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Emsak: 03:04 Fajer: 03:14 Shrooq: 04:48 Dohr: 11:47 Asr: 15:21 Maghreb: 18:45 Eshaa: 20:16 Only KD 238m budgeted Min 28º Max 43º for fuel and gas subsidies High Tide 09:01 & 22:03 Low Tide Allocation for treatment abroad also slashed 02:48 & 15:48 40 PAGES NO: 16896 150 FILS Ali remembered in By B Izzak KUWAIT: Head of the National Assembly’s budgets com- Muslim world as mittee MP Adnan Abdulsamad said yesterday the budget for the 2016/2017 fiscal year includes KD 238 million for voice of change subsidies for petroleum and gas products. The amount is far less than the “billions of dinars” that used to be allocat- CAIRO: Of all Muhammad Ali’s travels, his 1964 ed in fuel subsidies in previous years, when the oil price trip to Egypt was perhaps the most symbolic, was well over $100 a barrel. The new announcement bringing him face to face with President Gamal comes amid reports that the government plans to par- Abdel Nasser, who had punched above his own tially lift subsidies on petrol next month after the weight as a champion of Third World struggles. Assembly starts its summer recess. Nasser was viewed with suspicion by the United Press reports said yesterday the government plans to States, but revered across much of Africa and Asia raise prices of various grades of petrol by between 40 for confronting European colonial powers. For the percent and 80 percent to considerably reduce the newly crowned heavyweight champion, being amount of subsidies it pays for fuel. Last year, Kuwait received by one of America’s chief enemies completely lifted subsidies on diesel, kerosene and avia- announced his arrival on the global stage as a tion fuel. Abdulsamad said the budget also includes KD powerful voice of change. 310 million for ration card subsidies offered to Kuwaitis. The boxing genius and revolutionary political The amount covers subsidies for food items and con- views of Ali, who died Friday at age 74, emerged struction materials. The committee however urged the when America’s civil rights movement was in full ministry of commerce and industry, which oversees swing and the Vietnam war raged on, sharply divid- ration card subsidies, to review the cost of food items ing Americans. The Muslim world was also gripped offered to citizens in light of the sharp drop in oil prices by upheaval, stemming from the withdrawal of the and transportation costs. colonial powers and the onset of the Cold War. The new budget also allocates KD 266 million for aid Nasser, a popular Arab nationalist and Soviet ally, to friendly and sisterly countries, said Abdulsamad, had emerged as a leading opponent of American adding that the committee called on the finance ministry “imperialism,” and his fiery speeches touched on to monitor that aid is spent in areas specified by the deci- themes that would later be embraced by Ali. sions. Other subsidies in the budget include KD 300 mil- Ali’s conversion to Islam won him the support of BEIRUT: A general view shows a large lantern decorating the street in front of the Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque in downtown Beirut yesterday as Muslims prepare for the holy fasting month of Ramadan. The lion in social aid to 42,000 recipients, including divorced many across the region. women or those married to stateless people and others. Continued on Page 13 Moon Sighting Authority of Kuwait’s Ministry of Justice yesterday announced that today, Monday June 6, is the first day of Ramadan for the Hijri year 1437. — AFP Continued on Page 13 MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2016 LOCAL

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Dr Nasser Jassem Al-Sane, His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Saleh Mohammad Al-Mosawi, Dr Mohammad Abdullah Al-Elaim, Dr Bader Ahmad Al-Nashi, and Mohammad Hussein Al-Dalal. Fadel Safar Ali Safar, lawmaker Ahmad Lari and Mubarak Saleh Al-Nejada.— Amiri Diwan photos Amir receives host of figures Amir receives Ramadan greetings KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Earlier yesterday, His Highness the tions and warm wishes on the holy Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Amir received His Highness the Crown month of Ramadan by a host of top Sabah received a host of figures at Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al- state officials and figures. His Bayan Palace yesterday afternoon. His Jaber Al-Sabah, Speaker of the Highness the Amir received cables Highness the Amir’s audience includ- National Assembly Marzouq Ali Al- from His Highness the Crown Prince, ed Dr Nasser Jassem Al-Sane, Ghanem, His Highness the Prime National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Mohammad Abdullah Al-Elaim, Dr Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al- Al-Ghanem, National Guard Chief His Bader Ahmad Al-Nashi, and Hamad Al-Sabah as well as First Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al- Mohammad Hussein Al-Dalal. His Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Sabah, Deputy National Guard Chief Highness the Amir also received Saleh Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Al- Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Mohammad Al-Mosawi, Dr Fadel Safar Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. Sabah, His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al- Ali Safar, lawmaker Ahmad Lari and Meanwhile, His Highness the Crown Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, His Mubarak Saleh Al-Nejada. Prince received Ghanem, His Highness Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh His Highness the Amir meanwhile Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak, Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak, and Foreign received Deputy Prime Minister and Sabah Al-Khaled, Sheikh Khaled Al- Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled. Defense Minister Sheikh Khaled Al- Jarrah and Deputy Prime Minister and In their cables, the state top offi- Jarrah Al-Sabah and Iraqi Defense Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad cials wished His Highness the Amir Minister Khaled Al-Obaidi. During Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. His the best of health and the homeland, the meeting, the Iraqi Defense Highness the Crown Prince also the Arab and Muslim world prosperi- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah reads a letter from Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Minister delivered a written letter to received Deputy Prime Minister, ty. His Highness the Amir sent reply Al-Abadi, delivered by Iraqi Defense Minister Khaled Al-Obaidi. His Highness the Amir from the Iraqi Minister of Finance and Acting cables in which he expressed grati- Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi. The Minister of Oil Anas Khaled Al-Saleh tude for the warm sentiments and Islamic nations on advent of the Holy including Ghanem, National Guard Highness the Prime Minister will be letter touched on issues of common and Minister of Information and prayed God Almighty bless Kuwait Month of Ramadan. His Highness Chief His Highness Sheikh Salem Al- receiving the well-wishers on the interests and the latest regional and Minister of State for Youth Affairs with prosperity, stability and security expressed good wishes for the Arab Ali Al-Sabah and Sheikh Mubarak Al- advent of Ramadan during the international developments. Deputy Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al- and also bless all peoples of the and Islamic nations on the blessed Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, in fourth day of the Holy Month at the Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs Humoud Al-Sabah. world with peace. Furthermore, His occasion. His Highness the Crown addition to cabinet ministers, gover- late Sheikh Mubarak Al-Hamad Al- Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah attended In other news, His Highness the Highness the Amir exchanged greet- Prince also exchanged Ramadan nors, state officials, diplomats, citi- Sabah Diwan located in Al-Shaab the meeting. Amir received cables of congratula- ing cables with leaders of Arab and greetings with top state officials zens and expatriates. Separately, His seaside area.— KUNA

Kuwait, France Local Spotlight discuss ties Korea, the future - Part II

KUWAIT: Interior Ministry Undersecretary Lieutenant General Suleiman Al-Fahad stressed the ‘strong’ bilateral ties with France, which he described as ‘excellent’ in all domains. Fahad made this remark during a meeting with the French Ambassador to Kuwait Christian Nakhla, Public Relations Department at the Ministry of Interior said in a By Muna Al-Fuzai press statement yesterday. The statement added that the meeting shed light on promoting bilateral ties and discussed security coordina- tion between the two countries that has seen great progress lately. The French envoy meanwhile praised this security cooperation, expressing aspiration to make more [email protected] progress through exchange of expertise. — KUNA ne of the scenarios that may work for the unifica- tion is South Korea absorbing the North without a Kuwaiti, Singaporean Obloody war, because a unified Korea would face three strategic choices: Continuing the alliance with the meeting discusses United States, becoming an independent regional power, or tilting toward China. Clearly the issue of reunification latest development has been very divisive in the South Korean society between progressives and conservatives. I think it will take longer than expected. A unified Korea could SINGAPORE: Chief of the National Security Bureau (NSB) become a balanced power and an intermediary between Sheikh Thamer Ali Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, who is cur- the great powers of China and Russia. rently on a visit to Singapore, discussed yesterday with Unification will offer North Koreans a golden opportu- Singaporean Minister of Defense and Foreign Affairs Ng nity to engage with the outside world and upgrade their Eng Hen the latest developments on the regional and living standards, infrastructure and industry. For this rea- international arenas. son, policy decision makers need to continue to discuss The bureau said in a statement that Sheikh Thamer met on how a unified Korea will behave and the shape of the Hen, on the sideline of the Asia Summit 2015, and dis- US-South Korea alliance, plus US-China ties. Answers to cussed with him means of enhancing bilateral relations. these questions are speculative and difficult to conceptu- The statement also added that Sheikh Thamer conveyed alize in this short column. greetings from the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of I was also a guest speaker at Hankuk University of Defense Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah to Hen. — KUNA Foreign Studies. I made a presentation about women’s rights and the role of journalism in the Middle East. It was an open discussion with young Koreans. I told them that Minister launches this meeting is an opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience about the future of Korea between its central part of young people and a Kuwaiti and other Arab women from the Middle East. One of the key topics of discussion was the rights of working mothers, and I was amazed with Jahra Road the mutual concerns between Korea and the Middle East. KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works As for food and Korean eating habits, it was really a and Minister of State for National great experience to try Korean food and learn more Assembly Affairs Ali Al-Omair about Koreans’ passion for healthy food and lifestyle. opened yesterday the central part They are very careful about the quality and quantity of of Al-Jahra Road. During a the food consumed, and I know for sure that obesity is groundbreaking ceremony, the not an issue there. Smoking is forbidden nearly every- minister said in a press statement where except for a few open places. They are keen on that the road, once completed, healthy living. I conclude this article with few significant would be a very vital part of remarks made by the UN Secretary-General to the Jeju Kuwait’s highway network. He Forum for Peace and Prosperity on May 26, 2016. He appreciated the efforts of the said that many factors today drive crises, from gover- ministry, the contractor and the nance failures to human rights violations, and climate advisory body in the completion Minister Ali Al-Omair change remains a major concern. He added that the UN of the project, hoping that the will continue to support democratic reforms across Asia. remaining parts of the highway would be finished in the The UN Secretary-General concluded his speech by call- near future. ing everyone to join forces to enable this continent to The minister vowed that Al-Jahra Road and other con- create a better future and a better future for all the peo- struction projects would be completed as scheduled. ple around the world. The visit to Korea had a full agen- Meanwhile, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Public Works da, but the rich topics and new places we visited, as well Engineer Awatef Al-Ghuneim said the central part of Al- as the officials and people we met, made it worth the Jahra Road consists of three bridges and the project com- time and efforts we all put in. I made many new friends pletion rate hit 92 percent. She pointed out that the including members of the delegation that came from remaining part of the highway would be launched by various countries. Thank you Korea Foundation. You September 2016. — KUNA have a great nation. MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2016 LOCAL

Legalese Kuwait’s PAHW, Hill International What happens if sign $78 m South Mutlaa contract KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Housing General Bader Al-Wugayyan said the five- you’re fired Welfare (PAHW) and the US Hill year contract has an estimated value to Hill International, the global leader in manag- of approximately KD 23.5 million ($78.7 by telephone? ing construction risk, have concluded a million). He expected that the perspective five-year contract to provide program man- winning contractor would sign the housing agement consultancy services during city infrastructure contract by the end of By Fajer Ahmed development of South Al-Mutlaa City. June. He elaborated that the contract with Minister of State for Housing Affairs the US company allows it to provide pro- write often about employment issues because Yasser Abul said in a press statement on the gram management consultancy services the point of my articles is not only to create sidelines of the signing ceremony held at during the project, noting that South Al- Iawareness, but more importantly to assist as the PAHW headquarters that the contract is Mutlaa City is a new Kuwaiti city develop- many people as possible. I am very grateful for part of the PAHW’s fresh approach of hous- ment on a site of 102,64 square kilometers this opportunity to make a difference and I am ing projects in Kuwait. (nearly 40 square miles). South Al-Mutlaa grateful to my readers who continue to email me He said the new approach is based on project consists of 12 suburbs including and trust me with their legal concerns. Thank you! the execution of such housing projects and roughly 28,363 houses, covering 400 cities, provided that timetables, quality, square meters each. It is located 40 km And since I write in English and not Arabic contract preparation and coordination and northwest of Al-Jahra City. It has a total of (fortunately and unfortunately), a good number finance be committed by renowned world 30,000 housing units. of the questions that I get are by expats who KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al- companies. Kuwaiti Ambassador in Kuwait Hill International provides program may have difficulty understanding the law. So Douglas Silliman hailed in a press state- management, project management, con- please allow me to write the topics that I think Sabah chaired the High Petroleum Commission’s (HPC) 111th meeting at Bayan Palace yesterday. — KUNA ment cooperation between the PAHW and struction management, construction will be the most beneficial to my readers, even the US Hill International, pointing to histor- claims and other consulting services prima- if it means repeating parts of the information ical relations between the US and Kuwait in rily to the buildings, transportation, envi- provided. the housing field. He added that several ronmental, energy and industrial markets. Recently, I got a case of a young Western man American companies had previously Engineering News-Record magazine who was hired to complete a job - let us use the Human trafficking should designed cities and houses in Kuwait, hail- recently ranked Hill as the seventh largest term ‘freelancer’ to make it easier. So this man ing the Hill International as a highly-reput- construction management firm in the has a talent and he was hired to complete an be dealt with through ed company. Meanwhile, PAHW Director- United States.— KUNA ‘artistic’ job. Now the contracts for such jobs are different than your regular employment contract national strategy: Minister - for starters, they have a set time and require a set of skills. KUWAIT: Human trafficking and migrants protect and build various levels of partner- smuggling in all of its manifestations ships, he said. Meanwhile, Director General Fired by phone should be dealt with through setting up a of Public Authority of Civil Information Question: I was at the office finalizing my proj- national strategy, Minister of Justice and (PACI) Musaad Al-Asousi said a data base ect. I had a few days left until the submission of Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs on statistics and demography of all nation- the project, but I was told that my work was not Yagoub Al-Sane stressed yesterday. Human alities will be available to help the strategy up to standard, without any explanation. Later trafficking is a direct violation to human to achieve its goal. that day, I got a phone call from the project man- rights, the minister said in a press confer- In the meantime, Interior Ministry ager saying I was no longer needed and that I ence on the matter. Assistant Undersecretary for Criminal He added that the Kuwaiti constitution Security Major General Abdulhamid Al- should not show up to work. What should I do? protects the rights of people regardless of Awadhi said that a human trafficking Fajer: Rule number one for any job - freelance their race and nationalities, hence comes department was established and 8 persons or not, for any job position, no matter what the the importance of setting up a national were arrested. He noted that there is an KUWAIT: Minister of State for Housing Affairs Yasser Abul looks on as the Public reason is - you should always get an ‘official’ ter- strategy to counter human trafficking and existing cooperation with international Authority for Housing Welfare (PAHW) and the US Hill International sign the agree- mination letter. You cannot be terminated by a migrant smuggling. This national strategy, organizations and the U.S. embassy to ment. — KUNA phone call. You are terminated by an official letter, once approved by the Cabinet, will prevent, combat this phenomenon. — KUNA an email, a correspondence. If your boss decides to tell you that you are terminated via a phone call or at the office, your response to them should be “Can I have it in writing?” Always ask for things in writing, especially something as serious as a termination letter. If your boss refuses to give you your termina- tion in writing, then please continue to go to work. Continue to go to work until you have an ‘official’ termination letter. I know it sounds silly - why would I go to work if I was told not to? Well as a lawyer, I want to protect my client. If my client does not show up to work without an ‘offi- cial’ termination, then my client can be accused of absconding or can be terminated later for not showing up to work for seven days in a row in accordance with the Kuwait labor law. Therefore, it is better to be safe than sorry. Also, as I said earlier, freelancers have different clauses in their contracts than what is contained in a regular employment contract. It usually comes with a clause that states that if the ‘free- lancer’ does not show up to work or does not complete the work on time, or does not complete the work to a certain standard, then the relation- ship is terminated. This can cause some issues, as sometimes it is not clear whether a certain photo KUWAIT: Minister of Justice and Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Yagoub Al- or video is up to a certain standard, so I highly Sane speaks during the press conference. — KUNA suggest that such specifications should be writ- ten clearly in the contract. Be as specific as you can (if this does not have a negative effect on your work). Education Minister conveys

Calling security Amir’s congratulations Question: You advised me to go to work since my termination is not official yet. But since I to school graduates was clearly told not to go to work, I am afraid to go to the office. What if they call security KUWAIT: Minister of Education and ing their study in university. and kick me out? Minister of Higher Education Bader Al-Essa He, meanwhile, denied what has been Fajer: I do not know how your management or conveyed yesterday congratulations of His posted on social media that male and colleagues think, and although I can predict a few Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad female students will share same actions from my humble experience, I can’t Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to high school gradu- University’s classrooms in the upcoming always know what will happen. It may well be ates. Speaking at a news conference fol- year, upon the fact that a legislation was that when you do show up to work, security is lowing the announcement of high school announced by constitutional court to sep- called in, and they move you out. But I am wor- diplomas’ recipients, the minister said arate male and female students in class- about 100 seats at Kuwait University are rooms. He noted that this matter would ried about my client having an absconding case allocated to non-Kuwaiti students, who be considered later. Undersecretary of filed against him, so I would rather have proof have a GPA of 90 percent and more. He Education’s Ministry Haitham Al-Athari (witnesses, security cameras and so on that he congratulated both male and female stu- also congratulated all students on their was not allowed to go to work). dents, wishing them further success dur- success. — KUNA There are other things that should be of con- cern to freelancers when they enter work con- tracts and I shall be writing about them in the near future. But for now, I wanted to share with you one of the cases that I received this week, in the hope that these mistakes will not occur again and that employers and employees are both aware of the situations that can happen and how to avoid them and be fair to both parties. For any legal questions or queries, email [email protected].

Longest daytime on 17 Ramadan

KUWAIT: The 17th day of the Holy Month of Ramadan, KUWAIT: Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education Bader Al-Essa coinciding with June speaks during a press conference to announce the results of high school finals in 22nd, is the longest public and Arabic private schools. — Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh day of the year with 14 hours and two minutes of daytime, Kuwait Civil Aviation Dasman Institute launches diabetes meteorologist Essa Ramadan said yester- awareness programs in Ramadan day. The Kuwaiti meteorologist said Meteorologist KUWAIT: The Dasman Diabetes Institute is In addition, the institution pays great that the daytime Essa Ramadan eager to launch comprehensive training attention to scientific research in order to average of the fast- and awareness programs on the disease reach the most effective methods for dia- ing month will be at around 14 hours, adding that during the Muslim holy fasting month of betes prevention, and treatment. Part of this, Ramadan this year coincided with the summer sol- Ramadan. All through the year, the Institute several researchers are being carried out in stice. Temperature in Kuwait will soar, partly due to already organizes awareness workshops on Kuwait, focusing on diabetes and conse- the solstice phenomena, said Ramadan, adding that the health of diabetic patients, to help quences of the disease, Duwairi said. Up to the heat will be felt especially during the noon time. them to cope with the disease, in line with 8,189 patients are recorded at the Dasman Temperatures will gradually lower by September, the international recommendations and Diabetes Institute, while up to 136,948 oth- said the official. — KUNA criteria, said Director General Dr Qais Saleh ers visited it to receive treatment since it was Al-Duwairi in a press statement. opened in June 2006. —KUNA

MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2016 LOCAL Bedoons issue not discussed during Comoros visit: MP

By A Saleh Ad producer prosecuted tions in mosques, while the remaining were Minister of Commerce and Industry Yousef only allowed to collect donations at their KUWAIT: MP Saud Al-Huraiji warned the govern- Al-Ali yesterday referred both the producer of headquarters. “The Awqaf ministry made a ment of taking any steps towards deporting a commercial ad and the store advertised to list of the mosques allocated to each chari- bedoons (stateless) to the public prosecution. Notably, the ad by the ty,” she explained, pointing out that no cash any country, especially private company selling protein products and donations would be made and that all to the Comoros. Huraiji food supplements used in body building and donations would be done through K-Net, also criticized what he sports in general showed girls in swimsuits bank deductions, e-payment devices and described as rumors and young men dressed in national outfits online payment. She also urged all donors Sports cars are impounded following a crackdown in South Surra. claiming that a parlia- with the Kuwait Towers and popular malls in to verify the identities of donation collec- mentary delegation vis- the background. tors before donating. ited the Comoros earlier this year to discuss Ramadan donations Emergency lanes sending bedoons there. Director of the charities department at the The Ministry of Interior’s (MoI) security “It was only a protocol Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MSAL) media and relations department director MP Saud Al-Huraiji visit,” he stressed. Munira Al-Kandari warned all charities Brigadier Adel Ahmad Al-Hashash stressed involved in the Ramadan charity collection that in view of the heavy traffic during Courts’ roundup project against violating any charity work Ramadan, the timings of allowing motorists The court of appeal yesterday rejected a first rules and stressed that penalties would go as to drive on the left emergency lanes would be instance ruling returning former Kuwait far as closing down the violating charity. adjusted to be from 8:00 am to 12:00 noon. Airways’ Chairman Sami Al-Nisf to his post and Kandari explained that MSAL had formed Hashash explained that this would be allowed dismissed the case. The court explained that three field inspection teams - one team for on King Abdul Aziz Highway from the sixth to Minister of Communication Essa Al-Kandari’s every two governorates that would cooper- the third ring roads, King Fahd Highway from decision to dismiss Nisf from office was legally ate with the Ministry of Interior (MoI), the the sixth to the first ring roads, Fifth Ring correct as he had referred him to retirement municipality and the manpower authority to Road until Andalus and King Faisal Road from after he decided to purchase five used Airbus follow up all donation collection operations. the sixth to the fourth ring roads, on condi- planes from an Indian company for KAC. Kandari added that individuals caught tion that all motorist observe the maximum Meanwhile, the court of cassation yesterday illegally collecting donations would be speed of 45 km per hour on these lanes. postponed hearing former MP Abdullah referred for investigations, have the funds Hashash said that trucks would be Firefighters tackle a blaze in a vehicle at King Fahad Road. Barghash’s request to change the judge hearing raised confiscated and have their bank allowed on streets from 8:00 am to 10:30 am his citizenship withdrawal case till June 12. accounts closed, in addition to deporting and from 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm. He also not- Separately, the criminal court yesterday expatriate offenders. Kandari explained that ed that all traffic light timings would be Sports cars impounded released five defendants accused of forging 16 out of the 22 charities operating in rescheduled to match the new rush hours at mall’s parking lot their citizenships on KD 1,000 bail each. Kuwait got MSAL approval to collect dona- from 9:30 am till 3:30 pm. MP wants court ruling on By Hanan Al-Saadoun industrial Jahra transformer. Occupational GCC committee Jahra fire center responded and the fire was approves food safety road allowance enforced KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry’s traffic put out. No injuries were reported. department noticed an unlicensed gather- recommendations ing of sports cars at night on an almost dai- Food campaigns By Meshaal Al-Enezi ‘road allowance’ but the company had ly basis in the parking lot of 360 Mall in Kuwait Municipality continued its RIYADH: Concluding its meeting yesterday, the GCC been stalling. South Surra, which could cause traffic chaos inspection campaigns on various restau- Ministerial Committee for Food Safety approved a num- KUWAIT: MP Dr Abdullah Al-Turaiji yester- and disturb residents, which constitutes a rants, cooperatives, markets, stores and ber of recommendations which aim to achieve the day urged Anas Al-Saleh, Deputy Prime New building codes violation of the law. He said as soon as the foodstuff companies. The inspection and goals of food safety. Essa Al-Kandari, head of Public Minister, Finance Minister of Communication and cars were noticed, traffic department municipality services at the municipality Authority for Food and Nutrition, said that the execu- Minister and acting Minister of State for Municipal Affairs Essa patrols went to the area, closed entrances branch of Hawally governorate launched a tive regulations of GCC unified law on food and the Oil Minister to Al-Kandari yesterday issued a ministerial and exits of the parking lots, and impound- major campaign in Salmiya that included organizational structure were endorsed as part of these interfere and man- decision amending the conditions of con- ed 54 vehicles, while two juveniles were stores, butcher shops, markets and co-ops. recommendations. Among topics discussed in the meeting date Kuwait Gulf struction in private and ideal residential arrested for driving without a driving The campaign resulted in issuing seven was an approval of organizing a Gulf day on food safety on April Oil Company to areas. According to the new conditions, license. Sixty traffic citations were issued. general hygiene citations, and eight under- 15 every year and amendments of the GCC guide for control on execute a court owners are allowed to build a maximum Separately, thirteen vehicles were impound- takings. imported food, he added. Kandari expressed his gratitude to order issued in area of 100 square meters on the roofs of ed and a man was sent to jail during a cam- Saudi Arabia, GCC secretariat and officials for the warm recep- favor of some of its the second floors of their houses provid- paign on Second Ring Road, while 16 traffic Service centers’ timings tion and hospitality, and better organization. marine drilling ed the built area does not overlook the citations were issued for driving recklessly, The Interior Ministry’s service centers Earlier, Dr Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Meshal, CEO employees in main street. in addition to other violations. department announced working hours of Saudi Food and Drug Authority, referred, in a speech, to MP Dr Abdullah Khafji. Turaiji noted The new conditions also allow the during Ramadan as follows: Centers work- challenges facing GCC member states in terms of food safe- Al-Turaiji that all court building an elevator for the disabled and Car catches fire on King Fahad Road ing during the morning hours will operate ty as they depend greatly on imported food. He stressed orders issued in His annexing one to already standing build- Fire broke out in a car on King Fahd Road from 10 am to 2:30 pm. Centers working in that GCC states work on building a system of unified legisla- Highness the Amir’s name should take ings provided the neighbors approve it near Jabriya. Mishref fire center responded the afternoon will operate from 3:00 pm to tions and mechanisms for ensuring safe food for citizens in effect immediately. Turaiji explained that and a certificate attested by the disabled and put out the fire. No injuries were report- 6:00 pm, and those open on weekends will member states. —KUNA the concerned employees work for the authority proves that a disabled person ed. Meanwhile, a fire was reported in an operate from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm. company and the court entitled them to lives in the house. MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2016 FROM THE ARABIC PRESS

Al-Anbaa Crime Illegal donations Report Brotherhood turban Man admits beating wife, defends actions

By Salah Al-Sayer KUWAIT: A woman complained to police that her husband beat her, but the husband, an Iranian, said, “It is up to me - he story of the shemagh or keffiyeh was she is my wife and I can beat her.” A security source said brought back to light when a Lebanese the Iranian woman went to Salwa police station and Tdesigner designed women’s shoes inspired sought help as her husband beat her for leaving the house by the shemagh and its two popular colors - red without telling him. He was detained at the police station and black, which annoyed some Arabs, who for further legal action. missed the fact that are different stories about the origin of the shemagh. The stories include that the shemagh was originally Turkish, known Wife threatened as ‘yeshmek’ which means a hijab (veil). It was also In another case, a female citizen complained to police said that its origin goes back to the yeshmaagh, against her husband, who threatened to hurt her, then which was a priest’s outfit during Sumerian times he along with another man drove off in her car. The and the word originally comes from ‘yesh makh’ citizen said the car is registered in her name and gave (head cover). police details of the suspect. Ancient images about Arab men show that they used to wear headdresses of one-colored cloth. Another story suggests that the shemagh’s origins Officer injured go back to a popular type of British fabric that was used as a tablecloth, and when the Arab army was Policemen arrested a bedoon (stateless) man for running formed, Arab soldiers refused to fight without their Al-Jarida over a policeman at an inspection point in Salwa and injur- headdresses, and thus they were allowed to wear ing him. The bedoon was in an abnormal condition and these red tablecloths and fix them on their heads had illicit substances with him. He was sent to the Drugs with egals to differentiate them from civilians. Control General Department (DCGD). The policeman’s Peoples’ fashion migrates from time to time and injuries were light. Ancient images about Fuel prices might be increased next month Police impound celebrator’s car Arab men show that KUWAIT: The government could per liter for the 98 octane gas (ultra) prices would be periodically reviewed A citizen in his twenties was driving recklessly in issue a decision to increase fuel prices that is currently sold for 90 fils. Further, in accordance to international oil price Sabahiya until he was stopped by police. He said his next month; that is during the parlia- the sources indicated that the new developments. — Al-Qabas friend had got married and he was celebrating. The they used to wear mentary summer break after, car was impounded and several citations were issued informed sources said. It was earlier to him. headdresses of expected that the decision, which does not require to be passed in the Car stolen one-colored cloth parliament, would be put into prac- tice last month. A former MP was surprised when his car was stolen after The sources added that according many people believe that GCC societies borrowed he parked it in front of a pharmacy in Salmiya. A security to technical committees studying the source said the former MP complained to Salmiya police the popular Indian outfit known as the ‘lungi’ and new fees, price increases would vary called it ‘wizar’ in Arabic, to become a GCC tradi- about the theft and gave them its details. Detectives are between 14 and 83 percent, which searching. tional outfit. Well, the truth is that the ‘izar/wizar’ would save around 66.6 percent of the had been known in Arabia long before Islam, and it KD 400 million in subsidies. seems that it was taken by Muslims to India. It was The sources explained that the new described in many Greek historian references on prices would be 85 fils per liter for the Bootleggers arrested Arab outfits as ‘zeira’, that is izar. 91 octane gas (premium) that is cur- Years ago, I met a respectable man from the rently sold for 60 fils, 105 fils per liter A fight between two Indian men in Jleeb Al-Shuyiukh Mutair tribe who exclaimed why I was wearing for the 95 octane gas (super) that is revealed 72 bottles of liquor. They had differences trousers. “How dare you lose contact with your currently sold for 65 fils and 165 fils over the profits from the sale of the alcoholic drinks. folks’ outfits,” he said referring to traditional Kuwaiti When police responded to the fight, the two escaped garb. “I am not the only one who did so, uncle. You and left their car behind, but policemen arrested did the same,” I spontaneously told him. “How?’ he Man lived in Kuwait as them and returned to the car, where police found the asked in shock. “Well, you are wearing an egal, 72 locally made liquor bottles in it. The two were sent while your folks used to wear turbans”, I told him, to the DCGD. — Al-Rai of course referring to the Muslim Brotherhood tur- bedoon for three decades ban. The man smiled in surprise and passionately hugged me! KUWAIT: Three decades earlier, a man entered the country ‘bedoon’ (stateless). The man continued to live this way until — Translated by Kuwait Times with his Yemeni passport as a cook, before becoming a soldier he was discovered by the investigation department of the under the sponsorship of a citizen, and then became a central apparatus for the remedy of the situation of illegal res- News idents and was referred to concerned authorities. in brief An informed source said on the instructions of the head of the department Saleh Al-Fadhalah, the investigation depart- ment discovered a unique case of the Yemeni who claimed to No iftar tents this year be a bedoon for 33 years, following the central department’s adoption of the most modern technologies linking various KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality stopped issuing licenses to state departments to compare and prove that he had a set up tents to host iftar feasts during Ramadan, sources nationality. The source said the Yemeni came to Kuwait in said. This came following an Interior Ministry decision 1983 with his original passport as a cook, but a year later, he which banned setting up tents outside mosques for was able to enroll in the army as a ‘bedoon.’ In 1986, he was prayers for security reasons. Several charity organizations, able to obtain an exit visa and went to Saudi Arabia, then to companies and individuals often hosted iftar feasts for the Yemen where he got married. He then authenticated the mar- public during Ramadan in recent years. — Al-Qabas riage contract claiming she was also a bedoon, and had 11 children with his wife. The source said in 2006, the Yemeni-bedoon visited Yemen Budget saving again, where he remarried and returned to Kuwait with a Yemeni passport with a different name. One of his sons KUWAIT: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Al- received an Article 17 passport and went to Yemen to study, Subaih managed to save nearly 50 percent of the and remained there for two years. The source said following budget allocated for the ministry’s official foreign mis- this information and linking information from various depart- sions. According to statistics, the ministry saved more ments, the details became known, and he was sent to con- than KD 300,000 out of KD 600,000 allocated in the cerned authorities for further legal action. 2014/15 budget for official missions, as only KD 280,000 were spent on 89 trips, including only eight for the minister. Meanwhile, the ministry spent only KD 18,000 contests pending 166,000 out of KD 290,000 allocated for official mis- at cassation court sions in 2015/16. — Al-Rai

KUWAIT: Chairman of the Supreme Judiciary Council and Free trade zones President of the Constitutional Court Chancellor Yousuf Al- Mutawa said 18,000 contests are still pending to be heard by KUWAIT: The cabinet approved a Ministry of Commerce and the court of cassation, including some filed since 2009. Industry request to provide exemption from the Ministry of Mutawa added that the court of cassation’s general assembly Public Works’ supervision on a project to develop free trade decided to take measures to reduce these numbers, includ- zones south of the country. The public works’ ministry ing allocating a special panel including judges specialized in reportedly has no issues with allowing the commerce min- civil, commercial, criminal, administrative and family laws to istry to go ahead with the 12 million-square-meter project be loaned to Kuwait soon, especially to review these cases. without its supervision, sources said. — Al-Rai He added that the new panel was expected to start its work by October and review 13,000 contests filed between 2009- 2014 to decide whether to approve or reject them. Mutawa Housing projects said that 21 district attorneys would be appointed as judges at the comprehensive court in September, in addition to A report recently made by the Public Authority for ‘borrowing’ around 100 Egyptian chancellors - 30 of them for Housing Affairs about its financial status for the year the comprehensive court, 30 to the court of appeal and 30 to ending on December 31, 2015 showed that it spent the cassation court. — Al-Jarida over 53.7 percent of its budget on rent allowances for citizens still awaiting to get their houses. This issue has been negatively affecting funding the authority’s proj- Banks’ union warns ect, the report indicates. The report explained that the total cost of funding the construction of 14 residential against Bitcoins cities was KD 325 million, of which only 29 percent was spent so far. Moreover, the report showed that salaries KUWAIT: The Kuwait Banks’ Union asked local banks to of 1,812 citizens and 614 expatriates working for the warn their customers against the use of Bitcoins, informed authority and compensations for unused leaves of sources said. This came after noting that this cryptocurren- retirees also consumed considerable portions of the cy is spreading in a way that raises risks for its users. The budget. — Al-Qabas union asked banks to increase their efforts to protect cus- tomers from the spread of this currency, especially since the Bitcoin is vertical and cannot be traced, and does not Five cases in transfers from have a tangible existence, the sources added. They said it is just a digital currency, and its benefit is for making instant dispute offices cannot be made transfers to any person at any place through the Internet. Although Bitcoin nearly disappeared in 2010, it KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Manpower issued a cir- returned again and has spread. Banks agree with the idea cular to specify cases that labor relations departments and that the main problem of using Bitcoin is that it is used for their units are not allowed to approve visa transfer exchange without the existence of a central authority, and requests that come through labor disputes’ offices. These transactions are made and money is issued collectively cases are: through the Internet, which means that it is free from any • In case the contract has a set period and is still valid, supervision authority through which customer’s rights can and there was no evidence on a violation by the employer. be protected. • Teachers on special contracts with private schools dur- The union asked banks to explain the risks of this cur- ing the school year. rency, especially that it lacks any international regulations • In case three years did not elapse on laborers brought that safeguard the rights of its users, making dealing with in with work permits, not provided that a worker had not it a high risk and threatens the rights of its users. The warn- committed a violation and the employer insists that the ing letter did not include a number of the volume of laborer continues working for him. Bitcoin dealings in Kuwait, but it said that it is widespread • Laborers on government contracts. around the world. — Al-Rai • In case the laborer violated the labor law. — Al-Anbaa Memphis officer struck, killed after 3 shot in Memphis Page 9

MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2016 Clinton hopes to strike gold in pivotal vote Sanders’ promises might cost Clinton

WASHINGTON/LONG BEACH: If Hillary Clinton ends up los- game he is playing is to be able to draw as many concessions ing California to Bernie Sanders, it will be because of voters as he can out of the party and the Clinton campaign,” like Nallely Perez. Mollineau said. Perez personifies what a Clinton supporter was supposed to look like: a 24-year-old Latina who grew up idolizing the A Sanders surge? former first lady as a groundbreaking woman in politics. But The area around Long Beach, part of the 47th congression- when she votes in California’s Democratic presidential nomi- al district in California, has emerged as a key battleground. nating contest on Tomorrow, Perez will be supporting Sanders campaigned there a week ago; Clinton was in the Sanders. area on Friday and may return again before Tuesday’s vote. “Everything that I would stand for, he has said it,” said The district’s congressman, Representative Alan Perez, a student at California State University, Long Beach, Lowenthal, remains one of the few uncommitted Democratic who said she likes Sanders’ promises of tuition-free college members of the House of Representatives to either Clinton or and universal healthcare. “We found our voice in him.” Sanders. His district once leaned Republican, but is becoming California is the final big contest in the long, bitter fight increasingly liberal thanks to an influx of Latino and Asian- for the Democratic nomination. Opinion polls show the American voters who comprise the majority of residents. The Democratic race there tightening in recent weeks. Where large minority population might be expected to translate into Clinton, a former secretary of state, once held a big lead an advantage for Clinton, who has consistently shown over Sanders, a US senator from Vermont, the two now are strength with such groups. But a Reuters reporter who toured nearly tied. the area observed an abundance of Sanders supporters. A University of Southern California/Los Angeles Times poll In the Belmont Shore neighborhood of Long Beach, released on Friday showed Sanders with a one-percentage- Sanders volunteers Gordon Winiemko and Jon Fellman point lead over Clinton in the state, 44 to 43 percent, a swing manned a table on the sidewalk outside a coffeehouse. from March when Clinton held a nine-point edge. They had a long discussion with Shawn Coleman, a 24- On the Republican side, Donald Trump has earned the year-old film student, who told them he preferred Sanders to nomination for the Nov. 8 election, and Clinton is close to Clinton because “I think I’m a little bit more for what Bernie capturing the number of delegates she needs to head the has in mind for the future, I think he’s right, and Hillary doesn’t Democratic ticket. Her campaign expects that a win in New really seem on it.” Jersey earlier on Tuesday will secure the nomination. But a Lia Roldan, a 42-year-old set decorator in the film indus- loss in a populous Democratic stronghold like California try who lives in Long Beach, said she was voting for could lend credence to Trump’s claim that she is a weak- Sanders because “he has a lot of experience in standing up ened candidate. for causes that benefit the working class.” Roldan said she “Clinton would like to go to the nominating convention would reluctantly support Clinton in a contest against with the wind at her back and tamp down the perception that Trump. “I’ll vote for her only because I don’t want a she doesn’t excite Democrats,” said Rodell Mollineau, a Republican to win, but I don’t really feel in my heart that I Democratic strategist in Washington. would vote for her otherwise,” she said. A Sanders victory will not clear the way to his nomination Stopping Trump was on the minds of those who said they unless it triggers a defection by scores of superdelegates - would vote for Clinton on Tuesday. “I love Bernie,” said Sami party office-holders and officials - from Clinton’s camp, an Reed, 42, the CEO of a corporate wellness business, inter- unlikely outcome. viewed in a thrift shop, “but I’ll probably vote for Hillary just Sanders has vowed to use California as a springboard to because I don’t want Trump to win.” the party convention in Philadelphia in July. A win, especially A second-term congressman, Lowenthal told Reuters he a big one, would validate the self-described democratic has come under a “tremendous amount of grief and pressure socialist’s decision to stay in the race to the end and give him from Sanders people” to support him, but he would not say leverage to influence Clinton’s policies and cabinet picks. “The for whom he would vote. — Reuters

FRESNO, CALIFORNIA: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a Rally on Saturday. —AP Iraqi forces find mass grave near Fallujah BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces involved in operations to retake the city of Fallujah yesterday found a mass grave believed to contain 400 bodies, a provincial official and a senior officer said. A colonel in the police of Anbar, where Fallujah is located, said the mass burial site was discovered in the town of Saqlawiya, northwest of Fallujah in the Euphrates Valley. “The security forces of the federal police, the army and the Hashed al-Shaabi found a mass grave in the Shuhada neighborhood during a mine clearing operation,” he said. “The mass grave contains about 400 bodies of mem- bers of the military. There are also some civilians,” he said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to talk to the press. The colonel said most of the victims appeared to have been shot in the head. “The security forces have opened the mass grave and started transferring the bodies for identification,” he said. The bodies are believed to belong mostly to Iraqi soldiers who were massacred by the Islamic State group in a series of dev- astating attacks on army bases in the area. “The organization (IS) executed many members of the military, as well as civilians, in this area in late 2014 and early 2015,” he said. Rajeh Barakat, a member of the Anbar provincial council, confirmed the discovery. “The mass grave also includes civilians executed by Daesh (IS) on various charges such as spying or breaking the organization’s rules, “ he said. Iraqi forces launched an operation to retake Fallujah- one of the jihadists’ most emblematic bastions-two weeks ago. The offensive included operations to seal the siege of Fallujah by retaking the smaller town of Saqlawiya and its surroundings, a phase which has nearly been completed. —AFP MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2016 INTERNATIONAL Turkish jets target Kurdish militants, at least 27 killed

DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY: Turkish warplanes a member of the state’s ‘village guard’ mili- struck Kurdish militant targets in northern tia, security sources said. Iraq and southeast Turkey and the army In northeast Turkey’s Gumushane killed 27 fighters near its borders with Iraq province, not usually an area of conflict, and Iran, the armed forces said yesterday. two soldiers were wounded when their mil- Conflict in Turkey’s largely Kurdish itary vehicle came under fire in a gun southeast has been at its most intense level attack, local authorities said. Media reports in two decades since a two-year-old cease- said one of the soldiers subsequently died. fire by the militant Kurdistan Workers Party It was not clear if the attack was related to (PKK) collapsed last July. the Kurdish conflict. Air strikes on Saturday destroyed gun The air strikes in Lice were conducted positions and shelters and caves used by after the Diyarbakir governor’s office PKK fighters in the Gara area of northern declared a curfew there on Saturday. It said Iraq and the countryside of Lice district in the curfew was lifted on Sunday morning Diyarbakir province, the military statement after the completion of military operations said. It did not give a death toll but state- there. run Anadolu Agency cited security sources Turkish security forces on Friday con- as saying small groups of PKK militants cluded operations targeting PKK fighters in were killed in those strikes. the town of Nusaybin near the Syrian bor- Seven PKK militants were killed in a der and in Sirnak near the border with Iraq. clash in Semdinli near the Iraqi and Iranian More than 1,000 people, mostly PKK borders on Saturday, while air strikes in fighters, were killed in three months of clash- Semdinli on Friday killed 20 PKK fighters, es in those areas, security sources say. The the army said. PKK guerrillas also launched PKK, designated a terrorist group by Turkey an attack on a military outpost in Sirnak and its Western allies, launched its insur- province overnight and in the ensuing gency in 1984 and more than 40,000 people KOBANE, SYRIA: Syrian Kurds march during the funeral of fighters, who died during an assault launched by Arab and Kurdish clash one PKK fighter was killed along with have been killed in the conflict. —Reuters forces against Islamic State (IS) group fighters in the town of Manbij yesterday. —AFP Iraq will investigate US-backed Syrian fighters abuses in Fallujah op

BAGHDAD: The Iraqi government will police and some volunteers against civil- advance on IS bastion investigate allegations of abuses by the ians”. The statement did not provide details security forces in the course of the opera- on the alleged abuses, but urged Abadi to tion to retake the jihadist-held city of “look into these acts and deal with them in progressed to within five KMS of the jihadist bastion Fallujah, a spokesman said yesterday. a strict and expeditious way”. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has Fallujah is a Sunni city that lies only 50 ordered the creation of a human rights kilometers west of Baghdad and is one of BEIRUT: US-backed Syrian fighters advanc- people have died in the fighting since the said on Saturday that SDF fighters had seized committee to examine “any violation to the IS’s most emblematic bastions. The ing on the Islamic State group in the strate- start of the offensive last Monday, including more than 100 square kilometers (40 square instructions on the protection of civilians”, Hashed al-Shaabi taking part in the gic northern town of Manbij have pro- 32 civilians mainly killed as a result of coali- miles) of territory during the advance. Saad al-Hadithi said in a televised briefing. Fallujah operation is an umbrella organiza- gressed to within five kilometers (three tion air strikes, said the Observatory, which More than 55 air strikes have been carried He said Abadi had issued “strict orders” tion that includes Sunni tribal fighters but miles) of the jihadist bastion, a monitor said relies on a network of medics and activists to out since the offensive began, he said, for prosecutions to take place in the event is dominated by powerful Tehran-backed yesterday. monitor the conflict. adding that the goal was to hamper IS’s abili- of any abuses. Grand Ayatollah Ali al- Shiite militias. Supported by air strikes by the US-led Thirty jihadists were also killed, it said, ty “to move fighters, weapons, finances (and) Sistani, the most revered Shiite cleric in It is nominally under Abadi’s authority coalition battling IS in Syria and Iraq, the along with 12 SDF fighters. After taking the supplies into and out of Syria and Iraq.” Iraq, has issued guidelines intended as a but some of its most powerful groups Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance of village of Khirbet al-Rus, about 20 kilometers Some 3,000 Arab fighters were taking part form of code of conduct for forces fighting answer directly to Iran. Those groups have Kurdish and Arab militias launched an (12 miles) southeast of Manbij, the SDF res- in the offensive, backed by around 500 the Islamic State group and aimed at curb- been repeatedly accused of fuelling sectari- assault last week on Manbij. “The Syrian cued a group of Yazidis-six women and 16 Kurdish militia members, he said, adding that ing abuses. anism and their involvement in the Fallujah Democratic Forces are now within about five children-who were being held captive by IS, US special forces were working “at the com- Officials including Parliament Speaker battle was seen as potentially explosive. kilometers of the strategic city of Manbij,” the Observatory said. mand and control level” in the operation. Salim al-Juburi have expressed concern Hadithi reiterated Abadi’s stance that the fate of the estimated 50,000 civilians still said the Syrian Observatory for Human The women and children were among Russian-backed Syrian troops are also over reports of abuses committed by the forces involved in the operation to recap- believed trapped inside the besieged city Rights, a Britain-based monitoring group. hundreds of Yazidis taken captive in mid- advancing against IS in Raqa and on Saturday ture Fallujah. was given utmost priority. “The operation to Manbij is located along a route connect- 2014 as IS carried out a brutal campaign of pushed into the province from the south- Juburi spoke on Thursday of “informa- liberate Fallujah could have been complet- ing Raqa-the IS group’s de facto capital in massacres, enslavement and rape against west, moving to within 40 kilometers (25 tion indicating that some violations were ed in days but we put the safety of civilians Syria-to the Turkish border, a vital conduit for members of the Yazidi minority. US Central miles) of the Euphrates Valley town of Tabqa, carried out by some members of the federal first,” the spokesman said. —AFP supplies and foreign fighters. At least 74 Command spokesman Colonel Patrick Ryder site of the country’s biggest dam. —AFP ‘Jihad units’ fuelling Sudan campus unrest

