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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017 JAMADA ALAWWAL 22, 1438 AH www.kuwaittimes.net MP Fadhl ‘Blind sheikh’ Jolie unveils Desert to ice: talks about Omar Abdel Khmer Rouge Qatar takes on key issues Rahman dies film in ‘second curling at Asian in Kuwait3 in13 US prison home’40 Cambodia Winter15 Games Trump sons open golf Min 05º Max 17º club in glitzy Dubai High Tide 02:25 & 15:31 Low Tide Mattis in UAE for first time as Pentagon chief 09:25 & 21:53 40 PAGES NO: 17146 150 FILS DUBAI: The American president’s businessman sons Washington pushes opened the Trump International Golf Club yesterday as Dubai hosted the first foreign launch of a venue bearing alliance of Israel, Donald Trump’s name since he took office. The Trump International Golf Club, developed in the glitzy Gulf city Arabs against Iran state by luxury real estate firm DAMAC Properties, was WASHINGTON: With a new leader in the White House inaugurated by the billionaire’s sons Eric and Donald Jr. bent on disrupting the status quo, could it also be time The event marks the Trump Organization’s first public for a fresh approach to Middle East peace? The United overseas launch since the president’s Jan 20 inauguration. States last week encouraged a “regional” solution to the Fireworks crackled above the golf course late yester- Israeli-Palestinian conflict, backing a proposal for the day, as inside the club the Trump brothers posed for Jewish state to unite with Arab powers against Iran, selfies with guests. Trump’s sons then left, as they had their common foe. The first meeting at the White House arrived, in a fleet of four-wheel-drives and diplomatic between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime vehicles under police escort. The venue was carpeted in Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took place on red for the opening, with a maquette of the sprawling Wednesday, with the proceedings dominated by the US green, spa and club facilities at the entrance. “We have leader backing away from longstanding American poli- brought Beverly Hills right to your doorstep,” said a pro- cy of calling for a “two-state” solution. motional video. Trump’s aides contributed to the confusion by stat- Though bars at the club eventually will serve alcohol, ing that Washington remained committed to the two- only soft drinks were dispensed at the windy gala yes- state solution that remains a staple of Mideast diploma- terday night. A string octet played classical music on the cy, but added that the administration was also open to edge of the course. A pro shop inside the clubhouse alternative solutions. Netanyahu was more specific in sold Trump International Golf Club baseball caps for 150 proposing a regional alliance to help attain peace in the dirhams ($40) and Trump-branded golf balls for ($5.50). Middle East - a proposal that Trump called “a terrific Absent were the red “Make America Great Again” caps thing” during their joint news conference Wednesday. made famous by Trump’s campaign. Both sons gave “We think the larger issue today is how do we create brief remarks at the opening, neither touching on their the broader conditions for broad peace in the Middle father’s new job. Donald Jr instead applauded Dubai’s East between Israel and the Arab countries,” Netanyahu ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum. “It’s said Thursday on MSNBC. DUBAI: (From left) Banke International Director Niraj Masand, Eric Trump, Banke International Director Porush truly awe inspiring,” he said. “In Dubai, if you can envi- Continued on Page 13 Jhunjhunwala, Donald Trump Jr and DAMAC Properties Chairman Hussain Sajwani are seen during festivities sion it, you can build it.” marking the formal opening of the Trump International Golf Club yesterday. —AP Continued on Page 13 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017 LOCAL
In my view Who is to blame?
By Talal Al-Ghannam
MUNICH: Interior Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah meets with Airbus CEO Dirke Minister of Interior Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah meets with President of Iraq’s ood morning dear and honorable readers and I Hoke and Guillaume Fairy, the company’s chief for helicopters’ manufacturing. — KUNA Kurdistan Masoud Barzani. welcome you again after almost a six-month- Glong hiatus. In this article, I would like to talk about an issue that has been a hot topic of discussion in Kuwait eyes Airbus helicopters deal Kuwait as of late, which is the idea of cutting down the number of expatriates in the country. First of all, we must ask state authorities and spon- sors of domestic helpers this question: Why did you Barzani assures commitment to border agreements bring those workers from outside in the first place if MUNICH: Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister ties shared between Kuwait and the coordination in the fight against transna- cybersecurity from cyberattacks by you will later complain about their huge numbers in and Interior Minister Sheikh Khaled Al- northern Iraqi region. Moreover, both offi- tional organized crime. Speaking on the means of adopting the best international the country? We all must understand that there are so Jarrah Al-Sabah yesterday discussed with cials underscored their collective desire sidelines of his participation in Munich practices and developing legal partner- many jobs that Kuwaitis would never do, whereas expa- Airbus CEO Dirke Hoke and Guillaume for increased security cooperation Security Conference (MSC), which kicked ships against these crimes. He stressed triates are fit for those jobs. Such professions include Fairy, the company’s chief for copters’ between Kuwait and Iraq’s Kurdistan, off in Germany’s southern city of Munich that his country is ready to provide the jobs of construction workers, domestic helpers, manufacturing, cooperation between the especially, in the fight against terrorism. on Friday, the minister said transnational immediate support to the global security security guards, cleaners and many others. And since State of Kuwait and the global conglomer- organized crime is a major challenge to all system in various domains. the country is in dire need for such jobs, why are so ate. Speaking on sidelines of Munich Effective role world countries. He listed the evils of many people complaining now about the huge num- Security Conference, Sheikh Khaled Al- Meanwhile, an American official transnational organized crime as mainly Major challenges bers of ‘marginal labor forces’? Jarrah said the talks dealt with mutual praised Kuwait’s effective role in combat- growing terrorist organizations and rele- More than 500 decision-makers from There are so many companies that import unwanted cooperation namely the signed deal to sell ing global terrorism. The official, Brett vant sophisticated finance sources, which across the globe, including more than 25 staff members for money, and the workers would even- helicopters to Kuwait in addition to joint McGurk, the US president’s envoy at the make it difficult for countries to fight ter- heads of state and government, 80 foreign tually end up being left on the streets without a job. In efforts for training Kuwaiti airmen as well international coalition for combating the rorism effectively. and defense ministers, and strong delega- the end, they are often blamed for causing congestions as schedule of delivering the multi- so-called Islamic State, expressed admira- He emphasized that these terrorist tions from the new US administration and in hospitals, streets, companies and elsewhere. State winged aircraft to the country. tion for the Kuwaiti efforts during a meet- organizations and groups have nothing to from Congress, came together in Munich authorities must differentiate between the true workers ing with Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah. The min- do whatsoever with religions, and that it is for discussions on major international and those who have come here through paying large Khor Abdullah ister indicated that he exchanged views totally unfair to link them to the tolerant security challenges. amounts of money to some companies, and eventually In other news, President of Iraq’s with the US officials on means to fight the religion of Islam. Therefore, he maintained, Over the past five decades, the Munich end up roaming the streets; sometimes resorting to Kurdistan Masoud Barzani said yesterday terrorist organization, adding that McGurk concerted international efforts should be Security Conference (MSC) has become a stealing because they have no other source of income. that the autonomous region strictly briefed him about military operations tar- exerted in order to fight terrorist organiza- key annual gathering for the international Therefore, do not blame those low-wage and des- adheres to border agreements between geting the group and future plans to con- tions and their deviant ideologies on the ‘strategic community.”‘ Since its founda- perate workers who have left everything in their own Kuwait and Iraq, particularly, ones dealing front this peril. McGurk called for boosting basis that they have neither religion nor tion in 1963 as “Internationale countries and probably sold everything there in order with Khor Abdullah, an inlet situated cooperation with Kuwait at this level. The homeland. Wehrkunde-Begegnung,” the MSC has to come here and make a decent living. Instead, they along the Kuwaiti-Iraqi maritime border. talks were held on margins of Munich The Kuwaiti minister also called for been an independent forum dedicated to end up being chased by police and other state authori- Barzani made the remarks in a meeting Security Conference. making use of technological advance- promoting peaceful conflict resolution ties for failing to find appropriate jobs because of those with Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, on ment in developing a fresh system to and international cooperation and dia- company owners who brought them in and left them the sidelines of the Munich Security Transnational crime protect cybersecurity. He boasted that logue. In addition to the annual flagship without decent jobs as promised. In this case, sponsors Conference (MSC). The Kuwaiti Interior Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah had called on the State of Kuwait attaches much atten- conference in February, the MSC regularly must fear Allah and try to offer any sort of help to those Minister said that talks with the Iraqi peace-seeking countries to be aware of tion to the exchange of information in a convenes other high-profile events in cap- desperate people, which is their religious duty in order Kurdish President centered on the historic the significance of joint cooperation and safe manner, and to the protection of itals around the world. — KUNA to depict the beautiful image of Islam and teachings of Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him), who taught Muslims to treat workers properly and consider them our brothers and sisters. Remember that those workers Kuwait voices came here depending on Allah and then on you. Till the next article insha Allah. reservations over EP’s death penalty decision Two dead in Seventh BRUSSELS: Kuwait’s Ambassador to Ring Road accident Belgium Jassem Al- Budaiwi expressed By Hanan Al-Saadoun reservations over the European Parliament’s KUWAIT: A citizen and a child were killed and five others (EP) criticism of execu- were injured in a traffic accident on the Seventh Ring Road. tion of murderers in Paramedics and police had rushed to the scene in response Kuwait. Integrity and to an emergency call reporting that a sports utility vehicle transparency are char- (SUV) had overturned following an accident. Paramedics acters of Kuwait’s judi- pronounced one man dead on the scene, and rushed the ciary, and all defen- rest to Adan Hospital, including the child who later suc- dants are provided cumbed to his injuries. The others - a woman, three chil- with defense attorneys KUWAIT: Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah speaks during dren and a housemaid, remain in the hospital for treat- as guaranteed by Kuwait’s Fourth Investment Forum. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat ment. An investigation was opened to determine the cause of the accident. Kuwaiti laws, Budaiwi Kuwait’s Ambassador said in a statement to Belgium Jassem Kuwait dedicates attention to Diamond necklace missing on Friday, reacting to Al-Budaiwi A citizen reported that a diamond necklace worth KD EP’s yesterday’s deci- 150,000 was missing from his house. Security sources said sion which criticized the death penalties. economic legislations: O fficial that the man accused a housemaid who had been working Budaiwi said he understood the motives for him for four years of the theft. The maid strongly denied behind the EP’s decision, but urged the European KUWAIT: Kuwait’s leadership, in the the charges during questioning. Further investigations are lawmakers to also understand the principles of development approach, dedicates in progress. Kuwait Criminal Law, which did not contradict much attention to enacting new eco- with Kuwait’s obligations vis-a-vis the interna- nomic legislations, says the Minister of Drug possession tional community. The EP also mentioned State for Cabinet Affairs. Sheikh Narcotics detectives arrested three citizens with drugs, alleged human rights issues in Kuwait, and Al- Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak said security sources, noting that detectives discovered Budaiwi said the decision was based on “inaccu- Al-Sabah, also the Acting Minister of that two of them are already wanted by authorities for Information, says Kuwait gives priority financial claims worth KD 31,000 and KD 290,000 respec- rate reports published by private organizations to economic legislations that are com- and media institutions.” tively. The sources added that the three suspects were patible with His Highness the Amir’s arrested by chance, after a police patrol stopped the sus- The EP, he added, did not seek official authori- vision of transforming Kuwait into a pects’ vehicle to ticket them for playing songs loudly. ties for information “which does not reflect the regional-international business hub. bright image of the State of Kuwait in terms of He was speaking at inauguration of Embezzlement human rights, an image that is internationally Kuwait’s Fourth Investment Forum, The chairman of a co-op society’s board of directors appreciated.” Kuwait’s Mission to the European dubbed ‘Investment in Kuwait .. avail- accused an expat of embezzling KD 20,000, said security Union immediately contacted a number of EP able and wasted opportunities.’ sources, noting that the suspect was arrested and is being members to explain the measures adopted that The government, in coordination held pending further investigations. led to the execution through the legal steps in with the parliament, has drafted regu- lations for the National Fund for Small Slander Kuwait law, he said. and Medium Enterprises. These laws A female citizen and an Egyptian doctor exchanged “All judicial and government institutions in regulate in particular tasks of the Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al- accusations of slander. Security sources said the woman Kuwait are operating in a transparent manner, Industrial Bank for funding projects. Mubarak Al-Sabah (left) and Mohammad Al-Dallal, Chairman of the claimed that the doctor insulted her, while the doctor said and the human rights wathdogs in the State of Meanwhile, Dr Mohammad Al- Legislative Committee at the parliament (center) tour an exhibition held it was she who barged into the examination room while he Kuwait have full access to information and Zuhair, the fund’s chairman, said the on the sidelines of the forum. was examining another patient, and when he reprimanded sources they need,” he said. Budaiwi played fund management has been seeking her, she insulted him in front of other patients. down impacts of EP’s non-binding decision on since May 2015 to improve the busi- in the range of KD 13 million. medium enterprises for 20 years. ness environment, noting that 95 Mohammad Al-Dallal, Chairman of Hessa Al-Ayyar, in charge of the the European-Kuwait ties, which he described 2016 statistics as ‘historic and distinguished.’ Kuwait foreign enterprises in Kuwait are enlisted as the Legislative Committee at the par- department of business pioneers, has liament, said the parliament has indicated that her department helps Mubarak Al-Kabeer emergency team leader at Kuwait ministry had recently affirmed that seven per- small. The fund seeks to employ more than a single Kuwait in each enter- recently approved a number of bills, in creating an adequate business envi- Municipality Nasser Al-Hajeri said according to 2016 statis- sons were executed for committing murders, prise, Zuhair said, adding that 131 one stipulating that the capital port- ronment, stimulating young investors tics, his team filed 14 citations to peddlers, 41 for not hav- and the death penalty’s verdicts were based on projects out of 199 ones have been folio be increased to more than KD and boosting their spirit for making ing health certificates, 20 for expired health certificates, criminal law. — KUNA endorsed - the total value of which is 150 million for financing small and initiatives. — KUNA nine for opening stores without licenses, 21 for opening stores prior to municipality approval, 31 for expired ad licenses, 81 for unlicensed ads, 16 for expired foodstuff items, 10 for selling harmful foodstuff and 13 for not respecting timings of garbage disposal. Hajeri added a Disabled children of Kuwaiti total of 15 stores were closed, 648 public property viola- tions were removed and 11,342 ads were removed from the streets. He said 3,330 kg of inedible foodstuff and 4,205 mothers to be treated as Kuwaitis pirated CDs were confiscated.
Food inspection By A Saleh social security allowances to the benefici- with a total cost of over KD 645 million, the fiscal year 2015-2016. Abdulsamad Capital municipality teams launched an inspection cam- aries of ‘Afya’ health insurance. including infrastructure and public facili- explained that the committee found that paign that resulted in filing three citations for selling inedi- KUWAIT: The Public Authority for the ties. According to the authority’s reports, the ministry’s internal auditors are not ble food items, two for using public passages without Disabled will start activating article 3 of MPW budget 7,798 units are being built in West enough in number and that the depart- municipality permission, selling food items and hiring law number 8/2010 pertaining with treat- Minister of public works Abdul Rahman Abdullah Al-Mubarak, Wafra and Abu ment is not directly subjected to the workers with expired health certificates, Capital municipali- ing disabled children of Kuwaiti mothers Al-Mutawa is scheduled to meet today Halifa, in addition to 369 units in minister. The committee noted that the ty’s market control manager Nasser bin Lami said. as Kuwaitis for life, especially in terms of with the Ministry of Public Works’ (MPW) Northwest Sulaibikhat and 319 in Sabah State Audit Bureau noticed sluggishness employment as per a Cabinet decision planning committee members to discuss Al-Ahmad City. in collecting overdue revenues of KD 42 Demolition prioritizing the children of Kuwaiti the ministry’s budget and priorities. million. The committee also recommend- Meanwhile, the municipality said in a statement that it women in recruitment, well-informed Overdue revenues ed studying various contracts before is aware of the issue of the demolishment of an unlicensed sources said. The sources also noted that Residential projects Chairman of the parliament’s budgets signing them to avoid extra financial bur- building near a Sulaibiya mosque, and stressed that upon the supreme disability council had initial- The Public Authority for Housing and final statements committee Adnan dens such as those resulting from losing instructions from the Minister of Awqaf and Minister of ly approved a proposal to include dis- Welfare (PAHW) is currently following up Abdulsamad said the committee dis- cases, as around KD 4 million has been State for Municipal Affairs Mohammad Al-Jabri, the entire abled citizens older than 21 who receive the execution of 28 residential projects cussed the justice ministry’s budget for lost in this manner. issue is being investigated. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017 LOCAL
ExclusiveInterview Troublemakers want to dissolve National Assembly as soon as possible: MP Fadhl
Young lawmaker talks demography, health sector, fuel prices, others
- We need to set the number of expats who can be replaced with citizens out of the total population - Lower categories of jobs can be given to bedoons, instead of hiring expats from abroad - Slogans of some politicians that we should get rid of all expats are not correct - If we want to become like Dubai, we must spend in the same way - Segregation at Jaber Hospital is completely wrong - People noticed the hike in fuel prices while all other services remain bad - Passing a new law is the first step in resolving the sports problem - Around 88 percent of Kuwaiti manpower works in the public sector, and this is wrong
By Nawara Fattahova ing the law. As part of our responsibilities, we as he knows all the details. “We will meet with ment to change the labor demography in will evaluate these laws in the finance commit- experts and the results will be included in the Kuwait,” Fadhl said. “Around 88 percent of eing an MP is a really hard job, and a tee. Also, the criteria used in Kuwait are respon- privatization law which will be presented in the Kuwaiti manpower works in the public sector, little cooperation with other MPs sible for bringing such manpower, so we usually parliament,” he said. “We will open a new page in and this is wrong. It is the biggest risk factor in “Bwould make it a lot easier. receive the worst quality. If we want to become the sports issue built on a sports economy.” Kuwait since the establishment of the modern Unfortunately, there are troublemakers who are like Dubai, we must spend in the same way.” “Passing a new law is the first step in resolving state, and shouldn’t continue in any way. At least busy damaging the parliament,” Ahmad Al- the sports problem, as we will be in harmony 40 percent of Kuwaitis should work for them- Fadhl, a young member of parliament, told Health sector with international Olympic rules, and the suspen- selves in private businesses rather than being Kuwait Times in an interview that touched on “Kuwait has the highest total hospital bed sion of Kuwaiti teams will be over,” he indicated. employed in any sector. various issues being discussed in parliament. capacity compared to the population, but we “If the International Olympic Committee still “We are preparing a group of legislation that Some excerpts:
Demographic problem “Like the human body, some organs are replaceable and some are vital,” he said. “There are certain categories of expatriate workers that cannot be replaced. We need to set the number of expats who can be replaced with citizens out of the total population. According to simple analyses and the available numbers, I found that there are two aspects that we can focus on - legal and procedural. The legal part is focused on marginal workers. We should issue new laws or amend existing ones to eliminate marginal workers, who use the infrastructure and all the services provided by the government. The pro- cedural part consists of replacing current employees in the public sector. “My suggestion is that lower categories of jobs, which Kuwaitis are not interested in, can be given to bedoons (stateless) who are eligible to get citizenship or to children of Kuwaiti moth- ers, instead of hiring expats from abroad. Especially that these people have been living KUWAIT: MP Ahmad Al-Fadhl speaks to Kuwait Times. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat here since their birth and will spend their salaries inside the country, while most expats have families abroad to whom they transfer their salary.” suffer from management problems,” Fadhl indi- refuses and demands the approval for the chair- will simplify the procedure of launching busi- cated. “For instance, people use wasta to get a persons of sports clubs, then this will show that it nesses. I am sure if any employee, whether in the Other sectors bed in a hospital, which means that a particular is not serious. And of course, we will not take its public or private sector, is able to have their own “The middle sector consists of special profes- bed is not used so that it could be given to a approval for the chairpersons, as it is receiving a business that is profitable, they will definitely sions and supporting professions,” he indicated. privileged patient. With the Jaber Hospital, the huge amount of money from the government resign from their job to concentrate on the busi- “The special professions include experts and bed capacity has become very high, but the seg- and doesn’t pay anything. ness. Also, a business has much more growth consultants in various fields, and these can only regation of this hospital is completely wrong. I “In the past, our sports law was suitable and than any job. We want to tell them their dreams be replaced with Kuwaiti employees of the same agree that a citizen should be privileged in his satisfactory to compete internationally. But oth- won’t come true by working for the government level of qualification. These include teachers, country, but not in this way. I think it is stupid er countries developed and issued laws pertain- - although they will get a job and salary, their doctors, engineers and others. But we have the logistics wise. ing to sports professionalism and privatization, ambitions will be killed. Working in the public worst qualifications according to the Human “We can have separate queues for Kuwaitis which improved over time, while we stayed the sector will only prove that what you studied at Development Report, which compared Kuwait and expats instead. And maybe have another same. The last sports club in Kuwait was estab- the university is of no use, and their creativity to other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) coun- line for elderly people. This discrimination lished in 1973, and Kuwaitis at that time num- will be killed. This is the reason behind focusing tries, and we rank among the worst in terms of based on nationality will cause jams, as Kuwaiti bered less than 380,000. So, when this new law on the small enterprises fund, and it should be education. patients will come from different areas of will be in force, the players will become profes- realized very soon.” “The work environment in Kuwait is repulsive. Kuwait. We should always consider the geo- sionals and not just amateurs holding another So graduates from abroad prefer to go work in graphic location of the hospital, especially for job as well as playing football as a hobby, which Dubai, Doha or Muscat. Only if the choices are emergency cases. So if an expat has an acci- will improve their performance. I hope this law limited do they come to Kuwait. I am not only dent 2 km from the hospital, it should not be will be passed within a few weeks.” talking in terms of salaries, but in general. We that the hospital would not admit him because suffer from a lack of headhunting firms that are he is an expat.” Grillings in charge of finding qualified staff. This category “I do not understand the point of grilling a includes around 70,000 employees working in Fuel prices new government that has been in power for the public sector. This category can be replaced “There is no update yet on increasing the only two months,” Fadhl argued. “What coopera- as these are not rare professions and we can price of fuel,” Fadhl proclaimed. “After Saudi tion can we expect from a parliament that prom- have as many Kuwaitis in these professions on Arabia increased the price of fuel there, Kuwait ised something and is doing the opposite? Also, the same if not a better level. became the country with the cheapest petrol in there is a group of troublemakers who want to “The slogans of some politicians that we the world. People are not angry because of the dissolve the parliament as soon as possible, as should get rid of all expats are not correct. Also, price - their anger is moral, as they noticed the they do not like being in the minority. They we cannot force the private sector to replace hike in fuel prices while all other services remain spend all their time in grillings so we do not expat employees with Kuwaitis, as it is the deci- bad. They see that the government is wasting have time for legislation. The last grilling did not sion of the owner. The government can woo the funds in unnecessary expenses such as medical reveal their real number - in fact it is much less, private sector by giving certain benefits to an treatment abroad, which runs in the hundreds of around half of the figure announced. Also, any employer who employs a certain number of millions of dinars. So if the government grilling is too soon for the new government. Kuwaitis, for instance. Around 6,000 job applica- announces that it will, for instance, change the These lawmakers work on their own special tions are filed annually. So if we replace 6,000 of system of public hospitals to allow citizens to be agendas. We are working hard to counter these the 70,000, we will reach our target of replacing shareholders in it and receive profits, and then actions, but we hope the government doesn’t expats within 12 years. But I do not prefer this announces that the price of petrol will increase, listen to them.” solution. In my opinion, we should encourage the reaction won’t be the same.” Kuwaitis to start their own businesses. Small enterprises fund “We have problems with the laws as well. Sports ban “During a committee meeting for improving Most legislations are old and need to be modi- “The new minister is very cooperative, accord- the business environment, we discussed the fied. Also, many people specialize in circumvent- ing to Fadhl, who agreed on the new sports law small enterprises fund, which is an active instru-
KUWAIT: This file photo shows the Jaber Hospital under construction. The hospital, one of the largest in the Middle East, will serve Kuwaiti citizens exclusively when it opens later this year. MP Ahmad Al-Fadhl believes this nationality-based segregation is wrong. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017 LOCAL
KUWAIT: Minister of Health Dr Jamal Al-Harbi participates in a walkathon organized by the Chest Diseases Hospital yesterday. — KUNA photos Keeping heart disease at bay top priority: Health Minister Chest Diseases Hospital organizes walkathon
KUWAIT: More than 60 percent of the Kuwaiti popula- tion lead a sedentary lifestyle, Minister of Health Dr Jamal Al-Harbi said yesterday, citing a survey conducted in col- laboration with the World Health Organization (WHO). In a speech to open a walkathon organized by Kuwait’s Chest Diseases Hospital, Al-Harbi said that the event aims to shine light on the importance of physical activity to stave off cardiovascular diseases. Meanwhile, Director of the Chest Diseases Hospital Reem Al-Asousi said that cardiovascular ailments were widespread in the country, where some 1,625 heart sur- geries were performed in 2016. She also pointed out that the walkathon elicited an impressive turnout, a testa- ment to rising social awareness on health and wellbeing. Moreover, Kuwait’s Capital Governor retired Lieutenant General Thabet Al-Muahna said that the idea behind the walkathon is to espouse the merits of an active lifestyle. He also underscored that a sedentary lifestyle is often the culprit for failing health, which behooves the government to work closely with the Ministry of Health (MoH) to promote steps to a healthier lifestyle. The annual walkathon event comprises a slew of activities, including a health exhibition that brings together people of all ages.
Gulf Bank sponsors ‘Organization Learning Conference’
KUWAIT: Gulf Bank was a gold sponsor of the first sions that tackled key problems such as the role of organi- Organization Learning Conference held under the patron- zational learning in preparing leaders in the private sector, age of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, and strategic thinking in building the foundation of orga- Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs. The conference, nizational learning for today and tomorrow. organized by the Kuwaiti government’s Manpower and Major players in the local market were invited to share Government Restructuring Program (MGRP), was conduct- their success stories and a series of discussions and work- ed from Sunday, February 12, 2017 until Tuesday, February shops were conducted with the aim to find creative solu- 14, 2017 at the Salwa Al-Sabah Hall in Kuwait. tions and fresh ideas for effective learning and develop- BEIRUT: Kuwait Red Crescent Society’s Chairman Dr Hilal Al-Sayer and other officials meet with Lebanese During the opening ceremony of the conference, Gulf ment in organizations. Prime Minister Saad Al-Hariri. — KUNA Bank was awarded ‘Best Training Plan 2016” beating out numerous other private sector companies. This award rec- ognizes the Bank’s staff training and educational initia- tives, as well as its efforts invested in support of Kuwait’s youth. This includes the Bank’s Ajyal Graduate Development Program, as well as its corporate social responsibility commitments to INJAZ-Kuwait and other initiatives. The theme of the conference was ‘Effective Training Methods in the Private Sector.’ The conference is in line with the State of Kuwait’s strategic direction of a sustain- able national manpower development plan. Panels and discussions addressed various issues on the role of the private sector in organizational learning and its impact on economic development, in addition to the strategy needed to encourage work environment and knowledge in institutions, technology and the future of learning to name a few. Top CEOs, MPs, professors, strate- Kuwait Red Crescent Society officials pose with Lebanese Red Cross officials after delivering equipment for gic thinking experts and academies’ founders were Syrian refugees with special needs in Lebanon. brought together to share their wealth of experience in setting up a sound organizational learning philosophy. KRCS chief, Lebanese Premier The full day workshop alone comprised of practical ses- examine humanitarian efforts
BEIRUT: Chairman of Kuwait Red Crescent Society Wugayyan, and officials from the Kuwaiti and Lebanese (KRCS) Dr Hilal Al-Sayer and Lebanese Prime Minister relief societies. Saad Al-Hariri on Saturday revised the society’s philan- thropic programs in the country namely those intended Special needs to relieve Syrian refugees. Dr Sayer said in a statement Earlier yesterday, KRCS announced that they had after the meeting that he examined with the premier delivered a batch of equipment, consisting of 70 the Kuwaiti humanitarian support for the refugees and devices, to Syrian refugees with special needs in aid for Lebanon to help it cope with hosting the large Lebanon. Dr Sayer said that the donation was made by number of those who have fled their country for safety. Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI). Hariri meanwhile, expressed gratitude during the He expressed gratitude towards KCCI for contribut- meeting to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- ing to this humanitarian mission. Sayer hailed the Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah for supporting Lebanon. He ongoing cooperation with the Lebanese Red Cross also lauded the assistance provided by the Kuwaiti gov- (LRC), which made it easier for the KRCS to accomplish ernment and people for the Syrian refugees. Identical its goals and to maintain its humanitarian role in sup- thoughts were expressed by the Lebanese Minister of porting the Syrian refugees. State for Refugees Mu’in Al-Mer’ebi and Major General Meanwhile, Secretary General of LRC George Mohammad Khair, secretary general of the local Kettaneh said that he appreciated KRCS role in the supreme relief authority, who attended the meeting humanitarian field, pointing out that the success of the with the premier. The meeting also included the deputy projects for the refugees here was a direct outcome of chief of the Kuwaiti diplomatic mission, Mohammad Al- the collaboration between the two bodies. — KUNA
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KUWAIT: Kuwait Times’ Deputy Director Adnan Saad (right) and members of the jury pose with paintings submitted for the ‘Colours of Australia’ com- petition. Kuwait Times to award winners of ‘Colours of Australia’ competition Contest sponsored by ACK, VIVA
KUWAIT: A special ceremony will be held on Tuesday, said Kuwait Times’ Deputy Director Adnan Saad. expertise, as well as help participants of various ages other special awards for creativity, effort, style and top- Feb 21, 2017 to award the winners and participants of Saad said the competition was open to students of all develop their artistic sense and appreciation,” he said, ic. Saad noted that the award ceremony due to be held the ‘Colours of Australia’ painting competition. The con- age categories with the aim of allowing participants to noting that art, namely painting, is an international lan- at Crowne Plaza Hotel (Thuraya City Club Lounge) will test was organized by Kuwait Times in collaboration with express their feelings and knowledge about the beautiful guage understood worldwide even by those who cannot be sponsored by VIVA and the Australian College of the Australian Embassy in Kuwait from Dec 12, 2016 till nature, progress, heritage and traditions of Australia paint or draw. Kuwait (ACK), and will be attended by local media, par- Feb 7, 2017. It saw the participation of over 6,500 stu- through their paintings. “The competition aims to boost Saad said the jury selected 10 top winners in each ents, participating school directors, art teachers and dents from 105 public, private and special needs’ schools, intercultural dialogue through shared knowledge and age category - 6-9, 10-13 and 14 plus - in addition to 10 supervisors.
Kuwait regional media school: Official
Information Ministry’s Undersecretary Tareq Al-Merzem. KUWAIT: A senior official has likened Kuwait to a ‘regional media school’ due to its rich history in media and artistic activities and accomplish- ments. Tareq Eid Al-Merzem, the Information LONDON: Kuwaiti designer Muntaha Al-Ajeel receives the award. — KUNA Ministry’s Undersecretary, was speaking on the occasion of launching Al-Qurain channel, due on Fashion award propels February 25th, coinciding with the national days. Merzem indicated that it was high time to launch a new television channel considering designer to stardom mounting competition in the audio broadcast realm. The new channel is called Al-Qurain, LONDON: A highly acclaimed Kuwaiti mentarians, noting that she would not which is Kuwait’s old name, because it will trans- designer, honored for her outstanding rest on her laurels and strive to further mit programs about the country’s culture, her- work in the world of fashion, said that she her fashion brand. Moreover, Ajeel added itage and traditions. It will re-broadcast excerpts was proud to depict a favorable image of that her fashion brand is now widespread from Kuwait TV’s archive. Gulf women, who have long been known in cities across the Gulf region, including Majid Al-Jazzaf, the assistant undersecretary for for their glamour. Doha and Dubai. TV affairs, said TV stations in other GCC countries Muntaha Al-Ajeel was feted in a lavish The Kuwaiti ‘fashionista’ pointed out that would supply the new channel, which will be on ceremony on Friday, where she claimed an her efforts to incorporate philanthropy into air 24 hours, with various programs. Talal Al-Haifi, award for elegance and leadership in a gala the world of fashion proved instrumental in the channel general supervisor, said the channel organized by the American Leadership her success, thanking His Highness the service is based on work value, heritage, history Development Association (ALDA), in con- Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- and entertainment. Al-Qurain TV will transmit via junction with ‘The Leaders International’ Sabah for the continued support. Nilesat (11055) and Arabsat (12523). — KUNA magazine. Meanwhile, Kuwait’s Ambassador to Britain She said that she was ecstatic to have Khaled Al-Duwaisan said that Ajeel has won the prize in an event attended by a proven that Kuwaiti women are more than bevy of Gulf envoys and British parlia- capable of rising to the occasion. — KUNA Army chief touts UAE defense expo ABU DHABI: The 2017 International Defense Commander affirms keenness Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) showcased the latest defense and security strategies that help prevent recurring lapses, the Kuwaiti on comforting Kuwaitis Army’s Chief of Staff Lieutenant General ROME: Commander of Carabinieri in north- Mohammad Al-Khodher said yesterday. ern Italy Vincenzo Coppola has stressed The conference comprised lectures given keenness of security apparatuses on com- by a bevy of international military specialists, forting and protecting Kuwaiti visitors and germane to dealing with prevalent security residents. Kuwait Consul General in Milan challenges, Khodher said. Moreover, he tout- Abdulnasser Bu Khadhour visited Coppola ed the expo as one of the biggest in the on Friday and discussed deep-rooted rela- Middle East, where the most reliable defense tions between Kuwait and Italy, said Kuwait ploys and maneuverings were put on display. Consulate in Milan in a statement. He also pointed out that Kuwait’s partici- The two sides also dealt with security pation in this expo is a testament to Deputy situation, and means of promoting mutual Prime Minister and Minister of Defense cooperation and safeguarding Kuwaiti Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al- businessmen and tourists during their visit Sabah’s eagerness to build up defense capa- to Milan, the statement added. The Italian bilities. Kuwait’s military delegation to the official also voiced his readiness and keen- ROME: Commander of Carabinieri in event also included Undersecretary of the ness on helping the consulate and its staff northern Italy Vincenzo Coppola meets National Guard Hashem Al-Refai, along with achieve their mission in Milan and northern with Kuwait’s Consul General in Milan officials from the across the country’s military ABU DHABI: Kuwaiti Army’s Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Mohammad Al-Khodher (second Italy, it noted. — KUNA Abdulnasser Bu Khadhour. — KUNA spectrum. — KUNA from right) attends The 2017 International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX). — KUNA SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017 Southern California Indian legislators exchange blows hit by massive storm
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BASHIQA: Surrounded by the ruins of items. “Alcoholic beverages account for pastel-colored buildings still bearing 50 percent of sales,” he said. slogans glorifying the Islamic State’s “caliphate”, Wissam Ghanem is having a Sexy posters slow day selling beer, vodka and Mahmud stays open every day from whisky. Iraqi forces expelled the 8:00 am until 8:00 pm despite the scarci- jihadists from his town of Bashiqa, ty of customers and freezing tempera- about 20 kilometers northeast of tures conspiring to make his return to his Mosul, in December but it was badly destroyed hometown even tougher. damaged and few people have “There were dozens of jihadist bodies on returned. “Only about 40 families have the streets. Daesh had booby-trapped come back. There’s still no electricity our homes and blown up our places of nor water and schools haven’t worship. The town walls were covered in reopened yet,” Ghanem said in his little slogans to the glory of the Islamic State,” shop, wearing the traditional sherwal said Jalal Khalil. baggy trousers. A significant proportion of the town He is a member of the Yazidi minori- was leveled by the air strikes a US-led ty, which was the dominant communi- coalition conducted to target IS militants ty in Bashiqa, before IS swept in two and support peshmerga operations. and half years ago. Known for its ethnic Bashiqa’s population fled when IS cap- and religious diversity, Bashiqa was also tured the town during on onslaught on considered an Iraqi alcohol capital of northern Iraq in August 2014, allowing sorts, with its countless outlets and its both sides to use weaponry that did not now defunct distillery producing arak, leave much standing. The rubble from an anise-flavored spirit. Yazidis, who are demolished homes has been removed neither Arabs nor Muslims, are consid- from the streets and stacked in tidy piles ered worse than heretics by the on the side but most of the vehicles are jihadists, who committed crimes military or a tractor pulling a tank of against the minority which the United water for sale. “We’re from Bashiqa but Nations has described as genocide. we’re still living in the neighboring vil- Ghanem and his family, who were dis- lage where we found shelter,” said Murad placed for more than a year and a half, Khairy, an architecture student. did not hesitate to return to Bashiqa “With a group of friends we come and reopen their shop when the every Friday to look after our town,” he Kurdish peshmerga fighters defeated IS said with a big smile as he enthusiasti- and took control of the town. cally rolled white paint over an IS wall His cousin Jalal Khalil was less fortu- inscription. At noon, the first clients nate. “Daesh torched my shop, ran- started arriving at Ghanem’s shop. sacked my house and erased all the Nazar Amer, who moved back to alcohol brands on the shopfronts in the Bashiqa with his parents a week earlier, name of Islamic values,” he said, using is only 15 but is purchasing six cans of an Arabic acronym for IS. “But when we beer to share with his friends. His eyes returned we found recently opened stray towards pictures pinned above beer cans and bottles of alcohol in our the door from a 2011 promotional cal- homes, opened packets of cigarettes... endar by a major European beer brand The jihadists smoked and drank,” said showing models in bikinis or under- Ghanem. A few hundred metres (yards) wear striking racy poses. Ghanem BASHIQA: Wissam Ghanem, an Iraqi man from the Yazidi community, sells alcohol at his shop in the town of Bashiqa, some 20 kilometers away, Bassam Abdel Mahmud runs a chuckled. “Daesh made sure not to north east of Mosul yesterday. —AFP convenience store that stocks all basic destroy those posters.” —AFP INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017 News Iraqis risk all to spy on in brief
