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MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2013 SHAABAN 15, 1434 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Syria-linked Gunmen kill Egypt army India hold clashes kill nine foreign says it’s nerve to sink at least eight tourists in ready to England in in Lebanon9 Pakistan12 save15 nation rainy20 final Oppn ex-MPs to boycott Max 44º polls, Awazem to take part Min 29º High Tide 00:50 & 11:25 Constitutional court to explain ruling on June 26 Low Tide 06:03 & 19:10 40 PAGES NO: 15849 150 FILS By B Izzak

Snowden flies to KUWAIT: Twenty-seven former opposition MPs yester- day signed a statement in which they vowed to boycott Russia, seeking the forthcoming elections, but the opposition’s attempt to garner popular support for the boycott was dealt a Ecuador asylum heavy blow after the Awazem tribe, the largest in the country, decided to participate. The Awazem announce- MOSCOW: Former US spy Edward Snowden arrived ment was made by the tribe’s chief Falah bin Jame’ at a yesterday in Russia, requesting asylum in Ecuador to large gathering of the tribe. Jame’ told his tribesmen escape the US legal authorities after leaking sensa- that he believes that “after the court ruling, we should tional details of cyber-espionage by Washington. Snowden, the target of a US arrest warrant issued participate”. Former opposition MP Falah Al-Sawwagh, a Friday after he blew the lid on massive secret surveil- member of the tribe who is boycotting, appealed to the lance programs, arrived in Moscow on a direct flight tribesmen not to change their opinion, especially since from Hong Kong and was expected to head to South the single-vote amendment does not serve the interests America via Cuba. The Hong Kong government said of the tribe. earlier it had “no legal basis” to prevent Snowden Meanwhile, the constitutional court yesterday set leaving because the US government had failed to next Wednesday as the date to respond to a petition provide enough information to justify its provisional asking the court to explain parts of its landmark ruling arrest warrant for the former National Security issued last week to order the National Assembly dis- Agency (NSA) contractor. solved and to confirm the controversial amendment to Snowden, 30, landed at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo the electoral law. The petition was filed by member of airport on a scheduled Aeroflot flight at 5:05 pm the scrapped Assembly Abdulhameed Dashti, who said (1305 GMT), an AFP correspondent at the airport that parts of the ruling were not clear and need some said. He did not emerge into the main terminal area explanation. where crowds of journalists quizzed his jet-lagged Dashti said that unlike a similar ruling issued by the and bewildered fellow passengers if they had seen same court a year ago, the new verdict did not call for the fugitive ex-agent on the flight. Airport officials reviving the Assembly that was elected in 2009 and dis- said Snowden in fact never crossed the border and solved in December 2011 after street protests by the would spend the night in the Vozdushny Express ZOUK MOSBEH, Lebanon: Palestinian contestant Mohammed Assaf raises his trophy next to Lebanese opposition. Fresh election were later held in Feb 2012 “capsule hotel” inside the departures area ahead of singer Assi Al-Hallani (left) and host Annabella Hilal after winning the ‘Arab Idol’ singing contest early yes- but the election process was nullified on June 20, 2012 his next flight. — AFP (See Page 7) terday. — AFP (See Page 40) Continued on Page 15 MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2013 LOCAL

Premier attends opening of multi-purpose hall for deaf

KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister with special needs in order to develop and Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Sabah to the Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah their creative and sport skills. club. The inauguration ceremony was patronized and attended the opening of a The State of Kuwait believes in the attended by Minister of Social Affairs and multi-purpose hall for the deaf at Kuwait importance of blending the people with Labor Thikra Al-Rashidi, senior officials sport club for the deaf on Saturday special needs in society in all cultural and from the Prime Minister Diwan and the evening. sport domains, and to be treated equally Public Authority for Youth and Sport. Sheikh Jaber inaugurated the hall with their fellow citizens, said the minister. Chairman of board of Kuwait sport club which consisted of a handball court, a vol- The government is well aware of the for the deaf Ismail Karam announced the leyball court and a swimming pool, all importance of backing the people with multi-purpose hall would be named after built in line with international standards special needs “so that our society remain a His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh for people with special needs. society of cooperation, progress and open- Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. Minister of information and minister of ness on all of its segments,” he added. Addressing the ceremony, Karam said state for youth affairs Sheikh Salman Al- The constitution of Kuwait, said Sheikh the members of the board and general Sabah, addressing the inauguration cere- Salman, guaranteed rights of all citizens in assembly agreed to name the hall, follow- mony, said the information ministry was in addition to the law No. VIII of 2010 which ing a proposal by the club’s honorary the process of appointing sign language organized rights of people with disabili- chairman Fahad Bushaiba. interpreters for news bulletins and other ties. He noted that Kuwait sport club for Karam said the government was keen programs. the deaf was established in 1975 and has on supporting people with special needs This step, he added, is part of the min- 500 members, making it one of the by increasing the annual financial alloca- istry’s contribution to blending the deaf biggest at the Arab and continental levels. tions for the club. Bushaiba thanked into society and defending their rights. He praised full support of His Highness Sheikh Jaber for attending the inaugura- Sheikh Salman said one of priorities of the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber tion ceremony, and thanked Sheikh the ministry of youth affairs’ strategy was Al-Sabah, His Highness the Crown Prince Salman for keenness to remove all obsta- to attach greater interest to the people Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah cles facing the club. — KUNA News Interior Ministry’s officials urged to in brief redouble efforts ahead of elections Constitutional Court session KUWAIT: Kuwait Supreme Constitutional Court announced yesterday that it will hold a session on New panel to supervise polls Wednesday June 26 to examine a request for explana- KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime chaired by First Deputy Prime that regard, Al-Qabas daily report- ble and inform the prime minister Islamist groups. On that regard, tion to ruling No. 15 of 2013 over the challenges to Minister and Minister of Interior Minister and Minister of Interior ed that Al-Rashidi was told to who wants to guarantee clean sources told Al-Rai recently that the electoral law and parliament. In its ruling last Sheikh Ahmad Al-Hamoud Al- Sheikh Ahmad Al-Hmoud Al- make a decision sooner than later elections”, the sources said. the Kuwait Democratic Forum week, the Supreme Constitutional Court ordered the Jaber Al-Sabah called on the secu- Sabah, and will be tasked with on order to remove any complica- On a related note, a govern- does not have plans to stop mem- dissolution of current parliament, elected in rity services and traffic depart- securing the elections process tions which could result if she ment insider told Al-Qabas that a bers from contesting in the elec- December 2012, and the organization of new parlia- ment yesterday to redouble their and all other duties that were runs for parliament. Unnamed committee was formed featuring tions despite announcing rejec- mentary elections in two-month period. The court effort and work in order to cope handled by National Election sources quoted in the report members from the social affairs, tion to the upholding of the sin- also rebuffed a challenge to law No 20 of 2012 which with the advent of the holy Committee before it was dis- explained that the minister is interior and Islamic affairs min- gle vote system. While predicting brought a one-person, one-vote system in place of month of Ramadan and the forth- solved by a Constitutional Court required to fill a significant num- istries to examine donations col- that the group supports former the former rules that allowed voters to cast ballots for coming parliamentary elections. ruling last week. ber of leading vacant posts in the lected during Ramadan, and MPs Mohammad Al-Abduljader in four candidates. This came during a coordination The same source further told ministry, and filling them before insure that charity money is not the second constituency and meeting the minister held along Al-Jarida that Minister of Social resigning and then running in the used to fund election campaigns. Faisal Al-Shaya in the third, the Ramadan well-wishers with a number of ministry officials Affairs and Labor Thekra Al- elections could be interpreted as The government feels confi- sources noted that the ‘Forum’ His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- to prepare for the next phase. Rashidi prefers to stay in her posi- ‘favoritism’ to boost her chances dent of holding successful elec- informed its members that sup- Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the Crown Prince The minister listened to brief- tion post elections rather than of winning. “The minister needs to tions with the return of multiple port is only given if they “work to Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah will ings from various departments on contesting for the parliament. On settle the issue as soon as possi- faces representing liberal and change the electoral system” from receive well-wishers of Ramadan during the first three the ongoing security and traffic the parliament. days of the holy month, deputy minister of Amiri campaigns in various state gover- Meanwhile, the same sources Diwan said. Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah said His norates aimed at applying the law who preferred to remain on all violators. unnamed indicated that the Highness the Amir and His Highness the Crown The minister also called on the National Democratic Alliances, Prince would be receiving all well-wishers in the first ministry’s senior officials to prose- the umbrella of several liberal three days only, and would not visit the “diwaniyas as cute beggars who exploit the groups in Kuwait, is set to nomi- usual” during Ramadan. atmosphere of faith for begging, nate candidates during a meeting stressing the need to act in accor- next week. “So far, only former MP Fault in transformer dance with an integrated plan in Mohammad Al-Saqr and Rakan A fault in one the main transformers 132 KV, which order to achieve comprehensive Al-Nisf have been nominated, feeds Al-Sabah medical area, has lead to power cut on security and traffic flow ahead of while people close to former MP that area, in addition to Saad Al-Abdullah academy the holy month and the parlia- Dr. Aseel Al-Awadhi confirmed early morning Saturday. Standby generators for hos- mentary elections. that she is not contesting”, the pitals started working immediately after the stop- The Cabinet is expected dur- sources said. In the meantime, the page, as in each hospital there are number of genera- ing its weekly meeting today same sources predicted that the tors used in emergency cases to keep hospitals in (Monday) to form a committee Salafist Islamic Movement is power. Sources said that ministry emergency teams that supervises parliamentary expected to support candidates worked and repaired the defect and the ministry sent elections set for July 25th, a local in all but the first constituencies 10 generators to the hospitals areas to be standby as daily reported yesterday quoting in the upcoming elections. that area is very sensitive and cannot do without elec- a government insider familiar Several reports suggested in the tricity. Sources said that defect was repaired and cur- with the issue. The source who meantime that major tribes are spoke to Al-Jarida on the condi- currently coordinating to nomi- rent was back to normal at 2 pm after using the KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Ahmad Al-Hamoud Al- standby generators for 5 hours. tion of anonymity further indicat- nate candidates in the upcoming ed that the committee is to be Jaber Al-Sabah and other officails at the coordination meeting. elections. Drug man Officials sue ministry HS exams results on July 8 KUWAIT: Minister of Education and with participation of 44,704 male and for retirement orders Minister of Higher Education Dr. Nayef Al- female students in all school districts in the in custody Hajraf announced here yesterday that country. results of high school exams in both of its He added that the ministry is making all By Hanan Al-Saadoun KUWAIT: A number of senior officials in the that the decisions were based on incorrect Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor plan to procedures,” the sources said. In other literature and science sections will be offi- efforts to guarantee integrity of tests and cially announced on July 8, four days after provide safe and appropriate climate for KUWAIT: A newly graduated young man working as a sergeant sue their employer challenging the retire- news, the Civil Service Commission extend- ment orders they were handed out on the ed the retirement age for expatriates work- the end of examinations. students to enable them to do their tests and who previously worked in a Ministry of Interior’s sector was The four days, following the final exams, quietly and easily, affirming that the min- arrested last night for being in possession of drugs, and sent to the basis that they have already served for ing in the Ministry of Education and other more than 30 years. The ministry’s under- state departments by five years. will be a reviewing period for correction istry will not be lenient with those who drug enforcement administration. During a routine security check procedures, as well as collecting and moni- cheat and would implement all rules and point set up at the Third Ring Road at dawn, agents found a man secretary, Abdulmuhsin Al-Mutairi, released As per a letter signed by CSC President orders last week to refer more than 20 Abdul-Aziz Al-Zebn and sent to the MOE toring final results, said Al-Hajraf in a press regulations firmly in this concern. who appeared not in control of his faculties. A search of his person statement following his field tour on a The 12th Grade students of the science led the police to recover four joints of Hashish and an envelope directors and supervisors for retirement. In Undersecretary Mariyam Al-Wutaid, non- the meantime, sources familiar with the Kuwaiti employees must retire at the age of number of high schools, accompanied by section are to conclude their final exams in containing “Chabow” drugs from him, besides different drug pills, a the ministry’s officials, to check on the pace Biology on July 3rd, while literature section bottle of liquor and some Marijuana seeds. issue indicated that similar letters were not 65 instead of 60 as was previously followed. handed out to employees with more than The letter was sent in response to an MOE of final exams for the fourth school period students will conclude their final exam in of the 12th Grade, which kicked off today Statistics on July 4th. — KUNA Kuwaiti impersonator 30 years of service under their belt. “In that request to extend the contract of a number In another case, a Kuwaiti young man was arrested and sent to regard, several officials decided to chal- of expatriate employees hired in different the public prosecutor on charges of impersonating a security man. lenge their retirement orders on the basis sectors. He was arrested from Hawally and when asked for his identifica- tion, he tendered the ID ostensibly of a sergeant in the Ministry of Interior. When the police checked out his photo on the ID, it found KAC flies 20 rented planes certain differences. Confronted by the police, he confessed that he was a wanted person and started using the ID after he found it. KUWAIT: Following the dissolution of the put KAC back on the right track. parliament, the Airbus company seemed to Moreover, the sources said that the KAC Doctor insulted be more flexible and understanding of the had already signed a contract with Jet An Arab expat doctor accused a citizen of insulting him while difficult situation the Kuwait Airways Airways Company of India to rent five A200- he was performing his duties at the Mubarak Hospital. A case of Corporation (KAC) is going through and, 330 luxurious airbuses to be used for short insulting a public servant was registered. thus, agreed to rent the KAC 15 brand new and medium range flights to Europe, Far and planes (five A330s, five A320s to be handed Middle East destinations. They added that Trio held over by 2104 and five more A320 planes to the planes that are currently being main- Three bedoon youth were arrested after they raided a barn and be handed over by 2015) without linking the tained pending delivery of two crafts by the stole 12 lambs from there. A patrol stopped a pickup vehicle carry- fact of renting to purchasing them, said end of July and three by September, will ing the three youths and the 12 lambs. After asking them how they informed sources. They also noted that the have 42 luxurious separate seats in the pre- came in possession of the lambs, they confessed of having stolen KAC would also rent five planes from India. mium class and 190 in the economy class. these from a barn at Al-Mutlaa. They accompanied the police and The sources added that the deal might The sources also explained that the five showed them the barn with its broken door and the Bengali guard have Kuwait Investment Authority guaran- planes would be rented at $680,000 per KUWAIT: Minister of Health Mohammad Al-Haifi inaugurating the new Adan with his hands and legs tied up with ropes. teeing the KAC’s fleet development deal to month per plane. Medical Center yesterday. MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2013 LOCAL

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and other dignitaries receiving Tajikistan President Emomali Rhamon. Tajik president starts official visit to Kuwait

KUWAIT: Tajikistan President Emomali Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- Sheikh Ahmad Al-Humoud Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Amiri Diwan Advisor Dr Abdullah Maatouq Al- Mirzoshohrukh Asrori, Chairman of State Rhamon arrived here yesterday to start an offi- Jaber Al-Sabah, HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Deputy Minister of Amiri Diwan Sheikh Ali Maatouq. During this visit, President Emomali Committee on Investments and State Property cial three-day visit to Kuwait during which he Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Deputy Jarrah Al-Sabah, top state officials and top Rahmon is accompanied by Foreign Minister Management Davlatali Saidov, Chairman of will hold talks with His Highness the Amir National Guard chief Sheikh Mishaal Al-Ahmad police, army and National Guard commanders. Hamrokhon Zarifi, Presidential State Advisor Committee for Youth, Sports and Tourism Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, HH the Prime Minister A guest coordinating committee was on Foreign Policy Erkin Rahmatulloev, Finance Maliksho Nematov, Director of State Material President Rhamon and his accompanying Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, formed to accompany the guests during their Minister Safarali Najmuddinov, Healthcare Reserves Agency Nurmahmad Akhmedov and delegation were received at the airport by His Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister visit to Kuwait. The committee is headed by Minister Nusratullo Salimov, Culture Minister other officials. — KUNA

Freeze on issuance of driving ‘Kuwait won’t Pipelines delay licenses to expats criticized commit to arming road project Syrian rebels’ KUWAIT: Disagreements between the Ministry of Public ‘Unfair, contradictory and discriminatory’ KUWAIT: Kuwait plans to reiterate its position that it will Works and the Kuwait Oil Company could result in post- avoid becoming involved in arming the rebels in Syria poning the third stage of the Subbiya Road Project until the end of 2015, a local newspaper reported yesterday By Ben Garcia cations for new licenses for the changes are made in the current reg- when the Syrian issue is brought up during discussions quoting a source with knowledge of the case. expats must be grounded temporari- ulations for expats to obtain licenses. with United States Secretary of State John Kerry during Speaking to Al-Rai on the condition of anonymity, KUWAIT: Expats reacted to the ban ly, except those for domestic drivers. Atty Labid Abdal, a local newspa- his scheduled visit here on Wednesday. This was reported by Al-Rai yesterday quoting ‘senior the MPW insider said that five pipelines which feed the on issuing new driving licenses to “This policy is absolutely ridicu- per columnist noted that the new Kuwaiti diplomats’ who spoke on the condition of them with trepidation and unease, lous and contradictory. We have the regulations being implemented by Subbiya Power Plant with fuel remain the obstacle in anonymity. In addition to discussing matters of mutual and they termed the move as unfair, on-going crackdown against illegal the MOI nowadays are deeply con- the plans to finalize the project. “The Oil Ministry said interest, the sources indicated that discussions were set contradictory and discriminatory expats while the law enforcing peo- nected to fixing the computer that the process to relocate the pipelines will not be to focus on the issue of Fawzi Al-Awdah and Fayez Al- completed before 2015, which could force the MPW to against foreign workers. Among the ple were committing many viola- records and database of all expatri- Kandari, the two Kuwaitis still in the Guantanamo Bay ostensibly contradictory statement tions. Now, they want to ban us from ates. reschedule the date of execution for the Subbiya road prison. In this regard, the sources said that talks will focus project which set as this year-end,” the source explained. made by Interior Ministry possessing a driving license. I wonder “This is for the benefit of all the on the aftermath of a recent Pentagon report which clas- According to the source, the project is currently in its Undersecretary Major General what is next,” the expat wondered. expats and citizens,” Abdal said. “I sified Al-Awdah and Al-Kandari as being too ‘dangerous’ Abdulfattah Al-Ali was his claim Another expat noted if the govern- think they are doing this to control to be released. final stages and the MPW would soon be looking to “put made earlier that many of the traffic ment was really serious and commit- and identify certain people living On the Syrian issue, the sources revealed that Kerry safety systems along the pipelines to ensure completion violators were domestic drivers. ted to implement the rules regarding among us. We are now living in the was expected to provide Kuwaiti officials with the latest of the project.” The cost of the third stage of the project But the new policy that he issuance of a new driver’s license, it new era of computer and internet details regarding the possibility of a military strike has already reached KD 41 million. It will connect the approved allows domestic drivers must first provide a proper public technology and our system must be against the Syrian regime. main road with the Boubyan Causeway that is under (visa 20) to obtain a new license. transportation system. ramped up as is being done in other construction. “Where in the world expatriates “They can do that if there are countries. So they are implementing are not allowed to receive a driving enough taxis and all of them follow certain measures and it really hurts license,” an expat asked the Kuwait the metered system. As per earlier and affects the expatriates some- Times. “This is absolutely against our experience, taxis are not following times, but nonetheless, I have heard rights and freedom to move around. the rules and regulations. Further, that all this is only temporary, so we Expatriates should be allowed to they can also do that if there were should not worry. Besides, things are commute using their own cars as reliable buses and a metro train avail- not fixed with a magic wand and it long as they satisfy the MOI’s require- able on the ground. How do you usually takes some time,” he added. ments and to suspend such a facility want the people to ride in a public Since Al-Ali’s appointment a few is absolutely unfair,” an expat who transport if these are very unreliable? months back, he has led a radical spoke on the condition of anonymity Also, these modes of transport arrive campaign in which a hundreds of told this reporter. only after an hour long wait in siz- expatriates have been deported Al-Ali had earlier claimed that zling summer when mercury zooms without a court order for committing family drivers were among the most to 52 degrees,” the expat comment- grave traffic offenses such as driving rampant traffic violators but accord- ed. Al-Ali reiterated that temporary without a license and jumping red ing to the new policy, all new appli- rules will be in place until new lights. KD 16,500 million unemployment allowance paid in five years

KUWAIT: Kuwait paid KD 16,500 million in unemploy- ment allowances to Kuwaitis released from jobs in the pri- vate sector since 2008, a local newspaper reported yesterday quoting Secretary General of the Management and Government Restructuring Program. Fawzi Al-Majdali further told Al-Jarida that 2098 Kuwaitis fired from private firms were registered with the MGRP as of June 17, 2013. The same news- paper also reported an increase in unemployment rate in Kuwait, quoting a Civil Service Commission report which indicated that unem- ployment reached five percent after recording 4.5 percent ear- lier this year. Moreover, the report point- ed out an increase in unem- ployment rate among the edu- cated citizens, especially those with Masters and PhD degrees. But according to a source quot- ed in the report, the majority of unemployed citizens with high academic qualifications simply chose to reject working in the private sector or a gov- ernment post they believed they were overqualified for. And while the CSC report called the increase in the unemployment rate as “alarm- ing”, it called for taking “serious steps” with regards to the country’s ‘replacement policy’ which advocates hiring Kuwaiti manpower in the public sector to replace expatriate labor KUWAIT: Minister of Communications and Housing Salem Al-Othaina inaugu- forces whose contracts were rating a new exchange building in Southern Subahiya yesterday. due to expire. MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2013 LOCAL

wIn my vie kuwait digest Change Kuwait’s Before it’s sponsorship code too late

By Nabila Al-Anjari

uwait has enjoyed budget surpluses over the By Labeed Abdal past few years, helped by the oil prices recover- King after the global economic crisis. This was supposed to help achieve progress and development in most fields, especially since we have the financial and geographic qualifications to realize growth in tourism, economy, sports, etc. Moreover, modern [email protected] technology and experience of Kuwaiti and non- Kuwaiti experts can also be depended on to achieve those goals. eports emerging from Kuwait about there Despite all that, Kuwait continues to fall back in all existing forced labor conditions for domestic the fields. For example, Kuwait dropped from the Rlaborers and the possibility of even human 82nd place to 100th on the world’s development trafficking is a matter that all of us must consider as index, which reflects the government’s imbalanced a case of emergency. spending. Meanwhile, Kuwait dropped to the 99th The increased grip of sponsors or the labor spot in the 2012 international index for countries agents on workers who came of their own free will where government decisions are less affected by into Kuwait, only to search for a greener pasture to favoritism, falling from 61 in the 2009’s index. This, of make a living, must force us to quadruple our course, was because of the nepotism in the public sec- efforts to ensure highest standards when it comes tor appointments, a policy that continues to deprive to human rights. Kuwait from the services of its devoted and qualified Incidents like nonpayment of wages, long work- kuwait digest people. ing hours without rest, deprivation, lack of food, Our never-ending problem is one that has to do working under threats, facing physical or sexual with management. At a time when we have seen abuse, and restrictions on movement, confining neighboring countries being transformed from arid expats to the workplace and withholding their Exaggerations of Al-Ali passports or forging work benefits, all of these are signs that we need to worry, and must pay close The problem is very clear, and attention to effect a recovery. By Ahmad Al-Sarraf Also workers rights must be guarded as these the solution is also no secret. All it are described in the employment contract or laws raffic Department Director Maj Gen water tankers (let’s not forget to mention sewage needs is for the government to that prevent exploitation. Abdulfattah Al-Ali, the man responsible for tankers, of course). Maj Gen Al-Ali repeatedly adopt a new policy in which the Having new rules for to guard against traffic vic- Tthe ongoing traffic crackdowns in Kuwait, argued that expatriates deported for traffic viola- tims needs full awareness on the part of the law recently said that Kuwaitis topped the world when tions had a record of repeated violations of a seri- interests of Kuwait and the future enforcement agencies and parties, given the deli- it comes to obeying the law, and argued at the ous nature such as jumping the red lights. generations receive top priority. cate matter of human rights involved. same time that the main problem his department If we take an extra look into the profiles of these The World Bank and many other One is glad to see the e-governance project of faced was with the expatriate drivers. If I were the drivers, we would probably find out that most of Kuwait taking major steps to control the existing Interior Minister, I would have relieved this man of them were assisted by senior officials from inside major international advisors have population and drawing a distinction between his duties not only because of his unfortunate use or outside the ministry to obtain their licenses warned Kuwait about the snow- legal and illegal residents. of words, but also because without necessarily pass- balling effect of uncontrolled gov- of his inaccurate and preju- ing their tests. Why only Leaving the workers unprotected means that ernment spending, and advised the labor authority should be more effective. diced statements. We cannot be the world’s most hold an expatriate driver Nothing is impossible, as exemplified by the First of all, there might be law abiding people as Maj Gen Al- accountable for traffic vio- the state to launch projects with Ministry of Higher Education which rebuilt itself more traffic violations com- lations while ignoring the economic payoff in order to help it mitted by expatriates than Ali suggested when we fail to honor fact that many of them after systemically overthrowing the old administra- face the challenges of the future. tive guard and starting with a new look and work those by citizens - though I the law in all aspects of life. It is just paid Kuwaiti employees to culture. am not entirely sure about illogical to say that someone com- ‘pass’ their driving tests? Definitely, the same must be done for the that since the Major General Also, we cannot be the deserts to be listed among the world’s most devel- Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor when it comes never mentioned statistics pletely honors traffic regulations world’s most law abiding oped nations, we find that our country is going in the to commercial workers. to support his claims. But but breaks the law in other aspects people as Maj Gen Al-Ali opposite direction because of a policy in which even if we assume that this of life. Besides, we cannot claim to suggested when we fail to favoritism and appeasement jostle out merit. This very was true, perhaps the senior honor the law in all aspects policy is the reason behind Kuwait sliding down from be law abiding when a majority of kuwait digest ministry official is ignoring of life. It is just illogical to the 31st place in the 2009 welfare index to 38th in the the fact that the expatriate us do not even know what the law say that someone complete- 2012 index. Meanwhile, bureaucracy continues to put population is now more is. And we certainly cannot be the ly honors traffic regulations hurdles in the road towards development. In the than double that of but breaks the law in other world’s index for difficulties posed by the government Gone with Kuwaitis, and therefore it is best in honoring the law when cor- aspects of life. Besides, we procedures, Kuwait ranked 137th in 2012 after being only normal to have more ruption and bribery still flourish in cannot claim to be law abid- at 115th place in 2009. the wind traffic tickets issued against the state departments. ing when a majority of us do The problem is very clear, and the solution is also non-Kuwaitis. not even know what the law no secret. All it needs is for the government to adopt a Secondly, foreigners did is. And we certainly cannot new policy in which the top interests of Kuwait and By Abdullah Misfer Al-Adwani not come to Kuwait sneaking their way across our be the best in honoring the law when corruption and the future generations receive top priority. The World borders. They came because we invited them and bribery still flourish in the state departments. Bank and many other major international advisors liked the Twitter post of Sheikh Mohammad Al- provided everything they needed to carry out their Therefore, I believe that Maj Gen Al-Ali deserves to be have warned Kuwait about the snowballing effect of Awadhi about the National Assembly in Kuwait jobs. Is it fair to now start haunting them and awarded a hypothetical Nobel Prize in Exaggeration uncontrolled government spending, and advised the Iin which he said that the councils formed in holding them accountable for the increased num- for his statements, because honestly speaking, we state to launch projects with economic payoff in order 2003, 2006, 2008 and 2009 were desolated while ber of traffic violations, allegedly committed by could be the world’s top people in overspeeding, to help it face the challenges of the future. the 2012 council was declared void. In 2012, it was expats? reckless driving, parking in parking spaces reserved The government must realize that the solution is the second council to be declared void. Sheikh Al- And the third point is that the expatriates need for the disabled, swerving and driving on the street’s right now in its own hands, and it might not stay that Awadhi wondered about the fate that awaits the a driving license more than Kuwaitis do because shoulder. On top of all that, we are asked to vote in way for long. Therefore, the government must act as next council, speculating whether it will be found they carry out all the jobs that we refuse to, such parliament elections more often than any other peo- soon as possible and before it is too late.—Al-Qabas void, desolated or paralyzed. as driving taxis, buses, bulldozers, tractors, and ple around the world.— Al-Qabas It is a fact that the question posed by Al-Awadhi comes at a right time and place since the age of any kuwait digest N.A. Council in Kuwait as well as the governments is very short. Most of the time, the Council lapses kuwait digest before serving its full term. One wonders what is wrong and with whom. Is there something wrong We need within the government, the Council or the people? Past never comes back While it could be a puzzling question, but the our minds! results over the past ten years or more indicate that the end result is failure. Looking back at our previ- By Dr Terki Al-Azmi ous councils, we find that at the end, these were By Dr Nadiay Al-Qenae cases of “gone with the wind”, though some very time there is a political crisis in Kuwait, ues to spiral downwards. Councils have been pro-government, a few tilted ho does not want his mind? We obviously some people emerge to play the role of a I believe that a solution is still farfetched at this towards the opposition council, one a very quiet cannot do without this divine gift to Epolitical, social and constitutional expert point because we remain strategically impotent Wmankind. However, regardless of all the while in reality they might be knowledgeable in and culturally impaired with regards to how choices mental diseases, genetic disorders, toxins, bacterial One wonders what is wrong and one aspect but it is impossible that they are special- are made. Regarding the upcoming elections, we infections and brain damage that can necessarily with whom. Is there something ists in every field. are divided into two teams, one that is ‘weighing diminish or end our capacity for sound thinking In the meantime, there are others who do a good the option of participating’ and another that ‘finds wrong within the government, the and reasoning, we human beings have been job when it comes to nar- that participation serves bestowed with the blessing of moulding this gift Council or the people? While it rating historical events and their interest regardless of The past never comes back, and directing our thoughts towards improving our could be a puzzling question, but cite the government’s own the reasons.” own lives and ensuring all round welfare. doings in the past decades whether it is a matter of social style The situation would have the results over the past ten years We should not also lose sight of the role that our to support their claims (the society’s culture) or the politi- been better if we could com- five senses play in various stages of our life. These or more indicate that the end that the government has prehend the need to apply cal style when it comes to the art of senses can either lead us to summits of achieve- result is failure. always tried to impose strategic thinking and put ments or push us down dangerously steep slopes autocracy. practicing democracy. Therefore, before the political figures a where we can lose everything. As we look for a way out most strategic experts believe that reformist agenda. We could However, these five senses cannot function with- of the ongoing political have approached leaders and responsible one, one council with a special out the mind. For example, we can see someone woes, we have to consider ‘the past breeds the strategy of known for their ability to agenda but the result was a return to square one but we will not be able to recognize him or her the fact that the govern- convince and hold rational and a resort to election boxes. Why could no tomorrow’; a concept that neither without the functions that our brains perform. ment is represented by arguments. We have for years Council survive? And what are the reasons behind the government has understood, Mind acts like the main control when it comes to people who are our com- been following individuals going around in vicious circles? Which stops growth what we feel, think, learn and remember. It also patriots, and that it is nor- nor some political groups have and promote anyone with a and reforms at atime when we are being left controls the movements of our bodies and muscles, mal for them to show soli- perceived charisma while behind every day compared to what is happening been able to comprehend. We find including our heart. It tells us how to act in various darity with the govern- ignoring arguments that sug- in the world? Where were we, and where we have political groups reaching an accord situations. ment even if it involves gest that charisma can some- reached today? Does Kuwait need to change its citi- This interface was really necessary in view of a changing their stance after mostly when interests converge, times be a corrupting factor. zens in order to become stable and quiet? Have our widening circle of people who have been alienating joining the government. What we need now is voters not become qualified enough to go through which exposes the lack of a true their own minds and are being extremely affected The past never comes summarized as follows: elections or perhaps the election boxes could no reformist agenda. by what they hear without exerting the lest effort to back, whether it is a matter • Realizing the importance more be the answer to our ambitions? Who is verify it. We have been overhearing lies that, with of social style (the society’s of taking steps to protect the responsible? And what is the solution? repetition and time, tend to seem like facts. That’s culture) or the political style when it comes to the 1962 constitution. One wonders what fate is hiding for us. Now that why injustice, tyranny, grudges and hatred is pre- art of practicing democracy. Therefore, most strate- • Diagnosing the problems occurring between one man-one vote has become a constitutional vailing. gic experts believe that ‘the past breeds the strate- the cabinet and the parliament and find their root concept, in the face of strong opposition, a number We are being unjust to ourselves by ignoring gy of tomorrow’; a concept that neither the govern- causes. of people have still announced they will not be par- what our mind tells us, all because of an arbitrary ment has understood, nor some political groups • Eliminating nepotism and the quota strategy ticipating in the coming elections. word here or a sentence there that we do not even have been able to comprehend. We find political when hiring candidates for key posts. One wonders what lied in store for us and where understand. We have only been using our sense of groups reaching an accord mostly when interests • Adopting strategic thinking in addressing crises are we headed for? And what is the title that people hearing and, accordingly, judging some people, converge, which exposes the lack of a true reformist that have been pending for decades. will bestow on the next council? Desolated or void things or facts without properly examining the con- agenda. We can never guarantee a bright future in the or paralyzed? texts. That is exactly what turns hearsay into ‘facts’ And since the past never comes back while we light of an ideology by which the government runs May God have mercy on us! and buries the real facts, which reminds me of what fail to learn from our mistakes to put together a cor- the state’s affairs, and the same goes for political — Al-Anbaa the Egyptian poet, Ahmed Shawki, once said: What rective strategy for the future, the situation contin- groups. —Al-Rai a parrot with its mind in its ears! —Al-Jarida MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2013 LOCAL Two in police custody for Amiri hospital brawl Search for rapist in Salwa KUWAIT: A police officer and another man were girl. She added that the man escaped after she Kuwaiti man who was in the passenger’s seat of being held for questioning after the civilian screamed for help. She then told her father about the truck was caught. Police later found drug accused the officer of having an affair with his what had happened before the two headed to paraphernalia from his possession. Police identi- wife. Police had rushed to the Amiri Hospital on the area’s police station to report the case. fied the runaway suspect as being wanted to Friday night after a fight was reported. They Investigations were on. serve a two-year in prison sentence. found a man trying to break free from security personnel who had caught him while he was try- Mosque attacked Adaire theft ing to escape after fighting with the other man. Investigations are on in search of three Three people were arrested on charges of steal- The two were taken to the nearest police station teenagers who reportedly attacked a Shiite ing metal objects at a military shooting square in for questioning. One of them said he found his mosque in Jahra with Molotov cocktails. the Adaire’a desert recently. The Syrian men were wife at the hospital speaking to a stranger in a According to the police report, the mosque’s first caught by security servicemen who spotted suspicious manner, and also claimed that since Imam came outside after hearing glass shattering, them inside the shooting square. Police were this man intervened between him and his wife and saw three youngsters running away. He called to arrest them formally after tools used to when he went after her was ‘proof’ enough that called the police after finding out that the cut steel as well as some amount of steel were the two were in a relationship. Police found out teenagers left behind three bottles filled with found in their possession. They were referred to that the man accused of being involved with the inflammable liquid. A case was filed at the Taima the proper authorities for further action. wife is an Interior Ministry officer. Investigations police station. are on. Maid injured Fugitive at large A domestic worker was hospitalized with burn Sexual assault Police are looking to arrest a male suspect who injuries when a cooking gas cylinder exploded Search is on for a man accused of sexually escaped and left behind his friend in his car along recently in Al-Khaldiya. Firefighters, accompanied assaulting an underage girl in Salwa on Saturday. with drug related paraphernalia that the police by paramedics and police, rushed to the house on In her statement to the police, the 15-year-old later discovered. Hawally police went in pursuit of Friday night after a fire was reported. A house- Kuwaiti girl said that her friend, a 20-year-old a black pickup truck which sported no license maid was taken to the hospital after she sus- Palestinian national, raped her in her room after plates and whose driver ignored orders to pull tained injuries. She was in the kitchen where the he came over to visit at dawn. The man reportedly over. After jumping three traffic lights, the driver cylinder reportedly exploded. An investigation sneaked into the house on an invitation from the eventually stopped and then ran away on foot. A was opened. Electricity, water News Abandoned cars removed awareness increases in brief By Hanan Al-Saadoun The campaign resulted in the removal of 42 vehicles abandoned or exhibited for sale Interior ministry reshuffle KUWAIT: The Ahmadi governorate municipal- from the streets and areas falling in the indus- among youth KUWAIT: Security sources said First Deputy ity carried out a campaign to remove aban- trial area. Al-Otaibi said that the campaign was Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Ahmad Al-Hmoud is in the process of putting doned cars lying in the streets and those conducted successfully and was accomplished KUWAIT: The Kuwait Environment Protection Society thought Kuwait lacks many water sources. the finishing touches to the expected reshuffle exhibited for sale in the Ahmadi Industrial sooner than expected because of the preplan- (KEPS) said yesterday that percentage of awareness On the level of knowledge about alternatives ener- and the appointment of new leaders in the Area. The campaign was carried out with the ning and fruitful cooperation with the gover- among Kuwaiti youth on importance of electricity and gy sources, the poll showed that 85.7 pct affirmed departments of criminal investigation, traffic, assistance of the Ministry of Interior at the norate’s security men headed by Brig. Matooq water rationalization has increased significantly in the their knowledge of these sources such as wind power and general security. The sources said Al-Hmoud instructions of the director, Engineer Fahad Al-Aslawi and Fahaheel area commander current month. KEPS’ administration team had con- and solar power, while 41.3 pct were unaware of such was likely to start with the criminal investigation Dughaim Al-Otaibi. Colonel Rashid Al-Nomas. ducted its monthly questionnaire for June on the lev- alternative sources. department, followed by the traffic and general els of awareness and knowledge among young On usage of energy saving light bulbs in homes, security departments. Top officials in general Kuwaitis on the importance of electricity and water Al-Zaidi said that 64.3 pct of participants were so keen security are expected to be transferred to the rationalization in Kuwait, Abdullah Al-Zaidi, member on using such light bulbs, compared to 28.6 pct who traffic department. General security is the of programs and activities department in KEPS told did not use them, and 7.1 pct who did not care. He department having the highest number of KUNA. The questionnaire results, which included wide indicated that 57.1 pct of participants noted squan- vacancies in leading positions, and the appoint- random sample of male and female youth in accor- dering of water and electricity by their housemaids, ment process might be sped up in view of the dance to their various educational and occupational compared to 28.6 pct who did not notice any such upcoming elections. levels, showed that 85.7 percent have high awareness squandering. On acceptance of increasing electricity on the importance of electricity and water rationaliza- and water fees, Al-Zaidi said that 57.1 agreed, com- Officials urged to pay bills tion in the country, compared to 7.1 pct who did not pared to 42.9 pct who did not agree, while 71.4 pct of Hundreds of senior government employees care for rationalization principle, added Al-Zaidi. participants agreed on increase of awareness cam- could face legal action for unpaid electricity, On the axis of “speed to repair water leakage”, he paigns of electricity and water consumption rationali- water and phone bills, according to the recent mentioned that about 92. 9 pct of participants were in zation. In addition, he said that 21.4 pct of participants cabinet instructions aimed at collecting the favor for speed to repair any glitch that contributes in agreed that awareness campaigns had a major role in state’s dues in the form of public service fees, a squandering water, compared to 7.1 pct did not care increasing awareness on consumption issues among local daily reported yesterday, quoting a source for speed of repairing any glitch. the public, while 7.1 pct of participants thought that familiar with the case. According to the insider, Meanwhile, 21.4 pct agreed that there are many campaigns did not have any role or importance in this who spoke to Al-Jarida on the condition of sources of water in Kuwait, compared to 68.6 pct who issue. —KUNA anonymity, the Ministry of Electricity and Water, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Communications and Ministry of Municipality Affairs received Passengers urged to cooperate with airport authorities instructions from the cabinet to take legal KUWAIT: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation of Operations’ Department at Kuwait International The DGCA is ready to receive suggestions and 25 and 75 percent at the end of it. The operation action against non-paying consumers, starting (DGCA) called on travelers to cooperate with Airport Essam Al-Zamel said yesterday. In the state- observations through the airport comptroller office department has formed teams to provide assis- with more than 700 senior government officials authorities operating at Kuwait International ment, he stressed importance of complying with located at the departure lounge, Al-Zamel noted. tance to ensure smooth flow of traffic, regulate who have yet to pay their bills. “State depart- Airport to allow them to provide best service dur- weights and sizes of luggage allowed and not to On administrating flight operations during the passengers entry, follow up on departure and ments were told to improve their fee collection ing the holy month of Ramadan and the travel sea- carry prohibited and hazardous substances such as summer, the Operation Deptartment Director said arrival of flights without delay, Al-Zamel noted, mechanisms and work on releasing bills on a son. Travelers should check validity of their pass- compressed gas, solvents, explosives, fireworks, that extra flights are running during this season adding that during this season, the most sought monthly basis in order to avoid having cumula- ports and visas and must arrive at the airport at flammable materials and oxidizing, magnetic and and the holy month of Ramadan, expecting the destinations are to Beirut, Dubai, Istanbul, Jeddah tive fees,” the source explained. least two hours ahead of departure time, Director toxic substances. percentage of travelers before Ramadan to reach and Alexandria. —-KUNA Domestic labor working in schools KUWAIT: In view of the ongoing inspection campaigns and crack- downs on illegal residents and other violating various laws, a number of school administra- tions recently noticed a number of workers who used to do clean- ing work at the schools absenting from work and later justifying their absence by citing fear of being arrested during the inspec- tions. After a school principal became curious to find out why the workers were missing from work, she checked their civil IDs to discover that all of them held article 20 residency visas, which meant that they were deserting domestic laborers. In this regard, educational sources said that the ‘maids’ were supplied by a company that drives them to schools at 7:00 am and picks them up by 1:30 pm, charging the ministry KD 70 per maid, of which the maid only gets KD 50 while the representa- tive pockets KD 10. Moreover, the sources warned that in view of any school’s need for at least 10 such workers each, it meant that many of them might suffer a shortage of cleaning staff next year. Donation collection violations KUWAIT: The manager of the charities department at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor, Bader Al- Awadhi, said that the min- istry’s inspection teams had already detected some vio- lations in how the donation was being collected through unlicensed cam- paigns in mosques, along the roads and through social networks. MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2013 LOCAL Zain anniversary promotions see 37% increase in network usage Three receive prizes worth of KD 9,000

KUWAIT: As a continuation of the ongoing 30th “Winning Box” surprise competition. The competi- anniversary celebrations, Zain, the leading tion was very simple, all customers needed to do telecommunications company in Kuwait, was visit any of Zain’s branches at the Grand announced yesterday that it recently launched Avenue, Al Hamra Tower or Hawalli , to pick up any promotions resulted in an overwhelming success key from the designated bowl and try opening the whereby the company’s network usage increased Winning Box. Prizes rounded up to KD 9,000 by 37% over the previous day. The company fur- whereby winners received 10 smart phones and ther outlined the success of the 30th anniversary platinum numbers. Zain’s 30th anniversary celebra- celebration promotions by announcing the three tions and promotions are available all year round, lucky winners of its “Winning Box” surprise compe- allowing customers to take advantage of the best tition, rewarding the winners with prizes that offers in town. Zain invites everyone to be part of exceed KD 9,000 in total. its ongoing celebratory promotions, with a pledge So far, Zain’s 30 wonderful years of celebrations from the company of creating a Wonderful World has witnessed overwhelming feedback from the of telecommunications experience for every cus- public. Celebrating 30 years at customers service, tomer in Kuwait. customers’ calls within the Zain Family (calls from For more information about Zain’s numerous Zain to Zain) were entirely free on Saturday from competitive promotions, customers are advised to 12 am to 12 pm. This impacted significantly the visit any of Zain’s branches located in more than 75 customers’ usage of the company’s network, which locations across Kuwait, visit the company’s web- increased by 37% over the previous day’s network site on www.kw.zain.com, contact its 24 hour call usage. Adding a thrill to the overall celebrations, center at 107, or visit the company’s social media Zain announced the three lucky winners of its channels. Association holds literary courses

KUWAIT: Kuwait Writers Association Association, which is to help create a organized two training courses for convenient environment for the tal- young talents in the fields of poetry ented young people between the and short stories, in collaboration ages of 13-30 to write creative poems with “Free Syrian Writers Association” and stories, he added. within the New Innovators Forum, Al-Rumaidhi called on youngsters starting as of today at association who want to discover and develop headquarters. their literary talents to participate at The first session will start today the literary sessions, expressing grati- under the title ‘The art of writing a tude for “the free Syrian writers associ- short story,’ presented by the Syrian ation” for its cooperation in the serv- Municipality to remove association Vice-President Dr Sultan ice of literature and culture and work- Al-Hariri, Kuwait Writers Association ing on publishing fine works in these Director-General, Talal Al-Rumaidhi genres. election billboards, tents said yesterday. Dr Al-Hariri, who holds a doctorate The three-day session will address in Arabic literature, has written several elements of the short story, writing articles on literature, critical works, By Hanan Al-Saadoun “Municipality teams backed by security per- tioneering tent before the issuance of the Amiri techniques of literary texts, while the and research papers such as “praying sonnel will remove any ads violating the elec- decree setting the date of the election and elec- second five-day session will begin manners in Islam,” and “the art of writ- KUWAIT: The Kuwait Municipality warned yes- toral law without prior notice,” Director of the tioneering campaign,” he said. next Saturday under the title of ing and communicating in the Arabic terday that the Municipality teams will remove Capital Municipality branch Faleh Al- He unveiled that the Municipality is embark- ‘Prosody’ with researcher Dr. language.” any billboards, banners, tents or any sort of elec- Shammarisaid. He laid it bare that the ing on a plan to guarantee the success of the tion-related ads that are hoisted before the offi- Municipality will firmly apply law on everybody. electoral process to avoid loopholes and prob- Abdulsamie Al-Ahmad as instructor, Dr Al-Ahmad holds a doctorate in cial launch of electioneering campaigns. “No one is allowed to rent a place for elec- lems which emerged in previous ones. he noted. Arabic grammar and he is Al-Babtain The session will focus on the art of anthology of contemporary Arab writing eloquent poetry as part of the poet’s researcher as well as a script activities of the New Innovators writer of Islamic Fiqh Encyclopedia Forum, sponsored by Kuwait Writers programs for Kuwait Radio. —-KUNA Official keen on timely launch of marine center

KUWAIT: Head of the Government Sheikh Ahmad Meshaal Al-Ahmad was Performance Follow-up Apparatus Sheikh received by the secretary general of the Ahmad Meshaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- university, Dr Nabil Al-Loughani, his assis- Sabah yesterday affirmed keenness on tant for administrative affairs Bader Thiab, inaugurating the Marine Sciences Center of the head of the construction program, Dr Kuwait University “as soon as possible.” Rana Al-Fares, and the head of the depart- During his visit to the center building, ment of construction and maintenance, the official expressed readiness to tackle Hamidah Al-Khaldi. “obstacles that have hindered the opening Dr Al-Loughani briefed the official about KUWAIT: The Kuwait Municipality operations in progress. of this academic landmark, specialized in the site and assured him that “work was studies and research on marine environ- underway to ensure that it would be open ment.” He also raised questions, during by start of the next academic year.” deliberations with leading figures of the The new edifice is highly developed and Chechen President thanks authority, about failure to open the center, equipped with all facilities and spaces whose establishment had been concluded needed in the future. It encompasses about and handed over in 2008. 40 labs, classrooms, auditorium, and Kuwait for support This visit to the site falls within the juris- restaurants. KU started the center project in diction of the apparatus to follow up on 2004. The center is located in Fintas, 20 km KUWAIT: Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov great power,” Kadyrov said. On his future plans, Council. However, he affirmed confidence in “executive status of state ventures.” south of Kuwait City. —KUNA has expressed deep gratitude to Kuwait for its the president indicated that he would seek to Russia’s policies toward Muslim communities of help to his country at hard times and urged Arab boost internal and external investments, regret- the nation. investors to consider his country as a potential ting that much of the Arab states’ investments Asked on issue of the two Chechens who and promising market for new enterprises. are based in the West. were charged with masterminding the April “With regard to Kuwait, we have deep affec- He called on Arab entrepreneurs to launch bombing in Boston, the US, the president said, tion toward this sisterly state, and we are also businesses in the republic and in predominant- “We tend to believe that they should be acquit- proud of this relationship,” said the Chechen Muslim Russian regions, noting that investors’ ted ... we condemn their maltreatment.” president in an exclusive interview with the rights are protected by certain laws. One of the two suspected Chechen bombers Kuwaiti daily newspaper, Al-Anbaa. He affirmed On the republic’s relationship with Russia, the was killed by US law enforcement officers after that the republic, part of the Russian federation, president said he deliberates with Moscow the bombing and the other remained behind maintains solid bonds with the member states regarding internal affairs, as part of regular bars. of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). meetings of presidents of the Russian federation The bombing happened on April 15. Three The Gulf States have “guided us on means to republics, but he affirmed that foreign affairs’ people died and some 264 others were wound- manage living affairs of Muslims ... and showed issues fall within jurisdictions of the Russian ed in the explosions that took place during the us that Islam can be prevalent among nations of Foreign Ministry and the National Security Boston Marathon. —KUNA Cairo hosts Arab human rights meeting

