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SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014 SHAWWAL 28, 1435 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Kuwait named Islamist Nepalese Mnandzukic third ‘most militias attempt world’s hands Atletico livable’ seize Tripoli largest human Super Cup Arab state5 airport7 flag11 record win18 over Real Egypt calls for truce in Max 45º Min 29º Gaza as fighting rages High Tide 10:44 Israeli strikes kill 10 Apartment block, mosques destroyed Low Tide • 05:07 & 18:20 40 PAGES NO: 16264 150 FILS GAZA CITY: Israel pounded Gaza yesterday with scores of air strikes, killing 10 Palestinians, mostly women and Kuwait to boost children, and bringing down a 12-storey apartment China oil exports building as Egypt called for new truce talks. Since a pre- vious round of frantic Egyptian diplomacy collapsed last to 800,000 bpd Tuesday, shattering nine days of calm, 86 Palestinians and a four-year-old Israeli boy have been killed in the DUBAI: Kuwait plans to increase the volume of crude violence. Israel on Saturday sent text messages, voice oil exports to China to 500,000 barrels a day (bpd) in mails and leaflets warning Palestinians that “every three years, and eventually to 800,000 bpd, an execu- house from which militant activity is carried out, will be tive at the state-run Kuwait Petroleum Corporation targeted” and to stay away from “terrorists”. (KPC) said yesterday. On Friday, Kuwait concluded a Israel has vowed no let-up until it can guarantee the new 10-year deal with a China’s Sinopec Corp to nearly safety of its civilians, while Hamas insists that Israel double its supplies by must end its eight-year blockade of the territory as part offering to ship the oil of any truce. At least 2,103 Palestinians and 68 people and sell it on a more on the Israeli side, all but four of them soldiers, have competitive cost-and- been killed since July 8. The UN says 70 percent of the freight basis. Palestinians who have died were civilians. “With new and Israel said it had carried out 55 air strikes over Gaza mutual cooperation yesterday and that around 64 rockets and mortar between the two par- rounds from Gaza hit Israel, with another 14 intercept- ties, there is a good sign ed, including one over Tel Aviv. The deadliest Israeli air of increasing the vol- ume of our crude oil strike levelled a home in Al-Zawayda in central Gaza, exports to China up to killing a couple, their sons aged three and four, and a 45-year-old aunt, medics said. Distraught mourners Nasser Al-Mudhaf 500,000 bpd in the next three years,” Nasser Al- gathered at the cemetery, clawing at the dry soil and Mudhaf, KPC’s Managing Director of International using their bare hands to fill the graves after laying mar- Marketing told Kuwait’s News Agency (KUNA). Under ble slabs over the bodies in the burning morning sun. the deal signed last week, KPC will initially export Neighbours said the family house had been bombed 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil, which would earlier in the conflict and that the family had returned amount to 15 percent of Kuwaiti petroleum exports to camp out in the ruins, when it was hit overnight by and estimated to be worth $120 billion. an F16. Continued on Page 13 GAZA: Palestinian men look on as a bomb from an Israeli air strike hits a house in Gaza City yesterday. — AFP Continued on Page 13 Bombs kill dozens across Iraq

BAGHDAD/ARBIL, Iraq: Bombings across ing of soldiers and Shiite militias Iraq killed at least 35 people in attacks that overnight, killing nine. Shiite militiamen Tennessee revives appeared to be revenge for an assault on a machine-gunned 70 worshipers at a vil- Sunni mosque that has deepened sectari- lage mosque in Diyala Province on Friday cursive teaching an conflict. A bomb also exploded in the as politicians try to form a power-sharing northern city of Arbil on Saturday, a rare government capable of countering NASHVILLE: Children in Tennessee will have to get attack unsettling the relative stability the Islamic State militants. used to holding a pencil again next year when new capital of the semi-autonomous Kurdish An advance by Islamic State through cursive handwriting standards go into effect in region has enjoyed. Local television northern Iraq has alarmed the Baghdad schools throughout the state. The trend around the footage showed firefighters dousing the government and its Western allies and United States is to emphasize keyboarding - a skill charred remains of a car in Arbil. A Reuters drawn US airstrikes in Iraq for the first that is included in the Common Core education journalist earlier saw a cloud of smoke, but time since the withdrawal of American standards adopted by most states. But Tennessee the source was not clear. troops in 2011. Although the air cam- lawmakers, concerned that some children do not In Baghdad, a bomber rammed a vehi- paign has caused a few setbacks for have a signature and struggle to read their teachers’ cle into an intelligence headquarters, Islamic State, they do not address the far handwriting, overwhelmingly passed a bill making killing at least eight people, police and broader problem of sectarian warfare JIDHAFS, Bahrain: A Bahraini protester holds a petrol bomb during clashes with cursive a mandatory subject in grades two through medical sources said. Near Tikrit, a suicide which the group has fueled with attacks riot police following an anti-government protest against the manipulation of four. bomber driving a military Humvee on Shiites. demography in Bahrain in this village west of Manama yesterday. — AFP Schools are expected to start bringing back the packed with explosives attacked a gather- Continued on Page 13 declining art of cursive in 2015-2016 under the new rules, signed into law this year by Governor Bill Bahrain Shiites protest Haslam. Keyboarding and print writing will still have their place, but legible penmanship will be required naturalizing foreigners by third grade. “I am surprised we have stopped teaching it in some places,” said Gary Nixon, execu- DUBAI: Thousands of Shiites protested in ity,” they said. The protest came two days tive director of the Tennessee School Board. “It’s an Bahrain yesterday against what they say are after Human Rights Watch urged Bahrain to art that is losing its form because of the keyboard.” attempts by the Sunni authorities to tip the repeal a law allowing dissidents’ citizenships For millennials, cursive is quaint and not much kingdom’s demographic balance in their to be revoked if they have been convicted of more. “It’s kind of like hopping on a Pogo stick. If you favor by naturalizing foreigners, witnesses terrorism. The law was introduced last year. can do it, great, but if not, it doesn’t matter,” said said. The Shiite opposition accuses Sunni- On August 6, a court stripped nine Cory Woodroof, 21, a student at Lipscomb University ruled Bahrain of having naturalized tens of Bahraini men of their citizenship. HRW also in Nashville who felt grade school handwriting class- thousands of Sunni foreigners in the Shiite- said that 10 other Shiites, whose citizenships es were wasted time. Also at Lipscomb, 20-year-old majority kingdom over recent years. “The were revoked two years ago, are now facing Janice Ng of Singapore said she took immersion indigenous people of Bahrain are in danger,” jail terms or deportation from Bahrain. studies in English back home but “they didn’t men- banners read, as protesters waving Bahraini Hundreds of Shiites have been arrested and tion cursive. It’s not used.” flags marched near the Shiite village of Daih, many have faced trials over their role in anti- The benefits of cursive teaching standards are near the capital Manama, according to wit- regime protests that erupted in February questionable, according to one national literacy nesses. 2011. Security forces crushed the protests in expert. “I don’t think it’s bad, but I don’t think there’s Police heavily patrolled the area but no mid-March 2011, but smaller demonstrations much of a point to it,” said Sandra Wilde, chair of the clashes were reported. In a statement read at frequently take place in Shiite villages, trig- National Council of Teacher of English Elementary the end of the protest, the opposition gering clashes with police. Bahrain is a strate- Section Steering Committee. Dedicating teaching accused authorities of “following a destruc- gic archipelago just across the Gulf from Iran. time to cursive could take time away from touch- tive policy aimed at replacing the indigenous Washington is a long-standing ally of the rul- KIRKUK: Iraqi emergency service personnel wheel a body at the site of a road- typing, a more important skill these days, she said. side bomb attack near under-construction buildings in this Kurdish-controlled people with regime supporters”. “Naturalising ing Al-Khalifa dynasty, and Bahrain is home Continued on Page 13 poses a threat to Bahrain’s security and stabil- to the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet. — AFP northern Iraqi city yesterday. — AFP Ice bucket challenge may change nonprofit world

NEW YORK: The ice bucket challenge’s phenomenal suc- the Ohio State University Fisher College of Business, who Boston man with ALS, a neurodegenerative disease that cess is making other charitable organizations rethink teaches courses in nonprofit finance. “Normally the mod- affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, did a how they connect with a younger generation of poten- el is to find people who are passionate about a cause group challenge. tial donors. Since the ALS Association began tracking the and then ask for donations or to educate people and It’s also demonstrated that the average Joe or Jane campaign’s progress on July 29, it has raised more than then seek out donations. (The ice bucket challenge is) can make waves. “One of the big takeaways is the power $53.3 million from 1.1 million new donors in what is one something that’s fun that people can do ... people are of individuals who are so tightly connected to a cause of the most viral philanthropic social media campaigns taking part in it and then taking the info and donating.” can really make a difference,” Munk said. “I’m pretty sure in history. Thousands of people, including celebrities like The viral nature of the effort surprised even The ALS that if any company or any nonprofit had all of the pub- Taylor Swift and Oprah Winfrey, have posted videos of Association. “This level of unprecedented giving is lic relations dollars in the world to come up with a cam- themselves getting buckets of ice water dumped over (something) I don’t think this country has seen before paign, we never would’ve seen this kind of success.” their heads and challenging others to do the same - or outside of a disaster or emergency,” said ALS Association Lucretia Gilbert, executive director of The Pink Agenda, donate money to The ALS Association, which raises spokesperson Carrie Munk. “We had no idea it would get which raises money for breast cancer research and KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine: Former US President money for Lou Gehrig’s disease research and assistance. to this point.” Who should get credit for making this a awareness, believes it will encourage other nonprofits to George W Bush participates in the ice bucket chal- The ice bucket challenge has shown it’s OK to be silly viral sensation depends on whom you ask. Some say it get creative on social media. lenge with the help of his wife Laura. — AP for a good cause, says Brian Mittendorf, a professor at began earlier this month when friends of a 29-year-old Continued on Page 13 SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014 LOCAL ‘Kuwait to cement cooperation Premier office denies ‘selecting ministers’ report with UN agencies’ KUWAIT: The bureau of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah emphati- cally denied that he had made a statement on “selecting Foreign minister’s visit to Geneva ‘important’ ministers.” The Premier’s Office said in a statement GENEVA: The visiting Kuwaiti First Deputy Friday that “a media outlet broadcasted remarks attrib- Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh uted to His Highness the Prime Minister on choosing Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah instructed the ministers as well as about parliamentary consent. the Permanent Mission of Kuwait to the UN “We affirm that His Highness (the Premier) made no Office and other international organizations in such statement or hint in this respect at a public or pri- Geneva to further enhance the friendly ties vate meeting and he had never touched on this issue, in with the UN agencies in keeping with the coun- general or in particular,” the statement indicated. try’s foreign policy. The office urged the media to be keen on accuracy, “The cooperation between Kuwait and these particularly with respect of citing statements or stances Sheikh Jaber organizations serves the urgent humanitarian by His Highness the Prime Minister. — KUNA Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah issues and helps address the impacts of disas- ters, whether natural or man-made, including the repercussions of bitter political events such as the aggression on Gaza Strip and the ordeal Hope Journey boosts of the Syrian internally-displaced people and refugees,” he said. Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled made the com- cultural relations ments during his meeting Friday with members PALERMO: Mayor of Palermo Leoluca extension of cooperation between Italy of the mission, including Kuwait delegates to Orlando praised the Kuwaiti “Journey of and Kuwait in cultural, economic and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the UN Hope”mission, which unveils the coun- sports fields. Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR), the try’s cultural face and adopts the issues The mayor lauded the efforts of World Health Organization (WHO), the World of the mentally disabled people. Ambassador Sheikh Ali Al-Khaled in bol- Trade Organization (WTO) and other multi- Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled inspects the premises of Kuwait’s permanent mission in the Orlando was keen to attend an official stering and deepening bilateral relations. national agencies. UN. — KUNA reception, headed by Kuwaiti For his part, the ambassador thanked He lauded the role of the permanent mission Ambassador in Rome Sheikh Ali Al- the mayor, official and non-official munity and the growing role of the Kuwaiti FM, discussed with officials from the Swiss gov- in representing the interests of the State of Khaled Al-Sabah, of the cruise of “Journey authorities, which welcomed the delega- diplomacy on the regional and international ernment and the Red Cross the importance of Kuwait, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and of Hope” at the entrance Palermo port, its tion of “Journey of Hope” for their sup- arenas. holding an international conference on the the entire Arab and Muslim nation. second stop, Thursday. port. The Ambassador said the journey fourth Geneva convention on human rights, He also instructed the country consulate in Representatives of local authorities, created a fruitful opportunity to discuss Important visit said Al-Ghunaim. He noted that the main focus Geneva to facilitate the services offered to associations interested in the mentally and exchange opinions, and proposals to Meanwhie, Ambassador Ghunaim said that on such international event was to address the Kuwait community in Switzerland including the disabled people and members of the make Palermo city a naval base to the the deputy premier’s visit to Geneva was impor- human rights violations committed by the students and tourists. Arab community were at the reception journey in the upcoming years. tant “as it has addressed some vital issues per- occupying Israeli forces against the Palestinians. Kuwait’s Permanent Delegate to the UN ceremony. Envoy Al-Khalid stressed the friendly taining to the Middle East region.” The human rights situation in Syria, Yemen, Office in Geneva Ambassador Jamal Al- On the occasion of the event which ties between Sicily and the Arab world, “Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled’s visit showcased Sudan, and Libya was also touched upon dur- Ghunem briefed Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled on the had a wide media attention, veteran which share original human values and Kuwait’s stance on issues pertinent to the Arab ing Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled’s visit, said Al- progress of cooperation between the mission politician Orlando stressed Sicily’s deep common cultural roots. world and humanitarian efforts,” Ghunaim said Ghunaim. and UN agencies and other organizations such connections and influence by Arab and He expressed desire to develop coop- yesterday. The Kuwaiti diplomat affirmed that the as the International Committee of the Red Cross Islamic and culture and civilization. eration and encourage Kuwaiti business- He indicated that Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled, results of the Kuwaiti Foreign Minister’s visit (ICRC) and the International Federation of Red Orlando said the visit of “Journey of men and tourists to travel to Sicily Island alongside other Arab officials, managed to con- will provide some valuable input for the Arab Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). Hope” mission to Palermo and Sicily, which is a “fertile land” for Kuwaiti invest- vey the Arab stance on the Palestinian cause League presidency currently presided by Following the meeting, Sheikh Sabah Al- which runs until August 25, reflects the ments. and its importance within the domain of Kuwait, adding that it will also help in Khaled inspected the premises of the perma- real image of Kuwait, which participates The ambassador pointed out the human rights. addressing the challenges facing the nent mission, the consular division, and the in solving human problems such as its cruise of “Journey of Hope” to Sicily The Arab delegation, headed by the Kuwaiti Palestinian cause. — KUNA construction works geared for the Kuwaiti com- commitment to take care of the mentally Island was a successful mission that con- disabled people, unlike the stereotypical voyed Kuwaiti message on focusing of image as an oil state only. rights, skills and possibilities of the men- He pointed out the visit and the tally disabled people and on their spe- humanitarian initiative represent an cial needs. — KUNA

PALERMO: The journey team’s reception at the port. — KUNA KAC, Boeing could sign deal next year By A Saleh later than 2016. KAC had signed a $4.4 billion deal KUWAIT: A delegation from Boeing will with Airbus last February to buy 25 air- visit Kuwait within the next two months craft in February. The purchase sparked to discuss with Kuwait Airways the pur- criticism in the local business field and chase of 10 Boeing 777 aircraft. Sources prompted a parliamentary investigation said KAC expressed interest to buy the into the contract process. Kuwait Airways planes as part of refurbishing its fleet, chairwoman Rasha Al-Roumi said at the and the delegation will visit Kuwait to time that the airline signed the deal start talks about the type of the deal, without any middlemen and managed to part of several to be started by the get a 10 percent discount during final Kuwaiti side. The sources expected the negotiations. deal to be signed in the first quarter of The Airbus planes are to be delivered next year if talks proceed well, particular- in 2019 and 2020. The purchases are part ly over price and specifications, besides of KAC’s fleet renewal program - the first Kuwait’s wish to receive the aircraft no since 1990.

Divorce highest among Kuwaitis KUWAIT: A recent report by the Ministry by Al-Anbaa daily, the number of Kuwaiti of Justice on marriage and divorce from men who married non-Kuwaiti women 2009 to 2013 revealed Kuwaitis who mar- during these five years totalled 3,043, ried during this period numbered 30,098, with 450 divorces. Meanwhile, the num- while the number of divorce cases of ber of Kuwaiti women who married non- Kuwaitis in the same years amounted to Kuwaiti men in the same period amount- 6,335. According to a report published ed to 1399 marriages, with 380 divorces. LOCAL SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014 Crime Jewelry store thief busted Report

Man questioned for sheltering runaway girl Culprit took KD 100,000 after switching cams off KUWAIT: Farwaniya detectives arrested an absconding By A Saleh police. Criminal investigators found out that the thief the suspect is wanted for smart phone robbery cases filed in Egyptian girl who fled from her family flat a week ago entered through the air conditioning ducts, and switched Saudi Arabia. A 9mm pistol was found with his possession with a citizen, who is wanted for harboring an abscond- KUWAIT: Police arrested a man yesterday suspected of the CCTV cameras off before carrying out the robbery. during search. He was referred to the proper authorities for ing girl. A security source said police spotted the girl in breaking into a jewelry store at the Avenues Mall owned Investigations are ongoing to identify and arrest the sus- further action. a mall and when they asked her for her ID, they found by a Kuwaiti lawmaker, and stealing jewelry worth KD pect. out that she was reported missing, so they took her to 100,000. MP Kamel Al-Awadhi issued a statement yester- Family injured the police station, where she said she was staying with day in which he expressed gratitude to the Interior Armed suspect Also in Saudi Arabia, six members of a Kuwaiti family suf- a citizen in his twenties and gave them his details. The Ministry for detaining the suspect less than 24 hours after Separately, a Kuwaiti man was arrested in Saudi Arabia fered injuries when their vehicle lost balance and overturned source said the suspect is being sought, while the girl the crime was committed. The theft was discovered with possession of a firearm. The suspect reportedly tried to at a main highway in the Rafha Governorates north of the was handed back to her family after signing an under- Friday afternoon when a salesmen was checking the force his way through the Khafji border checkpoint into kingdom. A spokesman of the Saudi Red Crescent said that taking of not escaping again. items in the store and found out that some pieces were Kuwait, before police managed to forced him to stop his vehi- three ambulances transferred the victims to hospitals in Ar Ar missing. The owner’s son arrived at the store and called cle and put him under arrest. An identity check revealed that and Uwaiqailah. Suspects arrested out of ‘cross-dressers party’ A security source said that a fight broke out during a noisy party held by 80 young men and cross-dressers in a Sulaibkhat area chalet. Detectives went to the site, and as soon as they arrived, the caller met them and told them the chalet is split in two parts and has two doors next to each other - the first is for his fami- ly to spend weekends and the other rented to a group of men who made it a place for their wild par- ties. He added that some of those who frequent the place seemed to be transsexuals. He told detectives that they are continually surprised by some people entering their door by mistake, and he had to admonish them several times. The source said detec- An unlicensed jakhour is bulldozed. tives were not able to enter the chalet where the KUWAIT: Inspectors issue a citation against a car rental office that used the space in party was being held because they did not have a front of the store illegally to put vehicles for sale. warrant, so they wrote down the license plate num- Armed robbery suspects detained bers and searched the area around the chalet, result- By Hanan Al-Saadoun ing in the arrest of ten people and took them to their Municipality conducts KNPC committed offices. After questioning, they were not found under KUWAIT: Two men are being questioned to providing the influence of alcohol and were not wanted in any campaigns in four areas following their arrest with possession of case, so they were asked to sign undertakings not to firearms on armed robbery suspicions. fuel to clients wander at night in places frequented by families, and KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality inspectors conducted a campaign yesterday at the Qurain According to a security source, Ahmadi police sent the two Kuwaiti young men to KUWAIT: Kuwait National Petroleum released. Markets area in Mubarak Al-Kabeer, which covered restaurants and car rental offices. A Company (KNPC) is committed to pro- total of 8 citations were issued for exceeding the shop’s area allowed as per the license. the criminal detectives after arresting them in Mahboula area. The suspects had a viding fuel products to clients according Meanwhile, Ahmadi Municipality inspectors carried out a campaign at the Industrial to their needs and certain agreed upon Four drunks detained Area of Fahaheel, during which 13 abandoned vehicles were impounded, and another weapon and ammunition with their posses- sion. quotas, said a statement by the Hawally detectives put an end to a rowdy party in a campaign to remove unlicensed jakhours (livestock farms) in Wafra and Mahboula. Company yesterday. Salmiya flat following complaints from building resi- KNPC spokesman Khaled Al-Asousi Boy reunited with family dents. Three citizens and the girlfriend of one of them told the press that the current period for Police reunited a seven-year-old child were arrested, who were dancing while drunk. The four distributing fuel products concluded with his family which lost him in were taken to Hawally detectives’ office for further action. back in July 31, noting that news in Mubarakiya. regards to the corporation failure to pro- vide diesel to some local fuel stations Lost in the desert Workmate charged for harassment were inaccurate. Police rescued a man in Salmi desert A Filipina expat accused an Egyptian of fondling her Clients should be providing their where he ran out of fuel. The man made an at work in Fahaheel. She told police that her col- needs for fuel through certain docu- league groped her at the cosmetics corner of the emergency call, and police used GPS tech- ments in order for KNPC to provide fuel store they work in. She gave police his details and he nology to locate him. He was unharmed. products, said the official, noting that is being sought to hear his side of the story. the corporation had provided 1.2 million Drug possession liters of diesel last month. Police offender A police chase resulted in the arrest of a Submitting the necessary documents citizen between Al-Naseem and Saad Al- to KNPC will allow it to send in fuel prod- A Jahra policeman complained against a woman who KUWAIT: A United States Army delegation visited the Marine Fire Area as part of the Abdallah areas. He had hashish, shabu and refused to give him her ID, insulted and threatened him cooperation protocol with the Kuwait Fire Services Department. The US delegation ucts to the clients and that is all what drug paraphernalia. He was taken to the they need to do in order to receive their then hit the police patrol while attempting to escape. was taken in a tour at different marine fire stations, where they viewed boats and proper authorities to face charges. An investigation was opened. machines used by firefighters and rapid intervention rescue units. quotas, said Al-Asousi. — KUNA SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014 LOCAL

KUWAIT: The new terminal project at the Kuwait International Airport — KUNA photos A wait in Kuwait: Mega projects face major hurdles Bureaucracy, politics keep Gulf state far behind neighbors

DUBAI: Kuwait exists in the shadow of its awards continue to dissuade foreign firms funding. M.R. Raghu, head of the published of the process was a key factor in preventing the “Access to project finance remains a hurdle, how- wealthy neighbors Qatar and Saudi Arabia in from throwing their hats into the ring in research department at Markaz, said that rates for rollout of PPP projects,” it said. ever the situation might change as credit growth has terms of international attention to its con- Kuwait. budgeted capital spending in Kuwait had been dis- gradually shown signs of improvement,” said Raghu. struction market for a number of reasons, It has always been thus in the country, appointing, at around 60-65 percent in the past two Pending issues “Recent measures by the government which many of them the fault of the tiny Gulf state where for years vast infrastructure master years, which had led to capacity constraints in the Speaking eight months since its publication, allows foreign banks to open more than one branch, itself. plans have been released only to be quietly economy and a subsequent deficit in competitive- Raghu said that challenges remain. Much work has well-capitalized regional banks after years of provi- The country has been slow to modernize shelved. Who can forget Kuwait’s plan to build ness amongst its GCC peers. now been done by the government to revamp the sioning following the global financial crisis and gov- almost all sectors of its economy, making an the world’s tallest tower - designed by archi- That said, Raghu sees recent changes in the business environment and attract investment, ernment-pledged bank guarantees for projects influx of international contractors that has tect Eric Kuhne - as part of its 2008 Madinat Al political landscape as suggesting that the situation including progress in commercial law, and a new could ease the availability of credit going forward.” In been seen in neighboring states non-existent. Hareer project, which was to see a whole new could be set to improve. New projects are not only companies law that allows for corporate structuring its December report, Markaz also highlighted a Even now, significant bureaucratic hurdles city built in Subiya? being announced, but tenders are being issued, and provides more flexibility for foreign firms. The number of positive changes that could help to end make setting up shop in Kuwait only a remote Six years on, the project has still not broken which bodes well for the future. Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority has the project finance deadlock. These included break- possibility for foreign firms - it was only this ground. “The ensuing stable political climate post elec- also recently been set up, allowing foreign firms to ing down bigger projects into smaller schemes or a year, for example, that the government A former Gulf-based construction expert tions in June 2013 has renewed optimism for a set up joint ventures. greater number or phases, developing a mechanism agreed to allow foreign banks to open more and consultant, who declined to be named favorable project execution. We believe the That said, these plans exist only at an early stage for risk sharing between government and private than one branch. due to an ongoing project in the region, renewed momentum in awarding projects will be at a time when Dubai and Abu Dhabi have been firms and even introducing project credit ratings, At the same time, a recent and much- urged caution in an interview with translated into execution phase as well,” he said. welcoming foreign contractors for decades. Labor which would, it argued, encourage more foreign reported study by Ventures Middle East Construction Week. Like other Gulf states also remains an issue. investment. claimed Kuwait’s construction market is there have been numerous cases in Kuwait of Political impact “(The) labor market faces serious challenges in Raghu said one method for speeding up deci- expected to grow by 3.4 percent in 2014, huge construction contract announcements Like many of its neighbors, Kuwait’s financing of terms moving people from cozy public sector jobs sion-making could be the setting up of a ‘mini-cabi- buoyed by $15.8 billion in government spend- for projects that ultimately never get built. its infrastructure projects will come from its oil to private sector,” Raghu said. net’ that could specifically deal with construction ing. It expects contract awards to top $17.5 “The challenge has been to see domestic reserves, but unlike its neighbors, its proximity to an It is not only moving nationals into the private and infrastructure plans. billion by the end of 2014, as the oil and gas funding for the announced pipeline,” he said. unraveling Iraq will be a factor going forward. The sector where Kuwait has issues with labor. Like its “The formation of a mini-cabinet to monitor sector - responsible for some 95 percent of Engineering consultancy Atkins recently Shia-dominated south that borders Kuwait is neighbor Saudi Arabia, it has for over a year been progress and fast track the process could aid in bet- government revenues - continues to keep embarked on a restructuring of its Kuwait (and arguably Iraq’s second-most stable province after actively trying to reduce the number of expatriates ter execution,” he said. Kuwait flush with cash. Bahrain) operations, which led to it moving Iraqi Kurdistan, but the war that is engulfing the working in the country in favor of local employees. If all else fails, there is always Kuwait’s huge gov- It points to the ongoing $698.5 million KIA staff out of the country in order to focus more country’s central areas will remain an issue for its The rationale behind this policy - which is present in ernment coffers which, said Gamble, could be used redevelopment project, which involves a huge closely on the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. neighbor. a number of Gulf states - is of trying to increase for- to fund some of the country’s ambitious plans going redevelopment of the country’s airport. The Also like its neighbors - with the exception of eign investment while pushing foreigners out of the forward - should it choose to. expansion is set to see capacity grow to 20 Massive potential Dubai, perhaps - it will be reliant on ever-volatile oil private sector, and the government said in 2013 “Kuwait runs very large budget surpluses each million people, and a second terminal built Middle East CEO Simon Moon said: “I think markets. Indeed, Kuwaiti oil minister Ali Al Omair that it would try to reduce expatriate workers by year (around $55 bilion in 2013/14), so has plenty of capable of catering for another 12 million. The Kuwait has a massive amount of potential, a told the country’s official news agency at the begin- one million within a decade. room to increase spending, it also has very large sav- ambition is to cater for 50 million once the huge amount of wealth and a huge need to ning of August that he expects oil prices to ease fol- As in other Gulf states, it is difficult to reconcile ings that can be deployed to finance project spend- expansion project is finished. do the things that other GCC countries are lowing a rise prompted by unrest in Iraq and Libya. some of the numbers. There are 1.8 million foreign ing, if necessary,” he said. Then there is the $20 billion Kuwait Metro doing. But they’ve not quite found the mecha- “Markets have witnessed a slight increase workers in Kuwait and 350,000 local employees. project, scheduled to cover more than 160 nisms to do that politically, stability-wise in recently, but this rise will not last for long as prices Even without taking into consideration the skills Funding mega-projects kilometers, as well as $10 billion for more than terms of their government decision-making. will stabilize. They have already started to ease and deficit in training local Kuwaitis to international Moon, too, believes that despite the slow pace of 500 kilometers of rail tracks. The tender “It wasn’t a matter of saying we’re not return to normal levels,” said Omair. standards in the required disciplines, demand for decision-making, the ambitious capital spending process is due to commence soon, with a view going to do anything in Kuwait, it’s just the But Omair said that the violence in Iraq, where workers will far exceed supply if many of these projects planned to facilitate economic diversifica- to the winning consortium being appointed reality of the fact that there’s no work in Islamist militants IS launched an offensive in June major infrastructure projects are progressed. tion will become a reality. in 2017 and the project opening by 2020. Kuwait or Bahrain, and there’s lots of work in that continues to advance this month on the Then there is the perennial issue of project “You ignore it at your peril,” he said. “It will hap- the UAE, Qatar and Saudi, so that’s where our Kurdish north, has not impacted crude supplies. finance. Both Markaz and Fitch have already high- pen and it has to happen.” Poor growth people need to be.” This is despite the fact that Iraq is the second- lighted the deficit in spending in Kuwait in compari- However, as neighboring Qatar has proved, even Others are less bullish. Growth, according Atkins was appointed as a designer on the largest oil exporter in the 12-nation OPEC after son to its neighbors, with the tiny state committing a government with an eye-watering budget surplus to the IMF, will remain poor, at between 1-2 Kuwait Metro project in 2008, but in the inter- Saudi Arabia. only a fraction of what the UAE, Saudi or Qatar does. can be reluctant to throw cash around when it percent in 2014 and a recent report by Kuwait im period it has finished work on the Dubai So far, said Paul Gamble, director at the sover- comes to funding mega-projects. Finance House revealed that while the infra- Metro and made greater progress with the eign group at Fitch Ratings, instability in Iraq has Banking reforms Even in the oil-rich Gulf, the financial crisis and its structure construction market is growing - set Riyadh and Doha metro projects than it has in only served to maximize Kuwaiti oil revenues by Much of the positivity going forward that the sit- repercussions are still making rulers and politicians to reach $20.5 billion in 2014 - delays over Kuwait. pushing up global oil prices, but the challenge uation is due a change in Kuwait relates to banking reluctant to loosen the purse strings. contract announcements and disputes over Another issue that needs to be overcome is remains on how to maximize the benefit that reforms, and that as the government permits a “A relatively pro-government parliament has Kuwait derives from these revenues. more fluid and deregulated system - particularly been in place for a year and there are tentative signs At the same time, government project spending with regard to international banks, which are heavi- that project implementation is picking up,” said has averaged 3-4 percent of GDP over the past ly restricted in Kuwait - the cash will start flowing. Gamble. — Construction Week decade compared to around 10 percent for most of Kuwait’s GCC neighbors, due to political difficulties in implementing projects caused by the fractious relationship between government and parliament. That said, like Raghu, Gamble remains bullish. “A relatively pro-government parliament has been in place for a year and there are tentative signs that project implementation is picking up,” he said.

Private sector challenges A great deal of Kuwait investment will, unsur- prisingly, go into the oil and gas sphere, and local media reported in August that the government was set to approve hydrocarbon projects worth between $3.9 bilion-$5.3 bilion for its 2015-2016 fis- cal year. But even if there is a break in the deadlock in either the infrastructure or oil and gas sectors, the role that contractors will play in Kuwait’s big plans going forward remains the elephant in the room. As many of its neighbors, and indeed Kuwait itself has proved, announcing big projects is easy, but if there is neither money nor manpower to build them they will end up on the shelf. Markaz released a damning report in December 2013 on Kuwait’s public-private partnership law, under which most government-sponsored projects will be built. It claimed that although the model was important, it had been received badly by the private sector due to stringent rules and regulations and limited project finance options. It was particularly critical of the unfair level of scrutiny given to foreign players, which it said acted as a hindrance instead of encouraging private sec- tor investment. This included a requirement for pri- vate sector investors to hand back a project to the government without any consideration and com- pensation. It also criticized bureaucratic hurdles. “Each stage of the project involves dealing with numerous entities in the public sector where gover- nance is behindhand. The bureaucratic complexity Concept art for the Madinat Al-Hareer. LOCAL SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014 Kuwait third ‘most livable’ Arab state Citizens, expats look for more improvement

By Nawara Fattahova Sumaya, a 36-year-old Lebanese, believes that this study is realistic, but in general, Kuwait was a better KUWAIT: The intelligence unit of Economist magazine place to live in the past. “As a Lebanese, I care for some published its annual “livability index” recently. The necessities of life that other nationalities don’t value, index crunches 30 factors spread across five areas relat- such as water, electricity and fuel. I think in this area, ed to things like safety, healthcare, educational Kuwait is the best place to live in. Stability is also an resources, infrastructure and environment in 140 cities. essential issue for me and I find it in Kuwait at the best According to this index, Kuwait ranked the third among level, as it’s mostly not available in my country. Arab countries for livability according to the above Furthermore, there is no tax in Kuwait,” she pointed out. mentioned criteria after Dubai and Doha. While these “Kuwait used to be better and cheaper. Compared to three cities have improved in livability, other Arab cities a few years ago, today I’m worried about facing increas- have declined, including Cairo, Tunis, Tripoli and es in prices. Rents have increased already, and I’m afraid Damascus. other services will as well. Life for expats in general is Salah, 30, a Kuwaiti citizen, agrees with this report becoming more difficult as salaries in the private sector and the ranking of Kuwait in the index. “I admit that where most expats work are not increasing, while prices Kuwait is better than other Arab countries and even are always hiking,” added Sumaya. some GCC countries such as Saudi Arabia or Oman in Ibtisam, 41, a Syrian, finds many services that make five criteria. But in other areas such as manufacturing, living in Kuwait very comfortable. “For instance, delivery Saudi Arabia is better. In the end, even if we were service is available for almost everything to reach the ranked first in the world, people will still complain,” he door of your house at a cheap price. Also, valet parking told Kuwait Times. is cheap. Regarding infrastructure, I think it’s good, Jun, a 38-year-old Filipino, agrees with the ranking in especially the buildings. The environment is good and some of the mentioned criteria. “I don’t agree with the not polluted as there are only a few factories in faraway infrastructure criteria because it’s poor when it comes areas. But the weather is drastic, as it’s extremely hot in to roads. Also, the environment suffers from pollution in summer and cold in winter. They need to plant more the sea, and other places need to be improved like trees as greenery is not widespread. Kuwait is also best Jleeb, where pollution and garbage is all over the place,” for families, especially since there is no moral corrup- KUWAIT: Infrastructure is an area where Kuwait needs to see improvement. — Photo by Joseph Shagra he noted. tion,” she stated. Zain strategic partner of 2014 Arab Mobile App Challenge Winners to compete in Amman, attend MWC in Barcelona

KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommunications compa- ming over the past few years, which has risen up drasti- tools used to establish small businesses. The first edition of the Arab Mobile App Challenge ny in Kuwait, announced its strategic partnership of the cally within youth. This has led to creating real opportuni- The training sessions will be followed by two key first kicked off in 2013, gathering more than 1000 partici- second edition of the Arab Mobile App Challenge ties for young individuals to enter the world of small to stages, where the first of these stages will see the partici- pants. The competition is organized by a non-profit (AMAC), the largest mobile application development medium businesses and achieving success. The compa- pants competing in the regional finals. Selected teams organization with a sole mission of advancing young competition in the region. ny’s support of this prominent competition sheds the will be flown to the Amman, the Kingdom of Jordan to Arabs’ programming skills through a series of workshops In a press statement, Zain stated that the competition light on its continuous commitment of supporting compete and pitch with other teams from all participat- and seminars on a local and regional level. is dedicated in bringing together some of the very talent- Kuwaiti talents by equipping the youth with practical ing countries. At this point, participants will have to exert It is worth mentioning that Zain is considered one of ed young entrepreneurs and students to develop innova- skills and tools and an opportunity to fairly compete, and maximum energy to showcase their talents in develop- the first companies to nurture and support young tal- tive mobile applications by captivating on their creative eventually become an integral part of the business world. ing the most creative mobile applications. From its side, ents, as well as advancing youth’s skills in areas of pro- ideas through optimum support and mentoring. The Zain pointed out that during the months of Zain will be bearing all costs related to this trip for two gramming and information technology. This was por- company spared no efforts in supporting those initiatives September and October, AMAC 2014 participants will members of the top two teams qualified to this stage trayed through several initiatives that Zain launched that expand youth’s horizons to unparalleled levels of cre- commence a journey full of excitement with the start of from Kuwait. last year, one of which was the ‘Zain Hackathon’ chal- ativity, especially in the programming and information the Acceleration stage, which will carry out a series of Zain revealed that the second and final stage of the lenge which involved designing a fully functional technology fields. physical and online based events. The events will be con- challenge will be conducted on a global level where the mobile app which uses Direct Operator Billing APIs. The Zain’s partnership of AMAC 2014 comes as part of its ducted in Kuwait, with an important acceleration work- winners of the regional competition will be sent to company additionally encouraged youth talent through Corporate Social Responsibility and sustainability shop that will be held at Zain headquarters in Shuwaikh. attend the Mobile World Congress 2015 in Barcelona, its renowned ‘Zain Great Idea’ initiative which was in strategies that spring from the company’s core belief The workshop aims at equipping participants with the Spain. At this stage, regional finalists will be able to take collaboration with IE Business School in Madrid, and that such initiatives help in strengthening its role with most essential tools and information in order for them to part in the global challenge, which is considered the Brilliant Lab. In 2012, Zain supported Microsoft’s the entire society while enhancing means of communi- excel in all challenges of the competition and learn how largest and most prominent competition in the field of Imagine Cup and called upon students in Kuwait and cation with entities that work towards adding an added to market their products. The company continued to application programming in the world. Reaching to this from across the Gulf to participate in the competition, value to society. explain the importance of this stage as it identifies addi- stage will enable regional finalists to learn from some of which empowered them to use their creative and tech- The company mentioned that the Arab Mobile App tional learning experiences by covering the principles of the world’s top experts in the communications, informa- nical abilities to create mobile applications and make a Challenge works closely with entrepreneurs and young management and secrets of business success, and the tion technology, and software fields. positive impact on society. students to develop their abilities and ideas in the field of programming and mobile application development. Through the competition, applicants are taken through several stages to reach to their target goal. The initial stage revolves around providing applicants with the essential information they need in order to seize the ideal opportunity in the real work environment. Through this comprehensive program, Zain extends its utmost sup- port to highlight the creativity within Kuwait in particular and the Arab world in general and their value to their communities. Zain went on to highlight the rising talent of program- Gulf Bank sponsors UN Humanitarian Day campaign

KUWAIT: Gulf Bank is sponsoring a program in sup- port of the United Nation’s World Humanitarian Day campaign for 2014; themed ‘The World Needs More Humanitarian Heroes’. The official World Humanitarian Day marked the beginning of a glob- al campaign, organized by the UN and its humani- tarian partners, to celebrate the spirit that inspires humanitarian work around the world. The cam- paign will continue until 24 September 2014. Gulf Bank will be raising public awareness of the campaign through its social media channels. The Bank invites its followers on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to participate by sharing tweets with the hashtag #Humanitarian Heroes. This year a first of its kind project is being launched to generate awareness around the globe. The World Humanitarian Day campaign for 2014, ‘The World Needs More Humanitarian Heroes’ aims to engage the local community and build a local movement to support a world event and become a ‘Messenger for Humanity’. The theme that has been adopted by Kuwait aims to showcase the amazing work of humanitarian heroes by opening a plat- form for various humanitarian workers from various Non-Governmental Organizations and Humanitarian Organizations to share their experi- ences and their work in the world’s worst and often forgotten humanitarian crises. Gulf Bank is grateful to those individuals that work endlessly to help people that are suffering around the world and the Bank encourages its employees to be a part of this important campaign and to spread the word of the importance of humanitarian work. World Humanitarian Day was on 19 August and has been designated by the General Assembly to coincide with the anniversary of the 2003 bombing of the United Nations Head Quarters in Baghdad, Iraq. This year marked the eleventh anniversary since that tragic day, which claimed 22 lives. For more information, customers can visit: http://worldhumanitarianday.org/en/ SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014 LOCAL

Local spotlight kuwait digest The cluster and Foreign jihadists educational headache

By Nermin Al-Hoti By Muna Al-Fuzai o start with, we must give a simple definition of what is a cluster headache? What are the Tsimilarities and differences between it and our educational issue, which we will shed the light on today. Cluster headache is one of the most painful types of headaches - it affects men more than [email protected] women. The first bout of this disease hits the patient at the start of adolescent life, and sometimes starts he US State Department has announced that 12,000 foreign late. There are no known reasons or treatment for it, fighters from 50 countries including some US citizens headed The Israeli Likud and tranquilizers are the only way that reduces the to Syria since 2011. How much do we know about these for- T Labor Party bouts. eign jihadists and the reasons behind leaving their own societies? Let’s not be fooled that they did this for the sake of Islam, seventy This is the cluster headache, and its medically wives and heaven! I think these foreign jihadists had problems in unknown reasons, and as for treatment, nobody has their societies and joining militant groups was an answer for their anything other than the tranquilizers to control the wish to move out of their societies and life. Why would these young Al-Anbaa bouts which devastate the patient. If we make a jihadists abandon their Western countries to live in a desert sur- comparison between similarities and differences rounded with death and spend the day massacring people? Most with the scholarships and certification equivalence media images do not show them living in luxury, so why did they do department, we will find that it matches it in sharp- it? Can they be saved now or is it too late? ness and pain. British and Australian officials are concerned about the involve- As for the difference - it is that reasons for cluster ment of their citizens in crimes against humanity. This simply means headaches are not known, and our department’s are they are confronting homegrown terrorism. Foreign jihadists are known, and when it comes to treatment - medicine now a problem for Arab as well as Western governments. It shows a kuwait digest cannot provide treatment for the sickness, but for dramatic failure and weakness in their domestic security. US Defense the scholarships and certification equivalence Secretary Chuck Hagel has described the Islamic State as “beyond all We’re still running in place department, treatment is available, but set aside. known terrorist groups”. We will not explain the nature of the scholarships Was it a gap in security not to monitor these people and allow and certification equivalence department, and we them to fly freely to kill innocents? Did they have problems back By Hassan Al-Essa will not get into the bouts that may lead to “educa- home, and they can now release their anger and frustration by using tional epilepsy” for its patrons because of what they savage means to demonstrate their power in front of the world and t has been over three months now since the Al-Shall ets with public funds. face from some of its employees. As for the reasons, social media? The horrific execution of US journalist Foley last week report was published as one of the strongest warn- Following a briefing about the dilemma we are living, everybody knows the reasons of our issue and the was a clear example and UK statements showed that clearly. ings to the government and those in power against the report ends up pointing out that the troika of squan- I means of its treatment, contrary to cluster headache, Australian authorities believe that around 150 Australians are cur- an inevitable economic crisis if the state continued der, corruption and mismanagement might ruin the rently fighting alongside IS militants in Iraq and Syria, making the being run with lenient policies and lack of priorities by country’s future and make speaking about any sort of because medicine failed in front of that disease country the highest foreign per capita contributor to the violence, both the government and the parliament. It seems that development a mere mirage! Foreign Minister Julie Bishop told the Australian Broadcasting Service our regime has been more occupied during the hot Who remembers that report now? Who remembers last week. “There’s a real danger that these extremists pose a threat to summer months with chasing people for their opinions, the lecture delivered by Sheikh Mohammad Al-Sabah or our security,” she said. Officials are coming up with a plan to confront legislating more laws to oppress freedom of expression the warnings made by Sheikh Salem Al-Sabah? Both of Scholarships and certifica- these fighters. The government plans to reportedly question sus- such as the e-monitoring bill and subjecting NGOs to them are out of office now, and maybe concluded their pects returning from overseas and reversing the onus of proof for the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor’s control, which political career, especially when they noticed that cor- tion equivalence department people coming home from terrorism hotspots. is, like many other ministries and government establish- ruption was everywhere and they could not remain in US Vice President Joe Biden said in an article published in the ment, starting to be a mere reflection of the Interior office turning deaf ears and blind eyes to it. As for the must get highly educated and Washington Post that he is in favor of a plan to divide Iraq into three Ministry with all its oppression and suppression. writer of the Al-Shall report, Jassem Al-Saadoun, it autonomous regions for Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds. Now I wonder if The Al-Shall report cites opinions expressed by the seems that his report has fallen on deaf ears too. experienced people, because the Sunni sector includes IS and all those foreign jihadists as their former deputy PM and foreign minister and former It has been over three months since the report’s new home. If this plan is implemented, many innocent people will Central Bank governor and finance minister sheikhs warnings saw light, and yet we have not read or heard a the nature of their work suffer and die. Iraq then will not be divided but destroyed complete- Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem and Salem Abdul Aziz single piece of news about decision-makers’ response brings higher education ly. Yes, Iraq is like a sick man now, but who says killing it is an act of Al-Sabah, when they both warned of uncontrolled that would reassure those worried for the state’s future. mercy? I believe IS is the baby of Al-Qaeda, except they now have increases in public expenditure while oil prices Dreams of its well-aware youth have turned into night- ahead of administration. become more sophisticated and aggressive. While the world was remained fixed. They both warned that the ultimate mares, burning them slowly in anxiety and worry of the focusing on bin Laden, a new generation was born and trained to result would be eroding the state’s financial reserves unknown. Aside from oppression and legal pursuit of include foreign jihadists. I think every government should put its within five years. In addition, Sheikh Mohammad cit- freedom of expression in addition to resorting to the thoughts together on how to confront and eliminate terrorism from ed the Supreme Planning Council’s report to highlight dangerous weapon of withdrawing citizenships, nothing because its causes are not known, but as far as our their homeland. Western governments must be aware that foreign the presence of corruption amongst the state’s senior else of significance happened during the hot summer jihadists are their creation and going to the roots of the matter is administrative officials and lack of legislations needed months. We are still running in place! issue is concerned, officials have the treatment and essential. to pursue those who had been filling their own pock- —Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Jarida know its causes. Scholarships and certification equivalence depart- ment must get highly educated and experienced people, because the nature of their work brings high- er education ahead of administration. The headache in my view comes when the education-seeking person goes to people who do not know the nature of foreign uni- The killing machine called ISIS versities, rather most decision makers may have the administrative experience, but lack much academic experience, and this is what we find in certification By Felice Friedson equivalence that take months for approval, and here the patron gets hit with the educational headache. ong before ISIS - the Islamic State of Iraq and tion’s activity to Iraq, but the latter openly defied his the majority of Mosul’s 25,000 Christians have been The basis of our issue is knowledge not work, and Greater Syria - released the horrific video depict- Al-Zawahiri’s diktat and continued his extravagant completely displaced from the city or killed, and here comes the cluster bouts through those who Ling the execution of journalist James Foley, the conquests. around 30 churches, some thousands of years old, moved according to the scale to take over the reins world had already become acutely aware that there Finally, in 2014, Al-Qa’ida publicly disowned Al- were desecrated or destroyed. Similar scenes of con- in that department or through the letter “W” (wasta). was no limit to the group’s brutality and ruthlessness. Tawhid, removing it from the Al-Qa’ida umbrella. Al- quest also played out in the cities of Tikrit and Advancement in science and reaching it are the foun- For months, news outlets have been presenting a vir- Tawhid then rebranded itself as the “Islamic State of Samarra. dation of that department according to our constitu- tual non-stop horror show of mass beheadings and Iraq and Al-Sham” using the historic Arabic name for At the same time, thousands of Yazidis (an ethnic tion. For example, universities Arab or foreign want the slaughter of innocents as ISIS carves out a swath of Syria - or ISIS. minority indigenous to Northern Iraq) were displaced those who they oversee and not only implement land from northeastern Syria and western Iraq upon Driving ISIS to murder and displace its own people from their homes, many brutally murdered, others rules and regulations on them, but to see their which to establish its “caliphate” - a state run strictly long after the last American soldier left Iraqi soil is the were trapped or besieged. nature and how our children can be developed and according to its extreme vision of Islamic (“sharia”) law. commitment of Al-Baghdadi and his force to The ISIS rampage is being felt beyond the growing the need of the state for the graduates. Beyond its repulsive recording of ISIS inhumanity, “Wahhabism” - the puritanical following of Allah as the borders of its caliphate and far from the Middle East. Many have spoken about our issue, and the the Foley video is demonstrative in the detail it offers one and only ruling authority, with the accompanying Utilizing modern technology such as the Internet and majority of MPs placed it in parliamentary questions, about ISIS, the organization. That the killer spoke with notion that the virtue of Islam has been degraded by social media, the organization’s global recruiting in and every day we find that the department did not a British accent is, for instance, indicative of the global the materialistic lifestyle of the 21st century. part explains the British-accented killer of James Foley. only become a headache, rather it has become a recruitment capability for ISIS fighters and the fear of Wahhabis, therefore, seek to return to the purity of the Disaffected young men from everywhere are find- malignant tumor and must be removed. Western security officials that the radical terror group Quran, rejecting any modern interpretation of Islam ing ISIS and joining its ranks, according to James —Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Anbaa is attracting adherents from nations including France, while emulating the 6th century lifestyle of the Lewis, senior fellow at Washington’s Center for Britain and the United States, some of whom will pre- Prophet Mohammed. For the fighters of ISIS, the Strategic and International Studies. He explained to sumably return home at some point and turn their choice presented to those it has vanquished - whether The Media Line that the group attracts Muslims and kuwait digest weapons and killing experience on their own country- Sunni, Shiite, Christian or any other belief - is to con- others, “a real mix; most dangerous to Western nations men. vert or be killed. because they blend in so easily. This is of particular Who are the people behind this video? How did the On June 29, ISIS proclaimed the formation of an concern to the United States and to European coun- How well are you? Islamic State, in an age of so many extremist terror autonomous Caliphate in the regions it has conquered tries.” groups, come to occupy such a pre-eminent role in According to Ghaffar Hussain, managing director of the Middle East? the Quilliam Foundation, “At least 2,000 Europeans The roots of the Islamic State can be traced back to Beyond its repulsive have joined the ranks of ISIS — estimated at about By Tareq Boresli the American invasion of Iraq in 2003. As the United 11,000 — including 900 from France; 500 from the he other day, I met a friend I hadn’t met in a long States launched “Operation Iraqi Freedom,” aimed at recording of ISIS inhu- United Kingdom; and the rest from Holland, Denmark, while. I immediately started inquiring about how toppling Saddam Hussein’s regime, more and more Sweden and Norway. Most are of Muslim descent or The was doing and the latest news, and ended my local insurgency groups began to emerge in an manity, the Foley video connected to Islam.” enquiries by a question about his health. “How well are attempt to confront the invading Western forces. One The fear is that untold numbers of Western nation- you?” I asked. It seems that my question touched him such group was Jamaat Al-Tawhid Wa Al-Jihad, led by is demonstrative in the als who are trained by ISIS and fight alongside its min- deeply because as soon as he heard it, he started sadly Abu Musaab Al-Zarqawi, a radical Islamic terrorist ions will return home and direct their newly-honed talking about health services in Kuwait, saying that reported to have been intricately involved in the detail it offers about propensity for violence inward. though some of them were of a high level, we still need September 11 attacks in New York and Washington. Experts approached by The Media Line were of the more to be done to solve the problems and handle the Under his auspices, Al-Zarqawi gathered a few small ISIS, the organization. opinion that there is only a military solution to the ISIS obstacles any official would be incapable of solving. insurgency groups together to form Al-Tawhid. One threat. “The future of the Islamic State,” Joshi from RUSI Naturally enough, my friend did not see the bright year later, in 2004, the group pledged its allegiance to concludes, “depends on whether or not someone will side and was not interested in mentioning it on grounds Al-Qa’ida, becoming its local franchise in Iraq. and named Al-Baghdadi as its “Caliph.” Dropping the be willing to take it on militarily - be it the Iraqi Air that health officials, who are responsible for this signifi- By April 2011, the group, now called “Al-Qa’ida Iraq,” repetitive “IS” and becoming simply “Islamic State,” — Force, the Arab states, NATO, the U.S., or a combina- cant sector, are well paid to do that and provide the best was headed by Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, having replaced the name change signaled the organization’s larger tion of some of them.” He added that “if there is a coali- health services possible. He argued that the hardest task these officials need to face nowadays was to work on Al-Zarqawi and his successor, Egyptian-born Abu Ayub goal of taking over the entire Middle East. tion to support the central Iraqi government in solving health problems as soon as possible. He talked Al-Masri, both of whom had been assassinated in “ISIS is taking a multipronged approach, it strikes Baghdad, both diplomatically and militarily, then the about the lack of hospitals in Kuwait. “Do you believe American air strikes. multiple opponents in multiple directions at once, and Islamic State may be contained”. that the most recent hospital in Kuwait was built in...”, Under Al-Baghdadi’s rule, the organization began doesn’t work in a linear fashion,” Shashank Joshi, a sen- Ghassan Hussein agreed. “ISIS is not an organiza- and failed to remember the year but noted that it was following its perceived Islamist imperatives of con- ior research fellow at the Royal United Service Institute tion that can be negotiated with and therefore only a long enough and this was part of the problem. He also quering territories and imposing Sharia (Islamic reli- (RUSI) in London told The Media Line. “It is trying to military solution can solve this,” he said. said that the long queues and long waiting lists were gious) law upon them, all of which is designated to spread wherever it can and in any direction it can.” Despite the many uncertainties regarding the due to lack of hospital beds, and maybe some equip- form part of its “Caliphate” - a Muslim empire. At first, On July 18, following the annexation of the Iraqi group’s future, one thing remains clear: from a small ment as well. Al-Baghdadi focused on subjugating parts of Iraq; but city of Mosul into the Islamic State, Al-Baghdadi’s insurgent group formed over a decade ago to fight He went on to say that updating and increasing the later, following the Arab Spring of 2011 and the onset forces issued an ultimatum to its 2,000-year old Western forces in Iraq, the Islamic State has grown number of the present equipment was another problem of its civil war, became determined to take over parts Christian community and threatened its members to today into an organized army, conquering, murdering in addition to training and developing the services. of Syria as well. convert to Islam or evacuate the city within 24 hours. and displacing anyone who defies its rule along the “Doing so we might stop sending people for treatment Despite its shared Islamist, Jihadist ideology, Al- According to various eyewitnesses, ISIS militiamen way. abroad and save millions of the state budget that can be Qa’ida chief and Osama Bin Laden successor Ayman drove across the city’s streets, marking all Christian From the Iraqi city of Mosul to the Lebanese city of used to develop other lines and kinds of services,” he Al-Zawahiri did not like Al-Tawhid’s competitive incur- property and residences with the Arabic letter “Nun,” Arsal, the Islamic State is on a constant expansion - said. At this point, I felt that I could not take it anymore sion into Syria where he was already operating a sepa- which stands for “Nassrani” (“Christian” in Arabic). becoming a tangible threat not only to Iraqis or and deliberately changed the subject before leaving him deep in thought and kept telling myself, “I wish I hadn’t rate franchise there called the “Al-Nusra Front.” Al- Christians were forced to leave their homes barefoot Syrians, but also to those in Europe and the United asked him that question!” Zawahiri insisted that Al-Baghdadi limit his organiza- while militiamen looted their belongings. As of today, States. —The Media Line —Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Anbaa Ferguson protests mark 2 weeks since shooting

