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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 THULQADA 24, 1436 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Kuwait’s $15m Egypt minister Palestinian Prince Ali donation saved arrested after leader’s almost certain school year for quitting in retirement to stand for Palestinians2 graft probe8 claim14 doubted FIFA19 president Foreign ministry replies to Min 29º Iranian embassy statement Max 42º High Tide 07:00 & 21:30 MPs, ICM slam Tehran over ‘Abdaly cell’ Low Tide 00:45 & 14:20 40 PAGES NO: 16634 150 FILS By A Saleh

Temasek joins KUWAIT: Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Suleiman Al- Jarallah yesterday handed Iranian Ambassador to Kuwait Savola in $5bn Ali Reza Enayati a reply over an Iranian Embassy state- ment on the Abdaly cell. In a press statement, the for- eign ministry said that the reply included clarifications Americana bid about Kuwait’s stance on the issue. The meeting was attended by Kuwait Assistant Foreign Minister for NEW YORK: Singapore’s Temasek Holdings Pte has Protocols Ambassador Dhari Al-Ajran and Deputy teamed up with Saudi Arabia’s Savola Group to bid for Assistant of the Foreign Minister for Asia Affairs Mesaad Middle Eastern fast-food operator Kuwait Food Co in a Al-Thuwaikh. deal that could be valued at between $4 billion to $5 An Al-Qabas newspaper report published yesterday billion, reported Bloomberg yesterday. Talks between had quoted an official source at the foreign ministry as the three companies are ongoing and a deal could be saying that the Iranian ambassador to Kuwait will be reached before the end of the year, according to two summoned if it is proven that Iranian diplomats are people with knowledge of the matter, who asked not involved in the Abdaly cell case. The source added some to be identified as the information is private. JPMorgan people want to harm the country and Gulf relations and Chase & Co is advising Savola, which has a market val- that everyone should realize the danger of this situation. ue of about $8.5 billion, on the talks, the people said. He said security systems are protecting the country and Savola had bid on its own to acquire Americana, as all procedures are being taken to maintain stability. Kuwait Food Co is known, at the end of last year, peo- Kuwaiti lawmakers have strongly deplored Iran after ple with knowledge of the matter said in December. the public prosecution accused 25 Kuwaitis and an Americana was founded in 1964 and is the franchise Iranian of being members of the cell linked to Iran and operator of restaurants such as KFC, TGI Friday’s Inc and Hezbollah and plotting attacks against Kuwait. Several Pizza Hut in the Middle East and North Africa region. It MPs called on Kuwait to take diplomatic actions against also manufactures produce including California Garden Iran including cutting off ties and declaring Hezbollah a beans and Farm Frites frozen vegetables. terrorist group. The reactions against Iran intensified on The Al-Kharafi family, which has interests in the Thursday when the Iranian embassy issued the state- construction, telecommunications and financial sec- ment in which it criticized the public prosecution for tors, owns 66.8 percent of Americana, according to KUWAIT: Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Suleiman Al-Jarallah (right) meets Iranian Ambassador to Kuwait Ali Reza involving Iran in the cell. data compiled by Bloomberg. — Agencies Enayati to hand him a reply to a statement issued by the Iranian Embassy last week on the Abdaly cell. — KUNA Continued on Page 13 Qatar sends 1,000 troops to Yemen Gulf stiffens determination in wake of deaths SANAA: Qatar has sent 1,000 ground positions in Sanaa. A regional Yemeni offi- troops to Yemen, Doha-based Al Jazeera cial in oil-producing Marib province east of Cecil’s killer television said, escalating Gulf Arab inter- Sanaa said the Qatari contingent had vention in Yemen’s war ahead of a planned already “crossed the Al-Wadia border post” offensive against Iranian-backed Houthis between Saudi Arabia and Yemen and was breaks silence holding the capital Sanaa. Qatari pilots heading to Marib - where Hadi loyalists had already joined months of Saudi-led air have been preparing for the thrust MINNEAPOLIS: The Minnesota dentist whose strikes on the Houthi militia, which seized towards Sanaa. Saudi-owned al Arabiya killing of Cecil the lion sparked a global backlash Sanaa a year ago and then advanced satellite network also said Qatari and Saudi emerged for an interview in which he disputed across much of the country, forcing reinforcements had crossed the frontier. some accounts of the hunt, expressed agitation at President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi into The first reported involvement of Qatari the animosity directed at those close to him and exile in March. ground forces in Yemen coincided with an said he would be back at work within days. Walter Military sources told Reuters that Qatari intensification of the conflict a few days Palmer, who has spent more than a month out of troops were on their way to Yemen and after a rocket strike in Marib that killed sight after becoming the target of protests and preparing to join a new push on Houthi Continued on Page 13 threats, intends to return to his suburban DUMA: Palestinian mourners carry the body of Riham Dawabsha, the mother of Minneapolis dental practice today. a Palestinian child killed in the July firebombing of the family’s home, during In an interview Sunday evening conducted joint- her funeral in the cemetery in this West Bank village yesterday. — AFP ly by AP and the Minneapolis Star Tribune that advisers said would be the only one granted, Palmer said again that he believes he acted legally and that Mother of Palestinian boy he was stunned to find out his hunting party had killed one of Zimbabwe’s treasured animals. “If I had killed in settler attack dies known this lion had a name and was important to the country or a study obviously I wouldn’t have tak- DUMA: The mother of a Palestinian child They began at a school renamed after en it,” Palmer said. “Nobody in our hunting party killed when their family home was fire- her son and continued to a nearby ceme- knew before or after the name of this lion.” bombed was buried yesterday after dying tery. Palestinian authorities called for Cecil was a fixture in the vast Hwange National of her wounds, amid renewed calls for three days of mourning and ordered flags Park and had been fitted with a GPS collar as part of Israel to crack down on Jewish extremism. to be flown at half-mast. The attack by Oxford University lion research. Palmer said he shot Teacher Riham Dawabsha, who turned 27 Jewish extremists also killed Riham’s 18- the big cat with the black mane using an arrow from on Sunday, died overnight at a Tel Aviv month-old son, Ali Saad Dawabsha, who his compound bow outside the park’s borders but it hospital where she was being treated for died on the night of the attack. Her hus- didn’t die immediately. He disputed conservationist severe burns sustained in the July 31 band, Saad, succumbed to his injuries in accounts that the wounded lion wandered for 40 attack in the West Bank village of Duma. early August. Their four-year-old son hours and was finished off with a gun, saying it was Palestinians marched alongside her body Ahmed is now the sole survivor of the tracked down the next day and killed with an arrow. during the funeral in the village yesterday, immediate family and he is still in hospital. Continued on Page 13 ABU DHABI: Wounded Emirati soldier Mohammed Ali shows a victory sign as he some chanting “Israel - terrorist state”. Continued on Page 13 rests on his bed at the Zayed Military Hospital yesterday. — AP Algerians let hair down at mall ALGIERS: Young people don’t have many places to In a country where three-quarters of the population socialize in conservative Algeria. But now the North is under 35, new malls are sprouting up for youths like African’s country’s youth are discovering something Rym and Meriem who don’t have many other places to their counterparts in the West embraced a generation hang out. Attracted by Algeria’s economic growth and ago: the shopping centre. And away from family pres- rising income levels, investors have recently opened sures, against this new backdrop of massive car parks, shopping centres in the capital, second city Oran and shiny floors, benches and fountains, they are letting the northeastern city of Setif, with others planned or their hair down. The enormous Bab Ezzouar mall, under construction. opened in 2010 in a new business district near the “They’re not just somewhere to shop but also Algiers airport, was Algeria’s first major shopping centre. somewhere to socialize,” explains Tahar Drici, a sociolo- For the last five years, its cinemas, bowling alley and gist at the University of Algiers. At the end of the coffee shops have provided a venue for those seeking 1990s, Algerians started to emerge from a devastating to escape the prying eyes of relatives and neighbors. decade of civil war between the army and Islamists. With its dimmed lights and thumping music, the bowl- “The end of terrorism has made people want to enjoy ing alley feels like a night club. Young men and women life and go out, and these centres have made it possi- - many of them without the traditional Islamic veil - ble, as young men and women can meet there to flirt play billiards. “I come to flirt,” declares Rym, a young far from the disapproving gaze of relatives.” The man- woman in a tight pair of jeans from the southeastern ager of a provincial shopping centre agrees: “It’s not city of Constantine. Meriem, 18, says she comes for the uncommon to see youth of all ages flirting in our cen- privacy afforded by a crowd. “The great thing is there tres. It’s the perfect place for it. Young women can tell are lots of people, so it’s unlikely that you’ll bump into their parents that they’re going shopping without it ALGIERS: Algerians spend time at the entertainment area of the Bab Ezzouar commercial centre in the capi- someone you know. Sometimes, I take my veil off and sounding suspicious.” tal on Aug 29, 2015. — AFP only put it back on when I leave. I’m not the only one.” Continued on Page 13 LOCAL TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

PM, Pope meeting to be exceptional: diplomat

VATICAN CITY: The upcoming visit by His Highness the Prime Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al- Hamad Al-Sabah to Vatican City and his meeting with Pope Francis will be an exceptional event that will build bridges of understanding and tolerance, a Kuwaiti diplomat said yesterday. Speaking to KUNA, Kuwait’s Ambassador to Switzerland and Non-Resident Envoy to the Vatican Bader Al-Tunaib said that the meeting, expected for Thursday, will be an important event in the history of Kuwaiti-Vatican relations due to the fact that this is Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak’s first meeting with the Pope. The meeting is expected to focus on developing Kuwaiti-Vatican ties in addition to coordinating measures to promote peace, dialogue and understanding amongst people of the world, said the Ambassador. In 1969, Kuwait was the first Gulf nation to establish diplomatic ties with the Vatican. The first embassy for the Vatican in the GCC KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah meets His His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah meets Kuwait Ports region was opened in Kuwait in 1992. — KUNA Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. — KUNA Authority’s (KPA) Director General Sheikh Yusuf Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah. Amir, Crown Prince receive officials

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Meanwhile, His Highness the Crown Yusuf Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah Al-Nasser Al- Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received Al-Sabah, the First Deputy Prime Minister Prince received Chief of the National Sabah as well as Chairman and Director at Bayan Palace yesterday His Highness the and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Security Apparatus Sheikh Thamer Ali General of Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al- Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and Acting Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Kuwait Ports Sheikh Mubarak Al-Duaij Al-Ibrahim Al- Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Prime National Assembly Speaker Ahmad Hajji Lari. Authority’s (KPA) Director General Sheikh Sabah. — KUNA Cabinet holds weekly meeting

KUWAIT: The Cabinet’s weekly meeting was held under the chairmanship of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah at Bayan Palace yesterday. After the meeting, Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh MANAMA: Prime Minister of Bahrain Prince Khalifa bin Mohammad Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al- Salman Al-Khalifa meets Kuwaiti Ambassador Sheikh Sabah said that meeting discussed a letter Azzam Mubarak Al-Sabah. — KUNA from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El- Sisi to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Bahrain keen on Arab Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah thanking him for attending the opening of new Suez countries’ security Canal. Letters to His Highness the Amir from President of Gambia Yahya Jammeh MANAMA: Bahrain is keen on protecting the security of on the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Arab countries, Prime Minister of Bahrain Prince Khalifa bin (OIC) and from President of the Central Salman Al-Khalifa affirmed yesterday. This statement came African Republic Catherine Samba-Panza during Prince Khalif’s reception of several Ambassadors to on bilateral ties were also tackled. Manama including Kuwait’s Sheikh Azzam Mubarak Al- The meeting also discussed a visit which Sabah. Prince Khalifa affirmed that Arab countries should will be made by His Highness the Prime stand to gather against threats, saying that unity will con- Minister to the Vatican, Italy, on September quer all obstacles posed against Arab countries. He called 9-12 to promote bilateral ties. The premier for reinforcing Arab efforts against attempts to destabilize will be accompanied by First Deputy Prime the region, stressing that security of the Arab world was a Minister and Foreign Minister Sabah Khaled paramount objective. — KUNA Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sheikh Khaled Al- Jarrah Al-Sabah, Deputy Foreign Minister KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Sabah chairs the cabinet’s meeting yesterday. — KUNA Ambassador Khaled Suleiman Al-Jarrallah result of his latest visit to the US which focused on the latest development in the to Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al- and a number of senior officials at the aimed at promoting security ties at all lev- Middle East region, especially those that Saud and Bahraini King Hamad bin Essa Al- Foreign Ministry. els. The Kuwaiti minister held talks with US concern terrorism. The meeting tackled Khalifa on the martyrdom of their soldiers Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh report on Kuwait food security and deci- who were part of Saudi-led Arab coalition Security ties Johnson, Director of the Central sions made during a meeting of the for restoring legitimacy in Yemen. Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister and Intelligence Agency John O. Brennan and Supreme Council for Planning and Moreover, the meeting touched upon the Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Director of the Federal Bureau of Development on June 9. latest regional and international develop- Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah discussed the Investigation James Comey. The talks The Cabinet expressed its condolences ments. — KUNA Arab FMs to discuss initiatives for resolving Syrian conflict

CAIRO: Deputy Secretary-General UAE yesterday. Chairman of the of the Arab League Ambassador UAE Journalist Association, UNRWA Commissioner General Pierre Krahenbuhl. Ahmad Ben Helli announced yes- Mohammad Yousef stressed in a terday that Arab foreign ministers press statement, after the meet- Kuwait’s $15m will meet tomorrow to discuss the ing that was held at the Arab initiatives for peaceful resolution League headquarters, on the saved school year to the conflict. importance of celebrating Arab The meeting, to be attended Media Day set by Arab for Palestinians by United Nations and Arab Information Ministers in their League envoy to Syria Staffan de 46th session held in Cairo. KUWAIT: Kuwait’s generous donetion of $15 million saved Mistura, will discuss the latest Yousef suggested the estab- the school year for Palestinian refugees, the United Nations development in the conflict. lishment of Arab Media Forum to Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near Moreover, the Arab League on discuss issues that concern Arab East (UNRWA) Commissioner General Pierre Krahenbuhl Wednesday will host its 144th ses- media. He affirmed the impor- said yesterday. sion of permanent delegates to tance of media rule in enlighten- Krahenbuhl, in a statement to Al-Qabas newspaper, be presided by the United Arab ing the communities subjectively lauded Kuwait’s support to UNRWA through the years, Emirates, Ben Helli added. and transparently. He added that affirming that Kuwait was always there in time of need. The Deputy Secretary-General Arab media experts agreed to When UNRWA announced that a deficit of $101 million might affect the school year at the agency’s schools, of the Arab League also revealed adopt “Media Role in Fighting Kuwait was amongst the first nations to respond to the that the upcoming session will Terrorism” as a slogan for Arab emergency with its generous donation, said the official, address 27 issues on the agenda, Media Day which will be held on KUWAIT: Ahmadi Governor Sheikh Fawaz Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah yesterday received Dr Abdul adding that both the UAE and Saudi Arabia combined primarily the Palestinian conflict April 21, 2016. Aziz Yousif Al-Ahmad, the author of the ‘Arab and Muslim Sciences and Scientists’ encyclopedia. Dr donations reach $49 million. He reiterated URWA gratitude and the crisis in Yemen. Others Meanwhile, Assistant Secretary Ahmad presented a copy of his 650 pages book as a gift to the governor. towards the three GCC nations. issues to be discussed include the General, Head of Media and Regarding the presence of Syrian and Iraqi refugees at situation in Libya and the latest Communication sector at League UNRWA’s camps, the official affirmed that the agency’s sup- developments in the Arab League of Arab states, Haifa Abu Int’l oil reserves at record port will continue as it is despite the alarming increase of itself. Ghazalah, pointed out the Arab refugees. Krahenbuhl touched on the situation of UNRWA Media Award for 2016 will be giv- 2.1 million bpd: expert in the Gaza Strip and said that the Israeli blockade contin- Arab media en to printed press, TV and radio ues to severely affect the agency’s efforts there. UNRWA has Separately, Arab media experts and modern media. The events KUWAIT: Kuwaiti oil expert expected international 685 schools hosting some 500,000 Palestinian students in responsible for preparing for Arab will also honor elite media figures oil reserves to rise to a record level of 2.1 million Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Media Day concluded their first and journalist who had fallen vic- barrel per day in 2015, leading to a rise in offer The staff at these schools reached some 22,000. — KUNA meeting which was headed by tims in conflict zones. — KUNA against demand. The situation will improve in 2016 as oil overflow will be reduced to 700, 000 bpd, oil expert Mohammad Al-Shatti told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) yesterday. The oil market is seeing many challenges in 2015, including the oil overflow, the improvement in oil drilling production in the US, the rise of US dollar and fears from the unstable condition of China’s economy, he noted. China has been playing a key role in the increase in oil demands in the past ten years, said Shatti, adding that the slow growth rate of Chinese econo- my affects commerce and economy in Asia and Latin America. Mohammad Al-Shatti Meanwhile, Shatti noted that the overflow in 900,000 bpd in 2015 compared to 2014, said Shatti. GCC oil offer since April plays a role in the unstable The rate is expected to go down to 300,000 bpd or currency exchange rates. Oil markets need to see a less in 2016 compared to 2015, due to the weak recovery in refineries’ profits, which will encourage crude oil prices, he noted. raising the performance rate of these refineries in The expert went on to say that Iraq’s current pro- winter time from October until the end of March duction rate at four million bpd is expected to con- 2016, said the expert. tinue for another two years. Moreover, he expected The overflow in oil production is also affecting the Iranian oil to be back in the markets after April crude oil prices, he noted, adding that prices are or September 2016, which will play a role in keeping expected to range between $40 to 50 per barrel in prices balanced. He also noted that prices are the coming months. The expert noted that there a expected to rise between $55 and 65 next year, with few positive signs that could bring back balance to a rise in demands on OPEC oil by one million bpd. KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry hosted a meeting yesterday with representatives from different state departments to dis- the markets, including a decrease in US oil produc- Shatti added that there are other positive signs cuss a traffic security plan that the ministry has launched in parallel with the start of the 2015/16 academic year. The tion by 500,000 bpd between June 2015 and that could benefit the oil market, including a drop in Interior Ministry’s Relations and Security Media Department’s Director Brigadier Adel Al-Hashash, Information Ministry’s January 2016. production in Russia, Mexico and the North Sea, and Undersecretary Tariq Al-Marzam, Deputy Director General at Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) Saad Al-Ali and other officials The US oil production rate rose by 1.6 million a stable production rate in OPEC member-states by attended the meeting. bpd in 2014 compared to 2013, while it rose by about 31.5 million barrel daily. — KUNA TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 LOCAL Dr Firas Hamdan speaks about the benefits of medical tourism

By Nawara Fattahova elled to Mexico for plastic surgeries for cost price or to get away from home and come back with a KUWAIT: Medical tourism, especially the aesthet- new look. ic type, has become more popular in the past few years. Some countries became known as destina- KT: What are the most popular destina- tions for beauty and majority of visitors are trav- tions? elling there to come back to their countries more Dr Hamdan: Medical tourism in the GCC beautiful. For instance, when a plane coming became more common after it was taboo to talk from Iran arrives, it is normal to see tens of pas- about plastic surgeries in the past. The first main sengers with white plasters on their noses. destination was Beirut in Lebanon, for many rea- Rabab have chosen to get her nose done in sons, including the ambiance, weather, location Iran after she was shocked to find out that the and, of course, for the talent of the Lebanese next available appointment at the clinic of one of doctors, as more than 60 percent of them were the most popular doctors in Kuwait is not after trained in Europe, Canada and the US. Then Syria more than a year and that the price of a rhino- became a good destination, because pricewise, it plasty (nose plastic surgery) will cost her KD was better than Lebanon. And now, we see more KUWAIT: Education minister Dr Bader Al-Essa lays the foundation stone for 2,500. So Rabab travelled to Iran and got her people travelling to Iran especially for the two Abdulrazzaq Al-Basir Secondary School in Rumaithiya. nose done in a week for KD 700. Ghada, on the main surgeries: hair transplant and rhinoplasty. other hand, suffered from extra kilos that just Also, Turkey became popular especially for hair Curricula development plan to wouldn’t shed even with training or by dieting. transplant, and also because they provide pack- She went for a liposuction at a local hospital and ages for families to have fun. Dubai also became be submitted to cabinet: Minister was not satisfied with the results and worse, a new destination for medical tourism especially experienced great pain. After about 10 months, for the GCC residents, as it offers many facilities KUWAIT: A plan to develop school curricu- Separately, in its celebration of the Ghada decided to go to Lebanon for another sur- aside from that, including shopping, entertain- la has been recently completed and will be International Literacy Day on September gery and she was completely satisfied. ment, beaches and other activities. It’s also a submitted to the cabinet with the atten- eighth, Kuwait reiterated its stance to fur- Unlike Rabab and Ghada, some patients find it popular destination for the doctors from differ- Dr Firas Hamdan dance of a representative from the World ther bring down illiteracy rates in the coun- difficult to travel especially for security reasons or ent nationalities who visit the country providing Bank, Minister of Education and Minister of try. In joint celebration with UNESCO, procedure outside, go home and then something because of additional expenses. In such cases, the their services. In Dubai, I have met doctors from Higher Education Dr Bader Hamad Al-Essa Kuwait will commemorate the day under happens. I met with such cases when I was work- specialist doctor who may be visiting a country is the US, Australia, Italy and other countries. Dubai said. The plan is a part of a strategy to pro- the slogan (literacy and sustainable devel- ing in the US, and patients came with medical the next best alternative. This trend is especially became popular after the instability in Egypt, mote the overall education system in opment). With a continuous solemn effort, mistakes done in Mexico, and sometimes they common in Kuwait and other GCC countries. Syria and even Lebanon; thus the price here is Kuwait in cooperation with the World Bank, Kuwait managed to bring down illiteracy had infections, which was harder especially dur- Kuwait Times met Dr Firas Hamdan, a special- higher, as the doctors are flying to Dubai to pro- Essa told KUNA on the sideline of a ceremo- from 48.3 in 1970 to 3.8 in 2013, a percent- ing travelling. This is the reason why I work with a ist doctor from Lebanon who also provides his vide the service, at the same time, the patients ny held for laying the foundation stone for age which reflects Kuwait true crusade for team in the countries I visit including Kuwait and services in the GCC, including Dubai, Kuwait and are flying there to get the work done and the Abdulrazzaq Al-Basir Secondary School in better education and development. Kuwait Dubai, so even after I leave, the team takes care of Riyadh. Dr Hamdan is a consultant of plastic sur- hotels are already expensive. Rumaithiya. The project, whose costs hit KD national commission for Education, Science, them if they need any help. I am in contact with gery who trained and worked in Florida from 3.679 million, is due to be completed in and Culture, part of UNESCO, said that illit- my patients in these countries and they can ask 1991 to 2006 after graduating from the American KT: What about your visits to Kuwait? two years’ time to offer places for 700 stu- eracy amongst men was down from 3.7 per- any questions through phone or e-mail. University of Beirut where he completed a Dr Hamdan: I prefer that the doctor comes to dents. cent in 2010 to reach 3.3 in 2013 while the Bachelor’s Degree (BSc) in Biology and earned his Kuwait to provide the patient with the cosmetic The minister referred to dilapidated number for women was at 5.4 percent in KT: What is new in medical tourism? Medical Degree (MD). In 1997, Dr Hamdan start- procedure. Personally, I prefer to come here so schools saying certain conditions did not 2010 to reach 4.5 percent in 2013. Dr Hamdan: I always follow the latest tech- ed his private practice in Florida and in 2006, the Kuwaitis are in the comfort of their home, allow pulling them down and rebuilding According to the Ministry of Education nology and I do a lot of research in this field. My returned to Lebanon to launch his private clinic, especially for the bigger surgeries such as body them anew. But the ministry has recently in 2014, the number of literacy centers in latest focus is on body sculpting, specifically non- in addition to providing his services in other GCC contouring or sculpting where the patient needs removed obstacles that hindered such edu- recent years reached 85 with the number of scarring body sculpting. Here, I try to avoid the states. more care and it’s better for them to be home. I cational projects, he noted. students reaching around 20,000 while the creation of big scars, and of course the quality of usually come between September to June. Meanwhile, arrangements are in full educational staff numbered at around the skin helps in this process. Now, we use Vaser, KUWAIT TIMES (KT): What is your experi- swing for the new school year 2014-2015 3,267. Also as part of Kuwait’s mission to which includes different technologies, all in one, ence in medical tourism? KT: What are the benefits and disadvan- that starts in few days, he said. State elevate education in the country, the state including laser and radio frequency. Also, this Dr Hamdan: I am very well exposed to med- tages? schools have accepted 2,500 illegal resi- took decisions to allocate a large sum of field is always developing, so now, instead of ical tourism, which can either be when the doc- Dr Hamdan: The benefit of medical tourism is dent students who met the conditions, the the budget and direct it towards the all lev- using 3D we use the 4D body sculpting tech- tor travels to the patient or the patient travels to you get to pick a nice destination and find a good minister also said, noting that there is a els of education, resulting in the spending nique, combining all the techniques, to get the the doctor which is more common. The US mod- doctor that you can trust and perform the cos- room for double that figure. Assistant of around 14.8 and 4.3 percent of the local patient the best result. As for other procedures, el of medical tourism was when Americans trav- metic procedure; the flip side of it is if you do the Undersecretary for Educational Facilities income and state budget respectively the non-surgical face lift is popular lately. and Planning at the Ministry of Education towards education in 2012. UNESCO’s Khaled Al-Rasheed said meanwhile that International Literacy Day was first cele- they have an ambitious construction plan. brated in 1966 as a measure to highlight He added that other three schools would the importance of literacy for all sectors of be built in Rumaithiya this year. society. — KUNA 6,000 Kuwaitis study in Jordan

AMMAN: More than 6,000 Kuwaitis are Kuwaitis studying in Jordan to the quality registered in public and private universi- of education, “excellent” relations between ties in Jordan, Head of Kuwait Cultural the two countries and safe environment. Office in the Hashemite Kingdom Dr He said Kuwait was dispatching academic Mohammad Al-Dhafeeri said yesterday. and administrative delegations to assess He was speaking on the sidelines of an education quality in Jordan before orientation for around 200 Kuwaiti stu- endorsing them. Dhafeeri said the cultural dents who would be starting their univer- office was helping fresh students with reg- sities studies for the 2015-16 academic istration, obtaining a university ID, health Kuwait National Guard year, majoring in medicine, dentistry, insurance, opening of bank account and a physical therapy, Arabic language and reli- mobile phone number. He noted that the launch training season gious studies. office finalized the registration of 90 per- Dhafeeri attributed the high number of cent of the students. — KUNA KUWAIT: Kuwait National Guard (KNG) launched His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah, KNG will concentrate on combat readiness of all secu- its 2015 - 2017 training season following an Vice President Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber rity and military sectors, as well as enhancing advanced planning to implement instructions of Al-Sabah and KNG Undersecretary Lieutenant shooting levels and physical fitness of all KNG the higher leadership, National Guard President General Engineer Hashim Al-Refae. The training members. More raids against violating companies soon: Al-Subaih MP proposes helping Syrians in Kuwait

By A Saleh including many points to help Syrians living in Kuwait and facilitate their stay. Huraiji’s propos- KUWAIT: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor als included granting Syrians with expired resi- Hind Al-Subaih stressed her willingness to dency a one-year renewable temporary residen- respond to a grilling motion MP Mohammed cy visa, allowing resident Syrians to file for Tana Al-Enezi plans to file against her in the dependant visas excluding wage and job condi- coming parliamentary term. Subaih said more tions, having the Zakat House assist Syrian fami- inspection campaigns would be launched lies, having the private education fund pay for against violating companies hiring workers ille- their children’s school tuitions and exempting gally. She also admitted that corruption exists visa violators from deportation. within her ministry, adding that as part of the process of fighting corruption, she had already Arresting denied KUWAIT: The Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) announced yesterday that it dis- dismissed those indicted. The Jordanian interior ministry strongly tributed 120 school bags to families registered in its students’ assistance program in denied reports alleging that a Kuwaiti lawmaker Kuwait. — KUNA Syrians in Kuwait and a Kuwaiti woman were arrested with posses- MP Saud Al-Huraiji yesterday filed a proposal sion of $22 million on arriving from Iraq. Hind Al-Subaih Storage in govt projects will require approval

By Hanan Al-Saadoun

KUWAIT: Representatives of concerned departments at state ministries agreed to amend existing regulations with regards to storage in government projects, Engineer Ahmad Al-Manfouhi, Acting Director General of Kuwait Municipality said. “The storage and other works at the location should take place after receiving approvals from the fire direc- torate, finance ministry and all concerned departments and after the rights are incurred by the storage through the government department supervising the project and after informing the municipality about the work before KUWAIT: Director General of Kuwait Fire Services Directorate (KFSD) Lieutenant starting it,” Manfouhi said. He added that the municipality General Yousuf Al-Ansari signed a contract with Mohammad Abdelmohsen Al- always seeks to ease government procedures to imple- Kharafi Company, represented by General Manager Ahmad Jassim Al-Kharafi to sup- ment development projects and remove all obstacles, ply the department with fire equipment at a value of KD 6,336,838. The equipment which comes in reducing the documentary cycle and will be imported from Italy and Austria through a supply period between 12 and 14 through cooperation with the states’ various departments KUWAIT: Acting Director General of Kuwait Municipality Ahmad Al-Manfouhi chairs months. — By Hanan Al-Saadoun in order to implement its projects as quickly as possible. the meeting yesterday. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 LOCAL

In Brief Crown Prince patronizes Draw for 332 South Educational center fish campaign ceremony Al-Mutla units soon inaugurated in Albania KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Ambassador to Albania Najib Al- KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Housing Welfare Bader inaugurated Sheikh Nader Al-Nouri educational Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah will patronize (PAHW) announced yesterday that the draw cards for center in the Albanian city of Delvina yesterday. The the final ceremony for the campaign to enrich fish some 332 housing units in South Al-Mutla area will be center, funded by Kuwaiti people’s donations, is part of stock in Kuwait, organized by Kuwait Institution distributed soon. PAHW said the draw will be held several development projects executed by Kuwait in for Scientific Research (KISR). His Highness will be tomorrow at 9:00 am at the authority’s headquarter. Albania to improve education. The center provides represented by Minister of Oil and Minister of The South Mutla project is located just 40 kilometers specialized courses for English and Arabic languages, State for National Assembly Affairs Ali Al-Omair in north of Kuwait City, and consists of 30,400 housing as well as computer skills courses among other key the ceremony to be held today. — KUNA units, each of 400 square-meters’ space. — KUNA educational subjects.— KUNA Photo of the day

KUWAIT: Newspaper boxes: An old means of marketing that still exists in an era dominated by multi-media and the spread of social media. — KUNA Agreement to improve services to people with special needs

KUWAIT: The Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) Over more than two decades, KISR has been providing other official bodies and public benefit societies to Special Needs Affairs Dr Tareq Al-Shatti highlighted the and the Public Authority for Special Needs Affairs signed a technical support to the disabled through leading offer services to this category of people. Providing scientific, technological and research potential at KISR. memorandum of agreement yesterday to upgrade the regional projects, such as Al-Noor Printing House to pro- technical support in the field of special needs is a part This enables it to provide various scientific researches for services offered by the latter. The cooperative agreement vide schools books for the blind. Other major projects of KISR’s 8th Strategic Plan, he said, noting the institute the people with special needs, he added. The agreement will seek to facilitate education for people with special include Jassem Al-Kharafi printing house that offers enjoys the scientific and research expertise as well as provides for coordination between both sides to guaran- needs, further merging them in the society and providing books, magazines, Holy Quran and periodicals printed in specialists, making it a leading research source in the tee efficiency of the services offered to those people them with new job opportunities, KISR’s Director Dr Naji Braille. country. through organizing training courses for the authority’s Al-Mutairi said after the signing ceremony. Mutairi noted that KISR is cooperating with many Meanwhile, chairman of the Public Authority for personnel and leading scientific projects. — KUNA

KUWAIT: KISR director Dr Naji Al-Mutairi and Chairman of the Public Authority for Special Needs Affairs Dr Tareq KISR director Dr Naji Al-Mutairi and Chairman of the Public Authority for Special Needs Affairs Dr Tareq Al-Shatti Al-Shatti shake hands after signing the agreement. — KUNA are seen during the press conference. GCC water, electricity Kuwait seeks GCC support for ICJ role panel meeting kicks off in Doha DOHA: Kuwait requested the GCC countries delegation to the UN headquarters in New to support the candidacy of Attorney at the York, said Zamanan. DOHA: The 28th preparatory meeting for the GCC Water and Court of Cassation and Supreme Judicial According to ICJ statute, the UN Secretary Electricity Cooperation Committee kicked off in Doha yesterday to Council Advisor Abdul-Hadi Abdul Razak Al- General of the organization’s legal advisors discuss a number of important topics pertaining to water and elec- Attar for the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will send letters prior to the candidacy date to tricity. GCC Assistant Secretary-General for Economic and membership in 2018, said an official yesterday Kuwait so that it would name its nominee for Development Affairs Abdullah Bin Juma Al-Shibli said in his opening in Doha. This request came during the 19th the position. remarks at the meeting that the committee has been a key player in meeting for GCC Justice undersecretaries. ICJ is the primary judicial branch of the improving water and electricity services among the GCC countries Kuwait’s Ministry of Justice Undersecretary United Nations. It is based in The Hague, through setting up a comprehensive water strategy and establishing Dr Bader Al-Zamanan said that the request Netherlands. Its main functions are to settle a GCC interconnected power grid. The meeting tackles means of will be discussed in the upcoming ministerial legal disputes submitted to it by states and to achieving a sustainable development for water and electricity sector meeting to be held in Doha on October 6. The provide advisory opinions on legal questions among the GCC countries, attaining water security, boosting the process of promoting Al-Attar’s candidacy will submitted to it by duly authorized interna- capacity of water storage and raising awareness of water and elec- be done in coordination with the Ministry of tional branches, agencies, and the UN General DOHA: Kuwait’s Ministry of Justice Undersecretary Dr Bader Al-Zamanan tricity consumption. — KUNA Foreign Affairs and the Kuwaiti permanent Assembly. — KUNA attends the 19th meeting for GCC Justice undersecretaries. — KUNA TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 LOCAL CBK opens workshop on combating terror funding, money laundering

By Faten Omar

KUWAIT: The Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) recently adopted a training program directed to the officials and staff of exchange companies who registered with the CBK, which are currently 40 companies, in order to devel- op the capabilities and achieve the full realization of the regulatory requirements when practicing the profession. The workshop, which started yesterday at Souk Al-Watya, highlighted the importance of combating terrorist financing and how to prevent money laundering through follow-up with relevant international organiza- tions. On the sidelines of the workshop, Abdulhameed Dawoud Al-Awadh, Director of Administration Field Control of CBK, said the Central Bank of Kuwait is a pio- neer in the development and updating of laws to combat money laundering and terrorist financing through Law No 106/2013, which includes all international require- ments in this field. “These workshops will be organized by the Central Bank of Kuwait on a regular basis during the months of Jazeera Airways hosts March and September of each year,” Director Awadh said KUWAIT: Abdulhameed Al-Awadh, Director of adding the Central Bank will hold additional workshops, Administration Field Control at CBK speaks at the work- if there are any developments in this field. shop. — Photo by Joseph Shagra class of Proteges 2015 fied through a clear plan as sanctions can gradually esca- International decisions late to these agencies through the imposition of sanc- As for the follow-up on international decisions with tions, sometimes of up to KD 500,000. KUWAIT: In an initiative to attract more youth to pursue Part of their day at Jazeera Airways, the students visited regards to money laundering and terrorism financing, careers in the aviation sector, Jazeera Airways granted the different areas of the airline’s operations, getting an inside Director Awadh noted that after the adoption of Proteges class of 2015 exclusive access to Jazeera Airways look on how the airline consistently maintains operational Full realization Resolution 5/2014, the Central Bank of Kuwait issued a About the workshop, Director Awadh added that the operations through a day of workshops and visits to different excellence and an on-time performance that’s one of the guidance to the banks and exchange companies in sites led by the airline’s executives. highest in the Middle East. Governor of the Central Bank of Kuwait, Dr Mohammad December 2014 to check on the list of companies and Al-Hashel is keen to communicate with the units under The Proteges is a training initiative that aims to positively Hudaid said, “Every safe and on-time takeoff is the product individual violators identified by the UN Security Council influence the youth of Kuwait to pursue careers in the private of tens of professionals working together across various disci- the control of the Bank in order to develop the capacity directly through its website, and check on a daily basis of workers to achieve the full realization of the require- sector by developing both their leadership skills and their plines and areas of expertise. Delivering a high on-time per- for updates. understanding of how businesses work. The class of 2015 formance month on month is not only a primary indicator for ments of the regulatory. He noted that the Bank began Director Awadh pointed out that the Central Bank of comprises 25 students. operational excellence, but is also an indicator of great team- organizing workshops on a regular basis among units Kuwait is keen to apply the laws through inspection tasks The visit was kicked off by a briefing on the airline business work and commitment by our teams, who we are very proud under their supervision, which started at the end of last and history, as well as the aviation industry by Chief Operating of.” on each subject with the supervision of banking units year. Officer and Accountable Manager Abdullah Al-Hudaid. The student’s exclusive access to Jazeera Airways also throughout the year to ascertain the extent of its com- Director Awadh said that with the success of the pre- Hudaid said, “It was a pleasure to host the Proteges class of included a visit to the hangar, where they were briefed by AVP, mitment to the application of laws. The Director added vious two workshops, Central Bank of Kuwait is keen to 2015 and to introduce them into our exciting world of avia- Maintenance Kassem Mossolly on the various stages of flight that the Central Bank will also make sure that exchange continue to provide these workshops, noting the most tion. At Jazeera Airways, we are always looking for new talent preparations, including fueling, ground preparations, and air- companies will give the person sending the money a important goals of the present workshop is to clarify the to be part of our growth story, and reaching out to students craft systems checks. form to fill up with all his financial details, including requirements of received instructions and circulars since before making their career decisions enables us to influence The visit was concluded with an open forum on board an salary and the amount of money he will send. it was revealed through inspection tasks or office follow- more candidates to pursue careers in aviation, which is one of aircraft with Jazeera Airways Vice President for Marketing and He explained authorities not bound by the notes are up that there is a need to increase awareness on these the fastest growing areas in Kuwait’s private sector”. Product Dr Mohammed Barakat. urged to follow these observations and the dates speci- matters.

(From left) Eng Manar Al-Hashash, Ali Al-Ibrahim, Eman Al-Awadhi and Khalil Al-Hamar. Representatives of KIPCO Group and Tmkeen in a group photo. KIPCO Group, Youth Empowerment Organization launch Tmkeen Award for Young Entrepreneurs

KUWAIT: KIPCO - the Kuwait Projects Company - has partnered She added: “To offer the greatest support to entrepreneurs, He added: “We are delighted to be partnering with KIPCO with the Youth Empowerment Organization (Tmkeen) to KIPCO Group companies will be offering the grand prize win- and its Group companies on this project, which is being launch the first ever KIPCO Tmkeen Award for Young ner a bundle of services valued at $100,000. We would like to launched for the first time. We have brought together our Minister, US team Entrepreneurs 2015. This year’s award will be focusing on thank Burgan Bank, OSN, Gulf Insurance Group, KAMCO expertise and employed it to support young entrepreneurs in entrepreneurial businesses in the media and technology sec- Investment Company and Marina FM for contributing their their efforts to build successful businesses.” discuss measures to tor. expertise and services to the prize. We would also like to thank Eligible applicants for the award will be asked to submit The start of registration was announced at a joint press con- United Real Estate, Qurain Petrochemical Industries, United detailed information about their business’ operational and counter terrorism ference. Young entrepreneurs aged 18-33 with existing media Networks and United Education for their support.” financial performance. The first judging round will be held in and technology businesses established for no longer than five At $100,000, the KIPCO Tmkeen Award for Young late October, where applicants will give a 5-7 minute presenta- KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance years and licensed in Kuwait are invited to visit the Tmkeen Entrepreneurs offers the largest entrepreneurship prize in term tion to a panel of business professionals from the KIPCO Group. Anas Al-Saleh met yesterday with a US Congressional website (www.tmkeenkw.com) to apply for the award. of value in Kuwait. The grand prize services include a wide Based on defined business criteria, the ten applicants with the team, discussing with them financial measures to counter Registration is open until September 26. range of financial, strategicand operational consultation ses- highest scores will be eligible to give a final presentation of 15 terrorism. A statement by the Finance Ministry said that sions, market studies, insurance coverage and advertising serv- minutes before the official judging panel in early November. the meeting also touched on cooperation within the Successful entrepreneurs ices. investment domain and also focused on measures to Speaking at the press conference, Eman Al-Awadhi, KIPCO’s Creativity and innovation combat money laundering. The US Congressional team’s Group Communications Director, said: “For the past three Driving force In the meantime, Eng Manar Al-Hashash, Representative of visit to Kuwait is part of a tour that includes Turkey and years, Tmkeen’s symposium has brought international and Meanwhile, Ali Al-Ibrahim, CEO of Youth Empowerment the Official Judging Panel said: “The Official Judging Panel of Qatar. The US Senate’s Finance committee formed recent- local experiences to young Kuwaitis, inspiring them to develop Organization, said: “Young people across the world are the the KIPCO Tmkeen Award will be responsible for making the ly a group to look into means in which the so-called their own business ideas and become successful entrepre- driving force behind the development of their societies; their final selection of the winning entrepreneurial business. The Islamic State (IS) is being financed. The visit’s team is part neurs. KIPCO Group is delighted to be partnering with the creativity and innovation, coupled with strong commitment, submitted projects will be judged based on the creativity and of this initiative. — KUNA Youth Empowerment Organization to launch the first ever KIP- provide a strong basis for the establishment of new businesses innovation of the business, its strategic plan and long-term fea- CO Tmkeen Award for Young Entrepreneurs, which will serve as and projects. As organizers, we trust in the abilities of the sibility, the immediate impact the business has on the society, a platform for showcasing Kuwait’s young entrepreneurial tal- young people of Kuwait. The KIPCO Tmkeen Award for Young presentation skills and the ability to sell the idea.” She added: ent and encourage the next generation of business people to Entrepreneurs serves to encourage young people to establish “On behalf of the Official Judging Committee, I express our follow their passion and take their projects from the idea phase their own small and medium enterprises, and offers them a appreciation to the organizers for their efforts in putting to reality.” variety of support services to ensure their success.” together this award. We look forward to exchanging ideas with the young entrepreneurs and to guide them into enhancing their work and developing their businesses successfully.” The winner of the grand prize will be announced at the opening of the Youth Empowerment Symposium on November 9.

