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MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 SHAABAN 2, 1437 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Religious Lebanon holds Alvarez KOs Barca, Real co-habitation local elections Khan to retain set up final day brings together amid tight middleweight showdown, all communities3 security 8 WBC16 title Atletico20 beaten Yemen talks struggle as Min 25º Max 39º air strikes shake truce High Tide 01:57 & 12:53 Low Tide Committee talks indefinitely postponed • UN envoy bids to break impasse 07:35 & 20:20 40 PAGES NO: 16868 150 FILS

KUWAIT: Yemen’s Houthi movement accused a Saudi- conspiracy theories led coalition of launching air strikes that killed seven people yesterday, shaking a truce that has largely held through more than two weeks of UN-backed peace Well done, London talks in Kuwait. The Iran-allied Houthis and Yemen’s Saudi-backed exiled government are trying to broker a peace through the talks in Kuwait and ease a humani- tarian crisis in the Arabian Peninsula’s poorest country. The year-long conflict has drawn in regional powers and killed at least 6,200 people, according to the United By Badrya Darwish Nations. “The aggressor’s planes bombed various dis- tricts in the Nehm district, leading to the death of seven martyrs and wounding three,” the Houthis said in a statement. Political sources from the Houthi group’s rivals in Yemen’s government say the bombing in the [email protected] Nehm area east of the capital Sanaa was directed at Houthi forces that were massing in the area in violation of a ceasefire that began on April 10. t was a big success for minorities this week- A spokesman for the mostly Gulf Arab military coali- end. Electing Sadiq Khan as the mayor of tion did not immediately respond to a Reuters request ILondon is no small thing. London is consid- for comment. As part of the peace talks, representatives ered one of the greatest financial hubs in the of Yemen’s warring sides formed joint political and secu- world and attracts global tourism. As the capital rity committees last week but have made little progress of England and the UK, it is world renowned and toward a full ceasefire or political transition plan. incredibly powerful. I never imagined in my life to The UN special envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh see a Muslim become the mayor of London. Ahmed had earlier held talks with the warring parties in But it happened thanks to the British system. a bid to break an impasse, a day after the government pulled out of direct negotiations. Ismail held separate This system does not discriminate according to morning talks in Kuwait City with delegates, and plena- religion, color, race or background, as long as you ry or committees’ meetings were planned in the after- work hard. And it gives the opportunity to who- noon, spokesman for the UN envoy Charbel Raji said. ever earns it through merit. You don’t need to be But in a setback to talks after yesterday’s events, Houthi rich. You don’t need to be affiliated to a royal fam- representatives refused to attend the meeting with ily or an earl or a lord or a multimillionaire like Ould Cheikh Ahmed, a statement from the office of Zac Goldsmith, etc. And that’s the beauty of Yemen’s prime minister said. The meetings of the joint these types of Western systems. committees have as a result been indefinitely post- Actually electing a Muslim mayor of one of the poned, pan-Arab Al-Arabiya television reported. most visible cities in the world at a time when Yemen’s government on Saturday pulled out of Muslims all over the world are discriminated KUWAIT: Qatari boy Ghanem Mohammad Al-Muftah takes a selfie with HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad direct negotiations with representatives of the Houthi against and branded as terrorists is beautiful. To Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at Bayan Palace yesterday. — KUNA (See Page 2) rebels after there were no signs of any progress. know how bad it is, all you need to do is listen to Continued on Page 13 Trump - the US presidential candidate - talk about banning Muslims from entering America. It is a time when Muslims all over the world are fac- Speaker hopes to pass judicial reform laws ing discrimination and unfair treatment. Then to see London choose a Muslim mayor at By B Izzak ciary to accelerate the approval of these Meanwhile, MP Abdullah Al-Turaiji said after the meeting that “MPs pre- laws. The speaker praised the status of yesterday submitted a draft law propos- sented new questions to the ministry this point in our history is amazing and might KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker the Kuwaiti judiciary, adding that it ing the establishment of a public anti- and we promised to send the answers give a lesson to the rest of the world to be more Marzouq Al-Ghanem said yesterday he deserves all the hard work needed to doping agency to control the use of ille- after one month”. tolerant and fair and just and to stop discriminat- was hopeful that the Assembly will pass approve the laws. The most important gal substances in sports and related MP Saadoun Hammad hailed the ing against people for their religion. a number of legislations for the benefit bill of the legislation is the judiciary inde- activities. To carry out its objectives, the ministries of interior and foreign affairs I hope our people in the Middle East can also of the judiciary before the current pendence law which makes the country’s agency will propose bills to combat the for the efforts they exerted to secure the learn a lesson from this and start changing some Assembly term ends late next month. justice system more independent away use of banned substances and penalties release of a Kuwaiti citizen who was of their ruthless ways, which are actually anti- Ghanem said he is optimistic that all con- from government’s influence. If for users in accordance with related abducted in Iraq since mid-March. Islamic. Instead they should look at people as cerned sides will work to reach the opti- approved without major changes, the international laws and regulations. Hammad congratulated the family of human beings and stop branding them by race, mal formula with regards to passing a draft law will also guarantee financial Also, Minister of Public Works Ali Al- Khaled Al-Sarhan over his release and color or religion. We in the Middle East deny basic number of draft laws that aim at preserv- independence for the judiciary. The Omair yesterday discussed with the hoped he will return home very soon. human rights to some people and each other in ing the independence of the judiciary Assembly is expected to close the cur- Assembly’s public utilities committees The lawmaker said Sarhan was abduct- ways far away from what Islam intended. and boost its status. rent eight-month term before Eid Al-Fitr, ways to implement recommendations ed by an Iraqi gang while following up Well done, London. And good luck to Mr Khan He said that consultations have been which falls in the first week of July. The passed by the Assembly after the grilling some private commercial matters, ongoing over a long time between the Assembly will then go into a four-month of former public works minister which demanded a ransom of $1 million - you have a long and hard road before you. Assembly, the government and the judi- summer recess. Abdulaziz Al-Ibrahim last year. Omair to free him. Woman flees 73 killed in Afghan Kuwait after road crash inferno

killing husband GHAZNI, Afghanistan: At least 73 peo- accident in Ghazni province, near the ple were killed yesterday when two pas- Afghan capital, one of the areas worst senger buses and an oil tanker burst into affected by the Taliban insurgency. Baby abandoned flames in a head-on collision in eastern The vehicles were completely gutted By Meshaal Al-Enezi Afghanistan, health officials said, in one and clouds of acrid smoke shrouded the of the worst road accidents in the war- scene of the crash on the Kabul- KUWAIT: An Egyptian woman allegedly killed her battered nation. Many of the dead, Kandahar highway, a major roadway link- including women and children, were ing Afghanistan’s two largest cities. “The husband in Khaitan and fled the country, leaving burned beyond recognition and dozens death toll has soared to 73,” ministry her 8-month-old daughter with one of her neigh- of others were left badly injured in the Continued on Page 13 bors, said security sources. Case papers indicate CAIRO: A picture taken in the early hours of yesterday shows a damaged vehicle that the neighbor, an Egyptian woman, reported following a gun attack on Egyptian policemen in Cairo’s southern outskirts. — AFP that the woman had left her baby with her claiming she had to go somewhere, but eight hours later, the mother texted her that she was in Egypt and 8 policemen killed in that some other woman would pick the baby up the same or the following day. “You will know why I left, take care of the girl,” the message said. Cairo by IS gunmen Police were called, who rushed to the woman’s house, where they found a foul odor emanating CAIRO: Eight policemen were shot dead on the caliphate” opened fire on the police from the apartment. Breaking into the house, Cairo’s southern outskirts in an attack van and then made off with their weapons. claimed yesterday by the Islamic State It said the attack was carried out in retalia- detectives found the husband’s body with a deep group, one of its deadliest in mainland tion for “women imprisoned” in Egyptian skull wound and blood all over the place. Initial Egypt. The interior ministry said four jails. Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Gaffar investigations showed that the wife held a depend- assailants in a truck intercepted a van carry- sounded a defiant note as the slain police- ent visa sponsored by her husband, that she had ing the policemen in the district of Helwan, men were laid to rest. “We hold our heads three children and that two of them had already just south of Cairo, and sprayed them with high, and won’t bow them to any attempt left the country three days earlier, but she had to automatic rifle fire. It said those killed in the to defeat our will,” he told state television. leave her baby with the neighbors because the shooting overnight included a lieutenant Jihadists have killed hundreds of police- infant had no passport. The baby was handed to and seven lower ranking policemen who men and soldiers in attacks, mostly in the the Egyptian embassy. A case was filed and further had been on patrol in plain clothing. Sinai Peninsula and also in and around investigations are in progress pending contacting In a statement circulated on social Cairo, since the military toppled Islamist Interpol and other relevant authorities. GHAZNI: An injured Afghan man sits in an ambulance yesterday following an media, IS said “a squad of the soldiers of Continued on Page 13 accident on the main Kabul-Kandahar Highway. — AFP MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 LOCAL

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Qatari boys Ghanem Mohammad Al-Muftah and SEOUL: South Korean Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Kang Hoin Ahmad Mohammad Al-Muftah, as well as the ‘Ghanem Around-the-World Tour’ team, in the presence of Information Minister Sheikh Salman welcomes Kuwait’s Prime Minister His Highness Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al- Al-Humoud Al-Sabah. Hamad Al-Sabah upon his arrival in Seoul Air Base yesterday. —KUNA Amir welcomes two Qatari boys Kuwait’s Premier KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah wel- comed at Bayan Palace yesterday Minister arrives in Seoul of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Salem SEOUL: His Highness the Prime Minister In remarks to the media, His Al-Humoud Al-Sabah who introduced to Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al- Highness expressed pride for visiting him two Qatari boys Ghanem Mohammad Sabah and his accompanying delega- the Republic of Korea which has deep- Al-Muftah and Ahmad Mohammad Al- tion arrived in Seoul yesterday on a four- rooted relations with Kuwait. He Muftah, as well as the ‘Ghanem Around-the- day official visit to the Republic of Korea, stressed Kuwait’s keenness to enhance World Tour’ team. Deputy Minister of Amiri the third leg of an Asian tour that will bilateral relations in vital and important Diwan Affairs Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah also take him to Japan. sectors that would serve interests of and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs His Highness the Premier was both countries, especially in the technol- Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al-Mubarak received in Seoul Air Base by Minister of ogy, energy and investment fields. Al-Sabah attended the meeting. Ghanem Land, Infrastructure and Transport Kang He said that South Korea is a role Al-Muftah said he was very honored to Hoin and Kuwait’s Minister of State for model that Kuwait seeks to learn from to Housing Affairs Yasser Abul, Kuwait’s execute its 2035 vision. South Korea is meet ‘the Humanitarian Leader’ His Ambassador to South Korea Jassim Al- Kuwait’s largest trade partner and Highness the Amir, adding that his visit Bedaiwi and a host of senior officials. His largest oil importer which amounted to came at the invitation of His Highness the Highness the Premier was given an offi- over 400,000 barrels a day while it is the Amir. Ahmad Al-Muftah said he was very cial reception and greeted by an honor largest exporter to Kuwait, accounting proud and happy to see the Humanitarian guard, and the national anthem of for 70 percent of Kuwait’s imports in Leader, His Highness the Amir. Kuwait was played. 2013-2014. — KUNA Earlier yesterday, His Highness the Amir received His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al- Ghanem and Acting Prime Minister and His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah kisses Ghanem Mohammad Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Al-Muftah. — Amiri Diwan photos Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. Meanwhile, His Interior Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al- Prince also received Sheikh Salman Al- Highness the Crown Prince received Hamad Al-Sabah and Deputy Prime Minister Sabah and Minister of State for Cabinet Ghanem, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled, as well as and Defense Minister Sheikh Khaled Al- Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Jarrah Al-Sabah. His Highness the Crown Mubarak Al-Sabah. —KUNA

Kuwait’s Minister of State for Housing Affairs Yasser Abul welcomes His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah.

‘Kuwait at forefront of philanthropy industry’

KUWAIT: Through its support and diligence, Humanitarian Affairs at the Organization of Kuwait is now at the forefront of the philanthro- Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Ambassador Hisham py industry, Acting Prime Minister and Foreign Yousef said in the meantime that Kuwait has Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al- made substantial humanitarian efforts in Minister of Information Sheikh Salman Al- RAMALLAH: Minister of Information Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud Al-Sabah attends the Sabah said yesterday. Those comments were recent years, most notably, its hosting of con- Humoud Al-Sabah is presented a memento at opening ceremony of the 10th Palestinian International Book Fair in Ramallah, Palestine. made by Minister of Justice, Awqaf and Islamic ferences in support of Syria. This forum is being the ceremony. —KUNA photos Affairs Yaqoub Al-Sanea, who was speaking on held at a time of unprecedented challenges, behalf of Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled at a two-day Yousef noted, pointing to the conflicts in Sryia, international forum on humanitarian work enti- Yemen and Iraq, where new methods of torture Kuwait’s Information Minister tled ‘Partnership for Strength and Sustainability.’ have recently been used. “We face a growing Kuwait rightfully deserves to be an interna- number of war crimes that target innocent tional humanitarian center, Sheikh Sabah Al- civilians, “he added. concludes visit to Palestine Khaled said, adding that His Highness the Amir is fully deserving the title of ‘Humanitarian Fiercest conflicts Leader,’ conferred upon him by the United Chairman of Kuwait Red Crescent Society RAMALLAH: Kuwaiti Minister of Information Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the bor love and respect for each other,” said the min- Nations (UN). (KRCS) Hilal Al-Sayer said that the development and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al- ister. Referring to the city of ‘Al-Quds’ or Kuwait, through hosting numerous confer- of humanitarian work in Kuwait is the result of Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah Hamad Al-Sabah,” the minister told the gathering. Jerusalem, he said: “Undoubtedly, Al-Quds bears ences, has supported many conflict and disas- God’s guidance and a sage leadership. “Our and the delegation accompanying him left “Kuwait, a staunch supporter of the fair a significant Arab, Islamic, and worldwide cachet ter-stricken countries, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Arab region is exposed to the fiercest conflicts, Ramallah Saturday evening for Amman on their Palestinian question and seat of culture and and is part of our collective Arab conscience and said. Moreover, philanthropic work is tanta- which behoove us as members of the interna- way to Kuwait after attending the opening cere- humanitarianism, hosted the headquarters of the we never cease to support it in all ways and mount to a bridge that links nations victimized tional Red Cross and Crescent Society, to mony of the 10th Palestinian International Book Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and we means and look forward to having east Al-Quds by deteriorating humanitarian conditions, the enhance cooperation with other organizations Fair. This is the second visit by a Kuwaiti senior are here to show the depth of the Kuwaiti- or east Jerusalem become the capital city of a Foreign Minister noted. Humanitarian efforts will and facilitate dialogue with them,” Sayer said. official to Palestine after the one paid by First Palestinian ties in the political and cultural Palestinian state.” remain firm, in light of the surge in the number He also noted that he is hopeful that the forum Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister domains,” he pointed out. Meanwhile, Mohammad Al-Asousi, NCCAL’s of refugees and the displaced, which has now would yield fruitful and productive strategies Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah in He noted that the visit of Palestinian President Assistant Secretary General, said Kuwait’s eager- surpassed 60 million people, he said. Sheikh that would further conserve humanitarian val- 2014. Sheikh Salman, who doubles as Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to Kuwait in 2013 and the ness to effectively contribute to the book fair Sabah Al-Khaled also pointed out that 702 mil- ues and international humanitarian laws. of the National Council for Culture, Arts and reopening of the Palestine embassy represented shows the strong bonds linking the two Arab lion people now live under the poverty line. Secretary General of Rahma International chari- Letters (NCCAL), had earlier on Saturday visited a new stage in the bilateral ties. “Kuwaiti First nations. Palestine is always close to Kuwaitis’ table society Yahya Al-Ogaily said that Kuwait’s the holy city of Jerusalem, performed a prayer at Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister hearts and minds through the Palestinian cultural Precedent hosting of the conference is a testament to the Al-Aqsa Mosque and met a number of public fig- Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah also publications and productions, he said. The Former Sudanese President Abdulrahman country’s commitment to humanitarian and ures in the city. Speaking before his departure, paid a historic visit to Palestine in 2014 which Kuwaiti participation at this cultural event for the Suwar Al-Dahab said meanwhile that Kuwait philanthropic causes, which is entrenched in the minister said the visit to Jerusalem and Al- gave momentum to the political and people-to- first time embodies the country’s support of the has set a precedent for humanitarian work, not- the hearts of the people of Kuwait. The forum Aqsa Mosque was “an answer to my prayers.” He people relationship,” he went on. fair Palestinian cause and people, Asousi added. ing that the country has always lent a helping will witness a number of cooperation agree- said his visit, along with the delegation, to Sheikh Salman reaffirmed Kuwait’s commit- Sheikh Salman had a meeting with Palestinian hand to those less fortunate. ments to be signed by participating organiza- Jerusalem “left an indelible impression” on him ment to moderate policy and opening up to the President Mahmoud Abbas in Amman on Friday, Continued cooperation amongst charitable tions, Ogaily revealed, adding that a planned and those with him, stressing his aspiration that positive cultural interaction with the Arab and before meeting with Prime Minister Rami Al- organizations is of upmost significance, as a segment will display some landmark humani- the rights of the Palestinians be restored and Muslim nations, while opposing the extremist Hamad, the Secretary-General of the Palestinian result of the growing number of obstacles fac- tarian works handpicked by a specialized com- that the city of ‘Al-Quds’ or Jerusalem becomes a ideology. He lauded the contributions of the Presidency Al-Tayyeb Abdulrahim who presented ing them, Dahab added. Increased cooperation mittee. The forum will also contain a number of city for “all people.” Palestinian teachers to the promotion of the edu- him a model of Al-Aqsa Mosque as a souvenir and amongst those organizations is also imperative workshops and sessions dedicated to humani- cational process and the cultural movement in Minister of Culture Ehab Bseiso. for increased development and prosperity, he tarian work, with participation of local and inter- Steadfast support Kuwait since 1930s. The delegation included Deputy Chairman of added. Assistant Secretary General for national specialists in that field. —KUNA In his address to the opening ceremony of the KUNA Adnan Al-Rashed, Assistant Foreign Primary cause book fair which lasts until May 17, Sheikh Salman Minister for the Arab Homeland Affairs Aziz Al- said Kuwait has remained steadfast in supporting In earlier press statements upon his arrival Dihani, Assistant Undersecretary of the the Palestine question since 1963. “When Kuwait here, Sheikh Salman said his visit to Palestine Information Ministry Khaled Al-Rashidi, director made its official debut at the United Nations in attests to Kuwait’s continuous support of the 1963, His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- Palestinian cause, no matter what circumstances of the technical office of the state ministry for Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah - the then foreign min- arise. “The Palestinian cause has always been a youth Affairs Lana Abu-Eid, NCCAL Assistant ister, charted Kuwait’s foreign policy which made primary one in our collective conscience for Secretary-General Mohammad Al-As’ousi, the Palestine question a top priority and central which we have assiduously worked toward realiz- NCCAL’s advisor Walid Al-Seif and director of issue for the Arab and Muslim nations,” Sheikh ing the rights of the Palestinian people. information minister’s office Saud Al-Khaledi as Salman said. “We have come to let the Palestinian people well as several other intellectuals and media “On behalf of Kuwait, the world center for know that we stand by them and hope that they people. They were seen off in Ramallah by Al- humanitarian action and the capital of Islamic cul- surmount the difficulties in their lives. We are Tayyeb Abdulrahim, Undersecretary of the ture for 2016, I would like to convey to you the happy and proud to take part in the book fair Palestinian Ministry of Information Mahmoud greetings of, and a message of solidarity from, His along with our Palestinian friends and affirm the Khalifa, and Kuwait Ambassador to Jordan Dr Highness the Amir - the Humanitarian Leader, His continuation of Kuwaiti-Palestinian relations Hamad Al-Duaij who accompanied the delega- KUWAIT: Minister of Justice, Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Yaqoub Al-Sane (sixth from Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al- under all circumstances, as the two peoples har- tion during the trip. —KUNA left) attends the international forum on humanitarian work. — KUNA MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 LOCAL

National Evangelical Church of Kuwait (NECK). The National Evangelical Church’s Diwaniya. Rev Ghareeb points to gifts given to the diwaniya by his fellow Muslim friends. Religious co-habitation brings together all communities in Kuwait

KUWAIT: On Saturday evenings, Muslims and Christians, of The Christian life has kept moving forward and the They worked in vocations that were unfamiliar to the are provided with all means of safety and security. different nationalities and backgrounds, nonchalantly sit number of Christians has kept growing to reach the thou- Kuwaiti society back then. They mostly worked in money together in the Diwaniya of the National Evangelical sands, yet “ there is a problem,” Bishop Ballin said alarming- exchange, fabric, leather and food markets. They built the No restrictions Church of Kuwait (NECK) to chit chat, laugh, and discuss ly. “The number of the churches are the same of the past. first ice factory in Kuwait in 1912. They were an economic As for religious groups not sanctioned in the Quran, current political, social or economic issues, while sipping Our churches were built 50 or 60 years ago, when the force to be reckoned with. They had a market named after such as the Buddhists, Hindus, and Sikhs, various state- teas and munching on snacks, said Kuwaiti Reverent Christians were few.” them, ‘the Jews’ market,’ Elayan pointed out in his book. ments from the Indian, Thai and Japanese embassies con- Emanuel B Ghareeb. The first Church of Our Lady of Arabia in Ahmadi was “The Kuwaitis were accepting of the Jewish people, as firm the fact that there are no restrictions nor disrespect of “I only built this Diwaniya (a local term for reception built in 1956 as a gift from Kuwait Oil Company. A year lat- they were lenient to other religions,” Elayan said. They had their practices. “Thai Buddhists here do not practice faith hall) because my Muslim Kuwaiti friends asked me to have er, late Amir Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah granted their own Synagogue, Jewish temple, downtown Kuwait openly mainly because there is no temple/monastery nor a a place of my own for them to visit as an exchange of social the church a land to build a Cathedral in Kuwait City, where City where they practiced their faith freely. Saturday was a delegation of monks coming,” First Secretary at the Thai courtesy to all the visits I paid to their Diwaniyas,” the ever- it still stands nowadays. sacred day for them. They didn’t work that day. They also Embassy Pattarawan Nanakorn said. He added, “Thai smiling Pastor of NECK said. Of course, building communities and providing for their had their own Cemetery which showed that they lived Buddhists here are aware that Kuwait is a Muslim country “Religion was not an issue growing up. We played needs are not as easy as walking in the park. Nowadays, there for a long time. so we do not practice religion out of respect, not by restric- together, ate together, even napped together during pre- the Christians need “more space” to accommodate their Consequently, the diversity of religions in Kuwait creat- tions. In fact, I have not really heard there is official restric- school years,” the 66-year old Kuwaiti Reverend said while need and activities, Bishop Ballin voiced out. There is an ed an atmosphere of co-existence and accepting of the tion. It is only advised through word of mouth that other walking around the compound of his Church, whose land inadequate worship space and difficulties in securing lands other. “Co-habitation and social tolerance is a sign of devel- believers should not practice religion too openly.” was first purchased by the American Mission to build a for new facilities. hospital for men in 1914. I remember my mother telling me that she wore ‘Abbaya,’ a black traditional loose over-gar- Christian figures ment when she came to the country back in 1945. My Being part of the main, it is inevitable to have some mother was not Muslim. However, she wore it out of influential Christian figures that were and have been part respect and because she was part of that community,” and parcel in the development process of the county. Author Hamza Elayan named few of these Christian per- sonalities in his book ‘Christians in Kuwait.’ He mentioned Saeed Yagoub Shamash, a Kuwaiti Christian, who was Kuwait’s ambassador to few countries such as New York in 1963, Russia (or the Soviet Union back then) in 1967, France in 1969 and Kenya in 1972. Another leading Christian figures were the Shuhaibers who played a major role in developing the country’s securi- ty and health sectors. Ibrahim Dabdoub, is a banking figure that transformed National Bank of Kuwait from a local bank to a leading regional and international one, with the high- est of profits. The book also highlighted the most unforget- table Christian figure in the history of Kuwait: the British Colonel administrator in the Middle East Lieutenant Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson. Dickson left a political and social imprint in the Kuwaiti society. He was nearest and dearest to the hearts of Kuwaiti Kuwaiti Reverent Emanuel B Ghareeb people. Dickson learned the culture and the traditions; he became one of the member of his Kuwaiti community. KUWAIT: The Holy Family Cathedral Parish in Kuwait. —KUNA photos recalled Rev Ghareeb, whose Protestant Church was built He was so influenced by the Kuwaiti culture that he in 1931. He reminisced that during Ramadan, the Muslims named his son ‘Saud’ and his daughter ‘Zahra,’ which are oped and cultured countries. The more diverse and cul- Similarly, Second Secretary of Political and Commerce at month of fasting, his mother used to cook food and send it typical Kuwaiti names. His wife, violet, was given the hon- tured the people, the more tolerant they are to one anoth- the Indian Embassy affirmed that Sikh, also, have “no diffi- over to her Muslim neighbors, as they were about to break orific name of ‘Umm Saud,’ the mother of Saud, and other er,” Society for Human Rights (KSHR) Secretary Hussain Al- culty in practicing their faith.” Likewise, the Japanese in their fast at the end of the day. The Muslims neighbors sim- times she was referred to as ‘Umm Kuwait,’ the mother of Otaibi said. Kuwait can carry out their Shinto and Buddhist rituals, at ilarly reciprocated. Kuwait. Their house has become a heritage monument that He added that, nowadays, being in the midst of a storm home if they want to, Cultural Secretary at the Japanese still stands today. of sectarian conflicts, extremism and terrorism, Kuwaiti Embassy Dana Zibar said. Coming together Government has strived to ride this storm by inducing a According the latest United States Department of The Reverend stressed that despite turbulences that Jews in Kuwait sense of solidarity, respect and acceptance to the different State’s International Religious Freedom Report for 2014, have taken place in the country, making a reference to the Elayan also documented the existence of Jewish people other. The Ministry of Interior has dedicated its time and Kuwaiti Christians are estimated at more than 200 from Iraqi invasion of 1990 and the Shiite Mosque explosion of in the Gulf country in a book that carried the title ‘The Jews personnel to provide safety for religious minorities to prac- eight different families. There are an estimated 600,000 2015, the Kuwaiti people always come together regardless in Kuwait.’ The first traces of the Jewish people life in tice their faith freely and openly during their holidays, he non-citizen Hindus and approximately 450,000 Christians. of their race or religion. Kuwait dated back in 1776. They were around 80 to 200 said, adding that Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Among non-citizens, there are also an estimated 100,000 He added that in order to build a stronger society Jewish persons, their number varies year in and year out. Interior Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled has gone on field Buddhists and 10,000 Sikhs. — KUNA against the odds, the Islamic Christian Relations Council They mostly came from south of Iraq and Iran. inspections himself to ensure that these religious groups was established in 2009. It consists of a number of Christian and Islamic figures to promote peaceful dialogue and enhance good Muslim-Christian relations. On the other side of the spectrum, Wasatiya (Mediation) Center, an offshoot of the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, was established in 2004 after an American soldier was murdered by a Kuwaiti youth. “The center plays a mediator role among different reli- gions. It strives to combat religious extremism and spreads religious tolerance and acceptance” Secretary-General of the center’s higher committee Engineer Farid Emadi said. The center addresses the youth; it encourages them to join workshops, cultural events and awareness campaigns that call for adopting moderate way of thinking and taking up a tolerant behavior towards the other, he added. Religious intolerance has no room here because each individual, regardless of their backgrounds, plays an inte- gral role in the development of this country. The Kuwaiti constitution itself guarantees religious freedom for every- one, he said.

Absolute freedom Even though the Kuwaiti constitution stipulates that Islam is the state’s religion and Islamic law is a main source of legislation, yet it “provides for ‘absolute freedom’ of belief. The constitution guarantees freedom of religious practice only if it is in accordance with established customs and does not conflict with public order or morals.” “There are no problems in the relationship between Christians and Muslims in Kuwait. They live together, work together and everyone is in his house with his family, and belongs to his own community ... I never heard a Christian cursing Muslims,” the Apostolic Vicar of Northern Arabia’s Bishop Camillo Ballin said. He further said that Kuwaiti Christians are not discrimi- nated against “socially nor politically.” They enjoy every aspect of their social life as much as that of their political activities; they can vote and run for the National Assembly.

A remembrance sign on the Catholic Church of Kuwait. MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 LOCAL

conspiracy theories Legalees Letter to Legal issues Badriya regarding resignation [email protected] By Attorney Fajer Ahmed

Madam,

hank you for another great piece, and congratula- tions to Kuwait Times for giving yourself and your esigning can be such a hard decision to make, but Tcolleague, Ms Fuzai, front-page coverage to the when we are working for someone, we eventually excellent and challenging pieces you both write. As a Rhave to leave. Some of us leave because we Kuwait expat (with my wife and youngest son) of almost reached retirement age, or retirement goal, for health 10 years, we have great affection for this country... but the reasons, or maybe we are moving to somewhere new. ‘whole country’, as per the phrase you use in your head- Whatever the reason is, we all have to eventually leave. line, which for all my family means, not only men and Making the decision to leave your workplace has a women, but Kuwaitis and non-Kuwaitis alike. lot of legal implications, and so I wanted to look at This brings me to the main point of my letter, which is them closely. I know that the majority of my topics to raise an issue that you yourself have written about on recently have been about issues that arise at the work- several occasions in the past few months... the growing place, but this is because the majority of the questions I antagonisms appearing between the two sectors of receive are work-related. Kuwait society, a gap being driven, I have to say, by some very backward-looking people in parliament and imple- Probation period KUWAIT: MP Majed Mousa and others help Louis Rajan out of his wrecked vehicle following an accident near Question: My understanding is that if I am still in mented mainly by the Ministry of Interior. Andalus yesterday. Please remind your readership that for good or ill (and the probation period, I can leave at any time. But I clearly many parliamentarians consider this ‘ill’), Kuwait’s could not leave Kuwait because my employer was population does comprise almost 70 percent expats. They Travel exec dies after car accident obtaining my visa for me and therefore my passport are rarely mentioned in the papers (unless adversely, at was not with me. sporting events, or national holidays) and have little or no By Sajeev K Peter Fajer: Yes, the probation period is there for you to voice in the running of the affairs of the country in which ‘test’ your job and see whether or not it is the ‘right’ job they live, and for a small minority, is the only country they KUWAIT: Louis Francis Rajan, 70, a for you. When you are still in the probation period, you have ever known. travel executive and vice president of can leave without any legal implications. Some people These outsiders do not have the privileges of the House of Travels, Kuwait, Cargo just leave the country, without even telling their minority Kuwaitis, the greatest of which is the privilege of Division, died following a car accident employer. But it is both more professional and courte- citizenship. Kuwait clearly has every right to exert this priv- near Andalus yesterday. According to ous to let your employer know. You do not have to ilege, but many do not realize that behind the ‘shock/hor- reports, Rajan’s car lost control and resign, but it is good to figure things out with your ror’ headlines of expat behavior and illegal goings-on, swerved into the pavement on King employer and communicate. You can simply ask for there is a vast majority of the 2.8 million expats, who Faisal Road near Andalus as he was your passport. amongst other things: driving from his cargo division office * Do all of the country’s very necessary dirty and back- in Dajeej to the Kuwait City office Acceptance of Resignation breaking jobs. around 10:30 am yesterday. Question: My boss is not accepting my resignation - * Earn very low wages, which according to the 2013 On seeing the accident, MP Majed I have tried submitting it a few times. What can I do? Central Statistical Bureau’s Expatriate Labor Employment Mousa, who was passing by and a few Fajer: If your direct boss does not want to accept data means that 69 percent - about a million people- earn bystanders took Rajan out of his car, your resignation in person, then I suggest (and I sug- less than KD 240 per month. but he was pronounced dead later. gest this regardless) that you submit your resignation * Live here on ‘bachelor’ status in great numbers The car caught fire immediately after via email, fax or courier (like DHL, FedEx and so on). Get (women as well as men), in order to provide for families Rajan was evacuated. The cause of fied. Rajan, who had been working years, is survived by his wife and two a receipt that you have sent your resignation letter. You back home in Syria, the Philippines, Bangladesh, or wher- death could not be immediately veri- with House of Travels for the last 25 daughters. can also try sending it to the HR department. ever. * Live in poor, over-crowded conditions, in what Reasons for Resignation amount to ghettos (what else is Jleeb?), enforced not only Question: I am resigning because I am not being by income, but by laws of residence. PIC to gain KD 116 treated well at work, because I am working overtime, I am not getting days off and so on. Do you think this is I am one of the privileged, very small expat subcatego- million for 2016 - 2017 the right step? ry, a well-paid, old, European professional, living here com- Fajer: No, I see people making this mistake all the fortably with my wife and youngest son, but even I have time. Instead of submitting the resignation to your KUWAIT: CEO of Petrochemical Industries Company fiscal year, when it saw a raise of KD 168 million, said my complaints... I would quite like to retire here and buy employer, I would much rather you submitted your res- (PIC) Mohammad Al-Farhood expected the company’s Farhood. He noted that this rise was due to the net prof- my wife and I a retirement home down in Pearl City... but ignation at the Shoon (Ministry of Labor and Social profits to reach about KD 116 million for the fiscal year its that were enlisted as part of the company’s perform- that privilege is not open even to me... oh Kuwait what Affairs) stating all the violations that your employer has 2016-2017. The company was faced with multiple eco- ance for the fiscal year 2015-2016, as a result of EQUATE’s you are missing... please wake up! done towards you. I usually give this advice to my nomic challenges due to the severe drop in international full acquisition of MI Global company. Apologies for the flippant last paragraph, but I do hope clients because when you resign, you are legally letting oil prices, which in turn led to a drop in the prices of PIC’s Meanwhile, he added that the company is working on you will take these comments in the sincere way they are go of your rights, and if your reason for resignation is products, the CEO said in an interview with ‘Kimia’ maga- expanding its petrochemical investments in Kuwait, intended, and perhaps even give you thought for some not documented clearly, then you lose some of your zine, issued by the company. Bahrain, India, Canada and several Asian countries. The Gulf future articles. rights, that depending on your years of employment, PIC has recorded profits of KD 431 million for the states contribute to a large part of the international petro- Keep it up! can be your termination indemnity. 2015-2016 time period, with a growth of 141 percent chemical industries’ field, because they have an access to and a raise of KD 263 million compared to the previous low-cost primary substances, said Farhood. — KUNA Anthony Edwards Three Months’ Notice Question: As per my contract, I have a three-month notice that I have to serve to my boss. However, two different HR professionals have informed me that my Ministry addresses rebar price increase boss has the right to tell me that my services are not needed and can ask me to stop coming without any By A Saleh and Meshaal Al-Enezi various co-ops, co-ops’ profits increased notice and stop paying me thereafter. I was wondering compared to last year. if this is correct. KUWAIT: The Ministry of Commerce and Fajer: Even though your boss has the right to tell Industry yesterday received a report made Nisf’s ruling suspended you not to attend work during your three-month by a special committee it had formed to The court of appeal yesterday suspend- notice period before resignation, they do not have the survey the local market concerning the ed a ruling made by the court of first right to withhold your three months’ salary. Let me give reinforcing steel crisis. The ministry instance ordering returning Sami Al-Nisf to an example - you submit your resignation and as per stressed that all needed measures would his post as Kuwait Airways chairman and your contract, you have to serve three months. After be taken to limit the phenomenal price set another hearing to be held on Sunday one month, your boss asks you not to come in - that is increases of reinforcing bars, or rebar over to discuss the case. Notably, the court of legally okay, if you are paid for the two other months. the past months. Notably, rebar prices have first instance had annulled Also it is important here to get this in writing from your jumped from KD 120 a ton to KD 220 Communication Minister Essa Al-Kandari’s boss, so you will not be accused of absconding. despite the recent drop in oil prices that decision to refer Nisf to retirement. For any legal questions or queries, email was supposed to lower shipping and trans- [email protected]. port costs of all goods. Repossession Iskan Real Estate Development Municipal Council member Meshaal Al- Company Chairman Abdullah Al-Osta said Juwaisri yesterday suggested that the gov- Workers union hails local markets have been witnessing a real ernment repossesses Kuwaitis’ houses in ‘war’ in terms of steel prices that dramati- Sept 2015 although it was being imported employees who have been in service for Salmiya’s blocks two, four and twelve OPIWC’s initiative cally hiked prices despite flooding the mar- from Spain, Qatar, Turkey, UAE, China and 30 years to retirement with no exceptions, because they are heavily populated by ket with imported steel a year ago, which Ukraine. so that younger generations and ‘new expats and have turned more into a com- KUWAIT: Chairman of Kuwait Gulf made a local steel factory file an official blood’ could take over and develop their mercial and investment area that is ‘not fit Oil Company’s (KGOC) Workers complaint with the ministry. “There are Retirement creativity. Subaih also noted that all anymore’ for citizens’ residence. Juwaisri Union Faleh Hindi Al-Ajmi hailed many reasons behind this, including re- Minister of Social Affairs and Labor and remarks made by the Audit Bureau were added that citizens were becoming a the initiatives proposed by the Oil exporting steel to Iraq and hoarding stocks Minister of State for Planning and being taken into consideration to avoid minority in Salmiya and that their houses and Petrochemical Industries to increase profits,” Osta added, explaining Development Hind Al-Subaih stressed that any violations. In addition, Subaih stressed are surrounded by shopping malls and Workers Confederation (OPIWC) to that steel prices had been fluctuating since the ministry will continue referring that thanks to the presence of auditors at ‘bachelors.’ Kuwait Oil Corporation (KPC), which stipulate cutting down expenses and combatting ‘unnec- Gulf Bank’s red account essary spending on projects worth customers enjoy discounted millions of dinars,’ thus not jeop- Faleh Al-Ajmi ardizing workers’ rights. tickets at Cinescape In a statement issued by the union, Ajmi particularly commended the role played by the union’s executive board, which launched an initiative that aims at saving KUWAIT: Gulf Bank is announcing to win a new 2016 Cadillac every millions of dinars in contractors’ tenders, and to stop exclusive discounts for its red(tm) cus- quarter. There is no minimum what he called ‘contractors’ manipulations.’ tomers to watch the latest movies at all deposit required to open the account Ajmi also expressed surprise over criticisms made to Cinescape for only KD 2 instead of the or a minimum balance charge. the proposals ‘without even studying or understanding usual KD 3.5 rate seven days a week. Gulf Bank is committed to provid- it.’ He argued that those criticisms are made out of ‘elec- To benefit from the offer, red ing its red(tm) customers with the tion-related considerations, media shows and propagan- account holders need to just use right promotions that are tailored to da.’ “This initiative was set after consulting legal and their red(tm) ATM cards to purchase meet their specific needs. For further auditing experts who studied previous reports made by cinema tickets from ticket kiosks in information about the Red account the State Audit Bureau about millions spent as opera- all Cinscape cinema theatres and draws, visit one of Gulf Bank’s 56 tional, non-operational, technical and non-technical The new 2016 red(tm) account is branches, or call Gulf Bank’s cost for contractors,” he said, underscoring that oil sec- designed for high school, college and Customer Contact Center on tor workers are keen on Kuwait’s greater good and sup- university students aged 15 to 25 1805805. General information about porting national labor. years old and offer them monthly Gulf Bank’s products and services can cash draw prizes of KD 1,000 and also be found at the Bank’s website quarterly car draws for lucky winners www.e-gulfbank.com. No injuries in fires AABB renews recognition of By Hanan Al-Saadoun KUWAIT: A car caught flames on King Fahad Highway near Fahad Al-Ahmad area’s bridge. Firefighters tack- Kuwait’s Central Blood Bank led the blaze and no injuries were reported. Similarly, no injuries were reported in a fire that took place at a KUWAIT: The US American Association of national inspection team by the organiza- Kuwaiti bank, making Kuwait the third Perioperative Services, Relationship Testing, Salmiya house, as firefighters managed to evacuate Blood Bank (AABB) has renewed its recog- tion visited the Kuwaiti central blood bank country to obtain this recognition in terms Immunohematology Reference residents and extinguish the flames within minutes. nition of Kuwait’s Central Blood Bank for a period of three days for evaluation of of labs transfers based on US standards, Laboratories, Molecular Testing and Patient Meanwhile, firefighters headed to a house in Jaber Al- (KCBB) completing 27 years of such recog- quality and services and to renew its recog- Radhwan added. Blood Management have been added to Ali following a report made on 3:21 pm on Saturday nition, the Director of blood transfer servic- nition, in addition to inspecting blood dis- Since 1957, AABB has been developing the standards library. The corresponding about a malfunctioned elevator. They were able to res- es in the health ministry, Reem Al-Radhwan ease labs in the bank. standards for blood banks and transfusion accreditation programs strive to improve cue a number of persons who were trapped inside, said yesterday. The recognition by the organization also services. From the 1980s to the present, the quality and safety of the activities cov- and no injuries were reported. Radhwan further indicated that an inter- approved blood types gene samples by the standards for Cellular Therapies, ered by the standards. — KUNA MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 LOCAL ‘Our Sciences’ exhibits female students’ talents

KUWAIT: The ‘Our Sciences’ exhibition was a environment that is full of motivation. great opportunity to encourage creative Wathiq has left positive impact on stu- thinking when a group of female students dents, teachers, school administrations and displayed their scientific experiments and parents, he added. artistic projects, an official said yesterday. Participating students unanimously The one-day exhibition is part of ‘Wathiq;’ a agreed that their success was the product self-induced confidence educational pro- of team work and their teachers’ encour- gram, member of the program’s higher com- agement. Wathiq program aims at building mittee Ahlam Bahbahani said. The event an ambitious young people. It is organized focused on students’ talents in physics, by three governmental bodies: Higher con- chemistry, literature, art and caricature. sultation committee for Islamic law at the The program’s media team chief Amiri Diwan, Ministry of Youth Affairs, and Mohammad Al-Kandari, meanwhile, said Ministry of Education. Ministry of Interior that Wathiq has strived to highlight male and Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs and female students’ achievements in an have recently joined the program. — KUNA

KUWAIT: Yemeni women attend a press conference yesterday to discuss the ongoing peace talks between warring Yemeni parties held in Kuwait. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat Yemeni women urge warring parties to reach solution

KUWAIT: A group of leading Yemeni figures held the GCC initiative and the Yemeni National Ould Cheikh Ahmed to participate in the Kuwait- warring Yemeni parties accountable for not reach- Dialogue.” “Women and youth should be part of hosted peace talks to reflect our point of view in ing a permanent peaceful solution yet. the solution,” she stressed, adding that in order to the negotiations,” Jarhum pointed out. “We are Nonetheless, they encouraged them to set-aside create peace and stability in the country fighting speaking out for Yemeni women and children. We their personal interest and have a sense of respon- should be stopped, humanitarian aid should be will try to encourage the warring parties to reach sibility to bring back peace to the country. allowed entry, women and children should be a comprehensive peaceful outcome.” This remark was made by Rasha Jarhum, a protected. “Yemeni women have played a major The seven Yemeni women arrived in Kuwait last scholar in sociology, who spoke on behalf of the role in politics.” She said that they had an effective week by an invitation from the UN special envoy. group in a press conference yesterday. “The role in the Yemen’s national dialogue conference The Yemeni women expressed appreciation to Yemeni parties engaging in the Kuwait-hosted where they formed 30 percent of the participants. Kuwait for hosting these talks and for playing a and UN-mediated Yemeni peace talks should com- “In this critical moment of history. We, women, “positive role” in helping the Yemenis in their ongo- KUWAIT: A scene from the exhibition. — KUNA mit to resolutions made by UN Security Council, were invited by UN Special Envoy to Yemen Ismail ing crisis. — KUNA NBK sponsors Center 21 for young adults with disabilities

KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait various private and public sector insti- abilities over the age of 21. (NBK) announced sponsoring the tutions the burdens and responsibili- Center 21 is the first facility of its Center 21 rehabilitation workshop for ties of broader national efforts kind in Kuwait to provide complete young adults with mental disabilities towards social advancement”. and sophisticated services for young over the age of 21, as part of its com- Sager added “NBK’s support to adults above 21 years old. The center’s mitment toward corporate social Center 21 comes in line with the activities varies from entertainment, responsibility. bank’s customary and ongoing spirit field trips, development courses, reha- Nasser Al-Sayer, NBK’s Chairman, of corporate citizenship as well as the bilitation sessions in addition to Isam Al-Sager, NBK’s Group Chief vital role it plays in supporting all development services as physical Executive Officer and Shaikha Al- social and educational developmen- therapy, speech therapy, occupational Bahar, NBK Deputy Group Chief tal issues.” therapy focus skills , nutritional coun- Executive Officer received Nabil Al- Nassar expressed his appreciation seling and encouraging self-reliance Nassar, Center 21 Chairman and for NBK’s long tradition in corporate and independence. Lamya Al-Humaidhi, Vice Chair of social responsibility and highlighted NBK has a long tradition support- Center 21 Board at NBK’s Head Office. the importance of such dedication in ing social and community oriented “NBK’s sponsorship is part of its social growth and development. activities. NBK’s corporate social ongoing drive to fulfill its corporate Nassar also explained the main role responsibility programs cover a range social responsibilities”, said Sager. of Center 21 as a first of a kind initia- of education, environment, health, “NBK endeavors to shoulder its social tive in Kuwait dedicated to serve and philanthropic, social and sports-relat- responsibilities and share with the support young adults with mental dis- KUWAIT: Abdul Mohsen Al-Rushaid, NBK Public Relations Manager receives Noriya Al-Amiri KALD’s Executive Manager. ed initiatives.