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014 Islamist militias take Tripoli airport Renegade Libyan planes attack capital again TRIPOLI: Islamist fighters in the Fajr Libya Gaddafi. (Libyan Dawn) coalition said yesterday they have captured Tripoli airport after 10 days Mystery Aircraft of clashes with nationalist militiamen. A Media and political circles are full of the statement shown on screen on An-Nabaa wildest theories about the mystery aircraft. television, regarded as close to the Islamists, Some speculate about Western interven- said: “Fajr Libya announces that it totally tion, but France, Italy and the United States controls Tripoli international airport.” The have all denied involvement. The Islamists strategic site 30 km south of the Libyan cap- do not rule out foreign aircraft acting at the ital, has been shut since July 13 amid skir- behest of the Libyan government, after the mishes between the Islamists and national- new parliament elected on June 25 called ist fighters from Zintan west of Tripoli, who for foreign intervention to protect civilians. had held the airport since the 2011 fall of Others suggest the trail leads towards long-time dictator Muammar Gaddafi. neighbouring countries, in particular Egypt, Earlier, the air force of Libya’s renegade where new President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi is general Khalifa Haftar yesterday attacked hostile towards Islamists. Authorities in positions of the Islamist-leaning militia in Cairo have refused to comment. Algeria to Tripoli for the second time in less than a the immediate west has repeatedly said it week, one of his commanders said. Fajr will not get involved in Libya. Libya mainly from the town of Misrata, said Meanwhile, some sources in Libya say the raids had killed 10 people and wounded Haftar has acquired Sukhoi jets from Russia dozens. Haftar launched a campaign capable of carrying out such raids. Another against Islamists in the eastern city of theory is that the embattled Zintan fighters Benghazi in May. He threw his weight have hired mercenaries and aircraft from an behind fighters from Zintan who are bat- unknown army to launch the raids. tling militia from the town of Misrata, east of Tripoli. Flights In the 2011 NATO-backed campaign to Prime Minister Abdullah Al-Thani called oust Gaddafi fighters from Zintan and on Egypt and Tunisia to open its airspace Misrata were comrades-in-arms but they again for flights to western Libya. Both later fell out and this year they have turned countries had cancelled most flights to parts of Tripoli into a battlefield. Residents Libya for security reasons after the air heard loud explosions early in the morning strikes, cutting off a vital link to the outside near the main airport where the two groups for Libyans and foreigners fleeing fighting. have been fighting for control for more “This has a negative impact on movements than a month, in the worst fighting since of Libyan citizens and puts an additional the overthrow of Gaddafi. burden on all people,” Libya’s embassy in TRIPOLI: A picture taken on Aug 17, 2014 shows a man wearing military fatigue using a machine gun mounted on a truck during fighting Local television channel Al-Nabaa said Cairo said in an statement. Libya has used between rival militias around Tripoli international airport. — AFP planes had attacked four positions of Fajr the small Matiga airport in Tripoli for civil- Libya. Mohamed Gharyani, spokesman for ian traffic since the main airport was turned Fajr Libya, said also hit were buildings of into a battlefield last month. The tower, state oil firm Al-Waha near the airport road runway and at least 20 aircraft have been and the chief of staff headquarters under damaged, officials have said. When flying control of his forces. Haftar’s air defence into Matiga, passengers can sometimes see commander, Sager al-Jouroushi, told smoke rising from battles in and around Reuters that the general’s forces were the main airport. responsible for the attack. Haftar’s forces The violence has prompted the United also claimed responsibility for air raids on Nations and foreign embassies in Libya to Fajr Libya positions in Tripoli on Monday. evacuate their staff and citizens, and for- After those raids Libyan TV channels specu- eign airlines largely stopped flying to Libya. lated that the country’s neighbours might Tripoli has largely slipped out of control of be behind the attacks. the government, with senior officials work- Western countries and Egypt, worried ing from Tobruk in the far east, where the about Libya becoming a failed state and new parliament has based itself to escape safe haven for Islamist militants, have the violence in Tripoli and Benghazi. Libya’s denied any involvement. The Libyan gov- central government lacks a functioning ernment has said it does not know who is national army and relies on militia for pub- responsible for the air attacks. The North lic security. But while these get state African oil producer has been in chaos as salaries and wear uniforms, they report in the weak government is unable to control practice to their own commanders and former rebel factions which helped topple towns. —Agencies Jihadists release video of captured Lebanon troops BEIRUT: Al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate ists who pose a threat to Lebanon as released a video yesterday showing well. The Hezbollah fighters have been Lebanese policemen and a soldier cap- instrumental to Assad’s success on the tured by the group earlier this month battlefield, and support from the Iranian- during the most serious cross-border backed group appears to have tipped attack since Syria’s conflict began more the balance in the government’s favor - than three years ago. The captives said especially in areas along the Lebanese they will be killed if Lebanon’s militant border and near the Syrian capital of Hezbollah movement, which backs Damascus. Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, does Meanwhile in Syria, attacks by Muslim not withdraw its fighters from Syria. The extremists against an army air base in the Al-Qaeda-branch known as Nusra Front country’s north failed to break through is also demanding the release of fortifications, activists and state media detainees held in Lebanon, some of said. They added that the Islamic State whom were charged in connection to group lost “many” fighters in the battle bombings that killed and wounded around Tabqa air base that began on dozens of people over the past year, Wednesday, although they did not give according to Lebanese media. specific numbers. Syrian state TV aired a Lebanon’s Association of Muslim report from the Tabqa air base, the last Scholars, a group of Sunni clerics, has government-held post in the province of been trying to mediate a deal to release Raqqa, showing the army in control and the captives. The video showed nine the bodies of several dead men believed bearded men, eight of them in police to be Islamic State fighters spread out in uniforms and one wearing military an open area. Syrian warplanes were fatigues. Lebanese army commander shown taking off from the base to attack Jean Kahwaji told An-Nahar newspaper Islamic State positions. “We killed large that 20 soldiers remain missing. He numbers of them,” an officer told the TV, defended his command decisions from vowing to regain all parts of Raqqa. “We criticism by local media, saying the sol- will only rest when we liberate all parts diers’ posts in border areas had been of Raqqa.” reinforced before the attack. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory Other soldiers and policemen are for Human Rights said the army crushed believed to be held by other rebel the latest offensive on the base that groups who took part in the Aug 2 attack began Friday night with a suicide truck on the Lebanese border town of Arsal, bomb. The Observatory’s chief, Rami which is home to tens of thousands of Abdurrahman, said that since the attacks Syrian refugees. The video, released by on the base began early Wednesday, Nusra Front’s media arm, Al-Manara al- nearly 100 Islamic State fighters were Baydha, appeared genuine and corre- killed and over 350 wounded. sponded to other AP reporting of the Abdurrahman said government forces events. Syria’s civil war has spilled over were flying more troops into the base, into Lebanon on multiple occasions and while the Islamic State was bringing rein- inflamed sectarian tensions in the tiny, forcements from nearby Syrian regions multi-confessional country. Lebanese as well as Iraq, where they control large Sunnis tend to support the Sunni rebels swaths of territory. while Shiites mainly back Assad. The group said Syrian warplanes Hezbollah, which openly joined the attacked a hospital in the nearby town of war in Syria last year, is not likely to Tabqa, killing at least three staffers respond to the pleas of the captured including a doctor. The Raqqa Media troops, who appear to be speaking Center, an activist collective, also report- under duress. Hezbollah leader Hassan ed the air raid on the hospital, saying a Nasrallah has vowed to keep his fighters doctor was killed. The UN says more than in Syria as long as needed, portraying the 191,000 people have been killed since war as a struggle against Sunni extrem- Syria’s crisis began in March 2011. — AP INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014 Puerto Ricans flock to US as island crisis worsens

MIAMI: The island of Puerto Rico is University professor and expert on depopulating, as residents stream to Puerto Rican migration. Between 2000 the US mainland fleeing the island’s and 2010, there was an unprecedented economic crisis and political gridlock 2.2 percent population drop after near- in search of jobs. Since 2009, more ly a century of growth, Duany told AFP. Puerto Ricans have been living on the Forty-two percent of those who leave American mainland than on the Puerto Rico say they are looking for a northeastern Caribbean US-territory, a job, according to Pew Hispanic. Census trend that has accelerated in the years figures suggest that the depopulation since, according to census figures trend will continue at least until mid- compiled by the Washington-based century. Pew Hispanic Center. In 2012, some As a result, the island’s population is 4.9 million Puerto Ricans lived in one ageing, decreasing the productive of the 50 US states or the US capital, population and forcing an ever smaller while the island had a population of number of working people to fund the 3.5 million, according to the study out tax and retirement system. In 2010, the this week. percentage of the population older Furthermore, Puerto Rico lost than 65 in Puerto Rico was higher than another 144,000 people between 2010 the United States and every Latin and 2013. “We are seeing the biggest American country except Cuba, Duany outmigration from Puerto Rico to the said. Neither does the drop in the birth CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi (right) meets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the presidential palace yesterday. — AP US that we’ve seen since at least the rate help. On average, there are 1.7 1950s,” during the US economic boom, children per woman on the island, said study author Mark Hugo Lopez. “It below the level of natural reproduc- looks like the island is on a long run tion. “At that level, it’s impossible for Hamas backs push for ICC cycle of population decline.” the Puerto Rican population to grow,” Duany said. Unprecedented Population Drop The United States seized Puerto Vicious Cycle Gaza war crimes probe Rico from Spain in a 1898 war. The hemorrhage not only includes Residents of the Caribbean island are professionals but also blue-collar work- US citizens, serve in the military and ers and unskilled laborers, said Kurt have US passports, but cannot vote in Birson, researcher Center for Puerto Palestinian bid could expose Israel, Hamas US presidential elections. The self-gov- Rican Studies at Hunter College in New erning territory’s sole representative in York. “They contribute to the decline of GAZA: Hamas leaders said yesterday they had Hamas has committed war crimes by both firing since it launched its offensive, which is intended the US Congress is a non-voting dele- the economy,” Birson said. A report by given their consent for the Palestinians to join thousands of rockets indiscriminately at Israeli to end the militants’ rocket fire. The United gate in the House of Representatives. the Institute of Statistics of Puerto Rico the International Criminal Court (ICC), a move towns and cities and by using Gazans as human Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) said yesterday However, island residents pay no feder- said that a quarter of the island’s gross that could open up both Israel and the militant shields. A statement from the office of Prime at least 480 Palestinian children had been al income tax. Two parties dominate domestic product was lost between group to war crime probes over the fighting in Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not directly reported killed. Israel says it does its utmost to the political scene - one favoring state- 2006 and 2011 because of the exodus. Gaza. Moussa Abu Marzouk, a Hamas leader address the Hamas move, but it quoted the avoid civilian casualties in Gaza. On the Israeli hood, and the other seeking the “This is a vicious cycle,” said Edwin based in Cairo, said he had signed a document Israeli leader as telling UN Secretary General side, 64 soldiers and four civilians have been island’s commonwealth association Melendez, head of the Center of Puerto Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says all Ban Ki-moon Hamas was guilty of such crimes. killed in the fighting. There is little sign of the with the United States. A third, smaller Rican Studies at Hunter College. “If the factions must endorse before he proceeds with “Hamas hides behind the people of Gaza and Gaza conflict ending. party favors independence. population drops, there is less the ICC push. If the Palestinians were to sign the fires at Israel with the aim of carrying out mas- Malki says the Palestinian Authority’s current The two main parties have almost demand, and if there is less demand, ICC’s founding treaty, the Rome Statute, the sacres of its civilians. That is a double war crime UN status, upgraded to “non-member state” equal representation in the legislature, there is less economic activity, and less court would have jurisdiction over crimes com- ... while Israel does not deliberately harm civil- from “entity” by a vote of the General Assembly mitted in the Palestinian territories. ians,” the statement quoted Netanyahu as say- in 2012, qualified it to become an ICC member and have clashed fiercely over how to work, and people leave.” An investigation could then examine events ing in the telephone call on Saturday. and a decision on whether to apply could hap- improve the anemic economy. The Melendez suggested the situation as far back as mid-2002, when the ICC opened Both Israel and Hamas defend their military pen very soon. As neither Israel nor the massive outflow of population coincid- would “eventually” get resolved, but with a mandate to try individuals for war crimes, operations as consistent with international law. Palestinians are ICC members, the court current- ed with an economic crisis that began when that would happen and how crimes against humanity and genocide. In a meeting with ICC prosecutors this month to ly lacks jurisdiction over Gaza. This could be in 2006, when a federal tax exemption many people would remain is unclear. Explaining the Islamist group’s decision to push for an investigation, Palestinian Foreign granted by a UN Security Council resolution, but expired on local manufacturing, The population movement has also sign, Hamas official Mushir Al-Masri told Minister Riad al-Malki said there was “clear evi- Israel’s main ally, the United States, would prob- including food products, chemicals changed parts of the United States, Reuters: “There is nothing to fear, the Palestinian dence” of war crimes by Israel during its offen- ably veto any such proposal. and machinery. especially Orlando, Florida, which has factions are leading legitimate resistance in sive in Gaza launched on July 8. Hamas, which Membership of the ICC opens countries to Unemployment jumped to 13.1 per- become the main destination for keeping with all international laws and stan- dominates Gaza, is shunned by Israel and the investigations both on their behalf and against cent in June of that year on the island, Puerto Ricans. Orlando, home to major dards.” “We are in a state of self-defence,” he West as a terrorist group. The Islamist group’s them. Several powers, including the United according to official figures, more than amusement parks, is expected by the added. At a news conference in Cairo earlier founding charter calls for the destruction of the States, have declined to ratify the ICC founding double the 6.1 percent at the same end of the decade to surpass New York yesterday, Abbas said he had asked all factions Jewish state. treaty, citing the possibility of politically moti- time on the US mainland. as being the home to the largest con- to join the ICC bid, adding: “There will be results vated prosecutions. The ICC is a court of last The exodus “has intensified,” said centration of Puerto Ricans on the for them joining.” Heavy Death Toll resort, meaning that it will only intervene when Jorge Duany, a Florida International mainland.—AFP There was no immediate comment from Palestinian health officials say 2,078 people, a country is found to be unwilling or unable to Israel, which is also not an ICC member. It says most of them civilians, have been killed by Israel carry out its own investigation. — Reuters Yemen govt offers to resign to end protests SANAA: Yemen’s government offered yesterday to resign within a month and to review an unpopular decision to cut fuel subsidies, in an attempt to end protests by the Shi’ite Houthi movement, a government source told Reuters. Tens of thousands of Yemenis massed in the capital Sanaa on Friday in a protest called by the Houthis to demand the government’s resignation and a reversal of the subsidy cuts. The rally came at the end of a week of demonstrations that have piled pres- sure on President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who has struggled to keep order in the US-allied country which borders major oil exporter Saudi Arabia. The source, who is from Yemen’s presidential committee, said officials had handed to the Houthis a draft proposal that includes an offer to form a new government within a month SANAA: Yemeni Shiite Houthi rebels chant slogans demanding the govern- and to set up an economic committee ment step down during a demonstration in a street leading to the Interior to review the fuel subsidy issue. “This Ministry yesterday. — AP proposal will take effect in exchange for the Houthis removing their camps from Sanaa, they can either respond or leave the capital if negotiations fail,” Germany spying on said the source. There was no immedi- ate response to the offer from the Houthis, who have been fighting for Turkey since 1976 years for more power for their Zaydi Shiite sect in north Yemen. BERLIN: Germany’s foreign intelli- rassment for Angela Merkel’s govern- However another source from the gence agency has been spying on ment which faces accusations of presidential committee told Reuters Turkey for nearly four decades, Focus hypocrisy because of its outrage over that they had received a positive magazine said yesterday in a report allegations of widespread surveillance response from the Houthis and were which could raise tensions further by the United States on Germans, to hold a final meeting with them later between the NATO allies. The details including the tapping of the chancel- yesterday. “We will meet with them about the duration of possible surveil- lor’s phone. However, conservative again tonight and the signing of lance and on the decision-making sur- lawmaker Hans-Peter Uhl told Focus agreement will be tomorrow morn- rounding it go further than first there were “good reasons” for the BND ing,” said the source. Public anger over reports earlier this week. Turkey sum- to bug Turkey. He cited human traf- the subsidy cuts has helped bring moned Germany’s ambassador in ficking, drugs and terrorism as issues Ankara on Monday after media of concern and his comments chime people onto the streets, demanding reports that Berlin had identified with the views of many German politi- participation in a future government Ankara as a top target of surveillance cians. “We need to know what is com- as the majority Sunni country moves in a government document from 2009 ing to us from EU-applicant Turkey,” towards a federal system that and had been spying on Turkey for Focus quoted him as saying. devolves more power to regions. years. Germany is Turkey’s largest trading On Friday, the movement set up Focus magazine said the BND intel- partner in the European Union and tents near the interior, telecommuni- ligence agency had been spying on home to at least 3 million Turks. But cations and electricity ministries in a Turkey since 1976 and that German relations are not always smooth. side street that leads to Sanaa’s air- government under the then Social Merkel’s conservatives are sceptical port, saying they would stay until their Democrat chancellor Helmut Schmidt about Turkish EU membership. In demands were met. had expressly approved the step. The response to media reports about US Yemenis are unhappy about the magazine also cited government spying in Germany, Merkel has said government’s decision in late July to sources as saying the BND’s current spying among friends is “not at all cut energy subsidies to reduce its mandate to monitor Turkish political acceptable”. In a public spat which budget deficit, a move which led to a and state institutions had been chilled relations between Berlin and rise in fuel prices. The government agreed by a government working Washington, Germany told the top US spent about $3 billion on subsidies group. That included representatives spy in Germany to leave earlier this last year, nearly a third of state rev- of the chancellor’s office, the defence, year after a double agent at the BND enues. A previous attempt to cut sub- foreign and economy ministries. A was unearthed. Der Spiegel magazine sidies, in 2005, led to unrest that left spokesman for the German govern- reported that the BND has also target- about 20 people dead and more than ment declined to comment on the ed Albania, another member of NATO, 200 wounded. The reform was can- report. The report is a further embar- for surveillance. — Reuters celled. — Reuters INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014 Cop brands Ferguson protesters ‘rabid dogs’

FERGUSON: A police officer in Missouri was suspended Friday after he used Facebook to lash out at protesters condemning the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer. A second officer in the Midwestern state was taken off the beat pending an internal review over a YouTube video in which he boasted about being a Jesus-loving “killer”. Meanwhile, some 150 demonstrators returned to the streets of the St Louis suburb of Ferguson at sunset Friday to demand justice for the Aug 9 death of Michael Brown. Funeral services for the 18-year-old - whose shooting in broad daylight has renewed a national debate about race and law enforcement in America - are set for tomorrow. Police kept a low profile, in sharp contrast to previous nights when tear gas and rubber bullets were used to disperse hundreds of pro- testers demanding that Darren Wilson, the officer who shot Brown, be charged with murder.

Contempt for Protesters The police department in Glendale, another St Louis sub- urb, said Friday it had suspended one of its officers who had expressed contempt for the Ferguson protesters on his Facebook account. “I’m sick of these protesters. You are a bur- den on society and a blight on the community,” wrote Michael Pappert, in one of at least five posts that have gone up since Sunday. “These protesters should have been put down like a rabid dog the first night,” he added. In a reference to the Boston Marathon bombing, he also wrote: “Where is a Muslim with a backpack when you need them.” The Glendale Police Department, in a statement, said it suspended Pappert upon learning about the posts on Friday. It also cancelled a neighborhood block party for fear it might be disrupted by protesters. “The matter is being taken very seriously and a thorough internal investigation will be con- ducted to determine why the posts were made,” it said.

Views not Shared It stressed that Pappert’s posts were “absolutely” not shared by the Glendale police or city government. The suburb of 6,000 is 97 percent white. Press photographers recognized FERGUSON: Demonstrators protest the death of Michael Brown on Friday. — AFP Pappert as one of hundreds of St Louis area police officers called into Ferguson as crowd-control reinforcements. One photographer remembered seeing him threatening journal- Ferguson protests mark ists with a night stick. “He was ready to swing at us,” he recalled. On Wednesday, Ray Albers, a police lieutenant from another St Louis suburb, St Ann, was suspended after he pointed a semi-automatic assault rifle at Ferguson protesters and, using obscene language, threatened to kill them. His 2 weeks since shooting conduct was captured in two videos that promptly went viral on YouTube. Meanwhile, St Louis County Police said Friday it was Streets stay calm after violent nights opening an internal investigation into an officer assigned to Ferguson who, in a 2012 YouTube video, styled himself as a FERGUSON, Missouri: Demonstrators in Ferguson, Missouri, tion of the shooting. A grand jury of three blacks and nine would consist of “trying to prevent what is a criminal element ruthless killer. “I personally believe in Jesus Christ as my lord yesterday marked two weeks since a white police officer shot whites began hearing evidence on Wednesday in a process from coming in on top of us.” Police came under sharp criti- savior, but I’m also a killer,” said Dan Page, a 35-year veteran of dead an unarmed black teenager, while authorities reported the county prosecutor has said could run until mid-October. cism, especially in the first days of demonstrations, for arrest- the force, who was speaking to a group called the Oath no arrests overnight among the pockets of protesters who On Friday, hundreds of demonstrators marched, chanting ing dozens of protesters and using heavy-handed tactics and Keepers of St Louis and St Charles. marched and chanted in intense heat. The St Louis suburb has “hands up, don’t shoot” near where Brown was shot. Groups of military gear widely seen as provoking more anger and vio- had three consecutive relatively calm nights after daily turmoil protesters numbering about 20 to 30 each marched up and lence by protesters. ‘It’s that Simple’ since Michael Brown, 18, was shot by Ferguson officer Darren down the streets. About 100 protesters, marshaled by volun- In addition to local activists and clergy, a contingent of “And if I need to, I’ll kill a whole bunch more. If you don’t Wilson on Aug. 9. Authorities have reported barely a dozen teers from the clergy, made their way to a parking lot across US civil rights workers and community activists from want to get killed, don’t show up in front of me. It’s that sim- arrests over the last three nights, in contrast to dozens on pre- from the town’s police station, where they prayed and chant- Georgia, Florida, Detroit and elsewhere have set up shop in ple,” he said. “I’m into diversity - I kill everybody. I don’t care,” vious nights as police clashed with demonstrators in unrest ed while about 20 officers stood in a line outside. Ferguson and say they plan to remain in town for an added Page, who also made disparaging remarks about that has focused international attention on often-troubled US “Tonight’s lack of conflict is further proof that good things extended period. Part of their agenda is working on ways to President Barack Obama, the US Supreme Court, Muslims and race relations. are happening in Ferguson,” Missouri Highway Patrol Captain improve Ferguson, a community of 21,000 that is about 70 homosexuals. St Louis County police chief Jon Belmar told the Authorities remain braced for a possible flare-up of civil Ron Johnson told reporters early yesterday. The National percent African American but where almost all the police St Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper he was “deeply disturbed” disturbances ahead of Brown’s funeral on Monday. Supporters Guard on Friday began a gradual withdrawal from Ferguson. and local politicians are white. They are conducting training by Page’s remarks about killing. Page - who allegedly shoved a of both the Brown family and the officer planned events for Johnson said about 20 percent of the force had withdrawn so and strategy sessions for people who want to continue to CNN anchor in the middle of a live report from Ferguson - has yesterday. The St Louis County NAACP chapter planned to far. “Good things happen when people calmly interact, and protest Brown’s death. Civil rights activists say Brown’s been taken off police work until the internal review deter- march in the afternoon and supporters of the officer planned that is what is happening,” Johnson said. death followed years of police targeting blacks in the com- mines whether he should be suspended, Belmar said. — AFP a fundraiser yesterday and today at a bar in a nearby commu- St Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar told Reuters on munity. The suspension of two area police officers in recent nity. Little information has been released about the investiga- Friday night that law enforcement plans for the weekend days highlighted the divide. — Reuters Noise irks ritzy Hamptons

EAST HAMPTON, New York: It’s summer- time in the Hamptons and the biggest buzz is coming from the sky. Complaints about noise coming from aircraft ferrying visitors and locals to and from one of America’s best-known playgrounds for the rich and famous have more than tripled over last year, due in part to a new service that lets people book 40-minute chopper rides from Manhattan for relatively cheap prices. Between the helicopters, corporate jets, seaplanes and other aircraft, residents say life in the vacation paradise has become a nightmare. “It is extremely disruptive,” says Teresa McCaskie, who lives in Mattituck, 15 miles FERGUSON: Children create works of art with help from an adult volun- north of East Hampton Town Airport, which teer on Friday outside an apartment block. —AFP has logged 14,000 takeoffs and landings through early August, up 2,000 from last year. McCaskie says she can’t sit outside on Kids grapple with shooting her deck in the afternoons because of the clatter of helicopters that travel from FERGUSON: Six-year-old Elijah grabs hold of a reporter’s microphone, faces the Manhattan, across the Long Island Sound video camera, and sums up the news that has deeply shaken his neighborhood. “It and directly over her house. “There are was a very bad day over there,” he said, looking over to the spot where unarmed some that are just unbearable - the sound black teenager Michael Brown was fatally shot six times by a white police officer. “I of the thumping,” she says. “The pounding did not like it, and it was very very bad. I had to stay home from school and today sound when you’re standing on your back they blocked the street. They killed a young boy. Right there. On the street.” deck and your deck is vibrating and it’s It’s tough enough for adults to come to grips with a police shooting that has pounding your windows.” suddenly turned this St Louis suburb into a focal point for a fresh debate on race Bob Malafronte, a retired New York City and law enforcement in 21st century America. But it’s no less perplexing for chil- teacher who lives in Sag Harbor and is a dren whose first two weeks of school have been canceled amid ongoing street member of a noise abatement committee, protests that have frequently turned violent. Many youngsters will remember said he wants either an outright ban on heli- these hot, humid late summer days as the first time they heard tear gas and rubber copters or a requirement that they fly 20 bullets used to disperse crowds, or the first time they followed their parents to a miles farther east over Long Island Sound protest march. and then turn south over Peconic Bay - keeping them over water for a longer time. Teachers Huddle While East Hampton operates the 600-acre This past week, teachers, counsellors and school personnel in the St Louis area airport, neighboring Southampton, Shelter have discussed how best to respond to their students’ trauma, once classes Island and Southold towns are pressuring resume. In the Riverview Garden school district that includes the residential neigh- their neighbors for quiet. “It has affected the borhood where Brown was shot, teachers have been instructed not to let the inci- quality of life for these people who are living dent become a subject of classroom discussion. Students wanting to talk are to be under the flight path,” says Southampton steered instead towards social workers and counsellors, the St Louis Post-Dispatch town supervisor Anna Throne-Holst. “Some newspaper reported. On a lush green lawn along Canfield Drive, where a (planes) come in at such a low altitude that makeshift memorial marks the spot where Brown fell, children found another way you can look up and see the wing numbers.” Friday to express themselves. There they found crayons, coloring pens, sheets of East Hampton Supervisor Larry Cantwell paper and some blank white face masks, plus the encouragement of adult volun- knows he has to do something. Through teers, to create whatever they wished for a collective artistic narrative. The resulting early August, the town’s airport noise hot- eight-foot (2.5 meter) “story wall” ran the gamut, from incongruous cutouts of bas- line had received 11,758 complaints, up ketball stars and sports cars to the words “I believe that we will win” scrawled in from 3,335 from the same period in 2013. crayon beneath a orange and purple heart. Cantwell said the town is studying whether no longer accepting funding from the Aware of Parents’ Fear Federal Aviation Administration would “Oftentimes, with kids, I’ve found that they sort of have a comprehension of allow them to restrict the number of flights. what’s going on, and they know that adults are afraid,” said Elizabeth Vega, a St Currently the FAA has no restrictions. He Louis artist who often works in schools and detention centers. “But they process said he needs to balance the complaints of grief through playing and short verse. This is to allow them to express (what they residents with aircraft operators’ rights to feel) in a way that is safe and transcends language,” she told AFP. “You can see it ply their trade. While chartering a helicopter come out in the masks,” Vega added, gesturing towards one example that a young ordinarily costs about $3,000 a trip, a new girl had decorated with red glitter. “You know, to me, that’s like blood,” Vega service called Blade that operates out of remembered the child as saying. Nearby, June Glover, associate minister at the New York City allows passengers to buy Liberation Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in St Louis, took her turn manning individual seats on choppers for about $500 an all-day walk-in counseling center. She said it’s critical to allow kids a safe space a trip.—AP in which to vent their feelings.—AFP SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014 INTERNATIONAL Debaters hope to sway undecided in Scotland vote

GLASGOW: Scotland’s long debate over claiming “Proud to be Scots. Delighted vised debate before the Sept. 18 refer- way but ends up with something about Opinion polls suggest voters are nar- whether the country should become to be United” and “Yes to a better, fairer endum. the referendum and what it means,” she rowly divided on whether to break up independent has proved a bonanza for Scotland” adorn the windows of homes Both sides claimed victory when the said. “Almost everyone has an opinion Scotland’s 307-year-old union with printers of bumper stickers, posters, bal- sharing the same street. On Monday, it’s two clashed Aug. 4 - and interest from and different reasons as to which way England or remain alongside the loons and even umbrellas. Nationwide showdown time. Scotland’s pro-inde- outside Scotland was so high it caused they will vote.” English, Welsh and Northern Irish inside the words “Yes” and “No” can be found pendence First Minister Alex Salmond the Internet platform streaming the Politicians from both sides have the United Kingdom. In opinion polls emblazoned on everything from street and Alistair Darling, leader of the “No” event to crash. This time the 90-minute toured Scotland’s cities, towns and vil- the anti-independence side has main- lights to shopping bags. Posters pro- campaign, will face off in their last tele- debate will be shown on the BBC across lages to address the public, often out in tained a consistent lead - but as many Britain, and on C-SPAN in the United the open, distributing miniature flags - as a million undecided voters hold the States. At stake is the support of thou- the blue and white Saltire of Scotland, balance. Voter turnout in the referen- sands of voters who, despite a campaign or the red, white and blue of the Union dum is expected to be high, possibly lasting two years, have yet to make up Jack - while standing on modern equiv- topping 80 percent. That would be the their minds. Up and down the country alents of the corner soap box. School highest-ever figure in Scotland and activists have held thousands of town halls have held question-and-answer much greater than the 50 percent who hall meetings, coffee mornings in pri- sessions for students, reflecting the fact voted in Scotland’s last parliamentary vate homes, and passionate discussions that, for the first time in Britain, 16- and election. in pubs, clubs, town squares and on 17-year-olds are being given the right Nighet Nasim Riaz, 46, a member of public transport. to vote. Scots Asians for Yes, said people are People who have never been “This is the biggest grassroots cam- hoping to see the TV debaters maintain involved in politics before have come paign Scotland has seen and it has their civility. “The last televised debate together and created a truly grassroots encouraged more people to engage and between Alex Salmond and Alistair national debate about a vote that could get involved with politics than at any Darling was not what people wanted to affect everything from Scotland’s econ- point in my lifetime,” said Robin see: two middle-aged men having digs omy, passports, currency and military to McAlpine, 41, director of Common Weal, at each other,” she said. “It’s what you do its sense of national pride and its role in which was set up to promote the ideals in a playground. People want a bit more the European Union and other interna- of a fairer society. On the pro-indepen- dignity and answers to questions that tional organizations. “Wherever you go dence side stand more than 350 inde- don’t skirt around the issues.” But with a somebody is talking about it,” said Mairi pendent groups. Not one is centrally positive mood on the streets, both sides Campbell, 38, a hairdresser from controlled, organized or funded. The hope the debate will provide a final Glasgow who says she’s definitely vot- “No” campaign, which claims to have the push to capture wavering voters. ing against independence. “I used to support of the silent majority, has “Whatever the outcome,” Riaz said, GLASGOW: A pedestrian walks past the Yes Scotland campaign office in spend a lot of my time talking to cus- brought together a wide range of union- “something fundamental has changed Maryhill, Glasgow ahead of the upcoming referendum on independence tomers about whether they had a good ists from Labour and Conservative party in the way people are now becoming which will be held on September 18, 2014. —AFP holiday or were planning a night out. members to socialists and members of engaged and taking an interest in poli- Now the conversation might start that the right-wing UK Independence Party. tics.” —AP Tightening Ukraine-Russian border is key to peace deal Merkel proposes observer mission to control frontier

KIEV: German Chancellor Angela Merkel Poroshenko. “The plans are on the intense shelling may be part of a drive the convoy a direct invasion, a stance said yesterday the standoff over Ukraine table...now actions must follow,” the by government forces to achieve a echoed by NATO, the United States, and could be solved but only if control was German leader told a news conference breakthrough against the rebels in time European leaders. tightened over the Ukraine-Russia bor- after talks with Poroshenko in the for Ukrainian Independence Day, which A Reuters journalist at the Donetsk- der across which, the West alleges, Ukrainian capital. falls today. Diplomats say Merkel has Izvaryne border crossing, where the Russia has been funneling arms to help She said a ceasefire was needed, but two aims for the visit: primarily to show convoy rolled into Ukraine on Friday, a separatist rebellion. Merkel was visit- the main obstacle was the lack of con- support for Kiev in its stand-off with said trucks yesterday had started pour- ing Kiev as a prelude to a meeting next trols along the nearly 2,000 km (1,300 Russia, but also to urge Poroshenko to ing back onto the Russian side of the week between the Russian and mile) border. She proposed an agree- be open to peace proposals when he border. The foreign ministry in Moscow Ukrainian leaders that diplomats say is ment between Kiev and Moscow on meets Putin next week. said the convoy had now left Ukraine, the best chance in months of a peace monitoring of the frontier by the though a Ukrainian military spokesman deal in eastern Ukraine, where govern- Organization for Security and Truck convoy disputed this, saying only 184 of the 220 ment forces are fighting pro-Moscow Cooperation in Europe. Poroshenko sug- The conflict in Ukraine has dragged vehicles had re-entered Russia. In AL-QARBOLE, Libya : The body of an illegal immigrant floats on the water rebels. gested he saw scope for accord. “The Russian-Western relations to their lowest Brussels, NATO said it had reports of after a boat carrying 200 illegal migrants from sub-Saharan Africa sank off But she arrived as tensions flared up Ukrainian side and our European part- ebb since the Cold War and sparked a Russian troops engaging Kiev’s forces the shores of Al-Qarbole, some 60 kilometers east of the Libyan capital again. NATO has alleged Russia’s military ners will do everything possible to bring round of trade sanctions that are hurt- inside Ukraine - fuelling Western allega- Tripoli yesterday. —AFP is active inside Ukraine helping the about peace - but not at the price of sov- ing already-fragile economies in tions that the Kremlin is behind the con- rebels, and Moscow angered Kiev and its ereignty, territorial integrity and the European and Russia. A convoy of about flict in an effort undermine the Western- leaning leadership in Kiev. More than 100 missing as “Russian artillery support - both cross border and from within Ukraine - is boat sinks off Libya coast being employed against the Ukrainian armed forces,” said NATO spokeswoman Oana Lungescu. A Ukrainian military TRIPOLI: A wooden boat carrying up to 200 ing vessels and tug boats to carry out their spokesman in Kiev, Andriy Lysenko, said migrants has sunk just one kilometer (half a rescue missions, he added. All of those Ukrainian government forces were now mile) off the Libyan coast, the coast guard rescued were released as there was coming under cross-border fire from said yesterday, and most passengers were nowhere to detain them, Abdellatif said. Russia, using Grad and Uragan missiles, feared drowned. The local coast guard said it He said he had informed the local hospi- over a 400 kms (250 mile) length of the had no boats of its own and had to com- tal, the ministry of health and the criminal border. The Russian foreign ministry, in a mandeer fishing vessels in a rescue attempt investigations department of the accident statement, called those allegations after fishermen raised the alarm yesterday but that all three had refused to collect “groundless.” Russia accuses Kiev, with morning. Migrants have been streaming out the bodies. In recent weeks, Libya has the backing of the West, of waging a war of North Africa in rickety boats in rising seen the worst violence since the 2011 against innocent civilians in eastern numbers for years. Many head for Italy, and rebellion as rival factions battle each other Ukraine, a mainly Russian-speaking so far in 2014, the total number reaching for influence and control of the country’s region. Italian shores has passed 100,000, the Italian wealth. Foreign embassies and agencies government said this week. have evacuated their staff and the entire Homes destroyed Libya is a major departure point for this parliament has decamped to the country’s The crisis over Ukraine started when journey, and human traffickers are exploit- east. mass protests in Kiev ousted a president ing the political chaos and lack of security State authority has crumbled and basic who was close to Moscow, and installed that has blighted the country since services are becoming increasingly more leaders viewed with suspicion by the Muammar Gaddafi was toppled in an upris- difficult to come by. “The coast guard has Kremlin. Soon after that, Russia annexed ing in 2011. The small boat crammed with no problem with searching for the missing the Ukrainian region of Crimea, and a between 150-200 migrants sank late on illegal migrants, but the problem is who separatist rebellion broke out in eastern Friday near Qarabouli, east of Tripoli, local will receive them after finding them,” Ukraine. In the past weeks, the momen- coast guard official Mohammad Abdellatif Libya’s navy spokesman Ayoub Qassem tum has shifted towards Ukraine’s forces, told Reuters Television. Local fishermen said, “They have no locations to accept DONETSK: An elderly woman looks at bodies after a shelling in the main separatist stronghold who have been pushing back the rebels. raised the alarm at dawn yesterday morning them and the immigration authorities are The separatists are now encircled in their and the coast guard managed to rescue 16 not helpful enough to receive them on Donetsk yesterday. Three civilians were killed yesterday in shelling in eastern Ukraine’s migrants who were still alive in the water, time,” he said. The Italian navy told Reuters Donetsk, where Kiev’s army is fighting pro-Russian separatists. —AFP two strongholds, Luhansk and Donetsk. Reuters reporters in Donetsk said that surrounded by bodies, Abdellatif said. The they were not involved in the incident and Western allies by sending an aid convoy independence of Ukraine,” he said. 220 white-painted trucks rolled into most of the shelling was taking place in boat had entirely disappeared when the had no further details. Italy is carrying out into Ukraine against Kiev’s wishes. Hours before her plane landed in Ukraine on Friday through a border the outskirts, but explosions were also coast guard arrived at the scene, around 1 the bulk of patrols in the Mediterranean “There must be two sides to be success- Kiev, there was heavy artillery bombard- crossing controlled by the rebels after audible in the centre of the city. In km from the beach, he said. Sea aimed at preventing major tragedies ful. You cannot achieve peace on your ment in Donetsk, the main separatist days waiting for clearance. Moscow said Donetsk’s Leninsky district, a man who involving migrants. More than 70,000 peo- own. I hope the talks with Russia will stronghold on the east of Ukraine, near the trucks moved in without Kiev’s con- gave his name as Grigory, said he was in State turmoil ple have been rescued through the “Mare lead to success,” said Merkel, looking the border with Russia. Reuters reporters sent because civilians in areas under the toilet yesterday morning when he The coast guard in Qarabouli has no Nostrum” (Our Sea) mission of patrols ahead to a meeting on Tuesday involv- saw apartments destroyed and puddles siege from Ukrainian government heard the whistling sound of incoming equipment and so is forced to borrow fish- which Italy began last October. —Reuters ing Russian President Vladimir Putin and of blood, where, according to residents, troops were in urgent need of food, artillery. “Then it hit. I came out and half his Ukrainian counterpart Petro two civilians were killed. The unusually water and other supplies. Kiev called the building was gone.” —Reuters One dead in shooting at Britain plans tougher laws mosque in Switzerland

