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TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016 JAMADA ALTHANI 6, 1437 AH www.kuwaittimes.net No ban on Top cop Egypt devalues New Jersey hiring Filipino Ali sent to currency to fencer to wear helpers by retirement, record low hijab at Rio expatriates4 promoted4 against21 dollar Olympics16 Cabinet approves raft Min 18º Max 25º of financial reforms High Tide 04:42 & 15:53 Low Tide Profits to be taxed 10% • Some services re-priced • Some oil facilities to be privatized 10:20 & 23:16 40 PAGES NO: 16814 150 FILS Putin withdraws Amir fetes police graduates By Meshaal Al-Enezi KUWAIT: Finance Minister Anas Al-Saleh yesterday forces from Syria announced that the Cabinet has approved a six-point financial and economic reform plan prepared by the MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday Cabinet’s economic affairs committee. Speaking at a ordered the defense ministry to begin the withdrawal of press conference alongside Minister of Social Affairs and Russian forces from Syria from today. “The task that was Labor and Planning Hind Al-Subaih and the Minister of set before our defense ministry and armed forces has as Commerce and Industry Yousef Al-Ali, Saleh said the a whole been completed and so I order the defense plan includes a 10 percent tax on profits of companies. ministry to from tomorrow start the withdrawal of the The Cabinet also approved re-pricing some commodi- main part of our military contingents from the Syrian ties and public services, he Arab Republic,” Putin told said without elaborating. Defense Minister Sergei Saleh added the govern- Shoigu in televised com- ment would seek to privatize ments. some state-owned projects, The Kremlin announced including airports, ports and that Putin had called some facilities of Kuwait President Bashar Al-Assad Petroleum Corporation Anas Al-Saleh to inform Moscow’s long- (KPC), though not the main standing ally of the sur- Vladimir Putin oil sector. Corporate taxes are currently levied at differ- prise move that appears to ent rates for local and foreign companies, although end the main part of its intervention in Syria’s conflict most Kuwaiti companies do not presently pay taxes on that began in September. “The leaders noted that the income. Other charges are levied though - some firms actions of the Russian air force allowed to radically must pay an employment tax and make mandatory change the situation in the fight against terrorism, to contributions for zakat, or Islamic alms, and for a scien- disorganize the fighters’ infrastructure and inflict signifi- tific research foundation. cant damage on them,” the Kremlin said in a statement. Saleh, who is also the acting oil minister, told the “Taking that into account, the President of Russia KUWAIT: HH the Amir and Commander of the Armed Forces Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah press conference that the country welcomed coordina- stated that the main tasks set before the armed forces tion between OPEC and non-OPEC countries, but insist- of Russia in Syria had been completed. attends a ceremony at Saad Al-Abdullah Academy for Security Sciences to celebrate the graduation of police officers yesterday. — KUNA (See Page 3) ed priority was a consensus. Continued on Page 13 Continued on Page 13 TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016 LOCAL

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah separately received Advisor at the Saudi Royal Court Sheikh Dr Saad bin Nasser Al-Shathri. Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Yaqoub Al-Sane attended both meetings, which took place at Bayan Palace yesterday. —KUNA Yemeni President in Kuwait today Amir condemns Ankara bombing

KUWAIT: Yemeni President Abd Rabu Mansour Hadi and KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh reiterated Kuwait’s firm rejection to all explosion, which killed 37 people. The Foreign Ministry has expressed Kuwait’s his accompanying delegation are due to arrive to Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent on forms of terrorism and its solidarity with embassy has not received any reports strong condemnation of the terrorist today on a two-day official visit. The Yemeni President will Sunday a cable to Turkish President Recep the international community to eradicate that any Kuwaiti was harmed, ambassador attack that targeted a bust stop in Ankara hold official talks with His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Tayyip Erdogan to extend condolences it and dry up its resources. His Highness Thuwaikh said, urging his compatriots to Sunday evening. In a press statement, the Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. over the powerful bombing attack in the the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad be cautious and keep away from the site official emphasized Kuwait’s full support Meanwhile, First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Turkish capital which left scores dead. Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Prime of the explosion. to all Turkish measures to maintain securi- Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah held In his cable, His Highness the Amir Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al- Thuwaikh said that the embassy estab- ty and stability in the country. talks with visiting UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould expressed sincere sympathy with victims’ Hamad Al-Sabah and National Assembly lished an operating room to receive con- The official reiterated Kuwait’s firm Cheikh Ahmad at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday families and wished the injured quick Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem sent similar tacts from Kuwaitis in case of emergency. stance against all forms terrorism and evening. recovery. His Highness the Amir also cables to the Turkish President. He offered his condolences to the Turkish whatever its source. The official extend- During the meeting Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled reaffirmed strongly condemned the terrorist attack Meanwhile, Dean of the Diplomatic people over the victims of the Kizilay ed condolences to families of the victims Kuwait’s call for full implementation of the UN Security that targeted innocent people and the Corps and Kuwait’s Ambassador to Turkey blast, wishing the wounded a speedy to the Turkish people and government Council Resolution 2216 on Yemen, the GCC initiative and stability and security of a friendly country. Abdullah Al-Thuwaikh said that all recovery. and wished injured people quick recov- its executive mechanisms, and the outcomes of the nation- In this regard, His Highness the Amir Kuwaitis in Ankara were safe after the In the meantime, a senior official at the ery. —KUNA al comprehensive dialogue. He also renewed support to the efforts of the UN Envoy to resume the peace talks between the warring parties in Yemen. The talks brought together Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Suleiman Al-Jarallah, and assistants to the foreign minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah, Dhari Ajran Al-Ajran, Nasser Hejji Al-Mezyen, Aziz Rahim Al- Dihani and Ayham Abdullatif Al-Omar, as well as Ambassador to Yemen Fahad Allami’e and other senior offi- cials of the Ministry. —KUNA

Minister of Education and Higher Education Dr Bader Al-Essa Sixth int’l energy conference opens

KUWAIT: Minister of Education and Higher Education Dr Bader Al-Essa yesterday inaugurat- ed the 6th International Conference on Energy Research and Development (ICERD-6) under the patronage of His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. In a keynote speech, the minister stressed the significance of energy as the secret of life and a source of power, welfare and scientific research. He added that the lion’s share went to the coun- tries which attached much attention to energy development and investment through state-of- the-art methods. Essa also underlined the necessity of investing energy in a careful manner and opening up to the outside world, noting that this is already hap- pening in Kuwait as many research institutions are partaking in the conference. Kuwait University Director Dr Husein Al-Ansari said meanwhile that energy is a vital field that wields direct and indirect influence on the con- temporary world, pointing to modern energy advancements. He touted the three-day confer- ence as a good opportunity for engineers, tech- nicians and specialists from Kuwait and other GCC countries to get familiar with the latest tech- nological uses in the field of energy. Ansari emphasized that there is no doubt that energy is an essential component of sustainable develop- ment. Organized by Kuwait University (KU), the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) and Ministry of Electricity and Water, the 6th International Conference on Energy Research and Development (ICERD-6) takes place between March 14-16. The confer- ence builds upon the five previous conferences which have attracted the international energy research and development community. The theme of the conference is “Advances in Energy Research and Development”. Special emphasis will be on emerging energy conversion technologies, conservation and management strategies. The objective is to optimize the utiliza- tion of basic energy resources in the major ener- gy consuming sectors in the arid region of the Arabian Peninsula. The conference aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and practicing experts to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all advancements in energy applied systems. —KUNA TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016 LOCAL

KUWAIT: (From left) His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, Sheikh Jaber Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem, His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah and Chairman of Kuwait’s Supreme Judicial Council and the Cassation Court, President of the Constitutional Court, Justice Yousef Al-Muta’waa attend a police officers’ graduation ceremony at Saad Al-Abdullah Academy for Security Sciences. —Photos by Amiri Diwan and Yasser Al-Zayyat

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah arrives to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah honors a His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah honors a attend the ceremony. graduate policeman. graduate policewoman. Amir patronizes police graduation at Saad Al-Abdullah Academy

KUWAIT: Under the patronage and attendance Prime Minister, Minister of Interior Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Speaker of the Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Acting Oil results. The parade took permission from His of His Highness the Amir, Commander of the Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, National Assembly Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem, Minister Anas Khaled Al-Saleh, besides senior Highness the Amir to launch a military show, Armed Forces Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Ministry Undersecretary Lieutenant General senior Sheikhs, His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al- state officials, relatives of the graduated officers before graduates took oath recited by Kuwaiti Al-Sabah, a ceremony was held yesterday at Sulaiman Fahad Al-Fahad, Ministry’s Assistant Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, His Highness and citizens. Police College Colonel Ali Jassem Al-Whaib. Saad Al-Abdullah Academy for Security Undersecretary of Education and Training the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al- The ceremony commenced by playing the His Highness the Amir distributed prizes and Sciences to celebrate graduation of police offi- Affairs Major General Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Hamad Al-Sabah, Chairman of Kuwait’s National Anthem, followed by Holy Qur’an certificates to the honored graduates, then His cers. His Highness the Amir patronized the Al-Sabah, Acting Minister’s assistant undersec- Supreme Judicial Council and the Cassation recitation, a speech given by Ministry’s Highness the Amir and His Highness the Crown graduation of the 42nd batch of non-commis- retaries, and the Director General of Saad Al Court, President of the Constitutional Court, Assistant Undersecretary of Education and Prince were handed the Academy’s Shield. The sioned officers, 27th batch of specialized offi- Abdullah Academy for Security Sciences, Justice Yousef Jassem Al-Muta’waa, First Deputy Training Affairs, Major General Faisal Nawaf Al- Ministry’s Assistant Undersecretary of cers of the Police Academy and 8th group of Brigadier Nasser Nasser Bourisly, besides senior Prime Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ahmad Al-Sabah. Education delivered his speech welcoming His women specialized officers from the Women Ministry officers. Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Ceremony for handing of the Academy’s flag Highness the Amir and His Highness the Crown Police Academy. The ceremony was attended by His Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense from the 42nd batch to the 43rd batch took Prince for their patronization of the ceremo- He was received at the Academy by Deputy Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al- Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, Deputy place; then Bourisly recited graduates’ final ny.—KUNA

Newly graduated policemen participate in a parade at the ceremony.

Newly graduated policewomen participate in a parade at the ceremony.

A policeman celebrates his graduation with his family. LOCAL TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016 Cabinet commends North Thunder drills

KUWAIT: During its customary weekly meeting headed by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, the cabinet reviewed the outcomes of the recent military drills ‘North Thunder’ in Saudi Arabia, which reflected integration and unity in face of challenges threatening regional security, peace and stability. The cabinet voiced much satisfaction with the exercises that brought together forces from several Arab and Muslim countries for training in fighting terrorist groups in the region, appreciat- ing the Saudi role in promoting regional peace and stability. The cabinet welcomed a visit to be KUWAIT: Philippine Labor Attache Cesar Chavez (left) speaks to Kuwait Times yester- paid by Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour day, in presence of Philippine Ambassador to Kuwait Renato Pedro Villa. Hadi to Kuwait today, wishing him a pleasant — Photo by Joseph Shagra stay in the country. Meanwhile, First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al- No ban on hiring Filipino Sabah apprised the cabinet on the outcomes of the recent meeting of the foreign ministers of helpers by expatriates the GCC members, Morocco and Jordan in Riyadh. By Ben Garcia benchmark is that employers should The also cabinet congratulated former have a combined income of not less than Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Abul-Gheit on having been chosen as new Secretary-General of KUWAIT: There is no discrimination with KD 1,000, so they can pay their workers - the Arab League, hailing his capabilities and regards to employing Filipino domestic this applies to Kuwaiti employers and KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah chairs the cabi- helpers by expats, Philippine expats. We are not restricting the rights experience, and thanked outgoing Secretary- net’s meeting yesterday. — KUNA General Nabil Al-Araby for his efforts to promote Ambassador to Kuwait Renato Pedro Villa of the employers to hire domestic Arab issues. of the bombing, and wished swift recovery to ensure its security and stability, urging Tunisians told reporters yesterday, but he added helpers, but we are documenting and Meanwhile, the cabinet denounced a recent those injured in the attack. On Sunday, a power- to get united in face of threats their nation is fac- the rules have been tightened to prevent protecting the rights of not just the bomb explosion that hit Kisilay district in down- ful car bombing hit Kisilay district in downtown ing. On March 7th, a bomb explosion hit Ben human trafficking. The envoy was workers but the employers too, to avoid town Ankara, billing it as a “terrorist act.” The Ankara, leaving at least 37 people killed and Guerdane City on the border with Libya, leaving responding after Kuwait Times and a workers being trapped in human traffick- cabinet reiterated in a press release following its more than 100 others wounded. at least 55 people dead, including 36 militants, local Arabic daily reported that expats ing,” Chavez said. weekly meeting Kuwait’s position rejecting all Also yesterday, the cabinet deplored a recent 12 policemen and seven civilians. Immediately could be barred from hiring Filipino forms and types of terrorism which run counter attack in Tunisia’s southern Ben Guerdane City, following the attack, Tunisian President Beji Caid domestic helpers. Kuwait Times reported Letter of approval with all religions, values and human norms. terming it as a “terrorist act.” The cabinet reiterat- Essebsi had announced the closure of borders in February that recruitment agencies The embassy has advised other It also offered heartfelt condolences to the ed Kuwait’s support for all measures and moves with Libya and a night-time curfew in Ben were refusing to hire out Filipino staff to embassies here to accept only those Turkish government and people over the victims taken by the Tunisian government in order to Guerdane and Djerba. —KUNA expatriates living in Kuwait. Several workers who will accompany their agencies told Kuwait Times that they had employers who have a prior letter of been advised by the Philippines Embassy approval from the Philippine embassy. of this, though some agencies disregard- “An employer wanted to take a domestic ed the policy. Filipina worker to Germany, but the “No, that is incorrect,” Ambassador German Embassy asked the employer to Villa said. “The embassy was taken out of get an approval letter from our post,” he context. We don’t discriminate against said. anyone or any nationality. We see to it “We started this program a few that the employers of our household months back, but from April 1, we will be service workers are in good hands and releasing templates of the one-page that the employers are capable of paying undertaking document, saying whenev- the salaries of the workers and paying er the employers take workers out of compensation in the event of a transfer. Kuwait, we want them to come to the Recently, we found evidence of human embassy and submit the letter of request trafficking because many employers take and the letter of consent from the work- our housemaids to other countries for ers willing to accompany their employ- long periods,” he explained. Villa specifi- ers. If there should be amendments of cally noted that “expats are taking our contracts, we will do it if necessary,” maids to their [home] countries without Chavez added. the knowledge of the Philippine The contract approved by the Kuwaiti Embassy, so a new regulation was neces- government says that the place of work sary”. should be Kuwait only if workers are employed in Kuwait, and employers can- New Rules not take their workers outside Kuwait, so Philippine Labor Attache Cesar the undertaking and letters are neces- Chavez explained the new policy. “What sary. “They have to get the approval of was published in the newspapers is not the workers, the Philippine Embassy and true. It was taken out of context. What the Kuwait government in order to allow we want to do is strictly enforce the them to take workers outside Kuwait. existing policy of the embassy. If employ- Nowadays, the immigration department ers decide to take Filipino domestic is requiring employers to show docu- KUWAIT: This photo provided by the Interior Ministry shows members of a gang arrested for money laundry yesterday. helpers overseas, we have to issue an ments from the embassy and where they undertaking that they will bring to the will take the workers from Kuwait,” he airport to show to immigration officers,” said. Chavez explained. Twelve-member money The undertaking, according to 400 runaways Chavez, will be signed by the sponsor The Philippine Embassy has about 400 and will include a letter of consent from runaway household service workers the worker and a letter of request by the divided in two shelters. “What is alarming laundry gang busted employer addressed to the embassy. is the fact that many of our runaway “This way, it is of mutual benefits to both workers have petty salary problems - parties - the workers and employers. The some ran away from employers after By Hanan Al-Saadoun return for a commission after they transferred No injuries in fires workers are protected from being traf- only two months of non-payment of the funds abroad. A fire broke out in a building on Amman ficked and taken outside Kuwait, and will salaries, or after minor quarrels with KUWAIT: Twelve people were arrested yester- “The gang issued more than 100 fake Street in Salmiya, said security sources, noting be suitably compensated. For example, if employers or co-workers. We try to nego- day for money laundering, said security credit cards with over one million dollars in that firemen rushed to the scene to find that the the employer decides to take the house- tiate, fix the problem and reconcile,” sources. They noted that the gang specialized deposits,” added the sources. They further fire had started in some debris on the sixth floor. maid to Britain, she must be compensat- Chavez noted. in stealing credit card numbers and using spe- indicated that the suspects arrested includ- The building had to be evacuated while fighting ed according to the salary rates in that Chavez said around 2,500 Filipinos cial equipment they imported to forge other ed two citizens, two Jordanians, two the fire and controlling it. No casualties were particular country - likewise for the US. arrive in Kuwait monthly, and domestic credit cards with the names of dead people to Nigerians, a Syrian, four Egyptians and a reported. Separately, a fire broke out in a vehicle This fact will be added in the amended helpers account about 60 percent of the deposit funds illegally. The sources explained GCC national, adding that a Nigerian is at in Fahd Al-Ahmad, said security sources, noting contracts. If workers abscond in the 200,000 Filipino workers in the country. that once they made the fake cards, gang large and an Egyptian has left the country. A that Mangaf firemen rushed to the scene and countries where the sponsors take them, There are an estimated 660,000 domestic members used them to liquidate the funds case was filed and further investigations are controlled it. Further investigations are in employers can ask the embassy to help helpers in Kuwait, and a vast majority is through transactions they made locally in in progress. progress to determine the cause of the blaze. them,” he said. brought in by recruitment agencies, “We want to make sure that employ- which charge fees between KD 500 to KD ers who are hiring Filipina domestic help 1,500. Local recruitment agencies charge Abdul Fattah Al-Ali referred to retirement are capable of paying the workers. Our the highest for Filipino domestic helpers. By Meshaal Al-Enezi prosecution had referred a complaint filed by Patients’ allowances former MP Musallam Al-Barrak about a ‘masked The Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor’s New hotel for Hawally KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of civilian’ who searched his cell for further investi- (MSAL) Assistant Undersecretary for Social Interior Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Sabah gations. Development Affairs Hassan Kazem stressed that KUWAIT: A new four star hotel will be built building design firm in Kuwait, has been referred Major General Abdul Fattah Al-Ali to the ministry was awaiting the Ministry of in Hawally on the corner of Al-Mutasim and awarded the contract for the hotel by retirement and promoted him to Lieutenant Health’s (MoH) decision on allowances for 110 street. The new complex will include a Tamouh National General Trading & General. No decision has been made so far to patients receiving treatment overseas. He added 31 floor tower with 122 hotel rooms, base- Contracting. SSH will be the lead consultant name a replacement for Ali as the ministry’s that MSAL seeks to prevent double payment if ment parking, a lobby, restaurants, gym, for all the design phases and permitting, Assistant Undersecretary for General Security. patients were already paid allowances for com- meeting rooms as well as shopping and starting from data collection and concept Before being appointed to his most recent post, panions. children’s play area. design phase through to tender documents Ali served as the ministry’s Assistant SSH, a leading master planning and and services for the high-rise project. Undersecretary for Traffic Affairs. Prices at co-ops The Union of Consumer Cooperative Police killer remanded Societies (UCCS) price follow up committee yes- Jaber Stadium, Causeway A local court yesterday remanded in custody terday made a sudden inspection visit to citizen Abdul Aziz Waleed Al-Shamlan, who is Adailiya Co-op where three citations of violating accused of ramming his vehicle into a check- UCCS’ pricing list were issued, for selling some referred to prosecution point near Dasman Palace, killing a policeman items at lower prices in a sale promotion without and injuring others. permission from the ministry of commerce. KUWAIT: The parliament’s public funds pro- well as private school fees. The panel agreed Chairman Sami Munaikh stressed that the tour is tection committee recommended referring to suspend all increases to private school Fintas Group four files to the Public Prosecution in order to fees until it finishes putting together stan- The criminal court yesterday adjourned hear- Abdul Fattah Al-Ali part of the committee’s efforts to make sure all co-ops fully respect UCCS’ unified prices. investigate money squandering suspicions dards pertaining with the private education ing the ‘Fintas Group’ state security case in which based on State Audit Bureau reports. The system, rapporteur MP Humoud Al-Hamdan 13 people including a ruling family member, Telecom towers Fourth Ring Road panel discussed the bureau’s reports yester- told reporters after the meeting, which was lawyers and bloggers are involved, till March 28. The Municipal Council’s legal and financial day and found out that there are suspicions also attended by the Ministry of Education’s Notably, the judge warned the defendants’ committee agreed to amend some articles in the Speaking at MP Faisal Al-Shaye’s diwaniya in Rawda, Assistant Undersecretary for Road of wasting public funds in the Jaber Undersecretary Dr Haitham Al-Athari. lawyer that this would be the last postponement telecom towers’ charter that had been languish- Stadium’s construction project, the Jaber An agreement was also reached to pro- and that any further requests would be denied. ing in drawers for long because of technical and Engineering Ahmed Al-Hessan at the Ministry of Public Aorks (MPW) stressed that MPW was keen Causeway’s tender, the contract between vide the committee with a draft for the stan- The defendants are facing charges of slandering administrative disputes, as the committee had Kuwait Petroleum Corporation and Shell, and dards so that its members can discuss it with on developing various roads, especially inner HH the Amir and endangering Kuwait’s security banned building such towers in residential areas a deal in which the Ministry of Defense pur- private school owners and parents, Hamdan ones in densely populated areas, to avoid con- through spreading rumors and misleading infor- and hospitals. Moreover, committee chairman chased two cargo aircrafts, Chairman MP Dr said. This would be followed by a meeting gestions during rush hours, including Rawda. mation. Mane Al-Ajmi said that the committee also Abdullah Al-Turaiji said. that includes government representatives referred a project on processing solid waste and Hessan added that MPW was currently studying In other news, the parliament’s educa- and concerned parties in order to agree on ‘Masked civilian’ utilizing it to the legal department and dis- two projects to develop the Fourth Ring Road to tional committee discussed yesterday a draft clear bases for the fees’ increasing criteria, Lawyer Humoud Al-Hajri said that the public cussed several other topics in its meeting. increase its capacity and reduce traffic accidents. law pertaining with private education, as Hamdan added. — KUNA LOCAL TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016 Ministerial Law number 4 for the year 2016: The list of organizing private museums

Article (1) tive registers, workers’ register, visitors’ this list, accompanied with a report 3. Death of the licensee without a In implementing the rules of this register, media reports). that includes its opinion, its initial legal heir who meets the licensing list, the following words and terms will 10- Administrative structure approval or rejection of the applica- conditions, or if none of the heirs come have the meaning explained next to (administration, maintenance and tion. forward for the transfer of the license Government to license, them, unless the text sequence indi- restoration specialists, supporting within two months from death. cates otherwise: services’ laborers). Article (9) 4. Violating any of the prohibitions oversee private museums • Council: National Council for 11- Museum’s mission (holding • Chairman of the council issues mentioned in article 13 of this list. Culture, Arts and Letters. activities, lectures) an initial decision within 60 days KUWAIT: Under a ministerial decree, the • Chairman: Chairman of the Board 12- Development and planning from the application’s data to Article (16) government will now assume oversight of the National Council for Culture, (extent of a museum’s planning to approve or reject the license applica- The council supervises all private of all private museums in Kuwait. Arts and Letters. develop its activities, and the agree- tion, and if the period passes without museums administratively and techni- Information Minister Sheikh Salman • Administration: Antiquities and ment of a museum’s activities with its a decision, the application will be cally through the antiquities and Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah museums administration. mission and goals). considered rejected. museums department, and for that yesterday underscored the necessity of • Committee: Private museums 13- Use of techniques (audiovisual). • The applicant will be informed by purpose can do the following: regulating private museums, which con- committee. a confirmed reception letter sent to 1. Make inspection visits to private stitute an inseparable part of Kuwait • Private Museum: Place where Article (5) the address mentioned on the applica- museums and examine displays in it. national heritage and history. Sheikh archeological, heritage, historic, scien- A private museum can have the fol- tion, and the applicant will be consid- 2. Register the antiquities and her- Salman, who doubles as the Minister of tific, cultural, natural, art and other col- lowing work: ered informed of the decision as soon itage pieces displayed in the private State for Youth Affairs and Chairman of lections are displayed with the inten- 1. Administer the collections and as he receives the said letter. museums in the antiquities and her- the National Council for Culture, Arts tion of study, research, serving the develop hem through a certain policy itage register at the council. and Letters (NCCAL), called for renovat- public and developing the society’s in the collection and administration Article (10) 3. What it deems necessary by oth- ing these museums and render them culture. process. The applicant must present to the er measures that fulfil supervision and more attractive and accommodating for • License: Approval issued by the 2. Maintaining archeological and administration within six months from follow-up. visitors and heritage aficionados. National Council for Culture, Arts and heritage pieces with the use of mod- informing him the initial approval of The official gazette published, on Letters. ern technology. the following: Article (17) Sunday, laws regulating these museums’ • License: Any natural or judicial 3. Documenting and searching for 1- An engineering draft explaining • The museums open their doors activities, tasking the Council with Information Minister Sheikh Salman person who receives the license. collections through gathering enough the location and specifications of the for the public from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm administrating them and setting some Al-Humoud Al-Sabah • Categorization: Determining the data about them through scientific proposed building stating the rooms’ and from 4:30 pm to 9:00 pm. terms. Some of the terms include that museum category according to the research, and use of collections as and facilities’ dimensions. the private museums will now be and conditions for their continued oper- level of its displays and variety of its research means in order to develop 2- An integrated list of collections Article (18) required to obtain licensing from the ation. activities. knowledge. that will be displayed in the museum, • It is allowed to set an entrance fee NCCAL and also they will have to seek Kuwait is rich in private museums, 4. Build cooperation bridges with with full data and the historic periods to the museum or the location on budget support from the arts council estimated at more than 50. They include Article (2) international museums and foreign it belongs to. which temporary exhibitions are made and will be forbidden from accepting Bait Al-Othman Museum, Tareq Rajab Museums are categorized in the establishments through official chan- 3- Approval documents from con- after the council’s approval, with a private donations. The new regulations Museum, Dickson House, the House of following categories: (A), (B), (C). nels, in coordination with concerned cerned authorities (commerce and decision from the chairman according will also set the private museums’ tim- Mirrors and the ancient Mubarak Kiosk government departments, through industry, interior and health ministries to the instructions organizing this. ings and provide a range of other terms among others. Article (3) exchange of data and organizing joint and the Environment Public • When the fee is decided, it should • Category (A) within the museums’ exhibitions to introduce national col- Authority). If the applicant does not be reasonable and commensurate categorizations will be the highest, fol- lections of each country. meet any of the commitments men- with the museum’s categorization, lowed by (B), then (C). 5. Facilitate the delivery of informa- tioned in the previous items during costs of its construction and operation, tion to visitors and place description the designated period, the initial or with the level of location, and it Article (4) labels on them. approval will be considered cancelled should encourage the largest numbers • Museum categorization will be 6. Display of collections for study without the need of any other action. of the public to enter the museum or according to the categories men- and education purposes, and execute The chairman of the council can location, while at the same time tioned in the above two articles cultural and educational activities extend the date for a maximum of two encourage investors in this sector. according to the following: that are related to the exhibition’s months if the applicant presents an 1- Museum building: purposes such as seminars, work- accepted excuse. Article (19) • Extent of independence (separate, shops and others. • The museum can benefit from the part of a house or another building), Article (11) council’s expertise, and get its scientif- condition of the building (excellent, Article (6) The license period is three renew- ic support in the display fields, preserv- good, or accepted). Any natural or judicial person can able years after paying the fee men- ing displays, their maintenance and • Availability of supporting build- administer a private museum, or use it tioned in article 8. restoration, as well as operation and ings (warehouses, stores, toilets). after obtaining a license for it from the administration, and get international • Location (main street, in the mid- council. Article (12) expertise in these joint fields within dle of a neighborhood, away from the The applicant must comply with the framework of joint cooperation city). Article (7) following: between the council and international • Proportionality of the building • The applicant for a license to 1. Register all displayed antiq- museums. area with the displays. administer or use a private museum uities in the museum in special regis- 2- Introduction of the museum must meet the following conditions: ters, sealed with the council’s seal Article (20) (direction signs, printed matter, web- 1. Must be a fully-qualified Kuwaiti while keeping a copy of it. • The council can give financial sup- site). national. 2. Provide total protection for all port to the private museum and sup- 3- Museum groups (number of 2. Must be of good repute, not pre- displays. port it by government financing pieces, their artistic and historical val- viously convicted for a felony or mis- 3. Report any transfer of ownership sources to get aid and loans that are ue, the way they are displayed, docu- demeanor that is related to honor or of any of the displays without the used to develop the museum. mented and introduced). honesty, unless his status is restored to council’s approval. • If the required support from the 4- Museum display: him. 4. Present annual activities and pro- council is financial, its presentation • Environmental conditions of the 3. Must have a minimum of general grams including seminars, exhibitions, depends on what is available in the display (air conditioning, ventilation, secondary certificate or equivalent, workshops and guide training pro- form of financial reasons. lighting). and the council can exempt those who grams. • Display cabinets (type, quality, have enough experience in the muse- 5. Facilitate arrival at the museum Article (21) adequacy) um and antiquities fields. without hassle or hardship, and that all • When the council supports any of 5- Maintenance and restoration of 4. Must own or use a suitable loca- requirements such as adequate light- the private museums at any of the museum pieces: tion. ing, security and safety in a way that government or private financing • Availability of a place to maintain The license applicant can be an guarantees visitor safety. sources to get a loan, it does not give and restore pieces with necessary existing Kuwaiti company according to 6. Not encroach on the country’s any guarantee for this purpose. maintenance material (the way they the rules of law (1) of 2016 of the com- general directions or religious beliefs. are stored, validity, education for the panies law. Article (22) prevention of danger). Article (13) The chairman of the council forms 6- Museum cleanliness (of corri- Article (8) The licensee cannot do the fol- a committee for private museums dors, halls, yards; hygiene of toilets and • The application for a license to lowing without the approval of the chaired by the council’s secretary gen- stores). administer or use a private museum council: eral and membership of: 7- Protection of the museum and on the designated form, attached to it 1- Sell or carry out any action on • Assistant secretary general for the its contents (quality of doors and win- a receipt of KD 50 paid to the council antiquities or take them out of the antiquities sector. dows, surveillance cameras, lack of treasury as licensing fee. Applications country. • Director of museums and antiqui- what hinders protection). must include the following data: 2- Accept financial aid or material ties department. 8- Availability of safety means 1- Name of the private museum gifts from any source from inside or • Senior legal specialist. (emergency exits, clarity of the ways to (can be a common name, also can be outside Kuwait. • Sufficient number of specialists. them, signs leading to emergency in the name of a certain person). 3- Move the museum from one exits). 2- Indicate the location on which place to another, or carry out deep- Article (23) 9- Records (artifacts’ inventory the museum is built, sources of financ- rooted changes on the building or dis- The committee mentioned in the record, indexing them, scientific con- ing and sources of the collections. The plays, or close it for more than three previous article will be concerned with tent, record of entry and exit of pieces, antiquities and museums department continuous months. the following: record of raw materials, restoration, must submit the application to the 4- Use the museum for purposes 1- Follow up the implementation of maintenance, financial and administra- committee mentioned in article 22 of other than that designated. the general policy put forth by the 5- Display any council to the museums. unregistered artifact, be it through pur- 2- Propose suitable mechanisms chase, gift, grant or and procedures to develop private exchange. museums and encourage the private 6- Invest in the sector to invest in the cultural sector. name of the museum 3- Study the licensing applications or use it for purposes and submit them to the chairman of other than designat- the council. ed ones. 4- Approve the displays. 5- Look into violating private muse- Article (14) ums and take suitable measures The licensee can- towards them. not give up the 6- Study the applications to get license until after the support and cancellation of licenses council’s approval presented by private museums and and based on a writ- submit them to the chairman along ten request on the with an opinion. form prepared for this 7- Any other duties the chairman purpose according to asks it to do. the following rules: 1. The recipient Article (24) must meet the condi- The council can take the following tions mentioned in measures if the licensee violates any of this list. the rules in this list: 2. The application 1. Written warnings. must be attached will 2. Close the private museum for up all documents related to one year. to the recipient, and 3. Revoke the private museum’s mentioned in this list. license. Article (15) The revocation decision is issued by the council’s chairman after the presen- The private muse- tation of the committee mentioned in um’s administration article 22 and those concerned will be will be considered informed of the decision with the same null and void under the following circum- procedures mentioned in the last para- stances: graph of article 9. 1. If the licensee Article (25) asks for cancellation. 2. If the licensee The council’s administration has loses one of the con- the right to interpret or amend this list, ditions mentioned in and the chairman can issue the neces- article 7. sary decision to implement it. TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016 LOCAL

Al-Jarida Al-Anbaa Farewell, Until when?

my daughter! By Dr Nermin Al-Houti

By Yousif Al-Jassem hen” is a word that comes in two cases - either Rationalization as a question mark about time in the past or ‘Wfuture, while in the other case, it is a condi- t 40 years of age, our bride spent almost half of tional tool, and this is what concerns my column. The these years attached to life-support medical human being must realize what happened yesterday and Aequipment without seeing sunlight or breath- what will happen tomorrow, rather the nature of our ing fresh air. For the past 12 years, she lived at the world, compels he who has the truth to declare the future Sabah Hospital ICU receiving attentive care from the of the world. angels of mercy who accompanied her in days and In a minute, or it may be a second, we hear and read nights of agony amongst various medical equipment about contradicting news, and we do not know where the readings with occasional hope as well as alarms that truth lies among it, as if we are a ball being exchanged by made them run to her bed to save her from imminent tennis racquets, as the players with each hit we receive fatal dangers. think that this is reality, and regretfully with these hits, Twenty-three years of complete silence passed Al-Jarida people fly in the air without knowing the truth until we during which the parents never stopped whispering reach the other racquet and get hit with another slap good mornings and good evenings to her ears - 23 without knowing about yesterday, today and tomorrow. years during which she exchanged silent love with My lines do not belong to symbolism, and its alpha- them by expressing it through inhaling and exhaling bets did not come from any sect that fragments and ana- lyzes its words - my column today comes from one noun through automatic breathing apparatuses. She did “when”. With the advance of technology, presence of hear their whispers but was never able to respond transparency and respect of freedoms, it is imperative for nor was she able to express pain when she felt it, everyone who has decision-making powers in our world which intensified our sorrow for her and accumulated to stand and tell the world what happened yesterday and her rewards with almighty Allah. what will happen tomorrow. She was only 17 and full of energy and hope when Yesterday, it was the Brotherhood and Syria’s decisions, she had a terrible accident in 1993 that got her into and what it bears in the form of division, canceling the hospital gowns until she turned forty - 23 years she truth and economic crises. Today and tomorrow the crises spent in a journey fluctuating between hope, despair escalate in a blink, and find another event over Hezbollah and anticipation. Twenty-three years full of clinging Awqaf terminates 1,500 expats and Lebanon, and where are we? When it happened? We to hope whenever attacked by a seizure of despair, do not know. and each time the Creator responded to our prayers. KUWAIT: Minister of Justice, Awqaf and around 600 expats upon recommendations I may not be among the skilled politicians, and I am We never gave up hope with every new morning that Islamic Affairs Yaqoub Al-Sane recently laid made by a special committee Sane formed not an economist, but I belong to this world and belong her fatigued body would recover. off 1,500 expatriates working for the min- four months earlier to decide who was real- to these societies, and when I hear and see what happens Families of hundreds of her neighboring patients istry, granting them a two-month notice to ly needed and who could be laid off. in the form of events, I only find these lines which I write and injured young men and women prayed for her adjust their legal statuses. Sane issued min- The sources wondered what the min- to those who have answers to the words “until when”: recovery while she lay in bed without being able to isterial decision number 123/2016 pertain- istry would do after laying off such a large Until when will our mothers keep crying over the sit once while we repeatedly witnessed Allah’s mira- ing stopping employment on a commission number of people and whether it would death of their children? cles when many of them recovered and were dis- system effective on May 11, 2016, exempt- contract a special company to recruit Until when will ignorance and poverty remain in our charged, and were shocked for those who passed ing Kuwaitis and bedoons (stateless) hired workers the way other ministries did to societies? away. We used to exchange remarks of congratula- on this system. avoid the remarks made by the Audit Until when will our children remain without fathers, tions on recovery and words of condolences on Informed sources said that the decision Bureau about the large number of expat and our women without men? death with people along that silent corridor on a dai- involves around 1,500 expats and exempts Minister Yaqoub Al-Sane employees. — Al-Rai Until when will our homelands continue to be divided ly basis amidst the beeping of life support machines into parties and groups? in that tiny world known as ICU, which seems to be In conclusion: Until when, you who have secrets of the final line separating someone’s end from going when! — Translated by Kuwait Times on living. And so the circle went on endlessly and was filled with patience and asking for Allah’s mercy. An just when her lovely long black hair started to be invaded by several grey ones, she met Allah’s No proposal to deport fate just before sunset on March 6, 2016, and thus expats: Traffic chief ended her agony. Gentle spring wind finally touched her soft lifeless cheeks for the first time in KUWAIT: Assistant Interior twelve years while carried on a stretcher on an Ministry Undersecretary for ambulance followed by everyone’s tears to her final Traffic Affairs Major General resting place in eternity. Abdullah Al-Muhanna said the On March 7, 2016, she was wrapped in white burial proposal to raise the value of shrouds and perfumed with incense just like a bride traffic fines is with the fatwa and would be seen off to her marriage house on her wed- legislation department, and ding day - instead, she was carried to her grave, which hoped it would be approved is Allah’s will and one cannot but accept it. Kenda left soon. He said the proposal to as a gorgeous bride of heaven and we hope she increase fees for traffic services is would be forgiven after what she had been through. still being studied. Muhanna Kenda’s mother was the one who supervised denied that the traffic sector pre- Abdullah Al-Muhanna preparing her for her eternal journey just the way she sented a cars crushing project, used to do with her young bride before her chronic adding that the traffic department did not and will not pres- fatal injury. The poor mother bid her daughter farewell ent such a project because it violates the law, as the vehicle is with deep sorrow. “Who else am I going to visit every private property and it needs a court verdict, other than this morning, Kenda, after I used to cling to your hospital will be a violation of the law. Muhanna said “there is no pro- bed for the past 23 years?!” the mother said. posal with regards to deporting expatriates for some viola- Please forgive us, dear daughter, if we ever did you tions”. He said the word “deportation” is not said to frighten wrong. We could only spread love and hope around Ooredoo gives Diamond Sponsorship expats, and it is not up to personal opinion, but it is according you during your misery, but our only consolation is to procedures, and it is only for driving without a license and that everybody prayed for your salvation and Allah’s transporting passengers illegally. — Al-Rai mercy. We were consoled by the crowds of people to the 18th Career Fair of GUST condoling us at your funeral including friends, family and loved ones. Please forgive me, Kenda....I will stop Helping young graduates carve a bright future KFH sponsors GCC here. I can write no more because I can no longer see the lines my dear, as this is the first time I ever write KUWAIT: Ooredoo Kuwait, a member Traffic Week 2016 with tears in my eyes. Farewell, dear daughter! of the international Ooredoo Group, — Translated by Kuwait Times participated in the Gulf University of KUWAIT: “Kuwait Finance House Science and Technology 17th Career (KFH) is keen on supporting the Fair as platinum sponsor. The fair was official authorities’ efforts and inaugurated by the Undersecretary of participating in the society-ori- Crime the Ministry of State for Youth Affairs ented activities as part of its cor- porate social responsibility and Sheikha Alzain Al-Sabah, and received Report pioneering role in serving the visitors for two days. Ooredoo was society,” said Public Relations available at the event and was headed Filipina stabbed in the eye Manager Yousef Abdullah Al- by Chief of Human Resources and Ruwaieh. He added in a press KUWAIT: A Filipina woman was stabbed in her eye by her Administration Services Saleh Al- release on the occasion of spon- husband, a citizen, who was reportedly under the influence Houti. soring the GCC Unified Traffic Yousef Al-Ruwaieh of drugs. The woman was rushed to hospital while her hus- Driven by its social responsibility, Week 2016, that KFH spares no band escaped. A call came to police from a house in Ooredoo is keen to take part in such efforts in taking part in the activities of the GCC unified week Mahboula from neighbors about the attack against the occasions as it is always willing to sup- that aim at increasing the awareness and achieving safety and woman. Police and paramedics went to the building and port youth and help them reach their security for the residents and citizens of the GCC countries. He rushed the woman to hospital. Police are investigating. potential and shape their career paths. indicated that safety and security traffic is important factor in In a statement to the press, achieving development and prosperity in any country. Ooredoo Chief of Human Resources Ruwaieh explained that KFH has been participating in this and Administration Services said: annual event for the seventh year in a row, emanating from its Fake mobile phones the benefits of working for Ooredoo knowledge to the professional world. firm belief in the importance of synergy and concerted efforts The Commercial supervision department at the “Youth have a major part in our corpo- rate social responsibility program. We and the different career growth oppor- Ooredoo is known for its dynamic of both private and public sectors for the sake of urging driv- Ministry of Commerce and Industry uncovered a fake ers and pedestrians to adhere to traffic rules and respect the strongly believe in the role they play in tunities provided by the company, as and fresh corporate culture where new goods operation in mobile phones. The action was law, which highlights the country’s civilized face. creating a better future. We especially well as internship opportunities. ideas are nurtured and everyone is under direct supervision by Assistant Undersecretary This is not the first time that given a fair chance to grow and maxi- Moreover, he hailed the strong ties between KFH and the believe in talented Kuwaiti youth, who Ministry of Interior, underscoring the key role of policemen in for Supervision and Consumer Protection Affairs Eid Ooredoo has taken part in a job fair; it mize their potential. Ooredoo employ- Al-Rashidi. More than 72 smart phones were confiscat- can be partners in our success as a minimizing traffic congestions and achieving the highest lev- telecom service provider operating in has successfully participated in several ees are always given opportunities to els of traffic security. He said that all GCC countries celebrate ed along with hundreds of stickers, and all phones are job fairs in the past. The company’s develop their skills and enhance their Chinese made, but the stickers are replaced to show Kuwait.” Ooredoo Kuwait’s Human the GCC traffic week, revealing that it is filled with activities Resources representatives were pres- aim is to open new horizons for the knowledge through extensive training that encompass workshops, seminars, distributing leaflets and they were made in Korea to sell them for a higher ambitious youth by giving them an programs along with new challenges price. — Al-Rai, Al-Anbaa ent at the Ooredoo’s booth and awareness brochures for road users in collaboration and coor- briefed thousands of students about opportunity to apply their educational to develop their interests. dination with ministries and official bodies. Crackdown on part-time domestic helpers soon

KUWAIT: Director of the Domestic Labor Department at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MSAL) Mohammed Al-Ajmi announced his department’s inten- tion to launch various inspection campaigns before the month of Ramadan to pursue ‘part-time’ domestic helpers working for expats and citizens for limited hours. Ajmi added that very strict measures would be followed with both helpers and those who hire them, in addition to any fake domestic labor offices involved. “Arrested helpers will be deported and those hiring them will be punished,” stressed Ajmi, noting that ads offering such services have been prevailing on social media. Ajmi explained that many complaints had been filed by citizens conned by fake labor offices offering domestic helpers for KD 150-200 each, which is a very low price compared to the usual rate, and after paying KUWAIT: Kuwait Journalists Association’s (KJA) ordinary general assembly meeting unanimously approved the board of directors’ financial and administrative reports for the sum and working for a fortnight or so, the helper the year 2015. The meeting took place at the KJA building in Shuwaikh, with attendance of KJA board members as well as representatives from the Ministry of Social Affairs usually fled the house. — Al-Anbaa and Labor (MSAL) and Al-Buzai auditing office. TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016

Qaeda claims deadly Indian student hacked to death for intercaste marriage attack in Ivory Coast

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ANKARA: Police forensic officials work at the explosion site in Ankara, Turkey yesterday. A senior government official said thatthorities au believe the attack was carried out by two bombers, one of them a woman, and was the work of Kurdish militants. It was the second deadly attack blamed on Kurdish militants in the capital in the past month. — AP Turkey pounds PKK after Ankara bombing Death toll hits 37; One of the bombers ‘female PKK militant’

