Hajj to Go Ahead Despite Makkah Crane Collapse

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

THULQADA 29, 1436 AH

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Makkah crane collapse

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Death toll hits 107 • Accident an ‘act of God’ • Camel slaughter banned

MAKKAH: Saudi authorities said yesterday that the annual hajj pilgrimage will go ahead despite a crane collapse that killed 107 people at Makkah’s Grand Mosque, where crowds returned to pray a day after the tragedy. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims had already arrived in Makkah for the hajj, a must for all able-bodied Muslims who can aﬀord it, when the massive red and white crane collapsed during rain and high winds on Friday. Parts of the Grand Mosque, one of Islam’s holiest sites, remained sealed oﬀ yesterday around the toppled crane, which also injured around 200 people when it fell into a courtyard.
The director general of civil defense, Suleiman bin
Abdullah Al-Amro, told satellite broadcaster Al-Arabiya that the unusually powerful winds that toppled the crane also tore down trees and signs as a storm whipped through the area. He denied reports that lightning brought down the red-and-white crane, which was being used for the mosque’s expansion, or that some of those killed died in a stampede. “The speed of the wind was not normal,” he said. “There was no way for people to know that the crane was about to collapse for them to scramble,”he added.
But there was little mourning among pilgrims, who snapped pictures of the wreckage and continued with their prayers and rituals. “I wish I had died in the accident, as it happened at a holy hour and in a holy place,” Egyptian pilgrim Mohammed Ibrahim told AFP. The accident occurred only about an hour before evening Mahgrib prayers on the Muslim weekly day of prayer. Om Salma, a Moroccan pilgrim, said“our phones have not stopped ringing since

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Unified work contract to

protect rights

KUWAIT: Acting director of the manpower authority Abdullah Al-Motoutah yesterday said that the authority has approved a unified labor contract including the rights and duties of both laborers and employers as per Kuwait’s labor law. Motoutah added that the new contract form would go into effect soon as instructed by Social Affairs and Labor Minister Hind Al-Subaih with the aim of introducing executive reforms. “This unified form had been a top priority for minister Subaih with the aim of protecting both sides’rights,”he underlined.
The authority’s legal department manager Mubarak Al-
Jafour said that it was with this in mind that the new contract was worded after reviewing the opinions of relevant authorities such as Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Kuwait Labor Union, Banks Union, Industries Union, Hotels Union and the authority’s youth committee, that all approved the contract’s project, which fully observes Kuwait labor act number 6/2010, especially article 28, including the date of commencement, validity, job nature and wages in contracts.

MAKKAH: Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz (center) listens to Makkah Governor Prince Khaled Al-Faisal yesterday during a tour of the site where a crane fell inside the Grand Mosque. — AFP

India restaurant blasts kill 85

PETLAWAD, India: A powerful explosion

triggered by a gas cylinder tore through a packed restaurant in India yesterday, killing at least 85 people and wounding approximately 100 others, police said, in one of the worst such accidents in the country in recent memory. The restaurant building in central Madhya Pradesh state was being used to illegally store explosives which detonated in the blast, local authorities said, vastly amplifying its impact and destroying neighboring buildings.
“Initially we heard the sound of (ﬁre) crackers... a huge explosion took place forcing people to run for cover,” Balram, an injured laborer, told Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency from the hospital in Jhabua district. The blast in the town of Petlawad occurred at around 8:30 am local time (0300 GMT) as many oﬃce workers and schoolchildren were having breakfast in the restaurant. Photographs from the scene showed corpses covered in dust and ash lying in the

ROME: CEO and Executive Chairman of Alshaya Group Mohammad Alshaya is seen during the ceremony. — KUNA

PETLAWAD, India: A crowd gathers at the site of an explosion in this town in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh yesterday. — AP

streets alongside the twisted wreckage of

Alshaya inducted into World Retail Congress Hall of Fame

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ROME: The World Retail Conference in Alshaya, Executive Chairman of the

Pro-migrant rallies held across Europe

Messi lifts Barca, Ronaldo hits five

Rome has inducted Kuwaiti businessman Alshaya group of companies”.

