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MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015 SHAABAN 28, 1436 AH www.kuwaittimes.net MP wants Zoo animals Clinton kicks Rooney debate on oil roam free in off 2016 bid, strike minister’s Georgia capital building edge sees off statements3 after floods7 in Iowa9 Slovenia20 Barrak goes on hunger Min 32º Max 46º strike to protest arrest High Tide 10:20 & 23:50 PAB alleges former MP detained with drug dealers Low Tide 03:50 & 17:30 40 PAGES NO: 16552 150 FILS

By Meshaal Al-Enezi conspiracy theories KUWAIT: Former MP Musallam Al-Barrak, who was arrest- Kurdish women join fight ed to serve a two-year jail term, went on a hunger strike A second nakba yesterday in protest against his solitary confinement, well-informed sources said yesterday. The sources added that more arrest warrants would be issued soon against a number of people who repeat- ed Al-Barrak’s controversial speech that landed Al-Barrak in prison, especially those who had been included with By Badrya Darwish him in the ruling by the court of first instance. Meanwhile, the Popular Action Bloc (PAB), popularly known as Hashd, issued a statement yesterday condemn- ing the detention of ‘Al-Barrak in a prison allocated for drug dealers and people sentenced to death’. “This shows [email protected] how personal the minister of interior is taking the issue and is violating the law and prison regulations to achieve his personal ambitions even at the expense of justice and i guys, Ramadan is coming so I wanted to greet rights,” the statement by PAB said holding the authorities you. For some time now, I’ve shunned away responsible for Al-Barrak’s safety inside the prison. It also Hfrom writing. I’m sure you did not miss me. I warned the authorities against harming him in custody. hope you understand. Because I felt that I don’t want The PAB also urged the public prosecutor to dispatch to write about silly things. With all the turmoil hap- somebody to investigate what it described as ‘violations pening all over the world, especially in the Middle committed against Al-Barrak’, noting that his arrest would East, I can’t just close my eyes and talk about the price neither discourage nor stop the efforts of ‘loyal’ Kuwaitis of tomatoes or the dust storms like I have in the past. to achieve the goal of having an elected cabinet and a Don’t get me wrong, tomatoes are important and can fully democratic government that protects the nation’s affect our health. But there are small issues, there are wealth and people’s rights. moderate issues and there are major issues. For The PAB also condemned the way ‘freedom fighter’ Al- instance, ISIS is occupying nearly half of Mesopotamia Barrak had been treated from the beginning noting that and spreading like a metastasizing cancer. IRBIL: Members of a Kuwaiti media delegation including Kuwait Times’ Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan he had been ‘politically’ prosecuted and he had been Continued on Page 13 are pictured with female fighters from the Peshmerga forces. — Photo by Hani Al-Shemmari (See Page 4) deprived of the right to defend himself before the court. Continued on Page 13 LOCAL MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015 Amir receives Iraqi Kurdistan President

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Prince’s Diwan Chief Sheikh Mubarak Al- Guterres and his accompanying delega- Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Faisal Al-Saud Al-Sabah, HH the Crown tion. Sheikh Ali Al-Jarrah attended the received President of Iraq’s Kurdistan Prince’s Protocol Chief Sheikh Mubarak meeting. Earlier yesterday, HH the Amir Masoud Barzani at Seif Palace yesterday. Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah, received HH Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad, HH HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al- Kuwaiti Ambassador to Iraq Ghassan Al- Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak, Sheikh Sabah Al- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah was in atten- Zawawi and Kuwaiti Consul in Irbil Omar Khaled and National Assembly Speaker dance. Deputy Minister of Amiri Diwan Al-Kandari attended the meeting. HH Marzouq Al-Ghanem. Also, HH the Crown Affairs Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah also Sheikh Nawaf then hosted a luncheon ban- Prince received HH Sheikh Jaber Al- attended the meeting. HH the Crown quet in Barzani’s honor. Barzani had earlier Mubarak, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled, Deputy Prince later received Barzani at Bayan received HH Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak and Prime Minister and Interior Minister Palace in presence of HH Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad separately Sheikh Mohammad Khaled Al-Hamad Al- Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al- at Bayan Palace. Meanwhile, HH the Amir Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Sabah. Deputy Minister of Amiri Diwan received First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Khaled Al- Affairs Sheikh Ali Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, Chief Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Al- Jarrah Al-Sabah and Minister of of the Accompanying Mission of Honor, Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, accompanied Information and Minister of State for Advisor at the Amiri Diwan Mohammad by the United Nations (UN) High Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Salem Abdullah Abdulhasan, HH the Crown Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Al-Humoud Al-Sabah. —KUNA

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets President of Iraq’s Kurdistan Masoud Barzani. — Amiri Diwan photo Army Chief of Staff off to Paris Air Show

KUWAIT: Army Chief of Staff and His Highness the Amir of Kuwait the Prime Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Lieutenant General Mohammad Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah is also Khaled Al-Khoder left for Paris yester- Sabah. A French Defense Ministry offi- expected to attend the event, accord- day to attend the International Paris cial said the Kuwait contract was ing to reports. Air Show, which is due today. The agreed during a visit by Defense Earlier yesterday, Lt Gen Khoder show is the largest event of its kind in Minister Jean- Yves Le Drian to Kuwait met the visiting general commander the world, the Defense Ministry’s on June 6. of the US Special Operations Directorate of Moral Guidance and The International Paris Air Show is Command Central, Army Major Public Relations said in a statement organized by the SIAE, a subsidiary of General Michael K Nagata on several carried by Kuwait News Agency GIFAS, the French Aerospace issues of common interest. Both sides (KUNA). Industries Association. The 51st show discussed vital mutual issues, particu- It was reported last week that will take place at the Le Bourget Parc larly in the military field and ways to France was on the verge of finalizing des Expositions from 15 to 21 June boost them. US ambassador to a contract worth about €1 billion 2015, and once again will bring Kuwait Douglas Suleiman was pres- ($1.1 billion) for the sale of 24 Airbus- together all the players in this global ent in the meeting, the Defense built military helicopters to Kuwait. industry around the latest technolog- Ministry’s Directorate of Moral “The contract will be signed soon,” ical innovations. The first four days of Guidance and Public Relations said in French President Francois Hollande’s the show will be reserved for trade a press statement. Several other office said following a telephone con- visitors, followed by three days open Kuwaiti army officials attended the versation between the French leader to the general public. His Highness meeting as well.

KUWAIT: Ambassador of France to Kuwait Christian Nakhle visited Kuwait Times’ Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan yesterday. The two sides discussed matters of mutual concern. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat Kuwait supports Cuban water supply networks rehabilitation

KUWAIT: The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development has maintained an important cooper- ation with Cuba in the rehabilitation of water supply networks in several provinces and the capital, according to an official from that institution attend- ing the Cubagua-2015 forum, running here. In conversation with Prensa Latina, the manager of that mechanism for this region, Abdullah Al- Musaibeeh, stated that about four cooperation proj- ects are being implemented in Santiago de Cuba, Holguin and Havana. He recalled that he visited Cuba in March 2015 accompanied by the Fund’s general director, Abdulwahab Al-Bader, in which some accords were signed to support with funding credits the rehabili- tation of water supply networks and sewerage sys- tem in the island’s capital. He explained that he is again here to participate in Cubagua, where his institution presents today a lecture on the role in water and sanitation financing projects, and also to examine the course of cooper- ation. He reiterated the Fund’s willingness to maintain and continue collaboration it has with Cuba in all projects related to the water sector. According to the National Institute of Hydraulic Resource (INRH), that Kuwaiti entity has so far deliv- ered a sum of $52 million for the rehabilitation of water supply networks and sewerage system in benefit of the population and the capital’s institu- tions. The INRH is one of the agencies most involved of international cooperation in financing develop- ment programs, through government credits and donations. MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015 LOCAL UN official praises Kuwaiti contributions for refugees

KUWAIT: A visiting UN official has commended Kuwait’s contributions to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to help alleviate suffering of refugees in different parts of the world, particularly the Syrians. UNHCR chief Antonio Guterres, speaking at a news conference, said the aim of his visit is to express, on behalf of the refugee agency, grati- tude to His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Kuwaiti Government and people for their “generosity that contribute to alleviating the sufferings of refugees.” “We thank HH the Amir and Kuwaiti people for what they offered to refugees during this (Syrian) crisis,” he said. Kuwait hosted the Third International Pledging Humanitarian Conference for Syria last March in which it pledged $500 million, out of $3.8 billion of pledges by countries and organizations, to Zain prepares for Ramadan assist millions of Syrian people - either internal- ly displaced or living as refugees in neighbor- ing countries, he added. by providing ‘Machla Boxes’ The UN official said that through its exem- KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommunica- food supplies on the occasion of the plary contributions, “State of Kuwait showed tions company in Kuwait, announced its upcoming Holy Month. Zain explained that the real image of Islam in terms of generosity utmost preparation to welcome the Holy it organizes this charitable initiative annual- and gallantry.” The UNHCR tries as much as pos- KUWAIT: UNHCR chief Antonio Guterres speaks during a press conference yesterday. Month of Ramadan by providing food ly as part of its extensive Corporate Social sible to help needy Syrians, Yemenis and Iraqis, — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat essentials through the distribution of Responsibility Program during the month he said, urging all countries from all over the ‘Machla Boxes’ to a number of governmen- of giving to ensure underprivileged fami- world to follow Kuwait’s footsteps in order to the UNCHR is offering a helping hand to all the World Food Programme and the UN tal and charity entities to cover the needs lies in Kuwait have the essential food sup- meet all needs of refugees. Kuwait has provid- agencies in Kuwait so as to deliver aid to Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and $20 million to of underprivileged families in Kuwait. plies they need, especially during the time ed an exemplary support to refugees, but con- refugees. each of the World Health Organization and the Zain’s distribution plan for this year of fasting. Zain affirmed that its Corporate tribution is not enough in itself. On the occa- Guterres had earlier said that the Syrian con- International Committee of the Red Cross. involved various entities, including Zakat Social Responsibility Program during the sion of the holy month of Ramadan, HH the flict entered its fifth year in March with millions Kuwait has also allocated $15 million to each House, Kuwait Red Crescent Society, the upcoming Holy Month includes an exten- Amir announced that aid will be provided to of refugees facing a bleak future, adding most of the UN Development Programme and UNR- Awareness and Guidance Department of sive array of programs. The initiatives and Iraqis and Yemenis, Guterres told the press. see little opportunity of returning home in the WA, the United Nations Relief and Works the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor, and programs will focus on helping less fortu- near future and have little opportunity to Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. the Islamic Care Society. Zain is keen on nate people to enjoy Ramadan happily, as Pledges restart their lives in exile. $10 million have been granted to each of the this annual initiative that aims at providing well as celebrating the true spirit the Holy Asked if countries honor their pledges International Organization for Migration, the underprivileged families with essential month brings. announced during donor conferences hosted Contributions UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, by Kuwait in 2013, 2014 and this year, the UN The contribution of State of Kuwait to Scientific and Cultural Organization, and the official said that most countries honored their UNCHR’s refugees’ humanitarian operations UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian pledges, although contributions failed short of 2013 hit $110 million, the commissioner said, Affairs (OCHA). Water leak delays planes’ all needs of refugees. He pointed out that the adding the sum went to a number of host Kuwait hosted the first and second aid amount of pledges was small at the three con- countries like in Lebanon and Jordan. The con- pledging conferences for Syria in 2013 and delivery: Kuwait Airways ferences, which stood at around $7.3 billion, tribution of State of Kuwait to the UNCHR for 2014. The two conferences were successful and and so the UNCHR could not meet all refugees’ refugees’ humanitarian operations 2014 hit raised $3.9 billion in aid pledges, $1.5 billion in KUWAIT: Kuwait Airways said yesterday it age refrigeration units was discovered, which needs. $100 million, most of the sum went to Jordan, the first and $2.4 billion in the second. Kuwait did not receive a leased Airbus A-330, sched- forced the carrier’s team to refuse to receive Asked if there is a curtain mechanism to Lebanon, Iraq, in addition to other countries. donated at total of $800 million in the two con- uled for delivery last Thursday, because it dis- the plane, explained the statement. Kuwait force countries to donate for refugees, Guterres Kuwait contributed about $121 million a few ferences, $300 million in the first and $500 in covered a water leak in food storage refriger- Airways officials held a series of meetings said it is not possible to do that. He said that days ago to the UNHCR, $45 million for each of the second. — KUNA ation units, thus asking the company to fix it. with Airbus representatives, who acknowl- Kuwait Airways requested the fix of the edged the malfunction, and the two sides water leakage in line with international stan- agreed to postpone delivery of the plane Workers injured in mosque dome collapse dards related to the airplane industry in gen- until the leak is fixed. eral and the delivery of aircraft in particular, The company said most of the interna- By Hanan Al-Saadoun its concrete cement layer, said security sources. building, prompting Hawally and Salmiya fire- the carrier said in a statement. The leasing tional airlines could come across similar Rescue workers rushed to the scene and man- men to respond. Twenty-three persons were contract stipulates the arrangement of nec- problems. It commended the efforts of its KUWAIT: Four Arab construction workers sus- aged to rescue the men and then transferred transferred to the roof, while five cases of essary documents at least a month before team, specifically engineers, who were keen tained various fracture and injuries in an accident them to Mubarak Hospital. An investigation was smoke inhalation were treated on site; two delivery time, in addition to testing the plane on public funds when they refused to at a mosque under construction in Jabriya yester- opened to determine the circumstances behind were taken to the hospital. Separately, no by carrier’s engineers and pilots, it said. receive the new leased plane which was day. the incident. injuries were reported in a fire at a building Kuwait Airways pilots carried out a test therefore not registered under Kuwait The workers fell under the debris after the Building fire under construction in Sabah Al-Ahmad City flight and a water leakage in the food stor- Airways. — KUNA mosque’s dome collapsed while they were laying In other news, fire broke out in a Jabriya yesterday. MP demands debate on oil minister’s statements

By B Izzak people got mega contracts through ille- Minister and the oil minister to take a gal methods and he is obliged to uncov- decision to start oil production from the KUWAIT: MP Ahmad Al-Qhudhaibi said er their identity. Khafji and Wafra oilfields in the neutral yesterday that he will demand a special zone with Saudi Arabia. Production at debate on controversial statements by K-Dow venture Khafji was stopped in October and in Oil Minister Ali Al-Omair that unidenti- In a related development, MP Faisal Wafra in May. The halt in production in fied rich contractors were trying to con- Al-Kundari warned yesterday of a new these two oilfields means that Kuwait trol the vital oil sector. catastrophe in the oil sector similar to loses an output of around 250,000 bar- The lawmaker also called on the the so-called K-Dow venture for which rels per day which is crucial and hard to Council of Ministers to hold a special Kuwait had to pay a penalty of $2.2 bil- compensate under the current circum- meeting to discuss what he called the lion after unilaterally scrapping a multi- stances, Dashti added. serious statements by the oil minister billion-dollar deal with US firm Dow Production from the neutral zone made over two weeks ago. Chemical. The lawmaker said that was being managed by the Kuwaiti and He said he has sent a series of ques- Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) faces a Saudi sides and was being shared equal- tions to the minister about the state- threat of paying a penalty of around KD ly over the past half century. ment and has until now received no 1 billion to a number of contracting Dashti said that Saudi Arabia found answers and accordingly he plans to companies for small faults committed that halting production served its inter- demand a special debate in the assem- by KOC. He said he has sent a series of ests and Kuwait should see that resum- bly’s next session tomorrow. questions to the minister based on cer- ing production serves its own interests. Qhudhaibi said that on May 29, tain newspaper reports which said that The lawmaker called on the council Omair was quoted as saying that since a number of contractors have demand- of ministers to hold a special meeting to he was appointed minister less than two ed compensation worth KD 1 billion discuss the issue especially that the years ago, “his foes and owners of multi- from KPC. Kundari said that the aim of agenda of the national assembly is full. billion-dollar contracts have started the questions to the minister is to cau- Meanwhile, MP Mansour Al-Dhafiri shivering”. He said that the minister tion him against an impending problem called on the commerce ministry to knew the people he meant in his state- and to allow the Kuwaiti people the boost its monitoring of the markets to ments but he did not name them opportunity to know what is happening prevent any artificial rises of commodity although he sits at the helm of the min- in the vital oil sector. prices ahead of the holy fasting month istry. The lawmaker said that the minis- Separately, Shiite MP Abdulhameed of Ramadan expected to start on ter’s statements also mean that some Dashti yesterday called on HH the Prime Thursday. Arabian Travel Market reflects Dubai tourism success: Report

KUWAIT: General Manager of Leaders noting that total value of the deals between exhibitions, conferences and Group Company for Consultancy and signed during the ATM was $2 billion. the tourism industry, namely hotels, Development (Leaders Group) Nabila Al- travel agencies and organizers, especial- Anjeri recently hailed the success of the Dubai World Expo 2020 ly since most conference halls are in Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2015 that The report also said that due to its hotels,” added the report noting that was held in Dubai from April 25 to 28. previous success, Dubai will host the many countries have already started ATM was established in 1989, when World Expo 2020, held every five years realizing the significance of the sector Dubai started developing its infrastruc- over six months, attracting millions of and that over 15 percent of tourism trav- ture to assimilate demographic and eco- visitors who want to explore new inno- els were to attend conferences and exhi- nomic development and diversify its vations, ideas, scientific and technologi- bitions - over 135 million trips as per tourism projects to match its vision. cal advances. The Expo gives a boost to United Nations World Tourism new and current industries and ulti- Organization reports. $2 billion signed during ATM mately aims to bring about global The ATM 2015, under the auspices of change. It was held in London for the Expo 2020 UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and first time in 1851, and will be held for the The report accordingly advised Dubai Governor Sheikh Mohammed bin first time in the Middle East and North Kuwait to prepare for Expo 2020 and try Rashid Al-Maktoum, was held over an Africa with an estimated cost of infra- to benefit from the expected 20 million area of 25,000 square meters and structure and logistic services of up to $9 visitors from around the globe. “Those attracted 130 countries and 2,700 com- billion. delegations will not only come to Dubai; panies, the Leader’s Group said in their and unprecedented air traffic will be monthly report, adding that the ATM Great link flowing in and out of the GCC,” the also included tourism-related activities Further, the report said that the con- report stressed urging Kuwait to prepare and seminars on recent tourism oppor- ferences and expos sector was rapidly and attempt to attract as many visitors tunities and regional and international growing in the Gulf region and that as possible by preparing a suitable challenges. “Compared to last year, this many GCC states, including UAE (namely Kuwait Airways fleet, making use of the year’s Arabian Travel Market made an Dubai and Abu Dhabi), annually host coming four years to expand Kuwait eight percent growth by attracting around 200 international exhibitions International Airport, build more hotels around 33,000 visitors”, added the report and conferences. “There is a great link and prepare the needed infrastructure. MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015 LOCAL

IRBIL: Female fighters from the Peshmerga forces give military salute. —Photos by Hani Al-Shemmari

Kuwait Times’ Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan greets female fighters from the Peshmerga forces. Members of a Kuwaiti media delegation including Kuwait Times’ Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan are pictured with Peshmerga forces. Kurdish women join fight against IS

IRBIL: The number of women joining the Peshmerga forces Kurdish women have a long history in the army, as they The Peshmerga army had prominently developed in Iranian war in the 1980s, and were able to liberate different in Iraq’s Kurdistan to fight the Islamic State (IS) group is took part in the 1961 and 1991 revolutions and the 2002 strength and abilities throughout the years, mainly after cities in Kurdistan at the time. Meanwhile, after establish- increasing, aiming to protect the region against the terror- fight against Ansar Al-Sunna “terrorist group,” he noted. the early 60s revolution and the growth of the Kurdish ing the Kurdistan Regional Government in the early 90s, ist group’s attacks. The number of Kurdish women fighters According to the Kurdish administration, the number of nationalism movement. The force had fought many battles the Peshmerga had taken part in different bodies of the exceeds 200, while others are volunteering in rescue mis- women fighters under arms was recorded at about 1,000 in to regain the rights of Kurdish people, which resulted in government. The force also took part in the downfall of sions and administrative jobs in the army, Deputy all of the army’s divisions. signing the 1970 Peace Agreement to provide the Kurds Saddam Hussein’s regime in 2003, as they cooperated with Commander of the region’s guards told Kuwait News The Peshmerga army is now known worldwide due to self-rule, recognition of the bi-national character of Iraq, the international alliance. Agency (KUNA) yesterday. the fierce fights against IS. Experts say that the Peshmerga political representation in the central government, exten- The Peshmergas, consisting of about 190,000 fighters, The women had received hard training by the origin dates back to the late 19th century and early 20th, sive official language rights, the freedom of association are in need for new developed weapons to continue Peshmergas, and they had also learned how to use differ- when tribal border guards existed in the region and and organization, and several other concessions aimed at their fight against IS. Officials in the force say that the ent types of weapons, he said, adding that the fighters also became more organized as a group upon the fall of the restoring full civic rights to the Kurdish population. fighters are still using old weapons left behind by received special training in and out of Kurdistan. Ottoman Empire after World War I. The Peshmergas played a prominent role in the Iraqi- Saddam’s army. —KUNA MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015 From the Arabic press

Al-Jarida Money laundering report could What’s next? impact social security probe

By Ghanim Al-Najjar KUWAIT: An investigation into allega- one of her first degree relatives, so ative began liquidating tens of real Earlier in the year, British authori- tions of embezzlement within the that he can transfer her ownership of estate properties registered in her ties agreed to freeze some of the bank Public Institution for Social Security Kuwaiti real estate to other persons name, but lately as the investigation accounts belonging to Rajaan, upon very strong and silly rumor recently spread about creating a new position in Kuwait’s political leader- took a new turn this week with the fil- “although he knows that they were grew, the relative resorted to transfer- Kuwait’s requests based on the ongo- Aship, and that is the position of ‘Deputy Crown ing of a complaint regarding the sell obtained as a result of violating public ring ownership of whatever properties ing public prosecution investigations. Prince.’ or ownership transfer of 140 proper- funds,” as mentioned in the complaint. remained to other persons he trusted. The sources added that the defendant Well, this rumor has more than one side. First, some ties. The complaint said that illegal laun- Sources expected the prosecution hired a lawyer to obstruct this step by people tend to take the easy way of spreading well-netted The Public Prosecution was looking dering of embezzlement funds was general to cooperate with internation- writing a letter to the British Judiciary rumors regardless of those concerned. Second, such for leads to uncover illegal gains made done through purchasing of real al authorities to trace the funds result- rejecting freezing any of his or his rumors reflect political concerns some influential people by former Director General of the estate in and outside Kuwait and ing from selling the real estate, which family members’ bank accounts. suffer from and their wish to settle things and make up Institution Fahad Al-Rajaan when they Rajaan used to register them in his will reveal account numbers used in British authorities refused freezing minds in terms of shifting sides. Third, the crown prince uncovered scores of real estate deals wife’s name. funds embezzlements and provide his wife and children’s bank accounts, position, itself, has been the most important and yet the in the name of his wife. A complaint The new scandal comes few months answers to many questions about the according to British laws, sources said most conflicted among the positions. filed with the public prosecution, after Swiss authorities agreed to freeze way the funds were being laundered adding that the public prosecution Reviewing the crown prince position’s political history, the ruling family had not opted to appointing one, not known as a penal complaint, revealed Rajaan’s property and accounts, and over more than 30 years. and the Fatwa and Legislation until the post independence and constitution era, when that over 140 properties in the name the persecution general’s decision to Several of those who were called for department has taken special meas- the late Amir, Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah combined of Rajaan’s wife have been changed to freeze his accounts and property as questioning said they did not buy any- ures to track down all of Rajaan’s both the crown prince and the prime minister positions for other names in an alleged attempt to well as those of his wife and children in thing and ownership transfer was bank accounts and real estate in addi- the first time. launder illegal funds. Kuwait, and to ask the Interpol to done as a “trust” at the request of the tion to having the Interpol arrest and Following Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem’s death and the suc- The complaint showed that the wife arrest him and return him to Kuwait. wife’s relative, which leaves no doubt bring him back to Kuwait to be prose- cession of the late Amir, Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber gave a general power-of-attorney to Informed sources said the wife’s rel- that this is “money laundering.” cuted. —Al-Rai and in the absence of the constitution (as the parliament had been dissolved since 1976), the ruling family politically resolved the selection of a crown prince by inviting the rul- ing family members to nominate three candidates; until finally, the late Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah was chosen as Czech duo arrested for prostitution crown prince and prime minister. After the separation of the crown prince and the prime minister positions in 2003 for health reasons, the third KUWAIT: A Czech man and woman were arrested for grazes and bruises on her body as a result of physical Fatira. The deceased worked as a guard, was 55-years- occasion happened in December 2006 and was then prostitution. Sources said the Czech man, who arrived assault. The husband was summoned for questioning. old at the time of death, and suffered severe bleeding, known as the “ruling crisis,” in which the law of Amirship in Kuwait with a tourist visa issued by a hotel, had fre- according to security sources. inheritance and the constitution governing political prac- quent visitors to his room, and apparently promoted his Harassed tices played a major role in settling the issue. It ended with services through the internet before arriving in Kuwait. the choosing of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- A citizen in her thirties accused an Arab perfume sales- Drug Arrests Ahmad Al-Sabah to the position. He charged KD 150 per hour. The Czech woman, howev- man of harassing her. The woman went to Salmiya police A suspect who was under the influence of drugs was When the late Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber (Amir in the peri- er, arrived five days ago and went to the same hotel as station and told them she was surprised by the salesman’s arrested after resisting arrest and attempting to escape. od of 1921-1950) passed away on June 29, 1950, the late her compatriot and started her activity as soon as she attempts to harass her. Investigations are underway. The man was spotted at a seaside in Shaab; was Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem (Amir in the period of 1950- arrived. Detectives, who gathered data about the two, stopped and was caught with the possession of narcot- 1965) had been away in Muscat. The British expressed con- sent two undercover agents, who arrested them, where ic pills, 19 envelopes containing a brown material, cerns about the successor, but as soon as Sheikh Abdullah they were sent to Residency Affairs Department for Deported for fighting along with hashish crumbs. The man was later charged returned home, he was commended as Amir. At that time, a deportation. Two Asian men who fought over a car parking with resisting arrest and possession of drugs with the British envoy visited Kuwait to make Sheikh Abdullah spot were arrested by police. The fight started in a intention to sell. In Hawally, on their way to respond to appoint a crown prince but he rejected on grounds that the Rejected Salmiya parking lot, and police were called to break it a fight, police patrol noticed a car being driven errati- family had not known such a tradition. The British accepted A citizen beat a girl he knows in a Fahaheel mall, took up. One of the Asians sustained a head wound, so he cally, so they stopped it, and found the Egyptian driver this and Abdullah Al-Salem became Amir on February 25, her phone while asking her, “Why do you not answer?” was taken to Mubarak hospital, while the other man without any ID. A Pakistani and a Palestinian was with 1950 - the date that later became Kuwait’s national day. Those instances show that there are actually no clearly The girl went to the police station and filed charges. was sent to the police station. Both will be deported. him inside the car and police found narcotic pills, defined measures for selection. That is why despite his Investigations are underway. hashish and knives with them. They were sent to con- closeness to the late Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad, who was most cerned authority. In another incident, Hawally police likely to be appointed crown prince, Sheikh Abdullah sur- Slashed for loud music Cross-dressers arrested arrested a man wanted on a debt case, and was found prised everyone by appointing Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem for A citizen beat and cut his neighbor in the head, Jahra police sent two male cross-dressers to con- with the possession of several narcotic pills and the position. after knocking at his Egyptian neighbor’s door three cerned authorities after arresting them on a checkpoint hashish joints. The man was sent to concerned authori- So, if choosing a crown prince goes through so much times to ask him to turn down his loud music. The on Kabd road. One of the arrested was found wanted ties. Also, Farwaniya police sent four expats to Drug political complications and is subject to the balance of Egyptian man filed charges at Salmiya police station. with a civil case. Control General Department, after they were arrested power within and outside the ruling family, how would Detectives are investigating. in Khaitan with the possession of drugs. In another sto- choosing a deputy crown prince be like, taking into consid- Natural causes ry, an Egyptian expat who was arrested on drug eration that it is an unconstitutional position and that it is Domestic abuse The coroner decided that a Jordanian man died of charges in Fahaheel accused a non-commissioned offi- politically made without any guarantees of its continua- tion? — Translated by Kuwait Times In another incident, a Jordanian woman told natural causes, and no foul play was involved, despite cer of stealing his phone. Investigations are underway. Maidan Hawally police that her husband caused the large amount of blood found around him in Abu —Al-Rai and Al-Anbaa

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TBILISI, Georgia: People help a hippopotamus escape from a flooded zoo yesterday. Tigers, lions, a hippopotamus and other animals have escaped from the zoo in Georgia’s capital after heavy flooding destroyed their enclosures, prompting authorities to warn residents in Tbilisi to say inside. — AP photos 12 dead as tigers and lions roam Tbilisi Heavy floods lead to massive zoo breakout TBILISI, Georgia: Lions, tigers and even a President Giorgi Margvelashvili sent his hippopotamus escaped from a zoo in the condolences to the victims’ families as he Georgian capital Tbilisi yesterday, adding to visited the affected area to observe the chaos caused by flooding that killed at clean-up operation. “The human losses that least 12 people, officials said. Police and we have suffered are very hard to tolerate. I soldiers were hunting down the animals, express my condolences to all the people recapturing some and shooting others who lost their relatives,” Margvelashvili told dead, while rescuers airlifted scores of peo- local television. Jacob Janjulia, a 21-year- ple trapped by the floods. old student who was among the residents Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili called volunteering to help rescuers, said parts of on Tbilisi residents to stay indoors while the Tbilisi were “ravaged”. animals were still at large, describing the “It’s the duty of all citizens to help res- damage to the city’s infrastructure as “sub- cuers, to help the affected people,” he told stantial” after the River Vere burst its banks AFP. Another Tbilisi resident, 46-year-old after hours of torrential rain. “Our latest dentist Anna Korinteli, wept as she sur- estimate is that the death toll is 12,” Tbilisi veyed the scene. “Such a terrible tragedy, Mayor David Narmania told journalists. The people died, many lost their homes. I can’t mayor’s office said dozens of families had stop crying,” she said. “My heart bleeds been left without shelter and thousands when I think of what happened to the ani- without water and electricity in the city. mals in Tbilisi zoo.” Several main roads were completely destroyed and small houses and cars were Terrible tragedy swept away by the torrents, while half a The head of the immensely influential dozen coffins in a city cemetery were Georgian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Ilia II, washed out of the ground and lay on the blamed the floods on the “sin” of mud. Tbilisi Zoo spokeswoman Mzia Communists who he said built the zoo Sharashidze told the InterPressNews using money raised from destroying agency that three dead bodies had been churches and melting down their bells. “A found on the grounds of the zoo, including terrible tragedy happened, people died in those of two employees. the flood. Tbilisi Zoo is ravaged. When the “Search for animals continues, but a Communists occupied Georgia, and started large part of the zoo is simply non-existent. repressions against Christians and the cler- It was turned into a hellish whirlpool,” gy and the destruction of churches and Sharashidze said. She said 20 wolves, eight monasteries, they ordered church bells to lions and an unspecified number of tigers, be melted, the metal sold and a zoo to be jackals and jaguars had been shot dead by built with that money,” he said in his yester- Special Forces or were missing. “Only three day morning sermon. out of our 17 penguins were saved,” she He said the zoo therefore “can’t flourish added. on that place. It must be relocated to a dif- ferent place. A sin never remains without Hippo in the square punishment,” he added. Interior ministry Rustavi 2 television broadcast footage spokeswoman Nino Giorgobiani said res- showing a hippo swimming in the flooded cuers were airlifting scores from flood- Heroes’ Square in downtown Tbilisi as res- affected areas after the heavy rainfall also cuers struggled to capture the animal. The caused a landslide on the Tskneti-Betania corpses of a lion and a pony lay on the road road outside the capital. In May 2012, five close to the zoo yesterday afternoon, an AFP people, including a mother and her two journalist saw. The government set up a hot- children, were killed in flooding that swept line for residents to inform the emergency through Tbilisi’s ramshackle slums that are services if they spotted any of the predators. home to the city’s poorest. — AFP

TBILISI: A bear tries to save itself from a flooded zoo area. INTERNATIONAL MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015 Erdogan to ask AKP to form Turkey coalition

ISTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of all four parties who won seats in parlia- yesterday said he would ask Turkey’s ruling ment for talks. The AKP, co-founded by Justice and Development Party (AKP) to Erdogan, lost its overall majority in the June form a coalition government, after it lost its 7 polls for the first time since it came to overall majority in legislative elections. power in 2002. The party won the most Should the AKP fail in the talks, Erdogan votes but the result was a huge blow for said he would then ask the second-placed Erdogan himself, who had wanted to opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) change Turkey’s constitution into a presi- to form the government. And only if those dential system. talks failed, Erdogan said, would he use his To the amusement of critics, the normal- right within the constitution to call early ly loquacious Erdogan made no public elections. comments for almost four days after the “It is unthinkable that the country is left poll. But Erdogan, premier from 2003-2014, without a government,” Erdogan told insisted that his authority remained intact, Turkish media aboard his presidential plane referring to his victory in 2014 presidential while returning from a trip to Azerbaijan. “I elections with almost 52 percent of the will first give the mandate (for talks) to the vote. “I don’t find discussions of presidential head of the political party that won the authority correct when the president has most votes,” he said, referring to Prime been elected with 52 percent of the vote,” Minister and AKP leader Ahmet Davutoglu. he said. “I find this disrespectful to the “If it (a coalition) cannot be established, I national will. The president has been per- will then give the mandate to the head of sonally given this task by the nation.” the party that finished second,” he said, Erdogan gave no indication, however, of referring to CHP chief Kemal Kilicdaroglu. what his preferred combination for an AKP- Erdogan said snap elections would then led coalition would be. Analysts have said follow if these talks failed, but said he pre- while the AKP could team up with the ferred to term them “repeat elections” third-placed Nationalist Movement Party rather than “early elections”. He said that (MHP), a grand coalition with the CHP is next week he would be inviting the leaders also possible.— AFP Anti-migrant protests WASHINGTON: Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen Martin Dempsey, (left) accompanied by Defense Secretary Ash Carter, speaks during a news confer- bevy troubled Rakine ence at the Pentagon. — AP YANGON: Buddhist hardliners backed by of monks, gathered under heavy rain yes- monks protested in Myanmar’s troubled terday in the state capital Sittwe chanting Rakhine state yesterday against help being slogans, a witness who joined the protest Shaped by war, Dempsey offered to desperate migrants found adrift told AFP by phone. The witness’ account on boats in the Bay of Bengal. Rakhine, one was confirmed by a protest leader who said of Myanmar’s poorest states, is a tinderbox simultaneous demonstrations would take doubts US role in Iraq of tension between its Buddhist majority place in 10 townships across the state. and a persecuted Rohingya Muslim minori- “We are protesting against Bengalis that ty, many of whom live in displacement were sent to Rakhine State,” Aung Htay, a camps after deadly unrest erupted there in protest leader in Sittwe, told AFP. Most ‘Victory will require a unified Iraq supported by neighbors’ 2012. Tens of thousands of Rohingya have Myanmar nationals, including the govern- fled Rakhine in recent years, joined increas- ment, use the term Bengali to describe LONDON: In the homestretch of a 41-year US the Sept 11 attacks, he served in Saudi Arabia as that he would not to allow the US to “get ingly by economic migrants from neighbor- Rohingya, many of whom have lived in the Army career shaped by war and the scars of war, an adviser on internal defense. He led the US dragged into another war in Iraq.” ing Bangladesh, mainly headed for Malaysia region for generations. Most of the coun- Gen Martin Dempsey sounds unconvinced that Army’s 1st Armored Division in combat in Iraq in and Indonesia. The exodus was largely try’s estimated 1.3 million Rohingya are Iraq has found its path to lasting victory over the 2003-04, commanded the US training mission in Political weaknesses ignored until a crackdown on the people- refused citizenship and face a raft of restric- Islamic State group. But neither does the top Baghdad in 2005-07, oversaw military opera- Dempsey knows Iraq and its political weak- smuggling trade in Thailand last month tions on their movement, family size and military adviser to President Barack Obama say tions in the greater Middle East as acting com- nesses better than most. While he is willing to caused chaos as gang masters abandoned access to jobs. the threats to Iraq today justify sending mander of US Central Command in 2008, and as give the Shiite-dominated government in their human cargos on land and sea. Some In Maungdaw, the town closest to American ground troops back into combat. He Joint Chiefs chairman has been the chief military Baghdad more time to achieve political reconcil- 4,500 Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants where the rescued migrants are being held, counsels patience, for now. adviser to President Barack Obama and his iation with the Sunnis, he does not sound overly have since washed ashore in the region protest organizer Tin Maung Than said he Give the Iraqis more time to heal their inter- National Security Council. optimistic.”We have not given up on the possi- while the UN estimates around 2,000 others expected 200 people to turn out. “We are nal divisions and fight their own battles. Resist Dempsey’s assessment also reflects scars of bility that the Iraqi government can actually be are still trapped at sea. After mounting gathering people to protest against Bengali the temptation to grab control of the contest his wartime experience. On his desk in the whole,” he said. He was alluding to lethal fissures international pressure Myanmar’s navy res- boat people here,” he said. A flyer promot- against the Islamic State group. An enduring vic- Pentagon sits a small wooden box of laminated between Iraq’s Sunnis and Shiites. They wors- cued more than 900 migrants who were ing protest plans seen by AFP called on tory will take more than military might; it will cards, one for each of the more than 100 soldiers ened after the 2003 US invasion that toppled brought to Rakhine. people to “protect the future of Rakhine” require a unified Iraq supported by neighbors. “If who died in Iraq under his command in 2003-04. Saddam Hussein and then returned during the and also referred to migrants as “Kalar”, a we were to take control of this campaign, I mean Carved on the box’s lid are the words, “Make it tenure of Nouri Al-Maliki as prime minister. Infuriated Buddhists commonly-used racist epithet used to literally seize control of the campaign, then matter.” His Iraq view, however, is not shared by The Obama administration had high hopes Some 150 have since been repatriated describe Myanmar’s Muslim population. there’s no doubt in my mind we would probably some in Congress, and others, who say the US that al-Maliki’s successor, Haider Al-Abadi, would to Bangladesh. But the rest are being held Anti-Muslim sentiment has been on the defeat ISIL on, let’s say, a faster timeline, but at cannot afford to count on the Iraqis. US Rep Mac advance reconciliation when he assumed office in border camps while Bangladesh and rise across Myanmar in recent years with some considerable cost to our young men and Thornberry, R-Texas, chairman of the House last September, but he has yet to deliver. Myanmar decide their original nationality. radical monks accused of stoking religious women in uniform,” he told US troops Thursday Armed Services Committee, calls Obama’s Dempsey also has considered alternative cours- The rescues have infuriated Buddhist hard- tensions with fiery warnings that Buddhism in an aircraft hangar in Naples, Italy, on one of approach too passive and lacking strategic es of US action should the Iraqis prove incapable liners who want the Rohingya-one of the is under threat from Islam. Neither the gov- his last overseas trips before finishing his four- coherence. Thornberry’s committee has called of producing what he called “game changers,” world’s most persecuted minorities- ernment nor opposition parties have year tenure as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Dempsey and US Defense Secretary Ash Carter meaning moves such as passing legislation to expelled from Myanmar altogether and say shown much appetite to confront commu- Staff. And that defeat would not last. to testify Wednesday on the administration’s create a “national guard” of Sunni tribal fighters. the central government should not help nal tensions for fear of alienating Buddhist “Maybe ISIL goes away, maybe they’re defeat- Middle East policy. “Then we will have to look for other avenues those stranded in the Bay of Bengal. voters ahead of crunch elections slated for ed militarily, and two years from now another The Obama administration clearly has its own to maintain pressure on ISIL and find other part- Around 500 people, backed by dozens later this year. — AFP group with another name and another ideology doubts about Iraq’s progress. This past week the ners who can ensure that we can protect our- ... will just be back,” he said earlier that day, using White House announced the US would send up selves,” he said, describing what sounds like a an alternative acronym for the militants who to 450 troops to a new base in Anbar province, counterterrorism campaign not necessarily occupy large parts of Iraq and Syria. “So this mainly to advise the Iraqis on planning and exe- aimed at restoring the Iraq-Syria border erased campaign is built on the premise that it has to cution of a counteroffensive to retake Ramadi, by IS. “If ISIL begins to threaten our persons, our be won by our coalition partners and by the the provincial capital. On Thursday, Dempsey facilities, our national interests - if they begin Iraqis themselves. That’s a baseline assumption. said more such US hubs could be opened else- conducting external planning, plots against the If that assumption changes I’ll go to work on where in Iraq as the campaign advances. homeland, for example - we’ve got (military) Plan B.” Dempsey is leery of deeper US military capabilities in the neighborhood we can bring involvement to help the Iraqis because “that dis- to bear. ... But at this point I just don’t think we Decades of experience courages, at some level, them from really getting should be giving up on the government of Iraq It’s an assessment based on Dempsey’s serious about restoring their own security.” It’s a and its ability to conduct this campaign, with decades of experience in the Middle East. After wariness shared by Obama, who said last August our help, without (the US) taking it over.” —AP Houthis seize provincial capital near Saudi border