CAIRO: The 34th session of the Committee for Human Rights in the He presented an overview of the lenge to the Arabs. Permanent Arab Committee for State of Qatar Ali al-Marri stressed, in achievements of the Committee He said, “There is a follow-up by Human Rights kicked off here yester- his opening speech, the significance including the establishment of the the Arab League and its Secretary- day. of convening this meeting at this sen- Arab Charter on Human Rights, General Nabil Elaraby to the issues of The meeting saw participation of sitive period witnessed by the Arab issued in 2004, which entered into Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, as KUWAIT: Sheikh Ahmad Meshaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and other experts and officials of human rights region. effect in 2008. Al-Marri cautioned well as the risks posed against the in Arab countries and representatives He pointed to the importance of that the Committee’s agenda Palestinian territories including senior officials at the Marine Sciences Center of Kuwait University. of civil society organizations accredit- the Committee’s role in the promo- includes many items most important Judaization and attacks on the al- ed to the Arab League as an observer. tion and dissemination of the culture of which is addressing the Israeli vio- Aqsa mosque, in addition to Islamic President of the National of human rights in the Arab world. lations as being the biggest chal- and Christian holy sites. —KUNA AL warns of Israeli attempt to change educational curriculum in Al-Quds

CAIRO: The Arab League warned of Ambassador Mohamed Sabih said at minding a dangerous policy to Secretary-General of the League of an Israeli plan to change the the opening of the 68th session of change the Palestinian education Arab States, Dr. Nabil Elaraby, Palestinian education curriculum, the Council of Educational Affairs for curriculum. stressed the need to address these especially in Al-Quds, in order to the sons of Palestine with the partici- Sabih said that Israel wants the Israeli attempts, saying that respond- keep the sons of Palestine distant pation of delegations from Egypt, Palestinian students to be away from ing to this issue is very important, from Arab education systems and Jordan and the Arab Universities associating with the Arab education- especially in finding schools for Arab the introduction of the Israeli cur- Union and the Islamic Educational, al systems and introduce Israeli cur- students in Al-Quds, maintaining the riculum. Scientific and Cultural Organization ricula and delete some of the issues Arab curriculum, enabling and sup- Assistant Secretary General for as well as the Arab League and topics pertinent to the history porting the Palestinian teachers as Palestine and the occupied Arab ter- Educational, Cultural and Scientific and heritage of the Palestinian peo- well as lifting the siege on the Gaza ritories in the Arab League Organization that Israel is master- ple. Sabih, speaking on behalf of the Strip. — KUNA MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2013 Bad weather hits India Abbas accepts Palestinian prime minister’s resignation flood rescue operations

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HONGSnowden KONG: In this file picture, protesters shout slogans in support of former US spy Edwardarrives Snowden as they march to the US consulate in Hong Kong. in—AFP Russia US wants cooperation of countries where Snowden may go

MOSCOW: Former US spy Edward Snowden to the Venezuelan capital Caracas. and UK intelligence agencies, has left Hong yesterday arrived in Russia from Hong Kong, Snowden did not emerge into the terminal Kong legally,” WikiLeaks said in a statement. reportedly on his way to Venezuela, escaping public area along with other passengers on the “He is bound for a democratic nation via a safe the clutches of US justice after leaking sensa- flight and his fellow travellers raised the possi- route for the purposes of asylum, and is being tional details of cyber-espionage by bility he may have been whisked away in a car escorted by diplomats and legal advisors from Washington. Snowden, the target of a US arrest directly from the airport tarmac. “They were WikiLeaks,” it said without revealing his final warrant issued Friday after he blew the lid on getting luggage straight from the plane into destination. massive secret surveillance programmes, the car. It seemed a little strange. I saw three Wikileaks confirmed that Snowden was arrived in Moscow on a direct flight operated pieces of luggage,” Aeroflot passenger Jason accompanied by a British citizen named Sarah by Russian flag carrier Aeroflot. Stephens from the United States told AFP. Harrison, whom it described as a “journalist, The Hong Kong government said earlier it A source at Sheremetyevo told Interfax that and legal researcher” working with the had “no legal basis” to prevent Snowden leav- “transit passenger” Snowden was still at the WikiLeaks legal team. Snowden’s latest inter- ing because the US government had failed to airport. “His next flight is to Cuba, he is on the view yesterday contained new revelations provide enough information to justify its provi- territory of the airport complex where he has about US cyber-espionage against Chinese tar- sional arrest warrant for the former National to be.” AFP correspondents also said they saw a gets, drawing a stinging response from China’s Security Agency (NSA) contractor. Snowden, diplomatic car at VIP arrivals with the flag of official news agency Xinhua which branded 30, landed at Sheremetyevo airport in the Ecuador, the country whose embassy in Washington an espionage “villain”. north of Moscow at 5:05 pm (1305 GMT) but London is hosting WikiLeaks founder Julian In the latest revelations in the South China there was no immediate official confirmation Assange to prevent his extradition to Sweden. Morning Post, Snowden said the NSA was of where he would head next, an AFP corre- A source quoted by RT television said Snowden hacking Chinese mobile phone companies to spondent at the airport said. was examined by an Ecuadorian embassy doc- gather data from millions of text messages. He Russian official media quoted airport offi- tor at Moscow airport upon his arrival. said US spies have also hacked the prestigious cials as saying that Snowden was on the plane. WikiLeaks claimed credit for helping to Tsinghua University in Beijing-home to one of The website of WikiLeaks, which says it aided arrange asylum for the man behind one of the six “network backbones” that route all of main- his exit, said Snowden was on his way to asy- most significant security breaches in US histo- land China’s Internet traffic-and the Hong Kong lum in a “democratic nation”. Russian media ry. “Mr Edward Snowden, the American headquarters of Pacnet, which operates one of reports cited sources within Aeroflot as saying whistleblower who exposed evidence of a the Asia-Pacific region’s largest fibre-optic net- he would fly to Cuba today and then travel on global surveillance regime conducted by US works.—AFP Saudi changes working week to Sunday-Thursday RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has announced it is ny, and now managing director of Saudi switching its official weekend to Fridays Development and Innovation Group, also and Saturdays, bringing the kingdom’s welcomed the change. working week closer in line with other “We expect the impact to be positive on countries in a move long desired by many the Saudi economy, we think our business of the country’s businesses. Saudi Arabia, will be easier,” he said. Saudi Arabia is con- the biggest Arab economy, had been the sidering opening its stock market to more only member of the six-member Gulf direct foreign investment in the future. At Cooperation Council to have a Thursday- present, stocks move considerably on shifts Friday weekend after Oman shifted to a in global equities and commodities mar- Friday-Saturday weekend last month. The kets. Although the world’s top oil exporter surprise move, which will be applied from had discussed looking at the change in its this week, was immediately welcomed by weekend in the future, few people had Saudi economists and businessmen as giv- expected it to make the switch so soon. ing the private sector an extra day of align- However, some Saudi companies, including ment with international businesses. food producer Savola had already “It will increase interface with the rest of announced they would change their own the world, now things will move faster,” said weekend to Friday and Saturday to improve Ali Al-Ajmi, a former vice president at state their coordination with regional partners. oil company Saudi Aramco who now runs a The fact the change is happening in June, project management business. after schools have closed and while many Abdulrahman al-Ubaid, a former vice presi- Saudis are on holiday before the Ramadan dent at Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC), fast which starts on July 9, means it will be the world’s biggest petrochemcial compa- less jarring, economists said. —Reuters MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2013 INTERNATIONAL

Germany blocks plan to revive talks with Turkey

BRUSSELS: The European Union is on the have to tell Turkey that Wednesday’s meet- people in Turkey,” she said on her website. an EU snub by suspending political contacts, ly closed just one of 35 chapters or policy verge of scrapping a new round of mem- ing had been postponed or cancelled. meetings with EU institutions and possibly areas. It has opened a dozen more chapters bership talks with Turkey, a move that Turkey, already locked in a diplomatic Elections recalling its ambassador. However, Mark but most of the rest are blocked due to dis- would further undermine Ankara’s already row with Germany after Chancellor Angela Analysts see electoral considerations as Leonard, director of the European Council putes over the divided island of Cyprus or slim hopes of joining the bloc and damage Merkel said she was appalled by its crack- playing a role in Germany’s position. Merkel’s on Foreign Relations thinktank, did not see hostility especially from France, though that its relations with Brussels. Germany, the EU’s down on protesters, has made clear it conservatives oppose Turkish EU member- Turkey breaking off accession talks, which has eased under President Francois biggest economic power, is blocking efforts would respond forcefully to any EU decision ship in their programme for September elec- began in 2005 18 years after Turkey first Hollande. It has not opened a new chapter to revive Turkey’s EU membership bid, part- to scrap Wednesday’s talks. Germany’s hard- tions and delaying talks with Turkey could applied to join. since 2010. Turkey has been leapfrogged by ly because of its handling of anti-govern- line stance is causing alarm among some help them politically. Amanda Paul, a Turkey Given Turkey’s position, neighbouring many other EU applicants. Croatia, which ment protests that have swept the country European policymakers who think the EU expert at the European Policy Centre think- Iran and Syria, the strategic case for Europe applied for EU membership in 2003, is set to in the last few weeks, EU sources say. The should be engaging more with Turkey to tank, said Germany’s stance would have an having a relationship with Turkey was become the EU’s 28th member next month. Netherlands too has voiced reservations support civil rights rather than moving “extremely serious” impact on Turkey’s mem- greater than ever, he said. Turkey is an influ- The deadlock means the EU has lost its about the EU’s plan to open talks with away. bership negotiations, already virtually ential power in the Middle East and a mem- appeal for many Turks. Turkey next Wednesday on a new “chapter”, “It would be a huge mistake to try to blocked for three years. ber of the NATO military alliance. If Turkey’s France and Germany have always had or policy area, the sources say. block Turkey’s EU progress right at this time,” “I don’t see the logic behind what the EU ambitions were effectively dashed, it doubts about allowing a largely Muslim EU officials had hoped that opening the Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said on Germans are doing ... because it is not going would signal an end to EU expansion to the country of 76 million people into the new chapter, on regional policy, would Twitter yesterday. Marietje Schaake, a Dutch to be helpful to either Turkey or the EU. This southeast but still leave it scope to expand European club, fearing that cultural differ- breathe new life into Turkey’s deadlocked liberal member of the European Parliament, relationship is an important relationship, it is further east where Balkan nations including ences and its size will make it too difficult to EU membership negotiations. EU ambassa- said it would be unwise for the EU to slam not one that can just be thrown away,” Paul Serbia, Macedonia and Montenegro are integrate. Ankara’s supporters, led by Britain dors, who failed to agree last week, are the door on Turkey. “This situation creates ... said. queuing up to join. and Sweden, say the EU can benefit from expected to discuss the issue for a last time a chance for the EU to step up efforts to Fadi Hakura, a Turkey expert at London’s Turkey’s growing economic clout and its role on Monday morning. Barring a last-minute improve the rule of law in Turkey, such as Chatham House thinktank, said the Turkish Slow pace as an intermediary in the Middle East and change of heart in Berlin, Ireland, currently the independence of the judiciary and government was in a “very prickly and com- Turkey’s negotiations to join the EU have that Europe needs its cooperation to secure holder of the EU presidency, would then respect for the fundamental rights of all bative mood” and was likely to respond to advanced at a glacial pace. It has provisional- energy supply routes. —Reuters Abbas accepts Palestinian prime minister’s resignation Hamdallah quit just two weeks after becoming premier RAMALLAH: Palestinian President Mahmoud Palestinian Authority government remain com- challenge to Hamdallah, is being touted as his Abbas yesterday accepted the resignation of his mitted to that effort of institution-building,” possible successor, along with Abu Amr, a for- new prime minister, whose quick departure Ventrell said. Hamdallah’s predecessor Fayyad, a mer foreign minister. Under Palestinian law, a clouded efforts to project government stability US-educated economist, resigned in April after replacement must be named within two weeks. after Western favourite Salam Fayyad quit the six years in office marred by tough economic US officials had expressed misgivings with post. Officials told Reuters that Rami Hamdallah, challenges but strides in setting touchstones Mustafa as a potential prime minister, a Western an academic and independent who became vital to future Palestinian statehood. diplomat told Reuters. A Reuters investigation in prime minister two weeks ago, decided to step Fayyad was widely respected in the West for 2009 found that US aid in the form of loan guar- down after a dispute over authority with his his efforts to curb Palestinian corruption. The for- antees meant for Palestinian farmers were given deputy, who is an Abbas loyalist and is close to mer World Bank official was valued as a transpar- to a mobile phone company backed by Abbas the ruling Fatah party. ent conduit for foreign aid money crucial to and headed by Mustafa. At the time, Mustafa “The president accepted the resignation of keeping the economically struggling govern- denied any wrongdoing said the funds were the prime minister and designated him to head ment afloat. But Fatah politicians eager to control used to help fuel Palestinian job creation. an interim government,” Abbas spokesman Nabil the levers of power berated his ties to the West. Abbas’s administration did not comment at the ISMAILIA: Protesters chant slogans against Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi Abu Rdaineh said. With Abbas setting policy with Their disapproval of Fayyad, along with popular time. outside a court in Ismailia, 139 Kilometers (86 miles) from Cairo yesterday. —AP Israel, the political tussle over the prime ministe- discontent over high taxes and prices, helped Abbas’ most powerful rival, the Hamas Islamist rial post seemed unlikely to have an impact on squeeze him out. group that wrested control over the Gaza Strip renewed US efforts to revive Israeli-Palestinian away from Fatah in 2007, said Hamdallah’s resig- Egypt court: Brotherhood peace talks. Embarrassment nation showcased divisions that only prolonged US Secretary of State John Kerry is due to Hani al-Masri, an independent Palestinian the Palestinian political split. Since the brief civil members planned jailbreak return in the coming week for another attempt political analyst, said Hamdallah’s resignation war after Hamas won legislative polls in 2006, to restart the negotiations frozen since 2010 in a was another embarrassment for Abbas, whose Palestinians have had no functioning parliament CAIRO: An Egyptian court said yesterday that Many Egyptians have been alarmed by state- dispute over Jewish settlement expansion on government exercises limited self rule in the or national elections, and a unity pact pledged by Muslim Brotherhood members conspired with ments from Morsi supporters vowing to “smash” occupied land Palestinians seek for a state. West Bank under interim peace deals with Israel. Hamas and Fatah in 2011 and renewed this year Hamas, Hezbollah and local militants to storm the protesters. Several hard-line Islamists have “When we talk about the peace process, “This time, he (Abbas) doesn’t have the excuse has yet to materialise. Wasel Abu Yousef, a top a prison in 2011 and free 34 Brotherhood lead- declared the protesters infidels whose killing is President Abbas is our interlocutor and so it’s not that the man was propped up by the West or official in the Palestine Liberation Organisation, ers, including the future President Mohammed justified. Morsi’s supporters say his opponents going to have an impact,” State Department had his own ambitions,” Masri said, referring to told Reuters the new prime ministerial vacancy Morsi. The court statement read by judge should try to remove him through the ballot spokesman Patrick Ventrell told reporters on political accusations that political opponents could be an opportunity for Abbas himself to Khaled Mahgoub named two members of box, and attempting to force him out is an Friday, a day after Hamdallah submitted his resig- often directed at Fayyad, an independent. head an interim government of technocrats, Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood among the attack on electoral legitimacy. nation. Mohammed Mustafa, the deputy prime minister pending new parliamentary polls envisaged by alleged conspirators in the attack on Wadi el- Also yesterday, a member of a radical “Whatever happens, it’s important that the widely seen as having been behind the swift the reconciliation accord. —Reuters Natroun prison on Jan 29, 2011. Islamist group appointed by Morsi as governor It is the first statement by a court holding of the ancient city of Luxor resigned in the face members of the three Islamist groups respon- of daily protests outside his office. Adel el- Stuntwoman, pilot sible for jailbreaks during the chaos of Egypt’s Khayat is a member of the Construction and 2011 uprising. Two other prisons where Development party, the political arm of the killed in Ohio Palestinian Hamas and Lebanese Hezbollah Gamaa Islamiya, which waged an armed insur- members were held were also attacked. Morsi gency against the state starting in 1992 and air show crash and other Brotherhood leaders have main- attacked police, Coptic Christians and tourists. tained that they were freed by local residents. In November 1997, gunmen from the group CINCINNATI: A budget analyst with a daredevil streak, Jane Hamas, the Palestinian chapter of the attacked tourists at Luxor’s 3,400-year-old Wicker knew she was taking a risk when she signed up to enter- Brotherhood, has denied involvement in the Hatshepsut Temple, killing 58. More than 1,200 tain thousands of spectators at the Vectren Air Show near attacks on prisons. people died in the campaign of violence by the Dayton. She said in a TV interview she felt confident of her abili- The Freedom and Justice party, the political group, which later renounced violence, and ty and said on her website that lots of practice makes her signa- arm of the Brotherhood, said yesterday’s state- another militant organization, Islamic Jihad. “I ture stunt a “managed risk.” She planned to hang underneath ment was “void and illegal.” It posted on its discussed with my brothers from the the plane’s wing by her feet and sit on the bottom of the air- Twitter account that Mahgoub “will end like Construction and Development party, and we plane while it was upside-down. It wasn’t clear Saturday what any other judge who did not respect the law or agreed that I should present my resignation as went so wrong. The biplane glided through the sky, rolled over, the constitution.” Still, the court statement is Luxor’s governor because we don’t want blood- then crashed and exploded into flames, killing the wing walker likely to further fuel opposition to Morsi’s rule shed”, he said in a statement. “We cannot and the pilot, authorities said. No one else was hurt. just a week before his opponents plan mass accept the shedding of even one drop of blood A video posted on WHIO-TV shows the small plane turn protests to try to force him out of office. The for a position that we never wanted.” upside-down as the performer sits on top of the wing. The June 30 demonstrations would mark the Morsi has not spoken publicly about his plane then tilts and crashes to the ground, erupting into anniversary of his taking office in 2012 as escape from Wadi el-Natroun since he gave an flames as spectators screamed. Ian Hoyt, an aviation photogra- Egypt’s first freely elected leader. account of what happened in a frantic phone pher and licensed pilot from Findlay, was at the show with his The past year has seen growing polarization call he made to Al-Jazeera Mubasher TV ANGIL TOBAYA: Sudanese soldiers keep watch as civilians gather for the arrival of girlfriend. He told The Associated Press he was taking photos as Egypt struggles with a host of problems that moments after being freed. “From the noises special envoys in Sudan. —AFP as the plane passed by and had just raised his camera to take many accuse Morsi of failing to effectively tack- we heard ... It seemed to us there were (prison- another shot. “Then I realized they were too low and too slow. le. They include surging crime, rising prices, ers) attempting to get out of their cells and And before I knew it, they hit the ground,” he said. power cuts, fuel shortages and unemployment. break out into the prison yard and the prison UN police patrol as violence He couldn’t tell exactly what happened, but it appeared Pressure on Morsi grew yesterday when Wael authorities were trying to regain control and that the plane stalled and didn’t have enough air speed, he Ghonim, the best known youth figure of the fired tear gas,” Morsi said in the call. The prison worsens in Sudan’s Darfur said. He credited the pilot for steering clear of spectators and 2011 revolution, asked Morsi to step down. In a breaks took place during the 18-day popular potentially saving lives. “Had he drifted more, I don’t know video message posted on the Internet yester- uprising that toppled the 29-year regime of ABU SHOUK: The armoured personnel carrier group. This patrol also includes officers from what would have happened,” Hoyt said. He said he had been day, Ghonim accused Morsi of reneging on autocrat Hosni Mubarak. The breaks led to a slowly bumps its way out of the UN base in Egypt, Tanzania, Nigeria, Malawi and Sierra Leone. excited to see the show because he’d never seen the sched- promises he made ahead of his 2012 election. flood of some 23,000 criminals onto the Sudan’s far-west region of Darfur with Indonesian A notice taped to the office wall reminds them uled performer - wing walker Jane Wicker - in action. The president, he said, must act like a “patri- streets, fueling a crime wave that continues to policeman Andhy Kurniawan at the wheel. His that they all represent the United Nations, “wher- The show was canceled for the rest of the day, but organiz- otic Egyptian” and resign to prevent “strife.” this day. —AP colleague Daud Markus Afi, a part-time singer, ever you go, whatever you do. This is no small ers said events would resume Sunday and follow the previous mans the machinegun overhead while Endro responsibility.” schedule and normal operations. The National Transportation Suryanto is in charge of the radio. They are lead- Their first stop is the Sudanese police station. Safety Board said it is investigating the crash. On the video, the ing another African Union-UN patrol into Abu Abdel Wahab Shaiba Ahmed, the local Sudanese announcer narrates as the plane glides through the sky and Egypt’s controversial Shouk, a camp for an estimated 75,000 of the 1.4 police chief, greets the UNAMID members under rolls over while the stuntwoman perches on a wing. “Now she’s million people displaced by the decade-long con- a tree. He denies relations with the internally dis- still on that far side. Keep an eye on Jane. Keep an eye on flict in Darfur. A surge in tribal violence, along placed people (IDPs) are poor. “This is not true,” he Charlie. Watch this! Jane Wicker, sitting on top of the world,” Luxor governor quits with clashes between rebel fighters and govern- tells a reporter. Some of his men sit barefoot on a the announcer said, right before the plane makes a quick turn CAIRO: Luxor’s new governor, a member of to the tourism industry. Qandil refused to ment forces, has forced another 300,000 to flee mat, smoking and playing cards in the shade. and nosedive. an Islamist party linked to a massacre of accept the resignation. Zazou has insisted their homes this year as the security situation UNAMID and local officers are working together Federal records show the 450 HP Stearmans was registered tourists in Egypt’s famed temple city, yester- he would continue to halt work “as long as deteriorates. “to share knowledge... and try to bridge the trust to Wicker, who lived in Loudon, Va. A man who answered the day said he was quitting after his appoint- the new governor remains in his post, The rear end of the armoured vehicle carries a gap between the IDPs and the GoS police (gov- phone at a number listed for Wicker on her website said he ment triggered an outcry and the resigna- greatly harming tourism in Egypt general- message, in Indonesian, to anyone who might try ernment of Sudan),” says Lieutenant Colonel had no comment and hung up. One of the pilots listed on tion of the tourism minister. Adel Al-Khayat ly and Luxor specifically,” the prime minis- to confront the patrol. Fierce, like a wounded ox, it Mohammed Al-Dajeh, of Jordan. Wicker’s website was named Charlie Schwenker. A post on told a news conference broadcast live on ter’s spokeswoman, Rasha Al-Azaizy, said says. The Indonesians are paramilitary officers But UNAMID police face their own issue of Jane Wicker Airshows’ Facebook page announced the deaths television that he had decided “to submit last week. with years of experience in their home country’s trust, according to a participant in a meeting of Wicker and Schwenker, and asked for prayers for their fami- my resignation to Prime Minister Hisham Khayat belongs to the Construction and conflict zones. But here, their job is to protect a between UN officials and foreign envoys last lies.—AP Qandil” just a week after his appointment. Development party, the political arm of multi-national group of unarmed police advisers week. In El Fasher, near Abu Shouk, they held a Khayat is member of the political arm of Gamaa Islamiya which was blamed for a following behind them in SUVs, backed up at the two-yearly review of developments in Darfur. ex-Islamic militant group Gamaa Islamiya spate of attacks in the 1990s before it rear by more Indonesian paramilitaries. Arabic-speaking UNAMID officers “are not accept- which had claimed responsibility for the renounced violence. A coalition of opposi- “Our main aim is to protect civilians by our ed in the camp,” according to the source at the massacre of 58 tourists in Luxor in 1997. tion groups, trade unions and tourism physical presence in the field,” says Jaffar Ali, of meeting. “The IDPs say they side with the govern- Islamist President Mohamed Morsi on June workers had threatened to close down all Pakistan. He is the UN Mission in Darfur’s police ment.” The patrol drives on, stopping to chat with 16 named Khat along with 16 other new pharaonic temples and tourist attractions commander in the area. The afternoon patrol, one Adam Ali, a senior community leader who stands governors, including seven from his Muslim should Khayat remain in the post. of three throughout the day, begins with a brief- in the sandy street between high mud-brick walls Brotherhood movement. The nomination Luxor in southern Egypt, is an open-air ing inside a small office resembling a shipping which smell of dung. drew widespread criticism in Egypt, where museum of intricate temples and tombs of container. “Today we are going to block four and Ali tells Arrejamy that they need security, water, opponents of Morsi have accused him of pharaonic rulers and landmarks such as the five,” an area within the camp, team leader Khalid health and educational facilities. Standing guard a hijacking the 2011 uprising that toppled Winter Palace hotel where crime novelist Arrejamy of Yemen tells his colleagues squeezed few metres away, the Indonesians joke with some the regime of Hosni Mubarak. Agatha Christie is said to have written her into the room. Each patrol includes officers spe- of the many children who emerge to watch the vis- The appointment was seen as a blow thriller “Death on the Nile.” Before the upris- cialising in human rights, family and children’s itors. “Over time, we get along fine with the peo- to the once-lucrative tourism industry ing against Mubarak, it attracted thousands matters, investigation and other issues. ple,” says Afi, whose unit has spent seven months in which has been struggling to recover after of tourists annually, drawn by the Valley of Arrejamy briefly reminds them of their duties Darfur without firing a shot. A Pakistani policeman the uprising against Mubarak. It prompt- the Kings and Valley of the Queens, and the before they head out. Among their tasks is to approaches some white-shirted schoolboys gath- DAYTON: Flames erupt from a plane after a stunt ed Tourism Minister Hesham Zazou to ten- mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut- watch for rights violations and to identify areas ered in the shade and asks them about their stud- plane crashed while performing with a wing walker at der his own resignation last Wednesday, scene of the 1997 massacre in which four where the Sudanese police could benefit from ies. Two female officers deliver their message to a the Vectren Air Show, Saturday, June 22, 2013, in saying Khayat’s nomination was an affront tourist guards were also killed. —AFP training, Ali tells reporters accompanying the group of women. —AFP Dayton, Ohio. —AP MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2013 INTERNATIONAL 3 Lebanon troops die in clash with Sunni radicals

BEIRUT: Two Lebanese army officers and ing the army’s earlier toll of two dead. because of the raging gunfire. “The shells clashed with Hezbollah in Abra last week video message via mobile phone a soldier were killed yesterday in a clash The clash broke out when Assir’s sup- are raining down on us, and there is in fighting that left one man dead. Assir addressed to his supporters. with supporters of a radical Sunni porters surrounded an army checkpoint intense gunfire,” a witness told AFP by was unknown until around two years “We are being attacked by the Muslim sheikh opposed to the powerful in Abra, where a vehicle transporting telephone. More troops deployed to the ago, when he rose to prominence over Lebanese army,” Assir said, describing Shiite movement Hezbollah, an army other supporters of the Sunni cleric had area as the clashes raged through the his radical opposition to Hezbollah and the military as “sectarian” and accusing it statement said. “An armed group loyal to been stopped, a security source told AFP afternoon. The controversial Sunni its ally, the Damascus regime of of supporting Hezbollah chief Hassan Sheikh Ahmad Al-Assir attacked, for no earlier. “After the armed men attacked sheikh called on his supporters last week President Bashar Al-Assad. Nasrallah. reason, a Lebanese army checkpoint in (the army) with gunfire” the army fired to fire on apartments in Abra that he Syria-related tensions have soared in “I call on everyone... to cut off roads the village of Abra” on the outskirts of back, the source added. An AFP journal- says house Hezbollah members. Lebanon, deepening sectarian rifts and to all honourable soldiers, Sunni and the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, the ist reported that explosions were heard Abra is home to a mosque where between Sunnis and Shiites. Shiite non-Sunni, to quit the army immediate- military said. “Two officers and a soldier two kilometres (more than a mile) away. Assir leads the main weekly prayers on Hezbollah supports Assad’s regime, ly,” Assir said in the message. He urged were killed, while several others were The correspondent saw civilians flee- Fridays. The sheikh believes Hezbollah while the Sunni-dominated opposition supporters across Lebanon to flock to wounded. Several military vehicles were ing the fighting, both by car and on foot. uses the Abra apartments to keep him backs the rebels fighting it. During yes- Abra “to help defend our religion, our damaged,” the statement added, updat- Businesses in Abra closed for the day under surveillance. His supporters terday’s fighting, Assir distributed a honour and our women”. —AFP Fighting rages in Damascus Hollande urges rebels to ‘retake’ extremist zones

DAMASCUS: Rebels in Syria launched an attack on a police post in northern Damascus yesterday which left four police and three insurgents dead, a watchdog said, as violence escalated in and around the capital. The flare-up came as French President Francois Hollande appealed to rebels to “retake” zones that have fallen into the hands of extremist Islamist groups and a day after world powers agreed to provide the opposition with urgent military aid. The attack on the police post took place in the Rokn Eddin neighbour- hood, while explosions in the Bab Musalla neighbourhood in south Damascus killed a civil- ian, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. “Three men attacked the Rokn Eddin police station. Clashes between the (attackers) and the police ensued. Afterwards... two explosions were KARBALA: Shiite Muslim pilgrims pray at the shrine of Imam Hussein during prepara- heard,” said the Britain-based Observatory. All tions for the annual festival of Shaabaniya marking the birth of Imam Mahdi, three attackers were killed and four policemen revered by Shiites as the coming Messiah yesterday. — AFP also died. Nine other people were wounded, five of them critically, the watchdog added. The inte- rior ministry meanwhile reported 11 people killed, including six “terrorists”, during what it said were attacks launched by rebels in Rokn Qaeda gathers power Eddin and Bab Musalla. “Al-Nusra Front terrorists tried to enter the in northern Iraqi city police station in Rokn Eddin and the criminal security branch in Damascus,” it said. The min- BAGHDAD: Al-Qaeda’s Iraq arm is gather- painfully clear to businessman Safwan Al- istry described the attacks as “a new escalation ing strength in the restive northern city of Moussili. Traders like him say they are once by the terrorist gangs”-using the regime term for DAMASCUS: Picture shows civilians inspecting burnt out vehicles following an attack in the Mosul, ramping up its fundraising through again facing demands from militants to pay rebels. “Three suicide attackers clashed with capital Damascus. — AFP gangland-style shakedowns and feeding off protection money or face grave conse- police in Rokn Eddin’s police station as they pre- anti-government anger as it increasingly quences. Merchants say that practice had pared to detonate their explosives,” said the min- in the Damascus countryside. The army battled Gulf Arab nations-but the United States, France carries out attacks with impunity, according largely disappeared by the time American istry statement. rebels both in the Eastern Ghouta area east of and Britain have been quiet on what they have to residents and officials. It is a disturbing troops left in December 2011. “Three other suicide bombers” tried to attack the capital and in the Qalamoun area between provided. development for Iraq’s third-largest city, “They tell us: ‘Pay this amount.’ And if it’s the criminal security branch in Bab Musalla, it Damascus and the Lebanese border, said the Participants in the Doha talks said that the one of the country’s main gateways to Syria, higher than before, they say something like: added. “Branch personnel fought them off and Observatory. In northern Syria, 12 troops were reticence was partly a nod to concerns by Italy as Al-Qaeda in Iraq makes a push to estab- ‘You recently went to China and you killed them, defusing their explosives,” said the killed in a rebel car bomb attack on the edges of and especially Germany, which has repeatedly lish itself as a dominant player among the imported these materials and you made ministry, adding that five people besides the Aleppo city, it said. cautioned that weapons could aggravate the rebels fighting to topple the Syrian regime. such and such profits,’” he said. “It seems attackers were killed. The ministry said investiga- The fighting comes after world powers sup- conflict. Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad The show of force comes as Mosul resi- they know everything about us.” Small-scale tions at the targeted sites showed the attackers porting the rebels agreed on Saturday to pro- bin Jassem Al-Thani, meeting with US Secretary dents cast ballots in delayed local elections shop owners, goldsmiths, supermarkets, were members of Al-Nusra Front, an Islamist vide them with urgent military aid. Qatar, which of State John Kerry, said that all but two coun- Thursday that have been marred by intimi- gas stations and pharmacies are all being rebel group. France’s Hollande, on a visit to hosted the gathering of foreign ministers of the tries agreed on plans to support the rebels. dation by militants. Al-Qaeda’s renewed hit up for money these days. Al-Moussili Doha, urged Syria’s opposition to push extrem- “Friends of Syria”, said the meeting had taken Washington and Doha had called for increasing muscle-flexing is evident in dollar terms and his fellow businessmen feel they have ists out of the zones they control. “secret decisions about practical measures to aid to end what Kerry called an “imbalance” in too, with one Iraqi official estimating that little choice but to pay up. About two “The opposition must retake control of these change the situation on the ground”. A final Assad’s favour. Kerry said the United States militants are netting more than $1 million a months ago, he recalls, one businessman areas and push these groups out,” he told communique said “each country in its own way” remained committed to a peace plan that month in the city through criminal business refused to pay, and insurgents planted a reporters. If extremist groups “benefit from the would provide “urgently all the necessary includes a conference in Geneva and a transi- enterprises. Mosul and the surrounding bomb inside his shop that killed the man. chaos in future, (Syrian President) Bashar Al- materiel and equipment” so that the rebels tional government picked both by Assad and countryside, from where Al-Qaeda was nev- “That forced everybody to pay, because Assad will seize this as an excuse to continue his could “counter brutal attacks by the regime and the opposition. But he said the rebels need more er really routed, have emerged as major we don’t see the security forces doing any- massacres.” The Assad regime has systematically its allies and protect the Syrian people”. The support “for the purpose of being able to get to flashpoints in a wave of bloodshed that has thing to end this situation,” he said. A Mosul blamed violence in Syria on Al-Qaeda and affili- rebels have reported receiving new equipment Geneva and to be able to address the imbalance killed nearly 2,000 Iraqis since the start of food wholesaler, who referred to himself ated, foreign-backed groups. Violence also raged from “friendly” countries a possible allusion to on the ground”. —AFP April - the country’s deadliest outbreak of only by the nickname Abu Younis out of violence in five years. Gunbattles have bro- concern for his security, said he and other ken out between militants and security traders resumed paying $200-a-month kick- forces, and several candidates have been backs to Al-Qaeda three months ago after assassinated. finding threatening letters in the market Deposed Honduran leader’s Just since the start of last week, attackers hall where they operate. in and around the city have unleashed a Al-Qaeda focused its operations in his- rapid-fire wave of five car bombs, tried to torically conservative Mosul following set- assassinate the provincial governor and backs in Anbar province in 2006. It soon wife leads in local polls killed another local politician and four other became the only major Iraqi city with a sig- people in a suicide bombing. The violence nificant Al-Qaeda presence. TEGUCIGALPA: Manuel Zelaya was unceremoni- National University political science professor. increased as Thursday’s elections The US urged Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri ously booted from power four years ago when Zelaya says he is merely her driver and guardian, approached in Ninevah and neighboring Al-Maliki to focus his resources on Mosul to Honduras’ army hustled him out of the country present in the campaign “to ensure the safety of Anbar province. Iraqis elsewhere went to wipe out Al-Qaeda and prevent the insur- in his pajamas, a coup prompted by fears among Xiomara and to be as close to her as possible.” the polls in April, but the Baghdad govern- gents from reorganizing there. Instead, the Honduras’ business and political elite that he But when they arrive at political events, it is he ment postponed voting in the two government shifted resources at a key was getting too hungry for power. Now he’s who is mobbed by cameras and supporters. She provinces, citing security concerns. Other moment to crush Al-Maliki’s armed Shiite back with a new shot at the presidential palace, stays in the background until he decides to hand Sunni militant groups, including Ansar Al- rivals in the southern city of Basra, which this time as the husband of the leading presi- her the spotlight. Islam and the Army of the Men of the prevented a decisive defeat of Al-Qaeda. dential candidate, Xiomara Castro. Polls show Even Castro says her election would be a Bill Naqshabandi Order, are also active in Over time, the militants, exploiting eth- Castro, 53, leading seven other candidates and Hillary Clinton-style “Buy one, get one free.” Ninevah. Mosul is the capital of the Sunni- nic tensions in the Mosul area between ahead of the Nov 24 election, including the mili- “The decisions are going to be made by me, now dominated province. Arabs and Kurds, were able to reinforce tary general who conducted the coup. The coun- it’s my turn,” she told The Associated Press in a Al-Qaeda’s growing power is particularly their position. Michael Knights, an analyst at try’s two traditional parties, which backed the campaign swing. “But I will consult with him on worrying because it is thought to be behind the Washington Institute for Near East coup, are struggling in third and fourth place, every occasion, as he consulted with me in the the bulk of the bombings across Iraq and Policy who closely follows regional security behind Castro and a popular sports TV personal- past.” It was the suspicion that Zelaya wanted to because it is trying to assert itself as a player issues, said Al-Qaeda in Iraq has long gener- ity. The election of a self-proclaimed socialist reform the constitution and seek re-election that in neighboring Syria’s civil war. The head of ated cash from businesses such as trucking could be considered a stunning change in a helped get him kicked out in the first place. He Al-Qaeda’s Iraq arm last week defied the ter- and real estate, and through extortion of country where oligarchs have maintained politi- was whisked out of the country at gunpoint in ror network’s central command by insisting large firms such as mobile phone compa- cal power over a poor, uneducated majority for June 2009 after he defied a Supreme Court order that his unit would continue to lay claim to nies. at least a century. But Zelaya, too, is a wealthy to drop plans to hold a referendum asking Al-Qaeda operations in Syria, too. “We’re “If they’re extending their extortion back landowner from the old guard, and most people Hondurans whether the constitution should be definitely concerned about it,” said a US out to local traders, that indicates they’ve see his wife as his cover in a country that bans revised. Zelaya was elected from the traditional, diplomat about the deteriorating security got better street control,” he said. “It just presidential re-election. He is running for a con- centrist Liberal Party, but began aligning himself situation in Mosul. The diplomat, who shows they’re able to operate in the urban gressional seat from his own state. Even one of more and more with the late leftist Venezuelan wasn’t authorized to speak on the record, neighborhoods and don’t see a security her former speechwriters says Castro lacks the President Hugo Chavez, adopting his populist said Al-Qaeda’s Iraq arm sees an opportuni- force retaliation like they did two years ago. political heft of other female leaders in Latin platforms and rhetoric. His ouster was backed by ty to try to build support in the area and is And they don’t fear informants identifying TEGUCIGALPA: In this June 16, 2013 photo, America, such as Argentina’s Cristina Fernandez members of his own party, who thought that “out blowing things up to show that the them.” Abdul-Rahim Al-Shimmari, a mem- presidential candidate Xiomara Castro, wife or Chile’s Michelle Bachelet, who came to power Zelaya, like Chavez, would seek to stay in power government can’t protect and serve the ber of the Ninevah provincial council, of ousted President Manuel Zelaya, waves to with extensive records of their own. “She is an indefinitely. Chavez served 14 years and had just people.” agreed that extortion is making a come- her supporters at the Free Party’s convention invented banner to fill the political needs of been re-elected to six more years when he died Al-Qaeda’s growing strength in Mosul is back. —AP in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. — AP Manuel Zelaya,” said Sergio Suazo, a Honduras of cancer in March. —AP MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2013 INTERNATIONAL Time for excuses on immigration is over: Obama

WASHINGTON: Declaring “the time for What’s more, Obama said, the influx vote expected by the end of next week. agents, 350 miles of new fencing, 18 new avoid an impending hike on student excuses is over,” President Barack Obama of immigrant-driven investment, tech- Although the heart of the bill is a 13-year unmanned drones - are overkill, Obama loan interest rates. is trumpeting the economic benefits of nology and businesses would give the pathway to citizenship for millions living spokesman Jay Carney said Friday it He said it’s fortunate that Obama and an immigration overhaul, arguing that a economy a 5 percent shot in the arm. in the United States illegally, it was a mil- would constitute a “breakthrough” that House Republicans agree on the issue bipartisan bill picking up steam in the “This bipartisan, common-sense bill will itary-style surge to US-Mexican border the White House applauded. and have both proposed plans that Senate would put the nation’s loathed help the middle class grow our economy security, added this week to placate “The bill isn’t perfect. It’s a compro- would tie interest rates to the market. He deficits and fragile entitlements on bet- and shrink our deficits, by making sure wary Republicans, that was credited for mise,” Obama said, reprising a line he’s accused Senate Democrats of blocking ter footing. A recent analysis from the that every worker in America plays by giving the bill a much-needed boost. used throughout the process when each plan. “If I didn’t know any better, I Congressional Budget Office, lawmakers’ the same set of rules and pays taxes like Obama didn’t specifically address the Democrats have complained the bill has would say they are content to let rates nonpartisan scorekeeper, was Exhibit A everyone else,” he said. border amendment Saturday, but he did become too conservative. “But it’s con- double,” Kline said. in Obama’s weekly radio and Internet Confidence that the overhaul could note that the bill “would continue to sistent with the principles that I and oth- “This eleventh-hour scrambling is a address Saturday. The report shows pass the Senate by impressive margins is strengthen security at our borders.” ers have laid out.” In the Republican perfect demonstration of why we need deficits would fall nearly $1 trillion over growing, and leaders scheduled a test Despite concerns from some Democrats address, Rep. John Kline of Minnesota to take the politics out of student loans two decades after the bill becomes law. vote on the bill for Monday, with a final that the security provisions - 20,000 new says Obama must show leadership to once and for all.” — AP Italy’s Berlusconi set to face verdict in underage sex trial Guilty verdict could weaken Letta government ROME: A Milan court will decide today whether being persecuted by left-wing prosecutors. He Whatever the verdict on Monday, Berlusconi Silvio Berlusconi paid for sex with an underage says the alleged sex parties were elegant dinners will not go to jail before he has exhausted his prostitute and abused his powers to cover it up, where the female guests performed “burlesque” right to two appeals under the Italian legal sys- with the former Italian prime minister facing a shows. El Mahroug denies having sex with tem, which could take years. The political conse- jail sentence of up to six years. The verdict, Berlusconi. Prosecutors say Berlusconi should quences, however, could come sooner. Letta, which could have major political repercussions, serve one year in jail for paying for sex with a from the centre-left Democratic Party (PD), is closes a two-year trial which has captivated minor and should be given five years’ imprison- likely to be rooting for a not-guilty verdict in the attention on billionaire Berlusconi’s alleged ment and a life ban from holding public office interests of his fledgling government’s stability. “bunga bunga” sex parties in his private villa out- for the abuse of office charge, which they con- The case is only part of Berlusconi’s legal prob- side Milan while he was premier in 2010. sider more serious. In May 2010 the then prime lems. Last month an appeals court upheld a If the 76-year-old is found guilty it could minister called a Milan police station to instruct four-year jail sentence against him for orches- weaken Prime Minister Enrico Letta’s fragile, left- officials to release El Mahroug, who was being trating a tax fraud scheme connected with his SOFIA: A protester waves a Bulgarian flag during anti-government protests. - AFP right coalition government which depends on held on suspicion of stealing a bracelet. A business dealings - leaving him just one more the centre-right leader’s support for its survival. Brazilian prostitute who lived with El Mahroug appeal, at the supreme court, which could come ‘Smiling but angry’, Several members of Berlusconi’s People of had called the premier on his mobile phone to within a year. Despite Berlusconi’s professions of Freedom party have urged him to withdraw his tell him she had been arrested. loyalty to Letta, many analysts believe he will protesters rock Bulgaria support and he may be more tempted to do so if eventually prefer to gamble on fresh elections, he decides his backing for Letta is giving him no Political risks in which he could potentially become prime SOFIA: With their toddlers sticky with ice brought in as a non-partisan safe pair of legal protection. Berlusconi’s lawyers say he made the call to minister once again, rather than risk a definitive cream and their dogs panting in the sum- hands. Many popular faces-writers, actors, “He is expecting it to go against him, he has avoid a diplomatic incident because he believed sentence. Even if Berlusconi opts to keep back- mer heat, the Bulgarians protesting for the musicians, professors, human rights been telling everyone that the judges are preju- that El Mahroug, who is actually Moroccan, was ing the government, a guilty verdict would make past week look very different to the gloomy activists-are seen in the rallies, just as they diced,” said James Walston, politics professor at the grand-daughter of former Egyptian parts of the PD highly uneasy and increase the crowds that toppled the government in were during the first demonstrations in the the American University of Rome. Berlusconi is President Hosni Mubarak. The prosecution says coalition’s instability, said Giovanni Orsina, pro- February. But this does not make the country after the toppling of communism accused of paying for sex with former nightclub he was anxious to cover up the relations he had fessor of contemporary history at Rome’s Luiss colourful mass with their sunglasses, bikes, in 1989. dancer Karima El Mahroug, alias “Ruby the with her at his sex parties. The media tycoon has University. “The PD would be in the same majori- songs and clever catchphrases any less In February, by contrast, the demonstra- Heartstealer”, when she was under 18, and of recently used his own television stations to pro- ty with a person who has been condemned in determined to see the back of the new tors were mostly poorer, angrier and des- abuse of office to get her released from police mote his version of events, with his flagship the first degree for juvenile prostitution which is three-week-old government and for a perate, taking to the streets across the custody on a separate occasion. Canale 5 channel broadcasting a prime-time not a light issue,” he said. “It would add up to a shake-up of the whole political class. country after receiving winter heating bills He denies all wrongdoing and says he is documentary on the so-called “Ruby Trial”. difficult situation.” — Reuters “We want to oust these corrupt dema- that they simply could not pay. Seven peo- gogues who call themselves ‘a political ple set themselves on fire. “Contrary to the class’. It’s the future of our children here February protests about people’s empty that is at stake-or emigration,” teacher Ilian pockets, these protests are about morals. Deadly shootout mars Albania vote Kamenov, 42, told AFP at a recent march in These are young, well-educated people, Sofia. “I was seven when my parents took who also earn well-Sofia’s middle class-that TIRANA: An opposition activist was Since the collapse of Enver me to rallies for democracy when commu- will be harder to appease,” political analyst killed in an apparently politically Hoxha’s communist regime in 1990, nism fell (in 1989),” said another, Kamelia Dimitar Ganev said. motivated shooting in Albania on polls in Albania have been marred by Mitova, 31. “It’s unbelievable that I am here “At last, people started to understand yesterday during a crucial election violence and allegations of vote-fix- now for the same reasons.” the importance of civil society that was that could determine whether one of ing. Brussels, which has twice reject- The spark that ignited this latest crisis in very under-developed up till now,” said Europe’s poorest countries has a ed Tirana’s EU membership applica- the EU’s poorest country was the Socialist- analyst Antoaneta Tsoneva from the chance of joining the EU. The tion, said the vote “represents a cru- backed government’s decision earlier this Institute for Public Environment shootout in the northern town of Lac cial test for the country’s democratic month to appoint a 32-year-old media Development. But most analysts were how- “might be related to the vote,” police institutions and its progress towards mogul to head a powerful state security ever convinced that even if protestors’ spokeswoman Alma Katragjini told the European Union”. authority. For the protestors, this showed anger is justified, toppling the three-week- AFP, declining to give further infor- But as Albania’s 3.2 million voters that the new administration was in cahoots old cabinet and holding new snap elec- mation about the incident. were choosing lawmakers for the with the same old powerful business inter- tions risked turning a crisis into a calamity. The dead man was identified as a 140-seat assembly, the electoral sys- ests and that its promises of a new era of Instead, the president-who has openly 53-year old activist with the Socialist- tem appeared to be struggling to transparency and accountability were lies. sympathised with the protests-has urged led coalition of former Tirana mayor meet international standards. The Even though the government quickly parliament to start work on changes to the Edi Rama, while among three people electoral commission-the agency reversed the security chief decision, electoral code to improve people’s political wounded was a candidate from the tasked with certifying the vote- between 7,000 and 10,000 people have tak- representation by opening the way for new ruling Democratic party of conserva- remains paralysed, with no progress en part in daily demonstrations since June faces and smaller parties to enter the legis- tive Prime Minister Sali Berisha. made in efforts to replace three of its 14 - marching and dancing, shouting and lature at the next elections. Rama-whose coalition has a slight seven members who quit in April singing along Sofia’s boulevards every In order to give parliament time to do edge in the election race according over a dispute between the govern- evening. On a special page on social net- that, the new vote must be put off until to analysts-branded the shooting a ment and the opposition. working website Facebook, used to great May 2014 when Bulgaria will also hold elec- “serious political incident... aimed at Eugen Wollfarth, head of the effect to organise the latest protests, the tions for European parliament, Gallup ana- intimidating the voters.” Organisation for Security and demonstrators say they want to “oust the lyst Zhivko Georgiev said. “Berisha should take responsibili- Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) mis- oligarchy” and see Bulgaria governed like This would also leave time for the gov- ty... and pay for it,” the 48-year-old sion in Tirana, called on politicians to any other nation in the European Union. ernment to address the most pressing Rama told reporters after rushing to “consider what is best for the coun- “Even if we are smiling, we are angry” social problems such as growing poverty Lac. Accusations of vote-buying and try,” which became a NATO member they say. “Protest noisily, react wisely!”, is and unemployment and falling living stan- electoral roll irregularities have been in 2009. A Western diplomat warned one of their slogans. “”NOresharski! dards to avoid new anti-poverty rallies next flying between the rivals, raising con- of a “great risk the results would be TIRANA: Albanian Prime Minister and Democratic Party leader Sali NOligarchy!” is another, a pun on the name winter, Sofia University political analyst cerns of a repeat of the 2009 polls contested, either by the outgoing Berisha makes a victory sign as he casts his ballot at a polling station of the prime minister, Plamen Oresharski, Maria Pirgova added. — AFP which triggered months of political coalition or by the opposition”. yesterday. — AFP turmoil and government paralysis. Both Rama and Berisha have out widespread corruption in Democratic Spirit of former president Around 6,000 police were on duty pledged to improve living standards Albania, which ranked 113th of 174 Bamir Topi and the ultranationalist yesterday to try to keep the peace. in the country where many, especial- countries on graft watchdog Red and Black Alliance-could also Princes William, Harry Berisha, seeking his third mandate to ly in the poor mountainous north, Transparency International’s 2012 list. win enough votes to enter the parlia- lead the Muslim majority nation after depend heavily on financial aid sent “I graduated with top marks but I can ment. In Tirana, people were queue- attend society wedding eight years in power, vowed that “the by an estimated 1.5 million country- not still find work as the system is rot- ing to cast their ballots even before will of citizens shall be respected” at men living in western Europe and the ten with corruption,” said 28-year old polling stations opened. “In Albania, LONDON: It wasn’t quite a royal wedding, some of the “Harry Potter” movies. William’s the polls. Having failed to deliver United States. Berisha, a 69-year old jurist Flori Lika, after voting for the everyone is so obsessed with politics, but with Prince William as best man and a wife, the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge, clean elections since the fall of com- cardiologist, has been campaigning Socialists. But 40-year-old economist they think of it even when they make Hogwarts castle as the setting it certainly did not attend - though her sister Pippa munism two decades ago, Albania on the promise of new investments, Luljeta Konomi said Berisha “has love,” said 30-year old engineer Arsen caused a stir in Britain’s media. William was Middleton did. Other guests included desperately needs to prove that it is but also a six percent hike in wages changed the face of Albania. “He is Prifit. Some 600 international attending Saturday’s marriage of his close Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, the able to hold fair polls that meet inter- and pensions to come into effect the only one able to take Albania in observers are monitoring the polls friend, Thomas van Straubenzee, to Melissa daughters of Prince Andrew and Sarah national standards if it is to have a after the election. Rama, a Paris- the great European family,” she said. which are to close at 1700 GMT, with Percy, the daughter of the Duke and Ferguson. The Sunday Times and the shot at joining the EU. schooled painter, insisted on rooting Two more parties-the New first results expected today. — AFP Duchess of Northumberland. Prince Harry Sunday Telegraph featured the wedding on also attended the event at Alnwick Castle, their front pages Sunday, calling it the the bride’s family home, which was used in “society wedding of the year.” - AP After Obama visit, Berlin remembers JFK 50 years on

