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MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015 SAFAR 25, 1437 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Bill Gates Rival Libya Iran film Liverpool visits Kuwait factions agree directors protest beaten for full day on steps to colleague’s by lowly of activities3 end deadlock8 jail38 term Newcastle20 Governor of Aden Min 6º Max 14º High Tide killed in car bomb 08:10 & 20:15 Low Tide 02:10 & 13:13 40 PAGES NO: 16720 150 FILS IS claims attack, threatens more • New blow to Hadi

ADEN: A car bombing claimed by the Islamic State group yesterday killed the governor of Yemen’s second city Aden, OPEC policy a day after the UN’s envoy visited to press for long-delayed peace talks. A statement posted on Twitter by the jihadist risks further group said it was behind a blast that hit the convoy of Jaafar Saad in the Tawahi neighborhood of the major port, killing him and eight bodyguards. In a statement carried by price pressure the official Saba news agency, Aden security chief General Mohamed Mussad confirmed Saad’s death and said six of VIENNA: OPEC’s policy of maintaining high oil produc- his guards were also killed. tion risks heaping more downward pressure on oil Images circulated on social media showed a wrecked prices, especially with Iranian crude set to enter the car on fire on a main road in the southern city. Saad was global marketplace, analysts say. While lower prices eat only recently appointed governor, and was known to be into the revenues of the oil cartel’s members, cheap close to President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi who returned crude may result in lower production from non-OPEC to Aden last month after several months in exile in Riyadh. nations - helping countries like Saudi Arabia preserve Pro-Hadi forces, aided by a Saudi-led coalition, have bat- their market share. The Organization of the Petroleum tled Iran-backed rebels in Yemen since March, after the Exporting Countries decided at its meeting in Vienna insurgents overran the capital Sanaa and advanced south, on Friday against cutting the cartel’s oil output despite forcing the government to flee to Saudi Arabia. sliding prices and ahead of higher production from Fighting between the Houthi rebels and loyalist forces Iran next year. has plunged the impoverished nation into chaos, which Going into the meeting, OPEC - whose members jihadist groups have exploited to make sweeping gains, par- together pump out more than one third of world oil - has ticularly in southern regions. Aden’s Tawahi district has consistently struggled to keep production at a target of become a known hideout for jihadists, including Al-Qaeda 30 million barrels per day. The cartel is pumping out around 32 million barrels daily - a figure that is set to rise militants. IS has claimed a string of attacks in Yemen, includ- in coming months as Iran looks to produce more crude ing the bombing of Hadi’s government headquarters in following the lifting of sanctions - while OPEC appears to October and multiple suicide attacks on mosques in Sanaa ADEN: Yemenis inspect the scene of a car bomb attack that killed the attended by Shiite worshippers that killed 142 people. It have abandoned its target following Friday’s meeting. Governor of Aden Jaafar Saad (seen inset) in the Tawahi neighborhood of this Continued on Page 13 also claimed the killing of 50 soldiers in a November Yemeni port city yesterday. — AP/AFP Continued on Page 13 Police probe London Tube stabbing

LONDON: British counter-terror police were questioning a 29-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder yesterday after a stabbing attack in a London Underground train station that is being treated as a “terrorist incident”. Detectives from Britain’s Counter Terrorism Command (CTC) were searching a home in east London in connection with Saturday’s attack at Leytonstone station, which left a 56-year-old man with serious knife injuries. Amateur video footage of the incident showed one passer-by shouting “You’re no Muslim” at the suspect as he was pinned down by officers in the ticket hall, where a pool of blood was seen on the ground. Sky News television reported that the man DAMASCUS: Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad gives an interview to a journalist “apparently shouted ‘this is for Syria’,” although it from Britain’s Sunday Times in his Damascus residence. — AFP did not quote anyone. Police could not confirm the report when contacted by AFP and it is not evident from video footage circulating online. Assad says Britain’s “As a result of information received at the time from people who were at the scene and subsequent investigations carried out by the CTC, I am treating this as a terrorist incident,” Syria strikes ‘illegal’ said the police unit’s chief Richard Walton. “I would continue to urge the public to remain LONDON: Britain’s bombing campaign involve working with troops on the calm, but alert and vigilant.” LONDON: A police officer stands guard outside Leytonstone station in north London against Islamic State extremists in Syria ground. “You cannot cut out part of the Continued on Page 13 yesterday, a day after three people were stabbed. — AFP is “illegal” and will only cause “terrorism” cancer. You have to extract it. This kind to spread, President Bashar Al-Assad said of operation is like cutting out part of in an interview published yesterday. “It the cancer. will be harmful and illegal and it will That will make it spread in the body Women getting support terrorism as happened after the faster. You cannot defeat (IS) through air coalition started its operation a year or strikes alone. You cannot defeat them so (ago),” he told The Sunday Times after without cooperation with forces on the more interested British MPs voted on Dec 2 to join the ground. You cannot defeat them if you US-led bombing campaign over Syria. do not have buy-in from the general Terror, he said, was like a cancer public and the government,” he said. in IS terrorism which needed to be tackled with a “com- “They are going to fail again.” prehensive” strategy which would Continued on Page 13 WASHINGTON: Islamic State prop- men by far account for the largest aganda is resonating with a grow- percentage of supporters of the ing and loyal following of young Islamic State group. But authorities Modi mocked, ‘Amma’ women and teenagers, complicat- are concerned that the number of ing US counterterrorism efforts to women supporting extremist ideol- identify and monitor supporters ogy is on the rise. heckled after floods such as Tashfeen Malik, the 29-year- Before the most recent attacks, old mother suspected in the the Anti-Defamation League had CHENNAI: One of India’s most powerful leader with an almost hysterical follow- California shootings along with her identified 15 women linked to politicians, a former movie star called ing. Devotees of the 1960s screen idol CARTAGENA, Colombia: This undated handout picture shows the husband. It’s unusual for a woman Islamic extremist activity in 2014 “Amma” or “Mother” by her followers, is have immolated themselves in her remains of the Spanish galleon San Jose, sunk off the Caribbean to be involved in mass violence in and 2015 - a higher total than in being heckled and abused for going miss- defense in the past. Now, she faces a coast of Colombia. — AFP the United States. But the increas- the entire prior decade. A recent ing in action after floods swept the capital backlash from residents fed up with the ing number of women drawn to IS George Washington University of the southern state of Tamil Nadu, which sight of her image on billboards, aid Colombia finds is worrisome to American law report on IS found that one-third of she rules. It’s a salutary lesson for Prime packets and her own Jaya Plus TV chan- enforcement and making it almost the nearly 300 Twitter accounts of Minister Narendra Modi, who at first drew nel. She has been since in public only impossible to flag the prototypical US-based IS sympathizers moni- nods of approval when he rushed to twice during the crisis - once with Modi. treasure galleon recruit for investigation. Even hard- tored during a six-month period Chennai last week, promising to stand by Angry youths heckled a state minister er to detect: A husband and wife appeared to be operated by its people in their hour of need. and officials in Jayalalithaa’s north 300-year mystery ends team, like the one blamed for women. Yet, within hours, Modi became the Chennai constituency, where people Wednesday’s shootings in San Most recruits had tried to join IS object of mockery on social media after were sitting on the roadside amid sludge CARTAGENA, Colombia: Colombia Saturday, speaking from the north- Bernardino, that doesn’t need to on its home turf, including three his press office released a doctored photo and mountains of garbage, their shanties says it has found the shipwreck of a ern port city of Cartagena, close to use a telephone for attack-plotting. teenage girls from Colorado who of him inspecting flood damage. For both swept away by the worst rains in a centu- storied Spanish galleon laden with where experts made the hugely “The challenge of our efforts to were intercepted in Germany last him and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister ry. “Forget about Amma coming here, gold and precious stones, three valuable find. Treasure hunters had try and find and redirect people is year and a 19-year-old Mississippi Jayalalithaa Jayaram, the image of strong there was no sign of the party cadres,” centuries after it was sunk by the searched for the ship for decades, that it is a wide spectrum of folks,” woman who the FBI says set off leadership created by their publicity said one of them, called Dorairaj. British in the Caribbean. and although they found plenty of FBI Director James Comey said with her love interest before being machines was undermined. About 280 people have died across “This is the most valuable treas- other wrecks, the San Jose’s final Friday. “It isn’t a particular demo- stopped at a regional airport. Until the floods that ravaged the city Tamil Nadu since torrential rains on Dec. 1 ure that has been found in the his- resting place had remained a mys- graphic or geography. It’s about Others are accused of planning vio- of six million, the lofty remoteness of submerged tracts of Chennai under up to tory of humanity,” declared tery until now. people seeking meaning in their lence: In New York, two women Jayalalithaa added to the aura around a Continued on Page 13 President Juan Manuel Santos on Continued on Page 13 lives in a misguided way.” In the US, Continued on Page 13 MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015 LOCAL Amir receives state officials

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad internationally. Later, Sheikh Sabah met with Mayor of Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received His Highness the Crown Prince Mexico City Miguel Angel Mancera. The meeting dis- Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at Seif Palace cussed promoting bilateral ties in all domains and the lat- yesterday. His Highness the Amir also received National est regional and international developments. The meet- Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem and Acting ings were attended by Assistant Foreign Minister for Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al- European Affairs Walid Al-Khabeizi, Assistant Foreign Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. Minister for the Minister’s Office Ambassador Sheikh Dr Meanwhile, His Highness the Crown Prince received Ahmad Nasser Mohammad Al-Sabah and a number of Ghanem, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled, Deputy Premier and senior officials at the ministry. Minister of Interior Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al- Also yesterday, Chairman of the Kuwaiti National Hamad Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Security Apparatus Sheikh Thamer Al-Ali Al-Sabah Defense Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, Minister of received McGuinness and his accompanying delegation. Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh The Apparatus said in a press release that both sides dis- Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah, Minister of cussed bilateral relations between the two countries and State for Cabinet Affairs, Acting Minister of Electricity and ways to develop them, in addition to several issues of Water Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al- common interest. The meeting was attended by Assistant Sabah and Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Chairman of the National Security Apparatus Sheikh Education Bader Al-Essa. Sabah Al-Shamlan Al-Sabah. Meanwhile, Ghanem received at his office yesterday UK envoy the visiting Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian Regional KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets His Highness the In the meantime, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled met with UK Representative Council Farouq Mohammad. During the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. —Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos Prime Minister’s envoy and Deputy National Security meeting, the two parties discussed bilateral relations and Adviser Paddy McGuinness at the Foreign Ministry. The ways of reinforcing them, in addition to the latest regional meeting discussed promoting bilateral ties in all domains and international developments. The meeting was attend- and the latest regional and international developments. ed by several members of parliament. Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled also received the visiting Special Envoy of Armenia Levon Sargsyan at the Foreign Ministry Informatics Award yesterday. The meeting discussed promoting bilateral ties In other news, His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- in all domains and the latest regional and international Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah will patronize and attend ‘The developments. The acting premier meanwhile met with 15th session of Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah Informatics UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth Ahmad Alhendawi. Award.’ During The ceremony to be held at Bayan Palace The meeting discussed means of cooperation between today, His Highness the Amir will honor winners of this Kuwait and the UN on supporting youth, regionally and round. —KUNA SCPD seeks memberships in int’l donor organizations

KUWAIT: Secretary-General of the their role. Zaid noted that the Gulf 5,000 food packages and 5,000 packages Supreme Council for Planning and Cooperation Council (GCC) red crescent of cleaning materials, in addition to Development (SCPD) Dr Khaled Mahdi societies made their decision to share 5,000 blankets and 10,000 school bags, said the council is seeking to obtain one pavilion. said Omar Al-Azayza, director of the membership of the supreme steering Achievements of the KRCS have set Palestinian Red Crescent Society. committees of international donor the society as a model for voluntary The Kuwaiti aid has entered the Strip Acting Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets UK organizations. work in Kuwait, Zaid said, noting that the via Rafah crossing in coordination with Prime Minister’s envoy and Deputy National Security Adviser Paddy McGuinness. Mahdi said in a press statement yes- GCC pavilion is attracting a lot of visitors. Egyptian, Kuwaiti, and Palestinian Red terday that it had recently participated in The International Conference is a unique Crescent societies, Azayza said, adding Busan conference in Seoul, South Korea, global forum bringing together the that they were received earlier at the Iran’s nuclear file among pressing to discuss the strategic partnership of the States Parties to the Geneva Palestinian Red Crescent’s storages and public and private sectors in the sustain- issues on GCC leaders’ agenda able development process, and to review the role of the international partnership in promoting development in the world, KUWAIT: Relations between the GCC But the report contested that view The negotiations resulted in the and how to involve the private sector in and Iran remain very important for and came down on the side of US alle- signing of an agreement between the the process. each other and are governed by his- gations, saying the agency “assesses group (5+1) and Iran last July about He added that there is a challenge torical, geopolitical, economic, securi- that a range of activities relevant to Iran’s nuclear program adopted by the related to how to have a unified strategy ty and social considerations and are the development of a nuclear explo- UN Security Council, where Iran in dealing with public and private sectors affected by some regional and inter- sive device were conducted in Iran agreed on implementation of restric- in terms of sustainable development, nal developments. The importance of prior to the end of 2003 as a coordi- tions on the program and on interna- pointing out that the SCPD is considering these relationships are highlighted nated effort, and some activities took tional inspections to monitor the the establishment of a Public Policy through maintaining this file as a top place” up to 2009. implementation of the Convention in Center to achieve homogeneity of local, priority on the agenda of the GCC At the same time, the report said exchange for the lifting of internation- regional and international policies. summits. any such work was restricted to ‘feasi- al sanctions against it in the event of Moreover, he said the conference con- The regional and differing visions bility and scientific studies’ that compliance with the conditions as sidered how to make use of the Korean towards some issues of the region usu- stopped short of the advanced devel- Iran agreed to reduce the number of experience in the process of sustainable ally control the relationship between opment of such weapons. Also, the centrifuges used to enrich uranium. development, pointing to the need for the GCC countries and Iran, dominat- agency described its finding as an policies that emphasize the development ed sometimes by quiet diplomacy and assessment and left a final ruling on Peace and security of social responsibility programs and sometimes dominated by escalation of whether the case should be closed in Commenting on the nuclear agree- platform through partnership between disagreements, particularly with the hands of Washington and other ment between Iran and the group (5 the public and private sectors. regard to Iran’s nuclear program and leading nations represented on the +1), His Highness the Amir of Kuwait The Supreme Council for Planning the Iranian interference in the internal IAEA’s 35-nation board. That decision Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- and Development (SCPD) is responsible affairs of the Gulf Cooperation Council is tentatively set for Dec. 15, when the Sabah expressed the hope that this for formulating the vision for the state GAZA: A KRCS worker delivers a humanitarian aid shipment to the and the issue of Iran’s occupation of board meets to decide whether to agreement contributes to strengthen- and control development plans as well as benefit of Palestinians in Gaza. —KUNA the three UAE islands. endorse the deal. ing peace and security in the region. the preparation of a strategy for develop- Expected approval would close the He also congratulated leaders of the ment proposals in Kuwait, and the prepa- Conventions of 1949 and the they will be distributed to families in Great concern IAEA investigation and fulfill a key group (5 +1), Iran and Secretary ration of general plans for economic and International Red Cross and Red accordance with the Red Crescent’s pro- Iran’s nuclear program has consti- requirement of the July 14 nuclear General of the United Nations on the social development. Crescent Movement, including the 189 gram. tuted great concern to the GCC coun- deal between Iran and six world pow- signing of the agreement. Emirates National Red Cross and Red Crescent The packages will be handed to poor tries since Iran’s announcement of its ers. That deal specifies that the congratulated the signing of the Conference Societies, their International Federation and needy families, as well as Palestinians intention to build nuclear reactors agency must be in the position to agreement, describing it as “historic” In other news, the Kuwait Red of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies affected by difficult social circumstances, and then the opening of the Bushehr wrap up the probe and deliver its and expressed the hope that the Crescent Society (KRCS) is taking part in (International Federation) and the particularly with the advent of winter sea- reactor in 2011 which is located in an views as a key condition for the start agreement will contribute to the 32nd International Conference for International Committee of the Red son, he said, indicating that this aid is part unstable region geologically close to of an end to nuclear-related sanctions strengthening regional security and the Red Cross and the Red Crescent, Cross (ICRC) with its specific mandate of KRCS’ series of humanitarian aid provid- the coast of the Arabian Gulf, banks of on Tehran. In exchange, Tehran must stability. Geneva, December 8-10 to shed light on established under the Geneva ed for the Palestinian people throughout which are shared by the GCC states cut nuclear technologies that could First Deputy Prime Minister and Kuwait’s bright image in international Conventions. The Conference provides a three wars. and Iran, and what that can pose a be used in the future to build a bomb. Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al- humanitarian and relief work, a KRCS non-political forum for dialogue on Azayza expressed his gratitude to the significant environmental threat to Beyond its drive for an end to all Khaled Al-Sabah said in a press state- official has said. humanitarian issues. Kuwaiti people and His Highness the the region. sanctions imposed on it over its atom- ment last October 0n the Gulf-Iranian Speaking to KUNA yesterday, the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Information and reports about ic activities, Iran attaches huge impor- relations, “We are ready to start a dia- KRCS Director of Media and Public Aid shipment Al-Sabah for the aid, valuing the efforts Iran’s nuclear activities in the reactor tance to closing the books on the alle- logue with Iran that is based on the Relations Khalid Al-Zaid stressed the Separately, KRCS announced that it exerted by the Kuwaiti government and did not conform with the peaceful gations in its drive to lift all punitive fundamental principles and we are importance of the event that brings has delivered a humanitarian aid ship- KRCS in providing and donating human- uses through the enrichment of urani- measures against it and wipe the slate always in the GCC countries, we find together the world’s humanitarian ment to the Palestinian people via Rafah itarian aid and relief to alleviate the suf- um at rates higher than allowed, thus clean over its nuclear program. there are rules for cooperation with organizations in one place to highlight land crossing. The shipment contained fering of the Palestinian people. —KUNA causing increasing concern to the Israel, Iran’s implacable foe, urged neighboring Iran and we hope to start GCC countries as well as to major further pressure on Tehran. Prime this dialogue for the security and sta- states, prompting the International Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked bility of the region. Atomic Energy Agency to call on Iran the IAEA to “continue to deepen the “We are still in the GCC appeal to French embassy organizes to use such reactors peacefully which investigation,” saying Iran’s past was neighboring Iran to act in accor- Iran has rejected. relevant to the “current status” of its dance with international rules and course for MOE supervisors Iran did work on developing nuclear program. are ready to open a dialogue with nuclear arms in the past, the U.N. Iran finally agreed to enter into Iran and have to work in accordance atomic agency concluded in a recent direct negotiations with the group (5 with the basic principles of the KUWAIT: The French Embassy in Kuwait is holding a four guage attache and the International Center for Educational report that wraps up a near decade of +1) (five permanent members of the UN Charter of the United Nations and day training course for the Ministry of Education’s (MOE) Studies will provide instructors and MOE will provide train- investigations and opens the way to Security Council plus Germany) in order non-interference in the internal French Language Teaching Supervisors (FLT). The course ing auditoriums. Passing this course, FLT supervisors will be implementing a landmark deal aimed to reach an agreement that meets the affairs of countries in the region and starts today and ends Thursday. The course comes within a qualified and accredited as international graders of the at reducing any future nuclear threat demands of these countries and con- for Iran’s commitment to good neigh- cooperation treaty held between Kuwait and France on DELFE Prim and Junior tests (A.1, A.2) for a period of five from Tehran. tribute to the lifting of the siege. borliness,” he said. —KUNA January 27, 2015, upon which the French embassy’s lan- years. Subeih: Industries, Building Exhibition seeks to cope with development plans More than 70 companies, governmental authorities under one ceiling

KUWAIT: The Deputy Chairman of the Board of most high-class and high-ranking companies and con- New ideas the expats residing in Kuwait, newly married couples and Directors and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of M/s struction and building factories in the State of Kuwait On the other hand, Dalia Wafai, the Executive the specialized firms in the construction and preparation National Industries Company, Dr Adel Al-Subeih, reas- and the region. Director of “Expo- Tag” Company for Exhibitions and of villas and chalets who all visited the Exhibition and sured that the Fifth Session of Industries and Building Conferences, said that the Fifth Session of this had admired its high-class, high-ranking and quality Exhibition seeks to cope with the new development Largest gathering Exhibition is distinguished by offering new ideas in products and exhibited items, particularly in the presence plans of the State of Kuwait in addition to working for Dr Subeih said that the new session of the exhibition addition to the presence of the most significant special- and participation of many specialized companies that meeting all the needs of the local market with regard to is the largest local gathering for the specialists in the ized companies which will provide everything that may receive a great confidence in the Kuwaiti community. the construction and building sector that receive the construction, decoration and building world from both be needed during the phases of the building process as interest and concern of private housing projects or the the public and private sectors. well as the most recent and high-class products in the Diverse products development projects in the different sectors, by offer- He also added that this will give chance to the finishing and decoration fields in such a way that will Furthermore, Wafai said that the specialized compa- ing the latest and the most recent developments in this Kuwaiti citizen in order to obtain all what he wants in Dalia Wafai Dr Adel Al-Subeih meet the requirements of the Kuwaiti citizen and copes nies participating in this exhibition will offer their diverse industry worldwide. this connection under one ceiling, besides giving the most recent developments in this industry, especially with his taste. products related to the building requirements like: ther- This came in a press statement by Dr Subeih on the opportunity to the participating governmental authori- those citizens who are benefiting from the housing wel- Wafai indicated that many governmental authorities mal insulation, all types of cooling and refrigeration sys- occasion of finalizing the process for getting ready and ties to answer any queries raised by the citizens with fare program. besides more than Seventy (70) Companies are partici- tems, water heaters, suspended ceilings, indoor parti- the ongoing preparations for the Fifth Session of regard to all that is relevant to building works. Dr Subeih said that the Industries and Building pating in this Exhibition which will provide every new in tions, doors and windows, shutters, ceramics, all types of Industries and Building Exhibition which will be Dr Subeih clarified that the success which the exhi- Exhibition is characterized by the fact that it is privi- the finishing, decoration and contracting fields. She marble, paints, cement products, metal structures, rein- launched today, Monday, and continues up to the 10th bition had witnessed in its previous session confirms to leged with several and diverse sponsorships and par- added that this year is Exhibition is organized in a wide forcement iron, wooden doors, all types of lifts, pre-cast day of this month of December under the auspices of what extent that the specialized companies and organi- ticipations by the various relevant governmental space of more than 2000 square meters in order to give concrete slabs, aluminum products, walls and skylights, His Excellency the Minister of State for Housing Affairs zations are confident in this wide and important gather- authorities in addition to the private sector, the thing chance to the sponsors and participants to render what- electrical doors, electrical boards, all types of stones and and organized by “Expo-Tag” for Exhibitions and ing which will serve and support the construction and which reassures the support given by those entities ever they want to provide. She further pointed out that granites, sets of toilets and glassware, kitchens and spe- Conferences and in Collaboration with M/s National rehabilitation sector in both the State of Kuwait and the to this important event which will meet the ambi- the events of this Exhibition during the previous years cialty materials, pipes, pipe coating and flooring, all dec- Industries Company, and the participation of many gov- region as well. He further reassured the keenness by the tions of all the interested parties in the construction had witnessed great attention from the Kuwaiti families, oration and wall materials, landscaping, wooden cabi- ernmental authorities in addition to the largest and the exhibition to inform the citizens about the latest and building sector. families of the diplomatic missions in the State of Kuwait, nets and all types of furniture. MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015 LOCAL

Kuwait Times interviews Dr David McHardy, President of Algonquin College - Kuwait

KUWAIT: Kuwait Times recently interviewed are currently assessing which of these pro- ices and our instructors, admissions staff and people who are probably a little older and cur- but also from Algonquin College in Canada. Dr David McHardy, President of Algonquin grams we would like to introduce next. student services people are all very experi- rently employed and will focus more on the And, finally, we are a member of a global net- College in Kuwait, who spoke about the pro- Our Community Services and Outreach enced, highly skilled, and focused on student parts of Kuwait that are closest to our campus. work of Algonquin College campuses. No other grams that the college offers, its credentials area offers Continuing Education and Contract success. Everyone “goes the extra mile” as they Clearly, different kinds of programs will have institution in Kuwait has a profile like ours. and other topics. Training programs and we’ll soon be announc- say. We listen to our students and we work different target audiences. ing the official opening of our Training Centre. with them to build their skills and confidence. KT: What does the future hold for Kuwait Times: What programs does The center will initially focus on English For example, our students formed a Volunteer KT: What kinds of credentials is Algonquin Algonquin College - Kuwait? Algonquin College -Kuwait offer? Language Training and will then expand into Club and they said to our staff that they want- College - Kuwait offering? Will you offer dif- Dr McHardy: In Spring 2016, we will begin Dr David McHardy: Algonquin College in other areas of interest to working adults, com- ed to run an outreach event. Our staff worked ferent credentials in the future? running our first diploma program - Business - Canada is a comprehensive polytechnic and panies and government ministries. with them and ultimately the Club members Dr McHardy: Right now we offer diplomas Management and Entrepreneurship. In offers over 200 programs in almost every field organized a well-received student-designed in Business and Advanced Technology that Summer 2016, we are planning to send two of imaginable. In Kuwait, we will initially be offer- KT: How does Algonquin College - Kuwait and student-run event through which the have degree pathways with other institutions. our students to Canada for a special summer ing programs from our Schools of Business, heighten the quality of its students’ experi- community benefited and the students had In the future, our goal is to broaden this base program and to offer a series of summer insti- Advanced Technology and Community ence? fun while learning lots about planning, organ- to include other disciplines and to offer our tutes. In Fall 2016, we will add at least three Services and Outreach, as well as an English Dr McHardy: Every aspect of what we do izing and teamwork. own applied degrees. more diploma programs. By 2017, we will have and Academic Foundations program that has at Algonquin College - Kuwait (AC-Kuwait) added an auditorium and sports and recreation been specifically developed for delivery here contributes to our students getting the high- KT: What markets is Algonquin College - KT: How does Algonquin College - Kuwait complex to our facilities and have done every- in Kuwait. est quality education and learning experience Kuwait targeting? differ from other colleges and universities thing necessary to apply to become a degree- In Business, our initial offerings will focus possible. The programs we deliver are of the Dr McHardy: Canadian institutions pride in Kuwait? granting institution. In 2018, we will celebrate on Management, Marketing, Entrepreneurship highest quality and they are reviewed every themselves in being inclusive and I don’t think Dr McHardy: Besides being the only col- our first graduating class and our goal is to and e-Business and we have future plans to year to ensure they maintain their relevance we’re going to be any different. Our goal is to lege or university located in Jahra and Kuwait’s begin offering applied degree programs and offer programs in Accounting, Finance and and currency. We have invested heavily in be the College of choice for as broad a range only Canadian college, we’re affiliated with a open our second academic wing on campus. Investment. In Advanced Technology, the pro- educational technologies. Every classroom is of students as possible - Kuwaitis and non- public college that’s a leader in educational Over the next few years, Algonquin College’s grams we’ve promoted to date include outfitted with interactive white boards, digital Kuwaitis, males and females. Our Diploma technologies and international education. Our global network of branch campuses will grow Computer Programming and Systems projectors, and document cameras and our programs focus on recent high school gradu- students use their mobile devices as learning and we will begin exploring student and facul- Technology. We have also been approved to learning management system provides stu- ates from all over Kuwait, some of whom will tools and they may never have to buy a printed ty exchange opportunities with other mem- offer programs in Interactive Multimedia dents with 24/7 “anywhere, anytime” access to be eligible for government scholarships and textbook, as all our texts to date have been sold bers of our network. And that’s only the begin- Design, Internet Applications, Web their learning materials. We hire the best peo- some of whom will not be. In contrast, our as e-books. As a branch campus, our graduates ning. We have lots of ideas and plans and look Development, and Computer Engineering. We ple available to deliver our programs and serv- Continuing Education programs will target will not only receive a diploma from AC-Kuwait forward to a very bright future. Bill Gates visits Kuwait Arab ministers of youth for full day activities

KUWAIT: Bill Gates visits Kuwait today to partici- commend Jaber Stadium pate in a youth dialogue session and a meeting of Abdulrahman Al-Sumait board of trustees, and will be honored with Informatics Medal for Officials urge int’l bodies to drop Kuwaiti sports suspension his decades-long information revolution contri- butions. KUWAIT: The Arab ministers of youth and sports Gates, visiting the country at the invitation of praised the facilities of Jaber Al-Ahmad International His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Stadium which meet the world’s latest standards. The Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, would be participating in dia- ministers, accompanied by Kuwait’s Minister of logue session with Kuwaiti youths, organized by Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs the Amiri Diwan, over “Youth and International Sheikh Salman Sabah Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah, Development.” paid an inspection visit to the stadium on the sidelines The dialogue session is within His Highness of the 59th meeting of the executive office of the Arab the Amir’s patronage of youth activities and the ministers of youth and sport council. development of their skills, Dr Yusuf Al-Ibrahim, Sheikh Salman said the ministers were impressed Amiri Diwan Advisor, said in a statement to by the state-of-the-art technologies employed at this KUNA earlier. He said the session would inspire sports edifice which was named after late Amir Sheikh youth over importance of development and vol- Bill Gates Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. “The venue will see untary action. The Amiri Diwan has already invit- the Kuwait sports taking a new momentum on ed the youth to register online to participate in applied education, and proliferation of schools December 18 when a celebration will be held to give a the dialogue session, due in Bayan Palace. and provision of teachers and trainers. positive portrait of sports in Kuwait,” he pointed out. Sumait (1947-2013) dedicated his life to On the meeting of the executive office, the minister Al-Sumait Prize helping poor and orphans in remote and desti- said the conferees were unanimous in supporting the Gates, who co-chairs the Bill and Melinda tute areas across the African continent. He spent stance of Kuwait on the controversial decision to sus- Gates Foundation, would also take part in a over three decades of his life in his philanthropic pend Kuwait Olympic Committee (KOC) from taking meeting of the Board of Trustees of work in the African continent, participating in part in the overseas sports activities. He stressed that Abdulrahman Al-Sumait Prize for African providing care for thousands of orphans, the the sports legislations of Kuwait are in keeping with Development, where members would examine drilling of around 9,500 artesian wells and the the provisions of the International Olympic Charter. nominees for the 2015 prize, the first since its establishment of 860 schools, four universities KUWAIT: Information and youth affairs minister Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud Al-Sabah and Arab ministers of youth and sports tour the Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium . — KUNA launch two years ago. and 204 Islamic centers. Right to participate His Highness the Amir, during the November In an article published last month, Gates paid The conferees asked the international sports organ- 2013 Africa-Arab Summit in Kuwait, announced tribute for Sumait for the “remarkable man he izations to unban Kuwait’s participation as early as pos- porting regional, Arab and international sports, hoping Abdulaziz spoke highly of Kuwait’s high-level sports the prize after late Dr Sumait, a Kuwaiti medical was” although he did not have a chance to meet sible and not to deprive the Kuwaiti sportspeople of that international sports organizations would drop infrastructure and win of several Olympic medals. doctor who dedicated his life to raising funds to him. “A physician, Islamic scholar and philan- their right to take part in sports events abroad, Sheikh their decision to suspend Kuwaiti sports activities. Hailing Kuwaiti national teams’ participation in interna- support humanitarian and charitable projects in thropist, Dr Al Sumait embodied Kuwait’s tradi- Salman added. However, they pointed to their keenness on the tional sports events, he blasted the international deci- fields of health, education and food for the less tion of generosity and concern for people in Tunisian Minister of Youth and Sports Maher Ben respect of international regulations, mainly the sion to suspend Kuwaiti sports activities, saying that it fortunate in Africa. need, which UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon Dhia said the Jaber stadium is the most beautiful Olympic Charter, while stressing the sovereign role of was not carefully considered. The board of trustees, chaired by First underscored last year in recognizing His sports facility he has ever seen. “The stadium is a pearl States and independence sports bodies. Abdulaziz stressed the necessity of listening to Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- and a bright page in the history of sports in Kuwait and Kuwait’s official viewpoint in this context, calling for an Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, will Jaber Al-Sabah as a global ‘humanitarian leader,’” the Arab world at large,” Ben Dhia said in statements to Kuwait’s flag early meeting between international institutions and discuss in their meeting in Bayan Palace how the he said. KUNA. Speaking to reporters following the meeting, Kuwait’s team led by Sheikh Salman Sabah and involv- $1 million prize be awarded whether to an indi- The Tunisian minister voiced hope that the Stadium Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud said the meeting had ing sports bodies and members of parliament in order vidual, an institution or more than one person. ‘Informatics Medal’ will host international soccer events and resume con- mainly produced the full solidarity of Arab countries to “review the decision and to wipe out any misunder- Among the board of trustees members are Meanwhile, Gates would be honored by His tribution to the promotion of sports in Kuwait soon. with Kuwait in the face of the “arbitrary suspension standing”, thus paving the way for Kuwaiti athletes to Abdullateef Al-Hamad, Chairman and Director Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali AlSabah Similar statements were made by Secretary General of imposed on Kuwaiti athletes who cannot participate join next sports competitions. On October 27, the General of Kuwait-based Arab Fund for Informatics Award with its ‘Informatics Medal’ for the UAE General Authority of Youth and Sports Welfare (in sports events) under the flag of Kuwait.” International Olympic Committee (IOC) had suspend- Economic and Social Development (AFESD) and his contributions to information technology Ibrahim Abdulmalek, member of the authority He added that the Arab youth and sports ministers ed Kuwaiti sports activities under the pretext that Dr Adnan Shihab-Eldin, Director General of over the past four decades, and for standing Marawan Al-Marzouqi, and the UN Secretary-General’s had called on international organizations to “drop sus- Kuwait’s local sports laws run counter with the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of behind innovations that led to the global infor- Envoy on Youth Ahmad Alhendawi. The meeting of the pension at an early date”, and underlined the principle Olympic Charter. Sciences (KFAS). mation revolution. His Highness the Amir will executive office reviewed the recommendations of the of developing Kuwaiti sports legislations and law in a The subject for the 2015 prize is health, and decorate Gates with the Informatics Medal at technical committees of the council of Arab ministers way that could be an Arab example to follow. The min- Decrying violence people applying for the prize should submit Bayan Palace Monday, the Award added in a of youth and sports as well as sports issues of common ister highly commended this Arab solidarity with, and Arab youth and sports ministers have asked Sheikh their research about communicable diseases statement last Thursday. concern for the Arab countries. support to, the State of Kuwait in this regard. Salman Al-Humoud to set up two committees; one prevalent in Africa such as Ebola, Malaria and The Award’s Board of Trustees selected Gates Meanwhile, Chairman of the Executive Office of the decrying violence and extremism, and the other sup- HIV. It also includes provision of medical staff, for his achievements that contributed to pro- Kuwait’s suspension Council of Arab Youth and Sports Ministers Khaled porting youth. Speaking to reporters following the medicine, pharmaceutical and medical equip- moting global knowledge performance, after he On Saturday, Arab youth and sports ministers Abdulaziz reiterated the council’s support to the State 59th session of the Executive Office of the Council of ment, as well as provision of medical centers. manifested great skills and interest in computer called on international sports institutions to backpedal of Kuwait versus the suspension of its sports activities. Arab Youth and Sports Ministers, the office’s chairman The prize - a cash sum, a gold medal, shield programming when he was only 13. In 1975, at on their decision to suspend Kuwaiti sports activities, He said in a press statement that the council had Khaled Abdulaziz said the office had decided to set up and certificate of recognition is to be awarded to the age of 20, Gates and his friend Paul Allen and to allow Kuwaiti athletes to partake in world sports urged international institutions to rethink about their a committee led by Sheikh Salman Sabah to develop individuals or institutions whose research proj- founded Microsoft, that came to be the world’s events “under the flag of their country”. recent decision to suspend Kuwaiti sports activities, appropriate mechanisms for launching an anti-terror- ects or initiatives made significant advancement largest software business in a short period, the The ministers voiced, in a joint statement issued fol- and to allow Kuwaiti athletes to partake in world sports ism campaign similar to the Council of the European within field of health. The prize has two other statement added. lowing the 59th session of their Executive Office, their events “under the flag of their country” as soon as pos- Union’s anti-hatred campaign. He said the step was the fields: food security and education, the former It noted that Informatics Medal is the highest full solidarity with the State of Kuwait in this regard, sible so that they could join next Olympic Games in fruit of discussions and agreements with the Council of aims at development of agriculture and pro- prize offered by the Sheikh Salem Al-Ali AlSabah and appreciated its efforts to support its sports activi- Brazil. the European Union in this regard. Another one-year vides solutions to environment problems hin- Informatics Award to a public figure or a juridical ties and overhaul sports laws. youth-backing committee, also sled by the Kuwaiti dering agricultural production development. person that has played a prominent role in They lauded Kuwait’s relentless respect of interna- Sports infrastructure minister, was set up with a view to developing fresh The second field aims at providing basic and human development. — KUNA tional regulations, and effective contributions to sup- Reaffirming Arab backing to Kuwait in this regard, Arab youth polices, he added. — KUNA NBK opens new branch at KOC Zain main sponsor of

KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) Deputy General Manager, Consumer with KOC and the national oil companies RoadRush for 2nd year opened yesterday a new branch at Kuwait Banking Group, Suweileh Al-Mutairi, extends for decades,” he added. Oil Company (KOC) Head Office to provide Manager for Financial Accounts and NBK will be the only bank at the KOC KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommu- its employees with full services. The open- Services group at KOC, Khaled Al-Ajmi, Head Office and will provide KOC employ- nications company in Kuwait, ing of the new branch comes in tandem Team leader Financial Payments, Financial ees with full and exclusive banking services announced its main sponsorship of the with NBK’s long term relationship with KOC Accounts and Services Group at KOC and and products tailor-made to meet their 6th edition of RoadRush. The motorsport and all national oil companies. other officials representing NBK and KOC needs and requirements.” activity, which exclusively aims at The opening was attended by Hashem were also present at the opening ceremo- In his turn, Hashim said: “The opening of women, takes place from November Sayed Hashem, KOC Chief Executive Officer, ny. NBK Branch will eventually further expands 2015 until February 2016. Salah Al-Fulaij, NBK-Kuwait Chief Executive Commenting on the occasion, Fulaij the mutually beneficial and fruitful relation- Zain’s support to this unique racing Officer , Saad Al-Azmi, Deputy CEO for said: “We are happy to be the present at ship existing between NBK and KOC as well competition comes in line with the com- Administrative and Financial Affairs at KOC, KOC to support its employees with all the as other national oil companies.” pany’s core commitment to Kuwaiti Pradeep Handa, NBK General Manager, banking solutions they need.” NBK continues to enjoy collectively the youth’s various interests and activities, Foreign Corporate, Oil and Trade Finance “NBK is the banking partner for all of highest ratings among all banks in the which resembles the company’s endless Group, Mohammed Al-Othman, NBK Kuwait’s oil companies. NBK’s relationship Middle East from the three international confidence in the competencies of youth rating agencies Moody’s, Fitch Ratings and and their capabilities in excelling in dif- Standard and Poor’s. The Bank’s ratings are ferent fields. supported by its high capitalization, pru- RoadRush aims at encouraging and dent lending policies, and its disciplined inspiring women to participate in motor- approach to risk management, in addition sports that are usually associated with to its highly recognized and very stable men. The event provides an ideal oppor- management team. NBK was also named tunity for women to showcase their tal- teams who competed in a thrilling tials in the motorsport field. among Global Finance’s list of the 50 safest ents in an exciting series of events that atmosphere at Kuwait’s SIRBB Circuit, Zain’s sponsorship of this thrilling banks in the world for the tenth consecu- involve several thrilling activities taking including the company’s own “Zain event stems from its utmost responsibili- tive time. place in Kuwait and Bahrain. team”. ty of youth’s talent development and the NBK enjoys the widest banking pres- RoadRush will feature a number of Additionally, the event will witness sports sector, which comes in line with ence with a local and international network activities that are related to car racing, in the organization of the main race that its Corporate Social Responsibility strate- reaching 4 continents. NBK’s international which women with different skill levels will be held at Bahrain International gy. The company will spare no efforts in presence spans many of the world’s leading can participate and enjoy. The event Circuit next January, where professional supporting causes and initiatives that financial centers including New York, already kick-started with a Karting race participants will enjoy an experience that spread awareness on certain areas that Europe, GCC, Middle East, Singapore as well that witnessed the participation of many is considered as a real test to their poten- concern the Kuwaiti youth. as China (Shanghai). LOCAL MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015

In Brief Kuwait, UN sign NBK promotes services Fire prevention courses youth support MoU KUWAIT: The National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) show- By Hanan Al-Saadoun KUWAIT: Kuwait and the UN signed cased its banking business services during a seminar Saturday a Memorandum of held recently at ‘Sirdab Lab’ to support small and KUWAIT: Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) Understanding (MoU) over the support of medium business entrepreneurs. During the semi- held two training courses in cooperation with the youth. The MoU was signed by Minister of nar, NBK officials gave a demonstration to services it Interior Ministry, including one on the basics of fire Information and Minister of State for offers to this category, including the e-commercial prevention in private buildings which saw 13 par- Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Al-Sabah and gate mystore2go.com which offers business owners ticipants. The second course, titled the ‘6th Road UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth the opportunity to display and sell their products Accidents Course for GCC States,’ took place in Ahmad Alhendawi, on sidelines of a meet- easily. NBK offers this service for the first time In Kabd with participation of 16 trainees. The courses ing on youth volunteering in the face of cooperation with Nexxus Payment Group. will conclude on December 17, 2015, KFSD said in a terrorism. —KUNA statement. Photo of the day

KUWAIT: A man tries to help two camels cross a road in Kabd yesterday. Kuwait Camel Race Club hosted the annual camel race yesterday. —Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat Gulf Bank sponsors engineering college’s ‘versary celebration

KUWAIT: Gulf Bank was a silver sponsor- teams were selected. ship of the 40th Anniversary celebration The main objective of Kuwait Global of Kuwait University’s (KU) College of Technopreneurship Challenge confer- Engineering and Petroleum. The event ence was to encourage entrepreneurial featured a number of activities, including thinking and develop regional and inter- the Kuwait Global Technopreneurship national collaboration, while honing Challenge 2015, which was designed to business skills of Kuwait’s students and gather some of the most creative minds, youth. The conference was preceded by investors and decision makers to work an intensive introductory online training together and help turn bold ideas into course on 1 July 2015, to motivate young reality. The event included workshops, people and students all over the world to final round challenge, then the confer- face 14 grand challenges for engineering ence and award ceremony. in the 21st century. During the conference, a ‘camp’ was The training course was conducted held on the university campus where under the supervision of expert academ- selected teams worked intensively ics from Kuwait University, and Taylor’s together and learn under the supervision University Malaysia, in collaboration with of a distinguished group of academics colleagues from other countries around and industry leaders how to improve the world to help participants face tech- their opportunities to commercialize nical challenges more effectively. To date, their projects. 620 participants from 70 countries have KUWAIT: Farwaniya Governor Sheikh Faisal Al-Humoud Al-Malek Al-Sabah is pictured with students at the exhibition. — KUNA photos The conference featured three tasks enrolled in the training, including 180 carefully chosen to represent key priori- from Kuwait. ties for Kuwait, the region and the world. Gulf Bank’s sponsorship of this event These challenges were: make solar ener- is part of its long-term strategy of reach- Special needs integral part of gy economical, advance health informat- ing out to youth through ongoing pro- ics, and advance personalized learning. grams which provide support that fur- On the final day of the event teams com- ther their learning and development. To society: Farwaniya Governor peted by presenting their marketing find out more about Gulf Bank’s initia- pitches to representatives from the local tives and programs, visit the Bank’s bilin- business community and three winning gual website at www.e-gulfbank.com. KUWAIT: Farwaniya Governor Sheikh Faisal Faisal made the remarks yesterday while ment to societal contributions made by spe- Al-Humoud Al-Malek Al-Sabah said that peo- attending a special exhibition entitled, “A cial needs people, calling them a valuable ple with special needs form an integral part of Brighter Future”, marking International Day of segment of the population. Human develop- society, highlighting Kuwait’s prioritization of Persons with Disabilities. The Farwaniya ment is the benchmark by which all nations the rights of those with disabilities. Sheikh Governor said that the exhibition is a testa- are measured, he added. —KUNA

KUWAIT: The Commercial Bank of Kuwait (CBK) celebrated the graduation of a new batch of employees who recently took part in the new employees’ develop- ment program. LOCAL MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015

Legalese Parliamentary Weekends, holidays committee advises and overtime trimming subsidies KUWAIT: The parliamentary legal and legislative com- mittee has recommended approval of bills trimming By Fajer Ahmed state subsidies of power, water, fuel for state department and public sector employees, amending laws on small uwait “new” labor law was written in 2010 to and medium enterprises and citizens of special needs. demolish the violations that were regularly occur- The committee rapporteur, MP Ahmad Al-Qudaibi, said ring from employers towards their employees or K in a statement following a meeting today that its mem- should I say towards the members of the private sector. Unfortunately though because the law seems to be fair- bers discussed a number of draft laws and issued recom- ly new there seems to be some confusion on its articles mendations approving the bills. and their application from my readers/clients. Some One of them stipulates amendment Law 98/2013 on companies will do everything they can to save as much the fund for medium and small enterprise, referring it to money as possible, and unfortunately to some, this the financial committee, another calls for slashing the means over working their employees, without taking subsidies for electricity, water and fuel for government into account that this can affect their business in many departments and civil servants. The commission blessed ways, creating a negative outcome instead of a positive a bill on amending the law for the handicapped and one. referred it to the commission that comsiders issues con- I would like to share with you an email I got from one cerning citizens of special needs. of my readers, as the concerns he had are reoccurring in the emails I receive: KUWAIT: Firefighters tackle a blaze at a basement in Industrial Shuwaikh yesterday. Women’s housing Meanwhile, the Parliamentary Woman and Family Weekend work and overtime Affairs Committee discussed the issues of women’s hous- Q. I have viewed some versions of Kuwait labor law, Interior Ministry warns ing and females married to non-Kuwaiti men. The com- and I am seeking your clarifications for the below: mittee’s rapporteur MP Mohammad Tana Al-Enezi said in 1. Our employer is calling us to work during week- a press release after the meeting that the committee ends, and is not reimbursing us with days off or over- against fake maids offices considered the necessity of giving women full housing time, is this a violation of the law? rights. He demanded for a bigger women presence in Yes. According to Kuwait labor law you should be upcoming housing projects and replacing 100-meter working six days maximum at eight hours a day. Now No injuries in basement fire most employers give their employees Saturday as a paid apartments given to women at present with 400-meter day off. If they call you in one day of the weekend that is ones. fine, but if you are working seven days a week, then that By Hanan Al-Saadoun that they do not fall victim for fraud- warehouse which contained furniture Enezi stressed that the committee is working on laws would be considered a violation. sters. and housewares, stored in a way that aiming to ensure full rights to women. The meeting was 2. What should I be expecting as remuneration for KUWAIT: Director General of the He said concerned authorities are obstructed firemen’s activity. They attended by Minister of State for Housing Affairs Yasser the days I work on weekends? Interior Ministry’s Residency coordinating to carry out campaigns were able to isolate the items howev- Abul, General Manager of Public Authority for Housing According to Article (67) of the law, you should be Detectives Affairs Department to uncover fake offices and arrest er and prevent the flames from reach- Welfare, General Manager of Kuwait Credit Bank, and sev- expecting 1.5 of what you are usually paid per day Brigadier Saud Abdallah Al-Khader, workers in violation of labor regula- ing them. State Minister for Cabinet eral child and woman activists. —KUNA (divide your salary by 26) plus a day off instead of the and Director General of Relations and tions. He added that concerned Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Al- one you worked. Security Information General authorities were contacted in order to Abdallah Al-Sabah followed the 3. Is it considered a violation that my employer is Department Brigadier Adel Al- ban such ads “which contribute to the efforts of firemen to make sure they claiming that I am absent on public holidays, and Hashash yesterday warned citizens rise of crime rates,” adding that there remained safe. No injuries were Court upholds order deducting from my salary? He states that our company and expatriates against dealing with is a joint team from the residency reported. is operating under a normal schedule during Eid holi- fake domestic help offices. They detectives and residency affairs to shelve slander days and in the case that I do not show up to work, he added in a statement that the min- departments to monitor such illegal Factories’ crackdown will deduct from my salary. istry has recently noticed that some ads and take legal action against The environment police carried out case against diplomat Your employer is clearly violating the law. Holidays people made ads over social media them. a surprise visits to Shuaiba area in stated in Article 68, are as follows: and other means, offering domestic cooperation with the Environment By Meshaal Al-Enezi a- Higira New Year: 1 day help services on hourly basis. They Shuwaikh fire Public Authority (EPA), during which it b- Isra’ and Mi’raj day: 1 day added that this activity is considered Seven fire stations battled a huge discovered several violations in facto- KUWAIT: The comprehensive court yesterday upheld c- Eid Al-Fitr: 3 days ‘swindling acts’ by people who do not blaze that broke out in a basement ries that did not complete the envi- the public prosecution’s decision to shelve a state d- Waqfat Arafat: 1 day have the proper licenses to offer used as a food stuff warehouse in ronmental conditions and standards. security case that had been filed against a Kuwaiti e- Eid Al-Adha: 3 days housemaid employment services. Industrial Shuwaikh area yesterday Tickets were issued against six facto- Brig Khader urged citizens and morning. It was the second fire that ries, and legal procedures are being diplomat accusing him of slandering His Highness the f- Prophet’s Birthday (Al-Mawlid Al-Nabawi): 1 day Amir. g- National Day: 1 day expats to deal only with offices took place in the same area in the last taken to guarantee compliance with licensed by the Interior ministry so 48 hours. The basement contained a the industrial activity conditions. Meanwhile, the civil court yesterday rejected a case h- Gregorian New Year: 1 day filed by lawyer Mohammed Al-Wehaib against his col- If you are working any of the above days then you should receive 2x what you are usually paid for a day’s league Zaid Al-Khabbaz, demanding compensation of work plus a day off. KD 5,001, especially since the latter was acquitted in a Municipality denies halting slander case filed by the former. However, Wehaib Absconding vs canceling a contract stressed that he would contest the ruling and take the 4- If points 1 - 3 are considered as violations from the case to the court of appeal. employer towards employee, can I terminate my work camping licenses for expats A court also annulled a decision to rusticate a senior contract? female student at the faculty of education at Kuwait Theoretically according to Article 48 of the law you By A Saleh State budget University over accusations of shouting at the faculty’s can terminate your employment contract without pro- Kuwait Petroleum Corporation Kuwait bans bird assistant dean for students’ affairs. In the meantime, a KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality’s (KPC) is considering funding the viding a notice, but from experience you should really young man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for consider your options and take all precautions before official spokesperson Nadia Al- state budget with one billion imports from proceeding to just not show up to work. Not showing Shereida denied social media and dinars to be given in two phases - sexually harassing a girl inside an elevator. up to work can put you in a really unstable position, media reports about halting half a billion in the current fiscal Tunisia, France your employer will be able to file an absconding case camping licenses for non-Kuwaitis year and half in the coming one Payroll alternative KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Agriculture against you. Absconding cases in Kuwait can be very and stressed that licenses were (2016-2017), well-informed oil Speaking on the sidelines of the Arab Conference Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR) has serious, so before you decide to terminate the contract I still being issued to both Kuwaitis sources said. The social security for Mining, Oil and Petrochemicals Employees, Deputy banned live bird imports from Tunisia and suggest you do the following: and non-Kuwaitis. “The municipali- authority is also expected to study Chairman of Kuwait Labor Union Faisal Al-Kandari France for the outbreak of West Nile fever in 1. make sure you have proof that you are showing up ty only followed some strict meas- its contribution in supporting the stressed that oil employees in Kuwait have many con- to work in a timely manner (maybe an attendance ures to prevent leasing camps to the two countries. Acting PAAAFR Director state budget by issuing special General Nabila AlKhalil Faisal Al-Hasawi issued cerns, such as applying the strategic payroll alternative sheet?) others. Some non-Kuwaitis had bonds. Notably, the finance min- program on them. “This program will cost the oil sec- 2. get a copy of your contract (Arabic or English) been using several IDs to get the decision yesterday, providing that all istry has recently resorted to using incoming consignments will be subjected to tor its ability to attract nationals,” he warned, urging 3. you have proof of the violations (maybe an atten- licenses to pitch camps and then state reserves. dance sheet and a bank statement, so we can prove the rent them to others,” she the PAAF’s requirements and restrictions, in the Acting Oil Minister Anas Al-Saleh to re-stabilize the explained, noting that the new line with the relevant procedures of the World oil sector because it was already suffering from losing money you are receiving from your employer are not New HQ regulations will prevent such leas- Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and the technically skilled staff members. He also stressed that corresponding to the hours you work.) Kuwait Fire Services Directorate ing, especially since municipality veterinary quarantine systems in Kuwait and the Kuwait Labor Union would not stop protecting the 4. if you have worked on the above then I suggest (KFSD) said that its current head- inspectors are always present in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). In case rights of laborers working in various fields and sectors. you consult with a lawyer that you trust, it is always bet- quarters in Sharq would be used ter to go to a lawyer before you get in trouble. If you various camping areas. “If licensed infectious or epidemic diseases are spotted, a as the Capital prevention center cannot afford this step, you can email me and no prom- beneficiaries rent out camps for shipment will be rejected and the importer will once it moves to its new head- Cleaning campaign ises but I always try to help when I can, if not then just others or use them in violation of be committed to return it to the source coun- quarters in Mishref next year. The try, Hasawi stressed. The decision was taken Cleaning and road blockage teams in the Capital skip this step and go to step 5 and/or 6. the regulations, the camps will be municipality removed a number of abandoned vehi- immediately removed and legal old building will also include a against the backdrop of OIE recent reports on 5. I suggest you send an email to your manager stat- cles from Shuwaikh and Rai during a campaign carried ing their violations and the reason you are terminating action will be taken against them,” museum showing the history of outbreak of WNF in Tunisia and France.—KUNA your contract. she underlined. firefighting in Kuwait. out recently. 6. File a complaint in the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. Usually lawyers can do this for you, but you can do it yourself as well. The ministry will notify your employer and call him in to negotiate with you. Of course, just like I mentioned above, this is also very the- oretical and in practicality does not work. Often, the employer will not show up to the negotiation or will not be notified at the correct address, as some companies do not write their actual address. So if all fails here, or you do not come to agreement the case is referred to court. I hope the above has been useful to you and to oth- ers in the same situation as you, if you have any further questions please do not hesitate to email me [email protected].