SANAA: Shiite Houthi rebels yesterday seized a Geneva for UN-led peace talks, officials said. the conflict. The delegation representing the provincial capital in northern Yemen near the Abdulmalik Agra, a member of the rebels’ politi- government of embattled President Abed border with Saudi Arabia, residents said, a day cal council, told The Associated Press that its Rabbo Mansour Hadi arrived in Geneva Saturday JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet ahead of UN-sponsored peace talks in Geneva. group included a Houthi leader, Mehdi Mashat, morning. Security officials, who spoke on condi- meeting at his office yesterday. —AP The rebels faced little resistance in taking control official Ali Hamza Al-Houthi, and three others - tion of anonymity because they were not of Al-Hazm, the main city of Jawf province, resi- including men from the party of former authorized to brief journalists, said that Saudi- Israel criticizes imminent dents and sources among local pro-government President Ali Abdullah Saleh, a rebel ally. led airstrikes against the rebels and their allies fighters said. They decided to attend the talks after the continued in several Yemeni provinces, including The city lies some 150 kilometers south of the United Nations agreed to broaden the structure Aden, Taiz, Saada and Hodeida. Violent clashes UN report on Gaza war border with Saudi Arabia, which has been lead- so they were not based solely on two warring continued in Marib province, while rebel forces ing a campaign of air strikes against the Iran- sides. Members of the Socialist and Haqq parties took control of Al-Jawf province after clashes JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Criminal intentions backed rebels since late March. “There was very were also joining. A day earlier, a plane meant to with tribesmen loyal to Hadi. Netanyahu yesterday criticized an upcoming The UN Human Rights Council’s report is little resistance and the Houthis managed to carry the rebels and their allies to the talks left UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said United Nations report into last year’s war in expected to be released this week. In antici- seize the city and the local government com- Yemen without the delegates on board, casting today’s talks in Geneva are aimed at securing a the Gaza Strip, calling it a waste of time. pation, Israel prepared a report it says proves plex,” said Mubarak Al-Abbadi, a fighter with the doubt on whether the meetings would go for- ceasefire, agreeing on a withdrawal plan for the Instead, he said an in-depth Israeli report - Hamas’ criminal intentions and exonerates Popular Resistance local militia. Local armed ward as planned. The talks are slated to be first Houthis and stepping up humanitarian aid deliv- and another unofficial report compiled by a Israel of the war crimes allegations against it. groups known as Popular Resistance units have substantive meetings by all parties involved in eries.—Agencies group of retired Western generals - show “the In a boost to the Israeli case, the High Level been formed in several provinces of Yemen to truth” behind the fighting. Both documents International Military Group, made up of 11 fight the rebels alongside forces loyal to exiled say Israel did its utmost to avoid civilian casu- former chiefs of staff, generals and other sen- President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi. alties and said Gaza’s Islamic militant Hamas ior American and European officials who Residents said that the rebels took advantage rulers deliberately attacked Israeli civilians conducted a fact-finding mission, came to of disputes between armed tribes that were pro- while using their own people as human similar conclusions. It said: “None of us is tecting the city. The rebel-controlled Saba news shields. aware of any army that takes such extensive agency also confirmed the seizure of the Al- “Those who want to know the truth measures as did the (Israeli military) last sum- Hazm. The rebels, allied with troops loyal to for- should read this report and read the report mer to protect the lives of the civilian popu- mer president Ali Abdullah Saleh, overran the of the top generals,” Netanyahu told his lation in such circumstances.” capital Sanaa in September and have since taken Cabinet. “Whoever wants a baseless, auto- control of large parts of the country. The Israeli report released yesterday said matic accusation against Israel can waste The delegation of the exiled government flew “Hamas and other terrorist organizations in their time reading the UN report. As far as we to Geneva Saturday, but representatives of the the Gaza Strip intentionally and systematical- are concerned, we will continue to protect rebels and Saleh have yet to travel to the Swiss ly used strategies designed to maximize our soldiers and they will continue to protect city. Representatives of the Houthis and Saleh’s us.” harm to civilian life and property, both in General People’s Congress refused to board a UN Over 2,200 Palestinians, including hun- Israel and in the Gaza Strip.” It said that by plane from Sanaa to Geneva on Saturday dreds of civilians, were killed, while 73 people using that strategy of “conducting hostilities because it was scheduled to stop in Jizan in died on the Israeli side. Israel says Gaza’s from within civilian surroundings, Hamas Saudi Arabia, a Huthi official told AFP. A UN Hamas rulers are responsible for the civilian and other terrorist organizations frequently spokesman said yesterday the talks were expect- casualties because it launched attacks from turned civilian structures into military objec- ed to begin today. residential areas. Palestinians have said that tives, exposing them and surrounding civil- the Israeli army violated the rules of war, ians to risk of harm, in a manner which violat- Geneva talks GENEVA: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon shakes hands with Bahraini Abdullatif bin Rashid which include giving adequate warning to ed the Law of Armed Conflict and often con- Yemeni political groups, including Shiite Al Zayani, Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, GCC, after a preparatory meet- civilians, using proportionate force and distin- stituted war crimes and crimes against rebels Houthis, gathered at the airport in the ing on the eve of the Geneva Consultations on Yemen at the European headquarters of the guishing between civilians and combatants. humanity.”— AP capital, Sanaa, yesterday, preparing to travel to United Nations. — AP INTERNATIONAL MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015

Suspect only death in Dallas police attack Clinton kicks off 2016 bid

DALLAS: A man who authorities say opened fire outside Embracing chance to make history Dallas police headquarters from his parked van, with bullets piercing the glass at the entrance and causing damage inside, NEW YORK: Hillary Rodham Clinton formally Saturday night, where she urged supporters to was the only person killed after the gunfire turned into a kicked off her presidential campaign on sign up to help her campaign. The event was street battle and standoff. Saturday with an enthusiastic embrace of her streamed online to more than 600 launch par- Chief David Brown said the suspect told authorities he was potential to become the first woman to win ties around the country, part of a tour of early- James Boulware and blamed police for having lost custody of the White House, asking supporters gathered voting states this week. There, she will focus his son and for “accusing him of being a terrorist.” But authori- at an outdoor rally to join her in building an on her relationship with her mother and her ties declined to officially identify the man until a medical America “where we don’t leave anyone out, or father’s background as a veteran and small examiner verified it. A police sniper shot and killed the man in anyone behind.” businessman. his van early Saturday after, according to Brown, the depart- With the downtown New York skyline and ment felt he still posed enough of a threat. The suspect had new World Trade Center over her shoulder, Dominant front-runner told police negotiators that he had explosives in the van. Clinton offered herself as a fierce advocate for Clinton is the dominant front-runner for “When the negotiation was on, he became increasingly those still struggling from the Great Recession. the nomination in a race that also includes angry and threatening, such that we were not only concerned She promised to carry on the liberal legacies of Sen Bernie Sanders of Vermont, former with our officers there trying to contain the scene being shot President Barack Obama, and former Maryland Gov Martin O’Malley and former by him at a moment’s notice,” but also people nearby, Brown Presidents Franklin D Roosevelt and Bill Rhode Island Gov Lincoln Chafee. Clinton’s said at a news conference. Officers also found the man had Clinton, her husband, saying “real and lasting aides said she plans to give a policy address planted pipe bombs outside police headquarters. Police ques- prosperity must be built by all and shared by almost every week during the summer and tioned Boulware’s father, also named James, later in the day all.” fall. New York has one of the highest rates of Saturday, arriving while an Associated Press reporter was at While Clinton ended her first campaign for income inequality in the country, so Clinton’s the home. Authorities said the shooting miraculously left no president in 2008 by conceding she and her remarks here could foreshadow a campaign one else dead or injured. Among the areas damaged inside: backers “weren’t able to shatter that highest, that will draw contrasts with rivals over who the front desk where the worker on duty had just gone to get hardest glass ceiling,” she vowed Saturday to best can provide de for the country’s econom- a soft drink. push ahead toward an “America where a father ic security. can tell his daughter: Yes, you can be anything NEW YORK: Democratic presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary “Prosperity can’t be just for CEOs and Hail of gunfire you want to be - even president of the United Rodham Clinton arrives to speak to supporters Saturday, June 13, 2015, on hedge fund managers,” Clinton said. “You The suspect also fired on officers who drove up to con- States.” “I think you know by now that I’ve been Roosevelt Island. — AP brought our country back, now it’s time your front him, riddling at least one squad car with bullets but not called many things by many people,” Clinton time to secure the gains and move ahead.” Yet actually hitting anyone. Cellphone video shot from a nearby said to cheers and laughter from the crowd of ity voters that propelled Obama to two victo- “Fundamentally, they reject what it takes to the Clinton family’s financial history makes balcony or roof showed the suspect’s dark-colored van ram a roughly 5,500 gathering on Roosevelt Island in ries. In her roughly 45 minute speech, Clinton build an inclusive economy,” Clinton said. “It some in her party skeptical of her populist squad car as gunshots rang out. At one point the man got out the East River. “Quitter is not one of them.” laid out a wish list of Democratic policies: uni- takes an inclusive society. What I once called ‘a credentials. Both Clintons have earned mil- of his van and walked toward the entrance to the building fir- The 67-year-old former secretary of state, versal pre-K education, increased regulation of village’ that has a place for everyone.” lions in speaking fees, including some from ing his gun but turned around, according to Dallas Police Maj first lady and Democratic senator from New the financial industry, paid sick leave and Republicans jumped on Clinton’s decision to Wall Street banks, and daughter Chelsea and Jeff Cotner. York did not make her gender a core element equal pay for women, a path to citizenship for cite her ties to Obama and were trying to raise her husband have worked at hedge funds. Police wouldn’t say why he retreated. The van then fled, in 2008, but it provided the cap to the first immigrants living in the country illegally, cam- money off the speech almost as soon as it end- Clinton spoke about foreign policy for the eventually stopping in a restaurant parking lot in the suburb major speech of her 2016 bid. “I will be the paign finance overhaul and a ban on discrimi- ed. In an email appeal asking for donations, first time in any significant detail since return- of Hutchins, where the standoff ensued until the police sniper youngest woman president in the history of nation against gay people and their families. former Texas Gov. Rick Perry wrote, “We want ing to presidential politics. As Obama’s first shot and killed the man. Investigators found a package of the United States. And the first grandmother In doing so, Clinton tried to cast the 2016 to look toward a brighter future, not backward secretary of state, Clinton said she stood up to pipe bombs in the parking lot at police headquarters and at as well,” she said. election as a choice about the economic future at the failed policies of the Obama-Clinton Russian leader Vladimir Putin and was in the least two more pipe bombs in the van, police said. of the middle class, saying the Republican field years.” White House Situation Room the night Osama Wary that the van may have been rigged with explosives, Attracting young voters is “singing the same old song.” The GOP’s can- As part of an effort to reintroduce herself to bin Laden was killed. Here, too, Clinton tried police used a camera-equipped robot to inspect it rather than Two months after starting her campaign didates, she said, want to give Wall Street the public, Clinton stressed her career of advo- to set herself apart from the more than dozen have officers approach it immediately, which was why it took with a simple video that showed her only banks free reign, take away health insurance, cacy - a calling she said was inspired by her Republicans who plan to run and have several hours to confirm the suspect was dead. After he was briefly, Clinton outlined a broad vision intend- “turn their backs” on gay people and ignore mother’s difficult upbringing. After the rally, focused, early in the campaign, on the threats confirmed dead, the van erupted in flames while the authori- ed to attract the coalition of young and minor- the science of climate change. she traveled to Iowa for a house party event the nation faces overseas.— AP ties were detonating the suspected ordnance inside. Boulware’s father said that his son had strong feelings against law enforcement after he lost custody of his son, now 12 or 13 years old. Boulware spent several hours Friday at his father’s home in Carrollton, a Dallas suburb. His father said he talked about how well his recently purchased van drove. But he also discussed a widely publicized video of a police officer in McKinney, Texas, pushing a black teenage girl to the ground and brandishing his gun at other teens. —AP

Rachel Dolezal NAACP leader ‘lied on race’

SPOKANE: The leader of the Spokane chapter of civil rights group says she will speak about the furor over racial identity sparked after her parents said she has falsely portrayed herself as black for years, but she is actually white. KHQ-TV in Spokane reported that Rachel Dolezal sent a message to members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People saying she would address the situation at a Monday night meet- ing of the Spokane chapter. “As you probably know by now, there are questions and assumptions swirling in national and global news about my family, my race, my credibility, and the NAACP,” Dolezal’s mes- sage said. “I have discussed the situation, including personal matters, with the Executive Committee. I support their decision to wait until today to make a statement. The Executive team asked that I also release my response statement at the same time, which will be during the 7-9 pm monthly membership meeting.” Dolezal is a 37-year-old artist and activist with dark curly hair and light-brown skin. Her parents in Montana have produced pictures of her as a blonde, blue-eyed child to prove that she is white. The city of Spokane is investigating whether she lied about her ethnicity when she applied to be on the police board. And police on Friday said they were suspending investigations into racial harassment complaints filed by Dolezal, including one from earlier this year in which she said she received hate mail at her office. The NAACP issued a statement Friday supporting Dolezal, who has been a longtime figure in Spokane’s human- rights community and teaches African studies to college stu- dents.

‘We’re all from the African continent’ “One’s racial identity is not a qualifying criteria or disqualify- ing standard for NAACP leadership,” the group said. “In every cor- ner of this country, the NAACP remains committed to securing political, educational and economic justice for all people.” Dolezal did not return several telephone messages left Friday by The Associated Press. On Thursday, she avoided answering ques- tions directly about her race and ethnicity in an interview with The Spokesman-Review newspaper. “That question is not as easy as it seems,” she said. “There’s a lot of complexities ... and I don’t know that everyone would understand that.” “We’re all from the African continent,” she added. The Spokesman Review in Spokane reported Saturday that the black man she claims is her father implied otherwise in a brief telephone interview. Albert Wilkerson Jr said that he has “nothing negative to say about Rachel” and was reluctant to get involved in the controversy. “I don’t want to throw anyone under the bus,” Wilkerson said. Asked about social media postings in which Dolezal identifies him as her father, Wilkerson replied: “You know the answer to that, and that’s all I’m going to say,” then hung up. Ruthanne Dolezal of Troy, Montana, told reporters this week that she has had no contact with her daughter in years. She said Rachel began to “disguise herself” after her parents adopted four African-American children more than a decade ago. Rachel later married and divorced a black man and graduated from histori- cally black Howard University.—AP INTERNATIONAL MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015 Deaths and diplomatic warfare shake Ukraine truce

KIEV: Ukraine’s faltering peace deal suffered fresh setbacks the once-gleaming airport on the outskirts of the sepa- on Saturday when Kiev reported the deaths of six soldiers ratists’ de facto capital Donetsk. and accused Moscow of abetting an attack on one of its Eastern Ukraine’s busiest air hub turned into a symbolic Russian consulates. The latest fatalities in the twisting and war prize that Kiev lost hundreds of soldiers defending hotly disputed zone separating Ukrainian forces from their until January. Neighborhoods around the airport suffer pro-Russian foes in the separatist east add to the strains of continual shelling to this day. “The situation near the air- a February truce designed to end one of Europe’s deadliest port is particularly restive,” Lysenko told reporters. “Our conflicts in decades. enemies have thrown tanks, infantry combat vehicles and The 14-month war has claimed nearly 6,500 lives and artillery into battle.” A separate Kiev statement said “the turned Russian President Vladimir Putin into an increasing- past few days have seen the highest rate of activity from ly isolated figure blamed for pulling a Cold War-era pall pro-Russian (rebels) in a month.” over Moscow’s relations with the West. It has also driven Donetsk insurgents blamed Kiev for shelling the very more than a million people from their homes and left regions mentioned by Lysenko. They also accused Ukraine-anxious to rebuild after decades of post-Soviet Poroshenko’s forces of committing “99 ceasefire violations” neglect-without access to much of its industrial heartland since Friday. The Pentagon, meanwhile, is “poised” to sta- and far fewer opportunities for growth. tion heavy weapons for up to 5,000 American troops in The February accords that the leaders of Germany and several Eastern European and Baltic countries to deter France effectively forced upon Putin and Ukrainian Russian aggression, the New York Times reported President Petro Poroshenko had initially helped limit the Saturday. The proposal, if approved, would be the first fighting to hotspots whose status had been under dispute time since the end of the Cold War that the US has had from the start. But last week saw intense mortar and heavy military equipment-including battle tanks — in artillery fire return to previously quiet regions, claiming newer NATO members that were once under Moscow’s more than 35 lives. Western monitors said the clashes influence as part of the Soviet Union. came after both sides pulled their heaviest guns up to the Tensions compounded truce line in apparent preparation for a hot summer cam- KIEV: A recruit of the Ukrainian Azov regiment takes part in a final test after trainings at a base The battlefield bloodshed has been compounded by paign. before a departure to the east of the Ukraine. — AFP tensions surrounding the occasion of Friday’s Russia Day Heavy clashes holiday. Ukrainian nationalists interrupted a celebratory Convention on Consular Relations”. A group of what Kiev its windows broken. The vandals had torn down the con- Saturday’s casualties bring to about 50 the number of reception at the Russian consulate in the eastern city of denounced as “barbarians” took their revenge on Ukraine’s sulate’s coat of arms and left behind empty cartons of people reported killed this month-a figure that fails to Kharkiv on Thursday evening by pelting the building with own consulate building in the western Russian city of eggs and remains of tomatoes used to pelt the building include all the deaths suffered by the secretive and partial- blue paint and eggs. Rostov-on-Don overnight. before the Kremlin-linked station’s crew arrived on the ly splintered rebel command. Ukrainian military Russia’s foreign ministry accused Ukraine’s police of tak- Footage filmed by Life News-a Russian TV station with scene. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin con- spokesman Andriy Lysenko said overnight clashes had ing no action and Kiev of “once again flagrantly violating close links to the powerful state security service-showed demned the incident, which he called another example of been especially heavy around the fragmented remains of its international obligations under the 1963 Vienna the Ukrainian building covered in green paint and one of Russian “aggression”.—AFP

Pakistan halts closure of Save the Children office

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Interior Ministry has The US State Department has expressed halted an order it made closing the office of concern over the closure. Save the Children’s international aid group Save the Children in Pakistan operations have been under Islamabad, an official said yesterday. The intense scrutiny due to a local belief that the senior Interior Ministry official, who spoke to organization was somehow connected to The Associated Press on condition of the May 2, 2011, killing of Al-Qaeda leader anonymity as he wasn’t authorized to dis- Osama bin Laden. A vaccination campaign, cuss the decision, did not elaborate. The run by a Pakistani doctor, was used by the organization could not be immediately CIA to obtain DNA samples in the city of reached for comment. Abbottabad, where bin Laden had been hid- On Thursday, Pakistan shuttered the ing in a secured compound. group’s main office in the capital for A Save the Children employee in allegedly “violating its charter.” By Friday, Islamabad has told the AP that the doc- the organization had shut all its offices tor, Shakil Afridi, had twice attended across the country. At the time, Pakistan training workshops organized by the said it would not allow any non-govern- group in 2009 and 2010 to train Pakistani ment organization to work against its inter- doctors about the health care needs of ests, without elaborating. The group has children and mothers. The employee said it received no prior warning before its described Afridi as merely one of “more office was closed, saying it had worked in than 1,000 doctors” who took part. The Pakistan for over 35 years and that it had employee spoke at the time on condition 1,200 employees nationwide - none of of anonymity as he wasn’t authorized to them a foreign national. talk to journalists. — AP

Britain pulls spies as Moscow JOHANNESBURG: Sudanese president Omar Al-Bashir, (second right) stands with other African leaders during a photo op at the AU summit. — AP cracks Snowden files: Report

S Africa bans Sudan prez from LONDON: Britain has been forced to China had also accessed the documents, remove some of its spies after Russia which reveal US and British intelligence and China accessed the top-secret raft techniques, leading to fears that their leaving over arrest warrant of documents taken by former US intel- spies could be identified. ligence contractor Edward Snowden, Snowden worked as a contractor at British media reported. The BBC and the the CIA and National Security Agency, ‘Our human rights reputation is at stake’ Sunday Times cited senior government where he was able to download 1.7 mil- and intelligence officials as saying lion secret documents that showed how JOHANNESBURG: A South African court yesterday ters in The Hague that it “calls on South Africa... to Al-Bashir’s arrest, not in his travel plans.” agents had been pulled, with the news- hundreds of millions of people had issued a temporary ban on Sudanese President Omar spare no effort in ensuring the execution of the arrest The two days of discussions among the member paper saying the move came after been under surveillance by the authori- Al-Bashir leaving the country after the International warrants” against Bashir. states had been set to focus on the political unrest in Russia was able to decrypt more than ties. Criminal Court called for him to be arrested at a sum- It said South Africa diplomats had been pressed Burundi and the migration crisis across the continent. one million files. He previously claimed that “no intel- mit in Johannesburg. Bashir, who is wanted over last month to arrest Bashir if he attended the summit, Burundi has been plunged into instability by “It is the case that Russians and ligence service” could crack the docu- alleged war crimes, crimes against humanity and but that they replied they faced “competing obliga- President Pierre Nkurunziza’s push to run for a third Chinese have information. It has meant ments, saying he was able to “keep genocide in the Darfur conflict, mostly travels to tions” over the issue. Bashir, 71, seized power in Sudan five-year term. agents have had to be moved and that such information from being compro- countries that have not joined the ICC, but South in an Islamist-backed coup in 1989. “South Africa has Violent protests have left some 40 people dead knowledge of how we operate has mised even in the highest threat count- Africa is a signatory of the court’s statutes. The an obligation to arrest him,” Johannesburg-based and 100,000 people have fled the country, raising stopped us getting vital information,” a er-intelligence environments”. But an Pretoria High Court said in a statement it was “com- rights lawyer Gabriel Shumba told AFP. peace and security concerns in the region. Mugabe Downing Street source said, according intelligence source told the Sunday pelling respondents to prevent President Omar Al- “Failure to do so puts them in the same bracket as and Zuma are among those scheduled to speak on to the newspaper. Downing Street told Times: “We know Russia and China Bashir from the leaving the country until an order is other African regimes who have no respect for Sunday. Also attending is Nigeria’s newly-appointed AFP yesterday that they “don’t comment have access to Snowden’s material and made in this court”. human rights. It’s actually a test for South Africa.” President Muhammadu Buhari, whose country is bat- on intelligence matters” while the will be going through it for years to The hearing is set to take place on the opening Darfur erupted into conflict in 2003 when insurgents tling the onslaught of Islamist group Boko Haram. Foreign Office said: “We can neither con- come, searching for clues to identify day of the African Union summit. The ruling came mounted a campaign against Bashir’s government, The leaders of two of Africa’s other major economies, firm nor deny these reports”. The BBC potential targets.” after the Southern African Litigation Centre, a legal complaining their region was politically and econom- Egypt and Angola, are absent. said on its website, meanwhile, that a An official from the interior ministry rights group, launched an urgent court application to ically marginalized. The summit comes two months after a wave of government source said the two coun- added that “(Russian President) Putin force the authorities to arrest Bashir. Bashir joined a xenophobic violence swept parts of Johannesburg tries “have information” that spurred didn’t give him asylum for nothing”. group photograph of leaders at the summit despite ‘Grave crimes’ and Durban as African immigrants were hunted intelligence agents being moved, but The US administration has branded the calls for his arrest. More than 300,000 people have been killed in the down and attacked by gangs. At least seven people said there was “no evidence” any spies Snowden a hacker and a traitor who conflict and fighting has forced some 2.5 million peo- died in the unrest, which badly strained relations were harmed. endangered lives by revealing the ‘Competing obligations’ ple to flee their homes, the United Nations says. between South Africa and many countries in the Snowden fled to Russia after leaking extent of the NSA spying program. But Wearing a blue suit, he stood in the front row for Khartoum, however, disputes the figures, estimating region that complained at their citizens being the documents to the press in 2013 to he has been nominated for the Nobel the photograph along with South African host the death toll at no more than 10,000. “Allowing attacked. The subject of xenophobia was due to be expose the extent of US online surveil- Peace Prize for the second year in a row President Jacob Zuma and Zimbabwe’s President President Al-Bashir into South Africa without arresting tackled in a closed session on Sunday before the lance programs and to protect “privacy and has received a string of interna- Robert Mugabe, who is the chair of the 54-member him would be a major stain on South Africa’s reputa- opening ceremony. The session was also set to dis- and basic liberties”. The Sunday Times tional awards for free speech and civil group. Mugabe has previously urged African leaders tion for promoting justice for grave crimes,” said Elise cuss migration as nearly 1,800 African and Middle said other government sources claimed liberties. —AFP to pull out of the ICC, which critics accuse of targeting Keppler of Human Rights Watch. “South Africa’s legal Eastern migrants have died this year trying to cross Africa. The ICC said in a statement from its headquar- obligations as an ICC member mean cooperating in the Mediterranean. — AFP Italy threatens to ‘hurt’ EU if migrant issues persevere

ROME: Italy threatened yesterday to turn to a stronger stance with the 28-member bloc, The Schengen open borders accord has they seek to make it to Britain, Germany and migrant protests at the frontier with France Plan B to deal with migrants which “would hurt with the anti-establishment Five Star move- until now meant those landing in Italy can Scandinavia. But border controls have been where French police have refused entry to Europe” if the country is not given greater help ment suggesting Italy threaten to freeze its EU usually easily travel through neighboring temporarily reintroduced because of the G7 people hoping to head to northern Europe. with the crisis, as Austria and France expelled budget contributions if aid is not forthcoming. France, Austria, Switzerland and Slovenia as summit in Germany a week ago, sparking Some of the men, women and children from asylum seekers back onto Italian soil. The coun- Over 57,000 migrants and asylum seekers Somalia, Eritrea, the Ivory Coast and Sudan said try is struggling to accommodate an endless have been rescued at sea and brought to Italy they had initially made it across the border into wave of boat migrants, and a crackdown on so far this year-up from 54,000 at the same France by train, but been arrested and escorted security at the French and Austrian borders over time last year — Renzi said, and Rome wants back across the frontier by police. Austrian the past few days has exacerbated the situation, other countries to shoulder part of the bur- police also announced yesterday they would be causing a bottleneck at Italy’s train stations. den. It also wants the EU to share the cost of returning to Italy 24 African migrants arrested The crisis “should not be underestimated”, quickly repatriating would-be economic while trying to get to Germany by train. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said in an interview migrants, who currently make up around 60 The closure of the borders has published in the Corriere della Sera daily. “It is a percent of those arriving by boat. Renzi will increased pressure on Italy’s already over- serious issue and, let me be clear, Europe’s raise the issue with his British and French crowded reception facilities, with hun- answers so far have not been good enough,” he counterparts when they travel to Milan this dreds of people sleeping rough among added. The EU is having difficulty achieving con- week, and he said he would also speak to the tourists and travelers in the main sensus for its proposed migrant distribution European Commission head Jean-Claude train stations in Rome and Milan. As televi- plan-under which 24,000 refugees would be tak- Juncker and German Chancellor Angela sion images showed yet more fresh arrivals dis- en in by other countries-but Italy is hoping an EU Merkel. embarking on Italian soil, authorities in Milan summit on June 25-26 will go even further. rushed to convert a warehouse into a centre, ‘Europe’s responsibility’ while in Rome the civil protection agency set up ‘Almost a provocation’ Under the Dublin convention, refugees a temporary tent camp to provide shelter. The “Redistributing just 24,000 people is almost must apply for asylum in the first country of Dublin convention “should be changed,” Renzi a provocation,” Renzi said. “If Europe chooses entry to Europe-a rule which Italy says is unfair said, insisting the current chaos in Libya-from solidarity, good. If it doesn’t, we have Plan B as it leaves Rome to deal with the thousands where many of the boats depart-is “Europe’s ready. But it would first and foremost hurt of migrants washing up on its shores. Greece responsibility in light of the (military) interven- Europe,” he said, without providing details. The has also long complained of being left with tion four years ago” by NATO to help rebels premier has come under pressure to take a the same problem. VINTIMIGLIA: Migrant children shelter as they wait along the road at the Italy-France border. — AFP unseat Dictator Moamer Kadhafi. — AFP MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015 INTERNATIONAL

Historic North-South declaration marks 15th anniversary

t has been 15 years since the publica- Accelerating the cause the nation with a milestone for national and roads which had been bisected for highlighting the national character of the tion of the June 15 North-South, a In the historic meeting, he pointed reunification in the 21st century set the over half a century were re-linked and air reunification movement. Inoteworthy event etched in the 70- out that the Korean nation must be, to all whole land astir with enthusiasm for and sea routes reopened, thus making a The publication of the June 15 North- year history of Korea’s division. The historic intents and purposes, responsible for reunification. breach in the barrier of national division. South Joint Declaration really marked an declaration, a milestone for Korea’s reunifi- national reunification by its own efforts The ideal of By the Korean Nation epochal event that provided a milestone cation, made the whole land of Korea, of the nation and had a long discussion Itself advanced in the joint declaration Will for reunification for achieving national unity and reunifi- both north and south, bubble over with with his South Korean counterpart crucial instilled the spirit of the times and the Reflecting the national desire and will cation unprecedented in the Korean his- enthusiasm for reunification and brought issues on accelerating the cause of the proposition of patriotism in all the for reunification, the June 15 Joint tory. about amazing realities of national reunifi- country’s reunification. Korean people, thus encouraging an National Committee was formed to The imperishable exploit the cation and unity that had been unheard of His instruction enlisted the unani- atmosphere of national reconciliation strengthen the driving force of Korea’s Chairman performed by providing the in the history of the Korean nation. mous empathy of the South Korean pres- and unity to reach fever pitch all across reunification and the patriotic reunifica- joint declaration for all the Korean people Its publication is the valuable fruit of ident and his entourage as it encom- Korea. tion movement developed into the soli- is shining more brilliantly thanks to the the noble will to love the country and passed the independent idea that fellow With anti-US sentiment and inde- darity and joint struggle of Koreans in the courageous decision and noble love for nation and energetic leadership of countrymen of the same blood must join pendent spirit growing high among the North, South and abroad. the country cherished by the respected Chairman Kim Jong Il who cherished the hands in the effort to open up a bright South Korean people, unreasonable Travel and contacts got brisk between Kim Jong Un to achieve the country’s idea and national desire and aspiration for future for the nation, a profound sense of intervention by foreign forces in the the organizations and individuals at reunification without fail and build a dig- reunification and devoted his all to this patriotism and an unshakable will to Korean internal affairs and their obstruc- home and abroad; national reunification- nified and prosperous country on Korea. end. Grieving more deeply than anybody achieve national reunification. tive moves were met with condemnation oriented events and gatherings of people All the Korean people, who in hearty else over the territorial and national divi- The North-South joint declaration was and rejection from all Koreans. from all walks of life for solidarity took response to the appeal of Kim Jong Un to sion by outside forces, he showed his published on June 15, assuring that The North-South dialogue got rid of place on June 15 in commemoration of open up a broad avenue to independent bold-mindedness for the benefit of his national reunification would be achieved their past forms and turned into the ven- publication of the north-south joint dec- reunification by concerted efforts of the country to hold the north-south summit independently and by the Korean nation ue of discussing the practical issues and laration, August 15 of national liberation, nation, have turned out in the nation- meeting and top-level talks in Pyongyang itself. The ennobling love of the nation promoting trust and cooperation among and other different occasions in wide struggle for reunification, will surely in June 2000. cherished by Kim Jong Il who provided fellow countrymen. As a result, railways Pyongyang, Seoul and Mt Kumgang, achieve their historic cause. Pro-democracy groups rally as key vote looms Political reform package has divided the city

HONG KONG: Pro-democracy campaigners took to the because they trusted pro-democracy lawmakers to vote suffrage” and yellow umbrellas, the symbol of the pro- streets of Hong Kong yesterday, but in far smaller num- down the government’s proposal. democracy movement. Protester Carol Chow, a writer bers than expected, before a vote on a political reform “Hong Kong people trust the pan-democratic legis- in her forties, said she was not disappointed at the low package that has divided the city and sparked mass lators will definitely veto the government proposal,” turnout. “I think it’s important to keep coming. We’re protests. The controversial electoral roadmap, which lays Leong told AFP. “Why spend a hot Sunday under the fighting for our democracy,” she said. out how Hong Kong’s next leader should be chosen, sun?” Others said the low numbers were due to protest Last year’s mass protests saw sporadic violence, goes for debate at the legislature on Wednesday and will fatigue. “We have had numerous protests in the past with thousands joining the demonstrations after be voted on by the end of the week. and some HongKongers may feel powerless,” said police fired tear gas. With the reform package expect- It is the culmination of a fraught chapter which saw Avery Ng of the League of Social Democrats. “Even if ed to be blocked by pan-democrats, who have enough tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters bring the bill is vetoed, it’s not a victory. We still don’t have votes to stop it, analysts say there is little hope of a parts of the city to a standstill late last year. Those rallies real democracy.” quick resolution to the political impasse. “If the Beijing were sparked by a ruling from Beijing that candidates in and Hong Kong governments continue to adopt hos- the city’s first ever public vote for its leader in 2017 must No quick fix tile attitudes towards the opposition, it will be difficult be vetted. Pro-democracy lawmakers in the semi- More than 10 pro-democracy lawmakers gave for them to change the situation,” said Ma Ngok, asso- autonomous Chinese city have vowed to vote down the speeches at the legislature vowing to block the gov- ciate professor at Chinese University’s department of election package, which sticks to Beijing’s ruling. ernment’s bill, to the cheers of protesters. The rally government and public administration. Currently the chief executive is elected by a 1,200-strong ended in the early evening, more than an hour before There is also pressure on the democracy move- pro-Beijing committee. the scheduled finish. Yesterday’s gathering is the first ment, said Ma. “What they can do to bring genuine of a series of rallies which activists say will take place democracy is a challenging question for them.”Hong ‘Hongkongers feel powerless’ each day until lawmakers vote on the bill. Kong’s chief executive Leung Chun-ying urged law- Around 3,500 people joined the march through cen- Despite fragmentation in the pro-democracy camp makers to support the proposal yesterday. “If we lose tral Hong Kong from Victoria Park to the legislative coun- all the key players from last year’s protests are set to the opportunity this year, we don’t know when (the cil, organizers said. With temperatures soaring to 30 take part. The latest figures from one joint university next chance for reform will be),” he told reporters. degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) and humidity at poll showed those against the reform package taking Hong Kong, which was handed back to China by almost 80 percent, numbers were well below organizers’ the lead for the first time with 43 percent, versus 41.7 Britain in 1997, has much greater freedoms than the HONG KONG: People march in a downtown street to support for a veto of hopes-they had said they expected 50,000 to join. Civic in support. mainland but there are fears that these are being the government’s electoral reform package. —AFP party leader Alan Leong said people had stayed at home Marchers held placards demanding “true universal eroded. —AFP

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AKCAKALE: A Syrian child fleeing the war is lifted over border fences to enter Turkish territory illegally, near the Turkish border crossing at Akcakale in Sanliurfa province yesterday. — AFP Thousands flee as Kurds zero in on IS-held town Turkey opens its border to fleeing civilians

