mustard agent, and abouteightmorecameforward. —AFP American troops whosuffereddamagefrom sarin orasulfur paper reported.TheTimesinitially uncovered17casesof stockpile thattheywerenotwell trainedtohandle,thenews- program, buttheydidfindremnants ofanagingchemical destruction program.USforces foundnoproofofanactive Bush insistedBaghdadwashiding anactiveweaponsofmass defense officials. troops whomayhavebeeninjured,theTimeswrote,citing agents ortoofferpropertrackingandtreatmentthose nize thescaleofreportedcasesexposuretochemical about whattheyencountered.ThePentagonfailedtorecog- ing chemicalagentsandweresometimestoldtostaysilent month thatAmericantroopshandledanarsenalofdeteriorat- York Times,whichhasrevealedinaseriesofarticlesthis ed previously.TherevelationwasfirstreportedbytheNew said Thursday,amuchhighernumberthanthePentagonstat- that theywereexposedtochemicalagentsinIraq,officials WASHINGTON: “complete B.S.”—Reuters team membersayingthestoryaspresentedbyEsquirewas analyst andAl-Qaedaexpert,quotedathen-servingSEAL entitled “WhoreallykilledbinLaden,”byPeterBergen,aCNN Laden, othermediaoutletsquestionedtheaccount.Anarticle reported tohavebeenO’Neill,whoclaimedshotbin interview withananonymousSEALmember,nowwidely touch that.”Lastyear,afterEsquireMagazinepublishedan reasons ...Whateverhe(O’Neill)says,says.Idon’twantto different peopletellingtwostoriesfor NBC NewsquotedBissonnetteonThursdayassaying:“Two about theraidentitled“NoEasyDay.” ing MattBissonnette,aformerSealwhowrote2012book at binLadenbyleasttwootherSealteammembers,includ- O’Neill acknowledgedshotswerefired the roombeforeO’Neill.ThePostsaid one oftwoothermenwhoentered told himthefatalshotwasfiredby anonymity, saidtheteammember The source,speakingonconditionof close toanotherSEALteammember. speeches, wascounteredbyasource the countrygivingmotivational Laden’s houseinAbbottabad. O’Neill stormedintoaroominBin that hitBinLadenintheforeheadafter claiming tohavefiredthefatalshot story onThursdayquotingRobO’Neill,aformerSEAL,as shot theAl-Qaedaleader.TheWashingtonPostpublisheda May, 2011aremakingconflictingclaimsastowhoactually team thatkilledOsamabinLadenathisPakistanhideoutin WASHINGTON: in secularIndia religious riots Politics fuels O Before the2003USinvasionof Iraq,PresidentGeorgeW The bookdidnotidentifythepersonwhoshotbinLaden. The claimbyO’Neill,whotravels

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ne s fac agenda. —AFP more important legislationonthedraft member parliament dismissedit,citing studying thebilllawmakersin the290- was proposedthreeyearsago butafter who carrydogsinpublic.”Asimilar law said hisofficerswould“deal withthose Ahmadi Moghaddamwhotwo years ago including Iran’spolicechiefGeneral Esmail cials havewarnedagainstdogownership, Shargh’s reportonThursday.Senioroffi- cities suchasTehran,accordingtothe owners livinginapartmentbuildingsbig penalties, whicharemostlyaimedatdog police, farmersandhuntersfromthe Islamic. dog ownershipalsobeingseenasun- The law,however,wouldexempt w law e Max Min 74 25º 08º LOCAL SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014 Warba Bank introduces 18 gamblers nabbed

new iPhone application By Hanan Al-Saadoun and agencies

KUWAIT: Warba Bank introduced its new tion about his/her deposit at Warba. The cus- KUWAIT: Police recently raided a villa in Abul Hasaniya area that ‘had been especially used for iPhone application, which will enable the Bank’s tomer can also be provided with a bank state- gambling’, security sources said. 18 gamblers were cut red-handed while gambling. Police had customers to securely and easily access account ment and information by which he will be able been tipped off concerning the activities in the villa, which was placed under close surveillance information and details of financial transactions. to trace the movements of his/her bank bal- for a week. Investigations revealed that someone had rented the villa and equipped it with spe- The new application from Warba is intended for ance. cial decorations and gambling tables. On storming the place, 18 Kuwaitis, Arab expats and four enhancing service quality and keeping pace The easy and simple features of the applica- Asians were apprehended. with the state-of-the-art digital technology. tion enable the customer to make fund transfers About the new application, Adnan Al Salem, from his account to another account under his The Chief Retail Banking Officer at Warba Bank, name or to any other local or international said: “The new Warba Bank iPhone Application accounts, free of any additional charges usually reflects our commitment and ongoing endeav- incurred when transferring to accounts at other ors to keep pace with banks,” He added. Al Salem continues: “Warba the latest technologies customers can get all these attractive services in that commensurate complete confidence and security, without with Sharia Compliant need to physically visit any of the Bank branch- services that Warba cus- es. All the customer has to do is to choose a user tomers now recognize name with a set of security questions that will the excellent service be asked to him/her in case he/she forgets the quality provided effi- password at any subsequent access sessions.” ciently by the Bank. “Warba Bank is committed to developing “Through the new and creating new products and services that are application, the Bank’s both Islamic Sharia compliant and catering for Adnan Al Salem, customers can easily customers’ requirements; thus supporting and Chief Retail access all details of their enhancing Warba’s image as the one of the lat- Banking Officer accounts and view their est and most active Islamic banks on the local financial transactions as banking sector” Al Salem concluded. The launch well as products and service offered. The new of the new application is a part of a financial application was developed based on the high- services package that Warba is always keen to est international standards of banking financial develop for its customers. The Bank has recently security and confidentiality, enabling customers launched a “Point of Sale Service” whereby Warba merchant customers can expand their sales and collect payments from their customers holding any banking cards (K-Net, Visa or Master Cards), to be deposited directly into their bank Fire in Jaber Al-Ali house accounts. A fire recently broke out in a Jaber Al-Ali house basement, said security. Firefighters from Qurain In addition, Warba Bank has recently and Mubarak Al-Kabeer brigades were dispatched to the scene. No casualties were reported. In anoth- launched a website for merchants enabling er development, Kuwait Fire Services Directorate (KSFD) recently conducted a fire drill at Kuwait them to safely and securely inquire about their University’s petroleum and engineering faculty in Khadiya campus. financial transactions performed through the POS service. For completing that product, the Stepfather stabbed to complete all their banking needs with just bank has also introduced the electronic pay- Ardhiya detectives arrested a man in his thirties who stabbed his stepfather over a family dispute. “screen touching”. This is a significant factor for ment gateway to allow the Bank merchant cus- Police received a call about a fight and arrived, along with paramedics, to find a man in his fifties with a ensuring customers satisfaction and maintain- tomers to collect payments for online purchases stab wound in his shoulder. The man was taken to Farwaniya hospital where he told police that his ing their highly valued trust, loyalty and contin- applying cutting - edge technology at the high- stepson beat and stabbed him before fleeing. uous belief that Warba is their “Bank of Choice”. est standards of confidentiality and security. The Through few simple steps, our customers will new application is available in both Arabic and Drug peddler arrested be able to make full use of the various financial English on the App Store, through which cus- A week after he was released from jail, Hawally detectives arrested a man and his friend selling services that the Bank provides. By simply tomers can communicate with the Bank to drugs. The two had 250 grams of hashish, 120 narcotic tablets and three shabu envelopes. downloading the application and entering the enquire about the services provided through data, including user name and account number, the Application. They can also contact the Child raped the customer will be able to access his/her pri- Customer Service Center at 1825555 or visit any An Indian man raped a young Gulf child when he forced him to engage in sexually explicit acts. vate page whereby he/she can view all informa- of the Bank’s branches for more information. Afterward, the 11 year old rushed to his father who in turn went to police. The Indian works as a haris and was detained in Taima police station.

‘No Daesh arrested’ A security source denied that any members of Daesh have been arrested in Kuwait, reports Al-Watan daily. The source said it is untrue what was rumored through social media about the arrest. Social media comments said that nine persons from Daesh were arrested in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh and Hawally. Kuwait supports UN’s Umoja system

NEW YORK: Kuwait is keen on supporting all UN ventures including the Umoja system, an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution that includes software designed to facilitate and streamline information between all busi- ness functions within the UN Secretariat, said a diplomat yesterday. Delivering a speech at the UN 2014-15 financial and pro- gramming committee, third secretary at the Kuwaiti mission at the UN headquarters, Khaled Al-Zeer said that his country fully supports the system. The Kuwaiti diplomat praised the launching of the Umoja’s system United Nations’ new central administrative which will have its positive impact on the UN system, replacing multiple and fragmented operations. According to the UN, Umoja, legacy systems such as IMIS, Mercury and which means “unity” in Swahili, will be the Sun. —KUNA LOCAL SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014

KUWAIT: Kuwait Diving Team has urged all security and environmental officials to protect the flamingo birds at the Judailiyat and Subbiya shores from hunters. The team recently found some dead flamingoes at the Judailiyat beach and noticed that they had been shot down by hunters. KSC takes part in ‘Intel Science Competition Arab World 2014’ KUWAIT: Kuwait Science Club (KSC) will take part in the 5th Intel Science Competition Arab World 2014 (ISC AW), to be held in Qatar, 9-11 November 2014. The Club has nominated eight students, males and females, to represent Kuwait in the three-day major Arab event, head of the team to Qatar, Mohammad Al-Saffar, Executive Director of the Science and Engineering Competition, said in a press release yesterday. The delegation will submit four scientific papers that won the second Science and Engineering Competition organized by KSC last year in cooperation with the Ministry of Education. The Competition was supported by the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences. One project addresses how school canteens can help in treating obesity, and a second is on pollution. A poll on stu- dents’ views on violence in the “student community” is the theme of the third paper while the fourth deals with impact of temperature on biofuel from mosses. — KUNA Crime Report

Fight at beauty salon KUWAIT: A fight broke out at a beauty salon at Abdullah Al-Mubarak area. An attempt to settle some old scores triggered the fight between the salon owner, her staff and three of the customers. Security sources said that the fight started after a heated argument between the three customers and the owner. Both par- ties presented medical reports of their injuries and exchanged accusations.

Asian couple arrested for making love inside a car An Asian couple has been arrested for making love inside a vehicle parked near Shouaiba port. Security sources said that a routine police patrol had sus- pected the vehicle and on approaching it, the two suspects were caught ‘red-handed’.

Robbery suspects detained A Kuwaiti and a Qatari national, who had been wanted for several robberies and death threats, were recently arrested. KD 980, ICE, Hashish, some psychotropic pills, two toy guns, a knife, a hammer and bottle of liquor were found in their possession. A case has been filed. Similarly, Farwaniya detectives arrested four Asians in possession of 796 home-made liquor bottles in Khaitan. LOCAL SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014

News Brief

Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad named ANOC chairman

BANGKOK: General Assembly of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) yesterday elect- ed uncontested Sheikh Ahmad Al- Fahad Al-Sabah as chairman for a four-year term. Addressing the assembly, Sheikh Ahmad expressed satisfaction for being chosen as chief of the sports committee, also voicing hope that he would be up to the Sheikh Ahmad Al- responsibilities assigned to him as Fahad Al-Sabah the chairman of the Asian sports body. Patrick Hickey, President of the European Olympic Committees, is nominated to occupy the vice chairman post. Sheikh Ahmad was elected the associa- tion chief in April 2012.

PAAF lifts ban on poultry imports from California KRCS distributes relief KUWAIT: The Public Authority of Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAF) has lifted the ban on poultry imports from the US State of California. The decision comes after a report aid to Syrian families from World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) which cleared all Californian poultry from having bird flu virus, PAAF said in a statement. All poultry imports will be subject- BEQAA: The Kuwait Red Crescent Society has continued distri- ed to OIE’s regulations and Kuwait’s animal quarantine pro- bution of humanitarian and relief aid to Syrian refugees in cedures, it added. The statement noted that any imports will Lebanon. “The KRCS distributed blankets, foodstuff and chil- be sent away if they were positive to any infectious and con- dren toys to 500 Syrian families in Zahle town, in the eastern tagious diseases. city of Beqaa,” KRCS Board Member Fawziya Al-Nasser said. Al- Nasser added that the KRCS is keen on providing Syrian refugees with their humanitarian needs especially with the Parliament holds fair approach of winter. Head of the disasters department at the to mark anniversary Lebanese Red Cross Society Joseph Daoud lauded the human- KUWAIT: National Assembly’s Secretariat General will open its annual itarian aid and efforts the KRCS to alleviate the suffering of media-cultural fair, on occasion of the 52nd anniversary of the conflict-traumatized Syrian refugees. National Constitution, on Monday. The exhibition will be held at He noted that there are 156 camps for Syrian refugees in Kuwait University’s Faculty of Law and will be moved to the Avenues Zahle and its surrounding area. Meanwhile, Syrian refugees mall on November 18-20, said Allam Al-Kanderi, the Parliament’s Secretary General in a statement yesterday. Al-Kanderi indicated that expressed gratitude for the Kuwaiti leadership and people the activity would be organized in line with Parliament Speaker non-stop support to them in their distress. The Kuwait-provid- Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem’s guidelines to activate bonds with social, ed aid supplies have reached tens of thousands of Syrian popular entities and gatherings such as universities and shopping refugees in various Lebanese regions and the relief operations malls. The Secretariat General is seeking to enhance the public knowl- have been carried out in coordination with the Lebanese Red edge about the National Assembly’s role at the legislative and super- Cross and the Kuwaiti Embassy. Kuwait has been in lead visory levels, he said, indicating that this approach would be served among nations offering aid and humanitarian supplies to over KRCS distributes humanitarian aid to 500 Syrian families with a number of such activities, to be held in the coming days. one million Syrian refugees in Lebanon. — KUNA in Lebanon. VIVA holds informative activities during NUKS-UK conference

KUWAIT: VIVA, Kuwait’s fastest-grow- ‘magic’ happen, which lenses to use, she described her journey with VIVA. Al- students engaging them as she committed to supporting and sponsor- ing and most developed telecom oper- when and how to use photo-shop pro- Hindi shared her experience in televi- explained her different roles. ing various events and initiatives that ator, announced the activities it has gram to enhance images or create sion and as an entertainer, what it takes Ayman Salem Al Mutairi, Senior interest students wherever they are, as held through its sponsorship of the something completely new. Al to be a creative TV personality, and the Manager Corporate Communications at well as benefit and enrich their knowl- annual national conference of the Duwaisan welcomed any and all ques- steps it took for her to accomplish her VIVA said: “We are very proud to spon- edge and experience.” VIVA sponsored National Union of Kuwaiti Students tions from the students and invited many goals. sor the national annual conference of earlier this year the national festival (NUKS) - United Kingdom and Ireland them to follow his instagram page and She lectured the students on the the NUKS - UK and Ireland branch. This organized by the NUKS - UK and Ireland branch (UK), which was under the visit his website to be able to see his aspects behind the scenes of shooting event gathers young Kuwaitis studying branch every February. The event is a patronage of Prime Minister, Sheikh new creations in the future. her VIVA TV commercial: ‘challenge abroad in various British and Irish cities longstanding student festival where Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah. The event In addition, young artist Alaa Al- competition’ for the elderly, and held under one roof in a fun academic, cul- students from various British and Irish took place at the Park Plaza Hindi held an entertaining session as entertaining competitions between the tural, and social atmosphere. VIVA is cities gather every year. Westminster hotel in London from October 31 to November 1, 2014. The conference featured several activities including free photography workshop and skill training for stu- dents, offered by the professional pho- tographer, Abdul Aziz Al Duwaisan, who shared his success story with VIVA. Al Duwaisan, also known as Bonmr on Instagram, held a lecture on the art and skills of photography, and the various techniques he uses when developing any his photo campaigns. He shared with the students his experience with working with VIVA’s team in creating the various campaigns, Ayman Salem Al Mutairi, Senior Manager Corporate Communications at and the technical side of making the Young artist Alaa Al-Hindi pictured during her session with the students. VIVA with photographer Abdul Aziz Al Duwaisan and one of the students. LOCAL SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014 KUNA promotes media cooperation with Xinhua

that Xinhua agency had opened its first office in Kuwait which is also the first in the Gulf region. After that, Al-Ali and his entourage toured the different sections in Xinhua, expressing his admiration for the rap- id development of the agency’s outlets. Al-Ali and his entourage had met during the visit to China with Kuwait’s Ambassador Mohammed Saleh Al-Thuwaikh, who welcomed KUNA’s desire to open an office in China. He stressed keenness of the Kuwaiti embassy to provide all facilities KUNA needs in the future. —KUNA Kuwait supports Interpol MONACO: Kuwait is keen on participating in Interpol’s meet- ing to better address global security challenges, said Kuwaiti Ambassador to France Ali Suleiman Al- Saad Ali with the editor-in-chief of Xinhua news agency Saeed yesterday. Speaking to KUNA, Al- Saeed said that Deputy Prime Minister and BEIJING: Deputy Director General of Editorial Sector Affairs and the two agencies in particular, and the two countries in general to Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al- Editor-in-Chief of Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) Saad Al-Ali stressed even higher levels. He praised the deep-rooted Kuwaiti-Chinese ties Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah’s attendance of yesterday KUNA’s keenness to promote media cooperation with that are based on friendship, mutual respect and constructive cooper- Interpol’s 83rd General Assembly was an Xinhua news agency in various fields. Al-Ali said during a meeting ation in all fields. indication of Kuwait’s keen interest in sup- with Xinhua’s Chief Editor Minister He Ping that KUNA’s initiative to He noted the existing cooperation between the two agencies, porting the international security organiza- open an office in China reflects the start of a new era of Kuwaiti- which extends to more than two decades, stressing keenness of the tion. The meeting, attended by 88 Interior Chinese relations, expressing at the same time his appreciation for the two agencies on the development of this cooperation in all fields. He Ministers from 160 nations, called for find- support provided by the head of Xinhua and all Chinese enterprises to expressed readiness of Xinhua to provide full support to speed up ing means to counter new global security Ali Suleiman accomplish this important step. the process of opening an office for KUNA and the provision of tech- threats, said the Ambassador, adding that Al-Saeed He pointed to the importance of the role media can play in both nical facilities that serve the media message. Ping pointed out that the event also focused on uniting Interpol countries in making the two states’ peoples become acquainted with KUNA’s desire to open an office in China is the first of its kind among members’ efforts in fighting crime. The Kuwaiti Ambassador each other’s cultures. Al-Ali said that his visit to China comes less than Arab and Gulf agencies, extolling such initiative which would help in said that the 83rd meeting also coincided with the 100th a month after a visit paid by Xinhua’s chief to Kuwait which reflects the coverage of China’s news in a wider and more comprehensive anniversary of Interpol. He hoped that the international the depth of the close relations between the two countries. On his manner. organization will continue to counter criminal activities for part, Ping welcomed KUNA’s desire to open an office in Beijing, He said that the State of Kuwait was among the first countries that many years to come. —KUNA adding that this step will contribute to advancing relations between established diplomatic relations with the Republic of China, adding

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014 Egyptian crackdown Jerusalem on edge ‘Cannibal’ tries to stokes anger in Sinai 8 as violence surges 9 eat British woman 10

NEW DELHI: Bhuri Begum (right) pulls down the sleeve of Farhad’s shirt to display bruises caused allegedly by police beating after security was enhanced in the area following rioting between Hindus and Muslims in New Delhi, India. — AP Politics fuels religious riots in secular India Hindus and Muslims trade blames

NEW DELHI: First, the rumors start. Maybe a Muslim man threw Hindu festival of lights after a drunken brawl broke out near a In a few months, Trilokpuri and the rest of the Indian capital will garbage outside a temple, or a Hindu boy teased a Muslim girl. makeshift Hindu shrine set up across from a mosque. go to the polls to elect a new state legislature. No one has any names or specifics, but that doesn’t stop people For hours, large groups of men fought pitched street battles, from taking the rumors as fact. Crowds gather on both sides. hurling rocks and stones at each other and injuring dozens of Mutilated, charred corpse Slogans are shouted, stones are thrown. A car goes up in flames. people. A Muslim-owned shop was set on fire, Hindus pelted This wasn’t Trilokpuri’s first riot, or its worst. In 1984, Nazar And just like that, or so it seems, a religious riot rips through an the mosque with stones, and dozens of angry Muslim men Singh, then 20, watched his father’s mutilated and charred Indian neighborhood. Thirty years after the notorious anti-Sikh attacked Hindu homes. Beyond that, the stories vary depending corpse lie beneath a street light for three days, too afraid of riots in 1984 - the worst communal violence since the blood- on which religious group you ask. Local Hindus say some drunk marauding rioters to retrieve his body. His father was among shed that followed the partition of the subcontinent at the time Muslim men smashed liquor bottles near the shrine. Muslims hundreds of Sikhs butchered in Trilokpuri, the scene of some of of India’s independence in 1947 - religious conflagrations are say the brawl was between Hindus and Muslims who had been the worst rioting that swept the country after Prime Minister still surprisingly common in a secular country where tolerance is drinking together, and that such fights are common in the Indira Gandhi’s Sikh bodyguards assassinated her on Oct 31, enshrined in the constitution. neighborhood and usually settled quickly by police. 1984. Mobs of Hindus went from house to house across north- This time, however, the brawl inflamed religious tempers on ern India, pulling Sikhs from their homes, hacking many to Pitched street battles both sides. Hindus and Muslims blame each other for starting death and burning others alive. But while religion may spark violence in this diverse country the violence, but they agree that police arrived only after the “They came with iron rods and knives and swords. They filled with religious and cultural tensions, it is often politics that worst was over. Police defend their response, though they con- pulled him out of the house, cracked his skull and sliced open allow it to spiral out of control. Political parties across the spec- cede it took them hours to intervene. Even now, two weeks his stomach. Then they took kerosene from inside our house trum have used religious differences to manipulate both the after the fighting broke out, there is an air of unease in and poured it over him and set him on fire. My mother saw it all country’s majority Hindus and its Muslims and other minority Trilokpuri. Many of the small brick homes are locked up and happen in front of her eyes,” he says. “The police stood and groups, exploiting the idea that a polarized electorate is often empty; the residents have sought safety with friends or relatives watched.” Largely-Hindu India’s constitution promises equality more pliable. The most recent riots erupted late last month in in other parts of the city. Small knots of police are everywhere. and religious freedom to all its citizens, but politics and religion Trilokpuri, a largely poor neighborhood on the eastern edge of It’s not clear how a local brawl erupted into a full-blown riot have a complex and troubled relationship in this diverse nation New Delhi. The fighting started on the evening of Diwali - the within hours, although politics is certainly on everyone’s mind. of 1.2 billion. — AP INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014

US air raids kill French bombmaker in Syria

WASHINGTON: US air raids in Syria deployed on Syrian soil, the official added. and planning attacks against US and point of saying the air strikes against overnight targeted and likely killed a A military officer also expressed confi- Western targets,” Central Command, Khorasan “were not in response” to recent French bombmaker who was a key figure dence that Drugeon was probably killed which oversees the air war, said in a state- fighting in which Al-Nusra militants have in an Al-Qaeda offshoot accused of plot- and said the operation represented a suc- ment. “We’re still assessing the results of pushed back moderate rebel forces. ting attacks on the West, a defense official cess for Washington’s counter-terrorism those strikes,” General Lloyd Austin, head The strikes “did not target the Nusra said. David Drugeon was a Muslim con- efforts. “This is a big win,” said the officer, of Central Command, said in Washington. Front as a whole,” Central Command said. vert suspected of working with Al-Qaeda who asked not to be named. It was only Asked if Drugeon was targeted, Austin They “were directed at the Khorasan veterans in what Washington calls the the second strike against the Khorasan said: “He is clearly one of the leadership group, whose focus is not on overthrow- Khorasan group, which American officials group since September 23, when US-led elements, one of those dangerous ele- ing the Assad regime or helping the Syrian say is a dangerous militant outfit planning air raids began in Syria. In that operation, ments in that organization. And so any people,” it said. “These Al-Qaeda opera- to attack the United States and other Tomahawk cruise missiles targeted the time we can take their leadership out, it’s a tives are taking advantage of the Syrian Western countries. Khorasan militants but US officials said it good thing.” conflict to advance attacks against US officials have portrayed Drugeon, was unclear if key leaders had been taken Western interests.” Born into a middle- 24, as a dangerous figure and his death out then. The US military said warplanes Football to jihad class French family, Drugeon was an was touted as a serious setback for the carried out air strikes against Khorasan mil- While touted as a success, the air raids ardent football fan as a boy before becom- Khorasan group. “He was among the tar- itants, vehicles and locations used to pro- illustrated the difficulties Washington ing steadily radicalized along with his gets,” a senior US defense official who duce homemade bombs, but did not say if faces as it tries to carry out its fight against brother following his parents’ divorce in spoke on condition of anonymity said. “We Drugeon was hit. the IS-and other extremists-while avoiding 2002, adopting the name “Daoud” instead think we got him.” But it will take time to US aircraft struck Khorasan again being drawn into Syria’s complex civil war of David. Former classmates and local fam- confirm his death with absolute certainty, because they have “a history of training and a direct confrontation with the ilies have expressed shock at his transfor- particularly as there are no US troops operatives, facilitating fighters and money, Damascus regime. The US military made a mation into a hardline Islamist. —AFP

Egyptian crackdown stokes As Iraq woos tribes, jihadists sow fear anger in Sinai border town with mass killings Forced evacuations alienate a restive population BAGHDAD: As Iraq seeks support from powerful tribal leaders against the Islamic State group, the jihadists have launched a cam- paign of mass killings aimed at sowing enough fear to warn them off. RAFAH: Egyptian troops are pressing ahead ‘Situation is hellish’ home would be destroyed. “We are big families, But while the massacre of members of the Albu Nimr tribe may make with the demolition of hundreds of homes Egyptian troops order people to leave with extended families. We can’t just scatter and go it harder for Baghdad to gain more tribal support, tribesmen are still along the border with the Gaza Strip, cutting off just a day’s notice, they said. “The situation is away. We have been living here for decades,” fighting and the killings could yet backfire by encouraging resist- electricity and firing warning shots in the air in a hellish. We don’t know where we will go. We he said. ance. The Sunni extremist IS spearheaded a major militant offensive heavy-handed campaign to evict thousands of put our things at the place of a friend until we in June that overran much of the country’s Sunni Arab heartland, and residents from the volatile area. The forced know where we are going,” said one resident, Heavy shooting the government needs the help of influential tribes to regain it. evacuations in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula are fur- who gave only his first name, Abu Mohammed, On Tuesday, an excavator could be seen It is important for Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abadi’s government ther alienating a restive population with long- for fear he would be punished by the security flattening a home, followed by a loud explo- to bring the tribes on side not only for military and intelligence sup- standing grievances against the government of port, but also as a show of inclusion to Sunnis, whose anger over Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sissi, raising marginalization by the Shiite-dominated authorities has helped IS. In the risk of more violence in the lawless region. recent weeks, Abadi has held a series of meetings with tribal leaders The demolitions, meant to halt the smug- in both Iraq and neighboring Jordan. “Abadi believes that the role of gling of weapons and militants in and out of the tribes is fundamental and key in fighting terrorism,” Rafid Juburi, Gaza, have also put pressure on Hamas, the mil- the spokesman for the premier’s office said. “Communications with itant group that controls Gaza and has long the tribal sheikhs are continuing and the prime minister received at counted on smuggling tunnels as its lifeline. least five tribal delegations from Anbar and Mosul and Salaheddin in Egypt announced the demolition plan last two weeks,” Juburi said, referring to areas where IS holds territory. month after militants killed 31 Egyptian troops in an assault on a checkpoint 20 miles from ‘Kill us with silence’ Rafah. Egypt has long accused Islamic militants In one televised meeting, Abadi told tribal leaders: “We are ready of using smuggling tunnels to move in and out for your requests for weapons and ammunition.” But IS, a ruthless of Gaza and announced it would clear out a group that has repeatedly carried out atrocities, has struck back at 500-yard-wide buffer zone along the border. tribal enemies, launching a campaign of executions targeting the Albu Nimr tribe in Anbar province, west of Baghdad. The tribe has Homes dynamited members in both the security forces and anti-jihadist Sahwa militia, In recent days, Egyptian forces have steadily and has fought against IS. IS has executed hundreds of men, women cleared out residents and dynamited several and children from the tribe in recent weeks, a slaughter that homes each day. The goal is to raze 800 homes Baghdad was unable to stop. and force out 10,000 residents. Security officials The full death toll remains unclear, but some sources have said say the operation is going smoothly and should more than 250 tribe members have been killed, while others have be completed within two or three weeks. RAFAH BORDER: A man stands in the rubble off a home demolished by estimated the toll to be double that figure. Photos have circulated Residents say there is little they can do. “We online apparently showing the aftermath of some of the killings. have no options but silence and lining up security forces on the Egyptian side of border town of Rafah, northeast of Cairo, Egypt. —AP One shows a line of more than 30 men in civilian clothes lying in behind the military. This is not the time to clash the middle of a street with streams of blood running over the dusty with the state because any clash with the state ground, as young men and children look on. One tribal leader, will be perceived as a betrayal to Egypt,” said forces or risk losing compensation. “You can’t sion that rocked the area and elicited panicked Sheikh Naim Al-Kuoud Al-Nimrawi, criticized the government for Said Aitaq. He lives about 11/2 miles beyond protest. They are strong and well-armed,” he screams from schoolchildren on the Palestinian failing to act. “We asked... Haidar al-Abadi and his deputy Saleh Al- the buffer zone, but says residents fear the area said of the troops, who residents said are side of the city. The students covered their Mutlak to offer help for our tribe, without any result,” he said. “The will be expanded to up to three miles. accompanied by dogs and occasionally fire into faces with jackets to keep from inhaling the homes of the tribes are occupied and their people are occupied- Rafah was split into two halves - one the air. yellowish smoke. As the air cleared, two flat- how did they help us?” Palestinian and one Egyptian - after Egypt Egypt has offered compensation of roughly tened concrete homes could be seen. “The kids Even Sunni religious leaders were not speaking out against the signed its peace agreement with Israel in 1978. $20,000 to $30,000 per home - a sum that resi- are always tense. In the day, there are the executions, Nimrawi added, saying they “kill us with their silence”. While Egypt has sealed off its side of the city dents say does not come close to replacing blasts. In the night, we hear heavy shooting,” Lawmaker Ghazi Faisal al-Kuoud, another leader of the tribe, later and barred journalists from entering, scenes of their losses. They say the compensation process said Majdi Yousef, a 38-year-old carpenter who said that Abadi met with its chief and has agreed to provide weapons the operation are visible from the Gaza side of is bureaucratic and there is little time to find lives in an apartment building on the Gaza side and send forces to Anbar to help it. The killings-and the govern- the border. The Egyptian side of the city is new housing. One man, who requested that overlooks the border. Residents say the ment’s inability to stop them-may hurt its attempts to win tribal sup- under curfew from dawn to dusk, and electricity anonymity because of safety fears, said his 70- forces dynamite several apartment buildings a port. “This will definitely complicate government and US efforts to and water are cut off during the day as homes member extended family moved from a four- day, and bulldozers flatten another 20 homes. bring other tribes on board in the fight against the group,” said Kawa are being demolished, residents reached by story building into a single-floor space of just They say few people have received payouts Hassan, a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Centre. —AFP phone told The Associated Press. 1,300 square feet after they were told their yet. —AP INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014