Moroccan politician Boucetta dies at 92 Islamic State in Mosul RABAT: The co-founder of Morocco’s oldest political party Al-Istiqlal, which played a key role in the country’s inde- pendence from France and Spain, has died aged 92, the party said yesterday. M’hamed Boucetta, three-time minis- Informants face getting caught up in revenge attacks ter and Istiqlal party chief for more than two decades, passed away at his home in Rabat on Friday evening after MOSUL: The Iraqi intelligence agent knew something was Associated Press described their operations. They said trust bors blew up his house in anger at IS, unaware he was a long illness, Istiqlal said on its website. He will be buried wrong. An Islamic State group member working for him as of the security forces among Mosul’s residents has been secretly betraying the group. After months of fighting, today in his birthplace, the southern city of Marrakesh, it an informant in the city of Mosul called him on his mobile, key to their efforts. However, reports of long, arbitrary troops have taken Mosul’s eastern half and are about to said. Born in 1925, Boucetta became involved in politics as but he didn’t identify himself by the code name they detentions of men and boys suspected of IS-links risks move into the west. The intelligence gathering effort has a student, when Morocco was still under French and always used in their communications. Then the informant undermining that trust. been crucial there since Iraqi forces were under pressure Spanish rule. He studied law at France’s Sorbonne started talking to him about selling his car. The agent During the Mosul operation, intelligence agencies have for precision to avoid casualties among the hundreds of University then set up his own law firm in Casablanca at played along. Days later, the informant called back and built a database of some 18,000 names of suspected IS thousands of civilians still in the city. the age of 25 before going into politics full time, the par- explained: The militants had seen the number on his fighters, according to two Iraqi intelligence officials in ty’s website said. Istiqlal, which means independence, phone and, always on the hunt for spies, demanded he call Baghdad who have access to the database. Male residents Daesh base played a major role in Morocco’s fight for independence it. So he did and pretended he was talking to the guy who of retaken parts of the city are checked against the list, On a recent day on the outskirts of Mosul, an Iraqi major from French and Spanish rule. Involved in the party since sold him his car. Iraqi intelligence has some 300 people leading so far to the arrest of 900 people, they said. All the involved in planning the western assault scrolled through its formation in the 1940s, Boucetta was elected secretary working as informants inside the city of Mosul, part of an officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not messaging apps on his phone. The screen was filled with general in 1974. enormous information-gathering operation unfolding on authorized to talk to the press. They also refused to give short texts, dropped pins and links to satellite maps. The the sidelines of the intense urban fighting for Mosul, details on the informants for fear of endangering them. messages read simply: “sniper position,” “mortar team,” and according to officials. They have pinpointed militants’ posi- The informants have a variety of motives. Some do it for “Daesh base,” using the Arabic acronym for the militant group. He and intelligence officials said they vet and cross- check information. Still, the process has been plagued with problems. A colonel in the intelligence services in Baghdad said dozens of trusted informants have turned out to be double agents for IS. He recounted one case of one who provided information for weeks about fighters and head- quarters behind IS lines. Last month, he sent in a tip about a roadside bomb. The colonel vetted the tip and sent one of his men in Mosul to investigate. The soldier and the source were not heard from again. “We think the source handed him over to Daesh,” he said. Another intelligence official said he knew of some half dozen informants discovered and killed by IS and still more who stopped sending information, their fate unknown. Key to success has been the concerted effort by security forces to keep support of Mosul’s Sunnis, who have resented domination by the Shiite-led government in Baghdad. They long complained of discrimination and of abuses by security forces, something that helped fuel the rise of the Islamic State group. During the Mosul offensive, troops have gone out of their way to help residents and prevent Mohamed Boucetta, former Moroccan Foreign Minister sectarian tensions. and secretary general of the Istiqlal (nationalist party) On a recent operation in eastern Mosul, Lt Col Muhanad Al-Timimi and his men were greeted warmly by residents Roadside bomb kills 12 of the Andalus neighborhood. They went door to door ask- Afghans including kids ing about IS militants. One resident, Muhammed Ghanim, KABUL: The UN has condemned the killing of 12 led the soldiers to a house with a pile of mortars in the gar- Afghans, including eight children returning from TAL AFAR: Fighters of the Hashed Al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) paramilitaries prepare defensive positions den. “This was where they had their base,” he said. school, by a roadside bomb in the country’s volatile near the frontline village of Ayn Al-Hisan, on the outskirts of Tal Afar west of Mosul, where Iraqi forces are prepar- Another, Amar Baroudi, gave the soldiers tea - and names east, the latest in a growing number of civilian casu- ing for the offensive retake the western side of Mosul from Islamic State (IS). — AFP of more than 20 Iraqis fighting for IS. “These people were alties. The blast occurred in Paktika province on ignorant and very cruel to us.” he said of the militants. “Now tions and movements, warned of car bombs or hidden money, since some agents pay for information. Others do it Friday when their vehicle hit a pressure-plate impro- I’m proud to help the security forces find them and punish vised explosive device planted on a public road, the explosives and helped fill a list of names of IS supporters. out of hatred of IS. One operative was an Iraqi IS member them.” That goodwill can be easily strained. Human Rights The work is extremely dangerous. IS militants in Mosul are who was beaten because he was caught smoking - a crime UN said, adding that four others were wounded. Watch says it has information indicating thousands have like- “Children are once again the main victims of these known to kill at the slightest suspicion of espionage. under the militants’ rule. “That was the first spark,” said a ly been arrested in the Mosul operation. The vast majority indiscriminate and illegal weapons,” said Pernille Baghdad-based intelligence official in contact with the have not been allowed to access a lawyer or inform their fam- Karde, the UN’s deputy special representative in Revenge attacks man. As time went on, the man grew disillusioned. So he ilies where they are, said Belkis Wille, the senior Iraq Afghanistan. “There is a simple message to the per- People caught speaking on mobile phones have been started feeding information to intelligence officials. researcher for HRW. Wille said initially families from Mosul petrators: stop using these weapons if you are seri- shot by snipers or killed and hung from lampposts, accord- who had a loved one detained by Iraqi forces trusted they ing to accounts from the city. And when Iraqi forces recap- Intelligence gathering would quickly be screened and released, but as months ous about safeguarding Afghanistan’s civilians and ture a neighborhood, informants face getting caught up in Another is a 70-year-old man who escaped the militants’ dragged on with no news, that mood is changing. “They had the country’s future generation,” Kardel said in a residents’ revenge attacks against militants. More than half suspicions because of his age, the official said. But then this window to regain the trust,” Wille said, “but they’re los- statement yesterday. There was no immediate reac- a dozen Iraqi intelligence officials interviewed by The after his neighborhood was retaken by Iraqi forces, neigh- ing that opportunity.”— AP tion from officials in Paktika. The bombing comes just days after the UN voiced alarm over the killing of 25 civilians in the escalating conflict in southern Japan’s history revisionists Helmand province, most of them in US air strikes. bolder under Abe: Analysts Sri Lanka soldiers arrested for abducting a journalist TOKYO: Successful hotel chain operator the “Rape of Nanking,” took place. COLOMBO: Sri Lanka police arrested an army officer and Toshio Motoya doesn’t mind if his denial Motoya’s book, dryly titled “The Real two soldiers over the abduction and assault on a promi- of a notorious Japanese World War II mil- History of Japan: Theoretical Modern nent journalist nine years ago. The suspects were arrested itary atrocity in China drives customers History II,” uses the word “fabrication” to yesterday morning and include a major and two soldiers. away. Motoya not only penned a book describe Nanjing. “Revisionists in Japan They are expected to appear before a judge, said police calling the 1937 Nanjing massacre a lie are seeking to rewrite Japan’s shared spokesman Priyantha Jayakody. Their alleged victim, Keith but proudly displays it in guest rooms of wartime history in Asia and promoting Noyahr, was an associate editor of the English-language his nationwide chain of APA hotels. In an exonerating narrative that ignores weekly The Nation who wrote critical stories about the civil protest, China and South Korea pulled what happened,” Jeff Kingston, director war with Tamil Tiger rebels and the security situation. He their athletes from his inns for the Asian of Asian Studies at Temple University was abducted after leaving office in 2008. Following the Winter Games that begin in northern Japan, told AFP in an email. Motoya has attack, Noyahr fled the country with his family, saying he Japan on Sunday. also come under fire for anti-Semitic feared for his life. The abduction was one of the high pro- China has also told its tour businesses comments made in an in-house maga- file attacks on journalists under former President Mahinda to stop cooperating with APA, essentially zine placed in his Canada hotels, assert- Rajapaksa, whose nine-year tenure saw dozens of reporters calling for a boycott. Motoya has told ing that Jews “control” key sectors of the killed, abducted and tortured, forced to disappear or flee supporters he “will never withdraw” the United States. the country. Scores more were killed or disappeared in the book under foreign pressure. Such an His history book has elicited no con- civil war that ended in 2009 with the defeat of the rebels. attitude, analysts say, shows how those demnation from the Japanese govern- who whitewash Japan’s modern history ment and little from media or broader BAGHDAD: Civilians gather near a crater caused by a car bomb at a used car dealer’s are growing more emboldened by what society. The nationalist Sankei Shimbun parking lot in the southwestern al-Bayaa neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. The car Iran to conduct military they see as a tacit wink from hawkish daily has rather applauded the govern- bomb claimed by the Islamic State group killed scores of people. — AP drills despite warnings Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. ment for “neither pressuring APA hotel TEHRAN: Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard is to conduct Now in his fifth year in power, Abe nor urging self-restraint”. The situation in military drills next week, a senior commander makes no secret of his nationalist views. Japan contrasts with Germany, where Islamic State ‘business announced yesterday, despite warnings from the He says Japan must shake off past con- opinions expressing sympathy for Nazi United States and fresh sanctions over a ballistic missile straints, including altering its war-renounc- rule are broadly considered unaccept- model’ nears collapse test. “The maneuvers called ‘Grand Prophet 11’ will start ing constitution imposed by American able and displaying fascist symbols such Monday and last three days,” General Mohammad Pakpour, commander of the force’s ground units, told a occupiers after World War II. Tamotsu as the swastika, or denying the BAGHDAD: The Islamic State group is hem- tainable and to keep the group’s promise of news conference. He said rockets would be used with- Sugano, an expert on Japanese rightist Holocaust, are illegal. Last year, an 87- orrhaging money with every piece of terri- a caliphate. A federal lawsuit filed in groups, said hotelier Motoya has close ties year-old woman was sentenced to tory it loses, according to a new analysis December was a prime example of Islamic out specifying which kind. In early February, Iran con- with ultra-conservative lobby Nippon prison for denying that Auschwitz was a that found that the group’s “business mod- State’s revenues from a combination of ducted drills involving short-range missiles at a time of Kaigi, or Japan Conference, which has pub- death camp. el” is on the path to failure. The analysis seized land, taxes and extortion. According heightened tensions with the United States. The lished a dossier calling the Nanjing mas- The lack of vocal criticism over revi- released yesterday by the International to the court filing, the group received at Islamic republic said the exercises were aimed at sacre a “false accusation”. And while Abe sionist ideas in Japan, however, does not Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and least 20 percent of the proceeds of items demonstrating Iran’s “complete preparedness to deal does not question the massacre, he and mean nationalist views resonate widely. Political Violence and the accounting firm excavated from archaeological sites under with the threats” and “humiliating sanctions” from more than half his Cabinet ministers hold Indeed, voters have bet on Abe mainly EY found that the self-proclaimed its control and taxed antiquities sold in its Washington. US President Donald Trump slapped fresh membership in a parliamentarians’ league for his promise to revitalize the econo- caliphate’s financial resources have been territories. At one point, a child was kid- sanctions against Tehran’s weapons procurement net- that supports the group. my. Polls show underwhelming support drained substantially since the days begin- napped to force an antiquities merchant to work following a ballistic missile test on January 29. “Since he was first elected to parlia- for his pet project of constitutional revi- ning in mid-2014 when it captured banks, pay, said the lawsuit, which sought the “Iran would do well to look at the calendar and realize ment, Abe has acted very closely with sion. “The rise of China is stoking anxi- oil wells and entire warehouses of weapons recovery of four ancient artifacts believed there’s a new president in the Oval Office. And Iran the core members” of Nippon Kaigi, said eties and nationalism in Japan, but as it amassed land. to have been put up for sale by the group. would do well not to test the resolve of this new presi- Sugano, who has written a book on the nationalism doesn’t resonate powerfully The report found that Islamic State rev- But that income only flows when Islamic dent,” Vice President Mike Pence said earlier this month. organization. Koichi Nakano, a professor among Japanese because they under- enue has declined from up to $1.9 billion in State can exert absolute control. According of political science at Sophia University stand what can go wrong,” said Temple 2014 to at most $870 million in 2016. “One to an update Friday from the global coali- in Tokyo, says revisionism has been ris- University’s Kingston. — AFP of the mistakes that’s been made in the tion against Islamic State, the group has Mexicans form ‘human wall’ ing among politicians, the business sec- past when we were talking about Islamic lost 62 percent of the territory it controlled along US border in protest tor and media since the late 1990s. “Abe State was talking about it purely as a terror- in Iraq at its height in August 2014 and 30 CIUDAD JUAREZ: Thousands of Mexicans linked arms has been careful after becoming prime ist organization. percent of its territory in Syria. “The busi- Friday to form a “human wall” on their country’s border minister, but his firm foothold is these It is a terrorist organization but it is ness model was also to constantly expand with the United States, protesting President Donald people,” Nakano said, calling him “their more than that. It holds territory,” said Peter and to plunder the areas that were becom- Trump’s plan to build a massive barrier between the flag bearer”. The prime minister, who Neumann, director of the center at King’s ing part of the caliphate. It was essentially a countries. The protest, organized by local authorities and once prevaricated over whether Japan’s College London. “That also means it has a pyramid scheme which relied upon con- Mexican advocacy groups, brought together people wartime aggression amounted to “inva- lot more expenses. It needs to fix roads. It stant expansion,” Neumann said. armed with flowers, including politicians, social leaders sion”, has also appointed cabinet minis- needs to pay teachers. It needs to run A US defense official said IS still has and crowds of students to the border town Ciudad ters with a revisionist bent. health services. It needs to pay for these enough money to pay its bills, despite the Juarez-which already is separated by extensive fencing things that Al-Qaeda never had to.” But less fact that it has lost sources of income and from its American neighbor city El Paso. Protestors hurled Rewriting wartime history money may not make the group less dan- has reduced what it pays foot soldiers. The slogans at Trump, whose plans to build the wall to keep And while Abe has stood by previous gerous, the report said. official said the US certainly has not seen IS’ undocumented immigrants out of the US-and make government apologies for the war, he “We know from the attacks in Paris and financial situation damaged to the point Mexico foot the bill-has enraged many people here. “The said ahead of the 70th anniversary of its Brussels and Berlin that none of them was that it has degraded its ability to conduct wall is one of the worst ideas,” said Carolina Solis, a 31- end in 2015 that future generations expensive,” Neumann said. Most of the external attacks. The official was not year-old student. “It won’t stop anything-not drugs or should not have to say sorry. China says recent attacks in Europe and the US were authorized to publicly discuss IS and spoke migrants.” “It’s just a symbol of Donald Trump’s hatred, the 300,000 people died in a six-week spree self-financed by the people that carried only on condition of anonymity. president’s racism.” Under the watchful eye of US Border of killing, rape and destruction by the them out, with little input or money from Near-daily car bombings in Baghdad Patrol officers, protestors-among them El Paso Mayor Japanese military that began in the IS leadership in the war zone of Syria indicate that the group’s ability to inflict Oscar Leeser-formed a human barrier of nearly 1.5 kilo- December 1937. Some respected aca- and Iraq. Among the top sources of rev- carnage is undiminished in Iraq, even as it meters (0.9 miles). Many people on both sides of the bor- demics estimate a lower number of vic- TOKYO: Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo enue for the Islamic State group were taxes cedes ground it once controlled. But der cross it daily, calling one country home while going to tims, but mainstream scholarship does Abe and his wife Akie arrive at Haneda and fees, oil, ransoms, and looting or other Neumann said the fall of the northern Iraqi work in the other. “Ciudad Juarez and El Paso are one city- not question that the incident, known as Airport in Tokyo. — AFP extortion. All of those, Neumann said, city of Mosul could be a lethal blow in the we will never be apart,” said Leeser, who was born on the required newly captured territory to be sus- long term. — AP Mexican side of the border. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017 INTERNATIONAL Southern California hit by massive storm; 2 dead Huge storm ravages roads, opening sinkholes
LOS ANGELES: A huge Pacific storm parked itself over Southern California and unloaded, ravaging roads, opening sinkholes and leading to the deaths of at least two people. The storm feeding on an atmospheric river of moisture stretching far out into the ocean was at its most fierce late Friday afternoon, dropping over 8 inches of rain in one area, and was expected to last until yester- day afternoon. The region appeared to dodge any major dis- asters, but in the desert town of Victorville, sever- al cars were washed down a flooded street, and one man was found dead in a submerged vehicle after others were rescued, San Bernardino County fire spokesman Eric Sherwin said. And in the Sherman Oaks area of Los Angeles, a man was electrocuted when a tree falling in heavy rain downed power lines that hit his car. Later in the same neighborhood, a sinkhole swallowed two cars, the second on live TV as viewers watched it teeter on the edge before WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump hands the pen he used to sign HJ Res 38 plunging in. Firefighters rescued one person to Kevin Hughes, General Manager, Murray Energy Corporation (second from from the first car, and the driver got out of the right) in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. The president is second before it fell. No one was injured. Inland surrounded by coal miners and members of congress including Sen Shelley at the Cajon Pass, the shoulder of Interstate 15 Moore Capito, R-WVa (right); Rep Bill Johnson, R-Ohio (left) and Rep Jim Renacci, crumbled and sent a parked firetruck spilling R-Ohio (third from left). —AP over the side, but no one was hurt. There were several traffic deaths on slick and CALIFORNIA: A large eucalyptus tree toppled onto carport damaging vehicles in Goleta, Calif flooded roads also, but it was difficult to say on Friday, Feb 17, 2017. —AP Trump calls media ‘enemy which were a direct result of the storm. Other forms of travel were tough too. Amtrak canceled 10. “It’s crazy,” said Robin Johnson, an academic ways of the Lake Oroville dam forced evacuation of the American people’ its rail trips for a long stretch of the state’s south- adviser at the University of California, Santa of 188,000 people last weekend. ern and central coast, and more than 300 arriving Barbara. “It’s just pouring down rain. The wind is The National Weather Service said it could end and departing flights were delayed or canceled WASHINGTON: Donald Trump ratcheted president Barack Obama, called Trump’s just going nuts.” up being the strongest storm to hit Southern at Los Angeles International Airport. Winds gust- up his attacks on the media Friday, blasting criticism of the media “a gift to authoritari- In LA’s Sun Valley, 10 cars were trapped in California since January 1995. Hundreds of trees ing to 70 mph or more lashed parts of the region. the press as “the enemy of the American ans everywhere-will discredit any US swift-moving water on a roadway and 15 people and dozens of power lines had toppled in the Los Heavy rains turned creeks and rivers into brown people!” Shortly after landing at his holiday efforts to support freedom of the press had to be rescued, the Fire Department report- Angeles area and about 150,000 customers were torrents and released slews of mud from hillsides home in Mar-a-Lago, Florida-where he is globally.” Many reporters were taken aback ed. Using ropes and inflatable boats, firefighters without electricity across the region. Another burned barren by wildfires. spending a third consecutive weekend-the by Thursday’s press conference, described rescued seven people and two dogs from the tree smashed a carport and vehicles in the Santa “At one point the wind was so strong I’m sur- president lashed out in 140 characters. by some as bizarre, but Trump echoed the Sepulveda basin, a recreation and flood-control Barbara suburb of Goleta. By evening, Ventura prised it didn’t blow my windows out,” retiree “The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, words of praise he got from one rightwing area along the Los Angeles River. One person County and northern Los Angeles County had Phoenix Hocking said from Carpinteria. “I now @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my commentator and insisted the outing had was taken to a hospital with a non-life threaten- seen 24-hour rain totals of up to 7 1/2 inches, have a pond in my patio. And my dog is starting enemy, it is the enemy of the American been a bravura performance. “‘One of the ing injury. The storm took aim at Southern with the San Marcos mountain pass in Santa to grow flippers so he can go out and do his People!” Trump wrote on Twitter. Trump most effective press conferences I’ve ever California but also spread precipitation north Barbara County receiving nearly 8 1/2 inches. The business.” Several stretches of freeways and had tweeted an earlier post which targeted seen!’ says Rush Limbaugh. Many agree. Yet into the San Joaquin Valley and up to San city of Duarte, in the foothills of the San Gabriel highways were closed by flooding, including the New York Times, CNN, NBC “and many FAKE MEDIA calls it differently! Dishonest,” Francisco. It was not expected to bring signifi- Mountains east of Los Angeles, ordered evacua- very busy arteries like Interstate 5 and Interstate more” media-and ended with the exclama- Trump wrote on Twitter about an hour cant rain in the far north where damage to spill- tion of 180 homes below a burn scar. — AP tion “SICK!” But he swiftly deleted that mis- after the earlier tweet. sive before reposting the definitive version Trump declared during the news confer- adding two more “enemies” to his blacklist. ence: “Much of the media in Washington, The 70-year-old Trump built his cam- DC-along with New York, Los Angeles, in paign on criticizing the press as biased. In particular-speaks not for the people but for addition to regularly accusing the media of the special interests and for those profiting overstating his setbacks, he has also off a very, very obviously broken system. accused journalists of failing to show suffi- “The press has become so dishonest that if cient respect for his accomplishments. On we don’t talk about, we are doing a Thursday, he launched a long diatribe at a tremendous disservice to the American grievance-filled news conference, in which people. Tremendous disservice. We have to he blamed the media for his one-month-old talk to find out what’s going on, because administration’s problems. In four weeks, the press honestly is out of control. The lev- Trump has seen his national security advisor el of dishonesty is out of control.” ousted, a cabinet nominee withdraw, a cen- Trump’s campaign website and the terpiece immigration policy fail in the courts Republican Party on Thursday posted a and a tidal wave of damaging leaks. “Mainstream Media Accountability Survey,” Many US presidents have criticized the asking respondents questions such as: “On press, but Trump’s language has more which issues does the mainstream media closely echoed remarks leveled by authori- do the worst job of representing tarian leaders around the world. His com- Republicans?” It also asks whether the GOP ments had some observers declaring that should spend “more time and resources” the Republican was veering dangerously holding the media accountable. It’s not close to infringing on the constitutionally known what it will take-or if it’s even possi- protected freedom of the press. “I love that ble-for Trump to plug the leaks in his part of the 1st Amendment that declares administration, but an ally on Capitol Hill the press the enemy of the American peo- stepped in Friday to help. House ple,” conservative commentator SE Cupps Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin wrote on Twitter, adding the hashtag Nunes has asked the FBI to investigate the “TrumpsAmerica.” leaks, Politico reported, citing three Ben Rhodes, a top advisor to former sources familiar with his request. — AFP
Undocumented mom seeks sanctuary in US church
DENVER: Jeanette Vizguerra fled to the targeted known criminals but rights United States from Mexico with her fami- advocates say people with no serious ly after her husband was kidnapped criminal records were also detained. In three times, once with a gun to his head. Arizona, Guadalupe Garcia de Rayos-an Now, nearly 20 years later, she is seeking undocumented mother of two refuge again, this time in a church to American-born children-was deported avoid being deported as part of last week to her native Mexico after President Trump’s crackdown on immi- checking in with ICE, just like Vizguerra grants living in the country illegally. was supposed to do on Wednesday. Vizguerra, 47, and her three young chil- dren, who are US citizens, are living in ‘Never lose hope’ the basement of Denver’s First Unitarian Vizguerra worked as a janitor and a Society Church, where she sought sanc- union organizer after moving to the US, tuary late Tuesday, rightly suspecting and is known in the Denver area as an that a stay of her deportation order immigration advocate. In 2009, follow- would not be extended by a judge the ing a routine traffic stop, she was con- following day. victed of using a fake social security It is uncommon for US authorities to number she says she needed to contin- enter places of worship, schools and ue working. She was also convicted in hospitals to deport undocumented 2013 on a second misdemeanor charge immigrants. Vizguerra, who also has an for illegally entering the country after older daughter, said she was prepared she traveled to Mexico to see her ailing to stay in a makeshift bedroom at the mother. Although a deportation order church for as long as it takes-even four was issued in 2011, her lawyer, Hans years under Trump’s presidency-so as Meyer, has managed to help Vizguerra not to be separated from her children. get approval to stay in the US. Until now. “People on the outside think it’s hard, On Wednesday, after she failed to they say ‘how could you sacrifice so show up for her scheduled appointment much’,” she said. “But then when I look to check in with ICE, a federal judge at my children, they’re healthy, they’re denied Vizguerra’s request for another happy. stay of her deportation. The mother-of- “I’m able to be here safely and hug four said she hopes her case will help them and they’re here alongside me. I’m galvanize public opinion and spotlight willing to do whatever it takes. I’m will- the plight of undocumented people like ing to sacrifice what is necessary in order her who have established roots in the to be with my children.” She and her kids country. “It’s time for us to come togeth- live in a small room crowded with their er and look for solutions,” she told AFP belongings and two beds. The living through a translator. “We have had to space includes a kitchen and a playroom confront these things in the past. “We’ve for her children, aged 12, 10 and six. overcome harmful laws and policies that Last week, Immigration and Customs harmed us and it’s time for us to come Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested some together and resist.” Vizguerra said she 680 people across the United States as wants all immigrants who may be faced part of a crackdown by the new adminis- with the same situation to know there tration on the estimated 11 million are always options and resources. “They undocumented immigrants living in the should never lose hope,” she said. “There United States. Officials insist the raids is always a reason to fight.”— AFP SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017 INTERNATIONAL Tanzania threatens to publish ‘list of gay people’ DAR ES SALAAM: Tanzania yesterday announced male sex is punishable by anything from 30 years to social media. Dozens of men suspected of being populations operated by NGOs countrywide after it plans to publish a list of gay people allegedly selling life imprisonment under Tanzanian law, but there is gay have been detained and taken to hospital for was established that the centers were promoting sex online-just days after shutting dozens of AIDS no such ban on lesbian relations. anal exams to confirm their homosexuality. homosexuality, which is against Tanzania’s laws,” clinics accused of promoting homosexuality. The However politicians have largely ignored the gay Also in July last year the government banned Mwalimu told a press conference. country’s deputy health minister Hamisi community-which was not subject to levels of dis- the import and sales of sexual lubricants, which Last year she said it was estimated that 23 per- Kigwangalla said on Twitter that the government crimination seen in other countries such as neigh- Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu said encour- cent of men who have sex with men in Tanzania was investigating “the homosexuality syndicate” boring Uganda-until a recent spike in anti-gay rhet- aged homosexuality which led to the spread of were living with HIV/AIDS. and would arrest and prosecute those involved in oric by the government. In July last year, the region- HIV/AIDS. On Thursday government announced Homosexuality is illegal in 38 of 54 countries in the gay sex business. al commissioner for the port city of Dar es Salaam, it was stopping many privately run health cen- Africa, and is punishable by death in Mauritania, “I will publish a list of gay people selling their Paul Makonda, announced a crackdown against ters from providing AIDS-related services after Sudan and Somalia, according to Amnesty bodies online. Those who think this campaign is a gays, followed by arrests in clubs. they were accused of providing services to International. joke are wrong. The government has long arms and Some people who have been openly gay on the homosexuals. Uganda in 2014 tried to impose the death penal- it will arrest all those involved quietly,” he wrote. internet stopped posting after Makonda threatened “We have suspended the provision of HIV and ty on those found guilty of being homosexual, how- “Once arrested they will help us find others.” Gay that police would arrest those who follow them on AIDS services at less than 40 drop-in centers for key ever the controversial law was later repealed. —AFP Pence says, US will stand firm with Europe, NATO European allies skeptical, see mixed message MUNICH: US Vice President Mike Pence “Looks like we have two governments,” yesterday brought a message of support Murphy wrote on Twitter from Munich. The for Europe from Donald Trump but failed to vice president “just gave speech about wholly reassure allies worried about the shared values between US and Europe as new president’s stance on Russia and the (the US president) openly wages war on European Union. In Pence’s first major for- those values.” The resignation of Trump’s eign policy address for the Trump adminis- security adviser Michael Flynn over his con- tration, the vice president told European tacts with Russia on the eve of the US leaders and ministers that he spoke for charm offensive in Europe also tarnished Trump when he promised “unwavering” the message Pence, Mattis and Tillerson commitment to the NATO military alliance. were seeking to send, officials said. US “Today, on behalf of President Trump, I Republican Senator John McCain, a Trump bring you this assurance: the United States critic, told the conference on Friday that of America strongly supports NATO and the new president’s team was “in disarray,” will be unwavering in our commitment to breaking with the American front. this transatlantic alliance,” Pence told the The United States is Europe’s biggest Munich Security Conference. While trading partner, the biggest foreign Poland’s defense minister praised Pence, investor in the continent and the European many others, including France’s foreign Union’s partner in almost all foreign policy, minister and US lawmakers in Munich, as well as the main promoter of European remained sceptical that he had convinced unity for more than sixty years. Pence, cit- allies that Trump, a former reality TV star, ing a trip to Cold War-era West Berlin in his would stand by Europe. youth, said the new US government would Trump’s contradictory remarks on the uphold the post-World War Two order. “This value of the North Atlantic Treaty is President Trump’s promise: we will stand Organization, skepticism of the 2015 deal with Europe today and every day, because to curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions and an we are bound together by the same noble apparent disregard for the future of the ideals - freedom, democracy, justice and BRUSSELS: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (center) speaks during a meeting of the counter-Islamic State Coalition at NATO headquar- European Union have left Europe fearful the rule of law,” Pence said. ters in Brussels. — AP for the seven-decade-old US guardianship of the West. French Foreign Minister Jean- Muted applause Marc Ayrault on Twitter expressed his dis- While the audience listened intently, ‘Expect more fake news’ from appointment that Pence’s speech con- Pence received little applause beyond the tained “Not a word on the European warm reception he received when he Union”, although the vice president will declared his support for NATO. Ayrault, in a Russia, top NATO General says take his message to EU headquarters in speech defending Franco-German leader- Brussels tomorrow. ship in Europe, lauded the virtues of multi- US Senator Chris Murphy, a member of lateralism at a time of rising nationalism. Russian disinformation gaining pace the opposition Democrats, said he saw two Trump has promise ‘America First.’ “In these rival governments emerging from the difficult conditions, many are attempting to MUNICH: Russia was behind a false report of a parliament, as evidence for which Pavel cited 330,000 troops amassed in its Western military Trump administration. Pence, Trump’s look inward, but this isolationism makes us rape by German soldiers in Lithuania that was NATO intelligence work that monitors suspicious district around Moscow, NATO believes. Pavel defense secretary Jim Mattis and his for- more vulnerable. We need the opposite,” intended to undermine support for NATO’s new activity and disinformation. European intelli- said the Western military alliance NATO has eign minister Rex Tillerson all delivered Ayrault said. Pence warned allies they must eastern force, a senior NATO general said yester- gence agencies have said Moscow is also seek- ways, known in military parlance as strategic messages of reassurance on their debut pay their fair share to support NATO, noting day, warning Europe to expect more such “fake ing to destabilize governments and influence communication, to counter Russian disinfor- trip to Europe. But events in Washington, many lack “a clear or credible path” to do news”. Petr Pavel, who heads NATO’s military elections with cyber attacks and fake news. mation and he did not expect Moscow to be including a free-wheeling news conference so. He employed a tougher tone than committee, said he also hoped to hold the first German Chancellor Angela Merkel said yester- able to generate popular protests against the Trump gave in which he branded accredit- Mattis, who delivered a similar but more telephone call in more than two years with day she would like to discuss the issue with deployments. “The population in these coun- ed White House reporters “dishonest peo- nuanced message to NATO allies in Brussels Russia’s military chiefs in coming weeks. There Russia, but it was questionable whether the tries are rightly afraid of a continuation of ple”, sowed more confusion. this week, diplomats said. — Reuters he will outline why NATO believes its biggest problem could be successfully addressed before these events, a potential spillover into their military build-up since the end of the Cold War is European elections this year. Last week Russia countries. They have been asking for years for not a threat to the Kremlin. denied meddling in campaigning for April and some kind of visible reassurance,” Pavel said, Pavel, a Czech army general, said a claim that May’s presidential election in France. referring to Crimea. German-speaking men raped a 15-year-old girl NATO will also reassure Moscow directly that last week in a Lithuanian town close to a German ‘Potential spillover’ the eastern deterrent is a measured response to army barracks “was not based on real events”. An Worried since Russia’s 2014 seizure of Crimea and what NATO says is Russia’s direct email making the claim was sent to the speaker Ukraine’s Crimea that Moscow could invade support for rebels in eastern Ukraine. Pavel said of Lithuanian’s parliament on Tuesday. “It is clear- Poland or the Baltic states, NATO is bolstering contact between NATO’s top commanders and ly fake news and I believe we should expect more its eastern flank with troops, war games and their Russian counterparts could restart in the of this,” Pavel said in an interview, citing conver- warehoused US equipment ready for a rapid next few weeks with a telephone call with the sations with the German and Lithuanian defense response force of up to 40,000 personnel. The chief of the Russian General Staff Valery ministers. “Russia is not pleased by the deploy- first German troops have arrived in Lithuania, Gerasimov. Pavel said that could follow with a ment of NATO troops closer to its border so it will where Berlin is leading a battalion of some face-to-face meeting. US General Joseph likely use legal means, such as propaganda and 1,000 troops. From around April, Britain will Dunford, the top US military officer, met they will try to influence public opinion against head the deterrent force in Estonia, while Gerasimov in Azerbaijan this week. US Vice the deployments,” Pavel said. “It will get stronger Canada is deploying in Latvia and US troops President Mike Pence sought on Saturday to ... but we will be transparent, consistent.” are arriving in Poland and across the Baltics. assure Europe that Washington would back Russia has not responded to NATO’s assertion Russia says the alliance build-up threatens NATO, but told allies they must pay their fair that it was behind the email to the Lithuanian the stability of central Europe. It has some share to support the alliance. — Reuters Trump’s team in disarray, US
BRUSSELS: Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Defense Minister Mohammed Alayeesh (center) Senator McCain tells Europe speaks with US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis (right) during a meeting of the counter-Islamic State Coalition at NATO headquarters in Brussels. — AP MUNICH: Republican Senator John McCain lot of work to do,” said McCain, even as he assuaging concerns as they both took a more broke with the reassuring message that US offi- praised Trump’s defense secretary. traditional US position. cials visiting Germany have sought to convey on “The president, I think, makes statements But Trump is wrestling with a growing contro- 10 years in jail and still no their debut trip to Europe, saying on Friday that (and) on other occasions contradicts himself. So versy at home about potential ties between his the administration of President Donald Trump we’ve learned to watch what the president does aides and Russia, which he dismissed on trial for a murder suspect was in “disarray”. McCain, a known Trump critic, as opposed to what he says,” he said. European Thursday as a “ruse” and “scam” perpetrated by a DOTHAN: Kharon Davis has spent nearly from someone else, prosecutors say in told the Munich Security Conference that the governments have been unsettled by the signals hostile news media. Mattis made clear to allies, 10 years in jail. He’s had four sets of attor- court records. resignation of the new president’s security sent by Trump on a range of foreign policy issues both at NATO in Brussels and in Munich, that the neys, with two judges on the bench. His co- But that person wasn’t home, so the adviser Michael Flynn over his contacts with ranging from NATO and Russia to Iran, Israel and United States would not retreat from leadership defendants’ cases have wrapped up. Davis group went into Reaves’ apartment, with an Russia reflected deep problems in Washington. European integration. The debut trip to Europe as the European continent grapples with an has appeared in court for several hearings, open door, and tried to rob him of money “I think that the Flynn issue obviously is some- of Trump’s Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and assertive Russia, wars in eastern and southern and drugs - that’s when Davis shot him, the thing that shows that in many respects this Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, to a meeting of Mediterranean countries and attacks by Islamist and new prosecutors are assigned. But administration is in disarray and they’ve got a G20 counterparts in Bonn, went some way to militants. US Vice President Mike Pence will Davis has had no trial. There’s been no jury, records say. Davis and his friends, Kevin address the Munich conference on Saturday no verdict, no conviction. Police say he McCloud and Lorenzo Stacey, were all with a similar message of reassurance. Pence will killed a man in a drug deal gone wrong, but charged with capital murder. say that Europe is an “indispensable partner” for he hasn’t had his day in court. He’s charged the United States, a senior White House foreign with capital murder and could face the Held without bond policy adviser told reporters. death penalty. Trial dates have come and Stacey went to trial in 2009 and was Mattis told a crowd that included heads of gone, and it’s now scheduled for acquitted; his lawyer suggested Davis state and more than 70 defense ministers that September. By then, 10 years and three pulled the trigger while Stacey was outside, Trump backed NATO. “President Trump came months will have passed since the crime. according to local media reports at the into office and has thrown now his full support The Constitution guarantees suspects time. Two years later, McCloud pleaded to NATO. He too espouses NATO’s need to adapt “the right to a speedy trial.” Capital cases guilty to a lesser murder charge, avoiding to today’s strategic situation for it to remain often take a year or longer to get to trial, the death penalty and receiving a 99-year credible, capable and relevant,” Mattis said. but 10 years is rare - experts call it shocking prison sentence. That leaves Davis. He’s Mattis said the United States and its and say it could be unconstitutional. held without bond - typical in capital cases. European allies had a shared understanding of Prisoner advocates and court-watchers say As Davis waits, so does the family of Pete the challenges ahead. Trump has alarmed allies such delays take an exhaustive toll on sus- Reaves. “I want justice for my parents, for by expressing admiration for Russian President pects stuck behind bars and on victims’ my family,” his brother Alvin Reaves said. Vladimir Putin. Mattis, however, has spoken out families, who are robbed of closure that “Every time it gets set back, it’s taken a big strongly against Russia while in Europe. After can come from trials. Davis’ mother says her toll on them.” talks with NATO allies in Brussels on Thursday, son is innocent but hasn’t had the chance A capital case generally takes a year or he said that he did not believe it would be pos- to prove it in court, and his health is suffer- two from arrest to sentence, said Steve sible to collaborate militarily with Moscow, at ing because of the long stretch in jail. “It’s Bright from the Southern Center for Human least for now. The Europeans may need more like they snatched up my child, put him in a Rights - and 10 years is the longest wait convincing that Washington stands with it on a cage and threw away the key,” Chrycynthia he’s ever heard of. Richard Jaffe, a defense range of security issues. “There is still a lot of Ward Davis said. lawyer and author of “Quest for Justice: uncertainty,” Sebastian Kurz, Austria’s foreign Police say Davis, then 22, shot 29-year- Defending the Damned,” called the delay MUNICH: US Senator John McCain (left) and Polish President Andrzej Duda attend a panel dis- minister, told reporters. “The big topic in old Pete Reaves inside his apartment June shocking. “If this were a wealthy person, cussion ‘The Future of the West: Downfall or Comeback?’ during the Munich Security Munich is looking to the USA to see which 9, 2007. Davis and two friends had gone to there’s no way it would’ve taken 10 years to Conference in Munich, southern Germany. — AP developments to expect next.” — Reuters the apartment complex to buy marijuana get to trial,” he said. —Reuters SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017 INTERNATIONAL Scared jungle children starve in Colombia’s ‘peace’ PIE DE PATO: The cries of hungry babies Fleeing from home and aid civilians. But for fear of being pierce the quiet of dawn in the green jun- The violence forced hundreds of peo- attacked, locals stay in their settlements, gles of northwestern Colombia. For thou- ple to abandon their homes near the guarded by indigenous strongmen with sands of indigenous families displaced by Upper Baudo river in 2014 and resettled wooden staves. Stuck there without war, recent peace efforts have brought no in other nearby communities. One of access to their crops, they are slowly relief. Sordid fighting over drugs and land them, Tasi community leader Jeison starving. “When people are hungry, continues. Terrified locals are starving to Mecha of the indigenous Embera peo- there is no peace,” Jaime Valderrama, a death. “There is no food here,” says John ple, says he eats once a day on average: senior official in the Upper Baudo district Hamilton Sagugara, a school teacher in Tasi, “nothing but bananas.” Despite the government. one of a grouping of local indigenous com- peace efforts, “we are still suffering,” he munities. “Many people have diarrhea, says in broken Spanish. The locals used Caught in crossfire vomiting and fever.” With the youngest of to grow corn, plantains and rice. They As well as extortion and reprisals by her seven children clinging to her breast, used to rear pigs and hens. They have the fighting sides, locals fear being Mariluz Dari confirms it. Her baby has been had to abandon it all for the jungle. “We caught in the crossfire. They say they are sick for the past three weeks. Naked chil- ran in fear,” says Sagugara, the school- also at risk from bombardments by gov- dren with bellies swollen by hunger roam teacher, his golden tooth glinting in the ernment forces targeting drug-traffickers the mud streets between the wooden midday sun. and illegal mines. The United Nations houses. Local authorities say two children warned last year that the local Afro- died here last year from gastric and respira- Death threats Colombian and indigenous populations tory conditions caused by malnutrition. Upriver in the village of Puesto Indio, needed “urgent” protection. Authorities resettled families live crammed in over- say there are 6,000 people displaced and Nothing but bananas crowded huts perched on piles. On 7,000 confined to their homes in the sur- Colombia’s President Juan Manuel January 9, armed guerrillas burst into a rounding Choco region for fear of vio- Santos won the Nobel Peace Prize last PIE DE PATO, Colombia: A Colombian police officer guards the streets of the meeting of local leaders and threatened lence.”We cannot guarantee that the year for reaching an accord with the left- town of Pie de Pato, department of Choco, western Colombia. — AFP to kill them. “They accused us of collabo- peace process will end the violence,” says ist FARC rebels to end five decades of officials here say that the ELN is still administrator in Pie de Pato, municipal rating with the paramilitaries,” said one Luis Carlos Arce, governor of Alto conflict. His government has also fighting against right-wing paramilitary capital of the surrounding district. “They leader, who has not been named to pro- Tumando, another settlement of dis- launched peace talks with the country’s groups-remnants of a long, many-sided are seeking control of the drug-traffick- tect him from reprisals. “We were very, placed people. “The violence of hunger, last remaining rebel group, the leftist conflict. “There is a really strong pres- ing and that means they are constantly very afraid.” The Red Cross has mediated its impact on education and health-that National Liberation Army (ELN). But local ence of ELN here,” says Dayro Palacios, an fighting for territory.” to help calm the conflict in the region is not going to end.”— AFP India legislators exchange blows New Chief Minister wins bitter confidence vote CHENNAI: The new Chief Minister of India’s Tamil Nadu state won a confidence vote in the regional assembly yesterday, hours after legisla- tors came to blows over a bitterly fought leader- ship contest. Shouting slogans, legislators dis- rupted the assembly ahead of the vote, ripping out microphones and breaking chairs as Edappadi Palanisamy, who was recently sworn in as Tamil Nadu’s chief minister, sought a majority for his government in a bid to cement his position. HYDERABAD: A man arrives holding a chair to join other college students and job- The death of Palanisamy’s predecessor seekers who are studying in an open ground outside the City Central Library in Jayalalithaa Jayaram triggered a weeks-long bat- Hyderabad, India. — AP tle over succession, with her close aide Sasikala hauled off to prison for graft just as she was on Library grounds in southern the verge of becoming chief minister of the southern state, clearing the way for Palanisamy to take the reins on Thursday. The 63-year-old India turn into a study area secured his majority by winning 122 votes in the HYDERABAD: Nowhere is the search for library premises helps,” Venkateshwarlu 234-member state assembly yesterday, hours jobs more desperate than in India, where said as he set up his chair with a wooden after the speaker, who was whisked away to around 13 million young people enter the board that would serve as a desk for the safety by marshals, evicted close to 90 opposi- job market every year. High levels of unem- next few hours. Several international com- tion politicians for disrupting proceedings. ployment, even among the educated, cre- panies have their India headquarters in Members of the opposition ripped papers, ate immense pressure on young people to Hyderabad, the capital of Telangana and toppled tables and threw microphones to find work, and more so for a secure govern- Andhra Pradesh states. Every year, millions demand a secret ballot that would potentially allow legislators from the ruling All India Anna ment job. of young people from small towns and vil- CHENNAI: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party leader Edappadi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party to In the congested southern city of lages head to the city in search of educa- Palanisamy (center) gestures as he pays his respects at the memorial for former state Chief switch sides, according to media reports. Hyderabad, the open grounds outside the tion and jobs. Minister Jayalalithaa Jayaram after being sworn in as the Chief Minister of the state of Tamil Television footage showed legislators storming City Central Library turn into a giant out- Scores of colleges and cram schools Nadu in Chennai. —AFP door classroom every day when hundreds have come up near the library, preparing the well of the house and manhandling each of young college students and job-seekers, aspirants in their search for admission to other, injuring at least one member who was Pandiarajan, the state’s former education minis- The corruption case dates back to the late armed with books and other study materi- university or a secure job. Among the carried out on a stretcher. ter, told reporters, without elaborating. Tamil 1990s, when Jayalalithaa and Sasikala were als, sit and prepare for examinations till late crowds of students sitting and studying After he won the vote Palanisamy, along with Nadu, one of India’s most prosperous states, was accused of profiting from the chief minis- at night. Many of them bring their own are many young women who find the scores of his supporters, paid an emotional trib- plunged into political crisis following ter’s office and acquiring wealth beyond chairs, which they chain overnight to the library a safe place to study. “I find this a ute at Jayalalithaa’s memorial, where he report- Jayalalithaa’s sudden death in December. their income. outer metal grill of the building. calm place to prepare for my examina- edly broke down in tears. The vote was expected Her close aide Sasikala-a one-time video cas- They were jointly accused of illegally amass- P Venkateshwarlu, a 27-year-old prepar- tions,” said V Chandrika, a 19-year-old col- to draw a line under the long tussle for power, sette seller who has never held political office or ing bungalows, luxury cars, tea estates and vast ing for a government accountant’s job, said lege student who lives in a hostel nearby. “I but a rival AIADMK politician, O Panneerselvam stood for election-emerged as the heir apparent quantities of gold. Sasikala had earlier kept sev- he found the quiet ambience of the library feel inspired to work hard just by watching and his supporters vowed to ramp up their fight until she was convicted Tuesday of amassing ille- eral dozen legislators in a resort outside Chennai grounds more conducive for studying. “My everybody else here working till late in the to form the government. “We may have lost the gal assets worth $10 million, barring her from over fears her opponents’ camp might try to room is small and noisy. The serenity of the evening.”— AP battle today but the war has begun,” Ma Foi K holding office for a decade. poach them in the battle for succession. — AFP After drug war contracting boom, Mexico security prisons stand idle PAPANTLA: Guards at one of Mexico’s behind schedule and contractors Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in July high security prisons have to worry were promised higher future pay- 2015. In the steel town of Monclova, a much more about criminals breaking ments under a new plan of partial pri- facility with space for hundreds of in than busting out. Despite a price vatization. inmates closed just a few years after tag of more than 2 billion pesos ($98 The long delays and wasted money its inauguration. The ill-fated prison, million), the Papantla prison built for highlight broader problems plaguing which cost more than 500 million about 2,000 men in the eastern state government infrastructure programs pesos, will not reopen and is instead of Veracruz does not have a single in Mexico: Congress provides weak slated to be turned into a training inmate, and only a handful of staff oversight of budgets and incoming center for prison agency staff. look after the site. So it was not sur- presidents typically seek to promote prising that last year, construction their own projects. “The appetite to Privatization materials were stolen from inside the build is always what ends up motivat- Of Calderon’s 15 facilities, seven prison perimeter. “In reality, it’s a ing them,” said Manuel Molano, an were regular construction contracts white elephant,” Galdino Diego Perez, economist at the Mexican Institute for but the other eight were part of the legal representative for Papantla’s Competitiveness, a think tank in Mexico’s first experiment in privatiz- municipal government, said of the Mexico City. “It’s badly thought out. ing prisons. Under the model, the con- enormous white and gray complex It’s a chain of stupidities, complicities tractors do not manage security or outside of town. and errors from the legislative power health care. Instead they had to find The Papantla facility is the most to the executive.” Pena Nieto’s office land, raise money, build the prisons egregious example of wasted taxpay- declined to comment. The prison and then provide key services like er money under a 2008 prison-build- agency, OADPRS, declined to respond food, laundry and toiletries - but not SPIJKENISSE: Supporters of Dutch far-right politician and leader of the Partij Voor De Vrijheid (PVV or Freedom ing plan that aimed to solve chronic to questions for this story. security or medical care - for 20 years. Party) Geert Wilders hold leaflets bearing his image and a slogan which translates as ‘Make Netherlands ours overcrowding in Mexico’s prisons and Two of those are still not open. house an influx of new inmates as White elephant again’, as he officially launches his parliamentary election campaign in Spijkenisse yesterday. — AFP Major security issues have plagued security forces cracked down on drug The enormous complex at the prison built by Mexican construc- cartels. Under the plan, then- Papantla towers over an impoverished tion firm Prodemex in Buenavista Wilders launches campaign bid President Felipe Calderon’s conserva- indigenous community, where resi- Tomatlan, Michoacan, an area ravaged tive government gave out some 176 dents live without drainage and culti- by drug gang violence. to de-Islamize the Netherlands billion pesos ($8.65 billion) of no-bid vate corn under a hot sun. “How many A former worker said an architect contracts to open 15 facilities. But billions of pesos invested in this proj- turned up dead during construc- years later, four of them stand only ect ... with so much need, so much tion, and local news site La Silla Anti-Muslim, anti-EU Freedom Party ahead in polls partially built or are still not open. poverty that there is,” said Jose Rota reported that a drug cartel at AMSTERDAM: Geert Wilders kicks off those of US President Donald Trump. quitting the European Union. The Public policy experts say the idle Simbron, a local farmer. “It’s our mon- one point took over the site. Across prisons reflect inadequate planning ey. Everyone’s taxes are there.” The his election campaign yesterday, His Freedom Party leads in polls launch of the campaign for the March the country, another prison faced by Calderon’s government, though prison was almost completed when very different problems. In Ramos promising to ban Muslim immigration with 17 percent, but the pro-business 15 parliamentary election, is in the facilities that were opened did Pena Nieto took office in late 2012, Arizpe, Coahuila, financial and and close all the mosques in the liberals of Prime Minister Mark Rutte Spijkenisse, a suburb of the Freedom help reduce overcrowding in the said Patricio Patino, who was prisons union troubles weighed on contrac- Netherlands, hoping a global upsurge are barely a percentage point behind, Party stronghold of Rotterdam, the penal system. People involved in exe- minister under Calderon. tor Grupo Tradeco. in populism will propel him to power. having closed the gap on Wilders by port city that is the Netherlands’ most cuting Calderon’s plan blame current Now the federal prison authority, A government-mandated location Security will be tight at the launch as matching some of his anti-immigra- ethnically diverse area, with a large President Enrique Pena Nieto’s admin- which has had five different leaders change and decision to turn it into a the politician - who has lived in hiding tion rhetoric and getting an electoral Muslim population. istration for the delays. Most agree, since Pena Nieto took office, has to prison for men instead of for women since the 2004 murder by an Islamist boost from a surging economy. But A victory for Wilders would however, that Mexican taxpayers lost decide whether to finish off construc- also held up work, Tradeco’s Chairman of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh - even if he does win, Wilders would boost French ally Marine Le Pen out. More than 2.5 billion pesos of tion of the Papantla prison and open Federico Martinez said in an interview. will make a rare public walkabout. “I struggle to form a government since and the right-wing Alternative for public money has been spent on two it or scrap the project. The decaying Patino, the former minister, said want us in government,” Wilders said most major parties have ruled out Germany, both anti-EU right-wing of the four idle prisons - Papantla and facility is an added headache for an Tradeco was a “disaster” in Coahuila and earlier this week, promising to “de- joining a coalition with him. parties that hope to transform another in Monclova in the northern agency marred by corruption and it had been an error to give the compa- Islamize” the Netherlands with poli- The next Dutch parliament is European politics in national elec- state of Coahuila, according to public mismanagement, underscored by the ny the contract as it could not meet cies that echo, and go further than, unlikely to support policies such as tions this year. — Reuters records. The others are several years escape from prison of drug lord construction deadlines. — Reuters SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017 INTERNATIONAL Privilege and peril for N Korea’s first family