KHARTOUM: Sitting behind a table suspension of some classes. While fields to universities,” said Tigani, in his downtown Khartoum office, activists accuse jihad units and himself a former student activist. Sudanese businessman Ammar security forces for the death of the Sajjad talks in a hushed tone about two protesters, officials blame sup- Regime defenders his son’s detention at his college porters of rebel movements who Over the years the role of these campus last year. are fighting Bashir’s government. recruits has changed, experts For hours the 19-year-old elec- “Reports that armed pro-govern- said.”Now they act as backup forces tronics student was repeatedly ment student groups are helping to regular security forces,” said beaten in a small room by a group government security forces to break Tigani.”They are not big in numbers, of fellow pupils, who Sajjad said up protests, including with live but they are well organised and were members of a “jihad unit” that ammunition, are of particular con- they defend the regime.” was active at the college. “Nobody cern,” Human Rights Watch said last These groups have reportedly had access to this room, not even month. “There is cooperation even fought rebels in conflict zones the police or professors,” said Sajjad. between the two. It’s difficult to like Darfur, where tens of thousands Scores of these units were set up identify who’s who,” said Khalid of people have been killed since 2003. years ago in universities across Tigani, editor of Elaff newspaper. Pro-regime student leaders denied Sudan to recruit students to fight in the country’s brutal north-south civ- il war. Activists, rights groups and opposition leaders now want these paramilitary units to be dismantled, accusing them of fuelling violence on campuses. “These jihad units must be shut. They are responsible for unrest in universities,” Hassan al- Hussein, a senior leader of the opposition Popular Congress Party said at a meeting this week. Several student leaders AFP spoke to said these units were now recruiting students to crush dissent on campuses. “The civil war has ended but these pro-regime jihad units still recruit students to attack opposition students,” said one from Omdurman Ahlia University, asking not to be identified for fear of being KHARTOUM: This file photo taken on December 09, 2012 shows arrested by the powerful National Sudanese students demonstrating in front of Nilien University dur- Intelligence and Security Service. ing a rally in support of four dead students originally from the con- “The jihad units support flict-plagued Darfur region. Scores of “jihad unit” were set up years President Omar al-Bashir’s National ago in universities across Sudan to recruit students to fight in the Congress Party, store weapons and country’s brutal north-south civil war. —AFP detain opposition students on cam- puses,” another student leader from “The presence of these units on these groups had any role in violence the University of Khartoum said on campuses complicates the security on campuses. “The jihad units are run condition of anonymity. inside universities.”Experts said the by the university administrations, and jihad units were set up after Bashir are formed for special purposes,” said Risk for universities came to power in a 1989 coup that Musab Mohamed Osman, head of Hundreds of students have regu- ushered in an Islamist regime in pro-regime Sudan’s National Students larly protested against various gov- Sudan, which had even hosted Al- Union. ernment policies, including the han- Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden “Their main role is to gather stu- dling of conflicts in areas such as between 1992 to 1996. dents for jihad. They are not involved Darfur, and to demand the release Several students from these in university politics.” As long as the of fellow demonstrators arrested groups were killed fighting in the regime benefitted from these units during previous rallies. civil war, said Mohamed Eljack, pro- they would be nurtured, said In recent weeks, clashes between fessor at University of Khartoum. activists.”It was jihad during the civil students and security forces have “They are now revered as mar- war,” said businessman Sajjad, who rocked several universities, includ- tyrs.”About two million people were fought against south Sudan in the ing in Khartoum and Omdurman. killed in the war that finally ended 1990s.”But now there is no jihad, so Two students were killed and with South Sudan splitting from we don’t need these units... but some scores injured during demonstra- Sudan in 2011.”The war ended but institutions of the regime must be tions, with the violence forcing the these jihad units brought the battle- benefitting by keeping them.”—AFP MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2016 INTERNATIONAL Memphis officer struck, killed after 3 shot in Memphis

MEMPHIS: A Memphis police officer who Saturday. They say the suspect then ran to said Smith was an 18-year police veteran 2015 and Martoiya Lang in 2012. every Memphian to remember Officer was struck by the fleeing vehicle of a man Bass Pro Pyramid and shot a male employee. who is survived by a father, fiance, son and “Each one of them have their own charac- Smith’s family in prayer and reflection today suspected in a downtown shooting that left The condition of that victim was not immedi- two daughters. “He’s a man’s man and he teristics that they bring to this job . When and in the coming days - and to be grateful three other people injured died Saturday ately available. was an officer’s officer. He was definitely a called to do the job that they’ve been asked for the dangerous, important work our men night, police said. Police said the suspect then fled in a vehi- great father,” Rallings said. “Like I said, he to do - each and every one of these individu- and women of MPD perform every day. Officer Verdell Smith, 46, was pronounced cle and later struck Smith, who had been loved his son always talked about him, als has done that.” “I am angry this morning - angry at the dead from his injuries at 10:43 p.m. Saturday, working with other officers to clear the area. always had him with him. I think his son is Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland posted a senseless loss of a dedicated public servant, Memphis Police Department Director Mike The unidentified suspect then fled briefly on taking it really, really hard. He had two message of remorse and anger on his on his and angry at the absolutely unacceptable Rallings said during a news conference. foot but was apprehended by police, taken daughters as well.”Rallings said the depart- Facebook page. “My family joins all of level of violence in our city. We must not Police said two people were taken to the to a hospital with non-life-threatening ment mourned the loss not just of Smith Memphis in mourning the loss of Officer accept this as our norm. I most certainly will hospital in critical condition after being shot injuries and is expected to face charges. but of other officers killed in the line of Verdell Smith, who gave his life in service to not, and I will continue to act to make our by the suspect on North Main about 10 pm An investigation is ongoing. Rallings duty, including Officers Sean Bolton in our city,” Strickland’s post read. “I call on city safer.” —AP brushfire forces thousands from homes CALABASAS: A car crash that downed power lines turned the hills northwest of Los Angeles into torches, forcing thousands from their homes and putting entire neighbor- hoods at risk in this prosperous semi-rural enclave. Fifty-foot-high flames erupted on the ridges and embers turned trees into can- dles Saturday afternoon. And while the flames eased overnight, firefighters contin- ued Sunday to battle the blaze. Some 3,000 homes were threatened and about 5,000 residents were evacuated, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. The fire flared as Southern California sweltered under temperatures that hit the mid- 90s in many places. Sunday’s high in Calabasas was expect- ed to be around 86. At its height, the flames put about 3,000 homes at risk, although not under imminent threat, fire officials said. “We’re dealing with a fire that’s mov- ing in every direction simulta- neously...we can’t get to every- body,” Battalion Chief Dennis Cross told KNBC -TV. Three homes were dam- aged but the extent of the damage wasn’t clear, Los Angeles County fire Capt. Keith Mora said. Some other build- ings, including some at a city park, also were damaged. The fire started as three blazes that erupted after a car hit a power pole and knocked down electrical lines, authori- ties said. One fire in the West Hills area of Los Angeles was quickly doused but other blazes in Calabasas joined and raced through drought-dry brush in hills surrounded by developments. The blaze grew to 200 acres in a matter of hours. Embers ignited trees and clumps of brush within yards of million- dollar homes. The smoke could be seen for miles. Some horse-owners in the area put the animals in trailers and hauled them away. Authorities set up an evacua- tion center for people with large animals at Pierce College in Woodland Hills. Around 200 firefighters, aided by bulldozers and water-dropping helicop- ters, had the blaze 15 percent contained by late Saturday night. —AP Sanders predicts convention will be contested LOS ANGELES: Nearing the end of the primary season, a defiant Bernie Sanders pre- dicted Saturday that the Democratic presidential process would lead to a con- tested summer convention against Hillary Clinton, push- ing back against the likelihood that the former secretary of state will soon declare victory. Speaking to reporters three days before the California pri- mary, Sanders showed few signs of surrender, vowing to take his bid to the Philadelphia convention in July. He urged news organizations not to anoint Clinton as the presump- tive nominee through a com- bination of pledged delegates and super delegates. “It is extremely unlikely that Secretary Clinton will have the requisite number of pledged delegates to claim victory on Tuesday night,” Sanders said. “Now I have heard reports that Secretary Clinton has said it’s all going to be over on Tuesday night. I have reports that the media, after the New Jersey results come in, are going to declare that it is all over. That simply is not accurate.” By nightfall, Sanders was rallying supporters outside the entrance of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, where he pointed to his differences with Clinton on super PACs, the fed- eral minimum wage and the Iraq War. —AP MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2016 INTERNATIONAL Rome the top prize as Italians vote in test for Renzi Five Star is heading the race for mayor’s seat

ROME: Italian Prime Minister the platform it needs to transform Matteo Renzi’s party was locked in itself into Italy’s main opposition in battle yesterday for control of the run-up to national elections Rome and other cities in munici- due by June 2018 at the latest. pal elections seen as a test for the Perhaps concerned about the ruling party and the country’s impact on his reform program of divided right. losing both Rome and Milan, Renzi The focus is on the major cities has played down the significance of Bologna, Milan, Naples, Turin of the local elections. “The munici- and especially the capital Rome, pals are about mayors, the people where the populist anti-establish- whose job it is to repair the streets, ment Five Star is heading the race not the government of the coun- for the mayor’s seat. try,” he said recently. With former More than 13 million people are premier Silvio Berlusconi now a eligible to choose members of fading figure on the national stage, 1,300 municipal councils in a two- Italy’s right is being reshaped and round ballot to be completed on the battle for its leadership is being June 19. By midday, turnout stood played out in the capital. at almost 18 percent, the interior Giorgia Meloni, a candidate put JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, attends a special ministry said. Despite the possibili- up by one of several small groups cabinet meeting to mark Jerusalem Day in Ein Lavan yesterday. — AP ty his centre-left Democratic Party that emerged from Italy’s neo-fas- (PD) could lose control of both cist movement, is being backed by Netanyahu set for third Rome and Milan, Renzi has played the anti-immigrant Northern down the significance of the vote. League, whose leader Matteo Yesterday, as if to demonstrate Salvini wants to unite all the right Russia visit in recent months his insouciance, the 41-year-old behind himself. But Berlusconi has prime minister visited the training backed another candidate Alfio JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister first time in April that Israel had attacked camp of the Italian football squad, Marchini, having told the pregnant Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to dozens of convoys in Syria which were to wish them luck in the Euro 2016 Meloni that the role of mayor was Moscow today to meet Russian transporting weapons to the Lebanese championships starting in France not compatible with motherhood. President Vladimir Putin, the premier’s Shiite militia, which fights alongside next week.”The municipals are There are concerns turnout office said, with the two having held Assad’s forces. about mayors, the people whose could be low, with millions of talks in recent months over the conflict In September, Netanyahu and Putin job it is to repair the streets, not the Italians enjoying a long holiday in Syria. Netanyahu’s two-day trip is his agreed to set up a “hotline” to avoid acci- government of the country,” Renzi weekend as a result of Republic third to Russia since September and dental clashes. In a further sign of cooper- said recently. Rome has been with- ROME: The candidate of the 5-Star Movement for Mayor of Rome, Day falling on Thursday. In a refer- also comes as the two nations mark 25 ation, the prime minister’s office said out an elected leader since last Virginia Raggi, arrives at the Italian National Olympic Committee endum in April on offshore oil years since the reestablishment of recently that Moscow had agreed to October, when Ignazio Marino, a headquarters for a private meeting with the President Giovanni platforms, the turnout was a mea- diplomatic relations. return an Israeli tank taken by Syrian member of Renzi’s PD, was forced Malago on May 9, 2016. — AP gre 32 percent. — AFP The Israeli premier’s office did not pro- forces in the 1982 Lebanon war and later to quit over an expenses scandal. vide details on the talks, but Syria is likely handed over to Russia, where it has been Voting in the Trastevere district of to play a prominent part. With both Israel kept in a museum. the capital, Rolando Antonucci, 78, and Russia having carried out military Israel had sought the return of the told AFPTV he hoped for greater Former UK PM Major accuses operations in war-torn Syria, the two tank in part to console the families of sol- civic-mindedness “among citizens countries have sought to coordinate their diers missing in action since the battle in and lawmakers alike”. Brexit campaign of ‘deceit’ actions to avoid accidental clashes. which it was taken. “To the families of Russian forces have backed Syrian MIAs Zechariah Baumel, Zvi Feldman and President Bashar al-Assad’s regime in the Yehudah Katz, there has been nothing to Populists poised for gains LONDON: Yesterday Former prime minister John Major million) a week to Brussels, when two thirds of that conflict. Israel opposes Assad but has remember the boys by and no grave to Rome is saddled with a debt of accused the campaign for Britain to leave the came back in subsidies and a rebate. Johnson dis- sought to avoid being dragged into the visit for 34 years now,” Netanyahu said last more than 13 billion Euros ($15 bil- European Union of fatuous and squalid claims on missed his comments. war. It fears however that the chaos in the week. “The tank is the only evidence of lion), which is twice its annual immigration and the cost of membership to dupe the Out supporters have said the money could be bet- neighboring country could help strength- the battle and now it is coming back to budget. The expenses scandal and public into voting out at this month’s referendum. ter spent on schools and hospitals in Britain, but Major en its arch-enemy Hezbollah. Israel thanks to President Putin’s response a much bigger unrelated scandal Exposing the deep rifts caused by the vote, Major said “these promises of expenditure on the National Netanyahu admitted publicly for the to my request.” — AFP over organized crime’s infiltration urged Britons to question the facts coming from the Health Service or elsewhere are frankly fatuous”. “If of Rome’s City Hall have bolstered “court jester” Boris Johnson, a champion of the Out they can’t be straightforward and honest on a clear cut Five Star’s Virginia Raggi. The 37- campaign and himself a possible future leader of matter of fact like that upon what else can we trust year-old went into Sunday’s vote Major’s Conservative party. them,” he said, in his most outspoken intervention on Gunfire hits Czech tourist with polls indicating she could “What they have done ... is feed out to the British the campaign. “I think this is a deceitful campaign and secure around 30 percent of first- people a whole galaxy of inaccurate and frankly in terms of what they’re saying about immigration, a round votes. The PD’s Roberto untrue information,” he told the BBC, less than three really depressing and awful campaign, they are mis- bus in France, 6 injured Giachetti was trailing on around 24 weeks the vote on June 23. “I think their campaign is leading people to an extraordinary extent.” percent. Losing Rome would not verging on the squalid.” Johnson, appearing on the same program, said PARIS: Two rounds of gunfire have injured after being hit by flying glass augur well for Renzi four months Major was the last Conservative prime minister Brexit would enable Britain “to take back control” over hit a bus carrying Czech tourists and one person was seriously hurt. before a referendum on constitu- before current incumbent David Cameron, who wants money it sent to Brussels, its borders and other parts of through southeastern France, injur- Perrin told BFM-TV that a first shot hit tional reforms designed to end Britain to remain in the EU. His 1990-1997 premiership its economic future. “It’s a question of democracy,” he ing six passengers. The prosecutor of the front window and a second hit the decades of gridlock in parliament. was plagued by disputes within his party over Europe, said. “I would like a situation where the government Valence, Alex Perrin, says the bus was rear window, shattering both. Renzi has vowed to resign if vot- including Britain’s ignominious withdrawal from the can fulfil its pledges to the people.” hit Friday night as it traveled along There have been no arrests, claims ers reject the reforms. In Milan, the European Exchange Rate Mechanism, the predecessor Johnson said 350 million pounds was a “reason- the A7 highway on its way home from of responsibility or even conjectures PD candidate is locked in a tight to the single currency, in 1992. able” figure to cite, arguing that although some of it a trip to Spain. about the motive. Perrin said “one race with the candidate of the He said Leave campaigners were misleading vot- was returned by the EU, it was not money Britain Six of the passengers, which includ- could think that this bus ... was no right. Five Star meanwhile is hop- ers by saying Britain paid 350 million pounds ($510 controlled. — Reuters ed school children, were slightly more a target than any other.” — AP ing that success in Rome will give it Pope proclaims 2 saints in canonization Mass

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis pro- claimed two new saints yesterday: A Lutheran convert who hid Jews during World War II and the Polish founder of the first men’s religious order dedicated to the immaculate conception.Francis called Swedish-born Elizabeth Hesselblad and Stanislaus Papczynski “exemplary witnesses to this mystery of resurrection” during the canoniza- tion Mass in St. Peter’s Square. Poland’s President Andrzej Duda and first lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda attended the ceremony. Hesselblad saved the lives of 12 Jewish members of the Piperno-Sed families by hiding them in the convent in Rome where she was superior from December 1943 until the capital’s libera- tion on June 4, 1944. Israel’s Holocaust VATICAN: Faithful fill St. Peter’s Square during a canonization ceremony center Yad Vashem bestowed on her the led by Pope Franci. — AP title “Righteous Among the Nations.” It said Hesselblad never tried to convert Reform Church, migrated to the United gious order. She died of natural causes those she saved but, “rather insisting States where she worked as a nurse and in 1957 and was beatified in 2000. that they say their Hebrew prayers and converted to Catholicism. She later She is Sweden’s second saint in 625 fulfill other obligations of their religion.” moved to Rome, where she became a years, following Saint Bridget, who was Hesselblad, who was baptized in the nun and dedicated her life to her reli- canonized in 1391. — AP Romanians vote for mayors in ballot overshadowed by graft

BUCHAREST: Romanians began voting yesterday for local offi- investigated on graft charges. Two are running to win their dis- cials in administrations that are plagued with corruption. In tricts again this year. Bucharest, the former city mayor and five out of six district Bucharest, a city of more than 2 million, had the largest mayors elected in 2012 have been convicted or are being local budget this year of 4.1 billion Romanian lei ($1.01 billion). Polls opened at 7 a.m. (0400 GMT) and will close at 9 p.m. (1800 GMT). Romania has launched a major drive against cor- ruption in the last few years and its anti-corruption agency successfully prosecuted 1,250 cases, including a former prime minister and five former ministers, its best performance ever. However, people who have been indicted of corruption but haven’t been convicted are not excluded from running for office. Some 51 of 109 mayors of Romania’s major cities have been convicted or investigated for corruption or have been declared unfit for office according to the penali.ro anti- corruption site. According to Romania’s anti-corruption prosecutors’ office, more than 100 mayors, deputy mayors, county council presi- dents and vice presidents were indicted for corruption in 2015. Ion Gavrila, a security officer guarding an ornate white office building in downtown Bucharest, said he was disillusioned with the candidates running for office. “There are five out of six who are suspected of corruption in BUCHAREST: A woman carries a baby while casting her Bucharest, who should vote for? The problem is that once peo- vote yesterday. — AP ple get into office, they steal,” he said. — AP MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2016 INTERNATIONAL

Seven killed as Taleban gunmen raid Afghan courthouse

PULI ALAM, Afghanistan: Taleban gunmen fragile security situation as the militants intensify stormed a court complex in a city south of Kabul attacks against the Western-backed government. yesterday, killing at least seven people in the The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan insurgents’ third so-called “revenge” attack for last (UNAMA) condemned the attack. In a statement month’s execution of Taleban-linked prisoners. the head of the mission, Nicholas Haysom, urged The attack in Pul-i-Alam, capital of volatile Afghan authorities “to do everything in their pow- Logar province, also left 23 prosecutors wounded er to ensure adequate protection of judicial offi- as they were meeting to decide the fate of six cials and other civilians seeking access to judicial newly arrested Taleban militants. The head of the institutions.” “Judicial officials and other civilians court Mohammad Akram Nejat was among those can never be considered combatants and thus killed in the attack, which comes as the Taleban should not be targeted,” he said. step up their annual spring offensive after naming On June 1 Taleban suicide bombers wearing a new leader late last month. police uniforms raided a courthouse in the east- “Three gunmen wearing police uniform ern city of Ghazni, killing six people. And on entered the court building and started shooting May 25, 11 people were killed in a Taleban sui- people,” the provincial governor Mohammad cide bombing that targeted court employees Halim Fedayee told AFP. “Unfortunately seven near Kabul. people were killed including Mohammad Akram The Taleban on the same day announced Nejat, the newly appointed head of the court.” Haibatullah Akhundzada as their new leader, ele- Hasib Stanakzai, a member of Logar’s provin- vating a low-profile religious figure in a swift cial council, confirmed the death toll. The Taleban power transition after officially confirming the said the attack was in retaliation for the execution death of Mullah Mansour in a US drone strike. of six Taleban-linked inmates in early May, part of The drone attack was the first known American President Ashraf Ghani’s new hard-line policy assault on a top Afghan Taleban leader on against the insurgents. Pakistani soil. xObservers say Akhundzada, who is “The martyrdom attack was carried out in seen as more of a spiritual figurehead than a mili- revenge for the execution of our mujahideen,” tary commander, will emulate Mansour in shun- Taleban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on ning peace talks and intensifying attacks against LOGAR, AFGHANISTAN: The body of a Taleban fighter lies on the ground as security officials collect Twitter. The violence underscores Afghanistan’s the Afghan government. — AFP evidence at a courthouse. — AP

Nigeria’s top Islamic body condemns mob killing of Christian woman Christian hacked to death

KANO, NIGERIA: The umbrella body for on Saturday called the killing “utterly con- Nigerian Muslim groups yesterday con- demnable” and urged tolerance. He vowed in latest Bangladesh attack demned the mob killing of an elderly that the perpetrators would be brought to Christian woman in northern city of Kano justice and urged people not to take mat- last week, describing the perpetrators as ters into their own hands. Wife of anti-terrorism policeman shot dead “miscreants and criminals.” Kano state governor Abdullahi Umar Bridget Agbahime, 74, the wife of a pas- Ganduje and prominent community and DHAKA: A Christian was hacked to death yes- Bangladesh’s secular government accuses several high-profile operations against the tor, was killed last Thursday in the Wambai leaders on Friday held a meeting over the terday after prayers near a church in northwest political rivals including the largest Islamist par- banned Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh area of Kano, the region’s largest city. The incident and issued a joint statement con- Bangladesh in an attack—the latest in a series ty Jamaat-e-Islami of trying to destabilise the (JMB) militant group in Chittagong in recent act is “criminal and un-Islamic, perpetrated demning the killing. on religious minorities-claimed by the Islamic country. Experts say a government crackdown months. “We suspect JMB or local Islamist by miscreants and criminals,” Jama’atu Abahime, an ethnic Igbo trader was State (IS) group. on opponents, including a ban on Jamaat fol- extremists for the attack. Akter led successful Nasril Islam (JNI) said in a statement. The “mobbed and extra-judicially murdered” at Police said unidentified attackers murdered lowing a protracted political crisis, has pushed anti-militant raids in Chittagong in which sever- Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’adu a market, according to a police statement. the 65-year-old in the village of Bonpara, home many towards extremism. al JMB men were arrested,” Hossain said. Abubakar, who is the supreme head of all Two suspects have been arrested, accord- to one of the oldest Christian communities in An investigating officer, Inspector Abdur Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said the Muslims in Nigeria, is the JNI president. ing to Nigeria’s police chief Solomon Arase. Muslim-majority Bangladesh. “Sunil Gomes was Razzak, said the motive for the latest killing was attack was revenge for Akter’s role in tracking “It is hardly believable that such das- Kano has been blighted by religious vio- hacked to death at his grocery store just near a unclear, but it was similar to those of Hindus down militants.”Babul Akter is a skilled and hon- tardly acts could happen in the name of lence in the past. In one notorious case in church at Bonpara village,” Shafiqul Islam, and members of other religious minorities in est officer who played vital roles in combating religion,” JNI said. The body commiserat- 1996 an Igbo Christian trader, Gideon deputy police chief of Natore district that recent months. militants. That’s why they killed his wife as they ed with Agbahime’s widower and said Akaluka, was beheaded by suspected includes Bonpara, told AFP. could not find him,” Khan told AFP. the Sultan appealed to all to remain Muslims youths who accused him of dese- IS claimed responsibility for the murder ‘Innocent man’ A Hindu trader was hacked to death last calm and avoid actions that could crating the Koran. His severed head was through its Amaq news agency, according to Father Bikash Hubert Rebeiro, from the week, days after a homoeopathic doctor was breach law and order. then hoisted on a spike and paraded Nigerian President Mohammadu Buhari around the city. — AFP the SITE monitoring group, saying it was “part of Bonpara Catholic church, told AFP that Gomes, slaughtered along with a Buddhist monk. IS a series of operations” in Bangladesh. The killing whose brother is a priest, used to work as a gar- yesterday also claimed responsibility for the came just hours after the wife of a top anti-ter- dener at the church and was “known for his monk’s murder, with Amaq saying its fighters ror officer was brutally murdered in the south- humility”. “He attended Sunday prayers at my slaughtered him at a Buddhist temple in the 1 dead in building collapse eastern city of Chittagong by suspected mem- church and then went to his grocery store. The remote southeast. bers of a banned local extremist group. next thing we know he was hacked to death. I The group had previously claimed responsi- at Thai island resort Bangladesh is reeling from a wave of mur- can’t imagine how anyone can kill such an inno- bility for the murder of the Hindu trader. At ders of secular and liberal activists and religious cent man,” Rebeiro said. Hours before Gomes least 10 people have been killed by suspected BANGKOK: A woman who was one of it occurred after a heavy rainstorm. Local minorities that have left more than 40 people was killed, three unidentified men stabbed and Islamist militants in the last ten weeks alone. six Thai tourists at a beach resort in media reported that officials speculated dead in the last three years. Authorities have then shot Mahmuda Begum in the head as she An Italian-born Catholic priest was shot and eastern Thailand was killed when the the rain might have undermined the blamed homegrown Islamists for the attacks, walked her son to a school bus stop near her critically injured in the north last year-an attack building in which they were staying building’s foundation. which have spiked in recent weeks, rejecting home, said Chittagong deputy police commis- later claimed by IS. Unknown attackers also collapsed, police said. Thailand’s huge tourist industry hosts claims of responsibility from IS and a South Asia sioner Moktar Hossain. tried to slit the throat of a pastor in another The other five people in the woman’s almost 30 million visitors a year, but there branch of Al-Qaeda. Begum was the wife of Babul Akter, who led northwestern town. — AFP party, all Thai, were rescued several hours have been increasing concerns about after the collapse of the two-storey build- safety, though usually involving accidents ing Saturday at the Siam Beach Resort on at sea or on the roads. In the latest such the island of Koh Chang, said police Lt. incident, a speedboat carrying about 30 Col. Arwat Piboonsawat. A 3-year -old boy passengers crashed into another boat late was one of those recovered from the rub- Saturday night as it was taking people ble after a rescue effort of several hours to back to the eastern Thailand mainland remove the debris. from a concert held on the island of Koh The survivors were hospitalized in Samet. Thai media said the passengers good condition. The cause of the build- were taken to hospitals, but no serious ing’s collapse was under investigation, but injuries were reported. — AP Obama administration rushing to shrink ranks at Guantanamo

WASHINGTON: The Obama administra- aren’t facing charges and may be eligible tion is scrambling to release as many pris- for transfer overseas. oners as possible from the Guantanamo The push comes as President Barack Bay detention center in Cuba and consid- Obama appears to be nearly out of time ering novel legal strategies to do it. to make good on his promise to close the The options being considered include 14-year-old detention center. Congress is allowing some men to strike plea deals by on track to renew a ban on moving video-teleconference and sending others detainees to US soil. The administration to foreign countries to be prosecuted. hopes that whittling down the ranks will The administration also has sped up its help persuade lawmakers to change parole-like hearings for detainees who course. — AP

DHAKA: Bangladeshi followers stand near a portrait of Sufi leader Hazrat Dewanbagi during his annual congregation on Friday. — AFP Bangladesh Sufis defy attacks to hold mass gathering

DHAKA: Tens of thousands of Sufis descended parts of the country to join the gathering, with part of stepped-up security measures. GUANTANAMO BAY: A detainee cell in Camp 6 is seen inside the US detention center. — AP on the Bangladeshi capital Friday in a defiant police saying about 30,000 people took part Abul Kalam Azad, a spokesman for the Sufi show of unity, following a spate of targeted and organizers putting attendance at a couple congregation, told AFP that the extra security killings of members of the Muslim minority by of hundred thousand. Security was tight as was due to “the recent attacks” on minorities Speeding bus crashes into 2 suspected Islamist militants. police vans patrolled the streets and organizers by Islamist extremists. Islamists have claimed Braving a scorching sun, the followers of a set up nearly a dozen check-posts to search responsibility for around 40 killings in the last cars, killing 17 in west India top Sufi leader gathered in the streets near people who entered the venue. three years of foreigners, secular bloggers, gay Dhaka’s main commercial district as speakers Fourteen Sufis have been murdered since activists, Hindus and Christians and Sufis. Many NEW DELHI: A speeding bus struck two ferry them to nearby hospitals. Shetge said exhorted tolerance for other Muslims and December 2013 in religiously motivated have been slaughtered with machetes. cars on a highway in a crash early yester- the death toll was expected to rise as members of different faiths. attacks. “I’ve heard militants have killed Sufi Most have been claimed by the likes of day that killed at least 17 people and many of the injured were in critical condi- injured 35 others in western India, police tion. The driver of the bus was among Sufism is an offshoot of mainstream Islam leaders. But I am not afraid,” said Azizul Haq, 55, homegrown Jamayetul Mujahideen said. The bus struck the cars while they those killed. Navi Mumbai is about 30 kilo- whose followers are often denounced as “infi- a farmer, who travelled from a town located Bangladesh (JMB) or international jihadists were parked on the side of the Navi meters (20 miles) east of Mumbai, India’s dels” in Bangladesh for their mystical traditions, 150 kilometers north of Dhaka. such as the Islamic State organization or Al- Mumbai highway to fix a flat tire. All financial hub. including worshipping at shrines. “If anyone “By following Sufism, I’ve become a good Qaeda’s South Asia wing. Police have blamed three vehicles fell into a ditch with the Police figures show India has the world’s does good work and has faith in the God, he’ll human being. Sufism is the rightful path,” he the JMB, a banned militant group founded by impact of the crash, said police constable highest road death toll, with more than be blessed by Him. It does not matter whether said. The Sufi leader, Hazrat Dewanbagi, was Afghan-trained Islamists, for most of the Sanjay Shetge. 110,000 people dying each year in acci- he’s a Muslim, Jew or a Christian,” Mohiuddin scheduled to address and lead the congrega- attacks, but rejected the assertion that IS or Villagers and police climbed into the dents commonly caused by speeding, and Khan Faruqi, one of the speakers said. tion after the Friday prayers from his home, the Al Qaeda have any presence in ditch and helped rescue the injured and poor vehicle and road maintenance. —AP Many followers had travelled from remote which was to be shown on a giant screen as Bangladesh. — AFP MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2016 INTERNATIONAL

Silenced China tycoon makes quiet return to limelight

BEIJING: An outspoken former prop- lowers, was seen as a sign of ever-tighter said in a speech lasting some 20 minutes government?” he wrote “Is their money 2009 at around $22 million. erty tycoon disciplined by China’s rul- restrictions on freedom of speech under and broadcast online. the party’s? ... Don’t use taxpayers’ mon- Ren last week gave his first online ing Communist Party for questioning President Xi Jinping. Asked by an AFP reporter if he could ey for things that don’t provide them interview since the microblog’s closure, in its media controls made a rare public Ren, nicknamed “The Cannon” for his discuss his microblog’s closure, he with services.” which he called on the government to appearance on yesterday, months outspoken opinions, did not mention the replied gruffly: “I can’t.” The Cyberspace The party, of which Ren is a member, deepen market reforms and obliquely after authorities shut down his hugely incident in a speech at a forum on envi- Administration of China ordered the clo- later announced he would be suspend- referred to his own punishment. “There popular microblog. ronmentalism delivered to dozens of sure of Ren’s blog after he questioned ed for a year over the posts. Ren are some activities the upper ranks won’t The government-ordered closure in media and entrepreneurs. “We should say Xi’s policy of tighter party control over stepped down as president of property let me take part in,” he said. “But when I February of Ren Zhiqiang’s Sina Weibo no to firms which pollute the environ- state media. “When did the people’s firm Beijing Huayuan Group in 2011. take part in philanthropic activities, they account, which had some 37 million fol- ment during the production process,” Ren government change into the party’s One report estimated his net worth in will allow it.” —AFP

Philippine president-elect urges public to kill drug dealers

MANILA: The Philippine president-elect main national police camp in the capital has encouraged the public to help him in to resign for involvement in crimes that he his war against crime, urging citizens did not specify. He threatened to humili- with guns to shoot and kill drug dealers ate them in public if they did not quit and who resist arrest and fight back in their said he would order a review of dismissed neighborhoods. criminal cases of active policemen, sug- In a nationally televised speech late gesting some may have bribed their way Saturday, Rodrigo Duterte told a huge back onto the force. crowd in the southern city of Davao cele- “They go back again crucifying the brating last month’s presidential victory that Filipino,” he said. “I won’t agree to that.” “If Filipinos who help him battle crime will be you’re still into drugs, I will kill you, don’t rewarded. “Please feel free to call us, the take this as a joke. I’m not trying to make police, or do it yourself if you have the gun - you laugh, son of a bitch, I will really kill you,” you have my support,” Duterte said, warning he said to loud jeers and applause. of an extensive illegal drug trade that The foul-mouthed longtime Davao may- involves even the country’s police. or and former government prosecutor said If a drug dealer resists arrest or refuses crimes were committed by law enforcers to be brought to a police station and because of “extreme greed and extreme threatens a citizen with a gun or a knife, need.” He said that he would provide a small “you can kill him,” Duterte said. “Shoot him amount to an officer who was tempted and I’ll give you a medal.” The 71-year-old because his wife has cancer or a mother Duterte won the May 9 presidential elec- died, but that those who would break the tion on a bold promise to end crime and law because of extreme greed “will also be corruption within six months of his presi- dealt with by me. I’ll have you killed.” dency. That vow resonated among crime- Duterte, who starts his six-year presiden- weary Filipinos, though police officials con- tial term on June 30, repeated a plan to offer sidered it campaign rhetoric that was huge bounties to those who can turn in drug impossible to accomplish. lords, dead or alive. While it remains to be Human rights watchdogs have expressed seen what will happen to his threats when alarm that his anti-crime drive may lead to he takes office, some policemen have heed- widespread rights violations. Duterte has ed his call for a tougher anti-crime approach. been suspected of playing a role in many In suburban Las Pinas city in the Manila killings of suspected criminals in his city by metropolis, police have apprehended more motorcycle-riding assassins known as the than 100 minors who defied a night curfew, “Davao death squads,” but human rights and men who were either having drinking watchdogs say he has not been criminally sprees in public or roaming around shirtless ULAN BATOR: US Secretary of State John Kerry (C) demonstrates his use of a bow and arrow alongside Mongolian Foreign charged because nobody has dared to testi- in violation of a local ordinance. The crack- Minister Lundeg Purevsuren (R) and an archer during a Naadam ceremony, a competition which traditionally includes horse rac- fy against him in court down was dubbed “Oplan Rody” - after ing, Mongolian wrestling and archery yesterday. —AFP In his speech on Saturday, Duterte also Duterte’s nickname - or “Rid the Streets of asked three police generals based in the Drinkers and Youth.” —AP Kerry praises Mongolia as ‘oasis of democracy’ As part of the US pivot to Asia

ULAN BATOR: Pungent cheese curds and of you and Russia on the other side of you, Mongolia’s exports, also supplying it with near-naked wrestlers greeted US Secretary of and there are always a lot of pressures. And more than one-third of its imports. Mongolia State John Kerry during his flying visit to here you are in this oasis of democracy, fight- also relies on Russia for 90 percent of its ener- Mongolia yesterday, with the envoy hailing it ing for your own identity even as you hold on gy supplies, according to US State Department as an “oasis of democracy” sandwiched to great traditions.” information. It possesses enormous mineral between China and Russia. Kerry was also treated to musical perform- resources including deposits of gold, copper Kerry was following in the footsteps of his ances native to Mongolia, enjoying a break and uranium, still largely untapped. predecessor and presidential hopeful Hillary from crisscrossing the globe as a peacemaker Its mineral resources saw the country Clinton and Vice President Joe Biden as part in international hotspots. achieve over 17 percent growth in 2011, but of the US pivot to Asia. He spent several that has since drastically fallen to under three hours in the homeland of the legendary and Mineral wealth percent last year along with plummeting met- brutal conqueror Genghis Khan, taking in the The former communist nation of about al prices and capital flight. delights of Mongolian culture in the capital three million people, once a close ally of the Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto, one Ulan Bator. Soviet Union, was “reaching out in a signifi- of the country’s key investors, has been hit by Under clear blue skies and on rugged cant way” in its relationships with other coun- rising nationalist sentiment among Mongolians plains Kerry enjoyed a festival featuring tradi- tries including Afghanistan, Burma and concerned about the growth of foreign firms as tional nomadic pursuits. He even tried his Myanmar, he said. well as environmental damage from mining. In hand at archery but missed his target. Kerry added: “I understand with your geog- 2012 the country passed a strict law on invest- America’s top diplomat praised the country’s raphy you have automatically significant rela- ment in “strategic” sectors and foreign direct decision to embrace democracy a little more tionships with both China and Russia. But investment collapsed. Parliament has since than a quarter of a century ago. you’ve chosen actively to be a democracy and cancelled the controversial law. “The bottom line is very simple: Mongolia you’re pursuing that with vigour.” Mongolia, In May Rio Tinto announced it would start MANILA: President-elect Rodrigo Duterte answers questions from the has made remarkable progress for a young which says the US is its “most important third work on an expansion of its giant gold and media. —AP democracy even as it strives to strengthen its neighbour”, depends on China for more than copper Oyu Tolgoi mine after years of grid- institutions and to keep up with the hopes of 60 percent of its trade. lock, a huge project requiring a $5.3 billion its people,” he said. “You got China on one side China receives around 90 percent of investment. —AFP US sailor arrested on suspicion of drunken driving in Japan Shark kills Australian diver in China says it doesn’t fear ‘trouble’ in S China Sea TOKYO: An American sailor was arrested yes- second deadly attack in days terday on suspicion of drunken driving caus- SINGAPORE: An Asian security summit ended in discord ing an accident in Japan’s southern island of yesterday after China denounced US “provocations” in Okinawa, where public anger has run high PERTH, Australia: A diver was killed his own boat and pull the woman the South China Sea and declared it does not fear trou- over crimes by US military personnel. by a large shark off the west from the water, but her wounds ble in the contested waters. “The South China Sea issue Petty Officer 2nd Class Aimee Mejia, 21, Australian coast on yesterday in the proved fatal, Mulligan said. The fisher- has become overheated because of the provocations of assigned to Kadena base in Okinawa, was country’s second fatal attack in less men said the shark was larger than arrested after driving the wrong way on a than a week, police said. The 60-year- their 5.3-meter (17-foot) boat, certain countries for their own selfish interests,” Admiral Sun Jianguo told an annual forum in Singapore. freeway and smashing head -on into two old woman was diving with a man at a Mulligan said. Beaches in the area vehicles late Saturday, said police popular dive spot in the northern were closed and the state fisheries Sun, who stressed China’s desire for a peaceful solu- tion, spoke one day after US Defense Secretary Ashton spokesman Takashi Shirado. Mejia was not Perth suburb of Mindarie when the department was trying to find and hurt, but two people in the other cars were Carter said any Chinese construction on an islet near the shark attacked, Western Australia state trap the shark. injured, one in the arm and the other in the Police Inspector Danny Mulligan said. The woman was the second person Philippines would prompt unspecified “actions” by the chest, he said. “The man said that he felt some- killed by a shark in Western Australia United States and other nations. China claims nearly all The US military said it was cooperating thing go past him and he turned in less than a week. On Tuesday, a of the sea despite competing claims by several fully with the Japanese investigation. “We around,” Mulligan told reporters. “He surfer’s leg was bitten off by a shark Southeast Asian neighbors, and has pressed its claims by deeply regret this incident and express our didn’t see the shark at that stage, but about 100 kilometers south of where rapidly building artificial islands suitable for military use. heartfelt sympathies for the accident victims he felt it better to surface.” Sunday’s attack occurred. Ben Gerring, Washington has responded by sending warships and their families. We wish them a fast recov- When the man reached the surface, 29, died from his injuries on Friday. close to Chinese-claimed reefs, angering Beijing. ery,” Lt. Gen. John Dolan, the commander of he noticed commotion in the water, An inspection of Gerring’s dam- Rhetoric has escalated ahead of a decision at the US Forces in Japan, said in a statement. Dolan spoke with US Ambassador to Mulligan said. Another boat arrived aged surfboard showed a white shark Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague on a case OKINAWA, SINGAPORE: Japanese and the fishermen on board pulled was responsible. The fisheries depart- brought by the Philippines, a longtime US ally and for- Japan Caroline Kennedy and US Pacific Command Commander Adm. Harry Harris, Defense Minister Gen Nakatani him out of the water. They then spot- ment trapped and killed a large shark mer colony, against China, which says it will not recog- answers a reporter’s question nize any ruling. and held an emergency meeting with com- ted the woman and saw that she had on Wednesday, but don’t know if it about the arrest of an American The Chinese admiral said US naval and air patrols in manders of the Air Force, Army, Navy and suffered severe injuries. was the same shark that attacked Marines, the statement said. sailor on suspicion of drunken driv- the sea were a display of “military muscles” and China The man was able to get back into Gerring. —AP Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida was being forced to “accept and honor” the tribunal’s rul- ing causing an accident in Japan’s also spoke with Kennedy, and asked the US southern island yesterday. —AP ing. “China firmly opposes such behaviour. We do not to do more to prevent a recurrence of the Fire breaks out at Sri Lankan make trouble but we have no fear of trouble,” Sun, the incident, the Foreign Ministry said in a state- after a former US Marine who worked on an leader of the Chinese delegation in Singapore, said in ment. Kennedy offered her regrets to the American military base was arrested after he army camp, causing explosions prepared remarks. Carter had left Singapore by the time families of those injured, the ministry said. led police to a woman’s body. He is being Sun made his speech. Sun also took exception to Carter’s Okinawa is home to more than half of held on suspicion of abandoning the body, statement on Saturday that Beijing risks building a about 50,000 American troops based in while police investigate. COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s military says a fire Jayaweera says it is not yet known “Great Wall of self-isolation” with its military expansion. Japan. Protests are common on the island, The suspected murder of the woman was has broken out at an army camp near the whether there are any casualties. Local where residents feel they are being forced such a critical issue it came up during capital, causing explosions at the camp. television channel Sirasa says that offi- China ‘not isolated’ with an unfair burden of housing the US President Barack Obama’s recent visit to Military spokesman Brig. Jayanath cials are evacuating residents living “We were not isolated in the past. We’re not isolated, and troops under a bilateral security agreement. Japan. Obama offered his condolences and Jayaweera says the fire broke out at the close to the camp, and that a main road we will not be isolated in the future. Actually I am worried American military personnel are under a promised that the US would fully cooperate Salawa army camp in Kosgama yesterday near the camp has been closed to traffic. some people and countries are still looking at China with a midnight curfew and off-base drinking is to have the man prosecuted under Japanese evening. The fire spread to the ammuni- Kosgama is about 35 kilometers east of Cold War mentality and prejudice,” the Chinese admiral said banned through later this month in Okinawa law. —AP tion dump, causing explosions. Colombo, Sri Lanka’s capital. —AP in response to questions from other delegates. —AFP NEWS MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2016

