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MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2013 JAMADA ALAWWAL 27, 1434 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Clashes after New fears in Burgan Bank Lorenzo funeral of Lanka amid CEO spells wins Qatar Egypt Coptic anti-Muslim out growth MotoGP Christians7 campaign14 strategy22 18 MPs want amendments to Max 33º Min 19º residency law for expats High Tide 10:57 & 23:08 Govt rebuffs Abu Ghaith relatives ‘Peninsula Lions’ may be freed Low Tide • 04:44 & 17:01 40 PAGES NO: 15772 150 FILS By B Izzak conspiracy theories KUWAIT: Five MPs yesterday proposed amendments to the residency law that call to allow foreign residents to Menopause!!! stay outside Kuwait as long as their residence permit is valid and also call to make it easier to grant certain cate- gories of expats with residencies. The five MPs - Nabeel Al-Fadhl, Abdulhameed Dashti, Hani Shams, Faisal Al- Kandari and Abdullah Al-Mayouf - also proposed in the amendments to make it mandatory for the immigration department to grant residence permits and renew them By Badrya Darwish in a number of cases, especially when the foreigners are relatives of Kuwaitis. These cases include foreigners married to Kuwaiti women and that their permits cannot be cancelled if the relationship is severed if they have children. These [email protected] also include foreign wives of Kuwaitis and their resi- dence permits cannot be cancelled if she has children from the Kuwaiti husband. Other beneficiaries of the uys, you are going to hear the most amazing amendments include foreign men or women whose story of 2013. By the way, this time it is a true children hold legal residence permits and foreign chil- story. It resembles much the end of a movie dren whose parents or one of them is a holder of a legal G residence permit. The amendment makes it compulsory that is based on a true story. One of the photogra- and not optional as is the case now for the immigration phers in Kuwait Times met with a rather intriguing department to grant these cases with residence per- yet sad story with a happy ending - like an Indian or mits. Under the current law, immigration authorities can an Arabic movie. I also heard that the Japanese tend reject a request for residence permits without explain- to like happy endings in their movies. Who doesn’t ing the reasons even if the applicants fulfill all the con- like happy movies? Why the misery? I sometimes ditions. GAZA CITY: A Palestinian youth looks at apicture depicting the ‘#Op_Israel’ campaign launched by the like a tragic ending and I do not know why. The other amendment allows expatriate residents to activist group Anonymous yesterday. — AFP Let me get back to the story of our photographer. stay outside Kuwait during the whole period of the resi- His wife went to the doctor suffering from stomach dence permit which effectively scraps a rule in the pain because there was no indication of another immigration law stating that the residence permit problem. She did not have her menstrual period Hackers attack Israel becomes null and void if a foreigner stays outside which the doctor explained was a sign of Kuwait for more than six months unless he/she provides menopause. She was not given an ultrasound. They JERUSALEM: Hackers have launched an assault on Israeli Yitzhak ben Israel, head of the National Council for a legitimate or compelling reason. The amendments examined her belly and told her she was entering websites, but the damage has been minimal as the Research and Development, said the scope of the dam- must first be reviewed by the legal and legislative com- menopause. Jewish state is prepared to fend off such attacks, one of age to Israeli sites was “more or less non-existent”. “That’s mittee, passed by the National Assembly and then The woman is only 43, which in some cases is the country’s top cyber experts said yesterday. The hack- because of our preparedness in advance,” said Ben Israel, accepted by the government which is expected to normal. This is what the doctor said. He told her that ers associated with the activist group Anonymous who founded the National Cyber Bureau which operates oppose it because it loosens its grip on immigration some women get menopause early. Then she asked reportedly hit the websites of the premier’s office, the out of the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. matters. another doctor why her stomach was swollen. The defence ministry, the education ministry and the Central Ben Israel said it was highly unlikely that Anonymous In another development, the legal and legislative other doctor was smarter than the previous one and Bureau of Statistics, among others, but all appeared to be was seeking to do real damage to the country’s key committee yesterday approved a proposal stating that he told her: “You have a tumour and it needs to be running normally. “As of midday (0900 GMT) the sites of infrastructure. “Anonymous doesn’t have the ability, nor all public tenders which have a value of less than KD removed.” At this point the poor lady got terrified, the government of Israel are available to the public, as is it its aim to destroy the country’s essential infrastruc- 70,000 can be processed by the concerned department packed her bags and went back to her native Syria. they have been all weekend,” the finance ministry said in ture. If it was, it wouldn’t have announced it in advance,” or ministry without the need to go through the Central She thought it would be better to be with her family a statement. he said, indicating the aim was probably to stir debate Tenders Department. Under the existing law, almost all It said the education ministry site had been temporar- over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “The country was surrounding her if she undergoes treatment for the contracts must first be approved by the CTC before it ily out of action “because of a technical fault which has much better prepared than it was a year ago when there can be signed and processed, which some quarters tumour. Despite the war, she thought she would been fixed.” It did not elaborate. Later on Sunday, the for- was a wave of attacks on the stock exchange and El Al blame for the delay of some projects in Kuwait. The find solace with her family there. eign ministry website was also “paralysed for a few (Airlines) and such sites. This time the attack is bigger in committee also approved another proposal to allow the Guys, look at the surprise she got in Syria. The moments before returning to normal,” the finance min- its scope and intensity but we are better prepared,” he doctor discovered that the tumor was a seven- istry said, warning of possible slowdowns or temporary said, referring to an attack on prominent Israeli websites establishment of a second livestock import company to month foetus. Yesterday her husband brought us cuts on official sites. Speaking to army radio, Professor at the start of 2012. — AFP end the monopoly in the sector in Kuwait. kunafa (the popular orange Arab sweet) because his Continued on Page 2 wife just had a lovely baby girl called Catherine. What a happy ending! You will not see such a story - PAGE PAGE neither in Hollywood nor in Bollywood -but you will Trial offers window NATO strike kills 10 see it in Kuwait. I wish the minister of health reads my story. into wider Gulf fears kids in Afghanistan Zawahiri urges Saudis give illegal foreign Muslims to unite workers 3 months’ grace CAIRO: Al-Qaeda’s leader has urged influence of the United States, the Arab Muslims in Arab Spring countries to unite to League, the United Nations and Israel Expats apprehensive over crackdown institute an Islamic state, while warning should they gain control of it. “(They) want France that its intervention in Mali will be to steal your sacrifices and your jihad to give RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has given illegal foreign for their legal sponsors in the kingdom while ees, he said. At least 40,000 students attend bogged down. “I warn France that it will them to their supporters in Washington, workers a three-month grace period to their spouses cannot take up jobs. Many for- private schools in Jeddah. Labour ministry meet in Mali, with God’s permission, the Moscow and Tel Aviv.” legalise their status, after panic over reported eigners enter Saudi Arabia under the sponsor- spokesman Hattab Al-Anzi said that “our role same fate America met in Iraq and Zawahiri also lashed out against mass deportations, an official statement said. ship of a Saudi national but end up working is restricted to carrying out inspections inside Afghanistan,” Ayman Al-Zawahiri said in a Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Iran King Abdullah ordered the interior and labour for others, or set up their own businesses. The workplaces and investigating irregularities 103-minute audio message posted on mili- for their support of Assad, saying that “the ministries to allow “workers violating the kingdom has two million unemployed Saudis, before referring them to the interior ministry tant websites late Saturday. In the recording, true faces of Iran and Hezbollah have been labour and residency system a maximum of many of them fresh graduates, and women, which implements punishments accordingly.” Zawahiri urged Muslims to liberate their exposed, and their ugly reality has appeared three months to rectify their situation,” said according to Labour Minister Adel Fakih. Like many expatriates in Saudi Arabia, lands from oppressive in the field of holy war in Syria”. the statement carried by SPA state news “Foreign workers working without labour Umm Hajar, a 30-year-old Moroccan beauti- regimes and foreign troops, He called The Syrian govern- agency. The Saudi authorities this year visas are competing with Saudis for jobs since cian, stopped going to work two weeks ago apply Islamic law, halt the ment a “criminal secular” imposed new labour constraints affecting mil- they accept lower wages,” said Saudi econo- fearful of government inspectors checking plundering of Muslim wealth, regime. Zawahiri, an Egyptian, lions of expatriates in the Gulf state, in a move mist Ihsan Abu Haliqa. “The current campaign her residency status. She has lived in the capi- support rebellious Muslims criticized the country’s ruling that sparked fears of mass deportations (to expel workers) will no doubt strongly tal Riyadh with her Egyptian husband for two and oppressed people Muslim Brotherhood for a weak among the immigrant workers. affect retail and services sectors,” he said, years, but while they both have residence per- worldwide, and establish the response to the country’s The new regulations introduced by the pointing to the fact that nearly 1.2 million mits, they are in breach of official regulations Islamic Caliphate, or religious poverty, saying “the rich are labour ministry aim to reduce the number of work visas were granted to foreigners in 2011 because they are not sponsored by their state. The audio was pro- getting richer and the poor are foreign workers to create jobs for millions of and two million in 2012. The labour ministry employers. “I don’t want a policeman to cut duced by Al-Qaeda’s media getting poorer. Have the unemployed Saudis. Yemenis and South imposed new quotas in 2011 on companies up my papers,” said Umm Hajar, one of more arm, As-Sahab, and was pre- Islamic movements provided Asians -Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis - regarding the hiring of local staff, which than eight million foreigners in the conserva- sented alongside video better education, health or who work in low-paid jobs across the king- determines their ability to recruit foreigners. tive kingdom’s estimated 27 million total pop- footage showing Iranian rev- Ayman Al-Zawahiri transportation?” dom will be mostly affected by the decision, The labour ministry’s inspections have ulation. “I just want to stay with my husband.” olutionary guards captured in Syria, and He also attacked the country’s new con- according to observers. Some 200,000 people forced tens of thousands of workers to leave Umm Hajar had already been working at a other events in the Middle East. stitution, drawn up by the Brotherhood and have been expelled from the oil-rich kingdom their workplaces and hide at home, including beauty salon in Jeddah for two years before The Al-Qaeda leader praised the muja- other Islamic movements, for not being reli- in the past three months based on the new many private school teachers whose absence she met her husband, an Egyptian construc- hedeen, or holy warriors, in Syria, urging gious enough. The charter, he said, restrictions, immigration officials say, while has disrupted school classes. The director of a tion supervisor in Riyadh who is officially them to step up their fight against the approved by referendum last December, fell Yemeni officials speak of thousands of their private school in the Red Sea city of Jeddah registered as a labourer for a different com- regime of President Bashar Al-Assad. “Let short of promises made by the nationals sent home. told AFP that “classes have come to a com- pany. After she returned to Morocco they your fight be in the name of Allah and with Brotherhood, an Islamist movement that is Saudi Arabia hosts eight million foreign plete halt. There are no teachers and we have agreed to marry, but his official status as a the aim of establishing Allah’s sharia (law) as the country’s most powerful political force. workers, mostly in very low-paid jobs, accord- asked students to stay at home until further labourer does not allow him to sponsor the ruling system,” he said in his first mes- He objected to the fact that the current con- ing to official figures, while economists say notice”. “A state of panic has spread among dependents in Saudi Arabia. Through a sage posted on the Internet since last stitution designates Islamic law only as “the there are another two million unregistered teachers after rumors that labour ministry friend, they found a Saudi who agreed to November. But he also warned them main source” of legislation, rather than the non-Saudi workers in the kingdom. Under the inspectors have torn out residencies and sponsor her, ostensibly as his maid, in return against letting the country fall under the “sole source”. — AP new rules, foreigners are allowed to work only immediately deported many” foreign employ- for a fee of 15,000 riyals ($4,000). — Agencies MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013 LOCAL

MoE to discuss TOEFL classes for 12th grade

KUWAIT: Acting Undersecretary of the taries shortly for approval. Sources said Education Ministry, Mariam Al-Wutaid, that the ministry recently asked the said allocating two class periods to teach Assistant Undersecretary for planning TOEFL for 12th grade was only a propos- and information sector, Dr Khalid Al- al which is still to be discussed in the Rasheed, to prepare the new strategy. undersecretaries’ meeting. She said the The move was aimed at fixing the anom- proposal needed careful study and a alies found in the old strategy which was clear mechanism needed to be evolved prepared in 2008. before eliciting the opinion of teachers. Pointing out that the new strategy Al-Wutaid asked authorities in charge was based on modern educational phi- of various educational areas not to com- losophy, which is considered best, a mit school administrations to carry out complete overhaul of the educational the proposal because it was still to be system is expected in Kuwait. discussed by the undersecretariesí coun- The strategy will help strengthen the cil and no final decision has been taken role of school leadership, enabling it to yet. play a bigger part in developing activi- Educational sources revealed that ties and educational programs for stu- planning sector at the ministry has com- dents and growth programs for teachers. pleted drafting the new amended strate- Sources said the strategy will deal gy for education in electronics. They said with four main subjects ñ students, cur- the strategy was ready and will be dis- riculum, human resources and infra- KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received yesterday at Seif Palace member of the Olympic Council of cussed by the council of undersecre- structure. Asia (OCA) and President of the Football Association in Tajikistan Rostom Emam Ali on the occasion of his visit to the country. The meeting was attended by President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah. — KUNA

Fund approval raise fears of ‘borrowing surge’ MPS to discuss proposed press law KUWAIT: Local banks expect a new ‘rush’ Meanwhile, sources revealed that the for personal loans after both, the enforce- council of ministers will discuss in its nor- ment of the family fund and the proposed mal session the proposed press law that amendment to the insolvency fund. The will include additional regulations for elec- twin measures, according to banking sec- tronic publications. tor insiders, could allow around 67,000 These regulations will cover organiza- clients to seek loans again as the two funds tional work, measures to protect the rights would bestow many privileges. of all parties while retaining the emphasis The sources who spoke on the condition on freedom of information, right of expres- of anonymity bolstered their argument by sion, innovation and criticism within cer- citing two key facts: An average increase in tain limits and in keeping with other legis- public sector salaries by 55 percent over lations meant to protect the society, indi- the past few years, as well as a drop in the viduals and the state from any wrong prac- interest rate to its lowest level in Kuwait’s tices. history. The law will include full explanation of In addition to a new wave of loans the rights and duties of those working in ‘worth hundreds of millions’ of Kuwaiti this field. Dinars expected to start as early as the sec- Sources expected that the council will ond half of this year, the sources said that finalize necessary legislation to increase the the recent developments could lead to cap on housing loan to KD 100,000. price inflation since there will be increased Sources at the lending and savings bank demand on housing, consumer goods and said that discussions were on now to find services. the best alternative to implement low cost The parliament passed the family fund housing for which 7000 families were wait- law last week as a complementary piece of ing. The bank has proposed three alterna- legislation alongside the insolvency fund tives to the council of ministers, including law which the government introduced in payment of KD 250 as rent allowance to 2008 to help defaulters. The main differ- leasing properties from the private sector ence between the two was that the former or assigning the banks to construct apart- addressed the debts of both defaulters and ments, provided that the government allo- non-defaulting borrowers while the latter cates necessary land. was meant only for defaulters. Meanwhile sources revealed that the The family fund’s mechanism calls for it council of ministers will discuss in its nor- to purchase loans taken by at least 47,000 mal session the proposed press law that Kuwaitis as of March 2008. These loans are will include additional regulations for elec- worth KD 744 million in total. The debtor tronic publications. would then be required to repay only the These regulations will cover organiza- principal of the loan in a maximum 15 year tional work, measures to protect the rights period while all interests would be written of all parties while retaining the emphasis off. Another main difference between the on freedom of information, right of expres- two funds was that unlike its predecessor, sion, innovation and criticism within cer- the family fund would allow a beneficiary tain limits and in keeping with other legis- to take a new loan after the interests lations meant to protect the society, indi- accrued on the earlier loans were written viduals and the state from any wrong prac- off. So far, the cabinet and parliament have tices. promised to introduce amendments to the The law will include full explanation of insolvency fund law as soon as possible in the rights and duties of those working in order to allow beneficiaries to avail of new this field. Sources expected that the council loans as well. will finalize necessary legislation to With nearly 20,000 citizens registered as increase the cap on housing loan to KD beneficiaries of the insolvency fund, the 100,000. sources expect that they could soon be Sources at the lending and savings bank joining 47,000 borrowers who are set to said that discussions were on now to find benefit from the family fund. Thus, 67,000 the best alternative to implement low cost citizens will once again become eligible to housing for which 7000 families were wait- take loans again. In the meantime, the ing. The bank has proposed three alterna- sources warned that a new crisis could tives to the council of ministers, including emerge if strict controls were not intro- payment of KD 250 as rent allowance to duced or if the government failed to intro- leasing properties from the private sector duce productive developmental projects or assigning the banks to construct apart- that can contain the accumulated bank liq- ments, provided that the government allo- uidity. cates necessary land. — Al-Qabas Commercial exchange among GCC citizens extolled DUBAI: Kuwait Consul General in Dubai and Northern Emirates Tareq Al-Hamad yesterday asserted the importance of com- mercial exchange among GCC citizens, as the GCC states constitute a single entity and a secured environment for business. His remarks came during the opening ceremony of a Kuwaiti project sponsored by United Sports Company (Goal), with the participation of retired international Dutch player Edwin Van Der Sar. In a statement to KUNA, Al-Hamad said he was pleased to attend the event which embodies one of the initiatives aimed at bolstering trade cooperation among GCC citizens, pointing out that the project is one way of showing cooperation between GCC citizens in Gulf States. “Such project also affirms that Kuwaiti businessmen are always present in the Gulf states and always at the forefront of various commercial or trade spheres,” Al-Hamad added. — KUNA MPs want amendments... Continued from Page 1 that the foreign ministry pointed out that Abu Ghaith is no longer a Kuwaiti citizen The interior and defense committee and suggested that his relatives should meanwhile discussed requests by rela- contact the International Red Cross. tives of Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, the former Failakawi said the committee also spokesman of Al-Qaeda currently impris- reviewed the possibility of releasing oned in the United States, to release him. imprisoned members of the so-called Abu Ghaith was a Kuwaiti national but Peninsula Lions Brigade who fought the government withdrew his citizenship bloody gun battles with Kuwaiti police several years ago after he publicly associ- in Jan 2005. The lawmaker said the pris- ated himself with Al-Qaeda. Secretary of oners had passed a rehabilitation pro- the committee MP Taher Al-Failakawi said gram in jail. MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013 LOCAL

Love triangle ends with death Industrial activities Culprit buried compatriot alive damage Kuwait Bay KUWAIT: Industrial and human activities High pollution in enclosed water KUWAIT: The mystery behind the death of an ber of customers, they eventually found an Asian even stood outside the victim’s apartment to in Kuwait Bay cause environmental dam- locations leads to depletion of the oxy- Egyptian man whose body was found buried in woman whose phone had the suspicious num- eavesdrop on his phone conversations with his age and constant pressure on the coun- gen, a main cause of death of marine liv- Shadadiya last week was finally solved by ber saved in the contacts list. The woman said girlfriend, the man started plotting the murder. try’s marine environment in general, and ing creatures. Farwaniya detectives who found his involve- that the number belonged to her friend, a Sri The source, who preferred to remain anony- the bay in particular, will lead to dire For his part, the Executive Secretary, ment in a love triangle led to his murder. Lankan woman who was soon arrested after mous, explained that the suspect decided to consequences in the long term, Director Regional Organization for the Protection Police arrested the killer on Saturday, five police discovered that her visa had expired and meet the victim one day when the latter was on General of Kuwait Institute for Scientific of the Marine Environment (ROPME), days after he attacked and fatally injured his that she was reported missing by her employer. his way to meet the woman. He lured his victim Research (KISR) Dr Naji Al-Mutairi Abdulrahman Al-Awadhi, said in a compatriot, and then buried him while he was The woman revealed during interrogation to a place, the eventual scene of the crime, and warned yesteday. speech at the event importance of the still breathing, near the site of a major university that she had been romantically involved with confronted him about the secret relationship Al-Mutairi indicated, in a speech at workshop is that it deals with examining construction project. the victim, but indicated that she had lost con- and demanded that he stay away from his girl- inauguration of a workshop, themed the origin of life in marine environment, Detectives had suspected foul play ever since tact with him around the time of his death. friend. A heated argument ensued as the victim “water nutrients saturation sources and which is nutrient salts, non-living chemi- investigations began since the victim’s head During further interrogation, the woman denied knowing the woman, but it all ended a reduction techniques in enclosed gulf, “ cal components. revealed injury marks sustained as a result of revealed that she was also involved with an few hours later when the suspect waited for him that measures must be taken to safe- These salts constitute the basic mate- beating. According to a security source privy to Egyptian man living in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh. After to turn his back and hit him thrice with a boul- guard the country’s natural resources, rial for beginning of life cycle in the the investigations, the first clue which led to the being summoned for investigations, the man der on his head until he fell unconscious. The noting population growth has increased aquatic environment, he said, stressing killer was found when detectives discovered that first denied knowledge about the victim, but man drove back home after burying the victim demand for energy and water, thus the on the need for non-organic elements to the victim owned two cell phone lines, one for eventually confessed that he had killed him after while he was still breathing. situation requires plans for sustainable start creating celled organisms-nitrogen, his personal use while the other was used by a discovering his relationship with his girlfriend. The preliminary forensic examination results use of the environment. phosphorus and carbon-and importance person to call the victim on his first line on multi- The suspect explained that he had been indicated that the man eventually died 24 or 48 Kuwait Bay, a living example of a of studying images of status of those ple occasions. romantically involved with the same woman for hours later, judging from the state of decompo- marine environment affected by human elements, as they interact with the Detectives first called the number and then two years, during which he spent a lot of money sition of the body when it was recovered. The and industrial activities, is a semi- water, in order to sustain aquatic envi- hung up after a woman answered, apprehensive on the relationship; including monthly rent for a suspect was taken to the Public Prosecution to enclosed body of water and a natural ronment life and ensure a healthy and that she could disappear if she felt she was Hawally apartment he provided for the woman. face multiple charges, including premeditated shallow port with an average depth of balanced food cycle. being considered a suspect by the police. They He added that he started following his compatri- murder; a crime punishable by death in Kuwait’s about three meters, he said, also indicat- The workshop, which groups special- then put a grocery shop in Hawally under sur- ot after discovering that he and his girlfriend Penal Code. It is the second felony of its kind to ing that mounting inflow of man-made, ists in water saturation sources and veillance as a call was made from the suspect’s have been secretly dating. After such spying for be uncovered by Farwaniya detectives within a or caused, natural nutrients contribute reduction techniques in semi-enclosed to the pollution of the waters. gulfs, lasts until today. — KUNA number to this shop. After questioning a num- a certain period, during which he reportedly week. — Al-Rai 20,000 M-16 rifle rounds stolen from MoI warehouse

By Hanan Al Saadoun Asian drivers trading in heroin water, after their boat collided operation a few days back and and they have the drug in their with an Iraqi boat. The Iraqi was admitted in the intensive KUWAIT: A security source said house and they pack it in small boat belongs to some Iraqi fish- care unit of the hospital. They that 20,000 M-16 rifle rounds, bags and sell it to drugs users, ermen, and they refused to met the hospital’s Director Dr and 15,000 9mm pistol rounds, investigations were concentrat- obey orders and stop after Mohammed Owaidah, Dr Khalid along with an undetermined ed and after it was clear that entering the Kuwaiti territorial Khairallah and Dr Mohammad shooting ear protectors, and a they use their profession as waters near Bubyan island. Khalaf besides the medical team printer were stolen from the drivers in distributing drugs, Fishermen entered the Kuwaiti looking after Sergeant Ammer shooting warehouse of the immediately, legal approvals waters, and refused to stop or Ashoor. The doctors briefed Minstry of Interior in Subbiya were obtained and their room return back from where they them about the case and area. The source said three was raided and after search came, which made the Kuwaiti described the patient’s condi- doors were broken and the about 100 grams of pure heroin army boat chase them until col- tion as stable and continuously entire content was removed, was found which was repacked lided with their boat. It is not improving. Al-Ansari conveyed adding that there were no and ready for sale, in addition to known yet how serious were the greetings and appreciation guards at the place according to a sensitive for sale, in addition their injuries. of State Minister for Council the officer who informed about to a sensitive sale. They con- Affairs, Sheikh Mohammad Al the theft. The officer did not fessed in trading in drugs and Firemen sacrifices Abdullah, and said that the min- accuse any one. Directors are that they bring it from their The Director General of Fire ister told him that His Highness investigating the matter. home country, they were sent Department, Lt. General Yousuf the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber to concerned authorities. Al Ansar, and his deputy, Brig Al Mubarak has instructed that Drug traffickers arrested Khalid Al Mikred, visited the Al Ammer must receive all neces- Drugs fighting men arrested Boats collide Babtain Hospital yesterday sary medical care, and if need two Asian expats on the ground An officer and a soldier in morning to call upon Sergeant be, treatment was to be provid- of trading in drugs earlier infor- Kuwait army were subject to an Ammar Ashoor Abdeen who ed even abroad. The PM wished KUWAIT: Two Asian expats arrested for drug trafficking mation were received that two accident in the Arabian Gulf was injured in a fire fighting him a speedy recovery. MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013 LOCAL

Local Spotlight Letters to Badrya The Arab media Do our job with pride

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By Muna Al-Fuzai Hi Badrya, Hope you are well. My name is Jay Serrao. I was born and brought up in Kuwait, went to a good school and come from a good family. My parents worked in the field of medicine in Ahmadi and I grew up there. Due to their hard work, dedication and commitment, I [email protected] was able to pursue my higher studies in Great Britain and now call myself a proud Brit, of course with an Indian- Kuwaiti heritage. I now work as an accountant by day and t is no surprise that many Arabs hate Americans, but am a professional singer/ songwriter (Jay Serrao and The how many of us ever took the trouble to think why Juice, Shmolts). I still see Ahmadi and Kuwait as my home. Iwe harbor these negative feelings? Maybe it is time to Introductions aside, I refer to your recent article stop following the so called Arab media channels that ‘Deportation is not the answer’. While I agree with most of provoke negative sentiments about United States. the emotional points you have made, and forgive me for Maybe it is time to use our own minds to understand the sounding rude as that is not my intention, I am afraid that issues. you still fall in the same category as the people running Today, I think we need to analyze those who remain the Ministry of Social Affairs. behind the scene and shape and re-shape our minds, I am afraid you are still missing the point. Let me ideas and possibly even actions, against the US. Maybe explain. To have a ‘pool’ of people in Kuwait waiting for they have their own reasons to hate the US, but what are work is not only not fair to those workers but not fair for our reasons and why should we see the US as an enemy kuwait digest the mindset of Kuwaitis in general. It makes the Kuwaitis and not a friend or an ally or just a big country with vast look even more prejudiced and dependant on these work- interests across the world that impact every single coun- ers. And believe me, picking up a Mexican or an African in try and living soul? The distorted definition of justice the US and Italy, respectively, is not something I would be I have never been convinced than today that the war proud of. Kuwait and the Kuwaitis need to be independent, of hatred that is being waged against the Americans is which means, they must end their dependence on foreign false and prompted by shallow reasons. I do believe that By Dr Hassan Abbas workers. Why is it that a Kuwaiti feels ashamed to be a some Arab channels - and this is my own thinking - do nurse? Why is it that a Kuwaiti feels ashamed to be a have an agenda of their own and that is why they are hen you think about the debt relief scheme with regards to the financial aid that the state teacher? Or a janitor or a cleaner? These are the issues that stoking these tensions. need to be tackled. These are social issues that need to be For example, during the revolution in Egypt, Al that the parliament approved of last week, bestows. you find that it has nothing to do with fair Maybe the parliament meant addressing the error addressed by both the people and the government. A Jazeera played a significant role in promoting the image W good education and a well informed ad-campaign is what distribution of wealth as the lawmakers claim. It which caused the loans to become so bloated when of the new rebels and the Muslim Brotherhood. Today, a government can contribute but having and maintaining we can clearly see how we were misled, or at least some could be considered a grant, or a financial aid, a MPs talked about ‘justice’? In that case, we have to a mindset to work is up to the Kuwaitis. Work in any legiti- of us viewers were. I am one of those who want to be charity or anything else but certainly not something admit that the said error has resulted in two things: mate field and be proud of whatever you do. cautious when we speak about the current scene in done to achieve social justice. One who was a violator and other who was violated. I visited Kuwait recently in 2010 for a charity event Egypt. Where is the Arab League on all this? The situa- Judging from their statements, it appears that The parliament cannot go around bringing into organized by the British Embassy and things were still the tion in Syria is really worrying and yet, nothing serious MPs as well as members of the parliament’s financial focus people struggling financially while willingly same. All of the ‘means to an end’ jobs were still manned by has been done by the Arab League. Where does the gen- committee are unaware of the true meaning of jus- accept that the violators would remain hidden. If an foreign men and women. I am not blaming them, of eral secretary stand on these issues? tice. They say that after meeting with a number of error was indeed committed, the ends of justice course, but it highlights the dependency that Kuwaitis The Arabs are confronting many serious challenges as defaulters and people struggling to repay their could only be met if both the culprit and the victim have on these workers. an outcome of the Arab Spring and its economic and loans, they sympathized with them and decided to were to be identified. Then the offender must be I am not being pompous here but just to take myself as social consequences for their countries, yet no good ease their burden. So the issue is basically about made to pay the price, while the victims should have an example, when I was growing up in Kuwait, we had came out of that spring except death and more failure people struggling with their debts’ repayment, and their rights restored - whether they were defaulters maids in our house. We had chauffeurs to drive us to our on all aspects. MPs who want to help unload some of the pressure or not and regardless of their nationality. intended destination. My parents were workaholics. We Moreover, the Arab media is blaming the Americans off their backs. If the case is that simple, then justice Where is the offender in this case? If there is a were spoilt for choice in our lifestyle. And this, I am afraid, for every single misery they face. That, surely, is not fair would be achieved by distributing wealth equally crime, there has to be a culprit. One cannot exist was wrong. My parents realized this and when we hit our and not true at all. among all people. You cannot talk about ‘fair distri- without the other. But this is a case where a crime is teens, we were told to do our own chores and earn our So, is it money or hunger for power that is driving the bution’ when public funds are used to help a group said to have occurred but there is no culprit. No one pocket money. Arab channels to shape the ideas as well as, possibly, of people while others are ignored on the grounds can buy such an argument. We lived in an affluent part of North Ahmadi and my actions propelled by hate against one of the largest that they are not suffering financial problems. A law In the meantime, MPs continue to talk about ‘jus- Kuwaiti neighbors would laugh at the sight of seeing me nations on earth? I think it might be both and the fact must guarantee equality for all. Therefore, in this tice’ as per their own definition which talks about wash my dad’s car or mow the lawn. It hurt at first, but eventually it was the money that I saw. And I am proud of that some of those who own these channels mistakenly case, we should keep the local banks and the Central equal distribution of wealth while at the same time my parents for teaching us these life values. think that the more they attack the US, the more popular Bank out of this issue and even stop talking about mentions errors committed by the banks. Achieving they will be in the Arab world. On coming to Britain about 15 years ago, I learnt a lot interests and loans. Instead, this whole theatrical dis- justice in wealth distribution is totally different than I think we need to be careful and try to filter what we and have become fully independent. I do not depend on play should be replaced with a draft law which guar- achieving justice in case of errors committed by the hear and read. We should not follow anyone blindly, like anybody to make me a cup of tea or coffee. I do not expect a herd of sheep. antees justice by achieving equality among people banks. —Al-Rai things to be done for me. I am no royalty and I do not expect to be seen that way. I suppose it is the British way of thinking and we are surely moving away from the ‘I have a kuwait digest slave’ mindset of the Raj too. This much I can say: If you ever visit London and enter a coffee shop or say, Harrods or Selfridges, chances are that you will find a Brit behind the cash till. That is because we The fight over are taught to do our job with pride, and it pays the bills for drinks after work, of course. attracting youth Many thanks and apologies if I took so much of your time. Keep writing as I read it from time to time. Jay By Dr Shamlan Y. Al-Essa Dear Badrya, he government and political powers are seeking We have been living for five years in Kuwait, trying to the acceptance and satisfaction of Kuwait youth make Kuwait our home while we pursue our careers and Tas they form the majority of citizens, and they are our children grow. Despite all the challenges that we the changing front, so it is not strange to find all parties encountered, we appreciate what the country has offered trying to lure them to their side. us. Now we are aware that different people live in different The government, led by HH the Amir held the first Kuwait. Indeed the country has to become more mature youth conference, and a new ministry was formed, and and make expats feel more welcomed. At the same time, one of the outstanding family members with many we believe Kuwait has a lot to offer to the expats while pro- ideas and ambitions on his mind...we wish Sheikh tecting its national interests. Salman Al-Sabah all success in this difficult mission. But just a brief note for your Friday morning article The question that we should put forth, is who will which was not only well written but it was a pleasure to compete with the government to attract the youth see you embracing the cause. I am certain it will reach especially that we are living in an open, free and demo- many forward thinking nationals. cratic country...can the opposing majority gain the Have a great weekend. youth’s acceptance? We do not expect that because the Philippe opposition is not in harmony and divided...some of them are loyal to the tribe, others to religious parties of all types...what about the youth of the “Democratic Center” and the National Democratic Alliance”. The In my view Nationalist and Liberal Movement is divided, while the Democratic Center Suffered defections, the National Alliance went through new elections that removed the No need youth from its presidency, and the government should pay attention to the increased influence of the political Islam groups and the Muslim Brotherhood in particu- for Kafeels lar...those parties are taking advantage of their work in government departments to spread their influence and control over youth to attract them, not to the govern- ment and its legitimate departments, rather for the reli- gious parties that are run by the Awqaf Ministry. Those groups, the Muslim Brotherhood control the Islamic NGOs or cooperative societies and use shareholders By Labeed Abdal money. The struggle between Islamic groups to gain the youth expanded to include not only the Muslim Brotherhood, but also the Salafi groups, and the tragedy is that the political Islam groups use the clergy- men who work at the Awqaf Ministry or Shareeah [email protected] College at Kuwait University to deliver lectures and reli- gious seminars for the youth in malls such as Souk Sharq, Avenues and others under the supervision of the nding the sponsorship system in Kuwait will defi- Muslim Brotherhood and some of the Sheikhs who are nitely make this country once again a welcoming brought from Saudi Arabia to deliver religious lectures Ehub for all those who choose to live and work in in youth Mosques or Sabhan Mosques, as on Friday Kuwait, instead of any other place. March 29th a gathering was organized under the slo- Scrapping of the sponsorship condition will also end gan “Islamic Culture”, another seminar was organized in the menace of marginal workers and will ensure that Wafra near Kilo 13, at 9:00 pm for youth only, and prizes Kuwait remains open to professionals and committed worth KD 10,000 were distributed, as the program con- labour force. tained many attractions to the youth. Many expats will take that option as they admire The question that we would like to present to the Kuwait and want to stay in a legal manner. They celebrate Awqaf and youth ministers, do those activities repre- along with Kuwaitis all their national days and events. sent the government’s or the political Islam groups Leaving open the option of either going in for the new views? Bearing in mind that Awqaf Ministry pays the system or sticking to their original sponsors is a good start money to the contestants, and it could be the centrism to remedy the situation as it will help retain and nurture committee at the ministry which is dominated by the good working relations. There are many success stories Muslim Brotherhood. The government today faces that are a result of cooperation between the expats and strong opposition from political Islam groups, particu- local citizens and we want businesses to grow bigger and larly the Muslim Brotherhood and Ummah party, and in attract even more investments. Establishing a new recruit- financing those parties...all what we want from the gov- ment authority will add to the ministerial efforts to com- ernment is to implement the law and not allow reli- bat the visa trade market. It will also come as a reassur- gious parties to use its facilities and NGOs to achieve ance for those who follow the law and do not want any their partisan interest! — Al-Watan headaches on this count. MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013 LOCAL News in brief Sunni, Shiite criticism

Arab Fund grants Egypt KD 44m CAIRO: Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Dr. Ashraf El-Arabi signed here yesterday for mosque’s attack with the Director General and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development Abdul Latif Yousef Al-Hamad a 44-million Fourth attack on Baharna Mosque Kuwaiti dinar (KD) loan agreement to finance a project for rail signals electrification. El-Arabi said in a state- KUWAIT: Two former Islamist lawmak- at instigating sectarianism in society” located in the Daiya district, drew Ahmad Al-Hmoud Al-Sabah. ment today that this came during his participation in ers criticized a recent attack on a Shiite and said “it is the Interior Ministry’s duty strong reactions from the parliament Meanwhile, the Justice and Salam the annual meetings of the joint Arab bodies and finan- mosque in Kuwait and demanded swift to thwart such tactics.” with MPs demanding an immediate Assembly, a Shiite political group, indi- cial institutions, held in Dubai recently, referring to the role played by the Fund in supporting the process of operations to “catch the perpetrators” Fellow Sunni politician and former investigation to uncover the plot cated in a statement that the attack economic development in general and Egypt in particu- and “thwarts such ill endeavors aimed at MP Dr Waleed Al-Tabtabaei criticized behind the recurrent assaults. “proves that there are malicious lar. He said he looks forward to continued cooperation damaging the national unity.” the attack and accused the perpetrators “Efforts are needed to arrest the per- attempts to damage our national unity,” with the Fund and to focus in the next phase on pro- “We condemn the attack on the of “seeking to create sectarian turmoil in petrators as soon as possible and and blamed the “government’s weak- grams aimed at overcoming the challenges facing Baharna Mosque and call for swift inves- the country.” He urged the public to expose the people behind these so that ness” for its recurrence. Egypt and the Arab Spring countries, foremost the issue tigations to expose the perpetrators,” “stand united in the face of sectarian- they can be prosecuted as well,” MP Several MPs, most notably Safa Al- of unemployment among young people and the impor- former MP Mohammad Hayef posted on ism.” Khalid Al-Shatti said in a statement Hashem and Faisal Al-Duwaisan, tance of supporting the private sector as the two issues his Twitter account on Saturday. He fur- The attack, which is the fourth of its addressing the First Deputy Prime demanded the minister’s resignation have a positive impact on the future of the develop- ther called the assault “an action aimed kind against the Baharna Mosque that is Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh over the incident.— Al-Rai ment process.

Expat doctors salary increase KUWAIT: Health areas began receiving applications of expatriate doctors salary increase in order to send them to the Ministry of Health. Al-Sabah health area director Dr Adel Al-Asfour said the area began receiving applica- tions about a month ago, estimating the number of such doctors who are eligible for the increase at 1,020 doctors.

Bahrain-Kuwait Committee meeting MANAMA: The Higher Bahraini-Kuwaiti Cooperation Committee is scheduled to hold meetings in Kuwait today, eying stronger bilateral cooperation and coordi- nation between the two Gulf states, the Kuwaiti Ambassador to Bahrain Sheikh Azzam Mubarak Al- Sabah said. The Ambassador said in remarks to KUNA that this meeting comes to serve the interests and boost development in the two countries, and would introduce new fields of cooperation between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. The meeting will witness the signing of several agreements in various fields, Sheikh Azzam added. Municipality, Audit Bureau team inspects slaughterhouses

KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality of domestic poultry from microbe and control it in accor- 12-3-2013. The committee rec- Otaibi added that a ministerial organized in coordination with Salmonella microbe, several dance with the rules applicable ommended Ministry of decision has been issued about representatives of the Audit coordination meetings between in the slaughterhouses. Commerce representative to fol- ban of importing all kinds of Bureau a surprise field visit to a the two sides had been held in Meanwhile, Chairman of low up issuing the ministerial birds from Germany, and ban of poultry slaughterhouses in this regard. Food Safety Committee decree, which calls for tempo- important of cow meat from Jahra Governorate for the Audit She added that the aim of Mohammad Ghazi Al Otaibi rary ban on all kinds of birds Brazil. Bureau to become acquainted these meetings is to probe announced the recommenda- (fresh, chilled, frozen, and treat- He pointed that Ireland has with the safety measures taken actions taken by the municipali- tions taken by the committee in ed) in all its kinds and eggs from added to lift the ban on import- by the municipality in this ty to curb the spread of this its session no. 3/2013 held on the Kingdom of Denmark. Al ing Irish meat, the subject was regard. postponed waiting results of The visit included a tour on final report from GCC general Municipality urges all processing stages inside the secretary office, who sent a del- slaughterhouse starting from egation to Ireland during the campers to abide slaughter, through cooling month of February which rooms and laboratories for included a field visit to slaugh- by regulations examining chicken and ending ter houses and cow farms and KUWAIT: The Deputy Director for Public Relations at with packing. cattle farm and based on the Kuwait Municipality, Abdul Mohsen Aba Al-Khail, Director of Coordination awaited report a decision will be announced that camping period ended on March 31, just department in the municipality taken in due course. Regarding like every year. He said any camps still found in the desert Awatef Al-Matrood said in a lifting Greece from the black list area would be in considered in violation of the norms and statement on this occasion that of importing animal products will be removed. He called upon the campers to abide by based on the directives of the and meats and live cows from the municipality regulations. Director General of the EU countries. They recommend- Aba Al-Khail said that surprise checks carried out by Municipality Engineer Ahmed ed that all European countries Kuwait Municipality helped curb various kinds of viola- Al-Subeih on the need for coop- to apply to agriculture authority tions. eration of various bodies of in order to know requirement In this respect, officials entrusted with public cleaning Kuwait Municipality with the needed for live animals and at Sulaibiya, in cooperation with public relations depart- Audit Bureau on the safety issue KUWAIT: Municipality and Audit Bureau team. traded meats. — Agencies ment personnel, carried out an inspection campaign in camping areas in Jahra governorate at Sulaibiya area between Fifth and Sixth Ring Roads. Al-Sulaibiya center supervisor, Sultan Al-Shimmary, said that the center was helping in collecting the leftovers from the camps and transporting this garbage to the dumping site. He said the cleaning operations at camping sites were on, and the 40 truckloads of leftovers were already removed besides removal of 20 camps. Aba Al-Khail called upon all citizens and expats to lodge any complaints at hotline number 139 that operates around the clock.