BERLIN: Just days after US President Barack Berliners were suddenly cut off from their fami- Germany, he acknowledged that JFK had set the Obama walked in his footsteps, Berlin will mark lies and jobs on the other side of the city. But in bar for any US president abroad almost unattain- the 50th anniversary of John F Kennedy’s piv- an electrifying 10-minute address, Kennedy gave ably high. otal “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech with celebra- Berliners what they wanted to hear: a condem- “Fifty years ago, as this city prepared to wel- tions throughout the reunited city. Kennedy’s nation of the Wall and a promise that the free come President Kennedy, Berliners were ecstat- stirring pledge of solidarity with the besieged world stood by them. “Freedom has many diffi- ic,” Obama said. “Mayor Willy Brandt tried to calm western sectors of Berlin still marks the defining culties and democracy is not perfect but we everybody down-he told them, don’t be too touchstone in relations between the United have never had to put a wall up to keep our peo- emotional. It didn’t work.” Although Kennedy States and Europe’s biggest economic power. ple in, to prevent them from leaving us,” the defi- was moved by the reaction, his advisor The German capital has organised more than ant president said, in a firm rejection of commu- McGeorge Bundy and Brandt worried that it 50 events in the run-up to Wednesday’s anniver- nist appeasement. would only heighten East-West tensions at a sary including tours, lectures, exhibitions and At the end, Kennedy uttered the immortal time of tentative moves toward detente. new book publications. They will culminate in a words: “All free men, wherever they may live, are Ulrich Mack, 80, one of the press photogra- ceremony at the Schoeneberg town hall where citizens of Berlin, and, therefore, as a free man, I phers in Berlin that day, told AFP that people Kennedy spoke to West Berliners who feared any take pride in the words ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’ (I am hung from street lamps, road signs and climbed moment could see Soviet tanks roll down their a Berliner).” His vow, just five months before he trees just to get a glimpse at the visitor from streets. would be assassinated in Dallas, was greeted Washington, and threw reams of confetti. “It was His eight-hour visit on June 26, 1963 came at with rapturous applause from the around just a wave of euphoria, it was like being intoxi- a critical stage of the Cold War, and Berlin was on 450,000 people thronging the square. cated-from the images, from the situation-it was the front line. It was only a year since the United Obama, who spoke Wednesday at the now simply beautiful,” said Mack, who just released a States and Soviet Union nearly went to war in open Brandenburg Gate, the symbol of German book of unpublished photographs from that day. the Cuban missile crisis, and two years after East unity, quoted several Kennedy tropes including “It was amazing to see how this sceptical man, ENGLAND: Britain’s Prince Harry (right) leaves after attending the wedding of the Germany’s communist regime erected the Berlin his most famous German line. In a toast at a din- who really was quite hostile to Germans, sudden- Duke and Duchess of Northumberland’s daughter Lady Melissa Percy to chartered Wall, cleaving the city in two. ner that night hosted by Chancellor Angela ly did an about-face and softened, how he loved surveyor Thomas van Straubenzee at St Michael’s Church in Alnwick, England. — AP The United States had done little when Merkel, who grew up in communist East shaking hands in the crowd. —AFP MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2013 INTERNATIONAL Brazil hit by fresh protests despite Rousseff speech 70,000 protest against govt corruption BELO HORIZONTE: Fresh protests rocked Brazil spread as shops were looted, and banks and a people in January, 30,000 people protested. Saturday despite conciliatory remarks by car dealership vandalized.”We are against the “Santa Maria is not going to stop. We have President Dilma Rousseff, who pledged to World Cup because it masks the problems the 242 reasons to fight,” read one large banner. In improve public services and fight harder against country faces,” said musician Leonardo Melo, Salvador, where Brazil beat Italy 4-2 in another corruption. Rousseff’s televised address late who dismissed Rousseff’s speech as “rhetoric.” Confederations Cup match, demonstrators Friday appeared to have failed to sway protest- Over the past two weeks, hundreds of thou- totaled about 200 people, according to an AFP ers, as protests were held in over 100 cities sands of Brazilians have protested against the reporter. Inside the stadium, dozens of fans Saturday and activists vowed to continue the billions of dollars being spent on the World Cup, brandished placards proclaiming: “Let’s go to the struggle and ordinarily football-mad Brazilians accusing the government of wasting money and streets to change Brazil.” once again protested outside Confederations neglecting health, education and transport. West of Rio, near the Bangu prison, police Cup games. More than 70,000 people chanting More than a million marched in scores of confiscated Molotov cocktails, sticks and stones “The Cup for whom?” rallied in the southeastern cities on Thursday. In Sao Paulo, 35,000 people and arrested 30 people for looting shops and city of Belo Horizonte as Mexico edged Japan 2- took to the streets peacefully Saturday to smashing furniture on the heels of a protest by 1 in the football tournament seen as a dress denounce a proposed constitutional amend- around 500 people, according to the Globo G1 PINE: A military C-130 drops a load of fire retardant on a wildfire near Pine, Colorado. — AP rehearsal for next year’s World Cup. ment that would take away the power of inde- website. As the Rousseff government tried to Police fired tear gas when some protesters pendent public prosecutors to probe crimes, address the ever rising tide of dissatisfaction hurled stones and tried to break through the making it harder to combat corruption. In the over its social policies, former football star- Firefighters optimistic they security perimeter around the Mineirao stadium. southern town of Uruguaiana, demonstrators turned Socialist politician Romario joined the Some 25 people, including five police officers, peacefully occupied the bridge linking Brazil to debate, praising the demonstrators and dubbing can save Colorado town were reported injured in the clashes, and anoth- Uruguay for four hours. In the university town of world football body FIFA “Brazil’s real president.” er 22 protesters were arrested. Later, the unrest Santa Maria, where a disco fire killed 242 young In her address, Rousseff offered Brazilians a DEL NORTE: A massive wildfire threatening the air in Del Norte, where a Red Cross shel- “great pact” between the government and the a tourist region in southwestern Colorado ter was set up for evacuees. Anticipating the people to improve shoddy public services and has grown to nearly 60 square miles, but offi- mandatory South Fork evacuation would last stressed the need for “more effective ways to cials said Saturday that the erratic blaze had for days, the Red Cross promised more sup- fight corruption.” slowed and they were optimistic they could plies and portable showers. Ralph and But her intervention left the protesters protect the town of South Fork. The fire’s Leilani Harden of Victoria, Texas, spend sum- unmoved, judging by a torrent of comments on rapid advance prompted the evacuation of mers in South Fork. “We jumped out of the social media websites amid the release of a new hundreds of summer visitors and the town’s South Texas hot box into the Colorado frying poll showing that three-quarters of Brazilians 400 permanent residents Friday, and it could pan,” Ralph Harden said. back the demonstrations. “I was depressed lis- be days before people are allowed back into Bob and Sherry Mason bought the Wolf tening to Dilma. It’s a joke, right? Dilma treats us their homes, cabins and RV parks, fire crew Creek Ski Lodge on the Western Edge of as if we are idiots,” read one typical comment. spokeswoman Laura McConnell said. South South Fork about a year and a half ago. “This “We want dates and times, action. Promises are Fork Mayor Kenneth Brooke estimated that (wildfire) was in our contingency plan being not enough,” wrote another. 1,000 to 1,500 people were forced to flee. in Colorado, but we didn’t expect it this The protests have been largely peaceful, but Some business owners were being allowed soon,” Bob Mason said. New fire crews, mean- some have been marred by violence and acts of back into South Fork during the day while, descended from other areas to join vandalism, notably in Rio and Brasilia, with two Saturday to tie up issues left unattended in more than 32 fire engines stationed around deaths recorded so far. The popular outrage, the rush to leave. South Fork, with hoses and tankers at the dubbed by some a “Tropical Spring” after the Officials, meanwhile, closely monitored ready. Firefighters also worked to move protest movements in the Arab world and echo- an arm of the blaze moving toward the potential fuel, such as lawn furniture, ing similar turmoil in Turkey this month, has neighboring town of Creede. “We were very, propane tanks and wood piles, away from come as a shock to outside observers. The unrest very lucky,” said Rio Grande County homes and buildings. The town of Creede’s even led Hollywood A-lister Brad Pitt to scrap a Commissioner Carla Shriver. “We got a free 300 residents were under voluntary evacua- plan to come to Brazil to promote his new film pass yesterday.” McConnell said no structures tion orders as officials feared the fire could “World War Z,” the movie’s distributors said had been lost and the fire was still about 5 reach the roads leading out of town. Saturday. miles from the town. The blaze had been The heavy black smoke, broken up only Rousseff’s predecessor and political mentor fueled by dry, hot, windy weather and a by an orange glow over the outlines of the Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva left office in 2010 with a stand of dead trees, killed by a beetle infesta- San Juan mountains, was so thick Friday that soaring 80 percent approval rating, and the tion. But the fire’s spread had slowed by the plume helped keep an 18-square-mile social policies he initiated are credited with lift- Saturday morning after the flames hit a wildfire burning 100 miles to the east near ing 40 million Brazilians out of poverty. Lula also healthy section of forest. Fire crews remained Walsenburg from spreading as fast as it helped raise Brazil’s international profile, and the alert as more hot, dry and windy weather would have otherwise. Susan Valente, an on- World Cup was seen as a key milestone in its was forecast. The wildfire, a complex of three site spokeswoman for the fire near emergence as a global power player after several blazes, remains a danger, officials said. “The Walsenburg, said the shade helped keep the years of steady economic growth. But despite fire is very unpredictable,” Shriver told evac- forest from drying out in the hot afternoon the nationwide obsession with football, the pro- uees at Del Norte High School, east of the sun. Residents from 300 homes remain evac- testers say they feel left behind as they watch fire. “They are saying they haven’t quite seen uated while in the city of Walsenburg and gleaming new stadiums spring up in cities para- one like this in years. There is so much fuel the town of Aguilar remain on pre-evacua- BELO HORIZONTE: Protesters set fire during a demonstration against corruption and price lyzed by traffic jams and clogged with aging up there.” Winds picked up Saturday after- tion notice, meaning residents must be hikes in Belo Horizonte, Brazil on June 22, 2013. — AFP trains and buses. — AFP noon and a heavy black again permeated ready to flee at a moment’s notice. — AP Taleban offer brings in urgency to Idaho rally

HAILEY: The tearful mother of the only known US prisoner mother, before addressing her son directly. “Bowe, we love of war said Saturday she’s feeling “very optimistic” about you, we support you, and are eagerly awaiting your return his eventual release after his Taleban captors offered last home. I love you my son, as I have, from the first moment I week to exchange him for prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. heard of you, the never-ending, unconditional love a moth- US Army Sgt Bowe Bergdahl’s mother, Jani Bergdahl, spoke er has for her child.” to about 2,000 people gathered in Hailey, his hometown, in Buses also brought POW-MIA activists to the event from a city park where he played as a toddler and little boy. as far as Elko, Nev, some 230 miles to the south. Though About 400 in the crowd arrived astride motorcycles, yellow ribbons on Main Street trees and “Bring Bowe adorned in leather and patches commemorating America’s Home” placards in Hailey shop windows are a constant military missing in action. Bowe Bergdahl, 27, was taken reminder of the 27-year-old Bergdahl’s captivity, organizers prisoner in Afghanistan on June 30, 2009. First Jani of the event said the Taleban offer has lent an addition ele- Bergdahl, then his father, Bob Bergdahl, who accompanied ment of urgency - and hope - to Saturday’s gathering. the motorcycle procession on his son’s 1978 dirt bike, Many in the crowd said they were Vietnam veterans; spoke for a combined 15 minutes about rejuvenated hopes some of them supported the proposed prisoner exchange that their son’s now-four-year ordeal will soon come to a without reservation. “Give them their guys and get our guy joyful close. “We are feeling very optimistic this week,” his home,” said David Blunt, of Elko, Nev., who said he served in the US Army in Vietnam as a medic. “Bring our guy home. He’s suffered enough.” Bergdahl is believed held somewhere in Pakistan, but the Taleban said they would free him in exchange for five of their most senior operatives at Guantanamo Bay, the American installation on the southeastern tip of Cuba that’s housed suspected terrorists following the Sept 11 attacks. The militant group’s exchange proposition came just days ahead of possible talks between a US delegation and Taleban members. Bergdahl’s father, Bob Bergdahl, urged those gathered at Hailey’s Hop Porter Park to remember everyone, regardless of nationality, who had suffered during the 12-year conflict in Afghanistan that began following the Sept 11 attacks. He described his son as “part of the peace process.” “I wish she was the only mother that was suffering in that way,” Bob Bergdahl said of his wife. “Mothers all over the IDAHO: Jani Bergdahl (left) joined by husband, Bob, the world are suffering because of this war, and I don’t forget parents of captive US Army Sgt Bowe Bergdahl, speaks that for even one day.” He addressed his son’s captors in at the “Bring Bowe Back” celebration held to honor Sgt Pashto, the Afghan language he’s learned since Bowe Bergdahl in Hailey, Idaho. — AP Bergdahl went missing. —AP Texas prepares to execute 500th prisoner HUNTSVILLE: The US state of Texas is executions in the nation, but it is limit- 1990s-although violent crime is also preparing to execute its 500th convict ed to a handful of counties,” said Steve down. And, while 32 of the 50 US states since the death penalty was restored in Hall of the StandDown Texas Project, still have the death penalty on the 1976, a record in a country where capi- which has campaigns for a new mora- books, many have imposed a de facto tal punishment is in decline elsewhere. torium. “Texas leads with the number of moratorium, with few or none of the On Wednesday, in the absence of a last executions and death sentences but executions carried out and convicts lan- minute pardon, 52-year-old Kimberly there’s no doubt you’re seeing the guishing on death row. McCarthy will receive a lethal injection same trend to decrease that you see Activists like Dieter say this shows in Huntsville Penitentiary for the 1997 nationally.” Richard Dieter of the Death that these states will eventually formal- murder of 71-year-old retired college Penalty Information Center, an academ- ly abolish the death penalty, but sup- professor Dorothy Booth. “What we do ic watchdog, agreed. “Despite this porters of the ultimate penalty note that is we carry out court orders,” said Jason major milestone, we expect the total it retains the support of American voters. Clark, spokesman for the Texas number of executions to be less than “By measurements like the number of Department of Criminal Justice. “It’s our last year and a new drop in death sen- executions, death sentences and states, obligation to carry this execution out.” tences,” he said. the death penalty is in decline,” admitted Activists opposed to the death According to DPIC’s figures, there Robert Blecker, a professor at New York penalty are due to gather at the red are 3,125 convicts on death row in the Law School. “But, in terms of the popular brick state prison, known as the “Walls United States and, if Wednesday’s exe- support, that is fairly constant. It is not in Unit,” to mark the milestone with a cution goes ahead, McCarthy will be decline,” he said, noting that the propor- protest against a punishment they the 17th prisoner put to death in the tion of voters backing execution always regard as a holdover from another age. first six months of 2013. But numbers increases in the wake of “egregious” In 1976, the US Supreme Court lifted a are dropping: 43 people were executed crimes. Opinion polls consistently show moratorium on the use of the death in 2012 down from a peak, in 2002, of that between 60 and 65 percent of penalty and since that date 1,336 have 71. American juries are also imposing Americans back the death penalty, indi- been executed across the country, capital punishment in fewer cases, with cating that support goes beyond the more than a third of them in Texas only 78 death sentences last year, down roughly 50-50 left-right divide in US alone. “It is obviously still the leader of by around three-quarters since the electoral politics. —AFP MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2013 INTERNATIONAL Afghanistan seeks explanation for Taleban office

KABUL: Afghanistan’s government said yes- lished,” Mosazai told reporters in Kabul. The Afghanistan. Afghan President Hamid Karzai in an English-language statement. this happened, why this happened, who terday it is still waiting for a full explanation diplomatic incident served as a reminder of reacted sharply, suspending negotiations The Qatari government had no immedi- made this happen - and then for the office of how the Taleban were allowed to open an just how difficult a task lies ahead in getting with the US over what presence internation- ate response. At the Taleban office in Doha, and its terms of reference to be brought office in Qatar that was akin to an embassy, all sides to the negotiating table after nearly al forces may keep in Afghanistan after 2014 security was boosted yesterday but there back into full compliance with the written flying the militant group’s flag and using its 12 years of war. and demanded the offending sign and flag were no apparent signs of meetings or other assurances given to the Afghan government formal name from the years it ruled the The Taleban’s office opened Tuesday in a be removed. The Taleban has since complied diplomatic activity. There was no flag visible prior to the establishment of the office,” he country. But Foreign Ministry spokesman ceremony broadcast on live television, after the Qatar government intervened. from the street. On Saturday, Taleban said. He also suggested that after “initial con- Janan Mosazai said the Afghan government accompanied by a simultaneous announce- Both the US and the Qataris said the Taleban spokesman Shaheen Suhail suggested the tacts” between the Taleban and the United remains willing to send a peace delegation ment that US officials would begin formal had agreed on the pre-approved name but Taleban was willing to move ahead with States, the Afghan government expects to to Doha to negotiate with the Taleban once talks with Taleban representatives, which violated the pact at the ribbon cutting cere- peace talks, despite “much anger” among lead official peace talks and would push to it has its explanation, as well as assurances eventually would be joined by the Afghan mony. some members over the removal of the move them to Afghanistan. “Official negotia- that the office will be nothing more than a government. That raised hopes that the In an e-mailed statement yesterday, how- name and the lowering of the Taleban’s tions in the context of the peace process will place for talks. long-stalled peace process could finally ever, Taleban spokesman Muhammad white flag emblazoned with a Quranic verse have to be, and can only take place, “The Afghan government remains fully begin. But the Taleban’s use of its old flag and Naeem said the use of the flag and name in black. between the (Afghan) High Peace Council committed to pursue a process of peace a sign bearing the name of the Islamic was “done with the agreement of the Qatari Mosazai said, however, that Afghanistan on the one hand and the authorized repre- negotiations with the armed opposition, Emirate of Afghanistan, which the move- government.” “The statement which states is still waiting for a full explanation from sentatives of the Taleban on the other,” he including the Taleban, but within the con- ment used during its five-year rule that end- that by using the name and raising the flag, Washington and guarantees the Taleban will said. “Our preference would be for those fines of the conditions and the principles ed in 2001 with the US-led invasion, pro- the Islamic Emirate somehow violated an not attempt to revert to its formal name negotiations to take place inside and the assurances that we have estab- voked outrage across party lines in agreement... is completely false,” Naeem said again. “We need an explanation about how Afghanistan after the initial stage.” —AP Taleban kill 9 foreign tourists in Pakistan 6 Ukrainians, 3 Chinese among dead

ISLAMABAD: Gunmen dressed as police killed Ukrainians were killed. The Himalayas in northern said was inaccessible by road. A spokesman for nine Chinese and Ukrainian tourists in an unprece- Pakistan offer some of the most spectacular climb- Pakistan’s main umbrella Taleban faction, which is dented attack in the Pakistani Himalayas claimed ing in the world. Its peaks are a magnet for experi- waging a seven-year domestic insurgency, initially by the Taleban, who said they had set up a new enced mountaineers, often from Europe. refused to comment, but later telephoned AFP to faction to target foreigners in revenge for US drone Nisar said the attackers were dressed as Gilgit claim responsibility. He said the attack was in strikes. The attackers struck late Saturday at the Scouts, a paramilitary police unit. “They abducted response to the death of the group’s deputy chief foot of one of the world’s highest mountains, two guides and through them reached the area. in a US drone strike near the Afghan border. killing climbers at a base camp in the far-flung One guide was killed in the shootout. One is alive. “One of our factions, Junood ul-Hifsa, did it. It is north not previously associated with violence or He is now detained and being questioned,” he said. to avenge the killing of Maulvi Wali ur-Rehman,” Islamist militancy. Pakistan condemned the attack, but the killings said spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan. Rehman died NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State John Kerry (center) arrives at Palam Air on May 29 in a US drone attack on a house in North The deaths call into question the future of for- will raise serious questions about security failures Force Station yesterday. —AP eign mountaineering and trekking expeditions, and embarrass a country already suffering from a Waziristan, the most notorious Taleban and Al- which provide the last vestige of international dismal image abroad. The interior minister conced- Qaeda stronghold in Pakistan on the Afghan bor- tourism in a country on the frontline of Al-Qaeda ed there was no security escort for foreigners in der. Ehsan told AFP that Junood ul-Hifsa was a new Kerry begins first India visit and Taleban violence. Officials yesterday said one that area of the mountains. wing set up by the Taleban “to attack foreigners NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State John notes with them on what we understand of Pakistani was also killed while one Chinese nation- The top bureaucrat and top police official in and convey a message to the world against drone Kerry arrived in New Delhi yesterday for his what is happening. Definitely it is on our al survived the attack, which comes just weeks Gilgit-Baltistan were yesterday suspended, state TV strikes”. first visit to India as the top US diplomat, agenda.” after a new government took office. The climbers said. Local police told AFP that the bodies of the Pakistan’s Taleban organisation, a nebulous col- looking to deliver on a pledge to realise In an editorial published ahead of his were staying at a base camp for Nanga Parbat, dead were en route to Islamabad by mid-after- lection of factions, has been waging a domestic “the full potential” in stuttering bilateral arrival, The Hindu newspaper said that which at 8,126 metres (26,660 feet) is the second noon yesterday after helicopters were dispatched insurgency since July 2007 but is not previously ties. His arrival in New Delhi was overshad- Kerry would have to battle a feeling in New highest mountain in Pakistan and the ninth high- to the area. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif con- known to have had a presence in Gilgit. Rehman, owed by news that former intelligence Delhi that he was too “sympathetic” to the est in the world. demned “these inhuman and cruel acts”, ordered a who had a $5 million US bounty on his head, was operative Edward Snowden, who faces a US Pakistani military establishment. “Indian The base camp is at Fairy Meadows in the thorough investigation and called for the culprits accused by Washington of organising attacks arrest warrant over his leaking of a massive nightmares about a possible return of the Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan, which borders to be brought to justice, the government said. against US and NATO forces in Afghanistan and surveillance programme, had flown out of Taleban and its allies as the rulers of the China and Kashmir. “The incident took place Officials also spoke to the Chinese and Ukrainian wanted in connection with a suicide attack on an Hong Kong. Officials travelling with Kerry country, will doubtless figure high in the around 10:00 pm (Saturday, 1700 GMT). They were ambassadors to express their condolences, the for- American base in Afghanistan in 2009 that killed declined comment. talks,” it said. “New Delhi will be looking to mountaineers,” Diamer police official Mohammed eign ministry added. “Those who have committed seven CIA agents. Pakistan’s government, which Kerry, who flew in from Qatar, is set to Mr Kerry... for reassurances.” Naveed told AFP. “Gunmen came and opened fire this heinous crime seem to be attempting to dis- took office this month after historic elections, faces address Indian concerns about the upcom- Afghanistan is one of irritants in ties on them. It is confirmed that they have been killed,” rupt the growing relations of Pakistan with China a massive array of problems related to a moribund ing US withdrawal from Afghanistan on a between the two countries which saw an he said. and other friendly countries,” it said. economy and Islamist militancy. Sharif has previ- three-day visit as well as discuss coopera- upturn during the presidency of George W. Six Ukrainians and three Chinese were among While Gilgit-Baltistan has seen deadly sectarian ously advocated peace talks with the Taleban and tion on issues such as climate change and Bush but analysts say are now in the dol- the dead, Pakistani Interior Minister Chaudhry violence targeting Pakistan’s Shiite Muslim minori- he criticised the US drone strike that killed Rehman, education. He is scheduled to hold talks drums. US business leaders have voice frus- Nisar said. Ukraine’s ambassador to Pakistan ty, foreigners have never previously been targeted echoing long-held Pakistani complaints that the US with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan tration over what they charge are unfair Vladimir Lakomov earlier told AFP that five in such a remote part of the region, which officials campaign violates national sovereignty. —AFP Singh on Monday as well as Foreign trading practices in India. Drug firms in par- Minister Salman Khurshid. ticular have been angered by India’s cham- In a video message ahead of his visit, pioning generic drugs-which advocates say Lanka withdraws Kerry said President Barack Obama’s save lives in poor nations. administration held a “firm belief that a India in turn has been alarmed by pro- controversial strong India is in America’s national inter- posals in the US Congress to curb visas to ests”. “The United States not only welcomes high-tech workers. Kerry, who is being press code India as a rising power, we fervently sup- accompanied by Energy Secretary Ernest port it,” Kerry said. Moniz, is expected to push for India’s sup- COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s president has scrapped a con- “This is the time for both the United port on climate change during a speech tentious code of conduct for journalists after editors and States and India to challenge ourselves in yesterday night. US campaigners have rights groups condemned it as a further blow to press order to reach higher, in order to strength- urged Kerry to work with India on climate freedom, government and media sources said yester- en the bonds that we share, and to realize change, saying cooperation on issues such day. President Mahinda Rajapakse ordered his informa- the full potential of our partnership.” Indian as solar power and energy efficiency will tion ministry not to proceed with the proposed code of officials have voiced their concerns to with- help limit carbon emissions as India contin- conduct bill, but instead leave it in the hands of senior draw its troops from Afghanistan next year ues its rapid urbanisaton. editors to update their own code of ethics. and negotiate with the Taleban, who are The visit comes less than a year before “The government will not go ahead with the code,” a sworn enemies of India. India goes to the polls, with the controver- senior information ministry official told AFP yesterday. Vikram Doraiswami, a senior official in sial Gujarat state minister Narendra Modi “The president met with editors on Friday and discussed the Indian foreign ministry who has leading the opposition BJP’s campaign. The the issue. They may or may not use elements of our responsibility for relations with the US, said United States has refused to issue a visa to draft,” he added on condition of anonymity. An editor last week that Afghanistan would definitely Modi as he was in power in Gujarat in 2002 feature high in the agenda. “Afghanistan is during deadly anti-Muslim riots. Kerry is who was at the meeting told AFP that Rajapakse made it GOVIND GHAT: A stranded Indian pilgrim, seen carrying a child, is transport- of course part of our region so we would be not due to meet Modi, according to US offi- clear that the government would not impose the pro- interested to listen to the US... to compare cials. —AFP ed across a river using a rope rescue system by Indo-Tibetan Border Police posed code on them. (ITBP) personnel in Govind Ghat in India yesterday. —AP The Editors’ Guild of Sri Lanka is to discuss the devel- opment and issue a formal reaction next week, the edi- Bad weather hits India tor said on condition that his name was not used. Sri Lankan editors as well as international rights groups had said that the proposed bill was too sweeping and would flood rescue operations curtail freedoms already under threat in Sri Lanka which GOVINDGHAT: Bad weather hampered rescue terday morning due to rain and overcast condi- is emerging from decades of ethnic war. The New York- operations yesterday in northern India where up to tions, Indian Air Force spokeswoman Priya Joshi based Human Rights Watch and the Committee to 1,000 people are feared to have died in landslides told AFP. For thousands of stranded people, it has Protect Journalists last week accused the government of and flash floods that have left pilgrims and tourists been a grim battle of survival against the odds, an mounting more pressure on the local media through stranded without food or water for days. So far 557 army rescue worker who did not want to be named the proposed bill. bodies have been found after torrential rains struck told AFP. “They have been stuck for more than five The new code drawn up by the information min- the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand on June 15, days without food or water. Temperatures have istry sought to prohibit “material against the integrity flooding the Ganges river and devastating the been dipping sharply in the night but they do not of the Executive, Judiciary and Legislature”. It also region known as the “Land of the Gods” for its have any shelter,” he said. Some survivors com- warned against the publication of content that revered Hindu shrines. Some 15,000 people were plained they had been exploited by locals eager to “offends against expectations of the public, morality of still stranded in remote areas with the full extent of profit from their misery. Shri Purushottam, a 50- the country or tend to lower the standards of public the loss of life only likely to emerge after flood year-old from Maharashtra, cried inconsolably as taste and morality”. waters recede and rescue workers reach isolated he recalled the moments when his 10-year-old son Sri Lanka had been ranked 162 out of 179 countries areas, officials said. lay lifeless in his arms. in a recent press freedom index compiled by the Paris- “The death toll could be more than 750 — “He died of sheer hunger and thirst. I kept based Reporters without Borders and media rights maybe around 1,000,” Uttarakhand chief minister pleading for help. Some villagers said they could groups say journalists have been forced to self-censor. Vijay Bahuguna said in the state capital Dehradun. arrange for him to be air-lifted if I gave them 35,000 At least 26 journalists have already fled Sri Lanka in the In Govindghat, a small town on the route to the rupees ($520). “I agreed but they took my son away past five years to escape threats, intimidation, violence, Sikh holy site of Hemkund, army personnel built and abandoned him later on,” he told AFP. The dis- and imprisonment, according to CPJ. At least five jour- temporary bridges by stringing ropes across river aster relief force was meanwhile planning to nalists have been killed in the same period. —AFP NARATHIWAT: Protesters, some wearing Guy Fawkes masks, gather in banks to help civilians cross safely, an AFP reporter deploy unmanned drones to locate survivors in Thailand’s restive southern province of Narathiwat yesterday. —AFP at the scene said. Raging rivers have swept away remote areas that remained inaccessible, the NDTV houses, buildings and entire villages in the state, news network said. Twenty trekkers including six which was packed with travellers in what is a peak Americans were rescued Saturday after they were tourist season. marooned near a remote glacier, while the army Thailand ‘white mask’ protesters rally Dozens of helicopters and thousands of soldiers managed to make contact with nearly 1,000 peo- have been deployed to help those trapped across ple stuck in mountains near Kedarnath. BANGKOK: Hundreds of anti-government pro- Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra-and her self- ple to rise against a fictional dictator. the state, including many residents whose houses The military operation, involving around 50 hel- testers-many wearing white masks-converged exiled brother Thaksin-and ‘Yellow Shirts’ who Thailand is still recovering from street have been damaged. Around 120 bodies have icopters and more than 10,000 soldiers, was on Bangkok’s shopping district, Thai police said support the pro-establishment opposition. protests by Red Shirts in 2010 that culminated in been recovered from the Kedarnath temple com- focused on reaching those stranded in the holy yesterday, in a reminder of the kingdom’s politi- Several other protest groups have sprung up in a bloody crackdown by security forces. About 90 plex and more were feared to be lying in nearby town of Badrinath after earlier finding widespread cal divisions. The demonstration by the ‘V for recent months protesting against the govern- people were killed and nearly 1,900 wounded in jungle where tourists took refuge after hotels and devastation in the Kedarnath temple area. Special Thailand’ movement-an enigmatic protest group ment of Yingluck and the influence of her broth- a series of clashes in May 2010 between demon- other buildings collapsed in the deluge. trains and buses have been pressed into service to spawned over social media whose supporters er, who is seeking a return to the kingdom but strators and security forces. Courts have ruled Nishi Shrivastava, 30, recounted with horror bring tourists home while medical and food sup- wear the masks of comic book hero ‘V’-was the faces jail over corruption. that some protesters were killed by security how she had to virtually “navigate” among dead plies were being flown to stranded people. fourth this month outside the CentralWorld Little is known about the leaders or political forces, leading to charges of murder being laid bodies strewn near the Kedarnath temple site. State officials said yesterday nearly 80,000 peo- complex in the heart of the city. “There were allegiances of V for Thailand, but the group has against then-Prime Minister and current opposi- “Bodies were lying everywhere. It was worse than a ple had been evacuated so far from the flood-dev- about 1,500 white mask protesters attended a swiftly developed a major social media profile tion leader Abhisit Vejjajiva-accusations he nightmare. I had lost all hope of seeing my family astated regions. In the adjacent state of Himachal protest,” Deputy Metropolitan police chief railing against the government and Thaksin. The strenuously denies. A trial of 24 Red Shirt leaders members again,” she told AFP before boarding a Pradesh, 20 people have been killed and around Parinya Jansuriya said, adding the protest-which group’s Facebook page says it represents “peo- on terrorism charges began in December but bus in Dehradun to go back home to Agra in 1,200 tourists remained stranded in remote rain-hit lasted several hours-was “peaceful.” ple power” urging peaceful opposition to “parlia- four of them enjoy immunity as they are now neighbouring Uttar Pradesh state. regions. The Kinnaur district has seen heavy dam- Thailand has been plagued by political divi- mentary monopoly and corruption”. In a film ver- lawmakers, so the case is expected to take years Air relief operations resumed partly in the areas age with power cut off to large areas and roads sions and sometimes violent street protests sion of the comic strip called ‘V for Vendetta’, to complete during breaks in the parliamentary of Harsil and Dharasu after being suspended yes- washed away. —AFP involving so-called ‘Red Shirt’ supporters of white masks are distributed to encourage peo- session. —AFP

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hancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives are trumpeting an electoral pledge to bump up Cchild benefits but admit that the power of their family policy to boost the low birthrate that threatens to take the shine off the German economy is limited. German women have on average 1.3 children, among the lowest rate in the industrialised world, resulting in a shrinking and ageing population that threatens long-term finances and the ability of companies to find workers. However Family Minister Kristina Schroeder does not see the government’s annual 200 billion euro ($264 billion) family policy as a failure. “I am sceptical about the capacity for politics to manage US struggles to show new push on Syria families,” she told reporters Thursday, adding that in terms of encouraging women to have more babies “my ambitions are modest.” By Shaun Tandon tion” but instead wanted to correct a grow- take Kerry by surprise, said that the tiny that he may press to close the office unless However Germany’s policies have often been criti- ing “imbalance” in Assad’s favour. gas-rich emirate would send forces to Syria the Taleban address concerns. The Taleban cised by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation Secretary of State John Kerry The ultimate goal is a transitional gov- if it could. “We don’t have enough people - outraged Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Development in Europe for hindering women has vowed new support for ernment with representatives from both otherwise we might send people on the by opening the office under the name being able to combine work and motherhood. And USSyria’s rebels but beyond sides, Kerry said, noting that even Assad’s ground,” he said. Kerry also met Saturday “Afghan Emirate of Afghanistan” - implying the chancellor herself, who is childless, has highlight- tougher talk, it remains unclear how much historic supporter Russia had signed onto with the young Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad a government in exile from the hardline ed several times that Germany’s family policy is want- has changed. Kerry met with fellow oppo- the formula during talks in Geneva last Al-Thani, whom he called Qatar’s “heir Islamic group’s five-year rule that ended ing compared to that of neighbouring France for nents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s year. Kerry accused Iran of starting the apparent” amid expectations for a transi- with the US military campaign following example. Michaela Kreyenfeld, of the Max Planck regime during talks Saturday in the Gulf “internationalisation” of the Syria conflict tion. Yesterday he met with the emir, the Sept 11, 2001 attacks. Institute for Demographic Research, said Germany’s Arab monarchy of Qatar, a stalwart sup- through the participation of its ally Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, accom- Qatar later announced the name has family policy “lacks coherence”. “Certain mechanisms porter of the Sunni Muslim rebels. Qatar Hezbollah, a Shiite movement in Lebanon. panied by James Dobbins, the US special been changed to the Political Office of the support women who work, others encourage them to said that the talks agreed on a “secret” plan “You now have outside actors engaged envoy on Afghanistan and Pakistan. Afghan Taleban. Kerry later yesterday left stay at home, for instance,” she told AFP. to ramp up assistance to rebels fighting the overtly on the ground in Syria. No other Dobbins came to Qatar to explore Qatar for a three-day trip to India. After Nevertheless Merkel’s conservatives, who are seek- conflict that has claimed nearly 100,000 country has that. We don’t have that, the potential dialogue with the Taleban, who India, the top US diplomat is expected in ing re-election in three months time, plan to stay on lives. But Kerry declined to lay out specifics Qataris don’t have that,” Kerry said. opened an office in the gas-rich monarchy Saudi Arabia, another strong supporter of the same path - their platform includes more tax other than to insist that - after three similar But the Qatari prime minister, in remarks as part of reconciliation efforts in Syria’s rebels, along with Kuwait and advantages for families, and a still unspecified hike in meetings among foreign ministers - this that were light in tone but appeared to Afghanistan. But Kerry yesterday warned Jordan. — AFP child benefits. Schroeder, who was the first cabinet time the situation has changed. minister to give birth while in office, argues that, if “It’s not anything we say today that will people do not have children, it is often because they make the difference to Assad; it’s what hap- pens in the days and weeks and months HK revels in its rule of law have not found the right partner “and on that, the state can’t do anything for them”. But her critics say ahead - and I hope not too many months,” Kerry told reporters. “But the reality is what there is no reason to suppose Germans are any By Dennis Chong Regina Ip, a pro-Beijing lawmaker who bears the scars from past happened here today is different because unluckier in love than the French, British or Icelanders constitutional battles, said the authorities had done the right thing the situation on the ground is different,” who all have substantially higher birth rates. “Germany ong Kong has risked the threat of US reprisals in allowing now in upholding the rule of law. “It took the Americans eight days Kerry said. He pointed to US President still tries too much to solve problems with money and Edward Snowden to leave. But its government insists that the to put together the charges. It’s reasonable for HK (government) Barack Obama’s stated willingness to step not enough with infrastructure” such as more creches, rule of law took primacy for a territory that jealously guards lawyers to take several days to scrutinize the charges,” Ip, who was up support for the rebels after concluding H complained Friday’s Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspa- its separateness from mainland China. On social media, there was formerly the city’s de facto security minister , told AFP after that Assad defied his warnings by using per. talk of political considerations at play in allowing the former Snowden left. “I don’t think the HK authorities deliberately dragged chemical weapons. Mass circulation Bild scoffed at the government National Security Agency (NSA) contractor to escape his Hong Kong their feet. They proceeded entirely in accordance with due process The rebels have reported receiving new having judged its family policy a success and pointed bolthole for pastures new - possibly Russia, possibly asylum in a and rule of law ... despite pressure from the Americans,” she said. equipment from “friendly” countries a pos- to the system in Scandinavian countries, Iceland and third country. Along with other observers, Ip fears that Hong Kongers could now sible allusion to Gulf Arab states - but the France. “It’s actually quite simple. It works everywhere Did the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative lose their visa-free access to the United States if Washington is seri- where there are many women working and where United States, France and Britain have been quiet on what they have provided. Region (HKSAR) want to remove an irritant that threatened to drag ous about hitting back at the city’s government. But the price would there is good childcare. “Why is that so difficult to on for years, if Snowden fought through the courts against US be justified if Hong Kong has proved that adherence to legal rights understand?” In Germany, more than one woman out Participants in the Doha talks said that the reticence was partly a nod to concerns by attempts to extradite him? Did Beijing, with an eye on its overarch- is a non-negotiable principle, she said. of three with a university education is childless, which, ing relationship with Washington, similarly want no truck with a lin- Alan Leong of the pro-democracy Civic Party told AFP that he according to Kreyenfeld, is “because they have to Italy and especially Germany, which has repeatedly cautioned that weapons could gering distraction? But in a press statement confirming the 30-year- was disappointed Snowden had left Hong Kong so quickly. “I am a choose between children and career, they don’t man- old’s shock departure, Hong Kong authorities said the reason was bit disappointed because Mr Snowden actually said he chose Hong age to reconcile the two”. aggravate the conflict. Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem Al- simple: the US government had failed to meet the legal bar needed Kong as a place of refuge because he trusted its rule of law, but he Juggling home and work life and the need to get to justify its arrest warrant issued on Friday. left this morning without giving an explanation,” Leong told AFP. He more women back to work after having children is a Thani, meeting with Kerry, said that all but two countries agreed in the Doha talks on The statement said that documents provided by the US “did not added that the Hong Kong courts would have been able to deal problem the government is keenly aware of and has fully comply with the legal requirements under Hong Kong law”, so with any extradition applications from the US. US authorities had been seeking to address for nearly a decade. From plans to support the rebels. He insisted that Qatar, which has played an increasingly the HKSAR government had asked for more information. As asked Hong Kong to detain and extradite Snowden on espionage Aug 1 every child from the age of one will have the Washington had not met its request, “there is no legal basis to and theft charges after he leaked allegations of worldwide eaves- right to a childcare spot, although the promise cur- outsized role in the region, was only send- ing support to the mainstream Free Syrian restrict Mr Snowden from leaving Hong Kong”, it added, saying that dropping of phones and computer systems by the NSA. rently looks set to be difficult to achieve given a lack he had left the Chinese territory legally and voluntarily. While White House National Security Advisor Tom Donilon said on of spaces in creches, which are run by local authori- Army. US officials have privately voiced con- Beijing retains ultimate control over its defence and foreign policy, Saturday that the charges “present a good case” for extradition ties. Another problem is that German couples with and the right to veto extradition decisions, Hong Kong enjoys a high under a pre-handover treaty agreed between Washington and Hong children are unlikely to have more than two, unlike in cern about potential support by Arab states to more extreme elements in the degree of autonomy under the handover agreement that governed Kong. “Hong Kong has been a historically good partner of the France where families with three or four children are its transfer from British rule in 1997. United States in law-enforcement matters, and we expect them to more common, according to Kreyenfeld. “France con- increasingly sectarian conflict. Obama has publicly warned of the risks of a full- The HKSAR government itself has faced intense criticism from comply with the treaty in this case,” he told CBS Radio News. But the ducts a proactive birth policy and that is not the case the Hong Kong public for compromising that autonomy by appeal- HKSAR government confounded that expectation, and went further in Germany due to historic factors,” she said. Spurring fledged military intervention against Assad, ing to Beijing for constitutional reviews from time to time. Hundreds Sunday in demanding answers from Washington about Snowden’s people to have lots of children has negative connota- a member of the Alawite minority who of protesters drawn from Hong Kong’s pro-democracy and pro- claim that the NSA had tapped into Hong Kong’s main Internet tions after the Nazi regime’s idealisation of large leads a secular-minded state. Kerry in his Beijing camps staged a rain-drenched rally on June 15 demanding exchange and Pacnet, a company based in the city that runs one of German families. Vera Kreuter, of the Berlin Institute talks repeatedly insisted on protections for the government resist US pressure to hand Snowden back. An opin- the Asia-Pacific region’s biggest fiber-optic networks. “The HKSAR for Population and Development, said not having lots minorities in Syria in the wake of attacks on ion poll the next day said half of respondents believed he should be government will continue to follow up on the matter so as to pro- of children had now become “the social norm” and Alawites and Shiites. He said that the allowed to stay. tect the legal rights of the people of Hong Kong,” it said. — AFP was not going to change any time soon. But she said United States did not seek a “military solu- that was no reason to stop trying to foster a turn- around. “To stimulate the birthrate by encouraging people to fulfil their wish for a child must be an aim of family policy, not the only one, but one of them,” she Melting ice pulls Norway closer to Asia told AFP. Merkel has warned that demographics is one of the biggest challenges that Germany faces this cen- By Pierre-Henry Deshayes looks promising. The volume of goods transported along prices there are significantly higher than in Europe. tury as the motor of Europe’s economy faces labour the Northern Sea Route is likely to grow strongly in the Adding to the lucrative nature of the trade, each ship shortages and its pension system becomes strained. he town of Kirkenes in northernmost Norway used to coming years, from 1.26 million tonnes last year to 50 mil- transporting LNG by the northern route can do it close to On visits abroad she has explicitly urged young pro- be further away from Asia than virtually any other lion tonnes in 2020, according to the Norwegian $7 million cheaper than vessels going through the Suez. fessionals to seek work in Germany, which will eventu- TEuropean port, but it suddenly seems a lot closer. The Shipowners’ Association. Kirkenes, whose 3,400 inhabi- Traditional goods traffic, however, is not realistic in these ally require some 200,000 new foreign workers per reason: Global warming. Melting ice has opened up the tants live in nearly uninterrupted darkness during the win- latitudes, according to Tschudi Shipping. “The big trading year, according to officials. —AFP Northern Sea Route along Russia’s Arctic coastline, chang- ter months, is suddenly preparing frantically for the routes in dry bulk shipping are located too far South for ing international trade patterns in profound ways - even if expected boom. The Tschudi Shipping Group plans to the Northern Sea Route to become relevant,” said Henrik so far it looks more like a sleepy county road than a busy, open a logistics hub measuring the equivalent of 200 foot- Falck, the company’s project manager for Eastern Europe. four-lane highway. In a change of potentially revolution- ball fields in a fjord nearby that is held ice-free all year by And “we can forget about containers”, he added, noting All articles appearing on these ary significance, the travel time between the Japanese the warm Gulf Stream. that owners preferred traditional routes with stops at pages are the personal opinion of port of Yokohama and Hamburg in Germany has been cut The port’s location is extremely strategic. It is nine days’ densely populated cities along the way. In a fragile ecosys- by 40 percent, while fuel expenditure is down by 20 per- travel from both the Pacific and the Mediterranean, and tem that is the source of immense worry among environ- the writers. Kuwait Times takes no cent. close to major oil and gas deposits in the Arctic as well as mentalists, Russia plays a central role in assisting naviga- responsibility for views expressed “For the first time in history we are witnessing a new mines in northern Sweden and Finland. Twenty-six of the tion with icebreakers. It has also decided to establish 10 therein. Kuwait Times invites read- ocean opening up in the high north which will have a ships that traversed the Arctic Ocean between Europe and bases along its coast to redress the current abject lack of ers to voice their opinions. Please major impact on both trade and provision of energy,” said Asia last year were carrying hydrocarbons, while six were infrastructure. Admitted last month as an observer in the Sturla Henriksen, the president of the Norwegian transporting iron ore or coal. The new route also opens up Arctic Council, China also wants to be part of the game. send submissions via email to: opin- Shipowners’ Association. In 2012, when the ice reached its an interesting market for liquefied natural gas (LNG) After the first transit of its icebreaker Snow Dragon last [email protected] or via snail lowest extent on record, 3.4 million sq km, 46 ships used extracted in the Barents Sea, especially after North year, the world’s second-largest economy now plans to mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. the new route, compared with only four in 2010, accord- America, the customer that local companies initially had in send its first commercial shipment along the northern ing to Rosatomflot, a Russian operator of icebreakers. The mind, has turned away following a decision to use its own route this summer. Between 5 and 15 percent of Chinese The editor reserves the right to edit traffic is still negligible compared with traditional routes. shale gas. international trade could take this new road by 2020, the any submission as necessary. Ships transit the Panama Canal 15,000 times a year, while On the other hand, Asia’s appetite for gas has increased director of the Polar Research Institute of China, Yang passing through the Suez 19,000 times. But the future after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan in 2011, and Huigeng, was quoted as saying in the media. —AFP NEWS MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2013