US mulls sanctions on Libyan factions

WASHINGTON: The United States is considering imposing sanctions on Libya’s combative factions to try to prevent a proxy conflict fueled by regional pow- ers from erupting into full-blown civil war and force militant leaders to negotiate, US officials said. Three years after Muammar Gaddafi’s downfall, outside inter- vention has exacerbated the fighting, with Qatar and, to some degree, Turkey supporting Islamist-linked forces and Egypt and the United Arab Emirates back- ing more secular rivals. US sanctions would be separate from potential United Nations sanctions that aim to pressure Libyan factions and militias to take part in UN- backed political negotiations to be led by UN envoy Bernardino Leon. The possibility of using UN sanctions to help bring about political talks has been aired publicly. The con- sideration of separate US sanctions has not been previ- GAZA: Fayez Abu Eitta (left), a Fatah leader in Gaza, speaks on the phone as he inspects the damage to his car in the ously disclosed. US officials declined to say who they parking lot of his home in Beit Lahya, northern Gaza Strip yesterday. At least 15 explosions hit houses and cars belong- might target with sanctions or why they felt it neces- ing to members of the Fatah movement of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in Gaza yesterday. — AFP sary to look at US penalties separate from the United Nations. Nor would they detail what sanctions they would propose. If applied, the United Nations sanc- Jerusalem on edge tions would target individuals or groups involved in the fighting, rather than their foreign backers, and would freeze their assets as well as impose travel bans. Libya is in chaos with two rival governments and as violence surges parliaments struggling for power and control of its oil wealth. The western part of the country is controlled by militants with Islamist links who call themselves 15 explosions target homes, vehicles of Fatah officials Operation Dawn and who seized the capital Tripoli in JERUSALEM: The EU’s new foreign affairs the Palestinians in Jerusalem and the occu- August. This group has reinstated the previous parlia- chief said yesterday that a surge of violence pied West Bank, there is deep friction ment and established its own government. The inter- in Jerusalem made it all the more critical that between Abbas’s Fatah movement and the nationally recognized government is in charge of a Israel and the Palestinians return to negotia- Islamist group Hamas, which controls Gaza. rump state in the east, whose parliament operates out tions quickly. Speaking after talks with Israeli While Fatah and Hamas agreed to form a of a hotel in Tobruk. In a ruling likely to deepen divi- Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, “reconciliation” government in June - put- sions, the Supreme Court on Thursday declared this Federica Mogherini said the European Union ting aside differences that have existed since parliament unconstitutional. stood with Israel when it came to defending a conflict in 2007 - there is still deep animosi- its citizens, but that the unrest was a serious ty between them, and efforts to put the uni- concern. ty cabinet to work have failed. Why US action? “The risk of growing tensions here in The officials suggested at least two potential rea- Jerusalem ... is that, if we do not move for- Explosions in Gaza sons for unilateral US action. First, if the United Nations ward on the political track, we will go back, Yesterday, around 15 small explosions moves slowly or not at all, US penalties could be and back again to violence,” the Italian told targeted the homes and vehicles of Fatah imposed whenever Washington wished. Second, US reporters during her first official visit to the officials in Gaza, causing minor damage but sanctions could be especially worrisome to Khalifa region. “That’s why I see an urgency in mov- no injuries, witnesses and members of Fatah Haftar, a former Libyan army general who fled to the ing forward on the dialogue.” The last talks said. The explosions came days ahead of the United States after breaking ranks with Gaddafi and between Israel and the Palestinians broke 10th anniversary of the death of Yasser down in April after months of largely fruitless returned to launch a campaign against the Islamists in Arafat, the late Palestinian president and negotiation, with the Palestinians angry at Fatah leader. One of the targets hit was a Benghazi. the continued building of Jewish settle- Western officials believe the involvement of outside stage where Arafat’s commemoration is ments in occupied territory, and Israel furi- scheduled to be held on Nov 11. Fatah and powers such as Egypt and the UAE is exacerbating the ous at attempts to bring the Islamist group GAZA: A Palestinian supporter of the Hamas blamed each other for the blasts, Hamas, which officially denies Israel’s right conflict and that the two countries are arming and Islamic Jihad shouts slogans during a while a letter left at one site claimed respon- to exist, into the Palestinian government. rally against the storming of the funding the more secular forces. Haftar, according to sibility by Islamic State, a claim dismissed by Jerusalem has seen a wave of unrest over Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque com- Western officials, has become the major proxy in Libya Gaza officials. “We will not allow the return the past four months, since before the July- pound yesterday. — AFP for Egypt, whose military-dominated government, August Gaza war. Violence has spiked in the of internal conflicts, chaos and anarchy to While a Jordanian religious trust oversees headed by General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, regards past two weeks, with Palestinian drivers ram- the Gaza Strip,” said Eyad Al-Bozom, a Al-Aqsa, Israel provides the security. Last extremists on its border with Libya as a primary nation- ming into Israeli pedestrians, killing four spokesman for the Interior Ministry, run by al security challenge. The UAE sees Egypt’s leadership people. A focus of Palestinian and regional week it shut down all access to the site for officials loyal to Hamas. “The security servic- the first time in more than a decade. Jordan as a firewall against militants and has given Cairo finan- anger has been a dispute over Jerusalem’s es will pursue anyone who had any connec- holiest site, known to Muslims as the Noble withdrew its ambassador as a result. After tion to these criminal acts until they are cial and military support, US and allied officials say. meeting Mogherini yesterday, Israeli Prime Saudi Arabia, a supporter of Sisi, is sympathetic to Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount. For brought to justice.” decades, Israel has maintained a ban on Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated that The tensions between Fatah and Hamas, the Egyptian and Emirati involvement in Libya but is the status quo governing Temple Mount Jews praying at the site, which houses the which has dominated Gaza since 2007, have would not change, a message he also sent to not believed to have played any direct role, diplomats Dome of the Rock and the 8th-century Al- complicated efforts to rebuild the coastal Jordan’s King Abdullah in a phone call on said. Supporting Libya’s Islamists, including some ele- Aqsa mosque. It was also the site of ancient enclave after the July-August war, in which ments that the United States views as dangerous Jewish temples. Thursday. Despite his calls for calm, the streets of East Jerusalem, which is predomi- more than 2,100 Palestinians were killed, as extremists, are Qatar and Turkey. Qatar, officials said, well as more than 70 Israelis. Israel is reluc- Jewish nationalists nantly Palestinian, have seen clashes has given arms and money to Islamist militias while between Israeli security forces and tant to allow a free flow of goods and Turkey has offered moral support. While acknowledg- In recent weeks, a campaign by far- rebuilding materials across its borders with right Jewish nationalists to be allowed to Palestinians hurling rocks, Molotov cocktails ing regional fears Libya may become a magnet for mili- Gaza until the Palestinian Authority, led by pray at the site has gathered momentum, and firecrackers. Fatah, has taken over responsibility for tants, a US official said Washington believed outside leading to clashes at the compound Netanyahu has accused Palestinian administering the territory from Hamas. interference may create “the very kind of conflict ... that between Israeli security forces and Muslim President Mahmoud Abbas of instigating will invite negative elements into Libya rather than worshippers angry at what they see as an the violence, putting the prospect of any Mogherini was due to visit Gaza on today, keep them out.”— Reuters assault on a shrine that is administered by return to negotiations even further out of holding meetings with the Palestinian prime Islamic authorities. reach. As well as tensions between Israel and minister and Abbas. — Reuters INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014 French territory in Pacific faces an uncertain future

MATA-UTU: In a tiny French territory in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, three kings and the Catholic Church have held their grip on power hundreds of years after France became a secular republic. But although life has remained unchanged in Wallis and Futuna for cen- turies, its young people are packing their bags and leaving the islands’ tropical shores forever, driven away by a lack of opportunities and little prospect of reform. As the economy stagnates, locals say the islands are slowly dying. Isolated and without natural resources, two inhabited land masses and a number of islets make up the Polynesian archipelago, which is roughly the size of 20 soccer pitches and home to just 12,197 people. The islands represent one of France’s dozen or so overseas territo- ries, and while its citizens vote in French elections they retain a high degree of autonomy when it comes to local laws, overseen by the three monarchs-the Kings of Uvea, Sigave and Alo. Traditional cere- monies put on for the royal families are held to this day, one of which involves laying out a dozen stuffed pigs on their backs in a public space, trotters akimbo. In the last 10 years the population has declined by a fifth, with emigration exacerbated by a falling birth rate. There are now double the number of expatriate islanders living in New Caledonia, its near- BERLIN: A man walks past remains of the Berlin Wall at Bernauer Strasse, with luminous white balloons, installed along est sister territory, than on Wallis and Futuna. “In five years, this place the former route of the Berlin Wall yesterday. — AP is dead,” a retailer originally from metropolitan France said. “Families are leaving every month. We create 15 jobs a year on Wallis, so young people are condemned to exile,” he added. Stasi victims still in trauma Feudal society With a high rate of unemployment, 60 percent of those who have jobs on the archipelago work in the public sector and recently held a Germany cheers 25 years since wall fell strike over conditions, waving banners and blockading the entrance to the local assembly, which has 20 representatives. The trio of mon- COTTBUS: Sunday marks 25 years since East German civil servants receive fat pen- ments, according to a 2013 government archs are also beneficiaries of the French state, paid a generous the collapse of the regime that impris- sions, he said. “The most recent figures report examining the progress made in monthly salary to perpetuate Polynesian customs that have merged oned and persecuted them, but many vic- from 2008 show victims are on average a redressing East Germany’s wrongs. with strong Catholic beliefs since the arrival of Christianity in the tims of former communist East Germany third worse off than those who were close Payouts have also been made to ath- mid-19th century-but discontentment is growing. are still so traumatized that celebrating to the regime.” letes given steroids without their consent Kapeliele Faupala, King of Uvea (Wallis), was removed from the the unification of their country may forev- as East Germany sought to dominate throne by village elders in September. His rule over the larger and er be a challenge. Thousands who were Compensation Olympic medals tables. Some 351 people more populated Wallis island led to resentment over his allegedly locked up for their political views, or had At a discussion evening on the effects received compensation payouts of 9,250 autocratic style and seeming disinterest in the job. In this feudal soci- their children seized because the State of persecution - close to the Brandenburg euros from the German Olympic ety, the selection of a sovereign is long, complex and shrouded in did not consider them to be fit parents, Gate where thousands are expected to Committee - successor to the East secrecy. Meanwhile the islands’ tax regime places levies on imports in are still deeply distressed - their condition attend a glitzy anniversary show on German committee - and from a land where survival is otherwise reliant on subsistence farming, but aggravated by the fact that justice and Sunday - some former victims simply Jenapharm, the firm that made the drugs there is no form of direct taxation, aggravating inequality. Heavily reliant on subsidies from Paris, the economy is limited to recognition is yet to be granted, says a found it too hard to talk. Those who which wrecked the athletes’ bodies and agriculture, fishing and remittances from expatriate workers in New group lobbying for change. could, described how hard it was to con- left some with muscles so oversized that Caledonia, 2,100 km away. Fiji and Samoa are its nearest neighbors. “Of course anniversaries are a chance vince their children that political opposi- their bones could not support their limbs. Wallis is relatively flat and surrounded by turquoise lagoon waters, to examine the past and commemorate tion had been the right path when former Later Germany set up a fund of 2 million and is home to the islands’ handful of shops, and its police station, the change from dictatorship to democra- party members still enjoyed high status. euros, paying 10,500 euros each to 194 of hospital and post office. Futuna is mountainous and even more cy,” said Rainer Wagner, head of the In a particularly stinging injustice, some of the 308 former athletes who applied. An remote, with hamlets almost drowned in vegetation. —AFP UOKG Umbrella Group for the Victims of those party members who studied for attempt by the Green party to have them Communist Tyranny. “But it is chilling to doctorates in how to silence political receive a pension was thrown out of par- see all these speeches on the one hand, opponents - at a university sponsored by liament in 2013. and on the other a state and society the dreaded Stasi secret police - still have ‘Cannibal’ tries which is hesitant to pay compensation or their academic titles recognized and thus Forgotten victims bring former aggressors to justice.” receive higher salaries and pensions, Ninety minutes from Berlin is the to eat woman Some 250,000 people were held and Wagner noted. provincial city of Cottbus, whose forbid- interrogated on political grounds from Since reunification, some of those Stasi ding, 19th century-built penitentiary LONDON: British police confronted a man trying to eat the 1945-1989, often simply for expressing headquarters have been turned into served as a prison for both the Nazis and eyeball and face of a woman and used a stun gun on the the desire to leave. Millions fled before museums and memorials, along with for- the East Germans. Outside it 47-year-old cannibal who later died, local media quoted witnesses as the border was sealed; thousands of those mer East German prisons. Victims of the Katrin Behr, who was taken from her saying. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene and who could not were prevented from ever regime often address school classes, and mother when she was 4 and a half, has a murder investigation has been opened. Police said they achieving their potential because of their there are counseling services and support hung hundreds of ‘missing’ notices from were called to an incident at a hostel in the village of backgrounds or political beliefs. When groups to try to help people overcome children and parents who are still trying Argoed in South Wales on Thursday after reports of a man Germany reunited, the new government their trauma. But financial compensation to find each other after being separated attacking a woman. Security staff at the Sirhowy Arms dis- took on the mammoth task of investigat- is proving to be tricky. A series of rehabili- by the state. Some of the children were covered the 34-year-old man, who had been released from ing the crimes of the former East, vowing tation laws have cleared the criminal born in 1988, just a year before the wall prison two weeks ago, eating the woman, a 22-year-old to compensate and rehabilitate those records of political prisoners and granted fell. Many of those still looking for a family believed to be his girlfriend, according to witnesses quoted who had been wronged, and explain their them 306 euros ($380) per month of member say they feel forgotten because by the South Wales Evening Post. Police shot the man with suffering to future generations. But even imprisonment - along with a “victims pen- their fates have not been publicly recog- a Taser stun gun. He became unresponsive and died, with work well under way, the German sion” of 250 euros a month if they were in nized or compensated. despite attempts by paramedics to save him, police said. government noted early last year: “..two prison longer than 180 days and deemed They are not the only group to suffer in Many details of the incident were not immediately worrying tendencies with regard to the to be in hardship today. Many see that as this way: Germany is still investigating, for clear. “This animal was eating this girl to death,” the South former East Germany - a belittlement and a pitiful amount, given their hours of example, medical tests carried out on East Wales Evening Post quoted Jill Edwards, who lives near romanticisation of the dictatorship, or forced labour in prison. German hospital patients on behalf of the hostel, as saying. The attack drew comparisons with total ignorance.” Other laws have tried to compensate Western pharmaceutical firms. The first Hannibal Lecter, a fictional murderer who ate his victims. Wagner has a clear benchmark for see- those wronged in other ways by the findings are due late next year. Cottbus is “He went Hannibal Lecter on the woman, he gouged her ing justice done: when victims are at least regime - such as legal decisions against now a museum owned and run by former eyeball out, ate them and ate half her face,” the South receiving the same pension or income as them, or damage to their careers - but inmates of whom most were incarcerated Wales Evening Post quoted Lyn Beasley as saying. A those loyal to the former communist these cases are tough to prove, the UOKG on political grounds. Amid the displays is spokesman for Welsh police declined to supply further state. Many of those who suffered physi- says. Acceptance rates for victims’ claims a tiny white knitted hat worn by the new- details of the attack, citing the murder investigation. cally or psychologically as a result of vary between 50 percent to 67 percent in born baby that Margot Rothert was forced Argoed, a former coal-mining village, is about 160 miles imprisonment or oppression have been different former East German states. to give up for adoption after being impris- (260 km) west of London. — Reuters unable to work, leaving them struggling Between 1993 and 2011 Germany spent oned for “asocial behavior” - wanting to on meagre state handouts while former 1.2 billion euros on rehabilitation pay- leave for the West. —Reuters INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014 Qaeda, IS have Indian News in brief

agency NIA worried Indian navy ship sinks off east coast, 1 killed NEW DELHI: An Indian torpedo recovery vessel sank off the coastal city of Shortfalls hamper India’s fight against militants Visakhapatnam killing at least one person, the navy said yesterday, in the latest accident to raise concerns about the Asian power’s ageing fleet. NEW DELHI: When a bomb went off last month in West case and says it is struggling to find a dozen senior militant Four other crew members are missing from the 28 personnel on board Bengal state, police at India’s leading counterterrorism organi- leaders who it said had fled the area after the explosion. when the ship sank late on Thursday, a navy spokesman said. “The zation had to hail taxis to get to the scene because they did remaining 23 personnel were rescued by the search and rescue ships,” not have enough cars. The admission by two officers from the Shoestring budget the spokesman said. The vessel was on an exercise to recover practice tor- National Investigation Agency underlines how poorly The NIA was created in response to the siege of Mumbai, pedoes fired by fleet ships, when flooding occurred in one of the com- equipped it is to fulfill its role of investigating the most serious India’s financial capital, when Pakistani gunmen killed 166 partments, the navy said in a statement. The Indian navy has experienced terrorism cases, cutting off funding to militants and putting people in a commando-style assault on two luxury hotels, a a spate of accidents at a time when it is trying to modernize and expand suspects on trial. train station and a Jewish centre in 2008. The agency is seen as its reach to keep up with the rising maritime ambitions of neighbor The NIA’s woes are symptomatic of an overstretched intelli- India’s answer to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s coun- China. The torpedo recovery vessel, a TRVA-72, was built by the Shipyard gence network at a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi terterrorism wing, although, despite a population four times Limited in 1983, according to media reports. Most of the country’s fleet of must counter the growing threat of Islamist militants from Al- that of the United States, it has about 0.5 percent of the fund- more than a dozen submarines is in urgent need of modernization. Qaeda, and possibly also Islamic State, gaining a foothold in ing of its American counterpart. the world’s largest democracy. The NIA has no officers special- Before the Mumbai attack, India’s security agencies were so ising in cyber surveillance, explosives or tracing chemicals and riven by conflict and miscommunication that they failed to Indian politician faces has been forced to ask companies to decrypt computers process warnings about the threat of a sea-borne assault, the flak over staged photo recovered at crime scenes, officers said. government said later, vowing to revamp the state machinery. NEW DELHI: Ever since new Prime Minister Narendra Modi wielded “The government has its budget constraints; we have done Six years later and Modi has yet to lay out plans to overhaul a broom to launch his ‘Clean India’ campaign last month, high-pro- quite well in cracking cases with the resources at our disposal,” the structure of the security services or improve the informa- file figures have been falling over themselves to be photographed NIA head Sharad Kumar told Reuters in an interview. tion flow between agencies, according to police and intelli- sweeping the streets. But for one hapless politician, the move back- When NIA officers eventually arrived at the scene of the gence officers. Since winning power in May, his domestic fired after a worker was photographed scattering leaves just so he blast in West Bengal, bordering Bangladesh to India’s east, security focus has been to boost surveillance of suspects in the could pose sweeping them up. The images exposing Satish what they discovered was important. Two members of a Muslim community following the rise of Islamic State and to Upadhyay, a New Delhi leader of Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), banned Bangladeshi militant group had blown themselves up improve intelligence ties with the US and Israel, government went viral on social media after they were published by the Mail building bombs, and the NIA believes they were part of a officials said. Today newspaper this week. By yesterday morning, heating Clean series of plots to destabilize Bangladesh. So far his government has not responded to the NIA’s India was trending as India’s most used hashtag as Twitter users The NIA, which had only opened its West Bengal branch request made months ago to double the staff, recruit more rushed to condemn the photo opportunity. five days earlier, was caught by surprise by the blast, as were specialists and create a national centre of excellence to train other Indian intelligence agencies. It is now investigating the officers. —Reuters INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014

Poor Filipinos rebuild where typhoon hit them ANIBONG, Philippines: A year after crete post marked, “No build zone.” down millions of power posts and in tents, but they could be moved to bet- Typhoon Haiyan turned a huge swath of Villagers say they rebuilt along the coconut trees. Social Welfare Secretary ter - though still temporary - housing in the central Philippines into a body-lit- coast because they have nowhere else to Dinky Soliman described the rebuilding the next few weeks, Soliman said. tered wasteland, many survivors are go. Most are fishermen, and want to be effort as “gargantuan.” He said that while Much has been accomplished since struggling to rebuild their homes from close to their boats, but they say they are many managed to rebuild their homes, Haiyan hit on Nov 8, 2013. Power, water the ruins, including in government-desig- willing to relocate once the government the Philippine government, backed by and cellphone services are back and near- nated danger zones where future gives them land or housing. foreign donors and aid organizations, still by Tacloban city throbs with life again. typhoons could wreck their lives again. In Haiyan’s ferocious wind generated must resettle about 200,000 families to “We’re 60 to 70 percent back to where we the hard-hit coastal village of Anibong, tsunami-like storm surges that swamped permanent housing sites in the next two were but there is still a lot to be done,” shantytowns are rising around now-rusty entire communities, leaving more than or three years. Soliman said. “We need to work on the cargo ships that were washed ashore by 7,300 people dead or missing. More than The displaced are housed in tempo- permanent shelters, repair of shelters and powerful waves from one of the strongest 4 million people were displaced by the rary shelters and bunkhouses while oth- sustainable livelihood.” The hardest part, storms ever recorded to make landfall. storm, which destroyed or damaged ers live with relatives or in hastily erected villagers say, is living with haunting mem- One villager’s house stands beside a con- more than a million houses and knocked shacks. About 300 families are still living ories of the storm. — AP China, Japan set aside island row, paving way for summit Beijing, Tokyo agree to resume comprehensive dialogue

BEIJING/TOKYO: China and Japan agreed yesterday to work on improving ties and signalled willingness to put a bitter row over disputed islands on the back burner, paving the way for their leaders to meet at an Asian-Pacific sum- mit next week. The agreement, ahead of an expect- PUTRAJAYA: Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim ed ice-breaking chat between Japanese (left) waves as he walks out from court room with his wife Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese Wan Azizah, after his final hearing of his sodomy convic- President Xi Jinping at the gathering in tion in Putrajaya yesterday. — AP Beijing, signals a thaw in ties between the world’s second- and third-biggest economies. Relations have been soured Malaysia transgenders over the past two years by the territorial win landmark case row, regional rivalry and the bitter lega- cy of Japan’s wartime occupation of China. Abe said the two sides were mak- PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia: Three Malaysian transgender ing final arrangements for one-on-one women yesterday won their landmark bid to overturn an talks, although neither he nor China’s Islamic anti cross-dressing law in the conservative Muslim- foreign ministry confirmed that the talks majority nation. A three-judge appeals court panel ruled were set. “Both Japan and China are that a state provision barring Muslim men from dressing coming to the view that it would benefit as women was unconstitutional, saying it “deprives the not just the two countries but regional appellants of the right to live with dignity”. stability if a summit is held,” he told a TV “It has the effect of denying the appellants and other program. sufferers of GID (gender identify disorder) to move freely But in signs that fundamental prob- in public places... This is degrading, oppressive and inhu- lems would not easily be resolved, Abe BEIJING: US Secretary of State John Kerry, right, and Japanese Foreign Minister man,” judge Hishamudin Yunus said. The verdict overturns also said there had been no change in a 2012 lower court ruling, which had dismissed the chal- Fumio Kishida shake hands as they meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Japan’s stance on the isles at the heart lenge by the three appellants-Muslims who were born Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Beijing yesterday. — AP of the territorial dispute, while China’s male but identify as women-over their arrest four years top diplomat, Yang Jiechi, urged Japan Abe would not repeat his December Japan relations.” Analysts said the two ago under the law in southern Negri Sembilan state. to properly handle sensitive issues like 2013 visit to Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine for sides appeared to have found a diplo- Malaysia has a double track court system with state history and the islands. the war dead, seen in Beijing as a sym- matic formula that would allow both to Islamic laws governing civil matters for Muslims, who bol of Japan’s past militarism. save face and set aside the row over the account for 60 percent of the country’s 30 million people. “The two sides have agreed to gradu- Such a promise would be hard for islands that had threatened to spark an Under state Islamic laws, men dressing or acting as ally resume political, diplomatic and the conservative Abe to make, however, unintended military clash and was hurt- women is punishable by up to three years in jail. Some security dialogue through various multi- and the Japanese leader told the TV ing vital economic ties. Malaysian states also outlaw cross-dressing by women. lateral and bilateral channels and to show that the agreement did not cover “It’s already a significant step toward Aston Paiva, the plaintiffs’ lawyer, said the ruling could be make efforts to build political mutual used to challenge any arrest of transgender people through- trust,” the two countries said in state- specific issues such as his shrine visits. thawing the exceptionally chilly rela- out Malaysia. “It’s quite historic... This will be a precedent... ments released simultaneously. The tions that have prevailed since 2012, This court binds all other high courts,” Paiva said. A Negri communiques followed a meeting “Ice-breaer” when Japan nationalized the islands,” Sembilan state legal advisor declined comment on whether between Yang and Abe’s national secu- Beijing has also demanded that said Jeffrey Kingston, director of Asian his side would seek to appeal the verdict at a higher court. “I rity adviser, Shotaro Yachi. Japan acknowledge the existence of a studies at Temple University’s Japan am happy we won the case. I feel more relaxed now,” one of The statements said China and Japan formal territorial dispute over the tiny campus. “The diplomats made it seem the plaintiffs told AFP by phone. “I have waited for this.” She also “acknowledged that different posi- islands, which are controlled by Japan like a win-win situation and helped both and the other two plaintiffs have shied away from any public tions exist between them” regarding but also claimed by Beijing. The unin- sides climb down,” he said, adding that appearances and were not in court. tensions over the islands in the East habited isles are known as the Diaoyu in the agreement fell short of China’s China Sea and agreed to set up a crisis China and the Senkaku in Japan. In an demand that Japan recognize the exis- Systematic repression management mechanism to prevent English-language commentary, China’s tence of a formal territorial dispute. The case is the first attempt to overturn the prohibition “contingencies”. official Xinhua news agency called the Wang Xinsheng, a Japan expert at on cross-dressing in the Southeast Asian nation, where Abe, who has not met Xi except to agreement “an encouraging icebreaker Peking University, said it was clear the homosexuality and transgender lifestyles remain taboo, shake hands since taking office in that has been painfully overdue.” two countries had agreed to talks at and questioning Islamic laws is sensitive. “This is a signifi- December 2012, has been calling for a “It has brought the relationship APEC but added he did not expect any cant victory for transgender people in Malaysia. They now one-on-one meeting at the Nov. 10-11 between the world’s second and third substantive breakthroughs. “Questions have the right to cross-dress and express themselves as Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation largest economies back to temperatures of history and of the islands will need the persons they want to be,” Boris Dittrich of Human (APEC) summit, while insisting no condi- above the freezing point. Should it be time to resolve. However, even a meet- Rights Watch said after the verdict. —AFP tions be set for talks. properly implemented, it will mark a ing and a chat is in itself a success,” China has sought assurances that turning point in the trajectory of China- Wang said. — Reuters INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014 Obama, Republican leaders test will for compromise Veto only option if deal is not reached

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama and the con- Tuesday, more than enough to grab the majority next opportunity for us to find some common ground, let’s gressional leadership sat down for lunch at the White year. With three Senate races still uncalled, the make sure that our differences don’t get in the way of us House yesterday to search for ways to cooperate and try Republicans could win more seats for a majority. In the being able to make some progress for the American to break Washington’s gridlock when Republicans take House, the Republican dominance increased to levels people.” control of both chambers in the next Congress. not seen since shortly after the end of World War II. But bipartisan aspirations for compromise were quick- The midterm election earlier this week produced a Sitting down for lunch with the president are 16 top- ly tempered. Many of the thorny issues that divided stunning rebuke to Obama and his Democrats, with ranking lawmakers. They will be looking at a way for- Democrats and Republicans before the election began Republicans snatching control of the Senate and widen- ward on unfinished business that must be wrapped up to rise to the surface yet again now that Republicans are ing their dominance in the House of Representatives. before the end of this year’s session. able to push legislation through both chambers and to The new configuration leaves Obama and the But even more important will be the atmospherics Obama’s desk unimpeded by Senate Democrats. Republicans with the choice of finding points of compro- that could set the tone for the next Congress is sworn in McConnell vowed renewed efforts next year to chip mise - on issues such as overhauling the tax code and after the New Year. away at Obama’s health care law - his signature legisla- immigration reform - or to continue acting on the ideo- Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, tive achievement from the brief era just after his election logical gulf that has seized the nation’s politics. Obama’s failsafe for his first six years in office, is about to when Democrats controlled both the House and Senate. Obama’s only defense, if compromise cannot be lose his grip on the upper chamber. Senate Republican Republicans in both chambers put Obama on notice they found, would be his presidential veto power over legisla- leader Mitch McConnell is riding a wave of electoral suc- plan to twist his arm on the long-delayed Keystone XL oil tion when it hits his desk. The Republicans, while in pow- cess into the top job. Republican House Speaker John pipeline that the Republican Party wants approved. er in both houses, do not have a sufficiently large majori- Boehner is carrying himself with renewed confidence Boehner, in his first news conference after the elec- ty to override a presidential veto. after padding his majority. House Democratic leader tions, warned Obama on Thursday that following Both Republicans and Democrats in Congress could Nancy Pelosi of California presides over a diminished through with his plans to take sweeping executive action temper their partisanship as they look forward to the minority. on immigration would be like playing with matches. next election that will include choosing a new president. In the hours after voters delivered their verdict, both “He’s going to burn himself if he continues to go down One of the big messages voters delivered this year was Obama and McConnell voiced optimism about the this path,” Boehner said. While Obama will be hobbled in disgust with the government’s inability to act. potential to find common ground, despite the rancor the final two years of his presidency, McConnell and Republicans have said that they must show the and wide ideological gulf that has undermined such Boehner will find compromise very difficult because of American public they can use their new powers to gov- cooperation in the past. “I’m sure there will be plenty of the ultra-conservative tea party Republicans who remain ern, not just oppose the president. Republicans took things for us to disagree about,” White House determined to do little other than stymie the president’s over at least seven seats in the 100-member Senate on spokesman Josh Earnest said Thursday. “But if there’s an agenda. —AP