AKCAKALE, Turkey: Kurdish forces advanced yesterday supply line for the jihadists, who have been accused of and west on the town of about 15,000. By Saturday the Erdogan troubled to the gates of a Syrian town and clashed with Islamic bringing in foreign fighters and supplies across the YPG had seized at least 20 villages southwest of Tal Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman said US- State jihadists, an upsurge in violence that saw Turkey Turkish border. Abyad, according to the Britain-based Observatory led air strikes had been key in forcing the jihadists to open its border to fleeing civilians. Fearing a major battle, Arab and Kurdish civilians fled which relies on a wide network of sources across Syria. withdraw. On Saturday, the coalition said it had struck Backed by Syrian rebel fighters and US-led air strikes, their homes and headed for the border fence with The advance sparked fear among civilians who fled three IS tactical units near Kobane and had destroyed the Kurdish militia pressed their offensive on the north- Turkey, where thousands had been clustered behind in droves and slept the night at the fence in the open. one of the group’s fighting positions. ern town of Tal Abyad, a strategic supply route from barbed wire at the Akcakale crossing. Many could be heard asking in Arabic for help, and To the west in Aleppo province, coalition raids killed Turkey to IS’s self-proclaimed capital of Raqa. Hussein Turkey later began accepting onto its territory holding up empty bottles, pleading for water in scorch- at least 12 IS fighters as they fought a rebel alliance for Khojer, a commander with the Kurdish People’s refugees, an AFP photographer said. Dozens of them, ing early summer temperatures. control of another supply route from Turkey, said Abdel Protection Units (YPG), said fighting raged on the east- many carrying sacks of possessions, started passing A Kurdish activist who visits the front line daily said Rahman. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said ern edges of Tal Abyad, just 50 metres (yards) from the through the Akcakale border gate onto Turkish territory residents were seeking refuge wherever they could. “Tal he was troubled by the Kurdish advance in northern town itself. as thousands more awaited their turn to cross on other Abyad is almost completely surrounded,” Arin Syria as it could pose a future threat to his country. “We are fighting for control of the first checkpoint,” side. It came after two days of them being trapped Shekhmos said. The town lies on a mostly Sunni Arab Erdogan alleged that ethnic Arabs and Syrian Khojer told AFP in Beirut, adding that the advance came between the IS jihadists on the Syrian side of the border part of the border between the mainly Kurdish town Turkmen were being targeted and said Turkey had after three days’ of heavy clashes. and Turkish troops on the other who fired water cannon Kobane and Syria’s most populous ethnic Kurdish already taken in about 15,000 of them last week before He said IS had tried to block the advance by blowing and even pepper spray to keep them at bay. region-Hasakeh province-in the northeast. closing the frontier. up two bridges. The Syrian Observatory for Human Backed by US-led air raids, YPG units scored a land- He said the places they had vacated were being occu- Rights said Kurdish fighters “just waded across” and had ‘Almost completely surrounded’ mark victory against IS in January in Kobane. Since pied by the Syrian Kurdish group the Democratic Union reached the town’s southeastern edges but had yet to Fears have been building in the area for days, as the then, Kurdish forces have been chipping away at Party, and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party which enter. Kurdish sources say the goal is to cut off a crucial Kurdish YPG militia and its allies advanced from east jihadist territory on either side of Raqa-from Hasakeh fought a deadly decades-long insurgency for Kurdish province to the east and Aleppo to the west. self-rule in Turkey’s southeast. “We are waiting for the whole border area to be liber- “This could lead to the creation of a structure that A second nakba ated-from northeastern Syria all the way to Kobane,” threatens our borders,” Erdogan said. “Everyone needs to said Mustafa Ebdi, a Kurdish activist in Kobane. take into account our sensitivities on this issue.” — AFP Continued from Page 1 West has a hand in it, but we have a bigger hand. By not talking and taking action, this is the worst crime we can They’re surrounding Lebanon, taking half of Syria, do to our nations. Barrak goes on hunger strike to protest... holding a big, important chunk of Iraq and on the bor- And this is just one of a million, horrific issues which I ders of Kurdistan. Next I don’t know where they will be cannot touch on or write about. I think this is the worst Continued from Page 1 statement added. and this is the main issue we should be discussing. era in the recent history in the Arab world after the In May, Kuwait’s Court of Cassation upheld a two-year But all I see is silence from the Arab world like nothing Nakba (occupation of Palestine by Israel). To me, what we It also described the way he was arrested as ‘illegal’ jail term for the popular opposition leader, a verdict that is happening. As if it’s peace and happiness and we’re liv- are experiencing is a bigger catastrophe because the first with all those arrested with him, especially after he had is final and cannot be appealed further. Al-Barrak labeled ing in paradise. It’s only like yesterday that the British Nakba in 1948 was only Palestine taken by the Zionists. declared on June 10 that he would voluntarily turn him- the ruling “political,” and refused to turn himself in to Defense Secretary held a press conference in Kuwait talk- But now I see a Nakba that is sweeping the whole Middle self in before the ‘repeaters’ of his speech would be sen- authorities. ing about the dangers of ISIS and he was confronted by East and that’s terrifying. tenced on a June 16 hearing. The Interior Ministry had warned in a statement Friday our editor to ask: how strong is ISIS and his response was I don’t know what’s the reason for the silence across “He was leading a normal life accepting invitations, afternoon that harboring a fugitive is punishable by a that a conventional army - that would fight back - could the region. This is what’s shocking me. Nowadays you visiting diwaniyas and attending his own diwaniya on a maximum of two years in jail and/or a fine of KD2,000 crush them. don’t know where the red lines are. Everything is super daily basis”, added PAB noting that MOI only wished to according to Article 132 of Kuwait’s Penal Code. A police So what happened, don’t we have conventional sensitive in the current situation. I hope this stagnant sit- act heroically and create an impression that he was hid- team had raided an Abdali farm owned by Barrak’s broth- armies in the Arab world? uation does not continue. ing. “On the contrary Al-Barrak was in a Kabed ranch er earlier this month after receiving information that the Don’t expect me to blame the West for ISIS. Maybe the Ramadan Mubarak. attending a dinner party when he was arrested,” the former lawmaker was there. MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015 ANALYSIS

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Focus Syrian refugees take fast-track to new life in Sweden

By Tom Sullivan

ince opening its doors to Syrians fleeing war, Sweden has welcomed record numbers of refugees and a Ssmall but growing group are taking fast-tracks to jobs, bucking unemployment trends. Rami Sabbagh, an energetic 31-year-old financial analyst, fled the Syrian cap- ital Damascus after the regime of President Bashar Al- Assad put his name on a wanted list for helping refugees from the city’s bombed-out suburbs. Just over two years later-clad in dark jeans and a leather jacket-he leads the way to a plush meeting room in Spotify’s sleek Stockholm headquarters. The music stream- ing giant hired him in March after a four-month job place- ment. “Four years ago I would never have imagined ending up in Sweden,” he said, recalling how his life was changed by the civil war that erupted in his country in 2011. “My career was moving forward, I’d been promoted at my bank, I had my own apartment, my own car and my family Michelle Obama gets more personal there. I had a life,” he added. “But some things force you to move forward, just leave everything behind and try to start a new life.” When he By Jerome Cartillier those schools aren’t equal, especially ones attended by stu- ing Barack Obama’s first presidential campaign, she said: arrived in the southern Sweden town of Malmo in dents of color which too often lag behind, with crumbling “For the first time in my adult lifetime, I’m really proud of my December 2012, migration authorities placed him in a vil- tung by criticism over what she said during her hus- classrooms and less experienced teachers,” she said. country.” lage 1,200 kilometers (800 miles) farther north where he band’s first run for the presidency, Michelle Obama was The remark unleashed a storm of criticism over her patri- waited for his residence permit, struggling with boredom Smeasured in sharing her views when she entered the ‘I know the struggles’ otic credentials, including from Cindy McCain, wife of and longing to get to the city. White House in 2009. Three weeks later, in her home town of Chicago, she Republican candidate John McCain, who said she’d always Papers in hand eight months later, he used family con- But now America’s first lady is developing a more person- again addressed the intractable problems afflicting minority been proud of America. tacts to find a room in Stockholm and spent a year study- al and outspoken tone as the president’s second term winds communities in many American cities. “I know the struggles “In the first campaign, she was burned-and she was hurt- ing Swedish, working in odd jobs and applying for posi- down. Beyond her advocacy work for relatively uncontrover- many of you face,” she said. “How you walk the long way by criticism of what she said on the campaign trial,” said tions at English-speaking companies before starting Korta sial causes such as the fight against obesity and help for home to avoid the gangs. How you fight to concentrate on Peter Slevin, a professor from Northwestern University who Vagen (Short Cut), a fast-track state-funded program for families of military veterans, she now seems determined to your homework when there’s too much noise at home. How has just published a book called “Michelle Obama, A Life.” university graduates that led to Spotify. speak directly to some of the inequalities of American socie- you keep it together when your families are having hard “Her critics basically said she was being un-American,” he ty, including racial issues. times making ends meet.” added. More qualified refugees “We know that today in America, too many folks are still Michelle Obama, the daughter of working-class parents, In September 2013, Sweden threw its doors open to stopped on the street because of the color of their skin,” went on to earn degrees from Princeton and Harvard, two of Sleepless nights Syrians, granting them near automatic residency and Obama said last month during a speech in Topeka, Kansas in America’s most prestigious universities. On May 9, during a speech to students of the historically boosting overall asylum applications-the highest per which she also lamented the lack of diversity in classrooms. For the first lady, who on Monday begins a trip to Britain black Tuskegee University in Alabama, the first lady seemed capita in the EU according to Eurostat-to record levels. “Many young people in America are going to school and Italy with her two teenage daughters Malia and Sasha, to turn a corner. She talked about the long struggle for civil Since then, more than 40,000 Syrians have arrived-includ- largely with kids who look just like them. And too often, the racial question is a politically sensitive one. In 2008, dur- rights, and candidly described attacks she suffered during ing 30,000 out of last year’s 80,000 refugees-amid grow- her husband’s first campaign and the doubts these caused. ing concerns over housing shortages and lengthening “As potentially the first African American first lady, I was queues at employment offices. also the focus of another set of questions and speculations; Jobless rates among non-Swedish born residents are conversations sometimes rooted in the fears and misper- about double the national average of 7.8 percent and ceptions of others,” she said. triple for refugees from Africa and the Middle East- “Was I too loud, or too angry, or too emasculating? Or fuelling support for the anti-immigration far-right in a was I too soft, too much of a mom, not enough of a career country which has long enjoyed a reputation as Europe’s woman?” “Back in those days,” she added, “I had a lot of most liberal when it comes to welcoming asylum seekers. sleepless nights, worrying about what people thought of The majority of newcomers lack higher education and me, wondering if I might be hurting my husband’s chances struggle to find work, hit with the double barrier of the of winning his election, fearing how my girls would feel if Swedish language and a shortage of low-skilled jobs in a they found out what some people were saying about their high-tech economy. mom.” Slevin said the first lady has always addressed pow- All of that has often made it difficult for immigrants to erful social themes but is getting more confident as the integrate. But that picture looks set to change, as Syrian clock ticks down on her time in the White House. refugees come with much higher qualifications. “Now perhaps she feels more free to be explicit,” he said. “Ever since the Syrian situation started we’ve seen the He also noted Obama’s choice of venue to deliver her mes- education level of people in introduction (programs) con- sage, namely, as an African American from humble circum- tinually rising,” said Johan Nylander, head of refugee inte- stances who rose to great successes, speaking to groups of gration at the Swedish Public Employment Service. young African Americans and girls. A quarter of refugees in 2014 had higher education-up Obama, who will be 53 when she leaves the White almost five percent on the previous year. More than two- House in January 2017, has said she has no intention of fol- thirds of them had skills which matched graduate job lowing in the footsteps of Hillary Clinton and running for vacancies. office. “It’s easy to get stuck on problems and challenges, but More popular than her husband and some of her prede- it’s also a great possibility for Sweden,” said Nylander, cessors, there is a lot of interest in what’s next for Michelle adding that the country was dependent on foreign labor Obama, and how she will address matters close to her to meet labor shortages in its ageing population. A 2010 heart. “She is working on a book,” Slevin noted. “It’s a big government reform put his agency in charge of integrat- question (as to) what she chooses to say about this ing new refugees-previously handled by local councils. America’s first lady Michelle Obama with President Barrack Obama. — AFP world.”— AFP One major change was that newcomers now start job programs in parallel with state-funded Swedish classes, instead of waiting years to master the language first.

Housing shortages Cameron’s referendum strategy faces tests But regardless of skills, housing shortages are a major obstacle for all newcomers. More than 10,000 people By Katherine Haddon For Thatcher and two world wars ers. Leading eurosceptic John Redwood said the referen- remain stuck in refugee centres months after getting resi- It is thought around 50 of the 330 Conservative law- dum, triggered when Cameron won May’s general elec- dency; thousands more stay with relatives and friends in he diehard eurosceptics whom British Prime makers in the Commons are likely to want to leave the EU tion, gave voters the chance to reclaim their “birthright”. cramped conditions. “We have rising numbers waiting to Minister David Cameron tried to appease by prom- whatever concessions Cameron can extract from other Another anti-EU figure, Bill Cash, added: “Our democra- find a place to live and during that time the integration Tising a referendum on leaving the EU look set to leaders. Many more have eurosceptic inclinations but will cy and our national parliament are what people fought process halts... Everything indicates that long waiting cause him a series of headaches now the vote is on. wait and see what the renegotiation delivers before decid- and died for in two world wars.” periods only affect your future employment prospects in Cameron is in talks with fellow leaders to secure con- ing whether to campaign to leave. a bad way,” said Nylander. — AFP cessions on Britain’s relationship with the European Over 90 MPs have joined a newly-formed group called ‘Won’t resolve anything’ Union before a referendum due by the end of 2017, but Conservatives for Britain, formed to debate how to Eurosceptics support the referendum but some are increasingly expected in 2016. respond to the eventual reform package-and if necessary, already raising tough questions about how it will unfold. All articles appearing on these While those negotiations will be challenging as coun- prepare for an “out” campaign. David Campbell Cameron’s office had to clarify last week that he had not tries like Poland resist plans to limit migrants’ access to Bannerman, the group’s co-chairman and a Conservative yet decided whether he would let ministers campaign to pages are the personal opinion of state benefits, the struggle Cameron faces at home to member of the European Parliament, told AFP it wanted a leave the EU after comments he made caused an outcry. the writers. Kuwait Times takes no keep his centre-right Conservatives in line could be just “fundamental renegotiation” of relations with the EU. Some eurosceptics also worry that the government will as tricky. “We’re not the nascent ‘out’ campaign, we do want to effectively be able to fix the outcome with pro-EU sweet- responsibility for views expressed The 48-year-old, who wants to stay in the EU subject support the prime minister in renegotiation,” he said. But eners because the usual period of pre-vote purdah will to reforms, is not the first Conservative prime minister to he added: “If renegotiation is not satisfactory in the minds not be in place. Purdah means the government cannot therein. Kuwait Times invites face trouble from eurosceptics. In 1993, John Major of members, we’re prepared to prepare for a campaign on announce new measures or funding which could sway the readers to voice their opinions. labelled three of his cabinet ministers “bastards” over the outside.” result. their opposition to the Maastricht treaty, which created Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, himself a Eurosceptic ex-minister Owen Paterson said Tuesday Please send submissions via email the EU. eurosceptic, has already ruled out Westminster having a that if voters sensed the referendum was “rigged”, the vote But with the government holding a majority in the unilateral veto over EU laws. At Tuesday’s first Commons “could be seen as illegitimate”. Opinion polls suggest most to: [email protected] or House of Commons of just 12 seats, a group of anti-EU debate on the EU Referendum Bill, the passion Europe Britons back staying in Europe, although pollsters note via snail mail to PO Box 1301 rebels could cause serious problems for Cameron by provokes among Conservatives-dogged by splits on the the figures are likely to shift during the campaign. blocking legislation if they do not approve of the reform issue since Britain joined the European Economic But Usherwood argued that issues such as the pur- Safat, Kuwait. The editor reserves package he brings back from Brussels. Community in 1973 — was laid bare. dah row could be used by some anti-EU figures to try the right to edit any submission “They can and will cause him real difficulties, especially There were familiar references to World War II and and discredit the result if Britons do eventually back if they start trying to impose conditions on what reform Margaret Thatcher, the 1980s Conservative premier whose staying in Europe. “Whatever the outcome, some people as necessary. comes through,” Simon Usherwood, senior lecturer at the anti-EU rhetoric made her a eurosceptic icon, despite her won’t be satisfied,” he added. “It’s not going to resolve University of Surrey and a euroscepticism expert, said. tenure coinciding with major expansions of Brussels’ pow- anything.” — AFP MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015 SPORTS

Ogier wins Rally of Italy World Series of Poker Boult out of England tour LAS VEGAS: It’s one thing to outlast hundreds or thousands of poker SOUTHAMPTON: New Zealand’s Trent Boult will miss the remainder of the SARDINIA: World champion Sebastien Ogier won the Rally of Italy in players to win one of the World Series of Poker’s 68 events and the Las Blackcaps’ tour of England after suffering a back injury, it was announced Sardinia for Volkswagen yesterday with New Zealander Hayden Paddon fin- Vegas tournament’s coveted gold bracelet. yesterday. “Official: Boult out of the rest of the tour with a back injury. Will ishing second for his first podium appearance. It’s another thing entirely to win a game you’ve never played head home for further assessment,” said a statement on New Zealand’s Ogier also won the final power stage to collect an addi- before. Christian Pham of St. Paul, Minnesota, did exactly that Twitter feed. The 25-year-old left-arm paceman was New Zealand’s man of tional three bonus points and extend his overall champi- Thursday, rising to the top of 219 players, including a few poker icons. the series in their 1-1 drawn Test campaign against England, taking 13 onship lead. It was the Frenchman’s fourth win in six On accident. The 40-year-old professional poker player said he wickets at 24.84. He also featured in the opening two fixtures of races this season. Belgian Thierry Neuville took third intended to play no-limit Texas Hold ‘em but instead inadvertently the ongoing five-match one-day international series. Boult place behind Hyundai team mate Paddon. Paddon’s signed up for a different game happening the same day: so-called no- took an impressive four for 55 in England’s 210-run win at result was the best ever by a New Zealander in the limit deuce-to-seven draw lowball. The cost? A $1,500 buy-in. Edgbaston on Tuesday and two for 53 as World Cup final- ists New Zealand levelled the series with a 13-run win world rally championship, surpassing the late Peter “It’s a totally different game. Different mindset. Different strate- under the Duckworth/Lewis method at The Oval on Friday. ‘Possum’ Bourne’s fourth at Rally Australia in 1990. gies,” said Shawn Harris, Pham’s dealer at the final table. Essentially, the goal is to have the lowest poker hand, no straights or flushes, and However, he was left out of yesterday’s third match in The Kiwi had been in first place on Friday but relin- if a player ends up with a pair, it’s better if it’s a pair of twos. Players Southampton, with fellow left-arm seamer Ben Wheeler quished the lead to Ogier on Saturday when he can also draw cards. The event was just one of 68, all offering a given an ODI debut. Friday saw New Zealand all-rounder spun and stalled and also hit a rock on the chance at a golden bracelet prize, happening in Las Vegas at the Rio Corey Anderson also ruled out of the tour with a back injury. rough and rutted roads of the All-Suite Hotel & Casino throughout the 51-day World Series of Poker The one-day series concludes with matches at at Trent Mediterranean island. That feat had that started on May 27 and culminates with the closely watched Main Bridge (June 17) and Chester-le-Street (June 20) made him the first New Zealander to Event. Pham said he didn’t realize his mistake until he was dealt five before England and New Zealand play a one-off lead a world championship rally out- cards instead of the usual two. He panicked, then observed, leaning Twenty20 international at Old Trafford on June side his home country. —Reuters on helpful players who advised him what beat what.—AP 23.—AFP Red Sox stumble, Indians tame Tigers

BOSTON: Russell Martin delivered the go- innings, walking four with just one strikeout. ahead hit for the second straight day, a leadoff home run in the 11th inning Saturday that RANGERS 11, TWINS 7 sent the Toronto Blue Jays to their 10th Mitch Moreland and Joey Gallo hit back-to- straight win, 5-4 over the Boston Red Sox. The back, impressive home runs and Texas sent winning streak is Toronto’s longest since it Minnesota to its fifth straight loss. took 11 in a row in June 2013. The Twins were without outfielder Torii Boston lost its fifth straight game and fell a Hunter, who dropped the appeal of his two- season-worst nine games under .500. On game suspension for an equipment-throwing Friday night, Martin hit a tiebreaking, bases- rant and started serving the penalty. loaded triple during a nine-run burst in the Minnesota was the only AL team Colby seventh for a 13-10 victory. On Saturday, he Lewis (6-3) hadn’t beaten as a Ranger. Mike drove a 2-0 pitch from Matt Barnes (2-2) deep Pelfrey (5-3) allowed eight runs and 11 hits in 3 into the left-center field stands for his 10th 2-3 innings. homer of the season. Brett Cecil pitched a per- Both teams got seven extra-base hits. The fect 11th for his fourth save, and second in two Twins said 21-year-old outfielder Byron days, to preserve the win for Aaron Loup (2-3). Buxton, considered by many the best prospect in the minors, was being promoted from INDIANS 5, TIGERS 4 Double-A and would make his major league Justin Verlander pitched five effective debut Sunday. innings in his season debut for Detroit, but Carlos Santana and Carlos Carrasco led ORIOLES 9, YANKEES 4 Cleveland to victory. Manny Machado homered and had four Verlander had been on the disabled list RBIs, Nolan Reimold hit a two-run drive and with a right triceps strain. The former AL MVP Baltimore overcame a milestone achievement and Cy Young Award winner reached 97 mph by Alex Rodriguez in a win over the Yankees. with his fastball and gave up two runs and David Lough added a solo shot for the three hits in five innings. He struck out two, Orioles, who have won six straight to climb walked two and left with a 3-2 lead. Santana over .500 (31-30) for the first time since May 4. homered and Carrasco (8-5) allowed three Baltimore has amassed 20 runs and 31 hits in runs and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings. Blaine the first two games of the series and will vie Hardy (2-1) took the loss. for a sweep on Sunday. Rodriguez hit a two-run homer to join Hank PIRATES 4, PHILLIES 3 Aaron as the only members of the exclusive Gerrit Cole allowed two runs in six innings 2,000-RBI club. The sixth-inning drive off Bud to become the first pitcher in the majors to 10 Norris lifted A-Rod’s career RBI total to 2,001. victories this season as Pittsburgh edged Hank Aaron ranks first on the career list with Philadelphia. 2,297. It was the 666th career home run for Cole (10-2) struck out seven without a walk Rodriguez, fourth on baseball’s all-time list BOSTON: Red Sox’s Xander Bogaerts slides safely into second base on a passed ball as Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Jose Reyes takes the to trim his ERA to a major-league best 1.71 behind Babe Ruth, Aaron and Barry Bonds. throw during the fourth inning of a baseball game. —AP while winning his fifth consecutive start. The After Rodriguez tied the game, Baltimore went 24-year-old is now 14-2 in 18 starts dating to up 7-4 in the bottom half against Chris Martin McHugh (6-3) for five runs in the first inning, a win. Williams Perez got his first career save. Sunday, when he gave up a season-worst six last September. (0-2). Chaz Roe (2-0) pitched 2 1/3 innings for day after Houston roughed up Felix runs along with seven hits and three homers in Starling Marte had three hits and an RBI Baltimore, part of a scoreless effort by the Hernandez for eight runs in the opening NATIONALS 7, BREWERS 2 seven innings. Joe Smith pitched a perfect for Pittsburgh. Gregory Polanco added two bullpen in relief of Norris. frame. Rookie starter Mike Montgomery (1-1) Yunel Escobar and Wilson Ramos hit two- eighth and Huston Street got three outs for his hits and Andrew McCutchen drove in two allowed six hits and one run in six innings. He run homers and Bryce Harper continued his 19th save in 21 attempts, one night after he runs as Pittsburgh handed the Phillies their MARINERS 8, ASTROS 1 became the second player in franchise history offensive surge by driving in two runs as needed 26 pitches to preserve a 5-4 victory ninth straight road loss. Mark Melancon Logan Morrison homered twice and tied a to pitch at least six innings while allowing two Washington topped Milwaukee. against his former club. Kendall Graveman (3-3) worked a perfect ninth for his 20th save. career high with five RBIs to help Seattle cruise earned runs or fewer in each of his first three The Nationals have won just four of their last went the distance for the first time in nine Sean O’Sullivan (1-5) muddled through six past Houston. The Mariners tagged Collin career starts and the first since Bob Stoddard 15. Harper finished 3 for 3, but was hit by a career starts, allowing eight hits and striking in 1981. pitch in the ninth and left the game. Joe Ross out eight. (1-1) won for the first time in his major league MARLINS 4, ROCKIES 1 career by scattering seven hits in eight solid PADRES 2, DODGERS 1 Mat Latos struck out a season-high 11 over innings. Jimmy Nelson (3-7) took the loss. Justin Upton hit a solo homer with two outs seven innings, Giancarlo Stanton homered in the eighth inning off Zack Greinke to lift San and drove in four runs, and Miami beat DIAMONDBACKS 4, GIANTS 2 Diego. Upton hit a 3-2 slider into the stands in Colorado. Latos (2-4) gave up one run and four Allen Webster pitched into the sixth inning left field. Dodgers manager Don Mattingly chal- hits while making his first start since May 21 to win in his Arizona debut, Paul Goldschmidt lenged the play, contending a fan may have due to left knee inflammation. He earned his had two hits and an RBI and the Diamondbacks reached over the wall trying to catch the ball. first victory since May 5 at Washington. beat San Francisco. Webster (1-0), who spent The call was upheld in 42 seconds. Greinke, Stanton had a two-run double in the first the first two months in the minors after starting who came in 5-0 with a 1.53 ERA against San and a two-run homer, his 23rd. AJ Ramos 11 games for Boston last season, was called up Diego in 10 career starts, had pitched well into pitched a perfect ninth for his eighth save in before the game and didn’t allow a hit until Joe the eighth inning. The right-hander had 11 chances. David Hale (2-1) allowed four runs Panik’s double with one out in the sixth. The allowed just one run and seven hits and had in six innings for the Rockies, who have lost Arizona right-hander gave up two runs and two retired the first two batters of the inning before four straight. hits with two strikeouts and three walks. Upton his 13th homer of the season. David Peralta and A.J. Pollock added two hits Ian Kennedy matched Greinke through sev- RAYS 5, WHITE SOX 4 apiece for the Diamondbacks, who have won en innings, allowing one run and four hits with Steve Souza Jr. hit a tying RBI single, stole five of the last six against the defending World four strikeouts and one walk. After breaking a second with the help of a replay challenge and Series champs. string of four consecutive defeats with a 9.31 scored the go-ahead run on an error, lifting Buster Posey had an RBI double for San ERA, Kennedy turned in his third straight strong Tampa Bay over Chicago. Francisco, which has lost seven straight at AT&T start. Souza’s two-out single off Zach Putnam (1- Park, its longest skid at home since 2008. 2) drove in David DeJesus in the eighth. Souza The Diamondbacks drew four walks off CUBS 4, REDS 3 then swiped second and Asdrubal Cabrera Giants starter Ryan Vogelsong (4-5) in the first Starlin Castro’s RBI single in the ninth inning was walked intentionally before Jake Elmore and gave Webster a three-run cushion before lifted Chicago past Cincinnati in a rain-delayed hit a bouncer up the middle. he even took the mound. game. Kris Bryant led off the ninth with a dou- Shortstop Alexei Ramirez fielded the ble before Miguel Montero was hit by a pitch to grounder, but made a wild throw while trying ANGELS 1, ATHLETICS 0 bring up Castro, who singled to center field off to get the out at second. Souza rounded third Albert Pujols homered in the first inning and Tony Cingrani (0-3). and scored the winning run. Rays reliever Brad C.J. Wilson pitched seven innings of two-hit ball Jason Motte (3-1) allowed two hits and Boxberger (4-3) got the win. Jake McGee to lead Los Angeles. Wilson (4-5) struck out struck out one in scoreless ninth for the Cubs, worked the ninth for his third save. eight and walked three in his first scoreless out- who have won five of seven. Eugenio Suarez ing since April 7, when he allowed two hits over tied the game for the Reds in the top of the CARDINALS 3, ROYALS 2 eight innings in a victory at Seattle. The left- sixth with a two-run home run off James Russell Call-up Tyler Lyons had a solid outing and hander was 1-3 with a 6.00 ERA his previous five soon after the game was resumed from a 2- Mark Reynolds homered as St. Louis beat starts - including a loss at Yankee Stadium last hour, 48-minute rain delay.—AP Kansas City for the second straight day. Alex Gordon and Salvador Perez homered for the Royals, who took two of three from the Cardinals at home last month and will be try- MLB results/standings ing to avoid a sweep in the finale. Lyons (1-0) allowed two runs and three hits Toronto 5, Boston 4 (11 innings); Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 3; Texas 11, Minnesota 7; Cleveland 5, Detroit 4; in five innings. He failed to make an impres- Washington 7, Milwaukee 2; Atlanta 5, NY Mets 3 (11 innings); St. Louis 3, Kansas City 2; Seattle 8, Houston 1; sion in three starts earlier in the year in place Miami 4, Colorado 1; Tampa Bay 5, Chicago White Sox 4; Chicago Cubs 4, Cincinnati 3; Baltimore 9, NY Yankees of injured Adam Wainwright, entering with a 4; Arizona 4, San Francisco 2; LA Angels 1, Oakland 0; San Diego 2, LA Dodgers 1. 5.54 ERA, but fared much better replacing American League National League injured Lance Lynn. Trevor Rosenthal got four Eastern Division Eastern Division outs for his league-leading 21st save in 22 W L PCT GB NY Mets 33 30 .524 - chances. NY Yankees 33 28 .541 - Washington 32 30 .516 0.5 Tampa Bay 34 29 .540 - Atlanta 30 32 .484 2.5 Toronto 33 30 .524 1 BRAVES 5, METS 3 Miami 27 36 .429 6 Baltimore 31 30 .508 2 Philadelphia 22 41 .349 11 Cameron Maybin had a two-run single in Boston 27 36 .429 7 Central Division the 11th inning and Atlanta rallied past New Central Division St. Louis 41 21 .661 - York. Freddie Freeman tied it for Atlanta with Kansas City 34 25 .576 - Pittsburgh 34 27 .557 6.5 Minnesota 33 28 .541 2 Chicago Cubs 33 27 .550 7 two outs in the ninth, hitting an RBI single. Detroit 32 30 .516 3.5 Cincinnati 28 33 .459 12.5 Facing a Mets bullpen without closer Jeurys Cleveland 29 32 .475 6 Familia, whose son was born while he was fin- Chicago White Sox 28 32 .467 6.5 Milwaukee 24 39 .381 17.5 ishing off Friday night’s win, the Braves came Western Division Western Division Houston 35 28 .556 - LA Dodgers 36 26 .581 - back to end a five-game skid against New San Francisco 34 29 .540 2.5 York. Texas 33 29 .532 1.5 PITTSBURGH: Philadelphia Phillies second baseman Chase Utley leaps for a high throw LA Angels 32 30 .516 2.5 San Diego 32 32 .500 5 Maybin’s single was off Carlos Torres (2-3). from catcher Carlos Ruiz as Pittsburgh Pirates’ Starling Marte (6) attempts to steal second Seattle 28 34 .452 6.5 Arizona 29 32 .475 6.5 Jason Grilli (2-2) pitched one inning for the Colorado 27 34 .443 8.5 in the seventh inning of a baseball game. —AP Oakland 25 39 .391 10.5 MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015 SPORTS

Hair today, gone tomorrow for Japan’s ‘waterboy’ TOKYO: Japan’s top male synchronised swimmer Atsushi Abe has been likened to an old lady for slapping on too much make-up and described as “Dracula with a bad haircut”-and that’s just by his coach. But bad hair days and coagulating mascara are only part of the problem for the 32-year-old as he prepar es to represent his country in the mixed-gender duet at the swimming world cham- pionships, which begin in Russia next month. Abe, who took up the sport after watching the hit Japanese movie “Waterboys” about a group of school- boys who start a synchronised swimming team, is acutely aware of how important it is to win over sceptics after the swimming’s world governing body FINA voted to allow men to compete. “There have been many male synchronised swimmers in the past who weren’t able to make it into the sunlight but diligently battled on regardless,” Abe told AFP after training with partner Yumi Adachi. “Mixed duet has been introduced at the world cham- pionships and I want to show my deep gratitude to those swimmers who went before me. It’s because of them that men have been accepted into synchronised swimming and now as a comrade I want to help grow the sport.” Abe is mindful that Russia was one of the most vocal opponents of letting men in, with swimmers and even government ministers blasting a decision which could threaten Russia’s stranglehold on a sport in which it has swept every Olympic gold medal this century. It also jars rather awkwardly with the traditional image of masculini- ty the Russian government vigorously promotes. “I think more men will come into synchro and I have a duty to help them feel it’s not out of their reach and that anyone can do it,” added Abe. “I’m aware it’s important to cooperate with foreign athletes to attract as many men to the sport as possible.” However, he still has plenty of work to do. “Breathing,” Abe says with a wry smile when asked about the hardest part of bobbing upside down wearing a nose peg while executing a lung-busting array of elements, from the side FRANCE: The Porsche 919 Hybrid No19 of the Porsche Team crosses the finish line to win the 83rd 24-hour Le Mans endurance race heada of the Porsche 919 Hybrid No17 in fishtail to the egg-beater. —AFP Le Mans, western France. —AP Porsche wins 24 Hours Le Mans race

LE MANS: With German Formula One driver a Force India car at the Austrian Grand Prix ... Porsche deserved to win. Hats off to them,” his rivals. “It’s the end of a winning run for to build a comfortable lead over the No. 9 Audi Nico Hulkenberg behind the wheel, Porsche next weekend - his 85th F1 race. British driver Lotterer said. “We’ll do everything to come Audi, but we’ll be back next year,” he said. In driven by Rene Rast. won the 24 Hours Le Mans yesterday to end Nick Tandy and Earl Bamber of New Zealand back stronger and we’ve learned a lot from the jubilant Porsche garage, team members Porsche’s scare came with less than one Audi’s five-race winning run and clinch a were the other drivers in the No. 19 car. this race.” held up white T-shirts with the No. 17 written hour of the race gone when Frenchman record 17th victory at the famous endurance “These are tears of happiness. I’m lost for Audi’s No. 8 finished fourth ahead of on them. Patrick Pilet was caught in a crash. The race race. words,” Tandy said. “I hope it’s the first of many. Porsche’s No. 18. Audi’s bad luck was summed The 83rd edition of the race was held up was held up briefly as a safety car came out in Hulkenberg was one of the three drivers in I grew up watching the race.” Webber was up when, with two hours to go, the No. 7 car, again in the morning shortly before 8 a.m. what proved to be an action-packed opening the No. 19 car, which finished ahead of No. 17 partnered in the No. 17 by German driver Timo driven by Treluyer, went to the garage for an (0600 GMT) when a safety car came out for the few hours. Porsche, featuring former F1 driver Mark Bernhard and New Zealander Brendon Hartley. oil change and then had to come back straight fourth time after Roald Goethe’s No. 96 Aston The crash happened when Swiss driver Webber, and Audi’s No. 7 car. Audi had won “It’s been an incredible race, an incredible away to fix some loose bodywork. Martin crashed heavily and became the 10th Alexandre Imperatori lost control of his seven of the past eight races, with Porsche’s sports car race,” Webber said. “We were very competitive yesterday, it car to retire from the race. Rebellion Racing car at the Forza Motorsport last win coming in 1998. Porsche returned to Le Mans last year after went well for us on Saturday but things The 55-year-old Goethe was conscious after chicane, because of oil on the track. His car hit “Thank you so much everybody, great a 16-year absence in the top category, but changed overnight,” Audi director Wolfgang the accident and then taken away in an ambu- Jonny Kane’s Strakka Racing car and impacted effort over the last few months,” Hulkenberg struggled because of a mechanical problem as Ullrich said. “We had a problem with our bon- lance. Shortly before 7 a.m. (0500 GMT) the on Pilet. said over race radio as he headed back into Marcel Fassler, Andre Lotterer, and Benoit nets, which never happened to us before. It’s No. 7 Audi rolled into pit lane missing a large After about five hours of racing, another the garage waving to the flag-waving Porsche Treluyer helped Audi to victory. This time, the something we’ll have to study and rectify back piece of its right-side bodywork. The Audi Porsche - driven by Christian Ried - had to pull fans. Porsche 919 hybrids proved too dominant home.” team quickly took the car into the garage, but over with some flames coming out of the The 27-year-old Hulkenberg, driving in the after overcoming an early scare. Shortly before the end of the race, Ullrich still lost seven minutes making repairs. With back. A total of 264,000 fans watched the race race for the first time, will be back in action in “There’s only victory that counts in this race went into the Porsche garage to congratulate Hulkenberg behind the wheel, Porsche started over the weekend. —AP Blackhawks one win from Cup

CHICAGO: Antoine Vermette scored in the Chicago’s Patrick Sharp stepped around third period to earn Chicago a 2-1 win over the pair and put the puck into the empty the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game Five, giv- net for a 1-0 lead. “I just know there was a ing the Blackhawks the chance to clinch collision and I found myself with a heck of the Stanley Cup on home ice today. an opportunity, so (you) just make sure you Vermette shoveled in a cross-ice pass from put that one in,” Sharp said. Kris Versteeg to give the Blackhawks a 3-2 Tampa Bay’s Valtteri Filppula tied it just lead in the best-of-seven finals on Saturday, after the midway point of the second deflating a Tampa Bay crowd that had been frame, ensuring the teams would enter the bolstered by the return of goaltender Ben third period tied for the third straight Bishop after he missed Game Four with an game. undisclosed injury. Chicago, gunning for their third Cup in Chicago, who had been outplayed early six years, will get the chance to clinch the in previous games during the series, came title at home for the first time since 1938 out hard yesterday, testing Bishop from the today. start and carrying a 14-5 advantage in Tampa Bay will hope regular season top shots in the first period. scorer Steven Stamkos can get his offensive “I thought our start was something we game in gear. After dominating perform- haven’t seen in the first four games, which ances in the second and third rounds was good,” Chicago coach Joel Quenneville against the Canadiens and Rangers, he has told reporters. just one assist in the final. Chicago winger “We had some more time in the offen- Patrick Kane has also been uncharacteristi- Ford returning to Le Mans sive zone and we weren’t having to play in cally quiet, which has put much of the scor- our own end.” Bishop was solid in his ing burden on secondary players. return, his one mistake coming on a bizarre “This is it. Now there’s no margin for in 2016 with All-New Ford GT play about six minutes in as he crashed into error,” said Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper. defenseman Victor Hedman while trying to “But as I said before, we’re still alive. This is LE MANS: Ford announced yesterday it is return- The all-new Ford GT serves as the pinnacle prod- sis, and the power and efficiency of EcoBoost clear the puck. not near over.” —Reuters ing to one of the most prestigious automobile uct of the new Ford Performance group, a division technology. “As we developed the Ford GT, from races in the world with its new Ford GT race car, dedicated to providing innovation through per- the outset, we wanted to ensure we had a car that based on the all-new ultra-high-performance formance. has what it takes to return Ford to the world of GT supercar that goes on sale next year. Set to deliver more than 12 new performance racing,” said Raj Nair, Ford Motor Company group The Ford GT race car will compete in the 24 vehicles by 2020, Ford Performance will leverage vice president, Global Product Development and Hours of Le Mans - referred to by many as the its racing efforts and expertise to speed innova- chief technical officer. “We believe the Ford GT’s Grand Prix of Endurance and Efficiency - starting tions on dedicated performance models and per- advances in aerodynamics, light-weighting and next year. Revealed today at the famous circuit in formance parts in order to more quickly iterate the EcoBoost power will make for a compelling race Le Mans, France, Ford GT will compete in the Le latest technologies that can ultimately be applied car that can once again compete on a global Mans GT Endurance class for professional teams to the full Ford vehicle lineup. stage.” and drivers (LM GTE Pro). The performance segment is a growing busi- Joining Ford in this project are Multimatic The new race car - a further proof point of Ford ness for Ford, as the company recognizes its cus- Motorsports, Roush Yates Engines, Castrol, innovation - is based on the all-new Ford GT tomers’ desire for vehicles that offer excellent fuel Michelin, Forza Motorsport, Sparco, Brembo and supercar unveiled in January. Both the production economy, leading technology and a great driving CGRFS. The race car has undergone extensive car and race car will arrive in 2016 to mark the experience. The Ford Performance lineup includes design and testing within Ford and Multimatic, 50th anniversary of Ford GT race cars placing 1-2-3 Ford GT, Focus RS, F-150 Raptor, Shelby GT350 and with CGRFS providing input into the develop- at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans. Ford went on to Shelby GT350R, Focus ST and Fiesta ST. “Ford ment. Roush Yates is supporting development of repeat its victory at Le Mans in 1967, 1968 and remains focused on three priorities globally - accel- the 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6 - the most powerful 1969. “When the GT40 competed at Le Mans in the erating our One Ford plan, delivering product EcoBoost production engine ever. The 3.5-liter 1960s, Henry Ford II sought to prove Ford could excellence with passion and driving innovation in EcoBoost V6 engine debuted in the TUDOR United beat endurance racing’s most legendary manufac- every part of our business,” said Mark Fields, Ford SportsCar Championship in 2014. Since then, Ford, turers,” said Bill Ford, executive chairman, Ford Motor Company president and CEO. “All three with CGRFS, has captured significant overall wins Motor Company. “We are still extremely proud of came together to create the new Ford GT. We also at the 12 Hours of Sebring and Rolex 24 At having won this iconic race four times in a row, know from our rich history in motorsports that Daytona. Besides great success in sports cars, and that same spirit that drove the innovation world-class competition is a great incubator for Ganassi race teams achieved major victories in the behind the first Ford GT still drives us today.” even further product innovation.” Daytona 500, Brickyard 400 and Indianapolis 500. The new Ford GT race car will run the full 2016 The Ford GT race car features a number of “We’ve won races and championships, but schedules of the FIA World Endurance innovations Ford believes will not only make it we’ve never run Le Mans,” said team owner Chip Championship and TUDOR United SportsCar competitive in LM GTE Pro, but ultimately posi- Ganassi. “When presented the opportunity to Championship, making its competition debut in tioned to provide benefits to each vehicle in the compete with the all-new Ford GT on the world’s January 2016 in the Rolex 24 At Daytona, Florida. Ford lineup. These include state-of-the-art aerody- biggest sports car stage, and on the 50th anniver- The two Ford teams will be operated by Chip namics to deliver outstanding levels of downforce sary of one of the most storied victories in racing TAMPA: Chicago Blackhawks center Antoine Vermette (80) shoots to score against Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (CGRFS). Both for improved stability with minimal drag, history, how could any race team not want to be the Tampa Bay Lightning during the third period of Game 5 of the NHL hockey series teams intend to compete with a four-car advanced lightweight composites featuring car- part of that? Will it be a challenge? Absolutely, but Stanley Cup Final. —AP effort at Le Mans. Drivers will be announced later. bon fiber for an exceptionally rigid but light chas- we couldn’t be with a better partner than Ford.” MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015 SPORTS

