, helped it avoid a recession for more than mammoth national debt, one of year,” said Marcel Thieliant of saying it was “offering less assistance than it two decades. the worst among wealthy nations. Capital Economics. Abe swept to might” in lifting growth in non-resources The economy has lost some momentum However there were fears it would power on a ticket to nudge the sectors. “The exchange rate remains high after a strong start to the year saw it post slam the brakes on growth and economy out of a cycle of falling by historical standards, particularly given 1.1 percent growth in the first-quarter, with possibly derail Abe’s plan to turn prices and lacklustre growth, which the declines in key commodity prices, and recent data recording an easing in new around the economy. The Tankan saw consumers put off purchases in hence is offering less assistance than it building approvals as well as a moderation survey came a day after govern- the hopes of getting goods cheap- might in achieving balanced growth in the in retail sales and house prices. Consumer ment data showed that Japan’s fac- er down the road. That, in turn, hurt economy,” RBA governor Glenn Stevens confidence also weakened in the wake of a tory output rose a smaller-than- producers and held back their said. The local unit jumped by a quarter of tough federal budget in May that cut back expected 0.5 percent in May from a expansion and hiring plans. The last one US cent to 94.44 US cents following the on government welfare and spending, month earlier. time Japan brought in a higher release of the central bank’s statement. although it has recovered slightly since sales levy, in 1997, it was followed JP Morgan’s chief economist for then. Stevens repeated his expectation that TOKYO: Passers-by use cellphones in front of electronic stock board of Q3 recovery expected by years of deflation and tepid eco- Australia Stephen Walters said it was clear growth would be “a little below trend over a securities firm in Tokyo yesterday. Shares were mostly lower in Asia Household spending and hous- nomic growth that defined the the RBA was content to stay the course at the year ahead” as the transition contin- yesterday as investors shrugged off signs that Chinese manufacturing ing starts have also turned down as country’s protracted slump.—AFP this time, although he questioned why it ues.—AFP is regaining momentum. — AP BUSINESS WEDNESDAY, JULY 2X, 2014 Asian stimulus boosts factories, euro-zone still lags Stimulus paying off in Asia, euro-zone yet to benefit

LONDON: Manufacturing activity in Asia’s they are guiding the economy in the direction low of 7.4 percent in the first quarter. Those the first time in three months but with an April driving force, helped by a resurgence in the industrial powerhouses China and Japan they want it to go in,” said Peter Dixon, econo- measures include reserve requirement cuts for sales tax rise still acting as a drag, the Bank of bloc’s periphery countries, although its PMI gained pace in June, fuelled by improving mist at Commerzbank. In contrast, the raft of some banks to encourage more lending, Japan’s business optimism gauge dipped in dipped due to public holidays. demand at home, but euro-zone growth fal- measures announced last month by the quicker fiscal disbursements and hastening the second quarter. Still, firms were optimistic “The slowdown will put pressure on policy- tered as main motor Germany slowed. European Central Bank to counter the threat construction of railways and public housing. about the outlook, declaring readiness to makers at the ECB to do more to prevent the Business surveys published yesterday con- of deflation and support growth by boosting A downturn in the property market is boost capital investment and output. “It was recovery from stalling, and we will no doubt firmed factory output expanded across Asia lending to companies and households have clouding the outlook, however, and econo- still a good result. The Tankan result supports see more calls for full-scale quantitative easing following months of decline in its two biggest yet to show any impact. Markit’s final mists expect Beijing to stand ready to ease fis- the Bank of Japan’s upbeat view on the econo- to be implemented,” said Chris Williamson, economies, as massive stimulus packages Manufacturing PMI for the euro-zone fell to cal and monetary policy further to counter my,” said Takuji Aida at Societe Generale. In Markit’s chief economist. The chance of the from the authorities in Beijing and Tokyo 51.8 in June from May’s 52.2, the lowest read- any major spillover into the broader economy. Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy, ECB launching an asset purchase program has begin to take effect. China’s final HSBC/Markit ing since November. “Efforts to slash overcapacities in old-fash- factory activity grew at its fastest pace on risen to one-in-three, a Reuters poll taken last Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose to 50.7, “The ECB is going to be looking at these ioned industries, as well as the housing mar- record and in India, the continent’s third- week found, ahead of this Thursday’s policy slightly below a flash reading but above the numbers in the coming months and hoping ket downturn ... will continue to weigh on largest economy, it hit a four-month high. meeting. 50 mark that separates growth from contrac- that we see a bit more of a pick-up. Let’s overall economic activity,” said Nikolaus Keis at Markets will also be looking ahead to US PMI The ECB cut its deposit rate below zero last tion for the first time in six months. The official check in six month’s time if the ECB needs to UniCredit. In Japan, central bank and PMI sur- data to confirm that the world’s biggest econ- month and suggested rates will remain at China PMI, which is geared more towards big- do any more,” Dixon said. Stock markets firmed veys painted a similar picture of improving omy has finally put its weather-affected start record lows for years, while offering more ger state-owned firms, hit a six-month high of after the China data, which reinforced market factory activity, supported by continued hefty to the year firmly behind it. long-term loans aimed at boosting bank lend- 51.0. views that the world’s second-largest econo- central bank money injections and governing. But it is still reluctant to conduct outright “The Chinese numbers were good. The my is steadying thanks to stimulus from ment spending. Britain leads Europe bond purchases. By contrast, the Bank of authorities are helping, they are supporting, Beijing after growth dipped to an 18-month Japan’s PMI topped the 50-point mark for British factories followed Asia’s lead, England is widely expected to be the first increasing activity at the fastest rate in seven major central bank to begin tightening policy, months while creating new jobs in at the possibly as soon as this year. The pound has briskest pace in more than three years. Euro- been surging as a result. “Manufacturing is zone unemployment was stable for the sec- growing strongly, and work flows suggest this ond consecutive month in May at 11.6 percent has legs,” said David Tinsley at BNP Paribas. “As but the pace of factory growth eased as a con- this news flow is absorbed further, rate hike traction in the bloc’s second biggest economy, expectations for the first hike in Q4 this year France, deepened. Germany was again the should harden.”— Reuters

KIEV: People rally near installation depicting a hanging dummy, symbolic blood in bottles and placard showing a banker counting money signed ‘Excess profits - at any price’ in front of Ukrainian parliament during protest action of borrowers of Ukrainian banks yesterday. The borrowers, who took credits in the western currency for the construction or purchase of housing, protest against the policy of the banks which make enormous profits at the expense of borrowers after the depreciation of the Ukrainian currency. — AFP Oil holds above $112

LONDON: Brent oil held above $112 per barrel who have declared a “caliphate” to rule over all yesterday as investors took heart from upbeat the world’s Muslims. In Ukraine, President Petro manufacturing data in China while ongoing ten- Poroshenko said government forces would sions in Iraq and Ukraine underpinned supply renew offensive operations against rebels and concerns. China’s factory growth rose to a six- “free our lands”, hours after a ceasefire to allow for month high, adding to signs the economy of the peace talks with the pro-Russian separatists had world’s second-biggest oil consumer is regaining expired. strength. Oil markets have for weeks been rattled by supply concerns due to the Ukraine crisis and US stocks draw as a takeover of large areas of Iraq by Sunni mili- Oil, particularly the US benchmark, drew addi- tants stoked fears of disruption in exports from tional support from forecasts US crude invento- OPEC’s second-biggest producer. ries dropped 2.3 million barrels last week, a pre- Brent crude gained 4 cents to $112.40 a barrel liminary Reuters poll showed. It estimated distil- by 0925 GMT, after ending down 94 cents at its late stockpiles rose 600,000 barrels, with gasoline lowest settlement since the rally spurred by the inventories increasing 800,000 barrels. The survey Iraqi crisis started on June 12. US oil was up 39 was taken ahead of weekly inventory reports cents to $105.76 a barrel. “Oil is up today with from industry group the American Petroleum some positive data out of China. Geopolitical Institute (API) and from the Energy’s Energy concerns will continue to underpin it and we will Information Administration (EIA). remain in a fairly elevated range in the near A slide in OPEC’s output also supported future,” CMC Markets analyst Michael Hewson prices. The producer group’s output fell in June said. “Iraq has stabilized for now but we are by no from May’s three-month high, a Reuters survey means out of the woods and it remains a very flu- found, as fighting in Iraq closed its largest refin- id situation,” he said, adding that the prospects of ery and technical problems slowed its southern sanctions against oil producer Russia over the exports, underlining how unrest and outages in Ukrainian crisis remain high. the Middle East and Africa are taking their toll on “Brent will need to get below $111 a barrel to OPEC supply. A Reuters monthly poll of 26 ana- suggest political risk is subsiding,” according to lysts forecast Brent crude oil would average Hewson. Newly elected Iraqi lawmakers are $108.00 a barrel in 2014, the highest average meeting yesterday, under pressure to name a forecast of a Reuters poll so far this year and well unity government to keep the country from split- above the $105.90 average projected in last ting apart after an onslaught by Sunni Islamists month’s poll. —Reuters Gold nears 3-month high Dollar index edges off 7-week low LONDON: Gold steadied above $1,325 an ounce to stop the country splitting apart after an yesterday as some buyers cashed in gains after the onslaught by Sunni militants who have declared a metal’s earlier rally to three-month highs, but prices “caliphate” to rule all the world’s Muslims. Ukrainian remained supported by dollar weakness and unrest government forces launched air strikes and artillery in Ukraine and the Middle East. Prices rose nearly 1 assaults on pro-Russian separatists in eastern percent on Monday after mixed economic data regions yesterday, a military spokesman said, after prompted a drop in the dollar index to seven-week President Petro Poroshenko said he would not lows, and as geopolitical tensions flared. The metal renew a ceasefire. extended gains in Asian trade to its highest since March 24 at $1,332.10 an ounce. It failed to maintain Improving sentiment that level, however. Spot gold had eased to The improving sentiment towards bullion was $1.325.80 by 1146 GMT, little changed from reflected in a 5.7 ton inflow into the world’s largest $1,327.19 late on Monday, while US gold futures for gold exchange-traded fund, New York’s SPDR Gold August delivery were up $4.90 an ounce at Shares, the biggest one-day change it has reported $1,326.90. in its holdings since March 10. That has taken the “The move today above $1,331 probably trig- fund’s holdings to their highest since late April at gered a bit of initial profit taking,” Saxo Bank’s head 790.7 tons, after they fell to their lowest since late of commodities research Ole Hansen said. “If we can 2008 in May at 776.9 tons. “Gold’s strength over the hold $1,321 today and close above $1,331 I think it past 24 hours could partly be explained by chunky could open the road towards a test of $1,370 - a ETF buying yesterday,” Swiss bank UBS said in a note weaker dollar, the end of the ceasefire in Ukraine, yesterday. “The significant change in ETF flows this tensions in Israel and rising ETF holdings have all year compared to last year is a key factor that is provided some support.” The dollar index lan- helping gold - that the aggressive ETF selling of guished near seven-month lows, disappointing 2013 has not made a comeback has provided ongo- some analysts who had expected the currency to be ing support.” on the verge of a push higher, given the prospect of In the physical markets, however, buyers were rises in US interest rates sometime next year. put off by the recent price increase. In top consumer Bets that record-low interest rates will remain in China, local prices fell to a discount of about $1 an place for some time yet and upbeat Chinese data ounce to global prices yesterday from being on par lifted European and Asian stocks yesterday. in the previous session, in a sign of weak demand. Geopolitical tensions in Ukraine and the Middle East Platinum group metals were steady, following an also supported gold. Iraq’s new parliament con- end to a crippling five-month strike in South African vened, under pressure to name a unity government mines last week.—Reuters BUSINESS WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014 Tissot Quickster Football - Be the Timekeeper

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FRANKFURT: The jobless rate in Germany Global Insight economist Timo Klein. remained stuck at 6.7 percent in June as “Overall, labor market conditions remain clouds begin to appear on the horizon of much healthier in Germany than in most Europe’s biggest economy and the benefits other countries in Europe. The underlying of mild weather wear off, official data downward trend for unemployment will showed yesterday. The unemployment underpin consumer demand throughout rate-which measures the proportion of 2014-15,” the expert said. All in all, “German people claiming dole against the working economic growth is gaining momentum population as a whole-has stood at 6.7 per- despite the uncertainty stemming from the cent since March. But the total number of Ukraine crisis, as euro-zone crisis related people registered as unemployed rose by uncertainty has conversely declined,” Klein 9,000 to 2.916 million, the Federal Labor said. Office said in a statement. That took analysts by surprise. They had Analysts confident projected a decline of around 7,500. “The BNP Paribas economist Caroline economic outlook remains positive, but is Newhouse agreed. “All in all, the German gradually starting to cloud over,” the labor labor market seems to be benefiting from office said. “After having not risen in the the current recovery. As mentioned by the winter months as a result of the mild labor office, the job market is in good weather, the usual June decline in unem- shape,” she said. Natixis economist ployment was shallower than expected,” Johannes Gareis also felt that “today’s data the office explained. “Nevertheless, taking are not a huge concern at this stage. into account this one-off effect, the funda- Because of the mild winter weather, which mental trend in the winter and spring boosted jobs in the early months of this months remains positive,” it added. year, there had not been the usual surge in In raw or unadjusted terms which do jobs in spring. not allow for seasonal blips, the German “All in all, with the unemployment rate jobless total fell by 49,250 to 2.833 million holding steady at 6.7 percent, today’s job and the unadjusted jobless rate slipped to report provides further support for a robust 6.5 percent from 6.6 percent, the office cal- growth in 2014,” Newhouse said. BayernLB culated. German labor minister Andreas economist Stefan Kipar said: “The overall FRANKFURT: Brokers have a German national flag displayed on their desk at the German stock exchange in Frankfurt, western Germany. — AFP Nahles said the “situation on the labor mar- uptrend on the labor market is continuing. ket is favorable.” Analysts also said they “The current high level of confidence indi- were not overly perturbed by the slight rise cators, such as the Ifo, do not point to any France proposes 1bn euro in the jobless total this month. “The noticeble clouding of the labor market for May/June setback represents a natural cor- the time being. The labor market remains in rection to ... a very mild winter and must good shape. If short-term fluctuations are not be interpreted as a shift in trend blended out, the overall trend is positive,” credit line for India projects towards renewed deterioration,” said IHS Kipar said. — AFP Dwindling European defense budgets drive ambition Burgan Bank launches the NEW DELHI: France has proposed to give India a for Dassault and the (Indian) government to dis- accepted an invitation to visit France, and Paris new Youth Account draw 1 billion euro ($1.4 billion) credit line to fund sus- cuss the details which have not yet been dis- was hoping he would stop there on his way to or tainable infrastructure and urban development cussed and hopefully to reach a conclusion,” he from a visit to the United States in September. KUWAIT: Burgan Bank announced yes- of winning. projects, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said told news agency reporters. “For us, the earlier Some countries find extending a credit line or terday the launch of the new Youth The bank’s Youth Account was yesterday. the better ... but it’s a normal negotiation and the investing through development arms a useful Account draw, now entitling students to launched for young individuals, around The credit line would be available over three way it must be.” Fabius said Paris was keen to way to boost ties with India and also gain an ear- double their student allowances when the ages of 15 to 25, who seek to attain a years and would be delivered through the French share technology and industrial development ly link to the South Asian nation’s future infra- transferred into the “Youth” account. With successful future. There is no KD limit to Development Agency, Fabius, who began his with India in the defense sector. “To be honest structure schemes. Japan is a key investor in the the introduction of the Youth Account open an account, and no minimum bal- India visit on Monday, told reporters in New and candid, you have a diminution of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, a mega infra- draw, customers transferring their educa- ance required to maintain it. Delhi. India, which has said it needs $1 trillion of defense budget in Europe ... and therefore (it is structure project that envisages dozens of new tion allowances to the bank will be auto- Furthermore, account holders receive investment by 2017 to upgrade its creaking infra- in) our interest, it’s not only the interest of India,” industrial zones and cities sprouting alongside a matically enrolled into a draw, whereby free prepaid card and an ATM card which structure, is keen to attract foreign development he said. Fabius, who flew on from New Delhi to 1,483-kilometre highway stretch between India’s for every KD20 in their Youth Account, entitle them to discounts at select mer- agencies and companies to help finance new India’s financial capital, Mumbai, said Modi had biggest two cities. — Reuters customers will be given a chance to win chants. To find out more about Burgan roads, railways and cities. Prime Minister KD200 every month, therefore doubling Bank’s Youth Account as well as the latest Narendra Modi, who took office in May, has their educational allowance. Customers promotions, customers are required to vowed to focus on infrastructure. wishing to take part in this draw are visit their nearest Burgan Bank branch or “If you don’t have the share of technology and advised to transfer their student contact the call center on 1804080. For the share of finance, you can develop brilliant allowances to Burgan Bank’s Youth more information, customers can visit ideas, may be brilliant, but (you will have) noth- account and enjoy their multiple chances the bank’s website on www.burgan.com. ing concrete,” Fabius said at an event about sustainable growth and climate change. He is the first of a string of Western politicians due to visit Argentina, ‘vulture’ funds India over the next few weeks for talks with Modi and his government, drawn in part by the prospect of lucrative defence deals that stalled battle amid debt deadline under the last administration. After meetings with ministers in Modi’s cabi- BUENOS AIRES: Argentina and hedge fund being forced to pay the “holdouts” would over- net on Monday, Fabius expressed confidence creditors it calls “vultures” blasted each other as whelm its weak finances and force it into that there would be a “positive outcome” to the country missed a deadline for a key debt default. negotiations on a $12-billion deal to sell Rafale payment Monday. US District Judge Thomas combat aircraft to India. The deal to supply 126 Griesa on Friday barred the Bank of New York ‘No negotiations underway’ Rafale fighter jets manufactured by Dassault Mellon from transferring $539 million in It was unclear whether Buenos Aires was Aviation has been under final negotiations since Argentine funds to the country’s main creditors, willing to talk with the hedge funds. NML said January 2012 after they pipped the Americans, the so-called exchange bondholders, unless that, despite promises and Griesa’s prodding, Europeans and Russians. The contract, which Argentina also pays the hedge funds meant the and the naming of a special representative last involves technology-sharing and the production country would likely be in default on Monday. week to oversee negotiations, Argentina has not of most of the planes in India, has been making But a one-month payment grace period joined talks. “NML is at the table, ready to talk, slow progress through numerous stages of vet- gives Buenos Aires until the end of July to nego- but Argentina has refused to negotiate any tiate a deal with both groups of lenders before aspect of this dispute,” said Jay Newman, senior ting and evaluation. NEW DELHI: French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (left) talks to India’s Prime Minister being called into default on its debt for the sec- portfolio manager at NML parent Elliott The French minister sounded less upbeat yes- ond time in 13 years. Argentina insisted that it Management. terday after meeting Modi, declining to say when Narendra Modi (front right) during their meeting at the latter’s residence in New Delhi yester- had fulfilled its obligations last week, when it “There are no negotiations underway, there the deal might be concluded. “The next step is day. Fabius is in India for a two-day official visit. — AFP deposited the funds in the BNY Mellon account. have been no negotiations and Argentina refus- President Cristina Kirchner’s cabinet chief Jorge es to commit to negotiations in the future. Capitanich said the country could not be consid- Argentina’s government has chosen to put the Swiss-China free-trade ered in default if the bank did not forward the country on the brink of default.” Buenos Aires money to the exchange bondholders, creditors accuses the holdout hedge funds of buying the who joined the 2005 and 2010 restructurings of bonds at steep discounts when the country the country’s $100 billion in defaulted debt. defaulted in 2001, and then refusing to join the deal comes into force “When a country assumes financial obliga- restructuring in order to litigate the issue to try tions, a judge cannot come along and alter the to recover 100 percent of their value. In an offi- BASEL: A watershed free-trade deal between has been pressing Brussels for a similar FTA, but deficit with China, its third-ranked partner after the contractual relation between two parties,” cial statement published Sunday in US newspa- China and Switzerland came into force yesterday, efforts on that front are more complicated because EU and the United States. In 2013, its exports to Capitanich said. “The funds were deposited as pers, Argentina said “the judge’s bias in favor of the first such accord between the Asian giant and a China would need to find agreement with the China were worth 8.8 billion Swiss francs (7.2 bil- they should be for transfer to the creditors who the vulture funds” is aimed at pushing the coun- mainland European economy. Senior Swiss and entire 28-nation bloc, and the two sides are locked lion euros, $9.9 billion), while Chinese imports in voluntarily took part in the debt restructuring.” try into default. It said Griesa’s ruling is “merely a Buenos Aires said it was sending an Economy sophisticated way of trying to bring us down to Chinese officials were scheduled to mark the debut in a series of tit-for-tat trade disputes. the Alpine country reached 11.4 billion francs (9.38 Ministry delegation to meet on July 7 with our knees before global usurers.” of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) at a ceremony in billion euros, $12.8 billion). Switzerland’s top Daniel Pollack, the case coordinator picked by Even so, many expect Argentina will have to the northern city of Basel, a highly symbolic loca- EU, China trade links exports to China are watches, pharmaceuticals and Griesa. But on Friday, Griesa ordered the bank reach a deal on paying the hedge funds by the tion given its historical status as a hub for com- The European and Chinese economies are tight- chemicals, and machinery, while textiles and to withhold the transfer, unless Argentina end of July if it wants to recover any status in merce along the River Rhine. The FTA was finally ly linked. The EU is China’s top export market, while machinery head the list of imported Chinese simultaneously pays $1.3 billion to the hedge global financial markets. “If, within a month, signed in Beijing July 2013, capping two years of China is second to the United States as a destina- goods. funds that held out the restructurings and sued there is no agreement with the holdouts, the sit- talks between China and Switzerland. tion for EU exports. The relatively low deficit goes a long way to Buenos Aires for full payment on the bonds. uation will become extremely difficult,” said The two sides had inked a preliminary agree- But the balance is heavily in China’s favor. While explaining its business sector’s positive stance on Griesa, whose original 2012 ruling in sup- Daniel Marx, an executive at financial consult- ment two months earlier in Switzerland, during EU exports to China reached a record 148.1 billion the FTA, but the Alpine country also sees it as a way port of hedge funds NML Capital and Aurelius ants Quantum Finanzas in Argentina. The Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s first visit to Europe euros ($191.8 billion) in 2013, Chinese exports to to get the edge on competitors. With the strong Management was supported two weeks ago by Washington-based Organization of American since taking the helm in a once-in-a-decade power the EU were worth 279.9 billion euros ($382.4 bil- Swiss franc and high labor costs making it hard to the US Supreme Court, pressed Buenos Aires on States agreed to discuss the Argentine debt transfer in March 2013. The deal with the Swiss is lion). EU powerhouse Germany is China’s top indi- beat rivals on price, Swiss firms have long made Friday to negotiate a payment deal with the issue on Wednesday in a meting for the region’s China’s second with a European country, with vidual trade partner, with its exports to China quality their selling point. FTAs, including a two funds. Argentina has argued that paying foreign ministers. Argentina’s representative at Beijing having signed an FTA with economic crisis worth 67 billion euros ($91.5 billion) last year, while planned EU-US accord and a proposed trans-Pacific the full worth of the bonds held by the hedge the OAS called it an issue of “urgent and com- casualty Iceland in April 2013. Chinese imports in Germany reached 73.4 billion agreement, are solidly in focus as the 160-nation funds is unfair to the 92 percent of creditors mon interest.” “This is an issue that transcends Neither Iceland nor Switzerland-whose prosper- euros ($100.2 billion). World Trade Organization struggles to craft a glob- who joined the restructuring taking a huge 70 the financial aspects and has global implications ous economy emerged relatively undented by the In contrast, Switzerland is one of the rare al treaty on liberalizing international commerce, a percent writeoff. Secondly, the country says and consequences,” he said. — AFP crisis-is a member of the European Union. Beijing Western countries with a relatively narrow trade process launched in 2001. — AFP WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014 BUSINESS