Visitors pose for souvenir photographs with the Petronas Twin Towers in the background from an observatory sky box at the Kuala Lumpur Tower in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The Petronas Twin Towers is one of the major landmarks in Kuala Lumpur city center alongside Kuala Lumpur Tower. — AP Modi hails ‘new era’ Ali remembered in Muslim world as voice... Continued from Page 1 Muslim.” Pakistan’s cricket legend-turned-politician Imran Khan, writing a series of tweets mourning Ali’s Three years later, his refusal to serve in the US Army death, described the boxer as the “greatest sportsman between India, Qatar in Vietnam - “I ain’t got no quarrel with them Vietcong” - of all time” and a man of strong convictions. “Sportsmen and his subsequent loss of the world title resonated have a limited career life span in which they can earn DOHA: India’s Prime Minister with Muslims, many of whom saw that conflict as the and Ali sacrificed it for his beliefs with courage and con- Narendra Modi yesterday claimed a epitome of America’s global tyranny. “Muslims wanted a viction.” “new era of friendship” between his hero to represent them, and Clay was the only Muslim In Iraq, which Ali visited in 1990 to secure the release country and Qatar on a two-day trip champion... No other Muslim athlete managed to of 15 Americans who had been taken hostage by to the emirate. He was writing on achieve what Clay did ... Thus, he was a symbol for Saddam Hussein in the wake of his invasion of Kuwait, Twitter after officials from gas-rich Muslims,” said Mohammed Omari, an Islamic law profes- retired heavyweight boxer Ismail Khalil mourned the Qatar and India signed seven agree- sor in northern Jordan’s Al al-Bayt University. “greatest”. “Today marks the death of a great champion. ments covering areas such as invest- In a Muslim world with a seemingly infinite number It is a sad day for the world of boxing. This champion ment, financial intelligence and edu- of people called “Mohammed Ali,” the Louisville, does not represent America only, but the entire Islamic cation. “My visit to Qatar has wit- Kentucky, native was mostly referred to as Muhammad world too.” — AP nessed comprehensive and fruitful Ali Clay - ironically retaining one of the “slave” names discussions that will usher in a new that he argued so hard and long for people to drop era of friendship between India and after he became a Muslim. It was the diversity of the Qatar,” Modi said. causes embraced by Ali during his lifetime - from the Included was a memorandum of civil rights movement and anti-war activism to global understanding to open up the charity work and dealing with Parkinson’s disease - that Indian market to Qatar’s sovereign has won him a large following among a wide range of wealth fund, the estimated $300 bil- admirers in the Muslim world. lion Qatar Investment Authority. The “The uplifting exuberance of Muhammad Ali will memorandum said it aimed to facili- endure long after his passing,” Dubai’s Gulf News, a DOHA: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) shakes hands with widely read daily in the United Arab Emirates, said in an tate the “participation of Qatari insti- Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani yesterday. — AP tutional investors in infrastructure editorial, hailing the “lasting political achievements of one of the 20th Century’s greatest sports superstars.” projects in India”. The Indian com- tos of himself dining and chatting bilateral trade is thought to stand at Jordan’s King Abdullah II wrote that Ali “fought hard, not munity is the largest ethnic group in with the workers. “If you have some around $10 billion. Earlier yesterday, only in the ring, but in life for his fellow citizens and civil Qatar, numbering some 700,000 in a issues on changing some rules and Modi met the Qatari emir, Tamim bin rights.” “The world has lost today a great unifying cham- total population of just over 2.5 mil- regulations, I will work with you all Hamad Al-Thani, on his visit, part of pion whose punches transcended borders and nations,” lion. Modi met Indian laborers, to bring about these changes,” Modi a five-nation tour that has already Abdullah wrote on his Twitter account. Accompanying telling them he is aware of the con- told the workers. taken him to Afghanistan. He will his tweet was a photo of Ali, King Hussein, Abdullah’s ditions they face in Qatar. Modi, Qatar is already India’s largest also visit Switzerland, Mexico and late father, and US President Gerald Ford - all in tuxedos. who is active on Twitter, posted pho- supplier of liquefied natural gas, and the United States. — Agencies Mohammed Assem Faheem, a three-time youth heavyweight champion in Egypt, mainly saw Ali as a boxing role model. “When I watched tapes of his fights, I Only KD 238m budgeted for fuel and gas... focused on two things: His footwork and defense tac- Continued from Page 1 Meanwhile, the legal and legislative committee yes- tics. I could not copy them, they were too good for me,” terday agreed to lift the parliamentary immunity of said Faheem, 26 and better known by his nickname, It also includes KD 125 million for sending patients lawmaker Abdulhameed Dashti to face interrogation Konga. To Nashaat Nashed, a 55-year-old boxing coach for medical treatment abroad, far less than over KD in two new cases, one for violating the electronic who is also a member of Egypt’s Coptic Christian minor- 300 million spent in the previous budget. crimes law and the second a state security case. ity, Ali was an inspiration. “God created him to box, not Abdulsamad said the committee urged the govern- Dashti’s immunity has been lifted several times for for anything else. I owe it to him that I took up boxing ment to carry out a courageous revision of the role of similar cases, but the public prosecution could not and that I fell in love with the sport.” many independent government and semi-govern- take action against him because he has been living Nizam Zayed, 48, a Palestinian handyman at a gym in CAIRO: In this Oct 4, 1986 photo, world heavyweight ment bodies and departments which depend on state outside the country for several months. The public the West Bank city of Ramallah, recalls watching Ali’s champion Muhammad Ali holds a painted papyrus funding of more than KD 4.6 billion, which is the main prosecution has already issued arrest warrants against matches on television. “My generation liked with his portrait and the testament of the Islamic source of the budget deficit estimated at over KD 11 him over a number of lawsuits, mainly for criticizing Muhammad Ali because he was very good at boxing faith in Arabic that was presented to him by an art billion in the fiscal year. Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. and because his name was Muhammad Ali and he was a student at the Marriott Hotel. — AP MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2016 ANALYSIS

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By Jarrett Renshaw

he rows of traders who line the massive trading floor at Mercuria Energy Group’s Houston headquarters rely on a Tstring of modern conveniences to execute deals across the globe. But when they’re under the gun to deliver oil fast, they call one person: Tim Holan. That’s because Holan, the head of logistics for the trading firm, cut his teeth on moving an even heavier cargo: Elephants. They, along with lions, clowns and other performers were part of the mile-long moving city that Holan spent nearly two decades shuttling around the country as logistics manager for the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Unruly animals, however well-trained, have a way of mak- ing the shipping of thousands of barrels of crude oil every day seem a bit less hectic. “Crude oil is easier,” Holan said. “There is a specific infrastructure built for oil with the idea that there would be repeat business. With the circus, there’s always one- Oil price plasters over OPEC rifts - for now off moves and unpredictability.” Holan’s own journey, which includes stints removing radioactive dirt from nuclear facilities By Simon Sturdee No Dogfight and coordinating helicopters for airlifts after Hurricane Katrina, The meeting also saw regional rivals Saudi Humanitarian air drops: began in 1977, when at the age of 14 he ran away from his PEC looks to be in a happier place Arabia and Iran - which is ramping up output Pittsburgh-area home. He got a job sweeping out the trains at with oil prices recovering, but its after nuclear sanctions were lifted this year A complex, risky task Ringling Bros in California, lying about his age on his applica- Oinability to agree an output ceiling and adding to pressure on the price - appear- tion to secure work. “It was a different era,” said Holan, who is to restrain the flow of crude betrays linger- ing to bury the hatchet, in Vienna at least. now 53. “Everyone knew I lied about my age, and that would ing divisions that could spell trouble ahead, Saudi Arabia “made it very clear that they have By Valerie Leroux nature of the threat and the weather, we never happen now. Looking at it now, I mean, what was I think- analysts warn. Meeting in Vienna on no intention of swamping the market with oil determine from what height we can ensure a ing, but at 14 it just seemed like a big adventure.” Holan’s father, Thursday, the Organization of the as a means of hurting Iran economically he United Nations yesterday asked the certain radius of dispersal,” said a military Rich, who once worked in the administration of US President Petroleum Exporting Countries expressed through a lower oil price”, said Bjarne Syrian government to allow airdrops of specialist in the field, speaking on condition Ronald Reagan, said it was painful to see his son run away from confidence that the crisis of the past two Schieldrop at SEB Markets. This signalled that Thumanitarian aid - an operation that of anonymity. He explained that by analyzing home. “It was a bad thing, but it all worked out,” he said in a years that saw prices plunge and splits there is no “internal dogfight”, Schieldrop said. military experts say is complex, risky and not wind flows, experts calculate a point from phone interview. “He made some bad decisions at a young emerge was now over. It said that since “I believe that this time there was a very good always that effective. which to make the drop with the parachutes. age, and he made some great ones.” December, “crude oil prices have risen by unity between OPEC members,” Iran’s Oil However at high altitude, icy tempera- more than 80 percent, supply and demand Minister Bijan Zanganeh said, with no signs Security risks tures can block the opening of parachutes ‘A Model Of Efficiency’ (has been) converging and oil and producer that any members would “do something The UN wants Damascus to allow air- and if winds are too strong the mission Ringling Bros is considered the world’s largest private train stock levels in the OECD have recently against each other to destabilize the market”. drops of food and medicine to civilians would have to be cancelled. If security is operator, running two separate trains of 60 rail cars, each shown moderation.” This better mood allowed OPEC to finally trapped in besieged areas which aid convoys ensured, the plane can descend to a low alti- stretching more than a mile. Holan thrived in the circus’s According to Helima Croft at RBC Capital name a new secretary general. Nigeria’s cannot reach. At least 592,000 people live tude of about 50 m above ground and apprentice-style culture, working his way up to trainmaster Markets, the mood at the bi-annual gather- Mohammed Barkindo will replace long-serv- under siege in Syria - the majority surround- throw out packages without using para- and then general manager, where he was put in charge of ing was a “lot more upbeat” than the acri- ing Abdullah El-Badri of Libya, who soldiered ed by regime forces - and another four mil- chutes. “It is cargo like flour and rice... not coordinating the journeys. He never missed a show during his monious last meeting in December. Saudi on in the job for years as OPEC members lion live in hard-to-reach areas, according to very fragile... that is dropped without a para- time there. During long hauls, such as trips from Dallas to Arabia’s Energy Minister Khaled Al-Falih, could not concur on a successor. However, the UN. The planes sending the aid need to chute,” added the military expert. Using a Philadelphia, Holan would have to stop the train to make sure newly appointed by the kingdom’s dynamic the 13-nation cartel - 14 from July 1 with be able to fly in a secure airspace, either with parachute, items can be dropped from up to the animals were fed and bathed. Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Gabon joining - didn’t manage to agree a the agreement of warring parties, or by flying 8,000 m. “Whether it was a field in Iowa or a parking lot in Salman, went on a “charm offensive” to new collective output ceiling, having at very high altitude to escape missile fire. However airdrops are very complicated Chattanooga, Tennessee, we had to find a spot to unload all the “mend fences”, Croft said. This was helped scrapped its previous one at the December “One can imagine that the Syrian army in urban areas. “We typically aim for inhabit- animals from the train,” Holan said. “The train operators would by the fact that OPEC’s Riyadh-driven strat- meeting. Experts said that the Saudis pro- would get orders from President Bashar al- ed areas, far from major highways. In an often know in advance where we were going, and they would egy of keeping pumping oil at high levels in posed reinstating one but that the Iranians Assad to prevent the drops, but this would urban zone we need to find open spaces. An bring their families to get a glimpse of the show.” New York was order to maintain market share and baulked. Zanganeh said that setting a collec- be very bad for him on a political level,” said airport for example can do the trick,” said the the most challenging destination, as Holan had to park the cars squeeze competitors despite low prices tive OPEC ceiling “means nothing” without Jean-Claude Allard, an expert in military military specialist. Allard said the alternative in Queens, with a short window in the middle of the night to appears, at last, to be working. agreeing production quotas for members. aeronautics at Paris’s Institute of International was using a helicopter which can land on parade the animals through the Queens Midtown Tunnel on With dozens of US shale oil producers and Strategic Relations. He said this would the equivalent of half a football field or the way to Madison Square Garden. “It was always funny to going bankrupt, non-OPEC output is fore- OPEC ‘Adrift’ look bad for Assad because he was trying to make a drop from a few dozen metres. watch the face of someone who walked out of a club in the cast to fall and prices have recovered to But for RBC’s Croft, a ceiling would be “a position himself as a key player in the fight However this is high-risk. “It would be morning to see an elephant walking the streets,” Holan said. around $50, a six-month high, having tum- positive sign that down the road at some against the Islamic State group. “Islamist exposed to snipers as it slows to descend... For much of his career with the circus, Holan’s secret bled from over $100 in 2014 to almost $25 point they will be involved in more active rebels could also try to stop the air drops and takes off again,” said Allard. weapon for dealing with the unexpected was a roll of quarters. in January. At the same time, the market management. Right now we have because taking the population hostage is In the case of a snag on the rails, Holan would scramble to International Energy Agency predicts the had 18 months of essentially OPEC being part of their strategy,” Allard added. Limited Results locate a pay phone to contact his roster of contacts when stubborn global supply glut - which adrift.” Jason Schenker, president of However these groups are not known to The load that a plane can carry is a lot problems arose, using the information gained to chart a differ- sparked the vicious price collapse - would Prestige Economics, agreed, telling AFP have high altitude surface-to-air missile less than the amount that can be taken by ent route. After shows, the equipment had be to meticulously “shrink dramatically” this year. Demand that the lack of ceiling “throws into ques- capability. If Syria does give the green light to trucks in a road convoy. Allard said there was reloaded into the cars, with little margin of error and under also looks healthy. This recovery is coming tion their efficacy to operate regarding the UN, tight coordination would be required also always a risk that cargo from an airdrop deadlines laid out a year in advance. “Everything was measured just in time, too, with years of low prices physical production levels”. Ole Hansen at between the Russians and Americans who did not fall into the hands of those who within a half inch so it would fit in the cars. The circus is a model having hit investment in new wells and Saxo Bank said that OPEC’s “struggle to are both active in Syrian skies. needed the help. And there was also a risk of efficiency,” Holan said. technologies, creating concerns about pos- agree on much apart from (the) status quo” that falling packages hit and injure inhabi- sible supply problems in the future. “You means that prices could “once again turn Technical Complexity tants. In addition, finding those willing to Contacts from Circus Days have to have stronger oil prices. towards the downside”. “With key technical If the planes do not have security guaran- send their planes into Syria to carry out the The biggest challenge he has faced during his days at the Investment is so low now, it has been levels currently being tested there is a tees, they will have to parachute aid pack- drops could be a challenge. “I can’t see many Swiss trading giant was during the oil rail boom during 2014 shrinking for two years. This has never hap- raised risk of a deeper correction,” Hansen ages from a very high altitude, reducing the countries sending military aircraft over and early 2015, when space on rails was scarce. He said rail pened before,” Bill Farren-Price of said. And this in turn, could reignite divi- precision of the drop. “Depending on the there,” said Allard. —AFP profit margins are slim, and delays can quickly put a trade in Petroleum Policy Intelligence (PPI) told AFP. sions within the group. —AFP the red. “The rail operators put too many cars on the lines. That was the problem. They could have moved more volumes, with less cars because speeds would have been higher,” Holan said. How did he navigate this stretch? By way of his contacts on China’s Silk Road ambitions face obstacles the rails during his time in the circus, which gave him insight into alternative routes and a network of sources who could By Brenda Goh and Simon Webb upfront financial commitment. Myanmar, in addition, comment for this story. Diplomats though say the inac- provide unique details about unexpected problems. The quar- had environmental concerns and cancelled its part of tion reflected an internal Communist Party rift over how ters are gone, though; Holan relies on email and text messages or the southwestern city of Kunming, China’s plan the project in 2014. the negotiations with China were handled. They said a to uncover problems. Crude rail volumes have dropped signifi- to extend a high-speed rail link 3,000 km south to For China, Southeast Asia’s concerns are “going to be shock decision in January by the politburo to exclude cantly in the past year as the economics have favored water- FSingapore is already a boon: Pristine expressways, a the first significant hurdle as they implement One Belt, Deputy Prime Minister Somsavat Lengsavad from the top borne imports, leaving a trail of unused tank cars and plenty of gleaming station and something of a real estate boom, One Road,” said Peter Cai, a research fellow at Lowy decision-making body in part indicated concern at senior uncertainty about the future of the business. as young buyers crowd property showrooms. In Laos, Institute for International Policy in Sydney. China’s for- levels that the deal’s terms were too favorable for China. “I think it’s probably fair to say that crude by rail has hit its work has yet to start on what should be the first overseas eign ministry and the Export-Import Bank of China did Somsavat had led negotiations on China-related proj- high-water mark, but I don’t think it’s gone forever,” Holan said. leg of a rail line stretching throughout Southeast Asia. not respond to requests for comment. ects and had faced internal criticism for being too pro- The power of rail, he added, is that it can quickly be called back The country, one of the region’s poorest, could struggle Chinese. “The terms were good for Laos,” Somsavat told into action when market conditions change, for example dur- to finance even part of the $7 billion cost and has yet to Land-Linked Reuters. Construction was delayed because Laos was still ing supply disruptions. That kind of juggling suits a guy who agree financial terms with China. In 2013, all signs pointed to fast completion of the “researching some details” and because of local opposi- spent his years keeping balls in the air to get circus clowns to From Laos, the railway would enter Thailand. But Laos leg. Leaders from both countries agreed to speed tion of land issues. Holding the ground-breaking cere- their shows on time. Unlike the circus, which only had the train, Beijing’s negotiations have soured there as well, in part up construction - China offered to loan most of the proj- mony on Dec 2 also raised eyebrows in the leadership oil at least has the option of pipeline, rail, ship or truck. “For a over financing, adding to a growing headache for China ect funds. In November, construction on the line’s termi- because the date clashed with celebrations marking the logistics guy, options are a best friend,” he said. —Reuters and highlighting the sort of problems Beijing may face as nus in Kunming began. The 2.1 billion yuan ($325 mil- 40th anniversary of the founding of the Laos People’s it develops its economic highways beyond Southeast lion) high-speed rail station in Kunming is now months Democratic Republic, diplomats said. With Somsavat out Asia and across Asia under its “One Belt, One Road” proj- from opening. Yet, there is no action in Vientiane despite of the government “moves internally by the Laos govern- All articles appearing on these ect. The ambitious plan to build land, sea and air routes an elaborate groundbreaking ceremony in December. ment have been to renegotiate the terms of this rail pages are the personal opinion of reaching across the continent and beyond was Without significant help from China, Laos lacks the agreement,” a diplomat said. announced by President Xi Jinping in 2013 with the aim financial muscle for the project, diplomats said. It is the writers. Kuwait Times takes no of boosting trade by $2.5 trillion in the next decade. As unclear why China, which has been vying with Vietnam Unrealistic responsibility for views expressed China’s economic growth slows, Beijing is encouraging for influence in Laos, could not offer terms acceptable China has offered at least $30 billion in loans and credit therein. Kuwait Times invites read- its companies to win new markets overseas. to Vientiane. Both countries are invested politically in lines for projects. Zhao Jian, transportation professor at the But across the Southeast Asia border, China is facing the scheme. China aims to increase its reach and influ- Beijing Jiaotong University, said China offers concessionary ers to voice their opinions. Please the most complex and possibly most significant obsta- ence in Southeast Asia and Laos says it wants to turn its loans of between 2 percent and 7 percent, so any country send submissions via email to: opin- cles to its ambitions, as its neighbors protest what they country into one that is land-linked, rather than land- pushing for cheaper loans was being “unrealistic”. Still, [email protected] or via snail say are excessive Chinese demands and unfavorable locked. “There were very high-ranking dignitaries from infrastructure projects like these need to be subsidized, financing conditions. They have resisted Chinese both sides at the signing,” said a Western diplomat in said Kamalkant Agarwal, the head of commercial banking mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. demands for the rights to develop the land either side Vientiane. “Most people believe it will cost more than at Thailand’s Siam Commercial Bank. “You can build these The editor reserves the right to edit of the railway. Beijing says turning a profit on land $7 billion, and Laos is struggling to even finance $2 bil- projects if you have a government or Santa Claus to pay for any submission as necessary. development would make the rest of the project more lion of that.” it,” he said. “But otherwise, making these projects profitable commercially viable and allow it to make a greater The Laos government did not respond to a request for is a huge challenge.” —Reuters MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2016 SPORTS

Phelps stumbles again French prez to give Vardy wants to join ahead of Olympic trials Euro squad pep talk Arsenal, says Giroud

LOS ANGELES: Michael Phelps, aiming to add to his tally of 18 Olympic gold medals PARIS: Francois Hollande is to visit France’s football squad LONDON: France and Arsenal forward Olivier Giroud has fuelled speculation at the Rio de Janeiro Games, was beaten again on Saturday at an invitational swim- yesterday with the president hoping to give ‘Les Bleus’ a that Jamie Vardy is on his way to the Gunners by saying he has heard the ming meeting in Austin, Texas. The 30-year-old US superstar came straight from boost ahead of Friday’s Euro 2016 curtain raiser against Leicester City striker is keen to move. “I have been told that Jamie wants to hard training into the tuneup meet for the Olympic trials in Omaha this month. Romania. The nation plays host to the month long football join us and it’s very good news for us,” the striker told Sky Sports after scor- He finished fourth in the 200m freestyle won by Townley Haas in 1min 47.86sec, extravaganza with 1.5 million visitors expected amid a drea- ing twice in France’s 3-0 friendly win against Scotland on Saturday. with Phelps, clocking 1min 48.73. The setback came a day after Phelps won the ry backdrop of floods, fears of terror attacks, transport British media reported on Friday that Arsenal, runners-up to champions 100m free and finished second to Singapore’s Joseph Schooling in the 100m butter- strikes and street demonstrations. Leicester last season, had triggered a buy-out clause in Vardy’s contract fly. The meeting is one of three elite events this weekend where US swimmers are with a bid of around 20 million pounds ($29.04 million). There was warming up for the demands of trials, and overseas competitors are “I’m going there to tell them I trust them, I trust their coach Didier Deschamps, and the football federation,” said no immediate comment from Thai-owned Leicester, although prepping for the Rio Games themselves. In other Austin action, Italy’s Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper quoted manager Claudio Hollande, himself a keen football fan who will be at the American Chase Kalisz posted the third-fastest time in the world Ranieri confirming Arsenal had made a bid. ESPN quoted a source this year in the 400m individual medley, winning in 4:11.51. Stade de France on Friday for the opening match. “They have close to Arsenal as saying Vardy was due to undergo a medical Allison Schmitt defeated Missy Franklin for the second to play their best football but they also have to remember yesterday. “I am happy with competition. We have always had straight night, triumphing in the 200m free in 1:56.87 to that they represent France,” he told Sunday newspaper Le fantastic strikers at Arsenal and I want the best for this Franklin’s 1:57.78. Franklin won the 200m backstroke in Journal du Dimanche evoking the “Benzema affair”. 2:09.45. At the Indianapolis Pro Swim, American David club. Hopefully he is going to help us win this title,” said Plummer notched the fastest time in the world this France brushed aside Scotland 3-0 on Saturday in their Giroud. “The boss (Arsene Wenger) wanted to sign at year in the 100m backstroke, winning in a sizzling final warm up game and the win helped distance the team least one or two strikers, so I expected a top striker and I 52.40sec.—AFP from the recent row after ousted striker Benzema claimed he think it will benefit the club and hopefully he is going to was a victim of racism.—AFP score a lot of goals like he did at Leicester.”—Reuters

CLEVELAND: Cleveland Indians’ Lonnie Chisenhall slides into home to score as Kansas City Royals’ Salvador Perez apples a tag in the sixth inning of a baseball game. — AP Lindor homers, leads Indians past Royals 7-1

CLEVELAND: Francisco Lindor hit one of pitched a perfect ninth to earn his 10th save win. George Springer started Houston’s 12th Will Smith (1-0) tossed a perfect seventh to seventh. Andrew Miller entered in the seventh Cleveland’s three home runs, leading the for the Cubs, who have won four straight and with a double off Ryan Madson (2-2) and earn the win. Tyler Thornburg had a 1-2-3 and worked two perfect innings. After Indians into first place in the AL Central with a 10 of 11. Arizona went up 2-0 on Jake Lamb’s advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by Jose eighth and Jeremy Jeffress finished for his Rodriguez hit an RBI single in the ninth, win over the Kansas City Royals. Lindor, 10th homer in the first following a walk. But Altuve. Correa then shot a single down the 15th save in 16 tries. Tommy Joseph and Cesar Aroldis Chapman got three outs for his ninth whose two-run homer came in the seventh Hammel (7-1) settled down and allowed only right-field line to give Houston its seventh win Hernandez each hit homers for the Phillies, save in nine tries. New York finished with 16 inning, became the first Indians player to one more walk, retiring his last 13 batters. The in eight games. Scott Feldman (3-3) plunked who have lost eight of nine and 12 of 15. hits, one short of its season high. Ivan Nova (4- record three extra-base hits in a game this D-backs walked David Ross intentionally to Khris Davis with two outs in the 12th before a 3) took a three-hit shutout into the seventh, season. He also started an outstanding defen- load the bases in the fourth. Hammel respond- single by Yonder Alonso. But Feldman retired PIRATES 8, ANGELS 7 but didn’t get another out. Tyler Wilson (2-5) sive play in the ninth. Playing in a shift near ed with a grounder up the middle that got by Marcus Semien to end the inning. Gregory Polanco and Matt Joyce hit home lasted four innings, giving up five runs and second base, he made a backhand stop of Edwin Escobar (0-2), hit second base and dart- runs during a five-run seventh inning, Jeff seven hits for Baltimore. Kendrys Morales’ hard-hit grounder and ed into right field to cap a three-run inning. METS 6, MARLINS 4 Locke got his career-best fourth straight win flipped to third baseman Jose Ramirez, who MIAMI: Michael Conforto ended an 0-for-20 and the Pittsburgh Pirates held off the Los GIANTS 5, CARDINALS 1 was playing behind second. Ramirez threw to REDS 6, NATIONALS 3 skid with an RBI single in the eighth and Angeles Angels. Polanco made it 4-3 by lead- ST LOUIS: Johnny Cueto worked around a first for the out. Tyler Naquin hit a two-run Stephen Strasburg gave up Joey Votto’s scored the tiebreaking run on pinch hitter ing off the seventh with a 461-foot drive to season-worst five walks to post his ninth win, homer in the sixth. Mike Napoli started the two-run homer and limped off the field a few Matt Reynolds’ two-out single later in the right field, his ninth, off Fernando Salas (2-2). tying for the major league lead, as the San four-run inning with a solo homer. Josh Joyce pinch hit for Locke and capped the rally Francisco Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals. Tomlin (8-1) bounced back from his first loss with a three-run shot to center field off Greg Cueto (9-1) allowed a run on four hits in six of the season and allowed one run in 6 1/3 MLB Results/Standings Mahle that made it 8-3. Locke (5-3) gave up innings with one strikeout. He hadn’t walked innings. Ian Kennedy (4-4) gave up five runs in three runs and seven hits in seven innings. He more than two in any of his first 11 starts for six innings. Chicago Cubs 5, Arizona 3; Milwaukee 6, Philadelphia 3; Pittsburgh 8, LA Angels 7; Boston 6, Toronto 4; Detroit had two strikeouts and no walks. Mark his new team. Cueto is among four nine-game 7, Chicago White Sox 4; NY Mets 6, Miami 4; Houston 6, Oakland 5 (12 innings); Cincinnati 6, Washington 3; Melancon pitched a perfect ninth for his 17th winners, joining Stephen Strasburg, Jake TIGERS 7, WHITE SOX 4 Tampa Bay 7, Minnesota 4; Cleveland 7, Kansas City 1; NY Yankees 8, Baltimore 6; St. Louis 7, San Francisco 4; save in 18 opportunities. Arrieta and Chris Sale. Six of Cueto’s victories JD Martinez homered and drove in three Texas 10, Seattle 4; LA Dodgers 4, Atlanta 0; San Diego 4, Colorado 3. have come on the road. Five Giants relievers runs, Mike Pelfrey ended an 18-start winless American League National League RED SOX 6, BLUE JAYS 4 combined to give up just one hit. Adam string and the Detroit Tigers beat Chris Sale Eastern Division Eastern Division David Ortiz added two more RBIs to his tor- Wainwright (5-4) allowed two runs in seven and the Chicago White Sox 7-4 Saturday. W L PCT GB Washington 33 23 .589 - rid start in what he says will be his final season, innings. The Cardinals were held to one run for During the game, the White Sox announced Boston 33 23 .589 - NY Mets 31 23 .574 1 Mookie Betts had two hits and drove in two the second straight game. they had acquired former All-Star pitcher Baltimore 31 23 .574 1 Miami 29 27 .518 4 runs and the Boston Red Sox beat the Toronto James Shields and cash from San Diego for Toronto 30 27 .526 3.5 Philadelphia 27 29 .482 6 Blue Jays. The 40-year-old Ortiz entered the RANGERS 10, MARINERS 4 NY Yankees 26 29 .473 6.5 Atlanta 16 39 .291 16.5 two players. White Sox left fielder Jason Coats, Tampa Bay 24 30 .444 8 day leading the majors in RBIs and raised his Elvis Andrus homered, Rougned Odor making his major league debut, exited in the Central Division total to 53, helping Boston snap a three-game scored twice in his return from a seven-game Central Division Chicago Cubs 39 15 .722 - seventh inning after colliding with center Cleveland 30 24 .556 - losing streak. He announced his retirement on suspension for punching Jose Bautista and the Pittsburgh 30 25 .545 9.5 fielder JB Shuck. Coats was bleeding from a Kansas City 30 25 .545 0.5 his birthday in November. Knuckleballer Texas Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners. Odor St. Louis 29 27 .518 11 cut in his mouth, was tested for a concussion Chicago White Sox 29 27 .518 2 Steven Wright (6-4) gave up three unearned got a standing ovation when introduced Milwaukee 26 30 .464 14 Detroit 27 28 .491 3.5 and was listed as day to day. Martinez hit a Cincinnati 21 35 .375 19 runs, five walks and three hits in five innings, before his first at-bat. He was reinstated before go-ahead home run in the sixth that helped Minnesota 16 39 .291 14.5 striking out three, but was lifted due to a high the game after serving Major League Western Division Western Division Pelfrey (1-5) post his first win since last Aug San Francisco 35 23 .603 - pitch count. Craig Kimbrel worked the ninth for Baseball’s penalty for slugging Toronto’s right 12. He allowed two runs on five hits and three Texas 33 22 .600 - his 13th save. Marcus Stroman (5-2) gave up six fielder in the testy home game May 15. It was Seattle 31 24 .564 2 LA Dodgers 30 27 .526 4.5 walks in six innings, striking out three. Houston 27 30 .474 7 Colorado 24 31 .436 9.5 runs in 5 2/3 innings. the fourth game in a row the Mariners trailed Francisco Rodriguez got the final out for his LA Angels 25 30 .455 8 Arizona 24 34 .414 11 by three runs after the first inning. Their only 14th save. Sale (9-2) failed again to become Oakland 25 31 .446 8.5 San Diego 23 34 .404 11.5 RAYS 7, TWINS 4 victory in that span was the biggest comeback the first 10-game winner in the majors. He Evan Longoria homered for the third in franchise history, overcoming a 10-run allowed four runs on nine hits in 6 1/3 innings, straight game, and Matt Andriese worked five deficit after five innings Thursday to win 16-13 and is now 0-2 in his last three starts. pitches later, and the Cincinnati Reds over- inning to help the New York Mets rally past the innings in a rain-shortened start to pick up his at San Diego. Rangers lefty Martin Perez (4-4) came a pair of rain delays while rallying to Miami Marlins. Conforto also hit a sacrifice fly fourth win as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the allowed three runs over six innings. Nathan DODGERS 4, BRAVES 0 beat the Washington Nationals for their fourth in the sixth. The left fielder was a last-minute Minnesota Twins. Longoria’s fifth-inning home Karns (5-2) was gone after the first two batters Clayton Kershaw held Atlanta to three hits straight win. Adam Duvall hit Shawn Kelley’s addition to the lineup when slugger Yoenis run was one of four for the Rays on the cloudy in the fifth reached, and eventually scored. over six innings and Los Angeles’ bullpen fourth pitch for a tiebreaking three-run homer Cespedes was scratched because of a sore day, and the second of three allowed by Twins closed things out to help the Dodgers beat following a 64-minute rain delay in the bot- right hip, the latest in a wave of injuries for the starter Ervin Santana (1-5). Steven Souza Jr.’s PADRES 4, ROCKIES 3 the Braves. Kershaw (8-1) struck out four and tom of the eighth, extending Cincinnati’s best Mets. Jim Henderson (1-2) retired the only bat- three-run shot off Santana in the fourth put Wil Myers homered, singled and doubled, walked one in his shortest outing of the sea- winning streak of the season. Strasburg ter he faced in the seventh. Addison Reed the Rays ahead for good, and Logan Morrison’s missing the cycle by a triple for the second son. Joe Blanton, Pedro Baez and Kenley walked Zack Cozart to start the bottom of the pitched around a single in the eighth to two-run homer in the seventh against Michael time in four games, and Derek Norris hit a two- Jansen pitched an inning each. Atlanta starter sixth inning, gave up Votto’s homer, and extend his scoreless streak to 13 1/3 innings. Tonkin put the game out of reach to give run homer to lead the San Diego Padres past Bud Norris (1-7) held the Dodgers to a run on grabbed his right calf on a pitch to Brandon Jeurys Familia gave up a two-out RBI single to Tampa Bay its second consecutive win. Hank the Colorado Rockies. Earlier in the day, the three hits over five innings. He struck out two Phillips. He left a few pitches later, limping Christian Yelich in the ninth before earning his Conger - who came in hitting .188 with one Padres sent right-hander James Shields and and walked four. Kershaw scored the game’s slightly. Jay Bruce also homered off Strasburg, 34th consecutive save, including 18 this year. homer - had a solo shot in the third. Andriese $29 million to the Chicago White Sox for two first run after beating out an infield hit in the who fanned 10 and became the first Nationals David Phelps (4-4) took the loss. (4-0) allowed three runs, one unearned, in five prospects, capping one of the more miserable third. He went to second on a walk, and then pitcher to strike out 1,000 in his career. Ross innings - his shortest start this season, thanks weeks in team history. The deal came three scored on Justin Turner’s two-out single. Ohlendorf (4-4) got the win, while Felipe BREWERS 6, PHILLIES 3 in part to a 70-minute rain delay in the sixth. days after Padres executive chairman Ron Rivero (0-2) took the loss. Domingo Santana hit a tiebreaking solo Fowler criticized the last-place team’s recent CUBS 5, DIAMONDBACKS 3 homer in the eighth inning, Jonathan Villar YANKEES 8, ORIOLES 6 performances as being “embarrassing” and Jason Hammel allowed one hit over seven ASTROS 6, ATHLETICS 5, 12 INNINGS went deep for the third straight game and the Starlin Castro and Austin Romine each had “pathetic,” and called out Shields for his poor innings and snapped a tie with a two-run sin- Carlos Correa had three hits and his RBI sin- Milwaukee Brewers beat the Philadelphia two RBIs, Alex Rodriguez had three hits and start Tuesday at Seattle. Andrew Cashner (3-5) gle to lead the sizzling Chicago Cubs past the gle with one out in the 12th lifted the Houston Phillies. Santana connected off Hector Neris (1- the New York Yankees squandered most of a snapped a personal three-game losing streak. Arizona Diamondbacks. Dexter Fowler added Astros over the Oakland Athletics. After Jed 3) leading off the eighth for his fourth homer seven-run lead before escaping with a victory Chad Bettis (4-5) allowed four runs and 10 hits his 17th career leadoff home run, Anthony Lowrie hit a tying home run with two outs in and first since returning from the disabled list over the Baltimore Orioles. New York led 7-0 in five innings, struck out three and walked Rizzo hit his 13th homer and Hector Rondon the ninth for Oakland, the Astros came back to on Friday. Villar had three hits and two RBIs. before the Orioles hit three homers in a six-run one. —AP MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2016 SPORTS

Ali casts long shadow over bland heavyweight ranks

LOS ANGELES: The death of Muhammad Britain’s Lennox Lewis foreshadowed a Ali was a sharp reminder of a glittering era European grasp on the division guaranteed of heavyweight boxing that contrasts stark- to dull interest in America. Certainly the ly with the anemic state of the sport’s mar- erudite approach of Vitaly and Wladimir quee division today. Ali, who died of septic Klitschko never set the hearts of US fight shock on Friday at the age of 74 after fans racing, and Britain’s Tyson Fury, who decades of battling Parkinson’s disease, out-pointed Wladimir Klitschko in was the cornerstone of a heavyweight tri- November to seize the Ukrainian’s titles has umvirate that also included Joe Frazier and alienated fans with sexist, anti-semitic and George Foreman, whose flair and ferocity homophobic remarks. kept boxing at the forefront of the cultural conversation. ‘#underwhelmed’ They were themselves the heirs of Joe In recent years it’s been left to the little Louis and Max Schmeling, Rocky Marciano guys to add luster to the sport. Floyd and Sonny Liston. And amid the social tur- Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao can lay moil of their age they made the heavy- claim to boxing’s most recent “Fight of the weight world crown relevant worldwide. Century.” But their 2015 bout in Las Vegas Even the names of the bouts still resonate: failed to pack the visceral punch fans Ali-Frazier 1, known as “The Fight of the expected from two fighters long consid- Century” pitted the two undefeated heavy- ered the best pound-for-pound perform- weight champions in famed Madison ers of their generation. The Hollywood Square Garden with seemingly the whole celebrities and sports stars jetted in, but world watching and taking sides. left unsatisfied. “We waited five years for Frazier absorbed tremendous punish- that ... #underwhelmed,” “Iron” Mike Tyson ment but relentlessly out-worked Ali and tweeted, after a fight that will go down in dropped him in the 15th round to win by history not for what happened inside the unanimous decision and launch an epic ropes but for the colossal amount of cash trilogy capped by the “Thrilla in Manila”. In it generated. between there was the “Rumble in the Mayweather and Pacquiao have both Jungle” in Kinshasa, where underdog Ali’s since retired, Pacquiao pursuing his politi- now famous “rope a dope” strategy saw cal career in the Philippines as Mayweather LOUISVILLE: A small memorial sits in front of the boyhood home of Muhammad Ali. — AP Foreman punch out his energy and Ali appears to mull a match with Conor pounce for an eighth-round knockout of McGregor, a star of the mixed martial arts his previously unbeaten foe. stage that is taking bites out of boxing’s fan It would be a decade before another base. It would be a social media circus wor- For final farewell, Ali will heavyweight erupted on the scene with thy of fabled boxing promoter Don King such force, but the chaos surrounding Mike and a far cry from the dazzling destruction Tyson extended beyond the ring and even- promulgated by Ali and his greatest rivals. tually doomed a reign that mattered less But then Angelo Dundee, who trained Ali draw world to hometown and less to the general populace as a con- for two decades, noted that “Muhammad fusing array of sanctioning bodies prolifer- ruined us for everybody”. “He was great LOUISVILLE: Muhammad Ali crafted the plan for took it, Fischer said. The officer told him he’d forgot where he came from, she said. Liston’s ated and niche-marketed pay-per-view outside (the ring); he was great inside,” his final tribute years ago, long before he died. have to learn how to box first. voice trembled as she recounted running into became the norm. Dundee said before his death in 2012. “We On Friday, his family will honor him just like he Daniel Wilson Sr. was one year behind Ali at him at a baseball game a few years ago. “I got to Tyson’s meetings with Evander Holyfield got so accustomed to it, we thought we planned, with a global celebration in his home- Central High School and remembered he was so tell him how much I cared about him. He put came too late, and the emergence of deserved it.” — AFP town. A procession will carry his body down an committed to his conditioning that he didn’t get that big ol’ paw out and just shook my hand,” she avenue in Louisville that bears his name, on the school bus like everybody else. Instead, said. “He just had time for everybody.” The mayor through his boyhood neighborhood and down he ran along beside it, three miles all the way to ordered the city’s flags at half-staff. Broadway, the scene of the parade that honored school each morning. “The kids on the bus Outside Metro Hall, Fischer pointed west, Ali became a world citizen the brash young man - then known as Cassius would be laughing and Ali would be laughing toward Ali’s childhood home, about three miles Clay - for his gold medal at the 1960 Olympics. too,” he recalled at the Grand Avenue home. away in one of the city’s poorest zip codes. but never forgot his roots A day after Ali died at age 74 from complica- Ruby Hyde arrived at the memorial holding “There can only be one Muhammad Ali, but his tions of Parkinson’s disease, a family spokesman an old black-and-white framed photo of a young journey from Grand Avenue to global icon LOUISVILLE: Muhammad Ali traveled the Ali’s storybook boxing career - highlighted outlined plans for Ali’s funeral as people from Ali. As a teenager, she’d been a water girl at his serves as a reminder that there are young peo- world as a fighter and humanitarian, but he by epic bouts with Joe Frazier, George Manila to Louisville to his adopted home of amateur bouts and seen even then that there ple with the potential for greatness in the hous- always came home to Louisville. His Foreman and Sonny Liston - began with a Arizona mourned the boxing great’s passing. was something special, something cerebral, es and neighborhoods all over our city, our Kentucky hometown was where Ali, as a theft. His bicycle was stolen when he was 12. The family “certainly believes that about the way he fought. Years later, he came nation, our world,” he said. Fischer told mourners gangly teenager, began to develop his box- Wanting to report the crime, the shaken boy Muhammad was a citizen of the world ... and back to the old neighborhood as a heavyweight to teach all children Ali’s legacy: that a kid from ing skills - the dazzling footwork and rapid- was introduced to Joe Martin, a police officer they know that the world grieves with him,” champ, driving a Cadillac with the top down. Kentucky can grow up to be “The Greatest.” fire punching prowess. The three-time world who doubled as a boxing coach at a local spokesman Bob Gunnell said at a news confer- “All the kids jumped in and he rode them “That’s how we become champions,” he said. heavyweight boxing champion never forgot gym. Ali told Martin he wanted to whip the ence in Scottsdale, not far from Ali’s home in his around the block,” she remembered. He never “Muhammad Ali has shown us the way.” — AP his roots, returning to his old West End culprit. The thief was never found, nor was final years. Family members will accompany Ali’s neighborhood and visiting high school the bike, but soon the feisty Ali was a regular remains to Louisville within the next two days. A classmates even after becoming one of the in Martin’s gym. private funeral will be held Thursday. world’s most recognizable men. “He always had a good left-hand punch,” Hero, legend, villain? Ali’s Now the focus shifts back to Ali’s home- Bender recalled. “He could follow up. The fun- ‘People’s champion’ town as the world says goodbye to the man damentals were always there.” Ali developed After the Friday procession, a memorial serv- ugly feud with Joe Frazier who emerged from humble beginnings to into a top amateur boxer. His early workouts ice open to the public will be held at the KFC LOS ANGELES: A beloved icon. A fighter who me to what a cheap-shot son of a bitch he rub elbows with heads of state. Ali, slowed for included racing a school bus along the streets YUM! Center. Eulogists will include former transcended his sport. A symbol of heroism, was,” Frazier wrote. Frazier exacted a measure years by Parkinson’s disease, died Friday at of Louisville, said Shirlee Smith, his classmate President Bill Clinton, comedian Billy Crystal - courage and defiance. Muhammad Ali was all of revenge by flooring Ali in the 15th round of age 74 in an Arizona hospital. His funeral is at Louisville Central High School. “Every time who has done a masterful impression of Ali - and of these things and more to countless millions their first fight before going on to take a unan- scheduled for Friday afternoon in Louisville. the bus would stop to pick up kids, he would sports television host Bryant Gumbel. The cere- of admirers around the world during his imous decision victory. The animosity of that Ali chose his hometown as the place for pass us up,” she recalled. “Then we’d pass him mony will be led by an imam in the Muslim tradi- remarkable life and times. Yet for Joe Frazier, first fight came to define Ali and Frazier’s rela- one of his lasting legacies: the Muhammad Ali up. Everybody on the bus would be laughing tion but include representatives of other faiths. the overwhelming adoration given to Ali dur- tionship thereafter. Center, which promotes his humanitarian and teasing him. He was training at that time, Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch will represent Mormons. ing and after his career would always be hard Following a second bout won by Ali in ideals and showcases his remarkable career. and we were just having fun. But he was “Muhammad Ali was clearly the people’s to stomach. 1974, the invective took an uglier turn in the Ali and his wife, Lonnie, had multiple resi- focused on what he wanted.” champion,” Gunnell said, “and the celebration Frazier, who died in 2011, was to be Ali’s build-up to the “Thrilla in Manila” the following dences around the US, but always maintained will reflect his devotion to people of all races, greatest rival in the ring, the two men fighting year, with Ali zeroing in on Frazier’s physical a Louisville home. The city embraced its ‘Louisville Lip’ religions and backgrounds.” The spokesman said three blood-curdling battles that culminated appearance, repeatedly referring to him as a favorite son right back. A downtown street Ali’s boyhood neighbor, Lawrence Ali died in Arizona at 9:10 p.m. Friday local time with their epic 1975 collision in Manila. But “gorilla.” “Joe Frazier should give his face to The bears his name. A banner showcasing his face Montgomery Sr, said he saw early glimpses of of “septic shock due to unspecified natural caus- the noble nature of Frazier and Ali’s rivalry Wildlife Fund! He’s so ugly, blind men go the - and proclaiming him “Louisville’s Ali” - tow- the bravado that earned Ali the “Louisville Lip” es,” three decades after being diagnosed with inside the ropes masked an ugly feud, stoked other way. He not only looks bad, you can ers over motorists near the city’s riverfront. nickname. “He told me then that he was Parkinson’s disease. It is not clear what specifical- by Ali, that was to leave Frazier nursing a smell him in another country. What will the going to be the heavyweight champion of ly caused the septic shock. However, difficulty grudge for decades after the two men finally people in Manila think? That black brothers ‘Only health changed him’ the world, and I didn’t believe him,” swallowing is among complications of hung up their gloves, a far cry from the time in are animals. Ignorant. Stupid. Ugly and smelly,” Lifelong friend Victor Bender knew Ali ever Montgomery said. “I told him, ‘Man, you bet- Parkinson’s disease and it can worsen at the end the 1960s when they had been friends. Ali told reporters. since they were boyhood sparring partners. ter get that out of your mind.’ But he succeed- of life. It makes eating and drinking difficult and During Ali’s exile from boxing following his Bender remembered Ali - then known as ed. He followed through.” patients are at risk for aspirating food or liquids refusal to fight in Vietnam, when he was ‘He is a man’ Cassius Clay - as a dedicated athlete who Not long after graduating from high into their lungs, leading to pneumonia and a stripped of his title and widely ostracized in Frazier responded by stating that he want- worked tirelessly to hone his boxing skills. He school, Ali won a gold medal at the 1960 chest infection that in weakened patients can mainstream America, Frazier lent Ali money ed to “take Ali’s heart out” and in metaphorical also remembered Ali’s human touch - his will- Olympics in Rome. Smith remembered Ali as lead to sepsis - a bloodstream infection that can and lobbied then president Richard Nixon to terms over the course of the fight that fol- ingness to reach out to others. “Only health a happy-go-lucky classmate who wasn’t in turn cause organ failure and death. allow him to box. The friendship soured when lowed, he nearly did. Ali eventually triumphed changed him,” Bender said in a September changed by fame. She recalled the class Ali was mourned around the globe Saturday, Ali returned to boxing, and his “Fight of the after 14 grueling rounds when Frazier, eyes 2014 interview. “When he was healthy reunion when Ali performed magic tricks. “He and in his hometown, not even pouring rain Century” against Frazier was set for March 8, swollen to near-blindness, retired before the enough, he could talk with anybody. He loved never had any airs or any pretense,” she said. could stop the tributes for “The Greatest.” In the 1971 in Madison Square Garden. Ali, a hero of 15th round. children. He’d reach out and touch anybody, “He was just Muhammad Ali.” three-time heavyweight champion’s old neigh- the black civil rights movement, relentlessly “Don’t let me ever again hear anybody put because he loved people. “Sometimes his Ali announced his conversion to the borhood, brother Rahaman Ali stood in a small portrayed Frazier in offensive terms, painting Joe Frazier down,” the shattered Ali said. “He is handlers would say, ‘Look, we’ve got to go. Muslim faith soon after upsetting Liston in house on Grand Avenue and dabbed his eyes as him as an “Uncle Tom”, a passive, inarticulate the toughest man in the world. If I’d taken the We’ve got to meet the schedule.’ And he’d say, 1964 to win the heavyweight crown for the he shook hand after hand. The visitors had come pawn of the “White Establishment.” punches he took in there, I’d have quit long ‘The schedule will have to wait.’” first time. Ali moved away in the early 1960s from as far away as Georgia and as near as down before he did. He is a man.”Ali’s paean to Ruby Hyde remembered the heavyweight but never lost contact with Louisville. The Ali the street. “God bless you all,” the 72-year-old Verbal salvos Frazier’s bravery did little to heal the rift how- champ cruising into her neighborhood in a Center includes exhibits recalling the turbu- Rahaman said to each. “Joe Frazier is an Uncle Tom. He works for ever. In his autobiography two decades later, Cadillac with the top down. “All the kids lent 1960s that Ali came to personify. Ali was Ali’s death held special meaning in Louisville, the enemy,” Ali taunted. Whether an early Frazier laid bare his resentment, suggesting jumped in and he rode them around the refused service at a Louisville restaurant after where he was the city’s favorite son. “He was one example of promotional trash-talk or genuine- that Ali’s Parkinson’s disease was divine retribu- block,” she remembered. Ali’s boyhood home he returned home as an Olympic gold medal of the most honorable, kindest men to live on ly held sentiment, Ali’s words stung Frazier-the tion. “People ask me if I feel sorry for him. - a small, single-story frame house - still winner. Other exhibits recall Ali’s role as a civil this planet,” his brother said while greeting son of Alabama sharecroppers who had been Nope. Fact is, I don’t give a damn. They want stands in the working-class neighborhood rights supporter and opponent of the mourners at their childhood home, recently ren- subjected to racism in his youth-to the core. In me to love him, but I’ll open up the graveyard where he grew up. The bright pink home on Vietnam War. Louisvillians embraced him as ovated and turned into a museum. Cars lined his 1996 autobiography, Frazier described Ali’s and bury his ass when the Lord chooses to Grand Avenue was renovated by its current their own again as they mourned his passing. both sides of the street. Visitors piled flowers verbal salvos as a “cynical attempt to make me take him,” he wrote. In 2001, though, Ali apolo- owners and opened for Ali’s fans to get a They flocked to the Ali Center and to his boy- and boxing gloves around the marker designat- feel isolated from my own people.” gized during a New York Times interview. “In a glimpse into his life before the world came to hood home along with out-of-town visitors ing it a historical site. They were young and old, “He thought that would weaken me when way, Joe’s right. I said a lot of things in the heat know him. paying their respects.—AP black and white, friends and fans. it came time to face him in that ring. Well, he of the moment that I shouldn’t have said,” Ali was wrong. It didn’t weaken me, it awakened reflected. “I apologize for that. I’m sorry.” — AFP ‘Ali belongs to the world’ Another memorial grew outside the Muhammad Ali Center downtown, a museum built in tribute to Ali’s core values: respect, confi- dence, conviction, dedication, charity, spirituali- ty. By mid-afternoon, nearly 3,000 people had come through the doors, said Donald Lassere, the center’s president and CEO. The center would typically draw about 500 visitors on a rainy Saturday, he said. “Muhammad Ali belongs to the world,” Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said at a memori- al service outside Metro Hall. “But he only has one hometown.” Rahaman recalled what Ali was like as a boy named Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., long before he became the most famous man in the world, celebrated as much for his grace and his words as his lightning-fast feet and knockout punch. In their little pink house in Louisville’s west end, the brothers liked to wrestle and play cards and shoot hoops. “He was a really sweet, kind, loving, giving, affectionate, wonderful person,” Rahaman said, wearing a cap that read “Ali,” the last letter formed by the silhouette of a BALTIMORE: Members of the Baltimore Orioles stand on the field during a moment boxer ready to pounce. When he was 12, Ali NEW YORK: In this July 17, 1975, file photo, sports promoter Don King stands between of silence for boxer Muhammad Ali before a baseball game against the New York had a bicycle that was stolen and he told a Muhammad Ali, left, the heavyweight champion, and Joe Frazier. — AP Yankees. — AP police officer he wanted to “whoop” whoever MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2016 SPORTS Spot-fixing convict Amir returns for England Tests LAHORE: Fast bowler Mohammad Amir arranging deliberate no-balls in return for Lord’s-the same venue where he com- with selectors deciding to include him toured England in 2001 and 2006 — will has been named in Pakistan’s Test squad money during the Lord’s Test against mitted his offence six years earlier. Chief after team medics said he would regain be their mainstay. Besides Younis, Azhar to face England in a four-match series England in August 2010. In addition to selector Inzamam-ul-Haq said Amir fitness in the next few days. Ali and Hafeez are the only two who starting next month, six years after he receiving custodial sentences, all three would receive a visa. “Amir is expected to Regular opener Ahmed Shehzad was have played previously played Tests in received a spot-fixing ban against the players were banned for five years. Since get visa in the next couple of days and not selected over disciplinary problems, England before. Wahab Riaz, Rahat Ali, same opponents. The 24-year-old, who returning from his suspension last (Mohammad) Hafeez is also cleared by leaving the opening positions to the Sohail Khan and Imran Khan will round also served a custodial sentence for the September Amir has been a regular feature medical staff so we have included him,” inexperienced left-handed pair of Shan out the pace attack while leg spinner offence, is expected to receive his British in Pakistan’s one-day and Twenty20 sides Inzamam told a press conference. Masood, who has played seven Tests, Yasir Shah and left-armer Zulfiqar Babar visa in the next couple of days following but has yet to make his return to Tests. The Test squad will be led by Misbah- and Sami Aslam, who has played one. are the two spinners. The team are likely a special request for leniency from the His good form makes him an auto- ul-Haq, who took on the captaincy in Aslam, 20, however, starred against to leave for the tour on June 18 and hold Pakistan Cricket Board. matic choice for the team. Barring any October 2010, a few months after the England during a Pakistan junior team a training camp in Hampshire before Amir along with then-Pakistan captain visa problem or injury he is set to open spot-fixing scandal. Opener Hafeez was tour in 2013, when he hit three centuries. their first match against Somerset start- Salman Butt and new-ball partner the bowling for Pakistan when they take selected subject to his full recovery from Pakistan’s batting will also be tested ing on July 5 and another against Sussex Mohammad Asif, were found guilty of the field for the first Test on July 14 at a knee injury sustained two months ago, but the experienced Younis Khan-who from July 8.—AFP Olympics’ refugee team to be ‘symbol of hope’ in Rio