Chinese diplomat: Ties with Kuwait progressing smoothly

DUBAI: A Chinese diplo- mat yesterday under- scored the significance of Sino-Kuwaiti ties, say- ing ties between both nations are smoothly progressing on all fronts. China’s Deputy Consul General in Dubai Ma Xiao Liang made the comments in a state- ment after participating in a workshop organized by Kuwait’s Direct Investment Promotion Authority (KDIPA), with Kuwait’s Consul General in Dubai Thiab Farhan Al-Rashidi in attendance. Kuwait was the first Gulf nation to forge bilateral ties with China, Liang said, describing those ties as ‘exception- ally friendly.’ China val- ues the investment opportunities provided by Kuwait to the coun- try’s businessmen, he noted. Moreover, the Chinese diplomat called Kuwait, “an integral member of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC),” saying that would contribute to enhancing Beijing’s ties with GCC nations. KDIPA’s Assistant Director General of Development Affairs Mohammad Yaqoub said that the workshop has achieved its objectives of bringing to Chinese businessmen’s attention, the ample investment opportunities available in Kuwait. Kuwait is amongst a select few of nations that permit a foreign investor to fully own a national company, part of a revamped invest- ment structure, Yaqoub said. “This has created an incentive for investors to select Kuwait as a pri- mary investment hub,” he added. — KUNA MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 FROM THE ARABIC PRESS

Al-Anbaa Crime Mr 5% Report Citizen beaten by husband KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti citizen was beaten by her Syrian hus- By Hassan Abdullah Jouhar band and she suffered extensive injuries including a bro- ken nose. A security source said the citizen had a dispute ne of the proposals newly made to cover up with her husband that became heated, then he beat her. for the government’s financial deficit is to She obtained a medical report from Adan Hospital and Oimpose a five percent tax on the sums expa- lodged a complaint at Ahmadi police station. Detectives triates transfer back to their home countries. Such a are investigating. proposal will surely create a new totally unjustified wave of criticism, not only because such a bill lacks real economic value, but also because of the consid- Laws Ex-con caught erable psychological and financial damage scores of An ex-convict was arrested following a chase in thousands of poor helpless expatriate laborers might Sabahiya are when he attempted to avoid a check- suffer. In addition, this project might pave the way for point. The Kuwaiti man was found to be wanted for another moral corruption project, especially with the four felonies and misdemeanors. He was sent to crimi- prevalence of corruption everywhere. nal detectives. To start with, assuming that the average monthly salary an expat gets varies between KD 500-750, Negligence charge which is already much exaggerated because a vast A citizen was charged with negligence when her six-year-old number of them still get no more than KD 50 a son fell and injured his head. A security source said the child month, the total monthly income of around 3 mil- fell from the stairs of the apartment the women lives in and lion expats would be KD 1.5 billion, and thus injured his head. The woman took her son to Adan hospital, monthly transfer taxes would be KD 70 million a then after treatment, the investigators informed Fintas police month and KD 700 million a year, which seems to be station, and the woman was charged with negligence. a large figure. This added value can used in a good way if it was allocated for real development projects, infrastruc- Drug arrest ture or even developing the services expats them- Al-Jarida Police arrested a Kuwaiti citizen who was in the park- selves get, including accommodation and healthcare. ing lot of a school in Al-Naseem area using drugs. A But our Kuwaiti experience does not actually reflect security source said Jahra patrol officers noticed the such tendencies because employees will be the ones car in the parking lot and when they approached it responsible to pay that tax one way or another while they saw the man using drugs. The man was arrested the services expats provide us with, starting with and seven joints, and 115 tablets were found on him. construction labor, tire technicians, barbers, tailors, The suspect was sent to Drugs Control General beauticians, electricians, pipe fitters and all the way Department. — Al-Rai to doctors and engineers will be increased far Govt intends to lifting beyond that percentage and simple citizens will end up as the only ones affected by this tax. What is even more dangerous is that this proposal petrol subsidization will create a new moral problem by creating a new News KUWAIT: The government intends to type of ‘financial transfer merchants’, especially since in brief Kuwait had already experienced utilizing human go ahead soon with plans to reduce beings and the state’s political and financial subsidies on petrol, as a cabinet-affiliat- resources with patronage from the government itself ed economic committee meets this 182,397 travel ban through using ‘hundreds’ of standards in viewing week to study proposals presented on orders last year similar situations. We had experienced very strange that regard. KUWAIT: A total of 147 complaints were filed against state names such as ‘visa traffickers’, weapon traffickers The proposals, prepared by the officials for failure to implement court orders last year, and agency traffickers who had all benefited from Finance Ministry’s subsidies review Ministry of Justice statistics show. These include 53 com- handsome commissions they got for deals the state committee, calls for ending subsidiza- plaints filed against ministers, which the Attorney General made to recruit foreign labor, government tenders or tion of ‘ultra’ gasoline, while keeping has received and then referred to the relevant investiga- weapon deals. They looted considerable percentages partial subsidization of the ‘super’ and tion authorities. Meanwhile, the recent statistics show that from such trade and made easy and fast money that ‘premium’ varieties. Studies have shown a total of 182,397 travel ban orders were issued last year made them very wealthy. that ultra gas users in Kuwait are ‘very against individuals who failed to implement court orders The KD 700 million sum collected from transfer limited’ thus removing subsidies will made against them. — Al-Jarida taxes might end up in those influential people’s not affect consumers in general, accord- pockets and a few pennies might leak to ordinary ing to sources. Meanwhile, the studies citizens who might offer to transfer the money recommend reducing subsidization of Public funds under their own names in return for fewer taxes than the super and premium varieties by 30 - KUWAIT: More cases of violations against public funds the official 5 percent. So many tricks will be used and 50 percent, while refocusing subsidiza- were filed against the Ministry of Electricity and Water it might not be strange if we see some ads offering tion to premium gas which is preferred compared to any other state department in the past money transfers for as low as one or two percent by a majority of consumers in Kuwait few months, according to statistics released recently fees, which would be very tempting to many expats, according to Kuwait National Petroleum lifting subsidies on petrol, thus pre- The government has the authority to by the Ministry of Justice. Out of 199 cases filed against leaving the government out of the equation with no Company (KNPC) studies. venting a wide scale increase in prices issue decisions to alter petrol prices 21 state departments from August 1, 2015 to January benefit at all. These measures can help limit the of products and services in Kuwait, without taking the parliament’s 31, 2016, 74 were filed against the Ministry of — Translated by Kuwait Times ‘inflationary pressures’ that result from the sources said, quoting the study. approval. — Al-Qabas Electricity and Water. Meanwhile, the Public Prosecution is investigating in 68 cases filed during the same period. — Al-Qabas KFH names winners Treatment in South Korea of banking cards KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health plans to send Kuwaiti patients to South Korea as part of the state’s government- campaign’s first draw sponsored overseas treatment program, Al-Anbaa report- ed yesterday quoting sources. A health cooperation agree- KUWAIT: Kuwait Finance House (KFH) named seven ment that was set to be signed yesterday between Kuwait winners of the first draw of the new banking cards and South Korea includes an arrangement to send patients promotional campaign themed ‘Win Samsung Curved for cancer treatment, organ transplant and plastic surgery UHD 65” TV with KFH Cards’ in an attempt to encour- to the Asian country, the sources added. — Al-Anbaa age clients to use KFH credit, prepaid and debit cards while making purchases in Kuwait and overseas. The winners are: Norah Alhajri, Khaled Alkhaledi, Retirees rewarded KUWAIT: Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) Tahani Alghonaim, Hani Abo Alaz, Samuel Bidakala, will pay special bonuses to retired personnel who were Amro Altarkeit and Reem Alawadhi. recalled to fill in for employees during a labor strike For every KD 10 spent on their KFH cards, clients that took place on April 17 - 19, 2016. — Al-Anbaa will get a chance to enter a draw and win daily Ahli United Bank holds courses on Samsung Curved UHD 65” TV for 50 days ending June 14th 2016. KFH Credit and Prepaid cards used in ‘Islamic Financing Transactions’ Cables replaced domestic and international retail spends and KFH KUWAIT: The Ministry of Electricity and Water replaced Debit cards used in international retail spends are eli- KUWAIT: The Sharia Supervision aspects of financial products and servic- interaction showed by the branch staff wood poles of overhead lines with ones made from steel in gible for the daily draw. Department at Ahli United Bank recently es. These courses were presented by during training courses is the best evi- a bid to fight the theft of power cables in the country, KFH strives to continuously offer its clients new organized, in cooperation with Human the sharia Supervisory Assistant dence we have of the sound selection Undersecretary Assistant for Planning and Training Dr promotions and discounts in order to distinguish Resources Department, a series of train- Manager at Ahli United Bank, Abdullah of such employees. I was impressed Meshaan Al-Otaibi said. The ministry is also replacing cop- them among peers, not to mention to further bolster ing visits to branches. These visits were Tareq Al-Shuaib. The training addressed with their awareness of the necessity per cables with ones made from aluminum, Otaibi added. bank’s leading position in the field of banking cards. intended to emphasize and illustrate to the sharia adaptations to current to pursue their learning and to be Thieves often steal copper cables then extract copper from KFH marketing campaigns play a significant role in Bank staff the aspects relevant to the accounts, investment savings accounts, aware of all details of Islamic financial inside to sell as junk metal. — Al-Anbaa underlining KFH’s principles that include boosting sharia adaptation of products in accor- deposits, credit cards, and murabaha transactions compliant with the sales, and benefitting clients and merchants. dance with the highest banking stan- sale. In addition, the training dealt with Islamic Shari’ principles. This new campaign is part of KFH’s efforts to dards compliant with Islamic sharia pro- differences between Islamic and con- Also commenting on the issue, Prices monitoring reward its clients and grant them additional value; visions. The Bank is committed to devel- ventional banking in each of the above Naqeeb Amin, Head of Human KUWAIT: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has thus achieving customer satisfaction and boosting op the expertise and knowledge of Retail products. Resources at Ahli United Bank, clarified formed special committees to monitor prices in antici- their confidence. The campaign also aims at enhanc- Banking staff in all aspects of sharia relat- Commenting on these training that the Bank has consolidated its sta- pation of potential price increases ahead of Ramadan. ing the bank’s presence especially that it dominates ed to the products offered to customers. courses, Abdullah Al-Shuaib said “We tus as a pioneer in providing financial Members of the committees were given authorities to the largest market share in the field of banking cards. Ahli United Bank is keen to spread are currently offering this training course services conforming to Islamic Sharia’. close shops , prosecute and order shop owners to pay It is worth noting that KFH has won several awards awareness of sharia compliant banking at the various branches of the Bank. I He said “We have invested heavily in fines in case fabricated price increases were detected, in the field of banking cards which reiterates its suc- amongst the Bank’s customers, both was greatly pleased with the high level training and developing our employ- sources said, adding that an emergency center has been cess and efficiency in banking cards market. KFH present and future having staff well of knowledge of Islamic financial culture ees to help them offer the best bank- allocated to receive consumers’ complaints. — Al-Anbaa enjoys high confidence and leadership in the market trained and capable of illustrating the amongst Ahli United Bank’s employees, ing services”. Furthermore he stated in addition to high quality products which have sharia aspects pertinent to those prod- which is a source of pride to the that such training on Islamic financing enabled it to achieve growth in cards market and ucts requested by clients. This also Management and the Fatwa and Sharia products and services upgrades the Foreign bonds increase the number of customers. KFH occupies the serves to meet Central Bank of Kuwait’s Supervisory Board at the Bank. This is an skills of our staff and it embodies the KUWAIT: The Finance Ministry started preparing to put up leading position as the issuer of banking cards and requirements with regard to the protec- added incentive for us to offer more importance of investment in develop- treasury bonds in foreign currencies, in parallel with the one of leading banks at the GCC level. tion of customers and transparency in advanced courses in the future.” ing human resources thereby benefit- Central Bank’s monthly releases in Kuwaiti dinar, in order to providing and explaining the various Shuaib added: “The enthusiasm and ing customers and the Bank alike. prevent shortages in foreign exchange reserves in the Central Bank. Last month, the Central Bank offered local banks the opportunity to participate in covering general debt bonds and tawaruq tools with an estimated total val- ue of KD 400 million. — Al-Rai

Egyptians’ remittances retreat by $1 billion

KUWAIT: Egyptian Central Bank’s Governor Tareq Amer recently told Kuwaiti officials that remittances of Egyptians working in Kuwait retreated by $1 billion since the recent ‘Dollar Crisis’ started in Egypt, well-informed sources said. Amer made a quick visit to Kuwait last week during which he met with officials from Kuwait Central Bank and Burgan Bank Sponsors ‘Market Day’ at Ideal Education School Kuwait Investment Authority, the sources said. He explained to them that the main reason behind the KUWAIT: Burgan Bank recently sponsored productive members of the society. needs students’ handmade articles and to be the change. This program sheds light retreat was that a large segment of those remittances ‘Market Day,’ which is an event organized The event took place on April 27th, crafts which they have been working on on important aspects affecting every seg- were made outside the banking system, making use of especially for the people with disabilities 2016, where students, parents and differ- during the year. During the event, the par- ment of the society by promoting social the huge difference between official rates used in banks and which took place at the Ideal ent representatives from different ticipants and their families were also welfare through educational, cultural, and lower ones offered by money exchangers and non- Education School in Sharq. embassies took part in the event, while the offered meals to accommodate the joy of social and health initiatives. Burgan Bank’s official remittances. “Unofficial remittances have nega- The aim of this event was to assist those bank was there to show its solidarity and the day. approach to ‘ENGAGE’ begins with a vital tively affected Egyptians’ remittances, which form a major in the community who have special needs support for people with special needs in It is worth mentioning that Burgan principle that as a Kuwaiti financial institu- source for hard currency in Egypt, because the difference and who want to overcome their disabilities. Kuwait. The event included face painting, Bank’s support to this initiative falls under tion, its conduct and policies should be between official rates and that paid by currency dealers It also focused on increasing their self-confi- games, as well as other recreational activi- its recently launched full-fledged commu- aligned with the needs and interests of the varies between 15 and 20 percent,” Amer explained dence and encouraging them to become ties in addition to displaying the special nity program entitled ‘ENGAGE’ - Together Kuwaiti society. according to the sources. — Al-Rai MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 Kim Jong Un says Reshuffle shows Saudi determination to change North Korea won’t use nuclear weapons first Page 8 Page 12

FORT MCMURRAY: In this image released by the Alberta Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), members of the RCMP monitor the Fort McMurray wildfire on Saturday. — AFP Canada wildfire to burn for months

FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta: The images are ones of devas- edges of the Suncor oil sands facility, about 25 km north of tation - scorched homes, virtually whole neighborhoods Fort McMurray. Non-essential staff have been evacuating burned to the ground. It rained a little yesterday morning in and efforts to protect the site were under way. Notley, how- Fort McMurray, but Canadian officials say they expect to ever, said that the facility was highly resilient to forest fires. fight the massive wildfire that has destroyed large parts of Oil sands mines are cleared and have no vegetation. Alberta’s oil sands town for months. There’s fear the growing Morrison said the fire wasn’t expected to reach the oil sands wildfire could double in size and reach a major oil sands mines north of Suncor. mine and even the neighboring province of Saskatchewan. The fire and mass evacuation has forced a quarter or more The Alberta government said the massive blaze in the of Canada’s oil output offline and was expected to impact an province will cover more than 200,000 hectares by yesterday economy already hurt by the fall in the price of oil. The and continue to grow because of high temperatures, dry Alberta oil sands have the third-largest reserves of oil in the conditions and high winds. Chad Morrison of Alberta world behind Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. Its workers largely Wildfire said it’s not uncommon to fight such an inferno in live in Fort McMurray where some neighborhoods have been forested areas for months. Morrison said the fire was burning destroyed. Police said many parts of smoke-filled Fort away from communities this weekend. He expected cooler McMurray are burnt and visibility is low. Officers wore masks temperatures along with the rain yesterday, but significant as they checked homes to make sure everyone was out. rainfall is needed to put out the flames. More than 80,000 people have left Fort McMurray in the The Rural Municipality of Wood Buffalo, which includes heart of Canada’ oil sands, where the fire has torched 1,600 Fort McMurray, tweeted a picture of the rainfall and wrote: “It homes and other buildings. Gas has been turned off, the was only for a few minutes but the sight of rain has never power grid is damaged and water is not drinkable. Officials been so good.” Alberta Premier Rachel Notley retweeted the picture and wrote “Here’s hoping for much more!” Officials said there is no timeline to return residents to the city, but had hoped to complete the mass evacuation of work camps the Alberta government has begun preliminary planning, north of Fort McMurray on Saturday. Thousands of displaced though it stresses fighting the fire is still the first priority. residents got a drive-by view of some of the burned-out About 25,000 evacuees moved north in the hours after neighborhoods as convoys continued. No deaths or injuries Tuesday’s mandatory evacuation, where oil sands work have been reported since the fire started last Sunday. camps that usually house employees were used to house Notley said about 12,000 evacuees have been airlifted evacuees. Officials are moving everyone south where it is from oil sands mine air fields over the past two days, and safer. Syncrude, a major oil sands mining company, also shut about 7,000 have left in highway convoys escorted by police. down operations and evacuated. The company said in a She said the goal was to complete the evacuation from statement that while there is no imminent threat from fire, northern work camps by yesterday. The fire could reach the smoke has reached its Mildred Lake site. — AP

Australia PM calls election for July 2 CANBERRA: Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull yesterday called an election for both houses of parliament on July 2 as he seeks his own mandate with the public just eight months after deposing predecessor Tony Abbott in a party coup. The widely expected announcement was the latest chapter in the turbulent world of Australian politics, where a revolving door of leaders saw multi-millionaire for- mer banker Turnbull, 61, become the fourth prime minister in just over two years when he ousted Abbott in September. “The governor-general has accepted my advice to dis- solve both houses of parliament effective tomorrow morn- ing, and call an election for both houses, a double dissolu- tion, on 2 July,” Turnbull said at a press conference in Canberra as he announced one of the nation’s longest-ever election campaigns. “Australians will have a very clear choice - to keep the course, maintain the commitment to our national economic plan for growth and jobs, or go back to Labor, with its high-taxing, higher spending, debt and deficit agenda. “I will be seeking a mandate from the Australian people as the prime minister of this country to carry out this (economic) plan.” Labor opposition leader Bill Shorten, a 48-year-old ambitious former union chief, is aiming to add his name to the prime ministerial list when he takes on the Liberal Party’s Turnbull in what is tipped to be a tightly contested vote. The latest opinion polls published by News Limited newspapers on Sunday showed the coalition and Labor neck-and-neck at 50-50. Turnbull ruled out a snap poll after he assumed the top job but stayed true to his threat last month to call early general elections by using the trigger of a double dissolution - where all seats in both houses of par- liament are contested - after deadlocked legislation failed to pass the upper house Senate. The suave ex-barrister and journalist, a moderate on social issues who supports gay marriage and making Australia a republic, came into power with high personal ratings. But support for him and the ruling Liberal- National coalition has slipped over the past few months, according to successive opinion polls, amid poorly han- dled debates about tax and other reforms and internal party divisions fuelled by discontent from Abbott’s con- servative supporters. — AFP MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 INTERNATIONAL Reshuffle shows Saudi determination to change

RIYADH: With a major government reshuffle, Saudi biggest government investment fund in the ‘Hard to Turn Ship Around’ while becoming a global force for investment itself. Arabia’s King Salman and his powerful son have world, with a value of $2 trillion, whose profits Falih last month became chairman of Ma’aden, The government also appointed Ahmed Al-Khulaifi shown their determination to move the kingdom’s can provide an alternative to oil revenues. the Saudi Arabian Mining Company, which is par- as central bank governor. “I think it’s very promising economy away from oil, experts say. A series of roy- “Aramco’s role is key,” an oil industry source said, tially listed on the kingdom’s stock market. “I think the way this vision has been structured,” said Salah al decrees announced on Saturday merged various noting that the government chose the oil compa- that people are expecting a lot from him,” the Saleh Sultan, head of wealth management at ministries to reflect new priorities under the wide- ny’s chairman, Khaled Al-Falih, to head a new diplomat said. Among other changes, the ministry Muscat Capital in Riyadh. ranging Vision 2030 plan announced two weeks super ministry of energy, industry and mineral of water and electricity was replaced with a min- But he said that more details are needed on ago by the king’s son, Deputy Crown Prince resources. “I think he got this position because of istry of environment, water and agriculture. With how it will be implemented. The restructuring Mohammed bin Salman. “It only shows they’re seri- his performance,” the source said. essentially no local water resources, the desert program seeks a streamlining of government, and ous,” a veteran banker in the kingdom said of the From 2009, Falih was Aramco’s president and kingdom has been trying to obtain access to farm- greater accountability, but the veteran banker government shuffle. “It’s all going in the right direc- chief executive officer. Last May he joined the land overseas. who spoke to AFP said that overcoming bureau- tion. They are trying to change.” cabinet as health minister while at the same time “Definitely there will be more agricultural devel- cratic intransigence will be the plan’s biggest The world’s largest oil exporter had long holding the Aramco chairmanship. Falih replaced opment abroad,” the diplomat said, in keeping with obstacle. “It’s hard to turn a ship around,” the talked of economic diversification but plunging Ali Al-Naimi who headed the now-defunct min- Vision 2030’s call for “strategic partnerships with banker said, expressing optimism that the efforts oil revenues over the past two years have accen- istry of petroleum and mineral resources for countries blessed with natural resources.” In anoth- will nonetheless succeed. The European diplomat tuated the effort, pushed by the 30-year-old about two decades. er merger, the ministries of labor and social affairs cited other challenges including a lack of educa- Prince Mohammed, who heads the main Council A European diplomat said the new broader min- have been combined. The kingdom, which tional institutions to train Saudis who can replace for Economic Affairs and Development. At the istry reflects the government’s desire to develop employs millions of foreign workers, is trying to skilled foreigners by 2030, and an over-reliance by root of Vision 2030 is the sale of less than five per- other sources of energy besides petroleum. The improve the skills of its own citizens and create Saudis on government largesse. Prince cent of state oil giant Saudi Aramco in what offi- desert nation has potential for solar and wind pow- more jobs for them. Mohammed has put forward “a very modern cials say will be the world’s largest-ever Initial er. It also wants to boost industry - from petro- The ministry of commerce and industry was also vision” for the country, the diplomat said. “He’s Public Offering. chemicals to defense - while mining is expected to renamed the ministry of commerce and invest- very determined to make a change and he doesn’t Proceeds from the sale will help create the take on a greater role in the economy. ment, as the kingdom seeks to woo foreign funds accept people not working,” he said. — AFP Spain journalists home after Syria kidnapping

MADRID: Three Spanish journalists who had many of its hostages, the sources added. been held hostage in Syria by an Al-Qaeda- When news of the kidnapping broke, a linked group returned yesterday to Madrid week after the journalists went missing, the where they were welcomed by overjoyed families of the hostages asked the media to family members after nearly a year in captivi- keep quiet. The case was handled by Spain’s ty. Antonio Pampliega, Jose Manuel Lopez National Intelligence Agency which tried to and Angel Sastre were flown on a Spanish follow the kidnapped journalists’ movements defense ministry jet from Turkey to Torrejon in Syria and get signs that they were alive air base near Madrid where they were greet- and well, according to government sources. ed by Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de The kidnappers sent media outlets videos Santamaria. showing the Spanish journalists, including The three men could be seen smiling as one in late April intended as “a way to they descended from the plane as officials increase the pressure on Madrid at a particu- held up umbrellas to shield them from driv- larly sensitive time” in the talks for their ing rain, in a video released by the govern- release, diplomatic sources said. The Spanish ment. Pampliega kissed his sister Alejandra journalists shared part of their time in captiv- on the forehead and gave her a hug after she ity with Japanese freelance journalist Jumpei ran to greet him. “Crying from joy falls short,” Yasada, who went missing in Syria in the she said on Twitter on Saturday when the middle of last year, according to Spain’s news broke that the three experienced con- Europa Press news agency, which did not cite flict zone reporters had been released and any sources. Last month a video emerged of were in good health. Yasuda, apparently asking for Tokyo’s help in The release was “possible thanks to the securing his release. collaboration of allies and friends especially in the final phase from Turkey and Qatar”, the Experienced Journalists Spanish government said Saturday, without Lopez, born in 1971, is a prize-winning giving further details. Pampliega’s mother photographer who contributed images to Maria del Mar Rodriguez Vega said she AFP from several war zones, including from planned to cook her son’s favorite dish to cel- the Syrian conflict up until 2013 and Iraq in ebrate his return - spinach with bechamel 2014. Pampliega, a freelance war correspon- sauce. “He had the same voice as always, from dent born in 1982, contributed to AFP’s text BEIRUT: Lebanese former prime minister Saad Hariri, whose Future Movement usually dominates elections in the capital, raises when he was a child, he repeatedly asked me coverage of the civil war in Syria for a period his inked finger as he leaves a polling station after voting in the municipal elections yesterday. — AFP for forgiveness for what he made me go up to 2013. A passionate reporter who tend- through,” she said in a statement released by ed to focus on human interest stories, he the Spanish branch of media rights group also contributed to AFP’s coverage in Iraq. Grassroots campaign tackles Reporters Without Borders, known by its Sastre, 35, has worked in trouble spots French acronym RSF. around the world, including Syria, for Spanish television, radio and press. ‘Collaboration of Allies and Friends’ RSF in 2015 ranked Syria as one of the entrenched Lebanon parties The three journalists were kidnapped by most dangerous countries in the world for armed men on July 13 while they travelling journalists along with Iraq. It says 139 jour- together in a small van in the northern Syrian nalists died in Syria, where various armed Local elections held amid tight security city of Aleppo where they had been report- factions have been battling President Bashar ing on fighting for various Spanish media. Al-Assad’s regime and each other since BEIRUT: Lebanese headed to the polls for the ed for the Hariri-backed list. “We’re fed up with Christians, Sunni and Shiite Muslims and Druze They were held by Al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate, 2011. In Aug 2014, Islamic State murdered first time in six years yesterday for municipal this corrupt political class.” cannot agree on a candidate. the Al-Nusra Front, government sources told US journalist James Foley, who was taken elections including in Beirut, where a new AFP. The trio appear to have been treated bet- hostage in northern Syria in 2012. The fol- grassroots campaign is taking on entrenched ‘Fed Up’ with Corruption ‘Uncontested’ Hezbollah Lists ter than three other Spanish journalists who lowing month, the group killed fellow US parties. It is the first election of any kind in The 24-candidate list of independents The country’s political scene is deeply divid- were released in March 2014 after being held journalist Steven Sotloff. In 2015, militants Lebanon since the last municipal polls in 2010, includes teachers, fishermen and artists such as ed, with the government split roughly between for six months in Syria by the Islamic State from the group beheaded Japanese war cor- in a country that has not had a president for famed actress and film director Nadine Labaki. a bloc led by Hezbollah - backed by Iran and group, Al-Nusra’s rival which has executed respondent Kenji Goto. — AFP the past two years nor voted for a parliament But 40-year-old Mariam said she had voted for neighboring Syria - and another headed by since 2009. Voters trickled to polling stations in the Hariri list because “it represents the people Hariri - supported by Saudi Arabia and the Beirut and in two provinces of the Bekaa region of Beirut”. Five hours into the voting, however, United States. These rivals have joined forces in the first stage of a vote to last until May 29 in the turnout in Beirut remained low with only six against Beirut Madinati for the municipal polls in five other provinces. percent of voters showing up to cast ballots, the Beirut, however. Yesterday, posters of the tradi- Security was tight in the country as authori- authorities said. tional candidates were plastered on the city’s ties took strict measures to guarantee that the In the Bekaa area, which is dominated by walls, while Beirut Madinati supporters took to vote passes without trouble. Lebanon was hit Shiite movement Hezbollah, turnout varied social media to convince friends and acquain- by a wave of bombings in recent years that between 11 and 15 percent. Since the end of the tances registered in Beirut to get out and vote. killed scores of people and Syria’s civil war has Lebanese civil war in 1990, lists in the municipal Lebanese suffer from poor infrastructure and spilled over in the past. polls every six years have traditionally been public services, as well as water and power In Beirut, an unlikely alliance of citizens is for pulled together by a handful of parties often shortages. Beirut Madinati’s program to attract the first time challenging traditional politicians formed along sectarian lines and led by former frustrated voters includes plans to improve pub- like former prime minister Saad Hariri, whose warlords. Beirut Madinati faces the formidable lic transport in the traffic-ridden city, introduce Future Movement usually dominates elections in challenge of breaking through that established more green spaces, make housing affordable the capital. Beirut Madinati, or Arabic for “Beirut political class in a bid to win all 24 seats in the and implement a lasting waste management is my city”, emerged after civil society gained Lebanese capital’s municipal council. solution. Hezbollah is expected to win in the momentum in protests last summer over a polit- Only about 470,000 voters are registered in Bekaa region - except in the town of Zahle, ical crisis that saw trash pile up on streets. the capital despite almost four times more peo- where a list of candidates from an influential Coming out of a polling station in Beirut, a ple living there. According to the country’s family backed by Hariri is vying against another 43-year-old voter who gave his name only as electoral law, Lebanese are automatically regis- supported by traditional Christian parties. In Elie was enthusiastic. “Even if just one candi- tered to vote in the birthplace of their ances- Beirut and the Bekaa region, another grassroots date from Beirut Madinati gets in, it’ll be a vic- tors. Lebanon has been without a president movement called Citizens in a State, led by for- MADRID: Spanish freelance journalists Angel Sastre (third left), Jose Manuel tory for civil society,” said the employee of a since May 2014, when the mandate of Michel mer minister and economist Charbel Nahhas, is Lopez (second left) and Antonio Pampliega (right) arrive at Torrejon military air- money transfer company, who in 2010 had vot- Sleiman expired, because the country’s taking part in the polls. — Agencies port yesterday. — AFP Bibi criticizes general Israeli Islamic cleric starts prison term

over Holocaust speech BEERSHEBA, Israel: Israeli Arab Muslim leader panied by about 100 well-wishers, including rally earlier in his home town of Umm al-Faham, Raed Salah started a nine-month prison sen- Israeli Arab lawmakers, as he arrived at the prison in the north of the country, he exchanged hugs JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin ny to them amongst us, today, in 2016,” he tence yesterday for allegedly fomenting riots at in the city of Beersheba in southern Israel’s with supporters, local news agency Q-Press, con- Netanyahu yesterday criticized the deputy said. “There is, after all, nothing easier and Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque. Salah was accom- Negev desert, an AFP journalist said. At a farewell sidered close to the Islamic Movement, reported. head of Israel’s armed forces for remarks simpler than hating the foreigner... arous- “It is an honor for me to enter prison to appearing to compare contemporary ing fears and terrifying,” he said. defend and protect Al-Aqsa and Jerusalem,” it Israeli society to Nazi Germany. “The com- The chief-of-staff, Lieutenant General quoted him as saying. “I enter prison by the will parison drawn in the words of the deputy Gadi Eisenkot, angered politicians in of God, not the will of Netanyahu.” Salah leads chief of staff regarding events which char- February with remarks warning young sol- the radical northern wing of the Islamic acterized Nazi Germany 80 years ago is diers not to use excessive force in subdu- Movement in Israel, which Israeli Prime Minister outrageous,” said Netanyahu. “They do ing suspected Palestinian assailants. A Benjamin Netanyahu ordered banned last year injustice to Israeli society and cause a wave of unrest that erupted in October after accusing it of encouraging violent protest belittling of the Holocaust,” the Israeli has so far killed 203 Palestinians and 28 that contributed to the October outbreak of a leader added. “The deputy chief of staff is Israelis. Most of the Palestinians killed wave of unrest that has so far killed 203 an outstanding officer, but his remarks on were carrying out knife, gun or car-ram- Palestinians and 28 Israelis. Most of the this issue were utterly mistaken and unac- ming attacks, Israeli authorities say. Palestinians killed were carrying out knife, gun or ceptable to me.” Rights groups have called on Israel to car-ramming attacks, Israeli authorities say. In an address delivered Wednesday on stop using “lethal force” against attackers, Salah has previously spent time in Israeli pris- the eve of Israel’s Holocaust and Swedish Foreign Minister Margot ons for offences ranging from incitement to spit- Remembrance Day, Major General Yair Wallstrom has accused the Jewish state of ting on a policeman to funding Palestinian Golan said the commemoration “must carrying out “extrajudicial executions”. In Islamist militant group Hamas. His latest jail spell bring us to reflect deeply on the nature of March an Israeli soldier was caught on comes after the Israeli Supreme Court last month man, even when that man is ourselves”. “If video shooting to death a wounded denied him leave to appeal against convictions there is something that frightens me with Palestinian assailant, an incident con- for incitement to violence and racism. The convic- the memory of the Holocaust, it is identi- demned by a senior United Nations official tions stem from a 2007 rally against Israeli con- fying horrifying processes that happened as “gruesome, immoral and unjust.” The struction work near the Al-Aqsa compound, in in Europe, and specifically in Germany, 70, soldier, an infantry sergeant, has been BEERSHEBA: Arab-Israeli Sheikh Raed Salah, the leader of the radical northern wing of the which he urged “all Muslims and Arabs (to) start 80 and 90 years ago, and finding testimo- charged with manslaughter. — AFP Islamic Movement in Israel, bids farewell to his mother Laqia as he arrives at the Eshel prison an intifada (uprising) to support holy Jerusalem in this southern Israeli city to begin a nine-month prison sentence yesterday. — AFP and the blessed Al-Aqsa mosque.” — AFP INTERNATIONAL MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016

University of Wisconsin works to improve racial climate MADISON: University of Wisconsin gradu- skillfully sort of get students to calm ate student Michael Davis says he feels down,” Harper said. “Students are starting isolated, excluded and afraid as a black to see that some of the assurances made student on the predominantly white cam- to them are not real.” At the University of pus, where he’s been called a racial slur Wisconsin, a series of racially charged inci- multiple times. “It hasn’t been a positive dents fueled the students’ pressure for experience at all,” Davis said. Davis is change: photos of swastikas posted on a among an increasing number of students dorm room door, stereotypical war cry at the flagship. sounds shouted at a Ho-Chunk tribal elder Madison campus demanding the and graffiti using other Nazi symbols. administration make changes for inclusivi- For many students of color, though, it’s ty’s sake. They also join college students the smaller instances. Betty Nen, a fresh- around the US who’ve expressed growing man whose father is from Papua New frustration with discrimination and racism Guinea, said a guy started touching her on predominantly white campuses, espe- hair at a party to see what it would feel cially in the wake of protests at the like. Nima Cheraghi, also a freshman, said University of Missouri in November and a girl called him Aladdin because of his the growing Black Lives Matter move- Iranian descent. “I believe that many, ment. In response, UW administrators especially white, students just don’t have agreed to cultural competency train- understand the privileges they’re given,” ing, have added student support hours said Cheraghi, a spokesman for Associated and are asking students how to improve Students of Madison, the student govern- the climate, but activists say the response ment. About 76 percent of the University is inadequate and intend to get some out- of Wisconsin-Madison’s undergraduate side help. “That’s going to be our focal population is white, making it the second- point, is organizing people in the city of whitest campus among the 14 universities Madison to help bring outside pressure to in the Big 10 conference. It also has the hold the university accountable,” said smallest percentage of black undergradu- Davis, who’s pushing for community con- ate students, at just over 2 percent. Sergio trol of university police. Gonzalez, co-president of the Teaching Universities nationwide have conceded Assistants’ Association and a doctoral stu- to various demands from protesters, dent in history, said people are realizing BARNET, NORTH LONDON: (L-R) Ambassador of Israel Mark Regev, The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, Holocaust survivor Ben Helfgott and Chief including resignations of administrators at they don’t have to put up with discrimina- Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis of the United Congregations of the Commonwealth pose for a photograph ahead of the Yom HaShoah Commemoration, the University of Missouri. But it’s still tion just because they’re in the minority. “I the UK Jewish community’s Holocaust remembrance ceremony yesterday.—AFP unclear how many of the requested think that what’s happened is students changes will be carried out. At the have just gotten fed up,” said Gonzalez, University of Kansas, plans for a multicul- whose parents are from Mexico. London’s new Muslim mayor tural student government are in doubt UW students have interrupted Board of after the chancellor recently vetoed a pro- Regents meetings with lists of demands posed student fee meant for it. and have aired grievances and stories of condemns ‘Trump-style’ attacks There is usually no accountability for discrimination on social media using delivery on the promises administrators #TheRealUW hashtag. Hundreds also make, said Shaun Harper, a professor in protested the in-class arrest of a 21-year- the Graduate School of Education at the old senior for anti-racist graffiti, such as Khan joins Holocaust memorial University of Pennsylvania. “I’ve seen col- “White supremacy iz a disease,” painted LONDON: London’s new Muslim mayor Sadiq oath of office in a multi-faith ceremony at cism from the moderate wing of his party since lege presidents and other senior leaders around campus.—AP Khan accused Prime Minister David Cameron on Southwark Cathedral, promising to represent his election in September. But Corbyn was con- Sunday of using “Donald Trump playbook” tac- “every single community, and every single part spicuously absent from Khan’s signing-in cere- tics to try to divide communities in a bid to pre- of our city, as mayor for all Londoners”. mony and in his article, the new mayor appeared vent his election. The day after being sworn in Hillary Clinton, who as the likely Democratic to criticize the way Labor was being run. with a promise to be “mayor for all Londoners”, nominee will face presumptive Republican nom- The party “only wins when we face out- the Labour lawmaker condemned Cameron’s inee Trump in the race for the US presidency, led wards... and engage with all voters”, Khan wrote, Conservatives for trying to link him to Islamic international congratulations. “Son of a Pakistani adding: “It’s crucial for the whole country that extremists during the election campaign. “They bus driver, champion of workers’ rights and the Labor party becomes a credible govern- used fear and innuendo to try to turn different human rights, and now Mayor of London. ment-in-waiting.” Labor fared less well in other ethnic and religious groups against each other- Congrats, @SadiqKhan. -H” she tweeted. elections held Thursday. The party was beaten something straight out of the Donald Trump New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said he was into third place in Scotland, once a Labor strong- playbook,” Khan wrote in The Observer newspa- looking forward to working with his “fellow hold, as the Conservatives became the official per. “Londoners deserved better and I hope it’s affordable-housing advocate” while Paris Mayor opposition to the Scottish National Party (SNP), something the Conservative party will never try Anne Hidalgo tweeted that Khan’s “humanity which won a third term in office. to repeat.” Khan won 57 percent of the vote in (and) progressivism will benefit Londoners”. Labor maintained control of the Welsh Thursday’s mayoral election, securing 1.3 million In Pakistan, Bilawal Bhutto, leader of the assembly and lost only a handful of local council votes to see off multimillionaire Tory Zac opposition Pakistan People’s Party and son of seats in England. But critics said it should have Goldsmith and making history as the first former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, and rival done better against a government that has lost Muslim mayor of a major Western capital. opposition leader Imran Khan also tweeted their support over welfare reforms and is deeply The 45-year-old, the son of a Pakistani immi- congratulations. Former Conservative minister divided ahead of the referendum on Britain’s grant bus driver, hailed his victory as a triumph Sayeeda Warsi, herself a daughter of a Pakistani membership of the EU on June 23. of “unity over division” after weeks of Tory criti- bus driver, hailed Khan’s victory and condemned cism over his past appearances at public events her party’s attacks against him. “Our appalling Sadiq Khan joins Holocaust memorial alongside radical Muslims. A number of dog-whistle campaign lost us the election, our Yesterday Khan made an appearance at a Conservative politicians criticized the tone of the reputation and credibility on issues of race and north London ceremony following a racially campaign, but Defense Secretary Michael Fallon religion,” she said. charged election campaign during which said the questions raised had been legitimate. Cameron’s former adviser, Steve Hilton, said Conservative Party opponents sought to portray Khan had admitted representing some “pret- Goldsmith had brought back the Conservatives’ him as an apologist for Islamic extremism and to ty unsavoury characters” during his previous job “nasty party label”. highlight cases of alleged anti-Semitism within as a human rights lawyer but said their views the ranks of Khan’s Labor Party. were “abhorrent”. “Both candidates were asked Labour losses elsewhere The event inside a rugby stadium brought questions about their backgrounds, their per- Khan broke the eight-year hold of the together thousands from London’s Jewish com- sonalities, their judgment, the people they asso- Conservatives on City Hall and succeeds the munity, including more than 150 Holocaust sur- ciate with,” Fallon told BBC radio. “That’s the charismatic Boris Johnson in a prestigious post vivors and a combined choir from five Jewish nature of our democracy and the rough-and- that has responsibility for transport, housing, elementary schools. London’s previous Labor tumble of politics.” policing and promoting economic development. mayor, Ken Livingstone, was suspended last His success is a boost for Labor leader Jeremy month from the party after he claimed that Clinton sends congratulations Corbyn, a veteran socialist who has been bat- Adolf Hitler supported the Zionist aim of estab- Khan broke from convention by taking his tling a row over anti-Semitism and growing criti- lishing Israel.—Agencies Mexican vet defends torture

MEXICO CITY: The Mexican military veteran recalls over- seeing interrogations during which his men beat suspects, wrapped their faces in plastic bags to cut off their oxygen and jolted them with electric shocks. Although the screams still haunt the retired service member long after he left the military, he remains unapologetic about using torture to find drug lords and rescue kidnapping victims. It was the only way to break the code of silence of criminals who would otherwise refuse to speak, the 30-year veteran told AFP on condition of anonymity. “The information obtained in those interrogations becomes intelligence,” said the former official, who asked that his rank, military branch and location be omitted in order to speak freely about the torture sessions he wit- nessed. The rough interrogations gave criminals “the same dose (of torture) they give” captured government forces, he said. The stark admission comes as President Enrique Pena Nieto’s government faces torture scandals against troops and police amid a decade-long drug war. When he took office in December 2012, the authorities were investigating 287 torture cases at the federal level, according to figures from the attorney general’s office obtained by Amnesty International. In 2014, the figure soared to 2,403 investigations. Last week, a general was sentenced to 52 years in prison for ordering the torture of a man who died and whose body was incinerated by troops. Last month, foreign experts investigating the disappearance of 43 college students said there was evidence the authorities tortured at least 17 sus- pects. And in mid-April, the defense minister issued a rare apology after a video emerged showing soldiers and police putting a plastic bag over a woman’s head to cut off her oxygen as they interrogated her.