GAC launches the most fully-loaded economical car

KUWAIT: Yesterday marked the official Quality, safety gation system, dual lens HID head lamps, introduction of the GA3 from GAC into The GA3, which is derived from the con- and an aerodynamic form designed for a Kuwait by Mutawa Alkazi Co - the exclu- cept car which features in the upcoming smooth and quiet ride. sive distributors for GAC in Kuwait (and Transformers 4 Movie, is the third model to GAC’s first international distributor world- be offered by GAC and its price starts at KD Driving Excellence wide. As a key player in the automobile 3,699. The new model features a high per- Before the end of 2014, customers can business for nearly 55 years with consecu- formance fuel-efficient 1.6 DCVVT engine, expect the three new models to join the tive awards for Consumer Satisfaction, and Japanese Aisin 5 speed automatic current lineup by GAC Motor to. The first is Sales Satisfaction, and Excellence in car transmission (with a tiptronic option), and a the GA3S, which comes equipped with a servicing among others under their belt, chassis that was jointly developed with 1.3T engine and the latest 7-speed dual Mutawa Alkazi will take advantage of its Porsche Engineering and utilizes a similar clutch transmission which represents a vast experience to help the car succeed in McPherson five-link rear suspension design. newest R&D achievement from the GAC the local market. In terms of standard safety features, the Group. The second is the GA6, a forward- GA3 incorporates 6 SRS airbags (two frontal looking mid-size luxury sedan that embod- Marking the beginning airbags, two side airbags, and two side cur- ies the trend of futuristic design and the GAC was established in 2007, and tain SRS airbags), Electronic Stability philosophy of GAC Motor’s products. The forms part of the GAC GROUP which mass Program from BOSCH that detects loss of third is the GS3 which is an SUV similar to produces cars for Honda, Toyota, steering control and automatically applies the GS5 but smaller in size. Mistubishi, Fiat, and trucks for Hino. the brakes to help stabilize the car), tire tem- On the occasion of the introduction, Hence, with the experience gained in perature and pressure monitoring system, Omar Alkazi, Managing Director of Mutawa building cars for international brands, GAC rear seats equipped to fit universal child Alkazi commented, “With the introduction has succeeded in producing cars that seats, and its passenger compartment is of the GA3 we are witnessing the gradual directly compete with their Korean and made of up to 95% high-strength steel for turn signal indicators, and 6-way power dri- sion, intelligent control unit with navigation, rise of the GAC brand in Kuwait as its prod- Japanese counterparts. What’s more, GAC better protection in case of a collision. ver’s seat adjustment. Furthermore, a fea- European SUV chassis with independent uct lineup begins to grow. The car has great not only uses the experience gained from Furthermore, it is equipped with a six-in- ture which is unique to the GA3 is the T- suspension, keyless entry and engine start potential, and we are certain that it will working with other car manufacturers, but one active safety system which includes BOX: a smart system that connects your button, an ultra large capacity trunk (480L, prove popular with our customers.” GAC also sources various components of its ABS, EBD, TCS, HBA, ESP, and HHC. Lastly, smart phone to your vehicle and allows the and 1350L when the rear seats are folded Motor’s primary locations are at the newly cars from international suppliers such as the GA3 also has a break override system driver control over various settings of the down), and the car features advanced light- refurbished Mutawa Alkazi Showroom in Al the electronic stability program and (whereby if both the acceleration and brake car such as locking, unlocking the doors, ing technology whereby its front and rear Rai, Fourth Ring Road, and at the Tilal engine management systems from Bosch pedals are applied, the brake takes prece- engine start, and air-condition settings. lights are made up of 100 LED lights. Showroom on Jahra Road. GAC Motor vehi- (Germany), front brakes from Continental dence - bringing the car to a full stop). Another model currently available from cles will be serviced at the Mutawa Alkazi (Germany), front and rear bumpers from Other important elements that one can A lineup of excellence GAC Motor is the GA5 which starts at KD Service Centre in Shuwaikh along with an Visteon (USA), automatic transmission look forward to with the GA3 is PEPS keyless Among the other models currently on 4,799, a mid-sized sedan featuring either a offer of 11 years (or half a million kms) war- from Aisin (Japan), air conditioning from entry and start (which allows the driver to offer from GAC is the elegant GS5, an urban 1.8T or 2.0 DCVVT engine, hydraulic power ranty, 3 years (or 45,000 kms) free servicing Denso (Japan), seatbelts, airbags, rear keep the key in his pocket when locking, SUV starting at KD 5,199. This vehicle fea- steering, multi-link independent rear sus- and a guaranteed buy back certificate to brakes, and hydraulic power systems from unlocking , and starting the vehicle), a 450L tures an i-4WD system for wheel torque dis- pension, 5AT transmission, leather seats, ensure the resale value of the car in the TRW (USA). capacity boot, electric folding mirrors with tribution, automatic and tiptronic transmis- sunroof, reverse rearview system, GPS navi- future. Conflict minerals law ‘working’ despite poor industry response Profits still go astray in lawless region

LONDON: A US law on conflict minerals is curbing Certification sands of suppliers,” said Michael Littenberg, a partner at African warlords’ presence around mines in Congo, cam- A new certification scheme organized by the tin New York law firm Schulte Roth & Zabel. Another con- paigners say, but its full impact remains unclear, with industry body ITRI is being rolled out in North Kivu after sultancy said that information was available and com- most firms failing to pinpoint the origin of their metals earlier projects in Congo’s copper-rich southeastern panies needed to be more rigorous. Of the 1,306 com- by a June deadline. Millions are estimated to have died provinces of Katanga and South Kivu. Sasha Lezhev, sen- panies that filed reports, only 14 of them contacted in nearly two decades of bloodshed in eastern ior policy analyst with the Enough Project based in Indonesia’s CV United Smelting Corp, one of the most Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) fuelled by the Washington DC said about two third of mines in tin, tan- widely used tin smelters in the world, said Canadian minerals smuggled through Rwanda, Uganda and talum and tungsten in eastern Congo had been demili- environmental consultancy Claigan, which specializes ‘Joyalukkas Golden Burundi. Under the Dodd-Frank financial reform law, US tarized. In a report based on five months of field in conflict minerals. companies must try to establish the origin of four met- research, the organization said minerals not certified as “Very few companies showed any due diligence,” als often used by rebel groups in the area to finance “conflict free” sold for 30-60 percent less, cutting profits Bruce Calder, vice president of consulting services at Carnival’ promotion their activities. for the armed groups. Some analysts say the law’s Claigan, said in a presentation. When the conflict miner- Only five percent of firms making filings by a June 2 impact has been overstated. als law was first passed, there were fears that it would KUWAIT: The mega winning opportunity at and we feel happy to be able to enable this,” deadline traced the conflict status of the minerals used A Congolese government adviser cautioned rebel lead to companies boycotting the region’s minerals, and Joyalukkas Golden Carnival has received an said Joy Alukkas, Chairman & MD, Joyalukkas in their products, said Source Intelligence, a US risk man- involvement was hard to track in remote areas and an some firms initially moved in that direction, but that is overwhelming response from customers across Group. agement firm. A grace period means big firms can say academic specializing in the region said profits were still less of a problem now, Littenberg said. “Most companies GCC and India. The Joyalukkas Golden Carnival John Paul Joy Alukkas, Executive Director, they were unable to get information for two years, but going astray. “Dodd-Frank and the ensuing initiatives, have figured out that isn’t the right approach and the is offering every customer shopping for KD40 Joyalukkas Group congratulating the winners campaigners urged them try harder, saying the law had including traceability and certification, have removed NGOs (non-governmental organizations) have also been worth of jewelry, the opportunity to win 12 on the occasion said, “During the 60-day dura- already helped but could do more. “Overall we’ve been armed actors from the mines,” said Christoph Vogel, a pretty vocal that they don’t want to see companies boy- BMW’s and 2 Kilos of Gold. The fourth set of tion of the Joyalukkas Golden Carnival, shop- disappointed with the response of companies, and the Congo researcher at the University of Zurich. “But now cotting the region,” he said. three winners of the ongoing promotion was pers in addition to getting the big win opportu- lack of meaningful information on the supply chain we hear that army commanders are sending intermedi- The law was watered down by a court ruling after announced on 26/06/2014, by Abdul Aziz of nity can also avail an attractive exchange offer checks and risk assessments they are doing, although a aries to organize taxation on the sites,” Vogel said. industry groups challenged it, but an appeal has been Kuwait Promotions Department, in the pres- wherein customers will be offered zero deduc- few of the reports have been strong,” said Emily Norton, launched by the Securities and Exchange Commission ence of Joyalukkas officials and a lively crowd of tion in weight and rate of old jewelry on pur- assistant campaigner with Global Witness in London. Gold (SEC) which is in charge of enforcing it. Analysts say it has customers who had gathered at Joyalukkas chase of new jewelry at Joyalukkas.” Joyalukkas, The electronics sector has been the most robust at Global Witness said last year there was still high-level had little impact in some neighboring areas, such as Kuwait, Panasonic Tower branch. a multi-billion dollar global conglomerate with tracing the source of its minerals, Norton said, holding military involvement in eastern Congo’s gold trade and Central African Republic on the DRC’s northern border, So far the names of 12 winners of gold coins varied business interests, is an ISO certified jew- up chip giant Intel as a rare company that had conduct- Lezhev called on jewelers and the US government to where the short-lived rule by Seleka rebels last year trig- have been announced. The winners were eler with 95 showrooms across 10 countries ed an audit. Campaigners say the law has had a positive counter this. Campaigners are also urging the European gered an internal political and religious conflict which thrilled with their win and exclaimed “Wow, we around the world. Joyalukkas has been award- impact in three of the four metals it covers-tin, tantalum Union to strengthen a conflict minerals proposal has required the intervention of French and African are starting a good summer holiday season ed the Superbrand status, 5 years in a row in and tungsten- while gold remained a problem. Many of released in March, making it mandatory instead of vol- peacekeepers. “Once in power the movement asserted thanks to the winning opportunity at our the UAE. The names of the 12 winners so far are: the minerals are used in smart phones and other elec- untary. Some of those advising the companies about the control of lucrative trafficking networks (gold, diamond favorite jeweler, Joyalukkas. It’s a pleasure to Ajay Gatla; Alina Mary; Iftikhar Ahmed; Abel tronics goods. “The law has triggered companies right law say the firms find it hard to discover the origin of and ivory). Their systematic looting destroyed what was see such an overwhelming response for Chris; Muthu; Shaima Sameer; Korrapati along the supply chain to change their sourcing prac- their supplies. already a phantom state,” said a report in June by Joyalukkas Golden Carnival. This mega winning Venkatesh; Pradeepan Kanniah; MKL Perera; tices,” Norton said. “We have clients that have literally tens of thou- Brussels-based International Crisis Group. —Reuters opportunity will make many dreams come true Precy P; Subaj Miah and Sindhu C H Nair. DHL has invested $177 million in the region

KUWAIT: DHL has pioneered logistics in this DHL introduced two new flights to its Middle ture, but in the network, in our people and in our with our customers to provide them solutions growth; therefore we do have major plans for are at the heart of this growth since they present region for 35 years, building market leadership East network to Lebanon and Qatar and DHL has products. Providing innovative solutions on all that would help their business and that creates a Kuwait including expansions and new services in innovative solutions which maximize time and through innovation, service excellence and com- also unveiled plans to grow its presence in fronts that help deliver the top of the line service special bond between us that they too appreci- the upcoming period and although the final cost-effectiveness. mitment. The Middle East and North Africa and Morocco. We currently operate over 260 service that we promise as a brand is how we face any ate. plan has not been set in motion yet, Kuwait is Question - What are the challenges facing DHL? its trading links are growing in importance in the centers and service points across 15 countries in challenges in our markets. Question - Any new expansions in Kuwait? definitely in the pipeline Challenges in places suffering unrest are global logistics industry with strong growth pro- the region with over 5,000 employees across the Question - What is your market share in Kuwait Kuwait is one of our key markets in the Question - Why is DHL investing so heavily in always to continue operations while maintaining jections for the next few years. Our plan is to be Middle East. The recent investments will surely and Gulf region? region, and our operations in the market are the region? the safety of our people, our assets and our cus- right at the center of that growth to serve our reaffirm DHL’sstrong foothold in the logistics We are the market leaders in Kuwait and flourishing therefore we are keen to ensure that The business in the Middle East is prospering tomers’ shipments. We develop contingency customers. As the world’s leading logistics industry in the region. across the Gulf and Middle East region. We have we have the operations and infrastructure capa- in nearly all sectors. We have to ensure that we plans we work on new routes we stay updated provider, it is important for us to support and Question - What new products DHL is looking to over 50% of the Middle East market. We have a bilities to accommodate the expected growth in have the operations and infrastructure capabili- with road changes and always find a way to help build international trade routes, accordingly launch in the region? special relation with our customers, and we work the industries for years to come. In our industry, ties to accommodate the expected growth in the make it happen. It is impossible for us to dis- DHL has invested $177M in the region so far and DHL products are unique in the sense that on maintaining these relations. We work closely we are expected to invest and expand ahead of industries for years to come. This way, we can ful- charge our duties without first ensuring the safe- has plans for much more investments in the near we stand unmatched in the ability of our net- fill customers’ needs effectively and efficiently. ty of our ground staff who cover a vast geo- future. With main focus on the largest markets in work to delivery Express Time Definite products. We expand because that is the only way forward graphical area around the clock. So we are con- a growing region, DHL’s investment creates three Our deliverables are strategically designed to you either grow or you don’t and the only way to stantly monitoring the situation in order to be new facilities and gateways in Saudi Arabia, a cater to our customers’ needs in a record time grow is by expanding. I could say that the return able to secure our employees and our clients’ new Country Office in Cairo, and launches its with state of the art convenience and quality of on investment is immediate and our staff get a shipments. biggest ground operations facility in the region service. better work environment and perform better. As Question - How do you see the economy? in Dubai. Question - How does DHL prepare itself to face our hub get a much bigger space which allows The clearest example of commercial depend- Question - What is the size of operations in the competition? for more efficient shipment handling. ency on express services is e-commerce. Without Middle East? The increase in competition is definitely a Question - What effect does e-commerce have? the global reach of fast, around-the-clock ship- DHL has seen clear growth in multiple good sign; it’s a sign that the market is healthy E-commerce is the future, and would not be ping and massive sorting centers, e-commerce regions around the world. The Middle East is one and we do want that to be the case. As a compa- possible without logistics. So in terms of what would not have the strong presence we see of our fastest growing markets. We grow in dou- ny that has provided express logistics around the was logistics’ effect on the industry, I would say it today. But this isn’t limited to internet retailers ble digits every year and managed to stay ahead world for more than 40 years, we prepare our- made the industry possible. The world around us alone: the Express service provided by DHL of the likes of America and Europe in percentage selves in the best way we know how, by invest- is changing much more quickly than it did in the Express is a fundamental factor in production of growth rate. We are keen to support our oper- ing. If you are on top and want to stay there the past. Ecommerce is one of the primary movers of lines for basically every industry. Almost no com- ations in the region while simultaneously secure best way to do so would be to continue improv- the global economy, and it is subject for major mercial or industrial activity can continue with- strategic and convenient expansions. Last year, ing. Its not just a matter of investing in infrastruc- growth in the coming years. Shipping companies out effective logistics. WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014 technology Selfies: From Neymar to Merkel