LAUSANNE: Ten refugee athletes from careers interrupted, these high-level Africa and the Middle East were selected refugee athletes will finally have the Friday to compete under the Olympic flag chance to pursue their dreams,” UN High at the Rio de Janeiro Games in what the Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi IOC said represents a “symbol of hope” for said. “Their participation in the Olympics is migrants and refugees around the world. a tribute to the courage and perseverance The members of the first ever Olympic of all refugees in overcoming adversity and refugee team include athletes from South building a better future for themselves and Sudan, Syria, Congo and Ethiopia who will their families.” compete in track and field, swimming and The team includes Syrian swimmers judo. The team of six men and four women Yusra Mardini, now based in Germany, and will march together behind the Olympic Rami Anis, living in Belgium; South flag in the opening ceremony in Rio’s Sudanese runners Yiech Pur Biel (800 Maracana stadium on Aug. 5. meters), James Nyang Chiengjiek (400), “We’re convinced this refugee Olympic Anjelina Nada Lohalith (1,500), Rose team can send a symbol of hope to all Nathike Lokonyen (800) and Paulo Amotun refugees in the world,” IOC President Lokoro (1,500); Thomas Bach said at the close of a three- Congolese judo athletes Yolande Bukasa day IOC executive board meeting in Mabika (70-kilogram category) and Popole Lausanne. “It is also a signal to the interna- Misenga (90 kgs), both living and training tional community that refugees are our in Brazil; and Ethiopian marathon runner fellow human beings and are an enrich- Yonas Kinde, now based in Luxembourg. ment to society.” The South Sudanese runners had been The team, selected from an initial pool staying at the sprawling Kakuma refugee of 43 candidates, will be overseen by camp in northwestern Kenya when they Kenya’s Tegla Loroupe, the former women’s were selected as potential Olympic ath- marathon world record-holder. Five coach- letes. They were then taken to a training es and five other team officials were also camp near Nairobi run by Loroupe. named by the IOC. Officially called the Mardini, the teenage Syrian swimmer, Refugee Olympic Team (ROT), the athletes has generated heavy media attention. She will walk into the opening ceremony just and her sister, Sarah, were on a flimsy ESTONIA: In this photo taken on Thursday, June 2, 2016, Estonian athletes sisters Lily Luik, left, Liina Luik, center, and Leila Luik attend a train- ahead of the huge team from Brazil, the inflatable boat with other refugees mak- ing session after an interview with The Associated Press at a track. —AP host nation that marches last in the parade ing the perilous trip from Turkey to Greece of athletes from more than 200 countries. when the dinghy started taking on water. While most of the refugees couldn’t swim, No home, no team, no flag the Mardini sisters jumped into the water The Trio for Rio: Triplets “These refugees have no home, no and helped guide the boat to the Greek team, no flag, no national anthem,” Bach island of Lesbos. The sisters eventually said. “We will offer them a home in the made it to Germany, where they began Olympic Village together with all the ath- training at a swimming pool in Berlin near plan to run marathon letes of the world. ... These refugee athletes their refugee center. will show the world that despite the unimaginable tragedies that they have New members TALLINN, Estonia: Fans at the Rio Olympics will according to Olympic historian Bill Mallon, who ‘Go, go on, come on, don’t stop,’” said Leila, the faced, anyone can contribute to society Also Friday, the IOC nominated eight new be seeing not just double, but triple in the keeps a database of athletes. oldest. “Together we are like a dream team.” through their talent, skills and strength of members - including a South Africa film pro- women’s marathon when identical triplets race The 30-year-old sisters are from the “If one of us has a bad competition or some- the human spirit.” ducer, Colombia’s former ambassador to the together for the first time. Calling themselves medieval city of Tartu, and they only turned pro thing, everyone feels that,” Lily said. “Injuries The plan was first announced by the IOC US and the female founder of an Indian the “Trio to Rio” and sporting identical uniforms at the relatively late age of 24. They don’t come (are) also very bad for us because if one of us at the United Nations last October amid the charitable foundation. Formal ratification of and blonde ponytails, Estonians Leila, Lily and from an athletic family. Keen to play outside couldn’t compete somewhere it’s ... not a influx of migrants and refugees from armed the four men and four women will come at Liina Luik are used to spectators and officials from a young age, they took up distance run- complete team.” The sisters are favored to conflicts in Syria, Africa, South Asia and the full IOC session in Rio de Janeiro in mixing them up when they’re competing. “They ning because “we feel the nature vibe,” Liina take Estonia’s three qualifying spots for the other regions. “Having had their sporting August on the eve of the games. —AP don’t know who is who,” Lily said. said. Lily said jokingly that the marathon is an marathon, but they’re not likely to win a “Commentators see one of us is coming, and “easier” way to travel than hiking. medal since Leila’s best time of 2 hours 37 the other is a little bit later, and then comes the minutes 11 seconds is almost 15 minutes third one. It’s like: ‘So fast, you are already here.’” Family solidarity slower than the Olympic record. There’s a The triplets joked among themselves and Whether training or racing, the triplets have strong tradition of Nordic distance running, Rossi wins Grand finished sentences during an interview with a relentless competitive drive and family soli- especially in Estonia’s neighbor Finland, but The Associated Press at a track in Estonia’s capi- darity. They want to break each other’s personal African countries are the undisputed leaders tal. Asked how they decided to turn pro and try best (currently held by Leila) but also race tacti- of the modern marathon. Still, spirits are high Prix of Catalonia for the Olympics, Liina and Lily answered in uni- cally, taking turns at the tiring task of leading for the “Trio to Rio.” “The nervousness hasn’t son “together.” Twins are not uncommon in the the pack and facing greater wind resistance. come to us,” Lily said. “Definitely, it would be BARCELONA: Valentino Rossi gave his as Rossi and Marquez shook hands, draw- history of the Olympics, which has many tales “When its hard conditions and someone is little great to finish all together. It would be diffi- MotoGP world title prospects a massive ing a line under their bitter rivalry from of sporting families. But triplets are a first, bit behind or weaker, we all push each other - cult, but we try it.” — AP boost with success in the Grand Prix of 2015. “This is a great, great victory, one of Catalonia yesterday at a sombre Montmelo the best of my career. It is for Salom and for circuit reeling from the tragic death of Luis his family,” said the Yamaha star. Salom. Rossi got the better of a gripping By lap five Rossi had fought his way up ‘Proud British fighter’ Khan dogfight in the closing laps with pole sitter to second from fifth on the grid, and he Marc Marquez, who crossed in second to then pushed past teammate Lorenzo, who take the championship lead. slipped back to fourth. Lorenzo’s hopes of a Jorge Lorenzo lined up leading the third straight win after Le Mans and Italy wants success for Pakistan MotoGP standings but came away point- disappeared when an impetuous Iannone less after being wiped out by Andrea tried an ill-fated and dangerous overtaking ISLAMABAD: Boxer Amir Khan has denied career record to 31 wins and four losses. Khan, known for his fast cars and flashy lifestyle and Iannone. Marquez leads the championship move with nine laps left. Lorenzo was clear- betraying his British upbringing after being a two-time former welterweight world cham- who regularly made headlines for his speeding after this seventh leg of the season on 125 ly furious at the Ducati rider’s antics. criticized for saying he would represent pion, stepped up two divisions to fight his tickets, Khan now speaks passionately about points from Lorenzo on 115 points and As the defending world champion Pakistan at the Rio Games, insisting he only brawny middleweight opponent after he was the need to give back to those less fortunate-a Rossi now in third on 103 points. trudged back to the stands, Marquez was wanted to boost the sport in his parents’ coun- denied a coveted matchup with Floyd trait he says he learned from his idol, the late Salom suffered fatal injuries in a crash in in hot pursuit of his arch rival Rossi. He try of birth. Mayweather, who retired last year. Muhammad Ali. Last year, he travelled to the practice for the Moto2 Grand Prix won ear- nudged his Honda up the inside of But the Bolton-born fighter also admitted He got off to a lightning start, but after Greek island of Lesbos to lead a charitable lier yesterday by Johann Zarco, who like Rossi’s bike to take a look with five laps he would not be willing to face an accompany- dominating the early rounds was caught with drive for Syrian refugees, while his current trip Rossi and Moto3 winner Jorge Navarro remaining, only for Rossi to close the ing two-year ban from the World Boxing a powerful overhand right that put him on the to Pakistan has seen him raise money and dedicated his win to Salom. Salom was door. Two laps later Marquez muscled his Council (WBC) that would jeopardize his pro- canvas in the sixth. Looking more trim than he pledge wells for the residents of Thar, a honoured by a minute’s silence before rac- way past, and it was nip and tuck fessional career, making an Olympic appear- appeared during the Nevada bout, Khan was drought-ridden southern district home to ing. The stricken Spaniard was only eight between the pair until Rossi regained the ance unlikely. sanguine about his loss and insisted he was some of the country’s most destitute people. years old when Rossi notched up his first lead to pull away and take the win by Speaking to AFP in an exclusive interview in looking forward to his next world title shot Ali, he says, was “not just a champion but a world championship win in 2000. over two and a half seconds. Islamabad, where he launched his first boxing against WBC welterweight champion Danny people’s champion and that’s how I want to “I knew it would be hard, I was worried academy on Saturday, Khan said he was a Garcia. “I feel great. I feel young, fresh. I mean, be”. His academy in Islamabad-modeled after 114th career win because when I was in front I was pushing “proud British fighter” who had represented the Alvarez fight, everything was going fine the one he founded in Bolton, northwest Sixteen years later the 37-year-old a lot, but not enough to escape from Marc,” his country at the Athens Olympics and would until I got caught with the big shot and that’s England-will seek out talent in a country which Italian veteran posted his 114th career win said Rossi. Marquez said: “Of course this therefore not want to deprive fellow Britons of boxing for you sometimes. One punch can only boasts sporadic success in cricket. He and 88th in the top division after employ- battle is for Salom.” Rossi won his seventh a ticket to Rio De Janeiro. change the fight. You can be winning the fight said: “I really believe in the country, I really ing all his skill, nerve and experience to race here and first since 2009. He will be “I’m not doing it because I’m not happy quite comfortably and I’ve seen it happen to believe in the talent we have here, just like I shake off a determined Marquez. Given the encouraged by the fact that 15 of the last being British. I’m a proud British fighter, but it’s the best of us. “So, I’m gonna go back to the did in the UK. I believed in talent in the UK and difficult circumstances, there was a touch- 19 Catalonia winners have gone on to the way people took it out of context and call- drawing board and not make those mistakes. I I produced amateur world champions and ing moment when the riders dismounted clinch the title. — AFP ing me a traitor-I meant it in a way that I’d know that my offence was amazing in that European champions and gold medalists and rather give someone else an opportunity fight. But maybe tighten up a few little areas.” national champions. I want do the same for instead because Pakistan has no boxers,” he No longer the brash youngster who was Pakistan.” — AFP said. “But, you know, at the moment we are just waiting and seeing. I don’t think I’ll be allowed to do that anyway because obviously, the WBC, they won’t allow it.” WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman has denounced a rule change by the International Boxing Association (AIBA) allowing profession- als to compete in the Olympics where they would face amateurs, calling the move dan- gerous. He vowed to impose a two-year ban on any professional fighter who chose to go amateur for the Games. Amir’s announcement was also met with consternation by some fans on social media and his former promoter Frank Warren, who wrote on boxingscene.com he was “a little dis- appointed” in Khan for seeking to represent Pakistan, given that it was his 2004 Olympic sil- ver for Great Britain that launched his career.

Stinging loss The 29-year-old stands at a critical juncture in his career following a stinging loss to Saul MONTMELO: MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi of Italy celebrates on the podium after win- “Canelo” Alvarez last month, that took his RAWALPINDI: British boxer Amir Khan (2nd right) poses for photographs with fans. — AFP ning the Catalunya Motorcycle Grand Prix at the Barcelona Catalunya racetrack. —AP MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2016 SPORTS

Ukraine’s Yarmolenko must stay cool in Euro 2016 heat

KIEV: Ukraine forward Andriy and Stoke City,” Surkis told Ukrainian tel- Fiery temper Yarmolenko will have to cool his fiery knee,” Stepanenko said. “On the field, we Yarmolenko is one of a host of players evision, adding that transfer negotia- Yarmolenko started with Ukraine’s FC temper to ensure success on the interna- are a team and I give it my all. But off the hoping to use Euro 2016 to get a ticket tions would begin after the European Desna Chernihiv in 2006 after spending tional stage after a mass brawl against field, I’m not required to associate and out of his crisis-hit country to England’s Championship finals. He has also turned one year as a junior with Dynamo Kiev Shakhtar Donetsk on May 1 soured rela- have friendly relations with a given per- Premier League but he may have to calm down big money offers from China. where he struggled with the training tions with Ukraine teammate Taras son.” Ukraine manager Mykhalylo his temper. Liverpool, Arsenal, Everton “We are playing in the Champions regimen. But Dynamo kept an eye on Stepanenko. Fomenko has the uneasy task of ensur- and Stoke City are among clubs linked to League and Stoke City is fighting for sur- the forward, offering him a five-year During the scuffle, Yarmolenko kicked ing rows involving Yarmolenko do not a 32 million euro bid to sign the 26-year- vival.” If he signs with a big foreign club, contract in December 2016 after solid Stepanenko after the Shakhtar Donetsk seep into the team’s play. old playmaker. Yarmolenko would join Sevilla’s Yevhen appearances with Chernihiv. midfielder celebrated a goal during his Fomenko’s squad failed to reach the Everton failed to sign Yarmolenko- Konoplyanka leading Ukraine’s foreign Early in his career Yarmolenko was team’s 3-0 win against Dynamo. 2014 World Cup finals as fighting raged who has 13 goals in 23 games for legion. Yarmolenko helped Dynamo compared to Shevchenko, who had an Yarmolenko was suspended for three between pro-Russian separatists and Dynamo Kiev-after negotiations unrav- reach the Champions League’s round of illustrious career with Dyname Kiev, matches and fined 50,000-hryvnia government troops in east Ukraine. elled last year. They may try again. But 16 this year for the first time in more Milan and Chelsea and won the 2004 ($2,000) over the incident. Stepanenko Ukraine also struggled in the Euro 2016 the Ukrainian flagship club’s president, than 15 years. Since joining the national Ballon d’Or. Yarmolenko’s international told Ukrainian television his “friendship qualifying campaign, finishing third in Igor Surkis, has said he would only con- team in 2009, Yarmolenko has earned 57 career has occasionally delivered striking is over” with Yarmolenko but would try their group. The team beat Slovenia 3-1 sider an offer for Yarmolenko from a “top caps and scored 23 goals, trailing only moments, including a cross that led to a to forget the incident for the sake of the in a playoff to qualify for the tourna- club”. “My position is that we should not retired striker Andriy Shevchenko in the headed goal by Shevchenko in Ukraine’s national team. “The incident was inten- ment, breaking its losing streak in the let Yarmolenko go to clubs like Everton national team’s goalscoring rankings. 2-1 win against Sweden at Euro 2012. tional and he could have broken my qualifying play-offs. —AFP

Loew waits on Schweinsteiger, Hummels for opening match

GELSENKIRCHEN: Germany Coach defender Adam Lang and a second from Joachim Loew says his priority is getting Thomas Mueller sealed the Germans’ win, captain Bastian Schweinsteiger and key but the biggest boost was seeing defender Mats Hummels fit for Euro 2016, Schweinsteiger play his first football since following Saturday’s 2-0 confidence-boost- injury in March. “It was good to get the first ing friendly win over Hungary. 25-odd minutes under my belt, but I don’t Schweinsteiger played the last 23 minutes honestly think I can play the 90 minutes of in Gelsenkirchen after three months side- our first game,” admitted Schweinsteiger. lined by a torn medial knee ligament, while “That said, I could do much before this Hummels is out with a calf tear. Euro than I could two years ago before the Manchester United star Schweinsteiger World Cup,” he added, having carried an admits he is unlikely to play the full 90 min- ankle injury before Brazil 2014, but went on utes of Germany’s opening Group C game to produce a commanding performance for at Euro 2016 against Ukraine in Lille on Germany the Rio de Janeiro final. Having June 12 before facing Poland four days lat- toyed with playing a three-man defence, er, then Northern Ireland on June 21. Loew reverted to the 4-2-3-1 which won Hummels has said he does not expect to be Germany the title in Brazil. fit until at least their second game against He started with Cologne’s Jonas Hector Poland in Paris on June 16. at right-back for the first-half, then “He hasn’t got any playing rhythm at the Liverpool’s Emre Can for the second, in the moment, so we’ll have to see,” said Loew only defensive position still to be decided when asked if Schweinsteiger will play in before the Euro starts. This was no more the world champions opening game. “We than a satisfactory performance from the have to see how Hummels gets on.” But world champions, who have a habit of rais- Loew is confident both Sami Khedira and ing their game for major tournaments. Jerome Boateng, who had to be treated on “We started well and let the ball run for the pitch in Gelsenkirchen, will be fit to face us, perhaps a bit too much,” said Germany Ukraine. “We took Sami Khedira off at the defender Boateng, whose superbly floated start of the second half as a precaution, cross led to their second goal by Mueller. Boateng had a pressed nerve, but was able “After the break, we gave the ball away too to play on,” added Loew. Germany’s head much, but all in all it was a good perform- coach was pleased to leave Gelsenkirchen ance. “I believe we can be happy, we played with no significant injuries. Just as he did better than in our previous game.” for the 2014 World Cup, Loew had to strike Hungary play Austria in their first Group PASADENA: Brazil’s Dani Alves heads the ball during their Copa America Centenario football tournament match, at the Rose Bowl stadium. — AFP off winger Marco Reus from his final squad F match on June 14 in Bordeaux, before last Tuesday, this time with a groin injury also facing Portugal and Iceland, and their after torn ankle ligaments ruled the German coach Bernd Storck was pleased, Borussia Dortmund winger out of Brazil. despite the defeat. “We had a few good Ecuador holds Brazil to 0-0 attempts to play from the back, but of Big boost course it’s very difficult against such a good This was the first time Germany had opponent,” said Storck. tie in Copa America opener kept a clean sheet in the last year and Loew “It was obvious that we would be under was grateful for the win after an experi- pressure, but we did our best and gave a mental side was humbled 3-1 by Slovakia good account of ourselves. “Our strength is PASADENA: Neymar showed up at the Rose in the 15th minute and Coutinho’s shot from 25 tripped Valencia after the Ecuadorian fouled in Augsburg last Sunday. “It was important how compact we are in defence and that is Bowl for Brazil’s Copa America opener against yards out two minutes later may have put some him. Fouls dominated the early moments of the to keep them down to nil, the win gives us just how we’ll be against Austria. “We Ecuador, but was unable to influence his team- fear into Ecuador, but each went wide. Casemiro second half. Ecuador’s Arturo Mina picked up a bit of stability and a good feeling for next picked up some good insights ahead of the mates from his luxury suite. Playing without its picked up a yellow card in the 18th minute for Ecuador’s first yellow card of the match two min- week,” added Loew. Euro and that will help for our first group star attacker, Brazil was held to a scoreless draw elbowing Enner Valencia while both leaped to utes after the intermission after fouling A first-half own-goal by Hungary game.” —AFP with Ecuador on Saturday night in the Copa try and win a header. After standing its ground, Coutinho. Ecuador picked up two more yellow America opener for both teams at the Rose Ecuador won more of the ball in the final 15 min- cards in the second half, with Valencia and Jaime Bowl. “We have to get better but watching the utes of the first half and put Brazil on its heels. Ayovi earning cautions for reckless fouls. game we were only missing the score,” Brazil Forced to defend hastily, Brazil reacted with a Brazil’s Dani Alves donned the captain’s arm- coach Dunga said. “The way we played, being pair of cautions in a three-minute span. First, band, replacing club teammate Neymar with the our first game and playing against a good team, Elias took down Jefferson Montero after Ecuador captaincy. Even without Neymar or Douglas was well.” Neymar skipped the tournament countered following Brazil’s corner kick. Valencia Costa, Brazil’s lineup was still formidable. Seven because he didn’t have permission from was unable to capitalize on the ensuing free of the starters play in Europe, with the likes of Barcelona to play in both Copa America as well kick, placing his shot directly at goalkeeper Coutinho (Liverpool), Willian (Chelsea) and as the Olympics in Rio in August. Alisson. Brazil earned another caution when Gil Casemiro (Real Madrid) on the field. — AP Ecuador came the closest to scoring in front of the crowd of 53,158, but an apparent goal was waved off as the ball was ruled to have gone out of bounds before the shot. Ecuador coach Record breaker Guerrero Gustavo Quinteros was convinced that the goal should have counted. sinks Haiti in 1-0 victory Controversial call SEATTLE: Peru striker Paolo Guerrero over- path of Flores. Flores burst onto the ball and On the play, Ecuador’s Miler Bolanos chased took Teofilo Cubillas as his country’s top goal unleashed a fierce shot which cannoned back down a ball near the goal line on the right side scorer here Saturday, scoring a diving header off the foot of the upright as Haiti escaped. of the penalty area. Bolanos slipped a ball to the to sink Haiti 1-0 in their Copa America Peru increased the tempo in the second front of the goal, and Brazil’s Alisson mishandled Centenario clash. Guerrero, a talismanic fig- half and only a fine block by Haiti goalkeeper the ball and watched it bounce off his hands and ure for the Peruvians who was tournament and captain Johny Placide denied Renzo into the goal. However, referee Julio Bascunan top scorer in both the 2011 and 2015 editions Revoredo in the 59th minute. That chance ruled that the ball crossed the goal line before of the Copa America, pounced on 61 minutes should have served as a warning for Haiti, but Bolanos’ shot and awarded Brazil a goal kick. to break Haiti’s resistance. two minutes later Peru took the lead with GELSENKIRCHEN: Germany’s Bastian Schweinsteiger claps hands to supporters after “I saw it 25 times on video replay,” Quinteros The 32-year-old striker, who now plays for Guerrero’s goal when Flores found space winning the international friendly soccer match between Germany and Hungary.—AP said. “The entire ball did not go out. About 75-80 Flamengo in Brazil, powered home a header down the left and curled in an inviting cross percent of it went out.” Dunga meanwhile said Edison Flores’ cross as Peru opened their for the former Bayern Munich player to head he trusted his players’ account. “I couldn’t see Group B campaign with a win at Seattle’s home. anything,” Dunga said. “It was tough to view. The CenturyLink Field, home of the Seattle Peru looked to be cruising to three points French team has all players who were close to the play said the ball Seahawks NFL team. The win was just about but had a scare in the dying seconds when went out.” With the result, Peru finished the day deserved for Peru, who created the better Haiti’s Kervens Belfort somehow headed wide atop Group B after a 1-0 victory over Haiti 1-0 in chances but struggled to break down a well- from close range with the goal at his mercy. systems go for Euro Seattle earlier Saturday. Group B play resumes organized Haiti defense. After a slow start, Haiti face Brazil in their next game on Wednesday as Brazil plays Haiti in Orlando while METZ: Despite a troubled build-up to Euro always good to end on a high note.” Peru could have taken the lead on the stroke Wednesday while Peru take on South Ecuador will meet Peru in Glendale, Arizona. 2016 off the field, France showed that they Despite the absence of Real Madrid star of half-time when Guerrero headed into the American rivals Ecuador. Managing the roster has proven to be a chal- are ready on it by brushing aside Scotland Benzema, sidelined due to his implication lenge for Dunga as he was without several name 3-0 in Metz in their last pre-tournament in the Mathieu Valbuena sextape blackmail players aside from Neymar. Bayern Munich’s friendly on Saturday. A brace from Olivier scandal, this is a team bristling with attack- Douglas Costa and Orlando City’s Kaka, a former Giroud and a header from his Arsenal col- ing potential. Against Scotland, France FIFA Player of the Year were among the players league Laurent Koscielny, all in the first may only have won by three but they ruled out due to injury. With many of the players half, separated the teams at the Stade could easily have won by double that mar- having played nearly non-stop for the better Saint-Symphorien, and France could have gin, and they have now netted 13 times in part of a year, Dunga said it is no mystery why won by a far greater margin. four matches in 2016. Les Bleus have also the roster was limited. “This is a problem that we If the country itself has been marred by won nine of 10 games going back to need to find a solution for,” he said. “It’s the end social strife and miserable weather and September, the sole exception being the 2- of the season for the players. They are very tired weighed down by terrorism fears, Didier 0 defeat to England at Wembley, played in from their trips and there were a lot of injuries Deschamps’ team have had a difficult a difficult context just days after the because of that. But players that are here are build-up due to the Karim Benzema affair November Paris terror attacks. very motivated. We definitely believe in these and injuries to key players in defence. players.” The draw maintained Brazil’s dominance However, the reality is that France merit Giroud answers critics over Ecuador in Copa America. Brazil is 12-0-2 their tag as one of the pre-tournament Watching from the stand in Metz, against Ecuador in the tournament. favourites to win the European Romania assistant coach Viorel Moldovan Championship. can only have admired France’s attacking Even Stevens “We will be ready. We have been strength, as the maligned Giroud followed Ecuador came out on the attack and held the preparing for two years,” said Deschamps, up his goal in last Monday’s 3-2 defeat of ball for most of the first five minutes and threat- whose side kick off their Euro bid against Cameroon in Nantes with a brace. “He ened the Brazilian goal in the fifth minute, when Romania at the Stade de France on Friday. already answered (the critics) in Nantes. He Enner Valencia sent a shot wide. Brazil won more “This was good for confidence. We showed scored and scored again, and the other of the possession after that early spell. Ecuador we are capable of scoring goals and we players are behind him,” said Deschamps of goalkeeper Esteban Dreer turned away Brazil’s didn’t concede any. We could have scored a player who has seven goals in France’s first dangerous opportunity, stopping Phillipe more in the second half. It is positive but last seven outings. “When a player is in dif- Coutinho’s shot from six yards out. we are not getting carried away and nei- ficulty they are all with him. He was not so Determined and finding space, Brazil contin- ther are the players. “The difficulty will much in difficulty but he was being heck- SEATTLE: Peru’s Paolo Guerrero (L) celebrates next to Peru’s Alejandro Hohberg after scor- ued to pressure Ecuador but could not get the come on Friday against Romania but this led from outside. I have confidence in him ing against Haiti during the Copa America Centenario football tournament. — AFP ball into any positions of danger. Jonas’ header was our last preparation game and it is and so do his team-mates.”—AFP MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2016 SPORTS Costa Rica see red in draw with Paraguay

ORLANDO: Two-times South American Romero. Romero, an old-fashioned style champions Paraguay were held to a goal- winger, entertained the crowd with some less draw by Costa Rica in sultry conditions delightful touches, clever dribbling and at the Citrus Bowl on Saturday in Copa intelligent passing, but Paraguay were America Centenario Group A. Costa Rica unable to turn their possession and creativ- ended the game with 10 men after defend- ity into real chances. er Kendall Waston was sent off in injury Costa Rica, quarter-finalists in the World time for a wild challenge on Nelson Valdez. Cup two years ago, played a more direct The result leaves Colombia who beat style, looking to find forwards Joel the United States in Friday’s opener, alone Campbell and Ruiz quickly, but they were at the top of the group with three points. unable to find much in the way of fluidity Waston will be suspended for Costa Rica’s to their play. Ruiz was a threat with a flash- game on Tuesday in Chicago against the ing header but it went straight into the United States. The intense heat and humid- arms of Paraguay’s veteran goalkeeper ity, with the temperature at kick-off around Justo Villar. 92 degrees Fahrenheit (33 degrees celsius) At the other end, Benitez won posses- was blamed by both teams for what was, in sion inside the Costa Rica half and showed the end, a disappointing spectacle in front great pace as he burst goalwards, but his of a disappointingly small crowd of 14,334. right foot shot flashed wide of the post. Paraguay coach Ramon Diaz said it was After the break, the two sides struggled to “crazy” to have scheduled the match to be pick up their rhythm again and it was not played at 5pm local (Eastern) time. “The until the 71st minute that there was a real needs of players need to be taken into threat on goal when Paraguay defender account they are the ones who put on the Gustavo Gomez had a header from a Derlis spectacle,” he told reporters. Costa Rica Gonzalez corner well saved by Costa Rica forward Bryan Ruiz agreed saying: “The keeper Patrick Pemberton. heat definitely effected the game, it could With three minutes left, Costa Rica sub- have been a much better game in differ- stitute Christian Bolanos caused Villar prob- ent conditions.” lems with a low shot from over 25 years out Given those conditions, both sides were which bounced awkwardly in front of the wary over over-exerting themselves but it 38-year-old keeper who pushed it wide. was Paraguay who got an early grip on pos- “We struggled in the first 20 minutes session Striker Jorge Benitez, who plays his when they really controlled the game,” said PARIS: Spain’s Garbine Muguruza receives the trophy after winning the final of the French Open tennis tournament against Serena Williams of club football in Mexico for Cruz Azul, Costa Rica coach Oscar Ramirez. “But I the US, rear, in two sets 7-5, 6-4, at the Roland Garros stadium. — AP showed some excellent footwork to create thought that after the break we were able space inside the box in the ninth and his to dominate them in the way they had low cross was almost turned into his own dominated us and in the end we had the Champ Muguruza grew up admiring net by Costa Rica defender Celso Borges. chances to win the game. It feels like two points lost rather than a point gained,” he Old-fashioned style winger said. Argentine Diaz disagreed: “If I analyze Williams, now takes title from her Paraguay went close again when Paulo the whole game, I think we were the ones Da Silva flashed a header wide after a well- who could have won it. I was pleased with PARIS: Garbine Muguruza grew up watching the Williams lost to Roberta Vinci in the semifinals of Spanish woman to win Wimbledon, in 1994, and timed run to meet a corner from Oscar the way the boys played.” — AFP Williams sisters win Grand Slam titles and trans- the US Open, where Flavia Pennetta wound up now the captain of the country’s Davis Cup and form the way women’s tennis was played. with her first major championship (and last, Fed Cup teams. “Serena does that, too.” Muguruza admired them. She loved the way the because she then announced her retirement); to Martinez had this to add about Muguruza: American siblings played. The way they compet- Angelique Kerber in the Australian Open final, “I’m sure she is going to win more Grand Infantino weighs complaint ed. The way they carried themselves. “I really like and now to Muguruza. Slams.” Few would argue, especially when hear- that they were very ambitious,” Muguruza said. It is the first time since 2011-12 that three ing Muguruza talk about how she knows there of ‘theft’ of FIFA recording “Every time they were playing, those girls, they consecutive major trophies went to a first-time are parts of her game that she wants to really (wanted) to win. They’re very powerful. women’s champion. “I thought about it. I improve, starting with her serve. As for GENEVA: FIFA President Gianni Infantino data for its case against Blatter, former sec- They intimidate the other people.” thought about it yesterday. I’m like, ‘Come on. ... Williams, it’s never a good idea to write her off, claims he could make a criminal complaint retary general Valcke - who already have Now, at age 22, Muguruza is a major champi- You can do it,’” Muguruza said. “When you see even if she is 34 and already the oldest woman over an unauthorized recording of a meet- criminal proceedings opened against them on herself, taking the French Open title away people that are winning, and there’s new faces, to be No 1, along with the oldest to win a ing that revealed comments damaging his - and “further persons unknown.” from Serena Williams with a 7-5, 6-4 victory in (it) makes you think, like, ‘I can be one of those Grand Slam title in the Open era. reputation. Infantino told Sunday’s edition Within 24 hours, FIFA outlined the pay the final Saturday to do it. And Muguruza made faces.’” There is no doubt that she is. Graf’s mark is still out there, still something to of Swiss daily Le Matin he had “a good idea” raises, World Cup bonuses and other finan- clear afterward that she wants to continue to chase, still within reach. “It’s not easy to match how details of a FIFA Council meeting in cial incentives that Blatter, Valcke and collect her sport’s most important trophies. “Of Climbing the ranks records,” said Williams’ coach, Patrick Mexico City last month had leaked. Kattner received in recent years. FIFA sug- course I’m very happy, but I’d like to have more,” When the new WTA rankings come out today, Mouratoglou. “We’ll get there. It will take the “I reserve the right to make a complaint gested some clauses guaranteeing Valcke Muguruza said. “My dream is to continue and Muguruza will move up from No 4 to a career- time that it takes. As long as we’re in Grand Slam about theft of sensitive data,” said Infantino, and Kattner termination pay and indemnifi- win more tournaments, similar tournaments, best No 2, with only Williams ahead of her. The finals and semifinals, we’ll have many opportuni- whose three-month-old presidency has cation for future legal costs could breach and to dominate.” Spaniard demonstrates the same sort of deter- ties to do it.” He continued: “If she did this with exposed rifts at FIFA where Sepp Blatter’s Swiss law. Kattner’s already-lengthy con- That’s what the younger Williams has done mination on a court that she observed in ease, she wouldn’t be human.” 17-year reign ended mired in scandal. tract was extended in May last year for years. She owns 21 Grand Slam champi- Williams and her sibling, hitting hard ground- Muguruza’s coach, Sam Sumyk, was asked Leaks to German-language newspapers in through 2023 just four days after a sprawl- onships, one shy of Steffi Graf’s Open-era record, strokes, aiming for lines, taking risks that bring whether this was the end of the Williams era. recent days showed Infantino describe a $2 ing American indictment of FIFA and mar- but has been having a hard time getting No 22. real rewards. “No, no, no, no, no, no, no. You’re jumping the million salary offer as “insulting” and keting officials was revealed. For a stretch of four major tournaments, up “She likes to go for her shots. And in gun there. No, no, no, no. She is still here,” detailed Council talks about getting FIFA Switzerland’s federal prosecution office through a victory over Muguruza in the moments where, you know, you could be tense, Sumyk replied. “She will be around for a long audit and compensation panels chairman confirmed Friday that FIFA has not yet filed Wimbledon final last year, Williams went unbeat- and some other players would be tense, she time, I hope. She is a fantastic player, and we Domenico Scala to leave. criminal complaints over the contracts. FIFA en, taking every title. Since then, though, goes for it,” said Conchita Martinez, the only need her.” — AP “My enemies want to make me look has said documents that justified firing greedy, it’s stupid,” said Infantino, who Kattner were found only in mid-May as part insists he is negotiating a salary of less than of an ongoing year-long internal inquiry by Minnows Guinea-Bissau $2 million. On Friday, FIFA revealed that its retained US law firm, Quinn Emanuel. Blatter and recently fired top officials “With all that is going on right now, we reach first CAN finals Jerome Valcke and Markus Kattner award- can expect anything (to emerge),” ed themselves contracts paying a total of Infantino was quoted saying in the Swiss JOHANNESBURG: Guinea-Bissau secured a place at the $80 million in five years. That long-awaited interview, his first since the latest police Africa Cup of Nations for the first time yesterday after release of top pay deals at FIFA was made intervention. In a difficult period of high- as news emerged that Swiss police had profile officials leaving and leaks to media, closest rivals Congo Brazzaville lost 2-1 in Kenya. Congo, raided FIFA headquarters on Thursday. The Infantino is reportedly the subject of a needing at least a draw to keep alive their hopes of win- latest seizure of evidence seemed pro- complaint to FIFA ethics prosecutors for ning Group E, suffered a surprise defeat despite taking voked by Kattner’s firing for an ongoing ordering the unauthorized copy of the the lead through a controversially awarded penalty. investigation of suspected criminal mis- audio file to be deleted. Guinea-Bissau, who beat Zambia 3-2 on Saturday with a management, including the award of World “If there is a destruction operation, it is goal from Brito six minutes into stoppage time, have an Cup broadcasting rights. directed against me,” the FIFA head said in unassailable four-point lead with one round left. yesterday’s interview, dismissing “carefully The team from the tiny former Portuguese colony in ‘Further persons unknown’ orchestrated hysteria” in the media to West Africa were considered no-hopers by pundits Police searched the office of former undermine him. Infantino also aimed a when qualifying kicked off last June. But solitary-goal finance director Kattner but not his own, barb at Scala, whose resignation from FIFA home and away victories over Kenya three months ago Infantino noted. FIFA fired Kattner on May in protest against the president was lifted them to the top of the table while Congo and 23 for breach of trust, and suggested possi- announced as officials left Mexico City Zambia drew twice. Ranked 31st in Africa and 115th in ble illegal clauses in his employment con- three weeks ago. Scala’s criticism was the world, Guinea-Bissau never previously came close to tract. Ten days later, Swiss police came to “childish behavior worthy of a playground,” reaching the biennial African football showcase. FIFA to seize documents and electronic his fellow Swiss-Italian Infantino said. — AP Many of the team coached by local Baciro Cande play in Portugal and favor Brazilian-style football names. The real name of Brito, who is with top-flight outfit Sporting Clube de Braga, is Piqueti Djassi Brito Silva. Prince Oniangue converted the penalty for Congo only for Ayub Timbe to equalize soon after and Erick Johana scored the second-half Kenyan winner. Captain Andre ‘Dede’ Ayew opened the scoring as Ghana triumphed 2-0 in Mauritius to also qualify. The Swansea City midfielder and son of former Ghana superstar Abedi ‘Pele’ Ayew struck from close range after 71 minutes in Belle Vue on the Indian Ocean island. Two Mauritians failed to cut off a cross and Ayew controlled the ball before firing a left-foot shot past out- standing goalkeeper Kevin Jean-Louis. SANTA CLARA, California: FIFA President Gianni Infantino, center, watches the open- ing ceremony of the Copa America Centenario at Levi’s Stadium. — AP Ghanaian raids Dominant Ghana sealed victory three minutes later through Chelsea midfielder Christian Atsu, who was Mourinho to deliver United title voted the outstanding footballer of the 2015 Cup of Nations. Mauritius were battling to contain Ghanaian glory in two years says Carvalho raids on the left flank and from one the ball was cut back for Atsu to score with a hard, low shot. Although LONDON: New Manchester United manager manage an ‘England’ team consisting of for- they never threatened to breach the Black Stars Jose Mourinho will deliver the Premier League mer internationals, musicians, actors and oth- defence, Mauritius were a much improved team from title within two years, predicted defender er celebrities, against a Rest of the World team that humiliated 7-1 in Ghana last June. Ghana have 13 Ricardo Carvalho yesterday. “Jose will have coached by Leicester chief Claudio Ranieri and something to prove after what happened at featuring a host of retired legends. But, follow- points in Group H, Rwanda and Mauritius six each and Chelsea,” the Portuguese international who ing his move to United, Mourinho could Mozambique four with one matchday to come in was coached by Mourinho at Chelsea, Porto instead decide to save his first game on the September. and Real Madrid and now plays for Monaco, home bench for the Premier League club’s Zimbabwe were another country to book a place in wrote in The Sun newspaper. “I think he will clash with Everton in Wayne Rooney’s testimo- the finals after whipping Malawi 3-0 in Harare while make Manchester United better and in the nial on August 3. Group L rivals Guinea fell 1-0 in Swaziland. Knowledge next two years they will be champions.” Carvalho believes Mourinho, who has Musona was fouled inside the box and converted the Carvalho’s comments come on a day when won the Premier League title three times, penalty on 16 minutes to set up the convincing home Mourinho could make his first appearance at has something to prove after his tricky time victory. Recently crowned South African Footballer of Old Trafford since being named as Louis van at Chelsea. “He is a great coach and now he the Year Khama Billiat doubled the lead on 36 minutes, Gaal’s successor in yesterday’s prestigious is in a great club - United are one of the firing a cut-back into the net from close range. Soccer Aid charity match. Just nine days after biggest in the world. “I have no doubt that Roared on by a 40,000 crowd at the national stadium, the official confirmation of Mourinho’s he can bring trophies back to United again Zimbabwe struck again a minute from time through a appointment, the 53-year-old will be in and that he will make them champions. “I Cuthbert Malajila header. Morocco, Algeria, Cameroon, Manchester to give his support to UNICEF, don’t know if it will be in the first year, the Egypt and Senegal have also qualified for the January who use the friendly fixture to raise money for second year or the third, but Mourinho will NAIROBI: Prince Oniangue (R) celebrates with teammate Clevid Dikamona after scor- children in danger. win the title again. My prediction is that it 21-February 12 tournament while Gabon are automatic ing during the CAN 2017 qualifying football match at the Moi International Sports The former Chelsea boss had agreed to will be in the second year.” — AFP participants as hosts. — AFP center Kasarani. —AFP Ecuador holds Brazil Muguruza grew in Copa America up admiring Williams