ANKARA: Turkish warplanes pounded Kurdish rebel another suicide car bombing in Ankara on February 17 victims, lashed out at the authorities for failing to pre- bases in northern Iraq yesterday, the day after a sui- which targeted military personnel and killed 29 peo- vent Sunday’s carnage.”People have been talking about What would US foreign policy cide car bomb tore through downtown Ankara killing ple. That attack was claimed by the Kurdistan another bomb attack coming for more than a week but at least 36 people, the third attack on the capital in five Freedom Falcons (TAK), linked to the PKK, which said it the government took no precautions and didn’t warn look like under Donald Trump? months. There was no immediate claim of responsibili- was revenge for operations by the Turkish military in anyone,” he said. “We are very afraid because the gov- ty for the latest carnage, which reduced cars and buses the southeast of the country. ernment doesn’t care about the people of this country.” WASHINGTON: By his own admission, Donald scenario” in which his country would pay for a to charred hulks on a busy road in the heart of the city, Trump has no foreign policy advisors. But that wall. He also criticized Trump’s “strident rheto- wounding more than 120 people. ‘Didn’t warn anyone’ ‘Red flame’ hasn’t stopped the billionaire real estate devel- ric,” comparing it to the rise of dictators Adolf But Ankara believes one of the bombers was a oper from making outrageous declarations on Hitler and Benito Mussolini. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Turkey had One man caught up in the bombing said he his foreign policy plans if elected president. So woman with ties to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ “concrete information” on the group behind Sunday’s escaped death by flinging himself out of his car. “It far, the Republican frontrunner has said he ‘Islam hates us’ Party, a Turkish official said yesterday. Hours after the attack, saying results from inquiry would be made pub- exploded, there was a red flame that came out,” he said, would force Mexico to build a border wall to Trump said in November he had seen pic- attack, Turkish F-16 and F-4 fighter bombers hit arms lic soon. “One attacker is believed to be a woman with saying the force of the blast pushed his car backwards. “I keep illegal immigrants out of the US. He tures of Muslims in the United States celebrat- depots and shelters of the outlawed Kurdistan links to the PKK,” a Turkish official said yesterday, with- threw myself out and then I can’t remember anything wants to deport 11 million illegal immigrants, ing after the terror attacks on September 11, Workers’ Party (PKK) in mountainous northern Iraq, the out giving further details. Officials say Sunday’s attack- else.” The timing of Sunday’s attack is awkward for ban Muslims from entering the country and 2001 — an urban legend that has been army said, quoted by the state-run Anatolia news ers deliberately targeted the bus stop close to Kizilay Ankara, coming as it seeks to persuade the European suggested wiping out the Islamic State debunked. But Trump has called for a ban on agency. The strikes came as the government square, a bustling commercial and transport hub near Union to speed up its application to join the bloc. Since extremist group with a massive military opera- Muslims entering the country, to keep out announced three more deaths overnight from the parliament, prime minister’s office and foreign December, Turkish security forces have been waging a tion. “I think Islam hates us,” he declared about would-be jihadists. On Wednesday, he went Sunday’s huge explosion at a bus stop near a busy embassies. The fact that extremists were able to strike major campaign against the PKK following the collapse the world’s second-largest religion with 1.6 bil- even further, telling CNN: “I think Islam hates square in central Ankara. again in the heart of the Turkish capital, so close to so of a ceasefire in the middle of last year. lion followers. Trump threatens trade war with us.” He repeated the assertion the following “As of this morning... we lost three more citizens in many sensitive buildings and so soon after February’s Ankara has vowed to wipe out the PKK, classed as a China, Japan and Mexico if they don’t “behave,” evening during a debate with his Republican hospital,” Health Minister Mehmet Muezzinoglu said. attack will raise questions about the country’s ability to terrorist organization by Turkey and its Western allies. and wants a closer relationship with Russian rivals, saying “many” of the world’s 1.6 billion He gave an overall toll of 37, but said this included at deal with the twin threat of Kurdish rebels and the President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said late Sunday that the President Vladimir Putin, whom he admires. Muslims “hate” America. least one attacker and possibly two. By yesterday Islamic State (IS) group. Turkey has been hit by a string government would “never abandon its right to legitimate morning, the area was locked down under heavy secu- of major attacks since the middle of last year, most of defense against the terrorist menace”. Erdogan has reject- No team No rules rity, with armed police standing guard and forensic them blamed on the IS group. Three of them have tar- ed the TAK claim of February’s attack, insisting it was the There’s no clarity on who will guide his for- Washington has been pounding Islamic experts picking through the scene. The military said geted Ankara, including a double suicide bombing in work of the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units eign policy or whom he would consider tap- State targets in Iraq and Syria with an air cam- the PKK targets were hit “with precision”, with a October that left 103 people dead. As recently as Friday, (YPG), which Ankara regards as a branch of the PKK. The ping as his Secretary of State. Asked by MSNBC paign. Trump has proposed a solution to the spokesman for the rebels confirming the strikes and the US embassy issued a warning about a possible plot issue has driven a wedge between Ankara and its ally who will be the “giants” on his foreign policy threat posted by the extremist group: “Cut the saying that so far, there was no clear picture of the to attack central Ankara, advising American citizens to Washington, which works with the YPG as the only effec- team, the Republican candidate said Tuesday: head of ISIS and take their oil.” He has also pro- damage caused. Sunday’s attack bore similarities to avoid the area. Nihat Gorgulu, the uncle of one of the tive force combating IS in Syria. — AFP “Yes, there is a team,” before immediately back- moted torturing terrorists and targeting their tracking. “Well, there’s not a team,” he acknowl- family members. Trump then changed his tune edged. “I have met with far more than three and said that if elected, he would respect the Lebanon ‘You Stink’ protesters slow traffic people, and I will be forming a team at the laws of the country. Later, he again amended appropriate time.” The businessman with no his position, announcing what he would do is political experience boasted of the support of amend the law banning torture, a necessary BEIRUT: Lebanese protesters slowed Naameh, just south of Beirut. On a Republican senator from Alabama, Jeff step because “we are playing by the rules, but rush hour traffic on several highways Saturday, the government said it Sessions, and noted his “great respect” for they have no rules.” leading towards Beirut yesterday would temporarily reopen a landfill, Richard Haass, a former diplomat and head of after authorities said they would but “You Stink” and other civil society the New York-based Council on Foreign ‘Powerful leader’ Putin reopen a landfill to ease an eight- movements that oppose the plan Relations. Haass acknowledged meeting Trump While relations between Washington and month rubbish crisis. One activist pledged to block roads and called for in August, but made clear in a Twitter post he Moscow have been strained for years, Trump braved rain and laid down on the a general strike. The activists’ does not endorse candidates but has briefed often defends Putin, calling the Russian president highway leading north from the capi- demands include a transfer of waste “a powerful leader” and saying he would “get several, both Democrats and Republicans. US tal, an activist from the “You Stink” management to municipalities and a media reported that 110 Republican foreign pol- along very well” with him. Putin has returned flat- icy veterans have signed a letter saying Trump’s tering comments, hailing the “tremendous” movement said, adding that she was boosting of the country’s rubbish views on foreign policy would undermine US Trump as “talented without any doubt.” then detained. recycling capabilities. Some 3,000 security. Privately, US diplomats say their foreign The AFP journalist saw dozens of protesters marched to central Beirut counterparts are concerned about the effects of Trade wars activists on a highway southeast of on Saturday, demanding a perma- a Trump presidency on the country’s relation- Like Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders, Beirut, standing in the middle of the nent solution to the crisis, with some ships with the rest of the world. Trump denounces free trade agreements, say- thoroughfare to block traffic for sev- carrying banners calling for the “fall ing current deals have done nothing good for eral minutes before being pushed of the government”. The wall the country. “It’s not good when you don’t back by security forces. “Today we are In past demonstrations, protesters From the very beginning of his campaign, have the right people representing you,” he sending a message to the govern- have repeatedly rejected the reopen- Trump has accused Mexico of sending drug said, promising better negotiated deals in the ment, these were symbolic actions,” ing of the Naameh landfill, calling for dealers, criminals and rapists across the border future and protectionist measures or trade said activist Assad Thebian. “We are in BEIRUT: A Lebanese demonstrator lies holding her national flag block- a comprehensive and long-term solu- into the United States. To stop illegal immigra- wars against China, Japan and Mexico. He also ing the Dawra road, a major highway leading towards Beirut - slowing tion, Trump has proposed not only building a accused China and Japan of currency manipu- discussion with unions and organiza- tion to the crisis. Naameh was set up tions to step up our action down rush hour traffic, in protest after authorities said they would in the early 1990s as a temporary giant wall along the southern US border but lation. “There is a serious threat from Trump of reopen a landfill to ease an eight-month rubbish crisis. — AFP also forcing Mexico to pay for the project esti- a real protectionist backlash imposing new for next time.” While traffic on two measure. Earlier this month “You mated to cost $8 billion. Mexican President tariffs on imports,” said Edward Alden of the of the three highways where activists stayed put on the Dawra highway, in mountain forests and river beds Stink” posted on its Facebook page a Enrique Pena Nieto has made clear “there is no Council on Foreign Relations. — AFP had gathered was flowing normally north of Beirut, Thebian said. across Lebanon since the closure in jarring video of mountains of trash again by mid-morning, protesters Rubbish has piled up on beaches, July of the country’s largest landfill at festering across Lebanon. —AFP INTERNATIONAL TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016 Rise of jihadists in Yemen may be unstoppable

ADEN: Rivals Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State including Aden, which were recaptured more powerful than ever”, according to group are cementing their presence in from the rebels last summer. US-based intelligence consultancy The south Yemen in the absence of state author- Soufan Group. ity and little opposition from pro-govern- War’s ‘main beneficiaries’ “The Islamic State is nowhere near as ment Arab coalition forces, experts say. For And now jihadists from Al-Qaeda in the strong as AQAP,” it argued in a report on IS. the first time since its campaign against Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and IS are exploit- The IS branch in Yemen was created by Al- Iran-backed Shiite rebels in Yemen began ing this to broaden their influence. “AQAP Qaeda defectors in November 2014, and almost a year ago, warplanes from the Sunni and IS are arguably the war’s principal bene- carried out its first attacks the following Saudi-led coalition this weekend targeted ficiaries,” an International Crisis Group report March, targeting Shiite mosques in Sanaa. jihadists in Aden. said last month. The two Sunni militant “What it lacks in numbers and support Analysts fear such action may be short- groups, “ideological enemies” of Shiite it makes up for in extreme violence and a lived, however, and that the growing Houthis that also dismiss Hadi’s government determination to gain a lasting foothold in jihadist power in the south may be unstop- as apostate, have “moved their fighters into yet another collapsing state,” The Soufan pable. In three months, 150 people have the space vacated by the two sides”, the ICG Group said. been killed in clashes in Yemen’s second city added. “Weapons and resources directed to AQAP ruled the southern province of and temporary capital Aden, where jihadists the anti-Houthi opposition have seeped Abyan for a year before being driven out control some districts in defiance of the into AQAP/IS hands, a trend likely to contin- in June 2012. But last April it seized authorities and the coalition. Critics of the ue if the Houthis retreat further,” it said. Hadramawt’s provincial capital Mukalla government hold officials responsible for Weakened loyalist forces have relied on sup- and nearby oil installations. From Mukalla, the rise of the jihadists, accusing some of port from local Popular Resistance militia- AQAP has moved to regain its foothold in collaborating with militants and sometimes men in their fight against the Houthis and southern provinces including Abyan last even arming them. allied troops loyal to former president Ali year and nearby Lahj and Shabwa. But one Western military expert said the Abdullah Saleh. But Popular Resistance “Every day, Al-Qaeda sets up a new relationship between jihadist groups and recruits were drawn from Islamist Salafists as checkpoint without mounting its flag,” the recently reestablished state in south well as southern separatists and jihadists, said Abdelbari Al-Marqashi, a resident of Yemen “is no alliance”. “There is a de facto according to Zeid Al-Sallami, a Yemeni Zinjibar city in Abyan. As for IS, Hadi cohabitation,” the expert said. The state’s expert on Islamist groups. RADA: An Al-Qaeda militant sits with his gun in the city of Rada, 130km (85 miles) accuses his predecessor of using it for his grip collapsed when Houthi rebels overran After recapturing the southern provinces, southeast of the Yemeni capital Sanaa. Rivals Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State own ends. The group is “manipulated by the capital Sanaa unopposed in September Hadi ordered the militiamen to be integrat- group are cementing their presence in south Yemen in the absence of state Ali Abdullah Saleh,” he said in an inter- 2014. Iran’s regional rival Saudi Arabia ed in the army and police. But this process authority and little opposition from pro-government Arab coalition forces, view with Saudi daily Okaz. Jihadists are scrambled to mount an Arab air campaign was hampered by a “lack of financial means experts say. — AFP implementing a “strategy of expanding last March after the Houthis advanced on and the absence of a clear mechanism to Al-Qaeda benefited most. “Thanks to their AQAP ‘more powerful’ their territories”, a diplomat warned. the south where President Abedrabbo make it work”, said Ali Al-Ahmadi, a former financial means, Al-Qaeda and IS attracted Al-Qaeda has been active in Yemen for “There is a risk of ending up with a sub- Mansour Hadi had taken refuge. Hadi’s Popular Resistance chief. “Frustrated, num- hundreds of ignored resistance fighters and more than 20 years and is well entrenched. stitution caliphate (Islamic regime) in administration has failed to establish its bers of resistance fighters ended up joining bought weapons stocked in Aden and the Although many of its leaders have been Yemen if they (Islamists) are defeated in authority fully in five southern provinces, Al-Qaeda and IS,” said Ahmadi, adding that rest of the south,” he said. killed in US drone strikes, AQAP is “today Iraq and Syria.” — AFP Border attack feeding Tunisia’s fears of Libya jihadist spillover TUNIS: The signal to attack came from the Ben Guerdan, we know their faces. They mosque, sending dozens of Islamist fighters knew where to find the house of the count- storming through the Tunisian town of Ben er-terrorist police chief,” one witness, Sabri Guerdan to hit army and police posts in Ben Saleh said. “They were driving round in street battles that lit the dawn sky with trac- a car filled with weapons, my neighbors er bullets. Militants used a megaphone to said they knew some of them.” Troops have chant “God is Great,” and reassure residents killed 14 more militants around Ben they were Islamic State, there to save the Guerdan since Monday. Others have been town near the Libyan border from the arrested and more weapons seized. “tyrant” army. Most were Tunisians them- selves, with local accents, and even some Islamic State familiar faces, officials and witnesses to Officials say they are still determining if Monday’s attack said. the militants had been in Libya before or Hours later, 36 militants were dead, had returned from fighting with Islamic along with 12 soldiers and seven civilians, in State overseas. But that such a large num- an assault authorities described as an ber of militants and arms were in Tunisia is attempt by Islamic State to carve out terrain no surprise. After its revolt in 2011 to topple in Tunisia. Whether Islamic State aimed to Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia has strug- hold territory as they have in Iraq, Syria and gled with growing Islamic militancy. More Libya, or intended only to dent Tunisia’s than 3,000 Tunisians have left to fight with already battered security, is unclear and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, according to group has yet to officially claim the attack. government estimates. Tunisian security But as fuller details of the Ben Guerdan sources say many are with Islamic State in fighting emerge, the incident highlights the Libya. Gunmen trained in Libya were risk Tunisia faces from home-grown blamed for attacks on tourists at the Bardo jihadists drawn to Iraq, Syria and Libya, and Museum in Tunis a year ago and at a beach who have threatened to bring their war hotel in Sousse in June. back home. Despite Tunisian forces’ prepa- Tunisians also play a major role in Islamic rations to confront returning fighters, and State in Libya where they run training their defeat of militants in Ben Guerdan, camps, according to Tunisian security Monday’s assault shows how the country is sources. But the scale of Monday’s attack vulnerable to violence spilling over from was unprecedented. The militants were SERBIAN-HUNGARIAN BORDER: Bara’ah Alhammadi, 10, a Syrian migrant, is carried on the back of her father as they make their way along a Libya as Islamic State expands there. well-organized, handing out weapons to railway track after crossing the Serbian-Hungarian border near Roszke, southern Hungary. — AP Authorities are still investigating the Ben their fighters from a vehicle moving Guerdan attack. But most of the militants through the city, with knowledge of the appear to have been already in the town, town and its military barracks. “We came with a few brought in from Libya. Arms across a group of terrorists with their Syrian war creates child caches were deposited around the city Kalashnikovs, and they told us: ‘Don’t worry before the assault. “Most of them were from we are not here to target you. —Reuters refugees, child soldiers ‘No Place for Children’

BEIRUT: Syria’s five-year-old conflict has created groups, including Oxfam, said UN figures dren. Some 2.8 million Syrian children in Syria or 2.4 million child refugees, killed many and led to showed at least 50,000 people had been killed neighboring countries are not attending school. the recruitment of children as fighters, some as since April 2014. Dozens of schools and hospitals were attacked young as seven, UN children’s fund UNICEF said in 2015, according to aid groups. “Half of all yesterday. Its report “No Place for Children” said Child soldiers, no school medical staff have fled Syria and only one third more than 8 million children in Syria and neigh- “A trend of particular concern is the increase of hospitals are functional. Each doctor used to boring countries needed humanitarian assis- in child recruitment,” UNICEF said. “Children look after the needs of around 600 people - now tance, with the international response plan for report being actively encouraged to join the war it’s up to 4,000,” UNICEF said. Syria chronically underfunded. by parties to the conflict offering gifts and Syria’s neighbors host the vast majority of its “Twice as many people now live under siege ‘salaries’ of up to $400 a month.” Since 2014, war- 4.8 million refugees. Europe hosts an eighth of or in hard-to-reach areas compared with 2013. ring sides have recruited younger children, it the number residing in those countries, it said. At least two million of those cut off from assis- said, some as young as seven. More than half of The separate joint aid agency report, “Fuelling tance are children, including more than 200,000 children recruited in cases UNICEF verified in the fire”, criticized world powers including in areas under siege,” it said. The UN says more 2015 were under 15. Children have been filmed Russia, Britain, the United States, France, Turkey, than 450,000 people are under siege. Cases of executing prisoners in grisly propaganda videos Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Iran, which had “intensi- starvation have been reported this year in areas by the Islamic State group. fied their military engagement in Syria”. “To vary- surrounded by government forces and their Outside Syria, 306,000 Syrian children have ing degrees, these states - which should play a BENGHAZI: Damaged buildings and a burnt out car are seen in the Hawari area, allies near Damascus, and by Islamic State in been born as refugees, it said. UN refugee key role in ending the suffering in Syria - are south-west of the city of Benghazi. The leader of Islamic State group in Libya says the eastern Syria. Violence continues despite a frag- agency UNHCR says nearly 70,000 Syrian refugee actively contributing to that very suffering,” it North African country has become a “destination” for jihadists, with the numbers of ile cessation of hostilities reached last month. children have been born in Lebanon alone. said. UN-brokered peace talks open on Monday fighters having doubled in recent months, but added that his group has struggled to UNICEF said 400 children were killed in 2015. A UNICEF said 3.7 million children had been born in Geneva to seek an end to a conflict that has spread across Libya because of rivalries between militants. — AP separate report on Friday by a number of aid since the conflict began, a third of all Syrian chil- killed more than 250,000 people. — Reuters Syria war begins 6th year as US, Russia pull the strings BEIRUT: The United States and Russia are pulling of the complex war to broker a landmark truce own air war backing Assad after a devastating major turning point for pro-Assad forces, shoring pull through on its own. It’s Tehran, the regime’s the strings in Syria’s five-year war, experts say, that has been holding since February 27. string of losses for the regime in the spring and up their positions in the south, centre, and north. other ally, that sounded the alarm,” a foreign pressuring opposing sides and leveraging rival summer of 2015. Moscow’s intervention was a “Moscow long believed that the regime would diplomat in Damascus said. “Iranian officials went regional powers to reach a settlement. As the ‘Monopoly over Syria’ to Moscow to tell the Russians that if they didn’t conflict enters its sixth year, the embattled “The US and Russia have taken command of, intervene immediately, the regime would col- regime and fractured opposition are in Geneva and have a monopoly over, the Syrian issue,” says lapse,” the diplomat says. for indirect peace talks hosted by United Nations Joseph Bahout, a visiting scholar at the Carnegie peace envoy Staffan de Mistura. But the real Endowment in Washington. Bassel Salloukh, ‘New world order’ solution, experts say, is in Russian and American political science professor at the Lebanese “Asking the Syrian actors to agree has proven hands. “The two great powers talk among them- American University of Beirut, agrees. “Indeed, unsuccessful... because their ideological and ter- selves by phone or in meetings around the what started as a non-violent movement ritorial disagreements are so profound,” says world. Then they inform their Syrian allies and de demanding reforms metamorphosed into an Joshua Landis, director of the Center for Middle Mistura what they’ve decided,” says veteran overlapping domestic, regional, and internation- East Studies at the University of Oklahoma. “But opposition figure Haytham Manaa. al struggle over Syria,” Salloukh says. He expects all actors are so entirely dependent on their “Then, Russia and the US give the regional that “the strategic interests of Russia and the US sponsors that they must comply with the wishes powers the red lines they’re not supposed to will determine the shape of the settlement in of their armourers.” But Russian and American cross. The US bans the Turks from a ground incur- Syria rather than the aspirations of its peoples.” leverage over warring parties in Syria has its lim- sion in Syria and asks the Saudis to stop sending Both the US and Russia were hesitant to become its. About half of Syrian territory is controlled by arms. Russia does the same thing with Iran,” involved in a conflict as complex and unpre- either IS or Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front, Manaa said. Syria’s conflict began on March 15, dictable as Syria. complicating the current truce deal and a future 2011 with a peaceful protest movement calling “The notion that we could have... changed settlement. And Assad’s regime has occasionally for President Bashar al-Assad to step down. But the equation on the ground there was never spoken out of turn. In an interview with AFP in the uprising turned violent after the government true,” US President Barack Obama has told The February, Assad said he sought to regain control launched a brutal crackdown on dissent, and its Atlantic magazine reporter Jeffrey Goldberg. over all of Syria, spurring the Russian govern- key players became the various armed forces- When the United States did finally get militarily ment to slap him down. “Russia has invested very regime, opposition, jihadist, Kurdish-and their involved in Syria in September 2014, it was as seriously in this crisis, politically, diplomatically respective backers. Russia and the United States part of a bombing campaign against the Islamic A general view taken from the Al-Qaboun rebel held northeastern suburb of the capital and now also militarily,” Vitaly Churkin, Russia’s have exerted their influence over opposing sides State group. One year later, Russia launched its Damascus shows damaged buildings in the nearby Jobar neighborhood. — AFP envoy to the UN, said at the time. —AFP TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016 INTERNATIONAL Trump drives White House race down ugly road

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s gladiator- have become the norm at the billionaire real nents, and said he would consider paying the Trump called them professional “thugs” and seizing a chance to bring the frontrunner style politics may have finally caught up with estate mogul’s rallies. After accusing legal fees for a supporter who sucker-punched agitators behind a “planned attack.” down a notch, have also been unanimous in him, as the Republican’s rivals accuse him of Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders of infil- someone at a Trump rally. The incidents earned Trump a sharp condemning the rally chaos. “I think it is turning the White House race into a violent trating his rallies with disruptive protesters, Yet the bombastic billionaire refuses to rebuke from President Barack Obama, who going to be a rocky road out there for a circus and analysts warn of more trouble Trump vowed to sends his own militants to admit any responsibility for violence, insist- urged the candidates vying to replace him to while,” McCorkle said. If Trump and Clinton ahead. Can the genie be put back in the bot- the Vermont senator’s gatherings. Sanders, ing his rallies are friendly, peaceful affairs reject “insults and schoolyard taunts” and win their party nominations, Schmidt predict- tle now that mounting tensions pitting speaking at a CNN townhall Sunday, had a even as he continuously pushes the bound- “violence against other Americans.” ed, “the campaign after this summer is going Trump’s angry, frustrated crowds against simple response: “Donald Trump is a patho- aries of acceptability with his verbal provo- Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton blunt- to be one of the nastiest presidential cam- equally fired-up protesters have tipped over logical liar.” cations. “His rhetoric is inciting the thuggery ly accused Trump of “political arson.” Trump’s paigns since Thomas Jefferson,” in the early into violence? There is increasing doubt on spilling over at his rallies,” a Post editorial three remaining rivals for the nomination, 19th century. —AFP the question, says Steffen Schmidt of Iowa Bloody noses, broken bones read. Trump has justified violent outbursts State University who grimly predicts “tensions Does this mean the clashes, insults and by some of his supporters in the name of and violence at political events will increase beefed-up security presence are now part rightful “anger.” In such a climate, it is little sharply” on the long road to the November and parcel of this White House race? Some wonder his rallies have become a magnet election. fear it openly. “Trump has lit a fire. Can it be for anti-racism activists, defenders of immi- In a campaign already marked by foul lan- contained?” asked The Washington Post. Not grants and minorities as well as libertarian guage and below-the-belt attacks in the likely, says Schmidt. “Trump supporters will and anarchist groups. Republican camp, the weekend of March 11- now go to Sanders events and ‘disrupt’ them. 13 marked a shocking new low. First, Trump Then Sanders supporters will hit back and Genie out of bottle was forced to cancel a rally on Friday as there will be many bloody noses and broken “Trump has attracted these protester- ardent Trump supporters and opponents bones at these and also other Trump events,” types-they are not Bernie Sanders’s... but came to blows in chaotic scenes in Chicago. he predicted. “Politics is not a polite game,” he fringe-types and fringe-personalities and Then, early Saturday, a man tried to rush on said. “Politics is a contact sport.” hard-core activists who want to engage,” stage in Ohio before Secret Service quickly Trump has created many foes in what just Duke University associate professor Pope stopped him and surrounded Trump. That nine months ago seemed no more than a “Mac” McCorkle said. “It might have some same evening, police used pepper spray on quixotic endeavor, fanning the flames of short-term gains in driving even more of his anti-Trump protesters in Kansas City, Missouri, hatred and emboldening his most ardent sup- committed people to the polls, but as a long- saying they had been infiltrated with “known porters along the way. By unleashing diatribes term it’s a loser. “It’s a bit like the genie out of anarchists, outside agitators.” against Washington, insults against his rivals- the bottle: I think these demonstrators are The weekend violence came after dozens from “little” Marco Rubio to “liar” Ted Cruz-stig- going to keep on appearing at his rallies and I of campaign stops where Trump has encour- matizing Muslims and Hispanics, Trump stands don’t know how you put it back into the bot- aged the crowd to verbally and physically accused of fanning hatred and spurring his tle.” It was already common for one or a hand- mistreat protesters. Rowdy standoffs partisans to violence. The Republican frontrun- ful of protesters to disrupt Trump’s speeches, FLORIDA: Audience members cheer at a Republican presidential candi- between pro- and anti-Trump protesters- ner has openly spoken of wanting to “punch... only to be thrown out of the room. But in date Donald Trump campaign rally in Boca Raton, Fla. —AP often with a racial edge to them-appear to in the face” or “knock the crap” out of oppo- Chicago on Friday, there were thousands. Record Brazil protests put Rousseff’s future in doubt Rallies may quicken impeachment process

SAO PAULO: Hundreds of thousands of and-green national colors chanted “Dilma out” tronics, but we still don’t have health, education Brazilians flooded the streets on Sunday in the and waved banners that read “Stop the corrup- and basic sanitation,” said Paulo Santos, a waiter biggest ever protests calling for President Dilma tion” while music blared from nearby trucks. “The who stopped at the demonstration which Rousseff’s removal, reflecting rising popular country is at a standstill and we are fighting to packed the beach-front avenue in Rio de Janeiro anger that could encourage Congress to keep our company afloat,” said small business before heading to work. impeach the leftist leader. The demonstrations owner Monica Giana Micheletti, 49, at the Sao were the latest in a wave of anti-government ral- Paulo demonstration. “We have reached rock Anti-political establishment lies that lost momentum late last year but have bottom.” Many blame Rousseff for sinking the Many protesters voiced support for Sergio regained strength as a sweeping corruption economy into its worst recession in at least 25 Moro, the judge overseeing the two-year-old investigation nears Rousseff’s inner circle. years. Opinion polls show that more than half of investigation into a network of political kick- From the Amazon jungle city of Manaus to Brazilians favor the impeachment of the presi- backs and bribes centered on state oil company the business hub of Sao Paulo and the capital dent, re-elected for a second four-year term in Petrobras. Some held banners that read “We are Brasilia, protesters marched in a nationwide call 2014. all Moro” after the judge’s uncompromising tac- for Rousseff to step down, raising pressure on Rousseff, who insists she will not quit, is the tics have been criticized by the government. The lawmakers to back ongoing impeachment pro- latest leftist leader in Latin America to face demonstrators took aim at politicians from ceedings against her that just a few weeks ago upheaval as a decade-long commodities boom across the spectrum, including Rousseff’s oppo- appeared to be doomed. Police estimates from that fueled breakneck growth and social spend- nents, as they vented their frustration with a rul- more than 150 cities compiled by news website ing comes to an abrupt end. Ahead of the ing class that has been widely exposed in the G1 showed around 3 million Brazilians partici- demonstrations, tensions were high after Sao graft probe, known as ‘Operation Carwash’. pated in the demonstrations. Some police esti- Paulo state prosecutors requested on Thursday Dozens of companies and senior business mates of previous protests have proved to be the arrest of Rousseff’s predecessor and political executives have also been implicated. The head exaggerated. mentor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, on money-laun- of the opposition PSDB party, Aecio Neves, and Polling firm Datafolha estimated 500,000 dering charges. A judge still has to decide on the several of his colleagues were insulted by pro- demonstrators in Sao Paulo, the biggest rally in request, which can be rejected. testers when they took part in the demonstra- the city’s history and more than twice the size of As in previous protests, Sunday’s rallies were tion in Sao Paulo, local media reported. “Brazil a major protest a year ago. The military police led by middle-class Brazilians angry over grow- needs to find a new and virtuous path and we MANAUS: Thousands of demonstrators protest against Brazilian President put the figure at 1.4 million at the height of the ing allegations of corruption in Rousseff’s will help the country find that path,” said Neves, demonstration. Government sources contacted administration. No violence was reported. Poor who narrowly lost the 2014 election to Rousseff Dilma Rousseff, the federal government, ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da by Reuters acknowledged the demonstrations Brazilians, who form the base of the ruling and has called for new polls. In Brasilia, protest- Silva and the corruption cases being reported and currently investigated in were bigger than anti-government rallies in Workers’ Party support, have not turned out in ers inflated a giant doll of Lula wearing a striped Manaus, Amazonas, northern Brazil. Some three million Brazilians enraged March 2015, which gathered as many as 1 mil- great numbers in recent protests. But their sup- prison uniform and chained to a ball that read at corruption, recession and demanding the removal of leftist President lion people. port for Rousseff has faded as unemployment “Operation Carwash”. Police estimated about Dilma Rousseff demonstrated across Latin America’s biggest nation In the skyscraper-lined Avenue Paulista in Sao rises and inflation climbs. “This government 100,000 protesters took part, but that figure Sunday. —AFP Paulo, a sea of protesters wearing Brazil’s yellow- helped many people buy homes, cars and elec- could not be independently confirmed. Trouble remains after revival of failed for-profit US schools

WASHINGTON: Significant problems percent and shuttered some of its worst “I graduated in April at the top of my remain at a formerly for-profit college performing programs. More changes are class, with honors,” said Shane Satterfield, that the Obama administration rescued planned, although an AP review found a roofer in Georgia who now owes more from near collapse, an Associated Press Everest is still operating largely accord- than $30,000 in debt for the associate’s review has found, despite new federal ing to Corinthian’s for-profit business degree in computer science he complet- oversight and pledges of a turnaround model. ed last year. “And I can’t get a job paying by the schools’ current nonprofit owner. over $8.50 an hour.” Zenith chairman Everest University was once the flagship Debt and jobless David Hawn said many graduates are not brand of Corinthian Colleges Inc, a for- Zenith still recruits students through yet coming out of the school with impor- profit school chain. Allegations of fraud large-scale telemarketing. Major tant career credentials. He said the and mismanagement nearly felled the changes to its curriculum have not yet schools were on the right track and school before the Education Department occurred. It has retained senior would revamp their curriculum to focus on marketable skills. “To suggest that any program that we have today isn’t creating value is grossly overstated,” he said. Zenith is investing more per-pupil in aca- demic instruction, he said, losing $100 million in its first year. Education Department Undersecretary Ted Mitchell said the schools’ transforma- tion is incomplete. He said Everest’s opera- tions have improved and he expects con- tinued progress. “If Zenith is not doing right by its students, we won’t hesitate to act,” he said. Despite Zenith’s acknowl- edgement of Corinthian’s past miscon- duct, many senior Corinthian academic, financial aid and legal officials have stayed on. After the AP asked Zenith why it had retained Diana Scherer - a deputy general counsel who had highlighted her regula- CALIFORNIA: Students wait outside Everest College in Industry, tory and compliance work for Corinthian Calif hoping to get their transcriptions and information on loan for- on LinkedIn - her profile was edited to giveness and transferring credits to other schools. —AP remove references to such work. helped transfer Everest and a sister insti- Corinthian executives in key posts. It Student outcomes tution to Zenith Education Group, a non- continues to recruit students using Hawn defended the former Corinthian profit affiliate of a student-loan debt col- some of the very same ads that employees’ integrity and said any lection firm. Corinthian ran during the same daytime holdover employees reported to newly Zenith pledged to transform Everest, TV talk shows. Recent graduates told installed managers. The AP’s review ending the school’s habit of admitting the AP they are struggling to find work found that Everest continues to advertise “anyone with a pulse” and churning out that would allow them to pay back their programs it had eliminated due to poor unprepared graduates deeply in debt. student loans, raising the prospect that student outcomes. Recruiters then seek But a year after Zenith formally took con- the government is seeding a new crop to direct interested prospective students trol of Corinthian’s flagship Everest of loan defaults. The average post-grad- to other programs. Hawn said the errors brand and its smaller sibling, WyoTech, uation employment rate among were inadvertent. Hawn has said Zenith revolutionary change is hard to find. Everest’s online programs - for which would differentiate itself from its past as a Everest has shrunk to about 15,000 stu- data is most readily available - was less for-profit company, but it maintains some dents from 70,000 at the time of than 46 percent in the academic year practices at odds with virtually all non- Corinthian’s failure, lowered tuition by 20 ended last June. profit schools. —AP INTERNATIONAL TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016 Legal hurdles to EU-Turkey migrant deal BRUSSELS: Leaders of the European whose status may be toughest for Ankara Deportation and resettlement Union and Turkey aim to finalize a broad to change. At present, to enter Turkey, The United Nations top human agreement at a Brussels summit next sponsor of the breakaway state in north- rights official says the plan to send back Thursday and Friday to pave the way to ern Cyprus since 1974, EU citizens from to Turkey everyone, even Syrians, who an end to Europe’s migration crisis. First, Cyprus must accept being registered as lands without the right papers on Greek however, a number of legal obstacles subjects of the “Greek Cypriot islands, risks consisting of illegal “collec- must either be cleared or sidestepped. Administration of Southern Cyprus”. tive and arbitrary expulsions”. Following are the three main issues com- Differences with Cyprus have long ham- Under EU law, all those who claim plicating a deal by which Turkey would pered EU-Turkish relations, although asylum have a right to have their indi- take back all refugees and migrants hopes have risen for a UN-brokered vidual case considered, and to have an reaching Greek islands in return for cash peace settlement to reunite the island. ability to appeal-a process incompatible to help Syrians in Turkey, the resettle- Any agreement on visa waivers requires with swift mass deportations from ment of some Syrians from Turkey to the endorsement by the European remote islands. EU, revived talks on Turkey joining the EU Parliament, where many lawmakers are The legal underpinning of any final and easier EU visas for Turks: uneasy about the risk of Turks abusing accord on expulsions from Greece, as short-stay rules or seeming to reward well as for the return to Turkey of EU visa liberalization for Turks Turkey while accusing its leaders of turn- migrants picked up at sea by NATO war- The EU wants to waive visa require- ing more authoritarian. ships, may well come down to an EU or ments for Turks only once the Ankara Greek declaration that Turkey is a safe government fulfils 72 conditions. A Turkey as a safe third country third country capable of handling the European Commission report of March 4 For Greek and EU authorities to deport relevant asylum claims. found 19 of those were already met and people arriving on Greek islands back to Further clarification is also needed most of the others were met in part. Turkey without processing their claims for LESBOS: A Syrian refugee woman and child are wrapped with thermal blankets on how, and by whom, Syrians will be Three notably need to be implemented: asylum, it is necessary to consider Turkey to shelter from the cold after arriving on a dinghy from the Turkish coast to the selected for resettlement directly from sign a pact with EU police agency a “safe third country”-ie neither the coun- northeastern Greek island of Lesbos. — AP Turkey to the EU. Europol; adopt EU data protection rules; try of arrival nor the migrant’s home ry out such expulsions under a bilateral many refugees, notably Syrians, well, it Europeans would take one Syrian for and waive visa requirements for all EU country-where they will be treated as “readmission” pact between Greece and has limited itself to applying the protec- every one sent back from Greece to citizens whatever their nationality. While refugees under the Geneva Convention. Turkey. But Greek officials have said it has tions of the Geneva Convention only to Turkey-although EU officials say those nationals of nine EU member states need Such determinations are made not at EU as yet no list of safe third countries. And people fleeing from Europe, not other who have gone to Greece will go to the visas to visit Turkey, it is citizens of Cyprus but at national level and the plan is to car- lawyers note that, although Turkey treats parts of the world. “back of the queue”. — Reuters Beaten and discarded, Congolese street children are strangers to mining boom Poverty, overpopulation blamed for rise in numbers

KINSHASA: Kevin Lusongo has been on the streets The statistics on poverty paint a confusing pic- was almost no fighting in Kinshasa, but many peo- since he was 11. He sleeps on a piece of cardboard ture. The government says economic growth has ple fled west to the capital. Mobutu Sese Seko in an unlit parking lot in a poor neighborhood of helped the whole of society but that it wants more ruled the country for decades until 1997 and pro- Kinshasa, behind trucks he hopes can shield him rapid progress. At a news conference in January, vided only minimal social services to the popula- from view. Some nights he’s unlucky. Recently Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo said 50,000 tion. Many citizens now view the government with police came looking for a stolen handbag and beat jobs were created in 2015 and poverty was declin- suspicion and doubt its ability to improve their him up when they didn’t find it, said the boy, who’s ing. The percentage of the population living below lives. Norbert Toe, head of an IMF mission to now 14. Then there are the older children. “Often the national poverty line has dropped to 63 per- Congo, said the mining boom had contributed lit- when you sleep, the others come and burn your cent from over 70 percent since a civil war ended in tle to overall welfare. “Capital comes in, (the com- feet with (flaming) plastic bags,” he said. “The oldest 2003 and more children are completing primary panies) exploit the natural resource, take it out as will see you and take your money. If you complain, school, the government says. exports, and the profits get repatriated,” he said on they beat you severely.” But the IMF says the annual rate of poverty the IMF website. Kevin has the gaunt frame of a boy unused to reduction has hardly budged since the 1990s, Relatively low taxes on the mining sector com- nutritious meals since he was turned out by his fami- when Congo - then called Zaire - was registering pared with countries such as Zambia constrain ly. He works odd jobs, begs and picks through trash negative economic growth. Among so-called world Congo’s annual spending to less than $5 billion, BERLIN: German Chancellor and head of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) to survive. He is one of 25,000 street children in megacities of 10 million or more people, Kinshasa limiting the government’s ability to spend on social Angela Merkel (right) gestures next to Rhineland-Palatinate’s state election candi- Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, a number is expected to record the second-highest annual sectors, he said. date Julia Kloeckner at a press conference at the CDU’s headquarters in Berlin yester- that has nearly doubled in a decade, according to growth rate between 2014 and 2030 at 3.67 per- Some international donors including Britain and day - a day after election in three regional states. — AFP 2014 figures from the UN children’s agency, with cent, according to a UN report, and residents say the United States have also questioned the govern- thousands more in the country’s other cities. Congo lack of government social provision is pushing ment’s spending priorities. In unusually pointed Election setback a ‘wake-up is Africa’s top producer of copper and a mining boom many families towards financial ruin. remarks in Dec 2015, British ambassador Graham has fuelled annual economic growth of 8 percent for Ruth Tumba-Maseu, 15, said she fled her uncle’s Zebedee criticized the government for spending as call’ for German Chancellor five years, one of the highest rates in the world, house in 2014 after he beat her. She slept on the much on the presidency, parliament and the prime according to the International Monetary Fund. streets before being directed by a friend to a centre minister’s office budgets as on primary, secondary BERLIN: Critics of Chancellor Angela Bavaria’s Christian Social Union (CSU), sister But like many commodity-dependent African for girls affiliated with Ndako Ya Biso where she is and technical education. Merkel’s liberal refugee policies called on party to Merkel’s CDU, blamed Merkel’s countries such as Angola and Nigeria, it has strug- now able to live full-time. She said girls sleeping The government allocated just 3.4 percent of its her to change course after voters in three refugee policy for the conservatives’ weak gled to translate export-driven growth into broad- rough were often beaten and sexually abused. “Life 2015 budget to the health sector, roughly the same regional elections punished her conserva- showing in the elections, “We should tell er social gains. It is still suffering the after-effects of in the street isn’t good for girls. The boys think that amount it spent on parliament, according to the tives and flocked to a new anti-immigration people that we get it and that we will draw a civil war in the east that ended in 2003 but left you are there for the taking.” According to Unicef, donors. In response to written questions, Congo’s party that wants German borders closed. the consequences from this election result,” disease, displacement and inter-community vio- girls comprised 26 percent of the population of Budget Minister Michel Bongongo said that close Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) lost he was quoted as saying by newspaper lence in its wake. Kinshasa to the west is groaning street children in 2006 but now account for about to 30 percent of the government’s spending in support in all three states - the industrial websites. under one of the world’s fastest-growing urban 44 percent. “The conditions are deteriorating,” said 2014 went toward “improving the living conditions state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, the wine- populations. Outside the well-heeled city centre, REEJER’s Mabwa. “You see terrible overcrowding. of the population”, including on health, education, growing region of Rhineland-Palatinate Crushing defeat there is little sign of prosperity, with most of its 11 The children really can’t stay (at home).” electricity, drinking water and communal trans- and the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt - in Andreas Scheuer, general secretary of million people crammed into rundown neighbor- Child rights advocates fear street children could port. He said that government action, including the first elections that gave voters a chance the CSU, said Germany needed quick and hoods where rubbish is piled in alleyways. None be used as pawns in street protests and get caught urban infrastructure development, has benefited to react to Merkel’s migrant policy. The effective solutions to limit the influx. are more vulnerable than the street children, who up in violence ahead of a presidential election due working-class neighborhoods outside city centers. right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD), Merkel, whose popularity has taken a hit as are known as “shegues”. in November to choose a successor to President “Whether its infrastructure for schools or hospitals which takes a hard line on immigration, concerns mount about integration and Denis Mabwa, who works for REEJER, a coalition Joseph Kabila. Groups that help street children say that are rehabilitated or constructed, or even roads, took around a quarter of the vote in security, has already said the numbers of of groups assisting street children, said charities they get no consistent government support. The many are located in outlying areas,” he said. Saxony-Anhalt, becoming the second migrants coming needs to be reduced. like his find homes for about 3,000 children each minister of gender, family and children, Lucie Back on the streets, Kevin told how he started biggest party there, and also made strong Mario Ohoven, president of the BVMW year, while around 6,000 new children move in the Kipele, told Reuters the government was very con- living rough more than three years ago when he gains in the other two states. Mittelstand association, said the AfD’s suc- opposite direction. “There has been a reconstruc- cerned by the issue of street children and was cre- was kicked out of his uncle’s house, where his “The wake-up call” ran the headline on cess should trigger government policy tion of large infrastructure. There is a stabilization ating a committee to study it. However, she said mother was living, for lack of space. For the past the front page of yesterday’s Handelsblatt changes, adding that if Merkel stuck to her of the currency,” said Jean-Pierre Godding, director she was not familiar with numbers showing the year he has spent his days at Ndako Ya Biso, which newspaper above a cartoon picture of current refugee stance, the right-wing pop- of the Ndako Ya Biso centre that works to reunite problem worsening and that funding of children’s is funded by donors - where he receives schooling, Merkel in track suit struggling to hold up ulist movement would keep growing. street children with their families. “But in the big groups was handled by multiple ministries. food and medical care - before returning to the weights representing her conservatives Erika Steinbach, a CDU member of par- working-class neighborhoods, no investment has street at night. He still dreams of being reunited and the Social Democrats (SPD), her junior liament who has been critical of Merkel’s yet been made to improve the infrastructure,” said Education with his mother. “They’ll be talking to my mother,” coalition partner at the federal level. stance, suggested on Twitter the govern- Godding, citing routine flooding and frequent The war in eastern Congo that ended in 2003 he says, describing the imaginary scene at the cen- “Simply continuing on the same path is not ment was acting like a “dictatorship” with power blackouts. “The popular neighborhoods killed millions of people, and since then armed tre. “I won’t know that they are speaking about it an option,” the business daily said in an edi- its refugee policy. But others saw little rea- have really been neglected.” groups have fought over mineral supplies. There but then they’ll take me to the house.” — Reuters torial, referring to the refugee crisis, inte- son for Merkel, who has led Europe’s gration concerns and a lack of convincing biggest economy for a decade, to change answers from the CDU and SPD to other tack. In an editorial mass-selling daily Bild issues such as digitalization. said Merkel had experienced a “crushing Qaeda claims deadly attack Germany took in 1.1 million migrants defeat on this super torturous election fleeing the Middle East, Africa and else- Sunday” but would likely stick to her politi- where last year and is expecting hundreds cal course and said the price for this would at Ivory Coast beach resort of thousands more to arrive this year. That be a deeply divided conservative group. has stoked concerns among some Germans “That’s where the real danger for Merkel that their country is being overrun by lies. No chancellor in Germany has ever GRAND-BASSAM: Gunmen killed 16 people at an migrants with cultures that are vastly differ- been able to rule against his or her own Ivory Coast resort Sunday leaving bodies strewn on ent to their own. Horst Seehofer, leader of party for long,” it said. — Reuters the beach, in an attack claimed by an Al-Qaeda affiliate as fears grow of a mounting jihadist threat in west Africa. Armed with grenades and assault rif- Vatican braces for fles, the attackers stormed three hotels in the sleepy resort of Grand-Bassam, popular with expats, around 40 kilometers east of the commer- fresh controversy cial hub Abidjan. Witnesses described panic as the gunmen sprayed bullets across the beach, and one VATICAN CITY: A controversial Vatican Konrad Krajewski and Cardinal Santo said they heard an assailant shouting “Allahu trial of journalists and alleged whistle- Abril y Castello, who heads a panel over- Akbar”-Arabic for “God is greatest”. blowers resumes yesterday, in the latest seeing the scandal-hit Vatican bank. “I saw one of the attackers from far away,” says installment of an image-bruising legal Chaouqui is accused of conspiring with Abbas El-Roz, a Lebanese salesman, who was in the saga. The spicy courtroom drama has Spanish priest Lucio Vallejo Balda and his pool of a hotel when the attackers struck. “He had a already served up claims of sexually assistant Nicola Maio to leak secret docu- Kalashnikov and a grenade belt. He was looking for charged scheming, blackmail and com- ments they had access to as members of people.” Fourteen civilians and two special forces puter hacking behind the fortified walls a commission appointed by Francis to troops were killed in the shooting spree, along with of the secretive city state. From Monday, spearhead a financial clean-up shortly six assailants, according to Ivory Coast’s President lawyers on both sides of a case increas- after his election in 2013. Alassane Ouattara. “The toll is heavy,” he said as he ingly seen as a public relations own goal The two journalists on trial, Gianluigi arrived in Grand-Bassam, describing the killings as will be able to put some of Pope Francis’s Nuzzi and Emiliano Fittipaldi, have pub- a “terrorist” attack. One French and one German closest aides on the stand. lished books based on the documents at national were among the dead, according to The trial has been adjourned for three the heart of the trial. All five accused Interior Minister Hamed Bakayoko. months to enable computer experts to have been prosecuted under draconian recover deleted email, text and anti-leaks legislation, which could see The US and former colonial master France offered to help the Ivorian government find the WhatsApp messages between some of them receive prison terms of between GRAND-BASSAM: People gather around the body of a man reported by witnesses as a jihadist the accused, one of whom is basing her four and eight years. The law was rushed perpetrators, with French President Francois Hollande condemning the “cowardly attack”. The after attackers stormed three hotels in the weekend resort of Grand-Bassam, a short 40-kilo- defence on a claim that she was working onto the Vatican statue book in 2013 as a metre drive from the commercial capital Abidjan. — AFP on the pope’s behalf. Francesca result of the fallout from the first US-based SITE Intelligence Group said Al-Qaeda in Chaouqui, a pregnant former PR adviser Vatileaks scandal, which centered on the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), the terror group’s and grenade assault on a Tunisian beach resort last sons when the gunmen arrived. “We were really to the Vatican, is one of five people secrets divulged by the butler of now- North African affiliate, had claimed responsibility June, which left 38 foreign holidaymakers dead. scared. We thought of the people at the Bataclan,” accused of leaking classified documents retired Pope Benedict XVI. for the attack. AQIM said in a statement three of its The assailants, who were “heavily armed and wear- she said, referring to the concert venue attacked by that revealed out-of-control spending at The Vatican has been criticized by fighters had been killed. ing balaclavas, fired at guests at the L’Etoile du Sud, gunmen during the November’s terror attacks in the top of the Catholic Church and some press freedom groups for pursuing the a large hotel which was full of expats in the current the French capital when 130 people were killed. “I top clerics’ love of luxury. prosecution of the two journalists, who ‘I thought this was it’ heatwave,” a witness told AFP. Inside the hotel, an thought this was it for us. You always tell yourselves She has been granted the right to call say they were only doing their jobs by West African nations have scrambled to boost AFP journalist saw a bullet lodged in the glass front that these things can’t happen.” The army was as witnesses Vatican number two revealing problems that believers and security in the wake of jihadist attacks on tourist of the bar’s refrigerator and a large pool of blood tightly controlling access to the area after the Cardinal Pietro Parolin and two Francis the broader public have a right to know hotspots in the capitals of Mali and Burkina Faso, on the floor. Carine Boa, a Belgian-Ivorian national attack, and an AFP journalist saw around a dozen confidantes, charity supremo Archbishop about. —AFP which were also claimed by the group. Sunday’s who teaches at an international high school in people, including an injured Western woman, attack also bore grim similarities to the Islamist gun Abidjan, was at one of the beach bars with her two being evacuated in a military truck. —AFP

INTERNATIONAL TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016 Indian student hacked to death for intercaste marriage News

NEW DELHI: An Indian student from the N Manjunatha said the 19-year-old cast on Indian television showed the cou- caste or religion. Most occur in rural pock- in Brief lowest Dalit caste was hacked to death and woman’s relatives were angered by the ple walking along the street when three ets of the north. They are carried out by rel- his wife critically injured in southern India couple’s marriage. “They married some men on a motorbike stop and attack them. atives or caste groups to protect what is Torrential rains hit in a suspected “honor killing” by relatives eight months ago and the woman’s family Thevars are a dominant community in seen as the family’s reputation and pride. Pakistan, killing 42 angered by their marriage, police said yes- was unhappy. She is an upper Thevar Hindu Tamil Nadu while Dalits, formerly known as There are no India-specific figures available, ISLAMABAD: The death toll from torrential rain that has terday. Three men armed with sickles and caste and the man was a Dalit,” Manjunatha untouchables, are a historically marginal- but United Nations statistics say 1,000 out lashed Pakistan for the past five days has risen to 42, sharp weapons attacked the 22-year-old said. The woman is recovering at a local ized community. India has long witnessed of the 5,000 such killings every year are in authorities said yesterday, with collapsed roofs blamed for student and his wife, who is from a higher hospital and police are searching for her so-called honor killings, where couples are India. India’s Supreme Court ruled in 2011 the fatalities. Apart from the deaths, 70 injuries were caste, on a crowded street in Tamil Nadu uncle in connection with the attack, he targeted because their families or commu- that those involved in honor killings should reported and 75 houses damaged, said a statement by the state on Sunday. Local police commissioner said. CCTV footage of the incident broad- nities disapprove of their relationships over face the death penalty.— AFP National Disaster Management Authority. The rain began late Thursday across the country, with the southwestern province of Balochistan and northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa worst hit. Poorly-built homes, particularly in rural areas, are most susceptible to collapse during heavy spring rains. The death toll from the collapse of a coal mine shaft in northwest Pakistan rose to seven, with 10 injured. Officials said the rescue at the mine in the far-flung moun- tainous Orakzai tribal district ended Monday morning after 16 people were saved.