SAO PAULO: Click. Brazilian football star tures across the vast South American with Brazil’s version of Valentine’s Day. Chilean team was invited to President total of 7.6 million emails, pictures or Neymar poses shirtless with his girl- nation. Podolski posted his selfie with Michelle Bachelet’s palace. multimedia messages were sent, accord- friend. Click. German forward Lukas “It is very tempting for human beings Merkel, who is a big fan of the football “Now that’s a selfie!” wrote defender ing to official figures. Podolski has his arm around Chancellor to feel recognized, and the Internet is a team, after she visited the locker room Gary Medel, aka “Pitbull,” in a picture of The government says 3G, 4G and wi-fi Angela Merkel in a stadium locker room. powerful communications tool,” said following Germany’s 4-0 trouncing of him with the bespectacled Bachelet. connections are available at all the stadi- Anybody armed with a smartphone Rosa Maria Farah, an expert at the Portugal during the tournament’s group But it’s not just the famous goal-scor- ums, though AFP journalists said data seems to be taking selfies at the World Catholic University of Sao Paulo’s phase. Some teams, like Portugal and ers who are immortalizing their World services or calls did not always go Cup in Brazil, with fans and players post- Information and Psychology Research Mexico, took group selfies with their Cup experience. Countless fans have tak- through at all the arenas. ing their souvenirs online for all to see. Center. countries’ respective presidents before en selfies across the 12 cities hosting In the group phase of the World Cup, Thanks to the proliferation of smart- “Selfies don’t depend on publicity the World Cup. World Cup games: on their way to the some 300 million messages related to phones, millions of messages and pic- agencies. It is the individual himself Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo stadiums, in the stands, at street screen- the tournament were sent on Twitter. tures have been posted on social net- who communicates,” which makes the shared the team’s photo with ings and at the bars. Facebook said Monday that the World works during the tournament, which message “much more intense,” Farah told Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco In Rio de Janeiro, one spot became a Cup has kicked up more action at the started June 12 and ends July 13. AFP. Neymar, the 22-year-old striker with Silva on Twitter, getting more than fan favorite to take a self-portrait: in leading social network than any other The number of handheld devices a model girlfriend, regularly shares per- 14,000 retweets while 17,000 users front of an Adidas billboard featuring event in its history. with broadband Internet access has sonal pictures on social media. More “favorited” it. disgraced Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez More than one billion comments, soared globally since the 2010 World than one million people clicked on “like” Argentina and Manchester City for- with his mouth roaring open. posts, and “likes” related to World Cup Cup in South Africa, from 800 million when he uploaded a selfie on the photo- ward Sergio Aguero has published for Hundreds of people took shots with matches have been racked up since the four years ago to 2.5 billion in 2013, sharing website Instagram showing his his six million Twitter followers several their shoulder placed between Suarez’s tournament began, in a level of online according to the GSMA association of girlfriend resting her hands on his bare selfies he took with his famous team- teeth, reenacting the player’s infamous conversation never seen before on the mobile operators. shoulder. mates during the World Cup. bite against Italian defender Giorgio site, according to the California-based Some three million Brazilians and He posted the snapshot after scoring For some, the selfie craze continues Chiellini, which led to his expulsion from social network. About 220 million peo- 600,000 foreigners are attending the two goals in his team’s 3-1 defeat of even after the World Cup. After being the tournament. From the first game at ple have taken part in the unprecedent- World Cup’s 64 games, snapping pic- Croatia on June 12, which coincided eliminated by Brazil on Saturday, the each of the 12 stadiums, a combined ed online conversation.—AFP

Twitter buys TapCommerce

NEW YORK: Twitter is fattening its mobile is already deeply integrated with MoPub, ad portfolio by agreeing to acquire Twitter’s mobile-focused RTB ad exchange. TapCommerce, a company that specializes We look forward to growing our role as an in targeting app consumers, the latter said integral part of the Twitter Publisher late Monday. Network,” TapCommerce co-founder Brian The price was not given but the Wall Long wrote on the firm’s blog. Street Journal put it at around $100 million He said the acquisition would have no (73 million euros), quoting a source close to effect on current users of TapCommerce. the transaction. Since the start of the year Twitter has been Based in New York, San Francisco and on a shopping spree, buying in particular London, TapCommerce specializes in tar- companies that measure TV audiences or geting consumers who have downloaded the impact of TV programs or ads on social an app and trying to entice them to come media, including Gnip or SnappyTV in the back to it. The firm says it is present on US, Mesagraph of France and SecondSync 50,000 apps. “The TapCommerce platform in Britain.—AFP Harley helps put electric motorcycles in spotlight PRINCETOWN: When Maggie McNally- cycles this year, a fraction of the more than Bradshaw and husband Curt hop on their 260,000 conventional motorcycles sold last electric motorcycles and twist the throttles, year alone by Harley. But what has hap- they get a rush like no other. Or maybe a pened to the technology since former WHOOSH! NASA engineer Neal Saiki began tinkering “There is that sense of being at the in that Santa Cruz garage is impressive. beginning of something new, and part of “When we started, we were hoping to our future as far as ecology,” said McNally- get to the performance of the 125cc race Bradshaw, chairwoman of the American bike,” said Craig Bramscher, chairman of Motorcyclist Association. “People think it’s Oregon-based Brammo Inc. “Now, we went novel. Then they realize it’s powerful stuff. around Daytona (International Speedway) The technology is improving by leaps and at 175 mph. We see the path. bounds. It’s coming.” While startups like There’s technology there where it starts ALASKA: In this June 7, 2014, photo released by BP Alaska, Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) technology using an AeroVironment Puma drone is Zero, Brammo and Mission are producing to exceed the capabilities of the bike to given a pre-flight checkout in preparation for flights by BP at its Prudhoe Bay, Alaska operations. —AP state-of-the-art electric motorcycles on the hold the road. We can see that we can pass West Coast, Harley-Davidson has decided gasoline in terms of its capability.” to jump into the fray. The Milwaukee-based Mission’s high-end superbike represents manufacturer announced its LiveWire this the cream of the crop in performance and Drone access to US skies month and plans to offer demo rides to cost, with a price tag around $29,000. It gauge interest nationwide before going looks like any gas-powered model, but into production. that’s where the similarities end. Cited by faces significant hurdles “We don’t see it at all replacing internal Time Magazine as one of the 25 best inven- combustion,” Harley President Matt tions of 2013, it zooms from zero to 60 in Levatich said. “I mean, maybe in 100 or 50 under 3 seconds, has a top speed in excess WASHINGTON: The federal effort to provide aviation, said in a report. others, the effort to integrate drones into the years, I don’t know. We’ll be open to what of 150 mph with a range of 140 miles on drones regular access to U.S. skies faces sig- The FAA also hasn’t set standards for certify- national airspace “will continue to move at a people want.” the highway and 230 in the city, and has a nificant hurdles and will not meet a ing the safety of drone designs and manufac- slow pace, and safety risks will remain,” the Still, while Harley’s announcement may computer for a dashboard. September 2015 deadline set by Congress, a ture like those that exist for manned aircraft, report said. not sit well with its core riders, who relish “We’re as good or better than any gas government watchdog said Monday. Despite the report said. Nor has the agency developed FAA officials, defending the agency’s record, the distinctive rumble of the V-twin bike, but we’re still expensive,” said Mission years of research, the Federal Aviation standard procedures for air traffic controllers said in a statement that despite the inspector engine’s exhaust, it might provide the president Mark Seeger, whose goal is to Administration hasn’t figured out what kind to guide drones. There is no adequate program general’s findings the FAA “has made signifi- impetus needed for the electric market to produce a bike with a 600-mile range so of technology unmanned aircraft should use for training controllers how manage cant progress” toward giving drones wider take off. “We had our biggest single day of charging time becomes a moot point. “Can to avoid crashing into other planes and to unmanned aircraft. And criteria for training access to U.S. skies “even as it dealt with dis- Internet traffic in the history of the compa- we produce a vehicle that is better than prevent lost links with ground control sta- “pilots” who remotely control drones from the ruptions” due to automatic, government-wide ny the day Harley made its announcement,” anything that came before it and has the tions, Matthew Hampton, the Transportation ground have yet to be developed. spending cuts and a three-week partial gov- said Scot Harden, vice president of global same price or cheaper? It’s going to hap- Department’s assistant inspector general for Until the FAA resolves these problems and ernment shutdown. —AP marketing for Zero Motorcycles, which pen.” began in a Santa Cruz, California, garage in Electric motorcycles are well-balanced 2006 and now is the top seller of full-size, and easy to ride because most have direct high-powered electric bikes. “It just vali- drive (gears and clutches are optional). dates what we’ve been saying and how it’s There are no tailpipe emissions, no clunk- Google shutting down going to play out in the years ahead.” ing pistons, no crankshaft, no oil leaks, no A recent study by Navigant Research vibration and virtually no maintenance suggests the industry is at the start of a save new tires and brakes. The average trend. The research company anticipates range is well over 100 miles in city driving. Orkut social network sales of electric motorcycles worldwide will (Four years ago, it was about 25 miles.) grow to 1.2 million this year. They plug into regular household outlets No surprise that Yamaha, Honda and for charging that costs under $2. And Zero SAN FRANCISCO: Google on Sanchez. politically, but it will be worth it,” research institutes and state enti- KTM also have electric bikes in the pipeline. says its batteries will last over 300,000 Monday said it is shutting down The two-day visit to the Schmidt argued.? ties. “It seems that electric motorcycles are miles. The global marketplace is a target as Orkut, its “first foray into social Americas’ only communist-run An underwater cable connect- The only Cuban residents going to be a pretty important mainstay,” consumers outside the United States seek networking,” to focus on YouTube, country also included Jared ing Cuba to Venezuela opened who can connect to the Internet said Jerry Phibbs Jr., a longtime motorcycle relief from high gasoline prices. Zero’s SR Blogger, and Google+ services Cohen, Brett Perlmutter and Dan possibilities to upgrade Internet from their homes are doctors, dealer in Albany who sold all four of the model gets the equivalent of 462 miles per that have proven more popular. Keyserling. service starting in 2013. journalists and other profession- Zero bikes on the showroom floor this year. gallon around town. “The total cost of own- The California technology titan It was the first such visit by However, Cuban authorities als authorized by the govern- “All of the industry standards say by 2018 it ership will be cheaper soon, very soon, and will pull the plug on 10-year-old Google executives to “promote said financial limitations stopped ment. Havana accuses Sanchez, will consist of more than 50 percent of the the upfront cost will be lower as well,” Orkut at the end of September. the virtues of a free and open them from increasing access, and along with other Cuban dissi- market. I don’t know if I believe that, but it’s Bramscher said. “People will ride them, and “Over the past decade, YouTube, Internet,” said the new site, which continued with their policy of pri- dents, of being a US-paid “mer- certainly going to be a major part of it.” then they’ll go, ‘Oh, my gosh! This is so Blogger and Google+ have taken was also contacted by the visiting oritizing use for universities, cenary.” — AFP Zero expects to sell 2,400 electric motor- much fun!’”—AP off,” Google engineering director team. Paul Golgher said in a blog post. The visit by Google, which has “Because the growth of these been accused by Cuba of “scan- communities has outpaced dalously” blocking some of its Orkut’s growth, we’ve decided to services on the island, was not bid Orkut farewell.” Orkut was the reported in any official media. result of a “20 percent project” in The Internet giant has justified which Google workers got to the services blocked under the spend a fifth of their time on full US economic embargo that ideas not necessarily related to has been in place since 1962. their job responsibilities. In her blog GeneracionY, Orkut proved particularly pop- Sanchez described her meeting ular in Brazil, where two years ago Friday with the Google team as it was eclipsed by social network- “an online workshop.” “We didn’t ing powerhouse Facebook. ask him any questions and we Google launched its Google+ didn’t want any answers, we just social network in 2011 and has told him who we are and what we been slowly weaving it into other are trying to do.” services. US-based Schmidt confirmed Meanwhile, Google executive the trip on a Google+ posting chairman Eric Schmidt visited Sunday, saying US sanctions on Cuba this week along with three Cuba defied reason. “Walking other top executives to promote around (Havana), it’s possible to “a free Internet,” Cuban independ- imagine a new Cuba, perhaps a ent online newspaper “14yMedio” leader of Latin America educa- reported. tion, culture, and business,” he The four executives “met with wrote. officials,” spoke “with youth at “Cuba will have to open its polytechnical schools” and, on political and business economy, ALPENA: In this photo provided by the Marine Advanced Technology Saturday, visited the University of and the US will have to overcome Education Center, a remotely operated vehicle collects simulated sam- Computer Sciences in western our history and open the embar- ples at the bottom of the tank during final day of tank missions for the NEW YORK: Maggie McNally-Bradshaw and her husband Curt Bradshaw pose with Havana, wrote the newspaper, go. Both countries have to do 13th Marine Advanced Technology Education Remotely Operated their Zero electric motorcycles on Tuesday, June 24, 2014, in Princetown. —AP run by dissident blogger Yoani something that is hard to do Vehicle International Competition. — AP HEALTH & SCIENCE WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014 Vaccines have low risk of serious side effects

WASHINGTON: Some childhood practices, particularly seizures asso- vaccines are linked to serious side ciated with fever,” said an accompa- effects, but they are quite rare and nying editorial by Carrie Byington, do not include autism, food aller- vice chair for research in the pedi- gies or cancer, said a review of sci- atrics department at the University entific literature yesterday. A host of of Utah. “Fortunately, the adverse vaccines commonly given to chil- events identified by the authors dren under age six were the focus of were rare and in most cases would the systematic review of rigorously be expected to resolve completely conducted studies, published in the after the acute event.” peer-reviewed US journal Pediatrics. The report seeks to address a rising No deaths trend of vaccine hesitancy among No fatalities were found in the parents in the United States and research, which spanned from 2010 Europe, which has led to a resur- to 2013 and included a total of 67 gence of measles and whooping studies, whittled down from more cough in some parts of the world. than 20,000 research papers. Each “We found that serious adverse study that made the final cut had a events that are linked to vaccines control or comparison group, and are really rare, and that when they involved vaccines approved for the do occur they are often not neces- US market as of 2011. The report sarily severe,” said study co-author found insufficient evidence to link Courtney Gidengil, a pediatrician at the inactivated polio vaccine to Boston Children’s Hospital and pro- food allergies, and showed no link fessor at Harvard Medical School. between childhood vaccines and “We think this adds to the body of the onset of leukemia. evidence that the benefits really do Furthermore, its review of seem to clearly outweigh the low research backed up the IOM conclu- risk of serious side effects from vac- sion that the “MMR vaccine is not cines,” she told AFP. associated with autism,” the report The study expands on a 2011 said. The systematic review exclud- report by the Institute of Medicine ed reports to the federal Vaccine that also pointed to some side Adverse Event Reporting System, effects linked to vaccines but found which contains complaints filed by “few health problems are caused by individuals or health care profes- or clearly associated with vaccines.” sionals if they suspect a vaccine The Pediatrics report includes sever- may have caused a problem with a Students who send explicit texts al vaccines that were not studied by patient’s health.”We didn’t use that the IOM, including those against data because there is no compari- hepatitis A, Haemophilus influenzae son group out there and there is no type b (Hib), polio, rotavirus and the way to really assess the validity and more likely to be sexually active pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. reliability,” said co-author Margaret Maglione, a policy analyst at RAND 40% of children sending more than 100 texts a day Side effects Corporation. Side effects of the measles, The paper described vaccines NEW YORK: Parents who catch their middle school- sext were about seven times more likely to be sexually middle school-aged children’s cell phones, the mumps and rubella (MMR) and as “one of the greatest public aged children sexting may be justified in suspecting active than those who hadn’t and students who had researchers say. They should do any monitoring pneumococcal vaccines included health achievements of the 20th something more, a new study suggests. Adolescents sent a sext were about three times more likely to be openly, and also consider checking in with chil- the potential for fever and seizures. century for their role in eradicat- who sent or received sexually explicit photos or text sexually active, the researchers found. In total, 11 per- dren about who they are texting, the researchers The MMR and hepatitis A vaccines ing smallpox and controlling messages were three to seven times more likely to be cent of the kids surveyed said they were sexually recommend. The findings suggest that sexting and were also linked to a side effect polio, measles, rubella, and other called purpura, when small blood infectious diseases in the United sexually active than their peers not involved in sexting, active. And 30 percent of them said that the last time texting can be an opening for parents to talk vessels leak under the skin. There States.”Gidengil said that the lat- according to a survey of nearly 1,300 middle school they had sex, it was unprotected, according to findings about sex with their children, Rice’s team adds. was some evidence that immune- est study may not be enough to students in Los Angeles. published in Pediatrics. Christopher Houck, a staff psychologist at deficient children given the varicella change the minds of parents who “Even among kids as young as 11 to 13, those who Past research has found a link between sexting and Rhode Island Hospital in Providence and lead vaccine against chicken pox could are skeptical of vaccines. “Without sext are also sexually active,” Eric Rice, who led the sex among high school students. The new survey adds investigator at Bradley Hasbro Children’s Research develop infections or have an aller- this work there would be a lack of study at the University of Southern California in Los middle schoolers who sext as well as those who exces- Center, has also studied sexting and sex but was gic reaction.The rotavirus vaccines, transparency around this issue, so Angeles, told Reuters Health in an email. “Parents, sively text to the list of young people who are more not involved in the new research. “Finding strate- RotaTeq and Rotarix, were associat- by doing this important research teachers, social workers and pediatricians all need to likely to be sexually active. “About 40 percent of 11- to gies to talk about sex can be difficult for parents, ed with a risk of intussusception, a in a thorough and systematic way, recognize that sexting is a contemporary adolescent 13-year-olds are sending more than 100 text messages and using what’s happening naturally in an adoles- condition in which one part of the we acknowledge that there are sexual behavior. We need to be teaching kids about a day. This appears to be part of a ‘cluster’ of risky cent’s environment is a good way to start these intestine slides into another part. rare but actual side effects,” she the ramifications of sexting as part of our sexual educa- behaviors that also includes sexting and sexual activity. conversations,” he told Reuters Health in an email. However, the risk of this condition said. “And we can document those tion programs,” he said. Excessive texting may be an indicator for other issues “For some, it might be talking about things on TV was rare, amounting to between 1-5 clearly for people, which we hope The researchers found that three-quarters of the and is something parents, teachers, social workers and or radio. For others, it might be talking about the in 100,000, the researchers said. will just increase some trust in the middle schoolers had easy access to texting-capable pediatricians should be monitoring,” Rice said. texts that they or their friends send and receive, “Clinicians who immunize chil- vaccine process and the trust phones. Of the kids with cell phone access, 20 percent and what that means to them. The key is for par- dren regularly may have encoun- between parents and their health said they had received at least one sext and almost five Monitoring cell phones ents to find a way to start talking about these tered these adverse events in their care provider.” — AFP percent had sent one. Students who had received a Parents should think about monitoring their important topics.”— Reuters Most healthy women can skip pelvic exam