Embassy comments on voting rights of overseas Indians

KUWAIT: The Election Commission of India (ECI) is examining the feasibility of extending voting rights to overseas Indians through E-postal ballots or proxy voting. Meanwhile, the measures are also being taken under ECI’s Systematic Voters Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) program to reach out to the non- resident Indians (NRIs) to facilitate their registration in the electoral roll. The National Voters Service Portal (NVSP) has recently been launched for Indian nationals to provide online registration facility, besides all other services related to electoral registration, such as correcting entries, changing addresses and searching names on electoral roll. Non-resident Indians who wish to enroll themselves can visit the portal at http://www.nvsp.in. A view of the audience. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 From the Arabic press

Crime Al-Qabas Report Syria’s children We have, and they Mosque bombing suspects have, goodness to face sentencing KUWAIT: In a break from normal procedure, the Criminal By Abdullatif Al-Duaij Court under the chairmanship of Judge Mohammad Al-Duaij asked the Central Prison authorities to bring in the suspects in r Mohammad Hayef is quoted on Twitter as the Imam Al-Sadeq mosque bombing on the day of sentenc- saying, “We seek refuge by Allah against ing, so that they hear the sentences directly, in the presence of the bad neighbor, and I do not mean the witnesses. Typically accused, whether in state security or crimi- M Iranian people who are oppressed, rather this nal cases attend all court sessions except sentencing. Defendant will typically be informed of their sentences by regime that is wishing us evil.” lawyers or family members who attend the session. But in this Despite our differences with Mr Hayef, his words, case, the judge has asked for all defendants to be present so not necessarily being true, carry much realistic and that they may receive their sentences in front of the court and accepted logic, but there remains a real and legiti- witnesses. Meanwhile, the source said central prison authori- mate fear with many citizens and an expression of ties, however, has said there will be difficulty in bringing all the appreciation and respect for the Iranian people, suspects as the sentencing is to be on Sept. 15, the same day and here is what is new and important in Mr Hayef’s as the start of the trial for the Al-Abadli terror cell suspects. It is words: The Iranians, according to his statement, are not clear yet how the logistics of having both groups of sus- not Magi, not Safawis and not even Persian, but pects will be handled by the prison authorities or the court. they are people who are suffering from those ruling them. The Iranian people are like us, Allah’s creation. Gold smuggler caught They are concerned with the prosperity of their chil- Airport police kept an Indian from traveling and sent him Al-Jarida dren and care of their interests, exactly like we are to Shuwaikh police station charged with attempting to concerned with the future of next generations and smuggle gold outside the country. A security source said our current rights. Perhaps on the other bank of the inspection systems discovered a metal in the Indian’s Gulf, there is a fear like ours, and apprehension luggage who was heading to India, so the luggage was Al-Anbaa towards those on the opposite bank. Mr Hayef has searched and the gold was found hidden in pipes. the right to be apprehensive about something evil from the Iranians because of statements and signs A good morning of optimism,to you, my teacher! that come from there that do not speak of some- Wax session leaves burns thing good. But fairness calls upon us to forgive the A security source said that a married woman told Farwaniya Iranians and understand their fear and ‘hostility,’ police that she suffered several burns on her body after a By Nermin Al-Hooti because we have so much and maybe more than waxing session to remove hair. She submitted a medical them. report proving that parts of the body were burned. he title of my column may be addressed to my teacher, with my teacher was not, when he told me: The human The world changes, and the human being rises but that particularity is limited to this title, as the line being every now and then needs to sit down and enjoy the and his feelings become softer. People of the world Tcarries a message to everyone reading it. Our words universe and Almighty Allah’s creation in the beauties that are, truly and with good intentions, seeking forgive- start in the middle of the month of Thul-Qeda (on the lunar he fails to see all week. When the human being fills his eyes Taxi driver beats women ness and getting to know others. What is regretful is calendar) when the moon was full. On that day, I was watch- with the universe and touches it with his feelings, the beau- that we have here, and for sure not with the ing the beauty of the full moon and as its light beamed in the ty of the creator makes him feel that he is a poet and this is An Egyptian taxi driver entered a house where two Iranians, those who are still living with the savagery Indonesian women lived, beat them and took the phone sky, I started writing some thoughts and once I finished writ- not limited to writing but to the human individuality. That ing, I sent them through text message to my teacher and I feeling generates positive energy that works on finding and hardship of the past, and those who still of one of them and left to an unknown area. A security believe that they are better than others because source at Maidan Hawally police station said the two asked him for his opinion in what I wrote. I waited a few min- optimism in oneself and this is what happened to you. This utes for the answer, but the answer turned to a phone call, as is what a human being should do every now and then. The they are ‘Arabs,’ though Arabs are not distinguished women reported that they were beaten and robbed by with anything from the rest of earth’s people, the Egyptian, with whom they had a transport agreement he started his call by greeting me and asking me where I was. individual carries a lot of work during the day which makes except for being at the tail end of the line. for a certain monthly fee. The two had a dispute with the Following the greetings and long discussion about poet- him lose much of his positive energy and all along the week driver over the fee. So he entered their home, beat them ry and literary writings, as well as what I wrote, we moved to this energy becomes negative, that is why the western Countries have different and contradicting inter- and took the smart phone away before leaving the house. talking about a different path as my teacher started talking countries consider the weekends sacred, where you find ests, but most countries of the world, at this era, about the formation of the stages of the moon until it people there heading towards open areas, be it the sea or have their struggle end with compromise and rec- becomes full and the link of the moon with the sea and the large green areas or other places that present optimism to onciliation and shunning war. Countries are policies Escaped prisoner rearrested high and low tide through gravity. It was a nice and enjoy- them so they can spend that period in cleaning oneself and parties that rule today and lose power tomor- able talk and I gained a lot of information from my teacher from all negative impurities and restore the positive energy. row, yet people remain with fixed feelings and Police authorities arrested a prisoner citizen who escaped that were not only limited to poetry but also sometimes Then they return home loaded with a lot of optimism, so human wishes. In our struggle and in the differ- from Farwaniya hospital while she was being treated for geographic and sometimes scientific and this is not new to they start their new week actively and with optimism and ences of our interests with Iran, it is required that bleeding. The citizen who was jailed over theft cases, was my teacher in his smooth talk and the huge amount of this is what happened to you my little one! we disagree with politicians and the state. transferred to Farwaniya hospital, and she escaped from information he has. The discussion was over, but the talk —Translated by Kuwait Times there Saturday. She was arrested in a Salmiya flat. Governments and politicians change, so do their interests, but people remain, and it is not our right, nor the right of others, to seek the change of their beliefs, conditions or encroach on their interests. Conservative parliamentary calls —Translated by Kuwait Times to allow Syrians into Kuwait Al-Anbaa Formalin KUWAIT: In response to the tragic turning the whole issue into death of the Syrian child, Aylan another Palestinian cause, by Kurdi, who died while he and his keeping refugees in camps too in cheese? parents were trying to flee death long while waiting for unfinished in Syria and to the opening of all settlements to be done. MP European countries to Syrian Jeeran also called for caution to By Dr Saleh Al-Shayji refugees, a number of lawmakers avoid the infiltration of some made conservative demands to intelligence agents among heard from a doctor who has vast experience and welcome Syrian refugees into refugees. knowledge warning against a substance called Kuwait. On the other hand, MP Hamad I‘formalin.’ According to the doctor, formalin is used In this regard, MP Abdullah Al- Al-Harshani said that Kuwait in cheese as a preservative to extend the life of Turaiji called on the Gulf sympathized most with the cheese and dairy products, in general, so they do not Cooperation Council (GCC) states Syrians and that His Highness the spoil quickly after its natural expiry ends. to open its borders for Syrian Amir sponsored three interna- refugees who fled their country MP Abdullah MP Mohammed MP Abdulrahman MP Hamad tional conferences to support the The doctor said formalin is a germicide and this is “escaping from a tyrant” and Al-Turaiji Tana Al-Enezi Al-Jeeran Al-Harshani Syrian people. MP Harshani, how- the reason for its efficacy in extending the age of cheese. Yet, this substance is very dangerous to reminded of the Kuwaitis’ own suf- from the Deputy Prime Minister them. “It is a disgrace that Europe to host Syrians, be it in Kuwait or ever, questioned hosting Syrians ferings during former Iraqi and Interior Minister Sheikh hosts them while we stand by in any other GCC state. and leaving Syria to Bashar Asad human health because it causes the formation of President Saddam Hussein’s inva- Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Sabah,” doing nothing,” he underlined. Meanwhile, MP Abdulrahman and the ‘Iranian terrorist militia.’ black spots on the liver that lead to cancer. The doctor sion. “Kuwait’s decision to allow he said, noting that being Arabs Similarly, MP Mohammed Al-Jeeran stressed that the deci- “We are with the Syrian people, explained he carried out a lab experiment by himself Syrians to stay after their visas and Muslims, Kuwaitis should be Tana Al-Enezi urged the GCC sion requires the GCC leaders’ but we refuse evacuating the to check for the presence of formalin in cheese that expire is a very humane action the first to host and take care of states to prepare a special place political willingness to avoid country,” he said. —Al-Rai was produced by an Arab country and was sure there was formalin in it. For this reason, the doctor made this appeal, call- NA’s legislative committee ing health ministries to subject cheese and dairy products and all that is produced by all countries to reports on GCC Security Pact laboratory tests, and if formalin is to be found, then KUWAIT: Upon the Parliament’s request, the par- said product (or products) should be banned for liamentary legislation committee was currently being a human health hazard. working on a report concerning the GCC security pact and that it would be submitted as soon as it is finished, MP Mubarak Al-Hurais, chairman of the parliamentary legislation committee said. The doctor said forma- “We have been working on all legal and consti- lin is a germicide and tutional aspects of the treaty, ever since the parlia- ment asked us to and will report on it once we fin- this is the reason for its ished,” MP Hurais explained. In a related develop- ment, some parliamentary sources stressed that efficacy in extending the MP Mubarak no decision had been made to rush the approval Al-Hurais of the GCC security pact. —Al-Rai age of cheese. Law clearly states I, in turn, convey what I heard from that doctor as indemnity computation is, and for sure, the rest of the doctors and specialists know what he knows, and I do not think that the man is being malicious or is delving into what he does not KUWAIT: Labor Law 6/2010 accurately and clearly states the end of service indemni- know. So, I direct my message to the health ministry ty for private sector workers, Dr Mubarak Al-Jafour, Director of the Legal Affairs and present to the specialists there what I heard, to Department at the Manpower Public Authority said. subject cheese and all dairy products, local or import- Dr Jafour explained that a worker will receive one month salary for each year, for ed, to laboratory tests to check if this killer substance those who spent more than 10 years with the employer, while the indemnity should not exceed 18 months. is present or not. Dr Jafour said the indemnity is paid when the labor The danger in this matter is that cheese and dairy relation ends and is computed as follows: products are daily foods that people eat with all their l The worker who is paid on a daily basis deserves an KUWAIT: This file photo shows houses built inside the Jaber Al-Ahmad City meals and the presence of a cancer causing sub- indemnity of 10 days during the first five years, and project. —KUNA stance constitutes a great danger on their health. increases to 15 days after five years of service. I hope the health ministry assures people of their l As for the worker who is paid monthly, the worker Housing minister vows to solve health - since it is responsible for that - and I do not deserves 15 days indemnity during the first five years, know whether the health ministry actually carried out and increases to one month after the first five years. Jaber Al-Ahmed housing problems this test or not, and if it has not, then it should carry l An employee who resigns, but does not complete that out quickly to safeguard people’s health and three years with the employer, does not deserve an safety. KUWAIT: Responding to a video clip that went the construction defect was severe, it does not indemnity. Dr Mubarak viral on social media and shows a construction show the houses’ foundations were bad, adding I hope that people’s health are not taken lightly l But if the employee completes three to five years defect in one of the Jaber Al-Ahmed City houses, that he will be conducting random checking of and that good intentions to not be allowed to be tak- Al-Jafour and resigns, the employee then deserves half of the Housing Minister Yasser Abul promised the city various houses in the area. Meanwhile, Minister en over, because the world today has become a indemnity, if he completes five to 10 years, then he deserves two-thirds of the residents to solve all their problems and provide Abul urged all city residents to reject receiving gloomy and savage jungle, where collecting money indemnity. them with all the power and water services their houses in case of any defect or remarks on has become more important than people’s lives. So, l If the worker completes 10 years of work then resigns, he deserves full indem- soon. their condition, as there are penal conditions in for you, health ministry, people’s lives is in your hands! nity which is one month salary for each year spent at work, according to Article 51 of Speaking on receiving a delegation of the the contracts signed with the construction con- —Translated by Kuwait Times Labor Law in the private sector, and should not exceed 18 months. residents, Minister Abul stressed that though tractors. —Al-Jarida TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 Heavy air raids pound France prepares air strikes against IS in Syria: Hollande Yemen capital after rebel attack Page 10 Page 8

LESBOS: Refugees from Syria pray after arriving on the shores of the Greek island of Lesbos aboard an inflatable dinghy across het Aegean Sea from Turkey yesterday. Greece sent troops and police reinforcements on September 6 to Lesbos after renewed clashes between police and migrants, the public broadcaster said, while Syrian refugees on the island were targeted with Molotov cocktail attacks. — AFP Merkel warns EU partners of consequences Germany hit by new wave of refugees

BERLIN/MUNICH: Struggling to cope with a Germany has announced is letting Syrians seek on Sunday he expected the situation to return to record influx of asylum seekers, Germany told its asylum regardless of where they enter the EU, sus- normal as emergency measures allowing European partners yesterday they must take in pending normal rules and accelerating a flow of refugees to cross from Hungary into Austria and Turkey: 16 soldiers more refugees too, saying the burden could not migrants north and west from the edges of the EU. then Germany were phased out. fall on just a few countries. Just last month, more than 100,000 asylum “It has now reached a volume that is already killed in PKK attack Chancellor Angela Merkel, speaking after a seekers reached Germany, which is preparing for considerable,” Hillenbrand, president of the gov- weekend in which some 20,000 migrants made 800,000 this year, around one percent of its popu- ernment of Upper Bavaria, told reporters at ANKARA: The Turkish army yesterday launching air strikes on 23 PKK targets their way to Germany from Hungary by train, bus lation, a move with little precedent for a large Munich train station. “We will still do our best to said the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party including caves and storage facilities. and on foot, described the events of the past days Western country. create new places but we are pushing against the (PKK) killed 16 of its soldiers in a roadside as “breathtaking” and tried to reassure German cit- Other European countries, notably Britain limits now.” bomb attack at the weekend, one of the ‘Find a way out’ izens that the crisis was manageable. which would be exempt from Juncker’s scheme, He said buses with a capacity to carry 1,000 deadliest attacks carried out by the group. The PKK has been staging daily attacks “I am happy that Germany has become a coun- have barely budged on the refugee issue. London people north to cities like Dortmund, Hamburg, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu against the armed forces as the military try that many people outside of Germany now has taken in just 216 Syrians under a special Braunschweig and Kiel had been made available, vowed after Sunday’s attack to “wipe out” presses a relentless operation against the associate with hope,” she said at a news confer- scheme, while granting asylum to around 5,000 but that migrants had also been streaming out the PKK rebels from their mountain group in southeast Turkey and northern ence in Berlin. “This is something to cherish when who managed to reach Britain on their own dur- of temporary accommodation facilities on foot. strongholds, with no end in sight to the Iraq that began in late July. But Sunday’s you look back at our history.” ing four years of civil war. “It’s not possible to think any longer about Turkish military’s one-and-half month attack was by far the deadliest to be car- But she and her vice chancellor, Sigmar Gabriel, But dramatic images from last week, especially registering people at all,” Hillenbrand said. campaign against the Kurdish rebels. ried out by the PKK since the current fight- coupled their message of optimism with a warn- a photograph of a Syrian toddler drowned on a Merkel’s welcome to migrants has been Breaking a day-long silence over the ing erupted. ing to European Union partners who have resisted Turkish beach, have created new political pressure praised by human rights groups. But over the toll, the army said the PKK staged a road- President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a push from Berlin, Paris and Brussels to agree to open doors, even in countries that argued pre- weekend there were signs of dissent within her side bomb attack that severely damaged a statement he “strongly condemned the quotas for refugees flowing in mainly from Syria, viously that taking in too many migrants could conservative camp, with officials from the two armoured vehicles in the Daglica area atrocious attack that caused the martyr- Iraq and Afghanistan. make the problem worse by encouraging others Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU), sister par- of the southeastern Hakkari region close dom and injuries of our soldiers.” “What isn’t acceptable in my view is that some to make dangerous voyages. ty of her Christian Democrats, criticising her han- to the border with northern Iraq. “Sixteen The violence has left in tatters a 2013 people are saying this has nothing to do with Pope Francis called over the weekend for dling of the crisis. of our brave comrades-in-arms were mar- ceasefire aimed at assisting the search for them,” Merkel said. “This won’t work in the long Christian communities across the continent to “There is no society that could cope with tyred,” the army said in a statement, a final peace deal to end the PKK’s three- run. There will be consequences although we offer sanctuary. Hungary’s prime minister Viktor something like this,” CSU leader and Bavarian adding six others suffered non life-threat- decade insurgency, which has claimed don’t want that.” Orban, a right-wing populist whose hard line dur- premier Horst Seehofer said. “The federal gov- ening injuries. tens of thousands of lives. Gabriel said that if countries in eastern Europe ing the crisis has drawn both praise and criticism, ernment needs a plan here.” It was not clear why it had taken the The PKK initially took up arms in 1984 and elsewhere continued to resist accepting their reiterated his opposition to quotas on Monday, While many Germans have been welcoming army a day to publish the toll. Speaking with the aim of establishing an independ- fair share of refugees, the bloc’s open border calling this debate premature. Juncker’s proposal of the refugees, there have also been repeated after meeting Turkey’s top general Hulusi ent state for Turkey’s Kurdish minority, regime, known as Schengen, would be at risk. would exempt the main entry countries Hungary, attacks on shelters, including two early yester- Akar in Ankara, Davutoglu said there although lately the demands focused on “This would be a dramatic political blow for Greece and Italy from taking relocated refugees. day. would be no compromise with the PKK. greater autonomy and rights. The strike Europe, but also a heavy economic blow, also for “As long as Europe cannot protect its external In Rottenburg, in the western state of Baden- “These terrorists must be wiped out from appears also to be the deadliest ever car- those countries that are saying they don’t want to borders it makes no sense to discuss the fate of Wuerttemberg, five people were injured in a fire the mountains; whatever happens they ried out by the PKK since a May 1993 help now,” he said. those flowing in,” Orban said, defending a planned at an asylum shelter housing 80 refugees. must be wiped out,” Davutoglu said. attack when 33 unarmed Turkish soldiers Only months after Europe narrowly averted a package of laws that would allow the army to be Another suspected arson attack occurred in “The mountains of this country, the were killed soon after the sudden death of Greek exit from the euro zone, the refugee crisis deployed to defend Hungary’s southern border. Rockensussra, in the eastern state of Thurinigia, plains, highlands, cities, will be not aban- president Turgut Ozal, who had champi- has emerged as the bloc’s biggest challenge, where three empty buildings slated to house doned to terrorists,” he said. The PKK, oned the peace process. exposing deep strains. refugees were destroyed in a fire. Preferred destination known for sometimes exaggerating tolls As news of the attack broke overnight, European Commission President Jean-Claude Rich and welcoming Germany has become the At a Sunday evening meeting, leaders from of attacks on the security forces, said 31 nationalist Turks took to the streets in a Juncker is due to unveil new proposals on preferred destination for most migrants. Merkel’s governing coalition agreed to free up Turkish soldiers had been killed in a com- show of support for the army, cutting a Wednesday on how to distribute refugees among Other countries have resisted taking in an additional six billion euros to pay for the bination of bombing and shooting road between Antalya and Mersin in the member states. An EU source told Reuters that under refugees, with Poland arguing that it is already record influx. attacks. south and scuffling with police in his plan, Germany would take on more than 40,000 burdened by an influx of people from neighbour- They also agreed to speed up asylum deci- Davutoglu said the claims of a higher Gaziantep, television reports said. and France 30,000 of the 160,000 asylum seekers the ing Ukraine, and Slovakia refusing to take in sions, reduce cash benefits for first arrivals, and toll were part of a “psychological opera- Turkey has been on heightened alert Commission says need to be relocated from Italy, Muslims. to widen the list of countries deemed “safe”- tion” aimed at “demoralising the nation”. since Ankara launched a two-pronged Greece and Hungary, the main entry points to the EU Christoph Hillenbrand, a senior official in meaning their citizens generally have no claim “We must stand together against this offensive to bomb Islamic State militants for refugees arriving by sea and land. Bavaria, the southern German state that has to asylum-to include all Balkan states. black propaganda,” he said. The Hurriyet in Syria and PKK rebels in northern Iraq The 160,000 that Juncker wants to redistribute become the entry point for migrants arriving from “We should not pretend that this is a small daily said 400 kilogrammes of explosives and southeast Turkey. Before the latest within the EU are just a fraction of the many hun- Hungary via Austria, told reporters on Monday task,” Gabriel said of the crisis. “We need to be had been used in the attack and some 150 attacks, some 70 members of the security dreds of thousands of refugees and economic that 2,500 new asylum seekers were likely to arrive realistic. We can take on 800,000 asylum seekers PKK militants had taken part, leading to forces had been killed since July in strikes migrants from Asia, Africa and the Middle East that in Germany by early afternoon. this year, find homes for them and help them clashes that lasted some seven hours. blamed on the PKK, while official media have reached Europe this year on leaky boats German and Austrian officials appear to have integrate. But it should also be clear to everyone The army said it had retaliated with have claimed that at least 967 militants across the Mediterranean or over land through the been caught off guard by the numbers. that this can’t continue every year. We need a three F-4 warplanes and four F-16s have been killed. — AFP Balkan peninsula. Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann had said new European asylum policy.” — Reuters INTERNATIONAL TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 Denmark advert in Lebanon newspapers warns off migrants

BEIRUT: Denmark has placed adverts in several understand Danish to obtain a permanent residency. tively and soberly about (Danish rules), which the Turkey had refused to carry the adverts. Denmark’s Lebanese newspapers warning would-be migrants “All rejected asylum seekers must be returned government is in the process of tightening,” she minority right-wing government relies on the back- about new and tighter restrictions on those seeking quickly from Denmark,” it adds. “There is a special added. “In light of the huge influx to Europe these ing of the anti-immigrant Danish People’s Party to asylum in the country. return centre for rejected asylum seekers to ensure days, there is good reason for us to tighten rules and pass legislation. It slashed benefits for asylum seekers The adverts appeared in at least three Arabic-lan- (they)... leave Denmark as quickly as possible.” get that effectively communicated.” Her Facebook this month in a bid to bring down the number of guage newspapers and one English-language daily in In Denmark, Immigration and Integration Minister post garnered over 5,000 likes, though some left criti- refugees coming to the Scandinavian country. Lebanon yesterday. “Denmark has decided to tighten Inger Stojberg, an immigration hardliner from the cal comments. The adverts were placed as several European the regulations concerning refugees in a number of right-wing Venstre party, announced the adverts on “You should be ashamed,” wrote Dorthe Agertoug nations opened their doors to a wave of migrants and areas,” the advert cautions. Facebook. “Today I have, as promised, published in the southeastern town of Koge. “One of the great- refugees, or announced new quotas to accept those It notes that social benefits for newly-arrived advertisements in four Lebanese newspapers inform- est humanitarian catastrophes in recent times and in need of asylum. refugees are being reduced “by up to 50 percent” and ing about the changed conditions for people who our government’s answer is to publish advertise- Lebanon, with a population of just four million, is that family reunification for those with temporary res- apply for asylum in Denmark,” she wrote. ments. It’s a parody,” added Vivi Ravnskjaer Terp in the hosting more than 1.1 million Syrian refugees. Some idence permits is not allowed for the first year after She said the text would also be placed in asylum southwestern town of Vojens. 11 million Syrians have been displaced from their they arrive. It advises would-be migrants and centres in Denmark in 10 different languages and A spokeswoman for Denmark’s integration min- homes by the conflict that began in March 2011, with refugees that they will be required to speak and spread on social media. “The aim is to inform objec- istry denied a report that five major newspapers in four million becoming refugees. — AFP Egyptian minister arrested after quitting in graft probe

CAIRO: Egypt’s agriculture minister was Demand for accountability arrested in Cairo on Monday after being Mubarak and many of his former minis- told to step aside in connection with an ters were placed on trial following his over- investigation into corruption at his min- throw amid popular demands for them to istry, judicial and media sources said. Salah be held accountable for years of corruption. Helal “resigned on the orders of the presi- Many former regime figures have been dent”, a statement from the prime minis- found not guilty in retrials, however. In ter’s office said. March, Mubarak’s once feared interior min- He was detained after a meeting in the ister Habib al-Adly was acquitted of corrup- premier’s office, a judicial source told AFP, tion charges. He was cleared of illegally speaking on condition of anonymity. accumulating around 181 million Egyptian “He was arrested as part of an investiga- pounds, and the court also lifted an asset tion into a major case of corruption in his freeze on him and members of his family. ministry,” the official MENA news agency Mubarak himself and his two sons Alaa reported. Officials at the agriculture min- and Gamal were sentenced to three years istry are alleged to have taken bribes to in prison earlier this year for corruption. help businessmen illegally acquire state But they had been in detention for land, a prosecution official and media much of the past four years, and may be reports said. The prosecution service had released early when time served is account- last week banned media from publishing ed for. Many Egyptians looked upon Alaa any information about the case. and Gamal Mubarak as symbols of corrup- Helal, 59, an agronomy graduate, rose tion during their father’s three-decade rule. through the ranks at the agriculture min- All three were arrested in 2011, months istry to become minister in March. after Mubarak was toppled in a popular 18- Graft at many levels has blighted the day uprising. On May 9 this year, they and Arab world’s most populous country. In their father were fined 125 million pounds, July, a court sentenced a former prime min- the amount they were accused of embez- ister of ousted president Hosni Mubarak to zling from funds meant for the mainte- five years in prison for corruption and fined nance of presidential palaces. him millions of dollars. The court also ordered them to pay an Ahmed Nazif, whom Mubarak sidelined extra 21 million pounds. President Abdel to appease protesters during the 2011 Fattah al-Sisi, before his election in May last uprising that ended his rule, was convict- year to succeed Islamist Mohamed Morsi, GAZA STRIP: A Palestinian youth looks at a graffiti painted on a wall amid the rubble of Al-Waha tourist resort, which was destroyed during the ed in his retrial of having used his posi- the man who succeeded Mubarak and 50-day war between Israel and Hamas militants in the summer of 2014, yesterday in the northwest of the town of Beit Lahia in the northern tion to make a fortune of $8.2 million (7.5 whom he deposed while army chief, had Gaza Strip. — AFP million euros). The court also fined him pledged to stamp out corruption. The $6.8 million. Nazif had been accused of retired field marshal said there would be no corrupt property deals and receiving ille- return to the corruption and human rights gal bonuses. violations of the Mubarak era. —AFP Heavy air raids pound Yemen capital after rebel attack ‘Our revenge shall not take long’

SANAA: A Saudi-led coalition pounded the rebel-held Yemeni capital with air strikes in retal- iation for the killing of 60 Gulf soldiers in a rebel missile attack. The United Arab Emirates had pledged to quickly avenge its heaviest ever military loss after 45 of its soldiers were killed in Friday’s strike, along with 10 Saudis and five Bahrainis as well as four Yemeni troops. The UAE is part of a Saudi-led Arab coalition formed in March to try to reverse the gains of Iran-backed Shiite Huthi rebels and restore the rule of exiled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi. Sunday’s air raids, coinciding with funerals in the Emirates, pounded positions of the rebels CAIRO: A picture taken on March 8, 2015 shows Egypt’s agriculture minister Salah and renegade troops loyal to ousted president Helal posing at his office in Cairo. Helal was arrested in Cairo yesterday after being Ali Abdullah Saleh. Coalition warplanes hit mili- told to resign in connection with an investigation into corruption at his ministry, tary bases on the capital’s Nahdain and Fajj judicial and media sources said. — AFP Attan hills and the neighbouring presidential complex, south of Sanaa, as well as a special Thousands of Palestinian forces headquarters. Also targeted were Huthi positions in the structures under demolition northern areas of Sufan and Al-Nahda, forcing scores of residents to flee, and rebel positions near the Saudi and Emirati embassies, witnesses JERUSALEM: Some 13,000 Palestinian struc- of the territory. The data was obtained said. Sunday’s bombardment was one of the SANAA: A Yemeni medic collects blood from a donor for the victims of air strikes carried out by tures in the West Bank are currently under through a freedom of information request. heaviest of the six-month-old air campaign. “The the Saudi-led coalition at a makeshift blood-bank north of the capital Sanaa yesterday. — AFP Israeli demolition orders, leaving residents and Area C is an administrative region created first strike after dawn prayers shook our house,” vowed there would be no let-up in its air war. for the soldiers, while and Abu Dhabi schools homes “in a state of chronic uncertainty and under the Oslo accords in 1995. Data cited said Sadeq al-Juhayfi, a resident of Al-Haffa, The Huthis, who have long complained of observed a one-minute silence. threat”, the UN said yesterday. A report from prior to 1995 in the report refers to locations southeast of Sanaa, where a military base was marginalisation, descended from their northern National radio and television stations have the UN Office for the Coordination of that would later become part of Area C. targeted. Normally bustling areas of the city stronghold last year and seized Sanaa unop- played music and special Quranic recitals to Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) also highlighted Between 1988 and 2014, Israel issued remained empty with most shops shuttered. posed before advancing on second city Aden in honour the fallen. The Huthis said they had used the difficulty Palestinians face in obtaining more than 14,000 demolition orders against March. The coalition launched the bombing a Tochka missile to attack the Safer camp in building permits needed to prevent such dem- Palestinian-owned structures, of which Streets of Sanaa deserted campaign when President Hadi fled to Saudi Marib province of eastern Yemen. olition orders. More than 11,000 Israeli demoli- upwards of 11,000 are currently outstanding, Students taking exams at Abdulrazzaq al- Arabia in March after the rebels entered his last Four Yemeni soldiers also died in the attack, tion orders relating to an estimated 13,000 it said. “In many cases, the same order targets Sanaani high school, in Hadda neighbourhood, refuge, Aden. After loyalists recaptured the the coalition spokesman said Sunday, quoted in Palestinian structures are currently awaiting multiple structures owned by the same said they abandoned their tests and fled. “We southern port in July, the coalition launched a Saudi daily Asharq Al-Awsat. The rebels hailed the implementation in a huge swathe of the occu- household (e.g. their residence, an animal usually get hundreds of customers... Today, ground operation that has seen the rebels missile strike as “revenge for the crimes and the pied West Bank, said the report entitled “Under shelter, a storage room and a latrine),” said the workers have run away and there are no people pushed back from five southern provinces. war of extermination being carried out by the Threat”. “While only a minority of the orders report. The Israeli defence ministry unit that in the street,” said Kamal al-Majidi, a waiter at a Friday’s losses were the heaviest for the mili- Saudi aggressor and its mercenaries”. Loyalist mil- issued are executed, these orders do not manages civilian affairs in the Palestinian ter- restaurant in Hadda. tary of the UAE since the formation of the feder- itary sources said the coalition had reinforced expire and leave affected households in a state ritories disputed the figures in the UN report, Elsewhere, coalition warplanes targeted ation in 1971, and the oil-rich Gulf state vowed Safer this week with tanks, armoured vehicles, of chronic uncertainty and threat,” it said. saying data from areas of east Jerusalem not rebels in Bayhan, in the southern province of to retaliate. troop carriers, rocket launchers and Apache heli- “Where the orders are implemented, they under its supervision was included. It did not Shabwa, military sources said. In neighbouring copters. Upwards of 4,500 people have been have resulted in displacement and disruption provide further details. Baida province, at least 27 people were killed — ‘Purge Yemen of scum’ killed in the Yemen conflict, including hundreds of livelihoods, the entrenchment of poverty The unit, known as COGAT, also noted 14 rebels, 10 loyalist fighters and three civilians- “Our revenge shall not take long,” Emirati of children, according to the UN which has and increased aid dependency.” The report that, at the request of Palestinians, 13 master in two days of coalition raids on the town of media quoted Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh warned that the country is on the brink of famine. cites data from the Israeli authorities relating plans were “in advanced stages of planning, Mukayris, military sources said. The Huthis said Mohammed bin Zayed as warning. “We will More than 260 wounded people, mostly civilians, to the West Bank zone under full Israeli con- while four of them have completed the plan- Friday’s missile attack was “revenge” for the six press ahead until we purge Yemen of the scum.” were flown from Aden to coalition member trol, known as Area C and covering 60 percent ning process”. —AFP months of deadly air raids, but the coalition UAE newspapers published images of funerals Jordan on Sunday for medical treatment. — AFP Failure of Syria diplomacy exposes divisions over Assad

BEIRUT/MOSCOW: While the desperate flight of in ever more forthright terms. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on 11 million from their homes. Despite a US-led putting the pieces of Syria back together again,” Syrians from their country’s war was dominating Russia’s foreign minister in recent days reiter- Saturday. The New York Times said Russia had bombing campaign against the jihadist group, he said. “This recent outburst of diplomacy is news bulletins this summer, yet another diplo- ated the Russian view that Assad is a legitimate sent a military advance team to Syria, citing Islamic State (ISIS) still holds wide areas of Syria because everyone was becoming concerned, matic push to end the four-year-old conflict was leader, slammed the US position to the contrary American intelligence analysts. and is poised for further moves towards the big, and rightfully so. But the results of that process quietly running into the sand. That largely unno- as “counterproductive”, and likened the west’s Reflecting the logjam over Assad, some of the Assad-controlled cities in the west: Islamic State were remarkably poor. They seem to cement the ticed failure has reinforced the view amongst approach to Syria to its failures in Iraq and Libya. ideas being tabled for advancing a political already has a presence in the southern suburbs earlier political positions of the region when it Syria experts that there is no solution in sight, Russia meanwhile continues to supply Assad process sidestep the question of his future alto- of Damascus. comes to Syria.” The recent flurry of diplomatic with one of the biggest obstacles a seemingly with weapons. A Syrian military official told gether - at least for now, according to a diplomat “I don’t see a tremendous amount of change activity followed the conclusion of Iran’s nuclear unbridgeable international divide over President Reuters there has recently been a “big shift” in tracking the conflict. out of the Iranians or Russians. There is some talk deal with world powers and included high-level Bashar al-Assad’s future. As a consequence, Syria Russian military support, including new weapons Yet this remains the biggest single obstacle to of them being tired, but their positions are pretty meetings between states with a stake in the con- looks set for ever greater fragmentation into a and training. breaking a diplomatic impasse around a war firm,” said Andrew Tabler, a Middle East specialist flict, with Russia taking the lead. patchwork of territories, one of them the dimin- “Our ties are always developing but in these whose repercussions are being felt like never with the Washington Institute. “They think that Assad has wagered on the West rehabilitating ishing Damascus-based state where Assad days a qualitative shift has happened. We call it a before in Europe, which faces a migration crisis Assad’s immediate departure would lead to a him as a partner in the war against Islamic State. appears confident of survival with backing from qualitative shift in Arabic, which means big,” the fuelled by Syrian refugees. collapse of the regime. Washington also sees a But while the priority for US policy in Syria today his Russian and Iranian allies. While some Syrian official said. Such assertions are difficult In turn, it is a big complication for efforts to rapid collapse of the regime as something that is battling Islamic State, not unseating Assad, Western officials say even Assad’s allies now to verify, but US Secretary of State John Kerry fight the Islamic State group that has flourished would be a boon for ISIS. They are in a conun- Washington has stuck by its position that he is recognise he cannot win back and stabilise Syria, expressed his concern over reports of increased in the bloodshed of a conflict that has killed a drum: if Assad goes right away, it would help ISIS, part of the problem, saying his brutality has Moscow is setting out its case for supporting him Russian involvement in a telephone call with quarter of a million people and driven another but if he doesn’t go at all, you have no hope of fuelled extremism. —Reuters TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 INTERNATIONAL

Police cars’ ‘In God We Trust’ decals draw complaints

DALLAS: A police department in a Texas Aug. 28 killing of a sheriff’s deputy who was Randolph County, Missouri, said he had it licly identified as challenging the use of the The letter cites the Pew Research Bible Belt community has placed large “In shot 15 times at a Houston-area gas station. added to his department’s fleet in July out of phrase. Center when it goes on to say that 23 per- God We Trust” decals on its patrol vehicles in “I think with all the assaults happening on a sense of patriotism. Gary Parsons, the sheriff in Lee County in cent of Americans identify as “nonreli- response to recent violence against law officers across the country ... it’s time we get “It’s our nation’s motto and we want to be Virginia, said his office spent a total of $50 to gious,” up 8 percentage points from 2007. enforcement officers, drawing criticism from back to where we once were,” Garcia told the patriotic toward our country,” Nichols said. He have the decals added to about 25 vehicles. Rebecca Markert, a senior staff attorney a watchdog group that says the decals Red River Sun newspaper. He did not said the Missouri Sheriff’s Association previ- He said many people feel their belief system for the foundation, said the First amount to an illegal government endorse- respond to an Associated Press request for ously voted to support adding “In God We is being trampled and that adding the Amendment prohibits government from ment of religion. comment. The Law Enforcement Officers Trust” to sheriff’s vehicles across the state. phrase is a way of pushing back. establishing or even preferring a religion. The decision by police this month to Memorial Fund notes that eight officers have In fact, of the dozens of complaints about The growing number of law enforcement unveil the phrase in Childress, an agricultural been shot and killed in the US in the last the decals lodged in recent months by the ‘Nonreligious’ agencies adding the phrase to vehicles community of some 6,100 people at the month - and four died in the span of 10 days Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion “It’s not only a symbol of moral values but amounts to a violation of separation of southern edge of the Texas Panhandle, fol- - but shooting deaths of officers from Foundation, about half were sent to law also a symbol of patriotism,” he said. In its let- church and state, she said. lows a similar move by dozens of other police January through September of this year were enforcement agencies in Missouri. ter to Nichols, the foundation said, While Nichols and other leaders say agencies elsewhere in the country. actually down 13 percent compared to the Departments in Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, “Statements about a God have no place on their communities have been supportive, Police Chief Adrian Garcia said he decided same period last year. Virginia and elsewhere also received com- government-owned cars. Public officials Markert says it’s important to protect the to add the decals in response to recent Other law enforcement agencies have cit- plaints from the foundation, which says it will should not use their government position interests of those whose views may not be attacks on law enforcement personnel that ed different reasons for adding the phrase to consider suing but acknowledges it can be and government property to promote their broadly supported , such atheists and have received broad attention, including the their vehicles. Mark Nichols, the sheriff of difficult finding a plaintiff willing to be pub- religious views.” agnostics. —AP Independent group rejects Mexico govt case on missing Fate of 42 students remains a mystery

MEXICO CITY: An independent In point after point, the interna- resources at hand, the authorities municipal garbage dump in the report presented Sunday disman- tional team of experts, including proved unable or unwilling to nearby city of Cocula and their tles the Mexican government’s lawyers, former prosecutors and a conduct a serious investigation.” ashes bagged and dumped in a investigation into last year’s disap- medical doctor, says the govern- The attack and disappearance river. pearance of 43 teachers’ college stu- ment investigation was wrong of the 43 at the hands of officials The group hired its own foren- dents, starting with the assertion about the nature of and the became a pivotal moment in the sic expert to examine the garbage that the giant funeral pyre in which motive for the attacks. It is an administration of President dump, who determined among the attorney general said they were indictment of Mexico’s investiga- Enrique Pena Nieto, which started other things that the fire needed burned to ash beyond identification tive procedures and conclusions, fast out of the blocks three years to incinerate 43 bodies would simply never happened. and cites key evidence that was ago with a series of key political have caused a forest fire in the While the government said the manipulated or that disappeared. and economic reforms. But the heavily wooded zone and burned Sept 26 attack was a case of mis- Federal police and military slow response to the case of the the whole area. The report said the taken identity, the report said the were aware of the attacks and 43 and the implausibility of the local drug gang, Guerreros Unidos, PORT OF SPAIN: A woman on a wheelchair is helped by relatives at a polling violent and coordinated reaction present at some of the crime government’s version of the neither had a history for carrying station during elections in St. James district, Port of Spain, Trinidad and to the students, who were hijack- scenes, according to the report. events sparked international out- out such an orchestrated crema- Tobago yesterday. —AFP ing buses for transportation to a demonstration, may have had to Premier battling on two do with them unknowingly inter- fering with a drug shipment on one of the buses. Iguala, the city in fronts as Trinidad votes southern Guerrero state where that attacks took place, is known PORT OF SPAIN: The people of Trinidad and centrated its candidates in districts where a split as a transport hub for heroin going Tobago voted yesterday in elections that had the would favor the PNM. to the United States, particularly prime minister battling both the opposition and There was large turnout as polling stations Chicago, some of it by bus, the an upstart splinter party launched by disgraced opened at 6:00 am (1000 GMT). The country’s 1.1 report said. football honcho Jack Warner. million voters have until 6:00 pm to cast their bal- “The business that moves the Opinion polls were divided heading into the lots, with results expected near midnight. Persad- city of Iguala could explain such vote, with some putting the race too close to call Bissessar, a 63-year-old attorney, leads the United an extreme and violent reaction and others giving Prime Minister Kamla Persad- National Congress (UNC), a party that grew out of and the character of the massive Bissessar and her coalition the edge-albeit by a a trade union for sugar plantation workers, mainly attack,” the experts said in the significantly reduced margin. Persad-Bissessar’s of East Indian origin. report delivered to the govern- main challenger is volcanologist Keith Rowley of The bulk of its support continues to come from ment and the students’ families the People’s National Movement (PNM), the party the sugar belt areas in central and south Trinidad. during a public presentation. that has governed the twin-island nation more Her coalition also includes the Congress of the “It was the state!” some mem- than any other since independence from Britain in People, a UNC splinter that rejoined its coalition to bers of the audience shouted. The 1964. But the prime minister is also fighting the contest the last polls in 2010, and the National report means that nearly a year potential spoiler effect of the Independent Liberal Joint Action Committee, an organization that was after the disappearance, the fate of Party (ILP) launched by her one-time ally Warner, a at the forefront of the islands’ Black Power 42 of the students remains a mys- politically powerful lawmaker and football execu- Movement in the 1970s. tery, given the errors, omissions tive. Persad-Bissessar, who has been in office since and false conclusions outlined in Warner, 72, is battling extradition to the United 2010, continues to enjoy high popularity ratings, more than 400 pages by the States after being indicted in the sweeping US but has struggled to fend off corruption allega- experts assembled by the Inter- probe of allegations of massive corruption at FIFA, tions, concerns about violent crime and an eco- American Human Rights a scandal that has rocked the world football gov- nomic contraction. Commission. The team inter- erning body since it broke in May. Her claims of stabilizing the economy and viewed witnesses and detainees MEXICO CITY: Parents of the 43 teachers’ college students hold up images of their missing sons as The long-time parliament member launched maintaining growth despite a drop in the islands’ and reviewed the government’s they listen in to a conference in Mexico City, Sunday. An independent report presented Sunday the ILP after Persad-Bissessar sacked him from her oil and gas revenues were debunked by statistics evidence and conclusions. A dismantled the Mexican government’s investigation into last year’s disappearance of the 43 stu- cabinet two years ago. He has put up 21 candi- released three days from the vote indicating the charred bone fragment of only dents, saying the prosecutor’s contention that they were incinerated in a giant pyre never hap- dates for the 41-seat House of Representatives, economy contracted by 1.2 percent and unem- one of the 43 has been identified pened and fueling the anger of parents who still don’t know what happened to their sons. —AP including himself. Warner’s party is expected to ployment increased to 3.7 percent, with the loss of and it wasn’t burned at the high poach votes mainly from the prime minister’s more than 20,000 jobs in the first quarter of the temperature of an incineration, coalition, the People’s Partnership. And it has con- year. —AFP contrary to Mexican investigators’ While their involvement is rage and eroded the credibility of tion nor the fuel available nearby. claims. unclear, at the very least they Pena Nieto’s government. “For all these reasons, we have failed to intervene to stop wide- come to the conviction that the Drug angle spread shooting of unarmed Tortured young men were not incinerated The report recommends that civilians. The parents of the victims, all in the Cocula garbage dump,” said authorities rethink their assump- The attorney general’s office young men and many in their first Francisco Cox, a Chilean lawyer on tions and lines of investigation, as planned a response Sunday after- year of college, and various civic the team. well as continue the search for the noon. “This report provides an and human rights groups were To date, authorities have students and investigate the possi- utterly damning indictment of outraged that the investigation detained more than 100 people, ble use of public or private ovens Mexico’s handling of the worst was based on testimony of those the majority of them local police. to cremate the bodies. It also rec- human rights atrocity in recent arrested, many who complained of The former Iguala mayor, Jose Luis ommends investigating the drug memory,” Jose Miguel Vivanco, being tortured, and not on physi- Abarca, is also in custody and has angle, who was coordinating the Americas director at Human cal evidence. The report says the been identified with his wife as attacks and who were the high lev- Rights Watch, said in a statement detainees gave four versions of those who ordered the attack. The el people giving the orders - all Sunday. “Even with the world what happened, including that the experts say that may be true but unknowns nearly a year later. watching and with substantial students were incinerated at a it’s still not clear. —AP Venezuelan security crackdown ANTIOCH: With his son (maroon beret) calling commands, the coffin of slain Fox Lake police officer Lt. Joe Gliniewicz is carried into Antioch Community High School for his visitation and funeral service yesterday in Fox Lake, Illinois. spurs rights abuse complaints Gliniewicz was shot and killed on September 1, while on duty in Fox Lake. Police are searching for three suspects in connection with his death. —AFP VALENCIA: When Venezuelan troops and police during the first month of the operations, the gov- combination of police and troops descending on launched an early-morning raid on the slum neigh- ernment said, though it has not mentioned any neighborhoods or towns believed to be under the borhood of Brisas del Hipodromo last month, they police casualties. Rights groups say this pattern sig- control of criminal gangs. Unlike the widely-publi- detained hundreds of men without presenting nals illegal executions disguised as gun battles. The cized Brazilian raids on drug gangs in Rio de Janeiro, Boy dead, 3 hurt after arrest warrants and used heavy machinery to campaign has included the deportation of hun- the operations do not create permanent police pres- destroy hundreds of homes. President Nicolas dreds of Colombians living near the border, drawing ence in the areas of an operation and do not allow North Carolina shooting Maduro’s socialist government, which launched a global attention last month as migrants returned to press access. far-reaching security crackdown in July that has their native country with their belongings on their Some reporters seeking to cover them have CHARLOTTE: Charlotte police officers are vacation to help patrol and investigate, killed dozens of suspected criminals, said the Aug. backs. Venezuela’s Interior Ministry did not respond complained of harassment and detention. Many of being called back in from days off and Estes said. He said the extraf officers 17 operation in Valencia aimed to break up right- to questions regarding the security operations. State the operations show no immediate signs of having vacations after five people have been would be used to search for illegal guns, wing Colombian paramilitary groups. ombudsman Tarek William Saab, the government’s generated complaints, and have been applauded by killed and five others hurt in shootings among other steps. Residents, who strenuously deny links to organ- principal human rights advocate who was himself government sympathizers. But residents spoken to during a violent Labor Day holiday week- “We think it is an absolute tragedy that ized crime or the drug trade, returned to the area illegally arrested in 2002 during a coup against late by Reuters in Valencia, Caracas, and the border state end in North Carolina’s largest city. in Charlotte-Mecklenburg we are seeing and built improvised shacks from the remains of socialist leader Hugo Chavez, did not respond to an of Zulia characterized the operations in their com- The dead include a 7-year-old boy this type of violence,” Estes said. “We will their homes - only to have those structures knocked emailed list of questions. In comments to local munities as using disproportionate force and being killed during a birthday party around 9 not rest or not stop until we do everything down in a separate operation by troops on media, Saab has acknowledged “police excesses” marked by insufficient due process. pm Saturday in a front yard in southwest we can to put a stop to it.” Thursday. “All the money I had in the bank, I put into and arrests of unnecessary numbers of people, but Soldiers beat pregnant women, forced their way Charlotte. Another child and two other While officers investigated the boy’s my house to be able to live decently, but now I live has broadly supported the security crackdown. into homes, and stole possessions in the Caracas adults were wounded, but their injuries killing, authorities said they heard shots worse than a dog,” said Angela Holguin, 56, who was slum of Cota 905, the site of one of the first OLP were not life threatening, Charlotte- nearby about three hours later and found returning from a clinic after an operation when she DUE PROCESS operations, a community leader said. “This is sup- Mecklenburg Police Deputy Chief Jeff a woman dead and a man wounded from discovered her home was being leveled. “We can’t Maduro dismisses the human rights com- posed to be a security operation, they shouldn’t be Estes said. what appeared to be a drive-by shooting. figure out what we’re being punished for, because plaints as sabotage by political adversaries and beating people,” Lisney Bermudez, 43, a nurse and “It’s a sad state of affairs in the city and Also over the holiday weekend, a man this is too much humiliation,” she said, standing near promises the campaign will improve security in community leader who witnessed the operation, our country when a 7-year-old boy can’t was found dead from gunshot wounds in the remains of a destroyed church. Venezuela, which UN statistics show had the said in a telephone interview. be free to celebrate a birthday party with- east Charlotte on Sunday morning, and Under Maduro’s latest security campaign, world’s second-highest murder rate in 2012. “The Human rights organization Provea says 4,021 out being murdered,” Estes said at a news police found a man shot to death authorities have arrested thousands of citizens, raid- plan is to consolidate territories of peace wherever people were arrested during the first month of the conference Sunday. Police haven’t identi- Saturday morning in northwest Charlotte ed homes, and destroyed private property without the OLP operations take place, to free the people OLP raids, but that less than 10 percent were actual- fied suspects or a motive in Kevin Antonio after a second man was dropped off at the legally-mandated court orders, according to rights of this paramilitary stain and these criminal gangs ly charged with crimes, in what the group calls a Calderon Rodas’ death. The other three hospital where he died from gunshot groups and residents. Activists say they have that sully our people,” Maduro said during a tele- sign of indiscriminate arrests. In an Aug. 17 state- fatal shootings this weekend also remain wounds.”It is too early to say if any will be received dozens of complaints of mass arrests of citi- vised address in August. The campaign appears to ment about the operation in Brisas del Hipodromo, unsolved, Estes said. connected or not,” Estes said. “I can tell you zens with no link to criminals, degrading treatment be the most aggressive security policy of more the Interior Ministry said six people with outstand- The sudden spate of violence led offi- what connects them is it is a senseless, by troops, and theft of personal property during the than 20 anti-crime plans launched since Chavez ing criminal records, including two wanted for mur- cials to call in officers from days off and tragic loss of life.” —AP campaign known as “Operation to Free the People,” took office in 1999. der, were arrested as part of a broader effort to cap- or “OLP.” Fifty-two people were killed resisting arrest The raids generally start before dawn with a ture paramilitaries. —Reuters I N T E R N AT I O N A L TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 BBC plans new services for North Korea and Russia LONDON: The BBC plans to launch short-wave radio General. “My own strong view is that this is one area TV channel. It also plans a daily news service for tion. The 93-year-old BBC is facing the prospect of broadcasts to North Korea for the first time and start where this country’s voice could be much stronger - North Korea, whose citizens are largely cut off one of its biggest overhauls on the back of criticism new TV or digital services in Russia to address especially in the Middle East, India and Russia and from news of the world outside, having no access from some ministers and rivals that it stifles com- “democratic deficits”, the world’s biggest public serv- the states that used to make up the Soviet Union.” to the internet and being unable to make calls out- mercial competition and fails to provide balanced ice broadcaster said yesterday. The broadcaster, which wants to reach 500 mil- side their country. political coverage. It also proposed a new radio news service for lion people globally through its news operation, said Currently the US-funded Voice of America (VOA) In July, the government said it would look at Ethiopia and Eritrea. As part of its proposals for the it would beam the World Service, which has had its and Radio Free Asia (RFA) both make short-wave whether the BBC should be cut back and whether its next decade, the British broadcaster, which is under funding reduced since 2010, to areas “where there is broadcasts in Korean to the communist state, where current funding structure, with its major source of mounting political pressure to justify its size in a dig- a democratic deficit in impartial news”. those who listen to unauthorised foreign broadcasts income coming from households paying a 145.50- ital age, and facing severe cuts to its budget, said it As part of these plans, the BBC would aim to can face severe punishment. pound ($222) licence fee, needed reform. planned significant investment in its World Service expand its digital presence in Russia, either via But unlike South Korea and the United States, Hall said some services would “inevitably” be shut operation. “This is a service we want to strengthen YouTube or its Russian equivalent RuTube, and Britain is not seen by Pyongyang as an enemy state, and that the BBC would allow rivals access to some and expand,” said Tony Hall, the BBC’s Director would look at the feasibility of a Russian satellite and the BBC plans might not evoke as harsh a reac- of its material and platforms. — Reuters Moldovan protesters set up camp over ‘fraud of century’ CHISINAU: Moldovan opposition protest- this year, was dubbed the “fraud of the cen- ers yesterday pitched around 100 tents in tury” and came as a devastating blow to the centre of the capital Chisinau, demand- Europe’s poorest country, triggering the ing the resignation of the president and devaluation of the national currency, the snap elections after a big weekend demon- leu, and stoking inflation. Among the stration. demonstrators’ demands are the resigna- The tents went up in the capital tion of President Nicolae Timofti, early par- Chisinau’s central square after tens of thou- liamentary polls and the dismissal of top sands of Moldovans poured onto the officials at the central bank and the prose- streets on Sunday to protest against cor- cutor-general’s office. Last year Moldova, ruption and fraud in the ex-Soviet country, which lies between Ukraine and Romania, in the largest such rally of recent years. signed an association agreement taking it Demonstrators said they were digging in closer to European Union (EU) membership for the long haul in the “Dignity and despite opposition from Russia. Justice” protest camp as they declared an Protesters accuse the country’s leaders indefinite protest near the seat of govern- of paying lip service to Western integration, ment. while using positions of power to enrich “There will be between 100 and 300 of themselves. Disagreement over whether to our supporters on the square at all times,” sign a similar agreement with the EU Vasile Nastase, one of the organisers, told sparked the crisis in neighbouring Ukraine, AFP. “They will live in the Dignity and where Russia is accused of fuelling the Justice tent camp until the authorities fulfil bloody separatist conflict in the east. our demands in full,” said Nastase, a mem- Russia maintains thousands of troops in ber of a pro-Western movement called DA, Moldova’s breakaway region of which organised the protests. Transdniestr, bordering Ukraine, and has The protests in the impoverished coun- for years provided money to prop up the try of some 3.5 million people have been impoverished region that is home to some triggered by an eyebrow-raising scam that 180,000 Russian nationals. saw 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) — roughly President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman 10 percent of Moldova’s GDP-mysteriously said yesterday the Kremlin was monitoring exit the country. The scam, uncovered early the protests in Moldova. — AFP PARIS: Antonio Guterres, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), center left, is welcomed by French President Francois Hollande upon his arrival at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, yesterday. Hollande said the country will welcome 24,000 refugees and will begin reconnaissance flights over Syria today. — AP France prepares air strikes against IS in Syria: Hollande ‘The transition is an essential point’