SEOUL: Membership of North Korea’s ruling Some analysts believe China was keeping the been poisoned to death, he will start speaking out lives. Others have been sent packing despite pos- dynasty brings enormous privilege, but for anyone family under its wing in case it needed a friendly fig- again some day to criticize the regime,” he said. ing no apparent challenge. Kim Jong-Un’s uncle, who falls foul of the power games there is a poten- ure to serve as replacement leader in the event of 62-year-old Kim Pyong-Il, has been living in quasi- tially fatal price to pay. The assassination of leader upheaval in the North. “China has been protecting Overkill exile for the past three decades, mostly in Eastern Kim Jong-Un’s elder half-brother Jong-Nam in Jong-Nam and his family. Therefore, he was detest- The Kim family tree is littered with figures who Europe. Currently serving as ambassador to the Malaysia is likely to leave other estranged and ed all the more by the North’s leader”, said Kim met violent deaths or were forced into exile after Czech Republic, he was once tipped as the North’s exiled relatives casting some increasingly anxious Sung-Min, a high-profile defector who operates an being marked out by a regime which has never next leader. “It’s long been a taboo to talk about glances over their shoulders. Chief among them is anti-Pyongyang propaganda radio station in Seoul. loosened its grip on power in three generations. him and any official who tries to befriend Pyong-Il the murdered man’s son Han-Sol, who lived in exile Back in 2012, when at school in Bosnia, Han-Sol Jong-Nam’s death evoked the fate of Jang Seong- is subject to punishment”, said the defector Kim. with his parents in the Chinese territory of Macau, labeled his uncle Kim Jong-Un a “dictator” in an Taek, a one-time number-two and uncle of the Jong-Un’s brother Jong-Chul, 35, is also known and who with his impeccable bloodlines could be interview in which he appeared bright and articu- young ruler, who was executed in Pyongyang in to be living in near-exile, travelling abroad and seen as a rival figurehead in a state roiled by late and hinted at a future role in his homeland. 2013 for treason and corruption in a brutal display keeping a discreet distance from politics. He was bloody purges. “I have always dreamed one day I will go back of who was now in charge. Jang is known to have spotted watching British rockstar Eric Clapton per- “As Kim Jong-Un’s reign of terror continues, and make things better, make it easier for all the served as Jong-Nam’s protector and provider, form in London in 2015. South Korea’s spy chief some elites in Pyongyang have started to think people there,” he said. “My dad was not really inter- bankrolling the playboy’s profligate life style. The said last year that Jong-Chul was living “in internal about possible alternatives,” said Koh Young-Hwan, ested in politics,” Kim said when asked why his Malaysian assassination may be straight out of the exile under tight surveillance” and was abusing a former North Korean diplomat who is now a father was passed over for the dynastic succession pages of a spy novel, but North Korea has a long alcohol and suffering from poor mental health. Seoul-based commentator on North Korea affairs. in favor of his younger brother. Ahn Chan-Il, a for- history of spectacular targeted killings including a “Although Jong-Chul is older than Jong-Un, it is “So Kim Jong-Un must have concerns about such mer North Korean military official and the head of 1968 commando attack on South Korea’s presiden- highly unlikely that he will play any significant role figures. Now Jong-Nam is dead, you can say his son the World Institute for North Korean Studies in tial Blue House. in the North”, said Thae Yong-Ho, former North is also in great danger.” Han-Sol, 21, is believed to Seoul, said that after the death of Jong-Nam, his Yi Han-Yong, Kim Jong-Nam’s cousin, was shot Korean deputy ambassador to London who defect- have graduated from his studies at the Science Po son now had a target on his back. “He has dead by two assassins in 1997 outside his home ed to the South last year. “Had he been born to an University in France but his current whereabouts remained quiet for a couple of years after criticiz- near Seoul after he defected in 1982 and published ordinary family, he might have become a good gui- are unknown. ing the North once. But now that his father has a memoir revealing details of the Kims’ private tarist”, he quipped. — AFP
North Korea and Malaysia in bitter battle over Kim’s body
KUALA LUMPUR: A battle between North tion scandal at home. Yesterday Malaysia’s Korea and Malaysia for the body of Kim police chief said Pyongyang would have to Jong-Un’s murdered brother intensified wait for the investigation to be completed, yesterday, as foreign police said one of the which would include a family member suspected killers believed she was taking sending a DNA sample to identify the body. part in a reality TV prank. The body of Kim- “While in Malaysia, everyone has to obey Jong Nam has been held in a Kuala Lumpur and follow our rules and regulations... that morgue since he was assassinated in a Cold includes North Korea,” Inspector-General of War-style killing at the capital’s internation- Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar told nation- al airport on Monday. al news agency Bernama. Pyongyang accused Malaysia of conspir- ing with its enemies and said it would A ‘TV show prank’ reject any results of a post-mortem exami- Detectives in Kuala Lumpur have arrest- nation carried out by local police, after ed a 25-year-old Indonesian woman Malaysia rejected demands to return the named Siti Aishah and her Malaysian remains. “The Malaysian side forced the boyfriend, along with a woman carrying a post-mortem without our permission and Vietnamese passport that identified her as witnessing. We will categorically reject the Doan Thi Huong, 28. Indonesian Police result of the post-mortem conducted uni- Chief Tito Karnavian said he had informa- laterally excluding our attendance,” the tion from Malaysia that Aishah was tricked North Korean ambassador told reporters into thinking she was simply taking part in gathered outside the morgue shortly pranks for a TV show like “Just For Laughs”. before midnight on Friday. “Probably she was just used-she did not The comments were the first official realize it was an assassination attempt,” he remarks from the country since the killing, was quoted as saying in local media. but ambassador Kang Chol stopped short He said Aishah was persuaded to carry of identifying Jong-Nam or touching on his out similar pranks-spraying a substance cause of death. North Korean state media into someone’s eyes-with another woman has remained silent on the murder, which on three or four previous occasions in MANILA: Thousands of Roman Catholics march around Manila’s Rizal Park to oppose the revival of the death penalty by the Philippine Seoul says was carried out by poison-wield- exchange for money. But on the final occa- Congress as well as the killings of drug users and drug pushers in the so-called war on drugs by President Rodrigo Duterte at dawn yester- ing female agents working for Pyongyang. sion, it involved an attack on Kim Jong-Nam day in Manila, Philippines. — AP The ambassador earlier met with Malaysian with “hazardous materials”, he said. Aishah’s police, demanding the release of the body family in Jakarta expressed shock over her without success, according to an English arrest, with her former father-in-law saying Philippine Catholics protest transcript of the envoy’s comments distrib- there was “no way such a nice person would uted by an aide. do that”. “I could not believe it because she “They are colluding with the hostile was a good person,” said Tija Liang Kiong, drug killings, death penalty forces towards us who are desperate to 56. Vietnam have said they are co-operating harm us of malice,” the transcript said, sug- with Malaysian authorities. The drama gesting South Korea was trying to defame erupted on Monday morning as Jong-Nam Church in ‘show of force’ vs drug killings the North in a bid to distract from a corrup- prepared to board a plane to Macau. — AFP
MANILA: Thousands of Catholics joined a march statement, where he also hit at efforts by legisla- bloody anti-drug campaign, joined yesterday’s with church leaders in Manila yesterday in one of tors to reimpose the death penalty. rally. State prosecutors charged her in court the largest shows of opposition against Duterte, a longtime city mayor before being Friday for allegedly receiving bribes from President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly crackdown elected to the presidency in May on an anti- detained drug lords, an allegation she has against illegal drugs and attempts to revive the crime platform, has asked Congress to revive the staunchly denied. The prosecutors alleged that death penalty. Police estimated that at least death penalty, preferably by public hanging. de Lima, while she was justice secretary under 10,000 people joined the “Walk for Life” march That, along with his pro-birth control stance and President Benigno Aquino, received huge and rally starting at dawn at Rizal Park, carrying threats to kill criminals, has put him on a colli- bribes from detained drug lords to finance her placards that read “Choose life” and “No to death sion course with the church in Asia’s largest senatorial campaign last year. penalty.” Organizers gave a larger estimate of the Catholic nation. The bribes were allegedly solicited by her crowd. It’s the latest sign of the Roman Catholic “Execution is murder,’ Villegas said. “We can- former driver and lover, who was also Church’s increasing activism against a govern- not teach that killing is wrong by killing those charged. If judges, who would handle the ment crackdown that has left thousands of drug who kill.” Duterte has been antagonistic to the three separate complaints, assess that there suspects dead and efforts by pro-Duterte legisla- influential church, once calling it “the most hyp- are strong evidence against her, they may tors to reimpose capital punishment as early as ocritical institution” and lashing out at some decide to issue a warrant for her arrest. When next month. local bishops he accused of corruption and sexu- she was a top human rights official, de Lima Catholic bishops expressed their deep con- al abuse. The foul-mouthed president shocked tried unsuccessfully to have Duterte prosecut- cern over the drug killings in a recent statement Roman Catholics two years ago when he fired off ed when he was still a city mayor for unlawful read in churches across the country. Archbishop an expletive while expressing his disgust over a deaths occurring during his deadly anti-drug Socrates Villegas, who heads the country’s bish- monstrous traffic jam that trapped him while crackdown. De Lima told reporters at the rally KUALA LUMPUR: A man arranges the newspaper to the rack inside a mini mart in ops, said no civilized country should allow such Pope Francis was visiting Manila. that the criminal charges were meant to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia yesterday. North Korea said it will reject the results of an illegal actions to continue unabated. “They He later apologized after Filipino bishops intimidate her, but said Duterte’s administra- autopsy on its leader’s estranged half brother, the victim of an apparent assassina- ought to be judged by the court of law and nev- expressed shock and outrage. Sen Leila de tion would fail. “I will continue to fight. They tion this week at an airport in Malaysia. Pyongyang’s ambassador said Malaysian offi- er by the extrajudicial means,” Villegas said in a Lima, one of the most vocal critics of Duterte’s cannot silence me,” she said. — AP cials may be “trying to conceal something” and “colluding with hostile forces.” — AP Malaysia arrests North Was it brother? Lover? Or crime Korean in Kim’s killing gang? N Korean rumors abound KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police said “The Malaysian side forced the post- yesterday they had arrested a North mortem without our permission and SEOUL: As Malaysian police continue their While imaginations run freely, most South the Kim clan who regularly talked to foreign jour- Korean man over the assassination of witnessing. We will categorically reject inquiry into the death of Kim Jong Nam, the out- Korean experts think there’s a straightforward nalists and sometimes went so far as to openly criti- Kim Jong-Un’s brother, as relations the result of the post-mortem conduct- cast half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong explanation behind the alleged assassination of cize the country’s hereditary power transfer. North between Pyongyang and Kuala Lumpur ed unilaterally excluding our atten- Un, there’s plenty of speculation surrounding Kim, who appears to have been killed by two Korea has been seen as tightening control on its nosedived in a battle for his body. A 46- dance,” the North Korean ambassador what seems one of the stranger killings the world women at a Kuala Lumpur airport tomorrow in high-profile individuals overseas since the defec- year-old was arrested on Friday evening told reporters gathered outside the has recently seen. North Korea killed Kim Jong what has been suspected as a poison attack. Kim tion of Thae Yong Ho, a senior North Korean diplo- with documents that identified him as morgue on Friday. Ambassador Kang Nam because he planned to create an exile gov- Jong Un, who has executed or purged a slew of mat in London who arrived in South Korea last year. North Korean citizen Ri Jong Chol, a Chol’s comments were the first official ernment around defectors, says one rumor. Kim high-level officials since taking power in 2011, There’s also a possibility that Kim Jong Nam, who police statement said, making him the remarks from the country since the Jong Un was furious after learning about secret most likely made another move to remove a continued to stay in Macau and the Chinese main- first person from the North to be killing, while North Korean state media Chinese plans to enthrone his estranged sibling potential challenger to his power, the experts say. land, was taken out because he disobeyed orders detained over the case. Kim Jong-Nam has remained silent on the murder. The in Pyongyang if something happens to him, says Kim Jong Nam had been the only member of to return home, according to some experts. — AP died after an unidentified liquid was ambassador said he had met Malaysian another. sprayed in his face at Kuala Lumpur inter- police, demanding the release of the Or maybe Pyongyang wasn’t involved at all. national airport on Monday, in an attack body without success, according to an Perhaps, Kim Jong Nam, known for his carefree Seoul says was carried out by female English-language transcript of his lifestyle and gambling habits, angered crime agents on the orders of Pyongyang. speech. organizations over money problems and that got Local officers have already arrested a “They are colluding with the hostile him killed, say some online arguments. Some the- woman with a Vietnamese passport and forces towards us who are desperate to ories are more bizarre. South Korean newspapers a Malaysian man, as well as an harm us of malice,” the transcript said, have reported on rumors making rounds on the Indonesian woman who foreign police suggesting South Korea was trying to Chinese internet that impeached South Korean said could have got involved in the mur- defame the North in a bid to distract President Park Geun-hye, who faces a court ruling der thinking it was a reality TV prank. from a corruption scandal at home. on whether she should permanently step down Jong-Nam’s body has been held in a Malaysia’s top health official said yester- over a corruption scandal or be reinstated, plot- Kuala Lumpur morgue since an autopsy day that the government was “not both- ted Kim’s death to create a distraction. on Wednesday, the results of which ered” by the complaint and that South Korea’s spy agency, which has consis- could take up to two weeks to come Pyongyang would have to wait as long tently described Kim Jong Un as an irrational and through, Malaysia’s health minister said. as it took for the autopsy report to be unstable dictator, argues that he killed a non- After Malaysia ignored demands to published. “Normally it will take about threatening sibling out of “paranoia.” The fuming return the remains, Pyongyang accused two weeks to find out what was the North Korean ambassador to Kuala Lumpur says Kuala Lumpur of conspiring with its ene- cause of death...Until we find something the country will reject the autopsy results on Kim mies and said it would reject whatever conclusive we will not be able to release Jong Nam because Malaysian officials may be PANMUNJOM: North Korean soldiers look on as US soldiers (front) stand guard at the joint results came from the post-mortem. the report,” S. Subramaniam said. —AFP “trying to conceal something” and “colluding with security area during a visit of Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop at the truce village of hostile forces.” Panmunjom in the Demilitarized zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas. — AFP NEWS SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017 Trump sons open golf club in glitzy Dubai ‘Blind sheikh’ Omar Abdel Continued from Page 1 first sparked controversy during the Republican outsider’s presidential campaign. Trump’s 2015 call for “a total and Earlier yesterday, Eric and Donald Jr attended a pri- complete shutdown of Muslims” entering the US led Rahman dies in US prison vate luncheon at DAMAC chairman Hussain Sajwani’s major regional retailer “Lifestyle” to pull Trump-branded mansion on Dubai’s man-made Palm Jumeirah archipel- home decor items from its shelves out of respect for its WASHINGTON: “Blind sheikh” Omar Abdel Rahman, the Egypt before emigrating to the United States. Born in ago, speaking underneath an ornamental clock whose customers. DAMAC Properties, which declined to com- Egyptian-born cleric linked to the 1993 World Trade 1938, he preached a radical brand of Islam and was seen face spelled “SAJWANI VILLA”. “It’s rare in the world ment on Trump’s remarks, said at the time that the golf Center bombing, died yesterday of natural causes in a as having inspired the 1993 bombing of New York’s World where you can be such great friends with a partner and club development would remain unaffected. US prison facility, the Justice Department said. He was Trade Center, which left six people dead and injured that’s what we have right here,” Eric Trump said. And it has resulted in an 18-hole golf course 78 years old. Abdel Rahman was serving a life sentence around 1,000 more. His son Mohamed Omar was “Hussain, he is an amazing person and DAMAC is an designed by Gil Hanse, the architect behind the Rio on several terrorism-related charges at a Federal informed of the death and told AFP the family had con- amazing company.” The two Trump brothers met with 2016 Olympics course. A 2014 video posted on YouTube Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina. His death tacted the American and Egyptian authorities to repatri- the over 80 people gathered at the event, attendee channel “Arabian Golf TV” shows Trump in his trademark came after a long battle with diabetes and coronary ate the late cleric’s body. Niraj Masand told AP. They were “expressing their grati- red tie swinging a club in slow motion before flashing artery disease, the Bureau of Prisons said. Abdel Rahman had been imprisoned in North tude to Mr Sajwani, who is the chairman of DAMAC, and two thumbs up, flanked by Sajwani and a smiling Ivanka The sheikh was seen as a jihadist spiritual leader even Carolina since 2007. He was hospitalized in late 2006 in sort of expressing their happiness to meet with all the Trump, his daughter. On Nov 25, two weeks after after his conviction in 1995 for conspiring to bomb New the state of Missouri after he began to spit blood and partners,” said Masand, a director of the real estate firm Trump’s against-the-odds electoral triumph, Sajwani York landmarks, including the United Nations, and assassi- was given a blood transfusion. In 2012, Egyptian Islamist Banke International. posted on his Instagram a shot of the three on the golf- nate the former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. Abdel President Mohamed Morsi called for Abdel Rahman’s Guests wearing traditional dress, including white ing green apparently taken the same day. Rahman, who sported a long gray beard and signature transfer to Egypt for “humanitarian reasons,” asking for a sunglasses, led the militant Al-Gamaa al-Islamiya group in “prisoner exchange” with the United States.— AFP gandouras and black abayas, mingled with others in Sajwani, an Emirati whom Forbes has called “the suits and fur wraps. While the deal predates Trump’s Donald of Dubai”, himself received a warm shout-out at 2016 election, the golf club’s opening coincides with Trump’s New Year’s Eve bash. “Hussain and the whole controversy over the policies and politics of the tycoon family, the most beautiful people, are here from Dubai Washington pushes alliance of Israel... president, and potential conflicts of interest. The corre- tonight and they’re seeing it and they love it,” Trump Continued from Page 1 Schanzer, vice president of research at the Foundation lation between wealth and politics is nothing new, and said from the stage at his Mar-a-Lago club in sunny for Defense of Democracies, told AFP. American presidents are not required by law to give up Florida. The United Arab Emirates was not among the “That’s something that may have a new opportunity So sensitive is the issue that Israeli authorities rarely - their investments or businesses. seven mostly Muslim countries named on Trump’s now- because of the fact that many of the Arab countries if ever - specifically name Arab countries when speaking Critics have raised questions over the ethics and con- suspended travel ban. now see Israel not as their enemy but as their ally in publicly on the subject, with the exception of Egypt and stitutionality of Trump’s ties to governments and busi- Trips abroad by Trump’s two sons are expected to confronting the large threat of Iran and (the Islamic Jordan which have peace deals with Israel and maintain ness executives. Trump says he has transferred control continue. Before Trump’s inauguration, his son Eric visit- State group) - that is, the twin Islamist forces that threat- diplomatic relations. Gulf states like Saudi Arabia, the of the Trump Organization to his two eldest sons, and ed the Trump Tower Punta del Este in Uruguay to check en all of us. That is bringing us closer together and may the business empire has said it will not pursue new on the tower’s progress and personally greet buyers. A United Arab Emirates and Qatar do not have diplomatic deals outside the United States. But despite calls by Trump hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia, is also also help pave avenues for peace.” relations with Israel - although that does not prevent ethics watchdogs, the president has resisted complete expected to soon host Trump’s sons. Trump affirmed that the United States would work them from sharing informal links. divestment from his businesses. Separately, Trump’s defense secretary arrived in the “very, very diligently” on a “great peace deal” - with his Retired Saudi general Anwar Eshki met Israel’s then- Watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and UAE yesterday for talks with one of Washington’s closest son-in-law Jared Kushner, who is Jewish, expected to foreign ministry director general Dore Gold in Ethics in Washington (CREW) on Jan 23 filed a lawsuit allies in the Middle East. Jim Mattis, on his debut trip to lead the American effort. The US president said Jerusalem last July. The pair shared a stage a year earlier citing payments from guests at his hotels - and golf the region as Pentagon chief, was expected to meet Netanyahu’s proposal for a regional alliance was some- at a Washington think tank. At the time, they spoke of courses - as well as leases with foreign governments as Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed thing that “hasn’t been discussed before,” noting it the peace process, stalled since 2014, and pledged to forms of cash and favors. The suit, which does not seek Al-Nahayan and US embassy representatives. US offi- would take in “many, many countries and it would cover reinvigorate the Arab Peace Initiative. Also known as the monetary damages, cites the emoluments clause, a cials have not disclosed details about his agenda. a very large territory”. “Saudi initiative”, the 2002 plan called for normalization scantly noticed passage in the US constitution. The In late January, Trump and the crown prince spoke More specifically, Trump’s pick for US ambassador to of relations between Israel and Arab states in exchange clause originally took aim at then-ambassador by telephone and the White House said they had dis- Israel, lawyer David Friedman, has pushed for coopera- for a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders. The ini- Benjamin Franklin, later a founding father of the cussed a proposal for safe zones for Syrian refugees dis- tion between Israel and Sunni Arab nations in opposing tiative was revived in July 2013 by then-US secretary of United States, after he accepted a customary bejew- placed by the conflict. Mattis, a retired Marine general Shiite Iran. “The Gulf states, the Egyptians, the state John Kerry, prior to his mediating Israeli- elled snuffbox from French monarch Louis XVI. It holds who is reviewing US war plans against Islamic State in Jordanians and the Israelis are all united, perhaps inad- Palestinian talks nine months later. that “no Person holding any Office... shall, without the Syria and Iraq, is a familiar figure to Gulf Arab rulers. A vertently so, but they’re all united in a common concern But now the Trump administration has an opportuni- Consent of the Congress, accept of any present” from former leader of Central Command, which oversees US about Iran. Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism,” Friedman ty to push for the proposed US-Israeli-Sunni Arab any foreign state. military operations in the region, Mattis said in his said during his Senate confirmation hearing, during alliance, said Robert Satloff, executive director of con- At a press conference in January, Trump, at the time Senate confirmation hearings that Iran was “the biggest which he was grilled on his rightwing views. servative think tank the Washington Institute for Near still president-elect, said he had rejected a new $2-bil- destabilizing force in the Middle East and its policies are US experts said the alignment of interests between East Policy. “Israel’s real strategic need from Washington lion deal in Dubai with DAMAC - as a personal and not contrary to our interests.” Israel and Sunni Arab countries against the Iranian goes far beyond the bilateral relationship. What Israel - official move. “I didn’t have to turn it down,” he said. “But Such views play well with Gulf Arabs, who hope regime should be supported by the Trump administra- along with other longstanding US allies in the region - I have a no-conflict-of-interest provision as president.” Trump’s administration will check what they see as a tion, which has already broken from the policies of really needs is a reassertion of American leadership The Dubai golf course, however, has raised concerns not surge of Iranian support for paramilitary allies in Syria, predecessor Barack Obama who had signed the land- after a period of perceived indifference by the Obama only over a potential conflict of interest but also Trump’s Iraq, Yemen and Lebanon and for fellow Shiites in mark deal giving Tehran sanctions relief in exchange for administration,” he said. Israeli Minister Ayoob Kara, in a policies on Muslim-majority countries. Bahrain and Saudi Arabia’s oil-producing Eastern curbs on its nuclear ambitions. “Trump has the potential tweet, welcomed “the expected regional peace summit Trump’s ties to Sajwani, whose $3.2-billion net worth Province. The UAE is also a key US ally in the fight to pull off a major diplomatic coup between Israel and of Arab leaders in Washington... This is the new Trump- last year landed him on Forbes’ list of world billionaires, against Al-Qaeda in Yemen.— Agencies the Gulf states in countering Iran’s threat,” Jonathan Netanyahu Middle East”. — AFP SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017 ANALYSIS
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Focus Trump stumbles into a Middle East minefield
s he stood on the podium next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President ADonald Trump said he was open to new ideas that would bring Middle East peace. With that, he opened the door to a whole new maze of complexity and risk. By uttering the phrase “one-state” - rather than a two-state solution to the conflict, the bedrock of international diplomacy for two decades - he went where past presidents and most leaders feared to tread, knowing the loaded implications. The creation of a binational or single state that encompasses both Israel and Palestinian territories is not a viable option for most Israelis and Palestinians for religious, political and demographic reasons. “So I’m looking at two-state and one-state, and I like the one Washington Watch that both parties like,” Trump said with an almost off- hand air, emphasizing that for him the main aim was “to see a deal”. “I’m very happy with the one that both par- ties like. I can live with either one.” An exercise in fawning, fantasy, incitement The problem is the parties - Israelis and Palestinians - By Dr James J Zogby After this shameless exercise in “log-rolling”, the Calls for immediate annexation are now heard. And the may find it just as hard, if not harder, to live with a one- two settled down to presenting their views of the Knesset recently passed a bill “legalizing” the theft of state solution as two states side-by-side, depending on sraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting future of peace in the region - a discussion that Palestinian owned land. Before leaving to the US, how it is defined and what ideals underpin it. While not with US President Donald Trump was overshadowed included equal doses of hallucination, fantasy, and Netanyahu’s coalition partners warned him that should the taboo it was a few years ago - Israel’s president is an by dramatic and unsettling events that preceded and anti-Palestinian incitement. he publicly commit to two states he would face a rebel- advocate and many younger Palestinians discuss the I followed their perfectly bizarre press conference. Trump insisted that he wants to make a “great deal” lion at home. In ducking the two state formula, Trump concept - the idea of one state is freighted with ques- The week began with the forced resignation of White that will bring peace to the region. He was initially vague was saving Netanyahu from his domestic foes. tions of identity, ethnicity, religion and democracy that House National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and reve- about what that would entail, but after being coaxed by cut to the essence of the conflict. lations of extensive communications between Trump Netanyahu it became clear that both leaders believe that Fiction Saeb Erekat, the Palestinian chief negotiator, sug- campaign aides and Russian intelligence - revealing a they can convert the Arab World’s concern with Iran and For his part, Netanyahu maintained the fiction that he gested the overriding risk was that Israel ended up White House in disarray, operating under a dark cloud of ISIS into an alliance that would create a regional peace could accept two states but on two conditions: That holding the upper hand, creating one state with two suspicion. The day after the Trump/Netanyahu joint press agreement. Both suggested that some Arab States are Palestinians accept Israel as a “Jewish State” and that separate systems - one for Jews and one for Arabs - mir- event was dominated by reactions to Trump’s solo press already working covertly with Israel to confront both would give Israel permanent security control of the land roring South Africa’s apartheid. conference - an unprecedented incoherent and, at times, threats. This being the case, they posited that this shared to the west of the Jordan River. The first of these two paranoid affair that left many commentators questioning interest can be transformed into an open alliance that conditions would permanently disenfranchise One secular state? the president’s stability. would make peace with Israel, on Israel’s terms. Palestinians inside Israel. The second would leave With efforts to forge a two-state solution having As a result of growing concerns with Trump’s Russian This is sheer fantasy. While it is true that Arabs are Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem largely gone nowhere in the last 20 years, despite connections and his out-of-control behavior when chal- concerned with both threats - hatred or fear of Iran or IS living under Israeli military rule with no freedom or exhaustive international effort, it is natural that leaders lenged by reporters or other American institutions (intel- does not translate into an overt alliance with Israel over access and egress to the outside world. Both are obvi- and diplomats begin to examine other possibilities. In ligence services, judiciary, or political opponents), the the backs of the Palestinian people. Such an arrange- ously non-starters. This is not a two-state solution, rather that respect, one state can seem a simpler, cleaner and Netanyahu visit became a one-day news story and the ment has long been an Israeli dream, but it ignores, as it is an outcome that would merely formalize the more elegant solution. But at the heart of Israel’s identi- content of the Trump/Netanyahu press event escaped former Secretary of State John Kerry has noted, deeply apartheid system that currently exists. ty, from before its creation nearly 70 years ago, is the needed scrutiny. felt Arab attachment to the legitimate rights of the To justify his intransigence, Netanyahu used his time idea that it is a nation for the Jewish people. One of Their press conference was, as expected, a love fest. Palestinian people. at the podium to accuse the Palestinians of incitement Netanyahu’s core and unwavering demands is that During Netanyahu’s time as prime minister, he has had to and violence using language that was, itself, a shameless Palestinians recognize Israel as a Jewish state. deal with Democratic Presidents (Clinton and Obama) Antipathy act of incitement. However, because this narrative has If one state is created from the estimated 16 million who have pressed him (albeit, ever so gently) to make As my polling clearly demonstrates, Israeli behavior become so accepted in the US, no questions were raised people now living in Israel, Gaza, the West Bank and concessions in order to advance peace with the toward the Palestinians has not only increased Arab about whether the charges are true or how whatever the East Jerusalem, it would be extremely difficult for it to Palestinians. Now he has a Republican president who he antipathy toward Israel, it has also significantly eroded Palestinians say or do compares with Israel’s incitement remain both Jewish and democratic - nearly half the has every reason to believe sees eye to eye with him on the Arab people’s support for the Arab Peace Initiative. against Palestinians, documented instances of Israeli vio- population is Muslim or Christian, and the Palestinian most issues. For his part, Trump, who made opposition to Given this, it is more likely that Arab cooperation with lence against innocent Palestinians, and the daily humili- birthrate is rising more rapidly than the Israeli one. what he characterized as Obama’s “weak” policies toward Israel, that is perceived to undercut Palestinian rights, ation, brutality, and violence of the occupation. Academics and free-thinkers on the left and the right Israel, Iran, and Islam major issues in his campaign’s for- would more likely play into the hands of Iran and extrem- With all of the questions that should have been raised, often circulate proposals for a single, binational state, or eign policy agenda, sees Netanyahu as a “soul mate”. ist movements who would use it to inflame passions it was disturbing that the only real discussion that fol- some similar formulation, but in opponents’ minds that against such an arrangement. lowed the visit focused on warnings that a one state solu- quickly raises questions about the primacy of law and Shameless Much was made of President Trump’s statement that tion would produce a state with an Arab majority com- language, and whether the Palestinians, who have so The press event featured an excess of embarrassing he didn’t care whether peace involved two-states or one promising Israel’s Jewish character - with no attention long lived without a state, would have equal billing fawning. US leaders often heap praise on Israel, commit- state, not enough attention was given to why it was said paid to the issues of justice or the rights of the within a binational structure. ting themselves to an “unbreakable”, “unshakable” bond. and what it would ultimately mean. Netanyahu has no Palestinian people. Beyond the many profound issues of identity lie sim- Trump upped the ante referring to Israel as: “a cherished interest in seeing the creation of an independent In any case, at the trip’s end, Netanyahu returned ple-sounding but thorny questions: What would the ally”, “an open democracy” that has “advanced the causes Palestinian state. He has ambitions for a Greater Israel - home to new revelations of corruption charges being lev- single state be called? Could it be secular and Jewish? of human freedom, dignity, and peace” and claimed that but wants to proceed gradually by taking more land, eled against him and new challenges from his far right Would Muslims from other states be free to visit? Which the US and Israel are “two nations that cherish the value building more settlements, and discrediting and weaken- “partners”. Back in Washington, Trump faced challenges legal system would apply? Would Arab or Muslim coun- of human life”. ing moderate Palestinian leadership in order to make of his own: more signs of a White House in disarray and tries recognize the new entity? Netanyahu repaid the unwarranted compliments with annexation an eventual “fact”. While he has succeeded, to more self-inflicted wounds of an out of control President. undeserved tributes. He praised Trump’s dealing with some extent, in these efforts, the Palestinian people’s As a result, whatever expectations might have been cre- Different meanings “Islamic extremism” saying “you’ve shown great clarity aspirations for justice, freedom, and self-determination ated by the visit were left unmet. This exercise in fawning, To many settlers on Israel’s right, the term “one and courage in confronting this challenge head on”. And, have not been extinguished. Nor has Arab support for fantasy, and incitement was for naught. Peace was not state” can mean Israeli sovereignty over the entire West in response to a question about the extent to which the Palestinians been diminished. advanced, nor was the understanding of what real peace Bank, while to some on the left in Europe and the Trump’s presidential campaign was supported by and Netanyahu has so empowered the Israeli right, that he would require and how what Trump and Netanyahu United States, it can be a euphemism for a binational gave a platform to anti-Semitic elements, Netanyahu has become its captive. As much as he resented Obama’s would contribute to that goal. state with no Israel, said David Makovsky, director of absolved the US President saying that “there is no greater pressure, he was able to use it to tame the more extreme the Project on the Middle East Peace Process at the supporter of the Jewish people and the Jewish State than impulses of his far right coalition partners. With the elec- NOTE Dr James J Zogby is the President of the Arab Washington Institute. “Whoever uses this term needs President Donald Trump”. tion of Trump, Israel’s right feels that the pressure is off. American Institute to be very careful in how it is used since it means opposite approaches,” he said. “Polls show only a minority of Israelis and Palestinians favor either defini- tion of one state.” A poll on Thursday showed exactly that. The survey A month of tweets, turmoil for Trump of 2,400 Israelis and Palestinians conducted by the Tami Steinmetz Center at Tel Aviv University and the ne month after the inauguration, the stretch of presidential tweets riffing off of whatever’s on TV talk I say it. There has never been a presidency that’s done so Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research in Pennsylvania Avenue in front of Donald Trump’s shows or teasing coming events or hurling insults at the much in such a short period of time.” Ramallah showed 55 percent of Israelis and 44 percent OWhite House still is a hard-hat zone. Skeletal media. At some point in the day, count on Trump to cast That’s all music to the ears of his followers, who sent of Palestinians favor a two-state solution. The survey remains of the inaugural reviewing stands poke skyward. back to the marvels of his upset of Democrat Hillary him to Washington to upend the established order and showed far lower support for a one-state outcome. Random piles of plywood and cables are heaped on the Clinton in the November election and quite possibly over- play the role of disrupter. “I can’t believe there’s actually a That is perhaps one reason why Netanyahu was ground inside crooked lines of metal fencing. state his margins of support. Expect more denunciations of politician doing what he says he would do,” says an approv- careful not to reference a one-state solution at the The disarray outside the president’s front door, though the “dishonest” press and its “fake news”. ing Scott Hiltgen, a 66-year-old office furniture sales broker news conference. He knows that buried behind the not his fault, serves as a metaphor for the tumult still From there, things can veer in unexpected directions as from River Falls, Wisconsin. “That never happens.” one-state label are concepts that could undermine the unfolding inside. Four weeks in, the man who says he Trump offers up policy pronouncements or offhand essence of an independent Jewish state, while not inherited “a mess” at home and abroad is presiding over a remarks that leave even White House aides struggling to Disruption being attractive to the Palestinians either. — Reuters White House that is widely described as itself being a mess. interpret them. The long-standing U.S. policy of seeking a Disrupt Trump has. But there may be more sound and At a stunning pace, Trump has riled world leaders and two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Trump fury than substance to many of his early actions. Trump did frustrated allies. He was dealt a bruising legal blow on one this past week offered this cryptic pronouncement: “I’m select Judge Neil Gorsuch to replace the late Antonin of his signature policies. He lost his national security advis- looking at two-state and one-state, and I like the one that Scalia on the Supreme Court, a nomination that has drawn All articles appearing on these pages er and his pick for labor secretary to scandal. He’s seen both parties like. I can live with either one.” His UN ambas- strong reviews from conservatives. But the president is are the personal opinion of the writers. forces within his government push back against his poli- sador, Nikki Haley, the next day insisted, “We absolutely regrouping on immigration after federal judges blocked cies and leak confidential information. All of this has played support a two-state solution.” his order to suspend the United States’ refugee program Kuwait Times takes no responsibility out amid a steady drip of revelations about an FBI investi- Trump’s days are busy. Outside groups troop in for “lis- and ban visitors from seven Muslim-majority countries, for views expressed therein. Kuwait gation into his campaign’s contacts with Russian intelli- tening sessions”. Foreign leaders call or come to visit. (Or, in which had caused chaos for travelers around the globe. gence officials. the case of Mexico’s president, cancel out in pique over Some other orders on issues such as the US-Mexico border Times invites readers to voice their Trump says his administration is running like a “fine- Trump’s talk about the planned border wall.) wall and former President Barack Obama’s health care law opinions. Please send submissions via tuned machine.” He points to the rising stock market and After the president signed two dozen executive actions, are of limited effect. Trump says his early actions show he the devotion of his still-loyal supporters as evidence that the White House was awaiting a rush order of more of the means to deliver on the promises he made during the cam- email to: [email protected] or all is well, although his job approval rating is much lower gold-plated Cross pens that Trump prefers to the chrome- paign. “A lot of people say, ‘Oh, oh, Trump was only kidding via snail mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, than that for prior presidents in their first weeks in office. plated ones used by his predecessor. with the wall,’” the president told a group of police chiefs Stung by the unrelenting criticism coming his way, Trump hands them out as souvenirs at the signing cere- recently. “I wasn’t kidding. I don’t kid.” But the Republican- Kuwait. The editor reserves the right to Trump dismisses much of it as “fake news” delivered by “the monies that he points to as evidence of his ambitious pace. led Congress is still waiting to see specifics on how Trump edit any submission as necessary. enemy of the people” - aka the press. Daily denunciations “This last month has represented an unprecedented wants to proceed legislatively on top initiatives such as of the media are just one of the new White House fixtures degree of action on behalf of the great citizens of our replacing the health care law, enacting tax cuts and revis- Americans are adjusting to. Most days start (and end) with country,” Trump said at a Thursday news conference. “Again, ing trade deals. —AP SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017 SPORTS
Ex-Man Utd star Yorke Belgian Hermans Ex-Cardinal Floyd denied entry to USA flying high in Oman gets 24 days in jail
JEBEL AL AKHDAR: Belgium’s Ben Hermans maintained his SCOTTSDALE: New England Patriots wide receiver Michael Floyd has plead- LONDON: Former Manchester United striker Dwight Yorke said he was “made Tour of Oman lead with today’s success in the fifth and ed guilty to second offense extreme drunken driving and been to feel like a criminal” after being denied entry to the United States. The 45- penultimate mountain stage. After this summit finish win on sentenced to 24 days in jail. The former Arizona Cardinals year-old from Trinidad and Tobago said he was prevented from entering the US player entered the plea in Scottsdale City Court on on Friday due to having played in a charity match in the Iranian the Jabal Al Akhdhar (Green Mountain) 5.7 climb, the RMC rider has a 22 second cushion over nearest rival Rui Costa Thursday. He also was sentenced to 96 days home con- capital Tehran in 2015. He was travelling from Doha in Qatar, finement and will be required to wear GPS and alcohol where he had been working for broadcaster beIN Sports, going into yesterday’s closing stage. Hermans was followed across the finish line by Italian Fabio Aru at 3sec and monitoring devices during that time. Floyd was and intended to return to his home in the Caribbean via ordered to undergo alcohol counseling and pay a Miami. “I couldn’t quite believe what was happening” Portugal’s Rui Costa at 11sec on the day. The 30-year-old has brought his good early season form to Oman after his sec- $5,000 fine. Floyd was arrested Dec. 12 after police Yorke told yesterday’s edition of British newspaper The found him unresponsive at the wheel of ond in last month’s Tour of Valencia. In yesterday’s stage he Sun. “I have lost count of the number of times I have been his running car. Police say he had a dominated the specialist climbers up a six minute final climb to America. I love the country, yet I was being made to blood alcohol level of 0.217. feel like a criminal. “I had bought my ticket and with an average gradient of 10.5% over the final 2,000 Anything over 0.08 is considered checked in and was about to get on the flight metres to the summit finish. “After my win on Wednesday (in driving under the influence. The when I was stopped by two officials. I thought, the second stage) I was confident but it was tough going, Cardinals released Floyd shortly ‘What is happening here?’ “They told me there even in the last few kilometres I wasn’t able to get away after his arrest and he signed was a visa problem and a red flag had come up from Fabio Aru who was always only 10 or 20 metres behind with the Patriots, winning a Super against my name because of an Iranian stamp me.” “When you look at the riders who came in behind me Bowl ring though he wasn’t in my passport. —AFP this has got to be the best win of my career.” —AFP active for the title game. —AP