Myanmar’s army releases 46 underage recruits: UN YANGON: Myanmar’s military released 46 children and young people from service, United Nations said in a statement, in its first discharge of underage recruits this year. The army has released 745 underage recruits since signing up to a joint action plan with the UN in June 2012 to end the use of children in the military. Human rights groups have long accused Myanmar’s military of abuses such as using child soldiers, forcibly recruiting conscripts and confiscating land. After hand- ing power to a semi-civilian government in 2011, the military has taken some steps toward professionalizing its forces. That includes the release of soldiers recruited under the age of 18. “The children and young people discharged will benefit from reintegration programs to help them re-start their lives and seize new opportuni- ties for their own development and participation in the life of the country,” UN said.

Govt-blocked Malaysian news portal shuts down KUALA LUMPUR: A leading Malaysian news portal that was blocked by the government after it ran reports on a scandal linked to Prime Minister Najib Razak is shutting down after eight years, it announced yesterday. The Malaysian Insider has been a key player in the growth of plucky online news sites that have rapidly gained a follow- ing over the past decade by reporting on official malfea- BUSAN: Nuclear-powered aircraft supercarrier USS John C Stennis heads to join the Key Resolve military exercise between the United States and South Korea, at Busan port sance and corruption, filling a void left by pro-government in Busan, South Korea. —AP traditional media. Last month, Malaysia’s government began blocking access to the site after it published a story on corruption allegations swirling around Najib. The web- site’s owner, The Edge Media Group, said in a statement Singapore blogger Rights envoy wants North that it had been in negotiations to sell the loss-making to pay ‘libel portal but that talks broke down in the wake of the govern- Korean leader prosecuted ment block. damages’ to PM Lee Iraq medics screen 800 SINGAPORE: An activist blogger ordered to pay Political prison camps, slave-like conditions, torture cited after chemical attack Sg$150,000 ($109,000) in libel damages to Singapore TAZA: Health authorities in Iraq’s Kirkuk region have GENEVA: The United Nations human “seek ways to advance accountability for the Council to set up a panel of screened a total of 800 people since a chemical attack Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will make payments rights investigator for North Korea for those most responsible”. China, three experts to look into “structure in installments over the next 17 years, his lawyer said carried out by the Islamic State group last week, offi- called yesterday for leader Kim Jong Pyongyang’s ally, took a more concilia- and methods of accountability”. cials said yesterday. “The number of people who have yesterday. Roy Ngerng, 34, a former government Un and senior officials in the country tory tone, saying human rights issues Political prison camps, torture, “slave- employee, was found guilty in November 2014 of sought treatment and been checked by the hospitals to be prosecuted for committing should not be politicized and calling like labor” and religious persecution in Daquq and Kirkuk has topped 800,” said Hussein Adil defaming Lee after accusing him in a blog of misap- crimes against humanity. Marzuki for a comprehensive approach to deal- remain features of the state apparatus, propriating state pension funds. Ngerng’s lawyer Abbas, the mayor of Taza. IS last week fired a salvo of Darusman told the UN Human Rights ing with North Korea. two years after a landmark UN investi- rockets armed with suspected chemical agents on the Eugene Thuraisingam told AFP that under an agree- Council that North Korea is devoting China also rejected Darusman’s gation into crimes against humanity, ment with the prime minister, his client would pay town of Taza, around 220 kilometers north of Baghdad. huge resources to developing nuclear findings that North Koreans who flee Darusman said. The attack originated from the nearby village of Bashir, Sg$30,000 by Wednesday to cover the costs of an and other weapons of mass destruc- across the border to China were being North Korea conducted its fourth assessment hearing. which is still controlled by the jihadists. “Among the tion while many of its citizens lack suf- forced back to their homeland illegally. nuclear test in January and launched a people who have been checked, 61 are receiving treat- To pay the actual damages he would then fork out ficient food and others work in “slave- North Korea Foreign Minister Ri Su long-range missile the following $100 a month for the next five years before the ment and undergoing further testing. Seven of them like conditions”. “We are now at a cru- Yong, in a speech to the Geneva forum month. “The denial of human rights to have been transferred to Baghdad,” Abbas said. Kirkuk amount increases to $1,000 a month until the amount cial stage, therefore there is a funda- on March 1, said it would boycott any its citizens internally and this aggres- is paid, which would take a total of 17 years. health officials speaking on condition of anonymity mental need for countries to make session that examined its record and sive behavior externally are basically have confirmed the figures. No interest will be collected but should Ngerng that next step in ensuring accountabil- would “never, ever” be bound by any two sides of the same coin. The coun- default on any payment, he would have to repay the ity is undertaken,” he said. such resolutions. Darusman, referring try is pouring a large amount of full sum immediately, added Thuraisingam, who is rep- The delegation of the Democratic to a report he issued last month, said: resources into developing weapons of resenting Ngerng for free. A source familiar with the People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) boy- “I would like to reiterate my appeal to mass destruction, while large parts of case told AFP that Ngerng had initially asked to be let cotted the session. The European the international community to move its population continue to suffer from off the remainder after paying Sg$36,000. But this was Union, United States and Japan sup- forward to ensure accountability of food insecurity,” Darusman said. John rejected by the prime minister, who agreed to the pay- ported Darusman’s call for accounta- the senior leadership of the Fisher of Human Rights Watch said ment in installments. bility, although they did not refer to Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, that North Korea had “horrific” forced In a blogpost yesterday, Ngerng asked for dona- Kim by name. Ambassador Robert including that of Mr Kim Jong Un.” labor camps, public executions and a tions to help pay off the amount he was due to hand King, US envoy on North Korea, This could be via the International history of mass malnutrition and even over tomorrow, adding that he has been doing free- denounced the “egregious human Criminal Court (ICC) but failing con- “mass starvation”. “Generations of lance photography and is searching for a job. “I hope rights violations committed by the sensus among major powers, North North Koreans have suffered at the to be able to find a job and make use of my work expe- DPRK” and said that the United States Korea’s leadership could be prosecut- hands of the Kim family and its elite,” rience and skills,” he wrote. “I miss contributing effec- would work with other countries to ed in a third country, he said. He called Fisher said.—Reuters tively to make positive change.” Ngerng’s guilty verdict was the first such ruling in Singapore over a purely online article. Singapore has consistently ranked high- ly in surveys as one of the world’s least corrupt coun- Afghan strongmen tame Taleban’s tries, but rights groups say its leaders have used finan- cially ruinous defamation suits to silence critics and bastion where US forces struggled political opponents. Singaporean leaders maintain that the lawsuits are ZANGIABAD: A captured Taleban rifle and poppy farms that boosted militant Taleban now control more territory than necessary to protect their reputations from unfounded dangling at his side, commander Sultan coffers are just a memory. “When US in any year since 2001. Panjwai offers a HEBRON: Mourners stand near the bodies of Qassem allegations. Ngerng initially offered Sg$5,000 as com- Mohammed swaggers through a bomb- forces were here, the Taleban were within striking contrast: children in schools Abu Ouda, Amir Juneidi and Yousef Taraya - three pensation to Lee, who rejected the amount. After being cratered district that was once a hornet’s one kilometer of their bases. Now they learning algebra instead of a Taleban cur- Palestinians who were shot dead following reported sued by the prime minister in 2014, Ngerng was fired nest of insurgents, symbolizing a rare aren’t even within 100 kilometers,” riculum, grape farmers tending their attacks on Israelis yesterday at the hospital morgue in from his government hospital job for administrative rea- Afghan military triumph where US forces Mohammed said, trailed by armed loyal- vines even after sundown, and once- the West Bank city of Hebron. — AFP sons which he did not contest. He successfully raised failed. Panjwai was one of the center- ists. “We did what American soldiers wary visitors jaunting around on pheas- more than Sg$112,000 through crowdfunding but the pieces of US President Barack Obama’s could not-rid the area of the Taleban.” ant-hunting trips. 3 Palestinians shot dead cash ran out during his defense. The local media in 2009 troop surge ambitiously aimed at To get a full measure of the turn- after West Bank attacks Singapore is tightly controlled, leaving bloggers and oth- crushing the Taleban, but the southern around, juxtapose Panjwai against the ‘Don’t bring enemy alive’ KIRYAT ARBA: Three Palestinians carried out back-to-back er online commentators as the strongest critics of the district soon became a poster child of the turmoil convulsing the wider region, The transformation of Panjwai, birth- gun and car-ramming attacks on Israelis near a Jewish set- long-ruling People’s Action Party. —AFP failed intervention. increasingly drawing NATO troops back place of the Taleban movement, defies tlement in the occupied West Bank yesterday and were Strongmen including Mohammed, into the conflict a year after their combat the common perception that Afghan shot dead by the army, it said. Two of the Palestinians, the Panjwai police chief with a reputa- mission ended. Neighboring opium-rich security forces-bedeviled by high casual- armed with a handgun and an improvised machine-pistol, tion for brutality, in recent years did what Helmand, Afghanistan’s largest province, ties and desertions-cannot stand alone were killed after opening fire at civilians and soldiers who Sri Lanka deploys the Americans could not-tame the insur- is teetering on the brink of collapse. without NATO backing. To its advantage, were waiting at a bus stop outside Kiryat Arba settlement, gent haven that had come to be known Overstretched Afghan troops are retreat- observers say Panjwai is not a messy the army said. One soldier was wounded. Minutes later, the troops after worst as the “blood fountain”. The Taleban are ing from volatile southern districts, ced- froth of tribal and economic dynamics. third Palestinian rammed a car into an military vehicle at now out of sight in the district in ing swathes of key areas to the Taleban. And unlike neighboring districts gripped the scene and was shot, the army said. Two soldiers were blackout in 20 years Kandahar, pomegranate orchards stand And conflict-induced displacement is by violence, it does not fall on a major hurt in the second incident, the army said, adding that two on fields once awash with landmines, edging towards a new record as the drug trafficking route. “Being a backwa- knives were found on the motorist’s body. Since October, COLOMBO: Sri Lanka deployed troops yesterday to guard ter has helped Panjwai achieve detente Palestinian street attacks have killed 28 Israelis and two US electrical installations as authorities investigated whether that has seen many local insurgent fight- citizens. Israeli forces have killed at least 184 Palestinians, sabotage was behind the island’s worst blackout in 20 ers return to farming,” a Kabul-based 124 of whom Israel says were assailants. years. President Maithripala Sirisena ordered stepped-up Western official said. security a day after outages plunged the entire country But the turnaround is also widely into darkness for at least seven hours. “The president has credited to anti-Taleban strongmen such Chemical fire extinguisher instructed that security forces be deployed to guard elec- as General Abdul Raziq, Kandahar’s pow- leak kills eight in Thai bank tricity installations,” power and energy ministry spokesman erful police chief who controls the BANGKOK: Eight people died and seven were injured Pathum Pasqual said. “In the meantime, we are restoring province with an iron hand and is when they accidentally triggered a fire extinguisher supplies after yesterday’s breakdown.” accused of running secret torture cham- system inside the vault of a major Thai bank, releasing Authorities are probing the cause of an explosion and bers, an allegation he denies. “His brief to a suffocating cloud of chemicals, officials said yester- fire at a main distribution centre outside the capital his men is simple: ‘Don’t bring the enemy day. The accident occurred late Sunday night in a base- Colombo that caused the entire electricity grid to switch alive’,” an official close to Raziq said. Last ment security vault at the headquarters of the Siam off automatically on Sunday afternoon. Power and Energy week the interior ministry said it was Commercial Bank (SCB), one of the country’s largest Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said they had not ruled probing a graphic video apparently financial institutions. SCB blamed the accident on con- out sabotage. “We were investigating technical reasons for showing Mohammed’s men abusing an tractors who had been working to upgrade the build- the previous breakdown, but now we have another black- alleged suicide bomber. ing’s chemical fire extinguishers but mistakenly set off out,” the minister told reporters. “This means we have to His hands bound to a police vehicle, the system, releasing a chemical retardant designed to look at other possibilities too.” the video which went viral shows the starve any fire of oxygen. “The work may have trig- The state-run Ceylon Electricity Board worked through man being dragged along the road gered the Pyrogen aerosol which, once it works, will KANDAHAR: Afghan anti-Taleban militia commander Abdul Wadud (right) the night to repair the centre and restore power to most of before a mob turns on him and one decrease oxygen, that could cause people’s injuries 63, walks with his soldiers during a patrol in the Panjwai district of Sri Lanka, although several suburbs of Colombo were still officer tries to bite the flesh off his and death,” the bank said in a statement. in darkness yesterday morning.—AFP Kandahar province. — AFP arm.— AFP NEWS TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016 Bahrain deports Lebanese expats for Hezbollah links

DUBAI: The Gulf kingdom of Bahrain has deported sev- had been ordered to leave Bahrain within 24 hours. eral Lebanese residents for links to the Shiite Hezbollah The move comes a day after Bahrain’s neighbor Saudi movement, classified by the Arab League as a terrorist Arabia warned that it will punish citizens and residents group, the interior ministry said yesterday. “A number of who “support or demonstrate belonging” to Hezbollah. Lebanese residents have been deported after it was con- The Arab League on Friday declared Iran ally Hezbollah a firmed that they belonged to and supported terrorist “terrorist” group, after Gulf monarchies did the same ear- Hezbollah,” the ministry said in a statement posted on its lier this month over the movement’s support for the Twitter account. The ministry did not provide any further regime in Syria’s war. In January, Bahrain said it had dis- details, including on the number of people involved. mantled a “terror” cell allegedly linked to Iran’s Lebanese press reported last week that up to 10 families Revolutionary Guards and Hezbollah. — AFP

Putin withdraws forces from Syria Continued from Page 1 Russia began its bombing campaign in support of Assad’s forces in September, a move that helped shore It was agreed to carry out the withdrawal of the up the Syrian regime’s crumbling forces and go on the main part of Russia’s air force contingent,” the statement offensive. A fresh round of talks to end Syria’s civil war said. The two leaders, however, also agreed that opened in Geneva yesterday, but hopes for a break- Moscow would maintain an air force facility in Syria to through remained remote with the sides locked in a bit- help monitor the progress of a ceasefire in the war-torn ter dispute over the future of Assad. A temporary cease- country. “Assad noted the professionalism, courage and fire in the country introduced on Feb 27 has largely heroism of the officers of the Russian armed forces that held, despite accusations of violations from both sides, ADEN: Yemeni boys carry what locals said are pieces of debris from an Emirati fighter jet that crashed at took part in the military operations and expressed deep allowing aid to reach some 150,000 people living under dawn yesterday in this southern port city. — AFP appreciation to Russia,” the Kremlin statement said. siege. — AFP

Cabinet approves raft of financial reforms UAE fighter jet crashes Continued from Page 1 market and civil service system with a view to ensuring justice among workers, improving job performance, in Yemen, pilots killed He said he had not yet received an official invitation boosting the public sector’s efficiency by linking pay to to any meeting in Moscow or Qatar. Russian Energy production and maintaining stable living conditions, as RIYADH: Two Emirati pilots were killed when their fight- Apache helicopters were also taking part in the fight- Minister Alexander Novak said earlier yesterday that a well as launching administrative and institutional er jet crashed yesterday in Yemen, where a Saudi-led ing yesterday, security officials said. “We saw Apache global deal to freeze oil production could be signed in reforms by means of upgrading the efficiency of general coalition is battling Iran-backed rebels, the alliance said. helicopters fire rockets and open machinegun fire at Al- April and exclude Iran, which has the right to boost out- and financial administration, Sheikh Mohammad said. The Mirage jet crashed at dawn “due to a technical Qaeda militants” in Aden’s Mansura district, one witness put after years of sanctions. Central Bank of Kuwait Governor Mohammad Al- fault”, said the coalition statement published by Saudi said. Security sources estimate that around 300 heavily A final agreement on an output freeze to support oil Hashel briefed the cabinet on local economic challenges state news agency SPA, hours after the United Arab armed Al-Qaeda fighters are entrenched in Mansura. prices, which have fallen 65 percent since peaking in through four aspects involving economic, financial, mon- Emirates said one of its jets had gone missing. In a state- The UAE jet is the third coalition warplane to go down June 2014 due to oversupply, is seen next month, possi- etary and bank conditions, the Central Bank’s role, the ment on the UAE’s official WAM news agency, the since March 2015. In December, a Bahraini F-16 crashed bly again in Doha, Novak said. state’s sovereign credit rating and financial and economic Emirati armed forces had said the jet was “missing” with- in Saudi Arabia due to a “technical error”. The pilot was The six-point reform document Saleh presented to the reforms. He reassured that the current monetary and out giving details. saved and the plane’s wreckage was found. In May, a Cabinet during its weekly meeting yesterday includes 41 bank positions are “safe and solid”, noting that the It is the first known case of an Emirati jet from the Moroccan jet crashed in Yemen. Its pilot was later found short and medium-term programs, Minister of State for Kuwaiti dinar exchange policy which is based on peg- coalition crashing since the Saudi-led campaign against dead and his body was returned home. Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah ging the dinar to a basket of main world currencies the Iran-backed rebels began in March last year. The coalition said at the time that the crash had been said in a statement following the meeting. It is mainly marks the main framework of the Central Bank’s mone- Coalition warplanes turned their crosshairs on Yemen’s caused by a technical fault or human error, denying based on boosting non-oil revenues, cutting public tary policy. second city Aden, home to a growing jihadist presence, rebel claims that they had downed the plane. Saudi spending in order to reduce the budget deficit, redraw He reiterated the bank’s firm commitment to the dinar for the first time last week. Security officials and wit- Arabia and the UAE, which play key roles in the coali- the state’s economic role so that it could gradually turn exchange policy in a way that ensures its stability and nesses in Aden told AFP that a jet had crashed into a tion, have suffered the alliance’s heaviest losses in from production to organization and supervision over purchasing power, citing relevant positive reports by nearby mountain as coalition warplanes operated in the Yemen, with dozens of soldiers killed. In Yemen itself, economic activities, and reactivating the private sector’s world agencies, primarily the International Monetary vicinity after clashes erupted between Yemeni forces more than 6,100 people have died - half of them civil- economic role, the minister said. Fund (IMF). However, the governor stressed the signifi- and jihadists. Footage from the foot of a hill near Aden ians - since the coalition launched its campaign, accord- It also includes allowing people to own privatized cance of stepping up efforts to put financial and eco- showed locals pointing to debris strewn in the area and ing to the United Nations. projects at a rate of 40 percent and public-private sector nomic reform programs in place. (Material from agencies saying it belonged to the crashed jet. Saudi Arabia mounted an Arab air campaign against joint ventures at a rate of 50 percent, reforming the labor used in this report) Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group have taken the rebels after they closed in on President Abedrabbo advantage of the conflict between Iran-backed insur- Mansour Hadi in his refuge in Aden, forcing him to flee gents and pro-government forces to reinforce their to Riyadh. Hadi and senior officials spend most of their presence in the south, including in Aden. A government time in Riyadh as security situation in Aden continues to official told AFP that a coalition jet had carried out an air worsen. The Huthi rebels overran capital Sanaa unop- raid against the home of a local IS commander at dawn, posed in Sept 2014 and went on to expand their control killing his 18-year-old son near the plane crash site. across the south Arabian Peninsula country. — AFP Senior Saudi royal criticizes Obama RIYADH: A senior Saudi royal has criticized US President “pivoted to Iran so much that you equate the kingdom’s 80 Barack Obama for comments accusing the longtime US ally of years of constant friendship with America to an Iranian leader- feeding Middle East conflicts. Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil ship that continues to describe America as the biggest enemy, exporter, has long been a major ally of the United States but that continues to arm, fund and support sectarian militias in the relationship has deteriorated under Obama. Riyadh has the Arab and Muslim world”. been especially concerned by US support for Iran’s nuclear Sunni-dominated Saudi Arabia has repeatedly accused deal with world powers, fearing its regional rival will be Shiite Iran of interference in Arab affairs, particularly in Yemen, emboldened. Syria, Iraq and Bahrain. The Atlantic quoted Obama as In an opinion piece published in Saudi newspapers, Prince reproaching the Saudis for trying to influence other Muslim Turki Al-Faisal, the kingdom’s former intelligence chief and countries, particularly Indonesia, by exporting its fundamen- envoy to Washington, lashed out at Obama’s recent comments talist version of Islam. He also said the Saudis need to “share” to The Atlantic magazine, where he described Saudi Arabia as the Middle East with their Iranian foes. “The competition a “free rider” on American foreign policy, and criticized what he between the Saudis and the Iranians - which has helped to saw as Riyadh’s funding of religious intolerance and refusal to feed proxy wars and chaos in Syria and Iraq and Yemen - come to an accommodation with Iran. “No, Mr Obama. We are requires us to say to our friends as well as to the Iranians that not ‘free riders’,” Prince Turki wrote in the open letter. they need to find an effective way to share the neighborhood “You accuse us of fomenting sectarian strife in Syria, Yemen and institute some sort of cold peace,” Obama said. As the and Iraq. You add insult to injury by telling us to share our Obama administration enters its final months, Faisal said that world with Iran, a country that you describe as a supporter of Saudi Arabia “will continue to hold the American people as our terrorism,” he wrote. Faisal questioned whether Obama has ally... Mr Obama, that is who we are.” — Agencies A man walks along a street at sunset in Nice on the French Riviera yesterday. — AFP TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016 ANALYSIS

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Issues AfD success smashes rightwing populism taboo in Germany

By Yacine Le Forestier

raumatized by its Nazi past, post-war Germany has carefully relegated right-wing populist move- Tments to the fringes of politics, but the anti- migrant AfD may have muscled its way in from the cold. With discontent growing in Germany over Chancellor Angela Merkel’s liberal refugee policy, the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Sunday cap- tured seats in the regional parliaments of Baden- Wuerttemberg, Rhineland Palatinate and Saxony- Anhalt. It garnered as many as close to one in four votes in Saxony-Anhalt while in the other two states, support reached between 12.5 and 15 percent, projections based on partial results showed. Andreas Roedder, Obama’s prisoner clemency plan faltering contemporary history professor at Mainz University, told AFP that due to the migrant crisis, “we are seeing a normalisation of right-wing populist movements in By Julia Edwards ed so far does not “fulfill the promise of the program.” The DOJ Reuters on the condition of anonymity. Germany just like elsewhere in Europe, even if here, it declined to comment when asked for its response to such criticism. A large number of mostly unqualified applications, a shortage of takes on a special form because we can’t ignore n April 2014, the administration of President Barack Obama The delays have left prisoners like Linda Byrnes, 69, in limbo. “I lawyers and the complexity of the cases have slowed progress, said Germany’s past.” announced the most ambitious clemency program in 40 years, thought clemency was for people like me,” Byrnes told Reuters Cynthia Roseberry, project manager for Clemency Project 2014. This is not the first time that Germany has experi- Iinviting thousands of jailed drug offenders and other convicts to through an electronic messaging system from a federal prison in “There are a lot of gray areas,” said Roseberry, who estimates it takes enced such a surge in populism since 1945. Neither is it seek early release and urging lawyers across the country to take on Alderson, West Virginia. Byrnes, who has spent 20 years in prison for 30 days for one lawyer to review one case on average. “We’ve got to the first time that such rightwing parties have been their cases. Nearly two years later the program is struggling under a distributing marijuana and has two years left on her sentence, was unpack each of these applicants to see specifically what factors affect able to capture seats in regional parliaments. In the deluge of unprocessed cases, sparking concern within the adminis- recently diagnosed with mouth cancer and has yet to hear whether them...and so that takes a little more time.” 1960s, the NPD, and in the late 1980s and early 1990s tration and among justice reform advocates over the fate of what she has been assigned a lawyer after submitting her application to This includes finding pre-sentencing reports for each case, deter- the Republikaner - a splinter party from the CSU, the was meant to be legacy-defining achievement for Obama. Clemency Project in Aug 2014. mining if the person would have received a shorter sentence under Bavarian sister party of Merkel’s Christian Democratic More than 8,000 cases out of more than 44,000 federal inmates Obama, who has commuted more sentences than the past five current law and reviewing prison behavior records. Roseberry said the Union (CDU) - both managed to send deputies to who applied have yet to make it to the US Department of Justice presidents combined, has been a stern critic of harsh US sentencing group was unaware of any request from the Justice Department to regional parliaments. (DOJ) for review, lawyers involved in the program told Reuters. That policies that he says have disproportionately burdened minorities. hand over the pending applications. Roseberry said the group’s ini- But each time, they have proved to be no more than is in addition to about 9,000 cases that are still pending at the DOJ, Federal life sentences have fallen since Obama took office, from 280 tially slow pace has picked up in recent months. The Justice passing fads. The Christian conservative alliance of the according to the department’s own figures. Only 187 inmates have in fiscal year 2009 to 153 in 2013, according to the US Sentencing Department declined to elaborate on its private communication with CDU and CSU has thus far been able to occupy the right had their sentences commuted, far below the thousands expected Commission. About three quarters of the sentences were given to the lawyers. The Pardon Attorney’s office has brought in personnel of the political spectrum, preventing any party from hav- by justice reform advocates and a tiny fraction of the 2.2 million peo- minorities and most were for non-violent offences, the report said. from other parts of the department to help to speed up reviews of ing any lasting claim further right. That has until now ple behind bars in the United States, which has the world’s highest Clemency Project 2014 said it does not comment publicly on the petitions, the DOJ official said. Roseberry said about 3,000 applicants made German politics unique, compared to Austria, incarceration rate. individuals it represents. still need to be assigned to a lawyer, and that it was not certain Switzerland or France, where far-right parties have tradi- The administration said it wanted to decide on all the applica- whether the group will be able to submit all of the applications it has tionally had a stronger presence in the political arena. tions before Obama’s term ends next January, when the program will ‘Critical Role’ received before Obama leaves office. The group has more than 570 Much of the reason boils down to war guilt that has automatically expire. A senior DOJ official told Reuters it is calling on The group vets the applications, writes the petitions and sends law firms and 30 law schools contributing to the effort. Some rejected made Germans determined to never give the so-called the lawyers’ group - Clemency Project 2014 - to simply hand over the them to the Justice Department’s Office of the Pardon Attorney, prisoners and those who have yet to hear a decision say they believe “brown shirts” a chance to rule the nation again. outstanding cases without further vetting, saying it is not working which oversees all pardons and sentence commutations and makes they would have had a better chance if they had sent their clemency fast enough. So far, the group estimates it has handed over around recommendations for the president’s approval. So far, 25,000 of petition directly to the government. ‘Shame for Germany’ 200 cases. 34,000 applications received by Clemency Project have been reject- Josie Ledezma was sentenced to life for conspiracy to transport But AfD has arrived on the political scene at a fortu- But criminal justice experts say the administration itself should ed for failing to meet the basic criteria - no record of violence, no sig- cocaine and applied for clemency through Clemency Project 2014. itous moment. After a record 1.1 million asylum seekers bear much of the blame. The idea to tap pro-bono attorneys to help nificant ties to a gang or drug cartel, good behavior in prison and She said she did not hear from them for six months and later learned arrived in Germany in 2015 alone, many Germans are vet the cases originated with the DOJ, and critics say it should have completion of at least 10 years of sentence. About 10,000 inmates that her assigned lawyer had shut down her legal practice. In January, unsettled by what this sudden surge in newcomers prepared its own staff to handle the large volume of applications. “It’s did not go through the Clemency Project and either applied directly nearly one year after applying, she was told Clemency Project 2014 mean for their homeland - a fear that AfD has capital- unfair to criticize the volunteer group that you asked to help,” said to DOJ or through a paid attorney. could not help her and encouraged her to apply directly. “I wrote back ized on. First founded in 2013 on an anti-euro platform, Rachel Barkow, a criminal law professor at New York University who “It really would be a sad state of affairs if individuals who had and asked what was it that made me not qualify, but never got a it found its first supporters through its claims to defend has studied clemency in US prisons. She estimates that about 1,500 asked for a lawyer weren’t considered in time because their petitions response,” Ledezma told Reuters through an electronic messaging Germans against free-spending southern EU nations. prisoners should be eligible for commutation, saying the 187 grant- never reached the pardon attorney’s office,” a DOJ official told service for federal prisoners. —Reuters Since then it has morphed into a party that has even suggested that police may have to shoot at migrants to stop them from entering the country. While its first successes were concentrated in the Inside Kasich’s long-shot strategy former communist east, which has been lagging the west in terms of jobs and opportunities, it is now gain- By Tim Reid But if he can succeed in blocking Trump from at the convention without enough delegates Despite 18 years as a Republican con- ing ground also in prosperous western states. “AfD has getting a majority, Kasich can make a case to to win. Willkie - a businessman and former gressman, and now six as Ohio governor, become a national German party,” said the Frankfurter icrophone in hand, Republican John convention delegates that he is more elec- Democrat who had never before run for pub- Kasich has cast himself as a Washington out- Allgemeine Zeitung. Opinion polls suggest that AfD Kasich promised the crowd inside a table than Trump or Ted Cruz, the conserva- lic office - opposed the Republican Party’s iso- sider in hopes of tapping the anti-establish- might even capture seats in the lower house of parlia- Mhigh-tech Ohio factory Saturday tive evangelical from Texas and, to date, lationists and was a supporter of Great ment mood that has fueled Trump’s once- ment in elections in 2017 in what would be an that he’ll never be beholden to Washington Trump’s most successful Republican rival. Britain’s war efforts. His cause gained improbable front-runner status. “Guess what? unprecedented success for such a movement. insiders if he wins the White House in To become the nominee who faces Hillary momentum after the Nazi blitzkrieg in The establishment is afraid of me because I Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, known for November. But as he zigzags across the state Clinton or Bernie Sanders - the two leading Europe in May 1940. don’t take orders from anybody over there,” being a straight-talker, simply described AfD as a “shame before Ohio’s GOP primary on Tuesday - Democrat candidates - a Republican needs to Kasich said in a recent television interview. At for Germany”. “Until now, rightwing populist or extreme- emboldened by polls showing him edging win a majority of the 2,472 Republican dele- An Outsider with Insider Help other times, he appears to revel in his right parties are considered taboo, considered like aliens ahead of rival Donald Trump - Kasich may gates. Trump is leading, with 460, followed by At the convention, after six ballots, dele- Washington experience. “I took on in the political sphere,” said German political analyst soon need all the Washington insiders he can Cruz with 370, Rubio at 163 and Kasich at 63. gates in Pennsylvania, New York and Washington and I won. I actually got the Wolfgang Merkel in a interview with Tagesspiegel daily. get. Behind the scenes, strategists for Kasich, budget balanced when I was a member of Mainstream parties have stridently refused any sort of the Ohio governor, are studying arcane party the Congress,” he said in a March 11 debate. television debate with AfD members. rules that they believe could offer a path to The Republican establishment is watching But the analyst believes that the taboo surrounding the Republican nomination if he wins his Kasich and Ohio’s Tuesday primary closely, said such right-wing populism could be soon shattered. “In home state, his aides said. Charlie Black, a Republican strategist and a for- which case, we would have to live with AfD like France It is a long-shot strategy, both for Kasich mer adviser to Mitt Romney, the Republican does with the National Front and Switzerland with the and the anti-Trump forces inside the party. 2012 presidential nominee, who recently blast- SVP (Swiss People’s Party), and be confronted daily with But if fellow GOP candidate Marco Rubio los- ed Trump’s campaign. “A lot of people who do xenophobia in political discourse,” he said. Some believe es his own state of Florida on Tuesday - as not want Trump have been sitting back to see that the chancellor herself is to blame for pushing a mid- polls predict - a surge by Kasich may be the how Kasich and Rubio do in their home states dle ground politics that tries to be all things to all peo- only viable strategy for Republicans looking on Tuesday,” he said. “If Kasich wins, I think he’ll ple. Although her strategy has led her party to win over to stop Trump from getting the 1,237 dele- see a pick-up in donors, and in help from some from the centre-left Social Democrats, it has left its gates needed to clinch the nomination. A loss members of the party.” right flank exposed. by Rubio, a senator, will almost certainly end Ford O’Connell, a Republican strategist “With the ‘social democratisation’ and therefore a his struggling candidacy. If Trump wins both not affiliated with any presidential candidate, shift left of the CDU under the chancellor’s mandate, it’s expects Kasich to face a tough battle even if more difficult for the Christian Democrats to cover all Ohio and Florida, the New York real estate bases on the right,” said Bernhard Wessels, political ana- mogul’s march to the nomination will be all he wins Ohio. “But for some of these anti- lyst at Berlin’s Humboldt University. Die Welt daily went but assured. Trump voters, if they can get Kasich to a con- as far as to say that “AfD is Merkel’s child” because the The Kasich camp sees a Rubio loss in tested convention, they see that as their best CDU has “ditched its identity”. —AFP Florida opening up a different possibility - the hope of blocking Trump.” Until now, the rela- first contested convention held by either par- tionship between Kasich and party elites has ty since 1952. “The plan is to win Ohio, and been prickly. On Feb 21, the Rubio campaign some other states, and if that happens, had released a memo calling for Kasich to All articles appearing on these nobody is going to have enough delegates to Republican presidential candidate Ohio Gov John Kasich, answers questions during quit the race, while a string of party insiders win the nomination on the first ballot,” said a town hall meeting at Brilex Industries in Youngstown, Ohio yesterday. —AP endorsed Rubio as the “establishment” candi- pages are the personal opinion of John Weaver, Kasich’s chief campaign strate- date most likely to defeat Trump. the writers. Kuwait Times takes no gist, who also worked on Republican Senator If no candidate reaches that threshold by the Michigan deserted other candidates and That’s changing. After the Republican responsibility for views expressed John McCain’s losing presidential campaigns close of the last primary on June 7, then the switched to Willkie, giving him victory. Trump, presidential debate in Florida last week, therein. Kuwait Times invites read- in 2000 and 2008. convention will almost certainly be contested Cruz and Kasich could face the same scenario Kasich flew on Friday morning to Lima, Ohio, Kasich supporters are betting that an Ohio - a historical rarity that would signal deep this year, which would force to them to lobby for an event with voters. As he landed, he and ers to voice their opinions. Please win will give his candidacy its first real party rifts. delegates on the convention floor until one aides switched on their phones and saw send submissions via email to: opin- momentum, attracting donors and endorse- emerged with a majority. The Kasich cam- emails telling them that Rubio adviser Alex [email protected] or via snail ments. From there, he could score more vic- 1940 Convention paign and Republican elites - many of whom Conant had just publicly urged voters in Ohio tories in upcoming primaries in Pennsylvania, Kasich’s aides are looking to history as a have a distaste for both Trump and Cruz - are who wanted to stop Trump to vote for Kasich mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. Maryland, Wisconsin, Connecticut and guide, particularly Wendell Willkie’s path to planning for just such a scenario, Weaver said. instead of Rubio, according to several aides. The editor reserves the right to edit California, states where Kasich polls favorably. 1940 Republican nomination. That year, three But because it has been more than a half cen- “We were not expecting them to do that,” said any submission as necessary. He has almost no hope of winning enough leading candidates - Robert Taft, Thomas tury since the last brokered convention, he a Kasich campaign spokesman, Chris delegates to secure the nomination outright. Dewey and Arthur Vandenberg - each arrived said, “Nobody knows exactly how this works.” Schrimpf. —Reuters TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016 SPORTS

Toure fit for Kiev Udinese sack Resta joins Williams game: Pellegrini Colantuono as reserve driver MILAN: NORWICH CITY: Udinese coach Stefano Colantuono has been PARIS: Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure is fit to face Dynamo sacked a day after fans clashed with players during a 2-1 British driver Paul Di Resta said yesterday he will join the Williams Kiev in today’s Champions League last-16 second-leg clash at the Etihad defeat to Roma. The northerners’ 15th defeat of the cam- team as reserve driver for the Formula One season which gets under way in Stadium after missing Saturday’s 0-0 Premier League draw with Norwich City. paign left them in 16th place in Serie A, four points above Melbourne this weekend. “I am delighted to be joining Williams as reserve City are in prime position to reach the quarter-finals for the first time after win- the drop zone. A statement by the Serie A club said: driver and look forward to the 2016 season,” the 29-year-old former Force ning the first leg in Kiev 3-1, but manager Manuel Pellegrini warned his side not “Udinese announces that Stefano Colantuono and his staff India driver told williamsf1.com yesterday. The Scot takes on the role behind to falter against opponents who have never won a game on English soil. “Yaya is have been relieved of their first team coaching duties. “We drivers Valtteri Bottas of Finland and Brazilian Felipe Massa fit to play tomorrow. He has no problems,” the Chilean told would like to thank the coach and his staff for the commit- and initially will spend time getting accustomed to the reporters yesterday. City’s season has been marred by inconsis- ment and professionalism shown during these past months controls and procedures of the Williams Mercedes tency as exemplified by their failure to beat a Norwich side sit- and wish him all the best for his professional career.” FW38. Di Resta spent three seasons at Force India from ting 14 places below them in the standings. “The most impor- Udinese were being led 2-0 at their newly-refurbished Friuli 2011-2013, amassing 121 world championship points tant thing is to know we have not yet qualified. We play Stadium on Sunday when a group of hardline fans behind from 58 starts. The 2006 European Formula 3 champion against a team who know how to play this type of game,” the goal angrily took several Udinese players to task. It lost his seat the following season so re-joined the Pellegrini added. We’re not going to play with the score we got caused a brief interruption although club officials were Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) touring car racing in Kiev, we’re just going to say it’s 0-0 and try to win the game quick to drag the players back to the pitch. Udinese forward series, where he raced early in his career, competing for tomorrow.” The manager refused to give up on the Bruno Fernandes hit a late consolation for the hosts, but it Mercedes, and he hopes to combine his role there with league title, although City trail leaders Leicester City was not enough to stop them from succumbing to a second the new one at Williams. The British team have had by nine points with both sides having nine games consecutive defeat having ended an eight-game winless two third-place finishes in the constructors’ to play. —Reuters streak with victory over Verona two weeks ago. —AFP standings over the past two seasons. —AFP

Emil Khneisser. Nissan to power Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge for 13th year

DUBAI: Nissan Middle East has pledged once we will again be sponsoring Emil Khneisser, this relationship for the next three years so again to back the Automobile and Touring reigning Emirates Desert Championship T2 that we can increase the event’s exposure in Club of the UAE in its continued drive to raise champion.” the future,” said Mohammed Ben Sulayem, the profile of the Abu Dhabi Desert Taking place under the patronage of HH President of the ATCUAE, the rally organizers, Challenge on the world stage. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the and President of Emirates Motor Sports The 2016 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge Ruler’s Representative in the Western Region, Federation. powered by Nissan sees the Patrol, the “Hero the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge is also the “Nissan Middle East shares our enthusiasm of All terrain in Life”, positioned for the 13th first round of the FIM Cross Country Rallies for the Desert Challenge, as well as our com- year as the official vehicle of the event. World Championship for bikes and quads. mitment to its long-term success, and I’m Running from 3-7 April, the rally will form Each year the Nissan Patrol plays a crucial confident this partnership will guarantee that the second round of this year’s FIA World Cup role in the planning and staging of the the event continues to set the standard in the for Cross Country Rallies. event.Over the past years, the Nissan Patrol FIA World Cup for Cross Country Rallies.” Samir Cherfan, Managing Director, Nissan has carried the route planning team deep The Nissan Special Stage, taking place on Middle East, said: “The Abu Dhabi Desert into the UAE’s Western Region of Al Garbia, Wednesday, April 6, will be arguably the ral- Challenge is one of the most prominent crossing a sea of giant dunes to carve out the ly’s toughest section, stretching across some desert rallies in the world and we are proud competitive stages, which will test competi- 258.10 kms of the most testing rallying ter- to be named the title sponsor of an event tors and their rally machinery to the limit rain available. with such global prestige. next month. More than 150competitors from around “Nissan Patrols plays a key role in the Throughout the event, a fleet of Nissan the world will tackle the 25th Abu Dhabi desert challenge, not only being used by the Patrols will be at the disposal of the organiz- Desert Challenge. The action begins on April organisers to scout out the course and as ers to ensure the event runs smoothly to its 2 with a spectator stage at Al Forsan Off-Road support vehicles, but as strong competitors. conclusion. Race of Champions Circuit in Abu Dhabi, Last year Nissan Patrol drivers secured all top “Nissan has become an invaluable partner which is also the finishing point for the rally four positions in T2.1 Class and Third and in our work to promote and develop the on April 7, following five days of cross coun- Samir Cherfan Managing Director Nissan Middle East signs the new agreement with Fourth place in T1.1This year we can confirm Desert Challenge, and I’m pleased to extend try rallying at its best. Mohammed Ben Sulayem President of the ATCUAE. Gawker swings back in Feuding Rossi, Marquez Hulk Hogan sex trial