PARIS: France will launch surveillance flights Russian hardening position “Our line hasn’t changed, and there’s no ques- over Syria from today with a view to conducting Hollande’s comments come at a time of tion of joining the coalition in Syria,” he said, airstrikes on Islamic State positions, President growing concern in the West over reports that speaking on condition of anonymity. France cur- Francois Hollande said on Monday. “I have asked Russia is toughening its military stance in Syria. rently only participates in missions against IS in the defence ministry that from tomorrow sur- Moscow has been a bulwark of military and Iraq following that country’s request for interna- veillance flights can be launched over Syria, diplomatic support to the Assad regime, and is tional help against the jihadists. Hollande said allowing us to plan airstrikes against Daesh (the promoting an expanded coalition against IS that the French military had so far carried out 200 Islamic State group),” Hollande told a press con- includes countries in the region as well as the strikes in Iraq. ference in Paris. “What we want is to know what regular Syrian army. The United States govern- It has played a minimal role in the recent is being prepared against us and what is being ment expressed concern on Saturday over diplomatic push to find a political solution to the done against the Syrian population,” he added. reports of “an imminent enhanced Russian country’s civil war, which has included the He also confirmed that France would not send buildup” in Syria. Secretary of State John Kerry unprecedented meeting in Doha on August 3 ground troops into the country, saying it would “made clear that if such reports were accurate, between the top US, Russian and Saudi diplo- be “inconsequential and unrealistic.” He said it these actions could further escalate the conflict, mats. The Saudi and Iranian foreign ministers was unrealistic “because we would be the only lead to greater loss of innocent life, increase were later received separately in Moscow, as CHISINAU: People stand next to protester’s tents in downtown Chisinau, Moldova, ones” and also risked being “transformed into an refugee flows and risk confrontation with the were representatives of various more moderate yesterday. Tens of thousands of people have protested in Moldova’s capital, Sunday, occupation force”. “So we won’t do it,” he said. anti-ISIL coalition operating in Syria,” the State Syrian opposition groups. calling on the government to properly investigate the up to $1.5 billion that disap- “It’s for regional forces to take their responsibili- Department said in a statement. Britain is also thought to be considering mili- peared from three banks last year. — AP ties. France, however, will work to find political Concerns of being sidelined by Russia have tary strikes in Syria, with Prime Minister David solutions.” He said that finding a political transi- combined with the growing surge of interest in Cameron trying to organise a new parliamentary tion that sidelined Syrian President Bashar al- the fate of refugees from the war, pushing vote on the issue in the coming weeks. Assad was “essential”. France to take a more active role in Syria. British lawmakers rejected such action two Blaze at refugee shelter “The transition is an essential point. Nothing Speaking to AFP on Saturday, a French official years ago, in a decision that embarrassed must be done that can consolidate or maintain said any French strikes would not involve joining Cameron and drew criticism from the United in Germany injures five Bashar al-Assad,” he said. the US-led coalition. States. — AFP BERLIN: Five people were injured in a fire lum shelters in recent months. The country at an asylum shelter in Germany, police expects the influx of refugees and migrants said yesterday, after a weekend that saw to quadruple to about 800,000 this year. more than 20,000 refugees entering the The surge over the weekend came after Vatican will shelter two country. The blaze broke out at a shelter, Germany and Austria agreed with Hungary housing more than 80 people, in the town to waive rules requiring refugees to register of Rottenburg in the western state of an asylum claim in the first EU country they families fleeing war, hunger Baden-Wuerttemberg. Two people suffered reach. leg injuries jumping from a window to Europe is facing its worst refugee crisis VATICAN CITY: The Vatican will shelter two fam- escape the flames, police spokeman Josef since the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s. The ilies of refugees who are “fleeing death” from war Hoenes said in a statement, while three influx has brought the European Unionís or hunger, Pope Francis announced Sunday as were treated for smoke inhalation. asylum system to breaking point, and has he called on Catholic parishes, convents and The cause was not immediately known, fed the rise of right-wing populist parties, monasteries across Europe to do the same. and was being investigated. Germany has while member states have been divided Francis cited Mother Teresa, the European- witnessed dozens of arson attacks on asy- over their policy response. — Reuters born nun who cared for the poorest in India, in making his appeal in remarks to pilgrims and tourists in St. Peter’s Square. “Faced with the tragedy of tens of thousands of refugees who Croatia retries former are fleeing death by war and by hunger, and who are on a path toward a hope for life, the Gospel calls us to be neighbors to the smallest PM in corruption cases and most abandoned, to give them concrete ZAGREB: Croatia began a retrial yester- lawyers requested the judge be changed hope,” Francis said. day of former prime minister Ivo Sanader as he had overseen the previous trial. It’s not enough to say “Have courage, hang in on corruption charges, including a case After the Hungarian firm’s acquisition there,” he added. “May every parish, every reli- of a bribe allegedly taken from of the stake in INA, Croatia has been try- gious community, every monastery, every sanc- Hungarian oil firm MOL to allow it ing for years to claw back influence in tuary in Europe host a family, starting with my acquire a dominant stake in Croatia’s decision-making the firm where MOL diocese of Rome,” Francis said. He also asked biggest utility. holds just under 50 percent. bishops throughout Europe to have their dioce- In July, Croatia’s Constitutional Court Zagreb and MOL have been engaged ses take up his call to “express the Gospel in con- annulled two corruption convictions in talks on improving their partnership in crete terms and take in a family of refugees.” against Sanader, for which he received INA since September 2013 but have The Vatican is a tiny city-state and some of its NEW YORK: In this Wednesday, May 6, 2015 photo, stained glass foreman Jim Edbrooke, left, eight-and-a-half years in prison, citing made little progress and further talks are citizens, including families with children, live in and foreman Anthony Del Orbe prepare to hoist a newly restored stained glass panel into procedural errors, and ordered the retrial. unlikely before Croatia’s parliamentary apartments inside its ancient walls. It has two place at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York. A three-year restoration project at the cathedral is Sanader, prime minister from 2004 to election, due by early 2016. parish churches, including St. Peter’s Basilica. coming to an end, just in time for a late September visit from Pope Francis. — AP 2009, was convicted of taking the bribe The Zagreb county court has indicted Francis said two of the Vatican’s parishes will from MOL in 2008 so it could take the MOL Chairman Zsolt Hernadi after welcome two refugee families, but did not give Germany and Austria over the weekend after our country.” European bishops will discuss soon stake in Croatian oil firm INA. Sanader Hungary refused to allow him to be ques- details. A Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Ciro being stuck in Hungary for days. the pope’s appeal for parishes to take in and MOL have denied any wrongdoing. tioned, citing national interests. Hernadi Benedettini, quoted the pope’s chief alms-giver Italy has nearly 120,000 people who were refugees, Bagnasco said. “The European and He was also convicted of taking a has denied any wrongoing. A trial due to as saying the Vatican is now deciding which fam- brought to its shores after rescue at sea and who Italian church is ready to mobilize to receive” bribe from Austria’s Hypo Bank in 1994 start in February has been postponed for ilies will be hosted. are hoping for asylum in Europe. An Italian cardi- refugees, he told Vatican Radio. The cardinal is a and 1995, when he was deputy foreign procedural reasons, with no new date He has chosen mercy as the overarching nal calculated that the parishes in the predomi- longtime leader of the Italian bishops confer- minister. He is the highest-ranking set. Meanwhile, Sanader also faces other theme of his papacy. Practicing what he preach- nantly Roman Catholic country could practically ence and is an official of the European bishops Croatian official tried for graft as part of corruption charges in separate cases, es, he has already made free showers at the host them all. With more than 27,000 parishes, if conference. the ex-Yugoslav republic’s drive to including an indictment for creating Vatican available to Rome’s homeless and has each parish hosted a family of four, more than “Yes, surely there will be a prompt response,” strengthen the rule of law and join the slush funds for the conservative HDZ par- barbers available for haircuts for the needy, 108,000 people would have shelter. “I hope this Bagnasco said. “We will talk about it next week, European Union, which it did in 2013. ty by taking money from public compa- among other initiatives. wish comes true,” Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco told when the heads of European bishops confer- As the retrial got under way, Sanader’s nies. — Reuters Thousands of migrants and refugees, many a Catholic-affairs TV program on TV2000, adding, ences meet in Jerusalem” for an annual gather- fleeing war and persecution, have streamed into “It gives the idea of the possibilities that are in ing, the cardinal said. — AP TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 INTERNATIONAL

Pakistan deploys first homemade drone, 3 killed

ISLAMABAD: A missile-firing Pakistani drone has Bajwa, the military’s chief spokesman. Afghan border last year. which monitors strikes through news reports. The US killed at least three suspected militants in the first “Hit a terrorist compound in Shawal Valley killing The military expanded the offensive into the strikes have enraged many members of the public in ever reported use of the indigenously developed air- (three) high profile terrorists,” Bajwa said in a posting Shawal Valley last month, with the use of both Pakistan, fuelling anti-US sentiment and anger craft in combat, the military said yesterday. on his Twitter feed. He did not say when the drone ground troops and aircraft. The government has for towards Pakistani governments seen as too accom- The deployment of the drone will add a new layer strike happened or give any more details. years denounced US drone strikes in Pakistan as a vio- modating of U.S. demands in its war on militancy. of complexity to a debate on the use of drones in Militants in the area identified one of the three lation of sovereignty, although there has been suspi- Pakistan first successfully tested the Burraq drone Pakistan where the government has officially people killed in the Sunday night strike as Nizam cion the government has quietly given the green in March with the military hailing it as “a force multi- denounced numerous strikes by US drones on mili- Wazir, a faction leader allied with the Pakistani light to at least some of the attacks, especially those plier in the anti-terror campaign”. The military tants over the past decade. The “Burraq” drone Taleban. Wazir was being buried on Monday, they said. on Pakistani Taleban leaders. deployed two Pakistani-produced unarmed surveil- attacked a suspected militant hideout in the Shawal Government forces launched an offensive US drones have killed more than 2,400 people in lance drones in 2013. Analysts say Pakistan’s drones Valley, which has long been a militant stronghold on against Pakistani Taleban militants in semi- Pakistan since 2004, according to the independent look very much like drones from Pakistan’s close ally, the border with Afghanistan, said Major General Asim autonomous ethnic Pashtun regions along the London-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism, China. — Reuters Air strike kills 11 Afghanistan police Taleban responsible for most deaths

KANDAHAR: An air attack has killed at least 11 Afghan police officers in the volatile and opium-rich southern province of Helmand, officials said yester- day, in the latest apparent case of “friendly fire”. An interior ministry spokesman said the strike on Sunday was carried out by NATO forces but another ministry official could not confirm who was MALE: Lebanese-British lawyer and rights activist Amal Clooney (C) arrives in Male responsible. NATO said in a statement it conducted yesterday. Clooney arrived in the Maldives yesterday to press for the release of ex- no air strikes in Helmand on Sunday. Afghanistan’s leader Mohamed Nasheed and said the atoll nation’s rights record was “deteriorat- own air force also has the capability to carry out ing” day by day. — AFP aerial bombardments, but both the force and the defence ministry declined to comment. “Eleven counter-narcotics police were killed and four others were wounded in an air strike carried out by inter- Over 1.5 million hit national forces in Garmsir district of Helmand province,” deputy interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish told AFP. A spokesman for the counter-nar- by floods in Assam cotics police at the interior ministry confirmed the toll but could not say who carried out the attack. GUWAHATI: Authorities in northeast India from the central government. We have Helmand, the heartland of the global opium trade, are struggling to respond to massive floods exhausted all our limited resources. We are is one of the biggest flashpoints in the 14-year which have affected more than 1.5 million in a helpless situation,” Gogoi told Taleban insurgency that erupted after a US-led people and forced more than 200,000 peo- reporters. invasion brought down their regime in 2001. ple to seek refuge in relief camps, senior The Brahmaputra, Assam’s main river US-led NATO forces ended their combat mission government officials said yesterday. which is fed by Himalayan snow melt and in Afghanistan last December, leaving local forces Heavy monsoon rains in the tea and oil- monsoon rain, has been overflowing in to battle militants alone on the ground. A 13,000- rich state of Assam have caused burgeon- many areas along its course. It has sub- strong US-dominated residual force remains for HERaT: A female member of the Afghan border police participates in a military exercise on the ing rivers, including the mighty merged over 2,000 low-lying villages as training and counter-terrorism operations. But outskirts of Herat, Afghanistan, yesterday. Twelve female and seventy male border police per- Brahmaputra, to burst their banks, killing well as large swathes of agricultural land in there has been an escalation in air strikes by NATO sonnel participated in the military exercise near the border with Iran in Herat province. — AP more than 50 people this year, including 15 16 of Assam’s 23 districts which include forces in recent months despite the drawdown. people in the past week. Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Lakhimpur and advanced on some districts. are responsible for most deaths. Assam’s Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said Dhemaji. From August 22-29 US forces conducted 18 air Foreign forces are themselves also known some- Friendly fire the state was unable to provide adequate India usually experiences monsoon rains attacks in and around Musa Qala district to destroy times to fall victim to “friendly fire” incidents. A Foreign coalition forces carried out 106 air assistance to flood-hit villagers as it did not from June to September, which are vital for Taleban positions, according to a NATO NATO airstrike in June last year killed five US troops strikes in June, a sharp jump compared to 41 the have enough resources and called on the its farming. But in states like mountainous spokesman. The strategic district recently fell to and an Afghan soldier in an accident during clashes previous month, according to NATO statistics. That federal government in New Delhi for more Assam, the rains frequently cause land- the Taleban but was subsequently recaptured. with insurgents. The incident could have been figure is still significantly lower than previous years. support. slides and flooding that devastate crops, While “friendly fire” incidents involving foreign avoided if American forces had communicated But NATO forces have stepped up air attacks in “We need urgent assistance and relief destroy homes and trigger diseases such as coalition forces are a deeply contentious issue in properly and understood their aircraft’s capabilities, Helmand in recent months after the Taleban materials for the flood affected people diarrhoea. — Reuters Afghanistan, UN statistics show that the Taleban military investigators later said. — AFP Kashmir shuts down on anniversary of floods

SRINAGAR: Indian Kashmir largely shut down yesterday to protest at government delays in rebuilding the region hit by devastating floods a year ago, as hundreds of police and troops patrolled the streets. Shops, banks and schools were shuttered in the main city of Srinagar after traders called a 24-hour strike over perceived government inaction in helping businesses and families recover from the floods. The shutdown was held to mark the first anniversary of the floods that swept through the troubled, Himalayan region, killing 300 people and causing an estimated $16 billion worth of damage. Business leaders and Kashmiri sep- aratist leaders were detained in police stations or confined to their homes SRINAGAR: Indian policemen detain traders during a protest march in yesterday to prevent them leading a Srinagar yesterday. Indian Kashmir mostly shut down yesterday to protest rally in Srinagar against the state and government delays in rebuilding the region hit by devastating floods a national governments. year ago, as hundreds of police and troops patrolled the streets. — AFP “The government of India refused towns across the region. efforts. Srinagar was hardest hit after international aid for Kashmir and did Kashmir is accustomed to strikes the rain-swollen River Jhelum burst its almost nothing itself after failing to and shutdowns called by separatists banks, leaving thousands stranded. protect us from the devastation,” against Indian rule of the Muslim- City resident Bashir Ahmed said he Mohammad Yasin Khan, chairman of majority region. But anger has been cannot afford to rebuild his home com- the Kashmir Economic Alliance, a mounting over a perceived failure by pletely after receiving little in govern- coalition of traders’ bodies, told AFP Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu ment compensation. “I received 75,000 by phone from a police station where nationalist government to deliver on rupees ($1,122) which was just about he was being held. rehabilitation promises following the enough to clear the debris of my Security forces locked down floods. destroyed home,” said Ahmed. Srinagar’s main business hub of Lal About 300,000 homes and other Kashmir is divided between India Chowk, including with barbed wire buildings along with 700,000 hectares and Pakistan but claimed in full by barricades, and deployed police and (1.73 million acres) of farmland were both. More than a dozen armed rebel paramilitary forces in riot gear. The damaged in the floods, according to a groups have been fighting Indian University of Kashmir cancelled exams state government assessment. The forces since 1989 for the region’s scheduled for yesterday as part of the Modi government says it has given state independence or its merger with strike, which was also observed in authorities millions of rupees for relief Pakistan. — AFP

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Elephant tramples Chinese RAIPUR: A wild elephant yesterday trampled a Chinese man Lightning kills 20 to death as he was taking a morning stroll through a dense NEW DELHI: At least 20 people died while many more sus- central Indian forest, police said. The 41-year-old victim was tained injuries on Sunday evening as they were hit by light- fatally injured by the animal in the Gharghoda forest of ning amid torrential rains in several South Indian states. Six Chhattisgarh state, local police chief Sanjeev Shukla told AFP people died in the Nellore district, four each died in Krsihna by telephone. “A wild elephant today trampled a Chinese and Prakasam districts. Three deaths were reported from engineer in Gharghoda forest area,” Shukla said. He identified Guntur, two from East Godavari and one from each of the victim as Jong Kitau, a Chinese engineer working on a Anantapur and Srikakulam districts, Indo Asian News power project in the state and staying at a local guest house Agency reported, citing government sources. The agency with his team. The incident took place when Kitau and his added that parts of Andhra Pradesh and Telengana received colleague set out for a morning walk and came face to face heavy rains due to the low pressure area over Bay of Bengal. with the elephant, which charged at the pair. While his col- The incessant rains have resulted in floods in various low-lay- league managed to flee with only minor injuries, Kitau was ing parts of the state and vehicular traffic was disturbed as unable to escape in time, Shukla said. Indian elephants can roads were inundated. An emergency meeting was called by grow to 6.4 metres (21 feet) in length and 3.5 metres in Chief Minister of the State N. Chandrababu Naidu to assess height, according to the World Wildlife Fund. the situation. TUeSDAY, SePTeMbeR 8, 2015 I N T E R N A T I O N A L

Cambodian Cham Muslim recounts Khmer Rouge horrors PHNOM PENH: A member of Cambodia’s a regime responsible for the deaths of up the first witness to testify about the suf- deep river by Khmer Rouge soldiers in a ern society in Cambodia in their quest minority Cham Muslim community yes- to two million Cambodians from 1975- fering of Muslim people, told the court village. His wife and child were taken for an agrarian Marxist utopia. Many key terday recounted the horrors of living 1979. In August last year they were given how Chams were specifically targeted. away by soldiers. It Sen managed to Khmer Rouge leaders have died without under the Khmer Rouge, describing how life sentences for crimes against humani- “If they (Khmer Rouge soldiers) hap- escape but he never heard from them facing justice including “brother regime cadres burned Qurans, forced ty after a two-year trial that focused on pened to hear us speaking Cham lan- again. Number One” Pol Pot, who died in 1998. them to eat pork and murdered them en the forced evacuation of Cambodians guage, we would be taken away and Throughout the Khmer Rouge’s brief The former Khmer Rouge “first lady” Ieng masse. from Phnom Penh into rural labour killed,” he said. but brutal time in power an estimated Thirith, 83, died last month also without The testimony came at the second camps and murders at an execution site. Cham people were forced to eat pork 100,000 to 500,000 Cham Muslims and victims ever seeing her face trial on UN-backed trial of the two top surviving In a second trial they now face while Qurans were “collected from hous- 20,000 Vietnamese were murdered by charges of genocide and crimes against former Khmer Rouge leaders. “brother charges over the killing of ethnic es and burned” by Khmer Rouge cadres, the regime. before these charges were humanity. Her husband, former regime Number Two” Nuon Chea, 89, and ex- Vietnamese and Muslim minorities, and he added. It Sen said he witnessed a filed, the mistreatment of the two foreign minister Ieng Sary, died in 2013 head of state Khieu Samphan, 84, have the regime’s use of forced marriage and mass drowning of dozens of Chams who minority groups was rarely discussed. aged 87, before a verdict was delivered in already been jailed for their pivotal role in rape. Khmer Rouge survivor It Sen, 63, were roped to a boat and dragged into a The Khmer Rouge dismantled mod- his trial. —AFP Suspect in Bangkok blast tells police he’s ‘guilty’ Two of the suspects are Turkish BANGKOK: A key suspect in last as Yusufu Mierili, responded through container of gunpowder. Police say China in July. Uighurs (pronounced month’s deadly bangkok bombing a translator: “Guilty.” Authorities have both apartments contained bomb- Wee-gurs) are related to Turks, and was transferred yesterday to police previously released a variety of making materials, and one had Turkey is home to a large Uighur custody after a week of military spellings of his name, including more than 200 fake Turkish pass- community. interrogation, and was asked to Mieraili Yusufu and Yusufu Meerailee. ports. The Aug. 17 blast at the acknowledge the charge against It was not clear whether the appar- erawan Shrine killed 20 people and Chinese passport him before police and the media. ent confession would carry legal injured more than 120 in one of the Mierili’s nationality has not been As cameras recorded in the weight in a court. Mierili, who was most devastating acts of violence in confirmed, but police say he was car- packed room, police introduced an arrested last Tuesday near the Thai- bangkok in decades. rying a Chinese passport that indi- unusual twist to the routine by ask- Cambodia border, has not yet been Thai authorities have suggested cated he was from the western ing the suspect whether or not he formally charged. that at least two of the suspects are region of Xinjiang, home to the was guilty of the charge of co-pos- Police say they found his DNA or possibly Turkish, boosting a theory Turkish-speaking Uighurs. Police said session of illegal explosives, as stat- fingerprints in two apartments that that the bombing was to avenge last week that Mierili was suspected ed in his arrest warrant. were raided a week ago by police on Thailand’s forced repatriation of of being a conspirator rather than SYDNEY: Protesters sit next to a placard and candles to remember Syrian child The suspect, identified by police the outskirts of bangkok, including a more than 100 ethnic Uighurs to the bomber, who was seen in securi- Aylan Kurdi, who drowned in Turkey last week creating an international outcry, ty videos placing a knapsack at the during a vigil in Sydney yesterday. Thousands of people held vigils in Sydney open-air shrine and then leaving. and other cities around the country to pressure Australian Prime Minister Tony Another suspect, who was arrest- Abbott, who said the country intended to take more Syrian refugees but said ed Aug. 29 at one of the two apart- he would await advice from his minister for immigration, currently in Europe, ments police raided, was in posses- sion of a fake Turkish passport when before announcing the government’s final decision. — AFP arrested, police say. That man, whom police have identified as Adem Karadak, was transferred to police Australia under pressure to custody Friday after nearly a week in military custody. boost Syria refugee intake Thai authorities have said they would turn over the two passports SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Tony Monday called on Abbott to take inspira- to the relevant embassies to confirm Abbott came under pressure yesterday to tion from former Prime Minister John their authenticity once forensics test- take in more migrants to help ease a crisis Howard’s 1999 decision to accept 4,000 ing is completed. sparked by tens of thousands arriving in additional refugees fleeing conflict in Authorities have so far issued 11 europe. Kosovo. arrest warrants for suspects related Abbott on Sunday announced that Australia’s tough stance on asylum to the blast, including two yesterday. Australia would allocate more spaces in its seekers, which Abbott argues is necessary One of the warrants was for a man 13,750 annual intake quota to those flee- to stop deaths at sea, has been strongly identified as Abdullah Abdullahman ing violence in Syria, but did not plan to criticised by the United Nations and civil of unknown nationality on charges boost the overall intake, sparking criticism society groups. but Abbott on Monday of conspiracy to possess unautho- from across the political spectrum. credited those policies, which include rized explosives and unauthorized Photographs of a Syrian toddler lying turning back asylum seeker boats at sea war materials. A police sketch dead on a Turkish beach brought home to and indefinite detention in remote Pacific showed a young man with short, the world the horror faced by those des- island countries, with creating an environ- brown hair, with a light mustache perate enough to travel illegally into the ment conducive to helping more and beard. The other warrant issued yester- heart of europe. but Austria said it refugees. BANGKOK: A foreign suspect in the August 17 Erawan shrine bombing, identified by the ruling day for the same charges was for “a planned to end emergency measures that “We can do this responsibly because of foreign man” whose name and have allowed thousands stranded in the changes on our own borders over the junta as Yusufu Mieraili (3rd R), listens to an interpreter as he is questioned by police officers at Hungary into Austria and Germany and last year or so. It is in fact the Australian Bangkok’s Metropolitan Police Station yesterday. Mieraili, one of the two men arrested over last nationality were unknown. He appeared to have short, dark hair in move step by step “towards normality”. government which is now in charge of month’s deadly Bangkok bomb has admitted to a charge of possessing explosives, Thai police Australia’s opposition Labor Party yes- those who come to us under our refugee said yesterday, in the first confession over the deadly attack. —AFP the blurry picture from security cam- era footage. —AP terday called for 10,000 additional intake and humanitarian programme,” he told slots as a one-time measure. “Labor parliament. believes it isn’t good enough for the gov- In the year ending June 30, about a ernment or Mr. Abbott to simply say that third of the people allowed to settle in they will take more refugees, but from Australia are from Syria and Iraq. The Koreas meet to talk about within the existing level of refugees government has plans to gradually scheduled to be taken by this country,” increase the annual total intake to opposition leader bill Shorten told 18,750 places by 2018-19. New Zealand reporters. yesterday also announced a one-time preparations for reunions “We are proposing a significant “special emergency intake” of 600 increase because this is a significant crisis.” refugees from Syria, on top of the 150 SEOUL: North and South Korea started talks at a were given a second chance to meet their rela- country to influence from more affluent South Foreign Minister Julie bishop and its takes in annually under a quota sys- border village yesteray on resuming the tives, according to South Korea’s Red Cross. Korea and threaten the ruling party’s grip on Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on tem. —Reuters reunions of families separated by the Korean South Korean officials have long called for hold- power. The two Koreas remain divided along War in the early 1950s, Seoul officials said. ing reunions more regularly and expanding the the world’s most heavily fortified border since The talks among the rivals’ Red Cross offi- number of people taking part. North Korea is the 1950 53 Korean War ended with an cials at Panmunjom were made possible seen as worrying that doing so could open the armistice, not a peace treaty. —AP after the Koreas struck a deal last month that Indonesia migrant boat eased animosity that saw them threatening war. The standoff flared after a mine explo- death toll rises to 61 sion blamed on Pyongyang maimed two KUALA LUMPUR: Sixty-one bodies years. Her eldest son, Yan Iqbar, told South Korean soldiers. The highly emotional have been recovered from an over- Reuters that only he had been told of reunions have not happened since early last loaded wooden boat which sank off her visit. year. Most applicants are in their 70s or older Malaysia carrying dozens of “She wanted to give the family a and desperate to see their loved ones before Indonesian illegal immigrants, mar- surprise,” he said. Most of Malaysia’s they die.Many Koreans don’t even know itime officials said yesterday. estimated six million legal and illegal whether relatives on the other side of the bor- The dead were mostly men, with migrant workers are from Indonesia, der are still alive because their governments one toddler on board, the maritime working on construction sites, planta- mostly ban the exchange of letters, phone calls agency’s search and rescue director, tions, in factories and in domestic or emails. The planned reunions are not a sure Robert Teh, told Reuters. Only 20 peo- service. thing. The rivals have a long history of failing to ple are believed to have survived Southeast Asia had a huge migrant follow through on reconciliation efforts. Thursday’s disaster. crisis in May after boats carrying thou- Some foreign analysts remain skeptical about “If no more bodies are found today, sands of people from Myanmar and inter-Korean ties because of speculation that we may call off the search and rescue bangladesh were left at sea following North Korea will fire what it calls a satellite to operations tomorrow,” Teh said. The a Thai crackdown on people-smug- celebrate next month’s 70th birthday of its rul- boat is believed to have overturned gling gangs. ing party. Similar past launches triggered an due to overloading and bad weather Last week’s tragedy occurred at a international standoff as South Korea and other as immigrants were making the jour- time when europe is facing its biggest neighboring countries called them disguised SEOUL: Elderly South Korean residents who left behind relatives in North Korea visit ney home for the eid al-Adha holiday, refugee crisis with thousands of tests for long-range missiles. the Red Cross office in Seoul yesterday to fill out applications for an expected inter- officials told reporters on Thursday. Middle eastern refugees making their About 22,500 Koreans had participated in Korean family reunion program. North and South Korean Red Cross officials kicked brief reunions - 18,800 in person and the others One of the victims, Asminah, was way by boat across the Mediterranean. off talks yesterday on organising a rare and emotional reunion for families separated making her first trip home in three Hundreds have died. —Reuters by video - during a period of detente. None by the Korean War. —AFP Tajikistan hunts renegade minister after clashes MOSCOW/ALMATY: Tajikistan said it had arrested Abdukhalim Nazarzoda, a former rebel and the Crime in 58 cities and districts had ceased to exist, officially registered mosques into underground 14 members of a criminal group loyal to the coun- country’s deputy defence minister until Friday, As of late yesterday, the general remained meaning it had no right to call itself a nation- ones,” he said, warning that this could stoke try’s sacked deputy defence minister in a special when gunmen loyal to him clashed with govern- at large. The violence appears connected to a wide political force. Islamist radicalism. operation yesterday, following bloody gun battles ment forces in circumstances that have not been clampdown on political Islam by President It ordered its main office in Dushanbe shut- that have stoked fears of religious-related unrest. fully explained. Nine police officers and 13 rebels Imomali Rakhmon, the former head of a tered. The IRPT said in a statement at the time its Independence day A poor Muslim nation of 8 million in Central died in the clashes, the police said. Soviet collective farm, who has ruled since branches had been forced to close by officials. It Tajikistan is due to celebrate its independence Asia, Tajikistan remains volatile after a 1992-97 civil The authorities have suggested Nazarzoda 1992 and tolerates no dissent. Rakhmon bowed to a government edict however and can- day tomorrow, and Russian President Vladimir war that killed tens of thousands of people. belonged to an Islamist political party; the party sacked Nazarzoda on Friday after the violence, celled a congress planned for this month. Putin, whose country maintains a military base in Tensions between its secular, pro-Moscow govern- has denied that. accusing him of committing an unspecified Professor Alexander Knyazev, a Kazakhstan- Tajikistan, is expected to visit Dushanbe later this ment and the Islamist opposition are on the rise. On Monday, the interior ministry said it had crime. The authorities later accused Nazarzoda of based Central Asia analyst, said the government’s month. Instability in the ex-Soviet state is a source of arrested 14 associates of Nazarzoda and confiscat- belonging to the Islamic Revival Party of campaign against the IRPT risked backfiring. Putin told President Rakhmon in a phone call concern to Russia and the United States who fear ed a large cache of weapons in an isolated gorge Tajikistan (IRPT). “The IRPT, acting as a legal political force, had over the weekend that the latest violence was “an militant Islam could take root there because of its outside Dushanbe, the capital. The IRPT, which denied that Nazaroda is a served as a lightning rod (for dissent), deflecting attempt to destabilise the country’s internal situa- proximity to Afghanistan, though there has been “The operation to liquidate Nazarzoda’s ter- member, is in the government’s crosshairs. radical Islam,” Knyazev told Reuters. tion” and expressed his support for the Tajik lead- limited evidence of that so far. rorist group is continuing,” the ministry said in a The government told the party at the end of “Its closure and official pressure on its mem- ership, Russian news agencies quoted Kremlin At the centre of the latest crisis is General statement. August its activities were illegal, as its branches bers is likely to push many pious Muslims out of spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying. —Reuters NEWS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 Algerians let hair down at mall Continued from Page 1 tre since it opened, equivalent to an average of 21,000 customers per day, says Alain Rolland, the Swiss direc- Despite signs of opening up, Algerian society tor of the Company of Algerian Shopping Centres that remains “conservative, traditional and hierarchical”, says owns it. Barely six kilometres away, in the Algiers Bay, Drici, the sociologist. Couples embracing or holding many gather on the terrace of the Ardis commercial hands in the capital’s streets or on public transport are centre to admire the sun set over the water. a rare sight - even if this was fairly common before The mall overlooks the Sablettes, a beach celebrated Islamism swept over Algeria in the late 1980s. In the by Algerian-born French writer Albert Camus that was malls, “the signs are mostly Western and sell a lifestyle recently cleaned up after years of neglect. As in many and fashion different from Algerian society’s traditional other emerging economies, enthusiasm for these shop- values,” Drici says. ping centres does not seem set to dwindle any time But youths are not the only visitors of these new soon. Investors are already planning to open a new temples of consumption. Clients of all ages flock to the mall - complete with skating rink, cinemas and theme malls, where families can share a pizza while watching park - in Baraki, a southern neighborhood of Algiers their children run around a playing area. Up to 7.6 mil- that just two decades ago was overrun by Islamist lion people have visited the capital’s Bab Ezzouar cen- armed groups. —AFP Mother of Palestinian boy killed in settler... Continued from Page 1 attack “terrorism” - a word usually used by Israelis to refer to violence by Palestinians. Yesterday, he issued a statement His condition has improved, but he still faces a number expressing his condolences and adding that “the security of operations, a hospital spokeswoman said. forces are doing their utmost to apprehend the assailants There have been several arrests of suspected Jewish and bring them to justice”. An Emirati child plays with an airplane model near the venue of the Mazayin Dhafra Camel Festival in this extremists since the firebombing, but none has been specif- July’s firebombing shared similarities with previous hate Dec 20, 2012 file photo near the city of Madinat Zayed, 150 km west of Abu Dhabi. The festival, which ically accused of the attack, prompting critics of the govern- crimes known as “price-tag” attacks. The term refers to attracts participants from around the Gulf region, includes a camel beauty contest, a display of UAE hand- ment to call the moves window-dressing. The firebombing extremists warning that there would be a price to pay for crafts and other activities aimed at promoting the country’s folklore. — AFP came only hours after a stabbing attack at a Jerusalem Gay any action by Israeli authorities they regard as hostile to the Pride march that killed a 16-year-old girl and wounded five Jewish settlement movement or to far-right religious other people. While unrelated, both attacks have led to criti- beliefs. Such radicals have also targeted Christians, Arab Qatar sends 1,000 troops to Yemen cism of Israel’s security forces, who have been accused of Israelis and even Israeli soldiers. There has been speculation failing to tackle Jewish extremism, and sparked internation- that the firebombing was in response to the demolition of Continued from Page 1 have replaced their usual upbeat fare with Quranic recitations al condemnation of the violence. two settlement buildings in the West Bank that had been and classical music to mark three days of mourning commemo- Saeb Erakat, secretary general of the Palestine Liberation erected without Israeli government permission. dozens of soldiers including Saudis and Emiratis. Saudi coali- rating the unprecedented war loss - an honor typically reserved Organisation, said in a statement yesterday that “there is a After the attack, three alleged Jewish extremists were tion forces on Sunday carried out repeated air raids on Houthi for the country’s top leaders. culture of hate that has been developing in Israel by sup- placed in a form of detention without trial usually used for targets and allied troops loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, the powerful Abu porting settlements” in the occupied West Bank. “The assas- Palestinians. Israel has also restricted the movements of Saleh in apparent retaliation. Dhabi crown prince and deputy supreme commander of the sination of the Dawabsha family reflects the clear connec- another 10 people. No one has been charged specifically Saudi-led warplanes yesterday renewed strikes on Houthi UAE armed forces, and other top government officials visited tion between hate speech, settlement expansion and the with the firebombing, however. Last month, a tent was targets across Yemen and Houthi-run media said the raids killed families of killed soldiers. Outside medical clinics, Emirati men in impunity granted to Israel by the international community,” torched and Hebrew-language graffiti sprayed in a West at least 12 people, including women and children, in the central traditional white garments known as thobes have been lining he said. Bank Bedouin village in what residents and an NGO said province of Ibb. It was not immediately possible to independ- up to give blood for those still recovering from the attack. Nickolay Mladenov, the UN special coordinator for the was another suspected attack by extremists. ently verify the report. The managing editor of the widely read UAE daily Gulf News, Middle East peace process, said he was “concerned by the The village is near a wildcat Jewish settlement outpost Al Jazeera’s English website said 1,000 Qatari soldiers, backed Mohammed Almezel, suggested in an op-ed that the deaths lack of progress in identifying and prosecuting the perpe- where police detained several people in raids linked to the by 200 armored vehicles and 30 US-made Apache helicopters were a “Pearl Harbor moment” that will strengthen the Emirates’ trators of this outrage”. “The tragedy of the Dawabsha family July firebombing, before later releasing them. The graffiti, had been deployed. Qatar’s foreign ministry made no immediate determination in Yemen. He described the fight as “part of a serves as a shocking example of the destructive nature of which read “administrative revenge”, seemed to refer to the comment. The Saudi-owned Al-Hayat newspaper said yesterday strategic decision to defend and preserve the security and stabil- extremism,” he said. “It is incumbent upon political, religious internment without charge - known as administrative that Saudi Arabia had also sent “huge reinforcements” of elite ity of the Gulf strategic hemisphere”. “The cowardly attack in and community leaders to speak out and to act decisively detention - of the three suspected Jewish extremists after forces, along with Qatari troops, to Marib. “Final preparations are Marib will not intimidate the Arab coalition into abdicating its against those who incite and perpetrate hatred on all sides.” the arson attack. Two alleged rightwing extremists - 19- being made for a decisive battle, before moving on to liberate responsibility of defending justice and supporting the right of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has strongly con- year-old Avi Gafni and an unidentified minor - have been Sanaa,” Al-Hayat said. the Yemeni people,” he wrote. demned the firebombing and pledged to use all legal charged over the tent arson, Israeli police announced yes- Jean-Marc Rickli, a professor at King’s College London who is Mustafa Alani, the director of the security and defense means to bring the attackers to justice. He labelled the terday. — AFP teaching at Qatar National Defence College, told Reuters it was department at the Gulf Research Center in Geneva, said that Qatar’s first deployment of ground forces in Yemen. “This force rather than spooking it, Friday’s attack will likely prod the coali- will probably take part in the overall war effort to retake the cap- tion to “finish the job in Yemen under any circumstance.” Many in ital after the coalition successfully recaptured Aden last month,” Gulf states such as Saudi Arabia and the Emirates support the Cecil’s killer breaks silence he added. Gulf Arab states regard the Houthis as proxies for non- war and will likely continue to do so despite the casualties, as a Arab Iran, which they accuse of trying to extend its influence way to check what they see as Iran’s expansionist policies in the Continued from Page 1 as “heartbroken” for causing disruptions for staff at his clinic, into Arab countries, including Syria and Yemen. Saudi-led forces region, Alani said. “This is not a battle for Yemen,” Alani said. “The which was shuttered for weeks until reopening in late August have helped Hadi supporters drive the Houthis out of the south- great majority of the population understands it’s much wider An avid sportsman, Palmer shut off several lines of inquiry without him on the premises. And he said the ordeal has ern port of Aden in July but have made little progress in other than that. It’s a strategic confrontation, and they are ready to about the hunt, including how much he paid for it or others been especially hard on his wife and adult daughter, who areas since, where the fighting in Marib and the central city of sacrifice.” “It is a matter of survival in the region,” Alani added. he has undertaken. No videotaping or photographing of the both felt threatened. “I don’t understand that level of humani- Taiz remains bogged down. That sentiment was echoed by businessman Abdullah Al- interview was allowed. During the 25-minute interview, ty to come after people not involved at all,” Palmer said. Hardest hit in the Marib attack was the UAE, a federation of Musa outside a Dubai mosque. He described the fight in Yemen Palmer gazed intensely at his questioners, often fiddling with As for himself, he said he feels safe enough to return to seven states that includes Dubai and the oil-rich capital, Abu as a way to ultimately help the Emirates. “They are our neigh- his hands and turning occasionally to an adviser, Joe work - “My staff and my patients support me and they want Dhabi, which lost 45 soldiers. Ten Saudis were killed in the blast bors. If there is a problem in your neighbor’s house, tomorrow it Friedberg, to field questions about the fallout and his legal sit- me back” - but declined to say where he’s spent the last six too. Bahrain also lost five soldiers. Radio stations across the UAE will be in your house,” he said. — Agencies uation. weeks or describe security steps he has taken. “I’ve been out Some high-level Zimbabwean officials have called for of the public eye. That doesn’t mean I’m in hiding,” Palmer Palmer’s extradition, but no formal steps toward getting the said. “I’ve been among people, family and friends. Location is Foreign ministry replies to Iranian embassy... dentist to return to Zimbabwe have been publicly disclosed. really not that important.” Friedberg, a Minneapolis attorney who said he is acting as an Palmer, who has several big-game kills to his name, report- Continued from Page 1 violations are documented by international human rights bodies. unpaid consultant to Palmer, said he has heard nothing from edly paid thousands of dollars for the guided hunt but would- “Reason up”, he urged the Iranian government, calling for more authorities about domestic or international investigations n’t talk money on Sunday. Theo Bronkhorst, a professional MPs considered the statement an act of disrespect to Kuwait wisdom to achieve regional stability and peace. since early August. hunter who helped Palmer, has been charged with “failure to and a breach of its sovereignty. The foreign ministry issued a Meanwhile, MP Abdullah Al-Turaiji yesterday filed an inquiry Friedberg said he offered to have Palmer take questions prevent an illegal hunt.” Honest Ndlovu, whose property is statement the same day rejecting the Iranian statement. with the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Al-Subaih relat- from US Fish and Wildlife Service authorities on the condition near the park in western Zimbabwe, faces a charge of allow- The head of National Assembly’s interior and defense com- ed to the Abdaly cell. The inquiry included questions about the session be recorded. He said he never heard back. “I’m not ing the lion hunt to occur on his farm without proper authori- mittee MP Abdullah Al-Maayouf yesterday strongly lashed out at MSAL’s measures against a cultural society after some of its mem- Walter’s lawyer in this situation because Walter doesn’t need a ty. Asked whether he would return to Zimbabwe for future Iran over remarks made by the Iranian parliament speaker critical bers were arrested within the cell, how much does MSAL pay in lawyer in this situation,” said Friedberg, who said he knew hunts, Palmer said, “I don’t know about the future.” He estimat- of Kuwait. Maayouf’s sharp criticism was in response to Ali subsidies to this particular society, the number of members of its Palmer through previous matters. “If some governmental ed he had been there four times and said, “Zimbabwe has Larijani’s statements that were highly critical of Kuwait for bust- general assembly, when it was proclaimed, its founders and agency or investigative unit would make a claim that he vio- been a wonderful country for me to hunt in, and I have always ing the Abdaly cell and seizing large amounts of weapons. “Iran boards. In addition, Turaiji filed an inquiry with the information must tend to its own domestic affairs instead of interfering in ministry asking about the measures it took against Al-Kout TV lated some law then we’d talk about it.” followed the laws.” those of others,” he warned, accusing Iran of killing and torturing channel after arresting two of its officials within the cell, its own- Ben Petok, a spokesman for US Attorney Andy Luger, In addition to the Cecil furor, Palmer pleaded guilty in 2008 opposition members including politicians, chancellors, doctors ers, when it was licensed, general conditions to launch a TV chan- declined comment about conversations with Friedberg and to making false statements to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife and university professors who objected to forgery in the Iranian nel and lists of names of citizens and expats working for the referred questions to Fish and Wildlife. An agency spokes- Service about a black bear he fatally shot in western presidential elections. channel. woman didn’t immediately return a call or an email Sunday Wisconsin outside of the authorized hunting zone. He was Maayouf gave a long list of violations Iran has allegedly com- Separately, the Islamic Constitutional Movement (ICM) yester- evening. After Palmer was named in late July as the hunter given one year probation and fined nearly $3,000 as part of a mitted, leading to over five million Iranians fleeing Iran. He said day issued a statement in which it stressed that Kuwait’s security who killed Cecil, his Bloomington clinic and Eden Prairie plea agreement. Cecil’s killing set off a fierce debate over tro- that women had been raped in an Iranian prison that was later was everybody’s responsibility and warned of Iran’s policies aim- home became protest sites, and a vacation property he owns phy hunting in Africa. Zimbabwe tightened regulations for shut down for violating human rights. He also accused Tehran of ing to dominate and control GCC states. ICM also called for practi- in Florida was vandalized. lion, elephant and leopard hunting after the incident, and hosting terrorists and supporting terrorist organizations and cal steps to enforce domestic reconciliation. (Material from KUNA Palmer has been vilified across social media, with some three major US airlines changed policies to ban shipment of working to destabilize countries in the region, saying that such used in this report) posts suggesting violence against him. He described himself the trophies. — AP TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 ANALYSIS