WASHINGTON: No more dreaded medical studies show routine pelvic pelvic exam? New guidelines say most exams aren’t useful to screen for ovari- healthy women can skip the yearly ritu- an or other gynecologic cancers, they al. Routine pelvic exams don’t benefit don’t reduce deaths, and there are oth- women who have no symptoms of dis- er ways, such as urine tests, to detect ease and who aren’t pregnant, and they such problems as sexually transmitted can cause harm, the American College infections, the doctors’ group reported of Physicians said Monday as it recom- in the journal Annals of Internal mended that doctors quit using them Medicine. as a screening tool. It’s part of a growing movement to evaluate whether many False alarm longtime medical practices are done Moreover, pelvic exams can cause more out of habit than necessity, and harm - from unnecessary and expensive the guideline is sure to be controversial. extra testing when the exam sparks a Scientific evidence “just doesn’t support false alarm, to the anxiety, embarrass- BERLIN: In this April 20, 2012, file photo, Holly Ann Haley, 4, gets the benefit of having a pelvic exam ment and discomfort that many two vaccinations at the doctor’s office. — AP every year,” said guideline coauthor Dr women report, especially survivors of Linda Humphrey of the Portland sexual abuse, the guidelines said. No Veterans Affairs Medical Center and one knows how many women post- Video conferencing linked Oregon Health & Science University. pone a doctor’s visit for fear of a pelvic “There will be women who are exam, Humphrey said. Malaysia sets up task relieved, and there are women who Dr Ranit Mishori, a family physician to reduced stress for really want to go in and talk with their and associate professor at Georgetown force to fight doctor about it and will choose to con- University School of Medicine, said the some hospitalized kids tinue this,” she added. The recommen- new guideline “gets rid of an unneces- dations aren’t binding to doctors - or sary practice” that takes up valuable dengue as deaths rise NEW YORK: The ability to videochat with family satisfied with the program, and 71 percent of insurers. Indeed, a different doctors’ time that could be put to better use. and friends might help relieve stress among parents said the program helped kids stay in group, the American College of “Many women will be happy to hear some hospitalized kids, according to a new touch with their family and friends more than KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has set up a task force to combat Obstetricians and Gynecologists, still that, and I think also, frankly, many study. The “virtual visits” seemed to help kids usual, according to results published in dengue fever as deaths from the mosquito-borne tropical disease recommends yearly pelvic exams, even physicians will be happy to hear it. who lived closest to the hospital and were hos- Pediatrics. Hospital-provided videoconferenc- have soared, Prime Minister Najib Razak said yesterday. Najib said as it acknowledges a lack of evidence Many of us have stopped doing them pitalized for the shortest amount of time, an ing services could help supplement in-person he hoped the task force led by his deputy would be able to curb the supporting, or refuting, them. for a long time,” said Mishori, who average of five days. The videochat program has family visits, according to Sarah Rhoads Kinder, spiralling number of cases, according to local media reports. Eighty- Pelvic exams have long been con- wasn’t involved with the recommenda- two people have died from the flu-like illness from January until been used at the University of California Davis who has studied those services at the sidered part of a “well-woman visit,” and tions. Children’s Hospital in Sacramento for the past University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in June 21, more than triple the number in the same period last year. some 62 million were performed in the several years, said lead author Nikki H Yang, Little Rock. The number of cases has soared 3.5 times to more than 42,000, United States in 2010, the latest avail- A ritual practice who works at the hospital. according to health ministry figures. able data. Here’s what put the test Despite its continued recommenda- “Before starting this research project, we ‘Virtual visits’ The deadliest year on record in Malaysia was 2010 when 134 under the microscope: Pap smears that tion for annual pelvic exams, the always received positive feedbacks on “What I found is for a lot of families, we people died from dengue. More than 43,000 cases were reported check for cervical cancer used to be American College of Obstetricians and improved children’s stress and other mental expect them to stay in the hospital with their for all of last year, with 92 deaths, up from 35 dead in 2012. “We done yearly but now are recommended Gynecologists said in 2012 that patients symptoms after using our videoconferencing child but if they have other children at home or hope the establishment of this special task force will be able to curb only every three to five years. So if should decide together with their program,” Yang told Reuters Health in an email. aren’t financially able to take off from work, the rise in dengue cases and at the same time implement preven- women weren’t going through that test providers whether to have them. For the study, the researchers gave the so-called there are barriers to that,” Kinder told Reuters tive measures more effectively throughout the country,” Najib was every year, did they still need the pelvic Sometimes that exam lets the doctor Family-Link system to 232 kids who were Health. And while parents generally make fre- quoted by the Star as saying. exam that traditionally accompanied it? spot, say, problems around the uterus expected to be in the hospital for at least four quent in-person visits, friends who may other- that might lead to questions about days. The system uses laptops loaded with web- wise not visit could use this videoconferencing Authorities have repeatedly urged people to make sure their sur- A broader look incontinence that the supposedly roundings are free of mosquito-breeding places, such as stagnant cams and several programs like Skype, Windows program, she said. In-person visits really can During a pelvic exam, a doctor feels asymptomatic patient was too embar- Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger. help patients recover, and “virtual visits” are like- water collecting in empty flower pots, dumpsters and construction for abnormalities in the ovaries, uterus rassed to bring up, said ACOG vice pres- sites. They have also appealed to those with symptoms, such as ly to be nearly as good, Kinder said. Reduced and other pelvic organs. But two years ident Dr Barbara Levy. “Women have an Measuring stress stress levels may even lead to earlier hospital nausea, headache and severe muscle and joint pain, to seek hospi- ago, scientists at the Centers for Disease expectation that they’re going to have The study also included 135 similar kids who discharges, she said. tal treatment. Control and Prevention reported that an exam” if they choose a gynecologist, did not get the Family-Link laptops. Each family Though many kids have cell phones and In severe cases, the illness nicknamed “break-bone fever” can the internal exams weren’t a good Levy said. filled out two surveys, one in the first few days may Skype or FaceTime their families and cause internal bleeding, organ impairment, respiratory distress and screening tool for ovarian cancer and An editorial published alongside the of the child’s hospitalization and the other with- friends anyway, hospital-provided options are death. Repeated hot spells this year have contributed to more cases shouldn’t be required before a woman guidelines Monday cautioned that in two days of discharge. The surveys were important too because different options work of dengue fever, as it speeds up the life cycle of the Aedes mosquito was prescribed birth control pills. The pelvic exams also look for noncancer- meant to measure stress and asked about the for different people, she said. “The more that carries the virus and enhances replication of the pathogen, American College of Physicians, special- ous uterine and ovarian growths, and child’s behavior, emotions and appearance. All options family members have to stay connect- experts say. ists in internal medicine, took a broader the scientific review didn’t address of the kids’ stress levels went down after they ed the better,” she said. “Grandmothers may feel The World Health Organization calls dengue one of the fastest- look. Pelvic exams are appropriate for whether that’s beneficial. Still, editorial left the hospital. Among children who lived an more comfortable using this type of system.” growing viral threats globally, especially in the tropics. Dengue is women with symptoms such as vaginal coauthors Drs George Sawaya and average of 35 miles from the hospital and were Kinder’s hospital uses a webcam system for transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which can pick up the discharge, abnormal bleeding, pain, uri- Vanessa Jacoby of the University of hospitalized for roughly five days, stress levels new parents to watch their babies in the virus from an infected human and transmit it to the next person it nary problems or sexual dysfunction, California, San Francisco, said that fell 37 percent more for the Family-Link group neonatal intensive care unit, which has been the ACP said. And women should get whether the new guideline changes bites. According to the World Health Organisation, the disease may than for the kids without the program. very successful, and she believes other groups, their Pap smears on schedule - but a doctors’ practice or not, it could lead to be infecting up to 50-100 million people each year. There is no vac- For kids who spent more time in the hospi- including adult cancer patients, would wel- Pap doesn’t require the extra step of a better evaluation of what “has become tal or whose families lived further away, howev- cine so prevention focuses on mosquito control. — AFP come this option. “I think this is very promising manual pelvic exam, it said. more of a ritual than an evidence-based er, Family-Link didn’t seem to make a differ- and I’m encouraged that pediatric facilities are For symptom-free women, years of practice.” —AP ence. Almost all of the Family-Link users were looking into this,” Kinder said. — Reuters HEALTH & SCIENCE WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014 US justices: Can’t make employers cover contraception

WASHINGTON: The Supreme Court ruled Monday that coverage violates their religious beliefs. At that point, the Houses of worship and other religious institutions whose would prevent women who work for them from making some corporations can hold religious objections that allow groups’ insurers or a third-party administrator takes on the primary purpose is to spread the faith are exempt from the decisions about birth control based on what’s best for their them to opt out of the new health law requirement that responsibility of paying for the birth control. The accommo- requirement to offer birth control. In a dissent she read health, not whether they can afford it. The government’s they cover contraceptives for women. The justices’ 5-4 deci- dation is the subject of separate legal challenges, but the aloud from the bench, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg called supporters pointed to research showing that nearly one- sion is the first time that the high court has ruled that profit- court said Monday that the profit-seeking companies could the decision “potentially sweeping” because it minimizes the third of women would change their contraceptive if cost seeking businesses can hold religious views under federal not assert religious claims in such a situation. government’s interest in uniform compliance with laws were not an issue; a very effective means of birth control, law. And it means the Obama administration must search for Justice Anthony Kennedy, who was part of the majority, affecting the workplace. “And it discounts the disadvantages the intrauterine device, can cost up to $1,000. The contra- a different way of providing free contraception to women also wrote separately to emphasize that the administration religion-based opt outs impose on others, in particular, ceptives at issue before the court were the emergency con- who are covered under objecting companies’ health insur- can solve its problem easily. “The accommodation works by employees who do not share their employer’s religious traceptives Plan B and ella, and two IUDs. ance plans. Contraception is among a range of preventive requiring insurance companies to cover, without cost shar- beliefs,” Ginsburg said. Nearly 50 businesses have sued over covering contracep- services that must be provided at no extra charge under the ing, contraception coverage for female employees who wish tives. Some, like those involved in the Supreme Court case, health care law that President Barack Obama signed in 2010 it,” Kennedy said. That arrangement, he said, “does not Suing over contraceptives are willing to cover most methods of contraception, as long and the Supreme Court upheld two years later. Two years impinge on the plaintiffs’ religious beliefs.” The administration said a victory for the companies as they can exclude drugs or devices that the government ago, Chief Justice John Roberts cast the pivotal vote that says may work after an egg has been fertilized. Other com- saved the health care law in the midst of Obama’s campaign panies object to paying for any form of birth control. for re-election. On Monday, dealing with a small sliver of the There are separate lawsuits challenging the contracep- law, Roberts sided with the four justices who would have tion provision from religiously affiliated hospitals, colleges struck down the law in its entirety. and charities. A survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion. The found 85 percent of large American employers already had court’s four liberal justices dissented. The court stressed that offered such coverage before the health care law required it. its ruling applies only to corporations that are under the control of just a few people in which there is no essential dif- Ruling impact ference between the business and its owners, like the Most working women will probably see no impact from Oklahoma-based Hobby Lobby chain of arts-and-craft the ruling, corporate health benefits consultants expect. stores that challenged the provision. Alito also said the deci- Publicly traded companies are unlikely to drag religion into sion is limited to contraceptives under the health care law. their employee benefit plans, said Mark Holloway, director “Our decision should not be understood to hold that an of compliance services at the Lockton Companies, an insur- insurance-coverage mandate must necessarily fall if it con- ance broker that serves medium-sized and growing flicts with an employer’s religious beliefs,” Alito said. He sug- employers. “Most employers view health insurance as a gested two ways the administration could ensure women tool to attract and retain employees,” said Holloway. get the contraception they want. It could simply pay for “Women employees want access to contraceptive cover- pregnancy prevention, he said. Or it could provide the same age and most employers don’t have a problem providing kind of accommodation it has made available to religious- that coverage. It is typically not a high-cost item.” It is oriented, not-for-profit corporations. unclear how many women potentially are affected by the high court ruling. Hobby Lobby is by far the largest Religious claims WASHINGTON: Demonstrators react to hearing the Supreme Court’s decision on the Hobby Lobby case outside the employer of any company that has gone to court to fight Those groups can tell the government that providing the Supreme Court. — AP the birth control provision.—AP WHAT’S ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014

World Cup activities at The Avenues

ith the kick-off of the World Cup 2014 in Brazil, a On its part, the management of The Avenues expressed number of activities are being held at The its keenness to celebrate events in cooperation with the WAvenues in collaboration with renowned brands stores under its roof, as well as encouraging stores to hold Greetings located at SoKu between June 12 and July 13. their own events in order to make the shopping experience ishing you a These activities are part of a series of summer activities at The Avenues an ideal one for every member of the fami- day that is as that The Avenues is organizing with different stores and ly. The stores sponsoring the World Cup celebration event brands in SoKu, including sports and electronic brands. All are Adidas, Nike, Soccer Scene, Nutrishop, Piel de Toro, special in W of this is being brought to the visitors of The Avenues in a Samsung and Yamaha. every way as you are. festive sports atmosphere, in conjunction with the World Influenced by New York’s bohemian Soho district, SoKu Happy birthday Jong Cup that is currently taking place in Brazil. is an acronym for the “South of Kuwait”. SoKu offers an icon- Simbol greetings The activities included the distribution of match timeta- ic urban shopping experience that attracts Kuwait’s youth, coming from your bles at the customer service desks, with personnel wearing and the district is perfectly poised to house leading youth DINALITS and MAR- the jerseys of the teams competing for the Cup. Across brands. SoKu is located on two separate streets and its two CO VINCENT family SoKu, visitors can see the flags of the countries plating in floors offer young people the ultimate place to hang out and friends.( July 1, the football tournament and the logos of the stores that are with their friends at the restaurants and cafes in the district, 2014 ) sponsoring the event. Radio contests are also being held as well as in the open courtyards. LED lights are embedded for two weeks, with a wide range of prizes provided by the in the floors, lighting up in different colors in a reflection of sponsors. the youthful spirit of the district. Consular hours he consular section at the Embassy of Canada in Kuwait will be introducing temporary service times Tfor consular services as of June 22, 2014. Until further notice the service hours will be: Sunday, Monday and Wednesday from 9am to 11am. Reminder: Payment for all consular services is by credit card only.

Burgan Bank Ramadan timing urgan Bank announced yesterday its new branch timings which will be applicable all throughout the holy month of BRamadan. All Burgan Bank branches will commence work in one shift from 10 am to 1:30 pm. Additionally, the Airport branch will be open in the mornings from 10:00 am to 3:30 pm and in the evenings from 9:30 pm to 11:30pm. For more information on any products or services, customers are required to contact Burgan Bank’s call center 1804080 during the holiday. On this occasion, Burgan Bank extends its best wishes to everyone during the Holy month of Ramadan. McDonald’s presents ‘Hakawati’ series

he “Hakawati” series is back for a second consecutive year, pre- Tsented by McDonald’s Kuwait throughout the Holy Month of Ramadan. The televised series follows main character, storyteller Abou Saleem The Hakawati, as he tells a new story each day to bring families together with tales that reflect the virtues of the holy month, foster a life-long love of reading, and teach valuable lessons to children. The “Hakawati” program by McDonald’s Kuwait hopes to actively engage the community, encouraging children and their family members to take part in fun but still educational activities. Throughout the program, kids will be able to learn more about the age-old Arabic tradition of the he brand new mega campaign of BEC Exchange was inaugurated by Mathews Varughese, Acting “Hakawati” (the storyteller), as they General Manager of BEC Exchange. Starting from June 22 and running until October 11, every listen to his entertaining and engag- Tcustomer that makes a transaction from any BEC branch will be automatically entered into the ing stories full of valuable life- campaign with a chance to drive away in a BMW 316i. Customers will also have the chance to win one lessons. The show also hopes to of 3 x Toyota Yaris’ and one of thirty pieces gold bars. encourage children to read more and to better appreciate the power of a good story. The program will air in two minutes episodes every evening Pravasi Bhartiya Divas before Iftar and will be depicting 15 individual stories throughout the Ramadan experience that have a reading corner during the he Government of India has decided to hold the from South Africa, it is desired that PBD-2015 would Holy Month, all told in Classical McDonald’s is presenting to the pub- whole month.” next Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (PBD-2015) at be celebrated in a grand way. Arabic dialect. lic with the aim of bringing families Coutry further added. “We are also TMahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, Gujarat in The detailed programme of PBD-2015 is being pre- “Hakawati” will be airing on satel- together through a shared love of proud to have our McDonald’s January 2015. pared and will be uploaded on the Embassy’s Website lite channels Al-Watan, Al-Rai and reading”, said Sherif Coutry Director ambassador of goodwill, Ronald The effort would be to have more meaningful and in due course. MBC 1. It will also be made available of Marketing at McDonald’s McDonald, play a big part in our ini- interactive sessions that would address the issues and More detailed information on Pravasi Bhartiya to all online users through Shahid.net Kuwait.”The series will not only enter- tiatives of giving during Ramadan; as concerns of the overseas Indian community effective- Divas (PBD-2015) can be accessed at the Ministry of and McDonaldsArabia.com, as well as tain but also prove educational, he will be visiting hospitals and chil- ly. Since 2015 marks the hundredth anniversary of the Overseas India Affairs’ website on the McDonald’s Arabia Facebook instilling positive values in our children associations across Kuwait in return of the greatest “Pravasi”of all, Mahatma Gandhi (http://www.moia.gov.in). page and YouTube channel. dren. In addition to that, all the hopes of drawing a smile on the “”Hakawati”, is a truly unique McDonald’s branches in Kuwait will faces of children in Kuwait.”