Canary Wharf owner Songbird France’s unpopular Hollande German industrial output, Businessrejects Qatar fund approach16 vows no new taxes next17 year exports rebound in Sept 19 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014 EU to defer Britain’s 2.1 billion euro bill 18

MIAMI: Shantel Howard (29) of Miami (right) makes an appointment for a job interview with Calvin Klein employee Melina Mikhalices (left) after submitting her resume during a job fair at Dolphin Mall, in Miami. — AP US payrolls rise, jobless rate falls to 5.8% Nonfarm payrolls increase 214,000 in October

WASHINGTON: US job growth increased at a fair- senior economist at JP Morgan Private Bank in still low level of inflation. centage point to 62.8 percent, bouncing back ly brisk clip in October and the unemployment New York. Greenberg made the comments before Wage growth is the missing piece of the jobs after two straight months of declines. rate fell to a fresh six-year low of 5.8 percent, the release of the closely watched employment recovery and without significant increases, most The employment-to-population ratio underscoring the economy’s resilience in the face report. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast economists say the Fed will be in no rush to lift increased to 59.2, the highest level since 2009. A of slowing global demand. Despite the strength- 231,000 new jobs last month and for the unem- benchmark lending rates that it has kept near zero broad measure of joblessness that includes peo- ening labor market picture, wage growth ployment rate to hold steady. Job growth has since December 2008. The employment report ple who want to work but have given up search- remained tepid, suggesting the Federal Reserve exceeded 200,000 in each of the last nine months, showed that average hourly earnings rose only ing and those working part-time because they would be in no hurry to start lifting interest rates. sufficient strength to keep the economy on a three cents last month. That left the year-on-year cannot find full-time employment fell to 11.5 per- Employers added 214,000 new jobs to their higher growth path after it expanded at a 3.5 per- change at 2.0 percent, way below the pre-reces- cent, the lowest level since September 2008. payrolls last month, the Labor Department said cent pace in the third quarter. The relatively sion readings. But other data have begun to show As for job gains, they were broad-based in line yesterday. The unemployment rate fell from 5.9 strong pace of job gains also signals that the slack wage growth accelerating. with the recent trend. Private-sector employment percent, even as more people entered the labor in the labor market is being absorbed. Details of the October employment report increased by 209,000, with a second straight force, a sign of strength in the jobs market. Data The Fed last month struck a fairly upbeat tune were fairly upbeat. The labor force participation month of gains in manufacturing and an increase for August and September were revised to show on the jobs picture as it ended its bond buying rate and the ranks of the long-term unemployed in construction. Retail hiring advanced by 27,100 31,000 more jobs created than previously report- program, dropping its characterization of labor both improved. These metrics are on Fed Chair as stores gear up for a busy holiday shopping sea- ed. market slack as “significant” and replacing it with Janet Yellen’s so-called dashboard and are being son. There was little sign that the closure of casi- “It all speaks to the story that the US can sus- “gradually diminishing.” Sturdy job gains on their watched for clues on the timing of the first rate nos in New Jersey had impacted leisure and hos- tain pretty strong growth even when there are own, however, will probably not be enough to hike. The participation rate, or the share of work- pitality sector employment, with payrolls in the concerns about growth slowing in places like convince the US central bank to start raising inter- ing-age Americans who are employed or at least sector rising 52,000. Government employment China and the euro zone,” said Jeff Greenberg, a est rates before the second half of 2015 given a looking for a job, increased by one-tenth of per- increased 5,000 last month. — Reuters BUSINESS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014 Oil steadies below $83 as dollar hits four-year high

LONDON: Brent crude oil steadied below $83 a barrel yes- terday, consolidating after several months of sharp falls as the dollar hit a four-year high ahead of US jobs figures. US non-farm payrolls data were due at 8:30 am EST (1330 GMT) yesterday and expected to show employment in the world’s biggest oil consumer increased again in October. The dollar reached its highest level since June 2010 against a basket of major currencies yesterday. A stronger dollar raises costs for holders of other curren- cies and tends to dampen demand for dollar-denominated commodities such as oil. Brent was unchanged at $82.86 a barrel by 1150 GMT. The benchmark hit a four-year intra- day low of $81.63 on Wednesday, down from a high above $115 in June. US crude was up 20 cents at $78.11 a barrel, having dropped from a high above $107 five months ago. “Non-farm payrolls could push the dollar even higher and add to the bearish picture for oil,” said Carsten Fritsch, sen- ior oil and commodities analyst at Commerzbank in Frankfurt. Growing supplies of high quality crude oil from North American shale formations have weighed heavily on prices this year, creating a glut in world markets and decreasing MAZAR-I-SHARIF: An Afghan worker leans on his shovel as he waits to load a pile of coal onto a truck on the outskirts of demand for oil from the Organization of the Petroleum Mazar-i-Sharif. Afghanistan’s economy has improved significantly since the fall of the Taleban regime in 2001 largely Exporting Countries. because of the infusion of international assistance. — AFP OPEC forecast on Thursday that its market share would be 5 percent smaller by 2018 as shale supplies continued to increase faster than demand. But OPEC Secretary- Saudi bank’s IPO to enhance General Abdullah Al-Badri said the 12-member cartel, which pumps a third of the world’s oil, was not panicking trust in Kingdom’s economy and thought prices would recover next year. “I think the price will rebound by the second half of next year. But I don’t know by how much. This situation of low prices can- NCB issue ‘largest subscription on record’ not continue,” Badri said after announcing the publication the group’s 2014 World Oil Outlook. RIYADH: Latest share subscription in the Saudi National they rank among the strongest foundations of the Saudi financial OPEC ministers will meet in Vienna on Nov. 27 to dis- Commercial Bank (NCB) is forecast to bolster confidence in the market. The subscription proceeds were unprecedented in the cuss how to react to falling oil prices and could decide to local banking sector with respect of shoring up the Kingdom’s Saudi market’s history and exceeded all forecasts, said the Saudi trim production. But many analysts think the scale of the economy in general and boosting mega ventures in particular. expert, adding that the citizens were lured with the bank high oil market glut is so great that OPEC may not be able to The Saudi financial market witnessed, several days ago, what proceeds and the profits per share. The Saudi Government was reduce output sufficiently to prop up prices. was widely described as the “largest subscription on record,” keen on making sure that the largest number of citizens take part Oil analysts at French bank Societe Generale say a deal where the number of subscribers amounted to 1.26 million, with in the IPO, particularly small investors with capacity to buy the on a cut is possible but assign it less than a 50 percent a total value of 311 billion Saudi riyals (one Saudi riyal equals shares at 45 riyals each. chance: “We have a 30-40 percent probability that there $0.27). Dr Abdulwahab Abu Dahesh, a renowned Saudi writer and Dr Abu Dahesh also opined that participation of a large num- will be a cut (in output) of some kind,” said Mark Keenan, economic expert, said in an interview with KUNA that the huge ber of limited-capital investors also reflected the fact that there head of commodities research at Societe Generale in number of subscribers who took part in the NCB’s initial public are a few investment means, such as bonds, sukuks and saving Singapore. offering (IPO) signaled solid status of the Saudi economy and funds, also noting that many inexperienced ones abstain from Oil markets kept a close eye on talks between Iran and “existence of high liquidity that warrants investments.” spending their money in the real-estate sector. Economics profes- the big world powers over Tehran’s nuclear program, The IPO’s attraction of a large number of investors is also due sor at King Abdulaziz University Dr. Wadee Kabli said the sub- which Western countries fear is designed to produce an to the fact that the Saudi banking sector is one among a small scription that involved 1.26 million investors was the first of its atomic bomb. number of sectors globally that have not been affected with rip- kind since 2006, when the local stock market collapsed. Negotiators have given themselves a deadline of Nov. ples of the global economic crisis. The lucrative facilities that were offered by the participating It is one of the most favored investment sectors in the medium banks were crucial in hiking the invested capitals’ value, particu- 24 to reach an agreement to curb the program, which and long terms, considering its high profits. As to the NCB, “it is larly in the last two days of the subscription. He concurred with could bring an end to sanctions that have taken more than one of the best banks in Saudi Arabia in terms of performance. It Dr. Abu Dahesh as to the need for creating new channels for 1 million barrels per day of oil off world markets, weaken- tops all the banks listed in the stock market,” added Dr. Abu infesting the high surplus of liquidity in the hands of many citi- ing prices further. Libya hopes to reopen the southern El Dahesh in the interview with KUNA. zens. Muna Al-Manjoumi, in charge of the Al-Hayat newspaper’s Sharara oilfield “very soon” after it resolves a conflict Substantial success of the bank’s stock subscription will give a economics section, also expressed identical views regarding the between local tribes following an attack by gunmen that lucrative signal to foreign entrepreneurs, he said, forecasting need for new investment opportunities, noting that the investors shut the field on Wednesday, an oil official said on focus of these investors, once they have joined the market soon, shifted to the stock market as a result of the recent government Thursday. — Reuters on the shares of the banking and petrochemicals sectors, which “corrections” in the property market. — KUNA Canary Wharf owner Songbird rejects Qatar fund approach

LONDON: Songbird Estates, the majority turn owns 69 percent of Canary Wharf ($3.64 billion). They were down 1 per- ing rapidly, the prospect of Crossrail, and owner of London’s Canary Wharf, has Group, the owner of the estate which cent at 316.5 pence by 1219 GMT yester- Canary Wharf Group having made signif- rejected a 2.2 billion pound ($3.5 billion) rivals the City of London as a financial day, after Songbird’s rejected of the 295 icant progress with its residential offer, takeover proposal from Qatar services centre. pence-a-share approach. Analysts at we think the portfolio has significant Investment Authority and Brookfield US-based Brookfield, which operates Oriel said 295 pence was too low given upside potential,” they said. Property Partners, saying it “materially and invests in office and industrial prop- the estate’s potential. Songbird has traded at a discount to undervalued” the group. erty, has a 22 percent stake in Canary They said a bid should be at least at the value of its assets because few “This proposal significantly underval- Wharf Group. Songbird’s shares surged the level of the group’s net asset value shares are held beyond the main share- ues Songbird and does not reflect the more than 22 percent to 320 pence after per share of 319 pence at its interim holders, which include New York-based inherent value of the business and its the approach was made public on results on Sept. 18, although they could investor Simon Glick, China Investment underlying assets,” Chairman David Thursday. This was their highest closing comfortably justify a number closer to Corp and Morgan Stanley Investment Pritchard said yesterday. The QIA already price for six years, putting the value of 400 pence given its near-term prospects. Management, as well as the QIA, they owns 28.6 percent of Songbird, which in the group at around 2.3 billion pounds “With London office values and rents ris- noted. — Reuters BUSINESS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014

Gold recovers ahead of US jobs data

LONDON: Gold prices edged higher yesterday, recov- Spot gold was up 0.2 percent at $1,143.69 an ounce number again ... and a bad reaction on precious,” he ering from a sudden early slide to their lowest level in at 1216 GMT, while US gold futures for December said. “However, if the number is bad, the reaction on four-and-a-half years, as traders took to the sidelines delivery were up 80 cents an ounce at $1,143.40. After the upside should be much (stronger).” before the latest US non-farm payrolls data is released. subdued trading early on, US gold futures slid 1 per- A precious metals trader in Hong Kong said the Gold is set to fall for a third straight week, having fallen cent to $1,130.40 an ounce, their lowest level since sharp drop in gold was due to stop-loss orders below to $1,131.85 an ounce earlier on Friday, after the dollar March 2010, on high volumes. In the five minutes to $1,138. “The move back up could be because the dollar rallied on hopes for the economy and expectations 0500 GMT nearly 5,000 lots changed hands. But at gave up some gains then, but that is just noise. I think that the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates soon- around 0635 GMT prices popped up about $10, again we are going to see declines in gold for a while,” he er rather than later. on high volumes. “The market is extremely nervous said. A US jobs data reading supporting that view would ahead of the non-farm payrolls, and that may be one of As investors await monthly US jobs data, European likely drive gold lower, traders said, while a weak report the reasons why the $1,140 area was breached,” Afshin shares steadied, supported by signs on Thursday that on what is a key barometer for the health of the world’s Nabavi, head of trading at MKS, said. the European Central Bank is edging towards provid- largest economy would trigger a strong rally after this “The news coming out of the United States has ing more help for the moribund euro-zone economy. week’s losses. been so good that everyone is banking on a good The dollar index was little changed. —Reuters British Airways-owner IAG signals maiden dividend LONDON: British Airways-owner IAG laid out plans to pay a maiden dividend yesterday, coming of age three years after the merger between BA and Spain’s Iberia in 2011 that created the group. IAG said it was confident of growing earnings by over 10 per- cent a year between 2016 and 2020, on top of significant profit growth this year and next, and as such, it anticipated declaring next year it would start paying shareholders. “We remain confi- dent in meeting our 2015 financial targets which we see as the trigger to introducing a dividend,” the company said in a state- ment ahead of an investor day yesterday. BA and Iberia sealed an $8 billion merger in 2011, a move which helped both stem huge losses following the worst indus- try downturn in decades. Years of tough restructuring followed - with thousands of job cuts and salary and capacity reductions. Before the 2011 tie-up, neither BA nor Iberia had paid a dividend since 2008. The dividend due to be introduced next year would be based on a payout ratio of 25 percent of the company’s underlying profit after tax, IAG said. PARIS: Bank of England Governor Mark Carney (right) listens to chairman and CEO of the US asset manage- Looking to the 2016 to 2020 period, IAG said it would target ment company BlackRock Laurence Fink (left) as they arrive to attend a session of an International average earnings per share growth of over 10 percent a year and Symposium by the Bank de France, “Central Banking: The way forward ?” in Paris, yesterday. —AFP an operating profit margin of 10 to 14 percent. It already expects to grow operating profit of as much as 78 percent in 2014, and by a further 31 percent to 1.8 billion euros France’s unpopular Hollande in 2015. The restructuring carried out since IAG was formed plus the introduction of new, more fuel efficient planes has put the airline on a strong footing, leaving its European rivals fighting to vows no new taxes next year keep up in an increasingly competitive market. IAG powered ahead in the third quarter, in contrast to Air Hollande not to seek re-election unless joblessness falls France-KLM which warned on 2014 profit after a two-week pilot strike, and Lufthansa, which lowered its guidance for next PARIS: French President Francois Hollande Yet he stuck by his programme of additional taxes on anybody whatsoever year’s profit. While Lufthansa and Air France try to expand their said yesterday he would impose no new reforms focused on improving corporate (in 2015),” Hollande said, using a formula low-cost operations and reduce costs to compete with low- taxes on anyone in France starting next margins, even when challenged by a 46- that recalled former US President George cost carriers like Ryanair and easyJet, IAG has already been year as he sought to shake off record-low year-old female chief executive who said Bush’s appeal while running for office in benefiting from its acquisition of Spanish budget airline approval ratings and bolster confidence she would save 3 million euros ($3.71 mil- 1988, “Read my lips: no new taxes.” Bush Vueling in 2013. —Reuters halfway through a deeply unpopular presi- lion) per year by moving her 300 employ- raised taxes after his election and his dency. ees to Britain or Germany. On the same political opponents repeatedly brought In a live TV appearance lasting one and day, Hollande received a 12 percent up the phrase to criticize him. a half hours, the Socialist president also approval rating in the monthly survey by Hollande’s government plans to vowed not to seek re-election in 2017 if he pollster YouGov, down 15 percentage impose a special tax on secondary homes failed to bring down unemployment, cur- points from the prior month, the worst in densely populated areas next year, rently above 10 percent, by the end of his score for a French president in modern- business daily Les Echos reported this five-year term. The exercise marked the day polling. week. first time that Hollande, whose approval Hollande, appealing to France’s pride score hit a record low in a poll the same No new taxes and belief in the country’s potential, also day, had faced questions from ordinary Hollande’s popularity has slumped as announced that he was in favor of France French people frustrated by joblessness, his government, facing chronic unem- applying to host the 2024 Olympic public spending cuts and business trou- ployment, has tried to reform the econo- Games, and that the country was a candi- bles. my while seeking to rein in a budget date to host the 2025 World Expo. The “If I don’t succeed (in bringing down deficit through a combination of tax rises president’s low popularity has stoked a unemployment) by the end of my term, do and curbs on public spending. The backlash from rebel lawmakers on the left you think I will present myself to the approach has yet to yield clear results as of the Socialist Party seeking to block his French in 2017?” Hollande said. “The unemployment remains above 10 per- supply-side economic reforms, while the French would be unforgiving and they cent, the economy is barely growing and far-right National Front has made inroads would be right.” frustration is widespread over high taxes with angry French voters. Hollande admitted to having misread and reforms seen as more favorable to A Harris Interactive poll published on the dire state of the economy when he employers than consumers. Monday found that 92 percent of respon- PARIS: US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen came to power in 2012, notably by assum- In addition to his tax pledge, Hollande dents said they were not satisfied with ing growth would return and unemploy- announced the creation of 15,000 subsi- Hollande’s track record, with 96 percent attends an International Symposium of the Bank de ment would start to come down by end- dized jobs for youths and increased aid saying he had not held to campaign France, “Central Banking: The way forward ?” in 2013. Instead, joblessness has continued to for unemployed people over 50. promises he made before coming to Paris, yesterday. —AFP rise and growth has been anaemic. “Starting next year, there will be no power in 2012. —Reuters BUSINESS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014

Mexico scraps $3.75bn China rail deal ahead of state visit

MEXICO CITY: Mexico has revoked a now hold a fresh tender. “The president is Queretaro would cost 50.82 billion pesos which has so far invested a tiny fraction in $3.75 billion high-speed rail contract sensitive to the fact that there should be ($3.74 billion), including the build cost Mexico of the billions of dollars it has from a Chinese-led consortium after its no doubts about a project this important and five years of operation. spent in Latin America. uncontested bid prompted an outcry and of such benefit for society,” the min- The proposal came with a 20-year, The fund could be worth up to $5 from lawmakers, souring a state visit to istry said in its statement. Chinese government-backed credit to billion, officials say. China’s CSR Corp China next week by President Enrique Since Pena Nieto took office in late cover most of the project’s value, at inter- Limited and China Railway Pena Nieto. After the contract to build the 2012, he has tried to forge closer ties with est rates below those available even to Construction, both involved in the bid, link was awarded on Monday, opposition China after years of manufacturing rivalry Mexico’s government. could not immediately be reached for politicians accused the government of between two nations seeking to supply News of the cancellation helped to comment by Reuters. Chinese financial favoring the group led by China Railway the US market. Announcing the contract drag down Chinese stocks yesterday and news magazine Caixin, however, report- Construction Corp Ltd, the sole bidder. on Monday, Mexico’s government said is an embarrassment for Pena Nieto ed that both companies said they were Mexico’s communications and transport the 210-km (130-mile) line to connect ahead of his Chinese trip. He is due to unaware and surprised when contacted ministry said late on Thursday it would Mexico City and the central city of unveil a joint investment fund with China, for confirmation. —Reuters

China plans to develop big passenger plane SHANGHAI: China is seeking suppliers to develop its own wide-body passenger plane over the next decade, industry executives said, expanding its ambitions and rivalry with Boeing and Airbus. The proposed aircraft-tentatively called the C929 — would be state-backed Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC)’s largest, according to suppliers that have held discussions with the firm. It would be a substantial advance on the smaller 158- 168 seat narrow-body C919 it is currently developing and the 78-90 seat ARJ21 regional jet, which is undergoing test flights. The goal is for the C929 — which could carry several hun- dred passengers at a time on journeys across Asia-to take flight after 2020, possibly in 2023. COMAC’s ambitions will be on parade at China’s premier airshow, which opens Tuesday in the southern city of Zhuhai, with a huge stand highlighting the C919 and a flying display by a prototype ARJ21. The technological challenges for China BRUSSELS: British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne (center) talks with European Commissioner for to build its own passenger plane are formidable, with some Financial Stability and Financial Services Jonathan Hill (right, and Polish Finance Minister Mateusz Szczurek (left) comparing them to the difficulty of sending a mission to the during the EU Finance Ministers meeting, at the European Council building in Brussels yesterday. —AP moon. But the government considers developing a passenger aircraft industry a national priority that would vault it into an elite club of just a handful of nations. At the same time Russia has drawn closer to its ally China in EU to defer Britain’s the face of Western sanctions over Ukraine and following two years of discussions, the two countries signed an agreement in May to develop what Chinese state media call the “big plane”. COMAC’s strategic partner for the C929 is Russia’s United 2.1 billion euro bill Aircraft Corp, created in 2006 when Moscow combined the assets of the country’s largest state-owned aircraft manufactur- ers, which have decades of experience. “Russia and China have Italy introduces bill to help London been working together, figuring out things, now they’re ready to start talking and getting ideas from suppliers,” said Briand BRUSSELS: EU finance ministers looked set yesterday to allow Britain budget surcharges. “This should allow for the Member State con- Greer, president of aerospace for Asia-Pacific for US firm to pay in instalments a massive 2.1-billion-euro surcharge after London cerned to defer the required payment over a reasonable period of Honeywell, which already provides components and systems set up a new showdown with Brussels by refusing to settle the bill by time,” it says, although the length of the delay was not specified in the for both the C919 and ARJ21. next month. British Prime Minister David Cameron has refused to meet proposal. Irish finance minister Michael Noonan said he was open to a COMAC is floating ideas about the design of the plane a December 1 repayment deadline, saying it could hasten his increas- new deadline of the end of 2015, with the payments in instalments. ahead of making formal information requests to prepare a ten- ingly euroskeptic country’s path towards the EU exit door in a 2017 ref- Netherlands finance minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem, who also heads the dering process, industry sources said. erendum. influential Eurogroup of countries that use the single currency, said he “We have been talking about this new project, the 929,” A proposal to allow Britain to defer payments of the bill has been was “working closely with the British government.” “I haven’t seen the said another supplier to the C919, who declined to be named. introduced by Italy, which holds the rotating EU presidency, and would solution yet but everyone is helping to find it so I’m optimistic,” he said. “They have started with design of the plane. They are talking also help out the Netherlands which has been landed with a 642 mil- beyond 2020 (for the launch),” he said. lion bill. The surcharges are based on a recalculation of member states’ Cameron is ‘unbearable’ One possibility for the wide-body-which has two passenger budgets over several years but first emerged at a summit in October, Cameron has promised to hold an in-out referendum on member- aisles-is a plane capable of flying within Asia for journeys of up sparking Cameron’s fury at the short deadline. Finance Minister George ship of the EU by the end of 2017 if he is re-elected. But while senior EU to around five hours, industry officials said, but not for lengthy Osborne vowed to get a “better deal” for his country as he arrived for officials have said they are keen to keep Britain in the fold, there is intercontinental flights of 12 to 14 hours. the meeting. “The demand that Britain pays £1.7 billion on the 1st of growing annoyance at his demands, with German Chancellor Angela December is unacceptable,” he told reporters. “I will make sure that we Merkel reportedly saying that immigration curbs sought by Britain are ‘National agenda’ get a better deal for Britain.” a “red line”. Such a concept would compete with the planned regional “He is unbearable,” one European diplomat told AFP of Cameron version of the Airbus A330, they said, which will enter service ‘Exceptional circumstances’ after the British leader’s comments on the bill following last month’s early next year. Planes in the A330 family hold 200-400 pas- A row over the bill has overshadowed new European Commission summit. Another EU source added: “Cameron was the one during the sengers. chief Juncker’s first week in office, with Juncker accusing Cameron of summit who pledged not to politicize the issue and at his press confer- Boeing’s wide-body offerings include its 767 and 787. having a “problem” with other leaders after the British premier brought it ence he did the opposite, everyone was astonished and very upset.” COMAC did not respond to requests for comment by AFP. up at the October summit. Cameron’s position is influenced by his politi- Meanwhile a global tax breaks controversy surrounding Luxembourg China has dreamed of building its own civil aircraft since the cal troubles at home, where his Conservative party is under threat from and Juncker, who was the tiny EU country’s prime minister before join- 1970s when Jiang Qing, Mao Zedong’s wife and a member of the eurosceptic UK Independence Party of Nigel Farage ahead of a gen- ing the Commission, hung over the meeting of ministers in Brussels. the notorious “Gang of Four”, personally backed the attempt eral election in May. Household names such as Pepsi, IKEA and Deutsche Bank were among to develop the Y-10. Only three of the lumbering planes were The Italian plan being discussed by ministers yesterday-the con- companies named by the US-based International Consortium of ever built. —AFP tents of which were confirmed to AFP by a European source-solicits Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) following a six-month investigation of “exceptional circumstances” under which member states face large 28,000 leaked documents. —AFP BUSINESS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014 German industrial output, exports rebound in Sept Data mitigates gloom over Europe’s biggest economy

FRANKFURT: Both exports and industrial production bounced back in Germany in September, data showed yesterday, help- ing to mitigate some of the gloom that has descended on Europe’s biggest economy recently. Following a sharper- MUNICH: A worker of the German national rail opera- than-expected slowdown in activity in tor Deutsche Bahn walks beside the tracks at the August resulting from the late timing of freight terminal in Munich, southern Germany. —AFP the summer holidays, industrial data for September showed a tangible improve- ment. According to the economy min- German railway fails istry, industrial output rose by 1.4 percent in September, after contracting by 3.1 to halt strike, appeals percent in August. The day before, factory orders had to higher court also stabilised from the previous sharp drop. And the federal statistics office FRANKFURT: Germany’s state rail operator Deutsche Bahn Destatis calculated that German exports appealed to a higher court yesterday to try to stop a train were up by as much as 5.5 percent in drivers’ strike after a lower court rejected its argument that September, almost making up for the the strike was illegal. sharp 5.8-percent contraction seen the The strike, which began on Wednesday, has brought rail previous month and boosting the coun- travel and freight to a halt across the nation of 82 million try’s trade surplus. people, disrupting the lives of commuters, long-distance Exports to the EU were 7.1 percent travellers, manufacturers and retailers. The labor court in the higher than they had been a year ago regional state of Hesse began deliberations on Friday morn- and exports to countries outside the EU ing after a lower labor court in Frankfurt ruled on Thursday jumped by 10.5 percent. Analysts said the that the strike was neither illegal nor disproportionate. positive data were largely a technical cor- If it runs until Monday as planned, the action will be the rection to the holiday-related slump the longest rail strike in Germany’s post-war history. It also previous month. threatens to mar celebrations in Berlin this weekend of the Berenberg Bank economist Christian 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989. Schulz said Germany’s “current rough “Strikes have major impact and cause major damage,” patch is driven by a downward spiral in business confidence,” which was trig- Judge Ursula Schmidt told reporters shortly before midnight gered by concerns about the economic after six hours of deliberations. “But that’s what strikes are all fallout from the crisis in Ukraine. about.” However, “the strong trade data recalls The strike by the 20,000-strong GDL train drivers’ union that Germany remains fundamentally BERLIN: German chancellor Angela Merkel (front) and German Economy over pay and negotiating rights has brought to a halt a net- strong and competitive. These funda- work that employs 196,000 people. Minister Sigmar Gabriel (right) welcome German singer and songwriter and mentals will come through eventually former GDR dissident Wolf Biermann for a commemoration event of the The union is demanding the right to negotiate on behalf and some surveys suggest that confi- of 17,000 train stewards. It also wants a 5 percent pay dence may be stabilising at the moment,” 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall yesterday. —AFP increase and a reduction in the working week to 37 hours Schulz said. 0.1 percent in the third quarter. economic situation is looking a lot less from 39. With the European Central Bank eas- “The forecast risks are tilted to the threatening than earlier.” “The data Deutsche Bahn had asked for an injunction to halt the ing monetary conditions and German upside,” meaning that the prognosis strengthen our conviction that the strike after the GDL rejected an offer of mediation. Union Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble could be upgraded, Rees said. Germany German economy will not slip into reces- leader Claus Weselsky, who has been vilified in the media announcing plans for more public invest- would therefore escape a technical reces- sion. Indeed, we’re pencilling in slight and in public, said the right to strike was protected by the ment, that “might aid the turn-around, sion, which is defined as two consecutive growth of 0.1 percent and continuing constitution. which we expect to lead Germany back quarters of GDP contraction, the analyst moderate growth in the winter,” Kipar “We hope that this court will also respect our constitu- to trend growth in the second quarter of said. German GDP had contracted in the said. tional rights,” he said on his way into court yesterday. About 2015,” the expert added. second quarter and official third-quarter “Nevertheless, increased growth 5.5 million Germans travel by rail each day, relying on the UniCredit economist Andreas Rees growth data are scheduled to release momentum cannot be expected in the high-speed lines that criss-cross the country. About a fifth of that on the basis of all available monthly next week. coming quarters, with the conflict in German freight is also transported by rail. —Reuters hard data so far, he was pencilling in BayernLB economist Stefan Kipar said Russia still weighing on the German gross domestic product (GDP) growth of that “following the September data, the economy,” he warned. —AFP Boko Haram casts shadow over Chad’s economy