Following orders? The military veteran, who was deployed in some of the country’s most dangerous regions near the US border, said he was “following orders” from above to torture suspects. The army and navy did not respond to requests for com- ment about his claims. Many service members suffer from post-traumatic stress syndrome, he said. “You think I’m going to sleep calmly for four hours while hearing the screams? Screams from torture?” he said. Although he feels guilty “spiritually speaking,” he is sure “all of them were criminals.” The torture would begin with a “punch” when a suspect claimed to know nothing, the vet- eran said. Then a plastic bag would be placed over the head. —AFP MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 INTERNATIONAL

Taleban attacks end lull in combat in Afghan province of Helmand

LASHKAR GAH, AFGHANISTAN: Taleban the morning, set off a three-hour gun two wounded. After months of heavy Helmand opium fields, which provide and centre of Helmand was announced insurgents attacked police checkpoints battle during which the Taliban said they fighting in Helmand over much of the one of the Taleban’s main sources of in February as a tactical maneuver to on the outskirts of Lashkar Gah, the main overran two checkpoints, destroyed an winter, a lull in combat had been seen income. However he said that the end of concentrate strength before launching city of the southern Afghan province of armored personnel carrier and captured over the past few weeks, according to the annual spring harvest in Helmand, attacks on the Taliban. However so far Helmand early yesterday, ending weeks a large amount of equipment. Afghan and NATO officials. which accounts for the biggest share of there has been little sign of the long- of relative calm during the annual opium Reports of casualties varied. Helmand However there has been continued Afghanistan’s opium production, would promised offensive. harvest. police chief Abdul Rahman Sarjang said heavy fighting in other parts of the probably lead to an increase in fighting, “We are well equipped and well pre- Helmand has been one of the main 14 Taliban fighters were killed and country including Kunduz in the far possibly as early as this week. pared but we are waiting for an order targets of the Taliban, which has forced another 22 wounded before the insur- north, Uruzgan, which neighbors The insurgents, fighting to drive out from the defense and interior ministries government security forces to pull back gents were driven off, with four police Helmand and the central province of the Western-backed government in to attack the Taleban,” Sarjang said. from several districts and concentrate killed and another seven wounded. Ghazni. Brigadier General Charles Kabul, now control much of the Afghan special forces have launched around Lashkar Gah and the main high- The Taliban said 15 police, including a Cleveland, the main spokesman for province and have long operated in some targeted operations and, in one way that runs through the province. police commander, were killed and sev- NATO’s Resolute Support mission in Babaji, just to the north of the centre of attack last week, freed around 60 prison- The attack in the Babaji area of eral others wounded, while only one Kabul, told reporters last week that Lashkar Gah. The decision to pull securi- ers from a Taleban jail in Naw Zad district Lashkar Gah, during the early hours of Taleban fighter was killed and another many fighters had been working in the ty forces back from districts in the north in the centre of the province. — Reuters 20 killed, mostly children, by Rwanda landslides

KIGALI: At least 20 people, many of them cuers had managed to pull some survivors children, were killed overnight by devas- out of the disaster area. tating landslides in northern Rwanda trig- The hilly, densely populated central gered by torrential rainstorms, the disaster African nation is frequently hit by land- management ministry said yesterday. “Up slides and the government has been mov- until now we have counted at least 20 ing people out of the most at-risk areas in a dead in landslides that buried houses in bid to limit the casualties. But “this year, the district of Gakenke,” the ministry’s the incidents and number of victims is ris- spokesman Frederic Ntawukuriryayo told ing,” said Ntawukuriryayo, blaming the El AFP. “Most of the victims were children,” Nino weather phenomenon. Ntawukuriryayo added, without specify- At least 67 people have been killed in ing how many were minors. such incidents across Rwanda from The landslides occurred at the peak of January to April this year, 12 of them on a Rwanda’s rainy season, affecting homes on single night in the suburbs of the capital hillsides and in valleys. “It’s a huge catastro- Kigali, where 1,500 homes were damaged phe,” the spokesman said, adding that res- during rainstorms. — AFP

French President Hollande leads WWII commemorations in Paris PARIS: French President Francois Hollande Triomphe war memorial at the Place de yesterday led low-key commemorations in l’Etoile. The French president laid another Paris marking the end of World War II in wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Europe. Under a basking sun, Hollande Soldier, where another moment of silence began the proceedings by laying a wreath was held. The Arc de Triomphe has a spe- at the statue of Charles de Gaulle, the for- cial significance for WWII since Adolf Hitler mer president and leader of the French marched his Nazi troops through the iconic WWII government-in-exile. monument when Germany took over In his last Victory in Europe Day ceremo- France in 1940. It was also the site where ny before next year’s presidential election, Allied troops celebrated victory over Hollande observed a minute of silence Germany 71 years ago. before a rendition of the French national Victory in Europe Day is celebrated on anthem. He then shook hands and chatted May 8 to mark the date in 1945 that WWII with General De Gaulle’s grandson, Yves. A ended in Europe following Nazi Germany’s cortege followed Hollande up to the Arc de surrender of its armed forces. — AP KARACHI, PAKISTAN: Mourners carry the coffin of slain activist Khurram Zaki for a funeral yesterday. — AP Prominent Pakistani anti-militant activist shot dead in Karachi

KARACHI, PAKISTAN: Gunmen shot dead a ed by four armed men arriving on two motor- the overthrow of the government and for a prominent Pakistani rights activist, known for cycles,” Muqadas Haider, a senior police official strict version of Islamic sharia law to be his outspoken stance against the Taleban and said yesterday. imposed. Zaki had confided to friends that he other radical Islamist groups, in the southern Zaki was known for his outspoken stance was on several militant “hitlists”, Jibran Nasir, a port city of Karachi late on Saturday night, against the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a Sunni Muslim fellow activist who was also involved in protests police said. sectarian militant group, the Pakistani Taleban, against Aziz, told Reuters yesterday. Nasir said The police said Khurram Zaki was killed at an and radical cleric Abdul Aziz. that Zaki did not specify which groups specifi- outdoor cafe in central Karachi, while a com- In December 2015, Zaki lead street protests cally had threatened him. According to a state- panion was wounded. A faction of the Pakistani against Aziz, demanding the cleric be arrested ment released after Zaki’s death by a website he Taleban, the Hakeemullah group, claimed and charged with hate speech for allegedly helped run, the activist had been “a target of a responsibility for the attack in a phone call to justifying attacks, such as the Peshawar school systematic hate campaign” by an Islamist politi- Reuters, saying Zaki had been targeted for his massacre where 134 schoolchildren were cal leader and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. stance against radical cleric Abdul Aziz. killed in 2014. Targeted killings are common in Karachi, The police could not verify the Hakeemullah In 2007, Aziz and his followers were engaged although violence has declined significantly faction’s claim, and said the group has previ- in an armed standoff with government forces at since the launch of a paramilitary operation in ously taken responsibility for attacks it did not his mosque in the capital Islamabad, culminat- the city almost three years ago. Rights activists carry out in Karachi, a teeming metropolis of 20 ing in a eight-day military operation that saw are increasingly among those targeted in million people that is known for its complex Pakistani commandoes raid the mosque. Karachi. In April last year, prominent activist PARIS: French President Francois Hollande, left, and French Prime Minister Manuel mix of ethnic, sectarian and political violence. Aziz has since been exonerated of all crimi- Sabeen Mahmud was shot and killed while trav- Valls walk during commemorations at the Arc de Triomphe marking the 71st “Zaki was sitting at a cafe where he was target- nal charges by Pakistani courts, but still calls for elling in her car. — Reuters anniversary of the end of World War II yesterday. — AP Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ transferred to jail near border

MEXICO CITY: The Mexican authorities trans- Mexico’s most powerful-Guzman staged a He is willing to plead guilty to charges in the ferred the notorious drug lord Joaquin “El spectacular jailbreak in July 2015, when he United States in return for a lighter sentence Chapo” Guzman to a prison in Ciudad Juarez on escaped through a hole in his jail cell’s shower and confinement at a medium-security prison, the US border Saturday morning in a surprise that led to a 1.5-kilometer (one-mile) tunnel his lawyer Rodriguez said. Earlier this year, move, officials said. leading outside. Guzman’s lawyers said he was being held Despite speculation, Guzman’s transfer had He was captured in January after months on incommunicado and that guards were prevent- “absolutely nothing” to do with his possible the run in a colorful episode involving a ing him from sleeping more than two hours at extradition or deportation to the United States- Mexican soap opera actress and the US film star a time, but said more recently that conditions where he faces extradition requests by courts in Sean Penn, who met with the drug boss in hid- had markedly improved. California and Texas for homicide and drug traf- ing. In 2001, Guzman is believed to have hid- The prison authorities in Altiplano had ficking-Eduardo Sanchez, spokesman for the den in a laundry basket when he escaped from already made improvements at the facility, president’s office, told AFP. another maximum security prison in Puente reinforcing points of access and perimeter The authorities said they moved Guzman to Grande in western Jalisco state, where he was security, adding cameras and monitoring com- prevent any escape attempt during construction imprisoned since 1993. mand centers and prison conditions. Guzman is to strengthen his maximum-security prison in The authorities began the process of accused of crimes including smuggling tons of Altiplano, 90 kilometers (55 miles) from the capi- deporting him to the United States shortly after drugs into the United States by boat, subma- KABUL: One of the six nooses prepared for men sentenced to death at a jail. tal Mexico City. Considered one of the world’s his capture in January. President Enrique Pena rine, airplane and an extensive network of tun- Afghanistan has hanged six men convicted of terrorism, signaling a tougher most powerful drug bosses, Guzman has staged Nieto has said the extradition would take place nels under the border. approach toward the Taleban. — AP two dramatic escapes from maximum-security “as soon as possible.” Guzman fought the A number of US jurisdictions, including New prisons, including from Altiplano. He arrived at process until March, when he asked his lawyers York, are vying to prosecute him. Mexican offi- Afghanistan executes 6 militants, the airport in Ciudad Juarez at dawn, heavily to stop their efforts because conditions at his cials have said the extradition process may take guarded by some 150 federal police officers who prison were intolerable. a year or more. — AFP signaling tougher policy had arrived earlier in three planes. KABUL: Afghanistan yesterday hanged six Deputy presidential spokesman Dawa Mexico did not warn the US authorities men convicted of terrorism, signaling a Khan Menapal said the executed men had before Guzman’s transfer, a US government offi- tougher approach toward the Taleban. been involved in high-profile attacks, cial told AFP. The move “surprised everyone,” he President Ashraf Ghani’s office said he including the 2011 killing of Burhanuddin said, adding that the transfer had nothing to do “approved executions of six terrorists who Rabbani, a former president and the head with the extradition process. Guzman’s lawyer perpetrated grave crimes against civilians of the High Peace Council, and an attack Jose Refugio Rodriguez said the move is “illegal” and security personnel.” on a Kabul supermarket that left eight because his defense team has launched The executions were the first approved people dead that year. All had been “processes to stop him being transferred from by Ghani since he took office in 2014 prom- charged and tried according to the law, he one place to another.” ising to end the war. His efforts to revive added. The executions would “change the peace talks with the Taleban have failed, behavior of other terrorists,” said inde- Secure Jail and the fighting has escalated. pendent analyst Maulana Farid, “because A helicopter transferred Guzman from the A suicide attack in Kabul last month now they know that if they are caught airport to a prison in the south of Ciudad killed 64 people. The Taleban claimed the they will face the same fate.” Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas. attack, which was one of the deadliest The Taleban said earlier this year they Although not classified as a maximum-security since the US-led invasion in 2001 drove would not participate in face-to-face dia- prison, it has a section for highly dangerous the extremist group from power. Soon logue with the Kabul government, effec- prisoners that is “one of the safest,” a National after, Ghani pledged in a speech to parlia- tively scuttling hopes for reviving a peace Security Commission source said. ment to “deal severely with those who process begun last year. Afghan and US Military soldiers guard the prison, and the shed the blood of our innocent people officials expect a fierce fight throughout road leading to the facility is under especially and soldiers,” and “show no mercy when the summer, as the Taleban appear to be heavy protection, Mexican media reported. The CIUDAD JUAREZ, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: Federal Police personnel block one of the roads to the punishing them.” on the offensive. — AP former leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel-one of penitentiary on Saturday. — AFP

INTERNATIONAL MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016

Malaysia’s ruling party sweeps state polls despite scandals around PM Najib

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s ruling coali- larity of Sarawak’s Chief Minister Adenan Sarawak polls are not a measure of the United Malay National Organisation retained three seats. Saturday’s win, tion secured a landslide victory in the Satem, who took over the reins in 2014. support for Najib or the ruling party as (UMNO), and using a controversial sedi- however, comes with its fair share of con- Borneo state of Sarawak on Saturday Sarawakians have rallied behind they are fought on local issues. Najib has tion law to clamp down on other critics. troversy as federal opposition leaders after a campaign led by the prime minis- Adenan, who is seen as a Najib’s ally, for months faced calls for him to step The strong showing by the BN coalition cried foul over the state government’s ter, who is facing a financial scandal after the state leader brokered greater down after news broke that $681 million was also helped by a breakdown in the decision to bar entry to most of them involving a state-owned fund. autonomy for the resource-rich state and were deposited into his bank account opposition alliance, the Pakatan over the two-week campaign period The Barisan Nasional (BN) alliance dealt with long standing issues such as before the 2013 national election, and Harapan. The ethnic Chinese-dominated ahead of the polls. Immigration remains expanded its majority to 72 out of the recognition of native land rights. “As BN over his handling of a multi-billion dollar Democratic Action Party (DAP) - which a sovereign right of the state. The oppo- 82-seat state legislative assembly, a chairman, I thank the voters for their scandal linked to state fund 1Malaysia had a sizeable haul of 12 seats in the last sition also accused Najib and his ruling result that Prime Minister Najib Razak is trust,” Najib said in a statement after the Development Berhad (1MDB). state polls in 2011 - was left with just sev- BN of abusing government powers dur- likely to use as an endorsement of his poll results. His party would not squan- The prime minister has denied any en seats this time around, while the ing the election campaign by promising tumultuous leadership. But the coali- der the mandate of the people, he said. wrongdoing and consolidated power by People’s Justice Party (PKR), the party of some 3.5 billion ringgit in projects and tion’s win is largely credited to the popu- Najib’s critics have said that the sacking dissenters within his party, the jailed opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, investments for the state.—Reuters

Kim Jong Un says Pyongyang won’t use nukes first

PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA: North the sea. It also claimed advancements in Korean leader Kim Jong Un said during a developing nuclear weapons and long- critical ruling party congress that his coun- range missiles, and combined them with try will not use its nuclear weapons first threats of pre-emptive nuclear strikes on unless its sovereignty is invaded, state Washington and Seoul. media reported yesterday. Analysts said that the North’s belligerent Kim also said he is ready to improve ties stance might have been intended at rally- with “hostile” nations in a diplomatic over- ing North Korean people around Kim ture in the face of international pressure ahead of the congress and also promote over its recent nuclear test and long-range military accomplishments to the domestic rocket launch. He also called for more talks audience to make up for the lack of tangi- with rival South Korea to reduce misunder- ble economic achievements to present at standing and distrust between them and the party meeting. urged the United States to stay away from South Korea has taken a hard-line inter-Korean issues, according to the official approach to North Korea following its Korean Central News Agency. nuclear test and long-range rocket launch, “Our republic is a responsible nuclear shutting down a jointly-run factory park in state that, as we made clear before, will not a North Korean border town that had been use nuclear weapons first unless aggressive the last remaining symbol of cooperation hostile forces use nuclear weapons to between the rivals and slapping invade on our sovereignty,” Kim said in a Pyongyang with its own economic sanc- speech carried by the KCNA. tions. He said that North Korea “will sincerely Seoul has also been in talks with fulfill its duties for the non-proliferation of Washington on deploying a sophisticated nuclear weapons and work to realize the US missile defense system in South Korea. denuclearization of the world.” The North is North Korea had spent the past months ready to improve and normalize ties with resisting talks with the South and threaten- countries hostile to it if they respect its sov- ing attacks against it, but Kim spoke with a ereignty and approach it in a friendly man- different tone at the conference. He said ner, Kim said. At the congress, Kim also “fundamentally improving” inter-Korean MANILA: Philippine policemen stand guard outside a school to be used as polling station ahead of the presidential election yesterday.—AFP announced a five-year plan starting this relations was an urgent matter for his gov- year to develop the North’s dismal econo- ernment and also called for the South to my and identified improving the country’s “hold hands” with the North as a “compan- power supply and increasing its agricultur- ion” for unification, the KCNA said. Security forces on alert ahead al and light-manufacturing production as However, Kim stressed that the South the critical parts of the program, the KCNA must first employ practical measures to said. Analysts have anticipated Kim would improve ties and throw out laws and insti- of tense Philippine elections use the first Workers’ Party congress in tutional systems that have hampered them. decades to propose talks with rivals to He also said that the United States should exploit what he considers to be increased no longer be involved with matters in the leverage as a nuclear power. Korean Peninsula, and that if enemy forces Duterte has a clear lead North Korea carried out its fourth “ignite the fire of war,” the North was ready nuclear test in January and followed with a to mercilessly punish the aggressors and MANILA: Security forces fanned out across the city of Davao, has a clear lead in today’s presi- leader Adolf Hitler and warned of a looming dic- satellite launch in February that was seen accomplish the “historical feat” of unifica- Philippines yesterday on the eve of national dential elections as millions of voters embrace tatorship, with the presidential tensions fuelling by outside governments as a banned test tion. North Korea has long decried the polls, following a vicious and deadly election his threats to unleash security forces in an an already volatile and violent political culture. for long-range missile technology, earning 28,500 US troops stationed in South Korea campaign dominated by presidential favorite unprecedented crime spree, and shut down “Their rhetoric is quite vicious, their worldwide condemnation and tougher UN as a buffer against possible aggression. Rodrigo Duterte’s threats to kill thousands of Congress if lawmakers oppose him. exchanges are quite vicious and this is a signal sanctions. South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said criminals. President Benigno Aquino, who is limited to a to a lot of supporters to up the ante and be The North responded to the punitive ahead of the North’s ruling party congress Surveys show Duterte, mayor of the southern single six-year term, has likened Duterte to Nazi more aggressive,” Eric Alvia, head of the watch- measures, and also the annual US-South in Pyongyang that the priority of any future dog group, National Citizens Movement for Free Korean military drills in March and April, by talks with the North would be its denu- Elections, told AFP. “This campaign has been firing a series of missiles and artillery into clearization.—AP divisive and its polarizing a lot of people. They For tired Pyongyang workers, (feel they) can do whatever they want.” Duterte has accused Aquino’s administration of planning beers on tap at stand-up bars “massive cheating” to ensure that his preferred successor, former interior secretary Mar Roxas PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA: Putting on a Beer at the stand-up bar on Scientists’ who surveys show is trailing in second place, major political event can be pretty exhausting Street is sold by the liter, which costs 500 wins. His followers have warned of a “revolution” in North Korea, where everyone is expected to North Korean won. That comes out to about 8 if Duterte loses, while military-linked figures pitch in. Ahead of the ongoing congress of cents a glass if calculated at the unofficial but have threatened a possible coup attempt if he the ruling Workers’ Party, North Koreans were widely used exchange rate of roughly 8,000 wins. Alvia said that the violence was largely tak- called upon to put in massive overtime to won to the dollar. The official rate - charged at ing place on the local levels, but with the leaders’ boost production and show their devotion to places where foreigners are more likely to be angry rhetoric fuelling matters. At least 15 peo- leader Kim Jong Un in a 70-day “loyalty cam- involved - is closer to 100 won to the dollar. ple have died in election-related violence this paign.” And that’s in addition to hours upon To put that in perspective, the highest-paid year, according to national police statistics. hours of rehearsals for huge rallies that will workers make about 600,000 won, or $75, a In the latest suspected case, a grenade blast provide the de rigueur show of national unity month at Pyongyang’s March 26 wire-making killed a nine-year-old girl behind the house of a when the ruling party wraps up its first con- factory, one of the showpiece spots around powerful political warlord in the strife-torn gress in decades. the city that foreign journalists brought in for province of Maguindanao late on Saturday, said So how does a tired North Korean unwind? the congress have spent most of their time Chief Inspector Jonathan del Rosario. Her death Beer. Beer. And more beer. Although soju - a covering here, since they have not been has not yet been included in the tally although it vodka-like drink usually made from distilled allowed into the congress itself. likely will be, according to del Rosario, PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA: In this image made from video by North Korean broad- rice - is probably more popular, North Koreans According to the factory’s deputy manager, spokesman for a police election-monitoring caster KRT, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks at the party congress on do love their beer, and Pyongyang has its own Pyongyang residents have more money in taskforce in Manila. “This looks like it is election- Saturday.—AP special brew, called Taedonggang after a river their pockets since the North Korean leader- related but we have a process we have to follow,” that runs through the capital. ship started gradually implementing new del Rosario told AFP. Unlike soju, beer is considered a soft drink methods to boost economic output amid in North Korea and is often consumed in increasing pressures due to sanctions Security, vote buying Filipinos set to vote: Slow reform stand-up bars, where customers have a few imposed by the United Nations Security In the wake of the blast, armored vehicles quick drinks and maybe some dried fish or Council. The changes - officials prefer not to could be seen patrolling the streets of the town or promise of big change? nuts before heading off to their next destina- use the word reforms - have allowed man- while soldiers in camouflage stood guard on tion. In typical North Korean fashion, Kim Yon agers at individual enterprises more freedom vital chokepoints. Del Rosario said 90 percent of MANILA: Thirty years after emerging from Hitler as an example of how a despotic Hui, a 29-year-old waitress at a beer bar on to set salaries as they see fit based on produc- the nation’s police force, or about 135,000 offi- a brutal dictatorship, Filipinos will face a leader can gain power and hold on to it Pyongyang’s new Scientists’ Street high-rise tion and each worker’s performance. cers, were already on election-related duty and dilemma when they pick a new leader without public resistance. area, said she believes that by serving beer “The workers’ enthusiasm has increased, had been authorized to carry their assault rifles. today: Should they choose a sharp- Filipinos have been hypersensitive to she is actually serving the leader. “Many peo- and so has the salary, and the economic man- The military has said their forces are also on tongued mayor with an audacious promise potential threats to democracy since they ple here are able to enjoy themselves,” she agement became more flexible, including the election duty. Del Rosario said policemen were to wipe out crime and corruption within rose in a 1986 “people power” revolt that said in between serving Taedonggang on tap sales of products, raw material acquisition, guarding polling and canvassing places and months, or back reformists who aren’t ousted dictator Ferdinand Marcos, who to a nearly full evening crowd on Saturday. “I production process,” said the plant’s deputy manning road checkpoints and were even act- regarded as a threat to democracy? faced allegations of plundering a crushing- like seeing them happy and want to continue manager, Kim Chol Ryong. “All is now in good ing as election officials in a few towns that have It’s a make-or-break decision with plenty ly poor country and condoning widespread to serve them so they can be happy, fulfilling harmony.” So, Pyongyang, bottoms up. It’s been identified as “election hotspots,” due to the at stake for the Southeast Asian nation, human rights violations by state forces. In the will of our leader.” almost over.—AP heated rivalry between politicians. which has turned around under President 2001, a similar uprising forced Joseph With more than 44,000 people running for Benigno Aquino III with one of the highest Estrada from the presidency over alleged 18,000 positions ranging from president to town growth rates in Asia but remains fragile large-scale corruption. councilor, the competition has also resulted in a with its massive poverty, inequality and Aquino’s parents, who are revered surge of vote-buying. “The strategies have insurgencies. democracy champions, played a central changed. We’ve seen... a shift from just pure One of America’s closest allies in Asia, role in the anti-Marcos resistance move- money to other things of value, like pigs, live- the Philippines is in the dead center of ment. Aquino triumphed in 2010 elections stock,” Commission on Elections spokesman long-seething territorial conflicts with with a landslide victory on a promise to James Jimenez told AFP. “We are receiving sto- China and four other governments that fight corruption and poverty. After intro- ries like people giving away things that are con- threaten to boil over as the new president ducing new taxes, more accountability and tained in (plastic) dippers, with names of candi- takes office on June 30. reforms, including in the judiciary, and dates. Sometimes, they give out pails with gro- “We were called the sick man of Asia cracking down on tax evaders, the ceries inside.” before, but are Asia’s rising tiger now,” Philippines posted average GDP rates of 6.2 Jimenez said politicians had been increasing- Aquino said last week on a trip to cam- percent from 2010 to 2015 to become one ly forced to resort to buying votes as other tricks, paign for the candidate he’s backing, Mar of the world’s fastest-growing economies like manipulation of vote tallies, could no longer Roxas, a former Cabinet member who has at a time of global economic slowdown. be applied since elections had largely been pledged to continue his “straight path” style The country earned an investment automated since 2010. Election watchdogs said of reformist presidency. grade from credit rating agencies and eco- the sums paid for a vote could be as low as a “We have begun to walk and surely that nomic upswing fostered the rise of a hundred pesos ($2.10) for a post like town coun- would be followed with a run. But we stronger middle class. cilor with higher amounts for higher positions. couldn’t sprint forward if we step back ... if Although the government has reported Such small gifts are an effective, if illegal, way we take a U-turn back to the style of martial that more than 7 million Filipinos have for politicians to win support in a nation where law,” Aquino said as he criticized presiden- been lifted from poverty under Aquino, roughly one quarter of its 100 million people live tial front-runner Rodrigo Duterte’s threats more than a quarter of the country’s 100 below the poverty line. In response, the commis- to close down Congress or establish a revo- million people remain poor. Annual debt sion has banned cell phones from polling places lutionary government should he face payments, some of them dating back to the to prevent voters from photographing their bal- impeachment or stonewalling legislators. Marcos-era years, and limited funds stymie PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA: North Korean men gather at the Taedonggang Beer shop on lots so they can get paid when they present In final campaigning Saturday, Aquino infrastructure improvement and public Saturday.—AP proof that they voted the right way.—AFP warned voters that Duterte could be a dic- services, including law enforcement, fuel- tator in the making and cited the rise of ing frequent complaints.—AP NEWS MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016

Mist covers meadows near Nesutychi village at sunrise, 140 km west of Minsk, Belarus, early yesterday. — AP Trump blasts Hillary as an ‘enabler’ of Bill’s infidelity WASHINGTON: Donald Trump has launched a bitter broad- contentious eras in American politics, when the nation was war with US Senator Elizabeth Warren - tipped by some as a erratic policy pronouncements, while he nicknamed her side against Hillary Clinton depicting her as an “enabler” of simultaneously riveted and revolted by the Monika Lewinsky possible Democratic running mate - trading a stream of “crooked Hillary” in an allusion to the scandal over her use of Bill Clinton’s past infidelities - the latest nasty and deeply per- sex scandal. Clinton at first denied, but later acknowledged barbs and insults. The former first lady said she would not a private email server as secretary of state. Questioned by sonal turn in the US presidential campaign. Trump, who has an affair with the White House intern, a scandal that ulti- engage in the mudslinging that helped her Republican rival CBS over reports the FBI was expected to interview her as all but locked up the Republican nomination, made the mately led to his impeachment and deepened the partisan vanquish his challengers for the nomination. “I’m not going part of its probe into her email use, Clinton said she had not bizarre allegation while on the stump this weekend in an divide between Republicans and Democrats. to run an ugly race. I am going to run a race based on issues,” been approached. “No one has reached out to me yet,” apparent bid to undercut his Democratic rival’s appeal to Trump’s latest attack, reprising the sordid scandal, seemed Clinton said. “I don’t really feel like I’m running against Clinton said, adding: “I made it clear I’m more than ready to women voters. designed to inoculate himself against anticipated charges of Donald Trump. I feel like I’m running for my vision of what talk to anybody, anytime.” She went on to press for the real “Hillary hurt many women - the women that he abused,” misogyny from the Clinton camp. On and off the campaign our country can be, and to knock down all the barriers that estate mogul to show similar transparency and release his Trump told a rally in Spokane, Washington late Saturday - trail, the tycoon has used crass and abusive language - “bim- stand in the way of Americans getting ahead.” tax returns ahead of the election. “So what’s there?” Clinton reiterating past criticism of Clinton over her handling of the bo”, “dog”, “fat pig” and other epithets - to denigrate women But Clinton has labeled Trump a “loose cannon” for his asked. “He owes it to the American people.” — AFP former president’s affairs. “And just remember this, she was he dislikes. The twice-divorced billionaire, who was celebrat- an unbelievably nasty, mean enabler, and what she did to a ed for decades as one of New York’s most sought-after bach- lot of those women is disgraceful. Some of those women elors, has also admitted to cheating on his first wife with the Yemen talks struggle as air strikes shake... were destroyed not by him, but by the way that Hillary woman who became his second. Clinton treated them after everything went down.” The likely Clinton signaled in an interview broadcast yesterday that Continued from Page 1 the withdrawal of a small US force operating in the Republican nominee charged that Bill Clinton had “abused attacks against Trump over his stance on women will defi- south of the country against Al-Qaeda militants. women more than any man that we know of in the history of nitely be part of her campaign battle plan. “When he says, A source close to the government delegation said A civil war in Yemen escalated when an armed push politics”. “Bill Clinton was the worst in history, and I have to lis- ‘women should be punished for having abortions,’ what does the talks had reached a delicate stage after “the rebels by the Houthis pushed the government into exile on ten to her talking about it?” he thundered. that mean? And how would he go about that?” the former backtracked to the starting point”. “That has complicat- March 26 last year. Seeing the group as a proxy for its Trump has accused Clinton, the presumptive Democratic first lady said on the “Face the Nation” program, referencing ed the situation,” the source told AFP, requesting Gulf rival Iran, Saudi Arabia mustered an alliance of candidate in November’s presidential election, of using her comments made by Trump earlier in the primary season. anonymity. The rebels and their allies have demanded mostly Gulf Arab countries to push the group back. gender to her political advantage - playing the “woman’s the formation of a consensus transitional government But the coalition still appears far from forcing the card” - and says she would not be seen as a qualified candi- ‘Ugly Race’ before forging ahead with other issues that require Houthis out of Sanaa. If confirmed, the air attack date if not for her sex. His remarks recalled one of the most Over the past few days Trump has engaged in a Twitter them to surrender arms and withdraw from territories would be the deadliest single incident since the cease- they occupied in 2014. The rebels have also demanded fire began. — Agencies 8 policemen killed in Cairo by IS gunmen Continued from Page 1 flights to Egypt, and has lost the country hundreds of mil- 73 killed in Afghan road crash inferno lions of dollars in tourism revenues. Continued from Page 1 Afghanistan has some of the world’s most dangerous president Mohamed Morsi in 2013. Militants had carried The bombing came two months after IS militants abduct- roads, often in dilapidated condition and traffic rules are out a previous attack in Helwan, killing a policeman stand- ed a Croatian oil worker near Cairo and beheaded him. spokesman Ismail Kawoosi told AFP, warning that the seldom enforced. Many in the country rely on old and ing guard outside a museum in June 2015. IS jihadists, who Police later tracked down the top IS operative in Cairo, who toll was expected to rise still further. “Most of them are rickety passenger vehicles, meaning that high casualty are based in the sparsely populated Sinai Peninsula border- was linked to the Croat’s murder, and killed him in a completely burned.” Kawoosi gave a sharply higher toll road traffic accidents are common. At least 18 people ing Israel and the Palestinian Gaza Strip, have repeatedly shootout. But efforts to crush the insurgency in Sinai have tried to make inroads into the capital, where police have had floundered despite a massive army campaign. In March, IS than other officials. Ghazni’s Governor Mohammad were killed in May last year when a minivan overturned more success in quelling them than in Sinai. gunmen killed 15 policemen at a checkpoint near El-Arish, Aman Hamimi earlier reported seven fatalities but his in the western province of Badghis. And in April 2013 a They have claimed several attacks in Cairo, including the the provincial capital of North Sinai. own spokesman gave a death toll of 50. bus hit a wrecked fuel tanker in the southern province bombing of the Italian consulate in July 2015. More recent- The extremist group declared a “caliphate” nearly two Bloodied, dazed and badly burned, many of the sur- of Kandahar, killing 45 people. ly militants have conducted hit-and-run attacks on police- years ago in areas under its control in Iraq and Syria. The vivors streamed into Ghazni’s main provincial hospital, The World Bank in November signed off a $250 mil- men in Cairo and small scale bombings. They often claim Sinai branch pledged allegiance to IS in Nov 2014, and since while many others were rushed in ambulances to health lion grant to upgrade roads crossing Afghanistan’s their attacks are in retaliation for a bloody police crack- then its attacks have grown more sophisticated. The military facilities in southern Kandahar city. The Kabul- Hindu Kush mountains, crucial trade links that are often down on Islamist supporters of Morsi, which has killed says it has killed more than 1,000 militants, occasionally pub- Kandahar highway passes through militancy prone closed in winter by snow. Insecurity is growing around hundreds of protesters and imprisoned thousands. They lishing pictures of their bodies. The statements are difficult areas and many bus drivers are known to drive reckless- Afghanistan as the Taleban press on with their 15-year have also targeted foreigners. to verify, with reporters having little access to the north of ly at top speeds so as not to get caught in insurgent insurgency against the Western-backed Kabul govern- In October, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility the peninsula. Hundreds of multinational forces soldiers are activity. “Our driver was at fault - he was driving too ment. The Islamists, who have been waging an insur- for bombing a Russian airliner carrying holidaymakers from based in Sinai to monitor a peace agreement between Israel rashly,” said Esmatullah, one of the few lucky passengers gency since being toppled from power in 2001, a south Sinai resort, killing all 224 people on board. The and Egypt, and Washington has indicated it would cut its who survived yesterday’s crash with minor injuries. announced the start of their spring offensive on April group said it smuggled explosives concealed in a soda can troops over the jihadist threat. The Pentagon said last month “Most bus drivers on the highways are known to smoke 12, dubbed “Operation Omari” in honour of founding on to the plane at Sharm El-Sheikh, a popular Red Sea resort it remained “fully committed” to the mission but wants to hashish, opium and other drugs. They are completely leader Mullah Omar, vowing large-scale attacks across in south Sinai. That attack prompted Russia to suspend all use drones to assume some of the riskier work. — AFP out of control.” Afghanistan. — AFP MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 ANALYSIS

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By Joseph Menn

number of young technology security compa- nies are losing access to the largest collection Aof industry analysis of computer viruses, a set- back industry experts say will increase exposure to hackers. The policy change at the information-sharing pioneer VirusTotal takes aim mainly at a new genera- tion of security companies, some with valuations of $1 billion or more, that haven’t been contributing their analysis. Older companies, some with market valua- tions much smaller than the upstart rivals, had pressed for the shift. Alphabet Inc’s Google runs the VirusTotal database so security professionals can share new examples of suspected malicious software and opinions on the Washington Watch danger they pose. On Wednesday, the 12-year-old service quietly said it would cut off unlimited ratings access to companies that do not share their own evalu- ations of submitted samples. Analysts and executives Our original sins at several companies said the changes will leave some services more likely to mistakenly classify legitimate software as malicious and less able to protect their cus- By Dr James J Zogby grated to Europe. During the last century social ladder. This is not the fault of the our poor, our unemployed, and our tomers from real threats, at least in the short term. well over one million Arabs, Christian and immigrants. It is the way the table has prison populations. And they present “If they no longer have access to VirusTotal, their n some of my writings, I have Muslim, and another three-quarters of a been set for them. It is America’s national American society with a nagging detection scores will drop,” said Andreas Marx, chief observed the way the US has, for cen- million non-Arab Muslims have settled as shame and a reality we must not ignore. reminder of the sordid chapters of our executive of security software evaluation firm AV-TEST. Ituries, absorbed countless waves of immigrants in the US. America was born in original sin - past we prefer to ignore or forget. With detection rates down, hackers will find easier immigrants from many continents trans- Unlike their counterparts in Europe, actually three different sins: The cruel entry. Some security companies rely completely on the forming them, in short order, into they are not locked in ghettos, becoming genocide and ethnic cleansing of indige- Injustices database, essentially freeloading, said executives on Americans - comparing this to the an underclass. Lebanese peddlers or nous peoples, the institution of slavery Just as the British and French have both sides of the divide, and did not want to share European situation which does not, as a autoworkers, Syrian steelworkers, Yemeni imposed on Africans, and the occupation failed to recognize and atone for the con- their analysis for fear of being found out. rule, provide the same opportunities for farmworkers and longshoreman, and subjugation of Spanish-speaking sequences of their shameful behaviors in VirusTotal did not name any companies to be cut advancement and inclusion. I have also Palestinian and Egyptian small merchants, lands. I have grown weary of seeing arti- South Asia and the Arab World, Americans off. But several people familiar with the matter told noted that not only do new US citizens and Moroccan waiters - have within a cles comparing the experiences of recent have never come to grips with the devas- Reuters the move would affect high-profile California take on a new identity, but in the process generation experienced the extraordinary immigrant Muslims in the US with those tating impact and lasting trauma visited firms Cylance Inc, Palo Alto Networks Inc and of absorbing the many diverse groups social and economic upward mobility that in the UK or France. They are not the upon this country’s indigenous peoples, CrowdStrike Inc, as well as some smaller companies. who have come to our shores, the is possible in America. They do not remain same, at all. The third generation angry, slaves, and the victims of our imperial Cylance said it gave up access to the ratings two weeks American identity, itself, has also in the lower economic strata, because alienated, unemployed Arabs in the ghet- conquest of lands to our south. ago after deciding not to share its technology. Chief changed. Again, this describes a process they find that opportunities abound in tos surrounding Paris do not find their But, in both instances, these victims of Research Officer Jon Miller said Cylance had not suf- that is not generally applicable in Europe. their newly adopted country. counterparts in the Arab American com- our histories live among us still waiting to fered but that others had. “Many next-generation This absorptive and transformative munities in the US. be full and recognized participants in our products are simply not functioning right now,” he said, capacity of new immigrants is one of Dark Underside A closer parallel can be found in the societies. While we sometimes seek to declining to say which. He said the loss of VirusTotal America’s defining traits. It is the process This much is true. But there is an struggling African American or Latino absolve ourselves by pointing to the suc- could help spur the companies to invest in their own that has provided the opportunity for important caveat that must also be not- ghettos in many US cities. Like the North cesses of those who made breakthroughs innovation to catch viruses. diverse incoming groups to beat back the ed - that establishes an American parallel African or South Asian victims of colonial knocking down barriers to advancement Asked whether it had been kicked off the service, hateful scorn and hurtful exclusion with with Europe. There is a dark underside to oppression who came to France or the UK - until we acknowledge our past injus- Palo Alto said only that it had not been relying on the which they have often been greeted and, the American story. New immigrants do seeking opportunity and became embit- tices, include its lessons and the experi- VirusTotal peer determinations and expected “no within a generation, find their place in not find themselves locked into a “ghet- tered as they found, instead, unemploy- ences of our victims in our self-definition, impact” on customers. CrowdStrike said it was negoti- the economic, political, and social main- toized underclass” precisely because one ment and systemic discrimination, and radically transform our societies to ating with VirusTotal and had not been cut off by stream. already exists in America - comprised of African Americans who left the American create more fully inclusive societies, we Saturday. “We support the mission of VirusTotal and It is precisely this unique characteristic African Americans, Latinos, and Native South or Latinos who fled poverty in will continue to be plagued by the conse- have reached out to them to explore additional ways Central America, have also found their quences of our original sins. we can collaborate for the benefit of the entire security that has made the experience of Arab Americans. As a result, when new immi- and Muslim immigrants to America differ- grants arrive they are able to jump in line dreams denied. Like the immigrant community,” the company wrote in an emailed state- NOTE: Dr James J Zogby is the President ment, declining to answer further questions. ent than that which has been encoun- ahead of these historically oppressed underclass in Europe, African Americans tered by their compatriots who have emi- groups and move up the economic and and Latinos are over-represented among of the Arab American Institute ‘A Shortcut’ VirusTotal gets about 400,000 submissions of potentially dangerous files daily, mostly from old- guard antivirus companies like Symantec Corp, Intel Is Hillary a sure thing for the White House? Corp and Trend Micro Inc which sit on the most machines. “It was never meant to enable new compa- nies to use it as a shortcut by silently relying on, and By Andrew Beatty has the upper hand, but will have to find the Ethics and Public Policy Center. much of an appetite to engage in micro- benefitting from, the service without a corresponding the right tone to parry attacks. Trump’s Sabato was skeptical. “There aren’t mil- targeting. He also is not a team player,” investment,” said Trend Micro Chief Technology Officer n a US election that has ripped up, rivals learned the hard way that getting lions of blue collar whites who don’t usu- said Hersh. “Part of the Democrats’ advan- Raimund Genes, one of many old-line tech executives chewed through and spat out conven- in the mud with him rarely pays off, but ally vote Republican just waiting to show tage is that the state parties, interest who pushed for the shift. Itional wisdom, Hillary Clinton is still taking the high road might look up for Trump. Where’s the evidence for groups, labor unions and candidates up Marx of AV-TEST said that some newer companies prohibitive favorite to beat Donald Trump detached or meek. this breathtaking proposition?” and down the ballot see themselves as secretly relied on data supplied by older companies in November. Few analysts or journalists largely on the same team.” while marketing themselves as a cut above the older predicted that Trump - a blustering mogul The Electorate The Map technology. “They are using traditional methods, too,” with less political experience than Katy The long trend of America becoming The most important number in US pol- The Zeitgeist he said. Some of the newer companies said they do Perry - would last long in a tough less white means Trump, with his pseudo- itics is 270, the number of electoral col- One area where Trump may have an not share their evaluations for competitive reasons. Republican race, much less win it. But nativist message, is also waging a cam- lege votes - out of a total of 538 - needed advantage is capturing the spirit of the Blanket copying of virus indicators has been an his- here is why Clinton is still odds-on favorite paign against demographics. In the 2012 to win the presidency. Of the 51 state and age. Many Americans still feel the effects toric grievance at VirusTotal, with at least one victim to become the first female president, election, 93 percent of African-Americans, regional contests, most are winner-take- of the Great Recession. Middle class resorting to sabotage in retaliation, Reuters reported along with a few reasons why a dose of 71 percent of Hispanics and 73 percent of all. But not all are equal. California is incomes have been stagnant, while the last year. Others say the way that they detect bad pro- caution might be warranted. Asians voted for Barack Obama. That was worth 55 votes, while Vermont is worth rich have become significantly richer. grams is too intensive to integrate with VirusTotal’s enough for the Democrat to win the elec- three. In 2008 and 2012, Obama broke Democrats are not oblivious to that fact, current system. The Numbers tion, even though he only got 39 percent 300. The last Republican president indeed Bernie Sanders has built most of “We were more than willing to work with them, but At the starting gate, a CNN/ORC poll of white voters, the biggest voting group. George W Bush squeaked by with 271 his campaign around addressing income they didn’t have a way for us,” said Tomer Weingarten, has Clinton leading Trump 54-41. For Trump - thanks to talk of building a bor- and 286. Trump may target states in the inequality. But Trump may better articu- chief executive of SentinelOne, a firm that acknowl- months, head-to-head surveys have der wall, Mexican “rapists” and deporting Rust Belt and New England, and battle- late the fear and anger of those who edges it was cut off from the feed against its will. “This found a similar result. That is a monu- the country’s estimated 11 million illegal grounds like Florida and Ohio, but he have faltered. is a step back.” Weingarten said SentinelOne had mental lead in a country almost evenly immigrants - is doing even worse among faces the prospect of having to flip sever- After years of modest growth, a added a new data feed to replace VirusTotal and pre- split between Democrats and Hispanic voters than the last Republican al states to the Republican column just to mediocre jobs report in April was a dicted that VirusTotal will become less relevant as Republicans. But it is also borderline presidential candidate Mitt Romney. His be competitive. reminder that another slowdown could companies are excluded. Through a Google spokes- irrelevant. The Nov 8 vote is six months approval ratings among Hispanic voters come even before the impact of the last woman, VirusTotal said it was trying to act in the best away, light years in US electoral politics. currently stand at 12 percent. The Campaigns one is no longer felt. That could easily eat interest of the security community and it hoped to And US elections are won by carrying That’s bad news for Trump’s chances in The businessman will have to try to do into Obama’s solid 51 percent approval help companies integrate their scanners into the individual states, not the popular vote, as Colorado, Florida, Nevada, New Mexico all this without the unified support of the rating, a metric that currently indicates VirusTotal platform. — Reuters Al Gore found to his cost in 2000. Still, and maybe even Arizona. To add to Republican party. There have been mass the electorate is not desperate for a the polls contain harbingers of doom for Trump’s misery, his standing among refusals to back the controversial candi- changing of the guard. Along with the Trump, particularly in a sliver of data that women voters is derisory. Almost half of date. Many donors and potential cam- economy, polls show terrorism is a top All articles appearing on these politicos refer to as “unfavorables”. Republican women say they can’t see paign staff promise to “sit this one out”. To concern for voters. pages are the personal opinion of About 65 percent of voters have a neg- themselves voting for him. “Trump has give one example of the impact, “Hacking Here too, Trump’s message of bomb- ative impression of Trump, according to alienated growing demographic groups the Electorate” author Eitan Hersh said ing the Islamic State group to oblivion is the writers. Kuwait Times takes no an average of polls by Real Clear Politics. such as Hispanics, and he is at toxic levels Trump will find it more difficult to get tar- more easily digested than Clinton’s more responsibility for views expressed Given he has been in the public eye for with women and young people,” said geted messages to voters. nuanced push for tackling radicalism therein. Kuwait Times invites read- years, he is widely known and minds Larry Sabato, who heads the University of A key arrow in the quiver of modern through military, economic, diplomatic could be difficult to shift. Yet “The Virginia Center for Politics. US electoral campaigns is microtargeting and cultural means. Where rivals see him ers to voice their opinions. Please Donald” has shown he does not play by If he can’t reach working and college - cross-referencing voter rolls with as naive, Trump’s status as a political neo- send submissions via email to: opin- conventional election rules. He has educated women, then even blue collar records on everything from magazine phyte might serve him well. It’s harder [email protected] or via snail already branded his rival “Crooked states like Pennsylvania may remain out subscriptions to eBay searches to build a for Clinton, a former first lady, US senator mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. Hillary” and is certain to stir up memories of reach. Trump hopes to change the cal- profile of individual voters and deliver a and secretary of state to argue that she of Bill Clinton’s marital infidelity. culus by getting more white voters to turn specific message. Trump has instead will bring change to Washington. But her The editor reserves the right to edit Clinton who is herself seen negatively out. “He needs to excite the middle and focused on macromessaging, by domi- wealth of experience might also mean any submission as necessary. by 55 percent of voters - a large number, working class white who doesn’t usually nating the TV news which also gives him she knows a bit more about winning but not quite as catastrophic as Trump’s - vote,” said Henry Olsen, a senior fellow at free advertising. “Trump hasn’t shown elections. — AFP MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 SPORTS