An anti government protester flashes a victory sign during the clashes between protestors and riot police on Taksim square in Istanbul on Saturday. — AFP WikiLeaks defies US to help leaker Snowden LONDON: WikiLeaks’ decision to help US Snowden and to Mr Julian Assange - for 1975. Since being kicked off the bench in last June, seeking to avoid extradition to intelligence contractor Edward Snowden making or facilitating disclosures in the Spain last year - when the Supreme Court Sweden. It wants to question him about escape Washington’s extradition attempts public interest - is an assault against the found him guilty of illegal wiretapping in a allegations of sexual assault and rape, in Hong Kong has cemented the anti-secre- people.” political corruption case - he has spent which he denies. cy group’s reputation as a thorn in the side Frustrating US attempts to extradite most of his time outside Spain, advising on British Foreign Secretary William Hague of the American and British governments. Snowden and put him on trial for the unau- international law. held talks with his Ecuadorean counterpart In comments likely to infuriate Washington, thorised release of secret surveillance files, Garzon, who helped broker Assange’s Patino last week in a failed attempt to find WikiLeaks said it was escorting Snowden to WikiLeaks also sent one of its legal team to asylum in Ecuador’s London embassy, was a breakthrough in a case that is becoming Ecuador and had offered the support of its join him on a flight from Hong Kong to the dealmaker with Ecuador in the increasingly embarrassing for the London legal director Baltasar Garzon, a former Moscow. WikiLeaks said British legal Snowden case, a source close to the government. Assange says he does not Spanish judge known around the world for researcher Sarah Harrison, one of Assange’s WikiLeaks legal team told Reuters. Another want to answer the allegations in person ordering the arrest of former Chilean dicta- closest advisers, had “courageously assisted prominent legal figure who has represent- because he believes Sweden would hand tor Augusto Pinochet. Mr Snowden with his lawful departure from ed Assange, the London-based barrister him over to the US authorities, who would Ecuador, which is already sheltering Hong Kong and ... in his passage to safety”. Geoffrey Robertson, was not directly try him for his role in the release of 700,000 WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange at its The campaign group gave no details involved in the Snowden case, the source secret US files in one of the biggest leaks in London embassy, confirmed Snowden has about how it had helped to arrange the added. American history. In an interview with sought political asylum although Foreign escape of one of the United States’ most Before helping the former spy agency Reuters this month, Assange said he was Minister Ricardo Patino did not say whether wanted men. Advice came from Garzon, a contractor - who leaked National Security encouraged by Snowden’s actions. “In the the request had been accepted. “The high profile human rights campaigner who Agency documents to a British newspaper - United States, the ideals that I have fought WikiLeaks legal team and I are interested in investigated corruption cases in Spain and WikiLeaks was best known for publishing for for so long are now catching on, being preserving Mr Snowden’s rights and pro- opened an inquiry into alleged crimes secret files, rather than giving direct sup- embodied in the extraordinary courage of tecting him as a person,” Garzon said in a under the right-wing dictatorship of port to those who leak them. Assange has individuals such as Edward Snowden,” he statement. “What is being done to Mr General Francisco Franco, who died in been in Ecuador’s embassy in London since said. — Reuters Julian Assange Egypt army says it’s ready to save nation

CAIRO: Egypt’s army issued a sharp warning to rival political fac- tions.” A spokesman for the Brotherhood’s political party said it tions yesterday that it may step in to impose order, as clashes was studying the statement before making public comment. ahead of major opposition rallies next weekend saw at least two Army spokesman Colonel Ahmed Ali told Reuters: “This was a men shot dead. The statement by the head of the armed forces supportive message that the army is sending to its people after was a dramatic reminder of the independent power of the mili- the army noticed that worries about violence and internal con- tary in Egypt, a year after the generals handed authority to a civil- flict had spread among the people recently. The army, which ian president - Mohamed Morsi, an Islamist who won the coun- belongs to the people, cannot stand by if such fears are realised, try’s first free elections following the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak so the statement was meant to set out the army position, which in 2011. In a move aimed at both sides in Egypt’s polarised poli- is rooted in its national role - it cannot ignore anything that might tics, General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, who is also defence minister, threaten national security.” stressed that the army was acting to protect the “will of the peo- Two men, both Islamists, died as a result of clashes. One was ple” and urged politicians to forge a new national consensus. A shot dead in overnight in the industrial city of Mahalla, north of military source said fighting and aggressive rhetoric and damage Cairo, security sources said. A second man, died of gunshot to property in recent days had prompted the intervention. Sisi wounds sustained in clashes at Fayoum south of the capital some met Morsi for what an army spokesman described as a “routine” days before. The Muslim Brotherhood described both dead men consultation yesterday. as “martyrs”. Highlighting mutual mistrust as Egypt struggles to Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood turned their organisational establish democratic institutions after its 2011 revolution, the strength into political power but have struggled to manage an Brotherhood also denounced as a “political trial” a court judg- economy in crisis or build a broad base of support that is accept- ment on Sunday that called for an investigation of its role in a ed by liberal and other non-Islamist groups. That polarisation has mass jail-break during the uprising against Hosni Mubarak. driven a campaign to hold massive opposition demonstrations Liberals and secular activists in the “Tamarud - Rebel!” cam- A supermoon rises through a clear sky past a string of yellow lights in Cairo yesterday. The moon, which next Sunday, June 30, calling for Morsi to resign. In turn, his paign, accuse Islamists of intimidation. They say they have gath- reached its full stage yesterday, was expected to be 13.5 percent closer to earth during a phenomenon Islamist supporters have taken to the streets in shows of strength, ered 15 million signatures on a petition calling for Morsi to resign known as “supermoon.” The “supermoon” happens only once this year as the moon on its elliptical orbit is at calling the opposition bad losers determined to overturn the - more than the 13 million votes that elected him. The its closest point to earth. — AP results of the elections. General Sisi, who was promoted into his Brotherhood and its Islamist allies staged a massive rally in sup- present post by Morsi last year, said: “There is a state of division in port of Morsi in Cairo on Friday, at which some speakers warned society and the continuation of it is a danger to the Egyptian of a violent response to efforts to remove him. The Muslim state and there must be consensus among all. “The will of the Brotherhood said on Facebook yesterday that Karim Abdel Oppn ex-MPs to boycott polls, Awazem... Egyptian nation is what governs us and we protect it with hon- Ghani, a member of the Islamist Nour party, was shot dead in our, and we are completely responsible for protecting it,” said Sisi. Mahalla by the “Tamarud militia”. Nour said its office in Mahalla Continued from Page 1 Nevertheless, it is expected that registration of candi- “We cannot permit a violation of the will of the people.” was also attacked. dates for the Assembly polls may start Tuesday or While Islamists point to the legitimacy of their electoral pow- The Brotherhood’s political wing, the Freedom and Justice by the constitutional court which also ordered the Wednesday for 10 days. Withdrawal of candidates will er, opponents accuse the Brotherhood of betraying the Arab Party (FJP), said it planned a funeral on Sunday for Mohamed Assembly to be dissolved and that the 2009 Assembly then continue until 10 days before the election date. Spring revolution by seeking to entrench its power. Sisi said the Shalaqany, who it said was shot some days before by Tamarud be reinstated. The 2009 Assembly was legally revived Under Kuwaiti law, a candidate must be 30 years old armed forces would not stand by while Egypt descended into “thugs” in Fayoum, a rural Islamist bastion south of Cairo. “Their but could not hold any meeting because MPs boycotted and above, knows how to read and write and have conflict and urged politicians to use the week remaining before name is Tamarud but they are actually remnants of the old its sessions, which forced the government to recom- good conduct. Registration of candidates can start only June 30 to narrow their differences. “Those who think that we are regime,” Murad Ali, a senior FJP official, told Reuters. mend to the Amir to dissolve it and this what happened after the Amiri decree inviting voters to cast their votes divorced from the dangers that threaten the Egyptian state are Egyptian media gave extensive coverage yesterday to a ruling and fresh elections were called and held on Dec 1 last is published in the official gazette Kuwait Al-Youm. wrong,” he said. “We will not remain silent as the country slips into by a judge in Ismailia who, in acquitting a man accused of fleeing year. Among those who already declared they are running a struggle that is hard to control.” a local jail during the 2011 uprising, asked the public prosecutor Dashti inquired from the court if the new ruling are former MPs Youssed Al-Zalzalah, Faisal Al-Duwaisan, Gamal Soltan, a political analyst, said the army may have been to investigate what he described as a “conspiracy” by the requires the 2009 Assembly to be reinstated and Adnan Abdulsamad, Ahmad Lari, speaker of the moved to act by aggressive statements from Morsi supporters at Brotherhood and foreign Islamists to open up the prison. Among whether these processes require issuing new Amiri scrapped Assembly Ali Al-Rashed and many others. On a major rally on Friday: “This is ... the strongest and the most those freed was Morsi himself, who had been among hundreds decrees or not. The court explanation could somehow voting during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, explicit statement coming from a military official ... This is explicit- of Brotherhood leaders rounded up as a precaution by Mubarak’s affect the government procedures to hold the election Rashed said to change the voting from 8.00 am to 8.00 ly saying ... the armed forces will intervene. “By making this state- security forces when the revolution began. The freeing of ment, he is stepping closer to the centre stage of politics.” A Palestinian militants from Hamas and Lebanese members of the after the Cabinet decided last Thursday to hold the new pm as stipulated by the election law to avoid high tem- spokesman for the opposition National Salvation Front, Khaled Shiite Hezbollah militia, among others, has prompted accusa- polls on July 25. If the court says that the 2009 peratures, a new Amiri decree must be issued to make Dawoud, said: “These are very reasonable statements, and what is tions from the Brotherhood’s opponents that it connived with Assembly must be reinstated, then the election date will the change. But Rashed warned that the decree must expected from Egypt’s army. We are facing direct threats from enemies of Egypt during the incident. After the judgement, be changed as the government will have to dissolve it be issued as an emergency decree, which might be supporters of President Morsi to spill blood if we exercise ... our opponents of Morsi gathered outside the court, calling for his and call for fresh polls and this will take some time. challenged in court. democratic right to demand peacefully early presidential elec- resignation. — Reuters MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2013 SPORTS

Pariya wins Asian title Wallabies call up Smith Wang avenges Olympic loss MALAYSIA: Thailand’s Pariya Junhasavasdikul survived a few nervous moments in the clos- BRISBANE: Flanker George Smith, a veteran of 110 tests and the 2001 British SINGAPORE: World champion Wang Yihan exacted revenge for her heart-breaking Olympic final loss to Li ing stages but held on to secure a second Asian Tour title with a one-stroke victory at the and Irish Lions series, was called into the Wallabies squad for next week’s sec- Xuerui yesterday when she thumped her Chinese team-mate in the Singapore Open final to topple her Selangor Masters in Malaysia yesterday. Pariya offset five birdies with four bogeys in his one- ond test as injury cover yesterday. from the top of the rankings. under-par 70 final round to finish on nine-under 275 for the tournament, held at the chal- The 32-year-old will be joining the squad in Melbourne along with The fourth-seeded Wang took just 39 minutes to overpower Li 21-18, 21-12, hitting 17 smash winners lenging Seri Selangor Golf Club. uncapped fullback Jesse Mogg and Queensland Reds centre Ben Tapuai after as she claimed her first Singapore Open title and returned to world number one. India’s Anirban Lahiri posted a closing three-under-par 68 to finish the Wallabies suffered a string of injuries in their 23-21 defeat to the Lions in Wang, who also beat Li in straight sets at the Badminton Asia Championships final in April, now second while South Korea’s Baek Seuk-hyun, who was leading at the Brisbane on Saturday. appears to have reasserted her dominance just in time to defend her world 15th hole, shared third with Thailand’s Namchok Tantipokhakul Australia had centre Christian Leali’ifano, fullback Berrick Barnes and title in Guangzhou in early August. There was also drama in the men’s after a late collapse. Pariya’s maiden Asian Tour title came at the replacement back Pat McCabe taken off the Lang Park field by stretcher on competition when unseeded Indonesian Tommy Sugiarto fought back Taiwan Masters in 2010 and the 29-year-old Thai said the clos- Saturday. from a set down to stun defending champion Boonsak Ponsana and ing stretch of holes had tested his composure to the limit. Leali’ifano should be fit to play but Barnes, who took a head knock, and claim his first ever Superseries title. The 25-year-old dropped the “I’m still shaking right now. I can’t describe the feeling. centre McCabe (neck) look doubtful, while there are also concerns about opening set 20-22 but he overpowered the Thai veteran 21-5 in the Walking down the last three holes, there was tremendous winger Digby Ioane (shoulder) and centre Adam Ashley-Cooper (shoulder). second set before breaking open a tightly-fought deciding set by pressure,” Pariya told reporters. Australia could also be without captain James Horwill as well after the taking seven of a possible nine points to put himself on the brink As Lahiri waited in the clubhouse a shot behind him, lock was cited for raking Lions second row forward Alun Wyn Jones in the at 20-14. Sugiarto blew three match points as nerves set in but he the Thai found a moment of calm as he stood over his final opening test. finally claimed the set and match 21-17 when Boonsak, a two-time putt. “I didn’t think about it too much. It was a Smith, a former Australia captain, would have been included in the winner of the Singapore event, went long with his return on downhill putt and all I had to do was to put a Wallabies party for the series after protracted negotiations with his Japanese the fourth match point. Sugiarto upset three seeds to good stroke in. Luckily, I didn’t feel any pres- club but he sustained a knee injury on the eve of the squad announcement. claim the victory, one of three by Indonesian players sure then. I kept to the routine and got it over The injury turned out to be not as bad as at first thought, however, and an just a week after former Olympic champion with,” Pariya said after completing a wire-to- assessment of his availability for the final two tests in the three-match series Taufik Hidayat’s emotional retirement in wire victory. —Reuters will be made this week.—Reuters Jakarta. —AFP Blue Jays beat Orioles

TORONTO: Jose Bautista hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning as the Toronto Blue Jays won their 10th straight game Saturday, beating the Baltimore Orioles 4-2. Maicer Izturis hit a solo homer in the fifth and Bautista had a two-run drive for Toronto, on its longest winning streak since a 10-game run late in 2008. The Blue Jays, who are 14-4 this month, are one victory from matching the franchise record. Toronto had 11-game winning streaks in 1987 and 1998. The Blue Jays led 2-1 heading into the eighth but Taylor Teagarden tied it with a homer off reliever Darren Oliver (3-1). Miguel Gonzalez (5-3) allowed three runs and three hits in 7 1-3 innings.

YANKEES 7, RAYS 5 In New York, Vernon Wells broke out of WASHINGTON: Ross Ohlendorf No. 43 of the Washington Nationals throws a his big slump with a pinch-hit and a three- pitch during a game against the Colorado Rockies at Nationals Park. —AFP run double as the New York Yankees rallied to beat the Rays. Wells was in a 9-for-87 slide that landed Rockies snap losing streak him on the bench the past two days, with rookie outfielder Zoilo Almonte starting in his place. But with the Yankees trailing 5-4 WASHINGTON: Jhoulys Chacin pitched seven Frandsen hit a long home run on the sec- in the seventh inning, Wells batted for No. 9 shutout innings and hit an RBI single as the ond pitch from Carlos Torres (0-1). Phillies hitter Chris Stewart with the bases loaded Colorado Rockies snapped their five-game starter Jonathan Pettibone allowed one run in TORONTO: Blue Jays’ Maicer Izturis (right) hits a home run as Baltimore Orioles catcher Taylor Teagarden and two outs. losing streak by beating the Washington six innings before leaving with a back injury. watches during the fifth inning of a baseball game. —AP Wells’ clutch hit got CC Sabathia (8-5) off Nationals 7-1 on Saturday. the hook after he allowed five runs in seven DJ LeMahieu hit his first home run and BREWERS 2, BRAVES 0 innings. Mariano Rivera worked a scoreless Michael Cuddyer’s RBI single in the first In Milwaukee, Francisco Rodriguez earned ninth for his 26th save. MLB results/standings extended his hitting streak to 20 games, the his 300th career save, finishing off longest active streak in the majors and tied for Milwaukee’s second straight 2-0 victory over WHITE SOX 3, ROYALS 2 Colorado 7, Washington 1; NY Yankees 7, Tampa Bay 5; Toronto 4, Baltimore 2; Chicago White Sox 3, Kansas City the longest this season. Nolan Arenado also slumping Atlanta. Donovan Hand, making his In Kansas City, Alejandro De Aza drove 2; Houston 4, Chicago Cubs 3; Philadelphia 8, NY Mets 7; San Francisco 2, Miami 1 (11 innings); Milwaukee 2, went deep for Colorado. first big league start, allowed two hits in 4 2-3 in Jordan Danks with a sacrifice fly in the Chacin (6-3) held Washington to five hits innings for the Brewers. He struck out three in Atlanta 0; Cleveland 8, Minnesota 7; Detroit 10, Boston 3; Texas 4, St. Louis 2; LA Dodgers 6, San Diego 1; Arizona ninth inning, sending the White Sox to a with one walk and three strikeouts to win his helping to extend Atlanta’s scoreless streak to 4, Cincinnati 3; Pittsburgh 6, LA Angels 1; Seattle 7, Oakland 5. victory over the Royals. Jesse Crain (2-1) got third straight start. Dan Haren (4-9) allowed six 24 innings. Burke Badenhop (1-3) got Chris through a shaky eighth inning for the White American League National League runs and seven hits in 3 1-3 innings. Johnson on a grounder to end the fifth. Sox, putting a runner on third with one out Eastern Division Eastern Division Making his major league debut, Rockies Milwaukee has beaten the Braves eight and then leaving him there. Addison Reed W L PCT GB Atlanta 43 33 .566 - outfielder Corey Dickerson doubled in his first straight times at Miller Park, outscoring them handled a perfect ninth for his 21st save. Boston 45 32 .584 - Washington 37 37 .500 5 two at-bats and drove in a run during a three- 31-9. Tim Hudson (4-7) lost his sixth consecu- Aaron Crow (3-3) was the loser. Crain Baltimore 42 33 .560 2 run first inning. Ryan Zimmerman’s ninth- tive decision despite giving up only two runs Philadelphia 36 39 .480 6.5 extended his club record with his 29th con- NY Yankees 41 33 .554 2.5 inning homer prevented Washington from hits in six innings. He allowed RBI singles to NY Mets 29 42 .408 11.5 secutive scoreless appearance. being shut out for the ninth time this season. Juan Francisco and Aramis Ramirez. The Toronto 37 36 .507 6 Miami 24 50 .324 18 Cuddyer has reached base safely in 39 straight Braves have scored 10 runs in Hudson’s last Tampa Bay 38 37 .507 6 MARINERS 7, ATHLETICS 5 games, breaking the Rockies record set by nine starts. He has not won any of them. In Seattle, Nick Franklin had tiebreaking Central Division Matt Holliday in 2007. Central Division two-run single in the eighth inning for his St. Louis 47 28 .627 - DODGERS 6, PADRES 1 Detroit 41 32 .562 - third hit of the game, lifting the Mariners Pittsburgh 45 30 .600 2 DIAMONDBACKS 4, REDS 3 In San Diego, Zack Greinke allowed one Cleveland 38 35 .521 3 over the Athletics. Cincinnati 44 32 .579 3.5 In Phoenix, Jason Kubel hit a two-run sin- run over eight sharp innings and Adrian Kansas City 34 38 .472 6.5 Brendan Ryan singled off Ryan Cook (1- gle in the ninth inning to rally Arizona past Gonzalez ended Edinson Volquez’s no-hit bid Milwaukee 31 42 .425 15 1) to lead off the eighth. Ryan moved up on Minnesota 33 38 .465 7 Aroldis Chapman and Cincinnati for its fourth with a homer in the sixth as Los Angeles beat Chicago Cubs 30 43 .411 16 a wild pitch and advanced to third on Endy Chicago White Sox 31 41 .431 9.5 straight victory. Jay Bruce’s second home run San Diego. Chavez’s bunt single. Chavez took second of the game gave the Reds a 3-2 lead in the In his first outing in San Diego since break- Western Division on indifference before Franklin delivered a Western Division top of the ninth. ing his collarbone in an April brawl with Carlos hit to right field to put the Mariners ahead Texas 43 32 .573 - Arizona 41 33 .554 - Paul Goldschmidt singled past Joey Votto Quentin, Greinke (4-2) had a season-high by two. Oakland 44 33 .571 - San Francisco 38 36 .514 3 at first base leading off the bottom half before eight strikeouts. He yielded four hits and Raul Ibanez hit a three-run homer off LA Angels 33 42 .440 10 San Diego 38 37 .507 3.5 Chapman (3-3) issued consecutive walks to walked one in his longest outing of the sea- Jerry Blevins in the seventh to pull Seattle Colorado 38 38 .500 4 Miguel Montero and Cody Ross. With the son. San Diego’s home winning streak was Seattle 33 43 .434 10.5 to 5-all. Yoervis Medina (2-2) earned the vic- infield drawn in, Kubel singled over second snapped at eight. Hanley Ramirez homered Houston 29 47 .382 14.5 LA Dodgers 31 42 .425 9.5 tory with 2 1-3 scoreless innings to close base for his third career game-ending hit and into the third deck in left field and the out the game. first since May 22, 2010. Dodgers capitalized on several Padres mis- Andrew McCutchen, Pedro Alvarez and Liriano (6-3) allowed a run and seven field line and Mike Trout drove him in with a Brad Ziegler (4-1) replaced Heath Bell after cues to snap a three-game skid. INTERLEAGUE Gaby Sanchez hit solo homers and left hits in 6 2-3 innings, struck out six and two-out single. Jerome Williams (5-3) gave Bruce’s second home run and earned the win. A wild Volquez (5-6) did not give up a hit PIRATES 6, ANGELS 1 fielder Starling Marte threw a runner out at walked three. The Angels’ run came in the up five runs - four earned - and eight hits Gerardo Parra hit a two-run homer for the until Gonzalez, the former Padres first base- In Anaheim, Francisco Liriano took a the plate, leading the Pirates to a victory seventh, when rookie J.B. Shuck hit a over six innings in his eighth start of the Diamondbacks. Starting pitchers Mike Leake man, led off the sixth with his ninth home run. shutout into the seventh inning and over the Angels. ground-rule double just inside the right season and first since June 12. —AP and Patrick Corbin dueled for eight innings The right-hander walked a career-high seven before turning the game over to the bullpens. and struck out seven in 5 2-3 innings. He lost Leake retired his first 17 batters. for the first time in six starts. Quentin was 0 for 3 with two strikeouts against Greinke. GIANTS 2, MARLINS 1 Broner wins welterweight title In San Francisco, Hector Sanchez singled INTERLEAGUE home the winning run in the 11th inning as RANGERS 4, CARDINALS 2 NEW YORK: Adrien Broner was the bigger talker San Francisco snapped a nine-game home In St. Louis, Nelson Cruz got the decisive and the bigger puncher Saturday, scoring enough losing streak to Miami. hit for the second straight game with a two- hard blows to beat hometown hero Paulie Giants right fielder Hunter Pence made a run homer in the third inning and Martin Malignaggi in a 12-round split decision to take the diving catch to rob Placido Polanco of a likely Perez prevailed in a matchup of rookie starters welterweight title. Fighting for the first time at 147 go-ahead single to end the 11th. The Giants as Texas beat St. Louis. pounds (67 kilograms) after moving up from light- beat the Marlins at home for the first time Shelby Miller (8-5) allowed two homers for weight, Broner had enough power to overcome a since July 28, 2010. the second time in three starts and didn’t gritty fight by Malignaggi and remain unbeaten in Barry Zito pitched seven strong innings make it out of the sixth. AJ Pierzynski also hit a 27 fights. with a heavy heart three days after his father’s two-run shot for Texas, which goes for a three- He won his third title in as many weight classes death. He allowed only Ed Lucas’ first career game sweep Sunday night. Perez (1-1) was while cementing his reputation as one of the rising home run in the first. recalled from Triple-A Round Rock, where he stars in boxing. Mike Dunn (2-2) allowed Gregor Blanco’s was 5-1 with a 1.75 ERA. The lefty allowed a With Floyd Mayweather Jr. watching from ring- infield single to start the 11th, and Ryan Webb run in each of the first two innings but gave side, Broner talked throughout the fight to gave up Buster Posey’s infield single. Pence up just two hits the next five innings and Malignaggi, who was game but wasn’t able to was intentionally walked and Sanchez singled retired the last 10. keep Broner off of him. Broner was unable to knock to left for his third game-ending hit. Blanco hit Joe Nathan worked a perfect ninth for his Malignaggi down, but won round after round to a tying double in the fifth for the Giants. 24th save in 25 chances. The start of the game take the decision in the fight at Barclays Center. Sandy Rosario (2-0) got the win. was delayed 66 minutes by rain. Broner had talked plenty before the fight, too, promising to knock Malignaggi out. He wasn’t able PHILLIES 8, METS 7 ASTROS 4, CUBS 3 to do that, but scored enough with lead right In Philadelphia, pinch-hitter Kevin In Chicago, Ronny Cedeno’s squeeze bunt hands and left hooks to dominate the fight from Frandsen homered leading off the bottom of scored Justin Maxwell with the tiebreaking the middle rounds on. the ninth inning to lift Philadelphia over New run in the ninth inning to lead Houston over Despite that, one ringside judge had York after the Mets wiped out a six-run deficit. Chicago. JD Martinez tied the game with a Malignaggi winning 115-113 while Broner was Helped by some shaky Phillies defense, three-run homer in the sixth for the Astros. favored 115-113 by a second judge and 117-111 by NEW YORK: Adrien Broner lands a punch on Paulie Malignaggi during their WBA New York scored two runs in the top of the Jose Cisnero (2-0) pitched two scoreless a third. The Associated Press had Broner winning Welterweight Title bout at Barclays Center. —AFP ninth off closer Jonathon Papelbon (2-0) to tie innings for the win, escaping a bases-loaded 117-111. it. jam in the eighth. Jose Veras earned his 15th “He’s a world class fighter,” Broner said. “To come couldn’t hit me,” Broner said. “He was shadowbox- walking him down and landing some thudding Ryan Howard homered twice and drove in save in 18 chances. to somebody’s hometown and beat them on a ing.” punches. By the middle rounds he was hurting four runs. Michael Young also homered for Maxwell hit a leadoff double in the ninth split decision, that’s saying something.” Malignaggi fought bravely and he fought hard, Malignaggi to the body, though after taking a Philadelphia, which led 7-1 through six against Kevin Gregg (2-1) and moved to third Malignaggi did plenty of trash talking before trying desperately to find a way to win before his body punch in the sixth round Malignaggi stuck innings. on Matt Dominguez’s sacrifice. Cedeno fol- the fight himself, and taunted Broner several times hometown fans. But even though Broner was mov- his tongue out at Broner to taunt him. Jordany Valdespin homered in the ninth lowed with another sacrifice bunt, putting the during the fight. But while he landed a lot of ing up two weight classes he was bigger than “He worked for about 30 seconds every round,” off Papelbon, who has blown three of his last Astros ahead. Nate Schierholtz hit his career- punches, none of them seemed to have much Malignaggi and, more importantly much stronger. Malignaggi said. “This was a close fight. I don’t four save chances after converting his first 13 high 10th homer for the Cubs and Luis effect on Broner, who kept pressing the attack After allowing Malignaggi to take the first few mind if you had him winning close or me winning this season. Valbuena had a two-run single. —AP throughout the bout. “He couldn’t hit me. He rounds with his speed and precision, Broner began close, it was that kind of a fight.” —AP MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2013 SPORTS

KUWAIT: NYC captain Duarte Ferrao receiving the winner’s trophy.

Anthony of AVC receives gold coin from VK Vohra AVC Season champions Navelim Youth Center lift JP D’mello Trophy Indian icon Sunil Chhetri graces final

KUWAIT: Navelim Youth Center (NYC) inscribed Indian Strikers FC making their first appear- tried their level best to find the equalizer, but (Goa Maroons) for his selfless service to the com- Aratha Fernandes gave away the trophies to the their name on the glittering JP D’Mello Trophy ance in the KIFF League final started the game on Navelim Youth Center had other plans and their munity and Indian soccer while Fr. Francis referees. when they subdued a fighting 10-men Indian the back foot with the experienced forwards of defense held firm with Man of the Match and (Franco) Pereira Sdb., was also felicitated for his AVC Sports & Cultural Association under the Strikers FC 2-1 in the final of the KIFF League Navelim led by the opportunistic Cruzedio captain Duarte Ferrao marshalling from an contribution to promoting soccer among the captainship of Kevin Vaz were declared the Championship organized by Kuwait Indian Rodrigues and Simao Gaunkar and ably support- unusual position of central defender, thwarted all youth and for having completed 25 years of ‘Seasons Champions’ and this is the 5th time AVC Football Federation and played at the Al-Qadsyia ed by Sunford Cardoz and Bernardo Pires in mid- the their attempts. The match ended 2-1 in favor priesthood. Both the awards to the distinguished — Kuwait have been awarded season champi- Stadium on Friday, June 14. The yearlong tourna- field led wave after wave of attacks and it was of Navelim when the referee who was ably assist- gentlemen were given by KIFF President Fidelis onship by KIFF in a span of 12 years from the club ment featuring 18 teams from the expatriate only a matter of time before Cruzedio drew first ed by Francis Fernandes and Nicholaus Fernandes. inception. Indian community in Kuwait was officiated by blood when he headed in the first goal in the Fernandes on the lines finally blew the whistle, In the prize distribution ceremony, Navelim In this season AVC — Kuwait accumulated the the Indian Football Referees Association (IFRA) 20th minute of the first half off a corner kick. much to the relief of the Navelim supporters. Youth Centre swept all the individual trophies maximum number of points to win the champi- and the final was sponsored by Gulf Cable & Samson who had a wonderful game, made it Before the start of the final, the teams paid with Man of the match being rightly won by onship after winning the season ending NYC tro- Electric Industries Company, Kuwait. 2-0 from the penalty spot a little later, when respect to the late JP D’Mello in whose memory Duarte Ferrao and given by Kevin Vaz, Best phy. The glittering trophy was collected by The final got underway when the day’s dash- defender Shihin of Indian Strikers acrobatically the tournament is conducted and after the Goalkeeper Britto Pereira given by Stephen Alvaro Dias and given away by Sushil Kumar. ing host Kevin Vaz the Sports Secretary of KIFF handled a goal bound ball , and referee Julio national anthems of both Kuwait and India were Fernandes, best defender was Alfred Pires and The Rolling Trophy was given away by Sunil welcomed the guest and KIFF General Secretary Cardoso had no hesitation in giving him the played, Fidelis Fernandes the President of Kuwait given by Seby Dias, best midfielder was Bernardo Chhetri and collected by Vincy Pereira on behalf Praveen Kumar escorted Sunil Chhetri the cap- marching orders. Indian Football Federation welcomed the guests Pires given by Joseph Gomes and best forward of his club. Striker Anthony Rodrigues of AVC - tain of India Soccer Team and a special invitee of However after interval and with only ten men, and thanked the participating teams as well as was Cruzedio Rodrigues and the award was given Kuwait was also awarded the highest goal scorer KIFF to the field to take the first kick, while both the physically stronger and never-say-die Indian the officiating body IFRA. by Mrs. Rauzat Juzar. for the season and besides the trophy given away captains released symbolic balloons. Strikers made a great comeback in the second Sunil Chhetri in his brief speech thanked KIFF The runners-up and individual trophies were by Praveen Kumar, Anthony also received a gold Other dignitaries present in the VIP box were half when one of their players was brought down for inviting him to Kuwait and said he was very given away by the guest of honor Naser Omran coin from the hands of VK Vohra. the chief guest First Secretary Sushil Kumar on in the box and Dustan Paul confidently convert- impressed with the way the Indian expatriate Kanan to Dustan Paul the captain of Indian The Fair Play Trophy for being the best disci- behalf of the Indian Embassy, the guest of honor, ed to give his team a glimmer of hope. community promoted the game of soccer in Strikers and the players, while Fidelis Fernandes plined team during the season was won by Real Naser Omran Kanan representing Gulf Cable & With the beating of drums and encouraged Kuwait. During half time, The Federation also and Sunil Chhetri jointly gave away the winner’s Betalbatim FC and it was collected by the club Electrical Industries Company, Asif Juzar owner by their large number of supporters, Indian made time to honor Raymond D’Sa the longest trophy and individual trophies to Duarte Ferrao president Vijay Gonsalves and given away by KIFF of Pro Sports and all club presidents. Strikers forward Roy Pathrose, Biju and Amada serving president of Goan overseas Association of Navelim Youth Centre and their players. Mrs. V President, Derrick Gomindes .

Captain of Indian Strikers receiving the trophy Derrick Gomendes VP of KIFF gives away the best Guests on ground from Nasser Kanan. disciplined trophy.

KiFF President addressing Indian Strikers. Individual prize winners Referee Julio Cardoso with assistants. the crowd.

Memento awarded to Fr. Francis Pereira. Memento given to Raymond Dsa. Plaque awarded to Chhetri. .Referee Julio Cardoso receiving his award Release of balloons. MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2013 SPORTS Blackhawks within one Photo of the day win of Stanley Cup title

CHICAGO: Patrick Kane scored two Zdeno Chara scored in the third on the screen, signifying the team is goals and Corey Crawford made 24 period for the Bruins, who lost consec- one victory away from its fifth title. saves as the Chicago Blackhawks beat utive games for the first time since the “They were able to put some pres- the Boston Bruins 3-1 on Saturday to first round against Toronto. Tuukka sure on us but we were able to shut take a 3-2 lead in the Stanley Cup Rask made 29 saves, keeping the the door,” Crawford said. Boston and finals. Bruins close while they scrambled to Chicago returned to the ice three days Kane had a terrific postseason generate quality chances. after they played the highest-scoring when Chicago won it all in 2010, Chara got a nice pass from David game in this year’s NHL playoffs. There including the winning score in a 4-3 Krejci from behind the net and beat were five goals in the second period overtime victory in Philadelphia that Crawford on the glove side to make it alone, matching the total from the secured the title. Now he’s picking 2-1 at 3:40 in the third period. The previous two games combined, and up steam with Chicago one win whistling slap shot by the big Brent Seabrook’s overtime score lifted away from another championship, defenseman came after he was on the the Blackhawks to the series-tying vic- collecting seven goals in the last ice for five of Chicago’s goals in the tory. It was a marked departure from the first three games of the finals, and raised questions about what the play would be like in the last part of the series. The answer, at least in Game 5, was a return to the strong team defense and disciplined play. It meant little room to maneuver in both offen- sive zones, especially for the series’ biggest stars. Only Kane was sure able to find enough space. With 21/2 minutes left in the first, Johnny Oduya’s long slap Blake Aldridge of the UK dives from the 28 metre platform on the roof of the Copenhagen Opera shot broke the stick of Boston House during the first round of the second stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, defenseman Dennis Seidenberg and Copenhagen, Denmark. —www.redbullcontentpool.com trickled to the left side of the net where Kane poked it in for eighth playoff goal. The line of Kane, Toews and Bryan Bickell, which coach Joel Quenneville put back together before Game 4, Rollins equals fourth struck again in the second. Bickell was CHICAGO: Milan Lucic No. 17 of the Boston Bruins checks Brent stopped by Rask on a rush along the left side, but skated behind the net fastest hurdles time Seabrook No. 7 of the Chicago Blackhawks during a 3-1 Blackhawks and threw it back in front. win in Game Five of the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Final. —AFP The puck went off the right side of IOWA: Brianna Rollins equalled the on a hot and windy day. in 51.92 seconds. Natasha Hastings seven games Blackhawks’ 6-5 overtime victory the goal as Rask got his blocker to the fourth fastest 100 metres hurdles ever Olympic silver medallist Michael won the race in 49.94. World record Dave Bolland added an empty- Wednesday night. post. Kane then deftly backhanded run as she clocked a stunning 12.26 Tinsley became the first man to dip holder Ashton Eaton played it safe but net score and Jonathan Toews had The location of Chara’s third post- the bouncing puck into the top of the seconds at the US world champi- under 48 seconds in the 400 hurdles still won the decathlon with 8,291 two assists before leaving with an season goal brought to mind the net to make it 2-0 at 5:13. onship trials on Saturday at Des this season, running 47.96 seconds, points. upper-body injury. The captain took glove-side difficulties for Crawford in That proved to be enough for Moines, Iowa. and Brigetta Barrett, the London high Tyson Gay, going for a sprint dou- a big hit from Johnny Boychuk late in Game 4. But he held up just fine com- Crawford, who has allowed one goal Finally catching an allowable wind, jump runner-up, cleared 2.04 metres ble, easily advanced in 200 metres the second and did not play in the ing off the worst postseason game of or less in nine games this postseason. the 21-year-old US collegiate record (6 feet, 8.25 inches). qualifying, running a wind-assisted final period. his career. But this one had to be particularly sat- holder sent a strong message to Former world champions Kerron 20.14 seconds just hours after claim- The Bruins also lost one of their key He gloved Daniel Paille’s slap shot isfying after facing a barrage of ques- Australian Olympic and world champi- Clement (48.06) and Bershawn ing Friday’s 100 metres title in a world- players when Patrice Bergeron was early in the third, and the Blackhawks tions about his glove over the past on Sally Pearson with the fastest time Jackson (48.09) joined Tinsley on the leading 9.75 seconds. Olympic cham- injured in the second. It was unclear helped their embattled goaltender by two days. since 1992. US team for Moscow. pions Aries Merritt and Allyson Felix what happened to the star center, but turning up the pressure on Rask after Since the NHL went to a best-of- Only Bulgarian Yordanka Donkova, the team said he was taken to a hospi- the Bruins cut it to one. Kane forced seven format for the Stanley Cup in whose 1988 world record is 12.21 sec- tal for observation. “Getting evaluated Rask to make a couple of nice stops, 1939, the winner of Game 5 in a dead- onds, and compatriot Ginka right now,” coach Claude Julien said. and Michael Frolik also made a run to locked series has gone on to win the Zagorcheva, the former record holder, “Not much I can say.” the net. title 15 times in 22 occasions. have run faster. Donkova has done so Toews was on the bench for the The Blackhawks survived one last Those numbers likely don’t scare twice. last part of the game, and coach Joel push by the Bruins after they pulled Boston very much. The Bruins faced “I just feel so overwhelmed, so Quenneville said he hopes the center Rask, and the crowd of 22,274 roared the same situation against Vancouver emotional. It is so amazing,” said will be able to play Monday night in when the overhead videoboard in 2011 and came back to win the Rollins, who previous best was 12.39 Boston. showed the No. 1 and the Stanley Cup championship. —AP seconds at the US collegiate champi- onships. The time, run with an aiding wind Audi wins tragedy marred of 1.2 seconds, exceeded Pearson’s 2011 world championship best of 12.28 seconds and three times world 24 hour Le Mans race champion Gail Devers’ American record of 12.33 seconds. LE MANS: Audi recorded their 12th win in the Le Mans 24 successive win and 11th in the last 13 editions - came “Looks like I am bringing my A++ hour race yesterday but it was a victory overshadowed by home a lap clear of the Toyota, whose trio of drivers were game to worlds this year,” Pearson the death of Danish driver Allan Simonsen. Frenchman Stephane Sarrazin and former Formula One tweeted after the stunning run. Can Simonsen’s compatriot Tom Kristensen, 45, was part of duo England’s Anthony Davidson and Swiss Sebastien Rollins, who recently turned profes- the winning trio of drivers extending his all-time record of Buemi. sional, break the world record? nine victories in the historic race but first since 2008. Davidson, who competed for the now defunct Minardi “I don’t know. We’ll see,” said the DES MOINES: Brianna Rollins clears a hurdle on the way to victory Kristensen, whose first win came in 1997, touchingly team in Formula One driving in 24 Grand Prix, said that former Clemson University student, in the Women’s 100 Meter Hurdles on day three of the 2013 USA dedicated his victory to Simonsen instead of his father, Simonsen’s crash had brought back terrible memories for whose best before this season was Outdoor Track & Field Championships. —AFP who died earlier this year. “We lost someone yesterday who him. 12.70 seconds. had the same dream as I did, a good bloke,” said Kristensen. “The most difficult thing this weekend was continuing Lured to athletics as a teenager Teenage sensation Mary Cain, just also moved through qualifying but “Thus my feelings at winning are different this year. I am to drive after learning of the news (about Simonsen) espe- “because someone told me I was fast,” 17, also made the team, finishing sec- London gold medallist Brittney Reese also thinking of my father who died in March. I would like cially for me after what happened to me last year (he had a Rollins selected the hurdles “because I ond to teammate Treniere Moser with fouled three times in the women’s to win again so that I can dedicate it to him because this spectacular crash),” said the 34-year-old. thought it was interesting and fun to a gutsy run in a slow women’s 1,500 long jump final and will use a wild victory is for Allan.” “Each time I passed by where Simonsen’s crash took do.” metres. card spot to compete in Moscow. Kristensen’s team-mates were Scotsman Allan McNish, place I thought of what happened and said to myself that Runner-up Queen Harrison (12.43 Beijing gold medallist LaShawn World record holder Merritt clocked tasting victory for the third time, and Frenchman Loic could happen to any of us. seconds), third-place finisher Nia Ali Merritt dominated the men’s 400 a wind-assisted 13.25 seconds in his Duval, who was winning for the first time. “The track was like a skating rink in the rain, there was (12.48) and Beijing Olympic winner metres final, winning in 44.21 seconds, first 110 metres hurdles since a May Simonsen, 34, died as a result of injuries he suffered no room for error. It was without doubt the toughest race Dawn Harper, who has a wild card but London women’s winner Sanya injury. after a horror high-speed crash at the wheel of an Aston of my life.” entry, also made the American team Richards-Ross was a casualty of the Felix was fifth fastest in the Martin on Saturday. Audi’s two-time defending champions Marcel Faessler, for the Aug 10-18 world champi- cut-throat trials, missing out on a place women’s 200 in 22.44, also wind-assist- A brief tribute was paid to Simonsen before the podium Andre Lotterer and Benoit Treluyer had led the race until onships in Moscow. in the individual 400m. ed. Three-times national champion ceremony yesterday by six-time winner Jacky Ickx and they came to a halt in front of the stands late on Saturday There were season-leading per- Running in sneakers to lessen the David Oliver looked especially sharp in Pierre Fillon the president of the organising committee. night and lost 43 minutes while they changed their alter- formances in the men’s 400 metres pain from recent big toe surgery, the the hurdles, clocking a wind-assisted The Audi - which gave the manufacturer their fourth nator. —AFP hurdles and women’s high jump finals American record holder finished sixth 13.14 seconds. —Reuters Nissan unveils Le Mans prototype plans with world’s fastest electric racing car

DUBAI: Nissan recently unveiled the ground- nology and the Nissan ZEOD RC will allow us to could be used for a future LM P1 class return of World Car of the Year, and the 2011-2012 Car of that would be best suited to competing at the breaking, innovative ZEOD RC - the world’s further develop those capabilities using the Nissan at the Le Mans 24 Hour. There are multi- the Year Japan. highest level of this sport.” fastest electric racing car that will reach speeds of toughest endurance race in the world as a ple options we are investigating. A Zero Emission Nissan launched the Nissan Leaf RC in 2011 - “Nissan is a leader in electric vehicle technol- more than 300km/h with electric technology at mobile test bed to test the potential of our on Demand option where the driver can switch a race car prototype powered by the same 107- ogy for the road, now we want to take those les- the Le Mans 24 Hours. The ZEOD RC (Zero planned LM P1 power train,” said Andy Palmer, between electric and petrol-powered drive is a hp electric motor that is used in the road car. sons learnt and utilise that knowledge base in Emission On Demand Racing Car) will make its Executive Vice President and Executive future direction for road cars, so that will be test- While current battery technology does not the development of the new race car. race debut at next year’s Le Mans 24 Hour. The Committee member at Nissan Motor Company ed in addition to pure electric power and other provide the energy storage capacity to race a “Our design team on the Nissan ZEOD RC global leader in electric vehicles for the road, program has concentrated heavily on packaging Nissan will trial variants of new electric drive train and aerodynamic efficiency that will not only technologies as part of its intended future return provide extreme performance but high levels of to LM P1 competition to challenge for overall vic- energy efficiency - the goal for all global tory at the world’s most prestigious endurance automakers. race. “A large part of our work in the coming Nissan’s invitation from the Automobile Club months is to discuss with the ACO future oppor- de l’Ouest (ACO) to compete in the 2014 Le Mans tunities for the ‘electrification’ of the Le Mans 24 Hours was announced by Nissan Chairman rules in the future and work towards delivering and CEO, Carlos Ghosn in Japan in February. The appropriate technology. Garage 56 is a bold car will compete under the ACO’s ‘Garage 56’ move by the ACO to showcase Innovation and entry - an additional spot on the grid for vehicles allow testing of untried components and sys- that showcase new and innovative technology. tems for future competition use. To this end they Run as a Nissan / Nismo full factory interna- are the most forward thinking promoter in tional program with input from Japan, Europe Motorsport today.” and the US, the Nissan ZEOD RC design team is Nissan will partner with French tire manufac- headed by Ben Bowlby who has been newly- Limited. “The Nissan ZEOD RC is a natural pro- new technologies that we still have under devel- solely electric Le Mans prototype, Nissan ZEOD turer Michelin to produce tires for the new proto- appointed as Nissan’s Director of Motorsport gression that follows on from the development opment. RC designer Ben Bowlby believes the develop- type. Nissan previously joined forces with Innovation and previously worked on the Nissan of the Nissan Leaf road car and the Leaf RC race “As no other manufacturer is using electric ment of the car will be an important step in the Michelin on the Nissan DeltaWing program. The DeltaWing program in 2012. car prototype. The technologies developed battery technology in endurance racing, Nissan “electrification” of the racecars of the future. Clermont-Ferrand-based manufacturer has an While the car will not race until next year’s Le through the ZEOD RC program will form part of is innovating again and this will provide us with “Developing a car like this provides an incred- enviable record at the Le Mans 24 Hour, winning Mans 24 Hours, Nissan recently kicked off a future innovations for Nissan road cars. significant amounts of data and information to ibly challenging test bed for what could be high- the past 15 consecutive races overall. unique aspect of the program - race fans getting “Nissan is already a global leader in the sale evaluate potential powertrains for future sports ly-effective options for road cars of the future. The Nissan ZEOD RC will make its testing the chance to unveil the car in the public area of of all-electric cars and we’re eagerly awaiting the car programs and allow us to continue as the Throughout the next twelve months we will be debut later this summer. Nissan’s assault on the the Circuit de la Sarthe. Nissan intends to draw opportunity to showcase the lessons learnt with leader in Zero Emissions technology on the testing multiple drive train options in an exten- 2013 Le Mans 24 Hour will again target victory in back the curtain for fans across the globe to pro- the development of battery technology in the road.” sive test program,” Bowlby said. the P2 class with 15 of the 22 entries powered by vide continued updates via its international part- world’s oldest, toughest and most high profile Launched in 2010, the Nissan Leaf has “We have many options to consider and test. Nissan. In the opening rounds of the 2013 FIA nership with YouTube and its Nismo.TV channel. endurance race. become the world’s best-selling all-electric car. The test program is part of a longer term goal of World Endurance Championship, Nissan has “Nissan has become a global leader in the “The ZEOD RC program is designed to devel- The Leaf won the 2010 Green Car Vision Award, developing a system and a set of rules for this dominated, taking victory at Silverstone and development of zero emission automotive tech- op multiple technologies to evaluate how they the 2011 European Car of the Year, the 2011 type of technology in partnership with the ACO Spa-Francorchamps. MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2013 SPORTS19