ZURICH: A man was killed yesterday in “It’s a personal conflict between two to tackle British jihadists a shooting at an Albanian mosque in St families, who were possibly settling a Gallen, Switzerland, and another man score,” said Dragusha, who served as the was arrested, Swiss police said. Police imam of the El-Hidaje mosque for three LONDON: Britain said yesterday it planned yet to be confirmed, May said the new powers had been arrested for offences in Britain relating to arrested a man with a handgun after years. “It’s nothing political at all.” tougher laws to deal with British Islamist militants would be designed to restrict the militants’ behav- terrorism in Syria, with 12 charged and four prose- they were called to the mosque in a Roughly 400,000 Muslims live in after Islamic State (IS) fighters in the Middle East ior, ban involvement in groups preaching violence cuted, while more than 150 people were refused suburb of the town after reports of gun- Switzerland, about 5 percent of the released a video showing a suspected Briton and require prisons, broadcasters, schools and uni- entry to the United Kingdom because their behav- fire, a spokesman for the cantonal population. Concern about immigration beheading US journalist James Foley. British versities to take a greater role in combating the ior was deemed unacceptable. “We intend to police said. A 51-year-old Serbian man in general has been brewing in recent Muslims and politicians have expressed horror at radicalization of Muslims. May said at least 500 strengthen the law further to make it a criminal has confessed to the shooting, police years in a country where foreigners the apparent involvement of a Briton in the mur- British citizens have travelled to fight in Syria and offence to travel overseas to prepare and train for said in a statement yesterday. make up nearly a quarter of der, which has fed concerns about the number of Iraq, where IS has seized large swathes of territory. terrorism,” May said. The victim, also 51 years old, was a Switzerland’s population of 8 million. Islamist militants from Britain joining conflicts over- Some of the fighters are aged as young as 16. The planned new measures follows calls for Swiss citizen with Albanian roots. The People in the southern Swiss canton seas and then returning home radicalized. Britain has about 2.7 million Muslims in a total pop- more action to tackle the recruitment of Muslims Authorities are trying to identify the man with a ulation of 63 million. in Britain to travel overseas to fight with militant victim’s body was found in the prayer of Ticino voted to impose the country’s London accent who has been dubbed “Jihadi John” groups. But some politicians have warned any room of the mosque, the spokesman first ban on face-covering veils last year. by media after sources said he was one of three Growing concern short-term measures seeking popular support said, adding it was too early for the In 2009, voters backed a ban on build- Britons nicknamed the ‘Beatles’ who guarded The rise of Islamist militants in Britain has been could erode civil liberties and deepen the alien- police to say what motive there might ing new minarets and Switzerland’s hostages in Raqqa, the IS stronghold in eastern a growing concern since four Britons-two of whom ation felt by some young Muslims from British be for the killing. Representatives of biggest party, the Swiss People’s Party Syria. Home Secretary (interior minister) Theresa had been to Al-Qaeda training camps in Pakistan- society. “I greatly fear that we’re about to have a the El-Hidaje mosque, where the (SVP), has long made opposition to May said she was preparing new laws to tackle killed 52 people in suicide bomb attacks in London splurge of more laws that inhibit our freedom shooting took place, were not immedi- immigration a keystone of its electoral Islamist militants at home and to stop them going in July 2005. The murder last year of an off-duty beyond that which is supportable,” Paddy ately available for comment. A former appeal. Swiss voters narrowly backed abroad to fight, adding that Britain faced a long soldier, Lee Rigby, on a London street by two Ashdown, a senior member of the Liberal imam of the mosque, Fehim Dragusha the party’s proposals to reintroduce struggle against a “deadly extremist ideology”. British Muslim converts exacerbated the concerns. Democrats, junior partner in Britain’s coalition said the shooting was tied to a long- immigration quotas with the European “We will be engaged in this struggle for many The government has already tightened up rules so government said. “What you need is a strategy running feud between two families, Union in February, calling into question years, probably decades. We must give ourselves it can confiscate the passports of people travelling for a war, not a series of measures to preserve whom he knew, and was not politically Switzerland’s bilateral accords with the all the legal powers we need to prevail,” May wrote abroad to join conflicts. So far 23 people have had internal security in Britain with more draconian motivated. EU. —Reuters in the Daily Telegraph newspaper. While details are their passports withdrawn. May also said 69 people legislation.” —Reuters SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014 INTERNATIONAL Four killed in India-Pakistan border fire

SRINAGAR: Four people were killed when nuclear-armed unprovoked firing in the Chaprar and Harpal sectors,” the rivals India and Pakistan traded heavy fire across their border Pakistani senior military official told AFP. yesterday, with each country accusing the other of “unpro- Last month, Indian police accused the Pakistani army of voked” military action. “Two civilians were killed” and four peo- killing a soldier during border firing in the same region. On ple injured, including a paramilitary soldier, on the Indian side August 8, in a brief moment of goodwill between the nations, of the international frontier when Pakistani forces opened fire, Pakistan freed an Indian soldier captured after he was swept Indian police inspector-general Rajesh Kumar said. into the Pakistani zone of Kashmir when his patrol boat cap- On the other side of the frontier, two Pakistani civilians-a sized. Pakistan described the cancellation of the bilateral talks woman and a 60-year-old man-”were martyred” by Indian fire, as a “setback” for relations and asserted the meetings with a senior Pakistani military official said. The neighbors accused Kashmiri separatists were a traditional practice ahead of talks each other of starting the pre-dawn firing. The countries have with India “to facilitate meaningful discussions”. been exchanging almost daily charges of violating a decade- The unresolved territorial dispute over Kashmir has been a old ceasefire since India scrapped last Monday bilateral talks huge source of tension between the neighbors who have with Pakistan. New Delhi called off the talks over meetings fought three wars since the subcontinent’s 1947 partition at between Pakistan’s high commissioner (ambassador) and independence from Britain. Insurgency and the rivalry with Kashmiri separatists. Pakistan has made Muslim-majority Indian Kashmir one of the The latest Pakistani fire targeted several Indian border world’s tensest regions with an estimated 500,000 Indian posts, Indian police said. Many villagers living close to the bor- troops deployed in the territory. Relations collapsed between der in the RS Pura area of disputed Indian Kashmir have been India and Pakistan after Pakistani gunmen attacked India’s evacuated due to Pakistani firing, Kumar said. But Pakistani commercial hub Mumbai in 2008, leaving 166 people dead. officials said Indian troops initiated yesterday’s “unprovoked Violence has fallen in the region since 2004 when the coun- firing”, hitting the Sialkot region facing the south of Indian tries began a peace process, but there are sporadic rebel Kashmir where another civilian was killed by Indian fire last attacks on government forces while Indian Kashmiris often JEIORA, India: Indian villagers gather near the bodies of those killed in cross-border fir- month. “Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) again resorted to accuse government forces of human rights abuses. — AFP ing between Indian and Pakistani troops at Jeiora village yesterday. — AFP Stop-start talks fail to end Pakistan political impasse Clout in Qadri, Khan combination ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s government and opposi- opened and verified Monday, speaker Ayaz Sadiq use the crisis to assert influence behind the scenes tion groups made little headway in overnight talks told private Geo television, ultimately triggering by- than stage an outright power grab. Neither move- aimed at dispersing protesters seeking the fall of elections unless they are withdrawn. PTI vice chair- ment has mobilized mass support beyond their the prime minister, as their negotiations entered a man Shah Mehmood Qureshi told reporters the core followers, and opposition parties have fourth day yesterday. Cricketer-turned-politician next round of talks would be held later on. Khan shunned Khan’s call to unseat the government and Imran Khan and populist cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri have insists the May 2013 general election, which swept begin a campaign of civil disobedience. Maulana led thousands of supporters demonstrating outside Sharif to power in a landslide, was rigged and there- Fazalur Rehman, chief of the religious Jamiat the legislature this week calling for Prime Minister fore the prime minister should step down, though Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) party, said the protests had Nawaz Sharif to go. A government delegation met observers rated the vote free and credible. no support from the majority of Pakistan’s 180 mil- Qadri’s team early yesterday to discuss the lion population. “They have been isolated and peo- demands of the cleric’s Pakistan Awami Tehreek Clout in combination ple of Pakistan have rejected them-there are maxi- (PAT) movement, but the PAT came away dissatis- Ahsan Iqbal, a government minister and mem- mum 5,000 to 6,000 people combined with them at fied. ber of its negotiating team, claimed meetings with night,” he said. “We believe in (the) dialogue process but it the two groups had made progress, without elabo- seems the government team did not come with a rating, and added “We have agreed the talks will Military in the shadows clear mandate,” Rahiq Abbasi, a member of Qadri’s continue”. Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML- Despite rumors that the military had some hand team, told reporters after the talks. “We don’t think N) party insist he will not quit and accuse the pro- in the protests, the Minister for Water and Power they are serious in carrying forward the process,” he testers of undermining the country’s fragile democ- Abid Sher Ali, a PML-N stalwart, insisted there was added. Their talks were again dominated by the racy. Qadri and Khan’s protest movements are not “no pressure on us from any state institution to issue of the alleged murder of at least 10 PAT work- formally allied and have different goals, beyond resign.” “It is the imagination of some lawless and ers in clashes with police in Lahore in June, for toppling the government. But their combined pres- outside elements camping out there,” he said. But if a which Qadri wants arrests made and a legal case sure-and numbers-have given extra heft to the ral- full-blown coup d’etat looks unlikely-such a move launched. Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) lies. If one group were to reach a settlement with could jeopardize billions of dollars in foreign assis- held their own talks with the government late on the government and withdraw, the other’s position tance and trade deals-analysts say the crisis will leave Friday, which proved equally fruitless. would be significantly weakened. The standoff has Sharif weakened. “The protests rocking Islamabad Those talks came hours after the PTI, the third raised fears of possible military intervention in the threaten to upend the constitutional order, set back LAHORE: Supporters of ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) shout slo- largest party in the National Assembly, submitted country, which has seen three coups since its cre- rule of law and open the possibility of a soft coup, gans against opposition politician Imran Khan and populist cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri dur- the resignations of their 34 lawmakers in the assem- ation in 1947. with the military ruling through the backdoor,” the ing a protest in Lahore. — AFP bly to the parliament’s speaker. The letters are to be However analysts say the army is more likely to International Crisis Group wrote. — AFP Nepalese attempt world’s largest human flag record AVAILABLE IN ALL BOOTS PHARMACIES IN KUWAIT

KATHMANDU: More than 35,000 Nepalese made a bid yesterday to form the world’s largest “human national flag” as they sought to set a new international record. As the coun- try’s anthem played, participants held up crimson, blue and white colored cardboard for 10 minutes on an open ground in Kathmandu’s city centre to form the national flag. Cries of “Nepal!” rang out as participants threw the cardboard pieces in the air to cele- brate after the attempt. Nepal’s flag is the world’s only one which is not a quadrilateral. Instead it is comprised of two triangles. “We conceived this idea to spread the message that all our countrymen are united under one flag,” said Bhawesh Khanal, president of Human Values for Peace and Prosperity, the group that spearhead- KATHMANDU: An aerial view of the Nepalese national flag, formed by over ed the event. 35,000 people, is seen at the Tudikhel open ground in central Kathmandu Nepal is in the process of drafting a yesterday. — AFP new constitution, a key step in a stalled peace process begun after the will now submit its claim with photo- to build our country.” Anil Shah, a end of a ten-year civil war in 2006. graphic and video evidence for a new prominent banker, was one of three Leaders have promised an inclusive record to the headquarters of official witnesses at the event. constitution and federalism, ending Guinness World Records in London. “Watching it brought tears to my eyes. gender and caste-based discrimina- They expect Guinness World Records I felt proud to be a Nepali. I believe tion. Numbered tickets were handed to give a ruling on their submission we’ve set a new record,” he said. The out to participants to keep a count of within two months. current record for the world’s largest how many took part in the flag event. Among the participants was 15- human national flag was set in “Our vision came true. Thousands of year-old student Anita Gautam. “It February 2014 when 28,957 people people came together to form our was an amazing experience,” she said. gathered in Lahore, Pakistan, to create country’s flag and claim a new world “There is a patriotic vibe here... a a Pakistani flag, according to Guinness record,” Khanal said. He said the group sense that we have to work together World Records. — AFP Two charged after Baltics mark 25 years since anti-Soviet human chain Afghan found dead RIGA: The Baltic states yesterday marked 25 years since two mil- lion people joined hands in a landmark human chain linking up in a container their capitals to demand freedom from the Soviet Union. All three Baltic prime ministers gathered in Riga to commemorate LONDON: Two truck drivers have been charged after 35 the anniversary of this act of peaceful defiance that spanned Afghan Sikhs were found in a shipping container at a more than 600 kilometers across the Estonian, Latvian and British port, one of them dead, police said yesterday. Lithuanian republics of the Soviet Union and became known as Stephen McLaughlin, 34, and Timothy Murphy, 33, both the Baltic Way. from Northern Ireland, face charges of conspiring to “The Baltic Way was our way to freedom-a way for our coun- facilitate illegal entry into Britain. The survivors, aged tries to show the rest of the world that we wanted to be free,” between just one and 72, were found in the container on Latvian Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma said alongside her August 16 at Tilbury Docks east of London suffering Estonian and Lithuanian counterparts at the national library. She severe dehydration and hypothermia. spoke at the opening of a centre set up for those who took part They were only found after staff heard banging and in the events of August 23, 1989 to share their memories. “I stood screaming coming from the container, which had arrived near the Lithuanian border,” recalled 67-year-old Andrejs Cirulis, at the docks from the Belgian port of Zeebrugge. The adding that the human chain experience was a “very positive dead man was identified as 40-year-old Meet Singh feeling”. “I wasn’t scared at the time, but I was a bit apprehensive Kapoor, whose children aged nine and 12 were in the in the days afterwards to see what the reaction would be from container with him. The Sikhs had been inside the con- Moscow,” he said. tainer for 18 hours and said they were fleeing religious The day for the mass protest was chosen to coincide with the persecution in Kabul, according to Kamaljit Singh anniversary of the notorious Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact that Mataharu, a Punjabi-speaking local man who was called Stalin’s Soviet Union and Hitler’s Germany signed days before in by the police to translate. Tilbury Docks is the main World War II. That 1939 non-aggression deal included secret pro- port serving the British capital. McLaughlin and Murphy tocols carving up Poland and allotting the Baltic states to appeared in court yesterday and were remanded in cus- Moscow, condemning the trio to half a century of occupation. tody ahead of another hearing in November. — AFP Independence came in 1991 as the communist bloc collapsed. The Baltic states later joined the EU and NATO in 2004. — AFP SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014 INTERNATIONAL Japan landslide death toll rises to 42

TOKYO: The death toll from devastating landslides in western Japan rose to 42 yesterday, as rescuers worked around the clock to comb through destroyed houses in a search for survivors. Local police said yesterday that least 43 people were still missing in Hiroshima, where heavy rain triggered landslides early Wednesday that swal- lowed dozens of homes. The rain had stopped by yester- day morning, but nearly 3,000 rescuers, soldiers and police officers remained wary, with meteorologists pre- dicting another heavy downpour by evening. The city government was upholding evacuation orders for more than 4,500 local residents amid fears of fresh landslides. Emergency officials found two more bodies yesterday, bringing the toll to 42, a Hiroshima police spokesman said. Confusion has reigned over the number of people potentially trapped in the debris as authorities continue to receive new reports of missing people, while some individuals believed lost were found alive at emergency shelters. Local officials fear even more people could be unac- counted for, buried by the mud and not yet reported missing. Firefighters and soldiers removed debris by hand where they could, cautious of using heavy machin- ery amid hopes of finding survivors. Rain has complicat- ed the search efforts in the area, where the hillsides are made of decomposed granite-a coarse sand-like material that is used for driveways and paths, and which occurs naturally in this part of Japan. For hours on Friday after- noon, rescue workers had to suspend their operations HIROSHIMA: Defense personnel and rescue workers search for victims in mud three days after a landslide hit a residential area in when the shape of the mountains appeared to change, Hiroshima, western Japan yesterday. —AFP heralding a possible new landslip.—AFP

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Imam receives ‘sextortion’ operation a death threat MONTREAL: A Canadian imam known for his pacifist sermons warned Friday that Islamist militant group IS was actively recruiting in Canada and said one member Anti-cybercrime division hunts new suspects issued him a death threat. Syed Soharwardy, founder of the Islamic Supreme Council of Canada (ISCC), called on Canadian and Western authorities to intensify the fight MANILA: Philippine police arrested eight suspects and against jihadist movements. “Absolutely I am convinced are hunting more in connection with an Internet extor- that this recruitment is going on right here in this coun- tion racket that has victimized hundreds of people in try, under our noses, in our universities, in our colleges, Hong Kong, Singapore and Macau, an official said yester- in the places of worship, in our community,” he told CBC day. This is the second large-scale arrest of suspects public television. Soharwardy added that a Muslim allegedly for “sextortion”-using the Internet to lure for- man from Ottawa who was fighting with IS in Mosul in eigners into sending them compromising material which northern Iraq had sent him a death threat on Facebook. they can use for blackmail, said Jhoanna Fabro, spokes- “He was condemning me for condemning ISIS, and he woman of the national police anti-cybercrime division. was saying that ‘You are a deviant imam and your ver- The eight suspects were arrested and five minors tak- sion of Islam is not the right version,’” Soharwardy said, en into custody following a raid on Thursday in towns just using another acronym by which IS is known. The outside Manila, she said. But Fabro warned that an unde- Calgary-based imam said such threats were nothing termined number may have escaped before the raid. new. “I get death threats from everybody,” he said, “There are other targets but we weren’t able to get them,” adding that “just last month I had a death threat posted she told AFP. About 400 people from Hong Kong, on a website.” Singapore and Macau were targeted by the group and the arrests were made due to complaints from victims, Fabro said. The suspects operated from towns in Bulacan province, about 30 kilometers (17 miles) from Manila. Niger flooding leaves 12 They used social media websites such as Facebook to dead, 36,000 homeless meet people overseas and then used video call services NIAMEY: At least 12 people have been killed and more such as Skype to engage in “cybersex,” the police said. than 36,000 made homeless in Niger due to flooding “Unknown to the victim, these acts were recorded. caused by heavy seasonal rainfall, the government Once the suspect captured sufficiently lewd video said. Floods are an annually recurring problem in the footages, he/she would stop the call instantly. West African country during the rainy season when Immediately, the victim would receive messages... from overflowing streams and rivers sweep away homes the suspect, threatening the victim that his lewd acts and destroy crops, leaving victims without shelter and were video recorded with a video link to prove it,” the creating food shortages later on. “Heavy precipitation cybercrime division said in a statement. The suspect recorded in six regions caused flooding and serious would then demand the victim pay a huge amount or the damage,” the office of Niger’s prime minister said in a footage would be made public on social media or even statement late on Friday. “Evaluations by the civil pro- sent to the victim’s friends or relatives, the division said. MANILA: Cable television dishes are seen amongst informal settlers’ homes near the port of Manila. tection services uncovered 12 deaths.” The UN Office Each victim would usually be forced to pay about The Philippines in April announced plans to spend more on infrastructure and introduce other reforms for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), $30,000 but Fabro said she could not immediately give a to try to lift millions out of poverty. —AFP citing government figures, said that 36,441 people had figure for the total gained from the “sextortion”. Initially, lost their homes in the floods as of Aug 21. “The rains the group used women but later recruited five minors broken up by police in May. year. This newest operation “is more mobile. If they have are continuing and the damage could require the who were taught to lure other victims. The minors have In that case, dozens of people operating from indus- a strong enough Internet connection, they just do it from deployment of more means in terms of emergency since been turned over to social workers, said Fabro trial-sized call centers were arrested after allegedly black- their homes,” Fabro said. Interpol has warned that “sex- food and non-food assistance and tents,” OCHA said in adding that the suspects would be charged with human mailing hundreds of people around the world, luring tortion” has emerged as a major concern in recent years a statement. Largely desert Niger, one of Africa’s trafficking along with extortion. Fabro also said they them on social media in order to get sexually explicit as criminals take advantage of more people using social newest oil producers a leading producer of uranium, were still investigating whether this new group was relat- information or images. One of their victims was a 17- media and greater mobile Internet access via smart- remains one of the world’s least developed countries. ed to a larger but similar “sextortion” operation that was year-old boy in Scotland who committed suicide last phones. —AFP

Protest against Fiji Spirits, prayers mark hunt for the Myanmar lost bell leader in Australia SYDNEY: Fiji coup leader Voreqe Bainimarama’s campaign YANGON: Divers stand on the edge of a Yangon and Bago rivers and the San Lin, who believes the copper treasure is spotted have sent thousands of curious rally in Sydney was met by a protest yesterday, as the mili- small wooden fishing boat gazing at the Pazundaung Creek. The bell never reached protected by a curse. When he told reporters spectators flocking to the banks of the tary strongman prepares for the Pacific state’s first election murky, choppy waters below. After receiving its destination of Thanlyin, then called at a press conference in July that he was one Yangon River. For small boat owners, shut- in eight years. Bainimarama is leading his FijiFirst Party in blessings from Buddhist monks, they lower Syriam, which was part of Mon Kingdom of the reincarnations of the 14 guardians of tling passengers to within a few meters polls set for September 17, the first to be held since he their masks and plunge one-by-one into the and subsequently became a port of the the bell and could speak to the spirits of (yards) of the divers’ boats has become a overthrew the government in a bloodless military coup in mighty Yangon River, clinging to garden Portuguese and French in the 16th century. those who have blocked past retrieval brisk business, with dozens of wooden, 2006. Several hundred people attended the question-and- hoses that will act as primitive breathing Most people in Myanmar believe the bell efforts, many local reporters laughed, ignor- canoe-like vessels lining the rocky banks. answer session in suburban Canterbury, the Australian devices during their dizzying descent into is still lying deep beneath the riverbed, ing the story altogether. On shore, men and women charge 200 Broadcasting Corporation said, but opponents of darkness. From the shoreline, thousands of kyat (20 cents) for photocopied pamphlets Bainimarama’s rule were denied entry and protested out- spectators look on, some peering through describing the bell and its remarkable histo- side. Usaia Waqatairewa, national president of the Sydney- borrowed binoculars, praying the men will ry. Food and drink stalls have popped up. based Fiji Democracy and Freedom Movement, said about find what other salvage crews have not: The “We came because, as Buddhist people, we 200 people had joined the protest outside the Canterbury world’s largest copper bell, believed to have are responsible to pray for the bell to get it hall. “What I wanted to do was to ask questions but they been lying deep beneath the riverbed for back to its original place,” said Tin May, 43, didn’t allow that,” Waqatairewa told AFP, saying he and fel- more than four centuries. dressed in her finest pagoda-wear: a tradi- low protesters had been kept outside the public meeting. Weighing an estimated 270 tons, the tional longyi, or sarong, and a crisp, white Waqatairewa said his group have been calling for mysterious bell is a symbol of pride for many blouse. “I don’t live far from here. But I keep Bainimarama to stand down and cede control to a caretak- in this country of 60 million that only recent- getting calls from relatives living in the er government until polls can be held. “What we are talk- ly emerged from a half-century of military countryside asking for the latest news. ing about his is controversial leadership of the last eight rule and self-imposed isolation. And for the Finally, I decided I better get a firsthand years,” he said, saying human rights were in question and first time, search crews are largely relying on look.” Chit San Win, a historian who has tak- the press had been muzzled. But others within the meeting spirituality rather than science to try and en part in several of the searches in the last spoke in praise of the military leader. find it. Myanmar’s superstitious leaders two decades, wants to believe the story of have, in years past, been part of a colorful the bell. But as divers plunge into the water, cast of characters who believe reclaiming some of them resurfacing within minutes A surge seismic activity the treasure is important if the nation is ever because the currents are so strong, he’s around Iceland volcano to regain its position of glory as the crown starting to have his doubts. REYKJAVIK: Iceland’s Meteorological Office is report- jewel of Asia. It’s a story of myth and mys- Three major historical records written ing a surge in seismic activity at the restless tery: King Dhammazedi, after whom the bell about that period do not mention the bell, Bardarbunga volcano, but sees no evidence yet of any was named, was said to have ordered it cast Win said, and King Dhammazedi, who care- eruptions. Thousands of small earthquakes have rat- in the late 15th century, donating it soon fully recorded all his donations, did not doc- tled the volcano deep beneath the Vatnajokull glacier after to the Shwedagon Pagoda, Myanmar’s YANGON: Curious spectators in a small boat take pictures of divers who are ument gifting a bell that would have over the past week. Activity increased Saturday follow- most sacred temple which sits on a hilltop in searching for an ancient bell in Yangon River in Myanmar. —AP weighed more than 100 Asian elephants. ing a lull. Met Office vulcanologist Melissa Pfeffer says the old capital, Yangon. The only record Win has found that men- scientists will fly over the glacier Saturday to look for The bell remained there for more than tions the bell was written by an Italian mer- changes on the surface. Iceland is keeping its aviation 130 years, when it was reportedly stolen by buried under layers of silt. But numerous But accounts of the extravagant recovery chant, Gasparo Balbi, who came to Myanmar alert at “orange,” the second-highest level, amid what Portuguese mercenary Philip de Brito, who efforts to locate it with the help of sonar efforts have since captured imaginations - in the 16th century and wrote that he saw it. the Met calls “heightened levels of unrest.” A 2010 wanted to take it across the river so it could imaging and other high-tech equipment the prayers, the offerings to “nats,” or spirits, And as for the new supernatural search eruption of the Eyjafjallajokul volcano caused interna- be melted down and turned into cannons have failed, and some historians now ques- the vegetarian diets adopted by the diving technique? Win has little faith. “The bell can- tional aviation chaos, with more than 100,000 flights for his ships. With tremendous difficulty, his tion whether it even exists. The latest opera- team in deference to Buddhist principles. not be located with the help of astrology or cancelled. Aviation regulators since have reformed men rolled the massive bell down a hill and tion - which is expected to last up to 45 days Now, the stories grace the local papers’ front spirits,” he said. “It is just like consulting an policies about flying through ash, so a new eruption transferred it to a rickety vessel, which sank and cost $250,000 raised through donations pages. And thanks to social media, unsub- astrologer to find a lost cow who would ask would be unlikely to cause that much disruption. under the weight at the convergence of the - is being headed by a former naval official, stantiated rumors that the bell has been you to look for it in all four directions.” —AP NEWS SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014

People raise their fists and wear Palestinian flags during a demonstration against Israel’s military operations in Gaza and in support of the Palestinian people yesterday in Amsterdam. — AFP Bombs kill dozens across Iraq Ice bucket challenge may change... Continued from Page 1 announced. Continued from Page 1 the NIH’s budget was $30.8 billion. And even before Jibouri, a moderate Sunni, condemned both Islamic those cuts, the agency’s budget hadn’t kept pace with Bombings, kidnappings and execution-style shootings State as well as the Iranian-trained Shiite militias who “It’s a very simple thing and that’s kind of the beauty inflation for about a decade. As a result, the NIH is fund- occur almost daily, echoing the dark days of 2006-2007, Sunnis say kidnap and kill members of their sect with of it. Everyone can do this challenge,” she said. ing about one in six grant applications - down from the peak of a sectarian civil war. impunity. “We will not allow them to exploit disturbed The effort comes at a time when private groups are about one in three a decade ago, director Francis Collins In addition to the Arbil attack, three bombings that security in the country to undermine the political searching for new ways to raise dollars in the wake of said earlier this year. For Lou Gehrig’s disease, the NIH’s appeared to target Kurdish forces killed 18 people in the process. We believe the political process should move tighter federal government spending on basic medical estimated budget this year is $40 million, down from city of Kirkuk, 250 km north of Baghdad, security sources on,” he told a news conference on Saturday. Iraq’s new research, including on diseases like ALS. The National $44 million in 2012. said. Islamic State routed Kurdish forces in its latest Shiite prime minister, Haider Al-Abadi, faces the task of Institutes of Health is spending about $30 billion this Employing technology for fundraising campaigns, of advance through the north.Two of Iraq’s most influential trying to draw Sunnis into politics after they were side- year, money that is divided in a highly competitive course, isn’t a new idea: Perhaps one of the most endur- Sunni politicians suspended participation in talks on lined by his predecessor Nouri Al-Maliki. Maliki stepped process to scientists around the country, and the world, ing began in 1966 when the Muscular Dystrophy forming a new government after the militiamen carried aside after pressure from Sunnis, Kurds, some fellow to pursue what are deemed the most promising leads to Association had its first annual Labor Day weekend out the mosque attack. Deputy Prime Minister Saleh Shiites, Iran and the United States. Iran, a regional power- understand various diseases and to find new targets to telethon. Last year, it raised $59.6 million in contribu- Mutlaq and Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jibouri have broker with deep influence in Iraq, is sending its foreign fight them. tions. Fundraisers have also embraced donating by text pulled out of talks with the main Shiite alliance until the minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, to Baghdad today for Congress cut government spending last year; in 2012, message in recent years. — AP results of an investigation into the killings are talks with Iraqi officials. — Reuters Tennessee revives cursive teaching Egypt calls for truce in Gaza as fighting... Continued from Page 1 territories over the last few years aim to better prepare high school graduates for college and for the demands Continued from Page 1 while Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri told AFP that Wilde said the cursive requirements in Tennessee echo of employers. Common Core does not ban cursive “any proposal offered to the movement will be dis- moves in other conservative states where lawmakers writing teaching, said Melissa McGrath, spokeswoman Air strikes killed a 64-year-old man south of Gaza cussed”. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said that have tried to put their own stamp on the school system for the Council of Chief State School Officers, which City, and in the town of Deir al-Balah a 12-year-old boy “what interests us now is putting a stop to the blood- in a reaction to Common Core. helped develop the standards. She said it is up to and his 38-year-old mother, as well as another 43-year- shed”. “As soon as a ceasefire goes into effect, the two The academic requirements under the Common teachers and communities to decide whether they old woman. An Israeli air strike levelled an apartment sides can sit down and discuss their demands,” he said Core State Standards adopted by most US states and want to teach it. — Reuters building in the heart of Gaza City late yesterday, wound- after meeting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. ing at least 18 people, 10 of them children, emergency Abbas’s meeting with Sisi came after he held two services said. Residents in the 12-storey building were rounds of talks in Qatar on Thursday and Friday with Kuwait to boost China oil exports... called 10 minutes before the attack and told to evacu- exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, whose Islamist ate, after which at least two missiles slammed into the movement is the de facto ruler of Gaza. Continued from Page 1 Asked about a memorandum of understanding in complex, levelling it totally, witnesses said. An Israeli A Hamas official said yesterday the movement has June signed by KPC Chief Executive Officer Nizar Al- army spokeswoman told AFP a Hamas military opera- signed a proposal for the Palestinians to apply to join “This agreement is one of the most important crude Adsani and Sinopec Chairman Fu Chengyu in Beijing on tions room had been located in the building. the International Criminal Court at which legal action contracts for KPC, and is considered the biggest sales enhanced cooperation between KPC and Sinopec in such Another air strike later destroyed a car in Gaza City, could be taken against Israel. Since the July 8 outbreak deal by volume and revenues in all regions,” Mudhaf said. areas as crude reserves storage and refinery project, killing one person and wounding 11 others, medics of the latest conflict in and around Gaza, Israel and According to Mudhaf, the contract is not related to an Mudhaf said KPC is studying utilizing crude storages said. Witnesses and Palestinian officials said two Hamas have accused each other of war crimes. Joining ongoing joint project between KPC and Sinopec for the within China to facilitate the storage for the Chinese cus- mosques were destroyed in the Khan Yunis area of the ICC would also expose Palestinian factions to possi- construction of a 300,000 bpd refinery. Feedstock for the tomers and market. southern Gaza, while a third, in the Shati refugee camp ble prosecution. On Friday, Hamas executed 18 people plant will be also supplied by KPC when it goes “This will give us more flexibility in the crude move- which had already been damaged, was bombed again. in Gaza City it accused of collaborating with Israel, a onstream. “If the joint venture materializes, China-bound ments and operations in China, and will add more serv- The intensified air strikes came after Israeli Prime day after three of its top commanders were assassinat- shipments may hit 800,000 bpd,” he added. KUNA, quot- ices in addition to the ones we have already provided,” Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed harsh retribution ed in Israeli air strikes. Netanyahu seized the opportuni- ing government data, reported in July that Kuwait’s he said. “Sinopec is always growing and expanding in for the killing of a four-year-old boy at his home in kib- ty to compare Hamas to the extremist Islamic State crude oil exports to China in the first half of this year refining capacity in particular. I believe there will butz Nahal Oz on Friday. One Israeli child and at least movement in a Saturday telephone conversation with stood at 3.87 million tonnes, equivalent to around always be a room for sales expansion, especially both 480 Palestinian children have been killed since the con- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. “Yesterday the 157,000 bpd, an almost ninefold increase from 18,000 managements share same interests, security and relia- flict began, UNICEF said, in the deadliest fighting since world saw how Hamas, like (IS), conducts mass execu- bpd in 2004. Most of Kuwait’s exports go to Asia. The bility of supply.” KPC is also considering multiple joint the 2005 end of the second intifada. tions,” Netanyahu told Ban in remarks relayed by his state pumped 2.81 million bpd in July, according to a ventures within Asia - China, India and Indonesia, Israel was yet to respond to Egypt’s call for new talks, office. — AFP Reuters survey. Mudhaf added. — Agencies SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014 ANALYSIS

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ussia’s decision to ignore warnings from Kiev and the West and force a disputed aid convoy into RUkraine reflects the Kremlin’s urgent need to retain influence over the splintered ex-Soviet state, ana- lysts say. Although Moscow cited a critical lack of humanitarian aid for populations cut off by fighting, President Vladimir Putin had his own reasons for want- ing the convoy to break through ahead of a crucial meeting next week with his Ukrainian counterpart. The Russian leader would have appeared hostage to Kiev’s decisions had he met Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko with Russian aid lorries stuck on the border for a second week. After a week-long delay at the bor- Meteorologists preparing for the worst der which Moscow called an “outrage”, some 280 lorries carrying what Russia said is 1,800 tonnes of humanitari- By Clement Sabourin tures have increased 0.47 percent degrees For meteorologists, the challenge will be to Meanwhile on the high seas, monster waves an aid began rolling across the border on Friday. The Celsius so far. Scientists have predicted a two- incorporate this “additional force” into their will await cargo and cruise ships. “Maritime ship- lorries left without Red Cross monitors, who said they ntense aerial turbulence, ice storms and percent rise in average temperatures by 2050. A weather modelling, explained Wang. ping companies are already running into enor- had not received sufficient security guarantees to deliv- scorching heatwaves, huge ocean waves - the one-degree hike translates into seven percent mous waves,” some as high as 40 meters, said er the aid to the rebel stronghold of Lugansk. Iworld’s climate experts forecast apocalyptic more water vapor in the atmosphere and Supercomputing Weather Forecasts Wang, adding that 20 meters (65 feet) high was Fighting between Ukrainian government forces and weather over the coming decades at a confer- because evaporation is the driving force behind To do so, meteorologists will need to use considered exceptionally high until now. “This is pro-Russian rebels has intensified around Lugansk - ence in Montreal that ended Thursday. The World air currents, more extreme weather events are supercomputers to run the increasingly complex just the beginning of climate change, because Meteorological Organization (WMO) brought expected to follow. algorithms to predict weather. British researcher the oceans will have an even greater impact once home to nearly 420,000 mostly Russian-speakers - together 1,000 specialists to discuss the uncer- “We’ll see clouds forming faster and more Paul Williams studies the impact of climate releasing more heat and vapor,” he warned. that thousands have fled due to a dire lack of food, tain future of weather forecasting. A decade after easily, and more downpours,” leading to flash change on jetstreams using one such computer Melting ice of Greenland could result in a six- water and medicine. the entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol, the flooding, said Simon Wang, assistant director of at Princeton University in New Jersey. After meter rise in the world’s oceans, though not like- world’s focus has shifted from reducing green- the Utah Climate Center. Broadly speaking, said weeks of calculations, he concluded that climate ly until the next century, said Eric Brun of Meteo- ‘Designed as a Tripwire’ house gas emissions linked to warming, to deal- the American researcher, rising temperatures will change amplifies the strength of these narrow France, citing a study he recently published on Alexander Konovalov, head of the Strategic Analysis ing with its consequences. have a “multiplying effect on weather events as bands of predominantly westerly air currents climate’s impact on ocean levels. Faced with so Institute, said Poroshenko had hoped to enter next “It’s irreversible and the world’s population we know them”. Bone-chilling temperatures that encircling the globe several miles above the much upheaval, Jennifer Vanos said there is an week’s showdown talks with a stronger hand. continues to increase, so we must adapt,” said swept across North America last winter will earth. By 2050, he said, airline passengers will urgency to adapt - including lifestyle, urban “Ukrainian authorities no doubt were planning to Jennifer Vanos, a professor of atmospheric sci- plunge even further, while summer heatwaves experience twice as much in-flight turbulence as planning - to this new reality in order to protect announce that Lugansk and Donetsk were completely ences at Texas Tech University. Average tempera- and droughts will be hotter and dryer, he added. a result. populations. —AFP free of separatists and the (military) operation over,” Konovalov told AFP. “Russia, naturally, wants to prevent that.” But the sending of the lorries was also seen as a Syria sees detente with West, but not soon sign that the pro-Russian rebels need assistance. “The entry of Russia’s humanitarian convoy into By Tom Perry Assad’s control to western areas including broadcast on Syrian TV. Deputy Foreign ‘Work with Iran’ Ukraine without Kiev’s approval is designed to serve as Damascus. Assad has characterised his oppo- Minister Faysal Mekdad said it represented This poses a dilemma for the West. Only a tripwire to deter further Ukrainian advances in yria is wagering that Islamic State’s nents as extremists from the start of the “the international community’s will to fight last year, Obama sought permission from Lugansk, as local militants suffer setbacks,” said analyst push to reshape the Middle East will uprising in 2011, when his forces violently terrorism”. Congress for air strikes against Assad after Alexander Kliment at Eurasia Group. “Any Ukrainian Seventually force a hostile West to deal suppressed peaceful protesters inspired by “Syria will not hesitate to cooperate with accusing him of using chemical weapons attack on or near the convoy would risk a Russian mili- with President Bashar Al-Assad as the only the Arab Spring. Critics say this encouraged any state in fighting terrorism, apart from against his people - a claim denied by the tary response that Kiev hopes to avoid,” he added. way to tackle the threat. While Assad’s forces radicalisation of his opponents. those who claim to be fighting it while fund- government. The strikes were averted by a Konovalov said Russian leaders now find themselves escalate their fight with Islamic State mili- ing it, supporting it, backing it,” he said - an Russian-brokered deal under which Assad between “a hammer and an anvil” - weighed down by tants in the Syrian civil war, the United States Syria says it’s Ready to Cooperate apparent reference to Sunni Muslim Gulf agreed to hand over his stocks of chemical its promise not to abandon the separatists and the is staging air strikes on the same group Islamist groups now dominate the frag- states that have backed the insurgency with weapons. Responding to the calls for spike in tensions this has caused with the West. across the frontier in Iraq. This, along with mented opposition. The second most power- weapons and cash. Saudi Arabia, its hostility Washington to consider working with Assad, Moscow officially backs the rights of Ukraine’s Russian- United Nations sanctions targetting the ful is Nusra Front - Al-Qaeda’s official affiliate flowing from Assad’s alliance with Shiite Iran, Rhodes said it was his policies that had speaking population to defend themselves against Sunni Muslim militants in both Syria and Iraq, in Syria - whose rivalry with Islamic State has appears increasingly worried by Islamic enabled Islamic State to establish a safe what it says is an ultranationalist and fascist govern- has strengthened Assad’s belief that the fuelled war among the insurgents them- State’s strength. While many believe Riyadh’s haven in Syria. Instead, the US administration selves. Both Nusra Front and Islamic State puritanical brand of Islam is to blame for the is focused on strengthening Iraqi security ment in Kiev. It denies providing the rebels with United States and Europe are coming around to his way of viewing the conflict, according were targeted by the UN resolution passed spread of radical Sunni Islamism, the top forces and moderate Syrian opposition weapons and supplies - the reason the West says it to sources familiar with Syrian government unanimously by the Security Council on Aug Saudi cleric denounced Islamic State and Al- forces, he said. imposed the first serious set of economic sanctions on thinking. 15. By contrast, the Council has failed to Qaeda this week as “enemy number one of But former British foreign minister Russia at the end of July. While Moscow has put a brave Officials in the Western governments agree any tough measures against Assad in Islam”. Malcolm Rifkind said this week that the mod- face, slapping bans on EU and US food imports in reply, which have backed the uprising against the last three years, largely due to Russian The United States, concerned by financ- erate opposition was “in disarray”. “The (Islamic the Russian economy is likely to feel the pinch of sanc- Assad dismiss the idea of rapprochement. support for Damascus. Last week’s UN ses- ing reaching Islamic State from sympathisers, State) terrorists are fast becoming the main tions. Syria is not Iraq, they say. But growing sion was is working with governments in the serious opponents to the pro-Iranian govern- Western concern about Islamic State is stir- region to get them to clamp down ment in Damascus”, he said. Writing in Britain’s ‘On a Razor Blade’ ring debate about Syria policy. More than even further on funding, State Daily Telegraph newspaper, he argued for Konovalov said Putin was unlikely to change tack in three years into the civil war, the moderate Department spokeswoman cooperation with Iran in confronting Islamic order to avoid appearing weak at home. “This is balanc- Syrian opposition that the West hoped Marie Harf said. Other Islamist State in Iraq and Syria: “If we have to work with ing on a very dangerous razor blade as it risks unleash- would prevail has been eclipsed by radical rebels in Syria are in retreat. Iran to defeat Islamic State, so be it.” ing a real war in the centre of Europe,” he added. Islamists. The Damascus government, Fighting under the umbrella Islamic State’s areas of control are far from Independent analyst Maria Lipman said Russia’s deci- already heartened by visits from European of the Islamic Front, they are those of primary concern to the Syrian gov- sion to send in aid trucks unilaterally shows current intelligence agencies reported by Syrian offi- under pressure from Islamic ernment, notably Damascus and a strategic cials earlier this year, sees the war on Islamic State advances north of corridor of territory stretching north to the negotiations between Moscow, Kiev and the West are State as opening up new possibilities for Aleppo, a major Syrian city also coast, the heartland of Assad’s Alawite minori- not going well for the Kremlin. Above all, Russia does engagement. being surrounded ty community that forms his power base. That not want Ukraine to stabilise and shift into a Western There is no sign of any shift in by government area is now mostly under Assad’s control. orbit, she said, and “military action in Ukraine helps Washington, whose policy is built on Assad forces. achieve that goal”, giving Moscow a “lever” to influence leaving power and last year came close to The Free Syrian ‘Massive Increase in Capabilities’ Kiev. bombing Syria after accusing him of using Army, once the Islamic State has taken three Syrian army Putin and Poroshenko will attend a gathering of the chemical weapons. “He’s part of the prob- West’s main hope bases in Raqqa in recent weeks, expanding its Russian-led Customs Union and EU officials to discuss lem,” Ben Rhodes, President Barack Obama’s for a moderate arsenal by 20 long-range artillery guns and problems linked to Ukraine signing an EU trade deal. It deputy national security adviser, said in a opposition to Assad, least 22 tanks, a Western official said, basing is not clear if they will hold one-on-one talks. “The situa- broadcast interview. Assad is not expecting is now widely seen as the analysis on images posted online. “It’s a tion is very risky and dangerous,” said Lipman. “The risk the West to perform a policy U-turn soon, the irrelevant. “Assad has massive increase in their capabilities but they of direct clashes between Russian and Ukrainian sol- sources said. But having secured territory backed the opposition are not trained in how to use them,” said the diers has increased sharply.” Alexei Mukhin, director of seen as vital for his survival, time is on into a corner. They have official. The Syrian air force launched dozens the Centre for Political Information, a Moscow-based Assad’s side as he takes the long view in the fulfilled every item on his of air strikes on Raqqa over the weekend, struggle for Syria. wish list - to become bloodi- coinciding with the US attacks that have consultancy, said the dispatch of the convoy would pro- “The regime recognises that the Western er than he, to become a bunch helped to dislodge Islamic State from the vide a credible excuse for cancelling the meeting opening will be in secret, and via security of head choppers and Islamist Mosul dam in Iraq. should the two presidents realise they will be unable to channels and not diplomacy. The political- radicals,” said Joshua Landis, an Critics ask why until recently Damascus come to any meaningful agreement towards ending diplomatic opening needs longer,” said expert on Syria based at the had appeared to leave Islamic State to its own the conflict. “If there is something to talk about, then no Salem Zahran, a Lebanese journalist with University of Oklahoma. devices, citing missed chances to hit the convoy will get in the way,” he said. —AFP close ties to the Syrian government. “But the Western states that have group’s convoys and accusing Assad of allow- regime believes that the whole world will demonised Assad would find it hard to ing it to crush other opposition groups. But come to coordinate with it under the slogan reengage with him, said Landis. But he this is changing. Many hundreds of Assad loy- ‘fighting terrorism’.” has friends who will be lobbying for that alists have been killed since Islamic State All articles appearing on these Damascus is presenting itself as a partner approach, including the new Shi’ite intensified its attacks on government-held pages are the personal opinion of in fighting a common enemy which has pro- prime minister-designate of Iraq, areas in June, according to the Syrian the writers. Kuwait Times takes no claimed a cross border caliphate in the terri- Haider Al-Abadi. “Assad Observatory for Human Rights, which moni- tory it controls. Islamic State fighters move needs to present him- tors the war. The Syrian air force also bombed responsibility for views expressed freely between Iraq and Syria. Assad’s forces self as a partner for advancing Islamic State fighters near Aleppo therein. Kuwait Times invites read- have suffered heavy losses at the hands of the United States, this week. ers to voice their opinions. Please Islamic State in recent engagements, and the and to help promote Ghaleb Kandil, another Lebanese journalist send submissions via email to: opin- Syrian air force launched its heaviest raids yet an argument that with close ties to the Syrian government, said on the group’s stronghold in the eastern city undoubtedly Iran and the West would be forced to deal with Assad [email protected] or via snail of Raqqa last weekend. the new prime minister sooner or later. In return for security coopera- mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. Controlling roughly a third of Syria, of Iraq are going to tion, Assad would demand full political reha- The editor reserves the right to edit Islamic State is by far the strongest insurgent make: that you can’t be bilitation. “The Syrian state is the only body group in a war that has killed 170,000 peo- against (Islamic State) and with adequate intelligence about the terror- any submission as necessary. ple, laid waste to much of Syria, and reduced Assad,” said Landis. ists,” he said. —Reuters SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014 SPORTS

Didier wins US stage; Van Neymar, Pedro ‘fitness Kvitova and Rybarikova Garderen keeps the lead doubts’ for Barcelona reach New Haven final WASHINGTON: Luxembourg’s Laurent Didier won Friday’s fifth stage of the USA Pro BARCELONA: Neymar and Pedro are fitness doubts for Barcelona NEW HAVEN: Reigning Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova and Slovakia’s Challenge cycling race, while American Tejay Van Garderen finished ninth to main- who are stretched for cover in attack against Elche today but coach Magdalena Rybarikova advanced to the WTA New Haven hardcourt tournament tain his 20-second overall lead. Trek racer Didier captured the 167.6-kilometer Luis Enrique is confident they will be ready in time. With the final Friday with straight-set triumphs. Fourth-ranked Kvitova fired 11 aces in (104.14-mile) stage from Woodland Park to Breckenridge in three hours, 50 minutes and 38 seconds with Colombian Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle second and Canada’s Brazilian spraining an ankle during training on Thursday and Pedro defeating Australia’s Samantha Stosur 6-3, 6-1 while Rybarikova hit seven aces Rob Britton third, both in the same time. Van Garderen was 1:33 off the pace in ninth suffering from a stomach bug it means that only Lionel Messi is a in a 6-2, 6-4 triumph over Italy’s Camila Giorgi at the US Open hardcourt warm- but that was enough to keep the BMC Racing rider’s margin over certainty among Luis Enrique’s first choice forwards. New signing up event. Second seed Kvitova, the 2012 New Haven winner who second-place overall rider Rafael Majka of Poland, who placed Luis Suarez is also banned until the end of October for biting at the lost to Simona Halep in last year’s final, will be the third seed at 10th in the stage just behind the American. The pair were World Cup. “We will see what Neymar’s situation is tomorrow and the US Open. Rybarikova, ranked 30 spots below her rival at Tour de France rivals last month. Romanian Serghei whether he can play. Pedro has trained with the team today and so 68th, denied Giorgi on all 11 of her break-point chances to Tvetcov jumped from fifth to third in the overall competi- we will also make a decision tomorrow but in principle I am count- win in 83 minutes at the Yale University hardcourts. tion but remained 37 seconds adrift of Van Garderen. ing on Neymar and him,” Luis Enrique told a news conference on Rybarikova, 25, ousted top-seeded Halep on Tuesday. She is American Tom Danielson was fourth, 39 seconds off the Saturday at the Camp Nou. Neymar was only given the all-clear by seeking her fifth WTA title in her sixth career final and pace, with countryman Matthew Busche another 12 sec- medical staff at the Camp Nou on Monday after fracturing a verte- first of the year. She captured the 2012 and 2013 onds back. Yesterday’s penultimate stage is a 10-mile bra playing for Brazil in the World Cup quarter-final against Washington titles, the 2011 Memphis crown and her (16.1km) individual time trial in Vail that follows along the Vail Colombia in early July. Neymar looked lively in Barca’s final friendly first WTA trophy on Birmingham grass in 2009. Pass and features a steep climb up the final three miles that match against Mexican outfit Leon on Monday in which they won Kvitova is hoping for her 13th career crown and could decide the winner. — AFP 6-0 and he bagged a brace. second of the year. —AFP