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PARIS: Serbia’s Novak Djokovic falls as he defeats Britain’s Andy Murray during their final match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium. — AP Djokovic wins 1st French Open title Murray overwhelmed after dream start PARIS: Novak Djokovic captured a first “It’s a very special moment, the biggest of man in the final in Paris since Bunny Austin in er for climbing uninvited into his player’s side for the first time in four final appear- French Open at the 12th time of asking yes- my career,” said Djokovic, one of only eight 1937, remains with two Grand Slam titles as box overlooking the court. ances, broke for 2-1 in the third set which terday, becoming just the third man in history men to complete the career Grand Slam and he failed to become the first winner of the Djokovic then argued with umpire Damien became 4-1 off a sublime running, backhand, to hold all four Grand Slam titles at the same who had lost his previous three finals in Paris. French Open since Fred Perry 81 years ago. Dumusois for refusing to have a point cross-court drop-shot. time. The world number one downed old “I felt today something that I never felt before Before a ball was hit, spectators stood to replayed at 15-0 as Murray served for the first The Serb saved four break points to go to rival Andy Murray 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 to claim a at Roland Garros, I felt the love of the crowd.” applaud Muhammad Ali after an image of the set. But the Serb was horribly out of sorts 5-1 before securing the set against a weary- 12th career major and join Don Budge in Djokovic imitated former three-time boxing legend, who died Friday, appeared on even before that spat with his 13 unforced looking Murray who had spent five hours 1938 and Rod Laver, in 1962 and 1969, as the champion Gustavo Kuerten by drawing a the giant video screen high up on the errors proving fatal. The world number one longer on court than Djokovic and played only players to simultaneously possess the giant heart in the Paris clay before collapsing Philippe Chatrier court. had to shake off a break point in the opening two five-setters in the opening rounds to French Open, Australian Open, US Open and inside it. “I drew the heart on the court, like Djokovic admitted to a pre-match TV game of the second set before Murray oblig- get to his first French Open final. Djokovic Wimbledon trophies. Guga who gave me permission to do. My interviewer that it was certain to be an emo- ingly imploded, dropping serve to fall 2-0 kept his foot on Murray’s throat, breaking in Djokovic, 29, also put himself halfway to heart will always be with you on this court.” tional afternoon although he was quickly behind. the first game of the fourth set as the sec- the calendar Grand Slam, last achieved by Playing in his 20th final at the majors and into his stride, breaking Murray to love in Djokovic misread the geometry on a ond seed carried on a running argument Laver 47 years ago. But he did it the hard sixth in succession, the Serb superstar is the the first game and shrugging off having to dropshot which would have given him a with the umpire over the positioning of the way as the final reached its conclusion, first man since Jim Courier in 1992 to win the play five days in the last six. The British star double break in the fourth game but he was overhead camera. The Serb broke to love being broken in the eighth game of the Australian and French Opens back-to-back. broke back to level before reeling off the soon 4-1 to the good. The top seed for 5-2 and history was just moments away. fourth set as he served for the title and then Victory also allowed Djokovic to stretch his next four games for a 4-1 lead as Djokovic’s remained ruthlessly dialled-in, broke again However, there was still time for a twist as squandering two championship points in winning record over 29-year-old Murray to game quickly and unexpectedly unravelled. for 5-1 and levelled the final when Murray he cracked when serving for the title before the 10th before he sealed victory when 24-10 overall and 8-2 in Grand Slams. Murray, Murray remained in charge, finding time to dumped a service return into the net. finally sealing the triumph after three hours Murray netted a backhand. the world number two and the first British loudly berate a French television interview- Djokovic, with the Paris crowd loudly on his on court. — AFP Ibrahimovic helps to deepen Wales gloom ahead of Euro STOCKHOLM: Zlatan Ibrahimovic out-shone Gareth Bale The goal followed a rare Welsh attack that broke down as Sweden eased to a 3-0 victory over fellow European when Ramsey felt he was pulled back off the ball. Championship qualifiers Wales in Stockholm yesterday. Ibrahimovic led the counter-attack, beating Ashley Williams Ibrahimovic set up the opener for Emil Forsberg at the to the ball before laying a pass into the path of the on-rush- Friends Arena before Mikael Lustig and John Guidetti ing Forsberg, who placed his shot under the leg of Vaughan scored second-half goals. It was a convincing display for and to the left of goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey. Sweden ahead of Euro 2016 but Wales manager Chris The Crystal Palace goalkeeper made way for Danny Coleman has plenty to worry about with just one victory Ward at half-time and the Liverpool rookie swiftly had in seven games ahead of their first appearance at a his defenders to thank. Ward was beaten by Berg’s deli- major tournament since the 1958 World Cup. cate chip just three minutes into the second half but Bale had missed the previous three friendlies, none of James Chester slid to clear the ball off the line. Davies which Wales won, since the successful qualification cam- then blocked a powerful strike by Lustig but the Celtic paign but started on the substitutes bench just eight defender made sure with Sweden’s second just three days after winning the Champions League with Real minutes later. Madrid. Crystal Palace’s Jonny Williams partnered Aaron Lustig rose highest at a corner but Ward saved from Ramsey and made a lively start behind sole striker close-range. Neil Taylor then blocked Erik Johansson’s Burnley’s Sam Vokes, in for the injured Hal Robson-Kanu. follow-up but neither defender nor keeper could pre- Coleman handed Premier League winner Andy King vent Lustig’s second attempt squeezing through on 57 and Nottingham Forest’s David Vaughan a chance to minutes. With his side 2-0 ahead, Sweden coach Erik impress in the absence of midfield duo Joe Allen and Joe Hamren decided Ibrahimovic had done enough and Ledley. With Bale on the bench, it was left to Sweden’s substituted him on the hour. talisman Ibrahimovic to take centre stage and he created Wales then suffered an injury scare when Ashley an early chance for Martin Olsson that he blazed over Williams was in pain after seeming to fall awkwardly, the bar inside a minute. though the captain was able to play on after treatment. Lustig followed with a similar effort before Marcus Bale was given little under half-an-hour of action as a Berg saw his shot blocked by Ashley Williams from 63rd minute replacement for King as Coleman also rang Forsberg’s pass. Ibrahimovic was finding space in front of the changes. The Real Madrid star dusted himself off Wales’ trio of centre-backs and steadily became a bigger after a heavy foul by Jimmy Durmaz late on. From the influence on the game. He was allowed time to strike a resulting free-kick, which he took and struck the wall, firm shot from the edge of the box and then a free-kick Sweden scored their third. Guidetti latched onto Lustig’s after Vaughan’s foul on Forsberg, though neither were long pass, headed past Williams before finishing right- on target. However it was his break and pass that set up footed past a helpless Ward to complete a comprehen- the opening goal five minutes before half-time. sive win in the 87th minute. — AFP SOLNA: Sweden’s forward and team captain Zlatan Ibrahimovic controls the ball during the friendly football match between Sweden and Wales at Friends Arena. — AFP Saudi central bank bans use of options against riyal

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BERN: Ueli Maurer, Swiss Federal Councillor and finance minister, Doris Leuthard, Swiss Federal Councillor and transport minister, and Simonetta Sommaruga, Swiss Federal Councillor and justice minister, from left to right, speak during a press conference of the Swiss government on the results of today’s ballots, in Bern, Switzerland, Sunday, June 5 2016. Swiss Voters yesterday voted on five issues: A basic income for all; pub- lic service reforms; a law on prenatal genetic screening; a plan to speed up asylum procedures and a proposal to boost road finance.—AP Swiss say ‘no thanks’ to basic income for all

GENEVA: The Swiss yesterday flatly the Swiss who have previously turned rejected a radical proposal to provide up their nose at initiatives that would the entire population with a basic have ushered in a minimum wage and income. increased paid holidays from a mini- US hiring grinds to a near-halt, Final results in the referendum mum four to six weeks, fearing they showed 76.9 percent of voters would hurt competitiveness. opposed the initiative to provide an But supporters of the UBI initiative many stop looking for work unconditional, basic income (UBI) to were not cowed by the resounding each Swiss national, along with for- defeat, insisting that their main objec- WASHINGTON: US hiring slowed to a near- age closed down 32 points, for a loss of 0.2 per- mental shift from an industrial economy to a eigners who have been legal resi- tive had been to get people talking standstill in May, sowing doubts about the econ- cent. The disappointing report spilled into the post-industrial economy.” dents for at least five years. about the idea. omy’s health and complicating the Federal presidential race, with Donald Trump referring to Craig Lloyd, 27, has mostly worked part-time Reserve’s efforts to raise interest rates. While it on Twitter as a “terrible jobs report” and a jobs in restaurants in Wichita, Kansas, since grad- Supporters had argued that such an “We are very happy,” Ralph Kundig, unemployment slid from 5 percent to 4.7 per- “bombshell.” The figures come just days after uating from high school 10 years ago. Some paid income would help fight poverty and one of the lead campaigners, told the cent, the lowest since November 2007, the rate President Barack Obama touted his economic as little as minimum wage, while his most recent inequality in a world where good jobs ATS news agency. Supporters threw a fell for a troubling reason: Nearly a half-million record in Elkhart, Indiana. position as a sous-chef paid $12 an hour. with steady salaries are increasingly party in Lausanne to celebrate the 23 jobless Americans stopped looking for work and Americans particularly worried about the Three months ago, he started his own busi- hard to come by. The group behind percent of votes they had garnered. so were no longer counted as unemployed. economy have been more likely to support out- ness selling burritos out of a friend’s food truck the initiative had suggested paying “One out of five people voted for the Employers added just 38,000 jobs in May, the sider candidates such as Trump and Democratic on weekends. His wife is returning to school to 2,500 Swiss francs ($2,500/2,300 unconditional basic income, so that is fewest in over five years. Less-educated workers Sen. Bernie Sanders. Trump’s support has also get her degree, but he doesn’t plan to do so him- euros) a month to each adult and 625 a success in itself,” Sergio Rossi, an bore the brunt of the hiring slump, with a quar- come disproportionately from adults without self. “I’ve really put off getting a higher educa- francs for each child. Such a sum, economics professor and backer of ter-million high school dropouts losing their jobs college degrees, and Friday’s report served as a tion, because of the debt that you can incur,” however, would hardly cover basic liv- the initiative, told ATS. in May. That has perpetuated a long-term trend stark reminder that less-educated Americans Lloyd said. The hiring stall could be temporary, ing costs in Switzerland, which is one toward a two-tiered job market, with college- have continued to lose economic ground even economists noted. There have been hiring lulls of the world’s priciest nations where EUROPE-WIDE DEBATE educated adults more likely to be employed and as overall hiring and growth have picked up before in the seven-year recovery. But job gains the mean income is above 6,000 The idea of a basic income has earning steady raises. “The shockingly low pay- since the Great Recession. Essentially all of the 7 in March and April were also revised downward francs a month. been bouncing around in more radi- rolls gain in May provides further evidence that million jobs added over the past decade belong on Friday, leaving average monthly hiring at a The idea, which stirred up debate cal circles for centuries, but it has the economy is showing clear signs of slowing,” to workers with at least some college experi- pace of just 116,000 in the past three months. both in Switzerland and abroad, was recently entered mainstream think- said Laura Rosner, an economist at BNP Paribas. ence. The number of high school graduates with That’s sharply below last year’s average of nearly embraced in a few counties in the ing. Projects to introduce some varia- The much-weaker-than-expected figure jobs is 3 million lower than 10 years ago. 230,000. The share of Americans who are work- ing or searching for jobs - a figure known as the cantons of Jura and Vaud, while sever- tion of the UBI, albeit at a lower level raised doubts that the Federal Reserve will increase short-term interest rates at its next NOT COMING BACK labor force participation rate - fell in May to 62.6 al neighbourhoods of Geneva and than the Swiss proposal, are under- percent, near a four-decade low. Zurich voted in favour. way in a range of countries, including meeting in mid-June or perhaps even at its sub- “The high school jobs are gone and they’re sequent meeting in July. Many analysts had not coming back,” said Anthony Carnevale, direc- Separately, Lael Brainard, a Fed board mem- But overall, the response from the in Finland and the Dutch city of expected an increase by July. tor of the Georgetown University Center on ber and ally of Chair Janet Yellen, signaled Friday 46 percent of eligible voters who cast Utrecht. Yesterday’s referendum came On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial aver- Education and Workforce. “It’s driven by a funda- that the Fed should be in no hurry to act, espe- their ballots was a resounding “no”, in after reformers mustered more than cially after the bleak jobs report. line with the recommendation from the 100,000 signatures required to the government and nearly all politi- hold a popular vote, a feature of the FED TO MEET cal parties. The scheme to dish out an Swiss system of direct democracy. The Fed meets next on June 14-15. income to people whether they work While the UBI initiative was clob- Economists now see little chance of a rate or not was controversial from the start bered, several other contentious increase at that time. The Fed raised the short- in Switzerland-a country where craft- issues put to the vote Sunday sailed term rate last December after holding it at nearly manship and work ethic are highly through. zero for seven years. Fed officials may not keep valued. A full 66.8 percent of voters and all investors guessing for long: Yellen will speak 26 cantons embraced a government Monday in a closely watched address that may ‘MARXIST DREAM’ push to speed up the country’s asy- show how she has interpreted Friday’s report. The May job gain was lowered by the Verizon Andreas Ladner, a political scientist lum process, despite harsh opposition workers’ strike, which depressed hiring in the at Lausanne University, told RTS the from the populist rightwing Swiss telecom sector by 37,000. In addition, manufac- Swiss were “realistic” in their assess- People’s Party. turers, construction companies and temporary ment of the UBI plan. The aim is for most cases to be help agencies all shed jobs. Retailers, hotels and Accepting that people can “be paid handled within 140 days or less, com- restaurants added jobs, but at a slower pace without having to work would have pared to an average of around 400 than in recent months. been a very big step” for the industri- days at the moment. And 62.4 percent Employers probably cut back on hiring after ous Swiss, he said. of voters and all but three half-can- the economy grew at just a 0.8 percent annual Critics condemned the initiative as tons supported a call to allow genetic rate in the January-March quarter. Yet Friday’s “a Marxist dream”, warning of sky-high testing of embryos before they are dismal jobs report was a surprise in part because costs and people quitting their jobs in inserted in the uterus in cases of in most recent economic reports have been droves, causing economic chaos. vitro fertilisation where either parent encouraging: Consumer spending surged in Authorities have estimated an carries a serious hereditary disease. WASHINGTON: This file photo taken on May 24, 2016 shows commuters as they get off a Metro April. Home sales and construction have also additional 25 billion francs would be No screening would be permitted for train in Washington, DC. The US economy generated a paltry 38,000 net new jobs in May, a quar- increased. Sales of new homes reached an eight- needed annually to cover the costs, elements like gender, hair and eye ter of that expected, in a shock report that could sway the Federal Reserve to refrain from raising year high in April. Most economists expect interest rates. The Labor Department’s May jobs report said job creation fell to the lowest month- requiring deep spending cuts or steep colours, but that has not stopped growth will rebound in the April-June quarter to ly level since September 2010, the last time the jobs market actually contracted. — AFP tax hikes. opponents from dubbing the initia- about a 2.5 percent annual pace. — AP That argument likely hit home with tive the “eugenics law”. —AFP MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2016 BUSINESS

KBA announces rules for Kuwait electronic cheque clearing system

KUWAIT: Kuwait Banking Association (KBA) their cheque or deposit it in their accounts - features before printing these cheques. the next working day in other cases. be accepted for processing. would like to draw the attention of all local if available with the issuer Bank. It is important to note that in addition They need to ensure that the MICR line l Ensure the availability of sufficient banks’ clients as well as clients of other Accordingly, KBA would like to urge to the cheques conforming to the stan- that is printed at the bottom of the cheque. funds in the account before issuing the banks operating in Kuwait, that in the near banks’ clients who print their cheques dards and security features, the follow- l Avoid writing or signing over the MICR cheques (Cheques returned due to insuffi- future, all banks will no longer accept pro- directly through press companies and ing instructions are followed by all line at the bottom of the cheque. cient funds may lead to criminal persecu- cessing cheques, issued in Kuwaiti Dinars, not through their bank; to print their clients to facilitate the clearing of their l Keep the cheques in a good condition tions). that do not conform with the standards cheques at the earliest only through cheques through the new Kuwait by avoiding folding, damaging, stapling or Adherence to the above mentioned by and security features as prescribed by the authorized entities and by taking into Electronic Cheque Clearing System tearing cheques. all Banks’ clients are strongly recommend- Central Bank of Kuwait. Banks will advise consideration that they need to refer (KECCS), in which the clearing cycle of l Avoid storing cheques in places that ed to ensure the acceptance and process- clients’ beneficiary of these types of back to their bank to provide them with cheques has been reduced from 3 days are warm or under direct sunlight (e.g. car) ing of the cheques under KECCS and to cheques to go to the issuer Bank to cash the mandated standards and security to the same day for certain cases or to as it can damage the cheques and will not highly benefit from the new system. IMF releases bailout cash for Sri Lanka

COLOMBO: The IMF on Saturday wake of China rebalancing and released the first tranche of a $1.5 billion unwinding of unconventional mone- bailout for Sri Lanka, which is reeling tary policies were not outside Sri after a government spending spree and Lanka’s past experience. facing a balance of payments crisis. “However, spillovers were magnified The International Monetary Fund said by domestic imbalances, as evidenced the formal approval of a 36-month loan by higher volatility around the two elec- under its Extended Fund Facility (EFF) tions (in 2015),” the IMF said referring to will also help Sri Lanka secure another the government increasing salaries and $650 million in other multilateral and reducing prices as part of election bilateral loans. pledges. President Maithripala Sirisena’s The IMF said the bailout also pro- administration sought an IMF bailout vides for reform. “The new govern- immediately after taking power in ment’s economic agenda, supported by January last year, but the fund turned the EFF, provides an important oppor- down the request, saying the coun- tunity to re-set macroeconomic poli- try’s reserves were at a comfortable cies, address key vulnerabilities, boost level then. reserves, and support stability and However, the government faced a resilience,” the IMF said. balance of payments crisis after it imple- Sri Lanka enjoyed a blistering eco- mented its election pledges of higher nomic growth rates averaging more public sector salaries and lower fuel and than 8.0 percent for two years after a utility prices. The first instalment of prolonged civil war ended in 2009. $168 million out of the $1.5 billion will But the pace of expansion has since be made immediately, the IMF said. slowed, falling to 4.8 percent in 2015, It noted that Sri Lanka’s economy down from 4.9 in the previous year, was beginning to show signs of strain according to official data. from an increasingly difficult external In 2009, Sri Lanka received $2.6 billion environment and said Colombo must from the IMF to boost its financial CHENNAI: A fisherman collects baskets of fish from a boat at a harbour in Chennai yesterday, as fishermen return with their increase tax collection and ensure reserves, which dropped below $1 bil- catch after a 45-day fishing ban on the east coast of India. Authorities in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu had imposed a exchange rate stability. lion at the height of fighting between 45-day ban on fishing by mechanised vessels to protect marine life, with only ‘country boats’ operating within five nautical “Tougher external conditions in the Tamil Tiger rebels and troops. —AFP miles off the coast. —AFP Saudi central bank bans use of options against riyal

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s central bank has told from pressuring the riyal’s three-decade-old Meanwhile, Saudi Real Estate Co has agreed banks it is banning the use of options and oth- peg of 3.75 to the U.S. dollar. In January, com- with US firm Starwood Hotels and Resorts to er derivatives to speculate against the riyal, in a mercial bankers in Saudi Arabia said the central build two hotels next to a district of Riyadh new effort to reduce pressure on its currency bank had contacted them privately and urged which the government plans to develop into an peg, a senior executive at a Saudi bank told them not to conduct derivatives trades against international business zone. Reuters yesterday. the riyal. The central bank has also been asking Starwood will manage a five-star hotel The Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency “wants banks for information on their trades. under its Westin brand and a four-star hotel Al Tijari announces the to make sure that there is no snowball effect Since January, the riyal has rebounded in the under its Element brand, Saudi Real Estate, against the riyal in the forwards markets”, the onshore forwards market. But it has remained which owns the land, said on Sunday without winners of Al Najma account executive said, declining to be named because near multi-year lows in the offshore forwards giving details of construction plans. of commercial sensitivities. market, which is not under the direct control of The project will be adjacent to the multibil- KUWAIT: Commercial Bank of Kuwait AlNajma account Daily draw to win KD “So now banks in the country are banned the central bank, and the cost of insuring Saudi lion-dollar King Abdullah Financial District, the held the Al Najma Account daily draw 7000 Quarterly draws to win great prizes from accepting any options against the riyal.” sovereign debt against default has stayed high. company said. The district was launched in yesterday. that would start from KD 100,000 to KD Non-speculative trade in the riyal forwards Today, the government is expected to 2006 to house banks and the financial regulator The draw was held under the supervi- 250,000. market is not forbidden, the executive announce details of a reform plan designed to but has struggled to attract tenants. sion of the Ministry of Commerce & 1ST QUARTER KD 100,000; 2ND added. The central bank did not respond to a reduce the economy’s reliance on oil. A gen- The government said in April that it would Industry represented by Mr. Abdulaziz Al QUARTER KD 150,000; 3RD QUARTER KD telephone call to its headquarters seeking eral announcement of the plan’s goals in April rescue the financial district by transforming it Ashkanani. 200,000; 4TH QUARTER KD 250,000. comment. won praise from foreign economists for its into a special business zone with competitive With Al Najma you have more chances Its order is a renewed attempt to prevent ambition, but was also criticised for lacking regulations, visa exemptions for foreigners The winners of the to win greater prizes. Each KD 25 kept in low oil prices, which have saddled Saudi Arabia detail, which made it difficult to gauge working there, and direct connections to Al Najma Daily Draw are: your account gives you one chance to with big state budget and external deficits, whether the plan was feasible. Riyadh’s international airport. —Reuters Hafez Mohammed Asaad Al Omari KD win Each KD 25 kept in your account for 7000/- one week will give you a chance to enter Saud Awadh Al Rasheedi KD 7000/- the daily draw. Massive US services sector cools in May Ibrahim Hussain Easa Sadeq KD 7000/- Each KD 25 kept in your account for 3 Ammar Ahmad Al Sarraf KD 7000/- months will give you chance to enter the Ahmad Hassan Abdulnabi Taheer KD quarterly draw. WASHINGTON: The massive US servic- recovering from its first-quarter slump. reported growth, led by health care indicator of future growth, was flat after 7000/- es sector slowed to the weakest A reading above 50 indicates and accommodation and food serv- registering a slight increase in April. Al Najma awards are now brighter and Additional features growth in a year in May, the Institute expansion in the services sector, which ices. Mining, depressed by low ener- Employment contracted in May bigger than ever. ATM card for Supply Management said, fresh evi- accounts for about 80 percent of US gy prices, led the four industries in after two straight months of growth, With the revamped Al Najma account, Issue a credit card against your dence of a tepid economy. economic activity. “Overall, the report contraction. to 49.7 from 53.0 in April. “Company The ISM purchasing managers reflects a cooling-off and slowing in There were sharp falls in business continues to ramp-down full-time all your dreams will be turned to reality. account index for non-manufacturing activity momentum from the previous months activity and new orders in May. Prices employees,” one survey respondent On top of offering the highest daily prize Obtain all CBK banking services fell to 52.9 from 55.7 in April. It followed of growth for the non-manufacturing paid for materials and services said. “Some people left and were in Kuwait for KD 7,000, now our Mega You deserve to win! Open an account two months’ of increases that had been sector,” ISM said. increased for the second month run- not back-filled. Attrition,” another prize draws got bigger to reach KD now with just KD 500 and you will enter seen as signaling the economy was Of the 18 industries surveyed, 14 ning, while the backlog of orders, an commented. —AFP 250,000.The new prizes scheme for all draws. EXCHANGE RATES

Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. Canadian dollar 235.970 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 46.470 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000018 0.000024 Turkish lira 104.940 Thai Bhat 9.540 Japanese Yen 0.002757 0.002937 Swiss Franc 313.570 CURRENCY BUY SELL Turkish Lira 104.640 Kenyan Shilling 0.003114 0.003114 Australian Dollar 225.850 Korean Won 0.000250 0.000265 ASIAN COUNTRIES US Dollar Buying 301.550 Japanese Yen 2.843 Bahrain Exchange Company Malaysian Ringgit 0.069491 0.075491 Indian Rupees 4.501 Nepalese Rupee 0.002885 0.003055 GOLD Pakistani Rupees 2.890 Pakistan Rupee 0.002692 0.002982 20 Gram 251.850 Srilankan Rupees 2.055 CURRENCY BUY SELL 10 Gram 128.850 Philippine Peso 0.006377 0.006677 Nepali Rupees 2.818 Europe 5 Gram 65.270 Sierra Leone 0.000067 0.000073 Singapore Dollar 224.840 British Pound 0.433936 0.443936 Singapore Dollar 0.217833 0.227833 Hongkong Dollar 38.978 Czech Korune 0.004723 0.016723 South African Rand 0.014074 0.022574 Bangladesh Taka 3.860 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Danish Krone 0.042177 0.047177 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001673 0.002253 Philippine Peso 6.518 Euro 0.0338552 0.0347552 Taiwan 0.009223 0.009403 Thai Baht 8.534 Norwegian Krone 0.033018 0.038218 Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Thai Baht 0.008224 0.008774 US Dollar 303.000 Romanian Leu 0.086846 0.086846 GCC COUNTRIES Slovakia 0.009023 0.019023 Saudi Riyal 80.776 Canadian Dollar 234.405 Arab Swedish Krona 0.033146 0.038146 Qatari Riyal 83.207 Sterling Pound 440.385 Bahraini Dinar 0.796481 0.804981 Swiss Franc 0.304272 0.315272 ani Riyal 786.772 Euro 345.255 Egyptian Pound 0.027985 0.033103 Turkish Lira 0.098716 0.109016 Bahraini Dinar 804.440 Swiss Frank 296.765 Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000085 Bahrain Dinar 801.595 UAE Dirham 82.471 Iraqi Dinar 0.000190 0.000250 UAE Dirhams 82.735 Australasia Jordanian Dinar 0.423005 0.432005 Qatari Riyals 83.950 Australian Dollar 0.215366 0.227366 ARAB COUNTRIES Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Egyptian Pound - Cash 32.600 Saudi Riyals 81.480 New Zealand Dollar 0.204982 0.214482 Lebanese Pound 0.000146 0.000246 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 34.484 Jordanian Dinar 426.835 Egyptian Pound 34.024 Moroccan Dirhams 0.020832 0.044832 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.216 America Sri Lankan Rupees 2.057 Tunisian Dinar 142.670 Canadian Dollar 0.228966 0.237966 Nigerian Naira 0.001249 0.001884 Indian Rupees 4.498 Jordanian Dinar 426.740 US Dollars 0.298650 0.303350 Omani Riyal 0.779944 0.785624 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.018 Pakistani Rupees 2.889 Qatar Riyal 0.082347 0.083797 Bangladesh Taka 3.855 US Dollars Mint 0.299150 0.303350 Syrian Lira 2.159 Saudi Riyal 0.079647 0.080947 Morocco Dirham 31.868 Philippines Pesso 6.508 Cyprus pound 577.120 Asia Syrian Pound 0.001283 0.001503 Bangladesh Taka 0.003412 0.003996 Tunisian Dinar 0.139868 0.147868 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Japanese Yen 3.835 Turkish Lira 0.098716 0.109016 US Dollar Transfer 302.750 Syrian Pound 2.375 Chinese Yuan 0.044544 0.048044 Euro 345.890 Nepalese Rupees 3.805 Hong Kong Dollar 0.036962 0.039712 UAE Dirhams 0.081002 0.082702 Sterling Pound 442.770 Malaysian Ringgit 75.020 Indian Rupee 0.004185 0.004595 Yemeni Riyal 0.001368 0.001448 BUSINESS MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2016

Egypt non-oil business activity slows for eighth straight month in May

CAIRO: Business activity in Egypt 2011 and subsequent political upheaval persist as we head into the start of The rate of decline also eased in the ued in May, although at the slowest shrank for the eighth straight month in that has driven both investors and FY2016/17,” he added. output subindex, which reached 46.5 pace since February, with the related May but at a lesser extent than previous tourists away, depriving it of the foreign The new orders subindex improved points in May from 45.5 points in April. subindex rising to 46.3 points in May three months, a survey showed yester- currency it needs to import raw materi- from the previous month but remained Egypt has been wrestling with a curren- from 45.5 points the month before. day. als. “It’s definitely encouraging to see below the crucial 50 point. It reached cy crisis that economists blame on an President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has The Emirates NBD Egypt Purchasing signs that the downturn has started to 46.9 points in May from 45.5 points the over-valued pound. The central bank pledged to reduce the jobless rate to 10 Managers Index (PMI) for the non-oil ease, as tentative as those indications previous month. had devalued the pound to 8.85 per percent over the next five years. It stood private sector recorded 47.6 points in may be,” said Jean-Paul Pigat, Senior “New business fell at approximately dollar from 7.73 in March and at 12.8 percent in December, according May after 46.9 points in April, remaining Economist at Emirates NBD. one-fifth of survey participants, with announced it would pursue a more flex- to the government, but analysts believe below the 50-point mark that separates “The survey also continues to point high prices linked to currency deprecia- ible exchange rate. It later firmed up the it may be much higher. growth from contraction. to fundamentally weak demand condi- tion mentioned as a key contributing pound to 8.78 per dollar. Economists The economy grew around 4.2 per- Egypt has been struggling to revive tions across the economy, which in light factor,” Markit, which compiled the data, say it is still over-valued. The survey cent in 2014/15 and is expected to grow its economy since a popular uprising in of the ongoing FX shortage, is likely to said in a report. showed declines in employment contin- around 5 percent in 2015/16. —Reuters

Burgan Bank announces new Ex-PM John Major condemns cheque clearing system ‘deceitful’ Brexit campaign KUWAIT: Burgan Bank would like to draw the attention of its client that the bank will no longer accept processing LONDON: Former British prime minister John tered with a claim that 300,000 jobs could actu- Major launched a blistering attack yesterday on ally be created by forging new trade deals out- cheques, issued in Kuwaiti Dinars that fellow Conservatives campaigning for a Brexit, as side the European single market. do not conform to the standards and rivals traded economic claims in an increasingly It has also claimed that an extra £100 million security features as prescribed by the tight race for the June 23 vote. could be freed up for the state-run National Central Bank of Kuwait. Major condemned the “deceitful” campaign Health Service (NHS) by ending Britain’s contri- In addition to the cheques conform- by Vote Leave, the Conservative-led group press- butions to the EU budget. This prompted ing to the standards and security fea- ing for Britain to leave the European Union, say- Cameron to accuse the Brexit camp on Saturday tures, Burgan Bank advises its clients to ing it was making “fundamentally dishonest” of “writing cheques they know will bounce”. follow The Central Bank of Kuwait claims about the potential economic conse- Major went further in an angry BBC interview instructions to facilitate the clearing of quences. His intervention followed an accusa- on Sunday, accusing his fellow Conservatives in their cheques through the new Kuwait tion by Boris Johnson, the former Conservative Vote Leave of making claims “they know to be Electronic Cheque Clearing System mayor of London, that voters “cannot trust” gov- inaccurate”. “This is a deceitful campaign,” he (KECCS), in which the clearing cycle of ernment promises that Britain would not be said. “I am angry about the way the British peo- cheques has been reduced from 3 days forced to contribute to any future eurozone ple are being misled.” to the same day for certain cases or to and also ensure the availability of suffi- bailouts. Major, who was prime minister from 1990 to There are less than three weeks left in a race 1997, also condemned the focus on limiting the be the next working day in other cases. cient funds in the account before issuing that opinion polls show is on a knife edge, rais- numbers of European citizens coming to Britain To ensure the acceptance and pro- the cheques. To find out more about ing the prospect of Britain becoming the first to work, saying it was “verging on the squalid”. cessing of the cheques under KECCS, cus- Burgan Bank’s new cheques guide lines, country to leave the 28-nation bloc. tomers need to have the MICR line print- customers are required to visit their The average of the last six polls calculated by ‘ENGINE FOR JOB DESTRUCTION’ ed on the cheques, avoid writing or sign- nearest Burgan Bank branch or contact the What UK Thinks research project on Sunday Johnson and other senior figures in Vote ing over the MICR line, keep the cheques the call center on 1804080. For more put both sides at 50 percent, excluding undecid- Leave hit back with an open letter to Cameron, in a good condition by avoiding folding, information, customers can visit the ed voters. The “Remain” camp previously had a warning that staying in the EU risked trying damaging, stapling or tearing cheques bank’s website on www.burgan.com. slight lead. “tying ourselves to a broken eurozone econo- SOLIHULL: In a file picture taken on April 21, my”. Britain is not a member of the single curren- 2015 former Conservative British Prime ‘Voters being misled’ - cy. “The public cannot trust EU or government Minister Sir John Major addresses delegates The economic consequences of staying in or promises that we won’t be paying for eurozone in Solihull in central England. Former British Wal-Mart seeks success by leaving the EU is one of the key battlegrounds of bailouts given the history and how we can be prime minister John Major launched a blis- the campaign, which is being fought between outvoted,” said the letter, published on the tering attack yesterday on fellow going native in China two main groups, both dominated by members Sunday Telegraph newspaper’s website. Conservatives campaigning for a Brexit, as of Prime Minister David Cameron’s It said the EU has become “an engine for job rivals traded economic claims in an increas- SHENZHEN: Zhong Guoyan sifted through and good management, not cutting cor- Conservatives. destruction” and warned that Britain would have ingly tight race for the June 23 vote. — AFP piles of fish at a Wal-Mart in Shenzhen, one ners, make everyday low prices possible. Cameron’s “Remain” camp has raised the to continue accepting “unlimited migration of of China’s largest cities. She studied the The message has sometimes been mud- prospect of a recession and job losses in the people trying to escape that broken economy” “There are fundamental ways now in which we fins, to make sure they were bright red and dled. When Wal-Mart came to China, it was event of a Brexit, while the IMF and the governor unless it votes to leave. cannot control our lives.” firm. She peered at the eyeballs - were they slow to tailor its offerings to local tastes. of the Bank of England have also warned of the Sunday is the anniversary of Britain’s last ref- The Conservative MP is widely believed to bulging? “When I come here, I have a look,” Realizing its mistake, Wal-Mart gave local economic risks. erendum on Europe, in 1975, when 67 percent of have ambitions to succeed Cameron as she said. “If it’s good, then I will buy it. If it’s managers more leeway to run their busi- Cameron warned this weekend that mort- voters backed continued membership in what Conservative leader. Major dismissed Johnson’s only cheap, I won’t buy it.” nesses. But that approach backfired, lead- gages could also cost up to £1,000 ($1,450, 1,280 was then the Common Market. chances, saying he was a “charming court jester” In American Wal-Marts, customers don’t ing to a series of food-safety violations. In euros) a year more if Britain left the EU. Johnson said the bloc had “changed out of all but would be unlikely to command the loyalty of get to fondle their fish. But America is not one particularly embarrassing episode, Vote Leave, the official Brexit camp, coun- recognition” since then, telling BBC television: party lawmakers. —AFP China, as the world’s biggest retailer has Wal-Mart had to recall donkey meat - a deli- learned. If the Arkansas-based company cacy in China - after DNA testing showed it wants to win over foreign consumers, it has contained traces of fox meat. to shed some of its American ways, and In response, Wal-Mart slashed nearly cater to very different customs and conven- two-thirds of its 20,000 suppliers. Now, Wal- tions that are fast changing. Mart knows exactly where each product Zhong eventually tossed a couple of fish comes from. Wal-Mart also took back some into a plastic bag - a small victory in Wal- of the responsibilities from local managers Mart’s struggle to build an international and increased its investment in food safety. empire. The stakes are high: The company It introduced mobile testing labs that check can’t count on much growth in the U.S. - it’s for pesticides on vegetables and fruit and facing challenges at home with intense employed handheld devices to check tem- competition from Amazon.com and dollar peratures of meat products. stores - so the retailer is depending more on its operations overseas. GAINING CONTROL OVER China is the ultimate prize. The Chinese SUPPLIERS, COSTS grocery market, already the world’s largest In America, Wal-Mart has the clout - 25 at $1.1 trillion a year, is expected to grow to percent of the US grocery business- to $1.5 trillion in sales in just the next four force suppliers to do things the Wal-Mart years, says IGD, a global consumer products way. That means cutting costs to the bone. research firm. “China remains a strategic In return, the suppliers enjoy steady market for our future,” Doug McMillon, CEO demand from Wal-Mart, so they don’t have of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. recently told to spend so much on advertising or worry investors. Getting the food business right is about paying extra costs to staff their facto- critical for Wal-Mart. Shoppers buy gro- ries to meet unexpected peaks in demand. ceries more often than anything else. If In China, things are tougher. Wal-Mart Wal-Mart can get them in the door to buy accounts for just 2.3 percent of the grocery food regularly, perhaps they will visit more market. Ninety-five percent of all products frequently for items like pajamas and cof- Wal-Mart sells in China are supplied by fee makers - and eventually become loyal local companies. The Chinese supply chain online customers, too. The company has is also notoriously inefficient. For years, taken some lumps trying to cross borders Wal-Mart and other foreign companies did- in food retailing. Overall international sales n’t deal directly with their suppliers, work- growth dropped 9.4 percent last year large- ing mostly instead through a labyrinth of ly because of the strong dollar. And while middlemen. Three years ago, Wal-Mart Wal-Mart’s overseas business had a strong decided to cut out the middlemen and start to this year, it faces long-term chal- route as many goods as possible through lenges. Wal-Mart gave up in Germany and 20 of its own distribution centers. South Korea in 2006. It’s closing stores in By eliminating the go-betweens, Wal- Brazil. Overseas, Wal-Mart lacks the scale to Mart could negotiate directly with suppli- squeeze local suppliers on price as it does ers and knock down costs - often by 10 per- in the U.S. It also faces nimble competitors. cent or more. The change also gives Wal- And it has struggled to duplicate its Mart more control over the quality of the bedrock strategy of constant bargains. food being sent to its stores and the effi- But Wal-Mart has learned over the years ciency with which it gets to them. Before from its missteps, discovering that it needs the switch, only about 75 percent of orders ISLAMABAD: Security officials carry a bag containing budget documents to the parliament where Pakistani Finance Minister Ishaq rDa present- to adapt to local ways and that patience would actually reach Wal-Mart stores; now ed the national budget for the fiscal year 2016-17 in Islamabad. — AFP pays off. In Mexico, Canada and Japan, it’s 95 percent do. won shoppers over time. In Chile, it launched a corporate culture campaign FIGHTING COMPETITORS and worked closely with suppliers to coax Wal-Mart landed in China in 1996, a year them into its way of doing business. behind Carrefour, opening two stores in N Korea slams US for “Wal-Mart,” says Bryan Roberts of the Shenzhen- a Wal-Mart supercenter and a London retail consultancy TCC Global, “is a Sam’s Club. They were the first foreign very determined organization.” retailers to offer the big-box shopping experience, which offers everything from money launderer label WINNING OVER PICKY CONSUMERS clothing to food. After investing in a In the unruly Chinese market, some Taiwanese-owned retail chain in 2007, Wal- competitors cut corners, mislabeling prod- Mart became China’s biggest super-sized SEOUL: North Korea hit back at the United country. “The US is loudly calling on the neigh- applied in March, which urged unprecedented ucts or even selling tainted foods. The risks store chain and expanded its lead for the States yesterday for labelling it a money-laun- bouring countries to increase pressure upon the inspections of all cargo to and from the North, have made Chinese consumers unusually next two years. But local and regional com- dering state, describing it as a “nonsensical” DPRK... but the DPRK dismisses this as a nonsen- and called for UN members to sever banking ties wary. Sean Clarke, CEO of Wal-Mart China, petitors quickly closed the gap, sometimes effort that only revealed the flaws of existing sical talk,” it said in a statement carried by the with Pyongyang. based in Shenzhen, previously worked in undercutting Wal-Mart prices because they sanctions pushed by Washington. state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), The money laundering designation however Britain, Japan, Germany, and Canada. have closer ties to local suppliers and can The US on Wednesday branded Pyongyang a using the country’s official name of Democratic was proof that the US found it “hard to achieve China, he says, “is easily the most challeng- negotiate better deals. Wal-Mart insists its “global money laundering concern”, aiming to People’s Republic of Korea. its objective (to punish the North) through the ing market to operate ... There is a huge market share for the big-store sector has lock the impoverished by nuclear-armed coun- It claimed Pyongyang had a “well-regulated” unreasonable UN... sanctions,” said KCNA state- level of distrust.” Wal-Mart had a difficult increased over the past three years. But try out of the world financial system. system to combat money laundering and was ment. “The US is sadly mistaken if it calculates it time promoting “everyday low prices” - Euromonitor says Wal-Mart’s market share The move would prevent both direct and “not frightened in the least” by the latest label. can attain its sinister political goal through the promising the lowest prices on a basket of has fallen to 9.6 percent (No. 3 in the mar- indirect North Korean financial activities within Washington’s move comes after the UN action,” it added. goods every time consumers shop. ket) after peaking at 11.6 percent in 2009. the US banking network, ensuring that any Security Council slapped the harshest-ever sanc- The North has recently faced growing pres- Some rivals poached the “everyday low Wal-Mart last year announced plans to third-party deals involving significant sums of tions on the North in March for its widely-con- sure from the international community, price” message, confusing customers. Wal- add 115 stores in China by 2017, bringing US dollar or other currencies cannot transit the demned nuclear test and a long-range missile although questions remain on whether China-its Mart scrambled to find the right slogan. In the store count to 530. It’s concentrating in US. But the North’s National Coordination launch. The North staged its fourth atomic test economic lifeline — would join the push. 2012, it introduced “Worry Free” - implying markets where it’s already established, Committee for Anti-Money Laundering and in January and a long-range rocket test a month US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew is set to urge quality and reassuring shoppers who worry including its stronghold in the south. And Countering Financing of Terrorism slammed the later-widely seen as a ballistic missile test, China to crack down harder on the North during that deals will expire before they get to the it has given up on about 30 lackluster US action as “another illegal act of infringing banned under existing UN resolutions. a planned visit to Beijing from today, according store. The company’s message: Efficiency stores.—AP upon the sovereignty and vital rights” of the Washington led the drive for new sanctions to senior US officials. — AFP MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2016 BUSINESS Al-Nahedh: Development projects major attribute for KFH Islamic banks account for 40% of Kuwait’s banking assets

