Hajj to Go Ahead Despite Makkah Crane Collapse
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SUBSCRIPTION SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2015 THULQADA 29, 1436 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Teacher Perry drops Socialist Martial makes explains new out of US Corbyn splash as school year presidential wins Labour Man Utd down preparations4 race 9 leadership10 Liverpool20 Hajj to go ahead despite Min 29º Max 43º Makkah crane collapse High Tide 10:39 & 23:20 Low Tide Death toll hits 107 Accident an ‘act of God’ Camel slaughter banned 05:02 & 17:25 40 PAGES NO: 16639 150 FILS • • MAKKAH: Saudi authorities said yesterday that the annual hajj pilgrimage will go ahead despite a crane collapse that Unified work killed 107 people at Makkah’s Grand Mosque, where crowds returned to pray a day after the tragedy. Hundreds contract to 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 protect rights rain and high winds on Friday. Parts of the Grand Mosque, one of Islam’s holiest sites, remained sealed off yesterday KUWAIT: Acting director of the manpower authority around the toppled crane, which also injured around 200 Abdullah Al-Motoutah yesterday said that the authority people when it fell into a courtyard. has approved a unified labor contract including the rights The director general of civil defense, Suleiman bin and duties of both laborers and employers as per Kuwait’s Abdullah Al-Amro, told satellite broadcaster Al-Arabiya labor law. Motoutah added that the new contract form that the unusually powerful winds that toppled the crane would go into effect soon as instructed by Social Affairs also tore down trees and signs as a storm whipped and Labor Minister Hind Al-Subaih with the aim of intro- through the area. He denied reports that lightning brought ducing executive reforms. “This unified form had been a down the red-and-white crane, which was being used for top priority for minister Subaih with the aim of protecting the mosque’s expansion, or that some of those killed died both sides’ rights,” he underlined. in a stampede. “The speed of the wind was not normal,” he The authority’s legal department manager Mubarak Al- said. “There was no way for people to know that the crane Jafour said that it was with this in mind that the new con- was about to collapse for them to scramble,” he added. tract was worded after reviewing the opinions of relevant But there was little mourning among pilgrims, who authorities such as Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Kuwait Labor Union, Banks Union, Industries snapped pictures of the wreckage and continued with their Union, Hotels Union and the authority’s youth committee, prayers and rituals. “I wish I had died in the accident, as it that all approved the contract’s project, which fully happened at a holy hour and in a holy place,” Egyptian pil- observes Kuwait labor act number 6/2010, especially arti- grim Mohammed Ibrahim told AFP. The accident occurred cle 28, including the date of commencement, validity, job only about an hour before evening Mahgrib prayers on the nature and wages in contracts. Muslim weekly day of prayer. Om Salma, a Moroccan pil- Continued on Page 13 MAKKAH: Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz (center) listens to Makkah Governor Prince Khaled Al-Faisal yesterday grim, said “our phones have not stopped ringing since during a tour of the site where a crane fell inside the Grand Mosque. — AFP Continued on Page 13 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 approxi- mately 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 det- onated 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 forc- ing 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 school- ROME: CEO and Executive Chairman of Alshaya Group Mohammad Alshaya is children were having breakfast in the restau- seen during the ceremony. — KUNA rant. Photographs from the scene showed corpses covered in dust and ash lying in the Alshaya inducted into World streets alongside the twisted wreckage of PETLAWAD, India: A crowd gathers at the site of an explosion in this town in the cen- Continued on Page 13 tral Indian state of Madhya Pradesh yesterday. — AP Retail Congress Hall of Fame PAGE PAGE ROME: The World Retail Conference in Alshaya, Executive Chairman of the Pro-migrant rallies Messi lifts Barca, Rome has inducted Kuwaiti businessman Alshaya group of companies”. Mohammad Alshaya into its 2015 hall of “Highly respected by retailers around held across Europe Ronaldo hits five 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, Latin America wins big 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 at Venice Film Festival Retail Hall of Fame is Mohammad Continued on Page 13 Venezuelan film bags Golden Lion Riyadh says scores of VENICE: Venezuelan drama “Desde Alla” (From Afar) won the Golden Lion for best Syrians given residency film at the Venice Film Festival yesterday on a night to remember for Latin American DUBAI: Saudi Arabia said it has taken in at “some hundreds of thousands” - have cinema. The debut feature by director about 2.5 million Syrians on religious and been granted residency status. That sta- GUANTANAMO BAY US NAVAL BASE, Cuba: In this Lorenzo Vigas was awarded the festival’s humanitarian grounds in the years since tus gives the Syrians access to work, Dec 4, 2006 file photo, a detainee shields his face as top prize by a jury chaired by Mexican the country’s conflict began and has schools and free medical care, according he peers out through the so-called “bean hole” used director Alfonso Cuaron from a selection of offered residency to hundreds of thou- to the statement. It said Saudi public to pass food and other items into detainee cells at 21 productions from around the world. The sands, as it sought to rebut suggestions schools have accepted more than the Camp Delta detention center. — AP Silver Lion for best director went to that oil-rich Gulf states should do more 100,000 Syrian students. Argentina’s Pablo Trapero for “The Clan”, a to address the plight of refugees fleeing The kingdom had not intended to dis- Bid to shut Gitmo crime movie based on a real-life story of a civil war. The official Saudi Press Agency cuss its efforts to aid Syrians and “did not prosperous family of kidnappers in Buenos quoted an unnamed official at the wish to boast about its efforts or attempt Aires which has been a huge hit on home Foreign Ministry as saying the kingdom to gain media coverage,” but felt com- roils US politics soil. American duo Charlie Kaufman and does not consider those it has taken in as pelled to disclose some figures in light of Duke Johnson took the Grand Jury Prize for refugees and does not house them in what it called “erroneous and misleading WASHINGTON: The Obama administration’s struggling their acclaimed and highly original stop camps “in order to ensure their dignity information,” according to the report. quest to close the US detention center at Guantanamo animation feature for adults “Anomalisa”. and safety”. Saudi Arabia’s statement emphasized Bay, Cuba, is mired in state and federal politics. Italy’s Valeria Golina won the best The OPEC heavyweight is not a signa- that the kingdom has provided some Frustrated White House and Pentagon officials are actress award for “Per amor vostro” (For tory to the UN Refugee Convention, $700 million to support Syrian refugees, blaming each other for the slow progress releasing Your Love), a Naples-set drama by which outlines the rights of refugees and including those living in Jordan and approved detainees and finding a new prison to house Giuseppe Gaudino. France’s Fabrice Luchini VENICE: Director Lorenzo Vigas holds obligations on those countries that are Lebanon. Its aid included food and med- those still held. Defense Secretary Ash Carter is facing the Golden Lion for Best Film for his party to it. Saudi Arabia did not specify ical supplies, the establishment of clinics was named best actor for his role in criticism from some administration officials who com- movie “Desde Alla” (From Afar) during how many of those Syrians admitted in refugee camps, and payments to cover Christian Vincent’s “L’Hermine”, which also plain that he has not approved enough transfers, even the awards ceremony on the closing remain in the country, saying only that rent and living costs to families living in won the best screenplay award in the main though 52 Guantanamo detainees are eligible.