ST PETERSBURG: The former Gawker fired up for 2016 editor who posted a sex tape of celebri- ty wrestler Hulk Hogan will stand wit- PARIS: Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez MotoGP champion Lorenzo and Marquez, a ness in a Florida courtroom this week, renew their bitter rivalry as the 2016 world two-time winner of the elite title, have also Thomas developing as the website argues it exercised its motorcycling championship gets underway attracted the attention of legendary 15-time press freedom in the 2012 release of in Qatar yesterday with accusations of betray- champion Giacomo Agostini. into next Team Sky excerpts of the secretly recorded video. al and intimidation still dominating the pad- “I would like to see a bit more respect dock. Nine-time world champion Rossi was between them because for me this is the grand tour rider A.J. Daulerio, Gawker editor at the within touching distance of a 10th title on his most important thing,” Agostini told time, has emerged as the face of the Yamaha last season only for an ill-judged kick motogp.com, reflecting on the Rossi-Marquez PARIS: Geraint Thomas secured his biggest road victory in former professional wrestler’s con- at Honda rival Marquez at the penultimate spat. “I don’t think that true friendship can the Paris-Nice race on Sunday but there could be much tention that the company had few lim- race in Malaysia. exist between rivals in our sport, but the more to come for the Briton who is developing into anoth- its in using sexual content to encourage He was punished by being forced to start important thing is to have respect for each er Team Sky-shaped grand tour champion. web traffic. Gawker, which begins pre- the title-decider in Valencia at the back of the other as that leads to great racing and this is The Welshman, who like Bradley Wiggins made his senting its defense in the $100 million grid, a penalty which allowed his Yamaha what I hope we will see.” name on the track, showed his improving climbing ability lawsuit Monday, has said Daulerio is teammate Jorge Lorenzo to take the champi- Marquez, the 2013 and 2014 champion, at last year’s Tour when he finished 15th overall after riding onship by just five points. saw his hopes of a third successive triumph mainly to help team leader Chris Froome. expected to testify. Hulk Hogan Rossi finished fourth but accused Marquez undone midseason when he fractured a fin- In the week-long Paris-Nice race, he beat seven-times The one-minute, 41-second edited of deliberately helping fellow Spaniard ger in a dirt bike accident. The 23-year-old grand tour winner Alberto Contador by four seconds after sex clip features Hogan having sex with Denton, is also likely to testify in the civ- Lorenzo to the finish line at his expense by again sees Lorenzo, Rossi and Honda team- surviving the Spaniard’s onslaught in the final hilly stage, the wife of his then-best friend, radio il trial in St. Petersburg, Florida, near the acting effectively as a bodyguard. mate Dani Pedrosa as being the major title showing great composure and resilience. “shock jock” personality Bubba the Love wrestler’s home. Hogan, whose legal “I allowed myself to be tricked by rivals. “The strength of Lorenzo is his speed; He still has a lot to learn to become the third Briton to Sponge. name is Terry Bollea, took the stand last Marquez. He really betrayed me. He said he the guy is fast and once he’s far ahead on win the world’s greatest race, however, after Wiggins in Hogan, 62, said he did not know the was a fan but it was all lies, bullshit,” said Rossi track it’s very hard to beat him. Valentino has 2012 and Froome in 2013 and 2015. week in his signature black bandana, to on the eve of his 21st season as a professional a lot of experience and Dani’s comprehensive consensual encounter, which took place tell jurors he was still suffering from “One step at a time,” said Thomas, who also won the rider. The Italian added: “It would be hypocrit- understanding of a situation is his strong week-long Tour of Algarve last month. “This year is all about five years earlier in Bubba’s home, had humiliation following the tape’s release. ical to say that it’s over and shake his hand, point,” he summarised. been recorded. one-week races. I think riding with Froomey, living (on the His appearance kicked off a case that because it’s not true. Our relationship can “But you never know who else could sur- French Riviera) near him, I learnt a hell of a lot. His record The celebrity, one of the wrestling so far has addressed topics from jour- never be recovered. I like to do real things, prise you, especially seeing how the Ducati speaks for itself.” Thomas has been following a path similar world’s lead figures in the 1980s and nalism ethics and website analytics to not to pretend.” team are getting stronger with a lot of techni- to Wiggins’s, starting his career on the track, with both men ‘90s, is asking for damages in the priva- Hogan’s statements about his penis Rossi and Lorenzo will be teammates cal improvements.” The 2016 championship clinching the team pursuit Olympic title in Beijing in 2008. cy-invasion suit that could financially size. again in 2016 but they are far from friends, a starts under the lights in Qatar on Sunday He finished his first Tour de France in 2007 in 140th posi- factor which adds to Yamaha’s conundrum at and ends in Valencia in November with 21 rid- destroy New York-based Gawker, known Daulerio has received some of the tion-out of 141 finishers. But Team Sky, which he joined in for pushing the role of the media in the the end of the year when both men will be ers-nine of whom are Spanish-battling over 2010, started his transformation into a one-say classic rider most searing scrutiny from Hogan’s out of contract. 18 races. Rossi won in Qatar 12 months ago digital era. attorneys. During a videotaped deposi- although several coaches and sports directors lauded his “What happened (last year) took a toll, so but endured mixed fortunes in pre-season ‘huge engine’, hinting he had the qualities to become a The website has argued that Hogan tion, he called celebrity sex tapes news- whatever happens, it seems tricky to consider testing at the desert track, twice coming off grand tour rider. The development started last season made his sex life a public matter and its keeping Lorenzo and Rossi at Yamaha in worthy unless they involved a child. his machine. when Thomas lost considerable weight-at least eight kilos- post was protected under the First 2017,” Yamaha Tech 3 boss Herve Poncharal The championship also has a different tyre When pressed on an age, he drew the and the all-rounder now believes he could mount a Tour told motorsport.com. “If Lorenzo stays, I don’t supplier with Bridgestone giving way to Amendment of the US Constitution. line at under four, which Gawker later challenge in two years, just before Froome’s contract with know if Rossi will want to stay, and vice versa.” Michelin while a new control electronics sys- Gawker’s high-profile founder, Nick called a “flip” reference. — Reuters Team Sky comes to an end.—Reuters The public disputes between Rossi, triple tem has also been introduced. — AFP TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016 SPORTS

Cheltenham awaits new champions, Pendleton swops saddles CHELTENHAM: This week’s Cheltenham ners in 2015, also saddles Nichols Un De Sceaux, who stamped his claim pipped him in the shadow of the post in on a horse this time last year, aims to Festival will crown two new champions, Canyon, who had second favourite when trouncing former champion Sire the King George over a shorter distance. add a remarkable chapter to her career hails the return of a superstar, and sees Identity Thief two lengths back when De Grugy at Ascot in January. Mullins, who has never won a Gold by lining up in the amateur Gold Cup - cycling queen Victoria Pendleton com- winning at Leopardstown in December. Thursday’s World Hurdle looks at the Cup, also has Don Poli, like Vautour chas- the Foxhunters Chase. peting at National Hunt’s Olympics British hopes are carried chiefly by mercy of Thistlecrack but whatever his ing a Festival hat-trick and Djakadam, She told London’s Evening Standard months after learning to ride. The New One. Trainer Nigel Twiston- fate trainer Colin Tizzard’s heart will be runner-up to Coneygree last year. that her motivation for accepting the With injury depriving the brilliant Davis is hoping it’s a case of third time pumping quicker than the milk Assessing the quality of his Festival challenge was not money, but a fresh Faugheen from defending his Champion lucky. Wednesday sees equine greatness machines back at his West Country dairy raiding party Mullins said: “I’m as gobs- challenge. Hurdle crown Tuesday’s opening day grace Prestbury Park in the shape of farm 24 hours later. macked and our team at home is as gob- “Post 2012, I tried winding down for showcase is there for the taking. returning hero Sprinter Sacre. Nicky The popular farmer-cum-trainer smacked as you guys (by the strength almost two years - we’ve got a lovely veg But such is the strength in depth of Henderson’s imposing charge routed his sends out Cue Card - one of the aces in a and depth of his Cheltenham team). patch at home - but, when you have Faugheen’s trainer Willie Mullins the Irish rivals to land the 2013 Champion Chase. Gold Cup field robbed of injured defend- “We don’t take it for granted, we look been part of something so big and suc- training phenomenon still saddles two ing champion Coneygree. at it and we think it’s unbelievable. We cessful, and then suddenly you’re not, it’s of the top three in the betting. MULLINS’ GOBSMACKED Cue Card cemented his standing as don’t think it’s a God-given right or any- a lot to deal with. Heading the market is his gutsy mare An irregular heart beat put his career one of the top chasers in the business in thing, we appreciate the fact that we “The past fades into history fairly Annie Power, generally on offer at 2-1. in jeopardy for a season. He made a the King George VI Chase at Kempton. have some beautiful horses.” quickly in the sporting world. I didn’t She was supplemented after advertising comeback last year, only to disappoint He is in line for a £1 million ($1.44m) The Gordon Elliott-trained Don want to sit looking back for the rest of her well being in a Punchestown prep. when pulling up behind Dodging bonus should he scale the chasing tree Cossack, travelling ominously well when my life at what I used to be because that A winner of 13 of her 15 races Annie Bullets. after wins at Kempton and Haydock. a penultimate-fence faller in the King makes you feel really sad.” In stark con- Power was primed to win at last year’s This term though, on the evidence of Among those out to stop him is George, is another with a huge chance. trast to conditions Pendleton experi- Festival only to come a cropper at the two emphatic victories, the old swagger Mullins’ Vautour, a brilliant Festival win- Half an hour after the Gold Cup, dou- enced at the 2012 Lee Valley VeloPark, final flight in the mares hurdle. Mullins, is back. He is a best-priced third ner 12 months ago but for whom stami- ble London 2012 Olympic cycling gold the going at Cheltenham is forecast as who sent out a record eight Festival win- favourite behind Mullins’ odds-on shot na is a question mark after Cue Card medallist Pendleton, who had never sat soft in places. —AFP Pound: Russia ‘dithering and procrastinating’ on doping

LONDON: The man who headed the doping investigation that led to Russia’s suspension from global track and field sees little evidence that the country is doing enough to win rein- statement in time for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Former World Anti-Doping Agency president Dick Pound told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Russia is running out of time to clean up its drug-testing program in order for its athletes to able to compete at the games in August. “There has been a lot of bluster and blanket denial and saying, ‘You are picking on Russia,’ that sort of thing,” Pound said. “I can’t tell for sure whether they are taking this really seriously or LAUSANNE: David Howman, from New Zealand, Director General of the WADA, they assume the problem will go away.” British Craig Reedie, President of the World Anti-Doping Agency, WADA, and Swiss The Russian track federation was suspended Olivier Niggli, designated Director General of the World Anti-Doping Agency, WADA, in November after a report by Pound’s inde- from left, speak during a press conference during the WADA Symposium for Anti- pendent WADA commission detailed systematic Doping Organizations (ADOs), in Lausanne, Switzerland, yesterday. — AP corruption and doping cover-ups in Russia. The International Association of Athletics Federations has laid down a series of criteria for the Russians to meet before they can be eligible IOC retests Beijing drug for readmission. “We thought at the time when we released samples ahead of Rio the report that if they dropped everything and MONACO: International Association of Athletic Federations President Sebastian Coe arrives to went meet the media after attending a two-day council meeting in Monaco, Friday. Russia’s track LONDON: Armed with enhanced techniques, Beijing have been retested. A few months full speed ahead on genuine reform they and field federation has not yet done enough to reform its anti-doping program in order to the IOC is retesting hundreds of doping sam- after those games, the IOC reanalyzed nearly could probably get enough done to get back have its athletes reinstated to global competition, the IAAF said. —AP ples from the 2008 Beijing Olympics to weed 1,000 of the total of 4,000 samples with a new into Rio, but they have been dithering and pro- out drug cheats before they can compete in test for the blood-boosting drug CERA. Five crastinating and I think that time is really shrink- “There seems to be some evidence of changing between 2013 and 2015, has applied to com- this year’s Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro. athletes were caught, including 1,500-meter ing,” Pound said in an interview on the sidelines the deck chairs on the Titanic.” pete in Rio “in a capacity other than as a Russian In an interview with The Associated Press, gold medalist Rashid Ramzi of Bahrain. of the Tackling Doping in Sport conference at “It’s not just showing intent to change that’s athlete.” Reedie said he raised her case directly IOC medical director Dr. Richard Budgett said Budgett said some samples from the 2012 Twickenham Stadium. going to get them readmitted,” Pound added. with IOC President Thomas Bach in December. athletes who competed in Beijing and are London Olympics are also being retested now The IAAF’s governing council holds a two-day “There’s going to have to be verified action. It’s a “I understand she does have a qualifying likely to be selected for Rio are having their on a targeted basis ahead of the Rio Games, meeting beginning Thursday in Monaco, where considerable hurdle. If they haven’t put enough time,” Reedie said. “It’s now up to the IAAF and stored samples reanalyzed to catch any viola- although most are being saved for later officials will examine Russia’s efforts to reform. In into it, and the IAAF and WADA are not satisfied, the IOC.” Pound also reiterated his backing for my guess is they may not make it back for Rio.” Sebastian Coe, who became IAAF president in tors who evaded detection eight years ago. reanalysis. “We want to reserve samples for addition, WADA still needs to declare Russia’s national anti-doping agency and anti-doping Pound said the IAAF and WADA “are not going to August. “We want to protect the clean athletes the expected advances that will happen over lab compliant with its rules before the country risk their reputations any further by rolling over Coe has been under scrutiny because he who are going to be competing in Rio,” the next six years,” he said. can return to the international fold. and playing dead.” served as a vice president under former presi- Budgett said. “We are making sure that ath- Nearly 500 doping samples from the 2006 “They’re aware of the amount of work that is Reedie, meanwhile, said he was personally dent Lamine Diack, who is under criminal inves- letes who cheated back in 2008 don’t get to Winter Olympics in Turin have already been necessary,” WADA president Craig Reedie said. “A pushing for Russian 800-meter runner Yulia tigation in France on corruption charges related compete in Rio in 2016.” retested. The IOC has not disclosed whether The International Olympic Committee big priority for us is the appointment of two Stepanova - a whistleblower who helped expose to doping cover-ups. those retests had produced any positive cas- independent experts to be in Moscow to help the Russian doping scandal - to be allowed to “I never thought it was fair to blame one per- stores blood and urine samples from each es. Five athletes were caught in retests of games so they can be reanalyzed years later build the new RUSADA, and they are also aware compete in the Rio Games. son on the IAAF council for that,” Pound said, samples from the 2004 Athens Olympics, of the timelines.” Stepanova and her husband, a former anti- referring to Coe. ‘I think he’s had a very rough with improved testing methods. Any positive including men’s shot put winner Yuriy Bilonog tests can lead to retroactive sanctions, dis- Pound also cast doubt on Russia’s commit- doping official, left Russia in 2014 after provid- ride, mostly from (the media in) this country. of Ukraine. ment in his speech to the conference. “I don’t ing undercover footage of apparent doping vio- That’s fair enough. The press is entitled to do qualifications and loss of medals. On a separate issue, Budgett said he is The statute of limitations for retesting was think they are devoting all their time and energy lations to German TV channel ARD. that. I can think of nobody likely to do a better confident that Brazil’s national anti-doping to getting where they ought to be,” he said. Stepanova, who served a doping ban job in the present difficult circumstances.” — AP extended in 2015 from eight to 10 years, agency will comply with World Anti-Doping meaning the Beijing samples remain valid Agency rules by next week’s deadline to pre- through 2018. “Many of the athletes who are vent Rio’s drug-testing laboratory from being likely to be selected for Rio will have their ruled ineligible for the Olympics. samples retested a couple of years earlier The Brazilian agency has until March 18 to US fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad than we need to,” Budgett told AP on the meet WADA’s guidelines. If it fails, the Rio lab sidelines of the Tackling Doping in Sport con- would be declared non-compliant, meaning ference in London. “There are some new thousands of doping samples during the to make history for Muslims analyses that are available. The samples are in games would have to be sent out of Brazil for the process of being retested. It’s in the hun- testing, posing major logistical and financial dreds.” “We’ve cooperated very closely with issues. LOS ANGELES: Ibtihaj Muhammad stood beaming her calling - and perhaps even a way to help pay festival in Austin, Texas, Muhammad was asked by the international federations, finding out Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is on the podium in Budapest in 2013, flashing a for college. Muhammad soon hooked up with the a volunteer to remove her hijab for a security pho- which athletes are still competing, finding out bright smile, a world championship bronze medal Westbrook Foundation, an organization run by for- to and later tweeted that she couldn’t “make this scheduled to sign a decree on March 15 that which athletes are likely to be selected for and the red, white and blue hijab that perfectly mer Olympian Peter Westbrook to teach fencing to stuff up.” But Muhammad is intent on using her would bring the agency into compliance. Rio,” he added. “If we’ve got samples for them encapsulated who she is as an athlete and a per- underserved communities in metro New York. She time in the spotlight to show the U.S. and the rest “We’re very hopeful that it finally will be from Beijing, we’re doing that testing.” son. later earned a scholarship from Duke, where she of the world that Muslim-Americans should be resolved,” Budgett said. “The laboratory itself Budgett said the process should be com- Muhammad, a New Jersey-born fencer, is a was a three-time All-American. embraced, not shunned. “I’ve never questioned is performing well and really is state-of-the- pleted in the next few weeks. “If we have any proud Muslim and an equally proud American. “Don’t be fooled by that pretty face. She has myself as an American and my position here,” adverse analytical findings, there will be a art. We always have a Plan B. Anything can And this summer at the Rio Olympics, Muhammed something in her that it takes in real champions, Muhammad said. “This is my home. This is who I sanctioning process and those athletes will happen. That’s there in case, but I do not will seek to stand up for her community by fighting that unbelievable will to win,” said Westbrook, who am. My family has always been here. We’re be very unlikely to compete in Rio,” he said. expect to be using it.” Budgett said the IOC for a country that hasn’t always fought for those in 1984 became the first African-American to win American by birth, and it’s a part of who I am and Noting that scientific techniques will contin- plans to carry out a “similar number” of tests who share her faith. an Olympic medal. “She is able to dig five stories this is all that I know.—AP ue to improve in the next two years, the IOC is in Rio as the 5,000 conducted in London. An Muhammad, the middle daughter of a retired deep to pull something out. And when she loses? keeping the other Beijing samples for retest- intelligence unit created by WADA is target- detective and special education teacher, will Oh my God.” ing closer to the 2018 deadline, Budgett said. ing athletes for testing in the lead -up to the become the first US athlete to compete in the Still, Muhammad put fencing largely aside after games. “We’re not talking about the numbers Olympics while wearing a hijab, the head scarf college, turning to teaching while she considered 500 DOPING SAMPLES RETESTED any more, we’re talking about the quality,” required of Muslim women. applying to law school. But she was still curious It’s not the first time that samples from Budgett said. — AP Those circumstances have put Muhammad, 30, enough about her fencing to turn to a new coach, on a platform well beyond sports. She’s hoping her Akhi Spencer-El, who is also connected with the presence as an Olympian can help counter the Westbrook Foundation. recent wave of anti-Islamic sentiment in the US, Noves frustrated triggered in part by Donald Trump’s comments ABILITIES about banning Muslims from the US. Muhammad was Spencer-El’s first protÈgÈ. “I feel like I’ve been blessed to be in this posi- Muhammad said she found in him someone who by French fumbling tion, to be given this platform. When I think of my believed in her abilities as much as she did. That predecessors, and people who’ve spoken out was enough to give Muhammad the push she EDINBURGH: France coach Guy Noves was play at the level we can produce.” The against bigotry and hate, I feel like I owe it not just needed to rededicate herself to the sport. left shaking his head and deriding his play- defeat at Murrayfield comes hard on the to myself but to my community to try to fight it,” “I noticed she was something different. There ers for their stumbling Six Nations perform- heels of the loss to Wales in Cardiff two said Muhammad, who is ranked seventh in the was so much competitiveness,” Spencer-El said. “I ance Sunday in the 29-18 loss to Scotland weeks ago and it underlines the task facing world in the women’s saber. “There are people who knew I could get her to be on a level with the best at Murrayfield. The defeat was the first for Noves at a troubled time for French rugby don’t feel safe going to work every day, that don’t in the world.” France against Scotland in 10 years and it still smarting from the humiliation at the feel safe being themselves. I think that’s a problem.” It took a while, but Muhammad got there. shattered any hopes they had of denying hands of the All Blacks in the World Cup The irony of Muhammad’s rise to international Muhammad made her first world championship in unbeaten England the title when the two quarter-finals in October. Long seen as a fencing success is that it was about as American as 2010, and she helped the Americans win a team sides play the tournament finale in Paris in potential French national coach after his one might imagine. bronze a year later. Two years ago, Muhammad was six days’ time. “On a purely technical level years of success at Toulouse, Noves has part of her first gold medal-winning senior world we were very poor in this match,” the for- made the jump from club to country late in WELL, ALMOST team. Athletes have had to fight for the right to mer Toulouse chief said. his career and not everyone is convinced Muhammad tried nearly every sport as a kid, wear religious head coverings in sports like basket- “We made far too many faults-between that at 62 he is the right man for the job, from softball and track to tennis. But the constant ball and soccer, where FIFA changed its rules to the handling errors and the number of with the next World Cup still over three modifications Muhammad would have to make to allow hijabs in 2012. penalties that we gave away. “Under these years away. her uniform - like adding sleeves or wearing pants But Muhammad has never had to downplay her conditions we were not able to apply any Noves, however, insists that patience is when her teammates had on shorts - were growing faith in competition or in life. She often sports mul- pressure on the Scottish team for any the key. “They are a squad of young players tiresome. ticolored hijabs on and off the strip and has even CALIFORNIA: In this March 8, 2016, file photo, length of time. “Periodically we played who are trying to compete at a very high Then one day while in the car with her mother, a started a clothing website with her siblings, Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad poses for photos at some quality rugby and scored two tries. level,” he said. 12-year-old Muhammad noticed a fencing practice Louella.com, for Muslim women seeking more col- the 2016 Olympic Team USA media summit in But we made too many silly mistakes. “But we can still make progress because through the windows of a local high school. Since orful options while still adhering to their religion. Beverly Hills, Calif. Muhammad would be the “It’s a big let down for us, but in some they are young and because they can move fencers are covered from head to toe for protec- Muhammad has suffered her share of backlash, first American to compete in the Olympics way it reassures me because we did not forward together. —AFP tion, Muhammad knew right away she had found though. On Saturday at the South by Southwest wearing a hijab. — AP TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016 SPORTS

Williamson wary of spin challenge at World Twenty20

NAGPUR: New Zealand is wary of the India’s Ravichandran Ashwin-led spin record has any meaning. We go into Bangladesh as well as a 3-0 series vic- threat Indian spinners could pose for attack that also boasts allrounders the match tomorrow with a clean tory in Australia. Kohli led the way, its batsmen in the World Twenty20 Yuvraj Singh and Ravindra Jadeja, slate. India is a strong side and scoring 352 runs in eight T20 games at Super 10 opener, captain Kane part-timer Suresh Raina and the back- Twenty20 cricket is fickle in nature,” a strike-rate of 134 and an average of Williamson said yesterday. up of Harbhajan Singh. said Williamson, who has match-win- 117.33, with openers Rohit Sharma “The pitch will be on the slow side New Zealand has the added chal- ners of his own, such as batsmen Ross and Shikhar Dhawan also among the and perhaps take a little turn,” lenge of adjusting quickly to the for- Taylor and Martin Guptill and all- runs. “The middle-order has not got Williamson said. “In Indian conditions mat as its last engagement was a test rounder Corey Anderson. too much of an opportunity in recent we can expect spin to play a big part series against Australia, but India’s in-form batsman Virat Kohli games. So it becomes our responsibili- and it’s important that we adjust our Williamson played down this concern. said the team’s fine recent run gave it ty to get the runs at the top of the game accordingly.” “In international games you get to a lot of confidence. order,” Kohli said. “I come in at No. 3 so The pitch used here for a test match change formats consistently,” “We’re pretty confident after win- have a better chance of getting runs against South Africa last year had Williamson said. Host India is the ning 10 of 11 games and hope to take than batsmen to follow. We all under- been rated as poor by the favorite to win the tournament but that momentum into the stand that.” International Cricket Council with the starts its campaign against an opposi- World Twenty20,” Kohli said. “This is India and New Zealand are with game ending inside three days. tion it has never beaten in four previ- going to be far more challenging. This Australia, Pakistan and Bangladesh in The World T20 qualifying games ous meetings, including in the 2007 is a big event and the whole feeling, Group 2. Group 1 consists of West also saw the ball turn. That could mag- edition which India won in South vibe is different.” India’s recent success- Indies, England, South Africa, Sri Lanka nify the challenge in batting against Africa. “I don’t think our previous es include winning the Asia Cup in and Afghanistan. — AP New Zealand captain Kane Williamson

Key players in world T20 1

NEW DELHI: As the group stages of Group 2 cricket’s World T20 begin this week, Players to watch from Group 2 of AFP takes a look at some of the players the World Twenty20, featuring India, who are expected to light up the tour- New Zealand, Pakistan, Australia and nament. The following is a list of poten- Bangladesh, as the tournament’s main tial match-winners from the five teams draw gets underway today: competing in Group 1, which features Ravichandran Ashwin (India): the West Indies, South Africa, England, With question marks over India’s pace Sri Lanka and Afghanistan: attack, Ashwin will be the team’s go-to man in home conditions. The off-spin- Group 2 ner comes into the tournament as the Chris Gayle (West Indies): It’s been top-ranked T20 bowler in the absence a while since Gayle played Test cricket of the West Indies’ Sunil Narine. With but his appetite for T20s appears many variations including the ‘carrom undimmed. While the biggest head- ball’ up his sleeve, Ashwin is feared on lines from his recent stint in Australia’s Indian wickets and he’s also handy with Big Bash League revolved around his the bat lower down the order. bid to chat up a TV reporter, he also Colin Munro (New Zealand): bludgeoned a stunning 12-ball 50. Forget Kane Williamson, Martin Guptill Gayle racked up the highest ever score and Corey Anderson, New Zealand in T20s while playing for the Bangalore suddenly has another big-hitter in the Royal Challengers in the Indian Premier form of Munro, 29. The unheralded League three years ago, hitting an left-hander has been in sensational unbeaten 175 off 66 balls. And he lit up form this year and starred in the Black the first World T20 in 2007 by notching Caps’ 74-run thrashing of Sri Lanka in up the format’s first international cen- Thursday’s warm-up match in Mumbai. tury. It could be the last chance for glo- Munro smashed 67, including seven ry for a player, now aged 36, that cap- sixes, off 34 balls, leading Anderson to NAGPUR: India’s Virat Kohli prepares for the training session at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur yesterday. India plays tain Darren Sammy describes as “the call him “one hell of a player”. His form against New Zealand in the World T20 cricket tournament today in Nagpur. — AFP most destructive” in T20 cricket. is timely for New Zealand, after the Imran Tahir (South Africa): With retirement of their swashbuckling cap- paceman Dale Steyn struggling with tain Brendon McCullum. injury, the hopes of South Africa’s David Warner (Australia): Arguably Kohli urges calm as bowling attack will rest largely on the the most brutal opener in Test cricket, shoulders of leg-spinner Imran Tahir. Warner has been handed a new role in The 36-year-old has been in the form the middle order of Australia’s T20 side. of his life in 2016 and was the stand- A blistering 77 off just 40 balls against out bowler in the recent T20 series India begin campaign South Africa last weekend showed how against Australia and England. Born in quickly he has adapted to the change Pakistan, Tahir broke into the Proteas’ and he says he is relishing the opportu- NAGPUR: Star batsman Virat Kohli urged his with them into the side. (captain), Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit side at a relatively late age because of nity to face more spin bowling. Warner team-mates to stay calm yesterday amid grow- “They have backed their skills and I think this Bumrah, Shikhar Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh, issues over his eligibility, but quickly made his debut for Australia’s T20 team ing fervour about India’s prospects in the World is what has been the x-factor for us.” Like many Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Mohammed became a fans’ favourite due to his even before he played first-class cricket Twenty20, ahead of the host’s tricky tournament of his fellow skippers, Williamson believes that Shami, Pawan Negi, Ashish Nehra, Hardik ability to turn matches. The stylish but is now an automatic pick in all for- opener against New Zealand. India are the team to beat but says his side- Pandya, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Rohit spinner wears his heart on his sleeve mats. His in-your-face approach has After winning 10 of their last 11 T20 interna- which is still to win a world cup-do not lack in Sharma, Yuvraj Singh New Zealand (from): and is a natural entertainer, famed for landed him in trouble, including his tionals, India are red-hot favourites for the World belief. “No doubt India will be possibly the Kane Williamson (captain), Corey Anderson, his often dramatic appeals for a wicket. infamous 2013 ban for punching T20 and former batsman Virender Sehwag said favourites for this tournament but I think all the Trent Boult, Martin Guptill, Grant Elliott, Joe Root (England): He may have England’s Joe Root in a bar. But as vice- last week he was “99 percent certain” they would teams will come here thinking they can win it,” Colin Munro, Mitchell McClenaghan, Nathan the appearance of a choirboy but the captain in what is a relatively inexperi- become the first team to win the trophy for a he said last week. McCullum, Adam Milne, Henry Nicholls, Luke Teams chirpy Yorkshireman is a steely com- enced squad, much responsibility now second time. But Kohli, who is sometimes Ronchi, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim India (from): petitor who gets up the noses of oppo- rests on the 29-year-old’s shoulders. regarded as something of a firebrand, tried to Mahendra Singh Dhoni Southee, Ross Taylor. — AFP nents. Widely seen as a captain-in-wait- Shoaib Malik (Pakistan): The mid- put a dampener on expectations in a press con- ference on the eve of the match in Nagpur and ing, Root has excelled at all forms of dle-order batsman made his interna- said it was important not to get carried away. the game and appears to relish the tional debut back in 1999 when still a more aggressive style of cricket that “I think the key is to learn from the past teenager, beginning a rollercoaster World T20 squads England have pursued in the last year. where calmness is required in big tournaments ride which seems to be drawing to a Still only 25, he has already scored like the ICC (International Cricket Council) events close. Still only 34, he dropped a NEW DELHI: Group 2 more than 6,000 international runs because you can get sort of carried away or over Squads for the group stages sixth bombshell last November by announc- AUSTRALIA since making his debut in India four anxious or over excited,” said Kohli, who is India’s edition of the International Cricket Council’s ing his retirement from Test cricket, years ago. Not only is he now the most Test captain. “Both those feelings are not great World Twenty20, which starts today: Steven Smith (captain), David Warner, only three matches after a five-year for any side going into a big tournament. “What Ashton Agar, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James prized English wicket, but he is also a Group 1 exile. But he remains a key member of we’ve learned from playing in big tournaments Faulkner, Aaron Finch, John Hastings, Josh handy offbreak bowler. ENGLAND Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka): Pakistan’s one-day and T20 squads and in the past is that we have to stay as calm as Hazlewood, Usman Khawaja, Mitchell Marsh, The possible and focus on the skills that need to be Eoin Morgan (captain), Moeen Ali, Sam a calming influence in a crisis situation. Glenn Maxwell, Peter Nevill, Andrew Tye, Shane batting all-rounder has been handed executed on the field.” Billings, Jos Buttler, Liam Dawson, Alex Hales, the unenviable task of ensuring the After Pakistan’s disastrous performance Watson, Adam Zampa in the recent Asia Cup in Bangladesh, India have a woeful track record against the Chris Jordan, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe struggling islanders at least make a Black Caps in World T20 tournaments, losing four Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, skipper Shahid Afridi will be looking to INDIA decent fist of trying to defend the out of their five previous encounters while the James Vince, David Willey Malik to mentor the side’s young bats- World T20 title they won in 2014. Sri other match was rained off. Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Lanka have been on the decline since men. Husband of Indian tennis star SOUTH AFRICA Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Shikhar their triumph in Bangladesh, slumping Sania Mirza, Malik was at the crease BIG-HITTING BLACK CAPS Faf du Plessis (captain), Kyle Abbott, Hashim Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, to eighth in the world rankings, and when Pakistan lifted the T20 crown in And although New Zealand have been Amla, Farhaan Behardien, Quinton de Kock, AB Virat Kohli, Mohammed Shami, Pawan Negi, come into this edition hot on the heels 2009 and would love to repeat the vic- undermined by inspirational skipper Brendon de Villiers, JP Duminy, Imran Tahir, Chris Morris, Ashish Nehra, Hardik Pandya, Ajinkya Rahane, of a torturous Asia Cup campaign. tory in Kolkata on April 3. McCullum’s retirement on the eve of the tourna- David Miller, Aaron Phangiso, Kagiso Rabada, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh. Mathews, 28, was appointed captain in Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh): ment, their performance in warm-up matches Rilee Rossouw, Dale Steyn, David Wiese. place of the injured Lasith Malinga just Widely regarded as the best cricketer shows they are not lacking for firepower. NEW ZEALAND SRI LANKA hours before the squad were due to Bangladesh has produced, Shakib is a They thrashed the holders Sri Lanka last Kane Williamson (captain), Corey Anderson, Thursday when Colin Munro, Corey Anderson Angelo Mathews (captain), Lasith Malinga, leave for India. Progressing to the canny left-arm spinner and a power Trent Boult, Martin Guptill, Grant Elliott, Colin and Grant Elliott all posted half-centuries in rap- Dushmantha Chameera, Dinesh Chandimal, semis is seen as a tall order, so if Sri middle-order batsman with a wide Munro, Mitchell McClenaghan, Nathan Lanka succeed, then their new skipper array of strokes. Shakib is also id time. Skipper Kane Williamson then smashed Niroshan Dickwella, Tillakaratne Dilshan, an entertaining 63 when New Zealand narrowly Rangana Herath, Shehan Jayasuriya, Chamara McCullum, Adam Milne, Henry Nicholls, Luke will regard it as a job well done. Bangladesh’s most experienced T20 Ronchi, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Mohammad Shahzad lost to England in their final warm-up match on Kapugedera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Thisara Perera, campaigner and has played in domes- Southee, Ross Taylor . (Afghanistan): Saturday. Sachithra Senanayake, Dasun Shanaka, Milinda A self-proclaimed fan of tic leagues in four different countries. India also suffered a rare defeat in what was Siriwardana, Jeffrey Vandersay Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Previously ranked as the world’s num- an unofficial T20 international on Saturday when PAKISTAN wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad ber one all-rounder, he has been the they lost by four runs to South Africa in another WEST INDIES Shahid Afridi (captain), Anwar Ali, Imad Shahzad has not only copied his idol’s main factor behind the team’s sharp high-scoring match. Darren Sammy (captain), Samuel Badree, Wasim, Khalid Latif, Khurram Manzoor, ‘helicopter shot’ but possesses a similar improvement in one-day cricket in the With their powerful openers Shikhar Dhawan Sulieman Benn, Carlos Brathwaite, Dwayne Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Hafeez, never-say-die attitude. The portly last two years. But the brash 28-year- and Rohit Sharma hitting a purple patch, and Bravo, Johnson Charles, Andre Fletcher, Chris Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Nawaz, opener has been in the form of his life old has also made headlines for the the veteran Yuvraj Singh also in good nick, India Gayle, Jason Holder, Evin Lewis, Ashley Nurse, Mohammad Sami, Sarfraz Ahmed, Shoaib will expect to post a big total on a batsman- Denesh Ramdin, Andre Russell, Marlon and is the main reason Afghanistan wrong reasons and he was slapped Malik, Sharjeel Khan, Umar Akmal, Wahab Riaz. made the Super 10 cut. With scores of with a six-month ban in 2014 by the friendly pitch in Nagpur. Samuels, Jerome Taylor Kohli, in top form himself, said rookie Indian 61, 41 and 40 in the qualifiers, Shahzad Bangladeshi board for a “severe atti- AFGHANISTAN bowlers Jaspreet Bumrah and Hardik Pandya BANGLADESH is sure to make any opposition bowler tude problem” after he tried to play in would also be crucial to the outcome, saying Mashrafe Mortaza (captain), Shakib Al Asghar Stanikzai (captain), Amir Hamza, wary of his presence. Apart from his the Caribbean Premier League without they had showed few signs of nerves in their Hasan, Abu Hider, Al-Amin Hossain, Arafat Dawlat Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Hamid Hassan, range of colourful shots, the 31-year- permission. He was also suspended fledgling international careers. Sunny, Mahmudullah, Mohammad Mithun, Karim Sadiq, Mohammad Nabi, Mohammad old Shahzad is regarded as the team’s briefly last year for a foul-mouthed out- “Players like Hardik and Bumrah they have Mushfiqur Rahim, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasir Shahzad, Najibullah Zadran, Noor Ali Zadran, chief motivator thanks to his chirpy burst at an umpire in Bangladesh’s more confidence than when we started out,” he Hossain, Nurul Hasan, Sabbir Rahman, Soumya Rashid Khan, Samiullah Shenwari, Shafiqullah presence behind the stumps. domestic T20 tournament.—AFP said. “They have performed in different situa- Sarkar, Tamim Iqbal, Taskin Ahmed Shafiq, Shapoor Zadran, Usman Ghani. —AFP tions and they have brought that confidence TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016 SPORTS Djokovic moves on at Indian Wells

INDIAN WELLS: World number one Novak Kohlschreiber who swept past Denis Kudla Djokovic had to dig deep at Indian Wells on 6-0, 6-1. “Today is one of those days where Sunday to fend off a pair of unheralded but you don’t feel the ball well,” Djokovic said. spirited opponent. Djokovic dropped the “You know, swirly conditions.” first set before coming from behind to book his third-round spot in the ATP and NISHIKORI WINS WTA hardcourt tournament with a 2-6, 6-1, Japanese star Kei Nishikori eased into 6-2 victory over 149th-ranked qualifier the third round with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Bjorn Fratangelo. In the evening session, Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Kukushkin. reigning champion Simona Halep steam- The 26-year-old Nishikori, seeded fifth in rolled Ekaterina Makarova 6-2, 6-4 to get his eighth appearance in Indian Wells, has her title defence off to a flying start. never made it past the fourth round in the “Just trying to fight.” The defending two- California desert. “It is not easy playing the time men’s champ Djokovic has now won first match of any tournament,” Nishikori 12 consecutive matches in Indian Wells and said. “But I felt comfortable today. So I is seeking to become the first player in hope I can go further than the last couple tournament history to claim five titles. of years.” Djokovic won 78 percent of his first Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated French serve points, made three double faults and compatriot Vincent Millot 7-5, 6-1; Dominic had his serve broken three times including Thiem beat Jozef Kovalik 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/3); twice in the first three games. He returned and Sam Querrey stopped Thiemo de the favour in the deciding third set by Bakker 7-6 (7/5), 6-4. breaking Fratangelo in games one, five and Elsewhere in women’s action, world seven. number three Agnieszka Radwanska “All in all, it was just not a great perform- breezed past Romania’s Monica Niculescu ance,” Djokovic said. “But you have to deal 6-2, 6-1 to reach the fourth round. with it, accept it. A win is a win. Hopefully Last year’s runner-up Jelena Jankovic the next one will be better.” crushed CoCo Vandeweghe 6-0, 6-1 and After the victory in difficult, windy con- Czech Petra Kvitova defeated Swede ditions, Djokovic next faces German Philipp Johanna Larsson 6-3, 4-6, 7-5. —AFP

INDIAN WELLS: Serena Williams returns a shot against Yulia Putinseva of Kazakhstan during the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on March 11 at Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Sunday. —AFP Serena finds inner tiger to advance

INDIAN WELLS: World number one Serena draw, Angelique Kerber and Garbine Muguruza. made it past the fourth round in the California Williams stepped up her bid for her first Indian Although Williams got off to another slow desert. Wells title in 15 years with a straight set victory start Sunday but she closed out in style with an over Yulia Putintseva 7-6 (7/2), 6-0 on Sunday. ace on match point. ‘FELT COMFORTABLE’ The two-time Indian Wells champion Williams She needed a tiebreaker to win the first set, “It is not easy playing the first match of any had a difficult time with Putintseva in the open- taking the final three points, including the last tournament,” Nishikori said. INDIAN WELLS: Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns a shot against Bjorn Fratangelo ing set but then steamrolled through the second two on her serve. “But I felt comfortable today. So I hope I can during the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Sunday at Indian to wrap up the win in one hour, 15 minutes. “I was just trying to find my rhythm out there. go further than the last couple of years.” Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California. — AFP “The first set was a little tricky, then I had to Trying my best to not get off to a slow start,” she Nishikori, who has been ranked as high as find my inner tiger, and roar,” Williams said. said. “I was just trying to fight and do what I fourth in the world to become the highest Williams moves on to the fourth round of the could.” World No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska ranked Asian player in ATP history, moves on to hardcourt tournament where she will face breezed past Romania’s Monica Niculescu 6-2, 6- the third round where he will face either Short-handed Penguins Kateryna Bondarenko who defeated Lesia 1 to reach the fourth round. American Steve Johnson or Australia’s John Tsurenko 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (9/7) earlier on Sunday. The third seed from Poland needed just 87 Millman. Nishikori won 71 percent of his first Williams has a chance to become the first minutes to eliminate Niculescu following a serve points and broke Kukushkin’s serve four surge past Rangers 5-3 three-time winner in women’s singles at Indian tough two-hour, 41-minute second round con- times in the 70-minute match. Wells, a feat she failed to achieve last year when test which she won 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 over Slovak “The first couple of games are the most NEW YORK: With one of their top players shutout of the Red Wings in the last 30 she was forced to withdraw from her semi-final Dominika Cibulkova. important,” he said. out for several weeks, the Pittsburgh years. The last time was Curtis Joseph’s 3-0 match with a knee injury. “I knew I would have to be patient,” “I try not to hit too many crazy shots and get Penguins are going to need some help to victory on Dec. 6, 2000, in Detroit. “I felt Williams, who won the event in 1999 and Radwanska said of playing Niculescu. a good rhythm and if I feel good then go for make the playoffs. Conor Sheary did his great from the get-go,” Bernier said. “We felt 2001, returned to the tournament last year, end- “I am just very happy to win that match in shots and hit the ball a little harder,” added part on Sunday. Sheary scored twice and we dominated this game from the start and ing a 14-year boycott which began after she those two quick sets.” Radwanska is hoping to Nishikori, who last month defended his ATP title Matt Cullen had the go-ahead goal in the we wanted it.” Toronto’s Michael Grabner beat Kim Clijsters in the 2001 final. get back to the Indian Wells final for the first at Memphis for the fourth consecutive year, third period as the short-handed Penguins came in on a breakaway and was hauled That year spectators at Indian Wells booed time since losing the championship match to extending his win streak at the event to 17 beat the New York Rangers 5-3. The down by Danny DeKeyser with 29.5 sec- Serena during the final and jeered her sister and Flavia Pennetta two years ago. matches. Penguins were missing star Evgeni Malkin, onds left in the second. Petr Mrazek made father Richard Williams in the stands. In men’s action, Japanese star Kei Nishikori In other matches Sunday, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga who is out six to eight weeks after suffering the save, but as Grabner slid into the As the top seed and a 21 Grand Slam title eased through his second round match by beat- defeated French compatriot Vincent Millot 7-5, an upper-body injury in Friday’s win over crease, the puck went into the net. winner, she’s the clear favourite this week. Her ing Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Kukushkin 6-3, 6-3. 6-1, Dominic Thiem beat Jozef Kovalik 7-6 (7/4), Columbus. He is second on the team with quest was boosted Saturday with the elimina- The 26-year-old Nishikori, seeded fifth in his 7-6 (7/3) and Sam Querrey stopped Thiemo de 27 goals and 31 assists in 57 games. LIGHTNING 4, BLUE JACKETS 0 tion of two of the top five seeds in the women’s eighth appearance in Indian Wells, has never Bakker 7-6 (7/5), 6-4. — AFP “It’s a good opportunity for a lot of guys Steven Stamkos scored twice - giving to get some secondary scoring to get some him 31 goals on the season - and the more minutes when a top guy like that Tampa Bay Lightning cruised to a 4-0 win goes down.” Sheary said. “Obviously, it’s over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday Nadal plans to sue unfortunate for the team as whole, losing a in Nationwide Arena. Lightning goaltender player like that, but it’s good for younger Ben Bishop was booed every time he France’s ex-sports minister guys and guys who don’t get that many touched the puck, but got the last word on minutes.” Patric Hornqvist also scored for Blue Jackets’ fans with a 33-save shutout, INDIAN WELLS: Rafael Nadal stepped up his attack Sunday on those the Penguins and Marc-Andre Fleury made the 16th shutout of his career. who label him a drugs cheat, threatening to sue the French ex-sports 24 saves for the Penguins. Sidney Crosby minister who said the Spanish tennis star failed a drug test. MAPLE LEAFS 1, RED WINGS 0 added an empty-netter for his 29th of the Nadal said he is seeking “justice” and will have his day in court to season. Derick Brassard scored his team- Jonathan Bernier made 38 saves for his silence critics like former French minister Roselyne Bachelot. leading 25th goal for the Rangers. Ryan 12th career shutout and third of the season McDonagh and Chris Kreider also scored and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the “I gonna sue her, and I gonna sue everyone who gonna comment and Derek Stepan had two assists. Detroit Red Wings 1-0 Sunday night at Joe something similar in the future, because I am tired of that,” Nadal said Jonathan Bernier made 38 saves in his 12th Louis Arena. Michael Grabner scored for Sunday night at the Indian Wells hardcourt tournament. career shutout to lead the Toronto Maple Toronto, which recorded its first regulation Bachelot, who served as sports minister between 2007 and 2010, has Leafs to a 1-0 victory over the Detroit Red win since Feb. 25. Petr Mrazek made 26 said that Nadal faked an injury in 2012, when he missed the final six Wings. It marked the Maple Leafs’ second saves for Detroit. — Reuters months of the season due to knee problems, in order to hide a positive drug test. The 14-time Grand Slam champion first told AFP on Saturday night NHL Results/Standings that he was going to seek “justice” and use the courts to put a stop to speculation he ever used performance-enhancing drugs. Pittsburgh 5, NY Rangers 3; Tampa Bay 4, Columbus 0. “I am tired about these things. I let it go a few times in the past. No Western Conference Florida 38 21 9 192 167 85 more,” Nadal said, adding that he expected better of person who was Central Division Tampa Bay 40 24 5 190 163 85 “minister of a big country and a great country like France.” W L OTL GF GA PTS Detroit 34 24 11 173 182 79 Nadal has never failed a drug test in his many years on the ATP Tour Dallas 41 20 9 227 203 91 Ottawa 32 30 8 202 218 72 St. Louis 41 20 9 183 172 91 and has always vehemently denied ever using a banned substance. Montreal 32 31 6 187 194 70 Chicago 41 22 6 195 168 88 Nadal said he had been reluctant to take people who accused him of Buffalo 28 33 9 167 190 65 Nashville 34 22 13 189 177 81 using illegal drugs to court in the past, but has now changed his mind. Minnesota 32 27 10 182 172 74 Toronto 23 34 11 160 201 57 Nadal, the world number five, beat Gilles Muller 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 in the Colorado 35 31 4 188 198 74 Metropolitan Division second round at Indian Wells on Sunday. Winnipeg 28 35 5 176 203 61 Washington 49 14 5 219 160 103 Nadal, the former three-time Indian Wells champion, moves on to Pacific Division NY Rangers 39 23 7 197 181 85 face fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco in the hardcourt tournament, Los Angeles 40 22 5 180 154 85 NY Islanders 37 21 8 190 166 82 Anaheim 37 21 9 167 159 83 Pittsburgh 36 24 8 188 173 80 one of the biggest events on the ATP Tour calendar outside of the four San Jose 38 24 6 203 179 82 Philadelphia 32 23 12 174 180 76 Grand Slams. Arizona 30 32 7 185 211 67 Carolina 31 26 12 170 186 74 The draw sets up a possible semi-final showdown between world Vancouver 27 28 12 164 192 66 New Jersey 33 29 7 153 171 73 number one Novak Djokovic and Nadal. They’re nearly even in their 47 Calgary 28 35 5 182 213 61 head-to-head meetings, with Djokovic owning a 24-23 edge.— AFP Edmonton 27 37 7 169 209 61 Columbus 28 33 8 180 215 64 Eastern Conference Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one point Atlantic Division in the standings and are not included in the loss Boston 39 23 8 213 188 86 column (L). Radwanska advances