Interior Ministry signs contract for e-passports

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior yesterday signed a con- tract for supplying the new e-passport as part of the secu- rity institution’s persistent efforts to apply the latest tech- nology for better services to citizens, according to a state- ment. The supplier company briefed the ministry’s Undersecretary Lieutenant General Suleiman Al-Fahad on the plan of carrying out the project and the date of deliv- ery, the Security Media Department of the ministry added in the statement. Fahd lauded the new achievement which will have positive outcome for security, and the services offered to citizens, as a step on the way of completing the modern- ization plan being implemented by the security establish- ment. He also stressed the necessity of abolishing all obstacles and taking the necessary measures for complet- ing the e-passport project as soon as possible. Senior officials of the Interior Ministry attended the meeting with officials of the supplier company. The con- tract covers designing and producing the new passports in Germany, to be delivered in six months. — KUNA MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015 From the Arabic press

Crime Al-Qabas Report New Razi Hospital: Man arrested for A model hitting police car By Iqbal Al-Ahmad KUWAIT: A citizen deliberately collided with a patrol car in an attempt to escape between Egaila and Jaber Al-Ali. A police officer said that while a traffic patrol was roaming think that during the next five years, many major the streets, a luxury car was noticed not respecting road projects in Kuwait will be completed, such as traffic lanes, so the driver was asked to stop. The driver Iroads, hospitals, universities and cultural centers, stopped, but when the officer walked towards him, he and then we will feel the clear difference between drove his car in reverse, hit the patrol car and drove the the current situation and the complaints that come wrong way. A chase ensued and the driver was arrested. A with it shrouded with despair and disappointment, security source said the citizen did not give an excuse for to a more comfortable situation. what he did, and kept repeating the word “enough”. When the traffic flow gets smooth when the new huge roads network is completed, all those who live in Kuwait will see a drop in worries, complaints and Man ran over in fight frustration everywhere because of traffic jams. And when we see prestigious hospitals built according A 20-year-old man was taken to Jahra Hospital after being run over by his friend who came to help him in to clear medical standards, as I saw in the new Razi Oyoun during a fight. Those involved are being arrested. Hospital, it is a scene that makes us proud and hope The man wanted to help his friend by scaring others and that many things will change, and a large amount keeping them away, but he accidently hit him instead. of daily problems that turned us to people who always complaint will disappear, if the projects are Al-Jarida finished according to the best standards and speci- Salon customer ‘attacked’ fications as buildings and also as an administration A citizen got involved in a verbal exchange with a beauty and compliance with the law. salon owner and ended up being drenched. The citizen The new Razi Hospital caught my attention with went to the beauty salon to dye her hair, but the next day Al-Anbaa its high-standard rooms furnished according to she returned to complain that the color went dull and pale. high medical standards, and this is what we missed This made the salon owner angry, who pinned the citizen in other hospitals that used to be furnished accord- and asked workers to bring a bucket full of water mixed Earth insects ing to the mood and taste of some administrative with a substance and poured it over her head and body, officials, which makes the room design and furni- then kicked her out, according to her statements. The citi- ture far from the requirements of sterilization, zen filed a complaint, and a security source said what was By Saleh Al-Saheyji hygiene and patient comfort. The rooms’ color, plan, poured was water and soap. dividing and material used in curtains, chairs and S militants are not actually those we see traversing thought of by its creators so that the latter can come doors, put hope in me that we are moving in a new deserts or wandering on various city streets fully to launch such projects. This is what we are seeing Fugitives caught direction when we hand concerned authorities the Iarmed with weapons of death around their necks and experiencing nowadays. Had it not been for IS, responsibility of furnishing from A to Z, and the A man and woman were arrested in Mahboula. The or waists with very long hair and thick beards. Those all those complications we see on land, in seas and in new Razi Hospital is an example of the upcoming man is wanted to serve a five-year jail sentence and are mere followers. They are more like IS’ lice, because the skies, where mighty powers as well as regional projects which makes us happy and hopeful, and the woman a 10-year sentence in a drugs case. all its troops comprise of lice, fleas and young lice Arab countries, would not have interfered in what gives us some pleasure that has been absent from Policemen found drugs and drug paraphernalia on who are completely expendable if they happen to might lead to a third world war that would put an us in previous years. them. Both were sent to concerned authorities. perish or be killed. They were actually sent there to end to several tiny ones going on here and there There is a proposal to health ministry officials Meanwhile, Ahmadi police arrested a wanted citizen be killed and ‘fumigated’ by allied forces bombers. without achieving major powers’ interests so far. that guarantees good services in all hospitals for a KD 90,000 debt. He was sent to the civil imple- There is no problem about that. On the contrary, that Such small wars are, in a way, doing more harm to through rooms, which is to collect at least KD 50 as mentation department. is the exact point of sending them, so as to be used those powers. Therefore, their interference has deposit for rooms, then the responsible employee as an excuse for major powers fighting IS to chase its become a must to defend their major interests. goes to the rooms to have the patient or who repre- members from one place to another, and on the oth- Hence came the idea of forming IS after Al- sents him sign a list after inspecting everything in Drug possession er hand, get rid of those worthless scum and insects. Qaeda’s role was completed by attacking the World the room of furniture, even the walls, and signs on it An Egyptian residency law violator had shabu and hashish IS is not what we see. It is rather what we do not Trade Center in New York on 9/11, justifying US inter- being free from any damage including any scrib- with him when he arrived at a checkpoint in Fahd Al- and what can only be seen by those who prepared, ference in Afghanistan. We have to believe that major bling or stickers before the patient leaves, and if any Ahmad and was arrested. The suspect attempted to flee on equipped, trained and armed it, inviting both the powers cannot go on without wars that act as a damage is detected, a deduction will be made foot but was brought under control and sent to the Drug misled and the idiots to fund it and man it with those lifeblood they use to strengthen their muscles, sup- accordingly. Control General Directorate (DCGD). Meanwhile, police- seeking paradise through killing and slaughter. port their economies and are used to testing their The new Razi Hospital is a sample that made me men arrested four citizens under the influence of drugs in Therefore, IS will always remain alive until the mis- weapons, because new weapons are not manufac- happy and hopeful, and such small things are what Sharq. They had seven envelopes suspected of containing sion is accomplished. tured to be stacked in storehouses. Stored weapons guarantee continued hygiene and quality services drugs. The four were in a car that was stopped and were IS is more like a flag bearer who advances before are ‘emasculated’ ones and those powers never emas- presented by the health ministry, which some peo- found under the influence. They were sent to DCGD. other troops, preparing new lands for new projects culate theirs. —Translated by Kuwait Times ple do not hesitate to destroy with regret, as well as turning rooms to rundown places, when the patient or his family behave in a way that reflects the stan- Roommate robbed dard of their upbringing and environment, so they create a mess, burn, paste stickers on the walls and An Egyptian man accused his roommate of stealing KD tear things down, and these are irresponsible 780 from their residence in Maidan Hawally, and filed a behaviors. complaint at the area’s police station. It is enough for us as people to abuse public —Al-Anbaa and Al-Rai property, and enough laxity by the government in supervision and bringing this abuse to account. The saying goes “hit the pocket, everybody behaves”. New tariff for Instant citations at the site of violation restores to us the country of law and leadership. electricity, max —Translated by Kuwait Times consumption eyed KUWAIT: The Supreme Planning Council recently submitted to the Al-Anbaa Cabinet a full vision on current water and electricity consumption rates and the challenges the oil sector is facing. The vision includes Will division weaken 14 recommendations to conserve electricity and water as well as reducing reliance on oil derivatives to generate electricity. or strengthen us? The report, prepared by a joint committee comprising of ele- ments from the Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW), Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), Environment Public Authority (EPA), Kuwait By Sami Al-Nisf Institute for Scientific Research (KISR), Kuwait University (KU), Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS), the National Technology Company owards the beginning of last century, the and the technical apparatus for studying technical initiatives and Ottoman Empire was at its weakest and projects, recommended: Tdeclared bankruptcy more than once. It even * Reconsidering current prices and subsidies to increase fuel and stopped paying the wages of its employees and electricity prices according to actual rates and encourage citizens to military. It lost wars against the weakest of the rationalize consumption. Balkan states, which won their independence, and * Adjusting collection methods and setting a limit to maximum then began to be described as ‘The Sick Man of consumption rates. Europe’. Such weakness compelled it give away the * Applying programmed cutting policies in case of exceeding the cities of Erzurum, Trabzon, Izmir and its islands maximum limit and delay in paying consumption bills. according to the Treat of Sevres in 1921. However, * Using more alternative energy to reduce reliance on oil deriva- no sooner had the Ottoman State divided, it tives in generating electricity and desalinating water. KIB celebrates day of regained its powers under Ataturk, who soon led * Providing more effective systems to control imported electrical Turkey to victory, defeating its enemies in the bat- appliances to make sure they are power-saving. tles of Sakarya, Gallipoli and others, reclaiming * Extending the Supreme Petroleum Council’s liabilities to include persons with disabilities Turkish territories, and then Turkey ended up as one responsibility for other sources of energy. of the mightiest countries in Europe and the world. * Assessing the solar power use experience KFAS implemented in The Soviet Union formed after the Bolshevik Zahra. KUWAIT: As part of Kuwait International Bank’s (KIB) lead- billion people with special needs worldwide.” He also Revolution in 1917 was more like a stone-legged * Importing the latest technology to execute new projects and ing social responsibility program, the bank participated in pointed out that KIB exerts a great effort to support giant that got invaded by Hitler in its own backyard. mandating the government and citizens to use them to stop wasting the celebration of the International Day of Persons with them financially and morally on one hand, while mak- It was economically and scientifically weak until it energy. Disabilities hosted by the Ideal Education School. The cele- ing sure to accommodate people with disabilities into * Boosting public awareness concerning consumption rates. bration was organized in light of the United Nations’ com- the society and increase social awareness about the was defeated in Afghanistan by tribesmen and lost * Passing new legislations that ban importing non-saving electri- memoration of that day in 1992. positive effect of their participation in every aspect of many republics and allies in Eastern Europe. cal appliances. On this occasion, the Head of Corporate Communications the community on the other hand. Nevertheless, federal Russia has grown much * Using modern technology to recycle water. at KIB, Nawaf Najia stated, “the participation of KIB in the Najia concluded by thanking the Ideal Education mightier and regained the Crimean peninsula from * Provide land, factories and raw material to encourage manufac- Ideal Education School’s celebration stems from a series of School for their much appreciated efforts and ongoing Ukraine and achieved the tsars’ dreams of having turing appliances that help conserve power. initiatives developed by the bank, as part of its CSR program aspiration to develop the potentials of kids with dis- access to warm-water ports. Russia is in Syria to stay * Using alternative power in industries. that looks after people with disabilities who are known for abilities by tailoring special programs and outdoor and it most probably will deploy land troops to sup- * Strictly imposing articles 122 and 123 of the environment law their strong determination to achieve and excel, and for activities that help build their confidence and inde- port its existence and make Assad stay in power. concerning environment-friendly specifications. their vital presence locally and internationally.” “Therefore, pendence, as well as nurture their talent and give them Some Arab countries are currently under threat In addition, the National Technology Company offered building a they keep on raising Kuwait’s flag high in the Arab world and a chance to spend their spare time in something use- of being divided now, and co-existence is becom- number of solar power plants according to BOT systems offering at even on a global scale, in addition to breaking records in var- ful. He also praised the role of private and governmen- ing impossible amongst their peoples. Arab minds least 20 percent of those plants’ shares for bidding amongst citizens ious competitions, be it sports, scientific or art,” he added. tal institutions in Kuwait for their joint efforts to stand view division as leading to weakening those coun- so that the produced power could be handed over to the govern- He also mentioned, “The observance of this interna- up for the rights and well-being of persons with dis- tries because of the traditional story in our minds ment to be distributed to citizens at subsidized prices. —Al-Anbaa tional day is the least that can be done for around one abilities. about single sticks’ weakness and how they become unbreakable when bound together. Well, the truth might be the opposite. We might get a group of Owner of car used in mosque attack denies belonging to IS lion-like states out of dividing some west Asian Arab countries that equal the strength of the Asian KUWAIT: Jarrah Nimr, the owner of the car used in the He said as for the Al-Sadeq attack, he said: “I swear to Abdelrahman, and the second in the name of my col- tigers like Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and South Imam Al-Sadeq mosque attack, said he does not belong Almighty Allah that I have nothing to do with it. I do not league, a Shiite from the Al-Qallaf family, so if had some- Korea that got stronger by division. To have young to the Islamic State (IS) and made an oath on this. “I do consider Shiites infidels and I mentioned this earlier”. thing like this in mind, would I give Abdelrahman the car Arab groups competing and cooperating is much not belong to any party - Daesh, Salaf or Brotherhood. I “What snared me in the issue is the car which that is registered in my name?” he asked. “I prayed on better than having flabby old lions fighting each am a Muslim, that is all, as Allah called me,” he said. Abdelrahman Sabah borrowed from me to prepare for Friday (the day of the attack) in the mosque next to our other, and who are not, all together, a match to “Daesh has the ideology of the Khawarij and has spread his wedding, as his car was not working, and his request house, then I went to my workplace at Fahd Al-Ahmad Israel alone. corruption on earth. They strayed away from Muslims to borrow my car was normal for the wedding, which Co-op. I returned for iftar at home, performed taraweeh, To prove that parts can sometimes be stronger and their rulers, and brought misery to Muslims, and was to be after Eid. He did not tell me he wanted to com- then returned back to work, and did not go back home than the whole, just think about the unlimited suc- they distorted the name of religion. I am innocent from mit something with it, and I do not have any knowledge until midnight. I then had sahoor, prayed Fajr and slept. cess Arabs individually achieve in the West and how them and their ideology, and I do not support the crimi- of the operation. I gave him the car a while before the Special forces then turned up near our house, so I put on they get weak as soon as they get back to their own nal acts that are taking place around the world,” Nimr incident,” Nimr mentioned. my dishdasha and went out for them. This is all what countries. —Translated by Kuwait Times said. “I have two cars - one in my name, which I gave to happened with me,” he said. —Al-Rai MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015 Lebanese soldier recalls Al-Qaeda France votes amid tensions around attacks, migration kidnap ordeal Page 9 Page 8

ISTANBUL: Musicians from Syria play Arabic songs for money in central Istanbul’s Istiklal Avenue, the main shopping road of Istanbul, on Saturday. According to Turkish authorities, more than 2.2 million Syrian refugees are in Turkey, after they had fled civil war in their country, now in its fifth year. — AP 32 IS fighters dead in US-led raids 13 civilians killed in Russian air strikes

BEIRUT: At least 32 Islamic State group attacks in Paris claimed by IS. strikes with the government’s permission fighters were killed yesterday in apparent Britain voted on Wednesday to join the and has coordinated its raids with regime US-led coalition raids on Syria as President coalition’s strikes in Syria, after a heated forces. It says its raids focus on IS and oth- Bashar Al-Assad slammed Britain’s deci- debate in the country’s parliament and er “terrorists”, but other rebels and their sion to participate in air strikes. The with the staunch backing of Prime backers accuse Moscow of targeting mod- Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Minister David Cameron. And German erate and Islamist opposition fighters over Human Rights monitor said at least 32 lawmakers on Friday approved plans to jihadists. fighters had been killed in some 15 strikes join the military action against the group Yesterday, the Observatory said 13 on the IS stronghold of Raqqa province in in Syria. civilians, among them two children, had northern Syria. been killed in apparent Russian air strikes The monitor’s head, Rami Abdel Air Strikes on the town of Zamalka, east of Rahman, said at least 40 jihadists were In an interview published yesterday in Damascus. According to the monitor, also wounded in the strikes, which hit IS Britain’s The Sunday Times newspaper, Russian strikes have killed more than headquarters and bases to the north, east Assad slammed London’s decision to 1,500 people, including 419 IS fighters, and southeast of provincial capital Raqqa begin strikes in Syria as “illegal” and said its but also nearly 500 civilians, since they city. The city is the de facto Syrian capital actions would cause “terrorism” to spread. began on Sept 30. of the group, which calls the large stretch- “It will be harmful and illegal and it will IS rules the territory under its control es of territory it controls in Syria and support terrorism as happened after the with an iron fist, brutally punishing those neighboring Iraq an Islamic “caliphate”. coalition started its operation a year or so who challenge its authority or violate its Abdel Rahman said the casualty fig- (ago),” he told the newspaper. Terror, he harsh interpretation of Islam. Yesterday, ures were collected from a single hospital said, was like a cancer which needed to be the Observatory said the group had exe- and the final toll from the air strikes could tackled with a “comprehensive” strategy cuted a media activist in the city of Deir rise. Raqqa is frequently the target of air which would involve working with troops Ezzor by tying him to two vehicles which strikes by the US-led coalition, as well as on the ground. were then driven in opposite directions. the Syrian air force, and Russian warplanes Britain began its bombing campaign IS accused the activist of “collaborating that began an air campaign in Syria in late early on Thursday, hitting an oilfield held with the Crusader coalition” after discov- September. The US-led coalition has been by IS just hours after the parliamentary ering broadcasting equipment during a targeting IS in Syria since September last vote. Damascus has repeatedly slammed raid on his home, the Observatory said. year, expanding a campaign that began the US-led coalition as ineffective and ille- Local activists have become a key source with raids in neighboring Iraq. Its opera- gal, saying it cannot uproot IS without of information about life under IS, with tions have expanded further in recent coordinating with the Syrian government. journalists unable to access territory it days, partly in response to the deadly Russia, a staunch Assad ally, began its controls. — AFP Obama urges Americans ‘to not give in to fear’

WASHINGTON: US President Barack An Exhortation to ‘Uphold Our will defeat it,” the White House said. Top Obama will make a rare primetime Values’ security officials have indicated that address Sunday laying out how he “We are Americans. We will uphold the two deceased suspects had been plans to keep Americans safe and our values - a free and open society,” radicalized. But the White House and defeat the Islamic State group, days the president said in his weekly the FBI say there are no signs they were after 14 people were shot dead in address. Investigators are combing part of a larger group or terrorist cell. California. Obama’s top law enforce- over evidence and looking into the In an English radio broadcast, IS ment officer, US Attorney General background of Syed Farook, 28, and his praised the two as “soldiers of the Loretta Lynch, said the president 29-year-old Pakistani wife Tashfeen caliphate” and martyrs, but did not planned to give reassurance to a US Malik, who opened fire Wednesday at a specifically say they were members of public that has become jittery about social services center. The FBI said fed- the group. The heavily-armed pair, who more possible terror attacks on the eral agents raided a property in also wounded 21 in their attack, died in home front. “The president under- Riverside, California, but declined to a shootout with police after a manhunt. stands the country is very concerned provide details. The rampage was the worst in the about this issue, and I think what you’ll The FBI is investigating the shooting United States in three years and revived as a possible act of terrorism. NBC impassioned debate on gun control in hear from him is a discussion about News reported that the FBI had a country where such mass killings what the government is doing to searched the home of Enrique have become routine. ensure our highest priority,” Lynch told Marquez, a friend of Farook’s who origi- The New York Times on Saturday NBC television’s “Meet the Press” pro- nally bought the assault rifles used in published a front-page editorial - the gram. the shooting but who is not considered first since 1920 - calling for an end to “You may hear him call on Congress a suspect. If the shooting is proven to “the gun epidemic in America”. In con- to review measures and take action as be terror-related, it would be the dead- trast, the president of Liberty well,” Lynch said on Sunday. “But I think liest such assault on American soil since University, a conservative Christian what you’ll hear the president say is to the Sept 11, 2001 attacks. school, urged students to get permits call on the American people to not give Obama last gave an Oval Office to carry concealed weapons on cam- into fear.” Obama declared Saturday address in Aug 2010 to mark the end of pus. “I’ve always thought if more good that the United States “will not be ter- US combat operations in Iraq. In addi- people had concealed carry permits, rorized,” as IS praised the married cou- tion to an update on the probe, Obama then we could end those Muslims ple behind the mass shooting in San will “discuss the broader threat of ter- before they walked in,” Jerry Falwell Jr. Bernardino as “soldiers” of its self-pro- rorism, including the nature of the said at the school’s convocation to loud claimed caliphate. threat, how it has evolved, and how we cheers. — AFP MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015 INTERNATIONAL Lebanese soldier recalls Qaeda kidnap ordeal

KOBAYAT, Lebanon: Lebanese soldier started, with a sniper bullet that killed moved with the others to a “safe place”. That George Al-Khoury cried for days after Al- Sergeant Dirani,” Khoury says, his hands shak- place was a cave, the first of several places Qaeda executed a fellow captive during one ing as he lights a cigarette. “Suddenly, there Khoury and the other captives would be of the lowest points of his 16-month ordeal was heavy gunfire everywhere.” held during their 16 months as hostages. as a hostage of the group. Now back home in “One soldier came over to me, his intes- They spent much of their long days in dark- northern Lebanon, he can barely believe he tines had been pierced by a bullet and he ness, blindfolded for hours at a time, except is free and safe. “My God, how long I’ve wait- was crying, ‘I don’t want to die. I want to go to to eat or use the bathroom. ed to see my son Michael,” he says in the liv- my children,’” Khoury says, as his mother To keep their spirits up, they talked qui- ing room of his home in Kobayat, with his looks on in horror from across the living etly among themselves about their families mother, his wife and their second son room. Another soldier who had tried to pro- back home. Khoury had left behind his Andrew seated around him. vide covering fire to help his friends escape four-year-old son Michael, and his wife The 30-year-old was among several dozen was shot in the head in front of Khoury and Mary, who was pregnant. She gave birth to Lebanese police and soldiers kidnapped by his colleagues. their second son, Andrew, while Khoury Al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate Al-Nusra Front and was held hostage. “I thank God, my life is the Islamic State group from the border town Held in a Cave full of joy now,” she says, smiling as she of Arsal in Aug 2014. After months of failed Within minutes, Khoury found himself looks at her husband. negotiations and desperate pleas from their surrounded by dozens of militants. “They relatives, Al-Nusra last week freed the 16 cap- were hooded and heavily armed. I remem- ‘I Cried for Days’ tives it held in exchange for the release of ber no fewer than 20 of them surrounding Some of their captors would speak to prisoners in Lebanese jails and aid. me and one of them promised not to kill them, and even allowed him to walk Khoury joined the army in 2004, to reluc- me if I surrendered,” he said. Another around outside. They were given lessons in tantly fulfil his compulsory service, but stayed delightedly stole his phone before pushing Islamic law, though Khoury, a Christian, says on after landing an easy posting at a military him outside and onto a truck with other he was not pressured to convert. But others KOBAYAT, Lebanon: Lebanese soldier George Al-Khoury, who was kidnapped by hospital. But in 2014, he was unexpectedly prisoners. “They stepped on us, cursed and used psychological tactics like setting off jihadist groups in early Aug 2014, stands with his wife and one of their two sons transferred to Arsal, a restive town in east insulted us as they transported us, but firecrackers to terrify the captives into at their house in this village on Dec 2, 2015. — AFP Lebanon where the conflict in neighbouring thankfully they didn’t beat us,” he says. thinking they would die. And a little over a A second soldier, Ali Al-Bazzal, a Shiite then a house, and had their hopes of Syria regularly spills over and tensions run He was taken to a mosque, and initially month into their captivity, Al-Nusra execut- like Hammiya, was separated from the release raised and dashed several times. high. It was there, on Aug 2, that his life thought his ordeal might be brief. But as ed the first of the hostages, Mohammed group and fed almost nothing. He too Khoury dreamed often about going home, changed. “We were having a coffee with the the sounds of the battle continued to rage, Hammiya. “I cried for two days in a row,” would eventually be killed. The remaining and said the separation from his children commander of the battalion in Arsal when it the gunmen returned and said he would be Khoury says. men were transferred to another cave, and was the worst hardship. — AFP

Syria’s divided oppn seeks to unify stance

DUBAI: Syrian opposition groups gather National Coalition member. “We cannot in Saudi Arabia tomorrow to unify their negotiate before agreeing in principle and stance ahead of potential talks with the having a date for the departure of Assad,” regime of President Bashar Al-Assad he said. Nashar said that although a cease- whose fate remains a point of contention. fire is a must, that “could not mean that we It will be the first time representatives of accept that Bashar Al-Assad could stay dur- the political opposition and military fac- ing the transition (only) because he will tions fighting the regime have come stop killing”. together since the conflict began in 2011. Meanwhile, the Syria-based opposition Saudi Arabia is hoping to unite the oppo- which is tolerated by the regime argues sition ahead of talks between parties to that Assad’s fate should be decided by the the conflict which world powers hope to Syrian people. “There is an international hold before Jan 1. agreement that this issue should be decid- Some hundred representatives are like- ed by the Syrians,” said Hassan Abdel Azim, ly to attend the meeting on Wednesday, who heads the National Coordination including Saudi-backed Jaish al-Islam (The Committee for Democratic Change. Army of Islam), an amalgam of factions that include hardline Islamists, which is not Push for a Ceasefire listed as a terrorist group. The invitees do The recent deadly attacks by IS, mainly not include those considered to be “terror- those in Paris last month, appear to have GAMMARTH, Tunisia: Awad Mohammed Abdul-Sadiq (second left), the first deputy head of the Tripoli-based General National ist”, such as the Islamic State group and Al- softened the positions of Western coun- Congress (GNC), and Ibrahim Fethi Amish (center), from the internationally recognized House of Representatives, pose for a picture Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate Al-Nusra Front. tries on Assad, especially France. “A united with representatives ahead of a ceremony of signing documents on reaching an agreement on ending the political deadlock in Kurdish factions are also not invited. Syria implies a political transition. That “The mission is difficult and risky,” said does not mean that Bashar al-Assad must Libya in this Tunisian town on the outskirts of Tunis yesterday. — AFP Samir Nashar, a member of the Istanbul- leave even before the transition, but there based National Coalition, the main Syrian must be assurances for the future,” French opposition grouping. He said the aim was Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said in an Agreement reached on to “agree on a common and clear position interview published on Saturday. His concerning the future of Syria, the transi- American counterpart John Kerry also tion and the stance on (the fate of) Bashar urged Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Al-Assad.” Last month, top diplomats from Emirates to convince Syrian rebel groups Libya political solution 17 countries - including key international to negotiate a ceasefire with Damascus, in backers and opponents of Assad - met in an effort to isolate jihadists. Vienna in search of a political solution to A US-led coalition, including several Officials hail historic breakthrough Syria’s war, which has seen 250,000 people Gulf and other Arab countries, in Sept killed since March 2011. 2014 launched an air campaign against IS. Moscow mounted its own campaign in GAMMARTH, Tunisia: Warring Libyan factions AFP the agreement would set up a new repre- of a prime minister, five deputy premiers and ‘Core Differences’ Over Assad September this year, but the National meeting in Tunisia said yesterday they had sentative body that would choose a committee three senior ministers. But lawmakers from Those nations included the United Coalition accuses Russia of bombing reached an agreement to be approved by rival to nominate a prime minister within 15 days, Libya’s internationally recognized parliament States and Saudi Arabia which back the rebels battling Assad’s regime. Haytham parliaments on ending the political deadlock while another committee would conduct a and its Tripoli-based rival balked at the deal and opposition, and Russia and Iran, Assad’s Manna, co-founder of the opposition that has plagued the country since Muammar review of Libya’s constitution. “It is a major the names put forward by Leon. main supporters. They agreed on a fixed coalition Cairo Conference, said 20 mem- Gaddafi’s overthrow. “This is a historic moment breakthrough,” Emtair said. In news conferences in Tobruk and Tripoli in calendar for Syria that would see a transi- bers of his group would join next week’s the Libyans were waiting for, the Arabs were Libya descended into chaos after the Oct his first week, Kobler urged politicians on both tion government set up in six months and talks. waiting for and the world was waiting for,” said 2011 ouster and killing of longtime dictator sides to rally around the deal proposed by his elections within 18 months. Speaking of Saudi Arabia, meanwhile, hopes to Awad Mohammed Abdul-Sadiq, the first deputy Gaddafi, with two governments vying for power predecessor to set up a national unity govern- “core differences” over Assad’s fate, Nashar come out of the meeting with a “uni- head of the Tripoli-based General National and armed groups battling for control of its vast ment. The latest announcement comes as said he feared that “some groups close to fied Syrian opposition, and to stop the Congress (GNC). energy resources. A militia alliance including experts and sources in Libya said that the states supporting the regime, could Russians and others from claiming GNC officials had been holding talks in the Islamists overran Tripoli in Aug 2014, establish- Islamic State jihadist group has strengthened its demand that Assad stays during the tran- there is no Syrian opposition that is suburbs of Tunis for several days with delegates ing a rival government and a parliament that grip in its Libyan stronghold Sirte. IS first sition period”. “This risks causing the failure unified”, according to Saudi columnist from the internationally recognized House of forced the internationally recognized adminis- appeared in Libya in 2014 when a group of of the meeting,” he said. Jamal Khashoggi. This will ease the Representatives. Abdul-Sadiq called on Libyans tration to flee to the country’s remote east. Libyan IS fighters returned from Syria and reor- Groups supported by the United States, process of getting rid of Assad, he said. to support what he called “a historic opportuni- Veteran German diplomat Martin Kobler ganized in the port city of Derna, declaring east- Saudi Arabia and Qatar demand Assad’s Regional rival Iran, however, has ty”. “If this solution receives real Libyan support - took over the job of UN special envoy for Libya ern Libya to be a province of the caliphate. rapid departure, a condition that Iran and warned that the Saudi conference from the people and institutions - we will surely on Nov 17, replacing Spaniard Bernardino Leon. Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said Russia continue to oppose. “The opposi- would breach declarations made by arrive in no more than two weeks or a month to After almost a year of arduous negotiations, Wednesday that Rome would host an interna- tion still demands the departure of Assad both sides in Vienna seeking a list of a solution to solve the political crisis,” he told a Leon in early October proposed a power-shar- tional conference on Libya on Dec 13, aimed at at the beginning of the transition period,” mutually approved opposition groups. press conference. ing deal under which Libya would be governed stopping the country from falling apart and insisted Ahmed Ramadan, another — AFP Amna Emtair from the GNC delegation told by a nine-member presidential council made up containing IS. — AFP Azerbaijan mourns Turkey ‘astonished’ by ‘deaths’ after fire Iran claims of IS support BAKU: Azerbaijan was yesterday searching don’t know. Before we find them we cannot for 29 missing oil workers after a storm pronounce them dead,” company vice-presi- ANKARA: Turkey yesterday said it was “astonished” by caused their offshore oil rig to catch fire, as dent Khoshbakht Yusifzade told a press brief- Iranian accusations that Ankara is supporting Islamic the president ordered a day of mourning. A ing yesterday. State and involved in oil dealing with the jihadists in fire broke out on the rig in the Caspian fol- Eleven helicopters were still searching for Iraq and Syria. Turkish foreign ministry spokesman lowing a storm on Friday “leading to many the lifeboat but it may have already drifted Tanju Bilgic said in a statement there was nothing in deaths,” said a statement on the official web- out of Azerbaijan’s waters. It was last seen Tehran’s accusations to take “seriously”. Turkish site of President Ilham Aliyev. “I join the rela- from the air 50 km from the rig, SOCAR said, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday he tives in their grief and designate December 6 adding that Azerbaijan’s government has had warned his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani as a day of mourning in Azerbaijan,” it quoted asked other Caspian nations Kazakhstan, Iran, over some Iranian media reports that he and his family him as saying. Flags were ordered to fly at Russia, and Turkmenistan to aid in recovering were involved in oil trade with IS jihadists. half mast and entertainment programs can- the bodies if necessary. Erdogan said that he spoke with Rouhani on the celled, his office said. phone and told him: “You will pay a high price if it con- Aliyev’s statement was the closest to an Safety Inquiry Opened tinues like that.” He added that the Iranians later official confirmation that 30 workers have The storm had on Friday damaged a gas removed the news from their website. Turkish foreign likely perished at sea when one lifeboat line on platform number 10 in the deepwater ministry spokesman Bilgic confirmed the telephone where the crew was taking refuge fell into Guneshli section of the Azeri-Chirag- conversation between the two presidents and said any the water. Rescue workers had lifted a total of Guneshli offshore oil field, causing a fire, attempts to distort its content were “not only immoral 33 people from the rig, the open water, and SOCAR said. The fire was still burning on but also equal to hiding the truth from neighboring from a lifeboat that was suspended 10 m Sunday, but SOCAR said it would be extin- Iranian people.” In response to Erdogan, Iranian foreign above the stormy waters. But a second guished by the evening. Prosecutors on ministry on Friday called for “mutual politeness and DIYARBAKIR, Turkey: Turkish riot police use tear gas yesterday to disperse protestors lifeboat fell into the water and has not been Saturday opened an probe into possible respect in relations,” according to the Iranian media. from Diyarbakir’s historical Sur district which has been placed under a curfew. — AFP recovered. “breaches of fire safety regulations”. The “The continuation of policies and positions that, want- The workers were wearing life vests, Guneshli deposits were discovered in 1981 in ed or unwanted, have led to the support of terrorism in sued “principled policies” for a peaceful solution to Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said last month that according to the company, and some of the south Caspian Sea, some 90 km east of Syria and Iraq, only escalate the current crisis in the problems in its region. He said Ankara was not taking Turkey’s downing of the Russian fighter jet “sends the them were recovered from the sea at a con- the Azeri capital Baku. Platform number 10 is region and increase problems for countries that contin- “seriously the terrorism accusations made by the states wrong message to the terrorists” in Syria. Iran yester- siderable distance from the rig. So far, the operated solely by SOCAR. ue such policies,” Iranian foreign ministry spokesman which led to the escalation of the crisis in cooperation day said it was its “duty” to mediate between Russia body of one worker has been found. SOCAR A mainly Muslim country of nine million Hossein Jaber-Ansari said according to IRNA. with the Damascus regime,” referring to Iran and Russia. and Turkey. “Iran has a duty to reduce tensions state energy firm listed the 62 names of its wedged between Russia and Iran, Azerbaijan Russia and Iran are major backers of Syrian Turkey is currently at loggerheads with Russia after between Russia and Turkey and it’s not good to have employees working on the rig, who were is a key partner in projects to deliver Caspian President Bashar Al-Assad’s regime. Turkey is support- downing one of Moscow’s warplanes on Nov 24. another tension added to the existing ones in the either rescued or missing. “We are looking for Sea energy reserves to the West through ing rebels who have been fighting Assad and has Russia has accused Erdogan and his family of involve- region,” Ali Akbar Velayati, an advisor to Supreme 29 people. Whether they are alive or dead we pipelines to Turkey, bypassing Russia. — AFP joined a US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State ment in oil trade - charges blasted as “slander” and Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying group in Syria earlier this year. Bilgic said Turkey pur- “immoral” by the Turkish strongman. Iranian Foreign by the official Irna news agency. — Agencies MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015 INTERNATIONAL Church launches Jubilee year of mercy amid tight security

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis will this week extraordinary Jubilee in March on the second launch a Roman Catholic Jubilee dedicated to the anniversary of his election. At the time, many theme of mercy against a backdrop of unprece- interpreted Francis’ move as highly political, com- dented security in and around the Vatican. In the ing as it did just four months after his plans for latest incarnation of a 700-year-old Catholic tradi- reform of attitudes to divorce and homosexuality tion, tomorrow will mark the beginning of a holy had run into fierce opposition from traditionalist period of just under a year in which believers are bishops at a synod on the family. encouraged to renew their relationship with God and seek forgiveness for their sins. High alert The jubilee runs until November 20, 2016. As They have been held variously at intervals of has been the case for seven centuries, pilgrims 25, 33 (Christ’s age when he was crucified) and 50 visiting Rome will be able to mark the occasion years with occasional extraordinary ones slotted by entering St Peter’s and other famous churches in between. The last Jubilee was in 2000 and was through special Holy Doors that are kept bricked called by John Paul II to mark the millennium. By up between Jubilees. But the pilgrimage is no attracting hundreds of thousands of pilgrims to longer a required rite. In a Francis innovation, Rome in search of indulgences they were often believers will have access to Holy Doors around willing to pay for, Jubilee years became huge the world-including in the Central African money-spinners for the early modern Church, Republic capital, where the pope himself opened contributing to the theological turmoil which led a door last month. Francis also set a new tone for to the establishment of rival protestant Churches this Jubilee with his surprise announcement in in much of northern Europe. September that he would be granting every Today, they provide a boon for Rome’s hotel- priest the discretion to absolve women who have keepers and taxi drivers with even some modest had abortions. boarding houses run by religious orders reported PARIS: (Left) Former French President and current French right-wing opposition “Les Republicains” party leader Nicolas Sarkozy (cen- to have jacked up their room rates to cash in on ter) and former first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy arrive at a polling station yesterday before voting as part of the first round ofthe Political move the increased demand for bed space. For the regional elections. (Right) A French flag is seen next to a stuffed animal, flowers and a child’s drawing placed at the foot ofe th central It was a remarkable move for the leader of a cash-strapped city authorities, the Jubilee repre- monument on the Place de la Republique in Paris in memory of the victims of the November 13 attacks yesterday. — AP Church, which views the termination of pregnan- sents a major headache with additional convoys cies as a heinous sin which, in normal times, is of pilgrim coaches adding to the strain on creak- punishable by excommunication. Pro-choice ing infrastructure and overcrowded tourist areas France votes amid tensions around attacks, migration French far-right set for big gains

PARIS: France’s far-right National Front was tipped Hollande’s Socialists languish Burgundy and Franche-Comte in the east, politicians for historic gains as regional polls were held yester- Casting his ballot in Evry south of Paris, Prime across the spectrum appealed to their supporters to day under a state of emergency just three weeks Minister Manuel Valls said: “I hope many French head off a historic victory by the party. after Islamic extremists killed 130 people in Paris. people will vote, especially after the terrorist attacks. Around 45 million people are eligible to vote in an We shall overcome, and our weapon is our vote.” ‘We told you so’ election being held under tight security following President Francois Hollande, who cast his vote in Ahead of the vote, Valls urged party activists to the country’s worst-ever terror attacks, which have Tulle in central France, has seen his personal ratings “appeal to patriotism” to ensure a massive turnout, thrust the FN’s anti-immigration and often surge as a result of his hardline approach since the with Le Pen accusing him of waging “total war” Islamophobic message to the fore. November 13 Paris attacks. But his Socialist Party is against her. The Republicans’ deputy leader Nathalie The last opinion poll on Friday by Ipsos-Sopra languishing behind the FN and the centre-right Kosciusko-Morizet said it was time to “prove the said the FN would take the largest slice of the vote Republicans led by former president Nicolas polls wrong”. “Our duty is not to be paralyzed by the — 29.5 percent-followed by a mix of right-wing and Sarkozy. polls and wait for the inevitable to happen, but to centrist parties on 28.5 percent and the ruling The FN is also seen as in with a chance in the fight and fight,” she said. Socialists on 23 percent. FN leader Marine Le Pen eastern Alsace-Champagne-Ardennes-Lorraine The FN-whose leaders have repeatedly linked ROME: Pope Francis waves to the crowd during the Sunday Angelus prayer from a was on course to win control of the economically region that borders Belgium and Germany, accord- immigration with terrorism has been climbing in the window of the apostolic palace overlooking St Peter’s square yesterday. — AFP depressed northern region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais- ing to polls by Ipsos and Odoxa. If traditional parties polls since the carnage in Paris. When it emerged Picardie, once a bastion of the left. refuse to join forces against them, analysts predict that at least two of the attackers had entered Europe groups are skeptical about whether many raising safety concerns. Italian security forces Her 25-year-old niece Marion Marechal-Le Pen the FN could take all three regions on December 13, posing as migrants, the FN went to town with a women-or doctors who carry out abortions for have been put on high alert due to fears of seemed to be heading for an equally strong score in when voters return to the polls to pick from the top message of “we told you so.” But any election tri- that matter-will avail themselves of the pope’s jihadist attacks like the Paris carnage of the vast southeastern Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur two parties of the first round. umph will depend on whether the other parties are offer to confess. Instead, many Vatican watchers November 13. A no-fly zone applying to drones region that includes beaches thronged by sun-seek- Victory would not only put the party at the head able to forge alliances against it. Socialist leaders saw the move as another example of Francis sig- as well as regular aircraft has been declared ers in the summer. “I expect to gain enough momen- of a regional government for the first time, but were set to begin talks after the first results came in naling his desire to change the Church’s above the capital and provisions made to shoot tum in this first round to be optimistic about the sec- would also give Le Pen a springboard for her presi- yesterday to decide whether to withdraw from approach from condemnation of wrongdoing to down anything that breaches it. Despite the ond round” next Sunday, Marine Le Pen said as she dential bid in 2017. In her campaign, she has some second-round battles, while the Republicans’ understanding of the difficulties posed by 21st extraordinary and unprecedented measures, offi- cast her vote. First projections were expected at 1900 focused repeatedly on the migrant camp in Calais strategy meeting is set for today. One Socialist century believers. “The greater the sin, the greater cials stress that they have no knowledge of a spe- GMT. France’s regions have recently been consolidat- known as “The Jungle” where thousands of people expected to win is Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le the love the Church must express,” the cific or credible plot to attack Rome or the ed and given more power over areas such as schools, are camped trying to reach Britain and northern Drian, a popular choice in the northwestern Brittany Argentinian pontiff said when he announced the Vatican. — AFP transport and support for local businesses. Europe. With the FN also locked in a close race for region. — AFP