Govt of India sponsors International Diversity at IIMA programme

ndian Institute of Management Ahmedabad among the developing countries. For candidates applying for the PGPX at IIMA, the substantial work experience leading to a One Year (IIMA)’s Post-Graduate Programme in As per the details mentioned on the ITEC website, candidate will have to first apply for the ITEC Post-Graduate Diploma in Management for IManagement for Executives (PGPX) has been international students who qualify and are admitted Scholarship through the Indian Embassy/Mission Executives. PGPX was launched in 2006 and applica- empaneled in the Govt of India’s Indian Technical to the scholarship programmes/courses (as per the Office in his/her country. Simultaneously he/she will tions for the 10th batch starting April 2015 is cur- and Economic Cooperation’ (ITEC) Scholarship concerned institution’s admission process) would be have to apply for the PGPX programme and get rently on. Application window will close at 6:00 pm Programme under which international candidates eligible for a return air-fare, full programme fee, admitted by following IIMA’s admission process. IST on Aug 11 . (Early bird discount in application from 141 ITEC Partner Countries would be eligible monthly subsistence allowance, a stationery IIMA is India’s premiere management Institute set fees ends at 6:00 pm IST on July 28) The ‘Must Read’ for full scholarship from the Department of allowance and allowance for traveling in India. up in 1961 through a ‘Public-Private-Partnership’ section on the PGPX’s home page gives all informa- Programme Administration (DPA), Ministry of However, the International Immersion Programme between the Govt. of India, Govt. of Gujarat State, tion concerning IIMA, PGPX, Placements/Career External Affairs (MEA), Govt of India. The ITEC pro- component of the PGPX is not sponsored for which Philanthropic Industrialists of Ahmedabad, Harvard Services, Application Criteria and Process, Admission gramme was initiated in 1964 and has generated the student may have to spend from own pocket or University and Ford Foundation. PGPX is a one year Criteria and Process and Post-Admission related immense goodwill and substantive cooperation undertake any substitute credit at IIMA. full time residential programme for executives with process. WHAT’S ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014

Grosvenor House Apartments to showcase unique experience

rosvenor House Apartments by hotel with the privacy, comfort and generous Apartments feature cutting-edge technology, Jumeirah Living, centrally located in one living space of a contemporary Mayfair resi- sumptuous finishes and contemporary design Gof the most exclusive areas of London dence, Grosvenor House Apartments is a ‘hotel to provide guests and residents with the on Park Lane in the heart of Mayfair, is all set to residence’ that is truly a ‘home away from home’ exceptional, world-class luxury service for celebrate the Holy Month of Ramadan with for businessmen, families, diplomats or couples which Jumeirah is renowned, in a home away specially invited guests. The luxurious property visiting London either for business or leisure. from home. is set to host an exclusive Ghabka event on July As an all-suite luxury hotel characterized by Jumeirah Group, the global luxury hotel 9 at the Messilah venuein the Jumeirah luxurious privacy, comfort and generous living company and a member of Dubai Holding, Messilah Beach Hotel & Spa. space, the property has 130 suites ranging from operates a world-class portfolio of hotels and On hand to welcome the invited guests is studio to three bedrooms to choose from. resorts. Jumeirah Hotels & Resorts includes Astrid Bray, General Manager of Grosvenor Furthermore, a new collection of three and four Jumeirah at Etihad Towers in Abu Dhabi; Burj Al House Apartments. Bray is a British national bedroom suites called ‘The London Suites’, as Arab Jumeirah, Jumeirah Beach Hotel, who originally joined Jumeirah Group in 2005 well as four spacious single strata penthouses Jumeirah Creekside Hotel, Jumeirah Emirates as Director of Business Development for on the top floor are likewise available. All suites Towers, Jumeirah Zabeel Saray and Madinat Jumeirah Carlton Tower and Jumeirah Lowndes feature complimentary wireless internet, a fully- Jumeirah in Dubai; Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel in London. equipped open plan kitchen and living area for Hotel & Spa in Kuwait; Jumeirah Bilgah Beach “Grosvenor House Apartments has been the convenience and comfort. Additionally, guests Hotel in Baku; Jumeirah Dhevanafushi and preferred place to stay in London for discerning also receive luxury five-star service with the res- Jumeirah Vittaveli in the Maldives; Jumeirah business and leisure travelers from Kuwait and idence concierge and guest services teams who Himalayas Hotel in Shanghai; Jumeirah beyond,” said Bray. are available around the clock. Frankfurt in Germany; Jumeirah Grand Hotel “I am extremely delighted to be given this Combining the refined services of a luxury via Veneto in Rome; Jumeirah Port Soller Hotel opportunity to meet some of our loyal cus- hotel with the privacy, comfort and generous & Spa in Mallorca, Spain; Pera Palace Hotel tomers from Kuwait as well as to be acquainted living space of a contemporary Mayfair resi- Jumeirah in Istanbul; as well as Jumeirah with those who have yet to try the unique dence, Grosvenor House Apartments offers a Carlton Tower and Jumeirah Lowndes Hotel in experience that Grosvenor House Apartments unique experience for both short and extend- London. Jumeirah Group also runs the luxury has to offer. I am indeed looking forward to ed stays. Managed by Jumeirah Living, the 130 serviced residences brand Jumeirah LivingTM; hosting this Ghabqa event during the holy serviced residences range from studio resi- the wellness brand Talise; Jumeirah month of Ramadan for all our distinguished dences to the 5-bedroom Grosvenor Restaurants; Wild Wadi WaterparkTM; The guests from Kuwait.” Penthouse and offer truly personalised touches Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management; Combining the refined services of a luxury for effortless living. Grosvenor House and SiriusTM, its global loyalty programme.

Al-Mulla Exchange holds concert for Nepalese community

n order to maintain a strong rapport with clients plan to reward its loyal customers by providing whole- presence of Nepal’s Charge-de-affaires in Kuwait, altogether with their singing and entertaining antics. and expatriate communities working in Kuwait, Al- some entertainment. Bishal Bihtrai. The concert which went for more than 5 hours had the IMulla Exchange organized a musical concert for the The concert was held at the American International The artists comprising of Ram Krishna Dahkal, Anjo crowd thumping to their favorite tunes and went Nepalese community on Friday called ‘Himalaya Music’. School in Maidan Hawally and entertained the audi- Panta, Manoj Kajoral, Bashobati Sharma and Kiki home happy after seeing and hearing the songs of This initiative was a part of the company’s outreach ence with outstanding musical performances in the Adhakari took the crowd of 1800 to a different level their choice.

Embassy of Brazil n the occasion of the aus- picious month of ORamadan, the Embassy will open Sunday through Thursday from 10:00am to 2:00pm and the Consular Section will receive visa applicants from 10:30am to 1:00pm (sharp). TV PROGRAMS WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014

11:10 How Stuff’s Made 07:30 Mystery Files 08:20 Win, Lose Or Draw 11:35 Survive That! 08:00 Chasing UFOs 08:45 Good Luck Charlie 12:25 Get Out Alive With Bear 09:00 The Numbers Game 09:05 Dog With A Blog Grylls 10:00 Great Migrations 00:45 Beast Lands 13:15 Manhunt 09:30 Wizards Of Waverly Place 11:00 Cradle Of The Gods 00:05 Fast Food Gone Global 01:35 Untamed & Uncut 14:05 Storage Hunters 09:55 Wizards Of Waverly Place 12:00 Mega Breakdown 00:55 Grill It! With Bobby Flay 02:25 Shamwari: A Wild Life 14:30 Container Wars 10:15 Liv And Maddie 13:00 Engineering Connections 01:20 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 03:15 Give Me Shelter 14:55 Savage Family Diggers 10:40 Space Buddies 14:00 Pirate Patrol 01:45 The Next Food Network Star 03:40 Give Me Shelter 15:20 Dual Survival 12:00 Disney Mickey Mouse Shorts 15:00 Lords Of War 02:35 Unique Eats 04:05 Dog Rescuers 16:10 Alaska: The Last Frontier 12:15 Jessie 15:30 Mystery Files 03:00 Unique Eats 04:30 Dog Rescuers 17:00 Fast N’ Loud 12:35 Jessie 16:00 Jurassic C.S.I. 03:25 Guy’s Big Bite 04:55 Animal Cops Houston 17:50 Treehouse Masters 13:00 African Cats 17:00 The Numbers Game 03:50 Iron Chef America 05:45 Roaring With Pride 18:40 Futurescape With James 13:25 Austin & Ally 18:00 Banged Up Abroad 04:40 Chopped 06:35 Breed All About It Woods 13:45 Good Luck Charlie 19:00 Situation Critical 05:30 Unwrapped 07:00 Animal Airport 19:30 Gold Rush 14:10 Good Luck Charlie 20:00 The Indestructibles 05:50 Tastiest Places To Chowdown 07:25 Animal Battlegrounds 20:20 How It’s Made 14:35 Dog With A Blog 21:00 Naked Science 2.5 06:10 Chopped 08:15 Wild France 20:45 How Stuff’s Made 15:00 Dog With A Blog 22:00 Megastructures 07:00 Luke Nguyen’s Vietnam 09:10 Wildest Indochina 21:10 Container Wars 15:25 Liv And Maddie 23:00 World’s Toughest Fixes 07:25 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 10:05 Shamwari: A Wild Life 15:50 Liv And Maddie 07:50 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 11:00 Animal Precinct 16:10 Mako Mermaids 08:15 Iron Chef America 11:55 Animal Airport 16:35 Win, Lose Or Draw 09:05 Barefoot Contessa 12:20 Breed All About It 17:00 Robin Hood 09:30 Amazing Wedding Cakes 12:50 Outback Rangers 18:30 Mako Mermaids 00:20 The Gadget Show 10:20 Easy Chinese: San Francisco 13:15 Outback Rangers 00:20 The Great Serengeti 18:55 Mako Mermaids 00:45 How Does That Work? 10:45 Fast Food Gone Global 13:45 Max’s Big Tracks 01:10 Sea Strikers 19:20 Violetta 01:10 Prototype This 11:35 Grill It! With Bobby Flay 14:40 Shamwari: A Wild Life 02:00 Built For The Kill 20:05 African Cats 02:00 Sci-Trek 12:00 Reza, Spice Prince Of India 15:30 Treehouse Masters 02:50 World’s Deadliest 20:30 Jessie 02:45 Mythbusters 12:25 Charly’s Cake Angels 16:30 The Magic Of The Big Blue 03:45 Touching The Dragon 20:50 Dog With A Blog 03:35 What’s That About? 12:50 Siba’s Table 17:25 Pandamonium 04:40 Wild Dog Diaries 21:15 Mako Mermaids 04:30 Moon Machines 13:15 Jenny Morris Cooks The 18:20 Penguin Safari 05:35 Built For The Kill 21:40 Austin & Ally 05:20 Unchained Reaction Riviera 19:15 World’s Wildest Cities: 06:30 World’s Deadliest 22:00 Good Luck Charlie 06:10 Science Of The Movies 13:40 Guy’s Big Bite Manaus 07:25 Touching The Dragon 22:25 A.N.T. Farm 07:00 Close Encounters 14:05 The Next Food Network Star 20:10 Galapagos 08:20 Lion Battle Zone 22:50 Shake It Up 07:25 Close Encounters 14:55 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 21:05 Shamwari: A Wild Life 09:15 Crocpocalypse 23:10 Wolfblood 07:55 Engineering Earthquakes 15:20 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 22:00 World’s Wildest Cities: 10:10 World’s Deadliest Killers 23:35 Wolfblood 08:45 What’s That About? 15:45 Chopped Manaus 11:05 Mudcats 09:40 Science Of The Movies 16:35 Fast Food Gone Global 22:30 World’s Wildest Cities: 12:00 Fish Warrior 10:30 X-Machines 17:25 Jenny Morris Cooks The Manaus 12:55 World’s Worst Venom 11:20 Moon Machines Riviera 12:10 Unchained Reaction 13:50 World’s Deadliest 00:10 The Undateables 17:50 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 13:00 How Does That Work? 14:45 Croc Ganglands 01:00 Pregnant Behind Bars 18:15 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 13:30 What’s That About? 15:40 Super Pride 01:50 Hoarding: Buried Alive 18:40 Siba’s Table 14:20 Mythbusters 16:35 Hippo vs Croc 02:40 I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant 19:05 Reza’s African Kitchen 15:10 Unchained Reaction 17:30 World’s Deadliest: Jaws & 00:15 Bill’s Kitchen: Notting Hill 03:05 Pregnant Behind Bars 19:30 Guy’s Big Bite 16:00 X-Machines Sins 00:40 Come Dine With Me 03:55 Long Island Medium 19:55 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 16:50 Science Of The Movies 18:25 Mudcats 01:30 Bargain Hunt 04:20 Say Yes To The Dress 20:20 Chopped 17:40 Prototype This 19:20 World’s Worst Venom 03:45 Homes Under The Hammer 04:45 Say Yes To The Dress 21:10 Chopped 18:30 Sci-Trek 04:35 Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen 05:10 Toddlers & Tiaras 22:00 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 19:20 The Gadget Show Notebook: Cosmo Cook 06:00 Oprah: Behind The Scenes 22:25 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 19:45 How Does That Work? 05:00 Bill’s Kitchen: Notting Hill 07:00 What Not To Wear 22:50 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 20:10 Mythbusters 05:30 Bargain Hunt 07:50 Oprah Presents: Master Class 23:15 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 08:30 Homes Under The Hammer 08:40 Oprah’s Next Chapter 23:40 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 09:25 Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen 00:30 The Daily Show With Jon 09:30 Toddlers & Tiaras Notebook: Cosmo Cook Stewart 10:20 Say Yes To The Dress 09:50 Bill’s Kitchen: Notting Hill 01:00 The Colbert Report 10:45 Say Yes To The Dress 10:15 Raymond Blanc’s Kitchen 00:00 Escape Club 01:30 Seinfeld 11:10 Cake Boss Secrets 00:55 Chelsea Lately 02:00 Seinfeld ALEX CROSS ON OSN MOVIES HD 11:35 Jon & Kate Plus 8 10:40 Bargain Hunt 01:25 Style Star 02:30 The Mindy Project 12:00 Little People, Big World 00:00 Grassroots-PG15 12:50 Homes Under The Hammer 02:20 Keeping Up With The 03:00 Cougar Town 12:25 Oprah: Behind The Scenes 02:00 Saving Grace B. Jones-PG15 13:40 Gok’s Fashion Fix Kardashians 03:30 Raising Hope 13:15 Brides Of Beverly Hills 04:00 Cloudy With A Chance Of 14:30 Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen 03:15 Extreme Close-Up 04:00 My Boys 13:40 Brides Of Beverly Hills Meatballs 2-PG Notebook: Cosmo Cook 04:30 The Tonight Show Starring 04:10 E!ES 00:00 The Carrie Diaries 01:00 Alex Cross-PG15 14:05 Something Borrowed, 06:00 The Arrangement-PG15 14:55 Bill’s Kitchen: Notting Hill Jimmy Fallon 05:05 Beyond Candid With Giuliana 01:00 24: Live Another Day 03:00 Stolen-PG15 Something New 08:00 From Prada To Nada-PG15 15:20 Raymond Blanc’s Kitchen 05:30 My Name Is Earl 03:00 Storage Wars 06:00 THS 02:00 The Newsroom 05:00 Lovestruck: The Musical- 14:30 Something Borrowed, 10:00 3 Times A Charm-PG15 Secrets 06:00 The War At Home 03:30 Storage Wars 07:50 Style Star 03:00 C.S.I. PG15 Something New 11:45 42-PG15 15:45 A Taste Of My Life 06:30 Friends 04:00 Pawn Stars 08:20 Fashion Police 04:00 White Collar 07:00 Ice Age: Continental Drift-PG 14:55 Extreme Couponing All-Stars 14:00 Class-PG15 16:10 Bargain Hunt 07:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 04:30 Pawn Stars 08:45 Eric And Jessie: Game On 05:00 Psych 09:00 Batman: The Dark Knight 15:20 Cake Boss 16:00 From Prada To Nada-PG15 18:25 Marbella Mansions 08:00 My Boys 05:00 Ancient Aliens 09:15 Giuliana & Bill 06:00 The Carrie Diaries Returns Part Two-PG15 15:45 What Not To Wear 17:45 Oblivion-PG15 19:10 Tareq Taylor’s Nordic Cookery 08:30 My Name Is Earl 06:00 Storage Wars Texas 11:10 The Drama Queen 07:00 Last Resort 10:45 The Host-PG15 16:35 Toddlers & Tiaras 20:00 Celeste And Jesse Forever- 19:35 Tareq Taylor’s Nordic Cookery 09:00 Cougar Town 06:30 Counting Cars 12:05 Fashion Police 08:00 Scandal 13:00 Fastest-PG15 17:25 Say Yes To The Dress PG15 20:00 Extreme Makeover: Home 09:30 About A Boy 07:00 Pawn Stars 13:05 Extreme Close-Up 09:00 24: Live Another Day 15:00 The Hobbit: An Unexpected 17:50 Say Yes To The Dress 22:00 The Big Wedding-PG15 Edition 10:00 Hot In Cleveland 07:30 Pawn Stars 13:35 E!ES 10:00 Psych Journey-PG 18:15 Jon & Kate Plus 8 22:15 Bargain Hunt 10:30 Friends 08:00 American Restoration 14:30 Style Star 11:00 White Collar 17:45 Batman: The Dark Knight 18:40 Little People, Big World 23:00 Marbella Mansions 11:00 The Tonight Show Starring 08:30 Cajun Pawn Stars 15:00 Keeping Up With The 12:00 Emmerdale Returns Part Two-PG15 19:10 Oprah: Behind The Scenes 23:45 Tareq Taylor’s Nordic Cookery Jimmy Fallon 09:00 Storage Wars Texas Kardashians 12:30 Coronation Street 19:15 Red Dawn-PG15 20:05 Extreme Couponing All-Stars 12:00 The War At Home 09:30 Counting Cars 17:00 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 13:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 21:00 The Pact-PG15 20:30 Cake Boss 01:00 Little Bee 2 12:30 My Boys 10:00 Pawn Stars 18:00 E! News 14:00 Scandal 22:45 Fast & Furious 6-PG15 21:00 My Crazy Obsession 02:45 Marvel’s The Invincible Iron 13:00 My Name Is Earl 10:30 Pawn Stars 19:00 Giuliana & Bill 15:00 The Carrie Diaries 21:30 My Crazy Obsession Man 13:30 Friends 11:00 Storage Wars 21:00 Eric And Jessie: Game On 16:00 Emmerdale 21:55 My Strange Addiction 04:30 Kong Return To The Jungle 14:00 Raising Hope 11:30 Storage Wars 21:30 Keeping Up With The 16:30 Coronation Street 22:25 My Strange Addiction 06:00 Angel’s Friends 14:30 About A Boy 12:00 Pawn Stars 00:30 Survive That! Kardashians 17:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 22:50 Long Island Medium 08:00 Jelly T 01:20 Get Out Alive With Bear 15:00 Hot In Cleveland 12:30 Pawn Stars 22:30 E! News 18:00 Scandal 01:30 Futbol Mundial 23:15 My Crazy Obsession 10:00 The Polar Express Grylls 15:30 The Daily Show With Jon 13:00 Mountain Men 23:30 Chelsea Lately 19:00 Once Upon A Time 02:00 Champions Tour Highlights 23:40 My Crazy Obsession 11:45 Zambezia 02:10 Manhunt Stewart 14:00 Cajun Pawn Stars 20:00 Unforgettable 03:00 Super Rugby 03:00 Fast N’ Loud 16:00 The Colbert Report 14:30 Cajun Pawn Stars 21:00 Chicago Fire 07:00 Golfing World 03:50 Storage Hunters 16:30 The War At Home 15:00 Pawn Stars 22:00 Bates Motel 08:00 WEB.COM Tour Highlights 04:15 Container Wars 17:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 15:30 Pawn Stars 23:00 C.S.I. 09:00 Champions Tour Highlights 04:40 Savage Family Diggers 18:00 Cougar Town 16:00 Pawn Stars 10:00 Challenge Series Golf TV star Rolf Harris guilty 05:05 How It’s Made 18:30 Parks And Recreation 18:00 Storage Wars Highlights 05:30 How Stuff’s Made 00:00 Chasing UFOs 19:00 Trophy Wife 18:30 Storage Wars 10:30 NRL Premiership 06:00 Gold Rush 01:00 The Numbers Game 19:30 Modern Family 19:00 Pawn Stars of sex assaults in Britain 14:30 PGA Tour Highlights 07:00 Dual Survival 01:30 The Numbers Game 20:00 The Tonight Show Starring 19:30 Pawn Stars 15:30 NRL Full Time 07:50 Alaska: The Last Frontier 02:00 Great Migrations Jimmy Fallon 00:00 The Tuxedo-PG15 20:00 Cajun Pawn Stars 16:00 Futbol Mundial 08:40 Fast N’ Loud 03:00 Secrets Of The Taj Mahal 21:00 The Daily Show With Jon 02:00 Nitro Circus: The Movie-PG15 20:30 Cajun Pawn Stars 16:30 Challenge Series Golf 09:30 Storage Hunters 04:00 Mega Breakdown Stewart 04:00 Metal Tornado-PG15 21:00 Pawn Stars Highlights 09:55 Container Wars 05:00 Engineering Connections 21:30 The Colbert Report 06:00 Sins Expiation-PG15 21:30 Storage Wars 17:00 AFL Premiership Highlights 10:20 Savage Family Diggers 06:00 Air Crash Investigation 22:00 Sean Saves The World 08:00 Badges Of Fury-PG15 22:00 Storage Wars 18:00 PGA European Tour 10:45 How It’s Made 07:00 Lords Of War 22:30 2 Broke Girls 10:00 Blown Away-PG15 22:30 Storage Wars 12:00 Special Forces-PG15 Highlights 23:00 Duck Dynasty 14:00 Sins Expiation-PG15 19:00 Golfing World 23:30 Duck Dynasty 16:00 The Tuxedo-PG15 20:00 European Tour weekly 18:00 Blown Away-PG15 20:30 Inside the PGA Tour 20:00 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider-PG15 21:00 Trans World 22:00 Live Free Or Die Hard-PG15 22:00 PGA Tour Highlights 23:00 International Rugby Union 00:00 The Blacklist 01:00 Good Morning America 03:00 Rescue Me 04:00 House Of Cards 00:00 Delirious-PG15 05:00 Good Morning America 01:45 The Holiday-PG15 00:00 Bellator MMA 07:00 Emmerdale Veteran entertainer Rolf Harris, centre, accompanied 04:00 Coneheads-PG 02:30 WWE SmackDown 07:30 Coronation Street by members of his family, daughter Bindi, right, wife 06:00 The Beautician And The 03:00 WWE Bottom Line 08:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show Alwen, 2nd left, and niece Jenny, left, leave the Beast-PG15 04:00 IndyCar Highlights 09:00 Almost Human Southwark Crown Court in London, Monday. — AP 08:00 A Kiss For Jed Wood-PG15 06:00 Web.Com Tour 10:00 Emmerdale 10:00 Down Periscope-PG15 07:00 Super Rugby eteran entertainer Rolf Harris, a household name in 10:30 Coronation Street 12:00 The Big Bus-PG 09:00 Super Rugby Britain since the 1960s, could face jail after his convic- 11:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:00 Just Like Heaven-PG15 11:00 Golfing World Vtion Monday on 12 counts of indecently assaulting 12:00 Grey’s Anatomy 16:00 Damsels In Distress-PG15 12:00 Web.Com Tour girls. Australian-born Harris, 84 — a TV presenter, artist and 13:00 The Blacklist 17:45 Mrs. Doubtfire-PG 13:00 WWE SmackDown performer of amusing songs like “Tie Me Kangaroo Down, 14:00 Live Good Morning America Sport”-was found guilty of all the charges against him after 20:00 Norbit-PG15 15:00 WWE Bottom Line 16:00 Almost Human a six-week trial. He assaulted four girls and young women 22:00 Step Brothers-18 16:00 Golfing World 17:00 Champions Tour Highlights 17:00 Grey’s Anatomy aged from seven to 19 between 1968 and 1986, including 18:00 Super Rugby 18:00 The Blacklist his daughter Bindi’s childhood best friend, a London court found. Harris’s conviction represents a spectacular fall from 20:00 V8 Supercars Highlights 19:00 Almost Human grace for one of Britain’s best-loved entertainers. 21:00 V8 Supercars Highlights 20:00 Grey’s Anatomy Known for his catchphrase “Can you tell what it is yet?” 01:00 Atlas Shrugged-PG15 22:00 WWE Bottom Line 21:00 The Blacklist 03:00 Dark Horse-PG15 22:00 House Of Cards he painted Queen Elizabeth II on her 80th birthday, hosted 23:00 Bellator MMA popular BBC television show “Animal Hospital” and per- 05:00 Timer-PG15 formed at the Glastonbury music festival. 07:00 The Entitled-PG15 He was made a CBE in 2006 — one of the highest honors 09:00 The Woman In The Fifth the queen can bestow-and performed at a concert marking 11:00 Timer-PG15 the monarch’s Diamond Jubilee outside Buckingham Palace 13:00 The Entitled-PG15 in 2012. In his native Australia, Prime Minister Tony Abbott 15:00 Old Stock-PG15 00:30 Natwest T20 Blast Highlights 00:00 Violetta said he was “gutted and dismayed” by Harris’ conviction as 17:00 The Woman In The Fifth 01:30 Natwest T20 Blast Highlights 00:45 The Hive the entertainer’s home town moved to purge his memory. 19:00 The Glass Man-PG15 02:30 Natwest T20 Blast Highlights 00:50 Art Attack Harris is the second person to be convicted under 21:00 Texas Killing Fields-PG15 03:30 ICC Cricket 360 01:15 Art Attack Operation Yewtree, the high-profile police investigation set 23:00 The Last Harbor-PG15 04:00 IPL Highlights 01:40 Wolfblood up in 2012 after allegations that the late BBC presenter 05:00 IPL Highlights 02:05 Wolfblood Jimmy Savile was a prolific sex offender. Harris was released on bail until Friday when he will be sentenced. Judge Nigel 06:00 Natwest T20 Blast Highlights 02:30 Violetta Sweeney warned him that a jail term was a strong possibili- 07:00 ICC Cricket 360 03:10 The Hive ty, but his state of health would be assessed first. 07:30 Natwest T20 Blast Highlights 03:20 Art Attack 08:30 Natwest T20 Blast Highlights 00:45 Flesh And Bone-PG15 03:45 Art Attack 09:30 Natwest T20 Blast Highlights ‘Sickened’ by his own behavior 03:00 Being John Malkovich-PG15 04:10 Jungle Junction 10:30 Natwest T20 Blast Highlights During the trial, prosecutors said Harris was a “Jekyll and 05:00 Broken Bridges-PG15 04:20 Jungle Junction 11:30 ICC Cricket 360 Hyde” character who used his fame to abuse under-age 06:45 Fat Man And Little Boy-PG15 04:35 Jungle Junction 12:00 IPL Highlights girls with impunity. When he took the witness stand, Harris 09:00 Being John Malkovich-PG15 04:50 Jungle Junction 13:00 IPL Highlights turned on the charm which had enchanted millions of 11:00 Katy Perry The Movie: Part Of 05:00 Art Attack viewers, singing part of his hit “Jake the Peg” and describ- 14:00 IPL Highlights Me-PG 05:25 Art Attack ing how he invented the “wobble board”-a musical instru- 15:00 IPL Highlights 13:00 The Gospel-PG15 05:50 Mouk ment made of a sheet of hardboard. But the mood in court 16:00 ICC Cricket 360 15:00 Deadly Spa-PG15 06:00 Austin & Ally changed when he was confronted with the allegations 16:30 IPL Highlights 17:00 Katy Perry The Movie: Part Of 06:25 Austin & Ally against him, including seven counts relating to his daugh- 17:30 IPL Highlights Me-PG 06:45 Mako Mermaids ter’s friend. She said Harris assaulted her over several years, 18:30 IPL Highlights 18:45 A League Of Their Own-PG15 07:10 Mako Mermaids the first time when she was 13 and emerging from a show- 19:30 Natwest T20 Blast Highlights 21:00 Sparkle-PG15 07:35 Jessie er on a trip to Hawaii. —AFP 20:30 Live Natwest T20 Blast THE TUXEDO ON OSN MOVIES HD ACTION 23:00 No Country For Old Men- 07:55 Jessie Classifieds