Workers seen collecting leftovers from camps. MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013 LOCAL Traders advised not to rely on internet forums in stock

KUWAIT: Traders are advised not to Chairman of Kuwait’s Traders of the listed companies and it publish- rely on information published on eco- Society Mohammad Al-Tarrah echoed es the accurate reports about these nomic internet forums in taking any a similar view. “Some companies even activities on its official website,” Al- stock-related decisions, economists leak untrue positive information to Naqi told KUNA. said Sunday, warning that traders they these websites to mislead traders,” Al- “But some small companies and could fell into the trap of speculators Tarrah told KUNA. speculative groups publish inaccurate who use these websites to pass inac- “Taking the information and reports about their unreal activities on curate information to help them make reports published by those forums for these forums to deceive traders and gains. guaranteed, could cost traders dearly,” make some gains.” “The majority of information pub- he cautioned. Al-Tarrah urged traders Meanwhile, trader Khaled Al-Ali lished on the economic forums is not to be cautious and aware of the dan- argued that traders resort to econom- reliable,” Financial analyst Nayef Al- gers of these forums. ic forums due to the acute shortage of Enzi told KUNA. For his part, economist and accurate official information about “Nearly 80 percent of what is being Chairman of the Kuwait Industries the listed companies’ future deals. published on these websites are Company Mohammad Al-Naqi said “Despite of the high rate of errors unstudied, personal analyses and the listed companies are obliged, as and risk, these forums are considered forecasts.” Al-Enzi warned traders per law, to unveil everything about its the sole source of information for against depending on incredible and economic performance and deals. some traders about the deals that unspecialized sources of information “The Kuwait Stock Exchange is also some companies intend to sign, in taking such highly important committed to implement all trans- which help traders make gains,” Al-Ali investment decisions. parency rules regarding the activities said. — KUNA Winners selected for Arab Gulf Bank hosts INJAZ job Parliamentary Awards shadow program for students KUWAIT: Gulf Bank recently hosted a KUWAIT: The Arab Parliamentary tomorrow. Meanwhile, Kuwait will do meeting a great success,” he said. Job Shadow day as part of INJAZ Excellence Award organising commit- all in its power to render the Arab Al-Maeuf unveiled that there are Kuwait’s Program. During compre- tee have selected the winning candi- Parliament’s upcoming session, to kick five proposals, from Sudan, Morocco, hensive sessions held, 23 students dates in a meeting yesterday, said its off here tomorrow, a great success, said Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, from Abdullah Al Rujaib Boys School president and Kuwaiti parliamentary Arab Parliament member and Kuwait and Qatar, to amend the charter of the received presentations from Gulf Bank caucus secretary Ali Al-Omair. MP Abdullah Al-Maeuf. pan-Arab organization. personnel about the banking industry “The award has been divided into a In statements to KUNA yesterday, He noted that the proposals include and the skills required to succeed in a number of categories, the first of Al-Maeuf, member of the Arab an amendment to the voting rules at modern office environment. which relates to parliamentary chiefs, Parliament’s charter amendment com- the Arab parliament. “The committee The day included visits to two dif- including Bahrain’s Shura Council pres- mittee, said Kuwait will not push for will thoroughly discuss the proposals ferent Gulf Bank branches. The stu- ident and the speaker of Yemen’s granting priority to a certain issue on and write a report to be presented to dents first visited Al Saleh Building, House of Representatives. We dis- the meeting agenda. the general session for final approval,” where they met with the Bank’s played the credentials of each of the “Kuwait only aims to render the he said. — KUNA Learning and Development Team for a candidates and selected one after vot- brief introduction about job functions ing,” he told reporters. at the Bank. Each student received a The second category, most distin- booklet about Gulf Bank’s history, guished Arab parliamentary personali- Amazing offers on auto vision, promises, and core values to ty, involves three candidates from help them better understand how the Kuwait, Sudan and Lebanon, while a finance from ABK & Al Babtain Bank operates. Following this initial session, students were split into group third category for secretary-generals KUWAIT: In collaboration with clients can enjoy discounts up to for branch visits, visiting either involves candidates from the United Abdul Mohsen Al Babtain (Renault, KD 250 when financing their car Audiliya branch or MAK branch, to see Arab Emirates and Lebanon. Nissan, Infiniti and Citroen), ABK with ABK amongst other benefits”. firsthand how the Bank interacts with After putting forth its decisions, the announces the provision of auto Lockie added: “ABK, keen to be its customers and delivers its services. award committee will await the ver- financing services to its clients who unique in the services and products At the end of the sessions, the stu- dict of the Executive Board of its want a new car but need financing offered, including Auto financing, dents met with the Executive patron the Arab Inter-Parliamentary for it. offers special packages on various Manager of Learning & Development, Union (AIPU). Stewart Lockie, GM Retail bank- vehicle brands with the largest Human Resources, Zeyad Al-Resheed, “It was difficult determining the ing, said “Auto Finance is one of the international car agencies”. who provided them with some winners of the awards due to the most important types of financing It is worth mentioning that in advice and guidance that might help efforts of each. We hope to God that as it is related with an essential addition to the discount announced, them develop their problem-solving the committee members were up to product which is an integral part of ABK offers more advantages like skills and overcome the challenges in the task in their decision,” he said. our lives. ABK strives to provide financing up to KD 15,000 without different working areas, especially in The awards will be handed out dur- easy and affordable ways to fulfill the obligation of transferring the the banking sector, with the view to ing the 19th Arab Inter-Parliamentary its clients’ needs; with this offer salary to the bank. Union Conference, to held in Kuwait encourage them in the future to join Gulf Bank which provides suitable job opportunities for young talents. Moreover, each student was reward- ed for completing the session, and a fun competition was held where stu- dents were given the opportunity to answer questions about what they learned and a prize was given to the winner. critical areas of youth and education. ing the importance of operating as a Gulf Bank’s partnership with INJAZ The Job Shadowing program gives team. Gulf Bank looks forward to Kuwait on the Job Shadowing pro- the Bank an opportunity to present building a prosperous future for gram is based on the Bank’s 2013 itself to Kuwait’s future business lead- Kuwait’s next generation and by join- Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) ers, increasing their understanding of ing forces with INJAZ Kuwait the Bank strategy, which is focused on the two the banking industry and demonstrat- is confident of achieving great results. Kuwait ranks 4th among Arab states in ad spending: PARC

KUWAIT: Pan Arab Research Center (PARC) announced tively large difference, amounting to 4.2 percent of the yesterday that Kuwait ranked fourth among Arab states total to record a slight rise compared to its share in the in advertisement spending last year with an expenditure same period of 2011 that reached 41 percent. amounting to USD 969 million, following the United Statistics also showed that magazines came in third Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. with four percent, dropping 16 percent compared to last Statistics showed that the volume of advertisement year’s spending, while radio came fourth with 1.0 per- spending in the first half of 2012 in Kuwait was equiva- cent worth of spending. lent to that of 2011, reaching USD 969 million as it PARC, based in Dubai, is a qualified research and amounted to USD 966 in 2011, PARC said in a press state- information system house founded in 1976 to contibrute ment issued yesterday. in all areas of marketing, providing information about Newspapers have maintained their share of the total marketing problems to offer data, advice and consultan- advertisement spending for 2012 compared to 2011’s, cy services that marketing managers in the Arab world which still occupies the first place among all media out- can use. PARC operates through a network of full-fledged lets with 52 percent of the total to record a slight decline independent branch offices in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, compared to the rate in 2011, PARC’s study statement Kuwait, Qatar, Sultanate of Oman, Lebanon, Egypt, added. Television ads came in second place with a rela- Jordan and Yemen. — KUNA Kuwait to host fifth Euromoney conference today KUWAIT: Euromoney Conferences opens its fifth confer- ence today at the JW Marriott Hotel in Kuwait. The theme of the conference is ‘Financial Sustainability, Regulatory Capacity - the Challenge of Change’. This unique event led and moderated by the Euromoney edito- rial team, will take an in-depth look at Kuwait’s public finances and its macroeconomic position. The discussion panels will address key areas including public finances, funding sources, the role of international business and Kuwait’s position in the region. Mustafa Jassim Alshamali, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, State of Kuwait, and Dr Mohammad Yousef Al-Hashel, Governor, Central Bank of Kuwait, will open the event, which is co-hosted by the Kuwaiti Ministry of Finance. The event will gather senior Kuwaiti financiers and inter- national investors for a focused one-day discussion which will define the economic agenda for the upcoming year. In an earlier statement, Richard Banks - Director for Emerging Markets at Euromoney Conferences - announced that he is delighted to return to Kuwait to continue this KUWAIT: A local citizen has taken agriculture on a new conference. He pointed out that the issues to be tackled level. He has harvested home-grown tomatoes with a this year are more relevant than ever. special twist. One of the tomatoes (see picture) resem- The Euromoney Kuwait Conference combines bles a face. Citizen Ali Al-Kandari stopped by the Kuwait Euromoney’s unique perspective on global events with an Times building yesterday to show a homegrown tomato in-depth financial analysis of the State of Kuwait. It will shaped as a human face. Al-Kandari found the unique look at how and where Kuwait and its international part- tomato at the garden of his house in Al-Qusour district ners can make meaningful decisions to create financial sus- of the Mubarak Al-Kabeer governorate. — Photo by tainability for the future. Ahmad Jabr MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013

In Baghdad, varied life UAE coup trial offers window into Gulf fears paths since statue felled Page 8 Page 8 Christian mourners, police clash in Egypt Egyptian judiciary urges top prosecutor to leave

CAIRO: One person was killed yesterday in clashes offering him an honorable exit, a step toward ending outside Cairo’s Coptic cathedral following funeral a long-running crisis within the judiciary over the prayers for four Christians killed in sectarian violence, appointment. During the past two weeks, Abdullah an Egyptian health ministry official said. “There is one has issued summons against several media celebri- fatality in (Cairo’s) Demerdash hospital,” Ahmed Al- ties critical of Morsi, Egypt’s first freely elected presi- Ansari told AFP. dent. They included popular TV satirist Bassem Egypt’s highest judicial body yesterday urged the Youssef, who was accused of insulting Morsi and nation’s top prosecutor to step down less than five Islam. The satirist was released on bail. months after the president appointed him, reflecting The train drivers and conductors went on strike persistent turmoil in the government’s upper echelon yesterday to demand better pay in yet another in a that has often been accompanied by violence. Also string of work stoppages during the past two years. yesterday, Christians angered by the killing of four Transport Minister Hatem Abdel-Lateef approved a fellow Christians in weekend sectarian violence 10 percent hike in bonuses routinely given to all rail- clashed with a mob throwing rocks and firebombs way workers but train drivers and conductors reject- outside the gate of St. Mark Coptic Orthodox ed it as too little and went on strike. They are mem- Cathedral in Cairo. bers of a national union representing all railway At least 21 people were injured in the clashes, workers. Thousands of angry passengers crowded according to the head of the national ambulances train stations. Video footage aired by several TV net- services, Mohammed Sultan. Two local journalists works showed deserted platforms and empty trains were among those injured, one seriously, according heading nowhere. The head of Egypt’s Railways to their newspapers. The surprise statement from the Authority, Hussein Zakaria, threatened legal proceed- Supreme Judiciary Council came on a day when ings against train drivers who called for the strike. Egypt’s railway services came to a halt because of a Speaking to MENA, he said the strike caused “total strike by train drivers and conductors. The strike paralysis” of train services, and that additional public snarled inter-city transit in the nation of some 90 mil- buses were sent to the streets to deal with the back- lion. log of passengers between Cairo and other cities in Carried by the official MENA news agency, the the Delta, and Alexandria on the Mediterranean. statement urged the chief prosecutor, Talaat Yesterday’s clashes outside the Coptic cathedral Abdullah, “to express a wish” to return to his previous began when hundreds of angry Christians began an job as a judge for the sake of the unity of the judici- anti-government march after the funeral, chanting ary. Abdullah’s appointment in December set off slogans against Morsi, just as several thousand did protests by many judges and fellow prosecutors, who earlier during the funeral service for the four slain CAIRO: Egyptian Coptic Christians women mourn during the funeral service for four Christians killed in sectarian called it illegal. It set off days of protests outside his Christians. Soon after they left the cathedral’s com- clashes in Al-Khusus earlier this week, at Al-Abbassiya Cathedral yesterday. — AFP office in downtown Cairo. The protests forced him to plex, a mob, described by witnesses as residents of tender his resignation, but then he withdrew it and the area, pelted them with rocks and firebombs, forc- ic among women and children who attended the chanted slogans against Morsi, calling on the stayed in office. A court ruling last week annulled the ing them to return to the sprawling cathedral com- funeral. Video footage aired live on the private ONTV Egyptian leader to step down. They shouted “Leave!” presidential decree appointing Abdullah, but he has plex. They also showered the protesters with rocks network showed young men on the roof of a building and “This is our country, we will not leave.” Coptic continued to carry out his duties. There was no word from the roofs of nearby buildings, according to wit- adjacent to the cathedral firing handguns toward the Christians make up about 10 percent of Egypt’s esti- immediately available from Abdullah on his plans. ness Ibrahim el-Shareef. compound. mated 90 million people. They have long complained Removing Abdullah has been a key demand of the Riot police later arrived, firing tear gas at the The four Christians, along with a Muslim, were of discrimination. Attacks against Christians have mostly liberal and secular opposition. Yesterday’s call Christians and the mob. Several tear gas canisters killed in clashes on Saturday in a town north of Cairo. increased since the ouster two years ago of autocrat by the council of the judiciary appeared aimed at landed inside the cathedral’s grounds, causing a pan- Inside the cathedral, several thousand mourners Hosni Mubarak.— AP Iran nuclear talks at impasse

ALMATY: Talks between world powers and Iran to find a the world powers that proposes easing some sanctions solution to end tensions over the Iranian nuclear drive against the Islamic republic in exchange for Tehran curbing have once again hit an impasse, even if the diplomatic its uranium enrichment activities. But Western officials process is not yet seen to be at risk of collapsing. complained that Iran had failed in these talks to give “a Negotiators from world powers came to the snow-peaked concrete, comprehensive and complete response” to the city of Almaty for the latest round of talks with cautious offer on the table despite earlier statements of good will. optimism that they could make some progress following “There is a tremendous lack of trust-distrust-on both sides,” an encouraging February meeting at the same venue. But a senior US official said on condition of not being identi- the talks ended with both sides-according to EU foreign fied. policy chief Catherine Ashton-”far apart” amid dogged “It is fair to say that Iran is willing to take very limited insistence from Iran that its nuclear “rights” be recognised. steps on its nuclear programme while expecting very sig- The sticking point was the contents of a package from nificant results in return,” the official added. US Secretary of State John Kerry, on a visit to Turkey on yesterday warned: “This is not an end- less process.... You can’t just talk for the sake of talking.” The intransigent mood for the Almaty talks was set when chief Iranian negotia- tor Saeed Jalili-a hardliner close to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei- demanded immediate recognition of Iran’s “right” to enrich uranium. The world powers-com- prised of the five perma- nent UN Security Council members and Germany and known collectively as the P5+1 — suspect Iran har- bours ambitions to build an atomic bomb under the guise of its civilian nuclear energy programme. That view has been supported by Iran’s refusal to fully cooperate with UN nuclear inspectors and its failure to disclose in a timely manner the existence of a mountain bunker called Fordo that enriches uranium to high levels just a few technical steps from weapons-grade material. Iran’s top foe Israel meanwhile watches the inconclusive process with impatience and has not ruled out air strikes against Fordo and other sites should the negotiations drag on. The United States has maintained that it, too, is keeping the option of military action open if all else fails. With stakes so high, neither the P5+1 nor Iran want the negotiations to collapse. But Iran’s nego- tiating position is compli- cated by presidential elec- tions in June in which Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad must step down after the maximum two terms. —AFP INTERNATIONAL MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013 Donors meet to rebuild, support Darfur region Britain pledges $16.5m aid boost DOHA: Representatives of donor countries and aid groups met yes- terday to endorse a strategy to rebuild Sudan’s Darfur region, where a decade-long conflict shocked the world with atrocities BAGHDAD: A combo of pictures taken on April 9, 2003 shows Iraqis watching a stat- against civilians. “Peace time has ue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein covered for a short time with a US flag (left) begun in Darfur. A peace that will and then being brought down in Baghdad’s Al-Fardous (Paradise) square. — AFP be protected by development, not by force,” said Qatari Prime Minister In Baghdad, varied life Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem Al-Thani, opening the two-day meeting attended by some 400 delegates. paths since statue felled The conference, which has faced criticism inside Darfur itself, was BAGHDAD: It was an iconic moment, troops were as bad for Iraqis as Saddam agreed under a July 2011 peace viewed by people around the world on tel- had been. But, he added: “Let’s be honest, deal which Khartoum signed in the evision, that came to symbolise the fall of without the Americans, Saddam would Qatari capital with an alliance of Iraq’s capital Baghdad on April 9, 2003. But have been here for 100 years!” Still, watch- rebel splinter groups. It seeks sup- residents have competing memories of the ing Saddam’s statue fall remains an port for a development strategy decade since the statue of Saddam Hussein unblemished memory for him. “People requiring $7.2 billion (5.5 billion was famously toppled in Firdos Square, were running, just to hit the statue, some euros) for a six-year effort to move among them three men-Hilal Al-Dilfi, Qais people were clapping, others were crying,” Darfur away from food handouts Al-Sharaa and Bassam Hanna-who work he recalled. “Me, I felt a sense of happiness, and other emergency aid, laying just metres (yards) apart. In the years since, of well-being.” Across the square, Qais Al- the foundation for lasting develop- tens of thousands have been killed in bru- Sharaa has more mixed emotions. A para- ment through improved water tal violence, the American military pres- medic by training, Sharaa set up shop as a facilities, roads and other infrastruc- ence rose to 170,000 troops before the US hairdresser in 2002, serving the Saddam- ture. withdrew completely, and countless Iraqis era elite, from senior military officers to DARFUR: Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic cooperation (OIC), Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu (left) “This conference is a unique speaks during the International Donors Conference for Reconstruction and Development yesterday. —AFP fled the country, fearing for their lives or in ministers. As American troops advanced in opportunity for Sudan and Darfur search of better opportunities. Baghdad, he pared down his shop to the to turn the destiny of this conflict- elites. will help the poorest to get the said Kuhnel. He said not all funds In that time, Dilfi, Sharaa and Hanna bare essentials for fear of looters, before lat- ridden region,” said Jorg Kuhnel, In response, government- help they need to stand on their need to be mobilised immediately. have lived very different lives, reflecting er closing up entirely and watching the team leader of the UN backed Arab Janjaweed militia own and make them better able to “We need to be able to start and competing histories of Iraq as the country statue fall on television. “I can tell you that Development Programme in committed atrocities against civil- cope when crises occur.” The devel- receive sufficient funds to build marks a decade since the US-led entry into we did not want Saddam, he did not help Sudan. In his speech, Sudanese Vice ians, prompting the International opment strategy calls for agricultur- credibility of the process and the Baghdad. Sitting at his tiny desk on the this country,” said Sharaa, sporting thick President Ali Osman Taha urged “all Criminal Court to issue an arrest al upgrades, access to financing strategy,” he added. Some 1.4 mil- square in central Baghdad, Hilal, a small- but greying hair and an immaculately armed groups to make the historic warrant for President Omar Al- and other measures to help lion people have been displaced by time money changer, is unequivocal: life trimmed goatee. “But I felt sad that Iraq was decision to respect the will of the Bashir over alleged war crimes, Darfuris support themselves under Darfur’s decade-long conflict. now is better than under the Sunni-domi- invaded by America.” Sharaa recalled how people of Darfur,” referring to mili- crimes against humanity and geno- a more effective system of local Yesterday, displaced people nated regime of Saddam, who was eventu- American soldiers would regularly visit his tants who have so far refused to cide. “After 10 years of emergency government. demonstrated in several camps in ally executed in December 2006. salon, but never took off their body armour join the 2011 peace agreement. assistance, it is time to start rebuild- While the worst of the violence Darfur, demanding that security As a Shiite living in the slum neighbour- or let go of their rifles, even as he cut their The head of the Darfur Regional ing communities in Darfur, and has long passed, rebel-government take priority, with some saying they hood of Sadr City, he can finally worship hair. “There was no trust,” he said. “They did Authority, Tijani Sissi, said the peo- allowing them to start taking care clashes continue along with inter- would not return to their villages freely; his three sons have bright futures- not like us, and we did not like them. ple of Darfur have “high expecta- of themselves again,” Kuhnel told Arab battles, kidnappings, carjack- until peace is restored. Major insur- two of them with advanced degrees-and “They removed Saddam, but they dam- tions” from the meeting. “We AFP. ings and other crimes. But the draft gent groups rejected the Doha his lone daughter is married; he is now liv- aged the country. After 10 years now, I can expect from this conference a polit- Britain yesterday pledged at development strategy on the table pact, which UN Secretary General ing in a bigger home. “I am living in a good tell you they were here not for the benefit ical support for the (development) least 11 million pounds ($16.5 mil- in Doha says there will probably Ban Ki-moon said in January had situation,” he said, sitting underneath an of Iraqis, but for their own benefit. They strategy, accompanied by material lion, 13 million euros) for Darfur never be an ideal time for recovery, seen only limited progress in its umbrella to shield himself from the were not coming for liberation, they were and technical support, to imple- annually over the next three years and delays can only make the implementation. A breakaway fac- Baghdad heat. “Under Saddam, it was so like raiders.” Overall, Sharaa recalled the ment the reconstruction pro- to help communities to grow their process more difficult. tion of the rebel Justice and difficult, but these past 10 years have been past 10 years as bittersweet. His business gramme,” he said. The Doha meet- own food and to provide skills “We are aware that it is a difficult Equality Movement on Saturday good to me. “Saddam was crushing us, our has done well-the salon is regularly packed ing comes 10 years after rebels rose training to help people find work. international environment to became the second group to join freedoms-especially us, the Shiites.” Dilfi with men looking for a haircut, a shave, or up in the western Sudanese region “It is not good enough to simply mobilise funds. But we believe that the peace deal. It signed a “final voiced anger at the years-long American for hair threading services, all willing to pay to seek an end to what they said offer more handouts,” said Britain’s it would be a grave mistake not to agreement” with the Sudanese gov- military presence in Iraq, which only con- his relatively high rates, which start at was the domination of power and international development minis- seize this opportunity for the inter- ernment in Doha, official media cluded in December 2011, arguing that US 25,000 Iraqi dinars (about $20).—AFP wealth among the country’s Arab ter, Lynne Featherstone. “Our aid national community as a whole,” reported. —AFP UAE coup trial offers window into Gulf fears DUBAI: One is a former judge. Another is a past immediate danger, but they are definitely acting throw the UAE government and holding ties to president of the lawyers’ association in the like they are. This might even have the effect of the Muslim Brotherhood and other groups. The United Arab Emirates. Among the more than 90 accelerating dissent.” defendants pleaded not guilty and complained suspects are also teachers, civil servants, busi- Caught in between is Washington. US inter- of abuses after their arrests. ness owners and even a cousin of one of the ests are deeply intertwined with the Gulf’s Sunni Among the group - including more than a UAE’s ruling sheikhs. Prosecutors describe them sheikhs and kings, who allow American military dozen women - are several lawyers led by as members of an Islamist network seeking to bases, make major arms purchases and share Mohamed Al-Roken, former head of the UAE topple the leadership in one of the wealthiest Washington’s worries about Iran’s nuclear pro- Jurists’ Association; judges such as Ahmed Al- and most stable corners of the Middle East. gram and its expanding military profile. But the Zaabi, who has been detained more than a year; Their defenders portray the group as victims US also has raised concern about the Gulf’s and Sultan Bin Kayed Al-Qasimi, a senior figure of an Arab Spring-induced panic among Gulf clampdown on dissent, particularly the squeeze in al-Islah and the cousin of the ruler in Ras Al- Arab rulers who perceive threats from many on social media in a region that has one of the Khaimah, the northernmost of the UAE’s seven directions, including Egypt’s ruling Muslim world’s highest per capita use of Facebook and emirates. Others include university professors, Brotherhood and reformist chatter on social Twitter. businessmen and bloggers. media. But whatever emerges from the mass tri- “America is not going to abandon its Gulf UAE officials decline to discuss details of the al that began last month in Abu Dhabi also allies. There’s far too much at stake,” said Mustafa case or comment on the ongoing trial, which speaks to issues that reach well beyond the alle- Alani, an analyst at the Gulf Research Center only hand-picked media have been allowed to gations and sullied reputations in the UAE’s based in Geneva. “These crackdowns, however, observe. The next session is scheduled for April tight-knit professional communities. The case - make it increasingly hard for the Americans to 16. But senior security figures such as Dubai ISTANBUL: A handout photo shows Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan from the arrests to the court sessions to the look the other way.” For decades, the framework police chief Lt. Gen Dahi Khalfan Tamim have (right) greeting US Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday at Dolmabahce Palace in media controls on coverage - reflects a funda- for the Gulf’s ruling families has been essentially repeatedly raised alarms about alleged Muslim Istanbul. — AFP mental retooling of how the Western-allied Gulf a swap: They offered generous handouts such as Brotherhood infiltration. In October, the UAE’s states approach the business of using and keep- state jobs and discount-rate housing in foreign minister, Sheik Abdullah bin Zayed Al- ing their power. exchange for political passivity. Nahyan, told reporters that “the Muslim Kerry to Turkey: Mend Once desperate to keep political crackdowns The Arab Spring reopened some festering Brotherhood does not believe in the nation- out of sight, Gulf authorities have increasingly grievances, led by Bahrain’s uprising by majority state.” used high-profile tactics to try to keep a lid on Shiites and lower-level unrest in Saudi Arabia’s Egypt has grown increasingly bitter about the ties with Israel quickly calls for reforms. Hardly a day goes by without Shiite pockets. It also encouraged other chal- comments and crackdowns, including agree- some backlash in the Gulf Arab states, an arc of lenges to the status quo such as youth demand- ments by the six-nation Gulf Cooperation ISTANBUL: US Secretary of State John restrictions on the Gaza Strip as the stum- ruling families from Kuwait to Oman. Dozens of ing more job opportunities in Oman and Kuwaiti Council for greater security collaboration in Kerry yesterday urged Turkey’s leaders to bling blocks. “All of the embargoes should online activists and social media contributors opposition lawmakers growing bolder in politi- areas including domestic opposition. At an Arab quickly restore full diplomatic relations be eliminated once and for all,” he said have been jailed for posts deemed offensive to cal battles with the ruling clan. The UAE has not League summit last month, Egyptian President with Israel, but Turkey demanded that through an interpreter. Fixing the relation- rulers. Espionage allegations have been trum- faced street protests. Yet it has waged some of Mohammed Morsi issued thinly veiled warnings Israel first end all “embargoes” against the ship has been a long-sought goal of the peted, including Saudi Arabia’s claims last the most systematic sweeps in the Gulf against to Gulf states to respect Egypt’s policies. Last Palestinians. The Obama administration Obama administration, and the US desper- month that officials broke up a suspected perceived opposition from an Islamist society week, Egypt’s foreign ministry summoned a UAE sees the two US allies as anchors of stability ately wants significant progress by the time Iranian-linked spy ring. called Al-Islah, or Reform, which for years was envoy in Cairo for talks concerning 11 Egyptians in a Middle East amid Syria’s civil war, Arab Erdogan visits the White House in mid-May. Saudi officials, meanwhile, are considering allowed to operate on the margins as long as detained on charges of training the alleged Spring political upheavals and the threat The Turks have reveled somewhat in linking social media accounts to national IDs in a members did not push against the ruling sys- coup plotters. posed by Iran’s nuclear program. In Istanbul what they view as a diplomatic victory, move that critics fear could increase monitoring. tem. The regional turmoil, however, upended “The UAE crackdowns are definitely part of on the first leg of a 10-day overseas trip, with billboards in Ankara celebrating The country’s top cleric, Grand Mufti Sheikh the pact. UAE authorities began to see Al-Islah as wider efforts across the Gulf against what is seen Kerry met with Foreign Minister Ahmet Netanyahu’s apology and praising Erdogan Abdul-Aziz Al-Sheikh, denounced Twitter users a pathway for the Muslim Brotherhood, which as threats,” said Rori Donaghy, a coordinator at Davutoglu with the aim of firming up the for bringing pride to his country. Perhaps last month as being part of “a council of clowns.” claimed power in Egypt after the fall of Hosni the London-based Emirates Center for Human rapprochement between Turkey and Israel seeking to add to his leverage, Erdogan sig- “There is a paradox in all this,” said Christopher Mubarak and - in the UAE’s view - seeks to even- Rights. “The collective idea of security in the that President Barack Obama revived dur- naled shortly after the call that he was in Davidson, an expert on Gulf affairs at Britain’s tually bring down Western-friendly dynasties in region means we will likely be seeing more ing a visit to Israel state last month. no hurry to finalize the deal and pledged to Durham University. “There is nothing at the the Gulf. In early March, a total of 94 people arrests and more trials with narratives such as Kerry met later with Prime Minister visit the Hamas-controlled Palestinian terri- moment to suggest the Gulf regimes are in any were put on trial on charges of seeking to over- coup plots.” Recep Tayyip Erdogan before traveling on tory soon. From a US strategic sense, coop- So far, the UAE’s case against the 94-member to Israel. “We would like to see this relation- eration between the American allies has group has been built around social media posts ship that is important to stability in the only become more important as Syria’s 2- and interviews on issues such as the wave of Middle East and critical to the peace year conflict has grown ever deadlier. changes in the region and the limited public process... get back on track in its full meas- More than 70,000 people have died in voice in political affairs of the UAE, which is led ure,” Kerry told reporters at a news confer- the war, according to the United Nations, by a federation of seven ruling families. ence with Davutoglu. He said that meant but the US fears it could get even worse - In one court session, the defense lawyer tried promises of “compensation be fulfilled, by spilling into neighboring countries or to poke holes in claims about allegedly subver- ambassadors be returned and that full rela- through chemical weapons being used. sive literature favored by Al-Islah, including tionship be embraced.” Both potential scenarios have prompted works by Muslim Brotherhood writer Sayyid Turkey and Israel were once close part- intense contingency planning among Qutb, who was hanged by Egyptian authorities ners, but the relationship plummeted in Washington and its regional partners, Israel in 1966. The books, the lawyer noted, are not 2010 after an Israeli raid on a flotilla bound and Turkey included. Kerry, who noted his banned in the UAE. Dubai-based rights activist for the Gaza Strip. Eight Turks and a Turkish- twice-weekly telephone chats with Ahmed Mansour sees the trial as part of the American died. Before leaving Israel two Davutoglu, spoke of shared US and Turkish UAE’s attempts to crush any group that could be weeks ago, Obama arranged a telephone efforts to support Syria’s opposition coali- “physiologically empowered by the Arab Spring.” conversation between Israeli Prime tion. Mansour and four others - including a former Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Erdogan. The opposition has suffered from poor legal adviser to the UAE’s armed forces - were Netanyahu apologized for the incident; coordination between its political leader- among the first to face arrests for alleged anti- compensation talks are expected to begin ship and the military factions leading the state crimes in early 2011 after signing an online this week. But Davutoglu suggested that fight against the Assad regime, and from petition urging for political reforms, including full normalization of ties would probably intense infighting among those who seek free elections for parliament. “It’s clear that there take some time. “There is an offense that to guide the amorphous movement’s are some agreements between some of the has been committed and there needs to be overall strategy. Turkey has gone further (Gulf) counties, on the highest and most power- accountability,” than the US in its assistance, accepting ful levels, that no chances should be taken and Davutoglu said. He signaled that Turkey some 180,000 Syrians as refugees and no compromise should be allowed,” he said. would pursue a “careful” advance toward a sending advanced weaponry to rebels “This is happening no matter what the cost is complete restoration of relations, with fighting to overthrow Syrian President DUBAI: In this file photo, Ahmed Mansour, an Emirati blogger and a human rights activist talks and how painful that could be on internal or compensation and an end to Israeli trade Bashar Assad.—AP with his children after he was pardoned by UAE’s president and released from jail.— AP international levels.” —AP MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013 INTERNATIONAL Ambush on police in Nigeria oil region leaves 12 missing Militant group threaten to restart attacks YENAGOA: Nigerian militants have down but fears that as soon as it does nies such as leading operator Royal ambushed a police boat in the oil-pro- the militancy will restart. Omire said Dutch Shell, already contending with ducing Niger Delta region, leaving 12 the boat carrying 50 police officials industrial scale oil theft by armed officers missing and presumed dead, was heading to a funeral late on Friday gangs that saps up to a fifth of security officials said yesterday. The when it developed engine problems in Nigeria’s 2 million barrel-a-day output, ambush came days after the one of the winding creeks of the according to some government esti- Movement for the Emancipation of swampy delta region that is home to mates. the Niger Delta (MEND), the main Africa’s biggest oil industry. While attacks in the Niger Delta delta militant group prior to a 2009 “The craft developed engine prob- region have been fewer since the amnesty, threatened to restart attacks lem was now isolated and the officers amnesty, kidnapping, piracy, large- in retaliation for the jailing of leader became soft target for some hood- scale oil theft and pipeline sabotage Henry Okah by a South African court. lums, who we have confirmed were still occur on a near daily basis. Police Commissioner Kingsley Omire part of a militant group that was sup- However, MEND threatened on said the ambush was carried out by posed to be enjoying an amnesty,” Thursday to restart “a plague of militants once loyal to Kile Selky Omire said. A Nigerian security source, attacks” in an emailed statement Torughedi, who headed MEND’s who could not be named, said the 12 signed by Jomo Gbomo, a pseudonym southern wing, but denied there was a were very likely all dead. Omire said all used by the group, in response to ROME: Pope Francis incenses the altar as he celebrates a mass yesterday in Rome’s Saint John Lateran basilica, the link to the threat by the group, whose others on the boat were safe. Okah’s jailing. He was sentenced to 24 official seat of the bishop of Rome, during which he presides over a ceremony in which he formally takes posses- attacks cut oil production in Nigeria by Any resurgence of militant activity years in prison on March 26 for mas- sion of the church. — AFP around half before the amnesty. would be a blow to President terminding two deadly car bombings He instead blamed a dispute Goodluck Jonathan, who helped in the Nigerian capital in 2010 that between the gunmen and the govern- negotiate the amnesty and who is killed at least 10 people. ment over their amnesty payments - from the same Ijaw ethnic group as MEND has been largely inactive underscoring the fragility of the peace most of the militants. His administra- since most of its militants agreed to Ukraine president pardons that has been achieved in the delta by tion’s security forces are already the amnesty, although the group paying off thousands of militants to stretched by an Islamist insurgency in claimed an attack on crude oil pipeline silence their guns. The government is the north. It would also be a major owned by Italian oil and gas group Eni Tymoshenko’s close ally keen to wind the amnesty payments headache for multinational oil compa- in April last year. — Reuters KIEV: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych pardoned than 7,000 people in Kiev called by the opposition to yesterday a close ally of jailed former premier Yulia demand Yanukovych’s resignation. Tymoshenko as several thousands rallied in Kiev to protest “I am sincerely happy that I will finally be among those Montenegro votes for president his policies amid rising political tensions. Yuriy Lutsenko who like me are dreaming about an independent and walked free from a prison in northern Ukraine after European Ukraine,” he told the rally by phone. The rally was PODGORICA: Montenegrins voted Yanukovych pardoned the 48-year-old former interior min- called after pro-government lawmakers in the parliament yesterday in a presidential election ister under pressure from European Union and the opposi- last week split off to hold a session at an alternative venue tipped to give incumbent Filip tion. Yanukovuch has however earlier ruled out pardoning amid a weeks-long standoff with the opposition which Vujanovic a third mandate that would his top nemesis Tymoshenko and his decree yesterday described the rare walkout as a coup attempt. cement the ruling coalition’s grip on made no mention of her. At the rally, the opposition called for the release of all power in the economically struggling “Yanukovych signed a decree pardoning six convicted “political prisoners”. “We will fight for the release of Yulia EU hopeful. His sole challenger is for- people, including Ukraine’s former interior minister Yuriy Tymoshenko because after Yuriy Lutsenko was freed Yulia mer foreign minister Miodrag Lekic, Lutsenko and Ukraine’s former environment minister Tymoshenko should be freed too,” said Arseniy Yatsenyuk, who has managed to get the Balkan Georgy Filipchuk,” his office said in a statement. The impris- who represents Tymoshenko’s party in the parliament. state’s main opposition groups to onment of Tymoshenko and Lutsenko has drawn strong Yanukovych’s statement said the decree was in line with overcome their bickering and back his criticism from the United States while EU leaders have reforms of the country’s criminal legislation “aimed at candidacy. The vote for president, a refused to sign an important trade agreement with Kiev humanising legal norms and reducing the number of peo- largely ceremonial role in until they were released. ple held in custody”. Montenegro, is the country’s second The European Union hailed the pardon for Lutsenko Lutsenko was arrested while walking his dog in Kiev in since proclaiming independence from and Filipchuk, another Tymoshenko ally, but indicated it 2010 and had been sentenced to remain in prison until the Serbia, its decades-long partner, in expected more from the Ukrainian authorities. “A first but end of 2014 after being convicted of abuse of office and 2006. important step to deal with selective justice,” Stefan Fule, embezzlement. The pardon came after Ukraine’s high But it is seen as the test for the rul- the European commissioner for enlargement and court last week rejected Lutsenko’s appeal. Lutsenko’s ing coalition that has been in power, European neighbourhood policy, said on Twitter. Secretary health has gravely deteriorated while in detention. His under the stewardship of Milo General of the Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland added: lawyers say he had contracted hepatitis, and is now suffer- Djukanovic, a close ally of Vujanovic, “I trust that Ukraine will also follow the judgement of the ing from pancreatitis and other illnesses. In January, he since the break-up of the former Court in the case of former Prime Minister Yulia underwent an operation on his intestine. Yugoslavia in 1990s. The 58-year old Tymoshenko.” Lutsenko’s lawyer Alexei Baganets called the pardon “an lawyer has promised to focus on Lutsenko, sporting an ethnic embroidered shirt, said act of clemency in relation to a man who was illegally strengthening Montenegro as a MONTENEGRO: Presidential candidate and Montenegrin President Filip upon release from the Menskaya corrective labour facility arrested, charged and convicted”. Lutsenko’s detention led “democratic developed country” in Vujanovic casts his ballot at the polling station in Podgorica, Montenegro, in the country’s north that he would seek a meeting with to entreaties to Yanukovych from special envoys of the order to boost its efforts to join the yesterday. — AP Tymoshenko and remain in politics. “I will be in the streets, European Parliament monitoring mission to Ukraine, for- European Union and NATO. adversary of corruption. If, God will- ing for changes, and I expect them” if among people,” he told reporters after being greeted by his mer Polish president Aleksander Kwasniewski and former “I am convinced that support for ing, he becomes president, things will elected, the opposition candidate said wife Irina and friends. He also addressed a rally of more president of the European Parliament Pat Cox. — AFP our politics will be even stronger. We improve,” the pensioner said. Brussels after voting. will intensify European and Euro- opened EU accession talks with Djukanovic, a veteran politician and Atlantic integration as they are a Montenegro last June, but the an architect of Montenegro’s inde- necessity for Montenegro,” Vujanovic European Commission noted that pendence, has himself been accused said after casting his ballot in the capi- Podgorica should do more to uphold of corruption but has blasted the tal Podgorica. One pro-Vujanovic vot- the rule of law and crack down on claims as “lies”. In 2006 he was named er, 40-year-old businessman Dejan organised crime and corruption. a suspect in an Italian probe into ciga- Nuculovic, said he backed the incum- After Croatia, Montenegro is next rette smuggling and people trafficking bent president because he saw him in line among the ex-Yugoslavia that took place during the Balkan wars “as a part of the policy that leads the republics to join the 27-nation bloc. in the 1990s. But in May 2009 an country to the EU.” Lekic, 65, has made the fight against Italian court dropped the charges Braving an unusually cold and corruption and organised crime his against him. Experts say that corrup- windy day, another voter, Vukasin priority. “We live in a mire of hypocrisy tion is deeply rooted in the country of Bacovic came early to cast his ballot and corruption, in a system that 632,000 people struggling with an for Lekic, who, he hoped, would “end humiliates people. Montenegro must unemployment rate of 20 percent, and the corruption that has been ruining get its house in order,” Lekic said dur- where the average monthly salary is Montenegro for years.” “Lekic is a great ing the campaign. “Citizens are long- about 480 euros ($615). — AFP MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013 INTERNATIONAL Chavez protege invokes curse Maduro claims US-led plot to kill him CARACAS: Venezuelan acting President Nicolas Maduro said on Saturday a centuries-old curse would fall on the heads of those who do not vote for him in next week’s election to pick a successor to late leader Hugo Chavez. Maduro’s invoca- tion of the “curse of Macarapana” was the latest twist in an increasingly surreal fight between him and opposi- tion leader Henrique Capriles for control of the South American OPEC nation of 29 million people. “If anyone among the people votes against Nicolas Maduro, he is voting against himself, and the curse of Macarapana is falling on him,” said Maduro, referring MINSK: A skier glides on the water wearing military uniform and a submachine gun to the 16th-century Battle of during the comic competition “Californication 6.0” closing of the winter season cele- Macarapana when Spanish bration yesterday. — AP colonial fighters massacred local Indian forces. Senate nears gun debate, Wearing a local indigenous hat at a rally in Amazonas state, background checks pivotal a largely jungle territory on the borders of Brazil and Colombia, WASHINGTON: Congress returns today from tion, where a pivotal moment is approaching. Maduro compared Capriles and a two-week spring recess with gun control Bipartisan groups in the House and Senate the opposition coalition to the and immigration high on the Senate’s agen- are expected to present legislation as early as enslaving Spanish occupiers. “If da. Senators could start debating this week aimed at securing the US border, the bourgeoisie win, they are Democratic-written gun legislation before fixing legal immigration and granting legal going to privatize health and week’s end. But leaders also might decide to status to millions who are in the United States education, they are going to PUERTO ORDAZ: Venezuelan acting President Nicolas Maduro (center) embraces his wife Cilia Flores (left) give negotiators more time to seek a deal on illegally. That will open months of debate on take land from the Indians, the and son Nicolas Maduro during a campaign rally in Puerto Ordaz, Bolivar state, Venezuela.—AFP expanding background checks for firearms the politically combustible issue, with votes curse of Macarapana would buyers. Passing the expanded background by the Senate Judiciary Committee expected curse is that little group that They want to kill me because stantly to Chavez and playing a come on you,” he added. checks would be viewed as a victory for gun later this month. we are going to get rid of on they know I can’t be beaten in video where the former presi- Calling himself the “son” of control advocates after Democratic leaders The House is looking at a busy, if more April 14.” The opposition leader free elections,” he said at a later dent endorses his protege last Chavez, Maduro has more than made it clear that supporters were nowhere low-profile agenda in the coming weeks. In its also continued to mock rally, again alleging the com- year as his successor. close to getting a majority of votes in favor of first week back, the House will consider a bill a 10-point lead in most polls, Maduro’s twice-told story of plicity of current and former Puncturing Capriles’ public reinstituting an assault weapons ban. that would prevent the National Labor although Capriles supporters having seen the spirit of U.S. officials along with right- admiration of Luiz Inacio Lula Both measures have been a priority for Relations Board from issuing rules until a dis- are predicting a late pro-oppo- Chavez in a bird that flew over wing politicians in El Salvador. da Silva, Maduro has also been President Barack Obama since the Dec. 14 pute over administration appointees is sition surge as sympathy wears his head and sang to him last “They sent paid hitmen to kill playing a video of the former shooting at an elementary school in resolved. Among the bills that could see off from the former president’s week. me... But I won’t let myself be Brazilian president endorsing Newtown, Conn. The National Rifle action in later weeks is a measure requiring death a month ago. Capriles, While to some outsiders, talk killed. I will remain on the him too. At his rallies, Capriles Association opposes both the assault the Treasury to pay principle and interest on 40, a state governor, says of spirits and curses may seem streets with the people.” mocks Maduro as a cheap imi- weapons ban and the expanded background debt held by the public if the nation’s borrow- Venezuela needs a fresh start absurd in an election cam- The US government, and two tation of Chavez. He says checks Short of unanimous support in their ing limit is reached but not extended. after 14 years of Chavez’s hard- paign, Venezuela’s mix of former Bush administration Maduro’s track record during the own party, Democratic senators have been Other measures would prioritize pediatric line socialism, and is vowing to Catholic and animist beliefs, officials named by Maduro, president’s sickness from cancer unable to strike a deal with Republicans for research to assist children with autism and install a Brazilian-style adminis- especially in the south-central have denied and ridiculed the and after his death has wrought the votes they would need to push back- give workers greater flexibility to choose paid tration of free-market econom- plains and jungles, is fertile claims that echoed Chavez’s disaster on Venezuelans in terms ground check legislation through the cham- time off instead of overtime pay. Lawmakers ics with strong social policies. ground for such references. frequent denunciations of of a currency devaluation and ber. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D- will devote much time to the 2014 budget He ridiculed Maduro’s latest Maduro also revived accusa- assassination plots against him price rises. Venezuela’s vote will Nev., might delay debate to give bargainers proposal that Obama plans to release on speech. “Anyone who threatens tions of a plot to kill him, say- during his 14-year rule. decide not only the future of more time, underscoring how crucial the pro- Wednesday. It calls for both new tax increas- the people, who tells the peo- ing foreign mercenaries had Maduro, 50, was a bus driver “Chavismo” socialism but also posal is to the gun control drive. es, which Republicans oppose, and smaller ple a curse can fall on them, entered from Central America and union leader who rose to control of the world’s biggest oil “It’s the most pivotal piece” of Democrats’ annual increases in Social Security and other has no right to govern this with plans to spread violence become Chavez’s foreign minis- reserves and economic aid to gun legislation, said Dan Gross, president of government benefit programs, over the country,” he said at a rally in and sabotage the electricity ter and then vice president. In left-leaning nations in Latin the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. objections of many of the president’s fellow western Tachira state. “I tell you grid. his daily campaign rallies, America and the Caribbean from Also high on Congress’ agenda is immigra- Democrats.—AP here, all Venezuelans, the real “The third aim is to kill me. Maduro has been referring con- Cuba to Ecuador. —Reuters Pastor Rick Warren’s son commits suicide

LAKE FOREST: Popular evangelical I know I’m going to heaven. Why can’t Pastor Rick Warren asked members of I just die and end this pain?’” Warren his Southern California church for recalled. Despite that, he said, his son prayers as he and his family coped lived for another decade, during with the apparent suicide of his 27- which he often reached out to help year-old son. The church said on others. “You who watched Matthew Saturday that Matthew Warren took grow up knew he was an incredibly his own life at his Mission Viejo home. kind, gentle, and compassionate man,” Matthew Warren struggled with men- Warren wrote. “He had a brilliant intel- tal illness, deep depression and suici- lect and a gift for sensing who was dal thoughts throughout his life, most in pain or most uncomfortable Saddleback Valley Community Church in a room. He’d then make a bee-line said in a statement, after his body was to that person to engage and encour- found Friday night. age them.” “Despite the best health care avail- Another pastor will preach in able, this was an illness that was never Warren’s place on Sunday as part of a fully controlled and the emotional previously planned sermon series, pain resulted in his decision to take church spokeswoman Kristin Cole his life,” the church said. Allison said. The elder Warren founded O’Neal, a supervising deputy coroner Saddleback Church in 1980, according for Orange County, declined to release to his biography on the church web- the cause and manner of death pend- site, and over the years watched it ing an autopsy of the young man. grow to 20,000 members. He and his Matthew Warren Rick Warren, the author of the mul- wife, Kay, began by holding Bible church sponsored a presidential timillion-selling book “The Purpose studies for people who weren’t regu- forum with Barack Obama and John Driven Life,” said in an email to church lar churchgoers. Matthew Warren was McCain. Obama and Republican staff that he and his wife had enjoyed the youngest of their three children. nominee Mitt Romney were invited to a fun Friday evening with their son. As Saddleback grew over the years, it a similar forum last fall, but Warren But their son then returned home to spread out from its Lake Forest head- canceled it several days beforehand, take his life in “a momentary wave of quarters, 65 miles southeast of Los saying the campaign had become too despair.” Over the years, Matthew Angeles, adding several other cam- uncivil. Warren was named the top Warren had been treated by America’s puses and ministries around Southern newsmaker of the year for 2009 by the best doctors, had received counseling California. Religion Newswriters Association. He and medication and been the recipi- The church says it now offers more gained attention that year with his ent of numerous prayers from others, than 200 community ministries and invocation at Obama’s inauguration, his father said. support groups for parents, families, as well as with comments he made in “I’ll never forget how, many years children, couples, prisoners, addicts, the aftermath of California’s ago, after another approach had and people living with HIV, depression Proposition 8, which overturned gay failed to give relief, Matthew said ‘Dad, and other illnesses. In 2008, the marriage. —AP US field holds secrets of 1780s British POW camp

YORK: The mud of a south-central its backers can raise the last few hun- acre (47-hectare) property and last Pennsylvania cornfield may soon pro- dred thousand dollars needed to pay year The Conservation Fund paid a duce answers about the fate of British for it. developer nearly $1 million for the prisoners of war - and the newly inde- “This is an extraordinarily impor- 47-acre (19-hectare) parcel. Now the pendent Americans who guarded tant site, because so few of these Friends of Camp Security faces an them - during the waning years of the camp sites survived,” said Steve August deadline to pay off the fund American Revolution. A few miles Warfel, a retired curator of archaeolo- so it can turn the smaller plot over to (kilometers) east of York, the city that gy at the Pennsylvania State Museum the township as well. briefly served as the fledgling nation’s who is involved in the project. “It’s a Nothing about the property today capital after the Continental Congress very important piece for understand- suggests it was once teeming with fled Philadelphia, more than a thou- ing the revolutionary period, and how prisoners. The first group arrived in sand English, Scottish and Canadian people were treated when they were 1781, four years after their 1777 sur- soldiers were imprisoned at what was incarcerated.” render at Saratoga, New York. More then known as Camp Security. A 1979 archaeological study found arrived the next year after the battle The fight to preserve the plot numerous artifacts that confirmed in Yorktown, Virginia. By April 1782, where those soldiers and their captors local lore about the prison camp’s there were 1,265 men at the camp, worked and lived has lasted almost location. Two years ago, the local gov- along with 182 women and 189 chil- twice as long as the Revolutionary ernment, Springettsbury Township, dren - family members and others War itself. And the end is in sight - if took possession of an adjacent, 115- who accompanied the prisoners.—AP MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013 INTERNATIONAL

After gang-rape, India struggles to put words into action

NEW DELHI: A hundred days after India doubt whether the outpouring of anger percent of India’s police force and major molestation cases reported up until April still in shock and the trial of the men mourned the death of a gang-rape vic- from women across the country, many of recruitment changes will be needed to 3. alleged to have murdered her continues tim and vowed to fight sex crimes, the whom took to the streets in some cities, enforce the new sex crime law, which “Many women and families are in court. torn clothes and tears of Bharti Kagra will result in better protection. Carrying requires a female officer to record becoming conscious and are coming for- Lawyers have cross-examined 65 out bear testimony to a tide of violence that the clothes she says were ripped by her molestation and rape complaints. This ward to report abuse, but what is disap- of 80 witnesses, including the doctors refuses to ebb. Kagra is one of the 812 husband and brother-in-law during an ruling risks going the way of so much pointing is that after a hundred days... who tried to save the victim before her women whom police say have been assault on her, she struggles to register a legislation in India-well-meaning but rapes and all kinds of sexual offences are death. The court is also expected to sum- molested in New Delhi since the death of case at a south Delhi police station mostly ignored in practice. Rights groups not stopping,” Kumari said. The Press mon the victim’s family. One of the five the medical student, who was brutally where no female officers are present- say real change will only come when Trust of India news agency has reported men on trial for murder, robbery and assaulted by six attackers in a moving even though they are mandatory under widely held patriarchal and sexist atti- more than 250 rape cases across the gang-rape was found dead in his cell last bus on December 16 last year. the new anti-rape law. tudes change. country since the death of the Delhi month, having apparently committed The student died in a Singapore hos- “First, the men humiliated me and “I don’t see enough initiative to gang-rape victim. suicide. The sixth suspect, a 17-year-old, pital on December 29. The savagery of now when I come out to seek justice the change the mindset of the law enforce- It’s not just Indian women who have is being tried separately in a juvenile the attack triggered nationwide protests, cops insult me... some even suggested ment agencies, especially the police,” been targeted. A Swiss tourist was gang- court. prompting lawmakers to toughen pun- that I should make peace with my hus- said Ranjana Kumari, director at the raped last month while camping in cen- On April 1 the mother of the Delhi ishments for sexual offences and pledge band,” she told AFP inside the police sta- Centre for Social Research in New Delhi. tral India, an offence that led to another gang-rape victim held a small religious to make India safer for women. Optimists tion in the Moti Bagh district of the capi- However, one consequence of the Delhi flurry of negative headlines. Many ceremony in memory of her 23-year-old called it a “turning point”, while Delhi’s tal. In response to her shouts and cries, gang-rape is that women are more confi- Western countries have warned female daughter. “I prayed for her and as a under-fire top police officer said his force two policemen reluctantly register her dent in reporting sex crimes, she says. tourists to exercise caution in India, a mother, I can tell you my daughter’s soul had been “jolted” and would institute complaint. Kagra allowed AFP to use her Delhi police reported a 148-percent leap move that has hit the tourism industry will rest in peace only when the accused “major changes in the way offences name, to publicise the problems women in rape cases lodged between January 1 which earned over $16 billion from for- are punished,” she said. “She died, but against women are dealt with”. still face in registering such complaints. and March 24 compared with the same eign travellers in 2011. The family of the she has given every woman the courage Kagra’s experiences give reason to Women currently make up only 6.5 period in 2012, and a 600-percent rise in victim of the December 16 gang-rape are to fight against violence.” — AFP ‘Where is Bilawal?’