SCOREBOARD

SOUTHAMPTON: Complete scoreboard in the third one-day international between England and New Zealand at Southampton yesterday: England 2-0-12-1 J. Roy b Southee 9 A. Hales c Southee b Wheeler 23 New Zealand J. Root b Santner 54 M. Guptill lbw b Willey 2 E. Morgan b Williamson 71 B. McCullum lbw b Wood 11 B. Stokes b Wheeler 68 K. Williamson c Wood b Willey 118 J. Buttler c Ronchi b Southee 13 R. Taylor b Willey 110 S. Billings c McClenaghan b Wheeler 34 G. Elliott c Root b Rashid 5 A. Rashid c Guptill b Henry 0 M. Santner c Root b Stokes 21 D. Willey c McCullum b Henry 8 L. Ronchi c Roy b Stokes 13 M. Wood not out 3 B. Wheeler not out 3 S. Finn b Southee 0 T. Southee not out 5 Extras (lb5, w14) 19 Extras (lb6, w12) 18 Total (all out, 45.2 overs) 302 Total (7 wkts, 49 overs) 306 Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Hales), 2-34 (Roy), 3-139 Did not bat: M Henry, M McClenaghan (Root), 4-194 (Morgan), 5-227 (Buttler), 6-288 Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Guptill), 2-36 (McCullum), 3- (Billings), 7-290 (Rashid), 8-298 (Stokes), 9-300 242 (Williamson), 4-249 (Elliott), 5-284 (Santner), (Willey), 10-302 (Finn) 6-290 (Taylor), 7-300 (Ronchi) Bowling: Southee 8.2-1-44-3 (1w); Wheeler 10-0- Bowling: Finn 10-0-55-0 (2w); Willey 10-1-69-3 63-3 (2w); Henry 10-0-64-2 (6w); McClenaghan 8- (1w); Wood 10-0-48-1 (2w); Rashid 10-0-72-1 (1w); 0-67-0; Santner 5-0-30-1 (5w); Elliott 2-0-17-0; Stokes 6-0-35-2 (2w); Root 3-0-21-0. Williamson Result: New Zealand won by three wickets. Williamson, Taylor tons too much for England

SOUTHAMPTON: Kane Williamson and sweep off leg-spinner Adil Rashid, just Ross Taylor both scored hundreds in a failed to hold what would have been a record-breaking stand as New Zealand beat spectacular one-handed catch. England by three wickets in the third one- Williamson, meanwhile, reached fifty day international at the Rose Bowl yester- with an on-driven four off Rashid-the first day to go 2-1 up in the five-match series. of 18 runs he scored in an over. Taylor was New Zealand, chasing 303 for victory, dropped on 67 when Buttler failed to cling were struggling at 36 for two. But a stand on to a one-handed chance off Wood. FATULLAH: India’s captain Virat Kohli (left) and Bangladesh’s captain Mushfiqur Rahim pose for photographs with the winner’s trophy at the of 206 between Williamson and Taylor And he was missed again on 72 when end of the final day of the cricket Test match. The match ended in a draw. —AP turned the tide, although England dropped Stokes dropped a sharp chance off a full- both batsmen with Taylor given several blooded hook, with Wood again the reprieves. unlucky bowler. Williamson made 118 and Taylor 110 — The elegant Williamson then completed Ashwin stars as India his second century in as many matches an 88-ball hundred, including 11 fours. He after his unbeaten 119 during New was missed twice after reaching three fig- Zealand’s 13 run-win at The Oval on Friday ures, with Wood dropping a sitter at mid- levelled the series at 1-1. off off Willey when Williamson was on 109. Bangladesh Test drawn That match also saw Williamson and Williamson drove Willey for a seemingly Taylor share a partnership of 121. But their effortless six but next ball he was out when stand at the Rose Bowl was a New Zealand Wood held a far tougher chance than the FATULLAH: Ravichandran Ashwin grabbed a especially Vijay, Shikhar and Rahane. It was a good, but this is a strong Indian side,” he said. record for the third wicket in all ODI cricket, one he had missed. five-wicket haul as India enforced the follow-on selfless performance to score quickly, knowing “We played well against Pakistan, so hopefully surpassing the 180 put on by Adam Parore Taylor, whose hundred came off 105 before the rain-ruined Test against Bangladesh we won’t have too much time because of the we will get confidence from that.” When play and Ken Rutherford against India at balls, was eventually out when he played ended in an inevitable draw in Fatullah yester- rain. started after lunch on the final day, Bangladesh Vaodara in 1994. on to Willey. Earlier, Tim Southee and debu- day. “Ashwin and Harbhajan are quality spinners, added 10 runs to their overnight score of 111-3 New Zealand lost a couple of late wick- tant Ben Wheeler took three wickets apiece After the entire morning session was washed so watching them bowl together is very pleasing before Ashwin broke through by having Shakib ets and it needed a four by Tim Southee off as New Zealand held England to a below out, India bowled out Bangladesh for 256 in for a captain. They put batsmen under pressure caught behind by Wriddhiman Saha for nine. Ben Stokes to see the World Cup finalists par total. Morgan made 71, Stokes 68 and their first innings to gain a lead of 206 runs over throughout.” Saha was in action again when he stumped complete victory with an over to spare. Joe Root 54. their own effort of 462-6 declared. Kohli expects a tough fight in the three one- Kayes off Harbhajan, before Soumya Sarkar was England were left regretting being But England lost their last five wickets Given 30 overs to bat a second time, the day internationals in Dhaka on June 18, 21 and bowled by Varun Aaron to make it 176-6. bowled out for 302 with 28 balls of their for 14 runs. Southee finished with three for hosts were 23 without loss after 15 overs when 24. “Bangladesh have shown they are a really tal- Shuvagata Hom added 43 for the seventh wicket innings left after skipper Eoin Morgan won 44 in 8.2 overs and Wheeler, replacing Trent both sides agreed to call off the match at the ented side, especially in one-day cricket,” he said. with Das, who fell six short of a half-century on the toss. New Zealand’s reply got off to a Boult after his fellow left-arm paceman was Khan Shaheb Osman Ali stadium. Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim said a debut when he became Ashwin’s fifth victim shaky start when Martin Guptill-who made ruled out of the rest of the tour with a back Ashwin and fellow off-spinner Harbhajan 3-0 sweep of the one-day home series against through another catch by Sharma. Tamim Iqbal 189 not out in the corresponding fixture on injury, three for 63 in 10 overs. Singh shared eight wickets to lead India’s brave Pakistan in April would leave his team in good (16) and Kayes (seven) played out time in the this ground two years ago — was lbw for Morgan’s toss decision was unsurprising bid to win a match in which bad weather inter- stead. “The one-day squad is looking pretty second innings before the game ended. —AFP two to an inswinger from left-armer David given England had piled up a record 408 rupted play on all five days. The entire second Willey, called up following Chris Jordan’s for nine in a 210-run win after being sent in day was washed out. series-ending side injury. during the series opener at Edgbaston, The duo took centre-stage after Shikhar SCOREBOARD New Zealand captain Brendon while New Zealand made 398 for five bat- Dhawan (173) and Murali Vijay (150) had shared McCullum also fell cheaply, the dangerman ting first at The Oval. But Wheeler scup- an opening partnership of 283 and Ajinkya FATULLAH: Final scoreboard in the one-off Test between Bangladesh and India which ended in lbw for 11 to Durham quick Mark Wood, pered England’s hopes of a 350-plus total Rahane made 98 after India had won the toss a draw at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali stadium in Fatullah yesterday: playing after Liam Plunkett was ruled out when he dismissed both Sam Billings, and elected to bat. India 1st innings: 462-6 declared (M. Vijay 150, S. Total (all out; 65.5 overs) 256 with a side strain. caught at short third man, and Stokes, For Bangladesh, star all-rounder Shakib Al Dhawan 173, A. Rahane 98, Shakib Al Hasan 4-105) Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Tamim), 2-108 (Mominul), 3-110 Taylor gave a tough chance on 17 when bowled leg-stump. The series continues at Hasan picked up four of the six wickets before (Rahim), 4-121 (Shakib), 5-172 (Kayes), 6-176 (Sarkar), 7- wicket-keeper Jos Buttler, anticipating his Trent Bridge on Wednesday. —AFP Bangladesh 1st innings (overnight 111-3): 219 (Shuvagata), 8-232 (Das), 9-246 opener Imrul Kayes top-scored with 72 and Tamim Iqbal st Saha b Ashwin 19 (Shahid), 10-256 (Jubair). debutant Litton Das made 44. Imrul Kayes st Saha b Harbhajan 72 Bowling: I. Sharma 7-0-24-0 (nb1), Ashwin 25-6-87-5, Indian captain Virat Kohli saw his team slip Mominul Haque c Yadav b Harbhajan 30 Yadav 7-0-45-0, Aaron 9-0-27-1 (nb2), Harbhajan 17.5-2- from third to fourth place in the official rankings Mushfiqur Rahim c R. Sharma b Ashwin 2 64-3 behind South Africa, Australia and New Zealand Shakib Al Hasan c Saha b Ashwin 9 because of the draw. Soumya Sarkar b Aaron 37 Bangladesh 2nd innings: “It was disappointing for both teams,” he said. Litton Das c R. Sharma b Ashwin 44 Tamil Iqbal not out 16 “We would have liked to have five days of crick- Shuvagata Hom c R. Sharma b Ashwin 9 Imrul Kayes not out 7 et. But whatever time we had on the field, the Taijul Islam not out 16 Extras: 0 boys had top intensity and put in a really good Mohammad Shahid c Dhawan b Harbhajan 6 Total (for no loss, 15 overs) 23 Jubair Hossain run out 0 Bowling: Yadav 2-1-4-0, Ashwin 6-2-8-0, Harbhajan 5-2- effort. Extras (lb9, nb3) 12 11-0, Vijay 1-1-0-0, Dhawan 1-1-0-0. Match drawn. “We had a really good time with the bat, Malaysians share rhythmic gymnastics gold at Games

SINGAPORE: Koi Sie Yan and Shasangari SEA Games basketball gold medals since the 13, 25-23, 25-13 to reach the final in a game that Nagarajan couldn’t be separated in the rhythmic sport was introduced to the program in 1977, was tied 19-19-19 in the third after the opening gymnastics individual all around final yesterday, winning 10 straight titles since Malaysia broke two sets were split. finishing with a rare share of the gold medal at the sequence 1989. Eleven-year-old waterskier Aaliyah Yoong the Southeast Asian Games. The Malaysian Jeth Rosario led the Filipinos with 27 points became the youngest athlete to win a golden teammates finished level with 60.250 points, and 12 rebounds, helping his team overcome double at the SEA Games with her victory in the with Thailand’s Prawatyotin Panjarat taking deficits after the first two quarters after Thailand women’s overall event. She defended her title in bronze with 57.350 points. got away to 43-33 lead at half time. the tricks competition on Friday. “It is a bonus for us to win two gold medals in Marlina Herawan scored a game-high 15 “I feel really proud to win two gold medals,” SOUTHAMPTON: New Zealand’s Kane Williamson plays a shot off the bowling of one event,” Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister points as Indonesia finished the women’s bas- said Yoong, who won the tricks title in 2011 David Willey during the one day international cricket match against England. —AP Muhyiddin Yassin told the Bernama news ketball round-robin with a 4-1 record after a 52- when she was eight. She said she was confident agency after presenting the medals. “I hope this 46 win over Thailand on Sunday, securing at of a double in Singapore, “Yeah, because it’s my success will inspire other young gymnasts to least a silver medal. target.” Her 38-year-old brother, the ex-Formula Bolt laments another excel.” In the women’s volleyball, gold-medal One driver Alex Yoong, took silver in the men’s Koi posted the leading scores in hoop and favorite Thailand fended off Indonesia 21-25, 25- overall competition. —AP ball and was second in clubs to Nagarajan, who mediocre performance also posted the top score in ribbons. Thailand picked up three of the first four NEW YORK: Usain Bolt thought he was though his mere presence still electrified Pencak Silat tanding titles to lead the medal primed to run a strong 200 metres at the the crowd. standings with 87 golds, six ahead of host Adidas Grand Prix on Saturday. Instead, he He failed to show his runaway burst Singapore and 15 clear of third-place Vietnam ran his “worst turn ever” and barely won around the turn and barely held on down late on the third-to-last night of competition. with a tedious time of 20.29 that left the the straight to edge second-placed Zharnel The Thai delegation is expecting another impor- Jamaican bewildered with his continuing Hughes of Anguilla, who timed 20.32. tant gold on Monday, when the 14-time champi- poor form as he tries to find his former “My turn was horrible, I don’t know what ons go into the football final against Myanmar as speed in time for the world championships happened,” Bolt said. “I really can’t explain. a hot favorite after a 5-0 semifinal win against in August. “My worst turn ever.” Bolt had hoped to Indonesia and scoring 21 goals and conceding A strong headwind of 2.8 metres per break 20 seconds in the race as he aimed to just one in the tournament so far. second was a factor in his slow time, more build towards the Beijing world champi- “We are 100 percent confident that we can than a full second slower than his world onships in August after a 2014 season limit- win,” Thailand captain Sarach Yooyen told a news record. But Bolt was discouraged by an ed by injuries. conference Sunday, “but we have to be very inept turn that led him to question where The Jamaican, whose 200m world careful against Myanmar, they can be danger- he stands in his comeback from an injury- record is 19.19, ran 20.20 in Kingston and ous.” hit 2014. “This season is not going so 20.13 in Ostrava earlier this year. “I guess I Myanmar edged Vietnam 2-1 in the other smoothly,” said 28-year-old Bolt. “I’m trying have to sit with my coach, try to analyse semifinal to reach only its third SEA Games final to figure out what’s going on. I need to get and figure out what’s going on and work since its golden run of five consecutive gold on top of things to work my way back.” on it. With this pace, I think this is going to medals ended in 1973. Seven years ago, Bolt exploded on the mean trouble.” “Our supporters from Myanmar and the peo- international scene in the New York meet Bolt said he was not worried about any ple who have supported us here in Singapore by setting his first world record in the 100 physical problem, but showed some jan- are all very passionate for success from our foot- metres on the way to double gold and dou- gled nerves when asked about going for a ball team,” Myanmar coach Kyi Lwin said. “They ble world records at the 2008 Beijing third sprint sweep at the 2016 Rio Games. are important in us making it all the way to the Olympics in the 100 and 200 metres. “I’m not worried about Rio. I’m worried final.” He became his sport’s one true global about what just happened and I just have The men’s basketball final is also scheduled for Monday, and the Philippines will feature - as superstar, but sprinting around the same to figure out what’s going on this season,” SINGAPORE: Trung Duc Phan of Vietnam (left) competes against Samuel Thomas Morrison of expected - after a comeback 80-75 win over Icahn Stadium track on Saturday, Bolt he said. “I need to buckle down and get Philippines (right) during the men’s under 68kg taekwondo final at the 28th Southeast Asian Thailand. Philippines has won all but one of the looked a pale shadow of his former self, everything right.—Reuters Games SEA Games. —AFP MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015 SPORTS

Packed leaderboard Walters outpoints Marriaga NEW YORK: Nicholas Walters heard the crowd take two weeks to consider a move up to 130 Considered by many as the next major Puerto in Memphis booing the lack of action and waiting for him to pounds. His next fight is expected to come Rican star fighter after Felix Trinidad and Miguel live up to his “Axe Man” nickname. against Ukrainian Vasyl Lomachenko. Cotto, Verdejo went the distance for the first MEMPHIS: Englishman Greg Owen and quick and the wind tends to swirl Then again, he had not fought an opponent Nicknamed “Axe Man” for his ability to “chop time in his 18 professional fights. He remained Fabian Gomez of Argentina passed the around here. as tough as Miguel Marriaga until Saturday down” or knock out opponents, Walters did not undefeated with a unanimous decision: 100-88, overnight leader to take the lead after “But I’m very happy. I cleaned up night’s WBA featherweight fight in which he did get his 22nd career knockout and only dropped 100-88 and 99-89. the third round at the FedEx St. Jude around the green. I’m hitting the fair- enough to remain unbeaten with a unanimous Marriaga (20-1) once. That came in the final sec- Verdejo said he got hurt in the first round, the Classic in Memphis on Saturday. ways. I’m putting the ball in play and decision. onds of the ninth round when Walters landed an same round that each of his previous four fights Owen and Gomez both shot three- taking advantage of my opportunities. Walters (26-0) did not retain his title because overhand right on Marriaga’s ear. It was a similar in New York ended. This was only the fourth time under 67 at TPC Southwind for a 54-hole “I still have 18 holes to go. I just have he was stripped of it Friday when he failed to punch that knocked out Nonito Donaire in the an opponent got past the fourth round. total of nine-under 201, good enough to to keeping doing the same stuff.” Gomez make weight. He was originally 127.4 pounds at sixth round last October in California, but this Verdejo dropped Najera twice with his left share aone-shot lead entering the final does not have a top-10 showing on the the weigh-in, and two hours later, he was still a time it did little overall damage. hand in the fifth and seventh, but each time round of the PGA Tour event. PGA Tour, although he has won on the pound over the 126-pound limit. “I know I hurt him. I hurt him in the ninth and Najera got up and the fight continued. With American Brooks Koepka, the 36-hole Web.Com tour. Walters did not “chop down” or knock out in the last round, too,” Walters said. “I threw a about a minute left in the fifth, Verdejo landed a leader, birdied the final hole, but had to One player in the pack to watch on Marriaga but his performance was enough to body shot and (thought) he was done. I was try- hard uppercut to the face, and in the final sec- settle for a 71. The winner of the Waste Sunday will be two-time champion get scores of 119-108, 118-109 and 117-110. In a ing to get him (down), I just couldn’t get him.” onds of the seventh he got Najera again with his Management Phoenix Open earlier this David Toms. The 13-time PGA Tour win- rematch from their 2008 amateur bout that Earlier in the fight, the Colombian landed an left hand. “He is one of the toughest opponents I year is one shot behind the co-leaders ner fired a 69 and is in a pack of eight Marriaga won in Guatemala, the 29-year-old overhand right that briefly stunned Walters in have faced,” Verdejo said. “He’s the first opponent along with American Scott Brown (68) players four shots back. landed 34 percent of his overall punches and 52 the fourth round. “I got tired at the end,” I dropped and he kept coming back.” on a packed leaderboard. Meanwhile, Phil Mickelson will enter percent of power punches. “The crowd is used to Marriaga said. “He’s very strong for a fighter his After going down twice, Najera hung in, and Only four shots separate the top 14 the final round six shots behind. In his Nicholas knocking out people a lot,” Walters said. size. It felt like I was fighting a welterweight. I by the final round both were trading wild shots players. Owen and Gomez and Owen are tune-up for next week’s US Open at “I’m coming off eight months rest and it was a tried my best and he was just too good. before embracing when the fight ended. seeking their first PGA Tour wins. The Chambers Bay, the left-hander figures tough fight. I hurt him. Maybe some of the guys Walters’ victory followed a lightweight bout “He’s tough, he’s very technical,” Najera said. best finish for the 43-year-old Owen, 10-under will be the winning score this who go down (get hurt), but he was tough and between Puerto Rico’s Felix Verdejo and “He’s slick. He counters good and his punches who won on the secondary Web.com week. stood up.” Mexican-American Ivan Najera that entertained come out of nowhere. I never saw either knock- Tour a year ago, was a runner-up show- Mickelson, who needs a US Open title After getting the win, Walters said that he will the announced crowd of 3,321. down punches.” —AP ing at the 2006 Bay Hill event, when he to complete a career Grand Slam, likes went three-over in the final two holes in the direction his game is headed. “I feel an infamous meltdown. like I’m a lot closer, but I’ve been saying Owen said he started having some that for months now and it hasn’t quite good swings thoughts two weeks ago at clicked,” he said. “But these last five days the Bryon Nelson, and they have stayed I’ve had the biggest strides in my game. with him. “It was tough out there,” he I’m controlling my misses better and I’m told reporters. “The greens are firm, hitting a lot more good shots.”—Reuters Park surges ahead at Women’s PGA

HARRISON: World number two Park In-bee birdie putt to remain tied for the lead slid is on track for a triple treat after making four feet by and she missed the par putt birdies at the final two holes on Saturday to and bogeyed to shoot 69 for 207. take a two-stroke lead going into the final The final round is shaping up as a possi- round of the KPMG Women’s PGA ble two-player duel. Leader Park is six Championship. strokes clear of third-placed former cham- Park’s late surge propelled her past fel- pions Suzann Pettersen of Norway (71), low South Korean Kim Sei-young, who Australian Karrie Webb (72), and 17-year- stumbled by four-putting from just off the old Canadian Brooke Henderson (71). green at the final hole at Westchester Park will be gunning for her sixth major Country Club in suburban New York. and is virtually assured of reclaiming world Park, who shot seven-under-par 66, is in number one from Lydia Ko of New Zealand, position to tick several boxes late yester- needing only to finish 29th to top the rank- day. A win would be her third in a row in ings. this major event. She would also reclaim Victory over Kim would also provide the world number one spot and exact some payback for Park. They are paired to revenge for a startling playoff defeat earlier play together in the final round. Kim this year. chipped in to force a playoff with Park at “I don’t know how to describe in words the Lotte Championship in Hawaii in April, how I’m going to feel tomorrow if I ended and won by holing out an eight-iron from up winning it,” Park, 26, said after posting a the fairway for eagle in sudden-death. 14-under 205 total. “But definitely it will feel “I have to say my history with her is not BIRMINGHAM: Deontay Wilder punches Eric Molina during the WBC heavyweight boxing match. —AP very good.” great,” acknowledged Park. “I lost in a play- LPGA Tour rookie Kim, who led by one off to her in Lotte, and she won in the after Friday’s second round, held a one- Bahamas when I played with her. “So she shot lead until Park tied her with a birdie at probably feels like, ‘I win when I play with Wilder retains WBC 17. The par-five 18th was nothing short of In-bee,’ because it’s twice she won.” disastrous for the 22-year-old Kim, who Kim said she did not have to rely on almost reached the green with her second magical shot-making to conquer Park. shot, but took four more to hole out. “That’s a past story,” she said through a Her long eagle putt from just short of translator. “I want to write a new story heavyweight title the green left her eight feet away. Her tomorrow.” —Reuters

BIRMINGHAM: Deontay Wilder gave his (23-3) in the fourth and twice again in the fifth, He proclaimed afterward this title defense will Alabama fans what they expected in his first practically running across the ring after him be the “first of many.” Wilder, who had surgery on WBC heavyweight title defense: a knockout. It before Molina went down the third time. The his right hand after the Stiverne fight, delivered just came later than many expected, including Texan withstood barrages to the head in the some of his best blows with the left hook. He Wilder. sixth from Wilder, and then came back strong landed 141 of 303 punches (47 percent). Molina Wilder successfully defended his WBC heavy- two rounds later, landing some hard body shots. had connected on about three-quarters of his weight title with a ninth-round knockout of Eric But the fight ended 1:57 into the ninth. power punches in his last fight, but was 49 of Molina on Saturday night at Bartow Arena, a Wilder had become the first American heavy- 188 overall (26 percent). short drive from his hometown. weight to claim a piece of the title with a Jan. 17 More known for his powerful right hand, Wilder (34-0) delivered a right hand that unanimous decision over Bermane Stiverne. That Wilder knocked Molina down with a left hook in turned Molina around and sent him falling on came after Wilder had recorded 32 consecutive the final seconds of the fourth moments after his back. The referee quickly signaled that the knockouts within the first four rounds. the crowd began chanting “Deontay.” fight was over, probably several rounds later This one went deep, too, against Molina, The match about an hour from Wilder’s than many observers anticipated with Wilder a whom some oddsmakers had installed as a 50- hometown of Tuscaloosa was his first fight in heavy favorite. to-1 underdog. He was trying to become the first Alabama since 2012, and the state’s first title “I was really surprised he kept coming and Mexican-American heavyweight champion. fight in any weight class. Not surprisingly, the hanging in there,” Wilder said. “A lot of people “I brought everything I’ve got and I tried my sellout crowd on the UAB campus was almost said he wouldn’t even be around, he wouldn’t hardest,” he said. “Not the result I wanted but exclusively cheering for Wilder, booing Molina last. There were a lot of doubters, but he showed what can I do? I’m just blessed that I got this whenever he was shown on the video screen a lot of heart and I needed that kind of guy to opportunity to come out and fight for the before the fight. fight here in Alabama. heavyweight championship of the world. Don King, Molina’s 83-year-old promoter, “A lot of people at the fight tonight were first- Deontay, to me, is a great fighter and I hope and stood in the center of the ring waving a number timers so I wanted to put on a good show. When want him to do great things as the heavyweight of flags in the air during the pre-fight introduc- you have a tough guy with a lot of heart in front champ.” Wilder is hoping to fight twice more in tions. Four-time heavyweight champion Evander of you, that’s what you’re going to get.” 2015, ultimately seeking a matchup with Holyfield, who was born in Atmore, Alabama, The 6-foot-7 Wilder knocked down Molina Wladimir Klitschko, who owns the other belts. watched from the stands.—AP Nadal clinches clay-grass double STUTTGART: Rafael Nadal earned his sec- now 17-2 in Stuttgart, where he last com- ond title of the season and his fourth on peted eight years ago. grass as he defeated Serb Viktor Troicki 7-6 “I’m not bothered by the expectations of (7/3), 6-3 yeterday to become the first man others,” said the 29-year-old. “I’m only moti- to triumph on both clay and turf at the vated by my own goals, There is no pres- HARRISON: Kim Sei-Young of South Korea plays her tee shot during the final round Stuttgart Open. sure on me “It’s fantastic to win here on of the 2015 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. —AFP The Spanish top seed set another minor grass after winning on clay. Victor is a record, as he won the inagural grass edition tough opponent. “But I’ve been gaining Kim triumphs in Thailand after taking clay trophies here in 2005 and confidence over the past month and a half 2007. Stuttgart made the switch to grass after a very poor first three and a half THAILAND: South Korean Kim Kyung-tae told reporters at the Siam Country Club in starting with this edition as part of the new months of this season. won the battle of nerves in his final-round Pattaya. Wimbledon pre-season. “I’ve been feeling my game better since duel against younger compatriot Wang “The last three years I did not do well Nadal’s 66th career title marked his sec- after my first match in Monte Carlo (mid- Jeung-hun to win the Thailand Open by because I wanted to go to America and I ond in 2015 after claiming a trophy on April). It was mentally tiring for me to play three strokes yeterday. thought if I had 20 more yards (in length) I South American clay last February. The tennis in the first part of the year. I was not Kim carded a seven-under-par 65 in the would have a chance to win over there. Spaniard now owns two grass titles at feeling comfortable on court. final round to surge ahead of Wang (67) in “I changed my swing and my rhythm Wimbledon plus 2008 Queen’s Club, “I was not able to play the way that I the closing holes for a final total of 21- and it changed my results. From there, I London and now Stuttgart. The 14-time wanted. I didn’t feel confidence. But that under in the $1 million tournament co- tried changing back to my usual swing but grand slam champion who is ranked 10th, has been changing and my focus now if to sanctioned by OneAsia and the Japan it took quite a while. polished his record against eighth seed prepare as best as I can for Wimbledon.” tours. The Korean led by a single stroke “This year I asked my coach to help me Troicki to 5-0, last facing the Serb in a Tokyo Nadal added: “My level has always been going into the final hole but while his 19- and he reminded me of the swing I had last semi-final nearly five years ago. Nadal took there, I’ve not forgotten how to play tennis. year-old opponent succumbed to a bogey, time. Now I have a good mental image of victory as he played his his 95th career But now things are coming together for Kim calmly holed his putt for a birdie. my swing-so that is why I am doing well.” final, now standing 66-29 in finals. me.” Nadal spent 48 minutes in winning the All week the 28-year-old showed Wang was a stroke ahead of Kim before he His last grass final came at Wimbledon opening set, which he took into a tiebreak- glimpses of his form that helped him made the turn, with six birdies on the front in 2011 when he lost to Novak Djokovic. er with a love game. The top seed grabbed become the first Korean to win the Japan nine, but could add only another stroke on Troicki was playing his seventh career final - the early 4-2 lead in the decider and fired a Golf Tour money list in 2010. the back with bogeys on 14th and the final and first on grass - and now stands 2-5 in ninth ace to wrap up the opener. title matches. In the second, the Spaniard broke for 3- “Today I had luck with me that made me hole. Overnight leader Joshua Younger of STUTTGART: Rafael Nadal of Spain poses with his trophy a champion,” Kim, who had six birdies, one Australia could only manage a 73 to claim Nadal’s victory boosted him to 33-10 1 and took victory on his third match point, this season as he prepares for what he ending with 11 aces in the 88-minute con- after winning the final match against Viktor Troicki of eagle and a lone bogey in the last round, the third place on 14-under. —Reuters hopes is a better second half of 2015. He is test. —AFP Serbia at the Mercedes Cup ATP tennis tournament. —AP MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015 SPORTS Nigeria back to winning ways

JOHANNESBURG: Nigeria returned to win- Saturday’s other qualifiers with a 7-1 ning ways in African Nations Cup qualifica- thumping of Sao Tome e Principe for tion on Saturday but former champions their biggest ever margin of victory South Africa and Zambia suffered embar- while Angola beat the Central African rassing home draws in their opening Republic 4-0. matches of the preliminary competition for Zimbabwe, whose players had to travel the 2017 finals. some 600km by bus to Malawi after miss- A new-look Nigeria, who were 2013 ing their flight, secured a 2-1 away win in champions but failed to qualify for the Blantyre with a late goal from Khama Billiat, 2015 finals, overcame a slow start to beat whose intended cross crashed into the top Chad 2-0 in Kaduna but 2012 champions of the net from out on the wing. Zambia squandered a late spot kick and Zimbabwe were the only team to win away were held to a goalless draw by Guinea in Saturday’s 11 qualifiers. Algeria, Burkina Bissau in Ndola. Faso, Mali, Senegal and Uganda were all The Gambia, who had been banned for victorious at home in their respective ties. two years from international competition Nabil Bentaleb got the last goal as Algeria for age cheating, returned with a hard were too good for the Seychelles in a 4-0 fought 0-0 draw at 1996 winners South victory in Blida. Africa in Durban, a match delayed four Mame Biram Diouf and Sadio Mane hours because the match officials from were among the scorers as Senegal edged Madagascar arrived late. past Burundi 3-1 in Dakar while Modibo Nigeria were held for more than hour by Maiga got the opening goal in Mali’s 2-0 tri- Chad before Gbolahan Salami rifled home umph over South Sudan in Bamako. in the 63rd minute and Odion Ighalo added There are 12 more qualifiers set for late a second from a penalty 10 minutes from yesterday as the completion of the opening time. But midfielder Ogenyi Onzi was sent weekend of the preliminaries. The next set off for shoving an opponent and will miss of matches are in September. The winners the Super Eagles’ next two qualifiers of the 13 qualifying groups plus the two CHRISTCHURCH: Germany’s Hany Mukhtar (left) and Hamidou Traore of Mali compete for a header during their U20 soccer World Cup quarterfi- against Tanzania and Egypt. best runners-up qualify for the finals in nal game. —AP Cape Verde were the big winners in Gabon.—Reuters Danes inflict more Mali, Senegal lead African misery on Serbia charge at Under-20 WCup

COPENHAGEN: Yussuf Poulsen’s first inter- Schmeichel pulled off a superb save to WELLINGTON: African countries captured two tiebreakers after both won one and drew one of two German players missed their shots and Mali national goal and a late effort from Jakob palm Aleksandar Mitrovic’s powerful head- semifinal places at the Under-20 World Cup yes- their three group matches. progressed. “We didn’t lose the match because Poulsen secured Denmark a 2-0 victory er onto the crossbar and away to safety. terday as Mali and Senegal kept up their surpris- Brazil has found goal-scoring increasingly dif- of the opponent, we lost it because of penalties,” over Serbia in their Group I Euro 2016 quali- Schmeichel was soon called into action ing run in the tournament. ficult as the tournament has progressed but has Germany coach Frank Wormuth said. “At the end fier on Saturday. again, parrying a stinging shot from Adem Mali pulled off its biggest upset yet by beat- been efficient in shootouts. Brazil looked tired it’s luck to win.” Serbia, who have one point from five Ljajic to keep the Danes’ slender lead intact. ing European champion Germany 4-3 on penal- after being taken to penalties by Uruguay three Mamadou Thiam scored in the 76th minute games in a dismal qualifying campaign, The Danes spent much of the second ties while Senegal beat Uzbekistan 1-0 for the days ago, and Portugal dominated much of the to send first-time qualifiers Senegal to the last dominated the hosts for the entire second half clearing their lines, Agger putting in a only regulation-time win in Sunday’s quarterfi- game but wasted a number of chances. In the four. Uzbekistan had been kept in the match by half but a combination of last-ditch defend- commanding performance at the back, nals, three of which were decided in shootouts. shootout, Lucao missed the second penalty for goalkeeper Dilshod Khamraev, who pulled off a ing and some spectacular saves from keep- manhandling the Serbian forward line and Serbia and the United States traded 18 penal- Brazil but Raphael Guzzo, Andre Silva and Nuno series of remarkable saves before Thiam’s combi- er Kasper Schmeichel sent them home stealing the ball off the toes of the Serbs on ties before Serbia emerged 6-5 winner of a Santos all missed for Portugal, allowing captain nation with Remi Nassalan created the winning empty-handed. several occasions. match which had been locked 0-0 after extra Danilo and Gabriel Jesus to send the Brazilians goal. “We have prayed a lot since the beginning Denmark took the lead in the 13th The sucker-punch came in the 88th time. through. of the competition and particularly in the last minute from a superb flowing move, Pierre minute when the Danes made a rare foray And five-time champion Brazil was taken to “Everyone saw what happened but in the end few days,” Senegal coach Joseph Koto said. “Most Hojbjerg sweeping a long ball to Nicklas forward and substitute Jakob Poulsen held penalties for the second match in a row before we were able to celebrate in the penalty importantly I want to congratulate my players Bendtner whose deft touch placed it per- off Nikola Maksimovic to rifle the ball low beating Portugal 3-1 following another 0-0 draw. shootout,” Brazil coach Rogerio Micale said. because they truly played a heroic match today.” fectly in the path of Poulsen who drove it past Stojkovic. Serbia will play Mali and Brazil will play Senegal “Portugal created more in front of goal than we Serbia advanced to their maiden World Cup home. The Danes could have gone two up Portugal’s 3-2 victory away to Armenia in Wednesday’s semifinals. did and deserved to win today.” Portugal coach semifinal after a marathon shootout against the just after the half-hour when Matija earlier in the day means they top Group I Brazil is the last of football’s superpowers Helio Sousa was left to regret his team’s failure to U.S. The match needed 18 penalties to decide a Nastasic clumsily tripped Pierre Hojbjerg on 12 points, with the Danes second on 10. remaining in the tournament. South American “finish off everything we created.” “We stamped victor. but Denmark captain Daniel Agger’s penal- Albania are third on seven points and a champion Argentina failed to progress from our authority on the game, we were better in Serbia held the Americans to just two shots ty was easily pushed away by by Vladimir game in hand, with Serbia and Armenia group play along with Central America’s champi- every area but we just couldn’t score,” he said. on target in the game. “Today we won an impor- Stojkovic. Behind at the break, the Serbs rooted to the bottom with a single point on Mexico. Former champion Ghana and front- Germany led 1-0 after the first half and also tant game and defeated a very good team in the launched a second-half onslaught but each. —Reuters runner Nigeria both fell in the round of 16, missed a penalty in regulation time before com- United States. I think it was a very even game for which also claimed 2013 finalist Uruguay. While ing up short in the shootout. The penalty both teams,” Serbia coach Veljko Paunovic’s said. Brazil and Serbia qualified for the last 16 at the shootout was level at 3-3 when Mali baulked first “In the end, I think we were lucky with the penal- top of their groups, Mali and Senegal needed with a miss. With the game there for the taking, ties.” —AP Brazil advance, Colombia shock France at World Cup

VANCOUVER: Brazil advanced to the last 16 of Third-ranked France had been bidding to seal Yoon whose side had dominated for long peri- the Women’s World Cup on Saturday with a their last 16 berth after a 1-0 win over England, ods. “It’s a shame because there were many hard-fought 1-0 win over Spain as France fell 2-0 but must now wait until the final game in a tight Korean fans cheering for us. We need to give our to Colombia in the first upset of the tournament. Group F. absolute best to pull everything out in our last France’s defeat threw Group F wide open as Colombia, ranked 28, moved top with four game with Spain.” rivals England rekindled their campaign with a points from two games, with France on three Fran Kirby, dubbed ‘our mini Messi’ by coach 2-1 win over Mexico in Moncton. along with England who beat Mexico 2-1 on Mark Sampson, and Karen Carney kept England’s Andressa Alves got Brazil’s only goal in Saturday. The Mexicans have one point. “Now we hopes alive in a 2-1 win over Mexico. Kirby Montreal as they joined defending champions have to explode Mexico,” said France striker scored their first goal of the tournament on 71 Japan in the knock-out round with one game to Gaetane Thiney of their final group game. “We minutes with late substitute Carney getting the spare. have to pump up the volume and leave every- second eight minutes from time. Brazil’s Marta failed to add to her record thing out there. It’s a make or break World Cup Substitute Fabiola Ibarra got one back for the World Cup tally of 15 goals, as the star of the tie.” There was heartbreak for South Korea in Mexicans one minute into injury time after night was Alves, who scored two minutes before Montreal as Karla Villalobos’ late equaliser England goalie Karen Bardsley spilled a shot. the break to keep the 2007 runners-up unbeat- denied the Asian side a first World Cup win. “I’m not only pleased with the impact of the en. Forward Melissa Herrera had gotten Costa Rica substitutes but with the group. I’m disappointed “We didn’t score big but we won the game. off the mark on 17 minutes, with the 18-year- though that we conceded a late one,” said It’s good for us to know we’re in the next round,” old’s shot being confirmed by goal-line technol- Sampson as England bid to better their previous AUCKLAND: Serbia’s goalkeeper Predrag Rajkovic dives as he attempts to save a shot said Brazil coach Vadao whose side are top of ogy. best of three quarter-final finishes. on goal during a penalty shoot out against the USA during their U20 soccer World Group E with six points from two games. Costa Korea equalised when Ji So-Yun converted a But Colombia’s Andrade warned: “We’ll con- Cup quarterfinal game. —AP Rica are second in Group E with two points after 21st-minuted penalty after Kwon Hah-Nul was tinue surprising I’m sure. We’ve evolved in our snatching a 2-2 draw with South Korea, and next fouled in the box by midfielder Cristin Granados. mindset and are now thinking big.” play Brazil on Wednesday. Spain and South And the Koreans led minutes later when Kang The top two teams in each group advance to Korea both have one point. Yu-Mi delivered a perfect cross from the right the knock-out round along with the four best Scramble for last 16 at In Moncton, Lady Andrade and Catalina allowing Jeon Ga-Eul to glance home a header. third-place finishers. Sunday will be a rest day at Usme lifted Colombia to an historic 2-0 win “We did not lose but had an equaliser at the the women’s tournament in Canada before Women’s World Cup against France, among the tournament favorites. end so the atmosphere is as if we’ve lost,” said group matches continue today. —AFP