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CROSSWORD 596 STAR TRACK

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

You could be in the limelight today, especially in relation to your work. You Your insight and vision into what unites people and into the dreams and may find that you enjoy your job or the responsibility it entails more than mystical regions of our minds are profound. You may be working and communicating with usual. Financial security and enjoying the finer things in life, appreciating and creating others in these matters and with music and the arts. New paths to world or personal unity things others long to have are experiences that assume a high priority. You are valued in are a major interest, and you have a very practical sense of how to make your dreams real. the workplace but it is important to keep up appearances and show that you value yourself You think of life as a grand experience and will do whatever it takes to find where the best and others in the way you present yourself. You may be planning a shopping trip this after- opportunities are developing. Concentrate on developing your special talent or on helping noon. While it is good to have money in the bank, it is also good to go shopping for clothes a loved one develop his or her special talent. This is an excellent time to seek out an inspir- that fit. You enjoy a big chuckle with a friend this evening when you see the new magic ing teacher or mentor. You are generous to the extreme with others. You are good at sens- trick he or she has finally achieved. ing the unity in life. Relax with your loved one this evening.

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

Today brings you a kind of recognition of who you really are with regard to Everything points to your taking the initiative. You could feel great support how you appear to others, in the business as well as the social world. You have a strong from those around you. You feel healthy and natural with a sharp, nimble need for this recognition and you are appreciative. You will be wise to make plans toward mind and ready wit. You are quick to achieve and gain insights to new solutions. Your securing your professional and financial life instead of spending time in worry. Write out a response to stress makes the difference between success and failure. Your ability to con- plan that will include these goals. More demanding years could be in the forecast. Now is verse with most any individual in any sector of life puts you in the genius arena when it the time to build on all of your relationships. A lover or child becomes a focal point in your comes to communication skills. Others will find that you have a natural physical dexterity- life. Laughter and fun communications come easily this afternoon. There is fun competition good hands too. Your enchanting manner transports all who meet you beyond the mun- with a hobby this evening. You won’t be up late tonight but you will be distracted from the dane and into the extraordinary regions where you spend a lot of your time. You may find everyday stress. yourself being put to good use by your friends this afternoon.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) You have a great love of the written and spoken word; ideas are what you like You have a natural appreciation for the past-personal or worldly-all that is to work with best. Your enthusiasm for mental stimulation and the world of traditional. There is an opportunity to lead a club or group organization ideas makes it easy for you to communicate to others. You may find yourself teaching spiri- today. This could mean a location away from your place of work. You will find that you enjoy tual lessons today. You have no trouble putting feelings into the way you express your decorating homes or advising medical groups on how to use color and floral setting as well ACROSS DOWN words; this carries a lot of meaning. A choice of entertaining, teaching, speaking or singing as pictures and furniture settings. Part of this decorator job entails the confirmation of 1. Counting the number of white and red blood 1. Relatively low in price or charging low prices. comes about in order to communicate hope, realities and possibilities. Your expression of times, products and people. You enjoy moods and emotions, especially in social surround- cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic mil- 2. Found along western Atlantic coast. this hope, acceptance and good insights shows off the magnitude of your perspective. You ings. You find it easy to work with other people and you tend to pour a lot of energy into limeter of blood. 3. Persian prince who was defeated in battle by will always find new ways to relate in a love relationship and this evening is a good time to those around you. Perhaps stage-managing would also be a good way to express your 4. Component consisting of a side piece oppo- his brother Artaxerxes II (424-401 BC). do just that. many talents. Your dreams are memorable-keep your diary current. site the moldboard. 4. United States educator who founded the first 12. Edible tuber of any of several yams. private school for Black students in Augusta, 15. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder. Georgia (1854-1933). Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 16. Lack of strength or vigor esp from illness. 5. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by Cancer (June 21-July 22) 17. The compass point midway between east behavioral and learning disorders. Your mind is full of practical ideas, especially related to your particular talents. and southeast. 6. A Mid-Atlantic state. Teamwork and group projects are where your attention turns this day. If you You may come up with new ideas to manage things better. You sense things 18. A short trip that is taken in the performance 7. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules are working alone, consider creating a work group that will move through the work faster with the mind and understand that feelings are thoughts first. What does this or that of a necessary task or mission. shaped like a double helix. than one person. A convention or important presentation is in the last stages of develop- thought meanwhere is it pointing these are questions you may ask. You use subjective 20. Collect or gather. 8. The language of the nomadic Lapp people in ment. You work well in groups and this is certainly the time to get those last-minute details rather than objective logic-intuition and gut instinct. Your image and ideals could be chal- 21. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning. northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula. completed. There are lots of people ready to buy what your company has to offer. You will lenged by another who sees you as too probing. You understand that thoughts must be 22. Cruel or inhumane treatment. 9. Not based on fact. be pleased at how your showmanship makes all the difference in merchandise appeal. The productive. Poetry, music and the arts interest you, as do psychology and the psyche. A 24. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue 10. God of the underworld. biggest challenge is to convince the higher-ups how you and your teammates can make classic movie or a book about new discoveries is enjoyed this evening. You will want to in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in 11. A Christian celebration of the Resurrection work really move along fast. Celebrations make good pictures. Happy birthday! record the antics of an animal this evening. the immune response. of Christ. 25. A landlocked desert republic in north-cen- 12. Not only so, but. tral Africa. 13. The largest continent with 60% of the 27. A person who is regarded as easygoing and earth's population. Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) agreeable. 14. A form of rummy using two decks and four 30. The content of cognition. jokers. In-depth discussions and probing conversations find you at your mental best You could find that you are appreciated or valued for your feelings or your this day. Your analytical abilities are well tuned. Others will find a good 32. A knockout declared by the referee who 19. A useful or valuable quality. ability to act and get things done. Everything may be pouring in at once and it’s all good understanding of your thoughts and ideas. This afternoon is a good time to study-you have judges one boxer unable to continue. 23. Australian shrubs and small trees with ever- news. Your career direction gets some encouragement and life’s problems seem to have a real appreciation for innovative thinking and new discoveries are escalating all around 33. (Hinduism and Buddhism) The beatitude green usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of easy solutions. You benefit from an older person or one in authority. Life could assume a you. 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Someone understands happenings and you could be quite hungry when you stop. sions (makes an introductory speech and intro- arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry your complaints. duces other speakers). and for gilding. 43. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a 31. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces. mosque. 34. A primeval personification of air and breath. Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) 44. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of 35. Given or having a specified name. the lateral columns and anterior horns of the 36. Any organic compound containing the This is a period emphasizing an enhanced sense of personal possibility and There is news of a part-time job, if you want it. This part-time job may remind spinal cord. group -CONH2. potential. There is tremendous psychological growth and it will lead to great you of the job you had as a youth. You know you will be able to handle it eas- 45. In bed. 38. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug personal success, if you follow through with it. You might also find that you will put on the ily. Family, home, relatives and real estate play a bigger part in your life and it may be time to 47. Go away from the surface to which it is (trademarks Aleve and Anaprox and Aflaxen). pounds if you are not careful. Respect, status and achievement are central goals for you as a think about investing in a home. You want to belong on a private, intimate, personal level adsorbed, of a substance. 39. An important question that is in dispute and new phase begins in your life. Ambition unlimited always ends in defeat. In-depth discus- and to have the security of a home and a place to call your own. Your work moves as it 50. A public promotion of some product or must be settled. sions and probing conversations find you at your mental best. Your analytical abilities are at should . . . Smoothly. You are in a mood of self-enjoyment and can appreciate your own bet- service. 40. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright a high point. Good practical job-related thoughts and ideas are available to you. The ability ter qualities. You may see value in or feel love for an older person or someone in authority. 52. Being or of the nature of an ovule. light) that precedes the onset of certain disor- to communicate with superiors or describe what you see is a talent others wish they had. You are very animated and it is fun for you to convey your ideas. After work you might drive 53. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in ders such as a migraine attack or epileptic Take some time to just relax and enjoy some quiet time tonight. around to see some of the homes that are for sale. central Angola and flows east and then north seizure. (forming part of the border between Angola 42. Any of numerous trees of the family and Congo) and continuing northwest through Cupressaceae that resemble cedars. Word Search Congo to empty into the Congo River on the 46. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow Yesterday Solution border between Congo and Republic of the leaves and small flowers. Congo. 48. A song that was formerly popular. 55. A Mid-Atlantic state. 49. (informal) Exceptionally good. 56. A condition requiring relief. 51. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake 57. Before noon. Chad. 59. Humorously vulgar. 54. English actress noted for her performances 61. A user interface based on graphics (icons in Shakespearean roles (1755-1831). and pictures and menus) instead of text. 58. A seat with a cushion that is used as a 63. An informal term for a father. throne by Indian princes. 66. A populous province in northeastern China. 60. 1 species. 70. Any of a number of fishes of the family 62. Small tropical American tree bearing edible Carangidae. plumlike fruit. 72. Drink made by steeping and boiling and fer- 64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a menting rather than distilling. skewer usually with vegetables. 74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made 65. A Bantu language spoken in southern from aba cloth. coastal Tanzania. 75. Generator consisting of a coil (the armature) 67. Very dark black. that rotates between the poles of an electro- 68. With no effort to conceal. magnet (the field magnet) causing a current to 69. Not in action or at work. flow in the armature. 71. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially 77. The 3rd planet from the sun. in Africa or Arabia). 78. The molecular weight of a substance 73. (Roman Catholic Church) The supreme expressed in grams. ecclesiastical tribunal for cases appealed to the 79. A white crystalline amino acid occurring in Holy See from diocesan courts. proteins that is essential for nutrition. 76. A yearning for something or to do some- 81. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flow- thing. ers. 80. 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ou Reed left a fortune of over $30 million when he died. Rob- ert Got- ady Gaga and Judas Priest could collaborate. The ‘Applause’ hitmaker Lou Reed left L has been discussing working with the veteran metal band on a new sin- terer, the former manager of the ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ hitmaker Lgle and the band’s singer Rob Halford seems keen on working together - who died of liver disease last October aged 71 - in the future. He told the 30 millionwas appointed to oversee the star’s estate in November and Huffington Post: “I’ve reported to Manhattan Surrogate’s Court last week that he has so been a huge fan of Gaga far collected $20,379,169 in “money and other property”. The huge since she first burst on the sum doesn’t include the gifts left by the former Velvet Underground scene. I just love every- singer to his family, nor does it include life insurance or retirement thing that lady represents. accounts. According to the New York Post newspaper, the funds First and foremost, her are likely to be from Lou’s copyright and publishing interests as, voice is extraordinary. I in his will, he directed his long-time associate to treat them as his love her voice. She’s an ac- own. According to the will, the rocker’s wife, performance artist complished musician, she Laurie Anderson, will receive $15 million from the money collected plays piano really well, by Gotterer and his sister, Margaret Reed Weiner, will receive $5 she’s just a great song- million. At the court hearing, the manager - who started working writer. And she’s a beacon for Lou until 1970 - asked for him and a co-executor to be awarded of hope for a lot of people $220,000 in fees. The ‘Perfect Day’ hitmaker’s attorney James Purdy in the world.” The ‘Break- filed documents stating executors will submit a full inventory of ing the Law’ rocker met Lady Gaga his client’s assets by January 2015. In his will, Lou left his $7?million Gaga for the first time New York penthouse apartment, $1.5?million Hamptons holiday when he was a guest at a concert in San Diego, California - and now the pair home and personal property-including jewelry, clothing, art, cars, are making plans to hit the studio together. He said: “[Meeting her] was a boats and his touring company, Sister Ray Enterprises-to his wife, real moment come true. We didn’t really have much time to talk. She’s busy. and gave $500,000 to his sister to care for their elderly mother. I’m busy, but we’ve agreed to get together at some point and just hang out and maybe do something. I don’t know if that will ever happen, but I love Lou Reed her to death.” Gaga has previously spoken about her love of metal music and recently hung out with Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante.