MLB CAPSULES Nationals’ winning streak ends

WASHINGTON: The Washington Nationals’ win- Orioles traded Arrieta to Chicago with reliever ning streak ended at a team record-tying 10 Pedro Strop in a multiplayer deal last season. games as San Francisco rookie Joe Panik hit his Baltimore’s Nelson Cruz hit his major league- first major league home run and sent the Giants leading 34th homer, a solo shot off Arrieta (7-4) to a 10-3 romp on Friday night. Panik went 4 for 5 in the seventh. Baltimore’s Kevin Gausman (7-5) in his first four-hit game, highlighted by his three- allowed three runs on six hits through five run shot to center field. Tim Hudson and four innings, He struck out seven. Hector Rondon relievers quieted the bats of the Nationals. During pitched a perfect ninth for his 20th save. its streak, Washington had seven one-run victo- ries, five come-from-behind wins, and five walk- RAYS 8, BLUE JAYS 0 offs. Hudson (9-9) allowed one earned run over 5 Drew Smyly pitched a two-hitter and retired 1-3 innings for his first win since July 19. Javier his final 19 batters for the first complete game of Lopez, Jean Machi, Sergio Romo and Juan his career, leading Tampa Bay over struggling Gutierrez finished for the Giants, who have won Toronto. Evan Longoria homered and drove in six of eight. Doug Fister (12-4) threw six innings three runs, and Wil Myers also connected as the and uncharacteristically gave up a pair of homers Rays began a stretch of 26 straight games - Nos 12 and 13 this season. against AL East opponents. Smyly (8-10) allowed a leadoff single to Jose Reyes, who was erased on YANKEES 4, WHITE SOX 3 a double play. After Steve Tolleson’s two-out sin- Martin Prado hit an RBI single with two outs gle in the third, Smyly didn’t permit another run- in the ninth inning, lifting the New York Yankees ner. He walked none and struck out four. Smyly is over the Chicago White Sox. Facing a full-count 2-1 with a 1.55 ERA in four starts since being join- pitch from Daniel Webb (5-4) with the bases ing the Rays in the July 31 trade that sent David loaded, Prado lined a hit up the middle to com- Price to Detroit. Marcus Stroman (7-5) was hit plete the Yankees’ comeback from three runs for hard as the Blue Jays fell to an AL-worst 5-13 in their fourth win in 11 games. Prado hit a two-run August. homer in the third, and Jacoby Ellsbury had an RBI double in the fifth off John Danks after PHILLIES 5, CARDINALS 4 Chicago’s Jose Abreu connected for a three-run Ryan Howard drove in a pair of runs, and Kyle shot in the first against Shane Greene. David Kendrick overcame a rocky first inning to lead Robertson (2-4) struck out two in a perfect ninth. Philadelphia over St Louis. Ben Revere, who Chicago (59-69) fell a season-high 10 games entered the day second in the National League in under .500. Abreu hit his 33rd homer in the first hitting, went 3 for 4 to raise his average to .315. at-bat of his career at Yankee Stadium. Two Chase Utley and Marlon Byrd also drove in runs innings later, Danks gave up Prado’s long ball, his for Philadelphia, which won its third in four AL-leading 24th homer given up. The right-han- games. Matt Adams homered and Matt Holliday der allowed three runs, upping his total to a drove in two runs for the Cardinals, who lost for league-high 87, in five-plus innings. the second time in nine games. Kendrick (6-11) increased his first-inning ERA to 9.69 this season CUBS 4, ORIOLES 1 by allowing three runs. He left after giving up Jake Arrieta shut down his former team, hold- four runs overall and eight hits in 6 1-3 innings. ing Baltimore to four hits in seven innings, and Adam Wainwright (15-8) failed in his bid to LOS ANGELES: Wilmer Flores #4 of the New York Mets turns a double play in front of Justin Turner #10 of the Los Angeles Dodgers to end the Javier Baez homered again as the Chicago Cubs become the first 16-game winner in the big sixth inning at Dodger Stadium on August 22, 2014. — AFP beat the Orioles. Baez hit his sixth homer in his leagues. He allowed five runs, four earned, and 18th game since getting called up from Triple-A, six hits in six innings. Wainwright is 2-3 with a ninth inning, and Houston took advantage of sloppy of singles by Billy Hamilton - in their seventh consec- and gave up 10 hits, including two-run homers by Luis Valbuena also homered, and Logan Watkins 6.49 ERA in five starts this month. defense to beat Cleveland. Singleton’s home run off utive loss. Justin Morneau and Corey Dickerson but fought back and Arismendy Alcantara each drove in runs with Cody Allen (4-3) capped the four-run inning that to keep the Rockies’ lineup largely in check. The singles as the Cubs snapped AL East leading ASTROS 5, INDIANS 1 began with two errors by the worst defensive team in PADRES 5, DIAMONDBACKS 1 Marlins helped Alvarez get through the rough spots Baltimore’s four-game winning streak. The Jon Singleton hit a three-run homer in the the majors. Catcher Roberto Perez’s throwing error Josh Collmenter came two outs away from a com- by staking him to a 4-0 lead. Franklin Morales (5-7) allowed the go-ahead run to score in a rally that start- plete game, holding San Diego without an earned run gave up a single to Christian Yelich and double to Jeff ed with a throwing error by first baseman Carlos on four hits over 8 1-3 innings in Arizona’s win. The Baker to start the fifth before walking Stanton inten- Santana. Tony Sipp (4-2) pitched the eighth inning in Diamondbacks snapped a six-game losing streak. tionally to load the bases. Casey McGehee then drove which the Indians had two runners thrown out on the Collmenter (9-7) also tied his career high for strikeouts in a run by drawing a walk off Morales, who was bases. Houston, which has won four of five, snapped a with eight and didn’t walk a batter. Arizona scored three relieved by Brooks Brown. After getting a forceout at six-game losing streak to the Indians in which the first-inning runs - two on Miguel Montero’s home run - the plate, Brown walked Jarrod Saltalamacchia to Astros were outscored 41-15. and added another in the second inning on a two-out force in another run, and Miami pulled in front 6-2. error by Padres second baseman Jedd Gyorko. MARINERS 5, RED SOX 3 Odrisamer Despaigne (3-5) settled down after a rough DODGERS 6, METS 2 Austin Jackson’s bases-loaded double with two start, but took the loss after going five innings and Dan Haren overcame a leadoff homer by Curtis outs in the ninth inning keyed a five-run rally, and allowing three earned runs and five hits. Granderson and a pair of failed sacrifice bunt attempts Seattle sent Boston to its sixth straight loss. Red Sox to help the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the error-prone closer Koji Uehara (5-4) held a 3-0 lead with two outs TWINS 20, TIGERS 6 New York Mets. Haren (11-10) allowed a run and three and a runner on first before the Mariners broke loose. Eduardo Escobar had a career-high five hits, hits in seven innings, striking out six and walking Seattle ended a nine-game losing streak at Fenway including a homer and a triple, and Minnesota batted none. The victory was his third in four starts after Park. The Mariners had managed only two hits around twice in a rout of Detroit. The 20 runs are the going 0-5 with a 10.03 ERA in his previous five outings. through the first eight innings. Dominic Leone (6-2) most by a team in a major league game this season. Jonathon Niese (7-9) allowed five runs - two earned - pitched one inning of relief for the victory and Danny Santana had a homer and four RBIs, and eight hits, and three walks in 6 2-3 innings. The Fernando Rodney got his 37th save. A night after Oswaldo Arcia and Trevor Plouffe also homered for unearned runs were the result of a throwing error by being held to one hit in a 2-0 loss to the Angels, the the Twins, who scored six runs in the second inning shortstop Wilmer Flores on a routine grounder by Red Sox chased Seattle ace Felix Hernandez in the and nine in the sixth to drop the Tigers to 21/2 games Adrian Gonzalez. It was one of four Mets errors, sixth inning after Yoenis Cespedes’ three-run homer. behind Kansas City in the AL Central race. Robbie Ray matching a season high, including two by Flores. Hernandez struck out seven over 5 2-3 innings and (1-4) lasted just 1 1-3 innings, giving up six runs and gave up five hits, including two in the costly sixth six hits. Ian Kinsler led off the game with a homer for ATHLETICS 5, ANGELS 3 inning. Detroit, but the team with the vaunted starting pitch- Sonny Gray ended a monthlong losing streak, ing staff was reduced to using infielder Andrew pitching into the ninth inning and leading Oakland PENNSYLVANIA: John Orozco competes on the pommel horse in the senior men pre- ROYALS 5, RANGERS 3 Romine on the mound in the eighth inning. Arcia and over the Los Angeles Angels. Coco Crisp hit his 15th liminaries during the 2014 P&G Gymnastics Championships at Consol Energy Center Rookie right-hander Yordano Ventura struck out six Plouffe homered off Romine. career leadoff home run, and Stephen Vogt added a in Pittsburgh. — AFP in six innings for his 10th victory, and Billy Butler and solo shot for Oakland in the opener of a three-game Josh Willingham had inning-starting homers in AL MARLINS 13, ROCKIES 5 series. Sam Fuld hit a go-ahead triple in the sixth Orozco takes early lead at US Central-leading Kansas City’s win over Texas. The hard- Marcell Ozuna hit a grand slam for his third homer inning, and the A’s pulled within one game of the AL throwing Ventura (10-9) allowed one run, four hits, in three games, Giancarlo Stanton had three hits and West-leading Angels. Mike Trout and Josh Hamilton and three walks. Greg Holland worked a scoreless three RBIs, and Miami beat Colorado. Henderson homered for Los Angeles. Gray (13-7) allowed three gymnastics championships ninth for his MLB-leading 40th save in 42 opportuni- Alvarez (10-5) withstood a pair of homers over six runs and six hits over 8 1-3 innings. Sean Doolittle ties after Wade Davis retired all three batters he faces innings to win his fourth consecutive decision. He was recorded the final two outs for his 19th save, fan- PITTSBURGH: John Orozco grabbed the early 2016 Rio Olympics. Two years ago, the US went to extend the majors’ longest active scoreless streak to making his second start since returning last week ning pinch-hitter Chris Iannetta with the bases lead in the US men’s gymnastics championships to London with hopes of grabbing a handful of 22 2-3 innings. Lorenzo Cain shook off a 2-for-14 from a stint on the disabled list because of right shoul- loaded to end it. Reliever Jason Grilli (1-2) gave up on Friday, posting an all-around score of 90.750 medals only to come home with one: the bronze slump with three hits for Kansas City, which won for der inflammation. Alvarez struck out five, walked none Fuld’s key hit. — AP to top a crowded field. Orozco, the 2012 national Leyva earned in the all-around. the 23rd time in 29 games. Butler led off the second champion, continued his steady recovery from a The Cuban-born Leyva figured his perform- with his eighth homer, tying the game at 1-all. Cain knee injury nearly two years ago by putting ance at O2 Arena would be a springboard to and Alcides Escobar, the bottom two batters in the MLB results/standings together six solid rotations. He posted the high- more success. It hasn’t worked out that way to Royals lineup, had consecutive RBI singles in that est scores of the night on parallel bars and high this point. He has spent most of the last two bar as he nudged his way ahead of some famil- years adrift while struggling with consistency inning against Colby Lewis (8-11) to put Kansas City Chicago Cubs 4, Baltimore 1; Houston 5, Cleveland 1; NY Yankees 4, Chicago White Sox 3; San iar faces. and confidence. For one night anyway, both ahead to stay. Francisco 10, Washington 3; Philadelphia 5, St. Louis 4; Tampa Bay 8, Toronto 0; Seattle 5, Boston Jake Dalton is second, followed by Danell returned. With his stepfather and coach Yin 3; Atlanta 3, Cincinnati 1 (12 Innings); Kansas City 6, Texas 3; Pittsburgh 8, Milwaukee 3; Leyva and defending champion Sam Mikulak, Alvarez providing a soundtrack with his trade- PIRATES 8, BREWERS 3 Minnesota 20, Detroit 6; Miami 13, Colorado 5; Arizona 5, San Diego 1; Oakland 5, LA Angels 3; who bounced back from some uncharacteristic mark series of claps and whoops, Leyva show- Josh Harrison homered and drove in a career-high LA Dodgers 6, NY Mets 2. early mistakes to climb within striking distance cased some of the swagger that made him the five runs, leading Pittsburgh past Milwaukee. Andrew McCutchen also homered for Pittsburgh, which had American League National League of Orozco heading into Sunday’s final. Alex face of the US team two years ago. The highlight Eastern Division Eastern Division Naddour is fifth, with Donnell Whittenburg sixth may have come on high bar, which he turned lost nine of 12 going into the series against the NL Central-leading Brewers. Jeff Locke (5-3) pitched six W L PCT GB Washington 73 54 .575 - and Brandon Wynn seventh. Mikulak came in as into a 75-second theme park ride. He thrust his Baltimore 73 53 .579 - Atlanta 68 61 .527 6 the heavy favorite but his bid for a repeat title arms into the air after sticking his dismount and strong innings, giving up two runs and two hits. He NY Yankees 65 61 .516 8 Miami 64 63 .504 9 got off to a bumpy start. He fought his way embraced Alvarez on his way off the podium. walked six, but stranded five runners. Yovani Gallardo (8-7) lasted just five innings, allowing six runs on eight Toronto 65 63 .508 9 NY Mets 60 69 .465 14 through his parallel bar routine - pausing at one The excitable Leyva plays in stark contrast to Tampa Bay 63 65 .492 11 point to gather the strength to muscle his legs the businesslike Orozco, who has steadily rebuilt hits and three walks. Ryan Braun’s two-run homer in Philadelphia 57 71 .445 16.5 the first inning gave Milwaukee a 2-0 lead. It was his Boston 56 72 .438 18 Central Division up into the air - while opening with an ugly himself since tearing the ACL in his left knee Central Division 13.550 that left him in 24th place. He spent the during a post-Olympic tour. He returned to com- 16th home run of the season, but just his second since Milwaukee 71 57 .555 - July 22 as he has been slowed by a sore thumb. Kansas City 71 56 .559 - St. Louis 69 58 .543 1.5 rest of the night trying to climb out of the hole. petition at nationals last summer, finishing a Detroit 68 58 .540 2.5 The laid-back former University of Michigan promising fourth. He arrived in Pittsburgh this Pittsburgh 66 62 .516 5 Cleveland 64 63 .504 7 star was his typically charismatic self on high bar week looking to solidify his spot on the world BRAVES 3, REDS 1, 12 innings Cincinnati 61 68 .473 10.5 Chicago White Sox 59 69 .461 12.5 but his momentum faded when he ended up championship team. That shouldn’t be a prob- Justin Upton hit a two-run homer in the 12th Minnesota 57 70 .449 14 Chicago Cubs 56 72 .438 15 squatting on the blue mat during his floor exer- lem anymore. Smooth at the start and stoic at inning, rallying Atlanta over Cincinnati after Braves Western Division cise. He’ll head to the finals trailing Orozco by the finish, he sprinted to the top of the leader- left-hander Mike Minor came up four outs short of a Western Division LA Angels 76 51 .598 - LA Dodgers 73 57 .562 - 2.375, a far cry from the way Mikulak nearly board after pristine sets on parallel bars and no-hitter. Upton’s 25th homer off Manny Parra (0-1) San Francisco 68 59 .535 3.5 lapped the field in the same meet a year ago. high bar then held onto it by putting together a gave Atlanta its seventh victory in eight games. David Oakland 75 52 .591 1 Seattle 69 58 .543 7 San Diego 59 68 .465 12.5 Then again, maybe the weekend will serve as a composed 14.500 on pommel horse, an event Hale (4-4) pitched out of a two-on threat in the 11th. Arizona 54 75 .419 18.5 reset as the US men’s program begins the climb that bedevils just about every American who Craig Kimbrel got the last three outs for his 38th save Houston 55 74 .426 22 Colorado 50 77 .394 21.5 toward October’s world championships and the climbs on it. — AP in 42 chances. The Reds managed only two hits - a pair Texas 49 78 .386 27 SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014 SPORTS Former WADA chief condemns back-dated bans

MELBOURNE: Former World Anti-Doping Agency “So it puts, in my view, the integrity of the code year-old Australian, who finished his term as WADA games?! I feel sad for sport today,” swimmer (WADA) chief John Fahey has condemned from ASADA’s management of it in some jeopardy.” chief at the end of 2013. “There would be discus- Melanie Schlanger, who won an Olympic relay gold Australian officials for offering back-dated bans to The players were found to have used substances sions but I would be absolutely certain that WADA at the 2012 London Games, tweeted. “Take prohib- more than a dozen top-flight rugby players charged CJC-1295 and GHRP-6, peptide hormones which has not agreed in advance to an examination of a ited drugs, get a 10 week ban. Accidentally give with drugs offences that will see most of them miss promote muscle growth and are banned under the brief of evidence. They can’t.” ASADA the wrong address of your house, get a 2 only three weeks of competition. Seventeen WADA code. The position of the five players who WADA came under fire this year for not appeal- year ban. National Rugby League (NRL) players were accused had not taken the plea-deal was unclear. Local ing a one-year ban handed to American former Truly ludicrous,” tweeted Mitchell Watt, long of using banned supplements in 2011 at the media reported at least three had turned it down - world champion sprinter Tyson Gay after he tested jump silver medalist at London. WADA have yet to Cronulla Sharks, and 12 current and former players one because he had retired while two others, Paul positive for an anabolic steroid. Gay’s ban, halved receive a brief of evidence from Australia’s anti- for the Sydney-based team had accepted one-year Aiton and Ben Pomeroy, were playing in England’s because of his “substantial cooperation” with dop- doping authority on the case, the Daily Telegraph bans offered by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Super League. NRL CEO Dave Smith said the pun- ing authorities, was back-dated and he was com- reported, citing an email from WADA chief execu- Authority, the NRL confirmed yesterday. ishments would “bring an end to a long and diffi- peting within a few weeks of the announcement of tive David Howman. With the ban back-dated to Nov. 2013 and the cult investigation for the players, their families and the punishment. Fahey said there was ample ASADA have three weeks to provide the brief to current NRL regular season finishing next month, the NRL. “In this case, the evidence supports the precedent for back-dating bans, but could see little WADA at the conclusion of their case. If the global most of the offenders will miss only three weeks of fact that players were misled about the nature of justification for the Cronulla players to enjoy the agency disagrees with ASADA’s penalties, they can play, a plea arrangement slammed as a “sweetheart the substances administered to them by people at benefit. “There was the Tyson Gay case where he apply to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to over- deal” by incensed Australian Olympians. the club who they should have been able to trust,” voluntarily refunded all prize money and agreed to ride them. “I’m puzzled and disappointed that the ultimate he said in a statement. Local media, citing the play- his name being expunged from all events he par- The ASADA probe was triggered by a dramatic penalty for most of the Cronulla players is only ers’ legal representatives, said the players had been ticipated in from the time he breached the anti- news conference by the country’s then-sports min- three weeks,” Fahey said in an interview yesterday. given assurances by Australian anti-doping officials doping code,” Fahey said. “All these (Cronulla) play- ister in Feb. 2013 on the back of a national crime “I don’t know where the code allows that. “I think of that WADA would not appeal the leniency of the ers have played this year, so they haven’t stood report that alleged, among other things, the wide- all of the other athletes that have been dealt with punishments. down.” spread use of banned substances in Australian correctly under the anti-doping code for breaches sport. The investigation has also seen 34 current that have suffered two-year penalties who must be Premature end Disdain and former players at Melbourne-based Australian asking themselves today ‘how can this happen to Fahey disputed that and said any suggestion Australian Olympians reacted with disdain to Rules football club Essendon charged with the use rugby league players when it certainly wasn’t avail- the case was closed was premature. “WADA can’t the bans. “A backdated 12 month ban for taking a of banned supplements. Those cases remain on able for me?’ (agree to that) and they haven’t,” added the 69- banned substance?! Players to miss only a few hold pending a court decision. — Reuters All Blacks retain Bledisloe Cup with crushing victory AUCKLAND: New Zealand’s forwards McCaw was returning and the home side responded to criticism of their perform- attacked the visitors’ scrum. ance in their opening Rugby Championship clash to set the foundation for a 51-20 vic- Man advantage tory over Australia at Eden Park yesterday The All Blacks exploited their man that also ensured the retention of the advantage when Brodie Retallick was held Bledisloe Cup. All Blacks captain Richie up over the line and used the resulting McCaw, who was sinbinned early in the scrum to shunt the Wallabies’ backwards game, scored two tries while Kieran Read, and then disintegrate their pack with refer- Julian Savea and Steven Luatua also ee Romain Poite awarding a penalty try. crossed, with their pack awarded a penalty Then they produced a sweeping counter- try as part of a record score against the attack from inside their own 22 after turn- Wallabies. ing the ball over, spread it wide with Cruden Flyhalf Aaron Cruden kicked five conver- drawing defenders before offloading a per- sions and three penalties, while Wallabies fectly timed pass to Savea outside him. fullback Israel Folau and captain Michael Cruden’s conversion gave the All Blacks a Hooper crossed for tries with Kurtley Beale handy 23-6 lead at the break that they adding two penalties and two conversions. extended with a scintillating 10-minute The victory ensured the Bledisloe Cup burst after the break that produced three remained in New Zealand for the 12th suc- more tries, two to McCaw from attacking cessive year. The third match in Brisbane in lineouts. “When you’re chasing 20-odd October is now a dead rubber in terms of points against a team like the All Blacks it’s a the battle for the symbol of trans-Tasman dangerous experience and you need to take supremacy. Maligned for their failure to risks to chase the game,” Wallabies coach combat the Wallabies’ intensity in the 12-12 Ewen McKenzie said. “They played well, no draw in Sydney last week, New Zealand’s question but I know we’re better than that, forwards tore into their Australian counter- so it was a very frustrating night.” parts, intent on protecting a formidable 20- Folau and Hooper scored two quick con- year unbeaten record at Eden Park. solation tries for the visitors before Luatua “We put the acid on those guys to front scored a last-minute try that Aaron Smith AUCKLAND: New Zealand players pose for a group photo with the Bledisloe Cup after defeating Australia in their international test Bledisloe up this week,” McCaw told reporters of his converted to give them a record score. The Cup rugby match yesterday. — AP tight five’s efforts. “We looked at what hap- All Blacks’ previous best score was the 50- pened last week and for a lot of the game 21 they accumulated in 2003, the year they we were getting beaten in the contact regained the Bledisloe Cup. “It was a special areas. They knew that and they set the plat- performance,” All Blacks coach Steve Ledecky smashes world form for some go forward ball. “Rugby is a Hansen added. Obviously we didn’t play hell of a lot easier when you win the con- well last week, it was disappointing tact.” While Cruden and Beale traded early because we set high standards for our- penalties, the sinbinning of McCaw in the selves.” “We showed an intensity that we record, Phelps wins gold 13th minute for a professional foul galva- didn’t have the week before.” Both sides nized the home side, who controlled the now have a week off before their next ball the entire time their captain was on the Rugby Championship clashes, with the All GOLD COAST: The second coming of Michael returned to competition in April with the aim of fly gold and another relay medal - silver - to his tally sideline. With the All Blacks leading 9-6, the Blacks playing Argentina in Napier, while Phelps gained momentum with another gold making the U.S. squad for the Pan Pacs. He achieved on Saturday and still has the medley to race today. “I tide of the match turned when Wallabies the Wallabies head to Perth to host South medal at the Pan Pacific championships on a night that by placing second in the 100 butterfly and the know there’s a lot that can happen in a year with lock Rob Simmons was sinbinned just as Africa on Sept 6. — Reuters when US teenager Katie Ledecky set yet another 200 medley, although his seventh in the 100 training, and that’s what I’m looking forward to,” he world record. The old and the new faces of world freestyle was a setback. said. “This is a building year for me after just getting swimming delivered on expectations Saturday, with A fourth-place finish in the 100 final on Friday back in the water and going through the ups and 29-year-old Phelps following up on his relay gold by night gave him a confidence boost, and he went downs. “I haven’t been able to hit my walls like I winning his first individual title since returning to back into the pool to help the US win the 4x200- want to, at a high speed. That’s just going to have to international competition following 1 1/2 years in meter relay - his first gold medal since returning to be something I work on over the next year, and retirement. The most decorated Olympian in history international competition. Phelps added the butter- hopefully I’ll be able to nail that.”— AP won the 100-meter butterfly in 51.29 seconds, edg- ing long-time US teammate Ryan Lochte. “It definitely feels good to have that sort of con- fidence back to be able to do it in an individual event,” Phelps said. “What it does is really just guar- antee me a spot on the world championships team next summer - that’s the biggest thing and most important thing.” In the next final, 17-year-old Ledecky won her fourth gold medal of the meet, lowering her world record in the 400 freestyle to 3 minutes, 58.37 seconds. Ledecky was under world- record splits for much of the race in an outdoor pool at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre, then slipped slightly behind the pace before powering home with a last lap of 29.30 seconds to shave 0.49 off the world mark she set at the US nationals earlier this month. She also holds the world records in the 800 and 1,500 freestyle events, and won all three titles at the TOULOUSE: Toulouse’s French flanker Yannick Nyanga clears a scrum during the last world championships. “It’s a great feeling. It French Top 14 rugby union match between Toulouse and Castres at the Ernest Wallon never really gets old,” Ledecky said of her run of QUEENSLAND: Katie Ledecky of the US competes during the women’s 400m freestyle final at Stadium on August 22, 2014. — AFP records. “I have some long-term goals. We’re not quite there yet, but we’ll get there.” She still has the the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre in Gold Coast yesterday. — AFP 1,500 meters to swim in Australia, where she has Toulouse rout already won the 200, 800 and the 4x200-meter relay. Tyler Clary won the men’s 200 backstroke to Rosberg takes the pole give the US its third gold of the night, and 11th for the meet. Castres 35-6 Australia was in second spot with eight gold position for Belgian GP medals after winning the women’s 100 butterfly and 200 backstroke and finishing off the third day SPA: Nico Rosberg will start the Belgian Grand Prix season with Red Bull. Hamilton had not qualified on PARIS: Toulouse clinched a four-try, bonus- Crusaders, was making his debut having only from pole position after holding off a strong chal- the front row since the Canadian GP in June. “We of competition with victories over the Americans in point 35-6 win over Castres on Friday to make arrived in France last Sunday. lenge from his Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton in have a great car here and we’re leading the way it two wins in two outings of the new French Castres had eight changes from their 25- the men’s and women’s 4x100 relays. Alicia Coutts qualifying yesterday. Hamilton was ahead of here. So cool to see that,” Hamilton said. “We defi- Top 14 season. Gael Fickou, Jean-Marc 22 loss to Stade Francais-the most notable won the 100 butterfly in 57.64 from Lu Ying of Rosberg on the first two time splits of his final lap nitely have good chances for tomorrow.” Doussain, Maxime Medard and Sebastien being the return of half-back pairing, skipper China and American Kendyl Stewart, while Belinda but then drifted back, allowing Rosberg to clinch a However, the 2008 champion was again Bezy all scored tries on a night when they Remi Tales and Rory Kockott. English fly-half Hocking led Australian teammate Emily Seebohm fourth straight pole and sixth in the past seven plagued by technical problems - just like in the pre- played the last 15 minutes with 14 men after Toby Flood, who scored all of his team’s in a 1-2 finish in the backstroke, with American races. The German driver leads Hamilton by 11 vious four races, where he started from 22nd, 20th, replacement full-back Thomas Ramos was points on his debut last weekend, kicked Elizabeth Beisel edging teammate Missy Franklin, points in the overall standings. sixth and ninth on the grid and still got on the podi- red-carded for violent play after only being Toulouse ahead before Kockott leveled. Both the Olympic and world champion, for bronze. Rosberg clocked 2 minutes, 5.591 seconds in dif- um every time. “I was nervous going into qualifying, on the field for under two minutes. Toulouse men missed two more penalties each before Beijing Olympics gold medalist Park Tae-hwan of ficult conditions, with the Spa track drenched fol- not knowing if the car was going to get through it,” backs coach Jean-Baptiste Elissalde said the Toulouse grabbed the first try on the 22- South Korea won the 400 freestyle in 3:43.15, more lowing a heavy downpour shortly before qualifying the British driver said. This time, he had a brake two wins were the perfect start for a club minute mark with French international centre than a second ahead of Japan’s Kosuke Hagino and started. “It was just Lewis I had to focus on,” Rosberg problem. “You need to have confidence on the which missed the play-offs last season for the Fickou creating and scoring the try. Fickou Connor Jaeger of the United States. Persistent rain said after his 11th career pole. “It makes it easier brakes. There were times in Q3 when I was just first time in 21 years. bounced off a poor challenge from Max Evans that has overshadowed the meet since the opening when there’s not a whole bunch, only one guy.” going straight on because the left brake wasn’t real- “If the guys make the most of their poten- and exchanged passes with winger Yoann day - even Phelps remarked about the “crazy, side- Hamilton finished in 2:05.819 and Sebastian Vettel ly working. When it glazes it’s hard to recover, espe- tial, I hope it will be a less perilous season Huget before powering over for the score. ways rain” - eased up on Saturday night. Not that it got a much-needed boost with the third quickest cially in the rain,” he said. “But in the evening they’re than last time,” he said. Castres manager Flood converted for 10-3 but Kockott kept would have bothered Ledecky. “It was beautiful out time - although the fact that he was 2 seconds able to scrub it and get rid of the glazing. In the dry Matthias Rolland refused to panic despite Castres in touch with his second penalty of there tonight,” she said. “There’s no rain underwater, behind the Mercedes pair offers the Red Bull driver tomorrow it shouldn’t be a problem.” little hope of securing a first win this season. Vettel, the four-time defending champion, did back-to-back defeats. “We have to stay united, the night. Huget went over for what he so it doesn’t really bother me.” Ledecky was the youngest member of the US “It helped us that it was wet. The gap was a lot not take part in Friday’s second practice run it’s a long championship and we know that thought was Toulouse’s second try but play bigger and our car was really dominant,” Rosberg because of a power unit failure. The German driver’s team at the 2012 London Games, where she won we have to rebound. We must remain confi- was called back after the winger had been said. “It was amazing to see that, how quick our car victory at Spa last year was the first of nine succes- dent and not get into a negative spiral,” he penalized for a knock on. Flood knocked over the 800 freestyle and where Phelps won his 18th is.” Two-time F1 champion Fernando Alonso was sive wins. The way things are going this season - he said. Toulouse made nine changes to the side another penalty on the stroke of half-time for gold and 22nd medal overall. Phelps went into fourth in his Ferrari ahead of Daniel Ricciardo, the is languishing in sixth place overall - just a podium that edged a 20-19 win over Oyonnax last 13-6. Toulouse then tightened their grip on retirement and Ledecky’s career went into over- only non-Mercedes driver to win a race so far this finish would be a success. “We know we’re down in weekend with Florian Fritz, Medard, Gilian the match with two tries in four minutes early drive. After an extended break, Phelps realized that season. Hamilton has won five, Rosberg four and power. Mercedes have a strong car and they have a Galan and former All Blacks prop Corey Flynn in the second period. Firstly, they won quick he wanted to compete again and decided he’d try Ricciardo has clinched two in an impressive first lot of downforce. —AP all starting. Flynn, who spent 13 years at the turnover ball on the halfway line. —AFP to qualify for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. He SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014 SPORTS

Scott grabs share of lead Photo of the day as McIlroy recovers nicely Australian tied with Tringale after 65

PARAMUS: Adam Scott used a run of four well I’m playing and how comfortable I am successive birdies on Friday to vault into a with my game, so even to miss a cut feeling share of the halfway lead at The Barclays, like that would have felt really bad,” said and Rory McIlroy joined the fray at the McIlroy. “I put a little extra effort in yester- opener of the four-event FedExCup playoffs. day and this morning and made sure I was Scott, the Australian world number two, ready to go.” One stroke behind the co-lead- caught fire from the par-four fifth hole to ers were Jim Furyk (69) and fellow post a 31 on the front nine and added two Americans Brendon Todd (69) and Kevin more birdies including a nice finishing Chappell (67) on 135, one shot better than a touch at 18 to complete a 65 for eight- group of six that included last year’s under 134 along with American Cameron FedExCup champion Henrik Stenson of Tringale. Sweden and Australian Jason Day, who Scott was hitting the ball like a dream both fired 64s. from tee to green, and reckoned he might Also at six-under-par 136 were South have broken 60 if he had taken advantage African Ernie Els (68), Scotsman Russell Knox of the par-fives and cashed in with his put- (69), Kevin Na (66) and Bo Van Pelt (71), the ter on a host of other scoring opportunities. overnight leader. Others struggled despite “Always hard to put numbers on it but six, softened conditions from overnight rain on seven,” Scott told reporters when asked how the AW Tillinghast layout. Three-time win- much better his score could have been. “I ner this year Jimmy Walker struck a specta- played the par-fives one-over today. So I tor in the head with an approach shot, and could find four there for you, and missed so five-times major champion Phil Mickelson many 10-footers it felt like.” hit his tee shot on the short par-four fifth Asked if a 59 might have been possible hole onto a hospitality dining deck and for him, Scott said: “Well, ifs and buts, but I played on from there. Mickelson went on to played well enough if I had it really going bogey the hole and shot a 72 but made the on the green today to do that for sure.” cut right on the number, while Walker post- Tringale, who last week disqualified himself ed a 74 to miss it by two. from the PGA Championship for signing an The cut for the elite field was set at one- incorrect scorecard, shot a 68 to share a over-par 143, with 79 players carrying on to one-stroke lead with Scott on a jammed Saturday’s third round at tree-lined pack leaderboard. World number one Ridgewood Country Club. The top 100 play- Kevin Hansen performs during Round 7 World Rallycross Championship in Grand Prix de Trois Rivières, Canad. — www.redbull.com McIlroy, on a blazing three-tournament ers on the FedExCup points list after the winning streak that included major tri- tournament will qualify for next week’s umphs in the British Open and PGA Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston. Championship, shrugged off an opening 74 Among those missing the cut on an over- Maqsood, Alam stun with a sizzling six-under 65 to move up to cast but dry day, were European Ryder Cup three under par for the tournament. veteran Ian Poulter (72) and 2012 FedExCup The Northern Irishman, who took some winner Brandt Snedeker (74), who both fin- time off from practicing after his brilliant ished just outside the cut at 144. US Open run, went back to work after his poor round winner Martin Kaymer of Germany soared Sri Lanka in first ODI and got right back on track. “I know how to a second-round 77 for 148. — Reuters

HAMBANTOTA: Sohaib Maqsood and Fawad Alam put on a 147-run stand as Pakistan recovered from the brink to defeat Sri Lanka by four wickets yester- day and take the lead in the three-match series. The tourists, chasing a Duckworth-Lewis target of 275 in 45 overs, fought back after being 106-5 to scrape home off the penultimate ball of the match in Hambantota. Maqsood remained unbeaten on a glo- rious 89 off 73 balls as Shahid Afridi smashed the win- ning boundary off seamer Nuwan Kulasekara to the point fence. Alam was dismissed for 62 by Lasith Malinga when 22 still remained for victory off the last three overs, but Maqsood and Afridi battled on to help Pakistan record a good win. Sri Lanka had made 275-7 after being sent in to bat in overcast conditions, but rain after six overs of their innings reduced the game from a full 50-overs-a-side contest to 45. Opener Ahmed Shehzad scored 49 but no other top-order batsman settled in to make a big score till Maqsood and Alam turned the game Pakistan’s way. “This is one of the best partnerships I have seen, especially by two young batsmen,” Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq said. “We lost our way a bit, but Fawad and Maqsood made a good recovery.” The 27-year-old Maqsood, who was named man of the match, said the plan was for him to attack, while Alam rotated the strike. “This is obviously a special knock since I was playing an international match after a few months,” NORTH PLAINS: Scott Pinckney hits his drive on the eighth hole during the second he said. “Hopefully, I will continue to do well in the round of the WinCo Foods Portland Open at the Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club on August remaining matches and help Pakistan win the series.” 22, 2014 in North Plains, Oregon. — AFP Earlier, Sri Lankan skipper Angelo Mathews smashed 89 off 85 balls and Mahela Jayawardene made 63 to HAMBANTOTA: Pakistan batsman Fawad Alam (left) and Sohaib Maqsood run between the give their side a seemingly commanding total. wickets during the first One Day International (ODI) match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan at Ryu stretches lead at Jayawardene, 37, who retired from Tests earlier the Suriyawewa Mahinda Rajapakse International Cricket Stadium yesterday. — AFP this week to concentrate on one-day cricket till next year’s World Cup, hit eight boundaries in his 73rd half-century in the shorter format. Sri Lanka slumped SCOREBOARD LPGA Canadian Open to 75-4 by the 18th over before Jayawardene and Mathews put on 116 for the fifth wicket. Mathews hit HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka: Scoreboard of the first one-day international between Pakistan and LONDON: South Korea’s Ryu So-Yeon four holes starting at the par-4 12th but said nine fours in his best score in one-day cricket, but it Sri Lanka in Hambantota yesterday: was Ashan Priyanjan’s unbeaten 39 off 15 balls at the stretched her lead to five strokes after firing that she was prouder of going without a Sri Lanka: Pakistan: a six-under par 66 in Friday’s second round bogey than making 15 birdies. “A lot of end that boosted the total. Mathews said Maqsood made the difference in Pakistan’s win. “I don’t think U. Tharanga c Akmal b Riaz 18 Ahmed Shehzad b Perera 49 of the LPGA Canadian Women’s Open. birdies still this time, but no bogeys is still we did too much wrong,” he said. “The wicket played T. Dilshan lbw b Irfan 6 Mohammad Hafeez lbw b Mathews 21 Ninth-ranked Ryu, the 2011 US Women’s more a great sign because it means I’ve well and, more often than not, the bowlers do the job K. Sangakkara c Shehzad b Hafeez 25 Younis Khan c Kulasekara b Mathews 3 Open champion whose only other LPGA played really consistent,” Ryu said. “When I for us when we get 250-plus. M. Jayawardene run out 63 Umar Akmal c Malinga b Perera 15 title came at the 2012 Toledo Classic, was in trouble, I proved I can prove it with a But the brilliance of Maqsood did it.” Lanky left- D. Chandimal c Riaz b Irfan 6 Misbah-ul Haq c Sangakkara b Herath 13 opened by matching the London Hunt and bogey-free round, so I’m more happy with a arm fast bowler Mohammad Irfan, who stands at sev- A. Mathews b Riaz 89 Fawad Alam c Priyanjan b Malinga 62 Country Club course record with a 63 and bogey-free round.” Nordqvist fired a 69 but en feet, one inch (2.16 metres), generated good T. Perera b Riaz 13 Sohaib Maqsood not out 89 followed up with another solid effort to fell back with her first bogey of the event at bounce from the moisture-laden pitch to claim two A. Priyanjan not out 39 Shahid Afridi not out 14 stand on 15-under 129. “After I shot nine- the par-5 16th as playing partner Ryu seized wickets for 48 runs. Wahab Riaz, one of the three left- N. Kulasekara not out 3 Extras: (b4, w7) 11 under, six-under is not that great, but still it’s command. arm seamers for Pakistan alongside Irfan and Junaid Extras: (lb3, w10) 13 Total (for six wickets, 44.5 overs) 277 a really great score and I made a lot of great “I was trying to keep up with her on the Khan, took three for 50. The tourists were without Total (for seven wickets, 45 overs) 275 Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Hafeez), 2-47 (Younis), 3- putts,” Ryu said. greens. I played really well too. Just couldn’t their top spinner Saeed Ajmal, who has flown to Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Dilshan), 2-55 (Tharanga), 79 (Akmal), 4-94 (Shehzad), 5-106 (Misbah), 6- “I had a bogey-free round two days in a seem to make any putts. I burned six or sev- Australia to undergo tests of his bowling action after 3-55 (Sangakkara), 4-75 (Chandimal), 5-191 253 (Alam). being reported by the umpires during the preceding row, so I feel really great about that. “That’s en edges so it was a bit frustrating, but she (Jayawardene), 6-228 (Perera), 7-247 Bowling: Malinga 9-0-60-1 (w6), Kulasekara my goal. I aim for a bogey-free round all four played really well and I tried to feed off her.” Test series which Sri Lanka swept 2-0. Meanwhile, Hambantota will also host the second one-dayer on (Mathews). 8.5-0-56-0, Mathews 9-0-48-2 (w1), Perera 7-0- days and I’m aiming for a really good win.” Choi had a bogey at the fifth and a birdie at Bowling: Irfan 9-0-48-2 (w4), Junaid 9-1-75-0 43-2, Herath 9-0-49-1, Dilshan 2-0-17-0 South Korean Choi Na-Yeon, American the par-5 seventh, then began the back nine Tuesday due to bad weather in Colombo, the original venue. The third and final match will be played in (w5), Riaz 9-0-50-3, Hafeez 8-0-32-1 (w1), Afridi Pakistan won by four wickets (Duckworth- Danielle Kang and Sweden’s Anna Nordqvist birdie-bogey before back-to-back birdies at 9-0-57-0, Alam 1-0-10-0 Lewis method). shared second on 134 with American Cristie 15 and 16 gave her a 70 for the round. Kang Dambulla on August 30. — AFP Kerr another stroke adrift. Ryu, who had 10 concluded the front and back nines with top-10 finishes without a victory last year birdies in a round of 66. Two-time defending and has nine more this year without lifting a champion Lydia Ko of New Zealand fired a trophy, birdied three of the first four holes to 69 to stand on 139, 10 strokes off the pace. Wiggins: A rare No 1 pick pull away after carrying a one-shot lead into The Kiwi teen star was an amateur when she the round. took the past two trophies but is now in her She had another run of three birdies in rookie season on the LPGA circuit. — AFP traded before rookie year

MINNEAPOLIS: The wait is almost over. The block- to swirl. As the summer dragged on, the 19-year-old That speaks to how highly the Cavaliers, and James buster trade that will send Kevin Love to team up with Canadian who spent one year at the University of in particular, think of Love. His versatility, shot-making, LeBron James in Cleveland will be completed today, Kansas even wore the Cleveland colors in a rookie pho- outlet passing and rebounding prowess will be a per- making the Cavaliers an instant favorite in the Eastern to shoot at the start of August. fect fit for the James-led Cavaliers, just as it was when Conference and turning Andrew Wiggins into some- Through it all, he side-stepped questions about the two teamed up at the London Olympics with Team thing of an anomaly. When Wiggins is moved from the where he was headed and steadfastly maintained the USA. Love spent his first six seasons in Minnesota and Cavs to the Minnesota Timberwolves in the deal, he rumors didn’t bother him. “Anywhere, any team,” he has yet to make the playoffs. That lack of success will become just the second No. 1 overall draft pick to said earlier this month when asked about it at a pro- caused him to inform management this summer that be traded without playing a game for the team that motional appearance. “I can play anywhere.” But he intended to opt out of his contract next July and drafted him since the ABA and NBA merged in 1976. Jayhawks coach Bill Self said that he thinks Wiggins has sign with a contender, so the Wolves started to enter- The only other time it happened was in 1993 when used the Cavaliers’ decision to trade him as fuel. “I think tain offers. The Cavaliers jumped into the mix right the Orlando Magic traded Chris Webber to the Golden he’s handled everything great. He’s excited,” Self said at after James decided to return home and shot to the State Warriors for a package headlined by Penny a basketball camp earlier this month. “I think the whole top of the list of suitors when they decided to make Hardaway. The Cavaliers will also get Anthony Bennett, thing that’s been blown out of proportion a bit is that Wiggins, a super-athletic, 6-foot-8 forward, available. the 2013 No 1 pick, from Cleveland and veteran for- he’s been in limbo. He’s known since the summer that Now that he is coming to Minnesota with the added ward Thaddeus Young from Philadelphia in the three- he’d be traded. It’s OK. In some ways he’s looking for- motivation of being an outlier is just icing on the cake team deal. The Sixers will get Miami’s 2015 first-round ward to going to Minnesota.” in the Wolves’ eyes. They see two young players with pick from the Cavaliers and guard Alexey Shved and The vast majority of top picks since the merger the talent that made them No 1 picks and the motiva- forward Luc Mbah a Moute from the Timberwolves in either have never been traded or were shipped out tion to show the Cavaliers they shouldn’t have given the trade, which cannot be announced due to a sel- after spending at least four seasons with the team that up on them this quickly, even if they were getting a dom-used NBA rule that prevents draft picks from drafted them. Bennett, the No 1 overall pick in 2013 three-time All-Star and one of the best offensive play- being traded until 30 days after they sign their rookie who is headed from Cleveland to Minnesota with ers in return. “When all this trade stuff started, I talked contracts. The Webber-Hardaway trade occurred on Wiggins, is unique in his own right in getting traded to Andrew and Andrew told me, ‘I hope I get traded,’” draft night, allowing both players and both teams after just one year with the team that drafted him. He Self said. “And I’m like, ‘No you don’t.’ And he said, involved to leave the venue that night with a clear pic- joins Pervis Ellison, who was traded from Sacramento “Coach, I do. It’s better for me, knowing my personality ture of their respective futures. Wiggins, on the other to Washington after his rookie season in 1990, and and what I need to do, to go somewhere where I’m ONTARIO: So Yeon Ryu of South Korea chips out of the sand trap on the 4th hole dur- hand, has endured a much longer, more awkward Webber, who was traded from Golden State to forced to be something as opposed to going in there ing the second round of the LPGA Canadian Pacific Women’s Open at the London process. He suited up for the Cavaliers at the Las Vegas Washington after one year, as the only No. 1s to be where they’re going to be patient with me and I’m Hunt and Country Club on August 22, 2014. — AFP summer league even as the rumors of his trade started dealt that quickly. going to be a piece.” — AP SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014 SPORTS Champions League qualifiers may be better in May BERNE: On the same day hosts Brazil were crushed 22 teams who qualify directly, there is time to pre- sight of hydration breaks in the Austrian Bundesliga gression for clubs who have finished well domesti- 7-1 by Germany in the semi-finals of the 2014 World pare. Their club directors go to Monaco at the end when it kicked off in a July heatwave. This season’s cally. Instead of stopping, and re-starting, three Cup, another remarkable match took place almost of August for the draw for the group stages and Swiss league started a week after the World Cup months later, often without key players, teams unnoticed, thousands of kilometers away, in the their matches start in mid-September. final. Italy’s Serie A, on the other hand, does not would carry momentum into the playoffs. This Armenian capital Yerevan. There, on an historic By then the new season is in full swing. But those begin until the end of August. Thus Napoli’s home would create a fitting climax to their season. night for Andorran football, Eloy Casals, goalkeeper who are not direct qualifiers, including the champi- match on Tuesday against Athletic Bilbao, in the first The first and second qualifying rounds, for teams for the champions of the principality FC Santa ons of 40 ‘smaller’ countries, face a battle in up to leg of a playoff tie, was their first competitive fixture from the ‘smaller’ leagues, could start in April with Coloma, rifled in a 94th-minute effort to secure an four rounds of preliminary matches in July and of the season. the third round, and playoffs, taking place in May. away-goals win over Armenia’s Banants in a August. For some clubs, this means they have barely Most leagues would have to finish one or two weeks Champions League first round qualifier. Banants, 3-1 started pre-season training when they play their Anti-climax earlier, by the start of May, but the smaller ones ahead in the second leg, looked set to qualify until most important matches of the year. The losers face With the transfer window still open for business, would need to end in April. Casals took advantage of confusion to send the a full season ahead knowing they have already Napoli gave the impression they were fielding a July, and most of August, would then be left with- Andorran amateurs through after the tie ended 3-3 missed out on their main target. Austrian side makeshift team for a contest where the outcome out football, apart from those countries that have a on aggregate. Salzburg are a classic case. Ever since the Red Bull could be worth 38 million euros ($50.34 million, the summer season. European soccer’s ruling body UEFA Casals joined the likes of Peter Schmeichel and energy drink manufacturer took over the club in same amount they earned from the group stages has acknowledged that playing the qualifiers early in Vincent Enyeama among the ranks of keepers who 2005, their stated aim has been to qualify for the last season. In short, the arrangements are messy. It the season is not ideal - and change may be an have scored in the competition. Events in Belo Champions League group stages. would appear more sensible to play these qualifying attractive proposition. “It could be interesting but Horizonte, understandably, overshadowed this They have taken part six times in the qualifiers ties in April and May, at the end of the old season, the problem is you never know exactly when the remarkable act of giant-killing but helped to raise a without success. As winning the league is seen as an rather than the beginning of the new. There is some- season ends in different countries so you might face question: why was European club football being obligation, this means they have little to look for- thing anti-climatic when teams like Bilbao finish a similar problem,” secretary general Gianni Infantino played while the World Cup was building to a ward to after being eliminated. Some countries, like fourth in La Liga, knowing they must wait three said. “But it’s true, this is an issue. It’s a pity for any crescendo? The Champions League is the pinnacle Austria and Switzerland, start their seasons in mid- months to play a two-legged match of such impor- club to be knocked out in early July. So we have to of club football and, for major European teams, July to give their teams an improved chance in the tance. Playing the Champions League qualifiers at see what is better. “It’s difficult to find the right bal- qualifying for the group stages is a priority. For the qualifiers. Last year that led to the incongruous the end of the ‘old’ season would be a natural pro- ance but it’s a good point to look at.” — Reuters Mandzukic hands Atletico Super Cup win over Real