Dresden fears anti-foreigner protests hurting tourism

DRESDEN: The German city of Dresden, another PEGIDA demonstration. known for its Baroque architecture and “For us Dresden is a romantic destination, romantic Christmas market, worries about the we came without hesitation,” said Birgit, a damage to its image caused by the xenopho- hairdresser, while her husband added: “We bic protests of the PEGIDA movement. The simply asked our hotel to tell us which streets historic city’s tourism industry is going to avoid.” Many others, however, have stayed “through its deepest crisis since national away. In the year’s first nine months, reunification” in 1990, said Johannes overnight stays in Dresden fell by 2.3 percent Lohmeyer, president of the tourism federa- compared to the same period in 2014, while tion in the city dubbed the “Florence on the arrivals in other major cities rose. The number Elbe” river. For more than a year, the city has of German tourists, who account for over made headlines as the birthplace and centre three-quarters of the total, fell by 4.2 percent. of the far-right populist movement “Patriotic Lohmeyer said he blamed the PEGIDA Europeans Against the Islamisation of the effect and, above all, “the obsession of the Occident”, whose flag-waving members rally German media with this movement”, which every Monday against refugees. he argued had unfairly tarnished the reputa- To many Germans, Dresden-the largest tion of the city. The beleaguered industry is city in the former communist East, a region now, however, getting a boost from its which still lags the west in prosperity and famous Christmas Market, which opened on jobs-has become a symbol for the ugly back- the last November weekend with great fan- lash against migrants, in stark contrast to the fare for the 581st time. “Hotels are fully welcome seen in many other places. booked for weekends in December,” said Lohmeyer was quick to add that, despite a fall Bettina Bunge, president of Dresden in bookings, “certainly, the situation is not cat- Marketing, which has launched a campaign astrophic” for the tourism sector, which is to draw people to “a magical winter in worth about 1 billion euros ($1 billion) and Dresden”. generates around 20,000 jobs in the Dresden area. ‘Restore image’ GEVGELIJA: People pull a woman in a wheelchair as they prepare to board a train with other migrants and refugees after “The tourists are still there, and conven- But tourism is not the only sector with rea- crossing the Greek-Macedonian border, near Gevgelija yesterday. Macedonia has restricted passage to northern Europe to tions are being held-but the decline in reser- son to worry-also nervous are the city’s uni- only Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans who are considered war refugees. All other nationalities are deemed economic migrants and vations worries us,” said the Egyptian-German, versities and research institutes. Professor told to turn back. Over 1,500 people are stuck on the border, mostly Indian, Moroccan, Bangladeshi and Pakistani. — AFP who has beefed up the marketing team at his Hans Mueller-Steinhagen, president of the business hotel with two new hires. Technical University of Dresden (TUD), one of Germany’s 11 “universities of excellence”, said PEGIDA effect he was concerned about the city’s reputation C Africa slams rebel leader At first glance, all seems normal as tourists and feared it might make the institutes less snap pictures outside the Frauenkirche, a attractive for foreign scientists. baroque church in the capital of Saxony state- “Before, the image of Dresden was clearly BANGUI: The Central African Republic’s a statement to AFP, the government of the crisis. In wanting to create the May 2014, the UN Security Council a city that was devastated by Allied bombing an asset internationally, but now our col- interim government yesterday branded said Adam “opposes holding the refer- “illusory partition of the Central African ordered sanctions against three CAR in 1945 but was renovated at great expense leagues are concerned for us as far away as senior rebel figure Nourredine Adam endum and the presidential and legisla- Republic”, Adam has become “public leaders, including Adam, the Seleka after reunification. Among the visitors were Korea,” he said. Although his university has 18 “public enemy No. 1” after he threat- tive elections in areas placed illegally enemy No. 1 of unity, peace and nation- militia’s number two, for their part in Birgit and Frank Rofalski, aged in their 40s and percent foreign students in its bachelor and ened to block elections later this month under his control, areas which he al reconciliation,” it said. “How is it possi- driving factional bloodshed between from the Dusseldorf area, who were in masters programs, up from 16 percent last in areas under his control. His Patriotic believes will form part of his so-called ble that Nourredine Adam, who has Muslims and Christians. Dresden to celebrate their silver wedding year, “a growing number of candidates now Front for the Renaissance of Central Logone Republic. been sanctioned by the United Nations, The country’s former president anniversary on a recent Monday-hours before hesitate” before coming, he said. — AFP Africa (FPRC), a splinter faction of the “This decision constitutes an act of is still able to move around freely?” the Francois Bozize was overthrown in a former Seleka rebel group that staged a war and should be treated as such,” the government asked. Nearly 11,000 UN 2013 rebellion by rebels from the main- coup in 2013, is staging an armed revolt communique said. Central Africa’s army peacekeepers are deployed in Central ly-Muslim Seleka force, triggering the in the north and east of the country. In has not been operational since the start Africa alongside 900 French soldiers. In country’s worst crisis since it won inde- pendence in 1960. Since the end of September, Adam has been based in Man overpowered on Lufthansa flight the northern Kaga Bandoro region along with 500 to 700 armed follow- BERLIN: Lufthansa crew and passen- door, which of course cannot be door and demanded to be allowed ers.”A return to constitutional order will gers overpowered a man who inter- opened in-flight... it was not the cock- to enter, threatening to open one of only happen through the ballot box,” fered with a cabin door on a pit door,” he said. “The safety of the the plane’s doors while it was flying the government said yesterday, urging Frankfurt-Belgrade flight yesterday, flight was not jeopardized and the over Austria, Serbia’s RTS television Central Africans “not to give in to fear”. the German carrier said, insisting the flight landed safely in Belgrade”. reported. A first round of legislative and presiden- safety of the plane had not been Bartels declined to provide infor- The man, whom Serb press said tial elections will take place on threatened. “A passenger got up and mation on the identity of the pas- was called Laken and had a US pass- December 27, with the vote shaping up tried to do something at the door, senger or his nationality, or what he port, had cried out that he wished to to be a major test of the country’s but was stopped by crew members said during the incident. Serbian join Almighty Allah along with all the progress in its political transition follow- and other passengers,” said airline state-run television reported that passengers, RTS said. He was over- spokesman Andreas Bartels. “The police had arrested a Jordanian man powered by flight crew and members ing the violence, which was triggered passenger was then restrained for the after he tried to forced his way into of a Serb handball team who sub- by a 2013 coup. Ahead of the vote, remainder of the flight in his seat and the cockpit of the Lufthansa flight. dued him until the flight landed in there will be a referendum on a pro- posed new constitution on December handed over to the authorities in The man had suddenly got up dur- Belgrade where he was arrested, the DRESDEN: A man dressed as Santa Claus rests yesterday. — AFP Belgrade,” he said. “It was a normal ing the flight, banged on the cockpit report said. — AFP 13 in what is widely seen as a dress rehearsal for the elections. — AFP MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015 INTERNATIONAL ‘We feel ashamed’: Pakistani relatives of California shooter

KAROR LAL ESAM: Estranged relatives do something so gruesome? We can’t degree in pharmacology at the of a Pakistani woman involved in a mass believe it,” he told AFP. Malik Omar Ali Bahauddin Zakariya University, she was shooting in California spoke yesterday of Aulakh, another of her uncles, added: devoutly religious and wore a veil, their shame at her crimes, as former “We have not kept in touch with Gulzar’s according to former instructors. “She was classmates and teachers painted a pic- family and he avoided contacting us.” not outspoken or ultra-modern but she ture of a quiet, religiously conservative The southern region of Punjab from was religious minded, polite and submis- student. Tashfeen Malik, 29, and her hus- which Tashfeen hailed has long been sive,” said Dr Khalid Hussain Janbaz, chair band Syed Farook, 28, gunned down 14 associated with Sufism, a mystical form of the pharmacy department. people at a social services centre in San of Islam whose adherents worship with “I don’t think she could have done Bernardino, an act praised by the Islamic song and dance, attend shrines and what they have accused her of, she was a State group who hailed the couple as devote themselves to historic saints- very good student who never created “soldiers” of its self-proclaimed caliphate. practices viewed as heretical by more problems for staff or class fellows,” added According to her uncle Malik Ahmed orthodox Muslims. Dr Hussain Shah, an associate professor Ali Aulakh, who is a former provincial Indeed, according to Mohammad in the department. Pakistan’s govern- minister, Tashfeen was born in the village Jamil, a neighbor of Tashfeen’s father, ment yesterday issued a statement con- of Karor Lal Esan in the central province one of Tashfeen’s uncles himself was a demning the attack, even as its interior of Punjab but moved to Saudia Arabia Sufi devotional singer. “We don’t want minister said Islamabad could not be around 1989. Tashfeen’s father Gulzar Muslims to do such things. Such people held responsible. “A country or a national Malik an engineer, had grown distant should be punished, must be punished,” or a religion cannot be held responsible from his family and “he never came back said Jamil, adding: “She has dishonored for a crime committed by an individual even to attend the marriages of close rel- Pakistan.” and I appreciate a wise approach adopt- atives”, added Aulakh. It is still not clear where Tashfeen ed by the US administration on the KAROR LAL ESAM: Hifza Batool, a relative of Tashfeen Malikis pictured at her “We are ashamed and shocked about became radicalized, but by the time she issue,” minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan home in the town of Karor Lal Esam, about 450 kilometers (280 miles) south- this act done by our niece-why did she returned to Pakistan in 2007 to pursue a told reporters in Islamabad. — AFP west of Islamabad, Pakistan. — AP

Woman in deadly California rampage fervently devout

SAN BERNARDINO: In the final few bought the two assault rifles used in years of Tashfeen Malik’s life, the peo- the shootings, but authorities haven’t ple around the young woman saw her been able to talk to him because he dress ever more conservatively and checked himself into a mental hospital urge people ever more ardently to live after the attack, said a law enforce- a devout life. For an aunt in Malik’s old ment official who was not allowed to hometown in Pakistan, Malik’s growing discuss the investigation and spoke to religious focus was one of the last The Associated Press on condition of things she heard about her 29-year-old anonymity. niece - before last week, when she The FBI has said the man is not a learned that her niece and her niece’s suspect in the shootings, though they husband had donned masks, hoisted want to question him. US officials said assault rifles and killed 14 people in a Farook had been in contact with rampage in Southern California. extremists via social media. One offi- “I recently heard it from relatives cial said those contacts were not that she has become a religious per- recent and did not involve any signifi- son, and she often tells people to live cant players on the FBI’s radar. Farook according to the teachings of Islam,” was born in Chicago to Pakistani par- recalled aunt Hifza Batool. Batool ents and raised in Southern California. spoke in the town of Karor Lal Esan, Malik arrived in the US in 2014 on a the home of Malik’s family, 280 miles Pakistani passport and a fiancÈe visa CARACAS: National Guard soldiers in riot gear stand by a polling station yesterday during the Venezuela’s legislative (450 kilometers) southwest of the but had spent time in Saudi Arabia. election. — AFP Pakistani capital of Islamabad. Malik’s path from Pakistan to the Radicalized before marriage bloody events of last week - when she Saudi Interior Ministry spokesman US keenly, but discreetly and her husband slaughtered people Maj Gen Mansour Al-Turki told the AP gathered for a training session and that authorities there have received no holiday luncheon - remains a mystery. indication Malik was radicalized in FBI officials, family lawyers and others Saudi Arabia. Al-Turki said Saudi watches Venezuela polls said they know little about the house- records show she was not a resident of wife and mother, apart from what Saudi Arabia and had been to the king- came to light on Friday: that Malik had dom only twice. On both trips, she Challenge for socialists as Venezuelans elect legislature pledged allegiance on Facebook to the came to visit her family, once in 2008 Islamic State group as she and her for several weeks and the second time WASHINGTON: The outcome of Venezuela’s legisla- Margin of victory key Close observer American-born husband, Syed Farook, in 2013 for four months. tive elections yesterday, when the political left is in “The opposition’s margin of victory will define Washington and Caracas have had frosty ties 28, launched the massacre. The hus- The Saudi Interior Ministry con- real danger of losing its majority for the first time what will happen after the elections,” both internally ever since Maduro’s late and more popular prede- band and wife were killed in a furious firmed Sunday that Malik’s father - since 1999, could greatly impact ties with the United and regarding the United States, said Peter cessor Chavez came to power in 1999. The two shootout with police hours after they Gulzar Ahmed Malik - has been a resi- States. How will depend on the extent of the opposi- Schechter at the Atlantic Council think tank, based in countries have not exchanged ambassadors since opened fire on a gathering of Farook’s dent in the kingdom since the early tion’s gains and how the socialist government of Washington. Given the sweeping powers granted to 2010. Despite years of sometimes angry rhetoric colleagues from the San Bernardino 1980s. However, Saudi laws do not per- President Nicolas Maduro reacts to it, observers say, the executive, Maduro’s grip on power would not be Venezuela is an important source of oil for the US County public health department, mit authorities to release further details amid fears that violence and unrest could break out. directly threatened even with a loss of the Assembly, market, and the United States is the country’s most where he worked as a restaurant about his whereabouts or his profes- Surveys show that opposition candidates are like- experts say and could even be a blessing in disguise important oil customer. Over the past year both inspector. sion since he is not a suspect. Al-Turki ly to make substantial inroads in Venezuela’s single- for him. “Losing control of the National Assembly sides have quietly sought to defuse tension. said millions of foreigners work and live chamber National Assembly, where all 167 seats are could provide Maduro’s government and Chavismo a President Barack Obama briefly met Maduro at the In contact with extremists in Saudi Arabia, with many enrolling in play. US officials are keeping a discreet eye on partner in governing at a time when difficult choices Summit of the Americas in April, and later sent The FBI said it is investigating the their children in schools in the king- developments, but are wary of giving Maduro an will need to be made,” said John Walsh with the diplomat Thomas Shannon to Caracas to open a rampage as a terrorist attack. dom. He said he has not heard of any excuse to rally support by railing against US “imperi- Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA). A direct communications channel that both sides President Barack Obama planned to cases of them being radicalized and alism”-even if the US is Venezuela’s main export mar- darker scenario would occur if the opposition makes appear willing to keep open. deliver a prime-time address to the carrying out terrorist attacks. ket. especially strong gains and the government hunkers It would be a “mistake” for Washington to show nation yesterday night on the attack Malik started studying pharmacy at In many ways, yesterday’s vote is a referendum down, radicalizes, and claims that the gains are due favorites in the vote, Schechter said. US officials “will and the government’s efforts to keep Bahauddin Zakariya University in the on Maduro-the handpicked successor to late presi- to US support. say that democracy includes different points of view, the country safe. Early Saturday, Pakistani city of Multan in 2012. A dent Hugo Chavez-and his economic policies. If the Venezuelan government believes “that a and that an assembly dominated by the opposition authorities with guns drawn raided a maid who worked in the Multan home Maduro has just a 22 percent approval rating, real crisis they can generate with the US would help formalizes the expression of multiple opinions.” “To home next door to the house where where Malik lived said Malik initially according to a Datanalysis survey, and Venezuela is them through a volatile period,” then relations with say more than this would be a mistake,” Schechter Farook’s family used to live in wore a scarf that covered her head but enduring a 200 percent annual inflation rate (only 85 Washington “will deteriorate quite rapidly,” said Eric said. For Farnsworth, Washington “will also be forced Riverside, California, breaking windows not her face. A year before she got percent, according to the government), a contract- Farnsworth with the Council of the Americas, a pro- to say something if the elections are clearly stolen or and using a cutting torch to get into married, she began wearing a scarf ing economy and a shortage of basics that range free trade and democracy business group. Equally clearly there are cases of fraud.” The US State the garage, neighbors said. that covered all but her nose and eyes, from toilet paper to canned goods. Venezuela may important is any power shift within the leftist gov- Department’s comments on Friday were fairly neu- The FBI would not say what it was the maid said. The maid spoke on con- have the world’s largest proven oil reserves, but its ernment following an especially strong opposition tral. “All Venezuelans deserve to have full confidence looking for, but a neighbor said an old dition of anonymity for fear of jeop- oil hit a seven-year low of $34.05 a barrel this week. victory. For Schechter, “a redistribution of power” in the important elections on December 6 and their friend of Farook’s lives there. More ardizing her employment with the The country relies on oil exports for 96 percent of its within Maduro’s socialist party “could be stormy” if outcome,” said Elizabeth Trudeau, head of the State than three years ago, that person family. — AP hard currency. their leaders panic. Department Office of Press Relations. — AFP California killings show need California’s strict gun laws to share intelligence: Clinton fail to stop mass shooting SIOUX CITY: Democratic presidential to dismantle the global structure of ter- candidate Hillary Clinton said Friday the rorism.” mass killing in California heightened the More restrictions SACRAMENTO: The deadly shooting in San Bernardino sider loopholes in the state’s gun laws. Crime some.’ Maybe they could point to one case where these need for intelligence sharing, military Throughout the day, Clinton harped happened in a state with some of the toughest gun laws Prevention Research Center president John Lott, a critic laws would make a difference.” strikes in places where extreme ele- on a vote in Washington against a meas- in the United States: California bars assault weapons, of additional gun laws who is often cited by the gun lob- The FBI said Farook legally bought the two hand- ments have taken hold and a prohibi- ure to bar gun purchases by people blocks the sale of large-capacity magazines and requires by, argued that the shooting illustrates how expanded guns used in the attack - purchases that would have tion of gun purchases by those on terror whose name appear on no-fly lists for universal background checks for all gun purchases. background checks supported by President Barack required a background check. And there is no indication watch lists. The former secretary of state flights to and around the United States. Authorities say they believe suspected gunman Syed Obama do not stop mass public shootings. He noted he or Malik had any criminal record or history of mental said in Iowa that the massacre that left Republicans, in turn, said Clinton’s nod to Rizwan Farook and wife Tashfeen Malik had legally that California, Colorado and Oregon - sites of the three illness that would have triggered California’s unique law 14 dead and many more injured in San gun control was misplaced. “The fact obtained two handguns and that two rifles were also most recent shootings - already have such laws in place. allowing authorities to seize weapons from those who Bernardino, California, showed the US Hillary Clinton and President Obama con- legally purchased in California. Federal officials say the “We’re being told that even though these laws didn’t aren’t allowed to own them. Federal officials are investi- must step up its vigilance against global tinue to exploit this situation to push for attackers had large-capacity magazines that violate stop these attacks in these states, somehow they would gating whether the military-style rifles used were part of threats. She said the fight must also more restrictions on Americans’ Second California law in their SUV. work in the rest of the country,” he said. “I know the claim an illegal straw purchase, possibly from a former neigh- occur online, given the sophisticated Amendment rights is as deplorable as it Since the attack Wednesday at a social service center is, ‘we don’t expect it to do everything but it will do bor of Farook, and then given to Farook or Malik. — AP use of the Internet by extremist groups. is dangerous,” Republican National in Southern California, the state’s strict laws and the “We’re going to have to figure out how Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said apparent legal purchase of the weapons have set off a we deprive them of the oxygen of social in a statement. Clinton scoffed at the debate over the effectiveness of gun measures and media. They run multiple Twitter criticism. whether getting tougher would help prevent more vio- accounts and other kinds of accounts,” “I know we can save lives and we lence. “Strong gun laws do prevent gun deaths. Not Clinton told reporters after a town hall shouldn’t be conflating the two,” she said, every law can prevent every gun death,” said Allison event. “I don’t know that we would let referring to her efforts to protect people Anderman, a staff attorney with the Law Center to that continue if we were dealing with a from terrorism and to the GOP criticism Prevent Gun Violence in San Francisco. “They work most criminal network. Why should we let it about gun control. “We can go after ter- of the time.” The gun-control advocacy group rates continue if we’re dealing with a terrorist rorists and we need to do more to save California’s gun laws No. 1 in the nation; the state ranks network?” the lives of Americans every single day 42nd in its rate of gun deaths. Louisiana’s gun laws were Clinton’s remarks came as the FBI from homicide, suicide and these terrible ranked 50th and it is No. 2 in deaths, according to the announced it was officially investigating accidents.” Clinton’s two stops in Iowa, group’s 2014 rankings. Gun laws vary dramatically state- the shooting as an act of terrorism and the home of the nation’s leadoff presi- to-state, even city-to-city. The patchwork of regulations indications one of the shooters made an dential caucuses, were also about plug- means it’s often easy for determined gunmen to acquire online posting pledging allegiance to ging a new plan to rebuild the nation’s weapons by skirting laws in their home state, they say. the Islamic State group and its leader. aging transportation system. It would Untraceable weapons can be built from scratch using Clinton said the evidence increasingly aim to spend $275 billion to fix crum- parts bought online. adds “support for the view this was a ter- bling bridges, highways and airports, and rorist act.” She said the nation needs to would seek to create a national infra- Loopholes in gun laws be vigilant and cooperative, “collecting structure bank that has been blocked by As a result, gun control advocates in the days since and analyzing information,” and urged Republicans during President Barack the shooting have called for more stringent laws in the government to “redouble our efforts Obama’s two terms. — AP California and nationwide. At least two state lawmakers SAN BERNARDINO: Laura Muela (far right) waters the flowers at a makeshift memorial say they will propose measures to close what they con- honoring the victims of Wednesday’s shooting rampage, Saturday, Dec 5, 2015. — AP

MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015 INTERNATIONAL

Senior Afghan Taleban sources doubt Mansour alive

KABUL: Several senior sources within the group is buying time to select a new was genuine and said they had been ness. Mansour was declared Taleban the Taleban yesterday cast doubt on the leader and bring their organization out present at the recording. “This audio was leader on July 31, but splits immediately authenticity of an audio message pur- of “this sudden shock”. recorded yesterday by our leader emerged in the group, with some top porting to prove Mullah Akhtar Mansour “We need more proof,” he concluded. Mansour, we were present. The meeting leaders refusing to pledge their alle- was alive, highlighting mistrust within Two other Taleban senior officials was attended by our high officials, edit- giance to the new leader saying the the ranks following the cover-up of expressed similar concerns, with the lat- ed, and then sent on to the media,” said process to select him was rushed and Mullah Omar’s death. The insurgent ter insisting that Mansour succumbed to one of the officials who spoke on the biased. group released the 16-minute file late his injuries on Thursday. In the message, condition of anonymity. A breakaway faction of the Taleban Saturday following reports citing multi- a man purporting to be Mansour said: “I Rahimullah Yousufzai, a Pakistani ana- led by Mullah Mohamed Rasool was ple intelligence and militant sources have recorded this message to let every- lyst and long-time observer of the formed last month, in the first formal claiming the Taleban chief was killed in a one know that I am alive.” Taleban, said the voice sounded like division in the once-unified group. But firefight on Tuesday inside Pakistan. “I didn’t have a fight with anyone, no Mansour’s. “I believe it is him,” he said, Mansour’s group has seen a resurgence But doubts continued to linger meeting was held and I have not been to but added that questions would be in recent months, opening new battle- among the group’s senior ranks, who are Kuchlak (near Quetta in Pakistan) in asked over the delay in releasing the clip. fronts across the country with Afghan distrustful of their leadership following a years. This is all enemy propaganda,” the “Why did they wait almost five days to forces struggling to beat back the two-year cover-up of the death of the message added. The man also offered his do that? If they’d done it earlier it might expanding insurgency. Speculation Taleban’s founder and first leader Mullah condolences to the relatives of civilians have been more effective,” he said. about Mansour’s death has also threat- Omar. Mawlawi Hanifi, a commander killed in central Wardak province where a He added that uncertainty within the ened to derail a renewed regional push based in southern Helmand province, firefight erupted between government ranks had been compounded by the to jump-start peace talks with the told AFP: “I listened to the clip and it forces and the Taleban on Friday. mystery surrounding the death of Mullah Taleban. Mansour is believed to be a pro- This handout photograph shows looks fake. “I think his voice has been Omar. Afghan intelligence officials ponent of talks with Afghan authorities, Afghan Taleban leader Mullah Akhtar mimicked. Mansour himself fooled us for Growing mistrust announced his death in July, with the a deeply contentious issue that has Mansour posing for a photograph at two years, how can we trust this now?” But two other Taleban officials based Taleban later confirming their founder prompted much rancor within hardline an undisclosed location in Another senior Taleban source said that in Pakistan’s Quetta city told AFP the clip had died in 2013, apparently due to ill- insurgent ranks. — AFP Afghanistan. — AFP

New China airstrips a potential headache for neighbors, US

BEIJING: China’s campaign of island building in that was revealed online in China in October. the South China Sea might soon quadruple the China’s military has declined to comment on the number of airstrips available to the People’s reports. The island’s 2.4-kilometer (1.49-mile) Liberation Army in the highly contested and long runway will soon be eclipsed by one more strategically vital region. That could be bad news than 3 kilometers (10,000 feet) long on the for other regional contenders, especially the US, reclaimed island built atop Fiery Cross Reef in the the Philippines and Vietnam. Spratlys, the satellite photos show. Another run- The island construction work that is creating way is being built on Subi Reef, with signs of sim- vast amounts of new acreage by piling sand on ilar work underway on nearby Mischief Reef. top of coral reefs is now moving into the con- Patrols by fighter jets based on the islands, struction stage, with buildings, harbors and, most likely temporarily given the salty climate most importantly, runways appearing in recent and frequent storms, could serve to intimidate months. China now operates one airfield at other claimants, especially the Philippines and Woody Island in the Paracel island chain, and Vietnam. That could also complicate regular satellite photos show what appears to be work operations by US forces which insist on freedom on two, possibly three, additional airstrips on of navigation and overflight over the entire sea. newly built islands in the Spratly archipelago to “In periods of tension, the intimidation value of the east. air patrols from the islands would be consider- The bases could have a “significant impact on able,” Graham said. the local balance of power” by helping bolster the forward presence of Chinese coast guard Highly vulnerable to bombing and navy forces, said Euan Graham, director of The airfields would allow Chinese aircraft to the International Security Program at the Lowy refuel, repair and if necessary, rearm without Institute in Sydney, Australia. As with most having to fly the more than 1,000 kilometers South China Sea developments, China has (620 miles) to the nearest Chinese air base on remained opaque about its plans for the island Hainan island, said Hans Kristensen, a China airstrips. At a recent monthly briefing, Defense security expert with the Federation of American Ministry spokesman Wu Qian declined to say Scientists. They would also be highly vulnerable how many China planned to build or what their to bombing in an actual conflict, although their purpose would be, repeating only that all mili- presence alone would require additional plan- tary infrastructure was “purely for defensive pur- ning and effort by opponents. Short of that, the BANGALORE: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama (second right) is helped by a fellow monk and a security official to climb poses.” issue grows murkier and more troublesome, down the stairs after delivering his key note address ‘Universal Responsibility for Harmony’ at the Peace for Economy conference especially if China were to announce a zone of yesterday. — AP No threat to stability air control over all or part of the South China Sea. Beijing claims almost all of the South China In that case, the airstrips could be launching Sea and its islands and has created seven new points for patrols, enforcement operations and features in the Spratlys since last year that are possibly strikes. China announced an initial air permanently above water totaling more than defense identification zone over much of the Top security heads of 800 hectares (2,000 acres) in area, according to East China Sea in late 2013, a designation the US, satellite photos collected by US government Japan and others refused to recognize. In early agencies and private groups including the December, China conducted what its air force Washington-based Center for Strategic and spokesman Shen Jinke described as the latest International Studies. While China insists its “routine patrol” through the zone, featuring air- India, Pakistan meet island building works are justified and don’t con- craft including H-6K long-range bombers, fighter stitute a threat to stability, further militarization jets and early warning aircraft. of the region seems assured given China’s Questioned on plans for a South China Sea Talks cover peace, terrorism, Jammu and Kashmir increasingly robust assertions of its territorial zone, Defense Ministry spokesman Wu Qian said claims. that would depend on threats to China’s inter- ISLAMABAD: The Indian and said, as the two countries seek a isters of both countries met on National Security Advisers, Those perceptions were reinforced with the ests and security. “Therefore we will take into Pakistani national security thaw in frosty relations. The the sidelines of a conference in accompanied by the Foreign deployment in October of advanced J-11BH/BHS consideration a number of factors in making the advisers held “cordial” talks in talks, originally scheduled in Paris. “Pursuant to the meeting Secretaries (top diplomats), met fighters of the navy air force to Woody Island decision,” Wu said. — AP Bangkok yesterday on militancy August but cancelled by India, of the Prime Ministers of India in Bangkok today,” the state- and Kashmir, a joint statement came days after the prime min- and Pakistan in Paris, the ment said. “Discussions cov- ered peace and security, terror- ism, Jammu and Kashmir, and Airport reopens in Chennai other issues, including tranquil- ity along LoC,” it added. The Line of Control marks the de CHENNAI: India’s main airport in flood-devastated “The army has... distributed relief materials includ- facto border in the disputed Tamil Nadu state reopened yesterday as emergency ing water and food to over 20,000 people,” said Kashmir region. workers strove to help thousands of residents forced Colonel Rohan Anand. But rain was again falling in The statement said the talks to flee their inundated homes. The international air- Chennai yesterday, threatening to hamper relief “were held in a candid, cordial port in the state capital Chennai had closed on efforts along with attempts to clear roads of water- and constructive atmosphere” Wednesday leaving thousands of passengers logged debris. and both sides “agreed to carry stranded, after record rains worsened flooding that Anger is mounting among some residents who forward the constructive has claimed nearly 300 lives since November 9. accuse local authorities of failing to work swiftly to “There was no damage to the runway. It remained help those affected. Padmavathy said she had been engagement.”Since gaining under water for a few days but has been cleared stuck on the first floor of her home for days after independence from Britain in now,” national Aviation Minister Mahesh Sharma waist-deep water swept through her north Chennai 1947, the two nations have said as passengers started to gather at the terminal. neighborhood. “None of the politicians or volun- fought three wars-two of them “We had a few relief flights yesterday from the teers have approached us for the past couple of over Kashmir. The territory is airport and today commercial flights have resumed days. Many of us stayed indoors and starved,” the divided between the two coun- their services.” Thousands of residents have been mother of two told AFP. Prime Minister Narendra tries but claimed in full by both. MANILA: In this file photo, protesters display placards during a rally at the rescued by boat or plucked from rooftops after the Modi has described the floods as a consequence of About a dozen militant groups Chinese Consulate at the financial district of Makati city, east of Manila, floods left much of Chennai, a city of more than four climate change, as top negotiators meet in Paris to have been fighting in the Philippines to protest moves by China in “fortifying” its claims at the disput- million, underwater. Power supplies and phone net- try to agree on reducing the rate of global warming. Indian sector since 1989, seek- ed Spratlys Islands in the South China Sea. — AP works were also hit. Soldiers and other emergency Experts have said poor urban planning had likely ing either Kashmir’s independ- workers who poured into the southeastern state worsened the disaster. India suffers severe flooding ence or its merger with have now switched to rushing food, clean drinking every year during the annual monsoon rains from Pakistan. Hopes were high for a water and medical supplies to hard-hit residents. June to September. — AFP rapprochement between the Chinese government official two countries following the election of Pakistan’s centre- denounces fake Buddhas right Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in 2013, whose pro-busi- BEIJING: A senior Chinese government official of Tibet. The Dalai Lama fled to India in 1959 ness platform included cam- said fake living Buddhas were using donations after an abortive uprising against Chinese rule. to support pro-independence activities in He has said the title of Dalai Lama could end paigning for greater economic Tibet and called on local authorities to take when he dies. The search for a living Buddha cooperation with regional pow- action against them, according to state media. such as the Dalai Lama is complex, involving erhouse India. Local governments in Tibet should cooperate divination, interpreting dreams, oracles and But relations between the with their counterparts in eastern and central prayer, according to Tibetan Buddhist tradi- two nuclear powers worsened China and “take joint action to contain the tion. On state television on Saturday, Zhu significantly in 2014 following phenomenon of fake living Buddhas”, Zhu made no mention of Baima Aose, a self-pro- the election of Hindu national- Weiqun, chairman of the ethnic and religious claimed living Buddha in Hong Kong who ist Prime Minister Narendra affairs committee of the Chinese People’s came under fire from practitioners after he Modi in India, with shelling Political Consultative Conference, told state tel- ordained Chinese actor Zhang Tielin as a living across their border in Kashmir evision on Saturday. Buddha instead of via the traditional search claiming dozens of lives. There The government is building a database of process. are now signs tensions may be legal living Buddhas, and may eventually make China’s official Tibet website said a Tibetan cooling. Apart from the meet- it public, the online edition of the official China monastery has called Baima Aose a “fake”. Fake ing of security officials, the Youth Daily yesterday quoted Zhu as saying. living Buddhas swindle money from practi- cricket boards of both countries Tibetan Buddhism holds that the soul of a sen- tioners in eastern and central China and trick last week agreed in principle to ior lama, or monk, is reincarnated in the body women into having sex with them, Zhu said, play a short series in Sri Lanka, of a child who would then grow up to become adding that they then return to Tibet and in what would be their first a so-called living Buddha. As of 2007, there engage in illegal “splittist activities”. The Dalai meeting since 2012. The so- were more than 100 living Buddhas in Tibet, Lama has denied Chinese charges he wants called “cricket diplomacy” still according to the official China Daily. The Tibetan independence or that he promotes Chinese government has said it must approve violence, saying he only wants genuine auton- requires final approval by New the next Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader omy for his homeland. — Reuters CHENNAI: Destroyed vehicles are seen as floodwaters recede yesterday. — AFP Delhi. — AFP NEWS MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015

Women getting more interested...

Continued from Page 1 described by family lawyers as a quiet and devout Muslim who moved to the US in July 2014 and married a month later. were charged in April with plotting to build a bomb for an A US official says she used a Facebook alias to praise the attack. “Unlike in the Middle East or even Europe, it is indeed Islamic State in a post around the time she and her husband, rare for a woman to be involved in such a shooting in the US,” Syed Farook, opened fire in combat-style gear on a holiday said Oren Segal, director of the ADL’s Center on Extremism. party of his co-workers. The official was not authorized to dis- He said IS “has made it a priority to reach and recruit women, cuss the case publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. so perhaps we are starting to see the results of those efforts.” It’s rare for husband-wife pairs to team up in violence. Among There’s no single answer for why the group has succeeded the more recent examples is Jerad and Amanda Miller, who in attracting women, but law enforcement officials cite prop- harbored extremist views and went on a June 2014 shooting aganda directed at that population. Even as IS spotlights rampage in Las Vegas that left two police officers and a civil- decapitations of captives, recruitment videos that show smil- ian dead. The Millers died in a shootout with police. ing children paint a family-friendly portrait and suggest a role Before that were Holly Grigsby and David Pedersen, a for women who join the self-described caliphate in Iraq and white-supremacist couple now serving life sentences in con- Syria. The goal is to entice women to become brides for the nection with the 2011 murders of four people in Washington jihadi fighters and help expand the group’s regional domi- state, Oregon and California. nance. IS “likes to say it’s not a terrorist group, but it’s really a Even the most sophisticated electronic surveillance tools state or a movement,” said Max Abrahms, a terrorism expert at can fail to pick up a plot hatched by a couple who spend Northeastern University. hours communicating face to face in the privacy of their The FBI is investigating the shootings at the social services home. “Usually when terrorist plots are broken up, it’s by facility in San Bernardino as an act of terrorism. Comey said intercepting communications among members. But if they’re agents have found signs of radicalization, though no indica- living together, it would be much harder,” Abrahams said. tion that the couple was part of a larger cell or network. At “They don’t need to leave the house,” he added. “They don’t DUBAI: A picture taken in the early hours of yesterday shows hot air balloons flying over Dubai buildings as the center of the investigation is Malik, born in Pakistan and even need to leave the bed.” — AP part of the “Dubai International Balloon Fiesta” event. — AFP Colombia finds treasure galleon Modi mocked, ‘Amma’ heckled after floods

Continued from Page 1 experts confirmed that they located the San Jose, which was Continued from Page 1 it is his own fault,” commentator Tavleen Singh wrote in Sunday’s lying on its side, because the ship was carrying unique Indian Express, urging Modi to hire a professional media team. The San Jose was sunk in June 1708 near the Islas del bronze cannons with engraved dolphins. “The amount and 2.5 m of water, trapping people on rooftops with no communi- Modi does not have an official spokesperson. Jayalalithaa, 67, in the Rosario, off Colombia’s Caribbean coast, during combat with type of the material leave no doubt of the identity” of the cation. There was further revulsion after a party legislator put up a past considered as a possible prime ministerial candidate backed British ships attempting to take its cargo, part of the War of shipwreck, said Ernesto Montenegro, head of the Colombian poster of Jayalalithaa lifting a baby above the floodwaters, in a by regional groups, faces an election in Tamil Nadu next year. Spanish Succession. The galleon was the main ship in a Institute of Anthropology and History. A US company, the scene from a blockbuster movie. “Adding salt to the wounds,” said Modi’s nationalist party has little presence in Tamil Nadu, a state of treasure fleet carrying gold, silver and other valuable items Sea Search Armada, claimed to have earlier found the wreck, one Twitter post. Avadi Kumar, a spokesman of her ruling AIADMK 70 million. It would rather the iron-fisted Jayalalithaa stays in pow- from Spain’s American colonies to King Philip V. Only a hand- but the find was not confirmed and a legal dispute broke party, said there was anger among the people but the administra- er, believing she is more inclined to back his reform agenda in par- tion was doing all it could to bring relief: “It is impossible to reach liament than her rivals. ful of the ship’s crew of 600 survived when the San Jose out with the government over ownership rights that was all areas immediately or be present everywhere at all times.” But there are concerns around her health and that she may sank. A team of Colombian and foreign researchers, includ- ultimately resolved in a US court in Colombia’s favor. Modi’s own promise to voters of good days to come for India is have to curtail her campaign. Earlier this year a higher court acquit- ing a veteran of the group that discovered the wreck of the There could be up to 1,000 shipwrecks off the Caribbean also starting to face disenchantment, 18 months into his five-year ted her in a graft case for which was briefly jailed which had caused Titanic in 1985, studied winds and currents of the Caribbean coast of Colombia, but of those only between six and 10 term, with key reforms stalled by bureaucratic inertia and political an outpouring of anger from her supporters. Some lay down on 307 years ago and delved into colonial archives in Spain and had large treasure cargos, anthropologist Fabian Sanabria gridlock. Ambitious initiatives, such as a “Clean India” campaign, roads and tried to persuade bus drivers to go over them. “She is Colombia searching for clues. Experts confirmed that they told AFP. The biggest find, and the most sought after, was have made little headway - even as Modi has built up huge follow- supposed to be a fantastic administrator. But this time there was no found the San Jose on Nov 27 “in a place never before refer- the San Jose, Sanabria said. The discovery “is an unprece- ings on social media and addressed enthusiastic diaspora Indians presence of government at all. Ordinary people did all the work enced by previous research,” Santos said. At least five other dented event for the country,” said Cartagena Mayor at packed stadiums on his many trips overseas. that government and police were supposed to do,” said S Raja, one shipwrecks were found when searching the ocean floor. The Dionisio Velez. — AFP “If today he appears to have lost control over his own narrative, flood-hit resident of Chennai. — Reuters Assad says Britain’s Syria strikes ‘illegal’ Police probe London Tube stabbing

Continued from Page 1 In late September, Russia began its own bombing Continued from Page 1 no Muslim, bruv! You’re no Muslim, bruv! You ain’t no Muslim!” The hashtag #YouAintNoMuslimBruv was trending on Twitter on campaign in Syria in support of Assad over a year after Sunday as people reacted to the news. Britain began its bombing campaign early on a US-led coalition began its strikes targeting the IS Saturday’s attack came at the end of a week in which the British parliament voted to extend air strikes on the Islamic State Salim Patel, 59, who runs the station shop, said: “I saw the guy Thursday, hitting an oil field held by IS just hours after a group. Russia is coordinating its air strikes with jihadist group from Iraq into Syria. The attack also comes less than attacking the victim, punching him so hard. The victim was decisive parliamentary vote authorized air strikes. Damascus, unlike the US-led coalition, whose action a month after the Nov 13 terror attacks in Paris, claimed by IS, screaming ‘please, somebody help me. Help’. The attacker started Momentum to join the air campaign grew after IS mili- has been criticized by Assad and his government as which killed 130 people. Police said the stabbed 56-year-old man kicking him on the floor. I think the victim was unconscious, he tants claimed a deadly series of attacks on Paris last ineffectual. Assad said the Russians had entered the was in a stable condition in an east London hospital and his passed out. Then the attacker took a knife out and started stab- month which killed 130 people and wounded more conflict in a “legal way” - with Syria’s permission. injuries were not believed to be life-threatening. A second man bing him as he lay on the floor.” Witness Khayam told the BBC that than 350. In arguing in favor of the strikes, Prime While the western bombing campaign has fuelled sustained a minor injury but did not require medical assistance, when the suspect was taken to a police van, “I saw pedestrians Minister David Cameron’s claimed there were 70,000 extremism, Assad believes that two months of Russian while a woman was threatened by the suspect but was not shouting at him... one pedestrian tried to throw a bottle.” moderate Syrian forces on the ground who could help air strikes with ground support from the Syrian army injured, police said. Police said they were initially alerted at 7:06 pm (1906 GMT) Saturday to the “violent unprovoked knife attack”. Officers secure territory cleared by air strikes, prompting has actually damaged the Islamists’ capabilities. More Amateur video shows a pool of blood and bloody footprints at the ticket gates of the suburban Leytonstone Tube station. Shouts are attempted to engage with the man but were threatened with vio- ridicule from Assad, who denounced it as “classical than 250,000 people have been killed since the Syrian heard as the suspect is seen remonstrating with people before swing- lence, police said. He was arrested at 7:14 pm (1914 GMT). Britain’s farce”. “Where are the 70,000 moderates he is talking conflict erupted in March 2011 with protests against ing at one of them. Officers shout “Drop the knife!” and fire Taser elec- national terror threat level was raised in Aug 2014 to severe, the about? There is no 70,000. There is no 7,000,” he said. Assad’s regime. — AFP tric stun guns. “Who is this idiot?” one onlooker says of the suspect, second-highest of five levels, meaning an attack is considered adding: “Yes! Stupid idiot,” after the man is Tasered. highly likely. London’s transport system was hit in July 2005 by a OPEC policy risks further price pressure Officers shout “Put the knife down!” and “Drop it now!” at the series of suicide bomb attacks that killed 52 people. A spokes- stunned man, who does drop the short-bladed knife as he quivers woman for Prime Minister David Cameron’s Downing Street office said: “We are monitoring the situation closely as further details countries have lost so much money and it doesn’t seem we on the ground. On his front, the man is handcuffed behind his back Continued from Page 1 emerge”. Leytonstone station was open again yesterday, with a can change the situation in the short term”. while another officer pins him down with his knee and passers-by are told to get back. One man then shouts at the suspect: “You ain’t police officer standing guard outside. — AFP Despite oil prices plunging by more than 60 percent in Saudi Arabia on Friday repeated the kingdom’s stance 18 months, OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia and the cartel’s oth- that it would be willing to cut as long as non-OPEC produc- er Gulf state members are defying calls to reduce output, ers also reduce their output. “We have said on more than Governor of Aden killed in car bomb which has been a year-long strategy of attempting to pre- one occasion that we are willing to cooperate with anyone serve market share and fend off competition from non- that will help balance the market... with us,” Saudi oil minis- Continued from Page 1 menting UN Security Council Resolution 2216 which calls for them OPEC and world-leading producers Russia and the United ter Ali Al-Naimi told reporters. OPEC’s poorer nations - to withdraw from occupied territory. States. In June last year, crude had traded above $100 a notably Venezuela, Ecuador and Algeria - had led the calls ambush in southeastern Hadramawt province. Its statement Foreign Minister Abdel Malak Al-Mekhlafi told AFP that “the barrel, but has since plunged on a global supply glut, weak for a cut to help boost prices and in turn their badly-hit rev- yesterday threatened more attacks. The United Arab Emirates, putschists are refusing to lay down their arms or to allow the gov- demand growth and a strong dollar. enues. “The on-going supply surplus should continue to whose forces are playing a pivotal role in supporting Hadi and are ernment to carry out its duties” from Sanaa. “They have not High supplies are largely due to the arrival on markets exert heavy pressure on oil prices in the short term,” said present in Aden, condemned Saad’s killing. “Such crimes will not announced their list of negotiators” for the talks “and are trying to of oil extracted from North American shale rock. However, Fawad Razaqzada, analyst at Gain Capital trading group. weaken our common determination to bring back security and sta- escalate the situation on the ground by bombing residential dis- while oil prices remain above the current $40-a-barrel level “This could force some weaker (non-OPEC) oil producers bility to the Yemen,” said the UAE’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs tricts of Taez”. In a protest sent to the UN, Yemen’s minister in charge on world markets, investment in US production is expected out of the market,” he said, resulting in tighter supplies Anwar Gargash. of human rights, Ezzedine al-Isbahi, condemned the “massacres to stay resilient. It is when oil goes under this level for a next year. The cartel meanwhile gave no precise collective Saad’s killing represents another blow for Hadi, who has strug- and atrocities” allegedly committed in Taez by the rebels that he sustained period of time that new investment in shale pro- output target in Friday’s final communique. gled to secure the city since his forces and allies launched a wide- said had killed 33 civilians last week, including four children. duction risks dropping off, according to Natixis bank ana- “In our view, the lack of guidance on a production quota spread operation in July to retake five southern provinces - includ- The United Nations says more than 5,700 people have been lyst Abhishek Deshpande. underlines the discord among members,” said Barclays ana- ing Aden - from the Houthis. The counterattack has stalled around killed in Yemen, almost half of them civilians, since the Saudi-led air OPEC’s policy of “keeping high production and keeping lyst Miswin Mahesh. “Past communiques have at least Taez, a strategic southwestern city under siege by the rebels and campaign began in March in support of the government. In Aden prices under pressure has taken more time” than it would included statements to adhere, strictly adhere, or maintain their allies. The bombing came a day after the UN envoy to Yemen on Saturday, gunmen shot dead the presiding judge of a terrorism have expected, he told AFP on the sidelines of the Vienna output in line with the production target. This one glaring- held talks with Hadi in Aden aimed at kick-starting peace talks. court, Mohsen Mohamed Alwan, and four of his bodyguards, a gathering. Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh meanwhile ly did not. “For OPEC, managing the impossible trinity of Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed met Hadi to seek his agreement to security source said. Police Colonel Al-Khadher Ali Ahmed was noted that while the level of shale oil production hasn’t achieving higher market share, higher prices and higher convene negotiations with the rebels in Geneva next week, an offi- gunned down in a separate attack. And yesterday, police colonel decreased due to OPEC policy, neither has it “increased sig- demand through a nominal target which members contin- cial close to the president told AFP. But the mission was “difficult”, Antar Al-Bakhshi was shot dead by gunmen in Inmaa district, west nificantly”. But he acknowledged also that “OPEC member ue to breach continues to be difficult.” — AFP said the source, accusing the rebels of dragging their feet on imple- of Aden, a security official said. — AFP MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015 ANALYSIS

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Focus Rubio shows conservative gravitas