GARHI KHUDA BAKHSH, Pakistan: A cancelled rally, a expose Bilawal to the real threat of terrorism. We can’t risk loathed president and a party chairman kept out of the the life of another top leader,” he said. public glare because of Taleban threats - Gulzar Ali The Taleban have directly threatened the PPP and its Khawaja has never seen anything like it. For the first time in main coalition partners, the ANP and MQM, often his life, the once ardent supporter of the Pakistan People’s described as “secular”. During Pakistan’s last election cam- Party, which led the coalition government for five years, paign, Benazir defied repeated threats to address enor- says he won’t be voting in the general election on May 11 mous rallies across the country. When she was killed in a and doesn’t mince his words about why. Furious, with his gun and suicide attack after an election rally in Rawalpindi face red under the hot sun, he cannot believe that no in 2007, it shocked the party and the country. Aged 24, major party leader addressed the crowds on one of the Bilawal is chairman of the party but ineligible to run for most sacrosanct dates - the anniversary of the April 4, 1979 office until his 25th birthday in September. Analysts say he hanging of PPP founder, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. appears uncomfortable in public and needs to work hard “I come here all the way from Karachi to pray on the on improving his language skills. Zardari, said to be deeply anniversary and they can’t come?” said the 45-year-old paranoid about security, is also rarely seen in public. He property dealer, who drove nine hours from Pakistan’s remains deeply unpopular over a multitude of corruption financial capital to the Bhutto ancestral seat in Garhi Khuda allegations. Bakhsh. “President Asif Ali Zardari has spoiled the party,” he “We want Bilawal to come here, to see us, to talk to us said. The PPP announced it would kick-start its campaign and address the workers’ problems. We miss the love and for re-election after five years in office with a large rally on affection of his mother and grandfather,” says Muhammad April 4, but then cancelled it. Zardari, Bhutto’s widower, Urs, 41, who sells snacks in the Garhi Khuda Bakhsh market. and their son, Bilawal, addressed a small gathering, closed Urs, a life-time PPP voter, threatened not to cast his ballot to all but state media, in the middle of the night. “until they come and talk to us”. But the PPP’s Kaira dis- Bilawal, the PPP’s star attraction, appeared uncomfort- missed big rallies as winners of elections, instead pointing able, speaking haltingly in heavily accented Urdu, a mark to television and the Internet to reach larger audiences, of his upbringing in England and Dubai. He stumbled even though the percentage that has regular online access through the outgoing government’s achievements before is tiny. “We believe that our message is going all over,” he asking listeners to “promise” to vote for “Aunty Faryal” - said. But Muhammad Panah Soomro, a labourer in the vil- Zardari’s sister - who is contesting the Bhutto family seat. lage of Bangaldero, not far from the Bhutto shrine, is furi- Few party faithful who gathered at the shrine were ous. “I will show them my shoe if they will come here to impressed. “Bilawal should not listen to anyone and come seek my vote,” he told AFP. The roof of his two-room house out into the public to see the workers as his mother and was blown off by heavy rain and he has no money to grandfather did,” Khawaja told AFP. replace it. “Bilawal doesn’t come here. He’s a rich man and In contrast, their main rivals, cricket star Imran Khan and lives abroad. His father is the biggest goon and has looted KUNDUZ: A Dutch soldier stands guard at his vehicle on a road to the airport to Ali Abad district of Kunduz frontrunner former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, have away his mother’s party and wealth,” said Soomro. province yesterday. — AFP kicked off major campaigns drawing tens of thousands. Critics point out that the PPP has presided over the PPP spokesman and former cabinet minister Qamar Zaman country as the economy has worsened and security has Kaira told AFP that the party respected people’s desire to deteriorated and they blame it for failing to do more to NATO strike kills 10 see Bilawal but said the danger was too great. “We can’t improve people’s lives. — AFP kids in Afghanistan Kerry mourns ‘selfless, idealistic’ US diplomat KABUL: A NATO airstrike killed 11 airstrikes started and continued until during a trip to donate books to Afghan civilians, including 10 chil- evening,” he said in a telephone inter- Afghan students. Three US soldiers dren, during a fierce weekend gunbat- view. He said the main suspect was in also were killed in that attack. tle with Taleban militants that also left the house that was hit and the Col Thomas Collins, a spokesman one US civilian adviser dead in eastern woman and children, ages 1 to 12, for US-led forces in Afghanistan, pro- Afghanistan, Afghan officials said yes- who were killed were members of his vided new details about the adviser’s terday. The US-led coalition confirmed family. death yesterday, saying he was killed that airstrikes were called in by inter- “I don’t think that they knew that during the fighting in Kunar province. national forces during the Afghan-led all these children and women were in The two-day operation was launched operation in a remote area of Kunar the house because they were under Friday after a tip that dozens of province near the Pakistan border. The attack from the house and they were Taleban were concentrated in an area coalition said it was aware of reports shooting at the house,” he said. The in the Shigal district, Wasify said. that civilians were killed, but had no US-led coalition said it provided fire Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry said six immediate information about their support from the air, killing several Taleban militants were killed in the deaths. insurgents. operation in Sano Dara Sheltan vil- The death of Afghan civilians “The air support was called in by lage, including two senior command- caught in the crossfire of battle has coalition forces, not Afghan security ers identified as Ali Khan and Gul Raof, been a major point of contention forces, and was used to engage insur- the main planner and organizer of between international forces and the gent forces in areas away from struc- attacks in the area. Afghan government, prompting tures, according to our reporting,” Wasify initially put the casualty toll President Hamid Karzai to ban his coalition spokesman Maj Adam at 11 Taleban militants killed, and four troops from requesting airstrikes earli- Wojack said in a statement. Afghan security forces, six civilians er this year. Wasifullah Wasify, a gov- He said the International Security and 10 Taleban militants wounded. ernment official in Kunar province, Assistance Force takes all reports of But he later lowered the toll to seven said the airstrike on Saturday targeted civilian casualties seriously, and was Taleban militants killed. The different a house and killed 10 children and currently assessing the incident. figures could not be immediately rec- one woman inside. He said seven Afghan forces have been increasingly onciled, but the governor has sent a Taleban suspects also were killed and taking the lead in combat operations fact-finding delegation to the area to five other women were wounded as international forces move to com- get more details. inside the house. plete their withdrawal by the end of US Secretary of State John Kerry The airstrike occurred after a joint 2014. But US and other foreign troops mourned the death of the foreign US-Afghan force faced hours of heavy still face dangers even as Afghans take service officer killed in the bombing - gunfire from militants after launching charge of their own security. the first death of an American diplo- an operation targeting a senior The American adviser who died mat on the job since last year’s Sept. Taleban leader late Friday in the during the operation was one of three 11 attack on the US diplomatic instal- Shultan area of Kunar’s Shigal district, US civilians killed Saturday. The two lation in Benghazi, Libya. Kerry called according to tribal elder Gul Pasha, others - a female foreign service offi- the death of Anne Smedinghoff, a 25- who also is the chief of the local coun- cer with the US State Department and year-old native of Illinois, a “grim cil in Shultan. an employee with the US Defense reminder” of the danger facing “In the morning after sunrise, Department - were killed in a suicide American foreign service workers planes appeared in the sky and bombing in southern Zabul province serving overseas. — AP Musharraf can run for parliament ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former military ruler Gen Pervez against a mosque in downtown Islamabad that had Musharraf was given approval yesterday to run for parlia- become a sanctuary for militants. ment in a remote northern district after being rejected in Pakistani Election Commission officials could not be two other parts of the country, his aide said. Rashid reached for comment to explain why Musharraf is being Qureshi said election officials in Chitral, near the Afghan allowed to run in one constituency after being rejected in border, accepted Musharraf’s nomination papers. two others. Judge Syed Ikramullah rejected Musharraf’s Musharraf, who seized power in a military coup in 1999 candidacy in an area of the southern port city of Karachi but was forced to step down nearly a decade later, after Musharraf failed to appear before the court to returned to Pakistan from exile last month to run for the respond to objections raised by his opponents. His attor- National Assembly. The May 11 election will mark the first ney, Shafiq Ahmad, appeared and told the court that transition between two democratically elected govern- Musharraf would appeal the rejection of his candidacy. ments in the 65-year history of Pakistan, a country that has Musharraf landed in Karachi on March 24 after more experienced three military coups and constant political than four years in self-exile. The outgoing Zardari govern- instability. Musharraf’s two other applications to run in dis- ment forced him to step down in August 2008. Musharraf tricts in southern and central Pakistan were rejected while is viewed as an enemy by many Islamic militants and oth- a third in Islamabad is pending. ers for his decision to side with America in the response to Opponents have filed objections based on actions he the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The Pakistani Taleban took while ruling Pakistan. His opponents allege that he have threatened to kill him. Musharraf also faces legal violated the constitution by overthrowing an elected gov- charges, including some originating from the probe of the ernment in 1999, was involved in the killing of a nationalist 2007 assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir leader, ousted superior judiciary judges and ordered a raid Bhutto. — AP MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013 INTERNATIONAL Kim Jong Un’s report in March 2013 at Plenary Meeting of CC, WPK

(Inset) Kim Jong Un PYONGYANG: Respected Kim Jong Un, supreme our socialist can commit a reckless attack if one is firmly fectly. It is the most important and urgent task fac- an economic giant may be provided, free from sanc- leader of our party and the people made a historic system by strangling us through tightened sanc- equipped with the ability to make a precision strike ing our Party to accelerate the building of an eco- tions and blockades of hostile forces. We should report at the March 2013 plenary meeting of the tion, will be prolonged. with nukes and the greater and stronger the nuclear nomic power and radically improve the people’s build tourist destinations and attractions in different WPK. The US fears most our nuclear deterrence, now strike ability, the greater is the deterrent of aggres- standard of living. parts of the country including areas around Wonsan smaller in size, lighter in weight, and more multifari- sion. In case of our country in particular, our oppo- It was a lifelong wish of great Generalissimo Kim and Mt Chilbo for tourism while building economic The content of the report is as follows: ous. It is making its last-ditch effort as it knows nent is the US, the greatest nuke power in the world Jong Il to build an economic giant on this land and development areas fitting practical conditions of We’ve met here today for a plenary meeting of when we, possessor of nukes, attain economic pros- that is inflicting constant nuclear threat on us. That’s make the people live so well that they have nothing different provinces for peculiar development. the party CC to discuss and decide on an important perity, its hostile policy toward Korea will end in fail- why we should beef up the nuclear forces steadily to envy in the world. We should speed up the build- As the imperialists persist in their nuclear threat strategic line for accelerating the victory of the ure. The US hostile policy toward Korea has become both in quality and quantity. A powerful nuclear ing of an economic power and rapidly enhance the to us, we should hold fast to the line of parallel Juche revolutionary cause that originated in Mt ever more vicious of late. This can be accounted for force ensures peace and prosperity and the happy people’s standard of living as our Generalissimos growth of the economy and nuclear arms build-up Paektu, to satisfy the requirements of the present by a shift of the US strategic center for world domi- life of the people. wished. In order to be an economic giant it is neces- and further augment our nuclear deterrence. Our situation and revolutionary development. nation to Asia-Pacific region and change in the tar- The new strategic line is a realistic line to obtain sary to decisively shore up the pilot sectors of the nuclear deterrence is a means of justice for defend- Under the wise leadership of Kim Il Sung and get of its preferential strike, it being to Korea. maximum results in the economic construction and national economy and the sectors of basic indus- ing the sovereignty of the country and the nation Kim Jong Il our revolution has covered the glorious That’s why the US, picking up a quarrel with us defense buildup of the country to suit our actual tries. Only when the electric-power, coal-mining and safeguarding peace against war. When we have road of victory, bravely overcoming worst ever for our peaceful launch of satellite, deliberately conditions. Now the US and its following forces are and metallurgical industries and rail transport can a strong nuclear deterrence can we focus on the known adversities and challenges in the long and aggravated tension and, making it as an excuse, scheming to draw our country into arms race and afford to go ahead, the whole of national economy economic construction and the improvement of rigorous struggle against the allied forces of imperi- shipped in a huge armed force to conduct large- thus lay an obstacle to our efforts for the building of can make a vigorous headway. A breakthrough to people’s living without any fear of attack by the ene- alism. scale joint military exercises incessantly. The US aim an economic power and the enhancement of the victory in the present drive should be made in the my however strong he may be. The munitions Our army men and the people have been confi- is to put us without nukes and overthrow our sys- people’s standard of living. The new line makes it fields of the pilot sectors of the national economy industry should make another big stride to keep the dently dashing forward to final victory under the tem by hook or by crook. possible to direct big efforts to the economic con- and the sectors of basic industries as befitting the honor of the country growing as a matchless party’s leadership. Frightened by this soaring spirit, Recent tragic events in many countries show struction and the improvement of the people’s wel- scouts and pioneers in making the country an eco- nuclear power in the world. the enemies run wild in their scheme to isolate and that a nation cannot defend its independence and fare while further boosting national defense with nomic giant. More nukes, more accurate and smaller in size, stifle our Republic by mobilizing all political, eco- dignity, nor can it bring happiness and prosperity to less expenses without increasing defense expendi- A new turn should be made in the fields of agri- and more carrier rockets must be put out and more nomic and military strength. This has led the situa- its people when it is not strong enough. tures. We are possessed of the firm atomic energy culture and light industry, the major front for build- advance be made in nuke technology so as to tion of our country to a brink of war. Never should we forget lessons of some Balkan industry provided by the great Generalissimos with ing an economic power. We should attain the grain develop more powerful nukes. Putting the industry The important task facing us today is to foil the and Middle Eastern countries: They pinning hope their far-sighted wisdom, outstanding leadership yield target set forth by the Party by increasing the of atomic energy on update and scientific base is enemy’s machination to strangulate our Republic on big powers, failed to build up self-defensive and iron pluck and also inexhaustible uranium state investment in agriculture and do farming on the key to increasing the production of nuclear sub- and thus win decisive victory in the frontal con- national defenses and abandoned their war deter- resources. The new line is a reasonable line to beef scientific and technological basis, as required by the stances and raise their qualities for development of frontation with the US and add lustre to the honor rence, unable to withstand the imperialist pressure up the nuclear forces in reliance on our own atomic Juche method of farming. In hearty response to the more minimized and lighter nuclear weapons. of great Paektusan nation which no one dare and appeasement, falling a prey to imperialist energy industry and, at the same time, to settle the Party’s call for astonishing success in bettering the Through the dynamic struggle to push back the pounce upon. To meet the requirement of the pre- aggression at last. shortage of power; It is a correct line to fully realize people’s living, the officials and workers of the light frontiers of science, CNC technology and vailing situation and the development of revolution, Our enemies blackmailed us, saying if we do not our party’s plan and intention to cope with the pre- industry should operate light-industrial factories in unmanned technology should be introduced in the Party Central Committee puts forward a new give up nukes we cannot attain economic progress, vailing situation positively and enable the people to full capacity and thus increase the output of high equipment and production processes in the field of strategic line on parallel development of the econo- and tried to lure us, saying if we take another choice, enjoy a happy life without any worry. quality consumer goods favored by people. atomic energy industry. While developing the atom- my and nuclear arms build-up. they would help us live well off. We must hold a The new strategic line on building up the econo- We should bring the national economy on to a ic energy industry on a firm ultra-modern base of Our party’s line on parallel growth of the econo- firmer grip on our nuke treasured sword to open a my and the nuclear forces abreast is a continuation higher level of Juche-orientation and moderniza- science and technology to meet the demand of the my and nuclear arms build-up is a strategic line that broad avenue to become a strong and prospering and development of the line on simultaneously tion and also develop the national economy onto a new century we should develop independent intends to strengthen and develop the nuclear arms nation. It is a lawful demand of the development of building up the economy and defenses advanced knowledge-based economy by raising the flames of atomic electric power industry to make up for acute bequeathed to us by the great General Kim Jong Il our revolution to make a parallel progress in eco- by President Kim Il Sung and thoroughly embodied industrial revolution in the new century. Now the shortage of electricity. so as to fortify our defenses like an iron wall while nomic construction and nuclear arms build-up. by leader Kim Jong Il. At the 5th plenary meeting of level and speed of development of economy and The People’s Army should enhance the pivotal directing more efforts to economic construction to Our Songun revolutionary cause reflecting the the 4th Central Committee of the WPK in December society are regulated by the development of sci- role of nuclear forces in carrying out the strategy of build a powerful and prospering country where our life-long devotion of the great Generalissimos now 1962 President Kim Il Sung set forth the line on ence and technology. Therefore, an economic giant war deterrence and in executing war strategy and people will enjoy the benefits of socialist wealth and enters into a period of new historic change. We simultaneously carrying on the economic and we are going to build should become a knowledge- winding up the combat readiness of the nuclear glory to the full. should boost the might of Songun in every way defense construction for the first time in history and based economic giant whose motive power is sci- force. We are going to legalize our eternal grip on The parallel development of the two is an and, relying on it, build the most powerful nation, a advanced the revolutionary slogan reading “Rifle in ence and technology. the nuke deterrence , a heritage of our great gener- inevitable demand of the created situation. Taking people’s paradise where all people enjoy the happi- one hand and hammer or sickle in the other!” We should make great efforts to put the sectors alissimo Kim Jong Il. to good account of the self-defensive war deter- est life. Steadfast is our Party’s resolve to make our As the President clarified the line of simultane- of basic industries including metallurgical and We should boldly conduct external activities rence secured by life-long efforts of the great people enjoy the happiest and affluent life thanks ous construction and provided the independent chemical industries on the Juche-oriented base by with the dignity and might of a nuclear power to Generalissimos, we intended to focus on economic to Songun as they have steadily traveled only one national economy and self-reliant defense power, home-producing raw, fuel and other materials create an external condition and environment construction so that our people could enjoy the road following the Party despite of all hardships. The we have been able to firmly defend the revolution- urgently needed for building an economic giant. favorable for building a thriving nation while further benefits of socialist wealth and glory, no longer hav- efforts to develop the economy and improve the ary achievements in a great upheaval in which We should form groups for new technological enhancing the international prestige of our Party ing to put up with any hunger. But a new obstacle people’s livelihood can be successful only when socialism was frustrated in many countries. Leader development in all fields of the national economy and maintaining firm independent stand. In order has cropped up on our way ahead. they are guaranteed by strong military power, Kim Jong Il led the fierce anti-US nuclear confronta- and organically link science and technology with to expose the reactionary nature and unjustness of Last December we successfully launched an nuclear forces. We should achieve the people’s wel- tion to victory with his prominent Songun politics the economy and thus modernize factories and the US hostile policy toward the DPRK, the root earth satellite for peaceful purpose. But the US and fare and prosperity of the great Paektusan nation by and thus accomplished the great cause of possess- enterprises. cause driving us to nuclear arms build-up, and con- forces of its followers, wrangling about our satellite pushing ahead with the struggle for national ing nukes, thereby defending the Juche-based It is important to exert our efforts to develop- vince the people of the correctness and inevitability launch, invented an outrageous “resolution of sanc- defense and the building of an economic power socialism and laying a firm basis to leap to the build- ment of space science and technology in order to of our choice and the line of our Party, the external tion” of the UNSC, outlawing an independent state’s simultaneously in the spirit of the conquerors of ing of a thriving nation. develop and launch more diverse application satel- activities should be positively conducted so as to lawful right to satellite launch. What a diabolic act of space and the mettle of the performers of the high- Today we can do everything as we wish in accor- lites including communication satellite. In order to prevail over more of our supporters and sympathiz- hostility. The created situation compelled us to con- level nuclear test. dance with our confidence, will and pluck while res- bring about a turn in building an economic giant it ers. We, a responsible nuclear possessor, will strive duct the third underground nuclear test as a link of Building up the economy in parallel with the olutely smashing the US and its following forces’ is necessary to improve guidance and management for peace and security of Asia and other parts of the our practical countermeasures to defend the coun- nuclear forces is an urgent task to totally reject the vicious moves to isolate and stifle the DPRK only for economy. The state economic organs including world and honestly carry out our duty of non- try’s sovereignty and security. foreign forces’ domination and interference and thanks to the powerful nuclear deterrent built up by the Cabinet should set up practical strategies for nuclear proliferation we assume before the world Things having come this far, the US and other accomplish earlier the historic cause of national the great Generalissimos with their lifelong efforts. economic development and goals of different fields community and thus contribute to creating a hostile forces, thrown into a greater frenzy, cooked reunification, the greatest desire of our nation. Our Their services to turn our country into a nuke and different stages and thoroughly implement nuclear free world. up a more high-handed “resolution of sanction”, and nuke is a precious wealth common to our nation power of the world will shine forever in the history them. They should organize well production and All the officials, party members and working staged joint military exercises Key Resolve and Foal that guarantees the prosperity of a reunified coun- of the nation. The party’s line on increasing the guidance for a new upsurge through effective use people should turn out in the dynamic struggle to Eagle to light the fuse to a nuclear war by involving try forever. The strategic line on building up the nation’s defense capacity with the nuclear forces as of the existing economic foundation. It is necessary implement the Party’s line on parallel growth of the huge armed forces of aggression. economy and nuclear forces abreast is a correct line its pivot and accelerating the building of an eco- to research and complete the Korean-style method economy and nuclear arms build-up with the invin- Our army and the people, rallied firm around the to steadily boost our war deterrence and further nomic power is a treasured sword to bring earlier of economic management to meet the requirement cible faith and fighting spirit and thus hasten the Party Central Committee, rose as one man in a bat- accelerate the economic construction and thus bril- the building of a powerful socialist state and the of present reality. building of a thriving socialist state. tle of all-out confrontation against the US to answer liantly accomplish the cause of building of a power- country’s reunification; It is a banner to safeguard Economic management of our style embodying It is the revolutionary spirit of our army and peo- a war of aggression with a just, great war of national ful socialist state. national sovereignty and dignity generation after the Juche idea should be a socialist way of enter- ple cultivated by the great Generalissimos and their reunification. The enemies, panic-stricken by our Our nuclear forces are a reliable war deterrent generation. prise management - firmly maintaining the socialist tradition of struggle to confidently go along the extremely strong counter-measures, were too and guarantee to safeguard the sovereignty of the The new strategic line is an embodiment of our ownership of the means of production all the enter- road taken by themselves with firm faith in justice stunned to attempt any first try at us. But they have nation. Over the past 70 years since the appearance Party’s steadfast determination and will to accom- prises should independently and creatively carry and victory of their cause in any complex situation not given up the ambition to stifle our Republic. of nukes in the world the cold war has been kept up plish the revolutionary cause of Juche along the out their business activities under the unified guid- and any difficult tasks. Let all of us firmly unite Our peaceful efforts for economic construction for a long time on a worldwide scale and there have road of independence, the road of Songun and the ance of the state and the masses of producers around the Central Committee of the WPK and and for better livelihood of the people had to be been many wars, big and small, but the nuke pow- socialist road pioneered and developed by the great should perform their responsibilities and roles in dynamically struggle to carry on the economic con- accompanied by fierce struggle against our ene- ers have not undergone military aggression. Generalissimos. We should hold fast to the Party’s production and management as masters. struction and nuclear arms build-up simultaneously mies, and the US scheme for stifling our Republic, No matter where the aggressors and the bases line on implementing the economic and nuclear We should make foreign trade multilateral and in requirement of the development of revolution the scheme to destroy our nuclear deterrence and of aggression may be on the globe, no aggressor forces construction abreast and carry through it per- diversified so that a favorable condition for building and thus accelerate our final victory. Malaysia’s leader offers China to open disputed islands to tourism BOAO: China is to open disputed gers on a tour of the islands. A sec- supply ships and ports, and beef up Sansha’s “control” is disputed. The election sweeteners South China Sea islands up to ond cruise ship was being built by the infrastructure in Sansha. South China Sea is also home to vital tourism this month, state media Hainan Harbor and Shipping The city was established last sum- shipping lanes and substantial KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s leader has prom- Commission will meet Wednesday to set a reported yesterday, a move likely to Holdings Co, the report added. mer to administer more than 200 proven and estimated oil and gas ised more cash handouts for the poor along polling date. Anwar’s People’s Alliance current- inflame a long-running territorial row “The tour prices will be relatively islets, sandbanks and reefs in the deposits. Located on Yongxing Island, with cheaper cars and homes, and vowed to ly holds slightly more than one-third of with its neighbours. The plans to high due to the high costs of tourism South China Sea, which also include Sansha is home to about 1,000 peo- take tougher steps to combat corruption as his Parliament’s seats after the National Front allow tourists to visit the Paracel infrastructure construction,” Hainan- the Spratly Islands and Macclesfield ple, mainly involved in the fishing long-ruling coalition seeks to fend off a resur- endured its worst electoral results ever in 2008 Islands before the May Day holiday is based tour agency general manager Bank. All the territory within the two industry. Residents of China’s newest gent alliance in upcoming national elections. polls amid public complaints about corruption the latest stage in Beijing’s develop- Huang Huaru told Xinhua. Tan said million square kilometres (800,000 city rely on ships for fresh water and In a nationally televised address late Saturday, and racial discrimination. Although the oppo- ment of the territory, which has pre- local authorities would build more square miles) of waters under other materials. The Paracels’ only Prime Minister Najib Razak also offered sition has a strong chance at the polls, most viously angered Vietnam and caused hotel, which has 56 rooms, is also on improved transportation, education and analysts believe Najib’s coalition will have the concern in Washington. Vietnam and the island. health care in an election manifesto as he upper hand because of its support in predomi- China have a longstanding territorial Inhabitants have access to a bank urged 13 million voters to stick to the National nantly rural constituencies that hold the key to row over the Paracel Islands. Hanoi and a supermarket, photos on the Front coalition, which has ruled a large number of Parliament’s last month accused a Chinese vessel Internet show. There is a library paint- since independence from seats. of firing on one of its fishing boats ed in a salmon-coloured hue and a Britain in 1957. He promised his The opposition alliance, in a which had sailed in disputed waters basketball court shaded by palm coalition would do better and bid to break the National in the area. trees. Other pictures depict people warned that voting for opposi- Front’s hold on power, has also The plan to allow cruise tours fol- relaxing in hammocks outside their tion leader Anwar Ibrahim’s made generous promises to lows rapid development of infrastruc- modest dwellings. three-party alliance would be lower the cost of living, ture in a new city-Sansha-along with China has occupied the Paracels, akin to gambling away through cheaper cars and fuel the establishment of an army garri- known as Xisha in Chinese, since a Malaysia’s future. “This man- and free university education. It son on one of the Paracels last year. brief war with South Vietnam in 1974. date that I seek is about conti- also has vowed to create new Tourists can only visit the islands on It is a cluster of about 40 islets, sand- nuity and sustainability against jobs, raise incomes and curb cruise ships as the hotels and other banks and reefs. Taiwan, the disruption and stagnation, Najib Razak long-entrenched problems, facilities are inadequate, news Philippines, Brunei and Malaysia all about moving forward versus including corruption and racial agency Xinhua said, citing Tan Li, have rival claims to parts of the South regressing,” Najib said. “We have to safeguard discrimination, if it wins power. “This election is executive vice governor of the south- China Sea, while the United States is what we have already achieved. We cannot a race to be more populist. It is about which ern province of Hainan. also watching Beijing’s increased put at risk what we have, we cannot gamble coalition can promise to give more to Tan was speaking on Saturday at assertiveness. In his address opening away our future.” The National Front manifesto Malaysians. It’s setting a very unhealthy trend the Boao Forum for Asia, which is SANSHA: This file picture shows the sunset in Sansha, China’s China’s parliament last month, former was unveiled three days after Najib dissolved in Malaysian politics,” said Wan Saiful Wan Jan, being held in Hainan. The report newest city, anchored on a remote tropical island with coral Premier Wen Jiabao said Beijing Parliament, paving the way for a vote widely who heads the Institute for Democracy and quoted shipbuilder Haihang Group reefs, palm trees and white sand beaches giving it the allure of should “develop the marine econo- expected in the next few weeks. The Election Economic Affairs, a Malaysian think tank.— AP Corp Ltd as saying its cruise ship was a tourist idyll, under the administration of southern Hainan my... and safeguard China’s maritime ready to take almost 2,000 passen- province. — AFP rights and interests”. —AFP

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By Randall Palmer and David Ljunggren

oter fatigue with Canada’s ruling Conservatives and signs of stress within the government are putting VPrime Minister Stephen Harper under pressure to freshen up his team and policies as the telegenic son of Pierre Trudeau starts snapping at his heels. Even though the election is 30 months away - in Oct 2015 - the next few months will be a critical time for Harper, given mounting evidence in opinion polls that the Conservatives risk losing power after what would be nearly a decade in office. A dif- ferent government would likely raise corporate taxes and step up environmental controls, with costs to the energy and mining firms that lead Canada’s growth. Despite threats, risks temper Korea war tensions A string of polls in the last two months put support for the Conservatives between 29 and 32 percent, barely By Eric Talmadge means that US and South Korean forces cannot the most. North Korea says it is developing range. The B-2 is capable of carrying nuclear enough to keep them in power with an unstable minority count on being able to take them out before nuclear weapons and long-range missiles as a weapons, precision bombs that could take out government. The party, in power since 2006, won a majori- s tensions rise on the Korean Peninsula, they strike. Experts believe about 60 percent of deterrent to keep the United States or South specific targets such as North Korean govern- ty in the May 2011 election with 39.6 percent of the vote. “I one thing remains certain: All sides have North Korea’s military assets are positioned rela- Korea from attacking it first. The reasoning is ment buildings, and massive conventional don’t think you can underestimate probably the internal Agood reason to avoid an all-out war. The tively close to the Demilitarized Zone separat- that Washington will not launch a preemptive bombs designed to penetrate deep into the fatigue of the government,” said pollster Nik Nanos of last one, six decades ago, killed an estimated 4 ing the countries. North Korea’s most threaten- strike if North Korea has a good chance of get- ground to destroy North Korean tunnels and Nanos Research. The likely Conservative response: A million people. A war would be suicidal for ing weapons are its 170 mm Koksan artillery ting off an immediate - and devastating - dug-in military positions. One big problem, restating of priorities, including: a balanced budget, then North Korea, which cannot expect to defeat the guns, which are 14 long and can shoot conven- response of its own. Along with its artillery however, is determining where the targets are. tax cuts, and a cabinet reshuffle. That would give Harper United States and successfully overrun South tional mortar ammunition 40 km. That’s not aimed at Seoul and other targets in South Amid heightened tensions over North Korea’s the chance to bring in new younger ministers, and bring Korea. War would be horrific for the other side quite enough to reach Seoul, which is 50 km Korea, North Korea is developing the capacity nuclear weapons program in 1994, President Bill more women into the cabinet. Harper said last year that he as well. South Korea could suffer staggering from the DMZ. But if they use rocket-assisted to deploy missiles that are mobile, thus easier to Clinton reportedly considered a preemptive planned big cabinet changes in mid-2013, and an aide casualties. The US would face a destabilized projectiles, the range increases to about 60 km. move or hide. North Korea already has Rodong strike, but decided the risks were too high. said the plan remained on track. major ally, possible but unlikely nuclear or Chemical weapons fired from these guns could missiles that have - on paper at least - a range of The biggest external political threat comes from the chemical weapons attacks on its forward-posi- cause even greater mayhem. North Korea about 1,300 km, enough to reach several US China’s Dilemma Liberals, who have governed Canada more than any other tioned bases, and dramatically increased ten- experts Victor Cha and David Kang posted on military bases in Japan. Along with 28,000 Without China, North Korea wouldn’t exist. party, but who sank to a distant third with less than 19 sions with North Korea’s neighbor and Korean the website of Foreign Policy magazine late last troops in South Korea, the US has 50,000 troops The Chinese fought alongside the North Koreans percent of the vote in 2011, behind the left-leaning New War ally, China. month that the North can fire 500,000 rounds of based in Japan. in the Korean War and have propped up Democrats (NDP). The Liberals are banking on the possible Here’s a look at the precarious balance of artillery on Seoul in the first hour of a conflict. North Korea is not believed to be capable of Pyongyang with economic aid ever since. Beijing re-emergence of Trudeaumania, the voter excitement of power that has kept the Korean Peninsula so Even so, not everyone believes North Korea making a nuclear weapon small enough to fit has grown frustrated with Pyongyang, especially 1968 when Pierre Elliott Trudeau became Liberal prime close to conflict since the three-year war ended could make good on its “sea of fire” threats. on a long-range missile capable of hitting the over its nuclear program. China and the US minister on a wave of flower power. Trudeau’s son Justin is in 1953, and some of the strategic calculus Security expert Roger Cavazos, a former US United States. But physicist David Albright, pres- worked together in drafting a UN resolution pun- likely to be elected Liberal leader on April 14, and polls behind why, despite the shrill rhetoric and Army officer, wrote in a report for the Nautilus ident of the Institute for Science and ishing the North for its Feb 12 nuclear test. But show that helping the party enormously. seemingly reckless saber-rattling, leaders on Institute last year that, among other things, International Security, believes it may be capa- China still has valid reasons not to want the A Forum Research poll this month said they would win both sides of the Demilitarized Zone have care- North Korea’s big guns have a high rate of firing ble of mounting nuclear warheads on Rodongs. regime to suddenly collapse. War in Korea would 40 percent of votes with Trudeau in charge, and perhaps a fully avoided going back over the brink. duds, pose more of a threat to Seoul’s less pop- In any case, Pyongyang is continuing to pursue likely spark a massive exodus of North Korean majority of seats. An Ipsos Reid poll on Thursday also had ulated outer suburbs, and would be vulnerable advancements, apparently out of the belief that civilians along its porous 1,300-km border, which Trudeau Liberals ahead of the Conservatives, but by just The Sea of Fire to counterattack as soon as they start firing and it needs nuclear-tipped missiles capable of in turn could lead to a humanitarian crisis or one point. Karl Belanger, principal secretary to NDP leader Even without nuclear weapons, North Korea reveal their location. “North Korea occasionally reaching the US to have a credible deterrent. unrest that the Chinese government would have Thomas Mulcair, brushed off the threat from its rivals on has an ace in the hole. Most experts believe its threatens to “turn Seoul into a Sea of Fire”, he The United States rejects the North’s claim that to deal with. The fall of North Korea could pave the left. “The Liberals will pick their seventh leader in nine claims to have enough conventional firepower wrote. “But can North Korea really do this? ... such a deterrent is necessary, saying it does not the way for the United States to establish military years,” he said. “We will let them sort themselves out, the from its artillery units to devastate the greater The short answer is they can’t; but they can kill intend to launch preemptive strikes against bases closer to Chinese territory, or the creation NDP is focused on the Conservatives.” Seoul area, South Korea’s bustling capital of 24 many tens of thousands of people, start a larger North Korea. At the same time, Washington has of a unified Korea over which Beijing might have Conservative strategists play down the opinion polls, million. Such an attack would cause severe war and cause a tremendous amount of dam- made it clear that it could. less influence. China, the world’s second-largest noting how far away the next election is. They acknowl- casualties - often estimated in the hundreds of age before ultimately losing their regime.” During ongoing Foal Eagle military maneu- economy, also has significant trade with South edge Trudeau’s charisma, but stress his inexperience. thousands - in a very short period of time. Many vers in South Korea, two US B-2 strategic stealth Korea and the United States. Turmoil on the Trudeau has banked on presenting a message of hope, of these artillery batteries are already in place, First Strikes, Preemptive Strikes bombers, flying from their base in Missouri, con- Korean Peninsula would harm the economies of much like US President Barack Obama, and has sought to dug in and very effectively camouflaged, which This is what both sides say concerns them ducted a mock bombing run on a South Korean all three countries. —AP make a virtue of the fact that in many areas he does not have detailed policies, insisting that he will first listen to Canadians. The Conservatives wrested power from a scan- New fears in Lanka amid anti-Muslim campaign dal-hit Liberal administration in 2006 with a promise to clean up Ottawa. But now the Conservatives have By Krishan Francis certificates, which certify that local products Lankan civilization. Other religions can still be Lanka’s national telecom provider started sell- accountability problems of their own. Two ministers were comply with Islamic tenets, charging that the practiced, he said. The attack on Fashion Bug ing the Buddhist Force theme song as a ring forced to quit this year over ethics violations and Elections red-robed Buddhist monk calmly picked fees paid for certification were passed onto came a week after a monk accused the compa- tone to help raise funds for the group. Canada has laid charges against a Conservative campaign up stones and hurled them at a security unwitting - often non-Muslim - consumers and ny and other Muslim businesses of committing Following protests, the company apologized worker in connection with fraudulent robocalls in the 2011 Acamera. Then, as police looked on, his used to construct mosques. Certification was “sexual crimes” against Sinhalese female for any “emotional distress” any community campaign. The Conservative Party says it ran a clean cam- followers smashed up a popular, Muslim- made free of cost last month. employees and converting them to Islam by might feel - but refused to withdraw the tone. paign and was not involved with the calls, and anybody owned clothing store. Last month’s attack on They have also campaigned for laws aimed marrying them to Muslim employees. The mob Suspicion that authorities were complicit grew responsible should be prosecuted to the full extent of the the Fashion Bug chain near the Sri Lankan cap- at the Muslim community. One would stop stormed the store on the pretext that a 15- after the police stood by and watched the law. In an unusual sign of open protest against Harper, ital of Colombo, filmed by a local television sta- women from wearing a veil. “I have a funda- year-old girl had been raped inside, an accusa- Fashion Bug attack. some backbench Conservatives are grumbling about tight tion whose cameraman was attacked by the mental right when I go in the street to see the tion that proved to be false. Amid criticism of police inaction, 17 sus- controls on what they can do or say in public, particularly mob, was the most public outburst in a grow- face of a person,” said Dilantha Withanage, an Another monk told a rally that another pects, including three monks, were brought to on abortion, which is legal in Canada but opposed by ing anti-Muslim campaign by Buddhist nation- official of the prominent Buddhist nationalist Muslim-owned clothing store was giving free court. The court later released them, saying the some in Harper’s party. One anti-abortion Conservative, alist groups in the island nation. group Bodu Bala Sena, or Buddhist Force. candy to Sinhalese women customers with parties arrived at an amicable settlement. The Stephen Woodworth, accused Harper’s government of The escalation in attacks and anti-Muslim Another proposed law would stop Muslim ingredients that caused miscarriages and infer- injured cameraman also withdrew his com- being “tyrannical” after party whips denied another law- rhetoric has caused fears of a new wave of eth- men from being able to marry up to four tility. He said men’s belts sold by these compa- plaint, saying fighting his case might create maker the opportunity to speak in Parliament about a pro- nic violence in a country still recovering from a women. “What we are fighting for is a single nies caused kidney diseases and damaged cus- social unrest. The powerful defense secretary, posal to condemn gender-selective abortion. Harper’s quarter-century civil war between the govern- legal system in this country. If a Muslim has the tomers’ testicles. Text messages were sent en Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the president’s brother, answer to his woes looks set to include the largest single ment, controlled by ethnic Sinhalese right to marry four wives let the Buddhists also masse accusing another Muslim company of was recently a chief guest at a Buddhist Force cabinet shuffle since he took power. The timing is unclear, Buddhists, and a mainly Hindu ethnic Tamil have that,” he said. Sri Lanka allows citizens to manufacturing sanitary napkins that turned event, where he defended the group. “The but he has said it will be in mid-2013. “He will not be fid- rebel group. “They just finished hunting the marry according to the customs of the four women barren. The claims were passed venerable monks always came forward to pro- dling around at the edges or moving a few pieces around,” Tamils, without solving any of the issues, and main religions - Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam around on Facebook and Twitter as well. tect our country, race, religion and culture. This a leading Conservative told Reuters. now they are starting on the Muslim hunt. and Christianity. The campaign has frightened Muslims, who effort is to bring them to a correct course, not A key question is whether Jim Flaherty will stay on as Virtually all minority communities are being Withanage denied having an anti-Islam suspect the government is not just refusing to to spread hatred,” he said. finance minister despite health problems. He has held his threatened,” said Muslim political leader Azad agenda, saying his group wanted only for protect them, but is actively fomenting the Mohamed Saleem, a Muslim community post from the moment Harper formed his government in Salley. The anti-Muslim campaign has been led Buddhism to get the credit for building up Sri tension, a charge the government denies. Sri worker in Colombo, called the defense secre- 2006, and says he wants to stay until the budget is bal- by Buddhist monks and is fast gaining ground tary’s endorsement of an extremist group anced in 2015. Though he ran up record budget deficits in among youth through raging speeches and “worrying”. “Are the Muslims equal citizens of response to the recession, markets see Flaherty as an ludicrous conspiracy theories spread on social this country or not?” he asked. Presidential experienced hand determined to balance the budget media. The leaders of the campaign complain spokesman Mohan Samaranayake dismissed without tax hikes. Harper has until now kept his cabinet that Sri Lanka’s ethnic Sinhalese Buddhists, accusations the government was involved in changes moderate, preferring to stick to tried-and-true who make up almost 75 percent of the coun- an anti-Muslim campaign as the “usual finger ministers over new blood.— Reuters try’s 20 million people and control the govern- pointing” by the opposition. “I need to empha- ment and the military, are under threat from size the fact that from the beginning, the gov- the 9 percent of the country that is Muslim. ernment has treated every community equal- They say Muslims dominate the nation’s busi- ly,” he said. He said the government would not All articles appearing on these nesses, are fomenting religious fundamental- restrain anyone’s freedom of expression, but pages are the personal opinion of ism and are conspiring to demographically would take action if they violated the law. take over the country by increasing their The Muslims, descended from Arab traders the writers. Kuwait Times takes no birthrate while secretly sterilizing the who came to the island more than a millenni- responsibility for views expressed Sinhalese. um ago, are considered a separate ethnic therein. Kuwait Times invites read- A Muslim volunteer group, which does not group. But they have had a relatively amicable ers to voice their opinions. Please wish to be identified for fear of reprisals, has history with the Sinhalese majority and were documented 33 anti-Muslim incidents since persecuted by Tamil rebels for siding with the send submissions via email to: opin- Sept 2011. They include at least five attacks on state during the war. Kusal Perera, a Sinhalese [email protected] or via snail Muslim places of worship, attacks on business- political analyst, said he believes the anti- mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. es and an episode where Muslim students at a Muslim campaign is aimed at distracting Sri government agriculture school were served Lankans from the rising cost of living and other The editor reserves the right to edit pork, which their religion forbids them from contentious issues. Sinhalese traders have also any submission as necessary. eating. Buddhist nationalists demanded In this photo taken April 4, 2013, a Sri Lankan Muslim teacher gives a Quran seen an opportunity to “grab the market” dom- Muslim religious leaders stop issuing “halal” reading class in a Muslim neighborhood in Colombo.— AP inated by Muslim businesses, he said.—AP SPORTS MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013