Delevingne became Gaga and Judas Priest to collaborate? ‘kleptomaniac’ on John Hardy set Dolly Parton: ara Delevingne turned into a “kleptomaniac” on the set of her John Hardy photoshoot. The 21-year-old model was in Bali over My voice is not fake Cthe weekend filming an exotic ad campaign for the sustainable brand, which prides itself on its handmade pieces, and was so enam- ored with the beautiful clothes and accessories that she tried to take them all home with her. She joked during an interview with WWD: “I kept trying to steal things. I almost turned into a bit of a kleptomaniac, to be honest. I fell in love with this coil bracelet that wraps all around your arm. ”I tried to cement it to my arm. Or, I kept saying, ‘I can’t get this ring off, it’s too tight....It’s mine.’ “ Cara was amazed by the local craftsmen’s talent when she visited the workshop during the course of the three-day shoot and now thinks jewelry-making would be an Cara Delevingne excellent back-up career. She said: “Meeting all the actual people who make the jewelry and seeing how happy they are... I want to live there. I was like, ‘Can you hire me, please?’ ”I did jewelry-making in school, but I was very bad. [Here], you can feel the love in [the jewelry] and you feel like someone has actually put their heart into it.” The model of the moment was shot by Sebastian Faena alongside Giorgio Armani pin-up Ken Marino joins Simon Nessman, with make-up by Tom Pecheux, hair by Bob Recine and styling by Sarajane Hoare. The results will be unveiled in October comedy heist film and mark the first time in three years John Hardy have opted for a ma- Dolly Parton jor advertising campaign. David Lipman, the brand’s creative director, en Marino has been added to the cast of a new commented: “Cara has the spirit of a girl from the Sixties and a girl from comedy heist film. The ‘Wanderlust’ actor has today. It’s not just a face. Cara is beyond a model. There is something Ksigned on to star alongside Zach Galifianakis, olly Parton claims her voice is “not fake”. The 68-year-old bigger than that.” Owen Wilson and Kristen Wiig in the untitled project singer has spoken out after claims she mimed during her formerly known as ‘Loomis Fargo’, Deadline reports. DGlastonbury performance on Sunday night and insists she did The movie follows a simple armored car guard, played sing live at the event at Worthy Farm in South East England. She told by Galifianakis, who takes the fall for a $20 million The Sun newspaper: “My body is fake, my hair’s fake but what is real is heist and goes on the run from the police while my voice and my heart.” Newsreader Kay Burley took to Twitter after tracking double-crossers Steve (Owen), Kelly (Wiig) Dolly’s set to suggest the ‘9 to 5’ singer was miming. She tweeted: and the gang of criminals who betrayed him, as they “Oh, Dolly is miming. How disappointing.” The comment was re- spend their loot on a leading a luxurious lifestyle. tweeted hundreds of times and fans including comedian Stephen Fry Marino - who will star in the upcoming sitcom ‘Marry jumped to her defence, claiming it was a “HD live processor issue”. A Me’ - will take on the role of rich and uptight neighbor spokesman for Dolly also slammed the comments about her miming. Doug Jeffcoat, who disapproves of Steve and his pals They told The Sun: “It’s ridiculous to suggest Dolly was miming. She’s degrading his wealthy neighborhood. Kate McKin- been performing for more than 60 years - she doesn’t need to. ”This non has also joined the cast and will play Galifianakis’ should not overshadow what was truly a great gig and accomplished ball-busting fiancé, while her ‘Saturday Night Live’ performance. Dolly adored every single moment.” Meanwhile, Dolly - colleague Leslie Jones will play the detective on the who performed her energetic set in front of more than 200,000 ador- thieves’ trail. Meanwhile, It’s Always Sunny in Phila- ing fans clad in a white suit covered in rhinestones - had received a delphia’s Mary Elizabeth Ellis will play Steve’s cunning surprise award prior to her set. She was presented with a congratula- and gold-digging wife Michelle with Devin Ratray tory plaque by Glastonbury organizer Michael Eavis and her manager and Ross Kimball set to portray his loyal henchmen Danny Nozell in honor of selling 100 million albums worldwide. Runny and Eric. It was reported last week that ‘Hor- rible Bosses’ star Jason Sudeikis was also in talks to join the upcoming comedy, which will be directed by Jared Hess, although it’s unclear what role he would take on. The comedy heist is scheduled for release on August 14 2015.

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Sarandon peer Keri Russell eri Russell thinks Andy Serkis is an “unbelievable” pressured into actor. ’The Americans’ star, who takes on the role of KEllie in ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’, claims her co-star - who provides the voice for ape leader Caesar in the film as well as that of Golum in ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord Tammy role Ken Marino of the Rings’ movies - isn’t given enough recognition in the Keri Russell: Andy Serkis ‘unbelievable’ film industry. She told The Hollywood Reporter: “Andy is usan Sarandon claims she was peer pressured into starring just so good. That was really the treat of doing this movie. in ‘Tammy’. The 67-year-old actress plays the alcoholic I really hope people start paying attention to him. He’s grandmother of ‘Bridesmaids’ star Melissa McCarthy’s unbelievable.” Serkis’ character leads a nation of genetically S evolved apes as they are threatened by a band of human character in the comedy, which marks Ben Falcone’s directo- rial debut, and she’s confessed she was sceptical about how survivors of a devastating virus which was unleashed a she’d fit into the project. She explained: “Ben and Melissa called decade earlier, and the film’s screenwriters claim it was his me and prepared me for the script. I read the script and didn’t talent that allowed Caesar to speak. Rick Jaff and Amanda understand what reality we would be in and so we had another Silver explained: “The decision to have him speak and have call. ”Then Mark Duplass called me, I didn’t even know he was words - it was really Andy, [We] credit him with figuring out Caesar’s voice.” ’Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ is scheduled going to be in the movie, it was a conspiracy. He said you have Halle Berry to do this, you have to do this, they’re such great people. ”So for release in the UK on July 17 2014. peer pressure got to me and I thought, I’ll jump.” ’Tammy’ tells the story of a woman - played by McCarthy - who, after losing her job, husband and car in one day, decides to escape from her Halle Berry: TV is better than film small town existence, but with no form of transport is forced alle Berry thinks TV is now better than film. The 47-year-old actress - who has children Nahla, six, with ex-boyfriend Ga- to take her hard partying grandmother Pearl along for the ride. briel Aubry, and eight-month-old Maceo with husband Olivier Martinez - was unimpressed with the movie scripts she The 43-year-old comedienne admits Sarandon was worried she Hwas receiving and had no desire to return to work until she was approached to appear in sci-fi drama series ‘Extant’. She was expecting her to play a traditional grandmother, but insists told Entertainment Weekly: “I was being offered parts that I felt like I had done before. They weren’t exciting enough for me once they’d clarified that wasn’t the case, she was more than to leave my family for four months. I realized some of the best writing especially for women, was on television. “The minute I happy to join the cast. McCarthy told Latino Review: “One of the started to read [’Extant’], I couldn’t put it down. I thought, ‘Wow. This is different.’ It’s innovative.” The highly-anticipated minise- first questions when we were talking on the phone was, ‘Are you ries sees Halle play infertile astronaut Molly Woods who returns from a year-long solo space mission pregnant, and the bru- seeing a little old granny with glasses and a knitted sweater and nette beauty was attracted to the character because of her “complicated” life. She added: “Molly is a strong female character, an up do bun?’ ”We were like oh God no she’s a raging alcoholic which I really love to play. Molly is a complicated woman with a complicated family “Who is a woman who goes away to space and she sleeps around. Then Susan was like OK we’ll be fine.” for a year and leaves her husband, first of all? Who is a woman who comes back pregnant and tries to handle it somehow on her own? That just felt like a complication that I wanted to be a part of.” LIFESTYLE WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014 Gossip37 The Who plans 50th anniversary tour, new music Springsteen to debut short ete Townshend and Roger Daltrey are taking film on website July 9 The Who on the road for a series of shows in the UK celebrating the band’s 50th anniver- P ruce Springsteen will debut sary. Daltrey referred to the tour as the start of the a short film on his website Who’s “long goodbye” during a news conference July 9. A poster of the film Monday at Ronnie Scott’s jazz bar in London. B “Hunter of Invisible Game” ap- “Well, it just has to be really,” the 70-year-old peared on the singer’s website Daltrey said. “We can’t go on touring forever, but Monday. The film is a collabora- we don’t know how long we will go on touring. tion with Thom Zimny, who has It’s an open-ended kind of thing. But it will have a worked with the Boss in the past. finality to it. We’ll stop touring, I’m sure, before we No more details were provided. stop playing as a band. It’s just like Eric Clapton’s A representative for Springsteen just said: It’s the grind of the road, it’s incredibly didn’t immediately respond to an tough on the body this age. The singing is free; email seeking more information. you pay us for the bloody traveling. “The Who Hits Zimny has directed, produced 50 tour will be a retrospective of the band’s career, and edited a number of live including best-known hits such as “Who Are You,” Springsteen concert videos. “Pinball Wizard,” and “Baba O’Riley.” It is set to begin Nov. 30 in Glasgow, Scotland, and wind up in London on Dec 17. Tickets go on sale Friday in the UK. Monday’s news doesn’t necessarily mean Townshend and Daltrey are backing away from the band. Townshend said he’s written three new songs and hopes to record them with Daltrey. “I The Who thought I must send them to Rog. ... Happily he Bruce Springsteen likes them,” the 69-year-old Townshend said. The Who hasn’t issued new music since 2006’s “Endless Wire,” its first release in 24 years. Lopez ‘still believes’ in love he three-times married star - who recently ended her two-year relationship with Casper Smart - believes she has got “smarter” Tabout the choices she makes in her personal life and says her new outlook on life is reflected in new album ‘A.K.A.’. She said: “I believe in love more than ever, but I think I’ve gotten a little bit smarter about it. “I like to think I’ve grown up a little bit, and I think all that is reflected on the album. You hear that, you hear a stronger Jennifer maybe than you have in the past.” The 44-year-old superstar credits her five-year-old twins Max and Emme - whose father is her third husband Marc Anthony - with giving her the motivation to keep working hard as she wants to give them the best life possible. She explained to the New York Daily News newspaper’s Confidenti@l column: “I want to give them the best Olivia Munn life. You want them to have everything, you want them to grow up and have everything better than you had it. “Learn more than you did and not make the mistakes you did. You just want everything to be perfect for them, so they definitely motivate me to be better—yes, in my job— Munn works out but a better person.” Manganiello named to fight OCD Jennifer Lopez livia Munn works out every morning to “combat” obsessive compulsive hottest bachelor disorder (OCD). The ‘Deliver Us From Evil’ actress finds the daily sessions oe Manganiello has been named People’s Hottest Bachelor. The ‘True Owith a personal trainer help ease the symptoms of the anxiety disor- Blood’ hunk triumphed over the likes of Jared Leto, Liam Hems- der - which sees sufferers experience obsessive thoughts and often indulge Jworth, Sam Smith and Britain’s Prince Harry to take the publication’s in repetitive behaviors - though she is unsure how they keep her calm. She title, and in an accompanying interview he admitted he is “at his best” said: “To combat my OCD, a trainer helps me work out every day 6 am. I don’t when not single. He said: “I’m at my best when I have someone to wake know what he does, but it helps. We talked over the weekend.” The 33-year- up next to.” The 37-year-old actor credits his Italian background for his old actress also admitted she never brushes her hair and isn’t faithful to using “passionate” nature. He said: “I am part Sicilian. I am passionate. I am a any particular product on it. She said: “I’m Chinese so I have thick hair, which I hot-blooded person. If you don’t like spicy, then maybe I’m not for you.” don’t brush, and use different products. I love vintage shopping.” And despite And the ‘Magic Mike’ star believes it takes time to properly fall in love. He her slender frame, Olivia insists she never diets and is always happy to indulge explained: “I think the crazy love that you fall into in the beginning turns in her favorite foods. She said: “I don’t diet. I eat plenty. Lunch was chicken into ‘like’ and ‘need.’ Chris Rock told me that! “He’s like, ‘Kid, you wanna marsala, miso soup, spare ribs. I send up Korean and Indian room service.” The get married? Listen, there’s love, and you can feel love the first night, but actress will next be seen in supernatural thriller ‘Deliver Us From Evil’, which is that’s not what it is. It’s, ‘I like you and I need you.’ “ Joe also admitted he based on a true story and she found it helpful having the person her character loves playing a werewolf on ‘True Blood’ because he is so attracted to is based on set with her. She told the New York Post newspaper’s Page Six col- the smell of a woman. He said: “I’m big into smell. It’s funny I got cast as umn: “The film’s based on a true New York story. I play the real cop’s supportive a werewolf. There’s something about the smell on that part of a woman’s wife. They’re now divorced. But she was on set with me and led me through neck where it meets the jaw, ahhhh! It’s heaven.” August 14 2015. how it all was.”

Nick Cannon Cannon doesn’t want famous kids

ick Cannon doesn’t want his children to be famous. The ‘America’s Got Talent’ host insists he and wife Mariah Carey Nfeel they should share pictures of three-year-old Moroccan and Monroe on their social media accounts because the twins have “fans”, but he doesn’t want them to pursue showbiz careers of their own. He said: “I actually don’t want them to be in the business, but I understand that people have fallen in love with them and [they have] fans and stuff.” However, Nick and Mariah are releasing a children’s book, ‘Roc and Roe’s 12 Days of Christmas’, which features Joe Manganiello the youngsters as their main characters and the ‘Wild ‘N Out’ star is delighted to see his kids “come to life” in print. He said: “They’re like the new Raggedy Ann and Andy, the adventures of Roc ‘n’ Roe,’ to Ella Henderson: MY boyfriend see my kids come to life in a story book and all this other stuff.” In 2012, the 33-year-old star was diagnosed with autoimmune disease lupus and has learned the best way to fight bouts of chronic fatigue is ‘so supportive’ is to stay as busy as possible. He explained in an interview with E! News: “So my concept is, the more that I go and the more that I push and I stay on that regimen [in the gym, eating right], it kinda lla Henderson claims her new boyfriend is “so supportive” of her Adam Levine keeps me going so my body doesn’t get the opportunity to kinda career. The ‘Ghost’ singer, who has been dating Matt Harvey, who be like, ‘Oh, I’m tired.’ “ Elives in her hometown of Grimsby in Lincolnshire, East England, since January, is happier than ever, particularly as she wasn’t looking for love when she met the engineer. She told the Daily Mirror news- Levine wasn’t paid paper: “I don’t want to jinx anything, but it’s been one of the happiest points in my life. “He’s so supportive of me and it’s going great right now. My man and my family are the things that bring something dif- for ‘Begin Again’ ferent to my life and keep me grounded. “This year I wanted to focus dam Levine claims he wasn’t paid for his film debut in the comedy ‘Begin on myself and my career, so finding a relationship was unexpected. Again’. The Maroon 5 frontman plays musician Dave Kohl in the film - It’s just like this bonus thing that makes me so happy.” The 18-year-old which also stars Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo - and has claimed he singer - who shot to fame after appearing on ‘The X Factor’ in 2012 A chose to do the movie for the experience and not the pay cheque. He told USA - admits her career success is “surreal” for Matt, but she credits her rela- Today: “I did this movie for no money. I’m very lucky that I’m in that position. ‘I tionship with her first proper boyfriend for keeping her down to earth. want to have good experiences. I don’t want to do a bunch of that I hate. I want She said: “It must be surreal for my boyfriend to see the situation I’m to treat [acting] completely differently because I have the very fortunate luxury in now. Him and family must think, ‘Oh, how can we make her happy?’ of not having to think of this in terms of money.” Adam, 35, has earned enough She’s got everything she ever dreamed of. But it’s the normal things, money from his band and stint as a coach on the American version of ‘The like sitting at home watching a film with him that can make you the Voice’ that he can afford the luxury of working for free. He is also set to return happiest at times. “It’s that normality - you can’t beat it. Without them to ‘The Voice’ for the NBC show’s seventh series starting in September, the same I wouldn’t be the grounded girl that I am and I plan on staying that month Maroon 5 release their fifth studio album. Meanwhile, Adam, is engaged way.” Ella releases her debut album ‘Chapter One’ in September and to model Behati Prinsloo and the pair plan to marry on July 19 in Mexico. He has had plenty of advice from Simon Cowell, who signed her to his previously admitted he “lost his equilibrium” when he proposed to the brunette Syco record label. She said: “When I sat down at first with Simon Cow- beauty and ended up “on both knees” to pop the question. Talking about his ell he said, ‘Whether this takes three months or three years, it doesn’t fiancee, he said: “She’s incredible and that alone makes me the luckiest person matter. This has got to feel right.’ So I waited until I felt ready. I didn’t in the world.” Ella Henderson want to do anything half-hearted.”—Bang Showbiz lifestyle WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014

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Photo shows what’s left of the towering Maya city now known as Caracol. Jungle ruins and sea life await in tiny Belize he same turquoise waters that lure tourists to Caribbean shadow of its more impressive neighbors, Caracol, Xunantunich destinations slosh around Belize’s island chain. But tiny and Tikal. Cahal Pech - which unflatteringly means “Place of the TBelize has a major advantage in reeling in the holidaymakers Ticks” in Yucatec and Mopan Mayan - sits on the outskirts of San - spectacular Maya ruins tucked away in lush jungle. The nation is Ignacio, a popular base for those exploring Maya ruins. Under the home to more prehistoric buildings than modern-day ones, cover of an encroaching jungle, visitors can get a glimpse of how according to its Institute of Archaeology. the upper crust lived in Maya times through the site’s palace struc- That ancient appeal draws in backpackers eager for adventure tures. The site is also home to a nice example of a Maya ball court. as well as divers ready to gawk at its bustling reefs or plunge into its famed Blue Hole. Belize has all the ingredients for a surf and Barrier reef and blue hole turf vacation - at least for those who don’t mind the odd giant Caye Caulker is a sandy strip of land surrounded by a bounty of cockroach or neon green frog that may invade their jungle sea life. The more laid-back alternative to San Pedro (immortalized dwellings. by the 1987 Madonna hit “La Isla Bonita”), provides a base for the Photo shows visitors in downtown Caye Caulker, Belize. thriftier tourist looking to explore Belize’s nearby barrier reef. The Caves, skeletons and a swim island is crowded with tour companies that ferry visitors to reef Evidence of human sacrifice in Maya times litters the floors of hot spots, such as the intimidating Shark Ray Alley. Nurse sharks the Actun Tunichil Muknal caves, where the skeletons are welded and sting rays were originally drawn to the area by fishermen in place by limestone sediment. Mayan pottery is also frozen in cleaning their catch, but now it’s tour boats that chum the waters. time there, with archeologists opting to leave most artifacts as The fish expectantly clamor around any boat that arrives. Other they were centuries ago. To get to the caves, visitors are led down underwater highlights include an enormous logger turtle that is a gentle jungle trail that includes several river crossings. Next, blind in one eye that hovers around a conch fishermen’s boat, and comes an invigorating swim across a frigid pool of water at the a rainbow of tropical fish. Eerie night snorkeling affords an oppor- cave’s mouth (which is patrolled by a resident vine snake). Water tunity to watch the fish scurry to find a home among the reef winds throughout the cave, and visitors have to squeeze through before darkness falls. When things do turn truly nocturnal, impossible-looking openings before being rewarded with the snorkelers armed with underwater LEDs have the opportunity to archaeological trove. But don’t expect to plaster social media with spot squid, octopus, lobster and crabs. Scuba divers can also catch photos documenting the adventure. Clumsy tourists - including a ride to Belize’s iconic Blue Hole, an underwater sinkhole that’s one who left a camera-sized hole in the skull of a sacrificed child - 1,000 feet wide and 412 feet deep. led to a ban on cameras at the site. Iguana project Pyramid in the jungle Iguana scurry all over San Ignacio thanks in part to the efforts Just a fraction of Caracol, a once powerful Maya city state, has of the Iguana Project, which hatches and releases the critters been unearthed by archaeologists. Once home to 150,000 inhabi- whose eggs are regularly gobbled up by predators in the wild. A tants (nearly twice the population of Belize’s current industrial guided tour of the facility where they’re kept allows tourists to get center, Belize City), the site was lost until a logger stumbled upon up-close-and-personal with the scaly beasts. Among the high- it in the 1930s while in search of mahogany. Nearly a century later, lights is the iguana nursery, where willing participants can be cov- Photo shows vacationers relaxing at Caye Caulker, Belize. 90 percent of it still belongs to the jungle. Shards of ancient pot- ered in a brood of four- to six-month-old bright green iguanas. tery are scattered around the complex, which includes astronomi- Belizeans are prohibited from keeping the lizards as pets, but cal buildings, ball courts, palaces and a 141-foot-tall pyramid that Iguana Project guide Jorge Lopez says locals will eat green igua- remains the tallest man-made structure in Belize. The guttural nas for dinner. And he insists they taste like chicken. The project intonations of howler monkeys and the eerie screech of the yel- works to boost the lizard’s population by releasing 100 to 150 low-tailed bird provide the soundtrack for those wandering iguanas a year. — AP through the massive archaeological site.