By Michael Mathes

onald Trump grabs headlines with his unshakable self-glorification. But better-informed, increasingly Dconfident rival Marco Rubio is making a play for the Republican presidential nomination, and winning over skeptics in early-voting New Hampshire. Rubio is the 44- year-old US senator from Florida with the million-watt smile, an affinity for hip-hop music and a propensity to ruf- fle establishment feathers in Washington. But at a Friday campaign stop, he came across as a national security expert playing up his foreign policy fluency to a crowd shaken by recent spasms of extremist violence. And he wasted little time before ripping the Obama administration - and Democrats like presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton - for urging stricter gun laws immediately GI Jane coming, but it might take time after Wednesday’s San Bernardino shooting that killed 14 people. “Gun control” is not the answer, Rubio told about 180 voters at a Seacoast Republican Women’s luncheon at By Thomas Watkins takes about another 12 months before what we’ve seen in sports.” Women for the Draft a country club in the small town of Greenland. “We need deployment. The Pentagon is increasing- Aside from Canada, the US military The changes could ultimately have bomb control” because the California attackers had pos- ome the New Year, the US military ly relying on commandos to conduct follows in the footsteps of other fighting far-reaching impacts for all young sessed pipe bombs, he said. “We need terrorist control.” will open all fighting positions to raids in Iraq and Syria as America fights forces around the world allowing American women. Though the US mili- Rubio is threading a political needle in the 2016 race. Cwomen - but don’t expect to see a the Islamic State group. women in combat. Among them are tary has been an all-volunteer force He lies between the uncompromising ideological warfare female American commando leading a Australia, Denmark, Germany, Israel, the since near the end of the Vietnam War, in being waged by rival candidate Ted Cruz and the estab- raid into Syria just yet. Officials say it A Desirable Job? Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, 1973, all men aged 18-25 must nonethe- lishmentarian Jeb Bush, whose campaign has struggled. could take years for women to percolate Another limiting factor is how many South Africa and Sweden. A RAND Perhaps the best communicator in today’s Republican less register for the draft in case there is into some of the military’s most special- women actually want combat jobs. Corporation study found women gener- a national crisis and re-institution of Party, Rubio is offering his brand of pragmatic conser- ized roles, including the elite special General David Perkins, who heads the ally adapt well into combat positions - vatism, and he is being rewarded at the polls. mandatory conscription. But the operations forces that have long epito- US Army Training and Doctrine provided the top brass are committed Trump remains the frontrunner nationally and in New National Coalition for Men - a San-Diego Hampshire, but Rubio has surged into second, ahead of mized macho soldiering. Command, this summer said military and involved in the transition. based rights group - argues the law is neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who is fading, and fellow “Implementation won’t happen studies and a look at the experience of But not everyone agrees women sexist because it refers specifically to Senator Cruz, recent polls show. If foreign policy and overnight,” Defense Secretary Ashton Canada, which has for years allowed should be in combat. The Marine Corps “male persons” in stating who must reg- national security are brought off the backburner, where Carter said Thursday as he announced women in combat, showed few women called for a partial exemption, after it ister. they usually sit during Republican primaries, Rubio stands the Obama administration’s “No are likely to choose such roles. “It just argued mixed-gender combat units “Failing to register is a felony, but Exceptions” policy unlocking every occu- probably won’t be a lot,” he said. One were less effective. And a study obtained to gain considerably in his party’s crowded nomination only for men, punishable by fine, pation in America’s vast military. reason is women are “dramatically less by the Defense One military news site race. “I think Rubio is on everyone’s ‘maybe’ list,” New imprisonment or both,” the group’s Currently, women only account for inclined” to choose infantry, armored found that SEALs, Air Force special oper- Hampshire political strategist Fergus Cullen, a former state president Harry Crouch said. The organ- Republican Party chairman, told AFP. about 15.6 percent of the 1.34 million units or artillery than their male counter- ations forces and non-commissioned ization has a lawsuit that will be heard As the women waited for Rubio to join them for lunch, active-duty personnel in the Army, parts, he said. officers were still strongly opposed to the acronym ABT - “anyone but Trump” - was in the air. “I’m Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force. When In Canada, for instance, where women joining special operations ranks. by a federal appeals court next week in having a hard time with him,” Pam DuBois, 69, said of the the new rules kick in, 52 military occupa- women were permitted to join combat Some women have spoken out too. California. The suit had been tossed as brash celebrity billionaire. “He doesn’t strike me as presi- tions - some 220,000 jobs - will accept ranks as early as 1989, their numbers in “Female Marines who want to stir the pot not “ripe” but the group hopes Carter’s dential.” New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has impressed female applicants, who must still pass those roles remain low - making up 0.5 by joining the infantry ranks are more announcement will convince the court her, especially with his experience as a federal prosecutor. the same rigorous physical tests as men. percent of Canadian infantry, two per- interested in their careers than the needs to reconsider. For women to be forced But DuBois has yet to make up her mind, “and I haven’t “For the 52 occupations that were com- cent of armored units and four percent of the Corps - they are selfish,” Marine to register for the draft, Congress would ruled Rubio out,” she said. pletely closed, we have to start at the of artillery, according to Perkins. But Captain Lauren Serrano wrote in the have to change the law. Duff Campbell Rubio offers a mixture of fear and optimism on the beginning,” a senior defense official said. Nancy Duff Campbell, co-president of Marine Corps Times. The new policy of the National Women’s Law Center campaign trail: Dire warnings of “radical apocalyptic “You have to recruit new recruits, they the National Women’s Law Center, said trumps such concerns, and Carter and oth- agreed women should sign up for pos- jihadists” and Russia’s “gangster” President Vladimir Putin have to go to boot camp, they have to more women will eventually seek out er military officials stress that over time, sible conscription. “If we want women are followed by reminders that America remains the land to have an equal opportunity to serve of freedom and opportunity. He has grown in confidence go to the (specialized) school.” combat roles. “When women are given women in combat will actually improve in all positions, they should have an following strong performances in recent debates where he For instance, it takes at least a year the chance, they seize it,” she told AFP. “It “combat effectiveness”. They point to other bested his onetime political mentor Bush. Following last and a half to train a Navy SEAL before he may be a small group at the beginning, changes - such as letting gays serve open- equal obligation to register for the month’s Paris bloodbath, the suspected terrorist attack in (or she) can join a unit. Further training but that group may be growing, like ly - as disproving naysayer gloom. draft,” she said. — AFP California and increasing Middle East upheaval, Rubio has come to be trusted as a knowledgeable conservative voice. “Being president isn’t just about seeing what’s in front Trump makes money off the name ‘Central Park’ you, it’s about understanding what would happen next if you don’t do what needs to be done,” Rubio told the luncheon, noting how he had accurately predicted Russia By Jonathan Lemire parking garage services, and later expanded label items within his casino business. ownership of the words ‘Central Park.’ It is a would start a bombing campaign in Syria. “I believe that the trademark as the park became synony- public space, with a city-owned logo,” said over the last few years no one has shown better judgment onald Trump is arguably New York mous with the high-priced real estate that Worth Monica Klein, a spokeswoman for Mayor Bill or better foresight on these issues than I have.” City’s most famous resident, and he’s surrounds it in a safer, more affluent New Trademark experts say it’s difficult to pre- de Blasio. “When individuals or companies Dmade some of his money off the name York. A 2007 trademark allowed him to put cisely gauge how much a name is worth. “The attempt to infringe on city-owned trade- Playing it Safe? of one of the city’s most famous public land- the park’s name on dozens of Trump-branded question would be, how much more likely is marks, we take appropriate legal actions.” Republican Congressman Chris Stewart, who attended marks: Central Park. The leading Republican furniture and lighting options. Beds, tables, someone to buy something called ‘Central The city owns the rights to more than 200 the Greenland event, claimed he was one of the first presidential candidate first applied for a desks, lamps, flashlights, picture frames and Park’ over the name of some other land- trademarks and stepped up its efforts to national lawmakers to throw his support behind Rubio. trademark to use the words “Central Park” on throw pillows all bore the names “Central mark?” said June Besek, a Columbia Law acquire new ones and protect existing ones, “I’ve been a fan of his since he emerged on the national merchandise more than two decades ago, Park” and “Donald Trump.” A glossy, 44-page School professor with an expertise on intel- including the city’s police and fire depart- stage,” Stewart, a former Air Force pilot who highlighted when the park had a far less glamorous repu- furniture catalog boasted photos of the “ele- lectual property issues. “But if people have a ments, after demand for their merchandise the importance of defense and national security in the tation than it does today. Since then, Trump gant and rich” furnishings with stylized shots positive association with ‘Central Park’ - or a grew dramatically after the Sept 11 attacks. 2016 election, told AFP. “I want to win the next election, has used the nonexclusive trademark to of the park and Trump. positive association with simply ‘Trump’ - that When Trump launched his presidential cam- and I think this is the guy who’s most likely to lead a brand furniture, chandeliers, pillows and even Many of Trump’s Central Park products are would clearly be worth something.” paign in June with a speech in which he said Republican victory.” key chains. not currently in production, but they can be The park is jointly operated by the city and Mexican immigrants were “bringing drugs” But to some voters in New Hampshire, where retail, A Trump spokesman declined to say how found in some discount stores and gift shops. the private Central Park Conservancy. Neither and were “rapists,” the city reviewed millions face-to-face politics is a cherished tradition to be flouted much Trump has earned from the trademark, The park isn’t the only New York-area land- has any ability to revoke a trademark from of dollars’ worth of contracts it has with him, at a candidate’s peril, Rubio has yet to engage as deeply in but noted the developer’s deep connections mark on which Trump has filed a trademark. Trump or any other owner. The nonprofit con- including for a golf course and skating rinks, the state as residents here would like. While Rubio has at to the park. Trump once owned the Plaza He owns one for “Westchester,” the county servancy sells items such as sweat shirts and but found no legal way to cancel them. De least done his share of pressing the flesh, posing for self- Hotel along Central Park South, operates a north of the city, that was the namesake of a snow globes, which, unlike Trump’s products, Blasio, a Democrat, has said he wouldn’t do ies, and engaging one on one with voters, Trump has opt- skyscraper hotel overlooking the park and furniture line, and one for “Fifth Avenue,” to can carry the official park logo. “Nobody has any new business with Trump. — AP ed instead for larger, more impersonal rallies where voters famously renovated the park’s once-down- are kept at a distance. “There aren’t 250 people in New trodden ice rink. “Mr Trump, over the course Hampshire who have shaken his hand,” Cullen, the strate- of his career, has owned and developed some gist, said of Trump.— AFP of the most iconic buildings in the city, many of which ... sit only footsteps away from Central Park,” said Alan Garten, executive vice president and general counsel to The Trump All articles appearing on these Organization. Since it is a public space, no one can put pages are the personal opinion of an exclusive trademark on the words “Central the writers. Kuwait Times takes no Park.” But, as first reported by cable news channel NY1, records show that Trump is the responsibility for views expressed single biggest private, for-profit holder of Central Park trademarks on specific goods. It therein. Kuwait Times invites was undeniably a savvy move. His first appli- readers to voice their opinions. cation came in 1991, when the city’s violent crime rate was near its height and the park Please send submissions via email often conjured up fears of urban danger. to: [email protected] or There were 2,154 murders in the city that year, as opposed to 328 last year, and 1991 via snail mail to PO Box 1301 was just two years removed from the Central Park jogger case in which a woman was Safat, Kuwait. The editor reserves attacked and raped while running through the right to edit any submission the park. According to the records kept by the US as necessary. Patent and Trademark Office, Trump first In this Sept 24, 2015 photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves to the crowd gathered in front of Trump received permission to use Central Park for Tower ahead of the arrival of the pope’s motorcade for an appearance in New York’s Central Park. — AP MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015 SPORTS

Melo released after One-fifth of English Indian opener Vijay night of observation referees abused fined for dissent Inter Milan midfielder Felipe Melo was released from hospital yester- MILAN: LONDON: Nearly one-fifth of soccer referees in England who day after being given the all-clear on a head injury suffered in a 1-0 home win NEW DELHI: Indian opener Murali Vijay was fined 30 percent of his over Genoa. Brazil international Melo clashed with Chilean teammate Gary responded to a survey say they have been subjected to physi- match fee yesterday for showing dissent at an umpire’s decision during Medel during the opening half of Saturday’s Serie A fixture at the cal abuse, according to a BBC radio programme broadcast the fourth and final Test against South Africa in New Delhi. San Siro and was replaced at half-time after reporting he was suf- yesterday. A study by academics from three universities Vijay, who tried to evade a bouncer from paceman Morne fering dizzy spells. Melo was taken to hospital but discharged received responses from more than 2,000 referees, mainly at Morkel on the third day of the game, was given out caught behind by umpire Kumar Dharmasena. A visibly on Sunday morning after being given the all-clear. “Felipe grassroots level. Nineteen percent said they had been physi- Melo is fine and has already been dismissed following a disappointed Vijay gestured that he was hit on the arm cally abused at some time and 60 percent experienced regu- guard before walking off the ground. “Vijay was fined 30 night of observation at the hospital,” said a Twitter post lar verbal abuse. The Football Association (FA), which imple- from Inter on the club’s official website. Before leaving per cent of his match fee by (match referee) Jeff Crowe,” the San Siro on Saturday Melo told reporters: “I don’t mented a “Respect” programme for players, officials and spec- the International Cricket Council said in a press release. remember a thing.” Medel was left with a nasty graze tators seven years ago, said the number of yellow cards for His actions amounted to breaching Article 2.1.5 of the to the head before the Chilean suffered more pain in dissent by players had declined by almost a quarter in that ICC code of conduct, which relates to “showing dissent the second half after clashing with Genoa’s Nicolas time and that serious assaults were “few and far between”. at an umpire’s decision during an international match”. The charge was levelled by Kumar Dharmasena and Burdisso. Inter, who saw Danilo D’Ambrosio sent off “Across an estimated 1.2 million games last season the num- late in the game for a second bookable offence, held on Bruce Oxenford, the onfield umpires, and C.K. Nandan, ber of reported (serious) incidents amounted to a tiny fraction the third umpire. All level 1 breaches carry a minimum to go two points clear at the top of Serie A although of one percent - which puts the scale of the problem into con- Napoli will restore their one-point lead with a win at penalty of an official reprimand and a maximum penal- Bologna. — AFP text,” an FA spokesman told the BBC. — Reuters ty of 50 percent of a player’s match fee. — AFP

Camel race held at Kuwait Camel Race Club

KUWAIT: Under the auspices of the heirs of Al-Za’faranah (owned by Ali Mane’ Al-Ajmi) Rasheedi) won the second place while He also thanked the organizers for reviving Towards the end of the ceremony, a spe- the late Sheikh Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al- won the first place in a 3-kilometer camel Nehaya (owned by Faisal Taleb Al-Marri) such a traditional ancestors’ sport. He also cial draw was held with the spectators’ tick- Sabah and with the attendance of Sheikh race recently held at Kuwait Camel Race won the third place. noted that Sheikh Abdullah Al-Mubarak had ets offering the winners valuable prizes Abdullah Khaled Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah Club to commemorate Sheikh Abdullah Al- Sheikh Abdullah Khaled Fahad Al-Ahmed always supported camel sports and that his including trips to Germany, US and Canada. and a large crowd of expatriates in Kuwait, Mubarak. Wedd (owned by Saad Al- honored the winners in a special ceremony. descendants would always follow his steps. —Photos by Yasser Al Zayyat

Nonu in winning Toulon start, Toulouse keep up pressure

PARIS: All Black centre Ma’a Nonu Giteau to score a fantastic try, con- enjoyed a winning Top 14 debut for verted by Francis. Toulon on Saturday as the European After 15 phases lasting more champions went top of the table than two minutes, Toulon nabbed with a crushing 53-16 win over an attacking bonus point when Agen. Delon Armitage crossed in the cor- Toulouse moved into second ner after a smart floated pass from spot, also on 32 points, with a 27-3 Wallaby wing James O’Connor. win over rock-bottom Oyonnax on A creaking Agen defence failed the day that inspirational skipper to cope when O’Connor linked up Thierry Dusautoir announced his with replacement Bryan Habana, international retirement. Giteau turning provider for Mitchell Nonu was paired with France to run in a fifth try. international Mathieu Bastareaud, the midfield duo weighing as much Defeat for Genia as Toulon’s two props, at a com- There was further woe for Agen bined 233kg (514 pounds). when their New Zealand sevens But it was the all-round game winger George Tilsley was yellow management and kicking skills of carded for upending Habana with the much slighter figure of scrum- 20 minutes to play. half Eric Escande, 23, that Immediately, Toulon turned the impressed, albeit behind a domi- screw, Escande’s clever chip allow- nant pack, with an ever-eager back- ing Habana to score unmarked. line outside him in an expensively Escande was then on hand with a assembled team boasting top play- deft grubber that rebounded off the ers from eight different countries. opposite corner flag for Mitchell to “It was good,” said Nonu, capped get a hand on for his second try. 103 times by the All Blacks, with Toulon were awarded a penalty whom he has won two World try in the dying moments before Cups.”It’s a beautiful crowd out Agen claimed a consolation try there, good fans. It’s my first game through full-back Mathieu and I felt a bit rusty. “It’s been a long Lamoulie, converted by Francis, on week-I’ve just found a house! But the full-time buzzer. we’re professional footy players so On the day that 34-year-old FEDERAL WAY: Michael Phelps swims in the 200 Meter Butterfly finals at the AT&T Winter National Championships at the Weyerhaeuser King County that’s what we do and I hope to play Dusautoir called time on his inter- Aquatic Center on Saturday in Federal Way, Washington. — AP better next week.” national career, the veteran flanker Agen fly-half Burton Francis trad- was back on club duty as his ed an early penalty with Escande Toulouse side saw off Oyonnax 27- before Toulon lock Romain 3, just two weeks after they had Michael Phelps Taofifenua leapt over for the open- defeated the same opponents 24- ing try from close range for the 18 in the European Champions Cup. home side, the first of five convert- Australian loose forward Tala ed by Escande. Agen kept in the Gray scored two tries with former game with a second penalty by All Blacks star Luke McAlister wins 200 butterfly Francis, but Toulon skipper Juan adding a third as Toulouse warmed Martin Fernandez Lobbe was driven up for back-to-back European Cup over from a lineout after Matt dates with Ulster. Giteau spurned a shot at the posts While Nonu enjoyed a winning FEDERAL WAY: Michael Phelps was pleased there, if you’re actually seeing success, it makes Olympic champion Missy Franklin won the 200 to go for the corner. start to his new life in France, it was with his third national title in three days, view- you want to go back.” backstroke in 2:07.87 and finished fourth in the Francis nailed his third penalty as a different story for Australian ing his dominant performance Saturday as a “This will make me hungrier. Even though I 100 freestyle. She won the 100 backstroke on a lack of precision from Toulon scrum-half Will Genia as champions stepping stone toward his fifth Olympic berth. did win and I swam good times, there are bet- Friday and finished second in the 200 freestyle. allowed Agen to head into the half- Stade Francais slumped to a last- The 18-time Olympic champion won the 200- ter times that I can swim before Olympic trials Haley Anderson, who won the silver medal in time break just 17-9 down. minute 24-21 loss to Bordeaux- meter butterfly in the US Winter National and that’s what I’m focused on.” By the time he the 10-kilometer open water in the 2012 Toulon’s forward power showed Begles in Paris. Championships after winning the 200 individ- made the first turn at 25:27 in front of an Olympics, won the 800 freestyle and the 200 once again in the second period, Despite being down to 14 men ual medley Thursday and the 100 butterfly enthusiastic capacity crowd, the race was butterfly. Other women’s winners were Simon English flanker Steffon Armitage in the closing stages after Australian Friday at the King Aquatic Center. essentially for second place. But Phelps said it Manuel in the 100 freestyle and Lilly King in the driven over in exemplary style from prop Sekope Kepu was sin-binned, Phelps finished in 1 minute, 56.11 seconds, provided a measuring stick for where he needs 200 breaststroke. Other men’s winners were another penalty touch. The visitors, Bordeaux scored a sensational try leading comfortably at each turn. He set the to be en route to the Olympics. Michael McBroom in the 1,500 freestyle, four- however, hit straight back with an when 35-year-old South African world record in the event in 2009 at 1:51.51. “These are the stepping stones,” Phelps said. time Olympic champ Matt Grevers in the 200 outstanding try through South scrum-half Heini Adams finished off Chase Kalisz was second at 1:57.19. “Winning’s “For me, the fastest I went last year was like backstroke, Santo Condorelli in the 100 African centre Johann Sadie. a 50-metre move. always important, but for me it’s more time- 1:58, 1:57, so I know that I’m ahead of where I freestyle, and Carlos Claverie in the 100 breast- A fumbled line-out take by Castres claimed a third succes- based right now,” the 30-year-old Phelps said. was last year and I know that I’m doing the stroke, Toulon’s Springbok No 8 Duane sive win with a 34-19, bonus-point “For one, I’m happy I didn’t get run down by right things in making steps forward to be able Three-time Olympic gold medalist Nathan Vermeulen was spun wide, Sadie triumph over Montpellier with Chase in the last 50, that’s one thing, but just to get to the end result where I want to be. It Adrian, from nearby Bremerton, received a giving before receiving the final backrow forward Alex Tulou scor- for me to be able to see progress; when you are was a struggle in season last year. I can remem- huge ovation when announced for his race, but pass and riding tackles from ing a hat-trick against his former training and it is hard and it’s brutal and there ber a couple meets where I was beyond frus- finished third in the 100 freestyle. He won the Australian pair Drew Mitchell and club. — AFP are some days where you just don’t want to be trated and I’ll leave it at that.” Four-time 50 freestyle Thursday.— AP MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015 SPORTS

Late Sheikh Ali Sabah Al-Salem Shooting tourney concludes

By Abdellatif Sharaa of the status of the person it is named after. Hubaida and Marzouq Al-Waalan. He said the tournament included Olympic In double trap men: Saad Lafi Al-Mutairi, KUWAIT: The late Sheikh Ali Sabah Al-Salem skeet, trap, double trap, and air pistol and rifle Fuhaid Al-Daihani and Jarrah Al-Shuwaier. Al-Sabah Shooting Tournament concluded at and continued for three days with a large par- In trap women: Asmaa Al-Qatami, Sarah Al- Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Olympic Shooting ticipation of male and female shooters. Hawal and Fatimah Abdelmalek. Complex on Saturday in the presence of Al-Otaibi said this tournament comes fol- In skeet women: Afrah Adel, Iman Al- Sheikh Thamer Ali Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, lowing successful participation of Kuwait Shamma and Munira Al-Subaie. the head of the National Security shooting in the 13th Asian Shooting In air pistol men: Saad Al-Ajmi, Hamad Al- Department, Eng Duaij Al-Otaibi, President of Tournament, which was held in Kuwait last Namshan and Hassan Al-Mulla. Arab and Kuwait Shooting Federations, Obaid month. In air rifle men: Abdallah Al-Harby, Al-Osaimi Secretary General of Arab and Mohammad Abdelrahman and Khalid Kuwait Shooting Federation and Eng Hussam RESULTS OF THE TOURNAMENT ARE AS Abdelsalam. Al-Roumi, KSSF board member. FOLLOWS: In air pistol women: Sheikha Al-Obaidli, Eng Duaij Al-Otaibi welcomed Sheikh In the skeet men: Abdallah Al-Rashidi, Athari Gharban. Thamer, adding that Kuwait Shooting is hon- Saud Habib and Mansour Al-Rashidi. In air rifle women: Heba Irzouqi, Mariam ored by organizing this tournament because In trap men: Tami Al-Rashidi, Saad Al- Izrouqi and Fatima Abdelmalek. Garcia wins Asian tour after four-way playoff

HO TRAM: Sergio Garcia captured his tion holes tied at 14-under par after a first title in almost two years yesterday dramatic ending at The Bluffs links when he triumphed in a four-way playoff course designed by Greg Norman. at the inaugural Ho Tram Open in Garcia, the highest-ranked player in Vietnam. the tournament at 12 in the world, The Spaniard regained his composure appeared to have the title in the bag after blowing a two-shot lead with a when he led by two shots with two holes double bogey on the 17th hole to defeat to play but he stumbled with a double- India’s Himmat Rai, Thailand’s Thaworn bogey six at the penultimate hole, open- Wiratchant and Lin Wen-tang of Taiwan ing the door for rivals. in a two-hole playoff. Rai leapfrogged Garcia to snatch a Thaworn and Lin were eliminated one-stroke lead when he eagled the 16th after the first extra hole when they could by holing his pitching wedge from 122 only make par after Garcia drained a 35- yards only to surrender the lead with a foot putt for birdie and Rai matched him bogey at the 18th but was pleased to with a tap-in from five feet. have secured his Tour card for next sea- Garcia then beat Rai with a par on the son. second hole, after the Indian drove his “I enjoyed it because I played really tee shot into the bushes, to clinch his good. On the second play-off hole, I just first title since the Qatar Masters in rushed it,” he said. January 2014. “I wasn’t feeling comfortable with my “Winning is never easy. I was fortunate grip and I should have backed off. I was a and you have to be lucky to win,” Garcia little bit disappointed.” said. Lin also dropped a shot at the 17th “I was fortunate to get a second that would have given him the win while chance after I pretty much gave it away. Thaworn could only par the last three I’m very happy as I haven’t won in a holes. while. Denmark’s Thomas Bjorn missed out “After you’ve been up there and you on the playoff by a single shot and fin- don’t win, a lot of things go through your ished outright fifth at 13-under when he GOLD COAST: Australia’s Nathan Holman holds aloft the Kirkwood Cup following his victory at the Australian PGA championship golf tournament mind and this win will help give me a lit- tarnished his otherwise flawless day with at Royal Pines on the Gold Coast yesterday. — AFP tle bit more confidence.” a bogey at the last hole after making All four players finished the 72 regula- eight birdies in a round of 64.— Reuters Holman wins Australian PGA

GOLD COAST: Australian Nathan Holman won the European Tour co-sanctioned Australian PGA Championship in a three-way Former Liverpool’s icon playoff at Royal Pines yesterday. Holman won on the first play-off hole with Gerrard to play in Kuwait a par from American Harold Varner III and South Africa’s Dylan Frittelli. KUWAIT: The committee organizing the today, Monday, while at the same time the Holman worked his way into contention opening ceremony of Jaber stadium on committee made a major Arab surprise by for the play-off with a final round one-over 73 Dec 18 succeeded in attracting a major announcing the presence of Egypt’s in tough playing conditions. It was the sec- soccer legend and Liverpool’s icon Steven Mohammed Aboutrika, who asked his fans ond consecutive year the Gold Coast tourna- Gerrard to be among world stars who will to wait for him Dec 18th. Meanwhile, vot- ment had been decided beyond the regula- play Kuwaiti players. ing on the names of Kuwaiti players will be tion 72 holes. But unlike last year’s marathon Gerrard is the 15th player to join, as this closed today at midnight, and the names seven-hole playoff between Australians Greg will be his first visit to Kuwait. The commit- will be announced tomorrow. Chalmers, Adam Scott and Wade Ormsby, tee will announce the rest of the names only one hole was needed. Holman, 24, held his nerve to make par on the 18th hole-one of the toughest in the new-look back nine at Royal Pines-while Varner and Frittelli both made bogeys. For his victory Holman will receive a full European Tour card for the next two years fol- lowing a new co-sanctioning agreement with the Australian PGA. “It’s huge. I didn’t realise what was on the line, really,” said Holman, who began the day two strokes off the pace. “I did think I’d get to those events in the future, but to do it off the back of a victory is probably going to be better. “I’ve deserved it. It’s stuff you dream of, playing golf as a kid.” The last international player to win the event was New Zealand’s Greg Turner in 1989. Holman, Varner and Frittelli all finished on even-par 288 for the tournament, a reflection of the windy conditions and the uncompro- mising nature of the remodelled back nine. Varner only narrowly missed a nine-foot putt at the last, which would have seen him claim outright victory. Holman looked poised to win much earlier until nerves set in and he gave up back-to-back bogeys on the final two holes-the only blemishes on his card aside from a double-bogey on the first. Zander Lombard, the 20-year-old former South African amateur who was tied for the overnight lead with Varner and Frittelli, fin- ished fourth after a four-over-par 76. Only six players managed to complete their final rounds below par, with the best score coming from Adam Stephens and Steven Gerrard Mohammed Aboutrika South African Colin Nel, who both fired two- HO TRAM: Sergio Garcia of Spain poses with the championship trophy after the final under-par 70s. —AFP round of the Ho Tram Open in Ho Tram, Vietnam. — AFP MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015 SPORTS Siddle playing for his Test spot in Hobart

HOBART: Senior paceman Peter Siddle “I have to get out there and perform said yesterday he was playing for his place well, get the body right.” But the 31-year- in a rejigged Australian attack at this week’s old seamer said a chat with Test great first Test against the West Indies in Hobart. Glenn McGrath has convinced him he still Siddle has overcome back trouble suf- has a future despite Australian selectors’ fered in Australia’s day-night Test win in new pace policy. Siddle said he had been Adelaide over New Zealand last weekend. encouraged by keeping in touch with Australia need the 58-Test seamer’s experi- McGrath, who captured 563 Test wickets ence in their pace attack now without lead- despite rarely bowling above the 130kph ing lights Mitchell Starc (foot) and Mitchell zone. Johnson (retirement) against the West Siddle said Adelaide’s man of the match Indies. Josh Hazlewood had also reminded him But Siddle admitted he had to produce that lacking blistering speed was “not a big in Hobart to remain in Test contention after deal”. “Look at his performances. He hasn’t being passed over for the first two Tests got that speed, it’s about skill and going on against the Kiwis. the conditions,” he said. “Glenn McGrath is Siddle claimed his 200th Test wicket in probably the perfect example. “He’s been the historic Adelaide day-night Test, but our greatest fast bowler and he struggled has been in and out of the team over the to touch that (140kph) once in his career. past 12 months. Australian selectors’ new “That’s a good example to go by. “I policy to opt for bowlers bowling at speeds spoke to him a lot, trying to build my game of above 140kph (87 mph) have complicat- on him, how he was consistent, his ed things for Siddle. patience and being able to work batsmen West Australian quick Nathan Coulter- over.” Siddle became the 15th Australian to Nile was picked in the Test squad for break the 200 Test wicket barrier in Hobart despite not playing a four-day Adelaide. game since March. “Essentially I am playing “It was nice getting a bit of a rest getting for my place,” Siddle told reporters. “Being back (home) - it was nice finishing the out of the side for so long and having a Adelaide Test match early,” he said. “But the couple of games here and there makes you back is good. It has pulled up well.” The first feel like that. Test starts on Thursday in Hobart. —AFP

‘Penniless’ Cairns seeks NEW DELHI: South Africa’s AB de Villiers (R) plays a shot during the fourth day of the fourth Test cricket match between India and South Africa at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in New Delhi yesterday. — AFP answers as action looms WELLINGTON: Former New Zealand crick- turned. A civil case requires a lower stan- et star Chris Cairns, cleared of perjury dard of proof than a criminal trial. Gritty S Africa defy charges over match-fixing, demanded “McCullum and Vincent are his key witness- answers yesterday for why current captain es in his civil case in London,” Cairns said. Brendon McCullum testified against him. “Vincent has currently incurred 13 life Cairns said years of litigation had left bans from cricket (one would probably suf- him penniless but he would continue to fice) for his corrupt deeds and, as the jury in India in fourth Test fight to clear his name, amid reports he my trial was told, he has kept all the cash would soon face a multi-million dollar from his criminal deceit. “The current NZ fraud claim from Lalit Modi, the founder of cricket captain now has to decide if he will NEW DELHI: South Africa fought yesterday the Indian Premier League. support Modi in his upcoming action. to try to save the fourth and final Test after “Beat up, yes. Exhausted, yes. Penniless, “But there is still a real head-scratcher Ajinkya Rahane scored his second century of yes. Will I continue to fight, absolutely,” the regarding McCullum. Why didn’t he come the match to give India control on the sec- 45-year-old Cairns said in a column for forward to Modi before my 2012 libel trial? ond-last day. Chasing a highly improbable Fairfax New Zealand. The former all- “McCullum had given a statement to the target of 481, South Africa stonewalled the rounder questioned why McCullum did not ICC (International Cricket Council) in opposition with some defensive batting, scor- come forward before his 2012 libel trial February 2011 with Dan Vettori present ing at just a run an over on a slow strip at the when he successfully sued Modi who and both men could have helped Modi out Feroz Shah Kotla ground in New Delhi. At tweeted that Cairns was linked to match- then. So, why now?” stumps on the fourth day, the Proteas were fixing. During the perjury trial, McCullum said Cairns’ statement in that hearing that he Cairns approached him with a “business 72-2 off 72 overs with skipper Hashim Amla “never cheated at cricket” formed the basis proposition” about match fixing. Cairns told on 23 off 207 balls and AB de Villiers unbeat- of the recent perjury trial in which the court he had discussed the topic of en on a 91-ball 11. McCullum and former New Zealand bats- “spot-fixing” with McCullum in April 2008 in The top-ranked tourists, who have already man Lou Vincent testified they were Calcutta and explained spread-betting to lost the series 2-0, will need to bat out three approached by Cairns to fix matches. him because match-fixing was “topical” in full sessions on Monday to snatch a draw and Although a London jury last week found India at the time. Cairns said there was salvage some pride. A 300-plus target has Cairns not guilty of perjury, Modi is now “minimal” time spent discussing match-fix- been chased successfully just once in a Test reported to be planning a £1.5 million ing, and said it was “completely wrong” to match on Indian soil-by the home team (US$2.27 million) fraud claim against him suggest spread-betting was the equivalent which made 387-4 to defeat England in and to have the original libel verdict over- to match fixing. — AFP Chennai in 2008. Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, the highest wicket-taker in the series with 28 scalps so far, took 2-29 but the other bowlers were denied any success. Indian fast bowler Umesh Yadav said his team were surprised by the batting tactics. “They did not even try to go for their shots even when there were balls to be hit,” he said. “In such a situation the game becomes bor- ing and taking wickets becomes a challenge. But we have the full day tomorrow, hopefully we will be able to bowl them out.” Amla, who has had a miserable tour, resorted to dead-batting for most of his innings, managing his first run only after fac- ing 46 balls. The usually flamboyant de Villiers, who has the distinction of scoring the fastest ODI century, also curbed his natural attacking instincts.

‘TIME IS THE KEY’ “We did sit down to discuss the game plan. We decided blocking was the best way for- ward,” said opener Temba Bavuma, who made 34 before losing his off-stump to Ashwin. “It’s not so much the runs, it’s the time MANILA: Australia’s Nick Kyrgios of the Singapore Slammers celebrates after a point that’s the key. It would be a tough task to bat against Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber of the Japan Warriors during their men’s singles out 90 overs tomorrow as the wicket is deteri- match at the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) in Manila yesterday. — AFP orating. “But we have the experience with batsmen like Amla and de Villiers out there in Bad boy Kyrgios aims for the middle.” In a low-scoring series where no batsman first Grand Slam final had previously managed to score a hundred, Rahane hit his second ton of the match to help the hosts declare their second innings MANILA: Tennis’s bad boy Nick Kyrgios suspended ban imposed in August for his on 267-5 half an hour before lunch. He said yesterday he would pursue his first comments about Wawrinka’s girlfriend. smashed three sixes and eight fours in his Grand Slam final next year while maintain- Kyrgios, Australia’s number two men’s ing the intensity that has led to frequent tennis player, was last month ignored along unbeaten 100-run knock and shared a 154- brushes with officialdom. The 20-year-old with fellow controversial star Bernard run partnership with captain Virat Kohli (88), Australian, ranked 30th in the world, said Tomic, the Australian number one, as nomi- the highest of the series. he had “matured a lot” after a turbulent nees for the Newcombe Medal. India, who bowled out the Proteas for 121 year in which he earned a suspended ban It honours Australia’s “most outstanding in their first innings after making 334, have for making a sexual comment about the elite tennis player and ambassador”. “I had already bagged the series with wins in the girlfriend of world number four Stan a pretty up and down year, results-wise and first and third Tests. The second Test in Ajinkya Rahane Wawrinka. “I’m looking to, you know, go then obviously on the court there was Bangalore was washed out after the first day’s really far in a Grand Slam and then almost some stuff,” Kyrgios said Sunday. “But you play. Rahane was in sublime form after the win one in the next year or two,” the right- know, overall I think it was pretty success- SCOREBOARD Indians started the day with a commanding hander told reporters during the start of ful.” “I think I’ve matured a lot this year and the Philippine leg of the International I’ve learned a lot and I definitely feel that lead of 403. Scoreboard at stumps on the fourth day in the fourth and final Test between India and South Africa yester- Premier Tennis League tournament. I’ve grown as a person and as a tennis play- The diminutive right-hander lofted Morne day in Delhi, India. Morkel (3-51) for a six over third man before Kyrgios reached the fourth round in er,” he added. Asked if this meant he would India 1st innings 334 (A. Rahane 127, R. Ashwin 56; Bowling: M. Morkel 21-6-51-3(nb-1), K. Abbott 22-9- Wimbledon this year, his best Grand Slam be less of an angry young man next year, inflicting similar punishment on spinners K. Abbott 5-40, D. Piedt 4-117) 47-1, D. Piedt 18-1-53-0, I. Tahir 26.1-4-74-1(nb-1), D. result, before losing to Richard Gasquet. He he said: Imran Tahir and Elgar and racing into the 90s. South Africa 1st innings 121 (R. Jadeja 5-30) Elgar 13-1-40-0. also lost to Andy Murray, the world number “You know, I don’t think I’m actually very Rahane reached the three-figure mark India 2nd innings (Overnight: 40-2) South Africa 2nd innings (Target: 481 runs) two, in the third round of the French Open. angry at all. I’m actually a calm sort of guy with a single off Tahir, becoming only the M. Vijay c Vilas b M. Morkel 3 D. Elgar c Rahane b Ashwin 4 Tipped by many experts as a future world off the court.” “But on the court I’m a com- fifth Indian player to score a century in each S. Dhawan b M. Morkel 21 T. Bavuma b Ashwin 34 number one, Kyrgios picked up his second petitor, you know. I want to win. At the end innings of a Test after Vijay Hazare, Sunil Ro. Sharma b M. Morkel 0 H. Amla not out 23 code violation in two matches in October, of the day that’s all I want to do.” Gavaskar (three times), Rahul Dravid (twice) C. Pujara b Tahir 28 A. de Villiers not out 11 earning an $1,500 fine as he lost to Kei Kyrgios said the edginess was a positive V. Kohli lbw b Abbott 88 Extras 0 Nishikori at the Shanghai Masters tourna- element of his game. “I’ll do everything I and Kohli. Kohli was unlucky to miss out on a century Sunday, trapped leg before by fast A. Rahane not out 100 Total (for 2 wickets, 72 overs) 72 ment. can, so I think for my game it’s good. It W. Saha not out 23 Fall of wickets: 1-5 D. Elgar, 2-49 T. Bavuma bowler Kyle Abbott (1-47) in the fifth over of The volatile Australian had angrily react- brings energy and excitement, and I think Extras (lb-2 nb-2) 4 Did not bat: F. du Plessis, J. Duminy, D. Vilas, D. Piedt, ed with vulgar language after being that’s very important.” He said he was now the day after having resumed on his Total (for 5 wickets declared, 100.1 overs) 267 K. Abbott, M. Morkel, I. Tahir. warned for smashing away a loose ball leaner and stronger than previously as he hit overnight 83. Fall of wickets: 1-4 M. Vijay, 2-8 Ro. Sharma, 3-53 S. Bowling: I. Sharma 12-7-16-0, R. Ashwin 23-13-29-2, which nearly hit a line judge. If he totals the gym more and altered his diet. To get He struck 10 fours in his patient 165-ball Dhawan, 4-57 C. Pujara, 5-211 V. Kohli R. Jadeja 23-16-10-0, U. Yadav 9-6-6-0, S. Dhawan 3- more than $5,000 in fines before February further in the major tournaments he said he innings. — AFP Did not bat: R. Jadeja, R. Ashwin, U. Yadav, I. Sharma 1-9-0, M. Vijay 2-0-2-0. 24 next year, Kyrgios will have to serve the had to “put in that body work”. —AFP MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015 SPORTS

Toyota Prius stamps its authority by winning round 8 of 2015

TOCHIGI PREFECTURE: The No. 31 TOYOTA pack. Running in the lead, the No. 31 car was with the rain stopping so all the cars pro- versatility of the Prius,” said Takayuki Speaking on the occasion, Yuichi PRIUS apr GT car driven by Koki Saga and turning out laps as fast as 1’55’’, while the cars ceeded to race on slick tires on a dry track. Yoshitsugu, Chief Representative, Middle East Nakayama, said, “We got two wins this sea- Yuichi Nakayama won round 8 of the 2015 from the second place down were running at With Yuichi Nakayama at the helm, the No. 31 and North Africa Representative Office, TOY- son, in the opening round and the final AUTOBACS SUPER GT 300 series, which was a pace of about 2’00’’ flat. By just the tenth car started to accelerate and make its way OTA Motor Corporation. “For most of our his- round, so I am very glad about the way things held recently at the Twin Ring Motegi in lap of the race, car No. 31 had built up a lead back into the lead. On the 37th lap, he tory, we have pushed our cars to their limits have gone. Unfortunately due to a mid-race Tochigi Prefecture. The final round took place of more than 25 seconds, and that lead con- clocked the fastest lap of the race with a in order to improve our products and this is collision, the Safety Car had to come out in tricky conditions with the track wet in the tinued to grow with each lap. However, the 1’49.434 time and then went on to retake the why our involvement in motorsports is very resulting in us losing the lead. When I got early stages and dry in the latter half. No. 31 car fell behind by the 30th lap to lead on the 38th lap and then eventually win important in learning more about the capa- back into the race we were in fourth position, The race began with all the cars starting remain in fourth place because of a collision the race. This win was the second of the sea- bilities of our vehicles. For Toyota, motor- and I was informed over the team radio that on rain tires due to the wet conditions. The between two cars which brought out the son for the No. 31 team, following the win at sports activities are a central pillar for creat- the lead car was eight seconds ahead of me. I pole-sitting No. 31 TOYOTA PRIUS apr GT driv- Safety Car, hence, the No. 31 car lost its Okayama. ing ever-better cars. We also appreciate the was a little concerned about the performance en by Koki Saga had a good start to keep the chance to make its routine pit stop. “This was a wonderful win for the team support of our fans and their constant of the slick tires but I was able to catch up, so lead and then began pulling away from the By this time, the weather had changed and highlights the superb performance and encouragement for our racing initiatives.” it was a great race in the end.” Nyquist scores in OT as Red Wings beat Predators