Cancellara wins Paris-Roubaix Kentucky Derby favorite Balotelli faces smoking fine ROUBAIX: Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland edged out Sep Vanmarcke in a NEW YORK: Verrazano enhanced his status as the likely favourite for FLORENCE: Mario Balotelli’s smoking habit has gotten him in trouble. The Italy final sprint to win the Paris-Roubaix cobblestone classic for a third time yes- next month’s Kentucky Derby with a narrow win in Saturday’s $1 mil- striker was caught smoking a cigarette in the bathroom on a train carrying his terday. Cancellara was the heavy favorite for the 254.5-kilometer (158-mile) lion Wood Memorial, one of the key lead-up races to the annual Run AC Milan squad to face Fiorentina on Sunday and club vice president Adriano race following the withdrawal of Tom Boonen and Peter Sagan. for the Roses. Galliani says Balotelli will be fined. The RadioShack Leopard rider held off Vanmarcke to win in 5 hours, 45 The unbeaten three-year-old made it four wins from as many Coaches have been trying to get Balotelli to quit smoking for years and the minutes, 33 seconds. “In the end I must say I don’t know how I did it,” starts when he held off Vyjack and Normandy Invasion to win the practice is banned on Italian trains. Cancellara said. “When I see how the race was, everyone against our team, nine furlong race on dirt at the Aqueduct track in New York. Balotelli should have plenty of time to mull over his latest act of misbehavior against me ... I don’t know. Verrazano’s trainer Todd Pletcher said the colt would not race as he picked up a yellow card in the 2-2 draw with Fiorentina which rules him I had to make a decision because I saw the team was in a difficult situa- again before the Derby, at Churchill Downs on May 4. The 20-horse out of next weekend’s showdown with Napoli, the team Milan is trying to catch tion as we lost a few guys, but that’s Paris-Roubaix, that’s field is selected by a point scoring system from specific lead-up races. for second place and a direct Champions League berth. this race. I just kept fighting, I never gave up.” It was Verrazano is guaranteed of his place after winning the Tampa Bay Besides his numerous run-ins with coaches, Balotelli has a his- Cancellara’s third major WorldTour victory in the last Derby and the Wood Memorial, which has produced 11 Kentucky tory of off-pitch misbehavior. three weeks after the E3 Harelbeke event and the Derby winners. He made light of his troubles in 2011 when he was with Ronde of Flanders. Niki Terpstra edged out Greg Van Meanwhile, Doug O’Neill, who trained last year’s Kentucky Derby Manchester City by unveiling a T-shirt with the slogan “Why Avermaet to claim third, 31 seconds behind Cancellara. winner I’ll Have Another, ensured he would have another starter in Always Me?” during a 6-1 rout of Manchester United in a Zdenek Stybar had been pushing the leading duo, but this year’s big race when he saddled up the winner of Saturday’s Premier League derby. That came after news emerged that a his chances were ended when he clipped a fan 15K Santa Anita Derby. The O’Neill-prepared Goldencents outstayed the fire had broken out at his house when fireworks were let off from the finish. The Czech cyclist finished sixth. Shortly favorite Flashback to win the $750,000 event in California and secure in his bathroom. before, Stybar’s Omega Pharma-Quick Step teammate, his place in the Derby as the field starts to take shape. The build-up Balotelli escaped punishment earlier in 2011 after throwing Stijn Vandenbergh, had also crashed into a supporter to the 139th Kentucky Derby continues next weekend with the run- a dart at a City youth-team player. No one was hurt in the incident.—AP and fell on the Carrefour de l’Arbre.—AP ning of the Arkansas Derby and Toyota Bluegrass. —Reuters Nationals, Cardinals advance

CINCINNATI: Ian Desmond made two errors at shortstop that helped the Cincinnati Reds take the game to extra innings, then led off the 11th with his first home run of the season to rally the Washington Nationals to a 7-6 victory Saturday. Bryce Harper also homered for the Nationals, who were coming off a 15-0 loss in the series opener - their most lopsided defeat since baseball returned to Washington in 2005. The Reds hit six homers in that one. Washington got the better of it this time, hitting five homers to Cincinnati’s one. The teams have combined for 12 homers, accounting for 20 of the 28 runs in the series. Wilson Ramos hit two for the Nationals, including a solo shot off J.J. Hoover (0-2) in the 11th for a 7-5 lead. Desmond’s two errors led to a pair of runs that helped the Reds rally from a 5-1 deficit against one of the NL’s best bullpens. Nationals closer Rafael Soriano blew a save for TORONTO: Pedro Ciriaco No. 23 of the Boston Red Sox steals second base in the third the first time in three chances. He gave up a leadoff inning during MLB game action as Jose Reyes No. 7 of the Toronto Blue Jays cannot homer to Shin-Soo Choo in the ninth before Joey handle a throwing error by JP Arencibia. — AFP Votto tripled - his first extra-base hit of the season - and scored on a wild pitch. Craig Stammen (1-0) pitched the last two innings. He gave up a two-out Angels pound Rangers RBI double to Brandon Phillips before fanning Jay Bruce to end it. ARLINGTON: Albert Pujols homered Delabar, Aaron Loup and Sergio Santos. SAN FRANCISCO: Yadier Molina No. 4 high fives Carlos Beltran No. 3 of the St. Louis Cardinals twice to offset another tough day for CARDINALS 6, GIANTS 3 after they beat the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park. — AFP Josh Hamilton in his second game back WHITE SOX 4, MARINERS 3 In San Francisco, Carlos Beltran hit a go-ahead, in Texas, and the Los Angeles Angels In Chicago, Alex Rios hit a tiebreaking, two-run single against his former team and Shelby beat the Rangers 8-4 Saturday. two-run homer off Felix Hernandez in Miller beat the reigning World Series champions in Baseball results/standings his second career start as St. Louis defeated San Pujols hit a two-run shot to the lawn the sixth inning and Chicago beat Francisco to spoil Buster Posey’s MVP party. in center field off Matt Harrison in the Seattle. Toronto 5, Boston 0; Chicago White Sox 4, Seattle 3; Washington 7, Cincinnati 6 (11 Innings); Pete Kozma had three hits, drove in a run and NY Mets 7, Miami 3; Detroit 8, NY Yankees 4; LA Angels 8, Texas 4; St. Louis 6, San Francisco first inning and watched Hamilton strike With one out and Alejandro De Aza scored for the Cardinals from the No. 8 spot in the out twice and fly out behind him after aboard after a leadoff single, Rios drove 3; Minnesota 6, Baltimore 5; Philadelphia 4, Kansas City 3; Arizona 9, Milwaukee 2; Atlanta 6, order. Matt Holliday singled in a run and Matt Chicago Cubs 5; Oakland 6, Houston 3; Tampa Bay 6, Cleveland 0; Colorado 6, San Diego 3; an 0-2 pitch through a tricky wind and Carpenter added an RBI single in the ninth. taking three intentional walks. LA Dodgers 1, Pittsburgh 0. The only other time the Rangers let way over the wall in left for his second Beltran also hit an RBI single in the first against him swing, Pujols homered off reliever homer in two days. Ryan Vogelsong (0-1) in a matchup of teams that American League National League Jason Frasor in the sixth. Hernandez (1-1) allowed four runs and won the past three World Series - and a rematch of Eastern Division Eastern Division Mark Trumbo also had a two-run six hits over 6 1-3 innings in his first try last fall’s NLCS won by the Giants in seven games. W L PCT GB Atlanta 4 1 .800 - homer in the first against Harrison (0-2), for win No. 100. The right-hander struck Hunter Pence hit a solo homer for the Giants and Baltimore 3 2 .600 - Washington 4 1 .800 - Pablo Sandoval homered and had an RBI single. Boston 3 2 .600 - out three to give him 1,498 for his career. NY Mets 3 2 .600 1 who gave up eight hits and five runs in Posey received his NL MVP plaque in a pregame cer- Tampa Bay 3 2 .600 - five innings after losing to Houston on De Aza and Hector Gimenez each had Philadelphia 2 3 .400 2 emony. The Giants will have yet another day of cele- Toronto 2 3 .400 1 Miami 1 4 .200 3 opening night. a sacrifice fly as the White Sox improved brating Sunday with the World Series ring presenta- NY Yankees 1 4 .200 2 Mitch Moreland and Ian Kinsler hit to 25-5 against Seattle since the start of Central Division tion. Central Division Cincinnati 3 2 .600 - third-inning home runs against Tommy the 2010 season. Miller (1-0), the Cardinals’ top pitching prospect, Chicago White Sox 3 2 .600 - Chicago Cubs 2 3 .400 1 Hanson (1-0), who gave up three runs Seattle pulled within one on Michael allowed two runs in 5 1-3 innings. Mitchell Boggs, Detroit 3 2 .600 - filling in for injured closer Jason Motte, finished for St. Louis 2 3 .400 1 over six innings in his Angels debut after Saunders’ two-run homer in the eighth, Minnesota 3 2 .600 - Pittsburgh 1 4 .200 2 his first save. Cleveland 2 3 .400 1 arriving in an offseason trade with but the rally fizzled from there. Jesse Milwaukee 1 4 .200 2 Atlanta. Crain wriggled out of a jam to get the Kansas City 2 3 .400 1 METS 7, MARLINS 3 Western Division The boos were loud again for ball to Addison Reed, who worked the Western Division In New York, John Buck drove in four runs and Oakland 4 2 .667 - Arizona 4 1 .800 - Hamilton, who said before the game that ninth for his third save. Donnie Veal (1-0) was part of a rare umpire’s call that helped New York Colorado 4 1 .800 - his wife had to call over security during pitched a scoreless inning for the win. Texas 3 2 .600 0.5 beat Miami. Collin Cowgill homered, David Wright Seattle 3 3 .500 1 San Francisco 3 2 .600 1 Friday’s home opener for Texas because got three hits and slumping Ike Davis added a pair of LA Angels 2 3 .400 1.5 LA Dodgers 3 2 .600 1 fans were shouting insults and obsceni- RAYS 6, INDIANS 0 singles to lift the Mets on a brisk afternoon at Citi Houston 1 4 .200 2.5 San Diego 1 4 .200 3 ties at their family. There were no major St. Petersburg, Alex Cobb scattered Field. incidents, and Hamilton said his family four hits in 7 1-3 innings, Kelly Johnson New York led 3-2 in the seventh inning moments planned to return for the remaining two homered and Tampa Bay beat Cleveland. before plate umpire Jim Joyce made the unusual call. three runs - two earned - in his Padres debut after INTERLEAGUE games. Cobb (1-0) struck out six and walked Juan Pierre was at second base and Greg Dobbs hit a being acquired in the offseason from Oakland. He PHILLIES 4, ROYALS 3 Hamilton, who signed a $125 million, three as the Rays blanked Cleveland for two-out single. Pierre dashed home easily with the struggled with his control as he walked four. In Philadelphia, pinch-hitter Kevin Frandsen hit a tying run as right fielder Mike Baxter’s throw was 10 bases-clearing, three-run double with two outs in the the second consecutive game. Joel five-year deal to join Pujols in the middle feet wide of Buck at the plate. Pierre crossed home DODGERS 1, PIRATES 0 ninth off closer Greg Holland to lift the Phillies to a vic- of the Angels lineup, is 1 for 20 with 10 Peralta and Cesar Ramos completed a but then collided with Buck as the catcher planted to In Los Angeles, Clayton Kershaw followed up his tory over the Kansas City Royals in front of the small- strikeouts. five-hitter. try and throw out Dobbs at second. sensational one-man show on opening day with sev- est crowd in Philadelphia in four years. TIGERS 8, YANKEES 4 Indians catcher Lou Marson left the Joyce immediately called Pierre for interference en innings of two-hit ball and nine strikeouts in a The Phillies had just two hits and trailed 3-1 to start In Detroit, Miguel Cabrera went 4 for 4 game in the fourth with a cervical-neck and ruled Dobbs out, ending the inning. New York spirited duel with AJ Burnett, and the Dodgers beat the inning. Holland (0-1) walked Chase Utley, Ryan day and Prince Fielder drove in two runs strain, when he had a jarring collision then scored three times to break away. Daniel Pittsburgh for their second straight shutout win over Howard and Michael Young to load the bases. to lead Detroit over New York. Max with Desmond Jennings. Murphy hit an RBI triple, Wright singled home a run the Pirates. Kershaw (2-0) walked one and retired 17 He then struck out Domonic Brown swinging and Scherzer (1-0) gave up four runs in five- Bauer (0-1) had control problems in and Buck had a sacrifice fly. Catcher Miguel Olivo consecutive batters after giving up a leadoff single in fanned John Mayberry Jr. looking.But Frandsen ripped plus innings to pick up the win in a shaky his Cleveland debut, walking his first four contributed to Miami’s problems in the seventh with the first inning to Starling Marte. a first-pitch fastball to right-center to knock in all three two throwing errors on steals at second base. start, his first of the season. Phil Hughes batters and seven overall in five innings. Brandon League followed Paco Rodriguez and runners. Brandon Lyon (1-0) pitched one scoreless inning. Kenley Jansen out of the bullpen and pitched a hit- Royals starter Luis Mendoza threw six stellar (0-1) allowed four runs - three earned - Ryan Webb (0-1) took the loss. less ninth for his second save. innings, and the Royals’ bullpen went into the ninth on eight hits in four-plus innings on a TWINS 6, ORIOLES 5 Burnett (0-2) was charged with a run and four hits with seven hitless innings in the series. Antonio day when he was originally scheduled to In Baltimore, Justin Morneau singled DIAMONDBACKS 9, BREWERS 2 in 5 1-3 innings, walked four and struck out nine - Bastardo (1-0) pitched a scoreless ninth to earn the make a rehabilitation start in the minors. in the tiebreaking run with two outs in In Milwaukee, Jason Kubel, Paul Goldschmidt and including Matt Kemp all three times he faced him. win. — AP Darin Downs and Joaquin Benoit the ninth inning after an error by Chris Aaron Hill each homered in Arizona’s victory over the combined to pitch three scoreless Davis, and the Twins got a home run injury-depleted Brewers. innings to end the game for the Tigers, from Chris Parmalee in a victory over the Kubel’s two-run homer gave the Diamondbacks a who will try for a series sweep Sunday in Orioles. Although Davis picked up his 3-2 lead in the fourth. Goldschmidt then hit a two- a matchup of aces, Detroit’s Justin 17th RBI, he failed to become the first run drive in the fourth to make it 6-2. Hill’s solo shot capped the scoring in the eighth after his RBI double Verlander and New York’s CC Sabathia. player in major league history to homer in the first gave Arizona a 1-0 lead. in the first five games of the season. The Starter Patrick Corbin (1-0) gave up a run in each BLUE JAYS 5, RED SOX 0 first baseman also opened the door for of the first two innings, but settled in to win his sea- In Toronto, John Lackey left with a the Twins to snatch their first win in son debut. The start was another in a disturbing strained biceps in his first start since Baltimore since April 21, 2011. trend for Milwaukee’s Michael Fiers (0-1), who strug- September 2011, grabbing his right arm With the score tied at 5, Baltimore gled at the end of 2012 and in spring training. He in pain and coming out in the fifth inning turned to closer Jim Johnson (0-1) in the gave up six runs on nine hits and a walk while strik- as Boston lost to Toronto. ninth. Davis let a one-out grounder by ing out one in five innings of his season debut. Lackey (0-1) missed last season follow- Aaron Hicks roll through his legs, and BRAVES 6, CUBS 5 ing elbow ligament-replacement surgery after a two-out walk to Josh Willingham, In Atlanta, BJ Upton led off the ninth inning with in November 2011. He allowed a two-run Morneau singled up the middle. a homer and his brother Justin followed one out lat- homer to J.P. Arencibia in the fourth, Josh Roenicke (1-0) pitched three er with another long ball that helped the Atlanta then clutched his arm and jumped innings of one-hit relief and Glen Perkins Braves rally past embattled Chicago Cubs closer around the mound in pain after throwing got three straight outs for his first save. Carlos Marmol for a victory. low and inside to Jose Reyes on a 2-2 Justin went 3 for 5 with two RBIs. He also home- pitch with one out in the fifth. ATHLETICS 6, ASTROS 3 red in the first and now has five homers in Atlanta’s Teammates and manager John Farrell In Houston, Bartolo Colon was sharp first five games. came to the mound before Lackey in his return from a drug suspension and The Braves rallied from a 5-1 deficit with three walked off with Red Sox trainer Rick Coco Crisp, Jed Lowrie and Seth Smith runs in the eighth off Kyuji Fukijawa and two in the ninth off Marmol.Eric O’Flaherty (1-0) pitched a Jameyson and was replaced by Alfredo homered to lead Oakland to a victory scoreless ninth despite allowing a hit and walk. The victorious Gulf Bank team. Aceves, who threw ball four. over the Astros. Marmol (0-1) gave up two hits, both solo homers, in There was no immediate word on the It was the first appearance for Colon one-third of an inning. His ERA ballooned to 27.00. Gulf Bank wins KBC League title severity of Lackey’s injury, or how much (1-0) since he received a 50-game sus- time he might miss. Lackey signed an pension for a positive testosterone test ROCKIES 6, PADRES 3 KUWAIT: Gulf Bank were crowned champions to the winning team, while the Boubyan Bank $82.5 million, five-year contract with Aug. 22. He allowed eight hits and three In Denver, Jon Garland threw six sharp innings in of the KBC League after defeating Boubyan received the runner-up trophy. The Kuwait Boston in December 2009 after eight runs without a walk in six innings for the his first appearance in almost two years and Michael Bank in the final match that took place Finance House were also presented with the seasons with the Angels. He allowed two win. Crisp homered for the second Cuddyer drove in four runs, helping the Rockies to a recently at the Arabi Sports Club Stadium. third-place award. In the end, KBC officials runs and five hits in 4 1-3 innings with straight game with a solo shot in the win over the Padres. Gulf Bank secured victory with two goals also rewarded Mohammad Khan of the Garland (1-0) hardly showed any signs of rust in eight strikeouts. fourth that put Oakland up 1-0. Houston scored by Salem Al-Hazza’a in the first half National Bank of Kuwait with the Most his first big league start since June 1, 2011. He had and Ahmad Ghassab in the second, winning Valuable Player award, Muhsen Ali of Gulf Colby Rasmus hit a three-run homer starter Bud Norris (1-1) yielded six hits season-ending shoulder surgery a month later. The the title for the second year in a row. Bank received the best goalkeeper award, and off Aceves, a drive off the facing of the and five runs - two earned - in 5 2-3 procedure also kept him sidelined for 2012. He gave After the match, senior Kuwait Banks Club Ali Ghareeb of the Gulf Bank the tournament’s third deck in right-center. JA Happ (1-0) innings. Jason Castro hit a three-run up two runs and struck out two. officials presented the Championship Trophy scorer award. combined on a two-hitter with Steve homer in the fourth for the Astros. — AP Tyson Ross (0-1) lasted four innings and allowed SPORTS MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013 Pitino breaks his own mold

ATLANTA: Playing hunches does not get a coach its pressure defense rely on starting guards Peyton him off the bench, mostly as a 3-point specialist. “I felt really, really good until we had that flurry into the Hall of Fame. It certainly didn’t get Rick Siva and Russ Smith to bring the heat, and the When his shots didn’t fall early, there was plenty of of turnovers,” Shockers coach Greg Marshall said. “I Pitino to the threshold. longer the game stretched out and the fouls piled grumbling about how many minutes Hancock was didn’t realize it was five in seven possessions, which Looking after every detail does. So does recruit- up, the less that pair looked up to the task. getting at the expense of Wayne Blackshear and is certainly big. ing NBA-caliber talent, then slotting those players Trailing Wichita State 47-35 with 13:36 left to others. “You know, they do that to everyone,” he added into a system, conditioning and teaching them and, play, Pitino finally turned to a walk-on, Tim But Pitino wouldn’t be deterred. And he was glumly. “We were looking really good there for 32 finally, making them believe that winning is the by- Henderson, and told him to start shooting. The jun- rewarded not just with 3-pointers from Hancock - minutes or whatever it was.” It was almost long product of relentless defense. ior hadn’t played more than seven minutes during who finished with 20 points, 14 in the second half - enough. That’s been Pitino’s MO everywhere he’s been, the tourney and only 63 minutes the entire season. but with a couple of slashing drives to the basket “We’re one of the better pressing teams in the first at Boston University, then at Providence, One 3-pointer from Henderson a half-minute later, that rocked the Shockers defense back onto their country. They had four turnovers. We were giving Kentucky and now Louisville, and even through the then a second 3 some 40 seconds after that and heels. “If you said to me, ‘Is Luke a top three player them everything but the kitchen sink, and they two NBA stints at New York and Boston sandwiched suddenly the Cardinals were back in the game. on the team?’ I would say, ‘Without question.’ Then wouldn’t turn it over,” Pitino recalled. in between. That’s why he’ll walk into the hall when “I told y’all about Tim before the camera was in you may say, ‘Why doesn’t he start?’” Pitino said, “What happens in the press, if you play an the vote becomes official Monday morning with my face,” Ware laughed afterward. “I kind of felt like without waiting for an answer. “We don’t want to extremely well-coached team, you may have one 850-something wins on his resume and after a 72- Tim was doing enough on defense to stay in the get him in foul trouble.” run per game. If you’re going against guys that are 68 win over Wichita State in the national semifinal - game, just doing the little things, you know. But he’s And once the Cardinals got their noses in front, freshman, not great ball-handlers,” he added, “then with maybe a second NCAA title to come later that a great player, honestly. We go at it against Russ and 56-55 at the 6:30 mark on a 3-pointer from Hancock, you may have three or four runs.” night in the championship game against Michigan. Peyton all day in practice, so I really wasn’t sur- all that preparation Pitino excels at turned out to be What Louisville had, to be fair, were more like But on Saturday, in one of the biggest games of prised, honestly.” Easy for him to say. enough to keep Louisville there at the final buzzer. surges. A 3-pointer from Hancock nudged the Pitino’s storied career, the 60-year-old Louisville “The players said they weren’t surprised about For the Louisville press to succeed it has to start Cardinals ahead to 65-60 with 2:06 left and they coach cracked his own mold wide open with a him making those back-to-back threes,” Pitino said. on the in-bounds play, and once the Cardinals start- made just enough free throws to hold off Wichita scheme born partly out of necessity but mostly out “They’re being very kind. I was shocked.” Yet Pitino’s ed making baskets, it took its toll. The Shockers State. “You’re elated when you win, so excited to be of desperation. The biggest story of the week lead- hunch-playing didn’t stop there. The second one, went more than 26 minutes - from late in the first in a championship game,” Pitino said finally. “But ing up to the game against Wichita State was about though, was more like a premonition. half until the 6:21 mark of the second - without there’s always a part of you that looks at the other a kid from Louisville who wasn’t even going to play. Luke Hancock, another junior who fell into his turning the ball over once. But over the next minute team and says, ‘They played their hearts out.’ Kevin Ware, the first guard off the Cardinals’ bench lap after transferring from George Mason, wasn’t a and a half, the Cardinals forced three, two from There’s always a part of you that really wants to all season, broke his leg in a freak on-court accident big part of Louisville’s plans when the season Shockers freshman guard Fred VanVleet, and sud- win, but you appreciate your opponent.” Enough in last weekend, leaving a gaping hole in Pitino’s began. Pitino was so impressed with his toughness denly Louisville looked more like the No. 1 overall this case to force Pitino way out of his comfort planned rotation. Much of the Louisville press and that he made Hancock a co-captain and brought seed again coming into the tournament. zone, anyway. —AP Louisville beat Wichita State

ATLANTA: Russ Smith looked at the scoreboard, then at the clock, then over at the bench. Louisville needed a run, but he had no idea where it was going to come from. The starters were struggling, the fouls were piling up and the only lift injured Kevin Ware could give the top-seeded Cardinals was an emo- tional one. “It was like, ‘Man,’” Smith said. “I was actually wait- ing for our run. And it happened. Luke exploded. That was actually what I was waiting for. Then Chane exploded. Then Peyton made a big layup. Then Tim Henderson. It just kept going and going.” And Louisville rode it all the way to the title game. Luke Hancock scored 20 points off the bench, Henderson sparked a second-half rally with a pair of monster 3s and Louisville reminded everyone it can grind it out, too, advancing to the NCAA title game Saturday night after escaping with a 72-68 victory over Wichita State. Louisville will play Michigan, which beat Syracuse MINNEAPOLIS: Minnesota Timberwolves Ricky Rubio (left) of Spain, attempts to 61-56 in the other semifinal, for the national champi- wrest the ball away from Detroit Pistons Greg Monroe in the second half of an NBA onship Monday night. The Cardinals (34-5) have had basketball game. — AP this game in their sights since losing to Kentucky in last year’s Final Four, and they got added motivation Pistons fall, Heat advance after Ware’s tibia snapped during last weekend’s Midwest Regional final, the bone poking through MINNEAPOLIS: Rick Adelman became the four-game sweep of the NBA-worst Bobcats. the skin. Ware was on his feet when the final buzzer eighth coach in NBA history to win 1,000 games Brooklyn moved 1 1/2 games ahead of ATLANTA: Syracuse’s Rakeem Christmas (25) handles the ball as Michigan’s Spike Albrecht (2) when the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Chicago for the No. 4 seed and home-court sounded, grinning and throwing his arms into the air. “We’ve got to bring our best game,” Ware said. “It’s looks up during the first half of a semifinal in the NCAA men’s college basketball tournament Detroit Pistons 107-101 on Saturday night. advantage in the first round of the playoffs. Ben Final Four. — AP Nikola Pekovic had 20 points and 13 rebounds, Gordon scored 27 points and Gerald Henderson the last game of the season. If we lose, everything and J.J. Barea scored 20 points for the had 22 for the Bobcats. we’ve worked for just goes down the drain. That’s scored and then Smith stole the ball and took it in But whether it was the roller-coaster of the last Timberwolves, who surrounded their 66-year- the last thing we want right now.” for an easy layup that gave Louisville a 60-58 lead week, the expectations or just Wichita State, the old coach when the buzzer sounded. Adelman BUCKS 100, RAPTORS 83 Especially after such a close call against the ninth- with 4:47 left. Louisville fans erupted, and even Ware Cardinals seemed out of sorts much of the night. grabbed his wife, Mary Kay, and kissed her three In Milwaukee, Monta Ellis had 22 points and seeded Shockers (30-9), who nearly pulled off their was on his feet, throwing up his arms and clapping. Wayne Blackshear and Gorgui Dieng went scoreless, times as a video tribute played to honor him. nine assists, and Milwaukee secured its first play- biggest upset of all. The Cardinals extended the lead to 65-60 on a tip-in and Siva was just 1-of-9. Brandon Knight scored 25 points and off berth in three seasons by beating Toronto. Wichita State had knocked off No. 1 seed of a Smith miss and another 3 by Hancock. Wichita “There’s a reason our starters played poorly, Rodney Stuckey had 20 points and eight Brandon Jennings had 16 points and seven Gonzaga and Ohio State on its way to its first Final State had one last chance, pulling within 68-66 on because Wichita State is that good,” Pitino said rebounds for the Pistons, who have lost 18 of assists, while Larry Sanders added 12 points, Four since 1965, and the Shockers had a 12-point Early’s tip in with 22 seconds left. But the Shockers Wichita State may not have the names or pedigree their last 21 games. They turned the ball over a nine rebounds and six blocks for Milwaukee, lead on Louisville with 13:35 to play. It was the were forced to foul, and Smith and Hancock made of a Louisville, Syracuse or Michigan. But what the season-high 24 times, leading to 25 points for which needed a win and a Miami victory over largest deficit all tournament for the Cardinals, who their free throws to seal the victory. As the final Shockers lacked in star power they more than made Minnesota. Philadelphia on Saturday to clinch at least the seemed lost after the emotional week following buzzer sounded, Chane Behanan tossed the ball up for in hustle and heart. This, after all, was a team eighth seed in the Eastern Conference. The Heat Ware’s gruesome injury. But Louisville had come high into the air and Henderson and Hancock did a with one player (Carl Hall) who salvaged his career HEAT 106, 76ERS 87 beat the 76ers, 106-87. back to win five games after trailing by nine points flying shoulder bump at midcourt. after working in a light bulb factory and two more In Miami, LeBron James scored 27 points in The win was Milwaukee’s 10th straight over or more already this year, including rallying from a “It’s just a mix of emotions, of feelings. It hurts to (Armstead and Ron Baker) who paid their own ways his return from a strained right hamstring, five Toronto, its longest active winning streak over 16-point deficit in the title game at the Big East tour- have to lose and be the end of the season,” said Early, in their first years. other Miami players reached double figures and any opponent. And it pulled the Bucks within nament. Even coach Rick Pitino’s horse, Goldencents, who led the Shockers with 24 points. “But these guys The Shockers barely seemed to notice that vaunt- the Heat moved closer to securing home-court two games of the idle Boston Celtics for the No. had to rally to win the Santa Anita Derby, and a spot fought to the end, and we had a great season and ed Louisville press until the final minutes of the advantage for the entire NBA playoffs. Rashard 7 seed. Alan Anderson led Toronto with 14 in the Kentucky Derby, on Saturday. This rally keep our heads high and know the grind doesn’t game. They didn’t rush shots, working it around until Lewis scored 14 and Norris Cole added 13 for points off the bench, and Quincy Acy had 13. trumped them all. “We just played super hard,” said stop.” The Cardinals were the overall No. 1 seed in the they got a look they liked - Louisville was called for the Heat, whose magic number for clinching the Smith, who led the Cardinals with 21 points. tournament, and they steamrolled their way through more than one foul late in the shot clock, including league’s best regular-season record was SPURS 99, HAWKS 97 “Nobody wanted to go home.” Henderson, the walk- their first four games, winning by an average of one on Smith with only a second left - and they were trimmed to two. Miami moved to 60-16, one win In San Antonio, Tim Duncan had 31 points on who was forced into increased playing time almost 22 points. They limited opponents to 59 relentless on the backboards. shy of matching the franchise single-season and 14 rebounds to help short-handed San because of Ware’s injury, made those back-to-back points and 42 percent shooting while harassing And that “play angry” defense? Now the Cardinals record. The Heat got there after outscoring Antonio escape with a victory over Atlanta. 3s to spark a 21-8 run. While Hancock and Behanan them into almost 18 turnovers a game, setting an have an idea of how their opponents have felt. Philadelphia 29-11 in the fourth quarter. Kawhi Leonard added 23 points and DeJuan were knocking down shots, Smith and Peyton Siva NCAA tourney record with 20 steals against North Wichita State bottled Louisville up inside, never let- Jrue Holiday scored 18 points for Blair had 11 for San Antonio. were turning up the heat on the Shockers, forcing Carolina A&T. ting Gorgui Dieng be a factor, and the Cardinals were Philadelphia, which got 14 from Evan Turner and The Spurs were without Tony Parker (neck) them into seven turnovers in the final seven minutes The presence of Ware was supposed to provide continually forced to put up awkward and bad shots an 11-point, 11-rebound night from Spencer and Manu Ginobili (hamstring strain), who sat after they’d gone more than 26 minutes without even more motivation for Louisville. He urged his from outside. “We were kind of waiting to make our Hawes. out the game with injuries. They also lost Boris one. The first came when Siva darted in to strip the teammates to “just go win the game” before being run,” Hancock said. “Obviously you’re a little con- Diaw, who left midway through the second ball away from Carl Hall. Siva fed Hancock, who wheeled off the court on a stretcher last weekend. cerned when you’re down by 12 in the second half. WIZARDS 104, PACERS 85 quarter with back spasms. John Jenkins had 23 drilled a 3 that gave Louisville a 56-55 lead, its first Three days later, he joined the Cardinals as they We just had to turn up our intensity, maybe gamble In Washington, John Wall scored 37 points in points and Mike Scott added 22 for Atlanta, since the end of the first half. made the trip to the Final Four in Atlanta, Ware’s a little more.” Louisville was struggling so badly that a display of speed and flair to lead Washington which has lost three straight. Both were career “Down the stretch, we were just loose with the hometown. Ware actually got out of his seat at one point, hob- over Indiana. Wall made 16 of 25 shots, throwing highs for the rookie guards. Ivan Johnson added ball, we just didn’t take care of it, pretty much,” said The Cardinals have modified their warm-up T- bling over to the Louisville huddle. “He just wanted his palms up after making an improbable 14- 14 points, Shelvin Mack had 12, and Johan Petro Wichita State’s Malcolm Armstead, who had just 2 shirts in Ware’s honor - they now read “Ri5e to the to tell us that we needed to pick it up,” Siva said. “We foot sideways runner and flexing his muscles to had 11 points and 15 rebounds. points on 1-of-10 shooting. “I can’t give you an expla- Occasion,” with Ware’s No. 5 on the back. He had a know how much it would mean for him to be out the fans on the first row after banking in a fast- nation - it just happened.” seat at the end of the bench, his right leg propped there. He just tried to give us whatever we needed, break layup. He even blocked a layup attempt NUGGETS 132, ROCKETS 114 Cleanthony Early would give the Shockers one up on towels, and every one of the starters went to the extra motivation, the extra boost to get over the by Roy Hibbert, the 6-foot-4 point guard rising In Denver, Wilson Chandler scored 21 points more lead, converting a three-point play. But Siva shake his hand after being introduced. hump. That’s what he did.” —AP to swat the ball away from the 7-foot-2 Pacers in place of the injured Danilo Gallinari to help center. Denver beat Houston for its 20th consecutive Wall also had five assists, four rebounds and win at home, matching a team record. two blocks for the lottery-bound Wizards, who Reserve Corey Brewer led the Nuggets with Munster keep Irish hopes alive have won nine straight at home and are 18-4 at 22 points. Andre Iguodala had 18 points and a the Verizon Center this season when he’s on the season-high 14 assists, while Andre Miller added PARIS: Twice winners Munster kept their floor. 11 points and 12 assists as Denver finished with European Cup hopes alive with a powerful and a season high in points while improving to a gruelling 18-12 win at Harlequins yesterday. NETS 105, BOBCATS 96 league-best 35-3 at home. The Nuggets also The Irish province reached the semis for the In New York, Deron Williams had 32 points won 20 in a row at home from Jan. 9-March 30, first time since 2010 and in so doing avenged a and six assists, and Brooklyn strengthened its 1985. Jeremy Lin scored 23 points for the hold on fourth place in the Eastern Conference Rockets, who lost their seventh straight to the Challenge Cup semi-final defeat to the by beating Charlotte. Nuggets, including all four this season. James Londoners two years ago. Brook Lopez added 19 points and backup Harden added 14 points for Houston, which had In a brutal encounter Munster fly-half Ronan Andray Blatche had 16 as the Nets completed a its four-game winning streak snapped. — AP O’Gara outscored Quins’ Nick Evans by six penal- ties to four to maintain Irish hopes of continuing their recent domination in this competition. NBA results/standings Irish sides have won five of the last seven edi- tions of the European Cup and following Ulster’s Washington 104, Indiana 85; Brooklyn 105, Charlotte 96; Miami 106, Philadelphia 87; 27-16 defeat at Saracens on Saturday, Munster Minnesota 107, Detroit 101; Milwaukee 100, Toronto 83; San Antonio 99, Atlanta 97; remain the last representatives from the Emerald Denver 132, Houston 114. Isle. Eastern Conference Western Conference The first period was a war of attrition with Atlantic Division Northwest Division neither side coming close to breaching their W L PCT GB Oklahoma City 56 20 .737 - opponents’ tryline. Harlequins went into the NY Knicks 49 26 .653 - Denver 53 24 .688 3.5 break 9-6 ahead with missed kicks at goal prov- Brooklyn 44 32 .579 5.5 Utah 40 37 .519 16.5 ing decisive. Boston 39 37 .513 10.5 Portland 33 43 .434 23 Philadelphia 31 45 .408 18.5 Former All Black fly-half Evans was first to Minnesota 29 47 .382 27 misfire but O’Gara hooked two kicks wide before Toronto 29 48 .377 21 Pacific Division finding his range. The hosts had their noses just Central Division LA Clippers 50 26 .658 - Indiana 48 29 .623 - in front but that lead was turned on its head TWICKENHAM: Harlequins Joe Marler (second left) tackles Munster’s James Downey (second Golden State 44 32 .579 6 right) during the European Cup rugby union quarter final match. — AFP Chicago 42 33 .560 5 LA Lakers 40 36 .526 10 within six minutes of the restart. Quins captain Milwaukee 37 39 .487 10.5 Sacramento 27 49 .355 23 Chris Robshaw was penalised for offside and another penalty in front of the sticks that O’Gara, Munster then pushed the hosts deep back into Detroit 25 52 .325 23 Phoenix 23 53 .303 27 O’Gara made no mistake from his kick. Flanker who now couldn’t miss, slotted over for a 15-9 their own territory and controlled the ball to see Cleveland 23 52 .307 24 Peter O’Mahony then robbed line-out ball from Southeast Division Southwest Division lead. out a deserved victory. Favorites Clermont Miami 60 16 .789 - San Antonio 57 20 .740 - George Robson deep in Harlequins’ 22 and the O’Gara kicked a fifth straight penalty without booked their last four spot on Saturday when Atlanta 42 36 .538 19 Memphis 51 25 .671 5.5 hosts infringed handing O’Gara a kick straight in reply before Harlequins started to wrest some they ousted fellow French Top 14 side Washington 29 47 .382 31 Houston 43 34 .558 14 front of the posts. control back from their Irish visitors with a scyth- Montpellier 36-14. The final quarter-final sees Orlando 19 58 .247 41.5 Dallas 37 39 .487 19.5 Munster had steppped up the intensity and ing break through the midfield from winger Tom twice former winners Leicester travel to Top 14 New Orleans 26 50 .342 30.5 Charlotte 18 59 .234 42.5 Harlequins simply couldn’t cope, giving away Williams. That set up an Evans penalty but leaders Toulon. — AFP SPORTS MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013 Blackhawks see off Predators

NASHVILLE: Bryan Bickell scored in the first period, Ray Emery made 20 saves, and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Nashville Predators 1-0 on Saturday for their third win in four games. The Blackhawks improved to 12-0-1 against the Central Division. Chicago beat Nashville for the third time this season - including twice in six days. The teams will meet again Sunday in Chicago. Nashville lost its second straight and fourth in five games. Emery posted his second shutout and the 13th of his career. Chicago is 16-3-4 in one-goal games.