Mohammad Alshaya into its 2015 hall of

“Highly respected by retailers around

fame describing the CEO and Executive the world, Mohammad has created a Chairman of Alshaya Group as “highly strong partnership approach to help respected” around the world. In its clos- drive growth not only through the ing statement received by KUNA yester- Middle East but also North Africa, Turkey, day, the World Retail Congress said that it Russia and Europe,” added the event, was “delighted to announce that the which ran from Sept 8 to 10. The Kuwaiti third inductee into this year’s World was selected alongside another four

Latin America wins big at Venice Film Festival

Venezuelan film bags Golden Lion

Retail Hall of Fame is Mohammad

Riyadh says scores of

Syrians given residency

VENICE: Venezuelan drama “Desde Alla” (From Afar) won the Golden Lion for best film at the Venice Film Festival yesterday on a night to remember for Latin American cinema. The debut feature by director Lorenzo Vigas was awarded the festival’s top prize by a jury chaired by Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron from a selection of 21 productions from around the world. The Silver Lion for best director went to Argentina’s Pablo Trapero for “The Clan”, a crime movie based on a real-life story of a prosperous family of kidnappers in Buenos Aires which has been a huge hit on home soil. American duo Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson took the Grand Jury Prize for their acclaimed and highly original stop animation feature for adults “Anomalisa”.
Italy’s Valeria Golina won the best actress award for “Per amor vostro” (For
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia said it has taken in at “some hundreds of thousands” - have about 2.5 million Syrians on religious and been granted residency status. That stahumanitarian grounds in the years since tus gives the Syrians access to work, the country’s conflict began and has schools and free medical care, according offered residency to hundreds of thou- to the statement. It said Saudi public sands, as it sought to rebut suggestions schools have accepted more than that oil-rich Gulf states should do more 100,000 Syrian students.

GUANTANAMO BAY US NAVAL BASE, Cuba: In this Dec 4, 2006 ﬁle photo, a detainee shields his face as he peers out through the so-called “bean hole” used to pass food and other items into detainee cells at the Camp Delta detention center. — AP

to address the plight of refugees ﬂeeing

The kingdom had not intended to dis-

Bid to shut Gitmo

roils US politics

civil war. The official Saudi Press Agency cuss its efforts to aid Syrians and “did not quoted an unnamed official at the wish to boast about its efforts or attempt Foreign Ministry as saying the kingdom to gain media coverage,” but felt comdoes not consider those it has taken in as pelled to disclose some figures in light of refugees and does not house them in what it called “erroneous and misleading camps “in order to ensure their dignity information,”according to the report.

WASHINGTON: The Obama administration’s struggling quest to close the US detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is mired in state and federal politics. Frustrated White House and Pentagon officials are blaming each other for the slow progress releasing approved detainees and finding a new prison to house those still held. Defense Secretary Ash Carter is facing criticism from some administration officials who complain that he has not approved enough transfers, even though 52 Guantanamo detainees are eligible. Carter’s

and safety”.

Saudi Arabia’s statement emphasized

The OPEC heavyweight is not a signa- that the kingdom has provided some tory to the UN Refugee Convention, $700 million to support Syrian refugees, which outlines the rights of refugees and including those living in Jordan and obligations on those countries that are Lebanon. Its aid included food and medparty to it. Saudi Arabia did not specify ical supplies, the establishment of clinics how many of those Syrians admitted in refugee camps, and payments to cover remain in the country, saying only that rent and living costs to families living in those who wished to stay - a ﬁgure it put Lebanon and Syria. —AP

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VENICE: Director Lorenzo Vigas holds the Golden Lion for Best Film for his movie “Desde Alla” (From Afar) during the awards ceremony on the closing day of the 72nd Venice Film Festival yesterday at the Venice Lido. — AFP

Giuseppe Gaudino. France’s Fabrice Luchini was named best actor for his role in Christian Vincent’s “L’Hermine”, which also won the best screenplay award in the main competition.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

LO C A L

MILAN: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah and Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah visit Kuwait’s Pavilion at Expo Milano 2015 yesterday. — KUNA
Caretaker of Kuwait’s Pavilion Faisal Al-Mutalaqem and Kuwait’s Consul General in Milan Haji Bukhadour present a memento to His Highness the Prime Minister.
Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled and Sheikh Khaled Al- Jarrah with staﬀ members at Kuwait’s pavilion.