VANCOUVER: Ex-champions Germany and The Canadians face a tough test against Norway join the scramble to advance to the Netherlands in Montreal with China the knockout round at the Women’s World playing New Zealand in Winnipeg. China Cup today along with hosts Canada as the coach Hao Wei said his young side, dubbed final round of group games gets under way. ‘The Steel Roses’, are holding up well under As champions Japan and Brazil coasted out the ‘pressure’ of an international competi- of Group C and Group E respectively with a tion, following on from the 1-0 loss to game to spare, the battle will go down to Canada by beating the Netherlands 1-0. the wire in today’s Group A and Group B “In Group A all the games are even, we ties. need to take every game seriously,” he said. Germany, winners in 2003 and 2007, are “For different teams we have different top of Group B with four points from two strategies and will now focus on the New games, ahead of 1995 champions Norway, Zealand team.” who also have four. New Zealand earned a point in a goal- Asian newcomers Thailand have three, less draw against Canada, after falling 1-0 while the Ivory Coast are already out of the to the Dutch. “We know China so well, running after two defeats. The Germans we’ve played them more than we’ve played won their opening game against Ivory any other team,” said New Zealand coach Coast 10-0 but were held 1-1 by Norway in Tony Readings. their second, with the Scandinavians beat- “We’ve beaten them three of the last ing Thailand 4-0 in their opener. four times we played them, but they beat Top ranked Germany play Thailand, us last time. It’s always going to be tight ranked 29, in Winnipeg, as group rivals when we play them.” Norway take on the Ivory Coast in Canada coach John Herdman was confi- Moncton. dent of finishing top of the group. “We’re “We are lucky to meet the best team in still in the driving seat to finish top of the the world,” said Thailand coach group. It just means going into the Nuengruethai Sathongwien. “It is a great Netherlands game we have to be in fifth experience and we will do our best to get a gear. “It would have been nice to drop win.” down to fourth in that game. Canada In Group A, Canada are top with four always seems to do it the hard way, that’s points ahead of China and the Netherlands, how we roll.” The top two in each group both on three, with New Zealand still in the advance along with the four best third- MONTREAL: Costa Rica’s Wendy Acosta (right) challenges South Korea’s JI Soyun during the second half of a FIFA Women’s World Cup soccer running one one point. place finishers out of the six groups.—AFP match. —AP Ashwin stars as Wilder retains India Bangladesh WBC Test drawn heavyweight title

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LJUBLJANA: England’s Wayne Rooney celebrates his goal during the Euro 2016 Group E qualifying soccer match between Slovenia and England. — AP Rooney strike sees off Slovenia Euro 2016 qualifier LJUBLJANA: Wayne Rooney moved to within one goal fying games, sending them provisionally nine points The 20-year-old also sent a cross skidding across the Rooney then squandered two gilt-edged chances to of England’s all-time scoring record with an 86th- clear at the Group E summit, as they finished a season face of goal, while Rooney drew a finger-tip save from put England in front, with Sterling the creator on both minute winner as his side edged Slovenia 3-2 in a topsy- unbeaten for the first time in 24 years. Samir Handanovic with a left-foot shot. occasions, first leaning back and shooting over with his turvy Euro 2016 qualifier yesterday. The display also allowed Roy Hodgson’s men to There was crispness to England’s passing and pur- right foot and then spooning over with his left. But Milivoje Novakovic gave Slovenia the lead against answer some of their critics after they were lambasted pose to their attacking forays, but eight minutes before Wilshere spared the Manchester United striker’s blushes the run of play in the 37th minute at the Stozice for an anaemic goalless draw against the Republic of half-time a succession of mistakes allowed the home in the 73rd with a goal that will live long in the memory. Stadium, before Jack Wilshere broke his international Ireland in their previous outing. side to land a sucker-punch. After a high-speed one-two with Townsend, duck with a pair of brilliant, almost identical second-half “It’s a good achievement. Having a complete season Phil Jones’s loose throw-in gifted possession to Henderson stroked the ball infield to Lallana, who deftly goals to put England ahead. (unbeaten), with eight wins and two draws, has not Slovenia and when Josip Ilicic played the ball behind back-heeled it into Wilshere’s path, and the Arsenal man Slovenia substitute Nejc Pecnik appeared to have been done for well over 20 years,” Hodgson said. “I think the England defence, Gary Cahill misjudged his attempt took one touch before slamming a glorious shot into rescued a point with an 84th-minute equaliser, but the players deserve a great deal of credit for that. Now to play offside and Novakovic ran through to score his the top-left corner. moments later Rooney atoned for two glaring earlier we just need to keep building on it.” 30th international goal. Pecnik looked to have spoilt England’s end-of-season misses by scoring his 48th England goal, taking him lev- Hodgson made three changes to the team that had Hodgson made a change at half-time, sending on send-off when he rose to head home a left-wing cross el with Gary Lineker and leaving him one goal behind started in Dublin, with Kieran Gibbs, Fabian Delph and Adam Lallana for Jones and asking Jordan Henderson to from Bojan Jokic, but within seconds, Jokic’s sliding Bobby Charlton. Andros Townsend coming in, but it was a player whose fill in at right-back, and although it seemed a puzzling challenge on Theo Walcott sent the ball into Rooney’s “It’s great to score the winner, but it was a great team place was thought to have been under threat, Raheem switch, his side drew level in the 57th minute. path and the captain rolled home the winner. performance,” Rooney told ITV. “We came out on the Sterling, who provided the hosts’ spark. Sterling’s pacy pass into the box was neatly gathered “The England team showed their class,” said Slovenia front foot for the second half and Jack Wilshere scored Twice Rooney freed Sterling to run at goal in the ear- by Lallana and while the former Southampton captain coach Srecko Katanec. “I’m mostly sorry we came within two great goals.” ly stages, but after side-footing his first attempt over could not get a shot away, the loose ball was crashed five minutes of winning before conceding in such a Rooney’s strike gave England a sixth win in six quali- the bar, he then saw a low shot deflected behind. into the net by Wilshere from just outside the box. naive way.” — AFP Austria damages Paraguay hold Argentina

RANCAGUA: Argentina conceded a last- eral opportunities until finally equalizing Russia Euro hopes minute equalizer to open its Copa with Barrios. America participation with a disappoint- “We had the match under control,” ing 2-2 draw with Paraguay on Saturday. Argentina coach Gerardo Martino said. MOSCOW: Russia’s hopes of qualifying for The 2018 World Cup host have won only Substitute striker Lucas Barrios scored “But we made too many mistakes in the Euro 2016 were dealt a blow yesterday as one game in their qualifying campaign so far, in the 90th-minute to cap Paraguay’s second half.” Fabio Capello’s side slumped to a 1-0 defeat at at home to Liechtenstein last September. comeback after Argentina had opened a Argentina, trying to end a 22-year title home to Austria. They were also awarded a 3-0 win over two-goal lead in the first half. drought, missed a chance to reach the Giant striker Marc Janko scored the only Montenegro after the game in Podogorica in Sergio Aguero opened the scoring for top of Group B along with Uruguay, which goal of the game for the Austrians with a spec- March was abandoned due to crowd trouble Argentina in the 29th after intercepting a earlier Saturday defeated Jamaica 1-0 in tacular overhead kick in the 33rd minute at with the score goalless midway through the bad pass by Paraguayan defender Miguel Antofagasta. Spartak Moscow’s Otkrytie Arena as they second half. Samudio, and Lionel Messi added to the With a team that also includes stars extended their lead at the top of qualifying Austria, who beat Russia 1-0 in Vienna in lead by converting a 36th-minute penalty such as Carlos Tevez, Gonzalo Higuain Group G. November, came to Moscow without injured after Samudio was called for a foul on and Ezequiel Lavezzi, Argentina is one of Angel Di Maria. the main favorites to win the South After six games, unbeaten Austria are top Bayern Munich star David Alaba but their Paraguay scored its first goal with American tournament. “It’s upsetting to with 16 points, seven points clear of Sweden recent improvement continued as they closed Nelson Valdez’s shot from the top of the end up with the draw after being up 2-0,” before their match at home to Montenegro in on qualifying for a major tournament for the area in the 60th, and Barrios equalized Messi said. late yesterday. first time since they co-hosted Euro 2008. with a left-footed shot after a long cross Aguero put Argentina ahead after “We played really well in the first half,” Janko, who plays his club football in into the area. The ball was deflected back Samudio’s pass back to goalkeeper Austria’s manager Marcel Koller said. “We Australia for Sydney FC, pounced on Russia’s toward Barrios and he quickly fired his Antony Silva was short, allowing the strik- scored a goal and had chances to score more inability to clear their lines inside the penalty shot low into the back of the net as er to enter the area free from any defend- but unfortunately missed them. “After the box with a remarkable overhead effort past Argentina goalkeeper Sergio Romero ers and in great position to score. He easi- break Russia put more pressure on us but we Igor Akinfeev. could only watch. ly cleared the goalkeeper before finding managed to cope with it and won deservedly.” That goal proved enough, although Julian “We showed that we are a strong the open net with a right-footed shot. Russia, meanwhile, are third with eight Baumgartlinger missed a great chance to dou- team,” said the Argentine-born Barrios, Messi converted the penalty with a points, three points better off than ble the visitors’ lead. Russia’s next qualifier is a who celebrated by taking off his jersey firm low shot into the corner, scoring his Montenegro and Liechtenstein. With only the potentially decisive fixture at home to Sweden and running toward his teammates. 46th goal in 98 matches with the national best third-placed side from the nine groups in September. Argentina dominated most of the team. Paraguayan players complained match at the La Portada Stadium and with Colombian referee Wilmar Roldan, qualifying along with the top two sides from “We ruined everything in the first half,” MOSCOW: Russia’s Aleksandr Kokorin (top) each section, and the rest going into play-offs, Russia’s skipper Roman Shirokov said.”In the seemed headed to an easy victory in its saying Samudio made a clean challenge jumps for a ball as Austria’s Florian Klein opener, but Paraguay surged forward on Di Maria in the play that prompted the Russia’s place at the expanded finals in France second half we had chances to level but we (behind him) follows him during the Euro after scoring its first goal and created sev- penalty. — AP next year is far from secure. failed to capitalise on them.” — AFP 2016 qualifying soccer match. —AP Small and mid-cap stocks are still attractive Page 22

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PIRAEUS: A woman adjusts items beside the flags of European Union flag, center top, and Greece, outside a kiosk in Piraeus, near Athens, Greece, yesterday. A government official says Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has told sen- ior aides to “forget about elections or a referendum,” whatever the outcome of the country’s talks with creditors. — AP Greeks want debt relief in return for concessions Europe turns towards confrontation BRUSSELS/ATHENS: Greek negotiators were expected to ernment”. “It is increasingly obvious he is not even a clos- press international creditors for debt relief yesterday as et centrist but largely seems to agree with the left wing of European leaders turned increasingly confrontational, try- his party. The euro area thus has no real choice but to Saudi Arabia rises ahead ing to force Athens into accepting more austerity and seek regime change in Athens,” he said on the website of reform in return for cash. the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Even Germany’s Social Democrat leader, hitherto will- Neither side doubts the urgency of reaching a deal as of opening to foreigners ing to give leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras the benefit Greece must repay 1.6 billion euros ($1.8 billion) to the of the doubt, warned Athens it risked falling out of the International Monetary Fund by the end of this month or DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s bourse rose yesteray ahead of its open- among institutional investors and plans to announce the final euro unless it stopped giving Europe “the run-around”. default, putting its future in the euro in grave danger. ing to direct foreign investment, though it remained unclear if price this week before opening a public offer to retail investors European leaders piled pressure on Tsipras to offer major But an EU official described this weekend’s Brussels any foreign funds would be able to buy local shares when the in Cairo. concessions in the search for a deal with the European talks as difficult, adding: “Positions are still far apart. It is new regulations take effect today. The main Saudi stock index Dubai-listed shares of Kuwaiti firm Al Madina for Finance Union and IMF as the country faces a debt default within not certain whether there will be an outcome.” Tsipras still climbed 1.3 percent, buoyed by blue chips which are seen as and Investment, which are not part of the main index, surged little more than a fortnight. seems to have some support in his quest for debt relief. A most likely to be targeted by foreign investors, and have been 7.7 percent after the company reported a 71 percent decrease The toughest language came not from Greece’s long- person familiar with the negotiations told Reuters that included in a provisional benchmark by index compiler MSCI. in first-quarter net loss per share. But Amlak Finance, another standing conservative critics but from German Social discussions were under way on the issue. Athens faces Turnover was modest. off-index stock, tumbled its daily 10 percent limit for the sec- Democrat chief Sigmar Gabriel, who until recently had immediate problems in repaying debts as the EU and IMF Petrochemicals giant Saudi Basic Industries jumped 2.3 ond session in a row. Shares in the mortgage lender had more been regarded as sympathetic, at least by Berlin stan- have not paid any money from Greece’s 240 billion euro percent despite weak oil prices. Miner Ma’aden surged 3.7 per- than doubled in price earlier this month after it resumed trad- dards. He wrote in Bild newspaper that he wanted to bailout programmes since the middle of last year. On top cent and National Commercial Bank, the biggest Saudi ing following a six-year suspension during which it restruc- keep Greece in the euro. “But not only is time running out of the IMF loan, it must also repay 6.7 billion euros when Arabian lender, added 1.2 percent. Qualified foreign investors tured debt. Abu Dhabi’s index slipped 0.3 percent and two but so too is patience across Europe. Everywhere in Greek bonds held by the European Central Bank fall due with licences from the kingdom’s Capital Market Authority will stocks sensitive to oil prices, Abu Dhabi National Energy Co Europe, the sentiment is growing that enough is enough,” in July and August. Even if this short-term hump can be be able to buy local stocks from today, after previously being and Dana Gas dropped 4.1 and 2.3 percent respectively. said Gabriel, who is vice-chancellor in Angela Merkel’s overcome, Greece still faces the daunting prospect of limited to indirect channels such as swaps. Egypt’s market fell 1.1 percent as most stocks declined and grand coalition government. “The shadow of an exit of eventually repaying the bailout loans, something that will But the CMA has yet to announce the award of any trading volume shrank for a third session in a row. Some retail Greece from the euro zone takes on ever clearer shape,” hang over its enfeebled economy for decades unless a licences, and it is not clear when the agency will grant the first investors may be selling stocks in order to free up cash for the he said. “Repeated apparently final attempts to reach a relief deal is achieved. A large part of its debt held by pri- batch. Only one institution, Ashmore Group, has publicly Emaar Misr offer. deal are starting to make the whole process look ridicu- vate investors was written off in 2012. But any deal that declared it has applied for a licence; John Sfakianakis, Riyadh- Global Telecom fell 3.5 percent after posting on Thursday a lous. There is an ever greater number of people who feel involves writing off public debt is likely to provoke out- based Middle East Director at Ashmore, told Reuters on first quarter net loss of $82 million versus a net profit of $39 as if the Greek government is giving them the run- rage among European taxpayers, who funded the bulk of Sunday that it expected to receive it this month. He did not million in the same period last year, confirming earlier unaudit- around.” Merkel’s Social Democrat coalition partners have the bailout loans. That resistance is strongest in Germany, elaborate. Even if a number of foreign institutions are licensed ed figures. felt some solidarity with Tsipras, even though his Syriza the biggest contributor to the two bailout programmes quickly, there are other reasons to think there will not be any since 2010. party lies much further to the left. big surge of foreign fund inflows for many months. Saudi SUNDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS But Gabriel’s comments suggest he is fast losing his equities valuations are currently high by international stan- remaining friends in Europe. Germany’s Frankfurt Debt relief not taboo dards, while trading activity in general is likely to decline dur- SAUDI ARABIA Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung reported European Nevertheless, the debt relief topic is not taboo. “There ing the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which will start The index rose 1.3 percent to 9,645 points. Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, also reputed is a conversation going on,” the source familiar with the around June 18. to have been more sympathetic to Greek views, warned negotiations said. Also, MSCI this month chose not to start the formal proce- Tsipras about the risk of “Grexit” - a Greek exit from the Creditors are pressing Greece to achieve a sizeable pri- DUBAI dure for the inclusion of Saudi Arabia in its emerging markets The index rose 0.6 percent to 4,098 points. euro - when they met last week. Tsipras says imposing mary surplus on the state budget that excludes debt index, saying it wanted to monitor the market’s accessibility yet more austerity on a country whose economy has repayments. This would allow Athens to set aside funds to first. Some analysts have said this could delay Saudi Arabia’s shrunk by a quarter in recent years is futile, and will only pay off loans in the future without having to borrow yet ABU DHABI eventual inclusion until mid-2018, although others believe the The index slipped 0.3 percent to 4,542 points. deepen the suffering of Greeks whose living standards more from international lenders. However, the govern- $556 billion bourse, the largest in the Middle East, could be have already dived while unemployment soared. Giving ment wants lower surpluses to free up funds for helping fast-tracked. QATAR instructions to his negotiating team before it headed to Greeks who have suffered most. “There is a much larger Passively managed funds tracking MSCI will not enter The index edged down 0.2 percent to 11,858 points. Brussels for weekend talks, Tsipras said on Friday he may financing need for the next several years than expected. Saudi Arabia until it is included in the index. Actively managed accept bitter compromises, but signalled he wants a sig- So Greece will have to take on lots more debt,” the source funds may move earlier, but they will be constrained by tight nificant easing of Greece’s huge debt burden in return. said, but added: “Greece does not have the capacity to restrictions on foreign ownership imposed by the regulator, EGYPT take on more debt without some form of relief.” EU offi- and by operational issues such as a requirement for same-day The index lost 1.1 percent to 8,534 points. Good intentions cials question Greek assertions that the debt is asphyxiat- settlement. Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has questioned the ing the economy as Athens does not have to start repay- KUWAIT creditors’ good intentions. “If you look at the latest pro- ing the bailout loans until 2023. UAE, Egypt The index inched up 0.1 percent to 6,290 points. posal from the IMF and from the Commission, it is just the The source said a solution need not involve writing Other Gulf markets were mixed in the absence of strong kind of proposal that one puts forward if one does not down the value of the debt, something that Merkel catalysts. Dubai’s bourse rose 0.6 percent to 4,098 points but OMAN want an agreement,” he told the BBC on Saturday. Analyst would probably reject. Merely pushing repayments into closed well off its intra-day high of 4,148 points. Emaar The index climbed 0.1 percent to 6,489 points. Jacob Funk Kirkegaard cast doubt on the government’s the future might do the trick. “Extending maturities Properties, the emirate’s biggest listed developer, was the longevity. Europe seemed to be giving up on trying to would do for many years. It’s a perfectly economically main support, jumping 2.1 percent. The firm’s Egyptian sub- BAHRAIN coax Tsipras towards the political centre, opting for con- reasonable way of making this manageable,” the source sidiary, Emaar Misr, is carrying out a placement of its shares The index slipped 0.02 percent to 1,367 points. -— Reuters frontation that might lead to “a new more realistic gov- said.— Reuters MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015 BUSINESS

Burgan Bank announces winners of Yawmi account Dimah report Small, mid-cap stocks KUWAIT: Burgan Bank announced yes- To further add to the anticipation of account, will entitle customers to one a Yawmi account or about the new terday the names of the lucky winners Yawmi account customers, Burgan chance of winning. If the account bal- quarterly draw, customers are urged are still attractive of its Yawmi account draw, each taking Bank now offers a quarterly Draw with ance is KD 500 and above, the account to visit their nearest Burgan Bank home a prize of KD 5,000. more chances to win higher rewards, holder will be qualified for both the branch and receive all the details, or By Hayder Tawfik The lucky winners for the daily entitling one lucky customer to win KD quarterly and daily draws. simply call the bank’s Call Center draws took home a cash-prize of KD 125,000 every three months. The Burgan Bank encourages everyone where customer service representa- It looks as if the underperfor- mance of small and mid-cap 5,000 each, and they are: Yawmi Account now offers daily and to open a Yawmi account and/or tives will be delighted to assist with stocks that occurred over the 1. Hasan Eissa Kakouli quarterly draws, the quarterly draw increase their deposit to maximize any questions on the Yawmi account past few years has come to an 2. Islam Raafat Oudah requires customers to maintain a mini- their chances to becoming a winner. or any of the bank’s products and end. During the latest correc- 3. Nawaf Naji Alhamzah mum amount of KD 500 in their The more customers deposit, the high- services. Customers can also log on tions in the major equity indices 4. Ali Shaker Hameed account for 2 months prior to draw er the chances they receive of winning. to Burgan Bank’s www.burgan.com small and mid-cap stocks stood 5. Naser Merdas Mefleh date. Additionally, every KD 10 in the For more information on opening for further information. out as the major winners. This outperformance should contin- ue for a while to come. The underperformance of the past couple of years has resulted in contraction of the price earnings multiples US data better, and increase in dividends yields rather than an out- right underperformances. Small and mid-cap stocks but Fed to hold valuations are no longer seems extended relative to big capitalization stocks. The underperformance of small-cap stocks has off on rate rise been quite clear in 2014 in most markets and particu- larly in the US. There are quite few reasons for this but WASHINGTON: Evidence is piling up that the US econ- I think the main ones are the global economic uncer- omy is rebounding from the past few months’ stall, tainty, the dramatic fall in interest rates, continuous with consumers spending more, a rebound in job cre- fall in inflation rates, most investors have a structural ation, and wages beginning to rise. But analysts bias towards small and mid-cap companies that have believe the Federal Reserve will want to see more done badly over the years and obviously the lack of when it meets in the coming week to again weigh hik- volume and liquidity in trading small-cap shares. ing interest rates. The Federal Open Market Committee However, those small and mid-cap stocks that are meets on monetary policy on Tuesday and Wednesday, heavily exposed to the domestic economy have done about the very time that, a year ago, it expected to be much better than those that have exposure to over- announcing a rise in its benchmark federal funds rate. seas markets. The strong economic growth has helped The rate has sat at an extraordinarily low zero per- US small and mid-cap companies more than their cent since 2008 in an effort to rebuild the US economy international peers. To be fair there has not been a from the Great Recession with a flood of cheap dollars. wide overly optimistic bets on small-caps over the Persistent underemployment, extremely low infla- past few years. GENEVA: World Trade Organization WTO Director General Roberto Azevedo of Brazil, speaks during the Open Day tion and weak wage growth has kept the rate in place, The main reason for the bias is that the future at the WTO: “Merci Geneve” at the WTO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, yesterday. — AP with the Fed worried the economy could still be vul- expected reward from a successful stock pick tends to nerable to tighter monetary conditions, six years after be higher among smaller, more volatile stocks. This is the recession ended. The surprise economic contrac- what we call high-risk high reward. Overall 2014 was tion of the first quarter put any action on hold, though not good year for small and mid-cap companies. This trend has been seen throughout the world. Most fund the FOMC has said that it views the causes of the stall Etihad Airways eyes managers including active and passive ones who of the past few months as “transitory.” invest in small cap stocks have shown a dismal per- Since April, though, key data which the FOMC looks formance. at to decide whether the economy can handle higher With hindsight, there were reasons to suspect that $1bn bond issue rates-inflation, employment and wages-have all shown 2014 might be a bad year for small and mid-cap signs of improvement. stocks. Investors had chased strong performance in Fed Chair Janet Yellen has repeatedly stressed the small cap-focused mutual funds throughout 2013, airline to take delivery of 16 aircraft need for signs of firm tightening in the jobs market, driving up share prices, but revenues and earnings at even if inflation stays low. Released on June 5, the May the Russell 2000 companies actually fell last year. The DUBAI/ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways is in investing in other carriers, which has Structured bonds are securities with job creation report was surprisingly strong, with the result was that valuations were stretched coming into talks with potential investors, seeking to helped it boost revenues and marketing one or more special features, such as with jobs market absorbing a surge of returnees, and wages 2014 and even more so when compared with large- raise around $1 billion through a debut opportunities in key markets. the use of derivatives like options and to a turning up at the same time, all signs of tightening. caps. Small-caps typically trade higher than their blue- bond issue, sources aware of the matter Etihad declined to comment. The lesser extent swaps, but which features chip peers, their forward price-earnings multiple told Reuters yesterday. sources spoke on condition of anonymity protection of principal if held to maturity. Good new numbers should not be on a high premium to the main indices. The Abu Dhabi government-owned as the information is not yet public. The potential fundraising comes at a Data this week backed that up: job vacancies rose A premium of 10% to 15% might be acceptable but airline is planning to launch its bond Unlisted Etihad is in advanced talks with time of intense interest in Etihad’s finances, and employers said they are and expect to be paying anything much higher would look overstretched. through a unit or special purpose vehicle Goldman Sachs and National Bank of Abu amid allegations by US airlines that Gulf people more. The future outlook for small and mid-cap is much housing its equity stakes in global airlines, Dhabi to enlist them as lead arrangers for carriers have received more than $40 bil- But the other data is mixed. Consumer spending has better than the past few years. Small and mid-cap two Gulf-based sources aware of the mat- the transaction, two separate sources said, lion in government subsidies, which the risen, but mainly on cars; otherwise, US shoppers seem companies have not been sitting on cash like the big ter said. adding they are expected to be joined by Gulf airlines including Etihad have denied. very cautious. Prices are weaker than the Fed-which multinationals. They have been active in capital It will use the proceeds to lend to its boutique firms ADS Securities and Anoa Etihad secured a first-time “A” rating by wants to see inflation around two percent-favors. expenditure, taking advantage of the availability of global partners, fund its own expansion Capital on the deal. rating agency Fitch in June, while the term Analysts say that because the FOMC needs to see cheap money. So they are poised to reap bigger divi- plans and partly for general purposes, one HSBC may also join as an arranger of “junk” is reserved for all bonds below BBB- steady improvement over time, it will likely wait a cou- dends from the expansion of the domestic economies. source said. It owns stakes in Alitalia, Virgin the transaction, which is likely to happen by the agency-a minimum of four notches ple months more to move, even if Fed policy-makers On the opposite side most large-cap companies have Australia, Air Berlin, and India’s Jet Airways , before the end of the third quarter, one of lower. seem anxious to get past the initial increase. “The June been busy buying back their shares and increasing among others. the sources added. Etihad has traditionally funded itself FOMC (policy) statement will largely be a placeholder dividends payout. I expect that with the reasonable The airline also expects to take delivery “Talks are in the exploratory stage, and with cash from local and international for what we continue to believe will be a September valuation small-cap are showing, merger and acquisi- of 16 aircraft in 2015, it said in May, pur- the company might issue a highly struc- banks, export credit agencies as well as rate hike,” said Deutsche Bank Friday. “A June rate hike tion activity should pick up throughout the year. We chases which will cost hundreds of mil- tured bond,” said one of the Gulf-based lease financing.Last year, the company is not entirely off the table, but is highly unlikely. have seen this happening throughout 2014 within the lions of dollars. sources, adding the bonds are likely to be said it would raise $2 billion in loans to biotech sector. Unlike Dubai-based rival Emirates, junk rated as they will not be guaranteed fund its equity investments and aircraft September is more likely, but that first hike is data- dependent,” said economists at IHS.— AFP On the other hand large multinationals have the Etihad has based part of its expansion on by Etihad. purchases. — Reuters drag of decelerating in economic growth in major emerging markets and the Eurozone. The clear signs of economic slowdown in Russia, Brazil, and China and China to extend economic diplomacy to EU fund some smaller ones will not benefit the large-cap com- panies. Also, large-cap companies do not benefit as much as small-cap from falling oil prices. If investors BRUSSELS: China will pledge a multi-billion cations links across Central, West and South Asia vation sectors”. A big Chinese investment might raise ques- are willing to ride the short-term volatility then they dollar investment in Europe’s new infrastructure to as far as Greece. If sealed, the deal will be a success for tions about governance of the fund, which is so should be on a winning streak. Small-caps are proven fund at a summit on June 29 in Brussels, accord- “China announced that it would make (X European Commission President Jean-Claude far strictly a European institution. An EU diplo- winners over the very long run. ing to a draft communique seen by Reuters - amount) available for co-financing strategic Juncker, who faced scepticism last year when he mat said it was not known whether China would Some studies have noted a tendency for small-caps Beijing’s latest round of chequebook diplomacy investment of common interest across the EU,” proposed the European Fund for Strategic seek representation commensurate with its to underperform in the year or two leading up to a to win greater influence. the draft final statement says, adding that agree- Investment (EFSI), because EU governments are stake. The decision to invite China into an EU recession. But as I mentioned earlier the underperfor- While the exact amount is still to be decided, ments will be finalised at another meeting in putting in little seed money. fund could cause some friction with mance over the past two years was the result of over- the pledge will mark the latest step in China’s September. An EU diplomat said the Chinese France, Germany, Italy and Poland have each Washington, which is wary of Beijing’s rising valuation rather than economic recession. The most efforts to shape global economic governance at contribution was likely to be “in the billions”. announced they will contribute 8 billion euros, influence and upset that Europe rebuffed its important issue is valuation, which is reason to believe the expense of the United States, and follows EU and Chinese officials have told Reuters while Spain and Luxembourg have pledged calls to stay out of the AIIB. small could do much better this year than the past major EU governments’ decision to join the that Chinese banks are looking mainly at tele- smaller contributions. China is already testing the United States’ few years. The valuation premium over large-caps has Chinese-led Asian Infrastructure Investment coms and technology projects. The bloc is relying mainly on private dominance in Latin America, offering the region come back into line with historical norms as we enter Bank (AIIB) in defiance of Washington. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, who will attend investors and development banks to fund proj- $250 billion in investment over the next decade, the New Year. Small and mid-cap earnings has It is expected to come with a request for the summit in Brussels, will agree with EU lead- ects selected from an initial list of almost 2,000 while Chinese companies have poured money expanded and price earnings multiples have contract- return investment in China’s westward infra- ers that the 315 billion euro ($354.94 billion) submitted by the 28 member states, from air- into Africa to guarantee commodity supplies in ed, this is a recipe for good outperformance for the structure drive - the “One Belt, One Road” initia- fund will “create opportunities for China to invest ports to flood defences, that are together worth exchange for building new roads, hospitals and coming years. tive - constructing major energy and communi- in the EU, in particular in infrastructure and inno- 1.3 trillion euros. rail lines. —Reuters

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Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. GOLD Saudi Riyals 81.550 US Dollars 0.298750 0.303250 20 gram 239.040 Jordanian Dinar 427.395 US Dollars Mint 0.299250 0.303250 10 gram 122.200 ASIAN COUNTRIES Egyptian Pound 39.609 5 gram 61.780 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.259 Asia Japanese Yen 2.463 Indian Rupees 4.724 Bangladesh Taka 0.003549 0.004149 Chinese Yuan 0.047392 0.050892 Indian Rupees 4.733 UAE Exchange Centre WLL Pakistani Rupees 2.977 Pakistani Rupees 2.974 Bangladesh Taka 3.888 Hong Kong Dollar 0.036975 0.039725 Srilankan Rupees 2.259 Philippines Pesso 6.723 Indian Rupee 0.004482 0.004872 Nepali Rupees 2.966 CURRENCIES TELEX TRANSFER PER 1000 Cyprus pound 743.260 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000019 0.000025 Singapore Dollar 226.350 Australian Dollar 216.54 Japanese Yen 3.450 Japanese Yen 0.002374 0.002554 Hongkong Dollar 39.077 Canadian Dollar 249.84 Syrian Pound 2.600 Kenyan Shilling 0.003348 0.003348 Bangladesh Taka 3.892 Swiss Franc 331.13 Nepalese Rupees 2.995 Korean Won 0.000262 0.000277 Philippine Peso 6.731 Euro 344.38 Malaysian Ringgit 81.500 Malaysian Ringgit 0.078330 0.084330 Thai Baht 9.008 US Dollar 303.05 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 49.160 Nepalese Rupee 0.003037 0.003207 Sterling Pound 474.21 Thai Bhat 9.970 Pakistan Rupee 0.002776 0.003056 GCC COUNTRIES Japanese Yen 2.49 Turkish Lira 111.755 Philippine Peso 0.006674 0.006954 Saudi Riyal 80.080 Bangladesh Taka 3.891 Sierra Leone 0.000067 0.000073 Qatari Riyal 83.235 Indian Rupee 4.729 Bahrain Exchange Company wll Singapore Dollar 0.222199 0.228189 Omani Riyal 787.030 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.258 South African Rand 0.018486 0.026986 Bahraini Dinar 83.249 Nepali Rupee 2.957 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001824 0.002404 Pakistani Rupee 2.974 UAE Dirham 82.498 CURRENCY BUY SELL Taiwan 0.009774 0.009954 UAE Dirhams 82.38 Europe Thai Baht 0.008695 0.0009245 ARAB COUNTRIES Bahraini Dinar 804.37 Belgian Franc 0.007901 0.008901 Egyptian Pound - Cash 41.480 Egyptian Pound 39.61 British Pound 0.465354 0.474354 Jordanian Dinar 430.52 Arab Egyptian Pound - Transfer 39.612 Czech Korune 0.004510 0.016510 Omani Riyal 785.95 Bahraini Dinar 0.796853 0.804853 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.414 Danish Krone 0.041746 0.046746 Tunisian Dinar 157.240 Qatari Riyal 83.46 Egyptian Pound 0.039045 0.041875 Euro 0.336278 0.344278 Jordanian Dinar 427.630 Saudi Riyal 80.73 Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000085 Norwegian Krone 0.035196 0.040396 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.033 Iraqi Dinar 0.000186 0.000246 Romanian Leu 0.086875 0.086875 Syrian Lira 2.159 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Jordanian Dinar 0.422844 0.430344 Morocco Dirham 31.712 Slovakia 0.009027 0.019027 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Swedish Krona 0.033078 0.038078 Lebanese Pound 0.000152 0.000252 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Swiss Franc 0.320472 0.330672 Moroccan Dirhams 0.021760 0.045760 US Dollar Transfer 302.850 US Dollar 302.800 Turkish Lira 0.110665 0.117665 Nigerian Naira 0.001249 0.001884 Euro 344.950 Canadian Dollar 248.325 Omani Riyal 0.780611 0.786291 Sterling Pound 475.020 Sterling Pound 472.220 Australasia Qatar Riyal 0.082474 0.083687 Canadian dollar 248.240 Euro 342.285 Australian Dollar 0.226619 0.238119 Saudi Riyal 0.080123 0.080823 Turkish lira 112.170 Swiss Frank 282.375 New Zealand Dollar 0.205807 0.215307 Syrian Pound 0.001283 0.001503 Swiss Franc 329.180 Bahrain Dinar 802.115 Tunisian Dinar 0.153194 0.161194 Australian Dollar 236.830 UAE Dirhams 82.820 America Turkish Lira 0.110665 0.117665 US Dollar Buying 301.650 Qatari Riyals 83.990 Canadian Dollar 0.241050 0.249550 UAE Dirhams 0.081474 0.082623 Yemeni Riyal 0.001369 0.001449 MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015 BUSINESS

Warba Bank leads $500m Sukuk issuance by Garuda Indonesia

KUWAIT: Warba Bank was mandated by allocated 29% and 19% respectively. Indonesian SOEs and corporates to tap successful and lucrative deals. Garuda Garuda Indonesia, the leading Participation in this offering far exceed- this market. Indonesia’s successful Sukuk issuance will Indonesian’s flagship carrier as Joint ed all expectations with coverage of Shaheen Hamad Al Ghanim, Warba further reinforce Warba Bank’s capability Lead Manager and Joint Book Runner 350% amounting about US$1.8 billion Bank Deputy CEO - Investment & Treasury for competition and contribution towards for its inaugural international Sukuk Due to its strong track record in cor- &, said: “To be lead manager of Garuda the development of the global Islamic issue. The international offering fol- porate financing and its distinguished Indonesia’s inaugural Sukuk issuance is an economy.” lowed a comprehensive global road- business relationship with Garuda, important milestone for Warba Bank and Warba Bank excels in providing corpo- show conducted in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Warba Bank has been selected by is testimony to our competence in han- rate financing services in key markets, Singapore, Hong Kong, Zurich and Garuda Indonesia to be the Lead dling such an important and unique and will continue to do so by leading, London. Manager and Joint Book Runner, to help deals. The Sukuk, which is Indonesia’s first securing and executing innovative Sharia- On 27 May 2015, PT Garuda enhance the carrier’s presence in key corporate global Sukuk issuance, further compliant investments which attain Indonesia (Persero) Tbk priced a US$500 international markets and assess stake- demonstrates the global demand for strong returns in both short and long million 5 year Sukuk offering with a holder interest in a potential Sukuk Islamic Finance products. Our activity in term. coupon of 5.950%. Subscription diversi- issue. corporate finance complements Warba Garuda is a leading company in fied by geography, 56% of the deal was The offering has been structured as a Bank’s ever expanding retail banking Southeast Asia, one of the largest operat- allocated to the Middle East, followed by Wakala Sukuk based on rights of asset offering and together is a key driver in our ing companies in emerging and promis- 32% to Asia and the remaining 12% to travel using Special Purpose Vehicle strategy to achieve sustainable growth. ing countries. Jeddah Airport in Saudi investors in Europe. By investor type, “SPV”, Garuda Indonesia Global Sukuk Al Ghanim added; “It reaffirms the Arabia considered the most important banks / agencies took the bulk of the Limited will act the issuer. This is the first Bank’s proven strategy of seizing promis- destination for the Company in light of offering at 52% while private banks / non-sovereign USD Sukuk out of Shaheen Hamad Al Ghanim ing opportunities in major markets and the fact that Indonesia is the largest corporates and fund managers were Indonesia - paving the way for other selecting the right partners to conclude Muslim country in the world. Showdown begins with EU and Greece