RANGERS 4, HURRICANES 1 In Raleigh, Henrik Lundqvist made a sea- son-high 48 saves, and the New York Rangers gave Carolina its club-record-tying seventh straight home loss. SAN ANTONIO: Billy Horschel watches his drive on the second hole during the final Derek Stepan and Ryan Callahan scored 31 round of the Texas Open golf tournament. — AP seconds apart, and Rick Nash added a goal and an assist during the Rangers’ three-goal Horschel leads Texas Open second period. Brian Boyle added an empty- netter just before the buzzer. New York has SAN ANTONIO: Billy Horschel held off an tournament. However, he took 31 putts earned seven points during a 3-0-1 run to experienced leaderboard to shoot 2-under after needing only 26 on Friday. “It was fun- move into seventh place in the Eastern 70 and take a two-shot lead entering the ny to wake up and have the wind the dead Conference. The Rangers are tied in points with the eighth-place New York Islanders, and final round of the Texas Open on Saturday. opposite,” Furyk said. “What I was hitting NASHVILLE: Mike Fisher No. 12 of the Nashville Predators watches Patrick Kane No. 88 of the Horschel, who also held the lead after hybrid into Thursday and Friday, I’m hitting more importantly lead ninth-place Winnipeg Chicago Blackhawks at the Bridgestone Arena. — AFP the second round, battled through the 9-iron today. by two points. gusting San Antonio wind to reach 10 “I’m glad I got a couple rounds under my Carolina’s Zac Dalpe, called up from Evander Kane, Grant Clitsome, Kyle COYOTES 4, AVALANCHE 0 under overall - two shots ahead of Jim belt before that wind switched.” Furyk, Charlotte of the AHL earlier Saturday, scored Wellwood and Bryan Little scored for the Jets, In Glendale, Mike Smith stopped 24 shots in Furyk and Charley Hoffman. Horschel was McIlroy and Padraig Harrington, all former with 10:33 left. Dan Ellis stopped 27 shots in who recently slipped from first place in the his return to the Phoenix lineup and earned his second at last week’s Houston Open and major winners, were each within five shots two periods for the Hurricanes and was Southeast Division to 10th in the Eastern fifth shutout of the season in beating Colorado. extended his U.S. PGA Tour-best streak of of the lead. replaced by Justin Peters, who made eight Conference. Martin Hanzal and Shane Doan each had a goal consecutive made cuts to 21 this week. McIlroy hit just 7 of 14 fairways for the saves. Despite a season-high 49 shots, the Ruslan Fedotenko scored in the first period and an assist, Mikkel Boedker and Boyd “I’ve never been star struck out here,” second time in the tournament, continuing Hurricanes lost their fourth straight and for for the Flyers, who had a four-game winning Gordon also scored, and Oliver Ekman-Larsson Horschel said. “... I respect all the veterans his trend of up-and-down play this year the 11th time in 12 games. streak end. Winnipeg struggled in the first had two assists for the Coyotes, who won their out here. I respect everyone that’s put their after an offseason equipment change. period when it was outshot 13-4. third straight. Phoenix jumped ahead of time (in) out here. The two-time major winner, who lost the ISLANDERS 4, LIGHTNING 2 After Flyers goalie Ilya Bryzgalov allowed Columbus and Edmonton into ninth place in “But at the same time, I’m as confident as top ranking to Tiger Woods this year, signed In Uniondale, Matt Martin scored the go- four goals on 16 shots, he was replaced at the the Western Conference, two points behind St. I’ve ever been, and I feel just as good as up for the tournament only late last week - ahead goal with less than seven minutes left start of the third period by backup Steve Louis and three behind seventh-place Detroit. anyone else in the world right now.” Rory in search of as many competitive rounds as in the third period and Evgeni Nabokov made Mason, who made his debut with Smith hadn’t played since sustaining an McIlroy shot a 1-under 71 and was four possible entering next week’s Masters. He 19 saves to lift the playoff-hopeful New York Philadelphia. Mason stopped all nine shots he upper body injury on March 21 when he was shots back. McIlroy tied for the low round opened with two birdies over his first three Islanders over Tampa Bay. The Islanders faced. run over by Vancouver defenseman Alexander on Friday with a 67, but he was inconsistent holes on Saturday, climbing to 7 under and remained in eighth place in the Eastern Edler. Against the Avalanche, who are 4-13-1 off the tee in his third round and had four within a shot of Horschel, who had yet to Conference, tied in points with the New York CAPITALS 4, PANTHERS 3 in their past 18 games, Smith rarely was test- birdies and three bogeys. tee off. However, he fell back to 4 under Rangers, who hold the tiebreaker for seventh. In Sunrise, Alex Ovechkin recorded his 12th ed. He posted his 24th NHL shutout and The world No. 2 hit just 7 of 14 fairways with bogeys on Nos. 4, 10 and 11 before Both teams lead ninth-place Winnipeg by two career hat trick and added an assist, and surg- improved to 7-1-1 against Colorado. The for the second time in the tournament, con- closing with birdies on Nos. 12 and 14 to points and 10th-place New Jersey by three. tinuing his trend of up-and-down play this stay in contention entering the final round. The Islanders are seeking their first post- year after an offseason equipment change. Horschel, meanwhile, had a similar up- season appearance since 2007. Michael NHL results/standings He only signed up for the tournament and-down day as the weather warmed up Grabner and Josh Bailey also scored, and late last week, in search of as many compet- and the strong south Texas wind picked up Andrew MacDonald added an empty-net goal Winnipeg 4, Philadelphia 1; Chicago 1, Nashville 0; Los Angeles 4, Edmonton 1; Montreal 2, Boston itive rounds as possible before next week - for the first time in the tournament. He at 19:46 to make it 4-2 for New York, which 1; Toronto 2, New Jersey 1; NY Islanders 4, Tampa Bay 2; NY Rangers 4, Carolina 1; Washington 4, which will mark the first major since his made five birdies, reaching as low as 11 won for the sixth time in eight games. The Florida 3; Phoenix 4, Colorado 0; Vancouver 5, Calgary 2. PGA Championship win last August. under after a confident 6-foot birdie putt on Islanders have five straight home wins against Saturday’s gusty Texas wind provided No. 14 - one of only 23 putts he needed in Tampa Bay and are 10-2 in their last 12 at Eastern Conference Western Conference McIlroy with a far different challenge than the round. Nassau Coliseum versus the Lightning. Atlantic Division Central Division he’ll likely face next week at Augusta Hoffman, playing in the final pairing Richard Panik and Matt Carle had goals for the WL OTLGFGAPTS Chicago 28 5 4 123 80 60 National. “It was a tough scoring day,” with Horschel, briefly took the lead after a Lightning. Pittsburgh 29 10 0 127 95 58 Detroit 19 14 5 99 100 43 McIlroy said. “It was hard to really go low birdie on No. 8. The two-time winner on NY Rangers 19 15 4 93 90 42 St. Louis 20 14 2 105 98 42 Columbus 16 15 7 91 101 39 under par. “... I probably should have been a tour went to 9 under after reaching the par MAPLE LEAFS 2, DEVILS 1 NY Islanders 19 16 4 113 119 42 couple better, but at the end of the day, it’s 5 in two, and Horschel followed with a Nashville 15 16 8 93 104 38 In Newark, rookie Leo Komarov and Tyler New Jersey 15 14 9 90 103 39 still a solid round, and I still have a chance bogey for a two-shot swing that sent Bozak scored and Toronto extended reeling Northwest Division coming into tomorrow.” Friday’s leader to 8 under. Philadelphia 17 18 3 106 118 37 Vancouver 21 11 6 103 95 48 New Jersey’s losing streak to six games. Northeast Division Ryan Palmer had the low round of the It didn’t take Horschel long to regain the James Reimer made 27 saves as the Maple Minnesota 21 14 2 100 97 44 Montreal 25 8 5 120 91 55 day, posting a 4-under 68. Furyk, playing lead for good, with another two-shot swing Leafs strengthened their position in the tight Edmonton 16 15 7 100 106 39 the course for the first time this week - and on the next hole. I didn’t even know I fell Eastern Conference playoff race. The Maple Boston 24 9 4 102 79 52 Calgary 13 20 4 99 133 30 after rain limited his practice round to four out of the lead until someone just told me,” Leafs are 5th in the East, seven points ahead Toronto 21 13 4 117 106 46 Colorado 12 21 5 89 121 29 holes on Wednesday - birdied No. 18 to cap Horschel said. “... I couldn’t care less whether of the 10th-place Devils, who are three points Ottawa 19 12 6 93 83 44 Pacific Division a 3-under effort for the day and to reach I was leading after eight holes or whether behind the eighth-place New York Islanders Buffalo 15 17 6 102 116 36 Anaheim 25 8 5 117 95 55 Los Angeles 22 13 3 111 92 47 Sunday’s final pairing. The former US Open I’m leading right now. “I knew that I was and the postseason cutoff. Southeast Division champion was consistent from tee to green, playing well.” The gusty wind on the 7,435- San Jose 20 11 6 94 89 46 David Clarkson deprived Reimer of his sec- Washington 19 17 2 113 108 40 hitting 15 greens in regulation - a remark- yard layout took its toll, but it was enough ond shutout in three games with a goal with Phoenix 17 15 6 105 104 40 able feat as the San Antonio wind switched to put Horschel well within reach of his first Winnipeg 19 19 2 98 120 40 Dallas 17 17 3 99 113 37 8:23 left, but the Devils fell to 0-3-3 in their Carolina 16 19 2 97 115 34 to the south for the first time during the U.S. PGA Tour win. — AP last six games. The six-game skid is the second Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one Tampa Bay 16 19 2 119 110 34 one this season for New Jersey. The Devils point in the standings and are not included in haven’t won since top forward Ilya Kovalchuk Florida 12 20 6 94 131 30 the loss column (L) injured a shoulder. Martin Brodeur, who made his eighth straight start since returning from a back injury, kept the Devils in the game with ing Washington survived a late rally to beat Avalanche have lost eight straight on the 16 saves. Florida. road, dating to Feb. 14. Ovechkin scored twice from in close on the KINGS 4, OILERS 1 power play, and weaved through traffic for his CANUCKS 5, FLAMES 2 In Los Angeles, Jeff Carter had a goal and other goal, as the Capitals (19-17-2) improved In Vancouver, the Canucks’ top line com- an assist, Jonathan Quick made 23 saves, and to 8-2-1 in their last 11 games. Washington bined for eight points, and Cory Schneider Los Angeles kept moving forward in the completed a four-game season sweep of the made 36 saves as Vancouver beat reeling Western Conference playoff race with a victo- Panthers. Calgary. Henrik Sedin scored an empty-net ry over Edmonton. The Capitals, who scored at least five goals goal and earned career NHL assists No. 600 and Mike Richards and Slava Voynov also against Florida in their previous three games, 601, Daniel Sedin added three assists, and Alex scored for the defending Stanley Cup champi- struck quickly with a pair of goals from Mike Burrows scored and had an assist to pace ons, who have won five of seven to climb back Ribeiro and Ovechkin within 1:41 early in the Vancouver (21-11-6), which has won eight of into fourth place in the West. second period. 10. Dan Hamhuis, Dale Weise and Alex Edler Carter scored his 22nd goal and Voynov Braden Holtby made 27 saves in posting also had goals for the Canucks. got his first goal in 17 games, with both scores his fifth career victory over the Panthers (12- Dennis Wideman and Alex Tanguay scored coming on Los Angeles’ long-struggling pow- 20-6) without a loss. The Panthers, who were for Calgary (13-20-4), which has lost five er play. seeking their fourth straight victory, rallied in straight overall and 13 consecutive on the road Drew Doughty added an empty-netter, just the third period behind two goals from Tomas (0-12-1). The Flames are 14th in the 15-team his second goal of the season. Magnus Kopecky and another by Peter Mueller. Western Conference. — AP NEW DELHI: Wade Ormsby of Australia poses with the winning trophy during the Panasonic Open India at the Delhi Golf Club. — AFP Paajarvi scored and Devan Dubnyk stopped 35 shots for the Oilers, who have lost two straight after a five-game winning streak. The Ormsby holds nerve for Kings improved to 12-1-6 in their past 19 McLaren upbeat maiden victory in Delhi meetings with Edmonton. CANADIENS 2, BRUINS 1 ahead of China NEW DELHI: Australian Wade Ormsby in Asia is fantastic,” the 33-year-old, who In Montreal, Michael Ryder’s power-play held his nerve to overcome a triple bogey finished tied 33rd and tied 20th in goal 57 seconds into the second period lifted LONDON: McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh ings he endured with McLaren, he is treat- and complete a wire-to-wire victory by Malaysia and Chiangmai respectively, told Montreal over Boston in a matchup of the top is confident his team will be far more com- ing the race at Shanghai as another start of one stroke for his maiden professional the Asian Tour. “I was so disappointed in two teams in the Northeast Division. petitive in next weekend’s Chinese Grand the season. title at the Panasonic Open India yester- Malaysia and Chiangmai as I played well Alex Galchenyuk also scored and Carey Prix than they were in the two season- Button said: “In a funny way, the day. Ormsby, who held at least a share of on both weeks but didn’t finish them off. I Price made 26 saves for the Canadiens (25-8- opening races in Australia and Malaysia. Chinese Grand Prix almost feels like some- the lead from the opening round, carded knew there was a win in there for me and I 5), who won three of four against the Bruins Whitmarsh said the team have identified thing of a reboot of the start of my season. a final-round one-under-par 71 for a total am glad I came here.” Boonchu, who was this season. The Canadiens lead the division some initial solutions to their problems in “Taking home two points from the first of nine-under 279 to finish a shot ahead looking to become the oldest winner on by three points, with Boston holding a game the break since the Malaysian race on two races obviously wasn’t what we had in of Thai Boonchu Ruangkit (69) at the Delhi the Asian Tour at 56, was happy to have in hand. March 24. mind at the beginning of the year, but I Golf Club. been able to challenge his younger oppo- Daniel Paille scored for Boston (24-9-4), He said: “Clearly, our performance in think everybody in the team has picked Singapore’s Lam Chih Bing (72), who nents. “Conditions were really tough out which had a three-game winning streak Australia and Malaysia fell below the high themselves up and really attacked the task had the lead briefly during the final there the entire week but to be able to snapped. The Canadiens were down one standards we’ve come to expect at of addressing our car’s issues. round, finished third while India’s Shiv play the way I did even at 56 years old defenseman from the midway point of the McLaren. “We know where we’re losing perform- Kapur (71) bogeyed two of his last three really says a lot about my game,” Boonchu first period when Alexei Emelin appeared to “However, the three-week break ance, so I think we’re actually all looking holes to finish three shots behind Ormsby said. sustain a left knee injury in a thunderous colli- between rounds two and three has been a forward to seeing just what we can achieve in fourth. Starting the day with a one- “I’ve shown that I still have what it sion while taking a run at big Bruins forward useful one for us. “We have been fully in Shanghai. “The important thing for us as stroke advantage, Ormsby came back takes to compete against the younger Milan Lucic. Montreal held a 29-27 edge in engaged in further developing our under- a team is to go into the weekend with clear strongly after the triple bogey by sinking boys but I just ran out of steam towards shots. standing of the MP4-28 and are confident focus, hone our strengths across the ses- three birdies in four holes from the fifth to the end. But overall, it has been a good of being able to implement a number of sions and increase our understanding of the eighth hole. week and all I can say is never write off an JETS 4, FLYERS 1 changes this weekend that will widen its the car. He dropped another shot on the 12th old man.” Ormsby, Boonchu and Lam, the In Winnipeg, the host Jets scored four sec- operating window and, potentially, “I definitely think there’s everything to hole but an 18-foot birdie conversion on top three finishers, will be invited to the ond-period goals in less than seven minutes, improve its performance.” play for with this championship, and I can’t the 17th was enough to seal his victory. Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open, co-sanc- and Ondrej Pavelec made 30 saves as Jenson Button, the 2009 drivers world wait to get back into the cockpit to start “It means so much. I’ve played tourna- tioned by the Asian Tour and Japanese Winnipeg beat Philadelphia to snap a five- champion, said that after the two poor out- the fight again.” — AFP ments worldwide but to finally get a win Tour, in Osaka in September. — Reuters game losing streak. MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013 SPORTS

Serena crushes Venus Photo of the day in Charleston semi-final

CHARLESTON: World number one Serena tougher match,” Serena told reporters. Williams breezed past older sister Venus 6- The semi-final came a day after both 1 6-2 in their first meeting since 2009 in the had played third-round and quarter-final semi-finals of the Family Circle Cup in matches on Friday because of rain delays Charleston, South Carolina on Saturday. earlier in the week. Serena, who won her fifth match in a row “She’ll never admit it, but I don’t think against Venus, will face former number one she was 100 percent,” Serena said. “But you Jelena Jankovic of Serbia in late yesterday’s will never get that out of her. “And quite final as she goes for her third Family Circle frankly, three matches for her is much title. tougher than three matches for me. It’s def- Jankovic outlasted Switzerland’s initely not easy - because I’m struggling, Stefanie Voegele 6-4 6-7 6-2 in a much and I can’t imagine what she must be feel- tougher encounter lasting two hours and ing.” Venus was playing in her second eight minutes. Serena, 31, needed only 22 Premier-level semi-final since returning minutes to take the first set against the fifth from her seven-month illness lay-off in seed Venus, delivering eight winners to March last year. zero unforced errors. “I felt pretty good actually - it would She then completed the 54-minute have been nicer to have more space straight-set victory over 32-year-old Venus between the matches, but it did not work to prevail for the 14th time in 24 matches out,” she said. Jankovic, 28, gave the 63rd against her sister. ranked Voegele hope after losing the sec- “Venus has had a great week, and hon- ond set tiebreak before stepping on the estly, if she hadn’t had to play so many gas in the final set, winning the last four matches, it would have been a much games for the victory. — Reuters Tomic hero as Australia, Japan reach Cup play-offs

SINGAPORE: Recalled wild child Bernard I’ve seen him play,” Rafter told Australian Tomic was the hero for Australia and Associated Press. “To play two great match- Tatsuma Ito sealed a pulsating tie for Japan es in a row now, that was really important as both countries reached the Davis Cup for him. “Everything went perfectly, it’s World Group play-offs yesterday. actually ridiculous how (perfect) it was. I’m KotaruTokuda “Tokura” performs a trick in front of Kuwait Towers. — www.redbullcontentpool.com Tomic, back in the fold after being very proud of the guys.” dropped for disciplinary reasons, beat India also put internal problems behind Denis Istomin to give Australia an unassail- them, after fielding a weakened line-up in able 3-1 lead in their Asia/Oceania Group I their opening defeat to South Korea during tie with Uzbekistan, after also winning his a row over pay and conditions, as they first singles match on Friday. stretched their Davis Cup record to 6-0 Rosol puts Czech Republic In Tokyo, 24-year-old Ito held his nerve against Indonesia. to defeat South Korea’s Cho Min-Hyeok 6-3, Veteran doubles specialist Leander Paes 6-3, 6-0 in the decisive match, after rookie and partner Sanam Singh settled the tie on into Davis Cup semi-finals Lim Yong-Kyu upset Japan’s Go Soeda to Saturday with a straight-sets victory, after leave the fixture poised at 2-2. “I tried to Somdev Devvarman and Yuki Bhambri had play 100 percent,” Ito said. “I did my best given the hosts a 2-0 lead on the opening ALMATY: Lukas Rosol of Czech Republic put the from the beginning until the end.” day. defending champions into the Davis Cup semi- Australia and Japan now go through to China also preserved their place in finals with a tough win over Kazakhstan’s Evgeny the World Group play-offs in September Asia/Oceania Group I next season when Korolev at Astana yesterday. where they will try to seal a spot in the Zhang Ze and Wu Di spearheaded the one- Rosol, who is 63rd in the ATP rankings, won 7- global team competition’s top tier next sea- sided victory over Taiwan by winning both 6, 6-7, 7-6, 6-2 in his first ever head-to-head son. their singles matches in Tianjin. meeting with the 25-year-old Korolev to give his Meanwhile India and China enjoyed 5-0 Elsewhere, Pakistan said they would team an unassailable 3-1 lead in the tie. whitewashes respectively against protest after their Asia/Oceania Group II tie “It was a really difficult win as Evgeny showed Indonesia and Taiwan, who will contest a was awarded to opponents New Zealand really classy tennis today and kept me under relegation tie in September with the loser because of an unplayable surface at a neu- pressure throughout the match,” Rosol said. dropping to Asia/Oceania Group II. tral venue in Myanmar, which was hosting “Luckily I managed to resist the pressure and Australia’s captain Pat Rafter has endured a the fixture for security reasons. won. It’s our joint win, the entire team’s result.” rocky relationship with Tomic, who has had Pakistan had won the first singles and Both players started cautiously, trying to a fractious relationship with senior tennis Aisam-ul Haq Qureshi was leading in the avoid unnecessary risks, before Rosol snatched figures and several run-ins with the law. second on Friday when the referee stopped the opening set tie-break. But Rafter was full of praise for the 20- the tie and declared it abandoned, award- In the second set Korolev, who is 187th in the year-old, Australia’s top player at world ing it to New Zealand as the courts were world, broke in the sixth game but Rosol broke number 43, after he battled back from a set Pakistan’s responsibility. back in the ninth to set up another tiebreak, down to win 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 against the “We are devastated... we are going to which Korolev won to level at one set all. 46th-ranked Istomin, following Friday’s win lodge a protest against the decision,” The third set was almost a carbon copy of the over Farrukh Dustov. Pakistan Tennis Federation president second as Korolev grabbed the lead in the fifth “Bernie played some of the best tennis Kaleem Imam said. — AFP game, while Rosol levelled in the 10th. But this time the 27-year-old Czech was more precise in the tiebreak to clinch a 2-1 lead. In the fourth Rosol underlined his clay supremacy, breaking his rival’s serve twice to BUENOS AIRES: Argentina’s Carlos Berlocq returns the ball to France’s Gilles Simon during a win the set, the match and a place in the semi- Davis Cup World Group quarterfinals tennis match. — AP finals for his team. team, 7-6 7-6 5-7 4-6 15-13. then a 5-2 deficit in the third set to beat Julien On Friday Rosol and Jan Hajek gave Czech Serbia’s non-playing captain Bogdan Benneteau and Michael Llodra 3-6 7-6 7-5 6-3. Republic a commanding 2-0 lead beating Obradovic had considered playing Djokovic in The Europeans started the tie as favourites Andrey Golubev 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 and Mikhail the doubles but decided to go with Bozoljac, and despite needing to win both reverse singles, Kukushkin 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 respectively. ranked 338th in the world, to keep his best play- French captain Arnaud Clement was still hope- On Saturday, Serbia and Canada both won er fresh. ful. “The two matches tomorrow will be just as marathon doubles matches to seize control of “I know that I had that in myself,” Bozoljac hard to win for the Argentines,” he told reporters. their Davis Cup quarter-finals in North America. said. “I knew that if I give my 100 per cent for one “I’m still confident, we still have our chances Both matches were decided in the 28th game match, I can play on a really high level and I can to pass this round. If we want to win the Cup we of the fifth and final set as Serbia grabbed a 2-1 match up with these good players.” have to be able to turn this situation around.” lead over the United States in Idaho and Canada There was more drama across the border Andrey Golubev and Yuri Schukin stunned led Italy by the same score in Vancouver. when Daniel Nestor and Vasek Pospisil beat Radek Stepanek and Jan Hajek 7-6 6-4 6-3 to Argentina won their doubles rubber against Fabio Fognini and Daniele Bracciali 6-3 6-4 3-6 3- provide Kazakhstan with a glimmer of hope France in Buenos Aires to snatch a 2-1 lead while 6 15-13 after nearly four and a half hours. against the reigning Davis Cup holders after Kazakhstan stayed alive against the Czech The win left Canada needing to win just one they lost both singles matches on Friday. “We’re Republic by winning the doubles to head into of Sunday’s two reverse singles rubbers to reach a young team, playing against the Davis Cup Sunday’s reverse singles trailing 2-1. the elite World Group semi-finals for the first champions and nobody thinks we can beat The Serbian pair of Nenad Zimonjic and Ilija time. them,” said Schukin. “But we battled hard for DOHA: Yamaha Factory Racing rider Jorge Lorenzo of Spain (left) competes during Bozoljac pulled off a stunning upset over Bob The Argentine pairing of David Nalbandian every single point and never thought of giving the final of the MotoGP race on the last day of the Qatar Grand Prix. — AFP Lorenzo wins and Mike Bryan, the world’s top ranked doubles and Horacio Zeballos recovered from a set down up.” — Agencies Qatar MotoGP

LOSAIL: Yamaha’s Spanish world champion place, it’s good for Yamaha,” Lorenzo told Jorge Lorenzo won the seson-opening BBC television. Marquez was thrilled at his Qatar MotoGP staged under floodlights at performance. the Losail circuit here yesterday. “I was racing my hero (Rossi) — it was a Pole-sitter Lorenzo was followed across great battle with Valentino. For my first the line by nine-time former champion MotoGP that wasn’t too bad!” Rossi was Valentino Rossi on his first race for Yamaha also pleased with his showing asfter two since returning to his old team from Ducati. frustrating years with Ducati. Last year’s Moto2 champion Marc “That was great fun, I think second is Marquez, on his MotoGP debut, took third best for me today as Jorge was perfect. “I for Honda ahead of his teammate and last made a mistake at the start with Pedrosa. season’s runner-up Dani Pedrosa. “I wanted this podium, this was my tar- “I knew it was going to complicated. I’m get since last November. The bike was fan- happy that Valentino came back in second tastic, I had a great battle with Marc.” —AFP Group photo of women winners with officials. Men winners with officials. Shooting tournament concludes

By Abellatif Sharaa Results of the tournament are as follows:

KUWAIT: The tournament of the late Sheikh Abdallah Al-Mubarak Al- Skeet men: Iman Al-Shamma Sabah concluded in a ceremony that was attended in the presence of Nasser Al Daihani Sheikha Al-Rashidi President of Kuwait and Asian Shooting Federations, Vice-president of Salah Al Mutairi Abdallah Al-Rashidi Air pistol men: ISSF Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud Al-Sabah, tournament sponsor Sheikh Hamad Abdallah Mubarak Al-Abdallah Al-Sabah, President of the Arab Shooting Trap men: Mishal Al-Mutairi Federation, Vice-president of Kuwait Shooting Federation Eng Duaij Fuhaid Al-Daihani Suhail Jassim Khalaf Al-Otaibi and board of directors members. Saud Al-Miqlid More than 130 shooters participated in the tournament which Talal Al-Rashidi Air rifle men: included skeet, trap, double trap, 10m pistol and rifle. Ali Al-Mutairi Double trap men: Mohammad Abdelrahman Kuwait Shooting Federation Secretary General Obaid Al-Osaimi said Fuhaid Al-Daihani Bandar Al-Mutairi the late Sheikh laid the foundation for the building of Kuwait armed Hamad Al-Afasi forces, and had an instrumental role in Kuwait’s information develop- Mishal Al-Dhafiri Air pistol women: ment. He said, the late Sheikh loved his country so much and gave it all Iman Bouland that he could to ensure its development and advancement. Trap women: Huthama Al-Baghli Al-Osaimi, on behalf of president, board members and the shooting Shahad Al-Hawal Israa Bahman community thanked the family of the late Sheikh Abdallah Al-Mubarak Asmaa Al-Qatami DOHA: Spanish Moto2 rider Pol Espargaro celebrates on the podium after winning Al-Sabah for their continued support of Kuwait shooting and their Sarah Al-Hawal Air rifle women: Shaima Buhamad keenness in encouraging shooters to continue their successful ways. the final of the Moto2 race with runners up, British Moto2 rider Scott Redding (left) Ayat Al-Duwaikhi He also congratulated the winners and wished them more success. Skeet women: and Japanese Moto2 rider Takaaki Nakagami (right) on the last day of the Qatar Afrah Abdelrahman Duaa Al-Duaikhi Grand Prix. — AP SPORTS MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013 Spurs, Everton keep each other in check

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LONDON: Gylfi Sigurdsson scored a late equaliser for Tottenham Hotspur in a 2-2 draw against FLORENCE: AC Milan’s French midfielder Mathieu Flamini celebrates after scoring Everton yesterday as both sides during the Italian Serie A football match against Fiorentina. —AFP failed to make ground in the battle for Champions League qualifica- tion. Ten-man Fiorentina halt Milan The stalemate meant Spurs missed out on the chance to con- MILAN: Ten-man Fiorentina scored two late turn in Milan’s favour when Serbian defend- solidate their grip on third place in penalties in a 2-2 draw at home to AC Milan er Tomovic saw red for an apparent elbow the Premier League, with fourth- yesterday to dent the Rossoneri’s bid for a on El Shaarawy as the pair fought for pos- place Arsenal having narrowed the second place finish in Serie A. session 20 metres out. gap this weekend after their victo- Milan took a deserved lead in the 14th Things turned nasty when Juan ry at West Bromwich Albion. minute thanks to former Viola midfielder Cuadrado was cautioned for a foul on Everton, who lie sixth, will rue Riccardo Montolivo and were given a fur- Mario Balotelli, and then Muntari was their inability to hold onto their ther boost when Nenad Tomovic saw red shown yellow for another foul on Jovetic, lead and put further pressure on on 39 minutes for an apparent elbow to the who was replaced by Brazilian Romulo on the sides above them in their bid face of Stephan El Shaarawy. the stroke of half-time. to break into the top four. The visitors doubled their lead just after Despite being a man down Fiorentina Emmanuel Adebayor put Spurs the hour thanks to Frenchman Mathieu emerged with more purpose after the ahead after 34 seconds, but Phil Flamini, only for Adem Ljajic and David break but it was Milan who doubled their Jagielka headed home from a cor- Pizarro to score one each from the spot in advantage when Flamini turned ner 14 minutes later. LONDON: Everton’s Dutch defender John Heitinga (left) vies with Tottenham Hotspur’s Belgian midfielder the closing stages to earn a share of the Montolivo’s cross into the net on 62 min- Kevin Mirallas put the Toffees Moussa Dembele (right) during their English Premier League football match. —AFP points. Milan’s seventh draw of the season utes. Fiorentina were handed a lifeline ahead with a fine solo effort after advantage of the ensuing corner as an attacking change,swapping At the other end, Victor leaves Massimiliano Allergri’s side in third, when Milan midfielder Antonio Nocerino the interval, only for Sigurdsson to 13 points behind leaders Juventus and one was adjudged to have fouled Ljajic in the Jagielka met Leighton Baines’ Barkley for Nikica Jelavic. Anichebe saw a low effort deflect- plunder an 86th-minute leveller. delivery and headed home. Everton took the lead seconds ed wide and then fired over the bar adrift of Napoli ahead of the Partenopei’s box, the Serbian striker stepping up to beat The draw brought relief for home fixture against Genoa late yesterday. Abbiati from the spot. Spurs regrouped, with Clint later as Mirallas beat his Belgian after an Everton break, but Spurs Tottenham manager Andre Villas- Dempsey and the lively Lewis countryman Vertonghen to the did all the pressing in the closing Fiorentina, meanwhile, maintained their It appeared a kind decision for Boas, but both sides will regard push for a place in Europe but could give Fiorentina but there was no doubt when Holtby trying their luck from dis- ball on the right before twisting stages. this as an opportunity missed. tance, while Kyle Walker ran from and turning to the edge of the box They got their reward three up fourth place to Inter if the Nerazzurri Mattia De Sciglio tripped Cuadrado in the Spurs started without both beat Atalanta. box shortly afterwards. Abbiati got a hand inside his own half but sliced wide and firing low into the bottom-left minutes from time as Walker got Gareth Bale and Aaron Lennon in a of the near post. corner. down the right and crossed, Allegri admitted the Rossoneri had to Pizarro’s effort but could not stop the Premier League game for the first played better when Fiorentina were at full ball hitting the back of the net. Tottenham were on top and Spurs nearly hit back with an Adebayor curled the ball against time since November 2009, after Everton survived a penalty appeal immediate equaliser through the post, and Sigurdsson pounced strength. “We were in control of things in At the other end of the table Palermo they were injured against Basel on the first half but we failed to capitalise after gave their survival chances a much-needed when Dempsey’s cross hit Darron Mousa Dembele, but Tim Howard to level the scores. Thursday, while Jermain Defoe and Gibson, although the ball got enough on the ball to deflect it There was nearly another late going a man up,” he told Sky Sport Italia. boost in a shock 3-1 win away at William Gallas were also sidelined. “Then in the second half Fiorentina caught Sampdoria which left them second from appeared to strike his shoulder up onto the crossbar. twist as Anichebe went through Meanwhile, Everton were miss- rather than his arm. The American goalkeeper then one on one against Hugo Lloris, us napping. It’s a pity because a win would bottom but now level on points with Siena ing Marouane Fellaini and ex-Spurs have pushed Fiorentina further out of the who are third from bottom. Gibson went close in the 50th had to fend away Walker’s 30-yard but Spurs’ goalkeeper made a cru- man Steven Pienaar due to suspen- minute, sending a curling effort thunderbolt and Adebayor’s curl- cial save, while Jelavic then fired race for third place.” Steve Von Bergen opened the scoring sion, but Mirallas was fit to start Milan began in positive fashion and on 35 minutes and although Gianni Munari wide of the far post, and visiting ing effort, while Sigurdsson fired straight at the Frenchman in injury after shaking off a groin injury. manager David Moyes then made narrowly wide from 20 yards. time.—AFP when the visitors broke the deadlock, they levelled for Sampdoria while further goals There were fears before the did so in style. Montolivo dispossessed from Josip Ilicic and Santiago Garcia match that Spurs’ absentees would EPL results/standings Chilean midfielder Pizarro 25 metres out secured what was only the Sicilians’ fifth result in a lack of width and limit and coolly beat Emiliano Viviano low to the win in 31 games. their attacking threat, but the Chelsea 2 (Kilgallon 47-og, Ivanovic 55) Sunderland 1 (Azpilicueta 45-og); Liverpool 0, West Ham 0; Newcastle 1 (Cisse ‘keeper’s right. Elsewhere a brace within the space of hosts took the lead in the first 90+3) Fulham 0; QPR 1 (Remy 85) Wigan 1 (Maloney 90+4); Tottenham 2 (Adebayor 1, Sigurdsson 87) Everton 2 However, despite dominating Milan five minutes from Antonio Di Natale helped minute. (Jagielka 15, Mirallas 53). failed to capitalise on several other chances mid-table Udinese on their way to a 3-1 win Jan Vertonghen, who won the before half-time while Fiorentina came over Chievo while Siena v Parma and Played Saturday: Premier League Player of the Norwich 2 (Snodgrass 40, Turner 60) Swansea 2 (Michu 35, Moore 75); Reading 0, Southampton 2 (Rodriguez 34, Lallana closest when Stevan Jovetic, passed fit Catania v Cagliari both ended 0-0. Month award for March, had been despite suffering an injury last week which Yesterday’s late games see Inter host 72); Stoke 1 (Kightly 80) Aston Villa 3 (Agbonlahor 9, Lowton 87, Benteke 90); West Brom 1 (Morrison 71-pen) Arsenal 2 deployed at left-back and he got (Rosicky 20, 50). left him doubtful, forced Christian Abbiati Atalanta and Napoli at home to Genoa forward to deliver a superb cross, into a desperate save. while Roma entertain Lazio in the Derby with Adebayor sliding in to finish. English Premier League table after yesterday’s matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): The game seemed to take a decisive della Capitale today.—AFP It was a nightmare start for Man Utd 30 25 2 3 70 31 77 West Ham 31 10 7 14 35 44 37 Everton, but they were gifted a Man City 30 18 8 4 55 26 62 Newcastle 32 10 6 16 42 56 36 sight of goal in the 11th minute as Chelsea 31 17 7 7 61 33 58 Norwich 32 7 14 11 30 49 35 Nuremberg extend unbeaten run Michael Dawson gave the ball to Tottenham 32 17 7 8 55 40 58 Stoke 32 7 13 12 28 39 34 Leon Osman, who sent a curling Arsenal 31 16 8 7 61 34 56 Aston Villa 32 8 9 15 35 59 33 BERLIN: Japan midfielder Hiroshi Kiyotake minutes for Mainz, whose Hungary striker snapshot wide from 20 yards. Everton 31 13 13 5 49 37 52 Sunderland 32 7 10 15 34 45 31 again shone in Nuremberg’s 2-1 win over Adam Szalai missed a first-half penalty, but That was all the encouragement Liverpool 32 13 10 9 59 40 49 Wigan 31 8 7 16 37 57 31 Mainz 05 yesterday as they extended their Nuremberg deserved their third win in four the Toffees needed and they lev- West Brom 32 13 5 14 42 43 44 QPR 32 4 12 16 29 52 24 nine-match unbeaten run on the weekend games. Their unbeaten run stretches over two elled four minutes later. Dawson Swansea 32 10 11 11 43 42 41 Reading 32 5 8 19 36 63 23 Bayern Munich were finally crowned German months, having last lost to Dortmund in Fulham 31 10 9 12 43 47 39 Note: Top four teams qualify for the Champions League; cut out Ross Barkley’s dangerous Southampton 32 9 10 13 46 53 37 bottom three teams are relegated champions. January, and with six games left are just four low cross, but the visitors took full Germany star Bastian Schweinsteiger’s sec- points from the Europa League places, but ond-half goal at Eintracht Frankfurt on travel to Bayern on Saturday. Saturday gave Bayern their 24th league win in It was Mainz’s first defeat since they went 28 games to win the Bundesliga title for the down 3-0 at home to Bayern at the start of Maloney’s late show leaves QPR in peril 22nd time with an insurmountable 20-point February while Stuttgart and Hanover 96 lead and six games left. remain in midtable after their 0-0 draw at Bobby Zamora. Loic Remy looked to get of five wins from their remaining after the dismissal, both directed It is their 23rd national title overall, with Hanover on Sunday evening. have boosted Rangers’ survival hopes seven games and today’s draw will wide by McManaman. the Munich club also winning the old-style Dortmund host Malaga in Tuesday’s QPR 1 with a sublime 85th-minute goal, but come as a serious dent to their efforts When Rangers did manage to get German championship in 1932 and was Champions League quarter-final second leg Maloney’s equaliser left Harry to stay up. men forward, the Wigan defence Bayern’s first silverware since May 2010. after the first leg finished 0-0, and Juergen Redknapp’s men second from bot- The win appeared to be theirs appeared vulnerable. And it took an Having won the earliest confirmed title in Klopp’s side had to come from behind to beat tom, seven points adrift of Premier when Remy produced an outstand- excellent covering tackle from Bundesliga history, the Bavarians are looking Augsburg 4-2 on Saturday at the Signal Iduna Wigan 1 League safety with six games remain- ing finish to cap a breakaway led by Emmerson Boyce to prevent Remy to become the first German club to win the Park. Goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller, striker ing. Wigan, who have played a game Stephane Mbia. from testing keeper Joel Robles after treble of league, cup and Champions League Robert Lewandowski, captain Sebastian Kehl less, remain in the bottom three on But they paid the price for a lack the striker had been sent clear by titles. They face Juventus in Wednesday’s and star attacking duo Mario Goetze and goal difference, but will rue their fail- of discipline when Mbia fouled Andros Townsend in first-half stop- quarter-final second leg holding a 2-0 lead Marco Reus were all left out of the starting LONDON: Shaun Maloney’s injury- ure to make the most of their numeri- Maloney and the Wigan forward page time. The scare did nothing to from last week’s first leg at the Alliance Arena. line-up. Reserve striker Julian Schieber need- time free-kick earned Wigan Athletic cal advantage following Zamora’s curled a free-kick into the top-right spark Wigan into life after the break, Having flirted with the relegation places, ed just 22 minutes to score the opening goal a 1-1 draw at relegation rivals Queens 21st-minute dismissal for a head-high corner. Redknapp made just one with Martinez’s side continuing to Bayern’s Bavarian neighbours Nuremberg are against Ausgburg, who are locked in a battle Park Rangers, who appeared set for challenge on Jordi Gomez. QPR man- change from the side that had lost 3- lack ideas going forward. It was up to ninth after their Sweden defender Per with Hoffenheim — 3-0 winners against victory despite the early dismissal of ager Redknapp had set his side a tar- 2 at Fulham last time out, with Adel Rangers who continued to pose the Nilsson scored twice from set pieces on Duesseldorf on Friday-to avoid automatic rel- Taarabt making way for Junior greater threat, stretching Wigan Sunday with Kiyotake a constant threat to the egation. Augsburg went ahead with two goals Hoilett. when they hit the visitors on the Mainz defence. in 80 seconds just before the half-time break, By contrast, Wigan arrived in west break. The 23-year-old has claimed 11 assists and but Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp responded London on the back of successive vic- And the introduction of Taarabt four goals this season and his second-half by bringing on Lewandowski and Goetze early tories against Norwich City and for Hoilett in the 56th minute gave free-kick was hit home by Nilsson for in the second half. Newcastle United, and their recent Rangers another dimension that Nuremberg’s first goal, while the Japan star The changes had an immediate impact, as revival was reflected in Roberto almost brought reward when the won the corner from which Nilsson claimed Lewandowski put Hofmann away on the right Martinez’s unchanged starting line- Moroccan’s cross found Remy, who his second. wing to square for Schieber to equalise with up. Wigan’s confidence was apparent headed narrowly wide. Wigan grew Midfielder Nicolai Mueller equalised on 60 his second of the day on 52 minutes.—AFP in the way they approached the stronger as the game wore on and game, with Arouna Kone and Jean substitute Franco Di Santo was con- Beausejor combining to create an vinced he should have won a penalty Nine-man Atletico held opening for Callum McManaman, after being pushed by Nedum only for the midfielder to shoot tame- Onuoha. MADRID: Atletico Madrid lost more ground ning of the second-half. Abdel Barrada forced ly at Brazilian goalkeeper Julio Cesar. Then Cesar sprang to the home on Real Madrid in the race for second place in Courtois into a good low save four minutes Rangers’ response, though, showed side’s rescue with an excellent save to La Liga as they held on for a 0-0 draw at after the restart before, at the other end, Redknapp’s team are not short of keep out James McArthur’s header Getafe yesterday despite being reduced to Filipe Luis also saw a fierce strike turned belief, despite their lowly position. from close range. nine men. behind by Jordi Codina. And they came desperately close to That set the scene for a dramatic The visitors had the better of the chances Codina got down well at his near post to taking the lead in the 10th minute finale that is likely to have a signifi- in the first-half, but had to ride their luck in deny Falcao opening the scoring with a low when Hoilett headed Jose Bosingwa’s cant impact on the final outcome of the second as Getafe were denied a strong drive moments later, but Atletico were then floated pass into the path of Remy the relegation battle.—AFP claim for a penalty before Mario Suarez was extremely lucky not to concede a penalty. and the Frenchman was unlucky to sent-off for a second yellow card. Referee Carlos Delgado Ferreiro somehow see his shot deflect to safety off the Thibaut Courtois then had to make a fine judged that Godin’s trip on Adrian Colunga post. But any hope Rangers could save from Borja Fernandez with six minutes took place just outside the box despite con- build on that positive start disap- Matches on TV remaining before Diego Godin was also given tact clearly being made well inside the area peared 10 minutes later when (Local Timings) his marching orders for a second bookable and Barrada sent the resulting free-kick inch- Zamora experienced his moment of offence in stoppage time. es wide. Diego Simeone’s men weren’t so madness. The forward inexplicably English Premier League Real’s 5-1 win over Mallorca on Saturday lucky minutes later though as Suarez saw a launched his foot towards the ball as Man United v Man City 22:00 harsh second yellow for handball. had extended their lead over their city rivals Gomez was about to head Maloney’s Abu Dhabi Sports HD to four points, but with Adrian replacing the However, despite the man advantage, throw in. injured Arda Turan, Atletico started brightly. Getafe struggled to create chances and their His studs connected with the side Spanish League Radamel Falcao uncharacteristically mis- best effort came when Borja let fly from 25 of the Wigan midfielder’s head, leav- Sevilla v Bilbao 23:00 ing referee Phil Dowd with little cued when presented with a clear sight of yards, but Courtois showed strong hands to Aljazeera Sport +2 goal by Diego Costa just six minutes in and parry the ball to safety. And a scrappy game option but to issue a red card. Adrian should also have done better when he was summed up when Godin was shown also LONDON: Queens Park Rangers’ Cameroonian defender Stephane Wigan stepped up the pressure Italian League pulled his shot wide seven minutes later. shown a second yellow card for catching Mbia (left) vies with Wigan Athletic’s Malaysian-born Scottish mid- but it was to the home side’s credit that the visitors were able to conjure Roma v Lazio 21:45 However, the game then descended into a Alvaro Vasquez as they contested a high fielder Shaun Maloney (right) during the English Premier League foot- Aljazeera Sport +1 lull and only came back to life at the begin- ball.—AFP ball match.—AFP only two shots on goal immediately Ormsby holds Spurs, Everton nerve for maiden keep each victory in Delhi other in check

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LONDON: Chelsea’s Demba Ba lies on the floor after a tackle by Sunderlandís Craig Gardner( unseen) for which he was shown a yellow card during their English Premier league soccer match. — AP Chelsea ruin Di Canio’s debut

managerial experience into a relegation dog- weeks of the season in upbeat mood after to impress Di Canio, but Craig Gardner was With his first touch, Torres surged away fight. securing a third successive win in all competi- fortunate to escape with only a booking after down the left flank before cutting inside and Chelsea 2 The former Lazio and West Ham forward tions. a lunging foul on Senegal striker Demba Ba. picking out Oscar with a fine pass. The has taken charge of a team in freefall and their A gruelling week that started with an FA Di Canio has never been the shy, retiring Brazilian’s woeful first touch allowed Simon situation is even more perilous after a frustrat- Cup triumph against Manchester United and type and he paced the touchline with trade- Mignolet to save, but the rebound cannoned ing afternoon in west London extended their featured a Europa League win over Rubin mark intensity, responding with furious, arm- off the goalkeeper’s leg onto Kilgallon, who Sunderland 1 winless to nine matches. Initially it seemed Di Kazan, ended with the Blues climbing above waving reaction when Sessegnon chose the could only watch in despair as the ball hit his Canio was about to mastermind a dream Tottenham and Arsenal into third place in the wrong option. leg and trickled into the unguarded net. debut as Cesar Azpilicueta’s own goal gave Premier League. And, with Chelsea alarmingly short of ener- Di Canio hardly had time to digest that mis- Sunderland a deserved lead on the stroke of All eyes were on Di Canio as he emerged gy and invention, Di Canio’s team were fortune when Sunderland fell behind to LONDON: Chelsea ruined Sunderland boss half-time. onto the touchline just before kick-off and rewarded in the 45th minute. When Adam another moment of rank bad luck eight min- Paolo Di Canio’s debut as the controversial There was no lack of effort from made a beeline for the Chelsea bench and Johnson curled an inswinging corner to the utes later. David Luiz’s shot from the edge of Italian was left to rue his new side’s misfortune Sunderland, but Di Canio’s luck was out as embraced John Terry, one of the few support- near post, John O’Shea flicked goalwards and the area was struck with power, but appeared in a 2-1 defeat at Stamford Bridge yesterday. Matthew Kilgallon’s bizarre own goal handed ive voices in a torrid week. Spanish right-back Azpilicueta responded to lack the accuracy to beat Mignolet, until Di Canio’s appointment as Martin O’Neill’s Chelsea an equaliser and Branislav Ivanovic Di Canio almost enjoyed the perfect start with a rushed clearance that flashed into the Serbian defender Ivanovic stuck a leg out and successor last weekend was greeted with a netted the winner with a strike he knew little when Stephane Sessegnon escaped some roof of his own net.Rafael Benitez responded inadvertantly diverted past the wrong-footed storm of negative headlines about his extrem- about. sloppy marking from Ivanovic and fired into by sending on Fernando Torres for Ba at half- keeper. The fates were conspiring against Di ist right-wing political views, but more worry- Di Canio now has six games to prove he the side-netting from a tight angle in the time and the Spanish striker made an immedi- Canio and, despite their game efforts, ing for Sunderland fans was the decision to hasn’t been cursed after crossing paths with opening moments. ate impact as Chelsea drew level in the 47th Sunderland lacked the cutting edge to salvage thrust a volatile character with no top-flight the Black Cats, while Chelsea go into the final It was clear Sunderland’s players were keen minute. the situation. — AFP