Powell struggles to find Unbeaten Nyquist wins Champs League failure leaves form in winning 200m 142nd Kentucky Derby Handanovic in doubt for Inter INGSTON: Former 100 meter world record holder Asafa Powell flashed across the WASHINGTON: Nyquist amply lived up to his favorite’s billing, MILAN: A failed quest to secure Champions League football next season has finish line in 20.45 seconds to win the men’s 200m race at the Jamaica International winning the 142nd Kentucky Derby on Saturday to become left Inter Milan goalkeeper Samir Handanovic considering his future at the Invitational on Saturday. Powell held off a strong field at Kingston’s National the eighth unbeaten horse to capture the first jewel of US rac- Serie A giants despite signing a new deal only months ago. A patchy 2-1 home Stadium and later described the 200m victory as a learning experience. “Honestly I ing’s Triple Crown. Trained by Doug O’Neill and ridden by win over a resilient Empoli on Saturday meant Roberto Mancini’s men secured don’t remember how to even run the 200m event so this is a work in process,” he Mario Gutierrez, Nyquist went off a 2-1 favorite at Churchill fourth spot in Italy’s top flight with one game remaining. The Nerazzurri are said. The 33-year-old Powell said he felt good for the first 150m then got tired over Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, and posted his eighth victory in guaranteed playing in next season’s Europa League, but this leaves Slovenia the last 50m. “But I worked hard all week,” he added. Powell finished ahead as many starts. The last undefeated Kentucky Derby winner international Handanovic waiting even longer to fulfil his dream of playing of American Bejee Lee and Jamaican Rasheed Dwyer, who both ran was Seattle Slew in 1977. In a crowded field of 20, Nyquist and winning Europe’s premier club competition. “I have a contract, but in foot- 20.52 seconds. World Championships medalist Shaunae Miller of the broke well out of the 13th gate and settled in as Danzing ball you never know,” Handanovic said at the San Siro. “Not participat- Bahamas retained her 200m title with a magnificent run, breaking away Candy took the lead. Gun Runner moved to the front at the far ing in the Champions League is a big blow for me, as it is every from the women’s field in the last 60m to win by a massive margin in a turn, but Nyquist surged past as they entered the finishing year. It is, and will always be my main objective.” Handanovic, who wind-aided 22.14 seconds. Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby was second straight and beat the fast-finishing Exaggerator by 1 1/4- will miss next week’s final league outing away to Sassuolo in 22.79 seconds and Shalonda Solomon took third in 22.80 lengths. Gun Runner was third, another 3 1/4 lengths back. through suspension, signed a contract extension with Inter earlier seconds. Kemar Bailey-Cole’s winning time of 10.01 seconds in “He’s just such a special horse,” O’Neill said of Nyquist. “You this season that should see him remain at the club until June the men’s 100m was also a highlight of the night. Bailey- see it in his eye on a daily basis. He’s just first class.” Despite 2019. But a host of Europe’s top clubs could now be watch- Cole, who is still recovering from a hamstring injury that Nyquist’s unbeaten record, which included a win in the ing the situation closely. Handanovic is one of the best kept him out of the World Championships in Beijing last Breeders’ Cup Juvenile last year, the colt’s connections heard shot-stoppers in Italy’s notoriously difficult top flight year, surprised himself with his fast time, the joint sixth plenty of doubters, especially those who questioned whether and has conceded only 35 goals-marginally less than fastest in the world so far.—AFP he’d handle the 1 1/4-mile Derby distance. — AFP a goal a game-so far. —AFP

CHICAGO: Kris Bryant #17 of the Chicago Cubs watches his home run against the Washington Nationals during the fourth inning on May 7, 2016 at Wrigley Field. — AFP Cubs beat Nationals 8-5 for 6th straight victory

CHICAGO: Addison Russell hit a tiebreaking seven-run 10th inning for his third homer of runs as the Rangers slugged their way to this in seven games. Brandon Crawford had two Valbuena hit a solo homer in the bottom of two-run double in the seventh inning to help the game as the Brewers snapped a three- road win. Rougned Odor, Nomar Mazara and hits and drove in a run. The teams combined the ninth off Mariners reliever Steve Cishek the Chicago Cubs beat the Washington game losing streak with a win over the Reds. Mitch Moreland also went deep for the for 19 hits and 14 pitchers in a game that (2-1) to tie it at 2. Nationals 8-5 on Saturday for their sixth Hill belted a two-run shot in the sixth and a Rangers, who scored five runs in the sixth lasted 4 hours, 20 minutes. Parra, Charlie straight victory. Kris Bryant homered and Ben tying solo shot in the eighth, helping inning and overcame an injury-shortened Blackmon, DJ LeMahieu and Trevor Story had RAYS 4, ANGELS 2 Zobrist had an RBI for the sixth game in a row Milwaukee erase a 6-2 deficit. The second start by AJ Griffin. The right-hander left in two hits apiece for the Rockies, who have Logan Forsythe hit a broken-bat two-run as the Cubs took the matchup of division lead- baseman set career highs and matched fran- the third with stiffness in his throwing shoul- dropped four of six. single with the bases loaded in the ninth ers. Chicago has won 10 of 11 to improve chise records with the three homers and seven der. Moreland’s tiebreaking two-run shot off inning after Steven Souza Jr hit a tying two- baseball’s best record to 23-6. RBIs. Pinch hitter Jonathan Villar added a two- Kyle Ryan (0-1) made it 7-5 in the sixth. ROYALS 7, INDIANS 0 run homer off Jered Weaver in the sixth as the Russell finished with three RBIs. It was 5-all Ian Kennedy pitched four-hit ball for seven Rays beat the Angels. Souza greeted Joe when the Cubs loaded the bases with two innings and Kendrys Morales homered and Smith (0-2) with a leadoff single in the ninth, outs, and Russell hit a fly ball to right that MLB Results/Standings drove in four runs as the Royals stopped the then broke for second on a pitchout with landed barely fair as Bryce Harper ran toward Indians’ four-game winning streak. Kennedy Logan Morrison up. The throw from catcher the brick wall in pursuit. A review confirmed Oakland 8, Baltimore 4; NY Yankees 8, Boston 2; La Dodgers 6, Toronto 2; Texas 10, Detroit 5; St. Louis 6, (4-2) worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the Geovany Soto was so good that Souza retreat- the ball was fair. Adam Warren (3-0) pitched a Pittsburgh 4; Chicago Cubs 8, Washington 5; Kansas City 7, Cleveland 0. sixth and retired 14 in a row at one point. ed back toward first base. But shortstop scoreless inning for the win. Hector Rondon Morales hit a three-run homer in the first and Andrelton Simmons’ throw hit him in the American League National League earned his sixth save. Washington’s Sammy an RBI single in the eighth. Kansas City’s win back, allowing him to end up on second. Eastern Division Eastern Division Solis (0-1) got two outs and was charged with came at an opportune time. The Royals had Souza was forced at third on Desmond W L PCT GB Washington 19 11 .633 - two runs and two hits. lost eight of 10 and announced before the Jennings’ bunt to first baseman C.J. Cron after Baltimore 17 12 .586 - NY Mets 18 11 .621 0.5 game that third baseman Mike Moustakas a walk to Morrison, but Forsythe delivered the Boston 17 13 .567 0.5 Miami 16 13 .552 2.5 YANKEES 8, RED SOX 2 was headed to the 15-day disabled list with a clutch hit on a 1-1 pitch after a walk to Curt Toronto 16 16 .500 2.5 Philadelphia 17 14 .548 2.5 Nathan Eovaldi pitched eight effective fractured left thumb. Cody Anderson (0-2), Casali. Erasmo Ramirez (6-1) pitched two Tampa Bay 14 14 .500 2.5 Atlanta 7 22 .241 11.5 innings and Didi Gregorius hit a three-run called up from the minors before the game, scoreless innings for the victory and Alex NY Yankees 11 17 .393 5.5 Central Division double as the Yankees handed David Price his Central Division allowed four runs in five innings. Colome got three outs for his eighth save in Chicago Cubs 23 6 .793 - first loss with the Red Sox. Carlos Beltran Chicago White Sox 21 10 .677 - as many chances. Pittsburgh 16 14 .533 7.5 added a two-run double for the last-place Cleveland 14 13 .519 5 WHITE SOX 7, TWINS 2 St. Louis 16 15 .516 8 Yankees, who have won three of four following Kansas City 15 14 .517 5 Todd Frazier doubled and homered in sup- DIAMONDBACKS 4, BRAVES 2 Cincinnati 13 18 .419 11 a six-game slide. Swept in three games by Detroit 14 15 .483 6 port of Chris Sale, who survived a rocky start Shelby Miller’s return to Atlanta brought a Milwaukee 12 18 .400 11.5 their longtime rivals at Fenway Park last week- Minnesota 8 22 .267 12.5 to become the first seven-game winner in the return to his winning form as he threw six Western Division end, the Yankees will try to return the favor Western Division majors as the White Sox rallied to beat the strong innings for his first victory as the San Francisco 17 15 .531 - Sunday night in the Bronx. Gregorius broke a Seattle 18 12 .600 - Twins. After a two-run, 36-pitch first inning, Diamondbacks beat the Braves. Miller (1-3) LA Dodgers 15 15 .500 1 1-all tie in the fourth when he reached down Texas 17 14 .548 1.5 Sale (7-0) settled down to retire 19 of the next allowed two runs on four hits and one walk. Colorado 14 16 .467 2 and hooked an 0-2 pitch from Price (4-1) into Oakland 14 17 .452 4.5 20 batters. In seven innings, the left-hander He was traded from the Braves to Arizona on Arizona 14 18 .438 3 the right-field corner. Eovaldi (2-2) struck out LA Angels 13 17 .433 5 allowed three hits and a walk. He struck out Dec 8. The loss left the Atlanta 1-14 in home San Diego 13 18 .419 3.5 six and walked none while matching the Houston 11 20 .355 7.5 nine, five on a called strike three. The victory games. The Braves (7-22) are off to the worst longest start of his career. was Sale’s eighth in 13 decisions against the start in franchise history since 1900. Jake Twins. He entered the game with a career 4.15 Lamb had two doubles and drove in a run in DODGERS 6, BLUE JAYS 2 run double in the 10th as the Brewers Anthony Ranaudo (1-0) got the win. Shawn ERA against Minnesota, the highest of any Arizona’s two-run third inning that tied the Clayton Kershaw struck out 10 while Joc snapped the Reds’ three-game win streak. Tolleson was credited with his 10th save in American League opponent. Matt Albers and game at 2-all. Brandon Drury’s run-scoring Pederson and Justin Turner homered as the 12 chances - he came on to strike out Zach Duke mopped up, as Chicago improved double off reliever Bud Norris in the sixth Dodgers stopped the Blue Jays’ season-high CARDINALS 6, PIRATES 4 Anthony Gose with the bases loaded for the to 12-1 in games started by Sale or Jose gave the Diamondbacks the lead. winning streak at four. Coming off a three-hit Matt Carpenter hit a tiebreaking two-run final out.Ian Kinsler homered for Detroit, Quintana this season. shutout against the Padres and facing the Blue homer in the ninth inning, lifting St Louis to which has lost five straight. PHILLIES 4, MARLINS 3 Jays for the first time, Kershaw (4-1) allowed the victory. Aledmys Diaz sparked the winning MARINERS 3, ASTROS 2 Odubel Herrera scored the go-ahead run on two runs and eight hits in seven innings. The rally with a leadoff single. After Jeremy GIANTS 2, ROCKIES 1 Robinson Cano homered early off Dallas first baseman Chris Johnson’s error in three-time NL Cy Young Award winner has Hazelbaker flied to deep left, Carpenter drove a Matt Duffy hit a game-ending RBI double Keuchel, then connected for a tiebreaking Philadelphia’s three-run eighth inning, sending fanned at least 10 in four straight outings. 1-2 pitch from AJ Schugel (0-1) over the wall in with two out in the 13th inning, sending the shot in the 10th inning that led the Mariners the Phillies to a win over the Marlins. Brett Pedro Baez worked the eighth and Kenley right for his fourth homer. It was the Cardinals’ Giants to the win. Pinch hitter Conor over the Astros. Cano got four hits. He leads Oberholtzer (2-0) pitched a scoreless inning for Jansen finished as the Dodgers won for the first win over the Pirates in five games this sea- Gillaspie set up the winning hit with a one- the majors with 32 RBIs and tops the AL with the win. Jeanmar Gomez tossed a perfect ninth third time in 11 games. Knuckleballer RA son. Pittsburgh had tied the game on Starling out walk against Justin Miller (1-1). After 11 home runs. Cano sent a pitch by Tony for his 10th save in 11 chances. Marcell Ozuna Dickey (1-4) lost his fourth straight decision, Marte’s double off Trevor Rosenthal (1-1) with Denard Span walked and Joe Panik struck Sipp (0-2) into the seats in left field with one and Justin Bour homered for Miami, which had allowing four runs and six hits in seven innings. two out in the top of the ninth. out swinging, Duffy lined a 1-0 pitch from out in the 10th to give Seattle its fifth victory won four in a row. Marlins right-hander Tom Miller past Gerardo Parra in left for his sec- in six games. Cano has been especially good Koehler struck out a season-high eight over BREWERS 13, REDS 7 RANGERS 10, TIGERS 5 ond hit of the day. Derek Law (1-0) pitched a against the Astros, piling up 13 hits with four seven innings and exited with a 3-1 lead. He Aaron Hill hit a grand slam in Milwaukee’s Adrian Beltre hit two of Texas’ five home scoreless inning for San Francisco’s fifth win homers and 16 RBIs in six games. Luis allowed two hits and walked two. —AP MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 SPORTS

Jones gives new faces chance to shine in England training squad

LONDON: England coach Eddie Jones Northampton on Saturday after nearly Saracens, Exeter, Wasps and Leicester- Premiership final at ‘headquarters’. challenging tour to Australia,” added named eight uncapped players in a 26- two months out with a concussion were selected. Saracens alone provided “The Brighton training camp is a Jones, in charge of the Wallaby side that man squad yesterday for a three-day injury suffered when Jones’s men the likes of Alex Goode, Owen Farrell, good opportunity for England to get lost the 2003 World Cup final to training camp in Brighton ahead of the clinched a Six Nations grand slam with Billy Vunipola, George Kruis, Maro Itoje together and train hard ahead of the England. Six Nations’ champions one-off interna- victory over France in Paris. and Mako Vunipola for the squad that Wales game and summer tour,” said “There’s lots of hard work to be done tional against Wales and three-Test tour Former Melbourne Rebels playmaker completed England’s clean sweep of Jones, appointed as England’s first over- if we are going to play with the intensity of Australia. Danny Cipriani, who will leave Sale to their major European rivals. seas coach after Australia knocked the needed to beat southern hemisphere Among those yet to play Test rugby join former club Wasps next season, was hosts out of last year’s World Cup with a teams. “We know the speed of the game selected by the Australian are also among the 26-man squad heading ‘Challenging tour’ convincing 33-13 victory at Twickenham in Australia will be considerably higher Northampton’s New Zealand-born back- to the south coast, where training will Just how many players from the in October. than the RBS 6 Nations, so this short row Teimana Harrison, who has been in take place at Brighton College second- training squad make it onto the June “While we will be without those play- camp, as well as the preparation time fine form for the Saints this season, Bath ary school from May 17-19. tour of Australia remains to be seen, but ers involved in the Premiership semi- ahead of Wales, is going to be vital to lock Charlie Ewels and London Irish However, Australian coach Jones’s Saturday’s 26 will have a decent shot at finals, it’s crucial that we spend as much our progression. “Tour places are still up wing Alex Lewington. latest squad had a very different look to the Wales game-England’s first interna- time together as possible,” he added in a for grabs, and I expect the players in this Dylan Hartley, England’s New the won that one the Six Nations as no tional since the Six Nations at Rugby Football Union statement. “We camp as well as those involved in the Zealand-born captain, was included players from the four sides involved in Twickenham on May 29, a match that have an important game at Twickenham play-offs-to continue to make their case after returning to action with the English Premiership play-offs- takes place just 24 hours after the at the end of the month, and then a for selection.” — AFP Turkish fans brawl at a wheelchair match

BERLIN: A mass brawl at a wheelchair bas- statement. A bus-load of around 50 sup- ketball match in Germany between sup- porters left the sports hall immediately porters of Turkish clubs Galatasaray and after the fighting broke out and were Besiktas left seven fans needing hospital briefly detained by police near Erfurt, treatment, police have confirmed. which is 120 kilometers west of Zwickau, The fight erupted on Saturday afternoon while their bus was searched. Police are during the Champions Cup game when investigating. This is not the first time vio- around 60 supporters from the two clubs lence has broken out between fans of the attacked each other using knives and base- rival Turkish clubs, who are both based in ball bats in the sports hall in Zwickau, near Istanbul, at a wheelchair basketball match. Chemnitz, but there were no serious In 2012, 10 supporters were arrested after a injuries. “The game had to be abandoned clash during a game in Istanbul when fans and seven fans were taken to nearby hospi- sprayed fire extinguishers at each other tals. Six of them were released after receiv- and police used tear gas to break up the ing treatment,” said a police spokesman in a fighting on the basketball court. — AFP Alvarez KOs Khan to retain WBC middleweight title

LOS ANGELES: Canelo Alvarez defended the center of the ring and called out his World Boxing Council middleweight belt Golovkin during the post-match interview. Saturday by knocking out Amir Khan with a “I invited him to the ring,” Alvarez said. “Like vicious right hand late in the sixth round of we say in Mexico .... We don’t fight for rings their Las Vegas title fight. The 25-year-old and stuff. We don’t come to play. I fear no hard-hitting Mexican dropped Khan with a one in this sport.” straight right over a passive left jab that At Friday’s weigh-in, both boxers scaled PORTLAND: Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard (C) shoots over Golden State Warriors center Andrew Bogut (L) and forward Draymond sent the Briton crumpling to the canvas 155 pounds, bang on the catch-weight lim- Green (R) during the first half of Game 3 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series. — AP with just 23 seconds left in the round. The it. Many Mexicans were in Las Vegas to cele- back of Khan’s head bounced off the deck, brate the Cinco de Mayo festival weekend, prompting his corner to rush to his aid as he meaning the majority of the crowd was on lay motionless for a couple of minutes. Khan Alvarez’s side. There was also a vocal contin- Lillard’s massive night lifts eventually got up and went to his corner. gent of Khan’s fans, who made the trip from “Many people talk about my power but I Britain for the title fight. Also in attendance have many more qualities in the ring and at ringside were boxing legends Evander Portland over Warriors people saw that,” Alvarez said. “I like to sur- Holyfield, Roberto Duran and Roy Jones as prise everyone.” well as fight promoter Oscar de la Hoya. The savage end to what was supposed to be the biggest fight of Khan’s career will Third KO of career Raptors secure crucial away victory undoubtedly strengthen the notion that he The challenge for former junior welter- has a soft chin. It was a shocking end to weight champion Khan is to overcome LOS ANGELES: Damian Lillard scored a career down by four. Both teams saw key big men Toronto’s Lithuanian center Valanciunas, who what had been a close fight up to that point. another crushing knockout as his record playoff-high 40 points and handed out 10 assists depart early with injuries. Heat center Hassan averaged 19.5 points and 13 rebounds in the dropped to 31-4 with 19 knockouts. “I Saturday as the Portland Trail Blazers beat reign- Whiteside reinjured his right knee with 10:53 left first two games, had 16 points and 12 rebounds ‘I fear no one’ showed my balls by getting into the ring ing NBA champions Golden State 120-108 to in the second quarter. He had hurt the knee in when he sprained his right ankle with 8:53 left in The 29-year-old Khan, who moved up with a big guy. I am one of those fighters narrow the gap in their playoff series. the series opener but continued to play. the third. “They lost their rim protector two weight classes to face the bigger who will step in the ring with whoever,” said Al-Farouq Aminu collected 23 points and 10 This time, Whiteside, who led the NBA in (Whiteside) and we lost ours,” said Raptors coach champ, started strong and even won the Khan, who was knocked out for the third rebounds and CJ McCollum added 22 points for blocked shots this season, left the game with six Dwane Casey. “We’ll see what happens (going first couple of rounds before Alvarez time in his career. the Trail Blazers, who trimmed the deficit in the points and no rebounds in eight minutes. forward).” —AFP worked his way into the fight at the brand This was Khan’s first go at middleweight best-of-seven Western Conference second- new T-Mobile Arena. “He’s very fast. So I and he said he has no plans to continue to round series to 2-1. The Trail Blazers will try to knew it would be complicated at the begin- fight in the 160-pound division. “The chal- level the series when they host game four today. ning,” Alvarez said. “But I knew the time lenge came and it was hard to turn down. Lillard connected on 14 of 27 shots from the ‘Wiser’ Gatlin plots Bolt would come to my favor and you saw that.” My natural weight is 147 and I will be going field, including eight of 13 from three-point Alvarez is now mandated by the WBC to down to that,” he said. Alvarez-Khan was the range. “We were just a lot more aggressive, we fight unbeaten two-belt champ Gennady first boxing match to take place at the played a lot smarter down the stretch than we revenge after Japan win Golovkin, who was ringside Saturday. After 20,000-capacity arena. The $375 million did the last game,” Lillard said. “I think tonight we the fight Alvarez (47-1-1, 33 KOs) stood in facility opened last month. — AFP kept doing what was working for us.” KAWASAKI: American Justin Gatlin roared to ‘No excuses’ Aminu was eight-for-nine from the field, mak- a 100 meters victory in Japan yesterday, as Local favorite Yoshihide Kiryu, who has run ing four three-pointers for a Blazers team that track and field’s pantomime villain kicked off a wind-assisted 9.87, finished fourth in 10.27, withstood a career playoff-high of 37 points his preparations for this summer’s Rio just ahead of Japanese schoolboy sensation from Golden State’s Draymond Green, who also Olympics. Floored by Jamaican sprint king Abdul Hakim Sani Brown, the 17-year-old pulled down nine rebounds and dished out Usain Bolt in the 100m and 200m at last year’s who broke Bolt’s meet record in the 200m at eight assists. world championships, two-time doping last year’s world youth championships. Klay Thompson added 35 points for the offender Gatlin clocked a time of 10.02 sec- Former 400m Olympic champion Jeremy Warriors, who were again without injured star onds into a slight head-wind in Kawasaki in Wariner trailed home third behind Jamaican- Stephen Curry. The young Portland team kept his first test of the season. born teenager Julian Walsh of Japan, who their nerve in the face of a strong start from “Definitely it’s given me motivation, but won in a personal best of 45.68 with Jarrin Golden State. Lillard scored 25 points and Aminu also it’s made me smarter and wiser,” Gatlin Solomon of Trinidad and Tobago (45.77). contributed 11 points in the second quarter and told AFP, referring to his Beijing disappoint- Wariner, hoping to make the United States the Blazers took a 58-46 lead into halftime. ment. “Usually you can come with a strategy team for Rio his country’s Olympic trials in Thompson had 24 in the half for the Warriors, that can combat the whole field,” added the July, faded badly in the home straight to fin- who were outscored 36-18 in the second period. 34-year-old after finishing well clear of ish in 46.04. “No excuses,” the 2004 Athens The Warriors used a 9-0 scoring run to pull Japan’s Ryota Yamagata (10.21) and Ramon gold medalist and twice world champion told within 105-94 with 5:25 remaining, but Portland Gittens of Barbados (10.26), despite a sore AFP. “It wasn’t what I wanted. My (first) 200 scored the next five points and the Warriors nev- right ankle. was good but I think the wind got to me er got within 12 the rest of the way. “I thought “But when you go against someone like down the home stretch. “It is what it is,” added we got out-worked,” said Warriors coach Steve Usain, who is unique in stature and talent, Wariner, who took silver at the 2008 Beijing Kerr. “Even though we had a couple of guys who you’ve got to come with a contingency plan, Olympics before a torn hamstring sabotaged scored a lot of points we didn’t get the flow or a plan B.” Gatlin had been unbeaten in 28 his bid in London four years ago. “I’ve got rhythm we needed to play at a high level.” races over two years before Bolt’s ruthless some work to do.” World champion Tianna There was some good news for the Warriors Beijing take-down of his American rival, Bartoletta won the women’s long jump with a as Kerr said Curry, nursing a sprained right knee, whose frustration at being demonized in the best leap of 6.61 meters, the American edg- had his first “actual basketball” workout and media was plain to see. ing out Australian Brooke Stratton (6.55m) came out of it well. Whether that means Curry “It has made me a smarter and wiser com- and China’s Xu Xiaolang (6.47m). Canada’s might be ready to play in game four, Kerr didn’t petitor to know when to stay within my tech- Shawn Barber, who captured pole vault gold know. “We’ll see how it goes (Sunday),” Kerr said. nique, execute my race and just worry about in Beijing, claimed top spot in Kawasaki after “We’ll put him into a three-on-three (workout) myself,” said Gatlin, who runs in Shanghai clearing 5.62 meters. Asian champion Xie and see how he does.” next week. “I rolled my ankle in November-it Wenjun led a Chinese double in the 110m was almost a break. It’s still swollen so to be hurdles, clocking 13.36 seconds with Zhang LAS VEGAS: Referee Kenny Bayless calls the fight after Canelo Alvarez knocked out Raptors beat the odds able to come out here and run this race, just Honglin runner-up in 13.59 and Japan’s Amir Khan during their WBC middleweight title fight. —AP Kyle Lowry scored 33 points to help the smooth, I’m happy with that.” Hideki Omuro third in 13.61. —AFP Toronto Raptors overcome the loss of center Jonas Valanciunas and beat the Heat 95-91 in Miami. Lowry, who struggled with his shooting Korea’s Park wins GS in the first two games of the best-of-seven Eastern Conference second-round series, con- nected on 11 of 19 attempts from the floor as Caltex Maekyung Open the Raptors took a 2-1 series lead. “I felt it was a matter of time before my shots would go in,” SEOUL: South Korea’s Park Sang-Hyun time. Trailing in third place were two Lowry said. “I just wanted to be aggressive. I’ve triumphed in the GS Caltex Maekyung South Koreans, Kim Kyung-Tae, the got great friends and great mentors in my life. Open yesterday after beating fellow winner of The Crowns tournament last And every last one of them told me to keep play- countryman Lee Soomin on the second weekend in Japan, and Lee Chang- ing — stop fighting myself and continue to hole of a sudden-death play-off. Park Woo, who won the 2013 Asia-Pacific grind it out.” won his first OneAsia title by shooting a Amateur. They both closed with 69. Lowry was three-of-three from three-point range in his 15-point third quarter. He scored 14 final round four-under-par 68 to finish This is the biggest victory in 33-year- points in the fourth period when his jump shot tied with Lee, in with a 70, on eight- old Park’s career, after coming close to over Heat veteran Dwyane Wade with 31 sec- under-par 280. winning OneAsia events several times onds to play gave the Raptors a three-point lead. A par on the second extra hole was in the past. He has been playing on Miami’s Joe Johnson missed a three-pointer with enough to secure victory and a cheque the Japan Golf Tour since 2014, where 16.8 seconds left that would have tied the score. for nearly US$170,000. Lee led by one he is also waiting for his maiden win Miami was led by Wade, who scored 18 of his shot at the start of the day at Namseoul despite a wealth of strong results 38 points in the third period. He had 11 points KAWASAKI: Justin Gatlin of the US (L) meets supporters after winning the men’s 100 Country Club and was left to rue a cost- including a play-off loss in the Tsuruya in the fourth quarter, but missed a contested meters athletics event during the Seiko Golden Grand Prix at Todoroki Stadium.— AFP ly bogey on the final hole of normal Open in 2014. —AFP three-pointer with 9.5 seconds left with Miami MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 SPORTS Infantino seeks FIFA backing for reforms

MEXICO CITY: New FIFA president where his former deputy Infantino took start setting dates for the trials of the 39 nance and rebuild trust, creating a new at the UEFA congress last week to get Gianni Infantino will seek more support over in February. But the Frenchman individuals and two companies facing culture at FIFA that it is now up to you to membership of the European body. for reforms to the scandal-rocked world could still reclaim his place as UEFA’s charges over bribes said to be worth emulate at the level of the member asso- Gibraltar, a British territory also football when its leaders and annual president. more than $200 million. The special FIFA ciations.” With tougher membership rules claimed by Spain, had to go to the CAS congress meet in Mexico City this week. Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter is congress in February that elected in force, the FIFA Council will have to after FIFA’s executive rejected its mem- With new corruption and legal fallout also fighting his six-year ban. Blatter, Infantino also passed reforms, renaming decide who sits on the body’s gover- bership bid. CAS ordered FIFA to put hitting almost daily, the FIFA leadership who signed off on a $2 million (1.75 mil- the disgraced executive as the FIFA nance council and the ethics commission Gibraltar’s case to a vote at the full con- will also have to give new details of the lion-euro) payment to Platini that is the Council and pruning its powers. currently led by Domenico Scala. gress. Serbia has gathered strong sup- cost of the scandals as well as admit subject of a Swiss criminal investigation, There will be close attention paid to port for its case while Spain opposed Gibraltar and Kosovo as new members in is also no longer a threat to Infantino. Turf wars FIFA’s financial report at the congress Gibraltar joining UEFA. If admitted, the face of opposition from top mem- But a US investigation into world foot- The reforms came into force on April after the world body reported a $122 Gibraltar and Kosovo hope to be allowed bers at the annual congress. ball remains a shadow over its efforts to 27, 60 days after the vote, but Infantino loss for 2015. Infantino has promised to into European qualifying groups for the Infantino and top leaders on the FIFA redeem its name. Last week, FIFA must now now make sure the regional give more of the body’s $5 billion-plus 2018 World Cup in Russia. Council will start a two meeting on banned for life for top executive mem- confederations and national associations revenues every four years to national Infantino should also give an update Monday just after the Court of bers Sergio Jadue of Chile and Luis at the heart of the corruption take note. bodies. The congress also faces prickly on his search for a general secretary. He Arbitration for Sport announces its ruling Bedoya of Colombia over the bribes they Infantino said in a message ahead of votes over the admission of Gibraltar and said last week that he had “a couple” of on an appeal by former vice president accepted for football television and mar- the Mexico City congress on Thursday Kosovo that will take the world body to names in mind for a deputy but that it Michel Platini against a six-year ban. A keting contracts. and Friday that the reforms “will help 211 members. The former Serbian would take several more weeks to make win for Platini would not change FIFA, A New York court could next month restore credibility, strengthen gover- province of Kosovo narrowly won a vote an announcement. — AFP

Lorenzo wins French MotoGP LE MANS: Jorge Lorenzo put in an exhibi- that drama Lorenzo was racing smoothly in tion ride to win a thrilling French MotoGP front, well clear of Rossi, who was seeking Grand Prix and go top of the world champi- to follow up his win in Spain a fortnight onship standings yesterday. The Yamaha ago with 10 laps remaining. Turn seven was rider crossed the line more than 10 seconds to prove the undoing of a third rider when clear of his teammate Valentino Rossi, with British Yamaha rider Bradley Smith slithered Maverick Vinales on a Suzuki in third. out of the race. Lorenzo, who takes over the lead of the Lorenzo, who was never in danger of 2016 title race from Marc Marquez, was being caught by Rossi in the closing stages, completing a perfect weekend in Le Mans reflected on his 63rd overall victory and after setting a record-breaking lap in quali- 42nd in MotoGP. “I wanted to keep a high fying on Saturday. The defending world pace and not lose concentration, I kept champion enjoyed a serene afternoon at pushing on the throttle,” he said. “I could the historic Bugatti circuit, avoiding may- breathe a little more when Marquez and hem behind with no fewer than eight riders Dovizioso crashed.” parting company from their bikes. Rossi was a relieved man to add 20 “This was a very important race, a great points to his championship standings tally - race for the championship,” said Lorenzo, he is placed third, 12 points adrift of who now leads Marquez by five points. Lorenzo. “I lost a lot of time at the begin- Marquez was one of those to crash, ning but that’s normal when you start from although he remounted his Honda to trail the 10th row,” the Italian said. “After good in at the rear of the pack. pace, I got in front of Marquez and From pole Lorenzo got off to a quick Dovizioso but Lorenzo was too far in front. start to boss this fifth leg of the season. The “I’m happy, after a difficult weekend - 20 main winner at the start was Andrea points is good for the championship,” Dovizioso, riding for Ducati, who surged which now moves on to Italy on May 22. from sixth on the grid to race in second, Vinales, after securing his first MotoGP tracked by Marquez. Rossi, who set off from podium and his team’s first since 2008, said: a season-lowest seventh after a mistake- “We did a good job today, I lost many strewn qualifying, triggered a huge roar places on the first few laps then I recovered from the crowd when he nipped past and pushed, pushed, pushed.” Earlier, South Marquez as the midway point of the race Africa’s Brad Binder won the Moto3 race to approached. extend his lead in the world championship SAN JOSE: Mike Fisher #12 of the Nashville Predators and Justin Braun #61 of the San Jose Sharks go for the puck in Game Five of the Western And the hugely popular Italian veteran title race. The KTM rider recorded succes- Conference Second Round during the 2016 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at SAP Center. —AFP soon only had his teammate Lorenzo sive wins after his debut triumph in Spain ahead of him after overtaking Dovizioso. last time out by shading his Italian team- With 13 laps to go Marquez and Dovizioso mate Romano Fenati and Spanish Honda exited the scene in carbon copy crashes on rider Jorge Navarro. Pavelski’s 2 goals lead Sharks turn seven, their bikes slipping from under- Spain’s Alex Rins notched up his second neath them, to promote Vinales to third. Moto2 win of the season to go top of the standings. The Kalex rider comfortably saw past Predators 5-1 in Game 5 All that drama off Italian Simone Corsi (Speed Up) by Championship leader Marquez manfully almost two seconds with Rins’ Swiss team- climbed back on board. Unaffected by all mate Thomas Luthi taking third.—AFP SAN JOSE: Instead of being discouraged by a opened the scoring midway through the first. The San Jose answered right back with a goal from its triple-overtime loss and a disallowed potential Predators answered with a familiar line when Fisher top line when Joe Thornton sent a blind, backhand game-winning goal, the San Jose Sharks chose to scored his third goal in the past two games on pass to Pavelski in the edge of the circle for a one- build on their strong play in the overtime periods. assists from James Neal and Colin Wilson to tie it. timer that beat Rinne late in the period. “They had Joe Pavelski scored two goals and the Sharks used That line scored all four goals for Nashville in the a better start to the game,” Wilson said. “We weren’t some reconfigured lines to bounce back from the Game 4 win, including Fisher’s goal in triple over- as desperate as we needed to be. At 2-2, both tough loss and beat the Nashville Predators 5-1 on time to end the game after 51:12 of overtime. But teams should be in the same mindset.” — AP Saturday night to take a 3-2 lead in their second- round playoff series. “We felt after that last game we played a couple really good periods, some of our better periods of Williams sisters aim for the playoffs,” said Pavelski, whose apparent goal in the first overtime in Game 4 was waved off for another Olympic gold goaltender interference. “We had to carry that. It was up to us to really get that momentum back. ROME: The Williams sisters are making anoth- best opportunity,” she said. “And then after Guys did a good job coming out.” Patrick Marleau er run for Olympic gold. The winningest team that we’ll see.” Having missed the Madrid Open and Logan Couture also scored as part of San Jose’s in Olympic tennis history has entered the dou- due to a fever, top-ranked Serena is also hop- new second line and the Sharks moved within one bles draw at this week’s Italian Open to kick off ing to get her singles game back on track. win of advancing to the Western Conference final their preparations for the Rio de Janeiro “I wasn’t feeling really good for the past for the fourth time in franchise history. “That’s what Games. It will mark the first time that Serena several weeks and even the past few days,” we’re supposed to do,” Couture said. “We’re sup- and Venus Williams have played doubles Serena said. “But right now I’m better. I will posed to go out and contribute offensively and together since the 2014 US Open. “Obviously see how I’m doing when I step on the court score goals and play well. When we’re winning we would love to play in the Olympics. I love for the first time, but overall I think I’m feel- games, most nights the big guys are contributing. playing with Venus. She’s the best partner, and ing a lot better.” That’s just expected.” hopefully she feels the same about me. We Having had her attempt at a calendar-year LE MANS: Spanish rider Jorge Lorenzo Movistar celebrates on the podium after win- make a great team,” Serena said yesterday. Grand Slam derailed by Roberta Vinci at the US ning, on his Yamaha MOTOGP N99, the MotoGP race of the French motorcycling Spot almost secure “Hopefully we’ll be able to at least win a cou- Open in September, Serena could meet the Grand Prix. — AFP San Jose will look to secure a spot in its first ple of matches here, just shake off the dust Italian again in the semifinals here. A 21-time conference final since 2011 by winning at Nashville and keep playing.” The Williams sisters already Grand Slam winner in singles, Serena hasn’t in Game 6 on Monday night. Melker Karlsson have three golds in doubles, from the 2000, won a title since a hard-court event in added a late goal and Martin Jones made 24 saves 2008 and 2012 Olympics. Cincinnati last August. She was beaten by Girl football tackles forced to give the home team its fifth straight win in this Angelique Kerber in this year’s Australian series. Game 4 overtime hero Mike Fisher scored Best opportunity Open final then fell to Victoria Azarenka in the marriage in Burkina Faso and Pekka Rinne made 23 saves, but Nashville Each sister has also won a gold in singles - title-match in Indian Wells, California. In her couldn’t recover after allowing goals in the open- Venus at the 2000 Sydney Games and Serena only other appearance this year, Serena lost to YAKO, Burkina Faso: When Ines Sanso often have a husband chosen for them ing and closing minutes of the second period. at the 2012 London Games. Having obtained a Svetlana Kuznetsova in the fourth round of the was 15 years old, her family decided she from when they are born. “In 2012, I start- “It was pretty visible wasn’t it that we weren’t wild card entry in Rome, the sisters open Miami Open. was to marry a man three times her age ed a girls’ football club at the school, so playing well,” Nashville forward James Neal said. against Andreja Klepac and Katarina Srebotnik Given a first-round bye, Serena’s opening in Yako, a small town in the rural north that students could openly discuss issues “We weren’t ready to go. They came out strong of Slovenia and could meet top-seeded opponent in Rome will be either 51st-ranked of Burkina Faso. Unable to continue pay- such as sexuality, relationships and mar- with a good push. We didn’t play as good as we can Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza in the final. Anna-Lena Friedsam of Germany or 35th- ing for her education, they told Sanso riage,” she said, wearing an embroidered as a group.” The Predators now must try to repeat “The doubles teams have gotten really good, ranked Anna Karolina Schmiedlova of the time had come for her to be a wife blue dress as she enjoys some time off on a the trick they pulled off in the first round against so we look forward to it,” Serena said. Slovakia. “It’s always nice when Serena is in the and a mother. public holiday. Anaheim by rallying from a 3-2 series deficit if they Serena added that she had not been asked draw. It’s tougher, for sure, but the challenge, Sanso confided in her favorite teacher, want to reach the conference final for the first time by any of the men to play mixed doubles in it’s also bigger,” said Kerber, who is seeded sec- Catherine Zoungrana, who, along with Get the balls rolling in franchise history. San Jose coach Peter DeBoer’s Rio yet, and is not really focusing on that pos- ond. “It’s good for the tournament. It’s good other teachers at the secondary school, Joining the girls’ conversations before decision to move Marleau from third-line center to sibility. “It’s just one at a time. Hopefully I can for the fans that she is playing always in the scraped together around $25 to give to the and after football practice allows second-line wing on Couture’s line paid big divi- be chosen for the doubles. That would be the big events.”—AP family. They convinced Sanso’s parents to Zoungrana to identify any problems, raise dends. Marleau opened the scoring midway halt the marriage plans and use the money the issue with the student concerned and through the first and Couture delivered big plays to to pay for her schooling, assuring them it potentially with her family. “Girls already start and finish the second period. would help her to find a better husband discuss some of these issues amongst “I thought it was Patty’s best game of the series, when she was older. themselves, but what they’re missing is the and that line was excellent all night,” DeBoer said. Six years later, Sanso works as a primary confidence to bring up the topic with their “Some changes work, and tonight that change school teacher in the nearby town of families,” said Zoungrana. worked.” On the opening shift of the second peri- Ouahigouya. “She is getting married this She believes that playing a traditionally od, Couture took a pass from Joonas Donskoi and year, but to a man she loves,” Zoungrana male sport empowers girls to stand up for skated in on a breakaway where stickhandled in told the Thomson Reuters Foundation, themselves when confronted with deci- and slid the puck between Rinne’s pads to put San glowing with pride. Sanso’s planned mar- sions their families make for them. Jose up 3-1 just 35 seconds into the period. riage was not uncommon in Burkina Faso Zoungrana knew nothing about foot- Couture then drew a tripping penalty from which has the sixth highest rate of early ball, but chose the sport for its wide Roman Josi in the final minute of the period. The marriage in Africa. One in 10 girls are mar- appeal. “Everyone likes football, and yet Sharks then scored right off the faceoff with ried by the age of 15 and more than half girls here just don’t play it,” she said. She Marleau setting up Pavelski on a one-timer for his by 18, according to the United Nations studied for a sports teaching degree in second goal of the game. The Sharks killed an early children’s agency UNICEF. addition to her daily job as a teacher, so power play in the third period and limited Forced marriage is illegal in the West she could coach the girls herself. Nashville’s chances after that to seal the win. African nation, but the law applies only to Starting with 40 girls aged 12 to 23, the state-registered marriages, rather than the club now has 160 student members from Physical element religious and traditional ceremonies which four nearby schools. “I invited school prin- The new second line wasn’t the only lineup account for most of Burkina Faso’s forced cipals from the area to come watch our switch DeBoer made. He also gave Dainius Zubrus and early marriages, said Amnesty games,” said Zoungrana. “They were skepti- his first playoff action on the fourth line in place of International in a report last month. cal at first - saying it wasn’t appropriate for Tommy Wingels. Zubrus brought a physical ele- Spurred on by her successful interven- a woman to teach sports - but got curious ment to the game but it was Couture’s line that did LONDON: In this file photo, taken on Aug 5, 2012, at the London Summer Olympics, tion in Sanso’s case, Zoungrana decided to when they saw how popular the club was.” most of the damage. Serena Williams, left, and Venus Williams of the United States celebrate on the podium do more to tackle the custom of child mar- Her fellow teachers weren’t the only Donskoi had two assists, including a nifty back- after receiving their gold medals in the women’s doubles. — AP riage in the traditional town where girls ones to voice disapproval.—Reuters hand pass right to Marleau for a one-timer that MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 SPORTS