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By Amelie Baron early three million Haitian children were returning to school yesterday to face an Neducational system rife with exclusion and failure. But one minister is trying to turn the tide. Education Minister Nesmy Manigat points to the huge challenges ahead as a new school year gets underway. “Today, 10 percent of children - about 400,000 - won’t even go to school,” he said. “And out of every 100 children who go to school this year, less than 10 will finish high school with- out repeating a grade or dropping out.” Bad loans haunt Greek banks The education minister is ruthless in his assessment of the situation: “Schools are set up for failure. They exclude many students.” The crip- By Greg Roumeliotis and investors whose money is needed to recapitalise quality reviews, currently underway, and subse- Bad Loans pling poverty that families grapple with on a dai- George Georgiopoulos them. While banks have reopened and capital con- quent “stress tests”, are completed, likely by the The biggest deterrent is not lost deposits, which trols have somewhat eased, small business owners end of October. The latest bailout, the country’s have been covered by the European Central Bank- ly basis is a major hurdle. “Education is supposed urned down for a €10,000 ($11,100) loan, such as Sarris, who account for about 75 percent of third, allocates up to €25 billion for bank recapitali- controlled ELA, or even the banks’ pummeled share to be free. But of course, there are always related George Sarris is one of hundreds of thou- private sector jobs, are starved of credit. “All our sation, although bank insiders say the figure is prices, which some see as a buying opportunity. It is expenses that parents must assume,” said the Tsands of small business owners shunned by suppliers have stopped accepting credit. Everyone more likely to be in the €10 billion to €15 billion loans that could turn bad, spelling higher than UNICEF deputy representative in Haiti, Jean Greek banks. Pointing to the parliament building is short on cash. I still pay salaries, but I’m behind range. Bank executives who spoke to Reuters on expected capital shortfalls. Greek banks are estimated Ludovic Metenier. Indeed, the universal educa- overlooking his small cafe in Athens’ Syntagma on my taxes...My business is down 35 percent this condition of anonymity also say there is likely to to have had more than €100 billion of exposure to Square, the 35-year-old blames Greece’s turbulent year and I don’t want to lose more customers,” said be little difference in the health of the four top such bad loans in the first quarter of 2015, some 40.8 tion program - free and mandatory - launched by politics for the troubles of its banking system. “It Sarris. The immediate outlook for Greece is equally lenders - National Bank of Greece, Alpha Bank, percent of their loan books. To address this, the banks President Michel Martelly only finances school took three years for the country to come close to bleak. Along with its lenders, Athens expects gross Eurobank and Piraeus Bank - although National tried to sell some of them last year, mostly those to enrollment. And it does not apply to private turning around,” said Sarris, referring to modest domestic product to contract 2.3 percent this year Bank is seen as somewhat stronger because it has companies, which account for the majority of their schools, which educate about 60 percent of economic growth in the second half of 2014, and another 1.3 percent next year before the assets in the Balkans and Turkey. bad loans. Piraeus Bank put together a deal to sell cor- Haitian students. which has since halted. “After the January 25 elec- economy bounces back. These projections are in But convincing private investors to put their porate loans to private equity firm KKR & Co LP under tions it all went downhill. Now things are bleak. For the ECB’s baseline scenario in a health check of money into the banks will be a major test of confi- which Piraeus would have continued to administer me, there is no salvation here.” Greek banks, a banker with knowledge of the mat- dence. The more private investor money - from US the loans. But this unraveled when Syriza came to Quest for Smaller Classes This is the background against which Greeks ter said. hedge funds, private equity firms and other spe- power. Martelly tried to sound upbeat yesterday as head to the polls again on Sept 20, the country’s cialist investors - that can be raised, the less bailout One option raised has been to set up a “bad bank”, Haitian kids went back to school. He said in a fifth elections since its debt crisis started in 2009. Stress Tests money will be needed. A Greek bank rescue fund to give the banks a clean sheet. While this puts more tweet that “all measures have been taken for stu- The snap poll was triggered by the resignation of The deal struck by Tsipras includes a recapitali- financed by Greece’s creditors pumped €25 billion taxpayer money at risk it may be Greece’s best option leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, whose agree- sation of the banks. However, interviews with into the banks in exchange for shares in 2013 and to attract international investors, and get banks lend- dents to go back to school in the best condi- ment to an €86 billion bailout cost him the parlia- some of the sector’s top executives, as well as already holds majority stakes in National Bank, ing again. Another solution to the bad loan problem tions.” In his search for a quality public education, mentary majority of his coalition government. Six international investors, suggest this will not be suf- Piraeus Bank and Alpha Bank, and a 35 percent proposed privately by Greek bank executives is the Manigat recommended a limit of 60 students per months of wrangling with creditors had led to a 40 ficient on its own to kick start lending. “The econo- stake in Eurobank. sale of contingent convertible debt (CoCos) as part of class in high school. “A minister in my position billion euro deposit run, culminating in Greek my’s return to growth and its funding from the Meanwhile private investors who injected €3 the recapitalisation. These bonds convert to equity should never have to even say that, because we banks being shut and capital controls enforced at banking system will be affected by a number of billion into Greek banks in the 2013 recapitalisa- and act as a cushion if a bank’s capital falls below a set the end of June. factors, including political stability, the implemen- tion, and bet another €8.5 billion on them last year, level. Investors are paid higher rates for the risk. “How should be capped at 35 or 40 students per class Greek banks were badly wounded and limited tation of bailout reforms, a successful conclusion now face dilution. “Now international investors likely is it that further capital raisings might be needed in a country like Haiti,” Manigat acknowledged. the little lending they did even further, fearful of the first review in October and the completion have to be won over again,” said Apostolos in the future? Will the Greek banks be capitalised “Unfortunately, in my country, many classrooms about their exposure to loans many borrowers of banks’ recapitalisation with private investor par- Gkoutzinis, who leads law firm Shearman & enough to sustain those kinds of bond payments and have 150, 200 students. Of these 200 students, may never be able to pay back. This fear of a rise in ticipation,” Fokion Karavias, Chief Executive of Sterling LLP’s European capital markets group and grow their businesses? If they don’t, then those bonds barely 10 percent pass the class. Your children so-called non-performing loans (NPLs) is a deter- Eurobank, one of Greece’s top four banks, said. advised Piraeus Bank on its previous 1.75 billion could be high risk,” said Justin Craib-Cox, a fund man- rent not only to the banks, but also to potential The banks’ needs will be known once asset euro recapitalisation. ager at Aviva Investors. —Reuters learn absolutely nothing.” Poor families have no choice but to put their children in public schools. And overburdened classrooms are not the only obstacle to a good Abbas’ retirement claim doubted education. The quality of the teaching itself is lacking. About 85 percent of currently active By Mohammed Daraghmeh and Karin Laub US appears to show little interest in reviving peace efforts said when he might step down as president. He has not cho- teachers have not received basic training for the amid the Iranian nuclear deal and the war against the Islamic sen an heir though his top negotiator, Saeb Erekat, and West job or need additional training. “Given the level ith paths to Palestinian statehood blocked, President State group in Syria and Iraq. Bank security chief Majed Farraj have become his closest advis- of teacher salaries, not many people are interest- Mahmoud Abbas is warning he’s fast-tracking his Abbas’ attempts to reconcile with Hamas repeatedly have ers. The two men are associated with unpopular policies. ed in joining the profession,” Manigat said. “The Wretirement and hinting he will announce dramatic ended in failure. His alternative strategies of recent years- Erekat has been involved since the 1990s in negotiations with average salary is 20,000 gourdes ($390) per policy changes at the United Nations this month, including a seeking recognition of a state of Palestine at the United Israel that eventually failed. Farraj oversees security coordina- more confrontational relationship with Israel’s right-wing gov- Nations and pressing war crimes charges in the International tion with Israel, aimed at keeping Hamas in check. Former month. It’s not a lot. It’s not enough for someone ernment. The 80-year-old leader’s comments in recent meet- Criminal Court - have yielded only partial results. “I can’t say he security chiefs Jibril Rajoub and Dahlan also are seen as possi- to really make a living.” ings have unleashed a swirl of questions. If he is serious, who is leaving tomorrow, but all factors are pushing him to leave,” ble contenders. A wild card is Palestinian uprising leader Not only are salaries low, but the government would succeed him? If he’s not, what’s his agenda? And would said an Abbas confidant, who spoke on condition of anonymi- Marwan Barghouti, who is serving multiple life sentences in is often slow in getting the teachers paid. So any of it bring the Palestinians closer to statehood as ty because the president has not shared his feelings publicly. Israel, but regularly outscores all rivals in polls. each year, they inevitably go on strike. “Last year, Washington and the rest of the world now appear transfixed by the ongoing war against the Islamic State group, the Iranian Skeptics and Believers The Israeli View public schools lost a month and a half worth of nuclear deal and the refugee crisis of the Syrian civil war? Leading figures in the PLO and in Fatah fall into two camps The Netanyahu government would view Abbas’ retirement school days,” the minister said. He recalled that in Here is a look at what is shaping up to be a tempestuous fall - those who take Abbas’ resignation threats seriously and those with mixed feelings. Abbas opposes violence against Israel as the neighboring Dominican Republic, which in Palestinian politics. who don’t. The skeptics contend that Abbas called internal counterproductive, and it’s not clear if a successor would stay shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, stu- elections to get rid of critics and shore up the positions of loy- the course. At the same time, Netanyahu has tried to discredit dents went back to school on Aug 18. The Mechanics alists. They say Abbas has focused energies on going after Abbas by saying he is not a partner for peace over what he Abbas, widely known as Abu Mazen, holds three top posi- those he believes are conspiring against him, considers the Palestinian leader’s unreasonable “Guaranteeing 200 days of class is a challenge tions - head of the Palestine Liberation Organization, leader of allegedly with financial backing from the positions. but we must get there. Delaying the start of the the Fatah party and president of the Palestinian Authority, the United Arab Emirates, including the school year is not acceptable,” Manigat said. West Bank-based autonomy government. Formally, the PLO PLO’s No. 2 official Yasser Abed What’s Next? Seeking to improve the quality of teaching, chief is the most important, but actual power rests with the Rabbo, former Prime Minister Abbas addresses the UN General and thus Haiti’s competitiveness, the minister authority’s presidency. Abbas told the PLO Executive Salam Fayyad and an exiled for- Assembly on Sept 30. He told PLO lead- Committee last week that he won’t seek PLO and Fatah leader- mer top aide, Mohammed ers that he will declare he is imple- has launched major reform of educational pro- ship positions in upcoming internal elections. “Now the ques- Dahlan. menting previous PLO resolutions, grams, including adding civics and economics tion is whether he really means it,” said Hanan Ashrawi, an He purged Dahlan’s support- without going into detail. Those courses. “When you love your country, you don’t Executive Committee member. “I’m afraid the only person who ers from Fatah, briefly froze the resolutions include potentially have a choice. Quality education is not just a slo- really knows is Abu Mazen.” bank account of Fayyad’s non- explosive moves such as sus- gan. It’s essential for the country’s survival,” The PLO parliament, called Palestinian National Council, governmental organization pending security coordination was initially set to meet in Ramallah on Sept. 14-15 to elect a and removed Abed Rabbo and rethinking economic ties Manigat said. —AFP new Executive Committee. The group is seen as the pool from from his PLO position. The with Israel. Much depends on which his successor could emerge. However, in a sign of grow- three men have denied allega- Washington’s response. Kerry ing disarray, the current Executive Committee met Monday tions they are on the UAE pay- called Abbas late last week and decided at the last minute to postpone the parliament roll. These are signs that Abbas and promised he would make session, two officials said. The parliament is now to meet is consolidating power, not time for Abbas on the side- All articles appearing on these sometime before the end of the year - a delay that could weak- preparing for retirement, said lines of the General Assembly, pages are the personal opinion of en Abbas’ threats about stepping aside soon. Fatah holds lead- three senior officials who spoke on while UN Secretary-General the writers. Kuwait Times takes no ership elections Nov 29. The party remains powerful despite condition of anonymity because Ban Ki-moon scheduled a losing its dominance after the Islamic militant Hamas won par- they fear political retribution. The meeting of top Mideast media- responsibility for views expressed liament elections in 2006 and seized Gaza a year later. announcement that he is sitting out tors on Sept 30. therein. Kuwait Times invites read- the PLO and Fatah elections is meant to The US, however, has been ers to voice their opinions. Please The Extent of Despair trigger appeals to him to reconsider, cool to a French proposal to set Driving Abbas is the deep sense of frustration. He was elect- they said. Others disagree. “President the parameters for future negoti- send submissions via email to: opin- ed a decade ago on a promise to deliver Palestinian statehood Abbas is serious in his steps, he is not act- ations in a binding UN Security [email protected] or via snail through negotiations with Israel. Hopes were dashed after ing,” said Fatah official Mohammed al- Council resolution. All this leaves mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. Benjamin Netanyahu became Israel’s prime minister in 2009 Madani. Palestinians with a bleak outlook. and rejected the internationally backed premise that such a “It seems people feel there is no The editor reserves the right to edit state should arise, with some modifications, in the war-won The Start of Succession? way out,” said Ashrawi, the PLO any submission as necessary. West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem. A mediation mission Abbas’ statements ostensibly launch Executive Committee mem- by US Secretary of State John Kerry collapsed in 2014, and the the succession process, though he hasn’t ber. —AP TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 SPORTS

Pizarro returns to Werder Surgery sidelines Welbeck Bolt decides to rest BERLIN: Veteran Peru striker Claudio Pizarro signed a one-year contract with Werder LONDON: Arsenal forward Danny Welbeck will be out for six months JAMAICA: Six-times Olympic champion Usain Bolt has decided not to race again this Bremen yesterday for a third spell at the former Bundesliga champions after three suc- and might be doubtful for England’s campaign at the Euro 2016 in year after his triple gold medal haul at last month’s world championships in China. cess-laden seasons at Bayern Munich. Pizarro, who is Bundesliga’s all-time leading for- France, manager Roy Hodgson has said. “After the excitement of the past few weeks at the World T&F (Track & Field) eign scorer with 176 goals in 383 matches, signed the deal as a free agent until the end The 24-year-old Welbeck underwent surgery on his left knee last Championships in Beijing I have decided not to race again in 2015,” Bolt wrote on his of the season after his contract with champions Bayern was not renewed last season. week after struggling to progress in his rehabilitation following an Facebook page. “I feel extremely good and it is important to be on the pitch as soon as injury, his club Arsenal said. The 29-year-old swept all three sprint titles for the fifth time at a major global possible,” Pizarro, who has won six league titles and as many German The former Manchester United striker has not played since dam- championships going back to the 2008 Beijing Olympics after an injury-disrupted Cups, one of which with Werder, told reporters. “I had other options aging the knee after coming on as a late substitute in a 0-0 draw with season. but they were not for me. Bremen is my second home.” Chelsea on April 26. However, he has opted to concentrate on the Rio de Janeiro “I obviously hope to be playing more and often but it is a coach “Well, Welbeck bothers me now. He has already been out for me Olympic Games by bringing the curtain down on his season early. decision,” said the forward, who returned to Bayern in 2012 as a since March and for Arsenal since April, and now I hear it’s another “I am already thinking about next year and the 2016 Olympic substitute option. Pizarro, who will be 37 next month, first played six months,” the 68-year-old Hodgson was quoted as saying by the Games in Rio where I will attempt to defend my titles in the for Werder between 1999-2001 and then again in 2008 to 2012. He British media. “I can only hope that Danny recovers a bit quicker and 100m, 200m and 4x100m,” Bolt added. “I will enjoy a short break from training now to recharge also had two spells at Bayern Munich, with whom he won the tre- then hits the ground running.” ble in 2013, including the Champions League trophy. He also had a before resuming background training next month.” Bolt’s Hodgson also compared Welbeck’s injury problems with that of decision means he will miss Friday’s Diamond League brief stint at Chelsea in the Premier League. Liverpool forward Daniel Sturridge and while he is keen on them finale in Brussels where he was due to race in the 200 “Pizarro fits perfectly to us with his character and charisma,” said being fit, he is also prepared to look elsewhere. metres. “I have competed in Brussels many times over Bremen sports director Thomas Eichin. “He was always an issue for “Daniel is a bit the same. It’s getting on for a year now (since he the years and it is always one of the best meets on the us.” Werder, who have scored just three times in three league played for England),” said the former Liverpool manager. “They are circuit. The track is fast and they always have a full  matches so far, are desperate for goals as they look to avoid always in my thoughts because I think they’re very good players house,” Bolt added. “I was looking forward to running another rollercoaster campaign like last year and secure a and they did extremely well when they were playing in the national there this year but I’m happy to end the season with- European spot this season. — Reuters team I was coaching. out any injuries and ready to go for 2016.” — Reuters Blue Jays pound Orioles, Yankees win

TORONTO: Troy Tulowitzki, Jose Bautista and Kevin Pillar homered against Chris Tillman as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 10-4 on Sunday. AL East-leading Toronto improved to 78-58, becoming the first team since the 2004 Astros to reach 20 games above .500 after having a losing record following the All-Star break. Toronto was 50-51 on July 28, the day after the Blue Jays acquired Tulowitzki from Colorado. Two days later, Toronto added left- hander David Price in a deal with Detroit. Tulowitzki and Bautista each had a two-run shot, and Pillar belted a solo drive. Josh Donaldson drove in two runs for the Blue Jays, raising his major league-leading total to 114 RBIs. Marco Estrada (12-8) pitched five innings for his first win in three starts. The slumping Orioles lost for the 14th time in 17 games. Tillman (9-11) is 0-4 with a 15.50 ERA in five starts against Toronto this season.

YANKEES 6, RAYS 4 Brian McCann and Alex Rodriguez hit back- to-back homers off All-Star Chris Archer that sent New York past Tampa Bay. Ivan Nova (6-7) pitched six solid innings to stop a three-start losing streak and help the Yankees take two of three in the series. New York, which leads the American League wild-card chase, remained 1 1/2 games behind Toronto in the AL East. After the first 18 Yankees batters were held to one hit, New York finally broke through in the sixth inning and erased a 3-0 deficit. McCann hit a three-run shot with two outs off Archer (12-11) for his career-high 25th home run. Rodriguez connected on the next pitch from Archer, who had allowed only one home run in eight previous starts against New York. He entered 5-0 with a 1.78 ERA against the Yankees. Andrew Miller stranded two runners in the ninth for his 31st save in 32 attempts. Asdrubal Cabrera and Kevin Kiermaier home- red for the Rays.

PIRATES 7, CARDINALS 1 Gerrit Cole pitched seven scoreless innings as Pittsburgh used home runs from Aramis Ramirez, Sean Rodriguez and Starling Marte to beat St. Louis. TORONTO: Baltimore Orioles’ Chris Davis (left) beats the throw to second base in front of Toronto Blue Jays Troy Tulowitzki (centre) during eighth inning MLB baseball action. — AP Cole (16-8) gave up two hits, struck out sev- en and walked three as he bounced back from RBIs, and Miguel Montero hit a grand slam as Erik Johnson (1-0), one of Chicago’s top home run and Matt Duffy hit a tiebreaking REDS 6, BREWERS 3 his worst start of the season. Second-place Chicago defeated Arizona to complete a prospects, pitched six innings of three-run ball two-run triple in a five-run fifth, backing a grit- Jay Bruce homered and drove in three Pittsburgh cut the Cardinals’ lead in the NL three-game sweep. in his first major league appearance this sea- ty effort from Madison Bumgarner as San runs and Michael Lorenzen won for the first Central to 5 1/2 games and earned its first Bryant’s drive leading off the fifth against son. He allowed five hits, including homers by Francisco beat Colorado. time in more than two months as Cincinnati series victory at Busch Stadium since April Rubby De La Rosa (12-7) traveled an estimated Salvador Perez, Jarrod Dyson and Mike Bumgarner (17-7) went six innings and beat Milwaukee to avoid a sweep. 2013. The teams are 8-8 against each other 495 feet. It also gave him 86 RBIs, matching a Moustakas. The AL-leading Royals were swept allowed four runs and nine hits, twice working Brandon Phillips also homered and had with one series to play at Pittsburgh in the club rookie mark held by Hall of Famer Billy at home for the first time this season. Johnny out of bases loaded situations and escaping three hits for the Reds, who overcame Ryan final week of the season. John Lackey (11-9) Williams (1961) and Geovany Soto (2008). Cueto (2-5) was pulled after three innings in with marginal damage. He walked one and Braun’s 25th homer in the eighth inning to gave up three runs and 10 hits in 7 1-3 innings Montero connected against Matt Reynolds in a his fourth straight loss. David Robertson got struck out three in helping the Giants salvage end Milwaukee’s six-game winning streak. but extended his streak of quality starts at five-run sixth. Pinch-hitter Jonathan Herrera three outs for his 29th save. a split of the four-game set with the Rockies Lorenzen (4-8) had been 0-5 in nine home to 15. Cole also drove in his first run of added a solo drive off Silvino Bracho. and win successive games on the road for the starts since a win over Miami on June 21. He the season with a two-out single in the sev- Welington Castillo had three hits, including an DODGERS 5, PADRES 1 first time in a month. pitched five shutout innings before Adam enth off Lackey. RBI double and a solo home run. Nick Ahmed AJ Ellis had an RBI single and the Dodgers Helping to break open a tight game, Duffy Lind drove in one run with a grounder and added a two-run drive for the Diamondbacks, capitalized on some sloppy defense as Los tripled to center off Yohan Flande (3-2) after Shane Peterson added an RBI single in the MARLINS 4, METS 3 who have lost 11 of 14. Justin Grimm (3-4) Angeles beat San Diego. Ellis put Los Angeles consecutive singles by Gregor Blanco and sixth. Aroldis Chapman struck out two in a Martin Prado hit a sacrifice fly in the bot- worked a scoreless inning in relief. ahead 2-1 with a sharp single to left in the Kelby Tomlinson. Flande intentionally walked perfect ninth for his 28th save. Jimmy tom of the ninth inning to give Miami a victory sixth. With the bases loaded in the seventh, Posey and was relieved by Brooks Brown. Nelson (11-11) lasted five innings, giving up over the New York Mets. New York’s lead in the ASTROS 8, TWINS 5 Padres reliever Nick Vincent had a two-out, Marlon Byrd, who had four hits on the day, nine hits. NL East was shaved to four games over the Jed Lowrie hit a grand slam in a five-run three-base throwing error after fielding Andre greeted Brown with an RBI single. Nationals heading into a pivotal three-game seventh inning and Dallas Keuchel became Ethier’s dribbler up the first base line. Vincent RED SOX 6, PHILLIES 2 series between the teams beginning Monday the American League’s first 17-game winner as tossed it over first baseman Wil Myers’ head, INDIANS 4, TIGERS 0 David Ortiz hit his 497th home run to get afternoon in Washington. the Astros rallied past the Twins. allowing three runs to score. The Dodgers Cody Anderson threw seven innings of Boston’s offense started, and Eduardo The Mets dropped two of three in Miami, The Astros trailed by 1 when Lowrie hit his have won 11 of their last 13 and are a season- two-hit ball to outpitch Justin Verlander as Rodriguez pitched seven solid innings as the with both losses coming on game-ending second career grand slam and his first since high 20 games above .500. The Padres have Cleveland beat slumping Detroit. Francisco Red Sox completed a three-game sweep of swings by Prado. He also hit a walk-off double 2009 into the second row in right field off lost three straight and five of six. Brett Lindor snapped a scoreless tie with a two-run Philadelphia. in Friday’s 6-5 win in 11 innings as part of a Trevor May (8-9) to make it 5-2. May dropped Anderson (9-8) pitched 5 2-3 innings, surren- triple in the sixth, helping the Indians win for It was Big Papi’s 200th career homer in five-hit night. his head when Lowrie connected and shook it dering one run on four hits and four walks. He the eighth time in 11 games. Anderson (3-3) Fenway Park. The 39-year-old slugger is look- Pinch-hitter Justin Bour delivered a tying as he bounded around the bases and into a struck out four before leaving with a cramp in walked two and struck out three. Detroit (62- ing to become the 27th player to reach the homer for the Marlins with two outs in the celebration at home plate. Keuchel (17-6) his left calf. Andrew Cashner (5-14) worked six 74) has dropped 13 of 16 and matched a sea- 500-homer mark. Jackie Bradley Jr. added a eighth off Tyler Clippard (2-1). A.J. Ramos (2-4) improved to 13-0 at home this season and set innings, allowing two runs on five hits. son worst at 12 games below .500. Verlander two-run triple for Boston, which beat the escaped a bases-loaded jam in the ninth when a franchise record with his 14th straight win in (3-7) allowed three runs and seven hits in sev- Phillies for the 10th time in the last 12 meet- pinch-hitter Travis d’Arnaud grounded into a Houston dating back to last season. He GIANTS 7, ROCKIES 4 en innings, but was done in yet again by a lack ings at Fenway. It was the seventh win in 10 double play. Yoenis Cespedes and Wilmer allowed five hits, three runs and struck out 12 Buster Posey connected for his 100th career of run support. games overall for the Red Sox. Flores homered for the Mets. Touted rookie in eight innings. The Phillies (53-84), who own the majors’ Steven Matz exited in the sixth with a blister worst record, lost for the 10th time in 13 on his middle finger but was optimistic he’ll be ANGELS 7, RANGERS 0 games. A day after he posted his club-record able to make his next start. Mike Trout ended a career-worst 27-game ninth season with 30 homers, Ortiz connect- It was Matz’s first major league start since home run drought and Hector Santiago ed off rookie Jerad Eickhoff (1-3). Ortiz left for July 5. He was sidelined for nearly two months pitched six innings of one-hit ball for his first a pinch-hitter in the fifth because of right calf with a partially torn muscle near his armpit. victory in seven weeks as the Angels beat the tightness. Rodriguez (9-5) gave up one run Rangers to give manager Mike Scioscia his and eight hits, striking out seven. NATIONALS 8, BRAVES 4 1,400th regular-season win. Bryce Harper homered for the third straight Scioscia, who has guided the Angels to six MARINERS 3, ATHLETICS 2 day as Washington beat lowly Atlanta to finish AL West championships and a World Series Hisashi Iwakuma won for the fifth time in a four-game sweep. Jayson Werth hit a three- title during his 16 seasons in the job, sur- six starts as Seattle earned its fifth straight run homer in Washington’s five-run second passed Wilbert Robertson for 27th place on victory, completing a three-game sweep of inning, helping the Nationals to their fifth the career win list and became the 10th man- Oakland. straight win and seventh in nine games over- ager to reach 1,400 victories with one club. Kyle Seager and Ketel Marte each drove in all. Yunel Escobar had three hits and scored A one-out double in the second inning by a run, and Brad Miller collected two hits for two runs. Five relievers combined for 4 2-3 Rougned Odor was the Rangers’ only hit the Mariners. Shawn O’Malley singled and innings of two-hit ball, with Felipe Rivero (2-1) against the effectively wild Santiago (7-9), who walked Sunday and had six hits in his first getting the win. Nick Swisher drove in two issued a career-high six walks and struck out seven major league at-bats as the Mariners runs for Atlanta. Manny Banuelos (1-4) was three. Choo Shin-soo’s infield single in the swept a series in Oakland for the first time in chased in the third inning, and the Braves eighth against Mike Morin was the only other six years. went on to their 12th straight loss for the first hit by the Rangers, who were shut out for the Billy Butler hit a home run for the Athletics, time since 1988. The Nationals improved to ninth time. It was the 12th shutout by the who lost their fifth straight. The long ball gives 13-3 this year against Atlanta. They took all 10 Angels’ staff. the A’s a 12-game streak with at least one home games, matching a franchise record homer, currently the longest active streak as against a division foe. WHITE SOX 7, ROYALS 5 Seattle had its 13-game run snapped. Iwakuma Adam Eaton homered and scored three (7-3) allowed one run on five hits in his 6 1-3 CUBS 6, DIAMONDBACKS 4 times as Chicago beat Kansas City for its fourth innings. He walked one and struck out three. Kris Bryant homered high off the left-field straight win. Eaton had three hits and is bat- ST. LOUIS: Pittsburgh Pirates’ Starling Marte watches his two-run home run during the Sean Nolin (0-1) became the 28th pitcher used video board to equal a club rookie record for ting .517 (15 for 29) in his last seven games. ninth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals. — AP by the A’s, a franchise record. — AP TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 SPORTS Serbia edge Germany at Eurobasket BERLIN: Nemanja Bjelica made a difficult Bjelica, who drove in past three Germans lay-up with less than a second remaining to and put it in with an unorthodox shot. lift Serbia to a 68-66 victory over Germany “This was the most important game in at the European basketball championship the group,” Bjelica said. “We didn’t really on Sunday. have time to prepare for this game.” Serbia In a later Group B match, newcomer played late the night before, beating Spain Iceland came close to scoring its maiden 80-70. victory but Italy avoided a huge upset by “It was an incredible shot,” Serbia’s coach pulling away late in the game for a 71-64 Sasa Djordjevic said of the winning basket. victory. Serbia improved to 2-0 in the tough “We tried to find him to take the shot and Group B, while Germany fell to 1-1. Italy is he did it. 1-1 and Iceland 0-2. “I knew this was going to be the tough- Bjelica led Serbia with 12 points in a est game in the group,” Djordjevic added. close game, with neither team ever leading “We spent a lot of energy last night and this by more than seven. Dirk Nowitzki had 15 was the most important win.” for Germany but he was only 5-for-15 from Serbia, silver medalist at last year’s the field. Tibor Pleiss also added 15 points World Cup, made only four of 30 3-point for Germany, while Dennis Schroeder had attempts, but had 14 offensive rebounds in 11, shooting 4-for-11, along with six assists a total of 40. and four turnovers. In Group A, Poland “Half of those shots were forced, edged Russia 82-79 and Israel beat Finland Germany played very aggressive defense. It 79-66 to go 2-0, while Macedonia topped might be a negative record. But still, we the Netherlands 78-71 in Group C and kept them to 66 points and I’ll take that any Slovenia beat Georgia 79-68. Belgium dis- time,” Djordjevic said. missed Estonia 84-55 in Group D, while “It’s bitter to lose in such a way,” Lithuania beat Latvia 68-49. Germany’s coach Chris Flemming said. “We Poland is 2-0, Russia 0-2, the knew that we can hold our own against the Netherlands and Macedonia both 1-1, big teams. We could have won it.” Belgium is 1-1 and Estonia 0-2. Lithuania is Iceland led 62-59 with just over three 2-0, Slovenia 1-1, Latvia is 1-1 and Finland minutes remaining. Marco Belinelli then 0-2. Nowitzki had the chance to tie the made three free throws, Pietro Aradori con- game but he made only one of two free verted a three-point play and made two BRAZIL: Austria’s Ana Roxana Lehaci (left) and Viktoria Schwarz collect aquatic plants before competing in the women’s 500m Kayak Double at throws to leave Serbia up by one and 1:14 free throws as Iceland failed to score on the International Canoe Sprint Challenge on Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon. — AP on the clock. Nemanja Nedovic’s drive gave three consecutive possessions. Serbia a 3-point lead, only to see Heiko Alessandro Gentile’s drive made it 69-62 Schaffartzik nail a 3-pointer after Pleiss’s with 1:03 left and Italy held on to rebound miss and Germany’s rebound. from the opening loss to Turkey. Gentile Canoeists complain With 3.7 seconds on the clock, Serbia had 21 points and Italy pulled down 13 called a timeout and devised the play for more rebounds. Haukur Palsson led Iceland Bjelica. Milos Teodosic got the ball to with 17 points. — AP about dirty water, weeds

RIO DE JANEIRO: Canoeists at an Olympic test there will be time to collect the floating plants. 1.7 billion per liter. event complained Friday about the polluted water Toulson characterized the polluted water as Water experts contacted by AP said a level of at the venue, but were most outspoken about presenting “very little risk” to athletes. “The statis- 1,000 would be considered “highly alarming” and aquatic plants that tangled with their oars and rud- tics point to the fact that falling in the water and advised people to avoid contact with water. A ders. “I think really the most important thing they drinking a little bit of it from this lake isn’t a major risk assessment expert said with a viral count of have to do is to work with the plants,” German health risk,” he said. He pointed to readings this 1,000, the risk of infection was 99 percent, canoeist Franziska Weber said. “Because it’s not fair. week by the Rio state government that showed although being infected does not mean a person We work four years only for this moment, and to acceptable bacterial levels at the canoeing ven- will automatically fall ill. lose then because of plants - it’s hard.” ue, partly because Rio has received little rain Carlos Nuzman, head of the Rio Olympic She described the water color at the Olympic recently. When it rains, untreated sewage and organizing committee, said earlier this week that canoeing venue as “red and brown. It’s not the debris gushes into the lagoon from hilltop slums viral testing would be done on Rio’s waters. This typical water color.” Weber joked that the effect that lack sanitation treatment plants. The state marked a reverse after previously saying, along on boat speeds of dragging weeds along was like government tests only for bacterial levels, not with the International Olympic Committee, that “running up against a wall.” Her teammate viral levels. bacterial testing was sufficient. Sebastian Brendel, a gold medalist three years An independent water analysis conducted by Rio organizers, however, said they will not ago in London, added: “This is just a test, but for The Associated Press, published July 30, showed move a venue - no matter the test results. next year they must clean the water.” high virus levels from raw sewage in all Rio Toulson said his federation had no plans to Simon Toulson, general secretary of the Olympic waters. This included the Rodrigo de change venues. “If the situation changes, we International Canoe Federation, promised the Freitas Lagoon, the canoeing and rowing venue. would look at contingency plans that we would weed problem would be cleared up for next The lagoon registered the highest readings put in place,” he said. “The idea is to stay in the year’s Olympics. He said weeds had just been cut in AP’s five-month study, ranging between a boat, not to be in the water. If it was swimming, and had floated to the surface. Next year, he said, low of 17.3 million viruses per liter, to a high of maybe it would be different.” — AP Liberty clinch top spot with victory over Lynx

MINNEAPOLIS: Tina Charles had 18 points and while Ogwumike finished with nine rebounds Seattle cut the deficit to six early in the second 14 rebounds, and Sugar Rodgers hit a pair of free and three steals. Jantel Lavender had 10 points, quarter, but the Sky pulled away again and were throws with 12.0 seconds left as the New York nine rebounds and three blocks for Los Angeles never threatened from there. Liberty clinched the top seed in the East with a (14-18). Jewell Loyd led the Storm with 21 points in 75-71 victory over the Minnesota Lynx on The Sparks took a 39-27 lead into halftime her return to her hometown. Jenna O’Hea added Sunday night. and led by double digits for most of the second 13 points and Crystal Langhorne scored 12. In a matchup of the WNBA’s top teams, the half until a 10-0 run by Tulsa (16-15) cut its Liberty (22-9) earned the No. 1 spot in the deficit to 74-70 when Plenette Pierson hit a 3- DREAM 73, MYSTICS 67 Eastern Conference for the first time since 2002 pointer with 5:56 to play. Ana Dabovic scored all Angel McCoughtry scored 18, Tiffany Hayes and tied a season record for wins the franchise 10 of her points from there as Los Angeles added 17 and Sancho Lyttle finished with 16 set in 2010. closed the game with an 18-3 run. Los Angeles points, 10 rebounds and six assists to help the The Liberty also moved 11/2 games ahead of has won three in a row and six of its last seven. Dream keep their slim playoff hopes alive and the Lynx (21-11) in the race for home-court Pierson and Odyssey Sims scored 21 apiece for beat the Mystics. advantage throughout the playoffs. Tulsa, which had its six game win streak Atlanta (13-18) trails the Mystics (16-15) by New York took the lead for good during a 20- snapped. three games with three games remaining. The 4 run midway through the third quarter. SKY 93, STORM 65 Dream holds the tie-breaker, leading the season Minnesota pulled within 69-68 with 5:50 left but Allie Quigley scored 17 points and Elena Delle series 3-0. The teams will play in Atlanta on Sept. turned it over on five of its last eight posses- Donne reached 1,500 career points as the Sky 13 to conclude the regular season. sions, including Rodgers’ steal on the final pos- beat the Storm. The Sky (20-12) moved a step Hayes hit back-to-back 3-pointers to spark an session to seal the win. Maya Moore led the Lynx closer to securing home-court advantage in the 11-1 run that pushed Atlanta’s lead to 53-38 with with 23 points. first round of the playoffs and eliminated the 6 minutes left in the third quarter. Ivory Latta Storm (9-22) from playoff contention. scored six during an 8-1 spurt that pulled the SPARKS 92, SHOCK 73 Jamierra Faulkner added 14 points and Delle Mystics within five, 66-61, with 1:22 remaining, Candace Parker scored a season-high 33 Donne scored 13. Her 1,500th point came on the but McCoughtry converted a three-point play 22 points and Nneka Ogwumike added 26 to help second of a pair of free throws that made it 47- seconds later and Washington trailed by at least ZAGREB: Greece’s Vassilis Spanoulis (left) is challenged by Croatia’s Dario Saric during the Sparks clinch the final playoff spot in the 27 with 2:55 left in the first half. Courtney two possessions the rest of the way. Latta led the the EuroBasket European Basketball Championships Group C match. —AP Western Conference by beating the Shock. Vandersloot scored six of her 10 points as Mystics with 22 points while Emma Meesseman Stokes: I didn’t wilfully Parker added eight rebounds and five assists Chicago opened the game with a 16-0 run. scored 15. — AP handle the ball

LONDON: England all-rounder Ben Stokes acting more in self-defence than trying to has said he did not wilfully handle the ball prevent being run out. that led to his controversial dismissal for “I didn’t put my hand there wilfully, it “obstructing the field” in the second one- was purely out of human reaction to pro- dayer against Australia on Saturday. The 24- tect myself. But the decision was made, year-old became just the second England there’s nothing I can do but it wasn’t wilful whatsoever,” Stokes was quoted as saying by the British media. “It’s one of those decisions where you can’t look back and have any regrets because it’s been made. You can’t change what’s happened. It’s just a shame it came to the uproar it has,” added Stokes, who is the first from England and sixth player overall to be dismissed for obstructing the field in a one-day international. England were 141 for three and chasing 310. They ended up losing by 64 runs as Australia went 2-0 ahead in the five-match series. England captain Eoin Morgan protested LONDON: England’s Eoin Morgan (right) against the dismissal, leading to a heated speaks with Australia’s Steven Smith exchange with his Australia counterpart, after England’s Ben Stokes was judged Steve Smith. out on appeal for obstructing the field in Stokes hoped no ill feeling would be this file photo. —AP carried over into the next match at Old Trafford today. “I hope (the incident) batsman after Len Hutton in 1951 to be doesn’t get turned into bad blood just out given out for obstructing the field after of that one little situation. paceman Mitchell Starc’s shy at the stumps “But who knows, once I step over that hit his left glove while he was out of his line things might change. I hope it doesn’t crease at Lord’s. get blown out of proportion and takes TV umpire Joel Wilson’s decision away from the cricket side of things,” he MINNEAPOLIS: New York Liberty center Tina Charles (center) drives against Minnesota Lynx forward Rebekkah Brunson (32) and center Sylvia seemed harsh as Stokes appeared to be said. — Reuters Fowles (right) during the second half of a WNBA basketball game. — AP TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 SPORTS Harper-Nelson, McGrone win in Berlin

BERLIN: Dawn Harper-Nelson led an Brathwaite of Barbados. American 1-2 in the women’s 100-meter Nijel Amos of Botswana defeated world hurdles and compatriot Candyce McGrone silver medalist Adam Kszczot of Poland in claimed victory in the 100 sprint at the the men’s 800, and Paul Kipsiele Koech of ISTAF athletics meet Sunday. Kenya edged Americans Hassan Mead and Harper-Nelson, the 2008 Olympic cham- Bernard Lagat to win the men’s 5000. pion, was keen to bounce back after clat- Virginia Nyambura Nganga of Kenya ran tering into a hurdle and falling in her semi- a world leading 6:02.16 in the women’s final at the world championships in Beijing. 2000 steeplechase, ahead of compatriot She clocked 12.82 to edge Sharika Nelvis by Beatrice Chepkoech, while Gesa Felicitas two hundredths of a second. European Krause delighted the home fans with a champion Tiffany Porter of Britain was third German record of 6:04.20. at the IAAF Word Challenge meet. Lynsey Sharp of Britain ran a personal “It was very difficult for me to recover best of 1:57.71 to beat German champion after Beijing and my fall. I felt physically OK Fabienne Kohlmann and world champion but mentally it was tough,” Harper-Nelson Marina Arzamasova in the women’s 800. “I said. “I prayed a lot and it seemed to help. train in such weather so I liked it,” Sharp You know, I love hurdles and always want said of the cold and rainy conditions. to show the best of me.” Marharyta Dorozhon beat German world McGrone won the sprint in 11.11, beat- champion Katharina Molitor to win the ing Marie-Josee Ta Lou of Ivory Coast by women’s javelin, but there were no issues one tenth of a second and fellow American for Christina Schwanitz in the shot put. The Barbara Pierre by two tenths. German world champion threw 19.66 “It’s my first victory this season, very pre- meters to beat Americans Michelle Carter cious,” said McGrone, who hoped it would and Tia Brooks, who threw 19.19 and 18.31, give her a “positive kick” for “the upcoming respectively. Germany’s Katrin Klaas took season when I want to fight for the spot in advantage of world record-holder Anita the Olympic team.” Wlodarczyk’s late withdrawal to win the Jeneba Tarmoh of the US was fourth, women’s hammer with a throw of 72.09. while Michelle-Lee Ahye of Trinidad and Amber Campbell of the U.S. was second Henrik Stenson Tobago hobbled over the line after pulling with 70.94. up with an injury. Tom Walsh of New Zealand beat David Kim Collins of Saint Kitts and Nevis won Storl of Germany to win the men’s shot Stenson tries to repeat the men’s 100 in 10.13, edging American put with a throw of 20.71, and Poland’s Isiah Young by four hundredths of a sec- Piotr Lisek won an exciting pole vault by ond. “I really needed this to boost my self- soaring 5.74 meters. World record holder confidence after what happened in China,” Renaud Lavillenie failed to make a height, role as Mr. September said Collins, the 2003 world champion, who failing twice at 5.54 and once at 5.64. failed to emerge from his heat at the World champion Piotr Malachowski won Worlds. “My body and soul needed to the discus ahead of Germany’s Christoph NORTON: Henrik Stenson wants to be at his best though the majors were a bust for him. He fin- DAY BREAK: Jason Day can use a breather, recover from it.” Andrew Riley of Jamaica Harting and Polish compatriot Robert for tournaments that offer the “biggest prizes.” ished at least 10 shots out of the lead in each of and it showed. Not only has he played six of the celebrated his 27th birthday by winning Urbanek, while Serbia’s Ivana Spanovic He would prefer the majors, though that didn’t them. Even so, it’s setting up nicely for Stenson. last eight weeks, he won three of them. Then the 110 hurdles in 13.40, ahead of Shane won the women’s long jump. — AP work out well for him this year. The FedEx Cup is He’s hitting it crisp. The TPC Boston typically there’s the pressure of trying to reach No. 1 for a small consolation, but only in history, not prize favors big hitters. And the rotation in the playoffs the first time. It all caught up with him on the money. is the same as two years ago by going Plainfield, TPC Boston when the Australian shot a 73. It was The $10 million bonus is still a long way off. It TPC Boston, Conway Farms and East Lake. “I his first time over par since a 74 in the final won’t be decided for three more weeks at the should win this every second year,” he said. round of the US Open. Tour Championship, and even though Jordan Spieth has missed his last two cuts, he still has LITTLE RICKIE: Fowler spoke a year ago PRESIDENTS CUP: The final day to finishing just as good a chance as anyone. Even so, about being a chief challenger to Rory McIlroy, in the top 10 (point for the Americans, world Stenson is in position to take another shot. who at the time had no serious competitor. Now ranking for the International side) and qualify for The first step was to make sure he returned to there are three - McIlroy, Jordan Spieth and the Presidents Cup. Chris Kirk looks to be safe at East Lake for the Tour Championship, which he Jason Day - and Fowler would love to crash the No. 10 for the US team. Hoffman could have hasn’t played since he won two years ago to party. He has won The Players Championship bumped him out with a victory, though a 76 on claim golf’s biggest prize. He locked up a spot and the Scottish Open. He likes his chances Saturday shoved him six shots out of the lead with a runner-up finish at The Barclays last week being only one shot behind. If he were to win, and did not help his cause. that moved him to No. 2 in the FedEx Cup. does that make it the Big Four? The International team is more up in the air. Monday at the Deutsche Bank Championship Not quite. For one thing, Fowler would only Danny Lee has to avoid a big collapse on would be a big step, assuring the Swede of move up to No. 5. For another, there are a lot of Monday and he would have the 10th spot over being among the top five. Stenson blistered the good players right now. “There’s a lot of guys Steven Bowditch. front nine of the TPC Boston and played bogey- playing well,” Fowler said. However, Matt Jones of Australia is lurking. free on Sunday for a 6-under 65, giving him a Jones shot a 68 and was tied for third, two one-shot lead over Rickie Fowler (67) going into THE BIG ONE: Spieth is all but certain to return shots out of the lead. Jones would lock up a the Labor Day finish of the second FedEx Cup to No. 1 in the world, even though he hasn’t made spot if he were to finish second. Even if he fin- playoff event. a cut or even broken par in three weeks. To pass ished third, that might be enough, depending him, Day would have to win, and he’s 10 shots on Danny Lee. Here’s what is at stake: behind. McIlroy would have to finish alone in 10th, Harper-Nelson reacts in this file photo. STENSON REPEAT?: The last time Stenson and he’s 15 shots behind. So it’s all about next MARATHON MAN: The FedEx Cup playoffs won the Deutsche Bank Championship in 2013, week. If McIlroy finishes better than 44th, that are cut to 70 players after Monday. The player to he was considered one of the hottest players in means he would return to No. 1 by the time the watch is Hunter Mahan, who is No. 91 but in a tie Not even idol Woods golf. He was runner-up at the British Open and FedEx Cup playoffs resume Sept. 17 in Chicago. for 11th and poised to crack the top 70 with tied for third in the PGA Championship, so he And if that happens, McIlroy would be the first another good round. Mahan is the only player to can lift Nadal was trending. That might still be the case, even player to go to No. 1 three times without playing. have never missed a playoff event. — AP

NEW YORK: Not even the presence of his Meadows. Nadal, who has been slowed in sporting inspiration, Tiger Woods, at the US recent years by injuries, insisted he was Open could lift Rafa Nadal to his accus- healthy this season and retained his pas- tomed heights at Flushing Meadows, leav- sion for the game. On Friday night, he was ing the Spaniard to assess his recent short- cheered on by golfer Tiger Woods, who sat comings on the court. in his box. Former world number one Nadal was 151-0 in grand slams when Woods has also dealt with injuries, most winning the first two sets, but his perfect recently needing back surgery, and has record ended when he could not stave off been struggling to regain form. the comeback of inspired Fabio Fognini, “For me, (as) a sportsman he’s a big who prevailed 3-6 4-6 6-4 6-3 6-4 in a match example. His attitude on the golf course for that ended in the wee hours on Saturday. “If me always was a big inspiration,” Nadal you hit the ball a bit shorter, the opponent said. “When I saw him play, when I saw his has more space. If you hit the ball with a lit- attitude, I see the eyes that he has when tle bit of less confidence, then there is not has the difficult shot, the decisive shot. Is as much topspin like used to be,” he said very special. after his upset loss to the Italian. “If you hit “I don’t see a lot of sportsmen with that shorter ... the opponent takes the ball earli- self-confidence, with that intensity on his er, so it looks like you are slower. “Is easy to face when he had to hit the important shot. understand, easy to explain. Difficult to “So for me, he’s a great example, great change. But I going to do it.” The third- inspiration. I always say the same. I don’t round defeat put a sour end to a sub-par have idols. But that’s the closest thing that I season for Nadal, 29, whose record run of have: Him.” winning at least one grand slam title for 10 Nadal said he believed he could regain straight years was snapped. his superiority on the court. “It’s not a big He went as far as the quarters at the story,” he said. “Is just improve small things Australian and French Opens and was oust- that make a big difference.” ed in the second round at Wimbledon by The Spaniard has been stuck on his total an opponent ranked outside the top 100. of 14 grand slams, the same number of golf “I accept that was not my year and (will) majors that Woods has been stalled on keep fighting till the end of the season in a since 2008. Asked who he thought had the positive way for me. I know what I have to best chance to win number 15, Nadal said: do and I’m going to work on it,” said the “I hope we make that happen next year, proud Spaniard, seeded eighth at Flushing both (of us).” — Reuters

CORPUS CHRISTI: Anthony Dirrell (right) celebrates with a backflip after defeating Marco Antonio Rubio (left) in their super mid- dleweight bout. —AP McDonnell outpoints Kameda to retain title

CORPUS CHRISTI: Jamie McDonnell successful- he did slip a little bit,” McDonnell said. “I tried to Also at American Bank Center, Anthony Dirrell ly defended his WBA bantamweight title Sunday, stay away, but I did catch him. After that, I know, unanimously outpointed Marco Antonio Rubio knocking down Tomoki Kameda in the 12th I sealed the victory. in a 10-round super-middleweight bout. round en route to a unanimous decision. “My jab was the key in the fight, and it was a The 30-year-old Dirrell, from Flint, Michigan, The 29-year-old McDonnell improved to 27-2- great weapon for me. I just had to make sure rebounded from a loss to Badou Jack in April to 1 with his second straight victory over Kameda. that I stuck to the game plan we had been work- improve to 28-1-1. He took all three cards 100- The English fighter took the title from Kameda in ing on for over eight weeks.” 90. “I’m back,” Dirrell said. “The kennel is open.” May with a unanimous decision in Hidalgo, With trainer Ismael Salas in his corner for the The 35-year-old Rubio dropped to 59-8-1. Texas. McDonnell received winning scores of first time, the 24-year-old Kameda dropped to “He’s got a little pop on his punch, and with a 116-111, 115-112, 117-110, punctuating the vic- 31-2. “I thought I won this fight a lot more clearly guy like that, you still have to respect him, tory with a right hand that sent the turning than the last fight,” Kameda said. “I think I had because nobody’s chin can get strong,” Dirrell Kameda to the canvas. the right plan and did everything right.” Kamada said. “Anybody catches you on the chin, you’re Rafael Nadal of Spain “When I dropped him in the last round, I think left Japan at 15 to live and train in Mexico. going down.” — AP TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 SPORTS Hamilton on fast track to triple glory

MONZA: Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone, a man with a strong interest in the title race staying open as long as possible, had feared Lewis Hamilton would have his third world title wrapped up by Monza. If the sport’s 84-year-old commercial supre- mo had only added the words ‘all but’ when he made the prediction before the season started, he would not have been far wrong on Sunday’s evi- dence. Hamilton departed the Italian Grand Prix cir- cuit, performing a tyre burnout for the fans on his motorcycle as he left, with a 53 point lead over Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg in the champi- onship and seven races remaining. In simple maths, that means the Briton does not have to win again this season to join Jackie Stewart as Britain’s only triple champions. With 25 points for a win and 18 for a second place, Rosberg has to hope that Hamilton suffers some of the bad luck the German endured at Monza when his engine blew while in third place with two laps to go. Even that might not be enough. Looking at past performances, it appears to be all over bar the shouting-of which there is sure to be plenty sooner rather than later. The big MONZA: Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, of Britain, steers his car in this file photo on his way to win the Formula One Italian Grand Prix. — AP question now is where will Hamilton clinch the this season he has been battered like never before wrong move he made all weekend was to fail to really happy with how I’m driving.” Hamilton was championship, with the United States (round 16 of by his team mate. remove his headwear, covering his newly dyed dominant at Monza-fastest in every practice ses- 19) or Mexico looking possible on current form as Hamilton, by contrast, has finished first or sec- blond locks, during a minute’s silence to the late sion, on pole position for the 11th time in 12 races the chances of Abu Dhabi hosting another decider ond in all but two races this season and it has now British IndyCar driver Justin Wilson. As he explained and setting the fastest lap on a ‘perfect weekend’. recede into the distance as fast as Rosberg’s hopes. been more than a year since he last suffered a later, he had intended no disrespect, he simply had The next race is Singapore, where last year Hamilton won five of the six races after Monza last retirement. not realised it was happening. Hamilton started on pole, set the fastest lap and year-Mexico not being on the calendar then-while From Monza last year to this, he has won 13 “I feel seriously strong now, with the way I’m won. The Briton has every incentive to do that Rosberg beat him only in Brazil, and even there the times in 19 starts and his career success ratio cur- driving,” he said after his victory was confirmed fol- again-another win would take his career tally to Briton finished second. Rosberg has never yet won rently works out at one win in every four races. lowing a stewards enquiry into low tyre pressures 41 from 161 races, exactly the same number as three races in a row, and only once in his career has All the signs point to him only growing in confi- that could have taken away the 25 points. his boyhood hero and late triple champion he won a race in the second half of the season, and dence, and even more determined to win. The sole “This weekend is the best I’ve driven. I’m really, Ayrton Senna. — Reuters Mantellato inspires Hull win

LEEDS: Josh Mantellato got the comeback try. But while Bradford failed to add to their rolling as Hull KR put their Challenge Cup dis- points haul after the interval the visiting appointment behind them by maintaining Vikings had no such trouble as Mellor and Ah their winning streak in The Qualifiers with a Van both completed their hat-tricks, with 20-18 victory over Wakefield on Sunday. Hull Charly Runciman, Hep Cahill, Rhys Hanbury KR hosted the Wildcats eager to show what and captain Kevin Brown all grabbing one try they are made of after being shut out by each. Leigh were similarly big winners as they Leeds Rhinos the Challenge Cup final. beat Sheffield 52-16 in front of their home But the home side soon found themselves fans with Ryan Brierly this time helping him- trailing 12-0 as former New Zealand Warrior self to a hat-trick. He was joined on the score- Kevin Locke scored twice and Lee Smith also sheet by Mickey Higham, Andrew Dixon, Liam touched down. But ex-Newcastle Knight Kay, Fuifui Moimoi, Tommy Goulden and Mantellatio charged down a Smith kick and Gregg McNally, while the visiting Eagles could raced 80m to get Hull KR on the scoreboard, only muster three scores in reply for James and they trailed by just two points at half- Davey, Scott Turner and Sam Smeaton. time as Kieran Dixon went over. Saturday saw Salford ease to a 50-28 victo- The hosts carried this momentum over ry at Halifax to record their third victory from into the second half and took the lead four matches in The Qualifiers despite parting through another Dixon score, before Shaun company with coach Iestyn Harris in the Lunt got in on the act. week. Niall Evalds crossed twice in the first 15 Smith did grab a late score for Wakefield minutes for the Red Devils before Dane but Hull KR held on to record a narrow win Manning went over for the hosts. Tries from and make it four wins from as many games in Greg Johnson and Ben Jones-Bishop made it The Qualifiers. Elsewhere, former New 22-6 to the visitors at the break before Scott Zealand Warrior Patrick Ah Van and Joe Mellor Murrell, James Saltonstall and Jacob Fairbank both grabbed hat-tricks as Widnes Vikings scored to give the hosts hope. But Evalds, won 56-12 at Bradford Bulls to stay two Jones-Bishop and Johnson all completed points behind Hull KR in second. their hat-tricks before Adam Tangata’s conso- The hosts had scored the first try of the lation try for Halifax, who have now lost all Gary Wheeler game through Adrian Purtell and only trailed four of their games and are set for another 14-12 at half-time as Omari Caro scored a late season in the second tier. — AFP Smith urges Wolves to show their teeth