KUWAIT: “Local banks head for increasing (KFH), Mazin Saad Al-Nahedh. He added in which resulted in saving 1% of KFH capital. 40% to 45% of Kuwait’s banking assets. their capital in compliance with the require- an interview with Sky News TV conducted KFH is moving forward toward optimally The Islamic banks are growing faster ments of the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) in at KFH headquarters, that capital adequacy using the capital. than the conventional ones and wit- relation to Basel III accord that requires larg- ratio (CAR) for Kuwaiti banks is 13%, indicat- The government started the process of nessing increasing demands. He indi- er capital, especially in light of the intention ing that this ratio is higher in some banks sovereign debt issuance which contributes cated that the number of Islamic banks to exclude the real estate collateral from such as KFH for its size and reaches 15%. in absorbing the liquidity surplus for the in Kuwait reached 5 and the Islamic Basel III. By 2018, Real estate collateral will be KFH’s CAR reaches 17% as of end Q1 2016. banks, noting that there are other attributes finance industry is witnessing consider- entirely excluded when calculating capital Al-Nahedh illustrated that KFH had taken for investment such as financing the mega able improvement especially in terms adequacy, which therefore results in higher several measures to improve capital among projects which is a major attribute for KFH of service quality and innovation in capital demands for banks,” said Group Chief of which exiting some capital-consuming to make use of excess liquidity. products and services. Executive Officer at Kuwait Finance House assets, such as reducing its stake in ALAFCO He said that Islamic banks account for Al-Nahedh foresaw the provisions for the second quarter to be the same of that of the first quarter. This is attrib- uted to the bank’s endeavors to improve asset quality and lower the NPLs to less than 2% in collaboration with the CBK. Moreover, Al-Nahedh reiterated that CEO Mazin Al-Nahedh KFH focuses on reinforcing its market speaking to Sky News TV share in the markets it operates span- million Muslims, of whom 3 million are ning Turkey, Bahrain, Malaysia and Turks, which are potential customers Saudi. This can be achieved by render- for KFH-Turkey. ing high end products and services. He said that KFH-Turkey is achieving KFH pursues investment policy of diver- outstanding results thanks to the econ- sifying portfolios and mitigating risk. omy diversification that allows the He stressed KFH’s expansion efforts banks to have wider financing options in Europe through KT Bank AG, clarify- to encompass sectors of construction, ing the growth potentials in the textiles, food and other sectors that German market as it encompasses 4 incarnate the genuine economy. MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2016 BUSINESS Disappointing US jobs report fuels uncertainty

NBK’S WEEKLY MONEY MARKET REPORT KUWAIT: The week ended with both the ECB Fed speakers remain a 159K increase. The report marked the Addition, money supply growth was weaker said that uncertainty over a possible Brexit on and the OPEC meeting, but neither in the cautiously optimistic fewest number of employees added in six than expected, down from 5% year-on-year June 23 was having a “detrimental” effect on mood for a radical action. With oil prices hov- The week started trading Yellen’s speech of years with declines in payrolls in construc- in March to 4.6% in April. their business, with 8% saying the impact ering close to the fifty levels, there was clear- late last week, reaffirming her colleagues tion, manufacturing and mining. March and On different front, the Euro zone business was “strongly detrimental”. ly no need to a policy agreement, while the speeches in recent weeks in that a rate hike ‘in April were revised down by a combined growth improved more than expected in May ECB press conference saw President Draghi the coming months’ is likely to be appropriate. 59,000, while the three-month average in but remained modest. Final composite Asia maintain his usual very dovish tone, however St Louis Fed President Bullard added that in his payrolls is now just 116,000, the weakest Purchasing Managers’ Index for the whole China’s services with not much material movement in the cur- view “markets are well prepared for a possible since July 2012, at the bottom end of the Eurozone came at 53.1 in May, beating esti- PMI falls to 51.2 rency market. rate increase globally”. Bullard also added that range that most Fed officials think will keep mates of 52.9 and April’s 53.0. According to China’s service economy decelerated in This week also saw the end of the G7 that he doesn’t think that a change in the the unemployment rate stead. the survey, data are signaling a GDP rise of May easing to a three-month low of 51.2, from finance ministers two-day meeting in Sendai White House either way will affect the Fed’s 0.3% in the second quarter of 2016 after 51.8 in April. According to the report, slow Japan, without an agreement on any eco- policy and monetary policy did not need to Europe & UK expanding 0.5% in the first quarter. Spain business orders, marginal job creation and nomic policy issues, including those sur- address labor participation and participation Main points from the composite PMI beat expectations coming at lower production among manufacturers were rounding the recent sharp appreciation of rate moves independently of rate policy. latest ECB meeting 54.8 compared to forecasts of 54.2 while key factors that underpinned May’s perform- the Japanese Yen. The unwillingness of poli- Adding on this, Robert Kaplan, Dallas Fed This week’s ECB meeting ended with not France disappointed on the back of the work ance. The services sector, whose biggest com- cymakers to address Japan’s continuous president, said that he is expecting ‘solid job much news. The focus of the meeting was on strikes taking effect at the moment. ponents include real-estate and financial serv- appeals for exchange rate intervention will growth’ in the employment report and that he implementing the broad package of measures ices, account for the bulk of gross domestic potentially expedite the introduction of a would advocate for tightening in the ‘near that have been agreed in recent months. But UK Suffering on the “Brexit” Uncertainty product and is the pillar of the country’s new new Abenomics program. future’ without offering more specific timing. the ECB’s revised forecasts for growth and The latest news out of the UK is majorly economic program. The latest data out of the US surprised On the subject of the Brexit vote, he said that inflation remained largely unchanged, despite dominated by the fear of Brexit. Wednesday On a different front, China’s manufactur- markets as the Non-Farm Payrolls added the the Fed needs to ‘be prepared’ although a ing PMI dropped to 49.2 in May from 49.4 in fewest number of workers in almost six years more cautious view on that was given by the April, the 15thstraight month that index has with declines in payrolls in construction, Fed’s Tarullo. Indeed, member of the Fed Board remained in contractionary territory. The manufacturing and mining. March and April of Governors, Daniel Tarullo said that the latest data suggest that despite being were revised down by a combined 59,000, Brexit vote is bringing a lot of uncertainty and weak, Beijing’s monetary and fiscal stimu- while the three-month average in payrolls is is a factor that he would consider in his policy lus early this year should make it easier for now just 116,000, the weakest since July outlook. He went on to say that ‘in the short China to reach its 2016 growth target of at 2012, at the bottom end of the range that term it is more a question on the immediate least 6.5% this year. most Fed officials think will keep the unem- impact on markets’. Tarullo also spoke on the ployment rate steady. The broad cutbacks subject on banking regulation and said that he Abe testing may raise concern about US growth and expects stress tests for the bigger US banks to markets patience prompt Federal Reserve policy makers to put get stricter in the near term This week, Japan PM Shinzo Abe formally off an increase in interest rates. announced that the consumption tax hike to Despite the weak US manufacturing data Manufacturing: Weak 10% scheduled for April 2017 would be post- and the potential message they portray over and confusing numbers poned by two and a half years until October the second half of the year, Fed officials have This week, manufacturing data was out 2019. He said the reason for this was the risk of initially succeeded in getting markets to re- with the overall outcome being one which an economic slowdown and the need to mobi- price the chances of a rate hike this summer made for a fairly mixed assessment of the lize policy to prepare for such risk. He said the without triggering either volatility or asset economy. The ISM manufacturing release for Upper House election on 10 July would pro- price weakness. However, with the disap- May rose unexpectedly to 51.3 from 50.8 after vide voters an opportunity to pass judgment pointing payrolls, markets may be plunged expectations were for a 0.5 point decline. The on the decision. Abe however did not reveal back into uncertainty with investors giving details were a bit more mixed with new orders the size or details of additional economic stim- up once again. In summary, with the disap- coming at -0.1 point to 55.7 down, employ- ulus plans, which the market is interested in. pointing job report released this week, we ment 49.2 unchanged and orders at -3.5 remain in a fragile risk on mode while markets points to 50.5 sharply down. This number was Australia’s GDP remain in a wait and see mode for the Fed offset by an increase in prices paid moving up defies expectations meeting in June as well as July. by 4.5 points to 63.5, the highest level since the earlier announcement of a wide range of saw a warning from the OECD on growth Business activity in Australia has been On the currency front, the Euro remained 2011 and new export orders remaining stimulus measures. In particular, core inflation alongside various polls suggesting the refer- strong over the past month, suggesting the subdued against the US dollar as the diver- unchanged at 52.5. The manufacturing PMI forecasts were lowered, raising the question of endum was going to be a tight race. This, RBA has time on its side to deal with the gence in policy between the Fed and the ECB data was also out revised up 0.2 points to 50.7, whether more easing will be needed. along with the general risk-off theme, saw a issues presented by a structurally lower infla- continues to dictate the movement in the pair. however construction spending was weak in In summary, the overall tone of meeting potential 30% probability of a rate cut before tion outlook. This week, Australia’s data came The Euro opened the week at 1.1114, while the April dropping 1.8% over the month. was one of confidence and patience about the the end of the year in the UK. on the strong side with the economy growing ECB meeting was a non-event for the currency. Nominal personal consumption expendi- new policies being implemented before any On the data side, the May construction PMI 1.1% in the first quarter, and 3.1% over the The currency ended on a strong note follow- ture increased 1.0% in April, the largest real conclusions are drawn. Draghi noted that came slightly weaker than expected at 51.2 past year, its fastest quarterly growth since ing the job report at 1.1367. monthly gain since August 2009. The April lev- the council was waiting for three main events while expectations were for 52 in May, its March 2012. In details, growth was driven When investors thought “Brexit” risks were el of PCE was up nearly 3% annualized from its before assessing the success or failure of the weakest for almost three years and incoming largely by a surge in export volumes, which long gone, the latest polls this week started to Q1 average. However, motor vehicles and current policies. Draghi’s commented on the new work declining for the first time since contributed 1% out of the 1.1% quarterly indicate gains registered by the exit camp. parts accounted for nearly 30% of last month’s UK referendum suggesting that the euro area April 2013. May signaled the worst month for growth. Household consumption also added Immediately, the Pound reacted by losing real PCE increase. could suffer from a UK decision to leave the commercial building since June 2013 and indi- to the better-than-expected economic expan- ground against the US Dollar. The currency Chicago PMI was also out this week, slip- EU. Additionally, Draghi mentioned the corpo- cated that survey respondents said the June sion, contributing 0.4%. The negative point in opened the week at 1.4623 dropping through- ping -1.1 points to 49.3 in May. The details of rate sector purchase programme will start on 23 referendum had disrupted new order flows the report was from growth in business invest- out the week however ended the week slightly the Chicago report were weak. The ISM June 8th while the second tranche of the ECB and the timing of client decision making. ment in engineering construction and new higher after the dismal US job report. Chicago declined four points to 48.0, adding long term financing auction will be allocated Manufacturing PMI was also out at 50.1, buildings, which dropped 2.2%. By industry, The Japanese Yen remains extremely to the weakness in the NY Empire and on June 23rd. Finally, Draghi touched on the up from 49.4 in April. While new manufactur- production growth was mainly down to min- volatile against the greenback last week. Philadelphia Fed manufacturing indices. exchange rate saying the Council continues to ing business improved a little domestically, ing, up 6.2% over the quarter. Initially the US Dollar gained some grounds expect the exchange rate to weaken thanks to new export business dropped for the fifth Kuwait against the Yen following the G7 meetings. US construction still positive divergent monetary policy cycles. month in a row on the back of a slowing Kuwaiti Dinar at 0.30110 After reaching a high of 111.45 amid positive while payrolls disappoint global economy and the upcoming EU refer- The USD-KWD opened at 0.30110on yesterday US data and hopes of new Japanese stimulus, Construction spending in April fell by 1.8%, Eurozone Economic endum. Over a third surveyed by the report morning. investors closed their positions while waiting the most since January 2011 but the market activity slows for the new Abe proposal, making the Yen ignored the data due to the strong upward The Euro area unemployment rate was gain over 2%. The pair closed the week very revisions to the prior two months. Over the 10.2% in April, stable compared with March strong at 106.53 last three months, construction spending 2016, and down from 11.0% in April 2015, On the commodities side, Brent ended the increased at a 4.3% annualized rate. In details, and the lowest rate recorded in the Euro area week at $50 a barrel. The third drop in US private residential construction is up a much since August 2011. crude inventories in four weeks tempered the stronger 18.5%, showing a further improve- Euro area annual inflation also was out at - impact of OPEC’s decision to stick to a policy ment in the housing sector. The year-over-year 0.1 percent for May. The inflation figure was of free production, turning down a proposal to growth rate remains at an 8% level in line with expectations and slightly higher adopt a new ceiling on output. The latest US The latest change in nonfarm payrolls than the -0.2% reading seen in April. crude inventory data showed stockpiles showed that the US economy added only However, the latest number is still far from dropped by 1.4 million barrels last week. 38,000 jobs in May missing expectations for the 2% inflation target set by the ECB. In

Shell probing new claim of Nigeria pipeline attack

YENAGOA: Shell’s Nigerian sub- from Agip’s parent company, Eni of sidiary said it was investigating a Italy, when contacted by email. claim by the Niger Delta Avengers that it had struck another pipeline OUTPUT CUT in the restive oil-producing south. The NDA has been attacking facili- “We are investigating reports of ties operated by subsidiaries of Shell, an attack on our pipeline in the Eni, US firm Chevron, and the state- western Niger delta,” Shell run Nigerian National Petroleum Petroleum Development Company Corporation (NNPC). (SPDC) spokesman Precious The army said on Thursday that Okolobo told AFP, without elabo- six people, including two soldiers, rating. were killed when militants attacked a The Niger Delta Avengers boat belonging to the NNPC in the (NDA), blamed for a wave of region, but the NDA denied involve- bombings on Nigeria’s oil infra- ment. The deadly attack happened structure since the beginning of at about 5:50 pm (1650 GMT) on the year, earlier claimed responsi- Wednesday in the Warri area of Delta bility for the attack. state, which has seen a spate of “At 3:00 am today, @NDAvengers attacks recently. blow up the SPDC Forcados 48” That followed two claimed NDA BOADILLA DEL MONTE: A man smiles as he leaves the Santander Bank’s Financial City in Boadilla del Monte near Madrid. — AFP export line,” it said on its Twitter attacks on two supply pipelines in account. The attack was carried out Bayelsa state on Wednesday and a because Shell had refused to heed warning it would bring oil produc- earlier warnings not to repair the tion to a standstill in Nigeria unless US Treasury Secretary Lew says excess pipeline, which was damaged in its demands were met. February, it added. The upsurge in violence has seen The NDA, which says it is seeking Nigeria’s oil production fall to 1.4 mil- capacity ‘corrosive’ for China growth a fairer share of Nigeria’s oil wealth lion barrels per day-well below the for the Niger delta people and has budgeted for 2.2 million bpd. BEIJING: China’s excess industrial capacity will impose anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on past sessions of the annual US-China Strategic asked oil majors to leave the region, The Avengers are believed to have a “corrosive” impact on its future growth and a wide-range of Chinese steel products, while US and Economic Dialogue talks with helping to also said it had struck Agip facilities. have sympathy for a former oil rebel efficiency unless it is reduced, US Treasury business groups have complained about new reach understandings that have made currency “At about 3:30 am today, strike leader who commanded militants in Secretary Jack Lew said yesterday, adding that it Chinese regulations they say favour local firms. less of an irritant for the two countries. The team blow up the Brass to Tebidaba the region in the 2000s and who is was also causing distortions in global markets. China, which now produces more than half of Treasury did not designate China as a currency crude oil line in Bayelsa (state),” it now wanted on money laundering Lew, speaking to students in Beijing, said he the world’s steel, has criticised US anti-dumping manipulator in its recent currency report because said on Twitter. Desmond Agu, com- and corruption charges. hoped to make progress on the excess capacity duties targeting Chinese steelmakers as irrational it found that China’s recent interventions were mandant of the Nigerian Security The Nigerian military, which has issue in bilateral meetings with senior Chinese and harmful to diplomatic ties. Beijing has said it not problematic, he said. and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in slammed the NDA as “economic ter- officials starting today in Beijing. He noted that needs time to address its excess capacity problem. China’s latest interventions have been aimed the state, confirmed the second rorists”, has deployed gunboats and past discussions had eased currency tensions Lew said excess Chinese steel capacity was at supporting the yuan’s value, not pushing it attack and said the pipeline had fighter jets to the creeks and swamps between the world’s two largest economies. causing problems for steel-producing economies down. “It’s fundamentally in China’s interest not been shut down. of the delta in search of the militants. “Excess capacity is not just a domestic issue in worldwide, and government subsidies were at the to have an undervalued exchange rate,” Lew said, “We have dispatched our men Nigeria’s President Muhammadu China,” Lew said at Tsinghua University. “The ques- root of the problem by encouraging overbuilding. adding that a market-driven yuan would benefit and we have intensified patrols in Buhari last week ordered enhanced tion of excess capacity is one that literally has an “Excess capacity ultimately is corrosive of an Chinese consumers’ purchasing power. “Having a the area. We are working round the security in the delta, adding: “We enormous effect on global markets for things like economy’s efficiency,” Lew said. “It means you strong consumer in China is central to the future clock to protect critical infrastruc- have to be very serious with the situ- steel and aluminum, and we’re seeing distortions have misallocation of resources, it means that of China’s growth,” Lew added. Lew also said he ture in Bayelsa,” he added. ation... because if threatens the in global markets because of excess capacity.” ultimately, the only way to clear the market is to hoped to make progress on market access, There was no immediate word national economy.” — AFP A flood of Chinese steel into the United States sell things at a price that is below what the world including efforts to open China’s financial servic- has prompted the US Commerce Department to market price would otherwise be.” Lew credited es and health care markets. —Reuters MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2016 BUSINESS

SHARP will continue to operate independently under SHARP brand name

KUWAIT: Subsequent to a definitive agreement US$ 3.5 billion. Sharp Middle East FZE (SMEF) is brand name. This significant strategic alliance The current business model of SMEF and its signed between Foxconn Technology Group a 100% sales subsidiary owned by Sharp will create synergy and allow SMEF swift utiliza- relationship with the existing business partners and Sharp Corporation on 02-Apr-2016, allot- Corporation, and manages the Middle East, tion of strengths, EMS expertise, technology would remain unchanged and therefore, SMEF ment will be made to Foxconn Technology Africa & CIS markets. and know-how in expanding future business in would like to reassure its partners and cus- Group for a majority stake of 66% in Sharp As per the agreement, SHARP will continue the region. We are confident of having enor- tomers in the region of continuous commit- Corporation with capital injection of approx. to operate independently under the SHARP mous gain with this alliance going forward. ment, services and relationship.

Complimentary brake check-up service for Mercedes-Benz customers in Kuwait Keeping valued customers safe this Ramadan

KUWAIT: Keeping valued customers safe this Ramadan, A.R. Albisher & Z. Alkazemi Company, the Authorized General Distributor of Mercedes-Benz in Kuwait, is offering complimentary brake inspections and a discount on all necessary replacement compo- AUB announces winners in nents. Valid from 6 June until 6 July 2016, the special offer applies across the full range of Mercedes-Benz its weekly draw in ‘Al Hassad coupes, SUVs, cabriolets, roadsters and sedans. Available at all of the Mercedes-Benz authorized Islamic Saving’ service centres in Shuwaikh, Al Rai and Ahmadi, vehi- cles receive optimum appraisal from a team of quali- fied technicians using up to the minute tools and KUWAIT: Ahli United Bank (AUB) held its Azmi, Yaqoub Kh Y Al Khedry, Yaqoub diagnostic equipment. weekly draw of Al-Hassad Islamic Saving Abdullah Al Qattan, Ali A A Alawadh, Highlighting the importance and safety of a well program on June 1, 2016. This program Ibrahim Ali Al Kandari, Ayman S A Al maintained and fine-tuned vehicle all year around, offers the biggest prize amount to the Mutairi, Eid Abdullah Al Otaibi, Nahlah customers can enjoy discounts of up to 30 percent on largest number of winners. The prize pro- Mohyi Almadad, Khalid Abbas Hasan, related components, with pre bookings enabling pri- gram succeeded in becoming the first Khushal Mohammed, Farzana Ismaeel ority handling. prize account in Kuwait compliant with Abdali, Tariq Al Hussaini, Jaafar Ali “Regular after sales check-ups enhance the lifes- the Islamic Shari’a principles. The pro- Ahmed, Fauzia Masqsood, John Joseph pan of a vehicle and add to the privilege of owning a gram has been developed to fulfil the Newbert, Hamdi Hasan Mohamed,Wafa Mercedes-Benz. As part of our service to our cus- needs of the Bank customers and increase Ahmed Abulla, Nazha Jassim Hasan. tomers, we offer regular exclusive offers on repair their opportunities in winning sizeable The prize program of “Al Hassad and spare parts to make it even easier. Book your and attractive prizes in addition to enjoy- Islamic Saving” from Ahli United Bank appointment today to ensure peace of mind and ing the latest banking advantages that offers a weekly grand prize worth KD maximum driving enjoyment this Ramadan,” said Ahli United Bank provides. 25,000/- in addition to 25 weekly prizes Michael Ruehle, Chief Executive Officer, A.R. Albisher On this occasion, the bank issued the worth a total of KD 25,000 distributed to & Z. Alkazemi Company. following press release: Al Hassad Islamic 25 prizes, KD 1,000 for each winner. Mercedes-Benz owners can book their complimen- Saving program offers the highest In addition, prizes of Al Hassad Islamic tary vehicle check-up by by calling 1833111, Ext- amounts of prizes which amount to KD saving program from Ahli United Bank 200/254 for appointments at Shuwaikh; 1833111, Ext- 3.4 Million per year. This program also offer 4 quarterly grand prizes announced 832 for appointments at Al-Rai and 23982111 for offers 26 weekly prizes, with the highest in quarterly draws. Each is a “Salary for appointments at Ahmadi service centre. Customers number of weekly winners. The Islamic Life” prize which is worth KD 250,000/-. can also browse through the latest collection of car Hassad Saving Account may be opened In general, Ahli United Bank continues and lifestyle accessories, and enjoy complimentary Wi- by the lowest amount to open an to offer innovative tools and means to Fi at the service centres while waiting. account, which is KD 100. meet the needs of its customers to match Ramadan timings for A.R. Albisher & Z. The winner of the weekly grand prize the Bank’s long history of distinctive serv- Alkazemi’s service centres are as follows: in the amount of KD 25,000/- is: Samiha ices which extend over 74 years during Shuwaikh Service Centre / Express Service Nasser Al Misalam. which the Bank managed to take the lead (08:00am to 02:00pm); Shuwaikh Quick Lube The winners of the KD 1,000 prize among local banks. Centre (08:00am to 02:00pm and 08:30pm to each: Osama Abdulrahman Al Duaij, For further information about “Al 11:30pm); Ahmadi Service Centre / Express Service Ahmad Goulom Mulla, Abdul Walli Haji Hassad Islamic Saving” account , cus- (08:00am to 02:00pm); Al-Rai Service Centre Md, Najma Yousef Al Qalaf, Mohammed tomers may call at any Ahli United Bank (08:00am to 02:00pm); Al-Rai Express Service Ahmad Al Amer, Mohd Marzoq Al Otibi, branch, or call: “Hayakom” service at Tel: (08:00am to 02:00pm and 08:30pm to 11:30pm). Fatema Haidar Hamza, Ali Saad Eid Al 181 2000.

Greenland will seek minerals until ‘last stone’ turned: PM Chevrolet’s strongest offer

NUUK: Greenland will work to develop its a long-term goal of full independence. mineral wealth until the “last stone” is turned, Oil companies including Norway’s Statoil of the year this Ramadan despite low prices for everything from oil to and Denmark’s DONG Energy have returned iron ore that have discouraged some foreign exploration licences because of low oil investors, Prime Minister Kim Kielsen said. prices, now around $50 a barrel. Britain’s KUWAIT: Yusuf Ahmad Alghanim & Sons Fisheries will remain the mainstay of the Cairn Energy was the biggest explorer in Automotive, the exclusive distributor of North Atlantic island’s economy for many Greenland but a $1.2 billion campaign in Chevrolet in Kuwait, has launched its Ramadan years, he told Reuters in his office in the capital, 2010 and 2011 yielded no commercial finds. promotion starting June 1. It is considered the Nuuk. Shrimp, halibut and other species And hopes that General Nice, one of China’s strongest offer of the year given the special account for almost 90 percent of exports. top coal and iron ore importers, would prices and valuable gifts offered to all new “Changes will not happen overnight,” develop iron ore in Greenland have been put Chevrolet owners. The Ramadan promotion Kielsen said of government efforts to promote on hold by low prices. Officials say no that was launched last year was well received mining, tourism and industry for the island’s Chinese mining delegation has visited due to the valuable gifts and special prices that 56,000 people to diversify from fisheries. Kielsen since he took office in 2014. were offered; Alghanim Chevrolet is committed “As yet we’re not aware of the mineral Kielsen dismissed suggestions that to continuing and broadening its Ramadan pro- potential, how extensive it is. We will not find Greenland had suffered setbacks, saying motion this year by offering the absolute this out until we have turned the last stone,” he swings in prices were inevitable and that strongest offer. said, vowing to keep up exploration and to exploration was always risky. Paralleling people’s festive moments during send experts abroad to explain investment “Out of 100 possibilities three become a the start of the holy month, Alghanim Chevrolet opportunities. Kielsen, who is 49, heads reality,” he said. “There’s still interest in projects offers everyone in Kuwait the chance to benefit Greenland’s biggest political party, Siumut. He ... I think things are going as planned”. from its limited-time offer during the highly-cel- predicted that existing policies to encourage Among new projects, the Aappaluttoq ruby ebrated time of Ramadan. investment would work in the long term, and pink sapphire mine, majority owned by The new offer provides everyone a chance to twinned with efforts to improve infrastructure Canada’s True North Gems, plans to start pro- own brand new cars at never-seen-before value along remote coasts. duction this year about 250 km (150 miles) including the challenge-worthy Tahoe that Greenland, whose capital Nuuk is closer to south of the capital Nuuk. starts at KD 13,995. Another car included in the New York than Copenhagen, became a Danish Among others, Greenland is also looking at offer is the stunning Impala that can now be colony in the early 19th century but has been the long-term possibility of mining rare earths owned starting at KD 8,495 as well as the sporty gaining its own powers since World War Two, and uranium in the south. A ranking by the Malibu at a new special price of KD 4,995. Lastly, introducing a parliament in 1979 and self-gov- Canadian Fraser Institute of the attractiveness anyone can now drive home a brand-new Cruze ernance in 2009. of more than 100 nations or territories world- that is available at a starting price of KD 4,095. It still relies heavily on funding by Denmark wide placed Greenland 25th in 2015, up from Alghanim Chevrolet is also offering cus- and needs a stronger economic base to realise 28th the year before. — Reuters tomers guaranteed cash gifts whereby they draw one or two coupons based on the pur- chased car model, for a chance to win cash Chinese retail giant prizes from KD 300 to KD 1,200. To go beyond customers’ expectations, the KD 300 coupons will be offered at the same Suning eyes soccer empire amount of the KD 600 coupons, giving cus- tomers a fair chance to win big. In addition, cus- SHANGHAI: Chinese retail giant Suning trol a major European soccer power. tomers will also enjoy valuable complimentary Commerce Group Co Ltd, set to tie up a deal Suning will also look to become a leader gifts that include a service contract for three for Italian soccer club Inter Milan, is already globally in sports media and online, includ- years or every 60,000 km, window tinting at eyeing bigger ambitions: controlling a glob- ing “creating high-quality sports content” KromOzone, the most popular place for quality al sports empire stretching from soccer and “establishing a professional broadcast clubs to online broadcasting. platform”, it said in the presentation. vehicle accessories and finally, free third-party Suning and Inter Milan are due to make Suning declined to comment. insurance and registration. All these free perks an announcement in the eastern Chinese and outstanding benefits make purchasing a city of Nanjing today, widely expected to NATIONAL CHAMPION brand-new car during Ramadan the best deci- confirm that Suning will buy a majority stake Suning, which has annual revenues top- sion made for the whole year. in the Italian soccer club. Amid a wider push ping $20 billion, already has some blocks in Alghanim Chevrolet opens its doors this by China to increase its standing in the place: it owns local club Jiangsu Suning and Ramadan to everyone who is looking to own a game, Suning’s deal for the 2010 European has splashed millions of dollars on players brand-new Chevrolet that comes with a price champions is just the start. The Chinese elec- such as Brazil’s Alex Teixeira and former tag that no one can pass up including free gifts tronics retailer is seeking deals to help create Chelsea midfielder Ramires. It also has ties and exclusive benefits. Make yourself at home a global sporting “ecosystem”, according to a with Spanish champions FC Barcelona, at the closest Alghanim Chevrolet showroom Suning Sports Group document seen by England’s Liverpool FC and a stake in that is open during Ramadan from 9:30 AM Reuters. This network would include club Chinese online content platform PPTV, with until 1:00 PM and from 8:00 PM until 12:00 AM, ownership, sports media rights, player agen- sporting content including the Chinese Saturday to Thursday. While the Chevrolet cies, training institutions, broadcast plat- Super League as well as Euro 2016 starting showroom in Al-Rai will open also on Fridays forms, content production and sports-relat- later this month. The drive tallies with from 8:00 PM to 12:00 AM. ed e-commerce, the document shows. Chinese President Xi Jinping’s own goals, All customers who purchase a Chevrolet “Suning Sports aims, through strategic which includes ambitious plan to create a from Yusuf A. Alghanim & Sons will receive the expansion and acquisitions, to establish a domestic sports industry worth $850 billion benefits of the Chevrolet Care Program, which sporting ecosystem along the whole sup- by 2025. Xi is a keen soccer fan and wants entails new levels of post-sale support and trust. ply chain,” it said in a roughly 20-page pres- China to one day host, and win, the World The Chevrolet Care is an exceptional customer entation outlining its ambitions for the Cup. “Suning is definitely now seen as a bit service that is based on four main pillars: com- sports business. A majority stake in Inter of a national champion, on par with the petitive and transparent service costs (especially Milan would be a big step towards this. It likes of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and for four-wheel drive vehicles), scheduled service would be a watershed moment for China’s Dalian Wanda,” said Mark Dreyer, Beijing- appointment booking with same day delivery, investment in the game, making Suning based founder of sports information web- quality service by certified technicians and the first mainland Chinese business to con- site China Sports Insider. — Reuters 3yr/100,000km warranty with 24x7 roadside assistance for 4 years. technology MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2016 Airbus presents 3D-printed mini aircraft

BERLIN: Dwarfed by huge jets all around, the mini- plane Thor was nonetheless an eye-catcher at the Berlin air show this week - the small Airbus marvel is the world’s first 3D-printed aircraft. Windowless, weighing in at just 21 kilos (46 pounds) and less than four metres (13 feet) long, the drone Thor - short for “Test of High-tech Objectives in Reality” - resembles a large, white model airplane. Yet to the European aero- space giant Airbus, the small pilotless propeller aircraft is a pioneer that offers a taste of things to come - an aviation future when 3D printing technology promises to save time, fuel and money. “This is a test of what’s possible with 3D printing technology,” said Detlev Konigorski, who was in charge of developing Thor for Airbus, speaking at the International Aerospace Exhibition and Air Show at BERLIN: Photos show the prototype of the 3D printed plane THOR aircraft pictured at the booth of Airbus at the International Aerospace Exhibition (ILA) Berlin’s southern Schoenefeld airport. “We want to see in Schoenefeld. — AFP if we can speed up the development process by using 3D printing not just for individual parts but for an have the advantage of requiring no tools and that they result of this, the Ariane 6 may have half the price tag of traffic expected to double in the next 20 years - “the entire system.” can be made very quickly,” said Jens Henzler of Bavaria- its predecessor Ariane 5. decisive issue is radical technical innovation in a relative- In Thor, the only parts that are not printed from a based Hofmann Innovation Group, which specializes in ly short time,” said Ralf Fuecks, head of the Heinrich Boell substance called polyamide are the electrical elements. the new technology. The metal parts produced can also ‘Radical Innovations’ foundation think tank of the German Green Party. 3D The little plane “flies beautifully, it is very stable,” said its be 30-50 percent lighter than in the past, and there is The new 3D printers can make pieces up to 40 cm (15 printing is certain to play a major role in this, he said at a chief engineer Gunnar Haase, who conducted Thor’s almost zero manufacturing waste, added Henzler, who is inches) long and is of most use in particularly complex conference at the ILA event with Airbus president Tom inaugural flight last November near the northern managing director for Hofmann industrial prototyping. designs. Charmeau said Airbus is testing how to print an Enders. The air travel industry is already convinced of the German city of Hamburg. The sky is not the limit for the technology - engineers injection assembly for an engine that is now assembled benefits, according to a survey of some 102 aviation sec- also plan to use it in space. The future Ariane 6 rocket of from 270 individual pieces. “With 3D printing, it has just tor players by German high-tech federation Bitkom. Lighter, Faster, Cheaper European space agency ESA, set to blast off from 2020, is three parts,” he told AFP. Aside from the costs savings, 3D Some 70 percent of respondents believed that by 2030 Airbus and its US rival Boeing are already using 3D set to feature many printed pieces. “It brings big cost printing also promises ecological benefits as lighter jets aircraft spare parts will be printed directly at airports, printing, notably to make parts for their huge passenger reductions on parts manufacturing,” said Alain use less fuel and spew out fewer pollutants. and 51 percent expect that entire planes will by then be jets the A350 and B787 Dreamliner. “The printed pieces Charmeau, head of Airbus Safran Launchers. Partially as a To reducing carbon emissions in aviation - with air manufactured by 3D printing. — AFP Asian security summit works on cybersecurity SINGAPORE: The South China Sea dispute there. Most of the money remains missing and and worries about North Korea dominated an the identity of the hackers is unknown. India, Asian security summit at the weekend, but with nearly 500 million Internet users, is cybersecurity was also in focus as regional offi- preparing to set up an army of 500,000 cyber- cials sought to improve coordination amid a sleuths within five years, a delegate from New rise in high-profile hacks. Alarmed by the theft Delhi said at the conference. “That can provide of $81 million from Bangladesh’s central bank a bulwark for global cybersecurity efforts,” said in February, one of the world’s biggest ever Santosh Jha, joint secretary for cyber issues at cyber heists, cybersecurity was among the top the Indian external affairs ministry. concerns discussed at Singapore’s annual Shangri-La Dialogue. For the first time, the Trust Factor conference allotted one of its six special ses- Building a transnational cybersecurity sions to cybersecurity. defense system is hampered by differences “It was indicative that cyber has converted between countries and a lack of trust, dele- from being a logical threat to a physical threat,” gates said. For instance, Western nations were said William Saito, special adviser to the focused on safeguarding the infrastructure of Japanese cabinet on IT strategy. For Japan, cyberspace while China and Russia were con- safeguarding critical infrastructure was imper- cerned about content. Also, rival nations use ative, especially since it is the host for the 2020 cyber techniques for espionage and potential- Olympics, and cybersecurity was a large part ly for sabotage. After years of acrimony and of that effort, he said. “Cyber, because it is so allegations of cyber-spying, senior US and cross-cutting, will just make existing threats China cyber officials held their first meeting worse,” Saito said. last month since the two countries struck an Cybercriminals, whether from criminal anti-hacking agreement in September. gangs or rogue nations, usually operated “You have permanent members of the UN beyond borders, the meeting was told. “Where Security Council coming to the table with restrictions differ, they exploit these differ- fundamentally different objectives, it proba- ences in order to take advantage of our bly isn’t a surprise that the accomplishments national systems,” said David Koh, chief execu- to date have been modest,” said Sean tive of the Cyber Security Agency of Kanuck, a former US National Intelligence Singapore. “We cannot defend or view cyber Officer for Cyber Issues. What was needed, he MOSCOW: A woman takes pictures with her smartphone at Red Square on June 1, 2016. — AFP threats or issues within any national borders or said, was to “find low hanging fruit, common within a regional border.” interests that we all absolutely share, and In the February heist, hackers stole money build on those premises”. No country can Russian hi-tech spy from Bangladesh Bank’s account at the New achieve cybersecruity on its own, Singapore’s York Federal Reserve. One transfer to a Sri Koh said. “We need to recognize the urgency Lankan entity was reversed, but four transfers of the issue and start working together to for $81 million went to the Philippines and take action, based on our common security wound up with casinos and casino agents interests.” — Reuters devices under attack Streetcars in vogue, study Fears about privacy, data monitoring urges use beyond tourists MOSCOW: New Russian technologies, including the employee’s consent. The monitoring is done by But in its first few weeks, the app has already phone call interception and a facial recognition app, software that picks out key words from the phone brewed controversy. Some users used it to identify have stirred a fierce debate about privacy and data conversations, it said. “We have to prove that our sys- the VK page of a porn actress and bombarded her LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas: As Oklahoma City to park again,” he said. Ridership for the Little prepares to break ground on its first streetcar Rock and Tampa systems dropped by about monitoring. Infowatch, a Moscow-based IT security tem does not constitute phone tapping. We would by with threatening messages. On the other hand, police line in seven decades, and as other cities a third from 2005-2012, according to data company managed by businesswoman Natalya no means release on the market a system that does caught arsonists who set fire to a Saint Petersburg adjust to having them again, authors of a from the Federal Transit Administration. Kasperskaya, found itself in hot water last month not respect the law,” Kasperskaya said. In any case, construction site after identifying their images on federally backed study suggest their routes While the economic downturn can be after it revealed it had invented a system that com- Kasperskaya observed, new technologies are nudging security camera footage using FindFace. “This is a move people with a purpose - not just target blamed for part of the drop, Brown said, the panies can use to intercept employees’ mobile us toward a world where there are “no secrets.” demonstration of our technology,” Kukharenko told the tourist trade. In a recent analysis covering study panel noted both aren’t important phone conversations. AFP, adding that his app had garnered interest from five cities, researchers at the Mineta parts of an overall transportation system. Companies outside Russia have also devised call Finding Faces companies throughout the globe. “The real use of the Transportation Institute in San Jose, interception software, and Infowatch already markets Another debate has been stirred by a new Russian algorithm will be for security services, banks, distribu- smartphone app known as FindFace. It allows users tors and for leisure activities,” as well as for dating California, found streetcar systems fare best Novelty products that monitor employees’ e-mails, USB keys when used to haul people from Point A to In Little Rock on Saturday, visitors to the and printers. But Kasperskaya says she was taken to photograph strangers on the street and identify services and those who wish to meet strangers they Point B. Routes in Little Rock and Tampa, city’s annual Riverfest noted the streetcar line aback by the storm that surrounded the mobile their pages on social network site VK, Russia’s equiva- saw on the street or even someone who just looks Florida, which cater to tourists, fared worse in is mainly a novelty. Mike Hinshaw of Cabot phone innovation. “We weren’t expecting this. For us lent of Facebook, which hosts 350 million accounts. similar, he said. IT security specialist Mikhail key areas than lines in Memphis, Tennessee; and his family traveled by streetcar for the it was only another channel of communication,” The app has had staggering success, with a million Yemelyannikov told AFP that FindFace does not vio- Portland, Oregon, and Seattle. first time since a holiday-themed ride two Kasperskaya told AFP in an interview. downloads since it was made available in February. In late any existing legislation because the social media “They’re not really going into this think- years ago. “I think it would make more sense The Russian authorities and members of the pub- half a second, the app can peruse a database of 300 pages it trawls contain pictures with unrestricted ing of transportation as the primary objec- if it went more places,” he said, suggesting a lic lashed the invention as a breach of law or infringe- million pictures and match one to a stranger’s photo- access. “The problems start later: What will the result tive,” said Jeffery Brown, a co-author of the line tying in entertainment areas available ment of privacy. Infowatch traces its origins back to graph, said one of the creators, 26-year-old Artyom be used for?” he said. “Legislation will never evolve as study who directs the master’s program at only by foot, bus or car. Jake Allison didn’t 1997, when Kasperskaya and her then-husband, now Kukharenko, who co-founded Moscow’s NTechLaB. fast as technology.” — AFP Florida State University’s Urban and Regional consider the streetcar at all as he and three divorced, Eugene Kaspersky co-founded the Planning Department. “The streetcar is play- friends walked toward the festival. Plus, Kaspersky Lab security software company, which has ing a role for something else, like nostalgia.” because of high pedestrian traffic, the Little gone on to global success. The goal behind phone A Microsoft star seeks Streetcars were a common sight decades Rock loop was closed all weekend, so he call interception, Kasperskaya said, is to provide large ago, but the automobile age led most com- couldn’t have used it anyway. businesses with a tool to prevent information leaks, munities to scrap their lines, as Oklahoma “It’s confined,” said Allison, who added that including companies whose success depends on pro- to run North Dakota City did after World War II. Of the five cities he hadn’t been on the streetcar since a school tecting corporate secrets. BISMARCK, North Dakota: A decade ago, then- largest city, where he lives. His opponent in the studied, the researchers found that all want- field trip several years ago. “It can’t take you Communications minister Nikolai Nikiforov said a Microsoft executive Doug Burgum stood before a June 14 GOP primary election is a more typical fit ed to boost economic development, with from many Point As to Bs.” The manager of the court ruling was needed to get permission to tap cheering crowd at a technology conference in for the job: low-key, longtime state legislator and Little Rock and Tampa also desiring street- Little Rock system said the lines were built to phones. The speaker of Russia’s lower house of parlia- Dallas and introduced his boss, company co- Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem, who’s cars for tourism. link entertainment venues, restaurants, muse- ment, Sergei Naryshkin, said he feared such technolo- founder Bill Gates, by describing what makes patiently climbed the political ladder and has the But those two systems are practically ums and parks as a “public service venue” gies could be used to malicious ends. Facing objec- entrepreneurs successful. “Innovators are people party’s endorsement. impractical for commuters: The study found rather than being a “major rail commuter line”. tions from the authorities, the company has refrained who go against the grain” by taking risks and “I’ve been involved in the Legislature for 24 that Tampa’s “TECO” line passes through “We are currently a vintage line running at from designing a voice recognition system, even chasing dreams, said Burgum, who’d become a years and I’ve never seen anything like this,” said high-density areas but doesn’t operate dur- low speeds and strive to provide the best though there is demand from sensitive sectors tech star in his own right after selling his North House Speaker Al Carlson, one of many ing the morning rush hour, and Little Rock’s experience possible for visitors, tourists, and including banking, the oil industry and large public Dakota software company to Microsoft for more Republicans lined up against the technology titan 12-year-old streetcar system operates on locals alike,” Virginia Johnson said. companies. Monitoring of communications by pri- than $1 billion. “They’ve got the ability to think in who wants to run the nation’s 47th-largest state. two tight loops in Little Rock and North Since the study was published last year, vate corporations touches a nerve in a country where a counterintuitive way.” He said Burgum “is a smart guy” but doesn’t really Little Rock, with a spur to the Clinton Library, Kansas City, Missouri, and Washington, DC, the shadowy KGB security service once monitored Now Burgum is pursuing his most unlikely understand how North Dakota works. Burgum but doesn’t run to where many people live. have opened streetcar lines, while Cincinnati dissidents and where the state is keen to retain its venture yet: becoming governor of North Dakota has infuriated the GOP-controlled Legislature with Oklahoma City intends to break ground this plans to do so in September. Detroit has a grip on citizens’ personal data. The KGB’s post-Soviet in his first shot at elected office and against his television ads that claim lawmakers squandered fall on a system that will also operate on two line opening this year, while Providence, successor, the FSB, has long used a sophisticated sys- party’s wishes. It’s not unusual anymore for the state’s oil bounty before the bust hit two years loops - one covering the central business Rhode Island, this year scrapped its plans, tem called SORM to carry out surveillance communi- wealthy business people to try to leap from the ago. He claims he’s a proven job-creator who’s district and the other in the Bricktown enter- saying improved bus service was more cost- cations by telephone or on the Internet. The revela- boardroom to the governor’s office. Rick Snyder uniquely qualified to help diversify the state econ- tainment area. In between is the effective. In the places where streetcars are tions of whistleblower Edward Snowden showed that and Bruce Rauner did it in Michigan and Illinois, omy. Gauging the race is difficult because there’s Chesapeake Arena, home to the NBA’s used more broadly, Portland and Seattle the US National Security Agency also carries out sur- respectively, in recent years. But Burgum’s quest no independent polling. Mark Jendrysik, a politi- Thunder. “It’s a lot like Little Rock’s,” Brown have fared better in ridership and revenues, veillance on a mass scale. might be the biggest stretch yet: A player in a cal science professor at the University of North said. “Now you really have to start asking, the study found. “The objective is to carry Human rights advocacy group Agora has said that glitzy, fast-paced industry becoming leader of a Dakota, said most believe Stenehjem will win but ‘Who would really ride this thing?’” riders and do it as cost-effectively as possi- nine million Russians, including opposition figures state where the cattle outnumber people, only Burgum’s wealth and fundraising clout - Gates Nathaniel Harding, who chaired an ble,” Brown said. Memphis was also one of and political activists, have come under state surveil- about a dozen towns have a population bigger kicked in $100,000 for his campaign - have made Oklahoma City subcommittee that studied the successful cities, but their streetcars lance since 2007. Their mobiles have been taped, than 6,000 and many families make their liveli- him a viable candidate. In recent weeks, Burgum potential streetcar use, says the panel haven’t run since two vintage cars caught their emails read and their movements tracked by hood in agriculture and oil. has been crisscrossing North Dakota to talk to believes the system will appeal to downtown fire in 2013 and 2014; the city is refurbishing what Agora calls a “political policing instrument”. Though Burgum is a big name in tech hubs mayors, farmers, ranchers and energy producers, workers and out-of-towners. “You can go to the lines. Oklahoma City’s downtown is Infowatch has tried to assuage concerns, insisting its like Silicon Valley and Seattle, he isn’t well known hoping to convince voters they need someone lunch in midtown, or go to Bricktown or to a already vibrant without a streetcar, but is new system is still at a preliminary stage. in North Dakota outside of Fargo, the state’s with his background and big ideas. — AP Thunder game and not have to find a place considerably spread out. — AP The company said that only a restricted number of telephone lines will be targeted and monitored with MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2016 HEALTH & SCIENCE