ST MORITZ: United States’s Mikaela Shiffrin competes during a women’s slalom, at the Alpine Ski World Championships, in St Moritz, Switzerland, yesterday. — AP
ALPINE SKIING Shiffrin wins record-equalling third successive slalom gold
ST MORITZ: Mikaela Shiffrin won a record-equalling reporters. “I am very happy to go home with two The 31-year old Hansdotter was happier with her third successive world championship women’s slalom medals.” It was a second podium finish for overall World result than the performance and heaped praise on title with two blistering runs yesterday to secure a first Cup leader Shiffrin who also took the silver medal in Shiffrin. “She is unbelievable,” said the Swede after cap- gold medal for the United States at this year’s event. Thursday’s giant slalom. Swede Frida Hansdotter turing her third world championship slalom medal, The 21-year from old from Vail, Colorado matched climbed from fifth to third with a strong second run having taken the 2013 bronze in Beaver Creek and the the accomplishment of German Christl Cranz who before Holdener, second after the first leg, lit up the fan 2015 silver in Schladming. “She is so young and talent- completed her treble in 1939, finishing a staggering zone in the finish area with a gritty run which edged ed but it’s unbelievable how good she is skiing. 1.64 seconds ahead of home crowd favourite Wendy her ahead by 0.11 seconds. “Today was a fight with icy and aggressive snow Holdener of Switzerland. But any hopes of an upset the Swiss might have had conditions and I am not really satisfied with my skiing Stunned by the victory margin, Shiffrin jumped with were extinguished by a nerveless run from Shiffrin on a but for sure I am with the bronze.” The championship joy on her skis after crossing the finish line and challenging course, which several pace-setters failed to ends with the men’s slalom tomorrow when Austria’s received a rousing ovation from the 25,000-strong complete on icy snow. World Cup winner and overall leader Marcel Hirscher ST MORITZ: US skier Mikaela Shiffrin holds a US flag as she cel- crowd. “I’ve had lots of challenges and lots of amazing It was also a second medal of the championships for will be the hot favourite to complete the double after ebrates winning the women’s slalom race at the 2017 FIS days and today was a really good day,” Shiffrin told Holdener who won the combined event last week. winning Friday’s giant slalom. —Reuters Alpine World Ski Championships in St Moritz yesterday. — AFP
CURLING RUGBY O’Shea treating Italy ‘like an alcoholic’
LONDON: Conor O’Shea says he has approached the huge challenge of being Italy rugby head coach like an alcoholic addressing his addiction and admitting there is a problem. The 46-year-old Irishman-who replaced Frenchman Jacques Brunel last year — told The Times he needed to change the mindset of the players who were suffering the inevitable consequences of always being told they were useless. The many critics have had a field day following last Saturday’s abject 63-10 defeat at the hands of his native Ireland with some even questioning do Italy deserve to stay in the competition-the well-funded Georgia being mooted as a potential replacement. That appears a longshot although another hammering against Grand Slam holders England at Twickenham today will provide further ammunition. “It’s like an alcoholic. The first thing he has to do is say, ‘I SAPPORO: Qatar’s Hanan Al Boinin shouts instructions to her teammates during a SAPPORO: Japan’s Mari Motohashi, right, and Yurika Yoshida sweep the ice during a have a problem.’ We have to acknowledge it,” he told yes- round-robin Curling game against Japan at the Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, round-robin Curling game against Qatar at the Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, terday’s edition of The Times. “Of course there is a lot to northern island of Hokkaido, yesterday. —AP northern Japan, yesterday. change, but any Tom, Dick and Harry can come in here and tell us what we need to do. “If someone says you are really bad at your job, and everyone else then keeps telling you that, then it’s in your head. “There is so much negativity Desert to ice: Qatar takes on and I don’t just mean external. These players are constantly told they are not good enough. “We need players mentally strong enough to deal with very tough times.” O’Shea-who established his coaching curling at Asian Winter Games credentials at English Premiership side Harlequins guiding them to the domestic title in 2012 and two European SAPPORO: For members of Qatar women’s University student Binali said she likes the championships. “Curling is a sport that tradi- president of the World Curling Federation. Challenge trophy victories-says the debate about Italy’s curling team, just about everything is a new sense of teamwork that the sport provides. tionally has only been played in countries “But we can play the sport anywhere and future in the Six Nations is superfluous. experience. Curling, a sport that has links Players in Qatar train on a public rink that have winter sports,” said Kate Caithness, want to make it a truly global sport.”— AP “It was the four nations, then five,” said O’Shea, who is with medieval Scotland and is more suited shared by figure skaters and ice hockey play- following in the footsteps of coaching greats like Nick to the Canadian prairies, has taken a small ers. There are only two ice rinks in Doha so Mallett and Pierre Berbizier in trying to turn around the for- foothold in the Middle East. Just how new ice time comes at a premium. tunes of Italy. “We should be expanding, not going the oth- are Qatar’s players to the sport? Some of Soccer is the most popular sport in Qatar er way. “Over the last 30 Six Nations matches before this them in Japan for the Asian Winter Games in but the country is looking to broaden its year Scotland had won one more than Italy, and go back to Sapporo had never experienced snow sporting horizons - even to winter sports. The my day and Ireland would have been relegated a few times. before. The fledgling curlers are doing their Qatari women’s team is coached by “I look at it and think Italy has the third-biggest econo- best to get up to speed but it’s a huge chal- Hungarian Lajos Belleli, who is a seven-time my in Europe. If we want to grow the game, rugby can ill lenge when you live in a desert climate. The Hungarian national champion. “(Curling) is afford to say, ‘We don’t need you.’ If we get our act together Qatari women can only train one day a week totally new and strange, a winter sport in one then the whole conversation becomes a moot point any- on ice that is not quite up to international of the hottest countries in the world,” Belleli way.” O’Shea, an exciting fullback as a player earning 35 standards. said. “Curling is totally new there so I have to caps and scoring 11 tries, says the promise being shown by It’s a tough road ahead. Qatar lost 17-1 to convince people that this will be good for the Under-20 side is a basis for optimism about the future Japan yesterday in a preliminary round game them, which is not easy but a nice challenge.” as was the senior side’s historic 20-18 triumph over an at Sapporo Curling Stadium. So far there are just seven female players - admittedly demoralised South Africa last November. “For now, we are training more to get and 15 male curlers - in Qatar, which is the experience and know more about the game only country in the Middle East that has “There are a lot of people on the outside saying they are and its strategies,” said skip Maryam Binali, joined the World Curling Federation. not good enough,” said O’Shea, who has brought in the who has been throwing stones for just 11 Qatar could take inspiration from Japan, a experienced pair of Mike Catt and Brendan Venter to back months. “We learned a lot from the Japanese country that has rapidly developed in the him up in the coaching department. team today because they are more experi- sport. Japan’s women’s team is ranked sixth SAPPORO: Qatar’s Jaber Al Ozali, center, throws a stone against South Korea during a “Having been here long enough now, I can say they will enced but hopefully we will do well.” and won the silver medal in the 2016 world round-robin Curling game at the Asian Winter Games in Sapporo. be plenty good enough.” —AFP SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017 SPORTS
NASCAR beefs up concussion testing before season begins
DAYTONA BEACH: Dale Earnhardt Jr. death at Daytona, NASCAR has intro- now be required to report to the infield are in the safety vehicle at all Monster out of one event because of a possible was confident NASCAR took the right duced a series of measures designed to care center for an evaluation. Under the Energy Cup events. AMR will also pro- concussion. He missed one Cup race at step yesterday when it beefed up its keep drivers safe, from helmet and old rule, a driver went to the care cen- vide a small group that will travel to Texas Motor Speedway, where he was concussion protocol by adding a con- restraint systems to impact-absorbing ter only if their car had to be towed each race, and a physician who will involved in a crash during the Xfinity sistent screening rule at all venues. SAFER barriers along concrete walls, all from the track. serve as NASCAR’s primary doctor. Series race one day earlier. “Good to see progress being made designed to cushion the blows of high- NASCAR’s standards will also require NASCAR has identified 50 total DiBenedetto said at Texas he felt fine and implemented. Health and safety is impact wrecks. infield care center physicians to use the concussions in the three national and that NASCAR’s doctors “wanted to top priority,” Earnhardt tweeted . NASCAR made baseline concussion SCAT-3 diagnostic tool in screening for series since 2004. Daytona 500 cham- err on the side of caution.” Cup drivers Earnhardt, long NASCAR’s most pop- tests mandatory for all drivers in 2014, head injuries. NASCAR has already pion Denny Hamlin said drivers had advocated for more defined concussion ular driver, was sidelined for the second but expanded the protocol this year announced plans to use a traveling raised the issue of clarifying the pro- testing akin to other sports, such as the half of last season with a concussion. just nine days before the Daytona 500 safety crew and a rotating roster of tocol during their council meetings. “I NFL. “They sometimes have to protect Earnhardt missed the final 18 races with a consistent screening tool and physicians. The new program will pro- think there was some confusion last us from ourselves,” Hamlin said. “But we with nausea, vision and balance issues additional neurological support in the vide on-site support for neurological year,” he said. also want to make sure we’re racing on after at least the fifth concussion of his hope of keeping drivers healthier. evaluations. The safety crew will come Matt DiBenedetto was cleared to the track with people that are 100 per- career following a June wreck. Drivers who are involved in a wreck from American Medical Response and race at Phoenix International Raceway cent. I’m all for that. I think it’s impor- In the 16 years since his father’s that sends their car to the garage will ensure that a physician and paramedics in November after NASCAR held him tant we keep safety first.” —AP
GOLF Sam Saunders takes two-shot lead over Johnson at Riviera
PACIFIC PALISADES: Sam Saunders, grandson of golf great Arnold Palmer, got off to a strong start at Riviera Country Club on Thursday where he’s in search of a first US PGA Tour title. Saunders fired seven birdies in a seven-under- par 64 to seize a two-stroke clubhouse lead over US Open champion Dustin Johnson and 23-year- old J.T. Poston, with American Brett Stegmaier five-under through nine holes. World number one Jason Day, two-time major winner Jordan Spieth and world number five Hideki Matsuyama were among the after- noon starters chasing the target set by Saunders. Saunders, 29, took center stage in October with a moving eulogy at a memorial service for Palmer, who died on September 25 at the age of 87. While he once may have felt the pressure of playing in Palmer’s shadow, that’s a burden he no longer carries. “I don’t need to compete against my grandfather’s career,” he said. “Nobody can. Nobody’s going to compete. I don’t care how many golf tournaments you win, nobody’s going to compete in the terms of doing what he did for the game.” Instead, Saunders said, he’s focused on improving his game, something he thinks he’s done despite three missed cuts in four US tour starts this year. And with heavy rain forecast for today, he was pleased to get a fog-delayed first round under his belt. “(It’s) kind of a little bit of a bonus,” said Saunders, who said he was “mentally prepared” for the possibility that weather could prevent Jordan Spieth hits from the fairway on the third hole. him from playing at all today. Johnson, who could overtake Day atop the world rankings with a win this week, was also happy to complete the Rumford widens gap leading into round. “It’s definitely nice to having a later tee time tomorrow because I can get up and kind of new matchplay Super 6 format see how things are going and we’ll know if we’re going to play or not.” Johnson has been knock- PERTH: Australia’s Brett Rumford extended on the next left him in danger of dropping ing at the door at Riviera for years-but has never his lead to five shots ahead of the match out of the top eight. produced a win. In 2015 he fell in a playoff to play finale to the World Super 6 Perth at But back-to-back birdies on the ninth James Hahn, and last year he finished two Lake Karrinyup yesterday. and tenth got him back into the groove strokes behind winner Bubba Watson. Rumford extended his margin from two and four birdies in five holes from the 13th shots at the halfway stage of the European - sealed with a huge putt on the penulti- GOOD GOLF PEBBLE BEACH: File photo shows Dustin Johnson hits his tee shot on the 18th hole during the Tour event with a four-under 68 to take the mate hole - gave a flourish to his third Johnson’s round was enlivened by a bee sting Final Round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am at Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, top seeding into today’s new six-hole round. Oosthuizen, the 2010 British Open on the green at the first hole, his 10th of the day. California. — AFP knockout format. winner, has been playing steadily and con- He responded with birdie putts of 24 and 31 feet The top eight players after 54 holes of tinued with birdies on the sixth and tenth at the second and third. take a one-stroke lead in the Women’s Australian of the lead in the PGA Tour Champions’ Chubb strokeplay earned a bye into the last 16 on before he holed from the fairway on the “The golf course gave me a little love back Open. The Australian had a 36-hole total of 9- Classic. Doug Garwood and Scott Parel joined the final day, with the next 16 taking on 13th for a spectacular eagle. Another birdie after I got the bee sting,” said Johnson, who was under 137. Lizette Salas shot a 70 to join fellow Jimenez atop the leaderboard on the Talon each other in the first round of the innova- on the 15th got him to 12-under. alone atop the leaderboard at six-under before American Marissa Steen (71), Thailand’s Course at The TwinEagles Club. Mike Goodes had tive new match play finish. “Match play is a different ball game,” his lone bogey of the day at the par-three fourth. Pornanong Phatlum (70) and Sweden’s Caroline a 66, and Scott Hoch, Tommy Armour III, Bob South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen, who Oosthuizen said. “Your opponent can start “I was just hitting really good golf shots,” said Hewwall (69) at 8 under. Tway, Duffy Waldorf and Tuesday qualifier John won in Perth last year over 72 holes of really fast off and you can be in trouble. So Johnson, who had six birdies in his 66. First-round leader Katherine Kirk dropped Elliott shot 67. stroke play, fired a 67 to finish in the group it’s all on how your opponent is also going Poston, making his 10th tour start, followed into a tie for sixth at 7 under after a 74. The Jimenez hit a 3-wood to 10 feet to set up the at 12-under alongside Australians Adam to play. “So it will be a bit of a different an opening eagle with a bogey, then settled Australian had a late double bogey. Michelle Wie eagle on the par-5 sixth - his 15th hole of the day Blyth, Lucas Herbert, Steven Jeffress and mindset starting out tomorrow. I think from down to make four more birdies the rest of the shot a 71 to reach 5 under. She had to overcome -and made a 9-footer for birdie on the par-4 Jason Scrivener and Canadian Austin the first hole it will be like playing the last way for his share of second. back spasms for most of the round that started ninth. The 53-year-old Spaniard has three victo- Connelly. Australia’s Jake Higginbottom hole of a tournament. “You need to focus Five-time major winner Phil Mickelson head- with a double bogey. ries in 23 career starts on the 50-and-over tour. took the final seeded spot on count back pretty hard to get off to a quick start ed a group on four-under 67. He was joined by Second-ranked Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand Fred Couples and John Daly topped the following a closing 66 that got him to 11- because it’s only six holes but it should be Australia’s Marc Leishman, Ireland’s Padraig had her second straight 72 to get to 2 under. group at 68 along with Jerry Kelly, the three- under. Rumford, who has won five fun to see how it plays out.” Scrivener and Harrington, South Africa’s Branden Grace and Top-ranked Lydia Ko of New Zealand was even time PGA Tour winner making his senior debut. European Tour titles, lost his tour playing Connelly were the big movers into the top Americans Billy Hurley, Pat Perez and Kevin Na. par after a 75. Defending champion Bernhard Langer privileges last season, but has revelled at eight, both firing bogey-free rounds of 66. opened with a 69. Also the Chubb Classic winner his home Lake Karrinyup layout this week. Belgian Thomas Detry, England’s Ryan WOMEN’S AUSTRALIAN OPEN CHUBB CLASSIC in 2011 and 2013, the 59-year-old German star He bogeyed the first, picked that shot Evans and American Johannes Veerman fin- Sarah Jane Smith shot a 6-under 67 in tough, Miguel Angel Jimenez had a late eagle and won the season-opening event at Hualalai for back up on the sixth but a double-bogey ished in a group of six at 11 under. —AFP windy afternoon conditions at Royal Adelaide to closed with a birdie for a 7-under 65 and a share his 30th tour victory. — AFP Olympic white elephants? Rio’s got a herd of them
RIO DE JANEIRO: Rio’s Olympic organizers Phelps prepared to raise his medal tally to an “We’re going to have a meeting with the promised there’d be no white elephants after Olympic record of 28, it’s now a dank, mosqui- sports ministry next week and we hope to be the crowds and athletes went home. to-filled hole. able to use these installations in the second Unfortunately, six months later there’s a herd quarter,” said Agberto Guimaraes, executive charging through Brazil’s run-down second city. NO SUMMER SWIMMING director at the Brazilian Olympic Committee. From the dead grass at the world famous One of the most popular sporting legacies Maracana stadium to the unsold apartments promised was to turn the Deodoro canoe slalom POLLUTION in the 31 towers of the athletes’ Village that course into a giant swimming pool. This was sure Arguably the biggest legacy promise was dra- RIO DE JANEIRO: The outside cover of the Olympic Aquatic Stadium is falling off just were meant to become a new luxury neigh- to be popular with the poor residents of north- matically reducing pollution in Guanabara Bay, six months after the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, at Olympic Park, which opens to the borhood, you don’t have to look far to see the ern Rio during the city’s scorching summers. the sewage-infested bay where sailing events public only on the weekend in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on February 12, 2017. Rio’s unfulfilled promises of South America’s first But instead the park is closed. And although took place. Brazilian officials initially promised Olympic organizers promised there’d be no white elephants after the crowds and Olympic Games. the mayor’s office says “everything is being done to cut out 80 percent of the untreated sewage athletes went home. — AFP photos Even a year before the Games started, a top to reopen it as soon as possible,” few are holding pouring into the waterway. official in the mayor’s office, Pedro Paulo, prom- their breath. That didn’t come close to happening and ised: “We will leave no white elephants.” Right At the base of Rio’s problems is uncertainty now that the media attention has largely ended, before the August 21 closing ceremony, then over who will even run the installations. The there are doubts about the future of even tenta- mayor Eduardo Paes repeated the assurance. Olympic Park was expected to go into the hands tive efforts to reduce the sewage and garbage. City and sports officials point to a new metro of a private management company, but no one After the Games ended, officials predicted that line and bus network as lasting achievements. was interested. So the Brazilian sports ministry 25 years would be needed to do the job properly The transport system in often chaotic Rio was had to take over. and even then only if there were huge private badly in need of help and these costly infrastruc- The Arena of the Future was meant to be bro- investment. ture projects are widely seen as a success. ken up and transformed into four schools-anoth- The brightest spot is in transport, with a But the Olympic Park, partly built on land for- er bright idea in the optimistic legacy plans. metro line extension connecting the western merly occupied by a deeply rooted local com- However, this has not happened and the new neighborhoods of Barra da Tijuca to the tourist- munity, is in a state of eerie abandonment. mayor, elected after the Olympics, says more friendly south of Rio. A once dirty and aban- Open to the public only on weekends, the time is needed to check the budget. doned harbor zone was given a huge makeover, vast area where swimming, gymnastics, basket- “As a citizen, I’m very worried. I’ve learned not where the Museum of Tomorrow and the ball and other popular competitions took place to trust politicians. If these schools don’t get AquaRio aquarium have proved hits. However, sees few visitors. Construction equipment is built it will be a true fiasco,” Gustavo Martins, the Brazil’s recession has put a stop to plans for fur- scattered about, former rows of seats are piled project’s original architect, said. ther development. “Rio’s legacy plan is good,” up, and sewage holes are left half-uncovered. Other installations are meant to be turned said Christophe Dubi, the International Olympic RIO DE JANEIRO: View after part of the upper seats were removed from the Carioca As for the Olympic swimming warm-up over for use as high level sporting centers, but Committee’s executive director. “But it has to be Arena 1, which hosted basketball during the Rio 2016 Olympic games, at the pool, where just half a year ago Michael that also has yet to take place. carried out.” — AFP Olympic Park, about six months after the event on Thursday. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017 SPORTS
GYMNASTICS Ex-US gymnasts detail abuse accusations against doctor
NEW YORK: Three former members of Olympic team since 1996 he did this to.” he had asked me not to wear any under- was not identified in promotional mate- USA Today. “And the short answer is- the US national gymnastics team, Nassar, 53, was arrested last wear and then he just continued to go rial for the broadcast. US teens have nobody.” USA Gymnastics said this week including an Olympic medalist, have November on charges of sexually into more and more intimate places,” won the past four Olympic all-around that it notified the FBI about Nassar on come forward to detail the sexual abuse assaulting a child in Michigan. In said Howard, now 33. titles, with Carly Patterson taking gold in July 28, 2015 and relieved him of nation- they say was inflicted upon them by a December he was indicted on federal “I remember thinking something was 2004, Nastia Liukin winning the title in al team duties the next day. former team doctor, CBS News reported charges of child pornography posses- off, but I didn’t feel like I was able to say 2008, Gabby Douglas grabbing the Those moves came after officials first Friday. John Manly-a California attorney sion. Dozens of women in lawsuits anything because he was this very high crown in 2012 and Simone Biles tri- learned of a complaint regarding Nassar representing more than 40 women in a accuse Nassar, who treated elite US profile doctor and I was very lucky to be umphing last year at Rio. on June 17, 2015 and conducted a fol- lawsuit against USA Gymnastics for fail- gymnasts as Olympic team physician at the ranch working with him. low-up investigation. ing to protect his clients-says Lawrence from 1996 to 2015, of inserting fingers “The girls would say ‘Yeah, he touches ‘WHO WAS WATCHING Manly told the Washington Post the Nassar may have abused hundreds of into their anuses and vaginas and you funny.’” Jeanette Antolin, on the US HIM... NOBODY’ lag time between USA Gymnastics women over more than two decades, fondling their breasts. team from 1995 to 2000 and a member While a federal investigation into receiving a complaint notification and some of them Olympians and at least Nassar has denied the charges, say- of the 1999 world championship squad Nassar continues, the lawsuit filed last turning to the FBI was woefully improp- one as young as nine years old. ing he conducted only legitimate med- that competed in China, recalled putting October by Manly claims USA er. “They are actually acting like they are “We know that at least 60 have come ical procedures. her trust in Nassar as well. Gymnastics and coaches Bela and responsible for him being caught. forward, but my best estimate is it’s in Jessica Howard, the US national “I remember being uncomfortable Martha Karolyi failed to properly moni- Nothing could be further from the truth,” the hundreds and possibly more,” Manly rhythmic gymnastics champion from because of the area, but, in my mind, I tor Nassar and were partly responsible Manly told the newspaper. told CBS television’s 60 Minutes program 1999 through 2001, detailed to CBS an was like, ‘if this helps, I’ll do anything,’” for allowing a culture that allowed him “The fact that they are still acting like in a report to be broadcast Sunday. exam session with Nassar at the Karolyi Antolin said. “It was treatment. You opportunities to abuse women. they don’t have any culpability for this “I believe that at the end of the day, race training headquarters near don’t complain about treatment.” “The issue is who was watching him and still being secretive and duplicitous there are members of every single Houston. “He started massaging me and A third woman who spoke with CBS and who supervised him?” Manly told about it is abhorrent.” —AFP Dealing with Tahir not only issue for NZ
AUCKLAND: Imran Tahir’s wicket celebra- haul through the middle order. tions were among the highlights of South “Everyone bowled really well,” du Plessis Africa’s 78-run win in Friday’s Twenty20 added of the bowling group that did the clash but New Zealand have more to worry job without the rested Kagiso Rabada and about than just the exuberant leg-spinner injured Dale Steyn. as they head into the one-day series. “Obviously the star is Imran but the Their inability to pick Tahir’s googly seamers on that pitch were really good in caused the home batsmen huge problems the areas they bowled.” at Eden Park and their bamboozlement led South Africa’s specialist batsmen also directly to three of the five wickets he dominated New Zealand’s bowlers - the claimed. exception being Trent Boult (2-8) - with the With each victim, the 37-year-old aggressive David Miller expected to bolster embarked on a manic sprint towards the the lineup after he recovers from a cut fin- small groups of flag-waving South African ger. New Zealand coach Mike Hesson fans in the stands. recognised his side would need to step up “He’s a big reason why we’ve had the in the first of five ODIs tomorrow, when Neil success we have had in the last 10 months,” Broom and Ross Taylor return to potentially South Africa captain Faf du Plessis told bring some middle order stability in reporters. “He’s just become so consistent Hamilton. and that’s a massive weapon. Even if teams “All in all not a great performance and do get off to a good start, you know the certainly one we’re going to have to turn chances of him coming on and doing well around pretty quickly,” Hesson told is very high.” reporters yesterday. “It certainly showed us Tahir’s man-of-the-match performance, how many good players they have. however, was helped by the pressure “It was a thorough performance from imposed by opening bowler Craig Morris, South Africa but disappointing from our who took two wickets in two deliveries, perspective that we didn’t fire too many and Andile Phehlukwayo’s three wicket shots at them.” — Reuters
Pakistan charges 2 in BRASILIA: In this Sept 23, 2016, file photo, Brazil’s Cristiane Justino, known as “Cris Cyborg,” poses during the weigh-in for her UFC Fight Night in Brasilia, Brazil. The US Anti-Doping Agency has cleared UFC featherweight Justino on Friday, of a potential policy violation, ending PSL corruption probe her suspension. — AP KICK BOXING LAHORE: Pakistani cricket officials yester- the PCB Anti-Corruption Code,” the Pakistan day charged Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif Cricket Board said in a statement. for spot-fixing in a corruption probe that Another former player Nasir Jamshed threatens to undermine the Pakistan Super was also provisionally suspended over USADA clears ‘Cyborg’ Justino League. allegedly influencing the two players. The pair, suspended after being accused Jamshed was reportedly arrested in of meeting a suspicious person linked to an London on Monday but was granted bail international betting syndicate, could face until April. of potential doping violation up to a life ban from international and “In the meanwhile investigations will domestic cricket under Pakistan Cricket continue by Vigilance & Security NEW YORK: The US Anti-Doping Agency cleared result of her loss to the New York State Athletic her to have a rematch,” De Randamie said. “I Board corruption rules. Department with regard to any question- featherweight Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino of a Commission, claiming referee Todd Anderson believe I was the fair winner. I believe I had the “The PCB has issued Notice of Charge to able activity by any player and player sup- potential policy violation Friday, ending her pro- should have taken points from De Randamie for better shots. I believe I was the better fighter, the provisionally suspended players under port personnel,” the statement added. visional suspension and allowing her to resume punches thrown after the bell in two rounds. and I dominated the standup. I believe Holly is Pakistan came under severe criticism for her UFC career. “I believe if Holly feels that the (lack of) point sad that she lost the fight. allowing Mohammed Amir to return to USADA, which administers the UFC’s doping deductions are the reasons she lost the fight, ... Holly is entitled to feel and do whatever she international cricket after he, along with policy, granted a retroactive therapeutic use and she’s looking for a no-contest or a draw, she wants to do, and I respect that. I feel justice will Salman Butt and Mohammed Asif, were exemption to Justino for a diuretic commonly should simply accept the offer that I put out to serve.” — AP involved in a spot-fixing scandal at the used as a masking agent for steroids. Justino Lord’s Test against England in 2010. failed a doping test in December, but claimed All three players completed their five- the result was caused by a prescribed medica- CRICKET year bans in September last year. Butt and tion for an endocrine disorder. Asif are also in line for national selection. After interviewing the fighter and her med- Sharjeel, charged yesterday, scored three ical team, USADA accepted her explanation and Australia leave India A consecutive half centuries in Pakistan’s granted retroactive permission to use the sub- one-day series in Australia last month. stance, which means she won’t be punished fur- He has appeared in one Test, 25 one- struggling in tour match ther. Her representatives had claimed Justino day internationals and 15 Twenty20 inter- took the substance to recover from a difficult MUMBAI: India A struggled to score runs partnership. Bawne hit 4 fours in his brisk nationals. Latif was part of Pakistan’s cur- weight cut. against a mighty Australian bowling attack innings before being caught lbw by paceman rent Twenty20 team only, having played “The application for a TUE was granted yesterday as the visitors declared their Jackson Bird. Towards the end of the day, LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) five one-days and 13 Twenty20 interna- because the athlete had an unequivocally diag- innings at 469 on the second day of a three- skipper Hardik Pandya (19) struggled to spokesman Amjad Bhatti briefs the tionals. Both Latif and Sharjeel have nosed chronic medical condition for which the day warm-up match in Mumbai. counter the Australia’s bowling and was media after a Pakistan Super League denied any involvement in the alleged use of Spironolactone is the appropriate stan- The home team were 176 for four at close, caught behind off Bird. Bird ended his figures (PSL) spot-fixing case hearing in Lahore corruption. —AFP yesterday. —AFP dard of care,” USADA announced in a statement. with Shreyas Iyer (85) and Rishabh Pant (3) at 2-15 in 11 overs with seven maidens. Lyon Justino (17-1) is considered the world’s top unbeaten as they need 293 runs with six bowled 17 overs to end at 2-72. Spinner Steve 145-pounder and likely the best pound-for- wickets in hand to win the practice game at O’Keefe and medium pacer Mitchell Marsh BASEBALL pound female fighter. After Justino flirted with the Brabourne Stadium. put some pressure on the batters from the the possibility of a 135-pound fight with former Iyer, who came into bat at number three, other end although without any success. bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey for sev- showed courage against the Aussie attack, Earlier in the day, Marsh followed in his Dodgers’ Gonzalez takes hitting eral years, the UFC created a 145-pound feather- hitting six off spinner Nathan Lyon on the first brother Shaun’s footsteps, hitting 75 off 159 weight division last year largely to showcase her. ball followed by 4 more sixes and 5 fours to balls with 11 fours and a six while Matthew break to heal tennis elbow Justino fought twice in her UFC debut last reach 85 runs in 93 balls. Wade scored 64 runs to add another 142 year, stopping two opponents at a 140-pound Australia picked up their first wicket at 19 runs to their overnight score to declare at GLENDALE: Adrian Gonzalez is taking a aged by his brother, former big-leaguer catch weight. She was expected to compete in when Lyon caught opener Akhil Herwadkar 469 for seven. Steve Smith and Shaun Marsh two-week break from hitting to heal ten- Edgar Gonzalez. He is slated to play with the first 145-pound title fight this winter, but she (4) off his bowling. scored fluent centuries on Friday to put their dinitis in the Los Angeles Dodgers first Dodgers teammates Sergio Romo and Vidal declined the fight, citing the strain of her previ- He struck again in the 18th over when team in the lead. Australia are touring India baseman’s right elbow. Nuno on the Mexican team, which will be ous weight cut to face Lina Landsberg in Priyank Panchal (36) gave an easy one to on a high profile Test series, with the home Gonzalez still hopes to play for Mexico wildly popular if it can reach the tourna- September. Peter Handscomb with 63 runs on the score- side riding an unbeaten 19-match streak. The in the World Baseball Classic next month, ment semifinals at Dodger Stadium. Instead, Germaine De Randamie beat Holly board. His departure brought Ankit Bawne to first of the four-match Test series begins on he said Friday after reporting to camp. Gonzalez is scheduled to report to his Holm by decision last weekend to become the the middle as he and Iyer stitched a 57-run Thursday in Pune. —AFP Gonzalez said he pursued his usual varied brother’s team on March 4, shortly after UFC’s first 145-pound women’s champion. offseason workout program, including the point at which he could begin swing- “I am extremely happy that USADA took the weightlifting and boxing exercises. It left ing again. “Hope so, but I don’t know,” he time to carefully review the detailed TUE appli- him with a case of tennis elbow, or inflam- said. “These (injuries), they tell you when cation that I submitted, and agreed that my use mation on the outside of the elbow after they’re ready.” of the prescription has always been medically forearm tendons are overused. Gonzalez has been exceptionally justified,” Justino said in a statement posted on “I don’t play tennis,” Gonzalez said with a durable in his big league career, making at her Facebook page. “I look forward to returning laugh. The hitting break is purely a precau- least 600 plate appearances and appearing to the octagon as soon as possible, and proving tion, and Gonzalez said the injury isn’t in at least 156 games in 11 consecutive sea- that I am the Pound for Pound champion of thought to be serious by the Dodgers. He sons. He batted .285 with 18 homers and (women’s MMA). I would also like to thank my initially felt the pain in December, but kept 90 RBIs last season, and he played every fans for their continued support, who made a working out until the brink of spring train- postseason game during the Dodgers’ run very difficult time easier for me.” ing. “There’s no pain when I’m just doing to the NL Championship Series. Justino’s troubles last year resulted in the sec- normal things, but I just feel it when I Scott Van Slyke, Chase Utley, Rob ond doping suspension of her career. She also squeeze something the bat or the glove,” Segedin and even 21-year-old top prospect tested positive for a steroid while fighting in the said Gonzalez, who throws with his left Cody Bellinger could appear at first base for Strikeforce promotion in late 2011. hand. “I’d say it’s about 90 percent (healthy), the Dodgers in Gonzalez’s absence. Justino would seem to be the next logical but you want to get that last 10 percent.” Bellinger was invited to big-league camp challenger for De Randamie’s belt in the thin The 34-year-old Gonzalez is already five for the second time this spring. featherweight division, but De Randamie sug- days into his two-week hitting break, but NOTES: Darin Ruf is off the Dodgers’ 40- gested earlier this week that she will need sur- he will test the elbow before getting back man roster after agreeing to a $1.1 million, gery on her injured hand before she returns to MUMBAI: Australia’s Mitchell Marsh plays a shot during the second day of three-day prac- in the cage. He is running and doing core- one-year deal with Samsung Lions of the the cage. tice cricket match between India ‘A’ and Australia at the Brabourne Cricket Stadium in building exercises in the meantime. Korean Baseball Organization. The power- The Dutch kickboxer also said she would first Mumbai yesterday. Australia will play a four-match Test series against India with the first He remains optimistic about his chances hitting Ruf is likely to play mostly first base prefer to give a rematch to Holm. The former Test scheduled to start in Pune from February 23. —AFP to join Team Mexico, which will be man- with the Lions.—AP bantamweight champion has appealed the SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017 SPORTS
NHL turns 100: Borje Salming hailed as European trail blazer
TORONTO: Exceptionally fit and muscu- roster. Where Salming and fellow Swede “It’s nice to hear that I sort of paved EUROPEAN-BORN STARS Swedish forward made the jump to lar still, Borje Salming sits at his locker Inge Hammarstrom were the only two the way for a lot of people coming over “I’m not sure the young players North America in 1964 after competing with a familiar No. 21 Toronto Maple Europeans on an otherwise all-Canadian here,” Salming said, referring to the occa- understand his magnitude and his in two Winter Olympics, but appeared in Leafs jersey hanging behind him while lineup, the current Leafs feature a trans- sional reporters’ queries regarding what stature,” Russian-born and former Red just four NHL games with the New York pecking out a message on his cellphone. Atlantic mix of North Americans, he has meant to hockey. “But it’s not a Wings forward Igor Larionov said. “Borje Rangers. A majority of the European- The faceoff for the Centennial Russians, a Dane, a Swede and players big deal.” His contemporaries respectful- was one of the pioneers who came to born stars before the 1970s developed Classic’s alumni game between the from the Czech Republic and Estonia. ly disagree about the impact Salming the league and played at the highest lev- their skills on this side of Maple Leafs and Detroit is still a few It’s no different than other teams made during a 17-season Hall of Fame el for so many years and sent a message the Atlantic after their parents reset- hours away at Toronto’s Exhibition around a league in which 56 Swedish- career. As former teammate Lanny to the North American scouts that tled in North America. That was the case Stadium. Except for the telltale creases born players - enough to fill two-plus McDonald put it: “Every European player European players can play in this league.” with Chicago’s Stan Mikita, who was of age that line the 65-year-old Salming’s rosters - have appeared in 20 or more should send a Christmas card to Borje Before Borje, there were but 24 players born in the former Slovak Republic, and cheeks and temples, the former star games this season. And much of that is every year and say, ‘Thank you.’” born outside of Canada, the US and the was 8 when his family relocated to defenseman looks hardly out of place due to Salming, the trail blazer, who When the NHL kicked off its 100th United Kingdom to play in the NHL, Ontario. Salming was different because among the Leafs’ current crop of millen- played a key role in changing the per- anniversary celebrations with the according to a search of the league’s he grew up playing in Sweden before he nials. The only other significant differ- ception of European players, who were Centennial Classic on Jan. 1, Salming’s website. And only a handful of those and Hammarstrom signed with the ence from when Salming made his NHL once considered too soft to play the presence at the weekend festivities was players developed their professions Leafs. Hammartsrom was a three-time debut in 1973 is the makeup of Toronto’s rugged NHL style of game. not overlooked. overseas, such as Ulf Sterner. The 20-goal scorer.—AP
BASKETBALL Little big man: Thomas a full-fledged All-Star
NEW ORLEANS: Isaiah Thomas isn’t even Orleans, and LeBron James and Carmelo average. The Boston Celtics list their two- Anthony both missed the Eastern time All-Star point guard at 5-foot-9 - even Conference session for personal reasons. that is believed to be a bit generous - and Their absences likely drove a few more peo- 185 pounds. That means Thomas actually is ple over toward the riser where Thomas slightly shorter and even a bit lighter than took questions for a half-hour or so, though the typical male in the United States, at least he seemed genuinely surprised when he based on the latest federal data that tracks arrived and saw plenty of reporters awaiting such things. his arrival. Curry wasn’t. He’s a Thomas fan. So in society, he’s obviously not a big guy. “He’s doing amazing things,” Curry said. “I But in the NBA, he’s the little big man right don’t think that confidence (was any) differ- now. Averaging 29.9 points per game and ent now than when he was a rookie or what- leading Boston to the No. 2 spot in the ever. You go through each year, gain experi- Eastern Conference so far, Thomas is being ence, get the right guys around you, good mentioned by reigning two-time NBA MVP things happen. He’s having an amazing year. Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors It’s been fun to watch.” as someone worthy of consideration for the Thomas’ path is well-chronicled. He was league’s top individual honor this year. the 60th and last pick in the 2011 NBA draft, “Nobody in their right mind would have taken behind seven guys who have not - thought that,” Thomas said of his MVP and probably never will - score their first hopes. “At one point I might not have even NBA point. Of those selected that year, only thought I was going to be the MVP. But now Klay Thompson has more career points, only I do. I’m going to keep going. I’m not trying Kemba Walker has more career assists, and to play for MVP - if it happens it happens, if it no one from the 2011 group who remains in doesn’t it doesn’t. But that’s definitely a goal the NBA has a better free-throw percentage of mine in my career at some point.” It might than Thomas. come sooner than he thinks. Put simply, a lot of teams whiffed on him All-Star Media Day was Friday in New coming out of Washington, some multiple times. And those snubs are a big part of what makes Thomas tick. The Celtics could have drafted Thomas twice that night and passed, but atoned for that when they swung a three-team deal to land him. The second anniversary of that trade is Sunday, when Thomas appears in his second All-Star Game - one in which he’ll be playing on a team led by his Celtics coach, Brad Stevens. “Everything fuels him,” Stevens said. “I ANAHEIM: Florida Panthers center Aleksander Barkov, left, of Finland, and Anaheim Ducks defenseman Hampus Lindholm, of Sweden, vie for think that’s the thing we’ve all learned about the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Friday, in Anaheim, Calif. — AP Isaiah. Everybody knew he had a chip on his shoulder. Now you realize he’s hungry for more. Success fuels him, too, just the same. NHL He’s an incredible guy because he just wants to get better, because he just wants to keep getting better whether he’s getting acco- lades or getting criticism.” Panthers defeat Ducks These days, the criticism is in short sup- ply. He has a chance to become the first player in Celtics history to average 30 points BOSTON: Boston Celtics guard Isaiah a game. Larry Bird averaged 29.93 in 1987- 4-1 behind goal from Jagr Thomas (4) holds up his NBA All Star jer- 88; Thomas, right now, is at 29.87. Such com- sey prior to the first quarter of an NBA parisons make even Thomas shake his head. basketball game against the “It means everything,” Thomas said. “To be ANAHEIM: Jaromir Jagr scored the go-ahead playing the second game of a back-to-back. The at five games. Matt Duchene set up the goal on a Philadelphia 76ers in Boston, mentioned with such great players like Larry goal in the second period and James Reimer Penguins lost for the first time in four games. 2-on-1 break. Tyson Barrie also scored for Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. At rear is Bird, like all the legends that played before made 35 saves as the Florida Panthers defeat- Colorado, and Calvin Pickard made 28 saves. Last Celtics co-owner Steve Pagliuca. — AP me in a Celtics uniform, means a lot.”—AP ed the Anaheim Ducks 4-1 on Friday night for AVALANCHE 2, HURRICANES 1, OT in the NHL at 16-38-2, the Avalanche are 6-2 in their third consecutive win. Colton Sceviour Mikko Rantanen scored at 4:23 of overtime to overtime. Jeff Skinner scored his team-leading had a goal, Aaron Ekblad scored on the power give Colorado a victory over the Carolina 19th goal of the season for the Hurricanes, who ATHLETICS play and Derek MacKenzie added an empty- Hurricanes, ending the Avalanche’s losing streak have lost three straight. — AP net goal, giving the Panthers six wins in their last seven games. Florida now trails Toronto by NHL results/standings Farah bows out of indoors one point for the second wild card in the Eastern Conference playoffs. Andrew Cogliano with European record scored a short-handed goal and John Gibson Florida 4, Anaheim 1; Colorado 2, Carolina 1 (OT); Columbus 2, Pittsburgh 1 (OT). stopped 27 shots for the Ducks, who had Western Conference Ottawa 30 19 6 148 146 66 picked up a point in 12 of their previous 14 Central Division Boston 29 23 6 157 155 64 LONDON: Mo Farah ended his indoor some work,” he told the BBC. “I had to go home games. Jagr gave Florida a 2-1 lead with WLOTLGFGAPTS Toronto 26 19 11 174 167 63 career with a new European record, win- away and leave my family behind to do a moment of his ageless brilliance. Jagr stole Minnesota 38 13 6 190 131 82 Florida 26 20 10 144 159 62 ning the 5,000 metres at the Birmingham more training. It has paid off. Hard work the puck from defenseman Josh Manson com- Chicago 35 17 5 166 147 75 Indoor Grand Prix yesterday in a time of 13 pays off.” Farah shaved over half a second ing out from behind the Ducks’ net and calmly St. Louis 31 22 5 167 168 67 Buffalo 25 23 10 143 161 60 minutes 10.60 seconds. off the European record - and more than 10 used a series of dekes before pocketing his Nashville 27 21 8 158 151 62 Tampa Bay 25 24 7 154 160 57 Farah, Britain’s four-times Olympic off the previous British best - after pace- 760th career goal. Winnipeg 26 29 5 174 191 57 Detroit 22 25 10 141 171 54 champion, plans to focus on road racing maker Adam Clarke had taken the 11-man Dallas 22 27 10 161 190 54 Metropolitan Division Colorado 16 38 2 111 187 34 after the outdoor world championships in field through a fast opening to the race. BLUE JACKETS 2, PENGUINS 1, OT Washington 39 11 6 192 121 84 London in August when he will say his final Urging the crowd to raise the noise lev- Pacific Division Brandon Dubinsky scored just over a minute San Jose 34 18 6 161 141 74 Pittsburgh 36 13 8 202 160 80 farewell to the track. els, Farah exuded his trademark calmness into overtime as the Columbus Blue Jackets beat Edmonton 31 19 8 168 151 70 Columbus 37 15 5 184 139 79 The 33-year-old was helped to break the as he tucked in behind Rop for the final the Pittsburgh Penguins. Dubinsky lifted a shot Anaheim 30 19 10 153 151 70 NY Rangers 37 19 1 194 151 75 indoor mark at the Birmingham Indoor stages. He hit the front with two laps to go over Matt Murray as he skated into the slot to Calgary 29 26 3 152 165 61 NY Islanders 26 20 10 166 167 62 Arena in what became a two-way duel with before extending his lead, much to the joy win it for the Blue Jackets. Sergei Bobrovsky had Los Angeles 28 24 4 141 141 60 Philadelphia 27 24 7 151 177 61 Kenyan Albert Rop, who stretched him over of the large crowd. Vancouver 25 27 6 138 168 56 38 saves, and Ryan Murray scored in the second New Jersey 24 23 10 131 162 58 the final two laps. Farah did not realise he had broken the Arizona 20 29 7 136 177 47 period as Columbus moved within a point of Carolina 24 22 8 141 158 56 It was a fitting way for Britain’s most suc- record but paid tribute to the support he Pittsburgh for second place in the rough Eastern Conference cessful long-distance runner to end his has received during his stellar career, in Atlantic Division Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one point in the Metropolitan Division. Murray made 37 saves, Montreal 31 19 8 165 150 70 standings and are not included in the loss column (L). indoor career - and a marked improvement which he has won the Olympic 5,000 and and Ian Cole scored for the Penguins, who were on his only other appearance this season, 10,000-metres double twice. when he came seventh in a cross-country “The crowds have been so good for me event in Edinburgh last month. over the years. I will miss it,” he said. “I can’t “I knew from Edinburgh I needed to do quite believe it’s my last race.” — Reuters SOCCER Foreign managers don’t get FA Cup: Mourinho