LEEDS: Tony Smith has urged his Warrington Dragons fell under the spell of Matty Bowen been impressed by the game. Wolves side not to give up the ghost after a at The Den, as the North Queensland “If you look at the crowd, over 8,000 peo- disappointing season as they bounced back Cowboys legend crossed twice and kicked ple, I am very proud to be British, proud of into form with a 46-16 Super 8s thrashing of seven goals in a victory that sealed Wigan’s London and of Wigan and to introduce the Hull FC. place in the Super League semi-finals. game of rugby league to the capital is great. Warrington’s hopes of reaching the Super The Warriors plan to play one home match “It has to be carried on and seen through for League semi-finals had already been snuffed at a neutral venue every season and Wane many years and I will always be a massive sup- out after three defeats in a row, but a Kevin said: “If you are a sporting fan you would have porter of it.” — AFP Penny hat-trick was the headline of an impres- sive performance. Gary Wheeler, Ben Currie and former NRL stars Joel Monaghan and Schleck wins Vuelta stage Chris Sandow also posted fine displays, and Smith wants a strong platform laid for next SPAIN: Luxembourg’s Frank Schleck won yes- “I’m very happy, the last few months have year. “All credit to the players for their atti- terday’s 16 stage of Spain’s Vuelta at Alto been very difficult for me,” said Schleck who tudes, some players are staying and some Ermita de Alba with another veteran Spaniard missed the Tour de France because of a knee moving on, but they all ripped in regardless Joaquim ‘Purito’ Rodriguez taking the leader’s problem and was quickly struggling in the and that’s important,” said Smith. red jersey. overall standings in the Vuelta. Katusha’s 36- “We want to finish the season strong. Some Schleck, 35, the older brother of former year-old Rodriguez, who has twice finished people could think it doesn’t mean anything Tour de France winner Andy Schleck, came third overall in his home Grand Tour, took the to a team if you can’t make the finals. But home alone after outsprinting his final chal- lead seconds ahead of Italy’s Fabio Aru, with Josh Mantellato there’s pride in your jersey, pride in your club lenger Colombian Rodolfo Torres 3kms from the next stage tomorrow individual time-time and pride in your town.” the line following a long breakaway in the in Burgos following today’s second rest day in Write St Helens off at your peril, says coach mountains. the three-week race. — AFP Halfpenny out Keiron Cunningham, after the return of skip- per Jon Wilkin coincided with Saints putting paid to a four-match losing run in the Super 8s. Wilkin was at his influential best after of World Cup returning from a broken finger, while former Penrith Panther Luke Walsh was also a TOULON: Wales were dealt a hammer rugby union’s major nations won’t qualify destructive force in a 32-18 victory over last blow yesterday when full-back Leigh for the quarter-finals as only the top two week’s Challenge Cup winners Leeds Rhinos. Halfpenny was ruled out of the Rugby teams go through to the last eight. “You saw the leadership that Jon gives the World Cup after suffering torn right knee Aside from Halfpenny, Wales could team and I thought Luke Walsh was phenom- ligaments in a warm-up match against face more bad news, with in-form scrum- enal and Alex Walmsley just gets better every Italy on the weekend. Toulon star half Rhys Webb also injured against the week,” said Cunningham, whose side now Halfpenny, one of the outstanding goal- Italians. Webb suffered suspected serious kickers of his generation, sustained the ligament damage to his ankle in the first have a four-point buffer within the top four injury in Wales’ hard-fought 23-19 win half after falling awkwardly at a ruck. with three games left to play. over the Azzurri at Cardiff’s Millennium It would be a further cruel blow for “A few people like to kick you when you’re Stadium on Saturday. Wales coach Warren Gatland, who down but we’re together and we quite like Halfpenny, 26, underwent a scan yes- already lost key centre Jonathan Davies the idea that everyone had written us off.” terday, Toulon president Mourad at the start of the summer. Halfpenny’s Mose Masoe was dropped from the side for Boudjellal telling AFP that his star full- understudy Liam Williams is only himself the first time since making his debut 18 back would now be out for around six coming back from a broken bone in his months ago, but the St Illawarra Dragons- months. The Welsh Rugby Union added: foot. Gatland will now look to call up a bound prop is set for a grandstand finish to “Wales full-back Leigh Halfpenny has suf- replacement for Halfpenny, likely to his time at St Helens according to fered an ACL injury, ruling him out of the come down between New Zealand-born Cunningham. “Mose has been carrying a bit of forthcoming Rugby World Cup. “Leigh utility back Gareth Anscombe, who is a leg injury which has hindered his training will undergo further examination and also currently out for up to three weeks for a few weeks,” Cunningham said. “He needs assessment before further details are with an ankle ligament injury, and freshening up, I want him to have a real good announced.” Wales kick off their World James Hook. finish to the season.” Cup campaign against Uruguay on Both are proven kickers. Mike Phillips And Shaun Wane insists the response to September 20, going on to play hosts is the natural choice to replace Webb, Wigan Warriors’ presence in London is no flash England, Fiji and two-time champions particularly given the lack of experience in the pan after the biggest Super League Australia in the toughest of the four between remaining scrum-halves Gareth crowd in the English capital for nine years saw SPAIN: Trek’s Luxembourger cyclist Franck Schleck crosses the finish line to win the 16th pools. The line-up means at least one of Davies and Lloyd Williams. — AFP his side thrash Catalans Dragons 42-16. The Stage of the 2015 Vuelta Espana cycling tour. — AFP TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 SPORTS Five Africa Cup of Nations talking points

JOHANNESBURG: Record seven-time champions would have dreamt of scoring five goals in the dry, NIGERIA South Africa levelled with 10 men after newcomer Egypt scored five goals, but title-holders Ivory Coast scorching heat of N’Djamena, but Bassem Morsy If new Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh had any Siyabonga Zulu was red-carded, then collapsed in the could not manage even one during a dramatic match- thought differently. The bearded striker from resur- doubts about the enormity of his task, they were dis- closing stages as Mauritania scored two outstanding day 2 of Africa Cup of Nations qualifying at the week- gent Cairo club Zamalek bagged a hat-trick and pelled during a 0-0 deadlock with Tanzania in Dar es individual goals. end. Chad crumbled 5-1 at home against the revi- another emerging star, Kahraba, also scored in a tri- Salaam. It could have been even worse as Carl Ikeme, a Bafana coach Ephraim ‘Shakes’ Mashaba was in talised Pharaohs while the Yaya Toure-less Elephants umph that sends a warning to Nigeria ahead of two 29-year-old debutant goalkeeper from English second- denial, as usual, blaming the north-west African heat. struggled on a heavy, wet Nigerian pitch when held 0- clashes next March. tier club Wolves, produced several top-class saves to What did he expect in Nouakchott ... snow? 0 by combative Sierra Leone. Egypt are among nine foil the Taifa Stars. countries who have a maximum six points after a third KENYA In a group also containing back-in-form Egypt, the UGANDA of the qualifiers while eight other nations have yet to The Harambee Stars have not featured at the Cup three-time champions really needed to bring maxi- The Cranes have not competed at the Cup of collect a point. AFP sport looks at five talking points of Nations since 2004 and their chances of ending this mum points back from east Africa. But after early Nations since losing the 1978 final to hosts Ghana from a weekend that delivered seven home wins, sev- depressing run appear slim after a 2-1 home defeat by promise as Nigeria used the wings effectively, the when notorious Idi Amin ruled the east African coun- en draws, 11 away wins and 54 goals at an average of Zambia. momentum was lost and Tanzania had the better scor- try. There have been many close calls since with 2.16 per game. Having forced a creditable 1-1 draw in Congo ing chances. Uganda mastering the art of snatching failure from the Brazzaville three months ago, Scotland-born Kenya jaws of success. EGYPT coach Bobby Williamson would have hoped for at least SOUTH AFRICA But a 1-0 win in the Comoros, coupled with likely After three failed qualifying campaigns, the a point in Nairobi. While Bafana Bafana (The Boys) no longer rank closest rivals Burkina Faso losing by the same score Pharaohs are looking good for a place at the 2017 Cup But after Michael Olunga gave the hosts an early among the African football giants, no football support- in Botswana, has given the Cranes a three-point of Nations in Gabon. Boosted by a convincing 3-0 lead, loose defending allowed Winston Kalengo and er in the republic imagined a 3-1 loss away to star-less lead. A draw in Ouagadougou and a win in Kampala home victory over Tanzania last June, they travelled to Collins Mbesuma to score for the Chipolopolo (Copper lightweights Mauritania. next March against shock 2013 Cup of Nations Chad hopeful of winning against opponents who Bullets). Next up for Kenya are away and home games But an early howler from captain and goalkeeper finalists Burkina Faso and the Ugandans could end restricted Nigeria to two goals in Kaduna on matchday against Guinea-Bissau and only two victories will keep Itumeleng Khune, who allowed a soft, long-range free- a near 40-year absence from the African football 1. Not even the most partisan Pharaohs followers the east Africans in contention for first place. kick to slip from his grasp into the net, set the tone. showpiece. — AFP Prince Ali: FIFA leaders knew of corruption

MANCHESTER: Prince Ali bin Al Hussein, who led a challenge against Sepp Blatter this year, hit out yesterday at FIFA leaders links to cor- ruption ahead of his entry into the FIFA presi- dential race. The Jordanian prince is expected to declare his candidacy on Wednesday in Amman, according to sources close to the former FIFA vice president. Standing as a reform candidate the prince lost to Blatter in an election in May, just two days after the arrest of seven FIFA officials in Zurich. The prince said at the Soccerex convention in Manchester that he was still considering a bid. He indicated however that he believed he could win the race against UEFA leader Michael Platini, South Korean tycoon Chung Mong-Joon and Brazilian football hero Zico. “If (the election is) done correctly, cleanly, properly and without interference I believe I can for sure,” he said. And he again hit out at his rivals, particularly Platini, who announced his bid in July and is considered a strong favorite. “I have tremendous respect for Platini as both UEFA president and a footballer, but there’s a difference between UEFA and FIFA,” Prince Ali said. “Platini’s introduction into football gover- MANCHESTER: FIFA Vice-President Jordanian Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein speaks during the nance was as a protege of Sepp Blatter. We Soccerex Global Convention 2015 in Manchester. — AFP TURKEY: Georgino Wijnaldum of Netherlands reacts after they lost 3-0 against need a new beginning.” The prince said he executive committee “undoubtedly” knew 14 people charged by US authorities over Turkey during their Euro 2016 Group A qualifying soccer match. — AP had been unconvinced by the French football what was going on in football deals, he more than $150 million in bribes given for tel- legend’s reform proposals. added. “If a player or if somebody breaks the evision and marketing deals. Dutch defeats leave nation The prince said that Chung had also been rules then they are punished regardless of The prince challenged Blatter for the FIFA involved in FIFA for “too long”. Prince Ali said where they come from, OK So why is the exec- presidency two days later but gave up after wondering what went wrong the FIFA brand is now “extremely damaged” utive committee different.” the first round of voting. “Right now we need a and that its top leaders could not escape the The prince repeated that Blatter “should candidate who is forward-thinking, brings new THE HAGUE: The same Netherlands team campaign. But more than any individual spotlight caused by the arrest of seven FIFA take responsibility” and stand down immedi- ideas and not tainted by the past,” he said. that humiliated Spain early in last year’s absences, the Netherlands’ team spirit officials in a Zurich hotel in May on US bribery ately. The longstanding FIFA president said he October 26 is the deadline for candidates to World Cup is fading - and fading fast. After appears to be missing. charges. “I do believe that anything that hap- will give up when the special election is held declare. All must get five of FIFA’s national losses to Turkey and Iceland over the last few “In Oranje, there are a number of players pened within FIFA was known within the lead- on February 26. FIFA has been embroiled in a associations to sign their candidacy to get into days, the Dutch are on the brink of missing who are only concerned about themselves,” ership of FIFA,” the prince said. “There is no major corruption scandal since the arrest of the election. Prince Ali is confident he will get out on next year’s European Championship in former Netherlands player Willem van way that is not the case.” Members of the the seven officials on May 27. They are among the five signatures, the sources said. — AFP France - a tournament expanded to accom- Hanegem wrote in his Monday column in the modate 24 teams. Algemeen Dagblad daily newspaper. He sin- The Netherlands lineup that lost to Iceland gled out Memphis for criticism. 1-0 at home on Thursday and then 3-0 at “He only lay on the ground,” Van Hanegem Italian giants Roma Turkey on Sunday is virtually unchanged from wrote, overlooking the fact that the the one that overwhelmingly defeated the Manchester United winger supplied a num- defending World Cup champions 5-1 last year ber of crosses from the left that could - in Brazil and ended up finishing third. should - have led to Dutch goals. launch refugee initiative “This whole qualification campaign has The misfiring Memphis, out-of-form Van been incredibly difficult,” Netherlands striker Persie and often-injured Robben have con- MILAN: Serie A giants Roma have followed in cial website, www.legaseriea.it. A statement by ticularly proactive in launching initiatives. Robin van Persie said after the loss in Turkey. tributed to a shocking attacking impotence the footsteps of clubs from across Europe by Roma said: “Football has the power to reach Bayern are working with Munich authorities to “We still have a chance, but it is no longer in against all but the lowliest teams in Group A. launching an initiative aimed at gathering millions and by uniting for ‘Football Cares’, we set up ‘training camps’ for children to receive our hands and that is terrible.” These days, the The Dutch have scored 11 goals in three funds to help ease the burden of the ongoing can make a real difference no matter how small German lessons, meals and football kits. 1988 European champions and three-time matches against Kazakhstan and Latvia, but migrant crisis. an individual donation is.” For their next home match against World Cup finalists are struggling to find the only two in five matches against Iceland, the Clubs from Germany, Scotland and Spain Fans can make a donation to the cause on Augsburg on September 12, Bayern players will net against all but the weakest opponents. Czech Republic and Turkey, the teams now have already launched fund-raising initiatives, the JustGiving platform. walk out hand-in-hand with both a German The team is even more inept at defending its above them in the group. with Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich notably Roma said all money raised will go to the and a refugee child as a mark of support for the own goal. A tight defense was the foundation Many are blaming the coaching staff. After announcing a donation of one million euros United Nations Refugee Agency, Save The integration of refugees. of the Netherlands’ success in Brazil - apart his World Cup campaign, Louis van Gaal - ($1.1m). Children, International Rescue Committee and “We at FC Bayern consider it our socio-polit- from two penalty shootouts, the team con- known for ruling his teams with an iron fist - Roma, the Serie A runners-up for the past the Red Cross. ical responsibility to help displaced and needy ceded only four goals in seven matches at the moved to Manchester United and was two seasons, have labelled their initiative United Nations (UN) estimates put the num- children, women and men, by supporting and World Cup. In eight Euro 2016 qualifiers, the replaced by Guus Hiddink, an experienced “Football Cares” and on Tuesday club president ber of people being driven out of their homes assisting them in Germany,” Bayern’s chairman Dutch have already allowed 10 goals. and highly successful coach known for a James Pallotta will kick things off by making a by persecution and war at 60 million. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge wrote on the club’s Even Johan Cruyff, a passionate advocate more hands-off relationship with players. “large donation”, according to the league’s offi- Germany’s Bundesliga clubs have been par- website. — AFP of attacking soccer, has been left lamenting But Hiddink’s approach backfired immedi- the lack of quality at the back. ately. In his first match in charge, a friendly In his column in Monday’s edition of against Italy, the Dutch conceded two early Dutch daily De Telegraaf, the former goals and lost 2-0, setting the tone for a short Corinthians hold Palmeiras Netherlands great pointed to the penalty giv- and unsuccessful second stint in charge. en away by defender Gregory van der Wiel Hiddink repeatedly saw his team give away that handed Iceland victory in Amsterdam as early goals and then struggle to recover. His SAO PAULO: Corinthians came from behind symptomatic of poor Dutch defending. contract was soon terminated. three times to draw Palmeiras 3-3 on Sunday in “Again, a defender who doesn’t think Danny Blind - with two losses in his first an intense local derby match in Sao Paulo. enough about positional play,” Cruyff wrote. two matches since replacing Hiddink - has The draw kept Corinthians on top of the The long-term knee injury that sidelined cen- not been able to overturn the slide. He now Brazilian league with 50 points, five in front of ter back Ron Vlaar has been a key problem in has to rely on Turkey dropping points in its Atletico-MG. Gremio is six back, with Sao Paulo defense, just as Arjen Robben’s injury-hit sea- last two matches for the Dutch to stand any the next best club, 12 off the lead. son undermined attacking options. Both chance of securing third place in Group A and Palmeiras, playing at home, got goals from players were standouts of the World Cup a playoff berth. — AP Lucas, Robinho and Dudu. Vagner Love scored the equalizer in the 78th minute for Corinthians with Guilherme Arana also scoring. Palmeiras also contributed an own goal by Amaral. “Playing away from home, it’s important to get some points,” Love said. “It was good we earned a point.” There was another intense local derby a little further north on Sunday before 50,000 fans at the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro, where Flamengo trampled Fluminense 3-1. Paulinho, Emerson and Kayke scored for Flamengo with Fluminense’s only goal coming from Jean. Flamengo trails leaders Corinthians by 15 points, the same margin as Palmeiras. In other results on Sunday it was: Cruzeiro 5, Figueirense 1; Chapecoense 0, Ponte 0; Gremio 2, Goias 1, Avai 0, Coritiba 2; Sport 1, Santos 1. Atletico-MG defeated Vasco on Saturday 2-1 to keep the pressure on Corinthians. In other Saturday results, Sao Paulo downed Inter 2-0 and Atletico-PR 0, drew 0-0 with Joinville. Ricardo Oliveira of Santos leads the league’s scorers with 15 goals. Lucas Pratto of Atletico-MG has 10, followed by Jadson of ONTARIO: United States’ Dane Jackson competes in the men’s K1 final at the ICF Corinthians with nine and Alexandre Pato of Sao world freestyle kayak championships on the Ottawa River in Beachburg. — AP Paulo with eight. — AP Palmeiras Robinho in action in this file photo. McDonnell Schleck wins outpoints Kameda Vuelta stage to retain title

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RIGA: Latvia’s Vladislavs Gabovs (left) and Czech Republic’s David Limbersky fight for the ball during a Euro 2016 qualifying Group A soccer match. — AP Iceland, Czechs secure Euro berths

PARIS: Iceland made footballing history on Czechs sealed their place by beating Latvia 2-1 The Dutch were dishevelled and Burak would guarantee progress from Group B, but half. Both sides were reduced to 10 men after Sunday as they qualified for a major tourna- while the struggling Netherlands slumped to a Yilmaz sealed Turkey’s win late on, as Fatih had to settle for a 0-0 draw after failing to find a the restart as Everton’s Muhamed Besic was ment finals for the first time, joining the Czech potentially disastrous 3-0 defeat in Turkey. Terim’s side leapfrogged their opponents into way past Ofir Marciano in the away goal. sent off for the hosts along with Andorra’s Republic in securing their berth at Euro 2016. First-half goals from David Limbersky and third place in the section, leaving them in pole Belgium’s 1-0 win over Cyprus later on Victor Rodriguez. The island nation, with its population of Vladimir Darida put the Czechs in control in position to steal a play-off place. Sunday, secured by Eden Hazard’s 86th-minute Italy edged closer to qualifying from Group barely 330,000, became the least populated Riga, and they held on after Arturs Zjuzins got a “We again shot ourselves in the foot,” said strike in toasty Nicosia, means Wales still require H after Daniele De Rossi’s sixth-minute penalty country ever to qualify for a European goal back for Latvia. Blind, who lost 1-0 at home to Iceland on his one point from their final two qualifiers next proved enough to beat Bulgaria 1-0 in the Championship thanks to a nervy 0-0 draw with debut last Thursday. “You make things incredi- month, away to Bosnia-Herzegovina and at Sicilian city of Palermo. Kazakshtan in Reykjavik. DUTCH IN DANGER bly hard when you let in easy goals.” home to minnows Andorra. De Rossi and Bulgaria’s Ilian Mitsanski were Iceland only needed a point to secure one of Meanwhile, the Dutch are in real danger of “Our fate is no longer in our own hands. I “The atmosphere was great, but we have both sent off in the second half, while Italy the top two places in Group A, and captain missing out on a European Championship finals feel really terrible,” striker Robin van Persie told two games left,” said manager Chris Coleman. goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon won his 150th cap. Aron Gunnarsson of Cardiff City was sent off in for the first time since 1984 after suffering a sec- Dutch media after the Netherlands suffered “It is in our hands so Israel and Belgium have to The Euro 2012 runners-up are two points clear the 89th minute just before celebrations erupt- ond loss in as many games under new coach their worst competitive defeat since Euro ‘96. do their work to catch us.” of Norway, who leapfrogged Croatia into sec- ed on the final whistle. The result allowed the Danny Blind. Belgium will also be through if they win in ond place thanks to a 2-0 win when the sides side coached jointly by Heimir Hallgrimsson Semi-finalists at last year’s World Cup, WALES FRUSTRATED Andorra in their next match, so Israel are likely met in Oslo, Jo Inge Berget of Malmo scoring and the Swede Lars Lagerback to follow the Holland fell behind inside eight minutes in a Meanwhile, Wales will have to wait before to have to fight it out with Bosnia for third twice. In the other game in Group H, Malta and Czechs and England in being able to book packed stadium in Konya in central Turkey to an clinching qualification for a first European place. Azerbaijan drew 2-2, with Rahid Amirguliyev flights to France next year. Oguzhan Ozyakup goal and Barcelona’s Arda Championship, and a first major tournament Bosnia were comfortable 3-0 winners at scoring twice for the visitors either side of goals England became the first nation to qualify Turan doubled the hosts’ lead before the half- since the 1958 World Cup. home to Andorra, with Ermin Bicakcic, Edin by captain Michael Mifsud and Alfred Effiong for the 24-nation jamboree on Saturday and the hour mark. They knew a win at home to Israel in Cardiff Dzeko and Senad Lulic all scoring in the first for Malta. — AFP Azarenka in q-final Italy ponder Pirlo on

NEW YORK: Two-time runner-up “I felt at 5-3 that I never went for way to Euro 2016 Victoria Azarenka reached her my shots, she didn’t give me much fourth US Open quarter-final yester- rhythm,” she said. “But I told myself MILAN: Andrea Pirlo’s status as one of already come for him. It’s a decision only he day with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Varvara to be aggressive and go for it.” Halep Italy’s ‘untouchables’ has been shaken after can make.” Lepchenko of the United States. will bid to reach her maiden US the Azzurri legend was sidelined by coach Against Bulgaria, Roma’s midfield general Former world number one Open quarter-final and be the first Antonio Conte in the wake of criticism fol- Daniele De Rossi stepped in for Pirlo in the Azarenka, the 20th seed, will face Romanian to make the last eight lowing a mediocre performance in a Euro middle of Italy’s three-man midfield, flanked either Romanian second seed since Irina Spirlea went to the 1997 2016 qualifier. by Marco Verratti and Marco Parolo. Simona Halep or Sabine Lisicki, the semi-finals. Pirlo has 116 caps and is widely regarded Italian sports media on Monday were 24th-seeded German, for a place in Lisicki, the 2013 Wimbledon run- as one of the world’s all-time great deep-lying quick to jump on the fact Verratti admitted he the semi-finals. ner-up, has never made the last playmakers. But the 36-year-old’s move from fared better playing alongside De Rossi than The Belarusian, whose season eight in New York. Halep, who has a four-time consecutive Serie A champions with Pirlo last week. has been stalled by a left thigh 3-1 career record over Lisicki, has Juventus to New York City FC has coincided But the Paris Saint Germain star explained: strain, appeared on Arthur Ashe hardly been tested at the tourna- with a dip in form and the ‘orchestrator’, as “Maybe I played a little better tonight Stadium with both biceps tightly ment, conceding just 14 games in Pirlo is often known, has looked somewhat (Sunday), but that was because Bulgaria gave strapped. three rounds. Czech fifth seed Petra out of tune. us more space than Malta did.” “It’s a little embarrassing. I have Kvitova has had an even easier path Pirlo looked far below his usual best during De Rossi, a no-nonsense defensive mid- blisters from my shirts rubbing through the first week, dropping a 1-0 win over Malta last Thursday and, fielder with a history of indiscipline, fired Italy against my arms so I needed the just 12 games. although he has Conte’s backing, he was side- into a sixth-minute lead from the penalty spot bandages,” said Azarenka, the run- The two-time Wimbledon cham- lined for Sunday’s 1-0 win at home to Bulgaria after Antonio Candreva was fouled in the area. ner-up to Serena Williams in 2012 pion takes on British qualifier which took Italy to he brink of booking their But De Rossi’s poor disciplinary record was and 2013. Johanna Konta, the world number ticket for next summer’s finals in France. blotted again when he was sent off 10 min- “It looks weird but I did what I 97. Victory would make Halep the The back-to-back wins sent Italy top of utes after the restart for retaliating to a foul by have to do.” Lepchenko, who was first Czech in the quarter-finals since Group H with a two-point cushion on Norway Iliyan Mitsanski by kicking back at the striker. bidding to become the first Daja Bedanova in 2001. and they require just one point from their Mitsanski was also dismissed. Conte’s feelings American woman not called Konta will be Kvitova’s third next two encounters-away to Azerbaijan and on the incident were clear after the game Williams to make the last-eight since opponent in four matches ranked at home to Norway-to qualify for the when the coach, before walking briskly away NEW YORK: Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, reacts after beating 2009, was broken in the third and outside the top 90. The 24-year-old European Championships. from the interviewer, said curtly: “He shouldn’t ninth games of the opening set. Konta hopes to become the first Varvara Lepchenko of the United States, during the fourth round The Euro 2016 finals will Pirlo’s last interna- have done it.” She rallied to edge ahead in the British woman in the last-eight since of the US Open tennis tournament. — AP tional tournament, but his performance Indiscipline of the sort will not be welcome first game of the second but handed Jo Durie in 1983. to reach the quarter-finals for the the calendar Grand Slam. against Malta last week has prompted debate at next summer’s finals, where Italy would be the break straight back to the 26- The winner of that tie will face sixth time. Stosur, 31, boasts the Today’s other quarter-final sees that even that could be a step too far. looking to make amends for their first-round year-old Azarenka. The Belarus star either Australia’s 22nd seed accomplishment of being the last France’s Kristina Mladenovic tackle “I think every player has to know when it’s exit from last summer’s World Cup in Brazil. carved another break for 5-3 before Samantha Stosur, the 2011 champi- woman to defeat Serena Williams in fellow unseeded player Roberta time to hang up his boots,” said Beppe And Conte, perhaps riled by Marotta’s faltering when she served for the on, or Italy’s Flavia Pennetta, the New York in 2011. Vinci, who reached the last-eight Marotta. Coming from the CEO of Juventus, comments, continues to give Pirlo his backing. match. But she secured victory in 26th seed. Pennetta has established Serena features on Tuesday when when Eugenie Bouchard pulled whom Pirlo helped lead to four ‘scudetti’ and “What disappoints me most is the lack of the next game on her first match an iron-grip on the Australian, win- the quarter-finals get underway, fac- out of the tournament with a con- the Champions League final last season, it respect shown towards an immense player. point when left-handed Lepchenko ning all of their six career meetings. ing sister Venus for the 27th time as cussion suffered in a locker room must have been painful reading. Marotta He deserves more respect in every way,” Conte went wide. The 33-year-old Italian is looking she continues her bid to complete fall. —AFP added: “I don’t know if that moment has told Sky Sport after Sunday’s win. — AFP Iran’s Sept oil exports head for 6-month low

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BEIJING: A pizza delivery rider waits for an order outside a pizza restaurant in Beijing yesterday. China yesterday lowered its GDP growth figure for last year by ten basis points to 7.3 percent, authorities said, as concerns mount over slowing expansion in the world’s second-largest economy. — AFP China FX reserves in record fall

Beijing tries to calm markets, unveils tax breaks for investors

SHANGHAI/BEIJING: China’s foreign lowing China’s near 2 percent devaluation of and Shenzhen closed down 3.4 percent, while Initial reaction among economists was world’s second-biggest economy. exchange reserves posted their biggest the yuan on Aug. 11, which stoked fresh con- the Shanghai Composite Index was 2.5 percent skeptical. “What’s the point? It merely delays Earlier on Monday, China revised down its monthly fall on record in August, reflecting cerns about the economy and heavy selling of lower, in the first day of trading following a the pace of the market fall,” said Liu Ligang, reading for growth in 2014, saying the econo- Beijing’s attempts to halt a slide in the yuan the currency. China was so surprised by the four-day long weekend. China economist at ANZ in Hong Kong. my expanded by 7.3 percent, a notch below and stabilize financial markets following its sur- reaction to the devaluation that it is likely to Chinese equity markets have fallen 40 per- the previous estimate of 7.4 percent. prise move to devalue the currency last month. keep the yuan on a tight leash in the near-term cent since mid-June, despite the authorities ECONOMIC WORRIES This year the economy is headed for its China’s reserves, the world’s largest, fell by to head off fears of a global currency war, poli- unleashing a volley of policy responses to try Last week the China-based investment slowest expansion in 25 years, and concerns $93.9 billion last month to $3.557 trillion, cen- cy insiders have told Reuters. and stem the falls. Yesterday, China unveiled community was put on edge following media have been building that it may miss the offi- tral bank data showed yesterday. The drop left changes to taxes on share dividends aimed at reports that the China chairwoman of Man cial growth forecast of around 7 percent. market watchers questioning how sustainable MARKETS STILL NERVOUS encouraging longer term investment as Group Plc, Li Yifei, had been taken into custody However, analysts say increased government China’s efforts to support the yuan are, as capi- Chinese policymakers are now determined opposed to short-term speculation. The meas- to help with a police probe into stock market spending, combined with five interest rate tal flows out of the country due to fears of an to show their financial markets are back to nor- ures are due to come into effect today. volatility. cuts since last November, mean that risk has economic slowdown and prospects of rising mal, after the devaluation of the yuan, or ren- Hours earlier, the Shanghai stock exchange However, Li told Reuters yesterday that the diminished. “We remain of the view that the U.S. interest rates. minbi, coupled with wild swings in its stock said the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock reports were incorrect, saying she spent last considerable monetary, fiscal and macro pru- “Frequent intervention will burn foreign markets caused jitters in markets around the Exchanges and the China Financial Futures week in industry meetings and then took a 5-6 dential policy stimulus already in place and reserves rapidly and tighten the onshore mar- world. China’s Central Bank Governor Zhou Exchange planned to introduce a “circuit break- day trip to meditate. China’s government is expected will put full-year growth in the ket liquidity,” said Zhou Hao, senior economist Xiaochuan told financial leaders from the er” on the CSI300 index to stabilise the market. also pushing on with attempts to ease con- ‘about 7 percent’ range,” said Tim Condon, at Commerzbank in Singapore. world’s 20 biggest economies over the week- The exchanges are seeking comment from cerns about the country’s slowing economic head of research for Asia at ING Bank in The offshore yuan weakened following the end that Chinese financial markets had almost market participants before Sept. 21 on propos- growth. Singapore. China’s top economic planning data release to trade at a record discount to the completed their correction after a steep run up als to suspend trade in the country’s equity Finance Minister Lou Jiwei was quoted in a agency tried to back up that view, saying yes- onshore rate, suggesting investors believe the in stock prices in the first half of the year. indexes if it moves sharply either way. central bank statement as saying that central terday that the country’s power usage, rail official rate is being kept too high. There was Zhou’s comments, coupled with pledges There is no guarantee that Beijing will adopt government spending would rise by 10 per- freight and property market have all shown relief, though, that the dip in reserves had not from regulators to deepen financial market the proposals. However, while seeking to cent this year, up from the 7 percent growth improvements since August, indicating the been larger, with some commentators predict- reforms, had limited impact in stabilising reduce volatility in equities, if enacted, they budgeted at the start of 2015. A string of soft economy is stabilising. “The economy is ing in the run-up to the announcement that China’s stock markets yesterday, which closed could prove a disincentive to short-term economic data has made it harder for Chinese expected to maintain steady growth and we the drop could be as much as $200 billion. before the release of the reserves data. The investors by restricting the market’s potential regulators to bring stability back to their mar- are able to achieve annual economic growth The decline in reserves has quickened fol- CSI300 index of the biggest stocks in Shanghai to rise as well as fall. kets, as fears grow of a hard landing for the target,” the NDRC said. — Reuters Gulf oil ministers to meet on Thursday Aramco seeks $5bn loan MIDEAST STOCK MARKETS to extract Sinopec JV cash DUBAI: Gulf oil ministers are due to meet this China’s economy and the persistent oil glut. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE and Qatar are week in Qatar for an annual meeting, in the Brent crude was trading around $49 a barrel the main Gulf OPEC members. Oman and DUBAI: Saudi Aramco, the kingdom’s state oil giant, ten years, according to one of the sources, who first gathering by the heavyweight crude pro- yesterday. The latest fall has intensified calls by Bahrain are both non-OPEC members. is talking to banks about raising a $5 billion loan spoke on condition of anonymity as the information ducers since the latest slide in oil prices. some members of the Organization of related to a refinery it built in collaboration with isn’t public. But while the price drop is not on the agen- Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) for an Markets rise China’s Sinopec, three sources with knowledge of the The source, an infrastructure banker, added da for the scheduled meeting of the six-nation emergency meeting. Top Gulf OPEC producers’ Meanwhile, most Gulf bourses edged up matter said yesterday. Aramco had asked for the loan pricing, inclusive of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) - Saudi Arabia, policymakers have remained publicly silent yesterday on mostly positive domestic news, The funds raised from banks will be used to margin and fees, to be “double digits in all”, a level United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain since it met last in June. shrugging off weaker oil prices, while Egypt replace some of the capital Aramco invested to build which the source described as extremely aggressive. the 400,000 barrel per day (bpd) refinery at Yanbu on The fact Aramco is seeking funds now-almost nine and Oman, it will be a chance for oil ministers “The Doha meeting is central given what fell after a string of announcements that the west coast of the kingdom, which can then be months after the refinery shipped its first products, to air views on the market. the international petroleum industry is going dampened investor sentiment. The main deployed in other projects. Aramco did not immedi- as opposed to when the initial agreement was struck Comments by Saudi Arabia Oil Minister Ali through from volatility and to push towards Saudi stock index rose 0.7 percent and food Al-Naimi, in particular, will be closely scruti- stability,” Kuwait’s oil ministry tweeted in a ately respond to a request for comment. to build the refinery in January 2012 — should mean maker Savola Group was one of the main The squeeze on Saudi state coffers from the low it gets cheaper pricing, the second source said. nised. The oil minister of the world’s top crude statement yesterday. supports, surging 4.0 percent. Savola has exporter has made no public comment on The ministry’s statement did not say crude oil price, which hit its lowest level in six-and-a-half This is because the refinery has some financial joined with Singapore’s Temasek Holdings to years last month, has forced the kingdom to evaluate track record which banks can base a lending decision prices since June 18, when the oil price was prices would be discussed during the ministe- bid for Kuwait Food Co (Americana), above $63 and he said he was optimistic about rial meeting on Sept. 10, where topics such as new methods of fundraising to continue high spend- against and the risk around construction and getting Bloomberg reported on Sunday, quoting the market in coming months. unifying domestic gasoline prices, climate ing on development projects. In July, it began issuing the project off the ground has dissipated, he said. It is unnamed sources. Oil prices have more than halved since change and cooperation in renewable energy sovereign bonds for the first time since 2007 to help the second time this year that Aramco has sought a peaks hit in summer last year due to abundant sector are on the official agenda. Venezuelan Other Saudi sectors were also positive, cover a budget deficit which is estimated by the major financing from banks: in March, it signed a $10 supplies and a policy change by producer President Nicolas Maduro said on Saturday he continuing an advance which began on International Monetary Fund at around $150 billion billion loan with 27 financial institutions which group OPEC to defend market share and dis- had suggested to the Emir of Qatar a summit Sunday after the finance ministry said the this year. would refinance an existing $4 billion facility at bet- courage competing supply from rival produc- of heads of state of OPEC countries to defend government would continue borrowing if Aramco’s refinery move is another example of this ter terms. ers, rather than cut its own output. Saudi oil prices. Last year, the GCC oil ministers held necessary to fund important development trend, as while it has used bank loans to fund the The refinery is run by Yanbu Aramco Sinopec Arabia and its Gulf allies led the policy shift. their meeting in Kuwait. Oil prices were trad- projects. Citing China’s economic slowdown, construction of projects, there are no recent exam- Refining Co (Yasref), with its ownership split Last month, prices lurched to a more than ing then at slightly below $100 a barrel, a level Saudi Arabia’s Albilad Capital on Sunday cut ples of the company extracting equity from a 62.5/37.5 percent between Aramco and Sinopec, scheme it has itself already funded. According to the and its products include 263,000 bpd of diesel six-year low near $42 a barrel due to concern which had long been favoured by OPEC mem- valuations for companies in the Saudi petro- invitation sent to a group of local and international and 90,000 bpd of gasoline, according to its web- about the world’s largest energy consumer bers before last year’s policy shift. chemical sector. — Reuters lenders, Aramco wants to borrow the $5 billion for site. — Reuters TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 BUSINESS

Hedge fund short-covering in oil has further to run

LONDON: Hedge funds covered only a Commodity Futures Trading reportable short positions actually The average short position has been March, when another big concentra- small part of their gross short position Commission on Friday. increased last week, from 61 to 66, and cut by almost 30 percent since the start of tion of short positions preceded a 40 in US crude oil futures and options The short position in the main shows no sign of declining, suggesting August, when it was close to 2.9 million percent rally in the price of WTI. Prices during the recent rally, implying there NYMEX light sweet crude contract many funds are still bearish and trying barrels (http://link.reuters.com/vet55w). rose $6, or 15 percent, in the week is a lot more short-covering still to had been reduced from a peak of 163 to play the market from the short side The unusual concentration of short ended Sept. 1, and at one point had come. million barrels three weeks earlier, (http://link.reuters.com/xet55w). positions built up between June and been up almost $10, or 25 percent. Money managers held short posi- but was still more than double the But the average hedge fund short August sent a clear warning signal But the fact hedge funds still held a tions equivalent to 136 million barrels short position of 56 million in mid- position was cut by more than half a that the market was ripe for a sharp near-record short position suggests at the end of trading on Sept. 1, June (http://link.reuters.com/set55w). million barrels, around 20 percent, rally. the short-covering still has some way according to data released by the US The number of hedge funds with from 2.575 million to under 2.1 million. The same thing happened in to run. —Reuters

News Iran’s Sept oil exports in brief

US dollar steady head for 6-month low against Kuwaiti dinar KUWAIT: US dollar stabilized against the Kuwaiti dinar, trading at KD 0.302 while the euro dropped to KD 0.336 yesterday compared to Sunday’s trad- Tehran hopes to export gas to EU through Spain ing, the Central Bank of Kuwait said. The Sterling pound was up to KD 0.459, while the Swiss franc TOKYO: Iran’s oil sales look to be headed towards a six- out of its purchases, lifting only 348,000 bpd this month - around two years for that to happen, if partners are found. remained at KD 311, and the Japanese yen month low in September, down 16 percent from August, down from 523,000 bpd in August - and rivalling the nearly “Talks between Iran and Spain on this topic will contin- remained unchanged at KD 0.002. with tanker loading data showing Tehran is struggling to 340,000 bpd that arrived from Iran in October 2014. On a ue,” Bijan Zanganeh said, after meeting Spain’s Minister of boost crude exports despite optimism over the landmark percentage basis, fourth-biggest buyer South Korea is Industry, Energy and Tourism Jose Manuel Soria, Iran’s oil ADNOC sets Aug Murban deal on its nuclear program. reducing its September loadings from Iran by more than 50 ministry’s news agency Shana reported. Shana quoted crude OSP at $48.85/bbl The OPEC producer has been getting lukewarm percent to 81,000 bpd from 175,000 bpd the previous Soria, part of a Spanish delegation to Tehran, as saying his responses from Asian buyers to offers of discounts in month. Those cuts and a 22 percent reduction by Japan country could “act as a channel for Iran’s gas exports to DUBAI: Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) return for increased purchases as it tries to regain market will help to reduce Asia’s loadings of Iranian crude and con- Europe”. He did not elaborate and the ministry in Madrid set the August retroactive selling price for its bench- share lost to rivals such as Saudi Arabia over the last 3-1/2 densate in September to 808,000 bpd, down from 1.03 mil- declined to confirm the comment. mark Murban crude at $48.85 per barrel, down $8.85 years of Western sanctions. August and September load- lion bpd in August, the source said. Sanctions on Iran may be lifted in 2016 under the terms from a month earlier. The August Murban official sell- ings - for arrivals in September and October - suggest Other buyers, including India, Turkey and the United of a nuclear deal struck in July, but it will take years for Iran ing price (OSP) is now at a $1.16 per barrel premium imports by its main buyers in Asia are set to fall a second Arab Emirates, are raising their purchases in September to start exporting LNG. “First Iran has to bring in new firms, straight month in September, due to a seasonal drop in over August, countering somewhat the cuts by China, and from there it’s going to take about two years before to Dubai quotes, down 37 cents from the previous demand at the end of summer and as China takes its low- Japan and South Korea. they can start exporting,” said analyst Moses Rahnama at month. est volume of Iranian crude in nearly a year. Separately, about 3 million barrels are headed for Iran’s the Energy Aspects consultancy in London. That goes counter to expectations that Iran’s exports offshore storage in both September and August. Iran has Analysts say Iran has already lost out on lucrative LNG Egypt foreign reserves fall would start to edge higher after Tehran and six world pow- been forced to store crude on tankers in the Gulf and cut exports in Asia, where customers pay the highest prices, to ers reached their nuclear agreement on July 14, even production to less than 3 million bpd over the course of Gulf rival Qatar, so Tehran has to look to Europe. to $18.096bn at end-Aug though the sanctions likely will not be officially relaxed the sanctions. The EU hopes to import gas from Iran, which has some CAIRO: Egypt’s foreign currency reserves fell to until sometime next year. Those measures - which finally of the world’s largest reserves, to reduce its dependence $18.096 billion at the end of August from $18.534 bil- brought Iran to the table to discuss curbs to its nuclear LNG to Europe on Russia. But even after sanctions are lifted, the lack of lion the previous month, the central bank said yester- work - cut its exports by more than half and cost it billions Iran hopes to bring its gas to the European Union by export infrastructure could delay plans. The most feasible day. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and a month in lost petrodollars. shipping liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Spain, its oil minis- route for Iranian gas to Europe would be via Turkey, already Iran’s total crude and condensate exports will fall to 1.02 ter was quoted as saying yesterday at a news conference a customer, although the existing Tabriz-Ankara pipeline Kuwait have provided billions of dollars in aid since million barrels per day (bpd) in September, the lowest with his Spanish counterpart in Tehran. would not be big enough for major exports. the army overthrew elected Islamist President since March, when India and Japan did not load oil from Iran has no ability to freeze its gas into LNG for tanker Iran has long lobbied to build a designated Mohamed Morsi in mid-2013 following mass protests the OPEC member to hold shipments within sanction lim- exports beyond the reach of pipelines, after several proj- pipeline that would connect its huge South Pars gas against his rule. Reserves stood at about $36 billion its, according to a source who tracks tanker loadings. ects stalled due to Western sanctions that forced foreign field with European customers - the so-called Persian before the 2011 revolt that ousted Hosni Mubarak Top buyer China looks to be taking the biggest whack companies to pull out of Iran. Experts reckon it will take Pipeline. —Reuters and led to the elections that put Morsi in office.