INDIAN WELLS: World No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska breezed past Romania’s Monica Niculescu 6-2, 6-1 to reach the fourth round of the WTA and ATP Tour’s Indian Wells tournament on Sunday. The third seed from Poland needed just 87 minutes to eliminate Niculescu following a tough two-hour, 41-minute second round contest which she won 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 over Slovak Dominika Cibulkova. “I knew I would have to be patient,” Radwanska said of playing Niculescu. “I think that’s the most important thing in that kind of match. “And really try to play my game. She can be really tough. I am just very happy to win that match in those two quick sets.” Radwanska is hoping to get back to the Indian Wells final for the first time since losing the championship match to Flavia Pennetta two years ago. She moves on to face the winner of a match between Serb Jelena Jankovic and CoCo Vandeweghe of the USA. Radwanska blasted four aces to none for Niculescu, had no double faults to three and broke Niculescu’s serve five times. In other early matches Sunday, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated French compatriot Vincent Millot 7-5, 6-1, DETROIT: Nazem Kadri #43 of the Toronto Maple Leafs controls the puck while playing Alexander Zverev beat Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 3-6, 7-5, and Adrian Mannarino at Joe Louis Arena yesterday in Detroit, Michigan. Toronto won the game 1-0. —AFP defeated Benoit Paire 6-1, 6-3. —AFP Rafael Nadal TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016 SPORTS

FIFA bans 3 S Africans over pre-World Cup match-fixing

ZURICH: FIFA banned three more for- South African national team’s friendly bizarre refereeing decisions in the South Monday by FIFA were all found guilty of been announced. The fixing bans further mer South African Football Association games in the weeks ahead of the conti- Africa-Guatemala game. misconduct and breaching rules relating overshadow Africa’s first World Cup, officials yesterday over match-fixing in nent’s first World Cup was fixed by the South Africa-Guatemala was refereed to reporting wrongdoing and cooperat- which was undermined more recently by friendly games ahead of the country’s referee. SAFA officials were under inves- by Niger official Ibrahim Chaibou, who is ing with investigations. allegations of bribery in the bidding hosting of the 2010 World Cup. tigation for allowing a company con- being sought for involvement in other Sedibe, a high-profile figure in South process that won the tournament for Former SAFA chief executive Leslie trolled by Singaporean match-fixer allegedly fixed games. South Africa’s Africa, is now the chief executive of South Africa. US investigators looking at Sedibe was banned for five years and Wilson Raj Perumal to appoint the refer- game with Colombia, and an earlier 4-0 Proudly South African, a company which widespread corruption at FIFA believe fined 20,000 Swiss francs ($20,200). The ees for the games. win over Thailand in another pre-World promotes South African goods and serv- that South Africa used $10 million of its governing body also banned Steve FIFA hasn’t identified the game or Cup friendly, were both refereed by ices. The fixing in the pre-World Cup World Cup preparations budget to pay Goddard and Adeel Carelse, both former games in question, but South Africa’s 2-1 Langat Kipngetich of Kenya. friendlies has long been ignored by off now-disgraced former FIFA execu- officials at SAFA’s referees department, win over Colombia and 5-0 win over It is believed that some SAFA officials South African authorities, with no mean- tives for voting for it to be the host. for two years each. Guatemala a couple of weeks before the eventually suspected what was happen- ingful investigation into the allegations Two unnamed but “senior” South Last year, Lindile Kika, SAFA’s head of opening of the World Cup are under sus- ing and prevented Perumal-controlled despite promises made four years ago. African soccer officials have been impli- national teams in 2010, was banned picion. All three goals in the South referees from taking control of later Then, a series of SAFA officials, including cated in the US Department of Justice’s from all soccer activities for six years. Africa-Colombia game came through World Cup warm-up games. the president at the time, were suspend- indictment for allegedly organizing the FIFA believes that at least one of the penalty kicks. There was a collection of The South African officials banned ed pending a probe but no results have bribes. —AP Arsene Wenger braces for Barcelona after FA Cup exit

LONDON: Arsene Wenger admitted that he impossible possible and we know we play I have memories on television of the old faces a tough job lifting his Arsenal players for against a very strong, strong side and it’s impor- Wembley and watching in Spain and seeing the this week’s trip to Barcelona following his side’s tant we go there and focus and show a very finals of this competition. FA Cup elimination at the hands of Watford. good response.” “Now it is a new Wembley. I’ve just arrived in Saturday’s 2-1 home loss to Quique Sanchez Second-half goals from Odion Ighalo and England, and to get there is exciting. I’m really Flores’s side in the quarter-finals ended Arsenal’s Adlene Guedioura set Watford on course for the happy for the fans and they deserve this kind of two-year hold on the competition and they will semi-finals and Danny Welbeck’s 88th-minute day.” now focus on attempting to overturn a 2-0 reply came too late to spark an Arsenal come- He added: “This is the most important game deficit when they visit Camp Nou for back. of my career. We are Watford, and we will try to Wednesday’s Champions League last 16 second- enjoy this journey, this experience. leg match. ‘AMAZING FOR WATFORD’ “This season has been amazing for Watford. The odds suggest Arsenal will return from It could have been worse for the home side Maybe we have the temptation to think in the Barcelona having exited another competition, had referee Andre Marriner taken a different past month that Watford is going a little bit adding to the pressure building ahead of this view of Gabriel’s studs-up challenge on Watford down, but that’s normal.” —AFP weekend’s Premier League visit to Everton, when captain Troy Deeney, for which the Brazilian they will attempt to maintain their slender title escaped without a caution. hopes. “I have to see it again,” Wenger said. “He won The loss to Watford has done nothing to the ball. I think Deeney as well (had his feet off SAO PAULO: Former AC Milan striker Alexandre Pato poses wearing a Corinthians strengthen belief and Wenger said: “It’s always the ground). Matches on TV jersey during his presentation as Corinthians’ new soccer player in Sao Paulo, Brazil. difficult after a defeat, but it is our job to prepare “They both went for the same ball and Putting all the blame on Jose Mourinho for Chelsea’s rapid downfall is easy — but for the next game. “Our long run in the FA Cup Gabriel was first to the ball. That’s how it looked. (Local Timings) wrong. After all, Mourinho isn’t the manager who signed Alexandre Pato, the for- has come to an end in a very sad way because I Maybe if his feet were off the ground, maybe I ward who seems no closer to making his debut after more than six weeks with the don’t think we deserve to lose this game.” will have to look at it again.” UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE club. — AP He added: “We have shown we can respond Watford manager Flores hailed the success as always. I think this team has a great spirit, a very one of the high spots of a career that includes a Crisis for coach Mihajlovic as strong attitude. Europa League success with Atletico Madrid. Man City v FC Dynamo Kyiv 22:45 “They play at the moment with the idea we “We have confirmed we will play in the semi- beIN SPORTS 1 HD cannot afford any result, you know. We have an finals in Wembley and it’s amazing for the peo- Atletico v PSV Eindhoven 22:45 Milan see Europe slipping away opportunity to show on Wednesday night we ple of Watford, the fans, the club, the players,” he are up to it. said. beIN SPORTS 2 HD MILAN: AC Milan coach Sinisa Mihajlovic European competition, have not con- “We won’t rest players. We want to make the “It’s an impetus for the last part of the season. could be resigned to a possible summer tended the Champions League since los- departure after reportedly claiming he ing 5-1 on aggregate to Atletico Madrid can’t “do any more” with the struggling in the last 16 in 2014. Serie A giants. Unless Roma and their fellow rivals for Milan’s hopes of battling their way to the league’s last Champions League a top three finish and a possible return to qualifying spot, in this case Inter Milan the Champions League after a two-year and Fiorentina, suffer a dramatic col- absence were virtually ended by a score- lapse, Milan will miss out again. less draw at Chievo on Saturday. Worse, if the Rossoneri fail to finish in It left the seven-time European cham- at least fifth spot, and suffer defeat to pions stuck in sixth place at 11 points Juventus in the Italian Cup final-the win- behind Roma, who occupy the third and ners of which are given a Europa League last spot to qualify for Europe’s premier spot-they will miss out on Europe alto- club competition. gether. Mihajlovic, who starred for Lazio, Veteran goalkeeper Christian Abbiati, Sampdoria and Inter Milan during his who made a rare appearance at the Serie A playing days, was reportedly told weekend after teenaged star Gianluigi last month by club owner Silvio Donnarumma suffered injury in the Berlusconi he would have to win every opening minutes, said there’s only one game in the run-in to clinch a place in way to respond. the top three and save his job. “There’s still a long way to go this sea- The former Serbia international was son, and we have to give it everything serving a one-match suspension on and try and catch up with the sides Saturday and although not scheduled to above us in the table,” said Abbiati. speak to the media, Mediaset reported “I am not happy with the past two he complained: “With this squad it’s results and they are hard to take. We are impossible for me to do any more.” Milan and when you come here you Mihajlovic and Milan later played have to prove yourself. We need to find down the report, but the reality for one our focus again.” Milan host Lazio next of the biggest sides in European football weekend and after a trip to Atalanta, over the past 20 years is stark. travel to Turin to face league and Cup Milan, Italy’s most successful club in champions Juventus. —AFP

RENNES: Lyon’s French forward Alexandre Lacazette (R) vies with Rennes’ Cape Verdean midfielder Gelson Fernandes during the French L1 foot- ball match between Rennes and Lyon at Roazhon Park Stadium in Rennes, western France, Sunday. — AFP African goals end Arsenal FA Cup reign

PARIS: Nigerian Odion Ighalo and Algerian distance of Premier League survival. The Ivory wide from 20 yards. Inter won 2-1. Adlene Guedioura scored the weekend goals for Coast international opened the scoring in the Watford that ended the two-year reign of Arsenal 37th minute, slamming home right-footed after MOHAMED SALAH (Roma) as FA Cup title-holders. Swansea goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski palmed Flying Egyptian Salah didn’t score in a 2-1 win Striker Ighalo struck with a close-range shot Adam Smith’s cross into his path, and teed up a at Udinese, but his omnipresence in attack gave and winger Guedioura with an unstoppable one goal for Josh King five minutes into the second the hosts plenty of food for thought during an as Watford pulled off a shock 2-1 quarter-final tri- half with an astute pass. outing that saw Roma clinch their eighth victory umph at the Emirates Stadium. on the trot. Salah’s influence was felt from the Democratic Republic of Congo striker Cedric MODOU BARROW (Swansea City) outset, the 23-year-old setting up Edin Dzeko Bakambu bagged a brace for La Liga outfit Barrow became the first Gambian to score in with a deft touch for the opener on 15 minutes. Villarreal-taking his debut season tally to 16 — the Premier League by netting in his side’s defeat but could not prevent a 4-2 loss to Sevilla. at Bournemouth. The 23-year-old cancelled out SPAIN Gradel’s opener with a fine goal in the 39th CEDRIC BAKAMBU (Villarreal) ENGLAND minute, cutting in from the right, bamboozling Bakambu continued his fine form with a dou- ADLENE GUEDIOURA (Watford) Charlie Daniels with a double step-over and ble, but couldn’t prevent Villarreal losing 4-2 to Guedioura scored a jaw-dropping goal as steering a low shot inside the left-hand post. He Sevilla. Bakambu’s second, in particular, was a Watford stunned Arsenal 2-1 and reached the also created a goal for Gylfi Sigurdsson with a stunning effort as he volleyed Adrian Lopez’s semi-finals for the first time since 2007. With cut-back scooped pass into the far corner. Watford 1-0 up in the 63rd minute, Troy Deeney . rolled a pass into Guedioura’s path and from the SADIO MANE (Southampton) FRANCE right-hand corner of the box he unleashed an Senegal forward Mane was contentiously sent MAJEED WARIS (Lorient) unstoppable first-time shot that zipped into the off during his side’s 2-1 victory at European quali- The 24-year-old Ghana striker struck the top-right corner. fication rivals Stoke City in the Premier League. A opener on 34 minutes for Lorient against 75th-minute replacement for Dusan Tadic at the Marseille in a 1-1 draw after Walib Mesloub ODION IGHALO (Watford) Britannia Stadium, Mane was shown a straight slipped the ball to him to steer it beyond goal- Prolific Ighalo had set Watford on their way to red card in stoppage time after colliding with Erik keeper Steve Mandanda for his fourth goal in victory by opening the scoring in the 50th Pieters in an innocuous-looking aerial challenge. three games. It was also Waris’s eighth league minute. Deeney flicked on a long throw from the goal of the season. left and Ighalo collected the ball, held off Arsenal ITALY centre-back Gabriel and steered a low shot past GODFRED DONSAH (Bologna) goalkeeper David Ospina. Donsah probably didn’t realise it at the GERMANY time, but missing an early half-chance, then a MARVIN MATIP (Ingolstadt) MAX GRADEL (Bournemouth) much better opportunity against Inter Milan The Cameroon defender and Ingolstadt cap- Back in the Bournemouth team after six turned the game in the Nerazzurri’s favour. tain gave away the late penalty which saw VfB MAJADAHONDA: Atletico Madrid’s French forward Antoine Griezmann controls the months out with a serious knee injury, Gradel The San Siro clash was scoreless when Donsah Stuttgart equalise in a thrilling 3-3 draw. With his ball during a training session at Wanda Training Complex in Majadahonda, near scored his first goal of the season and created narrowly missed a ball yards from goal after a side 3-2 up, Matip brought down Stuttgart mid- Madrid, yesterday on the eve of their Champions League Round of 16 second leg another to inspire a 3-2 win over Swansea City cross. Minutes later, the Ghanaian went on a fielder Filip Kostic on 84 minutes and Daniel football match against PSV Eindhoven. — AFP that lifted Eddie Howe’s men to within touching promising run down the right only to fire well Didavi netted the spot-kick. — AFP Kohli urges calm Serena finds as India begin inner tiger campaign to advance

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ATLANTA: Atlanta Hawks’ Mike Scott, center, reaches for a rebound against Indiana Pacers’ Solomon Hill, right, as teammate Lavoy Allen watches in the second quarter of an NBA basketball game Sunday, in Atlanta. —AP Cavaliers bury Clippers behind 3-pointers

LOS ANGELES: LeBron James scored 27 points as his 29th and final head-to-head matchup in the with seven 3s, the last coming by reserve forward the Cleveland Cavaliers buried the Los Angeles regular season with Anthony. The Lakers had a Kris Humphries to make it a 34-point lead. Atlanta NBA results/standings Clippers with 3-pointers in a 114-90 victory combined 16-13 record in those games against has won five of its last six. Indiana rookie Myles Sunday, tying their season high with 18 from long the Knicks and Denver Nuggets. Turner, who scored a team-high 19 points, was the Cleveland 114, LA Clippers 90; Atlanta 104, Indiana 75; Utah 108, Sacramento 99; Milwaukee range. J.R. Smith and Kyrie Irving added 17 points only starter for either team to play in the fourth. 109, Brooklyn 100; NY Knicks 90, LA Lakers 87. each and Channing Frye had 15 on a season- BUCKS 109, NETS 100 All-Star starting forward Paul George finished with Eastern Conference Western Conference high-tying five 3-pointers for the Eastern Giannis Antetokounmpo had 28 points, 14 just seven points for the Pacers, almost 19 below Atlantic Division Northwest Division Conference leaders. The Cavaliers won their third assists and 11 rebounds, nearly getting his fourth his team-leading average, on 3-for-15 shooting. W L PCT GB Oklahoma City 44 22 .667 - straight and improved to 7-2 against the Clippers triple-double in the last 11 games by halftime as Toronto 44 20 .688 - Portland 35 32 .522 9.5 at Staples Center since the 2006-07 season. Milwaukee beat Brooklyn. Antetokounmpo JAZZ 108, KINGS 99 Boston 39 27 .591 6 Utah 31 35 .470 13 Cleveland is 20-6 against the West, including 10-4 already had 12 points, nine assists and eight Derrick Favors had 28 points and 14 rebounds NY Knicks 28 40 .412 18 Denver 28 38 .424 16 Brooklyn 18 48 .273 27 on the road. J.J. Redick scored 19 points, and rebounds by the half on his way to becoming the and Gordon Hayward scored 27 points in Utah’s Minnesota 21 45 .318 23 Philadelphia 9 57 .136 36 Pacific Division Chris Paul added 17 points and 10 assists for the first Bucks player with four triple-doubles in a victory over Sacramento. The Jazz won their sec- Central Division Golden State 59 6 .908 - Clippers. They outscored the Cavs 17-7 to start season. All of them have come since Feb. 22. ond straight game by setting the tone early, com- Cleveland 47 18 .723 - LA Clippers 42 23 .646 17 the game but James tied it on a 3-pointer and Jabari Parker added 23 points, and Khris ing out with energy against the lethargic Kings Indiana 35 31 .53012.5 Sacramento 25 40 .385 34 Tristan Thompson’s hook gave the Cavs the lead Middleton had 19 points to help the Bucks win and leading by 18 points after one quarter. The Detroit 34 32 .51513.5 Phoenix 17 49 .25842.5 for good by the end of the quarter. their third straight game. Brook Lopez scored 20 lead remained in double figures for much of the Chicago 32 32 .50014.5 LA Lakers 14 53 .209 46 points for the Nets. game before the Kings made it somewhat close in Milwaukee 29 38 .433 19 Southwest Division KNICKS 90, LAKERS 87 the fourth. DeMarcus Cousins had 31 points and Southeast Division Miami 38 28 .576 - San Antonio 56 10 .848 - Jose Calderon hit a 3-pointer with two-tenths HAWKS 104, PACERS 75 10 rebounds for Sacramento in his return from Memphis 39 27 .591 17 of a second left to lift New York past Los Angeles. Al Horford and Paul Millsap each scored 18 being suspended for one game by the team. Charlotte 37 28 .569 0.5 Atlanta 38 29 .567 0.5 Houston 33 33 .500 23 Carmelo Anthony scored 12 of his 26 points in the points and Kyle Korver added 14 as Atlanta used a Cousins was disciplined following a tirade direct- Washington 30 35 .462 7.5 Dallas 33 33 .500 23 fourth quarter for New York. He shot 10 for 20 and blistering third quarter to rout Indiana. The Hawks ed at coach George Karl Thursday night during Orlando 28 37 .431 9.5 New Orleans 24 41 .36931.5 had 12 rebounds. Kobe Bryant had 14 points in went on a 20-0 run and finished the third period and after a loss to Cleveland. — AP Ibra hints at departure Bayern, Juventus clash PARIS: Zlatan Ibrahimovic hit four goals to help seal a Rabiot set PSG on the road to victory at Troyes who fourth straight French title for Paris Saint-Germain seem certain to be relegated. in Champions League and then cast doubt on his future at the club. “For the moment I am not at PSG next year,” the 34-year-old ‘LUCKY’ IBRA’ Swedish striker said in comments that will set off Ibrahimovic took centre stage in 10 magical sec- BERLIN: The last four Champions League quarterfinal spots are the Catalan club on track to become the first side to defend the alarm bells from the English Premier League to ond half minutes. The towering Swede made it 4-0 up for grabs this week with Barcelona and Manchester City both Champions League since the old European Cup was given a China’s big-paying clubs. just seconds into the second-half after Cavani inter- well-placed, while a European heavyweight will head for the exit shake-up in 1992-93. Ibrahimovic was top scorer in a 9-0 trouncing of cepted a clearance. Ibrahamivoc drilled the ball low after Bayern Munich plays Juventus. Five-time champion Bayern “It won’t be an easy game at all,” said Belgian defender Troyes on Sunday that sealed the French title in into the left-hand corner. Ibrahimovic’s second goal, a was looking certain to advance from the Round of 16 with a two- Thomas Vermaelen, a former Arsenal player. “Although we have a record time with eight games still to go. But celebra- mid-air volley from an inch-perfect Angel di Maria goal lead during the first leg in Turin, only for late goals from small lead, you can never say that they are out. They have very tions were tainted by Ibrahimovic’s statement after. “I cross, was his 100th in Ligue 1 action. Paulo Dybala and Stefano Sturaro to earn Juventus a 2-2 draw quick players and that makes them dangerous. We’ll need to still have a month and a half of competition left. What For his third the Swede met a Layvin Kurzawa and revive the Italian league leader’s hopes for tomorrow’s sec- concentrate.” Barcelona’s last home defeat was against Malaga in happens next year, for the moment, I don’t know cross at full speed and unleashed a blinding right- ond leg in Munich. Spanish league leader Barcelona holds a 2-0 February 2015. about it,” he told BeIN Sports. Ibrahimovic, who footed shot that swerved into the far corner of the arrived in Paris in July 2012 from AC Milan and has net. Matthieu Saunier compounded Troyes’ woes lead over Arsenal, which needs to get over the disappointment been linked with a move to Manchester United, with an own goal, while Lossemy Karaboue saw red of Sunday’s FA Cup exit to Watford, the 2-1 defeat at home end- MANCHESTER CITY-DYNAMO KIEV added: “If they replace the Eiffel Tower with a statue of for hauling Cavani down in the box with 16 minutes ing its bid to win the trophy for a third straight year. Manchester City is on the brink of qualifying for the me, I will stay at PSG. to play. Goalkeeper Matthieu Dreyer did well to save Barcelona hasn’t lost in a total of 37 games straight across all Champions League quarterfinals for the first time, in a season Cavani’s penalty, but the striker tapped in at the sec- competitions, a Spanish record, and can count on home support when its domestic form is starting to go off the rails. “I CAN PROMISE THAT!” ond bite. tomorrow. Manchester City is in a similarly comfortable position Nine points off the lead in the Premier League, it appears the PSG’s Qatari president Nasser Al-Khelaifi insisted Ibrahimovic wrapped up the rout, riding through ahead after beating Dynamo Kiev 3-1 away in their last-16 first rest of this season boils down to success in the Champions that he wants Ibrahimovic to stay at the club. “Zlatan a tackle to unleash an unstoppable shot from a leg, while Atletico Madrid and PSV Eindhoven are scoreless League. City produced one of its best displays of the season to is magical,” said Al-Khelaifi. “He is a great player. We Pastore through-ball, to bring his total to 102 goals ahead of Tuesday’s other game. Here are some things to know beat Dynamo 3-1 in the first leg, making the English team a are going to talk to him and see what he wants to do. scored in 115 Ligue 1 matches. ahead of the last Round of 16 games: heavy favorite to advance - especially since Dynamo has never We want him to stay.” On top of contract talks, Paris “I’m very lucky to play with good players,” won in England. The last time Dynamo reached the quarterfinals Saint-Germain are also still in the Champions League Ibrahimovic said, walking off with the ball wedged BAYERN MUNICH-JUVENTUS was in 1999, when Sergei Rebrov - the team’s current coach - was and progress in the tournament could also influence under his arm. “The referee gave it to me!” The Ligue 1 Bayern hopes to finish the job at home after conceding late leading its attack. — AP Ibrahimovic. title was the fourth time Blanc has won it as a manag- goals to Juventus and allowing the two-time champion back in Paris are still in contention for a four-trophy haul er having also guided Bordeaux to the 2008-09 title. the tie. Bayern has won its last three games at home against ATLETICO MADRID-PSV EINDHOVEN with the Champions League, French Cup and French The gulf in class between Paris and the rest has Italian sides, and has looked unstoppable this season in Munich, Atletico is bidding to reach the quarterfinals for the third League Cup still to be decided. “The Champions never been more apparent since Qatar Sports winning its three group games against Dinamo Zagreb, Arsenal straight season and is coming off a scoring streak of nine goals in League is our biggest dream,” said the PSG president. Investments purchased PSG in 2011. With a budget and Olympiakos by an aggregate score of 14-1. its last three games. It has won four in a row in the Spanish Unlike last season when Paris waited until late March of close to 500 million euros ($558 million), PSG’s Pep Guardiola’s side warmed up for Juve’s visit with a 5-0 win league. PSV captain Luuk de Jong returns from his one-match to take over top spot, the capital club have set the financial supremacy has enabled them to spring well over Werder Bremen on Saturday, when Arjen Robben had a rest suspension and hopes to lead the team to its first victory in pace uninterrupted since beating Gazelec Ajaccio 2-0 clear of the rest of the competition. PSG have set and Mario Goetze made his comeback after five months out with Spain in 13 games. Following the scoreless first leg in Eindhoven, in their second game of the campaign. “We’ve records tumbling this term and surpassed Nantes’ 32- a thigh injury. “I believe we showed today that we’re in quite however, a score draw also would be enough to send PSV worked well. Everyone is to be congratulated, first of game unbeaten run set during the 1994-95 cam- good form,” Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said. “I’d through. Recent history is against Phillip Cocu’s team. PSV failed all the players, the coaching staff, the medical team, paign. They were finally beaten 2-1 at Lyon last say we’re looking with optimism at Wednesday.” to win any of its three away matches so far this Champions etc,” said coach Laurent Blanc. “But the season isn’t month to end their sequence at 36 matches. They Juve defeated Sassuolo 1-0 at home on Friday, the side’s 10th League campaign, losing at CSKA Moscow and Wolfsburg and finished and we’re going to have to get ourselves play in the League Cup final on April 23, four days back in competition mode because there are some after facing Lorient for a place in the French Cup final. consecutive league game without conceding. securing a goalless draw at Manchester United. important dates coming up in April and hopefully The draw for the Champions League is this week. Today’s game comes days before what is likely to be the deci- May.” PSG, having beaten Chelsea for the second season BARCELONA-ARSENAL sive match in the Dutch Eredivisie next weekend, between PSV Three goals in six early first-half minutes by running will be hoping to avoid a second straight Barcelona is bidding for its 10th straight win at home in the and Ajax. “We have shown in the past we can play well in big Uruguayan Edinson Cavani, Javier Pastore and Adrien meeting with Barcelona in the final eight. —AFP Champions League tomorrow. Even a draw at the Camp Nou, matches,” De Jong said. “We have to do it again in these two where it hasn’t lost in more than a year, will be enough to keep games.” — AP Oman growth expected to have moderated to 3.5% in 2015 Page 22

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PARIS: French Prime Minister Manuel Valls holds talks with unions and workers’ representatives about the government’s contested labor market reforms at the Hotel Matignon in Paris yesterday. Valls unveiled a revised labor reform bill that makes concessions to trade unions following mass protests against the measures. — AFP US firms add jobs in 30 states in Jan, cut in 20 With no rate hike seen, Fed’s outlook on economy is awaited

WASHINGTON: Employers stepped up hiring in 30 states in dollar may have lowered hiring in January. The financial mar- investors having regained some of their losses, with the U.S. job But inflation has been stuck below the Fed’s 2 percent target January, led by big gains in Florida, Texas and North Carolina, kets also fell sharply that month as fears of a global recession market improving and major overseas economies still-weak but rate for nearly four years. Too-low inflation tends to lead people while 20 states shed jobs. intensified. stable, the Fed may be inching closer to raising rates again. to postpone purchases, which slows consumer spending, the THE NUMBERS: The unemployment rate fell in 28 states, The US economy, however, has remained healthy despite Just not yet. Most Fed watchers think the central bank wants economy’s main fuel. Subpar inflation also makes the inflation- rose in 8 and was unchanged in 14. The unemployment rate those challenges. Consumer spending rose at the fastest pace more time to assess the financial landscape. Resuming its rate adjusted cost of loans more expensive. doesn’t always decline even when more hiring occurs, because in eight months in January, as more Americans have paychecks hikes too soon could slow growth or rattle investors again. In a Before further raising rates, the Fed wants to see more evi- more Americans may start job hunting and push up the rate to spend. The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta forecasts the policy statement and a news conference Chair Janet Yellen will dence that inflation is picking up. Its preferred inflation gauge even as others are hired. Florida added the most jobs of any economy will expand at a modest 2.2 percent annual rate in the give after its latest meeting ends Wednesday, the Fed will likely did rise in January to a 12-month increase of 1.3 percent, faster state, gaining 32,200. That was followed by Texas with 31,400 January-March quarter, up from a sluggish 1 percent increase in nod to improvements since it met in January but also stress than the scant 0.7 rise over the 12-month period that ended in and North Carolina with 23,200. Florida’s biggest employment the final three months of last year. uncertainties that still loom. December. But that’s still well below the Fed’s target. Recent gains occurred in restaurants, hotels and amusement parks. “Financial markets have stabilized a bit, but the situation comments from Fed officials indicate that they differ on how to Pennsylvania lost 16,100 jobs, the most of any state. New Fed outlook abroad still looks worse than in the United States,” said Diane interpret inflation prospects. Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer said Jersey shed 14,100, and in South Carolina, total jobs fell 10,100. The financial world is awaiting the Federal Reserve’s Swonk, chief economist of DS Economics. “The Fed will give last week that the Fed may “be seeing the first stirrings of an BIG PICTURE: Fewer states gained jobs in January as hiring response to a critical question: How stable are the world’s some signals that they feel better about where things are now increase in the inflation rate - something that we would like to slowed a bit nationwide. Overall, employers added 172,000 jobs economies and financial markets? Whatever picture the Fed compared to January but also signal that they don’t have an see.” in January, below the average pace of hiring last year. Hiring sketches will help shape expectations of when it will resume itchy trigger finger in terms of raising rates.” Fischer suggested that two factors that have been depress- nationally picked up in February, to 242,000, and the unem- the interest rate increases it began in December. That’s when The Fed has two mandates: To maximize employment and ing inflation - lower oil prices and a strong dollar, which reduces ployment rate remained at an eight-year low of 4.9 percent. the Fed raised its key rate from record lows to reflect an econo- keep prices stable. It has essentially met just one: In February, import prices - may be starting to wane. The nation’s job market is generally improving, though my finally strong enough 61/2 years after the Great Recession the United States added a robust 242,000 jobs - roughly the But another Fed board member, Lael Brainard, said last week many Americans are no longer working or looking for work, ended to withstand higher loan rates. monthly average for the past six months. And the unemploy- that she saw “troubling indications” that inflation could dip and wage growth remains tepid. Yet in the ensuing weeks, stocks and oil prices tumbled and ment rate is a low 4.9 percent, close to the rate the Fed associ- again. She also said she worried that weakness in China, Japan THE TAKEAWAY: Slower growth overseas and the strong China struggled to manage a sharp slowdown. Now, with ates with full employment. and other places could slow the US economy. — AP

Egypt jumps after currency devalued Saudi CB governor vows

DUBAI: Cairo’s main stock index soared 6.7 percent ey into the sector as a store of value. Exporters and to keep currency peg yesterday, its biggest jump since Islamist president MIDEAST STOCK MARKETS tourism companies may also benefit from the devalu- Mohamed Mursi was toppled in July 2013, after the ation if Egypt can reassure foreign tourists on the issue DUBAI: Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency 10.22 million barrels per day (bpd), an indus- central bank devalued the currency, raising hopes that of security. Arabia Cotton Ginning, which exports tex- (SAMA) Governor Fahad Al-Mubarak said he try source told Reuters yesterday, after the JPMorgan said the bank’s management had previous- Egypt’s foreign exchange shortage might finally be tiles and other products, jumped 5.2 percent and was committed to maintaining monetary top oil exporter struck a preliminary deal ly indicated that a devaluation would have a net posi- resolved. The central bank said it had devalued the Egyptian Resorts added 6.9 percent. policy to keep the kingdom’s decades-long with other producers to freeze output. OPEC tive impact on its bottom line, with a neutral impact Egyptian pound to 8.85 per US dollar at a special for- Brokerage Pioneers Holding soared 10 percent currency peg of 3.75 riyals per dollar in com- leader Saudi Arabia and non-OPEC member on its foreign exchange asset-liability balance. eign exchange auction. It had previously set the aver- after reporting a 73 percent jump in net profit for ments published on the central bank web- Russia, the world’s two largest oil exporters, Real estate developer Talaat Mostafa surged 9.8 age bid price at its regular and exceptional auctions at 2015. JPMorgan said it expected Egypt to agree with site yesterday. Currency speculators have along with Qatar and Venezuela said last 7.73. The Cairo index rocketed to 7,004 points, near percent; a cheaper currency could lure some regional the International Monetary Fund on a loan program put pressure on the riyal in recent months month they would freeze output at January technical resistance on this year’s peak of 7,114 points, investors to buy real estate, and Egyptians to put mon- before the end of the fiscal year in June. because of the impact of lower oil prices on levels to prop up prices if other oil-produc- in the heaviest trade since at least 2009. It had already This would be a politically difficult step for the gov- Saudi Arabia’s fiscal balance, causing a pro- ing nations agreed to join the first global oil risen 7.8 percent last week on signs authorities were ernment; for this reason, Egypt has not committed jected large deficit this year. “I would like to pact in 15 years. Saudi Arabia produced moving to ease a foreign exchange shortage that has itself to an IMF program in the last several years. But assure that the monetary agency will contin- 10.23 million bpd of crude in January, close plagued the economy for years. the devaluation may have satisfied a key policy condi- ue to manage its monetary policies to to a record high. Crude supplied to the mar- “Markets are rallying quickly to reprice Egyptian tion demanded by the IMF, and an IMF loan would be achieve the goal of stabilising the value of ket in February was around 10.4 million bpd, assets after the devaluation,” said Simon Kitchen, head welcomed by foreign investors. the riyal at the exchange rate of 3.75 riyals to the source said. “It is an indication that of regional strategy at Cairo’s EFG Hermes. A lower the dollar,” Mubarak said in a speech pub- demand is still growing strongly. Egyptian pound, and a sense that the currency is no GULF lished on the website. There is no sign of weakening demand longer overvalued, could attract fresh capital flows In the Gulf, Riyadh’s index fell 1.3 percent as Brent While Mubarak has previously pledged growth,” the source said. Supply to the mar- into the country from Egyptians abroad as well as for- dropped back below $40 a barrel, prompting a sell-off to maintain the riyal’s dollar peg, unbroken ket, domestically and for export, may differ eign investors. For years, the risk of a devaluation in the petrochemical sector. The sector’s sub-index since 1986, SAMA did in January intervene from production depending on the move- deterred foreigners from putting money into Egypt. dropped 2.7 percent. The insurance sector, favoured by warning local commercial banks to avoid ment of oil in and out of storage. “When the rate differential between the spot for- by local individual speculators, was also hit, with many betting on a currency devaluation. In order Kuwait produced 3 million bpd of oil in eign exchange market and the black market narrows, shares falling more than 3 percent. to pay the government’s bills as its oil rev- February, unchanged from January, while this entices foreign buyers to return to the stock mar- Dubai’s index dropped 1.5 percent as traders enues shrink, SAMA has been drawing down the United Arab Emirates pumped 2.78 mil- ket,” said Ashraf el-Ansary, chief investment officer at booked profits, with Dubai Parks losing 5.6 percent, its overseas assets at an annual rate of more lion bpd, separate industry sources said. In London-based Exante Capital. There are still plenty of erasing some of its 14.3 percent gain on Sunday. than $100 billion, although it still has January, the UAE’s output was 3.13 million risks for the stock market, so some traders said it might Arabtec fell 2.9 percent and Emaar Properties dropped enough to support the riyal for several years. bpd, according to data from the soon fall back. Many analysts think the central bank 1.4 percent. But Abu Dhabi’s largest listed stock by In February, Societe Generale said it esti- Organization of the Petroleum Exporting will hike interest rates to fight inflation fuelled by the market value, Etisalat, jumped 3.1 percent in the heavi- mated there was at least a 25 percent Countries. Gulf OPEC members Kuwait and devaluation. But the devaluation may not be over; est trade since November, helping lift the index 0.8 chance of a near-term devaluation of the the UAE said they welcomed the deal to JPMorgan predicted that after yesterday’s 13 percent percent. Etisalat had been falling sharply since riyal, rising to 40 percent is oil prices stayed freeze output and would commit to it if oth- devaluation, the central bank would gradually weaken Thursday, when it said chief executive Ahmad Julfar at current levels throughout the year. Other er major producers took part. But OPEC’s the currency further, bringing the total drop to 35 per- had resigned and that it would restructure by the end institutions said they expected Riyadh to third-largest producer, Iran, plans to raise cent by the end of 2016. of June. International index compiler FTSE Russell has maintain its currency peg. Oil output steady production after international sanctions Investors focused yesterday on the positives. One said it will add Etisalat to its All-World and other index- Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia kept its crude against the country were lifted in January big gainer was Commercial International Bank, the CAIRO: A man counts US dollars at an exchange es after the close of business on March 18, so investors oil production steady in February, pumping and has called the deal laughable.—Reuters largest listed bank, which surged 7.1 percent; office in Cairo yesterday. — AP (See Page 22) may now be positioning for that. —Reuters TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016 BUSINESS News in brief

US dollar firms against Kuwaiti dinar KUWAIT: US dollar stabilized against Kuwait dinar, trading at 0.300 yesterday, as well as the euro, KD 0.335, compared to Sunday’s rates, the Central Bank of Kuwait said. Sterling pound steadied, trading at KD 0.432, followed by the Swiss franc, KD 0.305. Meanwhile, the Japanese yen firmed at KD 0.002.

Bahrain’s bourse sets up REITs market DUBAI: Bahrain’s stock exchange has established a mar- ket for real estate investment trusts (REITs), it said yester- Oman growth expected to have day. Under the plan, REITs licensed by the central bank can be listed and traded by investors in the secondary market. The details of the market and the trading mech- moderated to 3.5% in 2015 anism of REITs will be announced later, the statement said. While REITs are common in many markets, they are relatively new to the Middle East. Emirates REIT becom- ing the region’s first in April 2014. Saudi Arabia’s Capital NBK overview and outlook Market Authority (CMA) is studying plans to introduce rules governing the listing of REITs, sources aware of the KUWAIT: The persistence of low oil prices has exposed the Government debt is still relatively low, estimated at 10 per- the US federal funds rate and the US dollar, and the per- January 2016. Primarily deposit funded, Omani banks may matter told Reuters in May last year. vulnerability of Oman’s economy. With one of the highest cent of GDP in 2015, and the sovereign enjoys a good sistence of low oil prices, speculative talk of Oman aban- increasingly rely on market funding. Oman’s financial sec- breakeven oil prices in the GCC, Oman is likely to see its fis- credit rating. The Central Bank of Oman (CBO) successfully doning its peg to the US dollar has surfaced as an alterna- tor is well prepared for any slowdown. According to the cal deficit widen in 2016. Despite this, Oman expects to tapped debt markets on behalf of the treasury in 2015, tive for fiscal relief. We believe that such a scenario is CBO’s latest quarterly report (Sep 2015), credit risk remains Dubai Holding unit says avoid deep cuts in spending in the near term, choosing raising OMR 1.0 billion. To finance the 2016 deficit, the unlikely, with Oman preferring to keep its commitment to low in Oman with nonperforming loans (NPL) at 2.0 per- instead to maintain a supportive fiscal stance, with savings CBO plans to borrow more from international markets in the dollar in order to maintain macroeconomic and finan- cent of gross loans. Capitalization was also high, with a declines bond buyback targeting current expenditures, as per its 2016 budget. The addition to drawing on reserves and utilizing donor cial stability. capital adequacy ratio of 15.8 percent in 3Q15 and a tier-1 DUBAI: Dubai Holding Commercial Operations government can comfortably finance its deficits in the grants. Increased concern over Oman’s fiscal sustainability, capital ratio of 13 percent at the end of 2014. Group (DHCOG) did not buy back any of its £500 mil- near term, but will have to overcome rising domestic liq- reflected in credit rating downgrades by some rating Oil production picks up lion 6 percent 2017 notes from investors as holders uidity constraints and weakening international investor agencies, may dampen the international appetite for new To offset the drop in oil prices, the government has Lower global inflation demanded a premium over the price it was willing to confidence. Real GDP growth expectations for 2015 Omani debt. Oil and gas revenue, which accounts on ramped up oil production, pushing its output to record Oman’s consumer prices have been subdued by buy at, it said in a bourse filing yesterday. The unit of declining global food and energy prices. This has led us to through 2017 were revised downwards to 3.5 percent, 2.0 average for around 85 percent of total revenue, remains levels. Given this pick-up, we have revised our oil sector Dubai Holding, the investment vehicle of the emi- percent, and 2.5 percent, respectively, on the back of a the main drag on the budget, down 47 percent as of growth expectations upwards, to 4.1 percent for 2015, fol- revise our inflation expectations downwards to 1.3 per- rate’s ruler, on Mar 3 invited holders to tender their weaker non-oil sector. A drop in the number of new car November 2015. The price of Omani crude averaged $55 lowed by moderation to 1.2 percent in 2016, and 0.9 per- cent for 2016 and 2.0 percent for 2017. Oman’s consumer registrations, down 24 percent year-on-year (y/y) in per barrel for 2015, almost half its value from a year ago. cent in 2017. Oil output averaged 981,000 barrels per day price index registered at 0.1 percent y/y in 2015. The index notes for buyback through an auction process, say- November 2015, and a sustained drop in consumer confi- This is well below our estimated budget breakeven price in 2015, largely hitting the production target for that year. has been pressured by reduced food and clothing prices ing it would buy up to £250 million at a minimum dence revealed growing weakness in household con- of $93. With oil prices expected to remain under pressure July and December also saw Oman top its monthly crude and nearly flat transportation prices. Meanwhile, mild price of 99.00 percent. However, in the filing on the sumption during 2015, which is expected to persist in the near term, we expect the price of Omani crude oil to oil production at a record average of 1 million barrels per inflation was witnessed in housing, utilities, and furnishing Nasdaq Dubai exchange, DHCOG said that while through 2016. Increased trade prospects with a sanctions- average around $45 per barrel in 2016 before improving in day, an extraction rate it hopes to maintain in the short prices, boosted by strong growth in Oman’s real estate bonds worth £319.55 million were tendered by the free Iran and the award of some development plan proj- 2017 to $60. In an effort to reduce the fiscal pressures, the term. Petroleum Development Oman, the state’s largest market, which in turn has been driven by rapid population deadline of Mar. 11, almost all the tendered notes ects may provide a boost to the non-oil sector in 2017. government is looking to privatize some public sector producer, is expected to shoulder the bulk of the produc- growth. Price growth is expected to remain modest, pres- demanded purchase prices that were significantly With lower oil prices highlighting the need to diversify the companies in the oil sector and to increase the corporate tion growth. However, a long-term lull in oil prices may sured by global factors, but will be supported by domestic greater than the minimum purchase price. As a economy, authorities are keen to stick to their ambitious income tax rate. Oman is also mulling a value added tax hinder such efforts, since complex geology and aging forces as real estate demand remains solid and subsidy result, DHCOG decided against repurchasing any of projects pipeline. Oman’s next five-year plan (2016-2020) (VAT) in conjunction with other GCC countries. wells have seen Oman’s extraction costs rise, though they reforms are implemented. the bonds. aims to increase the role of the private sector in helping Current expenditures, which include wages and subsi- remain low by international standards, ranging between develop its logistics, manufacturing, and tourism sectors, dies, were down 4 percent in the first 11 months of the $7 and $12 per barrel. Gas production has also been pick- Current account to shift supported by new investment laws. Indeed, of the OMR 41 year, primarily on the back of subsidy cuts, reflecting the ing up. Output averaged 109 million cubic meters per day The current account balance is projected to shift into million to be spent on the plan, the private sector is set to difficulty of cutting popular spending items such as wages (mcm/d) in 2015, up 5.8 percent from a year ago as deficit in 2015 following the sharp drop in oil prices, and Egypt devalues pound, account for more than half. This will be facilitated by the and salaries or household transfers. Still, the government is domestic demand continues to grow strongly. In fact, remain there in 2016 and 2017. Weaker oil prices will more moves to flexible introduction of new legislation on public private partner- planning to slash current spending by 20 percent in 2016, some gas export commitments had to be rescheduled to than offset the decline in import prices, driving the trade ship (PPP) and FDI, a privatization program, and the devel- with wages and subsidies being the most affected. Efforts meet strong domestic demand. Gas exports are nearly all balance into deficit. The removal of international trade exchange rate policy opment of small and medium-sized enterprises. As a to protect the jobs of nationals at foreign owned oil com- committed to Japan and South Korea. Supply should see a sanctions on Iran is expected to provide some support to result, project spending is expected to remain supportive panies, coupled with a slowdown in Omani hires in the pri- boost once the BP Khazan tight gas project comes into the trade balance, however. The services deficit will contin- CAIRO: Egypt’s central bank devalued the pound yester- of non-oil growth in the near term. vate sector, will challenge the government’s resolve in operation late in 2017. A gas pipeline with Iran will also ue to expand, albeit at a slower pace as projects aimed at day and said it would move to a more flexible exchange curbing its wage bill. Wages have seen rapid growth fol- help meet growing domestic demand, with imports set to boosting tourism and transport come to fruition. rate policy in an effort to rebalance markets and ease a Fiscal pressures to widen deficit lowing popular unrest in 2011, accounting for a lion’s flow in 2018. There is also talk of jointly developing oil and Meanwhile, further growth in the expatriate population will foreign exchange shortage that had stifled business activi- With Oman set to exceed its deficit target in 2015, it is share of current expenditures. Meanwhile, planned sub- gas fields with Iran. see remittances grow, thus widening the transfers deficit. ty and hit confidence. Egypt devalued the pound to 8.85 likely to see its financing gap grow further in 2016, as low- sidy cuts will focus on energy, goods, and services. Some As of December 2015, Oman’s foreign reserves stood at per dollar from 7.73 and simultaneously pumped nearly er oil prices offset gains from expected reforms. The deficit energy price reforms have already been implemented in Liquidity strain OMR 6.7 billion or an estimated 5.6 months of imports. $200 million into the dollar-starved banking system in a may narrow later in 2017, on the expectation of a recovery 2015 and 2016. By contrast, government capital expendi- Low oil prices have had a mild impact on Oman’s surprise sale. in oil prices. Preliminary official data shows Oman’s deficit tures have increased, expanding by 6.8 percent y/y banking system so far. Weaker non-oil prospects could see Stock market vulnerable “The Central Bank of Egypt has decided to follow a more exceeded its 2015 target. A deficit of OMR 4.1 billion was through November 2015 on a pickup in non-oil develop- credit growth slow, while delinquencies may rise as indi- Omani stocks, along with equities across the GCC, con- flexible policy with regard to the exchange rate, aiming to reported through November 2015, 64 percent above the ment spending. At the same time, investment expendi- viduals and companies adapt to the weaker growth. tinue to be heavily affected by the decline in global oil prices. resolve imbalances in the exchange rate system and 2015 full year target of OMR 2.5 billion. Our expectations tures in the oil sector continued to decline as projects Meanwhile, banks may face funding challenges as domes- The perceived slowdown of the Chinese economy, Oman’s restore the circulation of foreign currency inside the bank- are for a deficit closer to OMR 5 billion, or 20 percent of were streamlined and authorities sought to shift oil devel- tic liquidity gets strained. Private credit growth remains largest energy importer, affected investor confidence, as did ing system in an orderly way,” it said in an extensive state- GDP, in 2015. We expect the deficit to widen to 22 percent opment financing to international markets. Capital expen- resilient maintaining healthy growth of 10.2 percent in concerns about the sustainability of the government’s fiscal ment. in 2016 on weaker oil prices. In 2017, the deficit will begin ditures are expected to begin to decline but to remain 2015. Meanwhile, government deposits continued to see situation. The MSM 30 declined by 14 percent in 2015, with It did not explain how the new approach would work to narrow as spending cuts and revenues measures are supportive. Indeed, the government projects investment weakening growth following the tumble in oil prices, foreign investors exiting the market. The market fell further in but said it expected to rebuild foreign currency reserves to implemented; a small recovery in oil prices and a potential spending to decline by 2.3 percent in 2016. In the medium down 2 percent in 2015. Government deposits account for January 2016, before recovering in February, on the back of $25 billion by year-end from about $16.5 billion now. increase in gas production will also help. term, the government aims to make further cuts in capital 30 percent of total deposits. Pressures on liquidity have favorable banking profits and a recovery in oil prices. Market Economists said the moves would encourage foreign Oman is well equipped to handle the strain on its spending once the new PPP law takes effect. started to materialize, with rates on 3-month treasury bills volatility could see some IPOs delayed in 2016, robbing the investment in Egyptian stocks and treasuries, which have budget and is capable of financing the fiscal shortfall. Following recent forward FX pressures, the rise of both increasing by 64 basis points between March 2015 and market of much needed catalysts. seen an exodus of foreign money in recent years. “This is great news. You’ve made my day,” said Hany Genena, head of equity research at Beltone Financial, who had long pre- dicted a shift to a more flexible exchange rate. Cairo’s main stock index was up 5.4 percent by 0937 GMT. Egypt, heavily dependent on imports, has been short of foreign currency since a 2011 uprising ended Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year rule, scaring off foreign investors and tourists. Since then, reserves have more than halved, weighing on the pound. But with tens of millions living in poverty, the central bank had been reluctant to devalue for fear of sparking inflation. A black market in dollars boomed, which then- central bank governor Hisham Ramez tried to stifle in February 2015, by restricting deposits and withdrawals of foreign currency. But the move only exacerbated the dollar shortage, making it hard for firms to clear imports, which piled up at ports, while factory output was disrupted by a lack of imported components.—Reuters EXCHANGE RATES

Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. GOLD Saudi Riyals 81.145 US Dollars Mint 0.297900 0.301900 20 Gram 252.010 Jordanian Dinar 425.070 10 Gram 128.930 Asia CURRENCY BUY SELL Egyptian Pound 38.425 5 Gram 65.310 ASIAN COUNTRIES Sri Lankan Rupees 2.081 Bangladesh Taka 0.003425 0.003999 Japanese Yen 2.647 Indian Rupees 4.500 Chinese Yuan 0.044920 0.048420 Hong Kong Dollar 0.036800 0.039550 Indian Rupees 4.516 UAE Exchange Centre WLL Pakistani Rupees 2.877 Pakistani Rupees 2.880 Bangladesh Taka 3.838 Indian Rupee 0.004287 0.004677 Srilankan Rupees 2.079 Philippines Pesso 6.487 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000019 0.000025 Nepali Rupees 2.820 CURRENCIES TELEX TRANSFER PER 1000 Cyprus pound 574.735 Japanese Yen 0.002568 0.002748 Singapore Dollar 220.480 Australian Dollar 201.91 Japanese Yen 3.645 Kenyan Shilling 0.003016 0.003016 Hongkong Dollar 38.848 Canadian Dollar 219.82 Syrian Pound 2.370 Korean Won 0.000244 0.000259 Bangladesh Taka 3.844 Swiss Franc 306.95 Nepalese Rupees 3.805 Malaysian Ringgit 0.069816 0.075816 Philippine Peso 6.498 Euro 336.85 Malaysian Ringgit 74.895 Nepalese Rupee 0.002858 0.003028 Thai Baht 8.608 US Dollar 299.90 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 46.845 Pakistan Rupee 0.002703 0.002983 Sterling Pound 431.04 Thai Bhat 9.585 Philippine Peso 0.006372 0.006652 GCC COUNTRIES Japanese Yen 2.67 Turkish Lira 105.295 Sierra Leone 0.000067 0.000073 Saudi Riyal 80.443 Bangladesh Taka 3.817 Singapore Dollar 0.216638 0.222338 Qatari Riyal 82.864 Indian Rupee 4.375 South African Rand 0.013852 0.022352 Omani Riyal 783.524 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.083 Bahrain Exchange Company Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001704 0.002284 Bahraini Dinar 801.120 Nepali Rupee 2.732 Taiwan 0.009076 0.009256 UAE Dirham 82.130 Pakistani Rupee 2.860 Thai Baht 0.008278 0.008828 UAE Dirhams 0.08161 CURRENCY BUY SELL Bahraini Dinar 0.7970 Europe ARAB COUNTRIES Arab Egyptian Pound 0.03819 British Pound 0.426671 0.435671 Egyptian Pound - Cash 35.500 Bahraini Dinar 0.793061 0.801061 Jordanian Dinar 0.4265 Czech Korune 0.004433 0.016433 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 38.571 Egyptian Pound 0.032999 0.037335 Omani Riyal 0.7788 Danish Krone 0.041056 0.046056 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.408 Iranian Riyal 0.000083 0.000085 Tunisian Dinar 149.850 Qatari Riyal 0.08269 Euro 0.330783 0.338783 Saudi Riyal 0.07994 Norwegian Krone 0.031831 0.037031 Iraqi Dinar 0.000194 0.000254 Jordanian Dinar 425.160 Jordanian Dinar 0.421234 0.428734 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.010 Romanian Leu 0.086486 0.086486 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Syrian Lira 2.150 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Slovakia 0.008965 0.018965 Lebanese Pound 0.000151 0.000251 Morocco Dirham 31.244 Swedish Krona 0.032125 0.037125 Swiss Franc 0.299691 0.309891 Moroccan Dirhams 0.020519 0.044519 Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Nigerian Naira 0.001241 0.001876 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Turkish Lira 0.099559 0.109859 US Dollar 301.750 US Dollar Transfer 301.500 Omani Riyal 0.776697 0.782377 Canadian Dollar 230.390 Euro 337.980 Australasia Qatar Riyal 0.082103 0.083316 Sterling Pound 434.930 Sterling Pound 435.370 Australian Dollar 0.220307 0.231807 Saudi Riyal 0.079513 0.080463 Euro 337.490 Canadian dollar 229.020 New Zealand Dollar 0.197010 0.206510 Syrian Pound 0.001277 0.001497 Swiss Frank 297.590 Turkish lira 105.420 Tunisian Dinar 0.146537 0.154537 Bahrain Dinar 798.280 Swiss Franc 308.280 America Turkish Lira 0.099559 0.109859 UAE Dirhams 82.395 Australian Dollar 230.040 Canadian Dollar 0.222637 0.231137 UAE Dirhams 0.081106 0.082255 Qatari Riyals 83.605 US Dollar Buying 300.300 US Dollars 0.2977400 0.301900 Yemeni Riyal 0.001362 0.001442 TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016 BUSINESS Lincoln MKX: The inside story

DUBAI: Sliding into the soft embrace of a scattered throughout the skin and muscle tis- consuming process that can be broken down 6. Shaving - The hides are mechanically 11. Milling - After surface finishing, the hides new luxury vehicle for the first time can often sue conveying their message through the into the 13 following stages. shaved to give a uniform substance. are softened by tumbling them for sever- be a sensory overload. The illuminating wel- spinal cord. 1. Liming - After being soaked, the hair and 7. Dyeing - Hides are dyed in stainless steel al hours in rotating drums. come elements, the rich aroma of the leather As much as we perceive things visually or epidermis is removed by treating hides drums. Fine oil emulsions are also added 12. Final Inspection - Each hide is individually wrapped around a 22-way seat, an array of acoustically, if we want to learn about some- with a mixture of sodium sulphide and at this stage to lubricate the fibres and checked for quality after processing. If buttons entreating to be pressed, the delicate thing tactilely, there is an urge to reach out lime solutions. influence the leather’s softness. approved, the area is measured electroni- wood finishes that cry out to be stroked, the and stroke the cat’s fur, rub the material, or 2. Fleshing - Removal of any fat still adher- 8. Drying - After the addition of natural oil cally prior to dispatch. evocation of a sense that this is a unique the satisfying feeling of pushing a button. 13. Cutting - Leather cutting is a highly skilled place, unlike any other. Touch is the sense that brings control, we can job. As leather is a natural material, the That enhanced feeling of wellbeing that push, stroke, swipe, block, manoeuvre, grab, aim is to keep wastage to a minimum washes over you as you close the door of your shake - it is the most powerful of our senses. while preserving all the natural character 2016 Lincoln MKX with a satisfying clunk and So where does one start when ensconced of the hide in the piece being made. separate yourself from the outside world in the plush surroundings of a Lincoln? This final stage is the most critical. Cutting while cocooning yourself in a vehicle that Touching the soft, supple leather? What con- leather is therefore a highly skilled job. The becomes an extension of you, that is known stitutes this fine accoutrement making it so cutter must appreciate what characteristics as haptic perception. rewarding to touch? Where does it come of the leather are desired in each panel and To get a better understanding of materials from and how is it selected? One of the must therefore consider where each panel close at hand, shutting one’s eyes allows the leathers used in MKX comes from the west fits into the final design of the chair, seat or sense of touch to be become more intense, coast of Scotland. From a town outside sofa, in order to make the final product. As more able to determine minuscule changes Glasgow called Bridge of Weir, the company’s no two hides are exactly the same. in the materials surface. This is because the namesake. Characteristic marks of the hides’ natural seemingly simple process of touch, (also The Scottish based manufacturer of origin are healed scars, neck growth marks, called tactile perception) considered one of leather hides’ highly sought after products veins, abrasions and areas of different fibre the five traditional senses, is in actuality a are regarded as one of the most environmen- density or hair pore structure will impact complex series of modalities that include tally low-carbon leathers, Bridge of Weir uses immediately on which hides will and won’t pressure, skin stretch, vibration and tempera- a unique organic tanning method that is free be initially selected for the following stages. ture, that feedback information from recep- of chromium. This creates a product that is These occur in all hides, however their num- tors via sensory nerves, through tracts in the recyclable at the end of its lifecycle and by- bers and severity differ from hide to hide. spinal cord and finally into the brain. This products that are environmentally sustain- Like the grain in timber every hide is unique, complex procedure includes haptic percep- able through the tanning operations and is ing to the back of the hide. emulsions to lubricate and soften the not faults but the signatures of one of the tion which can be best described as active free of artificial embossing - which highlights 3. Splitting - The hide is split into two layers. leather, the hides are either stretched on most desirable aspiration materials the world exploration of the world adjacent to one’s the natural grain inherent in every hide. The grain layer (top) is used in the manu- large frames or vacuum dried. over. body. Bridge of Weir has developed leather facture of Bridge of Weir Leather 9. Surface coating - Once trimmed, depend- The leather is then subjected to many But why does it feel more intense when specifically for Lincoln, using specific colours, 4. Tanning - After de-liming and pickling to ent on customer requirements, the initial quality tests before being sent to fit in the we close our eyes? The reduction of another grains and finishes and created a unique make the hide more receptive, the hides application of surface pigment is applied interior of your Lincoln. So next time you take sense is the obvious answer, but the portfolio of four trend groups: Abstract, are tanned to stabilise the collagen fibres by machine roller coating. your place in the driver’s seat, take a somatosensory system (the mechanism our Dream, Minimalism and Principles. and prevent its decay. 10.Finishes and Patina - Different textures moment, close your eyes and touch the soft brain uses to evaluate touch) is different to But what separates the leather used in 5. Selection - The tanned hides undergo a designed to enhance the leather’s grain leather seats and appreciate the level of the other senses - the receptors for these are Lincoln from its competitors? The creation of mechanical process called sammying to surface can be applied by engraved detail that’s at your fingertips, brought to you clustered in the head, the touch receptors are the perfect leather is a complex and time remove excess water. rollers. by Lincoln. EU backs milk production cuts to tackle low prices Bid to reverse plunge in prices

BRUSSELS: The European Union “We are working at a loss in many by up to 15,000 euros per year. ers hit by Russian sanctions that is voiced support yesterday for tempo- sectors and it is not sustainable,” due to expire June 30. rary cuts in milk production by farm- Lejeune said during a protest of No ‘magic bullet’ Stung by an EU decision to ers in member states in a bid to about 100 people where farmers Hogan also called for more funds impose damaging economic sector reverse the plunge in prices that has brought a couple of cows, a few to promote EU farm products while sanctions after the shooting down shaken the dairy industry. piglets, goats and lambs. saying the commission will work of a Malaysia Airlines plane over The European Commission, the “We need price increases and for with the European Investment Bank eastern Ukraine in July 2014, executive of the 28-nation bloc, said the EU to buy back excess produce,” in a bid to develop financial instru- Moscow retaliated with a ban on a it would soon send member states he said. “We must fight the invisible ments to help farmers and proces- wide range of agricultural imports. the proposal which is required as an hand of the market.” The commis- sors become more competitive. “This package of measures is emergency exception to rules guar- sioner said he would fully consider Hogan also said he would consider not intended as a magic bullet anteeing economic competition. backing other measures that have extending for another year a multi- but I believe that we should give JAKARTA: An Indonesian man (R) pedals a low-cost amusement ride for chil- Overproduction of milk since EU broad support like allowing mem- million-euro aid package to help it a chance to succeed,” Hogan quotas were abolished in April 2015 ber states to help individual farmers European fruit and vegetable grow- said. —AFP dren locally called “odong-odong” in Jakarta on March 14, 2016, as he earns triggered a collapse in prices that a livelihood of around $2-6 a day. —AFP have not recovered despite a 500- million-euro ($556 million) aid pack- age announced in September. “I am AUB announces winners of prepared to propose the application of such rules whereby the Al-Hassad Saving Program Commission... would decide to per- mit on a temporary basis such vol- KUWAIT: Ahli United Bank held its weekly Mohammed Mahmoud Al Darawsha , untary agreements for the dairy sec- draw of Al-Hassad Islamic Saving program Alghala Mohammad Abdulaziz Al Duaij , tor,” EU agriculture commissioner on March 09, 2016. This program offers the Hanaa Abdulla Ali al Terki, Noriyah Ghali Phil Hogan told a crisis meeting of biggest prize amount to the largest num- Nafel, Ahrar Abdullah Abdulwahab, agriculture ministers in Brussels ber of winners. The prize program succeed- Dhedan Mefarah Al Enizi, Ali Ghuloom greeted by scores of protesting ed in becoming the first and only prize Malek, Mnira Muneer Al Nouri, Khaled farmers. account in Kuwait compliant with the Kassem Fandi , Luis Francisco Fernandes, A combination of factors, includ- Islamic Sharia principles. The program has Ahmad Saleh al Daaij, Alice Thomas Yusuf, ing changing dietary habits, slowing been developed to fulfil the needs of the Ahmed Saleh Mulla, Hameed Ahmed Al- Chinese demand and a Russian Bank customers and increase their oppor- Shehabi , Ali Jassim Al Saegh, Jawad Sshoor embargo on Western products in tunities in winning sizeable and attractive Al-Setrawi Shaha Ali Nasser, Asma Jasim response to sanctions over the prizes in addition to enjoying the latest Mohamed, Liberata Agnes Rodrigues, Ali Ukraine conflict, has pushed down banking advantages that Ahli United Bank Ibrahim Hassan, Thuraya Ali Alamir. prices for beef, pork and milk. provides. The prize program of “Al-Hassad Islamic Hogan, a former Irish environment On this occasion, the bank issued the Saving” from Ahli United Bank offers a minister, acknowledged “the depth following press release: Al-Hassad Islamic weekly grand prize worth KD 25,000/-in and duration of the crisis” when he Saving program offers the highest addition to 25 weekly prizes worth a total joined the emergency ministerial amounts of prizes which amount to KD 3.4 of KD 25,000 distributed to 25 prizes, KD meeting, the second in six months. Million per year. This Program also offers 1,000 for each winner. FranÁois Lejeune, a farmer from 26 weekly prizes, with the highest number In addition, prizes of Al-Hassad Islamic Belgium’s southeastern region of of weekly winners. The Islamic Hassad saving program from Ahli United Bank Liege and a union leader, told AFP Saving Account may be opened by the offer 4 quarterly grand prizes announced that liberal European farm policy BRUSSELS: People eat and visit a farm created by farmers beside the European Union lowest amount to open an account, which in quarterly draws. Each is a “Salary for Life” was weakening and even bankrupt- Commission to protest against falling food prices in Brussels yesterday. —AFP is KD 100. prize which is worth KD 250,000. ing farm businesses. The winner of the weekly grand prize in In general, Ahli United Bank continues the amount of KD 25,000/- is: ABDULLAH to offer innovative tools and means to TURKY AL-HAJRI. meet the needs of its customers to match The winners of the KD 1,000 prize each: the Bank’s long history of distinctive serv- China’s supply-side slogan means Shamlan Yousef Al-Roomi , Lateefah ices which extend over 73 years during Jassem Al Dabbous, Yaser Mohd Yousef, which the Bank managed to take the lead Nabeehah Abdulqader Mohammad, among local banks. different things to different people BEIJING: To some it means upgrading China’s ubiqui- Chinese consumers are snapping up in Japan. China, representing more than 30 provinces, municipal- tous hole-in-the-wall noodle shops, to others it is Yet others say it as a license for companies to go ities and autonomous regions, meet in Beijing for the China’s Anbang leads $12.8bn manufacturing high-tech toilet seats. “Supply-side on an overseas acquisition spree. “What is supply-side National People’s Congress, which lasts around 12 days. reform” is the buzz phrase at China’s annual parlia- reform? Currently the global economy is struggling, It is the one time of the year that the central govern- offer for Starwood Hotels ment in Beijing, picking up on an expression intro- lots of European brands are struggling, why don’t we ment has all members of parliament together, so it is an duced by President Xi Jinping in speeches late last buy them?” Yang Haiyang, an economics professor at important time for leaders to get their messages out. year. Analysts say it refers to the scaling back of the Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, This would not be the first time a central government NEW YORK: A consortium led by mitment to acquire Starwood Hotels & role of government in business to allow market forces said at an alumni event in the southwestern metropo- initiative intended to reform and upgrade the Chinese China’s Anbang Insurance Group has Resorts Worldwide, Inc. to create the greater room to flourish, such as through the restruc- lis of Chongqing in January. economy turned into over investment by local officials. offered $12.8 billion to buy Starwood world’s largest hotel company.” Marriott turing of state-owned companies. But its exact mean- “If Chinese people buy these brands, they turn into China has been battling a glut in solar panels and wind Hotels & Resorts, pressuring Starwood’s said it had been notified by Starwood ing has been left vague, giving room for the thou- Chinese brands. Chanel, LV, Adidas, Nike - let’s buy turbines ever since businesses rushed in to take advan- merger agreement with Marriott of the unsolicited bid from a group led sands of delegates at parliament to come up with them all.” Similarly, Lei Jun, chief executive of Xiaomi, tage of government subsidies and cheap bank loans International. by Anbang on March 11. their own interpretations, raising the risk of wasteful China’s second-biggest smartphone vendor, told after Beijing decided it wanted to be the global leader Starwood said yesterday it had Marriott noted the Anbang offer was spending by provincial governments and underlining reporters on the sidelines of the opening of China’s in renewable energy. the difficult task Beijing has in clearly communicating parliament last Saturday that supply-side reform China’s government has said it will eliminate received the $76 per share offer on “highly conditional and non-binding,” its policies to local governments across the country. meant getting Chinese companies to make products entrenched industrial overcapacity, make sure new March 10 from the consortium, topping while it had sufficient cash resources “I think that’s always been an issue in China. It’s that can compete with imported goods. industries get the capital they need and give freer rein Marriott’s $63.74 per share cash-and- for its own bid and there was no financ- such a big country with so many layers of government Others have interpreted the term - which originat- to market forces. stock offer that Starwood accepted last ing contingency in the deal. Marriott - it’s a challenge to push the message forward to a ed from an English phrase pioneered by former US But the government has also said it will prevent November. shareholders were scheduled to meet local level and make sure implementation is done President Ronald Reagan to refer to deregulation and mass layoffs, have a controlling hand in state-owned “Starwood’s Board of Directors has March 28 to vote on the Starwood properly,” said Julian Evans-Pritchard, China economist tax cuts - as approval for price controls. Li Li, the head enterprises and continue its accommodative mone- not changed its recommendation in acquisition. Anbang, which once spe- at Capital Economics in Singapore. So-called supply- of the Health and Family Planning Commission of tary policy. The country aims to lay off 5-6 million state side reform in the impoverished province of Gansu in Jiangxi province, said controlling how quickly medical workers over the next two to three years as part of support of Starwood’s merger with cialized in car insurance, stormed onto northwestern China means officials are pushing hole- fees rise was a classic example of “supply-side reform.” efforts to curb industrial overcapacity and pollution, Marriott,” Starwood said in a statement. the international property market last in-the-wall vendors of the province’s famous Lanzhou sources have told Reuters. Nobody at the annual par- The Stamford, Connecticut-base com- year by acquiring New York’s Waldorf beef noodles to invest more in interior design and GOOD INTENTIONS liament meeting however, used “supply-side reform” pany said that it “will carefully consider Astoria Hotel for nearly $2 billion. “connect to the internet” so they can charge more, the “That’s not really the sort of supply-side reforms to refer to the need to lay off millions of workers in the outcome of its discussions with the Starwood shares jumped 7.9 per- official news agency Xinhua reported last week. the central leadership are talking about in the key sunset industries. The breadth and vagueness of the consortium in order to determine the cent to $75.96 in pre-market trade, The noodle shops can become “like KFC and other reports they’ve put out,” said Evans-Pritchard, noting term may also be seen by delegates, who are chosen course of action.” and Marriott was up 2.5 percent at western fast foods,” Xinhua said. Many officials at sop- Beijing is more focused on cutting back the role of for their loyalty to the party and their willingness to orific delegate meetings said one version of supply- government in business and greasing the wheels of publicly praise government policy at the rubber Marriott said it “reaffirmed its com- $70.58. —AFP side reform should be getting Chinese manufacturers capitalism. stamp parliament, as a chance for them to showcase to reproduce the popular high-tech toilets that Every year around 3,000 delegates from across their own plans. —Reuters TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016 BUSINESS Stocks higher ahead of key central bank meetings

LONDON: European stock markets rose yester- clues about a possible timeline for more rate first time since January 13, hitting an intra-day world’s second-largest and a key driver of stimulus steps taken by the European day, with Frankfurt back above 10,000 points, hikes. high of 10,039.61 points. “Asian stocks headed global growth. Central Bank last week. following a strong start to the week across Asia The Bank of England is expected to leave its higher... following the lead from stocks on Wall Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index “I don’t think investors are expecting as traders looked ahead to more central bank main lending rate at 0.50 percent following a Street on Friday and giving European markets a finished 1.7-percent higher. “Equity mar- anything drastic from the BOJ, especially action. gathering later in the week. Ahead of Thursday’s healthy shot in the arm first thing,” said James kets are making a solid start to the week, given the fact that they are meeting before The Bank of Japan started a two-day meeting decision, Britain presents its annual budget Hughes, chief market analyst at trading group continuing with their post-ECB bounce,” the FOMC and will be reticent about mak- yesterday, while the Federal Reserve and Bank tomorrow. The monetary policy meetings GKFX. European indices won a boost from said Mike van Dulken, head of research at ing a big aggressive gamble ahead of a of England also gather this week to decide over meanwhile come after the European Central strong showing across Asia, after the new head Accendo Markets. “Poor China data over Fed meeting,” said Stefan Worrall, director the direction for interest rates and stimulus. Bank last week cut rates and boosted its bond- of China’s new market regulator hinted at more the weekend has stoked the fires of stimu- of Japan equity sales at Credit Suisse. Markets are keen to see if Japanese policymak- buying in a bid to kickstart the tepid eurozone action to support volatile mainland bourses. lus hopes,” helping to lift commodity China data on Saturday showed further ers unleash fresh stimulus, after launching a economy, in turn helping Frankfurt’s DAX 30 Hong Kong closed up 1.2 percent and prices and mining groups’ shares. weakness in much of the economy, but widely-panned negative interest rate policy in shares index to rally in recent days. Shanghai tacked on 1.8 percent, despite more In the first two months of the year, out- also contained a few bright spots. January, while the Fed talks will be watched for Yesterday, the DAX went above 10,000 for the evidence of a slowdown in China’s economy-the put at China’s factories, workshops and Manufacturing output in January and mines was the weakest since the global February grew at its weakest pace since financial crisis, official figures showed 2008, while retail sales rose at their slowest Saturday. rate since May 2015. But Chinese shares got a lift yesterday But fixed-asset investment, a crucial after the new head of China’s stock-market driver of the economy, gained 10.2 per- regulator said at the weekend that the cent in the first two months compared state would intervene “if the market is not with the same period a year earlier, while working properly at all or continues to property sales and home mortgages fall”. “It will be too early to talk about with- climbed sharply. drawing” state support for stocks “for “Chinese data showed further weaken- rather a long time into the future”, said Liu ing across the board, but it is clear that Shiyu, chairman of the China Securities government spending and a recovery in Regulatory Commission. In China, the the real estate market are helping hold up blue-chip CSI300 index rose 1.9 percent, growth,” Angus Nicholson, market analyst while the Shanghai Composite Index .SSEC at IG Markets, said in a note to clients. gained 2 percent, after both had lost more “China looks to be returning to a very than 2 percent last week. Mainland familiar investment and real estate-driven investors were encouraged by a regula- growth pattern, somewhat at odds with tor’s assurance that it was premature to their claims of economic rebalancing,” he consider withdrawing government bailout said. funds from the market, and comments People’s Bank of China (PBOC) that dispelled fears of a flood of initial pub- Governor Zhou Xiaochuan said over the lic offerings. weekend that central bank won’t resort to On Friday, the S&P 500 ended at its excessive stimulus to bolster growth but highest level of the year as oil prices will keep a flexible stance in the event of extended gains and investors reassessed an economic shock. —AFP BUSINESS TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016

NAG unveils 4th generation Sportage

New design, advanced technologies and enhanced interior for stunning new compact SUV

KUWAIT: National Agencies Group, a subsidiary studio in Frankfurt, Germany, with input from the soundproofing in the doors. of Abdulaziz Al-Ali Al-Mutawa Group of brand’s Namyang, Korea and Irvine, California Safety, as always, is a top priority for KIA, and Companies and authorized distributor of KIA design centers. The all-new model creates visual the all-new KIA Sportage builds on the brand’s Motors in Kuwait, has unveiled the all-new KIA harmony out of the tension and contrast reputation for offering the highest standards in Sportage - the fourth-generation of KIA’s ever- between its sharp, defined feature lines and occupant and pedestrian crash safety, with a popular compact SUV. smooth surfacing. maximum possible five-star safety rating in the The new KIA Sportage compact SUV builds Euro NCAP crash performance tests. comprehensively on the success of the outgoing Modern layout and greater refinement for The safety improvements are seen in an even model, offering an innovative and sophisticated high quality new cabin stronger body shell, a wide array of passive safe- package to buyers in an increasingly competitive The Sportage boasts an all-new interior, rep- ty equipment and the latest active safety and market. The new-look bold exterior comes resenting one of the most significant improve- autonomous hazard avoidance technologies. The together with an innovative interior which fea- ments over the third-generation car. The focus structure of the new Sportage is significantly tures high quality materials and design integrity, for the design team behind the new interior was stronger, thanks in large part to the extensive as well as greater practicality and a range of to create a cabin which offered a wide, driver-ori- use of advanced high-strength steel (AHSS) to technologies to improve comfort, convenience, ented dashboard, with a simple, modern design. improve joint stiffness and introduce more effec- connectivity and safety. A range of new and The interior blends metalwork with soft-touch tive impact load paths throughout the body. By updated engines and transmissions will result in materials and clearly defined horizontal lines, dramatically strengthening the core structure of the new Sportage, torsional rigidity has been improved by 33 percent from one generation to the next. The new Sportage performed strongly in the Euro NCAP’s important Safety Assist category, which analyses the latest driver assistance tech- nologies and their effectiveness in avoiding acci- dents and mitigating injuries. KIA’s Vehicle Stability Management (VSM) system, fitted as standard to the fourth-generation car, helps ensure stability under braking and cornering through careful management of the vehicle’s Electronic Stability Control (ESC) and electric motor-driven power steering. Both systems come into play as soon as the model’s many sen- sors detect a loss of traction, helping the driver to remain safely in control of the vehicle.

New Sportage comes with 3 different engines: enhanced efficiency and performance, while ride, portraying a high level of mechanical precision. 1. 1.6 L GDI 4 Cylinder Engine which drives 132 HP handling and refinement are all improved. NVH(Noise, Vibration, Harshness): All-round 2. 2.0 L MPI 4 Cylinder Engine which drives 157 HP “The KIA Sportage has played a special role in improvements to refinement 3. 2.4 L GDI 4 Cylinder Engine which drives 184 HP catapulting KIA into its current success both in Significant changes over the outgoing model And exhibits the following new features: Kuwait and abroad. We are confident that the 4th render the Sportage one of the quietest and * Premium JBL Clari-Fi sound system with 8- generation Sportage will reinforce our position comfortable in its class. The improvements to speakers, an external amplifier, a subwoofer and among market leaders thanks to its refined innova- engine NVHare a result of extensive extra dash- a tweeter to provide absolutely incredible sound tion, distinctive design and high quality materials,” board insulation, as well as new acoustic shields quality. explained Omar Gabr, KIA Kuwait Brand Manager. fitted to engine to ensure greater suppression of * The Cluster Ionizer removes unpleasant NVH. Road noise is further reduced with the odors for a fresh interior cabin space. Bold new design for 2016 KIA Sportage adoption of new bushings in the rear suspension * Wireless smartphone charging, something The fourth-generation KIA Sportage features to isolate road noise at source, and more sound- we all can appreciate. a bold new look, with the vehicle’s designers cre- absorbent materials throughout the Sportage’s * The Smart Power Tailgate automatically ating a sense of sporty and powerful energy wheel arches. Wind noise is also reduced as a opens when an individual holding the smart key from every angle. The design of the new result of thicker front side glass, a new dual lip stays within 50-100cm of the rear for more than 3 Sportage has been led by KIA’s European design seal for the panoramic sunroof and additional seconds. Argentina faces broken economy Chinese coalminers strike without debt deals: Macri BUENOS AIRES: Argentina will be headed plug a fiscal deficit that widened to 5.3 per- over wages and layoffs toward aggressive spending cuts or hyper- cent of gross domestic product in 2015 inflation if Congress fails to support debt from 2.8 percent a year earlier. deals brokered with creditors holding its The lower house in Congress is due on BEIJING: Thousands of miners in China’s coal- As a result, “not a few workers have encoun- Earlier this month Premier Li Keqiang again defaulted bonds, President Mauricio Macri Tuesday to vote on the bill containing the rich northeast have gone on strike over months tered difficulties in their lives”, it said. pledged to encourage “structural adjustments” warned. In an interview on America TV late debt deals, including a $4.65 billion cash of unpaid wages, amid fears of mass layoffs as in his opening speech to the annual session of on Sunday, Macri said the South American payment to the lead holdout creditors the government seeks to restructure lumbering ‘Heavy losses’ China’s Communist-controlled parliament. country would remain a financial pariah suing Argentina in a US court. state-owned industries. Social unrest is anathe- The statement blamed the company’s finan- The country saw at least 1,050 strikes and shunned by global credit markets if it failed Macri’s “Let’s Change” alliance is the ma to China’s Communist leaders, making the cial woes on inefficiency, saying that it “uses protests by workers-around 90 percent of them to resolve the 14-year battle with creditors. largest party in Congress’s lower chamber, threat of worker discontent a disincentive to the three times as much labour as the national aver- related to unpaid wages-in the 10 weeks to the Macri’s center-right government, which but it needs to secure pacts with opposi- hard choices analysts see as necessary to reform age to produce 10,000 tonnes of coal”, resulting start of the Lunar New Year in February, accord- took office three months ago, recently tion lawmakers to push the bill through. the world’s second-largest economy. Video seen in “heavy losses and diminished cash flow”. ing to China Labour Bulletin, an overseas cam- reached deals with creditors who had Macri allies have been lobbying moderate by AFP Monday showed protesters marching The firm was “resolutely battling” to imple- paign group. “There have been a steadily balked at the previous government’s settle- Peronist legislators who opposed through the streets of ment reforms, it said. Late last year, 21 miners increasing number of wage arrears protests by ment terms in the wake of the country’s Fernandez’s hardline refusal to negotiate a Shuangyashan city in Heilongjiang province, died in a fire at a mine operated by the compa- coal miners all over China over the last couple of 2002 default on $100 billion in bonds. settlement. venting their frustration at Longmay Mining ny. Northeast China, a hub for heavy industry, years as the industry contracts and coal prices Macri needs lawmakers to pass those deals Yet in a sign Macri’s camp has more last- Holding Group, the biggest coal firm in north- has been particularly hard hit as the country’s fall,” said its spokesman Geoff Crothall, adding to access billions of dollars in new financ- minute work to do, state-run news agency east China. Pictures showed enormous crowds growth slows, as has the coal industry nation- that Longmay miners in another Heilongjiang ing and persuade wary foreign businesses Telam reported Macri officials will be meet- filling the streets. “I’m on my knees, my family wide. Consumption of the heavily polluting fuel city protested over the same issue last year. that Argentina is a safe investment destina- ing again on Monday with lawmakers can’t eat,” an elderly woman pleaded with a man fell 3.7 percent last year, according to China’s In Shuangyashan city officials held an emer- tion. But loyalists of former leader Cristina aligned with defeated presidential candi- who appeared to be a government official. National Bureau of Statistics, after a 2.9 percent gency meeting on Monday, according to news Fernandez, a Peronist, say he is caving into date Sergio Massa and a group of Peronist “Tell me, how can we live?” she shouted, decrease in 2014. Coal use is slowing globally site Sohu, calling for calm and assuring protes- the greed of Wall Street. Asked what would parliamentarians who split with Fernandez before collapsing and being rushed away by fel- and with China’s massive production volumes tors that the company would “work with all its be the consequence of a defeat in in February. Treasury officials will be seek- low protesters. The situation in Heilongjiang leading a glut in supply, prices have plummeted, might to provide workers’ wages in a timely Congress, Macri said: “austerity or hyperin- ing to allay any concerns over the decision exemplifies the dilemma faced by Chinese falling by more than 50 percent since 2012. fashion”. — AFP flation. There is no alternative.” by a US appeals court on Friday to put on authorities, who say they want to change the Macri’s comments came 24 hours after hold the lifting of the injunctions that economic model to one driven by consumer his finance minister said he would be restrict Argentina from servicing its restruc- demand rather than infrastructure investment “forced to implement tremendous cuts” to tured debt, Telam said. — Reuters and exports. China’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are plagued by overcapacity and many are unviable, but the government has been loath to Oil shrugs off Goldman kill off such “zombie” companies, fearing unem- ployment could lead to instability. Nevertheless, warning about premature rally it plans to lay off about 1.8 million workers in the steel and coal industries, a human resources and LONDON: “International crude oil prices have in prices ... would prove self-defeating,” the social security ministry official said last month. recovered remarkably in recent weeks,” the bank warned. And there is still a risk the United In the video footage from Heilongjiang, International Energy Agency (IEA) wrote in this States will run out of storage space in the next dozens of police cars, lights flashing, lined the month’s oil market assessment, which struck a few weeks, pushing prices sharply lower. streets, and protesters complained of violence note of cautious optimism. “This should not, In reality, the differences between oil bulls by authorities as tensions mounted. however, be taken as a definitive sign that the and bears at the moment are narrower than is “Traffic in the centre of Shuangyashan city worst is necessarily over. Even so, there are often supposed. The IEA titled its commentary was halted,” a witness told AFP, adding “some signs that prices might have bottomed out,” “Light at the end of the tunnel?”. people were hurt”. Pictures from the scene the agency concluded (“Oil Market Report”, Goldman, in a separate note issued by its showed what appeared to be police tussling IEA, March 11). equity team, said “we are beginning to see a with protesters, with one woman apparently Goldman Sachs, perhaps the world’s most line of sight to improved oil prices in 2017” thrown to the ground. Striking miners held large influential commodity bank, stuck to a more (“Rocky road to new oil order recovery: signs of banners demanding back pay. “Their main bearish view. In a note to clients, the bank’s clearing in the distance”, March 11). request is to get the delayed incomes from the commodity research team warned an early ral- In most cases, the gap between bulls and past several months,” the witness said. ly could prove “premature” (“New oil order: the bears boils down to a difference of a few The miners’ anger spilled into street action good, the bad and the ugly”, Goldman Sachs, months over when prices should start to rise. after Heilongjiang’s governor Lu Hao said the March 11). “Sustained low prices are necessary Goldman believes prices need to remain low in company owed employees no back pay. At the PUDONG: A man walks by the Bund near the Huangpu river across the Pudong New Financial in our view to maintain a sufficient level of the short term to generate a drawdown in weekend the provincial government admitted district in Shanghai yesterday. China’s leaders are meeting this week for the annual rubber- financial stress” to finish a rebalancing that has inventories that would support a modest rally that workers’ compensation was in “arrears” fol- stamp National People’s Congress, where Premier Li Keqiang set a growth target of 6.5-7.0 per- only just started, the team wrote. “An early rally in the second half of 2016. —Reuters lowing “many years of accumulated problems”. cent for this year. —AFP BUSINESS TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016

Lexus - Amazing in Motion

Mohamed Naser Al-Sayer & Sons celebrates record performance of Lexus for 2015

KUWAIT: Mohamed Naser Al-Sayer Furthermore our stand-out commer- held an exclusive celebration event cial ‘Live The Lexus Life” in coopera- for Lexus in recognition of its record tion with advertising agency Litmus performance for the year 2015 in won the Best Creativity Award.” Kuwait. The event which was held at Lexus continues to evolve with the Radisson BLU hotel was attended an increased emphasis on design, by distinguished delegates Bader um compact crossover SUV. able achievement Bader Musaed Al- performance, art, fashion and digi- Musaed Al-Sayer Deputy Business According to Simon Frith Business Sayer Deputy Business Director Lexus tal communications and aims to Director, Philip Burrluck Deputy Director Lexus Kuwait “Lexus is once Kuwait said “Our customer service and highest level of product quality, and General Manager Vehicle Sales, Bader again in the spotlight. Success of key advertising efforts have won top an experience beyond compare in Faisal Al-Sayer Deputy Marketing launches has driven the overall record recognition and awards helping to any industry. Manager, members from Lexus sales performance leading to excellent build a strong foundation to accom- Philip Burrluck Deputy General team and representatives from Group sales results. We have strengthened plish such record milestone.” Manager Lexus Sales briefed on the Marketing Department. this competitive edge in 2016 with Earlier in 2015 Lexus in Kuwait had achievements and events during 2015 For Lexus, 2015 was the year of the recent launch of GS F - under the won prestigious award for excellence and appreciated outstanding efforts several important launch events “F range” setting new benchmark for in public relations and customer serv- of Lexus sales team. Presenting the including LX - iconic luxury SUV, RX - the Middle East high performance car ice under the patronage of His main objectives of 2016 he encour- pioneering cross-over SUV, ES - luxury segment.” Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh aged all Lexus staffs to aim high and emboldened sedan, NX - first premi- Crediting the team for this remark- Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. achieve even better results.