UNDP, Kuwait celebrate World Environment Day, focus on wildlife protection

KUWAIT: The United Nations Development Development Agenda, the UNDP said in a state- protection of biodiversity through shedding the the Ambassador of Kenya Ali Abbas Ali referred to Program (UNDP) and Kuwait’s General Secretariat ment. In his input, Sheikh Mubarak clarified why light on legislations and policies recently passed. his country’s environmental and cultural heritage; of the Supreme Council for Planning and wildlife protection was a cause that should be sup- He also noted that Kuwait was in the process of the importance of protecting the rich natural Development (GSSCPD) held a discussion panel to ported by the Kuwaiti public and explained the analyzing the alignment between its Plan and the resource for future generations; and outlining why mark the World Environment Day yesterday. The role played by civil society to support national 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to iden- it was important for Kenya to host UNEA 2. Nairobi UNDP and the Council, together with Kuwait efforts to implement wildlife protections. tify priorities for the country’s national develop- hosted the Assembly on May 23-27. Environmental Protection Agency (KEPA) held the On her part, panelist UN Resident Coordinator/ ment; indicating the next steps towards the collab- Meanwhile, South Africa’s Ambassador MP Bona panel with a focus on sustainable development UNDP Resident Representative Zineb Touimi- oration with UNDP to support the implementation focused on the importance of wildlife tourism to and protection of wildlife. The discussion served as Benjelloun, during her input, focused on the theme of the plan. On his part, Sheikh Abdullah Ahmad the country’s economy as a major contributor to a communications’ outreach activity to inform the “Zero tolerance for the illegal trade in wildlife” and Al-Humoud Al-Sabah, Director General and CEO of job creations and income generation. The Panel Kuwaiti public about the serious issues and as an how having a collaborative approach would facili- KEPA and Head of Kuwait’s delegation to the sec- discussion concluded with Dima Al-Khatib, Deputy advocacy event to promote KEPA and Kuwait’s tate and strengthen determinations to combat ille- ond session of UN Environment Assembly (UNEA Resident Representative of UNDP in Kuwait, who leadership role in the region. gal trade of wildlife and preserve the environment. 2), discussed the outcomes of UNEA 2 and Kuwait’s linked the local agenda of wildlife protection in It also saw the participation of Sheikh Mubarak Meanwhile, Dr Khaled Mahdi, Secretary General of leadership role in protecting wildlife in Kuwait and Kuwait by framing wildlife protection in the con- Fahad Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah as a civil society the GSSCPD, discussed the importance of environ- abroad through strategic collaborations with key text of Agenda 2030 and highlighting UNDP’s com- advocate, which underscored the importance of a mental sustainability in the National Development government entities. mitments to support the State of Kuwait in this full society approach to achieving the Sustainable Plan, noting some achievements of Kuwait in the International advocacy was reiterated through regard. — KUNA

Kansas food pantry helps low-income families with allergies

KANSAS CITY: The Kansas City area is home Gupta said ‘the bottom line is we have to do to a new food pantry that aims to help lower- everything we can to help keep these kids income people with food allergies deal with safe. And it’s not asking a lot.’ the costs of specialty foods they can safely eat. The Renewed Health Food Pantry ‘Allergy-free adjustments’ opened in Overland Park, Kansas, about a Food allergies have helped spur the multi- year ago, the brainchild of Emily Brown and a billion-dollar allergen-free food industry, but friend; they also started a nonprofit to help Gupta would like to see regular grocery stores low-income residents with food allergies. with one aisle of lower-priced allergen-free Brown believes it was the first such pantry in foods. The Renewed Health Food Pantry, which the US, and a similar one has since opened opens once a week by appointment in an near Philadelphia. Brown also plans to help Overland Park, Kansas, church, has so far pro- open another allergen-free pantry later this vided more than 12,000 pounds of allergen- year in Missouri. free food free of charge to about 20 families. For Brown, it was personal. Her young Provisions, which include gluten-free breads daughter is allergic to milk, eggs, wheat, soy and alternatives to dairy, egg and peanut prod- and peanuts, and the specialty food she ucts, are largely provided from manufacturer could eat - a $6.99 loaf of gluten-free bread, donations, food drives and other contributions. for example - pushed the family’s budget Clients must have a doctor’s order saying the ‘through the roof’ and eventually contributed allergen-free foods are medically necessary to their decision to seek federal food assis- and show their income is at or below 250 per- tance, the former preschool teacher said. But cent of the poverty level, Brown said. Brown, the allergen-free food options in the federal who recently addressed the annual conference Women, Infants and Children assistance pro- of the nonprofit National WIC Association, has gram (corn tortillas instead of bread, and rice been advocating for the agency to make some instead of pasta) were less than ideal. allergy-free adjustments. ‘I always say we could not have existed 10 years ago because the mar- Food allergies ket wasn’t there,’ Brown said. ‘The free-from ‘I was really just kind of disappointed to food market I think is like a $23-billion industry. GWALIOR, MADHYA PRADESH, India : In this photograph newly born babies lie in a maternity ward at a government hospital in discover that the assistance that I needed ... Now is the time to kind of look and think Gwalior. — AFP wasn’t there either,’ Brown said. Her daughter about the least among us.’ The US Department is among about 15 million people in the US of Agriculture, which oversees the WIC pro- Unwed Indian women targeted that the national advocacy group Food gram, said WIC serves a large population and Allergy Research and Education estimates has about 8 million participants each month, have food allergies. That includes about one including 49 percent of all infants in the US The in every 13 children, according to FARE. Low- USDA also said it doesn’t know how many WIC in ‘black-market baby scam’ income families with children with allergies participants have food allergies, nor does it spend more than twice as much on visits to require state or local agencies that administer emergency rooms and hospitals than mid- to WIC to provide allergen-free alternatives. ‘Mothers were willingly abandoning their babies’ high-income families, recent research from But if a WIC participant has food allergies, Northwestern University found. local agencies may help devise a food package GWALIOR, India: In an intensive care unit, a nurse cates. But investigators say this was unusual in that frustrating process of legal adoption that has long And about 40 percent of those children that could include alternatives like dried beans soothes a crying baby rescued in a raid on a private agents targeted pregnant women who agreed to involved endless red tape, according to experts. surveyed also reported experiencing life- as a substitute for peanut butter or a soy bever- Indian hospital that police suspect was selling aban- check into the facility and go through with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has threatening reactions to food, such as trouble age to replace milk, the USDA said. WIC also doned newborns on the black market. ‘She is too scam. ‘Unlike female foeticide and illegal abortions, overhauled the process since coming to power in breathing and a drop in blood pressure. ‘The has special infant formulas and medical foods weak and needs special care,’ the nurse said, patting which are major problems for us, the live births hap- 2014 in a bid to make it easier and faster, and boost fact that they were able to open up a food for infants who require them. Jan DeMoure, a the girl born underweight and premature and pening at the hospital never raised any suspicion,’ traditionally low official adoption levels. Some 3,000 pantry for kids who can’t afford the special nursing student from Liberty who has three receiving treatment at another hospital, run by the Anoop Kamthan, Gwalior’s chief medical officer, told legal adoptions took place in 2015, according to foods for food allergies - incredible,’ said Dr children with food allergies, has been a client of government. ‘I pray a nice couple adopts her and AFP. ‘Mothers were willingly abandoning their government figures. Ruchi Gupta, an associate professor of pedi- the ReNewed pantry since October 2015. She raises her like their own,’ the nurse said in the central babies,’ he said. Police were tipped off by a former atrics who led the Northwestern study, which estimates she gets about $100 worth of food city of Gwalior. Police fear staff at the private Palash disgruntled worker, leading to the raid and arrest of ‘With love and care’ was published in April. Until there are treat- each month. ‘Without the pantry, we would Hospital were selling babies for as little as 100,000 two senior hospital officials. Investigations so far have discovered that the ments for food allergies beyond prevention, probably be a little hungry,’ she said. — AP rupees ($1,500), with agents convincing unmarried hospital was getting about 100,000 rupees from mothers to give birth at the facility and then aban- ‘Well-oiled networks’ childless working and middle class families who don them. ‘Their agents meticulously went about Taposh Gupta, hospital director and one of those were desperate to start a family. One couple say searching for pregnant woman who wanted to accused, insists he is innocent of any wrongdoing, they are devastated after discovering from police abort but instead were convinced to give birth,’ pointing the finger at his staff. ‘I don’t have any that their adopted baby is one of those involved in police superintendent Kumar Prateek who led last knowledge about it. My manager was in control of the hospital scandal. They refused to give details of month’s raid and investigating the case told AFP. the administration and I am now hearing some how they adopted the newborn, but insisted they ‘They were unwed woman, vulnerable. And the eight to nine months ago they sold one or two thought they were acting legally. hospital exploited them, offering them secrecy in babies,’ Gupta told AFP, while in police custody. ‘We followed all the procedures and adopted the return for the newborns,’ he said of the stigma Gupta and another face initial charges including of newborn. They took some money on pretext of doc- attached to unmarried mothers in socially conser- slavery, as police try to piece together details of the umentation and it all looked clean,’ the father said vative India. Police say they have traced five racket. Gupta says he too adopted one of the babies on condition of anonymity. ‘We were raising the babies born at the now-shuttered Palash-located born at the hospital, but stressed that he went child with love and care. Just like we would have just across the road from the government hospital through proper legal channels. Activists say black- raised our own,’ he said, adding that they opted for in Gwalior-and sold illegally to couples in different market adoptions are common in a country with adoption after five years of trying to conceive. The cities. However investigators fear the total num- high levels of trafficking of women and children, couple are in danger of losing custody as police ber could be much higher, with hospital records although there are no official figures. attempt to track down the baby’s birth mother and showing more than 700 babies were delivered ‘We have examples of newborns being fraudu- mull sending the infant to an orphanage. Back at the there in recent years. lently declared dead and later sold for adoption. intensive care unit in Gwalior, nurses are closely Experts say stealing and selling babies to couples These are well-oiled networks spread across the monitoring the one-month-old after another baby, a is not uncommon in India, even directly from hospi- country,’ said Anjali Pawar who works for interna- boy, from the raided hospital, died of unknown Kansas: Jan DeMoure, right, looks at a checklist while shopping at the Food tals where doctors and nurses are sometimes tional NGO Against Child Trafficking. Some parents causes. Once strong enough, she too will be sent to Equality Initiative with the assistance of food bank manager, Karen Miller, at involved in handing them over to criminal syndi- turn to the black market because of the lengthy and an orphanage. — AFP the New Haven Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Overland Park, Kansas. — AP Large Guardant Health study Activist asks Brazil’s interim backs use of ‘liquid biopsies’

CHICAGO: A large study sponsored by ples from 15,191 patients with advanced president to pay for cleanup privately held Guardant Health Inc of lung cancer, breast cancer, colorectal California showed that its Guardant360 cancer and other tumors. Each provided RIO DE JANEIRO: A leading Brazilian biologist who attended by surfers, sailors, rowers and other Rio resi- sion that’s slamming Brazil, and the funds for the liquid biopsy test, which looks at bits of one or more blood samples for analysis. has fought for the cleanup of Rio de Janeiro’s pollut- dents. Moscatelli is the most visible face of the fight project have dried up, Moscatelli said. ‘It’s one more tumor DNA in blood samples, closely The researchers did various tests to ed waterways called Saturday on interim President to clean up the Olympic city’s waterways, which are Olympic project that looks like it won’t become reali- mirrored the cancer genes taken from see how liquid biopsies compared with Michael Temer to release emergency funds to pay for polluted by human sewage. He also asked for a 10- ty,’ said Moscatelli, speaking in front on aerial photos traditional tissue biopsies. The findings, tissue biopsies. In one test, the team the dredging of toxic lagoons hugging the Olympic minute meeting to discuss the release of the funds showing massive brown sewage stains on Barra presented on Saturday at the American compared tumor genes found in blood Park. Around 650 million Brazilian reais ($184 million) with Temer, who he says is the last hope for making Beach. ‘If this project doesn’t happen before the Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in samples to the results of genetic testing were earmarked for the project years ago but it was good on long-postponed promises to clean up Rio’s games, it will never happen.’ Water pollution has Chicago, suggest that blood tests of tumor samples in 398 patients. When held up and has yet to begin. Biologist Mario waters before the Summer Olympics in August. become a hot-button issue in the lead up to Rio’s might be a suitable alternative in some the liquid biopsy tests identified key Moscatelli made the call during a seaside protest Rio is among the states hardest hit by the reces- Aug. 5-21 Olympics. A massive cleanup was billed as cases to tissue biopsies for guiding genes known to drive cancer growth, one of the major legacy projects of the games, but treatment decisions. such as BRAF, KRAS, EGFR, ALK, RET and an ongoing study commissioned by The Associated Doctors increasingly have been using ROS1, those same mutations were also Press has shown the waterways where the Olympic tissue biopsies - tiny bits of tumors present in 94 percent to 100 percent of rowers and sailors will compete are filled with illness- removed surgically from patients - to the tissue samples from these same causing viruses and bacteria. determine which genes are driving the patients. The team also compared liquid growth of cancers. They use this infor- biopsies to data from published results ‘National shame’ mation to select targeted treatments of cancer patients and showed the tests Rio’s mayor recently blasted the state for its failure that attack those genetic drivers. But in identified the same cancer genes fre- to make good on the promises, calling it a ‘national some cases, tissue biopsies are difficult quently associated with those cancers. shame.’ David Zee, an oceanography professor at to obtain, or there is not enough tissue Overall, liquid biopsies matched the Rio’s state university who attended Saturday’s present for genomic testing. results of tissue samples 87 percent of protest, said the failure to dredge the Jacarepaga the time. When blood and tumor sam- and Barra lagoons around the Olympic Park could Invasive surgery ples were done no more than six prove catastrophic during the Games. The high Several companies have been racing months apart, the accuracy went up to sewage levels fill the lagoons with sulfuric gas that is to develop so-called liquid biopsies, 98 percent. Dr Edward Kim, an oncolo- released during windy, agitated conditions, envelop- which can identify tiny genetic material, gist at the Carolinas HealthCare ing the area in a noxious smell that can harm peo- shed by tumors, that circulates in the Systems’ Levine Cancer Institute said ple’s health. Zee said winds and big waves are com- blood, without the need for invasive sur- the findings add to the growing body of mon in August. Moscatelli said that ‘whether we are gery to remove pieces of the tumor. But evidence showing a correlation embarrassed on a global scale will depend exclusive- so far, there have been few large studies between liquid biopsies and tissue ly on Mother Nature.’ ‘If it’s windy and there are big looking at how well the tests compare biopsies. “They show correlations with waves, prepare your gas masks,’ he said as demon- with traditional tissue biopsies. The the tissue about where you would strators joined hands in a symbolic group hug along Guardant-backed study included sam- expect them,” he said. — Reuters RIO DE JANEIRO: Rowers protest the pollution of Marapendi lagoon where the lagoons the canal where the lagoon’s brown waters empty brown waters empty into the Atlantic, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. — AP into the Atlantic. — AP MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2016 HEALTH & SCIENCE

Roche therapy helps 24 percent of untreated bladder cancer patients

NEW YORK: A newly approved immunotherapy ineligible for standard cisplatin chemotherapy. system fight cancer by blocking a mechanism development for Roche’s Genentech unit, said from Roche Holding proved effective as an initial Nearly a quarter of the patients experienced at least tumors use to evade detection. They are similar to the data was even stronger than what was seen treatment for some patients with advanced blad- 30 percent tumor shrinkage with no new lesions, PD-1 inhibitors from Merck & Co and Bristol-Myers in the study of patients who had previously der cancer, according to data presented yester- including 7 percent who had no sign of cancer. Squibb that have extended survival in advanced received chemotherapy that led to Tecentriq’s day. Results of the mid-stage trial could help Dr Arjun Balar of New York University Langone melanoma and lung cancer patients. approval. The overall response rate in that study make the case that the drug, Tecentriq, should Medical Center, the study’s lead investigator, said he At a list price of $12,500 per month, Tecentriq was 16 percent versus the 24 percent who bene- become the initial therapy of choice for patients did not expect to see complete responses in these costs roughly the same as Keytruda and Bristol’s fited among previously untreated patients. The with metastatic bladder cancer, according to a patients, most of whom had seen their cancer rival Opdivo. After an average follow-up of 14.4 drug is far less toxic than chemotherapy, researcher leading the study. Known chemically spread to the lungs, liver or bones. “In my opinion it months into treatment, 75 percent of the respon- researchers said, with 6 percent of patients dis- as atezolizumab, Tecentriq last month won US absolutely needs to be considered as a potential ders had not experienced disease progression. continuing therapy due to side effects. Far more approval for bladder cancer that had progressed new first-line standard of care,” said Balar, who was Researchers estimate the median overall survival patients typically discontinue chemotherapy, and following chemotherapy, becoming the first new presenting the data at the American Society of will be 14.8 months. The typical survival prognosis many refuse it altogether. An estimated 77,000 drug for the disease in 30 years. Clinical Oncology scientific meeting in Chicago. for advanced bladder cancer patients who cannot people in the United States will be diagnosed The latest study tested the Roche drug, given by Tecentriq belongs to a new class of biotechnology receive cisplatin is 9 to 10 months, researchers said. with bladder cancer this year, making it the fifth injection every three weeks, in 119 patients deemed drugs called PD-L1 inhibitors that help the immune Dan Chen, head of cancer immunotherapy most common cancer in adults. — Reuters

Puerto Rico authorities on alert for stranded whales

SAN JUAN: A 12-foot pilot whale has formed to determine if the whale suffered washed ashore in northwestern Puerto from a disease or had ingested some- Rico and put authorities on alert for the thing that made it ill. possibility of more stranded whales. Rodriguez said Saturday there had Biologist Grisel Rodriguez of the been other sightings of the mammals and Department of Natural and expressed concern there could be more Environmental Resources says that the distressed whales in the area. Pilot whales agency consulted with federal authorities travel in close groups and are often and euthanized the young adult male involved in mass standings. The biologist because its health was too compromised says pilot whales live year round off to survive. A necropsy was being per- Puerto Rico’s northwest coast. — AP

WASHINGTON: In this photo provided by NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, an orca whale known as L95 swims in the Pacific Ocean near La Push, Washington, shortly before being fitted with a satellite tag. — AP

Rare lemur born at San Diego Zoo

SAN DIEGO: The San Diego Zoo has time mother, named Morticia. The baby NORTH DAKOTA: In this photo, North Dakota Health Department environmental scientist Jane Kangas shows how to operate a announced the birth of a rare red ruffed weighs more than 6 ounces, gaining about smell detection tool in her Fargo, North Dakota, office. — AP lemur, an endangered tiny primate species a third of an ounce a day, indicating it is that in nature is only found on the island of successfully nursing. The zoo has bred Madagascar. The male lemur with big black more than 100 red ruffed lemurs since eyes and Teddy Bear-ears was born on May 1965, but it had been 13 years since the Fargo scientist sniffs 18 at the zoo’s Primate Propagation Center. last birth. The red ruffed lemurs will be Primate keeper Kristen Watkins says the seen when the San Diego Zoo opens a new infant is being well cared for by its first- exhibit area next year. — AP out landfill issues

FARGO, North Dakota: Jane Kangas has the part of my job. I enjoy my job, so to go on an ambient air. Most people are trainable.” The most valuable nostrils in North Dakota. The envi- odor complaint, it doesn’t bother me.” To make Nasal Ranger measures aromas in odor concen- ronmental scientist’s state-certified nose gives sure her olfactory senses stay sharp - “The older I tration units, which essentially is the odor com- her the ability to decipher whether a landfill is get, the tougher it gets,” said the 21-year veteran pared to clean air. Anything over seven units is meeting standards for odor control - needing of the health department - she is required to a violation according to North Dakota law just a whiff or two to determine whether it has annually attend odor school, where she is tested enacted in 1999 after a series of pungent reached peak reek. Her verification: a device that on a variety of scents. debates in the Legislature. records the level of odor. Kangas conducts odor The tool Kangas uses is called the Nasal The worst reading for Kangas - who also pro- inspections for 25 landfills in eastern North Ranger, which looks like a radar gun with a tects the public from asbestos, mold, lead and Dakota, none more scrutinized than the one in nasal mask on one end. It is used to test every- radon hazards, though not with her nose - was a Fargo, the state’s largest city. Several years ago, thing from landfill smells to second-hand mari- snort of 31 units at a now-defunct ethanol plant complaints about the stench from the dumping juana smoke in Colorado, where environmental near the northeastern North Dakota town of ground were so common, the city received criti- officials have been trained to sniff out weed. Grafton. “At 31, you are about dropping over,” cism from people who worked in a horse park The device was designed by St. Croix Sensory, a she said. “It was a case where you would take the with a 400-stall barn. The city has since cut down consulting business in Minnesota’s Twin Cities readings, shove Kleenex up your nose and run on the funk by installing wells to mine the that’s run by Chuck McGinley, an environmental away.” McGinley said each community has differ- methane gas and turn it into energy. Even so, ris- engineer who has trained odor inspectors since ent expectations about an acceptable level of ing summer temperatures make more people the 1980s. “We train up to several hundred smell, what should be done about it and how bitter about the litter. “My job is very interesting inspectors a year, including people around the much money should be spent to fix it. “Odor is because we talk to the public on a daily basis,” country and around the world,” McGinley said. not like a speed limit,” McGinley said. “It’s more SAN DIEGO: This photo provided by San Diego Zoo Global shows a male red ruffed said Kangas, who inspects the Fargo landfill at “The training is pretty basic. We train people to like observing and recording a habit of driving lemur at the San Diego Zoo’s behind-the-scenes Primate Propagation Center. — AP least once a week. “The odor part is such a small describe smell and to measure smell in the politely in the community.” — AP WHAT’S ON MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2016 Ramadan is better with Mais Alghanim Enjoy the best Iftar, Ghabga and the greatest oriental Oud nights

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Ahli United Bank announces branch timings for Ramadan

hli United Bank announced its working hours during the Holy Month of Ramadan, which will Abe applicable all throughout the holy month. Ahli United Bank branches will commence work in one shift from 10 am to 1:30 pm. The Bank clarified its readiness to receive Its valued clients during the Holy Month of Ramadan at its 37 branches throughout the State of Kuwait and provide them with all banking services they need, avail liquidity in all ATM machines, respond to their inquiries 24/7 through the bank’s electronic sites or by calling Hayakom on 1812000. On the blessed occasion of the Holy Month of Ramadan, Ahli United Bank would like to convey its sin- cere congratulations and best wishes the Amir of the State of Kuwait His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, as well as to the government and people of Kuwait. Armenian Prelacy sends Ramadan greetings he Armenian Prelacy of Kuwait and the neighbor- ing countries extended its heartiest congratula- Ttions to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- Ahmad Al-Sabah, the Kuwaiti government and the peo- ple of Kuwait on the advent of the holy month of Ramadan. In a statement sent by Reverend Father Masis Zobouyan, he stressed that the Kuwaiti people are ‘highly noble’ and highlighted the fatherly care Armenians in Kuwait are receiving. Kuwait Humane Efforts alleviate sufferings of millions of refugees: Father Angelos he Coptic Catholic (Egyptian) Church in Kuwait extended its congratulations to His Highness the TAmir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al- Embassy celebrates Bangla New Year Ahmad Al-Sabah, National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al- he Bangladesh Embassy in Kuwait celebrated a Mahbubul Alam welcomed the guests and thanked the try people can enjoy fairs and festivals. Singers perform ‘Pohela Boishak’ - Bangla New Year at the performers. traditional songs welcoming the New Year. Like other Ghanem, His Highness Chancery. People from all strata of the community Mentionable, the Bengali New Year begins at dawn, festivals of the country, the day is marked by visiting the Prime Minister T Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad including children and women participated during the which is related to Solar Calendar, and the day is relatives, friends and neighbors. People prepare special colorful and joyous festival. A colorful cultural program marked with singing, processions, and fairs. dishes for their guests. The festivities from the deep Al-Sabah, the Kuwaiti was hosted by the Embassy. The enthusiastic Traditionally, businesses start this day with a new heartland of Bengal have now evolved to become vast people, expatriates liv- Bangladesh community people participated and ledger, clearing out the old. People of Bangladesh enjoy events both in the rural areas and cities across the ing in Kuwait and the enjoyed the traditional celebration. Charge d’affaires a national holiday on Poila Boishakh. All over the coun- country irrespective of religious belief. Arab nation on the occa- sion of the advent of the holy month of Ramadan. In this regard, father Angelos Masoud issued a statement congratulat- Father Angelos Masoud ing the ‘Humanitarian Leader’ His Highness the Amir and stressed that such religious occasions provide great opportunities to compassionate with the poor and the needy worldwide, especially the increasing number of refugees. Masoud also hailed His Highness the Amir’s role in alleviating the sufferings of refugees and displaced people. Buwair hosts event to honor martyrs uwaiti author and historical researcher Abdullah Abbas KBuwair invites the public to attend a grand celebration to be organized on Sunday, June 19, 2016 at Crowne Plaza Hotel, in the honor of martyrs’ families as well as officials and staff of the Martyrs’ Bureau. A number of statesmen, sheikhs and diplomats Abdullah Buwair will also be honored during the A Bengali Cultural Program titled ‘Boishakhi Mela 2016’ was held recently. From Bangladeshi Embassy, the chief guest was S M Mahabubul Alam, event, which Buwair is holding on Charge d’affairs and Abdul Latif, Counselor (Labor Department). Other officers and staff attended the event as well. Society Intellectual and Active the occasion of issuing his newest publication titled Cultural organization members were also present. The program lasted for the whole day and had a huge family gathering. It was located at Ras Al- ‘Speeches of His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- Salmiya in Rezayat Villa. Jaber Al-Sabah.’ WHAT’S ON MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2016

Ambassador to Georgia visits Paradise Investment Resort

uwait’s Ambassador to Georgia where he was received by Maher Saleem, building and toured the resort to examine by a Kuwaiti company. The resort is now Suhaijan and stressed that Georgia is a Mubarak Mohammed Al-Suhaijan General Manager of Dar Ma’edati Company developments done since the previous visit. one of the accredited hotels in Georgia and major touristic attraction for which Krecently paid his second visit to the for General Trading and Contracting. They Notably, Paradise resort is one of the is accessible through the famous booking Kuwaitis do not have to obtain a visa Paradise Investment Resort in Georgia, both opened the resort’s new reception largest in Georgia and the first to be built website booking.com. Saleem thanked beforehand. For an outstanding creative statement this Ramadan with Patchi

n 2016 Patchi is setting a new design trend for Ramadan with its rich selec- Ition of decorated chocolates, Tasali collections and chocolate gift items. The 2016 Ramadan Collection features capti- vating colors. Purple, orange and gold seamlessly merge to create a sensational modern impression. The motifs and pat- terns are a homage to authenticity and timeless ethnic tradition. The wonderful contrast comes together to make the Ramadan Collection truly memorable. This season Patchi offers a vast choice of decorated chocolates beautifully arranged in crystal, glass, large silver jardiniËres and leather trays. The highly popular pre-packed Gourmandine boxes tion of readymade boxes and arrange- are back with an assortment of purple ments that embody savoir-faire, elegance and orange wrapped chocolates and and innovation, Patchi, as always, offers boxes with Patchi’s signature unwrapped companies and brands the option of gift- Ramadan specialty Tasali chocolates with ing their esteemed clients customized dried fruits and nuts fillings. Vases and corporate boxes (complete with the logo, bowls filled with decorated chocolates corporate colors and more). and presented in elegantly designed Ramadan is a blessed time for giving. boxes bring a special touch to this It’s a season of generosity, sharing and K-Tech signs co-op agreement with GUST Ramadan season. All this rich choice special iftar and souhour moments. A gift ensures you will find the perfect gifts for from Patchi is a distinctive way of show- family, friends and business partners. ing you care and celebrating the spirit of In addition to the impression selec- uwait Technical College (K-TECH) students who wish to resume university Marketing. The agreement, due to take Ramadan. recently signed a cooperation agree- studies. The agreement allows accrediting effect by the beginning of the 2016-2017 Kment with the Gulf University for the majors taught by K-Tech so that its grad- academic year, was signed by GUST Sciences and Technology (GUST), out of its uates can carry on with university studies in President Dr Donald Bates and K-Tech’s keenness to communicate with various pri- GUST to obtain a bachelor degree in board of trustees’ Deputy Chairperson Dr vate universities in Kuwait for the best of its Management Information System or Adel Al-Zera’e.

Writers’ Forum, Kuwait meets

n the evening of 27th June Committee. Dr Navniit Gandhi The meeting comprised of two English, Biswa Ranjan ...”.Pratishruti at the residence of Tajwer highlighted the ground rules and sessions, in the first session mem- “ in Oriya and an articles by OSultana, monthly meeting guideline to participate in the bers enjoyed the pleasure of lis- Nazneen Ali “Step by step toward of the Writers’ Forum, Kuwait start- multilingual book. These rules / tening to stirring stories written a better world” in English. ed in a casual and lighter note. guidelines will be posted on the and narrated by Rajesh Verlerkar During poetry session mem- Members greeted each other and WhatsApp portal of WFK. “A memorable chilled evening “ in bers recited their poetry in differ- exchanged their personal talks ent languages including Umesh and then discussion slowly moved Sharma , Navniit Gandhi and towards serious notes when the Tajwer Sultana recited their poem agenda of “Multilingual Kavi in Hindi while Aamir Kidwai in Sammelan and Mushaira” on the Urdu, Ameer Uddin in Kannad occasion of 15th of August and and Mohan Singh read the English Khalid Al-Huawaishel publication of the “Multilingual poem of her daughter Parminder book by Writers’ Forum, Kuwait “ Kaur on her behalf. were discussed by the president Short and sweet meeting con- KNES scores 118 out of 120 of the forum, Umesh sharma. cluded with discussions on pro- Sharma also requested all WFK ductive ideas and advices by in Edexcel IAL Biology Exam members to use WhatsApp group members for betterment of the platform / portal with utmost care forum. Those who attended the uwait National English School spend time researching quite extensively. I so that the dignity and growth of meeting were; (KNES) is proud to announce that am proud to say that my family and friends the WFK are not impaired. Umesh Sharma, Dr Waseem grade 12 student Khalid Al- consider me as a reliable source in clarify- Multilingual Kavi Sammelan and Siddiqui, Amir Kidwai, Tajwer K Huawaishel has achieved an outstanding ing health and medical issues. Learning is Mushaira will be organized in the Sultana, Dr Navniit Gandhi, Rajesh score of 118 out of 120 in his Edexcel IAL an on-going process and I am always will- association of the Embassy of Varlekar, Nazneen Ali, Viswa Biology Exam. Huwaishel reflected on his ing and ready to continue my passion in India, Kuwait. Details of this event Ranjan, Mohan Singh, Ameer achievement by saying: “Biology is my this field. I take this opportunity to thank will be furnished later. Sharma Uddin. There will be no monthly most favorite subject which I pursue Mr Abdul Majeed, my Biology teacher who added that Dr Navniit Gandhi will meeting during the month of enthusiastically during term time and holi- has been teaching me for more than five be the convener of the Editorial Ramadan. days. To broaden my knowledge and years. I really appreciate his continuous understanding of what I learn at school, I support.” MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2016 TV PROGRAMS

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Any person hav- Kuwaiti Driving License GO WITH ME 8:45 PM GO WITH ME 10:15 PM Dingarpur, Rajasthan, here- ing knowledge and/or • Fluent English/reading • Fluent English/reading GO WITH ME 10:45 PM MARINA-3 GO WITH ME 12:15 AM by change my name Husain claiming interest or may be GO WITH ME 12:45 AM THE JUNGLE BOOK 12:30 PM Kutbuddin Maudiwala. • Min 8 years’ experience • Min 8 years’ experience A Aa (Telugu) 2:45 PM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 3:00 PM AL-KOUT.3 adversely affected by said A Aa (Telugu) 5:45 PM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 5:15 PM DON’T GROW UP 12:15 PM (C 5177) petition, file his written • Call 97420300 • Call 97420300 A Aa (Telugu) 10:45 PM Hepta 7:30 PM DON’T GROW UP 2:00 PM opposition with the Start date: August 01, 2016 Start date: August 01, 2016 Hepta 10:00 PM Hepta 3:45 PM I, Elaine Peter Caido holder embassy within ten (10) MUHALAB-3 X-MEN: Apocalypse 12:30 AM DON’T GROW UP 6:15 PM of Indian Passport No. working days. (C 5178) THE JUNGLE BOOK 12:15 PM Hepta 8:00 PM J6957804, address in India THE JUNGLE BOOK 2:30 PM AVENUES-1 Hepta 10:30 PM 6-6-2016 about police station. THE JUNGLE BOOK 4:45 PM THE CODE OF CAIN 11:30 AM DON’T GROW UP 1:00 AM as 17/C Sherly village, Off ACCOMMODATION Contact: 97306396. WARCRAFT 7:00 PM THE CODE OF CAIN 1:30 PM Carter Rd, Bandra - W, I, Murtuza, holder of (C 5176) 5-6-2016 WARCRAFT 9:30 PM THE CODE OF CAIN 3:45 PM BAIRAQ-1 Mumbai - 50 hereby Passport No. H2187463, I Sharing accommodation WARCRAFT 12:05 AM PELE: BIRTH OF A LEGEND 6:00 PM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 11:45 AM change my name to Elaine available for Keralite couple THE CODE OF CAIN 8:15 PM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 3D 2:00 PM changed my name to FANAR-1 PELE: BIRTH OF A LEGEND 10:30 PM WARCRAFT 4:15 PM Caiado. (C 5180) Murtuza Khamoshi. / family, from June 25. PRAYER TIMINGS X-MEN: Apocalypse 1:15 PM THE CODE OF CAIN 12:45 AM WARCRAFT 3D 6:45 PM (C 5175) 5-6-2016 Behind Telecommunication THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 2:00 PM WARCRAFT 9:15 PM The public is hereby noti- Tower Abbasiya. Contact: Fajr: 03:14 THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 4:15 PM AVENUES-3 WARCRAFT 11:45 PM fied that Ms. Albina Baronia 99388074, 99398084 THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 6:30 PM GO WITH ME 12:45 PM Shorook 04:48 X-MEN: Apocalypse 8:45 PM GO WITH ME 3:00 PM BAIRAQ-2 Laguicao has filed with the FOR SALE Duhr: 11:46 X-MEN: Apocalypse 11:45 PM THE JUNGLE BOOK 5:15 PM THE JUNGLE BOOK 1:00 PM Embassy of the Republic of Sharing accommodation Asr: 15:21 GO WITH ME 7:30 PM THE JUNGLE BOOK 3:15 PM the Philippines, State of AC (Craft), veg.-fruit juicer, available in Khaitan for cou- FANAR-2 GO WITH ME 9:45 PM THE JUNGLE BOOK 5:30 PM Kuwait, a Migrant Petition food dehydrator. Contact: ple w/o kids from Goan Maghrib: 18:45 THE JUNGLE BOOK 11:45 AM GO WITH ME 12:05 AM HASAN WA BOQLOZ 8:00 PM for Correction of Clerical 96945155. (C 5179) Hindu, near Khaitan round- Isha: 20:16

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Arrival Flights on Monday 6/6/2016 GFA 221 Bahrain 14:20 Departure Flights on Monday 6/6/2016 FDB 076 Dubai 13:10 Airlines Flt Route Time SVA 500 Jeddah 14:30 Airlines Flt Route Time MSC 402 Alexandria 13:30 THY 772 Istanbul 00:10 KAC 540 Sharm el-Sheikh 14:50 AIC 982 Ahmedabad/Chennai 00:05 FEG 934 Sohag 13:55 MSC 415 Sohag 00:10 KAC 742 Dammam 14:55 MSC 502 Alexandria 00:05 MSR 611 Cairo 14:00 JZR 239 Amman 00:20 KAC 788 Jeddah 15:00 BBC 044 Dhaka 00:10 PAL 669 Dubai/Manila 14:45 JZR 267 Beirut 00:30 KNE 529 Jeddah 15:05 MSC 404 Asyut 00:10 KNE 382 Taif 14:55 FDB 069 Dubai 00:55 ETD 303 Abu Dhabi 15:10 JAI 573 Mumbai 00:25 KAC 773 Riyadh 15:00 DLH 635 Doha 01:00 OMA 645 Muscat 15:10 MSR 615 Cairo 00:30 GFA 222 Bahrain 15:05 QTR 1086 Doha 01:15 ABY 127 Sharjah 15:35 FDB 072 Dubai 00:30 FDB 058 Dubai 15:05 JZR 539 Cairo 01:20 UAE 857 Dubai 15:45 PIA 206 Lahore 00:40 KAC 673 Dubai 15:05 PGT 858 Istanbul 01:40 RJA 640 Amman 16:00 MSC 416 Sohag 01:05 QTR 1079 Doha 15:15 ETH 620 Addis 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QTR 1073 Doha 17:25 PGT 860 Istanbul 03:30 SYR 341 Damascus 18:00 ETD 920 Abu Dhabi 04:20 UAE 858 Dubai 17:40 KAC 544 Cairo 03:40 JZR 483 Istanbul 18:20 PGT 861 Istanbul 04:30 NIA 252 Alexandria 17:50 JZR 555 Alexandria 04:15 MSR 620 Cairo 18:30 QTR 1077 Doha 04:35 SVA 511 Riyadh 18:15 FEG 933 Sohag 05:00 KAC 774 Riyadh 18:35 CEB 019 Manila 04:50 JZR 184 Dubai 18:20 DHX 170 Bahrain 05:10 KAC 502 Beirut 18:35 JZR 560 Sohag 05:00 GFA 216 Bahrain 18:20 THY 770 Istanbul 05:15 KAC 786 Jeddah 18:35 FEG 954 Asyut 06:00 JZR 538 Cairo 18:30 JZR 529 Asyut 06:00 KAC 542 Cairo 18:55 RJA 643 Amman 06:25 CCE 342 Alexandria 18:35 PAL 668 Manila/Dubai 06:25 KAC 618 Doha 18:55 QTR 1087 Doha 06:30 JZR 238 Amman 18:45 KAC 412 Manila/Bangkok 06:30 KAC 104 London 19:00 THY 771 Istanbul 06:45 SYR 342 Damascus 19:00 BAW 157 London 06:40 UAE 875 Dubai 19:05 GFA 212 Bahrain 06:50 QTR 1081 Doha 19:05 FDB 5061 Dubai 07:15 GFA 217 Bahrain 19:05 FDB 070 Dubai 07:05 MSR 621 Cairo 19:30 KAC 382 Delhi 07:30 FDB 063 Dubai 19:10 JZR 164 Dubai 07:15 GFA 218 Bahrain 19:50 KAC 206 Islamabad 07:40 KAC 614 Bahrain 19:10 FDB 5062 Dubai 07:55 FDB 064 Dubai 19:50 KAC 302 Mumbai 07:50 ABY 123 Sharjah 19:15 BAW 156 London 08:25 ABY 124 Sharjah 19:55 FDB 053 Dubai 07:50 JAI 572 Mumbai 19:35 FDB 054 Dubai 08:30 KAC 361 Colombo 19:55 KAC 156 Istanbul 08:00 KAC 154 Istanbul 19:45 KAC 539 Sharm el-Sheikh 08:50 FDB 060 Dubai 20:30 KAC 354 BLR 08:00 KAC 674 Dubai 19:45 KAC 671 Dubai 09:15 KAC 283 Dhaka 20:30 KAC 362 Colombo 08:20 FDB 059 Dubai 19:50 JZR 534 Cairo 09:25 UAE 876 Dubai 20:35 KAC 352 Kochi 08:20 DLH 634 Frankfurt 20:05 KAC 787 Jeddah 09:30 JAI 571 Mumbai 20:35 UAE 855 Dubai 08:25 KNE 381 Taif 20:10 JZR 482 Istanbul 09:40 KAC 331 Trivandrum 20:45 KAC 284 Dhaka 09:00 MEA 402 Beirut 20:15 ABY 126 Sharjah 09:45 DLH 634 Doha 20:50 ABY 125 Sharjah 09:05 OMA 647 Muscat 20:20 UAE 856 Dubai 09:50 KAC 353 BLR 20:55 ETD 301 Abu Dhabi 09:05 JZR 189 Dubai 20:25 ETD 302 Abu Dhabi 10:00 KAC 351 Kochi 21:00 IRA 667 Esfahan 09:15 MSR 618 Alexandria 20:30 IRA 666 Esfahan 10:15 KAC 543 Cairo 21:00 QTR 1070 Doha 09:20 QTR 1088 Doha 20:35 QTR 1071 Doha 10:35 KNE 232 Riyadh 21:10 FDB 055 Dubai 09:40 FDB 5053 Dubai 20:55 FDB 056 Dubai 10:40 JZR 554 Alexandria 21:15 CCE 341 Alexandria 10:00 ETD 307 Abu Dhabi 21:05 KAC 501 Beirut 11:00 MEA 403 Beirut 21:15 UAE 873 Dubai 10:40 UAE 859 Dubai 21:15 KAC 153 Istanbul 11:00 OMA 648 Muscat 21:15 GFA 213 Bahrain 10:40 ALK 229 Colombo 21:20 CCE 346 Sohag 11:10 MSR 619 Alexandria 21:30 AXB 890 Mangalore/Bahrain 10:55 QTR 1082 Doha 21:55 KAC 561 Amman 11:20 QTR 1089 Doha 21:45 MEA 404 Beirut 11:00 GFA 219 Bahrain 22:00 KAC 165 Rome/Paris 11:25 DHX 171 Bahrain 21:50 JZR 561 Sohag 11:25 ETD 309 Abu Dhabi 22:10 GFA 214 Bahrain 11:35 ETD 308 Abu Dhabi 21:55 JZR 165 Dubai 11:50 AIC 975 Chennai/Goa 22:25 KAC 741 Dammam 11:35 ALK 230 Colombo 22:20 FDB 075 Dubai 12:25 BBC 143 Dhaka 22:40 AXB 890 Mangalore 11:55 FDB 5054 Dubai 22:25 MSC 401 Alexandria 12:30 THY 764 Istanbul 22:55 MEA 405 Beirut 12:00 UAE 860 Dubai 22:25 FEG 953 Asyut 12:55 JZR 185 Dubai 22:55 KAC 541 Cairo 12:05 KAC 381 Delhi 22:25 MSR 610 Cairo 13:00 MSC 403 Asyut 23:10 UAE 874 Dubai 12:10 KAC 301 Mumbai 22:30 KNE 231 Riyadh 14:00 JAI 574 Mumbai 23:20 KAC 103 London 12:10 KAC 345 Ahmedabad 22:55 KAC 672 Dubai 14:00 MSR 614 Cairo 23:30 JZR 776 Jeddah 12:15 GFA 220 Bahrain 23:00 QTR 1078 Doha 14:05 FDB 071 Dubai 23:35 KAC 785 Jeddah 13:00 KAC 205 Islamabad 23:00 FDB 057 Dubai 14:20 KLM 411 Amsterdam/Dammam 23:40 JZR 176 Dubai 13:10 ETD 310 Abu Dhabi 23:05

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

Talking should be quite unconstrained, as your mind is usually quite clear In a word, it is your emotions and gusto that hold your innermost self and natural and you are around the many people you enjoy. Ideas could come flowing to together. Your feelings are not just important-they are central to knowing more about you with ease. You find your taste in artistic things and appreciation in general is keen yourself. A strong devotional nature becomes apparent to anyone who takes time to know now. It may be possible to get a group together to enjoy a new exhibit at the zoo or per- the real you. Everything else is centered upon this inner drive and energy. The search for a mate and marriage in particular, are crucial for you. Communication with those in a place haps a play you want to see. This may also be the perfect time for you to pick out furnish- of worship is possible, enjoyable and uplifting. You are moved to unite and find out what ings, colors and so forth-the finer things in life. You may enjoy spending your time with togetherness means. Cleaning, health-awareness, shopping and cooperation from the loved ones later this afternoon. Your mood is just one of wanting to enjoy the home envi- family or your circle of friends make laughter easy. Someone will join you now in your fit- ronment. Someone special wants to cook for you this evening and you may lend a helping ness program or perhaps help you create one. hand, perhaps to chop, peel and steam. Yum!