DETROIT: Gustav Nyquist scored 1:41 into sparked Minnesota to a playoff berth last year overtime and the Detroit Red Wings overcame a and is fourth among all goaltenders in minutes pair of two-goal deficits to beat the Nashville played this season. Neither Wild goalie was Predators 5-4 on Saturday night. Shea Weber challenged much. Minnesota controlled play had a hat trick and put Nashville up 4-2 with his and outshot Colorado 44-20, and Semyon third score 8:03 into the third period. Dylan Varlamov made a season-high 41 saves for the Larkin scored for Detroit about a minute later, Avalanche. and then Justin Abdelkader tied it with a pow- er-play goal with 2:23 left. Brad Richards and JETS 2, CAPITALS 1, OT Tomas Tatar scored the Red Wings’ other goals. Mark Scheifele scored with 20 seconds left in Nyquist, Larkin and Tatar also had an assist each. overtime to end Washington’s season-high six- game winning streak. Scheifele got his goal SENATORS 3, ISLANDERS 2, OT after Jacob Trouba cycled down low with the Erik Karlsson scored in overtime to finish off puck. Trouba passed to Scheifele in the left face- Ottawa’s comeback from two goals down in the off circle, and Scheifele fired by Braden Holtby third period. Karlsson finished off a cross-ice glove side. Jets rookie Connor Hellebuyck made pass from Bobby Ryan at 3:34 of the extra peri- 37 saves in his third NHL game to remain unde- od after Mike Hoffman forced overtime with 37 feated. Captain Andrew Ladd scored on the seconds left in regulation. Mark Stone also power play for Winnipeg. Nicklas Backstrom scored for the Senators, while Karlsson also had also scored with the man advantage for two assists. Craig Anderson made 29 saves. Matt Washington. Martin and Josh Bailey gave the Islanders a 2-0 lead before Ottawa stormed back. Jaroslav HURRICANES 3, CANADIENS 2 Halak stopped 26 shots. New York snapped a Jeff Skinner’s second goal of the game late in four-game winning streak, but recorded a point the third period lifted Carolina over Montreal. for the seventh straight game (5-0-2). Joakim Nordstrom also scored and Cam Ward stopped 36 shots for Carolina. Daniel Carr and Sven BRUINS 4, CANUCKS 0 Andrighetto had goals for Montreal, and Mike Tukka Rask stopped 17 shots for his third Condon finished with 26 saves. The Canadiens, cur- shutout of the season and the 29th of his career rently the runaway leaders in the Eastern to lead Boston. Landon Ferraro had a goal and Conference, won all three meetings last season. an assist, and Brad Marchand, Torey Krug and Skinner deflected Brett Pesce’s shot into the net for Tyler Randell also scored for the Bruins. Boston, a power-play goal with 7:32 remaining to break the coming off a 5-4 overtime loss at Calgary on 2-2 tie. Nordstrom had tied it with 6:45 left in the TORONTO: Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors dribbles around Patrick Patterson #54 of the Toronto Raptors during an NBA game Friday, was for the third time in four nights. second as he knocked in the rebound of Andrej at the Air Canada Centre on Saturday in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. — AFP Rask, the backup to Tim Thomas when Boston Nestrasil’s shot past Condon stick side. beat Vancouver in the 2011 Stanley Cup final, picked up his first victory at Rogers Arena after BLUE JACKETS 4, FLYERS 1 giving up four goals in each of the Bruins’ last Nick Foligno scored twice, Scott Hartnell had Road Warriors hold on to two visits. Jacob Markstrom finished with 18 a goal and two assists and Columbus beat stops for the Canucks, who have lost five Philadelphia. Jack Johnson also scored for straight and 13 of their last 16. Columbus, which ended a three-game losing extend winning streak to 25 streak. Philadelphia had won four in a row. KINGS 5, PENGUINS 3 Michael Raffl scored for the Flyers, and Steve Jake Muzzin had a goal and two assists dur- Mason made 30 saves. Both teams were playing LOS ANGELES: The undefeated Golden State Thomas had 23 points for the Celtics. Amir Howard had 22 and Houston beat Sacramento ing Los Angeles’ four-goal second period and for the second straight night. Warriors survived a late scare before stretching Johnson finished with 11 points and 11 for its third straight win. Harden made a 3-point- the Kings won their third consecutive game. their winning streak to 25 consecutive games rebounds. Boston missed its last chance when it er with about 90 seconds left to make it 115-109 Milan Lucic scored twice in the Kings’ fifth MAPLE LEAFS 4, BLUES 1 with a 112-109 victory against the Toronto threw the ball out of bounds on an attempted and seal the win. DeMarcus Cousins, who missed straight home win. Drew Doughty and Christian Nazem Kadri scored twice and Roman Polak Raptors on Saturday. Reigning NBA MVP full-court inbounds pass to Jared Sullinger. the first meeting with the Rockets because of an Ehrhoff also scored for the first-place Kings. had two assists to lead Toronto past his former Stephen Curry scored 15 of his game-high 44 injury, was hampered by foul trouble and fin- Jonathan Quick made 17 saves to beat team. Brad Boyes and P.A. Parenteau also scored points in the fourth quarter for the Warriors, who CLIPPERS 103, MAGIC 101 ished with 14 points and nine rebounds. He Pittsburgh for just the second time in his career, for Toronto, which had lost two straight and five are off to a 21-0 start to the season, including 11- Jamal Crawford scored 16 of his 32 points in fouled out with a little over two minutes left. Ben and the Kings scored five goals in a game for of six. Garret Sparks stopped 27 shots for his 0 on the road. “We expect teams to fight and the fourth quarter, helping the Clippers stop the McLemore scored 19 for the Kings. Houston has the first time this season. Chris Kunitz had a goal second career victory. Vladimir Tarasenko come back when we are on the road and that is Magic’s five-game winning streak. Blake Griffin won seven in a row against Sacramento. and two assists for Pittsburgh, and the Penguins scored his 15th goal of the season for St. Louis, what they did,” said Curry. “We made some shots, had 28 points and 13 rebounds for Los Angeles, lost in regulation for just the second time in while Jake Allen made 25 saves. The Blues fell to got a few stops along the way and pulled it out.” and reserve Wesley Johnson scored 21 points. NUGGETS 108, 76ERS 105 eight games. Sidney Crosby had a third-period 4-5-3 over their past 12 games after starting the The Warriors have won 25 straight regular sea- The Clippers played without injured guards Chris Danilo Gallinari scored 24 points for Denver, goal and an assist, and Olli Maatta scored in his season 11-3-1. son games dating back to last season. Their Paul and J.J. Redick. Reserve Victor Oladipo including the go-ahead slam dunk with under a return from a six-game injury absence. Two of streak started with a 116-105 win over Portland scored a season-high 24 points and Elfrid Payton minute remaining. Will Barton added 16 points the NHL’s best defensive teams yielded six com- LIGHTNING 4, SHARKS 3 in April. The Raptors trailed by as many as 13 added 21 points for the Magic, who blew all of a for the Nuggets, who ended a five-game road bined goals in a wild second period, with Nikita Kucherov scored twice to lead Tampa points in the first quarter and by 10 points at 12-point lead early in the fourth. That’s when the trip by winning their second straight after snap- Muzzin matching his career high in points over Bay to its fifth win in seven games. Erik Condra halftime. Toronto took the lead at 85-84 in the Clippers got three straight 3-pointers, one by ping an eight-game skid on Thursday. Robert a 10-minute span. and Brian Boyle also scored for the Lightning. final quarter. Toronto led 98-95 when their for- Johnson and two by Crawford, as part of a 22-7 Covington scored 18 points and Isaiah Canaan Ben Bishop, who stopped 24 of 26 shots en ward Luis Scola made two free throws with just run that gave them a 99-96 lead. had 15 for Philadelphia, which dropped to 1-20. WILD 3, AVALANCHE 0 route to his fifth win in six starts, left the ice with over four minutes to play in the fourth, but Curry Philadelphia rookie Jahlil Okafor sat out the sec- Darcy Kuemper stopped all nine shots he 11:10 remaining to play after taking a stick to tied it with a three-pointer. Curry made two free JAZZ 122, PACERS 119, OT ond of a two-game suspension imposed by the faced in relief of injured Devan Dubnyk and the face. Andrei Vasilevskiy saved six of eight throws with 18 seconds remaining for a 108-105 Derrick Favors scored a career-high 35 points, team on Wednesday after the release of a sec- Minnesota beat Colorado. Dubnyk left a score- shots he faced. The win came a day after Warriors lead. Kyle Lowry cut the margin to one and Utah rallied for the win. Favors converted a ond video from a nightclub fight in Boston on less game with a lower-body injury midway Lightning coach Jon Cooper signed a multi-year point with a basket before Warriors guard Klay three-point play to help send the game to over- Nov. 25. through the second period after making 11 contract extension. Matt Tennyson, Joel Ward Thompson made a pair of free throws with sev- time, and then added six more points in the saves. Kuemper kept the shutout intact to earn and Brett Burns each scored a power-play goal en seconds to play. The lead was down to one extra period. Favors had a layup off a pick-and- BUCKS 106, KNICKS 91 his first win of the season. Matt Dumba opened for the Sharks, who continue to struggle at when Scola made two free throws with 6.2 sec- roll with Trey Burke with 17.1 seconds left, and Michael Carter-Williams had 20 points, and the scoring on a big slap shot with 6:33 left in home. They’ve lost five of six and fell to 4-8 on onds left. Curry made both his free throws and George Hill missed a potential tying 3-pointer at the Bucks used a 21-4 run in the third quarter to the second period, then Justin Fontane and their home ice. Alex Stalock finished with 16 Toronto’s Cory Joseph turned over the ball with the buzzer. Indiana wasted career-high 48 points pull away for the win. Jabari Parker added 17 Jason Pominville scored in the third. Dubnyk saves. —AP three seconds to play as it rolled out of bounds from Paul George, who carried the offensive load points, including a dunk and a jumper during into the hands of rapper and Raptor fan Drake, for much of the night. But two missed jumpers the decisive spurt that pushed Milwaukee to a who was sitting courtside. down the stretch of regulation helped Utah double-digit lead. The Knicks trailed by 21 with come back. Favors also grabbed 13 rebounds, 7:04 left in the third quarter when coach Derek HEAT 99, CAVALIERS 84 and Gordon Hayward had 22 points, five Fisher replaced his entire starting five following Dwyane Wade and Tyler Johnson scored 19 rebounds and five assists. a technical foul on Jose Calderon at the end of points apiece, and Miami took advantage of the run. The fresh lineup settled the team, Cleveland’s decision to hold out LeBron James. HORNETS 102, BULLS 96 though New York could get no closer than nine Goran Dragic scored 17 points, Chris Bosh added Nicolas Batum scored 12 of his 24 points in the rest of the night. Carmelo Anthony scored 18 14 and Gerald Green had 12 for the Heat, who the fourth quarter, leading Charlotte to the win. points for the Knicks. held Cleveland to 36 percent shooting and sent Cody Zeller and Kemba Walker had 17 points the Cavaliers to their third straight loss. Richard apiece for the Hornets, who played their first TRAIL BLAZERS 109, TIMBERWOLVES 103 Jefferson started in place of James and led road game since Nov. 17 in New York. Spencer Damian Lillard overcame a slow start to finish Cleveland with 16 points. James was given the Hawes added 14 points and Batum also grabbed with 19 points and seven assists, and the Trail night off to rest, the first game he has missed for 11 rebounds. Jimmy Butler scored 25 points and Blazers rallied from 17 points down in the third the Cavaliers this season. Heat fans serenaded Derrick Rose had 19 for the Bulls, who fell to 7-2 quarter to beat the Timberwolves. C.J. McCollum him with a “LeBron is tired” chant in the fourth at the United Center. Pau Gasol scored 13 points added 17 points for Portland. Lillard missed nine quarter. in his 1,000th career regular-season game. of his first 12 shots. But his driving layup with Chicago and Charlotte were tied at 94 before 18.8 seconds left helped hold off a charge from SPURS 108, CELTICS 105 Zeller made two free throws and Walker hit a the Timberwolves, who also gave up a 17-point LaMarcus Aldridge scored 17 points, and San jumper with 28.9 seconds remaining. lead to the Blazers in their home opener on Nov. Antonio improved to 11 0 at home. Boris Diaw 2 Karl-Anthony Towns had 27 points and 12 ST PAUL: Colorado Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov (1), of Russia, watches the scored 16 points for the Spurs, and Kawhi ROCKETS 120, KINGS 113 rebounds for the Timberwolves, who fell to 2-8 puck as Minnesota Wild center Ryan Carter (18) chases it during the first period of an Leonard and Manu Ginobili each had 15. Isaiah James Harden scored 31 points, Dwight at home this season. — AP NHL hockey game in St. Paul, Minn, Saturday. — AP MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015 SPORTS

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HONG KONG/SHANGHAI: Wang Shijie, Manchester City - Beijing’s biggest Scolari, are current Asian club champi- qualifies for the tournament. For the clubs regularly visit China in their sum- 11, is a rising star among the nearly investment in the sport overseas. ons but China’s national team has a long clubs, China is a huge, still untapped mer off-season, drawing huge crowds. 3,000 students at Guangzhou The tie-up will help Abu Dhabi- way to go to World Cup glory. Even in market for fans, merchandise sales and Chinese authorities are squarely Evergrande’s huge soccer academy in owned City tap the fast-growing sports Asia, fierce rivals Japan and South Korea TV audiences. behind the drive to develop local foot- south China. He wants to join the nation- and entertainment market in the world’s have a far stronger reputation in the The country aims to grow its sports ball, providing the vital political support al team and help achieve President Xi most populous nation, and at the same game. market to 5 trillion yuan ($782 billion) by to the move. Local governments have Jinping’s dream of winning the World time give China international soccer The only time China qualified for the 2025, around a five-fold leap from its helped subsidise television licence fees Cup. knowhow, on the field and off. finals of the World Cup was in 2002, current size, and football will play a big to support local teams, while the recent In schools like this around the coun- “The Chinese government wanted to when the tournament was jointly hosted part. That’s good news for franchises Manchester City deal was led by a state- try, China is training an army of young make a statement,” said Alexander Jarvis, by South Korea and Japan. China was tapping into local media distribution backed firm. players it hopes will help the nation chairman of Blackbridge Cross Borders, dismissed at the group stage without rights, sponsorship and merchandising. Xi himself visited City’s academy last shake off its lowly place in the world’s which brokers deals between Chinese scoring a goal and conceding nine. It’s also a boon for sports-focused com- month during a trip to Britain, where he football ladder: 84th out of 209 coun- investors and European teams. Its hopes of qualifying for the 2018 panies such as adidas AG and Nike Inc. posed for a selfie with Argentinian strik- tries, just above Qatar and below teams Jarvis said he was currently working finals have been dealt a blow after a “The willingness to pay for sports isn’t er Sergio Aguero and British Prime like Jordan, Montenegro and Gabon. on six deals with Chinese firms looking goalless draw with tiny Hong Kong last limited to watching them; membership Minister David Cameron. “When I join the national team, I will to buy into clubs in Europe - including in month. at sports clubs is up, as is the amount However, corruption and player quali- do my best to help China become World England, Germany and Spain - and that There is no evidence that investing in people are willing to spend on sporting ty remain serious hurdles in Chinese Cup champions,” Wang, wearing golden- there would be even bigger Chinese football clubs overseas has contributed equipment,” said Liu Yue, a former football. A crackdown to clean up the coloured boots and a yellow jersey, told investment in 2016, usually with a to any Asian soccer team’s prowess. national football player and now a com- game has seen at least nine officials, four Reuters during a break in training at the China-based soccer school or training Businessmen from Singapore, Malaysia, mentator. judges, 13 footballers or coaches and 17 school that has 50 full-size pitches and base thrown in. Thailand, India and China all have stakes Increasingly, the way into China’s club workers jailed or punished since coaches flown in from European giant “Pretty much every football club in European clubs. football market is made easier by pro- 2009. Real Madrid. which has some type of deal with the moting the local game. “A short-term goal for China is to gain Led by Xi, an avid fan, China has Chinese will have an academy. It’s very AMBITIOUS GOALS Germany’s adidas and former Brazil a leading role in Asia,” said Fernando clearly made it a goal to become a soc- much Xi’s long-term dream of World Cup But if the investments help improve star Ronaldo have launched football Sanchez Cipitria, technical director at cer superpower. A consortium led by glory, and building the infrastructure on China’s soccer infrastructure, it could academies and England’s David the academy in Guangdong and a for- state-backed China Media Capital took a the ground is exactly what they want.” lead the way to a successful bid to host Beckham is an “ambassador” for Chinese mer player for Real Madrid. “For China to $400 million stake last week in the own- Guangzhou Evergrande, coached by the World Cup finals, sports executives football. win the World Cup it could be a long er of English Premier League champions World Cup-winning Brazilian Luiz Felipe say. The home nation automatically Premier League and other European journey.” — Reuters Lyon beaten 2-0 in final league match

LYON: Lyon bid a disappointing farewell three points above to its famous stadium as it lost 2-0 to Toulouse, which lost 3-2 at home to Angers in its last Ligue 1 match at the Lorient. Bottom club Troyes picked up its Stade Gerland on Saturday. More than a second point in nine matches with a 1-1 100 former Lyon players were present at draw at Reims, but is nevertheless 12 the Stade Gerland - which has been points from safety. Lyon’s home since the club was founded Ajaccio drew 1-1 with Nantes. Lyon in 1950. was trying to end a four-match run with- The players on the pitch were booed out a victory. However, it was Angers off by their own fans after a dismal per- which took the lead in the 17th minute formance. The last competitive match at when Thomas Mangani lofted a free kick the Gerland will be on Dec. 16, against toward the far post and N’Doye rose Tours in the league cup. above the Lyon defense to head power- Cheikh N’Doye scored in each half for fully into the right side of the net. The Angers and, apart from a brief period Angers captain almost doubled his tally during which Mathieu Valbuena hit the six minutes from halftime but his header bar and Alexandre Lacazette had a goal from Gilles Sunu’s free kick went just ruled out for offside, Lyon rarely threat- past the left post. ened. Lyon seemed reinvigorated after the Angers moved second, 15 points break and Valbuena hit the bar nine min- behind runaway leader Paris Saint- utes into the second half. Lacazette also Germain and a point above Caen, which went close, as well as having an effort lost 2-1 against struggling Lille. ruled out when he and a teammate were It was Lille’s second successive win, clearly offside on Clement Grenier’s pass. after having not won in two months pri- Angers weathered the storm and all or to its surprise victory over Saint- but sealed the match nine minutes from Etienne midweek. Lille leapt out of the time when N’Doye headed Billy relegation zone and into 12th spot, Ketkeophomphone’s corner into the ahead of the rest of the weekend’s bottom right corner. Caen could have games. moved back into second but Lille FROSINONE: Frosinone’s Luca Paganini, left, vies for the ball with Chievo Verona’s Alessandro Gamberini during a Serie A soccer match in Lyon, winless in five matches in all secured a first away victory of the season Frosinone, Italy, yesterday. Chievo won 2-0. — AP competition, slipped to fifth after thanks to Yassine Benzia’s double. Benzia Monaco won 2-1 at Bastia, thanks to a opened the scoring in the 28th, finishing double from Lacina Traore. “The strength off a swift counterattack by rounding of great teams is their ability to react Caen goalkeeper Remy Vercoutre and Van Gaal baffled by fans’ and today we’re not a great team,” slotting into an empty net. Valbuena said. “We’re having catastroph- Caen defender Damien Da Silva also ic performances and even today there cleared Renato Civelli’s header off the wasn’t really much reaction. We’re at our line, while Lille could have been award- criticism of dour United lowest.” ed a penalty too for a handball by Lyon coach Hurbert Fournier said he Alaeddine Yahia at the end of the first MANCHESTER: Louis van Gaal insists he still has madness, he deserved to be sent off. But the refer- this season. is not planning on quitting, while club half. Lille did get a second shortly before the support of Manchester United’s frustrated fans ee told me he didn’t see it, which is fair enough. I “They had chances of course but we deserved a president Jean-Michel Aulas assured he the hour when Vercoutre could only despite claiming he can’t understand their plea for believe it,” Bilic said. West Ham twice hit the post point. I have nothing but praise for my players. will lead the team at least for the next push Sofiane Boufal’s lob into the path more attacking football during a dour 0-0 draw and had one-on-one chances for both Victor Moses They did magnificently,” Bilic said. “It is not very two matches - against Valencia in the of Benzia, who fired under the bar. Caen against West Ham. and Mauro Zayate as they threatened to add a vic- common for West Ham to come here and take Champions League and at PSG next set up a nervy final 20 minutes as Andy United’s failure to score for the fifth time at Old tory at Old Trafford to the away wins they have something at Manchester United. It is a good day, Sunday. Delort converted from the penalty spot Trafford this season means four of their last six enjoyed at Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City especially with a clean sheet.” — AFP Bastia slipped into the bottom three, after Djibril Sidibe hauled down Herve home games have finished in goalless draws. Van below safety on goal difference. It is Bazile in the area.— AP Gaal’s team, without injured top scorer Wayne Rooney, were guilty of poor finishing against a West Ham side who arguably had the better Marseille fights back for chances to have won for the first time in five Spanish League results/standings Premier League matches. Not for the first time this draw against Montpellier season, disgruntled United supporters chanted “attack, attack, attack” during the game and booed MARSEILLE: Marseille twice came back to gone out of play before Georges-Kevin Real Sociedad 2, Eibar 1; Saturday, December 5; Deportivo Coruna 1, Sevilla 1; Granada CF 0, Atletico secure a 2-2 draw at home to Montpellier in Nkoudou’s cross. It was Marseille’s sixth home Madrid 2; Real Betis 1, Celta Vigo 1; Real Madrid 4, Getafe 1; Valencia 1, Barcelona 1. van Gaal’s side off at the end as they remained unbeaten at home this season but slipped to Ligue 1 yesterday, while Bordeaux recorded a match without a win and left it ninth P WD L FAPts Real Betis 14 54 513 18 19 fourth in the Premier League. crucial 1-0 win against fellow struggler although Michel’s side will be overtaken if Barcelona 14 11 1234 13 34 Espanyol 13 51 714 24 16 Yet, asked about the mounting criticism of his Guingamp. Rennes wins at Saint-Etienne later. Atletico 14 10 2220 6 32 conservative tactics, United boss van Gaal said: “I Montpellier top scorer Casimir Ninga Montpellier moved a point above the bot- Real Sociedad 14 43 716 19 15 notched his second double in three matches tom three, above Guingamp on goal differ- Real Madrid 14 93 232 12 30 don’t understand that they are shouting ‘attack, Getafe 14 42 815 23 14 attack’ because we are the attacking team and not to twice put his side ahead. The 22-year-old ence, but was leapfrogged by Bordeaux Celta Vigo 14 74 325 22 25 Rayo Vallecano13 42 714 23 14 West Ham. “That is not only today but in every scored his first following a one-two with Ryad which is up to 12th, three points above the Deportivo 14 57 221 14 22 Boudebouz and doubled his tally with an drop zone in a tight bottom half of the table. Sporting Gijon13 33 712 20 12 game it’s like that because we are always more Villarreal 13 63 416 14 21 dominating than our opponents. effort that went in off the left post. Both Bordeaux and Guingamp were hop- Granada CF 14 25 715 24 11 Valencia 14 55 418 11 20 “When they don’t like the style of play for Remy Cabella, who progressed through ing to avoid a third consecutive defeat but the ranks at Montpellier and spent five years the home side, which was booed off the pitch Club 13 62 521 16 20 Malaga 13 24 7 713 10 Manchester United everybody knows it didn’t fit. in the first team, starred against his old side at halftime by its fans, managed to break the Eibar 14 55 418 16 20 Las Palmas 13 24 710 19 10 All the teams of mine are playing like that. “When I have been in Barcelona or Bayern Munchen or AZ and netted the first equalizer, although the deadlock on the hour mark when Cedric Sevilla 14 54 519 19 19 Levante 13 24 710 24 10 (Alkmaar), we have played like that. ball appeared to come off his arm in the Yambere headed in Wahbi Khazri’s corner. “But I think when I meet the fans on the streets buildup. Guingamp almost leveled 12 minutes later as or wherever, they are very happy with Manchester Bouna Sarr fired in Marseille’s second after Nicolas Benezet’s effort crashed off the left Agirretxe’s brace gives united and with me, but you have to score. “And the officials did not spot that the ball had upright. —AP when you don’t score, then it lets points go. Because of that now we are three points behind Sociedad 2-1 win over Eibar Leicester City because we don’t score one goal today and that is the difference.” BARCELONA: Real Sociedad striker the relegation zone. Eibar stayed ninth. Imanol Agirretxe scored his second goal “We are happy because it was very MOMENT OF MADNESS in the 90th minute for a 2-1 comeback important to get our second win at Van Gaal admitted that he may need to add victory over Eibar in yesterday’s Basque home after our poor start to the season,” another striker to his squad, but he claimed that Country derby in the Spanish league. Agirretxe said. “We have started to move even a player of the quality of Manchester City’s Agirretxe tapped in the late winner away from the bottom and now can look Sergio Aguero or Barcelona’s Luis Suarez would not after substitute Bruma used his thigh to toward the top.” be guaranteed to score. The United manager, knock on Esteban Granero’s lobbed pass. Eibar started strongly and Baston net- whose side will have to score to get the win they Agirretxe’s first goal at Anoeta Stadium ted his team-high seventh goal of the need at Wolfsburg on Tuesday to progress in the came in the 10th to cancel out Borja campaign in the fourth minute from Sergi Champions League, added: “There is always a ques- “Baston” Gonzalez’s early opener. The Enrich’s pass. But Agirretxe soon equal- tion mark but I’m pleased with the performance. “When you create these kind of chances you have goals were his 10th and 11th of the sea- ized when Sergio Canales raced down the to finish. But you can’t say we played badly. son, making him the league’s third-lead- left flank and sent in a cross that Eibar “The most important aspect of football we ing scorer. Only Barcelona pair Neymar defender Aleksandar Pantic couldn’t suc- didn’t do. My opinion about scoring goals is not (14) and Luis Suarez (13) have scored cessfully clear and Agirretxe fired in. Later, only about composure but also a lot of luck. “I am more in the competition through 14 Villarreal hosts Rayo Vallecano, Athletic not so worried but we have to pass over this period rounds. Bilbao welcomes Malaga, and Las Palmas because it is too long that we don’t score.” After failing to win at home this sea- visits Sporting Gijon. Leader Barcelona Meanwhile, West Ham manager Slaven Bilic BORDEAUX: Guingamp’s Belgian forward Nill de Pauw (top) falls over Bordeaux German son under former coach David Moyes, drew 1-1 at Valencia on Saturday, allow- claimed United midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger defender Diego Contento during the French Ligue1 football match between Bordeaux Sociedad’s second win in three rounds ing second-place Atletico Madrid and should have been sent off for what he said was an and Caen yesterday at the Matmut Atlantique stadium in Bordeaux, southwestern under new manager Eusebio Sacristan third-place Real Madrid to close the gap elbow to defender Winston Reid in an off-the-ball France. — AFP lifted it into 13th place, five points above with victories. — AP incident just before half time. “It is a moment of Camel race held Toyota Prius at Kuwait Camel wins round 8 15Race Club 18of 2015 MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015

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NEWCASTLE: Newcastle United’s Georginio Wijnaldum, left, vies for the ball with Liverpool’s captain James Milner, right, during the English Premier League soccer match between Newcastle United and Liverpool at St James’ Park, Newcastle, England, yesteray. — AP Wijnaldum, Newcastle halt Liverpool surge

forced an own goal by Martin Skrtel and scored Sturridge had scored five of the six goals that STURRIDGE CHANCE er, his side were in front. Sissoko’s cross from the himself to leave them six points adrift of the top Liverpool put past Southampton in the League Moreno had to produce an airborne chal- right struck Wijnaldum on the thigh, but the four in seventh place. Cup on Wednesday, but both dropped to the lenge to thwart Siem de Jong, who replaced Holland midfielder gathered the ball and worked Newcastle 2 It was only the second defeat of Klopp’s 12- bench as Klopp made six changes. Ayoze Perez in the only change to the team space for a shot that the sliding Skrtel deflected game tenure, but with Liverpool only mustering Befitting a team chasing a fifth successive thrashed 5-1 at Palace, while Papiss Cisse squan- past Simon Mignolet for an own goal. a single shot on target, it will douse some of the victory, Liverpool made an enterprising start, dered an opportunity to run at Skrtel, allowing Klopp threw on Origi for Ibe, realigning the excitement created by their recent surge, which winning two corners in the first 70 seconds and the Slovakian to dispossess him. strike-force that had torpedoed Southampton, Liverpool 0 has seen them anointed potential champions in forcing Newcastle back through the running of Shortly before half-time, Jack Colback’s corner but they could not reverse the visitors’ fate. certain quarters. Nathaniel Clyne and Jordon Ibe on the right from the right was flicked on by Cisse at the near Sturridge skewed a shot badly wide from McClaren has only been able to envy the flank. But for all their endeavour, there was little post, but Chancel Mbemba could not keep his Lallana’s slide-rule pass, while Moreno saw a deft NEWCASTLE: Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool resur- headlines created by Klopp in recent weeks, but penetration and when Liverpool did procure a header down. lobbed volley from James Milner’s raking pass gence ran aground yesterday as Georginio Monday’s newspapers will make far more pleas- chance in the 21st minute, Dejan Lovren nod- Newcastle continued to carry the greater ruled out in a marginal offside call. Wijnaldum inspired Newcastle United to a ant reading for the ex-England manager follow- ding Alberto Moreno’s corner down for threat after the break, Wijnaldum shooting wide When Liverpool finally found the target in the much-needed 2-0 home win that eased the ing recent heavy losses to Leicester City and Christian Benteke, the burly Belgian contrived from Moussa Sissoko’s pass, and with half an 89th minute, Lovren heading down Moreno’s pressure on their manager Steve McClaren. Crystal Palace. to jab the ball over the bar from three yards. hour remaining Klopp took action by sending on left-wing cross, it was straight at Newcastle goal- Liverpool went into the game chasing an While Newcastle remain in the relegation It was a poor miss and as the half wore on Sturridge and Adam Lallana for Benteke and keeper Rob Elliot. eighth win in nine games, which would have zone, their third win of the campaign means Newcastle gained a foothold, hunting their Roberto Firmino. Fittingly, Wijnaldum had the final say, running taken them to within three points of the they are now level on points with both Norwich opponents down in packs and looking the more McClaren countered by introducing Perez for onto Sissoko’s pass in stoppage time and liting a Champions League places, but Wijnaldum City and Bournemouth. Divock Origi and Daniel likely team to score. De Jong in the 67th minute and two minutes lat- delightful shot over Mignolet. — AFP Destro stuns Napoli, Platini hopeful new document can clear Viola up to second his name at FIFA

MILAN: Mattia Destro hit a brace in a 3-2 win as secutive win on Friday after outclassing Lazio 2-0 in PARIS: Michel Platini is hopeful that a new memo allegedly Bologna dented Napoli’s Serie A title hopes, while the Italian capital and are now just six points adrift showing a payment agreement with suspended FIFA boss Fiorentina moved up to second behind leaders Inter and only one behind Roma. Sepp Blatter will clear his name in a corruption case and re- with a 2-0 win over Udinese. Napoli travelled to the Sarri had warned his side risked being fatigued ignite the Frenchman’s bid to become the next president of Dall’Ara stadium expecting to maintain a long due to their Europa League commitments but the world soccer’s governing body. unbeaten run that has seen Maurizio Sarri’s men Napoli coach suggested Destro had been marginally Facing a possible life ban for corruption, the suspended become bona fide challengers to defending champi- offside for his opener. “We went a goal down because UEFA president was charged over a controversial $2 million ons Juventus. of a refereeing mistake and at the start of the second payment from FIFA in 2011 that Blatter said he approved as But the Azzurri struggled to recover after going half we had four clear chances to score,” said Sarri. backdated salary for work by Platini as a presidential adviser 2-0 down before the half-hour as Luca Rossettini “When we didn’t, and they got their third goal, the from 1998-2002. Platini’s communication team claimed added to Destro’s 14th-minute opener. Destro hit heads went down and that is a big mistake because Sunday that a 23-page memo they obtained earlier this week his second on the hour and although Gonzalo the final minutes showed we still had plenty to give.” shows that UEFA’s executive committee was aware of a deal Higuain hit a last-gasp brace to set up a tense finale, with Blatter as early as November 1998. Blatter and Platini are expected to appear before the FIFA ethics committee within the hosts hung on for just their fifth win of the sea- RENAISSANCE two weeks. son to move two points clear of the drop zone. Bologna have enjoyed a renaissance since The document, which was leaked to French newspaper Le “Before the game I told the lads not to think too Donadoni took over from the sacked Delio Rossi last Journal du Dimanche, is an agenda for a UEFA executive much about Napoli, they have top players but it was month and pounced on slack Napoli defending to committee meeting dated Nov. 12, 1998. At the time, Platini important to focus on our strengths, to press them, take a 2-0 lead by the 21st minute thanks to Destro was not a member of the UEFA executive committee and had attack and try to put them in difficulty,” said Bologna and a Rossettini header from a corner. Antonio contributed to Blatter’s successful campaign for the FIFA coach Roberto Donadoni, a former Napoli coach. Mirante was forced to save from Lorenzo Insigne presidency. In an annex to the memo, a small note related to “The lads were incredible, they went out and did and then, in spectacular fashion, to touch Jose Platini’s role with Blatter mentions that he is expected to exactly what we had planned to do.” Callejon’s deflected volley onto the post. Napoli become the federation’s next director of sports. Napoli had gone top of the pile for the first time were firing on all cylinders when they emerged from According to Platini’s communication team, the former in 25 years last week with a 2-1 win over Inter Milan. the interval, but Higuain, Allan and Callejon all soccer great’s payment for his work with Blatter is clearly But after Inter reclaimed first place with a 1-0 win missed opportunities before an error by Marek mentioned in the note, which reads: “There has been talk against Genoa on Saturday, Sarri’s men are now two Hamsik allowed Destro to fire under a nervous-look- about Sfr 1 million as salary.” points adrift in third after seeing Fiorentina maintain ing Reina on the hour. Higuain reduced arrears on Platini previously said he had a verbal agreement with their push for honours this season. Fiorentina 87 minutes when he flicked Insigne’s cross past Blatter to be paid one million Swiss Francs per year. “Contrary moved up to second place at just one point behind Mirante and then again when he collected a Callejon to the thesis on which the case is built, this document after goals from Milan Badelj, Josip Ilicic, from the long ball to fire past the ‘keeper from just inside the demonstrates that Platini’s contract with FIFA was not kept spot, and Gonzalo Rodriguez five minutes from the box. But it was not enough for Napoli, who suffered secret, and that many people within UEFA and FIFA were whistle secured a 3-0 home win over Udinese at a their first defeat since losing to Sassuolo on the aware of it since 1998,” Platini’s lawyer Thibaud d’Ales said. packed Artemio Franchi stadium. opening day of the season. Elsewhere, German The document was distributed during a meeting attended by Roma, held 1-1 at Torino on Saturday when Maxi Denis, Nicolo Cherubin and Dutchman Martin De then UEFA president Lennart Johansson, who lost to Blatter Lopez hit a last-gasp penalty to level Miralem Roon struck as Atalanta built on their shock 2-0 win BOLOGNA: Napoli’s midfielder from Slovakia Marek Hamsik runs with the ball dur- in the 1998 FIFA election, as well as three members of FIFA, Pjanic’s superb free kick, remain in fourth at five at Roma last week with a 3-0 rout of Palermo to ing the Italian Serie A football match Bologna vs Napoli at the Dall’Ara stadium in Platini’s advisers said. —AP points behind. Juventus had claimed their fifth con- move up to sixth. —AFP Bologna yesterday. — AFP Risks grow for oil economies in Gulf Page 22

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ATHENS: A man walks as ferries are docked during a 24-hour strike called by labor unions at the port of Piraeus, near Athens. Greece’s two largest unions, which cover the public and private sectors, have called a general strike to protest the government’s budget, which was voted on in Parliament Saturday night. —AP Greece passes ‘tough’ austerity budget 2016 budget sees zero growth for this year, contraction for 2016

ATHENS: Greek lawmakers approved a “tough” for safeguarding the country’s place in the tion, again better than the initial 1.3 percent people who cannot pay their mortgages led to billion) rescue deal with strict conditions to 2016 budget early yesterday, forecasting near eurozone by restructuring its economy. forecast in the draft budget. “Behind the (bud- the loss of support from two lawmakers who enact further cutbacks. zero growth for 2015 and a small contraction “Nobody can cheer for this tough budget”, get’s) numbers anybody can see the agonizing refused to back the bill. Plans to slash the mini- As part of the agreement, Greece is set to next year for the debt-ridden country in its sixth Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said effort to support the working classes” Tsipras mum monthly pension have caused two gener- introduce new pension cuts next to keep its year of austerity. The coalition government, late on Saturday during the tumultuous parlia- said early yesterday, describing the budget as “a al strikes in a month, a sign that Tsipras faces a shaky retirement system viable. “They are get- which enjoys a narrow majority, managed to mentary discussion. difficult exercise”. rough ride despite being reelected in ting ready to turn the pensions into tips”, inter- push the budget through with 153 votes for The 2016 budget, the first by the leftist The Greek government has already seen its September on the bailout program. im head of the New Democracy right-wing and 145 against after a late-night session. Syriza-led government, expects zero economic parliamentary majority dwindle from 155 to After first storming to power at the begin- main opposition party Yiannis Plakiotakis said The leftist government of Alexis Tsipras is growth in 2015 — better than an October fore- 153 seats in its effort to implement the tough ning of this year promising to free Greece from on Saturday. trying to apply the terms of an unpopular third cast of a 2.3-percent contraction. measures imposed by its creditors. the restrictions of bailout programs, Tsipras in He added that the budget is “anti-growth” EU economic bailout, enacted in July in return For 2016, it projects a 0.7-percent contrac- Measures facilitating foreclosures against July accepted a three-year, 86-billion-euro ($93- and “socially unfair”. —AFP

Qatar launches Oil drop weighs on $5.5bn loan into Saudi; dollar gains teeming market end Egypt rally MIDEAST STOCK MARKETS LONDON: The government of Qatar has launched a $5.5 billion loan into general syndication, becoming the latest DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s stock market slid yesterday after oil Gulf borrower to hit the market as countries, banks and prices dropped to within a few cents of a new six-year low corporates in the region seek to lock in cash before the and Egypt’s bourse also declined after the dollar made year-end. gains. Riyadh’s bourse slipped 0.3 percent as traders also Qatar’s five-year loan offers all-in pricing of 90 basis awaited Saudi’s annual budget announcement due in points over Libor. The country had initially hoped to raise December. “The Saudi market has been trading sideways up to $10 billion with pricing of around 80 bps, but had to for sometime as investors await more clarity on macroeco- revise expectations against a backdrop of tightening liq- nomic policy,” said Mohammad Al-Shammasi, chief invest- uidity and an upward trend in pricing in the region as the ment officer at Riyadh-based Derayah Financial. large number of Middle East deals began to saturate the Jabal Omar Development fell 3.2 percent after report- market. Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Mizuho, SMBC, ing a 78 percent drop in annual profit that the property Deutsche Bank, Barclays and Qatar National Bank are company blamed on lower sales and higher costs. Bahri, arranging the loan and as it now stands Qatar is expected the largest Saudi transport company by market value, to successfully conclude the deal by the end of December, jumped 5.5 percent. Kingdom Holding rose 5 percent. After bankers said, with any market uncertainty already factored market close on Thursday, the company said a French sov- into the smaller deal size. A pair of tanker trucks parked next to pumps at an oil-producing well in McKenzie County, ND. Lower fossil fuel ereign wealth fund, CDCIC, along with some other French The deal has been helped by the deep pockets and prices have come at a painful cost: 122,300 lost jobs in the energy sector over the past year. -— AP companies, bought a 0.8 percent stake. Chairman and cheaper funding of Japanese banks, which make up half of majority shareholder Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal’s ownership the lead bank group. remains unchanged at 95 percent. “Banks have a large appetite to hold this paper,” one OPEC oversupply leads to Saudi Arabian Fertilizer Company (SAFCO), rose 2.7 per- banker said. “Qatar is a premium credit: it has one of the cent after the company said in a statement it will pay a divi- highest GDP per capita levels in the world. Banks have dend of 3 riyals ($0.80) per share for the second half of large country limits for Qatar.” low crude prices: Iran 2015. In Egypt, Cairo’s bourse slipped 0.8 percent to 6,727 By contrast, the growing list of Gulf entities looking to points as investors booked profits following a three-session borrow money has made it more difficult for some to close DUBAI: OPEC members that supply decision, and the countries with an agreement. OPEC’s actual production is rally. The dollar strengthened on Friday on an upbeat US loans before the year-end, bankers say. Transactions find- too much crude oil to the market are excess of supply are responsible for the well over 31 million barrels a day. jobs report which also increased the likelihood of US inter- ing it tough going include the US$1 billion deal for Oman responsible for low prices, Iran’s oil consequences,” Bijan Zanganeh was “There were two viewpoints at the est rate hikes. that is in the market. minister said yesterday, two days after quoted as saying by Iran’s Shana news meeting. One group thought there A stronger dollar will make it more expensive for Egypt’s “Oman is fully underwritten but it is not going so well in the cartel failed to agree on a produc- agency. “It is known which countries needed to be a production ceiling central bank to obtain much-needed dollars. Foreign syndication - it is not getting good support.” Oman is look- tion ceiling. currently have an excess of supply and which, as well as stabilizing the market, investors were net sellers of Cairo stocks last week, despite ing for a five-year facility paying a margin of 110 bps over The Organization of the Petroleum there is no ambiguity about who they would also control the current over- attempts by the central bank to ease fears of a dollar short- Libor, which is being coordinated by Citigroup, Natixis and Exporting Countries (OPEC), which are,” he added in a thinly-veiled barb at supply in the market,” Iran’s oil minister age worsening. Gulf International Bank. The deal is fully underwritten by accounts for about a third of world oil top exporter Saudi Arabia. said. Global Telecom climbed 4.2 percent to 2.00 pounds, the three leads and commitments from other banks are output, announced no change in poli- A year ago, Riyadh pushed through “This view was not endorsed.” Prices rising for a fourth session. On Wednesday the company due in the next few days. cy at a meeting on Friday, setting the an OPEC decision to defend market are likely to come under further pres- said a newspaper, which it did not name, had reported Bankers say Oman is a very different prospect to Qatar. scene for more price wars in an already share instead of cutting output, keep- sure next year, when international rumors that European firm Vimpelcom had offered to Oman’s deal was not helped by the fact that it was down- heavily oversupplied market. Oil prices ing supply high in the hope of driving sanctions on Iran are due to be lifted buy out Global at a price of 2.30 pounds per share. graded by Standard and Poor’s to BBB+ on Nov. 21, just have more than halved over the past high-cost producers such as U.S. shale under a nuclear deal reached in July. Vimpelcom already owns about 52 percent of Global. after the offering was launched and, as a result, take-up so 18 months to a fraction of what most firms out of the market. Ahead of Zanganeh says Iran has the right to Allen Sandeep, director of research at Naeem brokerage, far has been sluggish. “Oman is fully underwritten but it is OPEC members need to balance their Friday’s meeting, Zanganeh had called reclaim the market share that Tehran reiterated a “buy” rating on Global. He said Vimpelcom not going so well in syndication - it is not getting good budgets. Benchmark Brent and US for OPEC members to respect a self- lost under sanctions imposed in late might use part of the proceeds from a loan refinancing support,” a second banker said. “There are too many deals crude futures fell nearly 2 percent after imposed production ceiling of 30 mil- 2011, and plans to increase exports by expected by the end of this year to make an offer to buy in the market and pricing is too tight - banks are starting to the meeting. lion barrels a day to support prices, but 1 million barrels a day after sanctions the rest of Global. —Reuters hold back.”—Reuters “The oil market anticipated OPEC’s said he didn’t expect them to reach an are lifted. —Reuters MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015 BUSINESS

Risks grow for oil economies in Gulf Fragile Five economies now less so: Report

LONDON: Emerging economies not long Fragile Five. But thanks to the halving of improvements have come through Bahrain and United Arab Emirates will be that Saudi Arabia reacted to the 1980s oil ago deemed at risk of crisis are seeing oil prices since mid-2014 and sharply stronger exports,” he said. “Governments $275 billion less than 2014, according to price collapse by slashing capital spend- steady balance of payments improve- weaker exchange rates, gaps are narrow- have inflicted quite a lot of pain on the International Monetary Fund. ing more than 98 percent. ments, while for oil exporters in the Gulf ing. domestic demand to get the current Moreover, all GCC currencies except “A repeat of this would wipe out the and elsewhere once-mighty cash surplus- India’s deficit has shrunk to 0.9 percent accounts under control.” Kuwait peg their currencies tightly to the budget deficit and push the current es have all but melted away. of annual economic output this year, But if oil and currency adjustments are dollar. So with little relief on the exchange account position back into a sizeable sur- The so-called taper tantrum of mid- according to data compiled by JPMorgan, shrinking some deficits, commodity- rate front, governments will need to slash plus,” he added. Other oil exporters which 2013 unleashed a wave of selling of assets while Ukraine should post a surplus versus reliant countries with fixed exchange rates budget spending to dampen import allowed their currencies to weaken have from developing countries whose big an 8 percent gap in 2012. are seeing the opposite. Venezuela’s 2.9 demand. fared better, with Russia’s surplus at 5 per- funding or current account deficits left Others have improved less, with Turkey percent surplus in 2012 for instance has Jason Tuvey, Middle East economist at cent of GDP compared with 3.5 percent in them vulnerable to the withdrawal of running a 5.2 percent deficit this year and swung into an 8.1 percent deficit. There Capital Economics says the headline sur- 2012. cheap money resulting from a slowdown, Brazil, despite economic recession, seeing are also dramatic declines in the Middle plus is down to Kuwait and Qatar, which Malaysia’s surplus has halved since or taper, in the rate of US money printing. a bigger deficit than in 2012 at 3.4 per- East, where the six Gulf Cooperation mask a Saudi deficit of as much as 7 per- 2012 but with the ringgit almost 30 per- With oil prices at the time over $100 a cent. Council (GCC) countries will run a 3.8 per- cent of GDP. Smaller Oman and Bahrain cent weaker since the taper tantrum, barrel these tended to be fast-growing “Lower oil prices are clearly helping to cent surplus this year - down from 22 per- have even bigger funding gaps. there may be signs of a turnaround - energy importers such as India and Turkey, move trade balances so this is positive,” cent in 2012 and 13.2 percent in 2014. While some reckon governments will imports are contracting and data on which, along with Indonesia, Brazil and UBS strategist Manik Narain said. Oil earnings this year for the bloc com- have to loosen currency pegs, Tuvey reck- Friday showed exports growing twice as South Africa, were lumped together as the “However none of the current account prising Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, ons spending cuts are more likely, noting fast as expected. —Reuters

Qatar First Bank to News list shares in 2016 in brief DOHA: Qatar First Bank (QFB) plans to list its shares on Dollar falls against the Qatar exchange as early as the first quarter of 2016, the chairman of the sharia-compliant financial institution Kuwaiti dinar said yesterday. KUWAIT: The US dollar moved down to KD 0.303, “We hope by the end of the first quarter of next year the euro moved up to KD 0.330 yesterday as com- that we will be ready to list. Things are on the right track,” pared to Thursday’s trades, the Central Bank of Abdulla al-Marri told journalists at a press conference in Kuwait said. The CBK said the sterling pound was up Doha. The firm has long been linked with a flotation, in what would be only the second new listing in Qatar since to KD 0.458, as well as the Swiss franc to KD 0.304 2010, although QFB would only put its shares onto the while the Japanese yen firmed at KD 0.002. bourse to trade and would raise no new money from the event. Traditionally focused on wealth and asset manage- Pioneers seeks to buy ment and private equity, targeting investments in ener- Universal Co for Packaging gy, real estate and financial services across the Middle East and Africa, QFB was also launching a private bank- CAIRO: Egypt’s Pioneers will offer to buy 100 percent ing service, it said yesterday. The move was not related to of Universal Co for Packaging Materials and Paper for difficulties in its private equity work or economic down- 7.5 pounds per share, a Pioneers official told Reuters turn in the Gulf Arab state, according to the bank’s chief yesterday. Pioneers specialises in market research and executive. brokerage services but also has investment arms in “We are offering private banking as a service as of real estate, industry and financial services. today. We are not shifting away from private equity, we are building on it,” said Ziad Makkawi, the veteran banker who was appointed to the role in July. Makkawi SAFCO will pay 3 riyals described the banking environment in the Gulf as “chal- per share cash dividend lenging” and said that investors were behaving cautious- NEW YORK: A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Friday in New York City. —AFP ly at a time of low oil prices and a liquidity crunch. “The DUBAI: Saudi Arabian Fertilizer Company (SAFCO) investment climate is not going to be as hot or as bullish will pay a cash dividend of 3 riyals ($0.80) per share as when oil prices were at 100 dollars a barrel. People are for the second half of 2015, it said in a bourse filing looking for a bit more certainty and are staying away Islamic financial production yesterday. This is in line with the payout the compa- from speculative kinds of investments,” he said. —Reuters ny, a unit of Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC), amounts to $1tn: Expert paid in the corresponding period of 2014.