Premier visits Kuwait’s Pavilion at Expo Milano

MILAN: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Al-Hamad Al-Sabah yesterday paid a visit to Kuwait’s Pavilion at and the UN proclamation of His Highness the Amir as a the international food exhibition Expo Milano 2015 which is held ‘Humanitarian Leader’and of Kuwait as a‘Humanitarian Center.’ in the Italian Capital. His Highness Sheikh Jaber was received at the venue by Caretaker of Kuwait’s Pavilion Faisal Al-Mutalaqem and nature and the success in producing drinking water and power technologies to overcome the nature’s challenges. Kuwait’s Consul General in Milan Haji Bukhadour. and the other about the ‘Humanitarian Leader,’ two folklore per- His Highness the Prime Minister was accompanied by the First

Civilized image

The Kuwaiti pavilion, themed ‘Challenge of Nature,’ shows how
His Highness the Premier meanwhile applauded the efforts of the Kuwaitis made the desert inhabitable, and continue to do so, the Kuwait pavilion team to show the world the civilized image of using education, technology, science and renewable energy to
The function featured two documentaries one about Kuwait’s Kuwait. He also spoke highly about Kuwaiti people’s use of new establish a modern, vibrant and growing community which can contribute to global development and to feeding the world.
Expo is a major international exhibition that has been held
His Highness the Premier toured the different sections of the formances themed ‘Humanitarian Center’ and ‘Post-peace Kuwait’ Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al- every five years since the 19th century. Covering 272 Acres, Expo pavilion and listened to presentations made by the pavilion offi- and a photo gallery for the ‘Humanitarian Leader’ His Highness the Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Milano expects an estimated 29 million visitors from May 1stcials about its contents, participating institutions and the message Amir. Then, Mutalaqem delivered a welcoming speech in which he Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, Chairman of the Kuwait- October 31st 2015. More than 140 participating countries are it aims to convey to the world.
After that, His Highness Sheikh Jaber attended a special func- unlimited support to the team of the Kuwaiti Pavilion in Expo the Amiri Diwan Dr Abdullah Al-Maatouq and the Kuwaiti to questions revolving around health, safety and better food tion held to celebrate the first anniversary of the UN honoring of Milano 2015. Ambassador to Italy Sheikh Ali Al-Khalid Al-Sabah. nourishment. — KUNA lauded His Highness the Prime Minister and his government’s based International Islamic Charitable Organization and Advisor at showcasing the best of their technology, which will offer answers

A member of Kuwait’s ‘Journey of Hope’ voyage greets His Highness the Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak is pictured during his tour at the Kuwaiti His Highness the Prime Minister is pictured with staﬀ members at the pavilion. Prime Minister. pavilion.

Prime Minister inaugurates

Parliament
Speaker heads to UK tomorrow

3rd E-Government Forum

‘Information Management and Security’

KUWAIT: A NoufEXPO spokesman cess of developing and implementing egy. CISCO has a strong message to “Information security is a mandatory announced yesterday that the compa- E-Government programs. EGOV3 will deliver, boosting its IT strategy. EGOV3, factor for the success of e-government ny is actively working on the arrange- witness the participation of IBM, which moreover, shall witness the participa- programs, as well as for any other elecments to hold the 3rd E-Government has led IT industry since the 1950s.IBM tion of many other global and local IT tronic systems such as banking, retail,

KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem is to visit the UK tomorrow heading a parliamentary delegation for an oﬃcial visit lasting several days in response to an invitation by British House of Commons Speaker John Bercow.