Tesco to sell South Dubai contractor ASGC Korea business hires banks for potential IPO DUBAI: Al-Shafar General Contracting (ASGC) has in $6bn deal hired Goldman Sachs and two other banks to arrange a potential initial share sale on the Dubai SEOUL: British retailer Tesco PLC agreed yesterday to Financial Market, sources familiar with the matter sell its South Korean retail business to a locally led con- told Reuters yesterday. The Dubai-based company, sortium in a deal worth about $6 billion. The acquisition whose projects have included the Waldorf Astoria by South Korean private equity firm MBK Partners and a hotel on the emirate’s manmade palm-shaped island, group of Canadian and Singaporean investors is the has hired the US investment bank, according to a largest ever in South Korea and one of the biggest deals in Asia so far this year. senior banker and an United Arab Emirates-based Tesco said it will use the 4 billion pounds ($6.1 bil- banker who declined to be named because the infor- lion) of cash proceeds from the sale to reduce its debt, mation is not public. Egypt-based EFG Hermes and which amounts to 4.2 billion pounds. The deal is expect- Emirates NBD are also arranging the Dubai flotation, ed to be completed during the final quarter of this year, according to the senior banker and a separate indus- pending shareholder approval from Tesco and South try source. ASGC declined to comment. Existing Korean government approval. Homeplus is South shareholders will provide the stock for the IPO, the Korea’s second-largest retailer. Its chains of discount UAE banker said. The company was co-founded by stores generated annual revenue of 8.6 trillion won Emad Azmy, an Egyptian engineer, and Emirati ($7.1 billion) through February with 788 billion won national Mohamed Seif Bin Shafar in 1989. earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amorti- zation. Two Canadian pension funds and Singapore state Iraqi Kurdistan pays $75m investment company Temasek are part of the consor- to Genel, DNO, Gulf Keystone tium. The MBK-led consortium said it will invest 1 trillion won in Homeplus over the next two years. BAGHDAD: Iraq’s Kurdistan region said yesterday Tesco, which reported a full-year loss of $8.5 billion it had allocated $75 million of revenue from its through February, has been restructuring its businesses. direct crude oil sales to three international oil It closed 43 unprofitable stores in April. Homeplus, companies. Genel Energy and DNO will each meanwhile, is facing criminal and civil lawsuits in South receive $30 million and Gulf Keystone will get $15 Korea. Company executives were charged in February million, the region’s Ministry of Natural Resources for selling the personal data of millions of customers to SEOUL: A branch of South Korea’s second-largest retailer Homeplus owned by Tesco PLC is seen in Seoul said in a statement. The payments will be wired to insurance companies, which used the information for yesterday. British retailer Tesco agreed Monday to sell its South Korean retail business to a locally-led the companies’ accounts within seven days, it said. marketing. —AP consortium in a deal worth about $6 billion. —AP EXCHANGE RATES

Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. GOLD Jordanian Dinar 427.305 US Dollars Mint 0.299400 0.303400 20 gram 226.690 Egyptian Pound 38.617 10 gram 116.040 Asia ASIAN COUNTRIES Sri Lankan Rupees 2.212 Bangladesh Taka 0.003400 0.004000 Japanese Yen 2.520 5 gram 58.700 Indian Rupees 4.555 Chinese Yuan 0.046257 0.049757 Indian Rupees 4.575 Pakistani Rupees 2.907 Hong Kong Dollar 0.036994 0.039744 Pakistani Rupees 2.907 UAE Exchange Centre WLL Bangladesh Taka 3.889 Srilankan Rupees 2.249 Philippines Pesso 6.474 Indian upee 0.004386 0.004776 Nepali Rupees 2.867 Cyprus pound 577.595 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000018 0.000024 Singapore Dollar 14.940 COUNTRY SELL DRAFT SELL CASH Japanese Yen 3.534 Japanese Yen 0.002466 0.002646 Hongkong Dollar 39.077 Australian Dollar 195.10 Syrian Pound 2.605 Kenyan Shilling 0.003149 0.003149 Canadian Dollar 232.03 Bangladesh Taka 3.892 Nepalese Rupees 3.845 Korean Won 0.000245 0.000260 Swiss Franc 316.58 Philippine Peso 6.482 Malaysian Ringgit 71.130 Malaysian Ringgit 0.068843 0.074843 Euro 341.13 Thai Baht 8.489 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 48.025 Nepalese Rupee 0.002963 0.003133 US Dollar 303.20 Thai Bhat 9.405 Pakistan Rupee 0.002778 0.003058 Sterling Pound 462.63 Turkish Lira 100.915 Philippine Peso 0.006315 0.006595 GCC COUNTRIES Japanese Yen 2.58 Saudi Riyal 80.080 Sierra Leone 0.000067 0.000073 Bangladesh Taka 3.892 Singapore Dollar 0.210836 0.216836 Qatari Riyal 83.235 Indian Rupee 4.564 South African Rand 0.016320 0.024820 Omani Riyal 787.030 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.210 Bahrain Exchange Company Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001978 0.002558 Bahraini Dinar 804.700 Nepali Rupee 2.851 UAE Dirham 82.498 Pakistani Rupee 2.910 Taiwan 0.009683 0.009863 COUNTRY SELL CASH SELLDRAFT Thai Baht 0.008155 0.008705 UAE Dirhams 0.08250 Europe ARAB COUNTRIES Bahraini Dinar 0.8058 Belgian Franc 0.007905 0.008905 Arab Egyptian Pound - Cash 40.475 Egyptian Pound 0.03861 British Pound 0.454101 0.463101 Bahraini Dinar 0.796295 0.804295 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 38.704 Jordanian Dinar 0.4312 Czech Korune 0.004517 0.016517 Egyptian Pound 0.037856 0.040686 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.414 Omani Riyal 0.7873 Danish Krone 0.041291 0.046291 Qatari Riyal 0.08360 Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000085 Tunisian Dinar 156.270 Euro 0.333123 0.341123 Saudi Riyal 0.08087 Iraqi Dinar 0.000198 0.000258 Jordanian Dinar 427.480 Norwegian Krone 0.032730 0.037930 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.033 Romanian Leu 0.086918 0.086918 Jordanian Dinar 0.423359 0.430859 Syrian Lira 2.159 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Slovakia 0.009034 0.019034 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Morocco Dirham 31.712 Swedish Krona 0.032007 0.037007 Lebanese Pound 0.000152 0.000252 Swiss Franc 0.305810 0.316010 Moroccan Dirhams 0.020505 0.044505 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Turkish Lira 0.102831 0.109831 Nigerian Naira 0.001250 0.001885 US Dollar Transfer 302.850 US Dollar 302.950 Omani Riyal 0.780491 0.786171 Canadian Dollar 230.335 Euro 342.830 Australasia Qatar Riyal 0.082515 0.083728 Sterling Pound 460.665 Sterling Pound 465.030 Australian Dollar 0.201796 0.213296 Saudi Riyal 0.080163 0.080863 Euro 339.765 Canadian dollar 229.520 New Zealand Dollar 0.184902 0.194402 Syrian Pound 0.001284 0.001504 Swiss Frank 295.955 Turkish lira 103.570 Tunisian Dinar 0.151227 0.159227 Bahrain Dinar 804.860 Turkish Lira 0.102831 0.109831 Swiss Franc 316.460 UAE Dirhams 82.860 America Australian dollar 214.110 Qatari Riyals 90.850 Canadian Dollar 0.223410 0.231910 UAE Dirhams 0.081515 0.082664 US Dollar Buying 301.650 Saudi Riyals 81.590 US Dollars 0.298900 0.303400 Yemeni Riyal 0.001369 0.001449 TuESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 B U S I N E S S

‘Stagnation’ stops me investing: Egypt billionaire CAIRO: One of Egypt’s wealthiest busi- have a second line that is blocking them In August, Orascom Telecom Media elected president, Islamist Mohamed country has shown any sign of taking nessmen said he had not invested any of and it is the same second line that has and Technology Holding reported sec- Morsi, in 2013 but analysts expect it to the offer up since he first broadcast it on the $500 million he pledged to his coun- been there for 30 years,” Sawiris told ond-quarter net profit of 353.95 million be below the 5 percent official forecast. social media last week. try in March because of the slow pace of Reuters in an interview, referring to Egyptian pounds ($45.20 million) versus Sawiris, from a powerful Coptic Christian “All I am asking is find me an island, I reforms promised by the government. deputy ministers. 351.68 million a year earlier. family, said the tourism-dependent will make the financial payment for it,” Naguib Sawiris, who has made an eye- “Some of these ministers are blocking But Sawiris expects zero growth for economies of Egypt and Tunisia had said Sawiris, adding that images of the catching but as yet unanswered offer to each other and then the central bank has his company this year because he said it been devastated by militancy linked to desperate prompted him to act. buy an island from Greece or Italy to a policy and the government has anoth- had not invested in new projects. At the al Qaeda and Islamic State and the “Enough is enough,” he said. “... these house refugees from wars in the Middle er policy. It is not coordinated.” Red Sea summit in March he had said it groups would create more refugees people are being treated in the end like East, said he had invested “zero” in Egypt In contrast, he said, at Orascom non- would add infrastructure, logistics and from Syria and Iraq. cattle.” since an upbeat investment summit in performers are quickly rooted out and energy projects to its core business. The west needed a stronger response. Sawiris said he himself had received March. The chairman and chief executive are “on the street looking for a new job”. Egypt’s growth slowed in the chaotic “You kill, you get killed. Nothing else.” threats from groups like Islamic State of Orascom Telecom, Media and “You punish and you reward. Where is aftermath of the overthrow of longtime He said he had formalised his offer to and that police had arrested militants Technology, blamed bureaucracy and this in the government? The mentality of ruler Hosni Mubarak in 2011. It has Greece and Italy yesterday to sell him an who had his name written on a docu- middle-level officials in Egypt for what appeasement won’t get you anywhere,” picked up under President Abdel Fattah island where he could create a refuge for ment. But he has no plans to leave he called “stagnation”. “Many of these Sawiris said in his office in a commercial Al-Sisi, the former army general who some of the hundreds of thousands of Egypt. “I will push them away before ministers are really good guys but they tower overlooking the Nile. oversaw the ouster of Egypt’s first freely people trying to reach Europe. Neither they push me away,” he said. —Reuters

Pakistani stocks slide over anti-corruption crackdown fears KARACHI: Pakistani stocks plummeted by authorities have in recent months almost three percent yesterday over fears embarked on an anti-corruption drive, of a crackdown on brokers by anti-corrup- with former prime minister Yousuf Raza tion agencies. The benchmark Karachi Gilani, who held office from 2008-2012, Stock Exchange index of 100 shares lost facing 24 graft charges. 2.67 percent or 905 points to close at He was yesterday granted bail in 12 of 32,986 points. the cases after a court issued an arrest The index had shed 4.11 percent dur- warrant for him last week. Former petrole- ing last month’s international turmoil um minister Asim Hussain, a close aide to sparked by fears over China’s slowing ex-president Asif Ali Zardari, was also economy, and had recovered little ground remanded into the custody of Pakistan’s This combination of file pictures made yesterday shows a view taken on October 29, 2009 of the logo (L) of GE Energy (General since then. Rangers paramilitary force over another Electric), a world’s leading supplier of power generation and energy delivery technologies, in Belfort of Alstom’s logo at Aytre’s “Today the rumours about the poten- corruption case. plant, near La Rochelle. —AFP tial arrests of stock (market)-related peo- officials of the state-run Sui Southern ple intensified the panic,” said Gas Company, one of the exchange’s blue Mohammad Sohail, an analyst and the chips, were also being questioned by anti- chief of Topline Securities. Pakistani corruption officials. —AFP Pilots’ union calls all-day strike at Lufthansa today All long-haul flights, cargo flights to be hit

BERLIN/FRANKFURT: German for our low-cost operation,” he said. said on Friday Lufthansa would tougher job, given the backdrop of pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit Spohr’s hard line with the pilots “comfortably” achieve its target low oil prices and rising passenger (VC) has called an all-day strike for is reminiscent of peer Willie for adjusted earnings before inter- numbers. Lufthansa said yesterday today at Lufthansa’s long-haul and Walsh’s stance with crew at British est and tax of over 1.5 billion it had offered talks over the week- cargo flights, increasing pressure Airways and Iberia, with the cost euros this year. That target does end. VC said the offer provided no on management in a long-running cuts achieved helping parent not include the impact of strikes, basis for talks. A spokesman for dispute over pay, retirement ben- group IAG to report stronger prof- which have cost Lufthansa around Lufthansa said it was confident of efits and cost cuts. its than Lufthansa or Air France- 100 million euros this year already. helping passengers to complete “a The union said yesterday the KLM. However, analysts point out majority” of long-haul flights strike, the 13th walkout in 18 IAG is this year aiming for oper- Walsh was negotiating during the planned for today, either booking months, would affect all long-haul ating profit in excess of 2.2 billion financial crisis and when oil prices them onto other group airlines or passenger flights and all cargo euros ($2.3 billion), while Spohr were high, whereas Spohr has a different carriers. —Reuters flights out of Germany from 0600 GMT to 2159 GMT today. Lufthansa is trying to cut costs as it battles to maintain market share against budget rivals such as Ryanair, which are targeting Germany. Relations between the union, which represents around 5,000 Lufthansa and Germanwings TOKYO: Japan’s electronics giant Toshiba president Masashi Muromachi (C) pilots, and management broke is surrounded by members of the press after he announced the company’s down again last week. The union has offered concessions, including financial results for the year to March 2015 at the company’s headquarters increasing the average retirement in Tokyo yesterday. —AFP age to 60 and looking at ways to bring costs down to a level compa- rable with easyJet. “With our offer, we made it clear that the pilots are not Taiwan exports plunge again against the necessary adjust- ments,” VC spokesman Markus as China demand weakens Wahl said in a statement yester- TAIPEI: Taiwan’s exports plummeted to contract in the third quarter, and day. But as a precondition for by 14.8 percent in August year-on-year as it is not expected to fare well in talks, VC wants Lufthansa to halt to $23.93 billion, figures showed yes- the fourth quarter, it would be diffi- the process of employing staff on terday, as the island feels the shock- cult to maintain GDP growth above non-German contracts for the waves of China’s slowing economy. the one percent level.” expansion of its budget The $4.1 billion drop is the seventh Shipments to its leading overseas Eurowings division, which has an consecutive monthly fall for exports. markets-the Chinese mainland and Austrian operating licence. The electronics sector as well as miner- Hong Kong-contracted by 16.6 per- In an interview with Reuters on als, metals and chemical products cent in August from the previous year. Friday, Lufthansa chief executive accounted for much of the decline, the Sales to Southeast Asia and Japan Carsten Spohr said over 1,000 finance ministry said in a statement. fell by 18.9 and 12.6 percent, respec- pilots from within the Lufthansa group and outside had applied for “Demand from the major markets was tively, the finance ministry said. jobs at the unit. feeble, inventory levels were high and Taiwan last month slashed its growth “To create an airline’s operating FRANKFURT: A passenger makes a phone call near empty Lufthansa counters when pilots of oil and steel prices low,” it said, follow- forecast for 2015 to a lower-than- certificate in another country is ing a fall of 11.9 percent in July. expected 1.56 percent. Lufthansa went on a six hours warning strike at the airport in Frankfurt. The German pilots’ something the other low-cost carri- association announced a one-day strike starting yesterday. —AP And with little chance of Chinese Traditionally an export-driven tech- ers do and we copied that model GDP growth returning to its previous nology hub, Taiwan has benefited level, analysts said Taiwan’s export woes from Apple’s new iPhone 6, launched seemed set to continue. “The sharper last year. A number of top Taiwanese decline in exports was attributable to firms such as Foxconn and Taiwan the mainland’s worse-than-expected Semiconductor Manufacturing Co are Zimbabwe FM: China slowdown economic performance. This was a new reportedly among Apple’s suppliers. issue from the previous month,” Gordon But China has been pushing to Sun, the head of the Macroeconomic grow its own tech industry with the won’t affect FDI, big projects Forecasting Center at the Taiwan development of domestic smartphone Institute of Economic Research, told AFP. brands and homegrown hardware, HARARE: Zimbabwe’s finance minister said don’t think this will be affected in my view. Zimbabwe’s two biggest mineral exports “As the (Taiwan) economy is likely including chips. —AFP yesterday that China’s economic slowdown The Chinese companies which are coming are platinum and gold, while the govern- would not affect investment by Chinese to set up shop here, I think the appetite ment expects chrome production to surge firms or the funding of infrastructure proj- remains,” Chinamasa told journalists. “We following the lifting of a ban on chrome ore ects such as roads and power stations in the are also expecting investments into road exports. Egypt to return to southern African nation. construction, the dualisation of our road The government has halved its economic China has emerged in the last 10 years as network and many other areas,” he said, growth target to 1.5 percent this year due Int’l bond market the biggest investor in Zimbabwe after referring to creating two lanes each way on to a drought and low commodity prices. President Robert Mugabe’s government main roads. Chinamasa said Zimbabwe, which owes CAIRO: Egypt will return to the interna- June, selling $1.5 billion of 10-year bonds clashed with Western countries and inter- Chinese companies are currently international lenders $9 billion, planned to tional bond market in the first half of at a yield of 6 percent after receiving more 2016, the country’s finance minister said than $4.5 billion in investor orders. national lenders including the International upgrading a hydro-power plant and meet the World Bank, African Development yesterday, taking advantage of its return Foreign portfolio investors left the coun- Monetary Fund and World Bank. But the expanding the airport in the resort town of Bank (AfDB), IMF and Paris Club creditors to economic and political stability in the try en masse in 2011, freezing it out of the world’s second-largest economy is headed Victoria Falls for more than $700 million. next month to discuss how to clear its wake of the Arab Spring uprising of international debt market after an upris- for its slowest growth in 25 years this year Chinamasa said Zimbabwe’s commodity arrears. 2011. ing toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak. and its markets have tumbled in the last exports, however, like in most African coun- Clearing $1.8 billion in arrears to the “We will go out to the international But economic growth has begun to few months, giving global markets a scare. tries, were being affected by low global IMF, World Bank and AfDB is essential to bond market in the second half of the pick up and state finances have Patrick Chinamasa said despite the slow- prices. “But as a countermeasure in relation unlock new funding, he said. “If goodwill financial year 2015-16, God willing,” Hany strengthened since President Abdel Kadry Dimian told Reuters on the side- Fattah Al-Sisi took office last year. He has down in China, Beijing was on course to to minerals, we are trying to ramp up vol- (among creditors) is forthcoming, it will lines of a Euromoney conference. Egypt’s overseen the launch of economic fund a $1.2 billion coal-fired power plant as umes to make up for the loss of prices and make the process smoother and shorter. If financial year runs from July to June. reforms and forged an alliance with rich well as rebuild Zimbabwe’s crumbling road we hope that strategy will work,” Chinamasa goodwill is not there, then of course the The government conducted its first Gulf Arab states to obtain aid and invest- network. said. He declined to give details on produc- process will be more protracted,” international bond sale in five years in ment. —Reuters “Most of our FDI has come from China, I tion of which minerals would be increased. Chinamasa said. —Reuters TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 BUSINESS Glencore leads Euro rebound, but China hits Asia

LONDON: European stocks rose yesterday, index of leading 300 shares was up 0.4 per- London. At 1130 GMT Glencore shares were Japan fell 1 percent, driven by stocks in ticism was diluted a little on Friday after lifted by mining and commodities giant cent at 1,398 points and Britain’s mining- up 7 percent at 131 pence. The rally in China where markets reopened after figures showed nonfarm payrolls Glencore after it pledged to slash its debt by heavy FTSE 100 index was up 0.4 percent at Europe was broad-based, marking a closing over Thursday and Friday as increased 173,000 last month and the a third, and countering a fall in Asian mar- 6,063 points. rebound from Friday’s steep losses of close Beijing marked 70 years since the end unemployment rate dropped to 5.1 kets led by weakness in China following a Both indexes had been up well over 1 per- to 3 percent after investors marginally of World War Two. percent, its lowest in more than seven four-day break there. cent in earlier trading. Glencore shares rose upped their bets that the Federal Reserve Shanghai shares initially rose as years. Trading is lighter than usual with US mar- as much as 12 percent after it said it will sus- could raise US interest rates later this month. much as 1.8 percent after weekend “With Fed ‘lift-off’ coming soon and kets closed for Labor Day, while investors pend dividends, sell assets and raise $2.5 bil- Germany’s DAX was up 0.5 percent at remarks by regulators aimed at calming the US recovery on track, we expect to across all asset classes continued to digest lion in a new share issue as it aims to cut its 10,094 points and France’s CAC 40 was up the market, but reversed course to see the 10-year yield close to 3 percent the implications of last week’s US jobs data debt to $20 billion by the end of next year. 0.4 percent at 4,542 points, both halving close down 2.5 percent. by the end of 2016. And that will be for the timing of the first US interest rate “The news was well received by the mar- their opening gains. But in Asia, MSCI’s China’s policymakers and regulators good news!” wrote Societe General hike since 2006. At midday the FTSEuroFirst ket,” said David Papier at ETX Capital in broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside promised deeper financial market strategists in a note to clients. reforms. They emphasized signs that The 10-year Treasury yield closed at the economy was stabilising, but 2.13 percent on Friday , the lower end trimmed 2014 growth figures on of its range over the last two weeks. Monday, and said foreign exchange Core European government bonds reserves fell in August by $93.9 billion - were slightly weaker yesterday, with the largest monthly fall on record - to the 10-year German yield up a basis $3.55 trillion. point at 0.68 percent and the 30-year yield up 3 basis points at 1.40 percent. GOOD NEWS? In currencies the dollar was mostly Financial leaders from the world’s 20 stronger against its main rivals, up 0.3 biggest economies agreed on Saturday percent against the yen at 119.40 yen , to step up reform efforts to boost and steady against the euro, which was growth, saying reliance on ultra-low changing hands at $1.1143. interest rates would not be enough to The euro had dipped below $1.11 accelerate economic expansion. But yesterday and on Friday after the US they also said they were confident jobs data. growth would pick up and, as a result, In commodities, crude oil fell on interest rates in “some advanced a lingering supply glut. US crude oil economies”- code for the United States- futures were down 1.2 percent at would have to rise. $45.48 a barrel and Brent crude Investors are still uncertain whether dropped 1.1 percent to $49.05 a rates will rise this month but that skep- barrel. —Reuters TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 BUSINESS Gold falls towards 2-1/2 week low after US data

LONDON: Gold prices edged back at $1,116.75 an ounce. Friday’s hotly is on a solid growth path, that there is no Bullion traders said uncertainty over Gold prices got little support with the towards their lowest since mid-August anticipated non-farm payrolls report inflation problem, and that eventually the timing of a hike will keep gold under resumption of trading in key gold con- yesterday after US payrolls data failed to showed the US economy added fewer there will be higher bond yields, this pressure until the Fed meet on Sept. 16- sumer China. Premiums on the Shanghai provide clarity on the timing of a Federal jobs than expected last month, though remains an environment which is not 17. “The first chance of (the Fed imple- Gold Exchange were steady at about $4 Reserve rate hike, and as the dollar stead- the unemployment rate fell to its lowest liked by the gold market.” menting a rate hike) will be at the Fed an ounce yesterday, indicating stable buy- ied against a currency basket. since 2008. Gold prices have fallen more than 5 meeting next week. The uncertainty in ing interest. With the US markets closed Spot gold was down 0.2 percent at “The number was too good for those percent this year, largely on expectations this regard is likely to keep the gold price for the Labor Day holiday yesterday, trad- $1,120.56 an ounce at 0931 GMT, while who hoped that the Fed would postpone for a rise in U.S. interest rates, which in check in the run-up to the meeting,” ing is likely to be thin. US gold futures for December delivery the rate hike, and too little for those who would lift the opportunity cost of holding Commerzbank said in a note. Among other precious metals, silver were down $1.30 an ounce at $1,120.10. were hoping (they’d go ahead with) it. non-yielding bullion while boosting the Strength in equities also pressured was down 0.4 percent at $14.51 an ounce, Spot gold ended last week down 1 per- That’s why on the gold side, the market dollar, in which it is priced. gold, as investors plumped for assets seen while platinum was down 0.1 percent at cent after three straight days of decline, just got stuck,” Julius Baer analyst Carsten The Fed has already indicated that the as higher risk. The dollar steadied after $987.99 an ounce and palladium was up 1 hitting its lowest in 2-1/2 weeks on Friday Menke said. “As long as we know the U.S. timing of a hike is largely data-dependent. dropping on mixed US employment data. percent at $577.75 an ounce. —Reuters EU boosts aid to farmers hit by Russia sanctions

BRUSSELS: The European Commission Ukraine last year had led to the loss of announced a 500 million euro ($557 about 5.5 billion euros of agri-food million) package of measures yesterday exports. to provide relief for farmers stung by “This situation is not our fault yet it is slumping prices triggered partly by the our sector that is being hit the most. EU loss of exports to Russia due to EU farmers are paying the price for interna- sanctions against the country. tional politics,” he said. The crisis has triggered a wave of Farmers have been facing a worsen- protests which culminated yesterday ing cash flow crisis. “We are now in early with nearly 5,000 farmers and more than September, bills have not been paid for 1,000 tractors arriving in Brussels, where the summer and a lot of milk producers an emergency meeting of the EU’s will not be able to see there way Agriculture Council was being held. through the winter unless cash is put on “This package will allow for 500 million the table immediately,” Mansel euros of EU funds to be used for the Raymond, Dairy chairman at Copa said. benefit of farmers immediately. This is a The Commission said it would be pro- robust and decisive response,” European posing a new private storage scheme Commission Vice-President Jyrki for pigmeat, an increased budget for Katainen said. The European promoting products in 2016 and added Commission said it was seeking to help it was also working hard on bi-lateral farmers with cash-flow difficulties, sta- trade agreements, most recently with bilise markets and improve the function- Canada and Vietnam. ing of the supply chain. Milk prices paid to EU farmers are The plan allows member states to down 20 percent from last year at 30 advance some payments to farmers and euro cents a litre on average. In the the Commission said it was working Baltic States, which has been worst hit closely with the European Investment by Russian sanctions, prices are even Bank to design financial instruments lower at around 20 euro cents. where repayments were linked to com- The Commission said it had not yet modity prices. finalised the national distribution of the Albert Jan Maat, president of farmers support funds but there would be “par- A Chinese worker stacking soft toys at a factory before packing them for export, in Lianyungang, China’s Jiangsu province. China group Copa, said Russia was one of the ticular regard to those Member States yesterday lowered its GDP growth figure for last year by 0.1 percentage points to 7.3 percent, authorities said, as concerns mount EU’s main markets and sanctions which have been most affected by mar- over slowing expansion in the world’s second-largest economy. —AFP imposed as part of the dispute over ket developments.” —Reuters Oil down around 2% on China equity falls US Labor Day holiday keeps trade thin

LONDON: Oil fell around 2 percent yesterday as crude for October was down 75 cents at $45.30, schedules, adding to ample Atlantic Basin Chinese equities weakened, with a firmer dollar having reached an intraday low of $48.42. crude supplies. and global oversupply also weighing on prices. Oil has fallen almost 60 percent since June The dollar has strengthened since late The US Labor Day holiday helped keep trade 2014 on a global supply glut, with prices see- August and this has also hurt oil prices by mak- thin. China’s main indexes closed down yester- sawing in recent weeks as concerns about a ing the commodity more expensive for holders day as investors soldshares in the aftermath of slowing Chinese economy caused turmoil in of other currencies. The year-long decline in oil a four-day market holiday, during which further global stock markets. prices caused more than 5,000 job losses in restrictions on futures trading were announced. “For commodities, the key demand-side fig- Britain’s North Sea oil and gas sector since late “Oil is only taking its cues from China,” SEB ure to care about is not China’s GDP growing at last year, the country’s Oil and Gas Authority chief commodity analyst Bjarne Schieldrop 7 percent instead of 9 or 10 percent, it is the said yesterday. said. “The price is taking little notice of con- manufacturing price index, which has been Investors are awaiting euro zone second- structive data like stronger (European) equities, falling for more than 40 months in a row,” JBC quarter gross domestic product figures stronger base metals and last Friday’s fall in US Energy said. High supply will be swelled further today, followed by monthly global oil sup- rig count,” he said. Brent crude for October was from the North Sea, where crude oil output ply and demand data from US and global down 90 cents at $48.71 a barrel by 1440 GMT, tracked by Reuters will rise to its highest in just energy authorities to give oil further direc- having reached an intraday low of $48.42. US over two years in October, according to loading tion. —Reuters BRUSSELS: Protestors block an access with burning haystack and woods during a farmers demonstration in front of the European Commission build- ing yesterday in Brussels, as European agriculture ministers hold an extraor- Glencore seeks to cut debt dinary meeting at the European Council. —AFP amid commodities shock Number of millionaire ZURICH: Swiss mining giant Glencore, hit by col- 2009. A slowdown in China, the world’s top com- Morgan Stanley and Citigroup will underwrite lapsing commodities prices, announced yesterday modities consumer, has reverberated around the 78 percent of the new shares, and senior manage- bankers in EU falls drastic moves to cut its $30 billion-dollar debt by globe, with major producers, including Brazil and ment and board members will take the remaining about a third, as the slowdown in China wreaked Canada, falling into recession. Concerns over pro- 22 percent, the company said. LONDON: The number of bankers and come under tougher scrutiny. further havoc across markets. longed stalled Chinese growth have slashed iron earning a million euros a year or That represents a fall from 108.74 in Glencore, which has lost more than 50 percent ore prices by roughly a half, as coal, copper and Positive reaction? more in the European Union has 2012 and 204.76 percent in 2010, of its market value this year, said it planned to raise other commodities have fallen by 20-40 percent. Glencore last week saw its largest decline on started to fall even before the but for some lenders the ratio was $2.5 billion (2.2 billion euros) in share sales and In a joint statement, Glencore’s chief executive the London stock exchange since it went public in impact of a cap on bonus payments still 200 percent or more. EBA’s suspended dividend payments until further Ivan Glasenberg and chief financial officer Steven 2011, but its shares had risen Monday more than is fully felt, the bloc’s banking watch- report did not give a breakdown of notice. Kalmin, sought to underscore the company’s six percent in early afternoon trading to 130 dog said yesterday. banks’ individual pay deals. The moves were aimed at cutting about $10.2 “strong liquidity” and other solid indicators, insist- pence, as analysts offered cautious praise for the There were 3,178 bankers in the The cap will force many banks to billion in debt by the end of next year. ing they “remain very positive on the long-term moves. EU on at least a million euros a year, restructure the pay packets of their Glencore took the further step of suspending outlook” of the business. “It’s a reasonably aggressive debt reduction,” including bonuses, in 2013, down top bankers. Some lenders had tried production at massive mines in Zambia and the But, they said, the need to stabilise the compa- Michael Bush, head of credit research at National Democratic Republic of Congo, as the company ny’s balance sheet became necessary with stake- Australia Bank Ltd., told the Bloomberg news from 3,530 a year earlier, although to soften the impact of the bonus reels from what it has described as the worst com- holders expressing concern “around the sustain- agency by phone from Melbourne. that was partly due to exchange cap by lifting basic pay through pay- modities market since the financial crash of 2008- ability of our leverage.” “Maybe they haven’t done quite enough to rates as two-thirds are based in ing additional “allowances”, a step remove the negative outlook, but it certainly does London, the European Banking the EBA has ruled as being largely reduce the pressure on their rating,” he added, Authority (EBA) said in its annual contrary to EU law. “In addition, the referring to Standard & Poor’s cutting Glencore’s update on earnings figures. report highlights that remuneration outlook to negative from stable last week. It said its next set of figures for practices within institutions were The 18-month suspensions at the company’s 2014, due to be published at the end not sufficiently harmonised. In par- copper mines in Katanga, DR Congo, and Mopani, of this year, will show a drop in the ticular, the application of deferral Zambia, will remove about 400,000 tons of copper average ratio of bonuses to fixed and pay-out in instruments differed cathode from the market, Glencore said. While the announcement had already sparked pay, highlighting the “full impact” of significantly across member states an uptick in copper prices, fears were mounting in the bloc’s new bonus cap. and institutions,” the EBA said. Zambia over cutbacks. “The mines are going Bankers’ pay has faced curbs on Based on all staff at banks in the through a rough patch. We do not know where how it can be structured since EU, just 0.106 percent were so-called this will take us but it has consequences like job lenders had to be rescued by taxpay- high earners in 2013. The EBA said losses,” said Nkole Chishimba, president of the ers during the 2007-09 financial cri- shrinkage in millionaire bankers in Mine Workers’ Union of Zambia (MUZ) with the sis, sparking public anger. The cap, 2013 was partly driven by changes membership of over 4,500. Chishimba said that which will affect bonuses awarded in exchange rates and lower sector before suspending production, Glencore should from last year, limits a bonus to no profitability. The threshold is set at a engage the unions so that together they could more than basic pay or twice that million euros ($1.1 million) but find an amicable solution to the problems facing the mines. “Such a decision requires all of us to amount with shareholder approval. bankers in Britain - the EU’s biggest open a dialogue and see how best we could move In 2013, the average ratio of financial centre - are paid in sterling. forward, as a union we are always worried about bonuses to fixed pay was 104.27 per- In 2013, Britain was home to 2,086 the jobs of our members,” he said. cent, EBA said - meaning bonuses bankers earning more than 1 million The temporary shutdown of the two African were only slightly more than basic euros, EBA said. At current exchange operations followed an impairment of its pay - for so-called “identified staff” or rates, however, 1 million euros is KARACHI: Pakistani watch the latest share prices during a trading session at The recently acquired oil operation in Chad, a move the high earners who are in key roles worth 731,000 pounds. —Reuters Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) in Karachi yesterday. The benchmark KSE-100 index the company said was sparked by plunging ended 32967.24, down 923.84 points, mid-trade. —AFP crude prices. —Reuters BUSINESS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 Newly-appointed head of Lincoln Middle East on re-defining Luxury

DUBAI: Ask the question - Which global Lincoln takes a nod from several non-auto- region has the highest concentration of lux- motive industries. The purchase of a luxury ury vehicles? It’s a fair guess the Middle East vehicle in the Middle East is often the most would be a common response. So when expensive luxury purchase someone will Alex Schaeffer, Lincoln Motor Company’s make. At Lincoln we are determined to newly appointed head of the Middle East make that purchase a true luxury experi- region, concludes that there are “unmet” ence. With our dealer partners we are work- needs in the region’s luxury car sector, it’s ing to redefine what it means to shop, buy understandable that this bold statement and own a luxury vehicle.” It’s this distinct might raise a few eyebrows. shift, by placing the emphasis on the experi- Earlier this year, Lincoln hired Schaeffer ence of customer service exclusivity, that with exactly that objective in mind. His mis- Schaeffer believes will redefine the concept sion is tore-launch Lincoln in the region. No of what a ‘luxury’ vehicle is, not just how it mean feat, in what is arguably the most looks or drives, but the fullcustomer experi- crowded luxury global motoring market- ence from A through Z. place. How does he plan to tackle a task of “The Middle East hosts some of the most this magnitude? Initially, Schaeffer will focus discerning luxury clients in the world. They his attention on redefining the fundamen- expect nothing less than perfection from a tals of what constitutes luxury motoring - luxury experience. While this is certainly clarifying his vision, Schaeffer explains: challenging it provides us with a great “Here, Lincoln is laser focused on satisfying opportunity to deliver upon those needs,” our clientele and providing the market with he says. “The experience our customers can an exceptional automotive experience. We expect is where their luxury is elegant, will do this by staying true to our brand pil- effortlessly powerful and serene - quietly KUWAIT: (L-R): David Butorac, CEO, OSN; Olivier Sage, CFO, OSN; Yves-Henry Saliou, Head of Debt Origination Brussels Platform, MEA & Russia lars of quality, design and personal service.” exceeding customer’s expectations, rather CISl; Faisal Al-Ayyar, Chairman, OSN and Vice-Chairman (Executive), KIPCO; Rezwan Mirza, Managing Director, Head of Corporate Banking Schaeffer elaborates on Lincoln’s three than being the loudest statement on the Middle East Barclays; John Lossifidis, Group Head of Corporate and Investment Banking Group at Mashreq Bank. pillars: “Quality is part of a long term invest- road.” Schaeffer has high expectations for ment by Lincoln and one that takes relent- Lincoln’s performance in the region and this less amounts of effort and scrutiny to get is reflected in the challenging sales targets OSN secures $400 million right. We have a dedicated quality team he has set for his team of dealers. The next combing through our vehicles to ensure 12 months will be a critical period in the that the products we deliver, will meet or growth of Lincoln in the region, and in part exceed our clients’ expectations.” is the introduction of a series of new models syndicated financing facility In terms of design, Lincoln is determined that Schaeffer is confident will begin a new not to cut corners: “Our Lincoln design team period of prestige to match the company’s is a critical component of the global Lincoln illustrious past. OSN to further strengthen premium content success to date. Our interiors feature indus- “Our 98-year legacy has allowed us to try leading substrates like Alcantara and reach back into our heritage and create DUBAI: OSN, the region’s leading Pay-TV network, strengthen our financial fundamentals and drive gratitude to the shareholders, KIPCO and Mawarid, Venetian leathers, superior design and products that are relevant to consumers has secured a $400 million facility from a syndicate our expansion plans.” and the management of OSN who helped us add unique colour palettes.” today and still have that iconic star on the of 11 international and regional banks that was He added: “In the past months, OSN has intro- another milestone in our long standing relationship The third pillar, Personal Service, is the vehicle. Our new Navigator, the first-ever nearly two times oversubscribed. duced several industry-first initiatives and signed with the group.” potential game changer. “The personal serv- MKC and all new MKX will certainly enthuse The proceeds will be used primarily to strength- international partnerships for exclusive and first- Securing the $400 million facility follows OSN’s ice brand pillar will be instrumental to our potential customers. Our recently revealed en OSN’s exclusive and premium content, particu- access to premium content. The new facility will first syndicated 5-year financing facility for US$200 larly sport, as well as to develop innovative technol- enable us to invest in even more innovative and million closed in 2013 with Mashreqbank PSC as success in the region and we will be com- Continental Concept in New York earlier this ogy platforms that enhance viewer experience. exclusive Sports, Entertainment and Factual con- the sole Mandated Lead Arranger, Book Runner and municating that to all clients looking for a year, has already begun to receive positive Leveraging the competitive market pricing, the tent, develop new advanced technology platforms, Underwriter for the syndication, which also gener- world class automotive experience.” attention and eagerness about what’s unsecured five-year facility includes a Term Loan of gain stronger market share and create long-term ated overwhelming response from regional and In theory the pillars set the framework around the corner for Lincoln in the Middle $255 million and Revolving Credit Facility of $145 value for our shareholders, partners and cus- international banks. for success but there are other challenges to East, and that will include an all-new full size million. The Term Loan is repayable on a quarterly tomers.” The new unsecured facility brings very competi- overcome. Back on US home soil, the com- luxury vehicle in 2016,” he reveals. basis in equal instalments. Rezwan Mirza, Managing Director, Head of tive terms for OSN further improving the funding pany’s near century of production, the icon- In essence, Schaeffer’s strategy is cus- Barclays Bank PLC, BNP Paribas and Mashreq Corporate Banking Middle East Barclays said: “We cost of OSN and increasing access to liquidity. It ic “L” series of the 1920s and the Lincoln tomer-focused. At every touch point of the Bank PSC, - all three with long-standing relation- are pleased to support one of the leading interna- also assures the benefit of free cash flow without Zephyr that followed, means the badge has process, the customers’ needs are front ships with OSN - have served as lead arrangers and tional Pay-TV networks across the region. The suc- any constraints from the lending banks. a presence that resonates with the target and centre of the overall approach - and Book Runners, with National Bank of Kuwait, cessful oversubscription of this facility and OSN plans to increase its investment in exclusive audience there. this is what Schaeffer is confident will Citibank UAE, Commercial Bank of Dubai, First Gulf breadth of the participating financial institutions content, especially sport that is extremely popular Schaeffer aims to gain traction an den- deliver success. “Thiswill allow us to focus Bank PJSC, HSBC Bank Middle East Ltd, Societe is testament to the international reach of OSN’s among the MENA audiences, and in new technolo- Generale, JP Morgan Chase Bank and Credit Suisse business model and strategic lens of its top man- gies such as over-the-top (OTT) platforms. It will tice regional buyers to Lincoln, despite their on the customers’ ‘unmet’ needs, which in AG completing the syndicate. agement. We are delighted to continue our part- also enable the company to consider potential familiarity with other, more established, turn will deliver healthy sales growth,” David Butorac, Chief Executive Officer of OSN, nership with OSN as they progress along their acquisitions that complement its existing offering. names in the market. “Our Global Vision for Schaeffer concludes. said: “The highly successful closing of the new growth trajectory.” The definitive home of world-class content syndicated financing facility is an acknowledge- John Lossifidis, Group Head of Corporate and including the latest blockbuster Hollywood movies, ment of the financial strength and the banking Investment Banking Group at Mashreq, said: “There brand-new series brought at the same time as in community’s confidence in OSN’s business model. was significant demand for the transaction in the the US and UK and a wide range of sports including The level of oversubscription and participation of bank market. This reinforces OSN’s market position WWE Wrestling, cricket, football and rugby, OSN banks from the Gulf, Europe and North America, and acceptance of its robust financial profile by has a growing footprint across the MENA region. further confirm the trust in OSN’s strategy and regional and international banks. Mashreq is OSN Play, the region’s first of its kind digital stream- performance. The new financing facility takes delighted to lead the way on all of OSN’s capital ing platform, and GO Online TV by OSN, both high- advantage of the favourable market conditions to raising transactions till date. We wish to express our light OSN’s technological edge. Warba Bank holds training course for 50 new graduates

KUWAIT: As part of its commitment towards cialized banking courses that help youth to take social responsibility and care for developing over future job opportunities. national labor, Warba Bank prepared a training As part of its ambitious strategy, Warba Bank course on the banking business. In 2015, the aims to expand its banking activities in the local Bank trained and invested in 50 Kuwaiti young market over the coming years and increase its people where they received academic and prac- market share of nationals by opening new tical training on part-time basis at all branches of branches in key areas of Kuwait in addition to the Bank. The graduates were exposed to vari- seeking for growth opportunities in the regional ous banking transactions and business. markets. Warba Bank is keen on continuous Gulf Bank announces winners The Training Program focused on the core development and investment in human of Al-Danah daily draws banking knowledge and skills of new graduate resources being the primary pillar for evolving Kuwaiti people where they obtained an inten- and growth of the banking industry and enhanc- sive training course that, besides their academic ing Warba Bank’s position in the local market. degrees, will help them start their careers in the The Bank achieves this goal by training courses local labor market. Warba Bank has hired 25 of to its staff in line with the highest academic and the trainees in full-time jobs and assigned them with the instructions from the various regulatory professional standards for deepening their expe- to work across various branches to cover some authorities for enhancing the banking sector rience and refining their skills so as to be pre- required positions as a result of the Bank’s busi- with Kuwaiti national qualified labor. pared for key positions in future and play posi- ness expansion especially at branches network The Training course for Kuwaiti youth is an tive roles for achieving Warba’s vision in the to fulfil the increasing business requirements. illustration of Warba Bank’s belief in supporting Islamic Banking Sector and providing innovative Their appointment gives an added - value to the Kuwaiti calibers and providing job opportunities services to customers to satisfy their aspirations KUWAIT: Gulf Bank held its Al-Danah 1) Kuwait’s single biggest yearly cash recruitment policy adopted by Warba in line in the Bank or in the local market by such spe- and keep pace with market requirements. daily draws on 30 August 2015 prize of KD 1 Million announcing the names of its winners 2) Kuwait’s biggest quarterly cash for the week of 23 August to 27 prizes, up to KD500,000 Ooredoo offers unlimited top apps August 2015. 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Machines take place of migrants as berry harvest booms DEBLOIS: Mary Marshall grew up living the life of a for years, and many of today’s rakers are of Latin play more of a role in the 1990s, workers in the indus- state relies on the berries for about $250 million per migrant farmer, spending hours under the hot sum- American or Caribbean origin. Others are Native try said. Some blueberry operations have gone year in economic value, official said. Blueberries are mer sun picking wild blueberries with her parents American or aboriginal people of Canada, like almost completely mechanized, and more are headed also one of the state’s key cultural identifiers, along and eight siblings, then ending the day bathing in a Marshall, who hails from Nova Scotia, and some are in that direction, Yarborough said. with lighthouses and lobsters. lake. Mainers. Reliance on migrant farming grew with the The trend means less work for migrant farmers Ed Flanagan, chief executive officer of blueberry It was grueling work that she looks back on fondly growth on the crop, which exploded from 20 million who have long relied on blueberry season as a producer Jasper Wyman and Son, said his business - a way of life that brought people of different cul- pounds per year in the 1970s to 50 or 60 million chance to earn several hundred dollars per week in has gone from about 20 percent mechanized ten tures to the camps in Maine’s vast blueberry barrens. pounds per year ten years ago and 90 million pounds the summer. The season typically begins in late July years ago to 70 percent mechanized today. A And she laments the way it is disappearing. per year now, said Yarborough. and ends around Labor Day. spokesman for Passamaquoddy Wild Blueberry “Machines are taking over. Even just going down This year, migrant farmers will pick some 90 mil- “It’s really gone down considerably,” Yarborough Company said the business has gone from 100 per- to the camps, I see a lot of machinery. That’s pretty lion pounds of the wild blueberries - praised for their said. “It’s subject to drop as we produce more and cent rakers just six or seven years ago to 40 percent sad,” said Marshall, who harvested berries 40 years benefits as an anti-oxidant rich food - that grow only better machines.” Growing mechanization is also mechanized today. ago. “Our people could really pick that.” in Maine and parts of Canada. They will form commu- making the nature of the remaining work more diffi- “Things are changing as more machines take to A steady push toward mechanization in Maine’s nities of their own that revolve around hubs like the cult. Rakers are left to work in parts of the fields that the fields in place of hand crews,” Flanagan said. It blueberry industry is reducing the number of migrant Blueberry Harvest School and ethnic restaurants such the mechanical harvesters can’t reach, like ditches remains to be seen if the trend will eventually jeop- farmers who travel to the state to rake the crop, as the migrant-founded Vazquez Mexican Takeout. and uneven land. ardize the existence of the community that has which is vitally important to the state’s economy, There’s even an end-of-harvest Wyman’s Cup soccer That makes a form of labor that already includes grown around migrant blueberry farming every year. state officials and industry leaders said. Maine’s blue- competition for pickers at Jasper Wyman and Son. repetitive lifting and bending in the hot sun even But Briana Mejia, a raker who has been coming to berry harvest attracted more than 5,000 migrant more difficult. “Our people are sent out to the gullies,” work the fields for seven years, said the trend toward farmers ten years ago and it’s down to about 1,500 Mechanized said Marshall, who now travels to Maine every sum- machines and away from workers is clear. today, said David Yarborough, a University of Maine The increasing harvests came alongside the devel- mer to work at Blueberry Harvest School. “When someone builds a bigger, better machine professor of horticulture. opment of mechanized harvesters - heavy pieces of The state has some 44,000 acres of wild blueber- that can do the gullies, what’s going to happen Workers have come to Maine to rake blueberries machinery operated by a driver - which started to ries, based mostly in the rural Downeast area, and the then?” Mejia said. “It’s all about making money.” — AP Apple faces obstacles to making phones smarter Apple to reveal new iPhones and iOS 9 NEW YORK: Apple has ramped up its hiring of artificial edge in spotting larger trends, meaning Apple’s pre- ing experts at Apple, access to data complicates the intelligence experts, recruiting from PhD programs, dictions may not be as good, said Gonzalez, echoing a work at every turn, former employees said. Siri enjoys posting dozens of job listings and greatly increasing commonly held view among machine learning some of Apple’s most liberal privacy policies, holding the size of its AI staff, a review of hiring sites suggests experts. What’s more, there are some features for onto user information for up to six months. Other and numerous sources confirm. which Apple has yet to find an answer, such as Now services, such as Apple Maps, retain information for as The goal is to challenge Google in an area the on Tap, which Google will release this fall. When users little as 15 minutes, the former employee said. Internet search giant has long dominated: smart- press the home button, Google will scan their screens Machine learning experts who want unfettered phone features that give users what they want before to deliver helpful information - a user reading about access to data tend to shy away from jobs at Apple, they ask. As part of its push, the company is currently an upcoming movie, for example, might receive former employees say. But Apple is strengthening ties trying to hire at least 86 more employees with expert- reviews or a list of showtimes. It would be difficult to to academia to find the talent it will need, attending ise in the branch of artificial intelligence known as deliver such services without sending data to the more industry conferences and discussing its use of machine learning, according to a recent analysis of cloud, experts say. tools emerging from university labs, academics say. Apple job postings. The company has also stepped up “They are gradually engaging a little more open- its courtship of machine-learning PhD’s, joining ACCESS TO DATA ly,” said Michael Franklin, who directs UC Berkeley’s Google, Amazon, Facebook and others in a fierce con- Some techniques Apple and Google are investing Algorithms, Machines and People Lab, which Apple CHECINY: “Impuls” Mars rover of the Kielce University of Technology team is pictured dur- test, leading academics say. in - such as deep learning, a hot field of machine learn- sponsors. And some machine learning experts might ing the European Rover Challenge 2015 on September 5, 2015 in Checiny, southern But some experts say the iPhone maker’s strict ing that roughly simulates the human brain so that be enticed by the challenge of matching Google’s Poland. A total of 27 university teams from twelve countries participate in this year’s stance on privacy is likely to undermine its ability to computers can spot patterns and classify information - smarts amid privacy constraints, suggested John competition for Mars rover that for the first time took place in 2007. — AFP compete in the rapidly progressing field. Machine require massive amounts of data that typically cannot Duchi, an assistant professor at Stanford learning, which helps devices infer from experience be crunched on the device alone. For machine learn- University.—Reuters what users are likely to want next, relies on crunching vast troves of data to provide unprompted services, such as the scores for a favorite sports team or New federal requirements reminders of when to leave for an appointment based on traffic. on cellphone surveillance The larger the universe of users providing data WASHINGTON: Federal law enforcement offi- emergencies like an immediate national security about their habits, the better predictions can be about cials will be routinely required to get a search threat, as well as unspecified “exceptional cir- what an individual might want. But Apple analyzes its warrant before using secretive and intrusive cell- cumstances.” The warrant applications are to set users’ behavior under self-imposed constraints to bet- phone-tracking technology under a new Justice out how the technology will be used. ter protect their data from outsiders. Department policy announced. In addition, authorities will be required to That means Apple largely relies on analyzing the The policy represents the first effort to create delete data that’s been collected once they have data on each user’s iPhone rather than sending it to a uniform legal standard for federal authorities the information they need, and are expected to the cloud, where it can be studied alongside informa- using equipment known as cell-site simulators, provide training to employees. The policy could tion from millions of others. “They want to make a which tracks cellphones used by suspects. It act as a blueprint for state and local law enforce- phone that responds to you very quickly without comes amid concerns from privacy groups and ment agencies in developing their own regula- knowledge of the rest of the world,” said Joseph lawmakers that the technology, which is now tions. But it’s unclear how broad an impact Gonzalez, co-founder of Dato, a machine learning widely used by local police departments, is Thursday’s announcement will have, since it startup. “It’s harder to do that.” infringing on privacy rights and is being used does not directly affect local police agencies without proper accountability. unless they’re working alongside federal author- BEYOND SIRI “The policy is really designed to address our ities on a case or relying on their assistance. The Cupertino-based tech titan’s strategy will practices, and to really try to promote trans- Use of the technology has spread widely come into clearer focus on Sept 9, when it is expected parency and consistency and accountability - all among local police departments, who have to reveal its new iPhones and latest mobile operating while being mindful of the public’s privacy inter- been largely mum about their use of the tech- system, iOS 9. Apple has promised the release will est,” Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates told nology and hesitant to disclose details - often include a variety of intelligent reminders, which ana- BERLIN: In this Sept. 2, 2015 photo visitors look at Acer laptops that run Windows 10 at the Acer reporters in announcing the policy change. withholding materials or heavily censoring doc- lysts expect will rival the offerings from Google’s company booth, during the first press day for the International Consumer Electronics Fair ‘IFA’, at The policy applies only to federal agencies uments that they do provide. Android. While Apple helped pioneer mobile intelli- the exhibition grounds in Berlin. — AP within the Justice Department and not, as some Local departments have faced scrutiny from gence -it’s Siri introduced the concept of a digital assis- privacy advocates had hoped, to state and local judges about how they deploy the equipment, tant to consumers in 2011 - the company has since law enforcement whose use of the equipment though agencies have often insisted that non- lost ground to Google and Microsoft, whose digital has stirred particular concern and scrutiny from disclosure agreements with the FBI limit what assistants have become more adept at learning about local judges. they can say. users and helping them with their daily routines. As Samsung, others seek piece The technology - also known as a Stingray, a The FBI has said that while specific capabili- users increasingly demand phones that understand suitcase-sized device - can sweep up basic cell- ties of the equipment are considered sensitive, it them and tailor services accordingly, Apple cannot of nascent smartwatch market phone data from a neighborhood by tricking did not intend for the agreements to prevent the afford to let the gap persist, experts say. The iPhone NEW YORK: Samsung and other tech companies Samsung is making the S2 work with a range of phones in the area to believe that it’s a cell tow- police from disclosing to a court that the equip- generated almost two-thirds of Apple’s revenue in the showcased new computerized wristwatches this Android smartphones, though some features, such er, allowing it to identify unique subscriber ment was used in a particular case. Yates said most recent quarter, so even a small advantage for week - all aimed at challenging Apple, a relative as setting alarms, might not work with all phones. numbers. The data is then transmitted to the she expected the FBI to revise any such agree- Android poses a threat. “What seemed like science fic- newcomer to selling smartwatches. police, helping them determine the location of a ments to be more transparent. tion only four years ago has become an expectation,” Apple Watch was the leading smartwatch in the GOOGLE phone without the user even making a call or The American Civil Liberties Union called the said venture capitalist Gary Morgenthaler, who was second quarter, with an estimated 4 million Several manufacturers (but not Samsung or sending a text message. The equipment used by policy a good first step, but expressed disap- one of the original investors in Siri before it was shipped worldwide, for a market share of more Apple) are making smartwatches based on the Justice Department does not collect the pointment that it did not cover federal agencies acquired by Apple in 2010. content of communications. Even as federal law outside the Justice Department or local police than 75 percent, according to Strategy Analytics. Android Wear. Manufacturers can focus on design- Samsung was a distant second with 400,000 ing the hardware, while letting Google worry enforcement officials tout the technology as a who use federal funds to purchase the surveil- PLAYING CATCH-UP shipped and a 7.5 percent market share. about the functionality. vital tool to catch fugitives and kidnapping sus- lance equipment. It called on the Justice While Apple got off to a slow start on hiring for However, the market is still nascent, and Apple Consumers get choice, without compromising pects, privacy groups have raised alarms about Department to close remaining loopholes, such machine learning jobs, it is closing in on its competi- Watch isn’t an option for people who use Android on app selection, as developers can write apps just the secrecy surrounding its use and the collec- as the one allowing for warrantless surveillance tors, said Oren Etzioni, who is CEO of the Allen Institute smartphones. Samsung’s Gear S2 will work on once for multiple devices. Among the choices: tion of cellphone information of innocent under undefined “exceptional circumstances.” for Artificial Intelligence and a professor at the Android - and for the first time, not just Samsung’s Motorola’s latest Moto 360 watches come in three bystanders who happen to be in a particular “After decades of secrecy in which the gov- University of Washington. “In the past, Apple has not Android phones. Meanwhile, watches running lines - men’s, women’s and a premium “Sport” ver- neighborhood or location. ernment hid this surveillance technology from been at the vanguard of machine learning and cutting Google’s Android Wear software will now work sion for fitness enthusiasts. Sport will have GPS courts, defense lawyers, and the American pub- edge artificial intelligence work, but that is rapidly with Apple’s iPhones. Here’s a look at how the built-in, along with a screen that can adapt to Hesitant to disclose details lic, we are happy to see that the Justice changing,” he said. “They are after the best and the watches compare and how the marketplace is bright sunlight, with high-contrast text and graph- In creating the new policy the Justice Department is now willing to openly discuss its brightest, just like everybody else.” shaping up in light of this week’s developments at ics for better visibility in glare. Mix and match sizes, Department was mindful of those concerns and policies,” ACLU lawyer Nathan Freed Wessler said Acquisitions of startups such as podcasting app the IFA tech show in Berlin. bands and bodies for $300 to $430. The men’s and also sought to address inconsistent practices in a statement. Nate Cardozo, a staff attorney Swell, social media analytics firm Topsy and personal women’s watches will come out in late September. among different federal agencies and offices, with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a priva- assistant app Cue have also expanded Apple’s pool of SAMSUNG Prices and release plans for the Sport version will Yates said. “We understand that people have a cy group, praised the policy as an important experts in the field. Apple does not reveal the number concern about their private information, and step, though he said he suspected Justice Although Samsung has been making smart- come later. Huawei Watch will have luxury versions, of people working on its machine learning efforts. particularly folks who are not the subjects or tar- Department attorneys saw “the writing on the watches for about two years, its previous models with bodies plated with rose gold, for $699 or $799. But one former Apple employee in the area, who gets of investigations,” Yates said. The new policy wall” and recognized that judges would increas- have felt like miniature phones. Apps are presented The bodies won’t be entirely made of gold, as asked not to be named to protect professional rela- requires a warrant in most cases, except for ingly begin requiring warrants.—AP on the rectangular screen the way they are on Apple Watch’s Edition models are. But those go for tionships, estimated the number of machine learning phones. You swipe on the screen to flip through $10,000 to $17,000. The Huawei Watch and the experts had tripled or quadrupled in the past few pages of apps. The Gear S2’s interface is more fit- Apple Watch both start at $349. years. ting for a watch. The S2 has a circular frame that On the flip side, Asus’s new ZenWatch 2 will be Many of the currently posted positions are slated EMC XtremIO achieves $1bn can be rotated to scroll through notifications and notable for its price - starting at 149 euros ($167) for software efforts, from building on Siri’s smarts to apps, so your fingers won’t tire out from endless when it comes out in October. Requirements: the burgeoning search features in iOS. The company swiping. The watch itself is also smaller - roughly Though these will now work with an iPhone, you in aggregate bookings is also hiring machine learning experts for divisions the size of the larger version of Apple Watch. The get more functionality with Android. such as product marketing and retail, suggesting a DUBAI: EMC Corporation announced the vations: a scale-out multi-controller archi- original Gear S felt huge around wrists. broad-based effort to capitalize on data. EMC XtremIO all-flash array business has tecture with linear scalability; deduplica- Samsung says about 1,000 apps should be APPLE Apple’s hiring mirrors a larger hunt in Silicon Valley achieved $1 billion in aggregate bookings tion that is always on, and always inline, available when the S2 launches. That’s promising, Despite its late start, Apple Watch has been the for people who can help companies make sense of in just over 18 months since its commercial and data protection that is six times more though less than Apple Watch’s 8,500 and Android one to beat in terms of design, functionality and their huge stashes of data, said Ali Behnam, managing market debut, making it, quite possibly, the efficient and four times faster than tradi- Wear’s 4,000. So far, many leading app developers app selection. Its 18 hours of battery life is still short partner of Riviera Partners, an executive search firm. fastest-growing product in EMC’s 36-year tional RAID (redundant array of independ- have focused on Apple Watch and Android Wear of what others promise, though. The new Gear S2, Data scientists are the most sought-after experts in history. ent disks). XtremIO is integrated within the instead, as Samsung watches use a little-known for instance, promises two to three days on a single the market, he noted. Asked for comment about As reported in EMC’s second quarter EMC ecosystem to provide additional capa- system called Tizen. Samsung is letting app devel- charge. Some of the Apple Watch’s limitations will Apple’s strategy, a company spokeswoman pointed to 2015 earnings, XtremIO revenue growth bilities, ease-of-use, compatibility, and sim- opers customize watch faces, so you can see base- be addressed with a free software update this fall. statements from Craig Federighi, senior vice president exceeded 300% year over year, and remains ply meets the right market need. ball scores from ESPN or the latest posts from With that, it will be possible for outside companies of Software Engineering, who described the release at the all-flash array market segment leader. XtremIO enables IT application and stor- Twitter. Availability: early October in the U.S., with to write games and other apps that won’t need a a developers’ conference in June as “adding intelli- The industry’s first and only all-flash age opportunities for the next decade. Its prices to be announced. Later, Samsung will have a phone nearby. Apps will also be able to interact gence throughout the user experience in a way that array provides consistent and predictable success is proof of how organizations of all version with 3G cellular capabilities, which will let directly with sensors on Apple Watch - permitting enhances how you use your device but without com- extreme performance to any application sizes are using XtremIO to achieve data the watch do more without a companion phone apps that analyze golf swings, for instance. promising your privacy, things like improving the apps workload over any period of time, EMC’s center agility in ways never thought possi- nearby. Requirements: In a surprise move, Requirements: You need an iPhone. — AP XtremIO features several unique flash inno- ble before. that you use most.” But Google and others have an H E A LT H & S C I E N C E TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