MANCHESTER: Manchester United manager studies and understands the culture of this circumstances, prior to a Champions League trip Jose Mourinho has suggested foreign managers country. In my case, I had immediately that situ- to Barcelona and a League Cup final meeting are devaluing England’s FA Cup by fielding ation with the match at Newcastle, so for me it with Liverpool. under-strength teams that expose them to the was a lesson. “And I lost with Chelsea against a risk of upsets. League One team (Bradford City, in January ‘RESPECT THE COMPETITION’ Liverpool, Bournemouth, West Bromwich 2015). But I never threw it away. We lost because Mourinho saw a weakened team lose 1-0 at St Albion, Stoke City, Watford and Hull City have we lost. James’ Park and although Chelsea overcame lost to lower-league teams this season and there “So I try always to go serious. I like Wembley, I Barcelona and beat Liverpool in the League Cup are two non-league sides in round five for the like the FA Cup, so I have to try to get the second final to give him his first English trophy, he still first time ever. United visit second-tier Blackburn one.” Of the managers to have fallen to lower- regrets the defeat. “I threw it away,” he said. Rovers today and having been stung by an FA league opposition in the FA Cup this season, “I thought in the same week was Champions Cup defeat at Newcastle United during his first only Liverpool’s Jurgen Klopp, Watford’s Walter League against Barcelona and the cup final season at Chelsea, Mourinho is determined not Mazzarri and Hull’s Marco Silva are not British. against Liverpool and in the middle of it, we to take unnecessary risks. United’s trip to Blackburn falls before the sec- had the FA Cup against Newcastle. And I threw “Maybe we don’t have as many English man- ond leg of their Europa League last 32 tie against it away. I gambled too much. “I focused too agers with that culture as we should,” he told Saint-Etienne on Wednesday and next Sunday’s much on Barcelona and Liverpool. It was good reporters following United’s 3-0 Europa League League Cup final against Southampton at because we beat Barcelona and we won the BIRMINGHAM: Britain’s Mo Farah celebrates after winning the 5000m final during the win over Saint-Etienne on Thursday. Wembley. Mourinho’s FA Cup tie against final against Liverpool. But the feeling I threw it Indoor athletics Grand Prix at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham yesterday. — AFP “Maybe we foreign managers, not everybody Newcastle with Chelsea in 2005 arrived in similar away was not good.—AFP SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017 SPORTS
Atletico substitute Gameiro scores 3 in 6 minutes in La Liga
BARCELONA: Substitute Kevin Gameiro backing up Fernando Torres in recent side-footed pass and rounded the goal- we made in the second half were deci- seconds after halftime, but Sergio scored three goals in six minutes to pow- weeks. But with Torres misfiring and keeper to score. Gameiro fired in his sec- sive because they restored our balance Alvarez leveled for Sporting moments er Atletico Madrid past Sporting Gijon 4- Atletico struggling to break the deadlock ond a minute later and got his hat trick in midfield, and later Gameiro’s speed later. Sporting remained the more 1 in the Spanish league yesterday. at 1-1, coach Diego Simeone sent when he received a long ball behind the decided the match.” Gameiro dedicated aggressive team and had Atletico pinned The league said only Bebeto in the Gameiro on in the 62nd minute at El defense in the 85th. the hat trick to his grandmother. in its area until Griezmann found 1995-96 season and David Villa in 2005- Molinon Stadium. “I’m very happy for Gameiro because “We lost her this week and I have Gameiro to turn the match around. 06 have scored faster hat tricks. The French striker put the visitors it is not easy to score three goals, and been thinking a lot about her. The three Atletico remained in fourth place at Gameiro had only six goals in 21 pre- back in front in the 80th when he because they were very important for goals are for her,” he said. Atletico’s one point behind Sevilla, which hosts vious league appearances this season, received Antoine Griezmann’s brilliant the team,” Simeone said. “The changes Yannick Carrasco opened the scoring Eibar later. — AFP
Lacklustre City held by Huddersfield in FA Cup
HUDDERSFIELD: Manchester City face an Fernandinho was overhit and Coleman unwanted replay in the last 16 of the FA gathered. Cup after labouring to a 0-0 draw at second The game became disjointed and lack- tier Championship side Huddersfield yes- ing in tempo, although there then came terday. Pep Guardiola’s side struggled to the talking point on the touchline as find any tempo against Huddersfield and Sterling went through his paces. must now try again at the Etihad Stadium A plastic bottle was thrown from the to book their place in the quarter-finals. home fans in the main stand towards the A disappointing day all round for City England winger, who did not respond as saw unused substitute Raheem Sterling fellow substitute Bacary Sagna stared at apparently targeted with a plastic bottle supporters. — AFP thrown by a supporter from the main stand as as he warmed up in the second half. The bottle missed the England winger, leaving Guardiola to worry more about his team’s lacklustre display with star forwards Matches on TV including an off-key Sergio Aguero unable (Local Timings) to break down the Terriers’ stubborn defence. SPANISH LEAGUE PRIMERA The Championship side began the game brightly and might have led early on Real Sociedad v Villarreal 14:00 through Rajiv van la Parra. beIN SPORTS He was teed up on the edge of the City Valencia v Athletic de Bilbao 18:15 penalty area by Collin Quaner but his shot beIN SPORTS 3 HD was too close to City goalkeeper Claudio Celta de Vigo v Osasuna 20:30 Bravo. But it was the visitors who should beIN SPORTS have led moments later as they were FC Barcelona v CD Leganes 22:45 denied by some desperate goalkeeping beIN SPORTS 3 HD and defending. Nolito found himself in the ITALIAN CALCIO LEAGUE clear but his shot was blocked well low down by Joel Coleman in the Huddersfield Bologna v Internazionale 14:30 goal before Mark Hudson made a crucial beIN SPORTS goalline clearance from Jesus Navas’s fol- Udinese Calcio v Sassuolo 17:00 low-up effort. beIN SPORTS Chievo Verona v Napoli 17:00 BERLIN: Hertha Berlin’s Marvin Plattenhardt, left, and Bayern’s Arjen Robben, right, challenge for the ball during the German Bundesliga soccer Aguero lifted a shot just over for City match between Hertha BSC Berlin and FC Bayern Munich in Berlin, Germany, yesterday. — AP from the edge of the area moments after beIN SPORTS being admonished by Guardiola for not Sampdoria v Cagliari Calcio 17:00 pressing defenders quickly enough. beIN SPORTS SOCCER But then came two scares for the Pescara v Genoa CFC 17:00 Premier League side, first when Jack beIN SPORTS Payne’s shot was tipped over by Bravo and AS Roma v Torino FC 20:00 then when Philip Billing found the City net beIN SPORTS Last gasp Lewandowski but was denied the opening goal by an off- AC Milan v ACF Fiorentina 22:45 side flag against team-mate Martin Cranie. beIN SPORTS Nolito saw another shot deflected just wide as the game remained an end-to-end GERMAN BUNDESLIGA saves Bayern in Berlin affair. Van la Parra was then denied again Monchengladbach v Leipzig 17:30 by Bravo as the City keeper held comfort- beIN SPORTS ably onto his tame shot following a cross FC Koln v Schalke 04 19:30 BERLIN: Robert Lewandowski hit a 96th- ond-half penalty saved, then hit the crossbar Bremen escaped the bottom three with a 2-0 by Quaner. beIN SPORTS minute equaliser to salvage Bayern Munich’s 1- from the follow-up, and Pascal Gross scored win at Mainz. Ex-Arsenal winger Serge Gnabry The next chance fell to Aguero after a 1 draw at Hertha Berlin yesterday and extend- Ingolstadt’s second goal from a penalty at the gave Bremen the lead with a towering header clever sequence of passes on the edge of FRENCH LEAGUE ed their lead in the Bundesliga table to eight other end 13 minutes later. Ingolstadt also on 16 minutes. the Huddersfield box, but the striker’s effort Girondins v Guingamp 17:00 points. Bayern were seconds away from what played with a man less for the last 10 minutes Denmark international Thomas Delaney was saved smartly by Coleman. beIN SPORTS would have been their second league defeat after Leckie was shown a straight red for a sim- slammed home a free-kick to double the lead Aguero was back in the action just a few Olympique Lyonnais v Dijon 19:00 this season when Lewandowski fired home his ilar foul to Abraham-accidentally kicking an seven minutes later, but was later hospitalised seconds into the second half when he beIN SPORTS 24th goal in all competitions to cancel out opponent. Relegation-threatened Werder with concussion. — AFP weaved into the Huddersfield box but saw Montpellier v Saint Etienne 19:00 Vedad Ibisevic’s first-half strike. “Robert a firm shot turned away well by the diving beIN SPORTS Lewandowski is a fantastic player and very Coleman. Some more fine footwork by the Paris Saint-Germain v Toulouse 23:00 important for us,” enthused Bayern’s relieved Argentine then took him away from two beIN SPORTS coach Carlo Ancelotti. “We’re happy, because it Lincoln, Millwall claim Huddersfield players but his pass for was a hard game. “Hertha put in a good first half, but it was different after the break and we managed to famous FA Cup upsets create more pressure.” It was a Champions League hangover for LONDON: Non-league Lincoln City and third- chance and thankfully we got that opportuni- Bayern following Wednesday’s 5-1 hammering tier Millwall struck late, late winners as Burnley ty,” said Lincoln manager Danny Cowley. of Arsenal in the last 16 first leg as Ancelotti and Premier League champions Leicester City “The last eight of the FA Cup sounds pretty made four changes to the side that beat the were humbled on a historic day in the FA Cup good. We work hard on our corners and our Gunners. Hertha went ahead on 21 minutes yesterday. free-kicks and we are mightily proud of the when Ibisevic ghosted in behind Bayern’s Sean Raggett scored an 89th-minute head- players.” Burnley drew 1-1 at home to runaway defence and deflected Marvin Plattenhardt’s er as Lincoln, who reside in the fifth-tier Premier League leaders Chelsea last weekend free-kick past Manuel Neuer. Despite enjoying National League, stunned Burnley 1-0 in the and have beaten Liverpool and Leicester on more than 70 percent possession, Bayern fifth round in one of the competition’s biggest home turf this season. struggled and Lewandowski’s equaliser only upsets. Ten-man Millwall, seventh in League Lincoln join Hereford United, who toppled came deep into added time. Thiago Alcantara’s One, claimed a third top-flight scalp in this Newcastle United in 1972, and Sutton United, free-kick found Ajren Robben on the edge of season’s tournament by dramatically sinking conquerors of Coventry City in 1989, among the area, his shot was blocked, but ailing Leicester 1-0 via a 90th-minute goal by the ranks of the FA Cup’s non-league giant- Lewandowski drilled home the rebound to Shaun Cummings. killers. Sutton, also of the National League, will deny Hertha a first win over Bayern in 12 “I’m lost for words. It’s mad. I can’t believe hope to pull off another upset when they host attempts. it!” Lincoln’s match-winner Raggett, 23, told BT Arsenal tomorrow. Berlin coach Pal Dardai was angry about the Sport. “Crazy. A non-league side in the quar- Burnley manager Sean Dyche made six six minutes of added time. “I think that was a ter-finals, in modern football. It’s unheard of.” changes and it was quickly clear that his side bonus for Bayern. Sorry to anyone who might Eighty-one places below Burnley in the were in for a scrap as Lincoln’s Nathan Arnold be offended, but after five minutes (of added English football pyramid, Lincoln prevailed squared for Jack Muldoon to sweep a first- HUDDERSFIELD: Huddersfield Town’s German striker Elias Kachunga is fouled by time), the game must be finished,” he fumed. when centre-back Raggett squeezed a header time shot over the bar. Manchester City’s French defender Bacary Sagna during the English FA Cup fifth “This wasn’t a cup game, we don’t play 120 over the line following a late corner at Turf The home side procured the clearer round football match between Huddersfield Town and Manchester City at the John minutes.” Second-placed RB Leipzig can close Moor. Lincoln, nicknamed ‘The Imps’, become chances thereafter, but could not take them, Smith stadium in Huddersfield, northern England yesterday. — AFP the gap behind Bayern when they play the first non-league team to reach the FA and with a replay beckoning Lincoln’s Borussia Moenchengladbach away today. Cup’s last eight since Queens Park Rangers in moment of history arrived. 1914. They are the eighth side from below Sam Habergham’s deep corner from the BOUNCE BACK England’s four fully professional divisions to right was headed back across goal by Lincoln Dembele keeps Celtic Elsewhere yesterday, Lukasz Piszczek had a have beaten top-flight opposition since World captain Luke Waterfall and Raggett met it with hand in all three goals as Borussia Dortmund War II and only the second to have done so a header that Burnley goalkeeper Tom Heaton bounced back from Tuesday’s Champions since 1989. “We said it was a one-in-a-100 could not keep out.—AFP juggernaut rolling on League last 16 first-leg defeat at Benfica with a 3-0 trouncing of Wolfsburg at home. GLASGOW: Moussa Dembele was on tar- opening seconds before hobbling off in the Dortmund’s iconic south stand, nicknamed the get again as his 27th goal of the season fifth minute. ‘Gelbe Wand’ (Yellow Wall), which holds 25,000 helped runaway Scottish Premiership lead- Despite this, Motherwell made a solid fans, stood empty. ers Celtic to a 2-0 win over Motherwell yes- start and it took until midway through the It was a German FA punishment after hooli- terday. half for Celtic to have a meaningful chance gans attacked visiting RB Leipzig fans, includ- The 20-year-old Frenchman-tipped for a when Forrest’s shot was parried by Craig ing families, earlier this month. call-up to Didier Deschamps’ France squad Samson and Liam Henderson somehow Dortmund went ahead when Wolfsburg for the matches against Luxembourg and missed the target with the rebound. defender Jeffrey Bruma headed Piszczek’s Spain next month-expertly despatched a The visitors dealt with the pressure from close-range cross into his own net on 20 min- first-half penalty to open the scoring. Celtic until the 34th minute when substi- utes. Poland international Piszczek added the James Forrest added a second before tute Zak Jules brought down Dembele to second, heading home Ousmane Dembele’s the break to seal Celtic’s 20th consecutive concede a penalty. cross on 48 minutes, and then set up Dembele victory as they remain unbeaten in 31 The Frenchman dusted himself down to for the third on 59 minutes. domestic matches since the start of the take the spot-kick and sent Samson the Hoffenheim climbed to fourth with a 2-0 season. Victory extends their advantage wrong way for his seventh goal in three win at home to bottom side Darmstadt as ex- over Aberdeen, who are away to games. Motherwell had a chance for an Leicester City striker Andrej Kramaric scored Kilmarnock on Sunday, to 27 points with almost instant equaliser when Stephen both their goals. Ten-man Eintracht Frankfurt third-placed Rangers a further three behind Pearson fired in a shot from the penalty dropped to fifth after their shock 2-0 defeat to ahead of their clash with Dundee. spot but ‘keeper Craig Gordon showed strugglers Ingolstadt, who had Australia striker Motherwell, who conceded seven to great reflexes to get down low and push Mathew Leckie sent off and remain second Aberdeen in midweek, were dealt a blow away his effort. The visitors were left to from bottom. when experienced left-back Stevie contemplate what might have been when Ingolstadt took an early lead through Hammell was injured in the warm-up to be Forrest then fired Celtic further in front in French defender Romain Bregerie while replaced by Joe Chalmers. the 41st minute. Frankfurt finished the first half with 10 men. LONDON: Leicester City’s German goalkeeper Ron-Robert Zieler (2nd R) catches the ball Their daunting task of trying to stop a The winger collected a pass wide on the Defender David Abraham was shown a red under pressure from Millwall’s Irish striker Aiden O’Brien (R) during the English FA Cup Celtic side that had scored 16 in their past right and he turned Chalmers inside out card when his clearance kick connected with fifth round football match between Millwall and Leicester City at The Den in south four games was made even harder when before drilling an angled shot into the bot- Dario Lezcano’s chest on 35 minutes. Frakfurt’s London yesterday. — AFP Stephen McManus injured himself in the tom corner.—AFP Japan midfielder Makoto Hasebe had a sec- Shiffrin wins Farah bows out record-equalling indoors with third15 slalom gold European18 record SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017
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MADRID: Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale, right, shoots to score past Espanyol’s Hernan Perez during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Espanyol at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, yesterday. Bale scored once in Real Madrid’s 2-0 victory. — AP Bale back with a bang as Real extend lead
MADRID: Gareth Bale made an instant impact on his mind. Morata was one those handed a rare chance to finished off a lightning quick Real counter-attack by fir- allowed to bear down on goal despite Antoine Griezmann return from injury as Real Madrid extended their lead at start up front with Karim Benzema left out of the squad ing into the far corner. standing in an offside position and tapped home at the the top of La Liga to four points with a 2-0 win over altogether. The Spanish international hadn’t started any second attempt after Ivan Cuellar had saved his first effort. Espanyol yesterday. Bale had been sidelined three of Real’s previous five league games, but made his case QUICK FIRE GAMEIRO The lead lasted just three minutes as Atletico’s once solid months and on his return took just 13 minutes to score for more minutes as he powered home Isco’s fine in- In Gijon, Gameiro was seconds away from making his- defence was breached by Alvarez as his effort evaded the as he swept home into the far corner after coming on as swinging cross for his 11th goal of the season. tory as he just missed out on beating David Villa’s record attempts of Stefan Savic to clear off the line. second-half substitute in a much changed Real line up. Morata just failed to get on the end of a tantalising for the fastest hat-trick in La Liga history. Atletico have now conceded more goals in La Liga so Alvaro Morata opened the scoring of an otherwise Cristiano Ronaldo cross and Ronaldo also had a goal Gameiro was only introduced 28 minutes from time far this season than all of last season in La Liga. Gameiro uneventful contest when he bulleted home Isco’s cross ruled out for offside as Real bossed a first-half short on but struck in the 80th, 81st and 85th minutes and dedicat- was summoned from the bench just after the hour mark 12 minutes before half-time. clear-cut chances. ed the hat-trick to his recently deceased grandmother. as Atletico upped the pressure in search for a winner. Earlier, substitute Kevin Gameiro hit a five-minute Ronaldo should have made the game safe when he “Those goals are for my grandmother, who died this week. Griezmann was harshly denied by the offside flag 15 min- hat-trick as Atletico Madrid maintained their grip on headed over from close range midway through the sec- I scored three for her.” Yannick Carrasco had bundled utes from time.However, the French international did fourth with a 4-1 win at Sporting GijÛn. ond-half. Bale’s much-anticipated return since injuring Atletico into the lead seconds into the second-half before have a vital role to play in Gameiro’s first as it was his Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane made seven changes ankle ligaments away at Sporting Lisbon on November Sergio Alvarez levelled three minutes later. through ball from which Gameiro rounded Cuellar to slot to the side that started Wednesday’s 3-1 Champions 22 came 20 minutes from time when he replaced Defeat leaves Sporting still languishing in the relega- home. Thomas Partey teed up Gameiro to thrash home League last 16, first leg win with difficult La Liga trips to Morata. And the Welshman showed the home fans what tion zone, two points off safety. The visitors got a break seconds later and Gameiro completed his hat-trick with Valencia and Villarreal to come in the next week in they have been missing for the past three months as he right at the start of the second period when Carrasco was another composed finish on the counter-attack. — AFP
TENNIS Pliskova storms to first Qatar Open title
DOHA: Karolina Pliskova beat Caroline Wozniacki for final within 24 hours of each other. the first time in her career to claim the Qatar Open title Wozniacki’s defeat was the second time the Dane has yesterday. The powerful Czech won in straight sets 6-3, lost in the Qatar Open after being defeated in straight 6-4 for her eighth WTA title and her second of the year, sets by Russia’s Vera Zvonareva back in 2011. after her victory at the Brisbane International last However, one consolation from her performances month. It was the first Qatar title for the world number this week is that she is likely to move up three places in three and confirms the 24-year-old’s growing reputa- the world rankings to number 15. “I’m a little bit disap- tion as a potential Grand Slam title winner. “It’s amaz- pointed right now,” said Wozniacki. ing, it means so much to me to win the tournament,” “It’s a goal of mine to pretty much have won every- she said afterwards. “It was an unusual week for me, it thing. “But she played really well today. I thought I was not easy with all the stoppages.” played well. I did my best. It’s been a tough week.” She added: “I was waiting for a good result here She added that wanted to use her form in Doha as a because I lost three years in a row in the first or second platform for the season. “Hopefully I can keep up my rounds, so big step. “I’m excited to get the trophy.” level and keep improving. I’m hoping for a good sea- Pliskova hit 27 winners and four aces in a match son.” Both players will now head to the UAE where they which she controlled from the beginning, after breaking are playing in the Dubai Championships. Wozniacki in her first two service games. Her win was Astonishingly, completion of the final yesterday even more impressive given her late arrival in Qatar. meant the tournament was able to finish on time after a Pliskova arrived in Doha after helping defending cham- week of awful weather in Qatar. pions the Czech Republic into the Fed Cup semi-finals Rainfall and thunderstorms throughout the week last weekend. Then her matches in Qatar were delayed had so delayed the schedule that organisers said on DOHA: Karolina Pliskova (L) of the Czech Republic and Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki pose on stage following by the wet weather, which meant she ended up-like Friday that if they could not finish the tournament by their final tennis match in the WTA Qatar Total Open yesterday, in Doha. Karolina Pliskova beat Caroline Wozniacki-playing her quarter-final, semi-final and the today there would be no winner. — AFP Wozniacki for the first time in her career to claim the Qatar Open title. — AFP What you need to know before you change your job Page 22 Boursa Kuwait equities Business remain buoyant SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017 Page 24 Audi RS 3 LMS, Audi R8 showcased at Gulf Run Trump’s contempt for trade deals fuels anxiety Page 26 Page 25
NORTH CHARLESTON: President Donald Trump speaks in front of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner while visiting the Boeing South Carolina facility in North Charleston, SC, on Friday. —AP Trump seeks to reset American jobs pitch ‘Buy American and hire American,’ the new mantra
NORTH CHARLESTON: President Donald and wages are rising steadily, a triple whammy third consecutive weekend, Trump sought enforce our trade rules and stop foreign cheat- peting with a nearly unbeatable combination of Trump tried to put a first month of tumult of deindustrialization, globalization and more familiar ground at Boeing. ing-tremendous cheating, tremendous cheat- low-wage foreign labor and US knowhow.” behind him Friday, pitching himself as a cham- automation have hit the US heartland hard. ing,” he said at Boeing. He pledged to address Ironically, Boeing Dreamliner, which Trump pion of US jobs and industry during a visit to Trump repeatedly touted his business acu- Back to business that issue with a “very substantial penalty” on declared a “great name,” may be a case in point. Boeing in South Carolina. men and promised to transfer boardroom The commander-in-chief appeared to be in firms that take US knowhow and transplant pro- From nose to tail fin, many of the Boeing’s com- A day after a grievance-filled press confer- smarts to the Oval Office in order to bring his element, praising the roll-out of the 787-10, duction overseas. ponents are made around the world: Wing tips in ence that raised questions about his tempera- back jobs. But poor management and scan- touring the cockpit and joking with Boeing CEO “It has to be much easier to manufacture in South Korea, the landing gear in England. ment, the real estate mogul got out of dal have plagued his first month in office. In Dennis Muilenburg about negotiations for an our country and much harder to leave. I don’t “If the Trump administration imposes tariffs, it Washington, back to basics and back on script. four tumultuous weeks, Trump has seen his order of F-18 Super Hornets. “We are looking want companies leaving our country. Making will turn the US into a high-cost island for indus- Trump visited North Charleston to renew national security advisor ousted, a cabinet seriously at big order, and we will see how that- their product, selling it back, no tax, no nothing, trial inputs,” said Baldwin. “Firms might be his campaign vow to champion jobs and nominee withdraw, a centerpiece immigra- you know, the problem is that Dennis is a very, firing everybody in our country,” he said. induced to move some production back to the industry. “As your president, I’m going to do tion policy fail in the courts and a tidal wave very tough negotiator. But I think we may get That may be a winning approach politically, US, if it is strictly aimed at US consumers. But everything I can to unleash the power of the of damaging leaks. there,” he said. but few economists believe it would be good for they will be equally encouraged to offshore pro- American spirit and to put our great people The perception of a White House in disarray The US manufacturer employs some 7,500 Americans’ pocket book. Richard Baldwin, a pro- duction that is aimed at export markets.” back to work,” Trump said. was further fueled as Trump’s pick to replace people in South Carolina, where it has invested fessor of international economics at the Friday evening Trump took to Twitter to again “This is our mantra, ‘buy American and hire Flynn, retired US Navy admiral Robert more than $2 billion since beginning operations Graduate Institute, Geneva recently accused blast the media-casting several outlets as “the American.’ We want products made in Harward, turned down the job, leaving a glar- in the southeastern state in 2009. Trump’s team of pursuing “twentieth-century enemy of the American people”-and then America, made by American hands,” he said, ing hole in the National Security Council. Trump’s prescription to drain the pockets of solutions for America’s twenty-first-century heralding another campaign-style Florida rally pledging to wean the country off imports. On Trump said Friday he was considering four economic malaise that dot the country has been industrial problems.” scheduled for yesterday. The former reality star the campaign trail, Trump tapped a rich seam new candidates, including acting advisor Keith to rip-up “bad trade deals” and an tougher tariffs “In 2017, US workers are not competing with will seek the cheers of his supporters in Orlando of unease among American workers. Although Kellogg, a retired lieutenant general. on imports. low-wage foreign labor, capital, and technology, a bid to restore momentum to his already the unemployment rate is at a low five percent En route back to his Florida estate for the “We are going to enforce, very strongly, as they did in the 1970s. Rather, they are com- embattled administration. —AFP Samsung family succession Euro is too low for Germany: Merkel hits snag with chief’s arrest MUNICH: German Chancellor Angela Merkel suggested yesterday that the euro was too low for Germany but made clear that Berlin had no power to address this “problem” because monetary policy was set prosecutors indicted him in 2008. The SEOUL: South Korea was taken by surprise jailed before but still ran their companies sonnel reshuffling and promotions each by the independent European Central Bank. on Friday with the arrest of the scion of the from behind bars. Samsung Electronics, December, but postponed those younger Lee will likely follow a similar Merkel made her remarks at the Munich Security Conference as US country’s richest family and de-facto leader which is the world’s largest maker of mobile announcements in 2016 as it was dragged course and stay away from leadership role Vice President Mike Pence looked on. They seemed aimed at address- at Samsung over his alleged involvement in phones, TVs and computer memory chips, deeper into the political scandal. once investigators formally bring charges ing recent criticism from a top trade adviser to President Donald a massive corruption scandal that engulfed has three separate chief executive officers Lee is not the first in his family to face against him. Trump, who has accused Germany of profiting from a “grossly under- the president and riveted the nation. each overseeing its electronic component, criminal charges. His father was convicted valued” euro. Prosecutors believe Lee Jae-yong, 48, a mobile phone and television divisions. in 2008 and 2009 for embezzlement and Family succession hits snag “We have at the moment in the eurozone of course a problem vice chairman at Samsung Electronics and But long-term business decisions, such tax evasion related to business dealings As he stepped up his role in the absence with the value of the euro,” Merkel said in an unusual foray into for- the only son of the ailing Samsung chair- as appointing executives and deciding on designed to pass down wealth to his son. of his ailing father, Lee was seen as the new eign exchange rate policy. “The ECB has a monetary policy that is not man, gave bribes worth $36 million to mergers and acquisitions, may be put on Lee Kun-hee, the ailing chairman, stepped face of Samsung, fluent in foreign lan- geared to Germany, rather it is tailored (to countries) from Portugal to President Park Geun-hye and her close hold. Samsung normally announces per- away from his role at the company when guages and educated oversees. Since Lee Slovenia or Slovakia. If we still had the (German) D-Mark it would friend to help win government support for assumed a bigger role, Samsung promised surely have a different value than the euro does at the moment. But a smooth company leadership transition, to inject the company’s top-down hierarchy this is an independent monetary policy over which I have no influ- including a contentious merger of two with a nimble, startup-like attitude. ence as German chancellor.” Samsung companies. Corruption allegations similar to those that The euro has fallen nearly 25 percent against the dollar over the took down his father may mean the dam- past three years, touching a 14-year low of $1.034 in January. But it A look at how his arrest affects age to Lee’s reputation is irreversible. has since risen to roughly $1.061. In late January, Peter Navarro, the the electronics giant: Prosecutors were able to secure Lee’s arrest head of Trump’s new National Trade Council, said the euro’s low valu- LITTLE IMPACT ON PHONE, TV BUSI- in their second attempt, thanks to new evi- ation was giving Germany an edge over the United States and its NESSES dence showing President Park’s broader European Union partners. Some conservative commentators are involvement in Samsung’s family succes- His comments came weeks after Trump himself said the dollar’s worried that Lee’s arrest could hurt sion plan. Initially, prosecutors focused on strength against the Chinese yuan “is killing us”, deepening concerns Samsung’s businesses and therefore the their argument that Samsung offered that his administration could pursue a more confrontational, protec- economy, which relies on such companies bribes and in return, the government tionist approach to trade. Merkel and other German officials pushed for exports and jobs. backed a controversial merger of two back forcefully at the time. But others dismiss such concern as Samsung companies in 2015, which was a Yesterday, the chancellor said she did not want to delve into the exaggerated. “What would affect its busi- key step in the leadership transition. causes of Germany’s trade surplus, noting that this was sure to be a nesses are the Galaxy phone’s success, the But after the initial request was dis- continuing topic of discussion with US officials. performance of the semiconductor sector missed, additional evidence from a note- But she said both countries were proud of their products and and how fast Chinese rivals are catching up, book that belonged to a top presidential Washington had no reason to be unhappy about the level of German not whether Lee Jae-yong is arrested or adviser showed that the government gave imports. “When you look around the room and see how many iPhones not,” said Park Sang-in, a professor at Seoul favors to Samsung in other areas related to and Apple products are in play, I think the vice president can be com- SEOUL: Lee Jae-yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics Co, gets into pletely satisfied, and Fifth Avenue is still underpopulated with German National University. a car to leave after attending a hearing at the Seoul Central District Court the Lee family’s father-to-son succession, Chiefs of companies such as Hyundai said Lee Kyu-chul, a spokesman for the spe- cars,” Merkel said, drawing applause from the audience. —Reuters Motor Group and SK Group have been in Seoul, South Korea on Thursday. —AP cial prosecution team. —AP SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017 BUSINESS What you need to know before you change your job Bayt.com weekly report
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Auto workers’ union preparing ‘Buy American’ ad campaign New move to rebuild country’s manufacturing sector DETROIT: The United Auto Workers union is tories in the US. In essence, he’s telling people to States, but not if they cost more. Given the preparing an ad campaign that urges consumers buy a US-made Toyota Camry over a Mexican- choice between a $50 pair of pants made over- to buy US-made cars and trucks as it tries to tap made Ford Fusion, which may put him at odds seas or an $85 pair manufactured in the United into President Donald Trump’s efforts to rebuild with Detroit automakers. States, two-thirds said they would buy the the country’s manufacturing sector. Trump used the slogan “Make America Great cheaper pair. President Dennis Williams said the ads could Again” in his campaign to defeat Hillary Clinton. Allen Adamson, founder of BrandSimple con- be similar to 1970s garment workers campaign He also campaigned on renegotiating the North sulting in the New York area, said the simplicity with a catchy jingle that told people to look for a American Free Trade Agreement, which he of a ‘Buy American’ campaign might work for a union label on clothing. blamed for the loss of US manufacturing jobs to short time with part of the US population. But Williams told reporters that the union wants Mexico. The UAW is likely facing an uphill battle. the message could become muddied because to take advantage of what it sees as a movement The success that foreign-made cars have had in foreign automakers build some models here and in the US to bring back manufacturing jobs lost the United States, as well as the popularity of Detroit automakers build some in other coun- to cheaper-labor countries such as Mexico. “If it’s other imported goods, suggests that consumers tries, he said. not built in the United States then don’t buy it,” are more focused on price and quality rather “If there ever was a time to give it a try, that Williams said Thursday at the UAW’s headquar- than simply whether something is made in the time is now,” he said. “I don’t think it will turn into ters in Detroit. US. Polls also suggest this is true. An Associated action because it’s too complex and confusing He urged consumers to buy union-made Press-GfK poll last April found that Americans for the average consumer.” Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever, speaks at the Global Compact Leaders’ Summit in vehicles first, then those made at non-union fac- would like to buy products made in the United Williams, whose union endorsed Clinton, did- New York. — AP n’t say when the ads would start. Williams also told reporters the UAW is willing to work with Kraft Heinz still hungry for Trump to redo the trade deal. It’s still researching the border tax Trump has talked about on goods Unilever after rejected offer imported from Mexico. A number of automakers have announced NEW YORK: Kraft Heinz is attempting to Executives pitched the deal as the path new investments in the US or a shift in produc- buy Unilever in a $143 billion deal that to enormous savings because the compa- tion plans since Trump won the election, with would create a global food leader that sells nies would be able to utilize the same man- Trump taking credit for most of them. Williams products including cheese, lunch meats, ufacturing and distribution networks. said factory investment and jobs announce- spreads and snacks. Bernardo Hees, the CEO of Kraft Heinz ments by General Motors and Fiat Chrysler US food giant Kraft Heinz Co says its and a 3G partner, has made job cuts and is were in the works long before Trump was elect- offer to buy Europe’s Unilever was rejected, pursuing other savings, some of them ed. But he gave Trump credit for pressuring but it’s still pursuing the deal. The maker of granular. In a memo sent to employees in Ford to scrap a new small-car factory in Mexico Oscar Mayer meats, Jell-O pudding and the summer of 2015, Hees reminded them and keep production of a low-selling Lincoln Velveeta cheese said, though, there’s no to print on both sides of the paper, reuse SUV in Kentucky. certainty that it will make another offer for office supplies like binders and to turn off Unilever, which owns brands including computers before leaving the office to cut While Ford canceled the Mexico factory, it Hellmann’s, Lipton and Knorr. Unilever said down on energy costs. still will move production of the Focus compact Kraft’s offer is too low, and that it sees no The company also stopped stocking the from the Detroit area to an existing Mexican reason to continue talks with Kraft. corporate office with free Kraft snacks. plant. No US jobs would be lost because the US The shares of both companies surged to Coca-Cola Co, General Mills Inc, Kellogg Co plant will get new vehicles. The union leader new highs early in trading. and PepsiCo Inc, under pressure from Wall also said that six to eight months ago, workers The deals underway in the packaged Street, have all slashed costs and are trying at electric car maker Tesla Inc.’s factory in food industry are a symptom of the strains to find products that suit the fickle and Fremont, California, contacted the UAW about being felt by its major players. Companies shifting preferences of customers. DETROIT: A bumper sticker is displayed on a Chevrolet outside the United Auto Workers head- representation. The union has sent a small num- like Kraft Heinz, two century-old compa- They’ve done that through an array of quarters in Detroit. The UAW union is working on an advertising campaign that urges people ber of organizers there, but it’s up to workers nies that became one in 2015, are trying to acquisitions of smaller, faster growing to buy US-made cars and trucks in an effort to build on what the union sees as nationalistic whether the UAW will start a full organizing fatten profits even as sales growth weak- brands. Campbell Soup is trying to shed its sentiment that President Donald Trump tapped into during the election. —AP campaign, Williams said. —AP ens. Last year Mondelez, which makes Oreo canned-food image. It bought juice and and Chips Ahoy, retreated from its attempt bagged carrots maker Bolthouse. to take over Hershey. The tie-up between General Mills now owns Annie’s, Hormel Kraft and Heinz was engineered by Warren owns Applegate meats and Justin’s nut US wage gap puts rentals out Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and Brazilian butters, and Dr. Pepper recently bought Bai investment firm 3G Capital, which has a his- Brands, a maker of drinks sold as rich in tory of taking over companies and aggres- antioxidants. But megadeals are harder to of reach of single women sively cutting costs. pull off. —AP
NEW YORK: Single women cannot working full time are paid 80 per- Economic Cooperation and bedroom by single women or men, afford to rent a small apartment in cent of what men are paid, accord- Development (OECD). it said. The least affordable spots for Citigroup CEO Corbat takes nearly all of the biggest US cities ing to US Census Bureau statistics. The RentCafe.com research, pub- singles are Boston and the New York but single men could manage to In the 50 largest US cities, a woman lished this month on its website, City borough of Manhattan. home $15.5 million for 2016 lease in a third of those locations, a makes only 74 cents for every dollar used the US industry standard that Eight of the 50 most expensive reflection of the gender wage gap, earned by a man, a gender wage housing costs should not comprise cities are in California. The study NEW YORK: Citigroup’s board of direc- restructure Citi following the financial research shows. The Midwestern gap of 26 percent, according to more than 30 percent of one’s used Census Bureau income data tors is awarding CEO Michael Corbat a crisis. For example, Citigroup almost cities of Wichita, Kansas and Tulsa, RentCafe.com. income. Among the 50 cities, men and analyzed the 50 largest cities pay package worth $15.5 million for entirely wound down Citi Holdings in Oklahoma are the only two of the In those cities, single men make can afford to rent a studio or one- excluding St. Louis, Missouri where 2016, down from $16.5 million in 2015. 2016, which is the “bad bank” part of 50 largest cities where the median an average of $32,451 a year, while bedroom apartment on their own in it had incomplete information. It Citi’s board said Friday that in addition to Citigroup where the company housed all income of single women can pay for single women average $24,115, it 18, the research found. Those cities used median market rent data from his $1.5 million base salary, Corbat will of the toxic assets it had from the mort- a studio or one-bedroom apart- said. Globally, the gender wage gap include Phoenix, Las Vegas, Yardi Matrix, which researches and receive $4.2 million in cash and $9.8 mil- gage bubble. However Citi’s full-year ment, according to research by is as small as 6 percent in New Oklahoma City, Memphis, reports on multifamily properties lion in stock awards. profits fell in 2016, with the bank RentCafe.com, an online apartment Zealand and as wide as 37 percent Indianapolis, Omaha and Kansas City. except those covered by affordable The board said the pay package earning $14.78 billion compared with search company. in South Korea among the 35 mem- In 14 cities, the median income is housing programs or government reflects Corbat’s progress to shrink and $17.07 billion in 2015. —AP Across the United States, women ber nations of the Organization for not enough to rent a studio or one subsidies. — Reuters EXCHANGE RATES
Chinese Yuan Renminbi 45.030 Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. Swiss Franc 306.460 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000018 0.000024 Australian Dollar 237.110 Thai Bhat 9.730 Japanese Yen 0.002634 0.002814 US Dollar Buying 304.950 Turkish Lira 83.960 ASIAN COUNTRIES Kenyan Shilling 0.003009 0.003009 Japanese Yen 2.689 GOLD Korean Won 0.000256 0.000271 Indian Rupees 4.571 20 Gram 252.060 BAHRAIN EXCHANGE COMPANY WLL Malaysian Ringgit 0.064884 0.070884 Pakistani Rupees 2.919 10 Gram 128.950 Nepalese Rupee 0.002995 0.003165 Srilankan Rupees 2.034 5 Gram 65.320 CURRENCY BUY SELL Pakistan Rupee 0.002611 0.002901 Nepali Rupees 2.866 Europe Philippine Peso 0.006025 0.006325 Singapore Dollar 216.060 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd British Pound 0.374897 0.384897 Sierra Leone 0.000068 0.000074 Hongkong Dollar 3.946 Singapore Dollar 0.210993 0.220993 Bangladesh Taka 3.831 Czech Korune 0.004085 0.016085 South African Rand 0.017573 0.026073 Philippine Peso 6.132 Danish Krone 0.039881 0.044881 Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Thai Baht 8.756 Euro 0. 320571 0.329571 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001682 0.002262 US Dollar 305.850 Norwegian Krone 0.032916 0.038116 Taiwan 0.009676 0.009856 GCC COUNTRIES Canadian Dolla 234.865 Romanian Leu 0.084861 0.084881 Thai Baht 0.008398 0.008948 Saudi Riyal 81.694 Sterling Pound 382.745 Slovakia 0.009183 0.019183 Arab Qatari Riyal 84.142 Euro 326.235 Swedish Krona 0.030517 0.035517 Bahraini Dinar 0.805630 0.814130 ani Riyal 795.608 Swiss Frank 306.265 Swiss Franc 0.299347 0.310347 Bahraini Dinar 813.470 Egyptian Pound 0.013822 0.023075 UAE Dirham 83.408 Bahrain Dinar 810.785 Turkish Lira 0.078592 0.088892 Iranian Riyal 0.000085 0.000086 UAE Dirhams 83.665 Iraqi Dinar 0.000187 0.000247 Qatari Riyals 84.885 Australasia ARAB COUNTRIES Jordanian Dinar 0.426213 0.435213 Egyptian Pound - Cash 20.450 Saudi Riyals 82.485 Australian Dollar 0.227082 0.239082 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 17.537 Jordanian Dinar 432.550 New Zealand Dollar 0.214877 0.224377 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.230 Lebanese Pound 0.000148 0.000248 Egyptian Pound 18.715 Tunisian Dinar 134.810 America Moroccan Dirhams 0.020158 0.044158 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.035 Jordanian Dinar 431.290 Canadian Dollar 0.228652 0.237652 Nigerian Naira 0.001270 0.001905 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.041 Indian Rupees 4.572 Georgina Lari 0.138298 0.138298 Omani Riyal 0.789903 0.794583 Syrian Lira 2.183 Pakistani Rupees 2.917 US Dollars 0.302100 0.306500 Morocco Dirham 30.924 Qatar Riyal 0.083294 0.084744 Bangladesh Taka 3.854 US Dollars Mint 0.302600 0.306500 Philippines Pesso 6.129 Saudi Riyal 0.080567 0.081867 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Syrian Pound 0.001299 0.001519 Cyprus pound 167.960 Asia US Dollar Transfer 306.150 Tunisian Dinar 0.130778 0.138778 Euro 327.580 Japanese Yen 3.670 Bangladesh Taka 0.003624 0.004208 Sterling Pound 384.680 Syrian Pound 2.425 Chinese Yuan 0.043131 0.046631 Turkish Lira 0.078592 0.088892 Canadian dollar 234.780 Nepalese Rupees 3.855 Hong Kong Dollar 0.037394 0.040144 UAE Dirhams 0.081943 0.083643 Turkish lira 83.310 Malaysian Ringgit 69.490 Indian Rupee 0.002683 0.004906 Yemeni Riyal 0.000996 0.001076
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Boursa Kuwait equities remain buoyant BAYAN WEEKLY MARKET REPORT KUWAIT: Boursa Kuwait ended last week in the green ing operations that concentrated on the leading stocks zone. The Price Index closed at 6,824.49 points, up by of which recorded different drops in the previous two 3.67 percent from the week before closing, the Weighted sessions, which enhanced the Price Index’s gains and Index increased by 2.02 percent after closing at 428.76 enabled the Weighted and KSX-15 indices to compen- points, whereas the KSX-15 Index closed at 974.89 sate all its losses recorded since the beginning of the points up by 1.33 percent. Furthermore, the week’s aver- week. Also, the Boursa continued its positive perform- age daily turnover increased by 15.49 percent, com- ance on Wednesday’s session, in light of the gradual pared to the preceding week, reaching KD 56.57 million, increase in the cash liquidity levels, amid a noticeable whereas trading volume average was 569.50 million purchasing demand on the leading stocks especially in shares, recording an increase of 7.29 percent. the Banks sector. The Boursa witnessed a positive performance and the The Boursa indices returned to fluctuate once again three indices were able to realize good gains to com- at the end of week session, where the Price and KSX-15 pensate a part of the losses recorded during the last two indices were able to continue to increase and recorded week due to the profit collection operations. limited profit by the end of the session, which enhanced The Boursa witnessed such performance in light of its weekly gains somewhat, while the Weighted Index the purchasing trend that included many listed stocks went against the current and ended the session in the of leading and small-cap ones that declined in the pre- red zone, lightening by this its weekly gains. vious period to a tempting levels of purchase, amid a For the annual performance, the price index ended control of an optimistic state over the investment are- last week recording 18.73 percent annual gain com- na in the market regarding the listed companies pared to its closing in 2016, while the weighted index results for 2016. increased by 12.80 percent, and the KSX-15 recorded Also, the market received some support from the 10.15 percent growth. increased liquidity levels during most of the daily ses- sions of the week, where the total value in the Boursa Sectors’ Indices during the last five sessions reached around KD 282.85 Nine of Boursa Kuwait’s sectors ended last week in million, up by 15.49 percent from a week earlier. the green zone, while the other three recorded declines. In addition, the market capitalization reached KD Last week’s highest gainer was the Financial Services 28.41 billion by the end of last week, up by 1.9 percent sector, achieving 6.18 percent growth rate as its index compared to its level in a week earlier, where it reached closed at 791.64 points. Whereas, in the second place, then KD 27.88 billion. On an annual level, the market the Banks sector’s index closed at 988.83 points record- cap gains for the listed companies reached 11.82 per- ing 5.32 percent increase. The Real Estate sector came in cent from its value at end of 2016, where it reached third as its index achieved 5.20 percent growth, ending then KD 25.41 billion the week at 1,081.68 points. The Basic Materials sector (Note: delisting of Refrigeration Industries & Storage was the least growing as its index closed at 1,306.32 Co and Taiba Kuwaiti Holding Co during the last week points with a 0.37 percent increase. contributed to the decrease in the Boursa market cap by On the other hand, the Technology sector headed the around KD 435.85 million, the total market value of the losers list as its index declined by 2.44 percent to end two mentioned companies) the week’s activity at 828.09 points. The Consumer Moreover, the Boursa Kuwait witnessed in the first Goods sector was second on the losers’ list, which index session of the week a mixed closing for the three indices, declined by 0.89 percent, closing at 1,129.33 points, fol- where the Price and Weighted indices increased sup- lowed by the Health Care sector, as its index closed at ported by the speculative operations that concentrated 1,225.37 points at a weekly loss of 0.82 percent. on the small-cap stocks, especially the ones being trad- ed in prices below its book value, in addition to the par- Sectors’ Activity tial purchasing operations that targeted some heavy The Real Estate sector dominated a total trade vol- stocks, while some leading stocks witnessed selling ume of around 1.06 billion shares changing hands operations, especially in the Banks and Real Estate sec- during last week, representing 37.22 percent of the tors, which caused KSX-15 Index to decline and close the total market trading volume. The Financial Services session in the red zone. sector was second in terms of trading volume as the On the next session, the indices continued its fluc- sector’s traded shares were 32.07 percent of last tuation, as the Price Index continued its upward direc- week’s total trading volume, with a total of around tion and was able to end the session in the green 913.12 million shares. zone affected by the continued speculative opera- On the other hand, the Banks sector’s stocks were the tions concentrated on the small-cap stocks, however highest traded in terms of value; with a turnover of the Weighted and KSX-15 indices dropped as a result around KD 78.96 million or 27.92 percent of last week’s to the selling trend that included few leading and total market trading value. The Financial Services sector heavy stocks. took the second place as the sector’s last week turnover On the mid-week session, the three market indices was approx. KD 60.49 million representing 21.38 percent were able to record good gains that pushed it to close of the total market trading value. — Prepared by the in the green zone, amid a return to the strong purchas- Studies & Research Department, Bayan Investment Co.