Warba Bank wins the ‘Islamic Finance News’ award for performance in 2015 ‘Best Structured Finance’ and ‘Kuwait Award’

KUWAIT: Warba Bank, the fastest-growing Bank in Kuwait which offers a range of bank- ing and investment services compatible with Islamic Sharia on local and international level, won two annual awards from the magazine “Islamic Finance News” (IFN). The first prize is the “Best 2015 structural funding” which resulted from the acquisition of a portfolio with Al Mulla global company of a deal totaling KD20 million, equivalent of $66 million. The deal reflected the extraordinary commitment of the Bank to providing innova- tive financial solutions and compatible with Air Arabia shareholders OK the provisions of the Islamic Sharia as studies met with strategic expansion plan approved 9% cash dividend at AGM by the World Bank at the local and regional levels. The second prize earned by Warba Bank SHARJAH: Air Arabia shareholders yesterday business, Air Arabia remains well positioned for is the “Best Deal in Kuwait for 2015”, for its par- approved the distribution of a nine percent cash growth in 2016.” ticipation along with other local, regional and dividend for the 2015 financial year at the com- For the full year ending December 31, 2015, int’l banks and financing institutes, in the huge pany’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Air Arabia reported a net profit of AED 531 mil- financing deal for the National Industries Sharjah. The dividend, which is equivalent to 9 lion while turnover reached AED 3.8 billion in Group with the value of KD 105 million for a 3 fils per share, reflects another year of healthy 2015 with passenger numbers increasing by 12 years’ period. growth and strong profitability for the Middle per cent to more than 7.6 million. Through an intensive evaluation process East and North Africa’s first and largest low-cost 2015 was a year of significant route expan- according to a set of principles and financial Al-Ghanim assured that the Bank’s opera- diversifying the Bank’s asset base on a global airline. sion with 23 routes added to the Air Arabia net- tions performed last year, granted the bank a scale. As part of the deal, Warba bank invest- During the AGM, the assembly approved the work, including the notable achievement of indicators; Warba Bank has been selected for report of the company’s auditors for the finan- becoming the region’s first low-cost airline to the second prize by IFN’s judging panel that leading position in the Islamic banking sector ment reached initially 8.2 million dollars in a cial year ending December 31, 2015, as well as enter the Chinese market with the launch of groups a number of experts in the Islamic in Kuwait; Warba bank keens to play a key role diversified portfolio of operating leases for the balance sheet and profit and loss accounts services to the city of Urumqi. The airline also banking industry. IFN is a well renown institu- in supporting the local economy and local equipment of high quality, limited technology for the same period. The Board of Directors and added a fifth international hub with the forma- tion in the Islamic banking industry which pub- companies while simultaneously providing and a long operational life to perform difficult auditors of the company were also discharged tion of “Air Arabia Jordan” and the opening of a lishes various studies and article around the topnotch products compliant with Islamic tasks, which is leased to the companies at the from liability for the financial year ending fixed-based operation at Amman Queen Alia banking sector. Shaheen Al-Ghanim, Executive Shariah. United States. Worth to mention that Warba December 31, 2015, while auditors for the next International Airport. Vice President for Treasury and Investment at Warba Bank’s activities and achievements bank was granted Baa2 rating from Moody’s in fiscal year were appointed and their remunera- 2015 was also an award-winning year as Air Warba Bank commented about the award say- spread locally, but are also reaching interna- 2015 with a stable vision Since its inception in tion fixed. The assembly also granted approval Arabia took home accolades including “World ing, “As a Bank, we are honored to have two tional horizons. Whereas, Warba Bank lately 2010 in the Kuwaiti market, Warba Bank has to amend Air Arabia’s articles of association in Travel Leaders Award” at the World Travel Market acquired a leasing portfolio of equipment been enriching the Islamic banking industry line with Federal Law No 2 of 2015 concerning 2015 in the United Kingdom, “Best Low-cost valuable awards for the year 2015 despite the commercial companies. Airline in the Middle East” at the Skytrax World fact that the bank is relatively new. This proofs from ATEL Capital Group, which is an inde- with different type of products and services “Following another year of solid growth and Airline Awards in France, “Best Low-Cost Carrier” the bank’s effectiveness of growth and expan- pendent equipment leasing company in the that were catalysts to boost the sector. The achievement, Air Arabia is delighted to return at the 2015 World Tourism Forum Awards in sion strategy, which supports our efforts in USA, to become the first Kuwaiti establish- Bank doesn’t hesitate to explore feasible profit to our shareholders in the form of a Turkey, “Airline of Year” at the Aviation Business cooperation with local companies in various ment investing in this Group with a total value investment’s opportunities both in the local or healthy nine percent cash dividend,” said Sheikh Awards, and “Award for Customer Innovation” at sectors consisting Islamic Sharia principles as of 25 million dollars. This acquisition is in line global market in order to diversify options for Abdullah Bin Mohammad Al-Thani, Chairman of the first Aviation Achievement Awards. Data part of our communication with our cus- with the Bank’s strategy and portfolio in its customers in accordance of Islamic Sharia. Air Arabia. “Despite ongoing concerns in the from Google also revealed that Air Arabia was tomers/partners in order to succeed. Our attracting investment, and seize opportunities Based on this criteria, the bank is qualified to global economy and continued pressure on the most searched for airline by UAE users in efforts to meet the financing needs and then to comply with the provisions of the Islamic harvest more regional and global awards in yields in the aviation industry, with innovation 2015, reflecting the strength of its online pres- Sharia in regional and global markets, while the near future. and operational efficiency at the heart of our ence and product offering. develop them will always rank as prime to us”. TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016 TECHNOLOGY S7 arrives fully-loaded with Galaxy Entertainer app Over 1,000 buy 1 get 1 free offers available to Galaxy S7 customers free of charge KUWAIT: Samsung has announced the Entertainer, leading provider of incentive tomers in the Middle East a variety of buy one launch of the Galaxy Entertainer application offers in the Middle East, the application’s buy get one free offers from fantastic dining, in conjunction with the launch of the flagship 1 get 1 free offers are redeemable at around leisure, beauty and hotel brands on a global Galaxy S7 and S7 edge smartphones. The 670 merchants (two offers per merchant and basis. The savings from redeeming even a few application that is preloaded on to the new one offer per hotel), including a wide selec- of the offers will go a long way in offsetting smartphones includes over 1,000 buy 1 get 1 tion of premium outlets in Kuwait. Speaking the initial cost associated with the phone. We free offers that provides unparalleled access of the launch of the dedicated application, are excited to collaborate with a technology to global hotspots including restaurants, lux- Tarek Sabbagh, Head of IT and Mobile partner on a milestone launch and are look- ury hotels, cafes, premium spas, leisure attrac- Division, Samsung Gulf Electronics said, “In ing to expand to other models in the lineup tions, golf clubs and much more. The com- addition to maximizing the user experience, in the future.” In addition to local outlets, the bined value of the benefits (inclusive of inter- the latest Galaxy S7 has been developed to devices are the ultimate digital companions; Donna Benton, founder and CEO of the offers are redeemable in several global loca- national locations) is estimated to be over redefine what a phone can do. Adding all probably the only pieces of technology one Entertainer, added, “With the pre-installation tions including Oman, Bahrain, the UAE, 31,000 KWT worth of savings. these sensory experiences to the smart- would need even in the ultimate realms of of the Samsung Entertainer app on the latest Qatar, London, Hong Kong, Singapore and Developed in collaboration with the phones is an extension of our belief that our tranquility and luxury.” Galaxy S7 devices we are proud to bring cus- Cape Town. Cisco Cloud Index projects that cloud traffic in MEA will quadruple by 2019

KUWAIT: The fifth annual Cisco Global Cloud of daily streamed UHD video for the world’s pop- Index (2014-2019), released recently, forecasts ulation in 2019 that Middle East and Africa cloud traffic will Here are some of the MEA key highlights from more than quadruple by the end of 2019. the Cisco Cloud Index: Additionally, by 2019, 83 percent of all MEA data * Data center traffic will grow 4.0-fold, up by 32 center traffic will come from the cloud. percent from 2014 to 2019 From a regional perspective, the report found * Cloud data center traffic will represent 86 per- that MEA is expected to have the highest cloud cent of total data center traffic by 2019, com- traffic growth rate at 41 percent by 2019. Several pared to 61 percent in 2014 factors are driving cloud traffic’s accelerating * Consumer will represent 61 percent of cloud growth and the transition to cloud services, data center traffic by 2019, compared to 30 per- including the personal cloud demands of an cent in 2014 increasing number of mobile devices; the rapid * 7.1 percent of data center traffic will travel growth in popularity of public cloud services for between data centers by 2019, compared to 7.1 business, and the increased degree of virtualisa- percent in 2014. tion in private clouds which is increasing the density of those workloads. The growth of Index Overview: machine-to-machine (M2M) connections also The Cisco Global Cloud Index (2014-2019) has the potential to drive more cloud traffic in was developed to estimate global data center the future. and cloud-based traffic growth and trends. The “The Cisco Cloud Index highlights the fact report serves as a complementary resource to BAIKONUR: A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying the ExoMars 2016 spacecraft blasts off that cloud is moving well beyond a regional existing Internet Protocol (IP) network traffic from the launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome yesterday. — AFP trend to becoming a mainstream solution, with studies such as the Cisco Visual Networking cloud traffic expected to grow more than 30 per- Index, providing new insights and visibility into Russian rocket blasts off on cent in every worldwide region over the next emerging trends affecting data centers and five years. cloud architectures. The forecast becomes Middle East enterprise and government increasingly important as the network and data mission seeking life on Mars organisations are moving from test cloud envi- center become more intrinsically linked in offer- Mike Weston, ronments to trusting clouds with their mission- ing cloud services. Vice President - Cisco Middle East BAIKONUR: Two robotic spacecraft yesterday water than earth. A better understanding of critical workloads. At the same time, consumers The Global Cloud Index is generated by mod- began a seven-month journey to Mars as part of a water on Mars, the fourth planet from the sun, continue to expect on-demand, anytime access umes reaching the highest tier (core) of the data elling and analysis of various primary and sec- European-Russian unmanned space mission to could aid scientists’ understanding of how the to their content and services nearly everywhere. center may fall below 10.4 ZB per year and lower ondary sources (complete methodology details sniff out leads to life on the Red Planet. Russia’s Earth might cope in conditions of increased This creates a tremendous opportunity for cloud data center tiers could carry over 40 ZB of traffic are provided in the report). The forecast also Proton rocket carrying the spacecraft launched drought. Schiaparelli, in turn, will spend several operators, which will play an increasingly rele- per year. To help put things in perspective, 10.4 includes a supplement on Cloud Readiness into an overcast sky at the Russian-operated days measuring climatic conditions including vant role in the communications industry ZB is equivalent to: Regional Details, which examines the fixed and Baikonur cosmodrome in the Kazakh steppe at seasonal dust storms on the Red planet while ecosystem,” Mike Weston, Vice President, Cisco * 144 trillion hours of streaming music: mobile network abilities of each global region 0931 GMT according to plan, the Russian space serving as a test lander ahead of the rover’s antici- Middle East. Equivalent to about 26 months of continuous (from more than 150 countries) to support busi- agency Roscosmos and the European Space pated arrival. The module takes its name from In addition to the rapid growth of cloud traf- music streaming for the world’s population* in ness and consumer cloud-computing applica- Agency (ESA) said. 19th century Italian astronomer Giovanni fic, Cisco predicts that the Internet of Everything 2019 tions and services. Roscosmos said the launch had taken place “suc- Schiaparelli whose discovery of “canals” on Mars (IoE)-the connection of people, processes, data * 26 trillion hours of business web conferencing cessfully”. ExoMars 2016, a collaboration between caused people to believe, for a while, that there and things-will have a significant impact on data with a webcam: Equivalent to about 21 hours of ESA and Roscosmos, is the first part of a two- was intelligent life on our neighboring planet. Supporting Resources: center and cloud traffic growth. Today, only a daily web conferencing for the world’s workforce phase exploration aiming to answer questions * Visit the Cisco Global Cloud Index webpage. in 2019 about the existence of life on Mars. ‘Need more money’ small portion of this content is stored in data * Read the Cisco Global Cloud Index, Forecast The ESA has said the aim was to determine As for the next phase of ExoMars, ESA director centers, but that could change as the application * 6.8 trillion of high-definition (HD) movies and Methodology, 2014-2019 White Paper. “whether Mars is ‘alive’”. With its suite of high-tech general Jan Woerner has mooted a possible two- demand and uses of big data analytics evolves viewed online: Equivalent to about 2.4 hours of * Explore the Cisco Global Cloud Index instruments, the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), is year delay, saying in January: “We need some (ie analysing collected data to make tactical and daily streamed HD movies for the world’s popu- Highlights Tool. expected to arrive at the Red Planet in October more money” due to cost increases. The rover strategic decisions). New technologies such as lation in 2019 * Explore the Cisco Cloud Readiness Tool. after a journey of 496 million kilometres (308 mil- scheduled for 2018 has been designed to drill up SDN and NFV are also expected to streamline * 1.2 trillion hours of ultra-high definition (UHD) * Review the Cisco Global Cloud Index lion miles). TGO will photograph the Red Planet to two metres (around seven feet) into the Red data center traffic flows, such that the traffic vol- video streaming: Equivalent to about 25 minutes Supplement: Cloud Readiness Regional Details. and analyse its air, splitting off from the Mars lan- Planet in search of organic matter, a key indicator der dubbed Schiaparelli days before entering its of life past or present. ESA said the rover landing atmosphere. The second phase, a Mars rover due “remains a significant challenge” however. for launch in 2018, seems likely to be delayed over Although TGO’s main science mission is sched- New virtual reality app Timelooper financial concerns. One key goal is to analyse uled to last until December 2017, it has enough methane, a gas which on Earth is created in large fuel to continue operations for years after, if all part by living microbes, and traces of which were goes well. Thomas Reiter, director of human takes you back in history observed by previous Mars missions. spaceflight at ESA, said in televised remarks ahead of the launch he believed a manned mis- LONDON: Imagine watching frantic shopkeep- visit the sites to unlock the historical experi- said. Timelooper’s travel app is also used by ‘Nose in space’ sion to Mars would take place “maybe in 20 years ers busily extinguish the Great Fire of London, or ences. Feinberg and his cofounder, Yigit Yigiter, those working in London’s booming tourism “TGO will be like a big nose in space,” said or 30 years”. sheltering from Nazi bombing raids during the were frustrated with current tourism technology, industry. Jorge Vago, ExoMars project scientist. Methane, Russian-American duo Mikhail Kornienko and Blitz. Now, thanks to a new virtual reality app, which they say hasn’t evolved much since the Blue Badge tourist guide Ruth Polling pulls the ESA said, is normally destroyed by ultraviolet Scott Kelly earlier this month returned from a you can travel back in time to be immersed in introduction of audio guides. In 2014, Yigiter’s her cardboard headset out as she escorts visitors radiation within a few hundred years, which year-long mission at the International Space these events. wife brought home a Google cardboard VR to Trafalgar Square and lets them see what hap- implied that in Mars’ case “it must still be pro- Station seen as a vital precursor to such a mission. duced today”. TGO will analyse Mars’ methane in The ExoMars mission derives its name from the The Timelooper app allows users to experi- headset, and he began thinking about an pened on Sept. 23, 1940, when a bomb dropped more detail than any previous mission, said ESA, scientific term for the search for life beyond ence key moments in London history with just a immersive virtual reality tourism experience. By by Nazi Germany exploded near Nelson’s in order to try to determine its likely origin. Earth-exobiology. Space has been one of the few smartphone and a cardboard headset. For exam- September 2015, he’d quit his job in private Column, a famous landmark and iconic part of One component of TGO, a neuron detector areas of cooperation between Moscow and the ple, when Timelooper cofounder Andrew equity and moved to the British capital to begin the victory celebrations held five years later to called FREND, can help provide improved map- West that has not been damaged by ongoing Feinberg visits the Tower of London, a historic work on the first incarnation of the app. The first mark the end of the war in Europe. ping of water distribution on Mars, amid growing geopolitical tensions stemming from to the crises castle on the banks of London’s Thames River, he version was launched in July 2015 and featured “My job is a storyteller,” Polling said. “I’m here evidence the planet once had as much if more in Ukraine and Syria. — AFP doesn’t queue up with hordes of tourists to three sites. to conjure up what things are like and this just catch a glimpse of the royal family’s crown jew- gives me something else I can use, particularly els. Instead, he uses Timelooper’s time travel Historical perspective with small children, getting them really tourism app to experience the tower over 750 While Timelooper uses VR to offer a unique engaged.” years ago, in 1255. historical perspective, the technology has been London landmarks are also finding Instead of seeing a busy London tourist site, exploding in many directions throughout the Timelooper’s VR experience useful in giving a Feinberg sees a medieval marketplace, a formi- tourism industry. Carnival Cruise Line uses it to new-age twist to a decades-old attraction. The dable fortress, even an elephant being led down market cruises, the Dollywood theme park in Thames River’s 120-year-old Tower Bridge is set a path. Tennessee uses it to show off a new rollercoast- to launch its own Timelooper experience in “We actually overlay the current infrastruc- er, and the Seattle Space Needle uses it to help April, taking visitors back to 1666, before the ture with what the infrastructure of the tower visitors appreciate the view from its sky-high bridge was even built. Instead, headset wearers and the surrounding environment was like in observatory. view the raging Great Fire of London from a 13th century London,” explained Feinberg. “So The Dali Museum in Florida created a virtual boat’s crow’s nest as it sails down the river. for example, now you see a Starbucks and now reality experience that lets visitors walk through “When you’re here at the bridge, you are told you see the tower as it looks today with the a landscape painting by the Surrealist master a story of how things were but you can’t physi- moat drained. When we take you back in time, Salvador Dali. And a company called YouVisit has cally see that,” says Chris Earlie, the head of you actually see the historically accurate repre- created over 300 VR experiences for destinations Tower Bridge. The app also helps immerse inter- sentation of the tower in its heyday.” from Vatican City to Mexico. national visitors into the story without “translat- Not far away at St. Paul’s Cathedral, Timelooper is a member of the Travel Tech ing endless amount of text.” Timelooper users travel back to the Great Fire of Lab, an incubator space for travel technology Timelooper plans to launch in New York City London 350 years ago, in 1666. The fire burned start-ups, partly created by London & Partners, this April, allowing tourists to witness the for four days, destroying over 13,000 houses. the city’s official promotional company. famous kiss that was photographed in Times The smartphone’s built-in motion detection Following the launch last year, Feinberg and Square in August 1945 on VJ Day, the day World BAIKONUR: Members of the main crew of the expedition to the International Space allows time travelers wearing a cardboard head- Yigiter were contacted by destinations from War II officially ended with the surrender of Station (ISS), (L-R) Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka and US set to move their gaze around the virtual world, China to Spain. “Nothing replaces the experience Japan, and to see the iconic picture of workers astronaut Jeffrey Williams visit an assembling department at the Russian-leased seemingly exploring London centuries ago. The of being on site, but you don’t always know eating lunch atop a skyscraper during construc- Baikonur cosmodrome yesterday. — AFP videos are location-based, meaning visitors must what the stories are about those sights,” Yigiter tion of the Rockefeller Center in 1932. — AP Year-in-space astronaut hangs up his spacesuit, retires

WASHINGTON: After spending nearly a year the Navy in 1987, said in a Facebook post. “To continue to undergo periodic medical tests as NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, a year mission. The usual space station stint is in space, astronaut Scott Kelly is hanging up continue toward any journey, we must always part of his year-in-space mission, NASA said. retired astronaut himself, said the space six months. his spacesuit. NASA announced Kelly’s retire- challenge ourselves to take the next step.” “Adjusting in space is easier than adjust- agency and science in general is grateful to His re-entry into land living was good ment on Friday, less than two weeks after he During his one-year trip, Kelly posted hun- ing to Earth for me,” Kelly said in his first Kelly, who he added deserves “meals that and bad. Home in Houston, he dove into his returned to Earth. dreds of images, mostly of Earth from orbit, on postflight news conference a week ago. Even don’t come in a bag, a cold beer, hot show- backyard pool still in his blue flight suit, He leaves the space agency on April 1. social media. But he also engaged in a little then he gave a hint of what was to come, ers, cool autumn breezes, the sounds of birds going underwater for the first time in nearly The 52-year-old Kelly spent a US-record 340 fun, donning a gorilla suit that was a gag gift saying he doubted he’d fly again for NASA chirping, the ability to lay his head on an a year. But clothing was a problem. In space, days in orbit on the International Space from his brother and chasing fellow astronauts but adding, “I’ll never be done with space. I actual pillow and so much more of the pleas- his clothes floated around him and didn’t Station to see how the human body holds up through the space station in a video. will always be involved.” ures of life.” touch his skin. for long periods of time in space. His results “This year-in-space mission was a profound Kelly’s departure means the space agency Astronauts who eventually will land on “It’s very, very sensitive,” he told reporters are being compared to those on the ground challenge for all involved, and it gave me a is losing its biggest star, said John Logsdon, a Mars “will be following in the footsteps of one last week. “It’s almost like a burning feeling from his twin brother, Mark, who is a retired unique perspective and a lot of time to reflect retired space policy professor. “I’m willing to of the finest astronauts in the history of the wherever I like sit or lie or walk.” Before leaving astronaut. Scott Kelly also holds the on what my next step should be on our con- bet that no one could name another NASA space program, my friend, Commander Scott orbit, Kelly tweeted: “The journey isn’t over. American record for most time in space: 520 tinued journey to help further our capabilities astronaut, anyone not close to the program,” Kelly,” Bolden said in a statement. Follow me as I rediscover #Earth!” His Twitter days over four missions. in space and on Earth,” Kelly said in a state- Logsdon said. “It clears the way for the next Kelly returned from the space station on followers have since read about his first steak, “I look forward to continuing my 30 years of ment issued by NASA. No specific plans for generation of space fliers. There are a few vet- March 2, landing in Kazakhstan with Russia’s first dental appointment, first rain and that dip public service in a new role,” Kelly, who joined what’s next were announced. But Kelly will eran fliers left, but not many.” Mikhail Kornienko, his partner for the one- in the pool. —AP TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016 HEALTH & SCIENCE Alaska scientists research seabird death mystery

ANCHORAGE: The common murre on Sarah rate, in three days of not eating. and muscle, which can indicate what it ate in the Schoen’s examination table lived a short, hun- Abnormal numbers of carcasses, all showing last month. They took feather samples for iso- gry life. Measurements of its beak and leg indi- signs of starvation, began washing ashore on tope analysis regarding diet. Sudden diet cated it hatched in June. Its stomach and breast Alaska beaches in March 2015. Numbers spiked changes could be telling. If they were eating at showed how it died. The 3-inch-long stomach to alarming levels in early winter. The confirmed one level of the food web, and a regular food was empty, and the pectoral muscles that pow- carcass count is now up to 36,000, Schoen said. source became unavailable, it could provide ered its wings, allowing it to “fly” underwater That’s far higher than previous common murre insight into the deaths, Schoen said. Some after forage fish, were emaciated. “As the bird die-offs and many beaches have not been sur- details are emerging. Schoen in January necrop- starves, the body eats the muscle for energy,” veyed. New common murre carcasses continue sied 61 birds found in Prince William Sound. Schoen said. “The muscle becomes more and to be recorded, most recently on Kodiak, Alaska Most were birds under 2 years old and 77 per- more concave.” Schoen, a wildlife biologist for Peninsula communities and the Pribilof Islands. cent were female. Female deaths are significant the US Geological Survey, and Rob Kaler, a biol- “The ravens and eagles make it easy to see that because of the possible effect on the overall ogist for the US Fish and Wildlife Service, on birds are continuing to die and get washed up,” population. Friday performed necropsies on common mur- Kaler said. The scavengers eat the dead murres. The sampled birds also were heavier than res, part of an effort by dozens of scientists to No one is offering an estimate of the total birds sampled in a 1993 die-off, Schoen said. explain the massive die-off of common murres deaths. In previous die-off, researchers estimat- “So it doesn’t look like just starvation is killing that began one year ago. ed that only about 15 percent of carcasses reach them,” Schoen said. “It looks like there’s some- Common murres are one of the northern shores, which means the total may be in the thing else that could be tipping them over the hemisphere’s most common seabirds. The hundreds of thousands. The USGS’s National edge.” That reason could be a toxin birds ingest- Alaska population is estimated at 2.8 million out Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wisconsin, is ed from tainted algae. The reason could be of a world population of 13 to 20.7 million birds. testing murres for signs of disease or parasites. severe winter storms that kept weakened birds Awkward on land, common murres can dive to Though the murres appear to have starved, from feeding. Or it could be something 600 feet hunting fish or krill. Die-offs have researchers wonder if something caused them unknown. Federal agencies don’t have dedicat- occurred before but not on this magnitude. to quit eating or to be less successful funding ed funding to solve the common murre mystery Common murres routinely live 20-25 years but food. Schoen and Kaler were looking for broad, ALASKA: Wildlife biologist Rob Kaler of the US Fish and Wildlife Service examines the emp- but will continue investigating as time allows. have a metabolism rate so high that they can general information about body conditions. ty stomach of a common murre during a necropsy in Anchorage, Alaska. Kaler is among Schoen and Kaler said they hope to continue use up fat reserves and drop to a critical thresh- They extracted samples of liver, which can scientists attempting to find out the reason for a massive common murre die-off in the the sampling work with carcasses collected old for starvation, 65 percent of normal body indicate what the bird ate a week before it died, North Pacific that began one year ago. — AP from other areas of Alaska. — AP Arctic forum to shine light on climate, energy, Maine Climate chief expects 80-100 signatures on landmark treaty

PORTLAND: A forum about Arctic diplomacy slated to take place in Maine’s largest city will focus on issues like climate change and ship- ping, and put a spotlight on its host, organiz- ers said. The Arctic Council’s Senior Arctic Officials meeting will take place in Portland from Oct 4-6. Officials from the council’s eight member nations, including the United States, and a host of non-governmental organiza- tions will assemble for the midweek event. The event will also likely focus on the Arctic’s indigenous groups and energy issues, said US Ambassador for Oceans and Fisheries David Balton, who will lead the meeting. Balton said the event is the first time the coun- A polar bear has a bucket on his head, while cub polar bear swims nearby in the cool- cil has held such a meeting on US soil outside ing waters of Moscow Zoo. Climate science has progressed so much that experts can Alaska or Washington DC. It’s a big moment accurately detect global warming’s fingerprints on certain extreme weather events, for Maine, Balton said. It reflects that US is such as a heat wave, concluded a high-level scientific advisory panel. — AP sending a message that it is an Arctic nation Finding climate fingerprints in whose interests extend outside far outside of Alaska, and that Maine is a big piece of the wild weather ‘is valid’: Panel puzzle, he said. “In the state of Maine, it’s a way to demonstrate that our issues in the Arctic WASHINGTON: Climate science has pro- connection to global warming, such as in could very well affect your state,” Balton said. gressed so much that experts can accurate- the recent four-year California drought and The State Department selected Portland to ly detect global warming’s fingerprints on the drought that hit Syria and neighbors, host the forum. There isn’t a formal agenda, certain extreme weather events, such as a Titley said. “The fog of uncertainty that but climate change is sure to be a key focus, heat wave, according to a high-level scien- obscured the human role in individual Balton said. Leaders of the eight nations will tific advisory panel. For years scientists have events is finally lifting,” said Princeton discuss what the countries can do to imple- given almost a rote response to the ques- University professor Michael Oppenheimer. ment pieces of the Paris Agreement, a global- tion of whether an instance of weird weath- He wasn’t part of the study, but is on the warming accord adopted by consensus last er was from global warming, insisting that board of Climate Central, which manages a year, he said. Dana Eidsness, director of the they can’t attribute any single event to cli- large climate attribution project. Maine North Atlantic Development Office, MANILA: Children swim at the sea near houses constructed on the breakwater at Manila Bay. mate change. But “the science has Good attribution studies are based on said holding the council meeting in Maine Families living beside the shore are vulnerable to storm surges during a typhoon. Former US advanced to the point that this is no longer what Titley calls a “three-legged stool” of illustrates the state’s “long history with the vice-president Al Gore, who is visiting the Philippines as part of his crusade against climate true as an unqualified blanket statement,” observational records of decades of past Arctic and our contributions in climate sci- change, has warned that storms will hit the Philippines with more strength and frequency due to the rising temperature of the atmosphere, leaving the archipelagic nation as one of the the National Academies of Sciences, events, detailed understanding of the ence and ocean ecosystem studies” through most vulnerable to typhoon-spawned waves and rising water levels. — AFP Engineering and Medicine reported. physics that cause the weird weather itself, entities like Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Starting in 2004, dozens of complex and sophisticated computer models that Sciences and the University of Maine. The oth- tions signed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit). peer-reviewed studies found the odds of simulate the chances of the extreme event er member nations of the Arctic Council are moon, French President Francois Hollande, The pact requires all countries to submit some extreme events - but by no means all if there were no man-made, heat-trapping Canada, Russia, Sweden, Finland, Norway, and herself are also being sent again to all plans for climate action and to update them - were goosed by man-made climate gases warming the atmosphere. “It’s just like Iceland and Denmark. Each country appoints world leaders. “I will, of course, work very hard every five years, though such plans are not an autopsy,” said Martin Hoerling, a National change. This new field of finding global a senior arctic official to the council. so that we get these 80 to 100,” Royal told legally binding. Royal said the signing cere- warming fingerprints is scientifically valid, Oceanic Atmospheric and Administration reporters after meeting Ban. “We might have mony is one of a series of events designed to the academies said in a 163-page report research meteorologist who has conducted released Friday. The private non-profit has several attribution studies, finding a climate 80-100 signatures more which would be fantastic.” keep up the momentum created in Paris advised the government on complex, sci- change connection in some events and not Meanwhile, the official in charge of global Royal said every country has developed a when the agreement was reached. US ence-oriented issues since the days of finding a link in others. “We’re following the climate negotiations says between 80 and 100 plan to fight climate change and on April 22 President Barack Obama was a key figure, President Abraham Lincoln. data wherever it goes.” countries are expected to sign the landmark they will be explaining what they have done along with China’s president, in spurring sup- When it comes to heat waves, droughts, Titley said attribution studies are “based agreement to tackle climate change reached so far. The Paris Agreement must be ratified port for the climate deal. Royal sidestepped a heavy rain and some other events, scientists in physical science and statistics that don’t in Paris in December at a ceremony at UN by at least 55 countries representing at least question asking whether she was concerned who do rigorous research can say whether value Republicans or Democrats. The ice headquarters on April 22. Segolene Royal, 55 percent of global greenhouse gas emis- that the United States might pull out of the they was more likely or more severe because just melts. This has nothing to do with poli- French environment minister and newly- sions to enter into force. It sets a collective agreement if one of the Republicans who of man-made global warming, said acade- tics.” These studies don’t say an event was appointed president of UN-led climate nego- goal of keeping global warming below 2 oppose the accord makes it to the White mies report chairman David Titley, a 100 percent caused by climate change. tiations, said Friday that more than 30 heads degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) com- House. She said support from the Obama Pennsylvania State University meteorology They usually say chances were increased by of state and government have already said pared to pre-industrial times, and to pursue administration and U.S. involvement has been professor. And that matters. “While we plan a certain fraction. Katharine Hayhoe, a Texas they will attend signing event. She said invita- efforts to limit the temperature rise to 1.5 very important. — Agencies for climate, we live in weather,” Titley, a retired Tech climate scientist who wasn’t part of Navy admiral, said in an interview. “These the study, praised the work: It is “very extremes are making climate real when in important to clarify to people how no event Vermont legislature on track to fact they are attributable to climate change.” is black or white: No individual weather Not all weird weather can be blamed event can be said to be ‘solely’ human nor with any degree of certainty on global ‘solely’ natural any more. They are some- be the first to legalize marijuana warming, according to the report. “For a cer- where on the sliding scale between.” tain class and type of event there is a But other scientists don’t like the idea of human fingerprint,” said report co-author looking at single events. Climate change MONTPELIER: Liberal-leaning Vermont could tives, and voters in four more states, including change, that society for the most part is Marshall Shepherd, a University of Georgia caused by man “has fingerprints in every become the first US state to legalize recre- neighboring Massachusetts, are to vote on accepting it,” said Windham County Sheriff meteorology professor. The report says weather event we experience today,” wrote ational marijuana use through legislation, legalization in November. The drug remains Keith Clark. “If 12 or 13 percent of the popula- there is “high confidence” in studies looking Oklahoma University meteorology profes- rather than by voter initiative, in a move that illegal under federal law. Advocates contend tion is not being open with law enforcement for climate change connections between sor Jason Furtado, who wasn’t part of the advocates for the drug say could speed its the push for marijuana legalization across the when we’re out trying to investigate serious extreme hot and cold temperatures, such as study. “Disentangling the contribution of acceptance across the nation. State represen- nation will be boosted if the legislation is crimes, then that is holding us back from the Russian heat wave of 2010. There’s climate change with natural variability for tatives this month are set to take up a bill passed by the Democratic-controlled legisla- working with our communities.” medium confidence in efforts trying to a single event is not fruitful or currently passed by the state Senate in February that ture of Vermont, the home of US Senator Supporters acknowledge that the bill will attribute droughts and extreme rainfall. possible in my opinion.” Eventually, Titley would allow adults over 21 to purchase and Bernie Sanders, who is running for the have a harder path to approval in the state’s Hurricanes and other tropical cyclones, hopes, the science of climate change fin- smoke the drug beginning in 2018. The move Democratic presidential nomination. Bills have House of Representatives, where many wildfires and severe thunderstorms are on gerprint detecting will advance so that follows a year of hearings in the Senate that been submitted in 16 other states, according Republicans are wary of legalizing the drug. the low end of the confidence range, the meteorologists can make testable fore- lawmakers say allowed them to closely consid- to advocates, but none have advanced as far. “Many of our members are opposed to this report found. In some cases heat and lack of casts of a certain number of extreme er appropriate limits to place on the drug’s “It sends an important message that legisla- proposal and I don’t know that it can be rain combine and the studies find a viable events in a season. — AP use. The current proposal would prohibit users tures don’t have to be afraid of this, it’s not a changed enough for them to change their from growing plants at home and ban the sale third rail anymore,” said Jeff Laughlin, a 37- minds,” said Representative Donald Turner, the of edible products containing marijuana year-old software programmer from Barre, House Republican leader. “I don’t feel there is a Malawi authorities burn 2.6 tons extracts. who supports the measure. Laughlin is far good argument for legalizing it at this point.” of ivory smuggled from Tanzania But lawmakers must act before the end of from alone. A February poll of 895 state resi- Governor Peter Shumlin, a Democrat in his May, when the current session ends, a dead- dents by Vermont Public Radio found that 55 final year in office, asked lawmakers to pass MZUZU: Malawi yesterday burned 2.6 tons world that the country is committed to line that may prove difficult to meet. It is percent of Vermonters supported legalization, the measure during this year’s legislative ses- of ivory smuggled from Tanzania after a eradicating wildlife crime.” uncertain whether it has enough support in with 32 percent opposed. More telling, a 2015 sion, which ends in May. Debby Haskins, exec- cross-border dispute over whether the ele- The stockpile was set alight outside a the Democratic-controlled House to pass. The Rand Corp study commissioned by the state utive director of opposition group Smart phant tusks should be saved as legal evi- nature sanctuary in the small northern city law would impose a 25 percent tax on sales of found that one in eight residents already use Alternatives for Marijuana-Vermont, noted dence against poachers. Tanzania had suc- of Mzuzu, 480 kilometers from the adminis- the drug, which would fund drug law enforce- the drug illegally, with one in three people that Vermont, like many US states, is coping ceeded in delaying the burning since trative capital Lilongwe. Watched by police ment and drug education programs. “It makes aged 18 to 25 doing so. The report estimated with a surge in addiction to opioid drugs, September, but a court in Malawi this and court and wildlife officials, the fire sent for a much more thoughtful and measured that users spent between $125 million and ranging from prescription painkillers to hero- month ordered wildlife authorities to pub- a billow of smoke into the sky. Two approach,” said State Senator Jeanette White, a $225 million on the drug in 2014. in. She said she believed health officials need- licly destroy the 781 pieces of ivory-valued Malawian siblings were last year fined sponsor of the senate bill. “We got to work out ed to solve that problem before legalizing a at nearly $3 million (2.7 million euros). “This $5,500 for their part in trafficking the tusks, the details, we got to ask the questions first Reality check new drug. “The questions that keep coming is a milestone for Malawi. We will not allow which were intercepted by Malawian cus- up for me is, how will this make Vermont the country to be exploited as a market of toms officials in 2013. Tanzania had won a and put the whole infrastructure in place The high prevalence of marijuana use in the this illegal trade,” Bright Kumchedwa, direc- three-month court order to postpone the before it happens.” state has some lawmakers and even law- healthier and how will this improve the quali- tor of Malawi’s parks and wildlife depart- burning, but did not apply for a further Four states, Colorado, Washington, Oregon enforcement officials contending it’s time for ty of life? I don’t think this bill does it,” Haskins ment said. “We want demonstrate to the delay, Kumchedwa said. —AFP and Alaska, as well as the District of Columbia, the rules to catch up with reality. “If it’s one in said. “It’s the wrong direction for us to be have legalized marijuana through ballot initia- eight, to me that tells me that we need to heading.”— Reuters TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016 HEALTH & SCIENCE Singapore to ban cigarette displays in stores

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s parliament yes- new regulations. Singapore joins countries said Amy Khor, the city-state’s Senior “We also know the industry aggressively 2004, but that it slowly crept up to 13.3 per- terday voted to ban the display of cigarettes including Australia, Canada, New Zealand Minister of State for Health who moved the markets their products to young people, so cent in 2013. Singapore has some of the in a bid to further curb the habit in a nation and the UK in banning cigarette displays in tobacco bill in parliament. as to hook them from an early age. As such, lowest smoking rates in the world due to a which already has one of the world’s lowest stores. Legislators also voted to ban all “Though we are fortunate that smoking we must step up our efforts to protect the combination of measures, including high smoking rates. From 2017, merchants must forms of cigarette advertising, including prevalence in Singapore has remained rela- public from the advertising effects of tobac- nicotine taxes, a ban on print and broadcast keep tobacco out of sight and not display online ads. Electronic-cigarettes, as well as tively low compared to many other coun- co.” She noted that the smoking rate was advertising and strict laws prohibiting light- any advertisement of it, according to the vapers, are also not allowed to be displayed, tries, we must not be complacent,” she said. brought to an all-time low of 12.6 percent in ing up in most parts of the city. — AFP

CAPE COD BAY: In this file photo, a ballet of three North Atlantic right whale tails break the surface in Cape Cod Bay near Provincetown, Mass. The endangered whales increasingly are frequenting the bay, enticed by the fine dining possibilities of its plankton-rich waters. — AP Extremely rare whales make big showing in Cape Cod Bay France’s prosecutor seeks 8 BOURNE: Cape Cod is seeing a lot more of spend most of their time in the western years for ‘dentist of horror’ some singularly welcome tourists: endan- Atlantic, and many are believed to congregate gered right whales enticed by the fine dining in the Gulf of Maine. They’re rarely seen north possibilities of its plankton-rich bay. Experts of the entrance to the Gulf of St Lawrence in tracking the majestic marine mammals - Canada’s Maritime Provinces. A few venture as Dutchman accused of mutilating patients among the rarest creatures on the planet - far south as coastal Florida and Georgia, main- say nearly half the estimated global popula- ly females giving birth to calves - something NEVERS: A French prosecutor yesterday tion of 500 or so animals has been spotted in scientists say doesn’t happen often enough. requested an eight-year prison sentence for a Cape Cod Bay over the past few springs. Their increasing presence in Cape Cod Bay has Dutchman dubbed “the dentist of horror” who is They’re back again in what looks like record caught scientists by surprise. Mayo theorizes accused of causing severe injuries to the mouths numbers, thrilling amateur photographers that shifting ocean currents - possibly due to of dozens of patients. Jacobus van Nierop, 51, is and scientists still anguishing over their global climate change - are pumping more on trial for ripping out healthy teeth and leaving future. “It’s rather extraordinary and some- plankton into the bay, even as the whales’ tra- patients with injuries including broken jaws, what mind-blowing,” said Charles “Stormy” ditional feeding grounds off the Maine coast recurrent abscesses and septicaemia in the small Mayo, a senior scientist and director of right falter. “They’re a little like cows in a field. They central town of Chateau-Chinon. whale ecology at the federally-funded Center go away from places that are not good and go In this case, “we see nothing but greed, indif- for Coastal Studies in Provincetown. to places that are good,” he said. Although ference to others, even pleasure at causing pain,” North Atlantic right whales have foraged some right whales arrive in the bay in early said prosecutor Lucile Jaillon-Bru. She told the for centuries in Cape Cod Bay, where their December and linger as late as mid-May, their trial in Nevers that Van Nierop had carried out numbers were decimated by whalers who presence generally builds in March and peaks “useless and painful procedures” on about 100 hunted them for their oil and plastic-like in mid-April, when plankton concentrations patients with the aim of having them reim- baleen bone. But until recently, they were are at their highest. bursed by medical insurance schemes. Jaillon- seldom spotted in the bay. For a stretch in the The busy waters hold clear and present Bru described him as “a man who doesn’t take late 1990s, fewer than 30 whales were sight- dangers: a risk of being struck by commercial responsibility for anything”. Van Nierop, who ed each year, said Mayo, who’s been survey- ships and recreational boats or becoming called himself Mark, was hired by a head-hunter ing them and their ecosystem since 1984 by entangled in nets. Researchers out spotting and was initially welcomed by locals into an area boat and plane. “There has been a huge pulse whales report their whereabouts to state and which was lacking in medical services. Giving in numbers in the past few years,” said Amy federal authorities, who in turn alert nearby evidence in court, a neighbor recalled the arrival Knowlton, a scientist with the New England vessels. Federal law forbids getting within of a smiley, larger-than-life character, with a “big AMSTERDAM: This court sketch shows Mark van Nierop, a Dutch dentist suspected of mutilat- Aquarium’s Right Whale Research Project. 500 yards of a right whale and requires ships 4x4, a big dog, a big cigar”. ing patients, in a court in Amsterdam. — AFP “Right whales are probably scouting for food to slow to 10 knots - roughly 11.5 miles per But by 2011, the authorities were starting to patients joined a victims’ group set up in early deflect responsibility, saying he suffers from all the time. Maybe when one of them finds hour. Whale-watch tours steer clear, focusing question some of his accounting practices, and 2013. The trial has heard conflicting expert opin- “psychological problems” including gender iden- it, they call their friends,” she said. instead on humpbacks and other compara- patients were starting to compare notes on his ion about Van Nierop’s psychological state. One tity issues and suicidal tendencies. Van Nierop Each whale has a unique marking on its tively plentiful species. dentistry. The court heard nightmarish tales, psychiatrist found he had “narcissistic tendencies” himself said: “I was not in the right state to put head, and researchers use those to identify “It’s always heartening every time we see including one from Sylviane Boulesteix, 65, who and was therefore incapable of making a moral myself in my patients’ position.” He was arrested and catalog individuals. The Aquarium, which individuals and know they’re still alive,” saw Van Nierop in March 2012 to have braces fit- judgment of his own actions. But another found in June 2013, but fled France while awaiting trial. also closely monitors the population, gives Knowlton said. “It’s only through seeing them ted. “He gave me seven or eight injections, and he was “perfectly aware of what he was doing”. He was later tracked down to a small town in specific animals amusing names such as and their scars that we can really understand pulled out eight teeth in one go. I was gushing Although he is not required to offer a plea Canada, arrested and extradited first to the Kleenex, Snotnose and Wart. Right whales what’s going on with them.”— AP blood for three days,” she said. Around 120 former under French law, Van Nierop has sought to Netherlands and then to France. — AFP WHAT’S ON TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016

Marriott Hotels in Kuwait hold their annual associates party

he JW Marriott Kuwait, Courtyard by Marriott Hotels in Kuwait, George Aoun, in medals and certificates such as Associate of Associate Relations Committee (ARC) and the Marriott Kuwait and the prestigious which he thanked all the associates for the the Year, Supervisor of the Year, Manager of management team, the event was a huge suc- Press release from TArraya Ballroom held their annual associ- hard work, dedication and loyalty to Marriott the Year and Department of the Year. The Sales cess and was met with acclaim from all. the Embassy of ates gathering last month at the elegant “Al- Hotels. In addition, he also acknowledged the and Marketing department was announced “The annual associate celebrations are held Jahra Ballroom” at the JW Marriott Kuwait. The efforts that everyone has contributed to the best department of 2015. to recognize the associates’ continuous efforts India in Kuwait special event was organized to bring the asso- ensure that Kuwait Marriott Hotels remain the Moreover, a grand raffle draw was conduct- and uphold the company’s enduring principle The Government of India has decided to extend ciates together to celebrate their individual preferred choice for guests within and outside ed and hundreds of exciting and valuable that ‘taking care of its associates’ first, will the date for submission of the application for reg- and company’s outstanding achievements of Kuwait. prizes were distributed to the associates, while undoubtedly reflect in their world-class hospi- istration as Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card- throughout 2015. In an effort to commend the employees for a world-class buffet was served by the tality towards guests”. Said George Aoun, holder by the erstwhile Persons of Indian Origin The celebration was kicked off by a speech their years of hard work and commitment, Marriott’s team of expert chefs. Cluster General Manager of Marriott Hotels in cardholders till 30 June 2016. given by the Cluster General Manager of Aoun, handed out a wide range of awards, Through the amazing efforts of the Kuwait.

KSNA Kuwait holds drama fest ‘Keli 2016’

erala Sangeetha Naataka Akademi, Kuwait chapter fest P Balachandran, Chandradasan, former chairman KSNA of KELI 2016 was released by the chief guest and received by directed by KK Shemejkumar. The play is an adaptation of the organized a 2-day drama competition as part of the Kuwait Chapter and Hon Secretary of ICSK Vijay Karayil gave Jayan T V (Souvenir Convenor) celebrated story Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka and unexpect- KAkademi’s amateur drama competition for the Gulf felicitation speeches. Among the 5 plays contested in two days, first day, Kuwait ed change in the material status of an individual leading to expats. The fest, titled Keli 2016, was staged at Indian KSNA Kuwait chapter honored Kalasree awardee Ashraf Natakappadam presented ‘Laaj Een’, written and directed by total isolation from the society and life. ‘Chutala’, another play Community School (Senior), Salmiya on February 25 and 26 in Kalathode by giving a memento by Kalasree Babu Chakkola. Sunil Cherian. The play reflected the global migrant crisis presented by Kazhcha Kuwait, written by Eldose Matamana front of a huge audience of drama lovers. The festival was inau- The presence of famous film director Adoor Gopalakrishnan through the sufferings of an expat family in Kuwait. The sec- and directed by Wilson Chirayath, brings to light the story of a gurated by Shubashis Goldar, Deputy Chief of Mission Embassy also gave an added glitter to the program. ond play was ‘Prathiroopangal’ presented by Sruthi society that is mixed with manipulators and at the same time of India to Kuwait and the meeting was presided by KSNA As a token of appreciation KSNA mementos were present- Communication. The play, written by Chandra Mohan Kannur the importance of writers who can cure the evils of the society. Kuwait Chapter chairman Kalasree K P Balakrishnan. KSNA ed to Goldar, P Balachandran, Chandrasan (KSNA Juries), and directed by IV Sunesh, tells the helplessness of a society The last play ‘Murikku’ also tells the story of a writer who stands Kuwait chapter Coordinator Dilip Naderi delivered welcome Yavanika Gopalakrishnan (Guest of Honor) by K P Balakrishnan, that has lost the ability to react. as a leading light in the society that is sickened by fascism. The speech and program convener Suresh KP gave vote of thanks. Chessil Ramapuram, Iqbal Kuttamangalam and Abu Baker There were three plays staged on the second day. play written by Dilip Nateri and directed by Suresh Tholambra, Film-serial actor Yavanika Gopalakrishnan, judges of the drama (KSNA Adhoc Committee members) respectively. The souvenir ‘Kaayantharanam’ by Future Eye Theater was written and was presented by Nirbhaya Theaters, Kuwait.

Adieu to Class VI students from ICSK Junior

n a special assembly on Thursday March 3, song, motivating and thanksgiving speeches and a tional thanksgiving to students of class VI for their gratitude. This was followed by handing over the dents to prepare themselves for life outside school 2016, class V students of the Indian Community dance performance were the highlights of the precious contribution in school in the bygone flame of knowledge by the President to the Vice- and retain the rich values infused in them in their ISchool Kuwait Junior accorded a grand farewell assembly. Sensational group song ‘Sayonara years and further wished each of them a bright President of the school Senate. An official solemn formative years. To make a difference in the year to the outgoing students of class 6, 2015-16 batch Sayonara...... saw the students getting misty eyes. future. The President of the School Senate Master ‘Ashirwaad’ ceremony ensued. 2016, every child of class VI was called on stage that will be relocating to ICSK Amman School for The Vice-President of the School Senate Jessyln, on Jeremiah Mathew responded effectively to the Principal in-charge Sherly Dennis and Vice- and given a handmade memoir with special per- Intermediate and Secondary studies. A group behalf of her fellow students, extended a sensa- farewell address with enormous emotions and Principal Murthy, in their addresses, motivated stu- sonalized message. WHAT’S ON TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016 Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel & Spa celebrates HACCP success

umeirah Messilah Beach Hotel and Spa in achieving this hard-earned cer- Spa has been awarded the strin- tification and for making HACCP a cen- Jgent food safety system HACCP. tral part of our food production.” The achievement recognizes the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control hotel’s compliance with the highest Point (HACCP) is a food safety manage- international industry standards in ment system that controls the safe food safety, quality and nutrition. production of food. The procedure Executive Chef and Program Leader comprises various parts from the Christopher Curtis, said: “I wish to con- arrival of food in the kitchen to the gratulate the team for their efforts in time it is served to guests. Many undertaking this important project. We departments worked together to are proud of our colleagues at ensure all requirements were complet- Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel and ed successfully.