Cisse’s goal shoots West Ham thwart Newcastle to safety NEWCASTLE: misfiring Liverpool Newcastle United manager Alan After 24 minutes, Mohamed Diame dis- Pardew threw him- Newcastle 1 played intricate footwork to work his way into the Liverpool area, past three defenders, before self into the crowd Liverpool 0 after striker Papiss shooting narrowly over Pepe Reina’s goal from Cisse’s stoppage- seven yards out. There were also glimpses of Fulham 0 goal for Carlton Cole, playing in place of ineligi- time goal earned his ble Liverpool loanee Andy Carroll, but his shot side a potentially West Ham 0 was bravely blocked by Daniel Agger. vital 1-0 victory at Agger opted for a direct approach early in home to Fulham the second half with a shot from fully 35 yards yesterday. that deflected off a West Ham defender on its Cisse slammed home from Yohan Cabaye’s shot in the LIVERPOOL: Liverpool’s hopes of a top-five fin- way out for a corner. 93rd minute to send Newcastle six points clear of the rele- ish suffered a setback as Brendan Rodgers’ team Liverpool came closer in the 55th minute gation places with six games of the season remaining. failed to capitalise on countless chances in a 0-0 when a Suarez attack resulted in the ball break- Fulham remain 10th. draw at home to West Ham United yesterday. ing kindly for the unmarked Steven Gerrard, It had looked destined to be a frustrating afternoon for West Ham, still without a victory at Anfield whose 15-yard shot looked certain to end up in the hosts, who were denied by the frame of the goal on since 1963, defended superbly to collect a point the Hammers goal until James Tomkins made a three occasions, and Pardew’s relief was evident as he cele- that keeps them away from the Premier League desperate goal-line block. brated Cisse’s goal by leaping in among the Newcastle relegation fight, but the afternoon was one of Liverpool supporters were beginning to fans. frustration for the home side. wonder whether this was to be their afternoon, The game was preceded by a minute’s especially when Suarez drilled a magnificent Fulham striker Dimitar Berbatov was bidding to score silence to mark the anniversary, on April 15, of for the fifth Premier League game in succession and he ball across the face of West Ham’s goal without the 1989 Hillsborough tragedy, when 96 a team-mate able to provide the telling touch. came close with a 20-yard effort that narrowly cleared the Liverpool fans were crushed to death during an There were sporadic warnings for Liverpool crossbar in the fourth minute. FA Cup semi-final in Sheffield. Once the game at the other end, with the Reds fortunate to Newcastle centre-back Steven Taylor headed a Moussa was under way, Liverpool dominated posses- escape a West Ham penalty appeal when Jose Sissoko cross over before Cisse chanced his arm from long sion, although it was not until first-half injury Enrique appeared to trip Tomkins at a Gary range with a curler that sailed narrowly wide. time that West Ham goalkeeper Jussi O’Neil free-kick. The best chance of the first half fell to Fulham’s Stanislav Jaaskelainen looked remotely flustered. Sturridge had a goal ruled out for offside Manolev, but his close-range effort was superbly kept out The Finnish international struggled to cope after 65 minutes, Philippe Coutinho cut in from by Newcastle goalkeeper Tim Krul. with a Luis Suarez corner and was required to the left and placed a shot inches beyond the far Vurnon Anita came within inches of giving Newcastle save twice from full-back Glen Johnson; rare post and Suarez, having a frustrating afternoon, the lead early in the second half, but his deflected shot examples of the West Ham number one being chipped a shot just beyond the far post from from 25 yards landed on top of Mark Schwarzer’s crossbar. put under genuine pressure. Liverpool manager the edge of the area. The woodwork continued to thwart the home side, Rodgers had been forced to make a substitu- Tomkins tangled with Gerrard soon after, with Yoan Gouffran heading a corner against the post and tion after only 25 minutes when Daniel although the penalty appeals came more from Cisse striking the same upright with his follow-up. At the Sturridge replaced Stewart Downing, apparent- The Kop than the Liverpool players, and Gerrard ly because of injury. other end, Krul produced another eye-catching save to followed that attack with a shot that rose high However, the home team could not blame over the goal from 18 yards. Sturridge tested deny Berbatov from a John Arne Riise free-kick. that tactical reshuffle alone for an underwhelm- As the nervousness in St James’ Park grew, a goalless Jaaskelainen with a shot through a crowded ing first-half display. Indeed, with West Ham area and Agger maintained the pressure inside stalemate seemed inevitable, only for Senegal internation- defending resolutely and content to play on the the closing minutes with another of his long- al Cisse to pounce at the death and send his side streaking LONDON: Liverpool’s Daniel Sturridge (left) fights for the ball against West Ham’s Guy counter-attack, the better chances arguably fell range attempts, this one turned around the up the table to 13th place. — AFP Demel during their English Premier League soccer match at Anfield Stadium. — AP to Sam Allardyce’s side. post by the goalkeeper. — AFP Indonesia inflation climbs above comfort zone Page 24

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BOAO: Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde attends a dialogue meeting during the annual Boao Forum in Boao, in southern China’s Hainan province, yesterday. —AP Euro has ‘long-standing future’: Lagarde Luxembourg ready to revise bank secrecy

BOAO, China: International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Mediterranean country struck a 10-billion-euro ($13 billion) hope is that there is not yet another country down the line zone”. Luxembourg is prepared to lift the lid slightly on its Christine Lagarde yesterday told an audience in China that bailout deal with the EU, the European Central Bank (ECB) that needs to be repaired and that could require support controversial bank secrecy in an effort to help curb tax eva- the euro has a solid future and that she hopes no more coun- and the International Monetary Fund-the so-called troika. from both the European partners and the IMF.” She added, sion by foreign depositors, its finance minister told a Sunday tries in Europe will need bailouts. “I think the collective politi- Europe has struggled with financial crises and the troubles however,that Cyprus represented a unique case and remind- newspaper. Following intense criticism by euro-zone part- cal will.... to maintain, defend, protect and enhance the mon- besetting Cyprus are the latest in a series of sovereign debt ed her audience that the country’s economy amounted to a ners of Luxembourg’s insular banking practices, Luc Frieden etary zone and currency zone has been largely underestimat- crises and bailouts-most notably in Greece-that have shaken mere 0.2 percent of Europe’s economy. told Germany’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung it ed,” Lagarde said. “The euro has a future and has a long- global confidence. “I don’t mean to be derogatory about this country,” she would now consider moves toward greater transparency. standing one.” The former French finance minister spoke dur- Such concerns were highlighted Friday when a US said, noting its status as a member of Europe and of the IMF. “We want to strengthen cooperation with foreign tax author- ing a question-and-answer session that followed an address Treasury official said uncertainty surrounding Europe’s finan- “But it was a very specific case in many respects,” she added, ities,” he said. “The international trend is going toward an she gave at the Boao Forum for Asia, an annual conference of cial woes “remains a risk to our recovery and the global eco- citing factors such as the the size of the banking sector rela- automatic exchange of bank deposit information. We no political and economic leaders held on the Chinese island of nomic outlook”. The official spoke on condition of anonymity tive to the Cyprus economy. longer strictly oppose that.” Hainan. ahead of Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew’s upcoming visit to Lagarde also said she hoped European authorities would He cited interest payments to foreign clients as an exam- Her appearance prompted questions from audience par- the EU. Asked specifically about the prospect for further learn from experiences over the past couple of years and ple of data that could be given to home countries as a matter ticipants about the situation in Cyprus, where the crises, Lagarde said: “I don’t have a crystal ball. “My dearest “decide to accelerate the consolidation of their currency of course. —AFP Kuwait rises to Egypt households suffer in economic hard times 26-month high CAIRO: It is not just Egypt’s politicians and to eight Egyptian pounds ($1.15) from five restore investor confidence in Egypt experts who are keeping a close eye on Egyptian pounds ($0.73), triggering mar- where unrest that accompanied the 2011 loan talks with the International Monetary ket chaos. uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak Fund: ordinary Egyptians suffering the It was one of several steps taken by the caused a significant drop in revenue from MIDEAST STOCK MARKETS squeeze of a devastating economic crisis cash-strapped government to rein in its the once-lucrative tourism industry. are also watching with concern. Sami subsidy bill, and has had a direct effect on Foreign reserves have plunged from $36 DUBAI: Kuwait’s small-caps helped lift the Investors booked gains ahead of a new list- decline 0.6 and 0.7 percent respectively. In Mohammed, a 49-year-old civil servant, the price of food in restaurants and carts billion to $13 billion in two years, and the bourse to a 26-month high yesterday as ing in May on Qatar’s exchange, which Saudi Arabia, the bourse ended little has been struggling with soaring inflation that sell fava beans on which many budget deficit is increasing. investors bet on improving earnings, while hasn’t seen an initial public offer since changed. Shares in Jarir Marketing rose 2 and says he fears the IMF’s $4.8 billion Egyptians rely for protein. Presidency President Mohamed Morsi’s adminis- other regional markets were mixed. Kuwait’s November 2009. percent after posting estimate-beating first- loan-which requires Egypt to contain its spokesman Omar Amer said the govern- tration has been plagued by unrest and index climbed 0.5 percent, its highest close Doha Global Investment Co, a new $12 quarter earnings. gaping budget deficit-will only cripple his ment was trying to work on a “new formu- deadly clashes between protesters and since January 2011. Turnover in the last billion Qatari investment firm backed by the Elsewhere, Dubai’s measure declined 0.3 finances further. He says he has been la” for economic reforms. police, blocking efforts to build broad- three weeks has reached its highest levels sovereign wealth fund, will offer its shares percent, halting three sessions of gains. closely following the progress of the long- “We want to make sure that all the based support for a program of economic since early 2012, a positive sign. Small-caps to the public. Although in the long term its Emaar Properties dipped 2.2 percent. Abu mooted deal in the newspapers, including subsidies of the government will go reform. The continued unrest has also dominated trade with leisure firm National presence could aid the market, the offer will Dhabi’s index eased 0.09 percent, down the arrival in Cairo this past week of an IMF directly to the citizens who deserve it, not prompted credit rating agencies to down- Ranges surging 14.3 percent and only be open to citizens, companies and from Thursday’s 41-month closing high. Any team. “Recent price rises are because of to everyone,” Amer told reporters. The grade Egypt. International Financial Advisors rising 6.9 institutions in Qatar, and the drain on liquid- break above resistance on the February the IMF talks,” said the father of two, who government has introduced a smart card In March, Moody’s downgraded percent. ity could be negative in the run-up to the intra-day peak of 3,069 points would trigger struggles on a meagre government salary. system that will limit access to subsidized Egypt’s government bond ratings by one “People are buying in on the fact that offer. Foreign investors will only be able to a bullish right triangle formed by the lows “Once the deal is reached prices will go goods to low-income families. notch to Caa1, a level indicating that a companies have rectified their financials buy the shares after they are listed. of the last few weeks, and pointing up to even higher. I can barely feed my sons as it In Cairo, the frustration is palpable. “For borrower is vulnerable to default, saying and are paying dividends - the bulk of the Local investors are selling shares to raise the 3,180-point area. is-all the prices have doubled.” For the past the last three months, I haven’t bought political instability had “significantly weak- trades have been in small stocks,” said money that they will invest in Doha Global, In Egypt, recent selling pressure brought five months, while Cairo has negotiated any item twice for the same price,” said ened” the economy. It also warned the rat- Fouad Darwish, head of brokerage at Global and this trend is likely to continue gradually in bargain hunters. The index rose 1 per- the financing package with the IMF, prices engineer Mohammed Mohammed, 59. ing outlook was negative. Investment House. in coming weeks, traders said. cent, extending gains since Wednesday’s of basic commodities including electricity, “Our income is the same but the prices The IMF loan alone will not lift Egypt Investors are also optimistic that the “If the IPO is Islamic, there will be a high- four-month low. water, gas and food have risen. keep going up. I expect prices to rise more out of the crisis, but it could help unlock government will move ahead with infra- er participation from Qatari investors,” said Commercial International Bank and To qualify for the loan, Egypt is once we get the IMF loan.”Flour and sugar other aid and boost confidence. “The loan structure projects that have been held back Yassir Mckee, wealth manager at Al-Rayan Orascom Construction Industries rose 2.8 required to reduce the budget deficit by are 50 percent more expensive than last itself will not solve the economic crisis, but by a long-running power battle between Financial Brokerage Co. “(The selling pres- and 1.8 percent respectively. raising revenues through taxes and reduc- year, and the price of vegetables like Egypt needs a certificate (of approval) that parliament and the government. Political sure) would open up buying opportunities EFG-Hermes gained 4 percent. The ing subsidies on vital items such as fuel cucumbers and potatoes has more than the economic situation is stable and it is tensions have eased somewhat since for foreign and longer-term investors investment bank said on Sunday a merger and bread, moves likely to spark social doubled. able to refund any loans,” said Magdy December elections in and the government depending on how much the prices deal with Qatari investment company tensions. Sobhi, a political economist with the Al has begun issuing some infrastructure con- decline.” QInvest will lapse on May 3 unless it Earlier this week, the price of subsi- IMF loan fears Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic tracts. In Qatar, the market halted a three- Losers outnumbered gainers 16 to three. receives long-awaited approval from dized cooking gas went up by 60 percent Authorities believe the loan will help Studies.—AFP session winning streak, losing 0.5 percent. Industries Qatar and Qatar National Bank Egyptian regulators. —Reuters business MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013 Burgan Bank CEO spells out growth strategy Eguren awarded ‘Best CEO in Kuwait’

By V Nacheva During the interview with Kuwait Times, Eguren com- mented on that the Group’s results in 2011 have clearly he transformation of Burgan Bank Group into a demonstrated its positive and upward swing financial regional financial powerhouse is backed by a clear delivery trend, and was the start to a more prosperous Tvision and an approach that has proven resilient journey of the group’s way forward. amid unstable economic conditions. He further explained that the results achieved in 2011 In a recent exclusive interview with Kuwait Times, were only a prelude to the group’s astonishing perform- Eduardo Eguren, Chief Executive Officer of Burgan Bank ance over the course of 2012; a challenging year that Group proudly said that his bank reflects trust and com- was projected for local as well as international markets. mitment to high standards of delivery in the minds of its With the onset of 2012, Eguren and his executive man- long-standing clients. “The group consistently works to agement team planned to achieve growth through a strengthen its position as the best quality financial serv- combination of prudent risk management strategies, in- ices provider through value driven strategies that aim at organic growth arising from strategic acquisitions and improving customers’ banking needs in Kuwait and increasing the market share. across the region in which its subsidiaries operate from,” Asked about the overall performance of Burgan Bank, stressed Eguren. Eguren highlighted that the Group’s operations across Burgan Bank, which is the third largest lender by the past year has been characterized with consistency in assets in Kuwait, focuses on the sectors of corporate and delivering solid results across all key metrics of its busi- financial institutions as well as having a growing retail ness as well as its financial scorecard. “With the right and private bank customer base. The bank witnessed capabilities and a clear direction, profitability levels, and continues to benefit from a significant turnaround asset quality, capitalization, liquidity and overall market in profitability process, operational growth and an positioning were significantly improved,” Eguren added. increased number of recognitions by leading regulators 2012 performance Throughout the year, Burgan Bank Group has met its corporate strategy objectives through delivering tangi- Eduardo Eguren ble results, distancing itself from the competition and creating a niche for our operations. The Group’s execu- The Group’s operations in Kuwait tive capabilities enabled the group to reap the benefits focused on the wide expansion of the of the right “formula,” proven to be resilient in an adverse economic scene that prevailed during 2012 and expect- product portfolio, aggressive market- ed to continue in 2013. Burgan Bank Group reported a consolidated net prof- ing strategies and enhancing overall it of KD 55.6 million for the year ending 31st December, 2012, reflecting a 10 percent increase from the same customer experience. The delivery of period of 2011 which was reported at KD 50.6 million. Earnings per share (EPS) grew 12 percent to reach new products has also significantly 37.8fils in comparison with 33.7fils in 2011. The group’s operating income surged by 16 percent to reach KD 190 enhanced the bank’s competitive posi- million, while operating profit before provisions soared tion while also providing customers by 17 percent to ultimately reach KD 119 million. Returns of Equity reported at 12.4 percent while Return more added value as well as personal- on tangible equity reported at 20.2 percent - the highest among domestic peers. ized banking solutions and services. “We must adapt to the varied situations we’re placed in in order to grow and expand accordingly. It is not worth it to keep complaining about bad situations. Part of our mandate at Burgan Bank is to grow and succeed during the good and bad times, and this doesn’t really across the banking sector. mean to implement a crazy expansion approach, but Soon after his appointment in 2010, Eduardo Eguren rather what I am referring to is very careful and calculat- articulated his vision of transforming Burgan Bank into ed growth,” said Eguren. one of the strongest regional banking groups that it is Burgan Bank Group continued treading on the road today. His command of the financial and banking sector of enhancing its core financials, while also expanding its coupled with a strong belief to manage by returns along volume of operations. The Group’s revenue composition with a well-defined high-level corporate strategy, has led in 2012 has been stable, and market share as well as the bank to witness a significant turnaround in prof- profitability was being enhanced at steady levels. The itability, operational growth, and an increased number mandate was to maintain leading financial indicators’ in of recognitions by leading regulators across the banking an upward position, towards achieving higher levels of sector. Under his tenure, the Group continues to report a sustainable growth and stronger revenues diversity. solid top-line performance, allowing it to be well-poised Eguren points out that the Group’s operations in on a solid trajectory scale to deliver pre-crisis perform- Kuwait focused on the wide expansion of the product ance, and a banking powerhouse group that is well posi- portfolio, aggressive marketing strategies and enhanc- tioned for growth, on a local, regional as well as an inter- ing overall customer experience. The delivery of new national front. products has also significantly enhanced the bank’s competitive position while also providing customers Growth more added value as well as personalized banking solu- Recently, Burgan Bank Group reported significantly tions and services. The aggressive marketing strategies Strategy and diversification improved financial results for the year ending December have resulted a wider reach and capture of a selective Currently, Burgan Bank has five majority owned sub- 31st, 2012. The Group posted KD 50.6 million net profit, customer base. In 2012, Kuwait’s operations increased sidiaries, which include Gulf Bank Algeria - AGB (Algeria), which is a 10 times increase from the same period of its Loans Market share to 12.7 percent. Bank of Baghdad - BOB (Iraq & Lebanon), Jordan Kuwait 2010 reported at KD 4.7 million. The Group’s revenue “Burgan Bank-Kuwait’s solid financial and operation Bank - JKB (Jordan) Tunis International Bank - TIB growth compared to the first half of 2011 climbed to performance was well recognized by external stakehold- (Tunisia), and fully owned Burgan Bank - Turkey, (collec- 11.4 percent from -1.4 percent, normalized operating ers. Burgan Bank reaped a wide array of awards that are tively known as the “Burgan Bank Group”). profit growth at 11.5 percent, operating profit margin at the results of “Peers & customers” voting process by 2012 was also the birth of Burgan Bank Group’s inter- 61.6 percent, cost to income ratio from 38.5 percent to renowned publications. These included the “Best national reach. With a 51 percent contribution to Group’s 38.4 percent and jaws ratio from -7.7 percent to 0.2 per- Corporate Bank”, “Best Private Bank” to the “Best Bank in total revenues, all subsidiaries have demonstrated a con- cent. From Returns perspective, Burgan Bank Group Kuwait”. Burgan Bank’s Brand was also recognized by sistent and solid revenue performance and continue ranks first amongst its peers in terms of return on equity “Best Bank Branding in MENA” and the brand is one of their operations on strong growth modes. (ROE), from 12.0 percent to 14.4 percent, while also rank- only 5 brands in MENA that has shown improvement in Burgan Bank completed its acquisition process in ing first on return on net asset value (RoNAV) from 21.1 brand value according to the annual survey by brand Turkey to acquire a 99.26 percent stake of Eurobank percent to 23.9 percent. finance,” adds Eguren. Tekfen. Eurobank Tekfen and its subsidiaries (EFG Istanbul Equities & EFG Leasing) became majority owned subsidiaries of Burgan Bank group as of December 2012 and have been renamed to Burgan Bank -Turkey, Burgan Securities and Burgan Leasing as of January 2013. Furthermore, the bank also acquired 25 percent of FIM Bank in Malta, and is looking at a combination of organic and inorganic growth in the pursuit of inorganic strate- gy. Burgan Bank’s strategy is simple, and one that aims at building and acquiring scale, capabilities and footprint and diversifying revenues streams. “Our business model is simple and focused. We have a simple business organi- zation. Every business has to be able to be successful by itself and to support the rest,” points out Eguren. “Our regional subsidiaries are now contributing with more than 51 percent of the group’s revenues, and the ones in Algeria, Jordan and Iraq are equivalent to Kuwait in terms of revenue growth. This is a great advantage

“Every country is sovereign to decide how they spend their resources. Kuwait is rich and can afford doing this without having to give explanation to anybody. Countries with long-term plans become more skilled when they have adversity. This is for the local leadership to decide.” business MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013

attributed to the geographic diversification we enjoy, bank is considered as the only one in Kuwait and another new chapter in the growth and progress of and the cost to income ratio points out the operational amongst a few across the GCC to be certified with the Burgan Bank Group. His methodology ensures that the excellence throughout our regional banks”, mentions ISO: 9001:2008 throughout its banking business. Group’s supporters and trust are well placed to deliver Eguren. A quite eventful year it has been for Burgan Bank on a strong promise of transforming Burgan Bank Group Group, not only from a performance perspective, but into a leading regional banking franchise. Development plan perspectives also through establishing itself as a strong thought Eguren says that he doesn’t rely on the country’s pro- leader, and a regional group that has been consistent Looking ahead posed state development plans to run the bank, but with its strong delivery. Eguren stated that, as “the cher- Eguren says that Burgan Bank Group has a solid foun- rather run the business according to the overall business ry on top of the cake”, Burgan Bank Group was awarded dation to continue building on its growth plans. The and growth strategy for Burgan Bank Group. He tells us with the “Best Banking Group in MENA 2012” by Global Group’s solid performance during 2012, according to that once the development plan kicks off, the bank will Banking and Finance Review. The award, he points out, is him, demonstrates that the Group is well positioned for do better, but whilst it doesn’t, the bank will continue a testament to not only the Group’s financials, but also more success and poised for further sustainable growth with its agreed growth approach as per its strategy and to the remarkable efforts exerted by his executive man- levels. According to him, the Group’s business objectives progress plans. agement’s team, and overall efforts of establishing one are to continue gaining market share with profitability, He further explains that the budget of the govern- of the most diversified regional banking platforms in the focus on growing international operations, as well as ment for infrastructure and related projects amounts to region. both the Retail and Private banking groups, while also almost KD 1 billion per annum. If the pace of the devel- continuing to build scale, capabilities and footprint opment plan accelerates, the government spend should Renewed Commitment through strategic acquisitions. reach up to KD 3 or KD 4 billion annually. This is a The hard work, dedication and commitment exerted On a final note, Eguren said “We are committed to lengthy process, Eguren says. “We have to consider the by the bank’s CEOis reaping the results planned for maximizing our shareholders’ returns, providing our cus- procedures that are involved in approving the budget, across all levels for Burgan Bank Group. tomers with world-class banking experience, product the selection process of the various projects, assigning These results are a part of Burgan Bank Group’s jour- innovation and competitive value as well as building the the contracting companies and finally starting the work.” ney, and a clear demonstration of a visionary approach best team in the industry. We are looking forward with When a project begins and a company is assigned to that is based on more than 25 years of experience in confidence to opening a new chapter in the growth and execute the work, this company needs to prepare their global corporate, retail and commercial banking opera- progress of Burgan Bank Group, as we embrace creative requirements that may include manpower and equip- tions, which clearly is the reason behind and proof of and innovative strategies that will transform the nature ment. Only at that stage will the company start to look Eduardo Eguren receiving the “Best Banking CEO in and status of our operations.” for the proper finance and guarantees. With that in Kuwait” award from a renowned publication in the bank- mind, the role of the banks becomes more apparent, ing and finance sector. and at that moment the company, and the not the gov- Consistent even with his outlook, Eguren defines the ernment, will be the client. This process provides a meas- way forward by being confident enough to opening urement and an evaluation tool for the growth of the banks’ business and how the plan will influence the growth of loans; Eguren points out during the interview.

Debt relief Asked to explore the premise if there is an alternative to Kuwait’s debt relief that is currently debated Eguren says, “Every country is sovereign to decide how they spend their resources. Kuwait is rich and can afford doing this without having to give explanation to any- body. Countries with long-term plans become more skilled when they have adversity. This is for the local leadership to decide.” He opined, “If oil-producing coun- tries do not prepare themselves for the moment when resources are not available, life is going to be very diffi- cult. Kuwait is lucky because it has reserves for many years.” He went on to add, “Times are changing. We all need to adjust and we have to be prepared that if we have frontal winds, we can still be successful and grow rather than longing for the good conditions of the past. Focus on delivery is very important.” Dwelling on the topic of possible taxation in Kuwait, Eguren eloquently explained, “At a time of low investment in Kuwait, to start putting taxes would be an additional disincentive to create growth.”

Recognition and awards During 2012, Burgan Bank Group won many awards. To Eguren, and his team, this represents a clear indica- tion that the bank’s performance is being recognized by top organizations. Eguren said that Burgan Bank was awarded with the “Best Bank in Kuwait”, the “Best Deal of the Year”, and the “Best Corporate Bank in Kuwait”. It didn’t stop there. The proud CEO also mentioned that Burgan Bank picked up the “Best Bank Branding” award, and was also recognized as “Best Banking Group in Kuwait”. For the second con- secutive year, Eguren says, Burgan Bank won World Finance’s “Best Private Bank” award along with the “Best Private Bank in Kuwait 2012” award from Capital Finance International. Eguren said Additionally, for the eleventh consecutive year, Eguren points out that Burgan Bank was awarded the JP Morgan Quality Recognition Award, while also receiving the COMMERZBANK award for maintaining high stan- dards of quality, efficiency and reliability while process- ing Euro currency transactions. In addition to that, the MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013 BUSINESS Democratic Congo looks to end reign of dollars

KINSHASA: With the economy on the mend, the government of notes. Since July, the Congo Central Bank has introduced new according to the government. Foreign exchange reserves are tax bills are now sent out in francs, even though they are usually the Democratic Republic of Congo has begun a campaign to denominations of 1,000, 5,000, 10,000 and 20,000 francs. But also more plentiful, with the central bank now holding more two still paid in dollars. Budget Minister Daniel Mukoko Samba, when rebuild the national currency and wean the country off the US these, along with existing franc notes of lower denominations, months worth compared to just two days in 2009. But the announcing the de-dollarization effort, noted that Congo is fol- dollar. In the 1990s, during the waning days of the brutal regime have been poorly received and small retail businesses shun Congolese authorities are careful not to push the process. When lowing in the footsteps of a number of other African countries of dictator Mobuto Sese Seko, hyperinflation that hit 2,000 per- them. However, Bruno Degoy, head of the local unit of the Bank the chief of the central bank, Jean-Claude Masangu, launched such as Angola, Ghana, Mozambique. cent led to the marginalization of the Congolese franc and the of Africa, which operates in a dozen African countries, said he the de-dollarization effort in a speech last year, he was careful to Zambia, Samba noted, chose to force the use of the national rise of the safe haven greenback. believes new bills “should appear little by little” in circulation. reassure Congolese. “There will be no forced conversion” of cur- currency. In Congo the “the fiscal and monetary authorities have By the end of last year, the dollar accounted for 89 percent of With inflation down to 2.7 percent and the dollar exchange rate rencies, he promised. In an interview with AFP, Masangu said the chosen to let market forces work,” he said. But businesses are bank deposits and 95 percent of loans, according the country’s fixed at around 920 francs by the central bank, “everything is in process of de-dollarization could last up to a decade. “Only once wary. “This de-dollarization doesn’t have any upside for us,” said central bank. Since that spate of hyperinflation, the dollar has place” to ensure the gradual wider use of the national currency, we’ve established confidence throughout the system, will we an importer of generators into the country for two decades who been the currency for savings and major transactions, with the he said. shut the valves so all payments are in the national currency,” he asked his name not be used. “For the moment, the Congolese Congolese franc relegated to small retail transactions which are The economic situation is also favorable, growth came in at said. So far the government has only taken small steps encour- franc is incredibly stable, but we remember times when prices conducted in increasingly worn wads of 500 franc (around $0.50) 7.2 percent last year and is forecast to hit 8.3 percent this year, age the use of the franc. Shops must publish prices in francs. And were changing every 10 minutes,” he noted. —AFP

Indonesia’s inflation climbs above comfort zone KCIC Weekly Analysis By Dana Al-Fakir The monetary policy operational target is reflected in the movement in the KUWAIT: Indonesia saw its inflation rate Interbank Overnight Rate, the rate at reach an almost two-year high in March, which banks lend to each other overnight. much to the dismay of the nation’s central Bank deposit rates are expected to follow bank. Indonesia’s consumer price index the movements in interbank rates, and rose from 5.31 percent year-on-year in henceforth affect bank lending rates. February to 5.9 percent year-on-year in With inflation now standing above the March, on higher food prices, topping the central bank’s target level, Bank Indonesia central bank’s targeted inflation range for is undoubtedly facing a growing chal- this year, of 3.5 percent to 5.5 percent. The lenge: how to best tackle its monetary pol- rise in food prices was mostly attributed to icy to curb inflation and yet keep up its the more stringent government policies impressive economic growth perform- on onion and garlic imports, which drove ance. The central bank is scheduled to their respective supply levels. However, hold its next policy meeting on April 11th. core inflation -which excludes the volatile Its reference rate has been at a record low food and energy prices - appears to of 5.75 percent since February of last year. remain in check, easing from 4.29 percent With core inflation remaining within the year-on-year in February to 4.21 percent central bank’s target, analysts argue that it year-on-year in March. On a side note, the is unlikely the reference rate will be economy’s trade deficit widened much increased just yet. The spike in food prices more than expected, from a revised $75 is deemed to be temporary, especially million in January, to $327 million in with the start of the rice harvest season February - double the amount that was and the government’s more relaxed stance forecasted - as exports continued to con- on the import regulations front, to keep tract in February due to both weak exter- them in-line with domestic needs. Having nal, particularly from nations which cele- said that however, if the government does brated the Chinese New Year. The swelling go ahead with its fuel subsidy reduction trade deficit together with the rising cur- policy to help tame the growing budget rent account deficit is placing downward deficit, the consequent rise in prices may pressure on the rupiah, which was down 6 more than offset the fall in food prices, percent last year and has so far lost 1.1 driving the overall inflation rate even high- percent year-to-date. This in turn is apply- er. President Yudhoyono is expected to ing upward pressure on the inflation rate, announce new measures to reduce the as imports costs are driven higher. level of subsidized fuel within the next The graph above represents inflation couple of days. Indonesia’s finance minis- through the Consumer Price Index (CPI). ter also recently announced that the gov- Inflation is the year-on-year increase in ernment may introduce a new type of fuel the price of a basket of goods and servic- that can be charged at a higher price than es. This basket is referred to as the CPI bas- the existing subsidized products. However, ket and is determined based on the resi- with the upcoming elections in 2014 and a dents’ spending habits. The CPI basket history of protests over fuel-price hikes in contains the costs of food, transport, 2005 and 2008, the president may be hesi- housing, utilities, and leisure activities. In tant to shy away from populist demands. Indonesia, like other developing nations, Needless to say, if the government does food prices make up more than a third of cut its fuel subsidies, we expect the new the basket, hence rising food prices have Bank Indonesia governor to take a more a strong effect on inflation. In order to hawkish stance and hike interest rates by prevent high inflation, the monetary 25 bps to bring headline inflation under authorities can decide to hike their policy control. The move will definitely be a test rates, which directly impacts households of the new governor’s management of the spending. By raising rates, the central economy. On the other hand, if subsidies bank makes borrowing more expensive, are not cut, then the policy rate is expect- and incentivizes households to borrow ed to stay put at a record low of 5.75 per- less, hence spend less. A cut in the policy cent, just as long as food prices do ease rate will boost economic activity by within the next couple of months. On encouraging consumption. The Bank Indonesia’s economic growth front for this Indonesia Rate is the policy rate year, expect it to hover around 6 percent, announced by the Board of Governors of on the back of solid domestic consump- Bank Indonesia in each monthly meeting. tion levels. The policy rate is used for liquidity man- —Dana Al-Fakir is economist at KCIC, agement on the money market to achieve an investment firm specializing in emerg- the monetary policy operational target. ing Asia investments. Offshore accounts data reveal financial crimes WASHINGTON: A trove of data obtained Moscow-based lawyer named Sergei by a US-based journalists’ group that Magnitsky. details thousands of offshore accounts After Magnitsky informed Russian reveals several instances of swindles and authorities of his findings, he was other financial crimes, The Washington accused of fraud himself and thrown in Post newspaper reported yesterday. prison, where he died in 2009 under sus- Among the 4,000 US individuals listed in picious circumstances. One of the com- the records, at least 30 were American cit- panies mentioned in the records was izens accused in lawsuits or criminal cases used to set up Swiss bank accounts, into of fraud, money laundering or other seri- which the husband of a Russian tax offi- ous financial misconduct, the report said. cial deposited millions in cash, the paper They include billionaire hedge fund man- said. Today, there are between 50 and 60 ager Raj Rajaratnam, who was convicted offshore financial centers around the in 2011 in one of the biggest insider trad- world holding billions of dollars at a time ing scandals in US history, and Paul of historic US deficits and budget cuts, Bilzerian, who was convicted of securities The Washington Post said. fraud, the paper noted. Groups that monitor tax issues esti- The report was the latest by promi- mate that between $8 trillion and $32 nent newspapers around the world trillion in private global wealth is parked which were given copies of the data for offshore, according to the paper. scrutiny by the Washington-based According to fraud experts, offshore International Consortium of Investigative bank accounts and companies are vital Journalists. to those wishing to conceal complex The head of the ICIJ, Gerard Ryle, financial crimes. obtained the data-involving 2.5 million For example, Allen Stanford, who ran records of more than 120,000 companies a $7 billion Ponzi scheme, used a bank and trusts set up by two offshore compa- he controlled in Antigua, The Post noted. nies operating in the British Virgin Islands And Bernard Madoff, who ran the largest and in Asia and the South Pacific-on a Ponzi scheme in US history, used a series hard drive after investigating a fraud and of offshore “feeder funds” to fuel the offshore haven case in Australia. growth of his scam. Several newspapers, including The Washington Post quoted a top France’s Le Monde and Britain’s Guardian, official in the US Justice Department’s have been publishing revelations based fraud section, Paul Pelletier, as saying US on the data. The Washington Post’s owners of offshore accounts were some- report said the records contained infor- times trying to hide money from US tax mation on at least 23 companies linked authorities, law enforcement or regula- to an alleged $230 million tax fraud in tors. “As a prosecutor, it was very difficult Russia that was investigated by a pursuing these people,” he said. —AFP MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013 BUSINESS India business charm offensive falls flat Investors look for ‘more than talk’ NEW DELHI: India’s government is appealing to the still heavily regulated economy, dismantle former president of India’s flagship outsourcing corporate leaders to “keep the faith” as it strug- investment roadblocks and slice through India’s lobby group NASSCOM. gles to revive a staggering economy, but the infamous red tape drew yawns from his audi- Business leaders said they still have high reply from business is they need more than talk ence who said they were tired of promises. admiration for Singh’s economic scholarship. But to win back their support. “It’s like Rip Van Winkle who has woken up many say the frail Sikh is not a politician able to Business confidence in the Congress party- after nine years and recognized past failures,” deal with an unruly cabinet and navigate the led government has nosedived, with growth at a said Ravi Chaudhry, chairman of Delhi-based hurly-burly political landscape. decade-low of five percent, stubbornly high business strategy consulting firm CeNext “He’s basically an economist. What he says inflation, a ballooning deficit, policy drift and a Consulting and Investment. now is not going to change the trend-people string of corruption scandals. “Nobody has confidence, his words are not don’t have high expectations of the government Air Arabia increases The disenchantment is even more worrying confidence inspiring,” Chaudhry said. “This all anymore,” said another delegate, Anil Sultan. for Congress with 2014 polls looming and busi- happened under their watch.” Congress has Still, the potential opposition candidate for ness hailing corporate-friendly opposition been losing capital, especially during its second premier, Modi, a pillar of the Hindu nationalist flights to Salalah leader, Narendra Modi, the Gujarat state chief stint in power which began in 2009, among both BJP, remains a controversial divisive figure for minister, as a potential prime minister. Premier domestic and foreign investors who have been failing to halt deadly anti-Muslim riots that SHARJAH: Air Arabia, the first and largest result of that commitment. As demand Manmohan Singh, seeking to woo back the key seeking opportunities elsewhere. The party inflamed his state in 2002. low-cost carrier (LCC) in the Middle East soars for Air Arabia’s value for money serv- corporate constituency, conceded in a speech to wheeled out a string of top ministers as well as Modi’s business popularity stems from clean and North Africa, announced yesterday the ices, we will continue to further expand our the annual meeting of India’s biggest industry reclusive Nehru-Gandhi scion Rahul Gandhi, governance and effectiveness as an economic increase in frequency of flights to Salalah network in the Arab world and beyond, group last week there was a need for a “correc- often tagged India’s prime minister in waiting, at steward that has made Gujarat a go-to invest- from the carrier’s primary hub in Sharjah. providing customers with a wider choice tive strategy” to jumpstart growth. the industry meeting as part of their charm ment destination. Effective May 8, 2013, the airline will offer for value air travel.” “Keep the faith and partner with the govern- offensive. Industrialists such as Sunil Bharti Mittal, Ratan three flights per week, an addition of one Salalah is a popular tourist destination ment in our effort” to put the economy back on Gandhi’s appearance, however, left business Tata and Anil Ambani have all voiced admiration flight to the existing schedule, making it due to the natural attractions and its sea- track for high growth, said Singh, considered the leaders scratching their heads as he lectured for Modi-prompting Congress to draw a parallel easier and more convenient for passengers sonal weather, locally known as “Khareef.” father of 1990s market reforms that unleashed a them in a rambling speech about the need to with the German corporate sector’s fondness for to visit this vibrant tourist destination in Salalah includes a distinctive natural diver- two-decade economic boom. reduce endemic poverty and act with compas- Adolf Hitler in the 1930s. “The German corporate the Sultanate of Oman. sity where the coast blends with the moun- “We grew at an average eight percent in the sion, while failing to provide solutions for low sector had a similar fascination with a gentle- Air Arabia will offer new services to tains and the desert in wonderful harmony. last 10 years and we can get there again,” Singh, growth. “The silver lining is they recognize they man who was at the helm of affairs there. The Salalah on Wednesdays departing from During the Salalah Tourism Festival, the city who has been in power since 2004, told the have slipped up and it is a positive they are implications for the world at large were disas- Sharjah International Airport at 08:00 and is frequented by visitors from all over the Confederation of Indian Industry on Wednesday. doing something now, but they have only 10 trous,” Congress spokesman Manish Tewari said arriving in Salalah Airport at 09:45. Return world. The beautiful beaches and coastline But Singh’s commitments to further open up months to turn things around,” said Kiran Karnik, recently. —AFP flights will depart from Salalah on the same are also major attractions for scuba diving days at 10:25 and arrive in Sharjah at 12:05. and bird watching. “We are pleased to expand services to Air Arabia (PJSC), listed on the Dubai Salalah after launching services to this Financial Market, is the Middle East and BOJ ushers in ‘easy unique city less than a year ago,” said, Adel North Africa’s leading low-cost carrier. Air Ali, Group Chief Executive Officer, Air Arabia commenced operations in October money’ era, but Arabia. “Our customers enjoy access to the 2003 and currently operates a total fleet of extensive destination network of our carri- 33 new Airbus A320 aircraft, serving 83 questions abound er and the highest quality service possible, routes from three hubs in the UAE, and today’s announcement is a direct Morocco and Egypt. TOKYO: The Bank of Japan’s huge new easing measures mark its boldest bid yet to vanquish growth-sapping defla- tion, but observers warn there are no guarantees of success for the multi-billion-dollar gambit. Gold failed as future The central bank ended weeks of speculation over what its new management team would do last week, unleashing a inflation indicator! torrent of measures which rival the US Federal Reserve’s wave of easy money, known as quantitative easing. Traders lapped By Hayder Twafik Islamic revolution started in Iran, gold up the news, sending Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index skyward, while price hit a high of $800. Then it contin- bond yields fell to record lows and the yen plunged to levels KUWAIT: Today’s gold price is the same ued a two decades of correction till it that heartened Japan’s exporters whose competitiveness as it was on April 2011; i.e. it has under- reached a low of $300 in 2001. During depends on a weaker currency. performed massively and unfortunate- that period average global inflation BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said his team would ly has been costly to hold. I continued to fall and it double Japan’s money supply by the end of 2014, jack up think after 12 years of reached around 4 percent asset purchases and hit a two-percent inflation target in as gains, a bear market in by the end of the nineties. many years, vowing no let-up in the battle against falling gold has started. It has So, the correction in gold prices which have plagued the economy for decades. “We failed as an indicator of ris- price was accompanied by will carry out quantitative and qualitative monetary easing ATHENS: Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras speaks to reporters as he leaves ing global inflation at a a global fall in inflation but that is unprecedented in its scale and quality,” Kuroda told a Maximos’ Mansion after a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and time when central banks it did not protect investors packed news conference. “Rather than doing things incre- the debt inspectors from the European Central Bank, European Commission and around the world printing against inflation and it lost mentally, we are taking all the necessary steps to achieve two International Monetary Fund, known as the troika in Athens yesterday. —AP unlimited supply of mon- investors nearly 60 percent percent inflation early,” he added. ey but that money has not of its value. So we can Observers hailed it as a “gigantic step” and a “brave new fed through to the system. argue that historically gold world” with moves that surprised markets used to less The selloff in gold has acted as a hedge against aggressive action from Japan’s central bank. “Kuroda showed EFG awaiting Egypt been on concern that inflation but not over the today that the Bank of Japan is now different from what it investors are looking for last few decades. The les- was in the past,” said Yoshikiyo Shimamine, executive chief higher returns in other son for investors is those nod for QInvest deal economist at Dai-ichi Life Research Institute. Tokyo also assets mainly bonds, equi- gold prices tend to rise ties and real estates. This shift in when there is an easy monetary policy applauded the moves with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe-who CAIRO: EFG Hermes, the Middle East’s top President Hosni Mubarak, on allegations of investors attitude away from gold is in place and tend to fall when there is a hand-picked Kuroda and his deputies-saying the market investment bank, said yesterday a merger illegal share dealings in relation to a 2007 purely based on the assumption that tighter monetary policy. The recent fall reaction was “exactly what the measures were expected to deal with Qatari investment company transaction. If regulators approve the there is a global economic recovery in gold price may be indicating that do”. Kuroda, meanwhile, brushed off worries his strategy QInvest will lapse on May 3 unless it agreement, they may face criticism for let- and with it no inflation threat. global monetary policy about to shift could set off an asset-price bubble, a big fear in Japan after receives long-awaited approval from ting executives accused of profiting in the Gold will continue to decline in the towards tightening. But even this could the last two decades of limp growth, which followed a huge Egyptian regulators. Mubarak era further their gains under the coming months as the global financial be misleading in the face of weak glob- stock and real-estate bubble in the late 1980s. However, even EFG said it had received regulatory new government. markets has withstood the crisis in the al economic growth and threat of those who lauded the bank’s efforts concede it was a step approval from a number of countries for On the other hand, Qatar is Egypt’s main euro-zone, the geopolitical unrest in recession. into uncharted territory, a plan that could backfire and leave the deal, under which it would initially political and financial backer in the Gulf the Middle east, Africa and lately the A recent study shows that the cost Japan saddled with bucketloads of debt and little else. “We inject its core business into a joint venture and has pledged $5 billion to Cairo in loans North Korean threat to its neighbor of producing an ounce of gold is don’t know where this gamble will take us,” said Daisuke Uno, 60 percent controlled by QInvest. “If EFG and grants to help keep the most populous and to the US. I don’t think gold should around $760, which is half of market chief market strategist of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. does not receive a ‘no objection’ from the Arab country afloat. QInvest is majority- be treated as another asset class by price of gold today. As long as there is Boston University professor William Grimes predicted that (Egyptian Financial Supervisory) Authority owned by Qatar Islamic Bank. investors. Since the start of the finan- such a huge profit margin on gold then the policy “will have positive effects, but there are no guaran- in the coming days, it will be difficult to The transaction includes EFG’s broker- cial crisis back in 2007, analysts and production will continue to increase tees”. “Deflationary expectations are much more firmly implement the joint venture agreement,” age, research, asset management, invest- commentators have aggressively rec- and the selling pressure will remain. entrenched among Japanese companies and consumers the Egyptian company said. ment banking and infrastructure business- ommended that gold should be treat- Investors should be aware that all the (now). Also, Japan’s fiscal situation has become much worse. The joint venture would inject more es. QInvest would inject $250 million into ed as an asset class on its own. These gold produced around the world are “This means that monetary policy will be (left) on its own, as than $300 million of direct investment the joint venture and have the right to buy arguments contradict the historical still in existence are ready to be sold at a fiscal stimulus will be modest and temporary,” he added. into the Egyptian economy, EFG said. A the remaining 40 percent over a period of case of holding gold. Historically gold certain price and there is no reason to Abe’s prescription for the economy includes big government spokesman for the authority said the deal 12 to 36 months after the close of the is seen as a store of value against infla- hold on to them. My biggest fear is that spending, although that too may run into a wall: Japan has, was still being studied and that a decision transaction for $165 million or a fair market tion and it should be treated as such gold price has indeed peaked and it has proportionately, the worst debt load among industrialized would be announced at the right time, valuation. nothing else. If an investor wants to now entered a bear market like the one nations with a rapidly ageing population threatening to declining to give any details or time EFG shareholders would receive a one- hold gold in a portfolio of a diversified we experienced in the eighties and the exacerbate the problem. Meanwhile the one-time power- frame. off dividend of 4 Egyptian pounds ($0.58) asset then my advice is to hold as little nineties. May be a price correction is house economy has been wrestling with falling prices for EFG issued the statement on a day when per share after the deal closes, which was as are permitted without adding any overdue. How far it can correct depends years, a deflationary spiral that put the brakes on growth Egyptian Central Bank governor Hisham originally expected in the third quarter of elements of speculation to the portfo- on the supply and demand. Producers because it encourages people to put off buying goods in the Ramez was visiting Qatar, his office said. 2012. lio. There is a clear sign that investors’ are happy to keep producing as long as hopes of paying less in the future and hurting producers in The deal is politically sensitive in Egypt The contract between QInvest and EFG sentiment is very much likely to stay they can have 100 percent profit mar- the process. because both of EFG’s chief executives, Hermes is due to expire 12 months after positive on financial assets and away gin. There is the possibility that produc- The BOJ said Thursday it would expand its asset-purchase Hassan Heikal and Yasser El Mallawany, are the agreement was first signed on May 3, from gold and other precious metals. ers might start selling gold forward to program to include riskier bets such as exchange-traded on trial, along with the two sons of ousted 2012, EFG said. — Reuters Another reason for investors’ confi- capture the high price and by doing so funds (ETFs) and real-estate investment trusts. ETFs are simi- dence is the relative strength of the US will continue the high production. My lar to an index fund, but are market traded like stocks. While dollar. The only good forecast for future advice is if you are investing in gold turning around Japan’s long-tepid economy would assure trend of the price of gold is inflation. because of your concern about the Kuroda of his place in the history books, some, including This probably should be the correct global economic and political environ- London-based Capital Economics warned that the former argument for investing in Gold as a ment then you should think again! head of the Asian Development Bank may have set the bar future hedge against inflation. Back in — Hayder Tawfik is Executive Vice too high. “The bank won’t help itself in the long run if it 1980 when the Soviet Union invaded President of Asset Management, at makes promises it can’t keep and here, we suspect, doubts and occupied Afghanistan and the Dimah Capital. will start to creep in,” it said. — AFP EU’s Ashton seeks consensus in Egypt on economy, reform