Stocks inch to new records; S&P 500 up 4 straight weeks
NEW YORK: Stock indexes inched ahead to out of the market, said JJ Kinahan, chief mar- however. Shares fell $4.07, or 6.5 percent, to record highs Friday, barely, after a late-after- ket strategist at TD Ameritrade. $58.48. General Mills fell $2.31, or 3.8 percent, noon push erased losses from earlier in the “People don’t want unnecessary risk head- to $59.23 after it warned of tougher times day. It caps the fourth straight week of gains ing into a three-day weekend,” he said. “This is ahead. It said weaker-than-expected U.S. sales for the Standard & Poor’s 500 index, its longest more about taking off risk than about aggres- of yogurt and soup pushed it to cut its sales such streak since July. sive selling.” U.S. markets will be closed and profit forecast for its fiscal year, which Reports through the week showed that the Monday for Presidents Day. Kinahan pointed ends in May. Treasury yields gave back some of economy is improving and corporate profits to relative calmness in the markets for the VIX the gains they made earlier in the week. The are growing more quickly than analysts index, which measures expectations for yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 2.42 expected. The encouraging data, along with upcoming volatility in the S&P 500, and for percent from 2.45 percent late Thursday. The hopes for lower taxes and other business- gold, a traditional landing spot when investors two-year yield dipped to 1.19 percent from friendly policies from Washington, pushed the are nervous. Kraft Heinz surged to the biggest 1.21 percent, and the 30-year Treasury yield S&P 500 to a 1.5 percent rise last week, its best gain in the S&P 500 after it made an offer to sank to 3.02 percent from 3.05 percent. weekly performance since the first week of buy European consumer goods giant Unilever. In European stock markets, the French CAC January. The S&P 500 rose 3.94 points Friday, Unilever rejected the bid, which offered 18 40 index fell 0.7 percent, Germany’s DAX was or 0.2 percent, to 2,351.16. The Dow Jones percent more than where Unilever’s shares virtually flat and the U.K. FTSE 100 rose 0.3 per- industrial average edged up by 4.28 points, closed on Thursday, and called it too low. Kraft cent. In Asia, Japan’s Nikkei 225 index fell 0.6 less than 0.1 percent, to 20,624.05 and also set Heinz, which is behind the Lunchables and percent, the Hang Seng in Hong Kong fell 0.3 a record. The Nasdaq rose 23.68, or 0.4 per- Oscar Mayer brands, jumped $9.37, or 10.7 percent and South Korea’s Kospi index slipped cent, to 5,838.58, its own all-time high. percent, to $96.65. U.S.-listed shares of 0.1 percent. Slightly more stocks fell than rose on the Unilever, which sells Breyers ice cream and The dollar fell to 112.93 Japanese yen from New York Stock Exchange. The last two days Dove soap, surged $5.96, or 14 percent, to 113.11 yen late Thursday. The euro fell to have been lackluster for stocks, with the S&P $48.53. Campbell Soup had the biggest drop $1.0607 from $1.0677, and the British pound 500 dipping on Thursday, in comparison to the in the S&P 500 after the company surprised fell to $1.2416 from $1.2497. Benchmark U.S. strong run they had been on. That slowdown analysts by reporting weaker revenue in its lat- crude oil rose 4 cents to settle at $53.40 a bar- was more a result of investors looking to cash NEW YORK: Specialist John Parisi (left) and trader Michael Smyth work on the floor of the est quarter than a year earlier. Its earnings rel. Brent crude, the international standard, fell in some profits than on any fear or need to get New York Stock Exchange on Friday. — AP were better than Wall Street had forecast, 16 cents to close at $55.81 a barrel. — AP SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017 BUSINESS
TORONTO: The Acura NSX is on display during the Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto, TORONTO: The new Toyota Camry cars are revealed during the Canadian International Auto Show in Thursday. —AP Photos Toronto.
TORONTO: The Lexus LF-FC concept car is revealed during the Canadian International Auto Show in TORONTO: The BMW 540i is on display during the Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto, Toronto. Thursday. KFH participates in 2017 IIF MENA Financial Summit held in Dubai Trump’s contempt for trade KUWAIT: Group Chief Executive Officer at Turkish Lira, the Turkish government took sev- deals fuels global anxiety Kuwait Finance House (KFH), Mazin Saad Al- eral procedures to boost liquidity in banks and Nahedh stressed the importance of practical- revitalize the market in order to continue the ly facing the economic challenges facing the development in all sectors, mainly the energy Seven decades of American policy being dismantled GCC banks in light of the fall in oil prices, and transportation sectors. He said the posi- indicating the necessity of applying best tion of KFH-Turkey is good, the asset quality is WASHINGTON: Donald Trump is corporate America - ‘create more War II, encouraged global com- and ship goods back to the US. practices and highest standards in the struc- strong, and the Turkish market is still promis- moving quickly to dismantle sev- jobs here or else’ - and across-the merce, lifted much of East Asia Since NAFTA took effect 23 tural changes, regulatory compliance and ing. KFH is operating in different geographies en decades of American policy board trade protectionism.” out of poverty and empowered years ago, the US trade gap with cyber security as they are the major chal- including Turkey, Saudi, Bahrain and Malaysia, built on trade deals and multina- Companies heavily involved the United States to become the Mexico has surged as factories lenges for now. indicating KFH Malaysia is transforming to dig- tional alliances that help fuel the in imports or exports can’t easily world’s leading superpower. moved south of the border to His statement was made during his partici- ital banking to be distinguished among peers. US and global economies. develop their business plans “This is the biggest reversal capitalize on cheaper Mexican pation in the 2017 IIF MENA Financial Summit Al-Nahedh stressed the importance of And no one is sure what will without knowing what specific we’ve had since World War II,” labor. Some analysts echo held in Dubai for 2 days to discuss the main implementing structural reforms and income challenges facing the economies of the MENA diversification to achieve sustainable develop- replace them. The void risks moves Trump will embrace or says Adam Posen, president of Trump’s criticism that existing region and the effect of the drop in oil prices ment. He discussed the developments of non- intensifying uncertainty at home achieve. the Peterson Institute for trade deals have hurt many on the GCC banks. bank segment of the financial markets in the and abroad. Without knowing International Economics, a think Americans. Among the uncertainties: Al-Nahedh said that banks should offer MENA region. whether trade will be disrupted, tank that promotes free trade. “It “NAFTA is packed with incen- best service quality, and implement best tech- The session included besides Al-Nahedh, business people in the United l Will Trump insist on taxing does have echoes of the ‘20s and tives to offshore jobs,” says Lori nologies in efforts to preserve customers’ Mark Robinson, Chief Executive Officer, States and abroad could be imports if he doesn’t get the ‘30s, when the US said, to its Wallach, director of Public rights and protect their information, yet to Commercial Bank International PSC, Amin Al- forced to rethink their plans. concessions he wants from detriment, that everyone else is Citizen’s Global Trade Watch, achieve growth in all indicators. Husseini, Chief Executive Officer, Oman Arab “The big problem comes when America’s trading partners? ripping us off.” which opposes many existing He emphasized the need for deepening Bank, Abdulaziz Al Onaizan, Chief Executive there is uncertainty,” says Marcus l If America abandons exist- In Roseville, Illinois, a soybean pacts. “NAFTA must be replaced and diversifying financial markets in the region Officer, Bank Al Bilad, Vince Cook, Chief Moufarrige of Servcorp, a compa- ing agreements, would allies and corn farmer named Ron - not tweaked - to actually by exploring the needed policies and market Executive Officer, and National Bank of ny in Sydney, Australia, that sells trust it to adhere to any new Moore had expected to benefit deliver better outcomes for instruments. Fujairah. office space and technology serv- trade deals? from the Trans-Pacific working people.” But U.S. He added that despite the geopolitical vari- The summit has been attended by many ices abroad. “Uncertainty stops l Would Trump risk igniting a Partnership with 11 Asia-Pacific exporters benefited from ables that take toll on the foreign investment banking, finance and investment leaders and businesses from making deci- trade war whereby other coun- countries. The TPP would have Mexican purchases, too. And in Turkey, and caused fall in the value of the decision Makers as well as finance ministers. sions. It stops everything.” tries impose retaliatory taxes pried open Japan’s market to many companies have built For now, stock prices are soar- and sanctions on US goods? Will more US farm exports, thereby complex supply chains that span ing as investors focus on Trump’s America’s old alliances endure? If benefiting US cattle and hog the U.S.-Mexico border. Pulling pledge to cut taxes and business not, what replaces them? farmers. Moore provides feed to out of NAFTA would threaten regulations. But his break with Trump argues that the exist- those livestock producers. “It was their operations. the past is raising worries among ing order has short-changed going to add value to my soy- Trump says his shift in policy - some. Fitch Ratings, for instance, America - especially blue-collar beans,” says Moore, whose soy- along with big tax cuts and loos- warns that the uncertainty sur- US workers - exposing them to beans are shipped down the er regulation - would restore rounding Trump’s policies poses unfair competition with low- Mississippi River to New Orleans countless factory and mining global risks - from disrupted trade wage foreign laborers and to and often on to China and other jobs. Most economists are skep- relations to confrontations that unjust trade practices by China foreign markets. “We’re a little tical. If the US imposes taxes on unnerve investors. and others. disappointed.” Chinese and Mexican imports, The president’s hostility The result, he said in his inau- The TPP had stalled in they warn, those countries toward existing trade deals and gural speech, is “rusted-out fac- Congress. But Trump officially would impose taxes of their own suspicion of long-term allies is tories scattered like tombstones pulled out of the deal, saying on U.S. exporters. The result also leaving a vacuum in global across the landscape of our he could do better by negotiat- could be a job-killing trade war. leadership - one that China nation.” “From this day forward,” ing with countries one on one. Even if Trump does draw some seems eager to fill. President Xi Trump declared, “it’s going to be Some critics backed his argu- factories back to America, he’d Mazin Al-Nahedh speaking. Jinping last month became the only America first.” ment. They argued that the TPP face another problem: They first Chinese head of state to His words resonate among would have killed American aren’t the huge employers they attend an annual gathering of communities that blame low- jobs by exposing US workers to used to be. American factories business elites in Davos, wage foreign competition for low-wage competition in produce more than twice as Switzerland. Xi used the occa- the loss of 4.8 million US factory Southeast Asia. much as they did when manu- sion to declare China a champi- jobs since 2000 and among But the TPP was also a diplo- facturing employment peaked in on of free trade, usurping the families whose incomes have matic effort to counter China’s 1979 - with fewer than two- traditional US role as the leading stagnated. influence in Asia. Now, writes thirds the workers. booster of globalization. China, Trump has pulled the United economist Gareth Leather at “The jobs we lost in manufac- the world’s leading exporter, States out of a 12-nation Asia- Capital Economics, “the demise turing were in 20th century fac- wants to expand its global influ- Pacific trade accord negotiated of the TPP has created an oppor- tories that employed lots of peo- ence. Trump has offered few by the Obama administration. tunity for China.” ple,” UC San Diego’s Hanson says. details of his trade plans, beyond He’s intent on renegotiating a “Who will negotiate with us if It would also be hard to undo pressuring US companies to pact with Mexico and Canada - we renege on our deals?” asks decades of globalization. In keep or create jobs in America, and dumping it if he can’t Hanson of the University of 1960, trade - exports and taking a tougher line in forging improve the version in place California San Diego. Also in imports combined - equaled 9 deals and slapping tariffs on since 1994. He’s questioned Trump’s crosshairs: The North percent of US economic output. nations that are deemed to NATO’s usefulness, considered American Free Trade Agreement By 2015, it was 28 percent, exploit the United States. slashing America’s financial con- with Mexico and Canada, which according to the World Bank. “There’s not a lot of substance tribution to the United Nations he’s called the worst trade deal “It sounds good: America to his policies,” says Gordon and bickered with allies Mexico the United States has ever nego- First,” says Ron Moore, a farmer Hanson, director of the University and Australia. tiated. Trump says he wants to who is president of the American of California San Diego’s Center Critics say Trump is tearing renegotiate NAFTA or scrap it. Soybean Association. “But we on Global Transformation. “It con- down an international system He’s also threatened to tax US live in a global economy nowa- sists of two things: Jaw-boning that nurtured peace after World companies that move to Mexico days.” —AP SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017 business
Audi RS 3 LMS, Audi R8 showcased at Gulf Run Audi Kuwait gives customers a taste of Audi Sport
KUWAIT: During the 12th edition of the Gulf Run last Tarek Al-Shafie, General Manager of Fouad Al Ghanim & weekend, Audi customers and fans had the chance to gain Sons Automotive Company, the exclusive dealer of Audi in a first-hand experience of Audi Sport. They were treated to Kuwait, said: “Customer relationships are of paramount hot laps in the Audi Sport flagship model - the Audi R8 - importance to us and we pride ourselves on affording our and as a special surprise in the all-new Audi RS 3 LMS. The clients the ultimate experience. Introducing Audi enthusi- latter is the newest addition to the “League of asts to the exceptional RS 3 LMS was our way of engaging Performance” race car squad. The Middle East is the first our customers in a different manner and exposing our cus- region worldwide offering the Audi RS 3 LMS experience. tomers to Audi’s racing heritage. “ Organized by Audi Kuwait, represented by Fouad The annual Gulf Run activities started on December 16- Alghanim & Sons Automotive Company, close to 100 cus- 17, 2016 with a Kart Race at Sirbb Circuit in Kuwait, fol- tomers had the chance to check out the cars at the Bahrain lowed by a car show at Murooj where Audi Kuwait present- International Circuit in Sakhir. ed the Audi RS Q3 and the Audi R8. The highlight of the Gulf Run started in 2005 as a weekend getaway for a 12th edition of the Gulf Run was the racing weekend in group of friends passionate about automobile racing. The Bahrain. goal is to promote automobile racing and training in a pro- The Audi RS 3 LMS is touring the region and can be seen fessional environment; while educating drivers on proper at the Dubai Autodrome next before it travels to Oman and racing techniques. Sixty cars from Kuwait roared into Qatar. The 330 hp race car made its Audi Sport customer action at “The Home of Motorsport in the Middle East” - racing debut at the Dubai 24-hour race with UK-based showcasing many top-of-the-line sports cars, among them Cadspeed Racing who celebrated a class victory and a the Audi Sport heavyweights. podium in the TCR Middle East. Gulf Run CEO Ahmad Al-Mudhaf expressed his delight The Audi Group, with its brands Audi, Ducati and in being back at BIC for another edition of the event. He Lamborghini, is one of the most successful manufacturers said that Gulf Run at BIC is always an enjoyable and memo- of automobiles and motorcycles in the premium segment. rable occasion for all those who participate, and it suc- It is present in more than 100 markets worldwide and pro- ceeds in its aim of promoting safety on the roads, especial- duces at 16 locations in twelve countries. 100 percent sub- ly amongst youth who are big fans of motorsport. sidiaries of AUDI AG include Audi Sport GmbH Al-Mudhaf thanked BIC Chief Executive Shaikh Salman (Neckarsulm), Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. (Sant’Agata bin Isa Al-Khalifa and the entire BIC team for their excep- Bolognese, Italy) and Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. (Bologna, tional work as hosts each year. He said that it is because of Italy). In 2016, the Audi Group delivered to customers 1.87 BIC’s signature hospitality and smooth running of the million automobiles of the Audi brand, 3,457 sports cars of event that they are always happy to come back to Bahrain the Lamborghini brand and about 55,451 motorcycles of and hold the meeting in Sakhir. the Ducati brand. Warba Bank reaches agreement with 130 showrooms, Al-Mulla International Financing Co 14 countries KUWAIT: Warba Bank has announced that an agreement has been concluded with Al-Mulla Inspiring milestones in 30 years by Joyalukkas International Financing Company by which the rom its humble beginning of a single driving force behind our efforts and con- bank will increase the allocated amount of the showroom in the UAE in 1987, stant pursuit of excellence. They have made acquisition of financing portfolios from Al-Mulla Joyalukkas has changed the landscape the past 3 decades highly rewarding for us International Financing to reach the amount of andF widened the horizon of the jewellery and our gratitude knows no bounds. It is my KD50 million. This substantial agreement reflects retail industry. Today the Joyalukkas Group pledge to tirelessly work towards delighting Warba Bank’s commitment to provide innovative has grown into a multibillion-dollar corpora- our customers every time they visit a financing solutions to its clients in line with tion with diversified interests, spanning Joyalukkas showroom”. Islamic Sharia as well as the bank’s strategy of retail, fashion, money exchange, realty and Joyalukkas Group has been on an expansion locally and regionally. aviation industries. The Joyalukkas brand aggressive expansion drive since 2015, It is worth noting that this cooperation of has become a household name and the growing the jewellery division from 110 Warba Bank and Al Mulla International Finance Group today enjoys the loyal patronage of showrooms to its current 130 across the Company comes as a result of the tremendous over 10 million customers in the UAE, India, globe. Work is now underway currently to success realized by both parties during 2016, UK, Singapore, Malaysia, Qatar, Oman, open showrooms in new territories, such as when the bank acquired from the company a Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the USA. portfolio in the amount of 30 million Kuwaiti Canada, Australia and Sri Lanka by the Joyalukkas, dubbed the world’s favourite close of the second quarter of 2017 which dinars. jeweller, has enjoyed much acclaim since On this aspect the CEO of Warba Bank spread Joyalukkas presence across 14 inception. Some of the first and biggest countries. Many exciting initiatives new Shaheen Hamad Al-Ghanem said, “this agree- accomplishments include, The first retail ment represents a good example for companies product lines and innovative services are chain to be awarded both ISO 9001 and ISO also in the works. The vision of Joyalukkas looking for reliable resources for financing and 14001 certification, 7 years of Super brand liquidity, and also reflects the commitment of Jewellery is to ‘Ornament the world’ and Photos by Joseph Shagra status in a row, The world’s largest show- the world’s favourite and largest jewellery Warba Bank to offer innovative financing Islamic room recognition from Limca Book of World retail chain is doing everything possible to solutions through its available facilities which achieve such significant arrangement which will retail sector. The five tenets of the strategy also records and more. Joyalukkas Jewellery is accomplish this. will help companies consolidate their assets. be in the mutual interest of both parties. Al- include basics that would emphasize the objec- renowned worldwide for quality, designs, Joyalukkas Group is a multi-billion dol- Such an agreement is a clear indication of Warba Mulla International Financing Company activity tives of the bank of making available outstand- best value offerings, convenience and set- lar conglomerate, with varied business Bank’s ability to play an effective role in the has witnessed noticeable growth subsequent to ing banking services to clients and consolidating ting new benchmarks in customer service. development of Islamic economy in Kuwait and becoming a financing company operating along the digit value of the bank. “When I opened the doors of the first interests. The group operates its various globally.” the principles of Islamic Sharia and licensed by Warba Bank has been able to realize notice- Joyalukkas showroom 30 years ago, I had a business operations across UAE, Kingdom Al-Ghanem added, “we are proud to have Kuwait central bank in December 2013.” He able and significant impact in providing the best simple goal: to offer the very best. Every of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, concluded this agreement with Al-Mulla added, “Our first experience of cooperation with financing and investment opportunities in the new showroom and location brings us clos- Qatar, Singapore, Malaysia, UK, US and International Finance Company, a renowned, WARBA BANK has proven the strength and pro- past year during which the bank has achieves er to our goal of being where our customers India. The group businesses include deeply-rooted company, involved in multi-pur- fessionalism of the BANK in providing innovative many successes such as the bank’s participation are. Each achievement affirms our goal and Jewellery, Money Exchange, Fashion & Silks, pose projects including consumer financing and banking financing solutions that consolidate the in financing a complex for Kuwait National motivates us to aim even higher moving for- Luxury Air Charters, Malls and Realty. financed renting. This agreement signifies that BANK’s position in the Islamic banking industry, Petroleum Company in the amount of 25 million ward,” says Mr. Joy Alukkas, Chairman & MD, Joyalukkas employs over 8,000 profession- the bank is has adopted the right strategy taking which have largely contributed to growing our Kuwaiti dinars, a project which relates to the Joyalukkas Group. “But all of this would not als across the world, and is one of the most the path of cooperating with local companies in financial portfolio and to providing effective environmental fuel of the company, and have been possible without the loyalty and awarded and recognized Jewellery retail the various sectors and aspects in line with financing solutions to our clients.” In this connec- assumed the principal role of issuing bank joint- support of our dear patrons. They are the chains in the world. Islamic Sharia. It represents our readiness to tion, Al-Mulla International Financing Company ly with Berhard bank of Malaysia for the provi- extend communication with our client compa- is considered one of the pioneering companies sion of a financing venture in the amount of 174 nies whom we deem our partners at any in personal financing with extensive reputed million dollars in line with Islamic Sharia through achievement and success that we may realize, experience in this sector in Kuwait. a group of international financing companies for which gives us more incentive and motivation The new agreement derives from Warba the construction of a residential tower in New towards continued incessant efforts that would Bank’s new strategy being enforced in coopera- York, USA. meet their financing needs and consequently tion with McKinsey & Company International Amongst other leading financing operations help develop all means that would serve and Consultants which is fundamentally based on concluded by the investment group of Warba meet our needs.” making available leading banking investment Bank were four joint financing agreements of On this same subject, Khalid Abdul Aziz Al- tools and leading financing services that help the bank’s clients including Kuwait National Leaders of teachers’ union, taxpayers Muraikhi, Deputy Chairman and CEO of Al-Mulla companies and investors and help develop the Petroleum Company in the amount of 1.2 billion clash on collective bargaining changes International Financing Company said, “We are profits of the bank and transferring it to a bank- Kuwaiti dinars; Etihad Airways in the amount of happy and proud of such joint cooperation with ing facility that would provide leading services 145 million Kuwaiti dinars; Ajman Bank in the DES MOINES: The head of the state’s teach- dence that they will continue to have the WARBA BANK, and for this second time to for business while pursuing its successes in the amount of 230 million dollars; and a multi-cur- ers’ union and a government efficiency jobs and benefits they now enjoy. She does- rency joint venture in the amount of 155 million advocate clashed on how and whether n’t think stripping public employees of most dollars for the Cooperative Agricultural Bank of sweeping changes to Iowa’s public employ- of the bargaining rights they have enjoyed Turkey. Warba Bank has crowned its operations ee collective bargaining law will benefit tax- for the past four decades will save local gov- for the year 2016 by issuing 2 bond projects payers and public services. ernments or taxpayers any money. “I’m not including, Kuwait Finance House - Turkey in the The changes in House File 291, which sure what in this bill gives taxpayers that,” amount of 500 million dollars and the Islamic was approved by the Legislature Thursday she said about the potential savings Tegeler council for private sector development for the and signed into law by Gov. Terry Branstad predicted. A fiscal analysis by the non-parti- amount of $300 million. Friday, won’t lower property tax bill immedi- san Legislative Services Agency concluded Al-Ghanem concluded, “Thank God we have ately, but will have a “very beneficial effect in that “Sufficient information is not available been able to win client and investor confidence. containing the growth and spending by to determine the total fiscal impact.” Today, Warba Bank enjoys a distinctive role in governments,” Gretchen Tegeler, president “It would seem to me the fiscal note on the local market acquired through its flexible of the Taxpayers Association of Central Iowa. here says it is inconclusive,” Wawro said. “So innovative financing solutions and by develop- “This is a containment strategy over the I’m not sure where we would see that.” ing a portfolio of services and banking products long-term,” Tegeler said Friday during taping What Wawro does see in the bill, passed which take into consideration client needs and of Iowa Press, which can be seen on Iowa largely along party lines in the GOP-con- aspirations. We will continue on this path Public Television. trolled House and Senate, is an “actual disre- throughout 2017 in order to achieve more suc- Iowa State Education Association spect for the teaching profession” that will cesses and to effectively contribute to the President Tammy Wawro agrees that it will make teacher reconsider whether they want Islamic banking industry, both locally and hold down spending - personal spending by to stay in their jobs and discourage people regionally. public employees who don’t have confi- from entering the profession. — AP technology SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017
Robot probes show Japan reactor cleanup worse than expected
TOKYO: Robot probes sent to one of to revise robot designs and probes. them still unable to return due to high Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear Similar probes are being planned for radiation. Earlier this month, another reactors have suggested worse-than- the two other melted reactors. A tiny robot, designed for cleaning debris for anticipated challenges for the plant’s waterproof robot that can go underwa- the main “scorpion” probe, had to return ongoing cleanup. The plant’s operator ter will be sent to Unit 1 in coming midway through because two of its cam- Tokyo Electric Power Co. said the weeks, but experts haven’t figured out a eras became inoperable after two hours remote-controlled “scorpion” robot was way to access badly torn Unit 3. TEPCO when its total radiation exposure sent into the Unit 2 reactor’s contain- needs to know the melted fuel’s exact reached a maximum tolerance of 1,000 ment vessel Thursday to investigate the location and condition and other struc- Sievert - a level that can kill a human area around the core that had melted six tural damage in each of the three within seconds. years ago, but its crawling function wrecked reactors to figure out the best The original duration planned for the failed while climbing over highly and safest ways to remove the fuel. robot was 10 hours, or 100 Sievert per radioactive debris. Despite the incomplete probe missions, hour. Inadequate cleaning, high radia- The robot, carrying a dosimeter, ther- TEPCO stuck to its schedule to deter- tion and structural damage could limit mometer and two small cameras, trans- mine methods for the melted fuel subsequent probes, and may require mitted some data and visuals but could removal this summer and start work in more radiation-resistant cameras and not locate melted fuel - key information 2021, company spokesman Yuichi other equipment, TEPCO officials said. to determine how to remove debris out Okamura said. TEPCO officials said that despite the of the reactor. The robot was abandoned dangerously high figures, radiation is inside the vessel at a location where it Scorpion probe not leaking outside of the reactor. won’t block a future probe. Preliminary TEPCO is struggling with the plant’s Images captured from inside the cham- examinations over the past few weeks decommissioning, which is expected to ber have showed damage and struc- have detected structural damage to last decades, following the 2011 earth- tures coated with molten material, pos- TOKYO: This photo released by TEPCO shows a remote-controlled scorpion planned robot routes and higher-than- quake and tsunami that led to the melt- sibly mixed with melted nuclear fuel, robot inside the Unit 2 reactor’s containment vessel at Fukushima Dai-ichi expected radiation inside the Unit 2 con- down. Tens of thousands of residents and part of a disc platform hanging nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern tainment chamber, suggesting the need had evacuated their homes, many of below the melted core. —AP Japan. — AP
How to watch Oscar-nominated flicks from your couch
NEW YORK: Movie fans, rejoice! You can catch everyone nominated for the four act- watch about two-thirds of the Oscar-nomi- ing categories. “Captain Fantastic,” nated flicks from your couch. But it’ll cost “Florence Foster Jenkins” and “Loving” are you. Of the 62 full-length movies and shorts available for rent. “Nocturnal Animals” is nominated for any category, only 11 are available for purchase right away, with a available online through an all-you-can- rent option scheduled for Tuesday. “Jackie” watch subscription - Netflix, Hulu, Amazon comes out Tuesday. The cumulative total: Prime or HBO Now. A month’s subscription about $70. To see “Elle,” you’ll need to visit to all four will cost you more than $39. your local Cineplex or indie theater. Buying or renting the remainder online will cost you about $175 more. (This doesn’t Screenplay categories include as many as 22 titles that aren’t avail- All but two of the nominees in the two able online at all.) Narrowing your ambitions writing categories overlap with best pic- by focusing on just best picture and the four ture. “The Lobster” is available through acting categories will still cost you about $70, Amazon Prime, while “20th Century not including the monthly subscriptions. And Women” isn’t online at all. limiting yourself this way might set back your hopes of winning the Oscar pool. Full-length cartoons Netflix has “Zootopia.” “Kubo and the Here’s your viewing guide: Two Strings” is available to rent. “Moana” Best picture (and directing) will be available for purchase Tuesday. None of the nine best picture nominees Head to theaters for “My Life as a Zucchini” is available through a subscription service. and “The Red Turtle.” You can rent “Arrival” and “Hell or High Water” through Amazon, Google Play or Full-length documentaries Apple’s iTunes. You’ll have to buy down- Netflix produced “13th” and streams it loads of “Hacksaw Ridge,” “Manchester by exclusively. Amazon Prime has “Life, the Sea” and “Moonlight” to watch over the Animated.” Hulu has “O.J.: Made in weekend, though iTunes says rentals of all America” (as does WatchESPN, though three are coming Tuesday. “Fences” will be you’ll need to sign in with a cable or satel- Cape Canaveral: In this file photo, space shuttle Atlantis is mounted on Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral,Florida. —AP available for purchase only next Friday. lite TV account). “Fire At Sea” can be rented, Rentals typically cost about $3 or $4, or a while “I Am Not Your Negro” isn’t expected dollar more if you want it in high definition. online until June. Moonshot pad roaring back Buying downloads usually cost about $15 for standard definition or $20 for HD. Shop Foreign language around, as prices aren’t always the same at Rent “A Man Called Ove” and “Tanna.” into action with SpaceX launch the various services. Based on the cheapest “Toni Erdmann” isn’t available until April 11. options, including waiting for rentals, you’ll Pre-orders are being taken for “The have to spend more than $35 on the best Salesman,” but there’s no release date. Buy SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to hoist supplies picture movies. a ticket for “Land of Mine.” You’ll need to visit a theater for “Hidden CAPE CANAVERAL: The launch pad used to late last week via Instagram, “We are honored to work was accelerated after SpaceX’s Sept 1 rock- Figures,” “La La Land” and “Lion.” All three are The 15 shorts send Americans to the moon and shuttle astro- be allowed to use it.” et explosion a few miles away at Launch available as pre-orders, meaning you buy The documentary shorts “Extremis” and nauts into orbit is roaring back into action. Complex 40 on Air Force property. The accident now and the download will automatically “The White Helmets” are available exclu- Dormant for nearly six years, NASA’s Launch Show stopping acts occurred during fueling for a prelaunch test. It is be available whenever it comes out online. sively at Netflix. You can purchase the ani- Complex 39A should see its first commercial The crescendo came on July 16, 1969, as from pad 39A that SpaceX plans to launch But the movies aren’t likely to be online mated “Piper” through Amazon, Google flight this weekend. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Apollo 11’s Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Falcon rockets with space station-bound astro- before the Feb. 26 ceremony. The good Play and iTunes. ITunes also has the live will use it to hoist supplies to the International Michael Collins embarked on the first manned nauts for NASA as early as next year. The compa- news is you’ll get the nominees for best action “La Femme et le TGV” and is expect- Space Station. Yesterday morning’s planned moon landing. All six Apollo moon-landings ny also might send spacecraft and, ultimately, directing out of the way, as all five movies ed to get the animated “Blind Vaysha” and launch was SpaceX’s first from Florida since a originated from here, as did close-call Apollo 13. crews to Mars from this location as well. “What are also up for best picture. “Borrowed Time” on Tuesday. Shorts cost devastating rocket explosion at a neighboring Columbia made the first space shuttle flight an awesome use of a great American asset,” about $2 each to buy. The cable channel pad last summer. from this pad on April 12, 1981, while Atlantis Kennedy Space Center’s director, Robert Cabana, Acting nominees Shorts HD plans to release the shorts The accident prompted SpaceX to whip 39A closed out the program from the same spot on said Friday. Without the lease agreement, “this In addition to the best picture flicks, online on Tuesday, likely in separate pack- into shape sooner than anticipated under its July 8, 2011. pad would have just sat here and rusted away in you’ll need to watch six more movies to ages for each of the three categories. —AP lease with NASA. The pad wrecked in the Sept 1 the salt air.” accident remains unusable. “I can tell you it’s an Frequent flier extra special launch .... Maybe extra nerve- This will be the 95th rocket launch from 39A. Lesser-known twin wracking,” SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell It was the departure point for 82 space shuttle Just a mile to the north, Launch Complex 39B told reporters Friday just outside the pad fenc- flights and 11 Apollo missions, as well as the is the lesser-known, lesser-used twin. Apollo 10 ing. A brief rundown on historic Launch unmanned 1973 launch of Skylab, NASA’s origi- christened 39B in 1969. In the shuttle era, Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center: nal space station. One flight resulted in casual- Challenger inaugurated the pad on Jan. 28, ties. As Columbia lifted off on Jan 16, 2003, foam 1986. The doomed flight with schoolteacher Big beginnings insulation from the external fuel tank broke off Christa McAuliffe lasted 73 seconds. In all, 53 NASA built 39A, as it’s commonly known, in and gouged the left wing. Columbia and its crew shuttle missions began from this pad, for a total the mid-1960s for the monstrous Saturn V moon were lost 16 days later during re-entry. of 59 launches of all types. It was last used in rockets. It was first used in 1967 for an 2009 for an unmanned test flight of NASA’s Ares unmanned test flight, followed by another early SpaceX takeover rocket, canceled soon afterward. NASA is trans- the next year. Next came the astronauts, with SpaceX signed a 20-year lease with NASA in forming 39B for its yet-to-fly Space Launch Apollo 8 soaring to the moon right before 2014, beating out another tech billionaire’s rock- System megarocket, intended to send astro- Christmas 1968. SpaceX chief Elon Musk noted et company, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin. Renovation nauts beyond low-Earth orbit. —AP CALIFORNIA: This file photo, shows the Amazon logo in Santa Monica, California. —AP New supercomputer aids Alphabet’s Loon Internet climate research in coal state plan closer to deployment
CHEYENNE, Wyoming: A new super- research center. It got to work a few ing and 20th-fastest in the world. MOUNTAIN VIEW: Google parent Alphabet said “We intend to be part of an ecosystem-in any country computer in the top coal-mining state weeks ago crunching numbers for Capable of 5.34 quadrillion calcula- Thursday that artificial intelligence-infused navigation where we are doing testing we would work with a local has begun critical climate-change several ambitious projects, from mod- tions per second, Cheyenne is software has significantly sped up plans to deploy Project telco.” Part of the money-making vision for Loon would research with support from even eling air currents at wind farms to fig- 240,000 times faster than a new, high- Loon internet balloons to serve remote regions of the be to get revenue from telecom operators for extending some global warming doubters, but uring out how to better predict end laptop. Located in a windy busi- world Word that being able to more smartly guide high- their reach. Teller said Loon is one of the more mature scientists worry President Donald weather months to years in advance. ness park near the city of Cheyenne, altitude baloons promised to improve coverage while projects at X and that it “would be a natural state to grad- Trump could cut funding for such pro- It’s the fastest computer in the the National Center for Atmospheric curbing cost came as Loon hit headwinds in some locales uate into its own company” but there were not plans at grams. The $30 million, house-sized Rocky Mountain West - three times Research-Wyoming Supercomputing where it has been testing the technology. the moment for that to happen. —AFP supercomputer named Cheyenne faster than the 4-year-old supercom- Center that houses the water-cooled “Our timelines are starting to move up on how we can belongs to a federally funded puter named Yellowstone it is replac- machine continues to enjoy support do more for the world sooner,” said Astro Teller, who even from Wyoming’s coal cheerlead- heads the team at the Alphabet unit X, in charge of ers who doubt humankind is warming “moonshot” projects of the technology giant. “We are the Earth. looking to move quickly, but to move thoughtfully,” Teller “Before we start making policy told a small group of reporters inside a former Silicon decisions on this, the science has Valley shopping center transformed into a “moonshot got to be good,” said Travis Deti, factory.” The acceleration was credited to software leaps executive director of the Wyoming that allow internet-serving balloons to ride high-altitude Mining Association. The vast majori- winds to ideal locations or loop in patterns that create ty of peer-reviewed studies, science consistent webs of internet coverage in the sky. organizations and climate scientists “We’ve been working to make the balloons smarter; have found the Earth is warming almost like a game of chess with the winds,” Teller said. He and that the warming is man-made expected Loon to be partnering in coming months with and a problem, but Wyoming’s rela- telecom companies to provide internet to “real users,” in a tionship with climate science is step up from tests done to see how well the high-floating complicated at best. The University technology works with networks on the ground. Teller MOUNTAIN VIEW: Astro Teller, the captain of moon- of Wyoming in 2012 removed a cam- declined to specify where Loon might first be integrated shots for Google-parent Alphabet, discusses pus artwork made of charred logs into telecommunications networks providing service to Project Loon internet-serving balloons at the X lab WYOMING: This photo provided shows the new supercomputer named after the fossil fuel industry object- customers. “We are not going to all of a sudden be every- near the technology giant’s headquarters in Cheyenne at the National Center for Atmospheric Research at the super- ed to the piece’s climate-change- where,” Teller said. Mountain View, California. —AFP computing center in Cheyenne, Wyoming. —AP awareness message. —AP SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017 HEALTH & SCIENCE Mexican gray wolves see increase in wild population
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico: There are tors nearly two decades ago. The annual marking an improvement over the 97 before a federal appeals court, New in the wild now or in the future,” wolf now more Mexican gray wolves roaming survey released Friday by the US Fish and wolves that were documented the previ- Mexico and 18 other states argue that managers stated. Their plan also calls the American Southwest than at any Wildlife Service shows at least 113 ous year. “We are encouraged by these the law requires the Fish and Wildlife for more cross-fostering of pups, which time since the federal government wolves are spread between southwest- numbers. Service to cooperate with them on how involves placing captive-bred pups in began trying to reintroduce the preda- ern New Mexico and southeast Arizona, But these 2016 results demonstrate endangered species are reintroduced the dens of wild wolves with the inten- we are still not out of the woods,” Fish within their borders. Federal attorneys tion that the pack’s adults would raise and Wildlife Service regional director contend the law allows the agency to them as their own. Last year marked the Benjamin Tuggle said in a statement. go around a state, if necessary, to save first successful cross-fostering attempt More work needs to be done to ensure a species. with a litter in New Mexico. According the population grow by about 10 per- The court has yet to make a ruling, to the survey, 50 wild-born pups sur- cent each year, Tuggle said. The survey and until then releases in New Mexico vived in 2016 compared with half that comes as the agency gathers comments are prohibited. New Mexico contends the previous year. on plans to release two packs of Mexican there’s no way to determine whether In all, officials reported a total of 21 gray wolves in wilderness areas near the the proposed releases would conflict packs with at least 50 wolves in New Arizona-New Mexico border this year in with the state’s own wildlife manage- Mexico and 63 wolves in Arizona. A sub- an effort to bolster a struggling popula- ment because federal officials have yet species of the gray wolf, Mexican tion threatened by inbreeding. The Fish to develop a comprehensive recovery wolves nearly disappeared in the 1970s. and Wildlife Service released details this plan for the wolves. The agency is under The federal government added them to week of its latest plan, saying it will sub- a court order to release a draft plan lat- the endangered species list in 1976. The mit the public comments along with a er this year. Federal officials say the Fish and Wildlife Service began reintro- request to the state of New Mexico for a releases are an important tool for avoid- ducing the wolves in New Mexico and permit to release the animals. ing a genetic bottleneck. Of the 70 or so Arizona starting in 1998, but the effort It will ultimately be up to New Mexican wolves in the wild for which has been hampered by everything from Mexico and a federal court whether the individual genetics are known, all but politics to illegal killings and genetics. releases happen because the state and four males are descendants of the The agency has been criticized for its the agency are locked in a legal battle Bluestem Pack’s breeding female. management of the predators by both NEW MEXICO: In this undated file photo, a Mexican gray wolf leaves cov- over the endangered predator, marking Without releases from the more ranchers, who say the animals are a er at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro County, New just the latest skirmish in a broader genetically diverse captive population, threat to their livelihoods, and environ- Mexico. —AP fight over states’ rights and the “there is very little potential for natural mentalists who want more captive-bred Endangered Species Act. In a case pair formation among unrelated wolves wolves to be released. —AP Talk to babies and let them babble to bridge word gap Word pedometers to influence school-readiness factors