Sorry Brazil, but for soccer fans the game must go on

FORTALEZA: For millions of football been considered for a moment. symbols of peace and peaceful coexis- bribes from FIFA’s former marketing transport infrastructure and hotels. fans around the world how Neymar Barring some unforeseen cata- tence among peoples. “Brazil deserves partners, the bankrupt ISL. He was shunned by the Brazilian and Fernando Torres perform at the clysmic event, Brazil will host the to, and will, host a great World Cup.” In all of its World Cup bidding doc- authorities for months before relation- Confederations Cup is of far more World Cup next year as planned and Which is where soccer’s governing umentation FIFA says eight stadiums ships were gingerly restored. Now, in interest than Brazilians protesting over players like local favorite Neymar and body FIFA comes in. are required to host a 32-team World the wake of this week’s protests, social issues. Spain striker Torres will be the focus. FIFA owns the World Cup and Cup but Teixeira insisted that 12 were remarks he made this April look partic- While locals demonstrate over the In an impassioned speech on entrusts organisation of the tourna- built or renovated and are now being ularly ill-judged. Speaking at a tourna- cost of stadiums for next year’s World Friday, Brazilian president Dilma ment to a Local Organising Committee used. Some venues, like Brasilia, ment symposium in Zurich, Valcke Cup, government corruption, lack of Rousseff addressed the protestors’ (LOC) which makes sure stadiums are Manaus and Cuiaba, do not even have said: “I will say something which is education, public health issues and grievances but also pledged her gov- safe and ready on time, ticketing top-ranking teams and their stadiums crazy, but less democracy is some- transport price hikes, most followers of ernment’s support for next year’s works and the necessary infrastructure could become white elephants, a times better for organising a World the beautiful game only care about finals. “With regard to the World Cup, I is in place. However, the relationship point directly linked to the demonstra- Cup.” what happens on the pitch. want to clarify that the federal money between FIFA and the Brazilian LOC tors’ grievances this week that money He explained it was easier to deal “I feel really sorry for the Brazilian spent on the stadiums is in the form of has been troubled. has been wasted on the World Cup. with a country like Russia, the 2018 people who are clearly angry,” said financing that will be duly repaid by Part of the problem stemmed from Teixeira formed a close working World Cup hosts, in which the head of one post on an internet message the companies and (state) govern- the fact that the now discredited friendship and relationship with FIFA state can decide everything, rather board from New Zealand. “Fine if they ments that are exploiting these stadi- Ricardo Teixeira, who was head of the secretary general Jerome Valcke, than Brazil “where the political struc- used the Confeds Cup as a catalyst to ums. LOC and the Brazilian FA (CBF), quit his whose responsibility is to deliver a ture is divided into three levels - feder- air their grievances but I will be even “Brazil is the only country to have roles with FIFA’s executive committee safe, cost-effective and workable al, state and city.” more angry if they stop the World Cup participated in every World Cup and is and as head of the CBF in May 2012 finals. As one FIFA insider close to the sto- from being in Brazil next year.” five-times world champion and has after years of denying corruption alle- In March last year, with Teixeira out ry told Reuters on Saturday: “Well The finals are unlikely to be taken always been well received every- gations. of the planning process on “health Brazil has certainly showed us it is away from Brazil and, despite local where. “We must give our friends the Two months later a Swiss prosecu- grounds” in Miami, Valcke delivered democracy this week okay. This has media reports that the Confederations same generous welcome we have tor’s court named him, and his former his famous “Brazil need a kick up the made life very uncomfortable for FIFA, Cup - the World Cup warm-up test received from them - with respect, father-in-law and former FIFA presi- backside” remark to journalists in but they will all find a solution and the tournament - was going to be halted, love and joy. This is how we must treat dent, Brazilian Joao Havelange, as hav- Bagshot, England, expressing his con- World Cup will go ahead. It always FIFA said on Thursday the idea had not our guests. Football and sport are ing received more than $40 million in cerns over progress on stadiums, does in the end.”—Reuters Golden era inspires playful Djokovic to get serious LONDON: Novak Djokovic lived up to his reputa- tion as the ‘Djoker’ on the men’s tour by warming up for Wimbledon by performing a hip-swinging striptease for fans at an exhibition match - albeit rather playfully to his waist. What is in no doubt, though, is that thousands of people will be flocking to Wimbledon next week to watch a more serious Djokovic play as the Serb launches his bid for a second title at the BRAZIL: Brazil’s forward Neymar celebrates after scoring against Italy in this file grasscourt major. Lucky to be drawn on the other photo. —AFP half of the draw to his ‘Big Four’ rivals - Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and Andy Murray - the world number one, dressed in pristine white from neck- Scolari’s Brazil side to-toe, was in a reflective mood as he sat down for a chat with Reuters. The six-times grand slam champion escaped begin to take shape to an underground bunker at the All England Club to say he feels neither lucky nor unlucky to RIO DE JANEIRO: Following the chopping over-zealous in his efforts to help out in be playing in the golden era of tennis and would and changing of recent years, Brazil appear midfield, committing 31 fouls in three most like to have taken on Pete Sampras from to have found an equilibrium at the matches, he has produced the goods at the the past. Confederations Cup, where they surged right end of the pitch. REUTERS: This is your ninth time in through the group phase to reach the Despite the huge weight of expectation Wimbledon’s main draw. What are you memories semi-finals. created by the number 10 shirt on his back of your first ever match, do you remember who Although Saturday’s gripping 4-2 defeat and his $75.3 million (57 million euros) you played, which court you played, the score of Italy had no sporting significance, both transfer to Barcelona, the 21-year-old has and how many people watched you? sides having already qualified, it confirmed lived up to his billing. DJOKOVIC: “I think I played qualifications in WIMBLEDON: Serbia’s Novak Djokovic works out during a training session at the All Brazil’s progress after two straightforward Allying explosive style with match-win- Roehampton in 2005, I remember I played five England Tennis Club in Wimbledon on the eve of the start of the 2013 Wimbledon wins over Japan (3-0) and Mexico (2-0). ning efficiency, Neymar has received three sets in the last round of qualifications against Championships tennis tournament. —AFP Signs of the revival were first glimpsed in man-of-the-match awards and has auto- Wesley Moodie. the hosts’ final two pre-tournament warm- graphed each performance with a memo- “It was a very difficult match but I remember I because he was my idol and somebody I was peers after retiring from your quarter-final match up games: a 2-2 draw with England and a rable goal. managed to come into the main draw of looking up to when I was young. I never got to at the Australian Open in 2009 when you were 3-0 success over France. Initially targeted by the protesters who Wimbledon for the first time and I won against play him and I would probably like to play him the defending champion. How satisfied are you By beating France and Italy, who were have flocked into the streets during the (Juan) Monaco, and second round I won against here at Wimbledon.” to have silenced those critics who had ques- admittedly weakened by fatigue and the tournament (‘A teacher is worth more than (Guillermo) Garcia-Lopez after being two sets REUTERS: How do you think you would have tioned your fitness four years ago? absence through injury of Andrea Pirlo, Neymar!’ was one chant), he has successful- down and three match points down and then I matched up against him? DJOKOVIC: My motivation was not to silence Brazil finally secured the victories over top- ly aligned himself with the popular cause lost to (Sebastien) Grosjean in four sets. I got to DJOKOVIC: “He would be a definite favourite them or to get any kind of revenge because I rank nations that had eluded them in and his on-pitch displays even urged top 100 for the first time so I remember that tour- because he has won this tournament so many don’t seek that. I was looking forward to really recent times. Luiz Felipe Scolari’s first prior- Scolari to proclaim him a “genius”. nament very well. times. But I would like to play him at all four understand what I need to do in order to improve ity, upon returning to coach the team for a Explaining the understanding he has “I think I played on Court 17, I don’t know how grand slams, that would have been very interest- as a tennis player and as a person. second time last November, was to firm up with his attacking colleagues, Neymar said: many people watched but it’s not a very big ing to see.” “Also (I wanted) to improve my health, to get his defence. “Changing positions is very important for court ... but I do remember I won (that first REUTERS: There has been a lot of negative it to the best possible condition where I can con- “We’re progressing a lot in terms of the whole team. We work on it a lot in match) in straight sets.” sports stories around in 2013, like Lance sistently play well and recover and be able to marking. It doesn’t worry me as much as it training. It enables you to drive your oppo- REUTERS: A lot of players outside the ‘Big Armstrong’s drug confession, match-fixing in play the whole year without getting injured or did three or four months ago,” he said after nents mad.” Four’ regret their careers have coincided with this soccer, the doping trial in Spain. Do you feel all having the breathing problems that kind of fol- the victory over Mexico. His captain, Thiago Hulk, on the right flank, has been a con- exceptional era, do you feel lucky or unlucky to these stories have only harmed the sports con- lowed me from the early stages of my career. I Silva, had also expressed concerns over the stant menace and Fred ended his poor be playing in this age because in any other era cerned or is all sport paying a price? managed to do that with certain adjustments Selecao’s defensive robustness. recent scoring run with a predatory sec- you might have already completed a calendar DJOKOVIC: “In a way yes. Media influence is and diet changes. Speaking prior to the game with France ond-half double against Italy. Only Chelsea slam? so strong now that any story that makes the “Now I feel really good, I haven’t been injured earlier this month, he said: “I’d be lying if I playmaker Oscar has failed to hit the DJOKOVIC: “There is no need to start asking headlines has a huge reach globally. Many peo- very much in my career which is a very encourag- said that it doesn’t worry us. “If we can win heights so far. The two full-backs are heavi- yourself ‘what ifs’. From one side you could say ple obviously get that wrong message about cer- ing fact for the future.” all our matches 1-0, without conceding, I’d ly involved in the team’s attacking play, that maybe I could have won the calendar slam tain sports because of those cases you have just REUTERS: Since you’ve changed to a gluten- take it. Our game needs more balance.” Marcelo by driving into the centre and Dani or maybe five more grand slams if I wasn’t in an mentioned and that is something we definitely free diet, what do you miss eating? After several experiments, some involving Alves by over-lapping on the right. era with Federer and Nadal. don’t want. DJOKOVIC: “Ha ha, there are certain products former stalwarts such as Ronaldinho, Kaka Against Italy, the former was at the ori- “But on the other hand if I wasn’t in their era, I “In tennis we don’t want illegal things, we that I am missing eating from Serbia. There is a and Luis Fabiano, Scolari appears to have gin of three goals: two for his team, and don’t know if I would be where I am at this don’t want players betting, we don’t want players product called ‘plasma’, it’s like a biscuit that con- settled on a first-choice starting XI. one against, after Italy midfielder Emanuele moment because with my top two rivals, I’ve had failing doping tests. Compared to other sports, tains gluten that I grew up on. That’s something Key is the predominantly defensive cen- Giaccherini exploited the space left by the such a rivalry, such incredible matches over the tennis is still in a very good place, especially that I miss very much. But look, it’s for my own tral midfield pairing of Luiz Gustavo and Real Madrid man’s forward forays to score. years that it took my game to another level. The men’s tennis. It has a great competition, has a good and I know that. I know how well I feel on Paulinho, with the more forward-thinking Scolari seems willing to accept such risks. rivalry also made me improve, made me under- great era of fantastic champions who are great the court and in life in general.” Hernanes occasionally brought in. Scolari “I think Brazil arrive ready for the semi- stand what I need to do to get better on and off promoters and ambassadors of our sport. REUTERS: Wimbledon looked very different has instilled tactical discipline into the finals,” he said, although he warned that the court.” “We all have this responsibility of keeping this during the Olympics last year. Do you think there team, although Neymar is still granted a the team was not yet “ready for the World REUTERS: The game has become extremely clean image of the sport. Of course you can’t is anything from the Olympics that Wimbledon certain degree of freedom. Cup”. Nonetheless, they appear to have physical now, are you at all worried about the always guarantee what other players will do but should adopt permanently? If the forward has occasionally been found the right path.—AFP long-term damage this will do to your body? we are very much aware of this responsibility that DJOKOVIC: “I think the colours were very DJOKOVIC: “Every professional athlete goes we carry.” interesting to see in Wimbledon. We respect the through a lot of pain, is concerned and does REUTERS: During the French Open final there tradition here in playing in all white and it’s a think about ‘what is going to happen to my body was the incident with the flare-waving protester very conservative environment. Watson keeps share of lead when I finish with my career?’. But I am doing who jumped on court during the final between “But the Olympics Games was something dif- everything I can with the people around me to Nadal and David Ferrer. Do you think tourna- ferent and (made Wimbledon) very urban. LOS ANGELES: Bubba Watson retained a a 65. Justin Rose was among a bunch of stay healthy, take care of wellbeing. Not just ments are doing enough to safeguard the players Colours all around, players coming out with share of the lead after the third round of players in the next group at minus seven, about my body but also with what I eat and what on court or do you feel vulnerable each time you tracksuits of the colours of their countries. You the Travelers Championship on Saturday after he shot a second successive 68. At the I drink, my lifestyle and to decrease stress as go on court? saw purple backgrounds to the courts, it was despite dropping three shots in the last six end of the day, 18 players were within four much as we can. “Stress is one of the worst ene- DJOKOVIC: “It doesn’t happen too often but it interesting.” holes. The American, chasing his first PGA strokes of the lead, setting the stage for a mies of human kind and the cause of many dis- does happen once in a while. The security nowa- REUTERS: When you are in London, have you Tour win since he captured last year’s grandstand finish.—Reuters eases. But I see myself continuing to do sport days is very strict so I don’t see anything really ever had the chance to do touristy things? Masters, stumbled with bogeys at the 13th, because once you are in professional sport, the bad happening particularly to a tennis player. DJOKOVIC (grinning): “Well I’ve been on the 15th and 17th holes to finish with a round body is used to exercise. So if you stop doing “What happened in Roland Garros was maybe underground but it was a long time ago, maybe of even-par 70. exercise and don’t do anything for years, your a mistake of the security that was on the court the first, second time when I came to London. Watson will go into the final round at body will respond and send you signals that you but generally, if you look at it worldwide, it’s real- Since then it’s only been in the car. ly good and players feel safe. I feel safe. “I love parks, so I try to avoid places where 10-under par, tied for the lead with his need to do something. I guess I will do sport and “Frankly if you start thinking that your life is in there are too many people because I need to countryman Charley Hoffman and I’m happy for that because I love sport and have dedicated my whole life to tennis.” danger from somebody or something, you start save my energy for the tournament. I love visit- Canadian Graham DeLaet, on a heavily becoming paranoid. You don’t need these kind of ing parks, Wimbledon Park, Richmond Park, those congested leaderboard that included REUTERS: If you could have played any player from the past, who would it be and why? things.” kind of parks are incredible and London has plen- England’s newly-crowned US Open cham- DJOKOVIC: “It would be Pete Sampras REUTERS: You were criticised by some of your ty of it.”—Reuters pion Justin Rose. “I hit some shots today that were really good, some quality shots but got a couple bad breaks here and there but that’s golf,” Watson told reporters. “At the end of the day I still have a Players get opportunity to hone skills chance late yesterday and that’s what we are always looking for on the weeks we are KUWAIT: The Kheitan indoor soccer team fans very close to the playing floor which of the tournament. The higher organizing playing.” Hoffman, who opened the tour- coach Mubarak Al-Hussaini said the Kuwait allows them to hear and follow how the game committee sought the Asian Federation help nament with a stunning 61 but fell back Mini World Futsal Club Tournament truly a is being conducted by coaches and how to appoint two Kuwaiti referees, and the fed- with a second round 73, carded a 66 while world event and reflects the importance of instructions are given. eration obliged by appointing Musaab Al- DeLaet signed for a 65, matching the best the tournament which will be a special one. He said the presence of the event in Kuwait Rushood and Mohammad Al-Beloushi in addi- round of the day, as he chases his maiden He said the tournament is an opportunity will add to its sports reputation and will prove tion to appointing Adel Al-Shatti as supervi- PGA Tour win. for players to learn and hone their skills, espe- that Kuwait is able to organize major sporting sor. The positive response from the Asian American Chris Stroud (66) and CROMWELL: Bubba Watson hits out of cially that all participating teams are champi- events. Federation comes as the result of the joint Australian Nick O’Hern (68) were tied for the sand on the 17th hole during the ons in their countries. Meanwhile the International and Asian efforts with Kuwait Football Association under fourth, just one shot off the lead, while third round of the 2013 Travelers He said the coaches would be able to get Football Federations appointed 12 referees the leadership of Sheikh Dr. Talal Al-Fahad to American Ken Duke was alone in sixth after Championship. —AFP experience saying that indoor soccer has the from Asia and Europe to officiate the matches ensure the success of the tournament. Rollins equals Scolari’s Brazil fourth fastest Side begin hurdles time to take shape

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BIRMINGHAM: The Indian cricket team celebrate with the trophy following victory in the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy Final cricket match against England. — AFP India wins Champions Trophy

BIRMINGHAM: India added the Champions West Indies at The Oval in the 2004 Champions swept Jadeja for six to raise a fifty stand with Trophy title to the World Cup they won two years Trophy final when they last staged this event. Morgan. But Morgan then holed out and Bopara, SCOREBOARD ago after seeing off England by five runs in a dra- If this was, as has been stated by the off what might have been a wide had he left it matic Champions Trophy final at Edgbaston yes- International Cricket Council (ICC), the last alone, was caught off a hook. BIRMINGHAM: Scoreboard in the Champions Trophy final between England and India at Edgbaston terday. Tournament hosts England, still to win a Champions Trophy, it certainly went out with a The organisers, keen to provide some mean- yesterday: major one-day international title, appeared to bang with India’s youthful side containing just ingful cricket in what was meant to be a 50 overs have done the hard work in holding India to 129 three survivors-captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, per side contest, took the unusual decision to India J. Trott st Dhoni b Ashwin 20 for seven in a match reduced by rain to a 20 overs Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina-from the team that extend play by two hours to ensure a result in R. Sharma b Broad 9 J. Root c I Sharma b Ashwin 7 per side contest. beat Sri Lanka in Mumbai to win the 2011 World front of a packed crowd, with no reserve day. S. Dhawan c Tredwell b Bopara 31 E. Morgan c Ashwin b I Sharma 33 But, chasing 130, they collapsed to 46 for four, Cup final. England dismantled the Indian top-order V. Kohli c Bopara b Anderson 43 R. Bopara c Ashwin b I Sharma 30 before a partnership of 64 between former Ireland England’s reply suffered an early setback when after winning the toss in overcast conditions. D. Karthik c Morgan b Tredwell 6 J. Buttler b Jadeja 0 left-hander Eoin Morgan (33) and Ravi Bopara (30), captain Alastair Cook (two) was well caught in the India, who shared the 2002 Champions Trophy S. Raina c Cook b Bopara 1 T. Bresnan run out (R Sharma) 2 who’d earlier taken three for 20 with his medium- slips for two by Ashwin off Umesh Yada. They were after a rain-ruined final against Sri Lanka in MS Dhoni c Tredwell b Bopara 0 S. Broad not out 7 pacers, swung the match back their way. 28 for two when Jonathan Trott, on his Colombo, were reduced to 66 for five before R. Jadeja not out 33 J. Tredwell not out 5 However, India seamer Ishant Sharma turned Warwickshire home ground, was stumped by Kohli and Jadeja boosted the total by adding a R. Ashwin run out (Bell) 1 Extras (lb1, w4) 5 the match on its head by removing Morgan and Dhoni off Ashwin for 20. quickfire 47 for the sixth wicket. Kohli smashed B. Kumar not out 1 Total (8 wkts, 20 overs) 124 Extras (w4) 4 Bopara, both with the aid of catches by Joe Root then holed out cheaply off Ashwin 43 off 34 balls that included four boundaries and Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Cook), 2-28 (Trott), 3-40 Total (7 wkts, 20 overs) 129 Ravichandran Ashwin, off successive deliveries to before opener Ian Bell, like Trott a Warwickshire a six, before he holed out off James Anderson in (Root), 4-46 (Bell), 5-110 leave England 110 for six in their 18th over and player, was stumped off Jadeja. the penultimate over. Fall of wickets: 1-19 (R Sharma), 2-50 (Dhawan), (Morgan), 6-110 (Bopara), 7-112 (Buttler), 8-113 needing 19 off the last 12 balls. It was a desperately close call but, after several Jadeja faced 25-balls for his unbeaten 33. 3-64 (Karthik), 4-66 (Raina), 5-66 (Dhoni), 6-113 That eventually became six off one ball and minutes’ study, Australian third umpire Bruce Opener Shikhar Dhawan, who went into the final (Kohli), 7-119 (Ashwin) (Bresnan) that proved too much for tailender James Tredwell Oxenford ruled in India’s favor, although Bell was as the tournament’s leading scorer with 332 runs Did not bat: I Sharma, U Yadav Did not bat: J Anderson as he failed to make contact against fellow off- clearly convinced there was enough doubt for the in four matches, hit 31 of 24 balls that included a Bowling: Anderson 4-0-24-1; Broad 4-0-26-1; Bowling: Kumar 3-0-19-0; Yadav 2-0-10-1; Jadeja spinner Ravichandran Ashwin. decision to go his way, and England were in trou- six over third-man against Stuart Broad. But the Bresnan 4-0-34-0 (3w); Tredwell 4-0-25-1; Bopara 4-0-24-2; Ashwin 4-1-15-2 (2w); I Sharma 4-0-36- Ravindra Jadeja was named man-of-the-match ble at 46 for four. left-hander was dismissed off Bopara’s second 4-1-20-3 (1w); 2 (2w); Raina 3-0-19-0. after making 33 not out and then taking two for England needed 59 off the final 36 balls but delivery, caught in the covers by Tredwell and the 24 with his left-arm spin. that target was reduced to 48 off 30 balls after all-rounder removed Raina and Dhoni in the space England Result: India won by five runs India’s win left England still searching for their Bopara launched Ishant Sharma over mid-wicket of four balls. Raina drove Bopara straight to Cook A. Cook c Ashwin b Yadav 2 Man-of-the-match: Ravindra Jadeja (IND) first major ODI trophy after defeats in three World for six. Morgan then weighed in with a reverse- at mid-on, while Dhoni (nought) slashed the I. Bell st Dhoni b Jadeja 13 Note: Match reduced to 20 overs per side by rain Cup finals (1979, 1987 and 1992) and a loss to the sweep four off part-time spinner Raina. Bopara bowler high to Tredwell at third man. — AFP Spain book Italy date Uruguay rout Tahiti, in Confed Cup semis face Brazil in semis

FORTALEZA: Spain set up a Confederations Cup despite losing Kenneth Omeruo to injury in the RECIFE: Uruguay secured their place in the Hnanyine coming into the team. semi-final reunion with Euro 2012 final victims 11th minute, they took the fight to Spain. Confederations Cup semi-finals with an 8-0 Four-goal hero Hernandez doubled up in Italy after beating Nigeria 3-0 on a steamy after- Brown Ideye and Joseph Akpala spurned drubbing of Tahiti, featuring the fastest goal the 24th minute with a skilful side-footed vol- noon in Fortaleza yesterday to secure top spot in half-chances, while Spain goalkeeper Victor in the competition’s history. ley past Tahiti keeper Gilbert Meriel, with Group B. Valdes did superbly to tip a snapshot from the The Confed Cup record-breaker at Recife’s Perez adding a third before the half hour was Vicente del Bosque’s side needed just a point recalled Sunday Mba around the post. Arena Pernambuco was Abel Hernandez, the up. to confirm a place in the last four, but they made Despite several slick interchanges, the Palermo striker heading in off Nicolas It was not all one way traffic, with Tahiti’s doubly sure thanks to a fine brace of goals from African champions’ composure repeatedly let Lodeiro’s corner after just 79 seconds. only professional, Marama Vahirua, testing Jordi Alba and a 62nd-minute header by substi- them down whenever they penetrated the He went on to bag four, with Diego Perez, Uruguay keeper Martin with a 25 yard strike. tute Fernando Torres. The world and European Spanish area, but Spain were not without blame Lodeiro and Luis Suarez with a double, join- Steevy Chong Hue was then unlucky not to champions will now face Italy, who they crushed in that department either. ing him on the scoresheet. With this result fol- capitalise on a solo run through the 4-0 in last year’s Euro 2012 final, in the second Roberto Soldado twice shot straight at lowing their record 10-0 loss to Spain and 6-1 Uruguayan defence. semi-final in Fortaleza on Thursday, a day after Enyeama when clean through on goal, while defeat to Nigeria, Tahiti take their leave of the In first half stoppage time Hernandez Brazil meet Uruguay in Belo Horizonte. Nigeria Cesc Fabregas conspired to hit the post from competition while Uruguay go on to face bagged his third, picking up a pass from Inter were ultimately left to rue last Thursday’s dam- only eight yards after being picked out by hosts Brazil in Belo Horizonte on Wednesday. Milan’s Walter Gargano to foil Meriel. aging 2-1 defeat by Uruguay, having begun their Soldado’s sweeping low cross. Uruguay manager Oscar Tabarez had There was drama after the restart, when Confederations Cup campaign with a breezy 6-1 Ideye should have drawn Nigeria level early changed his entire starting XI for the South Andres Scotti’s penalty was saved by Meriel. thrashing of Tahiti. in the second half, but although Ahmed Musa’s It was the teams’ first meeting since Nigeria low centre presented him with an open goal the American champions’ decisive first round Scotti was then sent off after the defender beat Spain 3-2 in the group phase of the 1998 back post, he miscued and was unable to dis- match. picked up a second booking. World Cup, and if the world champions were out patch a shot. Spain introduced David Silva and Star forwards Diego Forlan, Suarez and Tahiti also went down to ten men when for revenge, they were quick to draw first blood Torres from the bench and within minutes of Edinson Cavani were all named on the bench, Teheivarii Wagemann picked up his second at Estadio Castelao. There were three minutes on coming on the Chelsea striker made it 2-0, fling- while Bologna midfielder Perez inherited the yellow on the hour mark - a minute later the clock when Andres Iniesta sprayed a pass ing himself at Pedro Rodriguez’s left-wing cross captain’s armband from suspended centre- Lodeiro made it 5-0. wide to Barcelona team-mate Alba, and the left- to score with a glorious flying header. back Diego Lugano. Hernandez got his fourth from the penal- back weaved around three challenges before Having scored four times in the record-break- FORTALEZA: Spain’s defender Jordi Alba celebrates Tahiti coach Eddy Etaeta made four alter- ty spot as Suarez came on for Gaston stroking a low shot past Vincent Enyeama. ing 10-0 rout of Tahiti earlier this week, Torres is after scoring against Nigeria during their FIFA ations to the team thrashed 10-0 by Spain last Ramirez with 20 minutes left to bolster Nigeria looked set for an afternoon of toil now the tournament’s leading scorer with five Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 Group B football Thursday, with goalkeeper Gilbert Meriel, Uruguay’s attack and finish off the rout with amid stifling humidity inside the stadium, but goals. — AFP match. — AFP Lorenzo Tehau, Vincent Simon and Samuel a late double.— AFP Dubai Group sells credit card business to FGB Page 22

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DOHA: Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al-Thani, chairman of the Qatari Chamber of Commerce and Industry (from left), Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, French President Francois Hollande, Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al-Thani, chairman of the Qatari Businessmen Association, and Yves-Thibault de Silguy, vice chairman of MEDEF International, attend the Qatari-French Business Forum in Doha yesterday.—AP France, Qatar end dispute with new fund Hollande defends ‘conditional’ Qatar investments

DOHA: France and Qatar launched a mixed The fund will be operational from July, Franco-Qatari fund yesterday to invest 300 said Jean-Pierre Jouyet, the head of French million euros in small and medium-sized state-owned bank Caisse de Depots, which Dubai stocks plunge French companies, in a bid to quash con- is co-shareholder of the fund with Qatar’s cerns raised by a previous Qatari plan to sovereign fund Qatar Holding LLC. There Gulf markets mixed invest specifically in depressed French sub- was little reaction when Qatar bought urbs. minority stakes in French infrastructure MIDEAST STOCK MARKETS Business ties between cash-strapped firm Veolia and builder Vinci , while sports France and gas-rich Qatar have deepened fans cheered the purchase of football club DUBAI: Dubai’s bourse suffered its largest one-day drop in the past five years as the euro-zone’s sec- Paris St. Germain by its sovereign wealth in 15 months yesterday, while other Gulf markets were ond biggest economy behind Germany has fund. The loudest criticism to the idea of a mixed as a lack of positive catalysts spurred investors to overcome instincts for economic patriotism Qatari fund for French suburbs came from cash in early-year gains. Trading volumes thinned in a to welcome inward investment in areas far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who had typical summer lull. ranging from sports to real estate and infra- alleged that Qatar was only investing in The main Dubai index fell 2.6 percent to 2,300 structure. But a plan for Qatar to pump 50 areas heavily populated by immigrants to points, a four-week low, in its biggest one-day loss since million euros into businesses in the sub- spread Islamic ideas among Muslim youths. March 2012. The drop triggered a bearish right triangle urbs had proved divisive, when they were However, left-wing politicians and com- formed by the highs and lows since early June, and first floated, with critics concerned that the mentators in newspapers and on television pointing down to near the 2,100-point area. However, Gulf state might exercise too much influ- also said that France should be wary of traders generally blamed profit-taking after this year’s ence and prompting former president signing deals with a monarchy that shared gains of more than 40 percent, rather than any funda- Nicolas Sarkozy to put them on hold until few of its ideas about democracy and could mental worsening of Dubai’s outlook, and did not think after the May 2012 election. be seeking to buy influence due to France’s the drop indicated Dubai would become dominated by The new Socialist government, facing seat on the United Nations Security the bearishness engulfing many other emerging mar- rising unemployment and stalled economic Council. Finance minister George Osborne kets. Because of currency pegs and high oil prices, growth, then came up with a compromise French President Francois Hollande said Qatari investors have bought Paris Saint- mainly Muslim areas of French cities and Dubai and other Gulf markets appear well-protected for a mixed Qatari-French fund aimed at yesterday that his country does not reject Germain football club and acquired three said unnamed foreign countries wanted to from the US interest rate rises which are hurting other small and medium-sized businesses and a Qatari investments, but stressed that there percent of energy giant Total as well as develop Islamic fundamentalism in France. markets. memorandum of understanding was are certain “conditions” and “rules”, during a stakes in building firm Vinci and in media The investment was worth 50 million euros. “The market is slowing down - it’s the end of the signed in November 2012. visit to the gas-rich Gulf state. “We do not group Lagardere. But yesterday, Hollande said that “this is quarter and summer is here,” said Mohab Maher, senior “We do not refuse Qatari investments in reject Qatari investments in France but we “It’s in the interest of France to be pres- what was announced before my election. I manager of the institutional desk at MENA Corp. France but we say there are conditions to are saying that there are conditions that ent in this region and to make it under- would say what’s best is to create a joint Trading volume fell to 200 million shares; turnover usu- meet, areas to focus on and rules to must be respected... and rules that must be stood that it can attract investments, but I French-Qatari investment fund.” The 300- ally falls after May as traders and investors take holidays explain,” Hollande said during a visit to understood,” said Hollande, who arrived in say this under certain conditions,” he million-euro fund is aimed at helping medi- to escape the summer heat. The index is still up 42 per- Qatar. “I said that it was best to create a Doha on Saturday. added. um and small companies “in our neighbor- cent year-to-date. joint investment fund with Qatari and He made the comments to reporters in Qatar had postponed launching a fund hoods,” said Hollande. “Qatari investments Builder Arabtec lost 5.3 percent. After the close, the French funds to help small- and medium- the sidelines of a visit to a large building for entrepreneurs from France’s deprived are welcome and could cover all fields,” he company said it was extending the period for its $650 sized companies,” he added. The new fund site run by Bouygues, a French industrial suburbs until after the presidential election noted, but the “priority is for industry and million rights issue, due to end yesterday, to July 4 to would not target specific geographical group. Qatar has invested around 12 billion last May to prevent it becoming a political services,” he told the Franco-Qatari allow investors outside the United Arab Emirates to buy areas in France nor specific company pro- euros ($16 billion) in France during the past football. The project remains frozen. Losing Economic Forum. “Your investments must into it. The company said the extension was at the files but will also be available for compa- five years, mainly in properties, hotels and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen attacked be made in cooperation with us... in the request of shareholders. Earlier, a source familiar with nies in “our suburbs,” Hollande said. big firms, sparking controversy. Qatar for investing in what she said were area we choose,” he told the Qataris. —AFP the plan had told Reuters on condition of anonymity that the rights issue period was expected to be extend- ed after the entire amount was not taken up by share- holders. Abu Dhabi’s benchmark fell 1.9 percent, its African palm oil makers hit back at ‘smear campaign’ biggest daily drop this year. Analysts expect Gulf markets to be lacklustre in com- ABIDJAN: African palm oil producers are hit- vast swathes of Sumatra. The companies have foods and cosmetics, helps fight food insecu- already begun. In December, Ivory Coast’s ing weeks, partly because of uncertainty before second- ting back at what they say is a “smear cam- been accused of starting fires to clear land rity and contributes to development due to palm oil industry successfully sued French quarter earnings announcements. Saudi Arabia kicks off paign” against them by environmentalists and through the practice of slash-and-burn, its versatility, relatively high oil yields, and retail chain Systeme U after the group staged its earnings season in mid-July, while UAE companies health activists that risks ruining their indus- which is illegal but still frequently used economic importance to local communities. an aggressive advertising campaign encour- will mostly report from early August onwards. In Saudi try. Countering their increasingly vocal critics because it is the quickest and cheapest way But critics say it leads to deforestation, aging consumers to stay clear of palm oil due Arabia, banks helped lift the bourse after two flat trad- was the main aim of producers attending the of preparing land for plantations. threatening rare species such as orangutans to its effects on the environment. ing sessions; the benchmark climbed 0.5 percent. Banks first-ever African Palm Oil Congress, hosted Ivory Coast, one of West Africa’s top pro- and rhinos, and displaces communities The AIPH won the lawsuit after arguing rose after official data showed lending to the private by Ivory Coast’s government in the economic ducers of the oil, joined forces with the AIPH whose homes are destroyed to make way for that the campaign lacked credible ecological sector in May rose 16.5 percent, the fastest clip since capital Abidjan last week. to organize the congress, which included the plantations. Forest clearing also adds to data and scientific analysis. February 2009, after a 16.0 percent increase in the previ- “For some time, the aggressive attacks industry representatives from top global carbon dioxide emissions that cause climate Late last year the palm oil industry also ous month. against palm oil have been multiplying and palm oil power, Indonesia. According to fig- change. Groups like Greenpeace have called narrowly escaped what could have become a Firass Yaish, business development manager at One they are degrading (the sector’s) image,” ures released at the conference, the industry the cost to the environment “devastating”. major set-back after a French senator sug- Financial Market, said the lending growth figures had Christophe Koreki, president of the Inter-pro- in Ivory Coast directly employs an estimated Some health experts say palm oil is loaded gested slapping a 300-percent tax increase provided only a short-term stimulus. fessional Palm Oil Association (AIPH) told del- 200,000 people, with two million more with saturated fats and that excessive con- on palm oil. The amendment was later reject- “Even though there was a pick-up in lending, the pic- egates. “The smear campaign accuses palm dependent in one way or another on the sumption could be linked to certain forms of ed in parliament. ture will only be brighter for the banks when the inter- oil of destroying the environment or causing industry-adding up to about 10 percent of heart disease. To protect their livelihood, par- As analysts predict that palm oil produc- est rates are raised, enhancing the banks’ profit margins cardiovascular disease,” he said. the population. ticipants of the Abidjan congress adopted a tion will soar in the coming years, many envi- and potential growth,” he said. Shares in Riyad Bank Fires currently burning in Indonesia, that Last year, Ivorian production reached declaration vowing to defend palm oil-in par- ronmentalists are encouraging sustainably rose 1.4 percent. The firm said it would distribute first- have cloaked Singapore in record levels of 450,000 tons, representing about three per- ticular by fighting against the derogatory produced oil which adheres to criteria set by half dividends of 975 million riyals ($260 million) or 0.65 smog, have brought more negative publicity cent of gross domestic product (GDP). Palm “Palm oil free” labelling of certain products the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil riyals a share. Petrochemical shares also gained with for the big palm oil companies-Indonesian, oil producers argue that their product, which that has resulted from a rise in ethical con- (RSPO) to achieve its sought-after certifica- the sector’s measure adding 0.5 percent.—Reuters Singaporean and Malaysian-which deforest is widely used as biofuel and in processed sumerism in the West. And the battle has tion, launched in 2004.—AFP MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2013 BUSINESS Dubai Group sells credit The key to curbing ME’s rate of traffic accidents card business to FGB A holistic road safety strategy DUBAI: With road accidents in the region increasingly digital technologies. More cars killing 17 to 22 people per 100,000 of popu- in the MENA region need to have these sys- First Gulf Bank sees deal adding to customer base lation every year, Middle East governments tems installed, as this can help foster safe must work urgently to adopt a multi- driving practices and decrease the number ABU DHABI: Investment firm Dubai Group has The Dubai First acquisition will help FGB lion of debt, sources involved in its restructuring dimensional Road Safety Strategy - a holis- of crashes. sold its credit card business to Abu Dhabi lender expand its customer base in the UAE, the lender said in June. It has a portfolio of mainly financial tic framework that encompasses all aspects l Post-crash: The main focus in this First Gulf Bank (FGB) for $164 million, the latest said in a statement. Dubai First has a 4.5 percent services assets. of the road safety value chain phase is sustaining life through rapid and asset disposal by the debt-laden firm as it share of the UAE’s credit card market and has The firm has been selling down some of its According to the World Bank, road crash- effective treatment of injuries. Most of the restructures $10 billion in debt. A unit of Dubai 464 employees, the statement said. Its latest smaller assets in the restructuring. But it has es kill 1.2 million people and cripple or region has insufficient medical coverage, Holding, the investment arm of the ruler Sheikh audited accounts showed gross assets of 700 some major assets, such as its stake in Oman’s injure more than 10 million others every weak insurance systems, poorly designed Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, Dubai million dirhams, FGB said. Bank Muscat, which is secured against debt held year. In fact, at current rates, traffic acci- and equipped emergency services, and a Group has been in talks with bank creditors for The sale is part of Dubai Group’s efforts to cut by France’s Natixis. Shares in Malaysia’s Bank dents will become the fifth leading cause of lack of qualified paramedics. “In some MENA nearly three years, since the global credit crunch down its debt pile, most of which was accumu- Islam are pledged against a $330-million loan death globally by 2030, up from 10th place countries, over 80 percent of deaths occur savaged its portfolio of assets. lated during the boom years of the mid-2000s. facility. in 2010. And, in the Middle East and North before the casualty reaches the hospital, In a statement on Sunday, FGB, the second “The sale is a strategic decision for Dubai FGB is among Gulf Arab banks seeking to compared with averages of 50 to 60 percent largest bank in the United Arab Emirates by mar- Group and is part of our stated plan to sell down expand its regional footprint and looking for in North America and Western Europe,” said ket capitalization, said it agreed to buy Dubai assets, in order to support our broader ongoing acquisition opportunities. In May, it hired Simon Koegler. “Emergency response-from call to First, which specializes in liability and credit card restructuring process,” Fadel al-Ali, Dubai Group’s Penney, the former chief executive of Royal Bank dispatch to the quality and equipment of products, from the investment firm for 601 mil- chief executive, said in the statement. Dubai of Scotland’s Middle East and Africa business, to ambulatory care -is important to ensure that lion dirhams. Group’s assets are worth just a fifth of its $10 bil- head its wholesale banking business. - Reuters the emergency services can reach accidents and transport and treat casualties to hospi- tals effectively and expeditiously.” Koegler also added: “The root of the Dubai Holding problem in the Middle East is the lack of a Al-Tijari announces unified vision among concerned ministries unit hires Citi for and authorities, leading to insufficient coor- mega draw winner dination and ineffective interventions. Axiom stake sale Governments and other stakeholders - such as the private sector and civil society - con- KUWAIT: Commercial Bank of Kuwait held account. Customers of the bank can now DUBAI: Dubai Holding, the conglomerate owned duct interventions without any clear indi- the Al-Najma account draw yetserday. The enjoy a KD 7,000 daily prize which is the by the ruler of Dubai, has hired Citigroup to advise vidual ownership or accountability and with draw was held under the supervision of the highest in the country and another 4 mega on a potential sale of its remaining 26 percent stake minimal, or poorly defined, community Ministry of Commerce & Industry repre- prizes during the year worth KD 100,000 in mobile telephone retailer Axiom Telecom, three involvement.” sented by Abdulaziz Ashkanani. each on different occasions: The National sources aware of the plan said. The stake is held by Day, Eid Al-Fitr, Eid Al-Adha and on the 19th Dubai Holding unit Emirates International Road safety strategy According to Booz & Company, Middle The winner of the mega draw :- of June which is the date of the bank’s Telecommunications LLC (EIT), but the US lender East governments must implement a holis- Anila Saaqib KD 100,000. establishment. was hired by the holding company, which is taking tic Road Safety approach so as to ensure a the lead in the process, the sources said, speaking With a minimum balance of KD500, cus- Ulrich Koegler significant reduction in traffic accidents. The winners of the Al Najma daily tomers will be eligible for the daily draw on condition of anonymity as the matter is not pub- This strategy rests on six pillars: lic. draw are:- provided that the money is in the account Africa (MENA) region, the figures are partic- 1. Urban and Transport Planning deals An EIT spokesperson said: “Like any investment Hatem Shaber Pahai Rafat — KD 7000, one week prior to the daily draw or 2 ularly alarming; traffic accidents kill with basics such as safety considerations company, EIT is always evaluating exit options that between 17 to 22 people per 100,000 of and the impact of public transportation Ahmad Abdulaziz Mohammed Al- months prior to the mega draw. In addi- are in line with its investment strategy.” It added, population every year, compared with an during the design of urban communities. Faraj— KD 7000, tion, for each KD25 a customer can get one “EIT continues to be committed to investing within OECD average of 6.2 per 100,000. In line 2. Roads and Infrastructure includes the Saleema Abdulkareem Jaber— KD 7000, chance for winning instead of KD50. the communications sector and to actively manag- with this, Management consulting firm design, construction, operation, and main- Ibram Saber Ishaq Philips— KD 7000, Commercial Bank of Kuwait takes this ing its portfolio companies to drive value creation.” Booz & Company has found that, in order to tenance of roads, bridges, and tunnels to Mohammed Al-Morsi Mohammed opportunity to congratulate all lucky win- EIT did not elaborate, and Citigroup declined to reduce this high rate of traffic accidents, the highest standards for road safety. MENA governments must-imperatively- 3. Traffic Management regulates road Saeed— KD 7000. ners and also extends appreciation to the comment. adopt a holistic approach to road safety. user behavior, road network management, Ministry of Commerce and Industry for A recovery in the real estate sector is aiding a revival of economic growth in Dubai after the emi- and traffic regulations - functions typically The Commercial Bank of Kuwait their effective supervision of the draws Shortcomings exercised by interior ministries. announces the biggest daily draw in rate’s 2009-2010 corporate debt crisis, but it has yet which were conducted in an orderly and to make much progress in selling some of its state- Today, governments tend to structure 4. Vehicles involves adopting and imple- Kuwait with the launch of the new Najma organized manner. responses to traffic collisions on the menting policies to ensure high standards linked assets, the main means of repaying its debt Haddon Matrix- a commonly used para- for vehicle quality and performance - pile. digm in the injury prevention field. In effect, including active passive safety systems. The Dubai Holding is among the matrix of firms the Haddon Matrix covers various phases ongoing invention of more and better which were badly hit by the crisis; many of its units related to traffic accidents, including pre- active and passive safety systems even into Arabtec extends $650m have had to hold talks with banks to extend liabili- crash, crash, and post-crash. In the MENA small cars by the automobile industry ties and restructure debt. region, however, each element of the Matrix makes significant improvements feasible. To share offer period Sources have previously told Reuters that Dubai has its shortcomings. benefit from those, it is important that older Holding was considering selling its remaining stake l Pre-crash: Most investments and inter- cars are made obsolescent. Further, the DUBAI: Dubai builder Arabtec, part- requested by shareholders and to give an in Axiom, adding that a sale would likely raise about ventions related to traffic accidents are advent of connected or semiautonomous owned by Abu Dhabi state fund Aabar, opportunity to shareholders outside the $300 million for the conglomerate. directed at crash prevention. “Road authori- cars will enhance safety. ties have to apply and comply with global has extended the subscription period for United Arab Emirates to participate. Dubai-based Axiom, set up in 1997 by Faisal Al- 5. Road User Behavior involves civil soci- road design guidelines; and, in parallel, traf- its $650 million rights share issue, the However, one source familiar with the Bannai, employs over 1,500 people and has over ety, which can use the media to raise aware- fic authorities must enforce adequate speed ness of road safety, and provide safe driving company said in a statement yesterday. matter had said earlier on Sunday that 500 outlets across the United Arab Emirates, Saudi limits and regulate road user behavior,” said Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Britain and and first aid training programs. Further, traf- The closing date for subscriptions has the subscription period was expected to Dr Ulrich Koegler, a Senior Advisor with fic safety education needs to start at the been extended to July 4 from Sunday, be extended after the entire amount was India, according to its website. Axiom sold a 35 per- Booz & Company. “The truth is, both educa- kindergarten level and needs to be an inte- two weeks after its launch on June 9. not taken up by shareholders. cent stake in itself to Qatar’s Mannai Corp for an tion and awareness can have a significant gral part of all curriculae of schools and uni- Arabtec, builder of Dubai’s famous palm The company has won a series of con- undisclosed amount in 2011 after deciding against impact in reducing crashes. In many MENA versities islands, has been on an aggressive push tracts under the new management this a share listing. EIT sold a 14 percent stake in Axiom countries, over 70 percent of accidents 6. Emergency and Medical Services for growth after it replaced its chief exec- year amounting to 13 billion dirhams at that time. result from driver error or negligence, saves lives and treats serious injuries by utive earlier this year in a shake-up led ($3.5 billion) so far, mainly in the oil-rich “There is a chance that Mannai may further sometimes due to inadequate driver educa- improving the coverage, speed, quality, and by Aabar, its largest shareholder, which emirate of Abu Dhabi where Aabar is increase their stake in Axiom and take a controlling tion”, he added. Vehicle standards also play effectiveness of emergency services. a major role in preventing accidents given has been tightening its grip on the based. stake. However, it’s a good business and there will Subsequently, this strategy requires four be other interested parties who want to cash in on the significance of lighting, braking, and cross-functional enablers that span the pil- group. Arabtec shares closed down 5.3 per- handling, along with other active and pas- The company is selling 1.57 billion cent at 2.15 dirhams on the Dubai bourse the retail boom in the region,” one banking source lars and ensure that the various compo- sive safety systems. This is yet another pri- nents of the road safety system have the new shares at a price of 1.5 dirhams a yetserday. said. A Mannai spokesman was not immediately mary concern in the region. available to comment. EIT is seeking to sell its 35 necessary resources and tools. These share as part of a five-year expansion Bank of America Merril Lynch and l Crash: This phase centers on prevent- enablers include: plan. The plan includes a further capital National Bank of Abu Dhabi are arrang- percent stake in state-owned Tunisie Telecom, ing injury during a crash using human and which it bought for $2.25 billion in 2006, the increase of $650 million by the end of ing the rights issue, according to vehicle elements, such as restraints-in the Institutional and Regulatory streamline 2014 if required. International Financing Review (IFR), a Tunisian government said on Friday. — Reuters form of safety belts and airbags- and vehicle traffic safety governance and align regula- The builder said the extension was unit of Thomson Reuters. - Reuters technologies, including impact bars and tions with the sector strategy. EXCHANGE RATES