Bumper-to-Bumper honors employees in 2016 Annual Appreciation Event

umper-to-Bumper (BTB), the brand concept in the Kuwaiti market. Today, BTB’s name for quick service for all car makes clear mission is to exceed expectations by Bin Kuwait, held its Annual Appreciation offering the best in car maintenance and Event on March 3rd, 2016, at the Safir spare-parts services, for both individual cus- International Hotel, bringing together its tomers and corporate owners. But what makes employees and the company’s key top man- BTB truly stand out is the highly trained crew agement members in a festively social envi- of technicians and professionals, who collec- ronment. The aim of the gathering was to tively provide high quality of service through award the employees for their exceptional state-of-the-art equipment and auto mainte- performance in 2015 and to motivate their nance knowledge at affordable prices. morale and level of commitment for the rest of 2016. Total convenience More than 300 employees attended the As one of the strongest local brands in the event, and about 40 individuals had been country, with more than 150,000 vehicles serv- awarded for their distinction and contribution iced each year, in one of 150 service platforms for the amazing success the company had last in 8 service centers throughout the country, year. Youssef Behbehani, Senior General Bumper to Bumper provides customers with Manger of the Automotive Support total convenience and peace of mind, dealing Businesses, and Sleiman Hassan, Bumper-to- with all makes and models of cars. At Bumper Bumper General Manager, conducted the cer- to Bumper, the customer comes first and each emony by awarding certificates of apprecia- center is designed with the customer’s com- tion to the honored employees, which was fol- fort in mind, including free wireless access, a lowed by a thankful speech by Hassan, who spacious lounge area, a cafÈ, a playroom and acknowledged the employees’ outstanding much more. performance across all channels and levels Indeed, choosing Bumper-to-Bumper serv- and how they have had remarkably set new ice centers means turning over your car to a standards in achieving excellence. The event crew of specialized technicians that operates closed on high notes as the band provided the most advanced equipment and analyzing entertainment for the rest of the evening, tools to produce a highly detailed report and thereby assuring that everyone had an enjoy- an accurate estimate of total cost of repair. To able, memorable time. top it off, Bumper-to-Bumper service centers Founded in 1980, BTB started as quick-ser- offer genuine spare parts for all car models, as vice shops that specialized in replacing and well as warranties for parts and labor. BTB plans. BTB service centers are strategically integrated in Alfa Petrol Stations in Shaab, paigns and locations, customers may contact repairing exhaust systems. Five years later, in service centers also offer easy finance solu- located throughout Kuwait including Sharq, Agaila, Shuwaikh and South Surra. Bumper to Bumper at 24969821 / 885 or visit 1985, the brand BTB was created as a unique tions such as installments and other payment Fahaheel, Shuwaikh and Jahra, and are also For more inquiries about services, cam- their website www.bumpertobumper.me British Ambassador goes the extra mile for charity

mbassador Matthew Lodge, sup- ports poor and disadvantaged people in ported by staff from the British the UK and across the world’s poorest Aembassy, kick-started the Sport countries. Over the past decade, a stag- Relief Mile on Saturday morning with gering £1 billion has been raised in the over 100 people taking part in a spon- UK through Sport Relief and a lot of lives sored walk to raise money for Sport have been transformed as a result. Sport Relief. Sport Relief harnesses the power Relief has teamed up with the Foreign & and passion of sport to change lives for Commonwealth Office to organize Sport the better. This fun event saw partici- Relief Miles all around the world, to raise pants of all ages and abilities, some in money to help vulnerable people living fancy dress wearing tutus, one running incredibly tough lives. The Sport Relief backwards, one in high heels and a team Mile was the first of several fund raising of runners carrying a huge paddle board! events organized by the British Embassy Sport Relief was launched in 2002 by in Kuwait taking place during the month Comic Relief UK, a charity which sup- of March. BSK students take part in ‘Let’s Stay Healthy ABK sponsors Taste Today’ program at Dasman Diabetes Institute of Q8 Food Festival For

ixth Form students from the British School of Kuwait vis- Second Consecutive Year ited the Dasman Diabetes Institute to take part in the S“Let’s Stay Healthy Today, Kuwait” program. This program KUWAIT: Al-Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) tainment, activities for kids and VIP is sponsored by the US - Middle East Partnership Initiative and recently announced that it will be sponsor- lounges. ABK will be giving away five ABK is aimed at raising the awareness of diabetes in Kuwait ing ‘Taste of Q8’, for the second consecutive Emirates Visa Gold Prepaid Travel cards through educating its younger population. As many as one in year. The event will be held at the Marina worth KD 100 each, in a draw which will be four of the population may suffer from type 2 diabetes and the Crescent on 17, 18 and 19 March, 2016. held during the event. The Bank is keen to number seems to be growing, with those affected being diag- The event celebrates Kuwait’s great culi- take part and encourage local initiatives nosed at a younger age than before. The students attended a nary diversity and offers visitors the oppor- that bring the Kuwait community together series of workshops aimed at increasing their knowledge tunity to and pres- about this growing public health problem. The workshops experi- ent them dealt such topics as the science of diabetes, exercise physiolo- ence with new gy, nutrition and metabolism and the more advanced work- many dif- experi- shop on how scientific research in genomics, proteomics and ferent ences other “omics” fields are helping to understand this disease. The cuisines while also visit concluded with question and answer session with a panel from local support- of experts from various fields in the institute. The students restaurants, bakers and gourmet grocers, as ing local chefs. For more information on Al- Ahli Bank of Kuwait please visit thoroughly enjoyed their visit and will put what they learned well as seeing live cooking demonstrations presented by renowned celebrity chefs www.eahli.com or contact an ABK repre- into use as they go on to take part in designing a civic project such as Chef Sulaiman Al-Qassar, Chef Reza sentative via ‘Ahli Chat’ or by contacting a that could be put into use in their schools, communities or Mohammad, Chef Ian Kittichai and many customer service agent via ‘Ahlan Ahli’ at families, to promote awareness of the importance of both dia- more. The event also features live enter- 1899899. betes and a healthier culture here in Kuwait. p32.qxp_Layout 1 3/14/16 8:20 PM Page 1

TUESDAY, MARCH 15 , 2016 TV PROGRAMS

14:30 Dialogue 13:50 I Almost Got Away With It 02:00 Coronation Street 19:30 I Hate My Teenage 15:00 News Update 14:40 California Investigator 02:30 Big Star’s Little Star Daughter 15:15 China 24 15:05 Dr. G. Medical Examiner 03:25 Tracey Ullman’s Show 20:00 The Tonight Show Starring 16:00 News Update 15:55 Fatal Encounters 03:55 Raised By Wolves Jimmy Fallon 16:15 Global Business 16:45 On The Case With Paula 04:20 The Doctor Blake Mysteries 21:00 Playing House 01:20 Once Upon A Time In 17:00 News Update Zahn 05:15 Come Dine With Me 21:30 The Nightly Show With Larry Queens 17:15 World InSight 17:35 Murder Shift Couples Wilmore 03:00 To Kill For 18:00 Asia Today 18:25 I Almost Got Away With It 06:10 Who’s Doing The Dishes? 22:00 Married 04:35 The Kentuckian 18:30 Culture Express 19:15 The Will 07:00 Eggheads 22:30 The Brink 06:20 Rich Kids 19:00 News Update 20:05 Deadly Affairs 07:30 Tracey Ullman’s Show 23:00 The League 07:55 Little Sister 19:30 The Heat 20:55 True Crime With Aphrodite 08:00 Raised By Wolves 23:30 Late Night With Seth Meyers 09:30 Waking Up In Reno 20:00 Africa Live Jones 08:25 The Doctor Blake Mysteries 11:05 Of Mice And Men 21:00 Global Business 21:45 California Investigator 09:20 Big Star’s Little Star 12:55 Sharks’ Treasure 21:30 Dialogue 22:10 Who On Earth Did I Marry? 10:15 The Chase 14:30 The Aviator 22:00 News Update 22:35 Who On Earth Did I Marry? 11:05 Eggheads 16:05 One More Time 22:15 China 24 11:35 Come Dine With Me 00:00 Bates Motel 17:40 Agent Cody Banks 23:00 News Update Couples 01:00 Quantico 19:20 Agent Cody Banks 2: 23:15 World InSight 12:30 Who’s Doing The Dishes? 02:00 Rosewood Destination London 13:25 Emmerdale 03:00 Allegiance 21:00 The Joshua Tree 13:50 Eggheads 04:00 Good Morning America 22:40 Geronimo: An American 14:20 Coronation Street 06:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:45 Big Star’s Little Star 07:00 Covert Affairs 00:35 Race To Escape 15:35 Come Dine With Me 08:00 Heroes Reborn 01:20 How It’s Made Couples 09:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 01:44 How It’s Made 16:30 Remember Me 10:00 Quantico 01:00 Inside China 02:08 You Have Been Warned 17:25 Hiding 11:00 Covert Affairs 01:30 Managing Asia 00:50 River Monsters 02:55 Cosmic Collisions 18:20 Emmerdale 12:00 Coronation Street 02:00 U.S. Squawk Alley 01:45 Alien Sharks: Close 03:42 Science Of The Movies 18:45 Coach Trip 12:30 Coronation Street 03:00 Asia Squawk Box Encounters 04:29 Race To Escape 19:10 Coronation Street 13:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 05:00 Asia Street Signs 02:40 Monster Croc Invasion 05:16 You Have Been Warned 19:35 Come Dine With Me 14:00 Live Good Morning America 07:00 Fast Money: Half Time 03:35 Tanked 06:03 Cosmic Collisions Couples 16:00 Heroes Reborn Report 04:25 Echo And The Elephants Of 06:50 Unchained Reaction 20:30 Remember Me 17:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 08:00 Capital Connection Amboseli 07:37 How Do They Do It? 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Kuwait FOR SALE KNCC PROGRAMME FROM THURSDAY TO WEDNESDAY Mitsubishi Pajero, dark (10/03/2016 TO 16/03/2016) blue, 2006 model, owner driven 1,00,000 kms, 5x CD changer, new tyres, new battery, registration up to SHARQIA-1 THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT 12:30 AM THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT 2:30 PM Dec 2016. Please call THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR 11:45 AM THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT 5:15 PM (C 5143) ZOOTOPIA 1:45 PM FANAR-3 THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT 7:45 PM 99218172. 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(C 5143) SHARQIA-2 THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR 5:00 PM 10-3-2016 LONDON HAS FALLEN 12:30 PM FANAR-4 THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR 7:15 PM LONDON HAS FALLEN 2:30 PM LONDON HAS FALLEN 12:30 PM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR 9:30 PM LONDON HAS FALLEN 4:30 PM LONDON HAS FALLEN 2:45 PM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR 11:45 PM LONDON HAS FALLEN 6:30 PM LONDON HAS FALLEN 4:45 PM CHANGE OF NAME LONDON HAS FALLEN 8:30 PM LONDON HAS FALLEN 6:45 PM 360º- 1 LONDON HAS FALLEN 10:30 PM LONDON HAS FALLEN 8:45 PM THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT 12:00 PM I, Hatim LONDON HAS FALLEN 10:45 PM THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT 2:30 PM holder of Indian SHARQIA-3 LONDON HAS FALLEN 12:45 AM THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT 5:00 PM Passport No: K8514434, THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT 12:00 PM THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT 7:30 PM Sadar Bazar, VIL - Partapur, THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT 2:30 PM FANAR-5 THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT 10:00 PM THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT 5:00 PM THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT 1:00 PM THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT 12:30 AM Bedwa, Teh - Garhi, THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT 7:30 PM LONDON HAS FALLEN 1:30 PM Banswara, Rajasthan, here- THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT 10:00 PM LONDON HAS FALLEN 3:45 PM 360º- 2 by changed my name to THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT 12:30 AM THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT 6:00 PM ZOOTOPIA 1:15 PM THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT 8:30 PM ZOOTOPIA 1:30 PM Hatim Mansur Najmi. MUHALAB-1 LONDON HAS FALLEN 11:00 PM ZOOTOPIA 3:45 PM (C 5146) ZOOTOPIA 11:30 AM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR 1:00 AM ZOOTOPIA 6:15 PM 14-32016 THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT 1:45 PM NO SAT THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT 4:15 PM MARINA-1 ZOOTOPIA 8:45 PM THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT 6:45 PM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR 11:45 AM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR 11:15 PM I, Gregory Joao Gomes, THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT 9:15 PM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR 1:45 PM (old name) holder of Indian 360º- 3 THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT 11:45 PM ZOOTOPIA 1:45 PM Passport No. Z2111063, son ZOOTOPIA 4:00 PM LONDON HAS FALLEN 12:15 PM MUHALAB-2 ZOOTOPIA 6:30 PM LONDON HAS FALLEN 2:30 PM of late Joao Gomes from THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT 12:45 PM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR 8:45 PM LONDON HAS FALLEN 4:45 PM Borim - Goa, hereby change ZOOTOPIA 3:15 PM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR 10:45 PM LONDON HAS FALLEN 7:00 PM my name to Anselmo ZOOTOPIA 5:30 PM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR 12:45 AM LONDON HAS FALLEN 9:15 PM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR 7:45 PM LONDON HAS FALLEN 11:30 PM Gregorio Gomes, (new THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR 9:45 PM MARINA-2 name) as per my birth cer- THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR 12:05 AM LONDON HAS FALLEN 12:15 PM AL-KOUT.1 tificate. 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CROSSWORD 1196 STAR TRACK

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

You may feel that you are in some sort of time warp where it seems difficult This march may be a turning point for you in some decision-making to keep from talking or making yourself known in some way. Like elemen- process and it is all positive. You display a pride in your work that helps you to be recog- tary school, the attitude just now is that rules are made to be broken. Your physical well- nized by co-workers. Since some of your accomplishments are in competition with oth- being may be struggling for some reason and if you take a look at what you have been ers, it might be wise not to push for attention in your professional field-recognition will doing lately or eating lately, you will want to make adjustments; this is all temporary. Your come naturally. Make sure your progress is noted when it comes time for your six- focus returns and you will have all the passion you need to complete the tasks for which month or yearly review. You will be able to enjoy good relationships with your family you are responsible. A bit of gossip may catch your attention later this afternoon; you will this evening. You will also be receiving unasked for money, perhaps from a relative. be wise to walk away. What you can do for now is to make sure you follow through on Cooperate and compromise with the elder members of your family, particularly. Your each of your tasks. By this evening you will feel more like a little walk. actions

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Scorpio (October 23-November 21) You will have a great deal of support from your co-workers and family and You cannot go wrong if you concentrate and work hard-there are rewards friends for whatever you set out to accomplish. Last year you concentrated on discovering soon. Most of your opportunities come from the ideas you have expressed as well as the and developing a self-image and now you will be working on perfecting and enjoying the insights and drive to achieve. What is so nice here is that there are no political actions to person you have become. There is an enhancement of your physical fervor now and you control your success. In the past, people depended on a friend or family member to help can keep this motivation constant by remaining in the habit of regular exercise. You move them get a job or move to a higher level in the corporation. You are in a position to use in all the right directions and although you may feel the financial side is a bit thin, you will your very own personal ideas and expertise to show your skills and rise to the top. This is a exert much willpower in controlling excessive spending. Your efforts in financial control good time to commit to more education or to teach those that want more education. You will pay off soon. Your domestic life is beginning to look more positive and pleasurable. are strong and dedicated to your future. You back anyone that feels the same way about There are lovely, warm feelings this evening. his or her future and will go that extra mile to help others.

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

You want to accomplish your true earning power quickly-however, this is You will receive respect with others as you avoid power plays. You will find just not practical in most cases. You will develop managerial and organizational skills in that your mind and thoughts are more constructive than destructive and time-be patient with yourself and keep moving forward. Some part-time work is a positive you are able to convince others to be on the construction team with a little sense of and you are learning to operate at your best. This is an excellent day for decision making. A humor. Destruction is only allowed for a breakdown. Later today you can concentrate on ACROSS DOWN customer may help you connect with new customers and you might consider rewards for the methods that help you stay in a positive place. There could be a lot of pressure to 1. Angular distance above the horizon (espe- 1. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the additional effort that they give. This afternoon you may consider inviting a friend to make decisions and you may feel that you have to hurry more than usual. Try to keep cially of a celestial object). the razorbill. join you in some group activity. This may be a shower for someone you and your friend each part of your life in balance with the other by paying attention to how much time is 4. A word or phrase spelled by rearranging the 2. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true. know. A wedding or a first night performance of a show, a baby shower, etc. Little children spent in these different areas. With days like today, the other parts of your life will balance letters of another word or phrase. 3. The inner and thicker of the two bones of that attend the event are a joy. the load, particularly with your positive outlook. Tonight, relax. 11. (military) Signal to turn the lights out. the human leg between the knee and 15. Flower arrangement consisting of a circu- ankle. lar band of foliage or flowers for ornamen- 4. A rounded thickly curled hairdo. tal purposes. 5. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 16. A motley assortment of things. alkali metal group. Recognition on the job with a possible bonus could be part of your day-the 17. Rounded like an egg. 6. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric This is a day for playing everything low-key. Sometimes it is not imperative 18. A heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of energies are certainly in your favor for receiving rewards. No matter what type of job or with pictorial designs. profession you hold, you always like to keep up with the most modern or up-to-date ideas to be the one to have the answers first. Let others be the first to talk. Complete one project a young fir) tossed as a test of strength (in before moving on to the other and remain passive throughout the day; you will be glad 7. Coarsely ground hulled corn boiled as a possible. You may be preparing to take a course of study or attend a lecture. Local and the Highlands of Scotland). you did. This seems to be a time when there is a fox in the hen house, so to speak. This puz- breakfast dish in the southern United everyday matters have come to your attention. You may decide to volunteer for some citi- 19. Being in competition. States. zling factor will pass but not until almost quitting time. You will be pleased with your own 20. An agenda of things to do. zens’ committee this evening. There are many gifts to receive and you are already begin- status and sense of direction by quitting time. Whew! Are you ready for springa good 8. Someone who rants and raves. ning to receive a few of them. However, you need to be able to understand these gifts and 21. American prizefighter who won the world 9. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in stress relief for the afternoon would be in planning your spring garden. As long as you heavyweight championship three times particularly to appreciate the value of what is being given. Meditation is important. Your have a little netting to cover the vegetables this could be a fun and productive project. A Turkey). taste in art and appreciation in general are heightened. (born in 1942). 10. A group of island in eastern Indonesia hobby has perked your interest this evening. 22. Talk pompously. between Celebes and New Guinea. 24. Come into existence. 11. A tricyclic antidepressant (trade names 26. Before noon. Imavate and Tofranil) used to treat clinical Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 28. A former communist country in eastern depression. Europe and northern Asia. 12. A means of serving. There may have been changes in the friends that are with you now. 29. A Swiss house. Changes in friends or groups need not be disturbing. Realize that as you move along on Your co-workers may find different ways in which to show their apprecia- 13. Analyze syntactically by assigning a con- tion to you for your recent contributions. There could be plans developing for a get- 30. The eleventh month of the civil year. your life path you change and so do others . . . There will be many people to learn from stituent structure to (a sentence). together after work. Investments are a curiosity to you and when you have money, you are 32. A gradual decline (in size or strength or and to teach and to add to your friends list. You may find only two or three people stay power or number). 14. Partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain willing to share it with those less fortunate. Occasionally, you may need to hold back with with you and become long-term friends. You will be more self-assertive and independent your giving as a few of the people need to learn how to be independent and creative for 34. (computer science) A graphic symbol (usu- and snow). this month and may have more responsibilities than usual-get plenty of rest. Other people 23. Type genus of the Rubiaceae. themselves; you can teach. There is a fine line here and you would be well to study this ally a simple picture) that denotes a pro- will adapt to your actions this whole month. If there is a new project, method, new rule puzzle of giving. An older person could have excellent advice on your investments-your gram or a command or a data file or a 25. Type genus of the family Pholadidae. that you might want to instigate or change, this may be the month in which it will be more 27. Any of several Old World herbs of the decision in the end, will be the right one for you. After the twenty-fifth, you will find ways concept in a graphical user interface. likely to happen. Save for the future; it will be worth your time and effort. to get out from under any debts of the past. 35. Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling genus Medicago having small flowers and of intense dislike. trifoliate compound leaves. 39. Surveying instrument consisting of the 31. In a vile manner. upper movable part of a theodolite 33. A Chadic language spoken in northern Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) including the telescope and its attach- Nigeria. Your wonderful ability to fit in anywhere keeps you, and those around ments. 36. An ordered reference standard. A new week and a new you just overflow with adventure, praise, plans, 37. A river in Germany. you, from many a dull or awkward moment. People may even depend on you to motivate resolutions and rewards. You are ready to dive into your week. You are a 43. Web-footed diving seabirds of northern others. Chores that come with your job routine are completed quickly today. You find the seas. 38. A software system that facilitates the cre- mentor to many and may not even realize the people that follow in your footsteps. Keep ation and maintenance and use of an answers you need and do your work well. Later today, you could be looking for easy your observations under your hat until you have had a chance to process them. This is a 44. A clear liquid secreted into the mouth by answers to better investments or better working conditions for yourself and others. What the salivary glands and mucous glands of electronic database. good day . . . You feel good and everyone around you feels good. This is the start of your other people think you should be doing may be different from where you really need to new birth year cycle. Reserve some time to celebrate and enjoy yourself. There could be a the mouth. 40. English theoretical physicist who applied be and where you are happiest working or living. You should be aware of tendencies to 45. The state prevailing during the absence of relativity theory to quantum mechanics window in time that opens now, making insights possible-take a look. Lovers, children and believe too quickly or too deeply, or to become dependent on things or people that seem other people or things dear to your heart are enjoyed. Being appreciated and admired is war. and predicted the existence of antimatter to offer quick and easy answers to life’s deepest yearnings. 46. A flat device with narrow pointed teeth on and the positron (1902-1984). quite a confidence builder; enjoy the praise. one edge. 41. A genus of Indriidae. 49. The airforce of Great Britain. 42. Little known Kamarupan languages. 50. Not in good physical or mental health. 47. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak Word Search Yesterday Solution 51. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in tree. central Angola and flows east and then 48. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali north (forming part of the border earth group. between Angola and Congo) and contin- 52. The United Nations agency concerned uing northwest through Congo to empty with atomic energy. into the Congo River on the border 53. An artistic form of nonverbal communica- between Congo and Republic of the tion. Congo. 55. A small narrow pointed missile that is 54. Colored or impregnated with dye. thrown or shot. 57. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the 56. An official prosecutor for a judicial district. genus Acacia. 58. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed dur- 59. (sometimes followed by `of') Having or ing respiration and by the decomposition showing realization or perception. of organic substances. 62. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a 60. Polish filmmaker (born in 1929). deep-water port. 61. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan 65. A quantity of no importance. River. 67. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage 63. Cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind is opened and a section of a blood vessel and white flesh eaten as a vegetable. is grafted from the aorta to the coronary 64. King of Denmark and Norway who forced artery to bypass the blocked section of Edmund II to divide England with him. the coronary artery and improve the 66. Advanced in years. blood supply to the heart. 71. Small Asian deer with small antlers and a 68. An Arabic speaking person who lives in cry like a bark. Arabia or North Africa. 74. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic ele- 69. The capital and chief port of Qatar. ment. 70. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth 76. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba and mother of Cronus and the Titans in people in southwestern Nigeria. ancient mythology. 77. (of fabrics and paper) Grown dark in color 72. An associate degree in applied science. over time. 73. A byproduct of inflammation. 80. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit 75. A federal agency established to regulate juice. the release of new foods and health-relat- 81. Made warm or hot. ed products. 82. City in central Iran. 78. Unknown god. 83. The cry made by sheep. 79. Half the width of an em.

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Jacob Tremblay wins Best Actor at the Canadian Screen Awards

Jacob Tremblay speaks after winning Best Actor in a film for ‘Room’ at the Canadian Screen Awards in Toronto on Sunday. — AP photos Martin Short accepts the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Eugene Levy, left, and his son Dan Levy accept the Best Donald Sutherland, left, and his son Rossif Sutherland Christopher Plummer receives a standing ovation before Jacob Tremblay, left, meets Norm Macdonald before Comedy Series Award for ‘Schitt’s Creek’. present the Best Drama Series award to ‘19-2’. presenting the Best Film Award. announcing the winner of the Best Actor in a Drama Series.

t just nine years old he’s taken the world of cinema by VPD baseball cap throughout the day, and looked even cuter than storm. And Jacob Tremblay won his highest honor to date normal as he and his dad donned matching Aviator shades. Hours Aon Sunday night at the Canadian Screen Awards in Toronto. earlier he posted another just as impressive montage: his ‘award The child star picked up the gong for Best Actor for his break- season super selfie collage’. In it he tagged just some of the through performance in Room. Jacob beat out acting legend famous faces he met during his circuit of the awards, including Christopher Plummer, 86, for the honor. ‘Christopher Plummer, Bryce Dallas Howard, Samuel L Jackson, Amy Adams, Paul Dano, you’re a legend,’ the little boy said once he got onstage, but only Rooney Mara, The Weeknd, Elizabeth Banks, Saoirse Ronan and Winners after his hugged his mom and dad, according to TheStar.com. He Jason Segel. then went on to thank the academy ‘for giving me this wonderful It can be hard to remember such an accomplished actor is still Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Candy . . . I feel like I won real Canadian gold.’ just a child, but Jacob himself certainly hasn’t forgotten, as he Jacob Tremblay His Room co-star Brie Larson also won for Best Actress, but she shared another picture of himself scaling a jungle gym at a play- Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role was absent due to her filming schedule. Room also took home the ground. ‘I’m the king of the playground!!!’ he captioned the silhou- award for Best Direction, a high honor for Lenny Abrahamson. etted shot, giving a nod to his fellow SAG nominee Leonardo Brie Larson Meanwhile, as a nine-year-old actor, he has to get chaperoned to DiCaprio’s Titanic. Following his breakout and critically acclaimed Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role work by his understanding parents. So last week Jacob decided roll in the Oscar-winning Room, the Canadian has a busy year Nick Serino to return the favor and accompany his dad to his job for a change. ahead of him. He currently has five films scheduled for release this Best Achievement in Direction The Critic’s Choice winner spent a day hanging out with his ‘hot year, including the Funny Or Die parody Donald Trump’s The Art of Lenny Abrahamson, Room cop’ dad Jason at his precinct in the Vancouver Police Department. the Deal: The Movie. Best Achievement in Cinematography The Room star posted a montage on his Instagram account — www.dailymail.co.uk showing him riding in his police car and enjoying doughnuts with Yves BÈlanger, Brooklyn the team at the local haunt. ‘I always bring my Dad to my work, Best Achievement in Costume Design but today I went to his!!! @vancouverpd @timhortons #vpdcap- Joanne Hansen, Beeba Boys tures #timhortons #bestdoughnutsever @vanpolicefnd Emma Donoghue accepts her Screen Award for Best Best Achievement in Editing #kopsshadesforkids #vpd,’ he wrote. The youngster wore his own Adapted Screenplay for ‘Room’. Nathan Nugent, Room Talent Fund Discovery Award Andrew Korogyi, Yosef Baraki, & Asef Baraki for Mina Walking Award for Original Screenplay Benjamin August, Remember Canadian Screen Lifetime Achievement Award Martin Short Digital Media Trailblazing Award Ana Serrano Canadian Screen Humanitarian Award PAL Canada Foundation Margaret Collier Award Karen Walton Academy Icon Award This Hour Has 22 Minutes Gordon Sinclair Award For Broadcast Journalism Mark Starowicz Academy Board of Directors’ Tribute (Posthumously) Ivan Fecan Outstanding Technical Achievement Aunjanue Ellis, centre, wears a dress with a slogan printed on it as a protest against the pres- The cast of Schitt’s Creek pose for photos as they arrive on the red carpet. Much ence of the Confederate Flag on Capitol Hill, as she stands on the red carpet with cast members from the television show ‘Book of Negroes’ at the 2016 Canadian Screen Awards.

Surprise Kendrick Lamar Anderson, Grammy-nominated album debuts at number one surprise new album by Kendrick Lamar opened dates, which once enraged record stores, have become Jazz singer, dies at 87 Sunday at number one on the US chart in the latest increasingly commonplace as the popularity of streaming Atriumph for the critically acclaimed rapper. The transforms the music industry. Rap superstar Kanye West album-the fourth by the 28-year-old, entitled “untitled has said he has no plans to release a physical version of his azz vocalist Ernestine Anderson, who was nominated for She began touring when she was 18, going on the road unmastered” sold 178,000 copies or the equivalent in latest work, “The Life of Pablo,” and vowed to stream three four Grammys over her career, died Thursday, reports the with Otis’ band. Her first single, “KC. Lover/Good Lovin’ Babe,” streaming in the United States in the week through new albums per year. — AFP JAssociated Press. She was 87. The King County Medical was recorded in 1948. While she was in New York, Anderson Thursday, Nielsen Music said. Lamar released “untitled Examiner’s Office told the AP on Sunday that she died of “nat- toured Rolf Ericson to tour Europe. There, she recorded her unmastered.” without previous notice on March 4 in the ural causes” at a nursing home in Shoreline, Wash. Over her critically acclaimed album “Hot Cargo,” which was released by wake of the Grammys, where he was the music industry Kendrick Lamar six-decade career, Anderson performed at events around the Mercury Records in 1958. Anderson would go on to release gala’s biggest winner with five awards. world, including at the first Monterey Jazz Festival in 1958, as six albums with Mercury Records until she quit singing in the He characterized the album as a series of rough works well as at the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall, according to ‘60s. She revived her career in the ‘70s and released “Hello, from the studio, although the songs take on heavy themes the Seattle Times. Her voice was once described as “honey at Like Before” in 1977, and continued to record for years after. including an opening track that mixes images of the bibli- desk” by friend and producer Quincy Jones. The singer per- While she frequently moved across the United States, cal apocalypse and contemporary social ills. Lamar also formed at Dwight D Eisenhower’s presidential inauguration, Anderson often returned to Seattle, where she became a jazz went to number one in 2015 with “To Pimp a Butterfly,” a and often played with bands led by Lionel Hampton and staple. The city’s Bumbershoot Arts Festival awarded her with reflective look at the state of black America that experi- Johnny Otis. Anderson was born in Houston and won a talent its Golden Umbrella honor in 2002. Anderson is survived by mented with jazz elements, which are also apparent on contest when she was 12. She moved with her family to three children, eight grandchildren and four great-grandchil- “untitled unmastered.” The latest album hit number one Seattle in 1944, where she attended the Garfield High School. dren. — Reuters despite the lack of a physical release. A CD came out on There, she sang with the Bumps Blackwell Junior Band, which Friday, seven days after the digital version and too late to featured Jones. be considered for the first-week chart. Discrepancies between digital and physical release lifestyle TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016

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Zahed Sultan during the sessions. Perfect timing (Sandunes & Jiver) during the sessions. Musical instruments experimented during the workshops. The second Red Bull Music Academy session Kuwait: A great success!

usic unites. This is not just a common say, rather, it is what happened for two days at MDar Al-Athar Al- Islamiya in Yarmouk. Red Bull Music Academy has brought together artists from different parts of the world to Kuwait in order to share their passion and participate in the sec- ond Red Bull Music Academy Session Kuwait. The academy gathered musicians, composers, produc- ers and vocalists from Kuwait and gave them the opportunity to be part of workshops, talks and share their experience with some of the most tal- ented international and regional musicians. The two-day sessions hosted by Kuwaiti artist Zahed Sultan and moderated by Lauren Martin gathered 25 participants in a series of educational workshops, jams and live demos. The first day of the academy was concluded with live shows at the Red Bull Music Academy’s Kuwait Rising music fes- tival which took place at the new DIA location in Yarmouk, at which the International and regional guests performed in an electric show.

Original material “It was an interesting experience bringing the academy to Kuwait for the second time as an attempt to bridge the gap between all the differ- ent artists, put them under one roof and see what the outcome is. Bringing it back in 2016 and some- how introducing the live act and slightly more electronic live side. We are trying to show the diversity of music and sound,” said Zahed Sultan, host of RBMA Kuwait. He added: “The idea of host- ing the academy and the live performance is to be inspired by people who are really giving their all to their original material, so that they can go back home and dig a little deeper to find their own Bosaina while voice rather than to mimic a voice that appeals to performing at people”. the concert. Perfect Timing band members of two, Sandunes & Jiver, were very content about their live performance experience. “It was my first time in the Middle East and I was super excited, the the two have contemplated collaborating with audience is so great.. Really special! The interaction each other for a long time. Their sound covers a with the audience is amazing,” said Jiver. “There range of music that has influenced them both over Interview was so much energy!” said Sandnes. The perform- the years, so expect everything from jazz and hip- ers were HVOB from Austria, Perfect Timing (a col- hop to noise and unusual experimental electroni- laboration between Sandunes and Jiver), Bosaina ca. By Nawara Fattahova ticipated in their two-day event in Beirut and I met Zahed Sultan there, from Egypt and Etyen from Lebanon. Bosaina is a well-travelled soul, so it is fitting and this is how I came here,” he stated. The remarkable story of HVOB began in April that her inspiration for making music came from a he Kuwait Rising Alternative Music Festival held on Friday was “Nature inspires me a lot. For instance, last year I went on a musical 2012. With the idea of making an entirely new kind subway train in a foreign land. Bosaina stopped accompanied by a workshop on Saturday, where artistes from vari- residency in the middle of a mountain in California along with other of electronic music: intelligent, sophisticated, emo- briefly in New York on her way back to Egypt when Tous countries participated. Kuwait Times interviewed two of the musicians. This was the most inspiring time of my life. Music is part of tive and melodic. This idea led to four snippets she heard the looped click-clacking of metal on artistes who performed in Kuwait for the first time. nature, as everything makes sounds, including trees, wind, water and which were uploaded to Soundcloud-causing an metal in the city’s Broadway district, and decided “This event was very special, as it brought together a lot of musicians others. Unfortunately, our nature in Beirut is getting ruined, as the gov- immediate sensation in Europe. Their first EP to remain in the Big Apple to learn Ableton and to Kuwait, and especially since such events are not something that hap- ernment doesn’t appreciate arts, culture and nature, which is really sad. “Dogs” was released in summer 2012. Then came make corrugated, hand-finished jazz. pen quite often here. The level of excitement and responsiveness of peo- The other thing that inspires me is heartbreak, or any human experience the debut album in spring 2013 “HVOB”, glowing The Egyptian-born artist, who also lived in ple at the concert was very beautiful. It was one of the most genuine exchanged with someone else like love, friendship, etc - it all inspires me. reviews by critics all over Europe, Top 15 in the US London for several years, sculpts her ambient shows I ever performed at. The audience were carefully listening and Some people have also inspired me,” concluded Etyen. Billboard Charts’ “Next Big Sound” category, several pieces from soft and hard materials: her shimmer- watching, while in Lebanon people take it for granted. The crowd here Bosaina from Egypt also participated in this event. “I was one of the number one chart entries on iTunes, and number ing notes and dew-eyed melodies are bathed in was genuine, and this motivated me to keep going,” Etyen, a 26-year-old RBMA graduates from the academy session in Tokyo in 2014. They hold three in the Beatport charts. The two musicians the echoes of the city-noisy traffic jams, pungent artiste from Lebanon, told Kuwait Times. “I play on various instruments it once a year in different cities - next year it will be in Montreal. I was behind HVOB are Anna M¸ller and Paul Wallner. delis, rain-drenched sidewalks and, of course, including the guitar and sing too. At the concert, I was doing live elec- invited here for being a graduate of the academy to give a talk to musi- Anna M¸ller composes, produces and also provides those shuttling trains. Shot through a deeply sin- tronics with synthesizers,” he added. cians participating in this event about my experiences with the acade- the captivating, hypnotic vocals. Final production gular jazz strain, Bosaina’s music has a fibrous, tex- He started performing professionally three years ago. “Before that, I my and of being a musician from Cairo. I also performed at the concert,” of the tracks is done in collaboration with Paul tural quality to it that feels as if it draws from was playing in a band as a guitarist. Then I was recording by myself and she noted. Wallner in his Vienna studio. Together they are Actress as much as it does from Miles Davis. Etyen then producing, and realized I was good at it and thought this is what I “I’m an electronic music producer, so I play on many instruments. I responsible for creating the unique sound of started producing electronic music in 2011. He want to do. So I went to London and I took some sound engineering and compose pieces using samples that I record from orchestra or traditional HVOB. was previously living in London doing what he mixing courses. When I returned to Beirut, I released my first EP and instruments, that are manipulated in an experimental way to create loves most, while working freelance jobs on the started playing live. I studied the technical part of production and not instrumental pieces,” Bosaina pointed out. “It was my first time in Kuwait Experimental electronica side. Now that he is back in Beirut, he is working as music composition. I was seven when I started playing the piano, which and I loved it. The event was wonderful as there are many talented musi- Two of the most cutting-edge musicians in a full time water engineer, and producing his was my base. My father is a musician and his family as well,” he cians here and it’s good for them to have the experience of RBMA in a India, Sanaya Ardeshir, AKA Sandunes, and Jivraj music on the side. He says he hopes to ditch his explained. weekend session, so they know how it would be if they joined a real Singh, AKA Jiver, have just launched a brand new, day job one day and make a living out of his music. This wasn’t his first performance with Red Bull Music Academy academy,” she added. collaborative project, Perfect Timing. Having first His new EP, “Happy New Year,” was released in (RBMA). “A month ago, I was performing in Dubai and it was a nice event. met and worked together as part of the three- March 2014. I have participated in many other RBMA events in Lebanon. During the piece Dualist Inquiry Band and on various projects past six months, I have done many events with them. Also last year, I par- subsequently, including the Sandunes Ensemble,

BBC’s ‘Top Gear’ sorry for filming near war memorial host of BBC car show “Top Gear” has apolo- London. Some bystanders complained after co- than it really was, but Evans said he understood gized “unreservedly” for filming stunt driving host Matt LeBlanc and a professional driver were why some people were angry. He said yesterday Anear Britain’s best-known war memorial. seen performing “doughnuts” in the street nearby. that “on behalf of the Top Gear team and Matt, I Chris Evans says program-makers were “unwise” to Col Richard Kemp, a retired army officer, called would like to apologize unreservedly for what film close to the Cenotaph, a stone monument to the stunt “gravely disrespectful.” The BBC said pho- these images seem to portray.” — AP Actor and Top Gear presenter Matt LeBlanc, left, waves , as he sits with rally driver Ken Britain’s war dead near Parliament in central tos made the car appear closer to the monument Block during filming of BBC Top Gear in Westminster, London. — AP lifestyle TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016

Fashion

Models display creations by Japanese designer Tsukasa Mikami at the 2016 autumn/winter collection show in Tokyo yesterday, during Tokyo Fashion Week. — AP/AFP photos Boys in pink: ‘Genderless’ fashion goes big in Japan o stranger to barrettes, bows and beauty products, Japanese and performance has always been a big part of Japanese culture,” said while female participation rates in the workforce and political sphere are Instagram icon and model Genking is a proud flag bearer for “gen- Tokyo-based style blogger and TV host, Misha Janette. Local retailers among the lowest in developed nations. Nderless” fashion in which young men adopt unequivocally femi- have long catered to a fashion-hungry menswear market with slick tailor- Nevertheless, proponents of “genderless” fashion are optimistic, point- nine styles and challenge traditional norms. Although women around ing, leather clutches and luxury skincare products. Few young men, ing to the rising visibility of LGBT icons like Caitlyn Jenner, the transgen- the world have taken to menswear in droves- sporting trousers since the however, would have made the leap from watching male actors play der Olympic champion formerly known as Bruce. Designer Tsukasa 1930s when French fashion legend Coco Chanel put her equestrian women on stage to adopting “girly” accessories and wearing makeup Mikami opened Tokyo fashion week Monday with a show featuring male clients in pants-the sight of a man in a skirt still raises eyebrows in the themselves, were it not for the overwhelming influence of Korean pop and female models in floral silkscreen-printed garments and combat West. music and Japanese anime movies. boots. Mikami, whose previous collections have showcased men and In much of Asia, however, unisex clothing-whether in the form of a “When K-pop became big in Japan, many young men adopted that women wearing the same garments, said creating unisex clothing came traditional shalwar kameez, sarong or kimono-boasts a long history, style, trying to copy the effeminate facial features of male band mem- naturally. “I don’t make any distinction between the sexes,” he told AFP. while popular theatrical traditions regularly feature gender bending per- bers,” Janette told AFP. Meanwhile, as anime’s popularity rose, young boys Hot new unisex label “ilk” offers a selection of dresses and belted formances. Genking’s long bleached blond locks, curled eyelashes and turned to makeup in a bid to resemble their favorite cartoon characters. tunics aimed at “customers of all ages, genders and sexualities”, according fondness for both womenswear and menswear testify to a self-professed “Genderless” trailblazers like singer Yohdi Kondo and style star Ryucheru to designer Koji Ota. Meanwhile, in a nod to the trend’s growing reach, identity as a “genderless” person. Born Genki Tanaka, Genking fell in love regularly don schoolgirl braids, swipe on blush and dress in pink fluffy retail giant Zara last week launched a unisex line of sweatshirts, tank tops with fashion at an early age, dreaming of Chanel purses and pastel pink sweaters, adopting “kawaii”, or cute, styles usually reserved for young and sneakers called “Ungendered”. “(The LGBT movement) is a global accessories. “My mother was pretty tolerant.... But in those days, I still did- women. movement that we cannot separate from fashion... I think this free way of n’t want to admit my feminine side and I was kind of trying to hide it,” thinking is suited to modern society and (its) fashion,” said Ota. For “gen- Genking said. “When I turned 20, I quit pretending.” Genking set up an ‘Genderless’ future derless” fashionista Genking, the playful style heralds the dawn of a new Instagram account where selfies showcase a style that has attracted near- But while Japanese fashion seeks to overturn convention, commenta- age. “The gender boundary is disappearing... Japan is still conservative, ly 850,000 followers, kicking off a television career and culminating in a tors say it will take more than men dressed in skirts to transform tradi- but I think we will see more men open up to genderless culture,” Genking catwalk appearance at the packed Tokyo Girls Collection show last year. tional gender dynamics in the conservative country. “The genderless told AFP. “How you dress is how you live.” — AFP In Japan, men play every role during traditional kabuki-all-male the- trend is really a fashion moment, it’s not necessarily about sexuality or atre performances, while the century-old Takarazuka Revue-an all-female any social agenda... I don’t think a trend like this changes anything for musical theatre troupe-sees women slick back their hair and don tuxedos women, it’s not empowering (for them),” said TV host Janette. Japanese to the delight of adoring female fans. “Gender role play through fashion activists have staged a long battle to scrap sexist, discriminatory laws

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Jaden Smith: Gender specific clothes don’t exist aden Smith doesn’t think gender specific clothes exist. The 17- extremely proud of. Hollywood superstar Will previously said: year-old actor regularly wears a long skirt over his skin-tight “There’s a really powerful internal quality as an artist that as parents Jtrousers and is very free with his fashion choices. And Jaden - we encourage. You gotta get out on the edge, you have to try who has just been selected by Karl Lagerfeld to be a new Chanel things, you have to be comfortable doing things that people don’t ambassador - doesn’t understand why people feel they have to con- agree with, and you have to be comfortable doing things that you form when it comes to clothes and insists everyone should experi- could fail. “And Jaden is 100 per cent fearless, he will do anything. ment with all styles. Speaking in GQ Style magazine, he said: “I feel So as a parent it’s scary, it’s really terrifying - but he is completely like people are kind of confused about gender norms. “I feel like willing to live and die by his own artistic decisions and he just does- people don’t really get it. I’m not saying that I get it, I’m just saying n’t concern himself with what people think.” that I’ve never seen any distinction. “I don’t see man clothes and — Bang Showbiz woman clothes, I just see scared people and comfortable people.” Jaden’s “fearless” attitude to living life his own way is something his famous father Will Smith and mother Jada Pinkett Smith are Pakistan Fashion Week

Models showcase creations by Pakistani designer Khaadi Khaas.

Models showcase creations by Pakistani designer Hassan Sheheryar Yasin (HSY) on the last day of Pakistan Fashion Design Council (PFDC) week in Lahore. — AP/AFP photos Jacob Tremblay wins Best Actor at the Canadian Screen Awards

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A visitor looks at ‘Beep Beep’ a light box with black acrylic artwork by Saudi artist Rashed Al-Shashai.

Visitors stand in front of ‘Sarajevo’ by Egyptian artist Omar Al-Nagdi. Christie’s Dubai celebrates 10th anniversary with four auctions

hristie’s Dubai announced the opening of its 20th Christie’s Middle East, Michael Jeha, added further con- sale season, celebrating the company’s 10th text to the company’s 10th anniversary in the region Canniversary hosting auctions in the Middle East. and milestones achieved: “By establishing and commit- At a pre-sale press briefing, Christie’s Global President, ting to providing a platform to promote nearly 700 Jussi Pylkkanen, stated: “Back in 2006, I was asked by a Middle Eastern artists to a global audience, by offering journalist about how long I estimated that Christie’s more than 2,857 works of art, Christie’s is delighted to would continue selling artworks in the Middle East- I have played our part in nurturing this now well estab- said that Christie’s had been selling art for 240 years in lished market. Furthermore, we offered over the same London and Europe- extending to the US in 1976 and to period of time more than 2,000 watches and pieces of Asia in 1985 and anticipate a similarly long-term view of jewelry, attracting buyers from all over the world - buy- our sales in Dubai.” ers from up to 30 different countries are participating in “The art market is always about culture, people- they our sales. Christie’s is proud of our 70% market share for really understand what Christie’s is about and build cul- Middle Eastern Art and has played a leadership role in tural bridges across different countries, interests and the market for a decade.” people. From the collectors who have supported the works of over 690 emerging artists to some of the most established artists in the region finding new audiences, Christie’s sales in the Middle East have played a key role alongside the art fairs, museum projects and other ini- The works of Saudi, tiatives driving the region’s cultural development.” Iranian, Turkish, Managing Director and Deputy Chairman of Egyptian and Lebanese artists are exhibited.

A visitor looks at ‘Camouflage’ by Saudi artist Abdul Nasser Gharem. A visitor looks at ‘Black Tube 1’ by Algerian-French artist Kader Attia. A visitor walks past ‘from the Storeys’ by Syrian artist Tammam Azzam.

Rare Ming dynasty Five Bacon paintings Buddhas sold at French auction for over 6 mln euros reported stolen in Madrid ive paintings by British artist Francis immediately clear why news of the theft was story. Irish-born Bacon died in Madrid in set of three Buddha sculptures from the ern France, said. “These works of great rarity Bacon worth an estimated 30 million not made public until now. It was also 1992 aged 82 and his expressionist-surrealist 15th-century Ming dynasty went under the aroused much interest from... international collec- Feuros have been stolen from the unclear exactly which paintings were works, which are often raw and emotional, Ahammer in France on Saturday for more tors including many Chinese,” it said. Madrid home of their owner, El Pais reported involved but one contemporary art specialist remain hugely sought after. than 6.2 million euros, over 10 times the estimat- “They were acquired for a sum of 6,292,000 Sunday. Sources close to the investigation told the paper they would be extremely diffi- Bacon’s death only enhanced his reputa- ed sale price, the auction house said, in a flourish- euros ($6.9 million) by an Asian collector who was said the theft appeared to have been a high- cult to sell. tion and the 2013 sale of his 1969 work ing market for Chinese art. An Asian collector present at the auction,” it added. In June 2015, an ly-professional operation which took place “It is not at all easy to sell a Francis Bacon, “Three Studies of Lucien Freud” fetched snapped up the three gilded bronze pieces, which 18th-century Chinese scroll attributed to the while the owner was away, with the perpe- large or small without that getting to the $142,405,000 at auction, a world record at had initially been expected to fetch between painter Gu Quan sold for 5.5 million euros at trators disabling the alarm system. The ears of those who pore over such a rarified the time. Art market information leader 400,000 and 600,000 euros. Christie’s in Paris. In April 2013, a 17th-century thieves, who left no trace of their handiwork, sector,” said the expert, speaking on condi- Artprice lists Bacon as one of 10 frontline The three seated Buddhas were offered for sale painting on Chinese silk was sold by Briscadieu for had tracked the owner’s movements to tion of anonymity. El Pais said police from a modern artists alongside the likes of Picasso along with other pieces from a private collection 3.3 million euros. — AFP ensure he did not return to his apartment to specialist arts and antiques unit had opened and Andy Warhol Warhol whose works com- originating in China and Tibet between 1910 and catch them red-handed, they said. an investigation into the heist. The owner of prise 18 percent of global sales. — AFP 1925, the auction house in Bordeaux, southwest- El Pais quoted the sources as saying the the paintings was a close friend of Bacon, the artwork, comprising portraits and land- paper said. A police spokesman contacted scapes, was stolen last June. It was not by AFP Sunday was unable to confirm the