NBK Weekly Money Market Report

KUWAIT: The Second Quarter GDP likely to be April, sales climbed in 11 of 13 major retail cate- Bank of England growing dilemma Stronger than the First After a relatively weak gories, the most in 2015 in a sign that employ- With domestic political uncertainty out of performance during the last two months, the ment and income gains are allowing house- the way, the economic situation in the UK con- Dollar started the summer on a stable note. The holds to spend. It looks like after retail sales suf- tinue to improve on the back of better employ- initial Dollar strength we witnessed in the sec- fered during the harsh winter, consumers are ment figures, industrial data, robust household ond half of 2014 and the beginning of 2015, back in the US and in a spending mode. The cash flow, and an upswing in the housing mar- was mainly due to a global central banks easing May retail sales report was substantially ket. The latest data portrayed a strong industrial and currencies devaluation. stronger than the headline as excluding auto, production year on year where data came at The third quarter of the year starts with a rel- beat expectations by 0.2%. The data confirms 1.2% while expectations were for a 0.6% atively stable Dollar on the back of an eventual expectations for overall GDP growth to increase. Construction also came on the strong Fed tightening as other global central banks rebound in the second quarter of 2015, side beating expectations by a full percentage remain in an expansionary monetary policy. although modestly, and poses a dilemma for point. On the economic side, the stronger retail the Fed whether to continue waiting or poten- Now with a continuously improving eco- From right to left: Ismail Youn, Ismail Hourani and Nouriya Al-Sager sales data this week, gave a definitive boost to tially hike in Q3 of 2015. nomic situation, the Bank of England faces a the US dollar setting a higher probability of a growing dilemma. Whether continue to ignore Fed first hike in September. The US economy Europe & UK the strength of the labor market and delay any Al-Andalus Trading continues to show more signs of improvement IMF frustration interest rates increase prior to 2016 as inflation after the harsh winter weather distorted major The IMF decided to withdraw its team from readings continue to be flat or even negative Company opens 9th branch economic data and caused investors to revalue negotiations in Brussels, with a spokesman for We believe that the Bank of England will their dollar positions. The stream of strong data the Fund saying that ‘there are major differences have to carefully manage the risk of becoming at Al-Salam Mall in Salmiya continues to suggest that Q2 GDP would not between us in more key areas’ and that ‘there slightly more hawkish while weighing risks of follow the path set by Q1. has been no progress in narrowing these differ- being caught in what Bank of England calls On the European side, the Greek showdown ences recently’. European Council President ‘persistent external deflationary forces’. KUWAIT: Al-Andalus Trading, the pioneer Hourani added. “The company has always continues with a negative twist this week Donald Tusk also delivered a clear message to in providing electrical and electronics kept its promises to the customers by pro- when the IMF decided to withdraw its team the Greek delegation saying “There is no more Asia home appliances in Kuwait, announced viding competitive prices, and enabling a from negotiations in Brussels. After postponing time for gambling.” Tusk also highlighted that Japan in a Wait and See Mode that it has opened its ninth branch in The system of flexible payments for both the its IMF payments until the end of the month, the next Euro group on the 18th June should be At its July meeting, the BoJ is set to assess its Salam Mall at Salem Al-Mubarak Street in citizens and the inhabitants.” Rouhani went Salmiya area. This branch will consolidate further to explain that visitors of the branch investors were under the impression that both decisive and suggestive of a soft deadline. inflation and growth forecasts right after the the company’s network of branches are promised with many surprises and spe- parties were getting much closer to a potential After couple of days of what investors per- quarterly Tankan and public opinion survey, throughout the main important areas in cial offers. agreement. This week’s news clearly put a ceived as good news on the Greek front, the which will shed more light on inflation expecta- the country. It is worth noting that new Samsung major dent in the negotiations and into news proves the frustration of the IMF as both tions. The company, which is the exclusive dis- smart phones (such as Galaxy S6, and investors’ mood. tributor of Samsung International, also Edge), tabs, home appliances (like air con- On the foreign exchange side, the US Dollar mentioned that the opening ceremony wit- ditioning, washing machines, refrigerators, regained some strength by the end of the nessed the presence of number of distinc- etc.) are also available at the new branch. It week on a strong retail sales data and a major tive guests led by Mrs. Nouriya Al-Sager, also includes devices made by other brands roadblock in Athens’ negotiations. The Euro Board member of the Company, and Ismail (the likes of Ericsson, Konka, and TDK), all started the week reaching a high of 1.1386, Youn, President - Samsung Gulf Electronics. being displayed in a place that delivers a however to close down at 1.1266 on Friday. The Other leaders and executives of the compa- unique shopping experience and provides presence of the US and his counterparts in ny also attended the ceremony along with all the personal and home needs. Europe this week gave markets great confi- many customers who are passionate about While he confirmed that striving to pro- dence that a deal would eventually materialize, technology. The ceremony included a pres- vide added value will help the company however the withdrawal of the IMF from the entation of the latest electronics and home elevating the level of its services, Mr. negotiations took the market completely by appliance technologies. Hourani insisted that the company gives surprise. On this occasion, Ismail Hourani, the high priority to its marketing and promo- With domestic political uncertainty out of tion campaigns. This will ensure enriching General Manager of Al-Andalus Trading the way, the economic situation in the UK con- Company, said “We have an ambitious the life of the company’s customer base tinue to rebound on the back of better expansion plan to open many other through supporting their ambition and ful- branches in other important areas, as we filling their needs. employment figures, industrial data, robust are striving to sustain leadership in the field The company revealed that it has household cash flow, and an upswing in the of electrical and electronics home appli- achieved part of its vision to be the main housing market. Having said that, investors do ances.” gate for the electrical and electronic appli- not seem to have a definite direction to send “No doubt that opening this branch in ances in the Kuwaiti market. For that, it con- the currency into. The Sterling Pound contin- Al-Salmiya serves our strategy since it is an tinually endeavors to bring the latest tech- ues range trading on the back of the European important area in the country known for its nological devices and appliances of the stalemate. unique commercial nature,” He added. best international brands taking into con- After starting the week at the 1.5220 level, Hourani further explained, “Al-Andalus is sideration the adequate competitive prices the Pound gained to hit a high of 1.5550 as keen to provide the best electrical and for the different consumers’ segments. more investors have started to price in a Greece and its Creditors still appear to be far After a quiet two months, the Yen lost electronics home appliances of the best It is worth noting that, since its first potential rate hike from the Bank of England away from any potential deal. almost 6% during the last week of May and the international brands that match the per- launch in Al-Nugra Mall in Hawalli back on subsequent to the Fed ‘s move. Local tensions on the political scene in first week of June on a broad Dollar strength. sonal and practical lifestyle of our cus- 1963, the company has always taken the In Asia, the Japanese Yen remain very Greece are also not helping Tsipras’ government The market came to a surprise this week tomers. Not only that, but the company is lead in the trade of electronics over the volatile on the back of a strong US dollar and coming under intense fire for not being able to when discovering the latest change of attitude greatly concerned with after-sales services, past five decades. The company is associat- Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda’s comments. In reach a favorable deal for the country. Keep in at the Bank of Japan. Governor Kuroda have and follows up on them to enrich the rela- ed with the best international brands of the a statement released this week, the governor mind that any potential agreement reached shown no appetite lately to drive the Yen even tion with its customers.” mobile devices and home appliance. It is said that real effective foreign exchange rates between Greece and its creditors has to be weaker by mentioning in a speech this week “The new branch came with a distinctive currently the exclusive distributor for showed that the Yen was weak and the exces- passed through Greek parliament before any that that real effective foreign exchange rates Samsung International, the leading brand look as we have been eager to present our sive Yen rises have been corrected during the funds can be released, which come to compli- showed that the Yen was weak, and that the contemporary vision in line with providing of LCDs and smart phones in the world, in past year. After starting the week at a high of cate matters even further. excessive Yen rises have been corrected during all personal needs such as home appli- addition to other brands such as Ericsson, ances, smart phones, and personal tabs,” Konka, and TDK. 125.68, the pair moved down to as low as Although we believe that a short-term solu- the past year. 122.46 on the back of those comments. The tion, a potential extension of the bailout pro- Having said that, we believe that the BoJ will Yen closed the week at 123.39. gram would be achieved, as in the past, we do clearly refrain of taking further measures on the With sovereign risks back on the table, gold not believe that this will create a lasting solution monetary policy front anytime soon. They are prices continue to trade sideways. Whether as Greece’s longer term problems will still not be likely to monitor the development of the cur- India’s Agarwal to pressured by a potential interest rates hike in solved. rent economic situation in the US and a poten- the US, or boosted by a potential Greek tial US interest rates hike merge Vedanta units default, the situation in Greece has to be much Lower Euro needed to avoid deflation In consequence, the Yen is likely to remain more dramatic in order to deliver a strong We enter into the summer with extremely trading in a neutral side in Q3 with potential MUMBAI: Indian billionaire Anil Agarwal, own- marks another step towards forming a first nat- upward reaction to the metal. volatile German bunds, a fully committed ECB to weakness to arise if the Fed moves in er of London-listed conglomerate Vedanta ural resource giant from India,” Albanese told QE even beyond 2016 if needed and Draghi September. Resources, announced yesterday plans to reporters. Ahead of the merger, analysts said US to get used to stronger dollar warning investors of higher bond volatility for merge his cash-rich energy company with his Vedanta Resources could be using the deal to As we wrote in previous reports, FOMC the summer. China Needs to Do More struggling resources arm, a move aimed at cut debt. Cairn has $2.7 billion in cash while members have been vocal about starting to After reaching the 1.1450 level, the correc- Chinese retail sales in May rose 10.1% from streamlining debt. Vedanta Limited, whose profits have been hit by raise interest rates. Given several members lat- tion seems to have run out of steam. The contin- a year earlier, meeting exactly analysts’ expec- Shareholders in Cairn India, India’s top pri- global slumps in metal prices, has debts of more est speeches, the Fed seems to be enthusiastic uation of news out of Greece and the potential tations of 10.1% increase over the year. vate oil producer, will get one share in Vedanta than 777 billion rupees ($12 billion), according to to start the tightening process, although cau- end result, the commitment from the ECB to Industrial productions on the other hand rose Limited, the country’s biggest producer of alu- Bloomberg. “This consolidation makes good tiously. The last employment report showed keep the tap open until end of 2016 at least and 6.1% from a year earlier, beating the 6% expec- minium and copper, for every held, the compa- sense for Vedanta because as a natural resource that the US economy created 280k jobs in May the potential rise in the interest rates in the US tations. The readings for May were disappoint- company its projects are typically high risk and nies said in a statement. The boards of both the most since December 2014. Moreover, have given investors the confidence to remain ing for most part, with very little growth in the companies approved the move to be complet- highly capital intensive,” PriceWaterhouseCoopers 397k workers entered the labor force in May short the currency. data despite all government efforts to energize ed in the first three months of 2016 after meet- India analyst Kameswara Rao told AFP on Sunday. ing regulatory requirements and any concerns “To manage such risks, it makes sense to consoli- pushing unemployment rate up to 5.5%. Over In a speech delivered on Friday in Berlin, the economy. from shareholders. Agarwal said the move was a date and get the ability to allocate the right the past 12 months, employment has expand- German Chancellor Angela Merkel German Earlier in the week, China’s imports tumbled “significant step” towards simplifying Vedanta amount of capital when needed while keeping ed by about 250k jobs per month. Sustaining Chancellor Angela said it is the European 17.9% in May, more than the 10.7% drop fore- Resources’ structure and creating “long term cash flows stable.” this trend would reduce the unemployment Central Bank’s mandate to avoid deflation. She casted by analysts. Exports growth remains in sustainable value”. Vedanta Resources had paid more than $8 rate to 5.1% by December. also added “a too-strong Euro makes it harder the negative for the third month in a row. Vedanta Limited chief executive Tom billion to UK-based energy giant Cairn in 2011 for countries like Portugal, Spain, Ireland, but After the People’s Bank of China cut interest Albanese said the deal moved the companies for a majority stake in Cairn India. The oil unit US Consumers are back especially Spain and Portugal, to harvest the rates three times in the past six months, it is closer to building an Indian integrated was recently hit with a $3.3 billion tax notice by US retail sales in the US increased 1.2% in fruits of their economic reforms, especially in likely that the PBoC will continue both fiscal resources group-such as Rio Tinto or BHP Indian authorities, a move that the firm has chal- May, reflecting solid gains on every front, terms of exports”. Moreover, she argued that the and monetary policy easing in the next few Billiton. “I am quite excited by this deal and it lenged in the Delhi High Court. —AFP whether from car purchases to clothing outlets current levels of the Euro made reforms harder months in order to attempt to achieve a 7% and department stores. After a 0.2% advance in in these countries. GDP. BUSINESS MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015 Oman’s Phoenix Power $146m float heavily oversubscribed

DUBAI: The flotation of Phoenix Power Co, owner of was officially inaugurated in April. wholly owned by Renaissance, and sold to major local Oman’s largest power plant, has been heavily over- Prior to the IPO, which was arranged by Bank and regional institutional investors, a statement to subscribed, attracting over 1 billion rials ($2.6 billion) Muscat , Phoenix Power was owned by a consortium Muscat’s bourse said. It did not elaborate on the buy- Al Tijari announces of bids from investors, the state-run Oman News consisting of Marubeni Corp, Chubu Electric Power ers or the size of the scheme. Agency (ONA) reported yesterday. Co, Qatar Electricity & Water Company and local firm Renaissance’s board has approved the buy-back of The company sought to raise 56.3 million rials Multitech. Its offer was the first public share sale in mandatory convertible bonds issued in 2012. At the winners of Souq.com, ($146.3 million) by offering a 35 percent stake in an Oman since the flotations last June of power firms Al time, the bond sale raised $110 million. offer open to both local and international investors, Suwadi Power Co and Al Batinah Power Co. The buy-back is subject to shareholder approval. Al Najma account which ran until June 8. Meanwhile, Oman Renaissance plans perpetual The record date for the first buy-back exercise is July ONA said the shares were expected to start trad- notes to fund convertible bond buy-back DUBAI, 25, with the repurchase price set at 0.170 rial. ing on Oman’s bourse on June 22. June 14 (Reuters) - Oman’s Renaissance Services plans “The purpose of the scheme is to create an addi- KUWAIT: Commercial Bank of Kuwait Kuwait with the launch of the new Phoenix Power is a vehicle which owns, maintains to issue perpetual notes to finance the buy-back of tional option for (bond) holders, where they can opt held the Al Najma Account draw yes- Najma account. Customers of the and operates the Sur Independent Power Project, convertible bonds, the company said yesterday. for cash in place of shares in the Company,” the state- terday. bank can now enjoy a KD 7,000 daily which generates 2,000 megawatts of electricity and The notes will be issued by a foreign subsidiary ment added.— Reuters The draw was held under the prize which is the highest in the coun- supervision of the Ministry of try and another 4 mega prizes during Commerce & Industry represented by the year worth KD 100,000 each on Abdulaziz Ashkanani. different occasions: The National Day, Eid Al Fitr, Eid Al Adha and on the The winners of the Souq.com 19th of June which is the date of the Draw are :- bank’s establishment. Ekram Rafeeq Mohammad Farah, With a minimum balance of KD Rashid Al Najjar, Hakmuddin 500, customers will be eligible for the Kutbuddin Bazaruala. daily draw provided that the money is in the account one week prior to the The winners of the Al Najma Daily daily draw or 2 months prior to the Draw are :- mega draw. In addition, for each KD • Ihab Abdulatif Mohammed KD 25 a customer can get one chance for 7000/- winning instead of KD 50. • Mohammed Yaseen Al Hamaad KD Commercial Bank of Kuwait takes 7000/- this opportunity to congratulate all • Eman Ali Bahman KD 7000/- lucky winners and also extends appre- • Emad Ali Al Najjar KD 7000/- ciation to the Ministry of Commerce • Khloud Abdulatif Al Shammeri KD and Industry for their effective super- 7000/- vision of the draws which were con- The Commercial Bank of Kuwait ducted in an orderly and organized announces the biggest daily draw in manner. MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015 BUSINESS World oil demand for 2015 remains unchanged

KAMCO RESEARCH MONTHLY REPORT

KUWAIT: Average oil prices went up for the 60.78/b as of 11-June-15 after touching a peak the US remained bullish due to higher demand 2015 increased at 2.8% or around 835 tb/d to second consecutive month during May-15 of USD 61.74/b during the first week of June- from the road transportation sector. The average around 31.17 mb/d, compared with Brent Crude Oil Price Forecast although the daily gains during the initial days 15. Meanwhile, European Brent Spot Price FOB decline in oil prices have led to increase in sale average monthly production of 30.33 mb/d for KAMCO is authorized and fully regulated by tapered towards the end of the month due to averaged at USD 62.0/b during May-15 record- of relatively less fuel efficient automobiles full year 2014. On a year-on-year basis, aver- the Capital Markets Authority (“CMA, Kuwait”) reported increase in oil output in the US. Prices ing a gain of 4.1% or USD 2.44/b. which in turn led to an increase in the con- age oil production in the OPEC region and partially regulated by the Central Bank of continued to fall after a weekly report from the sumption of gasoline. This was evident from increased by 5.5% during May-15 as compared Kuwait (“CBK”) EIA during the first week of June-15 showed World Oil Demand the sale figure of new car sales that recorded to 29.9 mb/d during May-14. OPEC oil pro- This document is provided for informational that US oil production levels have failed to In OECD Europe, an improving economy the strongest month in the last decade in May- duction was recorded at the highest average purposes only. Nothing contained in this docu- come down despite a fall in crude supplies and and colder weather are some of the few factors 15. monthly level since October-12. ment constitutes investment, an offer to invest, inventory levels. Moreover, expectations that that has led to higher demand in the region, in Saudi Arabia’s share of production legal, tax or other advice or guidance and production targets would remain unchanged addition to a growing automobile market and World Oil Supply remained constant at 32.5% during May-15 should be disregarded when considering or by OPEC in its semiannual meeting, with fur- higher industrial production as seen during the Total non-OPEC supply also remained whereas the share of Iraq increased to 12.3% making investment decisions. In preparing this ther expected supply from Iran, also affected first four months of the year. However, down- unchanged from the previous month’s report as against 11.7% during the previous month. document, KAMCO did not take into account oil prices during the week. In addition, some side risk continue to be of financial nature due and is estimated to have averaged 56.48 mb/d Moreover, despite recording highest level of the investment objectives, financial situation analysts also forecasted an expected fall in oil to economic woes in the some of the by the end of 2014, an increase of 2.17 mb/d or production in the OPEC, Saudi Arabia contin- and particular needs of any particular person. demand from China after it accomplishes its economies in the region. In OECD Asia-Pacific, 4.0%. As highlighted in the report, a majority of ues to boast the largest spare capacity of 2.25 Accordingly, before acting on this document, target of strategic stockpiling that resulted in oil demand was significantly high from Japan the increase in oil supply in 2014 was recorded mb/d. investors should independently evaluate the higher demand over the past few months. that saw an increase of 4.4% y-o-y for the first in the US that recorded in a supply increase of Total OPEC production during May-2015 investments and strategies referred to herein In its semiannual meeting, OPEC affirmed time since March 2014. The overall region is 14.41% followed by an increase in supply from increased marginally from April-15 to stand at and make their own determination of whether that it would maintain its production levels of it is appropriate in light of their own financial 30 mb/d and would not increase it to 31 mb/d circumstances and objectives. The entire con- as expected by some of the analysts. In a posi- tent of this document is subject to copyright tive comment that led to a spike in oil prices with all rights reserved. This research and the during the second week of June-15, the group information contained herein may not be also said that it expects excess over supply to reproduced, distributed or transmitted in ease as demand picks up and supply growth Kuwait or in any other jurisdiction to any other slows from producers outside the group dur- person or incorporated in any way into another ing the second half of the year leading to high- document or other material without our prior er oil demand in 2015 as compared to 2014. written consent. This higher demand is expected to stem prima- rily from the road transportation sector in the Analyst Certification US and Europe owing to lower oil prices that Each of the analysts identified in this report has also led to historical high automobile sales certifies, with respect to the sector, companies in the US. A similar tone was adopted by the or securities that the individual analyses, that (1) IEA in its latest monthly report which said that the views expressed in this report reflect his or world oil demand will rise at a faster pace than her personal views about all of the subject com- expected although it also highlighted an panies and securities and (2) no part of his or exceptionally high growth in global supplies. her compensation was, is or will be directly or OPEC Reference Basket settled at an aver- indirectly dependent on the specific recommen- age of USD 62.16/b during May-15, an increase dations or views expressed in this report. of 8.5% or USD 4.85/b, in line with the previous month’s increase. The month closed with an KAMCO Ratings OPEC oil price of USD 60.47/b, a month-on- KAMCO investment research is based on the month decline of 2.8% or USD 1.74/b as prices analysis of regional and country economics, started trending downward from mid-month. industries and company fundamentals. KAMCO Kuwait Blend Spot Price FOB averaged at USD company research reflects a long-term (12- 60.9/b during May-15, a continued strong gain month) target price for a company or stock. The of 8.8% or USD 4.97/b as compared to April-15 ratings bands are: average price of USD 56.0/b. l Outperform: Target Price represents expect- Total world oil demand for 2015 also ed returns >= 10% in the next 12 months remained unchanged from last month’s fore- l Neutral: Target Price represents expected cast and is estimated to expand by 1.18 mb/d returns between -10% and +10% in the next from the 2014 level to average around 92.50 12 months mb/d. In OECD Europe, an improving economy l Underperform: Target Price represents an and colder weather are some of the few factors expected return of <-10% in the next 12 that has led to higher demand in the region, in months addition to a growing automobile market and In certain circumstances, ratings may differ higher industrial production. Non-OPEC oil from those implied by a fair value target using supply in 2015 is projected to grow by 0.68 the criteria above. KAMCO policy is to maintain mb/d to average at 57.16 mb/d of which up-to-date fair value targets on the companies majority growth would be seen during 1H-15. under its coverage, reflecting any material During 2015, non-OPEC supply growth is pro- changes to the analyst’s outlook on a company. jected to decline Q2-15 and Q3-14 and in Q1- Share price volatility may cause a stock to move 15 and Q4-15 oil supply is forecasted to outside the rating range implied by KAMCO’s increase. fair value target. Analysts may not necessarily change their ratings if this happens, but are Oil Prices expected to disclose the rationale behind their Oil prices continued to rise for the second view to KAMCO clients. consecutive month during May-15 pushing the Any terms and conditions proposed by you average monthly 2015 oil prices to USD which are in addition to or which conflict with 62.16/b. With this increase, average monthly oil this Disclaimer are expressly rejected by KAMCO price has reached the highest level since and shall be of no force or effect. The informa- November-2015. Prices stayed above the USD tion contained in this document is based on cur- 60/b mark for most of May-15 and weakened rent trade, statistical and other public informa- only towards the tail end of the month when it tion we consider reliable. We do not represent or closed below the psychological mark only on warrant that such information is fair, accurate or one day i.e. 28th May at USD 59.33/b. The complete and it should not be relied upon as monthly peak price stood at USD 64.96/b such. KAMCO has no obligation to update, mod- recorded during the first week of May-15. ify or amend this document or to otherwise During June-15, oil prices strengthened during notify a recipient thereof in the event that any the first few sessions but soon lost the momen- opinion, forecast or estimate set forth herein, tum falling to USD 58.61/b due to a bearish changes or subsequently becomes inaccurate. report released by the US EIA which showed The publication is provided for informational that US oil production levels have not fallen uses only and is not intended for trading pur- despite a fall in rig count. Moreover, OPEC’s poses. The information on publications does not decision of not to slash its production in its give rise to any legally binding obligation semiannual meeting also led to weakness in oil and/or agreement, including without limitation prices. Nevertheless, a report from the IEA dur- any obligation to update such information. You ing the second week of June-15 highlighted shall be responsible for conducting your own that demand for oil may rise as fuel use has investigation and analysis of the information increased due to the collapse in oil prices. At contained or referred to in this document and of the same time the agency also reiterated that evaluating the merits and risks involved in the supply would remain exceptionally high this securities forming the subject matter of this or year on the back of high output from OPEC. other such document. Moreover, the provision OPEC Reference Basket settled at an aver- expected to see slightly lower decline in the Asia Pacific region which stood at 6.25% 31.6 mb/d. Production in Saudi Arabia of certain data/information in the publication age of USD 62.16/b during May-15, an increase demand in 2015 as compared to 2014. resulting in an overall 8.41% increase in total remained unchanged as compared to the pre- may be subject to the terms and conditions of of 8.5% or USD 4.85/b, in line with the previous Meanwhile, major oil consumers like India and OECD oil supply. vious month and remained above the 10 mb/d other agreements to which KAMCO is a party. month’s increase. The month closed with an China have seen higher demand in 2015 espe- In 2015, Non-OPEC oil supply is projected to mark at 10.25 mb/d. The biggest increase in Nothing in this document should be con- OPEC oil price of USD 60.47/b, a month-on- cially due to lower oil prices. grow by 0.68 mb/d to average at 57.16 mb/d of production was recorded in Iraq that pro- strued as a solicitation or offer, or recommenda- month decline of 2.8% or USD 1.74/b as prices Total world oil demand growth for 2014 which majority growth would be seen during duced 197 tb/d more oil during the month to tion, to acquire or dispose of any investment or started trending downward from mid-month. remained unchanged as compared to previous 1H-15. In its latest report, OPEC made two reach 3.87 mb/d, an increase of 5.4%. Iraq has to engage in any other transaction, or to pro- In terms of YTD-15 performance, the average month’s report which is estimated at 0.96 downward revisions for Latin America and been ramping up oil production and exports vide any investment advice or service. This doc- OPEC Reference Basket price stood at USD mb/d, to stand at 91.32 mb/d as compared to Bahrain by 11 tb/d and 9 tb/d, respectively, in most of its oil fields. According to shipping ument is directed at Professional Clients and not 54.52/b, 43.4% lower as compared to FY-2014 90.37 mb/d for the year 2013. Oil demand dur- whereas there were two upward revisions of 7 programs, the country aims to increase crude Retail Clients within the meaning of CMA rules. average of USD 96.29/b. ing 2014 was led by Developing Countries that tb/d and 5 tb/d in Thailand and Colombia, exports by almost 26% to a record 3.75 mb/d Any other persons in receipt of this document Kuwait Blend Spot Price FOB averaged at increased by 2.65% during the year followed respectively. During 2015, non-OPEC supply next month. On the other hand, production in must not rely upon or otherwise act upon it. USD 60.9/b during May-15, a continued strong by a 3.05% increase in demand from other growth is projected to decline Q2-15 and Q3- Iran increased marginally by 20 tb/d during Entities and individuals into whose possession gain of 8.8% or USD 4.97/b as compared to regions. This increase was partially offset by a 14. On the other hand, the remaining two the month. Meanwhile, production in Angola this document comes are required to inform April-15 average price of USD 56.0/b. Kuwait oil decline in demand from Europe and Asia quarters, i.e. Q1-15 and Q4-15 oil supply is fore- increased by 100 tb/d to 1.78 mb/d as the themselves about, and observe such restrictions closed May-15 at USD 59.17/b recording a Pacific. casted to increase. country strives to achieve its long held oil pro- and should not rely upon or otherwise act upon monthly decline of 3.1% as against a 24.7% Total world oil demand for 2015 also Overall supply in 2015 is expected to grow duction aim of 2 mb/d. According to Angola’s this document where it is unlawful to make to gain during the previous month. As a contrast remained unchanged from last month’s fore- at a smaller pace as compared to 2014 primari- oil minister, oil production in the country is such person such an offer or invitation or rec- to OPEC oil prices, the price trend of Kuwait oil cast and is estimated to expand by 1.18 mb/d ly due to the low oil price expectations (as expected to rise to 1.8 mb/d in 2016. The ommendation without compliance with any remained less volatile during June-15 with a from the 2014 level to average around 92.50 compared to 2014) as highlighted by a majori- country faced technical problems at several of authorization, registration or other legal require- gain of 2.7% or USD 1.61/b to reach USD mb/d. Meanwhile, during Q1-15, oil demand in ty of the analysts (see page 6 of this report), its oil fields in recent month. ments. declining numbers of active rigs, and insuffi- cient investment in upstream projects. According to data from Baker Hughes, oil rigs in operation continued to decline as highlight- ed in its latest weekly report, falling to 642 oil rigs or 868 combined oil & gas rigs, the lowest level since January 2003.

OPEC Oil Production & Spare Capacity The decline in monthly oil production in the OPEC was led by Libya followed by Nigeria. In Libya, oil production fell by 115 tb/d to 405 mb/d, almost a quarter of its capacity, due to rising political issues in the country. On the other hand, the production decline in Nigeria was primarily due to a steep decline in demand for its oil, primarily in the US which slashed Nigerian oil imports from nearly 1 mb/d in 2010 to less than 60 tb/d in 2014. Qatar and Kuwait recorded monthly pro- duction declines of 50 tb/d and 20 tb/d, respectively. On a full year basis, OPEC crude oil average monthly production for the first five months of BUSINESS MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015

Gulf Bank launches an exclusive summer campaign for cardholders

KUWAIT: Gulf Bank has announced the automatically be enrolled into a raffle take place on 10th August 2015 while each worth KD 2,500, two Chevrolet all Gulf Bank Debit Cardholders who use launch of its exclusive Summer draw for a chance to win from a wide customers who use their cards between Captiva LS, one Chevrolet Camaro LT their cards internationally are eligible to Campaign for its Credit and Debit range of valuable prizes. 1st August and 30th September 2015, will Coupe, and the grand prize for the latest earn 3 chances in the raffle draw for Cardholders starting from 1st June to Gulf Bank summer Campaign has two be automatically enrolled into the second Chevrolet Tahoe LS. All Gulf Bank Credit every KD 10 spent. Customers can find 30th September 2015. All Gulf Bank’s promotional periods and two draw dates. raffle draw which will take place on 12th Cardholders who use their cards locally out more about Gulf Bank’s latest promo- Credit and Debit Cardholders who use Customers using their cards between 1st October 2015. Each draw will allow 6 are eligible to earn 1 chance & interna- tions by visiting the Bank’s bilingual web- their cards internationally, and for those June and 31st July will be automatically lucky Gulf Bank Cardholders to win tionally are eligible to earn 3 chances in site www.e-gulfbank.com, or one of Gulf who use their Credit Cards locally will enrolled into the first raffle draw, which attractive prizes as two travel packages the raffle draw for every KD 10 spent and Bank’s 58 branches. Hopes high for Thiam turnaround at Credit Suisse

ZURICH/LONDON: Tidjane Thiam starts When news of Thiam’s appointment was work as CEO of Credit Suisse next month first announced, analysts said he would have with investors optimistic he can bring about room to cut almost 3,000 jobs, or 15 percent a major change of strategy at the bank, even of staff, at the unit. Despite assurances to the if he has to raise cash to do it. contrary from Credit Suisse’s outgoing CEO An expectation that the 52-year-old will Brady Dougan, analysts also see a need to successfully switch Credit Suisse’s focus to boost cash reserves. lucrative Asian wealth management and “One way (to boost capital) is to downsize shrink its cash-intensive investment bank has the investment bank, the other is to raise propelled the Zurich-based lender’s shares capital. I would not be surprised to see a mix- around 12 percent since Thiam’s appoint- ture of these two,” said Jonathan Fearon, ment was announced in March. investment director at Standard Life That’s almost three times more than Investments which holds 0.07 percent of Europe’s index of bank shares has progressed Credit Suisse shares, according to Thomson over the same period. Reuters data. The former Prudential CEO’s reputation Vontobel’s Venditti added: “If Thiam really follows his success at the insurer where he wants to expand...it’s going to be really diffi- expanded into Asia with a clear strategy lay- cult, if not impossible, not to raise capital.” ing out medium-term targets, and, after an Dirk Becker at Kepler Cheuvreux estimates early spat over a failed takeover of rival Credit Suisse needs an extra 6 billion Swiss Asian-focused insurer AIA , built a good rap- francs ($6.44 billion) to bring core capital lev- port with regulators. els close to that of UBS and at least double But revamping Credit Suisse will be a that amount to pursue any major strategic harder task. While rival UBS scaled back its move. Credit Suisse declined to comment on investment bank to focus on wealth manage- any of these proposed measures. ment by cutting businesses like fixed income, “Credit Suisse’s position is very different,” Asia push Vontobel analyst Andreas Venditti pointed A key area for expansion could be Asia, out. “Of course fixed income takes up a lot of the world’s major growth region for private capital but actually it generates more than 20 wealth and where Credit Suisse is the third percent of the group’s revenues.” In the short- largest player behind UBS and Citibank. term, Thiam faces the dilemma of whether to Buying smaller banks and continuing to cut resource-intensive units that are unpopu- poach bankers in the hope that clients move lar with the market or look after the bank’s with them are two routes Thiam could go bottom line. down, though the bank would most likely need more cash for the former. Cash call If Thiam does to tap the market for cash, Credit Suisse insiders said they expected he might do so early on to take advantage of Thiam to begin work at Switzerland’s second goodwill over his appointment and before he biggest bank behind UBS in the coming days. is labelled responsible for any capital short- Credit Suisse has said July 1 is his official start fall. Standard Life Investments’ Fearon date as CEO. expects Thiam to wait until around three CALIFORNIA: In this March 11, 2014 file photo, News Corp. Exeuctive Chairman Rupert Murdoch, center, and his sons, Lachlan, left, and News He takes over an organisation whose capi- months into the job before outlining plans. Corp Deputy COO James Murdoch attend the 2014 Television Academy Hall of Fame in Beverly Hills, Calif. Rupert Murdoch, 84, is preparing to tal reserves lag those of many of its rivals “The market wants to see the strategic hand over the CEO job at Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. to his son, James, 42, the company’s news channel Fox News reported Thursday. —AP because of the demands of its investment direction and the implications for the near- bank, parts of which many analysts and term returns profile before it passes judge- investors expect Thiam to slice up and sell off ment,” Fearon said. Investors expect Thiam to - in particular its rates business, foreign quickly build a team to implement his new Murdoch’s sons to become CEO, exchange trading and prime brokerage. strategy.—Reuters co-chair at 21st Century Fox

VIVA launches new Huawei NEW YORK: Rupert Murdoch will soon hand beloved newspapers, Murdoch’s role has less- Sunday Times, in 2011. Murdoch’s two over the reins of the media dynasty that ened. Carey, who has long been seen as a youngest daughters by ex-wife Wendi Deng Ascend P8 smartphone began with his father’s Australian newspaper shareholder advocate and the voice of reason have an economic stake in Fox and News nearly a century ago to his sons. in controlling the pace of acquisitions, pro- Corp. but no voting shares. KUWAIT: VIVA, Kuwait’s fastest-growing newest products to present its customers The specific timing of the handoff of 21st moting share buybacks and streamlining its “I think the boys are back,” said David and most developed telecom operator, with exceptional smartphone experiences Century Fox is unclear. But as James Murdoch vast tangle of minority investments, had led Folkenflik, an NPR reporter who wrote a book announced the launch of the latest Huawei at the most competitive prices. prepares to take over as CEO and Lachlan interaction with investors at conferences and called “Murdoch’s World: The Last of the Old Ascend P8, making it the first telecom The Huawei Ascend P8 features a 5.20- Murdoch as executive co-chairman, some on quarterly earnings calls. Media Empires.” They are “yoked together in a operator to launch the new device in the inch display running at the full HD resolu- Wall Street worry about how the pair will run sort of competitive collaboration.” Kuwaiti market. New and existing cus- tion of 1080 x 1920, and is powered by Kirin the conglomerate behind Fox News, the Fox Hacking scandal Still, he notes that their father is “atop all tomers can visit any VIVA store or any of its 930 chip 64-bit 2.0 GHz speed produced by broadcast network and the 20th Century Fox A person with direct knowledge of the this for now.” Michael Wolff, another Murdoch authorized dealers starting 15th of June Huawei, 3 GB RAM, 32 GB and 64GB capaci- 2015 and be the first to enjoy the latest ty and includes a 13-megapixel rear camera movie studio. The moves were expected transition said the elder Murdoch will remain biographer who wrote “The Man Who Owns Huawei smartphone. and a front-facing 8-megapixel camera. eventually, but shares were down slightly deeply involved in the company, while his The News,” says none of his children should VIVA’s postpaid customers can enjoy the VIVA continuously presents its cus- when news of the changes came Thursday. sons are to run the rest of the business as a be counted out. And neither can he. Huawei Ascend P8 for only KD 15 which is tomers with the exciting packages that Michael Nathanson, an analyst at research partnership. The person was not authorized available for new and existing postpaid offer excellence in quality of service with firm Moffett Nathanson, said investors will be to speak publicly and spoke on condition of Cable news leader customers. VIVA continuously looks for the added value for money. watching closely for things like whether the anonymity. “There’s the larger question, is the father company continues to be open with Wall Murdoch will still retain a grip on the cor- going anywhere? I would say he’s not going Street, particularly with profit guidance. poration through a family trust that owns 38 anywhere until God takes him,” Wolff said. “It comes down to what choices they percent of the voting shares. Fox News CEO Fox News and CNBC first reported news of make,” he said. While the timing of the moves Roger Ailes will also continue to report to the the changes at 21st Century Fox earlier had not been expected so soon, they come a elder Murdoch directly. Carey will stay on in Thursday. But in a statement, 21st Century year after Murdoch elevated both sons into an advisory role through the end of his con- Fox acknowledged the pending changes say- prominent roles. In March 2014, James, 42, tract in June 2016. ing that “the matter of succession is on the was promoted to co-COO alongside the elder Laura Martin, an analyst with Needham & agenda at our upcoming, regularly scheduled Murdoch’s popular lieutenant Chase Carey, Co., worries that the further Carey is removed board meeting.” while Lachlan, 43, was named non-executive from the company, “the more downside risk The company started with a single news- co-chairman. there is in the share price.” Additionally, paper in Murdoch’s native Australia. He Murdoch told employees in an internal Martin said James will need to overcome the expanded it across many media platforms in memo at the time: “This evolution of our baggage caused by his link to the hacking Britain, the US, Germany, Italy and India. He leadership team underscores the consider- scandal, which occurred when he oversaw started the Fox network in the 1980s after able planning that both the company and the international operations. He’ll also have to ABC, CBS and NBC had dominated for a half- board have undertaken to ensure a vibrant deal with the stigma of being the son of the century. Then he tackled cable TV with Fox future for 21st Century Fox and its sharehold- founder. News, which quickly toppled CNN as the ers.” “He has to prove to Wall Street that he cable news leader. The 84-year-old patriarch is one of the deserves the chair,” she said. As some think But his newspapers have had a harder world’s most powerful media magnates and about how Murdoch’s sons will run the com- time. A phone hacking scandal in the UK has run the company known as News Corp. pany, they notice there’s no role for 46-year- forced the closure of tabloid News of the since 1979, before it split into two separate old Elisabeth, one of Murdoch’s four daugh- World, and he’s widely seen as paying too entertainment and publishing companies ters, who had been brought into a prominent much with his $5 billion acquisition of Dow two years ago: News Corp. and 21st Century role in the family business when her produc- Jones and its flagship, The Wall Street Journal. Fox. Murdoch, an ambitious executive with a tion company Shine was acquired by News Under pressure from investors, he split the flair for big acquisitions, has been known for Corp. in 2011. But her role had already dimin- original News Corp. into print and entertain- upending the media establishment with bold ished when Shine was merged with Endemol ment companies in 2013. moves, but also for over-paying for assets he in a joint venture last year and she stepped Murdoch also is the executive chairman at sets his sights on. away from day-to-day operations. News Corp., the company that now contains In recent years, as he’s been stung by a Murdoch’s eldest daughter, Prudence, was Journal and New York Post newspapers and phone-hacking scandal by his journalists in reportedly named to a board that oversees book publisher HarperCollins.—AP the UK in 2011 and the financial decline of his News Corp.’s UK newspapers, The Times and ABK to implement electronic cheque clearing system

KUWAIT: Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK), in coop- tures and designs. Under the new system, that they are using the new standard cheques eration with Central Bank of Kuwait, has recent- which will be applicable to KD cheques only, currently being issued by the Bank. ly announced the implementation of a new each cheque will be scanned and processed by With its expanded branch network, ABK electronic cheque clearing system, starting 14 bank tellers in each ABK branch. This will aims to maximize customer convenience and June 2015. reduce the time it takes to clear cheques from amenity. The bank’s motivation to provide The new system, which follows international three working days to one working day, excellence in its services is driven by its passion standards and world best practices, will help to increasing convenience for customers by sav- to serve, and be closer to its customers, and to upgrade ing them both time and effort. provide them with easy and friendly banking banking systems offered by ABK to its cus- All cheques need to be standardized based service. For more information on Al Ahli Bank of tomers. The initiative involves the introduction on specifications set by the Central Bank of Kuwait please visit www.eahli.com, contact an of new cheques with upgraded security fea- Kuwait and we urge all our customers to ensure ABK representative via ‘Ahli Chat’. MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015 TECHNOLOGY Teamwork and transparency The keys to successful revenue lifecycle management By Jyoti Lalchandani but it doesn’t really take into account the bring down the entire enterprise. While enue components can be recognized, long-term relationships that exist that may seem unnecessarily alarmist, ensuring revenue comes into the organi- ince its inception in the early 1980s, between buyers and sellers, nor the I’ve lost count of the number of times zation appropriately and at the right the practice of revenue manage- inherent complexity of sales transactions I’ve seen marketing and sales depart- time. They must also ensure that the right Sment has become commonplace in the business-to-business space. That ments unwittingly create conflicting pro- price is being offered to the buyer, that across a whole host of verticals. Typically isn’t to say that such revenues cannot be motions, rebates, and incentive pro- trading and channel partners are proper- defined as the ability to sell the right successfully managed, just that a more grams that have had the net effect of ly incorporated into the process, that product to the right customer at the right thorough and holistic approach is reducing revenue. In each case, the salespeople know how to structure and time for the right price through the right required. And that approach can best be intentions were honorable, but the lack configure deals correctly in the first place, channel, it has evolved into something of summed up as enterprise revenue lifecy- of in-built collaboration and disclosure and that sales, marketing, finance, inven- an art form across many consumer-facing cle management (ERLM). hit the bottom line hard. ERLM seeks to tory, pricing, and supply teams are work- industries, and as individuals we are sub- ERLM is much more than just the rectify that, presenting an opportunity ing together and using integrated sys- ject to its effects on an almost daily basis, management of revenue to fill empty for enterprises to reduce their financial tems and processes. often without even knowing it. seats on an airplane; it is the process of risk while also delivering better deals Revenue management relies on the maximizing and managing an organiza- that make sense both for them and their Strategy fact that customers are willing to pay a tion’s revenue throughout the entire life- customers. To this end, an effective ERLM strategy different price for using the same cycle of its relationship with the buyer. The first step toward facilitating effec- should focus on answering a broad range resources. The concept has its roots in the Implemented correctly, ERLM serves as a tive ERLM is to ensure that the enterprise of questions: What prices should be aviation industry, where airlines started business function through which the embraces a corporate culture that active- offered for particular products in specific their ability to be creative, but by acting to become creative with their ticketing enterprise establishes practices, policies, ly encourages teamwork and transparen- geographies? Where are discounts being on their own, they may be bringing con- prices by forecasting demand and pre- procedures, controls, and incentives to cy. This starts with an awareness that rev- offered, how much is discounted, when is siderable future risk to the organization dicting customer buying behavior with ensure that its workforce (and third par- enue activities are happening across the it discounted, and why? What can be by selling very large, but very costly, the goal of ensuring that their planes ties) drives sales and revenue that both entire organization and also requires an done to reduce the amount of discount- deals. Helping employees understand would fly as full as possible, thereby max- grow and remain profitable throughout understanding that no single depart- ing? Are coupons and offers really driving smart and profitable revenue scenarios imizing revenue. As a result, we now all the lifecycle of the customer relation- ment owns all the responsibility for rev- additional sales or are they just reducing should be both enabling and rewarding, readily accept that flight prices fluctuate ship. But what are the key components enue. This responsibility is typically revenue on products customers will buy as it equips and emboldens front-line staff depending on the date of departure, the of a successful ERLM strategy and what deposited at the feet of the sales team, anyway? ERLM is not just about looking with the knowledge of precisely how their time of the booking, and the channel organizational mindset is required to but this outdated attitude has to change backwards at deal components and a own revenue decisions impact the suc- through which the reservation is made. ensure its smooth implementation? since virtually every employee across the growing, but possibly misstated, top-line cess of the entire organization. That can And where the aviation industry led the enterprise now makes frequent decisions revenue; it is about examining the past only possibly be a positive for both the way, hotels, sports arenas, restaurants, Risk factor that can impact revenue. and ensuring that previous mistakes are enterprise and its customers. and supermarkets - to name just a few - The pressure on Middle East business- For that reason, ERLM must have eyes not repeated. •The columnist is group vice president were quick to follow. es to grow their revenues as fast as possi- across the entire organization. Those Ultimately, ERLM is not a negative and regional managing director for the The definition outlined above works ble brings with it tremendous risk as a tasked with its implementation must activity. Individual sales representatives Middle East, Africa, and Turkey at global ICT fine when considering a single transac- large, but badly structured, deal, or inap- comply with the latest regulatory stan- may feel that policies and structures market intelligence and advisory firm tion for a perishable product or service, propriately recognized revenue, could dards on precisely when different rev- restrict their independence and stifle International Data Corporation (IDC).