N’DJAMENA: Though Chad has so far been spared from an northern Nigeria has left 10,000 people dead. and Chad’s cattle exports to Nigeria form a crucial trade link. attack by Boko Haram, the fact the Islamist militants are so Yet the threat posed by the Islamists is ever present-with Yet most of these products must make a dangerous jour- close and so dangerous has been bad for business in this bloodshed continuing despite government claims the group ney through the Nigerian border town of Gambaru, which landlocked country. Closed borders, security force patrols had agreed to a ceasefire last month. In an effort to protect its has been hit by numerous Boko Haram attacks. The disrup- and the constant fear of violence spilling over its frontier has borders, Chad has outlawed all vessel traffic on the Chari, its tion has hurt trade. “The spare parts I sell, I order them from sent prices soaring and left business owners with one more tributary the Logone River as well as its section of Lake Chad. Nigeria,” auto parts store owner Oumar said. “Since the clo- worry. “Prices for commodities have spiked,” Moussa Oumar, River and shoreline patrols enforce the ban, leaving the sure of the Cameroon-Nigeria border, my stores are no the owner of several auto parts stores in Chad’s capital city waterways that were once thronged with commercial traffic longer supplied.” He continued: “Still, I have resupplied a bit N’Djamena told AFP. “Customers complain, but I have no nearly deserted. Not surprisingly, the drop in movement is through a friend who had some stock in Kousseri choice.” The armed militants of Boko Haram operate in the bad for business. “There are far fewer people,” Boukar, the (Cameroon), but not at the same price. That’s why I have had extreme north of Cameroon which borders their Nigerian taxi driver, said as he waited for clients in the baking sun at a to raise the price of spare parts.” stronghold of Borno State-a mere 50 kilometers (30 miles) border crossing from Chad to Cameroon. Boko Haram’s raids have also disrupted road traffic, from N’Djamena. including to the key central African port of Douala in “Boko Haram is just over there, on the other side,” taxi driv- Isolated from partners Cameroon, disastrous for a landlocked country seeking to er Dounama Boukar said pointing across the Chari River that Security forces are frequently in the area, checking vehi- get its products to market. The Islamists are “a destabilizing delineates the border with Cameroon. For now Chad has cles for any contraband and weapons headed for Boko element” for Chad because their attacks isolate the country been spared a direct attack by Boko Haram, whose bloody Haram fighters. Many manufactured products like telecom from trading partners, a French military source in N’Djamena five-year campaign to carve out a hardline Islamic state in equipment and auto parts come from neighboring countries said. —AFP BUSINESS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014

US anti-tax evasion law starts to hit home

WASHINGTON: The US Treasury has Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) is an accounts abroad have been required to huge task of collecting the data and hand- opened a new front in its war against off- outrage: their foreign banks are now hand- report them to the Treasury’s Internal ing it over, some foreign banks are wonder- shore tax evasion. But for some it amounts ing over their confidential information to Revenue Service (IRS), in case they have US- ing if allowing accounts from potentially US to financial imperialism. Americans with the US government. taxable income in them. tax-liable customers is worthwhile. legitimate bank accounts outside the coun- Under newly inked treaties with the But FATCA now puts the burden on for- In September La Revue Suisse, a try, and foreigners working in the United United States, some 100,000 foreign finan- eign financial institutions to do the report- newsletter for Swiss citizens abroad, said States, have begun receiving letters from cial institutions in more than 100 countries ing. If they do not, the Treasury threatens a that some banks had stopped accepting their banks in Paris, Tokyo, Johannesburg must report to the Treasury on the 30 percent withholding tax on the bank’s accounts from certain clients because of the and elsewhere, informing them that their accounts of any so-called “US persons”-a US US earnings. Official estimates say FATCA tougher regulations. “I know that foreign account information is being turned over to citizen, or anyone with an immigrant’s will uncover enough hidden assets and nationals who live in the US, some of them the US tax authority. “green card” or a US work permit. income to generate some $8 billion in addi- have had their bank accounts back in It is the culmination of a years-long “That’s shocking, how can they do that?” tional tax payments to the US government Europe shut down,” said Dan Mitchell, a tax effort by the Treasury, straining to close the said Helene, a French woman working in over 10 years. reform expert at the Cato Institute. chronic US budget deficit, to get to unre- Washington after receiving a letter like that Richard Harvey, a tax law professor at “You are not talking only about Swiss ported incomes taxable under US law that from her bank back home. She did not Villanova University who helped craft the banks or Cayman banks... you are talking get hidden away in bank accounts around want her family name used. FATCA rules, estimates the take could be banks in the UK, in Japan. Nobody likes this the world. For some the new Foreign For some time Americans with bank “more like $20 to $30 billion”. But with the law.” —AFP

Black week for the ruble as fall hits all-time low

MOSCOW: Russia’s currency yesterday slid to a historic low, losing over 10 percent in value over the course of the week amid falling oil prices and the fallout of the Ukraine crisis. The fall sparked panic as the euro reached the 60 ruble mark for the first time and the dollar passed 48 rubles. The ruble then gained slightly with the mar- ket expecting the Central Bank to step in. “This is a full-scale panic with hints of a currency crisis based on self-fulfilling expectations,” said ING analyst Dmitry Polevoy. “It’s difficult to stop panic among the public,” he said, calling for an overdue intervention. “The scale of the fall is likely to have set off alarm bells ringing among policymakers,” said Capital Economics, predicting a one-off intervention by the Central Bank. The ruble has lost a quarter of its value since the beginning of the year. The decline increased Wednesday when the Central Bank announced it had dramatically reduced its support for the ruble to $350 million per day. In October it spent a total of $27 billion to keep the ruble afloat, the Higher School of Economics calculated this week. The currency has been hit hard by plunging MOSCOW: Pedestrians walk under a board listing foreign currency rates against the Russian ruble outside an oil prices and the consequences of Western sanctions exchange office in central Moscow yesterday. —AFP against Moscow over its role in the separatist insurgency in eastern Ukraine. Russia’s State Statistics Agency said this week that real wages in the country have decreased year-on-year in September for the first time since the European stocks diverge 2008-09 economic crisis. —AFP Singapore fuel scandal before US jobs report sends traders scrambling Euro recovers ground against dollar SINGAPORE: Traders and shipping companies scrambled to source fuel LONDON: European stock markets diverged yesterday and the euro ETX Capital. “While no-one’s hurrying to stand in front of a ‘mission and take over supply contracts yesterday after Danish marine fuel sup- recovered ground against the dollar after a strong week for the US cur- accomplished’ banner just yet, the general feeling is that the US econo- plier OW Bunker said a suspected fraud at its Singapore subsidiary had rency as attention turned to upcoming American jobs data. my is strengthening significantly, and markets will be hoping that the pushed it to the brink of bankruptcy. The alleged fraud at Singapore- London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index climbed 0.59 percent to stand payroll numbers confirm this view. “The estimate is for an increase of based Dynamic Oil Trading is potentially one of the biggest financial at 6,589.64 points, with support coming from rebounding miners that 231,000; in the past any result significantly above or below the estimated market scandals to hit the city state since 2004, when China Aviation Oil offset falls for banks. Elsewhere in early afternoon deals, Frankfurt’s DAX figure has caused significant market jitters,” he added. (Singapore) ran up oil futures losses of $550 million. Denmark’s 30 was down 0.22 percent at 9,356.41 points and the CAC 40 in Paris lost In foreign exchange, the euro climbed to $1.2403 from $1.2371 late Berlingske newspaper cited OW Bunker chairman Niels Henrik Jensen 0.49 percent to 4,206.86 compared with Thursday’s closing value. in New York on Thursday. The European single currency had at one point as saying Dynamic’s head, Lars Moller, and some of his colleagues Yesterday saw the release of US jobs data for October, with the mar- Thursday struck $1.2365 — the lowest level for more than two years. arrived unexpectedly at OW Bunker headquarters in Norresundby, ket expecting a solid improvement to openings in the world’s biggest Yesterday, the euro climbed to 78.33 British pence from 78.15 pence, Denmark, this week and explained the situation to chief executive Jim economy. “In focus today it’ll all be about the US Jobs report with the while the British pound edged up to $1.5832 from $1.5829 on Thursday. Pedersen. non-farm payroll additions,” said Mike van Dulken, head of research at On the London Bullion Market, the price of gold reached $1,145 an “What we know is based on his own testimony,” Berlingske quoted traders Accendo Markets. ounce, up from a 4.5-year low of $1,131.24 on Thursday-a level matched Jensen as saying. Danish state television, citing unnamed sources, said Europe’s markets had rallied on Thursday as European Central Bank also yesterday. Dynamic’s management denied any involvement in fraud. chief Mario Draghi signalled that the ECB was readying further stimulus On the corporate front, mining companies shot higher after some Moller, who a person that knows him said was a popular member of measures if needed to combat deflation and stagnation within the euro- recent heavy losses caused by falling metals prices. Silver producer the Danish expat community who turned out regularly for its Singapore zone. Fresnillo won 3.29 percent to 722.5 pence, Anglo American gained 2.52 Vikings soccer team, could not be reached for comment at Dynamic’s The Federal Reserve last week ended the US central bank’s multi-bil- percent to 1,362.5 pence and BHP Billiton climbed 2.28 percent to 1,665 office in Singapore yesterday. No-one was present at his home in a lux- lion-dollar stimulus package, but the Bank of Japan unexpectedly pence. ury condominium near the city-state’s Botanic Gardens. OW Bunker ramped up its own asset-buying plan in a bid to jumpstart its economy. Fallers were led by the banks, with Standard Chartered losing 1.76 said on Thursday that investors needed to assume that the company’s The US data “will give markets a further indication of US economic per- percent to 943.1 pence, Societe Generale shedding 2.71 percent to 36.0 equity has been wiped out due to losses at Dynamic estimated to be formance, particularly in the wake of the Fed’s recent ending of its QE euros, Santander down 1.84 percent to 6.65 euros and Deutsche Bank around $125 million. —Reuters (stimulus) program”, said Daniel Sugarman, market strategist at traders showing a fall of 1.30 percent at 24.35 euros. —AFP SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014 www.kuwaittimes.net

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Actress Jessica Chastain poses on arrival for the World Premiere Gala Screening of the film ‘A Most Violent Year’ on the opening of AFI Fest 2014 in Hollywood, California on Thursday. The film will be released December 31. — AFP SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014

In this picture taken Wednesday, Nov 5, 2014, a section of In this picture taken on Wednesday, Nov 5, 2014, In this picture taken yesterday, three sections of the the Berlin Wall stands outside the European Parliament in preschoolers pass by a slab of the Berlin Wall on dis- Berlin Wall are displayed near the Cheonggye Brussels. The wall that once separated East from West play in Battery Park City, New York. stream in Seoul, South Korea. Berlin has largely disappeared from the city. —AFP Photos Celebrations begin for Berlin Wall’s fall 25 years on

ermany kicked off celebrations of the 25th ute to those who resisted the regime. He used tors returning to West Germany. And on anniversary of the epochal fall of the Berlin the opportunity to take a swipe at the far-left Sunday she will open a major exhibition on GWall Friday, set to culminate in rock stars Linke, which has roots in East Germany’s ruling Bernauer Strasse, a street divided by the Wall and freedom icons joining millions at an open-air party and had criticised Biermann’s invitation to that saw harrowing scenes of families and party. Chancellor Angela Merkel, who grew up in appear at the session. “Your punishment is to neighbours ripped apart overnight when the communist East Germany, will lead three days of have to listen to me here-enjoy,” he called out to Wall went up in 1961. Following a ceremony at commemorations for those killed trying to flee heckling Linke deputies, calling them “the the elegant Gendarmenmarkt square, at least the repressive state, leading up to a giant festival wretched remains of what has fortunately been two million people are expected to gather for a Sunday marking the joyous breach of Europe’s surmounted”. Compared to previous anniver- “citizens’ festival” at the Brandenburg Gate, the Cold War division on November 9, 1989. saries, the organisation this time has been more symbol of German unity. There, Gorbachev and “I think you never forget how you felt that grassroots, with Berlin embracing its image as former Polish president and freedom icon Lech day-at least I will never forget it,” Merkel, 60, said an international capital of the arts. Walesa, 71, will join German head of state in a recent podcast. “I had to wait 35 years for Later yesterday an ambitious installation fea- Joachim Gauck, 74, a former pastor and rights that feeling of liberty. It changed my life.” turing 8,000 white balloons pegged to the activist in the East, and Hungarian ex-premier The festivities under the banner “Courage for ground along a 15-kilometre (nine-mile) stretch Miklos Nemeth, 66. Entertainment will range Freedom” are remembering the peaceful revo- of the Wall’s former 155-kilometre path will be from the Berlin State Orchestra under the baton lution that led communist authorities to finally illuminated. The glowing orbs, which from of Daniel Barenboim to a fireworks display and open the border after 28 years in which above will look like a long string of pearls, are to performances by East German rock band Silly German singer-songwriter and former East Easterners were prisoners of their own country. be released Sunday from their ropes and set free and techno musician Paul Kalkbrenner at an German dissident, Wolf Biermann performs Germany would reunite within the year, on into the night sky, to the stirring strains of open-air party in the evening. British singer- during a special session of the German par- October 3, 1990. Dissident singer Wolf Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”. The last Soviet leader songwriter Peter Gabriel will perform the Wall liament to commemorate the 25th anniver- Biermann, who was kicked out of East Germany Mikhail Gorbachev, whose “perestroika” and anthem “Heroes”, which David Bowie recorded sary of the fall of the Berlin wall at the in 1976, performed his protest song “glasnost” reforms helped pave the way for the when he lived in then West Berlin. Although Bundestag in Berlin, yesterday. “Ermutigung” (Encouragement) in the Wall’s fall, was to greet crowds at the former attendance is expected to be high thanks to Bundestag lower house of parliament, in a trib- Checkpoint Charlie border crossing. Gorbachev, mild autumn weather, a nationwide train strike 83, who is revered here for having refrained may hinder many travellers. The East German from a bloody crackdown on protesters in 1989, authorities built the Wall, which they called an will then on Saturday join former German for- “Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart”, in August eign minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher for a 1961 to halt a mass exodus to the West. On debate about the legacy of those heady days, November 9, 1989, East German border guards, and the resurgence of tensions between Russia overwhelmed by large crowds, threw open the and the West. gates to West Berlin, allowing free passage through the detested barrier for the first time Classical meets techno since it was built. That evening, Merkel will attend a memorial At least 389 people lost their lives trying to concert at Bertolt Brecht’s historic Berliner escape communist East Germany, according to Ensemble theatre opposite the former “Palace an official toll, although victims groups put the of Tears”, where Easterners said goodbye to visi- figure much higher. —AFP

This photo taken on April 11, 2008 shows a section of the Berlin Wall, one of the major displays at the Newseum in Washington, DC. Germany yesterday kicked off a weekend of celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of the epochal fall of the A visitor takes a picture at the inner German border memorial Helmstedt- Berlin Wall with millions expected to descend on the reunited capital. Marienborn in Marienborn, central Germany, yesterday.

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David, Victoria Beckham invited to a £7.99 Christmas dinner

he retired soccer star, 39, and his fashion designer wife, 40 - along with sons Brooklyn, 15, Romeo, 12, Cruz, nine, and three-year-old daughter Harper - have been invited to a Tfamily meal by his older sister Lynne and her partner Kevin Briggs. The couple are reported to have booked a table at Wetherspoons pub The Half Moon in Stepney, east London, for a budget family get together during the festive season. According to The Sun newspaper Kevin - who has previously spent time in prison for the harassment of his former girlfriend - sent a text to all of their relatives, including the famous family. It read: “Spoons xmas meal in a few weeks. Let us know if you’re in. We’ll do a fiver [£5] max secret santa.” He later added: “Sorry, with inflation we’re making it £6.” Lynne - who has three children from her marriage to ex-husband Colin Every - is reported to have lived off of benefits for years despite David’s £200million fortune. And while the pair are said to have had a strained rela- tionship in the past, they’re believed to have grown closer this year after her and Kevin’s newborn son fell ill in hospital. It is unclear whether David’s younger sister Joanne - with whom he’s always appeared close - has been invited to the get together.

Brian May Jennifer Lopez felt like her heart paid £10,000 to fly his had been ‘torn’ out after her split guitar out to Los Angeles he Queen legend wanted to perform with the instrument at he ‘I Luh Ya Papi’ hitmaker has spoken in her new book, the Classic Rock Awards in Hollywood earlier this week but ‘True Love’, about the devastation she experienced fol- Trefused to let the Red Special guitar travel in the hold with lowing her break up with ‘Gone Girl’ actor Ben, whom the rest of the luggage for fear it would get damaged during tran- T sit. The 67-year-old rocker requested the guitar’s flight be upgrad- she split from in 2004 just days before they were to be mar- ried. She wrote: “It felt like my heart had been torn out of my ed, dropping the staggering sum for the instrument to receive the chest.” Explaining her feelings during a talk about her memoir first class VIP treatment on the British Airways flight from London in New York last night, she said: “I had breakups and things but to Los Angeles. A source told the Mirror newspaper: “There is no I’d never felt heartbroken until we called off that wedding. It way he would have allowed it to be treated like any other piece of was devastating to me, maybe because it was so public. “I luggage. “A member of staff and the guitar were bumped up to really felt like I had found somebody great and he had found first class where he had to purchase a seat for it as it couldn’t go in somebody great and we thought we could make it work.” The the overhead locker. “It was the only option so he made sure it 45-year-old beauty - who had previously been married to actor was treated to the full VIP works. There are few things in Brian’s and producer Ojani Noa and actor and choreographer Cris life that he is as passionate about as his guitar.” The guitar Judd - went on to marry Marc Anthony just months after her undoubtedly means a lot to the ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ hitmaker split, but they too divorced this year. And she’s now opened and has remained a staple of his performances since he built it in up following the news that the father of her six-year-old twins his father’s workshop in Feltham, Middlesex, around 40 years ago. - Max and Emme - has reportedly become engaged to 26-year- old model Shannon De Lima. The New York Daily News news- paper reports her as saying: “I’m happy for him.” However, Jennifer insists she will remain single until she feels comfort- able being on her own. She added: “You have to heal on your own and that’s what I’ve been learning. You should be happy all by yourself. For so long we’re taught there’s a fairy tale that’s supposed to happen but that’s not how it goes ... Someone great will come along but I’ll be whole first.”

Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel ‘worried’ about confirming baby news he couple - who are thought to be expecting their first child - are said to be holding back officially announcing the baby over fears of a mishap in the early stages of the 33-year-old actress’ pregnancy. A Tsource told HollywoodLife.com: “They’ve been trying for a while to get pregnant, there’ve been some issues so that’s probably part of it too, they don’t want to announce it until it’s further along and they’re out of the woods for a miscarriage.” Justin, 33, also made it clear he is keen to keep the pregnancy private as he is “freaked out” by the thought of his children receiving “unhealthy and scary” attention. The source explained: “Justin is being super private right now, but that makes sense if Jessica is pregnant because he’s always been bothered by the attention that celebrity kids get. “It makes him angry and freaks him out because he thinks it’s unhealthy for them and scary, so it’s not a surprise at all that he’s being so secretive about everything.” The ‘Mirrors’ hitmaker and the brunette beauty - who have reportedly been trying for a baby since summer - are said to be delighted by the news. A friend of the ‘Total Recall’ star said: “Right now they are just enjoying the news for themselves. “They just want a happy baby.” SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014

Amanda Bynes caught sleeping in a shopping mall he troubled star was spotted snoozing on a sofa at the Beverly Centre in Los Angeles before taking to Twitter to claim she couldn’t afford a hotel. She wrote after photo- Tgraphs of her emerged taking a very public nap in the busy shopping mall: “I was not given money for a hotel so I have been staying with friends and I didn’t get enough sleep last night so I fell asleep on a couch @ the Beverly center and a paparazzi snuck in and took pic- tures of me.” The 28-year-old actress blamed her parents Lynn and Rick Bynes - who have been granted a conservatorship over their daughter - for not giving her enough money to find proper accommodation. She said: “FYI! I hate my parents for still not giving me money for a hotel. What is wrong with them? My lawyer is working to have them fully removed from being my conservator, because they don’t deserve control over my money - They are miser- able in their life and I will fight to get control of my finances taken away from them!” The news follows reports that Amanda’s mother is planning to step down as conservator of the ‘Easy A’ actress’ finances. Amanda’s conservatorship attorney David Esquibias recently revealed her financial affairs are to be put in the charge of an unnamed private trust firm, in order to make them more accessible to the actress. According to E! News, her parents - who are said to have decided to move away from California in order to be close to their other daughter are hoping that transferring the role will help repair their relationship with Amanda.

Beyonce gushed over her ‘beautiful nephew’ Rachel Bilson he ‘Crazy In Love’ hitmaker deemed it an “honour” to meet her former has given birth Destiny’s Child bandmate, Kelly Rowland’s newborn son, Titan, adding there Twas “no better feeling” than holding the baby in her arms. She wrote on her Instagram account along with a photo of a woman’s hand being grasped by a baby’s fingers: “There’s no better feeling than holding my beautiful nephew. I thank god for to a baby girl the honor of witnessing my sisters journey into motherhood.” Beyonce, 33, con- he ‘Hart of Dixie’ actress and her beau Hayden fessed it was a dream come true for Kelly - who welcomed Titan earlier this week Christensen, welcomed their first child, a daughter with her husband Tim Witherspoon - to have given birth to a tot for her own two- named Briar Rose Christensen, into the world on year-old daughter, Blue Ivy, to grow up with. She said: “I’ve always dreamt of our lit- T October 29, a representative for Rachel confirmed yesterday. tle ones growing up together. I’m so thankful for our bond. Baby Ty, I love you so The rep told E! News: “Hayden Christensen and Rachel Bilson much. Congrats to my Spoons.” Kelly, 33, first announced she was expecting a child welcome their daughter Briar Rose Christensen born on in June this year, a month after the couple tied the knot in Costa Rica and the raven- October 29, 2014.” The brunette beauty, 33, and the ‘Star haired beauty has shown much excitement about the arrival throughout her preg- Wars’ actor also requested privacy following the birth - sub- nancy. Speaking about naming her son, she previously said: “The dad picked out the scribing to the celebrity coalation ‘No Kids Policy’, which bans name. It had to do with family.” Just last month she posed for a number of nude taking photographs of their children without consent - and photos, in which her growing baby bump was at its biggest. She said of the immi- added that the first time mum and the newborn were nent arrival of baby Titan: “When the baby gets here, it’s not just one baby. I have “healthy and doing well”. The rep continued: “Both mother two babies now. My husband and the baby - you have to take care of both.” and baby are healthy and doing well. They are asking for pri- vacy and subscribe to the No Kids Policy.” Although the cou- ple never officially confirmed the news, they were said to be “excited” at the prospect of welcoming a daughter. A source previously said: “She’s so excited to be having a baby girl “She’s wanted it for a long time and is going to be an amazing Lamar Odom ready to divorce Khloe Kardashian mom. Everyone is ecstatic for her.”

he former NBA player - who split from Khloe, 30, last December - is reportedly ready to sign the legal docu- Tments ending their marriage when instructed to do so by the ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’ star. Despite filing court papers to dissolve her four-year marriage to Lamar, 34, after months of rumors he was addicted to cocaine and cheated on her with multiple women, the brunette beauty is yet to make “a move” and push for the proceedings to go ahead. A source told HollywoodLife.com: “He’s not hiding from Khloe. She could make it official today. All she has to do is tell him and he will make it happen. But that conversation ain’t happened.” Lamar - who has previously been accused of refusing to sign the divorce papers in the hopes of repairing their marriage - is still keen for a reconciliation with Khloe but insists he is happy for the divorce to go ahead if its what she wants. The source said: “Khloe knows where he is. She just hasn’t made a move or told him flat out what she wants to do. Lamar wants her with him but only if she wants to be. It’s got to be mutual. If not, he’s cool with letting her go for good.” The claims are a stark contrast to earlier this year when it was reported the reality TV star couldn’t even get in contact with her estranged spouse. Sources said at the time: “Khloé can’t even get in touch with him right now. “He refuses to sign the divorce papers.” SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014

A Sri Lankan man walks past the Commonwealth War Graves section of the Colombo General Cemetery in Colombo yesterday. Sri Lanka’s main cemetery is set to introduce a 10-fold hike in the price of burial plots to ease congestion in the capital’s most prestigious graveyard dating from British colonial rule, officials said. — AFP photos Cost of dying soars

ri Lanka’s main cemetery is set to introduce a 10-fold hike in the price of burial plots to ease Sri Lanka cemetery hikes burial fees Scongestion in the capital’s most prestigious graveyard dating from British colonial rule, officials said Thursday. metre) plot from $132 to $1,300. “If we don’t take matorium to ease congestion at the 44-acre (20- While Buddhists, who form the majority of Sri The Colombo Municipal Council, which admin- some immediate action, we will soon run out of hectare) graveyard which is located in a posh part Lanka’s more than 20-million population, opt for isters the carefully tended Colombo General space,” Wijayamuni said. of the capital over looking the exclusive Royal both cremations as well as burials, most Christians Cemetery, said demand for burial plots has surged Officials hope the increase would deter people Colombo Golf Club. choose burials. — AFP while the cost has remained unchanged for a quar- from reserving burial plots for outsiders, ter-century. Wijayamuni said. But a burial plot in Colombo’s “We have a serious space problem at the ceme- best resting place still costs far less than in much of tery and demand is rising,” Colombo Mayor A.J.M. the developed world where the price can be many Muzamil told AFP. thousands of dollars, Wijayamuni noted. The ceme- “The rates are not reflective of market value and tery contains the remains of British science fiction we want to correct that,” Muzamil added. Only writer Arthur C. Clarke, one of Sri Lanka’s best- Colombo’s 550,000 residents are entitled to make known foreign residents who died in 2008 at the the green, tree-lined cemetery their final resting age of 90. Many of the other graves date from the place. “But outsiders are also ‘dying’ to be buried period of British colonial rule of the palm-fringed The there,” the council’s chief medical officer Ruwan tropical island. The cemetery was commissioned in Commonwealth Wijayamuni told AFP. “Some buy plots in the name 1866. A section of the cemetery is reserved for War Graves of residents and the burial plot is actually used by Commonwealth War Graves, maintained by Britain. section of the someone from outside,” Wijayamuni said. The cemetery is a tourist attraction in Colombo Colombo “For the very wealthy, it is matter of prestige because of its huge trees, manicured lawns and General to own a plot at the Colombo General,” carefully maintained flower beds. The area is also Cemetery Wijayamuni said. The authorities plan to increase an oasis for birds. is pictured in the price of a four-square-foot (0.37-square- The authorities are also about to add a new cre- Colombo.