CAIRO: The European Union’s foreign policy ever, Europe - as a partner and neighbor - has to ing violence by refusing dialogue, threatening to chief met Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi support Egypt in its move towards deep and boycott forthcoming parliamentary elections yesterday to encourage the country’s feuding inclusive democracy. I will work hard in Cairo to and broadcasting hostile propaganda. The political leaders to seek a national consensus in engage with all parties to help build confidence United States, which gives Egypt about $1.5 bil- tackling mounting economic and political prob- and find common ground on both political and lion in annual aid, directed its sharpest criticism lems. economic issues,” Ashton said. so far at the Islamist-led authorities last week, “This is a critical time for Egypt’s transition. She was due to meet six main opposition citing a “disturbing trend of growing restrictions The country is facing huge economic and politi- leaders later but EU diplomats said the prospect on freedom of expression”. cal challenges,” Catherine Ashton said in a state- of a dialogue between the Muslim Brotherhood- The European Parliament, in a non-binding ment before the talks. Her visit comes as Egypt is led government and its liberal and leftist oppo- resolution, urged the EU in March “not to grant in the midst of long-delayed negotiations with nents had dimmed after recent political vio- any budgetary support to the Egyptian authori- the International Monetary Fund on a $4.8 bil- lence. ties if no major progress is made regarding lion loan needed to cope with a growing eco- The opposition accuses Morsi of seeking to respect for human rights and freedoms, demo- nomic crisis. monopolize power and muzzle independent cratic governance and the rule of law”. Foreign currency reserves have dwindled to media and civil society using the public prosecu- EU officials have said that if Egypt reaches less than three months’ imports, the Egyptian tor, the security forces and a controversial draft a deal with the IMF, it can expect an addition- COLOMBO: A vintage Volkswagen Beetle car and van are displayed during pound has lost nearly 10 percent against the law to regulate non-government organizations. al $500 million in financial support from the Volkswagen owner’s club “pride of ownership” diamond jubilee rally 2013 in dollar this year and there are warnings of power Morsi’s supporters say the opposition is try- EU and a similar amount from the United Colombo yesterday. Volkswagen owners hold an annual pageant in Sri Lanka to show cuts and fuel shortages this summer. “More than ing to undermine his legitimacy and encourag- States. —Reuters off their vintage cars. — AFP MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013 BUSINESS Chairman’s message

n behalf of my fellow members of the while EBITDA would have been $2.15 billion, and The administrative and financial support from Group will continue to provide highly sophisticat- Board of Directors, it gives me great pleas- net profits $1 billion. Zain Group entered a num- Zain Group ensured that Zain KSA improved its ed telecommunications services to meet the aspi- Oure to welcome shareholders once again to ber of strategic partnerships with global compa- financial performance and results in 2012, which rations of our customers. the Annual General Assembly, in which we review nies during the course of 2012 with the dual aim subsequently led to a reduction in the Saudi oper- I would like to take this opportunity to express the performance of the Zain Group during 2012. of reinforcing its operational position on the one ator’s net loss by 9 percent year-on-year in 2012. my deep appreciation for the trust placed in all The twelve months of 2012 were one of the hand and maximizing its value proposition to cus- In 2012, our operation in Iraq continued to be our strategic decisions by Zain’s shareholders. This most difficult periods for our operations as the tomers on the other. During 2012, Zain Group the market leader with respect to customer num- trust has been a major factor in encouraging the challenging global economic outlook persisted, inaugurated its first LTE network in Saudi Arabia, bers and we expect further tangible growth management of the Group to drive the company and industry competition in the markets in which followed by a commercial launch in Kuwait. This opportunities there, especially on the back of the to its strong position. I would also like to extend we operate increased. Our financial indicators for represented a significant milestone in Zain’s widespread expansion of our network into the my deep thanks to my fellow Board Members and the year ended 31 December 2012 reflected those strides to maintain its technology leadership. northern regions of the country. Zain Group is also executive management for their outstanding challenges - the evidence of such being the sharp currency translation impact that cost the Group’s bottom line around $109 million. However, the Group’s overall operational performance remained within expectations thanks to our flexible busi- ness plans that helped maintain a high level of operational optimization despite the challenges. In 2012, the IT and telecommunications indus- try witnessed major changes that led to the wide- spread convergence of the smartphone, tablet computer and telecommunications. The number of smartphones and tablet computers are forecast to double within the coming couple of years according to industry statistics. On the face of the aforementioned challenges and drivers, our operations continue to evolve and encompass new areas of growth in the field of IT and telecommunication services, having already undergone a wide series of development projects that aim to introduce improved quality and effi- ciency levels to the Group’s portfolio of services in its main markets, including Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Iraq. In parallel with the development projects it implemented in its networks in 2012, the Group continued to adhere to its policy of reducing its administrative, operational and finance costs, hav- ing implemented innovative plans that have man- The launch of our LTE network in Kuwait was intensifying its efforts towards listing its Iraq oper- efforts during 2012. aged to cut considerably the finance expenses in another certificate of leadership as Zain Kuwait ation on the Iraq Stock Exchange by 2013 as stipu- In conclusion, on behalf of all my fellow mem- 2012. became the first local operator to offer cutting- lated by the company’s license. bers of the Board of Directors and the executive Our journey of success and leadership was fur- edge LTE technology on a nationwide basis. Not Intent to honor and renew its corporate social management, as well as all employees of the ther demonstrated by our operational results for only does this step represent a qualitative leap, responsibilities and duties, the Group has Group, I would like to offer our deepest gratitude 2012 with Zain Group generating net income of but it is set to further bolster Zain Group’s com- launched a series of initiatives and programs to and appreciation to His Highness the Amir of $902 million, earnings per share of $0.23, and con- petitive capabilities in two of its key markets of enhance its partnership with the communities in Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- solidated revenues of $4.58 billion. operation. which it operates. One such initiative was the suc- Sabah; His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh While the Group’s consolidated customer base In Saudi Arabia, Zain KSA successfully complet- cessful launch of Zain Group’s inaugural Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah; His Highness grew by 6 percent to stand at 42.7 million active ed its $1.6 billion rights issue with a full subscrip- Sustainability Report in which it offers an account the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al- customers at the end of 2012, up from 40.2 million tion during the summer; a development that of the socio-economic and environmental impact Sabah; and to the esteemed members of our gov- at the end of 2011. formed part of a wider plan to restructure the of its business operations. This report represented ernment for their continued support of Kuwait’s These results reflect relative stability in the company’s capital. Zain Group continued to back a strong verification of Zain’s serious efforts in companies and organizations. Group’s key financial indicators for the year. As its Saudi Arabia operation both administratively becoming a corporate entity that truly considers May God the Almighty keep our country safe and mentioned above, without the effects of the sharp and financially, having taken the strategic deci- the wellbeing of the people of the region. prosperous. currency translation impact, consolidated rev- sion to increase its ownership in Zain KSA to 37 Thanks to our wealth of highly qualified profes- Asaad Ahmed Al-Banwan enues would have amounted to $4.88 billion, percent in the wake of the company’s rights issue. sional employees, we are confident that Zain Chairman, Board of Directors Flydubai celebrates 3 successful Amazing offers on years of operations to Kuwait auto finance from Airline carried 1m passengers between Dubai, Kuwait ABK, Al Babtain

KUWAIT: Flydubai, Dubai’s innova- flights to Kuwait increased by 62 per- role in stimulating demand by the skies. flydubai ordered of 50 air- KUWAIT: In collaboration with Abdul up to KD250 when financing their car with tive low-cost airline, celebrates its cent after one year of operations, encouraging travel. craft in July 2008, and the remainder Mohsen Al Babtain (Renault, Nissan, Infiniti ABK amongst other benefits”. third anniversary of operations in illustrating the strong demand for * 84 percent of traffic on this route will be delivered by 2016. and Citroen), ABK announces the provision Lockie added: “ABK, keen to be unique Kuwait, reaffirming its commitment travel between the Kuwait and the is to Dubai whilst the remaining pas- of auto financing services to its clients who in the services and products offered, to the market. United Arab Emirates. sengers are connecting onwards to a Passenger Experience want a new car but need financing for it. including Auto financing, offers special Three years since launching oper- Some of the figures highlighting number of destinations on flydubai’s flydubai is committed to afford- Stewart Lockie, GM Retail banking, said packages on various vehicle brands with ations to Kuwait, flydubai has flown the remarkable growth of the network including Sri Lanka, ability, but does not compromise on “Auto Finance is one of the most important the largest international car agencies”. Maldives, India and Georgia. quality. Innovation and choice are types of financing as it is related with an It is worth mentioning that in addition Commenting on the occasion, fly- two key characteristics that have set essential product which is an integral part to the discount announced, ABK offers dubai’s CEO, Ghaith Al-Ghaith, said: the airline apart and over the past of our lives. ABK strives to provide easy and more advantages like financing up to “Kuwait has always been a key mar- three years it has maintained high affordable ways to fulfill its clients’ needs; KD15,000 without the obligation of trans- ket for flydubai. Our commitment to levels of service standards and opera- with this offer clients can enjoy discounts ferring the salary to the Bank. serving the country to further tional efficiency while maintaining cements the strong cultural, trade affordable fares. and tourism relations between our flydubai has set new standards two nations. Offering affordable, with its In-Flight Entertainment, Warba Bank achieves 33% high frequency and excellent quality becoming the first airline in the world to show movies in high defini- growth in corporate tion. Passengers can choose from more than 900 hours of non-stop entertainment from the best of banking Q2 2012 Hollywood including over 225 movies, 200 TV programmes and 370 KUWAIT: Warba Bank announced yesterday the Second Half of 2012. Warba always seeks music albums, at a small extra fee. the achieving of positive results in terms of to provide the best financing services for the the financing activities of its Corporate corporate sector which is the main artery of Cargo Services Banking Group. This achievement stems the Kuwaiti economy. The services provided flydubai launched its cargo serv- from the strength of the bank’s operations by Warba aim to fulfill the customers’ needs KUWAIT: The representatives of flydubai, Dubai innovative low ice in Kuwait in November 2012, pro- and its diversified sources of income, as the with a view to develop commercial busi- cost airline- have met Kuwait’s media over lunch in apprecia- viding an affordable and convenient bank continues to service vital market sec- nesses and generate benefits for all parties.” tion and recognition of their role in supporting flydubai’s jour- outbound cargo service in addition tors inside and outside Kuwait. In conclusion, Al-Obeid said: “Given the ney of development and growth in the Kuwaiti market over the to the existing inbound service. During the past period, the bank focused past three years, which had a deep impact in re-enforcing its flydubai Cargo services include a on financing certain sectors; most notably position as one of the most growing low-cost airline. flydubai CEO fully automated warehouse storage amongst them are the retail, industry, real Ghaith Al-Ghaith and retrieval system with real time estate and petrochemicals sectors. Warba information and efficient transit Bank’s corporate financing portfolio service has enabled more passengers times. The airline has also signed a increased by 33% during the Second Half of to travel more frequently for business number of interline agreements with 2012. This was achieved by building as solid and leisure, and we look forward to carriers including Emirates, professional customer base; as well as easy, catering to the increasing demand in Singapore Airlines and British fast and efficient processing of transactions. the future.” Airways to ship goods beyond fly- Additionally, Warba seeks to build a long flydubai, the fastest growing start- dubai’s passenger network, which term relationship with its existing cus- up airline in the world, is now the now spans more than 50 destina- tomers, and to attract more reputed and second-largest carrier operating out tions. creditworthy customers, providing them of Dubai International Airport and Flight Details flydubai operates an innovative Sharia-compliant financial solu- having recently started operations to eight daily service to Kuwait. Return tions. Commenting on this, Basel Jassim Al- Basel Jassim Al-Obeid its 54th destination. With the rapid fares from Kuwait to Dubai start at 54 Obeid, Chief Corporate Banking Officer at expansion of flydubai’s network, KWD. flydubai has a simple model Warba Bank, said: “The results of the Second achieved improvement, an increase of bank- Kuwaiti passengers now have more where customers only pay for servic- Half of 2012 show healthy growth in the ing sector’s assets in GCC states in general opportunity to connect onwards to a es they want to receive. Fares are bank’s key activities, as we aim to approach and in Kuwait in particular during 2012, we host of exciting destinations in 31 inclusive of all taxes plus one piece of our customers; i.e., owners of large, medium, are optimistic about the overall growth countries across the Middle East, hand luggage weighing up to 7kg and small sized businesses, with a view to prospects of the banking sector in Kuwait Africa, Indian Subcontinent, Asia, the and one small laptop bag or hand- understand their needs and their opera- during 2013. In light of the good results Commonwealth of Independent bag. A checked in baggage or a seat tions, and to help them reach their goals achieved, Warba is committed to continue more than 1 million passengers on Kuwait-Dubai route include: States and Central and Eastern with extra legroom can be booked and achieve long-term success.” providing comprehensive range of banking the route and has more than tripled ● Passenger numbers for fly- Europe. for an extra small fee. Once on board, In the same context Al-Obeid added: “In products and services for corporate and its capacity. The carrier launched its dubai’s Kuwait market grew by 31 passengers can choose from a range Warba Bank, we strive our best to meet and retail customers. Currently, Corporate double daily services to Kuwait back percent in 2012. Fleet of optional extras, including in-flight understand the requirements and needs of Banking Group is considering new and spe- in 2010 and today it operates eight ● The overall market size has flydubai’s fleet comprises 28 entertainment packages or select our customers and working to find appropri- cific Sharia-compliant products, which conveniently timed flights a day. increased by 35 percent between brand new Boeing 737-800 aircraft - from the varied menu of refresh- ate innovative financial solutions. As a result, would further serve the needs of our cus- The total number of operated 2009 and 2012, indicating flydubai’s one of the safest aircraft to take to ments and Duty Free items. we have achieved good growth rates during tomers.” Al-Tijari announces winners of Najma Account daily draw

KUWAIT: Commercial Bank of Kuwait are: Salwa Saleh Mohammed Al-Saleh— Kuwait with the launch of the new which is the date of the bank’s establish- instead of KD50. held the Al-Najma Account Daily draw KD 7000, Soad Neama Hayef Al-Enzi— Najma account. Customers of the bank ment. With a minimum balance of Commercial Bank of Kuwait takes this on April 7, 2013. KD 7000, Shames Al-Moulouk Ahmad can now enjoy a KD 7,000 daily prize KD500, customers will be eligible for the opportunity to congratulate all lucky The draw was held under the supervi- Mansour— KD 7000, Mohammad Al- which is the highest in the country and daily draw provided that the money is in winners and also extends appreciation sion of the Ministry of Commerce & Taher AbdulAziz— KD 7000, Khaton another 4 mega prizes during the year the account one week prior to the daily to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry represented by Abdulaziz Jabar Habib— KD 7000. worth KD 100,000 each on different draw or 2 months prior to the mega Industry for their effective supervision of Ashkanani. The Commercial Bank of Kuwait occasions: The National Day, Eid Al-Fitr, draw. In addition, for each KD25 a cus- the draws which were conducted in an The winners of the Najma daily draw announces the biggest daily draw in Eid Al-Adha and on the 19th of June tomer can get one chance for winning orderly and organized manner. MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013 technology Prevention of data leaks a priority task

DUBAI: The leakage of confidential Four reasons to implement and to protect against unauthorized access; nencryptionwillgrowbymorethan50 percent in nal media, and the automatic encryption of data - whether by accident or malicious encryption technologies lTo protect sensitive files against malware the next few years- from $556 million in 2012 files created or modified by any program spec- design - can have serious conse- Generally encryption technologies fall into and other increasingly prevalent cyber-threats; to $866 million in 2016. In 2013, the cost of ified by the company’s IT staff. quences for any company, and in the two camps - File and Folder Level Encryption lTo help secure data against attacks that data protection will exceed $2 billion for the It is important to reduce the complexity in worst cases might even cause a busi- (FLE) or Full Disk Encryption (FDE). FLE protects successfully penetrate the corporate network - first time while in 2016 it will reach more than the IT environment and Kaspersky Endpoint ness to collapse. The results of a survey specific files and folders so it’s better suited for attacks on corporate infrastructure and $3 billion. Security for Business allows companies to elimi- conducted by the IDC marketing encrypting small amounts of sensitive informa- attempts at data theft are becoming ever more nate several different tools, vendors and appli- agency in December 2012 show that tion. FDE, by contrast, encrypts the entire hard sophisticated; Kaspersky Lab encryption technologies cations by consolidating their needs into a sin- many companies recognize the gravity drive and is perfect for protecting, for example, lTo complement a company’s risk manage- To prevent unauthorized access to confi- gle platform. To help reduce complexity, the of the problem - 41 percent of compa- corporate laptops in the event of them being ment process; data protection plays an increas- dential information, our new corporate plat- encryption function is combined with a wide nies are genuinely concerned about lost or stolen. Since FLE and FDE solve different ingly important role as a key element here. form Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business range of other Kaspersky Lab technologies in possible data leaks and have made pre- problems, most organizations prefer to use Currently, encryption-related expenditure is offers both FDE and FLE encryption technolo- this new platform. It protects against malware, vention a primary objective. According both technologies. not apriority item in most IT department budg- gies. The solution incorporates several other spam, targeted threats and other cyber threats, to IDC, encryption - one of the most According to the IDC specialists, there are ets. However, IDC analysts are sure encryption valuable features, including centralized man- creating a truly safe environment to handle effective and reliable data protection four main reasons to implement encryption will soon become one of the most in-demand agement functions for encryption technolo- confidential information on all nodes of the tools - is becoming more and more technologies: technologies. gies via Kaspersky Security Center, the ability to company’s infrastructure. popular. lTo limit access to confidential information According to IDC, themarketforworkstatio- set up general rules to encrypt data on exter- Berlin airport project delays shame Germans Officials seek to set new opening date

BERLIN: Rabbits scamper over quiet runways. Only their service to the people.” nesses like coffee shops, restaurants, retail stores or the call of a crow disturbs the silence around a Hamburg’s concert hall was to have opened by bus operators - who had already hired staff and gleaming, empty terminal that should be hum- 2010. Instead it’s nowhere near complete and costs invested in new stores at the airport - are facing ming with the din of thousands of passengers. have more than doubled to 575 million euros. It’s bankruptcy. Twitter users asked the mayor to Willy Brandt International Airport, named for now due to open in 2016. “please open this gate,” playing off President Germany’s famed Cold War leader, was supposed Construction on Cologne’s North-South subway Ronald Reagan’s famous 1987 appeal to Moscow to have been up and running in late 2011, a sign of line began in 2004. After cost overruns and a col- to “tear down” the Berlin Wall. Berlin’s transformation from Cold War confronta- lapse that killed two people in 2009, officials say And by the time the airport finally opens, it may tion line to world class capital of Europe’s econom- ic powerhouse. Instead it has become a symbol of how, even for this technological titan, things can go horribly wrong. After four publicly announced delays, officials What’s next for acknowledged the airport won’t be ready by the latest target: October 2013. To spare themselves further embarrassment, officials have refused to the Cloud? set a new opening date. The saga of Berlin’s new airport has turned into a national joke and a source of humiliation for a people renowned for being on Dan Smith, Head of Integrated Marketing cloud experience. But it is critical that time. Yet it is just the highest profile in a string of for the Middle East and Africa region of employees are able to deliver client solu- big-ticket projects - including a concert hall in Xerox’s Developing Markets Operations. tions in weeks, not months, and are Hamburg, railway tunnels in Munich and Leipzig, a The Society for Information adept at turning a service into a sellable subway line in Cologne and a Stuttgart under- Management (SIM) recently released product. At Xerox our focus is on grow- ground train station - that have been plagued by findings from its annual CIO survey that ing our bench of cloud service experts huge cost overruns and delays. indicate CIOs around the world plan to organically rather than through recruit- The airport fiasco presents a staggering pic- commit more of their budgets on IT out- ment. ture of incompetence. German media have tracked sourcing in 2013 to boost productivity lThe next frontier for cloud services is down a list of tens of thousands of technical prob- and reduce costs. Not surprisingly, cloud deeper penetration into specific indus- lems. Among them: Officials can’t even figure out computing was cited as a top application tries, specifically hyper-competitive mar- how to turn the lights off. Thousands of light bulbs in 2012 and I expect that to be the case kets such as retail and hospitality. We’ve illuminate the gigantic main terminal and unused next year as well. seen the benefits of cloud solutions in parking lots around the clock, a massive energy When we speak with CIOs and IT man- large enterprises and increasingly in SMB and cost drain that appears to be the result of a agers many are still surprised that Xerox environments. But there’s also great computer system that’s so sophisticated it’s almost has been a player in the business cloud opportunity for industry-specific solu- impossible to operate. for years. But as the world’s leading tions such as help desk or telecom BERLIN: Two men walk to the main terminal of the new Berlin Brandenburg Every day, an empty commuter train rolls to the International Airport (BER) named Willy-Brandt-Flughafen in Schoenefeld near enterprise for business process and doc- expense management services for retail, unfinished airport over an eight-kilometer-long ument management, we’ve always con- where profit margins can be razor thin. (five-mile) stretch to keep the newly-laid tracks Berlin. (Below) The Berlin Brandenburg International Airport (BER) Willy-Brandt- tended that the cloud is an integral piece lData analytics driven by cloud servic- from getting rusty, another example of gross ineffi- Flughafen is seen partially illuminated in Schoenefeld near Berlin. —AP of simplifying the way work gets done - es. As businesses increasingly operate in ciency. Meanwhile, hundreds of freshly planted offering on-demand technology that’s more locations nationally and globally, trees had to be chopped down because a compa- scalable, affordable and can be accessed cloud services allow them to make sense ny delivered the wrong type of linden trees; several anywhere, anytime. of all the customer and operational infor- escalators need to be rebuilt because they were So let’s look at key cloud trends and mation at their disposal. Xerox is adept at too short; and dozen of tiles were already broken opportunities in 2013: leveraging big data, and bringing that before a single airport passenger ever stepped on lCloud jobs are booming, but how do data analytics power to clients in a cloud them. companies attract the right talent to cap- services-based package is a major The airport itself points to problems with the italize on the opportunities? Because the growth opportunity for the industry. fire safety system as the immediate cause of the cloud is still an emerging force, it’s not What other cloud developments do you delays: The fire safety system incorporates some always necessary that a candidate have see in 2013? 75,000 sprinklers, but computer programming glitches mean it’s not clear whether all of these sprinklers would spray enough water during a fire. And the system’s underground vent system, As Bitcoin virtual currency designed to suck away smoke, isn’t working. Here, again, technology’s getting in the way: It’s so soars, bubble fears do too advanced that technicians can’t figure out what’s wrong with it. PARIS: Some call it the most famous pizza mous and requires some good technical Critics say that the difficulties with handling purchase in history: In May 2010, a program- understanding to access. It was used to fuel today’s complex technology have been com- mer called Laszlo asked an online forum if illicit drug buys and pay for other illegal pounded by hasty, negligent work due to the anyone would buy him a couple of pies in services on specialist sites. intense time pressures. Underlying these problems exchange for 10,000 Bitcoins, an experimen- But computer aficionados and tech- appears to be a culture of political dishonesty. tal online currency launched in 2009. savvy libertarians embraced the currency “Many politicians want prestigious large-scale proj- “No weird fish topping or anything like too, and in recent months a flurry of legit ects to be inseparably connected with their that,” he wrote. With each Bitcoin fetching businesses have started accepting Bitcoins. names,” said Sebastian Panknin, a financial expert the entire line may not be open until 2019. Costs face a new headache. Some aviation experts are less than a cent at the time, the order was A cottage industry of stores buying and with the Taxpayer’s Association Germany. “To get have soared from 780 million to 1.08 billion euros. warning that by its inauguration date, the airport worth about $41. Today, it would be valued reselling goods online for Bitcoins has these expensive projects started, they artificially In Leipzig, the city tunnel for commuter trains will already be too small to handle the rising num- at about $1.4 million (1.08 million euros). As emerged, and some high-profile transac- calculate down the real costs to get permission was expected to open in 2009. Construction is still ber of passengers. The nearly 3.9 million square of Friday, a single Bitcoin traded at around tions have helped push the currency into from parliament or other committees in charge.” not finished, and costs have jumped from 572 mil- foot (360,000 square meter) airport complex was $135, with the currency nearing $147 earlier mainstream consciousness. One Canadian In addition to that, politicians at the city, state lion to 960 million euros. designed to handle 27 million passengers. But the in the week-up from about $20 at the start man reportedly hoped to sell his house for and federal levels then often come with extra Of all the bungled projects, the Berlin airport is existing two city airports handled 25 million pas- of February. It’s a stratospheric jump some Bitcoins, and a US man claimed to have demands once construction is underway, which the biggest embarrassment. sengers last year - and the city keeps attracting claim has been fuelled by Cypriots and traded his 2007 Porsche for 300 Bitcoins. leads to expensive modifications. In the case of the The initial plan foresaw building a stately air- more visitors every year. Russians seeking to invest their euros else- Robert Walker, a digital designer from Berlin airport, said Pankin, there were about 300 ad port that would be financed by private investors “The airport is too expensive, too small and too where during Cyprus’s banking crisis, stok- London, said he bought about 200 hoc change requests by politicians which created and replace the city’s two Cold War airports - Tegel much behind time,” said aviation expert Dieter ing fears that a new online bubble might Bitcoins over a six-month period starting an explosion of costs and several delays - among in former West Berlin and Schoenefeld in what Faulenbach da Costa, who recently caused a stir soon burst. at the end of 2011. He spends much of his them a last-minute wish to expand the terminal to was the communist east. After a series of disputes when he proposed that the airport ought to be “It’s completely irrational,” said Yannick time online and was excited by the idea of include a shopping mall. with private investors, the city, state and federal torn down. In an effort to salvage the mess, Naud, a portfolio manager at the London- the Internet minting its own currency, and “The airport is a classic example of the incom- governments eventually took over the airport Hartmut Mehdorn, the hardnosed former boss of based Glendevon King Asset Management an investment not beholden to any central petence of our politicians,” said Sven Fandrich, a 28- project. In 2006, costs were estimated at 2 billion the German railway system with a reputation for firm, who has seen an increase in client authority. year-old Berliner who works for an insurance com- euros, but after four delays, the figure spiked to 4.4 turning around failing corporations, was named queries about Bitcoins. “As an investor you His purchase set him back about $900, pany. “We’ve seen this happen with many big infra- billion euros. chief executive of the airport in early March. can’t put any underlying value on the but today would net some $27,000. But structure projects in Germany. Nobody feels Companies like Air Berlin, Germany’s second “The whole world says: it’s not possible at all,” Bitcoin itself.” despite this week’s new price highs, he’s responsible. The politicians are more concerned biggest carrier, have been severely affected by the Mehdorn said when he took over. “I say: It should Bitcoins were launched in 2009 in the going to keep his virtual stash-for now at about winning the next elections than devoting delays and are suing for lost revenues. Small busi- be possible. “I just don’t know how yet.” —AP wake of the global financial crisis by an least. anonymous programmer who wanted to “It’s not a life changing amount of mon- create a currency independent of any cen- ey, but it could be if I sat on it for five years,” TV startup shakes up US broadcasters with court win tral bank or financial institution. A form of “e- Walker said. money”, it is made of strings of dazzlingly But for Naud, the asset manager, Bitcoin WASHINGTON: A startup whose and was immediately sued by the “Aereo’s system creates a unique Stoltz of the Electronic Frontier complex code created by raw computing is reaching unsustainable levels. On paper business model is based on tiny major broadcast networks ABC, copy of that program on a portion of Foundation called the court decision power-a process called “mining” that can in at least, the value of Bitcoins in circulation antennas receiving over-the-air tele- NBC, CBS and Fox-for copyright a hard drive assigned only to that “a win for Aereo, its customers and theory be carried out by anyone with a com- now tops $1 billion, and a continued vision for online viewing by sub- infringement. Aereo user,” the appeals court said, for future innovators with the audac- puter. increase in price will require a lot of new scribers has put the US broadcast The company claims its actions upholding a lower court decision. ity to improve the TV-watching The software is written in such a way that investors. industry on the defensive. are legal, because it is not rebroad- Chet Kanojia, Aereo’s founder and experience.” it becomes increasingly difficult to generate “The bubble will burst when there will Aereo made headlines on April 1 casting, but giving subscribers a per- chief executive, said the ruling Stoltz said the ruling “gives com- new Bitcoins, with the number in circulation be less people willing to enter (the Bitcoin with a preliminary court victory over sonal antenna in its New York ware- “sends a powerful message that con- panies like Aereo an incentive to put designed to eventually top out at 21 million. market) than people willing to leave it,” he the major broadcasters, which had house that enables them to watch sumer access to free-to-air broadcast TV technology firmly under the Once mined, Bitcoins are stored on a said. “It’s hard to pinpoint, but it probably sought to shut down the service for live TV or record it for later viewing. television is still meaningful in this viewer’s control.” Aereo “looks like a user’s hard drive in a virtual wallet, and can won’t last another month at this price.” copyright infringement. A US appeals court panel agreed country and that the promise and good idea” for a “broken industry,” be sent directly to another person. Such Experts said Bitcoins are especially vul- The case, which is still pending, is with Aereo, in a preliminary decision commitment made by the broad- said independent analyst and con- peer-to-peer sharing bypasses the banks so nerable to rapid deflation. Governments seen by some as a potentially on a request for an injunction to shut casters to act in the public interest in sultant Jeff Kagan. “This is an indus- is largely anonymous. But this brings its own trying to regulate them, for example, could groundbreaking test: for consumers, down the service. A full hearing in exchange for the public’s spectrum try where prices keep going up risks-in June 2011, hackers targeted virtual spook investors and cause them to lose whether they can “shift” TV viewing the case is still pending. The court remains an important part of our every year,” he added. “The cable wallets and wiped some people’s accounts confidence. Already in the US, regulators to the Web through a third party; ruled 2-1 that Aereo was not retrans- American fabric.” companies keep giving people more clean. have taken note of the currency and and for broadcasters, whether they mitting “public performances,” which Some called the ruling a victory channels but the average customer At first a coder’s curio, Bitcoins quickly moved to make firms report transactions can maintain control of their con- would be banned under copyright for consumers, saying it will allow watches only five or 10 channels. We found a home in the “deep web”, the shadier worth $10,000 or more, according to the tent. Aereo, which is backed by law, but merely allowing customers them to get out from constraints may be coming into a time when part of the Internet that is largely anony- Wall Street Journal.—AFP media mogul Barry Diller, launched to rent antennas to receive and from cable companies, which call the customers are going to have in early 2012 in the New York area record free broadcasts. shots for most US TV viewers. Mitch options.” —AFP MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013 HEALTH & SCIENCE To crack human brain’s code, a search for visionaries Map of brain might look more like a traffic video WASHINGTON: To crack the code of the human the National Institutes of Health, the Defense inhibiting these cells depending on the light’s brain, Cori Bargmann figures it’s best to keep an Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) wavelength. open mind. As one of two leaders of a scientific and the National Science Foundation, with part- That means scientists can artificially switch “dream team” in the initial phase of President ners from the private sector. Bargmann found it the brain’s circuits on or off during behavior to Barack Obama’s ambitious $100 million project refreshing that Obama said the project would see how they contribute to essential functions to map the brain, Bargmann said the first step is provide tools for understanding Alzheimer’s and like vision, learning and decision-making, to find the right combination of people to set psychiatric disease, but he did not promise Newsome said. The other technological leap of research priorities. “You might start with people cures. “It isn’t promising too much,” she said. the last decade has been the ability to record the who are very senior and are household words in electrical activity of hundreds or even thousands their fields, and then you may realize that what Switching brain cells on and off of neurons, a big improvement over the previ- (you) actually need is the young Turk who’s a She was also encouraged by support from ous requirement of studying one neuron at a visionary wild man,” Bargmann said. two prominent Republicans: House of time. Since the human brain is composed of Bargmann, a neurobiologist at The Representatives Majority Leader Eric Cantor of some 100 billion neurons - nerve cells that pulse Rockefeller University in New York, and William Virginia, and Newt Gingrich, former presidential with electrochemical signals - the one-at-a-time Newsome, a neurobiologist at Stanford Medical candidate and former House speaker, who cred- approach slowed research to a crawl. It’s not just School in California, are the co-chairs of a com- ited Obama for taking “a very important step the number of neurons, but seeing how these mittee announced by the White House on toward the most dramatic breakthroughs in billions of neurons interact with each other that Tuesday for the Brain Research through human health.” The Democratic president does could make a map of the brain a reality. That CHINA: This picture shows a Chinese health worker placing a pigeon-trap at a Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies not often get such enthusiasm from his map is likely to be less like an atlas on paper and park in Shanghai, to gather the birds for culling.—AFP Initiative. That long title has been dubbed BRAIN Republican opponents. Fast-developing tech- more like an online traffic video, Bargmann said, for short. nology makes this “a unique moment in time” to “because the brain is never the same in any two Both Newsome and Bargmann are at the top make this inquiry, Newsome said. “I think the people, and it’s not the same in one person at China boosts bird flu of the neurobiology pyramid, professors at pre- brain is the most mysterious and complex entity two different times.” Both Bargmann and miere institutions, winners of dozens of scientific in the universe,” he said by telephone. “And I Newsome are working in their own laboratories response as cases rise honors and awards, authors of research papers think that new technologies that have devel- on pieces of this puzzle. Newsome focuses on in prestigious journals. As Newsome noted wry- oped within the last five years give us a shot at the brain’s way of mediating visual perception SHANGHAI: China confirmed two more cas- populations more dense,” said the English- ly, “I don’t need this aggravation, to some extent, cracking open the problem of the brain in ways and visually guided behavior (see his lab’s site at es of bird flu in Shanghai yesterday, as language edition of the paper. “There is but I think this is really important.” that previous generations of scientists never http://monkeybiz.stanford.edu ). Bargmann’s authorities sought to curb a deadly out- greater chance of contact between humans Bargmann, who recalls watching the first dreamed.” One of these technologies, Newsome research aims to tackle a big subject - how envi- break by banning live poultry sales and dis- and animals and subsequent diseases.” It Apollo moon landing in 1969 as an 8-year-old, said, is optogenetics, which uses genetic engi- ronment and genes interact to shape human infecting schools. The announcement called for higher standards in the agricultur- this year won a $3 million Breakthrough Prize in neering to make certain nerve cells in the brain behavior - by looking at the relatively simple brought the number of recorded cases of al industry and more balanced develop- Life Sciences for her work on the genetics of sensitive to different kinds of light, exciting or neurological system of a worm.—Reuters the H7N9 strain of avian influenza in China’s ment, instead of a narrow focus on rapid neural circuits and behavior and synaptic guide- developed eastern region to 20 since economic growth. Chinese authorities, who post molecules. This project was something no announcing a week ago that the virus had have confirmed H7N9 in birds, maintain scientist, so far, has turned down. “If there’s been found in humans for the first time. Six there is no evidence of human-to-human going to be a program to try to do something people have died, including four in the transmission of the virus. “Currently, there is significant and the taxpayer’s going to be commercial city of Shanghai which has still no evidence showing the H7N9 bird flu involved in it, you make the time to try to help,” recorded 10 cases of the disease. Taiwan’s virus is transmitted between people,” she said. “As far as I know, everyone who was Centers for Disease Control said yesterday it Shanghai health official Wu Fan told an asked to help said yes.” was investigating two possible cases involv- online chat yesterday The BRAIN effort isn’t quite like any other, ing people who travelled to the affected The World Health Organization has played Bargmann said. Even the Human Genome area in mainland China. down fears over the H7N9 strain, agreeing Project had a more focused goal at the start: to Shanghai’s local government said the lat- there was no evidence of human-to-human determine the precise sequence of chemical “let- est confirmed cases in the city were two eld- transmission, but saying it was crucial to find ters” that constitute the full complement of erly men, now receiving medical treatment. out how the virus infects humans. Like the human DNA. They came as China stepped up efforts yes- more common H5N1 variant which typically In contrast, before BRAIN tries to solve a sin- terday to halt the deadly outbreak with spreads from birds to humans through direct gle mystery of the human mind, it will build the state media saying “intense” farming meth- contact, experts fear such viruses could scientific infrastructure to be able to ask the ods had heightened the risk of deadly dis- mutate into a form easily transmissible right questions. Like the U.S. space program in eases crossing from animals to humans. The between humans, with the potential to trigger the 1960s, she said, BRAIN could get the public education ministry ordered schools nation- a pandemic. China has been hit by a series of excited about science in a way that other wide to “guarantee” the health of students food scandals in recent years, some caused by research has not. “I believe that brain science will against infectious disease, including H7N9, producers deliberately using sub-standard or be to the 21st century what quantum physics by ensuring the safety of food and monitor- illegal ingredients, despite government vows and DNA molecular biology were to the 20th ing for symptoms of illness. to crack down on malpractice. century,” Newsome said. In Shanghai workers sprayed disinfectant Last month more than 16,000 dead pigs The ultimate goal is to decode brain activity in classrooms, local television showed, while were found floating in a Shanghai river after to help researchers understand complex ail- markets were closed to halt the spread of being discarded by farmers upstream, casting ments ranging from traumatic brain injury to the disease. Shanghai had already banned a spotlight on China’s poorly regulated agri- schizophrenia to Alzheimer’s disease, which cost live poultry trading while nearby Nanjing cultural industry. Some of China’s 500 million Americans $500 billion annually, according to city has followed suit and Hangzhou culled Internet users expressed worry over H7N9, Francis Collins, the head of the U.S. National poultry after discovering infected quail. despite government assurances. “Ten years Institutes of Health, who picked Newsome and Bargmann for the job. The program would initial- NEW YORK: (From left) Malina Fisher, Elder Stacey Latimer, Reverend Al Sharpton, AHF’s Dead sparrows found in Nanjing, which ago there was SARS, ten years later there is Michael Weinstein, and Michael Camacho march during the AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s sparked alarm after photos were posted bird flu... Ten years later the experts are still ly be funded with $100 million called for in the online, had tested negative for H7N9, state talking nonsense,” said a microblog posting president’s fiscal 2014 budget, set for release on “Keep The Promise On AIDS” March and Rally on Saturday. The “Keep the Promise” cam- media said, providing some relief. under the name Heshang Kaifang Nanigu. Wednesday, which is subject to approval by paign brings together advocates along with entertainers and spiritual and political lead- In an editorial yesterday the state- China has sought to improve transparency Congress. That sum would be divided among ers to remind elected officials that the fight against HIV/AIDS is not yet won.—AP backed Global Times newspaper said farm- surrounding H7N9, state media says, after ing methods were helping to spread the dis- being accused of covering up the 2003 out- ease. “In China’s southern and eastern break of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Sweeping anti-abortion bill goes to Kansas gov coastal areas, agriculture, especially animal (SARS), which killed about 800 people global- husbandry, has become more intense and ly.—AFP TOPEKA: Kansas legislators gave Republican who supported the bill. House, Rep. John Wilson, a Lawrence But legislators on both sides of final passage to a sweeping anti- Abortion opponents argue the Democrat, complained that the bill the issue said the practice should be abortion measure Friday night, full measure lessens the state’s was “about politics, not medicine.” banned, however frequent it is. The sending Gov Sam Brownback a bill entanglement with terminating “It’s the very definition of govern- bill also would require physicians to that declares life begins “at fertiliza- pregnancies, but abortion-rights ment intrusion in a woman’s person- give women information that tion” while blocking tax breaks for advocates say it threatens access to al medical decisions,” he said. addresses breast cancer as a poten- abortion providers and banning abortion services. The declaration Brownback has signed multiple tial risk of abortion. Advocates on abortions performed solely because that life begins at fertilization is anti-abortion measures into law, both sides acknowledge there’s of the baby’s sex. The House voted embodied in “personhood” meas- and the number of pregnancies ter- medical evidence that carrying a 90-30 for a compromise version of ures in other states. Such measures minated in the state has declined 11 fetus to term can lower a woman’s the bill reconciling differences are aimed at revising their constitu- percent since he took office in risk for breast cancer, but doctors between the two chambers, only tions to ban all abortions, and none January 2011. The governor said he convened by the National Cancer hours after the Senate approved it, have been enacted, though North still has to review this year’s bill thor- Institute a decade ago concluded 28-10. The Republican governor is a Dakota voters will have one on the oughly but added, “I am pro-life.” that abortion does not raise the risk strong abortion opponent, and sup- ballot in 2014. This year’s legislation is less restric- for developing the disease. porters of the measure expect him But Kansas lawmakers aren’t try- tive than a new North Dakota law The provisions dealing with tax to sign it into law so that the new ing to change the state constitution, that bans abortions as early as the breaks are designed to prevent the restrictions take effect July 1. and the measure notes that any sixth week of pregnancy and a new state from subsidizing abortions, In addition to the bans on tax rights suggested by the language Arkansas law prohibiting most abor- even indirectly. For example, health breaks and sex-selection abortions, are limited by decisions of the US tions after the 12th week. But many care providers don’t have the pay the bill prohibits abortion providers Supreme Court. It declared in its his- abortion opponents still see it as a the state sales tax on items they from being involved in public school toric Roe v. Wade decision in 1973 significant step. purchase, but the bill would deny sex education classes and spells out that women have a right to obtain “There is a clear statement from that break to abortion providers. in more detail what information abortions in some circumstances, Kansas with respect to the judg- Also, a woman could not include doctors must provide to patients and has upheld that decision while ment on the inherent value of abortion costs if she deducts med- seeking abortions. allowing increasing restrictions by human life,” said Senate Public ical expenses on her income taxes. Flex Resorts awarded the The measure’s language that life states. Thirteen states, including Health and Welfare Committee “Every taxpayer will be able to begins “at fertilization” had some Missouri, have such language in Chairwoman Mary Pilcher-Cook, a know with certainty that their mon- ISO quality certification abortion-rights supporters worrying their laws, according to the National Shawnee Republican and leading ey is not being used for abortion,” that it could be used to legally Right to Life Committee. Sen David advocate for the measure. The bill Pilcher-Cook said. But Jordan lex Resorts and Real Estate was sented by quality certificates Manager Fadi harass providers. Abortion oppo- Haley, a Kansas Democrat who passed despite any solid data on Goldberg, state advocacy counsel awarded the ISO 9001:2008 quality Khader. The certificate shows Flex Resorts nents call it a statement of principle opposed the bill, zeroed in on the how many sex-selection abortions for the New York City-based Center Fcertificate in appreciation of its strate- commitment to the highest quality stan- and not an outright ban on termi- statement, saying that supporters of are performed in Kansas. A 2008 for Reproductive Rights, called the gy to maintain its status on top of health dards in the world, as ISO quality certificate nating pregnancies. “The human is a the bill were pursuing a “Taliban- study by two Columbia University tax provisions “appalling and dis- clubs, food companies and cosmetic servic- considered the most important. magnificent piece of work at all esque” course of letting religious economists suggested the practice criminatory.” “It’s probably, if not def- es, while complying with the highest of Al-Naqi said we, at Flex, are proud of stages of development, wondrous in views dictate policy limiting of aborting female fetuses - wide- initely unconstitutional, and it’s standards. being committed to International quality every regard, from the microscopic women’s ability to make decisions spread in some nations where par- incredibly mean-spirited,” she said. The awarding ceremony was held at Flex standards and customer service. She said until full development,” said Sen. about health care and whether ents traditionally prefer sons - is The anti-abortion legislation is HB Resorts in the presence of its officials led by we are very happy because we proved our Steve Fitzgerald, a Leavenworth they’ll have children. And in the done in the US on a limited basis. 2253.—AP Assistant Director General Basma Al-Naqi. outstanding ability to keep the highest of Informatx Consultants Company was repre- quality standards. Ingersoll Rand launches fittings for disability access bathroom