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

Your commitment to spiritual ideas may find you teaching or taking a spiri- Keep moving forward by making a list of three things that you can do now tual class or enjoying some form of yoga today. You always work for a real future, doing to help you toward your goals. You love the working world and if someone suggested what has to be done. The vapors of the universe may cause you to be in an appraisal another opportunity to work a second job, you would probably jump in with both feet. mood. Not only do you become actively involved in some form of toning and meditative Your talents are many and you are able to take on many tasks. Make sure these additional jobs are temporary, as you will want to turn your attention to travel or talents or family type of exercise but you encourage your friends and family to cull through the pantry and within a few short years. You may discover news about a special sale or an estate auction throw out medicines and foods that are past their date of expiration. Move on toward the and you make your plans. Take notes today; you may find a special talent you can build medicine cabinet and eliminate some of those old bottles from long ago. It would be easi- upon that will bring in a little extra income. You are conservative and will not exceed a er to keep a log of the prescriptions than to have them sitting around taking up space. A certain budget. Smile, your finances will multiply. favorite pet is worth your time this evening; there are lots of smiles.

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

Conditions are working together at this time that will make it easier to make You have a sunny disposition and when you are not smiling and having fun, you are the first to feel the push or the need for change. Get outside and your dreams real. Have faith, stop your worrying and keep looking for ways to build your enjoy some fresh air-enjoy a joke with friends over a light lunch this afternoon. You may be ACROSS DOWN family togetherness. This is a good time to project your ideas, use the facts and use the moved to discover and appreciate the beauty in your life and in those around you. At the 1. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus. 1. As from a country. math. Inventions are fun and you have one invention with which you are having a lot of same time, everything could take on added value and importance. Be careful that you do 4. A baroque musical composition (usually for 2. A woody climbing usually tropical plant. fun. At heart, you have a deep sense of responsibility and purpose and this seriousness is not overspend or indulge too much just now because a financial offer that sounds too good to be true may very well be . . . Too good to be true. Your energy seems to flow a keyboard instrument) with full chords and 3. Tropical Asian starlings. genuine and felt by others. You seem to gravitate to those things that last and hold true and are always separating the questionable from the facts. Enjoy a little time with a co- smoothly this afternoon. A new idea for dinner and a few candles can be quite fun; be cre- rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free 4. Doctrine of enlightenment as the realiza- worker friend today and then invite them into your home for refreshments. Celebrations ative. Enjoy some leisure time along with a little romance this evening. style. tion of the oneness of one's self and the visi- can come in remarkable ways. 11. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing. ble world. 15. Denoting a quantity consisting of 12 5. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery. items or units. Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 16. A capacitance unit equal to one billion 6. A radioactive transuranic element. You could be seen by others as just the person to be put in charge of some farads. 7. Small genus of succulent annual herbs As this new phase dawns for you, the pursuit of social/political power and found on sandy shores of North America and project. You may be the person that is the best to start the race or call the 17. A large bundle bound for storage or trans- status has a way of seeming necessary and inevitable. An individual that you favor may winner of the race. A team works well today and you make sure the equipment is safe. port. Europe. demand a lot of energy and commitment if you decide to climb on board the social or Whatever you do, you enjoy your involvement with sports or the caring for equipment that 18. Indian grammarian whose grammatical 8. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war. political process. This could very well be political progress and you might enter the public creates a safe environment. Marriage and other close relationships give rise to great expec- eye. Decide what you want to dedicate your time to and get some type of outline that tations as a new cycle gets underway in your life. This is a time to enjoy and appreciate your rules for Sanskrit are the first known example 9. Very spicy sauce made from tabasco pep- pers. would help you make your decision. The next step is your natural obligation with family. ties to others and to seek and promote harmony between people. Someone may bring of descriptive linguistics (circa 400 BC). your attention to some sort of social work-and you are interested in helping others. You 10. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan You may decide that family time is important and discussions with family members are an 20. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on important process. and your loved one will give each other support in life. River. a skewer usually with vegetables. 11. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB 21. Tag the base runner to get him out. gun. 22. Order by virtue of superior authority. 12. An island of central Hawaii. Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 25. An avalanche volcanic water and mud 13. Fear resulting from the awareness of dan- down the slopes of a volcano. You could be most persuasive with others. Some situation or some desire You may find yourself at a family gathering this afternoon. This could be a ger. wedding celebration or a new child adoption, etc. You work hard to remember all the 26. A silvery ductile metallic element found has threatened to overwhelm your mind. Any of us can become overly 14. A populous province in northeastern involved in any subject such as love, anger, jealousy, control, etc. Find a way to excuse jokes you hear so that you could join in the fun of the party. You have worked to find the primarily in bauxite. China. yourself a short while, perhaps to take a walk and give some thought to what is important. right gift and you enjoy presenting you gift. You enjoy the interactions between loved 27. (Japanese) Very thinly sliced raw fish. If possible, get away from any negative and create a new, positive atmosphere. When you ones, take pictures and use them to add to the good memories that come with days like 19. Small tropical American tree bearing edi- this. Peace is only a smile away. Things spiritual and psychic take the driver’s seat of your 29. A small unit serving as the nucleus of a ask this of others, problems get solved. When you return to whatever subject has you frus- ble plumlike fruit. trated, you will have some positive answers or new insight. Your afternoon is full of cre- imagination as you begin this afternoon. The fine arts and all manner of fantasies assume a larger political movement. 23. Small arctic whale the male having a long ative distractions, and two of your friends suggest a project or game and off you go into a larger-than-life importance. Surrendering to fate, karma, and other powers greater than merely mortal may be seen as the ultimate liberation. 30. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element spiral ivory tusk. fun exercise that actually becomes a part of your free time. of the rare earth group. 24. Deciduous or evergreen shrubs and 31. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and shrubby trees of temperate and subtropical brown and black and tan. North America, South Africa, eastern Asia and Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) 39. Title for a civil or military leader (especially northeastern Australia. in Turkey). 28. A wave on the surface of a lake or land- Some of your expectations are too high with regard to some of your busi- If you have not planned, breakfast time would be the time to make out your 41. A radioactive element of the actinide locked bay. ness goals. It may be, however, that you just need to slow yourself down a little. Today is lists. Make one list for the things you definitely want to accomplish today and another list of series. 32. With the mouth wide open as in wonder for slowing down. Perhaps the energies are more toward a fun view of the kids playing the things you would like to accomplish. You will be pleased at your progress as you begin. ball. Now . . . Gather your own ballgame for later in the day but remember, if you criticize A rule would be that if you are interrupted from doing your project, the person that inter- 42. United States musician (born in Japan) or awe. the kids’ game, the kids are likely to criticize your game. Now take the day as it comes, rupted you could help you. Allow for interruptions and enjoy a lot of laughter. You might who married John Lennon and collaborated 33. The mansion of the lord of the manor. those are the energies available and if you fight those fun energies, you create problems ask yourself what you want the most when winter is its coldest now is a good time to create with him on recordings (born in 1933). 34. A linguistic element added to a word to for yourself and your peace of mind. A cooking competition around the grill this evening the answer to that request. This could be a better way to heat the house or purchase the can bring about some fantastic creations. Somewhere in that mind of your is a new recipe extra equipment that you might need. You may not be able to handle this in one weekend 43. Fudge made with brown sugar and butter produce an inflected or derived form v 1. for homemade ice cream-for next time. but it is something you will do soon. and milk and nuts. 35. Follower of Rastafarianism. 46. Consumer goods (especially clothing) in 36. Formerly included in genus Cedrela. the current mode. 37. Located inward. WORD SEARCH PUZZLE Yesterday’s Solution 49. Highly significant or important especially 38. A riblike part of a plant or animal (such as bringing about or marking the beginning of a a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an new development or era. insect wing). 50. A computer network consisting of a 40. Of or relating to or characteristic of the worldwide network of computer networks Republic of Chad or its people or language. that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facil- 44. A large body of water constituting a prin- itate data transmission and exchange. cipal part of the hydrosphere. 51. Read anew. 45. A literary language of Chinese Turkestan (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan). 53. A Spanish unit of length (about a yard) 47. Taxonomic kingdom comprising all living having different values in different localities. or extinct animals. 54. A soft white precious univalent metallic 48. Wild mango. element having the highest electrical and 52. A class of proteins produced in lymph tis- thermal conductivity of any metal. sue in vertebrates and that function as anti- 56. Dragonflies and damselflies. bodies in the immune response. 66. The most common computer memory 55. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent which can be used by programs to perform metallic element. necessary tasks while the computer is on. 57. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake 67. In a short and concise manner. Chad. 69. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots 58. A strategically located monarchy on the and soft brittle stems. southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian 70. A loose sleeveless outer garment made Peninsula. from aba cloth. 59. Small slender gull having narrow wings 71. Shrubby or herbaceous low-growing and a forked tail. evergreen perennials. 60. Weapons considered collectively. 72. Extremely robust. 61. Wrap us in a cerecloth, as of a corpse. 73. A local computer network for communi- 62. Two items of the same kind. cation between computers. 63. The lean flesh of a fish that is often 74. In place of, or as an alternative to. farmed. 75. A domed or vaulted recess or projection 64. (Greek mythology) God of love. on a building especially the east end of a 65. Have supper. church. 68. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.

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pain officially the Kingdom of Spain is a of the peninsula from the Moors in 1492. In the ble. Prior to the Second World War, Spain suf- sovereign state largely located on the early modern period, Spain became one of his- fered a devastating civil war and came under the SIberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe, tory’s first global colonial empires, leaving a vast rule of an authoritarian government, which with archipelagos in the Atlantic Ocean and cultural and linguistic legacy that includes over oversaw a period of stagnation that was fol- Mediterranean Sea, and several small territories 500 million Spanish speakers, making Spanish lowed by a surge in the growth of the economy. on and near the north African coast. Its main- the world’s second most spoken first language, Eventually democracy was peacefully restored in land is bordered to the south and east by the after Chinese and before English. the form of a parliamentary constitutional Mediterranean Sea except for a small land Spain is a democracy organized in the form monarchy. Spain joined the European Union, boundary with Gibraltar; to the north and north- of a parliamentary government under a consti- experiencing a cultural renaissance and steady east by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; tutional monarchy. It is a middle power and a economic growth. and to the west and northwest by Portugal and developed country with the world’s fourteenth the Atlantic Ocean. Along with France and largest economy by nominal GDP and sixteenth Culture Morocco, it is one of only three countries to have largest by purchasing power parity. It is a mem- Culturally, Spain is a Western country. Almost both Atlantic and Mediterranean coastlines. ber of the United Nations (UN), the European every aspect of Spanish life is permeated by its Extending to 1,214 km (754 mi), the Portugal- Union (EU), the Council of Europe (CoE), the Roman heritage, making Spain one of the major DID YOU KNOW..? Spain border is the longest uninterrupted bor- Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI), the Latin countries of Europe. Spanish culture is der within the European Union. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the marked by strong historic ties to Catholicism, l Cats are one of, if not the most, popu- (11 lb 0 oz). Spanish territory includes two archipelagos: Organization for Economic Co-operation and which played a pivotal role in the country’s for- lar pet in the world. l The heaviest domestic cat on record the Balearic Islands, in the Mediterranean Sea, Development (OECD), the World Trade mation and subsequent identity. Spanish art, l There are over 500 million domestic is 21.297 kilograms (46 lb 15.2 oz). and the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean off Organization (WTO) and many other interna- architecture, cuisine, and music has been cats in the world. l Cats can be lethal hunters and very the African coast. It also includes two major tional organizations. shaped by successive waves of foreign invaders, l Cats and humans have been associat- sneaky, when they walk their back exclaves, Ceuta and Melilla, in continental North as well as by the country’s Mediterranean cli- ed for nearly 10000 years. paws step almost exactly in the same Africa; and the islands and pe?ones (rocks) of History mate and geography. The centuries-long colo- l Cats conserve energy by sleeping for place as the front paws did before- Albor?n, Alhucemas, Chafarinas and VÈlez de la Iberia enters written records as a land popu- nial era globalised Spanish language and cul- an average of 13 to14 hours a day. hand, this keeps noise to a minimum Gomera. With an area of 505,990 km2 (195,360 lated largely by the Iberians, Basques and Celts. ture, with Spain also absorbing the cultural and l Cats have flexible bodies and teeth and limits visible tracks. sq mi), Spain is the largest country in Southern After an arduous conquest, the peninsula came commercial products of its diverse empire. adapted for hunting small animals l Cats have powerful night vision, Europe, the second largest country in Western under the rule of the Roman Empire. During the such as mice and rats. allowing them to see at light levels six Europe and the European Union, and the fourth early Middle Ages it came under Germanic rule Monuments and World Heritage Sites l A group of cats is called a clowder, a times lower than what a human largest country in the European continent. By but later, much of it was conquered by Moorish It should be noted that after Italy (49) and male cat is called a tom, a female cat needs in order to see. population, Spain is the sixth largest in Europe invaders from North Africa. In a process that China (45), Spain is the third country in the is called a molly or queen while l Cats also have excellent hearing and a and the fifth in the European Union. took centuries, the small Christian kingdoms in world with the most World Heritage Sites. At the young cats are called kittens. powerful sense of smell. Modern humans first arrived in the Iberian the north gradually regained control of the present time it has 44 recognized sites, includ- l Domestic cats usually weigh around 4 l Older cats can at times act aggres- Peninsula around 35,000 years ago. Iberian cul- peninsula. The last Moorish kingdom fell in the ing the landscape of Monte Perdido in the kilograms (8 lb 13 oz) to 5 kilograms sively towards kittens. tures along with ancient Phoenician, Greek and same year Columbus reached the Americas. A Pyrenees, which is shared with France, the Carthaginian settlements developed on the global empire began which saw Spain become Prehistoric Rock Art Sites of the CÙa Valley and peninsula until it came under Roman rule the strongest kingdom in Europe, the leading Siega Verde, which is shared with Portugal (the around 200 BCE, after which the region was world power for a century and a half, and the Portuguese part being in the CÙa Valley, named Hispania. In the Middle Ages, the area largest overseas empire for three centuries. Guarda), and the Heritage of Mercury, shared COLORFUL FLOWERS EXPERIMENT was conquered by Germanic tribes and later by Continued wars and other problems eventu- with Slovenia. In addition, Spain has also 14 the Moors. Spain emerged as a unified country ally led to a diminished status. The Napoleonic Intangible cultural heritage, or “Human treas- in the 15th century, following the marriage of invasions of Spain led to chaos, triggering inde- ures”, Spain ranks first in Europe according to What you need? the Catholic Monarchs and the completion of pendence movements that tore apart most of UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List, tied White flowers the centuries-long recon quest, or Reconquista, the empire and left the country politically unsta- with Croatia. Water Food coloring Small vases Activity Cut a single flower with a fairly short stem. A shorter stem will get you a quicker result as the color has to travel all the way up the stem to get to the petals. Cut the Berry Muffins Recipes for Kids stem on an angle to give a greater surface area for the colored water to enter by. Now place the flower in a small, short vase or glass (a shot glass works well) and What you need: just a little bit. Then add the add a generous amount of food coloring. 1 c. flour milk and vegetable oil, and Keep an eye 1 c. oatmeal mix. on it, in about 30 3 tbsp. sugar Add egg mixture to the dry minutes some 1 tsp. salt ingredients in the large bowl. color will start to 4 tsp. baking powder Using a mixing spoon, mix show in the 1 c. blueberries, washed about 25 or 30 times. Don’t petals. 1 egg mix too much! Your muffin Why is it so? 1 c. milk mixture should be lumpy, not Flowers suck 1/4 c. vegetable oil smooth. water up nonstick cooking spray Line a muffin tin with paper through their liners or lightly spray with non- stems to feed What to do: stick spray. Spoon in the muf- their petals and Preheat oven to 400∞F fin mix. Fill each muffin cup make them grow. (2000C). about 2/3 of the way up. This process is In a large bowl, mix togeth- Bake for about 20 minutes. called, ‘capillary er the flour, oatmeal, sugar, salt, When muffins are finished action’. Because and baking powder. baking, remove from muffin tin the water is col- Mix in blueberries. and cool them on a wire rack. ored, the petals In another bowl, break the Enjoy your berry tasty end up colored egg and use a fork to beat it muffins! too!

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eremy Irons says he would never accept a he 42-year-old supermodel has a 13-year-old daughter Lila Grace knighthood. The 67-year-old star believes with former partner Jefferson Hack and the 45-year-old publisher Jhe already gets too much adulation for admitted the teenager is not impressed with her famous parents. being an actor and the honor should go to T He told the Sunday Times magazine: “I spend a lot of time with Lila Grace. someone who deserves it more. He said: “I don’t She’s 13 and my relationship with her and her mum, Kate, is the thing I’m see the point of it. There are so many people most proud of. That is life with a capital L Everything else is window who do amazing work which is unheralded and dressing. I have Lila at least one night in the week and every other week- unrecognized. “I do what I do because I like end. “We use FaceTime most evenings. She thinks me and her mum are doing it. I’m well paid for it. I get far too much deeply uncool. I don’t think her music tastes are cool - Capital radio and adulation compared with what it’s worth. Justin Bieber. She keeps me real. I’m not on Snapchat. It’s wrong when “Society needs storytellers, but I’ve always parents act like their kids. I don’t buy into the ‘my mum’s my best friend’ thought artists should stir the s**t.” Although ethos. Kate’s a great mum and they have a fantastic relationship.” Jeremy attended a Buckingham Palace for a Meanwhile, Kate recently admitted that despite her best efforts, Lila has reception for British Oscar winners he insisted it not inherited her interest in fashion. She explained: “I’ve lost a lot of stuff wasn’t a big deal because “The Queen wasn’t over the years, but I’ve still got some. I’ll save it for my daughter.” “I there, it was Charlie [Prince Charles]. I’m not part because I like a good discussion, and from that I bought her an Ossie Clark dress, you know the one that Twiggy wore in of that.” Jeremy caused outrage in 2013 when he begin to work out what I actually feel. “I don’t that Richard Avedon [shoot], that white chiffon with leaves on? “[Lila] said in relation to same-sex marriage becoming have prejudices because I spend my life playing doesn’t like anything at the moment. Fingers crossed [she will].” legal: “If I wanted to pass on my estate without people of completely different ways of thought, death duties I could marry my son” but he insists but I love trying to find out, ‘What do you think? he didn’t mean it. He told Event magazine: “I was What do I think?’ “I think anything that makes just wondering how things would change. You people happy should be encouraged.” change one thing and there’s a knock-on effect. “I will forever be playing Devil’s Advocate, just

essica Biel says motherhood is the “most challenging had to pick one it would be when he’s waking up from his job in the world”. The ‘Total Recall’ star - who has son nap. He looks up and sighs and I can feel his smile from JSilas Randall, 13 months, with her husband Justin deep inside. That feels like pure magic.” Meanwhile, Jessica Timberlake - loves being a mother but admits it can be previously praised her husband Justin for being a “wonder- stressful at times. She shared: “It’s sometimes hard to find ful partner”. She said: “Well, he supports everything that I the words [to describe motherhood]. So amazing. So love- do and that’s why I think he’s a wonderful partner. And we ly. I’m over the moon. Honestly, I would say motherhood [is should just be able to talk and laugh and learn together.” the most difficult role I’ve done]. It’s probably the most And the ‘Blade Trinity’ beauty is reportedly considering hav- he ‘All About That Bass’ hitmaker may have poured challenging job in the world, but also the most joyous.” But ing another child with the ‘Can’t Stop The Feeling’ hitmaker. her blood, sweat and tears into becoming a pop star Jessica is thankful for the support of her ‘SexyBack’ singer A source said: “They’re already thinking about having more but she’s now keen to pack away her microphone T spouse. She added: “Justin is a funny, sweet and caring dad kids. They are homebodies. Justin is so happy. He’s had temporarily and launch an acting career. She said: “My - everything and more. I’d call him the perfect parenting career success, and now he says family is the most impor- biggest dream right now is to start an acting career. I’m partner.” And the 34-year-old actress has described her tant thing.” going to get an acting coach soon.” And the starlet has son’s smile as “pure magic”. When asked what is her favorite already got her foot on the ladder as she was asked to pen time of day with Silas, she told Britain’s OK! magazine: “If I new tracks for ‘The Peanut Movie’ but she’s hoping she can soon persuade bosses to give her an actual role. She added: “I was terrified and honored [when I was asked to write the songs]. When I told my grandmother, she was pumped! I still have to pinch myself. It’s unbelievable.” The 22-year-old singer was overcome with emotion when she heard her song play in the cinema for the first time but she managed to keep her excitement contained until she left the venue. She explained to Star magazine: “I was with my family and when I realized my song was coming up, my heart was pounding out of my chest. When it finally hap- pened, I wanted to stand up and dance, but I kept my cool. My brothers and I were dancing in our seats. It was very emotional. I cried when I walked out of the theatre.”

he ‘Transformers’ star says people “anticipate a shallowness [and] a lack of self-awareness” Tabout her but she is done fighting that percep- tion. She told the Los Angeles Times newspaper: “You know how women that are always cast in James Bond movies are pin ups but their job in the movies is always being a marine biologist or neuro- scientist? I think people react to me that way. Like, ‘Right, she’s studying neurobiology.’ But I am really interested in that. “I’m not going to keep fighting the eline Dion changes her twins’ names when they image that exists ... People anticipate a shallowness don’t answer her. The singing legend admitted [from me]. They anticipate a self-centeredness and a Cher youngest sons, five-year-old Nelson and Eddy, lack of self-awareness. It doesn’t matter what I say, or do everything together but occasionally they are unre- how eloquent a speaker I may be, or how positive sponsive so she makes up new monikers for them and my intentions may be. I’m going to be made in what they eventually respond to her. She said: “They are like people desire me to be.” Meanwhile, the 30-year-old two pieces of a puzzle, so connected that I sometimes actress - who has Noah, three, Bodhi, two and is struggle to break into their little world. “I have even expecting her third child with husband Brian Austin changed their names so they’ll react. “The other day Green - previously revealed she sometimes gets Nelson didn’t answer after three calls so I called, “pigeon-holed” when it comes to the roles she is cast ‘Robert!’ and he finally came. “Eddy, very fearful, sends in. She said: “It is what it is. I don’t care. I feel like if I him to see about anything that scares him.” punish- was really hung up on critical acclaim or people’s ment” is if they are separated from each other. She opinions then I would be more pressured, I would added to Paris Match magazine: “I’m managing. For the strive harder to disprove such a stereotype. But past three years the twins saw their father only rarely. sometimes you just get pigeon-holed. I have fun The worst punishment, for them, is to be separated. most of the time making movies, and that’s the main They don’t do anything without the other. “When objective because it’s just a job.” Nelson asks, ‘Maman, I’m thirsty, is Eddy having a drink?’ and I answer no, he says, ‘Oh well, then I’m not thirsty.’

ick Jonas says music is the “best therapist” he’s ever had. The ‘Jealous’ hitmaker is happy N anye West checks his Twitter first thing when he wakes up. to be open about what he is going The ‘Only One’ hitmaker likes to see what people have through as it helps him feel better been saying about him and regularly visits site about the things going on in his life. K Hypebeast. He told Real 92.3’s Big Boy’s Neighborhood Speaking in his Last Year Was radio show in Los Angeles: “I like it. Any comments or Complicated documentary, he said: whatever. Hypebeast is one of my favorite sites to go to. “There’s no better release for me than They’re hilarious. It’s just the funniest comments and creating. I just had to do it, I had that stuff ... “I go read it. Wake up in the morning, check it instinct. The minute she [his ex-girl- out, read some comments. I got this line on ‘Saint friend Olivia Culpo] left, I was alone in Pablo,’ checking Instagram comments to crowd my apartment. I was like, ‘I have to source my self-esteem. I was saying that sarcastical- come and get out of the city and ly.” Meanwhile, Kanye - who has two-year-old write.’ “I came up here [to Mammoth daughter North and five-month-old son Saint with Mountain] with my trusted group of his wife Kim Kardashian West - previously revealed collaborators. Immediately I was OK. Twitter has given him “social immunity”. He wrote I’ve tried talking to people and doing that thing, but I don’t know. [I’m] too in my head and unwilling to on the site: “thank God for paps thank God for open up and get deeper. I feel like the music is the best therapist I’ve ever had.” Meanwhile, the 23-year-old social media ... in the past the press/old guard and singer previously admitted it was important for him to get “vulnerable” on his album. He shared: “I mean, powers that be would have silenced me a long time it’s always difficult to open yourself up that way, but it’s important to get vulnerable. Right now, at this ago but I have a form of social immunity. “I repre- moment, Beyonce and Drake and all these artists are really embracing vulnerability; it makes a huge differ- sent the dreamers. I speak truth to power!!! And I ence. I’m working my hardest to lay out my stories and my music and connect with my fans - and my own promise the power is in the people and I will use the self - in that way.” And the ‘Levels’ hunk says he has “poured everything” into the LP. He wrote at the time: power given by the people to bring everything I have “I’ve been making this record for a year and a half ... Pouring everything I have into it. Tomorrow night I’m back to the people. We are here to make life better. I gonna show the world the first single. When I first started making I thought I knew what it would be about speak yell scream directly at the old guard on behalf of the ... Then I had a breakup. It then became very clear what this thing would be about ... And that I would need future. They can’t kill us all. Eventually the guys with real to dig really deep. “S**t is too real sometimes ... Reliving some of these real life experiences through this ideas not running a scam on the world will overcome. (sic)”. music is hard. But I know it’s important that I do it. I want to be an open book in my art.. The first song you’re gonna hear tomorrow night is about how I literally can’t open up and be vulnerable with someone. (sic)”. — Bang Showbiz lifestyle MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2016 Features

hat came first, the Chicken or the Egg - or make that the Two Egg? The answer is the Alaska town of WChicken came before the Florida town of Two Egg, by about 30 or so years. But they are neither first nor last in the country’s long list of odd-named places. In Pennsylvania you’ll find Intercourse, Virginville and Blue Ball. In Louisiana, if you’ve had too much of Moonshine, you can always visit Cut Off. The list goes on: Weed, California; Uncertain, Texas; Eek, Alaska; Butts County, Georgia and oh so many more. For some, like Santa Claus, Indiana, the name has created a major tourist industry. Others, like Two Egg, are dots on the map that get the occasional visitor curious about the name, but offer little besides a road sign - and even the sign often went missing until it was riveted in place. “It used to be one of the most stolen signs in the state of Florida,” said Marcus Pender, whose grandfather owned a gas station and general store where trading eggs for goods led to the town name. “I even got a couple myself in the day.” Here’s background on a few peculiarly named places in the United States:

Two Egg, Florida Located about 70 miles northwest of Florida’s capital, Tallahassee, Two Egg is a small farming community where peo- ple used to trade eggs for goods at the general store. “People A water tower is seen in Butts County, GA. Named for Capt Samuel Butts, who died in 1814 during the Creek War, would come in and trade two eggs for meat and cheese,” said residents at one point suggested a name change. Pender. The store is no longer open, but people can still buy another name on a snowy Christmas Eve. Sleigh bells were tourists far outnumber residents. Cell phone coverage and Two Egg cane syrup at a farm down the road. heard outside and children shouted, “Santa Claus!” And so the Internet access are spotty but there’s fishing, birding and town was named. Santa Claus has fewer than 2,500 people and scenery. “When people come here, some of what they do is Chicken, Alaska no fully operating traffic signal, but 1 million people visit each nothing. They just want the quiet,” Canup said. Doug Devore runs a website devoted to this small mining summer and hundreds of thousands of requests arrive in town near the Canadian border. He says in 1902, locals planned December from people who want their Christmas cards post- Butts County, Georgia to call the town Ptarmigan after a chicken-like bird they often marked “Santa Claus.” The town is named for Capt. Samuel Butts, who died in 1814 ate. But they worried people would spell ptarmigan wrong, so during the Creek War. A radio station owner tired of people they named it chicken instead. Most visitors stop here on tour Uncertain, Texas cracking jokes about the county suggested a name change at This undated photo made available by the Spencer buses headed elsewhere, but some people make a special trip. Stories vary about how this Louisiana border town got its some point but local business owner Henry Kitchen started a County Visitors Bureau, Ind, shows a Santa Claus “There are some people who are just obsessed with weird town name, says Randie Canup, owner of the Hoot ‘n Holler guest “Save Our Butts” campaign with T-shirts and bumper stickers. figure in front of the Post Office in Santa Claus, names,” Devore said. cottage. One is that when the city applied for incorporation, it With the name now safe, a popular bumper sticker reads “Keep Ind. — AP photos hadn’t picked a name, so “uncertain” was written on the form Our Butts Clean.” The water tower welcoming visitors driving in to marijuana jokes - there are tons of “I Love Weed” souvenirs to Santa Claus, Indiana and it stuck. But Canup thinks the true story dates to the 1800s, from I-75 proclaims “BEAUTIFUL B***S.” be found around town. Even the local brewery, Mt Shasta Melissa Brockman, executive director of the Spencer County when a steamship delivered goods to Caddo Lake ports. Brewing Company, plays it up - and got in trouble when the Visitors Bureau, says Santa Claus was supposed to be named Shipping labels often peeled off in the humidity, and those box- Weed, California federal government objected to bottle caps that read “A Friend Santa Fe, but another Indiana town already had that name. The es were marked “uncertain” and left at the final stop - which Abner Weed ran a lumber mill at the base of Mount Shasta in Weed is a Friend Indeed. Try LEGAL Weed.” — AP story goes that in the 1850s, families gathered to come up became known as Uncertain. With a population of about 100, in 1897, and thus the city’s name. That doesn’t make it immune

KUWAIT: The National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters (NCCAL) held a ceremony on Saturday evening to honor the award-winning performances at the Fourth Arab Child Theater Festival. The winners are “the mice city” by Al-Gil Al-Aw’ei theatrical troupe and “the city of colors” by Arabian Gulf troupe, Kuwait, and “Mohra symphony” by Zayed the- ater of talents and youth, the UAE. Speaking to KUNA on the sidelines of the ceremony NCCAL’s Assistant Secretary-General Dr Bader Al-Duwaish said the festival portrayed the children’s theatrical scene of the Arab coun- tries at large. He appreciated the contributors of the child theater movement, notably NCCAL, the organizer of the festival, saying that NCCAL that the success of the festival testifies to the soundness of the good planning of the Council. “The ten-day event sought to implant the cultural values and useful knowledge in the hearts of the young generation through direct or indirect messages with a view to immunizing them against negative phenome- na,” Al-Duwaish added. The closing ceremony featured “iftah ya simem (open sesame) per- formance, supervised by Mohammad Al- Musallem and directed by Abdullah Abbas. The festival, opened on May 26 by Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Turkey sinks Airbus jet Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al- Humoud Al-Sabah who doubles as NCCAL President, gathered troupes from Kuwait and to boost dive tourism other Arab countries that offered eight per- formances. — KUNA urkish authorities have sunk an A300 Airbus jet off a resort on the Aegean Sea with the aim of boosting diving tourism in the region, reports said yesterday. TThe giant plane was put to the bottom of the sea Saturday afternoon off the popular resort of Kusadasi in Aydin province, the Dogan and Cihan news agencies reported. The sinking of the giant plane-with a wingspan of 44 meters (144 feet) and a length of 54 meters (177 feet) — is aimed at promoting artificial reef diving which is hugely popular with experienced divers. Once sunken, the plane acts like a reef, becoming a magnet for underwater flora and fauna. The 36-year-old aircraft had been bought by Aydin municipality from a private aviation firm for 270,000 Turkish lira ($93,000). Turkey is looking for new ways to promote its key tourism industry, which is expected to suffer a battering this year due to the security situation after a string of deadly attacks. Hundreds of people watched the two-and-a-half hour sinking on nearby boats, cheering and blasting their foghorns as the nose of the plane finally went down, video images showed. “Our goal is to make Kusadasi a center of diving tourism,” said Aydin’s mayor Ozlem Cercioglu. “Our goal is to protect the underwater life. And with these goals in mind, we have witnessed one of the biggest wrecks in the world.” She added: “Our main target to diversify tourism in Kusadasi and have a 12 month season.” Three small planes have been sunk off Turkish resorts of recent years in the hope of promoting dive tourism but this is the first time Turkey has sent such a large aircraft to the bottom of the sea. — AFP lifestyle MONDAY, JUNE 6 , 2016 FEATURES

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Syrian artist Akram Abu Elfoz poses for a picture with a model of the Al-Rawdah mosque which he built using bullet shells, cartridges and war leftovers, in the rebel-held town of Douma, east of the capital Damascus. In his most recent project Akram, 37, creates downscaled models of important sites which have been destroyed by the ongoing conflict through using war leftovers, to creatively recreate and document places and buildings that have suffered severe damage.—AFP photos

Amsterdam seeks ways to tame its flood of tourists ome 17 million visitors flock to where smoking marijuana is legal. Today, long queues outside the biggest attractions industry supports over 100,000 jobs in 30 from 60, and cut museum queues. Some Amsterdam every year, but the tide of Amsterdam, which grew from a small fishing with visitors to some places such as the Anne Amsterdam. But there are concerns that what attractions are already trying to promote more Stourists is now threatening to swamp the village into a major trading hub in the 16th Frank House facing a grim wait of several is now an irritation could fester into a more online ticket sales, giving visitors a timed win- historic city famous the world over for its pic- and 17th centuries, has become a victim of its hours. For the city’s 830,000 permanent resi- permanent anger among locals fed-up with dow for entry. The city is also trying to attract turesque canals. Many residents and politi- own success. Every year the flow of sightseers dents, the tourist numbers threaten to litter-strewn streets and clogged roads. more people outside of the summer season, cians have decided enough is enough, and are flocking to the city of 165 canals grows by become a major annoyance. So much so that “We have to ensure that we don’t exceed with such things as the Christmas winter light seeking creative ways to control the deluge. some five percent as the result of an impres- Amsterdam officials recently decided to “make the levels of visitors that we’ve reached and show along the canals. With the number of visitors set to reach 30 sive marketing campaign. some savings” in its marketing budget, accord- seize the problem by its horns,” said Marjolein But with Amsterdam in easy reach of many million by 2030, it’s a flood that threatens to It has invested almost 12 billion euros in ing to the city’s Socialist Party leader Daniel Moorman, leader of the city’s opposition European countries and served by many overwhelm the Dutch city known as the improving its cultural offerings from a renova- Peters. Mayor Eberhard van der Laan has labour PvDA party. “Amsterdam has an historic budget airlines, such measures will not be Venice of the North. “It’s Tuesday and it’s rain- tion of the Rijksmuseum home to Rembrandt’s appealed directly to visitors to seek accommo- city-center, therefore its streets are small and enough to bring total relief, Moorman said. ing. There shouldn’t be so many people here,” haunting painting “The Night Watch” - to the dation in other often overlooked cities such as narrow. If tour buses, beer bikes, and bicycle Hence the suggestion to travel outside the city sighed Matheus Risso, a 25-year-old Brazilian, new water-front Eye film museum, or the Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht, which taxis are all trying to get through, the streets to less well-known spots such as the UNESCO sheltering under the arches of the world- secret Catholic church built in a private canal have regular and good train links with are too small. That can cause people to lose world heritage site of the fortress stretch famous Rijksmuseum. house in 1663 and now opened to the public Amsterdam. their tempers,” she added. resplendent with medieval castles, or the But he already had a plan-B up his sleeve, as the Museum of Our Lord in the Attic. “Of “That could save us,” he told the Het Parool beaches at Zandvoort, the windmills at Zaanse to visit one of the more unusual attractions course, people want to come and have a look,” daily. He has also put in place tougher condi- Go to the beach instead! Schans, and beautiful tulip fields at Keukenhof. such as the Sex Museum or the Torture said Machteld Ligtvoet, spokeswoman for the tions for the 170 annual festivals which attract Among her creative solutions would be to “Yes, of course, you can have a look at the Museum. They are among the lesser known city’s marketing team. more than 2,000 participants, such as limiting bar large tour buses from the center; track canals, but also have a look at ther neighbor- places which city authorities hope could help how many can be held in each park every year. more closely private apartments let to vaca- hoods to the north or the south or upcoming absorb the overflow from the millions drawn Long waits, crowded streets Visitors spend about 10 billion euros ($11 bil- tioners via such sites as Airbnb, cutting the east for example,” said Ligtvoet.—AFP by the red light district or the ‘coffee shops’ But the result has spawned eye-poppingly lion) a year in the country and the tourist number of days they can be sub-let a year to lifestyle MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2016

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People walk under a passage covered with umbrellas at the Dubai Mall in the Gulf emirate of Dubai.—AFP photos Bollywood, Hollywood Tourists look at fish in a viewing tunnel at the aquarium. enrolled in Dubai tourism drive omes inspired by the royal palaces of India rise from a new Bollywood theme park under con- Dstruction in Dubai, part of a drive to lure mil- lions more tourists to the emirate. It already boasts opulent shopping malls and numerous luxury resorts, but the Gulf city-state has even grander ambitions and the film industry is center stage. Bollywood Parks is part of Dubai Parks and Resorts (DPR) which is being developed as the region’s “largest integrated theme park resort”. Spread over 25 million square feet (2.3 million square meters), it will feature three theme parks and a water park. The resort is located near the region’s busiest port Workers inside Kong Fu Panda Zone at the Dreamwork studios which and close to where Dubai is expanding its second air- are part of the Motiongate Dubai Parks and Resorts (DPR). port to make it the world’s largest. The Bollywood theme park, a first of its kind inspired by the Indian popular movie industry, aims with its centerpiece Rajmahal Theatre, cinemas, rides and simulators to increase Dubai’s appeal to tourists from South Asia. A picture shows workers working outside the Raj Mahal area, which is part of the “We are trying to target a wide geographic area, but of Bollywood of Dubai Parks and Resorts (DPR). course the majority will be from India and countries in close proximity to India ... and (are) big lovers of Bollywood,” said its general manager, Thomas Jellum. Around 14,000 construction workers are toiling round the clock to keep DPR on track for its October opening. More than 14.2 million people visited Dubai in 2015, but the target is 20 million by 2020 when the Gulf emirate hosts the global trade fair Expo 2020. Dubai has invested billions of dollars over more than a decade to put itself on the map as a regional business and tourism hub. It has built a modern infrastructure unmatched by its regional peers. And as turmoil hits traditional tourism destinations in the Middle East and North Africa, Dubai has capitalized on its reputation as a safe haven for tourism and business. Workers inside the Shrek Zone at the Dreamwork studios that are part Tourism authorities have said hotel capacity was to of the Motiongate of Dubai Parks and Resorts (DPR). reach 100,000 rooms in May, boasting that Dubai aims to “position itself as a top 10 global destination in terms of available hotel supply”. Hotel occupancy stood at 85 percent in the first quarter of 2016, with People shop at the Dubai Mall. average nightly revenue of $142 per available room. To increase tourist numbers, Dubai is looking for visitors far from beyond its Gulf neighborhood. “The benefits would be limited if we rely on markets that we are used to. We need to expand our marketing to new places,” said Dubai Tourism chief Issam Kazim. Visitors from Gulf countries represented the largest regional group last year at 3.3 million, up 12.8 percent, with Saudis alone numbering 1.54 million. But Indian visi- tors surged by 26 percent to 1.6 million, becoming for the first time the largest single nationality, while Britons rose 11 percent to 1.2 million. “We do not want to focus on six or seven markets. We want to focus on 20 markets,” Kazim told AFP.

More theme parks in pipeline Bollywood Parks will target visitors passing through A boy looks at a stingray in a viewing tunnel at the aquarium at the Dubai and aims to “keep them a little bit longer”, said Dubai Mall. Jellum. Other theme parks are also being developed to increase the number of visitors. Next door, Motiongate Veiled Arab women walk past an advertisement for a luxury shop at the Dubai Mall. Dubai teams up three major Hollywood studios- Dreamworks, Sony Pictures and Lionsgate. It features rides that take visitors across simulated settings like the Smurfs Village, Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda, among 27 attractions based on 13 popular movies. “Our target is everybody,” said Motiongate Dubai general manager Guido Zucchi, including visitors from Gulf countries and elsewhere. The theme parks are only the latest additions to a long list of entertain- ment venues in Dubai, including an indoor ski slope. But authorities do not seem worried about saturation in Dubai’s tourism market. “We follow a long-term strategy,” said Dubai Tourism’s Kazim. He said authori- ties make sure “hotel room numbers do not rise before seeing that the number of visitors is increas- ing,” stressing there is “continuous dialogue between the private sector and the government” over expan- sion. Motiongate Dubai is also confident. “The tourists that Dubai is attracting every year, together Arab tourists look at a shark in a viewing tunnel at the aquarium at with the expected ones for the following years, will the Dubai Mall in the Gulf emirate of Dubai. Tourists and Emiratis ice skate at the Dubai Mall. absolutely be enough to create in this region an important destination, not only for tourism but also for leisure,” said Zucchi. —AFP Bollywood, Hollywood enrolled in Dubai tourism drive

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Lebanese girls hold traditional lanterns during street performances celebrating the upcoming Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Saturday. Devout Muslims throughout the world will begin to mark Ramadan next week, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, refraining from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from sunrise to sunset.—AP Kenya wakes up to coffee frica’s best barista doesn’t drink coffee, why they are revered worldwide,” she said. enables them to choose the beans they want, nor even really like it, yet two-time “Roasting brings out the nuances and flavors. roasted and ground how they want. Self- AKenyan champ Martin Shabaya won the Even a few seconds can make the difference to a described coffee enthusiast Andrea Moraa Africa round and next month competes at the roast’s success.” opened Pointzero in the courtyard next to the World Barista Championships. Shabaya, 26, has Nairobi Gallery in late 2015 hoping to create a only been pouring coffee for five years but his Don’t kill the flavor calming oasis among the city’s hurly-burly. She success is indicative of a country that-unlike Kenya’s Arabica beans are at their best when seeks out single-origin Arabica because, “coffee him-is learning to love coffee. “I had not even medium roasted, for around 15 minutes at 250 is like wine: it brings to the cup the taste of the tasted coffee. I had only taken this NescafÈ,” said degrees Centigrade (482 Fahrenheit), then place it was grown.” Shabaya of his first day at Kenya’s Artcaffe quickly sealed in aluminum packages to protect them from what quali- Growing coffee, drinking coffee ty controller Tim Moraa says Kenyans are becoming more dis- Obiayo calls “the ene- cerning, sophisticated consumers. “For the mies of coffee”: heat, longest time we were a tea-drinking nation that light, moisture and grew coffee, now it’s becoming part of our cul- oxygen. “The most ture to drink coffee as well as grow it,” she said. dangerous is oxygen, it Sitting on the shady verandah of the Tin Roof A worker checking the signs marking sacks of green, unroasted coffee beans from a assassinates flavor,” he CafÈ, co-owner Abbie MacAndrew, says coffee conveyor belt at Dormans coffee factory in Nairobi.—AFP photos said. Dormans pro- drinking has thrown off its reputation as some- duces around a dozen thing for the fusty and the foreign. “Coffee isn’t coffee blends and has an elitist pastime anymore,” she said. Shabaya seen strong domestic tried brewed coffee for the first time when he growth. “For many began training as a barista, “but I never liked it,” years you would ques- he said with a grimace and a sip of lemon and tion the viability of set- ginger tea to wash away the memory. ting up a coffee shop But Shabaya soon acquired a regular cus- as drinkers were tomer, a discerning Italian in his 40s who came tourists and foreigners, in everyday, sat at the bar counter and ordered and very few Kenyans,” an espresso. “He explained the techniques and I said Rana. learned to master the perfect shot of espresso,” Quality control workers picking out unsuitable green, unroasted coffee But that has said Shabaya. While his espressos and cappucci- beans from a conveyor belt at Dormans coffee factory. changed. “Coffee is nos are popular with customers and judges, the being taken seriously, drink that sets Shabaya apart at competition is restaurant chain. “It was my first time to see an as a business and by consumers,” she said. an idiosyncratic concoction he calls ‘Goodnight espresso machine.” Dormans is the biggest but not the only roaster Kenya’ blending espresso with Cabernet They are everywhere now. Java House is in town. Smaller operations such as Ransley Sauvignon grapes, orange juice and cardamom. Kenya’s answer to Starbucks with 36 branches in Coffee Company, run out of a ramshackle com- “Kenyan coffee is full of citrus and blackcurrant, shopping malls and petrol stations across the pound on the city’s outskirts, and Kahawa so these flavors complement those,” he said. country. Artcaffe Coffee and Bakery has grown Corner-kahawa is Swahili for coffee-with its small Shabaya hopes his signature brew will propel rapidly since 2009 with 11 branches and four roasting and grinding shop next to a neighbor- him into the top three at the world barista more managed under Dormans brand, the coun- hood grocery store, have also found space in an championships in Ireland, and earn Kenya a try’s oldest coffee roaster. “Roasting is an art and expanding market. name for consuming coffee that matches its rep- a science,” said Rozy Rana, managing director of Ransley supplies independent outlets Tin utation for growing it.—AFP Dormans Coffee, dressed-like everyone else at Roof CafÈ, in the leafy Karen suburb, and the Nairobi factory-in a white lab coat. “East Pointzero Coffee in downtown Nairobi. The pro- African coffees have unique flavors and that’s prietors of both say buying from a small supplier

A Muslim girl reads the Quran before an evening prayer on the eve of the holy fasting A worker removing a sample from a machine during the roasting Workers stacking and storing sacks of green, unroasted coffee beans month of Ramadan at a mosque in Bali, Indonesia, yesterday. Muslims around the world process for coffee beans. from a conveyor belt at Dormans coffee factory. will start observing Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar this week.—AP