A Sri Lankan man walks past tombstones at the Colombo General Cemetery. A view of tombstones at the Colombo General Cemetery in Colombo. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014 ‘Elsa & Fred’- tale of two senior citizens

ot even the ever-winning company fussily attends to Dad’s every concern even park, nice dinners and sweet guitar sere- geonly routine in his sleep, though it’s a far of Shirley MacLaine and Christopher as she and her husband (Chris Noth) try to nades ensue. cry from his much more nuanced portrait of NPlummer is enough to reward the coax him into donating $90,000 to a hope- There is the occasional hiccup-Elsa turns late-in-life blossoming in “Beginners.” viewer’s investment in “Elsa and Fred,” a less business venture. One can scarcely out to be a rather colorful spinner of tall Elsa’s favorite movie is “La dolce vita,” bland and formulaic tale of two senior citi- blame the cantankerous old coot for want- tales, to put it mildly, a fact that’s milked for which she rewatches obsessively; the result- zens who discover that it’s never too late to ing to lie in bed all day and be left alone, awkward situational laughs one minute ing excerpts count as easily the most com- fall in love-which may well be true, but even when his hired caretaker (Erika (including a two-scene James Brolin cameo) pelling moments of “Elsa & Fred.” It’s doesn’t keep this rickety recycling of a 2005 Alexander) urges him to get out for some and shameless tears the next. For a movie perhaps an unfair truism that any extended Spanish-Argentinean comedy from feeling fresh air. that’s ostensibly about casting off the homage to a vastly superior movie will long past its sell-by date. Joining the recent The infusion of oxygen he needs, it turns shackles of old age and embracing excite- merely leave you feeling all the more Michael Douglas-Diane Keaton vehicle “And out, comes courtesy of Elsa (MacLaine), the ment in life, there isn’t a single moment resentful toward the one you’re stuck with. So It Goes” as depressing evidence of the spirited widow who lives next door, and here that feels original or spontaneous-and But Elsa’s longing for her own Trevi dwindling Hollywood options available to whose carelessness behind the wheel one not just because of the faithful-to-a-fault Fountain moment is cloyingly overplayed, Film Review excellent actors past a certain age, the day necessitates a few remunerative run-ins adaptation by Anna Pavignano and Michael building all the way to a predictable Roman- Millennium Entertainment release might with her new neighbor. Radford, who does his fine cast no favors holiday climax that feels less uplifting than get a mild commercial boost from its cast Giddy, whimsical, meddlesome and by directing them to strained sitcom condescending. It’s as though the film were names, but otherwise looks to quickly totter slightly endearing when she’s not totally rhythms. Stuck in roles that require them to encouraging the audience to emit a collec- in and out of theaters. annoying, Elsa gradually wears down Fred’s shift abruptly between sweet and sour as tive, cheek-pinching “awww” as these two Several months after his wife’s death, defenses, her vivacious energy gradually the plot dictates, the leads get by largely on aging lovers bask in one last moment of grumpy old Fred (Christopher Plummer) awakening his own long-dormant charm. audience affection: MacLaine’s dignity pre- glamour and sensuality before ... well, to moves into his own New Orleans apartment It’s not long before the old man flushes his vails even when she’s forced to do things spell it out would be both superfluous and with the less-than-welcome assistance of his meds and his attitude, learning to embrace like dance along to “Shake It” on the car unkind. Suffice to say that the end comes daughter, Lydia (Marcia Gay Harden), who life for the gift that it is; long walks in the radio, while Plummer could do this curmud- not a moment too soon. — Reuters ‘A Most Violent Year’

hen “New York, New York” lyricist Mamet’s “Glengarry Glen Ross,” “A Most business). None of this is news to Isaac’s Fred Ebb wrote that immortal Violent Year” seems to have been steeped Abel Morales, who started out as a lowly Wline, “If I can make it there, I’ll overnight in a solution equal parts Sidney truck driver himself, but somewhere along make it anywhere,” it’s doubtful he imag- Lumet and Lumet’s consummate latter-day the way fell in love with the boss’ daugh- ined the life-or-death stakes such senti- reinterpreter, James Gray. The setting is ter, Anna (Jessica Chastain), and bought ments take on in “A Most Violent Year,” an 1981, the year of Lumet’s masterful police the business from him. And while Anna’s ‘80s-era NYC crime drama in which just corruption drama “Prince of the City,” and dad was all mobbed up, Abel prizes making it from one day to the next seems it’s possible to see a continuity between squeaky-clean transparency. like a major accomplishment. In his third that movie’s naive whistleblower cop With the conviction common to the turn behind the camera, writer-director J.C. (played by Treat Williams) and Isaac’s self-made, the born-again and other fanat- Chandor has delivered a tough, gritty, rich- upstart businessman here-two virtuous cru- ics, Abel prides himself on forward move- ly atmospheric thriller that lacks some of saders who put too much trust in funda- ment through society’s real and perceived the formal razzle-dazzle of his solo seafar- mentally broken systems. Chandor’s film barriers, having shed all but the slightest ing epic, “All Is Lost,” but makes up for it bears an even stronger likeness, though, to traces of his immigrant heritage, built his with an impressively sustained low-boil Gray’s little-seen sophomore feature, “The family a sprawling suburban McMansion, tension and the skillful navigating of a Yards” (2000), which built a similar tale of and developed strategies for routing the complex plot (at least up until a wholly ambition, free enterprise and moral com- competition with a minimum of dirty tricks. In a striking, Mamet-esque early Producers Anna Gerb, left, and Neil Dodson arrive at 2014 AFI Fest - “A scene, he coaches a new crop of sales Most Violent Year” at the Dolby Theatre on Thursday, in Los Angeles. associates on how to make a first impres- But when Chandor feels it’s warranted, he has been the ballsy, forward-pushing sion: Keep eye contact for longer than turns up the heat, including a tense dynamo, and “A Most Violent Year” is no feels comfortable; ask for tea instead of shootout on the 59th Street Bridge, and an real exception. Though she’s not quite as coffee (the classier option); always be the utterly terrific chase sequence that begins well served as Isaac by the script, her Anna model of tact and decorum. “We’re never by car, transitions to foot, and ends on an is around long enough for us to see that going to be the cheapest,” he advises, “so elevated B train hurtling through the outer she’s every inch her father’s daughter, and we have to be the best.” boroughs. far less religious than Abel when it comes When the movie opens, it’s clear that to playing by the rules. Abel’s success mantra doesn’t sit so well Marvelous As in “Margin Call,” Chandor has with one or more of his fellow oil mer- Which makes it all the more disap- fleshed out the extensive supporting cast chants. While the city at large panics from pointing on those rare occasions that with the kind of veteran character actors an all-time-high crime rate (the impetus Chandor overplays his hand, mostly in a who seem to bring a lifetime of experience for Chandor’s title), Abel’s Standard subplot having to do with a panicked with them when they enter the frame: Heating Co. finds itself engulfed in its own young Standard driver (Elyes Gabel) who Albert Brooks, wonderfully weary and brutal turf war, with drivers-and eventual- goes on the lam after his second violent resigned as Abel’s in-house lawyer; ly, even sales reps-robbed at gunpoint, truckjacking. Alessandro Nivola as the courtliest of beaten, shot at, or all of the above. Even “A Most Violent Year” may not ulti- Abel’s competitors, practicing his back- Abel’s own family isn’t safe from harm, as mately tell us anything new about big-city hand both on and off his Gatsby-sized a late-night gun-wielding prowler proves corruption, thwarted idealism and the indoor tennis court; and Jerry Adler (“The early on. And the timing couldn’t be steep price of admission to the American Sopranos’” Hesh) as the orthodox Jew From left, Elyes Gabel, Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, J.C. Chandor and worse, just as Abel is starting escrow on a dream. But it says those things with a kind landlord who holds the deed on Abel’s David Oyelowo arrive at 2014 AFI Fest - “A Most Violent Year” at the Dolby long-abandoned waterfront fuel yard that of conviction that reminds you why ambi- future. Theatre on Thursday, in Los Angeles. — AP photos will put him in a real position to corner the tious hustlers like Abel Morales keep striv- The movie is also a triumph of subtle market, and a young district attorney (a ing for their imagined piece of the pie period craftsmanship on almost every lev- unnecessary last-minute twist). Like last promise around an essential Big Apple typically excellent David Oyelowo) launch- against very inhospitable odds. Isaac is el, especially the work of production fall’s “Out of the Furnace,” this solid, industry: there, subway parts; here, heating es a massive investigation into heating- marvelous to watch here, playing a charac- designer John P. Goldsmith, who has a grown-up movie-movie is almost certainly oil. (Indeed, Chandor’s film could easily industry malfeasance. ter who could give Llewyn Davis a crash field day with long-bodied Cadillac coupes too dark and moody to connect with a have been called “The Fuel Yards.”) Chandor lays out all of this briskly and course in how to win friends and influence and diesel Mercedes, metallic desks and fil- broad mainstream public or make major confidently, always giving just enough people. We first see Abel going for a vigor- ing cabinets; costume designer Kasia awards-season waves, but it does much to Familiar notes information to keep the viewer hooked, ous morning jog, and that’s fitting Walicka Mamone, applying bounteous confirm Chandor as a formidable filmmak- But if “A Most Violent Year” hits many while maintaining a certain intentional because, for Abel, to take a single step earth tones (with Chastain outfitted by ing talent, and star Oscar Isaac as one of familiar notes, it does so in an unusually opacity, the feeling that we’re entering a backward in life is a fate worse than death. Giorgio Armani); and the great cinematog- the essential American actors of the gripping and effective fashion, pulling you hermetic world of private codes and back- And Isaac pours that stubborn resolve into rapher Bradford Young (“Ain’t Them moment. A24 opens the pic in limited deeper and deeper into the struggles of a room dealings that even Abel himself has- every inch of the performance, from his Bodies Saints”), whose widescreen images release Dec. 31. young heating-company boss trying to n’t fully cracked. The pacing is deliberate slightly formal, affected speech patterns to are retro without ever verging on kitsch, If Chandor’s promising 2011 debut, make inroads in an industry dominated by yet uneasy, like a slowly tightening noose, his rigid, ramrod-straight posture; he’s like with ungentrified Gotham locations “Margin Call,” could loosely be described as generations-old family businesses (which with scenes staged mostly in long, wide a Horatio Alger hero on steroids. bathed in a crisp winter’s light and swirls a Wall Street transposition of David operate rather like a certain other “family” master shots with a minimum of cutting. In most of her roles to date, Chastain of indoor cigarette smoke. — Reuters SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014

Mrs Shafeena Yusuf Ali receiving the first copy of “Sallapam”, the autobiography of not- Khloe Kardashian visits Adventure to Santa, a DreamWorks DeamPlace at Glendale ed Malayalam actress Manju Warrier during the Sharjah International Book Fair held at Galleria, a GGP Mall in Los Angeles. —AP Sharjah. Sikkim offers a taste of Tibet

Tea, trains and tales from India’s Darjeeling

arjeeling, for many people, includes stopovers at a rail museum and 8,586 m (28,169 feet). Hundreds of start at 40 Indian rupees (65 U.S. cents) - adventure, the town is situated at an alti- means tea, but the eponymous a spiral rail loop with panoramic vistas. tourists visit Tiger Hill, 13 km (8 miles) where the snow leopard and red panda tude of 1,200 m (4,000 feet) and is a pop- Dhill resort nestled in the It’s advisable to book tickets online from Darjeeling, for a magnificent view are the pick of the lot. ular paragliding and river-rafting desti- Himalayas in India’s northeast is also a before you visit. of the sunrise; some arriving 4 a.m. to Outside the Himalayan nation. You also can see the imposing gateway to spectacular views of the Backpackers and budget travellers beat the rush. Beware, though, the fickle Mountaineering Institute and museum, Mangal Dham temple, or mingle with world’s third highest peak as well as a can take a room at the government weather often shrouds the mountain in a next door to the zoo, stands a memorial novice monks playing football at rare glimpse of snow leopards and red tourist lodge, next door to St. Andrews, veil of fog. to Tenzing Norgay, the first man to scale Buddhist monasteries. pandas. an Anglican church built in 1843. The For something more dependable, Mount Everest along with Sir Edmund There also are reminders of India’s well-heeled can spend their days at the drop in at Glenary’s bakery for their sig- Hillary in 1953. And for a spectacular GANGTOK colonial past, including a narrow-gauge Windamere, a heritage hotel that started nature cakes and chocolates. Enjoy non- view of the tea plantations, take a ride The Lonely Planet tourist guides list- railway known as the “Toy Train” that as a boarding house for British tea spicy continental and Chinese fare in the on the Darjeeling cable car ride (tickets ed Sikkim as the best region to travel to makes a tourist run into the hills under in 2014 (http://bit.ly/1ssPQSV). Foreign power of a steam locomotive. nationals need restricted-area permits to Visitors willing to make the extra pil- visit this northeastern Himalayan state grimage to Sikkim, the Indian state to bordering Tibet. Gangtok, the hilltop the north of West Bengal, where capital at an altitude of 1,676 m (5,498 Darjeeling is located, can get a taste of feet), is a four-hour drive from Tibetan culture without visiting the Darjeeling. Chinese-ruled region. Here are tips for MG Marg, Gangtok’s pedestrian-only getting the most out of a trip to main street and shopping district, is a Darjeeling and nearby areas from tourist’s delight, featuring a range of Reuters, whose 2,600 journalists in all restaurants and a plaza that is its cultural parts of the world offer visitors the best hub. Try the pastries at the Baker’s Cafe; local insights. the view is a definite plus. Dozens of hotels, budget and luxury, DARJEELING line the streets next to MG Marg. City The closest airport, Bagdogra, is 90 tours in the ubiquitous taxis, usually km (56 miles) from Darjeeling. Perched begin with the Ban Jhakri waterfall and at an altitude of 2,134 metres (7,000 picnic spot before moving on to the vari- feet), Darjeeling is said to have derived ous monasteries that dot the hillsides. its name from Dorje-ling, which means The Enchey monastery, founded in “land of the mystic thunderbolt”. 1840, is perhaps the most famous, with The best time to visit is October to the entrance flanked by hundreds of November or February to April. It’s never Buddhist prayer wheels and flags print- too warm in Darjeeling and there is ed with lines from scripture. often a drizzle. Taxis ferrying tourists At the Namgyal Institute of often jam the narrow lanes, and cabs Tibetology, visitors can pore over one of sometimes dash across the rail tracks planters in the 19th century. Room tariffs restaurant on the first floor where an start at 150 rupees or $2.50). the largest collections of Buddhist litera- that run alongside, causing drivers of the start at 9,500 rupees ($155) a night, with average meal for two would cost about Kalimpong is a three-hour drive ture and artefacts. Monks light butter slow-moving “Toy Train” to sound a meals. 500 rupees ($8). Try and get there early away, but on the way stop at Lovers’ lamps and meditate at the Do-Drul warning hoot.The World Heritage rail- It also is possible to stay at some of for dinner as service starts winding Meet for a breathtaking view of the con- Chorten pagoda complex next door. way, opened in 1881, is a tourist magnet the tea plantations. One of the estates down at 9 p.m. in this early-to-bed town. fluence of the Teesta and Rangeet rivers. Ganesh Tok is a temple-cum-view- for a leisurely ride on narrow gauge advertising rooms is the Glenburn Tea On the pedestrian Mall road, try on Also take a break at Lamahatta and laze point, and in case you missed it in tracks, offering splendid views of cloud- Estate & Boutique Hotel (www.glenburn- hand-knitted sweaters, browse souvenir in a landscaped garden surrounded by Darjeeling, offers tourists another glimpse capped hillsides and people going about teaestate.com). shops and buy some of Darjeeling’s fluttering Buddhist prayer flags. Try of Kanchenjunga. Gangtok also has its their daily routines. Take the 8 a.m. joy famous tea, plucked from the verdant chicken momos or steamed dumplings own cable car, a 10-minute ride that ride from Darjeeling to Ghum, India’s MOUNTAIN SIGHTS estates that dot the hillsides. served with pepper-hot sauce at the offers a panoramic view of the town highest railway station at an elevation of Catch a glimpse of snow-capped roadside stalls. In Kalimpong, don’t miss below. Tourists to Sikkim will benefit from 2,258 m (7,407 feet). The two-hour Mount Kanchenjunga, the world’s third A SNOW LEOPARD FOR A SNIP Deolo Point for a panoramic view of the a new airport near Gangtok that is set to return journey (for 400 rupees or $7) highest mountain with an elevation of Head to the Darjeeling zoo - tickets Himalayas. If you are in the mood for begin operations before 2016. — Reuters SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014 Yusuf/Cat Stevens launches comeback tour

our decades ago, folk legend Cat Stevens converted to Islam, changed his name to Yusuf Islam and all-but-van- Fished from the stage. Now he is back, with a world tour hop- ing to bridge the gap between his two identities. The 66-year-old British singer has had his share of controversy but his return to the spotlight this week in his native London con- firmed that his voice at least, soft yet powerful, can drown out all the noise. On tour, he is performing songs from his new album-the bluesy “Tell ‘Em I’m Gone”-as well as classics from his 1960s and 1970s heyday such as “Wild World”, “Moonshadow” and “Peace Train”. Despite scepticism from some fellow Muslims about his musical return, Yusuf told AFP in an interview that he sees no contradiction between faith and performance. “I was getting criticism from the Muslim community: why are you picking up a guitar again? What’s happening to you?” he said as he began a string of European gigs ahead of his first US tour in more than 35 years. “I say: listen to me, this is part of Islamic civili- sation, we have lost our contact with it, we lost our vibrant approach to life and to culture.” Born in London, now living in Dubai, the singer sums up his dual identity: “I’m a mirror glass for the Muslims as well as the Western world (which) looks at me in a slightly different way, but they are looking in the same mirror.” A balancing act pulled off, according to The Independent’s reviewer, in a comeback performance described as “beatific waves washing over a crowd ranging from young hijab-wearing In this Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014 photo, members of the rock band Kiss, from left, Gene Simmons, Eric Singer, women to older fans needing wheelchairs and walking sticks.” Paul Stanley and Tommy Thayer, perform at The Joint at the Hard Rock hotel-casino in Las Vegas for the “If the emanations from any stage could actually influence start of their residency. —AP world peace, the man sometimes still known as Cat Stevens pro- vides them tonight,” wrote the paper. Murder plot charge against AC/DC drummer dropped

murder-for-hire case against worldwide publicity and said Rudd had AC/DC vow to rock on AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd col- suffered “incalculable damage” and AC/DC, who formed in Australia in Alapsed yesterday when New would consider “any possible remedies the 1970s, said they had no prior knowl- Zealand prosecutors found there was he may have”. edge of the case against Rudd and the British singer-songwriter Yusuf Islam, formely known as insufficient evidence to proceed, just 24 “Questions arise as to the degree of band would continue. Cat Stevens, rehearses onstage at the Hammersmith hours after police filed the sensational care taken by those responsible for “We’ve only become aware of Phil’s Apollo in west London on Thursday. Folk-pop legend Cat charges. arresting and charging him,” the lawyer arrest as the news was breaking. We Stevens has been known as Yusuf Islam since he became In a major embarrassment for the said, pointing out the case had fallen have no further comment,” a brief state- a Muslim in the 1970s. After a long absence, he is making police, authorities said a charge of apart less than a day after Rudd first ment posted on the band’s official web- his comeback with a world tour that attempts to reconcile “attempt to procure murder” against appeared in court following a raid on his site said. his dual identity. — AFP Rudd had been withdrawn. North island mansion. “Phil’s absence will not affect the However, the 60-year-old rocker is The Crown Solicitor’s office con- release of our new album ‘Rock or Bust’ From no-fly list to ‘very welcome’ still accused of drug possession and firmed the charge had been withdrawn and upcoming tour next year.” Yusuf’s return to the United States comes 10 years after he threatening to kill, which carries a jail but refused to comment further. “Rock or Bust” is due for release next was banned from the country after his name appeared on a no- term of up to seven years. Police in New Zealand have the pow- month and AC/DC, one of the biggest- fly list-a fact he blamed on mistaken identification. Even with the primary charge er to lay charges in preliminary hearings selling bands in history, plans to back “I feel very welcome now,” he said, describing his inaugura- dropped, the case still represents the and the case is then taken over by pros- the album with a global tour in 2015. tion into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014 as a “significant second blow to AC/DC this year, after ecutors working for the Crown Solicitor’s The Grammy award winners were moment where they kind of remembered me”. dementia forced founding member office. inducted into the Rock’n’Roll Hall of “I think it’s gonna be pretty good, I’m hoping,” he said. Malcolm Young to retire in September “The Crown reviewed the charges Fame in 2003 after a string of hits includ- He said he likes performing songs that will be “familiar” to his audience. “One song I do is ‘The First Cut is the Deepest’. I try to and move into a Sydney care facility. and made the decision to withdraw the ing “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap”, remind people I wrote that song, not Rod Stewart!” he said. But the heavy rock pioneers are vow- charge of attempting to procure mur- “Jailbreak” and “Highway to Hell”. When he first converted to Islam in 1977, Yusuf hung up his ing to play on, with a new album and der. Other charges remain before the The Australian-born Rudd has been guitar to dedicate himself to philanthropic and educational work. tour coming up. court,” police said, without commenting with the band on-and-off since 1975 and He attracted controversy in 1989 when he defended the fat- Rudd’s barrister Paul Mabey said further. moved to New Zealand in 1983, settling wa issued by Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini calling for Muslims to kill police failed to consult before taking the Mabey said Rudd would defend the in Tauranga, a coastal community of British author Salman Rushdie for blasphemy. murder plot allegation to court on charge of threatening to kill, and about 110,000 people some 150 kilome- He later dismissed his remarks as in bad taste, but there are Thursday and prosecution lawyers described the cannabis and metham- tres (90 miles) southeast of Auckland. many who still reproach him for not apologising. ordered its withdrawal after a review phetamine possession charges against The drummer, who released a solo After his US experience, two British newspapers alleged that he was involved in terrorism. Yusuf successfully sued them for found there was insufficient evidence. his client as “minor”. album “Head Job” in August, is free on libel, but the whole experience has left its mark. “The charge alleging an attempt to In the court documents tendered on bail and is scheduled to reappear on “It’s always on the knife’s edge as far as I am concerned,” he procure murder should never have been Thursday, police had accused Rudd of November 27 on the remaining charges. said of his relationship with the media. “I can never quite trust laid,” Mabey said in a statement. “The trying to organise a hitman to kill two He has refused to comment publicly anybody anymore.” Crown Solicitor’s (prosecutor’s) opinion men in late September. Further details about the allegations against him and Like most performers, Yusuf continues to pay close attention was not sought. The charge is now with- were not made available and the identi- local media yesterday carried images of to his image, which mixes rock and roll with spirituality through a drawn.” ties of the alleged hitman and his targets him making an obscene gesture to pho- biker’s jacket, sunglasses and a white beard. —AFP He noted the case had attracted were suppressed by the judge. tographers from his balcony. —AFP TECHNOLOGY SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014

Video game tensions erupt in ‘GamerGate’ SAN FRANCISCO: The horrific misogynistic abuse of female figures within the video game industry has trig- gered debate over whether women are being accepted as equal partners in the sector. Threats of rape, murder and mutilation have forced some women to flee their homes during the ugly two-month saga that has become known under its Twitter hashtag of “GamerGate.” The touchpaper was lit in August, when independent game developer Zoe Quinn’s romance with a video game journalist was the subject of an angry online rant by her ex-boyfriend. But what appeared to begin as a campaign for better ethics in video game journalism, especially reviews, evolved into a fierce debate regarding sexism and racism in video games and the male-dominated industry that makes them. Quinn became a target for hateful and threatening comments in online forums, ultimately prompting her to flee her home in fear for her life. GamerGate rage turned against Anita Sarkeesian of web- site FeministFrequency.com who is an open critic of how PHILADELPHIA: The home of Delvin Barnes sits unoccupied in Charles City, Va. Police arrested Barnes, 37, on women are depicted in video games. charges that he abducted and attempted to kill a 16-year-old Virginia girl. A GPS device installed on the car Sarkeesian has rejected the suggestion that the vitriol is he was driving led police to capture him in a case involving an abduction in Philadelphia. —AP motivated by a desire for better journalistic ethics. “It is about men going after women in a really aggressive, hos- tile way; it is about terrorizing women for being involved in this industry or being involved in this hobby,” she said in Used-car GPS helps police an interview with comedian Stephen Colbert. Hardcore gamers have argued they are being stereotyped and bul- lied for enjoying a pastime that should have the same cre- find abducted woman ative freedoms as books, comics, or films. Political correctness, they argue, is invading their harm- PHILADELPHIA: A woman snatched off the Though aided by technology, the Philadelphia. Barnes beat and choked her, less, fantasy world where men are heroes and scantily clad streets was rescued with the help of a GPS Philadelphia kidnapping investigation began punched her mother in the face and hit her women need saving. Sarkeesian is unimpressed with the tracking device that had been installed on the in a decidedly old-fashioned way: with a wit- father in the head with a glass bowl, court prevailing nature of female characters in games however. suspect’s car by the dealer in case it needed ness who saw it happen Sunday night and records show. “Women stereotypes reinforce that women are sexual to be repossessed, authorities said Thursday. immediately called police. Police quickly dis- He is also charged with abducting a playthings for male amusement,” she said. “Maybe the It was just the latest arrest made possible by covered the abduction had been caught on teenage girl in Richmond, Virginia, last princess shouldn’t be a damsel and she can save herself.” the surveillance technology that is seemingly video. month. Authorities said he clubbed her in Taking that stance in the GamerGate exchange made everywhere nowadays. And it involved not Also, Freeland-Gaither left her cellphone the head with a shovel, put her in the trunk Sarkeesian the target of threats so violent that her appear- just GPS but surveillance video, traffic-camera behind, giving authorities a quick ID. “We of a car and took her to his home, where he ance to speak at a university in the US state of Utah imagery and a left-behind cellphone. believe she left it for us to find,” said doused her with gasoline and began digging recently was cancelled. “They are lashing out because we Carlesha Freeland-Gaither, 22, was resting at are challenging the status quo of gaming as a male-domi- her mother’s home in Philadelphia after a three- nated space,” Sarkeesian said. “That is what GamerGate is day ordeal that ended in Jessup, Maryland, on responding to; we are saying that gaming can no longer Wednesday when federal agents surrounded be this little boys club.” the car and seized the kidnapping suspect, who was lying next to her in the back seat. “My Death threats understanding is she continued to fight Giant Spacekat video game studio co-founder Brianna throughout this ordeal,” Philadelphia Police Wu said in an online interview that GamerGate is a symp- Commissioner Charles Ramsey said. “She’s really tom that the industry has been male-dominated so long a very, very strong young woman and just very, that men think of it as their rightful space to be defended. very lucky to have survived this.” Wu spoke of female friends being harassed or even driven The FBI filed a kidnapping charge out of the video game industry for criticizing how women Thursday night against the man accused of are portrayed in games. Wu was also subjected to a barrage abducting her, Delvin Barnes, 37. He also of vile threats, from an anonymous Twitter user operating faces unrelated state charges that he abduct- under the handle: “Death to Brianna.” Wu and her husband ed and attempted to kill a 16-year-old Virginia left their home after consulting police following the abuse. girl. Police did not disclose a motive for the Online attackers have ramped up the abuse by releas- Philadelphia kidnapping. Court documents ing home addresses and other personal information about said Barnes confessed and told authorities he targets in a practice known as “doxxing.” A slew of video didn’t know his victim. Police Inspector James game makers have openly condemned hostile GamerGate Kelly said Freeland-Gaither’s family told police tactics. “Threats of violence and harassment are wrong,” she is doing well but “needs some time and game industry group Entertainment Software Association space to heal.” Her rescue came after authori- said in a statement emailed to AFP. “They have to stop. ties spotted the used-car dealer’s name on a CHARLES CITY: Capt Jayson Crawley of the Charles City County Sheriff’s There is no place in the video game community-or our traffic camera photo of Barnes’ vehicle and Office, speaks during a news conference in the county courthouse in society-for personal attacks and threats.” People continued recognized the dealership as one that rou- Charles City. —AP to blast away at one another this week in online forums, tinely puts GPS devices on its cars, said sher- notably at Twitter using hashtags #GamerGate and iff’s Capt. Jayson Crawley, of Charles City Detective James Sloan. The surveillance a hole. She escaped. On Thursday, a #NotYourShield, with virtual voices pleading in vain for County, Virginia. video showed Freeland-Gaither being Maryland judge ordered Barnes sent to warring to cease. “We called the dealership, and within five grabbed by a man and pulled toward a car as Virginia following a hearing in which he Some tracking the enduring, caustic online back-and- minutes they had the location,” he said. He she struggled to get away in Philadelphia’s answered yes-and-no questions and did not forth maintain that trouble-making “trolls” have taken to said the dealership sells to customers with Germantown neighborhood. In the days have an attorney with him. Agents with the weighing in anonymously with barbed comments to esca- poor credit and relies on GPS when it needs afterward, police and federal authorities federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and late animosities. GamerGate has become a “leaderless to find and repossess cars whose owners released a stream of images from surveil- Firearms agents found his vehicle, its rear hashtag movement that has zero entry requirements.” have fallen behind on the payments. GPS lance cameras of a man using Freeland- window kicked out, on a road in Jessup, with British game critic John Bain, known as TotalBiscuit, said in devices are commonly used by law enforce- Gaither’s ATM card and walking through a him and Freeland-Gaither inside. A witness a video of an interview on the David Pakman show. “The ment authorities around the US to track sus- gas station minimart in Maryland. Barnes to the abduction had said the young woman vast majority of gamers are not sexists, they are not misog- pects and make arrests. But often those cases served eight years in prison for a 2005 assault kicked out some of the car’s windows before ynists, and they are feeling very put out in the cold right involve devices secretly planted by police. on his estranged wife and her family in it sped off. —AFP now,” Bain said. —AFP TECHNOLOGY SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014

‘Smart’ living real as connectivity rates rise DUBLIN: From robots that chop up your vegetables to detectors that measure how long you sleep, such “smart” appliances are becoming more and more a part of daily life, according to indus- try players. Developers at the Dublin Web Summit, one of Europe’s biggest technology conferences, said interlinkage between people, their homes and their devices were opening up new frontiers. The developers of Everycook, a cooking device that takes in raw material and independently processes it to a finished meal, hope their product will transform healthy-eating. “You go to our app, pick a recipe, get the ingredients, follow the instructions and Everycook does the rest,” founder Maximilian Tornow said. Boston-based Chris Cicchitelli, founder and CEO of CastleOS, said his system would revolutionize geri- atric care, allowing older people to remain out of nursing homes for longer. “Using motion detectors and sensors connected to a smartphone, you’ll know how active a person is, even how long they have spent in bed. “You will know if they have fallen and if they do fall, the system can take action based on that, call 911 automatically, even say where in the house the fall took place.” With 22,000 attendees, the Web Summit brings together some of the world’s top companies with start-up ideas for a series of lectures and networking events. One of the focus areas at the Web Summit was on how people, objects and devices can become connected in what the tech industry is calling the “Internet of Things”. “We’re trying to connect 99 percent of things, not only physical things such as street lights but people and even animals to transform lives and improve businesses,” Wei Zou, technical marketing engineer with Cisco said.