Gold price rises to MANAMA: Chairman of Accounting some of the world’s most developed Islamic Banking and Finance, calling it Egypt’s Banque Misr and Auditing Organization for Islamic nations. a platform for which to issue Islamic closes $250m 3-yr loan $1,089 per ounce Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) Sheikh As a result of the meteoric rise of financial standards, which would help Ibrahim Bin Khalifa Al-Khalifa said yes- Islamic finance, the AAOIFI chairman overcome potential future obstacles. DUBAI: Banque Misr has raised a $250 million loan of KUWAIT: The price of gold rose by 2.6 percent last terday there is a significant increase in called for the introduction of Islamic Dr Mirza also said that the informa- three years duration that Egypt’s second-largest state week as it was traded at $1,089 per ounce, breaking a Islamic financial production and financial standards for the internation- tive conference will discuss various lender will use for general funding purposes, the coor- pattern of low prices that lasted for six weeks, accord- assets, amounting to approximately al market to adhere to, particularly, a components of Islamic finance includ- dinator of the deal said yesterday. The transaction is the ing to Sabayik Al-Kuwait Company. $1 trillion. reference index that would verify the ing sukuk, bonds, shares and invest- Gold was traded at $1,050 per ounce two weeks In a statement during the opening legality of Islamic financial products. ment, focusing on contributions these first time the bank has sought to borrow from interna- ago, its lowest price in five and a half years, said the of the AAOIFI World Bank Annual Moreover, Sheikh Khalifa noted components make to Islamic financial tional banks since the North African country was hit by company’s director general Rajab Hamid in a press Conference on Islamic Banking and that the AAOIFI has established a myr- production. political unrest at the start of 2011. Last month, Banque statement yesterday. Prices were affected by unstable Finance held in the Bahraini capital iad of standards in legal, accounting, Islamic finance refers to the means Misr’s chairman told Reuters that the bank was close to international markets. yesterday, Sheikh Ibrahim said that auditing and governmental realms in by which corporations in the Muslim completing a three-year loan which would pay a margin Gold prices were expected to go below $1,050 per Islamic finance has solidified its spot an attempt to unify Islamic financial world including banks and other insti- of 3.2 percent. Coordinator Bank ABC, as well as ounce due to the rise of US dollar against other main amongst the top tier of economic transactions, in line with legal stan- tutions, raise capital in accordance Emirates NBD, HSBC, Mashreq and Union National Bank, currencies, said Hamid. The rise in precious metals last institutions. He also highlighted dards. AAOIFI Secretary General Dr with Sharia, or Islamic law. Its expo- Friday is a prominent occurrence, with expectations widespread use of prominent Islamic Hamed Mirza underscored the impor- nential growth has represented a new arranged the transaction, according to the statement that the US Federal Reserve will raise the interest rate components such as sukuk amongst tance of the AAOIFI Conference on phase in the financial sector. —KUNA from the Bahrain-based bank. by 25 points in its upcoming meeting this month. Meanwhile, he expected gold price to rise further by the weekend, noting that buying rates recorded last National Portfolio role in Kuwait Stock Exchange limited week show that gold will not be affected by the rise in interest rate. Moreover, he noted that silver also saw a rise of 3. 6 percent last Friday, reaching $14.54. KUWAIT: The role of the National Portfolio in Kuwait Stock especially small ones, that are still suffering from missteps, sus- vention of the portfolio as long as there are weak companies list- Hamid also said that gold prices might drop to Exchange (KSE) is “still limited” and controlled by the regula- pension and loss of capitals, they said. The main goal from ed, he said, stressing the need to integrate them into a single $1,050 immediately now after cutting interest rates, tions,” Kuwaiti economists said yesterday. The main purpose of founding the National Portfolio is to support the market, and to entity to achieve added value. however, prices will rise again above $1,100 in 2016. the portfolio, which was established at the end of 2008 is to attain this objective, there should be a permanent cooperation The National Portfolio is working to control the market As for the local gold market, the official said that adjust performance in the market as well as grab opportunities between the Portfolio and the Ministry of Commerce and movement and grab opportunities as well as search for public gold retail prices rose to KD 10.7 per gram by the end as they become available, economists said in separate inter- Industry to exclude companies that do not add new value to the and private benefit in addition to keep the procurement of last week. —KUNA views with KUNA. Many traders are waiting the portfolio to overall performance of the market, Salah Al-Sultan, consultant process, Chief Executive of A-Arabi Company for Financial pump liquidity permanently in order to save some companies, to Arzaq Capital Company said. The market will not absorb inter- Brokerage Maytham Al-Shakhs said. —KUNA EXCHANGE RATES

Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. GOLD Euro 324.265 America 20 Gram 222.220 Swiss Frank 314.635 Canadian Dollar 0.222491 0.230991 10 Gram 113.805 US Dollars 0.300300 0.304800 ASIAN COUNTRIES Bahrain Dinar 810.840 5 Gram 57.97 US Dollars Mint 0.300800 0.304800 Japanese Yen 2.479 UAE Dirhams 83.470 Qatari Riyals 91.520 Indian Rupees 4.567 Asia Saudi Riyals 82.190 Pakistani Rupees 2.891 Bangladesh Taka 0.003509 0.004109 UAE Exchange Centre WLL Jordanian Dinar 430.480 Srilankan Rupees 2.138 Chinese Yuan 0.046177 0.049677 Nepali Rupees 2.873 Egyptian Pound 38.904 Hong Kong Dollar 0.037174 0.039924 Singapore Dollar 219.600 COUNTRY SELL DRAFT SELL CASH Sri Lankan Rupees 2.139 Indian Rupee 0.004324 0.004714 Hongkong Dollar 39.387 Australian Dollar 204.08 Indian Rupees 4.591 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000018 0.000024 Bangladesh Taka 3.862 Canadian Dollar 231.95 Pakistani Rupees 2.893 Japanese Yen 0.002400 0.002580 Bangladesh Taka 3.861 Philippine Peso 6.484 Swiss Franc 300.84 Kenyan Shilling 0.003154 0.003164 Thai Baht 8.520 Philippines Pesso 6.480 Korean Won 0.000252 0.000267 Euro 326.66 Malaysian Ringgit 72.852 Cyprus pound 581.885 Malaysian Ringgit 0.068482 0.074482 US Dollar 305.45 Japanese Yen 3.480 Nepalese Rupee 0.002916 0.003086 GCC COUNTRIES Sterling Pound 461.91 Syrian Pound 2.615 Pakistan Rupee 0.002701 0.002981 Nepalese Rupees 3.865 Philippine Peso 0.006390 0.006670 Saudi Riyal 81.443 Japanese Yen 2.52 Qatari Riyal 83.894 Malaysian Ringgit 72.820 Sierra Leone 0.000067 0.000073 Bangladesh Taka 3.874 Omani Riyal 793.270 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 48.080 Singapore Dollar 0.215238 0.221238 Bahraini Dinar 811.080 Indian Rupee 4.578 Thai Bhat 9.505 South African Rand 0.015286 0.023786 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001766 0.002346 UAE Dirham 83.152 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.139 Turkish Lira 105.140 Taiwan 0.009245 0.009425 Nepali Rupee 2.859 Thai Baht 0.008195 0.008745 ARAB COUNTRIES Pakistani Rupee 2.893 Bahrain Exchange Company Egyptian Pound - Cash 38.200 UAE Dirhams 0.08312 Arab Egyptian Pound - Transfer 39.051 Bahraini Dinar 0.800536 0.808536 Bahraini Dinar 0.8118 COUNTRY SELL CASH SELLDRAFT Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.425 Egyptian Pound 0.037139 0.040265 Europe Tunisian Dinar 153.010 Egyptian Pound 0.03892 Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000086 British Pound 0.453954 0.462954 Jordanian Dinar 430.260 Jordanian Dinar 0.4344 Iraqi Dinar 0.000201 0.000261 Czech Korune 0.004317 0.016317 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.035 Jordanian Dinar 0.425343 0.432843 Omani Riyal 0.7932 Danish Krone 0.0406058 0.045605 Syrian Lira 2.177 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Qatari Riyal 0.08422 Euro 0.326337 0.334337 Morocco Dirham 31.131 Lebanese Pound 0.000153 0.000253 Norwegian Krone 0.031931 0.037131 Saudi Riyal 0.08142 Moroccan Dirhams 0.022124 0.046124 Romanian Leu 0.087320 0.087320 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Nigerian Naira 0.001259 0.001894 Slovakia 0.009099 0.019099 US Dollar Transfer 305.250 Omani Riyal 0.784229 0.789909 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Swedish Krona 0.031875 0.036875 Euro 335.780 Qatar Riyal 0.082900 0.084113 Swiss Franc 0.299380 0.309580 Saudi Riyal 0.080537 0.081237 Sterling Pound 464.900 Turkish Lira 0.100389 0.110689 Canadian dollar 230.200 Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Syrian Pound 0.001290 0.001510 Turkish lira 105.530 US Dollar 305.500 Tunisian Dinar 0.147997 0.155997 Australasia Turkish Lira 0.100389 0.110689 Swiss Franc 309.110 Canadian Dollar 230.865 Australian Dollar 0.215523 0.227023 US Dollar Buying 304.050 Sterling Pound 461.645 UAE Dirhams 0.081896 0.083045 New Zealand Dollar 0.199453 0.208953 Yemeni Riyal 0.001376 0.001456 BUSINESS MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015 Indian economic fundamentals are improving

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By Camille Accad and Jordi Rof the boost in public capital spending central bank to cut rates four times, years from about 7 percent to 1 per- are implemented. The government and cheaper credit. Inflation, histori- reducing the lending rate by 60 basis cent of GDP, and the fiscal deficit from recently eased restrictions for foreign KUWAIT: Emerging markets are going cally the key constraint for growth, has points so far. The “twin deficits” - 5 percent to 3.4 percent of GDP since investors, but two critical measures through a rough patch. Brazil is suffer- that will be able to simplify bureaucra- ing its worst crisis in 80 years, Russia’s cy and reduce corruption - the goods economy is contracting close to 5 per- and services bill - and free land for cent compared to the previous year industry purposes - the land acquisi- and China continues to decelerate. tion bill - are currently stuck in the Only one country in the group seems upper house under amendment to be able to generate good news: processes. Government inaction is a India. In the third quarter of this year, central cause of concern. The second real GDP growth accelerated from 7.0 risk is the price of oil. Low global oil percent to 7.4 percent YoY. While prices have helped significantly to exports continued to contribute nega- improve inflation and deficits, as the tively on growth, the domestic sector country is a major net oil importer and remained robust, due to a rebound in the government subsidizes gasoline. If investment and private consumption prices were to rise, the room for resilience. Private consumption has reforms would disappear amid high been growing at an average rate of 6.1 inflation, higher interest rates, and percent annually in the last three growing deficits. However, given the years, rising 6.8 percent YoY in the lat- current global supply and demand est quarter. But the best part is the conditions, we do not expect this risk trend in investment, which went up to materialize. rapidly in the last three quarters: from In summary, low energy prices 2.4 percent YoY in the last quarter of have freed up government resources 2014 to 6.8 percent in the three and allowed the central bank to keep months ending in October this year. improved markedly in the last year, simultaneous deficits in the current the beginning of 2014. rates low, which in turn is helping According to the central bank, the mainly because food prices are stabi- account and fiscal balance, that tradi- But India’s economic outlook is not investment. However, India will not reasons behind the good evolution on lizing. Inflation has come down from 8 tionally burden the Indian economy - without risks. First, growth will not be realize its true potential unless the investment are low oil prices and bet- percent to 5 percent since early 2014, are also improving. The current sustained unless crucial reforms to government delivers the reforms that ter business conditions, facilitated by and that has made possible for the account deficit fell in the last two reduce red tape and boost investment were promised. Puerto Rico risks creditor ire by hijacking money Caribbean Island divers funds earmarked for bond payments

SAN JUAN/NEW YORK: Puerto Rico may have we’re looking at all the different avenues,” said Tavakoli, interim president and chief executive dodged a bullet when it avoided default last the source. Two other sources said that, while officer of Ambac Financial, which insures about week, but its decision to commandeer revenue lawsuits are an option, they were more inclined $1.1 billion principal of bonds at the affected that was supposed to meet future debt pay- to wait to preserve their negotiating ability. agencies. A lawsuit could also challenge the type ments will invite creditor pushback and possibly “There is a very high probability of protracted of services being funded, especially if they lawsuits. Creditors have long criticized Puerto litigation,” said Ted Hampton, vice president at include what creditors may claim are discre- Rico’s spending habits, and may have the ammu- Moody’s Investors Service. “It’s a bit like a race or tionary items like Christmas bonuses. nition to bring those complaints to court now some kind of competition - people are waiting Still, creditors wary of litigation say they want that the Caribbean island plans to divert funds to jump in when the whistle blows.” to be careful not to hurt progress in ongoing to cover constitutionally-guaranteed debt and Hampton said he expected creditors would at talks with the island on a consensual debt essential government services. least consider legal action over the clawbacks. restructuring agreement. “We implore the gover- The US territory, which owes creditors $72 bil- Puerto Rican officials have themselves acknowl- nor to get back to the negotiating table toward lion, last Tuesday avoided defaulting on a $355 edged the potential for lawsuits. Justice consensual solutions, which are achievable,” million payment. But it owes another such pay- Secretary Cesar Miranda said last week that the Tavakoli added. ment on Jan 1, which can only be made if rev- clawbacks could open the door to litigation Puerto Rico has said it wants to structure a FRANKFURT: A broker watches his screens as the curve of the German stock index enue that was earmarked to repay and service because they “could be interpreted as a techni- universal exchange offer, or “superbond,” for DAX went down at the stock market in Frankfurt on Friday. — AP other debt owed by various government agen- cal default, in the way that we retain money des- creditors across many different debt classes. cies is repurposed, Governor Alejandro Garcia tined to eventually pay a debt when due.” Litigation would make that process more diffi- Padilla said. Creditors’ frustration is likely to only increase cult, said several creditor sources, threatening The island said it also needs to use that rev- in the next few weeks. For example, the island by the anticipated high ratings of new debt that Egypt to appeal $1.76bn enue to keep some key services operating, December 20 owes $120 million in Christmas could attract creditors to an exchange offer in though it has not specified which ones. Many bonuses for public sector workers, which are a the first place. If creditors can help the island to award to Israel in gas row creditors said these so-called clawbacks are pre- constitutional requirement in Puerto Rico. make its January payment without clawbacks, mature, and question whether they will be used Paying them at the expense of bonds would litigation may be avoided. Its next major maturi- CAIRO/JERUSALEM: Egypt said yesterday $1.5 billion it had sued for, while the award on truly essential services. The government likely irk creditors, yet skipping them would out- ty date is in May, when $422.8 million is owed on it would appeal an order by international to Israel Electric amounted to under 40 per- hasn’t been specific about the revenue that will rage labor unions. senior Government Development Bank notes, arbitrators to pay $1.76 billion in compen- cent of the total it was seeking. Egyptian be grabbed. Bonds vulnerable to the switch according to a source familiar with the situation. sation to state-owned Israel Electric Corp Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said yesterday include $4.6 billion at Puerto Rico’s highway BRIDGE LOAN That allows more time to talk, free from the pres- for halting gas supplies three years ago, an appeal would be filed within six weeks. authority (HTA), $1.9 billion at its infrastructure Exactly how the diverted cash is spent will sure of looming defaults. and freeze gas import talks until the dis- The companies said they had “received authority (PRIFA), and additional debt at a public invite investor scrutiny. A 1980 law in Puerto An offer by at least two bond insurers to pro- pute was resolved. instructions from the Egyptian government transportation authority and convention center Rico dictates that any clawbacks should be used vide a bridge loan to get Puerto Rico through Egypt had been selling natural gas to to freeze negotiations between companies authority, according to an executive order first to pay constitutionally backed debt, and January remains on the table, said two sources Israel under a 20-year agreement, but the to import gas from Israeli fields or to award signed by Garcia Padilla. then to fund essential services. Puerto Rican offi- close to the talks. A lawsuit at this stage may not deal collapsed in 2012 following months of import approvals until the legal position One creditor source with exposure at the cials suggested they plan to use them for both succeed. Without a missed payment, clawbacks attacks on the pipeline by militant groups regarding the arbitration ruling and the affected agencies said a lawsuit was possible, purposes at once. alone might not convince a court of Puerto in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, which borders results of the appeal are clear”. insisting that clawbacks were being misused “There is little question that (the clawbacks) Rico’s wrongdoing, said Height Securities Puerto Israel and the Gaza Strip. Israel Electric (IEC) The ruling looks likely to sour recent under Puerto Rico’s laws and constitution. “They are a patent attempt to revise the provisions of Rico analyst Daniel Hanson. Creditors may fare was forced to turn to more expensive fuels talks by private companies to import Israeli haven’t met the requirements to permit a claw- the constitution, legislation and contracts with- better if they delay litigation until an actual to generate electricity. gas via the existing subsea pipeline. On back under the constitution ... you can assume out justification or required process,” said Nader default. — Reuters The company took the issue to arbitra- Nov. 25, developers of Israel’s Leviathan off- tors at the International Chamber of shore gas field announced a preliminary Commerce, demanding $4 billion from the deal to pump natural gas to Egypt for up to UAW win vote at VW’s lone US plant suppliers, Egyptian Natural Gas Holding 15 years. Plans call for Leviathan, which is Company (EGAS) and the Egyptian General expected to begin production in 2019 or Petroleum Corporation (EGPC), and the 2020, to supply Egypt’s Dolphinus Holdings CHATTANOOGA, Tenn: The United Auto union for seeking the vote amid the automaker’s he said. firm operating the pipeline, Eastern with up to 4 billion cubic metres (bcm) of Workers union has gained a significant first vic- efforts to cope with its diesel emissions cheating Volkswagen also argued that the formation of Mediterranean Gas (EMG). gas a year for 10 to 15 years. tory at a foreign-owned automaker in the South, scandal that contributed to a 60 percent drop in the small bargaining unit goes against its hopes IEC said on Sunday that arbitrators had Dolphinus is a company that represents easily winning a vote by skilled-trades workers at sales of the Chattanooga-made Passat in of creating a German-style works council at the ordered EGPC and EGAS to pay compensa- non-governmental, industrial and commer- Volkswagen’s lone US factory to have the UAW November. plant to represent both hourly and salaried tion of $1.76 billion plus interest and legal cial consumers in Egypt. The gas would negotiate their collective bargaining agree- “Volkswagen and our facility are in the midst employees. The union disagreed, saying the expenses. “Israel Electric will act toward the pass through an underwater pipeline built ments. of a crisis,” the letter said. “We need unity now move by the skilled-trades workers was just a implementation of the arbitration ruling nearly a decade ago by EMG. The workers who repair and maintain more than ever.” Mike Cantrell, the president of first step. through dialogue with the gas companies,” Egypt has said it still wants to import machinery and robots at the German automak- UAW Local 42 in Chattanooga, said the vote was “We have said from the beginning of Local 42 it said. EGPC and EGAS said in a statement Israeli gas despite Italy’s ENI discovering er’s plant in Chattanooga voted 108-44 for UAW announced weeks before cheating revelations that there are multiple paths to reach collective that the arbitrator had also ordered them the large Zohr gas field off Egypt’s coast in representation over two days ending Friday. surfaced. bargaining,” Cantrell said. “And we believe these to pay $288 million to EMG and that they August. This year Dolphinus also agreed a Volkswagen objected to the new vote favor- “The timing of the skilled trades election is paths will give all of us a voice at Volkswagen in would appeal both awards. seven-year deal to buy at least $1.2 billion ing the UAW to represent just 162 skilled-trades unrelated to the Volkswagen emissions scandal,” due time.” —AP They said the compensation awarded to of gas from Israel’s Tamar field, near workers, arguing that all of the plant’s 1,400 EMG amounted to about 19 percent of the Leviathan. —Reuters blue-collar workers should have a say over union issues. The German automaker said it plans to appeal the ruling allowing the vote to the full National Labor Relations Board. “We believe that a union of only maintenance employees frac- Egyptian pound holds tures our workforce and does not take into account the overwhelming community of inter- steady at forex sale est shared between our maintenance and pro- duction employees,” the company said in a state- ment. CAIRO: The Egyptian pound held steady auctions to banks, keeping the pound The vote comes nearly 20 months after the at an official foreign currency auction artificially strong. On Tuesday, the central union was narrowly defeated in an election yesterday and strengthened slightly on bank said it had changed the way it allo- involving all hourly employees at the plant. The the black market Egypt, which depends cated dollars at its foreign exchange auc- UAW has been thwarted for decades in attempts on imported food and energy, is facing a tions. It provided fewer banks with dol- to represent workers outside of General Motors, dollar shortage and mounting pressure lars but at higher allocations. Ford and Fiat Chrysler. to devalue the pound. The central bank Previously, banks in Egypt had been Ray Curry, the director of the UAW’s Southern surprised markets when it strengthened accustomed to receiving a regular quota region, said the overwhelming union victory the pound on Nov 11 by 20 piasters of dollars at each foreign currency sale. should persuade Volkswagen to drop its legal against the dollar. Since the changes, some banks said they challenge. On Thursday, it sold 39.5 million dol- were declined dollars at the regular auc- “We urge Volkswagen to respect the decision lars at a cut-off price of 7.7301 pounds to tions. The country has been starved of of its employees and recognize the local union the dollar, unchanged from Thursday, foreign currency since a popular uprising as the representative of the skilled trades unit,” with a pro-rata of 33.33 percent. in 2011 ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak he said at a news conference Friday punctuated The official rate is still far from the and drove tourists and foreign investors by beeping car and truck horns of union sup- black market, which was around 8.52 away. porters celebrating. pounds to the dollar on Sunday, making In February, the central bank imposed The American Council of Employees, a rival the pound marginally stronger than capital controls, limiting dollar-denomi- labor group at the Volkswagen plant, in a letter Thursday’s rate of 8.53 pounds, one trad- nated deposits to $50,000 a month in an to workers before the vote criticized the move to organize the smaller group of workers. The er said. Egypt’s reserves have tumbled attempt to fight the black market. The group said the effort would serve to “subdivide CHATTANNOOGA: Mike Cantrell, the president of UAW Local 42, speaks about the union’s win from $36 billion in 2011 to $16.4 billion move caused problems for importers, maintenance workers with no concern for how in an election among skilled-trades workers at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga. The in October, and the country has been who could no longer source their foreign this might negatively impact employees’ long- maintenance workers voted 108-44 to be represented by the UAW in collective bargaining rationing dollars through weekly dollar currency needs. — Reuters term interests.” The group also criticized the negotiations. —AP MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015 BUSINESS A (not entirely) dead week ahead before Fed week GLOBAL ECONOMY WEEK AHEAD LONDON: The calm before the storm? spective. The last time the Fed raised its move to tighten. A total of 43 central ultra-easy money regimes. But the forecast of 7.0 percent under review Here comes the “dead week” before the fed funds rate, Barack Obama was a banks have eased monetary policy this global economy - slow, uneven and for a downgrade,” ING said in a note. US Federal Reserve raises interest rates freshman senator, Angela Merkel was year, including the European Central with barely any inflation in many “We expect nothing in next for the first time since June 2006 - 9 1/2 barely half a year into her job as German Bank, which cut its deposit rate deeper places - has been putting a lid on week’s data - trade, inflation and years ago. It will be a week of last-minute chancellor, Twitter had yet to be into negative territory in the past week. what some economists like to call monetary aggregates are due - to positioning by financial markets before launched and - unintentionally hinting at Some emerging market central banks, policy normalization. alter the picture.” Reuters polls for the expected hike on Dec. 16 and scruti- the financial turmoil to come - a top film such as Brazil’s, have been forced to This should be underlined on the trade data, due on Tuesday, sug- ny of various global data releases to see was “Ice Age: The Meltdown”. Even more tighten to protect their currencies, and Thursday when the Bank of England gest both exports and imports will what risks there are to the move. remarkable, perhaps, is that all these some policy-makers, such as those in the makes a decision on its Bank Rate. have continued to decline on a year- But first, let’s put it in historical per- years later the Fed is an outlier in its Bank of England, are itching to end their No one in a Reuters poll expected on-year basis, albeit at a slower any change from the record low 0.5 pace. percent that has been in place since China’s wobble and scant infla- March 2009. The Bank of England’s tion in economic powerhouses such last rate increase was in July 2007. as the euro zone, Japan and Britain Markets, in the meantime, have are the main economic risks weigh- become addicted to cheap, plentiful ing on normalisation. cash - part of reason there was a They should not, however, deter negative reaction to the ECB’s move the Fed - at least initially. when it did not loosen as much as Emerging markets, in the mean- some had expected. time, have had plenty of time to digest the idea of higher Fed rates, CHINA LOOMS which can draw money away from With this as a backdrop, the main them. So the Fed move after the data in the coming week may well coming week is not likely to cause be from China, where the economy any kind of widespread crisis. Capital has been struggling and having a Economics, however, reckons some wide spill-over effect because of the countries are more vulnerable to country’s import/export might. “The others. Venezuela, China, Argentina, manufacturing ... reading for Ukraine, Thailand, Turkey and November portrayed continued Colombia top the firm’s list of coun- weak activity, prompting us to put tries where the economies may get our (fourth-quarter) GDP growth into difficulty. — Reuters MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015 BUSINESS ECB decision fuels volatility in the market NBK MONEY MARKETS REPORT KUWAIT: Last week revolved around the highly range ahead of the ECB decision, but managed Non-farm payrolls bonds and will reinvest the proceeds from omy and supporting the case for higher interest anticipated European Central Bank’s meeting, to gain as the ECB measures did not meet mar- US Employers added more jobs than fore- quantitative easing as bonds mature. The pace rates In a report, market research group Markit where measures taken by the ECB did not meet ket expectations. The currency opened the cast in November, underlining Federal Reserve of the QE program is to remain unchanged at said that the seasonally adjusted Markit/CIPS expectations fuelling volatility in global financial week at 1.0302 and managed to gain against Chair Janet Yellen’s confidence that the US Ä60 billion, disappointing expectations that the Services Purchasing Managers Index increased markets. In a conference after the meeting ECB the greenback to reach a high of 0.9876. The economy is strong enough to withstand higher central bank would accelerate the monthly to 55.9 last month from a reading of 54.9 in President Mario Draghi announced a 6-month greenback managed to gain some of its losses borrowing costs. The 211,000 increase in pay- pace of its bond-purchasing program. ECB pres- October. Analysts had expected the index to extension to the bank’s current 60 billion Euros a On Friday and closed at 0.9960 against the rolls followed a 298,000 gain in October that ident Mario Draghi reiterated that the ECB still rise to 55.0 in November. month quantitative easing program, and franc. was bigger than previously expected. The had a range of options at its disposal. He also expanded the assets purchased to include local The Australian dollar continues its surge unemployment rate held at a more than seven- added that the monetary policy decision was RBA holds rates and regional bonds. The fresh measures indicate against the US dollar as the Reserve bank of year low of 5.0% and the number of unem- not unanimous, but there was a very large Australia’s central bank kept interest rates further widening in monetary policy divergence Australia continues to leave its key lending rate ployed persons at 7.9 million was essentially majority in favor. steady for a seventh month last week as data with the ECB adding stimulus as the US Federal unchanged combined with positive growth Reserve prepares to start its process of normal- data. Additionally, the Aussie found support ization. Meanwhile, the disappointment from amid the broad based sell-off of the US dollar the ECB’s announcement was clearly felt in the which occurred at the end of the week. The cur- financial markets, sending the Euro higher and rency opened the week at 0.7193 and reached equities and government bonds lower. a high of 0.7363. Finally, the Aussie closed the On Friday, investors shifted their focus week at 0.7338 against the dollar. towards the US nonfarm payroll figure, employ- On the commodities side, light crude still ers added more jobs than forecast in managed to close the week lower as a supply November, underlining Federal Reserve Chair glut overweighed the weakness in US dollar. Janet Yellen’s confidence that the US economy West Texas light crude opened the week at is strong enough to withstand higher borrow- 41.71 and dropped to a low of 39.84. Oil man- ing costs. aged to regain some of its losses and closed the On the Foreign exchange side, the US dollar week at 39.97. Gold on the other hand, man- Index opened the week on a strong footing aged to post its first weekly gain since October despite disappointing data from the manufac- after disappointment over the European turing sector. The Index soared to a high of Central Bank’s stimulus decision which fuelled a 100.510 amid a positive ADP employment retreat in global equities. Spot gold opened the report. However, the Index managed to lose week at 1057.45 and managed to close the most of its gains as the ECB measures fell short week at 1086.34. of market expectations triggering a broad based US Dollar sell-off. The greenback dropped US manufacturing to a low of 97.591 on Thursday. On Friday, the Manufacturing in the US unexpectedly con- Dollar managed to rise amid the release of the tracted in November at the fastest pace since positive US nonfarm payrolls number and close the last recession as a jump in inventories led to the week at 98.246. cutbacks in orders and production. The The euro traded in a volatile manner last Institute for Supply Management’s index week, as it opened the week at 1.0593 and dropped to 48.6, the lowest level since June traded in a very tight range ahead of the ECB 2009, from 50.1 in October. The figure was announcement. Despite the fact that measures weaker than expectations in the market. In taken by the ECB indicate more widening in addition to a build-up in inventories, the manu- the divergence between the central bank and facturing sector is also battling weak global the Fed, the Euro gained dramatically against demand, an appreciating dollar and less capital unchanged. Over the past 12 months, the UK manufacturing PMI falls showed exports provided a huge lift to the the greenback after the meeting. The single spending in the energy sector. unemployment rate and the number of unem- Manufacturing activity in the UK expanded economy last quarter and helped fill a hole left currency managed to reach a high of 1.0981 ployed persons are down by 0.8 percentage at a slower rate than expected in November, by business investment. The Reserve Bank of after touching a low of 1.0524 amid the ECB Positive ADP report point and 1.1 million, respectively. dampening optimism over the country’s eco- Australia reiterated that low inflation meant announcement which disappointed market US private employers added 217,000 jobs in nomic outlook. UK manufacturing PMI fell to a there was room for a cut in the 2% cash rate participants, who were expecting more aggres- November, above expectations and the most ECB measures fall short seasonally adjusted 52.7 last month from a should signs of recovery disappoint in coming sive measures than the ones announced. The since June, signaling job growth is likely strong The European Central Bank measures fell revised reading of 55.2 in October. Meanwhile, months. But for now it sounded content to take currency managed to close the week at 1.0881. enough to support the first Federal Reserve short of market expectations to bolster price analysts had expected the index to decline to a wait and see stance. “The Board again judged The sterling pound opened the week at interest rate hike in nearly a decade when poli- growth in the euro area on Thursday after it cut 53.6 in November. The report showed that, the that the prospects for an improvement in eco- 1.5036. Cable then fell against most of its coun- cymakers meet later this month. Expectations the deposit rate and extended the duration, but strongest expansion in output was seen at con- nomic conditions had firmed a little over recent terparts after data showing that output in the in the market were for a gain of 190,000. kept the pace of its bond-buying purchase pro- sumer goods producers. Solid growth was also months and that leaving the cash rate UK construction sector expanded at the slow- Additionally, October’s figure was revised high- gram unchanged. The ECB’s governing council registered in the investment goods sector. unchanged was appropriate,” said RBA est rate in 7 months in November which er to 196,000 from 182,000. lowered the deposit facility rate to -0.3% from - Governor Glenn Stevens in a statement. pushed the pound to a low of 1.4895. The cur- The number of people who filed for unem- 0.20%, disappointing some analysts’ expecta- UK construction PMI rency gained dramatically against the US dollar ployment assistance in the US rose more than tions for a bigger cut to -0.4%. The main refi- UK construction sector activity expanded at Australia GDP rises to a high of 1.5159 amid positive data com- expected last week, but remained below nancing rate was left unchanged at a record- the slowest pace in seven months in November, Australia’s gross domestic product rose bined with a US Dollar sell-off following the ECB 300,000 indicating further strength in the US low 0.05%, in line with market expectations. underlining concerns over the health of the more-than-expected in the last quarter. In a meeting. The currency closed the week at labor market. In a report, the US Department of The central bank also held its marginal lending economy. In a report, market research firm report, Australian Bureau of Statistics said that 1.5111. Labor said that the number of individuals filing rate, the rate charged to banks when they bor- Markit and the Chartered Institute of Australia’s GDP rose to a seasonally adjusted 0.9 The Japanese also gained against the green- for initial jobless benefits in the week ending row from the ECB, at 0.30%. ECB President Purchasing & Supply said that their UK con- percent, from 0.2 percent in the preceding back last week. The USDJPY opened the week November 28 increased by 9,000 to a seasonal- Mario Draghi said that the bank would also struction purchasing managers’ index declined quarter. Meanwhile, analysts had expected at 122.80. The pair managed to reach a high of ly adjusted 269,000 from the previous week’s expand its bond-buying purchase program to a seasonally adjusted 55.3 last month from a Australia’s GDP to rise 0.8 percent only. 123.67 mid-week. However, the Dollar failed to total of 260,000. Analysts expected jobless beyond the current cut-off point of September reading of 58.8 in October. Economists had hold on to these gains and dropped to a low of claims to rise by 8,000 last week. First-time job- 2016 until the end of March 2017, or beyond if expected the index to fall to 58.2 in November. Kuwait 122.30 against the Yen. Finally the pair closed less claims have held below the 300,000-level necessary. UK service sector activity expanded at the Kuwaiti dinar at 0.30355 the week at 123.11. for 38 consecutive weeks, which is usually asso- Additionally, the central bank expanded the fastest pace in four months in November, The USDKD opened at 0.30355 yesterday morn- Similarly, the Swiss franc traded in a tight ciated with a firming labor market. assets purchased to include local and regional boosting optimism over the health of the econ- ing.

Abengoa struggle casts cloud on jobs, banks in Spain and abroad

MADRID: As Spain’s flagship renew- which had secretly amassed a pile of able energy giant Abengoa teeters on debt. the edge of bankruptcy, concerns are Unions too are waiting, worried mounting over the fate of thousands of about mass layoffs. Francisco employees and its numerous projects Carbonero, head of the CCOO union in around the world, just weeks ahead of the southern region of Andalucia crux general elections. where Abengoa is headquartered-said The group filed for protection from he was holding out for the KPMG its creditors late last month, giving it report. four months to find a solution to its “For the moment, they haven’t come astronomical debt or go bankrupt and out with a redundancy plan,” he said, become Spain’s biggest-ever corporate adding nevertheless that a large num- failure. ber of short-term contracts had not Since then, creditors, unions and the been renewed over the past few weeks. government have been trying to get a The group, which is present in some clearer idea of the group’s financial situ- 20 countries, makes nearly 87 percent ation, and a grouping of seven banks of its turnover abroad-with North has appointed auditors KPMG to comb America its largest market, followed through the accounts of the company closely by South America. and its 600-plus subsidiaries, according Already in Brazil, unions are con- to the Bloomberg financial news cerned, with the Sintepav grouping agency. “They are very indebted... their that represents workers in the country’s A Mozambique farmer works in her farm. — AFP total liabilities could be more than 25 construction sector saying it is expect- billion (euros),” Industry Minister Jose ing 5,000 jobs to be cut. Manuel Soria estimated Friday. Mega agrobusiness growing As the December 20 general elec- Small-scale shareholders tions approach, Prime Minister Mariano Spain’s banking sector, which is only Rajoy has yet to comment on the possi- just emerging from the devastating cri- resentment in Mozambique bility of a Spanish company that sis that saw it rescued with a 41-billion- employs 28,700 people globally-includ- euro eurozone bailout, could also be MUTUALI, Mozambique: Immense reserves of gas tually become the house of Arnaldo Francisco, 26, sive, nobody knows what could happen,” said ing nearly 7,000 in his own country- hurt. “Banks’ bottom-line profits this and coal in northern Mozambique have attracted who was also evicted in 2013 but has yet to put a Antonio Muagerene, head of the PPOSC umbrella going down. year will likely fall short of our forecasts, foreign investors in recent years, but so has its fertile new roof over his head. group uniting local civic groups. The government has ruled out any as they start provisioning for the poten- soil, much to the concern of small farmers displaced “I’ve had to tend my crops first,” he said as he He placed the blame for the current tensions on form of state bailout, with Economy tial losses they could face,” said the by agricultural mega-projects. pulled seeds out of piri piri peppers, which are a the government, which he said failed in its role as a Minister Luis de Guindos stressing the Standard & Poors ratings agency. For the purchase of her house and two hectares mainstay of Mozambican cuisine. Neither Macomba mediator. Non-governmental organizations are con- need “to find out exactly what the “Given the company’s large scale... (five acres) of fields, Regina Macomba, a farmer in nor Francisco know how to read and neither speak cerned that the Agromoz scenario will be repeated accounting and debt situation of the and its high leverage... Abengoa is a her 50s, received 6,500 meticals. That is the equiva- Portuguese, the national language in Mozambique. on a much larger scale. The Prosavana project, which company is”. significant exposure for most of the lent of 130 euros ($140) or two months of the mini- They signed the detailed documents explaining emerged from a 2009 cooperation pact with Brazil Spanish banks we rate,” it said. But it mum wage. But she did not have a choice about their compensation for damages plus interest and Japan, concerns 10 million hectares or just over Investors already burnt added that the pressure was not exclu- whether to sell. despite not understanding them. a quarter of Mozambique’s arable land. The world player in solar and wind sively on Spanish banks, as the group Agromoz, a joint venture between the Amorim Agromoz said it acted in accordance with the law The first draft of the project released in 2013, power, biofuels and water manage- also had access to foreign lenders given Group owned by Portugal’s wealthiest family and and conducted the entire process in full transparen- which called for adopting industrial farming prac- ment says it had a gross debt of nearly its large worldwide footprint. Intelec, a company owned by former Mozambican cy. “It wasn’t the company that fixed the level of tices used in Brazil to boost soybean export capacity nine billion euros at the end of Small-scale shareholders fear they president Armando Guebuza (2005-2015), had compensation, but the Mozambican government when five million Mozambicans suffer from chronic September. But lawyers who filed a will get burnt again. “After having over- obtained a government concession in 2012 to farm which determined what should be paid to each fam- food insecurity, sparked an outcry among farmers’ legal complaint against the board come the financial crisis, with the hard soybeans on 10,000 hectares in the remote area ily,” said Agromoz’s chief executive, Andre Luft. associations. Earlier this year the government pre- today say it could stand at 25 billion costs that implied for individual savers, near the border with Malawi. Nevertheless he acknowledged the swift eviction sented a second draft of the project which took into euros. and having witnessed fraud directly Hundreds of others have also been evicted since of the farmers tarnished the company’s public account many of the concerns voiced by small farm- 2013 to make way for the mega farm that will pro- image. ers. Work was continuing to incorporate the views of “Investors have been burnt by other linked to bad business practices, it duce the soybeans for feed for chickens. “Three days civic groups to the second draft, according to bankruptcies in Spain, when debt was seemed that the wind was changing,” after receiving my indemnity payment, the bulldoz- ‘Explosive situation’ Prosavana’s coordinator, Antonio Limbau. found hidden away,” said ISM Capital said Javier Cremades, head of Aemec, ers arrived to destroy our homes and we had to car- Agromoz justified its action because the project But Manuel Pedro Massava, a representative of analyst Antoine Bourgault. He pointed an association representing minority ry our belongings and food away on our heads as was behind schedule due to community consulta- Mutuali’s farmers, was skeptical. “Agromoz was a for instance to the surprise, high-profile shareholders. “But unfortunately that the sun came up,” recalled Macomba, now resettled tions. And with it currently exploiting only a fifth of lesson for us. We saw how people were treated and bankruptcy of Spanish packaged has not been the case,” he wrote in the in Mutuali. the concession, other small farmers still face the the same thing will happen with Prosavana,” he seafood giant Pescanova in 2013, El Pais daily. — AFP Nearby stands the wood frame of what will even- threat of eviction. “The Agromoz situation is explo- warned. — AFP MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015 BUSINESS

Burgan Bank wins J P Morgan ‘Quality Recognition Awards’ Outstanding achievements of 2015

KUWAIT: Burgan Bank announced that it the complete range of USD funds trans- category and 99.7 percent in the MT202 award for both its customer and bank to 103 & MT 202 Payments. We are proud has received the coveted ‘Quality fer operations the management and staff category, thus, entitling Burgan Bank to bank transfers. to have the best-in-class straight- Recognition Awards’ for the year 2015 have maintained during the year. the ‘Elite Quality Recognition Award’ in Sherif Abdelsalam, Executive Director through processing STP rates and it is from JP Morgan Chase. The awards J P Morgan Chase recognizes the both categories. Burgan Bank was - Treasury Services - Head of GCC testimony to the hard work and dedica- acknowledge the bank’s consistent, high bank for achieving 99.0 percent straight- among the few banks across the MENA Financial Institutions Coverage at J P tion of our operations team in achieving quality performance and standards in through processing (STP) in the MT103 region to receive the Elite level of the Morgan Chase, said: “Since 1997, we the best in class solutions to meet cus- have presented the Quality Recognition tomers’ financial needs.” Award to acknowledge the consistent, He added: “On behalf the entire team high quality performance of our clients’ at Burgan Bank, I would like to thank J P fund transfer operations management Morgan Chase for recognizing our and of their staff. This year, less than 1 exceptional financial services, and to percent of our fund transfer clients were thank our employees in maintaining qualified for this highly remarkable high quality performance and standards award. For that, I would like to congratu- for funds transfer operations, which late Burgan Bank for being one of those always proves our Objective “Driven by few deserving it, which further illustrates you.” the bank’s leading presence in the global Since 1997, J P Morgan Chase has financial services market.” presented awards to selected US dollar Commenting on the bank’s presti- clearing clients that achieved a best in- gious win, Adrian Gostuski, Burgan Bank class level of operational excellence. Group’s Chief Operating Officer said: These awards are given to clients who “The J P Morgan Chase awards demon- achieve outstanding straight-through strate Burgan Bank’s commitment to results by properly formatting their quality offered to its clients, for both MT SWIFT payments. Ooredoo Kuwait, Huawei align on Future Transformation Agenda Companies conclude first annual strategy summit

KUWAIT: Senior executives from Ooredoo hold a bilateral strategy summit on a yearly Huawei. The FMO project was awarded to Huawei Kuwait, a member of the international Ooredoo basis. During the event, top management from in July 2015 and has continued to be implement- Group, and leading global ICT solutions both companies participated in a series of visits ed successfully over recent months. provider Huawei recently concluded the com- to R&D centers and solution exhibitions in “Choosing Huawei as our partner was the panies’ first Annual Strategy Summit in China Shenzhen and Shanghai, multiple roundtables right choice,” says Mohammed bin Abdullah Al- with the aim to extend cooperation in develop- and executive business dinners, under the Thani, CEO of Ooredoo Kuwait. “This summit ing new technology platforms as well as sup- theme of “Transform Together, Succeed made us more confident and eager to see porting local community initiatives in Kuwait, Together”. broader and deeper cooperation with Huawei.” aligned with the partnership between Ooredoo Taking place at the global headquarters of “As a longstanding partner of Ooredoo, we group and Huawei. Huawei in the coastal cities of Shenzhen and recognize the significant value that comes from The summit was the first of its kind since Shanghai in China, the three-day summit was sharing best practices and bringing together Ooredoo Kuwait and Huawei signed a memo- attended by leaders such as Mohammed bin minds from around the world to address oppor- randum of understanding earlier this spring to Abdullah Al-Thani, CEO of Ooredoo Kuwait, Hani tunities specific to local markets,” says Steven Yi, ElKukhun, COO of Ooredoo Kuwait, Hendrik President of Region management Department Vorster, CTO of Ooredoo Kuwait, as well as man- at Huawei. “This summit in particular will contin- agement team from Ooredoo Kuwait, while from ue to provide a forum for Ooredoo and Huawei Huawei Steven Yi, President of Region manage- to succeed together in building a better con- ment Department with other management nected Kuwait and delivering the value of inno- executives, along with Huawei- Ooredoo Kuwait vation to local customers.” Account team lead by Anas Mahaftha. This year’s summit topics included how to Jazeera Airways boosts During the summit, the companies signed two better leverage the power of Big Data to under- new memorandum of understanding as a means stand customers and drive more personalized to consolidate their global partnership on strate- services for them. Customer experience man- frequency to Riyadh gic cooperation as well as showcase the learnings agement also stood out as a prominent topic, from Ooredoo Kuwait’s latest Future Mode of with the two companies reviewing new solu- KUWAIT: Jazeera Airways yesterday the Middle through jazeeraairways.com Operation (FMO) project, involving latest man- tions for measuring and then delivering announced it will increase flights or through airline’s native mobile apps aged IT and Network operations solutions from improvements in user satisfaction & loyalty. The between Kuwait and Riyadh, KSA, to four (available on iOS, Android, and Windows). companies further examined the future of flights a week starting January 1, 2016. Travelers may also book offline through mobile video platforms as users in Kuwait The airline currently operates three week- the airline’s call center on 177 (in Kuwait). increasingly look for rich, high-definition multi- ly flights between Kuwait and Riyadh on Based in Kuwait, Jazeera Airways media services for entertainment and working Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. The serves popular destinations in the Middle on the go. additional flight will be operated on East with a consistent on-time perform- Outside of the technology area, Ooredoo Kuwait and Huawei have also agreed to work Thursdays. In addition to serving the ance of 95 percent in 2015. The airline closer in developing and supporting corporate Saudi capital, Jazeera Airways operates offers online booking and check-in and social responsibility campaign within Kuwait flights between Kuwait and the Saudi airport self-check-in kiosks to reduce and across the region. In recent years Ooredoo tourist city of Jeddah every day of the waiting time. Jazeera Airways operates a and Huawei have partnered in the develop- week with double daily flights on fleet of Airbus A320 aircrafts with two ment of Ooredoo’s mobile broadband capabili- Thursdays and Saturdays. The additional class cabins comprising a business class ties including the commercial launch of LTE Riyadh service is designed to serve the and an economy Class. Business class services in Kuwait and Radio Modernization needs of business travelers looking to travelers are offered an upgraded experi- projects. Ooredoo and Huawei have since return home before the weekend, and ence, with exclusive check-in counters, expanded their relationship to include plans leisure travelers looking to spend their business lounge access, and up to 60 kilo- on IP transmission networks modernization, weekend in Riyadh. grams in free baggage allowance. The air- Core network virtualization, and LTE service Travelers may book to Saudi and other line’s economy class offers travelers 40 expansion. high-demand and popular destination in kilograms free baggage allowance.