Villarreal sign first Qatari national in La Liga history DOHA: Teenage forward Akram Afif is set teams in Spain.” He added that he would born in Doha, is no stranger to Spanish During the current season he scored taking place from later this year. Villarreal to become the first player from Qatar ever aim for the first team next season. football having played for Villarreal and six times in 16 appearances for Eupen, currently lie fourth in La Liga and have to play in La Liga and possibly the “Villarreal will play the Champions League Sevilla’s youth teams. who subsequently have gained promo- already secured qualification for next sea- Champions League after being signed by next season so we’ll try to be a difficult tion to Belgium’s top division. Eupen son’s Champions League. Spanish club Villarreal. Afif yesterday team to beat in La Liga and go as far as we Proficient player director Christoph Henkel said in a state- They will be placed in the tournament described his transfer as a “dream” after his can in all competitions,” said the young Since 2015, Afif has been playing for ment posted on the club’s website that he play-off round before the main group move was confirmed by his parent club Al history-maker. Al Sadd, the Doha club for KAS Eupen, a Qatari-owned team in the was sorry to see Afif leave but the club stage. Several other young Qataris play in Sadd and the Spaniards. which Barcelona great Xavi Hernandez Belgian second division. Eupen is owned “wished him luck and success in his future Europe, but it is thought that only one oth- “It is a dream come true for me to be now plays, took to social media on by Qatar’s renowned Aspire Academy, career”. A fast and technically proficient er Qatari has appeared in a major league. the first Qatari player in La Liga,” Afif said Saturday evening to say it had reached a which has spent millions trying to devel- player, Afif made his debut for the Qatari Hussein Yasser made one appearance for in an interview with the Supreme deal with Villarreal. op young Qatari sports stars over the past national side last year during the country’s English club Manchester City in the 2005/6 Committee for Delivery and Legacy, the And in a statement on its website, sub- decade. Afif is a product of Aspire. His record 15-0 trouncing of Bhutan in an AFC season. Yasser was in his early 20s when he body organizing the Qatar 2022 World sequently retweeted by Afif, Villarreal also transfer to arguably the strongest World Cup qualifier. He is likely to feature made his only appearance during a defeat Cup. “I am very happy to sign for Villarreal, confirmed that an agreement had been European league could be seen as a major in Qatar’s make-or-break matches for the on penalties to Doncaster Rovers in the they are a big team and one of the best reached “in principle”. The 19-year-old, coup for Aspire. 2018 World Cup in Russia, with qualifiers League Cup. —AFP

Leicester fans continue to celebrate their title

LEICESTER: A growing number of broken together, we’re always in touch with each beer bottles crunched beneath their feet as other. That just shows how much as a unit thousands of Leicester supporters contin- we all are as a team and it shows in our per- ued singing past midnight on the city’s formances week in, week out.” But even High Street yesterday. “Champions of Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri publicly England,” the chant went, “we know what accepts that this season could well be a we are.” one-off high-point for the team, which has Few around the world will not know. only lost three league games in the title Singing it perhaps reminds Leicester fans charge after starting out as 5,000-1 long- that the past year is real and not some shots and relegation candidates. improbable sporting fantasy. It was little Rival managers are wondering if under- surprise that Leicester Royal Infirmary dogs winning the league will become the reported twice the usual number of new norm. Arsenal is enduring a 12-year patients being admitted during the title drought despite significantly out- Saturday night revelry, mostly for minor spending Leicester, which has completed a injuries or alcohol-related incidents. seven-year rise from the third tier to win its People were urged to avoid seeking first championship. “Maybe a team that medical attention unless it was urgent, with nobody expects now will come next season the hospital tweeting that it is “feeling the and surprise everyone,” effect of the (Leicester) game yesterday. If Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said. you don’t need to come to A&E please “All the English clubs have the money to don’t.” Yesterday marked Leicester’s seventh buy now. You’ve got West Ham moving into day as one of the unlikeliest champions of a new stadium with more potential with England since the country’s leagues were the finances that brings. Tottenham are cre- established in the 19th century. ating a new stadium as well. “So in a few The solid silver Premier League trophy, years the potential in England will be much GLASGOW: Celtic players celebrate winning the Scottish Premiership League after the match against Aberdeen at Celtic Park. — AP topped by a golden crown, was presented more shared than everywhere else and you the previous evening to the Leicester play- can get more surprises.” ers after they overwhelmed Everton in a 3- One Manchester United fan turned up at 1 win with a display that showed they are Leicester on Saturday with a poster saying: Celtic clinch championship taking the final two games of the campaign “A trophy earned not bought.” Wenger, seriously. though, points out that Leicester’s owners - Thai retail group King Power - are wealthy. with win over Aberdeen ‘We are brothers’ It’s just that Leicester hasn’t spent heavily “It’s unbelievable - you’ve seen the team on players to upset the established elite spirit that we’ve got,” said top-scorer Jamie like Arsenal. “Let’s not forget Leicester are GLASGOW: Celtic clinched the Scottish Celtic Park it is difficult, but the players deserve a the despairing Collin in goal. Vardy, whose double on Saturday took his not poor,” Wenger said. “But they’ve done Premiership championship for the fifth time in a lot of credit for not folding and giving up and There was no let-up from Celtic in the second tally to 24 for the season. “It is a scandal extremely well with less resources and their row as they survived a nervy finish to seal a 3-2 coming back fighting strong,” McInnes said. half as stand-in captain Lustig made it 3-0. how we all are together. We literally are like efficiency level between money spent and win over nearest challengers Aberdeen at “We let them know we were there and Callum McGregor showed good skill to cut in brothers. “When training and matches are results are by far the best in Europe, and Parkhead yesterday. The Glasgow giants got off weren’t going anywhere and they had a fight from the right and cut the ball back into the finished, we’ll all go out and have food you have to give them credit for that.” —AP to the perfect start as Patrick Roberts’ sensation- but ultimately we just fell a bit short.” Celtic path of Lustig who swept the ball into the net. al strike fired them into a seventh minute lead. showed they weren’t content to settle for just Aberdeen almost pulled one back when a The on-loan Manchester City winger added a the point they needed to seal the championship mistake from substitute Efe Ambrose allowed second in the 20th minute before stand-in skip- as they played with an intensity and tempo that Jonny Hayes to race in on goal but his initial per Mikael Lustig made it 3-0 four minutes after has been lacking at times during the season. strike was palmed away by ‘keeper Craig Gordon the break. The Dons, who have pushed the and the winger fired the rebound into the side Hoops close this season, pulled one back Unstoppable strike netting from a tight angle. through Niall McGinn in the 57th minute before It was Roberts who got the party started as However, Hayes made amends soon after Andrew Considine’s header reduced the deficit he fired Celtic in front. The on-loan Manchester when he played in McGinn, who prodded the further. City winger was allowed to drift in from the right ball under Gordon from 10 yards out to pull one However, Celtic hung on to claim the victory and left the Aberdeen defense trailing in his back for Aberdeen. The goal gave the Dons, who that moves them 12 clear of Aberdeen with two wake before unleashing an unstoppable strike had previously looked down and out, a massive games remaining and seals their 47th top flight past Adam Collin from 25 yards. lift and they soon reduced the deficit further title. “It was good to beat Aberdeen to show we The England under-19 international almost through Considine. Ambrose was booked for a are the best team in the country,” out-going repeated the feat minutes later as he was once foul on Graeme Shinnie and the Dons defender Celtic manager Ronny Deila said. “We played again given time and space on the edge of the rose to meet the subsequent free-kick from very well in the first 60 minutes and we got a bit box but this time his effort was charged down McGinn and bullet his header beyond Gordon. edgy in the end but I’m happy we got the three by Ash Taylor and deflected wide. However, Aberdeen should have been level in the 76th points and got everything over the line.” Roberts wasn’t to be denied for long. Leigh minute when Logan got on the end of another Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes felt his Griffiths found him just inside the box with a McGinn free-kick but the defender sent his players deserved credit for the fight they perfectly-weighted pass that split the Dons header whizzing wide of the target from close showed. “At 3-0 with 40-odd minutes played at defense and he curled a first-time shot beyond range. —AFP

Newcastle’s fate in Sunderland’s hands NORWICH: Norwich City’s Swedish defender Martin Olsson (L) vies with Manchester United’s Spanish midfielder Juan Mata during the English Premier League football BIRMINGHAM: Newcastle United will be helpless this match between Norwich City and Manchester United at Carrow Road. — AFP week to control their own destiny in the scramble for Premier League survival and could be down before they kick another ball. Yet manager Rafa Benitez insists his Van Gaal wants two more wins side have not given up hope despite a huge change in momentum in the relegation scrap on Saturday. as Champs league hope lives on Newcastle’s goalless draw at already-relegated Aston Villa combined with local rivals Sunderland’s dramatic 3- NORWICH: Louis Van Gaal is targeting two injuries to either at this stage but it was a 2 win against Chelsea means the Magpies’ immediate more victories in his Manchester United blow for everybody because we had to future is out of their hands. One victory for Sunderland side’s final Premier League games of the change my plans,” said Van Gaal. “With in either of their final two games against Everton and season as they continue their quest for a Wayne Rooney up front after Anthony was Watford will condemn Newcastle to Championship foot- Champions League spot. Juan Mata’s sec- injured in the warm-up we had to adapt ball next season and even a point for the Wearside club ond-half goal against second-from-bottom but he did the job today. When players are will leave Benitez’s side needing to beat Tottenham Norwich City secured a 1-0 win at Carrow out of the team, it can be hard to fill the Hotspur on the final day to stay up. Road on Saturday that left United fifth in void but we did that today. “Especially here “It is bad and simple,” said Benitez after seeing his the Premier League and one point behind it is a tight pitch and it’s a battle to draw side lack the cutting edge to beat Villa, the Premier fourth-placed Manchester City who host out points like that, but they all count at League’s worst team. “We have to wait and after try to Arsenal yesterday. the end of the season. win depending on what they do during the week,” the Anything other than victory for City “I was expecting them (Norwich) to Spaniard added. “I think it can be done. Obviously it EINDHOVEN: Fans of PSV Eindhoven celebrate in the street after their team won the would put United’s bid for a top-four finish press more but they let us play. Our focus depends on them (Sunderland) more than us but still, if Dutch league title.— AFP in their own hands. FA Cup finalists United now is recovery, we have got to prepare they cannot win the next game then in our last one we head to West Ham tomorrow before com- right mentally as there will be a good will have to fight, try to get three points and see what pleting their league season against atmosphere there (West Ham) and hopeful- can happen. “Everybody is disappointed. It’s normal now Bournemouth. ly we will get the job done there as well.” so the only thing you can say is to try to be ready for PSV retain title as Ajax “Obviously the main thing for us was to Norwich will now need Sunderland and training and recovering and ready for the week, because get the three points today and we did that Newcastle to slip up if they are to have any we still have to play a game and we want to get three falter on tense final day well,” United manager van Gaal said. “I chance of avoiding relegation. points. “The important thing is that if they (Sunderland) thought we looked comfortable. It was Alex Neil’s side have lost four games in a don’t get the result we have to be ready.” much-needed and now we can concentrate row, without scoring in any of them and if AMSTERDAM: PSV Eindhoven retained the beaten in their last 13 meetings dating on the West Ham game. “They (Norwich) Sunderland beat Everton on Wednesday, ‘Anxiety’ Dutch league title after rivals Ajax back to 2000. Amin Younes gave Ajax a sat back deep and let us play, they made it the Canaries will be playing in the Sunderland’s victory against Chelsea leaves them in Amsterdam blew their chance when they 16th-minute lead to set them on their way tough for us,” the Dutchman added. Championship next season. “That the box seat for survival with more points, more games failed to beat second-bottom De but Bryan Smeets equalized for De (Saturday’s) game is a repeat of a our sea- left and more inviting fixtures than their fierce rivals. Graafschap in a dramatic final round of Graafschap 10 minutes after halftime when Injury worries son,” said Norwich manager Neil. “There Norwich could also still survive and send both north- matches yesterday. PSV won 3-1 at PEC he drilled the ball into the corner of the net Victory came at a price as Van Gaal was have been so many times where we have east clubs down, but the Canaries, like Newcastle, are Zwolle to move to 84 points from 34 from the edge of the area. forced to re-think his plans when 15-goal been in the game, played pretty well. now hoping for two poor Sunderland results. games, two more than Ajax who were held Ajax had almost 60 percent possession attacker Anthony Martial was injured in the “I thought the first 10-15 (minutes) we And Benitez admitted that the tension of fighting to to a 1-1 draw when victory would have and 21 shots on goal, but a precious sec- warm-up. Wayne Rooney moved further played well and applied good pressure. We survive got to his side at Villa Park. “We didn’t play well, made them champions on goal difference. ond eluded them. De Graafschap now forward as the main attacking threat and it had a really good chance and had a couple maybe because we had too much anxiety. The players Luuk de Jong netted twice for PSV to enter the relegation playoffs along with was Rooney who capitalized on Sebastian of bits and pieces around by the box. were too tense and we couldn’t do what we wanted. “In take his season tally to 26 goals, one Willem II, who could not escape the bottom Bassong’s mistake to tee-up Mata for the “Generally when teams have that spell, the second half there was a better reaction and the behind AZ Alkmaar’s Vincent Janssen at three despite a victory at Roda JC. Excelsior winner. Martial is a doubt for the West Ham that’s when they get the goal. We didn’t get team had some chances and at least we were there the top of the scorers list, after Jurgen Rotterdam claimed a 2-0 win at relegated game as is full back Matteo Darmian who the goal but I thought we limited close to the box, pushing and pushing.” Locadia had given them an early lead. It Cambuur to secure their survival while was stretchered off in the first half follow- Manchester United and they didn’t really Villa fans revelled in Newcastle’s misfortune; the was a comfortable victory for manager third-placed Feyenoord sealed a 1-0 home ing a clash with Norwich defender Ivo hurt us in anyway shape or form. “John chance to make life more miserable for another huge Phillip Cocu to ensure back-to-back league victory over NEC. They will play in the Pinto. Darmian’s knee injury was the more Ruddy didn’t have a save to make until the club the only thing left to amuse them after their own titles at the expense of Ajax who will Europa League next season along with AZ serious of the two and the Italian’s partici- goal went in. And that is off the back of dismal campaign. Fans booed their usual targets, includ- remember this day for many years as one Alkmaar who finished fourth. Utrecht, pation at the European Championships in another mistake that has happened quite a ing Joleon Lescott and Leandro Bacuna and several hun- of missed opportunity. Heracles Almelo, Groningen and PEC France, which start in June, could be at risk. few times for us this year. “It is not over but dred staged a protest against the Birmingham club’s They led the league for most of the sea- Zwolle will contest the Europa League play- “We don’t know the extent of the it is a major blow.” — AFP hierarchy before kick-off.—AFP son, only to falter against a team they have off competition. — Reuters MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 SPORTS Davis piles on the misery for Spurs

further salt into their wounds. And Tottenham’s regret at failing to Southampton 2 win the title for the first time since 1961 was compounded by another meltdown in the north London sunshine. Christian Eriksen almost opened the scoring in the Tottenham 1 fifth minute when he met Danny Rose’s cross with a poked effort on the stretch that Saints goalkeeper Fraser Forster man- aged to push away. LONDON: Steven Davis added to Tottenham’s misery in the aftermath of Tremendous composure their failed Premier League title challenge They took the lead in the 16th minute as the Southampton midfielder’s double thanks to the energy and efficiency of sealed a 2-1 win yesterday. Mauricio Son. Taking possession 30 yards from Pochettino’s side had gifted the crown to goal, Son clipped a pass to Eriksen, then Leicester after squandering the lead in surged into the penalty area to take the successive draws against West Bromwich return. Showing tremendous composure, Albion and Chelsea and their gloom Son jinxed around Forster, who paid the deepened after another self-inflicted set- price for coming ponderously off his line, back at White Hart Lane. and a trio of defenders before slotting Having taken an early lead through into the empty net for his eighth goal of South Korea midfielder Son Heung-Min, the season. Tottenham were on course to effectively However, Tottenham’s inability to pro- guarantee a second place finish. But a tect a lead proved their Achilles heel in mistake from Tottenham goalkeeper the title race and so it proved again when Hugo Lloris allowed Davis to equalise the visitors equalized in the 31st minute. before half-time and the Northern Ireland This was an especially vexing goal as international struck again after the break Tottenham’s defence went missing, allow- to leave the north Londoners without a ing Dusan Tadic to control Cuco Martina’s win in their last three matches. long pass and cross to Davis. Pochettino’s men remain three points Even so, Davis’s soft low shot from ROME: Roma’s forward from Italy Francesco Totti shoots the ball during the Italian Serie A football match Roma vs Chievo at the Olympic ahead of third placed Arsenal, who were close-range appeared routine for Lloris, Stadium. — AFP due to face Manchester City later yester- but the France international somehow day, and, with a vastly superior goal differ- allowed it to slip under his hand and into ence to the Gunners, they can still finish the net. Although that sucked the spark Fans rally round Totti as above their bitter rivals for the first time from Tottenham, they should still have since 1994-95 if they win at struggling been back ahead just before half-time. Newcastle in their final game of the sea- Harry Kane, the league’s top scorer son. “We needed to be more solid and Roma jump to second with 25 goals, had a chance to move clos- show more consistency. We lacked this er to the Golden Boot when he shrugged today. I’m disappointed but we’re still off Jose Fonte, only for Forster to block his MILAN: Francesco Totti made his 600th Serie A tough away fixture at Torino. before he even kicked a ball in anger when he fighting,” Pochettino said. “It’s important strike from an acute angle. Shane Long appearance as Roma heaped the pressure on “I wouldn’t say no to them (Torino) getting a replaced Egyptian winger Mohamed Salah on to finish second. There was no hangover was inches away from putting Napoli to move up to second spot with a festive result for us, but no stress, we’ve done what we the hour. Only Inter Milan legend Javier Zanetti from last week, but we still need to learn a Southampton in front soon after the 3-0 home win over Chievo yesterday. One-club had to do today,” said Spalletti. “Today we (615) and AC Milan great Paolo Maldini (647) lot of things.” Sixth placed Southampton interval when he glanced a header wide man Totti has yet to settle his future despite showed how much we wanted to win and it was have made more appearances in Serie A. remain in the hunt for a Europa League from Tadic’s cross. reports in midweek claiming Roma are finally great to see a stadium full of fans. Their support The club talisman’s first touch left him crum- place and will surpass their best points Tottenham came close through a Jan warming to his request for a 24th and final year’s is precious. “It was a great win, everyone enjoyed bling to the ground after a challenge but hopes total in the division with a draw in their Vertonghen header that was looping in contract. themselves and that’s the way it should always of earning a free kick were immediately waved final fixture against Crystal Palace. until Virgil van Dijk flicked it off the line. But with some believing this could be the 39- be.” Reported Chelsea target Radja Nainggolan away. Again, Chievo threatened, Antonio Floro After the acrimonious scenes at But that escape spurred Southampton year-old’s final season in Italy’s top flight, fans, got the party started when he fired home from Flores nodding just wide before Szczesny was Stamford Bridge on Monday, where forward and, with the hosts wilting in the including ultras who had boycotted the Curva the edge of the area to beat Albano Bizzarri on forced to bat away Sergio Pellissier’s effort when Tottenham’s players reacted with ugly heat, they went ahead in the 72nd Sud for most of the season, flocked to the Stadio 18 minutes. Germany defender Antonio Rudiger the towering striker got his head to M’Poku’s aggression to their costly draw against minute. After playing a one-two with Olimpico to show their appreciation for the club doubled Roma’s lead six minutes before half- cross on the edge of the box. Chelsea, the sight of Leicester hoisting the Tadic, Davis nimbly moved past Eric Dier legend through banners, t-shirts and flags which time when he headed Miralem Pjanic’s curling Yet Roma were a constant threat and all paid tribute to the longevity and loyalty of ‘Il free kick past the stranded ‘keeper at the back Stephan El Shaarawy twice came close to Premier League trophy amid champagne before hitting a low shot that trickled into fuelled celebrations on Saturday rubbed Re de Roma’ (King of Rome). post, although there was more than a hint of off- adding to the scoreline. El Shaarawy first curled the far corner past Lloris. — AFP Some declared they had grown up on ‘Bread side. He, too, is praying Napoli drop points at just side of Bizzarri’s far top corner from outside and Totti’, as opposed to bread and water, but Torino. “We’ll be watching the game and I hope, the left side of the area and, minutes later fol- the veteran playmaker was left on the bench as like all Roma fans, Napoli drop some points on lowing a nice build-up by Lucas Digne, saw Luciano Spalletti’s men went about staking their their trip,” said Rudiger. Chievo earned more another promising shot fingertipped to safety claim for the league’s second automatic than their fair share of chances and Paul Jose by Bizzarri. Totti has scored several goals for Champions League qualifying spot. Roma’s 22nd M’Poku smacked the near post on the half-volley Roma recently after coming off the bench but win of the campaign moved them one point as Wojciech Szczesny came out of the Roma net this time settled for an assist, his one-touch pass above Napoli into second place, and has heaped to close down the angle shortly after the restart. allowing Pjanic to run clear and prod past the pressure on Maurizio Sarri’s men before a Totti was given a standing ovation by the fans Bizzarri with five minutes to play. —AFP Historic Bayern target double for Guardiola

BERLIN: Bayern Munich plan to bid farewell to coach Pep Guardiola with the league and cup double, as they prepare to start the party next Saturday after winning a historic fourth straight Bundesliga title. Bayern became the first club to win the German LONDON: Southampton’s Irish striker Shane Long (L) fouls Tottenham Hotspur’s league four times in a row on Saturday after their 2-1 French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris and received a yellow card during the English Premier win at Bavarian neighbours Ingolstadt, when Robert League football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Southampton at White Hart Lewandowski scored both goals. Lane. — AFP Their hopes of winning the Champions League were ended on Tuesday in the semi-finals by Atletico Madrid, but Bayern can win the domestic double for Controversial RB Leipzig win the 11th time, having won both the league and cup eight times since 2000. They face Borussia promotion to the Bundesliga Dortmund, who finished as the Bundesliga’s runners- up, in the German Cup final on May 21 at Berlin’s LIVERPOOL: Liverpool’s Brazilian midfielder Roberto Firmino (R) celebrates with BERLIN: Just seven years after being Schalke. Like Bayer Leverkusen, who are Olympic Stadium. The Bayern squad partied on the way back to Liverpool’s English midfielder Oluwaseyi Ojo after scoring his team’s second goal founded, RB Leipzig, sponsored by ener- sponsored by pharmaceutical company Munich, but the real festivities start on Saturday after during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Watford at gy drinks giants Red Bull, will play in the Bayer, VW-backed Wolfsburg and Guardiola’s final home game against relegated Anfield. — AFP Bundesliga next season after their sec- Hoffenheim, who are bank-rolled by soft- Hanover 96, before coaching Manchester City next ond division promotion was confirmed ware magnate Dietmar Hopp, RB Leipzig season. Guardiola will need a spare suit at the Allianz Allen and Firmino see lively yesterday. Goals by Sweden’s Emil are unpopular with fans due to their Arena when the players receive over-sized full beer backing. Forsberg and Marcel Halstenberg sealed glasses after the final whistle and the coach is always Liverpool to Watford win their 2-0 win at home to Karlsruhe, in the preferred candidate for the traditional ‘beer show- front of 42,559 fans, which means they Riots and boycotts er’. Once captain Philipp Lahm has lifted the for confidence on the Kop. Watford would will join second division champions During RB’s rise through the leagues, Bundesliga trophy in Munich, the focus will be beat- almost certainly have leapt at a mid-table Freiburg in Germany’s top flight next sea- opposition fans rioted during matches, ing Dortmund in Berlin. Liverpool 2 finish if it had been offered at the start of son. “Right now there is nothing better, organized protests and staged boycotts, “Next week, we’ll celebrate with our fans in the season, even if Quique Sanchez Flores’s it’s unbelievable,” said Leipzig’s ex- while Leipzig’s players have been spat at. Munich, then it’s the cup final and if we win that, then future as manager seems uncertain. Germany defender Marvin Compper. “We After a long search, Ingolstadt’s Ralph the season will have been really good,” said striker But a run to the semi-finals of the FA had to break down a lot of resistance, but Hasenhuettl was appointed as Leipzig Cup, plus a comfortable season in the top- Robert Lewandowski, the league’s top scorer with 29 Watford 0 at the end we deserve to go up. “There coach for next season, while Ralf goals. Germany star Thomas Mueller said winning flight are not expected to be enough to are no other words for this.” But RB Rangnick will be director of football after the title did not compensate for their European ensure the Spaniard’s future at Vicarage Leipzig will not receive a warm welcome coaching the side this term. heartbreak, but that a weight had been lifted. “Four Road. Neither team could really gain an in the Bundesliga from many fans of Hasenhuettl was booed by his club’s titles in a row, that something which has never hap- LIVERPOOL: Goals from Joe Allen and early foothold in this contest, their attack- Germany’s top clubs. own fans in his final home match against pened before in the history of the Bundesliga and Roberto Firmino helped Liverpool earn ing intent producing precious little end Rasenballsport Leipzig were founded Bayern Munich on Saturday and later some really great teams have played in this league,” three points against Watford in an under- product. Almen Abdi blasted over for in 2009 when Red Bull, owned by Austrian broke down in tears in the post-match said Mueller. whelming 2-0 win at Anfield yesterday. Watford after nine minutes while Liverpool billionaire Dietrich Mateschitz, bought the press conference. “You’d rather be “It’s an exceptional thing and not something we Neither set of fans will take home warm did not really worry Heurelho Gomes in the licence from lower league side SSV Rangnick’s jester than king of the need to talk down. “Now a huge weight has been lift- memories of this match as it was classic Watford goal until Coutinho’s curling effort two minutes later. Markranstaedt. They changed their name, Schanzer? (Ingolstadt’s nickname)”, ques- ed and there is certain satisfaction, it always looks end-of-season stuff between two teams but German Football League (DFL) rules tioned one banner at Ingolstadt’s Audi- hard to win the title back in August.” Chairman Karl- with few domestic ambitions left this term. Chasing shadows meant they were not allowed to copy the Sportpark stadium. Heinz Rummenigge was proud to see Bayern crowned Reds manager Jurgen Klopp clearly had Watford seemed keen to sit back and hit likes of Red Bull New York or Red Bull The current Leipzig squad includes champions for the 26th time. “I remember the team Liverpool’s upcoming Europa League final against Sevilla in mind with his team selec- Liverpool on the counter-attack, relying on Salzburg in using the company name in Rani Khedira, brother of Germany mid- featuring Franz Beckenbauer, Sepp Maier, Gerd Odion Ighalo’s pace to outfox Lucas Leiva the title. After a year in Germany’s fifth fielder Sami Khedira, Compper, who won Mueller. They achieved it three times. Our team is on tion, changing eight members of his start- ing XI from the side that defeated Villarreal and Martin Skrtel in the home team’s division, the rise was constant: three years his single cap for Germany in 2008, and four now and that’s something historic,” said in the last four of European club football’s defense. But Watford spent large parts of Rummenigge. “I have to pay the coach and the team a in the regional (fourth division), a year in USA international striker Terrence Boyd, second-tier competition on Thursday. Only the first half chasing shadows and the ball- huge compliment. “Unfortunately, we didn’t manage the third tier and two in the second, but bigger names are sure to be signed Simon Mignolet, Alberto Moreno and even if Liverpool rarely made them suffer. before finally winning full Bundesliga sta- before next season. it on Tuesday in the Champions League, but the title Philippe Coutinho made the cut for this This was an opportunity for Christian tus. RB Leipzig will become the 55th club The only downside to Leipzig’s pro- has now healed the wound a bit.” contest with the in-form Daniel Sturridge Benteke to get back into Klopp’s first-team to play in the Bundesliga, and next season motion celebrations at their Red Bull Rummenigge predicts fireworks against Dortmund and Firmino on the bench. thoughts after falling down the pecking will be the first since 2008/09 when a club Arena stadium yesterday was written all in the cup final. “The game is important for us and will Meanwhile the likes of James Milner and order at Anfield, but the £32.5m ($46.9 mil- from the former East Germany will feature over Rangnick’s grimacing face. The RB unquestionably be a highlight of the season which all Adam Lallana were rested completely. lion, 41.1 million Euros) signing looked off in the top flight. boss suffered a suspected torn hamstring of football in Germany can look forward to,” he added. Premier League glory may have to wait a the pace in front of goal. After half an hour, They can expect a cold reception in after slipping while being chased by “It’s a 50-50 game and we’ll need to play well to reach while for Klopp but if he can end his first Ighalo and then Abdi caused some panic in the Bundesliga, especially against tradi- players who were successful in their the double. “We have made history, but when you are season in charge of Liverpool with signifi- the Liverpool penalty area but they could tional clubs like Borussia Dortmund and attempts to pour beer over him. — AFP in the final, you want to win it.” — AFP cant silverware then that will do wonders not twist the knife.—AFP Williams sisters Fans rally round aim for another Totti as Roma Olympic gold jump to second

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BARCELONA: FC Barcelona’s Luis Suarez (R) heads the ball to score against Espanyol’s Enzo Roco, (L) and Javi Lopez during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Espanyol at the Camp Nou stadium. — AP Barca trash Espanyol, Atletico crash out Madrid keeps title dreams alive with close win

MADRID: Barcelona are one win away from retaining top scorer as he powered home his 56th goal of the sea- smashed home from the edge of the box before Valencia their La Liga title after Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and son from Neymar’s corner. A howler from Lopez handed were reduced to 10 men late on when Rodrigo was shown Spanish League results/standings Neymar all scored as they thrashed Espanyol 5-0 in the Rafinha an open goal to tap home his first goal since a straight red card. Catalan derby yesterday. Real Madrid moved into sec- suffering a serious knee injury at the start of the season, Atletico paid for their exertions in setting up a second Celta Vigo 1, Malaga 0; Eibar 1, Real Betis 1; Barcelona 5, Espanyol 0; Getafe 1, Sporting Gijon 1; Las Palmas 0, Athletic ond place, a point behind Barca with one game remain- before Neymar rounded off the scoring. Madrid all-Madrid Champions League final against Bayern Munich Club 0; Levante 2, Atletico Madrid 1; Real Madrid 3, Valencia 2; ing, as they racked up an 11th straight La Liga win, 3-2 shrugged off the absences of Gareth Bale and Luka in midweek, despite getting off to a brilliant start when Real Sociedad 2, Rayo Vallecano 1; Sevilla 1, Granada CF 4; over Valencia, thanks to two goals from Cristiano Modric through injury to move above Atletico for the Fernando Torres opened the scoring from Koke’s pass after Villarreal 0, Deportivo Coruna 2. Ronaldo. first time in 2016 with victory over Valencia. two minutes. Diego Simeone had left inspirational central P W D L F A Pts However, Atletico Madrid’s title hopes are over as defender Diego Godin and top scorer Antoine Griezmann Barcelona 37 28 4 5 109 29 88 they lost 2-1 at already relegated Levante. Barca will be Madrid holds on on the bench and was made to pay when Victor Casadesus Real Madrid 37 27 6 4 108 34 87 champions with victory at Granada next weekend, who “Now we are second, there is one game to go and any- headed Levante level on the half hour mark. Griezmann Atletico Madrid 37 27 4 6 61 18 85 crucially are now mathematically safe from relegation thing can happen,” said Real coach Zinedine Zidane. “In was introduced for the second half and came closest to Villarreal 37 18 10 9 44 33 64 after a 4-1 win at Sevilla. Real Madrid travel to Deportivo football you never know what can happen. We need to be finding a winner for Atletico when Diego Marino turned Celta Vigo 37 17 9 11 51 57 60 Athletic Club 37 17 8 12 55 44 59 la Coruna on the final day of the season. aware of that, give our all until the end and see what hap- his near post effort wide 15 minutes from time. But Sevilla 37 14 10 13 50 47 52 “We are going to play for a league of 38 games in pens.” Ronaldo opened the scoring when he fired into the Giuseppe Rossi finished off a sweeping Levante counter- Malaga 37 11 12 14 34 34 45 one match,” said Barca boss Luis Enrique. “There will be far corner for his 48th goal of the season. attack in the final minute to end Atletico’s hopes of an Real Sociedad 37 12 9 16 44 48 45 tension, Real Madrid and ourselves are in the same situ- Valencia felt hard done by for Madrid’s second three unlikely second title in three years. Las Palmas 37 12 8 17 44 49 44 ation of playing away from home and having to win. minutes before half-time as the referee overruled his lines- “We are ending a fantastic season and we are one game Valencia 37 11 11 15 46 47 44 “The prize is there and it is attractive enough that we man, who had flagged Karim Benzema offside, before he away from competing with Barcelona and Real Madrid,” Eibar 37 11 10 16 47 57 43 will all be very motivated.” slotted home as the ball through to the French striker said Simeone. “We were a little bit short. I am hurting to fall Deportivo Coruna 37 8 18 11 45 59 42 Barcelona got off to a perfect start when Messi deflected off Valencia defender Joao Cancelo. The visitors’ at the penultimate hurdle, but I am delighted to have been Real Betis 37 10 12 15 32 51 42 curled a delightful free-kick into the top corner after bright start to the second period was rewarded when fighting until now for the championship.” At the bottom, Espanyol 37 11 7 19 36 72 40 Granada CF 37 10 9 18 46 66 39 just eight minutes. However, they had to wait until sev- Rodrigo pounced on an error from Raphael Varane to Sporting Gijon remain out of the relegation zone thanks to Getafe 37 9 9 19 36 65 36 en minutes into the second half for the second as Messi halve the deficit. their superior head-to-head record with Getafe after the Sporting Gijon 37 9 9 19 38 62 36 teed up Suarez to fire high past Pau Lopez. Suarez main- Ronaldo quickly restored Real’s two-goal advantage, two drew 1-1. Rayo Vallecano also remain in the bottom Rayo Vallecano 37 8 11 18 49 72 35 tained his four-goal lead over Ronaldo as the league’s but Andre Gomes ensured a nervy finish when he three after losing 2-1 at Real Sociedad. — AFP Levante 37 8 8 21 36 67 32 Sanchez upstages Pellegrini

if they win both games, and Arsenal avoid defeat skipper Vincent Kompany, misjudged Elneny’s against bottom club Villa, Guardiola will begin life delivery and Giroud headed home his first goal in Man City 2 at City as a Europa League manager. 16 league outings. Arsenal were quickly deflated For Arsenal, victory over Villa in next Sunday’s again, however, as an apparent knee injury to final game will secure a Champions League berth Welbeck saw the England forward walk straight off for the 19th season running and they could yet fin- the pitch and down the tunnel, with Jack Wilshere ish above local rivals Tottenham Hotspur, who they coming on and Alex Iwobi moving wide. Arsenal 2 trail by two points. But there was a concern for Arsenal were already missing German playmak- Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, and his England er Mesut Ozil due to what the club said was a counterpart Roy Hodgson, in the shape of a first- “slight hip injury”. After warning shots from Jesus MANCHESTER: Alexis Sanchez’s 68th-minute half injury to Danny Welbeck. Navas and Fernandinho, City went ahead in the equalizer dealt a potentially fatal blow to The match program contained a message from 51st minute. De Bruyne brought down a bouncing Manchester City’s Champions League qualification Emirati club chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak thank- ball just inside the Arsenal half and held off Hector hopes as Arsenal claimed a 2-2 draw at the Etihad ing Pellegrini and hailing his “engaging approach, Bellerin before surging towards goal, cutting inside Stadium yesterday. In his final home game as City integrity and humility”. In his own notes, Pellegrini Elneny and guiding a low shot past Cech’s out- manager before handing over to Pep Guardiola, describing managing City as a “privilege” and said stretched right hand. Manuel Pellegrini saw Kevin De Bruyne put the that he would “take nothing but great memories” But the introduction of Theo Walcott for Iwobi hosts in front after Sergio Aguero’s early opener to his next job. provided an injection of dynamism to Arsenal’s was cancelled out by Olivier Giroud. City failed to register a single shot on target in attack and after he had lofted a shot wide from But Sanchez’s strike means that Pellegrini is their meek 1-0 Champions League semi-final Giroud’s lay-off, the visitors equalized through now dependent on fifth-place Manchester United defeat at Real Madrid, but after a sprightly start Sanchez. Picking the ball up deep, the Chilean for- dropping points in their last two games-or Arsenal they went ahead in the eighth minute. Jesus ward rolled a pass forward to Giroud, who brilliant- losing at home to Aston Villa-if his side are to finish Navas’s cross from the right was nodded back and ly steered it back into his path, and Sanchez pow- in the top four. Having seen his team tamely con- down by Fernandinho and Aguero eluded ered through a gaping hole in the City defense to cede defeat against Real Madrid in the Champions Mohamed Elneny before driving a left-foot shot clip a shot past Hart. League semi-finals on Wednesday, it threatens to into Petr Cech’s bottom-left corner. Pellegrini sent for the cavalry, with Raheem be a miserable end to Pellegrini’s three-year tenure, Arsenal had barely set foot in City’s half, but Sterling, Yaya Toure and Wilfried Bony all joining within two minutes their former player Gael Clichy the fray, but the closest his side came to a winner which has yielded the 2013-14 Premier League title MANCHESTER: Manchester City fans hold a banner thanking Manchester City’s and two League Cups. offered them an attacking foothold with a mis- was a deft Bony volley that crashed against the United visit West Ham United tomorrow before judged back header that bobbled past a scram- bar. Pellegrini, who bows out at Swansea City next Chilean manager Manuel Pellegrini after he managed his final home game of finishing the season at home to Bournemouth and bling Joe Hart, hit the post and went behind for a Sunday, covered his face with his hands in the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and corner. Eliaquim Mangala, deputizing for injured anguish. — AFP Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium. — AFP US airlines enlist travelers in bid to cut security lines

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BEIJING: Visitors look at a BMW concept car model on display at the BMW Vision Next 100 exhibition at 798 Art District in Beijing yesterday. China’s trade shrank in April in a sign government stimulus is failing to jolt the world’s sec- ond-largest economy out of a prolonged slowdown. — AP (See Also Page 22) Saudi’s new energy ministry faces challenges Reorganization aims to cut waste and improve coordination

RIYADH: Managing Saudi Arabia’s new energy mega-min- However, its dominant petrochemicals industry, under and petrochemical factories through joint ventures with istry, set to oversee over half the economy and designed to the commerce ministry, and power utilities, under the water international partners, it has an in-house power unit and cut through a tangled bureaucracy to make government and electricity ministry, sometimes clashed over allocations has carried out solar projects. Gulf rises, reshuffle more coherent and efficient, will be a formidable challenge. of gas, which was produced by Aramco, under the oil min- However, Aramco itself is approaching a major change The new Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Ministry, istry. Meanwhile, cheap energy prices encouraged power as the government readies it for an initial public offering of buoys Saudi market under Khalid Al-Falih, already chairman of state oil company producers to employ cheaper, less efficient technology that up to 5 percent of its value on the stock market. That will Saudi Aramco, will handle oil and gas extraction, power used much larger quantities of fuel than they would have require unprecedented internal adjustments including MIDEAST STOCK MARKETS generation and distribution, mining and industrial develop- chosen were it valued at market prices, Padmanathan said. publication for the first time of sensitive reserves and bal- ment. The changes were announced on Saturday as part of Rampant overuse of fuel, blamed by economists on the ance sheet data. Overseeing that process will be an DUBAI: Most major Gulf stock markets rose yesterday a major reshuffle by King Salman aimed at making the large subsidies, has also bloated Saudi domestic energy immensely challenging job not only for the company’s in response to a modest recovery on Wall Street and in Vision 2030 economic reform program easier to implement consumption, raising fears that it would eventually cut into chief executive, Amin Nasser, but for its chairman Falih as oil prices at the end of last week, while a sweeping by ending decades of miscommunication and turf war the amount of oil free for export. Saudi rulers have known well. At the same time, he will now be in charge of expand- reorganization of Saudi Arabia’s economic policy-mak- between government departments. about these problems for years, but past reform efforts ing the mining sector to create a targeted 90,000 new jobs ing apparatus boosted shares there. The Saudi stock But in creating a ministry to oversee sectors that account appeared to be hindered by inter-departmental fighting. by 2020, ensuring power supply meets an expected index closed 0.2 percent higher after rising as much as for 53 percent of the kingdom’s economic output, the The agency responsible for atomic and renewable ener- tripling of consumption by 2030 and a doubling of gas out- 1.0 percent at one stage. Petrochemical blue chip vision’s architect, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin put by the same date. Saudi Basic Industries gained 0.3 percent. Salman, is entrusting a huge part of his sweeping reforms Falih is said to be close to Prince Mohammed, but the The Saudi reorganization replaced the oil minister to Falih’s hands. deputy crown prince has shown over the past year that he and central bank governor and restructured some How the new minister will juggle a host of responsibili- has no compunction about sacking favourites if they fail to major ministries, creating a super-ministry under ties, and whether he can enact massive change across this meet expectations. “I expect this to be the first round of Khalid Al-Falih to manage the growth of industry and broad swathe of the economy while integrating once rival changes. Definitely there will be more rounds until you find resource extraction. departments, is already fodder for avid speculation in Saudi the right mix of people for the vision 2030,” said a senior Many fund managers still have questions about energy circles. “In order for the restructuring to succeed, banker who declined to be identified. how a wide-ranging economic reform program accountability and responsibility has to be concentrated in unveiled on April 25 can be financed and whether it the same office. This is the reason for assigning all those STABLE PRICES can be fully implemented, but local investors have been reacting bullishly. State utility Saudi Electric sectors in one ministry,” said Sadad Al-Husseini, an energy Meanwhile, the energy minister said yesterday the consultant and former senior executive with Saudi Aramco. climbed 1.8 percent. Saturday’s reshuffle moved the world’s largest crude exporter was committed to meeting “It remains to be seen what kind of specific organization- electricity portfolio to the new super-ministry; this demand for hydrocarbons from its customers and would al changes happen at the operational level.” Previously, the could give fresh impetus to a restructuring of Saudi maintain its petroleum policies. oil ministry was in charge of hydrocarbons extraction and Electric, which has been discussed for years with lit- “Saudi Arabia will maintain its stable petroleum policies. mining, the water and electricity ministry handled power tle progress. We remain committed to maintaining our role in interna- generation and the commerce ministry oversaw industry. Insurers were also strong, with Saudi Arabian Other departments overlapped with these, covering such tional energy markets and strengthening our position as Cooperative Insurance jumping its 10 percent daily policy areas as nuclear and renewable energy and the run- the world’s most reliable supplier of energy,” Al-Falih said in limit. Dubai’s index gained 0.6 percent to 3,326 points, ning of industrial cities. an e-mailed statement. bouncing from near technical support on the late The big state-controlled companies, oil producer “We are committed to meeting existing and additional March lows of 3,248-3,253 points, though trading vol- Aramco, petrochemicals and metals conglomerate Saudi hydrocarbons demand from our expanding global cus- ume was low. Basic Industries Corp (Sabic), Saudi Arabian Mining Co Saudi Arabia’s new Energy, Industry and Mineral tomer base, backed by our current maximum sustainable Dubai Parks & Resorts, the most heavily traded (Maaden) and state utility Saudi Electricity Co (SEC), fit in Resources Minister Khalid Al-Falih. capacity.” Since 2014, Saudi Arabia has led OPEC through a stock, rose 2.3 percent. Trading in rights to a major between them. Falih is likely to now have a big say in run- new survival-of-the-fittest strategy aimed at defending share issue in the company began last week and will ning them all. gy, for example, proposed that a big part of Saudi power market share rather than reducing production to support continue through next week. Abu Dhabi’s index production should come from solar and nuclear plants, but oil prices. gained 0.5 percent as Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank STREAMLINING its plans were quietly shelved after other parts of the Falih’s comments yesterday support analysts’ views that rebounded for a second day from a slump following its Saudi Arabia’s creation of the new energy ministry sets it bureaucracy objected. no shift in Saudi oil policy is likely as a result of his appoint- first-quarter earnings. The stock rose 1.3 percent. on the same path as oil-producing Gulf neighbors Qatar Now Falih has been made chairman of that agency, giv- ment. Falih’s appointment was part of a bigger Saudi Qatar edged down 0.2 percent although Dlala and the United Arab Emirates, which have done the same. ing him power as energy minister to see proposals through, shake-up announced on Saturday as King Salman restruc- Brokerage added 2.7 percent in unusually heavy trade. “What was required before was coordination and a clear and the government has pledged to install at least 9.5 tured some big ministries in a major reshuffle intended to Kuwait’s Burgan Bank rose 1.5 percent after reporting common vision, a clear strategy,” said Paddy Padmanathan, gigawatts of solar power. support a wide-ranging economic reform program. an 18.5 percent fall in first-quarter net profit to 14.3 president and chief executive officer of Acwa Power, the As part of the restructuring, the Petroleum Ministry has million dinars ($47.66 million), largely because of low- kingdom’s biggest private electricity developer. ARAMCO CHALLENGE been renamed the Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mineral er foreign exchange income; HSBC had forecast the Riyadh’s hopes of cutting state spending and diversify- The one Saudi body that has traditionally crossed all Resources. “The creation of a new Ministry in Saudi Arabia bank would make 12.68 million dinars. Kuwait’s index ing the economy beyond oil have always rested partly on these sector lines is Aramco, of which Falih was chief execu- that brings together the Kingdom’s abundant and unri- edged down 0.1 percent. the goal of using energy resources to expand industrial out- tive from 2009-15, and of which he remains chairman in his valled energy and mineral resources and industrial capabil- Egypt rose 0.3 percent, buoyed by gains in a few put in ways that would add value, create jobs and boost new role as energy minister. Beside its core oil and gas ities is in line with the ambitious objectives of Saudi Vision blue chips such as Orascom Telecom Media, which was non-oil exports. upstream business, Aramco has big downstream refining 2030,” Falih said. — Reuters up 2.7 percent. — Reuters MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 BUSINESS