Irani Riyal 0.273 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Guinea Franc 0.0000443 0.0000503 Commercial Bank of Kuwait Hg Kong Dollar 0.0342247 0.0373247 GCC COUNTRIES Indian Rupee 0.0047508 0.0048158 US Dollar/KD .2770000 .2880000 Saudi Riyal 75.990 Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Indonesian Rupiah 0.0000237 0.0000289 GB Pound/KD .4310000 .4470000 Qatari Riyal 78.299 US Dollar 283.750 Jamaican Dollars 0.0028506 0.0038508 Euro .3680000 .3760000 Omani Riyal 740.160 Canadian Dollar 280.895 Japanese Yen 0.0028410 0.0030210 Swiss francs .3020000 .3170000 Bahraini Dinar 756.880 Sterling Pound 445.920 Kenyan Shilling 0.0032714 0.0035014 Canadian Dollar .2780000 .2920000 UAE Dirham 77.605 Euro 380.130 Malaysian Ringgit 0.0842790 0.0912790 Australian DLR .2940000 .3020000 Swiss Frank 300.705 Nepalese Rupee 0.0028596 0.0030596 Indian rupees .0040000 .0069000 ARAB COUNTRIES Bahrain Dinar 751.230 Pakistan Rupee 0.0028584 0.0028984 Egyptian Pound - Cash 39.200 Sri Lanka Rupee .0020000 .0035000 Philippine Peso 0.0060597 0.0065297 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 40.048 UAE Dirhams 77.230 Sierra Leone 0.0000729 0.0000759 UAE dirhams .0771240 .0778990 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.329 Qatari Riyals 77.885 Bahraini dinars .7513970 .7589480 Tunisian Dinar 175.400 Saudi Riyals 75.630 Singapore Dollar 0.2200755 0.2260755 Jordanian dinar .3930000 .4110000 Jordanian Dinar 402.420 Jordanian Dinar 399.990 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.0021720 0.0022140 Saudi riyals .0720000 .0770000 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 1.912 Egyptian Pound 39.942 Thai Baht 0.0087723 0.0093723 Omani riyals .7366120 .7440150 Syrian Lier 3.096 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.223 Egyptian pounds .0370000 .0440000 Morocco Dirham 34.319 Indian Rupees 4.857 Arab Pakistani Rupees 2.877 Bahraini Dinar 0.7503375 0.7588375 CUSTOMER TRANSFER RATES EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Bangladesh Taka 3.643 Egyptian Pound 0.0381014 0.0401314 US Dollar/KD .2841000 .2862000 US Dollar Transfer 284.850 Philippines Pesso 6.561 Ethiopeanbirr 0.0127898 0.0192898 GB Pound/KD .4338920 .4370990 Euro 378.000 Cyprus pound 696.050 Ghanaian Cedi 0.1450613 0.1468513 Euro .3707360 .3734770 Sterling Pound 443.230 Japanese Yen 4.000 Iranian Riyal 0.0000793 0.0000798 Swiss francs .3043390 .3065880 Canadian dollar 275.220 Thai Bhat 9.785 Iraqi Dinar 0.0001778 0.0002378 Turkish lira 147.100 Canadian dollars .2795430 .2816100 Syrian Pound 4.055 Jordanian Dinar 0.3968289 0.4043289 Swiss Franc 308.110 Danish Kroner .0497330 .0501010 Nepalese Rupees 3.325 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.0000000 1.0000000 Australian Dollar 265.480 Lebanese Pound 0.0001750 0.0001950 Swedish Kroner .0443660 .0446940 US Dollar Buying 283.650 Malaysian Ringgit 95.150 Australian dlr .2963730 .2985640 Moroccan Dirhams 0.0222390 0.0462390 Nigerian Naira 0.0012130 0.0018480 Hong Kong dlr .0365940 .0368650 GOLD Bahrain Exchange Company Singapore dlr .2291130 .2308060 20 Gram 248.000 Omani Riyal 0.7300286 0.7410286 Japanese yen .0029600 .0028810 10 Gram 125.500 Qatar Riyal 0.0777095 0.0784925 Indian Rs/KD .0000000 .0052870 5 Gram 65.000 CURRENCY BUY SELL Saudi Riyal 0.0751467 0.0757867 Sri Lanka rupee .0000000 .0022880 Europe Sudanese Pounds 0.0461426 0.0466926 Pakistan rupee .0000000 .0029190 British Pound 0.4333862 0.4423862 Syrian Pound 0.0027430 0.0029630 Bangladesh taka .0000000 .0036810 UAE Exchange Centre WLL Czech Korune 0.0066804 0.0186804 Tunisian Dinar 0.1740625 0.1800625 UAE dirhams .0773800 .0779520 Danish Krone 0.0465862 0.0515862 UAE Dirhams 0.0758409 0.0772909 Bahraini dinars .7538810 .7594530 COUNTRY SELL DRAFT SELL CASH Euro 0.3699962 0.3774962 Yemeni Riyal 0.0012801 0.0013801 Jordanian dinar .0000000 .4048090 Australian Dollar 273.98 274.000 Norwegian Krone 0.0436254 0.0488254 Scottish Pound 0.4307440 0.4382440 Saudi Riyal/KD .0757800 .0763400 Canadian Dollar 282.09 282.000 Al Mulla Exchange Omani riyals .7382100 .7436660 Swiss Franc 313.30 312.000 Swedish Krona 0.0395474 0.0445474 Philippine Peso .0000000 .0069870 Euro 383.66 380.000 Swiss Franc 0.3009076 0.3079076 US Dollar 283.40 284.500 Currency Transfer Rate (Per 1000) Australasia Sterling Pound 447.72 448.500 US Dollar 284.900 Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. Australian Dollar 0.2534400 0.2654400 Japanese Yen 3.05 3.300 Euro 377.250 New Zealand Dollar 0.2137168 0.2237168 Pound Sterling 442.150 Bangladesh Taka 3.655 3.670 Uganda Shilling 0.0001119 0.0001119 Canadian Dollar 275.100 ASIAN COUNTRIES Indian Rupee 4.828 5.050 Japanese Yen 2.950 Japanese Yen 2.910 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.206 2.550 America Indian Rupees 4.810 Indian Rupee 4.800 Nepali Rupee 3.026 3.250 Canadian Dollar 0.2663205 0.2753205 Pakistani Rupees 2.876 Egyptian Pound 40.075 Srilankan Rupees 2.207 Pakistani Rupee 2.877 2.900 Colombian Peso 0.0001452 0.0001632 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.209 Nepali Rupees 2.990 UAE Dirhams 77.23 78.000 US Dollars 0.2831500 0.2853000 Bangladesh Taka 3.658 Singapore Dollar 225.000 Bahraini Dinar 754.29 753.000 Philippines Peso 6.490 Hongkong Dollar 36.724 Egyptian Pound 39.91 38.800 Asia Pakistan Rupee 2.875 Bangladesh Taka 3.652 Jordanian Dinar 403.34 410.000 Bangladesh Taka 0.0036301 0.0036851 Bahraini Dinar 758.650 Cape Vrde Escudo 0.0031651 0.0033951 Philippine Peso 6.500 Omani Riyal 737.02 748.000 UAE Dirham 77.500 Thai Baht 9.144 Chinese Yuan 0.0455360 0.0505360 Qatari Riyal 78.26 79.500 Saudi Riyal 76.050 Malaysian ringgit 94.271 Eritrea-Nakfa 0.0164867 0.0195867 *Rates are subject to change Irani Riyal 0.271 Saudi Riyal 75.70 76.000 MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2013 BUSINESS Sterling Parfums & Musafir.com sign up BPG Maxus for media planning, buying

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Prudent investment Ethiopian Diaspora, back strategies when home to boost economy interest rates rise The story of burgeoning Diaspora community By Hayder Tawfik ADDIS ABABA: When Tadiwos country or has returned home that might actually strengthen ed local knowledge and language KUWAIT: The recent selloff in bonds Belete moved to Ethiopia from the recently. Most of them fled government that we need so bad- skills-the transition after years and other fixed income securities has United States a decade ago to Ethiopia’s military regime in the ly,” he said. away is not always easy. Unreliable been a big shock to most bond open a luxury spa, his relatives 1970s to settle in the United Ethiopia’s main pull seems to telecommunications, underdevel- investors who have been pouring bil- thought he was crazy. He built an States. Today, many are leaving be the drying up economic possi- oped infrastructure and crippling lions of dollars into the market over the office block on a crumbling con- flailing economies in the West to bilities in recession-hit Western bureaucracy are major challenges. last 5 years and to be precise since the gested thoroughfare in the centre take advantage of Ethiopia’s rapid countries. “It’s the opportunities Access to finance and foreign cur- start of the financial crisis back in 2008. of Addis Ababa, where there were growth. here, in many respects it’s beyond rency remains limited. At the same time billions of dollars few other businesses and seem- The economy here is growing low hanging fruit, it’s so obvious,” Ethiopia ranks 127 out of 185 were taken out of the stock markets ingly few opportunities for a suc- at an annual rate of 8.5 percent, said Zemedeneh Negatu, a man- countries in World Bank’s Doing looking for safe haven in the bond cessful entrepreneur. and was ranked the twelfth fastest aging partner at Ernst and Young. Business report, an index on the markets. I have been saying for a while Now from his fourth floor office growing economy in the world in Zemedeneh, who returned to ease of conducting business. that the historical low yields offered on overlooking the newly-refur- 2012 by the World Bank. Like Ethiopia after 14 years abroad, “Ethiopia’s business environment, bonds were just a time bomb waiting bished, six-lane Bole Road, today Tadiwos, most returnees are said the payback is enormous. “It’s especially in the area of trade to explode. No financial instruments crammed with cafes, hotels and logistics, is deteriorating com- are without risks including interest shopping centres-a sign of pared to other countries,” said Lars rate. A bond is a security issued by a Ethiopia’s thriving economy- Moller, lead economist at the borrower that can be a government, Tadiwos recalls almost despairing World Bank in Ethiopia. “If policy- quasi government, international insti- of finding other businesses to rent makers could focus on removing tutions and a company. In most cases it space in his office block. the red tape of doing business has a fixed maturity and a fixed Recommended strategies “I remember, we were almost that would be important to make coupon i.e. interest rate. It pays the Here, diversification can work well. If praying whether we could get sure that they reap the full bene- fixed interest rate either monthly, quar- interest income is important to the someone to rent this building,” fits of returning diaspora,” Moller terly or annually. It has a credit rating investor then always buy good quality Tadiwos said. “It’s amazing, I never added. For Addis Alemeyahou, applied to it. A triple AAA rated bond is bonds and hold on to them till maturi- believed it would grow this much, returning diaspora like him have guaranteed the capital and the interest ty while you collecting the coupons but it’s happened,” he added, look- help replace reliance on foreign rate payments throughout its life time. and have your capital repaid at the ing down at the busy street below. aid, a key pillar in Ethiopia’s The price of the bond moves depend- maturity of the bond. If an investor has Tadiwos is part of a burgeoning national economic plan. ing on demand and supply and the a short term perspective, then invest- diaspora community returning to “Real sustainable development, movement in short or long term inter- ing in a shorter duration with higher Ethiopia to invest in its booming the essence of it is basically pri- est rates. These kinds of bonds are for credit quality may help reduce the economy. Tadiwos’ business has vate sector development, it’s sure guaranteed so even its price can impact of rising rates. Sometimes, blossomed, along with his Boston investment,” he said, sitting in an fluctuate but the capital and the investing in a mix of short maturity, Day Spa, he has opened a restau- upmarket cupcake shop, a popular coupon payments are guaranteed. long maturity and some high yielding rant and a wine bar in Addis hangout among returnees located Short term interest rates in the G7 bonds that in total gives the investors a Ababa, along with two luxury in a fast developing neighbour- countries ranges from 0.25 to around short duration could lessen the impact resorts outside the capital. ADDIS ABABA: Boston Day Spa owner Tadiwos Belete poses in Addis hood in Addis Ababa. He said the 0.75 percent. These are the lowest rates of rising rates too. Investor should also He employs 1,500 people, and Ababa. Tadiwos Belete moved to Ethiopia ten years ago from the US vast majority of diaspora who ever. The selloff in the bond market maintain diversification at all times and goes out of his way to use and said he “can barely believe the building boom he has seen in the have come back are starting busi- was based on comments made by the in particular rates rising. Ethiopian materials and products city in the last decade”. — AFP nesses and creating jobs. “They’re Federal Reserve chairman, Ben Very high quality bonds such as US throughout his business empire. creating industries that are grow- Bernanke about the possibility of cut- Treasury, UK Gilts, Japanese For him, Ethiopia offered opportu- involved in the service sector, a combination of the financial ing, and I think that’s fuelling ting down on the monthly purchases Government bonds and German nities that did not exist in Boston, though investments in agriculture reward, but also these touchy- everything else,” he said. of bonds. Investors reacted violently to Government bonds are classified as where he already owned a suc- and real estate are also growing feely, fuzzy kind of things. You can Addis returned to his mother the news and sold off bonds aggres- top quality bonds and have low corre- cessful spa business. fast. quantify the contribution you country after 12 years in North sively. I think this does not mean that lation with stock market movements. He said he was drawn back not Returning diaspora offer hard make here, definitely it’s measura- America to start his own consult- rates will start going up soon. On the Investing in bonds as a mean of diver- only because he thought he could cash investments, but also invalu- ble,” he said. ing firm. He said when he left contrary, I believe rates could stay low sification in a portfolio of assets or in a make a living here, but also able skills, education and experi- Though statistics are not avail- Washington DC, people were wary for a long time to come. This is purely balanced portfolio can reduce the because he wanted to take part in ence acquired in the West. But able, Zemedeneh said the number about his move, but now the based on that the rate of inflation is volatility of the portfolio. That is Ethiopia’s development. their influence is not only eco- of successful businesses estab- majority of Ethiopians he knew low and could even go lower. These because prices of different types of “The profitability is here, you nomic, according to Shanta lished by returnees has grown in there have moved back home. low rates will not stay low forever and bonds can move inversely with stock can see it, you can feel it, you can Devarajan, head of the Africa recent years, which builds confi- Many, Zemedeneh among investors should be very careful that prices or some other assets. So, when touch it. But as well ... as a human region at the World Bank. “The dence among other diaspora them, see the trend continuing. “I the risks are there and when rates start there is an expectation of rising rates being you can make a difference diaspora might bring strength- Ethiopians contemplating a move am very positive that the diaspora moving higher bond prices get sold off as it is the case now, bond will lag here,” he said. With an estimated ened governance to African soci- back. But although returning will be a very significant player in as it has happened in the last few days. stocks and will underperform but four million diaspora living over- eties. These are people who have Ethiopians have an advantage the Ethiopian economy, I don’t How does a bond price behave when rates are falling like they did seas, almost one in every 20 been outside the system and are over foreign investors such as the think there’s any question about when rates are rising? back in 2008 than they will help sus- Ethiopians either lives outside the able to observe it from afar, and Indian or Chinese who have limit- it,” Zemedeneh said. —AFP In general, a rise in interest rate is tain good investment returns for a not good for the bond price. Simply, diversified portfolio. Don’t forget even when rates go up bond price go down. though the price of the bond can go However, not all bond prices go down down the issuer will continue paying Bumps in the stock market’s bull run in the same magnitude. The total the coupon assuming they do not return for bonds with different maturi- default. In a falling interest rates envi- NEW YORK: It’s really not so bad. Sure, the points, or 15.9 percent, to 1,022.58. The next ties and different coupons can vary ronment investors should avoid invest- stock market is down nearly 5 percent since big interruption to the stock market’s rise widely. To lessen the loss impact on ing in bonds that are callable by the May 21, the day before the Federal Reserve came a year later when the index fell by Italy to delay VAT sales bond when rates rising, investors issuer or Floating Rate Notes that first said it could begin pulling back its eco- 245.79 points, or 18.3 percent, between July should watch out for two very impor- adjust the interest payment in line with nomic stimulus. 22 and October 3, 2011. The catalyst was a tax hike: Official tant metrics: falling short term interest rates. Yet taking a step back, the selloff could tussle between US lawmakers in ROME: Italy will delay for at least three months a rise • Bond Duration: measure of a Investing in Floating Rate Notes is ultimately represent nothing more than a Washington over extending the debt ceil- in sales tax which was due to take effect in July and bond’s price sensitivity to changes in good when rates are rising. Also, bond hiccup. The market is in the midst of a bull ing. The fight threatened to push the US the government aims to cancel the rise altogether, interest rates. This should not be con- investors could look for other income run that began in March 2009, and it has into default. Investors dumped stocks. deputy Economy Minister Stefano Fassina said in a fused with the maturity of the bond. options. For instance, real estate invest- newspaper interview yesterday. • Credit spread: the amount of extra endured sharper declines several times The most recent slump came in the run- ment that pays fixed income on a The scheduled 1 percentage point rise in the main yield a bond pays compared with a monthly basis and its income can only since the rally began. Every time, stocks up to the November presidential election, rate of value-added tax (VAT) to 22 percent has government bond with similar charac- be adjusted upwards in line with infla- have recovered. when investors worried about the threat of become a major focus of tension for Enrico Letta’s teristics i.e. maturity, credit rating, tion on annual basis. These kinds of Investors have reason to feel confident fiscal stalemate and the potential for politi- coupon, currency, size of the issue (liq- investments give the investors good stocks can bounce back yet again. The cal gridlock in Washington. coalition government. Silvio Berlusconi’s centre-right uidity), and market risk. income and potential capital gains economy is gradually improving and corpo- But once investors ultimately learned to People of Freedom party, which Letta depends on for Bonds with short maturity tend to when the investments are sold. rate earnings are setting records. Those fac- live with the discord in Washington, the his majority, has demanded that the increase be can- have a shorter duration and less sensi- Whenever there is an expectation of tors drive stocks higher. “It’s just a bump market resumed its upward surge, climbing celled, but Letta has hesitated because of the impact tive to any movement in interest rates a change on the directions of interest along the road and these levels represent a almost without interruption to its most on Italy’s strained public finances. than bonds with long duration. rates, asset classes react differently and buying opportunity,” said Peter Cardillo, recent peak last month. Between Nov. 15 “I think a delay is inevitable,” Fassina told La Stampa and he predicted “the most likely outcome” Investors can buy bonds with maturi- in different magnitude. However, some Chief Market Economist at Rockwell Global and May 21, the S&P 500 index gained 316 would be for the increase to first be delayed until ties of few days to 30 years. When rates asset classes could benefit more than Capital. “By the end of the year we will be points, or 23 percent. October, when the government presents its budget move higher or when there is any hint the others. What is very important for much higher.” The 4.6 percent selloff from “If you look at the grand scale of where for next year, and then scrapped altogether. of rising rates, long duration bonds get investors is to understand why the shift the S&P 500’s May 21 record close of we’ve come this year, this really is a hiccup,” corrected far more than bonds with in interest rates and what causing the The cancellation would cost around 4 billion euros 1,669.16 doesn’t even qualify as a pullback - said JJ Kinahan, chief derivatives strategist short duration i.e. up to 2 years. Also, shift to happen. Once the reasons are ($5.3 billion) per year which would have to be found bonds that are classified as junk bonds understood then investors should defined as a slump from peak to trough of 5 at TD Ameritrade of this week’s selloff. through other tax hikes or spending cuts if Italy is to I e that are not investment grade get position themselves inthose assets that percent to 9 percent. Since bottoming out Typically, a pullback in stocks lasts about meet its goal of holding the budget deficit below the the hardest hit when rates rising. will benefit the most in the change in at a low of 676.53 after the financial crisis, one month from peak to trough, said Sam European Union’s limit of 3 percent of output. Usually these junk bonds pay a much rates or in the case of equity investors the S&P 500 index has climbed 135 percent. Stovall, chief equity strategist at S&P Capital Fassina, who comes from Letta’s centre-left higher interest ie coupon than good they should look for those sectors that During that stretch it had six pullbacks and IQ, who has studied the S&P 500 going back Democratic Party, said the government was dis- quality bonds and that is to attract are ready to move higher because of two corrections - losses of 10 percent or to 1946. The stock market then takes about cussing possible ways of finding the money but a investors. At times when global econo- the change in interest rates environ- greater. The index has yet to slip into a bear two months to recoup its losses. That sug- solution had still not been found. my is very strong high yielding bonds ment. market, a drop of 20 percent or more. gests that a buy-and-hold strategy and a On Saturday Il Giornale newspaper, which is (junk bonds) tend to do very well if the -Hayder Tawfik - Executive Vice The first big wobble in the rally started willingness to sit out rough patches favor owned by Berlusconi’s brother, said in a headline on issuer’s business is growing strongly in President of Asset Management, at April 23, 2010, when concerns about the long-term investors. “History usually says its front page that the government would fall unless line with the general economy. Dimah Capital- [email protected] European debt crisis unsettled investors. By that you’re much better off buying than Letta cancelled the sales tax increase. — Reuters July 2, the S&P 500 index had fallen 194.70 bailing,” Stovall said. —AP MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2013 BUSINESS Starbucks pays British Fed shakes markets as party ends corporation tax NBK MONEY MARKETS REPORT LONDON: US-based coffee giant Starbucks said yesterday it had paid £5 million in British corporation tax and will pay another £15 million by next year after fac- KUWAIT: Known to be the most dovish man Troika commitments, were ignored and the ing a backlash from lawmakers and customers over non-payment. in the world, in the last FOMC press confer- euro continued to be well sustained when The move comes despite Starbucks claiming that it remained unprofitable in ence, Ben Bernanke acknowledged that compared to the other currencies. Indeed, in Britain, and that it was looking at closing its struggling stores in the country. downside risks have diminished in the US a letter addressed to euro zone leaders, Corporation tax is levied on a company’s profits and currently stands at a rate of and there is further improvement in the Cyprus’ president has asked for a complete 23 percent in Britain. The announcement comes after leaders of the G8 major labor market. The Fed’s economic projec- revamp of his country Ä10 billion bailout economies last week struck a deal to fight corporate tax avoidance, which while tions showed growth in-line to slightly high- package and warned that Nicosia may not not illegal, robs government coffers of sizeable income at a time of deep cuts to er and a lower jobless rate forecast. Markets be able to meet the rescue’s current terms public spending. took these comments as a signal that with because it has harmed the country’s econo- Yesterday’s statement confirms an announcement by Starbucks last this kind of improvements, there is no way my and banking system even more than December that it intended to pay £10 million ($15.4 million, 11.8 million euros) that the Fed could continue the largest expected. Also, reports that the IMF may in British corporation tax both this year and in 2014. The last time Starbucks accommodation program the world has suspend aid payments to Greece unless the paid such tax in Britain was in 2008. ever known. Automatically, selling pressure bailout hole is plugged, did not get any trac- “Six months ago, we felt that our customers should not have to wait for us to started to hit every single market with the tion from the market. become profitable before we started paying UK corporation tax,” Starbucks said. bond market coming under consistent and The Greek bailout, Cyprus restructuring “We listened to our customers in December and so decided to forgo certain intense pressure. of its banking system along the refusal of deductions which would make us liable to pay £10 million in corporation tax While it started with the bond market, the ECB to embark into unconventional this year and a further £10 million in 2014. — AFP the movement translated into Dollar monetary policies signaled that all Euro strength across the board with emerging funded carry trades should be unwounded markets coming under intense pressure and gave a boost for the currency against all whether from equity to bond and currency its peers. As LTRO repayment continue to be markets. aggressively priced in, we do not believe this In summary, the main message from the event would materialize and we believe Fed speech this week was a change in tone markets are poised to be disappointed as to portray a hawkish Fed, as the entire Europe is still behind the US in term of eco- debate shifted from the timing of QE taper- nomic recovery with a weak un-unified ing to the timing of QE exit. In addition, banking system. while the FOMC statement continues to As global markets were shocked by a highlight the potential for QE to be adjusted potential end of the cheap money syn- up or down, the Chairman’s press confer- drome, the euro has been supported on the ence was all about expectations of a QE back of the deleveraging/unwind of carry wind-down. On the foreign exchange side, trade. Hence, we do not believe that the currencies closed the week with a stronger Euro performance as of late is to be taken for Dollar across the board with the main vic- a fundamental shift rather than just traders tims emerging markets currencies. positioning of portfolios. Europe’s problems After falling all week up to Wednesday are far from being solved, and interest rates night, the dollar index received a boost from yields in the peripheral countries have the Fed meeting to close the week at the moved too aggressively into a recovery high of 82.50. The euro was very well sup- shape with Spain and Italy yielding 4.56 per- ported at the beginning of the week, reach- cent and 4.27 percent. ing a high over 1.3400 levels; however, the currency ran out of steam and broke down UK retail sales after the FOMC meeting to close the week at After a negative second quarter, the third 1.3122 following a stronger USD against all quarter represents the beginning of a new the majors. era in the UK’s monetary policymaking. The sterling pound held firm at the Mervin King leaves at a time when the 1.5600 levels, helped by an unwinding of future looks a little brighter after better than Sterling funded carry trades; however, the expected PMIs and industrial productions reaction was fairly muted. After reaching a this week, albeit still very uncertain. The low- high of 1.5752 on Monday, the Pound ended er inflation continues to ease constraints on the week at 1.5419. the BoE to deliver more QE. The Japanese yen dropped by over 4 per- In addition, the recent performance of cent during the week on stronger USD and the UK economy is not a fundamental shift, on comments from Japan central Bank gov- as Europe’s problem are far from being ernor that uncertainty surrounding Japan’s solved, and the UK is about to enter into economy remained high; however, the unchartered territories with a new Central country’s exports have started to pick up banker with a different philosophy than the with support from the currency moves. The predecessor. Yen closed the week with 10 points shy of On the data side, retail sales bounced this 98.00. In the commodity complex, Gold week by 2.1 percent in May on increase prices tumbled again mainly on continuing spending on an increase in food store sales, unwind of carry trades and a hawkish the biggest driver of the headline volume Federal Reserve. As confusion over the Fed growth month on month. policy continues, investors are attempting to Additionally, the UK service Sector PMI price a potential exit of QE from the Fed. beat expectations coming at 54.9 compared Gold prices closed the week below the to analysts forecast of 52.9. $1,300 level. After getting support from the political Asia turmoil in the Middle East, oil prices suc- After an extremely volatile week whether cumbed to the global selling pressure and over the equity, bond or the currency mar- ended the week at $95.60. kets, the Japanese yen lost around 4 percent after Bernanke Speech. In a continued effort The FOMC meeting to calm markets and reduce volatility to The Chairman of the Fed, Ben Bernanke, avoid derailing a weak Japanese recovery, in tried to provide some comfort to the bond his latest speech, Japan’s central bank gover- market but the hope lasted only seconds nor Kuroda acknowledged that Japan’s into his speech, as 10 years yield moved economy have picked up, exports have from 2.18 percent to over 2.42 percent by started increasing due to the currency the end of the week. The FOMC statement movement, and markets have been some- noted downside economic risk had dimin- what unstable since late May, however were ished and labor market showed further likely to stabilize over time. He also noted improvement in the economy. Investors the will to adjust the monetary policy as took these signs as the Fed could be prepar- needed, looking at both upside and down- ing for tapering in the second part of the side risks to Japan’s economy and prices. year but Bernanke tried to limit the impact In addition, during the last meeting of by suggesting tapering would not be over the BOJ, policy makers refrained from until mid 2014. expanding their tools to address bond-mar- Bernanke downplayed the triggers on ket volatility, sticking with an April plan to hitting economic targets. “The economic double the monetary base, left the door conditions we have set out as preceding any open to future changes though, saying that future rate increase are thresholds, not trig- it will “make adjustments as needed.” gers.” In addition, “increases in the target for After the large pressure exerted by the the federal funds rate, once they begin, are Fed speech on Wednesday, China’s Central likely to be gradual”. Bank injected funds to alleviate a cash The market ignored these comments as crunch experienced by some local banks. he added that if the economy performed Indeed, the PBOC used reverse-repurchase more strongly, the pace of the taper could agreements to inject funds into selected become more aggressive. According to ana- banks, however not across the board. lysts, under the Fed’s scenario, the rate of According to analysts, if any injections were purchases would change from $85 billion made, they were likely explicitly targeted at later this year to zero by mid-year 2014. specific banks facing liquidity problems. The latest US Empire Manufacturing sur- The continuation of the Chinese slow vey came much stronger than expected and growth combined with the Fed potential the national association of Homebuilders unwinding of QE, have not helped emerging numbers impressed markets, as it seems markets lately. that homebuyers were insensitive to a Growth dropped to 7.7 percent in the potential increase of interest rates. The first quarter of the year, and many econo- headline component of the NY Empire sur- mists expect it to fall further in the second vey was as mentioned stronger +7.8 vs. -1.4 quarter. Chinese policy makers responded previously. However, the underlying details to a similar slowdown last year by cutting showed a broad-based deterioration. Aside interest rates and speeding up infrastructure from the inflation components, every under- projects, however, it could be more prob- lying component deteriorated, including lematic this time. new orders, shipments, unfilled orders, delivery times, inventories, employment and Commodities the average workweek. On the other hand, The price of Gold broke through a num- the general business conditions in the sur- ber of key technical levels this week and this vey indicated that conditions had improved exacerbated the move down. Demand from modestly. physical players on this price break was Housing Starts statistics were also out strong, but not enough to stem the losses this week. while the number soared, it failed from financial selling. The sell-off was also to match the excitement rising 6.8 percent not contained to the just the gold market as in the month to 914k following a -14.8 per- silver fell also 8.5 percent. cent decline previously, which appeared to be due to unfavorable weather in that Oil prices drop month. Still May starts are up 29 percent Oil prices fell sharply amid commodity from year earlier levels. Housing permits liquidation this week. A higher USD and declined -3.1 percent in May (to 974k), but weaker-than-expected China Flash this followed a 12.9 percent increase in April. Manufacturing PMI reading this week pres- sured markets. As US equities fell this week Europe & UK and the USD rallied, this provided a triple Markets continue ignoring all European headwind for oil. headlines as all attention is turned to the economic situation in the US and China. Kuwait Indeed, headlines coming out of Europe this Kuwaiti dinar at 0.28465 week, whether about Cyprus protesting The USDKWD opened at 0.28465 yester- their package or Greece being late on the day morning. BUSINESS MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2013

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Blink comes with advanced image Consumers can also create their own subscribers, an average of two per person, Sheikh Mohammed for their journey by using metro stations able to take in five times more light than stabilization technology aimed at personal soundtrack by selecting the bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the in countries that provide this means competing smartphones without using removing camera shake so that users Nokia Music ‘Create’ function that gener- UAE and Ruler of Dubai recently announced the launch of ‘Smart (Dubai is one of those more than 500 flash, making it possible to capture clear, could focus on the part of the scene that Government’, and initiative that aims to ensure that government cities), by entering a starting point and bright pictures and video indoors as interests them the most. services will be delivered via mobile phones as part of his vision end point. The app then displays a plan well as night time shots. to provide services to people wherever they are and at any time including the trains that the user should How does this work? The advanced With Nokia, Microsoft has made promising strides within the ride, as well as their arrival and depar- floating lens technology reacts to the Windows 8 platform - 48 out of the 50 most downloaded apps ture times. The app tells the user the minute movements in your hand to bal- from the Windows Phone store (Marketplace) are available on its time and distance needed on foot to ance the lens, so the shutter can stay Lumia range of smartphones. Not only that, when it comes to arrive at the station, duration of the open longer, and more light means free apps, Nokia offers more value than any smartphone manu- journey, how to get to the next stop and brighter, clearer images without flash. facturer. Not only do Lumia smartphone users have access to all take another bus until arrival at the Nokia has also adopted a massive f/2.0 the apps in the Windows Phone Store; they can get also get their desired stop, and the overall duration of aperture - in layman’s terms, it lets in hands on some innovative exclusive Nokia Lumia apps focusing the journey. more light from the start when you’re on experiences including Navigation, Imaging and Music. using it indoors. Both these measures These three factors form the crux of Nokia’s differentiating Map Applications mean a lower sensor size is needed in strengths within the Smartphone market, as the brand has unri- Users can choose their destination valled expertise and technology in each of them, through its and ask for directions from the mapping innovative Nokia Maps (HERE technology), Pureview Imaging system integrated in their phone, as well technology and Nokia Music, the biggest library of over 22 as choose the means of transport, Million tracks for local and international music. whether on foot or by car, or even by Encouraged by this trend, Nokia has been working continu- metro in countries providing this means ously with developers to deliver the best apps to its Lumia of transport. The system then calculates ates a playlist based on, and inspired by, phones users. This has included initiatives focusing on grassroots the easiest and fastest routes in mere the artists they love. Consumers in the development of the ecosystem itself such as Nokia and seconds, and begins showing the direc- UAE can enjoy Nokia Music artists’ rang- Microsoft’s debut regional Midnight Developer App Challenge tions and voicing them out if the user ing from the legendary Mohamed Abdo, contest, where five university teams from Tunisia, Kenya, chose that feature. The user can benefit Rashed Al Majed, Abdul Majeed Pakistan, UAE, won prizes and received technical training from these maps to discover cities Abdullah, Nancy Ajram, Myriam Fares, through webinars for their innovative app creations after receiv- worldwide and get to know the vacation George Wassouf and many more. ing advanced technical training and coding sessions with Nokia destination beforehand, as well as save and Microsoft software experts over a period of four months. the places they want to visit on their Imaging The Windows Phone ecosystem continues to grow at an phone. The Lumia range has some of the amazing rate. With more than 145,000+ apps and games, the most developed Smartphone technolo- platform is growing by the hundreds every day. “HERE” City Lens gies in imaging, utilizing Nokia’s innova- Nokia fitted its new phones with tive PureView technology to offer the MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2013 BUSINESS

Ford wins ‘International Engine of Year’ for second year Automaker announces increase in 1.0-Litre EcoBoost production

DUBAI: Ford Motor Company’s ultra- have to drive it to believe a small built in Cologne and Craiova, Small enough to fit in the over- fuel efficient and spirited 1.0-litre three-cylinder engine can deliver Romania. head luggage compartment of an EcoBoost petrol engine yesterday such performance and fuel econo- Dean Slavnich, co-chairman of airplane, the engine delivers best in was named 2013 International my.” the 15th International Engine of the class petrol fuel economy for Europe Engine of the Year, marking the sec- A panel of 87 automotive journal- Year awards and editor of Engine in such vehicles as Fiesta, Focus, C- ond straight year Ford’s acclaimed ists from 35 countries around the Technology International Magazine, MAX and Grand C-MAX. Ford’s three-cylinder engine has captured world judged the awards on drivabil- said: “Baby EcoBoost - Ford’s first- Cologne and Craiova Engine Plants the award. ity, performance, economy, refine- ever three-cylinder design - is still were upgraded to facilitate 1.0-litre The 1.0-litre EcoBoost - which ment and the successful application the engine to beat across the board. EcoBoost production and intro- combines direct fuel injection, tur- of advanced engine technology. It’s economical in real-world condi- duced advanced manufacturing bocharging and variable valve tim- Ford is one of three car makers to tions while the compact turbo helps techniques that reduce the volume ing to lower fuel consumption with- record back-to-back victories in the ensure that the entire package can of coolant required when machining out sacrificing power - received the 15-year history of the awards. The power larger vehicles like the Grand aluminum engine parts to just five highest score in the history of the Ford 1.0-litre EcoBoost also has won C-MAX with ease.” millilitres per component from two awards. The engine also won the the International Paul Pietsch Award The 1.0-litre EcoBoost engine is litres previously, contributing to a “Best Engine Under 1.0-litre” catego- 2013 for technological innovation at currently offered in small cars such reduced environmental footprint ry at the annual awards presented by German magazine Auto Motor und as Fiesta and B-MAX and compact from manufacturing. Engine Technology International Sport Best Cars Awards and the offerings including Focus, C-MAX New “cold testing” technology magazine. Dewar Trophy from the Royal and Grand C-MAX. In the near future was also introduced, allowing Ford also confirmed plans to dou- Automobile Club in Great Britain, a it will power larger cars including the engines to be tested without being ble production of the engine at its Breakthrough Award from Popular new Ford Mondeo. It also will be started - reducing fuel usage and Cologne (Germany) Engine Plant to Mechanics magazine in the US. offered in Transit Connect and CO2 emissions from the process by more than 1,000 engines a day from “Who’d have believed it? A 1.0-litre Transit Courier commercial vehicles 66 per cent. All remaining energy mid-August to meet demand. engine that has it all, powerful, fuel and Tourneo Connect and Tourneo required to run the Cologne plant “With a technology as mature as efficient, clean and lightweight,” said Courier people movers. comes from renewable sources, the internal combustion engine, it’s Peter Lyon, UK juror and freelance The engine is being rolled out including three hydro-power plants very rare to achieve a true break- journalist. “This is a masterpiece.” The throughout the world. It is now avail- in Norway and Sweden. Ford of 2015, from 141,000 in 2011. The the 1.0-litre EcoBoost engine through, but that is exactly what the 1.0-litre EcoBoost was designed at able for customers buying the new Europe plans to triple annual pro- company projects that more than accounted for 42 per cent of orders team accomplished with this Ford’s research and development EcoSport in India and China and later duction of vehicles equipped with 300,000 of those vehicles will be in B-MAX, 30 per cent in Focus and engine,” said Joe Bakaj, Ford vice centres in Aachen and Merkenich, this year will be offered with Fiesta in fuel-efficient EcoBoost petrol equipped with the 1.0-litre EcoBoost. 24 per cent in Fiesta across Ford’s 19 president, Global Powertrain. “You Germany, and Dunton, U.K., and is North America. engines to approximately 480,000 by In the first quarter of 2013 in Europe, traditional European markets. Selection process begins for Proteges powered by KIPCO

KUWAIT: The Protges campaign for registration has ended in success - the mentorship program that provides young people with opportunities to learn life and leadership skills have begun the process to select the 25 young people aged between 16 and 24 to take part in the program. Program manager, Shamlan Al-Bahar explained the selection process: “We look for exceptional young people with ambition and passion. Once we receive an application, we invite each applicant to our office for an inter- view. First they fll out a brief personality test and then they face a panel of our mentors. They are asked carefully designed questions that show their personality and morals. When we see something special in the first interview, we invite them back for a second interview. Each appli- NBK announces first 6 winners cant receives a score and only once we’ve met each and every applicant will we be able to to win up to KD 10,000 cash prizes select the 25 Generation 3 Proteges. “ Al-Bahar wishes to thank all sponsors for their KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) spread in to three draws will be reimbursed contribution to the campaign: “Many thanks to announced the first six winners of up to KD for all their spending using NBK Cards up to The Proteges strategic partner KIPCO and their 10,000 in cash prizes in its summer cam- KD 10,000 each. group of participating companies: Burgan Bank, paign. NBK Summer Campaign offers cus- For every cumulative KD 20 spent in KAMCO, United Real Estate, Qurain tomers the chance to win an astonishing Kuwait with NBK Credit or Prepaid Cards, Petrochemical Industries Company, Gulf Azimut 40 Flybridge Yacht as a grand prize Cardholders will earn a chance to enter the Insurance Group, United Networks, Kuwait at the end of the campaign as well as up to draws. Cardholders will triple their chances Hotels Company and the American University of KD 180,000 in cash prizes during the cam- by using their NBK Credit, Prepaid and Kuwait. With their help, Generation 3 is shaping paign. Debit Card abroad or by shopping on inter- up to be the best yet.” August and continue for 4 weeks. For the latest Wael Majed Al-Nemer, Athar Hamad Al- national sites. He added: “We also wish to thank our plat- news and information about the program, follow Saleh, Abdulaziz Abdulaziz Saad, Mazyad NBK Cards are accepted worldwide and inum sponsors Abyat, Ali Alghanim & Sons us on Twitter: the_ proteges and Instagram: Raja Al-Baloud, Abeer Ibraheem Al- are the safest, most convenient and Automotive Company, and Al-Anba newspaper. TheProteges or visit www.theproteges.org Rushoud and Rulla Qais Al-Nusif each won rewarding way to pay. For more informa- We would also like to thank Al-Rai, our local Founded in 2010, The Proteges is a program cash prizes up to KD 10,000 in the first tion log onto nbk.com or contact Hala media partner and our bronze sponsor, IFA designed to positively infuence the youth of draw. Watani on 1801801. Consulting Services. Because of their contribu- Kuwait, through an inclusive program that com- NBK Cardholders still have the chance to The Azimut 40 Flybridge is one of the tions and support, we will be able to create a bines travel, lectures, group activities, chal- participate in the promotion and earn most luxurious yachts designed by Azimut- truly life-changing experience for 25 young peo- lenges, games and fun. Guided by a team of unlimited chances in the last two draws Benetti, the world renowned yacht manu- ple.” mentors, The Proteges are encouraged to dis- throughout the summer until 15 facturers, combining elegance and com- The selected applicants for The Proteges, cover their passions and given the tools to help September 2013. In addition to the grand fort. Seas & Deserts Group is the exclusive Generation 3 will be announced on July 1, 2013. them excel in their future careers and contribute prize for the Azimut 40 Yacht, 18 winners Azimut Yachts dealer in Kuwait. The program will start in the second week of positively to society. Shamlan Al-Bahar

Warba Bank appoints Iyad Al Starwood Hotels & Resorts Busairi as Branches Dept Manager expands presence in Saudi KUWAIT: Warba Bank, the most recently opened Sharia of the bank’s branch network, and the achievement of the MAKKAH: Starwood Hotels & Resorts the most sought-after hotel brands in second-biggest global pipeline. With a compliant Kuwaiti Bank, yesterday announced the objective of becoming one of Kuwait’s leading financial Worldwide, Inc has signed an agree- the region. Offering a warm and lively modern design and an uncomplicated appointment of Iyad Al-Busairi as Branches Islamic institutions. Commenting on his ment with Jabal Omar Development ambience, the Sheraton Makkah Hotel friendly approach to hospitality and Department Manager. Al-Busairi comes to appointment, Iyad Al-Busairi said: “I am very Company to open three new hotels in will boast 532 guest rooms and suites service, Four Points by Sheraton Warba with more than 14 years of specialized pleased to join Warba Bank and looking for- the Holy City of Makkah. As part of the featuring the all-white Sheraton Sweet Makkah will offer guests a compelling experience in managing banking branches, ward to helping the bank accomplish its ambi- Jabal Omar Development project, Sleeper(r) Bed. The hotel will also fea- blend of comfort, style and affordabili- and has a deep knowledge of the Islamic tious goals. Warba Bank has a strong presence Starwood will add 1,496 rooms to the ture five food and beverage venues, ty. Four Points by Sheraton Makkah banking market in Kuwait. He will lead and and a great track record of successes, and we city under the company’s Sheraton, including two large buffet restaurants will feature 451 comfortable guest supervise business operations in all Warba are determined to enhance the bank’s position Westin and Four Points by Sheraton to suit the schedules of guests. rooms, an all-day dining restaurant, a Bank branches. Prior to joining Warba, Al- and increase future achievements”. brands when the hotels open in 2015. Other signature offerings at the lounge, a business center and over 92 Busairi held many senior positions, most Kuwaitization at the management level of Starwood currently operates 10 prop- Sheraton Makkah Hotel include the square meters (1,000 square feet) of prominently a Branch Manager at Kuwait Warba Bank has crossed the 75 percent mark, erties in Saudi Arabia, the second Sheraton Club Lounge and meeting and event space. Finance House (KFH) from 1996 to 2010, dur- demonstrating the commitment of the bank to largest market for the company in the Link@Sheraton experienced with ing which he trained more than 350 bank utilize the leadership qualities of Kuwaitis. This Middle East behind the UAE. Microsoft in the lobby, a unique social Starwood in the Middle employees. He then spent two years as the high figure has been achieved despite a num- “We are delighted to work with and communications hub delivering East and Saudi Arabia Chief Executive Officer of Mashaer Group- Haj Iyad Dawood Al- ber of challenges. Jabal Omar Development Company as the technology guests expect and “This landmark project, featuring and Umrah. Bousairi Due to a lack of Kuwaiti recruits in some sec- we introduce the Sheraton, Westin and require while on the road. Sheraton three of our lifestyle brands, marks an The appointment of Iyad Al-Busairi as Branches tors, the bank provided training to young Nationals with Four Points by Sheraton brands to the Fitness Programmed by Core important milestone for Starwood in Department Manager will support the business strategy high qualifications, which enabled the bank to achieve holy city of Makkah,” said Michael Wale, Performance will feature separate gym the Middle East,” said Bart Carnahan, undertaken by the bank since incorporation, which focus Kuwaitization of 98 percent in some departments, includ- President, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, equipment and training facilities. The Senior Vice President Acquisitions & on employing the most highly qualified people in order to ing Corporate, Retail and HR. Reflecting Warba’s commit- Europe, Africa and Middle East. “As hotel will also offer over 185 square Development, Starwood Hotels & redefine the Islamic banking sector in Kuwait over the ment to employ local expertise and talent, the bank has business travel and religious tourism meters (2,000 square feet) of meeting Resorts, Europe, Africa and Middle East. coming years. Al-Busairi’s experience and skills will con- achieved overall Kuwaitization across its entire operations continue to expand in Saudi Arabia, we and event space. “With eight hotels in the pipeline in the tribute significantly towards the growth and development of more than 60 percent. believe the time is right to expand our next three years, we are set to nearly portfolio in the country.” Westin Makkah Hotel double our portfolio in the Kingdom of Abdul Rahman Abdul Qadir Fakieh, Offering a tranquil and relaxing Saudi Arabia.” chairman of the board for Jabal Omar atmosphere, Westin Makkah will fea- Starwood currently operates 10 Burgan Bank announces daily Development Company commented, ture 513 guest rooms and suites outfit- hotels in Saudi Arabia under the “We are excited to partner with ted with the renowned Westin Sheraton and Le Meridien brands. This Starwood to bring three of their world- Heavenly Bed and the Heavenly Bath. includes two Le Meridien hotels in winners of Yawmi account class brands to Makkah. We believe the Westin Makkah will offer two large buf- Makkah, Sheraton Riyadh Hotels & addition of these hotels is in line with fet restaurants for guests, as well as a Towers, Le Meridien Medina, as well as KUWAIT: Burgan Bank announced yesterday the names of the draw stands at KD 10. The newly designed Yawmi the goal of the Jabal Omar specialty restaurant and two lounges. hotels in the cities of Al Khobar, Taif the five lucky winners of its Yawmi account draw, each taking account has been launched to provide a highly innovative Development to improve and urbanize Signature experiences such as the and Dammam. Most recently, home a prize of KD 5,000. offering along with a higher frequency and incentive of win- the central area surrounding Al Haram Heavenly Spa by Westin and the Starwood opened Four Points by The lucky winners for the daily draws took home a cash- ning for everyone. Today, the Yawmi account is a well under- and provide much needed facilities WestinWORKOUT, offering fitness facili- Sheraton Riyadh Khaldia and the com- prize of KD 5000 each, and they are: stood product, where its popularity can be seen from the and accommodations for pilgrims.” Al- ties with state-of-the-art equipment, pany will open the Sheraton Medina 1. Abdulmohsen Khaled Abdulmohsen number of increasing account holders. Haram, the Jabal Omar Development, will help create a revitalizing stay for Hotel and Four Points by Sheraton Albahar Burgan Bank encourages everyone to open a Yawmi is a 230,000 square meter mixed-use guests. The hotel will also offer more Medina Hotel later this year. With the 2. Sarkis Enjian account and/or increase their deposit to maximize their development in Makkah comprised of than 232 square meters (2,500 square signing of three new developments in 3. Ahmd Jehad Abdulrahman Al-Yousef chances to becoming a daily winner. The more customers 38 high-rise buildings. With 26 hotels feet) of ultra-modern meeting and Makkah, Starwood now has over 3,000 4. Hussien Abdul-Kareem Abdulla Ramadan deposit, the higher the chances they receive of winning the and over 11,000 rooms, the complex is function space. rooms in its Saudi Arabia pipeline. 5. Mohammad Hussain Mohammad Hussain Al-Faily draw. Opening a Yawmi account is simple, customers are one of the largest hotel developments Starwood operates close to 50 hotels With its new and enhanced features, the Yawmi Account urged to visit their nearest Burgan Bank branch and receive in the world. Four Points by Sheraton and resorts across the Middle East has become more convenient, easier, and faster for cus- all the details, or simply call the bank’s Call Center at 1804080 Makkah Hotel under eight of the company’s nine dis- tomers to benefit from. Now, customers will be eligible to where customer service representatives will be delighted to Sheraton Makkah Hotel With more than 170 hotels around tinct lifestyle brands including: The enter the draw after 48 hours only from opening the account. assist with any questions on the Yawmi account or any of the With a long history in the Middle the world, the Four Points by Sheraton Luxury Collection, St. Regis, Sheraton, Customers are also required to deposit KD 100 or equivalent bank’s products and services. Customers can also log on to East, spanning more than 50 years, the brand has solidified its place as Westin, W Hotels, Le Meridien, Four only to enter the daily draw, and the coupon value to enter Burgan Bank’s www.burgan.com for further information. Sheraton brand continues to be one of Starwood’s third largest brand with the Points by Sheraton and Aloft. MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2013 technology New frontier for cybersecurity: Your body