MADRID: Atletico Madrid gained some measure of revenge for their Champions League final defeat to Real Madrid by beating their city rivals 1-0 at the Vicente Calderon on Friday to win the Spanish Super Cup 2-1 on aggregate. The hosts made the best pos- sible start as Mario Mandzukic volleyed home the winner from Antoine Griezmann’s pass after just 90 seconds. Real boss Carlo Ancelotti had named Cristiano Ronaldo on the bench due to the effects of a hamstring injury that had seen him withdrawn from the first leg. However, even the Portuguese couldn’t break down Atletico’s typically well-organized defense as they held on to end Real’s hopes of claiming six tro- phies this season. “Between the end of last season and now Real Madrid has won three cups,” said Ancelotti. “I want to thank all the players and the club because I ANNECY: Evian TG’s Ghanaian defender Jonathan Mensah (right) challenges Paris think we have done very well. “In this game we didn’t Saint-Germain’s Brazilian midfielder Lucas Moura during the French L1 football play well but I would rather this one than the match between Evian Thonon Gaillard and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) on August Champions League final.” As well as leaving Ronaldo on 22, 2014. — AFP the bench, Ancelotti also fuelled speculation over Angel di Maria’s future by excluding the Argentine from his squad entirely. Ten-man PSG held However, he claimed Di Maria’s absence had purely been for sporting reasons. “Di Maria was a technical decision. I didn’t need him today.” Atletico boss Diego Simeone was sent off midway through the first-half for by struggling Evian protesting that right-back Juanfran hadn’t been MADRID: Atletico’ players celebrate their victory with the Trophy during a Spanish Supercup allowed back onto the field quickly enough after second leg soccer match between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid at Vicente Calderon stadi- receiving treatment for a facial injury. The Argentine PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain once again Brandao at the end of last week’s 2-0 win um yesterday. —AP came unstuck against their bete noire against SC Bastia left him with a fractured could be in for a severe ban as he confronted the assis- Evian on Friday, being forced to settle for a nose. tant referee and sarcastically applauded the decision. from Atletico as Raphael Varane’s misjudged header Raul Garcia inexplicably headed over Koke’s corner 0-0 draw after having Yohan Cabaye sent However, he apologized and admitted he had overre- allowed his French international teammate Griezmann from point-blank range. off in their Ligue 1 clash in Annecy. Evian Missed opportunity for Cavani acted at the time. “When you commit an error you to feed Mandzukic to score his first goal since signing Ronaldo made his entrance at the break as he have caused problems for PSG at their Parc Without Ibrahimovic, Edinson Cavani was have to ask for forgiveness and I accept it was an error,” from Bayern Munich. replaced the ineffective Toni Kroos. Garcia was inches he said. “I exaggerated in trying to get Juanfran on.” des Sports in the recent past, knocking the given the opportunity to play in his favoured The visitors slowly grew into the game, though, and away again at the start of the second period as this Victory was Atletico’s first at home against Real in Luka Modric was inches away from a spectacular time he turned a Koke free-kick onto the underside of capital club out of the French Cup at the role of central striker, and he had the best 15 years and continued Simeone’s amazing run of suc- equalizer when he volleyed just over from outside the the bar and Iker Casillas reacted well to prevent quarter-final stage in 2012-13 and then chances for the visitors. However, his free- cess since taking charge of the club just under three area. James Rodriguez then began to dictate the pace Mandzukic forcing the ball home from close range. winning 2-0 last December after Paris had kick midway through the first half was tame years ago. However, he again downplayed expecta- of the game and he was only denied a leveler by a Ronaldo made his first real impression with a thun- gone 26 games unbeaten. Nevertheless, and went straight into the arms of Evian’s tions that Atletico can repeat their amazing La Liga spectacular save from Miguel Angel Moya before the derous effort that was well held by Moya, but Atletico the Alpine outfit had lost their opening two Danish goalkeeper Jesper Hansen. A title triumph of last season. Colombian also directed a header just wide of the tar- were creating the greater threat and went close twice matches of this campaign, conceding nine defense-splitting pass by Lucas then put “When you play in a league that is so long against get. Rodriguez then fed Gareth Bale inside the area, more through Koke and Griezmann. And Real’s miser- goals in the process, including in a 6-2 Cavani through, but he slipped while Real Madrid or Barcelona it is very difficult to compete, but the Welshman pulled his shot disappointingly able evening was rounded off in stoppage time as thumping at Rennes last week. attempting to round Hansen and his shot but in one or two games we have the capability to wide. However, it was Atletico who had the clearest Modric was sent off for a second bookable offence But they defended doggedly to hold the was easily blocked. Lucas fired narrowly wide beat anybody.” Real were caught out by a flying start chance to double their advantage before half-time as when he upended Cristian Rodriguez. — AFP champions, who were missing talisman of the far post early in the second period and Zlatan Ibrahimovic and captain Thiago Silva the Brazilian then created another opening due to injury and have won just one of for Cavani in the 71st minute, but this time Redknapp piles their opening three league matches after the long-haired forward saw his ferocious Bayern enjoy winning drawing 2-2 at Reims a fortnight ago. “In strike beaten out by Hansen. Before that, the pressure on Spurs other situations there is no doubt we will visitors were reduced to ten men in the 62nd manage to break teams down. They minute when Cabaye, starting for the first boss Pochettino start to title defense defended well. It was a reassuring result for time since an extended post-World Cup holi- them,” PSG coach Laurent Blanc told beIN day, was shown a second yellow card for a LONDON: QPR manager Harry Redknapp has MUNICH: Champions Bayern Munich made a foot shot from 18 meters to give the 2009 cham- Sports, before insisting that he was not second foul on Nicki Bille Nielsen. piled pressure on Tottenham boss Mauricio winning start in the Bundesliga on Friday, beat- pions fresh hope. Junior Malanda should have worried by his team’s failure to win the With a man less, they lacked the inspira- Pochettino ahead of his return to White Hart Lane ing ambitious VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 with Dutchman grabbed the equalizer 10 minutes from time game. “No, not at all. The only problem is tion to break down the determined hosts, by insisting anything other than a top-four finish Arjen Robben scoring one goal and setting up when he raced into the box but saw his first when you are unable to cause enough although Evian only really attempted to will be a failure for his old club. Redknapp will be the other for World Cup winner Thomas Mueller. effort deflected by keeper Manuel Neuer on to problems to Evian with 11 men and then snatch victory themselves in the dying min- back at Tottenham for the first time since he was The Bavarians, missing half a dozen players the bar before the ball then bounced off the you find yourselves down to 10. utes. Salvatore Sirigu had been a virtual sacked in 2012 following the breakdown of his through injury, only briefly hit top form in the Belgian’s foot and rolled wide. “We played well “Honestly I think that given the way the spectator all evening, but the Italian inter- relationship with chairman Daniel Levy. The 67- first half but it was enough to see them notch for 30 minutes and then Bayern increased the game went we didn’t do enough to take national ‘keeper was finally called into year-old guided Tottenham to two top-four fin- their first three points of the season. With pace but we still had the chances to come back,” three points. We leave with mixed feelings. action in the second minute of stoppage ishes in the Premier League during his four-year Germany coach Joachim Loew in the stands, said Wolfsburg coach Dieter Hecking. “We lost We expected to have difficulties at the start time to tip a net-bound Nicolas Benezet reign, but was axed after his unsuccessful flirta- Mueller flicked in a Robben cutback in the 37th possession a bit too easily sometimes and that is of the season, especially in August, but I effort over the bar. Early leaders Bordeaux tion with the England job and his side’s failure to minute after the winger spectacularly shook off something that makes me angry.” Last season’s don’t think there is any reason to worry. were in action away to Nice yesterday, while remain in the Champions League. two defenders. runners-up Dortmund hosted Bayer Leverkusen “We had a competitive enough team to win Saint-Etienne, the only other side with max- Since his departure neither Andre Villas-Boas Robben then added a goal himself two min- yesterday. — Reuters this match,” he added, despite the absences imum points after two games, entertain or Tim Sherwood have been able to match utes after the restart with Croatian Ivica Olic cut- of Ibrahimovic, Silva and Gregory Van der Rennes today. Marseille hunt for their first Redknapp’s record and former Southampton ting the deficit in the 52nd for the visitors as the Wiel. “But we created too few chances to win under new coach Marcelo Bielsa away manager Pochettino arrived in pre-season tasked German league season got underway. “For every win the game.” Blanc gave first starts of the to French Cup holders Guingamp yesterday with returning the north London team to coach in the world victory is the most important season to French international pair Cabaye afternoon, and Monaco traveled to Nantes Europe’s elite club competition. Redknapp says thing,” Bayern coach Pep Guardiola told and Blaise Matuidi, with Thiago Motta only today night after losing their first two he is a fan of Pochettino, but that didn’t stop him reporters. “After our 2-0 lead we did not control on the bench after a headbutt from games of the campaign. — AFP heaping a little more pressure on his counter- the game and we had power only for 65-70 min- part’s shoulders ahead of today’s London derby. utes. We still need some time.” Guardiola stuck “They should be pushing to get into the top four, to his new-look three-man defense despite the Inverness hand weakened and if they don’t it would be a disappointment absences and with defender Holger Badstuber for Tottenham,” Redknapp said. “That’s what making his league comeback after two cruciate Celtic a shock defeat 1-0 they’ve been trying to do the past couple of sea- ligament tears and an injury break of 20 months. sons, and anything below would be a disappoint- “We did it well today despite not having INVERNESS: Inverness Caledonian Thistle Celtic were next to threaten with Inverness ment. “They’ve got fantastic players, they’ve played with such a team before,” former handed Celtic a shock 1-0 defeat in the keeper Dean Brill having to be alert to tip a spent over £100 million in the transfer market, Germany international Badstuber told reporters. Scottish Premiership yesterday as the Hoops hooked shot from Efe Ambrose over the bar and so they’re entitled to be a good team. “I like “In the second half we ran a bit out of steam but paid the price for fielding a weakened side before making a superb double save to deny the manager there. He did a great job at overall it was a very good start.” The hosts were at the Caledonian Stadium. With Tuesday’s Teemu Pukki twice from close range. Southampton, and I’m sure he’ll do a great job at missing among others Franck Ribery, Bastian crucial Champions League play-off second Inverness were appealing for a penalty in Tottenham.” Tottenham legend Glenn Hoddle, Schweinsteiger and Thiago Alcantara, so 17- leg against NK Maribor in mind Celtic made the 28th minute when Ryan Christie went now a member of Redknapp’s backroom staff, year-old Gianluca Gaudino, the son of former no fewer than 10 changes while Inverness down following a challenge with Filip will also be returning to his old stamping ground Germany international Maurizio Gaudino, and stuck with the side that defeated Twardzik but referee Bobby Madden waved this weekend, but it is the QPR boss who will be new signing Juan Bernat got the chance to Motherwell last week. However, the gamble away their protests. Nir Biton sold his marker in the spotlight as he looks to exact a measure of shine. With Bayern pressing high up the pitch, failed to pay off as Eoghan O’Connell’s own a dummy before he sent a curling shot off revenge for his brutal dismissal. “You look for- Wolfsburg had trouble carrying the ball forward goal in the 65th minute handed Inverness the crossbar in the 35th minute as Celtic ward to going there. I had a fantastic time at and after 20 minutes Bayern increased the tem- their first win against Celtic at home since then came close to breaking the deadlock. Tottenham,” said Redknapp, who guided QPR to po, twice coming close to scoring through May 2011. Charlie Mulgrew then popped up to clear promotion via the Championship play-offs last Poland forward Robert Lewandowski. The Hoops had scored in their previous Gary Warren’s looping headed effort off the season. “I loved every minute of my time there 58 league matches but they lacked the line after the Inverness man connected with and I’m looking forward to going back there, see- Lewandowski denied invention and urgency to find a way past a Graeme Shinnie’s corner. Celtic brought on ing a few of the old faces. Last season’s Bundesliga top scorer, who disciplined Inverness defense. The win sends Stefan Johansen and Callum McGregor at “I shouldn’t get a bad reception really. I fin- joined from Bayern’s rivals Borussia Dortmund in Inverness four points clear of Celtic at the the break as they looked to grab a winner ished fourth two years and fifth the other so I did- the close season, was denied by substitute goal- top of the Scottish Premiership, albeit they but it was Inverness who made the break- n’t do too badly there. “The football we played in keeper Max Gruen on both occasions before have played a game more than the Glasgow through in the 65th minute. that Champions League run was absolutely Mueller tapped in to give the hosts the lead. It giants, as they equaled their club record of Marley Watkins turned Johansen on the amazing. “But I’m here now and I’m going there only took two minutes of the second half for five consecutive clean sheets. Celtic manag- right wing before delivering a dangerous to try and get three points. “It’s another game, I Bayern to add another goal, with Robben steal- er Ronny Deila handed rare starts to ball into the box. Lukasz Zaluska got to the don’t get excited too much by anything nowa- ing the ball from France international Josuha MUNICH: Bayern Munich’s defender Holger teenagers O’Connell and Liam Henderson ball ahead of Billy McKay, who threw himself days. I didn’t have any bad relationships there.” Guilavogui in midfield and completing the swift Badstuber (right) and Wolfsburg’s French but it was the home side who started the at the ball in a desperate bid to make con- Meanwhile, Tottenham left-back Danny Rose, move himself after a one-two with midfielder Josuha Guilavogui vie for the ball brightest and Greg Tansey sent a 20-yard tact, but the keeper’s clearance hit off the who played under Redknapp, believes his old Lewandowski. during the German first division Bundesliga free-kick narrowly wide before his fierce shins of his own defender O’Connell and manager deserves a warm welcome from the However, former Bayern forward Olic then football match FC Bayern Munich vs VfL effort from even further out went close. into the net. —AFP White Hart Lane faithful.—AFP silenced the 71,000 crowd with a stunning left- Wolfsburg on August 22, 2014. — AFP SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014 SPORTS Schalke’s nightmare start continues Bellarabi scores in ninth second

BERLIN: Schalke 04’s poor start to the German season twice on his Hertha Berlin debut but the home side continued as they fell to a 2-1 defeat at Hanover yes- were held to a 2-2 draw against Werder Bremen. terday as Bayer Leverkusen’s Karim Bellarabi hit the Former Borussia Dortmund forward Schieber Bundesliga’s fastest ever goal after nine seconds. headed home a cross from another new signing, Schalke were dumped out of the German Cup by third Dutch winger Roy Beerens, to give Hertha the lead division Dynamo Dresden on Monday but Klaas Jan- after 16 minutes. Hertha continued to create chances Huntelaar’s goal looked set to give them victory on and deservedly doubled their lead when a cross the opening weekend of the Bundesliga. Last season deflected into Schieber’s path on 47 minutes. Assani the Dutch striker’s 12 goals helped Schalke finish third Lukimya gave the visitors hope at the other end when and he opened his account for the new campaign 90 he bundled home from a free-kick on 53 minutes and seconds into the second half. But the home side lev- two minutes later Franco di Santo hauled Werder lev- elled 20 minutes later, when Leonardo Bittencourt el. Hoffenheim also scored two goals in three minutes surged down the right and picked out Edgar Prib. as they beat Augsburg 2-0. The home team took the Two minutes later Hanover got what proved the lead after 33 minutes after a scramble ensued when winning goal. Summer signing Joselu tried his luck Augsburg goalkeeper Marvin Hitz failed to hold from outside the box and the former Hoffenheim Roberto Firmino’s cross shot. striker’s shot took a slight deflection before nestling in The ball eventually fell to Hungarian striker Adam the corner. “I’m extremely angry,” said Schalke 04 boss Szalai, who had a simple finish for his first goal since Jens Keller. “Until the 67th minute, our plan worked. moving from Schalke in the summer. Two minutes lat- “It’s incredibly annoying when you’re in control of a er, Firmino was again involved as Hoffenheim moved game and you lose it through two counter attacks.” further clear. Meanwhile, Leverkusen midfielder Ballarabi made his- The Brazilian squared for Norway’s Tarik tory with a nine-second goal in the late game against Elyounousssi to score as Augsburg, who lost to fourth HANOVER: Schalke’s defender Kaan Ayhan (left) and Hanover’s Chilean defender Mikko Albornoz vie Borussia Dortmund. The strike was two seconds tier Magdeburg in the German Cup, slumped to for the ball during the German first division Bundesliga football match Hanover 96 v FC Schalke 04, quicker than the previous record held by Bayern another defeat. Meanwhile chances were few and far at HDI-Arena in Hanover, Germany yesterday. Hanover won 2-1. — AFP Munich’s Giovanni Elber wh scored in the 11th second between as newly-promoted Cologne were held to a against Hamburg on January 31, 1998. ball after spending 14 years at Werder Bremen and an euro summer signing from Real Sociedad slotted scoreless draw at home by big-spending Hamburg. Elsewhere, Thomas Schaaf enjoyed his return to early strike from Haris Seferovic gave him plenty to home the only goal. “We can play a lot better,” Schaaf On Friday, goals from Thomas Mueller and Arjen the Bundesliga as his Eintracht Frankfurt side beat vis- smile about. After 15 minutes, the ball broke kindly said. “But I won’t complain. This team work, have fun Robben helped defending champions Bayern Munich iting Freiburg 1-0. Schaaf had taken a year out of foot- for the Swiss striker inside the box and the 3.2 million and want to prove themselves.” Julian Schieber scored open with a 2-1 home win over VfL Wolfsburg. —AFP Zarate’s goal worsens Crystal Palace misery

pair worked together at Cardiff. The fall-out from that scandal also led Moody to quit as Palace 1 Palace’s sporting director in midweek and the end of what Parish described as a “diffi- cult week” was just as traumatic. Former Tottenham manager Tim West Ham 3 Sherwood pulled out of the running for the Palace job after initially being deemed sec- ond choice to Mackay, leaving caretaker boss Keith Millen to take charge for the sec- LONDON: Mauro Zarate hit a superb debut ond week running. Millen saw former Lazio goal as West Ham’s 3-1 victory added to the striker Zarate cap a lively debut with an problems of managerless Crystal Palace exquisite strike to open the scoring in the yesterday. Argentine forward Zarate joined 34th minute. Hammers boss Allardyce has the Hammers from Velez Sarsfield in pre- only clung onto his job after promising to season and he marked his maiden appear- play more expansive, attacking football ance in the Premier League with a cool fin- and this enterprising display was a step in ish in the first half at Selhurst Park. Stewart the right direction. Downing claimed just Downing netted a fine second for the his second West Ham goal three minutes Hammers moments later before Marouane later as Palace paid the price for backing off Chamakh reduced the deficit early in the second half. Carlton Cole’s goal sealed West in midfield. Ham’s first win of the season following their He raced down the right, cut off his flank last-gasp loss to Tottenham last weekend and nudged a side-footed effort past goal- and eased the pressure on boss Sam keeper Julian Speroni. James Tomkins Allardyce. headed against the crossbar to open the Palace’s second successive defeat second half as West Ham sought to finish plunged the south London club into fur- off the contest. Palace immediately seized ther turmoil, with co-owner Steve Parish on the reprieve, former Arsenal forward SWANSEA: Burnley’s English goalkeeper Tom Heaton (left) makes a save from Swansea City’s French striker Bafetimbi Gomis (right) during the still hunting a replacement for boss Tony Chamakh firing in a low shot from 20 yards English Premier League football match between Swansea City and Burnley yesterday. — AFP Pulis, who quit on the eve of the new sea- to half the deficit in the 48th minute. But son after a row over transfer policy. Parish Cole, so profligate against Tottenham, thought he had lined up Pulis’s successor pounced on a loose ball in the Palace area Swansea maintain winning earlier this week when he offered the job to to lash past Speroni and kill the contest in Malky Mackay. But he had to rescind that the 62nd minute. Parish must now act offer following the newspaper revelations swiftly to secure a new managerial about inappropriate text messages sent appointment, with Palace battling to get start as Dyer sinks Burnley between Mackay and Iain Moody when the their season back on track. — AFP remain without a point despite a battling display past the goalkeeper’s weak attempted save at that saw Swansea goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski his near post. Swansea 1 produce an excellent second half stop to deny Bony had another chance straight after the David Jones and preserve the win. The Swans restart when Dean Marney’s headed back pass were unchanged following their shock victory at fell into his path but he horribly miskicked as he Old Trafford, with midweek signings Federico bore down on goal. Danny Ings’ drive was Burnley 0 Fernandez and Tom Carroll not included in deflected wide as the Clarets came into the Monk’s squad. game more in the second half. And Burnley They went close to taking a third-minute lead should have been level when Marney’s 64th SWANSEA: Swansea winger Nathan Dyer when Wayne Routledge’s cross found Wilfried minute cross picked out the unmarked Lukasz bagged the winner as his side maintained their Bony 12 yards out. The Ivory Coast striker’s head- Jutkiewicz but the former Middlesbrough for- 100 percent start to the season with a 1-0 victory er seemed destined for the far corner of the net ward headed over. Monk had seen enough and over Burnley yesterday. Garry Monk’s team had but Burnley defender Jason Shackell intervened sent on Bafetimbi Gomis and Jefferson Montero enjoyed a shock win against Manchester United to clear the danger. Routledge then sped past for Bony and Dyer, but Burnley were within inch- on the opening day of the new Premier League Kieran Trippier to deliver the perfect ball for Gylfi es of equalizing when Ings found Jones and his campaign and Dyer’s first half strike was enough Sigurdsson, yet the Icelandic midfielder’s shot shot was saved by Fabianski. Swansea nearly to claim another three points in a hard-fought lacked power and Burnley goalkeeper Tom landed the killer second goal when South Korea clash at the Liberty Stadium. Burnley had been Heaton held on. But Heaton was beaten in the midfielder Ki Sung-yeung’s rising drive just beaten by Chelsea in their first game back in the 23rd minute as Ben Mee failed to intercept cleared the crossbar, but the hosts had already top-flight on Monday and Sean Dyche’s side Sigurdsson’s ball and Dyer advanced to shoot done enough.— AFP Van Persie’s return boosts Man United

MANCHESTER: Robin van Persie’s return to the patience in the wake of the shock defeat by League is a very difficult game, You have to win and Manchester United line-up gives new manager Swansea. The Dutchman joked he had gone from a that’s not simple. “Sunderland will do everything, Louis van Gaal some welcome good news ahead of king to a devil in the space of two weeks. While he with the support of the home crowd, it will be a the Premier League match away to Sunderland has made light of the reaction to a first defeat since tough game but we need a victory and we’ll do today. Van Gaal, hoping to bounce back from the 2-1 he took over, he accepts that United must get off the everything.” Sunderland manager Poyet has insisted opening weekend defeat by Swansea, has been mark against Gus Poyet’s Sunderland side. Van Gaal the Black Cats have a psychological edge over LONDON: Crystal Palace’s English midfielder Stuart O’Keefe (left) vies with West Ham beset by injuries in midfield and Ander Herrera is the added: “For sportsmen you know that you can lose a United after last season’s success against the former United’s English midfielder Mark Noble during the English Premier League football latest to be absent, with an ankle problem, along- game. I think that the players have suffered that last Premier League champions. match between Crystal Palace and West Ham United yesterday. — AFP side Michael Carrick, Marouane Fellaini and Jesse year too and I think they have responded well.” “In The north-east club dumped United out of the Lingard. pre-season in the United States we beat good oppo- League Cup at the semi-final stage, in addition to Jonny Evans, Luke Shaw and Antonio Valencia nents but I agree with the media that you have to earning their first league win at Old Trafford for 46 Southampton held 0-0 could also miss the trip to the Stadium of Light but win a home match against Swansea. “I know that we years, as they pulled off their great escape to avoid while Van Gaal has concerns in those areas, he has have to win very quickly. Every game in the Premier relegation. —AFP his first-choice attack available. Van Persie was given at home by West Brom extra time off after playing for a Netherlands side coached by compatriot van Gaal that reached the his marker to head the ball into a vacant semi-finals of the World Cup in Brazil. But this week- MATCHES ON TV net. Koeman introduced his £12 million end could see the striker make his first appearance Southampton 0 ($20 million, 15 million euros) signing in the Premier League since the 3-0 defeat by Shane Long, the former Hull City striker Liverpool in March. Van Gaal’s 3-4-1-2 formation is ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE beIN SPORTS 2 HD who had come on for 15 minutes at Anfield geared towards getting the best out of a forward Hull City v Stoke 15:30 beIN SPORTS 13 HD last weekend, for the second half against three of Juan Mata playing behind Van Persie and beIN SPORTS 1 HD Celta de Vigo v Getafe 22:00 West Brom 0 one of his former clubs. Wayne Rooney. Since Spain midfielder Mata joined Tottenham v QPR 15:30 beIN SPORTS 4 HD The second period was only minutes old from Chelsea for a United record £37.1 million ($61.2 beIN SPORTS 1 HD Levante v Villarreal 0:00 when Koeman’s opposite number Alan million, 44.8 million euros) in January, the trio have beIN SPORTS 11 HD beIN SPORTS 4 HD Irvine unleashed West Brom’s record sign- started just six times together in the Premier League. beIN SPORTS 1 HD beIN SPORTS 15 HD SOUTHPORT: Southampton and West ing Brown Ideye, the Nigerian coming on Van Gaal is excited about the prospect of seeing van Sunderland v United 18:00 Bromwich Albion are still looking for their for injured Victor Anichebe. And Ideye, who first wins in the fledgling Premier League Persie and England striker Rooney, whom he has beIN SPORTS 1 HD FRENCH LEAGUE joined Albion in a reported £10 million ($16 made United captain, playing in attack together. season after an underwhelming goalless million) move from Dynamo Kiev, almost beIN SPORTS 11 HD Lyon v Racing Club 15:00 draw at St Mary’s yesterday. After last “Robin is ready to play so that’s a big benefit for our beIN SPORTS 1 HD beIN SPORTS 5 HD enjoyed a dream start with his first touch of team so I’m very happy that he’s now able to play,” week’s opening loss to Liverpool, new the ball, meeting a cross at the back post, beIN SPORTS 13 HD said van Gaal. “In theory it should be a very good SPANISH LEAGUE Saints manager Ronald Koeman picked up his header ending up in the side netting. Saint Etienne v Stade Rennes 18:00 his first point, but the hosts were unable to Southampton came closest to breaking the couple (with Rooney). They can score a lot of goals Eibar v Real Sociedad 20:00 beIN SPORTS 5 HD find their way past a stout West Brom deadlock in the 70th minute with James and I hope it shall show that.” beIN SPORTS 4 HD beIN SPORTS 13 HD defense. Saints striker Dusan Tadic had the Ward-Prowse’s dipping freekick flew past beIN SPORTS 7 HD Nantes v AS Monaco 22:00 best chance of a mistake-riddled first half the wall before being stopped by West ‘Win quickly’ Barcelona v Elche 22:00 beIN SPORTS 5 HD on 40 minutes, but was unable to rise over Brom keeper Ben Foster. —AFP Meanwhile van Gaal has renewed his call for Mandzukic hands Swansea maintain Atletico Super Cup winning start as victory over Real Dyer sinks Burnley

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LONDON: Chelsea’s English defender Gary Cahill (right) jumps for the ball with Leicester City’s Argentinean striker Leonardo Ulloa during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Leicester City yesterday. — AFP Chelsea double up against Leicester Costa guides Chelsea to 2nd straight win

from time. Kasper Schmeichel. Chelsea had demonstrated their Chelsea penalty area, Nigel Pearson’s side might attempted chip. But the best chance of the opening The reaction of Roman Abramovich - marking title credentials in securing a comfortable three have ended the half in front. hour fell to City who should have taken a 55th minute Chelsea 2 the 11th anniversary of his first home game as club points at Burnley, rallying impressively after falling lead when Mahrez sent David Nugent clear 40 yards owner-summed up the mood in Stamford Bridge, behind to an early goal. Agitated Mourinho from goal only for the forward to shoot too close to with the Russian standing to applaud Costa when Leicester, though, quickly showed they would Mourinho had been growing increasingly agitated Courtois, allowing the keeper to save with his legs. he was later replaced by Didier Drogba. After the present a more formidable obstacle than their fel- on the touchline and his side’s approach after the re- There was a sense Leicester would not get a bet- Leicester 0 failure of a number of high-profile expensive strikers low newly-promoted team, with the visitors remain- start suggested the manager had managed to get his ter chance, and Nugent’s miss appeared even more at the London side, most notably Fernando Torres, ing largely untroubled during the opening 45 min- message across at half-time. Chelsea immediately costly when Costa put Chelsea ahead in the 63rd Costa’s start to life in English football following his utes. The slick interplay that had marked the win pressed forward and Oscar came within inches of minute. Ivanovic had become increasingly influen- �32 million ($55 million, 40 million euros) arrival over Burnley was missing and an early mix up making the breakthrough in the 48th minute when tial with his attacking runs from right-back and the from Atletico Madrid has given cause for optimism. between Costa and Andre Schurrle summed up he curled a low, angled shot against the inside of the defender again worked his way into the Leicester LONDON: Diego Costa marked his home debut While Costa impressed, a further question mark Chelsea’s disjointed start. Costa, though, came close post. Schmeichel, son of Manchester United goal- box to collect a fine pass from Oscar. The Serb deliv- with his second goal in two games as Jose was placed against fellow Spain international to testing Schmeichel with a powerful, 13th-minute keeping great Peter, then produced the first of a suc- ered a low cross that was deflected towards Costa Mourinho’s Chelsea made it two wins out of two Torres’s future after he was omitted from the match- drive. That was one of the few occasions Chelsea cession of fine saves to block Branislav Ivanovic’s off Liam Moore and the forward controlled on his with a 2-0 victory against newly-promoted Leicester day squad. Not that this was an entirely comfortable threatened during the first half, with Leicester look- header after the full-back connected with Cesar chest before finishing with a close range, right-foot City. Costa was on target in the opening game at win for Portuguese manager Mourinho’s Chelsea ing increasingly comfortable as the interval Azpilicueta’s cross. shot. That strike sapped the visitors self-belief and Burnley and he produced the goal that broke side. But ultimately the outcome of the game was approached. And had Riyad Mahrez, the Algeria The keeper would produce another full-length the result was out beyond doubt when Hazard, cut- Leicester’s resistance in the 63rd minute before not in doubt and the margin of victory could have winger, shown more composure on the three occa- effort to keep out Ivanovic’s long-range shot and an ting in from the left, produced an excellent finish for Eden Hazard wrapped up the points 13 minutes been greater but for the efforts of City keeper sions he found himself clear on the right of the excellent reaction save to tip over Cesc Fabregas’s Chelsea’s second goal. — AFP Newcastle remain goalless Late goals secure after a dour draw at Villa Arsenal 2-2 draw LIVERPOOL: Arsenal scored but they struggled badly last season, so ball deflected his way in the Villa area from twice in the final seven min- their unbeaten start at least maintains the a cross. The deadlock was closer to being Everton 2 utes to grab a 2-2 draw at Villa 0 signs of improvement for Paul Lambert’s broken shortly after the interval when Everton in the Premier team, who won 1-0 at Stoke in their open- Williamson nodded back across the area to League yesterday and avoid er and have yet to concede a goal. the diving Daryl Janmaat, whose header another demoralizing defeat Watched from the stands by England man- was parried over by Brad Guzan.Both sides on Merseyside. Olivier Arsenal 2 ager Roy Hodgson, it was Villa who threat- sent on new signings for their debuts, Giroud headed in the equal- Newcastle 0 izer with 30 seconds left of ened first when Charles N’Zobgia could Villa’s Carlos Sanchez replacing N’Zogbia LIVERPOOL: Everton’s Scottish striker Steven Naismith (right) only head a decent chance onto the roof and Newcastle’s Siem De Jong being intro- normal time at Goodison tussles with Arsenal’s German defender Per Mertesacker dur- Park, after Aaron Ramsey tapped in a close-range finish to of the net. duced for Vurnon Anita. De Jong almost ing the English Premier League football match between Newcastle forward Remy Cabella wast- made a dream start when the Holland give Arsenal hope in the 83rd. Seamus Coleman and Steven BIRMINGHAM: Newcastle are still waiting Everton and Arsenall at Goodison Park yesterday. — AFP Naismith scored in the first half to hand Everton a deserved for their first goal of the new Premier ed a good opportunity in the 25th minute, midfielder’s close-range shot drew a fine shooting wide while off-balance after the stop from Guzan. — AFP lead and threaten a repeat of the corresponding fixture last League season after being forced to settle English Premier League table season, when Arsenal was blown away in a 3-0 loss. Arsenal for a dour 0-0 draw at Aston Villa yesterday. also lost 5-1 at Liverpool just across Stanley Park. Magpies boss Alan Pardew tried to perk up LONDON: English Premier League table after yesterday’s matches Giroud’s introduction as a halftime substitute invigorated his shot-shy attack with a series of pre-sea- (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): Arsenal, with Everton’s American goalkeeper Tim Howard only son signings, but his new boys have yet to Chelsea 2 2 0 0 5 1 6 called into action once before Ramsey’s goal. Arsene Wenger’s find their form. They wasted several Swansea 2 2 0 0 3 1 6 side has four points from its first two games. Everton has chances in a 2-0 defeat against champions Arsenal 2 1 1 0 4 3 4 opened with two draws. Since the defeat at Everton in April, Manchester City last weekend and created Aston Villa 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 Man City 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 Arsenal hadn’t lost in eight competitive games - and had won little threat in a tame encounter at rain- West Ham 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 six straight league matches - but its return to Goodison Park lashed Villa Park. The most notable Liverpool 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 proved just as uncomfortable early on. Mesut Ozil and Per moment didn’t come until stoppage-time Hull 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Mertesacker made their first starts of the season after being when Newcastle defender Mike Tottenham 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 given an extended lay-off after winning the World Cup with Williamson was sent off for a second book- Everton 2 0 2 0 4 4 2 Germany last month, but they looked way off the pace. ing, but it was too late for the equally lack- West Brom 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 Sunderland 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 Ozil, played out of position on the left wing, lost Coleman lustre Villa to take advantage. Southampton 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 for the opening goal, with the right back meeting Gareth After ending last season amid a chorus Leicester 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 Barry’s floated cross with a powerful header into the top cor- of boos from disgruntled fans, Pardew and Newcastle 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 ner past Wojciech Szczesny. Coleman was the highest-scoring his players desperately needed to get their Man Utd 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 defender in the Premier League last season with six goals. first win of the campaign. Instead they had QPR 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Arsenal’s defense was exposed minutes later but Kevin Stoke 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Mirallas slid a finish wide when one on-one with Szczesny, and to be grateful for their first point, even if it BIRMINGHAM: Aston Villa’s Gabriel Agbonlahor (left) and Newcastle United’s Crystal Palace 2 0 0 2 2 5 0 was achieved in the most forgettable fash- Fabricio Coloccini battle for the ball during the English Premier League match at Burnley 2 0 0 2 1 4 0 even worse defending contributed to Naismith’s goal on the ion. Villa didn’t manage a shot on target, Villa Park, Birmingham yesterday. — AP stroke of halftime. — AP Kuwait real estate industry posts modest growth in July

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MANILA: A worker descends on a ladder to install fiber optics inside a manhole to improve telephone and internet services in Manila yesterday. The Philippines announced in April plans to spend more on infrastructure and intro- duce other reforms to try to lift millions out of poverty. — AFP Fed hawks fear inflation, want early rate hike Yellen urges caution as Draghi says ECB ready to act

JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming: The Federal Plosser, a voting member of the Fed’s policy to just 0.4 percent. Reserve should move cautiously in deciding panel this year, and two non-voters - St Louis The ECB, he said, would “use all the avail- when to raise interest rates given the US labor Fed President James Bullard and Kansas City able instruments needed to ensure price sta- market remains bruised from the Great Fed President Esther George - all sounded bility over the medium term.” Still, he largely Recession, Fed Chair Janet Yellen said amid warnings on the risk of falling behind the focused on the plight of labor markets, calling calls from policy hawks for a near-term rate curve. “I’d rather see us start to raise rates earli- for a more cohesive response from policymak- hike. er and try to go slow than to wait until the last ers across the single currency bloc to tackle In a speech at the Fed’s annual central bank minute,” Plosser told Reuters in an interview in unemployment. conference, Yellen laid out in detail why she Jackson Hole. “The way back to higher employment ... is a feels the unemployment rate alone is inade- policy mix that combines monetary, fiscal and quate to evaluate the strength of the jobs mar- Labor market slack structural measures at the union level and at ket and why the central bank needs to step Yellen said the Fed was struggling to deter- the national level,” he said. gingerly. Her remarks were followed by a mine the degree to which the still-soft US Yellen’s speech included lengthy references speech by the head of the European Central labor market was suffering from long-term to the possibility the US labor market may in Bank, Mario Draghi, who said the ECB was structural shifts beyond the central bank’s fact be tighter then it seems, and she acknowl- ready to use all the tools at its disposal to lift reach as opposed to more temporary factors edged the Fed may have to raise rates sooner euro zone inflation if it continued to drop. He that low rates could address. Given the uncer- and faster than expected. But, overall, Yellen’s said, however, that most factors that had tainty, she said assessments of the labor mar- remarks marked a defense of her premise that weighed on prices appeared temporary. ket “need to become more nuanced.” Some significant slack remained in the jobs market, Together, the comments from Yellen and officials argue the welter of labor market data even though she said the 2007-2009 financial Draghi underscored how both central banks Yellen likes to parse offers little useful informa- crisis and recession damaged the economy were wrestling with the complexities of labor tion beyond the jobless rate and pace of hir- and work force in ways not fully understood. markets still-wracked by the 2007-2009 finan- ing. The Fed has said it would wait a “consider- JACKSON: Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen (left) and European Central Bank cial crisis. Financial market reaction to Yellen’s able time” after winding down a stimulative President Mario Draghi speak during the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium Yellen stood by her view that significant remarks was muted, with prices for US stocks bond-buying program in October before rais- at the Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton National Park near Jackson, Wyoming. — slack remains in the US economy, even as she and most Treasury securities largely ing rates. Financial markets currently expect a AP nodded to the counter-arguments of some of unchanged. The dollar, however, moved high- rate hike around the middle of next year. her colleagues who feel labor markets are er, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury Determining the degree of labor market tighter than she believes and inflation a risk. bond fell. “Janet Yellen confirmed the majority slack has become the central debate at the “There is no simple recipe for appropriate poli- view of the (Fed’s policy committee): much Fed. Yellen wants to be sure employment has French minister slams cy,” she said, arguing for a “pragmatic” more labor recovery is needed before the Fed recovered as fully as possible before raising approach that focuses on incoming data with- raises policy rates,” said David Kotok, chairman rates. In contrast, the inflation “hawks” worry German austerity steps out committing to a preset policy path. of Cumberland Advisors in Sarasota, Florida. that more months of near-zero rates will cause Ahead of her comments, a number of top Draghi’s remarks, in contrast, marked a inflation or possible asset bubbles. “If we’re try- PARIS: French Economy Minister Arnaud more to kickstart growth, it is leaving strug- Fed officials pressed their case for an early hike rhetorical escalation regarding the ECB’s readi- ing to solve a labor market problem, (Yellen’s) Montebourg yesterday criticized German gling partners in the lurch. in benchmark rates, which the US central bank ness to take further steps to bolster a euro speech enumerated just how hard that is,” austerity measures and warned France “I hope that we can convince our has held near zero since December zone economy that failed to grow in the sec- Plosser said. “Some of the things she alluded would no longer “be pushed around” by European partners to make growth a priori- the EU’s economic powerhouse. ty,” Hollande said at a press conference dur- 2008.Philadelphia Fed President Charles ond quarter and which has seen inflation drop to we just can’t fix.” — Reuters “You have to raise your voice. Germany ing a visit to the Comoros when asked is trapped in an austerity policy that it about Montebourg’s comments. imposed across Europe,” the Socialist minis- “Everyone who shares that idea is wel- Russian Deputy PM says no plans to ban McDonald’s ter said in an interview with Le Monde come, it is the position of the government.” newspaper. France is mired in a stubbornly slow eco- MOSCOW: Russian authorities are not planning with the West over the Ukraine crisis and has 2013 annual report. It opened its first restaurant Montebourg’s comments follow nomic recovery and the central bank to close the McDonald’s chain in the country, closed three of its outlets in Moscow, citing in Russia, on a main Moscow thoroughfare, in Germany’s snubbing of a request from warned this month that Hollande had no Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich was breaches of sanitary regulations. 1990, just before the collapse of the Soviet French President Francois Hollande earlier hope of reaching his target of 1.0-percent quoted saying yesterday, after inspectors visited The outlets were closed as Russia introduced Union. The outlet was one of the three restau- this month for an EU-wide shift of econom- growth for 2014. Montebourg also criti- a number of restaurants run by the fast-food a one-year embargo on meat, fish, dairy, fruit rants that were closed by the authorities earlier ic policy in order to encourage growth. cized-without mentioning Germany by company. “No one is talking about it at all (a ban and vegetables from the United States, the EU, this week. They put Montebourg at loggerheads name-its role in helping the European on McDonald’s in Russia),” Dvorkovich was quot- Canada, Australia and Norway, in retaliation for The food safety watchdog has made coordi- with Hollande, who said this week he did Central Bank to determine euro-zone mon- ed saying by Itar-Tass news agency, in what Western economic sanctions over Moscow’s nated inspections of McDonald’s restaurants in not want to see France go “head to head” etary policy. “Today, unfortunately, the could be a reprieve for the food chain, which involvement in the Ukraine conflict. many Russian regions, including in central with Berlin. Since the start of the euro-zone hawks... fight inflation when it disappears considers Russia as one of its top markets. A symbol of US capitalism, McDonald’s oper- Russia, Moscow and the Urals. “It has just hap- debt crisis in 2010, Germany has faced while forgetting to fight the essential prob- Russia’s food safety watchdog has launched ates 440 restaurants in Russia and considers the pened that the inspections were completed at accusations that by failing to use its stand- lems such as widespread unemployment,” inspections of McDonald’s restaurants across country one of its top seven markets outside the same time,” Dvorkovich said, according to ing as Europe’s biggest economy to do he said. — AFP the country against the backdrop of a standoff the United States and Canada, according to its the report. —Reuters BUSINESS SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014

Kuwait real estate industry Bayt.com weekly report How to use social recruiting posts modest growth in July to attract the best talents

ocial recruiting is all about using could in turn attract top talent. NBK ECONOMIC REPORT social media and networking sites to 2. Engaging With Candidates: It is impor- Spower your recruiting efforts. It tant to use social media to engage in KUWAIT: Kuwait’s real estate sector broadly consists of two ways of using social discussions with candidates and share saw a modest performance in July media in the recruiting process. One is necessary and relevant information as sales totaled KD 268 million. using social networking and online job with them. How you treat candidates on Sales dropped by 37 percent year- sites to build your company brand and to an online platform reflects how you will on-year (y/y) and by 49 percent inform candidates about your job vacan- treat them in a professional space. from June, which was a record cies. Another form is where employers use According to the Bayt.com, “What month. Sales across all sectors were social media to track candidates and assess Makes a Company an Attractive Place to down, however, with the drop their quality as well as compatibility with Work?” poll (February 2014), 90 percent attributed to seasonality and the the organization. of the poll’s respondents are attracted fact that July only had 18 short Social recruiting is no more a new term, to companies that offer supportive and working days when factoring in the as it has taken over the recruiting process great work environments. Ensuring the Holy month of Ramadan and the in a huge way. According to “The Arab tone of your communication on social Eid Al-Fitr holiday. World Online 2014: Trends in Internet and media is consistent with the company Sales in the residential sector Mobile Usage in the Arab Region”, a culture and brand will help candidates totaled KD 132 million in July, a 31 research paper published in May 2014 by understand you better. percent y/y decrease. The number Bayt.com and the Mohammed Bin Rashid 3. Choosing the Right Social Media of transactions in July dropped to School of Government, almost 78 percent Platform: Research which social plat- 429, down 30 percent y/y. It is not of people in the Arab World spend more form is more suitable to your industry or unusual to see performances in this than 2 hours on the internet every day. The the kind of candidates that you are sector decline during the summer. paper goes on to state that over 40 percent looking to hire. Some platforms are The overall outlook for the sector, of the people in the region are active on more prevalent among some industries however, remains stable. social media several times a day. With this and to a particular audience than oth- 294 residential transactions took in mind, a social recruiting strategy is of no ers. Ensuring that you are on the right place in Ahmadi Governorate, plac- less importance than your hiring or talent one will save you a lot of time and mon- ing it first among governorates management strategy. ey and will also get you quality candi- with 68 percent of all transactions. As a recruiter, it is vital to understand dates. Bayt.com offers Bayt.com Mubarak Al-Kabeer followed with social recruiting and the power it has. Your Specialties, a unique platform where an 11 percent share and Kuwait social recruiting activities should also be you can engage in discussions with City with 7 percent. In the residen- supported by a well-planned social recruit- potential candidates, express thought tial sector, 74 percent of all transac- ing strategy or your efforts will be futile. leadership and build visibility for your tions involved the purchase and Indeed, if you cannot track and analyze the company among the region’s top talent. sale of land or vacant plots. success of your social recruiting activities, 4. Filtering Candidates: You can also use Sales in the investment sector you will not have an idea as to what works social media platforms, including stood at KD 133 million in July, for you and what doesn’t. Bayt.com Specialties, to gauge candi- down 24 percent y/y. The sector According to the career experts at dates on different levels. You can assess experienced a larger decline of 49 Bayt.com, the Middle East’s leading job site, their skill set and experience in much percent y/y in the number of trans- here is how you can ensure social recruit- more depth. Using Bayt.com, you can actions, which led to an increase in ing works to your advantage: find candidates’ profiles and see how the average transaction size to KD 1. Building Your Brand: Social Media is a they rank in their specialties. Their pro- 1.2 million. great way of creating an impression on file may also contain endorsements Apartments accounted for 48 customers and future employees. Being and recommendations from their col- percent of all transactions in the active on social media and creating a leagues which help you evaluate their investment sector. Whole buildings consistent employer brand helps peo- skills better. Moreover, you can use came in second, comprising 36 per- ple identify you instantly. Make sure you social networking activities of a candi- cent of all transactions. The majori- create a company page on Bayt.com date to assess if they’re a good fit for ty of these transactions (buildings and that your page is current and regu- your company. You can see the nature & apartments) were in Ahmadi were recorded during the month, value. during fiscal year 2014/15. The larly updated. Talking about your com- of the posts that candidates are talking Governorate, with the largest trans- with one large property in Al-Jahra The Kuwait Credit Bank (KCB) Authority announced that it has pany culture, your commitment about or sharing. It is totally up to a action in the sector involving an governorate costing KD 2.6 million. approved 285 loans worth approxi- already distributed 3258 since the towards employees and enabling two- recruiter then to determine how much entire building which sold for KD Sales in this sector can be relatively mately KD 17 million in July. The start of the fiscal year. A remaining way communications helps establish this can influence a candidate’s appli- 11 million. Transactions involving volatile from month to month, value of loans approved declined 9495 units are expected to be dis- trust towards the company brand. This cation. vacant plots accounted for 12.5 however sales are up on average in on a y/y basis by 53 percent. tributed in order for the authority percent. recent months. Meanwhile, the value of loans dis- to reach its 12735 target. The target The month of July saw one bursed by KCB reached KD 10 mil- is considered high given that in Seasonal drop coastal line transaction valued at lion, a decrease of 11 percent y/y. recent years PAHW has averaged Jetstar Hong Kong sells 3 Sales in the commercial sector KD 5 million. The property is locat- The Public Authority for Housing between 3000 to 4000 units annu- witnessed a sharp decline to KD 3.4 ed in Mubarak Al-Kabir gover- Welfare (PAHW) released a ally. However recently passed regu- aircraft as it awaits nod million in July from KD 114.4 mil- norate. Costal line transactions timetable for the scheduled distri- lations are expected to help PAHW lion in June. Only 3 transactions tend to be infrequent and high in butions (homes, apartments, plots) speed up the distribution process. HONG KONG: New budget airline Jetstar the government and is “confident of gain- Hong Kong said it has sold a total of six of ing all the necessary approvals”. The cata- its aircraft because it is taking longer than logue price of the latest sale of three UK asks energy, mining firms expected to get a license to operate. The A320s this month is $281.7 million, airline, which is a joint venture between according to Dow Jones Newswires. Australia’s Qantas, China Eastern Airlines The regulatory approval for the airline and Hong Kong-based Shun Tak Holdings has also faced opposition from the city’s to disclose foreign payments applied for regulatory approval in 2012 in flag carrier Cathay Pacific, which says the the southern Chinese city. airline is not based in Hong Kong. An airline will only be given a operation “The whole Jetstar network is part of an LONDON: Britain announced that energy and od of consultation with industry and the public could hit companies as well as the attractiveness license if its principle place of business Australian entity and certainly can’t pass mining firms would have to disclose from next on the proposal. “While these reforms may be a of Britain as a place to list shares and establish and centre of its decision-making is in the test of being principally based here in year any payments made to governments in step in the right direction to eradicate corrup- operations. BP estimated costs of about $6.5 mil- Hong Kong, according to local laws. Hong Kong,” Cathay’s chairman John countries where they operate as it aims to curb tion, tax evasion and reduce extreme poverty in lion to deliver the first filing and $2.5 million a corruption in the natural resources sector. UK- emerging markets, a disclosure regime is not of year thereafter, mainly related to setting up a “Jetstar Hong Kong can confirm the Slosar had said earlier this month, Dow registered companies will have up to 11 months itself a cure,” Rachel Speight, a partner at law team to interpret the legislation, develop rele- sale of a further three aircraft, now a total Jones reported. after the end of their financial year to report pay- firm Mayer Brown, wrote in an email to Reuters. vant processes and implement them in the vari- of six Airbus 320s, with three remaining in Qantas owns the Jetstar brand and has ments to Companies House under the new rule, “The changes may also negatively impact ous locations where the company operates. the fleet for launch,” the airline’s chief other joint ventures in Japan, Singapore which will take effect from Jan 1 2015. upon the commercial prospects for companies, The Association of British Independent Oil executive officer Edward Lau told AFP in and Vietnam. Shipping and property giant “The UK is determined to lead by example, with significant increased compliance costs and Exploration Companies (BRINDEX) said the an email. Shun Tak Holdings, founded by Hong which is why we have introduced reporting disclosure of sensitive information in circum- requirements might affect its smaller members The airline sold three A320s this month, Kong tycoon Stanley Ho, bought a third of requirements on UK-based extractives companies stances where not all companies operating in disproportionately, since their systems may not and three in April. “This has been an unfor- Jetstar Hong Kong for $66 million in June early,” Business Minister Jo Swinson said in a state- the extractive industry are subject to the same be as sophisticated as the large companies. tunate but prudent business decision of last year, helping its bid to set up locally. ment. “Oil, gas and mining can, if well managed, regulations.” “There appear to be very few benefits to our made by the Jetstar Hong Kong board as Hong Kong-listed Shun Tak is run by deliver precious economic benefits to the popula- In the consultation, oil and mining majors members of publishing the new extractive the regulatory approvals are taking longer managing director Pansy Ho, daughter of tions of developing countries. Too often, though, including BHP Billiton , Chevron and ExxonMobil report, but instead it is imposing another admin- than initially expected,” Lau said, adding Stanley, who is also a Macau casino mogul. the assets from resource-rich countries are not expressed concerns about the potential costs of istrative and unnecessary burden on our sector that the sale doesn’t affect the firm’s readi- The low-cost carrier plans to fly to destina- benefiting local people or the local economy.” implementing such measures. Some of them at a time of other similar transparency initia- ness once approval is given. tions in China, Japan, South Korea and The announcement on Friday follows a peri- said that a British move ahead of other countries tives,” it said. —Reuters Lau said Jetstar is working “closely” with Southeast Asia. —AFP EXCHANGE RATES

Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. UAE Exchange Centre WLL Syrian Pound 2.875 Sierra Leone 0.000062 0.000068 Nepalese Rupees 3.895 Singapore Dollar 0.224607 0.230607 South African Rand 0.020593 0.029093 ASIAN COUNTRIES Malaysian Ringgit 90.920 COUNTRY SELL DRAFT SELL CASH Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001900 0.002480 Japanese Yen 2.743 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 46.700 Australian Dollar 243.59 240.59 Taiwan 0.009383 0.009563 Indian Rupees 4.716 Thai Bhat 9.805 Canadian Dollar 264.47 265.47 Turkish Lira 131.460 Thai Baht 0.008614 0.009164 Pakistani Rupees 2.820 Swiss Franc 317.42 315.42 Srilankan Rupees 2.186 Euro 381.55 382.55 Nepali Rupees 2.936 Arab US Dollar 284.45 287.45 Singapore Dollar 229.360 Bahrain Exchange Company Bahraini Dinar 0.748644 0.757644 Hongkong Dollar 36.783 Sterling Pound 475.36 478.36 Egyptian Pound 0.037459 0.040559 Bangladesh Taka 3.675 Japanese Yen 2.79 2.81 Iranian Riyal 0.000079 0.000080 COUNTRY SELL CASH SELLDRAFT Philippine Peso 6.508 Bangladesh Taka 3.661 3.931 Iraqi Dinar 0.000181 0.000241 Thai Baht 8.949 Indian Rupee 4.711 5.011 Europe Jordanian Dinar 0.397924 0.405424 Irani Riyal transfer 0.271 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.186 2.621 Belgian Franc 0.007412 0.008412 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.0000000 1.0000000 Irani Riyal cash 0.273 Nepali Rupee 2.927 3.462 British Pound 0.465395 0.474395 Lebanese Pound 0.000138 0.000238 Pakistani Rupee 2.862 2.790 Czech Korune 0.005503 0.017503 Moroccan Dirhams 0.023018 0.047018 GCC COUNTRIES UAE Dirhams 77.51 77.98 Danish Krone 0.046520 0.051520 Nigerian Naira 0.001156 .001791 Saudi Riyal 75.044 Bahraini Dinar 757.08 759.15 Euro 0.371650 0.379650 Omani Riyal 0.734359 0.740039 Qatari Riyal 78.353 Egyptian Pound 39.78 40.38 Norwegian Krone 0.042128 0.047328 Qatar Riyal 0.077586 0.078799 Omani Riyal 740.770 Jordanian Dinar 404.84 410.49 Romanian Leu 0.085342 0.085342 Saudi Riyal 0.075377 0.076077 Bahraini Dinar 757.410 Omani Riyal 739.75 747.05 Slovakia 0.008201 0.018201 Syrian Pound 0.001769 0.001989 UAE Dirham 77.660 Qatari Riyal 78.55 78.10 Swedish Krona 0.037125 0.042125 Tunisian Dinar 0.161774 0.169774 Saudi Riyal 75.98 76.38 Swiss Franc 0.305207 0.315407 Turkish Lira 0.131627 0.138627 ARAB COUNTRIES Turkish Lira 0.131627 0.138627 UAE Dirhams 0.076627 0.077776 Egyptian Pound - Cash 43.782 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Yemeni Riyal 0.001286 0.001366 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 41.275 Australasia Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.330 Australian Dollar 0.256896 0.268488 Tunisian Dinar 165.730 Rate for Transfer Selling Rate New Zealand Dollar 0.232968 0.242468 Jordanian Dinar 402.700 Al Mulla Exchange US Dollar 284.050 America Lebanese Lira/for 1000 1.910 Canadian Dollar 263.790 Canadian Dollar 0.254775 0.263275 Syrian Lira 2.032 US Dollars 0.280950 0.285650 Currency Transfer Rate (Per 1000) Morocco Dirham 34.261 Sterling Pound 475.665 Euro 384.155 US Dollars Mint 0.281450 0.285650 US Dollar 284.000 Euro 379.450 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Swiss Frank 313.620 US Dollar Transfer 285.050 Bahrain Dinar 756.035 Asia Pound Sterlng 474.200 Euro 380.260 UAE Dirhams 77.316 Bangladesh Taka 0.003303 0.003903 Canadian Dollar 261.000 Sterling Pound 474.610 Qatari Riyals 78.901 Chinese Yuan 0.044887 0.048387 Indian Rupee 4.690 Canadian dollar 261.870 Saudi Riyals 76.014 Hong Kong Dollar 0.034690 0.037440 Egyptian Pound 39.715 Turkish lira 131.070 Jordanian Dinar 401.212 Indian Rupee 0.004506 0.004907 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.181 Swiss Franc 313.930 Egyptian Pound 39.672 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000020 0.000026 Bangladesh Taka 3.665 Australian Dollar 267.380 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.183 Japanese Yen 0.002657 0.002837 Philippines Peso 6.485 US Dollar Buying 283.850 Indian Rupees 4.681 Kenyan Shilling 0.003222 0.003222 Pakistan Rupee 2.825 Pakistani Rupees 2.841 Korean Won 0.000269 0.000284 Bahraini Dinar 756.500 GOLD Bangladesh Taka 3.661 Malaysian Ringgit 0.086270 0.092270 UAE Dirham 77.350 20 Gram 245.000 Philippines Pesso 6.505 Nepalese Rupee 0.002940 0.003110 Saudi Riyal 75.850 10 Gram 124.000 Cyprus pound 697.685 Pakistan Rupee 0.002713 0.002993 5 Gram 64.000 Japanese Yen 3.765 Philippine Peso 0.006411 0.006694 *Rates are subject to change SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014 BUSINESS

NEW YORK CITY: (Left) David Koch outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The Kochs are demonized by Democrats, who lack a liberal equal to counter their weight, and not entirely understood by Republicans, who benefit from their seemingly limitless donations. (Right) Charles Koch in his office at Koch Industries in Wichita, Kansas. —AP Koch 101: Some basics on the billionaire brothers

WASHINGTON: A primer on the Koch Q: Where did they get their money? Q: What’s their secret? have to identify their donors. The Q: What motivates them? brothers and their role in politics. A: The Kochs inherited their father’s A: Charles, chairman and CEO of Koch Washington Post and the Center for A: Family patriarch Fred Koch, who company in Kansas, and turned Wichita- Industries, attributes the company’s suc- Responsive Politics have calculated that built refineries in the Soviet Union in the Q: Who are the Koch brothers? based Koch Industries into the second- cess to his business philosophy, “Market- the donor network organized by the Kochs 1930s, became A: Charles and David Koch, ages 78 largest privately held company in the Based Management,” which he’s trade- took in at least $407 million in the 2012 convinced of the evils of communism and 74, are billionaire brothers who nation. The conglomerate makes a wide marked. Among its components: hiring election cycle. However, not all of that and instilled in his sons an aversion to helped create a broad network of non- range of products including Dixie cups, and retaining people with the right values, money came from the Kochs themselves. government intrusion. As David said of profit groups that control hundreds of chemicals, jet fuel, fertilizer, electronics, and giving employees a bigger voice in David Koch’s charitable giving has includ- their father in a 2012 interview with The millions of dollars flowing into politics. toilet paper and much more. William and decision-making. The company’s growth ed $58 million donated to nonprofits that Wichita Eagle newspaper in Kansas, he Through their deep pockets, they are Frederick cashed out in 1983 and no strategy also includes reinvesting 90 per- could include groups such as Americans “was extraordinarily fearful of our gov- reshaping politics with an uncompromis- longer have a stake in the company. cent of earnings. for Prosperity, the CATO Institute and the ernment becoming much more socialis- ing agenda of reducing regulation, Heritage Foundation, according to compa- tic and domineering. ... So from the time advancing libertarian ideas, promoting Q: How rich are Charles and David? Q: How much money do Charles and ny spokeswoman Missy Cohlmia. In addi- we were teenagers to the present, we’ve free-market Republican candidates and A: With a fortune estimated at $41 billion David put into politics? tion, the two brothers’ direct political con- been very concerned and worried about ousting Democrats. They have two other each, Charles and David tie for fourth on A: That’s the big question. It’s unan- tributions to federal candidates and party our government evolving into a very brothers, William and Frederick, who Forbes’ list of the richest Americans, and tie swered because the Kochs channel lots of committees totaled at least than $2 million controlling, socialist type of govern- aren’t involved in the effort. for sixth on Forbes’ worldwide billionaires list. money into nonprofit groups that don’t over the past two decades. ment.” —AP At Jackson Hole, central bankers eye varying goals Diverging CB strategies could pose risks

WASHINGTON: The central bankers meeting this week at the ECB is sticking with a low-rate policy and is open to two decades of stagnation with the help of aggressive their annual conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, aren’t providing further help if the euro-zone economy - action by the Bank of Japan. The economic weakness exactly in sync. Many are taking steps that clash with the which failed to grow at all last quarter - should worsen. has heightened the pressure on Japan’s central bank to policies of others. The Federal Reserve is preparing to Draghi’s comments have helped lower the euro’s value expand its stimulative efforts. reduce its economic support. By contrast, the European against the dollar. A cheaper euro makes European Central Bank is considering more stimulus. So is the Bank exports more affordable and US products more expen- Bank of England of Japan. The Bank of England seems to be moving sive in European markets. Britain’s central bank has kept its main rate at a record low of 0.5 percent since 2009 to help support the NEW YORK: A board above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows toward raising interest rates. It isn’t just the biggest economies whose central banks are pulling in different Bank of Japan economy. But faster growth and declining unemploy- the Dow Jones industrial average above 17, 000. —AP directions. Haruhiko Kuroda, head of Japan’s central bank, told ment have raised expectations that rates will start rising This year, central banks in Mexico, Sweden and South reporters in Jackson Hole on Friday that the bank soon. This month, the Bank of England’s consensus on What will trigger the next Korea, among others, have lowered rates. Others - in planned to continue its “extremely accommodative maintaining ultra-low rates collapsed after more than Russia and South Africa, for example - have raised them. stock market correction? It’s a long way from the coordinated efforts that major central banks made after the 2008 financial crisis erupted and economies began to stall. As governments slashed As Wall Street hit another new record, it is worth recent article on valuations. Second, because the taxes and spent stimulus money, central banks shrank considering what could cause a serious setback in market’s behavior itself confirms that today’s valu- rates to unclog credit and avert a 1930s-style depression. stock market prices around the world. The ations are not unreasonably elevated. If valuations Today’s diverging central bank strategies aren’t with- rebound in stock market prices from their nadir in were genuinely over-extended, investors would out risk. Consider what happened in developing markets the 2008-09 global financial crisis was turning into have sold equities far more aggressively in last year after Fed officials hinted that they might soon a structural bull market that could continue into response to such pressures as the Fed’s tapering slow the pace of their monthly bond purchases. Those the next decade. Asset prices, however, never of bond purchases, the stalling of US growth last purchases have been intended to keep long-term US move in a straight line. It has been more than two winter, the disappointment (yet again) with loan rates low to encourage borrowing and spur growth. years without even a 10 percent correction and European economic prospects or the conflicts in With the prospect of higher US bond yields, some five years without a 20 percent setback. This can- Iraq and Ukraine. Investors have instead respond- emerging markets went into a tailspin. Investors pulled not go on. ed to the temporary setbacks caused by the dis- their holdings from those countries for fear their value Sometime in the not-too-distant future, ruptions by buying more equities at what they would plunge as capital fled for the United States. investors are certain to suffer some big and view as cheap prices - implying that valuations Some emerging economies responded by raising painful losses - even if I am right in expecting equi- have not yet reached a dangerous extreme. Which their own rates and bolstering their shaky currencies. The ty prices to continue rising in the long term. What brings us to the bad news. If stock market valua- tumult proved temporary. But it showed what could hap- kind of event is most likely to end this bull run, or tions are not yet high enough to cause a big cor- pen once the Fed ends its bond purchases this fall and at least interrupt it with a setback of 20 percent or rection - and if monetary and economic condi- eventually raises short-term rates - something it says JACKSON: William Spriggs, chief economist for the American Federation of Labor and more? The obvious answer is a major economic tions are likely to remain benign for the next year won’t happen for a “considerable time” after its purchases Congress of Industrial Organizations, takes a walk outside during a break at the crisis, such as the near-breakup of the euro-zone or two - then the unavoidable conclusion is that end. Many economists say central banks have no choice Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium at the Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton in 2011-12 or a US recession. Another possible equity prices will just keep rising until they really but to pursue divergent interest-rate strategies now National Park near Jackson, Wyoming on Friday. —AP trigger would be a substantial increase in interest do become over-extended. At that point, negative because of their economies’ varying growth rates. rates. All the worst bear markets in living memory news events of the kind that investors can shrug “It just reflects different stages of the economic recov- monetary stance” until inflation has risen to the bank’s 2 three years. Two members of its monetary policy com- - 1973-74, 1980-82, 2000-02 and 2007-09 - off today as almost irrelevant will prove sufficient ery in different parts of the world,” said Stuart Hoffman, percent target and doesn’t fall back. He said the bank’s mittee voted to raise the rate by 0.25 percentage point occurred after a series of rate hikes by the Federal to trigger a serious correction. chief economist at PNC Financial Services Group. “The US support could be expanded if necessary. Japan’s econo- because growth has picked up, according to minutes of Reserve, and monetary tightening is the most What level of valuations will be high enough recovery is well ahead of recoveries in Europe and Japan.” my shrank at an annual pace of 6.8 percent in the sec- the most recent committee meeting. Still, the other widely discussed investment risk today. But on to make the market vulnerable? This question is ond quarter, in part because a new sales-tax increase members still felt there wasn’t enough evidence of ris- closer inspection, neither economic fundamentals virtually impossible to answer. But we can be fairly Recovery sighns depressed consumer spending. Japan’s gross domestic ing inflation or wages to justify an immediate rate nor monetary policy looks like a serious threat, at certain that when the market does reach this criti- Sung Won Sohn, an economics professor at California product fell at a 1.7 percent rate compared with the increase. Benjamin Broadbent, the Bank of England’s least in the year ahead. Almost all recent evidence cal level, nobody will be aware of it - including me. State University, Channel Islands, noted that the United same quarter a year ago. It was Japan’s worst quarterly deputy governor for monetary policy, said in an inter- from the US economy suggests acceleration In this respect, the current investment environ- States acted faster than others to boost growth with decline in GDP since the tsunami and earthquake that view at Jackson Hole that even when it starts raising rather than slowdown. Though a renewed reces- ment is reminiscent not of the bull-market peak in aggressive low-rate policies. US regulators have also been hit in 2011. The economic plunge dealt a setback to the rates, it will likely be gradual because “you have to be sion in Europe or Japan is more likely, this would 2007 that is often cited but of 1987 — the biggest more forceful in requiring US banks to raise capital and government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. He has been careful not to stamp on a recovery before it’s really got not cause much financial shock, since neither of of all stock market crashes but also the shortest deal with bad loans. Those actions have contributed to trying to pull the world’s third-largest economy out of going.” —AP these economies has yet fully emerged from the and ultimately the least significant. stronger US growth, he said. slump of 2009. One intriguing resemblance is that 1987 came Healthier growth prospects and the likelihood of five years after the start of a bull market that was higher rates could make the United States increasingly Argentina broke global Rate hike universally distrusted, like the current one. Even attractive to investors. Sohn and Hoffman think the US An increase in interest rates big enough to trig- after four years of uninterrupted gains that started dollar will rise in value, particularly against Japan’s yen ger a stock market correction appears even less in August 1982, almost nobody believed that and the common European currency, the euro, as trade rules: WTO likely in the next 12 months. This is because stock equities were a safe investment. Because it investors seek rising US yields. markets tend not to react adversely to the start of seemed ridiculous to suggest that the great infla- Here’s a look at policies being pursued by key central GENEVA: Argentina broke global trade rules by of trade and legal experts was set up in May a monetary tightening cycle, which generally sig- tion that had inflicted such terrible losses on banks imposing a raft of hurdles for goods sold by 2013 to hear complaints filed by Washington, nals an improving economic outlook. History sug- investors in the previous decade was genuinely partners including United States, the EU and Brussels and Tokyo, which claimed that gests that it takes a long series of rate hikes, defeated. Federal Reserve Japan, a WTO disputes panel ruled on Friday. In Argentina was not playing fair. spread over several years, to trigger a bear market. By early 1987, however, skeptical investors The Fed has reduced its monthly bond purchases at the ruling, the World Trade Organization’s In their sights were import licencing rules, But if no major economic crisis or substantial began to thrown in the towel. Even those who did six straight meetings, from $85 billion a month to $25 watchdog arm said that Buenos Aires should which among other things require firms eager monetary tightening is on the horizon in the next not understand or believe in the market’s advance billion a month. Chair Janet Yellen repeated the view “bring the inconsistent measures into conformi- to export to the country to import Argentinian year or so, we must conclude either that equity decided to buy anyway. As a result, prices sudden- Friday that she expects the Fed to end the purchases ty with its obligations” under international rules. goods in exchange. One of the most well- prices will keep rising without interruption or that ly accelerated. The main Wall Street indexes altogether this fall. What no one knows is when the Fed Washington hailed the decision. known examples was German car maker the next bear market will be caused by something gained 40 percent in the eight months from will start raising short-term rates. Most economists think “This is a major victory for American workers, Porsche, which was forced to commit to pur- other than monetary policy or economic funda- January to August 1987. The rest is history - in fact it will be in mid-2015. Though US hiring has been strong manufacturers and farmers,” US trade chief chasing Argentinian wine and olive oil in order mentals. The most likely culprit in that case would the biggest stock market crash in history. On Oct and the unemployment rate has dropped steadily to 6.2 Michael Froman said in a statement. “Argentina’s to get roughly 100 of its cars into the country. be the internal dynamics of the market itself: 19, 1987, Wall Street gave up its entire eight- percent, other gauges of the job market, such as pay protectionist measures impact a broad segment Other contested areas included limiting extreme and unsustainable valuations as growing month gain in one day. Could the current market growth, remain weak. When Yellen gave the keynote of US exports, potentially affecting billions of imports in volume or value, ordering trade part- investor confidence turns into over-optimism and cycle be headed for something similar? So far, speech in Jackson Hole on Friday morning, she suggest- dollars in US exports each year,” he added. ners to make investments in Argentina and to complacency. there have been no signs of the acceleration in ed that the Great Recession complicated the Fed’s abili- Froman’s European Union counterpart, Karel refrain from repatriating profits from Argentina. prices that preceded the crash of 1987. But if in ty to assess those gauges to determine when to adjust De Gucht, was equally upbeat. “I’ve made stand- The WTO polices global trade accords in an Reaching the nadir the next few weeks the Wall Street records set in rates. ing up to protectionism one of the hallmarks of effort to provide its 160 member economies Many commentators claim that stock markets July are decisively broken, an acceleration could my term as EU Trade Commissioner. This case with a level playing field. Wrangling over import have already reached this dangerously speculative soon begin - especially if Yellen offers more reas- ECB sends an important signal that protectionism is measures is common at the WTO, whose panels condition. But this seems implausible, for two rea- surance on monetary policy and fears of a war Mario Draghi, head of the ECB, said in a speech at not acceptable,” he said in a statement. can authorise retaliatory trade measures against sons. First, because standard valuation metrics are between Ukraine and Russia subside. Jackson Hole on Friday that the ECB was ready to do “I call on Argentina to move quickly to com- a guilty party that fails to fall into line. only just above their average levels in the United Then investors should fasten their seat belts more to boost the shaky recovery among the 18 nations ply with the ruling of the WTO panel and Argentina still has the option of appealing States and lower than average in most other mar- for a roller-coaster ride which, far from approach- that use the euro currency. Draghi has noted in the past remove these illegal measures and open the against the ruling. The WTO disputes settlement kets - a point made repeatedly by Federal Reserve ing its climax, may be just starting, with big gains that the ECB and the Fed are operating on conflicting way for EU goods to compete fairly on the process can last for years, amid appeals, count- Chairwoman Janet Yellen and explained in my ahead. And also big losses. —Reuters tracks: The Fed is looking to gradually raise rates, while Argentinian market,” he added. The WTO panel er-appeals and compliance assessments. —AFP SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014 BUSINESS

Kuwait stocks advance on renewed optimism

BAYAN WEEKLY MARKET REPORT

KUWAIT: Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) ended last week in closing in 2013, while the weighted index increased by the green zone. The Price Index closed at 7,350.34 points, 9.18 percent, and the KSX-15 13.53 percent growth. up by 1.61 percent from the week before closing, the Weighted Index increased by 1.07 percent after closing at Sectors’ indices 494.44 points, whereas the KSX-15 Index closed 1,212.99 All of KSE’s sectors ended last week in the green zone points up by 0.65 percent. Furthermore, last week’s aver- except for one sector. Last week’s highest gainer was the age daily turnover increased by 8.33 percent, compared to Oil & Gas sector, achieving 4.80 percent growth rate as its the preceding week, reaching KD 21.72 million, whereas index closed at 1,253.76 points. Whereas, in the second trading volume average was 226.35 million shares, record- place, the Financial Services sector’s index closed at ing an increase of 28.33 percent. 1,016.70 points recording 2.96 percent increase. The Basic The stock market indicators were able to realize gains Materials sector came in third as its index achieved 1.64 for the fourth consecutive week, in light of the active pur- percent growth, ending the week at 1,234.35 points. The chasing trend that included many of the listed stocks, Insurance sector was the least growing as its index closed especially the small-cap ones, and the companies that real- at 1,188.40 points with a 0.61 percent increase. On the oth- ized growth in its semi-annual financial results when com- er hand, the Consumer Services sector was last week’s only pared with the same of last year, among an optimism state loser as its index declined by 0.30 percent to end the controlled the traders, especially after the decrease in the week’s activity at 1,151.43 points. number of the banned companies from trading, which were not able to disclose its results, whereas the number of Sectors’ activity the banned companies reached 9 only. The Financial services sector dominated total trade vol- In addition, the traders’ concentration on the small-cap ume during last week with 592.84 million shares changing and mid-cap stocks during the last week’s activity lead to a hands, representing 52.38 percent of the total market trad- state of peace and quiet on the large-cap and the blue- ing volume. The Real Estate sector was second in terms of chip stocks, which affected the performance of the trading volume as the sector’s traded shares were 21.76 Weighted Index and KSX-15 Index, that measure such percent of last week’s total trading volume, with a total of stocks performance. 246.24 million shares. Moreover, the stock market witnessed during last week On the other hand, the Financials Services sector’s a return to the speculative operations to affect the trading stocks were the highest traded in terms of value; with a direction, however was positive on the stock market indi- turnover of KD 36.25 million or 33.38 percent of last week’s cators, especially the Price Index which was able to break total market trading value. The Banking sector took the the 7,300 point level for the first time in more than two second place as the sector’s last week turnover was KD months. 20.08 million represented 18.48 percent of the total market For the annual performance, the price index ended last trading value. — Prepared by the Studies & Research week recording 2.64 percent annual loss compared to its Department, Bayan Investment Co.

Could shale revive China’s flagging oil fields? Daqing oilfield could become a symbol of energy independence

LONDON: “I believe and will prove that our coun- and the economic policies of Deng Xiaoping. By 1985, China was the world’s sixth-largest petro- decades. might be technically recoverable. try is not deficient in oil reserves. If I can use my 20- leum producer after the Soviet Union, the United Shale oil and gas tends to be found in much of year lifetime in exchange for a large oil field, I will.” Self-reliance States, Saudi Arabia, Mexico and the United the same locations as conventional oil and gas The prize Those comments, recorded in an illustrated history The first successful Daqing well was drilled in Kingdom. Daqing alone accounted for about half fields. In fact, shale formations are normally the If the EIA’s estimates are even roughly correct, of the Songliao Basin published by China National 1959, when China had barely any domestic oil pro- of its total output. source of the petroleum trapped in conventional fracking could double the amount of oil recover- Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), are attributed to duction and relied almost entirely on imports. By In 2009, China National Petroleum Corporation fields. Bakken in North Dakota and the Eagle Ford able from Songliao. Qingshankou could produce Wang Jinxi, an oil field worker who became a hero 1973, production from Daqing had grown so announced cumulative production had reached 2 and Permian shales in Texas were the source of the as much in future as Daqing has produced over of Communist China during the 1960s and 1970s. much that China became a net oil exporter, a sta- billion tons (around 14.6 billion barrels). That ranks oil and gas extracted from conventional fields in the last 50 years. The potential has not gone unno- Wang’s Drill Team No 1205 was credited with tus it would retain for the next 20 years. Daqing in a tiny elite group of “super-giant” fields both states for decades before the shale boom. ticed. In 2010, Hess Corporation and CNPC con- doing more than any other to develop the super- Daqing became a symbol of energy independ- along with Saudi Arabia’s Ghawar, Mexico’s But horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing ducted a joint study of the shale/tight oil potential giant Daqing oil field amid the frozen swamps of ence. “Because of the discovery and construction Cantarell, Russia’s Samotlor and the East Texas Field have enabled producers to target the source at the Daqing oil field. Hess and CNPC are still northeast China. of the Daqing oil field, our country’s economic in the United States. directly rather than having to hunt for accumula- working on unconventional exploration, but now “Despite the harsh and extremely cold environ- construction, the oil needs of defense and civilian But Daqing is getting old. Field pressure, the tions of oil and gas, which have been expelled in the Santanghu Basin in northwest China. ment, he and his (team) members transported and applications, which had depended on foreign reservoir’s natural energy, has dropped, making from the source rocks and then become trapped in There is a lot of uncertainty about whether the installed rigs by pulling and piggybacking, and imports in the past, are now basically self-reliant,” the oil harder to produce. So CNPC has resorted to a more permeable reservoir rock. Qingshankou could be fractured successfully. The supplied water in basins and buckets for spud-in. Premier Zhou proudly told the National People’s a variety of methods to maintain production rates China has at least six large onshore sedimenta- major oil and gas producing shales in North In fact, they finished the first oil well of the ‘battle’ Congress in 1963. and try to scrape more oil from the reservoir. ry basins that are highly prospective for oil and America that are currently in production, such as in only five days and four hours, a record at the Daqing also became a metaphor for modern- “Nearly every sort of enhanced recovery method gas, including the Songliao Basin that is home to the Bakken and Eagle Ford, were all deposited on time,” according to CNPC. ization. Zhou, Deng, and even Jiang Qing, the wife has been tried at Daqing,” according to Stephen Daqing. Most attention has been focussed on gas, the floor of ancient seas. But Qingshankou was “To suppress a blowout from the second well of Chairman Mao Zedong, all visited Daqing and Rassenfoss at the Journal of Petroleum but these basins also contain large quantities of oil. deposited on the floor of an ancient lake. they were drilling, Wang, with an injured leg, employed it as a model for the development of the Technology. The reservoir has been injected with (“World Shale Gas and Shale Oil Resource “The Songliao Basin lacks a suitable commercial mixed mud with his body in a waist-deep mud economy. In 1963, Mao himself pronounced that water, carbon dioxide, surfactants and polymers to Assessment” Chapter XX, 2013). North American shale analog as it is structurally pond. His energy to work day and night and the rest of China’s industry should “learn from drive more of the remaining oil towards the wells The US Geological Survey describes the area complex and of lacustrine sedimentary origin,” capacity to fulfil even the most challenging task Daqing” and thereby launched an industrial and (“Daqing: an old field at the centre of new EOR around Daqing as “a nearly featureless landscape according the EIA. The silt deposited in ancient gained him the reputation of Iron Man.” political philosophy that became known as testing” June 2014). having less than 50 metres of relief and numerous lakes is much more fine-grained than marine sedi- Wang, originally a poor peasant from Gansu “Daqing-ism,” a blend of technocracy, heroism and The discovery of oil at Daqing brought China lakes, swamps and rivers.” It is very hot in summer ments, more like clay, and harder to fracture. It is province, ended up being elected to the ideology. self-sufficiency for more than a quarter of a centu- and bitterly cold in winter (“Qingshankou- not clear whether oil could be produced using the Communist Party’s Central Committee in 1969. It is But Daqing was more than just a symbol. The ry and made it a net exporter from 1973 to 1993. Putaohua/Shaertu ... Total Petroleum Systems in same techniques. But the potential prize is enor- hard to separate the myth-making from the reality, field was the single most important contributor to But China’s production has levelled off at best, the Songliao Basin” 2003). mous. but there is no doubting the immense achieve- the state budget from the 1960s through the early while its oil demand has boomed. The Daqing oil fields cover an area of just In October 2013, CNPC and Shell agreed to set ment that the Daqing oil fields represented. They 1980s and a vital source of foreign exchange earn- China has overtaken the United States and 10,000 square kilometres or so located in the cen- up a joint Shale Oil Research Centre to be based in were the first fields developed entirely with ings as China began the long, slow modernization Japan to become the biggest oil importer in the tre of the basin, stretching 138 km north-south the United States and China. The research program Chinese expertise, rather than with help from the of its economy. world. Once more the country is threatened by its and 73 km east-west. will focus on theoretical aspects of shale geology Soviet Union. Daqing’s petroleum engineers and managers dependence on foreign oil. But the source of much of the oil in the Daqing for three years before shifting to engineering The battle for Daqing, which is how it was became known as the “petroleum faction”-an elite is the enormous Qingshankou shale formation, research and development. described at the time, liberated China from its and one of the most influential and respected Shale formations which extends across a much bigger area of 87,000 In the announcement, CNPC focused on the “longstanding slavish dependence” on foreign oil, groups in the party and the state. Out of necessity, CNPC has become a world square km. The most promising part of the potential for research on shale oil, rather than gas, according to Premier Zhou Enlai (“Oil in China: leader in enhanced oil recovery at Daqing. Qingshankou shale is 200 to 400 metres thick and including continental (ie lacustrine) shales in from self-reliance to internationalization” 2010). Ageing super-giant But the shale revolution has opened up yet buried up to 2,500 metres below the surface. China, suggesting that CNPC is alive to the poten- Daqing is central to the history of modern Everything about Daqing is on a superlative another intriguing possibility. Perhaps China could The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) tial for onshore shale oil production. The need to China. No place played a more important role in scale. It is one of the largest oil fields in the world. produce oil direct from the thick shales that are the estimates that Qingshankou could contain around find and develop more oil reserves is again urgent the second half of the 20th century, except In 1976, production hit 1 million barrels per day, source of much of the petroleum found in 229 billion barrels of oil, of which 11.5 billion might for China, and hunting for more oil around the Shenzhen, the special economic zone next to and it was sustained at that level for another 27 Daqing’s conventional oil and gas fields and there- be technically recoverable, as well as 155 trillion Daqing oil fields is one of its most promising Hong Kong, associated with Reform and Opening years before being slowed by 20 percent in 2004. by extend the life of the field for many more cubic feet of gas, of which 16 trillion cubic feet options. — Reuters BUSINESS SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014 Brazil’s economic slump hits job market Biggest retailers, homebuilders and carmakers cutting jobs SAO PAULO/BRASILIA: Many of Brazil’s biggest Thursday. Most new jobs were low-skill service and according to a Reuters analysis of earnings reports. ing to JPMorgan Securities analysts. retailers, homebuilders and carmakers are cutting agricultural hirings. Big companies have been care- GPA ended 24-hour service at its supermarkets in “There is no outlook for improved hiring among jobs as Latin America’s largest economy teeters on ful to avoid mass layoffs, cutting a few hundred April and has been closing home appliance stores builders by the end of the year,” said economist the edge of recession, a fresh blow to President workers at a time or leaving empty posts unfilled, following a merger that created its Via Varejo SA divi- Danilo Garcia of national industry group CNI, which Dilma Rousseff’s re-election bid. For years, low but the cumulative effect is seeping into the elec- sion. Executives say workers at stores with cutbacks runs a monthly construction survey. Public conces- unemployment was key to Brazil’s emergence as an tion campaign. “We’re not generating good-quality were offered opportunities elsewhere. sions of ports, roads and railways, Rousseff’s big bet economic power and important gains in the fight jobs here - or even low-quality ones, according to Ricardo Patah, the head of Sao Paulo’s retail work- for an economic rebound this year, have failed to against poverty. the latest data,” Senator Aecio Neves, a pro-business ers union, said the only reason things are not worse pick up the slack from a weaker housing market, The unemployment rate remains near record former state governor and one of Rousseff’s top is that shop owners are wary of firing now and then Garcia noted. In Rio de Janeiro, the site of public lows of around 5 percent and the leftist Rousseff rivals, said in a recent TV interview. having to rehire for the year-end holiday season. “If works projects ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games, regularly touts it as a success of the ruling Workers’ Ahead of the Oct. 5 election, Rousseff is selling this were the beginning of the year, you can be sure builders cut loose 2,500 workers in July. Party over the last 12 years. the message of economic good times and greater the knives would be out, slashing even more jobs,” But after a decade of good news, the labor mar- opportunities under Workers’ Party rule. It is a key Patah said. “Next January could be the worst ever for Union threats ket is showing signs of weakness, possibly depriving reason behind her lead in opinion polls even though retail layoffs if this crisis extends through the rest of Even in industries where Rousseff has been pour- her of a trump card in the October election. growth has slowed to less than 2 percent per year the year.” In the first real test of post-World Cup ing on fiscal stimulus for years, the tide is turning at Industries from textiles to steel have been trimming during her own four-year term and inflation is run- demand, sales ahead of Father’s Day, which falls in the worst moment for her politically. The auto indus- payrolls since last year due to weak economic ning at around 6.5 percent. August in Brazil, dropped for the first time in five try, which contributes a fifth of Brazil’s industrial out- growth, cost inflation, high taxes and a tough Neves and environmentalist Marina Silva, who years. put, has enjoyed tax breaks and cheap credit under exchange rate. Now jobs are disappearing in retail, announced her presidential candidacy this week, are Rousseff but cut its workforce by nearly 5 percent construction and food processing, which had been focusing on the sluggish economy in their cam- ‘Scissor hands’ from January to July as domestic demand dried up reliable engines for growth and new employment paigns and are almost certain to force Rousseff into Former GPA chairman Abilio Diniz has also and exports tumbled. over the last decade. a runoff vote on Oct 26. brought a cost-cutting campaign to his new board- Carmakers from Volkswagen AG to PSA Peugeot Even automakers, one of the big beneficiaries of A recent poll showed that unemployment is room at BRF SA, the world’s biggest poultry Citroen have trimmed payrolls with paid leave and Brazil’s economic boom last decade, have cut thou- already the third biggest concern of voters, after exporter. As chairman at BRF, Diniz tapped chief employee buyouts as they idle assembly lines. sands of jobs as they idle assembly lines in the face healthcare and crime. Rousseff has a strong lead in executive Claudio Galeazzi, known as “Scissor Some workers are putting up a fight. A metal- of slumping consumer demand. The economic slow- polls for the first round but looks vulnerable in a Hands” for running layoffs at companies from retailer workers union has challenged General Motors Co down has deepened since the World Cup soccer likely runoff vote, especially if she faces Silva. Lojas Americanas SA to ceramics maker Cecrisa. over what they call a plan to furlough as many as tournament that ended last month, threatening to “What matters more than the numbers is the As part of a plan to streamline operations and 1,000 jobs at a plant 60 miles (100 km) outside of undercut Rousseff’s re-election campaign as retail news flow,” said Ricardo Ribeiro, a political analyst at increase production overseas, BRF reported 73 mil- Sao Paulo. GM has promised not to permanently cut workers like 27-year-old Evandro Dias lose their jobs. MCM Consultores. “If word of layoffs get through to lion reais ($32 million) in second-quarter rescission those workers for 10 months, but union leaders “Sales were horrible ahead of the Cup, but every- the voter, it could create anxiety about what’s going costs for “staff adjustments.” warn it is a plan to eliminate jobs. GM said the meas- one thought things would rebound. Instead they to happen next in the labor market.” BRF declined to elaborate on the layoffs. Galeazzi ure is aimed at adjusting production levels to weak- got even worse, so here I am,” said Dias, who said this month he plans to step down at the end of er demand from Brazilian consumers. stopped by a Sao Paulo union on a recent afternoon Disappearing jobs the year. Civil construction, which created an aver- Government officials who extended tax breaks to register his layoff from an electronics retailer. Job cuts are even appearing among “national age 200,000 jobs per year from 2010 to 2013, has for automakers in June said the companies had The low jobless rate is due in part to a shrinking champions,” the nickname for companies atop added just 18,000 net jobs over the past 12 months, agreed to avoid mass layoffs, but Antonio Ferreira de labor force as more young Brazilians pursue higher Brazil’s strongest industries due in part to govern- as the country’s biggest developers scale back new Barros, the head of the union in Sao Jose dos education and technical training. Many economists ment-sanctioned mergers. Retailers alone eliminat- projects due to weak demand. Campos, said verbal agreements had not prevented expect unemployment to rise as government figures ed a net 78,264 formal jobs in the year through July, In Bahia and Pernambuco, the biggest states in job cuts. “Even with all these incentives, President show formal job creation slowing to its weakest compared to average growth of 41,000 in the same the northeastern stronghold of the Workers’ Party, Dilma didn’t have the courage to protect our jobs,” pace in over a decade. period of the prior three years, official data shows. construction companies have cut over 14,000 jobs said Barros. “If the company doesn’t back down, Brazil’s economy added less than 12,000 net pay- No.1 retailer GPA SA, Brazil’s biggest private-sec- this year. New project launches by homebuilders in we’re planning marches, strikes, protests in Brasilia. roll jobs in July, the slowest pace for the month in 15 tor employer, eliminated about 3,000 jobs from April the second quarter, a leading indicator for construc- We’ll follow her campaign all over the country until years, according to official data released on to June, its biggest quarterly cut in over 15 years, tion jobs, fell 25 percent from a year earlier, accord- we get her attention.” — Reuters Argentina slams US judge as imperialist Peso halts rout, bonds extend losses

BUENOS AIRES: Argentina on Friday accused its stinging criticism of Griesa. It has accused the US judge who called the country’s new debt the judge of abusing Argentina’s national sover- restructuring plan illegal of making “imperialist” eignty and of siding with the US investment comments against the South American nation. funds who rejected large writedowns in the Latin America’s No 3 economy tipped into its wake of 2002 and are suing the country for full second default in 12 years in July after US payment on their bonds. District Judge Thomas Griesa blocked payments It said Griesa’s remarks showed a “complete to holders of issued under US law that was ignorance of the functioning of democratic restructured following its record $100 billion institutions” in a strongly worded statement default in 2002. issued late Thursday. Griesa ruled that measures proposed by Argentina’s president late on Tuesday to make Capital flight seen debt payments locally and push bondholders to Argentine dollar-denominated Discount bring their debt under Argentine law violated bonds due in 2033 traded 2.7 percent lower to past court rulings. But he stopped short of hold- bid 78.000 cents on the dollar, while the Par ing the country in contempt. President Cristina bond maturing in 2038 was down 0.2 percent Fernandez’s measures, if enacted and executed, to bid at 48.500. Fernandez’s stance makes a would potentially allow Argentina to skirt resolution to the debt saga increasingly unlikely Griesa’s court orders and thus resume interest before the October 2015 presidential election, payments on an estimated $29 billion in in which she is constitutionally barred from run- restructured bonds. ning. “What may change that dynamic is a sig- Argentine Cabinet Chief Jorge Capitanich nificant deterioration in the macro environment said Griesa’s choice of words was “unfortunate, coupled with a meaningful further devaluation incorrect and even, I would say, imperialist of the peso,” said Nasser Ahmad, managing expressions”. partner and chief investment officer of New Argentine bonds extended losses but the York-based hedge fund DA Capital. peso halted a two-day rout, firming slightly “That may force the current government over 1 percent on the black market to 13.750 back to the negotiating table,” he added. The BIEJING: A Chinese worker cleans the window of a building in Beijing yesterday. Foreign direct investment (FDI) into China dropped by more per dollar, It struck a record low of 14.000 on peso’s mid-week slump reinforced expectations than a sixth year-on-year in July, the government said, but denied any link to Beijing’s multiple probes into foreign companies. — AFP Thursday. Marcelo Trovato, financial analyst at that a drawn-out crisis will fuel one of the consultancy Pronostico Bursatil, said Griesa’s world’s highest inflation rates, sap shrinking for- move not to level contempt charges against eign reserves and deepen the country’s reces- Argentina was aiding the peso erase some of its sion. “If capital continues to pour out of the Obama urges business: Press cumulative 5.2 percent loss on Wednesday and economy, the authorities will probably have to Thursday. devalue,” wrote David Rees, emerging markets The government has pulled no punches in economist at Capital Economics. — Reuters Congress to renew Ex-Im Bank New financing will halt if lawmakers fail to act

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama yester- to businesses seeking new markets. Household a ban on Ex-Im Bank backing for deals to buy day urged business owners to press Congress to names such as Boeing Co, Caterpillar Inc and wide-body aircraft, such as Boeing’s 747s. reauthorize the US Export-Import Bank, which General Electric Co are big beneficiaries of the Boeing says that without Ex-Im Bank financing, could halt any new financing Sept. 30 - as some bank’s services. Ex-Im Bank’s critics say aiding airlines around the world would buy Airbus conservative Republicans hope it will - if law- well-established firms such as those serves little planes, usually with French or German export makers fail to act. purpose and puts taxpayers at risk. credit subsidies. “The US aerospace industry The little-known institution provides loans to Opposition to renewing the bank’s charter would lose sales and market share, and the jobs buyers of US products abroad. Obama said in his includes influential lawmakers such as new associated with that lost business would end up weekly radio address that if Congress lets the House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and in Europe,” Boeing senior vice president Tim bank close, it would be stunting US export House Financial Services Committee Chairman Keating wrote to Hensarling last week. growth and impeding economic expansion. “If Jeb Hensarling, both Republicans. Fueling con- The bank’s supporters hope that Congress Congress fails to act, thousands of businesses, cerns about the bank’s role, Delta Airlines will temporarily renew the bank’s charter in a large and small, that sell their products abroad charges that the institution provides an unfair stopgap government funding bill that must pass will take a completely unnecessary hit,” the presi- advantage to foreign competitors of the U.S. car- before Sept. 30. That would leave lawmakers dent said. rier. “If left to do business as usual, the Bank has more time to craft legislation that would provide While playing a relatively small role in the US proven that it will continue to help all foreign a longer charter extension but contain reforms export universe, the bank has become a political airlines indiscriminately, including well-funded to the bank that would mollify critics. Paul Ryan, flashpoint. Conservative Republicans single it and state-supported ones that competitively the Republican vice presidential candidate in NEW YORK: Argentina government Attorneys Carmine Boccuzzi (center) and other out as an unnecessary and potentially risky gov- threaten US airlines and their employees,” Delta 2012 and skeptic about the bank, said this week lawyers arrive at the US Federal Courthouse August 21, 2014 in New York for a hear- ernment program, while moderates and most Senior Vice President Andrea Fischer Newman he thinks the bank’s charter will be kept alive ing into the Argentine debt. — AFP Democrats defend it as providing a useful boost wrote to Hensarling this week. The airline wants with a temporary extension. — Reuters Goldman Sachs to pay $3.15bn to settle mortgage case

NEW YORK: Goldman Sachs will pay $3.15 mortgage-backed securities purchased by tlements following a series of lawsuits filed billion to resolve claims it misled Fannie Mae Freddie and Fannie over the period. against financial giants in 2011 over the sale and Freddie Mac on mortgage-linked securi- “We are pleased to resolve these matters,” of mortgage-linked securities that cratered ties it sold them before the US housing bust, said Gregory Palm, executive vice president after the housing bust. officials said Friday. of Goldman Sachs. The FHFA, in its lawsuit The agency said it is still pursuing lawsuits The Federal Housing Finance Agency, the against Goldman, accused the Wall Stree against HSBC, Nomura and Royal Bank of conservator for Fannie and Freddie, which bank of “false statements” and “misleading Scotland in comparable cases. The Goldman were rescued by the government during the omissions” on the underlying securities. deal follows numerous other major US settle- 2008 crisis, said that Goldman will repur- The FHFA said the Goldman settlement ments with big banks following the 2008 chase the securities it sold to the two effec- was worth $1.2 billion. The $1.2 billion is the financial crisis. Bank of America Thursday tively government-backed mortgage giants difference between the $3.15 billion paid by agreed to pay $16.65 billion to settle Justice between 2005 and 2007. Goldman and the current value of the securi- Department and other authorities’ charges CHICAGO: Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan (left) speaks to the media during a news con- Goldman said the agreement will resolve ties, a person familiar with the matter said. that it misled investors about the quality of ference in Chicago. Madigan says one-third of the state’s $300 million share of a $16.65 billion “all” federal and state securities claims for The FHFA said it has now reached 16 set- dodgy mortgage-linked securities. — AFP national settlement with Bank of America will go toward consumer relief. — AP BUSINESS SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014

Gulf Air showcases its newest destination to travel agents National carrier invites Bahrain and Kuwait travel agents to Athens

MANAMA: Gulf Air, the national carrier Travellers can book their flights online at of the Kingdom of Bahrain, recently host- www.gulfair.comor by calling the airline’s ed a familiarization trip for a group of key 24 hour Worldwide Contact Centre on Bahrain and Kuwait-based travel agents, (+973) 17373737 or through Gulf Air giving them the opportunity to experi- sales offices and approved travel agen- ence the airline’s newest destination, cies. Athens in Greece. Gulf Air, the national carrier of the During the 4-day trip the 10 travel Kingdom of Bahrain, commenced opera- agents had the opportunity to travel on tions in 1950, becoming one of the first the national carrier’s inaugural flight to commercial airlines established in the Athens, experience a distinctive water Middle East. Today, Gulf Air is a major cannon welcome in Athens International international carrier serving 38 cities in Airport along with a unique ribbon- 23 countries spanning three continents. bonding ceremony to commemorate the The airline operates one the largest net- arrival of the first Gulf Air flight. works in the Middle East, with double Additionally, the travel agents visited daily flights to over 10 regional cities, some of the Greek capital’s most iconic from its hub at Bahrain International cultural and tourist attractions. Airport. Gulf Air serves all its destinations The participating agents also experi- with a combination wide and narrow enced the national carrier’s onboard body fleet totaling 26 modern aircraft. product and service offering - specifical- Renowned for its traditional Arabian hos- ly, Gulf Air’s Airbus A320-ER aircraft that, pitality, evidenced by the airline’s signa- designed specifically for the airline, ture family and business friendly prod- incorporates various elements of passen- ucts, Gulf Air is committed to being an gers’ feedback and is the only aircraft of industry leader and developing products its kind in the world featuring full flat- and services that reflect the evolving bed seats, as well as being equipped needs and aspirations of its passengers. with the airline’s latest in-flight entertain- Gulf Air connects Bahrain to the world ment technology. They also enjoyed Gulf and, as such, is a key national infrastruc- Air’s luxurious Falcon Gold Lounge in ture asset, serving as a powerful driver Bahrain International Airport. for the economy and supporting the Gulf Air currently operates four weekly Kingdom’s on-going economic growth. flights to Athens International Airport. 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Govt warns US retailers about hacking software

WASHINGTON: More than 1,000 US retailers ing to the Homeland Security Department the By using Backoff selectively, rather than dis- tion among shoppers worried about the security could be infected with malicious software lurk- software wasn’t flagged by antivirus programs tributing it widely on the Internet, the hackers of their personal data. Target is now accelerating ing in their cash register computers, allowing until this month. likely managed to escape detection for longer. its $100 million plan to roll out chip-based credit hackers to steal customer financial data, the Jerome Segura, a senior security researcher at Following Homeland Security’s warnings in July, card technology in all of its nearly 1,800 stores. Homeland Security Department said Friday. The cybersecurity software firm Malware Bytes, said however, companies are much better able to So-called chip and pin technology would allow government urged businesses of all sizes to scan that the way that Backoff works is not unique. probe their own computers for Backoff. The bat- for more secure transactions than the magnetic their point-of-sale systems for software known The program gains access to companies’ com- tle between retailers and hackers is an ongoing strip cards that most Americans use now. The as “Backoff,” discovered last October. It previous- puters by finding insufficiently protected one. Retail giant Target, based in Minneapolis, technology has already been adopted in Europe ly explained in detail how the software operates remote access points and duping computer was targeted by hackers last year and disclosed and elsewhere. and how retailers could find and remove it. users to download malware, tricks that have in December that a data breach compromised Though improving card technology and Earlier this month, United Parcel Service said it long been in use and are often automated. 40 million credit and debit card accounts updating malware detection will help retailers found infected computers in 51 stores. UPS said What has changed, Segura said, is that the hack- between Nov 27 and Dec 15. On Jan 10, it said defend themselves, Segura said that the recent it was not aware of any fraud that resulted from ers deploying it have become increasingly hackers stole personal information - including profusion of computer breaches should make the infection but said hackers may have taken sophisticated about identifying high-value com- names, phone numbers and email and mailing companies think harder about how they use customers’ names, addresses, email addresses puter systems after they’ve broken into them. addresses - from as many as 70 million cus- remote access systems for employees and ven- and payment card information. The company “Once the bad guys realized they were able to tomers. dors. By limiting what portions of their systems apologized to customers and offered free identi- penetrate larger networks, they saw the oppor- Target, the third-largest retailer, has been can be accessed remotely, he said, companies ty protection and credit monitoring services to tunity to develop malware that’s specifically for overhauling its security department and sys- can limit the damage that hackers can do. “This those who had shopped in those 51 stores. credit cards and can evade antivirus programs,” tems in the wake of the pre-Christmas data past year and a half has been breach after Backoff was discovered in October, but accord- he said. breach, which hurt profits, sales and its reputa- breach,” he said. “It’s incredible.” — AP

Ahead of Emmys, Netflix already winning online

LOS ANGELES: Even if it doesn’t take home any of the major trophies at tomorrow’s Emmy Awards, Netflix will have already proven itself the top winner in one regard: Internet program- ming. It’s a position that Microsoft, Amazon and Hulu would all like to hold. But with series such as “House of Cards” and “Orange is The New Black” up for major awards and millions of Internet users at its backing, Netflix seems unlikely to budge anytime soon. Already this year the California-based compa- ny, founded in 2007, reported that its sub- scribers topped 50 million in more than 40 countries. And in a July earnings report, the streaming titan said its profit had jumped to $71 million compared to $29.5 million in the same quarter a year before. Jon Taplin, professor of Digital Entertainment Media at the University of Southern California, said Netflix’s power “comes from its subscriber base. They pay almost $10 a month.” ATLANTA: College Football Hall of Fame CEO and president John Stephenson demonstrates an interactive display enti- ATLANTA: A vintage football helmet is seen. “That’s a gigantic amount of cash flow, which tled “Why We Love College Football” at the College Football Hall of Fame. — AP photos then is spent on programming, on buying con- tent and making new content,” he said. Netflix’s original programming includes “Orange is The New Black,” a wildly-popular women’s prison “dramedy,” nominated for best comedy and which also earned nominations for five cast members. Political drama “House of Cards,” meanwhile, is up for best drama and earned actor nomina- tions for star Kevin Spacey, as a scheming con- gressman, and co-star Robin Wright, as his wife. The show had aimed to become the first online- only series to win in major categories at last year’s Emmys, but only took home a prize for best directing for David Fincher. In addition to its original programming, Netflix offers major movies and TV series, which it streams in agreement with US entertainment studios. That means subscribers can watch the likes of “Breaking Bad,” “How I Met Your Mother,” and “Law & Order,” on the platform as well.