China April exports, imports GIG posts KD 3.3m in Q1 profits

KUWAIT: The Gulf Insurance Group (GIG) Net technical reserves were raised from decline more than expected announced a net profit of KD 3.3 million being KD 112.68 million ($372.86 million) ($10.9 million), or 18.44 fils per share, for on December 31, 2015, reaching KD the financial period ended March 31, 121.92 million ($403.5 million) as at March Trade performance worse than expected 2016, and net underwriting Income of KD 31, 2016. This increase represents a 4.5 million ($14.73 million) with an growth of 8.2 percent, supports the com- BEIJING: China’s exports and imports fell more while shipments to the European Union - the Economists expect a slowdown in credit increase of 24.7 percent or KD 882,927 pany’s technical operations and to protect than expected in April, underlining weak second biggest market, rose 3.2 percent, cus- growth and industrial production in April ($2.92 million) compared to the same the policyholders rights, thereby strength- demand at home and abroad and cooling toms data showed. although inflation could accelerate. Key econom- period last year. ening gig’s ability to withstand emergen- hopes of a recovery in the world’s second- China’s cabinet has vowed to take steps to ic data is expected over the next two weeks. Shareholder equity reached KD 83.42 cies and risks that may rise in the future. largest economy. boost exports, including encouraging banks to “The market has to prepare a little bit for million ($276.04 million), reflecting a Total assets reached KD 373.23 million Exports fell 1.8 percent from a year earlier, boost lending, expanding export credit insurance the downside risk in other Chinese data and growth of 1.15 percent or KD 0.94 million ($1.23 billion) as at March 31, 2016, an the General Administration of Customs said and raise tax rebates for some firms. some sort of market correction might be ($3.13 million) as at March 31, 2016 com- increase of KD 4.81 million ($15.9 million) yesterday, reversing the previous month’s brief China had a trade surplus of $45.56 billion in inevitable,” Zhou said. An official factory sur- pared with the same period last year. or 1.3 percent from Dec 31 2015. recovery and supporting the government’s April, versus forecasts of $40 billion. Economists vey and Caixin’s private-sector gauge for April Book value per share reached fils 466 Established in 1962, Gulf Insurance Group concerns that the foreign trade environment polled by Reuters had expected April exports to painted a mixed picture of the health of the compared with fils 460 as at March 31 is the largest insurance Group in Kuwait will be challenging in 2016. April imports fall 0.1 percent, after a surprise 11.5 percent rise in manufacturing sector. 2015, the company said in a press release. in terms of written and retained premi- dropped 10.9 percent from a year earlier, falling March, and expected imports to fall 5 percent, fol- The official purchasing managers’ index (PMI) Gross written premium reached KD ums, with operations in both life and for the 18th consecutive month, suggesting lowing March’s 7.6 percent decline. showed factory activity expanded for the second 60.12 million ($198.95 million), with an non-life insurance. domestic demand remains weak despite a pick- month in a row in April but only marginally, while increase of 10.8 percent compared with Gulf Insurance Group has become one up in infrastructure spending and record credit MOMENTUM MAY WEAKEN Caixin’s manufacturing PMI pointed to 14 straight the same period last year of KD 54.3 mil- of the largest insurance networks in the growth in the first quarter. China’s economic growth slowed to 6.7 per- months of sector contraction. China’s central lion ($179.6 million). Middle East and North Africa, with compa- “Both exports and imports came in weaker cent in the first quarter - the weakest since the bank said on Friday that it will fine tune policy in a Net investment income and sundry nies in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, than expected, in line with the soft trade per- global financial crisis, but activity picked up in pre-emptive and timely way, as the economy still income reached KD 2.2 million ($7.2 mil- Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Bahrain, Emirates, formance across Asia, pointing to another chal- March as policy steps to boost the economy, faces downward pressure despite signs of steady- lion) compared to KD 2.7 million ($9.1 mil- Algeria and Kuwait. Its reported consoli- lenging year for emerging markets,” said Zhou including six interest rate cuts since late 2014, ing. Amid shrinking global demand, China still lion) with the same period last year with dated assets stand at $1.23 billion as at 31 Hao, senior emerging market economist at seemed to be taking effect. Concerns of a hard- managed to grow its share of world exports to decrease of 20.9 percent. March 2016. — KUNA Commerzbank in Singapore. China’s exports to landing in China had eased after the strong 13.8 percent last year from 12.3 percent in 2014, the United States - the country’s top export mar- March data, but analysts have warned the indicating the country’s export sector remains ket - fell 9.3 percent in April from a year earlier, rebound may be short-lived. competitive despite higher costs. — Reuters Zimbabwe suspends tax chief, managers after improper car imports

HARARE: Zimbabwe’s tax authority, ZIMRA, last year and approached a dealer to import has suspended its chief and five managers vehicles on their behalf. Pasi is not listed in in connection with the purchase of luxury the court case, but ZIMRA said in a statement cars which were undervalued by a local it expected all its employees to act beyond dealer in order to pay lower import duty, it reproach. said yesterday. “The ZIMRA board has become aware that Critics and the opposition accuse questions have been raised and indeed crimi- President Robert Mugabe, in power since nal proceedings instituted pertaining to the independence in 1980, of failing to tackle importation of vehicles by some ZIMRA high level graft, and say endemic corruption employees,” the agency said. Because of this, is one reason that foreign companies are hes- ZIMRA had suspended Pasi and the five man- itant to invest. Many Zimbabweans perceive agers with pay. Pasi, who has been at the officials at ZIMRA, especially those operating helm of ZIMRA for 15 years, could not be on the country’s borders, to be corrupt and reached for comment yesterday. This is the the suspension will only reinforce their views. first time that senior ZIMRA officials have ZIMRA commissioner general Gershem been publicly accused of malfeasance in a Pasi’s suspension followed the appearance in country where arrests and prosecution of court last week of two men accused of public officials is rare. Zimbabwe was last undervaluing and preparing fake import doc- year ranked 150 out of 168 countries on the uments for cars that they imported on behalf Transparency International index, which of the five suspended managers. measures public perceptions of corruption in The five managers had received car loans public institutions. — Reuters

Crises in Brazil, Venezuela threaten Nicaragua projects

MANAGUA: The political and economic foot to oust President Dilma Rousseff. crises buffeting Brazil and Venezuela are Venezuela, an oil-rich state misman- having a big impact in Nicaragua, where aged since the time of late leader Hugo the future of billion-dollar projects have Chavez and plunging deeper into ruin been thrown into uncertainty. under his successor Nicolas Maduro, is Venezuela was to have invested $6.5 struggling on the brink of default. billion in a petrochemical plant in the Nevertheless, according to Ortega, there Central American country, while Brazil was is a desire to see the two projects set to spend $1.1 billion on a hydroelectric through, especially as they represent ATLANTA: Passengers are reflected in glass as they line up to go through a security checkpoint under the atrium of the domesticpassenger ter- facility. They are among four “megaworks” more than half the gross domestic prod- minal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta. — AP Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has uct of his country. But his critics, such as championed, and they were planned to Edmundo Jarquin, an economist and for- have started springing from the ground mer presidential candidate from a dissi- US airlines enlist travelers this year in time for the leader’s expected dent wing of Ortega’s Sandinista move- announcement he would stand for re-elec- ment, believe the government is playing tion in November. “the lottery with hopes of pulling out the The most ambitious of them is a plan to big prize though a mega project.” in bid to cut security lines build a Chinese-financed canal across the country to rival the American-built one in Brazilian dam NEW YORK: US airlines have been pressing the Both sides have encouraged travelers to While the number of travelers is on the rise, Panama. The projects are meant to ensure The hydroelectric project calls for a dam government to act to reduce the intolerably enroll in the TSA’s expedited screening pro- there are fewer agents to screen them. The “the continuity” of Ortega’s reign, former across the Grande river in the southwest of long security lines at the nation’s airports. Now, gram called PreCheck. But the airlines also number of front-line screeners was cut by 10 diplomat Roger Guevara told AFP. the country to be built by a consortium 45 they’re even asking passengers for help by want travelers to do something that comes percent in the past three years, based on the Those involving Brazil and Venezuela percent owned by the Brazilian state com- sharing their frustration on social media. Lines more naturally: complain. assumption that travelers would enroll in were forecast to create 6,500 jobs directly pany Eletrobras, 45 percent by Brazilian during peak hours at some airports have Airlines for America, the industry’s trade PreCheck. They did not. and another 18,500 indirectly-an impor- industrial group Queiroz Galvao and with topped 90 minutes. The airlines already are group, just launched a website called The airline trade group, which represents tant fillip in a relatively poor country where the Nicaraguan government holding the warning customers to arrive at the airport two iHateTheWait.com , encouraging fliers to post Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, JetBlue unemployment affects nearly one in three remaining 10 percent. It was approved by hours in advance, and are fearful the situation photos of the lines on Twitter and Instagram Airways, Hawaiian Airlines, Southwest Airlines economically active people. a law that gave the Brazilians the right to will only get worse with a record number of along with the hashtag #iHateTheWait. and United Airlines, said on the iHateTheWait But the plummeting economic fortunes operate the plant for 39 years with signifi- travelers expected this summer. Presumably this will make Congress more website that engaging in the social media of Venezuela and Brazil, both mired in cant tax breaks. Earlier this week, the Transportation Security aware of the problem - and let fellow travel- campaign will “help cut wait times for every- political turmoil and corruption, has piled Its financing was to come from Brazil’s Administration said it would increase staffing at ers know what they’re in for when they get to one who flies.” uncertainty on top of repeated delays. BNDES development bank, the Central security checkpoints and boost the number of the airport. TSA spokesman Michael England would not Managua’s plans now seem to be up in the American Bank for Economic Integration, bomb-sniffing dogs to help the lines move The group’s spokeswoman Jean Medina, comment about the site but said the TSA’s goal air. Brazil is in the grip of its worst recession and partners, and last year it acquired more quickly. The agency also is asking said the campaign is “raising awareness of is to keep all passengers safe and suggests that in a quarter of a century, with a massive 7,000 hectares (1,700 acres) for the Congress for more money to hire additional the issue and serving as crowd-sourced (wait passengers get to the airport two hours early corruption scandal and also moves under- plant.— AFP screeners and pay existing ones overtime. time) information.” for domestic flights. —AP

EXCHANGE RATES

Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. Canadian dollar 235.900 Malaysian Ringgit 76.225 Indian Rupee 0.004317 0.004707 Turkish lira 104.120 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 46.795 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000018 0.000024 Swiss Franc 313.880 Thai Bhat 9.570 Japanese Yen 0.002751 0.002931 ASIAN COUNTRIES Australian Dollar 226.010 Turkish Lira 103.200 Kenyan Shilling 0.003106 0.003106 Japanese Yen 2.819 US Dollar Buying 300.750 Korean Won 0.000248 0.000263 Indian Rupees 4.557 Malaysian Ringgit 0.071882 0.077882 Pakistani Rupees 2.879 GOLD Bahrain Exchange Company Nepalese Rupee 0.002877 0.003047 Srilankan Rupees 2.072 20 Gram 259.130 Nepali Rupees 2.840 Pakistan Rupee 0.002662 0.002942 10 Gram 132.570 Philippine Peso 0.006352 0.006632 Singapore Dollar 223.670 5 Gram 67.130 CURRENCY BUY SELL Hongkong Dollar 38.809 Europe Sierra Leone 0.000067 0.000073 Bangladesh Taka 3.850 British Pound 0.429608 0.438608 Singapore Dollar 0.219637 0.225637 Philippine Peso 6.390 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Czech Korune 0.004807 0.016807 South African Rand 0.014314 0.022814 Thai Baht 8.616 Danish Krone 0.042481 0.047481 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001691 0.002271 Malaysian Ringgit 75.887 Euro 0.0339479 0.0347479 Taiwan 0.009238 0.009418 Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Norwegian Krone 0.032955 0.038155 Thai Baht 0.008276 0.008826 GCC COUNTRIES US Dollar 301.900 Romanian Leu 0.086616 0.086616 Saudi Riyal 80.563 Canadian Dollar 234.060 Slovakia 0.008986 0.018986 Arab Sterling Pound 436.275 Qatari Riyal 82.987 Swedish Krona 0.033294 0.038294 Bahraini Dinar 0.794360 0.802360 Euro 345.405 ani Riyal 784.693 Swiss Franc 0.304407 0.314607 Egyptian Pound 0.029710 0.034828 Swiss Frank 294.660 Bahraini Dinar 802.310 Turkish Lira 0.098801 0.109101 Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000085 UAE Dirham 82.253 Bahrain Dinar 798.680 Iraqi Dinar 0.000191 0.000251 UAE Dirhams 82.435 Australasia Jordanian Dinar 0.421871 0.429371 ARAB COUNTRIES Qatari Riyals 83.650 Australian Dollar 0.214624 0.226124 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Egyptian Pound - Cash 32.250 Saudi Riyals 81.185 Jordanian Dinar 425.285 New Zealand Dollar 0.200808 0.210308 Lebanese Pound 0.000151 0.000251 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 34.393 Moroccan Dirhams 0.020745 0.044745 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.213 Egyptian Pound 33.901 Nigerian Naira 0.001244 0.001879 Tunisian Dinar 151.430 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.072 America Omani Riyal 0.777866 0.783546 Jordanian Dinar 425.460 Indian Rupees 4.528 Canadian Dollar 0.230168 0.238668 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.013 Pakistani Rupees 2.878 US Dollars 0.297850 0.302350 Qatar Riyal 0.082227 0.083440 Syrian Lira 2.153 Bangladesh Taka 3.840 US Dollars Mint 0.298350 0.302350 Saudi Riyal 0.079633 0.080583 Morocco Dirham 31.784 Philippines Pesso 6.369 Syrian Pound 0.001279 0.001499 Cyprus pound 575.020 Asia Tunisian Dinar 0.147532 0.155532 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Japanese Yen 3.810 Bangladesh Taka 0.003431 0.004005 Turkish Lira 0.098801 0.109101 US Dollar Transfer 301.950 Syrian Pound 2.370 Chinese Yuan 0.044989 0.048489 UAE Dirhams 0.081229 0.082378 Euro 347.540 Nepalese Rupees 3.825 Hong Kong Dollar 0.036858 0.039608 Yemeni Riyal 0.001364 0.001444 Sterling Pound 438.730 MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 BUSINESS

New Mercedes-Benz GLE 450 AMG 4MATIC Coupe arrives in Kuwait Fascinating driving performance and emotive appeal

KUWAIT: The wait is over for AMG enthusiasts in overrun mode provide the fitting accompa- AMG-typical interior elements in Kuwait, as Abdul Rahman Albisher & Zaid niment. As is customary for AMG, a special The interior of the GLE 450 AMG is an Alkazemi Company, the authorised general sports exhaust system was designed for the impressive sight with sports seats and the distributor of Mercedes-Benz in Kuwait GLE 450. This fact removes any doubt: the GLE 3-spoke black nappa leather sports steering announced the official arrival of the all new 450 AMG Coupe is a lively sports model of the wheel, as well as trim parts in light longitu- Mercedes-Benz GLE 450 AMG 4Matic Coupe. highest order, and treats its occupants to an dinal-grain aluminum and brushed stainless Fascinating driving performance and the engrossing world of experience. steel sports pedals with rubber studs. emotive appeal that is typical of the brand - Sporty round dials on the instrument clus- the new Mercedes-Benz GLE 450 AMG Coupe Pronounced dynamism around the car’s ter, including a 280 km/h speedometer displays impressive product substance. As an vertical axis scale, exude pure dynamism even while the AMG sports model, the coupe is an attractive The driver will sense this through a more car is at a standstill. AMG carbon-fibre and entry-level introduction to the world of the pronounced thirst for cornering and more. black piano lacquer trim enhance the AMG sports car and performance brand. It High agility and dynamism around the car’s appearance of the interior as an additional brings the excitement of motorsport to day- vertical axis stem from an AMG speciality: the option. to-day life for a wider range of customers. The drive from the 4MATIC permanent all-wheel GLE 450 AMG Coupe stands for maximum per- drive is not split evenly, but is biased more to The standard equipment for the GLE 450 formance, authentic driving dynamics and the the rear in a ratio of 40:60. The DYNAMIC AMG 4MATIC Coupe includes (selection): typical AMG DNA. SELECT transmission modes SPORT and • ADAPTIVE BRAKE The compelling new AMG sports models SPORT+ deliver superior longitudinal agility • ATTENTION ASSIST such as the C 450 AMG and the GLE 450 AMG and transverse dynamics - specifically as a • COLLISION PREVENTION ASSIST PLUS feature increased engine output, all-wheel result of the perfect interplay between the • EASY-PACK tailgate drive as standard and special chassis compo- AMG-specific driving dynamics control systems • ECO start/stop function nents and braking systems from the classic ASR, ESP(r) with Dynamic Cornering Assist, the • LED Intelligent Light System AMG models, and thus honour the perform- and SPORT+, which the driver is able to select chassis and suspension, steering or drive sys- all-wheel drive control system 4ETS and the • ISOFIX child seat attachment points in ance brand’s promise. Thanks to the new 3.0- using a rotary control on the centre console. tem. It is also possible to experience the ADAPTIVE BRAKE control system. the rear litre V6 biturbo engine generating 270 kW (367 DYNAMIC SELECT networks all the control sys- selected mode more intensively on an emo- • PRE-SAFE system hp) and maximum torque of 520 Nm, the GLE tems, generating different sets of parameters tional level because various “soft skills” such as Extremely sporty exterior design • Tyre pressure monitoring system 450 AMG provides high sporty performance as for distinct driving experiences. The fifth, the engine sound, instruments or dynamic The standard equipment for the GLE 450 • Reversing camera shown by this dynamic acceleration value: it markedly dynamic SPORT+ transmission mode control of the headlamps vary too. To this end, AMG is fascinating from the first look: the spe- • Crosswind Assist takes just 5.7 seconds to get from 0 to 100 remains exclusive to AMG models. The names the nature of the various displays on the cial AMG bodystyling includes a specific front • Electrically adjustable front seats Other km/h. The all new GLE 450 AMG Coupe marries speak for themselves: SPORT and SPORT+ turn COMAND screen and in the cockpit changes and rear apron, a spoiler lip in the colour of optional equipment (selection): the style and capabilities of an AMG sports car the GLE 450 AMG into a sporty, dynamic vehi- according to the selected transmission mode. the vehicle. • AMG Line Interior with the spaciousness of a traditional SUV to cle with pronounced longitudinal and trans- At the same time, the active light function of As standard, the vehicle comes with the AIR- • Bang & Olufsen BeoSound AMG high-end create a new pedigree in power and perform- verse dynamics. COMFORT is at the opposite the all-LED headlamps responds more sponta- MATIC package including an air suspension, surround sound system ance. Anticipation has been high for this mod- end of the spectrum. Here the emphasis is on neously and the engine produces the whole infinitely variable adaptive damping system • COMAND Online el, and will be well received in our market,” said relaxed, effortless cruising with the greatest range of sounds from sporty and dominant to (ADS Plus) and automatic level control. In • DISTRONIC PLUS Michael Ruehle, CEO, Abdul Rahman Albisher & possible energy efficiency. SLIPPERY mode poised and reticent: if the driver selects COM- SPORT mode the body is lowered by 15 mil- • EXCLUSIVE Interior Zaid Alkazemi Company. optimizes the handling on surfaces with low FORT mode, the displays take on lesser impor- limetres and a further 10 millimetres in SPORT+ • Driving Assistance package Plus The new V6 biturbo engine is based on the friction coefficients such as snow or ice. In addi- tance and, like the engine, the dial instru- mode. The optional ACTIVE CURVE SYSTEM • Harman Kardon Logic 7 surround BlueDIRECT engine family from Mercedes-Benz. tion, INDIVIDUAL mode enables the driver to ments such as the rev counter show a relaxed boosts sportiness even further: this active roll sound system Technical advances including a modified boost program and store personal preferences in the response to the driver’s commands. In combi- stabilisation system reduces the roll angle • Night package pressure allowed the AMG engineers to individual control strategies, regardless of the nation with comfort-oriented control of the when cornering dynamically so that the driver • Climatised seats for driver and front increase the engine’s power output and torque. engine variant. drive system and suspension, the result is an experiences increased transverse dynamics and passenger The DYNAMIC SELECT variable dynamic exceptionally balanced drive on a par with a driving enjoyment. Driving stability and safety The new Mercedes GLE 450 AMG 4MATIC control system assigns fundamentally different Display visualization on the COMAND screen saloon. The engine sound is reduced to a are also increased, especially at high speeds, Coupe is now available at A R Albisher & Z characteristics to the five transmission modes In the GLE 450 AMG, DYNAMIC SELECT not pleasant timbre, and the feedback from the guaranteeing that inimitable AMG driving feel. Alkazemi Co’s Shuwaikh showroom. of INDIVIDUAL, COMFORT, SLIPPERY, SPORT only modulates the “hard skills” such as the road surface and surroundings is considerably quieter in the interior. Things are very different when SPORT+ mode is selected. The character changes immediately, the gear changes performed by 9G-TRONIC are acoustically accentuated, espe- cially when downshifting with the double- declutching function, and gear shifting is faster and sharper. Appropriately the cockpit instruments also respond more immediately and “sharply”. The large central display visual- izes the longitudinal and lateral acceleration, the vehicle level, plus the steering angle with a photo-realistic motorsport graphic. The engine sound is powerful and acoustically underscores the sports mode. In typical AMG style, every gear change is emotionally charged: partial cylinder suppression during gear changes by means of a momentary and precisely defined retardation of ignition and injection under full throttle speeds up the gear changes, and is also audible to the driver. The emotional double-declutching functions during downshifts and the “exhaust rumbling”

Business titans secretly fund Agility reports KD13.1m net profit for Q1 2016 Philippine presidential bets KUWAIT: Agility yesterday announced its financial Agility’s Infrastructure Group • Agility’s net revenue increased by 8.8 per- results for the first quarter of 2016, reporting a net Agility’s Infrastructure companies con- cent over the same period MANILA: Philippine presidential favorite millions of dollars had poured into secret profit of KD 13.1 million, an increase of 10.9 per- tributed KD 75.4 million to first quarter 2016 • Agility’s GIL revenue stood at KD 225.8 Rodrigo Duterte has flippantly brushed bank accounts. He initially denied there were cent compared with the first quarter of 2015. revenues, a 4.4 percent increase over Q1 2015. million. aside campaign trail allegations of accept- any hidden accounts. After a journalist Earnings-per-share stood at 11.4 fils, and EBITDA The companies provide a broad spectrum of • Agility Infrastructure revenue was KD 75.4 ing million-dollar gifts, while his rivals have deposited money into them, he admitted increased by 12.1 percent, to KD 26.2 million, com- logistics-related services including: bulk fuel million compared with KD 72.2 million in Q1 refused to disclose their backers, deepen- they did exist and that 193.7 million pesos pared with Q1 2015. Revenue for the first quarter storage and transport, industrial real estate; air- 2015, a 4.4 percent increase from Q1 2015. ing concerns over business titans’ shadowy ($4.2 million) were deposited into them on stood at KD 298.8 million, 6.1 percent decrease vs. port and ground handling services; and com- • Agility enjoys a healthy balance sheet, grip on politics. his birthday two years ago, nearly 10 times mercial real estate and facilities management. with a net cash position of KD 13.8 million. The Philippines has one of Asia’s biggest his declared assets. the same period last year. “Agility started the year rich-poor divides, with poverty rates remain- “That only means I have many rich on a good note. Net profit improved 10.9 percent, “Agility’s Infrastructure portfolio of compa- Cash generated from operations stood at KD ing stuck in recent years despite strong eco- friends,” he said, refusing to disclose who despite challenging market conditions in the nies continues to be an important contributor 30.1 million a growth of 19.3 percent as com- nomic growth, and analysts say one of the they were. Eurozone, China and the Middle East. Our efforts to Agility’s financial performance,” said Sultan. pared to Q1 2015 and witnessed a strong EBIT- reasons for the disparity is the debt that Asked at an earlier national television to define a clearer strategy and improve execution “We continue to invest and grow these compa- DA to operating cash conversion of 114.7 per- politicians owe their secret backers. Under debate to name his campaign donors, are paying off in stronger customer relationships, nies and are seeing these efforts pay off, partic- cent. Free cash flow stood at KD 9.1 million the nation’s campaign financing laws, there Duterte gave a mocking answer, answering an expanding emerging market footprint, a sharp- ularly in the areas of Industrial real estate, with an EBITDA to free cash flow conversion of are no caps on how much people or compa- “Emilio Aguinaldo”, a leader of the er focus, and a more disciplined management ground handling and fuel logistics. 34.7 percent. nies can give to candidates, nor are there Philippines’ 19th-century war for independ- approach,” said Tarek Sultan, Agility CEO. limits on individual donations. ence from colonial power Spain. Recap of Financial Performance for Q1 2016 Summary They also do not have to reveal their back- Agility global integrated logistics • Agility’s net profit stood at KD 13.1 million, “Our longer-term target is to reach an EBIT- ers until a month after polling day. Duterte Buying politicians Q1 revenue for Agility Global Integrated a 10.9 percent increase from KD 11.8 million in DA of $ 800.0 million by 2020. We have a has entrenched himself as the clear frontrun- His rivals similarly have felt no obligation Logistics (GIL) stood at KD 225.8 million. Net rev- Q1 2015. EPS were 11.4 fils, compared with 10.3 demanding road ahead to achieve this target, ner for today’s elections by portraying him- to tell voters who their backers are, let alone enue improved by 0.6 percent with margins fils a year earlier. but have also defined a clear strategy and self as a frugal, anti-establishment politician how much they have been paid by them. expanding from 23.5 percent in Q1 2015 to 26.0 • EBITDA stood at KD 26.2 million, a 12.1 roadmap to meet this goal. We continue to who is tough enough to take on the elites. Senator Grace Poe, who has been in politics percent in Q1 2016. “There were two major driv- percent increase from the same period a improve our financial performance by focus- “When I become president, by the grace of for just three years and fashions herself as a ers for net revenue improvement in GIL this year before. ing on growing our Infrastructure portfolio of God, I serve the people, not you,” Duterte told lily-white poster image of change and probi- quarter. First, continued growth in contract logis- • Agility’s revenue for Q1 2016 was KD companies and simultaneously driving trans- reporters this week, referring to the elite. ty, has been widely rumoured to be backed tics. Agility has a strong contract logistics foot- 298.8 million, a 6.1 percent decrease from KD formation of our core commercial logistics But in the final stages of the campaign by taipans Eduardo Cojuangco and Ramon print in the Middle East, Asia Pacific that is serv- 318.1 million in the same period in 2015 (GIL) business,” Sultan said. “As always, we trail Duterte, who is meant to earn less than Ang. They are in charge of San Miguel ing growing consumer demand in these markets. mainly attributable to GIL’s revenue decline would like to thank our employees, our cus- $2,000 a month as the mayor of the southern Corporation, one of the nation’s biggest con- Second, improved yields in the freight forward- that is related to the slowing down of the tomers, our partners and our shareholders for city of Davao, was hit with allegations that glomerates. — AFP ing business,” Sultan said. global trade. their support of our journey.” MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 BUSINESS Digging deep in S Africa as diamond hunt gets tougher

VENETIA MINE, South Africa: Proof that dia- Maltitz, the mine’s general manager, told AFP often told that the growing world popula- conditions, or in unstable countries 2015 with growth strongest in the monds are getting harder to find can be seen on the edge of the cavernous open-pit as tion, combined with the increasing difficulty such as Angola and the Democratic United States and China. But a dip in in the South African bush, where one of the trucks rumbled up to the processing plant. of finding diamonds, will mean prices Republic of Congo. India and across the Gulf region pointed world’s largest mining companies is spending “Worldwide, the easier diamond sources always rise, but we will see. Many producers to weakening growth in many emerging $2 billion tunnelling beneath a vast open-pit have probably been found but, with this are losing money. Are diamonds forever? markets. “China and India drove dia- mine. De Beers spent 25 years digging a 450- resource here, we hope we have something “The project at Venetia is stupendous- Reflecting widespread uncertainty in mond prices up, along with speculation metre (1,500-foot) deep by one-kilometre that can extend well into the future.” As the especially as very few other firms are invest- the industry, De Beers-the world’s that the growth rate would continue wide hole to access diamond-rich rock from hunt for diamonds becomes tougher, mining ing in mining in South Africa.” largest supplier of diamonds by value- indefinitely,” industry analyst Paul the surface at the Venetia mine, close to the companies must go to greater lengths-and In recent years, diamond prices have fluc- shut diamond mines in Canada and Zimnisky said, speaking from New York. border with Zimbabwe and Botswana. absorb higher costs-to secure the ultimate tuated sharply. After the global economic Botswana last year. It also sold its last “People got overly optimistic and Now a whole new underground mine is precious stone and symbol of love. crisis in 2008, prices recovered quickly to hit mine in the South African town of greedy,” he said. Zimnisky believes “it is being constructed underneath the hole to “Across the globe, the big diamond a peak in 2011 before falling about 20 per- Kimberley, where the diamond industry misleading to say we are running out of reach diamonds more than 1,000 metres deposits have been exploited, and I don’t cent to slightly below their current rate. was born and where De Beers was diamonds” as “when prices rise, mines below ground-a big bet by De Beers that their see any big new mines coming online,” Peter Amid such swings, mining companies must founded in 1888 by British colonialist that were uneconomic become prof- investment will reap decades of profit. “We Major, mining specialist at Johannesburg- judge whether it is profitable to prospect for Cecil Rhodes. But the Venetia mine is set itable”. However the industry can’t react are in very challenging times,” Ludwig Von based Cadiz Solutions, told AFP. “We are diamonds in increasingly difficult geological to become one of the world’s five that quickly to a rise in demand and biggest diamond mines after its conver- prices. Zimnisky said “it takes time to get sion from open-pit to underground a new diamond mine started-perhaps 10 operations is finally completed in 2022. years. That is what makes the $2 billion Current predictions suggest the mine expenditure at the Venetia mine so sig- will then operate until at least 2043. “The nificant.” A fresh challenge that the troughs and the peaks (of diamond industry faces is the emergence of syn- prices) happen more frequently now but thetic diamonds, which are predicted to I am optimistic,” said Von Maltitz. rapidly fall in price over the next 10 years “If we can do it well enough, I can’t as the manufacturing technology and see why mining should not be a lucra- quality improves. tive business going forward.” Demand But mining companies hope a real for diamonds over the last decade has diamond dug out of the deep ground been driven by a new generation of will still be the last word in luxury long buyers in China and India that have into the future. “The Venetia project is adopted the tradition of giving diamond definitely worthwhile to pursue,” said engagement rings. Richard Grieg, a senior site manager at Latest figures suggest that such new the mine, which employs 4,500 people. markets are fragile. De Beers last month “We are already re-training the miners to reported that global demand for dia- enable them to work in the very different mond jewellery grew two percent in conditions underground.” — AFP MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 BUSINESS The world needs a lower dollar

NBK MONEY MARKETS REPORT KUWAIT: After reaching a high of 100.17 in would calm investors’ concerns for now. do expect us to be raising rates gradually over the the fall, April marked the second month of expan- delayed by clients on “Brexit” fears according to December, the US dollar reached a high against Currencies markets remain volatile. After visit- next couple of years due to the strength of the sion and was also the second highest reading in the data. The construction Purchasing Managers’ commodities and equities later in February of 2016. ing a low of 91.91, the dollar index closed the labor market and where I see inflation going”. the last eight month. Manufacturing has been hurt Index fell to 52.0 in April from 54.2 in the previous Global central banks realized by then that a week almost two percent higher at 93.88. Williams also said he doesn’t agree with negative by weak export growth due to the strong a strong month while expectations were for the index to lower dollar would probably be better off to In a short trading week, the euro gave up scenarios for the economy and doesn’t take a dollar and soft global demand. drop slightly to 54.0. The latest reading signaled reduce global risks especially that China moved some of its strength after opening the week near “strong signal” from the 0.5 percent growth rate in The prices paid index on the more positive side the slowest expansion of business activity since to a basket mainly dominated by the US dollar to the high of 1.1616. The currency closed for the the first quarter. He said GDP data were distorted actually rose to 59.0 in April from 51.5 in March, mid-2013. value the yuan. So they intervened. Although week near the low of 1.1404. by seasonal factors and growth was actually clos- suggesting that pricing power is finally starting to not in a coordinated fashion, they were success- In parallel, the sterling pound remains volatile er to 2 percent annual rate. return, which offers some consolation to the over- Chinese stimulus ful in inducing calm amid the explosive volatility as we get closer to the Brexit referendum. As Despite the Fed speakers attempt to keep all weak activity. After the official government manufacturing in February. Whether by the Fed postponing its mood continue to swing in favor or not of Britain June’s decision live, markets continue to price a On the non-manufacturing side, activity in the PMI were released showing manufacturing PMI at rates hike, or the ECB and the BoJ introducing exiting the eurozone, the pound reached a high lower probability of a hike at the next meeting. At US service sector grew at a faster rate in the month 50.1 in April from 50.2 in March, the Caixin China negative interest rates, they were successful in for the week at 1.4770 to finish the week at the moment, the probability of a 25 basis point of April. The ISM report showed the non-manufac- manufacturing PMI Index fell to 49.4 in April from removing risk aversion, lowering volatility and turing index climbing to 55.7 in April from 54.5 in 49.7 in March. The data suggests the Chinese stabilizing markets. March while economists had expected the index economy lost momentum again in April after Since February, markets have been trending to inch up to 54.7 appearing to improve at the end of Q1. Services higher and the US dollar has taken heat and lost PMI were slightly better in April dropping to 51.8 almost 7%. Despite all the efforts, investors con- Europe retail sales from 52.2 in March, as new business component tinue to doubt the recovery as global economic The final April Europe services PMI were revised increased at the fastest pace since January while indicators haven’t provided the clarity needed to down a very modest 0.1 points to 53.1, with the business expectations remained unchanged. The jump back in the ship. composite came at 53.0 effectively unchanged solid new business reading was boosted by Indeed, US corporates have been facing versus the prior two months. Across countries we stronger underlying client demand and new prod- falling profits as exports suffered on the back of saw marginal downward revisions to Germany and ucts, the survey said, while companies were also a strong Dollar and faltering global demand. France while Italy was the positive surprise as its able to pass along higher input price Growth also has been slowing as companies are services reading printed ahead of expectations, The employment sub-component rose to 50.9 struggling to expand on the back of high inven- 52.1 against expectations of 51.9. in April from March’s 48.9, reversing the first tories built. So they have mostly reduced capital Eurozone retail sales on the other hand decline in staffing since August 2013. expenditures especially in the struggling com- dropped for the first time in five months in March. modity sector. Sales volumes were 0.5 percent lower in March Abe to respond If the dollar continues to weaken, it will most than in February, although they were 2.1 percent Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said this likely have a positive impact on the global and higher than in March 2015. That was a sharper week that drastic fluctuations in the yen’s the US economy as it seems to be the only reme- month-to-month fall than the 0.1 percent decline exchange rate weren’t desirable and Japan would dy for the world at this moment. For the Fed, this economists had expected. The eurozone economy react and respond to the situation as necessary. means monetary policy will proceed very cau- picked up in the first three months of the year, Abe noted that it was agreed at the meetings of tiously with respect to the pace of policy normal- however the sharpest fall in retail sales since July the group of twenty that excessive volatility or dis- ization. This is why, investors remain uncon- 2014 could suggest that it may have been losing orderly moves in foreign exchange markets could vinced that the Fed would raise rates in June or momentum. The decline in retail sales suggests have an adverse impact on stability. Abe declined actually anytime this year as a matter of fact. that overall consumer spending may have slowed to comment on the level of the yen but reiterated Markets expectations are still for half a rate hike toward the end of the first quarter as energy prices that currency market trends must be observed. He all the way until the beginning of 2017. steadied following sharp drops in the first two finally reiterated the “need to carefully watch these In parallel, the Euro hit a nine months high of months of 2016. movements of the exchange rate and as necessary 1.1616 and the yen 105.55 this week. Japan’s and 1.4427 against the dollar. hike next month is a low as 10 percent and the we would like to respond.” Europe’s remain an export based economies. On Thursday night, Japan Prime Minister lowest it has been for months. In fact pricing for The UK economy and Brexit This week, the Reserve Bank of Australia However, the latest Japanese economic figures Shinzo Abe said that drastic fluctuations in the one hike by December has a probability lower The UK economy continues to slowdown. slashed the official interest rate to a new historic showed Japan’s 2016 GDP growth forecast is an yen’s exchange rate were not desirable and Japan than 50 percent. Indeed, the latest UK Manufacturing PMI came low of 1.75 percent, a move to counter the latest anemic 1.2 percent, while the Eurozone’s inflation would react and respond to the situation as nec- weaker than expected. The overall manufacturing emergence of disinflation in the country. Data last rate remains in the negative at -0.2 percent. essary. Markets however did not react to the US Manufacturing PMI fell below the 50.0 level for the first time since week showed deflation in the CPI and the weakest This is why; it is definitely not the time to news, and the Yen continued to trade near the Nonfarm payroll came at 160,000 jobs in April, March 2013. April’s 49.2 reading followed a down- annual gain on record for core inflation. tighten monetary policy, and especially not the highest level seen lately of 105.55. The currency lower than economist expectations, while the ward revised March figure of 50.7. New export In its quarterly monetary policy statement time for their currency to move higher. The closed the week at 107.12 unemployment rate held steady at 5 percent. orders contracted for the fourth successive month released also this week, the RBA forecasts that core biggest proof is Japan, where the situation has President of Atlanta Fed Dennis Lockhart said Wages rose during the month, with average hourly and firms reduced their headcount at their fastest inflation is unlikely to reach the bottom of its tar- gotten worst. The Nikkei is almost down 10 per- this week that the Fed is not getting behind the earnings up 8 cents an hour, representing a 2.5 rate since February 2013. get this year. The bank predicted underlying infla- cent since they introduced negative rates while curve on inflation and has options on when to percent on an annual basis. The average work This week’s April composite PMI continues a tion of between 1 and 2 percent in 2016, and then the Yen exploded higher. raise rates. According to his speech, the incoming week rose to 34.5 hours. The concern remains that downtrend that has been in place since the begin- within 1.5 percent and 2.5 percent through June Unless the rest of the world starts to show economic data will be major aspect of his deci- those counted as not in the labor force surged by ning of 2014. Real GDP growth also slowed from a 2018 while three months ago, the forecast range signs of stability and we start to see growth sion-making on raising rates. He also mentioned 562,000 for the month to more than 94 million in 3 percent annualized growth rate in the second for this year was 2 to 3 percent. Finally, The RBA left again, investors are likely to remain in a no man’s there were no risks at the moment that the econ- the country half of 2013 to 2 percent in the second half of last economic growth forecasts at 2.5 percent to 3.5 land. With Brexit on the door, political stress in omy is overheating. In addition, US factory activity expanded at a year. Moreover, the uncertainty created by the ref- percent this year and next and said unemploy- Europe coming from all angles, a deflationary San Francisco Fed President John Williams laid slower pace in April. However, a rise in export erendum is having an impact on confidence and ment will remain around the current 5.7 percent. continuous environment, and the cherry on the out an “optimistic” outlook for the US economy, orders to a one year high and signs an inventory hence on economic activity. icing a higher Euro and Yen, only better financial with unemployment coming down, growth drag was fading offered hope for the manufactur- The British construction growth also eased Kuwait conditions in the US with a clear message from rebounding and inflation picking up, allowing the ing sector. The manufacturing ISM index also fell more than expected in April to the weakest level Kuwaiti dinar at 0.30110 the Fed that it will refrain from hiking rates US central bank to raise interest rates gradually. “I back in April to 50.8 from 51.8 in March. Despite in almost three years as spending decisions were The USDKD opened at 0.30110 yesterday morning. BUSINESS MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 LuLu Exchange Director honored in Forbes list Top Indian leaders in the Arab world for 2016 DUBAI: Forbes Middle East revealed the Waldorf Astoria, Dubai Palm Jumeirah on and foreign exchange companies in the 4th Top Indian Leaders in the Arab World Tuesday. The defining list recognizes the region. Many other noted owners and at a gala ceremony hosted at the most successful and groundbreaking founders were also honored during the Indian leaders in the Middle East. ceremony, including, Yusuff Ali M A, Ravi T P Seetharaman, Indian Ambassador Pillai, Dr Shamsheer Vayalil, Sunny Varkey to the UAE, graced the occasion as the and Dr Azad Moopen, among others. In guest of honor and presented the addition to entrepreneurs, Forbes awards to the winner. Achievers from Middle East also honoured Indians who various sectors like retail, industrials, have leadership position in the region, healthcare, banking and finance, among including Sanjeev Chaddah, CEO of others were recognized during the event PepsiCo Asia, Middle East and Africa, in two categories - top owners and top Raghavan Seetharamn, Group CEO, executive management. Out of the 100 Doha Bank and Raghu Malhotra, in the top owners list, 91 of them were President - Middle East and Africa, based out of the UAE. Diversified compa- MasterCard, among others. nies dominated the awards list, followed “It is a great honour to be recognized by retail and industrials, while luminaries as a leader in your industry. It was won- from 21 other sectors were also honored derful to celebrate the occasion with at the event. other successful business leaders and In recognition of his contribution to my team. the banking and finance sector in the The recognition will help me reassert GCC, Adeeb Ahamed, Director, LuLu my commitment to set management with the stalwarts from a variety of Exchange, who have been crucial in the Exchange, was honored for the second benchmark standards in the region’s industries was a great experience, but I growth of this company. I would also like consecutive year. Under Adeeb’s leader- financial industry,” said Adeeb Ahamed don’t feel as though my contributions to thank Forbes Middle East for this ship, LuLu Exchange has grown to on the sidelines of receiving the award. have been any greater than those of my recognition and dedicate it to all my become one of the leading remittance He further added, “Sharing the evening incredible team of associates at LuLu associates at the organization.” KIB receives the ‘Best Islamic Bank in Kuwait 2016’ Award World Finance recognition for third year in a row