WASHINGTON: So far, the idea of hacking ing for it,” said Kevin Fu, a University of tion doesn’t,” he said. Jack has been Windows XP or Windows 95. These are ventilators, drug infusion pumps and oth- into medical devices has been limited to Michigan professor of computer science researching implantable medical devices extremely vulnerable to computer mal- er equipment. A number of computer fiction and hacker demonstrations. But US specializing in health security. “It takes just such as pacemakers and defibrillators ware,” Fu said. security firms are working to help the regulators and security experts say the a blink of the eye for malware to get in.” from a major manufacturer, and said he Attacks or insertion of malware could industry, but Fu said these solutions are threat is real: malicious actors can gain Fu co-authored a 2008 research paper has found the devices “to be particularly affect things like radiation therapy, or often the equivalent of a Band-Aid. “Most access to devices ranging from pacemak- highlighting the risks of implantable vulnerable.” He said that from a range of devices which mix nutrients for intra- cybersecurity problems can be traced ers to insulin pumps, with potentially fatal devices like cardiac defibrillators, which 10 to 15 m, “I can retrieve the credentials venous delivery, he said. Medical devices back to the design,” he said. “I have doubts results. The US Food and Drug could be reprogrammed by hackers who needed to interrogate the individual and equipment may have passwords, but that a strategy just based on antivirus or Administration this month warned manu- get into system’s wireless network. “My implants remotely.” these can be hacked as well, as shown in a firewalls can be effective.” facturers to step up their vigilance, saying opinion is that the greater risk is from mal- In another publicized incident, security recent report by the security firm Cylance, Experts say that despite all the risks, it has learned of “cybersecurity vulnerabili- ware that accidentally gets into a device specialist Jay Radcliffe, who is diabetic, which obtained passwords to 300 differ- people still are better off with than with- ties and incidents that could directly rather than the attacks in fictionalized demonstrated in 2011 the potential to ent devices. “We could have reported out these devices. “The chance of a target- impact medical devices or hospital net- programs,” Fu said. “Malware will often hack into an insulin pump to change 1,000 different backdoor passwords, we ed malicious attack against someone’s work operations.” slow down a computer, and when you dosage levels. Security specialists say that could have even gone all the way to medical device is extremely low, and the Officials say they know of no deliberate slow down a medical device it no longer in addition to implanted devices, hospital 10,000,” said a blog post from Cylance’s last thing we want is for people to lose hacking of medical devices. But on the tel- gives the integrity needed to perform as it equipment such as monitoring systems, Billy Rios and Terry McCorkle. “We stopped faith in these life saving devices,” Jack said. evision drama “Homeland,” the vice presi- should.” scanners and radiation equipment are at 300 because we felt 300 was sufficient “We think that any risk, no matter how dent of the United States is assassinated Barnaby Jack at the security firm connected to networks which could have to get our point across.” low, still needs to be eliminated. We hope by hackers who gain access to his pace- IOActive, said the “Homeland” scenario lax security, creating similar security holes. This finding prompted a warning from by raising awareness of these issues and maker and deliver a fatal electric shock. was “fairly realistic,” and that he would Some heart and drug monitoring systems the Department of Homeland Security’s bringing the threats to the attention of “The good news is that we are not aware demonstrate a similar attack at an upcom- use open Wi-Fi connections that can be Cyber Emergency Response Team for the manufacturers, that they can take of any incidents in the real world. But the ing hacker gathering. “In ‘Homeland,’ they hacked. “The vast majority of medical industrial systems, which said security steps to improve the security of these bad news there is no science behind look- required a serial number, my demonstra- devices in hospitals I’ve been to use should be stepped up for surgical devices, devices.” — AFP

High-tech gains getting disabled into workforce Don’t want mug shot SAN JOSE, California: When high school disabilities. But a Labor Department survey football coach Kevin Bella needs an intense, released earlier this month showed that the online? Then pay up heart-to-heart with a player, he goes home number of employed disabled adults and sits on his couch. That’s because Bella, jumped close to 4 percent over the past two who is deaf, communicates with his hearing years, more than the 3 percent gains among players most clearly with a new technology nondisabled people. Arrest records considered to be public information that brings a live sign language interpreter Meanwhile, unemployment rates among to his television screen. The player, on a the disabled dropped 1.6 points in a year, a NEW YORK: After more than seven years and a snatch those same photos from competitors. Ohio’s publicity rights law by wrongfully using phone elsewhere, hears the interpreter give bigger decrease than what was seen among move 4,500 km across the country, Christopher What used to be strictly local is now global, and people’s images for commercial purposes. voice to Bella’s signs. “It’s a huge improve- able-bodied workers. Another factor in the Jones thought he’d left behind reminders of the a new tension results: Release of information Ciolek, the lawyer, said he’s fielded more than 20 ment over typing messages back and forth,” increasing job rates is that baby boomers arrest that capped a bitter break-up. That was, widely regarded as necessarily public is, in calls a day from people interested in joining the said Bella, a defensive coordinator at Mission are retiring later, and today half of the peo- until he searched the Internet last month and aggregated form, viewed as potentially violating suit since filing it last December. San Jose High School in Fremont, Calif. “This ple working over age 65 have a disability, came face-to-face with his 2006 police mug privacy. A separate suit by a Sicklerville, New Jersey, allows me to work with hearing players, said John D Kemp, president of the disability shot. The information below the photo, one of “Certainly the world has changed in terms of man, Daryoush Taha, filed in US District Court in because there’s a lot in my language that advocate nonprofit The Viscardi Center. millions posted on commercial website the accessibility of historical information,” said Philadelphia in December, charges that officials mugshots.com, did not mention that the apart- Jeff Hermes, director of the Digital Media Law has to do with expressions. The meaning is “Many people have aged into a disability in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, failed to remove ment Jones was arrested for burglarizing was Project at Harvard University’s Berkman Center a 1998 mug shot taken after police intervened in lost if sign language is reduced to written and are in denial,” said Kemp. “But they can’t the one he’d recently moved out of, or that for Internet & Society. “My concern is that efforts a parking lot dispute between Taha and his girl- text.” hear as well, can’t see as well, and they’re Florida prosecutors decided shortly afterward to to create a so-called ‘right to be forgotten’ run friend. Taha accepted placement into a program Bella is among a rising number of dis- using an immense number of assistive drop the case. But, otherwise, the digital media the risk of becoming laws that allow individuals called Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition and abled people who are increasingly able to devices aimed at retaining valued employ- artist’s run-in with the law was there for anyone, to edit history, and that’s dangerous, especially if after completing community service in 2000 his find and keep jobs, as well as engage more ees.” anywhere, to see. And if he wanted to erase the it winds up being applied to public governmen- record was automatically expunged. But his broadly in their communities, because of The technological advances are a huge evidence, says Jones, now a resident of tal records.” photo remained on the jail website and in 2011 new technologies specifically aimed at help- upgrade over older, disability-specific clunky Livermore, California, the site’s operator told him But some of those whose photos have turned was republished by mugshots.com. ing them better communicate or complete devices. Swedish firm Tobii, for example, has it would cost $399. up on the sites say charging people to erase the “Listen, the whole purpose behind having tasks. The past few years have seen a num- developed eye-tracking programs that Jones said he was angered by the terms of your records expunged is to give you a second ber of technological breakthroughs target- make it possible for people who can’t use the offer, but no more so than scores of other opportunity when you make a mistake,” said ing disabled consumers. Apple, for example, their hands to navigate on computers. people across the country discovering that past Alan Denenberg, the lawyer for Taha in the suit is incorporating technologies such as voice Instead of moving a mouse, users look into a arrests - many for charges eventually dismissed against police, other agencies and the website. recognition and screen readers, which can box that uses a camera and infrared light to or that resulted in convictions later expunged - But Denenberg said that while he had served synthesize text into speech, into all of their track what they’re looking at when they make them part of an unwilling, but potentially the suit on a Delaware firm that registered products, rather than offering them as add- blink, triggering a cursor to move. And enormous customer base for a fast-proliferating mugshots.com as a limited liability corporation ons. Google Glass - a tiny eyeglasses-mounted number of mug shot websites. With a business in the state, he has no idea who owns the web- Applications such as GoTalk NOW and device capable of shooting photos, filming model built on the strengths of technology, the site or where it operates. TapSpeak Sequence allow users to combine video and surfing the Internet - has a built-in weaknesses of human nature and the reach of The mugshots.com site says it is owned by text, pictures and symbols with audio pro- camera and voice-command capability, the First Amendment, the sites are proving that Openbare Dienst Internationale LLC - a name grams that put voice to thoughts and ideas. meaning disabled wearers could read what in the Internet age, old assumptions about peo- whose first two words are Dutch for “public serv- Someone who can’t speak clearly can touch people are saying to them or control wheel- ple’s ability to put the past behind them no ice” - and lists an address in Nevis that belongs a picture of a hand, then a book, and the chairs with their gaze or voices. The US mar- longer apply. to a different corporate registration agent. tablet will say: “Please pass me the book.” ket for assistive technologies is projected to The sites, some charging fees exceeding People who want to remove their arrest photos Blind people can take notes using voice- grow from $39.5 billion in 2010 to $55 bil- $1,000 to “unpublish” records of multiple arrests, are directed to a link for a partner, Unpublish recognition programs, and listen to emails lion in 2016, according to analysts at market have prompted lawsuits in Ohio and LLC, which lists the address of yet another regis- or “read” a website with screen readers. forecasters BCC Research. And in the past Pennsylvania by people whose mug shots they tration agent, in the south American country of People with attention deficit disorder can few years, large high-tech firms, including posted for a global audience. They have also Belize. A phone number for Unpublish, listed on use apps that remind them to stay focused Facebook, have added teams focused exclu- sparked efforts by legislators in Georgia and its Internet domain paperwork, rings to a fourth by announcing appointments with lights sively on how disabled clients can use their Utah to pass laws making it easier to remove registry agent, also in Belize. and sounds. And those with spinal cord products. “Most organizations want to bring arrest photos from the sites without charge or Epstein, who says he handles some public injuries share tips on forums such as appare- their technology and experiences to as otherwise curb the sites. But site operators and relations functions for the site as well as provid- lyzed.com for how to go hands-free on digi- many people as possible, so it makes sense critics agree that efforts to rein them in treads on ing legal counsel, would not provide details of tal tablets using mouth sticks like those to address this,” said Jeffrey Wieland, who uncertain legal ground, made more complicated Christopher Jones its ownership or location and a message left for mounted on wheelchairs. “High-tech became Facebook’s project manager of because some sites hide their ownership and the operator with one of the Belize agents was advances are starting to help level the play- accessibility a year ago. The company has location and purport to operate from outside not returned. “We know we’re going to be talked ing field, opening the door for so many peo- even brought visually impaired users to its the US. down. We understand it. Nobody likes meter ple,” said Therese Willkomm of the Institute campus in Menlo Park, California, to work “The First Amendment gives people the right maids, nobody likes traffic tickets and nobody on Disability at the University of New with accessibility engineers. to do this,” said Marc G Epstein, an attorney in likes mug shots, but we operate legally and in Hampshire. Earlier this month, Rocklin, California- Hallandale, Florida who said he represents the the realm of what we do, totally accurately,” Kathleen Martinez, an assistant secretary based Purple Communications nationally operator of mugshots.com, which lists an Epstein said. A competitor, mugshotsworld.com, at the US Department of Labor overseeing rolled out a new, upgraded videophone that address on the Caribbean island of Nevis. “I don’t lists an address in Russia, with a number on its disability employment policy, said these allows deaf people to communicate using think there was ever a First Amendment that registration paperwork that rings to a fax advances have translated into higher num- Video Relay Service on high-definition tele- contemplated the permutations of communica- machine. D’Antonio, who said he started just- bers of disabled people being able to land visions. A live sign language interpreter tion that we have now.” mugshots.com while working as chief technolo- jobs. “In the professional careers, technology works remotely to convey messages in real- Operators of some sites say they’re perform- gy officer of a Minneapolis web marketing com- has helped increase the employment rate time via video and audio feeds that transmit ing a public service, even as they seek profit. “I pany and recently relocated to a Nevada city he immensely. It’s actually allowed us to partici- into landline phones, cellphones or tablets. absolutely believe that a parent, for instance, has would not identify, was otherwise forthcoming. pate in office careers more than ever before,” This is Bella’s system, which includes fea- a right to know if their kid’s coach has been He said he started the site after a friend asked for said Martinez, who has been blind since tures such as lights that flash when some- arrested... I think the public has a right to know help manipulating web searches to “push down” birth. one calls him. Bella, who was born deaf and that and I feel they have a right to know that a mug shot from his arrest on an alcohol-related The unemployment rate last year was whose mother and father are both deaf, easily, accessibly and not having to go to a charge. D’Antonio said that, in the process of 13.4 percent for the 28 million Americans remembers as a child his parents having to courthouse,” said Arthur D’Antonio III, CEO of doing so, he looked into the law covering mug who are deaf, blind or have serious physical, go to a neighbor’s house with a note to justmugshots.com, a Nevada-based site that shots, discovered they were public information mental or emotional conditions, compared accomplish tasks such as making a doctor’s started in early 2012 and now claims a database and realized that, with his computer skills, that with a 7.9 percent rate for people without appointment. —AFP of more than 10 million arrest photos. presented a business opportunity. But critics are skeptical. “I can’t find any pub- But he acknowledges that publishing the lic interest that’s served if you are willing to take photos and charging people to take them down it (a mug shot) down if I give you $500. Then Phillip Kaplan contradicts the sentiment of helping his friend. RSA enlists real-time what public interest are you serving?,” said Roger evidence of an arrest is abusive. Phillip Kaplan, He said he has tried to act responsibly by remov- Bruce, a state representative from the Atlanta one of the two people who brought the Ohio ing photos at no cost for those who can show all area who authored a law, set to take effect July lawsuit, said he thought he had moved past the charges have been dismissed, they were found big data analytics 1, requiring sites to remove photos free for those embarrassment of June 2011 when police, not guilty, were under 18 at the time or for those arrested in Georgia if they can show that charges responding to complaints of a loud porchfront who have since died. “Then it becomes a balanc- DUBAI: RSA, The Security Division of site scraping and business logic abuses have since been dismissed. party he was attending during the city’s Old ing act and it’s a very, very tough line to walk EMC, has introduced the next iteration of such as exploitation of shopping cart Scott Ciolek, a Toledo lawyer who last year West End festival, charged him with failure to and one that we absolutely take very seriously, RSA Silver Tail web threat detection solu- functionality or online rebates. brought suit against four sites on behalf of two disperse. Kaplan, who is 35, said he declined an but there’s very little black and white to it,” tion designed to help organizations bet- Ohioans dismayed to find their arrest photos offer by prosecutors to plead guilty to a lesser D’Antonio said. He said he expects the business ter visualize website activity in order to The new features of the RSA online, said the mug shot publishers are taking charge, and eventually the case was dismissed. of aggregating and publishing largely over- identify normal behavior from that of the Silver Tail solution include: advantage of people’s embarrassment to unfair- In the meantime, though, Kaplan walked into looked public records to evolve rapidly, and thinks eventually his company could partner potentially malicious. With the ability to l Streaming Analytics - RSA Silver Tail ly squeeze them for profit. “The individuals who a convenience store to find his mug shot on the with local governments, doing work now han- quickly separate the activities of friend technology is designed to offer click-by- are victims of these extortions want as little cover of the weekly Buckeyes Behind Bars, dled by the agencies while offering them a new from foe, security and fraud teams can click threat scoring that supports more attention on them as possible, if you know what alongside the headline “Hot Summer for Sex I’m saying,” Ciolek said. Offenders”. The publication says on its website source of revenue. investigate and mitigate web session and intelligent, risk-based behavioral threat Some of the mug shot sites list numerous mobile applications threats in real time. discovery and results in faster detection The mug shot sites are just the latest ventures that it charges $59 to those who’ve been arrest- harnessing the Internet to aggregate informa- ed and want to avoid having their photo printed. affiliated sites, often breaking down arrests by Designed to ensure that organizations and mitigation of web threats. state. Bruce, the Georgia legislator, said calls to have the tools to identify more threats Streaming Analytics is engineered to tion that previously would have taken consider- Soon after, friends told him his mug shot was able time, trouble or expense for ordinary peo- numbers listed on some sites were answered by faster and investigate them much more employ proprietary in-memory analytics published on some of the online sites and later ple to uncover. That power underlies sites like what sounded like the same person, prompting efficiently, the RSA Silver Tail solution technology for real-time detection of the he was asked about the arrest during a job inter- ancestry.com, which compiles genealogical concerns that a payment to erase a photo from adds new one-click incident manage- latest generation of complex attacks on view. Kaplan said he understands the value to information including birth and death certifi- one site might prompt the same photo to turn ment capabilities and an intelligent user web sites. the public of publishing arrest photos, particu- cates, census and immigration records and other larly for sexual predators. “That makes sense,” he up on another. But Epstein, the Florida lawyer, interface to help organizations gain bet- l Incidents Functionality - Designed to public documents in a forum that makes it much said, but not for lesser charges. “I mean, should said the site he represents is “not Whackamole-y. ter visibility into activities on their web- both allow for faster and easier threat easier than previously possible for Americans to You don’t hit the head down in one portion of site across millions of concurrent user detection and provide additional context there be a jaywalkers’ directory?” trace their family roots. Jones, whose April 2006 arrest by sheriff’s the arcade game and it pops up somewhere web sessions. Additionally, with to help teams understand the causes of Arrest records are also widely considered to deputies near Orlando, Florida, turned up online, else. That’s not our model at all.” Streaming Analytics and click-by-click the threat for a more efficient investiga- be public information and have long been col- said he suspects the availability of his mug shot The new Georgia law attempts to curb the threat scoring, RSA Silver Tail 4.0 technol- tion. lected by reporters making the rounds of police might be affecting his search for employment. for-profit mug shot sites, requiring them to ogy is built to leverage the power of Big l Intelligent User Interface - Built to stations and courthouses. But before the advent “I’ve been putting out so many resumes and remove photos at no charge for those who were Data to identify threats, malicious traffic adapt to the way security and fraud of the web, an arrest on a charge of, say, disor- people’s reactions are just funny. They’re really arrested in the state and can prove charges are and revealing behavior trends that could teams work. The new UI is designed to derly conduct might have been printed in a local excited, they’ve seen my resume somewhere dismissed, an idea that site operator D’Antonio not otherwise be detected by analyzing bring in Big Data visualization capabili- newspaper’s police blotter and then mostly and then all of a sudden it’s like I have an infec- said he supports. But the legislator acknowl- the details of web session logs alone. As ties that include highly interactive fea- been forgotten. The mug shot sites’ operators tious disease,” said Jones, who is 34 and now a edges the law’s protections are limited in scope a result, organizations may be able to tures to help simplify and prioritize threat use “web-scraping” programs to easily collect college student in California. and its effectiveness will become clear only experience a reduction in both direct and detection and investigation. Prioritized information from scores of police websites - and The lawsuit filed on Kaplan’s behalf, though, when it is tested in court. Some of those whose indirect costs associated with fraud, secu- lists of suspicious IPs, users, web page as a Texas lawsuit filed by one site operator does not go after the websites for posting the arrest photos have turned up online, though, see rity and other disruptive uses of websites and web session data helps allows inves- against another shows, sometimes even to photos. Instead, it accuses the sites of violating little recourse for their frustration. —AP including account takeover, password tigators to quickly identify and investi- guessing, distributed denial-of-service, gate threats. MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2013 HEALTH & SCIENCE Indonesia fires highlight failure to tackle slash-and-burn JAKARTA: Fires in Indonesia that have ture, expansion and expansion of plantations.” moratorium on new permits for logging pri- cloaked Singapore in record levels of smog But she said it was down to the government mary forest, it is still difficult to keep track of highlight the continued failure of efforts to “to impose its own legislation much more what is happening on the ground and who prevent illegal slash-and-burn land clearance strongly-these fires are illegal”. might be breaking the rules. in a country with a history of chaotic forest However, senior forestry ministry official The corruption that is endemic in management, activists say. The blazes on hun- Hadi Daryanto told AFP stopping such fires Indonesia is also present when it comes to the dreds of hectares (acres) of carbon-rich peat- was “not simply about law enforcement”. “We forestry sector and the granting of conces- land on Sumatra Island have sent vast palls of cannot determine whether this is related to sions. A stark illustration that points to prob- acrid smoke drifting over Singapore, shroud- economic, social, environmental or political lems in Riau itself is the fact that the ing residential blocks and downtown sky- problems,” he said, pointing to the fact that it province’s governor has been arrested by cor- scrapers. While forest and peat blazes caused was not simply big companies setting vast ruption investigators-and one of the allega- by illegal slash-and-burn clearances in swathes of virgin forest alight to turn a quick tions he faces relates to the issuance of log- Indonesia are an annual problem in the dry profit, but that small landowners were also ging permits. Some companies that have season and frequently cloud Singapore’s skies, setting fires. WWF’s Purwoto said many of the been accused, such as Asia Pulp and Paper this year the levels of haze have hit record fire hotspots in Riau were actually on land (APP), have insisted they do not carry out NEW YORK: In this photo provided by Katrin Amunts, Karl Zilles, Alan C Evans, highs. owned by local communities rather than big slash-and-burn clearances. researchers use a microtome to cut sections from a brain preserved in paraffin Singapore has been badly affected due to a companies. “We do not practice, and highly condemn “Both communities and private companies the slash and burn activity for its detrimental wax into slivers 20-micrometers thick, resulting in over 7,400 slices.—AP combination of factors-the blazes are cen- tered in Riau province, just west of the island, should be responsible for addressing the impact to the environment and the rain- they are underground in peatland and there- Digital 3-D atlas of brain fore hard to extinguish, and the wind is blow- ing the smoke over the city-state. The acrid reveals tiny details smoke began enveloping Singapore earlier NEW YORK: Scientists have a new brain bodies of a man and a woman were sliced this week, but there was a glimmer of hope atlas to help them study their favorite and photographed about 20 years ago to for residents on Saturday as the thick smog organ. It’s a digital, three-dimensional create an anatomy reference called the gave way to a spell of blue skies and smoke- model called “BigBrain.” Its resolution is fin- Visible Human Project. For the new brain- free air. The crisis has brought more negative er than a human hair, so it can reveal clus- mapping project, the researchers chose the publicity for big palm oil companies ters of brain cells and even some large indi- woman’s brain for no special reason other Indonesian, Singaporean and Malaysian- vidual cells. It is being made available to than it was basically healthy, said Katrin which deforest vast swathes of Sumatra, scientists around the world. To make the Amunts of Heinrich Heine University although the companies insist they have strict atlas, researchers sliced a cadaver brain Duesseldorf in Germany. “no burn” policies. from a 65-year-old woman into 7,400 thin She is lead author of a report on the They have been accused of starting many sections, stained them to reveal tiny fea- atlas published Thursday in the journal of the fires to clear land through the practice tures, and photographed each one. Then Science. Scientists have begun mapping of slash-and-burn, which is illegal but still fre- they used computers to combine the data data from other brain studies onto the new quently used because it is the quickest and into a 3-D digital model. model to gain new insights, said senior cheapest way of preparing land for planta- The idea of thin-slicing a brain to study author Karl Zilles of the Juelich Aachen tions. Clearing land with fires is far cheaper its anatomy is not new. In fact, complete Research Alliance in Juelich, Germany.—AP than using bulldozers or excavators. While environmental groups have been leading the Giant panda gives charge against the companies, they say such problems would not occur so frequently if SINGAPORE: Elderly women display their N95 face mask after collecting at the com- Indonesia properly enforced laws that ban munity centre for the low income.—AFP birth to twins in China slash-and-burn clearances. Legislation has not been properly imple- problem,” he said. The failure to tackle slash- forests,” the company said in a statement. BEIJING: A rare giant panda has given birth in her arms so staff has been unable to While activists believe the government needs to twins in China, the first pair of the weigh it or determine its gender. But they mented due to gaps in capacity, such as a lack and-burn clearances is part of a bigger picture endangered species born in the world this said it should be healthy, given its size and of field officers, said Anwar Purwoto, forest of the notoriously difficult challenge to enforce existing laws more strongly, even year, conservation workers told state media the sounds it has been making. The second program director for WWF Indonesia. “We Indonesia faces in trying to protect its they recognize the difficulties for an emerging yesterday. They were born to a panda cub is a female and weighs 79.2 grams (just need high political commitment followed by swathes of rainforest. The vast archipelago country such as Indonesia.”Indonesia is a named Haizi at the Wolong Nature Reserve under three ounces), the staff said, accord- political will from central down to local gov- sprawls over more than 17,000 islands, and young democracy, so it is in the process of in China’s southwest Sichuan province on ing to Xinhua. ernment,” he told AFP. An Lambrechts, a forest power is heavily decentralized, making land finding out how decentralization can work in Saturday evening, according to the Xinhua Haizi became pregnant after mating campaigner with Greenpeace, added: “The management very chaotic. While the govern- the best possible way,” said Greenpeace’s news agency. The first cub arrived at 4:54 with males Bai Yang and Yi Bao in March causes that underlie these fires are agricul- ment has made progress, notably with a Lambrechts.—AFP pm (0954 GMT) and the second 10 minutes most giant pandas are not good breeders later, said workers at the China when in captivity. Fewer than 1,600 pandas Conservation and Research Centre for the remain in the wild, mainly in Sichuan, with Giant Panda on the reserve. around 300 in captivity around the world, Some immigrants excluded The mother is still holding the first cub the majority in China.—AFP Supermoon looms from health care overhaul PHOENIX: President Barack Obama posed immigration overhaul explic- to pay for all their health care costs the 10 years? I mean, I am always has championed two sweeping itly states immigrants cannot even after they gain legal status. going to be struggling. That’s too bright in night sky policy changes that could trans- receive Medicaid or receive the Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, long.” Opponents said they under- form how people live in the United health subsidies for more than a meanwhile, said she wants the gov- stand the concerns of immigrants NEW YORK: Look up in the sky for a moon looks more dazzling, but it’s actu- States: affordable health care for all decade after they qualify for legal ernment to distribute at least $250 not getting health care, but it million to state and local govern- becomes an issue of the added super sight: the biggest and brightest full ally an optical illusion. The moon looms and a path to citizenship for the 11 status, and only after certain finan- million immigrants illegally in the cial and security requirements have ments because they are the ones expense. “We aren’t saying people moon of the year. The so-called super- larger on the horizon next to trees and country. But many immigrants will been met. Immigrants with provi- who will feel the financial pain of shouldn’t get health care. The ques- moon appeared 14 percent larger than buildings. The moon will come within have to wait more than a decade to sional status may obtain insurance immigrants being left out of the tion is who is going to pay for it?” normal early yesterday as our celestial 222,000 miles of Earth and turn full qualify for health care benefits through employers, but many are health care law. said Ira Mehlman, spokesman for neighbor swings closer to Earth. around 7:30 am EDT, making it the best under the proposed immigration unskilled and undereducated, and Pregnant women, children, sen- the Federation for American Some viewers may think the super- time to view.—AP overhaul being debated by tend to work low-wage jobs at iors and the disabled are eligible for Immigration Reform, a national Congress, ensuring a huge swath of small businesses that don’t have to emergency Medicaid services group that opposes the immigra- people will remain uninsured as the provide the benefit under the regardless of their immigration sta- tion overhaul. “They would all be centerpiece of Obama’s health care health care law. tus. The politics behind the bill offer on Medicaid or heavily subsidized law launches next year. Lawmakers Immigrants illegally in the coun- little solace to immigrant families in some other way.” pushing the immigration bill said try also can access community struggling with growing medical Critics of the decision said immi- adding more recipients to an health centers, but the officials who bills. Isabel Castillo came to the US grants are eager to pay for afford- already costly benefit would make run those clinics said they are over- illegally with her parents when she able health care insurance and it unaffordable. whelmed by the demand. “We can’t was a child. She’s now 28 and has already support federal benefits by Health care analysts and immi- help everybody,” said Bethy Mathis, not gone for an annual physical paying sales and income taxes. gration proponents argue that executive director of Wesley exam since 2007. They note that adults unable to denying coverage will saddle local Community Center in Phoenix. The Every pain triggers debate over overcome health emergencies are governments with the burden of clinic serves 7,000 patients a year whether it’s worth a medical visit or less likely to contribute to the work- uninsured immigrants. They also who seek everything from vaccina- not. “You are like, ‘God, should I go, force and society. “The risk of them fear a crisis down the road as immi- tions and relief from minor medical should I wait? The bill is going to be being uninsured if they are in the grants become eligible for cover- problems to care for long-term so high,’” Castillo said. “You just wait country illegally is the same risk of age, but are older, sicker and health conditions such as diabetes. until you can’t tolerate the pain anyone else in the country not require more expensive care. Those Debate over whether immigrants anymore and then you go to the being insured,” said Stephen placed on provisional status would illegally in the country should be emergency room.” Zuckerman, a health economist for become the nation’s second-largest eligible for federal benefits nearly Immigrants who are US citizens the Urban Institute. “It’s always population of uninsured, or about sank Obama’s health care reform are also affected by the limits on more expensive to treat people at a 25 percent, according to a 2012 before it was passed by Congress in health care access if they provide more advanced stage of disease.” study by the Urban Institute. “All 2010. For lawmakers pushing immi- for family members here illegally. In North Carolina, Jessica FLORIDA: (Left) A super moon sets behind the top of one of the minarets at health research shows that the old- gration reform, there was no ques- High school student Jacqueline Sanchez-Rodriguez said she has er you get, the sicker you become, tion that immigrants would contin- Garcia of Phoenix works two jobs to undergone a series of surgeries and the University of Tampa yesterday, in Tampa. (Right) A statue of the Angel so these people will be sicker and ue to be excluded. support her 13-year-old brother medicines to treat her spina bifida, Moroni on top a Latter-day Saints temple is silhouetted against the rising will be more expensive on the sys- “That’s one of the privileges of and 52-year-old grandmother, who a developmental congenital disor- moon Saturday, June 22, 2013, in Kansas City.—AP tem,” said Matthew O’Brien, who citizenship,” said Republican Sen has severe diabetes. The woman’s der, and an ailment that leads to runs a health clinic for immigrants John McCain, one of the so-called mobility is limited, her vision and brain swelling. Her parents brought in Philadelphia and researches Gang of Eight pushing the immi- memory are fading and she some- her illegally from Mexico when she Chinese astronauts health trends at Temple University. gration bill, during a conference times suffers from seizures. The was 11 months old. The Affordable Care Act will call with reporters. “That’s just what children were born in the United As a minor, she received subsi- manually dock spacecraft make health insurance accessible it is. I don’t know why we would States and are being raised by the dized medical care, but she was cut for millions of uninsured people want to provide Obamacare to grandmother, who does not have off when she turned 18 in February. BEIJING: Three Chinese astronauts on the June 11 from the Gobi Desert, enabling the starting in January through taxpay- someone who is not a citizen of this lawful status and as a result does Her family is trying to raise money country’s longest manned space mission yes- crew to board. The astronauts-who will carry er-subsidized private policies for country.” The issue has received not qualify for Medicaid. for a $55,000 surgery to connect a terday succeeded in manually docking their out medical and space technology experi- middle-class families and expand- more attention in recent weeks. “Every time she gets sick, I have catheter to her bladder. “It’s terri- spacecraft with a module orbiting Earth, state ments as part of the mission-manually sepa- ed access to Medicaid, the program Some House Republicans have to take her to the doctor. It’s really ble,” Sanchez-Rodriguez said. “I media said. Docking techniques are a crucial rated the Shenzhou-10 yesterday morning in for low-income people funded by threatened to kill the immigration expensive,” Garcia said. “What if my have to go to school with these element of China’s space program, which order to perform the new manoeuvre. They federal and state dollars. The pro- bill unless immigrants are required grandmother doesn’t make it for pains.”—AP aims to build a station orbiting the planet by will spend 15 days in orbit as part of a multi- 2020. The Shenzhou-10 — “Divine Vessel”- billion-dollar space program seen by Beijing was piloted by mission commander Nie as a symbol of its growing global stature and Haisheng, assisted by astronauts Zhang technical expertise. Xiaoguang and Wang Yaping, China’s second China first sent a human into space in woman in space, according to the Xinhua 2003 and its capabilities still lag behind the news agency. An automated docking was United States and Russia. It carried out its first already successfully completed with the docking using an unmanned spacecraft in Tiangong-1 . “Heavenly Palace”-module two November 2011, and completed a manual days after the spacecraft was launched on docking last year.—AFP Severe egg allergy? There’s now a flu shot for you ATLANTA: People with serious egg aller- cell technology, which is used for other gies may no longer have to worry about flu kinds of vaccines. It was licensed in January shots. A federal advisory panel on Thursday by Protein Sciences Corp. Officials don’t said a new vaccine that’s made without know how many Americans skip flu shots eggs is an option for adults with severe because they’re allergic to eggs. About 1 in allergies. Current flu shots are made from 66 children have egg allergies, though viruses grown in eggs and could trigger most kids outgrow them. The new vaccine allergic reactions in some cases. is not an option for kids. So far it’s licensed PHOENIX: (Left) An uninsured patient, who asked not to be identified, waits for the doctor at Wesley health Center in downtown. The new Flublok vaccine is made with only for adults ages 18 to 49.—AP (Right) Dr Stephanie Briney listens to a heartbeat of an unidentified 5-year-old, uninsured patient.—AP photos MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2013 HEALTH & SCIENCE Dog birth control shots could limit populations

LOS ANGELES: A decade ago, the to reduce dog overpopulation in chroni- have a higher death rate than normal business. We are always looking for ways about a decade of testing and that Rosebud Sioux Indians in South Dakota cally poor places around the world. dogs in society,” he said, noting that wild to make their lives better and help with would cost between $16 million and $20 were paying people to catch and shoot Right now, the dogs are getting scraps dogs in poor areas live an average 3.2 the tragedy of overpopulation,” said million, Young said. Young, who oper- wild dogs. Dogs that weren’t caught from people who don’t want to see years. The average American dog lives foundation executive director Paul Jolly. ates a low-cost clinic in Denver, has per- were covered in mange and parasites. them die - but the litters keep coming. 10 to 12 years, varying by breed and Steinberger brought together the tribes, formed over 165,000 (mostly spay and Some froze. Some starved. In packs, they Steinberger, 56, said she learned a long size. Depending on who’s counting, researchers, donors and volunteers. neuter) surgeries, more than anyone survived by eating each other. And dog time ago she could do more to help ani- there are more than half a billion feral GonaCon can’t be used on domestic else on the planet, he said. “I would love bites were 20 times worse than the mals by preventing litters rather than dogs around the world, Steinberger and pets, Steinberger emphasized. The Food for something to put me out of that national average. Because animals are rescuing them. Her work at Rosebud is Young said. and Drug Administration would require business,” he said.—AP such an important part of Indian history generally considered a textbook exam- There are an estimated 6 million feral and culture, tribal leaders called spay ple for ending overpopulation. dogs in the United States, Steinberger and neuter expert Ruth Steinberger. In “The reservation is a better place. ... added. Tens of thousands of people die the next eight years, they worked This is easier to explain in Lakota than in of rabies in developing nations each together to sterilize 7,000 dogs, moving English, but dogs are a part of our lives. year - and 95 percent of the cases are 1,500 of them to other parts of America They have been in the past, and they will caused by dog bites, she said. Spay and for adoption. be in the future. To be able to take care neuter surgeries are out of the question Many US tribes still rely on roundups of them is so important,” explained Belva in such regions so researchers have been to manage dog overpopulation, but two Black Lance, a Rosebud Sioux communi- looking for a fast, effective and humane tribes in the West are going to take part ty advocate who helps with the dog pro- vaccine. The perfect blend would be a in an experiment this fall using shots of gram. In the GonaCon test, dogs will be combination of sterilization and rabies a different kind. Veterinarians plan to caught, microchipped, tattooed, col- vaccines, Young said. catch and inject 300 wild female dogs lared, injected and released, she said. “It would be a major game changer,” with a birth control vaccine that has After a year, researchers will round up as Young said. Rabies kills up to 40,000 worked on white-tailed deer, wild hors- many as they can and do blood tests to people a year in India alone. If he had his es, wallabies and ferrets. The two-year measure reaction to the vaccine, way, Young would forego the tests. “It’s test using the government vaccine Steinberger said. been tested. They need to get it out GonaCon is scheduled to begin in The hardest part of the study might there. It should be spread around like September on two isolated Indian reser- be that roundup, said Dr. Jeffrey Young, candy in India and Mexico,” he said. vations in the West, said Steinberger, the founder of Planned Pethood Plus, anoth- GonaCon has worked as long as six years project manager. Reservation officials er group working globally to end animal in some of the wild animals tested. asked not to be identified until the study overpopulation. He is not involved in the Booster shots were given to others to is further along. study, but has worked with Steinberger extend sterilization, Steinberger said. It The $60,000 contraceptive study will on other projects and is familiar with was never tested on a large number of be conducted by the US Department of government-made GonaCon. dogs because no one stepped up to foot COLOMBO: A minority Sri Lankan Tamil poses with a placard as others par- Agriculture’s National Wildlife Research “A lot of the animals will die, disap- the bill. Petco Foundation donated ticipate in a demonstration against tobacco and alcohol in the capital Center and Spay First, Steinberger’s pear, get shot, poisoned or hit by a car,” about half the money for the study. Colombo yesterday. The protest coincided with a key Buddhist holiday Oklahoma-based organization working he explained. “Dogs on reservations “Animals are the reason Petco is in which marks the introduction of Buddhism to the island centuries ago.—AFP WHAT’S ON MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2013 KNES celebrates pre-school SEND US YOUR INSTAGRAM PICS graduation and KG concert

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Issue of online visa by Indian embassy oreigners requiring visas for India need to apply it online from 16th June 2013. Applicants Fmay log on to the Public portal at www.indian- The very little ones from Kuwait National English School Pre-school and foundation stage one (KG) performed demonstrating a lot of artistic talent in front of their visaonline.gov.in. After successful online submis- enthusiastic parents. Spirit, songs, dances were there to make the graduation of the youngest pupils at Kuwait National English School a big success! sion, the hard copy, so generated, has to be signed Congratulations to parents and staff! by the applicant and submitted with supporting documents in accordance with the type of visa along with the applicable fee in cash at any of the two out- source centres at Sharq or Fahaheel. It is essential that applicants fill in their personal details as exactly available in their passports. Mismatch of any of the personal details would lead to non-acceptance of the application. Fees once paid are non-refundable. All children would have to obtain separate visa on their respective passports.

Indian Embassy sets up helpline he Indian Embassy in Kuwait has set up helpline in order to assist Indian expatriates in Tregistering any complaint regarding the gov- ernment’s ongoing campaign to stamp out illegal residents from the country. The embassy said in press release yesterday that it amended its previous statement and stated if there is any complaint, the same could be conveyed at the following (as amend- ed): Operations Department, Ministry of Interior, Kuwait. Fax: 22435580, Tel: 24768146/25200334. It said the embassy has been in regular contact with local authorities regarding the ongoing checking of expatriates. The embassy has also conveyed to them the concerns, fears and apprehensions of the com- munity in this regard. The authorities in Kuwait have conveyed that strict instructions have been issued to ensure that there is no harassment or improper treatment of expatriates by those undertaking checking. “The embassy would like to request Indian expatriates to ensure that they abide by all local laws, rules and regulations regarding residency, traf- fic and other matters,” the release read. It would be prudent to always carry the Civil ID and other rele- vant documents such as driving license, etc. In case an Indian expatriate encounters any improper treat- ment during checking, it may be conveyed immedi- ately with full details and contact particulars to the embassy at the following phone number 67623639. These contact details are exclusively for the above- mentioned purpose only.

Visiting Prof Jorge Montero to lecture and exhibit at AUK

he Graphic Design Department at the American University of Kuwait cordially invites you to attend Ta special lecture and exhibition entitled ‘Jorge Montero in Kuwait’, which will be presented by Visiting Professor Jorge Montero and will take place on June 24, 2013, from 2-3pm in the AUK auditorium. Professor Montero is the 2013 Summer Visiting Professor for AUK’s Art and Graphic Design Department. He is a Venezuelan artist, illustrator and graphic design- er from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) where he has been a professor for 10 years. He is also an editorial cartoonist in both Venezuela and the United States, and has been a guest lecturer in China, Germany, South Africa, the Czech Republic, Spain, Cuba, El Salvador and Venezuela. He exhibits his “Venezuelan Abstract Expressionist” work around the world. During the exhibition, Professor Montero will discuss his work, techniques and experiences in the field of art and graphic design. His work will be on display in the auditorium, as will the work of some of his most accom- plished design students. The public is also invited to attend the lecture and the exhibition. IMAX

IMAX film program

Monday: ** 9:30am Showtime Available for Groups Poetry Association Flight of Butterflies 3D 10:30am, 8:30pm Tornado Alley 3D 11:30am, 5:30pm, 7:30pm holds special meeting To The Arctic 3D 12:30pm, 9:30pm alaikuda Vaanam Paddi Poet Association’ held its Born to be Wild 3D 6:30pm monthly meeting on June 14 at Saravana Bhavan ‘VRestaurant. On this occasion, Saravana Bhavan Director Anandi Natarajan’s birthday was also celebrated. The program was very well organized by Pattukottai Sathya. The guest of honor was Anandhi Natarajan. Raman Ponni and S Write to us Ramesh, Rajesh, Sivashankar, Kavesai Sagar, Ravana, Kallaimani, Vijayasagar and Sathya recited poems. Singers Send to What’s On Rani Mohan, Chellamal, Kengeshwaran and Sathiya also ren- dered melodious songs. Santhakumar and Madurai Madhi, upcoming events, birthdays or the members of Yoga Association, delivered a thought-pro- celebrations by email: voking speech. Raja, Tamil Selvan, Barathi and Arun also spoke on the occasion. Thathuvamasi and Eishwari specially [email protected] flew from India to grace the occasion. The event concluded as Fax: 24835619 / 20 Senpummaria Sethu and various other guests conveyed their best wishes to Anandhi Natarajan on his birthday. WHAT’S ON MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2013 Embassy Information

EMBASSY OF AUSTRALIA The Australian Embassy Kuwait does not have a visa or immigration department. All processing of visas and immigration matters in conducted by The Australian Consulate-General in Dubai. Email: [email protected] (VFS) [email protected] (Visa Office); Tel: +971 4 355 1958 (VFS) - +971 4 508 7200 (Visa Office); Fax: +971 4 355 0708 (Visa Office). In Kuwait applications can be lodged at the Australian Visa Application Centre 4B 1st Floor, Al-Banwan Building Al-Qibla Area, Ali Al-Salem Street, opposite the Central Bank of Kuwait, Kuwait City, Kuwait. Working hours and days: 09:30 - 17:30; Sunday - Thursday. Or visit their website www.vfs-au-gcc- KKMA seminar clears com for more information. Kuwait citizens can apply for tourist visas on-line at www.immi.gov.au/e visa/e676.htm. doubts on traffic rules n n n n n n n