WASHINGTON: Even infants can the problem is about more than have conversations with mom or word quantity. “Yes, you can talk dad. Their turn just tends to more, but what is the quality of your involve a smile or some gibberish language?” said Caitlin Molina, exec- instead of words. That’s a key les- utive director of the Providence son from programs that are coach- Talks program. “It’s not just the adult ing parents to talk more with their word count but the conversational babies - and recording their turns, the back and forth, that attempts. At issue is how to bridge engage the child.” Providence Talks the infamous “word gap,” the fact has enrolled more than 1,300 babies that affluent children hear far and toddlers since 2014 in programs more words before they start that train parents to build in more school than low-income kids. New conversation during the day. MISSISSIPPI: In this photograph, a Hoffman’s two-toed baby sloth, at the zoo research suggests intervening ear- First, coaches provide strategies. was prepped for its first appearance before local media at the Hattiesburg, ly can at least boost the words at- Don’t just read the book but ask Mississippi Zoo. —AP risk tots hear, and maybe influence about the pictures. Turn off the some school-readiness factors. radio in the car to talk about where One program in Providence, you’re going. Describe the colors Boy or girl? It’s a sloth, Rhode Island, straps “word when dressing a tot, and pause to pedometers” onto tots to record give them a chance to babble back. so we don’t know yet how many words a day they hear Then, one day every two weeks, the from family or caregivers - not TV. children wear a small recorder that Another in New York City records counts how many words they hear HATTIESBURG, Mississippi: Zookeepers They were named for their inaction, an video of parents practicing conver- and the number of those “conversa- are waiting for a DNA test to learn whether adaptation to their low-nutrition diet of sation strategies with babies too tional turns.” It can count the Hattiesburg Zoo’s baby sloth is a boy or a leaves. The baby’s even slower than adults young to even say “Da-da.”“Parents returning baby babble but not the girl. That’s because sloths’ sex organs are - and clumsy, Taylor said. “It just sits on say: ‘Wow, look what I did there. I TV or radio. Parents are given the internal. They’ll have to send a bit of fur to mom’s tummy right now,” he said. About made a sound and my child smiled scores, to track their own progress. a larger zoo to learn the gender of the every two hours, a zookeeper disengages at me,” said Dr. Alan Mendelsohn Early results show two-thirds of Hoffman’s two-toed sloth born to Mo and the baby to feed it. Starting Friday, those RHODE ISLAND: In this photo, caseworker Stephanie Taveras, of New York University. “The power participating families improve. Chewy, curator of mammals Stephen feedings moved from behind the scenes to left, reads a book with 20-month-old Gracey Niebla, right, at in that is really something.” The Children who started the pro- Taylor said Friday. Mama Mo, hanging the sloths’ viewing window. Since it was a upside-down with the baby resting on her workday, there wasn’t much of a crowd. “I the child’s home in Providence, Rhode Island. —AP photos research was presented Friday at a gram hearing an average of 8,000 meeting of the American words a day were averaging 12,000 belly, was on public view Friday for the first imagine tomorrow’s going to be pretty Association for the Advancement a day when the coaching ended, time since giving birth Feb 5. nuts,” Taylor said. of Science in Boston. Scientists Molina said. Brown University has The first days after birth are delicate for Because of the baby, Mo hasn’t been have long known the power of begun an independent study to any animal, and Taylor said this one didn’t part of the twice-weekly “sloth experi- simply of talking to babies - the track whether the improvement start suckling on its own. After about half a ences” which let visitors pay extra to mix sooner the better. was enough to make a difference day, zookeepers began feeding it puppy up sloth food and even hold Chewy, who A landmark 1995 study found once those children begin kinder- milk replacement from a syringe fitted used to be a pet, on their laps. It’s likely to that poor children hear a fraction of garten. In New York, Mendelsohn is with a nipple instead of a needle, he said. be “quite a few months” before she and the the words their peers in wealthier studying a program that coaches “We’re still hoping it’ll pick it up once it baby return to the sloth experience room, homes do, adding up to about 30 parents at the pediatrician’s office, gets more coordinated and mobile,” he Taylor said. Although sloths are born with million fewer words by age 3. The while they’re waiting for routine said in a telephone interview with The a full coat of fur, their eyes open, and a full reasons are myriad. If mom’s well-baby visits. The coaches use a Associated Press. Not that sloths, native to complement of teeth and long claws, exhausted from two jobs, she’s less prop - a free book or toy - to Central and South America, are wildly they’re dependent on their mothers for likely to read that extra bedtime sto- explain strategies for conversation active at any time. about a year, according to the zoo.—AP ry or have time to explore “this little and engagement, and record the piggie” when putting on a tot’s parent trying. socks. Those children have smaller Going over the video shows Friends save spear fisherman vocabularies and lag academically, what he or she did right and where and can find it hard to catch up. to improve. More than 400 at-risk from shark mauling That’s in part because early experi- families were randomly assigned to ences shape how the brain develops the video coaching or standard in those critical first years of life. pediatric visits. By age 3, young- SYDNEY: A shark badly mauled a man Townsville, where paramedics said they sters in the coaching program did spearfishing yesterday in northern believed he was bitten by either a bull Conversational turns better at imitation play and atten- Queensland leaving him in serious con- shark or a tiger shark. His friends were Programs are popping up around tion, and displayed less hyperactiv- dition after friends saved his life by also in the water at the time of the the country to spread the “let’s talk” ity, Meldelsohn reported. He said pulling him aboard their boat, the attack but managed to haul him back message. There’s little data on which the benefits appear to last as he’s ambulance service said. The 26-year- onto the boat before calling emer- interventions really work. But tracking the first children in that old suffered severe blood loss with gency services. RHODE ISLAND: This photo shows a digital audio recorder at a researchers outlined some promis- study who’ve reached kinder- multiple bites to his upper and lower “The initial actions by three friends home in Providence, Rhode Island. ing early findings Friday - and noted garten age.—AP leg, the Australian Broadcasting have definitely saved his life because Corporation (ABC) reported. “Rescue he was losing so much blood,” ambu- helicopter is transporting to Cairns lance spokesman Martin Taylor told Abundant fish draw 1 million Hospital with one male patient with ABC. Taylor said they applied a tourni- serious leg injuries,” Queensland quet to his leg to staunch the blood penguins to Argentine peninsula Ambulance tweeted. flow. “They put a tourniquet up high Cairns resident Glenn Dickson was and tight on his femur and stopped the PUNTA TOMBO, Argentina: More than a The flightless birds come on shore in spearfishing with three friends off subsequent bleeding which was quite million penguins have traveled to September and October and stay while Hinchinbrook Island, north of significant.” —AFP Argentina’s Punta Tombo peninsula dur- the males and females take turns caring ing this year’s breeding season, drawn by for their eggs and hunting for food. The an unusual abundance of small fish. Local warm-weather birds breed in large China closes live poultry officials say that’s a record number in colonies in southern Argentina and Chile recent years for the world’s largest colony and migrate north as far as southwest- of Magellanic penguins, offering an espe- ern Brazil between March and markets amid flu outbreak cially stunning spectacle for the tens of September. They are around 20 inches BEIJING: China is ordering the closure of with live birds. thousands of people who visit the reserve tall and have a broad crescent of white live poultry markets in its south-central H7N9 is considered to be less virulent annually. The peninsula’s tiny islets are feathers that extends from just above regions as it grapples with the worst out- than the H5N1 strain that the World Health well-suited to nesting and have sardines each eye to the chin and a small area of break of bird flu in years that has killed at Organization has linked to hundreds of and anchovies close to the shoreline. pink on the face.—AP least 87 people. State media reported deaths worldwide over the last decade. World’s oldest seabird Friday that the National Health and Family H7N9 is not believed to be transmitted Planning Commission ordered closures between humans, but rather by infected hatches new chick anywhere with cases of the H7N9 strain. poultry. China has gained extensive experi- Most reported cases have been found in ence in dealing with such crises since being HONOLULU: The world’s oldest known seabird has a new the densely populated Yangtze and Pearl hit by the 2003 SARS outbreak that was chick. The US Fish and Wildlife Service said Thursday river deltas from Shanghai to Hong Kong. believed to have originated among animals Wisdom’s offspring hatched at Midway Atoll National Those areas generally experience mild, in southern China. Wildlife Refuge last week. The Laysan albatross is at least 66 wet winters that are ideal for the virus A preference among Chinese for live- years old and is the world’s oldest breeding bird in the transmission. In all, more than 250 cases bought, freshly-slaughtered poultry com- wild. Fish and Wildlife Service project leader Bob Peyton have been reported from 16 provinces and plicates the government’s efforts to eradi- says Wisdom has returned to Midway for over six decades. regions, including as far away as the south- cate such diseases. The official Xinhua He says she has raised at least 30 chicks. western province of Yunnan. The death toll News Agency said the market closures this Midway Atoll is home to the world’s largest colony of since the start of the year has been time have “greatly reduced the number of albatross. The island about 1,200 miles northwest of unmatched since at least 2013. In addition new infections in many regions,” citing Ni Honolulu was the site of a pivotal World War II battle. to the market closures, the commission is Daxin, deputy director of the emergency Nearly 70 percent of the world’s Laysan albatross rely on training health workers in the screening, response center at the Center for Disease PUNTA TOMBO: Penguins walk on a beach at Punta Tombo peninsula in the atoll for habitat. Midway is part of the early diagnosis and treatment of the dis- Control and Prevention. This story corrects Argentina’s Patagonia. —AP Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument.—AP ease, while urging people to avoid contact virus strain.—AP SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017 HEALTH & SCIENCE
Body of tortoise Lonesome George returned to Galapagos Islands
QUITO: The embalmed body of the giant tor- plane after undergoing taxidermy work at New duce despite a decade’s long conservation effort unique flora and fauna studied by Charles toise known as Lonesome George-the last York’s American Museum of Natural History, the that earned him the moniker “Lonesome Darwin as he developed his theory of evolution. known survivor of a species that died out in Galapagos National Park said. George.” His body will go on display at the park Of the 15 species of giant tortoise known to 2012 — returned home to the Ecuadoran The giant tortoise-thought to be around a starting Feb 23, after having starred in an exhi- have originated in the Galapagos, three, includ- Galapagos Islands Friday. The body arrived in century old when he died in June 2012 — was bition at the New York museum from Sept 2014- ing George’s, have gone extinct-victims of plun- Puerto Ayora, the capital of the archipelago’s the last known member of the subspecies Jan 2015. dering 18th-century pirates who damaged the Santa Cruz Island, on an Ecuadoran military Geochelone nigra abingdoni. He failed to repro- The Pacific island chain is famous for its islands’ fragile ecosystem. —AFP
Canada opioid crisis leads to more organ transplants
OTTAWA: A surge in the number of over- 2016. One quarter of the organs trans- dose deaths in Canada has led to more planted this year came from people who organs being available for transplant, an died of a fentanyl overdose, said official at the epicenter of the opioid crisis Landsberg. The coroner in westernmost said Friday. “We’ve seen more organs British Columbia, which has been hardest available for transplant and a proportion hit by Canada’s opioid crisis, reported 914 of those have been due to drug overdos- “apparent illicit drug overdose deaths” in es,” David Landsberg, British Columbia 2016 — a 79.2 percent year-over-year medical director of transplant services, increase. Fentanyl-related deaths said in a telephone interview with AFP. accounted for two-thirds of the total, it Canada is in the grips of a deadly spike in said. The trend so far this year has not fentanyl abuse. Highly potent and addic- abated, with 116 overdose deaths report- tive, the analgesic is estimated to be up to ed in Jan. 100 times stronger than morphine. Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott Two milligrams of pure fentanyl-the earlier announced Can$65 million to com- size of about four grains of salt-is enough bat the opioid crisis, plus another Can$10 to kill the average adult. The government million to bolster British Columbia emer- announced Friday a Can$75 million ($57.3 gency services. Last year, faced with soar- million) package to combat overdose ing fentanyl overdose deaths, the federal deaths linked to fentanyl and try to curb government cracked down on imports of abuse for its heroin-like effect. The uptick fentanyl and its precursors, distributed in both fentanyl overdose deaths and thousands of naloxone kits and removed transplants began in late 2016. From the legal hurdles to opening new supervised beginning of this year to February 15, injection sites. The first new sites in more there have been 59 organs from 20 than a decade-also called drug consump- donors used in transplants, according to tion rooms-were approved earlier this figures provided by BC Transplant. month in Montreal. Until now, Vancouver That is up from 37 organs from 10 had the only safe injection site on the donors transplanted in the same period in continent.—AFP NEW MEXICO: In this file photo, New Mexico Tech Professor Penny Boston crawls through the Mud Turtle Passage on the way to the Snowy River formation during an expedition in Fort Stanton Cave, New Mexico. Biologists find weird cave life that may be 50,000 years old Life on earth extremely tough, versatile
BOSTON: In a Mexican cave system That makes their closest relative tists had to don cheap versions of Friday’s announcement so scien- so beautiful and hot that it is called still pretty far away, about as far space suits - to prevent contamina- tists couldn’t say much. But both Fairyland and hell, scientists away as humans are from mush- tion with outside life - and had ice University of South Florida biolo- have discovered life trapped in rooms, Boston said. The Naica caves packs all over their bodies. gist Norine Noonan, who wasn’t crystals that could be 50,000 years - an abandoned lead and zinc mine part of the study but was on a pan- old. The bizarre and ancient - are half a mile deep. Before Tough Earth life el where Boston presented her microbes were found dormant in drilling occurred by a mine compa- Boston said the team could only work, said it made sense. “Why are caves in Naica, Mexico, and were ny, the mines had been completely work about 20 minutes at a time we surprised?” Noonan said. “As a able to exist by living on minerals cut off from the outside world. before ducking to a “cool” room biologist I would say life on Earth is such as iron and manganese, said Some were as vast as cathedrals, that was about 100 degrees. NASA extremely tough and extremely Penelope Boston, head of NASA’s with crystals lining the iron walls. wouldn’t allow Boston to share her versatile.” This isn’t the oldest Astrobiology Institute. “It’s super They were also so hot that scien- work for outside review before extreme life. life,” said Boston, who presented Several years ago, a different the discovery Friday at the group of scientists published American Association for the studies about microbes that may Advancement of Science confer- be half a million years old and still ence in Boston. alive. Those were trapped in ice KANSAS CITY: This photo provided by the Kansas City Zoo in Kansas City, If confirmed, the find is yet and salt, which isn’t quite the Missouri, shows Ruw, a female baby chimpanzee that was born at the zoo. —AP another example of how microbes same as rock or crystal, Boston can survive in extremely punishing said. The age of the Naica conditions on Earth. Though it was microbes was determined by out- Baby chimp abandoned by mom presented at a science conference side experts who looked at where and was the result of nine years of the microbes were located in the to join Kansas City Zoo exhibit work, the findings haven’t yet crystals and how fast those crys- been published in a scientific jour- tals grow. It’s not the only weird KANSAS CITY: A baby chimpanzee reject- zookeepers have been raising her in hopes nal and haven’t been peer life Boston is examining. She is ed by her mother last year and raised so far of introducing her to the zoo’s chimpanzee reviewed. Boston planned more also studying microbes commonly by humans at the Kansas City Zoo is group. The zoo released a statement genetic tests for the microbes she found in caves in the United expected make join the public primate Thursday saying Ruw “continues to grow revived both in the lab and on site. States, Ukraine and elsewhere that exhibit. The Kansas City Star reports that and learn how to be a chimp from her sur- The life forms - 40 different strains eats copper sulfate and seem to Ruw, pronounced “roo,” is a female chim- rogate moms.” Ruw is expected to be in the of microbes and even some viruses be close to indestructible. “It’s sim- - are so weird that their nearest rel- ply another illustration of just how panzee born on April 1. She was rejected public display with the rest of the primate BOSTON: This image provided by Penny Boston shows a red by her mother days after her birth, so troop today afternoon and tomorrow.—AP atives are still 10 percent different completely tough Earth life is,” genetically. wall in a cave with butterfly crystal. —AP photos Boston said. —AP WHAT’S ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017
Honda motorcycles blaze through the annual Kuwait Riders Bike Show
he 2017 Kuwait Riders Bike Show started power as they wish. Twith a thunderous roar that includes various The VT1300 is a true original among Honda’s activities, events and most of all, the best motorcycles as it offers a unique package that is and most exclusive motorcycle models including almost accessible to all customers. The VT1300 ones from Honda Alghanim, the exclusive distrib- never disappoints rider with its amazing perform- utor of Honda motorcycles in Kuwait. Honda’s ance and magnificent crafting. Moreover, it is motorcycles had a significant presence in the offered with a V2 four-stroke engine and a 56.99 show due to the large amount of Honda motorcy- HP at 4,250 RPM power. The CTX1300 and the cle fans who enjoy riding motorcycles for practical CTX1300 Deluxe are two of Honda’s high-tech reasons as well as for their pure enjoyment. This motorcycles with a 1261cc engine. CTX1300 and year’s show was held at Safir Hotel, Bneid AlGar on the CTX1300 Deluxe contain Bluetooth audio, Feb 1 to 4, 2017. anti-lock brakes, self-cancelling turn signals and a Due to Honda’s keenness on standing out traction control. amongst the crowd of motorcycles, Honda Honda Alghanim welcomes everyone to visit Alghanim launched a one-of-a-kind promotion its new Motorcycle and Power Product showroom that was widely popular during the bike show in Al Rai near Ace Hardware to benefit from this itself as well as at Honda’s showroom. The promo- ongoing offer on Saturday to Thursday from 8:30 tion comprised of discounts on a range of motor- am to 8:30 pm and on Friday from 10:00 am to cycles including the FC6, VT1300 and CTX1300 8:00 pm. and a Buy One Get One Free offer that awaited the The all-in-one Honda vehicles showroom show’s attendees on the TRX680 and CRF50F. besides Safat Alghanim on the fourth ring road Undoubtedly, the TRX680 is one of the strongest includes a service area that welcomes over 70 motorcycles as it is designed for bumpy and cars every day at its 16 vehicle maintenance rugged roads. Its ATV engine features a single- areas. Honda Alghanim’s working hours are from cylinder fuel injected with 675cc that provides Saturday to Wednesday 7:30 am to 8:30 pm ample torque and dependable power. Thursday 7:30 am to 6:30 pm and Friday 2:00 pm Also known as the Golden Wing, the F6C is until 7:00 pm. known for its spectacular design that is created Alghanim Motors, the exclusive distributor of with a twin-spar aluminum beam frame with a Honda automobiles, motorcycles, power prod- six-cylinder boxer engine and a 113.99 HP at a ucts, and marine products in Kuwait, is commit- 5,500 RPM power. Another motorcycle that was ted to providing customers with flexible payment part of the show as well as the offer is the CRF50F, solutions and efficient and cost-effective services. a mind-blowing creation that was built to drive The waiting lounge offers entertainment and smoothly on mountain and rough roads. The comfort for customers with gaming consoles, dig- engine is injected with 49cc with a one air-cooled ital satellite TV, free wireless internet and relaxing cylinder and two valves. It also has an adjustable massage chairs. For more information, please call throttle limiter in which riders can control its 1822777.
NBK sponsors Dasman Talks: A youth forum for secondary school students
rganized by Dasman Bilingual School and focus on the required tools to create an envi- Ounder the patronage of Undersecretary ronment ripe for their leadership. It aimed at of the Ministry of State for youth Affairs, empowering youth and the development of their Sheikha Al-Zain Al-Sabah, National Bank of vision, creative power, and drives to make the Kuwait (NBK) sponsors the Youth Forum for sec- future an inclusive, sustainable place for them- ondary school students “Dasman Talks,” as part selves and coming generations. of its commitment toward corporate social NBK is committed to supporting youths and responsibility. NBK’s sponsorship and support to empowering them to realize their potentials. NBK Dasman Bilingual School comes in line with the provides career and training opportunities to bank’s commitment to corporate social respon- encourage youths to assume roles and obtain the sibility as well as the vital role it plays in sup- required tools to create an environment ripe for porting all students, youths and educational ini- their leadership.” It is worth mentioning that tiatives. Dasman Model Bilingual School serves the inter- The forum sheds the light on encouraging ests of students with different learning abilities. young people to build their public speaking skills
Marina Hotel launches special promotions in celebration of Hala February
arina Hotel Kuwait invites guests with the festivities of “Hala February”. The including complimentary breakfast, and Mto take advantage of a host of hotel invites its guests to celebrate with is ready with its best offer and guaran- special promotions coinciding multitude of special room packages tees that all guests have an enjoyable time with their friends and family. Marina Hotel’s stunning coastal set- ting provides a broad range of leisure options with access to the hotel’s various facilities, gym, private beach and three swimming pools. The hotel’s Wi-Fi con- nection ensures that guest’s communica- tion needs are duly met during their stay throughout the festive period. Overlooking the azure waters of the Arabian Gulf, Marina Hotel features an excellent choice of dining options. Unwind in the finest ambiance at the hotel and enjoy with your family and friends a delightful dining experience. Start your morning with steaming coffee and a delicious buffet breakfast at Six Palms restaurant followed by a delec- table lunch and dinner buffet at the Atlantis Restaurant with a magnificent sea view. The groom, Ali with his father, uncle and friends These exclusive offers combined with the hotel’s attractive features provide an tainment is at a high point Marina Hotel Marina Hotel’s facilities, friendly staff and slamic studies teacher, of Jaber Al-Ali Sec. School, Ali Saleh Salem Al-Humaidah exciting getaway. With the convenient is certainly the place to be for the entire family touch create the perfect holiday recently got married. A special reception was held at Al-Hasawi Weddings Hall in location of the hotel, close to many family, as well as groups of friends to atmosphere. For more information, I share and spend together. please visit our website: www.marinaho- Nuzha area and was attended by family, friends and co-workers. Congratulations Ali shopping attractions and areas like and may you have a long happy life. Marina Mall and Marina Crescent; where “Hala February” is the prime time to tel.com “Hala February” promotions and enter- experience true Arabian hospitality, WHAT’S ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017 Ooredoo delivers special song for national holidays
oredoo, Kuwait’s fastest network, produced a special have a proactive role in all the events that matter to our audi- Osong in celebration of the national holidays of Kuwait, ence, and we plan to launch a series of activities throughout performed by the famous singer Balqees and featuring the national holidays that we are certain they will enjoy.” talk show personality Abla Fahita. The song was written by lyri- Branding Senior Manager Fatima Al-Mukhaizeem said that cist Saad Al-Musailem, composed by Fahad Al-Nasser and the theme, lyrics and music were carefully selected to reflect a directed by Ahmed Al-Najjar. With her mellifluous voice and certain message in the song. sincere performance, Balqees croons in praise of Kuwait and “We wanted to celebrate everything that is beautiful about the unique characteristics of its people, including the country’s Kuwait and its wonderful people. We selected the lyrics and distinguished dialect and other qualities of which they are music to symbolize the harmonious unity of Kuwaitis. We had known in the Gulf region. the pleasure to collaborate with beloved characters such as The song’s sincere lyrics are coupled with a great melody Balqees and Abla Fahita, and were happy to collaborate with a that combines different musical modalities from around the number of the most admired social media personalities.” region, symbolizing the harmonious relationship Kuwaiti enjoy Al-Mukhaizeem added that the song’s video clip features a with their neighboring countries. The video clip of the song number of Kuwait’s most visited tourist attractions, including features a unique performance by well-known Egyptian pup- the old Muabrakiya Souk, in addition to Shaheed Park and pet character Abla Fahita, who received nationwide recogni- Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmed Cultural Center. The song is produced tion for her satirical talk show in which she humorously tackles by Senyar, which has collaborated with Ooredoo on a number trending social and political issues. The video also features of award-winning projects including Ooredoo’s Ramadan TVC well-known social media influencers such as Yaqoub Boushahri, in 2016 and 2015. Ooredoo also announced that it will launch a Hessa Al-Loughani, Louluah Al-Aslawi, Hessa and Munirah Al- series of activities during the national holidays to interact Kulaib, and the Kuwait National Television Music Band. directly with people in different locations across Kuwait, includ- Commenting on this, Ooredoo Kuwait’s Senior Director of ing some activities at Murooj Market, Kuwait’s most-visited Corporate Communications Mijbil Al-Ayoub said “We are happy youth and entrepreneur outdoors market to which Ooredoo is to share the joy of the national holidays with the people of a strategic sponsor. Additionally, Ooredoo will continue to dis- Fatima Al-Mokhaizeem Kuwait with this song - this participation is deep-rooted within tribute national holiday paraphernalia. Mijbil Al-Ayoub our company’s values of caring and connecting. We aim to
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IISM bids farewell
ndia International School Mangaf organized Farewell Party on Malayil Moosa Koya and Principal, F. M. Basheer Ahmed wished good IFebruary 2, 2017, where students of XI bid farewell to the outgoing luck to the final year students for their board examination and their class XII students with great enthusiasm. The function began with a future. They also expressed their hope that students will continue hold- red carpet welcome of the day’s guests of honor, the handsome and ing best positions in the upcoming exams and uphold the goodwill of pretty youngsters clad in the best of their collection, by staff and stu- the school. dents. The host of the event, students of XI, presented a variety of enter- The school Head Boy Moosa Kazi and Head Girl Sadaf Mariyam tainment programs including group dance, solo song performances, wit- addressed the gathering and, with lumps in their throats, shared the ty skit which stirred peals of laughter throughout, mime with a highlight memory of their precious 14 years journey at the school. They profusely on the importance of education etc. thanked the management, teachers and their juniors for making the day The outgoing students participated in a ‘Fashion Parade’ and Anud a red letter one for them. Megha Suresh, Master Hano Cherian, Master Javed was crowned with the title of ‘Ms. Farewell’ and Lyron Andrew Sahir Irfan and Navid Alam were the masters of the ceremony. Welcome Aguiar was awarded the title of ‘Mr. Farewell.’ Some exciting games were address and vote of thanks were proposed by Aqeela Ahmed and also arranged for the students and were enjoyed by all. Token of love Adeena Aziz, respectively. The celebration came to an end with the and appreciation was given to the students by the school management sumptuous meal. and their juniors in “Gift distribution ceremony”. The school Director, TV PROGRAMS SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017
02:40 Broad City 14:00 Welcome To The Ronks 14:05 How Do They Do It? 03:30 Man Fire Food 03:05 South Park 14:15 Gravity Falls 14:30 Auction Hunters 04:00 Chopped 03:30 South Park 14:40 Hank Zipzer 14:55 Auction Hunters 05:00 Guy's Grocery Games 04:00 The Daily Show With Trevor Noah 15:05 Star Darlings 15:20 Alaska: The Last Frontier 06:00 Barefoot Contessa: Back To Basics 04:25 Catch A Contractor 15:10 Austin & Ally 16:10 Running Wild With Bear Grylls 06:30 Barefoot Contessa: Back To Basics 01:00 Zero Tolerance 05:15 Lip Sync Battle 15:35 Jessie 17:00 Deadliest Catch 07:00 The Kitchen 03:00 7500 05:40 Ridiculousness 16:00 Bunk'd 17:50 Fast N' Loud 08:00 The Pioneer Woman 05:00 I Am Number Four 06:05 Ridiculousness 16:25 Kirby Buckets 18:40 Misfit Garage 08:30 The Pioneer Woman 07:00 Taken 3 06:30 Lip Sync Battle 16:50 Rolling To The Ronks 19:30 How Do They Do It? 09:00 Siba's Table 09:00 Bermuda Tentacles 06:55 Lip Sync Battle 17:15 Sunny Bunnies 19:55 How Do They Do It? 09:30 Siba's Table 11:00 Cradle 2 The Grave 07:20 Framework 17:20 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug And 20:20 Running Wild With Bear Grylls 10:00 Anna Olson: Bake 13:00 I Am Number Four 08:10 Catch A Contractor Cat Noir 21:10 Storage Wars Canada 10:30 Anna Olson: Bake 15:00 Taken 3 09:00 Disaster Date 17:45 Elena Of Avalor 21:35 Storage Wars Canada 11:00 The Kitchen 17:00 Deep Rising 09:25 Ridiculousness 18:10 Stuck In The Middle 22:00 So You Think You'd Survive? 12:00 The Pioneer Woman 19:00 Black Rose 09:50 Ridiculousness 18:35 Descendants Wicked World 22:50 Legend Of Croc Gold 12:30 The Pioneer Woman 21:00 Seventh Son 10:15 Key And Peele 18:40 Girl Meets World 23:40 Manhunt With Joel Lambert 13:00 Siba's Table 23:00 Pusher 10:40 Disaster Date 19:05 Bizaardvark 13:30 Siba's Table 11:05 Ridiculousness 19:30 Bunk'd 14:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 11:30 The It Crowd 19:55 Best Friends Whenever 14:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 11:55 Sweat Inc. 20:20 Disney Mickey Mouse 15:00 Chopped 12:45 Idiotsitter 20:25 The Next Step 16:00 The Kitchen 13:10 Lip Sync Battle 20:50 Austin & Ally 17:00 Anna Olson: Bake 00:00 Insane Pools: Off The Deep End 13:35 The It Crowd 21:15 Star Darlings 00:00 Programmes Start At 6:00am KSA 17:30 Anna Olson: Bake 00:55 Gator Boys 14:00 Catch A Contractor 21:20 Shake It Up 07:00 Danger Mouse 18:00 Chopped 01:50 River Monsters 14:50 Ridiculousness 21:45 Backstage 07:25 Gravity Falls 19:00 Guy's Grocery Games 02:45 Bondi Vet 15:15 Catch A Contractor 22:10 Liv And Maddie 07:50 Atomic Puppet 20:00 Private Chef 03:40 Australia Doesn't Just Want To Kill 16:05 Idiotsitter 22:35 Cracke 08:15 Star vs The Forces Of Evil 20:30 Private Chef You 16:30 Ridiculousness 22:40 The Next Step 08:25 Counterfeit Cat 21:00 Patricia Heaton Parties 04:35 Tanked 16:55 Ridiculousness 23:05 Best Friends Whenever 08:40 Supa Strikas 21:30 Patricia Heaton Parties 05:25 Call Of The Wildman 17:20 Disaster Date 23:30 Jessie 09:10 K.C. Undercover 22:00 Rev Run's Sunday Suppers 06:15 Gator Boys 17:45 Lip Sync Battle 23:55 Tsum Tsum Shorts 09:35 Star Wars Freemaker Adventures 22:30 Rev Run's Sunday Suppers 07:02 River Monsters 18:10 Key And Peele 10:00 Lab Rats Elite Force 23:00 Iron Chef America 07:49 Insane Pools: Off The Deep End 18:35 Coaching Bad 10:25 Lab Rats Elite Force 08:36 Going Ape 19:25 The It Crowd 10:50 Danger Mouse 09:25 Groomer Has It 19:50 Comedy Central Presents Comedy 11:20 Supa Strikas 10:15 Australia Doesn't Just Want To Kill 3alwagef 11:45 Supa Strikas You 20:20 Comedy Central Presents Comedy 12:10 Counterfeit Cat 11:10 Call Of The Wildman 3alwagef 00:00 Miles From Tomorrow 12:35 Pair Of Kings 00:15 Coronation Street 12:05 Tanked 20:50 Disaster Date 00:30 Miles From Tomorrow 13:00 Pair Of Kings 00:40 Coronation Street 13:00 Groomer Has It 21:13 Ridiculousness 00:55 PJ Masks 13:30 Future-Worm! 01:10 The Chase 13:55 Bondi Vet 21:37 I Live With Models 01:20 Henry Hugglemonster 13:55 Lab Rats 02:00 Emmerdale 14:50 Australia Doesn't Just Want To Kill 22:00 The Daily Show With Trevor Noah 01:35 The Hive 14:20 Lab Rats 02:30 Coronation Street You 22:30 Inside Amy Schumer 01:45 Loopdidoo 14:45 Atomic Puppet 03:00 Coronation Street 15:45 Gator Boys 22:54 The Half Hour 02:00 Henry Hugglemonster 15:10 Disney Mickey Mouse 03:30 Couples Come Dine With Me 16:40 Call Of The Wildman 23:18 Tosh.0 02:15 Calimero 15:15 Marvel's Avengers: Ultron 04:25 Tina & Bobby 17:05 Call Of The Wildman 23:42 Tosh.0 02:30 Art Attack Revolution 05:15 Shetland 17:35 Tanked 02:55 Zou 15:40 Supa Strikas 06:15 The Trials Of Jimmy Rose 18:30 River Monsters 03:05 Loopdidoo 16:05 Lab Rats 07:10 The Chase 19:25 The Lion Queen 03:20 Henry Hugglemonster 16:30 Gamer's Guide To Pretty Much 08:05 Couples Come Dine With Me EASY A ON OSN MOVIES COMEDY HD 20:20 The Vet Life 03:35 Calimero Everything 09:00 Tina & Bobby 09:30 Pawn Stars 03:50 Grizzly Empire 21:15 Tanked 03:50 Zou 16:55 Danger Mouse 10:00 Shetland 10:20 Storage Wars 04:45 Ultimate Animals 05:40 Unlikely Animal Friends 22:10 Call Of The Wildman 00:15 Destroyed In Seconds 04:05 Art Attack 17:25 K.C. Undercover 11:00 The Trials Of Jimmy Rose 11:10 American Pickers 06:35 Cobra Mafia 22:35 Call Of The Wildman 00:40 Ultimate Survival 04:30 The Hive 17:50 Future-Worm! 11:55 The Chase 12:00 Alone 07:30 Grizzly Empire 23:05 The Lion Queen 01:30 Science Of The Movies 04:40 Loopdidoo 18:15 Gravity Falls 12:50 Couples Come Dine With Me 12:50 Time Team 08:25 Ultimate Animals 02:20 Wildest Africa 04:55 Henry Hugglemonster 18:40 Lab Rats Elite Force 13:45 Emmerdale 13:40 Swamp People 09:20 Unlikely Animal Friends 03:10 Lost & Found With Mike & Jesse 05:10 Art Attack 19:05 Disney Mickey Mouse 14:15 Coronation Street 14:30 Ax Men 10:15 Dr. Oakley: Yukon Vet 04:00 Destroyed In Seconds 05:35 Loopdidoo 19:10 Supa Strikas 14:45 Coronation Street 15:20 Mountain Men 11:10 Rescue Ink 04:25 Destroyed In Seconds 05:50 Calimero 19:35 Star vs The Forces Of Evil 15:15 The Chase 16:10 Shipping Wars 12:05 World's Weirdest Extreme Body 04:50 Ultimate Survival 06:05 Art Attack 20:00 Atomic Puppet 16:10 Couples Come Dine With Me 17:00 Counting Cars Parts 00:35 Doctors 05:40 How It's Made 06:30 Henry Hugglemonster 20:25 Gamer's Guide To Pretty Much 17:00 Don't Tell The Bride 17:50 Pawn Stars 13:00 Shell Shocked 01:05 Eastenders 06:05 How It's Made 06:45 Zou Everything 18:00 The Jonathan Ross Show 18:40 Leepu And Pitbull 13:55 Super Predators 01:35 Poldark 06:30 Dirty Jobs 07:00 Art Attack 20:55 K.C. Undercover 18:50 The Trials Of Jimmy Rose 19:30 Counting Cars 14:50 Giant Panda: The Last Refuge 02:30 Poldark 07:20 Mythbusters 07:30 Henry Hugglemonster 21:20 Counterfeit Cat 19:45 Emmerdale 19:55 Car Hunters 21:45 Mighty Med 20:15 Coronation Street 20:20 Ax Men 15:45 Ultimate Rivals: Cat V. Dog 22:10 Pickle And Peanut 20:45 Coronation Street 21:10 American Pickers 16:40 Unlikely Animal Friends 22:40 Disney Mickey Mouse 21:10 Couples Come Dine With Me 22:00 America's 9/11 Flag: Rise From 17:35 Dr. Oakley: Yukon Vet 22:45 Marvel's Avengers: Ultron 22:00 Don't Tell The Bride The Ashes 18:30 Rescue Ink Revolution 23:00 The Jonathan Ross Show 22:50 Inside Alcatraz: Legends Of The 19:25 Ultimate Rivals: Cat V. Dog 23:10 Ultimate Spider-Man: Web 23:50 Emmerdale Rock 20:20 Journey Into Amazonia Warriors 23:40 Hunting Hitler 21:10 Unlikely Animal Friends 23:35 Boyster 22:00 Dr. Oakley: Yukon Vet 22:50 Rescue Ink 23:40 Ultimate Rivals: Cat V. Dog
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ZAINAB MURTUZA JAWAD- MATRIMONIAL WALA hereinafter in all my FOR RENT dealings and documents, I 112 Jacobite parents invite pro- will be known by my new A west Mishref posals for their son, Post name ZAINAB MURTUZA 3 room apartment Graduate Engineer, 29/173, JAWADWALA. (C 5274) including one master bedroom and bathroom working in Kuwait. M4mar- 16-2-2017 rry profile ID - 4178223. between the other two + PRAYER TIMINGS maid room with Email: [email protected] I, Sonu son of Halasha Ram, (C 5275) 18-2-2017 bathroom + reception + Fajr: 05:05 holder of Indian Passport kitchen + lift + two No. M4637344 & Civil ID No. parking spaces. Shorook: 06:24 CHANGE OF NAME 280101012966 has For inquiries call: Duhr: 12:02 changed my name Som 97218532 I, GANIJI ZAINAB QURESH, Nath Halasha Ram here- Asr: 15:15 wife of Murtuza Mustufa inafter in all my dealings Automated enquiry Maghrib: 17:40 Jawadwala, holder of and documents I will be about the Passport No. J0366967 & known by name of Som Civil ID card is Isha: 18:57 Civil ID No. 283021503013 Nath Halasha Ram. (C 5273) has changed my name to 15-2-2017 1889988
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Arrival Flights on Sunday 19/2/2017 KAC 614 Bahrain 13:30 Departure Flights on Sunday 19/2/2017 SAW 702 Damascus 13:30 Airlines Flt Route Time KAC 564 Amman 13:40 Airlines Flt Route Time JZR 176 Dubai 13:45 KAC 776 Riyadh 00:20 QTR 1078 Doha 14:10 AIC 988 Hyderabad/Chennai 00:05 KAC 155 Istanbul 13:50 JZR 267 Beirut 00:30 FDB 059 Dubai 14:20 KAC 513 Tehran 00:10 MSR 611 Cairo 14:00 JZR 539 Cairo 00:40 SVA 500 Jeddah 14:30 JAI 573 Mumbai 00:30 FDB 076 Dubai 14:05 THY 772 Istanbul 00:55 GFA 221 Bahrain 14:40 FDB 072 Dubai 00:40 AXB 394 Kozhikode 14:10 KAC 102 London 00:55 KAC 542 Cairo 14:45 KAC 417 Manila 02:00 UAE 872 Dubai 14:15 KAC 742 Dammam 01:00 KAC 672 Dubai 14:50 THY 773 Istanbul 02:25 KAC 693 Muscat 14:30 RJA 642 Amman 01:05 KNE 529 Jeddah 14:55 DLH 635 Frankfurt 02:55 KAC 561 Amman 15:00 QTR 1086 Doha 01:15 KAC 662 Abu Dhabi 15:05 ETH 621 Addis Ababa 03:05 KAC 673 Dubai 15:00 THY 764 Istanbul 01:50 ETD 303 Abu Dhabi 15:15 MSC 406 Sohag 03:30 FDB 060 Dubai 15:05 DLH 635 Doha 01:55 OMA 645 Muscat 15:35 PGT 859 Istanbul 03:35 KAC 80 Jeddah 15:15 PGT 858 Istanbul 02:00 UAE 857 Dubai 15:45 UAE 854 Dubai 03:45 GFA 222 Bahrain 15:25 ETH 620 Addis Ababa 02:05 ABY 127 Sharjah 15:50 KKK 6505 Istanbul 03:55 QTR 1079 Doha 15:40 JZR 555 Alexandria 02:05 KAC 154 Istanbul 15:55 OMA 644 Muscat 03:55 SVA 501 Jeddah 15:45 MSC 405 Sohag 02:30 QTR 1072 Doha 16:10 THY 765 Istanbul 04:00 KNE 530 Jeddah 15:55 GFA 211 Bahrain 02:30 JZR 535 Cairo 16:10 MSR 613 Cairo 04:10 KAC 1543 Cairo 16:15 UAE 853 Dubai 02:30 KAC 788 Jeddah 16:20 ETD 306 Abu Dhabi 04:10 KAC 357 Kochi 16:20 KAC 412 Bangkok 02:50 FDB 051 Dubai 16:25 QTR 1077 Doha 04:40 ETD 304 Abu Dhabi 16:20 OMA 643 Muscat 02:55 JZR 787 Riyadh 16:25 KAC 103 London 04:45 ABY 128 Sharjah 16:30 KKK 6506 Istanbul 02:55 KAC 522 Al Najaf 16:35 PGT 861 Istanbul 04:55 OMA 646 Muscat 16:35 FDB 069 Dubai 03:05 RJA 640 Amman 16:55 LMU 511 Cairo 05:00 KAC 675 Dubai 17:00 ETD 305 Abu Dhabi 03:10 KAC 792 Madinah 16:55 CEB 0019 Manila 05:20 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22:15 JZR 165 Dubai 11:30 ETD 309 Abu Dhabi 22:15 MSC 416 Sohag 11:15 MEA 403 Beirut 22:20 KAC 618 Doha 11:50 AIC 981 Chennai/Ahmedabad 22:25 GFA 214 Bahrain 11:25 ALK 230 Colombo 22:25 MEA 404 Beirut 11:55 JZR 241 Amman 22:45 VIZ 203 Baghdad 12:00 GFA 220 Bahrain 22:30 SAW 701 Damascus 12:30 JAI 574 Mumbai 23:00 SYR 342 Damascus 12:00 KAC 381 Delhi 22:45 JZR 561 Sohag 12:40 JZR 185 Dubai 23:15 JZR 776 Jeddah 12:05 KAC 301 Mumbai 22:45 FDB 075 Dubai 12:50 KAC 156 Istanbul 23:25 KAC 791 Madinah 12:05 JZR 502 Luxor 22:55 UAE 871 Dubai 12:50 PIA 205 Lahore 23:40 MSC 404 Asyut 12:15 UAE 860 Dubai 22:55 KAC 680 Dubai 12:55 KAC 1544 Cairo 23:40 KAC 521 Al Najaf 12:50 KLM 417 Dammam/Amsterdam 23:05 MSR 610 Cairo 13:00 FDB 071 Dubai 23:45 MEA 405 Beirut 12:55 ETD 310 Abu Dhabi 23:05 AXB 393 Kozhikode 13:10 BBC 043 Dhaka 23:55 JZR 786 Riyadh 13:10 QTR 1083 Doha 23:20 stars34 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017
CROSSWORD 1526 STAR TRACK
Aries (March 21-April 19) Libra (September 23-October 22)
Today may be one of your most memorable days this month. Luck is in your This is a good day for expressing your ideas. Others may find you especially corner for whatever you want to enjoy, accomplish or discover. Financial witty and eccentric just now. You may feel like talking a bit more than usual, exploring opportunities will be available through family connections now. Speak up and let your new ideas or getting happily lost in a conversation. There is an urge to communicate. Also, ideas be known. There will be some opportunities today that will help you move forward perhaps a short trip or a special phone call is in order later today. Neighbors or brothers with a long-term plan. This could mean updating furniture or looking into some real and sisters will likely bring all kinds of good experiences your way. You can demonstrate estate. Emotional seriousness, a sober orientation and a practical awareness of the nature great understanding and sensitivity to others. Your image is highlighted, increasing your of time are keynotes of your deepest feelings. There is a tendency to be too strict with self-confidence. You can do anything you set your mind to do this day. This may be a time yourself and to insist that whatever does not contribute to security and other long-term you play with some new ideas for future goals. If you are looking for a romantic match, goals is trivial. Lighten up this afternoon-enjoy some entertainment. look in new places for new faces-smile.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) Scorpio (October 23-November 21) The intellectual and communicative talents of those close to you take on greater importance today. You may find yourself being put to good use by your friends. Firm plans are developing now for some old ideas of the past to come into Your more reserved qualities are present and valuable for the decision-making process. fruition. Figuring out how to organize these projects may be most important. There is a Nourishment is important and if you are in a cold region of the country, you may consider special interest with regard to some animal or the condition of a lake. Whether your pur- a good stew or soup for the noon meal today. If you have been exercising in the evening pose is to bring about awareness and a healing or some other change, there will be suc- or late afternoon, change your exercise time to mornings. You will find yourself better cess, but success may not come quickly. This may be a life work and you won't have to do equipped to take on the day. Emotional security and a sense of belonging and nurturing it alone. You encourage others in many avenues of life. Friends and acquaintances may are felt instinctively. Finances, investments, romance, diet, etc., are issues you ponder. Rely grab your attention this afternoon; the evening will bring about some closure to this day on your own good sense when problems arise today. with the feeling of everyone coming together. You discover new reasons and ways to enjoy and appreciate life during this time.
Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21)
You may feel a little left out today as others talk and exclude you from a con- Daydreams are a big part of your morning-especially if you have not had versation or two. Not to worry, however, you will find out the details in due time-for now enough rest lately. You may find yourself talking about your dreams with a these issues do not concern you. Be patient with others today and use your intuition to friend or loved one this morning. A book that references some interesting dream visuals guide you. You feel a love of order and law-an appreciation for responsibilities and duty. can be a lot of fun. Mostly, there are ordinary dreams and teaching dreams. Writing down ACROSS 3. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially Problems are valued for what you learn through the process of discovery. Sympathy and the information you receive and reviewing the information later would be a good thing 1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 in Africa or Arabia). understanding are emotional qualities that take on greater importance. It is wisdom that to do. This may take patience for a review later but you could find a review very informa- to agree on a common policy for the sale 4. A supplement to a will. will be the most reliable today and this is a good day. You appear perhaps more charming tive. There is a desire to study the occult and you may find interesting studies regarding of petroleum. 5. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular and refined than usual all day long. If you are involved in a love relationship-this may be dreams and how to understand them. You will do well in activities that include children, young people and your home this afternoon. Romance is yours tonight. 5. Having the color of caramel. into linear motion. the time to ask the big question. 12. Standard temperature and pressure. 6. A unit of resistance equal to a billionth of an 15. A member of an Indian people of northern ohm. California living along the Russian River 7. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar. Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) valley and adjacent Pacific coast. 8. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part Take a little trip, or get outside this morning. You may want to break that 16. Any of various large edible marine gas- of an organism. Slow days are necessary in order to build back emotional strength and per- tropods of the genus Haliotis having an 9. The time period between dawn and noon. routine and try something new or different. You will find a way around almost any obsta- cle and you are in control and able to guide yourself with ease. Understanding the people haps make new plans. Don't be too strict with yourself, especially if you think you are not ear-shaped shell with pearly interior. 10. Provide with a coating, as of chocolates. progressing as you should. Patience with yourself is just as important as when you are giv- around you and helping them to understand you are important tasks. You may be teach- ing another person time to work through some new discovery or difficulty. Creative work 17. A branch of the Tai languages. 11. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic ele- ing a few people some form of education to help them graduate or to help them learn a this afternoon can clear away a writer's block. You have an interest in antiques and may 18. A town in north central Oklahoma. ment. language before going on a trip. People will notice your self-assurance and comment on 19. Small silvery schooling fishes with protrusi- 12. Any of a number of tiny parallel grooves decide to clean up an old piece of furniture to sell this next week. You may decide to shop your positive attitude. Your sense of inner direction is good and at least one important this afternoon for the future tools or crafts you may need. Get out and kick up your heels ble mouths found in warm coastal waters. such as. goal can be achieved today. Emotional seriousness will bring you an awareness of the this evening. You know the old saying about all work and no play, etc. Stimulate your brain 20. A small piece of cloth. 13. Express gratitude or show appreciation to. nature of time; art accomplishments are fun and rewarding. by enjoying a few social gatherings. 21. Expressing deep personal emotion. 14. North Atlantic sea poacher. 23. (astronomy) The angular distance of a 22. Any of three poisonous colorless isomeric celestial point measured westward along phenols. Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) the celestial equator from the zenith 25. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae crossing. that is a source of timber and gum. The awareness of the nature of time hits you today and you could be decid- 24. (biology) Having branches or flower heads 27. 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You have a lot of enthusiasm for new finds this a time when mysticism and idealism seem to really be living in you. Outer cir- 29. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod. 31. Mostly tropical songbird. beginnings and positive outcomes. Your determination to know personal success will cumstances and the flow of events make it easy for you to enjoy your surroundings-easy always find you seeking kn owledge and skill; education possibilities are available this year. 30. French explorer (with Jacques Marquette) 32. A lake in northwestern Russia north of St. does it. If you are looking for a relationship, look for someone that has an interest in busi- of the upper Mississippi River valley (1645- Petersburg. This is a time when you look at where you have been and where you want to go. The pos- ness affairs-not any one business in particular. sibilities are limitless. 1700). 34. An association of people to promote the 33. English monk and scholar (672-735). welfare of senior citizens. 36. A mountain range in western Russia 35. Little known Kamarupan languages. Virgo (August 23-September 22) extending from the arctic to the Caspian 37. German mathematician (1804-1851). Pisces (February 19-March 20) Sea. 38. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit This is a day you will enjoy away from the workplace. Friendships and 39. (sometimes followed by `of') Having or juice. The technique of buying some time before speaking your mind is a difficult, involvement in group activities play a more important part in your life now. You and a but necessary, step to take at this time. If you are planning for more educa- showing realization or perception. 40. The sixth month of the civil year. friend of yours could be in your old neighborhood this afternoon having a great time tion, include a friend or family member in that next course, or make sure you make some 43. Used in combination to denote the middle. 41. Port city that is the capital and largest city helping someone with the upkeep of his or her house or some other good-neighbor friends from the class-you enjoy critiquing the teacher and the subject matter. Employment 44. A public promotion of some product or of Latvia. deed. With your visit and helping agenda, you and your friend could decide on some reg- possibilities such as computer technologies, telecommunication, writing, accounting, and service. 42. An organic compound that contains a ular way to help others. Friends are indeed our true riches. The satisfaction that comes psychology will put you in a position of greater earning power. Purchasing things for the from accomplishing things in cooperation with others is something no one can take away house may have you planning a shopping expedition. Start planning your meals for next 45. An antibacterial drug (trade names Rifadin hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom from you and are memories you talk about for years. This is a time when you enjoy a little and Rimactane) used to treat tuberculosis. which in turn is doubly bonded to another week and enjoy healthy, low-fat meals. Enjoy relaxation time tonight that would include a interaction with others. You may feel that you are in harmony with others. loved one. Perhaps a lovely dinner away from home would be good. 46. A long lace for fastening boots. carbon atom. 49. Gone by. 47. Covered with paving material. 50. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly 48. A radioactive element of the actinide Word Search Yesterday’s Solution aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true series. stems and roots and leaves. 52. A town in northern Egypt. 51. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed dur- 53. A wad of something chewable as tobacco. ing respiration and by the decomposition 55. A member of an Athapaskan people that of organic substances. migrated to Arizona and New Mexico and 54. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills. Utah. 56. Genus of East Indian trees or shrubs. 57. An organization of independent states to 59. Italian poet (1569-1625). promote international peace and security. 61. The Mongol people living the the central 58. The capital of the state of Kansas. and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia. 60. A summary that repeats the substance of a 66. Behave in a certain manner. longer discussion. 69. Perennial of the genus Phytolacca. 62. A curve that lies on the surface of a cylin- 71. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting der or cone and cuts the element at a con- (especially in cases of drug overdose or stant angle. poisoning). 63. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to 73. A master's degree in business. be true in order to prove another proposi- 74. The federal agency that insures residential tion. mortgages. 64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a 75. (Japan) Ritual suicide by self-disembowel- skewer usually with vegetables. ment on a sword. 65. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan 77. An adult male person (as opposed to a River. woman). 67. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure 78. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal. equal to about a bushel. 79. An odorous gum resin formerly used in 68. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or medicines. office. 80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made 70. A strategically located monarchy on the from aba cloth. southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula. DOWN 72. (informal) Informed about the latest trends. 1. German industrialist who was the first in 76. An artificial language for international use Germany to use an assembly line in manu- that rejects rejects all existing words and is facturing automobiles (1871-1948). based instead on an abstract analysis of 2. A range horse of the western United States. ideas. Yesterday’s Solution
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Bieber accused of faking illness to avoid deposition
he 22-year-old singer was due to be deposed in Los California to accommodate Defendant Bieber." Dienel and Angeles earlier this month over a lawsuit which his lawyers had flown to Los Angeles for the deposition Tclaims he and collaborator Skrillex used a "vocal but after Justin failed to show up, they have asked that riff" written by Casey Dienel, also known as White the popstar travel to Nashville, Tennessee instead on Hinterland, without permission on their track 'Sorry' but March 2. The lawyer wrote: "Defendant Bieber's flagrant Justin was a no-show due to a reported illness. According delay tactics, past sanctions for similar conduct, refusal to to thetennessean.com, Dienel's lawyer said in a new fil- reschedule, coupled with his social media campaign, war- ing: "Justin Bieber is not above the law. Justin Bieber rants the Court to impose Rule 37(d) sanctions against knowingly and in bad faith failed to appear at his sched- Defendant Bieber, most importantly an order requiring uled, agreed upon deposition on Feb. 8, 2017, in Santa Defendant Bieber to appear in Nashville, Tennessee for Monica, California. "Hours after skipping the deposition, his deposition on March 2, 2017." And Dienel's team have Defendant Bieber posted pictures on his Instagram page asked that they be given a summary judgment if Justin toasting a drink with friends - implicitly celebrating that fails to attend the rescheduled deposition. he has violated the law, the respect for this Court, and the respect for all the parties and counsel who flew to Sheeran installs gym and Boy George pool in parents' house was forced to wear he 26-year-old singer wants his par- party, everyone goes in the pub and no ents John, 60 and Imogen, 57, to live one can get in the house so you get no one a ‘bulletproof vest’ Tlong and healthy lives so has put raiding the cupboards or smashing any- them on a new fitness regime. He told The thing. You have to go underground to get Sun: "I think any kid at my age starts get- to the pub." Ed - who recently returned to during US tour ting worried about their parents' health. "I the spotlight after a year-long hiatus - said have bought them a cross-trainer and built the pub will be especially useful in the he 'Karma Chameleon' hitmaker has revealed them a swimming pool. "They are now event of him having kids, because it will he had to don the protective gear when training and swimming every day. I want afford him a bit of space from the stresses TCulture Club were playing a gig in Louisiana them to be able to hang out with their of being a parent. He explained: "I think it's after the band were sent threatening messages. He grandkids for a very long time." However, in great, but the problem with my house at said: "I was thinking, 'I can't cancel the gig so I'd bet- his own home, Ed has opted to build a pub, the moment is when I have a house party ter wear a bulletproof vest.'" The 55-year-old singer - where he intends to host parties in the it's all in the house and if I have kids I still real name George O'Dowd - admitted the threats coming years. He recently said: "I've built a wanna have mates around and have beers from some people meant the group were restricted pub. Like, I had a bar before, a bar where and stuff like that so it's good to have from appearing on certain shows. He added: "People you could pour beers but now this has like something that's separate. Me and my wife didn't want to have me on kids' shows." And when he a selection of beers, which is cool. "So, basi- will take turns getting p***ed." was dubbed one of the most "flamboyant and icon- cally, there's an underground tunnel to get ic" stars of all time by 'Life Stories' host Piers Morgan, there that you can close off. So, if I have a he insisted he doesn't see himself in that way. He quipped: "Well I don't think you think about yourself in those terms, do you know what I mean? You don't wake up in the morning and think, 'Oh I'm really iconic.'" And Boy George also opened up about the late George Michael, admitting the pair were con- stantly "battling all the time" as they had so much in common. Speaking on Piers Morgan's Life Stories, he shared: "We had our squabbles, he was my rival, he was called George, he made soul music so every- Mariah Carey wants to keep thing he did it was like we were kind of battling all the time. "The only time we really got together was when friends tricked us and there was this one par- ticular night where the two girls in Bananarama invit- her new relationship private ed me to a dinner at a Japanese restaurant and he was there as well and we had such a brilliant time." lthough the 46-year-old star's new writing a song to express what I've been boyfriend Bryan Taneka features in going through. "And if you're not getting Aher reality TV show 'Mariah's World' the love that you need from someone that and she often shares pictures of them you're supposed to be in a real relationship together on her Instagram page, Mariah with, then why remain in that situation?" insisted she wants their romance to stay The 'Fantasy' singer - who has five-year-old out of the spotlight. She said: "I'm just twins Moroccan and Monroe with ex-hus- going to be like 'I really don't talk about my band Nick Cannon - recently admitted she personal life.' Because that's what I used to finds songwriting to be "very healing". She do and it really worked for a minute, back, said: "I need to be in the studio. I feel like a a while ago. "I just don't feel comfortable different person when I'm not in the studio. Kate Hudson is 'old school' talking about my personal life. Me and my "Performing is a whole different thing, but boyfriend don't want to do that." Mariah being in the studio is creating and that's started dating Bryan after splitting from what I love to do best. Songwriting is very when it comes to dating her billionaire fiancÈ, James Packer, in healing for me. The studio and the experi- October, and her new track 'I Don't' was ence of creating new music, it feels so inspired by the break-up. She said: "Ever much more like home to me than any- since the tour wrapped I took some time where else." just to process my feelings and I started Lisa Marie Presley's daughters taken into child protection isa Marie's eight-year-old girls Finley and and worse images and evidence in these un- Harper Lockwood - the granddaughters analysed devices." The 49-year-old singer - Lof late rock 'n' roll legend Elvis Presley - who had an estimated fortune of $300 million are currently under the care of California's but claims it's nearly all gone - also said in the Department of Children and Family Services papers that she has to pay for two nannies to and will remain under their supervision until go along with her estranged husband to a trial next month after she allegedly found monitor him thoroughly when he visits their inappropriate pictures and videos on her children. Lisa and Michael - who got married estranged husband Michael Lockwood's com- in a ceremony worth $340,000 in Japan in puter. According to the court documents, 2006 - separated in June last year and have Spencer thinks obtained and seen by DailyMail.com, Lisa been locked in a bitter divorce ever since. claimed as part of her ongoing divorce from The brunette beauty - whose mother is her guitarist husband of 11 years that Beverly Priscilla Presley - cited "irreconcilable differ- Viola Davis will Hills Police Department found 80 of Michael's ences" for the reason behind their split and electronic devices during a raid on her home has reportedly requested full custody of their he currently single actress - who and talk to them face-to-face, rather and, although they've seized the gadgets, girls. Michael, 55, then requested that his wife win Best Actress was previously married to musi- than through a phone. Speaking dur- they are still analysing the evidence she pay him $40,000-a-month spousal support Tcian Chris Robinson and was also ing an appearance on 'The Ellen found. She said in the papers: "I was shocked and $100,000 toward his legal costs. Lisa he 46-year-old actress has been nominated alongside formerly engaged to Muse frontman Degeneres Show', Kate, 37, said: "I just and horrified and sick to my stomach. My doesn't think she should have to pay the the 'Fences' star for her role in 'Hidden Figures' but Matt Bellamy - has said she doesn't think, why don't you just meet a guy in understanding is that Tennessee law enforce- musician anything and has revealed she too is Tbelieves that Viola will come out on top. She said: "For understand the interest in dating apps Starbucks? Why don't you just go up to ment is also conducting an investigation strapped for cash and doesn't know if she can me, being nominated puts no pressure whatsoever. I have no such as Tinder, Raya and Bumble, and someone and why doesn't a guy have related to the photos and videos that I discov- afford her divorce lawyer Mark Gross. hopes in hell of winning. Viola Davis is winning so I'm excited thinks it is "crazy" how many "celebrity the guts to come up and say, 'Hey, I'm ered. "I have no idea what else may be on just to be invited to the party. It is an extreme honor to be types" are signing up to meet people so-and-so. How about we hang out?' those devices and fear that there are more nominated. "There were so many wonderful performances. online. She said: "What's crazy is that Maybe I'm old school, but I'm alright." The fact that mine made the top five, I am thrilled to death so there's a lot of, you know, celebrity Previously, the 'Almost Famous' actress there's no pressure ... "When they called my name on Oscar types on these dating apps, which said she likes to keep her love life out [nominations announcement] morning and my publicist kind of makes you go, maybe ... no. I of the spotlight for the sake of her chil- can't imagine. So, you look at a guy, dren. She said: "The reason I don't talk called me, that right there was a wonderful moment for me. I he's hot, and then you see his profile about anything like that is because I don't take it for granted my miniscule chance that my name is and you're like, 'Maybe I'll text him or have kids. People ask that question as called on February 26. I would be grateful but for me, it already maybe we'll match,' and then you start if, 'Oh yeah, it's really healthy to pub- has been called in." And Octavia doesn't feel bad for her co- texting and then it just goes away. licly talk about who I am or am not stars Janelle Mon·e and Taraji P. Henson missing out on a nomi- Like, all your girlfriends seem to maybe dating when I've got a tween.' [Ryder] nation for their part in the movie and confessed she used her go to lunch and then it's like, 'What can read, and he can hear. I'm not one vote to vote for herself. She added: "I didn't feel bad happened to that guy you met on going to indulge in that kind of thing because it's beyond our purview. We only get one vote in the Raya or Bumble and whatever else?' until there's someone in my life who I Academy and yes, I voted for myself. If I was only going to get The 'Deepwater Horizon' star - who has am introducing to my kids." one vote, it was going to be for me. But I also voted for Janelle son Ryder, 13, with Chris and son and Taraji because I felt like they were amazing." Octavia has Bingham, five, with Matt - thinks it's far remained close to her 'The Help' co-stars, which includes Viola better to "meet a guy in Starbucks" and Emma Stone, since they all starred together in the 2011 movie and was thrilled to see them both nominated. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017 lifestyle FEATURE Gomez 'very Brooklyn Beckham has injured grateful' for 110 his arm whilst on a ski break million Instagram he 17-year-old budding photographer - the son of friend Sonia Ben Ammar, whom he followed on Instagram retired soccer star David Beckham and former Spice Girl during his visit to the sunny island. It's not known if the pair TVictoria Beckham - was spotted with his arm in a sling have bumped into each other while lapping up the sun in the followers after suffering a fall during a holiday with his family in tropical country but they have both posted photographs on Whistler, Canada. Brooklyn was enjoying the break at the pic- their social media sites seemingly taken in the same vicinity he 'Heart Wants What It Wants' hitmaker is turesque ski resort with his parents and his three siblings, on the idyllic island. Shortly after Brooklyn re-followed the thrilled to have reached the impressive amount Romeo, 14, Cruz, 11, and Harper, five. As of the time of writ- model on the photo-sharing site, he reportedly liked a shot Tof followers on the photo sharing site and says ing, it is unclear how serious Brooklyn's injury is, but the she had uploaded of her sporting a mesh bikini in the sea. she will "continue to cherish her platform and speak- teenager will no longer be able to hit the slopes with his fami- Holidaying in the Maldives has no doubt brought back fond ing [the] truth". Captioning a photograph of herself ly during the remainder of their vacation. Previously, the fami- memories for the young pair - who dated for five months - as standing on stage in front of thousands of fans, she ly of six took to warmer climates in December when they they first met while there in 2014. wrote: "Thank you fam for 110. I promise I will contin- enjoyed a family holiday in the Maldives, where the aspiring ue to cherish my platform and speaking truth but photographer is believed to have met up with his former girl- more importantly, each and every one of you have changed my life. I'm very grateful." And Selena has another reason to celebrate as her romance with The Weeknd is going from strength to strength. The 24- year-old singer recently shelled out a hefty $30,000 Jourdan Dunn's collection with on a birthday party for the 'Can't Feel My Face' singer. Caroline Flack The party was held at Dave & Buster's in Hollywood, is which was attended by the singer's friends including Missguided will be unveiled next month French Montana, Big Sean and 2 Chainz. Whilst Selena set to make her wasn't able to make it to the party, she was seen with him on a romantic yacht trip. A source said of the cou- he 26-year-old model has teamed up wrote: "COMING SOON #LONDUNNx MISS- ple's romance: "Selena looked happy and in a roman- with the popular online fashion GUIDED by @jourdandunn | 11.03.17 tic mood. "The Weeknd looked happy and very stage debut in house to design a new collection #missguided#jourdandunn (sic)." Jourdan - T amorous. They were very intimate and looked very titled LONDUNN x MISSGUIDED, and the who has seven-year-old son Riley Dunn - much in love." Whilst an insider added: "They are brunette beauty has revealed her line will teased she was working on a new project falling for each other. He has told [Selena] how much 'Crazy For You' launch online and in store on March 11. with Missguided earlier this month with a he cares for her. [They have a] crazy connection. Alongside a picture of the catwalk icon's behind-the-scenes picture of her on the he 37-year-old television presenter will star as Selena feel really confident. Abel is proud to have campaign spread across a large billboard, photoshoot. She captioned a picture of her Irene in the critically acclaimed musical produc- Selena by his side ... "He really likes her. They text which was shared on her Instagram wearing a two piece underwear set, which Ttion, in which she will perform alongside the pre- every day. They have a really sexy and flirty relation- account, she wrote: "LONDUNN inna LON- had her the title of her capsule embla- viously announced Tom Chambers, who will take on ship. They laugh and like each others personalities. As DON! Londunn Missguided 11.03.17 #lon- zoned across the elastic waistline of the bra the role of Bobby. Jamie Wilson Productions took to of now, they are just having fun and enjoying each dunnxmissguided (sic)." And the brand and knicker set: "LONDUNNxMISSGUIDED Twitter to announce the news on Friday (17.02.17) other. "She is happy and doesn't have also confirmed the release date on #bts #sooncome (sic)". And the label are when they said: "We are delighted to announce that mind sharing that with the world. their social media page. Alongside an "super excited" they have been able to col- @carolineflack1 will be making her stage debut as Abel makes her feel secure and advert of the fashion mogul sporting a laborate with "mega babe" Jourdan on the Irene in @crazyforyoutour #crazyforcaroline (sic)". Selena has nothing to hide. black bralette and white jacket, which they new collection. 'Crazy For You' has been dubbed as "high energy, high Selena gets passionate uploaded to their photo sharing site, they kicking and gloriously glamorous" and was created by about things real fast and the production team behind hit musicals 'Sister Act' that is exactly what she and 'Nativity! The Musical'. Caroline couldn't contain is doing with The her own excitement about the role, tweeting: "Dusting Weeknd." off my dancing shoes again ... can't wait." According to he 19-year-old model - who is the sister of the website for the production, "'Crazy For You' charts 43-year-old catwalk icon Kate Moss - the troubled love story of Bobby, son of a wealthy New Lottie Moss believes claimed she had "really fat brows" and York banking family and frustrated Broadway hoofer, T once cut a slit in her facial feature, which, on and Polly, daughter of the proprietor of a failing the- reflection, she has admitted was a "bad move". atre in Deadrock, Nevada. Sent to close the theatre Speaking about her beauty blunder to W maga- down, Bobby falls for Polly and, in the guise of a zine: "I had really fat brows, like two big slugs on Hungarian impresario, decides to save the theatre by her eyebrows my face vibes. I also shaved a slit in my eyebrow. putting on a show". For Caroline - who has been "It was a bad move." And the blonde beauty - trained in musical theatre - the role will encompass who signed to Storm Model management in some of the dance skills she put to the test when she 2014 - has revealed she "prefers" sitting and was crowned winner of UK dance competition 'Strictly look like 'big slugs' admiring fashion shows rather than starring in Come Dancing' in 2014. Tom Chambers also appeared them because it's "so easy" to enjoy the presen- on the Latin and ballroom show in 2008, where he also tations instead of being in pain walking on the came out in first place. 'Crazy For You' opens at the runway in an uncomfortable outfit, which she Theatre Royal in Plymouth on August 17, before head- has witnessed before. She explained: "I some- ing on a UK tour which runs up until December. times prefer sitting [to walking in the shows]; it's so easy. "I was sitting a show recently and there were these shoes that were so beautiful, but looked so painful. One of the girls was limping a bit, and I honestly wanted to cry for her. But it was so beautiful, maybe it was worth the pain." Meanwhile, Lottie - whose full name is Charlotte - was introduced to fashion designer Marc Jacobs when she was a child, but didn't realise "how big of a deal" he was until she got older. She explained: "I met him briefly at my sister's wedding. I don't really remember it because it was five years ago, and I was thirteen years old, but I remember being there and my mom going, 'That's Marc Jacobs.' At the time I didn't really know how big of a deal he was. I was just like, 'Okay, he makes clothes.'"
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This image released by Summit shows director Mel Gibson, center, and actor Vince Vaughn on the set of the film, In this image released by Fox Searchlight Pictures, from left, Armie Hammer portrays Samuel Turner, Nate Parker por- "Hacksaw Ridge." Gibson is nominated for an Oscar for best directing for his work on the film. — AP photos trays Nat Turner and Jayson Warner Smith portrays Earl Fowler in a scene from "The Birth of a Nation." From Parker to Gibson: Hollywood's sliding scale of justice s the final votes pour in ahead of the Academy Awards' whose family said she never recovered from the incident, from discussing it. Many articles have conflated Affleck's Tuesday afternoon deadline, Hollywood is drawing to a killed herself years later. Parker has steadily maintained his alleged crimes with those of Parker's, suggesting race has Aclose an awards season that has, from Nate Parker to innocence, but his Facebook responses and his evasion of the played a role in their varied treatment, despite the consider- Mel Gibson, often been a confounding morality play. topic at a press conference at the Toronto International Film able differences between them. Some analysts believe the By even movie standards, the dramatic swings of fortune Festival did little to stem the backlash against him. (An attor- questionable comparison affected the Oscar race. Affleck's for- are hard to believe. Parker, hailed as an Oscar sure-thing at last ney for Parker didn't respond to interview requests.) midable rival, Denzel Washington ("Fences"), pulled out a sur- year's Sundance Film Festival, saw his "The Birth of a Nation" "I don't think it's fair," Gibson said during a Hollywood prise win at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, and many now torpedoed by the fallout of a tragic 18-year-old rape allega- Reporter round-table interview. "He was cleared of all that peg him as the front runner. tion against him. But just as Parker was disappearing, Mel stuff. And it was years ago." Gibson (who declined to be inter- Feinberg recently co-wrote a column saying Oscar voters Gibson, a pariah for the last decade, engineered an unexpect- viewed) has had his own scandals to overcome. His anti- should limit their judgments to the screen. It's a personal deci- ed comeback that culminated with six nominations for his Semitic tirade in 2006, recorded while being arrested on suspi- sion for moviegoers and Oscar voters, alike, as evidenced by "Hacksaw Ridge," including best picture. Hollywood's scales of cion of drunk driving, was seemingly the end to his stardom. the stream of op-eds that have accompanied this awards sea- justice, never particularly scientific, have rarely been harder to He later plead no contest in 2011 to domestic battery of for- son - from author Roxane Gay to actress Constance Wu to read. The sometimes puzzling ethical calculus has prompted mer girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva. Damning audio recordings This Feb 6, 2017 file photo shows Casey Affleck at the 89th actress Gabrielle Union, a rape survivor. many to question the standards - some amalgamation of art, surfaced of their arguments, too. But his comeback was seem- Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills. So how much does any of this influence the average acad- fame, race, facts and rumor - used to weigh the bad behavior ingly made official by the Oscars. And Gibson is now reported- emy voter? Bruce Feldman, a former awards strategist and of stars and would-be nominees. ly in talks to direct a sequel to "Suicide Squad." become much more sympathetic toward victims and much academy member, says he struggles with these questions The spotlight of illustrious platforms like the Oscars tends more scornful of defenders. Part of that trend has been every year. "It's not just the high-profile public cases of misbe- Clearing the past to shine a light on previously dormant cases. It was the 2014 because of celebrity cases." havior that might affect an individual's vote," says Feldman. Some of the closest races this Oscar season - including that Golden Globes lifetime achievement award for Woody Allen "There's also all the people we work with in this industry, of Casey Affleck, one of the best-actor favorites - have been that led Ronan Farrow to renew the 25-year-old molestation The shunned Affleck many of whom treat others very badly on a daily basis, whose over whether a contender was nimble enough to outrun his allegations against the filmmaker, which Allen has long Though it's done little to upset his winning streak, Affleck transgressions aren't reported in the press. Academy mem- past. Everyone agrees: such judgments are playing an increas- denied. Even Roman Polanski, whose "The Pianist" won best has been trailed through awards season by sexual harassment bers aren't robots. We're human, with the same feelings and ingly significant role in awards season and show business, in picture in 2003, was forced to step down as president of allegations made against him in 2010 while directing the imperfections as everyone. Personally, I try very hard to base general. France's Cesar Awards after protests by women's groups. The mockumentary "I'm Not There." Producer Amanda White, in a my vote purely on artistic merit. Oscars are awarded for Gibson was one of the few to publicly defend Parker, who director pleaded guilty in 1977 to unlawful sex with a minor. civil suit, alleged Affleck made "unwelcome sexual advances" achievement, not on whether you're a saint or a scoundrel." in 1999 was charged - along with his Penn State roommate "This mirrors the larger trend within the culture," says Scott during shooting. Cinematographer Magdalena Gorka, in a and "Birth of a Nation" collaborator Jean Celestin - with raping Berkowitz, president of the anti-sexual assault organization separate suit, said Affleck got into bed with her without her another student. Parker was acquitted, Celestin was convicted, RAINN. "People are paying vastly more attention to sexual vio- consent. The suits were settled for undisclosed sums. A publi- but the charge was later overturned, and the alleged victim, lence issues and personal behavior and the atmosphere has cist for Affleck said the terms of the settlement preclude him Filmmaker Rosi brings Med migrant crisis to Oscars
female voice crackles over the radio, begging 2014 -- before millions began heading into Europe Moments of truth for rescue from a crowded migrant boat sink- across the Balkans. "I realized only in Berlin how the The US spotlight on the movie comes with Aing into the Mediterranean as the coast- movie became political and I could feel politics the refugee crisis a hot-button public policy guard barks over and over: "What is your position?" breathing into the frame," Rosi said. "Before, issue following President Donald Trump's eleva- Like much of Italian master Gianfranco Rosi's cine- Lampedusa was just Italy. Now it's a universal prob- tion to the White House. The Republican leader matic, Oscar-nominated documentary "Fire at Sea," lem, a metaphor, almost." stood on an anti-immigration ticket, vowing to this opening scene plays out like a narrative thriller, build a wall on the southern border with Mexico. except the lives in danger are real. "I wanted to In one of his first acts in office, Trump issued an reverse the question. We should be asking our- order banning travelers from seven Muslim- selves, 'What is my position about this tragedy?' We majority countries, though it's since been with- can no longer be the silent majority," Rosi told AFP drawn after hitting legal objections. "This is a in Los Angeles ahead of next week's awards. tragic moment here as well. America was always As Europe grapples with its biggest migrant the land of freedom, the land of immigrants. influx since World War II, Rosi's harrowing film offers What happens when it turns its back on history an unflinching look at life on the Italian island of to build barriers?" Rosi asks. This image released by A24 shows Alex Lampedusa. Thousands of asylum seekers from Rosi's filmmaking style sets "Fire at Sea" apart Hibbert, foreground, and Mahershala Ali in a Africa and the Middle East have arrived in Italian from more traditional documentaries, dispens- scene from the film, "Moonlight." (INSET) This waters trying to reach the European Union over the ing with the usual tropes of interviews to cam- Feb 6, 2017 file photo shows Mahershala Ali last two decades. Many others-some 4,000 last year- era, on-screen text and a narrator. Rosi says that at the 89th Academy Awards Nominees have perished on the dangerous journey in rickety, when he is behind the camera he is looking for Luncheon in Beverly Hills. — AP photos overcrowded boats. moments of truth that show more than a long Eritrean-born Rosi has toured the world with the The picture is told through the eyes of a 12-year- monologue could ever say, drawing on poetic film, which competes for the best documentary old local boy, Samuele Pucillo, and a doctor, Pietro language to create an "emotional connection Oscar with American entrants "I am Not Your Bartolo, who has been tending to the dehydrated, with reality." New spotlight for Oscars Negro," "13th," "Life, Animated" and the favorite, malnourished and traumatized arrivals for a quar- "I like to close the door of information and "O.J.: Made in America." One of the most decorated ter-century. "How do you get used to seeing preg- interact more with emotion with the audience... documentary filmmakers in the business, Rosi, who nant women, dead children?" Bartolo laments, beyond any number, there is a person, some is in his early 50s, won the top prize from a jury led admitting that the horror has infected his dreams. eyes looking at you," he says. Rosi lived through bound Mahershala Ali by Meryl Streep at the Berlin Film Festival last year. Rosi accompanied coastguard rescue missions his own migrant crisis at age 13, evacuated by His star was already on the ascendant after he took answering the terrified SOS calls of people on boats, Italian soldiers from his east African homeland ahershala Ali's universe is expanding, Ali: I literally just wrapped (last week) in home the Venice Film Festival's 2013 Golden Lion most of them arriving from Libya. Many of the ves- without his parents during the Eritrean War of personally and professionally. After Austin, Texas. I really loved working on that for "Sacro GRA," which looks into everyday life off a sels are packed with corpses of people who suffo- Independence against Ethiopian troops. almost 20 years as an actor, he's job, but I've never enjoyed working on a proj- M Rome ring road. cated from diesel fumes. Rosi said the film's nomi- attending his first Academy Awards as a star ect so much and wanted to get home so bad Rosi spent a year living on Lampedusa, just nation for a best documentary Oscar was an oppor- of two of its best picture nominees: he's Taraji at the same time. another tiny island barely meriting its inclusion on tunity to "carry the call for help from Lampedusa... P Henson's love interest in "Hidden Figures"; the map, he thought when he started filming in to Hollywood." in "Moonlight," he's favored to win the sup- AP: You've said you make playlists for porting actor Oscar for his portrayal of a com- each character you portray - music they passionate drug dealer. might listen to or that helps you get into Meanwhile, Ali is also preparing for first- their headspace. Are you doing the same time fatherhood with wife Amatus Sami- thing for your new role as a dad? Karim, the artist he fell in love with while Ali: There's stuff that will pop up for me studying for his master's degree at New York that makes me think of our child or the hospi- Great-grandson to reinvent iconic French restaurant University in 2000. They married in 2013, and tal, things that feel right for that vibe and the her pregnancy paralleled his rising profile. energy that you want in the hospital and he Troisgros restaurant, a veritable shrine to "It's not easy for me, because I tell myself that if I can't Michel said the Maison Troisgros decided to move The 43-year-old actor talked with The even after the baby's born... I was telling my France's haute cuisine, is pulling out of the town do things just as well I shouldn't do them at all." out of the town because it wanted more space, land to Associated Press about why he finds the con- wife the other day that, knowing my father it put on the map thanks to the three Michelin grow its own ingredients and better light. The new, vergence of his personal and professional (late Broadway performer Phillip Gilmore), T stars it has boasted since 1968. The move out of the 'Inspired by the countryside' ultra-modern restaurant in a 19th-century manor milestones grounding, the role music plays in they must have been playing a lot of music central town of Roanne to a rural village just eight kilo- Cesar's great-grandparents Jean-Baptiste and estate sitting on 17 hectares of land opens today in his performances and what he wants to do when my mom was pregnant, or like right meters away may seem modest, but to the Troisgros Marie started the restaurant in 1930 at a prime loca- the sleepy village of Ouches, home to fewer than next. The interview has been edited for clarity after I was born, because my connection to dynasty it is a sea change. "It's not an uprooting," said tion across from the rail station in Roanne, some 100 1,500 people. and brevity. music is so strong. I cling to it. I vibe out to it. I Michel Troisgros, 58, who took over the reins in 1996. kilometres (60 miles) from France's gastronomic capi- Michel, Marie-Pierre and Cesar served their last release stress to it. Music is really always close "On the contrary, we are putting down new roots." tal, Lyon. Cesar's mother Marie-Pierre said his meals at the Roanne restaurant-where one could AP: How are you juggling awards sea- to me. It's really present in my work in terms For Michel's 30-year-old son Cesar, the great- approach to cuisine is "obviously more modern than enjoy the likes of rabbit, crab and mint bisque or white son with the expansion of your family? of how I relate to characters is through grandson of the restaurant's founder who is being Michel's. He's more inspired by the countryside and asparagus with chives, walnut and saffron with lemon Ali: Having a child is the polar opposite rhythm and sound, even in their speech. groomed to head the new kitchen, Saturday's move is very involved with our suppliers." zest-on January 1. The family invested eight million experience of the awards season experience. nothing short of a rite of passage. "He will be another euros ($8.5 million) in the new establishment, which The awards-season experience ... requires you AP: What about your ultimate job - after man in another place," said Michel, whose father Pierre includes a hotel with 15 rooms. to be out in the community, in the heart of fatherhood, of course - you want to play and uncle Jean helped start the nouvelle cuisine craze Floor-to-ceiling windows give guests the impres- the community, at the nucleus of the film Marvin Gaye? in the 1960s. But Cesar "is not an heir like I was," Michel sion of eating al fresco amid sculptured steel pillars community in a really committed way for Ali: I would love to be able to connect said, praising his son's "effervescent creative powers". evoking trees. The restaurant's two wings flank a tow- about a six-month period of time. Having a with the family about that and, first and fore- "He'll run a kitchen operation of his own concep- ering old oak tree. While the lunch menu will dip in child requires you to nest, to be in your home, most, to have their blessing. Because that tion." Cesar, the second of Michel's three children, price to 140 euros from the old restaurant's 205 euros, and to create and make your home and envi- would be a dream role. I am such a fan and admitted: "I feel more at ease than I did in Roanne in a dinners will be as high as 410 euros. The family also ronment that is one that is potentially very admirer of Marvin Gaye: the man and the kitchen with more than 80 years of history." The runs restaurants in nearby Iguerande and in Paris, as welcoming and nurturing for a child. ... The musician and the artist. ... I would love dearly bespectacled young man with a short-cropped beard well as in Tokyo and Moscow. — AFP pregnancy has been a real anchor for me to to do that project and bring some aspect of like his father's began his training at the Paul Bocuse be able to check in. Marvin Gaye's life to the screen and to assist Institute along with his younger brother Leo. and participate in that. That would be a After stints with top chefs Michel Rostang in Paris, Cesar Troisgros (R) and Leo Troigros (L), both AP: You're working on Robert dream come true. — AP the Roca brothers in Spain and Thomas Keller in chef and sons of French Chef Michel Troisgros Rodriguez's big sci-fi film, "Alita: Battle California, Cesar started work at the family restaurant cook together in the kitchen of the new family Angel." Have you been shooting while all six years ago. "I'm really proud of what my parents restaurant on February 15, 2017, in Ouches, near this is going on? achieved and... what my grandparents did," he said. Roanne, central France. — AFP lifestyle SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017
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This picture taken on February 16, 2017 in Fangshan village in China's coastal province Fujians, shows Zheng Yinquan performing the 'eating flowers' ritual. Villagers in eastern China have a unique way of washing away the taint of evil spirits — by bathing in a shower of scorching sparks. — AFP
Jolie in Cambodia for Imagining a 50-year-old Kurt Cobain premiere of new film ngelina Jolie said yesterday that development in rural Cambodia. she hopes her new film about However, the Hollywood superstar Cambodia under the Khmer stressed that Cambodia's history is not irvana frontman Kurt Cobain, who defined searing "Rape Me." "His impact on songwriting was today isn't the people who listened to the group at A Rouge will help educate the world about just the war. grunge and the rise of alternative rock, that he made it okay for songs to be about painful the time. It's young people. It's funny as some of the brutality of the 1970s regime and "I hope that the young people, when Nwould have turned 50 on Monday. He emotions, angst, depression-even something as them weren't born when Kurt Cobain died 23 years shed a light on the plight of young peo- they see this film, that yes, they will learn remains an enduring cultural presence even for awful as rape," Cross said. ago," Cuesta said. ple in war zones today. "First They Killed part of their history, but I hope they also many young people-but what would he be doing if Nirvana was at the forefront of a boom in alter- My Father" is based on author and see - I hope all of you see - that this is a he were alive? The 27-year-old shot himself at his native rock, as mainstream audiences increasingly Kurt Cobain in an internet era human rights activist Loung Ung's country of talent and art and love and home in Seattle on April 5, 1994, ending his life, his listened to Seattle grunge bands who also included But Cobain-with his ragged cardigan and thick account of her survival as a child under beauty," Jolie said. Maddox worked on suffering and, at least symbolically, the grunge Pearl Jam and Soundgarden-as well as hard-edged blonde locks-may be better known for some the 1975-79 communist Khmer Rouge the production of the movie, which was movement. Rock has kept evolving since his sui- groups from elsewhere in the United States such as younger fans for his look rather than Nirvana's regime, believed to be responsible for shot on location in Cambodia in late cide yet "Nevermind," Nirvana's brutal 1991 master- Green Day and Smashing Pumpkins. Nirvana's music, Cuesta said. "Kurt's poster is in everyone's the deaths of 1.7 million Cambodians 2015 and early 2016. Jolie said that piece, is still widely considered one of the most influence can be heard in more recent bands such bedroom like Che Guevara's poster used to be, from starvation, disease and execution. Maddox is very proud of his Cambodian influential albums in history. "He remains the most as Cloud Nothings, Cage the Elephant and Fall Out even if people don't necessarily know much about Speaking at a news conference ahead heritage and that she and her children important musician of the last two decades in Boy-but also in more unexpected areas. Rap super- Che's political activities or Nirvana's music," he said. of the film's premiere, the actress- see Cambodia as their "second home." music, with an album that is still one of the last star Jay Z quoted Nirvana's breakthrough hit Cobain-whose suicide note quoted Neil Young's turned-director said she hopes the "The children are very close to the great rock records," said Charles R. Cross, who has "Smells Like Teen Spirit" in his track "Holy Grail," line that "it's better to burn out than to fade away"- movie will "remind everybody that there children who are in the film and, in fact, written three books on the artist including "Here which featured Justin Timberlake. may have hated his contemporary image. are little Loung's all around the world many of them are best friends," she said. We Are Now: The Lasting Impact of Kurt Cobain." Stan Cuesta, a French music journalist who has But what would Cobain have been like as a 50- today" in various war zones and corners "So, they're simply happy to be back with To Cross, Cobain's key contribution is opening written a book on Nirvana, said the group's fan year-old in 2017, an era when most artists feel of the world. "Her story is their story and their friends. Maddox is happy to be so this is, in many ways, universal, and back in his country." The film, a Netflix the way for songwriters to tackle a wider emotional base remains surprisingly young. "Smells Like Teen obliged to promote themselves constantly on the we hope that that is something that you original production, will be shown on range. Nirvana's songs included "Lithium," a frank Spirit" has enjoyed a recent resurgence with nearly internet and many make their music on laptops think about as well," said Jolie, who the streaming service later this year. exploration of Cobain's manic depression, and the 500 million views on YouTube. "Nirvana's audience instead of in garages? "I don't think Nirvana would directed the film and co-wrote the Jolie's previous directorial projects have been around long to begin with," Cuesta said. screenplay with Loung. include the 2015 marriage drama "By the "He said so at the time. His success was weighing Jolie has had an affinity for Cambodia Sea," in which she starred alongside This photo taken 19 February heavily on him. He would have pursued a solo since she began goodwill work for the then-husband Brad Pitt, and the 2014 1992 shows Kurt Cobain, lead career different than what he was doing at the U.N.'s refugee agency in 2001, and her survival story "Unbroken." — AP singer for the US grunge beginning." eldest son, Maddox, 15, was adopted rockers Nirvana, performing A possible sign of what Cobain would have from the country. She also has estab- at the Nakano Sun Plaza in become could be seen in "MTV Unplugged in New lished a foundation to promote social Tokyo during their 1992 York," the last recording of Nirvana which was Asian-Pacific tour. — AFP released months after his death. Recorded for the MTV series of the time, Cobain went mellow with an acoustic guitar. In addition to Nirvana songs, the session featured multiple covers including of David Bowie's "The Man Who Sold the World" and the folk standard "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?" "He would have done something softer, more acoustic. He always had this blend of pop and punk," Cuesta said. "He might have gone more experimental. One of the things that was most gratifying for him was his recording with William Burroughs," the leg- endary beat poet whom Cobain accompanied on guitar as he recited "The 'Priest' They Called Him." Some of Cobain's early recordings, made on cas- sette as he grew up in the lumber town of Aberdeen, Washington, were released in 2015 to accompany "Montage of Heck," a documentary that had the cooperation of the rocker's widow Courtney Love. Cuesta said it was possible to imag- ine a 50-year-old Cobain with a diverse solo discog- raphy that, much like Neil Young's, goes in both electric and acoustic directions. "It's a bit of a fanta- sy, but I would imagine him aging well." — AFP Hollywood star Angelina Jolie interacts with Cambodian child actress Sareum Srey Moch during a press conference at a hotel in Siem Reap. — AFP