Stone woman and El Castillo A modern copy of an ancient This complex of ruins got its Maya name, Xunantunich - mean- frieze on the structure ing “Stone Woman” - from a sun-soaked apparition said to haunt known as El — Castilloa at the site. The city was built up over millennia and its history is the archeological site of sketched out neatly at the newly opened visitor’s center. At the Xunantunich. site itself, the main attraction is the ruin known as “El Castillo,” which towers above the jungle. Four elaborate stucco friezes depicting Maya gods once hugged each side of the building. Now just two remain, and they’re both covered up by fiberglass copies to preserve the originals. Despite its lofty appearance and elaborate decorations, the Castillo likely served as an administrative hub, not a temple, according to the visitor’s center.

Palace, ball court and place of the ticks Even from its perch high up on a hill, Cahal Pech lives in the This undated image provided by The Belize Tourist Board shows an aerial view of the Great Blue Hole, a popular diving site that is part of Belize’s barrier reef. Mini-art meets mini-football in World Cup fan’s works he great moments in World Cup history loom large in the players.” His focus soon turned to World Cup scenes. Football a millionaire with this but I feel very blessed that I have found moved with his Brazilian wife and their young son from Britain memories of football fans everywhere, but in Terry Lee’s and art, plus a heavy dash of nostalgia, can prove irresistible. the perfect work for myself.” to a small town four hours west of Rio de Janeiro. “I always Tstudio, they measure about the size of a thimble. The The figures are sold online for about $20 a piece to clients wanted to live in Brazil. Their footballing culture drew me here,” British artist, who lives in Brazil, has recreated the most famous worldwide. “Naturally, people aged 30 plus have heard of Art as football he told AFP. Notwithstanding the social problems around this and infamous scenes of the sport’s greatest showcase with tiny Subbuteo. It brings back great memories. I have many clients Lee’s current World Cup production line has kept him busy. year’s World Cup-the target of street protests by Brazilians plastic figures from classic table football game Subbuteo. who tell me they buy my figures to get their children interest- “The (Robin) Van Persie header (for Holland against Spain) is angry over the record $11 billion budget-it is “an amazing A mini-Bobby Moore proudly holds the World Cup trophy as ed,” Lee said. Each takes a day or two to complete and is hand- very popular. I am always looking for iconic moments and the event,” he said. “But with it comes the expense. When there is a the England skipper’s teammates hoists him on their shoulders painted “using some very, very fine-hair brushes” in what is now World Cup always delivers,” he said. Suarez’s highs and lows, lot of poverty in a host nation, it is very understandable that at Wembley in 1966. Then Moore embraces a tiny shirtless Pele a full-time job. Daniel Sturridge’s goal celebration for England against Italy, people would rather see the billions spent on making the coun- in Mexico in 1970. Turning toward more recent moments, “There is a lot of sculpting, cutting, sanding and gluing to Lionel Messi and Neymar hitting the target-myriad top names try a safer, healthier place for its citizens,” he said. — AFP Uruguay’s explosive Luis Suarez celebrates scoring against achieve the individuality in each figure,” Lee said. “I will never be are available. Drawn by his passion for football, Lee recently England in Brazil last week. Then he bites Italian Giorgio Chiellini’s shoulder. Zinedine Zidane headbutts Marco Materazzi, Paul Gascoigne cries after being booked and David Beckham stares into the middle distance as he is sent off against Argentina. All are iconic moments from World Cups down the decades now immortalized as figures standing barely four centimeters (1.6 inches) high-save for Mexican goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa, the superstar of his country’s current campaign in Brazil, who is more than twice as big.

From ‘scorpion’ to Suarez Each stems from Lee’s nostalgia for Subbuteo, a table football game that was wildly popular when today’s 30- and 40- somethings were youngsters. “I’ve always loved football. I’ve always had a passion for art but it never seemed to materialize into a career,” said Lee, a 31-year-old who moved to Brazil earlier this year. “I feel very blessed that I can combine two great pas- sions of mine.” It all started with eccentric former Colombia goalkeeper Rene Higuita denying England a goal with his legendary “Scorpion Kick”-not in a World Cup game, but in a friendly at Wembley in 1995. Lee happened to be rummaging through some old Subbuteo pieces at the time. “The eureka moment came when I had amassed a lot of broken Subbuteo figures and wanted to recycle them. This is when I created the Rene Higuita ‘Scorpion Kick,’” he told AFP. “It was instantly a hit online and I realized this is what I should be creating-unique Subbuteo figures of iconic lifestyle WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014

Music & Movies ‘Glee’-type music contest crowns winners in NYC

teenager from suburban Chicago who sang an aching Rawitz sang from “In the Heights” as Usnavi in the ensemble Jason Robert Brown song and another from Georgia number and then “If I Didn’t Believe in You” from Brown’s “The Awho chose to sing “Raise the Roof” - and almost did so - Last Five Years” as a solo. Josey sang Effie Melody White’s “And I have won top honors at the National High School Musical Am Telling You I’m Not Going” from “Dreamgirls” and then Theater Awards. Atlanta resident Jai’Len Josey was named belted out a “Raise the Roof” from Andrew Lippa’s “The Wild best actress and Jonah Rawitz, from the Chicago suburb of Party.” Buffalo Grove, got the best-actor crown Monday night at the The host was Ryan McCartan, who co-stars in “Liv & sixth annual “Glee”-like competition, nicknamed the Jimmy Maddie” on the Disney Channel and “Royal Pains” on USA. He Awards after theater owner James Nederlander. was proof of how far a Jimmy can go: McCartan in 2011 he “I can’t emphasize enough how humbled I am to be within won the competition. Others who have found fame include this crowd of such amazing actors and individuals. I’ve made Eva Noblezada, who was a runner-up in 2013 and now plays so many amazing friends. I feel like I’m part of a family,” said the lead role of Kim in the London revival of “Miss Saigon.” Rawitz. He also thanked him family, especially his mother, who he said taught him to be honest and “how to believe every Overlapping of roles word that I’m saying.” Josey, who is going into her junior year The shows represented on Monday ranged from “Annie Get at Tri-Cities High School, said it was “a dream come true.” Each Your Gun” and “The Drowsy Chaperone” to “Singin’ in the Rain” will receive a $10,000 scholarship award, capping a months- and “Into the Woods.” There was a fair amount of overlapping long winnowing process that began with 60,000 students of roles, with two Jean Valjeans from “Les Miserables,” two from 1,500 schools and ended at the Minskoff Theatre, the Drowsy Chaperones and two Aldolphos from “The Drowsy long-term home of “The Lion King,” which doesn’t perform on Chaperone,” two Usnavis from “In the Heights” and three Mondays. Shreks from “Shrek,” all thrown on stage to duke it out togeth- The 56 teens who made it to New York this year - 28 girls er. A young lady playing Annie Oakley from “Annie Get Your and 28 boys - got a five-day theatrical boot camp at New York Gun” cradles a rifle and another playing the Tin Man held an University’s Tisch School of the Arts, complete with scram- axe. bling to learn an opening and closing group number, per- The four runners-up, who each receive $2,500, were: forming their medley numbers, advice on their solo songs, Mekahi Lee from Charlotte, North Carolina; Matthew Richards plus a field trip to watch “Kinky Boots.” from Logan, Utah; Brooke Solan from Las Vegas; and Sophia Judges were Tony-nominated director Scott Ellis, Rachel Tzougros from Madison, Wisconsin. Andy Karl, from the Hoffman from casting company Telsey + Company, Tony-nom- Broadway musical “Rocky,” stopped by and the whole cast inated producer Arielle Tepper Madover, casting specialist Tara helped him sing “Keep on Standing.”— AP Rubin, Nick Scandalios from the Nederlander Organization, choreographer Sergio Trujillo and NYU’s Kent Gash. Composer Nominees for the National High School Musical Awards perform during the opening number at the 2011 National Stephen Schwartz offered pointers to the teens on Friday. High School Musical Theater Awards at The Minksoff Theatre. ‘E.T.’ return for online age in ‘Earth to Echo’

he similarities between “Earth to Echo” and “E.T.” are It’s a tone that we love that I felt had kind of gone away more than striking. But reviews are mixed on whether it recently,” he told AFP. The movie’s budget ended up around Tis an inspired updating of the Spielberg classic, or a the relatively modest $10 million mark. cheap knockoff. The family fun movie, out in time for “Studios are probably attracted to what could pose itself to America’s 4th of July holiday weekend, recounts a group of be a lean budget with a film,” Green said. Reviews have been children’s adventures when they find a cute-looking alien mostly positive, but included some barbs. Industry journal stranded on Earth and help it to return home, unbeknownst Variety refers to its “disappointingly one-dimensional to their parents. It even includes heavy use of bicycles, approach to story and character” and the “occasionally nause- although not silhouetted against the moon as in the iconic ating handheld camerawork.” image from Steven Spielberg’s 1982 film. “There is an alien and there are kids, who take him home, The Eagles and bikes of course,” said writer Henry Gayden, who made the film-out Wednesday-with first-time feature director Dave Green. “That’s what we really were going after and were The Eagles tour grosses inspired by,” he said in an interview, openly acknowledging the influences of films the 30-something filmmakers grew up watching. One element that could not possibly be from 1982 $145 million in one year is the relentless use of online social media, Google Maps and other technological video tricks that set it firmly in the online hey can cash out any time they want, Square Garden and shows in Los Angeles and age. but why would they ever leave? The Las Vegas, among others. The 2015 leg of the The film is made in the “found footage” style-or rather, like TEagles’ “History of the Eagles” tour, tour kicks off in February for concerts across a home movie put together by one of the three main boy pro- which launched in July 2013, has grossed Australia and New Zealand. tagonists after a spectacular all-night adventure. From that more than $145 million in one year. Launched July 6, 2013 in Louisville, Ky, the point of view, it resembles another Spielberg production: Performing for over 1.1 million fans during “History of the Eagles” has included 87 shows. 2011’s “Super Eigh” by director J.J. Abrams, while other clear the past 12 months, the band’s tour follows The $145 million in sales, while large, is not inspirations include 1985’s “The Goonies.” Teenage schoolboy the release last year of their documentary of unprecedented for legacy rock bands. In the and budding filmmaker Tuck, with his pals Alex and Munch, the same name. Eagles Manager, Irving Azoff, mid-2000s, the Rolling Stones “Licks” tour live in a Nevada neighborhood condemned to demolition to said in a statement: “More than a million scored $300 million, according to Business make way for a freeway or so they think. worldwide fans attending Eagles concerts the Insider. The Eagles have sold more than 120 Their curiosity is sparked when odd signals appear on cell- past twelve months is a testament to the million albums worldwide, earning five No. 1 phones, prompting them to set off on their bikes for one last The Hollywood Reporter said the film “flaunts its obvious band’s ongoing legacy, stature and songs US singles and six Grammy Awards. “Their adventure together, the night before they are due to say their influences with all the fresh novelty of an app update.” that not only stand the test time, but have Greatest Hits 1971-1975” is the best-selling farewells. The signals lead them out into the desert, where “Everything regarding this sci-fi adventure, right down to the become anthems for several generations. The album of all time, exceeding sales of 29 mil- they find the owl-like alien they dub Echo, who has been left movie poster, is blatant regarding its intentions: It clearly sees band is releasing this touring data informa- lion units. The band’s “Hotel California” and stranded on planet Earth and who needs their help to find his itself as E.T. for the Y2K set,” it added. But acknowledging the tion so that those who follow the concert “Their Greatest Hits Volume 2” have sold more way home. irresistible appeal of the alien with glowing neon-blue eyes industry have accurate year over year per- than 16 and 11 million albums, respectively. that speaks in “cute” electronic chirps, The Hollywood Reporter spective and not arbitrarily bifurcate the The Eagles were inducted into the Rock & Roll Undeniable influences said “sometimes even the most shameless of knockoffs can’t highly attended summer concert season as Hall of Fame in 1998. — Reuters While most of the movie is filmed in shaky handcam style, be denied.”— AFP some charts do.” there are some spectacular visual effects, notably when the The “History of the Eagles” 2014 European adventurers are about to be hit head-on by a big rig truck, and tour wraps up July 2 in Lucca, Italy and con- for the earth-moving finale. Director Green cited early Tim tinues with a series of US dates beginning Burton movies and “Ghostbusters” as other influences on his Monday, Aug 25. The late summer/fall leg filmmaking. “They were movies that took you on a bit of a includes dates at New York City’s Madison ride. Those were the movies I grew up watching and loving. Aquino defends Philippine actress snub over drugs hilippines President Benigno Aquino yesterday defended a of fans insisting no one deserved a “national artist” prize more controversial decision he made to withhold a top award than the 61-year-old fondly nicknamed the “Superstar.” Pfrom one of the country’s accomplished film stars because “Ms Nora Aunor has been convicted for drugs and was pun- of a drug conviction. Last month’s snub against multi-award-win- ished for it.... By making her a national artist are we putting out the ning actress Nora Aunor sparked a nationwide furore with millions right message?” Aquino told a news conference aired on national television. “I respect her and I recognize her body of work. But our message of zero tolerance against drugs takes priority.” The Order of National Artist award, issued by presidential proclamation, rec- ognizes a person’s significant contributions to the development of Philippine arts and letters. The honor includes a cash prize, monthly pension for life and a state funeral when the awardee dies. Reacting to the snub, Aunor on Sunday said she was hurt by Aquino’s action but overwhelmed by the public support. “The Filipino masses ... have conferred the highest honor on me, by declaring me the people’s national artist in their hearts,” she said. Six awardees were announced last month, taking the total to just 66, including six in the film industry, since it was created in 1972. From humble beginnings Aunor-born Nora Villamayor-burst onto the entertainment scene in the 1960s as a singer with a powerful, soulful voice. She also starred in movies where her petite, dusky looks broke stereotypes of fair-skinned leading ladies pat- terned after Hollywood. Aunor has won several “Best Actress” awards at local and international film festivals. Last year she took home the “Best Actress” (From second left) Actors Mia Rose trophy at the annual Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong for her Frampton, Rich Williams, Sarah Baker, powerful portrayal of a midwife in the locally produced “Thy Filmmaker Ben Falcone, actress Susan Womb”. But her personal life has suffered several setbacks includ- Sarandon, actor Mark Duplass, filmmaking an arrest in the United States for illegal drug possession, and er Melissa McCarthy, actor Nat Faxon, ties to various scandal-plagued Filipino politicians. In 1972 she executive producer Chris Henchy, pro- campaigned for Ferdinand Marcos who later ruled as a dictator, ducer Kevin J Messick and Toby and she also endorsed the presidential candidacies of fellow Emmerich, President and COO, New Line movie star Joseph Estrada in 1998 and Gloria Arroyo in 2004. Cinema, attend the ‘Tammy’ Los Angeles Current president Aquino has been at odds with all three. — AFP premiere at TCL Chinese Theatre on June 30, 2014 in Hollywood, California. This file photo taken on March 18, 2013 shows Philippine (Inset) Will Ferrell poses on arrival for actress Nora Aunor posing with the Best Actress Award at the premiere of the film ‘Tammy’. —AFP the 7th Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong. — AFP ‘Glee’-type music contest crowns winners in NYC

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A Pakistani vendor arranges prayer beads which worshippers buy for Islamic holy month of Ramadan in Peshawar, Pakistan. — AP Chinese race for artist Xu Beihong’s heroic horses

alloping with the vigour of strong and simple brush father figure of Chinese painting and chaired the Central strokes, the horses painted by late Chinese master Xu Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in Beijing. GBeihong inspired his countrymen in wartime-and now to An exhibition currently on in the Chinese capital, A Master and pay huge sums to treasure them. Xu, who died in 1953, created His Masters, displays 60 of his pictures along with 60 French works horses that pulsed with beauty and bravery just as China was that influenced him. The effects are most visible in his representa- knuckling under Japanese occupation in the 1930s and 1940s, tions of the human body, an essential aspect of his training in imbuing them with realism learned at the prestigious Ecole Paris, said Philippe Cinquini, the show’s curator. Chinese artists Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His works have had virtually stopped depicting the body by the 19th century, soared in desirability at the same time as his country’s leaders pur- whereas the tradition had been developing in the West for 500 sue a national renaissance and strike an aggressive posture in ter- years. “Xu Beihong played a key role in returning the human body ritorial disputes with Japan. “He created his horses mainly during to Chinese painting,” he said. the War of Resistance (against Japan) and put all of his emotion into his paintings,” his son Xu Qingping told AFP. “Horses are very Fifth top artist beautiful, loyal, courageous and they always lead the charge to In recent years several Chinese painters have surpassed tradi- victory. I believe this is why Chinese people love his paintings.” tional Western superstars at international auctions. Three Chinese Having studied animal anatomy in Paris, Xu “came up with a artists were among the global top five for the total value of works special technique, using free brushstrokes, very few lines and only auctioned in 2011, according to world art database Artprice, ink”, he said. Among Xu’s hundreds of horses, the most sought- including Zhang Daqian in first place. Xu was fifth, just behind after are those racing ahead, hooves in the air. Those command- Pablo Picasso. His most expensive work, Cultivation on the ing the highest prices-upwards of $1 million-are shown chest for- Peaceful Land, fetched $42.2 million including buyer’s premium in ward, head tossed to the side. “The horses have expressive poses. Beijing that year. Some are standing, some are galloping, or drinking water by the Purchased almost entirely by Chinese, Xu’s works “do well in river,” said Carmen Ip, a specialist in Chinese art for auction house times of fluctuation”, said Artprice chairman and founder Thierry Sotheby’s. “Under Xu’s strong brush strokes, they are muscular, Ehrmann. But copying is rife in China, and they are among the lean and full of energy. He uses different shades of ink against most replicated paintings, with various owners claiming to have white paper, creating light and shadow effect.” 10,000 of his pieces in total, according to his son-far more than his authenticated actual production of 3,000. It can present risks for French influences his buyers. A painting of a nude attributed to him, The Body of Collectors also value the artwork for the inscriptions that Xu Miss Jiang Biwei, sold for more than $11 million in Beijing four wrote on their foil edge. They often contained a poem, such as years ago, only for scandal to erupt when a group of artists those from the celebrated Tang dynasty (618-907) poet Du Fu, revealed that one of them had painted the image during a class at encouraging people not to give up, Ip said. “This is especially CAFA — 30 years after Xu’s death. — AFP Photo shows a man looking at a Chinese painting named ‘Six Galloping Horses’ during an art exhibit by Xu Beihong at a meaningful during a time of political instability in China,” she said. museum in Beijing. — AFP photos “He was not only a great artist, he was also a passionate patriot.” Several museums in China are dedicated to Xu, who became a

This picture taken on June 30, 2014 shows Thai Muslim women offering prayers as they gather at the central mosque at the start of the month of Ramadan in Thailand’s restive southern province of Pattani.

This picture taken on June 30, 2014 shows Chinese Muslims reading the Quran at a mosque in Tancheng, in eastern China’s Shandong province, at the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan.

Indian workers dry vermicelli, used to make a traditional sweet dish popular during the fasting month of Ramadan, in Kashmiri Muslims pray at the Shah-I-Hamdaan shrine during Ramadan in Srinagar yesterday. Across the Muslim world, the Allahabad yesterday. faithful fast from dawn to dusk, and abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and having sex during that time as they strive to be more pious and charitable. — AFP photos