KUWAIT: Kuwait International Bank (KIB) adds a developing innovative Islamic banking products new achievement to its track record after receiv- for its individual and corporate customers to sat- ing the “Best Islamic Bank in Kuwait” for 2016 isfy their banking demands and needs. He Award from World Finance for the third consecu- asserted that the secret to maintaining the fore- tive year. KIB was rightfully awarded by the spe- front position lies in continued innovation with cialized and most reputed financial magazine in trust and ease. the London Stock Exchange in recognition of its It’s worth noting that Kuwait International unique achievements and commitment to pro- Bank (formerly known as Kuwait Real Estate viding innovative banking services and solutions Bank) was founded in May 1973 to meet the in accordance with the Islamic Sharia principles. “We are extremely proud that World Finance, Joyalukkas Jewellery the specialized institution in the financial and banking sector that is known for its credibility inaugurates new and impartiality, recognizes us for our successive achievements and especially after our recent win showroom in Sharjah Rolla of the “Best Sharia Compliant Bank in the Middle East” Award for 2016 from Capital Finance International”, commented KIB Chairman, Sheikh SHARJAH: The global giant Joyalukkas of jewellery at each of its showroom. Mohammad Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah. Jewellery opened new showroom at “Our plan for Joyalukkas Jewellery in Al-Jarrah confirmed that KIB’s sequential Sharjah Rolla. This is as part of their mega this financial year includes strengthening achievements, honour and awards are a solid expansion plan for this financial year as our presence across the world, opening our recognition of its distinction and leadership in growing needs of customers, at that time, and committed rapid expansion across India, showrooms in cities and towns that we feel the Islamic banking sector, as well as an obvious provide specialized services in the real estate GCC and a couple of new countries. This is ready for Joyalukkas experience” said Joy proof of customers’ trust, and confidence. “KIB’s sector. In July 2007, the bank went through a compliments my vision to make the brand Alukkas, Chairman & MD, Joyalukkas success, and sound reputation is based primarily one-of-a-kind transformation from a tradition- accessible and available to every jewellery Group. The showroom features over One on three factors; its prudent leadership, invest- al/conventional bank into a leading comprehen- lover in the world,” said Joy Alukkas, Million dazzling collections and exquisite ment in technology and innovation, and its con- sive bank operating in accordance with the Chairman & MD, Joyalukkas Group. designs in gold, diamond, precious stones, tinuous strive to employ talented professionals Islamic Sharia under a new name “Kuwait Joyalukkas Jewellery is currently a 120 platinum and pearl. The collection is a mix ties), Istisna’a, Tawarruq, Wakala, lease to own, with high calibre which have helped collectively International Bank”. Today, the bank stands at plus showroom chain network spread of traditional, ethno contemporary and credit cards and many others. KIB services are in putting the bank at the forefront of the indus- the forefront of the industry and offers a wide across 11 countries around the world. The international designs that have won of tailored to individuals, as well as small and medi- try”, he added. range of banking products and services like: brand which is one of the world’s largest hearts and following of customers around um businesses like finance projects, treasury, Al-Jarrah concluded by affirming the bank’s Deposits, Investment services, finance products jewellery retail chains is a part of a multi- the world. LC’s, LG’s and real estate services like property determination to keep moving forward by like Murabaha (auto, real estate, and commodi- billion dollar global conglomerate, which “Vision for our jewellery business is to management. has varied business interests. The ‘ornament the world’ and we will manage Joyalukkas Group’s business interests this by offering customers the best mix of include Jewellery, Money Exchange, Price, Choice, Convenience and Service” AUB announces winners of Fashion & Silks, Luxury Air Charter, Malls said John Paul Alukkas, Executive Director, and Realty. The world’s largest jewellery Joyalukkas Group. retail chain has presence in Singapore, This international jewellery retail chain London, UAE, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, is also one of few retail chains to be recog- Al-Hassad saving program Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman & India and nised with many awards and accolades for will soon open in 2 new countries. The jew- its exceptional standards in jewellery retail- KUWAIT: Ahli United Bank held its weekly draw Shammari , Badreyah Saoud Abdulaziz, Saif ellery retailer currently has a customer base ing. Joyalukkas has also been awarded the of Al-Hassad Islamic Saving program on May 04. Mohammad Al-Azmi, Ahmed Qanber Abdulla, of over 10 million customers worldwide prestigious ‘Superbrand’ status for six years This program offers the biggest prize amount to Habib Abbas Abdulla, Jalilah Sayed Habib, Nada and offers over 1 million choices in all types in a row in the UAE. the largest number of winners. The prize pro- Hasan Hussain, Ahmed Mallala Abdulla, Zuhair gram succeeded in becoming the first prize A. Hammed Mohd, Masooma Amin Akbar. ABK announces winners account in Kuwait compliant with the Islamic The prize program of “Al-Hassad Islamic Sharia principles. The program has been devel- Saving” from Ahli United Bank offers a weekly oped to fulfil the needs of the Bank customers The winner of the weekly grand prize in the grand prize worth KD 25,000 in addition to 25 of its first ‘Double Your and increase their opportunities in winning size- amount of KD 25,000 is: Mane Mohammed weekly prizes worth a total of KD 25,000 distrib- able and attractive prizes in addition to enjoying Abdullah. uted to 25 prizes, KD 1,000 for each winner. Salary’ weekly draws the latest banking advantages that Ahli United The winners of the KD1,000 prize each: In addition, prizes of Al-Hassad Islamic saving Bank provides. Nuruddin Arnod Wala, Hafedh A A Al Hadad , program from Ahli United Bank offer 4 quarterly KUWAIT: Al-Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) held New customers who transfer their salary On this occasion, the bank issued the follow- Alya Shwaish Al Azmi, Hessah Abdullah Al grand prizes announced in quarterly draws. Each its first ‘Double Your Salary’ weekly draw on to ABK will receive KD 100 and automatical- ing press release: Al-Hassad Islamic Saving pro- Sahlawi , Anwar Jassim Al-Helail , Mohammad is a “Salary for Life” prize which is worth KD 3 May, 2016 at the Bank’s Head Office in the ly be entered into the weekly draws to dou- gram offers the highest amounts of prizes which Yousef Al-Awadhi, Farhan Saddah Al-Enezi, 250,000. In general, Ahli United Bank continues presence of a representative from the ble their salaries. amount to KD 3.4 million per year. This Program Mohammad Naser Al-Dahash , Latifa Waeel Al to offer innovative tools and means to meet the Ministry of Commerce, announcing the Existing customers who are already also offers 26 weekly prizes, with the highest Matar, Karunanidhi Kolandaswamy , Bibi needs of its customers to match the Bank’s long names of the winners for this week. The transferring their salary to ABK will be number of weekly winners. The Islamic Hassad Hussain Ali, Salwa Abdulrazzaq Al Razouqi, history of distinctive services which extend over new promotion includes up to five monthly entered into a separate draw. Saving Account may be opened by the lowest Saeed Hamad Al Ajmi, Fahed Ahmed Ali Al 74 years during which the Bank managed to draws, with two winners per draw and will The Bank’s next draw will be held on 10 amount to open an account, which is KD 100. Bannai, Akil Ahmedally Lookman , Talal Ali Al take the lead among local banks. run from 1 May to 30 September, 2016. May, 2016 where two new lucky winners The winners this week are: will be announced subsequently. All win- 1) Shaymaa Abdulaziz S Alshoumar - ners will be contacted personally and a Vanilla price bubble vexes Jahra 1 Branch weekly announcement will be made 2) Saad Ammash Farhan Alenezi - through the media with the winners’ Shuwaikh Branch names. prime-producer Madagascar Al-Tijari announces winners ANTANANARIVO: The sweet flavors of vanilla are taking on a bitter edge for buyers in Madagascar as of Al-Najma Account draw prices have almost quadrupled but quality has declined, with experts blaming speculation, money laundering and a poor harvest. Madagascar, pro- KUWAIT: Commercial Bank of Kuwait 1ST quarter ducer of 80 percent of the world’s vanilla, has seen held the Al-Najma Account daily draw on KD 100 000 the spice’s price jump from about $60 per kilogram 8th May, 2016. 2ND quarter (2.2 pounds) in 2014 to as much as $220 now. The draw was held under the supervi- KD 150 000 In some local supermarkets, vanilla-used in sion of the Ministry of Commerce & 3RD quarter everything from ice cream to cakes-has become so Industry represented by Mr. Abdulaziz Al KD 200 000 expensive that the pods have been removed from Ashkanani. 4TH quarter the spice aisle and placed close to the cash regis- The winners of the Al Najma daily KD 250 000 ters to deter thieves. “The 2015 harvest was not draw are: . With Al Najma you have more excellent, about 1,200 tons compared to 1,800 the Farouk Khuzari — KD 7000, chances to win greater prizes year before,” Emmanuel Nee, head of the ingredi- Bhanu Sindhi Ved Prakash Sindhi— * Each KD 25 kept in your account ents department at French spice trading company KD 7000, gives you one chance to win Touton, told AFP. “But that doesn’t justify the huge Khalil Abl Al-Shatti — KD 7000, * Each KD 25 kept in your account for price jump we’ve seen this year,” he added, instead Jaber Antar Ali Ahmad— KD 7000. one week will give you a chance to enter blaming “extremely speculative” traders and an Al-Najma awards are now brighter the daily draw. “irrational” market. Dominique Rakotoson, head of and bigger than ever * Each KD 25 kept in your account for a Madagascan family-operated vanilla company With the revamped Al Najma account, 3 months will give you chance to enter and one of the few people willing to talk on the all your dreams will be turned to reality. On the quarterly draw. record, pointed to large operators for stockpiling MADAGASCAR: Producer of 80 percent of the world’s vanilla, has seen the spice’s price jump top of offering the highest daily prize in Additional features and hiking up prices. from about $60 per kilogram (2.2 pounds) in 2014 to as much as $220 now. — AFP Kuwait for KD 7,000, now our Mega prize * ATM card Half of Madagascar’s vanilla is exported to draws got bigger to reach KD 250,000. The * Issue a credit card against your All the while, the quality of Madagascar’s crops process that dries out the pod and reveals the Europe, and a third to the United States-but the new prizes scheme for Al-Najma account. account have been slipping. Many producers are harvesting spice’s sweet aroma. island is not seeing the potential benefits of higher Daily draw to win KD 7000. * Obtain all CBK banking services the vanilla pods before they reach maturity, hoping By trapping the moisture in the pod, “vacuum prices. “Some buyers abroad have now cancelled or Quarterly draws to win great prizes You deserve to win! Open an account to cash in on the high prices and also to pre-empt packing interrupts the drying process, which com- reduced their orders,” said Rakotoson, while food that would start from KD 100,000 to KD now with just KD 500 and you will enter the theft of their increasingly valuable crops. There promises the quality of the vanilla,” explained production companies are turning to cheaper syn- 250,000. all draws. has also been a spike in vacuum packing, bypass- Landry Njaka, secretary of the National Vanilla thetic vanilla as an alternative. ing a complex and months-long preparation Platform, the industry’s trade association. —AFP MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 technology

EMC launches new wave of tech

New products and services to modernize data centers

By Islam Al-Sharaa potential issues. Built on top of a secure, cloud-based EMC Internal Data Lake, MyService360 is designed to modernize the LAS VEGAS: EMC Corporation has announced multiple new service and support experience for the enterprise. EMC’s modern data center products and services fundamental to cus- Internal Data Lake leverages modern infrastructure using EMC tomers’ modern data center transformation initiatives. This Storage and converged platforms including Isilon XtremIO and transformation is leading to complex data center priorities: VCE VxRack System 1000 with FLEX Nodes, VMware, maintaining traditional business applications as efficiently and Greenplum, Pivotal Cloud Foundry and third-party technology in a low-cost manner as possible without compromising service to deliver powerful analytics and data-driven visualizations integrity, and using those savings to support next-gen applica- designed to help enable customers to make well-informed IT tion development needs. decisions. Each requires different investments, which largely come from the same (typically flat) IT budget. The first step toward Enterprise Copy Data Management balancing these conflicted IT priorities is to modernize the infra- EMC Enterprise Copy Data Management (eCDM) is an structure on which IT is built. EMC introduced the new EMC expansion of EMC’s Copy Data Management portfolio which Unity family of all-flash storage; Virtustream Storage Cloud plat- helps customers tackle data sprawl and reduce the cost of stor- form; EMC MyService360 service-centric online dashboard, EMC ing and managing multiple copies of the same data. eCDM Enterprise Copy Data Management (eCDM) and ViPR Controller enables customers to modernize their storage and protection 3.0. strategy with discovery, automation and optimization of copy “The IT industry is in a state of massive transformation, data to reduce costs and streamline operations. eCDM provides resulting in both disruption and great opportunity. Every busi- companies with a pan-enterprise solution to monitor, manage ness leader, across every industry, is facing the dilemma of how and analyze copy data, eliminating the waste organizations will to support and grow traditional IT infrastructure while modern- spend storing data on the wrong tier of data or when they no izing the data center in order to support the development of longer need the data all together. new applications and advance their digital agendas. Some are doing all of this simultaneously. The products and services Chairman, president, and CEO of EMC Corporation Joe Tucci (left). Michael Dell, founder, chairman and CEO of Dell ViPR Controller 3.0 announced today will help advance the customer’s journey to (Right), during EMC world Summit. ViPR Controller 3.0 is designed to help customers transition build a modern data center in order to thrive as a digital busi- economics in the industry, starting under $18,000. Additional monitoring system that processes more than 35 billion events to the modern data center by bridging traditional and cloud ness,” said David Goulden, EMC Information Infrastructure CEO. inline data services will be added in the future to further lower per day. native environments to enable business transformation. New effective $/GB cost. Unity also introduces a new level of afford- The new Virtustream Storage Cloud offering builds from this updates announced today help customers modernize their EMC Unity ability for customers deploying hybrid arrays, with prices start- hardened and customer-tested base. In addition to availability multivendor storage environments, with support for over 50 EMC has declared 2016 the Year of All-Flash for primary stor- ing under $10,000. Unity provides incredible unified storage as a Web-scale object storage platform, Virtustream Storage EMC and third-party storage platforms. age, and EMC expanded its market-leading all-flash portfolio density, with up to 80TB of all-flash storage in a dense, 2U array. Cloud provides seamless cloud extensibility for on-premises with the new EMC Unity family of storage arrays. The new all- EMCstorage, providing customers with simple and efficient tier- flash array, ideal for small and medium-size IT deployments, sets Virtustream Storage Cloud ing, long-term backup retention, and cold storage in the cloud, the new standard for simplicity, affordability and flexibility. It is New Virtustream Storage Cloud is a global cloud storage with single-source EMC support. Virtustream Storage Cloud has available in all-flash, hybrid, converged and software-defined platform offering enterprise-levels of resiliency and perform- been designed from the ground up to support a complete configurations and is designed to help customers make an ance combined with true web scale. The launch of Virtustream range of enterprise use cases. Additionally, organizations soon affordable and simple transition from disk to flash. Storage Cloud represents the latest expansion in capabilities for will be able to deploy Web-scale object storage for cloud-native EMC Unity offers cloud-like proactive management and Virtustream which, over the course of the last ten months as an applications, leveraging a simple, S3-compatible application monitoring through a modern HTML5 task-oriented interface EMC company, has continued to innovate on its core enter- programming interface. that leads the user through daily operations and integrates with prise-class, mission-critical infrastructure-as-a-service platform VMware and Microsoft ecosystems for easy third-party man- while enhancing the portfolio with a comprehensive set of MyService360 agement. It features new Proactive Assist capabilities designed managed services capabilities for both on- and off-premises The new EMC MyService360 cloud-based service dashboard to give IT control, visibility and automated management of implementations. - available at no additional cost to customers registered with Unity storage systems. Virtustream Storage Cloud is built for the world’s largest EMC Online Support - provides a visually compelling, near real- With 3X the performance of EMC’s previous generation enterprises, service providers, and public sector organizations, time visibility into the health and status of a customer’s entire VNXarrays, EMC Unity can deliver up to 300K IOPS. EMC Unity is which need to secure, manage, and store mission-critical data EMC data center environment. MyService360 is built using purpose-built to deliver value to customers with predictable all- in the cloud. Virtustream Storage Cloud provides a hyper-scale EMC’s internal data lake and provides powerful analytics and flash performance and enterprise-class features. Since every storage platform with enterprise-class resiliency and perform- visualization tools designed to improve, enhance and simplify business has its own unique storage challenges, Unity has been ance. This new platform has been extensively tested, with the way customers engage with EMC products to make their designed to offer greater flexibility and deployment options underlying elements running successfully in production for sev- jobs easier. than competing data storage offerings, with the ability to scale eral years as the primary object storage platform for a select set EMC MyService360 is a service-centric cloud-based dash- up to 3 Petabytes (PB) and up to 300K IOPS. of customers managing multiple Exabytes of data, with hun- board, providing near real-time visibility into the status and Designed for all flash, Unity provides some of the best flash dreds of billions of objects under management and an event health of a customer’s EMC data center environment. Supporting hundreds of EMC products, MyService360 provides customers with a highly visual and personalized online capabili- ty that consolidates proactive monitoring of EMC systems deployed across a customer’s global enterprise. Available at no additional cost to customers with an EMC warranty or mainte- Chairman, president, and CEO of EMC Corporation Joe nance agreement, the cloud-based service is designed to help Tucci (left), Islam Al-Sharaa Kuwait Times IT Director IT teams increase risk-readiness and respond with speed and (center) Michael Dell, founder, chairman and CEO of accuracy when fulfilling IT service requests or diagnosing Dell (right), during EMC World Summit.

Jeremy Burton President, Products and Marketing

Mohamed Talaat, Vice President at EMC, Saudi Arabia (Left), Habib Mahakian, Vice President for Gulf and Pakistan. EMC upbeat over cloud solutions By Islam Al-Sharaa have the budget for this, but they are buying cloud servers (cloud solution) and the company LAS VEGAS: During the EMC World Summit in buys the servers they require with the budget Las Vegas, Kuwait Times spoke to Habib they have. Today, all companies are heading to Mahakian, Vice President for Gulf and Pakistan. the cloud to cut operational costs and mainte- nance contracts, so cloud solutions are the best Kuwait Times: The drop in oil prices has affect- for our customers. ed everything in Kuwait. Has this impacted any EMC projects in Kuwait? Kuwait Times: What will be the effect of the Habib Mahakian: Most companies’ budgets are merger between Dell and EMC in the Kuwait mar- shrinking, but operational budgets are increas- ket? Will it be good for EMC? ing, and maintenance contracts help us and our Mahakian: For sure it will be very good for us. customers to renew and change solutions with Dell has the SMP market and EMC has the enter- good financial facilities from us. Most customers prise market, so the two of us will cover most of cannot purchase complete solutions and do not the market in the region. Journalist and media analyst during the EMC Summit MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 HEALTH & SCIENCE

Scores held as Vietnam breaks up fish deaths protest

HANOI: Vietnamese police detained scores of Vietnam’s prime minister has vowed to get tough people yesterday as they broke up a protest on those responsible for the leak, but an official against a Taiwanese company accused of being inquiry has yet to apportion blame. However behind a toxic leak that has caused mass fish state-run media has pointed the finger at a 1.5 deaths off the central coast. The protest in kilometer (one mile) waste water pipeline from Hanoi, which follows a similar demonstration Formosa’s multi-billion dollar steel plant into the last weekend, was swiftly dispersed by authori- ocean. The company has a bad record of environ- ties yesterday, an AFP reporter witnessed, in a mental scandals spanning the globe. But it has not communist country where all shows of dissent formally been linked to the mass fish poisoning. are tightly controlled. Several hundred demon- As the scandal unfolded in April a Formosa strators had gathered in the heart of the capital communications official was sacked after he said outraged at the poisoning of waters near Ha Vietnam needs “to choose whether to catch fish Tinh province that has left tons of fish and clams and shrimp or to build a state-of-the-art steel dead and decimated the local fishing industry, mill”. “You cannot have both,” the official said. accusing Taiwanese steel mill Formosa of over- The company later apologized for the comments seeing a toxic leak. and has launched its own inquiry but public “Never has the Vietnamese sea been this badly anger is snowballing. Vietnam’s central provinces polluted,” army veteran Nguyen Manh Trung, 68, are heavily dependent on seafood, including told AFP. But “the police are now more and more farmed shrimp, catfish and wild-caught tuna. HANOI: A local militia member stands guard at the unusual empty Opera House’s professional in breaking up protests,” he added of Last year the country earned $6.6 billion from square where protesters initially planned an anti-Formosa rally after a heavy Hanoi the scores of people taken away in unmarked cars. seafood exports. — AFP municipal police force has broken it by dozens of arrests in Hanoi yesterday. — AFP

Nursing homes turn to eviction to drop difficult patients

NEW YORK: Nursing homes are increasing- said the facility began insisting it wasn’t ly evicting their most challenging resi- an appropriate setting for him, and after dents, testing protections for some of soci- he was hospitalized with pneumonia, he ety’s most vulnerable, advocates for the wasn’t allowed back. aged and disabled say. Those targeted for She saw the action as retaliatory after eviction are frequently poor and suffering repeated complaints about her father’s from dementia, with families unsure of care. She appealed the facility’s action and what to do, according to residents’ allies. won, but said it still refused to let him Removing them allows an often stretched- back. He remains hospitalized. “It doesn’t thin staff to avoid the demands of labor- matter if you win or lose it, there’s not intensive patients in favor of ones who are enforcement of these hearings. We didn’t easier and more profitable. “When they get know that the hearing was pointless,” she tired of caring for the resident, they kick said. Norwood Pines did not return calls the resident out,” said Richard Mollot of the seeking comment. Long Term Care Community Coalition, a Federal law allows unrequested trans- New York advocacy group. fers of residents for a handful of reasons: Complaints and lawsuits across the US the facility’s closure; failure to pay; risk point to a spike in evictions even as posed to the health and safety of others; observers note available records only give improvement in the resident’s condition to a glimpse of the problem. An Associated the point of no longer needing the home’s Press analysis of federal data from the services; or because the facility can no Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program longer meet the person’s needs. Though finds complaints about discharges and that final category is often cited in evic- evictions are up about 57 percent since tions, advocates dispute how often it fits. 2000. It was the top-reported grievance in “The majority of the time, it’s because 2014, with 11,331 such issues logged by the resident is considered difficult,” said New York: Alice Singer, center, an artist who is a resident of the assisted living apartments Prospect Park Residence, is visited by her ombudsmen, who work to resolve prob- Tony Chicotel, an attorney for California daughter Joyce Singer, left, and her next-door neighbor, Annemarie Mogil. — AP photos lems faced by residents of nursing homes, Advocates for Nursing Home Reform. assisted living facilities and other adult- Chicotel says involuntary discharges are care settings. almost entirely focused on Medicaid ben- 5 elderly holdouts fighting The American Health Care Association, eficiaries and that economics sometimes which represents nursing homes, defends play a role in the ousters. Rather than a the discharge process as lawful and neces- long-term Medicaid patient, many facili- sary to remove residents who can’t be kept ties would prefer to fill a bed with a pri- closure of assisted-living home safe or who endanger the safety of others, vate-pay resident or a short-term rehabil- and says processes are in place to ensure itation patient, whose care typically evictions aren’t done improperly. Dr. David brings a far higher reimbursement rate ‘I think we have that right to do what we want to do’ Gifford, a senior vice president with the under Medicare. group, said a national policy discussion is NEW YORK: The stately dining room at this once- with millions more in potential bonuses if he could necessary because there are a growing Fight the eviction bustling old-age home has been emptied, its floors meet deadlines for emptying the building. The number of individuals with complex, diffi- Vicki Becker of Sammamish, ripped up. The tiny general store’s shelves are barren, home’s fate remained secret, following state cult-to-manage cases who outpace the cur- Washington, said she began receiving and the exercise room has gone silent. No one is leaf- Department of Health rules, until its closure plan rent model of what a nursing home offers. pressure from administrators at her moth- ing through the books of the library or digging into a was approved and then announced in March 2014. er’s assisted living facility about two years treat in the ice cream parlor or painting at an easel in Lawyers and others allied with families of the resi- Justifications for discharge ago to have the then-94-year-old trans- the art room. In the hulking assisted-living facility, all dents see more to the story, though. “There are times these individuals can’t ferred elsewhere. For the first six years she that remains are five women, ages 91 to 101, in the It was billed as an assisted-living facility, but unbe- be managed or they require so much staff had lived in the home, she had paid more fight of their long lives. Two years after the owner of knownst to tenants, it was not licensed as one by the attention to manage them that the other than $5,000 monthly. It was only after Prospect Park Residence announced the building in state until 10 months before it submitted its closure residents are endangered,” he said. The Becker’s mother exhausted her savings the trendy Park Slope neighborhood would be sold plan. In litigation predating the current battles, numbers of both nursing homes and resi- and went on Medicaid that the facility ini- and converted to condos, its fate remains in limbo. Deitsch insisted he was simply a landlord, and “not in dents in the US have decreased in recent tiated discharge proceedings, making her The announcement came in a meeting that the health care business.” Those who oppose the years; about 1.4 million people occupy wonder if money was a factor. Becker hired elicited screams and wails from among the 125 resi- owner believe he sought a license simply because he about 15,600 homes now. The overall num- a lawyer and enlisted the help of the local dents. Yet nearly all of them - including Holocaust thought it would ease the removal of residents, ber of complaints across a spectrum of ombudsman to fight the eviction. Though survivors, a Tuskegee airman and a floor full of peo- avoiding potentially costly and lengthy evictions issues has fallen in the past decade, though the facility eventually dropped the dis- ple with advanced dementia - have heeded man- through New York City’s housing court. The rules for complaints about evictions are down only charge case, it left her feeling as if her agement’s call to leave. In a sort of age-reversed ver- long-term care centers only require 30 days’ notice to slightly from their high-water mark in 2007, mother’s rights had been violated. “It was sion of a campus sit-in, however, five have refused to residents before closing. Deitsch gave them 90. the federal figures show. Meanwhile, the her home,” she said. “What an awful thing go, challenging the handling of the sale and spark- “If you tried to evict 120 old people in landlord- share of complaints that evictions and dis- to do to somebody.” ing a web of litigation. The holdouts’ fight is shed- tenant court, it would take you five years and proba- New York: Annemarie Mogil sits in her bed- charges represent has steadily grown, Whatever facilities’ reasons, the ding light on the rights of the elderly and the diffi- bly $10 million in attorney fees,” said John O’Hara, an room holding the camera she uses to make holding the top spot since 2010. process can be harrowing. “It’s not just culty of transition in life’s twilight. attorney who has filed seven wrongful-death suits photographs from her window at Prospect Advocates say offending facilities rou- losing their home. It’s losing their whole “I think we have that right to do what we want to against the facility claiming inadequate treatment or Park Residence, an assisted living apartment tinely flout federal law, attempting to community, it’s losing their familiar care- do,” said 93-year-old Annemarie Mogil, a retired social improper discharge played a role in fatalities. By get- complex for seniors in the Brooklyn borough exploit and widen justifications for dis- givers, it’s losing their roommate, it’s los- worker who has remained in her eighth-floor apart- ting assisted-living status, O’Hara said, “he gets a of New York. charge. They say hospitalizations are a ing the people they sit with and have ment and says she can’t imagine leaving Brooklyn or license just to kick everyone out.” As Prospect Park common time when facilities seek to meals with,” said Alison Hirschel, an attor- imposing on a daughter who already has her hands Residence was emptying, a small band of tenants outs. Then, in a countersuit against the families of the purge residents, even though the Nursing ney who directs the Michigan Elder full. “I’ve earned my rest. I worked hard. I deserve my decided the home was worth putting up a fight for. remaining residents, he called for $50 million in dam- Home Reform Act of 1987 guarantees Justice Initiative and has fought evictions. peace.” Down the hall, Alice Singer takes solace in the Local politicians came to their defense, and The Legal ages for their interference in the sale, “slanderous” Medicaid recipients’ beds must be held in “It’s completely devastating.” place she has come to regard as home, decorated Aid Society sued on their behalf. As the months ticked allegations and resulting “mental anguish.” their nursing homes during hospital stays Agyemang Bediako knows the feeling with oil and acrylic paintings she made. She speaks of by, they said Deitsch purposely worsened conditions “In the court of public opinion, we’re never going of up to a week. well. After breaking both legs in a jump small comforts - big windows and bright light - but in hopes of persuading them to leave. O’Hara called it to win. But we weren’t left with a choice,” Deitsch said “They try and take the easy way out from a burning building, he found himself also of the overarching fear: She doesn’t know where a “campaign of terror.” in a brief interview. “I’m not trying to win the public. and refuse to let the person back in,” said recovering at a New York City nursing she’d go if she had to leave. I’m trying to take care of the people and I’m trying to Eric Carlson, an attorney who has contest- home. He said he was still undergoing Ineffective and noisy do what’s right.” In an emailed reply to additional ed evictions for the advocacy group rehabilitation when the facility told him it Health rules The holdout residents were being bathed less fre- questions from The Associated Press, Deitsch said he Justice in Aging. Bruce Anderson, 66, suf- would be discharging him to a homeless A few floors below, it is the same fear that keeps quently and saw housekeeping scaled back and wishes some circumstances were different, but he fered a brain injury more than a decade shelter. “I was panicked,” he said, describ- 98-year-old Lillian Guide from leaving her apart- some elevators shut off, their backers say. On hot always followed state law. Residents of the home ago, and had been through several trans- ing his thoughts before a successful ment. “All of this,” said Deborah Pollack, the daughter days, they said central air conditioning was cut off, always “received outstanding services and care” and fers before ending up at Norwood Pines appeal of his case. “What am I going to of Guide, who has Alzheimer’s disease, “is an effort leaving many parts of the building stifling, and win- he never cut back on services, he said. Alzheimer’s Care Center in Sacramento, do? I couldn’t even eat. I became to protect my mother from having to go into a stor- dow units were ineffective and noisy. On cold days, Choosing to close was not an easy decision, he California. His daughter, Sara Anderson, depressed. I wanted to kill myself.” — AP age facility.” Prospect Park Residence, in operation they said the heat was tampered with. Singer remem- said, but costs became untenable at Prospect Park for years and anchored on a lucrative plot of bered her aides jury-rigging baths with microwaved Residence after the expiration of temporary tax bene- Brooklyn land, was purchased in 2006 by developer water because management had shut off the hot fits. He rejects the idea that he sought licensure for Haysha Deitsch for about $40 million. In 2013, he water. Deitsch, the opponents of the sale say, orches- the facility simply to ease evictions; had he planned reached a deal to sell the property for $76.5 million, trated those moves all while raising fees on the hold- to close, he said, he never would have gone through the cumbersome process at all. He portrayed the remaining residents as unable to make decisions on their own and represented by individuals with ques- tionable motivations. “We have not settled because the representatives of those who remain are not negotiating in good faith. They repeatedly have changed their positions and moved the goal post,” Deitsch wrote. “Those rep- resenting the remaining residents are acting out of greed and malice and appear unwilling to offer any compromise or reasonable position.” In legal filings, he has said the facility is running a deficit of $100,000 a month and bankruptcy is possible. But Deitsch finds a tiny bit of common ground with his opposition, saying residents’ complaints should really be with the Legislature and state regu- lators. New York City Councilman Brad Lander, a vocal opponent to the handling of the sale, also sees lax state oversight, though he isn’t letting Deitsch off the hook. “He is evil. He is acting in a way that I think is sociopathic. But the state health department CALIFORNIA: Nurse Zachary Notario, center, and Janette Wilson, right, has essentially taken the side of the sociopath look after her husband, John Wilson, who suffers from Lou Gehrig’s dis- NEW YORK: Photo shows Prospect Park Residence, an assisted living complex for seniors, near instead of the side of the seniors who it’s their job to ease, at the Dignity Health St John’s Pleasant Valley facility in Camarillo, the entrance to Prospect Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York. protect,” Lander said. — AP California. — AP MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 HEALTH & SCIENCE

Starfish babies return in droves following massive die-off

EUREKA, California: Droves of baby researchers shows an unprecedented was the same or maybe even a bit low- starfish are returning to Oregon and number of baby starfish, or sea stars, er than previous years,” Oregon State Northern California’s shores after a survived the summer and winter of University marine biology professor wasting disease decimated whole pop- 2015, the Eureka Times Standard Bruce Menge said in a statement. “But ulations of the creatures over the past reported Saturday. “When we looked at a few months later, the number of two years along the West Coast. Data the settlement of the larval sea stars on juveniles was off the charts - higher collected by Oregon State University rocks in 2014 during the epidemic, it than we’d ever seen - as much as 300 times normal.” A similar increase was found at sites just north of Trinidad, California, near Patrick’s Point State Park. A baby starfish boom also was noted in the summer of 2014 near Santa Cruz. A virus killed mil- lions of starfish on the Pacific Coast from Southern California to Alaska by causing them to lose their limbs and eventually disintegrate into slime and piles of tiny WASHINGTON: A volunteer measures a tiny baby sea star on a con- bones. The cause of the massive out- crete piling on Washington’s Hood Canal near Poulsbo. break remains unclear. Some have hypothesized it to be abnormally warm waters in the Pacific Ocean, which have wreaked havoc on marine ecosystems for the past two years. Humboldt State University Marine Lab Director Brian Tissot disagrees with that hypothesis since the virus spread during colder months and didn’t expand as much during the abnormally warm 2015. “There is no clear environmental cue,” Tissot said, adding the deadly wast- ing disease has declined in intensity but remains present. Experts say that while WASHINGTON: In this file photo a healthy sea star is seen under a it’s encouraging to see the abundance of magnifying glass during a survey to determine the health of local baby starfish, the disease, competition sea star populations at Camano Island State Park in Washington and environmental factors make their WASHINGTON: In this file photo, several sea stars cling to a con- state. — AP photos survival difficult. — AP crete piling on Washington’s Hood Canal near Poulsbo.

Looming marijuana ruling could New studies and data in the field of sentinel node biopsy limit federal prosecutions and conservative mastectomy ‘Stop prosecuting people who are using medical marijuana for their needs’ KUWAIT: Professor Kefah Mokbel lead SAN FRANCISCO: Rolland Gregg and his fami- ing laws that permit its use, distribution and was being sold, prosecutors said. oncoplastic surgeon at the London Breast ly have fought federal marijuana charges for possession. The DOJ did not respond to a request for Institute of the Princess Grace Hospital, more than three years, arguing that the rough- The amendment’s bipartisan sponsors - further comment. Gregg’s case is not among part of HCA Healthcare UK, has presented ly 70 marijuana plants investigators found on California Congressmen Sam Farr, D-Carmel, the ones the 9th Circuit is set to rule on. But he three studies with new data at the fifth their Washington property were for their own and Dana Rohrabacher, R-Costa Mesa,- say it has raised the same argument as the other Kuwaiti Cancer Control Centre confer- medicinal use and fully complied with state prohibits the DOJ from prosecuting people who defendants, and the 9th Circuit has put his ence. The presentations focused on his law. A federal jury last year convicted Gregg, are complying with state medical marijuana appeal on hold pending the outcome of the research in the field of the sentinel node his mother and his wife of growing 50 to 100 laws. California and more than 20 other states other appeals, his attorney Phil Telfeyan said. biopsy and conservative mastectomy marijuana plants - amounts their attorney said have legalized marijuana for medical use. The “The feds think they have the power to over- combined with immediate reconstruc- are in compliance with state medical marijua- drug, however, remains illegal under federal ride voters of the State of Washington and the tion for the breast cancer. na law. With prison sentences looming, they law. The DOJ has interpreted the law more nar- will of Congress,” said Telfeyan, co-founder of In the largest study to date (involving have now turned to a recent act of Congress rowly, saying it prevents prosecutors from try- the nonprofit civil rights group Equal Justice approximately 3400 patients) professor that they say should have stopped the U.S. ing to block state medical marijuana laws or Under Law. “It’s up to the 9th Circuit to tell Mokbel concluded that it is now feasible Department of Justice from prosecuting them charging state officials who implement them, them, ‘Enough is enough. You can’t keep pros- to safely avoid radical surgery to the because they were doing what their state yet permits US attorneys to go after marijuana ecuting people who are using medical mari- armpits after chemotherapy for breast allowed. Marijuana is illegal under federal law, dispensaries and growers. juana for their needs.’” cancer that had previously spread to the Professor Kefah Mokbel and the DOJ disagrees with Gregg’s under- The 9th Circuit is expected to clarify the The DOJ cited a county investigator’s testi- lymph glands in the armpit. This standing of the new law. amendment in appeals by three sets of defen- mony that he saw evidence of a for-profit mari- approach will reduce the complications reported a low incidences of local recur- “It’s been the hardest thing I’ve ever had to dants who have cited it as grounds for judges to juana growing operation on Gregg’s family of surgery and improve the patients’ rence which equated to 2.38% and con- deal with in my life when you see the govern- dismiss their marijuana charges. Steve property. The investigator said he found records quality of life. His research has identified cluded that conservative mastectomy ment coming down on you for simply trying McIntosh, a dispensary owner in Los Angeles, that he believed were for drug sales, a scale and new criteria to ensure that this new was a safe option for appropriately to be healthy,” Gregg said. A federal appeals had permits from local officials that show him in packaging material in the house as well as approach does not compromise the can- selected patients who require or opt to court is expected to issue a ruling soon on the compliance with state law, according to his firearms, according to court documents. Gregg, cer outcome. have mastectomy as part of breast cancer scope of the law that could pave the way to attorney, Marc Zilversmit. Under the 34, who owns an alternative energy company, In his second presentation regarding treatment or prevention of the disease. end or overturn at least six federal marijuana Congressional amendment, the most the feder- denied he sold marijuana, saying he used the the role of sentinel node biopsy for In his personal series of nipple spar- criminal prosecutions and convictions in al government can do is refer him to state drug to treat pain following a snowboarding noninvasive breast cancer known as ing mastectomy, professor Mokbel has California and Washington, including Gregg’s, authorities for prosecution, Zilversmit said. accident that left him with a broken back and ductal carcinoma in situ, he presented reported a very low incidence of surgi- and limit future prosecutions of medical mari- neck. His mother has rheumatoid arthritis and data related to approximately 10,000 cal complications, and no cases of local juana users and dispensaries in eight Western Prosecuting people his ex-wife had an eating disorder, he said, patients and concluded that the sen- recurrence. Furthermore, the patients states that allow them. Another defendant, marijuana grower adding that all three had medical marijuana tinel node biopsy for non-invasive reported a very high level of satisfaction Samuel Doyle, met Washington’s requirements authorizations. breast cancer should be considered in with the outcome of the procedure and Implementing laws for collective cannabis grows for medical mar- But the DOJ argued in his case and Doyle patients undergoing lumpectomy only its impact on their quality of life (9/10). “The 9th Circuit is the biggest circuit, one ijuana patients, his attorney Douglas Hiatt and McIntosh’s cases that the Rohrabacher-Farr if the tumor was high grade and larger At the end of his presentation he made that contains lots of marijuana states. If they said. “He was growing medical marijuana for amendment doesn’t bar it from prosecuting than two centimeters. a reference to the specific issues were to say, ‘The federal government is prohib- people who needed it, whether they could people violating federal drug law, even if they In the third presentation he presented encountered in Kuwaiti patients with ited from enforcing medical marijuana law,’ that afford it or not,” Hiatt said. The DOJ says meet state law. Alex Kreit, a marijuana law the findings of his study that involved breast cancer and praised the high stan- would be huge,” said Sam Kamin, a professor at McIntosh’s dispensary had ties to a street expert at Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San approximately 13,000 patients who had dards of management provided by the the University of Denver Sturm College of Law gang, and Doyle and his co-defendants did Diego, said the DOJ and marijuana defendants conservative mastectomy combined with Kuwaiti Cancer Control Centre for who studies marijuana regulation. At issue is a not meet the legal requirements for medical have strong arguments for their conflicting immediate reconstruction for breast can- patients with breast cancer under the Congressional amendment that said the DOJ marijuana in Washington. Investigators found interpretations of the amendment. “The cer. The procedure preserves the skin auspices of Dr Medhat Oteifa, the head could not use funding Congress allocated to it more than 550 plants growing on the Spokane (amendment’s) language is not a model of clari- envelope of the breast including the nip- of surgical oncology at the Kuwaiti for 2015 and 2016 to prevent states that have property Doyle oversaw, and at least one of ty,” he said. “It really is open to a number of dif- ple areole complex. Professor Mokbel Cancer Control Centre. legalized medical marijuana from implement- Doyle’s co-defendants indicated the marijuana ferent interpretations.”— AP WHAT’S ON MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 Lulu Hypermarket launches Best of Egypt 2016

uLu Hypermarket, the leading hypermarket chain in the region, kicked off its ‘Best of Egypt 2016’ promotion on May 5, 2016, with Ambassador of Egypt to LKuwait Yasser Atef inaugurating the festival at the hypermarket’s Al-Rai outlet. During the promotion, running from the 4th to 14th of May, the beauty of Egypt’s cultural monuments is highlighted with a variety of colorful displays. Another excit- ing part of the festival is the cultural programs held on the 5th and 7th of May at the Hypermarket’s Al-Rai outlet with the focus on Egypt’s rich music and dance traditions. Shoppers are sure to be wowed by an entertaining show that includes the tanoura dance, horse dance, hobe dance, and an Arabic music band among others. Popular brands such as White Swan, California Garden and more offer consumers a variety of unique flavors at special prices. To sample the diversity of Egypt, patrons can visit any of LuLu outlets during the festival to shop for delectable vegetables and fruits, fish and meats in addition to a variety of other groceries. The ‘Best of Egypt 2016’ promotion is another successful venture by Lulu Hypermarket to present consumers with the best the world has to offer, at affordable prices and in an unique shopping environment. Egypt, a country linked to a rich and diverse heritage, is a tourist attraction for mil- lennia-old monuments including the colossal Pyramids, Sphinx at Giza and the hiero- glyph-lined Karnak Temple and Valley of the Kings tombs in Luxor. Egyptian cuisine is simple yet tasty and mostly relies on vegetables, herbs, lamb and chicken.