GMO chickens shed light on bird flu fight NEW YORK: In the realm of avian research, the mutates. No humans have been infected in the lat- Two of the world’s biggest chicken breeders, In one study with a form of decoy, scientists put chicks with the glow-in-the-dark beaks and feet est US outbreak, but there have been cases in Asia Germany’s EW Group and Arkansas-based Cobb- 16 infected conventional chickens in contact with a might one day rock the poultry world. British sci- in recent years. “The public is obviously aware of Vantress, have funded parts of the research, though mixture of 16 normal and 16 GMO chickens that entists say they have genetically modified chick- these outbreaks when they’re reported and won- they too harbor significant reservations about GMO contained a decoy. The GMO birds were found to ens in a bid to block bird flu and that early experi- dering why there’s not more done to control it,” said breeding. EW Group is interested in research to be less susceptible and succumbed to infection ments show promise for fighting off the disease Laurence Tiley, a senior lecturer in molecular virolo- learn more about how chickens respond to flu, said more slowly than the conventional birds, said Tiley. that has devastated the US poultry and egg indus- gy at the University of Cambridge, who is involved Jim McKay, group director for science and technol- tries. in the experiments. ogy. However, the company has a policy against FARMER PROTECTIONS Their research, which has been backed by the Scientists argue that GMO livestock could help breeding GMO animals and feels consumers are not A more flu-resistant bird could be a notable UK government and top chicken companies, could control diseases and feed the world’s growing pop- ready to accept them in the food chain. advance from the basic steps that farmers now rely potentially prevent repeats of this year’s wipeout: ulation. But if salmon’s arduous swim to approval is Cobb-Vantress, owned by top US chicken com- on to avoid infections in barns, including banning 48 million chickens and turkeys killed because of anything to go by, their breakthroughs will be slow pany Tyson Foods Inc, has stopped supporting visitors and disinfecting vehicle wheels. the disease since December in the United States to come to market. research into GMO chickens “at this time” because Wild ducks, which can carry the virus, are alone. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) there is no approved commercial use, said Mitch thought to have spread the disease in the United But these promising chickens - injected with a has been reviewing a type of GMO salmon for the Abrahamsen, vice president of research and devel- States by dropping contaminated feces and feath- fluorescent protein to distinguish them from nor- past 20 years, even though the agency deemed it opment. ers on farms. Humans can then transport the dis- mal birds in experiments - won’t likely gatecrash safe for humans in 2010. Developed by To genetically engineer chickens, the UK ease on their boots and trucks. The first GMO ani- their way into poultry production any time soon. AquaBounty Technologies Inc, it was engineered to researchers inject a “decoy” gene into a cluster of mal, a mouse, was produced in the 1980s for Health regulators around the world have yet to grow faster than normal. cells on the yolk of a newly laid egg. The egg will research purposes, according to the US. FDA. In approve any animals bred as genetically modified Consumer activists have pushed back hard hatch into a chick containing the decoy gene, 2009, the agency approved an anticoagulant organisms (GMOs) for use in food because of long- against GMO animals for food, arguing that GMO which it will be able to pass on to its offspring. The derived from a GMO goat. standing safety and environmental concerns. crops, already widely used and marketed, con- decoy gene is injected into the chicken chromo- The FDA said “there are many reasons for pro- Bird flu has become a global concern among tribute to health and environmental problems. some alongside the fluorescent protein that makes ducing” GMO animals and that it could not provide researchers over the past decade because of its the birds glow under ultraviolet light, similar to a timeline for a decision on the GMO salmon. The threat to poultry and human health, and UK FOOLING THE VIRUS glow-in-the-dark posters in college dorm rooms. British researchers have not asked the agency to researchers have been toiling in genetic engineer- At Cambridge and the University of Edinburgh’s The birds would not be bred to glow if they are review the GMO chickens. “We’ve got enough posi- ing for years to control its spread. Roslin Institute, scientists are using genetic engi- commercialized. tive results to make us think it’s worth taking it fur- People who are in close contact with infected neering to try to control bird flu in two ways: by When the modified birds come into contact with ther,” said Helen Sang, who took part in the flu poultry are most at risk for flu infections, and scien- blocking initial infections in egg-laying chickens the flu, their genetic code is designed to trick the experiments and is the Roslin Institute’s personal tists are concerned about the risk for a human pan- and preventing birds from transmitting the virus if virus into copying the decoy and to inhibit the chair in vertebrate molecular development. “The demic if the virus infects someone and then they become infected. virus’ ability to reproduce itself. benefit could be enormous.”— Reuters

New medical coding system aims to help track quality of care

WASHINGTON: If things are a bit tense in your doctor’s office “Sitting in the room with a patient, I don’t think you’ll notice come Oct 1, some behind-the-scenes red tape could be to blame. anything,” Wergin said. His 10-doctor practice in rural Milford, That’s the day when the nation’s physicians and hospitals must Nebraska, has updated the electronic medical records of patients start using a massive new coding system to describe your visit on with chronic diseases, so the next time the diabetic with early kid- insurance claims so they get paid. Today, US health providers use a ney disease comes in, that new code is one less thing to check. system of roughly 14,000 codes to designate a diagnosis, for reim- Most doctors’ offices only use several dozen codes anyway, to bursement purposes and in medical databases. To get more pre- match each specialty’s typical diagnoses, Wergin noted. “Really, I cise, the updated system has about 68,000 codes, essentially an probably live in a world of 140 codes.” Why are codes so impor- expanded dictionary to capture more of the details from a tant? It goes beyond documenting that the bill is accurate - no patient’s chart. reimbursement for a wrist X-ray if the diagnosis was knee pain. How precise? Get nipped feeding a bird, and the codes can With medical care gone digital, more precise diagnosis codes distinguish if it was a goose or a parrot. Have a bike accident with could allow researchers, even doctors themselves, to get a closer one of those horse-drawn tourist carriages? Yep, there’s a code for look at trends in one office or the entire country, Wergin said. A that, too. search of an office’s data could show how, say, all pregnant Unusual accidents aside, the government says the long-await- women with a urinary tract infection in the third trimester fared. ed change should help health officials better track quality of care, The new codes, already used in many other countries, indicate spot early warning signs of a brewing outbreak or look for illness if it’s a first visit or a repeat. A spike in repeat visits for strep throat or injury trends. Under ICD-10 - the 10th edition of the might indicate a more worrisome strain is spreading. This kind of International Classification of Diseases - there are codes that flag data also is used by insurers and other organizations to help novel strains of flu, for example, and even Ebola and its cousins. determine quality of care. With increasing focus on sports concussions, the codes can reflect CMS can’t estimate how many health providers are ready for how long patients lost consciousness and if they needed repeat the switch but officials think most large practices and hospitals care. “ICD-10 has the potential to create many improvements in are, so the agency is intensifying its focus on smaller doctors’ our public health system,” Andy Slavitt, acting administrator of the offices, said Dr. Mandy Cohen, CMS’ chief of staff. A young boy suffering from polio receives treatment in Kabul. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, told health providers Private insurers told Congress months ago that they were in a recent conference call. But with the deadline approaching ready. They, too, are focusing on small providers. “Health plans are fast, he urged providers to make sure their offices are ready, and working aggressively to help them get over the hump,” said Polio resurfaces in Mali from that they take advantage of Medicare-offered testing that lets Justine Handelman of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, who whoever handles their billing file practice claims. noted that the industry has had years to prepare. The US post- Might patients see an uptick in insurance denials for coding poned the deadline twice. Still, responding to doctor concerns, Ebola-hit Guinea, says WHO errors that require the doctor’s office to refile the claims? Dr. CMS has promised some flexibility in the first year of assessing Robert Wergin, president of the American Academy of Family claims, if the coding is close. “There will be bumps and challenges,” Toddler paralyzed in July, same strain seen in Guinea Physicians, is optimistic that providers are ready enough that CMS’ Slavitt said, as he appointed an ombudsman to be the con- patients shouldn’t feel an impact. tact for health providers who experience them. — AP GENEVA: There is a high risk of polio spreading in polio, meaning the virus spread after being excreted by Ebola-ravaged Guinea and Mali, the World Health people who have been immunized with live oral polio Organization said yesterday, after a Guinean toddler vaccine. Vaccine-derived polio outbreaks are rare, but travelled to Mali and became that country’s first case of pose more of a risk in populations where health sys- the crippling disease in more than four years. tems are fragile and people immunization coverage is Preliminary tests by authorities in Mali’s capital low. showed the 19-month-old was paralyzed on July 20, WHO figures show Guinea’s polio vaccination cover- seven days before being brought to Bamako for treat- age fell from 63 percent to 42 percent in 2014, as the ment. The strain of the virus is the same as one detect- Ebola outbreak caused chaos and overwhelmed an ed in Siguiri in Guinea’s Kankan region, in August 2014. already weak national health system. In Mali, by con- The Mali polio case, caused by a strain of the virus trast, polio vaccination coverage rose to 84 percent in known as type 2, is the second setback in a week for 2014, from 72-77 percent in preceding years. There is global efforts to eradicate polio, after two cases were no cure for polio, which attacks the nervous system reported in Ukraine. and can cause irreversible paralysis within hours of “The risk of spread is considered to be high in both infection. It mainly affects young children in areas with countries due to low rates of vaccination coverage in poor sanitation. both Mali and Guinea,” WHO spokesman Cory Couillard A global vaccination campaign has largely stamped said in an emailed comment to Reuters. “Both countries out the virus, and only Pakistan and Afghanistan have are taking coordinated emergency response measures reported cases of wild polio virus this year. Like to bring the outbreak to an end quickly.” Ukraine, Madagascar and Nigeria have suffered vac- The Mali and Ukraine cases are both vaccine-derived cine-derived cases. — Reuters

For diabetes in obesity, weight-loss

The webpage for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) showing the countdown at lower left, where surgery beats medication new medical coding will go into effect on Oct 1, is seen in Washington. —AP WASHINGTON: Weight-loss surgery beats medication that after two years, people randomized to have gastric for controlling type 2 diabetes in obese people, accord- bypass surgery had better control of their type 2 diabetes ing to the longest-term trial ever to compare the two than people assigned to a medication group, but they also approaches. Half of the patients treated with weight-loss had a higher risk for infections and bone fractures. Scientists exploring wreck of surgery in the study were diabetes-free at five years, said And some patients may gain back some of the weight Dr Francesco Rubino of Kings College London in the UK they lost. Still, doctors are increasingly referring to this and colleagues in a report in The Lancet. type of surgery as “diabetes surgery,” rather than obesity sunken U-boat off Rhode Island “The five-year mark is an important mark in many dis- surgery, said Dr Philip Schauer, the director of the PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island: Scientists are using sub- to shore and in shallower water than U-853, which sits 130 eases,” Dr Rubino told Reuters Health by phone. “The fact Cleveland Clinic Bariatric and Metabolic Institute and a mersibles to explore a German U-boat sunk 7 miles (11 kilo- feet below the surface. “It was very challenging. We thought it that some patients at five years are basically disease-free bariatric surgeon, in a telephone interview with Reuters meters) off the Rhode Island coast the day before Nazi was going to be an easier dive,” Coleman said. “It wasn’t.” is a remarkable finding.” In 2009, he and his colleagues Health. Dr Schauer did not participate in the new study. Germany surrendered in World War II, and they’re streaming He said they were constantly fighting winds and currents randomly assigned 20 obese patients with type 2 dia- the attempts online as they work to learn more about ship- to stay in the same place because the ship doesn’t have betes to receive medical treatment, 20 to receive a type Bariatric surgery wrecks and how they affect the environment. dynamic positioning. At U-853, they had technical problems of weight-loss surgery called a gastric bypass, and “There are some people, this study shows, that can go The submarine, U-853, was sunk in the Battle of Point with the submersible, then a change in the wind speed and another 20 to undergo a weight-loss operation called a into remission for up to five years or more,” he said. “We Judith by Coast Guard and Navy ships on May 6, 1945, the day direction made exploring the site unworkable Friday. biliopancreatic diversion. hesitate to use the word ‘cure,’ but it’s pretty darn close after it took down the SS Black Point, the last US merchant Instead, they decided on Friday to try diving a different Eighty percent of patients who had surgery had their to a cure, about as close to a cure as you can get.’” Dr ship sunk in the Atlantic during the war. wreck: the schooner barge Montana, which was carrying coal blood sugar under good long-term control, versus about Schauer pointed out that about half of patients with when it sank just off Block Island in 1907. Coleman said while 25 percent of patients treated with drugs only. All of the type 2 diabetes are unable to control their blood sugar Challenges most ocean research cruises last several weeks, this one is only study groups had a reduction in cardiovascular risk. But with medication and lifestyle measures. Based on the The scientists from the University of Rhode Island’s Inner five days as part of a state-funded effort to provide local the surgery-treated patients had a 50 percent lower risk new findings, he said, bariatric surgery should be offered Space Center, Connecticut’s Ocean Exploration Trust and the researchers and teachers access to Endeavor. of heart and blood vessel disease than those treated to these patients if they are moderately obese, for exam- US Coast Guard Academy hope to explore both wrecks during Scuba divers have been visiting the U-Boat and Black Point with drugs only, and they needed fewer drugs for treat- ple with a body mass index (BMI) of 35. (BMI is a measure the five-day trip that lasts through Sunday. By Friday, they had for decades. The U-boat is considered a war grave and is the ing high blood pressure or high cholesterol. of weight in relation to height.) made several attempts that were hampered by the conditions property of Germany. The team notified the German embassy The improvements in blood sugar control and heart Currently the National Institutes of Health states that and technical challenges, but they planned to keep trying of the expedition and assured it it wouldn’t actually touch the disease risk weren’t related to how much weight patients should have a BMI of 40, or a BMI of 35 with over the weekend. boat, according to Michael Brennan, an archaeological patients lost. “What really is causing the remission of dia- obesity-related illness, such as type 2 diabetes, in order They are using the National Science Foundation’s research oceanographer at the Ocean Exploration Trust. betes after surgery remains mysterious,” Dr Rubino said. to be eligible for weight loss surgery. “There are still vessel Endeavor as a base and working 24 hours a day to get What is known, he added, is that the intestines produce many insurance companies today that will not pay for access. In addition to streaming online, the scientists are Hazards a host of hormones involved in regulating metabolism. this surgery for any reason, whether it’s for obesity or broadcasting three times a day on the local PBS station. There are also hazards nearby, an unexploded depth Reconstructing the gastrointestinal tract so that food diabetes. It means that they are denying people effec- “It’s really a big experiment,” Dwight Coleman, director of charge among them. Coleman said they were inspired by bypasses the stomach and small intestine may help tive treatment,” Dr Schauer said. “This study is going to the Inner Space Center, said from the boat Thursday. “We’re undersea explorer Bob Ballard, a URI scientist who founded restore normal metabolic control, he explained. make insurance carriers and third party payers rethink trying out a lot of things. There’s some technical challenges, the Ocean Exploration Trust and who recently investigated a Like any surgery, weight loss operations carry risks. An their coverage policies regarding bariatric or diabetes which is expected when you’re doing ocean research.” U-166 off the coast of Mexico with National Geographic and international study published earlier this, for example, found surgery, as we prefer to call it.”— Reuters The scientists first tried to get to Black Point, which is closer the PBS program NOVA.—AP H E A LT H & S C I E N C E TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

World loses South Africa-sized forest area in 25 years: FAO JOHANNESBURG: The world has lost forests the change has slowed by more than 50 percent since “Countries have more knowledge of their forest floods. An estimated 1.2 billion people rely on size of South Africa over the past 25 years, a decline 1990. “The biggest forest area loss occurred in the resources than ever before and as a result we forests for their livelihood, including about 60 mil- of more than 3 percent, although the rate of forest tropics, particularly in South America and Africa, have a better picture of global forest change,” the lion indigenous people who are almost entirely loss has significantly slowed, a report by the UN’s although the rate of loss in those areas has FAO said. dependent on them, the International Union of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said yes- decreased substantially in the past five years,” FAO The world has just under 4 billion hectares of Forest Research Organizations said in May. terday. said. forests in 2015 from 4.1 billion in 1990, FAO said. “Important challenges remain. The existence of A growing global population and increased It said the rate of loss had declined due to Forests give protection against climate change, as sound policies, legislation and regulation is not demand for food and land are driving deforestation, reduced forest conversion rates in some countries trees absorb carbon dioxide. Deforestation has been always coupled with effective incentives or enforce- although the FAO said the rate of global forest area and increased forest area expansion in others. blamed for worsening soil erosion, landslides and ment,” the FAO said. — Reuters

Sea turtles set new nesting records in Georgia, Florida

SAVANNAH, Ga: Wildlife biologist Doug Hoffman and his two researchers know for certain if current nesting trends are signs interns kept busy this summer finding, cataloging and pro- of long-lasting recovery. “It’s promising and exciting, but the tecting a whopping 570 nests that giant loggerhead sea tur- long term perspective is needed and helps put what we see tles had filled with eggs along the unspoiled beaches of now in a broader perspective,” she said. “For the past five years Cumberland Island. we’ve had good years, but we have to look at this over 25-plus “It’s a lot of physical effort,” said Hoffman, a biologist for the years.” National Park Service on federally managed Cumberland Loggerhead sea turtles, which grow to weigh up to 300 Island off the Georgia coast. “You’re talking about being in the pounds, dig their nests on beaches from the Carolinas to sun, hauling equipment and digging holes, pounding stakes.” Florida. Preliminary nesting numbers show a strong nesting All the hard work seems to be paying off. Researchers say sea comeback in both North Carolina and South Carolina this turtles rebounded from a slump last year to deliver one of the summer after numbers dropped by nearly half in 2014. strongest summer nesting seasons on record on beaches from Georgia suffered a similar slump last year, with nest numbers the Carolinas to Florida. dipping to 1,201. Preliminary numbers from Georgia show scientists and vol- Dodd and other experts weren’t alarmed, noting that unteers counted a record 2,292 loggerhead nests during the female loggerheads don’t lay eggs every year and sometimes season that runs from May through August. It’s the fifth sea- take two or even three years off from nesting. son in six years that Georgia has surpassed its previous record. Georgia has just 100 miles of coastline, far less than neigh- Sea turtle experts in Georgia say the new nesting numbers boring states. But the number of turtle nests in Georgia has reinforce their belief that loggerhead sea turtles are making a exploded in recent years. comeback after 37 years of protection as a federally threat- The state averaged 1,036 nests per year from the year ened species under the Endangered Species Act. counting started in 1989 through 2009. Then Georgia saw a “Every big year we get, the more confident we are in that four-year streak of record highs from 2010 to 2013, when log- conclusion that we’re in a recovery period,” said Mark Dodd, gerhead nests shot from 1,760 to 2,289. Researchers have Sweet potato farming in Papua New Guinea. the biologist who heads the sea turtle recovery program for credited two specific conservation efforts with helping the the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. “So we feel species rebound. Turtle nests discovered by government really good about it.” experts and volunteers on state beaches get covered with a In Florida, where the nesting season doesn’t end until mesh that protects the eggs inside from hogs, raccoons and Drought, floods destroy crops October, turtles are also breaking records. More than 12,000 other predators. endangered green sea turtles have dug nests along the beach Also, shrimp boats trawling in US waters have been at the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge, said Kate required since 1987 to use fishing nets equipped with special in Papua New Guinea highlands Mansfield, head of the Marine Turtle Research Group at the trapdoors that allow sea turtles to escape. AVANINOFI, Papua New Guinea: One day last March, farmers (on the mountainsides) which removed whole food gardens, University of Central Florida. It’s a new record for the refuge. Now scientists say Georgia’s loggerhead sea turtle popula- in this village on the banks of the Kafetina River, in the moun- coffee trees, citrus and vegetable gardens. The high numbers bode well for conservation efforts put in tion is within reach of a 50-year recovery goal set when the tainous highlands of Papua New Guinea, watched their food “It swept the gardens away to the river and buried some of place to aid a species that was nearly extinct in the 1980s. species was first listed as threatened in 1978. The goal: 2,800 gardens swept away by pouring rain, flooding and landslides. them, too. At the same time the river flooded and gardens Mansfield said these same Florida beaches had fewer than 50 nests by the year 2028. Just months later, a severe drought has engulfed the country, beside the riverbed were washed away,” he said. green sea turtle nests annually in the 1980s. “We’re not that far away,” Dodd said. “Even 10 years ago if affecting nearly a million people in the highlands and leaving Six of the country’s 22 provinces were pronounced disaster Still, Mansfield says turtles need to live 25 or more years you’d asked me I would have said I can’t see us getting there many facing severe food shortages until rains return at the areas in March, including Gulf province in the country’s south, before they start to reproduce, so it will be decades before anytime in the future.” — AP end of the year. Jiwaka in the interior and the eastern autonomous region of The Papua New Guinea government’s National Disaster Bougainville. More than 80 percent of the country’s popula- Centre estimates that providing food to families that need it tion of 7.2 million depend on agriculture for food and income, will cost $12 million over the next four months, as the country and the decimation of crops by floodwaters and landslides endures what some are calling the strongest El Nino climate plunged many rural families into hunger and financial difficul- phenomenon in memory, according to the International ties. Losses and damages to infrastructure, commercial farm- Organization for Migration. Weather extremes are forecast to ing and livelihoods were estimated at more than 100 million worsen this century in this southwest Pacific Island state, as in kina ($36 million), according to the Papua New Guinean gov- many parts of the world, and have led the government to ernment. focus on boosting rainwater harvesting and introducing crops But the people of Avaninofi say that moving away from the tolerant of extreme weather to help farmers who face growing river to avoid further losses is not an option as the village is risks of crop losses. surrounded by steep mountains and there is no other suitable Food growers in Avaninofi say the extreme rainfall that place to live. In the disaster’s aftermath, the provincial govern- launched this year’s problems was unprecedented. Papua ment stepped in to provide villagers with emergency food New Guinea can receive 3 meters of rainfall a year. But no one supplies and new planting materials, such as sweet potato in Avaninofi was prepared for the destruction unleashed in and cassava cuttings, African yam and cabbage seeds. March by torrential rain, gale force winds and hailstorms, which affected more than 100,000 people across the country, DROUGHT HITS local people say. But then the long dry season arrived in April - and a In some areas, such as East New Britain Province, nearly a drought that appears to have been worsened by a particularly quarter of the country’s average rainfall for the month fell strong El Nino climate phenomenon this year. “We tried to within 24 hours. “We have never experienced such flooding plant the crops, but due to the dry weather the heat has with- before. It took everything: the food crops and also some of the ered most of the food that we planted,” Sifeu of Avaninofi said. cash crops, especially the coffee, and we were left with noth- Lisa Ovifa, a farmer in the village, also has seen her veg- ing,” Frank Sifeu, a resident of Avaninofi in Henganofi District, etable garden turn into little more than a patch of parched Eastern Highlands Province, told the Thomson Reuters earth by the mostly dry riverbed. “The soil is very hard and we Foundation. have tried irrigating it with river water, but it has not helped, Coffee and banana trees, peanut, tomato and corn crops, so we are surviving on bananas and cassava,” she said. and seven houses were washed away. One child drowned, he Rains should return by November, but it will take a further said. Naisman Mitio, a food crop officer with the Eastern three months to produce the first harvest, families say. In the Highlands Provincial Division of Agriculture, said the deluge meantime, they will buy fresh produce from other communi- NEPAL: A sign showing the way to Everest Base Camp high in the Khumbu Glacier, one day after an earthquake- also triggered “a number of landslides from different locations ties to survive, Sifeu said.—Reuters triggered avalanche swept through parts of the base camp killing scores of people. WHAT’S ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 AUK IT Dept gains Cisco Networking Academy, SAP University Alliances Program membership

he Department of Computer Science that helps improve students’ academic and ferences for the technology, and the teaching (Academy Connection) management tool ations, supply chain management and cus- and Information Systems (CSIS) at the career outcomes and teaches them technolog- and learning aspects, of the overall program. which greatly reduces administration time and tomer relationships. This appointment pro- TAmerican University of Kuwait (AUK) has ical skills that satisfy the demands of the busi- Being a member of the CNA will enable CSIS increases productivity vides AUK access to a range of opportunities become a member in the Cisco Networking ness community. The Academy aims to train faculty to access and deliver courses that: * conduct assessment on-line and provides to engage with one of the world’s leading Academy (CNA), an academy that offers cours- AUK’s CSIS students for professional network- * are designed by industry and education immediate feedback that monitors students’ technology companies. es for the Cisco Certified Network Associate ing and IT-related careers in the public and pri- experts progress CSIS faculty members will be able to devel- (CCNA) and Cisco Certified Network vate sectors, and sets a solid foundation for * are ready-made and continuously updat- In addition to becoming a member of the op and share software curricula online, and Professional (CCNP) programs, and prepares them to pursue their higher education objec- ed via the Internet CNA, the Department of Computer Science participate in professional development work- students for other computer-related courses. tives in computer science, information systems * come with a Quality Assurance Plan and Information Systems has become an asso- shops in order to provide students with CNA combines traditional classroom teach- or engineering. * utilize the latest web tools ciate Member of SAP University Alliances hands-on experience making business deci- ing methods with web-based curricula, hands- CSIS faculty will benefit from ongoing train- * have full technical support and an on-line Program. SAP is the world’s largest provider of sions using real-time, integrated data. on lab exercises, and Internet-based assess- ing in current curriculum and delivery tech- instructors’ guide enterprise resource planning (ERP) software to Additionally, SAP UAP offers scholarship pro- ments. It offers comprehensive coursework niques. Cisco also provides seminars and con- * use the CNA Management System manage and integrate different business oper- grams to its member institutions. KSNA hosts felicitation, award ceremony

erala Sangeeta Nataka Akademi (KSNA) facilities for showing their ability and talent momentums were given out by the Adhoc Kuwait Chapter hosted a grand felicitation which is a great achievement of Kuwait Chapter. Committee members of KSNA, Babu Chakola, K Kand awards distribution ceremony on 3rd The meeting was presided by KSNA Chairman Abubaker, Iqbal Kuttamangalam, Suresh K P, September 2015 at Indian Community School, K P Balakrishnan. In his presidential address to Rafia Anas and Program committee members Salmiya to honor and to promote the partici- the audience he stressed the importance of Vipin Rajendran, Raju Zakariya, Krishna Kumar to pants of Gulf Pravasi Drama Competition (KELI - DRAMA through the words of great thinkers, all artists and their Drama troupes (Nirbhaya 2015). that “life is a real drama” just because as an art Theatres, School of Music and Kalpak) participat- The function opened up with a welcome media it can perfectly be blended with one’s life. ed in the competition conducted by Kerala speech by the Adhoc Committee Coordinator He also pointed out that this theatrical art form Sangeetha Nataka Akademi. Dilip Naderi. In his speech he commented that played a very important role in bringing back A unique Art program followed the events the Art Lovers of Kuwait’s Malayali community the exploited and divided poor and downtrod- later giving a special sensation to the eyes and should come forward and wholeheartedly co- den helpless community to the main stream of ears of audience through folk songs, old drama operate with the same spirit in the future and life from the mighty hands of social evils. songs, Onapattukal, Kuchupudi, Nadan pattu, express views even if there are differences in Adhoc Committee members Babuji Batheri, Solo dance and Theyyam, etc. The whole pro- opinion. Chessil Ramapuram and T V Jayan were the oth- gram was compared by Dr Pratap. The program By lightning the traditional lamp of India, er speakers delivering their felicitation on this convenor, Suresh Mathur delivered vote of Vijayan Karayil, former chairman of KSNA inau- occasion to the whole artists who contributed thanks. Program committee members together gurated the function. While delivering the their efforts and talents to make the Drama com- with the program convenor did excellent job to speech, Vijayan brought to the attention of audi- petition a memorable event. arrange and control the whole performance in ence that within a short span of period KSNA The function continued by giving momen- order. A most traditional feast of malayalies was could give opportunities to more than 500 tums to Sunil K Cherian (best playwright), also served at the end to satisfy the taste buds of KWAAA Applauds Pravasi Artists to provide KSNA platforms with all Theressa Wilson (best actress). Certificates and the audience. KFH’s Support Bank sponsors two conferences

hairman of Kuwait Association of heels of KFH’s announcement of sponsor- Accountants and Auditors (KWAAA), ing the 10th GCC forum of the Authority of CAhmad Meshari Al-Fares applauded Accountants and Auditors, and the 5th con- Kuwait Finance House KFH’s role in sup- ference of Accounting and Auditing that porting the activities of the civil society KWAAA intends to organize soon, that KFH institutions and the public welfare associa- proved successful in serving the society as tions as part of its enormous contributions well as achieving excellent economic per- in assuming the corporate social responsi- formance. This underlines KFH’s pioneering bility. He also commended KFH’s contribu- position as a model example for the private tions in achieving the economic growth sector. It is worth noting that the activities and comprehensive development in the and programs held by KWAAA add value to country being a global leading Islamic the auditing and accounting regulations financial institution. and rules that are closely related to bank- Al-Fares added in a press release on the ing and investment businesses.

Kuwait Airways flies direct to Ahmadabad and Bangalore ith effect from 1 September are as under: 2015 Kuwait Airways has start- Ahmadabad : 3 flights a week Wed three direct flights a week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday) from Kuwait to Ahmadabad and to Bangalore : 3 flights a week (Tuesday, Bangalore. Kuwait Airways flights to Friday, Sunday) Ahmadabad are on Tuesdays, Chennai : 4 flights a week (Tuesday, Wednesdays and Saturdays while its Thursday, Friday, Sunday) flights to Bangalore are on Tuesdays, Delhi : Daily flight Fridays and Sundays. In addition to the Kochi : 2 flights daily above, Kuwait Airways has already been Mumbai : 1 flight daily + 2 flights on operating flights to Chennai, Delhi, Thursday Kochi, Mumbai and Thiruvananthapuram: 4 flights a week Thiruvananthapuram. Kuwait Airways (Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, flights to various destinations in India Thursday) FOCC Calendar 2015-16

OCC (Friends of CRY Club) is proud to announce the calendar for the upcom- ing events for the year 2015-16. CRYchess: Nov 13, 2015; CRYwalk (Abassiya) FNov 27, 2015; CRYwalk (Mahboula) Dec 18, 2015; CRYwalk (Salmiya) Jan 22, 2016; CRYcket Apr 08, 2016. All the events take place on Friday. Notices and press releases will be issued approximately one month in advance. But don’t wait! Get yourselves in gear, right away. For more information and inquiries contact the fol- lowing numbers - 99364073, 99578073, 66810338, 97990162, 66204295.

A delegation from the Information Ministry’s Media Services Department visited the Sabah Al-Salem Kuwaiti students are participating in the 31st Arab Scouts Camp which is taking place in Amman, University City project recently as part of cooperation with the Kuwait University Construction Jordan featuring nearly 750 participants from 14 Arab countries. —KUNA Program (KUCP). WHAT’S ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

The Green Week at Holiday Inn Salmiya

s part of its Social Responsibilities to of the carbon footprints. Kuwait - Salmiya has successfully saved 14 per- planned for both the staff and hotel guests information and awareness tips handed to all the society and its commitment to the The week began with an educational Green cent electricity and 10 percent water usage in ranged from Tree Planting event in the hotel the hotel’s guests. Aenvironment Holiday Inn Kuwait - Engage Presentation that was cascaded by comparison to last year 2014 same period.” He garden, a smoke-free day for the hotel staff, to Holiday Inn Kuwait - Salmiya is a green Salmiya management and staff organized ‘The Fayez Abi Rafeh, Assistant Human Resources also added “We are proud to carry the GREEN green wall signature commitment represent- hotel that implements energy, water and Green Week,’ an initiative by Intercontinental Manager In Charge, where he discusses the ENGAGE LEVEL 1 certification issued by IHG ing symbol of commitment and dedication waste conservation methods that helps reduc- Hotels Group ‘IHG’ to raise awareness on ener- importance of committing towards saving and in progress to achieve Level 2.” towards their Responsible Business Green ing the footprint and up to 200,000 Gallons of gy and water conservation and the reduction energy and recycling. Fayez said “Holiday Inn During the week several activities were Engage journey and flyer distribution with water.

Alghanim Industries carries out blood donation drive

lghanim Industries, one of the region’s sidiaries of Alghanim Industries gathered at the Industries, George Lambros, said: “Giving back to the opportunity to make a positive contribution Society (KRCS) in recognition of its efforts to sup- largest private companies, organized its head office to donate their blood for the excep- the community as part of corporate social respon- and save lives. Thank you to all employees who port KRCS by facilitating treatment to patients who Aannual blood drive at its headquarters in tional cause. This initiative is part of the Alghanim sibility is important to Alghanim Industries and the have participated in this blood drive and to the are unable to afford it in Kuwait, for helping Shuwaikh, Kuwait. The drive was conducted in Industries social responsibility and commitment company encourages all of its employees to volun- Kuwait Central Blood Bank for making it easy and Nurture and Educate Students Today (NEST), which cooperation with the Kuwait Central Blood Bank to giving back to society. teer and donate. We aim to have regular blood convenient.” aims to raise awareness and support education of (KCBB), in order to procure blood for storage and Commenting on the blood drive initiative, donation drives in the central office as well as in Alghanim Industries was recently named a underprivileged children, and for sponsoring a future use. 79 employees from different sub- Director of Human Resources at Alghanim the individual businesses, giving our employees ‘Diamond Partner’ by the Kuwait Red Crescent phase of the renovations at Khair Al Kuwait.

The Kuwait Environment Protection Society (KEPS) announced that five trainees earned certificates after finishing a course on diving in open waters for beginners. The certificates qualify the divers to partici- pate in voluntary work in the marine environment field. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 TV PROGRAMS