Forum - Information Management and launched its new oﬃce in Kuwait on companies. Security. EGOV3 will be held in collabo- 25th May 2015 due to its belief that and electronic payment related systems. EGOV3 shall touch upon the variration with the Central Agency for Kuwait will continue to oﬀer lucrative Information Technology (CAIT) from 15 investment opportunities. IBM has been

E-government programs

ous aspects of information security.
The NoufEXPO spokesman com- Topics will include the Need for
- 17 November 2015 at Arraya Ballroom a part of the IT industry in Kuwait since mented on this occasion: “EGOV3 will Continuous Monitoring and Security of Courtyard Marriott hotel. For the the mid-seventies. Microsoft will also be discuss two tracks that are of significant Operation and Network Forensics third consecutive year, His Highness the there with their leadership in both the importance to e-government develop- Analysis. It will try to answer tough Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al- personal and enterprise solutions space. ment services: These are information questions such as Information Security - Mubarak will patronize the event repre- Microsoft’s Enterprise Agreement with management and information security. Can Governments Win the Battle? And sented by His Excellency Minister of the Kuwaiti Government provides The Information management track After Sony’s Incident - Who Is Secure? State for Cabinet Affairs and the Microsoft with genuine opportunities to shall cover topics such as Road to Information Security is Much More than Chairman of the Board for CAIT Sheikh play a bigger role. Both FireEye and Government Data Integration and Technology Implementation, and Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah sig- Fortinet, at the forefront of IT Security Governance, Trends of Enterprise Mobile Data Security will also be disnaling a much needed and valuable solutions, will answer strategic ques- Content Management (ECM), Data cussed in detail in addition to topics official support of Kuwait’s moderniza- tions on how to protect our information Analytics in e-Government Solutions, related to Hacker Tools, Techniques, tion through a transformation into a assets. Their global IT security presence and Record Management in the e- Exploits and Incident Handling and the

During his visit, Ghanem is scheduled to meet with Britain’s Prince Charles and holds oﬃcial talks at the headquarters of the House of Commons with Speaker John Bercow. The talks will be expected to focus on bilateral relations between the two countries, especially parliamentary relations, as well as discussing the latest developments on the regional and international arenas. Ghanem is also expected to meet with senior British lawmakers and government oﬃcials. Ghanem will deliver a lecture on the sidelines of his visit at the London School of Economics on the ‘Democratic Development and Governance in the State of Kuwait.’ Ghanem’s delegation will include MPs Ahmad Al-Qudhaibi, Rakan Al-Nesef, Askar Al-Enezi and

knowledge-based society.

gives them the edge to make strong Government services. The Forum will Value and Trends of Encryption

intrusions in the enterprise IT security also shed light on the future NoSQL and Technologies.”

Strategic Participation

market. EMC, the storage technology In-Memory Database Trends and The

The NoufEXPO spokesman conclud-

NoufEXPO spokesman confirmed giant, will shed light on what is taking Paradigm Shift of the Internet of Things ed his statement by inviting global and the participation of many global tech- place in this industry sector where data (IoT). A core focus of this track is to dis- local IT vendors to make the most out of nology giants driven by the overwhelm- management, storage, and protection cuss the Structural Challenges of this excellent marketing and investment ing success of EGOV1 and EGOV2. represent essential requirements for Service Oriented Governments, and the opportunity. He invited all interested Technology vendors will, in addition to today’s ever inflating storage volumes. role of the M-Government programs.” presenting their solutions and services, CISCO, the network giant, will go furcompanies or specialists to contact the Scientific Committee or NoufEXPO at

+965 22469921 or by email address

go even further by discussing strategic ther by exploring their next generation

and sensitive issues aﬀecting the suc- networks and uniﬁed computing strat-

Information security

Marzouq Al-Ghanem

Majed Al-Mutairi. — KUNA

The NoufEXPO spokesman added: [email protected].

Babtain Foundation calls on poets to contribute to Syrian refugees’ cause

KUWAIT: The Foundation of Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain’s Prize for Poetic Creativity called Arab poets yesterday to contribute with poems describing the suffering of the Syrian people, a move to include their contribution in Ailan Abdullah Al-Kurdi’s publication of poets which he previously received. In a statement, the foundation said various Arab poets contributed to highlight the tragedy of the Syrian people, the tragic Syrian child Ailan Abdullah Al-Kurdi who drowned on the shores of Turkey, including all those men, women, and children who recently died while they attempted to flee the horror of war.
The foundation, which will be sponsoring Al-Kurdi’s publication, comes from its faith in the role played by Arab poetry. It stressed that those who wish to participate must depict the tragic events in Syria, but keep in mind future generations that would read their work. The foundation noted that participants can login to their website and fill out the form and contribute their work which will be distributed for free to public, libraries and Arabic cultural institutions. — KUNA