Nissan hosts regional annual fleet conference in Dubai

DUBAI: In line with its participation offering in the coming 12 months, Chief Marketing Officer of Nissan learns even more by listening to the at the Dubai International Motor and give their feedback on the vehi- Middle East, who gave some feedback it gets from its business Show, Nissan held its annual fleet cles. A total of 43 cars were on dis- insights about Nissan’s brand power, partners. We, at Nissan, are pleased conference to showcase its 2016 play at the event that was held at and communications strategy. to see the continuous business sup- line-up to customers, industry lead- the Meydan hotel in Dubai as a start, “This event offers an opportunity port and commitment from our ers, and partners in the region. and then moved to Miramar hotel in for our clients and partners within clients towards the Nissan brand The event took place in Dubai Fujeirah followed by a visit to the the industry to come together and and the feedback we received over over a period of two days, during Dubai International Motor Show. learn from each other,” said Ghosn. the course of two days from our new which key fleet customers had the The two-day event featured a But what is most satisfying from and long term clients was inspiring chance to experience what Nissan is keynote presentation by Fadi Ghosn, holding such an event is that Nissan and informative”, he added. AUB: KD 250,000 awaiting an Al-Hassad grand award winner

KUWAIT: The countdown for the fourth and final est value reaching KD 3.4 million annually with Ahli United Bank is a leading Islamic Bank in draw for the year 2015 has commenced. The 26 weekly prizes, the largest number of weekly Kuwait with over 74 years history. The Bank suc- draw will be held on the 30 December to deter- winners. cessfully converted to operate according to mine the winner of the quarterly award (lifetime All customers interested in winning and Islamic principles in April 2010. Since then the salary) provided by Ahli United Bank through achieving profits conforming to Islamic Sharia Bank has received excellent evaluations from the Al-Hassad Awards for Islamic Saving pro- can open an Al-Hassad Account for Islamic major rating institutions. It has also obtained a gram. The lucky winner will reap a prize totaling Saving with a minimum KD 100 deposit Minors number of awards including the Best Islamic KD 250,000 payable through continuous month- can also open the account through their legal Bank in Kuwait in 2015 for the third consecutive ly payments of the award. guardians or custodians. year. The award was provided by the Ahli United Bank invites all its customers, Through these simple steps to open Al- International “The Banker” magazine. existing and new, to take the opportunity of the Hassad Account, Ahli United Bank confirms it is For more information about the “Al-Hassad quarterly Grand Prize and increase their the ideal choice to increase the value of its cus- Islamic Saving Program” added to the accounts balances in Al-Hassad Account thereby tomer’s’ savings along with realizing their dreams Investment Saving Account, the prizes and eligi- increasing their winning chances in this pro- through the first and only awards program con- bility criteria, please visit any of Ahli United Bank gram. This program offers prizes with the high- forming to Islamic principles and provisions. branches, or call “Hayyakum” at 181,2000. MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015 t e c h n o l o g y

US can’t access NSA phone records in California terror case WASHINGTON: The US government’s abil- United States, although her husband, Syed pressure from lawsuits and recommenda- “After November 28, 2015, no access to couple in California plotted the attacks in ity to review and analyze five years’ worth Farook, had been here much longer. She tions by two federal panels, the Obama the BR (business record) metadata (phone ways that U.S. or allied intelligence surveil- of telephone records for the married cou- moved from Pakistan to the US in July administration agreed to end the NSA records) will be permitted for intelligence lance programs might have detected. The ple blamed in the deadly shootings in 2014 and married Farook the following phone program. It had secretly collected analysis purposes,” US District Judge FBI director cited “indications of radicaliza- California lapsed just four days before the month. the daily calling records, but not contents Michael W. Mosman ruled. “Hence, tion by the killers, and of potential inspira- attack, when the National Security FBI Director James Comey declined to of conversations, for most Americans, queries of the BR metadata for the pur- tion by foreign terrorist organizations,” but Agency’s controversial mass surveillance say Friday whether the NSA program’s including those never suspected of any pose of obtaining foreign intelligence he said there was no evidence the killers program was formally shut down. shutdown affected the government’s crime, since at least 2006. information will no longer be permitted.” were part of a larger group or cell. Under a court order, those calling investigation in California. “I won’t answer, The government kept five years’ worth The California shootings happened four The FBI said it found discarded, records at the NSA are now off-limits to because we don’t talk about the investiga- of each person’s phone records, deleting days later. The court revealed the order crushed cellphones that belonged to the agents running the FBI terrorism investiga- tive techniques we use,” Comey said. older ones on a rolling basis. NSA contrac- publicly just hours before the shootings. couple near the site of the shootings, and tion, even with a warrant. Instead, under White House spokesman Josh Earnest tor Edward Snowden revealed the pro- Under the new law, passed in June, investi- agents were examining the phones’ con- the new USA Freedom Act, authorities said the FBI was looking through records gram’s existence in 2013. gators still can look for links in phone tents. An American Civil Liberties Union were able to obtain about two years’ worth for the couple. “This includes things like Under a shutdown order by the records but they must obtain a targeted lawyer, Alex Abdo, noted the California of calling records directly from the phone their foreign travel, their contacts with Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, warrant to get them directly from phone shootings were another case where the companies of the couple blamed in the other individuals, their use of social the government was prohibited from col- companies, which generally keep cus- NSA’s inspection of Americans’ phone attack. The period covered the entire time media,” he said. Amid questions about lecting phone records in wholesale ways tomer records for 18 months to two years. records failed to stop the plot before it that the wife, Tashfeen Malik, lived in the whether it was constitutional and under starting Nov. 29. The FBI was investigating whether the happened. — AP

VTech hack exposes ID theft risk in connecting kids to Internet Hackers stole personal information of 6m children BOSTON/SINGAPORE: Parents who gave their child a that they had jointly uncovered multiple vulnerabilities Micro Inc. “Kids have a longer life in front of them and Kidizoom smartwatch or a VTech InnoTab tablet may in iOS and Android apps that work with the device, as they have completely clean credit, which makes them have exposed them to identity theft after Hong Kong- well as its cloud servers operated by technology part- more valuable,” Kellermann said. based VTech said hackers stole the personal informa- ner ToyTalk. A child’s name, birth date, email address and Social tion of more than 6 million children. Among their findings, they claimed that the app Security number are worth $30 to $40 on some under- The breach underscores how digital products could be hacked to reveal passwords, could be tricked ground markets, more than the $20 value of most adult aimed at kids often have far weaker security than other into connecting to hostile networks controlled by hack- profiles, he said. Research by Carnegie Mellon computer products, and may pose a threat to a boom- ers and that the servers were vulnerable to some types University in 2011 found that more than 10 percent of a ing industry. Shipments of toys that connect to the of attacks. sample of stolen children’s social security numbers had Internet will rise 200 percent over the next five years, Mattel spokesman Michelle Chidoni said that the some sort of fraudulent activity associated with them, a according to estimates by UK-based Juniper Research. toymaker and Hello Barbie technology partner ToyTalk proportion 51 times higher than adults’. It’s not clear what the motive was for the VTech have taken steps to ensure the products meets security A child might not find out that their identity had This photo provided by Samsung shows Samsung Gear VR. breach nor whether it has resulted in any identity theft and safety standards. ToyTalk said in a statement that it been stolen until they are in their late teens, said so far. Still, it’s a warning for people who don’t under- had already fixed many of this issues raised. Michelle Dennedy, Cisco Systems Inc’s chief privacy stand how much data and sensitive information is in a It’s too soon to say if the breach will hurt VTech’s officer who founded an identity-theft site for parents, ‘Walking Dead’ executive child’s toy. sales. Still, its stock fell 2.6 percent this week as it hired theidentityproject.com. “The last thing you would ever imagine is that a toy forensic experts, responded to government investiga- “It’s a pain when you are an adult, but for a child it producer sinks teeth into VR manufacturer would lose your child’s identity,” said tions on three continents and temporarily shut down can have so much more harm,” said Dennedy. Liam O’Murchu, a Symantec Corp researcher known for more than a dozen websites, including a messaging “Somebody might fail a background check for first job, LOS ANGELES: While experimenting with a main 360-degree perspective. At certain his work dissecting complex malware produced by service and kids’ app store. or get arrested because a child molester stole their virtual reality for his latest project, “The points throughout “Gone,” viewers are able nation states. “This shows that it’s harder and harder to Mark Stanislav, a researcher at the security firm identity.” Walking Dead” executive producer David to zoom in on clues using the touchpad on do things safely online,” he said. Rapid 7 Inc, whose wife is expecting their first child in a Still, Vtech has some frustrated customers, even Alpert and his crew relied on a very old- the side of Samsung’s Gear VR headset, In VTech’s case, buyers of the company’s cameras, few weeks, began looking into problems with children’s though cyber experts said the stolen VTech data has school form of technology when filming in which utilizes Samsung smartphones as a watches and tablets are encouraged to provide names, products after hearing about security flaws in baby yet to turn up on forums where such information is 360 degrees: The hidey-hole. display device. addresses and birth dates when signing up for monitors, and he subsequently found such problems in sold. “My concern is: Myself and other unlucky parents “The assistant director would go “The Walking Dead” fans will have to accounts where they can download updates, games, products from eight baby monitor vendors. out there buying these products during the holidays around and say, ‘OK. Everyone, get in your wait for a VR experience based on the fran- books and other content. After disclosing the flaws to the companies earlier and have no warning that they may not be able to use hidey-hole!’ “ said Alpert, who is also presi- chise. Alpert noted that modern VR is still VTech said the hackers compromised its Learning this year, he said most have been fixed. He told Reuters these products now or in the future,” said Sarah Brace, a dent of Skybound Entertainment. evolving and that he wanted to first pro- Lodge app store, which provides content for children’s he has since found problems in websites that connect Canadian who commented on VTech’s Facebook “Everyone in the camera department duce an original story in VR before tackling tablets, and its Kid Connect mobile app service that lets other types of devices to kids, including one from a pages. would look around and check if you could zombies in the immersive medium. parents communicate with those tablets. major manufacturer. He will go public with those find- And it may attract US regulatory scrutiny. US rules see them. If they could, they’d say, ‘You “In the beginning when TV came out, Toys that gather data on the user, like VTech’s line of ings next month after giving manufacturers time to fix enforced by the Federal Trade Commission limit how need a new hidey-hole! ‘ “ people started just by putting radio on TV,” cameras, watches and tablets and their associated the problems. personal information collected online from children Being outside the view of cameras cap- he said. “Then, when the Internet came, websites, will grow by 58 percent annually, according Identity thieves use compromised data to pose as under age 13 is treated. That information can include turing every angle was just one of the people said, ‘Let’s put TV on the Internet.’ to Juniper. their victims, get loans or credit cards or apply for serv- photos, videos and chat logs, just the sort of data that many challenges that Alpert uncovered It takes a while to find that native medium. That category includes dolls like Mattel Inc’s recent- ices such as utilities. Other types of criminals assume appears to have been collected by VTech, said Phyllis while working on “Gone,” a live-action I don’t think the best thing to do is to take ly introduced Hello Barbie, which connects to home stolen identities to evade capture by police. Marcus, a former FTC official now at the law firm episodic VR series produced for Samsung’s an established brand and just plop it in wireless networks and communicates with servers to Hunton & Williams LLP. Milk VR service. The first installment of the VR.” enable conversations by uploading audio and getting CLEAN SLATES The FTC declined to confirm or deny any probe of 11-part mystery debuts Dec. 8. This story has been corrected to show responses from the cloud. Children offer credit slates to fraudsters that can be VTech. Authorities in Hong Kong, the United Kingdom “Gone” explores what happens when a that there are 11 installments of “Gone” Mobile security firm Bluebox and independent exploited for years without the victim’s knowledge, said and the US states of Connecticut and Illinois have said child goes missing. The story unfolds from and that it debuts Dec. 8. — AP security researcher Andrew Hay on Friday disclosed Tom Kellermann, chief cybersecurity officer with Trend they are looking into the breach. — Reuters

Video games spark ‘gamification’ craze

NEW YORK: Creating a video game new, interesting ideas,” says P.J. Buffalo that we have this outlet this long story going from novels to is a daunting, yet rewarding task. Moskal, a workshop coordinator at where people can actually present movies to television to comic Along with countless hours of Buffalo Game Space. their games to others and get con- books in which people have feared research, design and testing, teams structive feedback,” says Moskal. this thing, then eventually accept- can spend a great deal of time put- LIFE’S A GAME Buffalo Game Space, near down- ed and embraced it. The key deter- ting the pieces together. And being With so many people playing town Buffalo, is a place for people minant there in making the change able to walk into a place and get video games, it is no wonder that to learn, collaborate, and make is simple familiarity and genera- instant feedback on your prototype psychologists have taken a keen games. tional turnover.” can only enhance the experience. interest in what makes the games “I wanted to find something so compelling. And “gamification,” a CREDIT BUFFALO GAME SPACE GAMIFICATION A FAD? where I could fit in and belong and buzzword of late, has been working FACEBOOK While gamification techniques I found them online, showed up wonders in the workplace and Gamification has taken over our do get people to change their Microsoft’s Xbox One and Sony’s PlayStation 4 have only recently been avail- one day and never stopped coming classrooms for years. In the sim- lives, thanks to video games. The behavior, some are critical of the able in China, after a 15-year ban on console gaming was lifted in June. again,” says Joe Wilson, a video plest terms, gamification happens Strong in Rochester boasts one of trend and say the word is misused. game designer. when a game-like environment is the world’s most comprehensive They also say there’s been a heavy Videogames should be ‘healthy’ Recently at Buffalo Game Space, introduced to drive certain behav- collections. Stop by the museum’s focus on the incentives, and that near the city’s downtown, enthusi- iors. International Center for the History could be misleading. BEIJING: The Ministry of Culture has expressed Ministry of Culture also stressed that games asts like Wilson discussed new Take the popular social media of Electronic Games (ICHEG) and “If you’re trying to force some- its commitment to ensure “healthy” content of should cater to different age groups, not only releases of games, put the finishing app Foursquare, for example. It’s you’ll find more than 55,000 items, thing or get people to do some- videogames and to attract older people to serving teenagers. touches on a game’s animation, motivated millions of users to com- including some of the most impor- thing or game elements they don’t gaming, following the lifting of the 15-year ban The Chinese government has had a long- and jotted down the date for an pete with one another and collect tant arcade video games of all time, want to do, it’s probably not going on gaming consoles and arcades, Xinhua standing fear that games could have an upcoming electronic music class. “badges” each time they visited a every major video game platform to work,” says Dyson. reported. While China has many opportunities adverse effect on young people. The Space, which began as a place with their mobile phone. that ever existed, and a wide selec- “I’m personally interested in seri- for gaming companies, the industry lacks inno- In June, the ministry lifted its ban on the small group’s quest to find like- Starbucks even piggybacked off tion of consoles from different ous games - games for training, vation and promotion in the country, accord- making and selling of gaming consoles after minded people, has turned into a the idea and rewarded customers countries. education, health, even for social ing to a statement released by the Ministry of 15 years of them being contraband in the support network for independent with free coffee whenever they ICHEG Director Jon-Paul Dyson change. But it shouldn’t be mistak- Culture. The statement was released after a country. This allowed Sony’s PlayStation 4 and game designers. The group teaches checked in via Foursquare at one of says video games have also played en for reward systems. It’s really all gaming industry conference in Beijing on Microsoft’s Xbox One to compete with PC workshops, offers up its facility for their coffee shops. a crucial role in getting people to about motivating people to Sunday, Nov. 22. games. Chinese companies are gaining an game gurus to create, and every so Video games have been all the understand how society works. Still, achieve certain goals, not pushing “Game content should be healthy and not expanded presence in the gaming market. often hosts a Game Jam. rage for decades. Buffalo Game there’s a feeling in some house- the rewards onto the player cross the red line,” said the statement. It also Tencent Holdings Ltd. has stakes in large for- “They’re 48 hours, usually, hack- Space prides itself on being the go- holds that they are nothing but an because of some scheme,” says said that arcades should be light and spacious. eign gaming companies like Activision a-thons for game development. to place in Upstate New York for evil temptation that does more bad Moskal. While the statement did not elaborate on what Blizzard, the developer of “Call of Duty” and That’s a chance for members to test creators who are ready to level up. than good. Playing games - whether for fun it meant by “healthy,” the authorities have been “World of Warcraft.” China’s online gaming mar- their skills and also come up with “This is probably the first time in “Video games have been part of or otherwise -does show that peo- known to block the release of games that are ket was worth 110.8 billion yuan in 2014, ple of all ages are more than able to deemed too violent or pornographic. The according to iResearch.cn. attain rewards, solve problems, and work towards a higher goal. But whether play is the best way to experience the world remains to be US court clash on seen. Organizers at Buffalo Game Space are always trying to take its ‘Open Internet’ rules gaming services to the next level. WASHINGTON: Backers and opponents of “Open Peter Keisler, arguing on behalf of cable and Moskal says he’d like the forward- Internet” rules clashed in a federal appeals court, telecom providers before the three-judge panel, thinking group to focus future in the third round of a battle on how US broad- said the FCC overstepped its authority in the rules efforts on diversifying the roster of band providers may be regulated. approved in February. developers in the area. The so-called “net neutrality” case, one of the He said that Congress, in updating telecom- “We have a huge refugee com- most hotly contested tech policy issues in munications law in the 1990s, specifically said the munity in Buffalo. I’m an immigrant Washington, tests whether online services like Internet should be treated as “a core information myself. And it would be really great Netflix, Yelp and new startups should have equal service” that should be exempted from regulation. to reach out to these communities access through Internet service firms like Verizon Judge David Tatel questioned the attorney, because there’s a lot of potential and AT&T. Supporters of the rule argue that it is saying that Internet service providers were merely there. People play games in every needed to ensure access to any type of online transmitting data and as such could be consid- culture.” service without a gatekeeper, while critics say the ered similar to phone carriers. And so far its faithful members FCC is using an antiquated, heavy-handed stan- “Aren’t (consumers) just buying access to the have enjoyed having a place to let dard that will ultimately stifle a free Internet. Internet?” the judge asked. Keisler responded that their creativity flow and fully sub- Two previous efforts by the US Federal consumers “are buying the ability to retrieve infor- merge in video games without Communications Commission were tossed out by mation” and as such must be considered a differ- apology. the appellate court in Washington, but earlier this ent entity. Jonathan Sallett, the lawyer arguing for “I fell in love with the Space and year the agency tried again with a new twist- the FCC, said that even though Internet firms use I’ve been trying to do everything I reclassifying broadband firms as “common carri- more advanced technology they essentially serve can to support them,” says Joe One collection at The Strong Museum’s International Center for the History of Electronic Games includes ers” which can be regulated like phone companies the same function as the phone company by Wilson. more than 250 arcade games. under a 1934 law. transmitting data from one point to another. MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015 HEALTH & SCIENCE Low-carb diet doesn’t always cut diabetes risk after pregnancy

NEW YORK: For women who develop dia- Overweight or obese betes during pregnancy, low-carbohydrate The researchers also scored the diets diets may not necessarily help keep the dis- based on how much food came from ani- ease at bay after the baby arrives, a US mal versus plant sources. The highest study suggests. Researchers found that amounts of protein and fats from red meat women eating diets high in animal proteins and other animal sources were linked to a and low in carbs actually raised their dia- 40 percent greater diabetes risk than the betes risk. A low-carb diet that was heavy lowest amounts, according to the results in plant-based protein and fat, in contrast, published in Diabetes Care. Women were wasn’t linked to an increased risk of dia- more likely to be overweight or obese betes in the study. with the highest amounts of meat in their “Our findings suggest that sources of diets, partly explaining their increased protein and fats should be considered for a risk, the authors note. By comparison, for low-carb diet as a way to control blood sug- women with the highest amounts of ar,” said lead study author Dr. Cuilin Zhang, a plant-based protein and fats in their diet, researcher at the National Institutes of the increase in risk for diabetes small and Health in Rockville, Maryland. The might have been due to chance. It’s possi- researchers focused on the risk of type 2 dia- ble that higher intake of dietary animal fat betes, which is linked to obesity and aging might make it harder for women to and happens when the body can’t properly process sugar and increase their risk of use or make enough of the hormone insulin diabetes, the researchers conclude. AJDOVSCINA, Slovenia: A photo shows Pipistrel Taurus Electro electric two-seat airplane flying above Ajdovscina. —AFP photos to convert blood sugar into energy. Eating a meal rich in animal protein, All of the women in the study had a ver- compared to one heavy in protein from sion of the disease while they were preg- plants, may also lead to higher concentra- nant known as gestational diabetes, which tions in the blood of branched-chain usually disappears after delivery but signifi- amino acids, protein building blocks that cantly raises the future risk of developing have been linked to an inability to process type 2 diabetes. That risk appears even insulin and an increased diabetes risk, the higher for women who cut carbs and get authors speculate. most of their fats and proteins from red meat and other animal sources, the study Health-conscious found. Women who ate the most animal- “Women with a history of gestational based protein and fat also tended to con- diabetes who follow a low-carbohydrate sume the highest amounts of red meat, a dietary pattern may consider consuming food tied to increased diabetes risk. One plant sources rather than animal sources of limitation of the current study is that protein and fat to minimize their future risk dietary surveys might not accurately of type 2 diabetes,” Zhang said by email. To reflect what women ate, the authors con- understand how diet influences future dia- cede. betes risk, Zhang and colleagues followed It’s also possible that more health-con- about 4,500 women with a history of gesta- scious women who see the doctor more tional diabetes who filled out dietary sur- often are more likely to get a diabetes AJDOVSCINA, Slovenia: CEO and founder of Pipistrel Ivo AJDOVSCINA, Slovenia: An employee works on a part of an air- veys starting in 1991 and continuing every diagnosis. Still, the findings emphasize four years through 2001. Based on the that just because a diet is low-carb doesn’t Boscarol (right) inspects a part of an airplane. plane at the Pipistrel factory. results, they sorted the women into five make it healthy, said Dr Deidre Tobias, an groups from lowest to highest compliance epidemiologist at Brigham and Women’s with diets centered on reducing carbohy- Hospital and Harvard University in Boston. Electric planes aim to soar drates and boosting proteins. Overall, “A healthful combination of fruits, vegeta- women in the study with the highest com- bles, whole grains, legumes, and perhaps pliance to the low-carb diet were 36 per- some fish or lean protein can provide a high for cleaner aviation sector cent more likely to develop diabetes than flexible road map to overall high quality those with the lowest adherence. eating,” Tobias said by email. —Reuters ‘This aircraft will cross the Atlantic, fly faster and carry more persons’

AJDOVSCINA, Slovenia: Ultra-light, fast and copy a design from the car industry is not that leader in the field of energy-efficient aviation cheap: more than a century after the Wright difficult. But to make something that is lighter, travel, with Boscarol featuring on the 2015 list of brothers flew the world’s first powered aircraft, a more efficient-that is definitely something that news outlet Politico’s most influential small Slovenian company now hopes to revolu- has not been done before,” said Pipistrel engi- Europeans. “I’m sure the electric flight will tionize the aviation industry with its award-win- neer Jure Tomaciz. become a standard. This aircraft will be able to ning electric planes. Pipistrel’s pioneering Taurus cross the Atlantic, to fly faster, to carry more Electro is seen as a breath of fresh air in a sector Secret night flights persons,” he said confidently. responsible for 13 percent of CO2 emissions Now Pipistrel has even loftier ambitions: to from all transport sources. Launched in 2007, sell the world’s first electric four-seater plane. Its Hybrid is the future around 20 orders are now put in every year for Taurus G4 prototype-built by combining two However, large aircraft companies remain the two-seater plane, which is produced in a fac- twin-seaters-won NASA’s prestigious Green cautious, saying there’s still a long way to go tory in the town of Ajdovscina, close to the Flight award in 2011, worth $1.35 million. The before the technology can be used for heavy Italian border. plane covered 650 kilometers (400 miles) in the passenger planes. “I don’t think we’ll see an The 110,000-euro ($120,770) price tag is off- space of two hours with an average speed of 172 entirely electric plane for another 50 years,” said set by the plane’s inexpensive maintenance: at kilometers per hour. “The car industry, with all Philippe Petitcolin whose Safran company sup- 70 cents an hour, the Taurus is 10 times cheaper the money it has at its disposal, and practically plies engines to Airbus planes. Nevertheless, “in to run than traditional twin-seater planes, no weight limitation, even today isn’t capable of 20 or 30 years, we may be able to fly regional according to Pipistrel. Simplicity is key: you producing an electric car that would take four commuter jets with around 60 people onboard charge the battery, hop inside the cockpit and passengers for 600 kilometers at a speed of 200 thanks to hybrid electric propulsion”, according hit the “on” button to activate the fuselage’s pro- kilometers per hour,” Pipistrel’s founder, Ivo to Airbus Group boss Tom Enders. The corporate peller. The large-winged aircraft can thrust itself Boscarol told AFP. giant currently explores this vein with its E-Fan, a to an altitude of 2,000 meters (6,500 feet), after “We did that with our electric plane,” he twin-seater plane powered by two 30-kilowatt NEPAL, Lukla: In this photograph taken on April 28, 2015, Nepali men carry which the engine is retracted and the Taurus added proudly. The son of a machine engineer electric motors. The ultra-light aircraft aims to the body of an earthquake victim towards a helicopter to be evacuated from glides across the sky as a sailplane. turned test pilot, Boscarol has spent the last offer aero clubs an alternative to traditional the northeastern town of Lukla. “You have just two buttons, up and down and three decades developing and perfecting his planes, both noisier and more polluting. full power, but you can always switch off imme- low-carbon invention. When he built his first air- But, there’s still a lot of room for improve- Nepal quake tough diately when you need to slow down the air- craft in the 1980s, he had to test-fly them in ment: the E-Fan currently only has a one-hour craft,” explained pilot Nejc Faganelj, soaring high secret and only after dark-at the time piloting flight range. Last summer it however managed above the Slovenian countryside on a sunny private planes was prohibited in Slovenia, then to cross the English Channel, 106 years after test for ‘world’s most winter’s day. But behind the deceptively easy part of the former communist Yugoslavia. The Frenchman Louis Bleriot became the first person usage lies a highly complex design. The most night flights, along with the aero-dynamic to make the journey in a heavier-than-air plane. crucial element-and biggest challenge-is the shape of the plane wings, inspired Boscarol to The E-Fan’s exploit shows what can be possible dangerous airport’ lithium battery, which needs to be light yet stur- name his company after the pipistrelle bat. with “a future aviation based on more electric dy so that it doesn’t catch fire if it overheats. “To Today, the Slovenian firm is a global market technologies”, according to Airbus. —AFP NEPAL, Lukla: Flying into Nepal’s Lukla airport- He made dozens of trips that day to rescue the gateway to Mount Everest-demands courage terrified climbers desperate to get off the moun- and precision, thanks to its tiny, treacherous run- tain, and to base camp to rescue the injured. The way perched on a steep cliff. For half a century, frequency of aftershocks and the precarious ter- pilots have needed to navigate snow-capped rain made landing even more difficult than usual, peaks and endure erratic weather to land on a prompting the pilots to hover overhead and haul runway just 500 meters long, which has been climbers up with ropes instead. As rescuers car- carved into a mountain ridge and sits by a per- ried dozens of quake victims into Lukla on sleep- ilous three-kilometer (two-mile) drop. ing bags doubling as stretchers, the tiny airport A litany of deadly crashes, including one in began to swell with hundreds of tourists hag- October 2008 which killed all 18 on board except gling with airline officials for a ticket out. the pilot, has earned Lukla the nickname of the Back in the control tower, Koirala and his col- “world’s most dangerous airport”. But when a leagues embarked on the busiest week of their massive earthquake hit Nepal eight months ago, lives, closely monitoring the movement of planes triggering Everest’s deadliest avalanche and leav- and helicopters to ensure no accidents occurred ing hundreds of climbers and trekkers stranded, mid-air. “The whole week was a blur of flights-the the tiny airfield faced its toughest test yet. fact that there were so many more aircraft than Helicopter pilot Nischal KC told AFP that even on usual in the air made the job very stressful,” an average day constant “weather changes and Koirala said. AJDOVSCINA, Slovenia: A photo shows a cockpit of the Pipistrel Taurus AJDOVSCINA, Slovenia: An employee works on a part of an air- the steep terrain sometimes make landing Electro electric two-seat airplane is seen before take-off in Ajdovscina. plane at the Pipistrel factory in Ajdovscina. impossible”. “It’s high-stakes work and there’s very Edmund Hillary little room for error,” he added. Prior to the airport’s construction in 1964, Also known as Tenzing-Hillary Airport after porters would spend days walking from the first men to summit Everest, it has no radar Kathmandu to Lukla, carrying hundreds of kilos of Stress and depression linked system because of the high cost of installation, expedition gear on their backs. Mountaineering forcing officials to rely on an outdated voice legend Edmund Hillary originally planned to communications system to track movements in build the airfield on flat ground-but local farmers to stroke risk in diabetics the air. “The pilots tell us when they are refused to part with their fertile land. Undeterred, approaching, we give them updates on wind and he purchased a steep slope for $635 and recruited traffic, then as the aircraft enters Lukla valley, we scores of Sherpa villagers to cut down scrub with NEW YORK: People with diabetes are University Brody School of Medicine, stress or depression increased their risk Even so, the findings point to the need warn choppers to steer clear for the landing,” said knives. The climber then plied villagers with local much more prone to depression and said by email. of death from cardiovascular disease by for more clinicians to screen for depres- air traffic controller Dinesh Koirala. liquor and asked them to perform a foot-stomp- stress than other individuals, and these To assess the impact of these mental 53 percent, compared with diabetics sion and stress in primary care settings, ing traditional dance to flatten the land. “A very mental health problems in diabetics are health problems on heart disease and without these mental health problems. where most people with diabetes Mass panic festive mood prevailed and the earth received a tied to an increased risk of strokes and stroke risk, Cummings and colleagues Diabetics with both stress and depres- receive care, Cummings said. Things became even tougher in the after- most resounding thumping. deaths from cardiovascular disease, a US reviewed data on nearly 22,000 adults sion had more than double the death “In our culture, it’s easy to be side- math of the April 25 earthquake, which killed Two days of this rather reduced the Sherpas’ study suggests. The worst outcomes including close to 4,100 with diabetes. risk. tracked by all the other things that we nearly 8,900 people across the impoverished enthusiasm for the dance but produced a firm may result when people with diabetes People in the study were 64 years old on For those without diabetes in the commonly think about checking when Himalayan nation. Rescue pilots seeking to reach and smooth surface for our airfield,” Hillary wrote suffer from both stress and depression at average, 58 percent of them were study, there was a trend toward a greater someone has diabetes, such as monitor- Everest base camp, where an avalanche set off by in his 1998 memoir, “View from the Summit”. As the same time, the study found. This tri- female, 42 percent were black, and 56 risk of death from cardiovascular disease ing their blood sugars daily and taking the 7.8-magnitude quake killed 18 people, were the number of climbers taking on the world’s fecta of health problems was linked to percent lived in the southeastern US when they had stress or depression but medications, and watching for things held back for a day because of hostile weather. highest mountain has boomed in recent more than double the risk of death from region known as the “Stroke Belt” for its the difference between people with and like high blood pressure, foot sores, cho- When they were finally able to fly, rippling after- decades, so traffic at Lukla airport-which can be heart disease faced by people without high prevalence of these cardiovascular without these problems wasn’t big lesterol, and kidney problems,” said Dr shocks brought the threat of further damage. accessed by helicopter or small aircraft-has any of these medical issues. events. enough to rule out the possibility that it Erik Vanderlip of the University of “Aftershocks kept coming that day but I was increased. Spring and autumn tourist seasons “Our study is one of the first to show At the start of the study, roughly 19 was due to chance. The study wasn’t Oklahoma School of Community more stressed out by the weather. I knew that are the busiest, but closures are common since a pattern of increased likelihood of percent of participants had diabetes, designed to prove that stress or depres- Medicine. “We often forget to think unless it cleared up, we could not send any chop- clear skies are essential for safe landing on the adverse cardiovascular outcomes in while 10 percent reported increased sion cause strokes or death from cardio- about depression and stress as inde- pers to rescue people injured by the avalanche,” abbreviated clifftop runway. Despite the chal- those with diabetes compared to those depressive symptoms and 28 percent vascular disease. Other limitations of the pendently contributing to heart disease air traffic controller Koirala told AFP. Pilot KC, who lenges, some say its reputation for danger is without diabetes - first with increased reported elevated stress. Among sub- study include a lack of data on how long through mechanisms which we haven’t has been flying in the Everest region for 14 years, undeserved. “It’s unfair to call Lukla the most likelihood for either (stress or depression) jects with diabetes, those reporting people had diabetes, which can influ- yet fully figured out,” Vanderlip, who was- recalls starting the day with a prayer. “My first pri- dangerous airport when there’s not much we alone, and then an even higher likeli- heightened stress or depression - or ence cardiovascular risk, and the poten- n’t involved in the study, said by email. ority was to get the injured out of base camp but can do about the terrain or the weather,” said hood when both behavioral co-morbidi- both - were more likely to be women, tial that certain factors not measured in “So we rarely screen for it, or diagnose it, people higher up the mountain were panicking Koirala. “I have no doubt many lives were saved ties were reported,” lead study author black, poor, and live in the Stroke Belt. the study might have influenced deaths, despite having treatments that can because of all the aftershocks,” the Manang Air because this airport remained open after the Doyle Cummings of East Carolina For people with diabetes, having either the authors concede in Diabetes Care. change it over time.” —Reuters pilot said. quake.” —AFP MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015 HEALTH & SCIENCE

FORKS, United States: An Ochre sea star (Pisaster ochraceus), also called starfish, is seen in FORKS, United States: Ochre sea stars (Pisaster ochraceus), also called starfish, are seen in the tidepools of Kalaloch Beach 3 in the Olympic National Park, near Forks, Washington, in the tidepools of Kalaloch Beach. this file photo. —AFP photos Is climate change killing American starfish?

FORKS, United States: On the remote rocky shores group of researchers published findings in the tions over time, gauging the temperature and chem- research and possible recovery. “When disease like of the western United States, low tide brings visitors Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences istry of the water, and logging the data as part of this breaks out underwater, we have no established to wave-splashed tide pools to marvel at ocean saying they had found strong evidence that a virus ongoing research into the ecosystem. They are even process to stop it,” Heck told AFP. He has found allies wonders usually hidden from view. But recently, was causing the disease. recruiting “citizen scientists” to help search for the on both coasts, as well as among his fellow largely missing from the bounty are the biggest Researchers now are looking into why the virus is stars and record their condition. Democrats and Republicans, as a disease outbreak draw: a rainbow-hued array of starfish. “I don’t know suddenly so much more widespread and deadly. A Melissa Miner, a researcher with the University of could hit fisheries and devastate a local economy, what you would call it other than catastrophic,” says primary consideration is how warmer water, brought California at Santa Cruz, is one of the people leading but is not optimistic about the chances of his bill in Drew Harvell, a biologist at Cornell University, about by climate change, is affecting the stars, the the data collection, but said the widespread nature the Republican-led Congress. describing what is widely regarded as one of the virus and the wider ecosystem. “There are compo- of the outbreak adds to the challenge. “It is pretty “When I’m home in Washington state, the effects worst marine disease events ever recorded. “It’s stag- nents that certainly track with temperature,” Harvell difficult to collect the data we need on a big scale,” of climate change are all too real. Our salmon are gering, really, the millions of stars that have died. It is said. “We think the magnitude in our waters is due to she said. “I really want to stress that it isn’t under- dying due to higher water temperatures, the snow- not apocalyptic or extreme to say that.” temperature. We know that under warmer condi- stood at all what it is causing this disease.” Harvell pack at Mount Rainier is disappearing, our waters are In recent years, millions of the starfish, also called tions, they die faster.” “We’ve had anomalously warm agreed that money for the extensive research is becoming more polluted, and the increasingly dry, sea stars, have had their legs curl up and pull away oceans for the last two years. Really, what we would scarce. It doesn’t help that the starfish are not an ani- hot summers are causing massive forest fires,” Heck from their bodies, breaking the animals to pieces call hot water . It is really the dominant thing to con- mal humans eat, and thus there is no industry rais- said. But he says when once back in the US capital, before they turn to mush, often in a matter of days. sider,” she said. ing the alarm about their decline. “Out of sight, out “the same concerns seem to be absent among the Scientists have been left racing to figure out why. of mind,” she said. “We need to be concerned about (Republican)-controlled Congress, even though I Once densely packed onto the rocks and on the Data collection difficult the health of our oceans. We could be so much far- know the communities they represent also have evi- ocean floor, the key predators are simply missing A primary challenge for researchers is simply the ther ahead if there had been enough money avail- dence of a serious problem. The urgency from the from some locations, their numbers cut by 95 per- massive amount of data needed to get a good able.” majority party to deal with these problems just isn’t cent or more. The phenomenon, called Sea Star understanding of what is happening. The animals Congressman Denny Heck, whose district in there.” For her part, Miner is hopeful that the colorful Wasting Syndrome, was first noticed by rangers in are found on thousands and thousands of miles of Washington state includes much of the inland sea stars have a high enough profile to draw atten- Olympic National Park in Washington state in 2013. coastline, and sufficient funding is simply not avail- waters where starfish have been dying off in huge tion to their demise. “They are as charismatic as you It has now been documented from California to able to thoroughly count them and consider all the numbers, is trying to help by establishing a frame- can be as an intertidal species,” she said. “They are Alaska, and led to die-off that is bigger and more possible variables. But scientists are nevertheless try- work for declaring a marine disease emergency. what connects people to ocean. The sea star is kind widely spread than any seen before. Late last year, a ing. They are tracking the numbers of stars in loca- Such a declaration would come with money for of the mascot of the intertidal.” —AFP Makeup and skin care expert Asma Lootah reveals her secrets about beauty

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LuLu Hypermarket launches Chocolate Festival 2015 uLu Hypermarket, one of the leading hypermarkets for shopping delights, is sweetening up its December Ldeals with its ‘Chocolate Festival 2015’, a promotion of the smoothest, lightest and creamiest chocolates at great prices. The promotion was inaugurated by Muhammed Haris, Regional Director in the presence of LuLu management and well-wishers on 3 December at the Hypermarket’s Al- Rai outlet. Adding its own saccharine goodness to the function was the 15 meter chocolate train that was a daz- zling sight. The chocolate promotion, running from 2 December to 12 December in all LuLu Hypermarket outlets, has a wide variety of chocolate offerings to tantalize your sweet tooth. With delectable combinations of regular and branded chocolates on sale, the festival is a highly desirable event for all chocolate enthusiasts, particularly those seeking new favorite sweets. LuLu Hypermarket is well-known for its great promo- tional deals and grand fests that create exciting experi- ences for consumers. The hypermarket is at the forefront of retail excellence, stocking the best products at competitive prices, and is known for the innovative ways in which it interacts and delights customers.

LOYAC organizes Volunteer Open Day

n the occasion of the International ceeds to charity for the relief of Arab children this field, and to promote community aware- with the various volunteer centers in Kuwait, the Kuwaiti Society for the Handicapped, Volunteer Day, LOYAC organized a in war stricken countries. The event included ness of the importance of voluntary social including Kuwait Society for the Welfare of was pleased to share LOYAC the celebration Ovolunteer open day, on Saturday at its live music and food stations, sponsored by humanitarian work. the Disabled, the caring for the elderly and of the International Volunteer Day. Believing headquarters in Al-Qiblia school, with the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC). Al-Saqaf noted that LOYAC offers many orphans’ and the Children’s Hospital of can- that volunteering has a humanitarian goals participation of the Kuwaiti Society for the On this occasion, Fari’a Ahmad Al-Saqaf, volunteer programs that aim to aware of the cer. And it offers also the “homes” program for charity; and that is an opportunity for vol- Handicapped and Kuwaiti artists whom have LOYAC Chairwoman, confirmed that the cele- value of volunteer work, including “volunteer which aims to renovate the homes of the unteer organizations and companies that painted reused oil barrels for the peace cam- bration of the International volunteer Day is is my happiness” program, which aims to vol- needy families in Kuwait, Lebanon, Jordan encourage volunteerism and individual vol- paign #PEACEOFART which aims to generate an honor for individuals, governmental and unteer in helping and give service to disabili- and Yemen. unteers to enhance its contribution to the funds through an auction and give the pro- non-governmental organizations working in ties and hospital patients, in collaboration Meanwhile, Munira Al-Mutawa, Founder of development at the global and local levels.

‘Shop Bahrain’ announces 2015 dates from Kuwait

he second edition of Bahrain Shopping with an incredibly diverse range of retail experi- Shop Bahrain brings together an exciting cal- family activities. The festival, held on 31st Shopping Complex, a cinema event dedicated for Festival, ‘Shop Bahrain’, is set to be the ences from luxury malls to traditional souks to lux- endar of events including ‘VIVA Shop and Skate’, December 2015 and 1st January 2016, will feature children as well as the ‘Kamikaze Fireflies’ show Tlargest nationwide festival with a unique 30- ury boutiques coupled with unbeatable bargains the largest outdoor ice-skating skating rink in the games, entertainment activities and mouth-water- among other entertainment activities. A weekly day celebration of Bahrain’s heritage, hospitality and promotions. GCC region housed outside Al A’ali Shopping ing cuisine. and grand raffle draw will also be held offering vis- and tourism offering for the entire family running “Our key focus is to attract visitors from the Complex. The event is dubbed to be ‘one that the ‘Shop Bahrain’ will also witness the comeback itors and residents the opportunity to win big and from December 24th 2015 until 23rd January Gulf region. We look forward to welcoming visitors family can enjoy’ and will feature a shopping of the much-awaited Al Riwaq’s ‘The Nest’, a local amazing prizes. 2016. The announcement was made today during to the Kingdom and encourage them to spend a bazaar and other special attractions during the bazaar showcasing the latest talents from Bahrain Shoppers and visitors can find out the latest a press conference held at Jumeirah Messilah few extra days to enjoy our exciting line-up of weekend. and the region, in addition to ‘The Taste Tour’ held information about Shop Bahrain through the festi- Beach in Kuwait. events which embodies the spirit of fun and cele- ‘The Family Fair’, a two-day carnival held during in Block 338, Adliya. val’s website www.shopbahrain.com or by follow- Shop Bahrain will mirror the Kingdom’s posi- bration,” said Shop Bahrain Director, Nawaf Al- the New Year’s Eve Weekend at Prince Khalifa bin Other fun-filled attractions include in-mall ing any of its social media channels on Facebook, tion as a welcoming, accessible, family destination Koheji. Salman Park, will bring together an array of fun activities such as Bungee Jumping held in Al A’ali Twitter, Instagram and YouTube @shopbahrain. MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015 WHAT’S ON

CAN recognizes VIVA ancer Aware Nation (CAN) recognized VIVA, Kuwait’s fastest-growing and most developed telecom operator, for sponsoring the Marathon held on last Saturday. Ayman Salem Al-Mutairi, Senior Manager Public Relations at VIVA, received the trophy from CAN’s representative, Dr Rashid Al-Hamad, after the marathon. VIVA has announced last week its sponsorship for this event that combines between Chealth and sport that meets its CSR plans, as it’s always keen to support different activities that aim to serve the society and spread the awareness among its members. VIVA’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities can be reviewed on the company’s website at https://www.viva.com.kw/csr. This offers a description of each CSR initiative that VIVA has supported, or taken on since its inception.

romoting health awareness and encouraging healthy lifestyle are part of the activities of Cancer Awareness Nation (CAN), which organized a marathon on Friday that ended at the Green Island. Several Pestablishments sponsored the event including Al-Sanabel Al-Thahabiya and its principal Sebamed. MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015 TV PROGRAMS

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SITUATION VACANT CHANGE OF NAME Kuwait KNCC PROGRAMME FROM THURSDAY TO WEDNESDAY A lady maid is needed to I, Shaik Abdulla son of Shaik work from 1 pm to 7 pm. Hussien Saab, holder of (03/12/2015 TO 09/12/2015) She must know cooking Indian Passport No. and cleaning. Salary is 125 M6257412, hereby my name KD/month. The flat is locat- Sunkesula Abdulla son of ed in Salmiya. Tel 67643439. Sunkesula Hussenaiah door - SHARQIA-1V8-2 11:30 AM CREED 9:45 PM AVENUES-3 BUS 657 3:45 PM 5169 Gandhinagar V8-2 1:30 PM CREED 12:30 AM CREED 11:30 AM BUS 657 5:45 PM (C 5093) 5-12-2015 Rajampeta, Kadapa, AP, India. 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CROSSWORD 1102 STAR TRACK

Aries (March 21-April 19) Libra (September 23-October 22) You should be feeling quite healthy and natural today. Everything points Your close friend has a business dinner to go to next week and wants to to your taking the initiative in some group endeavor. You may have a job that is part- ask your loved one to go with your friend. You might smile and then offer to help this time, perhaps as a tour guide. You could be giving assistance to newcomers in a reli- person with a little money for an escort service. This is the most appropriate route to gious group. Whatever the case, you really are involved in conversations that involve take. It will soon be time to take the next step in updating the place where you live. Take memories of the past, as well as places of interest from your travels or from reading. The the opportunity this evening to get ideas from the rest of the family or others that live elderly love to talk about these things and there are much laughter and fun conversa- with you. Set a timetable and stick to it. This will help you to see progress all around you tions in your part of the world today. Taking chances on the emotional level just seems at all the right times. You could be feeling very optimistic this whole day. You have a somehow natural to you. Commonsense keeps you financially in check when it comes great deal of faith and you enjoy living and experiencing life each day. This afternoon you make it a point to spend time with loved ones. Paint or photograph the sunset. to a bit of shopping this afternoon. Do not loan or borrow money this month.

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

You may be put in control of a few people today. Orientation, controlling a It should be a breeze for you to do any work requiring discipline or organi- crowd and organizing people are just part of what you do well. You encourage others to zation. There may be some very serious or meditative moments and you ask questions and this eases any frustrations for them at a later time. You encourage and may find yourself in a very businesslike mood, although you will not be working in an office. This could mean you are at a bazaar and will be helping to sell some fun items. instruct and could be a good part of a team that enlists the public in education, the mili- Some of the items people buy are to encourage and lift the spirit with a more positive tary or any new beginnings of a number of professions. This group you are leading will mood. Someone could be seeking you out for your sidewalk psychology. Procuring and probably be full of young people. Listening to some of the young people in this country sharing information is emotionally significant to you at this time. Communicating your may be like listening to the sages of the ages. Anything is possible and ideas for invest- feelings becomes quite essential. Take turns enjoying a massage therapy session with ments in the future may be apparent. By the end of this day, you will find that you will your lover later today. Enjoy feeling luxuriously lazy this evening. be looking for more opportunities like this day offers.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) You set life examples for your family and friends. Today, however, you will One way to measure your life-progress is whether you have the same want to leave the door open to some beneficial changes. A family meet- problems now as you did the year before. Although you may still have some of the habits that get you into some of the situations that cause you problems, 7. Someone who works (or provides workers) ing is the perfect time for decisions regarding the way that money is spent or the intro- ACROSS duction of entertaining requirements. You make group decisions about who is respon- you have learned how to detect and shrink the onset and length of the difficulties. Your 1. A male human offspring. during a strike. sible for what decorations and respect thereof. You will be guiding or helping along the progress toward your personal goals is admirable. You have, however, been neglecting 4. The possibility of future success. 8. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of way but you will be pleased at the amount of cooperation and interest that you have your creative talents lately. It is time to open up a forgotten project and see it through to ignited. You teach commonsense thinking when scheduling comes in to play. You may completion; you will be pleased with the results. You may also find that this creative 12. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms project would make a thoughtful gift to someone special. You appreciate your life, your blow). and yielding a yellow dye. also discover it is a relief to be able to share the responsibility of decision-making. An talents, your opportunities and your friends-including loved ones. open mind and a positive attitude equal success. 15. The unit of frequency. 9. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle 16. Gregarious burrowing rodent larger than produced by an electrocardiograph. the chinchillas. 10. Most important element. 17. Fiddler crabs. 11. A slight amount or degree of difference. Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 18. 40th President of the United States 12. Historical and literary materials relating to You could be looking to add a little color to your life, allowing your unique A powerful need to nurture is becoming a bigger-than-usual component (1911). Judaism. and unusual qualities to surface. It may surprise you to know that some- in your life. You could be feeling the need to care for others or to have 20. (medicine) Chilly. 13. Type genus of the Aceraceae. one close to you understands you and is supportive of your eccentricities. You could them care for you, possibly on a public as opposed to a private level. You have needs 21. The habitation of wild animals. 14. An unofficial association of people or establish some new solutions or stumble onto something very inventive. Allowing your and you sense the needs of others. Your understanding is helpful when patience is creative and intuitive talent to evolve can bring you many nice surprises. You just some- 22. An elaborate song for solo voice. groups. needed. Accepting praise for your tastes or belongings helps to make your day even a how know that anything is possible if you will just set your sights high enough. You are bit more pleasant. You may not have any problem in valuing your own life situation at 23. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake 19. A member of an agricultural people in not afraid to take risks at the deepest emotional level. Optimism and faith are the two this time. Study-time is productive and important. Later, you could find yourself enjoy- Chad. southeastern India. guiding words and allowing yourself the luxury of exploring your feelings helps in ing a long conversation, writing a letter or making a special phone call. Long-distance 26. A genus of Ploceidae. 24. A white linen liturgical vestment with understanding. Make an outline of the steps needed to get where you want to go. conversations can be useful. You could be thinking of joining a study group. 28. An overland journey by hunters (especial- sleeves. ly in Africa). 25. An ancient city in northern Portugal. Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 31. An Arabic speaking person who lives in 27. A constellation in the southern hemi- Leo (July 23-August 22) Arabia or North Africa. sphere near Telescopium and Norma. You could find yourself in or around the activities that come with a parade or Your attitude seems at peace-others only hope to become as evolved as some other similar high-energy activity. The positive and magical looks on the faces of chil- 33. A Portuguese province on the south 29. A radioactive element of the actinide you appear to be. You take problems as valued lessons, rather than obstacles. You find a coast of China and two islands in the South series. dren delight everyone present for the experience. The air is crisp and people are talking, deep appreciation for responsibilities and duty. Nurturing is a larger-than-usual compo- laughing and pointing to all sorts of eye-catching fantasies. You help to teach others through China Sea. 30. A primeval personification of air and nent in your life. Caring for others or having them return the favor is essential to your your actions and today you might have volunteered to help a wheelchair rider or handi- 36. The quarter of many North African cities breath. well-being. Although you very seldom ask for affection, you can successfully fit the two capped person see this event. Your friends or family members may have decided they liked in which the citadel is located. 32. According to the Old Testament he was a together well. Managing and directing others wherever you find yourself seems to be your idea and joined to help you share the day with others. There is much to learn from those your specialty. Someone in authority recognizes your talent in these areas and may less fortunate. Creative energy this evening may open a door to poetry, musical lyrics, adver- 42. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel decide to put in a request for your time. solely the razorbill. (9th century BC). tisement jingle, etc., etc. 43. City in central Iran. 34. Verse in the meter used in Greek and 45. Being ten more than one hundred forty. Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetra- Virgo (August 23-September 22) 46. A reptile genus of Iguanidae. metric lines. Pisces (February 19-March 20) 48. (botany) Of or relating to the axil. 35. A transmission from Earth to a spacecraft You are able to captivate and spellbind the audience today. A birthday Those around you are going to find it very easy to understand exactly what 50. Done or occurring in a brief period of or the path of such a transmission. party, a teaching lesson, a story-reading class or whatever you have gotten yourself into you mean when you speak. You should find it a good time to read a romantic novel or to take time. 37. The table in Christian churches where will certainly have positive returns for your effort. The audience is appreciative and you in a movie. You may decide to read a book to a young person, even though the young person 51. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich communion is given. may decide this activity is something you would like to add to your life experiences. is not present. A tape recorder can come be handy for playing another day. This method Note that this activity was a voluntary activity and there was no paycheck. Being opti- would also be fun when creating a story of your own. A typist could listen to your recording agricultural area. 38. Erect leafless flower stalk growing directly mistic and having faith in yourself will assure your success in other areas of your life. The and type the story into a manuscript to submit to a publisher. You may be quite eloquent in 53. A strong emotion. from the ground as in a tulip. experience today is a good practice, albeit a worthy one! You are ready, willing and able speaking or communicating. Knowing how you feel about life should make the telling of 54. Submit or yield to another's wish or opin- 39. With rapid movements. to accept new emotional experiences. This could mark a time when your life path some true story fun and captivating. Picture albums, hot tea and a bicycle ride for two ends ion. 40. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate changes. You and a mate open up to better communication at this time. this weekend with a smile. 60. A high-crowned black cap (usually made or tossed and served with a moist dressing. of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey 41. A member of a rural Finnish people living and Iran and the Caucasus. in eastern Russia. Wordsearch Puzzle Yesterday’s Solution 68. A program under which employees regu- 44. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly larly accumulate shares and may ultimately area). assume control of the company. 47. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan 69. The largest island of the central Ryukyu River. Islands. 49. The cry made by sheep. 72. (informal) Roused to anger. 52. Large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides. 73. Port city that is the capital and largest city 55. A member of a North American Indian of Latvia. people living around the mouth of the 74. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling). Colorado river. 75. A loose sleeveless outer garment made 56. A white metallic element that burns with from aba cloth. a brilliant light. 76. An organic compound that contains a 57. West Indian tree having racemes of fra- hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom grant white flowers and yielding a durable which in turn is doubly bonded to another timber and resinous juice. carbon atom. 58. Strike with disgust or revulsion. 77. Low spreading tropical American shrub 59. A Muslim council of state. with long slender leaves used to make a 61. The seventh month of the Hindu calen- dar. mildly stimulating drink resembling tea. 62. A company emblem or device. 78. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked). 63. A small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off). DOWN 64. Large burrowing rodent of South and 1. Disposed of as useless. Central America. 2. A drama set to music. 65. A woman hired to suckle a child of some- 3. An anti-inflammatory drug that does not one else. contain steroids. 66. An amino acid that is found in the central 4. A vinyl polymer used especially in paints or nervous system. adhesives. 67. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls. 5. The tissue forming the hard outer layer of 70. Serving as an essential component. e.g. a fruit. 71. An agency of the United Nations affiliated 6. A mouth or mouthlike opening. with the World Bank.