‘Less chaotic’ traffic Cisco estimates there will be 50 billion Internet-connect “things” in the world by 2020. The US company’s chief technology officer Padmasree Warrior said one benefit could be the end of traffic congestion when driverless cars become available on demand. “These cars will also be connected to each other and to traffic lights, meaning the flow of traffic will be far more organized LAS VEGAS: Joe Abbey, Arxan Technologies’ director of software engineering, displays on his computer how and less chaotic. That’s the dream for the cities at least,” she said. he hacked into a phone app during a demonstration at the Black Hat USA 2014 cyber security conference, in On a larger scale, Cisco hopes the growth in connectivity will Las Vegas. Federal systems grow more susceptible to attack as the government’s online offerings expand to improve medical care by developing systems for hospitals, such as user-friendly websites and apps, experts say. —AP allowing paramedics to feed patient information back automati- cally while an ambulance is in transit, so hospitals can be pre- pared. It also hopes to reduce the demand for resources by allowing Malaysians accused of patients to connect with doctors remotely. “Some people with medical conditions do not need to go to the hospital, they can use digital media to provide the doctors with diagnostics remotely and hacking US news website automatically,” Zou said. One project demonstrated at the summit was “CitySense” in Dublin which monitors pollution through sen- sors fitted on courier bikes. “The Internet of things places the citi- zen at the heart of all technologies,” said Willie Donnelly, director of KUALA LUMPUR: The US-based Environment News Service accusations of enriching himself and his cronies through a the Telecommunication Software and Systems Group (TSSG), a yesterday accused Malaysian government hackers of shutting stranglehold on the state’s economy, charges which he research centre taking part in the initiative. down its website after it ran a story on a new book implicating denies. The book “Money Logging” investigates the massive While tech is big business mainly based in the developed a senior politician in alleged graft. “The attack on our site destruction of the Borneo rainforest by Malaysian loggers, world, a number of tech companies taking part outlined ambi- came from a Malaysian government entity as identified by described by former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown as tions to revolutionize daily life in the developing world. A US start- their IP address,” Sunny Lewis, editor-in-chief of Environment “probably the biggest environmental crime of our times”. up said it hoped its kinetic energy-generating shoe insole could News Service (ENS), said in an email statement, adding the Malaysian officials were not immediately available for com- transform and increase the use of smartphones in areas of the attack shut down its servers for two hours. The hacking came ment. Sarawak is among Malaysia’s poorest states, but Swiss- world where there is no access to electricity. “In the developing after the news service ran a story about plans to publish Lukas based forest protection group Bruno Manser Fund (BMF) says world, 1.2 billion people don’t have access to electricity but have Straumann’s book, “Money Logging: On the Trail of the Asian Taib could be worth as much as $15 billion, which would make mobile technology-that’s a huge problem,” Matt Stanton of Timber Mafia” despite demands by a law firm representing him one of the world’s richest people. Authorities in Sarawak Solepower said. “They use it increasingly for daily critical tasks, Abdul Taib Mahmud, a stalwart of the ruling coalition, to with- have previously threatened to jam Radio Free Sarawak broad- healthcare, banking, education. It’s truly integrated into their lives hold publication. casts that focus on alleged graft by the state government. The but the power is not widely available to power the devices,” he Taib, 78, governor of Sarawak state and a powerful member service was founded by Brown’s sister-in-law Clare Rewcastle said. —AFP of the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition, has faced mounting Brown. —AFP With big investments, tech giants battle to stay ahead

NEW YORK: America’s technology giants are drawing HP (Hewlett-Packard) or IBM,” he said, referring to two streaming rival Netflix. on their huge cash stockpiles to make big bets on American tech firms that have failed to reinvent them- The Seattle-based company bolstered its online investments and acquisitions that could prove to be selves to keep up with competitors. Some of the invest- gaming presence with a $970-million acquisition of the visionary-or end up as boondoggles. ments appear to be outside the companies’ normal tra- platform Twitch and expanded its “Amazon Fresh” gro- Companies such as Amazon, Facebook and Google jectories. cery delivery service. On Thursday, Amazon unveiled its have been on a spending tear in the past year, pouring Facebook, for example, has invested some $20 bil- own Siri-like personal assistant in a speaker. money into an array of companies, programs and tech- lion in the messaging platform WhatsApp and $2 billion nologies amid concerns that if they do not keep inno- in the virtual reality maker Oculus. Google has also FAR-FETCHED PLANS? vating they will be left in the dust. invested in virtual reality, pumping cash into a little- Roger Kay, analyst at Endpoint Technologies “It’s the only way these technology companies can known startup called Magic Leap, and has been invest- Associates, said in some cases, the investments appear maintain their leadership position,” said Trip Chowdhry, ing in robotics, self-driving cars and schemes to provide “far-fetched.” “If I were a shareholder, I’d like to see analyst at Global Equities Research. Internet access via high-altitude balloons. more governance involved in investment decisions, not “The future doesn’t belong to companies who are Online retail giant Amazon has been pushing its (Facebook’s) Mark Zuckerberg snapping his fingers and riding yesterday’s technologies and yesterday’s invest- own line of smartphones and tablets, while producing saying: ‘I want to pay $19 billion for WhatsApp because ments. They may end up being what has happened to its own online video content in a bid to challenge I think it’s the next big thing.’” —AFP TV listings

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Scandinavia 02:50 Storage Hunters 08:55 I Didn’t Do It Remember 01:25 Come Dine With Me: South 03:15 Thrift Hunters 09:20 Dog With A Blog 13:25 The Jonathan Ross Show Africa 03:40 Storage Wars Canada 09:45 Dog With A Blog 14:05 Love/Hate 00:50 After The Attack 02:15 Come Dine With Me 04:05 How It’s Made 10:10 Sabrina: Secrets Of A Teenage 15:00 Midsomer Murders 01:45 Untamed & Uncut 03:05 Come Dine With Me 04:30 How It’s Made Witch 16:45 Murdoch Mysteries 00:00 Violetta 02:40 Animal Cops Houston 03:55 Holmes On Homes 05:00 Treehouse Masters 10:35 Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure 18:30 Lewis 00:40 The Hive 03:35 Safari Sisters 04:45 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 06:00 You Have Been Warned 12:15 Dog With A Blog 19:25 Midsomer Murders 00:50 Art Attack 04:00 Safari Sisters 05:30 Come Dine With Me: South 06:50 Mind Control Freaks 12:40 Mako Mermaids 21:00 Murdoch Mysteries 01:15 Art Attack 04:25 The Pool Master Africa 07:15 Mind Control Freaks 13:05 African Cats 22:30 The Jonathan Ross Show 01:40 Jungle Junction 05:15 Tanked 06:25 Come Dine With Me 07:40 Dynamo: Top Ten Moments 13:30 I Didn’t Do It 23:15 Coronation Street 01:50 Jungle Junction 06:02 After The Attack 07:10 Holmes On Homes 08:30 Marooned With Ed Stafford 13:55 I Didn’t Do It 02:05 Jungle Junction 06:49 Untamed & Uncut 08:00 Beat My Build 09:20 Tethered 14:20 Sabrina: Secrets Of A Teenage 02:15 Jungle Junction 07:36 Animal Airport 12:10 Homes Under The Hammer 10:10 Dual Survival Witch 02:30 Violetta 08:00 Monkey Life 16:30 Paul Hollywood’s Bread 11:00 Chrome Underground 14:55 Gravity Falls 03:10 The Hive 08:25 Bad Dog 17:00 Paul Hollywood’s Bread 11:50 Chrome Underground 15:20 Dog With A Blog 03:20 Art Attack 09:15 My Tiny Terror 17:30 Beat My Build 12:40 Chrome Underground 15:45 Good Luck Charlie 00:00 World’s Deadliest Animals 03:45 Art Attack 10:10 Extreme Animals 18:20 Beat My Build 13:30 Chrome Underground 16:10 Austin & Ally 01:00 The Border 04:10 Jungle Junction 11:05 Animal Maternity Ward 19:10 Beat My Build 14:20 Chrome Underground 16:35 Liv And Maddie 02:00 Animal Intervention 04:20 Jungle Junction 12:00 Treehouse Masters 20:00 Beat My Build 15:10 Chrome Underground 17:00 Liv And Maddie 03:00 Mega Factories 04:35 Jungle Junction 12:55 Reign Of The Dinosaurs 20:50 Beat My Build 16:00 Siberian Cut 17:25 I Didn’t Do It 04:00 Engineering Connections 04:45 Jungle Junction 13:50 Too Cute! 21:40 Homes Under The Hammer 16:50 Outback Truckers 17:50 I Didn’t Do It 05:00 Swamp Men 05:00 Art Attack 14:45 Too Cute! 22:35 Homes Under The Hammer 17:40 Chrome Underground 18:15 I Didn’t Do It 06:00 Wild Russia 05:25 Art Attack 15:40 Too Cute! 23:30 Homes Under The Hammer 18:30 Marooned With Ed Stafford 18:40 I Didn’t Do It 07:00 Great Migrations 05:50 Mouk 16:35 Too Cute! 19:20 Tethered 19:05 I Didn’t Do It 08:00 World’s Deadliest Animals 06:00 Dog With A Blog 17:30 Too Cute! 20:10 Dual Survival 19:30 African Cats 09:00 The Border 06:25 Liv And Maddie 18:25 Too Cute! 21:00 Storage Wars Canada 19:55 Gravity Falls 10:00 Animal Intervention 06:50 Sabrina: Secrets Of A Teenage 19:20 The Pool Master 21:25 Storage Wars Canada 20:20 Mako Mermaids 11:00 Street Genius Witch 20:15 Too Cute! 21:50 Storage Wars Canada 20:45 Spooksville 11:30 Street Genius 07:15 I Didn’t Do It 21:10 Preposterous Pets 22:15 Storage Wars Canada 21:10 Wolfblood 12:00 Wild Case Files 00:20 Extreme Car Hoarders 07:40 Jessie 22:05 Shark Girl 22:40 Storage Wars Canada 21:35 Suite Life On Deck 13:00 Brave New World 01:10 Fat N’ Furious: Rolling Thunder 08:05 Liv And Maddie 23:00 Too Cute! 23:05 Rattlesnake Republic 22:00 Good Luck Charlie 14:00 Dogtown 02:00 Fast N’ Loud 08:30 Gravity Falls 23:55 Preposterous Pets 23:55 American Guns 22:25 A.N.T. Farm 15:00 Rescue Ink 22:50 Shake It Up 16:00 Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey 23:10 Wolfblood 17:00 Naked Science 23:35 Wolfblood 18:00 Inside 19:00 Rescue Ink 00:15 Hebburn 20:00 Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey 00:45 Friday Night Dinner 21:00 Naked Science 01:15 Doctors 22:00 Inside 01:45 Casualty 23:00 Street Genius 02:35 My Family 00:00 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 23:30 Street Genius 03:05 Live At The Apollo 00:30 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 03:50 Friday Night Dinner 00:55 Extreme Close-Up 04:15 The Weakest Link 01:25 The E! True Hollywood Story 05:00 Charlie And Lola 02:20 E! News 05:15 Woolly & Tig 03:15 Keeping Up With The 00:30 The Daily Show With Jon 05:20 Mr Bloom’s Nursery Kardashians Stewart 05:40 Bobinogs 04:10 E! 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Brazil Embassy uwait Kerala Islahi Center (KKIC) and Kuwait Islamic society get to the most vulnerable class of the society, the Students Movement (KISM) jointly organized third teenagers, easily. Yet it is these same youngsters who will Islamic Students Conference - ISCON2014 at Grand tomorrow become the leaders of our community and society in he official and authorized website to apply for Brazilian K Mosque on 1st November 2014. Dr. Sushil Kumar, Second general. Scholars presented using multimedia presentations visas and documents is : https: //scedv.serpro.gov.br Secretary (Political & Commerce) Indian Embassy inaugurated with so many examples in different sessions. Any other website is not recognized by the Brazilian T the conference. The conference started with the class of ‘sweetness of holy Government. Address: West Mishref-Block I - Street 116 -Villa ISCON2014 is one-day workshop for teenage students of Quran’ by Shameer Ekarool; PN Abdul Rahman, president KISM 47 P.O Box: 39761 Nuzha - 63058 Kuwait. Telephones: Indian Schools in Kuwait, mainly focusing on students’ moral, welcomed the audience. 25378561/2/3/4 Fax: 25378560/5. Website: intellectual and social development. This is the third students’ At the first session, Arshad Khan (Dubai) presented a topic www.brazil.org.kw Working hours: 8am - 3pm (Sunday to conference successfully organized by KKIC in coordination with on’ proud to be a Muslim’. Prof Haris bin Saleem presented Thursday) Consular Hours : Applications: 9.30am -11:30 am. KISM. ‘way to paradise’. A quiz contest has been conducted by Delivery of documents: 1pm - 2pm. Students must face all challenges in the new world and they Sunash Shukoor. Embassy of India must develop their IQ and moralities to challenge the new Fahmida Zainudheen, Yahya Ameen, Anas Muhammed world. The new media have been spoiling the children if not Aslam have been awarded first, second and third respectively he Embassy of India is organizing an Inter-School cultural used wisely. If the students have clear visions, they will not spoil for the most registered students in ISCON. Dr Sushil Kumar dance competition in its auditorium on 8 November 2014. their time in useless games and chats. In order to develop their awarded the prizes to the winners. TChildren from sixteen Indian Schools are taking part in the mind and brain, they must read, understand and act ideally. In the Second session, the renowned trainer Jouhar event which will showcase the various forms of arts and dances of Extremism and terrorism are not encouraged by Islam. Munawir Assistant Professor in Farook College presented a top- India. Besides, an Indian Bazaar with stalls, will be set up to display Students must aware of it. Islam is the religion of peace. People ic on ‘way to success’ and Professor Sabir Navas ‘Muslims in various types of manuscripts, embroidery, handicrafts, paintings, around them trying to deviate their thinking and inviting them to India’. costumes and mouth-watering Indian cuisine. All these are available immoral activities and anonymous ideologies. Islam gives more Parenting has been conducted by Jouhar Munawir present- on discounted prices. There will also be a Live Webcasting of Inter- importance to loving parents, respect elders and mercy to young- ing ‘our children’, teenage girls meet by Haris bin Saleem, meet School dance competition to be held in the Embassy Auditorium sters. the scholars by Mujahid Balusseri in third session. today. The Live Webcast will be available from 1100 hours to 1400 We live in a world in which conveniences are increasing. In the closing ceremony, Kunji Muhammed Madani Parapur hours which would be viewed on the Embassy Website with the fol- Technological advancements work towards saving our valu- delivered a speech; PN Abdullatheef Madani, TP Abdul Azeez, lowing link: indembkwtevent.com able time and making our lives easier. But in spite of this, the Sakeer Koyilandi, Abdul latheef KC, Shaju Ponnani controlled peace and tranquility of the society seems to be decreasing. presidium. PN Abdullatheef Madani presided over the function When our desires are overtaking us the scale of morality and and Aslam Kapad welcomed the gathering. Najmal proposed Embassy of Slovak culture needs to be recalibrated. A lot of the vices affecting vote of thanks. Republic he Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Kuwait informs the public that due to the Public Holiday of the Kuwait Times Calendar of Events TSlovak Republic - ‘The Day of Struggle for Freedom and Democracy’. The Embassy will be closed on Sunday 16, November Sabhyacharak nite 2014 on November 15 - Day Out Fiesta to be held at November 2014 and the Consular Section will be closed on 8 - Fun Fair - Charitable fun fair and 14, at 4 pm onwards in Indian Model Wahran Park in Shamiya. Interested in Monday 17, November 2014. The Embassy will resume the normal duties on Tuesday, 18-11-2014. carnival to raise funds for children School - Salmiya. participating from 4-9pm or email with diabetes. Held in the parking lot 14 - Kala (Art) Kuwait NIRAM-2014 [email protected]. of Discovery Mall in Kuwait City, Children’s Day painting competition 22 - Kuwait Textile Association Saturday November 8 from Noon to at Indian Community School, Khaitan, Bazaar - Held at Sadu House on What’s On - Submission Guidelines 9pm. email [email protected] on Friday, 14 November. Clay model- November 22. 8 - Bark in the Park - Organized by ing competition also will be conduct- 22 - Kuwait English School Annual K’s Path at the Al Ahmadi South Public ed for 7 - 11 standard students. Visit Bazaar - At KES in Salwa, block 11 on All photos submitted for What’s On Park. Fun day for families and pets. www.kalakuwait.net, or by e-mail at November 22. Tables are KD 20. From 11am to 3pm. Email [email protected] 28 - British Ladies Society Bazaar - should be minimum 200dpi. [email protected] 15 - Arpan cartoon - caricature At BSK on November 28. Articles must be in plain text and 8-9 - UK Education Exhibiton at the competition, workshop with speed 28-29 - Street Fest 2014 will be should include name and phone Regency Hotel. Al Futouh Ballroom. cartoonist Jitheshji at Indian held at a parking lot in AlShaab numbers. Articles and photos that On Saturday from 5-9pm and on Community School, Khaitan on AlKhaled area on Friday and Saturday Sunday from 8am to 12:30pm and Saturday, 15th November. Caricature from 3pm to 10pm. Instagram fail to meet these requirements will 4pm to 9pm. competition for 5- 12th Std and adults @streetfestkuwait Website: not be published. 14 - The English School Winter at 9 am, workshop at 11.15 am. http://www.streetfestkuwait.com/ Wonderland Bazaar. Held at the Students can register through 29 - 10K Charity Run organized by Please send them to school premises in Salmiya. https://www.facebook.com/arpankwt FSRI at the Marina Crescent. Register [email protected] 14 - Punjab International Cultural or http://goo.gl/forms/u0CQcedoxT. at www.runq8.org Email: Society presents Punjabi [email protected] [email protected] WHAT’S ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014 Kuwait Engineers Forum celebrates Onam

uwait Engineers Forum (KEF), an umbrella association of Malyalee engineers in Kuwait, and one of the largest engi- Kneers’ association in Kuwait celebrated its Onam festival on October 31 at Al-Zumoroda Hall, Gulf Road. This being the Silver Jubilee year of KEF’s formation, this year’s Onam had an added special significance. The day commenced with the tradi- tional lighting of the lamps by the first ladies of the eight con- stituent associations. After the customary welcome addresses began the real cultural feast to everyone who had gathered at the venue. A movie of sorts with a combination of pre-recorded projec- tion on a giant LED screen juxtaposed with live performances on stage by the dancers, drama artistes, singers was a joy and marvel to behold. It was technology at its best being used for an arts cum entertainment program, the types of which have very rarely been seen in Kuwait. The movie called “Suthalam” which told the story of Vamana and King Mahabali, which brought out hitherto unknown-to-many factoids of the king’s life, captivated the audience’s attention totally. It is praiseworthy to note that even at 3:45 PM, when the program ended, the hall was jam- packed with the crowd all spellbound. An estimated attendance of over 1600 people graced the occasion. The Arts Committee headed by Sanjay Cherian spent many a sleepless night to present before the KEF family a show that will go down in history as the one to remember for years to come. This year’s Onam program saw many advancements like intro- duction of e-entrance passes by the Finance Committee led by Aju Paul, which in its own humble way contributed to the better- ment of the Environment, the preset combination of light and sound and the brilliant stage setting by the Specialities team of Santhosh Swaminathan, the publication of a special Silver group is creditworthy. ladies of KEF. The vibrant colours and the energy in the dances Jubilee edition of the members’ directory including a brief jour- The day’s festivities ended with an hour long rendition of reverberated in the hall. The success of any program is always ney down memory lane of the glorious 25 years of the organiza- the traditional Chingari Melam and honoring of the ex-General told through the stomach of the audience and the OnaSadya, tion prepared meticulously by Arun Davidson group, etc. Convenors with Ponnada by Mahabali himself. But the best specially prepared by Vallapai Kannan fondly known as The backbone of a program of this magnitude is funds and and most colorful program of the day was the depiction of the “Palada Kannan”, who was flown in from Kerala left everyone the efforts to mobilize by Ajith Kumar, Sancy Lal and their significance of the 10-day Onam festivities starting from licking their fingers. Sreekumar G and his Food Committee Atham to Thiruvonam in a dance form by the children and deserve all kudos for this grand, scrumptious sadya. The fruits of endless toil and hardships were indeed sweet for the KEF Executive Committee ably led by Santhosh Kumar and his brainstrust of ex-GC Suresh Krishnan and GC- Designate Anil Kumar K V, supported by his advisors Professor Bijou Varghese, Ramakrishnan K C and Rammohan Menon left no stone unturned to ensure a glitch-free entertainment last- ing the distance. The function was wonderfully compered by the seasoned trio of Santosh Abraham, Meenu Sasikumar and the FM fame Lucia Williams. The yearlong functions to com- memorate the Silver Jubilee milestone commenced with the Art and Craft Workshop, which saw an attendance of over 300 even though it was the Summer Holiday period. Other activi- ties planned include KEF Sports Day, Dramafest, Health cam- paign, KEF day, an Industrial Exhibition & Technical Conference called KINETIC ending with a Carnival day. Science International Forum launched in Kuwait

cience International Forum (SIF), the official representa- tive of National Science Movement/ Vijnana Bharathi, Swas launched in Kuwait at a grand function organized at Indian Embassy Hall on 4th November. Indian Ambassador to Kuwait Sunil Jain inaugurated the function by lighting tradi- tional lamp and announced the SIF-Kuwait take-off officially. Subhashish Goldar, Deputy Chief of Mission, Indian Embassy Kuwait also adorned the function with his esteemed presence. Dr Ali Al-Dousari, Research Scientist, Crisis Decision Support Program, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research addressed the gathering as the chief guest of the evening. The event was studded with the eminences from all eche- lons of Kuwait, both nationals and Indian expatriate communi- ty alike. The presence of professionals from all sectors includ- ing Research Scientists, Indian School Principals, Faculties, and other prominent dignitaries added grace to the function. Premkumar, Principal, Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan, Kuwait and Advisory Council Member gave the educative presentation on SIF activities in Middle East. Summing up the proposed upcoming activities of SIF- Kuwait, he announced its first activity, ‘Sastra Pratibha Contest’ scheduled to be held by 2nd week of January, 2015. Students securing two top scores in Kuwait will be honored with the title ‘Sastra Pratibha’ and the top scoring school in Kuwait will (Media & PR Coordinator, SIF-Kuwait) extended the word of cation, UAE Exchange (Corporate Partner), www.indi- be awarded the prestigious ‘Acharya J C Bose Sastra Puraskar’. gratitude at the function coordinated by Dr Roopesh R (SPC ansinkuwait.com (Media Partner), philanthropists and other Vivek Nair, General Manager, UAE Exchange delivered the Registration Coordinator, SIF-Kuwait). prominent members of the Indian community in Kuwait with a felicitation address, Arun Kumar N (General Secretary, SIF- SIF-Kuwait is a voluntary organization formed and support- vision to introduce India’s rich scientific heritage and motivate Kuwait) welcomed the gathering and Reshmy Krishnakumar ed by professionals in the fields of science & technology, edu- the youth to take up science as a career. HEALTH SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014 Scientists tell US to find recipe for Ebola cure NEW YORK: A group of scientists including immune system, James Watson, co-discov- from survivors helps Ebola patients survive, tious about the possibility that hundreds of three Nobel laureates in medicine has pro- erer of the double helix that is DNA, and it is known that patients recover when their anti-Ebola antibodies would prevent or posed that US health officials chart a new Jim Simons, who founded hedge-fund own blood produces enough antibodies to cure infections. Studies have shown that path to developing Ebola drugs and vac- Renaissance Technologies and was a pio- stop the virus. some antibodies that neutralize Ebola virus cines by harnessing antibodies produced neer in the quant revolution on Wall Street, in test tubes don’t protect infected lab ani- by survivors of the deadly outbreak. are among the advocates of the idea. It Old process mals, said Dr. Thomas Geisbert of the The proposal builds on the use of “con- was outlined in a letter that was reviewed Antibodies are proteins produced by University of Texas Medical Branch, who is valescent serum,” or survivors’ blood, by Reuters. the immune system to fight bacteria, virus- working on Ebola vaccines. He also ques- which has been given to at least four US The proposal was sent to officials at the es, and other invaders, from colds to tioned whether the proposal would save Ebola patients who then recovered from Department of Health and Human Services, measles. Giving antibodies to infected peo- time, given the need to test any antibody the virus. It is based on an approach called including the Food and Drug ple would offer their immune systems a cocktail in both lab animals and human passive immunization, which has been Administration, to lawmakers and to head start in fighting Ebola, the theory volunteers. used since the 19th century to treat dis- biotech companies. They have not goes. If the antibodies in survivors’ blood is One of the most promising experimen- eases such as diphtheria but has been responded, said geneticist Michael Wigler genetically sequenced, they would provide tal treatments, Mapp Biopharmaceutical’s largely surpassed by vaccination. of Cold Spring Harbor Lab, who wrote and a recipe for treatments, which could be ZMapp, consists of three different antibod- The scientists propose using new genet- gathered signatures for the position paper. produced with technologies already used ies produced by mice infected with Ebola. ic and other technologies to find hundreds The recipients did not respond to Reuters’ to manufacture antibodies that target can- Initial research was published in 2000, but or thousands of different Ebola antibodies, requests for comment or said they had no cer or rheumatoid arthritis, the scientists it took until this summer for a study to determine their genetic recipe, grow them comment. The scientists urged govern- said. “It would cost less than $1 million to show that ZMapp cured Ebola-infected lab in commercial quantities and combine ment leadership without offering a specific get the genetic sequences of the antibod- monkeys. GlaxoSmithKline Plc and Johnson them into a single treatment analogous to development or production plan, and it is ies from people who have recovered, and & Johnson are among the drugmakers the multi-drug cocktails that treat HIV- not clear whether the idea would offer a then we would have an armamentarium of working on an Ebola vaccine. Both AIDS. That contrasts with current drug faster track to success than current efforts. hundreds or even thousands of antibod- declined to comment on whether the anti- development, which focuses on finding “Government agencies, commercial manu- ies,” Wigler said. bodies proposal might be effective against one molecule, or a small number, to defeat facturers and perhaps philanthropy” must He speculated that the idea has not Ebola. Wigler acknowledges that none of the Ebola virus that has killed nearly 5,000 work together to form a research and gained traction before because “academics those who have signed on to the proposal people in West Africa and infected thou- development infrastructure capable of pro- are trained to overlook the obvious.” The are experts on Ebola. Nor do they know sands more since March. ducing therapeutic antibodies, Wigler said approach would be difficult, and “many how long it might take to develop a pro- Nobel laureates David Baltimore, an in an interview. people in this day and age are afraid to risk duction line, get regulatory approval, and expert in the molecular biology of the Although there is no proof that blood failure,” he said. Ebola experts were cau- test the antibodies. —Reuters

Colon cancer Nurse who caught Ebola could surge among young: Study says more training needed

WASHINGTON: Colon cancer among people under 34 may ‘I followed CDC protocol for donning every time’ nearly double over the next 15 years, raising new concerns about how to fight one of the most common and deadly cancers, researchers said Wednesday. ATLANTA: A nurse who was infected with The rise in incidence in the younger population-blamed Ebola after treating a sick patient said she on lifestyle choices-goes against a long-running decline in didn’t have enough training beforehand colon cancer among people over 50. on how to protect herself. The decline was largely due to tougher screening and “The first time that I put on the protec- regular colonoscopies. The projected rise in the young is tive equipment, I was heading in to take based on unhealthy eating and other lifestyle factors, said care of the patient,” Amber Vinson told the findings in the Journal of the American Medical NBC’s “Today” show in an interview broad- Association Surgery. By 2030, more than one in 10 colon cast Thursday. Vinson was one of the more cancers and nearly one in four rectal cancers will be diag- than 70 medical personnel who were nosed in patients younger than 50, said the study conduct- involved in the care of Thomas Eric Duncan ed by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Cancer Center. The projected increase was based on factors Dallas. After being sent home from the including obesity, lack of physical activity and a Western emergency room Sept. 26, Duncan diet, which could “exponentially” increase risk, it said. “We’re returned two days later and was quickly observing the potential real impact of colorectal cancer diagnosed with the virus. He died Oct. 8. among young people if no changes are made in public edu- “We didn’t have excessive training cation and prevention efforts,” said principal investigator where we could don and doff, put on and George Chang. take off the protective equipment, till we Nearly 137,000 people will be diagnosed with colon can- got a level of being comfortable with it,” TACOMA: Medical workers wearing protective equipment surround a simulat- cer in the United States this year, and more than 50,000 will Vinson said. “I didn’t have that, and I think ed patient during a demonstration for media members on their training for die of the disease, according to statistics in the article. Colon that’s very important for hospitals across working with possible Ebola patients, Thursday, at Madigan Army Medical cancer is the third most common cancer among men and Center on Joint Base Lewis McChord, near Tacoma, Wash. — AP women, and the third leading cause of cancer death. The the nation, big and small.”But Vinson told study was based on a registry that included more than CNN in an interview broadcast Thursday and Prevention in Atlanta has acknowl- She said she became fearful after learn- 393,000 patients with confirmed colon cancers between night that she has no idea how she edged that Vinson wasn’t stopped from ing that fellow nurse Pham, who also treat- 1975 and 2010. Researchers found that the annual incidence became infected. flying. CDC Director Tom Frieden later said ed Duncan, was suspected of having Ebola. rate for these cancers in patients under age 34 was “increas- “I go through it almost daily in my that was a mistake on the agency’s part. “I was floored,” she said told the ing across all stages of disease.” mind: What happened, what went wrong. “I would never go outside of guidelines “Today” show. “I was afraid for myself and The study stopped short of recommending a change to Because I was covered completely every or boundaries or something directly from my family because I did everything that I screening guidelines, but said doctors should be aware of time. I followed the CDC protocol for don- the CDC telling me I can’t go (or) I can’t fly,” was instructed to do every time and I felt symptoms that might otherwise be dismissed in younger ning and doffing every time. I never Vinson told the “Today” show. Vinson like if Nina can get it, any one of us could people. “Identifying these patterns is a crucial first step strayed,” she told CNN. “It is a mystery to attended to Duncan on Sept. 30, the day have gotten it.” Medical experts say an toward initiating important shifts in cancer prevention,” me.” Vinson flew Oct. 13 on a commercial he tested positive for Ebola, according to Ebola patient who survives the disease Chang said. An accompanying commentary in the journal by jet from Cleveland to Dallas, one day medical records that Duncan’s family gains lasting immunity to the strain with Kiran Turaga of the Medical College of Wisconsin, before feeling the first symptoms of her released to The Associated Press. Like which they were infected. Vinson said Milwaukee, described the report as “unsettling.” virus. She said in the “Today” interview that another nurse who became infected, Nina Thursday that she feels good, but still gets “Assuming that this increasing incidence of colorectal she monitored her temperature and Pham, the reports note that Vinson wore tired sometimes. Asked whether she would cancer in young adults is a real phenomenon, it begs the checked in with health officials before fly- protective gear and a face shield, haz- be willing to treat another Ebola patient, question of why this is occurring and what one should do ing. She said reports that she felt sick while ardous materials suit, and protective Vinson said “absolutely.” She told CNN that about it,” Turaga wrote. While more colonoscopies could traveling were false. footwear. At the time, Duncan’s body fluids her engagement ring was among her per- lead to higher costs without much benefit, “this report were highly infectious if someone made sonal items that were destroyed when her should stimulate opportunities for development of better Guidelines contact with them. At one point, Vinson apartment was decontaminated. “I was risk-prediction tools,” Turaga said. — AFP The federal Centers for Disease Control inserted a catheter into Duncan. crushed,” she said. —AP HEALTH SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014 A look at the worst-ever Ebola epidemic by numbers