Further declines for Middle East & Africa PC market seen

DUBAI: The Middle East and Africa (MEA) tained second position with growth of 5.3 PC market suffered a year-on-year decline percent. Third-placed Dell’s shipments were of 9.6 percent in Q1 2015, with shipments up 3.5 percent over the same period, while to the region totaling 4.3 million units. fourth-placed Toshiba suffered a consider- That’s according to the latest market able downturn of 34.3 percent. Rounding insights announced yesterday by out the top five, Asus posted a year-on-year International Data Corporation (IDC), which decline of 7.2 percent. It should be noted attributed the market’s poor performance that the segment of market players to suf- to currency fluctuations in a number of the fer the most were local desktop assemblers, region’s key markets, as well as to the as they faced stiff competition from multi- ongoing instability in global oil prices. The national PC brands and, more importantly, firm’s research further showed that the refurbished PC market in many parts of portable PC shipments declined 9.4 per- the region. cent to 2.7 million units, while desktop For 2015 as a whole, IDC expects the shipments fell 10.0 percent to 1.6 million MEA PC market to decline 4.8 percent year units. on year to total 17.3 million units. “Aside “Currency fluctuations were one of the from currency fluctuations, one of the most main causes of the market’s decline slow- significant market inhibitors will be the down, with key markets such as Nigeria, high PC inventory levels held by the Turkey, Egypt, and Algeria all being hit,” region’s channels,” says Charakla. “While this says Fouad Charakla, research manager for inhibitor was primarily only felt in Turkey personal computing, systems, and infra- during Q1 2015, the impact is now expect- structure solutions at IDC. “Low oil prices ed to extend to many other parts of the have also had a negative impact on almost region, including the UAE and the ‘Rest of all parts of the region, with the extent vary- Middle East’ sub-region. Additionally, the ing from country to country. Inventory pile- devaluation of some major international ups from the previous quarter also caused currencies, such as the euro and ruble, will the Turkey market to decline faster year on continue to negatively impact PC demand year, while ongoing political and social in MEA through reduced international unrest in the ‘Rest of Middle East’ sub- trade and tourism from the affected MUMBAI: Commuters wait for a train below an advertisement for an app-based taxi-hailing service on a railway platform in Mumbai. India’s region*compounded the decline for MEA regions.” In the longer run, IDC expects the ultra-competitive app-based taxi-hailing market has quickly become a multi-billion-dollar industry, but controversy surrounding safety, reject- as a whole.” MEA PC market to remain almost flat ed licenses and protesting cabbies threaten to slam the brakes on its spectacular rise. —AFP Once again, the top three vendor posi- between 2015 and 2019. However, there tions in the region remained unchanged, will be a gradual shift in the weight of with each of the top three vendors experi- demand from consumers to the commer- encing annual growth despite the market’s cial segment as a growing proportion of India’s booming taxi-app significant overall decline. HP continued to homeusers switch from PCs to tablets and lead in terms of market share, growing 6.5 smartphones and commercial endusers percent year on year, while Lenovo main- maintain their loyalty towards PCs. firms endure bumpy ride Once-ousted Twitter CEO gets Controversies could slam brake on industry’s growth 2nd chance to run service MUMBAI: India’s ultra-competitive app-based taxi- helps drivers acquire loans which are then repaid in ‘An honest job’ hailing market has quickly become a multi-billion- small sums. Some of those drivers joined hundreds But they resumed operations in January even SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter once dumped by about 30 percent since the late April dollar industry, but controversy surrounding safety, of others working for Ola and Uber at a demonstra- though the government rejected their applications co-founder Jack Dorsey as its CEO because release of its first-quarter results amplified rejected licenses and protesting cabbies threatens tion in New Delhi on Monday, saying the city gov- for a license to operate. “We are doing an honest he was deemed unqualified for the job. investor concerns about the company’s to slam the brakes on its spectacular rise. ernment’s crackdown on the industry had forced job, there is 100 percent transparency here, why Now, the short-messaging service is giving uninterrupted history of losses. He owns a Domestic company Ola Cabs and US-based them off the roads. are we being treated like criminals?” said Petrick Dorsey a second chance, at least temporari- 3.6 percent stake in Twitter currently worth Uber are booming, fuelled by a rising number of Drivers said police had been impounding their William, 35, whose car was impounded. Drivers told ly, to prove he can turn Twitter into a prof- about $850 million. professionals wanting an easy-to-book, clean and cars, forcing them to pay fines and go to court to of borrowing heavily to buy their cars so that they itable business and lure more people into air-conditioned cab in India’s rapidly growing and get them back, ruining their livelihoods after local could drive for Uber and Ola, allowing them to sharing tidbits of news, entertainment, EVAN WILLIAMS congested cities. authorities started to put pressure on the compa- build their own business and earn more money insight and tedium. Williams, a Twitter co-founder who grew “We have barely scratched the surface. We need nies following their defiance of a state-wide ban. than working for regular Indian taxi companies. Dorsey’s return as Twitter’s interim CEO, up as a Nebraska farm boy, cast aside to be in every corner of India and it is a huge coun- The companies were banned in the capital in “This is honest money that we are making. And for effective July 1, is the latest peculiar twist at Dorsey as CEO in 2008. At that time, try, so the potential is huge,” Ola spokesman Anand December after an Uber driver was accused of rap- the first time in our lives, we can send our children a San Francisco company teeming with the Williams was considered to be a better suit- Subramanian said. ing a woman passenger in a case that sparked to good schools, pay our rent on time, something drama of a soap opera through much of its ed leader as Twitter tried to mature from a But it hasn’t been a completely smooth ride, uproar. we have never had before,” William said. —AFP nine-year history. fun-loving startup plagued by frequent with Indian authorities rejecting Uber and Ola’s Even Twitter’s origins are a matter of dis- service outages. applications to operate in New Delhi, even pute. Dorsey has said he came up with the As part of the change in command, impounding their cars, and both firms facing angry Virtual reality to get real idea on his own while at a San Francisco Dorsey handed over the voting rights of his protests from traditional taxi drivers. Ola Cabs has playground. That accounts conflicts with Twitter stock to Williams. Dorsey regained soared from fledgling Internet startup to the leader another Twitter co-founder, Noah Glass, those rights when Twitter completed its ini- of India’s smartphone taxi-hiring industry in just at E3 video game show who said he and Dorsey came up with the tial public offering of stock in November five years and is now worth an estimated $2 billion. SAN FRANCISCO: Virtual reality and the battle to Xbox controller due to an alliance with console concept while sitting in a car parked on a 2013. Williams remains a Twitter director It recently bought up domestic competitor stream play online will take center stage at an maker Microsoft. “There was always this distance rain-slickened street in San Francisco at the and the company’s largest stockholder TaxiForSure for a reported $200 million and is also Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) video game between players and the game,” said Oculus end of an evening drinking vodka. with a 7.8 percent stake worth $1.8 billion. outperforming web and mobile app-based rival extravaganza kicking off in Los Angeles tomorrow. Studios head Jason Rubin. “Virtual reality lets you Here’s quick look at the cast of charac- Meru Cabs in a crowded marketplace. Blockbuster video games will once again be the step through that window.” Sony’s big presence at ters that have passed through Twitter’s DICK COSTOLO Private but often shoddy and uncomfortable main event at the industry’s biggest trade show, but E3 will include demonstrations on Project revolving CEO door: Twitter turned to this former stand-up cabs have long plied India’s notoriously vehicle- in the wings attention will go to the promise of Morpheus virtual reality headgear it is readying for comic as he got more serious about the and-animal-congested roads, filling a void created stepping into the games virtually and streaming market. “Immersive technologies have a lot more JACK DORSEY business side of things. After joining Twitter by patchy and unreliable public transport net- them as spectator sport. “Like every year, E3 will be to offer than video games, but it is a great place to A one-time punk rocker who once wore as its chief operating officer in 2009, works. But in 2010, two young entrepreneurs in about the marquee video game titles that will take start,” said Gartner analyst Brian Blau. “Game devel- a nose ring, Dorsey is sometimes touted as Costolo replaced Williams as CEO less than Mumbai-Bhavish Aggarwal and Ankit Bhati-decid- the world by storm,” TechSavvy analyst Scott opers know how to get people immersed in graph- the technology industry’s next Steve Jobs - a year later. Costolo brought more stability ed that India’s tech-savvy and wealthy middle- Steinberg told AFP on Saturday. “But, there are side ical simulations better than anybody; it is natural to a comparison that he has never discour- to Twitter’s service by building more data classes wanted the convenience of a comfortable battles going on. YouTube is making a play to be think they will be first in line to create content.” Blau aged. centers to handle all the tweets. He also ride with just a couple of clicks of their smart- the absolute destination for gamers, but Twitch has expected the virtual reality market to be fiercely Dorsey’s appointment as Twitter’s inter- oversaw a period of rapid user and employ- phones. They founded Ola and started operating a strong position. Of course, you have virtual reality.” competitive. im CEO draws more parallels with Jobs, ee growth while injecting ads into Twitter’s with only a handful of vehicles before increasing Apple’s co-founder. After being ousted stream of tweets. Those achievements have the number of cars on its network to 10,000, across Oculus and Morpheus YouTube takes on Twitch from Apple in the mid-1980s, Jobs came been eclipsed by his inability to come up ten cities, by last year. Analysts expect this E3 to be a coming-of-age Meanwhile Google-owned YouTube will be fac- back as the company’s interim CEO in 1997 for a formula for making money at Twitter. An aggressive recruitment drive over the past of sorts for virtual reality, which has been around ing off with Twitch at E3, where it will preview a and then stayed on oversee the creation of Many analysts also blame Costolo for the 12 months has resulted in its operations rising for decades but remained an unfulfilled promise version of its video-sharing platform tailored for the iPod, iPhone and iPad. structure of Twitter’s service, which has more than tenfold and Ola now operates 150,000 for gamers eager to immerse themselves in fantasy gamers. YouTube is creating an online arena devot- While running Apple, Jobs also was CEO been criticized as being too complicated vehicles in 100 cities stretching the length and worlds. Facebook-owned virtual reality firm Oculus ed to video game play, jumping onto a hot “e- of computer animation pioneer Pixar. for casual users to understand and navi- breadth of India. Ola notched 200,000 rides a day has promised hands-on demonstrations of games sports” trend and challenging leading video game Dorsey, 38, will remain CEO at another San gate. Not long after he took over the reins, in January and predicts it will record over a million at E3. Oculus aimed squarely at video game lovers play broadcasting platform Twitch. YouTube Francisco company, mobile payment Costolo convinced Dorsey to come back to a day this month. They have also started to offer on Thursday as it unveiled Rift headsets that it will Gaming will debut in Britain and the United States processor Square, while guiding Twitter. Twitter as an adviser - a role that cracked auto-rickshaws for hire and are to start delivering begin selling early next year. However it did not in the coming months, according to product man- Dorsey should be highly motivated to the door for Dorsey’s imminent return as groceries too. disclose pricing for Rift, which will come with an ager Alan Joyce. —AFP lift Twitter’s stock price, which has plunged interim CEO. —AP It doesn’t own the majority of the cars itself but MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015 HEALTH & SCIENCE

Bluebird Bio’s sickle cell gene therapy working for French boy

LONDON: A pioneering gene therapy for sickle Bluebird’s gene therapy treats the condition by sickle cell disease,” said lead investigator Gene therapy is currently undergoing a ren- cell disease is working well so far for a 13-year- extracting blood stem cells and then adding a Marina Cavazzana of Paris Descartes University. aissance following a series of setbacks in the old French boy with the hereditary blood dis- working version of the malfunctioning gene. Two other patients with a related blood dis- late 1990s and early 2000s, and several large order, researchers said on Saturday, in a boost Results presented at the European order called beta-thalassemia remained trans- drugmakers are now buying into the field. The for the technology to fix faulty genes. He is the Hematology Association meeting in Vienna fusion-independent at 16 and 14 months medical approach has the potential to revolu- first patient with severe sickle cell disease showed the French patient has not needed a respectively. Bluebird had already reported tionize a number of diseases caused by faulty (SCD) to be treated with Bluebird Bio’s life-sustaining blood transfusion for more than success with beta-thalassemia patients for a genes, ranging from blood disorders to eye LentiGlobin BB305 product, which the US three months and his body was producing 45 shorter period of time. Shares in Bluebird have problems to heart failure. But producing gene biotech company believes could cure the dis- percent so-called anti-sickling hemoglobin at doubled this year on growing hopes for its therapy products is extremely complex and the order. six months. “(This) is cause for optimism as we gene therapy drug pipeline and the latest $1 million price tag for the first such drug SCD is caused by a mutated gene, resulting expect levels of anti-sickling hemoglobin of 30 results may shore up confidence further, approved in Europe, from Dutch firm UniQure, in abnormal red blood cell function. Patients percent or more could significantly improve although analysts said data from more patients highlights the quandary facing governments suffer anemia, painful obstruction of blood and potentially eliminate the serious and life- was needed to better understand the treat- and insurers as to whether they will offer value vessels and, in some cases, early death. threatening complications associated with ment’s potential. for money.—Reuters FDA panel backs Amgen cholesterol drug for some patients

WASHINGTON: Federal health advisers company group, expects the PCSK9 class said Wednesday that a highly-anticipated to generate sales of nearly $18 billion by cholesterol-lowering drug from Amgen 2023, based on sales projections for major Inc should be approved for patients with pharmaceutical markets. But the prospect dangerously high levels of the artery- of approving a pricey new class of drugs clogging substance. But as with their for one of the most common medical con- review of a similar drug a day earlier, the ditions in America is already drawing con- Food and Drug Administration experts cerns from health insurers, employers and stressed that long-term results are need- other payers who would absorb the costs. ed to judge the drug’s real benefit. The None of the companies developing the FDA advisory panel voted that Amgen’s products have discussed their plans for injectable drug Repatha appears safe and pricing. But some industry analysts esti- effective for some patients at high-risk mate new PCSK9 drugs could cost from cholesterol, particularly those with $10,000 or more per year, compared with inherited conditions that cause choles- just a few hundred dollars per year for terol buildup. The FDA is not required to currently-used statin drugs. More than 73 follow the group’s advice, though it often million US adults, or nearly one-third, does. The endorsement came despite have high LDL cholesterol, according to pending study results on whether the Centers for Disease Control and Repatha ultimately lowers rates of heart Prevention. Those patients have twice the attack and death. Results from an Amgen risk of heart disease, the leading cause of study on that question aren’t expected death in the US Panelists made clear this until 2017. week that the new drugs should only be SEOUL: People wearing face masks walk on a street yesterday.—AFP photos Repatha is part of a new class of used for patients who cannot manage biotech drugs that lower cholesterol more their condition with statins. than older statin medications, which have S Korea reports 15th MERS been the standard treatment for more A critical need than 20 years. Amgen is racing rivals How doctors prescribe the drugs will Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, be heavily influenced by the prescribing who received a positive vote on Tuesday label written by the FDA. The agency will death, seven new cases for their own drug, Praluent. An approval consider its advisers’ recommendations as decision on Amgen’s drug is due by Aug. it crafts that language. Amgen said in a 27, about a month after Sanofi and statement the panel results show “there is The outbreak is ‘large and complex’ Regeneron’s July 24 target date. Both a critical need for additional treatment drugs lower low-density lipoprotein, or options for patients who are unable to SEOUL: South Korea yesterday reported its 15th death pital yesterday temporarily suspended most opera- 800 to 4,856. LDL, cholesterol more powerfully and in a control their high cholesterol despite cur- from the MERS virus as the growing outbreak that has tions. As the outbreak continued to expand, a South different way than statins. rently available therapies.” Repatha is now infected 145 forced one of the nation’s biggest It will stop treating outpatients, admitting new Korean man thought to have contracted MERS was designed to be self-injected by the hospitals to suspend most services. The latest fatality patients and performing non-urgent surgery, hospital hospitalized in the Slovak capital Bratislava on Drawing concerns patient every two or four weeks, depend- from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome was a 62- president Song Jae-Hoon told reporters. No visitors Saturday. The 38-year-old reportedly arrived in They block a substance called PCSK9, ing on the dose. Shares of Thousand Oaks, year-old man who died yesterday in the southern port would be allowed, he said, adding he would decide on Slovakia on June 3 and works for a subcontractor of which interferes with the liver’s ability to California-based Amgen rose 1 percent to city of Busan, the city council said. He was diagnosed June 24 whether to continue the partial suspension. Seoul carmaker Kia, which has a plant in the central remove cholesterol from the blood. $157.20 in afterhours trading Wednesday. on June 7 after being infected in Seoul’s Samsung “We offer our deep apology and express regret to all European country. The man did not appear to have Adding the new drugs to older statins has Shares of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., Medical Centre-a major hospital and the epicenter of of our patients who were infected here and those had contact with patients or to have visited venues been shown to reduce LDL, or “bad,” cho- which is based in Tarrytown, New York, fell more than 70 cases. The health ministry yesterday also placed under quarantine,” Song said. The hospital-nor- where infections were reported at home, Seoul’s for- lesterol, by 40 percent to 60 percent. $13.77, or 2.6 percent, to close at $512.32 confirmed seven new cases of the virus, including four mally visited by more than 8,000 patients a day-has eign ministry said yesterday. “He said he had not visit- Statins alone generally lower levels of the in regular trading. Paris-based Sanofi rose from the Samsung hospital, bringing the total number come under fire in recent weeks for failing to stem the ed any hospital before leaving for Slovakia,” the min- wax-like substance by about 30 to 50 per- $1.17, or 2.4 percent, to $40.60 in regular of infections nationwide to 145. spread of the virus among its staff and patients. Two istry said in a statement, adding he contacted the cent. GlobalData, a medical analytics trading.—AP Among the seven is a paramedic who helped take doctors and three nurses have been infected so far. embassy in Slovakia on Saturday as he was develop- a MERS patient to the hospital on June 7. On Saturday More than 400 patients, families and medical staff ing symptoms such as fever. authorities announced that the ambulance driver also directly or indirectly exposed to the infected ambu- There is no vaccine or cure for MERS which, accord- involved in transporting the patient-who died three lance driver have been newly placed under quaran- ing to World Health Organization data, has a fatality days later-had contracted the virus. One of the other tine, Song said. rate of around 35 percent. The outbreak in South new patients was infected in the central city of Korea-the largest outside Saudi Arabia-began when a Daejeon and another in Hwaseong, 43 kilometers (27 Nearly 5,000 under quarantine 68-year-old man was diagnosed on May 20 after a trip miles) south of Seoul. In order to prevent further infec- The overall number under quarantine-either at to Saudi Arabia. The virus has since been spreading at tions among patients and medical staff, Samsung hos- state facilities or at home-rose yesterday by more than an unusually fast pace, sparking widespread alarm in Asia’s fourth-largest economy. Businesses including shopping malls and restaurants have reported a sharp drop in sales as people shun public venues with large crowds. About 100,000 foreign travelers have cancelled trips to South Korea since the beginning of this month. A team of WHO experts who visited Seoul warned that the outbreak was “large and complex” and more cases should be expected. But it also said it had found no evidence of transmission of the virus in communities outside hospitals. The outbreak also sparked alarm elsewhere in Asia including Hong Kong, which last week advised its citizens to avoid non-essential travel to South Korea. North Korea also vowed “watertight” meas- ures to ward off the outbreak, by stepping up screening and quarantine measures at border crossings and the airport. “Central and regional health officials are making thorough and water- tight preparations to block any passage of the MERS virus into the country,” Chosun Sinbo, a pro- INDIA: Indians perform Yoga exercises at a garden in Ahmadabad, yesterday. The Pyongyang newspaper based in Japan, said yester- SEOUL: South Korean health workers wearing protective gear spray an antiseptic solution at United Nations has declared that June 21 will be observed as the International Day day.—AFP an elementary school yesterday. of Yoga.—AP Study of returns to the ER suggests lack of follow-up care

WASHINGTON: No one wants to make a repeat vis- A repeat visit Lingering concerns Hospital, Duseja sees many Medicaid or unin- Vista Health System in Waukegan, Illinois, who it to the emergency room for the same complaint, Hospitals are under pressure to prevent readmis- Also, sometimes ERs tell patients to return - to sured patients who have trouble finding a pri- heads the American College of Emergency but new research suggests it’s more common than sions, when patients are discharged only to see if an antibiotic is working, for example, or if mary care doctor or specialist. ER workers some- Physicians’ board. When that doesn’t work, “my previously thought and surprisingly, people fre- encounter problems during recovery that get them they think the person can’t or won’t get follow-up times make phone calls to help such patients choices are, do I send them to a clinic I can’t get quently wind up at a different ER the second time admitted again within a month. Less is known care elsewhere. In the ER at San Francisco General secure appointments, said Dr Rebecca Parker of them into or bring them back to us?” In around. Already some ERs are taking steps to find about how often patients who are patched up in Philadelphia, Dr Kristin Rising of Thomas out why and try to prevent unnecessary returns. A the emergency room come back. Duseja’s team Jefferson University recently interviewed patients Philadelphia hospital, for example, is beginning to analyzed records from Arizona, California, Florida, about why they returned to the ER, and found test video calls and other steps to link discharged Nebraska, Utah and Hawaii, among the first states fear was a big motivator. Most had a primary care patients to primary care. The new research, based to link records so patients can be tracked from one doctor. But they said they couldn’t get an on records in six states, suggests patients should be health facility to another. Researchers checked more appointment quickly enough to answer lingering pushy about getting follow-up care so they don’t than 53 million ER visits in which the patient was concerns, or didn’t feel well enough for the multi- have to return to crowded emergency depart- treated and sent home between 2006 and 2010, the ple visits for X-rays or lab testing they were sure ments. “You need to make sure the next day, you latest available data. About 8 percent of patients would be needed and that the ER could do under connect the dots,” said study co-author Dr R Adams returned within three days, more than previous esti- one roof. Dudley of the University of California, San Francisco. mates, and 1 in 5 patients made a repeat visit over Now Rising’s ER is part of a hospital telemedi- “You cannot count on the health system to connect the next month, Duseja reported this month in cine program to explore if video calls address cer- the dots.” It’s also a reminder of how disconnected Annals of Internal Medicine. tain patients’ concerns before they’re up to a fol- our health care system is. Chances are, your primary A third of revisits within three days, and 28 per- low-up visit. In another pilot program, she said a care doctor won’t know you made an ER visit unless cent over a month, occurred at a different ER. contractor will call patients identified as at risk of you call about what to do next. And if your second Duseja couldn’t tell why, if patients were dissatisfied returning, to help with next-step appointments. visit was to a different ER, often doctors can’t see the first time, or traveling, or for some other reason. This summer, the HealthShare Exchange of your earlier X-rays or other tests and have to repeat Patients with skin infections were most likely to Southeastern Pennsylvania - a collaboration of them, adding preventable costs. While more hospi- return, followed by those with abdominal pain. care providers and insurers to electronically share tals and doctors’ offices are trying to share electron- State rates varied a bit, with 6.2 percent of Arizona patient information - will automatically send a ic medical records, it’s still far from common, espe- patients returning within three days compared with summary of a patient’s recent care to certain cially in the fast-paced ER. 9.3 percent in Utah. Revisits may be appropriate, Philadelphia-area ERs when that person’s insur- “It’s frustrating. We’re open 24 hours a day and Duseja said. Nearly 30 percent of revisits involved ance information is entered. “We need to really we don’t necessarily have access to those records,” hospitalization, suggesting either patients got think about, as a health system, how can we effi- said UCSF assistant professor Dr Reena Duseja, an worse or emergency physicians felt more scrutiny or SAN FRANCISCO: Dr Reena Duseja, lead author of a study on emergency room visits, ciently take care of our patients in the right place, emergency physician who led the research. testing was warranted. stands outside San Francisco General Hospital’s emergency room.—AP at the right time,” said UCSF’s Duseja.—AP MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015 HEALTH & SCIENCE Health authorities repeating mistakes in Ebola fight

DAKAR: Health authorities are repeating the mistakes of the past that Sierra Leone and Guinea would quickly follow suit have been erence to Guinea, where the issue of combatting Ebola has been a in combatting Ebola, more than a year after its onset in Guinea dashed in recent weeks. “We are still making the same mistakes as subject of debate between President Alpha Conde and the opposi- and Sierra Leone, the international president of Doctors Without we did in the past,” said Liu. “We know now that engaging the tion. The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday the Borders (MSF) warned Saturday. Joanne Liu’s remarks come a day community in the response is essential,” she added. “But we also retreat of the virus “has stalled”, after a second consecutive weekly after Sierra Leone imposed a three-week daytime curfew in the know that leadership at the government level... is absolutely increase in incidences of Ebola in Guinea and Sierra Leone. One of last Ebola-hit areas in a bid to curb a resurgence of the deadly essential.” the deadliest viruses known to man, Ebola is spread only through virus, which has killed about 3,900 people in the country. Liu said that when “certain political interests are prioritized over direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person showing Neighboring Liberia was declared Ebola-free in May, but hopes the response to the epidemic, this does not work,” an apparent ref- symptoms, such as fever or vomiting.—AFP

NYC Health Department proposes high-sodium warning on menus

NEW YORK: New York City’s Health ‘Showing true leadership’ Department wants all chain restaurants to City Health Commissioner Dr Mary warn customers about products that are Travis Bassett said it simply would give high in salt. The department voted on customers important information. Wednesday to consider the proposal at a Bassett said the board would consider meeting of the Board of Health that all chain the notion of more than one sodium restaurants add a salt-shaker-like symbol on warning label. “High sodium levels are menus next to products that contain more probably the biggest health problem than the recommended daily limit. That’s related to our food supply,” said Michael 2,300 milligrams of sodium, about 1 tea- Jacobson, executive director for the spoon of salt. Now a public comment period Center for Science in the Public Interest, a begins, and a final vote could come as soon Washington-based advocacy group. as September and the warnings by While he hailed New York’s proposal as December. Overconsumption of sodium “showing true leadership,” he also called increases the risk of high blood pressure, it a conservative approach, given that which can lead to heart attack and stroke. items would get special labels only if The average American consumes about they have a full day’s worth of sodium. A 3,400 milligrams of sodium each day; only meal with even half that amount would about 1 in 10 Americans meets the 1 tea- still have too much salt, he said. The head spoon guideline. of the Salt Institute, a trade association New York City would become the first US for salt producers, called the proposal city with the labels if the measure passes. “misguided” and based on “faulty, incor- Even items that sound healthy, like a salad, rect government targets” discredited by can contain more sodium than the daily rec- recent research. “They’re too low ... and if ommended limit, said Dr Sonia Angell, a followed, could actually harm people,” deputy commissioner for the city’s said the group’s president, Lori Roman. Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Last year, an international study ques- PARIS: French President Francois Hollande, center, with French astrophysicist Francis Rocard look at a model of Rosetta lander Philae, as they visit For example, at one New York City restau- tioned the conventional wisdom that the Cite des Sciences at La Villette.-—AFP rant, a smokehouse turkey panini contains most people should cut back on salt, sug- three times the amount of sodium as a gesting that the amount most folks con- roasted turkey and avocado bacon sand- sume is OK for heart health. The study ‘Hello Earth’: Comet probe Philae wakes up wich, Angell said. followed 100,000 people in 17 countries Some board members suggested more and found that very high levels of salt BERLIN: The comet lander Philae has awoken hours before its batteries were depleted and then suddenly in the middle of the night you than one warning label should be created: were a problem, especially for people from a seven-month hibernation and managed it was forced to shut down its systems. get a call saying ‘we have a signal from Philae,’ one for items above the daily recommended with high blood pressure, but too little to communicate with Earth for more than a Scientists hoped the probe would wake up it’s exciting,” said Stephan Ulamec, project limit, and another for items that contain half salt also can do harm. Other scientists minute, the European Space Agency said yes- again as the comet approached the sun, when manager at the German Aerospace Center, or of the daily recommended limit. “One of the fault the study and say most people still terday. The probe became the first spacecraft its solar panels would soak up enough light to DLR. “We’re very happy.” The brief burst of challenges is to identify at what level you consume way too much salt. Studies to land on a comet when it touched down on charge the on-board battery. communication contained 300 packages of want to give consumers information,” Angell have found that the vast majority of the icy surface of 67P/Churyumov- Those hopes were confirmed at 10:28 pm data that were relayed by the probe’s mother said. “It is absolutely irrefutable that 2,300 dietary salt comes from processed and Gerasimenko in November. After its historic on Saturday, when the lander sent a signal ship Rosetta, which is orbiting the comet. “We milligrams in one sitting is absolutely not restaurant foods. The US Food and Drug landing, Philae managed to conduct experi- back to Earth. “I’m not really surprised it hap- only received data for about 85 seconds. compatible with anybody to maintain the Administration has been pressing the ments and send data to Earth for about 60 pened, but if you wait for several months and These data are housekeeping and system data limit. Public health advocates hailed the pro- food industry to reduce sodium content from the lander,” said Ulamec. It was enough posal as a pioneering step to tackle a major voluntarily and is working on new sodi- to tell scientists that the probe is doing well problem. Salt producers called it off-base, um guidelines. Under former Mayor and getting sufficient sunlight to keep com- and some restaurateurs said it would need- Michael Bloomberg, New York led devel- municating. lessly mire already burdened eateries in opment of salt-reduction targets for vari- Ulamec said the probe appears to have been more bureaucracy. Burger King and Wendy’s ous table staples and got companies to awake for several days before it called home, have declined to comment, and McDonald’s start committing to them voluntarily, because some of the packages scientists hasn’t responded to a request for comment. starting in 2010.—AP received contained historical data. They will now work to change Rosetta’s orbit so that the link to the lander lasts for longer and they can start sending commands for it to carry out new measurements, resulting in fresh scientific data. The next opportunity to communicate with Philae should come on Sunday night, said Ulamec. Scientists also hope that Philae’s restart will allow them to pinpoint where the probe land- ed. Its exact location has been a mystery, though scientists have narrowed down the like- ly landing site based on images and other measurements received from Philae and Rosetta. Comet 67P is currently near the orbit of Mars. On Aug. 13 it will reach the point at which it is closest to the sun - known as perihe- lion - before swinging back out again. Ulamec This file picture released by the European Space Agency on December 20, 2013 of an artist’s said the lander should get enough sunlight to impression of Rosetta’s lander Philae (front view) on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov- operate until October, when it will once again Gerasimenko.—AFP fall silent, possibly forever.—AP WHAT’S ON MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015 Millennium Hotel, Convention Centre Kuwait opens under Area General Manager leadership

illennium and Copthorne Hotels, Middle East and Sheraton Hotel Kuwait where he was based for almost 10 Africa (MEA) has successfully opened Millennium years. Following this, Saleh moved to Radisson Blu Bahrain MHotel and Convention Centre Kuwait, with Area in 2006 as the Director of Rooms and Revenue where he General Manager Dani Saleh overseeing the launch. In his was based for 2 years. role, Saleh is responsible for running all operational matters Saleh then joined the Millennium and Copthorne Hotels for the hotel brand across the Kuwait market, which also brand as General Manager at Al-Jahra Copthorne Hotel and includes the Al-Jahra Copthorne Hotel and Resort. Resort where he was based for five consecutive years. Combining focused leadership with a passion for excel- During this time, Saleh played a key role in strengthening lence and an understanding of the local market, he will play the market position of the property and the hotel was a key role in ensuring Millennium Hotel and Convention awarded the Triumph of Service Leaders Golden Award for Centre Kuwait makes an impact on Kuwait’s growing MICE the “Best 4 Star Leisure Hotel in Middle East and North market as well as attracting corporate and leisure travelers. Africa 2014”during the 10th Annual Middle East and North Located in the Salmiya district of Kuwait, the 295 room five- Africa Travel Awards. Saleh was also awarded “Best General star hotel is home to one of the largest convention centres Manager of the Year” at the Millennium and Copthorne in the country, and is capable of hosting major national and Hotel awards in 2013. Saleh comments; “I am delighted to international conferences, trade shows, events and wed- be heading up the opening of Millennium Hotel and dings. Convention Centre Kuwait and I am confident that the hotel Saleh has 17 years of management experience, as well as will make a significant mark on Kuwait’s hospitality offering. specific hospitality-industry expertise related to multi- This is an exciting time for Millennium and Copthorne as it national brands. He began his career in 1997 at the expands and I am honored to be part of this journey.”

The Sultan Center develops future senior managers with ILM diploma

riven by its commitment to constantly develop its people, The Sultan Center (TSC) has recently Dstrengthen edits existing partnership with the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM); working with the Australian College of Kuwait (ACK) to develop and deliver a unique training program designed to nur- ture talented managers, providing them with the skills and knowledge needed to work in the modern retail envi- ronment at senior management levels. This 10 month program blends together work based projects with traditional theory, using both taught semi- nars and e-learning, personal coaching and workplace mentoring. Alistair McCullough, Senior Learning & Development Consultant at ACK said “ACK Corporate Training is delighted to be to have been selected as the ILM provider to deliver its leadership expertise the Diploma in the Principles of Leadership and Management for The Sultan Centre. I am excited for TSC and the dele- gates on the program.” The program involves 2 day workshops for the dele- gates each 6 weeks, focusing on the key aspects of Leadership, Management, Change, Strategy and Risk; fol- lowing each workshop, students are asked to complete a project assignment at work to demonstrate their new skills, whilst assessment is based on delivering actual out- puts. “People Development is at the core of our Human Resources strategy”, said Antoinette Sullivan, HR Director at TSC. “TSC is highly committed to invest in the develop- ment of its workforce out of its deep belief that they are the cornerstone of its success and prosperity. Therefore, we haven’t spared any effort in taking the necessary meas- urements to help our staff boost their skills whether by Mr Marimuthu, raffle draw winner of ‘The Great Gold Rush’ campaign by Malabar Gold and Diamonds receives the prize 1/2 kg of gold from Afsal Khan, designing custom-made programs such as the ILM, and/or Zonal Head - Kuwait, in the presence of Kuwait Ministry of Commerce and Industry representative, officials from Malabar Gold and Diamonds, personali- by enrolling our staff in external development workshops”. ties from media and well-wishers. Mr Marimuthu is the 12th raffle draw winner overall and 2nd in Kuwait.