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The Oscar-winning actor was the only passenger on board the plane, which experienced serious technical failures shortly after taking off, leading the pilot to perform an emergency crash landing. The ‘Shawshank Redemption’ star said: “Sometimes things don’t go as planned and a tire blew on take-off which caused other problems. But thanks to my excellent pilot Jimmy Hobson we landed safely without a scratch. “I cannot say the same Cowell feared for son’s about my plane. I appreciate the concern and prayers for our safety.” The 78-year-old Hollywood icon was on his way to shoot ‘The Story of God’, a National Geographic television series about religion, when the plane was safety after burglary forced to land 36 miles from where it had taken off, in Tunica, Mississippi. Last year, Morgan - who has had a pilot’s license for 12 years - was imon Cowell feared for his son’s safety stole cash and jewelry thought to be worth forced to land a malfunctioning plane on his after being told his house had been hundreds of thousands of pounds, but way to the Toronto Film Festival. He was flying Sburgled. The 56-year-old music mogul Simon insisted that his first priority was the from his home in Mississippi to attend the pre- was awoken in the early hours of Friday safety of his family. He told The Sun on miere of his film ‘Ruth & Alex’ at the festival, but morning by his bodyguard, who explained Sunday newspaper: “It’s not what they stole, was 90 minutes late because of the terrifying there had a been a break in, and Simon’s it’s the fact they got into the house. That incident. first thought was to check on the safety of was the frightening thing, the idea some- his 21-month-old son Eric. Simon - who also one was in my house.” Simon also revealed lives with his girlfriend Lauren Silverman at he plans to boost his security in light of the their home in Holland Park, West London - incident. Asked to put a price on the stolen shared: “It was nerve-racking. Lauren was items, he said: “I don’t want to talk about woken up with me and we checked on Eric. that. The insurance company will cover that. “That was the first thing we did, to make “It was some jewelry. The most important sure he was OK. “Apart from the fact some- thing is to make sure everyone is OK. one broke into my house and stole my stuff, “What’s more concerning is how we stop which is scary, it could have been worse. people getting into this house. Wherever Thankfully no one was hurt. “But we have you live someone can get in. “Maybe I have the worst guard dogs in the world.” The thief to get bigger guard dogs.” Liam Payne wants to give up smoking Khloe Kardashian visits he One Direction singer has set his New Year’s resolu- tion to “grow up” and stop the bad habit but admits it Twill be tough. He said: “I’m going to try and give up her sister Kim in hospital smoking, which is hard, but I do want to. I want to. It’s about time. Need to grow up now.” Band mate Niall Horan has an equally health-driven goal for 2016 - to spend more time hloe Kardashian has visited her sister West and her husband, Kanye West, wel- training in the gym. He added to PEOPLE magazine: “I’m Kim in hospital following the birth of comed the arrival of their son this morning. going to train, succeed in the gym this year. I always do it Kher baby boy. The ‘Keeping Up With Mother and son are doing well.” And Kim - when I’m on tour and then when I get home, I’m c**p. “Yeah, The Kardashians’ star welcomed her second who also has daughter North, two, with I would like to succeed properly and get the job done.” child, a son, today (05.12.15) and her husband Kanye - previously admitted she is Meanwhile, the band are set to go on a hiatus next year and younger sister was on hand to visit the planning to take her time to get her post- the 22-year-old singer previously revealed their break would newborn whilst also tending to estranged baby body back following the arrival of her be for at least two years. He shared: “Obviously we’re all husband Lamar Odom. She wrote on son. She wrote: “A few weeks to go and 60 going to take a break for a bit first and then consider where Twitter: “I know these hospital halls way too pounds up! I look at other celebrities and we are in the world. Then I just want to write songs. That’s well. Hopping from one room to another.” Instagram girls who are literally so skinny been the most fun process out of this, except for touring, the Kourtney Kardashian also alluded to the right after giving birth. How is that possi- writing of the songs. “We’re going to come back, so there’s birth on social media, tweeting, “Baby’s ble?!?! “I mean, I’m focused and I love the something to write for as well, for us and for other people. breath,” alongside emoticons of a blue challenge of getting my body back and We haven’t really had time to write an album. Writing’s not heart and a pair of praying hands. The birth feeling good again, BUT I am going to be a really a job, it’s so much fun. We’ve always had to rush it, so of Kim and Kanye West’s son was little bit more realistic. I’m not saying any- it’s going to be nice for the next two years - I’m going to announced on the 35-year-old television one is being unhealthy or not doing it the write a few songs and see what happens.” personality’s website today. A statement right way, but how do they lose weight and published on the site read: “Kim Kardashian look so good so fast?! (sic)”. Joe Jonas is ‘upset’ with Gigi Hadid

he ‘Just In Love’ hitmaker is reportedly gutted his ex-girlfriend has moved one with the for- mer One Direction star so quickly. A source said: “He was a bit upset how fast Gigi went out Olly Alexander: Music Tin public with Zayn, but it is what it is at this point. “He still has feelings for Gigi that won’t just disappear overnight. They did love each other and he still has a love for Gigi.” Since his split from the 20-year-old model, the 26-year-old singer doesn’t want to rush into a new relationship and is planning on focusing on his work, family and friends. An insider added to E! News: “He is relieved my anxiety not looking to rush into another relationship though just yet. He is focusing on his music and new projects that are in the lly Alexander feels music has helped him channel his anxiety. The Years & works. “He has some Years frontman admits he has struggled with anxiety and depression in the great friends and family Opast but has found an outlet through music and songwriting. When asked if around so, like anything, music is like therapy to him at Capital’s Jingle Bell Ball with Coca-Cola, he told BANG he knows his feelings for Showbiz: “No. Therapy is much better. But music is definitely something I do that Gigi will pass with time.” helps channel my anxiety in a positive way.” Meanwhile, the 25-year-old singer previ- Meanwhile, Gigi’s moth- ously revealed he suffered panic attacks before school that were so bad he refused er Yolanda Foster recent- to go to school. He explained: “I was quite troubled at school, I was bullied. For what- ly revealed her daughter ever reason, like family life and my parents divorcing around that time, I had a messy is “loving life” following childhood. “Being a teenager is horrible for a lot of people, anyway ... depression and her split from Joe. Of anxiety on top of that becomes a very layered, complicated thing. “I got to a point Zayn, she said: “I haven’t where I wouldn’t go to school, and wouldn’t get out of bed. I would have panic met him yet. Gigi’s 20 attacks. I was really bad, shaking, crying and hyperventilating. I saw a doctor but he years old, loving life, wasn’t that helpful.” The ‘King’ hitmakers took to the stage tonight at the Jingle Bell shopping like she Ball, whilst the likes of Coldplay, Ariana Grande and Nathan Sykes also performed. should. I haven’t met him yet, so I can’t say anything about him.”

Chris Brown: My daughter made me ‘mellow’ Guetta wants slot on Rihanna’s album hris Brown feels very “humbled” to have a daugh- avid Guetta is hoping to make an appearance on part of this huge football tournament in my home coun- ter. The ‘Loyal’ hitmaker is co-parenting his little Rihanna’s album. The ‘Lovers On The Sun’ hitmaker try. Music and football go hand in hand when it comes to Cgirl, Royalty, with ex-lover Nia Guzman and insists Dhas revealed he put together a ballad for the celebration and enjoyment and I want to help to make he has become more “mellow” since becoming a father. ‘Diamonds’ hitmaker’s highly-anticipated upcoming this EURO the biggest and most memorable yet.” David He said: “I have a co-parenting job that’s pretty amazing album ‘ANTI’ but admits he’s not too sure if it will make the took to the stage during tonight’s Jingle Bell Ball along- but, you know, learning how to be a dad, especially final cut just yet. Speaking to BANG Showbiz at Capital’s side the likes of Coldplay, Ariana Grande and Jess Glynne. learning how to take care of somebody else. I barely Jingle Bell Ball with Coca-Cola, he said: “I made one ballad Jason Derulo, Nathan Sykes and Years & Years also per- know how to brush my teeth in the morning! It’s actual- that I know she really liked ly great. It’s very humbling ... It’s very calming. “I think I but you never know until the last minute.” The 48-year-old was a lot (more) ... rambunctious, very hyper as a kid but, music producer also revealed now seeing that 10 times over, my daughter’s kinda, like, he feels “honored” to have mellowing me out.” The 26-year-old singer also revealed recorded a track for the UEFA his favorite time to spend with Royalty is around bed- EURO 2016. He added: “I have time because it can be so “crazy”. He added to Ryan this record I did for the UEFA Seacrest: “That’s the best part of being a dad, doing Football club. That is crazy; it those little things. Bedtime is crazy for me ‘cause I always is a big honor for me repre- was like... trying to avoid bedtime when I was a kid, like, senting my country. “I am ‘No, mum, just 15 more minutes, please!’ “So I’ll keep like always working on my music. I the kids’ channel on and turn it all the way low and turn have my new song with Sia all the lights out, and, you know, I’ll lay in the bed with and Fetty Wap.” And David her and, like, rub her back until she actually falls asleep. previously admitted he is But some nights, she’s not having it. Like, she just is total- “incredibly excited” about the track. He said at the time: “It is incredibly exciting ... to be LIFESTYLE37 MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015 Gossip Lance Bass ‘different life’ ance Bass thinks he would have had a “different life” if he came out when he Lwas younger. The *NSYNC singer believes not revealing he was gay when he was a young boy had left him feeling “sepa- rated” from his friends and family. He shared: “I would have had a different life. I would have enjoyed myself more and I wouldn’t have had to hide something major in my life from the whole world. “It separat- ed me from my friends and family and so I would love to get those younger years back.” And the 36-year-old singer found writing a memoir, which he titled ‘Out of Sync’, in 2007 was very “therapeutic”. He added to BELLA New York magazine: “It’s something I hid for so long. I kind of wanted to disappear for a little bit and let that digest because it was odd being that vulner- able to the world after being so hidden. “It was a little freaky, and I felt writing a mem- oir was very therapeutic. To be able to tell that coming out story and know that you Adele has bonded with Victoria Beckham are hopefully helping some other gay kid out there relate to your story is an honor to he 27-year-old singer - who has three-year- stands the pressure of being a mum in the show- to get something in the diary. Emma is a friend do that.” old son Angelo with partner Simon biz world.” The ‘Hello’ hitmaker has reportedly of Jennifer’s and a huge Adele fan so the trio TKonecki - is said to have grown close to the also been growing close to Jennifer Lawrence planned a night out together when they were all 41-year-old fashion designer and have swapped and Emma Stone and enjoyed a night out on the in New York. “Adele loved having a proper girlie tips about being mothers in the spotlight. An town with the ‘Hunger Games’ star and the night out and they all enjoyed wine and had a insider said: “Victoria loves Adele and they’ve ‘Birdman’ actress last month. A source told giggle. They’re all similar ages so it was nice for met up with their kids. “Adele says Victoria is Closer magazine: “Adele met Jennifer at a show- Adele to let her hair down and enjoy a rare night Idris Elba much funnier than people realise and she under- biz bash and the pair had been texting for ages away from mummy duty.” ‘battles’ with fear

Brett Rossi wants ‘justice’ he ‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom’ star admits he struggles with the fear of failing he former fiancee of Charlie Sheen has filed a lawsuit against the Tbut gets through it by learning not to ‘Anger Management’ star where she claims he was “negligent” “respect” those feelings. He said: “Fear is an inter- Tand has left her “emotionally distressed” in not revealing to her he esting one for me. I think it’s definitely part of was HIV positive but she has insisted she’s not in it for the money. She what goes on inside my head. I battle it. “I don’t told FOX411: “I want justice. If I wanted money, I would have kept our respect fear. I don’t mean that in an arrogant child. If I wanted money, I would have kept quiet. I want justice. “If he way, but I am self-aware, and that’s how I deal would have told me from day one, from the first time that we met, with it.” The 43-year-old actor also revealed he there would have never been a relationship. I never would have been has felt more “responsible” since being given sexually active with him, “I stayed because when we had a heart to more leading roles in films but admits he misses heart. I asked him, is this for real, is this what you want, is this forever, being a part of an ensemble. He added to now and forever? He said yes, I want to marry you, I want to have a fam- hungertv.com: “With growth comes a lot of ily with you, I want to have normal life.” However, the star refutes the responsibility. I think one of the tougher things allegations, which also includes assault. His lawyer Martin D. Singer when you go from being a supporting actor to a said: “Charlie Sheen intends to vigorously defend the lawsuit filed by leading actor is that your process is slightly dif- Scottine Ross. “We are confident that Mr. Sheen will prevail in this ferent. “You find yourself on your own quite a action and will prevail on his claims for affirmative relief against her.” bit, and when you’re used to an ensemble, that can be a little unsettling. But you’re given a lot more freedom to create in that space, and that’s a gift for any actor. That freedom is why I love what I do.”

Kim Wilde: Courteney Cox My looks helped is ‘desperate’ to my career try counseling im Wilde thinks her looks were a “big part” of her career success. he ‘Friends’ actress and Snow The 55-year-old singer burst onto the music scene in 1981 with her Patrol singer Johnny McDaid are Kdebut single ‘Kids in America’ and has admitted her aesthetic Tsaid to have called off their appeal played a big part in her rise to the top of the industry. The blonde engagement earlier this month but it star said: “Looks were a big part of my success, and I always understood has been claimed that things had been “rocky for a while” between the pair. A source that. “I grew up in the 70s when there were a lot of beautiful people said: “Things have been rocky for a while. They were arguing over wedding plans, had around, not least David Bowie. I embraced it, but I never took myself that one almighty row and she asked him to leave. “They are both devastated that it has seriously.” Although Kim felt objectified come to this. Courteney has been especially upset and is telling friends it’s a trial sepa- during her meteoric rise, she also admitted ration while they figure out how to move forward. She’s desperate to have relation- she was happy to indulge those attitudes ship counseling.” The 51-year-old actress - who met the ‘Run’ hitmaker through mutual for the sake of her career. She confessed: “I pal Ed Sheeran - still loves Johnny and wants to marry him one day but feels they felt a bit objectified as a pop star in the 80s, must “address their problems” first. The insider added to Grazia magazine: “They fell in but I went along with it quite willingly. love extremely quickly. And now it seems that they’ve reached a stumbling block. “Although you’ll never find pictures of me “Courteney says she loves Johnny and wants to marry him, but she knows deep down displaying half as much as what the girls they can’t plaster over cracks and get hitched without addressing their problems. But are showing these days. Maybe they’ve got she is still hopeful they will get through this, as we all are.” better bodies!” However, Kim conceded she suffered a slump in her 30s, when she start- ed feeling fretful about the world. She told the Guardian newspaper: “I had a bit of a Jolie ‘better understands’ Pitt bad time in my early 30s. I was really lost and anxious. My dad said to me: ‘You’ve got Kim’s post-baby ngelina Jolie feels she has a “better understanding” of Brad Pitt since they starred oppo- to push out on the world.’ I did and I recov- ered.” site each other in ‘By The Sea’. The 40-year-old beauty worked alongside her husband on Athe romantic drama film and admits portraying a couple on screen helped their real life relationship. She said: “Brad has never seen what I’m like when he’s left me after one of our fights. Sometimes I’m strong. But as soon as he leaves the room, I melt into tears. With this film, body plans he sees it. And I see into his private moments. “I filmed it and I discovered his expressions. So I better understand his frustrations over certain aspects in me.” However, the ‘Maleficent’ star im Kardashian West wants to lose her baby weight Gomez feeling ‘very healthy’ admits the couple sometimes found it hard to hide their love for each other when their charac- slowly. The ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’ star ters were supposed to be angry at each other. She added to the French edition of ELLE maga- Khas just given birth to her second child, a baby boy, elena Gomez feels “very healthy” following her chemotherapy. The ‘Same Old Love’ zine: “The most difficult scenes were the most drawn-out fights; normally if Brad sees me cry, it but has insisted she is in no rush to ditch the baby weight hitmaker was struck down with lupus, an autoimmune disease, three years ago and ends by his taking care of me. “But here, in the film he had to stay angry, and I couldn’t take it and would rather be a “little bit more realistic” and take her Srevealed she had to undergo the treatment but insists she is back to full health now personally. It was so strange and interesting.” time. She wrote on her official website: “A few weeks to go despite having the chronic condition for life. She told Billboard magazine: “It has been and 60 pounds up! I look at other celebrities and Instagram overwhelming and the response has been very supportive, girls who are literally so skinny right after giving birth. How which is nice - but it still makes me a little uncomfortable. “I is that possible?!?! “I mean, I’m focused and I love the chal- waited for the right time to talk about it because I am in a lenge of getting my body back and feeling good again, great place and I’m very healthy. I’m not trying to be loud BUT I am going to be a little bit more realistic. I’m not say- about it: It was time to use my platform to help.” Meanwhile, ing anyone is being unhealthy or not doing it the right the 23-year-old beauty previously admitted she didn’t really way, but how do they lose weight and look so good so “understand” the diagnosis and tried to keep it as private as fast?! (sic)” Meanwhile, the 35-year-old television personal- possible whilst she underwent treatment. She shared: “[It hap- ity - who also has two-year-old North - recently admitted pened] three years ago... That’s when I found it and I think it she would love to have a third child and isn’t worried about was just very complicated because I didn’t understand and her weight “slipping” until then. She explained: “I’m not then it was something that I did want to keep private until my worried about after [giving birth to my second child] ... I’m whole life suddenly wasn’t private. “You’ll have it forever. It’s just worried about number three, that’s when your body kind of one of those situations. You just have to take care of really starts to slip.” yourself.” —Bang Showbiz lifestyle MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015 MUSICMorocco’s & MOVIES Nabil Ayouch

An undated handout file preps social drama ‘Razzia’ photo obtained on October 21, 2015, courtesy of 46-year old Nabil Ayouch is Morocco’s best- the Karimi family known helmer - due to his incisive social shows Iranian Adramas that highlight the plight of charac- filmmaker ters from impoverished backgrounds who resort Kayvan Karimi to desperate actions. His 2012 pic, “Horses of God,” posing for a about the 2003 Casablanca suicide bombers, was photo at an sold to 40 countries and officially presented in the unknown US by Jonathan Demme, where it was Morocco’s location. — AFP candidate for the Foreign-Language Academy Award and the Golden Globes. Iran film directors protest colleague’s jail term rorism in Arab societies, and that the problem group of 137 Iranian film directors create work in a safe and stress-free envi- arose because instead of showing the women as have written a letter urging the ronment far from accusations,” they wrote. mere victims, it highlighted their inner strength. country’s judiciary to acquit a col- Karimi, an Iranian Kurd, earlier received A Banning films league recently sentenced to six years in support from French, Italian and Spanish “Instead of showing poor young women who jail and 223 lashes. Kayvan Karimi, 30, was filmmakers. “This film has nothing to do are being beaten all the time. I portrayed my main convicted by a revolutionary court of with sacred issues” and the prosecution did characters as warriors. That’s also why it was “insulting the sacred” for his film “Writing not say “what scenes were an insult” to banned. But that’s precisely what I wanted to on the City”, about political slogans daubed Islam, his lawyer, Amir Raeesian, has said. show.” Ayouch says that he was shocked by the tes- on the walls of Tehran’s streets. He remains Artists and several reformist journalists timonies provided by the women that he inter- free as the case is under appeal but if the were recently arrested in Iran and accused viewed over the 18 month preparation period, next hearing on December 23 goes against of being part of a network financed by US which haunted him afterwards. Ironically, it was him the sentence could be carried out. intelligence, aided by European countries perhaps precisely the power of his visceral film- Speaking of their “shock and disbelief” including Britain, the Netherlands and making - intensely conveying both the client’s the filmmakers urged the sentence to be Sweden. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah probing male gaze and the young women’s defiant rescinded by “applying justice in the Ali Khamenei, has warned against econom- vitality - that led to the ban. Sex scenes have fea- appeals court where misunderstandings ic and cultural infiltration from the West tured in previous Moroccan films, but never so can be settled”. “We Iranian documentary since a nuclear deal with six leading states, intensely. Nonetheless Ayouch believes that it’s makers, like other artistic and cultural including the US, was struck with Tehran in important to capture the reality of the situation guilds of this land, know their right is to July. — AFP and that instead of banning films on the subject, action should be taken. him, and also highlights the challenges facing Arab “This topic is hidden under a veil,” he says. “The filmmakers in an increasingly tense international reality is much more disturbing.”Ayouch believes ʻStar Warsʼ director faces hype, environment. In the controversy raised by “Loved,” that the attempts to ban films will ultimately prove Ayouch was particularly surprised by the attempt ineffective because of the Internet, including the history in ʻForce Awakensʼ to portray him as an external agent rather than a expansion of VOD platforms through the Arab he new installment in the “Star Wars” far, far away. Newcomers Rey (Daisy Ridley) full Moroccan citizen. Critics focused on his French world. He is currently exploring this avenue for dis- movie saga opens in theaters this and Finn (John Boyega) lead a younger gen- upbringing - as a Paris-born Franco-Moroccan. He tribution of his film. “It’s time to look for new ways Tmonth against a formidable force: the eration that grapples with the conflicts that was even dubbed by some commentators as the to show our movies,” he says. The helmer believes galactic hopes of devoted fans who have haunted the past. “Moroccan Charlie Hebdo,” providing an essentially that it’s never been more important to have power- waited a decade to revisit their beloved uni- Disney is guarding details about the plot European and condescending view of Moroccan ful voices coming from the Arab world, especially verse of Jedi, droids and lightsabers. Can “The of “Force Awakens.” The secrecy has stirred culture. in the wake of terrible events such as the Force Awakens,” the seventh episode in the rampant online speculation, particularly November Paris attacks. celebrated sci-fi series, meet those expecta- about the fate of Skywalker, who is absent Moroccan culture “I was terribly affected by what happened in tions when it debuts on December 18? “No,” from trailers and posters promoting the new In the wake of the ban, Ayouch received back- Paris,” he says. “I never thought that the war would said director J.J. Abrams. “How can anything film. Abrams said the character was purposely ing through a petition signed by over 80 leading be so total. So blind.” Ayouch believes that one of live up to any expectation like that?” What the left off to keep key parts of the story under European producers and directors; however for his the answers to the phenomenon of terrorism, is the movie will offer, Abrams told Reuters, is great wraps. “It’s just what our narrative is,” Abrams critics this only intensified the idea that his film was creation of cultural centers in deprived areas, partly performances and visual effects, music “that said, “so if it’s driving anyone crazy, apologies. an unwelcome encroachment on Moroccan cul- inspired by the Maisons de Jeunesse which he him- breaks your heart and soars,” plus a story, But it’s mostly about wanting to protect the ture. Ayouch had hoped for more support from his self frequented while growing up in the suburbs of characters and creatures that are new, but feel experience for the people who might go see fellow filmmakers in Morocco and also from the Paris and where he says he learned how to tap like they fit in the universe created by George the movie.” Given the rising tide of terrorist attacks through- dance, sing, act, saw his first concert and his first out the world, attributed in part to under-privileged CCM, but the film divided public opinion. One of Lucas in the original 1977 film. Ridley, who plays a scavenger, said the the main defenders of the film was fellow helmer, Eisenstein and Chaplin films. “George was creating a world that we film captures the “delightful” tone of the earli- environments, Ayouch’s “Horses,” is increasingly cited Noureddine Lakhmari. Ayouch took heart from the In 2014, he helped set up a cultural center in wanted to go back to in order to tell a story er movies. “‘Star Wars’ never had like insane as a poignant insight into the underlying causes of fact that the controversy showed that there are Sidi Moumen, the district of the 2003 Casablanca we’d never seen yet,” Abrams said. “In a way, violence or anything,” she said. “It’s always terrorism. “‘Horses’ was a premonition of what hap- bombers - and is involved in the opening of two we were going backward to go forward.” For joyful and always uplifting even though bad multiple views on these issues in Morocco. pened in Paris, not just the situation in Morocco,” new cultural centers in 2016 - one in Fez, the other example, he said, the filmmakers created things happen.” “Force Awakens” also features said Ayouch. For his most recent film, “Much Loved,” “I was very pleased to see that many people in droids “to feel completely new and different “classic Star Wars humor, choppy dialogue,” Morocco defended the film and me as a director. in Essaouira. “We’re facing an emergency,” he says. Ayouch decided to switch his gaze to a more subtle “Creation of cultural centers, or making films, may and at the same time something that was so said Boyega, who described his role as a con- form of violence provoked by poverty - in a tale People criticized the ban in the media and in the of ‘Star Wars.’ That was always the challenge.” flicted Stormtrooper. Adam Driver plays Kylo art world and citizens associations defended the be just a drop in the ocean. But we have to do about four prostitutes working in Marrakech, based something. Some people are completely desper- Lucas bowed out of “Star Wars” after he Ren, a character dressed similar to Darth on 18 months of research that originally began as film.” However he says that what saddened him sold his film studio to Walt Disney Co in 2012 Vader who is presumed to play the main vil- wasn’t so much the fact that it was banned, but the ate, locked in despair, without hope. Just look at documentary project but evolved into what he calls the refugee crisis. People are looking for something for $4 billion. “Force Awakens” is the first in a lain, though that depends on the perspec- a “fiction du reel.” way that it was banned. “What happened was the new film trilogy. “There’s no way that I can tive. “I don’t think he’s evil at all,” Driver said. “I result of a tension that we observe in Moroccan that doesn’t even exist. It’s extremely sad and imagine anything touching the magic of think he’s right.” Aside from fan anticipation, society and more widely in the Arab world involv- involves such profound human injustices.”Ayouch’s Tight budget desire to focus on the plight of despairing minori- what he did,” Abrams said, “and yet we all did the movie faces lofty box office projections “I saw that I had a perspective on the women,” ing two different projects for society.” Ayouch the best we could to make that happen.” Set for the opening weekend, from $170 million ties fuels his next project, “Razzia,” which was ini- Ayouch commented. “It made me feel something believes that the struggle for individual rights and 30 years after “Return of the Jedi,” the new to $220 million in just the United States and tially conceived as a futuristic film but has changed and it made me want to write something - about freedom of speech in the Arab world must include movie brings characters Luke Skywalker Canada, a level never achieved in December. art and culture. considerably. (Mark Hamill), Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) and “Jurassic World” holds the record with $208.8 the beauty I see inside them and how it’s hard to see this beauty. And how they’re invisible.” Ayouch “At Cannes, I was very optimistic. Nothing made Han Solo (Harrison Ford) back to their galaxy million in June. — Reuters me believe that it would be banned. With my previ- ‘Much Loved’ was aware that the subject matter was particularly The underlying premise remains the same - of problematic. After the project was twice rejected ous films like ‘Ali Zaoua’ or ‘Horses of God’ the same questions were posed, but the films were still the division of society into two blocs, rich and poor for subsidy funding by the Moroccan Cinema - but he has now made it much more contempo- Center (CCM), he decided to co-produce the pro- screened in Morocco. I actually thought ‘Horses’ This file photo taken was much more sensitive than ‘Much Loved.’” rary. Ayouch received a $500,000 grant from the on November 14, duction, on a tight budget. As with Ayouch’s previ- CCM for the original sci-fi version of the project, ous films, “Loved” circulated in A-list festivals, Nonetheless, Ayouch still believes that it’s possible 2015 shows Irish band to pursue a fearless approach to making films penned by “Horses”‘ scribe Jamal Belmahi, but giv- U2 (from left ) lead including a world premiere in Cannes Directors’ en that he has changed the project considerably Fortnight at Cannes from which it segued to about Moroccan society and attributes the ban to singer Bono, the fact that sex is a much bigger taboo than ter- he’s decided to re-apply. He says that the experi- guitarist The Edge, Toronto’s Contemporary World Cinema section. ence generated by the controversy around “Much drummer Larry Loved” intensified his desire to make a contempo- Mullen Jr and bass rary tale. “It revealed a new way to tell the story,” he player Adam Clayton says. He also thinks that this will be a vital testing paying homage to ground: “With the new draft this will be a real test attacks victims near of whether there is still a place for me in Morocco the Bataclan concert to treat some subjects with some freedom of hall on November 14, expression.” 2015 in Paris, a day Ayouch still intends to use some special effects after a series of and envisages adopting a new visual approach, coordinated attacks in through heightened realism, rather than “fiction du and around reel”. He cites inspirations such as the TV series Paris. — AP “Fargo”, and David Cronenberg’s “A History of Violence,” in terms of portraying hate and violence in society without being violent. “Exploring a new U2’s Bono writes Paris attacks aesthetic doesn’t mean that the film will be less realistic,” he says. “In ‘Razzia,’ I want to be less viscer- al, more intellectual - exploring latent violence.” song ahead of French gigs Despite the difficult months experienced in 2015, Ayouch remains optimistic. “I’m still hopeful for this 2 frontman Bono has written a song about came down these streets of love and pride to the Paris attacks ahead of a defiant return surrender.” The song also touches on the refugee country and for the youth of this country and the Uto the French capital yesterday that may crisis, with a lyric mentioning the young Syrian changes that we can bring as artists, as film direc- also feature the Eagles of Death Metal whose boy photographed dead on a beach earlier this tors. We’re on the front line.” — Reuters show was targeted by the jihadists. The Irish rock year: “Everybody’s crying about some kid that “Much Loved” also played at the Festival band cancelled their shows in Paris earlier this they found lying on a beach, born in a manger.” d’Angouleme in France in August, where Ayouch month in the wake of the attacks on November The worst of the violence took place at the won best director and Loubna Abidar took best 13 that left 130 dead. But they quickly resched- Bataclan music venue, where 90 people were actress. Abidar also won best actress at the Festival uled them and are due to appear at the 16,000- killed during a gig by the Eagles of Death Metal. du Film Francophone in Namur in September, and capacity AccorHotels Arena today and tomorrow. Rumours have been circulating in the music at Spain’s Gijon Festival in November. In mid- “We think of music as the sound of freedom,” press that the band will join U2 on stage in Paris November, the pic had its first screening in the said guitarist The Edge, in an interview with CNN. for at least one of their shows, though neither “We think rock and roll has a part to play, so camp has yet confirmed the appearance. Bono Arab world, at the Carthage Int’l Film Fest, where it going back to Paris to us is not just symbolic. I told CNN that the Islamic State’s ban on music won jury prize. Ayouch reveals that the pic will also think we’re actually starting the process of resist- was perverse. “Think about the idea of outlawing be competing for a Golden Globe, proposed by the ance, of defiance against this movement,” he music. A child sings before it can speak. It’s the publicist. However at home “Loved” was banned in said, referring to the Islamic State group that car- very essence of our humanity,” he said. Bono and May by Morocco’s Ministry of Communication for ried out the attacks. In the same interview for The Edge are both francophiles who share a “serious outrage to the moral values of Moroccan CNN, Bono recited lyrics from a new song called house in the south of France, and there are women”: private court proceedings were also filed “Streets of Surrender” that touched on the vio- rumors the singer also has a home in Paris. “It against Ayouch on these grounds. Bowed but not lence. He said he had started writing the song seemed like the target was culture and every broken by this experience, Ayouch is planning his for Italian singer and long-time friend, Zucchero. kind of expression of the best of humanity: great forthcoming projects, starting with social drama The lyrics include the lines: “Every man’s got music, restaurants, French food-everything that “Razzia,” while exploring alternative distribution one city of liberty, for me it’s Paris, I love it. “Every we hold dear,” said The Edge of this month’s possibilities for “Loved,” including a VOD release. time I get lost down these ancient streets, I find attacks, which hit several restaurants and bars as The revelation of certain red lines of censorship myself again. I didn’t come here to fight you. I well as the Bataclan venue. — AFP in Morocco has been a formative experience for lifestyle MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015 MUSIC & MOVIES

US actor Bill Murray, second left, holds his award for his contribution to acting, as US director and President of the Jury Francis Ford Coppola, right, and his daughter and director Sofia Coppola, second right, and Jury member Jury members, from left to right, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Amal Ayouch, Anton Corbijn, Naomi Kawase, Francis Ford Indian actress Madhuri Dixit holds her award for her con- Indian actress Richa Chadda pose during the opening Coppola, Olga Kurylenko, Sami Bouajila, Richa Chadda and Sergio Castellitto attend the photocall during the 15th tribution to acting. nightFrancis of the 15th Marrakech International Ford Film Festival. CoppolaMarrakech International leads Film Festival in Marrakech. talk — AP photos at Marrakech Jury’s Presser

arrakech Festival kicked off on a polit- Coppola also addressed the Arab world cri- ical note as Francis Ford Coppola and sis. “What’s happening right now to Islam is Mfellow jury members addressed the heartbreaking-If you know the Koran, you recent Paris attacks, their presence in Morocco know that the very first words say ‘God, the and the role of filmmakers in tumultuous gracious and the merciful;’ these words are the times during the opening press conference. roots of that beautiful religion which is being Coppola, who attended the press conference misunderstood,” said Coppola. with Anton Corbijn (“Life”), Jean-Pierre Jeunet Castellitto admitted that he was initially (“The Young and Prodigious TS Spivet”), Naomi hesitant to come to Marrakech in light of the Kawase (“Still the Water”), Sergio Castellitto Paris terror attacks but felt that coming to (“You Can’t Save Yourself Alone”), Olga Morocco and be part of the jury was “an act of Kurylenko (“A Perfect Day”), Richa Chadda resistance, a political gesture.” (“Gangs of Wasseypur”) and Amal Ayouch “It’s crucial that we continue doing our job (“The Gospel of Mark”), talked about the and keep being optimistic about the future,” obstacles that filmmakers must overcome to pointed out Castellitto. make personal movies that can change the Jeunet, meanwhile, said that the terror world. attacks over the last year have made him fear- “Don’t make the mistake of thinking that Canadian director Atom Egoyan, left, chats with US director Sofia Coppola next to her ful. “30 years ago I worked at Charlie Hebdo just because art has the power to change the father US director Francis Ford Coppola during a royal dinner at the 15th Marrakech with Cabu and Wolinski (two of the cartoonists world that the artists are in charge of their art- International Film Festival in Marrakech, Morocco, Saturday. The festival runs from who were killed in the Jan 7 attack) but today because they’re not. Dec 4-12. — AP if my co-screenwriter proposed me to make a Today, if you want to know who’s running “The language of cinema was invented at the pictures want to make (profitable films). Now film showing images of who you know (allud- the world, look at who is the major employer turn of the last century by pioneers who were we’re at a turning point: As artists we can ing to Mahomet) I wouldn’t do it. Sadly, I think of artists of the world-it’s the various corpora- free to experiment but today you can’t dare to change the world but to do that we need to a Kalashnikov has more power than a camera Egyptian actress Yousra tions who are employing them,” said Coppola. experiment. People who control the motion be free to experiment,” added Coppola. today.” — Reuters poses on the red carpet. Celebrate this festive Hublot launches its first season with Centrepoint Middle East and Africa campaign

entrepoint, the region’s largest family will bring excitement and joy to all. uxury Swiss watch brand Hublot fashion retailer welcomes you to shop Splash stylish festive collection sees men unveiled its first ever Middle East and Cits exclusive holiday collection this treated to a unique urban contemporary out- LAfrica advertising campaign, announc- festive season. In a region where gifting is erwear collection. The trendy pieces will ing Lebanese Australian celebrity Daniella considered a sign of care, and giving to include classic men’s fashion choices such Rahme as its new “egerie” for the region. our loved ones is second nature, as biker jackets, gilets and V-neck Hublot has always prided itself in being “first, Centrepoint prides itself on being the sweaters, ideal for the upcoming sea- different and unique”; reinforcing these key one stop destination for the entire fami- son. Ladies are treated to fun patterns values, the Swiss watchmaker is the first luxu- ly’s gifting needs. and prints in the latest collection ry brand to have developed and launched a Babyshop has a delightful collection including tartan, animal prints and Middle East and Africa campaign, fully pro- of toys that will light up your little one’s winter florals. The collection features duced and shot in the region. eyes. There’s something for all chil- fun and stylish pieces such as fur Featuring the new face of Hublot’s ladies dren, from the much-loved Minion crop tops, suede joggers and leg- campaign, TV presenter and host of famous toy with an inflatable radio control to gings along with metallic accessories international talent show ‘The X-Factor’ on Disney’s Frozen- that provide just the right amount of MBC Daniella Rahme, in a multifaceted pro- themed Skate shimmer. duction embodying the brand’s Art of Fusion & Sing that The footwear fashion at Shoemart concept, the campaign celebrates the link fulfills includes opulent heels and stylish between tradition -with the locations and every lit- flats, which offer equal levels of backgrounds- and innovation -through the tle girl’s comfort and are perfect for the outfits and watches. dream upcoming holiday season. The Hublot Middle East and Africa Regional to sing men’s footwear selection has Director Marco Tedeschi presented the cam- along with trendy moccasins, high top sneak- paign and announced the new face of the Elsa ers and sturdy boots, while chil- campaign during Bahrain’s Jewellery Arabia and dren’s shoes are given a modern 2015 at the Bahrain International Exhibition makeover this season with classy and Convention Centre, in the presence of boots and an array of multi-colored strappy san- watch connoisseurs, collectors and media. dals to complement their look. “Hublot started out as a brand offering You can party in style with Fiorelli’s latest col- men’s watches; however, with our ‘Art of lection of designer handbags and clutches at Fusion’ ideas, we succeeded in creating Lifestyle. The collection is designed to hold your extremely feminine watches that bring everyday essentials while also providing the together innovative techniques, fashion and necessary glitz and glamour to your evening glamour, whether with the Big Bang Broderie outfits. collection or with the Tutti Frutti and Jeans Sophisticated style is translated in every lines. We will increase the number of ladies’ piece from a must-have saddle bag to a tri-com- collections in 2016; as such, our Middle East partment zip top tote. Lifestyle’s festive collec- and Africa campaign featuring Daniella Anna. The tion will help you stay warm and cozy this win- Rahme will bring our female customers clos- collection also includes cher- ter, with its range of colorful and comfortable er to our luxurious and stylish timepieces,” ished items like Sesame Street Big Hugs Elmo blankets. said Marco Tedeschi. that is perfect for pre-schoolers and not only The collection also includes great hostess The campaign, in its three looks, is set in loves to cuddle, sing, move and explore but also gifts for upcoming festive parties, with candles different backgrounds that depict some of teaches the ABCs, numbers, shapes, colors and and box sets with lotion and body wash making the region’s assets; a panoramic view from an more. No toy collection is complete without it to the top of the festive gifting list. The store is ancient fort, an old house in a fishing village Barbie, making Rock ‘N Royals Courtney the best filled with festive spirit with Christmas candles and a sea shore at sunset. The warm hues of gift for little girls to play with and dress up in dif- and lights on offers across the store, adding the images do not break with the past; ferent rock chic look. This festive season’s toys sparkle to Centrepoint. Hublot is actually paying homage to it by connecting it to the future. ‘The Look of Silence’ wins IDA Award for Best Documentary of 2015

he Look of Silence,’ Joshua on hand to present “Cartel Land” director Directors: Robert Gordon and Morgan Best Short Form Series Award Oppenheimer’s critically-acclaimed Matthew Heineman with the Courage Under Fire Neville “Do Not Track” ‘Tcompanion piece to “The Act of Killing,” Award. Magnolia Pictures Executive Producer: Hugues Sweeney won top honors at the International Full list of winners below. Best Curated Series Award National Documentary Association’s IDA Awards Saturday Best Feature Award “Independent Lens” Film Board of Canada, Upian, Arte, and BR night. The film is one of 15 finalists squaring off “The Look of Silence” Executive Producers: Sally Jo Fifer and Lois David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award for Oscar nominations this year. Winning in the Director: Joshua Oppenheimer Vossen “The Archipelago” short category was Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Producer: Signe Byrge ITVS, PBS Director: Benjamin Huguet Talisman’s “Last Day of Freedom,” an animated Sorensen “POV” The National Film and Television School account of Bill Babbitt’s decision to support and Drafthouse Films and Participant Media Executive Producers: Simon Kilmurry and Chris Best Short Award help his brother in the face of war, crime and Best Cinematography White “Last Day of Freedom” capital execution, which is also on the shortlist “The Russian Woodpecker” POV, PBS Directors: Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman of Academy contenders. Cinematography by: Artem Ryzhykov Best Limited Series Award Pare Lorentz Award Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville’s “Best of Best Editing “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst” “How to Change the World” Enemies,” about the 1968 televised debates “Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck” Executive Producer: Director: Jerry Rothwell between Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr, Edited by: Joe Beshenkovsky and Brett Morgan Jason Blum Career Achievement Award won a pair of awards: best editing and the ABC Best Writing Co-Executive Producer: Zac Stuart-Pontier Gordon Quinn News VideoSource Award. Actor and comedian “Listen to Me Marlon” Produced by: Andrew Jarecki and Marc Pioneer Award Bob Odenkirk presented the org’s Pioneer Award Written by: Stevan Riley Smerling Ted Sarandos to Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos, Co-Writer: Peter Ettedgui HBO Joshua Oppenheimer, left, director of the Amicus Award while Danny Glover presented Tony Tabatznik Best Music Best Episodic Series Award documentary film ‘The Look of Silence,’ Tony Tabatznik and the Bertha Foundation and the Bertha Foundation with the Amicus “Best of Enemies” “Chef’s Table” and the film’s producer Signe Byrge Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award Award in recognition of their work supporting Original Score by: Jonathan Kirkscey Executive Producers: David Gelb and Andrew Sorensen pose together at the 2015 IDA Lyric R Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe the essential needs of the non-fiction media ABC News VideoSource Award Fried Documentary Awards at Paramount Courage Under Fire Award landscape. Filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow was also “Best of Enemies” Netflix Studios. —AP photos Matthew Heineman — Reuters Iran film directors protest colleague’s jail term

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Indian brides sit for a group photo before a mass wedding hosted by a diamond trader in Surat, India, yesterday. 151 young couples tied the knot at the mass wedding hosted by Indian diamond trader Mahesh Savani, who has been funding the weddings of fatherless women in the city of Surat for several years. Weddings in India are expensive affairs with the bride’s family traditionally expected to pay the groom a large dowry of cash and gifts. Hundreds of people, mostly family members and neighbors of the couple, are hosted at lavish meals over a number of days adding to the costs. — AP photos Indian businessman hosts wedding for 151 couples ith the brides dressed in traditional red and gold embroidered saris and Wthe grooms wearing long tunics and turbans, 151 young couples tied the knot at a mass wedding in the western Indian state of Gujarat yesterday. The nuptials were hosted by an Indian diamond trader who has been pay- ing for the weddings of fatherless women in the city of Surat for several years. Mahesh Savani said he first stepped in to play the role of the father in 2008, when one of his employ- ees died a few days before the weddings of his two daughters. Every year since then, Savani has paid for the weddings of young women from poor fami- lies who have lost their fathers. Weddings in India are expen- Indian brides leave after a group photo before a mass wedding. sive affairs, with the bride’s fami- ly traditionally Indian brides sit for a group photo before a mass wedding. expected to pay ground where the brides gold jewelry, clothes, and pots and the groom a mass wedding was pans to set up her new home, much like the large dowry of held was decorated dowry given in traditional Indian weddings. cash and gifts. with flowers and lights. The brides praised Savani’s efforts. “Ever Hundreds of “I see this as some- since my father died two years ago, my moth- people, mostly thing sacred, so I am er has worried about my wedding and how to family members Indian brides wait for not counting the raise money for the expenses,” said 23-year-old and neighbors transport before a mass expense,” Savani said. Meetal Gondalia. “Savani Papa has eased all of the couple, wedding. The businessman, her worries.” “Only someone who has lost her are hosted at who has made his for- father can understand how much a girl needs lavish meals over a number of days, adding to tune in diamond trad- her dad on her wedding day,” said Vimla the cost. Savani said the wedding and gifts for ing and real estate, Koringa, 27, as she waited for her wedding cer- Indian brides the 151 couples would cost more than 50 mil- Indian Muslim bride said he saw himself as emony to begin. — AP sit in a bus as lion rupees ($750,000), with around 100,000 Nagmabegum Qadri a “foster father” to the they arrive guests joining in the three days of festivities looks during a group young women. He before a mass that ended yesterday. The sprawling school photo session. gave each of the wedding. Michigan students ascend 5-storey Singing Christmas Tree

t’s not that an oversized tree adorned with Freshmen are relegated to the bottom of the choir moms and dads who climb into the innards ornaments is uncommon as a student choir five-story tree, while sophomores and juniors of the tree and stand watch on platforms located Isings carols in the days leading up to populate the middle. Seniors set up shop in the behind the singers, ready to assist those who are Christmas. It’s more that the towering steel tree is upper levels. The very top is the domain of the overcome by the height and heat from the lights decorated with garland, twinkling lights ... and “Tree Angel,” a senior selected by Shawn Lawton, shining on them. hundreds of teenagers. The Mona Shores Singing the director of the Mona Shores High School “If we have to bring them out of the tree, we Christmas Tree combines the usual elements into Choir. “It’s not that kid who’s the greatest singer, have an area with nurses, and there is food and an unusual show that will draw thousands of necessarily,” Lawton said. “But instead just some- drink,” said Welsh, herself a Mona Shores High spectators this weekend. The 67-foot-tall tree fea- one with a lot of heart and maybe has lived graduate and a former Singing Christmas Tree tures 25,000 lights, 5,000 linear feet of greenery, through a lot and still smiles.” Lawton picked two participant. All 275 student singers made it safely and 15 tiers on which about 220 choir members Tree Angels this year, marking only the second through a free dress rehearsal Wednesday night stand. About 50 other students sing from posi- time that’s been done in the 31-year history of the for members of the community with special tions near the base of the tree. show. They are alternating shows atop the tree. needs, the elderly, and others who might not oth- “It’s basically ... a bunch of choir students Wilcox is positioned just below the angel. “It’s erwise be able to come to the show. Audience standing in a tree singing Christmas music,” said definitely a little scarier when you’re 14 rows up members roared in approval when the Singing Mona Shores choir students perform during the annual Singing Christmas Tree at Brynne Wilcox, a Mona Shores High School senior than when you’re standing on the ground,” she Christmas Tree - shrouded in darkness at the start the Frauenthal Center in Muskegon, Mich. The Mona Shores Singing Christmas Tree who is taking part in her fourth and final set of said. But Wilcox needn’t worry, because Darcy of the show - burst into light as the choir belted combines the usual elements into an unusual show that will draw thousands of shows, which run through Saturday at the Welsh and her fellow “tree monkeys” are never too out “Gloria.” “It means the world to me to carry on spectators. — AP photos Frauenthal Center in Muskegon. far away. Welsh is one of the two dozen or so the tradition,” Lawton said. — AP