13:00 Guy’s Big Bite 18:30 Fresh Off The Boat Continues 04:00 Grey’s Anatomy 13:30 Guy’s Big Bite 19:00 Manhattan Love Story 22:00 Jackass Presents: Bad 05:00 Cougar Town 14:00 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 19:30 Benched Grandpa 05:30 Cougar Town 14:30 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 20:00 The Tonight Show Starring 06:00 The Simpsons 15:00 Man Fire Food Jimmy Fallon 06:30 The Simpsons 01:10 Deadliest Catch 15:30 Man Fire Food 21:00 New Girl 07:00 Lost 02:50 Manhunt With Joel Lambert 16:00 Chopped 21:30 The Nightly Show With Larry 08:00 American Idol 03:40 Auction Hunters: Pawn Shop 17:00 The Kitchen Wilmore 09:00 MasterChef - The Edition 18:00 Siba’s Table 22:00 Louie 01:00 Almost Christmas-PG15 Professionals 04:05 Storage Wars Canada 18:30 Siba’s Table 22:30 The League 03:00 Draft Day-PG15 10:00 Private Practice 05:00 Little Red-PG15 04:30 Savage Family Diggers 19:00 Chopped 23:00 South Park 11:00 Private Practice 07:00 Penthouse North-PG15 05:00 What Happened Next? 20:00 Food Network Challenge 23:30 Late Night With Seth Meyers 12:00 Grey’s Anatomy 09:00 Yellow Rock-PG15 05:30 How Do They Do It? 21:00 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 13:00 Cougar Town 21:30 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 11:00 Little Red-PG15 13:30 Cougar Town 06:00 Gold Divers 13:00 A Promise-PG15 06:50 Patrick Dempsey: Racing Le 22:00 Man Fire Food 14:00 The Simpsons 22:30 Man Fire Food 15:00 Romeo & Juliet-PG15 14:30 The Simpsons Mans 17:00 Yellow Rock-PG15 07:40 Fast N’ Loud 23:00 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 00:00 Helix 15:00 Lost 23:30 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 19:00 The Last Days On Mars 16:00 American Idol 08:30 Auction Hunters: Pawn Shop 01:00 Marvel’s Agent Carter 21:00 Snitch-PG15 17:00 MasterChef - The Edition 02:00 Strike Back 23:00 Horns-18 Professionals 08:55 Storage Wars Canada 04:00 Odyssey 05:00 Switched At Birth 18:00 Switched At Birth 09:20 Savage Family Diggers 19:00 Switched At Birth 09:45 What Happened Next? 06:00 Once Upon A Time 07:00 Graceland 20:00 Bones 10:10 How Do They Do It? 21:00 According To Jim 10:35 Deadliest Catch 00:40 Come Date With Me 08:00 Castle 09:00 Odyssey 21:30 According To Jim 12:15 Manhunt With Joel Lambert Australia 22:00 The Simpsons 13:05 Auction Kings 01:05 Who’s Doing The Dishes? 10:00 Once Upon A Time 00:00 Beloved 11:00 Marvel’s Agent Carter 03:00 Great Expectations 22:30 The Simpsons 13:30 Storage Wars Canada 02:00 Emmerdale 23:00 Lost 13:55 Savage Family Diggers 02:25 Come Dine With Me Ireland 12:00 Emmerdale 05:15 Hateship Loveship 14:20 Gold Divers 02:55 Coronation Street 12:30 Coronation Street 07:00 The French Minister 15:10 Patrick Dempsey: Racing Le 03:25 Coronation Street 13:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 09:00 Phantom 14:00 Castle Mans 03:50 More Tales From 10:45 Great Expectations 15:00 Once Upon A Time 16:00 Misfit Garage Northumberland... 13:00 August: Osage County 16:00 Emmerdale 00:00 American Restoration 16:50 Crash Course 04:20 Tricked 15:00 1911 16:30 Coronation Street 00:30 American Restoration 17:15 How Do They Do It? 05:15 Murdoch Mysteries 17:00 Phantom 17:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 19:00 The Double 01:00 Pawn Stars 17:40 The Island With Bear Grylls 06:10 Who’s Doing The Dishes? 18:00 Castle 21:00 The Royal Tenenbaums 01:30 Pawn Stars 18:30 Dual Survival 07:05 Coronation Street 19:00 Odyssey 23:00 Northern Soul 02:00 American Pickers 19:20 Outback Truckers 07:30 Coronation Street 03:00 The World Wars 08:00 More Tales From 20:00 Switched At Birth 20:10 Storage Wars Canada 21:00 The Killing 04:00 Shipping Wars 20:35 Baggage Battles Northumberland... 04:30 Shipping Wars 08:25 Tricked 22:00 White Collar 21:00 The Island With Bear Grylls 23:00 American Crime 05:00 American Pickers 21:50 Dual Survival 09:20 The Doctor Blake Mysteries 06:00 American Restoration 10:15 Come Dine With Me Ireland 22:40 River Monsters 01:00 Kristy-PG15 06:30 American Restoration 10:40 The Chase 03:00 Quartet-PG15 23:30 Heroes Of Hell’s Highway 07:00 Ice Road Truckers 11:35 Who’s Doing The Dishes? 05:00 Grace Unplugged-PG 08:00 Swamp People 12:30 Murdoch Mysteries 07:00 Christmas In Conway-PG15 09:00 Duck Dynasty 13:25 Emmerdale 09:00 The 7:39-PG15 09:30 Duck Dynasty 13:50 Come Dine With Me Ireland 11:00 Enough Said-PG15 10:00 American Restoration 14:15 Coronation Street 00:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 13:00 How To Train Your Dragon 2 01:00 Good Morning America 10:30 American Restoration 14:40 The Chase 15:00 Safe Haven-PG15 11:00 Counting Cars 00:00 Violetta 15:35 The Doctor Blake Mysteries 03:00 Justified 17:00 The 7:39-PG15 00:45 The Hive 04:00 The Americans 11:30 Counting Cars 16:30 Doc Martin 19:00 The Monuments Men-PG15 12:00 American Pickers 00:50 Sabrina: Secrets Of A 17:25 The Trials Of Jimmy Rose 05:00 Good Morning America 21:00 Sunshine On Leith-PG15 Teenage Witch 07:00 Emmerdale 13:00 Storage Wars 18:20 Murdoch Mysteries 23:00 The November Man-18 13:30 Storage Wars 01:15 Sabrina: Secrets Of A 19:10 Coronation Street 07:30 Coronation Street Teenage Witch 08:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:00 Pawn Stars 19:35 The Doctor Blake Mysteries 14:30 Pawn Stars 01:40 Wolfblood 20:30 Doc Martin 09:00 Chicago Fire 02:05 Wolfblood 10:00 Emmerdale 15:00 Shipping Wars 21:25 The Trials Of Jimmy Rose 15:30 Shipping Wars 02:30 Violetta 22:20 Coronation Street 10:30 Coronation Street 03:15 The Hive 11:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 16:00 Pawn Stars 22:50 Emmerdale 16:30 Pawn Stars 03:20 Sabrina: Secrets Of A 23:15 Murdoch Mysteries 12:00 How To Get Away With 01:15 Ghatothkach - Master Of Teenage Witch Murder Magic 17:00 American Pickers 03:45 Sabrina: Secrets Of A 13:00 Revenge 03:00 Los Campeones De LA 18:00 Pawn Stars VEHICLE 19 ON OSN MOVIES ACTION HD Teenage Witch 14:00 Live Good Morning America Lucha Libre 18:30 Pawn Stars 04:30 Miffy The Movie 19:00 Storage Wars 04:10 Wolfblood 16:00 Chicago Fire 08:40 Johnny Test 11:23 Prototype This Pirates 06:00 The Heart Of The Oak 19:30 Storage Wars 04:35 Wolfblood 17:00 How To Get Away With 09:30 Steven Universe 12:10 How It’s Made 09:55 Loopdidoo 07:45 The Olsen Gang In Deep 20:00 Duck Dynasty 05:00 Violetta 00:10 Megastructures Murder 09:50 Uncle Grandpa 12:34 How It’s Made 10:10 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Trouble 20:30 Duck Dynasty 05:45 The Hive 01:00 Building Wild 18:00 Revenge 10:15 Teen Titans Go! 12:57 Dark Matters: Twisted But 10:35 Sheriff Callie’s Wild West 09:30 Worms 21:00 American Pickers 05:50 Mouk 02:00 Cabin Fever 19:00 Chicago Fire 10:40 Regular Show True 11:00 Sofia The First 11:00 Luke And Lucy: The Texas 22:00 Storage Wars 06:00 Lolirock 02:55 Mega Factories 20:00 How To Get Away With 11:25 Adventure Time 13:44 Through The Wormhole 11:30 Henry Hugglemonster Rangers 22:30 Storage Wars 06:25 Hank Zipzer 03:50 Megastructures Murder 12:10 Steven Universe With Morgan Freeman 12:00 Doc McStuffins 12:45 Los Campeones De LA 23:00 Storage Wars: New York 06:50 Girl Meets World 04:45 Nordic Wild 21:00 Revenge 12:35 Total Drama World Tour 14:31 Science Of The Movies 12:30 Nina Needs To Go Lucha Libre 23:30 Storage Wars: New York 07:15 H2O: Just Add Water 05:40 Alien Deep With Bob Ballard 22:00 Justified 13:00 Ben 10: Omniverse 15:18 How The Universe Works 12:35 Zou 14:15 The Dragon Pearl 07:40 Jessie 06:35 Taiwan: Island Of Fish 23:00 The Americans 13:45 Ninjago: Masters Of 16:05 Mythbusters 12:50 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 16:00 Daddy I’m A Zombie 08:05 Wizards Of Waverly Place 07:30 Traveler’s Guide To The Spinjitzu 16:50 The Big Brain Theory 13:15 Sofia The First 18:00 Worms 08:30 Wizards Of Waverly Place Planets 14:10 Matt Hatter Chronicles 17:40 Food Factory 13:45 Jake And The Never Land 20:00 Santa’s Magic Crystal 08:55 Sabrina: Secrets Of A 08:25 Cradle Of The Gods 14:30 Teen Titans Go! 18:03 Food Factory Pirates 22:00 The Dragon Pearl Teenage Witch 09:20 Bad Trip 15:20 Uncle Grandpa 18:25 How It’s Made 14:10 Lilo & Stitch 23:45 Daddy I’m A Zombie 09:20 Sabrina: Secrets Of A 10:15 Ultimate Survival Alaska 15:40 Regular Show 18:50 How It’s Made 14:40 Adventures Of The Gummi Teenage Witch 11:10 Dead End Express 00:00 Vehicle 19 01:05 The People That Time 16:30 New Adventure Time 19:15 How Do They Do It? Bears 09:45 Austin & Ally 12:05 Locked Up Abroad 02:00 The Terminator Forgot 16:40 Adventure Time 19:38 How Do They Do It? 15:05 Chip n Dale Rescue 10:10 Austin & Ally 13:00 Great Migrations 04:00 Beast Of The Bering Sea 02:35 Buona Sera, Mrs. 16:50 The Amazing World Of 20:00 The Big Brain Theory Rangers 10:35 Wizards Of Waverly Place 14:00 Star Trackers (Aka 05:45 Pacific Rim Campbell Gumball 20:45 Through The Wormhole 15:35 Ducktales 11:00 Wizards Of Waverly Place Stargazers) 08:00 Vehicle 19 00:15 Haunter-PG15 04:30 Meteor Man 17:15 Uncle Grandpa 21:35 How The Universe Works 16:00 Miles From Tomorrow 11:25 Jessie 15:00 Taiwan: Island Of Fish 10:00 Desperate Measures 02:00 Get On Up-PG15 06:10 The Tender 17:40 Steven Universe 22:20 Mythbusters 16:30 Sofia The First 11:50 Jessie 16:00 Ultimate Survival Alaska 12:00 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 04:30 Holidaze-PG15 07:40 The Beautiful Country 18:00 Teen Titans Go! 23:08 The Big Brain Theory 16:55 Doc McStuffins 12:20 Hank Zipzer 17:00 Dead End Express 14:00 Born To Race: Fast Track 06:00 The Past-PG15 18:50 Ben 10: Omniverse 23:55 Food Factory 17:15 Jake And The Never Land 12:45 Hank Zipzer 18:00 Wicked Tuna 16:00 Vehicle 19 09:40 Grayeagle 08:15 Iron Man-PG15 19:40 Adventure Time 00:19 Food Factory Pirates 13:10 Good Luck Charlie 19:00 Taiwan: Island Of Fish 18:00 A Stranger In Paradise 11:25 Bound For Glory 10:45 Million Dollar Arm-PG15 20:25 Johnny Test 00:42 How It’s Made 17:35 Sheriff Callie’s Wild West 13:35 Good Luck Charlie 20:00 Ultimate Survival Alaska 20:00 Mercenaries 13:50 Big Screen 13:15 Muppets Most Wanted-PG 21:10 Regular Show 18:05 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 14:00 Dog With A Blog 20:50 Dead End Express 22:00 Homefront 14:05 Benny & Joon 15:15 Europa Report-PG15 21:55 Total Drama: All Stars 18:35 Sofia The First 14:30 H2O: Just Add Water 21:40 Wicked Tuna 17:00 The Hobbit: The Desolation 15:40 Agent Cody Banks 22:40 Grojband 19:00 Adventures Of The Gummi 14:55 Violetta Recipes 22:30 Taiwan: Island Of Fish Of Smaug-PG 17:20 Agent Cody Banks 2: 23:25 Transformers: Robots In Bears 15:05 Phineas And Ferb 23:20 Alien Deep With Bob Ballard Destination London Disguise 19:25 Chip n Dale Rescue 15:20 Liv And Maddie 20:00 RoboCop-PG15 22:00 The Remaining-PG15 19:00 Hart’s War 23:50 Regular Show Rangers 15:45 Jessie 00:35 Johnny Test 19:55 Ducktales 00:00 The Terminator-18 21:05 White Sands 16:10 I Didn’t Do It 01:10 Henry Hugglemonster 20:20 Lilo & Stitch 02:00 Beast Of The Bering Sea 16:35 Austin & Ally 22:45 Cold Mountain 01:20 Calimero 20:50 Zou 03:45 Pacific Rim-PG15 17:00 The Next Step 01:35 Zou 21:05 Henry Hugglemonster 06:00 Vehicle 19-PG15 17:25 Liv And Maddie 01:45 Loopdidoo 21:20 Calimero 08:00 Desperate Measures-PG15 17:50 Jessie 02:00 Art Attack 21:35 Zou 00:30 New Girl 10:00 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 18:15 I Didn’t Do It 01:15 Nuclear Family 02:25 Henry Hugglemonster 21:50 Loopdidoo 01:00 Last Week Tonight With John 12:00 Born To Race: Fast Track 18:40 Gravity Falls 03:00 Thorne: Sleepyhead 02:35 Calimero 22:05 Art Attack Oliver 14:00 Vehicle 19-PG15 01:06 How It’s Made 19:05 H2O: Just Add Water 05:15 Chernobyl Diaries 01:20 Grojband 02:50 Zou 22:30 Henry Hugglemonster 03:00 The Simpsons 16:00 A Stranger In Paradise-PG15 01:29 How Do They Do It? 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Arrival Flights on Tuesday 8/9/2015 KAC 514 Tehran 13:45 Departure Flights on Tuesday 8/9/2015 JZR 176 Dubai 13:10 Airlines Flt Route Time MSR 575 Sharm el-Sheikh 13:55 Airlines Flt Route Time FDB 076 Dubai 13:10 BBC 143 Dhaka 00:05 KAC 672 Dubai 13:55 AIC 976 Goa/Chennai 00:05 OMA 642 Muscat 13:15 THY 772 Istanbul 00:15 QTR 1078 Doha 14:05 RBG 556 Alexandria 00:05 MSC 410 Asyut 13:55 JZR 239 Amman 00:20 AXB 393 Kozhikode 14:15 JZR 562 Sohag 00:20 MSR 611 Cairo 14:00 JZR 267 Beirut 00:30 GFA 221 Bahrain 14:20 JAI 573 Mumbai 00:25 UAE 872 Dubai 14:15 JAD 301 Amman 00:45 FDB 057 Dubai 14:20 MSR 615 Cairo 00:30 THY 767 Istanbul 14:25 FDB 069 Dubai 00:55 SVA 500 Jeddah 14:30 FDB 072 Dubai 00:30 IZG 4172 Shiraz 14:30 JAI 574 Mumbai 01:30 SAW 703 Damascus 14:50 PIA 206 Lahore 00:40 MSR 576 Sharm el-Sheikh 14:40 JZR 539 Cairo 01:30 OMA 645 Muscat 15:05 KLM 411 Amsterdam 00:55 QTR 1079 Doha 15:05 PGT 858 Istanbul 01:40 ABY 127 Sharjah 15:35 JZR 502 Luxor 01:10 FDB 058 Dubai 15:05 RJA 642 Amman 01:45 KAC 1802 Cairo 15:35 KAC 177 Vienna 01:20 GFA 222 Bahrain 15:05 ETH 620 Addis Ababa 01:50 JAD 302 Amman 01:30 OMA 643 Muscat 02:05 UAE 857 Dubai 15:45 KAC 617 Doha 15:15 GFA 211 Bahrain 02:15 NIA 251 Alexandria 15:50 DLH 635 Frankfurt 01:35 AXB 394 Kozhikode 15:15 KKK 6507 Istanbul 02:15 RJA 640 Amman 15:55 BBC 144 Chittagong/Dhaka 01:35 KAC 673 Dubai 15:20 UAE 853 Dubai 02:25 ETD 303 Abu Dhabi 16:00 THY 773 Istanbul 02:05 SVA 501 Jeddah 15:45 THY 768 Istanbul 02:50 JZR 535 Cairo 16:05 ETH 621 Addis Ababa 02:50 JZR 188 Dubai 15:50 QTR 1076 Doha 02:55 FDB 051 Dubai 16:10 JAI 525 Abu Dhabi/Chennai 02:55 KAC 773 Riyadh 15:55 ETD 305 Abu Dhabi 03:05 QTR 1072 Doha 16:20 PGT 859 Istanbul 02:55 KAC 741 Dammam 15:55 RJA 644 Amman 03:10 JZR 257 Beirut 16:30 KKK 6508 Istanbul 03:10 SAW 704 Damascus 16:00 MSR 612 Cairo 03:15 KAC 178 Vienna 16:55 OMA 644 Muscat 03:35 OMA 646 Muscat 16:05 FDB 067 Dubai 03:15 KAC 562 Amman 17:00 THY 769 Istanbul 03:40 ABY 128 Sharjah 16:15 SVA 510 Riyadh 17:15 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185 Dubai 23:00 UAE 874 Dubai 12:10 RBG 554 Alexandria 12:10 KAC 203 Lahore 23:10 THY 766 Istanbul 13:10 MSR 614 Cairo 23:30 KAC 411 Bangkok/Manila 23:25 KAC 620 Doha 13:10 JZR 513 Sharm el-Sheikh 23:30 MSC 402 Alexandria 12:20 PIA 240 Sialkot 23:35 IZG 4171 Shiraz 13:30 FDB 071 Dubai 23:55 KAC 785 Jeddah 13:00 JZR 1540 Cairo 23:50 DIAL161 FOR AIRPORT INFORMATION 34 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 stars

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

The compassionate Cancer moon is in sync with Saturn, the Get ready for a powerhouse day, Libra. The moon in your ambitious planet of growth and maturity. You’re in the mood for quality bonding time zone is teaming up with personal trainer planet Saturn, turning you into an and meaningful conversation, especially if something’s been weighing unstoppable force. Whether you’re a newbie in your industry or you’re already heavily on your heart. Have a close friend or relative over tonight or head to at the top of your game, there’s always something to strive toward. As the say- your favorite comfort-food bistro. While you love to be at the center of the ing goes, you don’t have to be great to start, but you DO have to start to be action, you just don’t have the energy for that. Have you felt disconnected great. This moon-Saturn meetup is ideal for networking, too. Polish up your from one of your closest peeps? Reach out and reconnect. LinkedIn profile and RSVP "yes" to that industry event.

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

Unexpected changes to your day? No problem, Bull—you can Close your eyes, Scorpio, and imagine your ideal life. Are you work- handle it. Today’s moon in your expressive third house is forming a helpful ing remotely from sandy shores, living in a chic urban loft or cultivating your trine to mature Saturn, encouraging you to roll with the punches. Lean on own organic farm? With the moon in your adventure zone forming a friendly the capable people in your crew for solid advice, problem-solving and angle to wise Saturn, you’re determined to manifest your wildest ambitions. Big hands-on help. Communication should flow easily today, but proceed with changes don’t happen overnight, but if you don’t start, you’ll still be wistfully caution if exploring new possibilities at work or home. If it ain’t broke, why dreaming a year from now. Remember: the journey of a thousand miles begins fix it? with a single step. Take it!

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) Today’s moon in your money zone links up with restrictive Saturn, You’re not always a fan of the “slow and steady” approach, but encouraging you to get serious about financial planning and budg- ACROSS today you’ll be more than happy to take everything one step at a time. The eting. If instant gratification is your default M.O., it’s time for a sounder strategy. Jezebel (9th century BC). moon in your practical second house forms a cosmic connection with wise 1. The sign language used in the United 2. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that We don’t just mean delaying the purchase of a coveted 3.1 Phillip Lim bag or Saturn, urging you to enjoy the process instead of rushing toward a result. slashing your restaurant budget. Think about the big picture, like where you States. is the top of an extinct volcano. Don’t try to cut corners or charm your way to the finish line, Gemini. Remind 4. Capital of modern Macedonia. 3. A rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand want to be money-wise in five to ten years. Whether you're just scraping by or yourself: paying your dues will make the reward so much sweeter when ready to start saving in earnest, pick up a book, meet with a planner or get advice 11. A fraudulent business scheme. and clay and decaying organic materials. you're done. Patience is a virtue! from the most financially savvy person you know. 15. 10 hao equal 1 dong. 4. (used especially of meats and fish) Dried 16. A small box-shaped passenger van. and cured in wood smoke. 17. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger 5. A loose robe. than a rabbit having a divided upper lip 6. United States musician (born in Japan) and long hind legs. who married John Lennon and collaborat- Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 18. A loose sleeveless outer garment made ed with him on recordings (born in 1933). from aba cloth. 7. Any bird of the genus Pitta. You know those projects and ideas you’ve put on the back burn- You’re not about to let your emotions get the best of you, o' sensible Goat—especially not today. The moon in your balanced seventh 19. A group of related languages spoken in 8. Being six more than fifty. er while tending to everyone else’s needs? It’s time to put yourself first house is joining forces with wise Saturn, your ruling planet. Whether you need to a valley of southern Ethiopia. 9. Tropical American insectivorous bird today. The emotion-ruling moon has moved into your sign, where it’s join- close a deal or play peacemaker at home, you’ll get the job done. Are you on the 21. The capital of Mali. having a long sharp bill and iridescent ing forces with disciplined Saturn. You’ll be motivated to get a personal mis- cusp of a major life decision? Some quiet self-reflection will help you figure out 23. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike green or bronze plumage. sion or project off the ground, and you’ll also have the patience and perse- your best course of action. Don’t hesitate to ask someone you trust for advice, as appendage. 10. Half the width of an em. verance needed to stick with it. If you’re overwhelmed, break a big goal up you could get sound advice from an experienced person in your circle. 25. A narrow headband or strip of ribbon 11. Be expected to. into smaller, more achievable tasks. worn as a headband. 12. A can for storing tea. 27. Possessing qualities befitting a man. 13. A particular geographical region of 28. A painted or carved screen placed indefinite boundary (usually serving some Aquarius (January 20- February 18) above and behind an altar or communion special purpose or distinguished by its Leo (July 23-August 22) table. people or culture or geography). Baggage weighs us down, both physically and emotionally. So, Leo, Bring some order back to your world, Aquarius. Today’s disci- 31. Harsh or corrosive in tone. 14. Common black European thrush. where can you expunge some clutter from your life? You may feel the urge to plined moon-Saturn trine gives you a cosmic push to take your wellbeing 34. A translucent mineral consisting of 20. A Loloish language. seriously. You don’t have to go to extremes—cutting out entire food groups hydrated silica of variable color. 22. Spider monkeys. purge today as the moon in your house of closure teams up with structured Saturn, the planet of maturity. Start small: clean out your junk drawer or comb or signing up for a half-marathon when you can barely jog around a city 35. The capital and largest city of Ghana 24. Tropical American tree producing block. With moderation, you can still reap the benefits of a more energized with a deep-water port. cacao beans. through your closet and create a donation pile for anything you haven’t worn in ages. 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The ‘Spinning Around’ hitmaker has united with younger sis- Christmas’ narrowly missed reaching the UK number one spot in 1984 Kter to record a cover version of ‘Last Christmas’ by Wham! - which when Bob Geldof rallied a selection of the world’s top pop stars to was first released by musical duo George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley record charity song ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ to raise money for in 1984 - in a bid to grab the festive number one spot in the UK. A famine victims in Africa. However, ‘Last Christmas’ by Taylor Swift, the source told the Daily Mirror newspaper: “Minogue fans have long want- cast of ‘Glee’, and computer animated singing character Crazy Frog in ed a duet between the two sisters, but Kylie never felt it was the right recent years. It seems Kylie’s been prepping for a sister duet for some time. Also, her management tried to avoid it because they considered time. In 2011 she said: “We would definitely love to do something the pair were in different leagues.” Kylie, 47, and Danni, 43, collaborated together again. My favorite thing that we have done together is a com- only once in the past decade in 2008 to cover ABBA’s ‘The Winner Takes edy sketch show in England a while back. “She and I speak the same It All’ for a TV comedy drama. And since Kylie split from her record label language. We’ve both been in showbiz a long time. We know the ups Parlophone Records in March after being under contract for fifteen and downs of it.” years, the time had come for the singers to make music. The source said: “Now Dannii’s profile is buoyed by her ‘X Factor’ judging duties and Kylie is management-free, she feels it’s a no-brainer. They did a

Miley Cyrus: ‘Respect’ my Gomez’s rap-inspired album

elena Gomez’s new album is up in our bathing suits, go to the beach Wrecking inspired by rap. The ‘Good For You’ and then the studio for hours. I wanted to Shitmaker has revealed her latest LP feel the songs and be weird and have a has drawn on influences from the genre change of environment. Of her musical but admits her focus is to “make feel- influences as a child, she added: “I grew Ball video good songs”. She explained to German up with Britney and NSYNC and Janet magazine Jolie: “This time I’ve really let and all those people. I would buy the iley Cyrus thinks she should be myself be inspired by rap sounds.”But copy, read the thank yous, and I felt like I “respected” for her ‘Wrecking Ball’ generally, I just want to make feel-good knew them. Christina [Aguilera]’s Mmusic video. The 22-year-old star songs that make people want to dance.” ‘Stripped’ was one of my favorites. What I posed nude whilst she sat on top of a Meanwhile, the 23-year-old recently loved about ‘Revival’ is that it felt like unusual prop choice, creating much con- revealed she headed to the beach for the there was a fluid story.” troversy at the time but she insists the recording sessions for her new album, liv- focus should be on the message rather ing with her producers like “one big fami- than sexuality. She said: “You can talk about ly”. She shared: “We stayed in a house the sexuality all you want but ... you have together like one big family. We’d wake to respect the fact that it’s art, you have to respect the fact that when you watch the video it makes you feel something and gets you choked up at some points.” And the ‘We Can’t Stop’ hitmaker also admitted she struggled to feel good about herself when she was growing up but has since learnt to just be herself. She explained to Notebook magazine: “I used to have the hardest time feeling good about myself physically. A lot Geri Horner: I of it started when I chopped my hair off and it was the first time I didn’t listen to anybody. “Because for once, I said I didn’t care and I really didn’t care! From that want to be the moment on, I decided that if I want my fans to be themselves, then I have to fully be myself all the time.” voice of my generation

eri Horner wants “to be the voice of [her] generation”. The former Spice Girls Gstar - known as Geri Halliwell before marrying Formula One team boss Christian Foo Fighter’s mark Mercury’s Horner in May - is planning to ditch her trade- mark pop sound on her fourth studio album because she wants to represent women in their birthday with Under Pressure forties. She explained: “It bothers me that there are all of these great singers out there but no one is singing for my generation. It’s an implicit oo Fighters performed ‘Under Pressure’ with Queen’s out our rock n’ roll fantasy with you tonight.” The rocker ageism. I want to be the voice of my genera- Roger Taylor and Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones. The performed from a throne centre of stage after breaking his tion and these songs are for women my age F‘All My Life’ hitmakers celebrated what would have leg a few months ago, the show was one of three UK per- who have been through it and who are proud been Freddie Mercury’s 69th birthday by performing formances the band promised after having to cancel to be who they are. They are songs of optimism Queen and David Bowie’s superhit on stage at Milton Wembley Arena shows. They lived up to their expectation and life experience.” The 43-year-old singer - Keynes Bowl on Saturday night. Frontman Dave Grohl and even responded to a fan’s request to play songs they who has nine-year-old daughter Bluebell from introduced Taylor and Jones to the stage and told the haven’t played since 2012, ‘DOA’ from the ‘In Your Honor’s’ a previous relationship - is gearing up to crowd “this is a ‘super duper group’”. He said: “Now look. I LP. The band have one more gig in the UK in Edinburgh, release the record next spring, 11 years after don’t know if y’all have ever seen a supergroup. This is a Scotland on September 8. her third album ‘Passion’ flopped by peaking at ‘super duper group.’” The former Nirvana drummer gushed a disappointing number 41 in the UK album about “living out our rock ‘n’ roll fantasy” and became charts. But Geri is hoping her new approach to speechless because “this kind of things doesn’t happen music will help, as well as a decade spent work- every day”. He continued: “I don’t even know what to say ing on her voice. She said: “I’ve done a lot of because this kind of things doesn’t happen every day. Let work on it. I want people to hear that I can me just tell you that the Foo Fighters, right now, are living actually sing.” And despite reports of a come- back tour for the Spice Girls - allegedly without ‘Posh Spice’ Victoria Beckham - to celebrate their 20th anniversary, Geri insisted “nothing is Arthur signs Danny Boyle: I’ve learned set in stone”. She told Event magazine: “I am always flattered by the support myself and the other Spice Girls receive from the public. We about acting from Fassbender are still as close and constantly chatting on the record deal phone with one another. But nothing is set in anny Boyle learned “about film act- wowed by Fassbender and Kate Winslet’s stone. There’s always speculation regarding the ames Arthur has signed a record deal paper on an international contract. In a ing” by watching Michael performances in the eagerly-awaited Spice Girls getting back together. Let’s just see with Columbia Germany. The former ‘X series of tweets, he wrote: “After a crazy 15 DFassbender on the set of ‘Steve biopic about the co-founder of Apple. He what happens. Life is good and I’m happy.” JFactor’ contestant was booted from months I’m so happy to be able to say that Jobs’. The acclaimed director, whose previ- shared: “I learned more about film acting. Simon Cowell’s Syco label in 2014 but has I’ve signed a worldwide deal with a major ous film credits include ‘Trainspotting’ and Especially these two [Michael Fassbender started a new chapter, having put pen to label and releasing album 2 in 2016. I want ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, has revealed he was and Kate Winslet]. “A lot of it is their mental to say a huge thanks first of all to my preparation. And it’s not about slavishly incredible fans for the love and support learning lines, though in this case it was, you have shown me. Without you.. God because of the nature of it. But the execu- knows what. “Thanks to my amazing pub- tion of it is simple, in a way. “They just step lishers @sonyatvpubuk my new manage- into it. It was extraordinary. There’s no ment team @hallornothing @JGGMedia demarcation: ‘Stop that fun, everybody! you have helped me turn it around xxx. Stop everything! Action!’ It was just, like, Excited about the future! Thanks to ‘Go!’” The British filmmaker also said it was @columbia_de @ColumbiaRecords can’t “extraordinary” watching Fassbender’s wait to finish this album with you. (sic)” The character evolve through the course of the 27-year-old singer reportedly took some movie. He told Variety: “That was real film time out of the spotlight to “calm down acting, and I loved kind of recording it, and take stock”. A source told Traps Europe: watching it happen. And something “James signed a new deal to Columbia extraordinary happens to Fassbender in act Germany on Thursday. He needed time to three where he just is the guy. “We set out take away from the spotlight to calm down not to make it slavish and gestural with the and take stock, which is exactly what he’s hair and everything, because that would be done. “Columbia Germany is the second boring and we’d be concentrating on that. biggest label internationally and he’s We just wanted to flow into it.” signed a worldwide deal.” l i f e s t y l e TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 G o s s i p Daryl Hannah: My film role offers are insulting

aryl Hannah gets offered “mostly bad” film other interests and creative outlets. But, at the same be looking at me because they think I’m great. It roles. The ‘Blade Runner’ actress reignited her time, it’s insulting when you read a piece of c**p and made me feel weird and conspicuous, and more Dcareer in 2003’s ‘Kill Bill: Vol. 1’ but admitted you’re like, ‘Is this really what it’s come down to? withdrawn and self-conscious. It doesn’t imbue you she has become disillusioned with the movie indus- Thanks a lot’.” The 54-year-old star admitted she with happiness or self-esteem, or any of those things try since because she gets offered so many bad doesn’t love all aspects of being a famous actress that people project onto it.” roles. However, asked whether being offered poor and feels “very uncomfortable” when promoting her parts bothered her, she said: “Not really, because I’ve films. She explained to Style magazine: “I always been working for a long time and, to a certain loved the process, but was very uncomfortable with extent, I’m satiated. I’m not ambitious or desperate other aspects of the job, the publicity and stuff. “I to be working all the time, because I have a lot of never got that kind of satisfaction, that people might

Kendra Faith stars in Agent Wilkinson Provocateur A/W campaign aloma Faith writhes around in stockings and suspenders in the new Agent Provocateur autumn/winter campaign. The 34-year-old singer, who worked as a sales assistant for the sexy brand before she was cat- has thick hair Papulted into the limelight, stars in the 2015 advert ‘Knickers Forever’ as she squeezes her curves into skimpy pieces from the new collection. Slipping into a silky satin frock with a low back cut-out for the cam- paign, which was released yesterday, the ‘Picking Up The Pieces’ hitmaker struts towards a full-length mirror as she plants a big lipstick smacker on the glass. Spinning around in a matching lace lingerie set, Paloma tosses her head from side-to-side before she falls into a fit of giggles and showcases her incredibly toned physique. While flaunting the intimate pieces from the collection, the flame-haired beauty gives a rundown of her time as an Agent Provocateur girl via an informative voiceover. Speaking over the 30-second advert, she said: “I’ve never had a job, other than an AP, that has formed me as a person or influenced my whole life. “When I walk past the shop in Soho, I feel really nostalgic about a time when I think I was quite carefree... I still wear Agent Provocateur underwear to this day.” The ‘Knickers Forever’ collection, which is also fronted by famous photog- rapher Alice Hawkins, is available now. Vogue cover star Brooklyn Beckham Rosie Huntington-

rooklyn Beckham is a Vogue cover star. The father’s cameo role in Guy Ritchie’s new film ‘The Whiteley’s 16-year-old son of David and Victoria Man From U.N.C.L.E’. A source said: “He has been BBeckham graces the front page of the latest encouraged to look into a Hollywood career which edition of UK’s Miss Vogue and is the first male to he is very excited about. He is yet to sign with an disaster dye do so. Posting a snap of the cover on Instagram, agent though.” Brooklyn wrote: “Thank you @missvogueuk check osie Huntington-Whiteley says hair dye once endra Wilkinson has the “thickest it out, #missvogue4brooklyn (sic).” The image hair in the industry.” The 30-year-old “ruined her life”. The 28-year-old model was shows him cuddling up to a beautiful brunette as desperate to dye her hair when she was Kreality TV star has admitted her long he gazes moodily in to the camera. And although R younger but has admitted it ended up being a “disas- blonde locks are so chunky and uncon- he is making waves as a model and footballer, trollable she struggles to wear it down ter”. She shared: “As for beauty disasters, when I was Brooklyn revealed he actually wants a career about 14 I had pestered and pestered my mum to get unless it’s been professionally styled. behind the camera and now even refers to himself Speaking to UsMagazine.com, she said: “I a box of hair dye with brush-on highlights, and I end- as a photographer in his Instagram bio. He told the ed up with two massive peroxide streaks, like a badg- carry tons of hair ties because I have the magazine: “I love football but I’m also very passion- thickest hair in the industry. It’s wild! I er. I remember crumbling on to the bathroom floor ate about photography and film. “I’m keeping my screaming at my mother, ‘You ruined my life!’ and sob- have to put it up if it’s not professionally options open right now but I’m hoping to study blown out.” Although her gorgeous tress- bing my eyes out. “At 14, it seemed like the worst art and philosophy in the US once I have finished thing that could possibly happen to you. I think we es need a lot of maintenance, the mother- my A-levels.” Brooklyn’s remarks come shortly after of-two prefers to go au naturel when it bought about 10 boxes of hair dye to try and color it a report claimed he was eager to pursue a career back and it just ended up a kind of murky red and comes to make-up rather than have prod- in the movie business, having been inspired by his uct seeping off her face. She explained: really damaged. There are no photographs of me for “I’m not a real big glamorous type of per- that whole year: my dad could never find photo- son, I’m usually sweating, and I would graphs of me turning 14 to 15. I think I refused to hate to have make-up pouring off my have any taken.” And Rosie - who currently dating face. I’d rather do hot yoga than be Georgia May Jagger actor Jason Statham - insists she prefers her hair more glammed up on a weekday!” However, the natural now and instead focuses on working hard to stunner can’t go anywhere without her perfect her skin. She told the Daily Telegraph newspa- travel size perfume. She added: “Jo designs perfect leather per: “Thankfully now I like to keep my hair looking Malone Cologne smells SO good. I need to natural and am really diligent with my skincare. It’s spritz it on during the day. And it’s small! the most important thing, it’s my canvas for the It’s travel size.” jacket make-up artists I work with, so that comes first. It’s not something that comes really easily for me. “I drink eorgia May Jagger has designed her perfect leather jacket for Mulberry. so much water you wouldn’t believe and find that it The 23-year-old beauty and face of the luxury brand has tried her hand has so many benefits, not only for my skin but for Gat designing for the label’s latest capsule collection and has created a general wellbeing, dealing with jet-lag and weight jacket which she describes as both flattering and comfortable. She said: “It’s so loss. Water is the key to so much. I believe many of the Emily important to have a leather jacket that fits well and is comfortable. I personally issues we have with our bodies are down to dehydra- Primark fan wanted a longer-line style that came to the hips, as it flatters the figure, and the tion.” arms need to be cut just at the right width so you can layer a jumper under- neath and still move your arms.” The ‘London Cool’ biker jacket is available with Ratajkowski three different gem-colored linings - sapphire blue, emerald green or ruby red - and costs $1,590. In addition to Georgia’s promise of the perfect fit, the jacket mily Ratajkowski is a huge fan of Primark. The 24-year-old can also be customized with buyers’ initials or a Mulberry illustration of a fox, model and actress’ parents spend half of each year in Ireland bee or owl. Other items in Georgia’s collection for the brand include a range of Eand Emily revealed she became a fan of the budget brand six scarves and a small leather pouch on a biker chain. The entire range is avail- during her time there and was thrilled to hear that it is opening up able on the Mulberry website now with the pouch priced at $630. Georgia has some stores in America. She told WWD: “Obviously it’s cool that followed in the footsteps of fellow “it girl” Cara Delevingne, who designed a this brand I knew in Dublin is opening a store here, that’s really range of handbags inspired by her tattoo collection for the brand last year. exciting to me. The first stores will open in Boston, Staten Island, Freehold, New Jersey and King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, Emily recently opened up about her down to earth approach to keeping in shape. She told US Marie Claire: “It’s all Dree Hemingway about yoga and hiking for me. I’m not about anything special- I don’t use a trainer or anything like that. And really just eating healthy, eating balanced, knowing what is good and when you push it too far, easing up and getting back on track.” However, she is a ‘tomboy’ sometimes cheats and Emily admitted: “I love a good pastry in the morning.” ree Hemingway is “a bit of a tomboy.” The 27-year-old fash- ion model, who has strutted the catwalk for big brands such Das Calvin Klein and Givenchy in the past, has admitted she prefers to wear more masculine clothes on a day-to-day basis rather than rock the girly look. Speaking to the Daily Mail’s YOU magazine, she said: “I’m a bit of a tomboy.” The blonde beauty, who is the great granddaughter of American author Ernest Hemingway, even prefers to dress down in jeans and a T-shirt when she goes on dates. Asked what she would wear for a romantic occasion, she said: “Old Levi’s. I think you should dress down for a date.” Meanwhile, Dree has recently been unveiled as the face of the new ChloÈ fragrance after she walked the brand’s show at Paris Fashion Week in March this year. Speaking to The Moodie Report previous- ly, she said of her new role: “I think fragrance is such a personal thing. It’s the ultimate luxury, in a sense, because it’s so subtle, yet it can explain so much about a person. “I think that this fragrance explains a lot about me... I like scents that make me feel young and free; I always picture a girl spinning in a field, or not being con- stricted by walls - and I feel this fragrance is all of that, in one.”- Bang Showbiz TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 l i f e s t y l e M u s i c & M o v i e s Tom Cruise promotes Alibaba’s ‘Rogue Nation’ in China

ission: Impossible-Rogue Nation” sales on Taobao Movie topped RMB 1 billion, ed with Mobile Taobao to release online games APG reports that Paramount connected with 30 is already heading for over $156 making “Rogue Nation” the top movie of the related to the movie,” APG said yesterday. merchants and manufacturers to handle pro- “Mmillion (RMB1 billion) at the box month. On that tracking it looks set to topple The Alibaba parent group, which operates duction and sale of authentic merchandize. office in China, where star Tom Cruise has been Skydance’s “Terminator Genisys” which is still online business-to-business marketplaces as APG, bought last year as ChinaVision, a compa- on promotional duty. The Hollywood superstar on release in China and has grossed $177 mil- well as consumer auction and sales sites, has ny that has its own stock market listing in Hong held press conferences and fan events in lion in 15 days. “Alibaba Pictures also cooperat- also been involved, notably in merchandizing. Kong and Singapore, has suffered a few corpo- Beijing, Chengdu and Shanghai this weekend rate stumbles in its first year under Alibaba’s ahead of the film’s release in Chinese theaters ownership. The launch of “Rogue Nation” is today. This is the star’s second promotional tour therefore intended as a showcase for the power in Asia with the picture. He previously stopped of vertical and horizontal integration and big in South Korea in July. But this time is different. data application that the Internet giant can Cruise’s tour of China is in support of the first offer the entertainment industry. For all that Hollywood movie partly financed by Alibaba financial muscle and corporate connections, Pictures Group, the film investment and pro- Alibaba was still unable to secure a better duction arm of e-commerce giant Alibaba. release date for “Rogue Nation.” Releasing on a The film is presented by Paramount Picture Tuesday shortly after a national holiday smacks and Skydance Productions, but mainland of regulatory control designed to tamp down Chinese distribution of revenue-sharing the box office performance of Hollywood imported films remains off limits to Hollywood movies in China. studios. Instead the film is co-distributed by In several non-attributable conversations, Chinese state-owned entities China Film Group distribution sector executives have suggested and Huaxia Distribution. APG and China Movie that after the runaway success of “Furious 7” in Channel have associate producer status. APG the first half of the year, China’s Film Bureau will describes itself as “an official Paramount stretch the rules as far as possible for the rest of Pictures’ promotional partner for the movie in this year to ensure that the market share of China.” Cruise’s tour follows two months of pro- Chinese-made films catches that of Hollywood. mo activities by APG. “Alibaba Pictures lever- “Rogue Nation” will soon have to compete with aged Alibaba Group’s ecosystem and massive two other Hollywood blockbusters, appealing user base to launch an innovative and user-tar- to similar demographics. Regulators have set geted approach toward movie promotion and release dates of Sept. 13 for “Minions” and Sept. merchandising,” it said. 15 for “Pixels.”— Reuters This involved advance ticket sales through Tom Cruise attending the Shanghai pre- Taobao Movie, an app offering online ticketing US actor Tom Cruise, Swedish actress Rebecca Ferguson and US director Christopher miere of his latest film ‘Mission: Impossible and seat selection. Taobao is one of Alibaba’s McQuarrie attending the Shanghai premiere of their latest film ‘Mission: Impossible - Rogue - Rogue Nation’. — AFP biggest online marketplaces. APG says that pre- Nation’. — AFP Israeli director Gitai’s new New film aims to capture ‘Human’ experience

film dissects Rabin murder hey are fighters, victims, murderers and of who appears on screen and what they say. on some of the world’s thorniest issues, there are survivors whose anonymous yet deeply Arthus-Bertrand focuses on the impact of war, many moments of tenderness. enowned Israeli director Amos Gitai’s new Nobel peace prize. “My goal wasn’t to create a Tpersonal interviews form the backbone of discrimination, family, money especially from A father recounts his instant acceptance of a film on the incitement campaign before personality cult around Rabin, neither to replace a new film from French photographer Yann the point of view of those from the most humble gay son who struggled to come out. A proud Rthe 1995 assassination of prime minister him by an actor,” Gitai, who was born in the Arthus-Bertrand that seeks to capture our expe- origins. Microsoft founder Bill Gates and United man describes his sheer joy at buying his first Yitzhak Rabin revisits a form of Jewish radicalism northern Israeli city of Haifa and has lived in rience on Earth. In the opening moments of Nations Secretary-General Ban-Ki moon were moto scooter. “The film has both utopian and that still poses major risks, he said. The film, France, told AFP. “My focus was on the incite- “Human”-which premieres Saturday at both the among the celebrities interviewed for the proj- naive tendencies, but at the same time I think “Rabin, The Last Day,” premiered yesterday at the ment campaign that led to his murder.” The Venice Film Festival and the United Nations in ect, but both of their contributions ended on the we have made an extremely powerful movie Venice Film Festival just ahead of the 20-year director of films including “Ana Arabia,” “Kadosh,” New York-a convicted killer on Death Row in the cutting room floor. because of what people revealed to us,” Arthus- anniversary of the assassination by a rightwing and “Kippur” added that he “did this movie not United States explains how he learned to love Arthus-Bertrand said little emotion and frank- Bertrand said. — AFP Jewish radical. It also comes at a time of only as a filmmaker but as a citizen.” from the grandmother of one of his victims. renewed attention to such extremism following “She should hate me, but she didn’t,” he said. the July firebombing of a Palestinian home in ‘Hallucinating rabbis’ “She gave me love, she taught me what it was.” the West Bank that killed an 18-month-old boy “The state commission of inquiry that was set Over the course of the sprawling three-hour- along with his mother and father, as well as a up only investigated the operational failures: the plus film we meet a lesbian battling AIDS, a poor string of nationalist hate crimes. big Israeli mess, the bodyguard who looked in farmer whose joy in life is rainfall, a desperate the wrong direction, the driver who forgot to migrant, and many others. The on-screen inter- put the alarm on the roof of the car delaying the views were distilled from more than 2,000 car- evacuation of Rabin by several precious min- ried out with people in 60 countries over the utes,” Gitai said. “They didn’t investigate what three years it took to make the 11-million-euro were the underlying forces that wanted to kill ($12.2 million) movie. Rabin. His murder came at the end of a hate Filmed close up, staring straight into the cam- campaign led by hallucinating rabbis, settlers era with a simple black background, they all who were against the withdrawal from territo- were asked the same questions like: Do you feel ries, and the parliamentary right, led by the free and what is the meaning of life? “I feel like Likud (party), already then headed by Benjamin we are touching upon something essential. Netanyahu, who wanted to destabilize Rabin’s What does it mean to be a human being?” Labor government.” Arthus-Bertrand said in an interview. “How can Amos Gitai The director, wounded during the 1973 Yom we stop hatred, vengeance? How do we want to Kippur war when his helicopter was hit by a change the way we live? These are potentially Gitai has said that “the men that made possi- Syrian missile, obtained minutes from the com- essential questions that we do not pose often ble the killing of our prime minister are still mission of inquiry that were used in making the enough.” Laced between the interviews are the around... I am alarmed by the growing existence film. He also relied on documents, photos and sort of sweeping nature shots Arthus-Bertrand of a violent Jewish religious underground in the videos, particularly from the months before won acclaim for in his “Earth from above” book heart of Israeli secular society.” The 64-year-old Rabin’s assassination, including those showing of aerial photos of some of Earth’s most beauti- French photographer and environmental campaigner Yann Arthus-Bertrand looking on as he director, whose previous films have explored the speeches from politicians such as Netanyahu at ful landscapes. attends a press conference at the Ministry of Ecology, in Paris, as part of the International plas- Israeli-Palestinian conflict and other aspects of rallies against the Oslo accords where Rabin was tic bag-free day. — AFP the Middle East, told AFP in an interview the depicted in a Nazi uniform. “The entire script ‘What people revealed’ November 4, 1995 assassination of Rabin was rests on facts-events or speeches-even if the film In “Human” the camera soars above a football ness poured out in those interviews, unlike “an open wound in Israel’s contemporary histo- is a combination of archives and staged scenes,” match on a high mountain plain, a camel train as those with regular people. “While with all those ry.” said Gitai. “The challenge was to find the right it travels over dunes and an ancient lake that has others who we interviewed, who often cannot Rabin was shot after giving a speech to tens balance between the two.”—AFP taken the shape of a massive tree as it evapo- read or write, there is a common sense that has of thousands of peace demonstrators in Tel Aviv. rates. No context is provided for any of the inter- maybe been overlooked,” he said. However the His killer, Yigal Amir, was a rightwing extremist views-no names, titles or nationalities. Nor are former Uruguayan president Jose Mujica, an ex- opposed to the Oslo peace accords with the there any experts explaining the meaning of the guerilla fighter imprisoned for over a decade, Palestinians, for which Rabin won the 1994 interviews. Instead the message is in the choice makes it into the movie. While the film touches Welcome to an era of ammonia-free hair coloring

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A sales assistant stands in a new Dior showroom in Seoul. People attend a Gucci ‘pop-up store’ event in the Gangnam area of Seoul. — AFP photos Seoul: Asia’s new fashion window?

ove over Hong Kong, Tokyo and Singapore. people will go and buy things,” Menkes, the interna- market researcher Euromonitor. Seoul is emerging as Asia’s new fashion tional fashion editor for Vogue, said during a visit to Selling beauty Mshowcase, with the world’s top luxury firms Seoul in July. Beauty products featured in top-rated shows or seeking to cash in on the regional trend-setting favored by their stars fuel “rocketing demand for popularity of South Korean pop culture. Fast-grow- Riding the Korean Wave the relevant color cosmetics and skin care products” ing Asia is a key market driving the global luxury The real attraction for the brand names is the in other Asian countries, especially China, the report industry, with purchases by Chinese consumers promotional reach into the rest of Asia and beyond said. And it isn’t only foreign brands that are bene- accounting for one third of global sales, according provided by the so-called Hallyu (Korean Wave) of fitting from exposure in the South Korean shop win- to market researcher Bain & Company. And those Korean TV shows and pop music. The power of the dow. A “cushion-compact”-a sponge soaked with consumers often take their style pointers from else- Hallyu phenomenon was most recently demon- liquid foundation-developed by AmorePacific has where, which is why many brand companies are strated by the 2014 hit TV drama “My Love from proved a major hit in Asia, prompting Dior to form a increasingly focusing on the country described by Another Star” which was enormously popular in strategic partnership with the Korean cosmetics Bain as Asia’s “trendsetter and influencer for fashion China. giant to use the “cushion” technology. and luxury”. A pair of $625 Jimmy Choo shoes worn by the Kate Ahn, Seoul representative of the British Over the past year, leading global fashion hous- show’s heroine, Jun Ji-Hyun, sold out in shoe stores consumer research firm Stylus, said South Korea es have upped their game in South Korea in a bid to reach those well-heeled Asians who take A fashion model prepares for a photoshoot in Seoul. their fashion cues from popular Korean TV and pop stars. French powerhouse Chanel held its 2015/16 Cruise Collection in Seoul in May-its first show in South Korea. And in June, Christian Dior opened a six-storey flagship store-the largest in Asia-in the upscale district of Gangnam, made famous by the eponymous hit by South Korean rap- per Psy. The world’s top luxury group LVMH, which owns Dior and Louis Vuitton, has gone a step fur- ther by directly investing in Seoul’s thriving K-pop industry.

A regional style barometer Last August, L Capital Asia-the investment fund arm of LVMH-bought shares worth about $80 mil- lion in YG Entertainment, a major K-pop agency. The deal made the French luxury empire the second- largest shareholder of YG, whose roster of K-pop A couple stand beside their scooter in the upmarket Garuso-gil area. acts includes Psy, G-Dragon and the boyband BigBang. “Global luxury firms have begun to realise An Audi sports car drives through the popular night spot of Hongdae in Seoul. that what’s popular in South Korea soon becomes popular across Asia,” said Lie Sang-Bong, a promi- across Asia, while an Yves Saint Laurent lipstick she had effectively become a “springboard” for luxury nent fashion designer and head of the Council of was rumored to be wearing experienced a similar brands to test consumer sentiment in the Asian Fashion Designers of Korea. run in China. Rapper G-Dragon-a style icon followed market. “It’s a small country but a perfect starting Lie said luxury brands that had previously by millions of fans across Asia and beyond on social point to tap into the Chinese market and beyond,” favoured Hong Kong or Singapore as the centre of media-is considered a poster child of the Hallyu Ahn said, adding she had been bombarded with their Asia business started to turn to Seoul about boom. His favorite items, from Yves Saint Laurent proposals from European and US firms hoping to three years ago. China’s influence as a trendsetter jackets to Christian Louboutin sneakers, earn invest in Seoul cosmetics makers in recent years. will eventually catch-up with its importance as a instant recognition among his followers and are dis- “They even want to invest in relatively small, little- market, but for now “Seoul is where they look to see cussed on dozens of websites dedicated to the known cosmetics firms ... because they know many the next big trend,” Lie said. Famed fashion critic styles of K-pop artists. Asian women, especially Chinese, are closely watch- Suzy Menkes picked Seoul as next year’s host for Now the 27-year-old has become a front-row ing beauty trends in Seoul,” she said. — AFP what will be only the second edition of the annual fashion show fixture, not just in Asian cities, but also Conde Nast International Luxury Conference. “I Paris and London. Korean TV dramas have also think that (luxury brands) are thinking of this coun- proved to be a striking marketing device for the try as a hub, this city in particular as a hub, where cosmetics industry, according to a May report by Shoppers walk in the upmarket Garuso-gil area of Gangnam.

People attend a Gucci ‘pop-up store’ event. Shoppers walk past a clothing store in the upmarket Garuso-gil area. Shoppers walk in the upmarket Garuso-gil. ONTIME presents the latest John Galliano watches collection

NTIME has announced the launch of John GARDENER and METROPOLIS. motif of “Gazette” with a heritage mood that refers Galliano watches in select Ontime stores THE REFINED is an ultra chic collection where to the dials of the first pocket watches of the brand. Oacross Kuwait. The brand will be added to a case and the dials are enriched with coloured crys- ONTME invites you to come enjoy this unique col- collection of wide range of prestigious watches, tals combined with yellow or rose gold finishing. lection by visiting your nearest ONTIME store at the available for watch lovers in the region. THE GARDENER collection features groumette Avenues, Marina, Bairaq, Awtad Jahra, 360 and The brand presents an iconic design and unique chain, with the new jewel-watch, typical Galliano Mohalab Mall. details of watchmaking, it is innovative, sensual geometric flower, finds place on the dial enriched and seductive. ONTIME is introducing the famous by crystals and glitter. brands’ three latest collections, THE REFINED, THE The new METROPOLIS collection joins the iconic Seoul: Asia’s new fashion window?

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A woman covers herself in plastic balls at ‘The Beach’ artinstallation at the National Building museum in Washington, DC. The Beach is an interactive architectural installation that covers 10,000 square feet and includes an ‘ocean’ of nearly one million recyclable translucent plastic balls. — AFP Dragon Con brings host of alien, anime characters to Atlanta

tlanta’s annual Dragon Con science fiction and fantasy convention filled Athe city’s downtown streets with peo- ple dressed as zombies, steampunk time travelers, purple-haired anime heroes and aliens by the dozens. The convention draws fans from around the country to take part in sci-fi and fantasy costume contests, a mas- sive parade through downtown Atlanta and educational seminars about science and costume making. One of the more popular events at the convention this year was a private party held Saturday at the Georgia Aquarium, home to the largest aquarium in the Western Hemisphere. Costumed revelers danced and drank under the glow of pass- ing Beluga whales and sharks on display, and dance-heavy music thumped in the background. Tens of thousands attend the annual event, which began Thursday and continued through the weekend. — AP

A Dragon Con attendee in costume poses during a private party held at the Georgia Aquarium as part of Dragon Con in Atlanta. — AP photos

Three women in costumes look at sea life swimming above them during a private party.

A man in costume looks on at fellow attendees of a private party. A woman in a jellyfish costume looks on as sea life swims by above her. A woman in costume watches fish swim in a display above her.

A woman dressed as Little Sister, a character from the popular “BioShock” video game. Woman in costume watches sea life swim past her. A man attending Dragon Con and dressed as Captain America takes a break outside his hotel in Atlanta.