LONDON: As the biggest-ever outbreak of Ebola 546: WHO reports that 546 health workers have deadly virus in West Africa but they have not beds reserved for infected health workers. The continues to ravage West Africa, here are a few key been infected with Ebola, of whom 310 have died. reported any spread of the virus there. Kerry Town clinic, near the capital, Freetown, is the numbers to get a handle on the epidemic: Since Ebola is spread via contact with the bodily first of six centers to be built by the UK in Sierra fluids of a patient, health workers are at high risk of Four: There have been four cases of Ebola in Leone. It includes a triage center, ambulance pads, 13,042 and 4,818: According to an update this catching the disease. The US Centers for Disease the US and a single death - Thomas Eric Duncan, laboratory, pharmacies and decontamination units. week from the World Health Organization, there Control and Prevention recommends that no skin the Liberian man who was the first person diag- In about the same time that it took to build the have been 13,042 Ebola cases and 4,818 deaths be showing in a health worker treating Ebola nosed with Ebola in the country, who later died at a Ebola clinic, Sierra Leone has reported more than since the first child died of the virus in December - patients. Dallas hospital. Three other cases of Ebola have 3,500 cases of Ebola. but those figures include all probable, suspected been reported in the US, all in health workers who and confirmed cases and are subject to change as Eight: There are now eight countries that have had direct exposure taking care of Ebola patients. One: There is one remaining American hospital- more information becomes available. The numbers reported Ebola detected on their soil: Guinea, ized with Ebola, Dr. Craig Spencer in New York, a have actually dropped slightly in the past week Liberia, Sierra Leone, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Spain Two: It took two months for Britain to build and physician who worked for Doctors Without Borders because numbers fluctuate as more data becomes and the U.S. Other countries like Britain, France and open its first Ebola treatment center in Sierra Leone in Guinea. He continues to show improvement, available, and as probable and suspected cases are Germany have taken in people sickened by the this week, an 80-bed facility with a dozen other remains in isolation and is in stable condition. — AP either discarded or confirmed. Experts warn the number of cases and deaths are likely far below the actual numbers, as people may be reluctant to seek care and officials are too Drug-resistant superbug found in overwhelmed with control efforts to record every single case. The vast majority of patients are in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. 1915 soldier killed by dysentery Cases and deaths are typically only recorded days after people become symptomatic or die, LONDON: Scientists who unlocked the World War I, and still spreads now in unsani- The three other samples were one known which complicates a real-time understanding of genetic code of bacteria grown from a sol- tary conditions in poor countries and in con- as 2457T from a Japanese patient in 1954, a Ebola. “We are definitely getting a delayed picture dier who died of dysentery in World War I say flict zones. strain called 301 taken from Beijing in 1984, of the outbreak,” said Sebastian Funk, a lecturer in it revealed a superbug already resistant to The genetic data from this sample of bac- and a further epidemic strain from China infectious diseases at the London School of penicillin and other antibiotics decades teria-known as Shigella flexneri-which infect- from 2002. Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. “It’s difficult to tell before they were in common use. ed a soldier on the Western Front, show how “Only 2 percent of its (Shigella’s) genome if we are reaching a turning point or if there will be The discovery sheds light on the history of the pathogen has changed in the past centu- differed over that time,” Baker said. “But the a doomsday scenario. I could see it going either antibiotic resistance - now a global health ry. Baker’s research is to be published in The changes is has acquired were crucial to help- way at the moment.” threat - and offers fresh clues on how to tack- Lancet medical journal today. ing it evade the antimicrobials (antibiotics) le dysentery, a disease that kills hundreds of She said in a telephone interview that we use to fight it. It’s quite remarkable.” 4,707: According to WHO, 4,707 beds are need- ed across West Africa in Ebola treatment clinics; at thousands of children every year in develop- analysis of genetic differences between this She said she hoped the findings may ulti- the moment, just 22 percent of the necessary num- ing countries. 1915 sample of Shigella flexneri and three mately help her team and other scientists in ber are operational. The agency estimates a further “Even before the description and wide- others isolated in 1954, 1984 and 2002 the search for an effective vaccine for 2,685 beds are needed for basic Ebola clinics where spread use of penicillin, this bacterium was showed that while the bacterium has Shigella, since there are now few existing minimal treatment is provided and people are resistant to it,” said Kate Baker of Britain’s changed relatively little, the mutations it has antibiotics to which the bug has not devel- mostly isolated while waiting for test results. At the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, who acquired have made it more dangerous and oped some level of resistance. moment, just 4 percent of beds in these communi- worked on the research with colleagues at persistent. It also went though what is Intrigued by the 99-year-old stool sample, ty clinics are available. Given the uncertainty Public Health England (PHE). known as a “serotype conversion”, she said, the first in Britain’s National Collection of around case numbers, Funk says things like bed Dysentery is a life-threatening disease which made it able to re-infect and cause ill- Type Cultures, Alison Mather, another scien- occupancy are a good sign of how the outbreak is that is becoming increasingly hard to treat ness in people who had already been infect- tist on the team, set out to find the soldier evolving. “We really need to see numbers go down due to its growing ability to evade antibiotic ed before and would previously have been with the sample’s name, Cable, her only for several weeks to be confident it’s a real trend,” treatment. It was rife in the trenches during immune to further attacks. starting clue. —Reuters he said. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014

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ST. LOUIS: Vladimir Tarasenko stretched his goal-scoring streak to four games and the St. Louis Blues extended their NHL-best winning streak to seven with a 4-3 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night. Jake Allen made 24 saves for the Blues and ran his shutout streak to 184 minutes before giving up his first goal in two weeks. Tarasenko and linemate Jaden Schwartz each had a goal and an assist. Tarasenko has scored five goals during his four-game streak and eight in his last six games overall. Alexander Steen and David Backes also scored for St. Louis. Jori Lehtera had two assists. Allen, who blanked the Devils 1-0 Tuesday night in New Jersey, had his shutout streak snapped at 184:01 when Michael Ryder beat him at 16:35 of the third period. Prior to that, Allen had not allowed a goal since Vancouver’s Linden Vey scored on him at 11:57 of the third period on Oct. 23. Marek Zidlicky then scored at 18:09 for New Jersey and Ryder added his second of the game with 50.5 seconds left to make it 4-3. Devils goalie Cory Schneider was pulled in the third.

PENGUINS 4, JETS 3 Sidney Crosby scored the shootout winner to lift Pittsburgh to its sixth straight win. Crosby and Evgeni Malkin scored in the shootout, while Marc-Andre Fleury stopped shots by Winnipeg’s Andrew Ladd and Evander Kane after Blake Wheeler scored for the Jets to open the shootout. Brandon Sutter had a goal and two assists, while Steve Downie and Simon Despres added goals for Pittsburgh in regulation. Fleury finished with 34 saves through overtime. Ladd, Jacob Trouba and Kane scored for the Jets, who now have points in seven straight games. Ondrej Pavelec stopped 32 shots for Winnipeg. The teams combined for 102 penalty minutes and three fights, but no power-play goals. NEWARK: Jacob Josefson No. 16 of the New Jersey Devils moves around Ryan Reaves No. 75 of the St. Louis Blues during the third period at the Prudential Center. — AP BRUINS 5, OILERS 2 Dougie Hamilton had a goal and two assists shutout this season and the 28th of his career. Boyle, Tyler Johnson and Valtteri Filppula. The breakaway. Monahan’s power-play goal 20 sec- during a third-period flurry to help the Boston Niklas Backstrom made 14 saves for Lightning had scored 15 goals during three wins onds after Boyle scored cut the Calgary deficit to Bruins beat Edmonton. The Bruins scored three Minnesota. The Wild have outshot their oppo- earlier in the homestand against Arizona, 3-2. Johnson’s first goal in 12 games made it 4-2 times in a span of 2:34 to erase a 2-1 deficit on nents in all 12 games this season, but they’ve lost Philadelphia and Washington. Jiri Hudler and at 40 seconds of the third, and Filppula added an the way to their fourth straight victory. Boston their past two. Sean Monahan scored for the Flames, who had empty-net goal with 2:10 to play. won its 13th in a row against the Oilers, who won three in a row. Mark Giordano had two have not beaten the Bruins since Oct. 17, 2000. LIGHTNING 5, FLAMES 2 assists. After Paquette scored 61 seconds into the FLYERS 4, PANTHERS 1 Tuukka Rask finished with 24 saves for Cedric Paquette scored his first two NHL goals second period, Boyle put Tampa Bay up 3-1 at Sean Couturier had a goal and an assist in the Boston, which also got goals from Loui Eriksson, as Tampa Bay finished a perfect four-game 4:02 on the rebound after Jonas Hiller stopped first period, Jakub Voracek continued his offen- Carl Soderberg, Reilly Smith and Milan Lucic. Ben homestand. Tampa Bay also got goals from Brian the forward’s initial shot during a short-handed sive surge, and Philadelphia cruised past Florida. Scrivens made 27 saves for Edmonton, which lost Voracek got his sixth goal of the season to its fourth consecutive game. Boyd Gordon pull into tie with Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby with scored in the first period and Mark Arcobello a league-leading 19 points. Michael Del Zotto deposited a rebound 1:44 into the third to give NHL RESULTS/STANDINGS and Pierre-Edouard Bellemare also scored for the Oilers a 2-1 lead. Philadelphia, which has won four straight at Western Conference Eastern Conference home. Brayden Schenn added two assists. Pacific Division Atlantic Division PREDATORS 3, STARS 2 Nick Bjugstad scored his first goal of the sea- Tampa Bay 9 3 1 47 34 19 Matt Cullen scored the go-ahead goal at W L OTL GF GA PTS son for the Panthers, who had earned at least Montreal 9 4 1 33 41 19 13:47 of the third period in Nashville’s victory Anaheim 10 3 1 38 27 21 one point in their previous seven games. over slumping Dallas. Goals by Trevor Daley and Vancouver 10 4 0 46 38 20 Boston 9 6 0 43 35 18 Steve Mason made 35 saves, including a big Patrick Eaves rallied Dallas from a 2-0 deficit. But Calgary 8 5 2 43 37 18 Ottawa 7 3 2 34 27 16 third-period stop on Bjugstad, to pick up his sec- the Stars have lost their last six games (0-4-2), Los Angeles 7 4 3 32 29 17 Detroit 6 3 4 33 31 16 ond straight win for the Flyers. Roberto Luongo and are 1-2-4 at home. San Jose 7 5 2 43 38 16 Toronto 6 5 2 37 35 14 stopped 30 shots for Florida. Craig Smith and Filip Forsberg scored power- Arizona 5 6 1 31 44 11 Florida 4 3 4 16 24 12 Buffalo 3 9 2 17 45 8 AVALANCHE 4, MAPLE LEAFS 3 play goals in the second period for Nashville, Edmonton 4 8 1 32 48 9 Metropolitan Division Alex Tanguay scored in regulation and had which is 3-2 on a six-game road trip. The Central Division Predators had only two power-play goals in their Pittsburgh 9 2 1 49 26 19 the decisive goal in a shootout to lift Colorado St. Louis 9 3 1 34 26 19 first nine games, but have scored four in the last NY Islanders 8 5 0 41 42 16 over Toronto. Matt Duchene also scored in regu- four games. Predators goalie Pekka Rinne made Nashville 8 3 2 33 27 18 NY Rangers 6 4 2 34 38 14 lation and the shootout for the Avalanche, who 33 saves. Derek Roy and Matthias Ekholm each Winnipeg 7 5 2 28 31 16 Philadelphia 6 5 2 41 40 14 ended a three-game skid. Colorado lost a late had two assists. Chicago 7 5 1 34 23 15 New Jersey 6 5 2 36 41 14 lead but made up for it in the shootout. All three Minnesota 7 5 0 36 25 14 Washington 4 5 3 38 37 11 shooters scored, starting with Nathan MacKinnon. Reto Berra made 33 saves in his first SENATORS 3, WILD 0 Colorado 4 6 5 37 46 13 Carolina 3 6 2 25 37 8 start in six games. Tyler Bozak scored in regula- Mike Hoffman scored twice and Craig Dallas 4 5 4 37 45 12 Columbus 4 8 0 30 41 8 Anderson stopped 34 shots to lead Ottawa over tion and had Toronto’s only goal in the shootout. Minnesota. Clarke MacArthur also had a goal for Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one point in the standings and are not included in Phil Kessel and Richard Panik also scored for the the Senators. Anderson earned his second the loss column (L). Maple Leafs. — AP SPORTS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014

Zain honors Jet Ski champions

KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommunica- ny’s Chief Executive Officer Omar Saud Al Zain’s commitment towards Kuwaiti athletes, represent Kuwait in the various international- tions company in Kuwait, honored Kuwait’s Omar and Zain’s Chief Strategy and CEO which resembles the company’s endless con- ly renowned championships. National Jet Ski team champions at its main Support Officer Shafeeq Al Sayed Omar, who fidence of the competencies of these young As a leading telecommunications compa- headquarters in Shuwaikh, during a special personally honored the team champions for champions and their capabilities in excelling ny in Kuwait, Zain is constantly looking to honoring ceremony. The event came after the their national achievement as well as for their in different fields. It is worth noting that Zain identify and support excellence across the team’s recent achievement of winning a num- optimum performance during the past years. participated in the welcoming ceremony held sports sector. The company will continue to ber of first place titles during the World Jet Ski The company stressed that shedding light in Kuwait Airport’s Honoring Hall where many put Kuwaiti National teams and individual Championship held in Arizona, United States. on the achievements of local talents is a top of the team’s sponsors and supporting organ- athletes at the forefront of its priorities and Zain mentioned that the honoring ceremo- priority, and its main sponsorship of the team izations attended. The company expressed its pledges to continue motivating them to ny witnessed the attendance of the compa- for the fourth consecutive year is in line with keenness on encouraging Kuwaiti athletes to achieve all the recognition they deserve. Marquez clocks Rockets pound Spurs fastest time HOUSTON: Dwight Howard scored 32 VALENCIA: Marc Marquez, seeking to create MotoGP history points and grabbed 16 rebounds as in Valencia on Sunday with a record 13th win of the season, the Houston Rockets continued their topped the times in practice yesterday. dream start with a 98-91 win over in- The Spaniard, who wrapped up the MotoGP crown in state rival San Antonio Spurs on Japan in October, won in Malaysia last time out to equal Thursday night. Australian rider Mick Doohan’s mark of 12 in 17 races in a sea- Howard exploited a Spurs interior son from 1997. that was missing two key players, Tim As well as a record victory on Sunday, the 21-year-old Duncan and Tiago Splitter. Manu Marquez and teammate Dani Pedrosa can also deliver Honda Ginobili also was held out of the game back-to-back team and constructors titles in the season’s 18th for rest a night after helping San and final race. Antonio to a 94-92 win over the Marquez posted a best time for the combined sessions of Atlanta Hawks. 1min 31.296s, with his compatriot, Jorge Lorenzo, next best Howard and Houston took advan- on a Yamaha almost two tenths of a second adrift. In third tage, leading the game wire-to-wire on HOUSTON: San Antonio Spurs guard Kyle Anderson (right) attempts to pass the came the Ducati of Italian Andrea Dovizioso. — AFP the way to a league-best 6-0 record. ball around Houston Rockets center Clint Capela (15) during the fourth quarter With the loss, the Spurs drop to 2-2. of an NBA basketball game. — AP James Harden had 20 points, six rebounds and six assists for the Rockets. Cory Joseph led the Spurs NBA results/standings with 18 points off the bench and Aron Houston 98, San Antonio 81; Portland 108 Dallas 87. Baynes had 12 points and 11 rebounds. Eastern Conference Western Conference TRAIL BLAZERS 108, MAVERICKS 87 Atlantic Division Northwest Division W L PCT GB Portland 3 2 .600 - LaMarcus Aldridge had 20 points Toronto 4 1 .800 - Minnesota 2 2 .500 0.5 and the Portland Trail Blazers led by as Brooklyn 2 2 .500 1.5 Utah 2 3 .400 1 many as 27 points in routing the Dallas NY Knicks 2 3 .400 2 Denver 1 3 .250 1.5 Mavericks. Portland trailed 50-46 at Boston 1 3 .250 2.5 Oklahoma City 1 4 .200 2 halftime but outscored the Mavericks Philadelphia 0 5 0 4 Pacific Division Central Division Golden State 4 0 1.000 - 35-18 in the third quarter and Dallas Chicago 4 1 .800 - Sacramento 4 1 .800 0.5 couldn’t catch up. Milwaukee 2 3 .400 2 Cleveland 1 3 .250 2.5 Phoenix 3 2 .600 1.5 Damian Lillard added 18 points. LA Clippers 3 2 .600 1.5 Nicolas Batum had eight points, nine Detroit 1 3 .250 2.5 Indiana 1 4 .200 3 LA Lakers 0 5 0 4.5 rebounds and nine assists, but sat out Southeast Division Southwest Division for the fourth quarter after the Blazers Washington 4 1 .800 - Houston 6 0 1.000 - SPAIN: Moto GP rider Marc Marquez of Spain rides his had built a sizable lead. Batum has four Miami 3 2 .600 1 Memphis 5 0 1.000 0.5 motorbike during free practice at Spain’s Valencia career triple-doubles. Dirk Nowitzki led Charlotte 2 3 .400 2 Dallas 3 2 .600 2.5 Motorcycle Grand Prix, the last race of the season, at the the Mavericks with 17 points, 15 in the Atlanta 1 2 .333 2 San Antonio 2 2 .500 3 Orlando 1 4 .200 3 New Orleans 2 2 .500 3 Ricardo Tormo circuit. — AP first half. — AP SPORTS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014

McCaw wants to avoid another England slip-up

LONDON: New Zealand captain Richie for a number of reasons. “For me I think you lift the Webb Ellis Trophy again at by referees at the contested breakdown McCaw said the memory of what happened think back two years ago when we got Twickenham, the venue for next year’s final. area. However, McCaw said this had to the All Blacks at Twickenham two years tripped up here,” added McCaw, speaking at “We have talked about it a little bit, that it’s more to do with common sense than the ago would ensure there was no complacency New Zealand’s London hotel yesterday. “Two the last time that we are here in England play- All Blacks’ ‘aura’. “I think having an in the world champions’ camp come today’s years ago going into a month off having had ing at a place where hopefully we will get a understanding of the guy with the whis- clash with England. The All Blacks have won a loss, which in the end was quite a few crack to play at next year. tle is pretty key,” said McCaw. “At the end their last four Tests against England, including points, made it an interesting old (southern “As we have seen even this year, a week’s of the day I go out there and do my bit a 3-0 series win in New Zealand in June. But in hemisphere) summer,” said the 33-year-old a long time in footy let alone ten months,” he for the team within what he will allow 2012 they arrived in London as equally firm McCaw, the outstanding openside flanker of added. “But I guess at a venue against an you to do. That’s always the way I have favourites only for England to upset the form- his generation. “I don’t want to have that opposition we could potentially play next played. book in stunning style with a 38-21 victory. summer again so let’s get the job right this year it would be nice to go away with a bit of “You’re an idiot if you get on the McCaw, asked if this weekend’s clash rep- week.” Today’s match will also be the last time off and a good feeling.” wrong side of him and give away a resented the “focal point” of a tour that start- time New Zealand play at Twickenham penalty.” All Blacks great John Kirwan ed with a 74-6 rout of the United States in ahead of next year’s World Cup in England. REFEREE UNDERSTANDING recently suggested the current New Chicago last week and also features Tests McCaw, who led his side to World Cup McCaw has a reputation among Zealand side were the best in the coun- against Scotland and Wales, replied: “Yeah, glory on home soil in 2011, will be looking to opposing sides for rarely being penalised try’s illustrious rugby history. —AFP

Rudisha tops winners at all-new awards show BANGKOK: Kenyan Olympic champion David Rudisha said he was “honored” yesterday as he led the prize-winners at a star-studded inaugural ANOC awards gala in Bangkok. The 800 metres gold medallist and world record-holder beamed as he was named best male athlete from London 2012, among the all- new Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) awards. Chinese table tennis champion Li Xiaoxia was best female athlete of the 2012 Games and biathlete Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, the most deco- rated winter Olympian of all time, was best male from Sochi 2014. Legendary Russian gymnast Larissa Latynina, and former Olympics boss Jacques Rogge were also honoured for their achievements at a glitzy, televised awards show in the Thai capital. “I feel really honoured this evening to win this award. It means a lot for me and it’s really very special,” Rudisha said, calling his 2012 record- breaking win his “greatest moment” in athletics. Rudisha said he was hoping to use next year’s world champi- onships as a “stepping stone” to the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics as he pursues his comeback from a knee injury. “I’ve been going up and down with injury and just coming back. I’m really looking forward and see how my rehabilitation will go because that is the most important thing,” he said. The awards, aimed at becoming the “Oscars” of the sports world, are a product of a revamped and newly ambitious ANOC under its influential president, Kuwait’s Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah. The United States was named best national Olympic committee from 2012, when they topped the medals table, and Russia was best NOC from this year’s Winter Games in Sochi. Canada’s men’s and women’s ice hockey squads won the best male and female teams from Sochi. France’s men’s handballers and Brazil’s female volleyball team won the SHANGHAI: Julia Lipnitskaia of Russia performs during her ladies’ short program event of the Cup of China equivalent awards from 2012. —AFP ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. —AFP Lipnitskaia leads Cup of China

SHANGHAI: Russian teenager Julia It was enough to keep them ahead of my best,” he said. “I don’t think it was a Lipnitskaia scored a 69.56 to light up the current world champions Anna good idea to start the season with the opening day of the Cup of China Grand Cappellini and Luca Lanotte of Italy, who Grand Prix. I should have taken part in Prix event yesterday. finished second with a 62.70 score in the national games.” Months after becoming the youngest their season debut. It wasn’t all bad news for China, who modern skater to win Olympic gold, the After finishing runner-up at last year’s will look to complete a sweep of the 16-year-old immediately landed a triple event, Russia’s Maxim Kovtun currently Pairs category tomorrow. Three-time toe-triple toe loop at the beginning of leads the men’s race. He scored an 85.96 national champions Peng Cheng and her program. after landing a quadruple sow-cow to Zhang Hao currently lead with 69.11, “I was really nervous training and it triple loop and a quadruple toe loop. after finishing third at Skate America. felt like it was my first competition, so However, he stumbled while doing a “Performing before a home crowd I’m very pleased with the results,” she double axel. brings pressure and motivation,” Zhang said. Trailing right behind her with 67.99 “Today I landed two quads which said. “We were very pleased to have our points is teammate Elizaveta didn’t work so well in practice, but I was best performance today.” Tuktamysheva, who continues her hot able to execute in the programme,” he Fifty-four of the world’s best figure start to the season, which includes three said. “The opposite was true with the skaters from twelve countries are com- Challenger series event victories and a axel. When I return to Moscow, we will peting in the Cup of China, which is the silver medal finish at last month’s Skate look at changing the program. My coach third leg of the six-stop Grand Prix America. said I could do better and I agree.” series. 2014 Four Continents winner Kanako Neither of his closest competitors Skaters are looking to gather points Murakami of Japan is in third after scor- were especially pleased with their and medals to reach the finale in ing a 60.44 on her 20th birthday. In ice results. In his season debut, world cham- Barcelona, Spain in December. Many BANGKOK: David Rudisha, Olympic champion middle dance, Skate America runner-ups Maia pion and Olympic gold medallist Yuzuru will return to Shanghai next March to distance runner from Kenya, poses with the Best Male Shibutani and Alex Shibutani scored Hanyu scored an 82.95. In third is take place in the World Figure Skating Athlete of London 2012 award during the ANOCAwards 65.20 points dancing flamenco to China’s Yan Han, who became the first Championships, the first time in histo- ceremony as part of the annual meeting of the ANOC in “Asturias Variations” and pasa doble to singles skater from the host country to ry that the event will take place in Bangkok. —AFP “The Last Corrida”. win the event last year.” “I didn’t skate China. —AFP SPORTS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014 Australia square T-20 series

MELBOURNE: Australia bounced back man of the match.” (18) and Farhaan Behardien (5) in taking from their opening heavy loss to ham- The Proteas, who dominated the two for 15 off four overs, while paceman mer South Africa by seven wickets and Australians in the Adelaide opener, were James Faulkner claimed three for 25 off square their Twenty20 series in always under pressure after winning the his complement of four overs. Melbourne yesterday. toss. Skipper JP Duminy played a lone “We were outplayed in all forms of The Australians, beaten by the same hand topscoring with 49 off 51 balls the game and there’s a lot of learning margin in Adelaide on Wednesday, were with three fours and a towering six over we can take out of today’s match,” superior with bat and ball to cruise to the fence at the vast MCG arena before Duminy said. “We know we need to victory. The home side restricted South he was caught in the deep by Finch. come up with something drastic for us Africa to 101 for seven off their 20 overs In the space of two overs, openers to come back tomorrow. “These kind of and had few problems reaching 102 for Quinton de Kock and Rilee Rossouw things are good for youngsters, just to KHULNA: Zimbabwean cricketer Hamilton Masakadza three in 12.4 overs to wrap up victory. were both back in the changerooms. experience winning and losing, today plays a shot during the fifth day of the second cricket The series now goes to a decider in Two days earlier the pair formed a was a particularly convincing victory for Sydney tomorrow. “That was as good match-winning 129-run partnership that Australia so we need to take a lot of Test match between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. —AFP Twenty20 bowling as I’ve seen from our powered the Proteas to a comfortable learning out of it.” boys, we bowled to the conditions really victory in Adelaide. The Australians rustled up the runs Shakib leads well,” Australia skipper Aaron Finch said. In the space of 13 overs, Australia with 7.2 overs to spare with Finch “We used our pace and (leg-spinner) had four wickets - more than what they unbeaten on 44 off 30 balls with eight Bangladesh to series Cameron Boyce was unbelievable on a managed in Adelaide. Leg-spinner fours and Shane Watson hitting 30 off wicket that doesn’t traditionally spin a Cameron Boyce flighted the ball well to 23 balls with five fours. —AFP win over Zimbabwe lot and he deserved his wickets and the snare the stumpings of Reeza Hendricks KHULNA: Shakib Al Hasan became only the third player in his- tory to score a century and take 10 wickets in a match as Bangladesh whipped Zimbabwe by 162 runs in the second Test yesterday to win the series. The left-arm spinner claimed five for 44 in Zimbabwe’s second innings as the tourists, set a victory target of 314, were bowled out for 151 after tea on the fifth and final day in Khulna. Bangladesh, who won the first Test in Dhaka by three wick- ets, took an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Shakib’s 10-wicket haul in the Test-he took 5-80 in the first innings-followed a crafty 137 on the second day and deservedly won the man of the match award. The 27-year-old joined Ian Botham of England and Imran Khan of Pakistan as the only cricketers to score a hundred and claim 10 wickets in a match. Hamilton Masakadza, who scored a century in the first innings, was the only Zimbabwean to defy the spinners in the second innings with 61. Shakib began by removing Sikandar Raza and Brendan Taylor, then dismissed Masakadza after lunch before grabbing the wickets of Elton Chigumbura and Natsai M’shangwe. Shakib was supported by left-arm spinner Taijul Islam, who took 3-44, and leg-spinner Jubair Hossain (2-42) as Zimbabwe lost their last five wickets for 14 runs. Earlier, Bangladesh declared their second innings at 248-9 in the morning session after Shuvagata Hom completed his maiden half-century. Mohammad Mahmudullah top-scored with 71. The third and final Test starts in Chittagong on November 12. The Tests will be followed by five one-day inter- MELBOURNE: Ben Dunk of Australia bats against South Africa during the T-20 cricket match played at the nationals. —AFP MCG in Melbourne. —AFP

SCOREBOARD SCOREBOARD

MELBOURNE: Scoreboard in the second T20 International between Australia and South KHULNA, Bangladesh: Final scoreboard on the fifth day of the second Test between Bangladesh and Africa at Melbourne Cricket Ground yesterday. Zimbabwe in Khulna yesterday: South Africa Innings Did not bat: K. Rabada, Imran Tahir Bangladesh 1st innings 433 (Shakib Al Hasan 137, 12-3-45-1 (w1), Chatara 7-3-19-0, Waller 27-4-59-4, Tamim Iqbal 109, Mahmudullah 56; T. Panyangara 2- Raza 6-0-22-0, M’shangwe 25.5-2-82-4 (w1). Q. De Kock c Dunk b Bollinger 0 49, T. Chatara 2-61, M. Waller 2-65) Zimbabwe 2nd innings R. Hendricks st Dunk b Boyce 18 Australia Innings Zimbabwe 1st innings (H. Masakadza 158, R. S. Raza c Mominul b Shakib 9 R. Rossouw c and b Faulkner 12 B. Dunk c Abbott b Parnell 23 Chakabva 101; Shakib Al Hasan 5-80, Taijul Islam 3-96, B. Chari c and b Taijul 4 J.P. Duminy c Finch b Faulkner 49 A. Finchnot out 44 Rubel Hossain 2-55) H. Masakadza c Mominul b Shakib 61 Bangladesh 2nd innings (Overnight 201-5) B. Taylor c Shuvagata b Shakib 0 F. Behardien st Dunk b Boyce 5 S. Watson c Abbott b Parnell 30 Tamim Iqbal c and b Panyangara 20 R. Chakabva c Mahmudullah b Jubair 27 D. Miller c Cummins b Faulkner 11 G. Maxwell c Rossouw b Rabada 0 Shamsur Rahman c Taylor b Waller 23 C. Ervine st Rahim b Jubair 21 R. McLaren c Faulkner b Cummins 1 C Whitenot out 1 Mominul Haque c Chakabva b Waller 54 B. Chigumbura c Mahmudullah b Shakib 12 W. Parnell not out 2 Extras (w3, nb1) 4 Mahmudullah c Masakadza b M’shangwe 71 M. Waller b Taijul 4 Shakib Al Hasan lbw b Waller 6 T. Panyangara not out 8 K. Abbott not out 2 Total (3 wickets, 12.4 overs) 102 Mushfiqur Rahim c Chakabva b Waller 0 N. M’shangwe c Rahim b Shakib 0 Extras (w1) 1 Fall of wickets: 1-43 (Dunk), 2-92 (Watson), Shuvagata Hom c Masakadza b M’shangwe 50 T. Chatara lbw b Taijul 1 Total (7 wickets, 20 overs) 101 3-99 (Maxwell) Taijul Islam c Panyangara b M’shangwe 1 Extras (b4) 4 Fall of wickets: 1-1 (De Kock), 2-14 Bowling: Abbott 2-0-17-0 (1w), Rabada 3-0- Shahadat Hossain c Masakadza b M’shangwe 3 Total (all out, 51.1 overs) 151 Rubel Hossain not out 8 Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Chari), 2-13 (Raza), 3-15 (Taylor), (Rossouw), 3-46 (Hendricks), 4-60 25-1 (1w), Duminy 1-0-9-0, Parnell 3.4-1-17- Extras (b4, lb4, w3, nb1) 12 4-85(Chakabva), 5-117 (Ervine), 6-137 (Masakadza), 7- (Behardien), 5-90 (Miller), 6-92 (McLaren), 7- 2 (1nb), Imran Tahir 2-0-18-0 (1w), McLaren Total (for nine wickets declared, 83.5 overs) 248 142 (Waller), 8-142 (Chigumbura), 9-142 97 (Duminy) 1-0-16-0 Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Tamim), 2-75 (Shamsur), 3-131 (M’shangwe), 10-151 (Chatara). Bowling: Bollinger 4-0-23-1 (1w), Faulkner 4- Did not bat: N. Reardon, J. Faulkner, P. (Mominul), 4-145 (Shakib), 5-145 (Rahim), 6-220 Bowling: Taijul 15.1-3-44-3, Shakib 18-5-44-5, (Mahmudullah), 7-222 (Taijul), 8-236 (Shahadat), 9- Shuvagata 4-2-9-0, Rubel 4-2-8-0, Jubair 10-0-42-2. 0-25-3, Abbott 2-0-16-0, Maxwell 2-0-11-0, Cummins, S. Abbott, C. Boyce, D. Bollinger 248 (Shuvagata) Bangladesh won by 162 runs, lead three-match Cummins 4-1-11-1, Boyce 4-0-15-2 Result: Australia won by 7 wickets. Bowling: Chigumbura 6-2-13-0 (w1 nb1), Panyangara series 2-0. SPORTS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014 Age is just a number for history-making Hopkins