EMBASSY OF CANADA he Kuwait Kerala Muslim Association (KKMA), the largest The Embassy of Canada in Kuwait does Torganization of Indian nationals not have a visa or immigration depart- living in Kuwait, held a special public ment. All processing of visa and immigra- awareness seminar on ‘defensive driving tion matters including enquiries is conducted by awareness (DDA)’ on June 21 at Indian Community School. The seminar was the Canadian Embassy in Abu Dhabi, UAE. conducted under the guidance of Individuals who are interested in working, Ministry of Interior in association with studying, visiting or immigrating to Canada American Society of Safety Engineers should contact the Canadian Embassy in Abu (ASSE) Kuwait Chapter. After the formal introduction by com- Dhabi, website: www.UAE.gc.ca or www.going- peer of the evening SM Basheer, the tocanada.gc.ca, E-mail: abdbi-im-enquiry@inter- program started with recitation of national.gc.ca. The Embassy of Canada is located Quran. The guests of the evening Indian at Villa 24, Al-Mutawakei St, Block 4 in Da’aiyah. Ambassador Satish C Mehta, Lieutenant Colonel Harbi Abdulla Al-Shumiaan, Please visit our website at www.Kuwait.gc.ca. Lieutenant Colonel Nawaf Al-Hayyan, The Embassy of Canada is open from 07:30 to Chief Area Commander Abdulla 15:30 Sunday through Thursday. The reception is Bahman, Public Prosecutor Hussein Abu open from 07:30 to 12:30. Consular services for Shalfa, Captain Abdul Mohsen Ali, Canadian citizens are provided from 09:00 until Abdullah Al-Otaibi- In-charge of Salmiya ernment and Indian embassy to Indians crossovers and passing priorities, traffic Lieutenant Colonel Harbi Abdulla Al- Traffic Department, Fadel Al-Ali- through help lines. A memento was offences and penalties. He thanked the Shumiaan and Lieutenant Colonel 12:00, Sunday through Wednesday. Chairman ASSE Kuwait Chapter, received by Lieutenant Colonel Nawaf Indian community in Kuwait as they are Nawaf Al-Hayyan was responded by a Vasudevan N, President ASSE Kuwait Al-Hayyan on behalf of Major General very good followers of traffic rules and huge number of questions which indi- n n n n n n n Chapter, Prakash Nair, Farhad Kjan, Abdul Fattah Al Ali. He also released safe very good in using Kuwait roads. He cated the success of seminar. Ashok Kalra and other dignitaries were driver pledge tag which was distributed asked everyone to respect traffic rules Mementoes were awarded to ASSE invited to the dais and honored with to the audience. and to be safe. He mentioned that and their trainers Farhad Kjan and EMBASSY OF US bouquets. After the felicitation speech by Fadel Kuwait government welcomes any num- Prakash Nair. The program came to an Parents of Kuwaiti citizen children may After the welcome speech by KKMA Al Ali, a presentation on ‘Road Safety’ ber of expatriates provided they enter end with vote of thanks by Hamza drop off their sons’ and daughters’ visa President Abdul FatahThayyil, KKMA was presented by Vasudevan N- legally and respect the rules of Kuwait. Payannur- organizing secretary of applications - completely free of an Chairman Sageer Trikaripur delivered President ASSE Kuwait Chapter. He said Kuwait respects expatriates as KKMA. Earlier in the day Defensive driv- the opening remarks. Ambassador Presentation on ‘Traffic Awareness’ by they helped to build Kuwait. He also ing Awareness training for drivers was interview or a trip inside the Embassy. The chil- Mehta launched the program symboli- Lieutenant Colonel Harbi Abdulla Al asked not to respond to any rumors and conducted which was attended by dren must be under 14 years of age, and addi- cally by operating a remote control to Shumiaan really brought confidence in to contact concerned authorities in about 220 drivers who were also award- tional requirements do apply, but the service start the presentation. He also spoke audience which had a vast information embassy or traffic department in case of ed certificates. The program was well means parents will no longer have to schedule regarding the present crackdown on on eligibility for driving license, traffic wrong identification of offenses. compeered by SM Basheer. individual appointments for their children, nor illegal’s and the support of Kuwait gov- rules and morals, movement rules, A question and answer session led by come inside the Embassy (unless they are applying for themselves). The service is only Marriott International teams up with available for children holding Kuwaiti pass- ports. To take advantage, parents must drop off American Express Middle East this summer the following documents: Child Visa Drop-off cover sheet, available on the Embassy website (http://kuwait.usembassy.gov/child_visas.htm) - Child’s passport; The Child’s previous pass- port, if it contains a valid US visa; 5x5cm photo of child with eyes open (if uploaded into DS- 160, photos must be a .jpg between 600x600 and 1200x1200 pixels, less than 240kb, and cannot be digitally altered); A completed DS- 160 form; Visa Fee Receipt from Burgan Bank; A copy of the valid visa of at least one parent. If one parent will not travel, provide a visa copy for the traveling parent, and a passport copy from the non-traveling parent with a letter stating no objection to the child’s travel. - For children of students (F2): a copy of the child’s I- 20. Children born in the US (with very few exceptions) are US citizens and would not be eligible for a visa. Parents may drop off the application packet at Window 2 at the Embassy ME’s first from 1:00 to 3:00 PM, Monday to Wednesday, excluding holidays. More information is avail- WACS master able on the U.S. Embassy website: chef launches kuwait.usembassy.gov/child_visas.html eading hotel group Marriott American Express Cards, including regularly welcome back to our ‘100 Lahma’ n n n n n n n International and American Consumer and Corporate Cards hotels across the Middle East and LExpress Middle East have joint- across the global network. Africa. We continuously look for EMBASSY GREECE ly announced the launch of a sum- “American Express Middle East is opportunities to allow our guests atafeat TV celebrity and Meat & Livestock The Embassy of Greece in Kuwait has the Australia MENA’s corporate chef Tarek Ibrahim mer promotion campaign that committed to providing outstand- continued enjoyment of our world pleasure to announce that visa applica- offers American Express ing service, benefits and worldwide class locations, food, beverages and Fis the first Arab chef to be nominated and Cardmembers exclusive benefits at customer care to our Cardmembers, service for a little less. We are receive the coveted status of Master Chef from the tions must be submitted to Schengen Visa 88 Marriott properties across the and the brand has become synony- delighted to be working with World Association of Chef Societies (WACS). The title Application Centre (VFS office) located at 12th Middle East, Africa, Europe and Asia mous with travel, rewards and American Express Middle East to do of Master Chef is given to professional chefs who cre- floor, Al-Naser Tower, Fahad Al-Salem Street, Al- ate innovative dishes of exceptional quality, push Marriott throughout the duration of access,” said Usman Arif - VP, just that.” Qibla area, Kuwait City, (Parking at Souk Watia). For the summer. MerchantPartnership, American The summer promotion will boundaries with creative concepts and hold a repu- information please call 22281046 from 08:30 to Under the terms of the cam- Express.”Our 2013 Summer enable American Express Middle tation for culinary excellence. paign, American Express Promotion is an extension of this East Cardmembers to avail the 17:00 (Sunday to Thursday). Working hours: Cardmembers wishing to explore ethos, and will enable many guest and hospitality facilities at a Chef Tarek comments: Submission from 08:30 to 15:30. Passport collec- “There are very few chefs who gain Master Chef tourist destinations across the Cardmembers across the Middle total of 88 hotels from Marriott tion from 16:00 to 17:00. For visa applications Middle East, Africa, Asia and Europe East to get more from their holiday, International’s portfolio of discern- status and it’s such a fantastic honour to receive this please visit the following website will be eligible for three nights stay whether they stay in the region or ing brands including, JW Marriott accreditation as an Arab chef and gain international for the price of two, at any Marriott venture further afield. We are Hotels, Renaissance Hotels, Marriott recognition for my cuisine. I hope to inspire the new www.mfa.gr/kuwait. hotel participating in the promo- pleased to partner with Marriott Hotels & Resorts, Courtyard by generation of professional Arab chefs to go on to tion. Additionally, Cardmembers International this summer to offer Marriott, Residence Inn by Marriott greater achievements and with my new show ‘100 n n n n n n n can avail complimentary and unlim- Cardmembers exclusive benefits and Marriott Executive Apartments. Lahma’ on Fatafeat TV impart my experience and ited internet access, 20 percent off that not only enrich their lifestyles Located across the UAE, Jordan, knowledge to give home cooks more confidence in the kitchen.” EMBASSY OF VATICAN on hotel food and beverages, and but also showcase American Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain The Apostolic Nunciature Embassy of complimentary food for children Express cards as a preferred pay- and Oman, 23 of these hotels are Chef Tarek’s new Fatafeat TV show ‘100 Lahma’ the Holy See, Vatican in Kuwait has under 12. The promotion also offers ment option.” located in the Middle East, and will (100 Meat) showcases the very best of lamb and beef complementary access to pools and Mark Satterfield, Chief Operating encourage inbound travellers to the dishes and will have English subtitles. The show cov- moved to a new location in Kuwait City. gym facilities as well as savings of Officer, Marriott International region. Others include seven in ers 100 delicious and nutritious halal meat recipes Please find below the new address: Yarmouk, 20 percent on spa treatments or Middle East & Africa, commented Africa - Egypt and Algeria; 45 in Asia including culinary delights such as roast shoulder of Block 1, Street 2, Villa No: 1. P.O.Box 29724, massages. today, “Marriott customers are - Beijing, Tianjin, Suzhou and lamb with garlic, beef wellington and Moroccan Safat 13158, Kuwait. Tel: 965 25337767, Fax: The three-month ‘Be Free with savvy, enjoy luxury and appreciate Shanghai in China and Hong Kong; lamb tagine. The first show will air at 13:00 (KSA) on the 24th June and will run for 60 days. ‘100 Lahma’ 965 25342066. Email: Marriott and American Express’ great value. We have 43 properties and 13 in Europe - Belgium, France, [email protected] campaign runs from June 14 to in the region, and our business Portugal (Lisbon) and Greece will run three times per day and highlights include September 13, 2013, and is available could never succeed without the (Athens). chef Tarek’s lessons on preparation, use of different on bookings made with all thousands of loyal customers we cuts and halal integrity. TV PROGRAMS MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2013

20:00 Covert Affairs 20:30 Shake It Up 12:50 Have Cake, Will Travel 05:00 IRB Junior Championship 21:00 Once Upon A Time 20:50 Suite Life On Deck 13:15 Barefoot Contessa - Back To 07:00 PGA Tour 22:00 Banshee 21:15 Austin And Ally Basics 12:00 Live Champions Tour 23:00 Greek 21:40 That’s So Raven 13:40 Barefoot Contessa - Back To 14:00 Trans World Sport 14:35 Border Security 00:00 Glee 22:00 Shake It Up Basics 15:00 Super League 15:05 Auction Hunters 01:00 Banshee 22:25 A.N.T. Farm 14:05 Food Wars 17:00 Futbol Mundial 15:30 Auction Kings 02:00 Once Upon A Time 22:50 Austin And Ally 14:30 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 17:30 ICC Cricket 360 16:00 Robson Green’s Extreme 23:10 Wizards Of Waverly Place 14:55 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 18:00 PGA Tour Highlights Fishing Challenge 23:35 Wizards Of Waverly Place 15:20 Guy’s Big Bite 19:00 PGA European Tour 16:55 Heroes Of Hell’s Highway 00:00 Hannah Montana Forever 15:45 Chopped Highlights 17:50 Mythbusters 00:20 Hannah Montana Forever 16:35 Barefoot Contessa - Back To 20:00 AFL Premiership Highlights 18:45 Sons Of Guns 03:00 Guys With Kids 00:45 Brandy & Mr Whiskers 21:00 British and Irish Lions Tour 03:30 1600 Penn Basics 19:40 Industrial Junkie 01:05 Brandy & Mr Whiskers 23:00 Futbol Mundial 04:00 Seinfeld 17:00 Barefoot Contessa - Back To 20:05 How It’s Made 01:30 Emperor’s New School 23:30 ICC Cricket 360 04:30 The Tonight Show With Jay Basics 20:35 Auction Hunters 01:50 Emperor’s New School Leno 17:25 Food Wars 21:00 Storage Hunters 02:15 Replacements 05:30 Two And A Half Men 17:50 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 21:30 Gold Divers 02:35 Replacements 06:00 All Of Us 18:15 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 22:25 Alaska: The Last Frontier 06:30 Til Death 18:40 Charly’s Cake Angels 23:20 Flying Wild Alaska 07:00 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 19:05 Unique Sweets 00:15 Gold Divers 08:00 Seinfeld 19:30 Amazing Wedding Cakes 00:00 International Rugby Union 01:10 Alaska: The Last Frontier 08:30 Two And A Half Men 20:20 Chopped 02:00 Trans World Sport 09:00 Guys With Kids 14:30 Style Star 21:10 Chopped 03:00 AFL Premiership 09:30 Hot In Cleveland 15:00 Keeping Up With The 22:00 Andy Bates American Street 05:30 ICC Cricket 360 10:00 2 Broke Girls Kardashians Feasts 06:00 Futbol Mundial 10:30 Til Death 16:00 Keeping Up With The 22:25 Andy Bates American Street 06:30 Total Rugby 07:00 Golfing World 14:50 Delta Divers 11:00 The Tonight Show With Jay Kardashians Feasts 08:00 Trans World Sport 15:45 Reign Of The Dinosaurs Leno 17:00 Ice Loves Coco 22:50 Andy Bates Street Feasts 09:00 World Cup Of Pool 16:40 Great Planes 12:00 All Of Us 17:30 Ice Loves Coco 23:15 Andy Bates Street Feasts 10:00 World Cup Of Pool 17:35 Mystery Cars 12:30 Seinfeld 18:00 E! News 23:40 Food Wars 11:00 IRB Junior World 18:00 Mystery Cars 13:00 Two And A Half Men 19:00 THS 00:05 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives Championship 18:25 I Shouldn’t Be Alive 13:30 Til Death 20:00 Married To Jonas 00:30 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 13:00 IRB Junior World 19:20 Empire 14:00 1600 Penn 20:30 Married To Jonas 00:55 Unwrapped Championship 20:10 Living With The Kombai Tribe 14:30 2 Broke Girls 21:00 Playing With Fire 01:20 Unwrapped 15:00 Hot In Cleveland 15:00 Golfing World 21:05 What The Ancients Knew 22:00 Playing With Fire 01:45 Andy Bates American Street 15:30 The Daily Show With Jon 16:00 AFL Premiership 22:00 Empire 23:00 E!es Feasts Stewart 18:30 Futbol Mundial 22:55 Legend Detectives 23:30 E!es 16:00 The Colbert Report 19:00 World Cup Of Pool 23:50 Most Evil 00:00 Scouted 16:30 All Of Us 20:00 Champions Tour 00:45 Mystery Cars 00:55 Style Star 17:00 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 22:00 Trans World Sport 01:10 Mystery Cars 01:25 E!es 18:00 Samantha Who? 23:00 Golfing World 01:35 Empire 19:00 Hot In Cleveland 03:00 Blackthorn-PG15 19:30 Parks And Recreation 05:00 Mary & Martha-PG15 20:00 Don’t Trust The B In 07:00 Rising Stars-PG15 Apartment 23 09:00 Judy Moody And The Not 20:30 30 Rock Bummer Summer-PG 03:45 Vacation Vacation Vacation 21:00 The Daily Show Global Edition 11:00 Mary & Martha-PG15 01:00 UFC 14:20 Kitchen Chemistry 04:05 Bargain Hunt 21:30 The Colbert Report Global 13:00 Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2-PG 04:00 WWE Experience 14:45 Kitchen Chemistry 04:55 Design Rules Edition 15:00 Flower Girl-PG15 05:00 NHL 15:10 Thunder Races 05:20 Antiques Roadshow 22:00 Family Guy 17:00 Judy Moody And The Not 07:00 WWE Bottom Line 16:00 Nextworld 06:15 Cash In The Attic 16:55 Mega World 22:30 Louie Bummer Summer-PG 08:00 WWE Experience 23:00 Girls 07:00 Food Poker 19:00 My Week With Marilyn-PG15 09:00 Ping Pong World 17:45 Alien Storms 07:45 Phil Spencer - Secret Agent 18:35 The Gadget Show 23:30 Enlightened 21:00 Harry Potter And The Deathly 10:00 US Bass Fishing 00:00 30 Rock 08:35 Bargain Hunt Hallows Pt.2-PG15 11:00 NHL 19:00 How Tech Works 09:20 Antiques Roadshow 19:30 X-Machines 00:30 The Daily Show Global Edition 23:15 A Dangerous Method-18 13:00 Mass Participation 01:00 The Colbert Report Global 10:15 Gok’s Fashion Fix 01:00 The Debt-18 14:00 Motor Sports 2013 20:20 Mega World 11:05 Celebrity MasterChef 21:10 Food Factory Edition 14:30 Motor Sports 2013 01:30 Family Guy 12:00 Vacation Vacation Vacation 15:30 WWE Smackdown 21:35 Food Factory 12:25 Come Dine With Me 22:00 X-Machines 02:00 Louie 17:30 Mobil 1 The Grid 02:30 Girls 13:15 Bargain Hunt 18:00 UAE National Race Day Series 22:50 Stuck With Hackett 09:00 33 Postcards-PG15 14:00 Cash In The Attic 19:00 UFC Prelims 23:15 Stuck With Hackett 11:00 The Lucky One-PG15 14:45 Antiques Roadshow 21:00 UFC 23:40 Food Factory 15:40 Extreme Makeover: Home 13:00 Ties That Bind-PG15 MY WEEK WITH MARILYN ON OSN MOVIES HD 00:05 Food Factory Edition 15:00 Planet Ocean-PG15 00:30 How Do They Do It? 17:00 Phil Spencer - Secret Agent 17:00 A Fall From Grace-PG15 01:00 Mega World 05:15 A Kind Of Magic 17:55 Tareq Taylor’s Nordic Cookery 19:00 Return-PG15 01:50 Stuck With Hackett 05:35 A Kind Of Magic 18:25 Planet Cake 21:00 Violet & Daisy-18 06:00 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 18:55 Food Poker 23:00 Werewolf: The Beast Among Film reveals life in US for 06:30 Doc McStuffins 19:40 Come Dine With Me Us-18 06:45 A.N.T. Farm 20:35 Extreme Makeover: Home 01:00 A Fall From Grace-PG15 07:10 A.N.T. Farm Edition undocumented immigrants 07:35 Jessie 21:20 Antiques Roadshow 14:00 Pawn Stars 07:55 Jessie 22:15 Bargain Hunt wo years ago this weekend, Philippine-born gers crossed for the best-case outcome: full US citi- 14:30 Pawn Stars 08:20 Shake It Up 23:00 Phil Spencer - Secret Agent 08:45 Shake It Up 23:55 Food Poker 04:00 A View From Here-PG15 journalist Jose Antonio Vargas came out pub- zenship. 15:00 Pawn Stars licly in the New York Times as an undocument- More than two years in the making, 15:30 Pawn Stars 09:05 Austin And Ally 00:40 Come Dine With Me 06:00 According To Greta-PG15 T 16:00 Pawn Stars 09:30 Austin And Ally 01:30 Food Poker 08:00 Brave-PG ed American, a term he prefers to the loaded phrase “Documented” was originally supposed to focus on 16:30 Pawn Stars 09:55 Good Luck Charlie 02:20 Cash In The Attic 10:00 A Better Life-PG15 “illegal immigrant.” He was 12 years old in 1993 the youthful citizenship activists known as 17:00 Pawn Stars 10:15 Radio Rebel 12:00 Men In Black 3-PG when his young mother put him on a flight in DREAMers, but it grew to cover Vargas’s own adven- 17:30 Pawn Stars 11:40 Prankstars 14:00 Deadly Hope-PG15 Manila to be raised by his grandparents in tures taking his story to average Americans. In a 18:00 Pawn Stars 11:50 Jessie 16:00 Brave-PG 12:15 Austin And Ally 18:00 The Big Year-PG California, in the hope he could live the American Michael Moore moment at a Mitt Romney presiden- 19:00 Ax Men dream to the fullest. What happened since that tial campaign event in Iowa, Vargas turns up with a 20:00 Pawn Stars 12:35 Austin And Ally 20:00 The Ides Of March-PG15 20:30 Storage Wars 13:00 Shake It Up 03:25 Unique Eats 22:00 Prometheus-PG15 Times essay is the subject of “Documented,” written, sign declaring his undocumented status to the 21:00 Ancient Aliens 13:25 Shake It Up 03:50 Food Crafters 00:15 A Better Life-PG15 produced and directed by Vargas, 32, which got its Republican hopeful’s hardcore conservative fans. 22:00 Pawn Stars 13:45 The Adventures Of Disney 04:15 United Tastes Of America 02:00 Brave-PG world premiere Friday at the American Film One white middle-aged couple boasts how their 22:30 Pawn Stars Fairies 04:40 Chopped 14:10 The Adventures Of Disney 05:30 Iron Chef America Institute’s AFI Docs festival. daughter-in-law had legally immigrated from 23:00 Shipping Wars “I’m still undocumented,” said Vargas, who Britain-adding, with no sign of irony, how a helpful 23:30 Shipping Wars Fairies 06:10 Unwrapped 00:00 Pawn Stars 14:35 Suite Life On Deck 06:35 Unwrapped shared a Pulitzer prize for breaking news when he US senator greased the notoriously long and com- 15:00 Gravity Falls 07:00 Guy’s Big Bite 00:30 Storage Wars 04:00 The New Daughter-PG15 was a reporter at the Washington Post, where only plicated process. 15:25 Good Luck Charlie 07:25 Guy’s Big Bite 01:00 Ancient Aliens 06:00 True Justice: Violence Of one trusted editor knew of his 24-7 dread of getting But the emotional highlight comes when 15:50 Jessie 07:50 Andy Bates American Street 02:00 Pawn Stars Action-PG15 caught and deported. “I’m a reporter at heart. I go Vargas goes on Skype to reconnect with his mother, 16:10 Shake It Up Feasts 08:00 Arctic Blast-PG15 16:35 A.N.T. Farm 08:15 Unique Sweets by facts. But at the same time, I also live this,” he Emelie Salinas, who lives outside Manila. Together, 10:00 Batman: The Dark Knight 17:00 Austin And Ally 08:40 United Tastes Of America told AFP in a telephone interview Friday. “It’s been over a dodgy Internet connection, they discuss his Returns Part One-PG15 17:20 Gravity Falls 09:05 Barefoot Contessa very interesting going around the country, talking plight and how it came to be. For now, Vargas can- 12:00 True Justice: Angel Of Death- 17:45 Suite Life On Deck 09:30 Food Network Challenge 14:00 C.S.I. PG15 to people who think they know what this (debate) not go to the Philippines to visit her because he has 18:10 Good Luck Charlie 10:20 Extra Virgin 15:00 Glee 14:00 Arctic Blast-PG15 is about, but really don’t. Our lives are up against no US passport-and thus no guarantee he will be 18:30 Gravity Falls 10:45 Kid In A Candy Store 16:00 Emmerdale 16:00 Burden Of Evil-PG15 18:55 Gravity Falls 11:10 Charly’s Cake Angels tremendous amounts of misinformation and a lot of allowed back into the country where he has built 16:30 Coronation Street 18:00 True Justice: Angel Of Death- 19:20 A.N.T Farm 11:35 Unique Sweets ignorance.” his life and made his name. She, in turn, cannot 17:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show PG15 19:40 A.N.T Farm 12:00 Amazing Wedding Cakes The timing of “Documented” couldn’t be better travel to the United States to see him, because get- 18:00 C.S.I. 20:00 Imago Mortis-PG15 20:05 A.N.T. Farm 19:00 Parenthood 22:00 Piranha 3DD-R for the outgoing and outspoken Vargas, a regular ting a tourist visa is next to impossible for Filipinos 00:00 End Of Days-18 guest on TV news and talk shows who also runs a and others from developing countries. She has 02:15 Imago Mortis-PG15 website, DefineAmerican.com, which tackles immi- already tried and been denied. gration issues. “Can you imagine?” Vargas told AFP. “I have Congress is grappling with root-and-branch leg- seen more of my mother in three months editing islation that would beef up security along the vast this film than I have in 20 years.” In the long run, US-Mexican border in return for the regularization Vargas-who got a standing ovation at Friday’s pre- 08:00 Monte Carlo-PG15 of the status of what American bureaucrats often miere from friends, relatives and former Post col- 10:00 Lying To Be Perfect-PG15 call “illegal aliens.” leagues-hopes “Documented” can help reshape a 12:00 Ernest Goes To Jail-PG15 At the same time, President Barack Obama’s debate that dwells obsessively on border security. “I 14:00 Raising Arizona-PG15 administration has been deporting illegal immi- would argue that immigration is the most contro- 16:00 Lying To Be Perfect-PG15 18:00 Beethoven-FAM grants at a furious pace: nearly 1.59 million during versial, yet least understood issue in America,” he 20:00 Superbad-18 his first four years in office alone, according to the said. “The question I (often) get asked is, ‘Why don’t 22:00 Slums Of Beverly Hills-18 US Department of Homeland Security. Many of the you just make yourself legal?’ There isn’t a process 00:00 The Angel’s Share-PG15 11 million undocumented persons in the United for somebody like me to get legal. People don’t 02:00 Superbad-18 States-including 1.3 million from Asia, 800,000 from understand the process and the issue is so com- South America and 300,000 from Europe-have fin- plex.” — AFP

09:00 Paws-PG 10:45 The Evening Star-PG15 13:00 Mutum-PG15 15:00 Paws-PG 16:45 A Kiss At Midnight-PG15 18:30 Moneyball-PG15 20:45 Biutiful-18 23:15 Schindler’s List-18 01:30 Dead Again-PG15

01:00 ICC Cricket 360 01:30 PGA European Tour 06:00 Trans World Sport 07:00 NRL Premiership 09:00 IRB Junior World Championship 11:00 Trans World Sport 12:00 Live NRL Premiership 14:00 ICC Cricket 360 14:30 British & Irish Lions 16:30 IRB Junior World Championship 18:30 NRL Premiership 20:30 Futbol Mundial 21:00 ICC Cricket 360 21:45 Live Super League

00:00 Trans World Sport 01:00 NRL Premiership Steve Carell, a cast member in “Despicable Me 2,” poses alongside minion characters from the film at the American ARCTIC BLAST OSN ACTION HD 03:00 IRB Junior Championship premiere of the film at Universal Citywalk on Saturday in Universal City, Calif. — AP Classifieds

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Aries (March 21-April 19) Libra (September 23-October 22) ARIES You appear perhaps more charming and refined than usual today. You are very conservative when it comes to your personal appearance Intuitive insights are important for you at this time. Dive in and try your hand at whatev- and communications with others. However, once you are motivated you er challenges your imagination. Any attempt to avoid confronting life at the personal could communicate with anyone. You tend to know your subject matter and can bring level is bound to frustration. Your goals and ambitions may lead you to ignore questions your ideas to others in a language that will work on many levels. You probably do not waste words. Your spiritual group may call upon you to speak to others. You have the of vulnerability. You can win an adversary over to your way of thinking, through logic ability to ground and make spiritual ideas a practical matter, bringing them down to and understanding. After you first reach out your hand to help others—it becomes fun. earth and into everyday life. You have great discipline when it comes to working with This may encourage you to pour a lot of energy into those around you. Do not go too spirituality and unity. You grasp the principles that bind things together; you are a fast too soon, you could become exhausted and lose interest. Your home and surround- down-to-earth type of person with a high degree of motivation when it comes to giving ings reflect your desire to have a well-run life. Tonight is for romance. and to personal sacrifice.

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

You may decide to gather and update picture albums, club news, sal- You have great discipline when it comes to working with spirituality and vaging and preserving what is good and healthy in your experience. You begin to care unity—whatever binds or links all of us together. You would be able to teach and show more for your health and nutrition. The idea here is that you are able to analyze your others these realms. This is a time when you can expect a little boost, some sort of extra experiences and keep those things that are pure. You respond to the needs of others support or recognition from those around you. You may feel that you are in touch and in today and are quick to jump in where others never even see that help is needed. You are harmony with others; the lines of communication are open now and the support you committed to join in the process of making things work. Relationships are so important need is there. Others may find you especially witty and a bit eccentric this afternoon. to you that you do not see any difficulty that cannot be helped or made better. Marriage You may have insights or breakthroughs regarding your living situation or life circum- is a meaningful contract to you and tonight there is a celebration with old friends who stances. You may want to decorate or paint. Others value you for your independence have long-lasting marriages. You are rewarded for your caring ways. and unique qualities. You may appear very at ease and relaxed.

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

Your most basic quality has to do with the very real love and compassion The morning could be a time when everything around you seems to be you radiate. Your sense of value and sheer appreciation for life are com- changing. You may feel challenged by others, or by circumstances. municated to all who come to know you. Beyond whatever external considerations may Working through problems acted out with others or combining group ideas for a solu- be present, you exude a contagious thankfulness and fondness for things and people. tion may be the order of the morning. Discussing whatever changes need to be made ACROSS DOWN Your family becomes all-important to you and the networking between loved ones and now will help improve situations and allow others input. It may be time to create some 1. (informal) Informed about the latest 1. A pilgrimage to Mecca. the support you give each other are things you may devote much time to on days like new traditions. Family ties are stronger where there are rituals or social events to look trends. 2. An inactive volcano in Sicily. this. These loving qualities are experienced as a very real good. You may have a tenden- forward to and plan. Also you will create ways to set aside special times for visiting with 4. Scale insects. 3. Small beads made from polished shells cy to avoid sensitive subjects, but you would be wise to give an ear to someone’s com- each member of your family. This is the time to make room for listening. This is a reward- 12. Give a nickname to. and formerly used as money by native plaint today. Understanding through another viewpoint is very important. ing day; friends are more open and family members seem to draw closer. 15. Goddess of criminal rashness and its pun- Americans. ishment. 4. A South American shrub whose leaves are 16. Consisting of or covered with oil. chewed by natives of the Andes. Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 17. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet. 5. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable Cancer (June 21-July 22) substance not miscible with water. Take a little trip, or get outside today. You may want to break that routine 18. A nucleic acid consisting of large mole- There is the possibility of new visions or sudden insights into your self- cules shaped like a double helix. 6. A waste pipe that carries away sewage or and try something new or different right now. You may discover insights surface water. image or into your ideals and dreams. Keeping a dream diary may bring into day-to-day problems that will be of great value later. You are very much a creature 19. (medicine) Of or relating to abnormal some interesting insights. This is a time to reshape and renew your philosophy or reli- of habit and habitat. An encircling network of friends and relationships is crucial to your neuromuscular activity characterized by rap- 7. Of a vivid red to reddish-orange color. 8. The craniometric point that is the most gion, during which your imagination can be at full tilt. There are breakthroughs in com- success or lack thereof. You are nourished in great measure by the atmosphere and con- idly alternating muscle contraction and relax- passion and communion. This could be a good time for intense soul-searching, during ditions you are able to set up for yourself. You are most satisfied today as you accom- ation. prominent point at the back of the head (at the occipital protuberance). which you examine your ideals and goals with an eye to separating the wheat from the plish your chores and improve your surroundings, perhaps by cleaning or working with 20. An analytic or interpretive literary compo- 9. A period of 10 years. chaff. You could take an interest in world unity and a more communal type of existence. plants and perhaps, animals. The good life—all that is fine and luxurious—may be what sition. 10. A very poisonous metallic element that There is a search for pure ideals and pure vision. Relationships get a boost this evening, you value just now. You enjoy making your own way. 22. Tree of the West Indies and northern has three allotropic forms. whether they are business, personal or social. South America bearing succulent edible 11. The compass point midway between east orange-sized fruit. and southeast. Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 24. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small 12. A piece of furniture with a writing surface Leo (July 23-August 22) straight horns. and usually drawers or other compartments. You may have some interesting conversations with someone that has a Your natural ability to grasp spiritual and visionary matters comes into 25. A Loloish language. firm political viewpoint. You experience life mostly through your emotions and how you 13. A state in the western United States. play at this time. You can perform with the imagination and metaphysical thoughts as oth- 28. According to the Old Testament he was a feel about someone or something. Your intuition is strong, however, and can guide you 14. Common Indian weaverbird. ers work with durable things. This is because you understand what is behind and connect- pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel accurately as you make decisions. Your sensitivity makes you retreat from aggressive 21. A winged often one-seed indehiscent ing things. Much of your own self-image is wrapped up with your ability to work with (9th century BC). types. You know and understand more than you let on and others may experience fruit as of the ash or elm or maple. images—dreams and the imagination. You may even enjoy teaching music or philosophy. 31. A compartment in front of a motor vehi- growth through simply answering your penetrating questions or by asking you ques- 23. A member of a Turkic people of You could be guiding young people today. Your feelings are expressed through your cle where driver sits. tions. There is obviously a great gift for sensing the truth of any matter. You find good Uzbekistan and neighboring areas. action and reaction to others and life—build upon the positive. Your intuition is strong results with children when you help them to see the importance of structure and 32. A member of a North American Indian 26. Someone who works (or provides work- and can guide you accurately in making forecasts or decisions. There may be a desire to responsibilities. Good communication can be enjoyed with all. people of the Klamath river valley in north- ers) during a strike. change your physical makeup—muscle toning, etc. Consider walking or sports. ern California. 27. A monarchy in northwestern Europe 36. A member of an agricultural people of occupying most of the British Isles. 29. The capital and largest city of Zimbabwe. southern India. Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) 37. A highly unstable radioactive element 30. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind. (the heaviest of the halogen series). 33. Farm consisting of a large tract of land A strong devotional nature becomes apparent to anyone who takes time Decisions made now may have to be rethought later; take your time with 40. Type genus of the Ranidae. along with facilities needed to raise livestock to know the real you. Today is a great time to be with friends and loved ones. Your posi- what you think is the answer to whatever question may arise at this time. You are a 41. Any of various strong liquors distilled (especially cattle). tive attitude lets you get right to the point, but you display little patience with those heavy-duty thinker and serious student—now, however, is time for a break—fun! This from the fermented sap of toddy palms or 34. Genus of European subshrubs or herbs who are not organized; careful. Be patient with young people just now. You have plenty may mean a family or neighborhood get-together or simply a walk in the park with a from fermented molasses. having pink or purple or yellow solitary or of enthusiasm and warm up to things and people quickly. You have an inner self-confi- loved one. You pour a lot of energy into those around you. Your home and surroundings 42. United States writer of poems and plays clustered flowers. dence that burns with its own light. You enjoy an overall improvement in health and reflect this as well. When it comes to teaching or coaching, you are a natural. An active about racial conflict (born in 1934). 35. A resident of Kansas. attitude today. Daily meditation can help you maintain this balance and energy. If you social life is beginning for you now. You will soon find that all those volunteer hours, as 45. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly 38. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh. have not learned any particular meditation technique, it may be a wise move to find well as your help with young people, create the desire for others to express their appre- rind and shiny black seeds. 39. An island (part of Campania) in the Bay of one soon—it can be beneficial for your peace of mind and healthy body. ciation. This may happen through dinners, presentations or a phone call. 46. An informal term for a father. Naples in southern Italy. 48. (especially of promises or contracts) Not 43. The sister of your father or mother. violated or disregarded. 44. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on Word Search Yesterday’s Solution a skewer usually with vegetables. 50. The portion of the vertebrate nervous 47. Low stingless nettle of Central and South system consisting of the brain and spinal America having velvety brownish-green cord. toothed leaves and clusters of small green 51. A colorless and odorless inert gas. flowers. 54. The condition of having no arms. 49. Freetail bats. 56. A colorless odorless gaseous element 52. Argentine soldier who became president that give a red glow in a vacuum tube. of Argentina (1895-1974). 57. The Uralic language spoken by the 53. English writer and a central member of Yeniseian people. the Fabian Society (1858-1943). 59. An officer who acts as military assistant to 55. Of or like a cecum. a more senior officer. 58. A state in north central United States. 60. A silvery malleable metallic element that 61. Lower in esteem. resists corrosion. 63. (Sumerian) God of the air and king of the 62. (informal) Of the highest quality. Sumerian gods. 64. Alternatively, a member of the family 65. A primeval personification of air and Nymphaeaceae. breath. 71. Of or relating to Oman or its people. 66. A rounded thickly curled hairdo. 72. Any of several plants of the genus 67. Tear down so as to make flat with the Achillea native to Europe and having small ground. white flowers in flat-topped flower heads. 68. Of or relating to or characteristic of 74. A potent estrogen used in medicine and Thailand of its people. in feed for livestock and poultry. 69. Wrap us in a cerecloth, as of a corpse. 75. A town in southeastern New Mexico on 70. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or the Pecos River near the Mexican border. effort. 78. The bureau of the Treasury Department 73. Counting the number of white and red responsible for tax collections. blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 79. Used of a single unit or thing. cubic millimeter of blood. 80. Loss of hair (especially on the head) or 76. A silvery ductile metallic element found wool or feathers. primarily in bauxite. 81. Towards the side away from the wind. 77. A long-playing phonograph record. Yesterday’s Solution

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Models wear designs by Elie Kuame of Lebanon and Ivory Coast as they wait to walk the runway at Hotel des Almadies, in Dakar, Senegal, Saturday. —AP photos Dakar Fashion Week targets city’s working class

aw student Aminata Kande stepped out the suburb would expose residents to global she said she had snapped a few photos of in a $25 blue wax print dress to watch trends they might not otherwise encounter. dresses she might want to wear. And as is Llanky models storm a makeshift runway “The people here already have their own style- common in Dakar, she said she planned to wearing pieces that cost ten times that urban, a mix of American and French,” he said. take advantage of cheap labor to add some amount. Dakar Fashion Week, an 11-year-old “But now they will see what’s going on in the approximations of the outfits to her wardrobe. institution birthed in the posh hotels of this rest of the world.” “I’ll see if maybe my tailor can make them,” she West African culture hub, took its act to But Yannick Minko, an assistant to said. — AP Guediawaye, one of the most downtrodden Lebanese designer Enzo Itzaky, said designers neighborhoods of this seafacing capital. While could look to Guediawaye for inspiration. organizer Adama Ndiaye affectionately “Style begins in the street,” he said. “You look described the area as “the ‘hood,” the northern at designers in America, they are getting their suburb has repeatedly been the scene of vio- inspiration from the Bronx, from Brooklyn. So lent riots over problems ranging from power why can’t it be the same here in Senegal?” cuts to seasonal flooding in this nation that After the show, law student Kande suggested consistently ranks in the bottom tier on global that inspiration might come full circle. Though development reports. many of the items were outside her budget,

Models wear designs by Evgheni Hudorojcov of Moldova. The show was part of a six-day event fea- place. But a show in the suburbs is not exactly turing 18 designers, seven from Senegal and like a show downtown. Senegalese designer others from as far away as Germany and Brazil. Ramsen, who specializes in dark, loose dresses Shows were scheduled to be held in three dif- adorned with foot-long feathers and other ferent locations throughout Dakar. Ndiaye said unusual accents, said she left some of her she hoped staging a show in a working-class pricier pieces at home both to accommodate suburb would make high fashion as accessible the crowd and to protect her more delicate to students like Kande as it is for the wealthy. creations. “It is very important to show that beautiful “This is the suburbs, so people don’t have things are not only for rich people,” said the same financial means,” she said. “Also, as Ndiaye, who shows under the name Adama you can see, there is a lot of sand out here.” Paris. She said that the clothes she displayed The runway scene was also far rowdier than in Guediawaye were of the same quality — shows in the capital, Dakar. Thousands of and cost — as those that were to be featured Senegalese, who don’t necessarily work in later in the weekend at a luxury seaside hotel. fashion, were vocal about their opinions. They “I want this neighborhood to see what we cheered lustily at a leggy model wearing hot have, and if it’s a gown for 1,000 euros, then pink shorts by German designer Kathrin who cares? You don’t have to be rich to like Huschka, and dozens of men jostled for better Dior,” she said while prepping the staging area views from parked minivans on a road over- behind the runway, which was assembled on a looking the runway. The loudest reactions sandy clearing normally used as a market- were reserved for the more famous models, especially actress Diarra Thiam, who was greeted to rapturous chants of her nickname, “Lissa.” The presenter later brought her out to blow kisses to the crowd, which nearly top- Models wear creations by Senegalese pled the control barrier on one side of the T- designer Mame Fagueye Ba. shaped runway. For designer Tapha Fall, the show was a kind of homecoming. As a boy growing up in Guediawaye, he developed a love for clothes while helping out his father, a tailor. He said the decision to stage a show in

Designer Meryem Boussikouk, center right, of Morocco, walks with models wearing her creations.

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Photos show Palestinian workers cleaning a section of the archaeological site of the Saint Hilarion Monastery. Gaza fights to save Holy Land’s oldest monastery haven of peace in the sea of concrete that is in the seventh century, it was uncovered by local and a refectory for the monks. In the northern the Gaza Strip, the crumbling remains of archaeologists in 1999. sector, there is an inn and bathing pools for the Athe Holy Land’s oldest monastery are in But today, “it’s a complete mess-archaeologi- pilgrims who once visited. danger of disappearing for lack of funds to pre- cally, scientifically and on a human level,” laments serve them. Saint Hilarion, which is located at a Rene Elter, a researcher at the Ecole Biblique, a ‘Our ancestors left us a site to preserve’ site called Tel Umm al-Amr, draws its name from French academic institution in Jerusalem, who is Today, many of the sandbags that support the the fourth century hermit who came from south- responsible for trying preserve the site. “We have monastery’s crumbling foundations are disinte- ern Gaza and is considered to be the father of to save Saint Hilarion,” Elter told AFP. “The situation grating because of the humidity. A blisteringly hot Palestinian monasticism. Its life close to the is critical and we risk losing the site. It is impera- summer last year was followed by a very wet win- Mediterranean shore spanned more than four tive that something is done quickly; otherwise it ter, which has left deep furrows in the soil. centuries from the late Roman Empire to the will be lost, lost forever.” Just over a year ago, the Although there is a French stonemason who Umayyad period. Abandoned after an earthquake Palestinians submitted Saint Hilarion to be includ- could do the necessary work to shore up walls in danger of collapsing, there are no funds to fly him over. “The grass is beginning to destroy the mosa- ic floor,” said Fadel al-Utol, a young Gazan archae- ologist who looks after the site for the French- Palestinian preservation project. “I need workers and weed killer to get rid of all this grass, I need to change 2,000 sandbags and I need wood to reinforce the platforms for visitors,” he complains. The team of workers who maintain Photo shows the archeological site of the Saint Hilarion Monastery. the site have been underpaid for months. And ed on the World Heritage List of UNESCO, the UN the preservation efforts, giving 110,000 euros with no night watchmen, there are fears the site cultural organization. The World Monuments ($146,000) since 2010. UNESCO has contributed could be looted or damaged. Fund, a New York-based group dedicated to pre- another $35,000. “All the emergency safeguards Meanwhile, it is used for training Palestinian serving the world’s architectural heritage, last year that we’ve put in place-corrugated iron fences, experts who will be responsible for managing the put it on its Watch list. This is includes sites around supports, sandbags-are working but they are only archaeological sites and restoration of Gaza in 10 the globe at risk from the forces of nature as well temporary. or 15 years time. as social, political, and economic change. But And within a year, if we don’t do anything, the “We have a team there who are ready to work, there isn’t enough money to do the job. Elter worst is yet to come,” Elter said. The decaying who are able to manage this heritage,” he says. believes the cost of saving the site, located near remains cover 15,000 square meters (161,000 Every day, Utol takes groups of school children the Nusseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, would square feet), and the surrounding site stretches and students around the site, which had a record be a mere $2 million (1.5 million euros) over three across 10 hectares (25 acres). Situated among 1,880 visitors in March. He explains to them about A picture shows a mosaic belonging to the archeological site of the Saint Hilarion years, with an immediate investment of $200,000 undulating sand dunes, the southern part of the the baptistry, the Romans, the pre-Byzantine Monasteryone of the largest Christian monasteries in the Middle East, in Tel Umm al-Amr needed before next winter’s rains arrive. complex includes a church and large crypt, a Christians and the Ummayads in what is a unique close to Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip. — AFP photos So far, France has been the largest donor to chapel, several baptismal fonts, living quarters educational experience in Gaza. —AFP List of new UNESCO world heritage sites

Photo shows Mount Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan at 3,776 meters Picture shows the Roman ruins of Palmyra, 220 kms northeast of the Syrian A file photo shows lava spewing from a crater of Mount Etna volcano on (12,460 feet), and Lake Kawaguchi in Fujikawaguchiko, southern capital Damascus. the Italian island of Sicily. Yamanashi prefecture. — AFP photos NESCO (The United Nations Educational, Scientific Inhospitable desert area home to more than 540 species Hill Forts of Rajasthan (India) Red Bay Basque Whaling Station (Canada) and Cultural Organization) is currently holding its of plants, 44 mammals, more than 200 species of birds and Six hill forts in the northwestern India recognized as the A sixteenth century Arctic maritime base for Basque U37th annual session in Phnom Penh. Yesterday it over 40 reptiles. best surviving examples of the palaces of the Rajput whalers with ovens, living quarters and underwater ship completed an update of new sites to be added the World Tajikistan National Park princes who ruled Rajasthan for 1,000 years. wrecks. Heritage List. Spanning 2.5 million hectares (6.1 million acres) the area Monuments of Kaesong (North Korea) Below are the main decisions: is home to vast glaciers, high plateau and rugged mountain A dozen monuments including tombs, fortress walls and The following were classed as “in danger” heritage Mount Etna (Italy) peaks as well as rare birds and mammals including the a 700-year-old school at the medieval city of Kaesong-the sites by UNESCO: The tallest active volcano on the European continent at snow leopard. base of Koryo dynasty which ruled a unified Korea from All six of Syria’s World Heritage Sites because of 3,300 meters (10,900 feet). Terraced rice fields of Honghe Hani (China) 918-1392. ongoing civil war: the ancient cities of Damascus, Bosra Mount Fuji (Japan) Spectacular terraces running down mountain slopes and Medici Villas and Gardens (Italy) and Aleppo, the oasis of Palmyra, the castles of Crac des Fujisan, the highest mountain in Japan at 3,776 meters marking 1,300 years of rice cultivation. Constructed outside Florence, the villas and their gar- Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din-which counts as one site- (12,460 feet), is one of the country’s most recognizable Xinjiang Tianshan (China) dens were commissioned by the Medicis, a Tuscan banking and the ancient villages of northern Syria. sights and an object of pilgrimage and artistic inspiration. Part of one of the world’s largest mountain range dynasty instrumental in the politics and culture of East Rennell area of the Solomon Islands, the largest Agadez (Niger) Xinjiang Tianshan is renowned for its scenic beauty from Renaissance-era Italy. raised coral atoll in the world endangered by logging. The 15th century town of Agadez was a crossroads for soaring snow-capped peaks to sand dune-studded deserts. Wooden tserkvas (churches) in the Carpathian moun- the trans-Saharan caravan trade. It is home to the tallest Namib Sand Sea (Namibia) tains (Poland and Ukraine) Taken off the “in danger” list: Iran’s ancient citadel of minaret ever built out of mudbrick. A vast coastal desert area of sand dunes whose only Sixteen wooden structures UNESCO says are “outstand- Bam, almost completely destroyed by a major earthquake El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere water source is uniquely delivered by fog, sustaining ing examples of the once widespread Orthodox ecclesiasti- in 2003, was removed from the UNESCO list of “World Reserve (Mexico) endemic flora and fauna. cal timber building tradition in the Slavic countries.” Heritage in Danger.” —AFP

A file picture taken in Agadez shows a boy walking past the Agadez A file picture shows an aerial view of the city of Agadez in Niger. This file picture shows a general view of traditional housing in the old city mosque. quarter of Kaesong, a North Korean city close to the border with South Korea. Gaza fights to save Holy Land’s oldest monastery

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In this Saturday photo released by the MBC Group, singer Mohammed Assaf, prays after receiving the Arab Idol award in Beirut, Lebanon. (Inset) Palestinian contestant Mohammed Assaf receives his trophy from Lebanese singer Assi Al-Hallani after winning the ‘Arab Idol’. — AP/AFP photos Palestinian joy as Gaza singer wins Arab Idol

ens of thousands of jubilant Palestinians “‘The rocket hit the target and brought joy celebrated into the early hours of yester- to the Palestinians,” said Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Tday after a 23-year-old Gazan singer won while the rival Al-Ayyam went with: “Assaf - the the popular Arab Idol talent show that has Palestinians’ art rocket.” And inside the papers, captivated millions across the Middle East giant full-page adds taken out by the Bank of since March. The meteoric rise of Gaza’s Palestine and mobile phone provider Jawaal Mohammed Assaf to snatch the top prize in congratulated him on his win. After the final the pan-Arab singing contest sparked an unprecedented outpouring of joy across the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, unifying an often divided public. Assaf’s victory in the finals, held in Beirut and screened live on television across the Arab world, marked the first such success for a Palestinian entertainer. “Mohammed Assaf is the Arab Idol!” declared the presenter of the show which is modeled on the British hit show Pop Idol, as confetti rained down on the cheer- ing audience. The handsome, tuxedo-clad

Mohammed Assaf, second right, receives the Arab Idol award in Beirut, Lebanon. sing-off, which pitted Assaf against a young tight Israeli blockade since 2006. Gaza’s Filippo Grandi. “How fantastic that a Palestine woman from Syria and an Egyptian, the entire Islamist Hamas rulers disapprove of shows refugee from Gaza should bring us all together Palestinian nation was on tenterhooks, waiting such as Arab Idol, which are considered to be in this way.” There were even congratulations Palestinian singer Mohammed Assaf cele- for the result after millions texted their vote to un-Islamic, but they have not clamped down from Israel, with the army’s Arabic spokesman brates with his national flag. the pan-Arab MBC channel. Across the West on support for the contest. Avichai Adraee hailing his victory on Twitter. Bank and Gaza, streets were jammed with a “All Palestinians share in his success. And the left-leaning Haaretz newspaper also sea of smiling faces, and the joyful honking of Mohammed’s music is a universal language hailed his success saying: “A Palestinian hero is car horns as people reveled in the rare atmos- and speaks to all of us,” said UNRWA chief born.” — AFP phere of celebration. “The mood is indescribable. Everyone is cel- ebrating. Thank you, Mohammed Assaf, for bringing joy to our hearts!” said Gaza resident Mohammad Dahman. “We haven’t felt this joy in a long time!” Celebrations also erupted in Palestinian contestant Mohammed Assaf annexed east Jerusalem, but soured as young (top) cries of joy. Palestinians clashed with Israeli police, result- ing in several arrests. In northern Lebanon, singer immediately dedicated his win to “the Palestinian refugees in the Beddawi camp fired Palestinian people, who have been suffering into the air and honked car horns to celebrate, for more than 60 years from (the Israeli) occu- while major partying also took place in the pation”. He wins a professional recording con- southern city of Sidon, an AFP correspondent tract and a car, a 2013 Chevrolet Camaro. said. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas Born in Misrata, Libya, Assaf grew up in crowned him a national goodwill ambassador, the Khan Yunis refugee camp in Gaza, one of and the UN agency for Palestinian refugees the world’s poorest and most densely-popu- named him their UNRWA Youth Ambassador. lated areas which has been subjected to a Since the contest began in March, Assaf has earned himself an army of followers who have been glued to the big screens in cafÈs and restaurants across the territories, listening enraptured as his powerful voice propelled him further and further ahead in the weekly sing-off. As his name was read out, his mother - wearing a traditional Palestinian embroi- dered dress, her shoulders wrapped in the black, green, white and red of the national flag - burst into tears of joy. Spontaneous celebrations broke out across Gaza and in the West Bank, where tens of thousands took to the streets, cheering and dancing, car radios blasting the traditional Palestinian song which propelled him to victo- ry as people handed out sweets to passers by. And yesterday, a Ramallah-based public rela- tions firm announced plans to host Assaf for a concert and celebration party in early July. News of his victory was splashed across yester- day’s front pages with many making a play on words linked to a remark by one of the judges who described him as “the best rocket” to have The family and friends of Palestinian singer Mohammad Assaf celebrate after he won the come out of Gaza - “a rocket of peace, not war”. final of the Arab Idol competition in Khan Yunis town in the southern Gaza Strip. People celebrate Palestinian singer Mohammed Assaf winning ‘Arab Idol’ in Gaza city.