‘Doing it differently’ Netflix’s success is in large part due to its for- mat, which caters to the lifestyles and habits of ATLANTA: Klava Johnson, 12, of Dunwoody, Ga., stands in front of an interactive exhibit ATLANTA: Helmets representing the 768 college football programs in the US are dis- consumers-many of them younger-who while touring the College Football Hall of Fame. played. demand more flexibility and who use devices such as tablets and smartphones. Instead of posting its original shows in weekly installments like television does, Netflix releases entire sea- College Football Hall of sons all at once. It’s a strategy online retail giant Amazon has attempted to imitate with its origi- nal series “Alpha House,” about US senators who room together in the nation’s capital, and Fame finds high-tech home “Betas,” a show about app developers searching for an investor. “Amazon’s beginnings in this space were very ATLANTA: Visitors to the new College Football Hall of Fame Cola - both with easy walking distance of the hall. “The old will be allowed in the hall. Advance tickets will be sold to problematic. Now they’ve reconsidered doing it will find 100-year-old artifacts have found a new home in the model of building an attraction like this in a city in order to enter during a specific time period to help regulate the flow. differently, and they hired somebody who’s digital age. When entering the three-storey facility, fans will draw tourism to the city is the opposite of what we’ve done,” The opening was planned for the weekend before two kickoff made TV before,” said Taplin. The online retailer immediately face a giant wall of 768 helmets - one for every Stephenson said. “We’ve used private enterprise to build this games to the season at the Georgia Dome. On Thursday, is now working on six new original-program- program at every level in the nation. The new high-tech hall self-sustaining business attraction right in the middle of an Mississippi plays Boise State. On the following Saturday, ming projects, including one starring Mexican opened yesterday in downtown Atlanta, not far from the already proven and stabilized business travel and tourism dis- Alabama plays West Virginia. Another big date is Oct 7, when actor Gael Garcia Bernal. Georgia Dome, adjacent to Centennial Olympic Park and other trict.” the facility is home to the College Football Hall of Fame But it’s Hulu that has established itself as the attractions. It features an interactive experience that begins Stephenson said the average annual attendance at the old enshrinement ceremony. — AP most serious competitor thus far, after a large when the guest registers for a smart pass, selects a favorite hall was about 75,000. “We’re hoping here for 500,000,” he publicity campaign. Its original series about school and then sees that school’s helmet illuminated. said. “But again, we don’t compare ourselves to South Bend, Latino adolescents, “East Los High,” opened a Computer chips in the ticket allow the guest to be recog- Indiana. We compare ourselves to our neighbors. The Georgia door for the streaming service to the vast Latino nized by name at every interactive exhibit. Displays are tai- Aquarium draws 2 million. The World of Coke draws 1.2 mil- market in the United States. Microsoft, for its lored to the fan’s favorite school, though it’s always possible to lion.” part, is planning its own original programming explore other schools. Another example of high-tech displays: Among other digital displays: 360-degree virtual stadiums, to be distributed through its Xbox One console. Fans who touch photos on a giant wall gain access to more video face-painting, and an ESPN GameDay studio where visi- A series spun from blockbuster science-fic- than 12,000 videos. tors are digitally placed beside the TV hosts and provided a tion battle franchise “Halo” will be produced by On Friday, final preparations were made for the grand script. Video of the “broadcast” is sent to the email address giv- director Steven Spielberg. “Games have been opening. A worker was using a lift to apply final touches to a en during registration for the smart pass. Some displays part of our DNA for at least the last 15 years, and mural which stretches 36 feet by 30 feet. The work by Atlanta- require no high-tech enhancements. Red Grange’s 1924 creating original TV content is a logical next step area artist Steve Penley pays homage to such legends as Bear Illinois jersey, John Heisman’s original playbook from the in our evolution,” executive vice president of Bryant, Vince Dooley and Steve Spurrier. Asked if the artwork 1920s and an 1873 program for a “Foot Ball Match” between Xbox Entertainment Studios Jordan Levin said in leaned too heavily to Southern icons, Hall of Fame president Yale and Eton are showcased. a release. and CEO John Stephenson explained the artist was given Yahoo, which only recently dipped its toe license to show his vision of college football. Stephenson said Event venue into the water, is aiming to produce four series there was an emphasis elsewhere on maintaining a national Stephenson’s staff prepared with a series of “soft” open- balance to the displays. ings. On Friday, the facility’s potential to host private events in a format closer to YouTube, with shorter con- was on display when it hosted 1,200 staffers from Chick-fil-A, a tent. “I don’t think Yahoo is a competitor at all,” Private enterprise lead sponsor for the hall. Taplin said. But, he added, “in five years there Stephenson stressed the $68 million facility shouldn’t be “While this was designed to be yes, a museum, yes, an will be fewer (television) channels, but much of compared with the old College Football Hall of Fame in South attraction but also an event venue,” Stephenson said, adding the dramatic programming will be delivered on Bend, Indiana. Instead, planners were guided by such Atlanta he already has about 35 contracts for private events. On a nor- demand.” — AFP attractions as the Georgia Aquarium and the World of Coca- mal business day, Stephenson said no more than 800 visitors Fitbit: We don’t sell personal data

ALBANY: Fitbit, the maker of a popular line of wearable fit- Schumer has called for a federal regulation to require com- so, or under the limited exceptions described in our privacy poli- ness-tracking devices, said Friday that it does not sell personal panies like Fitbit to let customers prevent their data from being cy.” Those exceptions include credit card processing or when the PASADENA: This NASA image shows the Surrogate robot data to advertisers, contrary to concerns raised by US Sen sold. On Friday he praised the company for “revising” its policy, company is under legal obligation to provide the information. (“Surge”) built at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Charles Schumer. The San Francisco-based company spelled even though Fitbit CEO and co-founder James Park said there’s Schumer said there are no federal laws to prevent other compa- Pasadena, California. Researchers are developing it in out its privacy policy on its website after Schumer warned of a been no change in the company’s practices. nies from sharing personal information from the devices. He order to extend humanity’s reach into hazardous environ- potential “privacy nightmare” relating to concerns that the “It has always been our policy not to sell user data,” Park said called on other manufacturers of wearable devices to follow ments to perform tasks such as using environmental test makers of fitness monitoring devices could sell users’ data to in a statement. “We have never sold personal data and we do Fitbit’s lead. Many Americans wear fitness bracelets and moni- equipment, closing valves, or gaining access to closed advertisers. not share personal data unless a user specifically directs us to do tors or use mobile apps to monitor their activity. — AP compartments. — AFP HEALTH & SCIENCE SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014

MANILA: Zoo owner Manny Tangco kisses a Japanese Koi carp, while children look on inside an aquarium at a zoo in Manila. The Japanese Koi VAL-DE-REUIL: A baby alligator is seen next to a 2 euro coin at the Biotropica zoolog- carps are exhibited as part of the zoo’s attraction. — AFP ical park in Val-de-Reuil, northern France. The birth of alligators is very rare in Europe, and this baby should later weigh between 100 and 200 kilos. — AFP Last Ebola-free region of Liberia falls to virus

MONROVIA: Every region of Liberia has now been hit In bad news for neighboring Nigeria, officials said at its optimum so it could deal possibly with a flare- reaching it. Many flights to the region have been can- by Ebola, officials said Friday, as other affected west Friday that two more people had tested positive for up if that’s necessary”. Nabarro is also due to visit celled, and authorities around the world have adopt- African nations scrambled to contain the spread of Ebola, taking the total number of confirmed cases to Freetown, Conakry and Abuja during the trip, where ed measures to screen travelers arriving from affected the killer virus. After seeing people fall to the deadly 14, including five deaths. The World Health he is tasked with revitalizing the health sectors of nations. Air France is one of the few airlines running disease in area after area, Liberia said two people had Organization (WHO) said earlier this week that it was affected countries. daily routes to and from Sierra Leone. On a flight this succumbed to the virus in Sinoe province, the last encouraged by the situation in Africa’s most popu- Authorities in the region have been hampered in week from Freetown to Paris, via the Guinean capital Ebola-free bastion in a country that has seen the lous country, given that all of the confirmed cases their fight against Ebola by the deaths of several top Conakry, fear of the virus was ubiquitous. biggest toll with 576 deaths. came from a single chain of transmission. But the health officials and numerous frontline doctors to the “I had to close my textile shop and return to The virus has spread relentlessly through Liberia, country’s health minister Onyebuchi Chukwu told a virus. No cure or vaccine is currently available for the China,” said Wu Guo Gang, 60, on the flight with his Guinea and Sierra Leone over the past months, killing news conference in Abuja that the two new cases deadly disease, which is spread by close contact with wife. “Many Chinese are leaving. If they stay, they may 1,350 people since March, and Nigeria has also been were the first to contract the virus from a secondary body fluids, meaning patients must be isolated. die,” he added. In a further effort to contain the epi- affected despite showing some progress in fighting source. However, two American missionaries who con- demic, Sierra Leone’s parliament passed a law on the epidemic. “(Sinoe) was the last area untouched by tracted Ebola while treating patients in Liberia left Friday that imposes a two year jail term for anyone Ebola,” George Williams, head of the Health Workers Flare up hospital in the United States in recent days after mak- concealing an Ebola-infected patient. Association of Liberia, told AFP. Most of the deaths in what has become the worst- ing a full recovery. The two were treated with experi- Meanwhile, as fears grow that the outbreak will The country has witnessed chaotic scenes in ever outbreak of Ebola have occurred in Guinea, mental drugs. spread across Africa, DR Congo’s Health Minister Felix recent days following a surge in the number of Liberia and Sierra Leone. David Nabarro, a British Kabange Numbi said a fever of unidentified origin patients dying of the hemorrhagic fever. Aid workers physician appointed by the United Nations last week ‘They may die’ had killed 13 people in the country’s northwest since said crematoriums in the capital of Monrovia were to coordinate the global response to the crisis, was in The failure of West African countries to bring the August 11. But a WHO official and the medical charity struggling to deal with dozens of bodies arriving Monrovia on Friday for the second day of a tour of the epidemic under control has worried its neighbors and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Friday it was too every day, and earlier this week, violence erupted in region. Speaking to AFP during a stopover at Conakry nations further afield. Senegal on Thursday closed its soon to tell whether a hemorrhagic fever caused the an Ebola quarantine zone in the capital after soldiers airport en route to Monrovia, he said he was deter- land border with Guinea, where 396 people have deaths. Ebola was first identified in 1976 in Equateur opened fire on protesting crowds. mined to “ensure that every piece of our apparatus is died to date, in an attempt to stop the epidemic in the former Zaire, today the DRC. — AFP

Treatment for autism

WASHINGTON: People with autism have too to allow the different sections of the brain to many synapses the connectors by which brain develop without being overwhelmed, neurol- cells send and receive signals-according to a ogists said. new study that may point to a treatment for This study analyzed tissues from the cere- the complex disorder. The extra synapses in bral cortex-which is involved in speech and autistic brains are the result not of overproduc- social behaviors-from 48 cadavers of subjects tion, but of a failure in the normal process of ranging in age from two to 20 at their deaths. discarding old and degraded cells. Of the subjects, 26 had been diagnosed with Researchers at New York’s University of autism, and 22 were not. Early in childhood, Columbia were able to re-establish the brain’s both groups had similar numbers of synapses, “pruning mechanism” in mice genetically mod- the study found. ified to simulate autism. However, a 19-year-old without autism had To do it, they used a drug called rapamycin around 41 percent fewer synapses than a to block a protein, mTOR, which in autistic young child, while an autistic 19-year-old had patients goes hyperactive and blocks the far more-their brains had shed only around 16 brain’s natural ability to cull synapses. The percent compared with a young child’s. The researchers saw a reduction in typical autistic neurologists noted also that the excess of behaviors, such as avoiding contact with oth- synapses increased the risk of epilepsy, since ers, in the treated mice, according to findings there were more electrical signals crossing published this week in the US journal “Neuron.” through the brain. “We were able to treat the mice after the dis- Sulzer and his team also discovered bio- ease had appeared,” said Columbia University markers and proteins in the brains of children neurobiologist David Sulzer, lead author of the and teenagers with autism that indicated the study. This is crucial because autism does not pruning mechanism was not functioning nor- become apparent at birth but later in child- mally. Sulzer said it might be possible to adapt hood, “so you need a treatment that works rapamycin to treat some autistic patients to after diagnosis,” he said. “If we were correct we help lessen the sometimes debilitating symp- should be able to have quite effective treat- toms. However, he noted that the drug in its ment even after diagnosis,” he told AFP. current form, which is in testing as a treatment One in 68 US children is diagnosed on the for Tuberous sclerosis, a rare genetic disorder autism spectrum, according to the most recent often associated with autism, is also an government estimates. Newborn brains pro- immuno-suppressant, and may not be ideal as duce an enormous quantity of synapses as a long-term treatment, especially for children they grow, but later in childhood and adoles- and teenagers, whose bodies are still develop- LIBERIA: In this file photo, provided by Jeremy Writebol, his mother, Nancy Writebol, poses with children in Liberia. Nancy Writebol is one of two cence they prune many of these connections ing. — AFP Americans working for a missionary group in Liberia who were infected with the Ebola virus, and who have been receiving treatment at Emory University Hospital, in Atlanta. — AP WHO warns of ‘shadow zones’ and unreported Ebola cases Families hide infected loved ones; burials go unreported

GENEVA/MONROVIA: Families hiding infected cially in Liberia and Sierra Leone, currently the Flights blocked loved ones and the existence of “shadow zones” two countries hardest hit. The WHO said it is now On Friday, the WHO said it had drawn up a where medics cannot go mean the West African working with Medecins Sans FrontiËres (MSF) draft strategy plan to combat the disease in West Ebola epidemic is even bigger than thought, the and the US Centers for Disease Control and Africa, and details would be released early next World Health Organization said on Friday. Some Prevention to produce “more realistic estimates”. week. David Nabarro, Senior United Nations 1,427 people have died among 2,615 known cas- Nigeria, the fourth country affected, confirmed System Coordinator for Ebola, who was travelling es of the deadly virus in West Africa since the out- two new cases on Friday, bringing the total num- with the WHO’s Fukuda in Liberia, said the strate- break was first identified in March, according to ber of recorded cases there to 14. The country’s gy would involve ramping up the number of new figures released by the WHO on Friday. health minister said both patients caught the dis- health workers fighting the disease. “It means However the UN agency, which has faced criti- ease from people who were primary contacts of more doctors, Liberian doctors, more nurses, LONDON: A keeper weighs a mossy frog in a weighing spoon during the annual weigh-in cism that it moved too slowly to contain the out- the Liberian man who first brought it to the eco- Liberian nurses, and more equipment,” he said. to record animals’ vital statistics at ZSL London Zoo. — AFP break, said that many cases had probably gone nomic capital Lagos. “But it also means, of course, more internation- unreported. The stigma surrounding Ebola poses a serious al staff.” The affected West African countries were Independent experts raised similar concerns a obstacle to efforts to contain the virus, which already struggling with few doctors and fragile Australian spider month ago that the contagion could be worse causes regular outbreaks in the forests of Central healthcare systems before the Ebola outbreak. than reported because some residents of affect- Africa but is striking for the first time in the conti- And health workers have been among the hard- grows bigger in city ed areas are chasing away health workers and nent’s western nations and their heavily populat- est hit by the disease. The head of MSF, which has shunning treatment. Despite initial assertions by ed capitals. “As Ebola has no cure, some believe urged the WHO to do more, told Reuters in an SYDNEY: Australian spiders may live happily in ing down to the idea that concrete holds heat, regional health officials that the virus had been infected loved ones will be more comfortable interview on Thursday that the fight against Ebola the bush, but a new study has found that at least meaning city spiders’ days and nights were contained in its early stages, Ebola case numbers dying at home,” the WHO said in a statement was being undermined by a lack of international one species also thrives on city life and grows warmer than those of their bush cousins. and deaths have ballooned in recent months as detailing why the outbreak had been underesti- leadership and emergency management skills. bigger in urban areas. The University of Sydney’s Meanwhile urban parks were a good source the outbreak has spread from its initial epicentre mated. In a sign of spreading regional alarm, Senegal, Elizabeth Lowe said while research showed of food for spiders because lighting in these in Guinea. “Others deny that a patient has Ebola and West Africa’s humanitarian hub, said it had invertebrates were sensitive to urbanization, not areas attracted insect prey. Lowe said the “We think six to nine months is a reasonable believe that care in an isolation ward - viewed as blocked a UN aid plane from landing and was all species were negatively affected by living in researchers did not know why they also found estimate,” Keiji Fukuda, the WHO’s Assistant an incubator of the disease - will lead to infec- banning all further flights to and from countries cities. In fact, golden orb-weaving spiders, which the golden orb-weaving spiders, or Nephila Director-General for Health Security, said during tion and certain death.” Corpses are often buried affected by Ebola. Gabon also announced on are common in both urban and natural environ- plumipes, were larger in the wealthier pockets a visit to Liberia, speaking of the time the agency without official notification. And there are “shad- Friday its suspension of air and sea links to the ments in Sydney and its surrounds, were getting of Sydney. “We think that it could be that in the now believes will be required to halt the epidem- ow zones”, rural areas where there are rumors of four affected countries, following the lead of a fattest in those built-up areas with the most con- wealthier areas people put more money into ic. An Ebola outbreak will be declared over in a cases and deaths that cannot be investigated number of regional nations who have defied crete, roads and buildings. land management,” she said, meaning more country if two incubation periods, or 42 days in because of community resistance or lack of staff WHO advice in an attempt to isolate themselves “We found that they were bigger in the city parks and greater biodiversity in these areas. total, have passed without any confirmed case, a and transport. In other cases health centers are from the disease. The World Health Organization and particularly in areas with lots of hard sur- Lowe said the fact that any species could thrive WHO spokesperson said. being suddenly overwhelmed with patients, has repeatedly said it does not recommend travel faces and less vegetation,” Lowe told AFP yes- in an urban area was a positive. “We think it’s a suggesting there is an invisible caseload of or trade restrictions for countries affected by terday. Lowe, a PhD candidate in the universi- good thing that anything can live in cities,” she Invisible caseload patients not on the radar of official surveillance Ebola, saying such measures could heighten food ty’s school of biological sciences, puts the find- said. — AFP Under-reporting of cases is a problem espe- systems. and supply shortages.— Reuters HEALTH & SCIENCE SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014 Two Galileo satellites lose their way Teams probe potential implications on mission

PARIS: Two European Galileo satellites fired into space by launch.”These two satellites are the first of a new type of carried a total load of 1.6 tons, including the two satellites a Russian-built rocket on Friday from French Guiana failed satellite that are fully owned by the EU, a step towards a weighing 730 kilos (1,600 pounds) each. “We are extreme- to reach their intended orbit, launch firm Arianespace said fully fledged European-owned satellite navigation sys- ly proud to have sent the first two operational satellites in yesterday. “Observations taken after the separation of the tem,” the European Commission, which funds the project, the Galileo constellation into orbit today,” Arianespace satellites from the Soyuz VS09 (rocket) for the Galileo said Friday. chairman Stephane Israel said in a Friday statement. Mission show a gap between the orbit achieved and that which was planned,” the company said in a statement. ‘Technical difficulties’ High precision “They have been placed on a lower orbit than expect- Four Galileo satellites have been launched previously- Two new satellites will be launched at the end of 2014, ed. The teams of industries and agencies involved in the one pair in October 2011 and another a year later. They when initial Galileo services were expected to begin. It is early operations of the satellites are investigating the are the nucleus of the constellation orbiting Earth at an unclear whether yesterday’s orbit “anomaly” will affect this potential implications on the mission,” it added. altitude of 23,500 kilometers (14,600 miles), and will later schedule. The Galileo constellation is scheduled to have Arianespace declined to comment on whether their tra- be brought to full operational capability. The launch of the 24 operational satellites by 2017, with six backups to join jectories can be corrected. The 5.4 billion euro ($7.2 bil- latest pair, named by two European schoolchildren who the fleet at a later date. lion) Galileo constellation is designed as an alternative to had won a drawing competition, had been delayed for Operating at a higher altitude than GPS, Galileo’s satel- the existing US Global Positioning System (GPS) and over a year due to what the European Space Agency (ESA) lites have a stronger signal and higher inclination angle, Russia’s Glonass, and will have search-and-rescue capabili- described as “technical difficulties in the setting up of the providing better ground visibility, particularly in built-up ties. production line and test tools”. areas. They are also equipped with the most accurate The satellites Doresa and Milena took off from the Launch firm Arianespace said Thursday it had signed a atomic clocks ever used in navigation, with a precision of Kourou space centre in French Guiana at 1227 GMT Friday deal with the ESA to launch 12 more satellites “from 2015 one second in three million years. after a 24-hour delay because of poor weather. Minutes onwards”. In March last year, the agency announced the Ultra-precise time measurement is crucial in satellite later the rocket shed its four boosters and faring-the nose first four test satellites had passed a milestone by pin- navigation, as calculations are based on the length of time cone that protects the craft in the early stages of flight. pointing their first ground location, with an accuracy of it takes a signal to reach ground stations. An error of just The satellites separated from the mothership to enter into between 10 and 15 meters (32 to 49 feet). one billionth of a second can lead to a positioning devia- free-flight orbit as planned just under four hours after For its ninth liftoff from Guiana Friday, the Soyuz rocket tion of several dozen centimeters back on Earth. — AFP Famed Galapagos tortoise ‘Pepe the Missionary’ dies

QUITO: “Pepe the Missionary,” a native to Wolf Volcano on the island of giant tortoise who rose to fame as Isabela. one of the most photographed ani- About 2,000 tortoises from the same mals on Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands, species still live in their native habitat. has died at age 60, officials said Pepe was adopted from the wild by a fami- Friday. Pepe, who lived in a corral at ly from San Cristobal island in the 1940s. the Galapagos National Park’s Local fishermen named him “Pepe,” which Interpretation Center, died of natural was then expanded to “Pepe the causes, said the park’s ecosystems Missionary” when he was given to director, Victor Carrion. “Several of Franciscan missionaries on the island in his organs had been slowly failing,” 1967. He became the missionaries’ mascot Carrion told AFP, saying the tortoise and a beloved community pet, often pho- was also overweight. tographed and fed by visitors to the mis- Park director Arturo Izurieta paid trib- sion. The missionaries handed him over to ute to the tortoise on Twitter. “After 60 the national park in 2012 — the same year years of life, Pepe the Missionary will the reserve lost another famous tortoise, remain in our memories forever,” Izurieta Lonesome George, the last known mem- said. He brightened the post with a bit of ber of the subspecies Geochelone nigra good news for conservationists: “The dis- abingdoni. The Galapagos Islands are appearance of Pepe the tortoise does not famous for their unique flora and fauna SAN CRISTOBAL: Handout photo shows Galapagos turtle “Pepe the missionary” in put his species in danger.” Pepe was a studied by Charles Darwin as he devel- FRANCE: Russian-built Soyuz takes off from Europe’s Galapagos, Ecuador. — AFP member of the Chelonoidis becki species oped his theory of evolution. — AFP Kourou space centre, in French Guiana. — AFP WHAT’S ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014 Maybourne Hotel showcases unique Pininfarina Sergio Concept car

he Berkeley, one of London’s Sergio Pininfarina renowned auto- most prestigious five-star mobile designer who conceived Thotels and part of the some of the greatest car legends as Maybourne Hotel Group, has housed well as a Senator for life, who passed Ferrari Atelier since 2011. This August away in 2012 at the age of 85. the hotel has the honor of showcas- Leading Pininfarina for 40 years ing the unique Pininfarina Sergio Sergio contributed heavily in the Concept car which was officially bond between Ferrari and unveiled during the 2013 Geneva Pininfarina creating the 360, the 328 Motor Show. Nestled in the dedicat- and the F40 models. The tribute ed Personalization Room which was Pininfarina Sergio model is a futuris- modelled on the Atelier at the Ferrari tic, sporty looking two-seater bar- factory in Maranello, Italy, the car is chetta based on the Ferrari 458 Italia currently on display in this iconic featuring the standard drivetrain Knightsbridge location attracting found on the rear mid-engine, rear- many curious eyes and ultimate wheel drive supercar, the 4.5 liter V8, motor fanatics. which is rated at 570 HP. The 0 to 100 The Pininfarina Sergio Concept km/h sprint takes just 3.4 seconds car has been produced in honor of and top speed stands at 320 km/h.

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Pravasi Bhartiya Divas he Government of India has decided to hold the next Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (PBD-2015) at TMahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, Gujarat in January 2015. The effort would be to have more meaningful and interactive sessions that would address the issues and concerns of the overseas Indian commu- nity effectively. Since 2015 marks the hundredth anniversary of the return of the greatest “Pravasi”of all, Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa, it is desired that PBD-2015 would be celebrated in a grand way. The detailed programe of PBD-2015 is being pre- pared and will be uploaded on the Embassy’s Website in due course. More detailed information on Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (PBD-2015) can be accessed at the Ministry of Overseas India Affairs’ website (http://www.moia.gov.in).

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Vietnamese Ambassador hosts farewell party ietnamese Ambassador to Kuwait Bui Quoc Trung hosted a party on the occasion of his departure on completion of his tenure in Kuwait. The party was attended by several ambassadors and members of Vvarious diplomatic missions in Kuwait. The diplomats sang farewell songs for the Vietnamese ambassador on the occasion. TV PROGRAMS SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014

02:00 Antiques Roadshow 05:20 Smash Lab 19:00 Psych 02:50 Bargain Hunt 06:10 The Future Of... 20:00 White Collar 03:35 Homes Under The Hammer 07:00 Through The Wormhole With 04:30 Nigel Slater’s Dish Of The Day 21:00 Burn Notice Morgan Freeman 01:00 AFL Premiership Highlights 00:45 After The Attack 04:55 Come Dine With Me 22:00 Justified 07:55 Close Encounters 02:00 PGA Tour Highlights 01:35 Untamed & Uncut 05:40 The Good Cook 23:00 House Of Cards 08:20 Close Encounters 03:00 Live WWE Raw 02:25 Roaring With Pride 06:10 Antiques Roadshow 08:45 Science Of The Movies 06:00 WWE Experience 03:15 Too Cute! 07:00 Antiques Roadshow 09:40 The Future Of... 07:00 Rugby Union Currie Cup 04:05 My Cat From Hell 07:50 Bargain Hunt 10:30 Building The Future 09:00 Rugby Union Currie Cup 04:55 Animal Cops Houston 08:35 Homes Under The Hammer 11:20 Alien Mysteries 05:45 Bizarre Animal ER 11:00 World Match Racing Tour 09:30 Nigel Slater’s Dish Of The Day 12:10 Smash Lab 06:10 Bizarre Animal ER 00:00 Starship Troopers-18 12:00 WWE Smackdown 09:55 Come Dine With Me 13:00 How Stuff’s Made 06:35 Call Of The Wildman 02:15 Thief-PG15 14:00 WWE Raw 10:45 Antiques Roadshow 13:30 Science Of The Movies 07:00 Meerkat Manor 04:15 Maximum Conviction-PG15 17:00 AFL Premiership Highlights 11:35 Antiques Roadshow 14:20 Mythbusters 07:25 Steve Irwin’s Wildlife Warriors 06:00 Stealth-PG15 18:00 European Senior Tour 12:25 Bargain Hunt 15:10 Smash Lab 07:55 Steve Irwin’s Wildlife Warriors 08:00 Vantage Point-PG15 Highlights 13:10 Homes Under The Hammer 16:00 Building The Future 08:15 Preposterous Pets 10:00 Crimson Tide-PG15 19:00 WWE Vintage 14:05 Nigel Slater’s Dish Of The Day 16:50 The Future Of... 09:10 Project Puppy 12:00 Maximum Conviction-PG15 20:00 WWE Raw 14:30 Come Dine With Me 17:40 The Kustomizer 09:40 Project Puppy 14:00 Stealth-PG15 23:00 Live US PRO Cycling 15:20 Antiques Roadshow 18:30 X-Machines 10:05 Journey Of Life Challenge 16:10 Antiques Roadshow 16:00 Clear And Present Danger- 11:00 Animal Precinct 19:20 The Gadget Show 17:05 A Taste Of My Life PG15 11:55 Meerkat Manor 19:45 How Stuff’s Made 17:30 Bargain Hunt 18:30 Vantage Point-PG15 12:20 Call Of The Wildman 20:10 Mythbusters 18:15 Homes Under The Hammer 20:15 The Double-PG15 12:50 Charles & Jessica: A Chimp 21:00 Prototype This 19:10 Nigel Slater’s Dish Of The Day 22:00 Europa Report-PG15 Tale 21:50 Punkin Chunkin 2011 19:40 Bill’s Kitchen: Notting Hill 13:45 Swimming With Monsters: 22:40 Science Of The Movies 20:10 Nordic Cookery With Tareq 00:30 ICC Cricket 360 Steve Backshall 23:30 Alien Mysteries Taylor 01:00 Caribbean Premier Leaue 14:40 Roaring With Pride Highlights 20:40 Bargain Hunt 00:00 Peep World-18 15:30 Steve Irwin’s Wildlife Warriors 02:00 Caribbean Premier Leaue 16:00 Steve Irwin’s Wildlife Warriors 21:25 Bargain Hunt 01:45 Overboard-PG15 Highlights 16:30 Preposterous Pets 22:10 Bargain Hunt 03:45 Something New-PG15 03:30 ICC Cricket 360 17:25 Weird Creatures With Nick 23:00 Homes Under The Hammer 00:30 Deadly Women 05:30 The Holiday-PG15 04:00 Bangladesh v India ODI Baker 23:55 Nigel Slater’s Dish Of The Day 01:20 True Crime With Aphrodite 08:00 Meet The Fockers-PG15 Highlights 18:20 Growing Up‚Ķ Jones 10:00 White Chicks-PG15 05:00 Bangladesh v India ODI 19:15 Bondi Vet 02:10 On The Case With Paula Zahn 12:00 The Stepford Wives-PG15 Highlights 20:10 Steve Irwin’s Wildlife Warriors 03:00 Most Evil 14:00 Overboard-PG15 06:00 MCC v ROW XI Highlights 20:40 Steve Irwin’s Wildlife Warriors 03:45 Nightmare Next Door 16:00 Drillbit Taylor-PG15 07:00 ICC Cricket 360 21:05 Roaring With Pride 04:30 I Almost Got Away With It 18:00 The Sisterhood Of The 07:30 England v Sri Lanka T20I 22:00 Bondi Vet 00:30 Deadliest Catch 05:20 Forensic Detectives Traveling Pants-PG15 Highlights 22:55 Steve Irwin’s Wildlife Warriors 01:20 Outback Truckers 06:10 Dr G: Medical Examiner 20:00 Seeking A Friend For The End 08:30 IPL Highlights 23:25 Steve Irwin’s Wildlife Warriors 02:10 Alaska: The Last Frontier 07:00 Finding Bigfoot Of The World-U 09:30 Caribbean Premier Leaue 23:50 Animal Cops Houston 03:00 Fast N’ Loud 07:50 Forensic Detectives 22:00 The Parole Officer-PG15 Highlights 03:50 Storage Hunters 08:40 Murder Shift 10:30 ICC World T20 Highlights 04:15 Auction Hunters 09:30 Disappeared 11:30 ICC World T20 Highlights 04:40 What’s In The Barn? 10:20 I Was Murdered 12:30 ICC Cricket 360 05:05 How It’s Made 10:45 Stalked: Someone’s Watching 13:00 Live England v India 00:05 Spooks 05:30 How Do They Do It? 11:10 Dr G: Medical Examiner International Test Series 01:00 Eastenders 06:00 Gold Rush 12:00 Finding Bigfoot 01:00 Knife Fight-PG15 21:00 Caribbean Premier Leaue 01:30 Doctors 07:00 Dual Survival 12:50 Forensic Detectives 03:00 Magic Journey To Africa- Highlights 02:00 New Tricks 07:50 Manhunt 13:40 Murder Shift PG15 22:00 Caribbean Premier Leaue 02:50 Lee Evans: Big Live At The O2 08:40 Fast N’ Loud 14:30 Disappeared 05:00 Kathmandu Lullaby-PG15 Highlights 03:45 Blackadder The Third 09:30 Storage Hunters 15:20 I Was Murdered 07:00 Knife Fight-PG15 04:15 The Weakest Link 23:00 Caribbean Premier Leaue 09:55 Auction Hunters 15:45 Stalked: Someone’s Watching 09:00 Between Us-PG15 05:00 Teletubbies Highlights 10:20 What’s In The Barn? 16:10 Dr G: Medical Examiner 11:00 Kathmandu Lullaby-PG15 05:25 3rd & Bird OVERBOARD ON OSN MOVIES COMEDY HD 10:45 How It’s Made 17:00 Finding Bigfoot 13:00 The Chateau Meroux-PG15 05:35 The Green Balloon Club 11:10 How Do They Do It? 17:50 Forensic Detectives 15:00 Hyde Park On Hudson-PG15 06:00 Nina And The Neurons: In 07:55 Good Luck Charlie 05:50 Tastiest Places To Chowdown 05:00 None of the Above 11:35 Deadliest Catch 18:40 Murder Shift 17:00 Between Us-PG15 The Lab 08:20 Win, Lose Or Draw 06:10 Sweet Genius 05:30 None of the Above 12:25 Outback Truckers 19:30 Disappeared 19:00 I, Anna-PG15 06:15 Teletubbies 08:45 Dog With A Blog 07:00 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 06:00 Ultimate Survival Alaska 20:20 I Was Murdered 21:00 There Be Dragons-PG15 06:40 3rd & Bird 13:15 Alaska: The Last Frontier 09:05 Dog With A Blog 07:25 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 07:00 Wild Nile 20:45 Stalked: Someone’s Watching 23:00 Barney’s Version-18 00:00 Storage Wars 06:50 The Green Balloon Club 14:05 Storage Hunters 09:30 Good Luck Charlie 07:50 Guy’s Big Bite 08:00 Blowdown 21:10 Dr G: Medical Examiner 07:15 The Weakest Link 14:30 Auction Hunters 09:55 Good Luck Charlie 08:15 Unique Eats 09:00 Mega Factories 00:30 Pawn Stars 22:00 Waco: The Survivors’ Story 08:00 Blackadder The Third 14:55 What’s In The Barn? 10:15 Suite Life On Deck 08:40 Barefoot Contessa - Back To 10:00 One Ocean 01:00 Pawn Stars 22:50 I Almost Got Away With It 08:30 As Time Goes By 15:20 Dual Survival 10:40 Suite Life On Deck Basics 11:00 Ancient Megastructures 03:00 Jakob The Liar-PG15 01:30 Pawn Stars 23:40 I Almost Got Away With It 09:00 Eastenders 16:10 Manhunt 11:05 That’s So Raven 09:05 Barefoot Contessa - Back To 12:00 Is It Real? 05:00 Matching Jack-PG15 02:00 Pawn Stars UK 09:30 Doctors 17:00 Fast N’ Loud 11:25 That’s So Raven Basics 13:00 Master of Disaster 07:00 Crazy / Beautiful-PG15 02:30 Pawn Stars UK 17:50 How It’s Made 10:00 New Tricks 11:50 A.N.T. Farm 09:30 Sweet Genius 14:00 Nat Geo’s Top 10 Photos 09:00 I Am-PG15 03:00 Storage Wars 10:50 Little Dorrit 18:15 How Do They Do It? 12:15 A.N.T. Farm 10:20 Easy Chinese 15:00 China Circus 10:30 Matching Jack-PG15 03:30 Storage Wars 11:40 Blackadder The Third 18:40 Gold Rush 10:45 All You Can Meat 16:00 Apocalypse: The Second 12:35 Good Luck Charlie 12:15 Kandahar Break: Fortress Of 04:00 Pawn Stars 12:10 Blackadder The Third 19:30 River Monsters 13:00 Good Luck Charlie 11:35 Marion’s Thailand World War War-PG15 04:30 Pawn Stars 12:40 The Weakest Link 20:20 Robson’s New Extreme 00:00 Violetta 13:25 Jessie 12:00 Reza’s African Kitchen 17:00 Caught In The Act 14:00 Quiet Flows The Don-PG15 05:00 Bamazon 13:25 Eastenders Fishing Challenge 00:45 The Hive 13:45 Jessie 12:25 Charly’s Cake Angels 18:00 Prehistoric Predators 17:00 I Am-PG15 13:55 Doctors 21:10 Auction Hunters 00:50 Art Attack 14:10 Austin & Ally 12:50 Siba’s Table 19:00 China Circus 19:00 Year Of The Dog-PG15 06:00 Storage Wars: New York 14:25 New Tricks 21:35 What’s In The Barn? 01:15 Art Attack 14:35 Win, Lose Or Draw 13:15 Jenny Morris Cooks The 20:00 Access 360 World Heritage 23:00 Take This Waltz-18 06:30 Counting Cars 15:15 Little Dorrit 22:00 River Monsters: Year Of 01:40 Jungle Junction 15:00 Gravity Falls Riviera 21:00 Caught In The Act 07:00 Pawn Stars 16:05 Blackadder The Third Beasts 01:55 Jungle Junction 15:25 Gravity Falls 13:40 Sandwich King 22:00 Prehistoric Predators 07:30 Pawn Stars 16:35 The Weakest Link 22:50 Off The Hook: Extreme 02:05 Jungle Junction 15:45 Mako Mermaids 14:05 The Next Food Network Star 23:00 Ancient Megastructures 01:00 Alex Cross-PG15 08:00 American Restoration 17:20 Eastenders Catches 02:20 Jungle Junction 16:10 Violetta 14:55 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 03:00 White House Down-PG15 17:50 Doctors 08:30 Cajun Pawn Stars 23:15 Off The Hook: Extreme 02:30 Violetta 17:00 I Didn’t Do It 15:20 Guy’s Big Bite 05:15 Love And Honor-PG15 18:20 New Tricks 09:00 Storage Wars: New York Catches 03:15 The Hive 17:20 Jessie 15:45 Chopped 19:10 Starlings 07:00 Lego Batman: The Movie - DC 09:30 Counting Cars 23:40 Robson’s New Extreme 03:20 Art Attack 17:45 Sabrina: Secrets Of A 16:35 Unique Eats 20:00 Little Dorrit Super Heroes Unite-PG 10:00 Pawn Stars Fishing Challenge 03:45 Art Attack Teenage Witch 17:00 Jenny Morris Cooks Morocco 20:50 Blackadder Goes Forth 00:30 The Daily Show With Jon 09:00 Moonrise Kingdom-PG15 04:10 Jungle Junction 17:25 Jenny Morris Cooks The 10:30 Pawn Stars 21:20 Blackadder Goes Forth 18:10 Liv And Maddie Stewart 10:45 White House Down-PG15 04:20 Jungle Junction Riviera 11:00 Storage Wars 21:50 Gavin & Stacey 18:30 Mako Mermaids 01:00 Last Week Tonight With John 13:00 42-PG15 04:35 Jungle Junction 11:30 Storage Wars 22:20 Gavin & Stacey 18:55 Mako Mermaids 17:50 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives Oliver 15:15 Monsters University-PG 04:50 Jungle Junction 12:00 Pawn Stars 22:50 Sean Lock Live 19:20 Violetta 18:15 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 17:00 Moonrise Kingdom-PG15 05:00 Art Attack 01:30 Eastbound & Down 23:45 The Weakest Link 20:05 Liv And Maddie 18:40 Siba’s Table 02:00 Veep 19:00 Grown Ups 2-PG15 13:00 Bamazon 00:20 The Gadget Show 05:25 Art Attack 20:30 Jessie 19:05 Marion’s Thailand 02:30 Silicon Valley 21:00 The Big Wedding-PG15 14:00 Pawn Stars UK 00:45 How Stuff’s Made 05:50 Mouk 20:50 Dog With A Blog 19:30 Sandwich King 04:00 2 Broke Girls 22:30 Zero Dark Thirty-18 14:30 Pawn Stars UK 01:10 The Kustomizer 06:00 Jessie 21:15 Mako Mermaids 19:55 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 04:30 The Tonight Show Starring 15:00 Pawn Stars 02:00 X-Machines 06:25 Good Luck Charlie 20:20 All You Can Meat 21:40 Austin & Ally Jimmy Fallon 18:00 Storage Wars 02:45 Mythbusters 06:45 Good Luck Charlie 22:00 Good Luck Charlie 21:10 Chopped 05:30 Better Off Ted 18:30 Storage Wars 00:20 Come Dine With Me 03:35 Science Of The Movies 07:10 Good Luck Charlie 01:00 Ben 10: Alien Swarm 22:25 A.N.T. Farm 22:00 Sweet Genius 06:00 Two And A Half Men 01:05 Antiques Roadshow 04:30 Alien Mysteries 07:35 Good Luck Charlie 02:45 Everyone’s Hero 19:00 Pawn Stars 22:50 Shake It Up 22:50 Unique Eats 06:30 Last Man Standing 04:30 Princess And The Pea 19:30 Pawn Stars 23:10 Wolfblood 23:15 Unique Eats 07:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 06:00 Blue Elephant 2 20:00 Pawn Stars UK 23:35 Wolfblood 23:40 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 08:00 Two And A Half Men 08:00 Freddy Frogface 20:30 Pawn Stars UK 08:30 Better Off Ted 10:00 The Great Bear 09:30 Dads 21:00 Pawn Stars 11:30 The Elf Who Stole Christmas 10:00 Enlisted 21:30 Storage Wars 13:00 Everyone’s Hero 10:30 Last Man Standing 22:00 Storage Wars 14:30 Barbie Fairytopia Mermaidia 11:00 The Tonight Show Starring 22:30 Barry’d Treasure 00:00 Untold 16:00 Krazzy Planet 00:40 I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Jimmy Fallon 23:00 Storage Wars: New York 00:55 The Soup 18:00 The Great Bear Of Here! 12:00 2 Broke Girls 23:30 Storage Wars: New York 01:25 Keeping Up With The 20:00 Turboosters 02:00 Emmerdale 12:30 2 Broke Girls Kardashians 22:00 Barbie Fairytopia Mermaidia 02:55 Coronation Street 13:00 Better Off Ted 02:20 E! News 23:30 Krazzy Planet 03:25 James Nesbitt’s Ireland 13:30 Last Man Standing 03:15 Escape Club 04:20 Cook Me The Money 14:30 Dads 04:10 E! Investigates 05:15 The Chase 15:00 Enlisted 05:05 E!ES 15:30 The Daily Show With Jon 06:10 I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out 00:10 Breaking Amish: Brave New 06:00 THS Stewart Of Here! World... 07:50 Style Star 16:00 The Colbert Report 00:00 What To Expect When You’re 07:30 James Nesbitt’s Ireland 01:00 Family Fat Surgeons 08:20 E! News 16:30 Two And A Half Men Expecting-PG15 08:25 Cook Me The Money 01:50 Hoarding: Buried Alive 09:15 Giuliana & Bill 17:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 02:00 The Mortal Instruments: City 09:20 Brendan’s Magical Mystery 02:40 I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant 10:15 Giuliana & Bill 18:00 The Neighbors Of Bones-PG15 Tour 03:05 Family Fat Surgeons 11:10 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 19:00 Cougar Town 09:45 Come Dine With Me Ireland 04:15 A Christmas Story 2-PG 03:55 Long Island Medium 12:05 E! News 19:30 Enlisted 10:15 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 06:00 The Arrangement-PG15 04:20 Say Yes To The Dress 13:05 Extreme Close-Up 20:00 The Tonight Show Starring 11:10 Emmerdale 08:00 Now Is Good-PG15 04:45 Say Yes To The Dress 13:35 E!ES Jimmy Fallon 12:00 Coronation Street 09:45 Charlie And The Chocolate 05:10 Toddlers & Tiaras 14:30 Style Star 21:00 The Daily Show With Jon 12:30 Come Dine With Me Ireland Factory-PG 06:00 Oprah: Behind The Scenes 15:00 Keeping Up With The Stewart 12:55 The Chase 11:45 The Mortal Instruments: City 07:00 What Not To Wear Kardashians 21:30 The Colbert Report 13:50 I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Bones-PG15 07:50 The Next Great Baker 16:00 Keeping Up With The 22:00 Legit Of Here! 14:00 The Forger-PG15 08:40 Your Style In His Hands Kardashians 22:30 Girls 15:10 Brendan’s Magical Mystery 09:30 Toddlers & Tiaras 17:00 Eric And Jessie: Game On 23:00 Getting On 16:00 Now Is Good-PG15 Tour 10:20 Say Yes To The Dress 17:30 Eric And Jessie: Game On 23:30 Late Night With Seth Meyers 18:00 One Direction: This Is Us-PG 15:35 Brendan’s Magical Mystery 10:45 Say Yes To The Dress 18:00 The Drama Queen 20:00 R.I.P.D.-PG15 Tour 11:10 Cake Boss 19:00 E!ES 22:00 Django Unchained-18 16:00 Come Dine With Me Ireland 11:35 Jon & Kate Plus 8 20:00 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 16:30 Murdoch Mysteries 12:00 Little People, Big World 20:30 Giuliana & Bill 18:20 I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out 00:00 The Blacklist 12:25 Oprah: Behind The Scenes 21:30 Giuliana & Bill Of Here! 01:00 Treme 13:15 Oprah’s Next Chapter 22:30 Fashion Police 00:00 PGA European Tour 19:35 Brendan’s Magical Mystery 02:00 Defiance 14:05 Oprah’s Next Chapter 23:30 Chelsea Lately Highlights Tour 03:00 House Of Cards 14:55 Extreme Couponing 20:00 Come Dine With Me Ireland 05:00 Twisted 01:00 Golfing World 15:20 Cake Boss 20:30 Murdoch Mysteries 06:00 The Blacklist 02:00 NRL Premiership 15:45 What Not To Wear 22:20 Coronation Street 07:00 Grey’s Anatomy 04:00 Futbol Mundial 16:35 Toddlers & Tiaras 22:50 Emmerdale 08:00 Revenge 04:30 Champions Tour 17:25 Say Yes To The Dress 00:05 Sweet Genius 23:45 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 09:00 Defiance 07:00 Golfing World 17:50 Say Yes To The Dress 00:55 Marion’s Thailand 10:00 Twisted 08:00 PGA Tour Highlights 18:15 Jon & Kate Plus 8 01:20 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 12:00 Emmerdale 09:00 PGA European Tour 18:40 Little People, Big World 12:30 Coronation Street 01:45 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives Highlights 19:10 Oprah: Behind The Scenes 13:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 20:05 Extreme Couponing 02:10 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 10:00 AFL Premiership Highlights 14:00 Revenge 20:30 Cake Boss 02:35 Jenny Morris Cooks Morocco 11:00 The Rugby Championship 15:00 The Blacklist 21:00 Hoarding: Buried Alive 03:00 Jenny Morris Cooks Morocco 00:00 Blowdown 16:00 Emmerdale 19:00 NRL Full Time 21:55 My Naked Secret 03:25 Guy’s Big Bite 01:00 Mega Factories 16:30 Coronation Street 19:30 Futbol Mundial 22:20 My Naked Secret 03:50 Chopped 02:00 One Ocean 17:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 20:00 Indycar Highlights 22:50 Long Island Medium 04:40 All You Can Meat 03:00 Dangerous Encounters 18:00 Revenge 21:00 The Rugby Championship 23:15 Hoarding: Buried Alive STARSHIP TROOPERS ON OSN MOVIES HD ACTION 05:30 Unwrapped 04:00 Street Monkeys Classifieds

SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014

Kuwait WANTED KNCC PROGRAMME FROM Waiters THURSDAY TO WEDNESDAY (21/08/2014 TO 27/08/2014) (male & female) kitchen helpers SHARQIA-1 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (DIG) 4:45 PM KAN RAFEEJI (DIG) (Kuwaiti Film) 6:30 PM Asst. cooks BEGIN AGAIN (DIG) 1:45 PM DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (DIG) 7:15 PM KAN RAFEEJI (DIG) (Kuwaiti Film) 8:45 PM Captain DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (DIG) 4:00 PM GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (DIG) 9:45 PM KAN RAFEEJI (DIG) (Kuwaiti Film) 11:00 PM KAN RAFEEJI (DIG) (Kuwaiti Film) 6:45 PM GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (DIG) 12:15 AM HERCULES (DIG) 1:15 AM (female or male) BEGIN AGAIN (DIG) 8:45 PM for a newly opening multi BEGIN AGAIN (DIG) 10:45 PM FANAR-3 AVENUES-2 cuisine restaurant in Kuwait LUCY (DIG) 12:45 AM POSTMAN PAT: THE MOVIE (DIG) 2:15 PM LUCY (DIG) 2:15 PM Contact POSTMAN PAT: THE MOVIE (DIG) 4:00 PM PLASTIC (DIG) 4:15 PM 99476149 (or) 66191592 SHARQIA-2 LUCY (DIG) 5:45 PM LUCY (DIG) 6:15 PM THE 7th DWARF (DIG-3D) 12:30 PM KAN RAFEEJI (DIG) (Kuwaiti Film) 7:45 PM PLASTIC (DIG) 8:15 PM HERCULES (DIG) 2:30 PM LUCY (DIG) 10:00 PM LUCY (DIG) 10:15 PM SITUATION WANTED THE 7th DWARF (DIG) 4:30 PM LUCY (DIG) 12:05 AM LUCY (DIG) 12:15 AM HERCULES (DIG-3D) 6:30 PM An Indian male with SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 8:30 PM FANAR-4 AVENUES-3 finance master degree and HERCULES (DIG) 10:30 PM THE 7th DWARF (DIG) 1:00 PM BEGIN AGAIN (DIG) 2:00 PM 15 years experience in HERCULES (DIG) 12:30 AM THE 7th DWARF (DIG-3D) 3:00 PM BEGIN AGAIN (DIG) 4:15 PM Kuwait & UAE, now in THE 7th DWARF (DIG) 5:00 PM BEGIN AGAIN (DIG) 6:30 PM Kuwait with Article 18 visa. SHARQIA-3 HERCULES (DIG-3D) 7:00 PM BEGIN AGAIN (DIG) 8:45 PM Seeking a placement in GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (DIG) 2:15 PM HERCULES (DIG) 9:00 PM BEGIN AGAIN (DIG) 11:00 PM finance or admin. Please THE EXPENDABLES 3 (DIG) 4:45 PM HERCULES (DIG) 11:00 PM BEGIN AGAIN (DIG) 1:15 AM call 66857681. (C 4832) GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (DIG) 7:15 PM HERCULES (DIG) 1:00 AM 16-8-2014 THE EXPENDABLES 3 (DIG) 9:45 PM AVENUES-4 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (DIG) 12:15 AM FANAR-5 THE EXPENDABLES 3 (DIG) 12:45 PM THE EXPENDABLES 3 (DIG) 12:45 PM THE EXPENDABLES 3 (DIG) 3:30 PM FOR SALE MUHALAB-1 THE EXPENDABLES 3 (DIG) 3:45 PM THE EXPENDABLES 3 (DIG) 6:15 PM DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (DIG) 1:15 PM SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 6:15 PM THE EXPENDABLES 3 (DIG) 9:00 PM 1996 Grand Cherokee, In Gharnata BEGIN AGAIN (DIG) 4:00 PM THE EXPENDABLES 3 (DIG) 8:15 PM THE EXPENDABLES 3 (DIG) 11:45 PM good condition with A/C. BEGIN AGAIN (DIG) 6:00 PM SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 10:45 PM KD 300. Please call Furnished villa, Jamal Abdulnasser street. LUCY (DIG) 8:00 PM THE EXPENDABLES 3 (DIG) 12:45 AM 360º- 1 66329575. (C 4835) Distinguished location on the seaside and BEGIN AGAIN (DIG) 10:00 PM HERCULES (DIG-3D) 1:45 PM 24-8-2014 DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (DIG) 12:05 AM MARINA-1 HERCULES (DIG) 4:00 PM back street. Ground floor has three saloons THE 7th DWARF (DIG) 2:00 PM HERCULES (DIG-3D) 6:15 PM Volvo C70 convertible, MUHALAB-2 THE 7th DWARF (DIG) 4:00 PM HERCULES (DIG) 8:30 PM excellent condition, 2005 + maid’s room + 3 sinks + large kitchen. THE EXPENDABLES 3 (DIG) 12:30 PM BEGIN AGAIN (DIG) 6:00 PM HERCULES (DIG) 10:45 PM model, low mileage. Price First floor has 5 suites + saloon on the GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (DIG) 3:00 PM SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 8:15 PM HERCULES (DIG) 1:00 AM KD 1,150. Contact: SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 5:45 PM BEGIN AGAIN (DIG) 10:15 PM 99123411/66714700. seaside + central air conditioning. THE EXPENDABLES 3 (DIG) 7:45 PM GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (DIG) 12:30 AM 360º- 2 (C 4833) 20-8-2014 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (DIG) 10:15 PM POSTMAN PAT: THE MOVIE (DIG) 2:00 PM FOR RENT For inquiry: 94477771 THE EXPENDABLES 3 (DIG) 12:45 AM MARINA-2 POSTMAN PAT: THE MOVIE (DIG) 4:00 PM THE EXPENDABLES 3 (DIG) 12:30 PM POSTMAN PAT: THE MOVIE (DIG) 6:00 PM MUHALAB-3 LUCY (DIG) 3:00 PM KAN RAFEEJI (DIG) (Kuwaiti Film) 8:00 PM THE PUBLIC AUTHORITY HERCULES (DIG) 1:30 PM THE EXPENDABLES 3 (DIG) 5:00 PM KAN RAFEEJI (DIG) (Kuwaiti Film) 10:15 PM ACCOMMODATION FORCIVIL INFORMATION THE 7th DWARF (DIG) 3:30 PM LUCY (DIG) 7:45 PM KAN RAFEEJI (DIG) (Kuwaiti Film) 12:30 AM Automated enquiry THE 7th DWARF (DIG) 5:30 PM THE EXPENDABLES 3 (DIG) 9:45 PM Sharing accommodation aboutthe Civil ID card is HERCULES (DIG) 7:30 PM THE EXPENDABLES 3 (DIG) 12:15 AM 360º- 3 for family or working ladies, 112 HERCULES (DIG) 9:30 PM THE 7th DWARF (DIG-3D) 2:15 PM Salmiya behind Apollo hos- 1889988 HERCULES (DIG) 11:30 PM MARINA-3 THE 7th DWARF (DIG) 4:15 PM pital with Srilankan family. HERCULES (DIG) 1:00 PM THE 7th DWARF (DIG-3D) 6:15 PM Call 50840707. (C 4834) FANAR-1 DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (DIG) 3:00 PM THE 7th DWARF (DIG) 8:15 PM BEGIN AGAIN (DIG) 1:30 PM HERCULES (DIG-3D) 5:30 PM Big room for rent (Filipino Prayer timings BEGIN AGAIN (DIG) 3:30 PM GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (DIG) 7:30 PM AL-KOUT.1 only) family/2 working BEGIN AGAIN (DIG) 5:30 PM HERCULES (DIG) 10:00 PM HERCULES (DIG) 2:00 PM ladies, new bldg with cen- Fajr: 03:57 BEGIN AGAIN (DIG) 7:30 PM HERCULES (DIG) 12:05 AM LUCY (DIG) 4:00 PM tral AC, having TFC & Shorook 05:21 BEGIN AGAIN (DIG) 9:30 PM HERCULES (DIG) 6:00 PM kitchen facility, opposite BEGIN AGAIN (DIG) 11:30 PM AVENUES-1 HERCULES (DIG) 8:00 PM Duhr: 11:50 Shifa Al Jazeera Medical Asr: 15:24 POSTMAN PAT: THE MOVIE (DIG) 12:30 PM LUCY (DIG) 10:00 PM Center Farwaniya. Call FANAR-2 POSTMAN PAT: THE MOVIE (DIG) 2:30 PM HERCULES (DIG) 12:05 AM 65965871. Maghrib: 18:20 DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (DIG) 2:00 PM POSTMAN PAT: THE MOVIE (DIG) 4:30 PM 19-8-2014 Isha: 19:40

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CROSSWORD 646 STAR TRACK

Aries (March 21-April 19) Libra (September 23-October 22) Others may not be as grateful as you would like them to be with regard to Work, achievement and ambition are the things that mean a lot to you now. the emotional, financial or other help you so readily give. Perhaps the recog- It is easy for you to work with those in authority-those older and more experienced than nition you seek would be achieved through exercising your natural talents. Favors done for you. You enjoy working with others and would make a good manager. You are at your most people are just that-favors-and you may not always find instant gratification when using practical when it comes to dealing and working with others. You know just what to do and your talents to help others. Achieving your best as you express your talents, however, may can act without haste. You are called on to make use of your natural abilities and common gain you rewards. This may mean that you use your helpful efforts through some volunteer sense. Figuring out ways to make your nest egg grow can be a preoccupation this evening. service where you could express your talents: leading a children’s choir, help with props for Progress may be a bit slow. Revision of budget may be the best route to take for now. plays, etc. There are several opportunities to be with your loved ones in an environment of Consider a garage sale; it may be more helpful than you think. Consider a group garage sale harmony this evening. The lines of communication are open. and advertise in the local paper.

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

You are aggressive in the pursuit of gaining insight into all that is new, differ- There is a sense of testing the limits today, pace yourself. Take your breaks ent and out of the ordinary. Electronics, computers and communications could be a big and get away for a while at the noon hour. This afternoon will find you are full of wit and part of your life. You are driven when it comes to fulfilling your ambitions and carving out a sharp insights. This could be a time for real breakthrough in the idea department. You are in career. There is no lack of energy or drive here and nothing can stand in your way. You may top form when it comes to mental activity. You get along well with older people-especially be considering the writing of a fix-it project, or a how-to-shop sort of book and think this those in authority. It is easy for you to convey yourself to others and you always manage to might be a fun way to make a living. Everything is poured into making the right moves dur- make a good appearance. Co-workers may talk you into being the go-between today. You ing this whole week. If you are really serious about the book, start taking notes and file have an easy manner and find it easy to communicate with just about anyone. The extra them away in a card-catalog box. The outline will be easy, when you are ready. You may be stress you may be feeling this month will not be so hard on you if you maintain a regular entertaining this evening-enjoy. exercise program-eat often but light foods-rest.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) There is a clear-minded insight into your own plans and methods now. Much You may find yourself looking for a little romance today or at least enjoying stability and available opportunities are coming your way. This is a very good some fun flirtation. This is a great time to be with others and to work togeth- time to make decisions and plans and communicate your goals. You will find yourself con- er. Your drive for independence is obvious and it is clear that the common and the tradition- cerned with pushing outward in your profession and in your personal life. These next few al are not for you. Anything else but that! You pursue alternate or nonconformist solutions ACROSS 80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made years should be easier than recently-filled with opportunities and friendships. Enjoy them. to life with great energy. Maintain your good health by talking about your concerns with a 1. A short labored intake of breath with the from aba cloth. You have plenty of enthusiasm and warm up to things and people quickly. You have an friend-take turns and then celebrate life. Lady luck smiles on you this month where finances mouth open. inner self-confidence that burns with its own light. In your personal life there may be the are concerned. This is a good time to begin the habit of balance with regard to your possibility that you will be called upon to enter the political field. You can make a positive finances. Sometimes you can be very frugal, living on little, and at other times you can blow 5. A statement of fundamental facts or princi- DOWN it all in a moment. Balance is the key. ples. 1. The 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet. difference in many areas. 11. Singing jazz. 2. At right angles to the length of a ship or 15. (usually followed by `to') Having the nec- airplane. essary means or skill or know-how or author- 3. (formerly) A writing tablet made of slate. Capricorn (December 22-January 19) ity to do something. 4. Marked by a narrow focus on or display of Cancer (June 21-July 22) There is time today for you to complete any leftover work from earlier this 16. King of the Huns. learning especially its trivial aspects. Your love of job and practical skills makes you a fine manager and business month that was set aside. You may want to clean off your desk today. You 17. A man distinguished by exceptional 5. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali person. You bring a great deal of love to your work. If you have not enjoyed the manage- could be seen by others as just the person to be put in charge of some project requiring a courage and nobility and strength. earth group. ment position yet you might consider checking out a junior college near you that could conservative mind. There is a tendency towards isolation because your concentration is so 18. English economist noted for his studies of 6. Essential oil or perfume obtained from offer a few classes to help you achieve this direction for your talent. Next week you might intense you tend to block out all else. The only problem here is that when you look up, international trade and finance (born in flowers. let your supervisor know that you are ready for this undertaking. This evening you may be almost everyone has gone home. Remember, all work and no play made jack a dull boy! 1907). 7. Standard temperature and pressure. feeling more inward and more like sharing some time with your lover or with close friends. Some past event may be on your mind this evening and you may find yourself reminiscing 20. Relating to or having the characteristics 8. Being one more than two. Close relationships take on more emotional depth, power and importance. Feeling cared over some of these memories. Enjoy a little time with your hobby or enjoy the company of of bees. for and needed, and caring for others, is gratifying. You express your gratefulness to a loved a loved one this evening. Plan a little trip together. 9. A fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is one this evening-a happy evening. 21. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice). used to hold two things together. 22. The principal bullfighter who is appoint- 10. The capital and largest city of Yemen. ed to make the final passes and kill the bull. 11. A derogatory term used by Jews to refer Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 24. A town in northern Egypt. to non-Jewish women. Leo (July 23-August 22) 26. A sum of money paid in compensation This is a good day to accomplish much. Good eye-hand coordination and a 12. Of or like a cecum. This is the best time you will have for quite a while to make progress, push for loss or injury. strong and willing effort make almost any task run well. Power, wealth and passion bring 13. Large west African tree having large forward and rise to prominence. It will be hard for you to do wrong, for all the cycles are you a passionate life-today is no exception. Your intense feelings and strong attachments 28. A soft wool fabric with a colorful swirled palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose working in your favor. This is also a time when you may marry or take on a new role in the can make for hot times. Financial trading or real estate may be your specialty. You are fierce- pattern of curved shapes. panicles of small white flowers and one- community-recognition will be forthcoming. A family member wants to be more inde- ly loyal but be careful to back off once you feel you might become possessive and this 29. About three feet long exclusive of tail. pendent in a very radical way. Events may make it easy for you to be original, have break- winged seeds. includes business as well as personal relationships. You manage to end up in the limelight 31. An intensely radioactive metallic element throughs and find new solutions to old problems. You may find yourself able to implement 14. The present time or age. today with the support of those around you. You get a lot of mileage out your appearance that occurs in minute amounts in uranium your ideas and put them into practice. Now is the time to make that outward push and ride 19. Tropical starchy tuberous root. and the way you communicate to others. You could make your living from serving others in the wave to fame. It is also a time for friends, social life and, in general, an easy and untrou- ores. 23. Type genus of the family Ostreidae. some way. Enjoy an evening walk. 32. Gully or streambed in North Africa and 25. A member of a people of Turkic speech bled life. These are good times for goals. the Middle East that remains dry except dur- and Mongolian race inhabiting vast regions ing rainy season. of central Siberia. 35. European freshwater fish resembling the 27. The southern part of the ancient Palestine Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) roach. succeeding the kingdom of Judah. Hoping to have lost more weight, you pose for pictures anyway and prom- 40. An organization of countries formed in 30. A sudden violent spontaneous occur- This is a good day to buckle down and accomplish whatever you set out to 1961 to agree on a common policy for the ise to do better next year. Map out a plan for next year, whatever you like, do. Any group project should proceed along quite well. Also, any research or rence of an undesirable condition. but make a plan. Most of all, love yourself! Promise yourself the weight loss and this time work that requires digging, searching, investigating and getting beneath the surface can be sale of petroleum. 33. Strike with disgust or revulsion. make copies of that promise. Put one copy on each page on your birth calendar and con- 41. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet. successful as well. The word here is accomplishment. If there is a job, you can do it. A prodi- 34. Close-fitting pants of heavy denim for sider placing one in the refrigerator or on the refrigerator door. By this time next august gious worker, you pour yourself into any task with absolute determination. You are respon- 42. A contorted facial expression. casual wear (usually in the plural). you will have some very pleasant opportunities to show off your results. You will succeed sible to the extreme and take on obligations as though you just cannot get enough. This 44. A nurse who has enough training to be 36. An Arabic speaking person who lives in and you will also be able to wear some comfortable new clothes. A good opportunity in afternoon your taste in art and appreciation in general are heightened. Perhaps this is a licensed by a state to provide routine care for Arabia or North Africa. the business world may come to your attention now and it is wise to give this some consid- good time to select merchandise or purchase tickets to a future play or concert. There are the sick. 37. Offering fun and gaiety. eration. Friends are the greatest this evening. opportunities this evening to just sit back and enjoy what you have. 45. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who 38. Type genus of the Aceraceae. has not yet begun to walk or talk. 39. A small ball with a hole through the mid- 46. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs dle. Word Search Yesterday Solution grown for their showy flowers of various col- 43. A state in southeastern India on the Bay ors. of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh). 47. Fail to do something. 49. Common black-and-gray Eurasian bird 48. The seventh month of the Moslem calen- noted for thievery. dar. 50. A member of an Indian people formerly 51. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and Texas. northern Pakistan. 53. A state in midwestern United States. 52. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus. 55. A highly unstable radioactive element 54. Being ten more than one hundred forty. (the heaviest of the halogen series). 56. A state in northwestern North America. 59. The Mongol people living the the central 57. Arboreal snake of central and southern and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia. Africa whose bite is often fatal. 63. Title for a civil or military leader (especial- 58. (sports) Someone in charge of training an ly in Turkey). athlete or a team. 66. Of or pertaining to the branch of Shinto 60. A genus of Lamnidae. recognized as the state religion of Japan. 61. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on 68. A branch of the Tai languages. a skewer usually with vegetables. 69. Expletives used informally as intensifiers. 62. Jordan's port. 71. American Revolutionary patriot. 64. Cement consisting of a sticky substance 73. A master's degree in business. that is used as an adhesive. 74. An edge between a sidewalk and a road- 65. United States playwright who collaborat- way consisting of a line of curbstones (usual- ed with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961). ly forming part of a gutter). 67. A primeval personification of air and 75. Someone who escapes. breath. 77. Tag the base runner to get him out. 70. A potent estrogen used in medicine and 78. Stalk of a moss capsule. in feed for livestock and poultry. 79. German physiologist and histologist who 72. A fractional monetary unit of Japan and in 1839 identified the cell as the basic struc- Indonesia and Cambodia. ture of plant and animal tissue (1810-1882). 76. A white trivalent metallic element. Yesterday’s Solution

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She said: “Leslie is very strong and I’m sure he will pull through. I love him to bits and I know his millions of fans will want to wish him well for the future.” Zara - who married the 90-year-old in December - revealed he slumped on her shoulder last weekend while they were on the bus after a shopping trip, and he didn’t want her to “cause a fuss”. She explained: “Leslie suddenly started lean- ing on me and was unable to put a ticket Nicki Minaj’s in his coat pocket. “He had terrible pains in his left arm so I stopped the bus and called an ambulance. “He kept saying to backing dancer me, ‘Don’t cause a fuss’ but I knew he was Leslie’s trademark voice was also used as unwell and needed urgent help.” As well the Sorting Hat in the ‘Harry Potter’ bitten by a snake as the ‘Carry On’ and ‘Doctor’ film series, movies. James Franco doesn’t take icki Minaj’s backing dancer bitten by a unfortunate performer was bitten by the reptile stage in a glass container, and it’s not yet known if snake during a rehearsal for the MTV and had to be taken to hospital, where she is it will be used in the live performance this week- NVideo Music Awards. The ‘Anaconda’ star being treated. It is believed an anaconda was end. As well as her performance of ‘Anaconda’, himself too seriously will be performing her hit single at the annual used - in a direct reference to Nicki’s new track - Nicki will also join Jessie J and Ariana Grande to bash tonight but their practice didn’t go to plan and while it is a non-venomous snake, they can open the show with their collaboration ‘Bang when a female dancer was attacked by a six-foot often transmit bacteria that could lead to serious Bang’. Meanwhile, she will be joining Usher for a serpent. According to gossip website TMZ, the infections. The serpent was removed from the rendition of ‘She Came To Give It To You’. BritneyBritney SpearsSpears Stacy Keibler gives isis ‘fed‘fed up’up’ birth to a baby girl ofof herher fatherfather

he 32-year-old singer’s per- sonal and professional affairs Thave been controlled by her dad Jamie Spears and Andrew Wallett since her breakdown in 2008, but she wants the conserva- torship to come to an end so she is free to marry her boyfriend David Lucado, 28. A source told RadarOnline.com: “She’s so sick of all the bodyguards. And she wants to be out from under her father’s he ‘Interview’ actor - who is current- actually have a good sense of humor, and ly gearing up to complete his PhD. I love comedy.” The 36-year-old star thumb. “Her relationship with he 34-year-old model, who split from George David has never been stronger. Tin English Literature in Yale - has teamed up with his close pal and former Clooney last year, and her husband, Jared Pobre, She also wants the conservator- been criticized for carving out other ‘Freaks and Geeks’ co-star Seth Rogen to Twelcomed their daughter, Ava Grace Pobre, into careers as a poet and painter, but claims film a spoof of Kanye West and Kim ship to end so she can be free to the world on Wednesday. Announcing the news on marry him.” However, despite he has a very healthy perspective on life. Kardashian West’s ‘Bound 2’ music video her website, the blonde beauty wrote: “Jared and I He said: “People might have the impres- and James hopes they will work together Britney’s determination to regain have been blessed with the new love of our lives. Ava her independence, friends don’t sion I’m trying to prove something, but again. He told America’s OK! magazine: Grace Pobre was born at home on Wednesday, August I’m doing this for myself. “I have a sense of “Seth probably makes me laugh more think she’s ready to control her 20th. We’ve never experienced a level of joy and hap- own finances at the moment. The humor about how people perceive what than anyone else, and he’s a very gifted piness like this before! Thank you so much for all of I’m doing as strange - I love being able to writer. I would do just about anything source explained: “Even though the special wishes and positive energy.” Stacy married Britney is doing very well, there mock myself.” He added: “I know most with him - and having done the Kim and tech entrepreneur Jared during a surprise sunset cere- people don’t think of me as funny, but I Kanye video, I’d say we almost have.” are no plans to end the conserva- mony in Mexico shortly before confirming her preg- torship anytime soon. Her doctors nancy in March, and previously admitted she found it just don’t think she is ready to be “easy peasy” to choose her baby girl’s name. She said: on her own yet.” Britney, who has “We just talked about one name and that was it-easy two children Sean Preston, eight, peasy. “Everything with us has been easy and effort- and Jayden James, seven, with her less, including the name.” The former wrestler also ex-husband Kevin Federline, was admitted that her pregnancy had been “really easy,” placed under permanent conser- adding: “I’m so grateful and so blessed, but I truly vatorship after she was admitted believe that it is a testament to having a healthy to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical lifestyle. “I’m very mindful of everything that I put into Center and put on involuntary my body and that I put on my skin. I stay active every psychiatric hold in 2008. single day and I’ve done that since the beginning [so] I just feel like energetically it’s been really easy.” Kate Moss is using a Cryotherapy chamber

Mariah Carey is furious with Nick Cannon

he 44-year-old singer, who has three- “There is trouble in paradise. We have been year-old twins Monroe and Moroccan living in separate houses for a few months. Twith the ‘America’s Got Talent’ host, My main focus is my kids.” And Mariah is was blindsided by his decision to very upset about his comments, as she and announce they have been “living in sepa- her estranged husband had been working rate houses for a few months,” and has on a joint statement. The source explained: he 40-year-old supermodel recently went on where she drank bentonite clay-based drinks to a form of anti-gravity yoga. You hang in the air reportedly branded him “extremely child- “Mariah was devastated about the com- a break to the LifeCo retreat in Turkey, which rid her body of toxins. According to sources, Kate - supported by suspension slings and do yoga ish, impulsive and opportunistic.” A source ments Nick made to The Insider. They had Tshe visits several times a year, and during who regularly does yoga at the home she shares moves. It’s huge in the US and great for toning all told E! News: “She can’t believe he went agreed to work on a statement together. A her detox, she was immersed in layers of nitrogen with husband Jamie Hince and her 11-year-old over - it works a lot of muscles in a short time. “Air and did that. Not what they had agreed on joint statement was being prepared when vapour at -180C for two to three minutes at a time daughter Lila - became hooked on Redcord Yoga improves strength and fitness, which is why and not classy. He was not supposed to say he went and gave those quotes to The in a bid to burn fat and treat cellulite. And while at Therapy, and took part in sessions every day. a lot of athletes use it as part of their training. And a word. “She thinks it was extremely child- Insider.” The former couple tied the knot the retreat, Kate followed a strict detox that saw Personal trainer Dalton Wong - who didn’t work it’s very easy on the body because the slings take ish, impulsive and opportunistic. For her, it just one month after they met on the set of her cut out sugar, caffeine, alcohol and carbohy- with Kate - explained to Grazia magazine about pressure off the joints. It’s great for your body but was the last straw. She’s done with him Mariah’s ‘Bye-Bye’ music video in Antigua in drates and instead she underwent a ‘clay cleanse’, the classes, which are also known as Air Yoga: “It’s doesn’t feel like hard work at all.” now.” Nick, 33, told Yahoo’s The Insider: 2008. — Bangshowbiz SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014 l i f e s t y l e GOSSIP Katie Price calls her baby ‘runner bean’

he 36-year-old star is yet to reveal her ond child with Kieran - a secret, she is also fifth child’s moniker but in an yet to post a picture of the youngster’s face Tadorable post on her YouGossip site of on her favored social networking site. Katie herself kissing the top of the youngster’s was thought to have shared a picture of her head, the model told her fans she has given daughter a few days ago when she posted a the little one a nickname based on the pop- picture of an adorable newborn wrapped in ular green vegetable. She posted: “So in a blanket which she captioned: “Sooo cute love with my runner bean she is tiny perfect (sic)” But there was controversy surrounding and my miracle (sic)” Katie - who gave birth the image and it was later said to be of to her latest baby on August 4, two weeks another couple’s baby and taken by prematurely - also revealed her cheating California-based photographer Carrie husband Kieran Hayler is set to put her on Sandoval in 2010. The star was left devastat- an intense training course in four weeks to ed earlier this year when she discovered get her back into shape following their Kieran had been cheating on her with her daughter’s birth. In a series of messages friends Jane Pountney and Chrissy Thomas. attached to pictures of her post-baby body, At the time she posted on Twitter that she she wrote: “When kieran starts training me was set to divorce the part-time stripper but in 4 weeks time I’m going to have the best has since stuck by Kieran, who is now body I’ve ever had wooo my mission “Not undergoing therapy for sex addiction. Katie that I’m in any rush to get back to shape but also has 12-month-old son Jett with Kieran, eating healthy works for me:) “If I can do it as well as daughter Princess, seven, and anyone can :) (sic)” As well as keeping the other sons Junior, nine, and Harvey, 12, name of her newborn daughter - her sec- from previous relationships. Kim Kardashian asks Kourtney for Katie Holmes parenting advice moves back to Los Angeles he 35-year-old actress splashed out a reported $3,795,000 on a new man- Eva Green finds the Tsion in Thousand Oaks after deciding to swap her life in New York for the West Coast in the hope of boosting her film industry ‘cold’ Hollywood career. The former ‘Dawson’s Creek’ star also believes the move will bene- fit her eight-year-old daughter Suri’s he 33-year-old actress has hailed 2014 a miracle upbringing as the affluent cul-de-sac is pop- after landing roles in two big movies, ‘Sin City: A ulated by lots of children around the same Dame to Kill For’ and ‘300: Rise of an Empire’, and TV T age as the youngster, whom she has with show ‘Penny Dreadful’, and admitted her work has gone her ex-husband Tom Cruise. However, Katie largely undetected since her breakout role in 2006 Bond was keen to keep her house-moving project movie ‘Casino Royale’ because she wasn’t offered anything under wraps and even had a confidentiality “interesting” that required more than her looks. She said: agreement written up, which would see “To tell you the truth. I was not offered something inter- anyone who violated the contract slapped esting [after ‘Casino Royale’] by Hollywood. Every role was with a $1 million penalty, according to gos- the boring beautiful girl. “Instead of doing that, I made sip website TMZ.com. Meanwhile, it is movies that not a lot of people saw but were good for my believed Katie and her daughter will wel- heart. “I’ve always found the movie business rather cold, come a new addition into their new home so finding parts to play and having people enjoy them has in coming weeks as Suri and her bodyguard made this year a miracle for me.” And the brunette beauty were spotted picking out a chihuahua, admits she is having a great time with the “strong” roles which she named Maple, at a San Fernando she has been offered - and wishes she was more like them Valley rescue shelter last month. Suri didn’t in real life. She told Rolling Stone magazine: “It’s been fun take the tiny pooch home with her at the playing these strong women. “Especially in ‘Sin City’ my time as she and Katie didn’t move into their character is real. She uses her body as a weapon. It’s very new property until last week. jubilating to do that.”

ovato L y he 35-year-old reality TV star - learn the importance of healthy eat- mi thda who has Mason, four, and ing when she first fell pregnant in De s bir TPenelope, two, with her partner 2009. She explained: “I was not raised brate Scott Disick - admits the 33-year-old this way-people just weren’t as aware cele beauty turns to her for tips on how to of healthy eating as they are today. land bring up her 14-month-old daughter When I got home from school, my isney North. Kourtney told the October snack was a bag of chips or cookies, at D issue of Natural Health magazine: and as an adult, I didn’t even know “[My kids] love [North] so much. I’m what organic meant-I’d just go to the he ‘Heart Attack’ hitmaker sported a their trip, he wrote: “Wishing you happy so happy that Penelope gets to grow market and buy the same things my Darth Vader Mickey Ears helmet and birthday would never come close to all up with a cousin close to her age, too. mom bought. I didn’t really have any Ta matching T-shirt as she paid a visit the inspiring things I wish for your life.. “They’re less than a year apart. Kim thoughts about it before I had my to the adventure park in Anaheim, We laugh our asses off.. While we do all asks me for advice a lot, but she’s such kids. “Starting off, I was big on breast- California, on Wednesday to mark her we can do better everything around us... a great mom, very nurturing. It’s nice feeding; I nursed my first for 14 22nd milestone. The stunning star was Love you through all. (sic).” Meanwhile, to see how people [parent] different- months and my second for 16. That also joined by her boyfriend Wilmer Demi - who has battled drug and alcohol ly. “Our kids are all lucky to have many was important to me. Then I began Valderrama, 30, whom she has been dat- addiction and an eating disorder in the different people around them to give making their baby food myself, all of ing on/off since 2010, at the attraction. past - recently admitted she would only them so much love.” Meanwhile, it organic. After that, I was super cau- Not only did the ‘That’s ‘70s Show’ star date “mature men” who can deal with her Kourtney - who is pregnant with her tious about what to introduce into spend the entire day with the singer, he emotional complexities. She said previ- third child - insists she was forced to their diets.” also made sure his Instagram fans knew ously: “I would be slightly overwhelming that it was his beau’s birthday as well. for somebody who is not at a level of Taking to his Instagram account after maturity to support me mentally.” Celine Dion’s husband is her ‘life’ Rihanna, Chris Brown avoid each other at basketball game he ‘Stay’ hitmaker, who ended her on- again, off-again relationship with the Ttroubled R&B star for good last sum- mer, sat courtside with pals, including Cara Delevingne, as he played in the CC Sabthia’s and Robinson Cano’s Summer Classic Charity Basketball Game at the Barclays Centre in New York City, and was reportedly annoyed about his surprise appearance. A source told E! News: “Chris wasn’t scheduled to play in the game. “Rihanna had already promised [to attend] so this forced them to be in the same place at the same time.” The he 46-year-old singer recently cancelled all her working engage- insider added: “They didn’t speak to each ments indefinitely to care for 72-year-old spouse René Angélil - who other at all.” Rihanna also appeared unim- Tunderwent treatment for a second bout of throat cancer in pressed that “Chris was showing off the December - and friends weren’t surprised by her decision because her entire game,” according to the eyewitness. husband and their sons, René Charles, 13, and three-year-old twins Eddy But the 26-year-old beauty, who is rumored and Nelson, always come first. Pal Robin Leach told People magazine: to have rekindled her romance with Drake, “They are each other’s lives. “He and her family come first and she’s always didn’t let the incident get her down, as she made that clear.” According to Robin, the ‘My Heart Will Go On’ hitmaker later partied with a number of other celebri- had been considering a break since her husband underwent surgery but ties and her brother in the city. A source has only now taken a “step back” as she wants to cherish her time with her said: “Rihanna and Ne-Yo came into Club family. She added: “René was making great progress and was out and Finale early on Thursday night. Rihanna’s about. “Last time I saw him, he was very thin and frail. Céline had to take a brother came in later. So did Fabulous and step back, and her decision is a realization that you have to hold onto Carmelo Anthony, who both joined everything while you’ve got it.” Despite René’s condition, his family are Rihanna’s table. Future came in later in the remaining “optimistic”. A source said: “The family are trying to stay positive. night with Young Jezzy.” Chris, 25, also They’re optimistic. “ Because of his ill health, René stepped down as his recently got back together with his ex-girl- wife’s manager earlier this year. friend Karrueche Tran. lifestyle SUNDAY, AUGUST 24 , 2014

Artists perform with fire dur- ing a fire festival in the vil- lage of Ratomka some 20 km northwest from Minsk yes- terday. — AFP photos

Indian models showcase creations by designer Shehla Khan during Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) Winter/Festival 2014 in Mumbai yesterday. — AFP/AP photos Indian Bollywood actress Shruti Hassan showcases a cre- ation by designer Shehla Khan. FASHION WEEK FASHION

LAKME Indian Bollywood Actress Nargis Fakhri showcases Designer Anushree Reddy a creation by designer Anushree Reddy. lifestyle SUNDAY, AUGUST 24 , 2014

Emmys: Hollywood stars light up TV, reverse is lacking

elevision is increasingly opening its from the show “ER” into the Hollywood mega- up with a number of roles in Hollywood films doors to Hollywood stars, as tomorrow’s star firmament, “was the last one who really like “Romeo + Juliet” and “Shopgirl” before TEmmy Awards will attest, but TV royalty did it,” said Glenn Williamson, a professor at returning to television with a bang as the trou- still struggle to make the transition to the sil- UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television. bled star of Showtime thriller “Homeland.” ver screen. Seasoned actors Matthew In contrast, though Jennifer Aniston par- McConaughey, Kevin Spacey, Jon Voight, Jeff layed her “girl next door” appeal from hit show ‘Inextricably linked’ to TV Daniels and Woody Harrelson are all nominat- “Friends” into several big-screen roles, the With blockbuster series “Mad Men” and ed this year for Emmys after having built much 1990s comedy’s other stars have had stunted “Breaking Bad” coming to an end, it remains to of their careers in film. success in the transition. The same holds true be seen whether their respective stars Jon McConaughey, a favorite to win a lead for stars of more recent TV mega-hits like Hamm (nominated this year for best lead actor Emmy for his role in HBO crime drama “Desperate Housewives” and “Lost.” Some stars actor) and Bryan Cranston (also nominated, “True Detective,” is riding high after winning an have thrived on television without ever and who has already won three times) can suc- Academy Award for last year’s “Dallas Buyers becoming bankable in Hollywood: Julianna cessfully make the jump. “No matter how well Club.” “House of Cards” hero/villain Spacey Margulies, David Duchovny and Robin Wright known, a feature film role only lasts a little more than two hours,” said Ellen Seiter, a pro- fessor of television at University of Southern California. “By comparison, successful television series roles last for dozens of hours,” sometimes over years, meaning “actors become inextricably linked to those roles in the eyes of the audi- ence,” she added. Tom Nunan, founder of Bull’s Eye Entertainment and a UCLA film professor, said comedians often make a better switch to film, like Tina Fey from “Saturday Night Live” and “30 Rock,” who is good value in Hollywood. Steve Carell, Amy Poehler, Mila Kunis and Chris Pratt also came from comedy TV to see their movie careers take off. Nunan also observed that there are “women and men in their 30s, 40s and 50s who are able to find really great work on great TV shows,” which is not always the case in Hollywood, where youth is so often the lode- stone. US studios typically revolve around movie franchises, which traditionally are action, comedy or superhero-focused. Lasers and lighting tubes will provide a hi-tech experience at the 66th Emmy Awards “Studios aren’t making dramas anymore,” Governors Ball during a Press Preview in Los Angeles, California. — AFP he said. Those are mainly reserved for inde- pendent or foreign filmmakers. That leaves already has two Oscar statuettes. Voight, nom- are among those who earned numerous film small-screen producers-for web series, cable, inated for Showtime’s “Ray Donovan,” won a roles but never won the accolades there that video on demand and broadcast TV-to pick up best actor Oscar a generation ago, while came with TV. the slack. The result, many argue, is high-quali- Harrelson (“True Detective”) is a two-time Kerry Washington, praised as much for her ty television. “It’s no surprise that you see Oscar nominee. role in Quentin Tarantino’s movie “Django movie stars of the caliber of Kevin Spacey or For them, having a go in a successful Unchained” as for TV’s “Scandal,” is in that small Matthew McConaughey,” he added. — AFP broadcast or cable series adds gritty prestige clique of actors comfortably navigating to their glittering careers. But cross-pollination between the two worlds. Another is Claire in the other direction has proven more diffi- Danes, who hit it big as teen Angela Chase in cult. Heart-throb George Clooney, who shot 1990s series “My So-Called Life.” She followed Ukrainian participant Olga Klymenko poses after winning the “World Next Top Model 2014” pageant on August 22, 2014 in the Lebanese capital Beirut. — AFP

French artists Agathe de Bailliencourt (left) creates her installation entitled “Landscape by Lanscape” with glowing pebbles on the ground.

An art installation of a floating structure entitled “Cyanea” by Cumulus Collectif of France is displayed during a media preview for the Singapore Night Festival. The seventh edition of the Singapore Night Festival, to be held over two weekends in August, will feature art installations from local and international artists and with a variety of A projected visual art installation entitled “Divine Trees” by French artist Clement Briend is displayed. performances. — AFP photos

Kathy Griffin to Minaj: I want a booty challenge hile most people are inviting friends to com- success at the Grammy Awards earlier this year, where plete the ice bucket challenge, Kathy Griffin she won best comedy album for “Calm Down Gurrl” Whas another proposal for Nicki Minaj: a booty after five consecutive losses in the category. “I’m going challenge. The 53-year-old comedian said after watch- for another nomination, shamelessly,” said Griffin, who is ing the eye-popping, rump-shaking music video for only one of five women to win the honor. Minaj’s new hit single, “Anaconda,” she wants to go toe- Her likely opponents: “Weird Al” Yankovic, who had a to-toe with the rap diva. pop culture moment this year with the chart-topping “Of course, everyone’s talking about that ‘Anaconda’ “Mandatory Fun,” which featured a stream of highly video and it’s fantastic. It’s a lot of boo-tay and I would viewed - and highly praised - music videos. There’s also like to challenge Nicki to a boo-tay-off,” Griffin said in an Sarah Silverman, who will release “We Are Miracles” on interview this week. The “Anaconda” video has racked in Sept. 23. “We know each other’s game,” she said of 35 million views since its Tuesday release and has trend- Silverman. “Mine is two hours. I have a standing comedy ed on Twitter throughout the week. “It’s like the ice disorder. Once I get onstage I can’t stop talking.” Griffin’s bucket challenge, but it doesn’t even have any charity new album, “Look at My (Expletive),” is currently being associated with it at all,” Griffin continued. “It’s com- sold at Amazon for just 99 cents. — AP pletely gratuitous.” Griffin also has some stiff competition when it comes to the music world apart from Minaj: She released a This file photo shows host Kathy Griffin on stage at the 41st annual Daytime Emmy Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in comedy album last week, and she hopes to mirror her Beverly Hills, Calif. — AP Emmys: Hollywood stars light up TV, reverse is lacking

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In this photo, a group of sick cats rest in Maria Torero’s hospice for felines suffering from Leukemia, at her home in Lima, Peru.

In this photo, Maria Torero’s son Fabian, 7, plays with the hospice’s cats. — AP photos Maria Torero gets ready to medicate a sick cat.

A sick cat looks through the window. Peruvian nurse cares for 175 sick cats

t her job, Maria Torero cares for sick human beings. At home, she lavishes love on slowly dying cats - 175 of them at last count. The A45-year-old nurse has turned her two-storey, eight-room apartment into a hospice for cats with feline leukemia, scattering it with scores of feeding dishes and at least two dozen boxes litter boxes. Some have sug- gested she shelter healthy cats instead. “That’s not my role,” she told The Associated Press. “I’m a nurse. My duty is to the cats that nobody cares about.” She said that “people don’t adopt adult cats, especially if they are termi- nally ill.” For five years, Torero has ministered to animals as they slowly suc- cumb to the common, fatal retrovirus, which is not contagious to humans or other species. It usually is transmitted through direct contact, mutual grooming and the sharing of litter boxes, food and water bowls, according to the website of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. She finds the cats in Lima’s streets and markets and has them tested for leukemia. Nearly all of the street cats turn out to have the disease, as well as fleas, parasites and malnutrition. She takes in only adult cats to avoid spreading the disease to new generations. “Bringing a kitten here is con- demning it to death,” she said. Torero names the cats - Fellini, Peppa, Dolly, Misterio among them - and dresses many in small shirts. “Each one has a distinct personality,” she said.

She said she doses out medicine, sterilizes the animals and treats them for parasites every two months. Her arms bear the scratches of cats that resist the injections. She estimated she spends about $1,785 a month to care for the cats, half of that from donations and the other half from her job as a private nurse. Her three children, ages 16, 14, and 6, share the apartment and often play or cuddle with the cats, many of which sleep in plastic organizer bins and sprawl across seemingly every chair and shelf. The cat boxes and heavy use of deodorants don’t quite mask the odor of urine, but Torero said her neighbors haven’t complained. Cats with leukemia can survive for several years, though their lifespan is usually much shorter than that of an unaffected cat. They eventually die naturally; Torero hasn’t the resources to have them put down. There are no special ceremonies. “My best gift of love and respect I give them in life,” she said. — AP Maria Torero, plays with a group of 175 cats with leukemia.

A sick cat is seen on a ladder. Maria Torero, talks on her mobile phone, surrounded by several of the 175 cats with leukemia.