ATLANTIC CITY: Unlike other boxers who seem to age a little son of a city rubbish collector. with each punch they absorb, Bernard Hopkins is still a mar- Hopkins was arrested more than two dozen times and vel to watch at 49 years of age. stabbed three times. Boxing was his way out of the projects. The Philadelphia native is gearing up for his 66th profes- But not before he served time in prison for armed robbery. He sional bout as he tries to increase his record as the oldest was paroled at age 23. world champion in boxing history. Hopkins hopes to dispose of Kovalev, who is 21 years his He will be two months shy of his 50th birthday when he junior, and then defend his title at age 50. But the Russian seeks to defy Father Time once more by squaring off against slugger is Hopkins’ most dangerous challenger in more than a Russian Sergey Kovalev in a light heavyweight unification decade. fight today at Boardwalk Hall arena. “All roads lead to this fight. This is a huge fight in my SYDNEY: Australia’s cricket team captain Michael “This isn’t about being an athlete, a boxer or whatever it is. career and in my life,” Kovalev said on Thursday. “Bernard Clarke (second left) laughs with former captains This is something separate. Me as a man. I’ve been here since Hopkins is a legend. He is a professor of professional boxing. Ricky Ponting (left), Steve Waugh (right) and Allan 1965. I have been special ever since. I still have the hunger to This fight is dangerous for me but this fight is also dangerous Border as they gather around World Cup trophy in prove myself,” said Hopkins who hopes to add Kovalev’s WBO for him.” front of iconic land mark Opera House during a title to his WBA and IBF 170-pound belts. Kovalev has only one minor blemish on his career, a tech- George Foreman was the oldest title holder until Hopkins nical draw. In his 25 wins, only four opponents have lasted media event for the 100-day countdown to the 2015 showed up on the scene. Foreman last fought at 48 and won more than four rounds. Cricket World Cup. —AFP his last title at 45. “In the beginning of my career, I was ready to fight any- Hopkins turned pro in October 1988 when Ronald Reagan where at anytime. No one knew me in America and I built my was president, fighting for a quarter century. “I don’t mind career from zero. I fought any place, any opponent,” Kovalev Argentina wary putting my wits up against anyone’s wits today,” said Hopkins said. on Thursday. “When I step into the ring I am at war with Kovalev, who goes by the nickname “Krusher” has earned everybody.” a reputation as a hard puncher. In 2011, Kovalev fought and of Scotland Hopkins, who grew up on the crime-plagued streets of beat Roman Simakov who suffered brain injuries and died EDINBURGH: Argentina coach Daniel Hourcade is wary of the north Philadelphia, is the second of eight children and the three days later. —AFP influence of his opposite number, Vern Cotter, as he looks to build on the Pumas’ maiden Rugby Championship victory last month in the opening match of their November European tour against Scotland at Murrayfield today. The South Americans have arrived in Scotland’s capital city on a high after finally breaking their Rugby Championship duck with a 21-17 success against Australia in Mendoza on October 4. Hourcade, however, is cautious about the effect Kiwi coach Cotter might have on a youthful Scottish XV in his first home match-to such an extent that he has been studying Clermont Auvergne’s style of play. Cotter spent eight years as the guiding light with Clermont in the French Top 14 before joining Scotland immediately prior to the June tour in which they beat a shadow Argentina side, comprising entirely home-based players, 21-19 in Cordoba. “We expect a different challenge from Scotland this time,” said Hourcade. “They are playing at home under a new coach who will really want to show his way of working. He’s had longer to work with his players than he did in June. “We have analysed mostly the style of the coach. We have looked at the way his team played at Clermont. I imagine that his style of rugby is not going to change much from that, although we know there are different players with different characteristics in the Scotland team. “For us, it is very important that we reproduce what we did in NEW YORK: Bernard Hopkins looks on during a workout for an upcoming fight against Sergey Kovalev at the Rugby Championship. Getting a win has given us confi- dence. It has shown that we are on the way.” Gleason’s Gym. —AFP Hourcade has made five changes to the team that defeated Australia in a starting XV featuring just three survivors from the side beaten by Scotland five months ago. Pakistan want whitewash momentum against Kiwis Juan Cruz Guillemain of Stade Francais makes his debut in the second row, while Juan Martin Hernandez-waiting to join ABU DHABI: Pakistan will look to keep their winning momentum “I am confident that we will play good cricket against New Zealand, Toulon in January after leaving Racing Metro in July-returns at which gave them a long-awaited series victory over Australia when and we should play that way,” said Misbah. “There is confidence in the inside centre for his 50th cap. they face New Zealand in the first Test in Abu Dhabi tomorrow. side and not a weak link that you can see. The batsmen are in good Ten of Cotter’s chosen XV have been drawn from the dynam- Pakistan achieved a rare 2-0 win with emphatic 221-run and 356- form, the bowlers are delivering. Given that we are playing in the same ic Glasgow Warriors side who claimed eye-catching victories at run victories for their first series win over Australia in 20 years. The win conditions, we are confident that we can perform well.” home to Bath and away to Montpellier in the opening two was more significant as Pakistan were without their match-winning Pakistan have retained the same 16-man squad for the first Test rounds of the European Rugby Champions Cup. spinner Saeed Ajmal who is suspended due to illegal bowling action and will likely make no changes from the second Test against Australia Gloucester scrum-half Greig Laidlaw, the Scotland captain, is while spearheads Junaid Khan and Wahab Riaz were both injured. which was played at the same Abu Dhabi venue. the only non-Glasgow player selected behind the pack, partner- But an inexperienced bowling attack of left-arm spinner Zulfiqar New Zealand hope leg-spinner Ish Sodhi can come good after tak- ing Finn Russell-a veteran of just two caps-at half back. Babar (14 wickets) and leggie Yasir Shah (12) forced spin-shy Australia ing five wickets in the drawn side game against Pakistan ‘A’. The emerging Mark Bennett makes his debut at outside cen- into submission in both Tests. The Kiwis will also hope their experienced middle-order batsman tre, while in the pack Glasgow lock Jonny Gray plays his first ever Pakistan will continue to attack a New Zealand team who also Ross Taylor is fully fit after suffering a calf injury and having managed game of rugby alongside his elder brother Richie, having made struggle against spin and have not won a Test series against Pakistan just 11 in the tour game in Sharjah. New Zealand coach Mike Hesson his Scotland debut as replacement for the Castres second row since a 2-0 triumph at home in 1985. admitted Pakistan will be tough in the familiar conditions of the United against South Africa last November. More impressive is Pakistan’s home record, having not lost against Arab Emirates where they have been forced to play since terrorist Scotland have not beaten Argentina at home since 1990, a the Black Caps since 1969. Of the 50 Tests between the two, Pakistan attacks caused a suspension of international cricket in their country in run of five defeats, and have not won at Murrayfield for 12 have won 23 and New Zealand just seven with 20 drawn. 2009. “Pakistan are an incredibly tough team to play in conditions months-since opening their 2013 November campaign with a The New Zealanders will be huge underdogs. For Pakistan, Younis favourable to them. Our record against them is actually the worst 42-17 victory against Japan. Khan mustered 468 runs in two Tests against Australia while Misbah-ul against any of the Test playing nations, having won just two out of 19 Asked about the heavy Glasgow influence, Cotter replied: “I Haq and Azhar Ali notched a century in each innings of the second series, both home and away.” think combinations of players who play together at clubs always Test. Opener Ahmed Shehzad and Sarfraz Ahmed also hit hundreds in The remaining two Tests will be played in Dubai (November 17-21) helps at international level. “Glasgow have been performing the first Test, a confidence boost which Misbah is confident will be and Sharjah (November 26-30). After the Tests, the teams will also play very well and that is reflected in this team selection.” —AFP maintained. two Twenty20s and five one-day internationals. —AFP SPORTS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014 Messi targets more history

MADRID: Lionel Messi continues his quest to become the all-time leading goalscorer in La Liga just days after equalling a similar feat in the Champions League when Barcelona visit Almeria today. Messi drew level with Real Madrid leg- end Raul on 71 Champions League goals with a brace as Barca bounced back from two consecutive defeats to beat Ajax 2-0 in midweek and progress to the last 16. The Argentine is just one goal short of the 251 goals Telmo Zarra scored for Athletic Bilbao between 1940 and 1955, but has been kept scoreless in his last La Liga outings as Barca slipped to defeat against Real Madrid and Celta Vigo. GERMANY: Dortmund’s striker Marco Reus celebrates That downturn in form has coincided in this file photo. — AFP with Luis Suarez’s introduction to the side after serving his four-month ban for biting Dortmund aim to at the World Cup. The Uruguayan has yet to find the net use Euro success to in his three appearances for the Catalans and endured a frustrating night on his fix league form return to old club Ajax as he squandered AMSTERDAM: Barcelona’s Argentinian forward Lionel†Messi†(center) cele- his best chance to break his duck by firing brates in this file photo. — AFP BERLIN: Borussia Dortmund want to use their high-flying straight at Jasper Cillessen with only the Benzema’s winner to secure their passage make way for Bale with James Rodriguez Champions League form to help turn around their dire Dutch international ‘keeper to beat. into the last 16. switching to the left side of midfield. Bundesliga fortunes when they host Borussia However, Barca boss Luis Enrique And the in-form Frenchman, who has Champions Atletico Madrid will be Moenchengladbach tomorrow. played down the importance of Suarez’s 10 goals in 16 appearances this season, hoping to remain just a point adrift of Real Dortmund enjoyed a 4-1 romp at home to Galatasaray on slow start and is confident his star front believes he is enjoying his best run of form when they travel to face managerless Real Tuesday in a match which was twice halted due to crowd three of Messi, Suarez and Neymar will since joining the European champions five Sociedad on Sunday. trouble when away fans set off fireworks. European foot- click in the coming weeks. years ago. Former Manchester United boss David ball’s governing body UEFA are investigating. It was “Messi is the best player I have seen in “I always hear that a footballer enters Moyes and Alejandro Sabella, who led Dortmund’s fourth straight European win to put them my life,” said Enrique “In attack we have his prime when he reaches 26. I hope that Argentina to the World Cup final in July, through to the Champions League’s knock-out phase and distinct possibilities. We know that is the case for me,” he told Madrid sports are among the candidates to replace kept them top of the group. Neymar and Luis can play in different posi- daily AS. “We are in great form and enjoy- Jagoba Arrasate. But their domestic form is woeful after five straight tions and that their responsibilities change ing playing together. I would underline But president Jokin Aperribay con- German league defeats which has left them second-from- when we have the ball and when we the unity that exists in this group. We play firmed coaches Asier Santana and Imanol bottom in the table. Jurgen Klopp’s side has another chance don’t. “I like to have those variations. We together with the same attitude. Alguaci will temporarily take charge for to turn their fortunes round against third-placed Gladbach, have players of a very high level.” At the “We know that any player that comes the visit of Diego Simeone’s men. Second- who are on a club record 17-match unbeaten run and held back Enrique will still be without the on from the bench can make the differ- placed Valencia can heap more misery on leaders Bayern Munich to a goalless draw a fortnight ago. “It injured Jeremy Mathieu, so Gerard Pique ence, can swing the match our way, and Athletic Bilbao after they were mathemati- felt good to have won again against Galatasaray,” said may be recalled after missing out in the that is what counts.” Madrid boss Carlo cally eliminated from the Champions Borussia’s veteran midfielder Sebastian Kehl, 35, who is set last two games. Ancelotti confirmed in midweek he would League with defeat to Porto in midweek to make his 300th league appearance tomorrow. League leaders Real Madrid are also in recall Gareth Bale to his starting line-up when they meet at the Mestalla. “Now we need to prove that after a great Champions action on Saturday as they look to extend after the Welshman looked lively in his 30- Meanwhile, Sevilla will be looking to League match we can also pick up points in the Bundesliga. their 12-game winning streak against Rayo minute cameo appearance from the bounce back from their defeat to Athletic “It would be cool if we can start doing that this weekend.” Vallecano at the Santiago Bernabeu. bench against Liverpool following a five- last time out and remain in the title hunt Gladbach will be again without Swiss defensive midfield- Madrid eased past an under-strength game absence due to a pelvic muscle as they entertain lowly Levante at the er Granit Xhaka, who has an ankle injury. Dortmund need to Liverpool on Tuesday thanks to Karim injury. Isco is the player most likely to Sanchez Pizjuan. — AFP be careful as both centre-backs Sokratis Papastathopoulos and Neven Subotic are just one match away from suspen- sion after each picked up four yellow cards this season. Klopp is short on centre-backs with captain Mats PSG fear fatigue factor Hummels out with a foot injury he sustained in last Saturday’s 2-1 defeat at Bayern. Pep Guardiola has said his Bayern will now focus on in Marseille showdown improving their four-point lead in the Bundesliga after Wednesday’s 2-0 win over Roma secured both their place in PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain can close within one point of leaders ing up injuries.” Edinson Cavani has picked up the PSG slack, with the Champions League’s last 16 and confirmed them as Marseille with victory over their arch-rivals tomorrow which Swedish star Zlatan Ibrahimovic still struggling with a foot injury. group winners. Munich are at Frankfurt on Saturday in a would cap a week in which they also guaranteed their place in the The Uruguayan has scored in his last four matches to equal his game which will go ahead despite the four-day rail strike Champions League knockout phase. best streak with the club. Ibrahimovic may return for the high- which is set to hit Germany this weekend. Laurent Blanc’s unbeaten champions won their fifth straight profile match at the Parc des Princes and Blanc confirmed there is Bayern are without left-back David Alaba who is expect- match on Wednesday, when a narrow 1-0 win over APOEL Nicosia a real chance their talisman could be in the starting line-up. ed to miss the rest of the year with a medial knee ligament was enough to seal their place in the last-16 of Europe’s most “His problem is quite unique but there have been some very injury. Guardiola is set to rotate his squad after both prestigious competition. encouraging signs the past few days even if we still don’t know Germany winger Thomas Mueller and Arjen Robben sat out However Blanc realises Marseille, who are currently four points when he will be ready. “He has worked very hard and if his the win over Roma. clear, will benefit from their extra rest this week and the fact that progress continues in the next few days, anything is possible.” Bayer Leverkusen will be without five senior players, they are taking no part in European competition this season. Lyon have quietly climbed the table into third spot and a home including captain Simon Rolfes for today’s visit of Mainz, fol- Marcelo Bielsa’s Marseille side equalled a club record with eight victory over 16th placed Guingamp on Sunday will draw them lowing their 2-1 Champions League victory at St Petersburg. straight wins on their rise to the top of Ligue 1 but a tough 1-0 within two points of Bielsa’s side ahead of the clash in the capital. Coach Roger Schmidt is also missing injured midfielders defeat at Lyon snapped that run which was then followed by Bordeaux are level with Saint-Etienne and seven adrift as Willy Gonzalo Castro, Stefan Reinartz and Greece’s Kyriakos League Cup elimination by Rennes. Sagnol’s controversial week finishes with a trip to Lens today. “Is playing a Champions League match on a Wednesday ideal The Bordeaux coach had to apologise over his comments regard- Papadopoulos, while defender Tin Jedvaj is suspended. preparation for a ‘Clasico’ on a Sunday? I don’t know,” said Blanc, ing African players and for declaring that the scheduling of the “The victory in St. Petersburg was good for us, but we who played as a defender for Marseille between 1997 and 1999. African Cup of Nations influenced his decision to sign players must keep going in the league and try and take the three “Winning is always better than losing or drawing, it helps you from the continent. points,” said Schmidt with Leverkusen fifth after last week- recover better. “Marseille will come here with an ambitious mind- Saint-Etienne face Monaco who were beaten 1-0 by end’s shock defeat at Hamburg. Second-placed Wolfsburg set after the start they have had to the season, but we will Benfica in the Champions League in midweek. Bastia begin are chasing their seventh straight win when they host strug- approach the match in the same way.” “We have dropped points life without sacked coach Claude Makelele on Saturday, when glers Hamburg tomorrow. Eighth-placed Schalke 04 are in games this season but the fact we are playing in the Champions Montpellier are in Corsica while sixth-placed Nantes make the looking to pick up the pieces after their 4-2 defeat at League has prevented us from picking up as many as we maybe short trip to Normandy and a key clash at Caen. Rennes open Sporting Lisbon on Wednesday in the Champions League deserve. “It’s certainly an advantage for Marseille, and the more the weekend slate late yesterday at home to Lorient in the when they face Freiburg away. —AFP games you play the more you expose yourself to the risk of pick- Brittany derby. — AFP SPORTS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014

Gerrard in spotlight as Matches on TV Reds face Chelsea clash (Local Timings) English Premier League Liverpool v Chelsea 15:45 beIN SPORTS 1 HD LONDON: Brendan Rodgers insists there is no chance Steven Burnley v Hull City 18:00 Gerrard will crack under pressure when the Liverpool captain beIN SPORTS 9 HD bids for redemption against Chelsea today. Man United v Crystal Palace 18:00 Gerrard endured one of the worst moments of his career when beIN SPORTS 1 HD the Reds midfielder last faced Chelsea in April as his disastrous West Ham v Aston Villa 18:00 slip allowed Demba Ba to score the goal that shattered beIN SPORTS 3 HD Liverpool’s challenge to win the title for the first time since 1990. Southampton v Leicester 18:00 The 34-year-old has been well below his best since that ago- beIN SPORTS 11 HD nising mistake and his spluttering campaign, which mirrors his QPR v Manchester City 20:30 team’s own struggles, suffered another blow on Tuesday when beIN SPORTS 1 HD he was restricted to a 20-minute substitute appearance in the 1-0 beIN SPORTS 11 HD Champions League loss at Real Madrid. Spanish League Reds boss Rodgers also rested several other key players and UD Almeria v Barcelona 18:00 said he was trying to keep Gerrard, who has been bothered by a beIN SPORTS 2 HD hamstring injury, fresh ahead of the Chelsea showdown. Getafe CF v Elche CF 20:00 But with Liverpool languishing 12 points behind leaders beIN SPORTS 7 HD Chelsea, Gerrard desperately wants to erase the bitter memory of beIN SPORTS 16 HD last season’s mistake and this week’s demotion by delivering a Real Madrid v Rayo Vallecano 22:00 dominant display against Jose Mourinho’s team, who will swag- beIN SPORTS 2 HD ger into Anfield unbeaten in 16 games in all competitions this Sunday season. Gerrard has risen to the occasion many times before and Celta de Vigo v Granada 0:00 Rodgers is banking on another inspirational display from his talis- beIN SPORTS 14 HD man. beIN SPORTS 5 HD “He has had hard moments in his career and he always SPAIN: Liverpool’s English midfielder Steven Gerrard gestures Malaga CF v SD Eibar 0:00 responds magnificently. There was no blame. It was just an unfor- beIN SPORTS 16 HD tunate thing,” Rodgers said of the slip that is now immortalised during a training session. —AFP Italian Calcio League by Chelsea fans in a taunting chant Gerrard is sure to hear many Manuel Pellegrini’s side travel to second bottom QPR on Sassuolo Calcio v Atalanta 20:00 times today. Saturday with captain Vincent Kompany conceding his team- “He was instrumental in our run last year and how well we beIN SPORTS 3 HD mates will have to improve quickly if they want to overhaul the UC Sampdoria v AC Milan 22:45 played. “He is a big character and bounces back from that. It leaders and also progress in Europe. shows you the character of Steven.” beIN SPORTS 3 HD “The result says enough. There is no way we can afford to lose German Bundesliga As if Gerrard’s attempt to make amends for his costly mistake points against a team we should beat every day,” he said. “It isn’t a juicy enough sub-plot to Saturday’s clash, there is also the won’t take a lot for everyone at the club to realise we need to do Bayer 04 v FSV Mainz 05 17:30 lingering bad blood following Rodgers’s criticism of Mourinho’s better.” Second-placed Southampton have provided the most beIN SPORTS 3 HD cautious tactics in their 2-0 win at Anfield last season. uplifting story of the season by defying predictions of a relega- Eintracht v Bayern Munich 17:30 Chelsea midfielder Nemanja Matic reignited the feud this tion battle following the departure of manager Mauricio beIN SPORTS 3 HD week when he said Liverpool had only themselves to blame for Pochettino and five star players. But boss Ronald Koeman, whose Werder Bremen v Stuttgart 20:30 failing to prise open the Blues defence. team host Leicester on Saturday, has little hope Saints will keep beIN SPORTS 9 HD “Many teams this season have tried to park the bus in front of pace with Chelsea and City in the title race. French League the goal against us, but we win,” Matic said. “If you defend, you “In one game we can beat them but it is a two-team race de Lens v de Bordeaux 19:00 have to know how to defend. In that game (in April) we showed because I still believe City and Chelsea are normally much beIN SPORTS 5 HD we have quality. “We play in a different way now. We are first in stronger over the whole season,” he said. Gaillard v OGC Nice 22:00 the table and we want to stay there.” “The next step for us is playing in Europe. I have confidence beIN SPORTS 7 HD we can reach that.” Tomorrow, fourth placed Arsenal will look to Bastia v Montpellier 22:00 WELCOME TONIC put their midweek meltdown against Anderlecht, when they con- beIN SPORTS 5 HD If Liverpool do avenge last season’s loss, it would be a wel- ceded three goals in the final 29 minutes of a 3-3 Champions Caen v Nantes 22:00 come tonic for champions Manchester City, who trail Chelsea by League draw, behind them with a victory at Swansea. beIN SPORTS 6 HD six points and are in severe danger of crashing out of the “That was a good warning that everyone should raise their Toulouse FC v FC Metz 22:00 Champions League following their shock midweek defeat against game,” Arsenal defender Per Mertesacker said. “It is a small set- beIN SPORTS 8 HD CSKA Moscow. back and we will bounce back quickly.” —AFP Injury-hit Juventus set for mini-revolution

MILAN: Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri is Patrice Evra still sidelined, Allegri has no choice but have come from 27-year-old Serbian Filip expected to continue tinkering with his injury-hit to again ditch his trusted 3-5-2 formation for Djordjevic. side tomorrow when the Italian giants host Parma Parma’s visit. The former Nantes striker’s form has led to looking to reinforce their lead over title challengers But the big news from Juve’s training ground reports of ill-feeling between him and Miroslav Roma. Champions Juve opened up a three-point on Thursday was the prospect of striker Carlos Klose. The former Germany striker started in place gap at the top of Serie A last week when an Tevez being moved back a notch to play in the hole of Djordjevic last week and hit a brace in a 4-2 win unrecognisable Roma succumbed to a 2-0 defeat behind front pair Fernando Llorente and fellow over Cagliari, before he was replaced by the Serbian away to resurgent Napoli. Spaniard Alvaro Morata. just after the hour. Allegri’s men host Parma, who moved off bot- European commitments also proved costly to Ahead of a managable trip away to Empoli, tom spot with a shock 2-0 win over Inter, on the Roma, who prepare to host Torino at the Olympic Lazio are firmly back among the fight for next sea- back of a morale-boosting 3-2 Champions League Stadium tomorrow with major injury worries. son’s European places and Djordjevic has played win over Group A rivals Olympiakos in midweek. Roma lost defender Jose Holebas (ribs) to injury down suggestions he is now fighting Klose for the However injuries among the defence mean in a 2-0 defeat away to Bayern Munich on number one striker position. Allegri could again deploy the 4-3-1-2 formation Wednesday, when attacking midfielder Alessandro “I am really happy to play alongside such a great that effectively kept Juve in the race for a place in Florenzi (ankle) hobbled off. player. We play in the same position, but there’s no the last 16 of Europe’s premier competition. Roma are already without defenders Davide jealousy between us,” said Djordjevic. Ghanaian Kwadwo Asamoah, usually deployed Astori, Leandro Castan, Maicon and there are now Sitting level with Lazio are high-flying as a wingback, played as a left-back on Tuesday but doubts over Malian midfielder Seydou Keita. Sampdoria, who sit in fourth and will fancy staying is still suffering from knee inflammation. Lazio have dropped only two points in their last there ahead of meeting a Milan side which has tak- He has been “sidelined for two weeks in order six games, moving up to third place in the process en only two points from their past three games. to fully recover from the injury he sustained during only six points adrift of Juventus, three behind The enthusiasm of Milan’s revival under coach last Saturday’s Serie A meeting with Empoli”, Roma and one ahead of fifth-placed Napoli. Filippo Inzaghi has been on the wane of late, espe- ITALY: Juventus’ Spanish forward Fernando Torres according to the club. With defenders Martin Stefano Pioli’s men have banged in a league- cially following a shock 2-0 home reverse to pro- celebrates after scoring during the UEFA Champions Caceres and Andrea Barzagli and French wingback topping 20 goals in 10 games, a quarter of which moted Palermo last week. —AFP League Group A football match. —AFP Age is just a number for history-making SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014 SATURDAY, SportsSports Hopkins 45

LIVERPOOL: Everton’s Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku (second right) is challenged by Lille’s French defender Sebastien Corchia (second left) and French midfielder Rio Mavuba (right) during the UEFA Europa League Group H football match. — AFP Everton, Spurs on brink of Europa last 32 Dynamo Moscow, Fiorentina, Legia Warsaw progress

LONDON: Jonatan Soriano’s love affair with number of sides who went into the fourth virtue of a better head-to-head record against Moustapha Bayal Sall as their two teams drew the Europa League continued as last season’s round of matches knowing victory could put PAOK who are third on four points. 1-1 while Dnipro won 2-1 against their top scorer grabbed a hat-trick on Thursday to them through and they had the goalscoring Azerbaijani opponents to leave all four teams help Salzburg become one of four teams to prowess of Soriano to thank for settling the Thick fog in Group F with a chance of advancing. reach the knockout stages. Soriano, one of issue. Celtic’s Group D clash with FC Astra in It was a good night for English sides the hottest goalscoring properties in Europe, The 29-year-old Spaniard, who hit eight Romania looked in danger of being called off Tottenham Hotspur and Everton who moved took his season’s tally to 21 in 17 Europa goals in last season’s competition, moved on as thick fog enveloped the stadium. The to the brink of qualification. Spurs came League and Austrian Bundesliga games after to five this term while strikes from Kevin match went ahead though and the Scottish through a nervy finale to beat Asteras Tripolis a 5-1 win at Dinamo Zagreb that put Salzburg Kampl and Massimo Bruno handed Salzburg outfit missed out on a guaranteed place in the 2-1 in Group C thanks to an Andros Townsend top of the pile in Group D. Dynamo Moscow, their biggest away win in European competi- next stage of the competition after conceding penalty and a Harry Kane header. Everton Fiorentina and Legia Warsaw can also enjoy tion. Fiorentina’s Europa League form has a late equalizer to draw 1-1 in their 300th cruised to a 3-0 home win over Lille in Group the final two rounds of group matches safe in been a welcome tonic following their strug- European game. Celtic, who have eight points H with goals from Leon Osman, Phil Jagielka the knowledge their berths in the last 32 are gles in Serie A where they have managed only and are two behind group leaders Salzburg, and Steven Naismith. FC Zurich triumphed 3-2 assured. three wins from 10 games and lie 10th in the could still be caught by third-placed Dinamo in an extraordinary game against Villarreal in The Russian side kept up their perfect table. They looked like falling to their first (three). Group A where all five goals were scored in a record with a 1-0 win over Estoril in Group E, defeat in the Europa League when Maarten It was a similar story for Inter Milan who 10-minute spell in the first half. The 24 win- as did Legia who beat Metalist Kharkiv 2-1 in Martens put PAOK ahead with nine minutes began the day knowing victory over St ners and runners-up from the group stage are Group L. Fiorentina, who had also won their remaining but captain Manuel Pasqual curled Etienne could see them through to the last 32 joined in the last 32 by the eight teams who opening three games, progressed despite home a brilliant free kick at the end to rescue if Qarabag also won against Dnipro fall into Europe’s second-tier competition being held to a 1-1 draw by PAOK Salonika. a draw. That left Fiorentina top of Group K Dnipropetrovsk. Dodo’s first-half effort for after finishing third in their Champions Austrian champions Salzburg were one of a with 10 points and through to the last 32 by Inter was cancelled out by a goal from League sections. — Reuters