Win up to 15 Kilos of Gold at Malabar Gold and Diamonds

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Indian Property Show begins at Crowne Plaza

he much awaited IIK Indian Property be a dream for NRIs in Kuwait could now show. The two-day exhibition is open to the Show 2016 was inaugurated on Friday, become reality, thanks to the wide variety of public from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm. The exhibi- TMay 6, 2016 at Crowne Plaza Hotel handpicked homes from across South India. tion will continue on Friday, 6th May and Farwaniya. Exhibition was inaugurated at Large number of projects from all over Saturday 7th May at Al-Andalus Ballroom, 10:00 am by Dr Sushil Kumar, Commercial India from reputed builders are exhibited at Crowne Plaza hotel, Farwaniya Kuwait. Secretary, Indian Embassy in presence of Crowne Plaza. Builders from Bangalore, Kerala, Title Sponsor of the event is TATA prominent personalities, IIK officials, Pune, Chennai, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Housing. Air India made their presence felt Exhibition Organizers, participants and a large Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Panvel, Noida, Delhi, with two free air tickets for the lucky win- crowd of eager exhibition visitors. Prominent NCR, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Udaipur, Lucknow, ners at the end of the exhibition. Tik Tok Dileep, one of the lucky winners of ‘Win up to 15 kilos of gold’ campaign community members Wadhawan, Asad Khan, Ahmedabad and many other places from All and Schneider are also sponsoring free gifts receives the prize ‘250 Gold coins’ from Afsal Khan - Zonal Head in the presence Ashok Anugural etc were a few who attended Over India are exhibiting their projects with to pre-registered visitors. of †Abdul Rauf — Manager and other officials of Malabar Gold and Diamonds at the inauguration function. exclusive offers for the visitors. Al-Rai branch. With a tag line ‘Converting your dreams The exhibition witnessed a huge turnout into Reality,’ buying a home which seemed to on the early morning on the first day of the WHAT’S ON MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016

Artwork by Amani Al-Thuwaini Farah Salem Photography JAMM Art Gallery - Dubai Seven Kuwaiti artists take part in Abolish 153 expo

By Athoob Al-Shuaibi These artists are, Farah Salem, Maha Al-Asaker, Thuraya Lynn Al-Jasem, Zahra Al-Mahdi (also known as Zouz The even Kuwaiti artists among a total of eleven have Bird), Amani Althuwaini, Deena Qabazard (also known participated in an annual art exhibition, which was as Machina) and Tarek Sultan. Artist from outside Kuwait Shosted by the Abolish 153 campaign at the JAMM were from Iran, Bahrain and Iraq. Exhibition Abolish 153 Art gallery in Dubai last week. The campaign highlight- brings the spotlight on this subject matter to Kuwait at ed article 153 of Kuwait’s penal code, demanding a FA Gallery on May 16, 2016. harsher punishment for honor killing. The fine artists and photographers have exhibited a body of work that symbolizes their personal views about this social issue. Zahra Al-Mahdi Artwork

The judging Committee with Al-Sayer CSR representatives. Kids with their paintings. Al-Sayer Group announces shortlisted entries for 10th Toyota Dream Car National Contest Recognition Beckons For Imaginative Children

l-Sayer Group recently organ- as well as for us, there is no limitation ized a screening event to to the imagination of young minds. Ashortlist entries of the 10th Mobility is no more limited to the Toyota Dream Car Art Contest. The roads! They want to drive their cars to event was attended by Engineer protect nature, reduce waste, pro- Nehad Haj Ali Group Manager mote renewable source of energy.” Corporate Excellence in the presence Highlighting the creativity of the of expert panel of external judges young artists one of the judges com- who chose 200 entries to compete at mented “Below 8 years category is the national contest. high with imaginations. Majority of From this year’s contest 2500 those tiny minds want a car to carry impressive artworks were collected big family or friends along with from 27 Arab, Asian and International them. They used vibrant colors, and schools in Kuwait. The artworks drawings are very natural and reflecting dreams and creative ideas detailed. It shows their minds for of imaginative children across 3 con- belonging, warm care. Attention testing age group of Under 8 years towards nature and the colors inspir- old, 8 to 11 years old, 12 to 15 years ing them.” old were in the spotlight. According to Nehad Mohammad According to Mohammad Naser AlHaj Ali, Group Manager Corporate Judging committee members during the scoring process for the artworks. Al-Sayer , Managing Director and Excellence Al-Sayer Group “Toyota status. A universal peace car which updated with current affairs, and Chairman Al-Sayer Group CSR Dream Car Art contest is to motivate screen best of best. For Al-Sayer and responsible to understand cur- protects refugees from war area, they always want to help with solu- Committee “Toyota dream car art children’s to dream differently. To Group it is always in our initiatives to rent needs and look for the future.” vehicle which helps people with tions” said one of the members from contest is one of the largest global encourage them to look at each promote such social and community “What if a car connects you to a drinking water and share basic the judging committee. art contest for children. This contest problem with a solution, which they development program to encourage place swiftly when your mind says to knowledge. So the children are is an amazing experience for the kids did and it was a tough task for us to our young minds to be responsive go! You are mobile in your immobile Jumeirah Messilah hotel supports special needs kids with open day

umeirah Messilah Beach Hotel and Spa reinforced its ongoing sup- port for the Kuwait Down Syndrome Association by hosting an Jeventful open day packed with activities for the children. Twenty children accompanied by parents and members of the Association were invited to stay at the idyllic resort and enjoy a full day of entertainment such as swimming, painting, dancing, and arts and crafts next to the beach area. General Manager, Hakan Petek, said: “Social responsibility is our com- mitment and we spare no efforts to support initiatives of this nature. We take this opportunity to convey our appreciation to The Kuwait Down Syndrome Association. The team has made an invaluable contribution to the lives of the children with special needs which has had a positive impact on society as a whole. It was a truly heart-warming experience to see the children enjoying their time in our hotel.” Hessa Al-Baloul, Deputy Chairman of Kuwait Down Syndrome Association, said: “Our mission is to help and support children with this condition and enable them to live healthy, active and happier lives. We are happy to have collaborated with Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel and Spa and have them actively support us in our initiative. The children were filled with joy and had an incredible time as the Jumeirah team engaged and bonded with them. We would like to express our sincerest gratitude for the hotel’s management and team for offering this oppor- tunity to the children.” The Kuwait Down Syndrome Society, in association with Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel and Spa, hosts several events and workshops throughout the year dedicated to encouraging and empowering the children to develop their full potential and lead fulfilling lives. MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 TV PROGRAMS

04:10 Hank Zipzer 04:35 Binny And The Ghost 05:00 Violetta 05:45 The Hive 05:50 Mouk 00:10 The Chase 00:50 River Monsters (Best Of 06:00 Lolirock Series 1-5) 01:05 Emmerdale 00:00 300: Rise Of An Empire 06:25 Sofia The First 01:30 Tales From Northumberland 02:00 Beneath 01:45 Swamp Brothers 06:50 That’s So Raven 02:15 Swamp Brothers With Robson Green 04:00 Forget And Forgive 07:15 Gravity Falls 02:00 Coronation Street 06:00 Stranded 02:40 Wild Capture School 07:40 Jessie 03:10 Wild Capture School 02:30 Murdoch Mysteries 08:00 Need For Speed 08:05 Shake It Up 03:25 Shetland 10:15 Jaws III 03:35 Tanked 08:30 Shake It Up 04:25 Roaring With Pride 04:20 Chasing Shadows 12:00 X-Men: Days Of Future Past 08:55 That’s So Raven 05:15 Pick Me! 14:15 Justice League vs. Bizarro 05:15 Gator Boys 09:45 Austin & Ally 06:02 Treehouse Masters 06:10 Who’s Doing The Dishes? League 10:10 Austin & Ally 07:05 Tales From Northumberland 15:30 Need For Speed 06:49 Wild Capture School 10:35 A.N.T. 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` Kuwait KNCC PROGRAMME FROM THURSDAY TO WEDNESDAY REQUIRED (05/05/2016 TO 11/05/2016) Urgently required a PRINTING ASSISTANT to work SHARQIA-1 FANAR-2 HASAN WA BOQLOZ 5:30 PM in a printing shop with the following requirements: THE JUNGLE BOOK 11:30 AM THE JUNGLE BOOK 12:45 PM HASAN WA BOQLOZ 7:30 PM THE JUNGLE BOOK 1:45 PM THE HUNTSMAN WINTER’S WAR 3:00 PM HASAN WA BOQLOZ 9:30 PM n Experience in the design software and media THE JUNGLE BOOK 4:00 PM THE JUNGLE BOOK 5:15 PM HASAN WA BOQLOZ 11:30 PM THE JUNGLE BOOK 6:15 PM THE JUNGLE BOOK 7:30 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 1:30 AM execution and fixing THE JUNGLE BOOK 8:30 PM THE JUNGLE BOOK 9:45 PM THU+FRI n THE JUNGLE BOOK 10:45 PM THE HUNTSMAN WINTER’S WAR 12:05 AM Ability to learn new methods and meet deadlines THE TRUST 1:00 AM AVENUES-3 n Ability to sell FANAR-3 THE DEAD ROOM 1:15 PM SHARQIA-2 FAN- Hindi 11:30 AM THE DEAD ROOM 3:15 PM n Good looking CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 12:00 PM FAN- Hindi 2:15 PM THE DEAD ROOM 5:15 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 3:00 PM THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY 5:00 PM THE HUNTSMAN WINTER’S WAR 7:00 PM n Fluent in English, Arabic will be an advantage CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 6:00 PM 24- Tamil 7:15 PM THE DEAD ROOM 9:15 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 9:00 PM THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY 10:30 PM THE DEAD ROOM 11:15 PM n Transferable visa CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 12:05 AM THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY 12:45 AM THE DEAD ROOM 1:15 AM n NO THU+FRI Ready to join immediately SHARQIA-3 FANAR-4 CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 1:15 AM HASAN WA BOQLOZ 11:30 AM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR -3D 12:15 PM THU+FRI Salary according to experience CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 2:00 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR -3D 3:15 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 5:00 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 6:15 PM 360º- 1 CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 8:00 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR -3D 9:15 PM THE JUNGLE BOOK 1:15 PM Candidates can send their CVs to: CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 11:00 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 12:15 AM THE JUNGLE BOOK 3:30 PM THE JUNGLE BOOK- 3D 5:45 PM [email protected] MUHALAB-1 FANAR-5 THE JUNGLE BOOK 8:00 PM THE JUNGLE BOOK 1:15 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 11:15 AM THE JUNGLE BOOK 10:15 PM THE DEAD ROOM 1:30 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 2:15 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 1:00 AM THE JUNGLE BOOK 3:30 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 5:15 PM THU+FRI CHANGE OF NAME THE JUNGLE BOOK 5:45 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 8:15 PM THE HUNTSMAN WINTER’S WAR 12:30 AM THE JUNGLE BOOK 8:00 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 11:15 PM NO THU+FRI I Hafiz son of Fakhruddin THE DEAD ROOM 10:15 PM THE DEAD ROOM 12:15 AM MARINA-1 360º- 2 and Salma bearing an THE JUNGLE BOOK 11:30 AM THE HUNTSMAN WINTER’S WAR 11:45 AM Indian Passport No. MUHALAB-2 THE JUNGLE BOOK 1:45 PM THE HUNTSMAN WINTER’S WAR 2:00 PM Z1852600 residence of CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 1:00 PM THE JUNGLE BOOK 4:00 PM MIDNIGHT SPECIAL 4:15 PM Marble Arch flora Co Op CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 4:00 PM THE JUNGLE BOOK 6:15 PM HASAN WA BOQLOZ 6:30 PM housing society, flat 5, 1st SUPREME (TELUGU) 4:00 PM THE JUNGLE BOOK 8:30 PM HASAN WA BOQLOZ 8:30 PM floor, Central Avenue, SUPREME (TELUGU) 7:00 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 10:45 PM HASAN WA BOQLOZ 10:30 PM Santacruz west, Mumbai, CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 7:00 PM HASAN WA BOQLOZ 12:30 AM India henceforth will be CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 10:00 PM MARINA-2 known as Hafiz Fakhruddin SUPREME (TELUGU) 10:00 PM THE HUNTSMAN WINTER’S WAR 11:30 AM 360º- 3 Chief for all purposes. THE TRUST 1:00 AM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 2:00 PM THE TRUST 12:30 PM THE HUNTSMAN WINTER’S WAR 5:00 PM THE TRUST 2:45 PM I Anis son of Fakhruddin MUHALAB-3 CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 7:15 PM THE TRUST 5:00 PM and Salma bearing an CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 11:30 AM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 10:15 PM THE HUNTSMAN WINTER’S WAR 7:15 PM PRAYER TIMINGS CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 2:30 PM THE TRUST 1:15 AM THE TRUST 9:30 PM Indian Passport No. CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 5:30 PM THE TRUST 11:45 PM Z2181848 residence of Nai CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 8:30 PM MARINA-3 CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 2:00 AM Abadi, AT and PO Partapur, Fajr: 03:34 CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 11:30 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 11:45 AM THU+FRI dist Banswara, Rajasthan, CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 2:45 PM India henceforth will be Shorook 05:02 FANAR-1 CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 5:45 PM known as Anis Fakhruddin THE TRUST 11:30 AM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 8:45 PM AL-KOUT.1 Chief for all purposes. Duhr: 11:45 TAKE DOWN 1:30 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 11:45 PM THE DEAD ROOM 11:30 AM 3-5-2016 TAKE DOWN 3:45 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 1:30 PM Asr: 15:20 HASAN WA BOQLOZ 6:00 PM AVENUES-1 CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 4:30 PM HASAN WA BOQLOZ 8:00 PM THE TRUST 11:30 AM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 7:30 PM Maghrib: 18:28 TAKE DOWN 10:15 PM THE TRUST 1:30 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 10:30 PM TAKE DOWN 12:30 AM THE TRUST 3:30 PM THE DEAD ROOM 1:30 AM 112 Isha: 19:53

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CROSSWORD 1248 STAR TRACK

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

You may find that someone close to you is supportive of your ideas and You are particularly energetic today and involving yourself with some may even want to join you in one of your projects today. You could be out shopping for form of vigorous exercise this morning will properly channel your good thoughts. You a new piece of clothing for a party or an upcoming event this afternoon. There is inspi- may find you and your family tending to chores quickly this morning so that you can go ration from a friend that encourages you to be curious and expressive. It may be a good somewhere unusual this afternoon. You may glean profound insights. This is a powerful- time for a style change-this is no joke. Secrets appeal to a deep instinctive yearning, but ly energetic time that instills great ambition in you. You will probably feel great support take care not to contribute to gossip or encourage gossip. Learning what makes people from those around you for whatever activity you may choose or join in now. You will be tick turns you on but an untruth could be spread without your knowledge. You may much more aware of your personal needs and those of others. You can see what is going find yourself being put to good use by your friends later today; you could be helping on and you may commit yourself to correcting, protecting or improving a situation. This someone move. A meal together later this evening brings much laughter. could involve security, relationships or health.

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

You are feeling particularly optimistic this sunday. Any personal or home Take advantage of these days to make extra money-it seems you are on an projects begun now will have much success. This is a very growth-oriented day. You are uphill swing financially. You may see an opportunity and jump in early this charged and stimulated to lift others and help wherever you are needed. Now is the morning. There could even be something new to learn. Make sure the money gains time to think to the future and what it is you really want in five or even ten years. come by the sweat of your brow, not some super great scheme. There is a chance you Perhaps you could ask the others in your family the same question. It may be they need could be mislead with some moneymaking gimmick that could backfire. Watch out for those unbelievable deals. This moneymaking opportunity may be a big block garage to think on these things. You may be the owner or working to be an owner of some sale. Your intuition is high today-listen before you leap. You may be friendly and popular, business that you will want to put a lot of time into, at least until you find trustworthy but for now, you must curb your tendencies to flirt. When you set your mind to any task, employees. This would be another good discussion for the loved ones that enjoy your much can be accomplished. company. This afternoon there is time to fulfill a few wishes for others.

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

You could find that your special gift for bringing people together, regard- Something really has your mind whirling within. You could be trying to less of age or feelings, plays an important part in this day’s activity. This is understand a situation today in order to know the truth of a matter. You may be investigating and psychoanalyzing much of this day. You have a keen interest in ACROSS 2. A city in northwestern Syria. a vital day with lots of action. You take the time to organize your thoughts and you express your very own humor as well. Perhaps you will be entertaining or helping oth- metaphysics and intuitive insights and you could be on the right track with your detective 1. A sock with a separation for the big toe. 3. A small cake leavened with yeast. ers to entertain. You may have been volunteered to be the one in charge of some club work, yet have no proof to back your feelings. The proof will come soon-you must, for 5. Food that is discarded (as from a 4. A line drawn on a map connecting points activities. You have a natural sense of organization and come across as disciplined and now, busy your mind with other things. Secrets, taboos and mysteries appeal to a deep kitchen). having the same numerical value of some careful-perhaps a little too sober. You may ignore anything that is not tied down and instinctive yearning. You feel a love of order and law-an appreciation for responsibilities 11. A milkshake made with malt powder. variable. practical. Emotions tug at your heartstrings. You have support from your family mem- and duty. Problems are valued for the lessons they represent, rather than perceived as 15. By bad luck. 5. A metallic element having four allotropic bers for whatever you become involved with just now. obstacles. This evening you will find some fun conversations with new people. 16. A republic in the Asian subcontinent in forms. southern Asia. 6. Pertaining to or characteristic of a chora- 17. A hazy or indistinct representation. gus. Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 18. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked 7. The capital of Morocco. on a skewer usually with vegetables. 8. A sharp narrow ridge found in rugged Your passion is high and your creative juices are flowing, ready to apply to Relaxing and enjoying this day is in order. You could find yourself a bit pen- 19. Excessively fat. mountains. any work you want to undertake. If you give your best effort now, consid- sive around others but work around the house or in the yard can make you 20. God of fire. 9. Earlier than the present time. erable success may follow. It is an excellent time for a day trip or for visiting friends. Why feel a great deal of satisfaction. You seem to have created pleasant surroundings in and around your home today. The need for emotional security may be great at this time, 21. South American armadillo with three 10. An ancient upright stone slab bearing not take an elderly person out for a drive in the country he or she will probably enjoy the sunshine and some time away from his or her regular surroundings. A difference of though you should not pressure a partner into doing things just to please and satisfy bands of bony plates. markings. opinion may come to your attention but do not try to force an issue during this time. you. It is a good idea to check all the facts before jumping to a conclusion today. 24. Title for a civil or military leader (espe- 11. A master's degree in business. Today can be both pleasant and fun. Doing just about anything with friends or family Companionship with others is favorable this evening and you should take every oppor- cially in Turkey). 12. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly will bring much joy. This is also an excellent time to engage in activities with the oppo- tunity to be with friends or loved ones. You can be in touch with your most personal 25. Form a mental image of something that aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true site sex. It is also a good time to give mom a call! Love relationships are exalted. emotions, usually filling you with a sense of contentment and peace. is not present or that is not the case. stems and roots and leaves. 27. A descent down a nearly vertical sur- 13. A long piece of brightly colored cloth face by using a doubled rope that is coiled (cotton or silk) used as clothing (a skirt or Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) around the body and attached to some loincloth or sash etc.) in India and Pakistan Obtaining and exchanging information becomes most important this day. You seem determined to move in one direction today. Don’t push too higher point. and Burma. Being more involved with neighbors keeps you in-touch and up-to-date hard-you could become difficult. You are to be honored for your determination to com- 29. Harassment especially of a tethered ani- 14. Of the nature of or undergoing an with the important changes in the community as well as the best maintenance people. plete what you have begun, but if this is a personal project, do not include others in your mal. experiment. You may push to eliminate the pesticides this year, at least in coordinating some group time schedule. This is a great time to clear away the cobwebs and complete any creative approval. You are in a festive mood and desirous of having a good time with friends and 33. A state in New England. 22. Informal terms for journalists. task that has been left unfinished. You will be able to add a new touch or polish to a proj- family. Communicating with long-distance associates and engaging in social functions 34. Related to or concerned with alchemy. 23. The compass point that is one point ect and complete your task in no time. Your interest in professional success is great and with close friends is enhanced throughout this day. The group may all have a common 36. A gonadotropic hormone that is secret- north of due east. you could find yourself analyzing your choices up to now with perhaps new thoughts incentive, which can mean anything from crusading to expression in some form of art. ed by the anterior pituitary. 26. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the about some future changes, taking notes and preparing ahead. A pleasant environment The real creativity just now may be in the planning and the presentation. 38. According to the Old Testament he was faces. encourages you to have a party or family get together-a most enjoyable evening. a pagan king of Israel and husband of 28. Be going to. Jezebel (9th century BC). 30. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East 42. A fraudulent business scheme. having showy flowers. Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) 43. (informal) Of the highest quality. 31. Small tropical American tree bearing 44. Resembling an eel in being long and edible plumlike fruit. All that hard work you have been doing lately needs to be put behind you Unsolved problems or mysteries may catch your attention. You could be thin and sinuous. 32. A chronic skin disease occurring prima- today. In the future, take care to schedule your time as you would a budget. In other the sleuth in your family and discover the truth behind a mystery that has been puzzling 46. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) rily in women between the ages of 20 and words, you must have some play or quiet time to think and refurbish your energies. At for some time. You demonstrate great understanding and sensitivity about the needs of this time, schedule in some special time for yourself, and enjoy your surroundings. This others. You are able to cut through the red tape and get at what is behind and beneath that was responsible for research into 40. may mean a nap, exercise or visiting with a long-distance friend or family member. some very personal problems. This is fortunate in that it allows some very important atomic energy and its peacetime uses in 35. Tropical American trees with palmately Others could take advantage of your good nature and you could end up resenting the healings to occur. Contact with neighbors and friends is enjoyed this afternoon. the United States. compound leaves and showy bell-shaped time and effort loss. This is, however, a lucky day. You may receive some recognition or Problems with muscle soreness or arthritis may be annoying but through exercise and 47. Half the width of an em. flowers. special attention regarding your particular skills. Do not take an important relationship muscle rubs, you will notice the problem is less bothersome. Movies, books and all forms 48. Being nine more than ninety. 37. A populous province in northeastern for granted today. This evening is the best time to nurture the relationship. of escape could prove very enjoyable this evening. 50. Formed or gathered into a ball. China. 51. A mountainous landlocked communist 39. A local and well-defined elevation of state in southeastern Asia. the land. Wordsearch Puzzle Yesterday’s Solution 55. A unit of length of thread or yarn. 40. Widely cultivated in tropical and sub- 56. Jordan's port. tropical regions for its fragrant flowers and 59. Affected manners intended to impress colorful fruits. others. 41. English monk and scholar (672-735). 62. Argentinian cariama. 45. A white soft metallic element that tar- 65. United States designer noted for an nishes readily. innovative series of chairs (1907-1978). 49. A white metallic element that burns 69. Capable of being isolated or disjoined. with a brilliant light. 71. Refuse to acknowledge. 52. Traveling by boat or ship. 72. The language of the nomadic Lapp 53. Any of various large edible marine gas- people in northern Scandinavia and the tropods of the genus Haliotis having an Kola Peninsula. ear-shaped shell with pearly interior. 73. Any of various perennial South 54. An enclosed space. American plants of the genus Loasa having 57. Large brownish-green New Zealand stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or parrot. reddish-orange flowers. 58. Someone who walks at a leisurely pace. 76. Type genus of the Gavidae. 60. Popular music originating in the West 77. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and Indies. the Ivory Coast. 61. The capital and largest city of Yemen. 78. A genus of evergreen shrub that grows 63. Physicist honored for advances in solid in New Zealand. state electronics (born in Japan in 1925). 80. The administration of a strong electric 64. Relating to or characteristic of people of current that passes through the brain to Rome. induce convulsions and coma. 66. Emotionally moved. 81. Water chestnut whose spiny fruit has 67. Any plant of the genus Erica. two rather than 4 prongs. 68. An area that includes seats for several 82. Establish on a new scale. people. 83. Any of several small ungulate mammals 70. Informal terms for a meal. of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors 74. (of champagne) Moderately dry. and feet with hooflike toes. 75. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism. DOWN 79. Angular distance above the horizon 1. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh. (especially of a celestial object).

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Daily SuDoku Yesterday’s Solution MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 Color me! The Great Wall of China

he Great Wall, one of the greatest wonders of materials, built along an east-to-west line across the the world, was listed as†a World Heritage by historical northern borders of China to protect the T UNESCO in 1987. Just like a gigantic dragon, it Chinese states and empires against the raids and winds up and down across deserts, grasslands, moun- invasions of the various nomadic groups. Several tains and plateaus, stretching approximately 13,170 walls were being built as early as the 7th century miles (21,196 kilometers) from east to west of China. BCE: these, later joined together and made bigger With a history of more than 2,000 years, some of and stronger, are now collectively referred to as the the sections are now in ruins or have disappeared. Great Wall. Especially famous is the wall built 220 — However, it is still one of the most appealing attrac- 206 BCE by Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. tions all around the world owing to its architectural Little of that wall remains. Since then, the Great Wall grandeur and historical significance. has on and off been rebuilt, maintained, and The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications enhanced; the majority of the existing wall is from made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood, and other the Ming Dynasty.

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Circle the adjective that best Circle the odd one out! What is the opposite for..? describes the sentence 1) Apple | Banana | Strawberry | Potato 1) Happy X 1) A ( big / tasty) dog was chewing on a bone. 2) Up x 2) Peter rode to school in a ( tiny/ yellow) bus. 2) Red | Blue | Shoes | Pink 3) Hot x 3) It was a very (cold/ dented) day. 3) March | Saturday | November | August 4) Run x 4) Ann asked a (blue/ strong) man to open her bottle. 5) Old x 5) Lilly hurt her mouth on a (hot/ sticky) slice of pizza. 4) Cat | Chocolate | Dog | Bird 6) John had to fix his (slippery/ broken) glasses. 6) Near x 7) I was excited to see the (old/ huge) elephant at the zoo. 5) September | Thursday | Friday | Monday | September 7) Inside x

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Models present creations by designer Yasmin Zaman on the first day of Bridal Couture Week- Gold Edition in Karachi. — AFP KARACHI BRIDAL COUTURE WEEK - GOLD EDITION

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Rochelle Humes ‘dreads’ going to the gym

Burberry said looking for Bailey support urberry are reportedly looking to appoint Perry is proud that some Ba senior manager to support Creative he 27-year-old singer-and-presenter refuses to Director and CEO Christopher Bailey. The 44- commit to exercising more than once a week year-old designer has led both the creative and people ‘hated’ her Met Gala look Tbecause she dislikes it so much and can’t stop business sides of the fashion house since the “moaning” when she does go to work out. She said: “I departure of former CEO Angela Ahrendts in work out once a week and I can’t commit to any more 2013 but executives are keen to bring in some aty Perry and her stylist are proud that some people “hated” her than that. “back-up” to assist with the workings of the KMet Gala look. The ‘Firework’ hitmaker turned heads at the fashion I’m not one of those people who’s like ‘I enjoy it, I company. A shareholder told the Financial extravaganza earlier this week with her charm-laden velvet Prada feel amazing after it’ - I don’t. I dread going when I’m Times newspaper: “Bailey needs back-up. “He gown and while some watchers slammed the ensemble - which saw there. “And I’m not a big moaner in life but in the gym needs someone to help him on the marketing the 31-year-old singer bleach out her eyebrows and pile her hair high that is where the moaning goes down...” and retail side, who has a good understanding - stylist Leslie Fremar thinks it is good not everyone “understood” her Rochelle - who has two-year-old daughter Alaia-Mai of the business and knows exactly where they outfit because it proved it was truly unique. Leslie said: “She’s definite- with husband Marvin Humes - tries to maintain her want to take the company.” ly adventurous and she knows her body, knows her fans so well which slim figure with a healthy diet, but she may be upping There is said to be no question over I find incredible. Her fans are super loyal to her. “I do think that at the her work out regime soon after finally finding a form of Christopher’s experience and skills as creative Met Gala a lot of people are trying to be different, but Katy is differ- exercise she enjoys, machine-based, core-stability class director, but investors are keen for him to focus ent. So it felt organic to push it to the very edge. Reformer Pilates. She told Look.co.uk: “I’ve started on his area of expertise by bringing in some- “Some people love it and some people hate it but, but that’s when doing Pilates, the reformers one. And I love it. And I’ve one else to complement his work by taking the you know you did a good job: When not everyone understands it,” she never enjoyed exercise in my life so I think, I can com- reins of the business side. Another shareholder says. “If everyone understands it, it’s generic.” However, Leslie admit- mit to it. “And I just try to have a balanced diet and said: “It worked with Christopher Bailey as head ted she had advised her famous client - who attended the event with then I’m doing that.” But the Saturdays singer admits it of design and Angela Ahrendts as chief execu- boyfriend Orlando Bloom - not to dye her brows but the stylist isn’t a particularly easy work-out. tive, but there have been problems since he respects the “visionary” singer for ignoring her suggestions and con- She added: “The first time I did it I thought, ‘Ooh took up both roles after she left.” tinuing with her own plan for the overall look. She told PeopleStyle: “If this is going to do so much’ but then the next day I was No names up for the rumored position have it were up to me would she have had eyebrows? Yes. But you know aching. Some of the stretches you do get that burn been disclosed as yet, while the fashion house what? It wasn’t up to me. “She really did just want to be bold, take when your legs shake, but it’s quite chilled the envi- - whose shares have fallen 21 per cent since risks and embrace the night. She wanted to have to have fun with it. ronment, so I really enjoy it.” While she hates working May 2014 and are down 32 per cent over the She’s freaking Katy Perry! That’s what she does-she has fun! “She’s out, Rochelle always admires other women who she last 12 months - haven’t yet commented on the such a visionary and I have a very strong vision myself, but there is a sees clearly look after their figures with exercise. She reports. Christopher joined Burberry 15 years respect there. said: “As much as I say I don’t like to work out because I ago as design director and was appointed “She is an artist in the true form. Her honesty is what makes her so don’t, when I see someone’s body and I can tell they Creative Director three years later, in 2004, and cool. When I say, ‘Listen, I actually think that you should have eye- eat well and that they’ve worked hard in the gym - I Chief Creative Officer in November 2009. In brows tonight,’ she says, ‘Well you know what, I appreciate that but I love that. “I always think Jessica Alba looks like she’s October 2013, it was announced he would be am not going to.’” But it wasn’t just Katy’s appearance that Leslie was worked out but she looks comfortable in her body. She the next CEO of the fashion house and took up worried about. She added: “I was like, ‘Do you know that you’re not Models present creations by designer Mohsin Naveed. looks how she should look.” — Bang Showbiz the position on May 2014 when Angela depart- allergic to that? Do you know that you’re not going to get a rash on ed for Apple. — Bang Showbiz your face right now?’ She’s like, ‘We’ll find out!’” — Bang Showbiz lifestyle MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 MUSIC & MOVIES Rock ‘n’ roll architect’s ashes find new home

he life and legacy of musical pio- 2014. 9:25 am. The ashes of musical pio- neer and promoter Alan Freed have neer and promoter Alan Freed have Tbeen celebrated at an Ohio ceme- found a permanent home in Cleveland tery, where a monument honoring him where he organized what is considered has been unveiled. Freed’s ashes have the world’s first rock ‘n’ roll concert more This photo shows found a permanent home in Cleveland, than 60 years ago. singer Tizzy, from where he organized what’s considered Freed’s life and musical legacy will be Antigua and the world’s first rock ‘n’ roll concert more celebrated Saturday at Lake View Barbuda, than 60 years ago. Cemetery, where a monument honoring performing during E Street Band member Stevie Van him will be unveiled. Stevie Van Zandt of the Latin American Zandt and others spoke Saturday at Lake the E Street Band and others will speak and Caribbean View Cemetery about Freed’s legacy as a about Freed’s legacy as a musical pio- music festival musical pioneer. Freed died in 1965 at neer. Freed died at age 43 in 1965. An urn in Beijing. age 43. An urn containing his ashes was containing his ashes was on display for — AP photos on display for 12 years at the Rock and 12 years at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in and Museum in Cleveland until his family Cleveland until his family was asked by was asked by museum officials to take museum officials to take the urn back in the urn back in 2014. — AP

China and Caribbean cosy up to the sound of music

yrating in the night, Trinidadian soca Quyi, 19, said the crowd had been lively only ment of Pointe Nassau, building condominiums singer Lil Bitts’s derriere, hugged by a pair because there were few Chinese in attendance. and performing arts centers in the heart of the Gof hot pants, is center stage in efforts to “The Chinese are too stiff and serious-they aren’t capital, and have snatched up the historic British bring together China and the Caribbean as willing to move around. They would’ve all been Colonial Hilton Hotel. Beijing seeks a more prominent presence in crushed.” Outside the venue, Deng Yuanhe, a The former British colony, although just a MillerGeorge Washington’s back yard. “I want to teach people migrant construction worker, crept over to a short flight from the United States, was turning how to jump and wave and wind and enjoy metal fence to catch a glimpse of the first black to Chinese capital as other countries had “their ‘Mad Max’ creator Miller rides yourself like a Caribbean person,” she told AFP at people he had ever seen. He liked the music, he own situations and austerity programs”, Gomez Beijing’s biggest Latin American and Caribbean said, but admitted: “If they came over to talk to told AFP. “China is looking to expand, because it Music Festival to date. me or approached me in the night, I’d definitely has a significant population and has always into Cannes on top of the world The four-day event, which saw bands from 15 be afraid. So black, with such big eyes.” been a forward-planning type of nation-not Caribbean countries looking to twerk open just for the next year or the next 20, but for the ustralian director George Miller is at a ‘A singular vision’ pocketbooks and hearts in the world’s second- ‘The next 100 years’ next 100 years.” highpoint in a masterful career. His After the original smash hit, Miller went largest economy, is part of the exchanges One of the biggest projects with Chinese A“Mad Max: Fury Road” won a swag of on to make “Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior” agreed when Chinese President Xi Jinping involvement in the Caribbean is the ill-fated $3.5 ‘Think about balance’ awards, adding to a long list of acclaimed (1981) and “Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome” attended a 2014 summit in Brasilia. China’s billion Baha Mar resort complex in the Bahamas, Other than oil and fish, the Caribbean has few movies, and this week he will bask in the glo- (1985), but “Fury Road” was a long time com- of the natural resources that have driven much ry of presiding over the Cannes film festival ing. In the meantime, he produced the com- Chinese investment in the past, but a Beijing- jury. Even missing out on the best director ing-of-age film “The Year My Voice Broke” based businessmen said it had other attractions. gong at this year’s Oscars, won by Alejandro (1987) and the thriller “Dead Calm” (1989) — Unlike in Africa, it was easy to get money out, he Gonzalez Inarritu for “The Revenant”, could which launched his compatriot Nicole said, and it also offered a foothold in the not take the gloss off the success of the latest Kidman on the world-as well as Australian Americas that could avoid tariffs in other mar- of his post-apocalyptic “Mad Max” action television series such as “Vietnam” and kets on the continent, such as Brazil. “When I movies, released last year. “Bodyline”. He has a string of acclaimed films speak to the ambassadors, I get the sense that “You’d be a fool to be disappointed when to his credit including the fantasy comedy they especially hope within this term of office to we did so well,” the 71-year-old director told “The Witches of Eastwick” (1986) and the bring in some Chinese investment, because The Sydney Morning Herald on returning to heart-tugging drama “Lorenzo’s Oil” (1992), China now has the money.” But mega-projects the city in March after the movie won six as well as winning an Oscar for the animated such as Baha Mar risked being too high profile, Academy Awards and four British Baftas. As a feature “Happy Feet”. added the businessman, who did not want to be writer, director and producer Miller is a pio- Close on 40 years after he launched the identified because he works with governments. neer of Australian cinema with a career that “Mad Max” series, Miller is enjoying the last- “When you do something on such a large runs from the original 1979 “Mad Max” star- ing appeal of the frantic action films which scale right on the US’s doorstep, then that has an ring a young, leather-clad Mel Gibson, to have been praised for reconciling mass audi- impact, it becomes an issue between countries,” “Babe” and the feel-good animated classic ence expectations with the highest artistic he said. “That’s no longer business, that’s poli- “Happy Feet” in 2006. standards. David White, who won an Oscar for tics. America has to think about balance.” Miller was part of a renaissance of sound editing on the movie, has praised Another obstacle, Ferchen of Tsinghua Australian cinema in the 1980s which includ- Miller’s ability to bring his vision to the University said, was that Beijing does not have ed Peter Weir (“Dead Poets Society”, “The screen, despite the difficult logistics of pro- diplomatic ties with several Caribbean countries. Truman Show”), Bruce Beresford (“Driving ducing frenetic action. Chinese and foreign fans watching Daddy Chess perform during the Latin American and Instead they number among self-governing Miss Daisy”) and Phillip Noyce (“Patriot The film also faced other setbacks, includ- Caribbean music festival in Beijing. Taiwan’s 22 remaining political allies-although Games”, “Salt”). But his career in cinema was ing Mel Gibson dropping out, making way one of them, Panama, sent a hip-hop artist to not always assured, with Miller at first setting for the younger Tom Hardy, and shifting the growing economic and political interests on the described as the biggest commercial real estate take part in the Beijing festival. out to be a doctor, and working in the med- filming from the Australian desert to US doorstep are part of its “efforts to deepen development in the western hemisphere. It has Such considerations were far from the minds ical profession for a time. Namibia. “There’s probably less than a hand- trade, investment and financial ties to develop- yet to be completed, while its owner has filed for of some in the audience at the event. “I didn’t He has said that working as an emergency ful of people in the world like George,” White ing countries and regions and at the same time bankruptcy and has sued the Chinese contrac- even know there were countries in the doctor, and seeing “the kind of carnage as a told the Herald earlier this year, adding that to further broaden ‘South-South’ cooperation”, tor, blaming it for multiple delays. Ratings Caribbean,” said Liu Yudi, 23, an English lan- result of car accidents or bike accidents”, he was “the smartest person I’ve ever met”. said Matt Ferchen, professor of international agency Standard and Poor’s has downgraded guage masters student cowering wide-eyed affected him deeply and went on to influence “This guy has had a singular vision to do this relations at Tsinghua University. But efforts to the Bahamas’ credit rating in response. But Paul against a wall as she watched a group of his violent “Mad Max” movies. “It kind of dis- film.” Miller has two children with wife and reinforce those links at a “people-to-people” lev- Gomez, the Bahamas’ ambassador to Beijing, Bahamian fans grinding enthusiastically. “When turbed me quite a bit. And I think all those film editor Margaret Sixel and an older el have to contend with a clash of cultures from insisted that “the Chinese are not viewed nega- we think of the Americas, we only think of the things were part of the mix of the ‘Mad Max’ daughter from a previous relationship. The opposite sides of the globe-sometimes border- tively” as a result. Chinese companies are US and Canada. The other countries below are a films,” he told Australian Screen Online in a Cannes film festival starts on Wednesday ing on racism. Lil Bitts’s Chinese translator Li involved in an estimated $250 million develop- bit hazier.” — AFP 2006 interview. and runs until May 22. — AFP Levine leads last opera Five things you need to know about Cannes as Met music he Cannes Film Festival opens this week in the Lap of luxury euro necklace was stolen and gems worth only French Riviera resort. Here are five essential-and The myth of the French Riviera was created at the slighty less also went missing. Having vowed that director after 40 years Toften surprising-facts about the glitzy end of the 19th century by the crowned heads of such crimes should never be allowed to happen Mediterranean town. Europe who wintered there. Their legacy-and often again, the authorities were found wanting again last their palatial villas — has nowadays been taken up year when only a few days before the festival began Bad timing by Russian oligarchs and wealthy Gulf potentates. To 17.5 million euros of jewelry was taken from the Timing is everything in cinema, they say, but as serve their every whim, Cannes has more luxury good Cartier shop on the Croisette. If that all seems like Cannes was to prove that’s not always the case. shops than anywhere else in France outside Paris. something from the movies it’s because it is. That France’s great reforming education minister Jean Zay Chanel, Chopard, Rolex, Prada, Louis Vuitton, Dior... no connoisseur of crime films Alfred Hitchcock set part first came up with the idea of a global international less than 70 top name brands have shops squeezed of his 1955 classic “To Catch a Thief” about a Riviera film festival in 1939 as a rival to the Venice festival, into the 800 meters of its seafront Croisette. cat burglar in the Carlton hotel. It was during the film Conductor James which was then the plaything of Italian dictator shoot that Hollywood star Grace Kelly met Prince Levine gives his final Benito Mussolini and his film-loving German friend Cat burglars Rainier, the ruler of nearby Monaco. Their fairytale bow after the Adolf Hitler. Biarritz on France’s Atlantic coast was first Like bears to honey, where there is great wealth, marriage later sealed Tinseltown’s links with the coast. matinee of Mozart’s chosen as the host city but when it couldn’t raise the there are always criminals eager to redistribute a little “Die Entfuehrung aus money, Cannes nipped in. However, war soon broke of it their way. The Croisette has witnessed some of It’s British actually dem Serail (The out and Mussolini’s troops marched into the town. the biggest and most daring jewelry heists in history. Cannes is a French town, but it was actually the Abduction from the It wasn’t till after the war in 1946 that the festival A solitary robber, thought to be one of the infamous British who made it what it is today. A Scottish aristo- Seraglio)” Saturday finally got going, quickly becoming the most impor- Pink Panthers, took gems worth 103 million euros crat and lawyer, Henry Brougham, 1st Baron The Metropolitan tant in the world. Unfortunately by then Zay was ($130 million) from the Carlton hotel in 2013 where Brougham, is the man who turned the sleepy fishing Opera in dead, murdered because he was a Jew by France’s they were being displayed at an “Extraordinary village into a fashionable resort. An anti-slavery cam- New York. — AP collaborationist government. His ashes were moved Diamonds” exhibition. The surprisingly simple raid still paigner, he became Lord Chancellor, the head of the to the Pantheon in Paris last year as one of the lead- holds the world record as the biggest heist of all time. judiciary, and encouraged hundreds of wealthy he cast walked off the stage and left con- Chan handed a bouquet of red roses to Levine, ing heroes of the French Resistance. That same year at the film festival a 1.6-million British aristos and industrialists to come and build ductor James Levine to watch and listen who has conducted from a motorized wheel- their winter homes nearby. Brougham was the inven- TSaturday as the orchestra cheered and the chair since his return in 2013 after a two-year tor of a stately four-wheeled carriage which still bears Metropolitan Opera House audience broke into layoff caused by a fall that led to spinal surgery. his name. He also holds the record for speaking non- rhythmic applause. He had just led his 2,557th Levine tapped his heart repeatedly and blew stop for six hours in the House of Commons. performance with the company, where he kisses to the audience. The aisles near the pit debuted in 1971, his final staged opera during a were filled with spectators who wanted to get ‘French Hollywood’ 40-year run as music or artistic director. With the closer to take photos with their mobile phones, From the dawn of cinema, when the Lumiere 72-year-old Levine slowed by poor health for and even some of the orchestra members were brothers shot their first short reels by its glittering more than a decade and Parkinson’s disease snapping mementos. shore, the Cote d’Azur has always attracted filmmak- increasingly hampering his baton technique, the “Thank you, Maestro, for your years of inspi- ers. After the Lumieres’ stay in 1897, some of the Met announced April 14 he will retire as music ration, artistry, and dedication to The greatest directors of the silent era descended on the director at the end of this season. Metropolitan Opera,” the orchestra said in a coast to shoot exterior scenes, a trend that was to The matinee of Mozart’s “Die Entfuehrung statement posted on Instagram. His reign is continue with the advent of the “talkies”. The Victorine aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the pretty much unparalleled for an opera music Studios at nearby Nice were once called “French Seraglio)” was the end of an era. While Levine is director, and he spanned several generations of Hollywood”, with Marcel Carne shooting part of “Les scheduled to lead the Met Orchestra at Carnegie singers. His first performance, Puccini’s “Tosca” Enfants du Paradis”-often regarded as the greatest Hall in concerts on May 19 and 26, and he plans on June 5, 1971, starred Grace Bumbry, Franco French film of all time-there in 1944. to conduct three revivals in the house next sea- Corelli and Peter Glossop; his first as music direc- Nowadays, however, Cannes has morphed into son as music director emeritus, this was an tor, Puccini’s “Il Trittico” on Oct. 15, 1976, fea- one of Europe’s conference capitals, hosting the opportunity for the company to show its appre- tured the Met debuts of Hildegard Behrens and MIPTV and MIPDoc, the world’s biggest television and ciation for his decades of devotion that lifted the Neil Shicoff. The top ticket price has escalated This file photo taken on May 15, 2015 shows guests arriving for the screening of the film “Saul documentary markets, as well as the film festival Met’s music making to among the most from $25 when Levine started as music director Fia” (Son of Saul) at the 68th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southeastern France. — AFP every year. — AFP acclaimed in the world. Concertmaster David to $480 this season. —AP lifestyle MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 Hats off FASHION to Kentucky Derby fashion

Fans wear hats before the 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby horse race. —AP photos

f it’s Derby day, it’s dress up day. The Kentucky Derby is Imore than just the greatest two minutes in sports. It’s also a 12-hour fashion show, featuring every type of hat imaginable - and some that aren’t. Here’s a look at the head gear some folks adorned for Saturday’s Run for the Roses. —AP China and Caribbean cosy up to the sound of music

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A Flamingo rests in the sun in their enclosure at the zoo in Cologne, western Germany. — AFP Chinese billionaire treats 3,000 workers to paella in Spain

Chinese conglomerate Tiens Group employees unfurl a giant banner during a celebration. Chinese conglomerate Tiens Group employers take photos while waiting to be served Paella.

he billionaire founder of Chinese side park during the event footed by the group of mostly health care prod- dancers and then swigged sangria conglomerate Tiens Group treat- Li Jinyuan and organized by China’s U ucts salespeople cost 7 million euros after an employee awards presenta- Ted 3,000 of his top salespeople Tour travel company. ($8 million). The trip came a year after tion followed by paella served from Cedar Point debuts newest Friday to a traditional Spanish paella Spain was selected for this year’s Li took 6,400 employees to France. huge “paellera” pans used to cook and dinner during a free Madrid trip that bonus trip for the workers because Zhang says fewer salespeople went serve the dish. After Madrid, they record-breaking roller coaster also included a bullfight and a tour of they “are fond of Spanish history and this year because of higher sales tar- were scheduled to head to Barcelona he roller coaster capital of the King Felipe VI’s Royal Palace. The smil- culture, and its delicious cuisine and gets and stiffer competition in China. for the rest of their trip. Zhang said world’ is showing off its ing crowds washed down heaping its soccer,” said Li Zhongmin, the com- The employees saw a bullfight in a another trip is expected to take place Tnewest addition this week- plates of paella with sangria at a mas- pany founder’s son. U Tour deputy town near Madrid complete with next year, but the destination hasn’t end. Cedar Point, in Sandusky, sive spread of picnic tables in a river- manager Zhang Xilai said the tour for Spanish horse riders and flamenco been set yet. — AP Ohio, is home to the new roller coaster that’s opening to the public on Saturday, the same day the park opens for the season. Valravn (VAL’- ray-vuhn) gives riders a sweeping view of Lake Erie before dropping them over 200 feet on a 90-degree free fall that hits a top speed of 75 mph. It also turns riders upside down three times. The roller coaster has already broken records. It’s now recognized as the world’s tallest, fastest and longest dive coaster. Valravn is Cedar Point’s 18th roller coaster. Only Six Flags Magic Mountain, in Santa Clarita, California, has more roller coasters with 19. — AP

This photo provided by Cedar Point Amusement Park shows Chinese conglomerate the Valravn, the new roller coast- Tiens Group er that’s opening to the public on employees dance Saturday at Cedar Point in while waiting to eat Sandusky, Ohio. — AP photos Paella in Madrid.