‘Beyond Color’ draws huge crowd eyond Color - An art exhibition conducted by Mukundan and his disciples in the auditorium of BIndian Educational School attracted hundreds of art lovers all across Kuwait. T Premkumar, the school Principal inaugurated the event. Mukundan is the Head of the Department of Art in the Indian Educational School. His popularity in the field has attracted many who aspired to express themselves in the world of colors, and are following his style and instructions. All such disciples also had their paintings in this exhibition. Creativity of these wonderful artists took many impressive shapes, and found place in their canvasses. Variety of mediums like acrylic, water color, oil paint etc. gave life to the imagination of these gift- ed artists. The exhibits proclaimed the variety and vari- ability of life through the expressions of joy, inno- cence, serenity, sagacity, devotion, love etc. to men- tion a few. Rekha Jaypal gave the welcome speech to the two day long exhibition and Priya Haridas pro- posed the vote of thanks. WHAT’S ON MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015 Experience Ramadan atmosphere with Sheraton Kuwait, Four Points

heraton Kuwait, a Luxury Collection Hotel and Four Points by Sheraton Kuwait invite you to indulge through an exceptional dining US Consular Services Message Sexperience during your enchanting Ramadan nights; filled with the authentic flavors of Ramadan combined with an indigenous atmosphere he Department of State’s contact the American Citizens for Iftar, Ghabgas, and Suhour in its renowned restaurants or a prominent Bureau of Consular Affairs is Services Unit dining experience in the Crystal ballroom. Tcurrently experiencing tech- [email protected]. Take in the flavors of Ramadan through the various dining offers; “a la nical problems with our overseas PLEASE NOTE: Kuwait immigra- carte” in the international Al Hambra restaurant in Sheraton Kuwait, from passport and visas systems. This tion authorities do not recognize sunset until 1:00am and Asseef in the Four Points, from sunset until issue is not specific to any particu- US emergency passports as legiti- 11:30pm. The English Tea Lounge it’s delightfully elegant English tea, light lar country, citizenship document, mate travel documents. While you snacks, selection of coffee and other beverages all to provide you with an or visa category. We apologize for may be allowed to depart Kuwait enchanting atmosphere during this holy month, from sunset until 1:00am the inconvenience and are work- with a US emergency passport, daily. The Crystal Ballroom will be transformed into the essence of ing urgently to correct the prob- you will not be allowed to enter Ramadan for traditional and exquisite aromas for Iftar, Ghabgas and lem and restore full operability. Kuwait using one. Suhour. US passport applications Applications for a US visa made The exceptional flavors will continue with array of cuisines offered at the accepted overseas on or after May after June 8, 2015 are also affected Grand Avenue, The Avenues. Sheraton Kuwait’s marvelous restaurants; Le 26, 2015 are affected by this delay. by this delay. Tarbouche, Shahrayar, and Bukhara will all have a set menu plus the option If you applied for a US passport Nonimmigrant visa applicants of “‡ la carte” to best suit your appetite from sunset until 1:00 am; as well as during this time frame and have who did not submit their DS-160 a buffet at the international Al Hambra restaurant. The English Tea Lounge travel plans within the next 10 online application prior to June 9, in the Avenues will be open from 8:00 pm until 1:00 am during Ramadan. business days, please consider 2015 should reschedule their inter- In addition, Area Director and General Manager of Sheraton Kuwait, A requesting an emergency passport view appointments atwww.ustrav- Luxury Collection Hotel, Fahed Abushaar, would like to take this opportuni- at the consular or embassy at eldocs.com. Individuals with ty to wish everyone a Ramadan Kareem and blessed month, inviting you to which you originally applied. For urgent travel requirements should savor the exceptional flavors in any of the hotel’s dining venues and Crystal information about how to apply go towww.ustraveldocs.com for ballroom during this enchanting Holy Month of Ramadan. for an emergency passport, please more information. Dasman Diabetes Institute organizes workshop on gestational diabetes

National Workshop on Gestational Malformation the fetus, can cause some malformation and of early onset of obesity, type 2 diabetes and ing their pregnancy. Even if the mother does Diabetes organized by the Dasman Gestational diabetes is a temporary condi- make labor and delivery more complicated. cardiovascular illness. Fortunately, much can develop gestational diabetes it can be very ADiabetes Institute, which was founded tion that some women develop during preg- Over the longer term, gestational diabetes can be done to prevent gestational diabetes by effectively managed if it is diagnosed early by Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of nancy and which goes into remission after go on to place the mother at a higher than ensuring that pregnant women maintain nor- and followed by comprehensive antenatal Sciences, in collaboration with the Ministry of delivery. During the pregnancy, however, ges- average risk of developing type 2 diabetes and mal body weight before pregnancy and eat a care. Early diagnosis of gestational diabetes Health has called for more attention to be giv- tational diabetes affects the development of it can also place the young child at greater risk healthy diet and maintain regular exercise dur- also gives time for the mother and the health- en to the problem of gestational diabetes in care team to prepare for any possible compli- Kuwait. The workshop brought together over cations at the time of labor and delivery. thirty clinical experts and research scientists in the area of diabetes, obstetrics, pediatrics and Guidelines epidemiology to review the global evolution In view of the urgency and growing nature of gestational diabetes and its implications in of the problem in Kuwait, the workshop partic- Kuwait. ipants called for a review and updating of The experts concluded that gestational dia- Kuwait’s national policy and guidelines on betes is assuming epidemic proportions gestational diabetes to incorporate newest everywhere and they agreed that unless scientific knowledge. They also called for more urgent action is taken to stem the problem in rigorous advocacy of the policy and guidelines Kuwait much of the progress that has been so that all relevant healthcare staff involved in previously achieved in the area of maternal maternal and newborn healthcare are aware and child health could be seriously set back by of them and adhere to them. The Dasman gestational diabetes. In Kuwait, as many as 15 Diabetes Institute was asked to coordinate percent of all pregnancies are already being these efforts and work with the Ministry of affected by gestational diabetes. This is a sig- Health in developing a national training pro- nificantly higher proportion than in Europe or gram designed to bring healthcare staff up to North America where gestational diabetes is date with new information and techniques on also a problem. the management of gestational diabetes. Patients Helping Fund organizes cancer treatment workshop As part of its Nationwide Cancer Awareness Campaign

he Patients Helping Fund Society (PHFS) recently hosted a workshop in collabora- Ttion with a diversified group of medical experts and Axios International; a global healthcare consulting firm, aiming to further optimize the cancer patient’s journey especial- ly when it comes to treatment’s access. The workshop was held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Kuwait as a part of PHFS’s nationwide cancer awareness campaign entitled “Ro’ya” launched in collaboration with Novartis Oncology early this year under the theme of “Making their dreams a reality”. The workshop was attended by a diversi- fied group of medical experts representing the multidisciplinary team including Dr Faisal Al- Sayegh - Consultant Internal Medicine and Clinical Hematology , Dr Abdul Aziz Ramadan - Senior Specialist Endocrinology at Mubarak Hospital, Ajeel Al-Touq - Head of the Medical Committee of PHFS, Dr Sabah Al-Mansour - patient’s journey starting from diagnosis up to to help those that are in dire need of help. We their treatment that they cannot afford.” together and take action against these dis- Member at PHFS Medical Committee , Dr treatment access and follow up. The partici- are proud to cooperate today with Axios to eases. Abdul Rauf Al Shayeb - Member at PHFS pants then discussed thoroughly the various bring forth sustainable solutions to drive Raising awareness The Patients Helping Fund Society is urging Medical Committee, Taher Ibrahim - The First phases to identify the key challenges and sug- access to healthcare across Kuwait. Together, This year-long campaign aims at raising the public to join its efforts to help patients in Medical Committee Member and Mahmoud gested new mechanisms to overcome these with Axios, we will be able to develop and people’s awareness about the preventive “making their dreams a reality” in the fight Shaban - Member at PHFS Social Committee. challenges. Following that, participants then implement one-of-a-kind strategies that cre- measures and early detection methods to dif- against different cancer diseases. With the That was in addition to a number of other had comprehensive discussions followed by a ate sustainable solutions for the changing ferent cancer diseases, along with different help of a growing base of supporters, greater healthcare providers including pharmacists consensus of recommendations suggested to healthcare industry, especially in the field of ways patients can fight cancer and be produc- awareness and fast tracking its comprehensive and nurses. overcome the challenges across the patient’s oncology.” tive to their society while pursuing their approach to fighting cancer, the organization journey, including the role of the multidiscipli- Dr Al Touq added: “We at PHFS, constantly dreams. is focused on its goal to cancer survival. PHFS’s Different aspects nary team together with PHFS in supporting pledge to inform, educate and raise awareness ‘Ro’ya’ focuses on educating and informing strategy combines funding scientific and med- The workshop addressed different aspects those patients. on means to help cancer patients. For that, we the public on ABC (Advanced Breast Cancer); ical research, building and sustaining public related to what a cancer patient or survivor Commenting on PHFS’s initiative in hosting thank Allah and all those who are supporting CML (Chronic Myeloid Leukemia); MF and institutional support, providing hope and may be going through during their fight this workshop, Ajeel Al Touq said: “The Patients our initiatives including the Ministry of Health (Myelofibrosis); NET (Neuroendocrine Tumors) support for individuals and families living with against cancer. During the workshop, Axios Helping Fund Society plays a major humani- and Novartis Oncology for their superior and Acromegaly and has and will continue to the disease, and raising awareness among international shared the patient journey tarian role by exerting its utmost efforts in efforts in helping to provide cancer patients have a variety of activities and lectures around thousands of people in communities across roadmap and various steps of the cancer launching initiatives and awareness programs with the medication they require to complete the best ways the community can come the country each year.

KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) sponsored a ceremony organized by the Ministry of Education recently to honor top achieving high school graduates. MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015 TV PROGRAMS

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enny Frost no longer speaks to her former Atomic Kitten bandmates. The 37-year-old Jsinger insists she wishes “all the best” for Liz McLarnon and Natasha Hamilton, but she is still unhappy that original singer Kerry Katona was brought back to the group because she was unable to take part in ‘The Big Reunion’ because she was pregnant with twins. She said: “I’m not in contact with them any more which is a real shame.”But I didn’t like how things were han- dled with the reunion and Kerry replacing me. I won’t say too much, but I think it could have been managed better. I wish them all the best though.” However, Jenny - who has daughters Blake and Nico, two, with husband Vicente Juan Spiteri and seven-year-old son Caspar from a previous relationship - has no regrets about not rejoining the band as she is very content with her family life. She added to Closer magazine: “I mixed emotions mixed always say everything happens for a reason and I feel me not returning to Atomic Kitten was

Tommy Lee’s Tommy absolutely the right choice.”I love my life in Ibiza with my family. Going on a big tour with a girl band is just not for me anymore.” ommy Lee has “mixed” emotions about mixed emotions because I am happy, we are M’tley Cr¸e’s final tour. The group are set all happy but I’m also really sad.” Meanwhile, Tto embark on their last-ever gigs and singer Vince Neil reflected on the band’s the ‘Girls Girls Girls’ hitmaker - who will be lift- three-decade career and admitted he feels ed 200ft out into the audience and about 60ft “bittersweet” and is bound to get “choked up” into the air - thinks it will hit him most when on stage. He said: “We think about everything he plays their last song ‘Home Sweet Home’ we shared together; it’s something very few because he will be able to look out at the people get to experience. We got to experi- Spearswanted crowd, while playing the piano. Speaking at ence the highest highs and the lowest lows The Last Ever European Press Conference at together. We’ve been best friends, we’ve been The Law Society in London earlier this week, at odds with each other, and we’ve done stuff Tommy said: “It’s funny because in a couple of we didn’t even have any idea was possible. places we officially won’t be back. Japan and “The tour is kind of bittersweet. Sometimes I Australia, those two places we won’t be com- will be on stage, looking out and singing, and Richie for video ing back and it’s all pretty much about the I will get a little choked up.” M?tley Cr¸e’s ‘The last song for me. I’m kind of busy throughout Final Tour’ - on which Alice Cooper will sup- ritney Spears wanted Nicole Richie in her the rest of the show, for the last song I am sit- port on some dates - comes to Europe on ‘Pretty Girls’ video. The 33-year-old star has ting down playing piano and that’s the only November 2, kicking off at the Newcastle revealed she was originally eager for the fash- time I get to look out and see everybody. “It Metro Radio Arena in the UK, and tickets are B hits you then, wow this crazy. It’s definitely on sale now. ion designer to feature in the clip for her new single featuring Iggy Azalea, because she hoped they could be “valley girls” together. Speaking about the video - which premiered last month - she said: “I Hilton listens actually wanted Nicole Richie to be in it and I was like, ‘We could do something really funny, I know her really well, she’s a really, really sweet girl and we can be like valley girls’ and all of this kind of stuff. But to own songs what happened was we got the song from Iggy’s pro- ducers and it fit my voice so well and then we just end- ed up doing it and it worked out and then I got the idea aris Hilton always plays her own music. The singer, DJ and of the valley girl thing and it was really cool.” The track is socialite is a big fan of her own tunes and particularly enjoys the first to be taken from Britney’s as-yet untitled ninth stu- P“jamming” her new single while she is getting ready for the day. dio album, and now she has one collaboration under her belt, She said: “I always listen to music when I’m getting ready, usually one she admitted she is keen to involve more of her favourite acts on of my own songs. “I love jamming ‘High Off My Love’, by me.” The 34- the LP. When asked whether she has a list of other artists she hopes year-old star also enjoys enter- to work with, she told ITV’s ‘Good Morning Britain’: “Oh yeah! Ludacris, taining guests to her house with Gwen Stefani, Pharrell, Shania Twain, Celine Dion. There’s so many amaz- her own DJ sets in her private ing artists out there.” nightclub. She said: “I’ve had a nightclub built in my house next to my recording studio.”For my birthday, I had a couple of hun- dred people there and I did a DJ set.” As well as being a fan of her Lambert’s new LP own work, Paris also loves ‘Diamonds’ hitmaker Rihanna. She told Grazia magazine: “I check ‘like a therapy session’ Instagram first thing in the morn- ing. I love following Rihanna as she just posts whatever she dam Lambert’s new album “sounds like a therapy session”. The 33-year-old musician is wants. “She always looks hot and gearing up to release his third studio record ‘The Original High’ and revealed he used the she is always fun.” It was recently ALP as a way to try and figure out what he wants out of life, and feels he expressed so claimed the heiress will be per- much of himself it’s like he’s talking to a counselor. He told BANG Showbiz: “I would say that the forming at her sister Nicky’s big running theme throughout the album is the pursuit of happiness. Some of my previous upcoming wedding to James work and my life in my early twenties, was like most people, was about trying to figure out who Rothschild. The star is said to be I was, a search for identity. Now that that’s pretty much established I feel like the next chapter in DJ-ing at the event, which will my life is trying to figure out what works for me and what makes me happy, and what I want take place on July 10 at out of life. “The album’s about all of that, and it sounds like a therapy session.” The former Kensington Palace in London and ‘American Idol’ contestant - who has been touring with Queen for the past year - said despite is even considering singing a few making the collection, he is still no closer to figuring out the conundrum of what he wants out tunes for the happy couple and of life apart from knowing he wants to continue singing. He explained: “I think the original high their guests. is performing. I think it’s the obvious thing, but when I first got up on stage and first sang to an audience, that feeling, that was like the biggest rush, and it still is. But, you can never really get back your first time.” And Adam added he believes ‘The Original High’ - which is available to stream now on Amazon, and will be available to purchase on Monday - is his greatest piece of work so far. He said: “I feel like it’s my best album that I’ve done. Vocally I think it shows the most range for me, and different tones and colors and I achel McAdams had a “wonderful experience” work- think that we’ve nailed these concepts.” ing with James Franco. The 36-year-old actress had Rwanted to work with the eccentric actor for some time and was delighted to be cast alongside him in ‘Everything Will Be Fine’. She said: “He’s so easy to work with. Even though he plays a man who is haunted by his past, he was Beckham lands role in light-hearted on the set. “I’ve wanted to work with him for a long time. It was a wonderful experience.” When it comes to Ritchie’s King Arthur film choosing her projects, Rachel will consider “almost anything” if she likes the writing and the people involved with the pro- avid Beckham has landed a role in Guy Ritchie’s ‘Knights of the Roundtable: King duction. She said: “I judge projects by the people involved Arthur’. The retired soccer star has reportedly signed up for a part in his pal’s latest film, and the quality of the writing.”If I feel a connection to the Da Middle Ages epic starring Charlie Hunnam, Jude Law, Eric Bana and Poppy role, I’m willing to play almost anything. “Something either Delevingne, and will be joining the cast in donning medieval attire. A source shared: “There’s clicks or it doesn’t. Eastwood would going to be a version of the scene where Excalibur gets drawn from the stone. This is where But I have a roman- Beckham factors in.” The 40-year-old star - who played for England as well as the clubs tic side - I’m drawn Manchester United, Real Madrid and LA Galaxy during his successful career as a footballer - is to those stories.” ditch work for love unofficially credited on film database imdb.com as Rachel can next be playing “Blackleg leader” in the movie, which began seen in acclaimed cott Eastwood would give up his career for love. The ‘Longest Ride’ filming this week. And according to the website drama series ‘True actor knows it would be the “ultimate sacrifice” to turn his back on FilmDivider.com, “some football puns” were written Detective’ and is Shis passion so would only do so if he knew the woman in ques- into David’s scene. They added: “There’s a little bit of a excited for her fans tion was ‘The One’ Asked if he’d give up acting for the love of his life, he sense that Beckham’s character, who fancies himself as to see the show. said: “Yes I would. I think that’s the ultimate sacrifice and if I couldn’t see a big player in this story, gets a little ticked off when She told LOOK my life without her then of course. She would have to be ‘The One’ this other fellow, this upstart, is the one who can free magazine: “I’m so though.” Scott’s father is ‘American Sniper’ director Clint Eastwood and the sword.” David has previously worked with Guy - glad to be a part of he admits the Hollywood legend used to try and set him up on dates who was married to Madonna from 2000 to 2008 and it. It’s so interesting when he was younger. Asked if Clint ever set him up, he said: “Yes! When has been friends with the sports icon for years - on a to play this kind of I was 16 he was rooting for me and this older girl. He wanted me to short advert for H&M in 2013 and on a commercial for character, which make it happen and it did. He was so happy. “Would I trust him to pick Beckham’s Haig Whiskey. The tattooed hunk - who has I’ve never really me a girl? Yes sure. I absolutely would.” The 29-year-old actor falls in love children Brooklyn, 16, Romeo, 12, Cruz, 10, and three- done before.” working with Franco easily, but tries to bear in mind some advice he was given by his moth- year-old Harper with fashion designer wife Victoria

McAdams enjoyed er, Jacelyn Reeves. He explained to We Love Pop magazine: “I’ve been Beckham - is also set to make a cameo in the ‘Snatch’ the guy who falls immediately but my mom always told me to, ‘Give it director’s new film ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E’, which is all seasons’. If you give it a year then you’ll know if it’s right.” scheduled for release in August. LIFESTYLE37 MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015 Gossip

Cruise is a ‘cinema dictionary’ ir Roger Moore is a fan of the phrase “Bond crumpet”. The 87-year-old actor - who starred as British secret agent James Bond in seven films between 1973 and 1985 - om Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie are “cinema that you are capable of doing it without tearing muscle tis- Shas revealed he’d like to rename Bond girls, even though he risks incurring the wrath dictionaries”. Rebecca Ferguson - who stars alongside sue. “It was six hours a day, six times a week - for six weeks. I of social media users. He said: “Bond female doesn’t have the same ring to it, does it? Bond TTom in the much-anticipated ‘Mission: Impossible - forced myself to go to the gym. It was my mission.” This lady, perhaps? Or what about ... Bond crumpet?! “Oh, Bond crumpet will get an angry Rogue Nation’ - has revealed that the Hollywood star and comes shortly after Simon Pegg revealed he felt “obliged” brigade going on Twitter!” The London-born actor thinks political correctness has gotten Christopher, the movie’s director, are both avid film buffs. to do his own stunts opposite Tom Cruise. The actor - who out of hand and is comfortable calling Bond girls - who recently include the likes of Eva She shared: “Tom and Chris are walking cinema dictionar- has appeared alongside Tom in the ‘Mission: Impossible’ Green and Gemma Arterton - “Bond crumpet”. He told the Daily Mail newspaper: “When I ies. I’d have to go home and look up all the references movie franchise since 2006 - has admitted he felt com- was brought up, we were always boys and girls, and men and women. You would stand up they’d made.” Meanwhile, the 31-year-old actress revealed pelled to ditch the stuntman for the action scenes. Simon for a lady when she came into a room - but you get called a sexist pig if you show manners she underwent a rigorous fitness regime to prepare herself explained: “Tom never asks but he has a degree of profes- Sir Roger Moore: like that now. “The problem is that leading ladies get called all kinds of things today. But a for the role of Ilsa, a mysterious assassin in the new ‘Mission sionalism you feel obliged to match, because if you didn’t I like Bond crumpet Bond girl was always a Bond girl. The rest - the Bond female, Bond lady - doesn’t sound Impossible’ movie. She told the Daily Mail newspaper: you’d let the side down.”He did all the driving and I did all right. But I do like Bond crumpet!” “They checked my physique. They had to know whether I the sitting in the passenger seat screaming. It was huge could run, because for the stunt work they have to know fun.”

Ejiofor to star as Mordo in ‘Doctor Strange’ hiwetel Ejiofor will reportedly star as Baron Mordo in Marvel’s ‘Doctor Strange’. The 37-year- Cold actor will appear opposite Benedict Cumberbatch in the Scott Derrickson-directed movie, which is due out in November 2016. Although the character is typically portrayed as a villain in Marvel comic books, Deadline has suggested the Disney- owned company will downplay Mordo’s evil ways when he reaches the big screen. Meanwhile, Chiwetel’s new on-screen co-star Benedict insisted earlier this year that he doesn’t think it’s a risk to take on the lead role in a Marvel movie. The 38-year-old actor is confi- dent the film will be a success, observing that Marvel has an unrivaled ability to bring lesser-known characters to life. He shared: “I don’t think it’s a risk because of Marvel.”Marvel is a stable of bringing out ordinary comic characters and turning them into screen-like gods.” Benedict fought off competition from Ethan Hawke and oth- ers to claim the coveted role. Ethan said he’d come “as close as anybody could” to playing Doctor Strange. He also reflected: “We’re living in the age of Marvel. Marvel has a tremendous amount of power over what everybody’s going to see. They’re making movies at a high rate and they’re making them successfully.” Mumford promises to embrace new Fifty hris Pratt found acting with dinosaurs to be “a breeze”. The 35- Chris Pratt: Performing year-old Hollywood hunk - who stars alongside Bryce Dallas CHoward in the sci-fi movie ‘Jurassic World’ - has revealed he found Shades director it easy starring alongside invisible dinosaurs after appearing in the with dinosaurs was a breeze 2014 hit ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’. Chris - who stars as Velociraptor expert Owen Grady - said: “To be honest, after Groot and Rocket on loise Mumford will embrace the next director of the ‘Fifty Shades’ franchise “with ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’, a few dinosaurs are a breeze. What was really open arms”. The 28-year-old actress - who starred as Anastasia Steele’s roommate, fun was getting to approach that character from a real point of view - EKate Kavanagh, in the movie released earlier this year - was sad to see Sam Taylor- who would get that job in reality? “If dinosaurs have been around for Johnson walk away from the role of director, but she’s still eagerly looking forward to the 20 years and there’s a branch of the park that’s all about whether we next movie. Asked whether she suspected Sam would quit the franchise, Eloise exclusively can get raptors to behave as if they’re at Sea World - which will end told BANG Showbiz: “We didn’t even know when we were shooting if we would make the well, of course - how would someone approach that?” Chris also second or third movie. “There was always the anticipation of it, but it depended on the film revealed the lengths he went to in order to prepare for his on-screen coming out and doing incredibly well, which it did. So, while we were filming, we were all role. He told ShortList magazine: “I got to talk to some awesome people just concentrating on making the best movie that we possibly could. “We really succeed- who train tigers and grizzly bears, parrots and K9 dogs, in all different ed at that, I think, in large part to Sam Taylor-Johnson and what an incredible director she applications, from entertainment to war. “The techniques you see me is.” Despite regretting Sam’s decision to walk away, Eloise is looking forward to working use are actually real techniques people use on bears and such, which with a new director. She shared: “I loved working with her so much, I honestly can’t say was pretty cool. And, of course, there was a lot of dancing around look- enough things about working with her. It’ll be really ... I don’t know if sad is the right word, ing at nothing - a tennis ball or a light, or people in grey suits with rap- but we will miss her very much on set, because she really formed the film version of this tor heads on - and trying to make it believable. But, as I say, I’m kind of with such grace that I’m very curious to see who the next director is.”We will embrace him used to it. “And I hate to break it to you, but none of it is real. So going or her with open arms, but it was a really great experience getting to work with Sam.” ‘Fifty the extra mile to imagining invisible ancient reptiles really isn’t a big Shades of Grey’ is available on Digital HD now and Blu-ray, DVD on June 22, 2015 from leap.” Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.

endall Jenner is the face of Estée Lauder’s new perfume Modern Muse le Rouge. The Aniston rarely wears make-up K19-year-old model’s campaign for the scent follows a makeup ad she did for the brand that debuted earlier this year. Kendall revealed ennifer Aniston doesn’t wear make-up “most of the time”. The 46-year-old her excitement for her latest assignment in the star revealed her job has made her dislike the use of lots of beauty fashion world by posting an image on Jproducts because she prefers feeling “clean and fresh”. She said: Instagram of the shoot, which she captioned: “Most of the time I don’t wear makeup. When you’re working and “My first @esteelauder ad is out!! #ModernMuse people are caking it on your face it’s nice to feel clean and fresh. #KJ4EL (sic)”. Estée Lauder selected Kendall for “When I go out I’ll just use a tinted moisturizer, a little con- the campaign because the company believes cealer and mascara - then I’m good to go.” The ‘Cake’ actress the brunette beauty is the perfect model to - who is engaged to 43-year-old actor Justin Theroux - front the fragrance which is intended for “confi- instead swears by traditional methods to keep her skin dent” and “sexy” women and includes notes of feeling good. She explained: “Honestly, hydration and ripened roses, raspberry, pink pepper, vanilla drinking water. I’ve had four bottles already today! It’s a and jasmine. Wearing a blood-red suit with a big important thing. A lot of people forget about it, but plunging neckline, the image received more you have to remember. “I also firmly believe in the pow- than 500,000 likes within an hour of being post- er of beauty sleep - you can be as healthy as you like, ed on the social media site. Kendall is keeping but if you don’t get proper sleep your body will pay for busy with work amidst the media storm sur- it.” However, Jennifer - who grew up in Greece and New rounding her father, Bruce Jenner’s, public

York - admitted when she was younger she had a com- is the face of new transformation into a woman and is currently pletely different look to how she is today. Speaking in an shooting a fashion campaign for Calvin KIein in interview with HuffPost UK Style, she added: “My teenage Hong Kong with the pop-star Justin Bieber. years were probably some of the worst looks I’ve sported. I Kendall also has a clothing line in Topshop - was very goth - pale pale skin, dark dark lips. I colored my which she created with her younger sister Kylie own hair some horrible shade like ‘boysenberry’ or something. Jenner, 17 - and was encouraging her fans to hit It was not a good look. “Then I moved to California when I was 20 the shops on Twitter today. She wrote: “You can and saw all these granola crunching California kids - it was all about still get our new @KendallandKylie collection at the natural look there.” —Bang Showbiz @Nordstrom and @Topshop shop now before it Estée Lauder fragrance Jenner sells out!” lifestyle MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015 FASHION The 10th “Afrik” fashion show

Ivorian designer Pathe’O (center), who is known for being the creator of the shirts of late South African President Nelson Mandela, stands amongst models wear- ing his creations during the 10th “Afrik” fashion show in Abidjan yester- day.—AFP photos

Models present creations by Ivorian designer Pathe’O.

Dakar Fashion Week

Models present creations by fashion designer Valentin during the 15th edition of the Dakar Fashion Week at the Place de l’Obelisque (Obelisk Square) in Dakar yesterday. —AFP photos

Zak Kone Models present creations by fashion designer Colle Ardo Sow. Neger Jah lifestyle MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015 FEATURES Theodore Roosevelt’s home reopening after $10 million rehab

A third-story alcove in Theodore Roosevelt’s “gun room” contains the president’s favorite desk, one where he wrote and dictated to his secretary.

he massive elk, moose and buffalo heads are back up. The lion-, tiger- and bearskin rugs are back Tdown and the Lincoln, Jefferson and Grant portraits Theodore Roosevelt’s “Summer White House,” is shown at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. have been cleaned. Sagamore Hill, the Long Island man- sion that was Theodore Roosevelt’s home and “Summer White House,” is set to reopen following an extensive four-year, $10 million renovation by the National Park Service, a fitting custodian for the man who championed historic preservation. Every one of the 12,000 items owned by the 26th president, including an estimated 10,000 books and dozens of “trophies” from his hunting expeditions, were removed from the 28-room, Queen Anne Shingle style mansion and then painstakingly repaired and replaced exactly where he left them. “We hope that if he walked through the front door right now, he would think he was back during the presidential years,” said Susan Sarna, curator at Sagamore Hill for the past 25 years and project manager for the renovation. “We really do feel if he was in the library he would feel like he was brought back in time to his home.”

Invention of the telephone National Park Service officials received funding for the project in 2008, and after three years of planning - and packing - actual construction began in 2011. In addition to other improvements, the roof was replaced, founda- tion repaired and entire house’s electric system rewired. The three-story home built in 1885 and named by An Abraham Lincoln inkwell, and stirrup and a photograph of his wife Edith sit on Theodore Roosevelt’s Roosevelt after the Indian chief Sagamore Mohannis has Conservator Ronald Harvey of Lincolnville, Me, who specializes desk in his library at Sagamore Hill, the Long Island mansion that served as Roosevelt’s summer White 15 bedrooms and three bathrooms, as well as sitting in restoring natural history specimens, works on a moose head House, in Oyster Bay, NY. — AP photos shot by President Theodore Roosevelt, an avid hunter, in the rooms, offices and a large porch. It sits on 83 acres high 26th president’s formal dining room. atop a hill overlooking an inlet that leads to the Long Sarna contends scholars who study Roosevelt can Island Sound, about 35 miles east of Manhattan. “This is never completely understand the man without visiting the only home he actually owned. It was the summer Sagamore Hill. She said filmmaker Ken Burns came to White House; he was the first president to actually work Sagamore Hill and filmed part of his PBS documentary, during the summer because of the invention of the tele- “The Roosevelts,” before renovations began. “This home phone,” Sarna said. is his life. You look at his library and everything in there is Yanek Mieczkowski, a history professor at Dowling what he surrounded himself with,” she said. “If you really College on Long Island, said the larger-than-life want to know exactly who this man is you need to come Roosevelt had a reputation for traveling the globe, but here and sit in his chair, so to speak. He said Sagamore he always returned to the Long Island home where he Hill was his favorite place. He liked it more than the White died in 1919. “Spending summers there, he camped, House.” hiked, hunted, fished, and rode horse-back with his fami- The first floor features his office/library, where he ly - pursuits that he enjoyed and that matched his formi- entertained visiting dignitaries and held preliminary talks dable energy,” he said. “Roosevelt made the presidency aimed at ending the Russian-Japanese War. Roosevelt portable by bringing staff and paperwork to Sagamore was the first US president to win the Nobel Peace Prize Hill, but the retreat also functioned as his release valve.” for those efforts. A bright sitting room, decorated with colorful paintings selected by his wife Edith, sits opposite A gold-leaf covered eagle on the exteri- Before renovations the library. She insisted no animal heads were permitted or of President Theodore Roosevelt’s 28- there, Sarna said. A long room. dark hallway featuring a Personal mementos from the 26th president’s life fill the library. large head of an African living quarters, where the Roosevelts cape buffalo over a fire- reared six children. Roosevelt’s “gun place, leads to the North room,” an early 20th century version of a Room, or trophy room. It is “man cave,” has two desks and a gun cab- adorned with numerous elk inet. A prolific writer and reader, and buffalo heads and Roosevelt was known to read as many as dozens of mementos from two books a day and authored about his presidency and life three dozen of his own. before the White House. The official reopening is scheduled for July 12. Dignitaries including Prolific writer and reader Interior Secretary Sally Jewell are Roosevelt’s rifle and his expected to attend. Daily tours will Rough Rider hat worn dur- begin the following day; reservations ing the Spanish-American are currently being accepted. Sarna, a War are perched atop the former teacher, particularly enjoys vis- antlers of one of the elk its from schoolchildren. “Maybe they’ll heads, exactly where he be inspired to be a better person or kept them when he was take one of his writings and actually alive, Sarna said. The sec- read it. If we can do that then we’ve ond floor has the family’s actually done something.”—AP Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Rider hat hangs on the horns of an elk at Sagamore Hill. Theodore Roosevelt’s formal dining room at his summer White House in Sagamore Hill.

President Theodore Roosevelt’s Elk and bison heads along with mementos President Theodore Roosevelt received adorn the North Room, personal scale and an embroidered The view from the porch of Sagamore Hill in Oyster Bay. the 26th president’s “trophy room”. towel hang in his dressing room. Roosevelt’s home reopening after $10 million rehab

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Balinese women in traditional dress participate in a parade for the 37th Bali Art Festival in Denpasar on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali. The parade showcased traditional performers and cultural displays from Bali and other Indonesian provinces. — AFP A shepherd’s life proves a hit, in print and online

ames Rebanks sits in his stone farm- Political statement house, describing the hardscrabble A land of deep, narrow lakes, gray stone Jmountain life his family has known for walls and green-brown mountains, the Lake Steal the style spotlight with six centuries or more. Then his cell phone District attracts millions of campers, climbers rings. It’s a big London ad agency, hoping to and hikers each year, and has inspired artists vintage looks from twenty4’s sign him up for a project. Rebanks is proba- and poets since William Wordsworth 200 bly the world’s most famous shepherd, with years ago. But Rebanks felt one important summer collection a hit Twitter account, a best- selling book voice was missing. “If you go into any of the and TV crews rattling up the lane to his bookshops here, you’ll see hundreds and he new summer collection has arrived at twenty4 out- farm. He’s gratified by the attention, if a bit hundreds of books about the Lake District,” lets across the region bringing a fresh approach to bemused. “Somebody from Hollywood rang said the burly, talkative farmer. “You’ll strug- Thigh-end style at affordable prices. Inspired by laid up yesterday, wanting to make a movie out gle to find three or four that tell the story of back bohemian summer days the value fashion brand’s col- of my book,” the 40-year-old said. “Which is the people who live and work in the land- lection features tribal prints and vintage-inspired separates. completely bonkers.” scape. “Until fairly recently, people were still Embellishment adds a sparkle to everyday classics and floral Readers around the world have flocked talking about this landscape being ‘discov- casuals provide stylish summer staples as temperatures soar to Rebanks’ dispatches from a way of life ered’ or’ invented’ in the 18th century by throughout the Middle East. that has - against the odds - survived indus- Wordsworth and people like that,” he said. Offering catwalk trends with designer-inspired pieces at trialization, globalization and mass tourism. “Our way of life was fully formed before that value prices in over 22 stores across the region, the twenty4 On Twitter, his descriptions of lambing and person ever put pen to paper.” summer collection features adult, children and contempo- haymaking have attracted 65,000 followers. Rebanks’ memoir describes that way of rary youth ranges. Full of lively statements, the collection “The Shepherd’s Life,” his book recounting life, whose essence has changed little over features the versatile jumpsuit in a selection of floral tributes the rhythms of the rural year and the daily the centuries. It is partly an account of a shep- splashed on ocean coloured backgrounds, along with floral struggle to make ends meet, is a best-seller herd’s year, from the treacherous snowdrifts print joggers and jersey pants- both wardrobe staples which in Britain and Canada and is being translat- of winter to the burst of new life in spring. It’s have continued from previous seasons. ed into German and Swedish. The New York also partly a political statement: “If we want Shepherd James Rebanks rounds up a flock of sheep as his son Isaac sits on a quad The contemporary womenswear and female youth Times called it “captivating.” to understand the people in the foothills of bike in Matterdale, England.—AP photos ranges include seasonal trends such as popular tribal and Separately, British broadcaster ITV is Afghanistan, we may need to try and under- geometrical prints brought to life in unstructured casual kaf- making a reality show called “Flockstars” stand the people in the foothills of England he describes a male sheep, or tup, as looking tans and skater dresses. Bold colours give a striking edge to that will see celebrities compete in sheep- first,” he writes. It’s also a primal story of like Russell Crowe in “Gladiator,” and the com- flowing feminine button down blouses with primary hues dog trials. And “Rams,” a movie about fathers and sons, poverty and struggle. parison seems entirely reasonable. When he consistent throughout each story in the collection. The Icelandic shepherds and their flocks, won a Rebanks left school at 15 to work on the farm, sells one prized ram, he misses seeing him, “as twenty4 men’s collection is a cool balance of smart casual major prize at last month’s Cannes Film but clashed with his father and with the bru- if I once had a Van Gogh on my wall and now with shirts and pants in muted khaki and basic white. Key Festival. Suddenly, sheep seem to be every- tal economics of farming. He earned a degree it is gone.” wardrobe pieces in the menswear summer collection also where. But they have been the center of in history from Oxford University in his 20s, “It’s as complicated looking at a great include retro button down shirts and slogan tees. Denim Rebanks’ life for as long as he can remem- came home and struggled to keep the family Herdwick as it is looking at a great painting,” gets interesting with the stylish jogger vibe influencing the ber. He belongs to one of the few hundred farm going. The last few decades have been Rebanks said. Part of the appeal of “The classic masculine cut. families who farm the valleys and moun- hard for small farmers. Most have second Shepherd’s Life” for many readers is its focus Ice-cream tones and soft pastel colours with adorable tains, or fells, of the Lake District in north- jobs; Rebanks works as an adviser on sustain- on place and belonging, things many of us flower prints give the twenty4 summer collection for chil- west England. It’s a rugged area that has able tourism to the UN cultural organization, think we’ve lost in our hectic, uprooted lives. dren a touch of energy and fun for little girls along with clas- produced stubborn people, as well as sturdy UNESCO. Colin Dickerman, editorial director of Flatiron sic stripes, soft denim and bold prints in easy-care linen for sheep whose homing instinct means they “We’ve been going to disappear for 200- Books, the volume’s US publisher, said mem- boys. The summer collection is now available across the can graze, unfenced, on the unhospitable odd years,” he said. “That’s always been the oirs “are often about trying to leave some- twenty4 store network of 28 outlets in Bahrain, Oman, high fells. story. Nearly all books about shepherds are where: kids from small towns who want to Kuwait, KSA, Qatar and the UAE. Twenty4 combines all the escape to the city, people who are sick of the benefits of a specialty store under one roof with on-trend, city and want to move to the country.” “This affordable fashion at your fingertips. was about trying to stay in one place. To me James Rebanks carries a sheep in that was really fascinating.” Rebanks has been Matterdale. delighted by others’ interest in his life and work. His Twitter account, Herdwick ‘The Last Shepherd.’ There’s always ‘last’ in it Shepherd, has fans around the world. When because it adds a touch of romance.” he live-tweeted the birth of Floss’s puppies in March, he briefly became an Internet sensa- Irresistible enthusiasm tion. Rebanks is determined not to be the last He said the popularity reassures him “that of anything. He lives with wife Helen and people do care about the land, even if they’re three children aged between 3 and 9 in a very long way from it.” “I think there’s a sort Matterdale, one of the Lake District’s many of Harvard Business School way of looking at narrow valleys. The family owns 450 sheep, the world which is to say, because it’s old- rising to 1,000 after lambing season. One fashioned, because it doesn’t make very recent day, with a journalist in tow, he much money, people should rationally hopped on his quad bike and drove some of choose to go off and be IT consultants or his flock down narrow lanes to low-lying bankers in the City of London,” he said. “I think fields, with the help of his skilled sheepdogs, in my early 20s I bought into that. I thought, Tan and Floss. Rebanks loves sheep, especially we’re on the wrong side of history. It’ll all dis- the indomitable, white-faced Herdwicks, and appear. “Twenty-something years later I’m he writes about them with irresistible enthu- looking at it, and we haven’t gone any- siasm. At one point in “The Shepherd’s Life,” Shepherd James Rebanks sits with his dogs Tan and Floss. where.”—AP