DUBAI: Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies in the sive network of independent distributors, creating and Middle East launched cavere, a new product line by sustaining safe, comfortable and efficient environ- Normbau. Cavere (Latin for “to be careful”) is an inno- ments. Ingersoll Rand’s local distributors for Normbau, vative range of fittings for the disability access bath- such as Gibca Furniture Industry Co Ltd (GFI), offer a room, developed by the C.F. M?ller designers. This new full design, installation and commissioning service functional product provides security for homes and backed by a network of installation and service engi- healthcare facilities. neers, all trained to the highest standards. Different from traditional bathroom fixtures, these GFI was established in the 1979, and has since new fittings are designed with a triangular gripping established its presence with over 10,000 installa- profile which provides more strength, comfort and tions of Normbau products in the Middle East and ergonomics than previous models. The semi-circular Africa region. Commenting on the launch of cavere, edges to the side panels enable a very secure grip and Umesh, Assistant General Manager at GFI said, “We a high level of safety. The design is implemented con- can feel the safety and comfort qualities of cavere sistently throughout the range, so the shapes of the can in the fine balance between the contours and individual elements are in harmony and reinforce the the grip cross section.” He added, “The whole cavere unique qualities of the design. range is manufactured from aluminum. It is both Ingersoll Rand has been operating successfully in light and strong, and being recyclable it is also envi- the Middle East and Africa region through its exten- ronmentally sustainable.” MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013 WHAT’S ON MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013 Exotic Game Meat promotion SEND US YOUR INSTAGRAM PICS at Terrace Grill Steakhouse hat’s more fun than clicking a beauti- Feast this month at JW Marriott Hotel ful picture? Sharing it with others! Let Wother people see the way you see he Terrace Grill steakhouse at the JW Marriott Kuwait - through your lens. Friday Times will Hotel Kuwait City is further reinforcing its commit- feature snapshots of Kuwait through Instagram Tment to providing the best meat varieties in feeds. If you want to share your Instagram pho- Kuwait with the new “exotic game meat” promotion tos, email us at available to all its guests during the month of April. [email protected] Guests can now enjoy culinary delights like vension, smoked duck, ostrich, turkey and quails cooked to per- fection. The elaborate menu specially prepared for this pro- motion, features dishes such as char grilled ostrich fillet Announcements with leek flan and ratatouille stuffed cheesy portobello Kalanjali presents instrumental fusion mushroom, stuffed whole quail on saffron and aspara- nstrumental Fusion by Indian Symphony - Dr Mani gus risotto with tomato marmalade, and venison fillet Bharathi (violin) and troupe - of Keyboard player; cooked to perfection. Guests can complement their ITabla and Pads, will perform for the first time for meal with special appetizers like smoked duck magret music lovers in Kuwait. They will perform ever green or rice paper wrapped turkey confit. Buffalo Goulash soup is also part of the special menu, which will be melodies from Tamil and Hindi films and devotional served with herb croutons and lemon. A selection of songs. Venue: Indian Community School (Senior Branch) decanted desserts is also available in order to complete Salmiya. Time: 6.30 pm onwards. Date: April 27, 2013 the guests’ memorable dining experience in the restau- (Saturday). rant’s relaxing and signature ambience. The steakhouse is located on the lobby level and is open for lunch from CRYcket 2013 tournament 12:30 pm to 3 pm and for dinner from 7 pm to 11 pm. A riends of CRY Club (FOCC) announces 16th CRY live popular music band, existing for over 30 years, can (Child Rights & You) cricket tournament for chil- be enjoyed from 8 pm onwards on all evenings except Fdren and will be held at the GC grounds at Fridays. Jaleeb Al-Shuyoukh on Friday, 12th Apr 2013 from 6:30 a.m to 4:30 pm. The one day “CRYcket” tournament is a very popular annual family event, participated by chil- dren under 14. 12 teams each are set to participate in the Under-12 and Under-14 divisions initially in four groups in round robin fashion leading to 4 winners who will clash in the semifinals.

Basketball Academy he new Premier Basketball Academy offers coaching and games every Friday and Saturday Tfrom 10 am onwards for 6 to 18 year olds, boys and girls. Located in Bayan Block 7, Masjed Al-Aqsa Street by Abdullah Al-Rujaib High School. Free Basketball and Tee Shirts for all participants, with cer- tificates and special awards on completion of each 6 week course. Qualified and experienced British and American Coaches, Everyone Welcome.

Aye Mere Humsafar n event with renowned artist from Indian Cinema. ‘Aye Mere Humsafar’ on Friday 12th April A@ American International School (AIS). A concept of real voice from Bollywood. High energy orchestra with Melody Queen Alka Yagnik charming playback ‘Orphan’s Day’ held singer Vinod Rathod (accompanied by female playback singer & standup comedian Sangeeta Kopalkar and young standup comedian Ashok Mishra. he Egyptian community in Kuwait held the “Orphan’s Day” at the Yarmouk Sports Club in IMAX TMishref, Friday. The voluntary committee to Liaise with the Egyptian Community in Kuwait, was keen to have a different type of celebration and care of Egyptian orphan children in Kuwait. The day was attended by hundreds of Egyptians, businessmen and volunteers along with sponsor companies. Gifts and prizes were distributed to the present with special attentions to Monday: orphans. ** 9:30am Showtime Available for Groups Kuwait Times participated with the “Kuwait Green Flight of Butterflies 3D 10:30am, and Beautiful” drawing contest, and was appreciated by 8:30pm participants. President of Egyptians in Kuwait General Tornado Alley 3D 11:30am, Association Jamal Abu Al-Khair welcomed guests, and 5:30pm, 7:30pm thanked Kuwait for hosting Egyptians, which is their To The Arctic 3D 12:30pm, second home. He called upon businessmen, NGOs and 9:30pm Egyptians to lend more support to the committee’s Born to be Wild 3D 6:30pm activities, while appreciating the efforts to help commu- nity members in Kuwait in all fields. —Photos by Sherif Ismail Tuesday: ** 9:30am Showtime Available for Groups Tornado Alley 3D 10:30am, 6:30pm, 8:30pm Flight of Butterflies 3D 11:30am, 9:30pm To The Arctic 3D 12:30pm, 7:30pm Born to be Wild 3D 5:30pm

Wednesday: ** 9:30am Showtime Available for Groups To The Arctic 3D 10:30am Tornado Alley 3D 11:30am, 6:30pm, 9:30pm Flight of Butterflies 3D 12:30pm, 7:30pm Journey to Mecca 5:30pm Born to be Wild 3D 8:30pm

Thursday: ** 9:30am Showtime Available for Groups Flight of Butterflies 3D 10:30am, 5:30pm, 8:30pm Born to be Wild 3D 11:30am Tornado Alley 3D 12:30pm, 7:30pm, 9:30pm To The Arctic 3D 6:30pm

Friday: Fires of Kuwait 2:30pm Tornado Alley 3D 3:30pm, 5:30pm, 8:30pm To The Arctic 3D 4:30pm, 7:30pm Flight of Butterflies 3D 6:30pm Born to be Wild 3D 9:30pm

Saturday: ** 9:30am Showtime Available for Groups Flight of Butterflies 3D 10:30am, 1:30pm, 8:30pm Tornado Alley 3D 11:30am, 2:30pm, 5:30pm, 7:30pm, 9:30pm To The Arctic 3D 12:30pm, 6:30pm MMF Kuwait holds family picnic Born to be Wild 3D 3:30pm Journey to Mecca 4:30pm alayali Media Forum (MMF), Kuwait held a family picnic in Kabd desert Marea with their families on Friday. Despite hostile weather conditions, members with their families overwhelmingly participat- Write to us ed in the fun-filled family get-together. General Convener Anil P Alex welcomed the members while Cultural Convener Gafoor Send to What’s On Moodadi coordinated the programs. Games Director of Khaled Soud Al-Zaid Secondary School, and contests were held for men, women and upcoming events, birthdays or of Mubarak Al-Kabeer Educational area, Essam children and spot prizes were given. Dance celebrations by email: Bader Ahmed Hussein recently got a new grand- and songs presented by children and adults daughter; a nice baby girl the family named Retaj. [email protected] made the picnic enjoyable. Arifa Fattah and Hussein recieved sincere congratulations from col- Fax: 24835619 / 20 Reshmy Krishnakumar anchored the cultural leagues and the head of the school’s English depart- programs. ment, Ahmed Abdullah. WHAT’S ON MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013 International Women’s Group holds monthly meeting Embassy Information

EMBASSY OF AUSTRALIA The Australian Embassy Kuwait does not have a visa or immigration department. All processing of visas and immigration matters in conducted by The Australian Consulate-General in Dubai. Email: info.aus- [email protected] (VFS) [email protected] (Visa Office); Tel: +971 4 355 1958 (VFS) - +971 4 508 7200 (Visa Office); Fax: +971 4 355 0708 (Visa Office). In Kuwait applications can be lodged at the Australian Visa Application Centre 4B 1st Floor, Dr Sheikha Anwar Faisal Al-Sabah, Chief Al-Banwan Building Al-Qibla Area, Ali Al-Salem Executive Officer of Kuwait-based Dale Street, opposite the Central Bank of Kuwait, Carnegie Training is making a presentation Kuwait City, Kuwait. Working hours and days: ‘The Man Behind the Book’ for IWG mem- 09:30 - 17:30; Sunday - Thursday. Or visit their bers yesterday. —Photos by Joseph Shagra IWG members are pictured at the event. website www.vfs-au-gcc-com for more informa- tion. Kuwait citizens can apply for tourist visas By Velina Nacheva for companies and individuals for 100 on-line at www.immi.gov.au/e visa/e676.htm. years. Headquartered in New York, Dale n n n n n n n esterday was an eventful morning Carnegie and associates has offices in for the members of the over 86 countries and deliver in over 30 EMBASSY OF CANADA YInternational Women’s Group - a languages. Dale Carnegie Training offers The Embassy of Canada in Kuwait does multi-national group of women from comprehensive solutions through a com- not have a visa or immigration depart- more than 50 countries - who attended petency based development system and ment. All processing of visa and immi- the organization’s monthly meeting at a consultative process. This brings specific gration matters including enquiries is conduct- Boubyan Hall of the Radisson Blu Hotel. business results to a company or a ed by the Canadian Embassy in Abu Dhabi, Wife of the Armenian ambassador to department and includes: Team Member, UAE. Individuals who are interested in working, Kuwait Anna Nalbandyan, who is also the engagement, leadership development, studying, visiting or immigrating to Canada President of the International Women’s sales effectiveness, customer service, should contact the Canadian Embassy in Abu Group (IWG) opened the get-together presentation effectiveness and process Dhabi, website: www.UAE.gc.ca or www.going- improvement. According to Sheikha introducing the guest speaker for the day: tocanada.gc.ca, E-mail: abdbi-im- Dr Sheikha Anwar Faisal Al-Sabah, Chief Anwar, Dale Carnegie Training in Kuwait [email protected]. The Embassy of Executive Officer of Kuwait-based Dale trains individuals and corporations. Carnegie Training. Sheikha Anwar’s pres- IWG member Narjis Al-Shatti who Canada is located at Villa 24, Al-Mutawakei St, entation “The Man Behind the Book” holds the PR portfolio in the IWG Block 4 in Da’aiyah. Please visit our website at dwelled on the lifetime achievements and explained that the IWG is an all-women www.Kuwait.gc.ca. The Embassy of Canada is books by Dale Carnegie - an American multi-national group of women. open from 07:30 to 15:30 Sunday through writer, lecturer, and the developer of The members are diplomat’s wives, Thursday. The reception is open from 07:30 to famous courses on self-improvement, business women from Kuwait, local entre- (From left) IWG members Maria Baker, wife of British ambassador to Kuwait, 12:30. Consular services for Canadian citizens corporate training and interpersonal preneurs and foreign women. The IWG Nancy and Eva Adamhar, wife of Indonesian ambassador to Kuwait at the are provided from 09:00 until 12:00, Sunday skills. In her discussion, Sheikha Anwar Kuwait chapter is a branch of the event. through Wednesday. briefed the attendees about Carnegie Denmark-based International Women’s who is the author of the book “How to Association, which has branches world- n n n n n n n Win Friends and Influence People” which wide, all of which organize similar pro- EMBASSY OF CYPRUS since its publication in 1936 has main- grams and activities. Some of the activi- In its capacity as EU Local Presidency tained its popularity. ties in Kuwait include visits to traditional in the State of Kuwait, the Embassy of In her discussion Sheikha Anwar intro- venues, museums and places of interest. the Republic of Cyprus, on behalf of duced Carnegie as the man who built a The members of the organization are the Member States of the EU and associated global institution and who trained more also entertained by various cultural States participating in the Schengen cooper- than 3 million people. She explained that activities and cross-cultural programs ation, would like to announce that as from the principle of success for Carnegie is that aim to introduce the different cul- 2nd October 2012 all Schengen States’ summed in 30 points. Some of the 30 tures of the organization’s members. The Consulates in Kuwait will use the Visa principles of success, are: “Don’t criticize, network of women in Kuwait has mem- Information System (VIS). The VIS is a central condemn or complain;” “Smile;” “Be a bers from all continents and being part database for the exchange of data on short- good listener”; “Make the other person of it is “an enriching experience” that stay (up to three months) visas between happy about doing the thing you sug- provides a glimpse of other cultures. Schengen States. The main objectives of the gest.” The IWG has a regularly scheduled Sheikha Anwar further briefed the monthly meeting on the first Sunday of VIS are to facilitate visa application proce- audience on Dale Carnegie and every month. Apart from these meetings dures and checks at external border as well Associates as well as on the operations of they also organize trips to museums and as to enhance security. The VIS will contain its franchise in Kuwait- Dale Carnegie various touristic places around Kuwait. all the Schengen visa applications lodged by Training. Founded in 1912 (100 years), For instance, on April 21, IWG members (From left) Laila Al-Sager, Narjis Al-Shatti, Sheikha Anwar Al-Sabah, Christine an applicant over five years and the deci- Dale Carnegie and Associates has been in will be given a crash course on spices for Kim, wife of the ambassador of South Korea to Kuwait and Eva Adamhar, wife sions taken by any Schengen State’s con- the business of improving performance cooking. of the Indonesian Ambassador to Kuwait pictured at the event. sulate. This will allow applicants to establish more easily the lawful use of previous visas and their bona fide status. For the purpose of the VIS, applicants will be required to pro- vide their biometric data (fingerprints and digital photos) when applying for a Schengen visa. It is a simple and discreet procedure that only takes a few minutes. Biometric data, along with the data provided in the Schengen visa application form, will be recorded in the VIS central database. Therefore, as from 2nd October 2012, first- time applicants will have to appear in person when lodging the application, in order to provide their fingerprints. For subsequent (From left) IWG board members Clove Daniel, Suzan Read and Farah Attai are applications within 5 years the fingerprints seen at the event yesterday morning. can be copied from the previous application file in the VIS. The Cypriot Presidency would like to assure the people of Kuwait and all its permanent citizens that the Member States KLM graduates 60 new and associated States participating in the Schengen cooperation, have taken all neces- sary technical measures to facilitate the rap- leaders for Kuwait id examination and the efficient processing of visa applications and to ensure a quick uwait Leadership Mastery (KLM), ment, business development and and discreet procedure for the implementa- funded by the Middle East national unity. tion of the new VIS. KPartnership Initiative (MEPI) of KLM graduation speakers included the US State Department, graduated 60 US Ambassador Matthew Tueller and youth who completed a five-month GUST’s chairman of the board of EMBASSY OF KENYA leadership program at Gulf University trustees, Dr Abdul Rahman Al- The Embassy of the Republic of Kenya for Science and Technology (GUST). Muhailan. Muhailan told the audience, wishes to inform the Kenyan community “Tonight,” said Dr John P Hayes, “The creativity and initiative of you residents throughout Kuwait and the director of KLM and head of Business young leaders, the future of our coun- general public that the Embassy has acquired Administration at GUST, “we graduate try, lays in your hands. We strongly new office telephone numbers as follows: 60 master leaders who are well on their believe that human capital is key in 25353982, 25353985 - Consular’s enquiries way to help build a better Kuwait.” The achieving the goals we set for ourselves 25353987 - Fax Our Email address: graduates learned several key skills for and our country. You go today with [email protected]. leadership and worked in teams to another tool added to your arsenal to n n n n n n n develop a campaign that would bring be the builder of the future.” The 60 new ideas for change to Kuwait. The graduates were selected from more EMBASSY OF MEXICO ideas revolved around the topics of than 270 applicants last fall. KLM will The Embassy of Mexico to Kuwait has sports/health, leadership, education continue as a student club where youth the pleasure to announce the opening Ayoub Al-Kandari took part in a classic sports car show carried out recently by reform, social responsibility, environ- can learn about leadership skills. of its Consular Section where visa appli- the Q8 Hotrod Club Group at the Gulf Road featuring 50 vehicles. cations are already being handled. The Consular Section is open to the public from Sundays-Thursdays 09.00-12.00 hrs. at Cliffs Blood donation campaign at Al-Manshar Rotana Complex in Salmiya, Villa No. 6 (3rd floor). n line with its community activities tribute to the community and organiz- n n n n n n n and in cooperation with Kuwait ing a blood donation campaign is one EMBASSY OF SOUTH AFRICA ICentral Blood Bank, Al-Manshar of them. We recognize the importance On the occasion of Easter Sunday and Family Day, Rotana Hotel proudly organized a blood of such initiatives in saving lives, espe- the South African Embassy will be closed from donation campaign on Thursday, April 4 cially during times of emergency. On Sunday, March 31 to Monday, April 1, 2013. The at Al-Kout Ballroom as an effort to edu- behalf of the management team, I com- Embassy will resume it’s normal working hours on Tuesday, cate the community about the impor- mend everyone who participated and 2 April 2013, from Sunday to Thursday. Please note that the tance of donating blood to help save donated blood as this will benefit a lot working hours will be from 8:00 to 16:00 & the Consular lives. of people who are in need. We intend to Section operation hours will from 8:30 to 12:30. More than 40 participants from the hold this activity every year.” hotel guests, management and staff After the activity which lasted from n n n n n n n donated blood, making the campaign 10 am to 4 pm, Kuwait Central Blood EMBASSY OF ALBANIA productive and successful. Bank presented certificates of apprecia- The Embassy of the Republic of Albania to Al-Manshar Rotana set up a counter tion to all donors thanking them for the State of Kuwait would like to inform for registration of individuals who wish their support. that on 03.04.2013, the new Albanian to donate blood and participate in relat- Al-Manshar Rotana, Kuwait is part of Ambassador, Kujtim Morina presented credential ed Corporate Social Responsibility activ- Al-Manshar shopping and entertain- letters to His Highness, the Amir of the State of ities; whereas the Central Blood Bank ment complex. The 5-star Fahaheel Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- provided all the necessary equipment Hotel offers 200 luxurious rooms and Sabah. The address of the embassy is the same: Al and medicines for the donation. suites, a variety of food and beverage - Zahra, Block 8, Street 802, Villa 169, Pierre Zayyoun, General Manager, Al- outlets, sports and health facilities in Kuwait,P.O.BOX 3090, Safat 13131. The ebassy Manshar Rotana, Kuwait said: “We con- addition to extensive and flexible meet- offers consular services as well. Working hours are tinue to look for opportunities to con- ing rooms. from 9:00 to 14:00, Sunday through Thursday. TV PROGRAMS MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013

08:55 Lazy Town 21:00 Baggage Battles 11:35 Mr. Young 09:45 Baby Looney Tunes 21:30 Gold Rush 12:00 Slugterra 10:10 Krypto: The Super Dog 22:25 Jungle Gold 12:25 Lab Rats 10:35 Cartoonito Tales 12:50 Crash & Bernstein 00:30 The Haunted 00:45 Great White: The Impossible 11:00 Jelly Jamm 13:20 Pair Of Kings 01:20 Dr G: Medical Examiner Shot 11:25 Gerald McBoing Boing 13:45 Zeke & Luther 02:05 Who On Earth... 01:35 Animal Airport 11:50 Lazy Town 14:10 Rekkit Rabbit 02:55 Couples Who Kill 02:25 Wildest Africa 12:40 Jelly Jamm 00:05 The Tech Show 14:35 I’m In The Band 03:45 Scorned: Crimes Of Passion 03:15 Wildest Islands 13:00 Tom & Jerry Kids 00:30 Weird Connections 15:00 Phineas And Ferb 04:30 The Haunted 04:05 Into The Pride 13:25 A Pup Named Scooby-Doo 01:00 Science Of The Movies 15:25 Almost Naked Animals 05:20 Dr G: Medical Examiner 04:55 Animal Airport 13:50 Moomins 02:45 Nextworld 15:50 Rekkit Rabbit 06:10 Disappeared 05:45 Wildest Africa 14:20 Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries 05:15 Gadget Show - World Tour 16:15 Pair Of Kings 07:00 Mystery Diagnosis 06:35 Wildlife SOS International 14:45 Tiny Toons 05:40 The Tech Show 16:40 Mr. Young 07:50 Street Patrol 07:00 The Really Wild Show 15:10 The 13 Ghosts Of Scooby-Doo 06:05 Storm Chasers 17:05 Crash & Bernstein 08:40 Real Emergency Calls 07:25 My Cat From Hell 15:35 Taz-Mania 07:00 X-Machines 17:30 Max Steel 09:05 Who On Earth Did I Marry? 08:15 Dogs 101 16:00 Tom & Jerry Tales 07:50 Engineering Thrills 18:00 Kickin It 09:30 On The Case With Paula Zahn 09:10 Growing Up... 16:25 Moomins 08:40 Gadget Show - World Tour 18:25 Randy Cunningham: 9th 10:20 Murder Shift 10:05 Wildest India 16:50 The Garfield Show 09:05 The Tech Show Grade Ninja 11:10 Disappeared 11:00 Animal Cops Philadelphia 17:15 The Looney Tunes Show 09:30 Smash Lab 18:50 Phineas And Ferb 12:00 Mystery Diagnosis 11:55 Call Of The Wildman 17:40 Tiny Toons 10:25 Science Of The Movies 19:40 Mr. Young 12:50 Street Patrol 12:20 Wildlife SOS 18:05 Taz-Mania 11:15 The Kustomizer 20:05 Pair Of Kings 13:40 Forensic Detectives 12:50 Wild Africa Rescue 18:30 Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries 12:05 Through The Wormhole With 20:30 Zeke & Luther 14:30 On The Case With Paula Zahn 13:45 Animal Precinct 18:55 The 13 Ghosts Of Scooby-Doo Morgan Freeman 20:55 I’m In The Band 15:20 Real Emergency Calls 14:40 Wildest India 19:20 Pink Panther And Pals 13:00 Engineering Thrills 21:20 Rated A For Awesome 15:45 Who On Earth Did I Marry? 15:30 Dark Days In Monkey City 19:45 The Looney Tunes Show 13:50 Weird Connections 21:45 Rekkit Rabbit 16:10 Disappeared 16:00 The Really Wild Show 20:10 Taz-Mania 14:20 Gadget Show - World Tour 22:10 Phineas And Ferb 17:00 Murder Shift 16:30 Dogs 101 20:35 Puppy In My Pocket 14:45 The Tech Show 22:35 Scaredy Squirrel 17:50 Forensic Detectives 17:25 Crocodile Hunter 21:00 What’s New Scooby-Doo? 15:10 X-Machines 23:00 Programmes Start At 6:00am 18:40 On The Case With Paula Zahn 18:20 America’s Cutest Pet 21:25 Looney Tunes 16:00 Smash Lab KSA 19:30 Disappeared 19:15 Monkey Life 21:50 Dexter’s Laboratory 16:55 Nextworld 20:20 Nightmare Next Door 19:40 Bondi Vet 22:15 Tom & Jerry Tales 17:45 Mighty Ships 21:10 Couples Who Kill 20:10 Call Of The Wildman 23:05 Pink Panther And Pals 18:35 Meteorite Men 22:00 Deadly Sins 20:35 Dark Days In Monkey City 23:30 Pink Panther And Pals 19:30 X-Machines 22:50 Who On Earth... 21:05 Wildest India 23:55 Moomins 20:20 Things That Move 00:30 Dirty Soap 23:40 I Almost Got Away With It 22:00 Baboons With Bill Bailey 21:10 Gadget Show - World Tour 01:25 E! Investigates 22:25 Ned Bruha: Skunk Whisperer 21:35 The Tech Show 02:20 Too Young To Kill 22:55 My Cat From Hell 22:00 X-Machines 04:10 THS 23:50 Animal Cops Miami 22:50 Prank Science 05:05 Extreme Close-Up 00:30 Grim Adventures Of... 23:15 Prank Science 06:00 THS 00:15 Cutter’s Way 01:20 Johnny Test 23:40 Gadget Show - World Tour 07:50 Style Star 02:05 Women In Love 02:10 Ben 10: Ultimate Alien 08:20 E! News 04:15 The Men’s Club 09:15 Married To Jonas 00:25 Cash In The Attic 03:00 The Amazing World Of 05:55 Sleeper 10:15 THS 01:15 Gok’s Fashion Fix Gumball 07:25 The Way West 11:10 E!es 02:05 DIY SOS 03:25 Regular Show 09:25 The Hound Of The 12:05 Ice Loves Coco 02:30 Daily Cooks Challenge 03:50 Ben 10: Omniverse 00:10 Stitch Baskervilles 13:05 Giuliana & Bill 03:00 Come Dine With Me: 04:15 Scooby-Doo! Mystery 00:35 A Kind Of Magic 10:55 New York, New York 14:05 Kourtney & Kim Take New Supersize Incorporated 01:25 Replacements 13:35 Submerged York 04:30 Bargain Hunt: Famous Finds 04:40 Powerpuff Girls 02:15 Emperor’s New School 15:05 The Alamo 15:00 Style Star 05:15 DIY SOS 05:05 Evil Con Carne 03:05 A Kind Of Magic 17:45 What Did You Do In The War 15:30 E!es 05:40 Antiques Roadshow 05:30 Cow & Chicken 03:55 Replacements Daddy 16:30 Extreme Close-Up 06:30 Daily Cooks Challenge 06:00 Casper’s Scare School 04:45 Emperor’s New School 19:40 Yanks 17:00 Fashion Police 07:00 DIY SOS 06:30 Angelo Rules 05:35 A Kind Of Magic 22:00 Boris And Natasha 18:00 E! News 07:25 Cash In The Attic 07:00 Dreamworks Dragons: Riders 06:00 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 19:00 E!es BARRICADE ON OSN ACTION HD 08:15 Homes Under The Hammer Of Berk 06:25 Doc McStuffins 20:00 Ice Loves Coco 09:10 Bargain Hunt 07:25 The Amazing World Of 06:40 Austin And Ally 17:00 World’s Weirdest 20:30 Ice Loves Coco 06:00 Futbol Mundial 09:55 Antiques Roadshow Gumball 07:30 A.N.T. Farm 18:00 Predator CSI 21:00 Chasing The Saturdays 06:30 ICC Cricket 360 10:45 Extreme Makeover: Home 07:45 Scooby Doo! Mystery 07:55 Jessie 19:00 Hooked 21:30 Chasing The Saturdays 00:00 BBC World News 00:00 The Shining 07:00 Super Rugby Edition Incorporated 08:45 Good Luck Charlie 20:00 Ultimate Animal Countdown 09:00 Super League 22:00 Kourtney And Kim Take Miami 01:00 Newsday 02:15 Chain Letter 11:25 Come Dine With Me: 08:10 Evil Con Carne 09:35 Austin And Ally 21:00 Crocs Of Katuma 10:30 Trans World Sport 23:00 E!es 01:30 Our World 04:00 A Dangerous Man Supersize 08:55 Adventure Time 10:25 Shake It Up 22:00 Built For The Kill 11:30 ICC Cricket 360 02:00 Newsday 06:00 Barricade 13:00 Come Dine With Me 09:45 Regular Show 11:15 Suite Life On Deck 23:00 World’s Weirdest 12:00 Live NRL Premiership 02:30 Asia Business Report 08:00 Goal! 13:50 Gok’s Fashion Fix 10:35 Angelo Rules 12:05 Hannah Montana 14:00 Premier League Darts 02:45 Sport Today 10:00 And Soon The Darkness 14:40 Bargain Hunt: Famous Finds 11:25 Ben 10: Ultimate Alien 12:30 Wizards Of Waverly Place 17:30 Futbol Mundial 03:00 Newsday 12:00 Mission: Impossible 15:25 Antiques Roadshow 12:15 Hero 108 13:20 Jessie 18:00 PGA Tour Highlights 03:30 India Business Report 14:00 Monsters 16:15 Extreme Makeover: Home 13:05 Mucha Lucha ! 13:45 A.N.T. Farm 00:15 Chain Letter-R 19:00 PGA European Tour 00:05 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 04:00 BBC World News 16:00 And Soon The Darkness Highlights Edition 13:30 Angelo Rules 14:35 Austin And Ally 02:00 A Dangerous Man-18 00:30 Heat Seekers 04:30 Asia Business Report 18:00 Interview With A Hitman 20:00 Super Rugby Highlights 17:00 Homes Under The Hammer 14:20 Evil Con Carne 15:25 Good Luck Charlie 04:00 Barricade-PG15 00:55 Outrageous Food 04:45 Sport Today 20:00 Monsters 21:00 NRL Premiership 17:55 The Good Cook 15:10 Ben 10 15:50 Jessie 06:00 Goal!-PG15 01:20 Unwrapped 05:00 BBC World News 21:45 Beneath The Darkness 23:00 ICC Cricket 360 18:20 Baking Mad With Eric Lanlard 16:00 Johnny Test 16:15 Shake It Up 08:00 And Soon The Darkness-PG15 01:45 Iron Chef America 05:30 Asia Business Report 23:30 Alien Resurrection 23:30 AFL Premiership Highlights 18:45 Baking Mad With Eric Lanlard 16:35 Scooby Doo! Mystery 16:40 A.N.T Farm 10:00 Mission: Impossible-PG15 Incorporated 03:25 Unique Eats 05:45 Sport Today 19:15 French Food At Home 17:00 Austin And Ally 03:50 Food Crafters 06:00 BBC World News 12:00 Monsters-PG15 19:40 Come Dine With Me 17:00 Ben 10 Omniverse 17:55 Suite Life On Deck 14:00 And Soon The Darkness-PG15 17:25 Dreamworks Dragons: Riders 04:15 United Tastes Of America 06:30 Hardtalk 20:35 Extreme Makeover: Home 18:20 Wizards Of Waverly Place 16:00 Interview With A Hitman- 01:00 AFL Premiership Of Berk 04:40 Chopped 07:00 BBC World News Edition 19:10 Hannah Montana Forever 05:30 Chef Hunter 07:30 World Business Report PG15 00:00 Girl Walks Into A Bar-PG15 03:30 Premier League Darts 21:20 Antiques Roadshow 20:00 Jessie 06:10 Unwrapped 07:45 BBC World News 18:00 Monsters-PG15 02:00 Bridesmaids-18 07:00 PGA Tour 22:15 Bargain Hunt 20:25 Wizards Of Waverly Place 07:00 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 08:30 World Business Report 19:45 Beneath The Darkness-PG15 04:15 Nacho Libre-PG 12:30 Super Rugby 23:00 Homes Under The Hammer 21:15 Phil Of The Future 07:50 Unique Eats 08:45 BBC World News 21:30 Alien Resurrection-18 06:00 Just Crazy Enough-PG15 14:30 AFL Premiership 17:00 NRL Premiership 23:55 Cash In The Attic 21:40 Hannah Montana 08:15 Andy Bates Street Feasts 09:30 World Business Report 23:30 Covert One: The Hades Factor 08:00 Police Academy 3: Back In 00:15 I Escaped: Real Prison Breaks 19:00 AFL Premiership Highlights 22:05 Jonas 09:45 BBC World News Training-PG15 06:30 How It’s Made 08:40 Andy Bates American Street 20:00 PGA Tour Highlights 22:30 Sonny With A Chance Feasts 10:30 World Business Report 10:00 12 Dates Of Christmas-PG15 07:00 Mythbusters 22:55 Wizards Of Waverly Place 12:00 Nacho Libre-PG 21:00 Super Rugby Highlights 07:50 Soul Food Family 09:05 Barefoot Contessa - Back To 10:45 BBC World News 22:00 NHL 23:20 Wizards Of Waverly Place 01:00 Call Of The Wild-PG15 14:00 Arthur-PG15 08:45 Dual Survival Basics 11:30 Hardtalk 23:45 Hannah Montana 03:00 Hidden Crimes-PG15 16:00 12 Dates Of Christmas-PG15 00:15 Duck Dodgers 09:40 Border Security 09:30 The Next Iron Chef 12:00 BBC World News 05:00 Golden Christmas 3-PG15 18:00 The Waterboy-PG15 00:45 Wacky Races 10:05 Auction Kings 10:20 Extra Virgin 12:30 World Business Report 07:00 Stolen Lives-PG15 20:00 Stripes-18 01:30 What’s New Scooby-Doo? 10:30 Baggage Battles 11:10 Everyday Italian 12:45 Sport Today 01:00 European Challenge Cup 13:00 BBC World News 09:00 Call Of The Wild-PG15 22:00 Girl Walks Into A Bar-PG15 02:20 The Flintstones 10:55 How Do They Do It? 11:35 Unwrapped 03:00 Total Rugby 12:00 Staten Island Cakes 14:00 GMT With George Alagiah 11:00 Blackthorn-PG15 02:45 Tom & Jerry Tales 11:25 How It’s Made 06:00 Kid vs Kat 03:30 ITU World Triathlon 12:50 Reza’s African Kitchen 15:00 BBC World News 13:00 An Invisible Sign Of My Own 03:00 What’s New Scooby-Doo? 11:50 Crash Course 06:10 American Dragon 06:00 Trans World Sport 03:20 Taz-Mania 13:15 Barefoot Contessa 15:30 World Business Report 14:45 What’s Wrong With Virginia 12:20 Crash Course 06:35 Iron Man Armored 07:00 Golfing World 14:05 Extra Virgin 15:45 Sport Today 16:45 John Carter-PG15 03:45 The Looney Tunes Show 12:45 World’s Top 5 Adventures 01:15 Love Crime-PG15 14:30 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 16:00 Impact With Mishal Husain 19:00 Footloose-PG15 08:00 Top 14 Highlights 04:10 Tom & Jerry Tales 13:40 Dirty Great Machines 07:00 Kickin It 03:15 Arc-18 15:20 Guy’s Big Bite 17:30 Hardtalk 21:00 Scream 4-18 08:30 Futbol Mundial 04:35 Johnny Bravo 14:35 Border Security 07:25 Phineas And Ferb 05:15 Tora! Tora! Tora!-PG15 15:45 Chopped 23:00 Margaret-18 09:00 World Pool Masters 05:00 Bananas In Pyjamas 15:05 Auction Kings 07:50 Phineas And Ferb 07:45 Page Eight-PG15 16:35 Barefoot Contessa - Back To 10:00 World Cup Of Pool 05:25 Jelly Jamm 15:30 Baggage Battles 08:15 Almost Naked Animals 09:30 Paws-PG Basics 11:00 ICC Cricket 360 06:00 Ha Ha Hairies 16:00 Moonshiners 08:40 Slugterra 11:15 Henry’s Crime-PG15 17:25 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 11:30 European Challenge Cup 06:25 Bananas In Pyjamas 16:55 Dual Survival 09:05 Scaredy Squirrel 13:15 Trust-PG15 18:15 Reza’s African Kitchen 13:30 Golfing World 06:50 Lazytown 17:50 Mythbusters 09:30 Zeke & Luther 00:15 Women In Wine 00:00 Breaking In 15:15 Paws-PG 18:40 Guy’s Big Bite 14:30 Super League 07:15 Krypto: The Super Dog 18:45 Sons Of Guns 09:55 Pair Of Kings 00:45 Herat/bamiyan 03:00 Hot In Cleveland 17:00 Christmas Comes Home To 19:05 Tyler’s Ultimate 16:00 ITU World Triathlon 07:40 Baby Looney Tunes 19:40 How Do They Do It? 10:20 Kickin It 01:40 Gone to save the planet, 4 03:30 1600 Penn Canaan-PG15 19:30 Chopped 18:30 Top 14 Highlights 08:05 Gerald McBoing Boing 20:05 How It’s Made 10:45 Kickin It 02:05 Gone to save the planet, 5 04:30 The Tonight Show With Jay 19:00 Love And Other Impossible 21:10 Iron Chef America 19:00 European Challenge Cup 08:30 Cartoonito Tales 20:35 Auction Kings 11:10 Kickin It 02:35 India Leno Pursuits-PG15 22:00 Reza’s African Kitchen 03:00 Wild West 05:30 Hope & Faith 21:00 S. Darko-PG15 21:00 Trans World Sport 22:25 Reza’s African Kitchen 03:30 Vic Fires 07:00 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 22:45 John Rabe-18 22:00 World Pool Masters 22:50 Andy Bates American Street 03:55 Ben Harper 08:30 Hope & Faith Feasts 04:25 The Many Faces of North 09:00 Hot In Cleveland 23:40 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives America 09:30 Two And A Half Men 05:20 Jamaica (aka Reggae 10:00 The Office 01:00 Ceremony-PG15 00:00 Triahlon UK Marathon) 11:00 The Tonight Show With Jay 03:00 Marley & Me: The Puppy 01:00 UFC The Ultimate Fighter 06:15 Best of Leno Years-PG 02:00 UFC 06:40 Swept Away 13:00 Hope & Faith 05:00 NHL 00:05 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 05:00 Dead Lines-PG15 07:10 Wine And Renegades 14:00 1600 Penn 00:30 Heat Seekers 07:00 Happythankyoumoreplease- 07:00 WWE Bottom Line 07:35 Women In Wine 14:30 The Office 00:55 Outrageous Food PG15 08:00 WWE Experience 08:05 Herat/bamiyan 15:00 Two And A Half Men 01:20 Unwrapped 09:00 StreetDance 2-PG15 09:00 Ping Pong World 09:00 Gone to save the planet, 4 18:00 Hot In Cleveland 01:45 Iron Chef America 11:00 Battleship-PG15 10:00 US Bass Fishing 09:25 Gone to save the planet, 5 18:30 Malibu Country 03:25 Unique Eats 13:15 Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax-PG 11:00 NHL 09:55 India 19:00 How I Met Your Mother 03:50 Food Crafters 15:00 Call Of The Wild-PG15 13:00 UAE National Race Day Series 10:20 Wild West 20:00 The Cleveland Show 04:15 United Tastes Of America 17:00 StreetDance 2-PG15 14:00 WWE NXT 10:50 Vic Fires 21:00 The Daily Show Global Edition 04:40 Chopped 19:00 The Artist-PG 15:00 WWE SmackDown 11:15 Ben Harper 21:30 The Colbert Report Global 05:30 Chef Hunter 21:00 30 Minutes Or Less-18 17:00 Ping Pong World 11:45 The Many Faces of North Edition 06:10 Unwrapped 23:00 Gone-PG15 18:00 US Bass Fishing America 22:30 Louie 07:00 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 19:00 UFC The Ultimate Fighter 12:40 23:00 Girls 07:50 Unique Eats 20:00 UFC 13:35 Northumberland 23:30 Veep 08:15 Andy Bates Street Feasts 14:00 Tennessee 23:00 Adventure Challenge 08:40 Andy Bates American Street 14:30 Pinotage South 01:00 The Three Bears: Dreadful Feasts Africa√¢¬Ä¬ôs Gift To The Wine Dangers 09:05 Barefoot Contessa - Back To World 02:45 Dragon Hunters Basics 14:55 Route 62: The Longest Wine 19:00 Alphas 04:30 Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 09:30 The Next Iron Chef Route In The World 20:00 Revenge 06:00 Princess Lillifee 10:20 Extra Virgin 15:25 Tora Bora 21:00 Once Upon A Time 08:00 Tom Tom & Nana 01:00 Cajun Pawn Stars 10:45 Extra Virgin 16:20 Gone to save the planet, 6 10:00 Spooky Buddies 01:30 Cajun Pawn Stars 11:10 Everyday Italian 16:45 Gone to save the planet, 7 11:30 Shark Tale 02:00 Mountain Men 11:35 Unwrapped 17:15 New Zealand 13:00 Moomins And The Comet 03:00 The Men Who Built America 12:00 Staten Island Cakes 17:40 Thailand Chase 04:00 Soviet Storm: WWII In The East 00:00 Switched At Birth 14:30 Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 12:50 Reza’s African Kitchen 18:10 Bush Balladeers 05:00 Cajun Pawn Stars 01:00 Scandal 16:00 Lemony Snicket’s A Series Of 13:15 Barefoot Contessa 18:35 Aterciopelados 05:30 Cajun Pawn Stars 02:00 Grimm Unfortunate 13:40 Barefoot Contessa 19:05 The World of The Mayas 06:00 Ancient Aliens 14:05 Extra Virgin 03:00 Greek 18:00 Spooky Buddies 07:00 Pawn Stars 14:30 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 04:00 Necessary Roughness 20:00 Mandie And The Secret 07:30 Storage Wars Tunnel 14:55 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 05:00 Grimm 08:00 Soviet Storm: WWII In The East 15:20 Guy’s Big Bite 06:00 Switched At Birth 09:00 Pawn Stars 15:45 Chopped 07:00 Emmerdale 09:30 American Restoration 16:35 Barefoot Contessa - Back To 00:00 Snow Leopard of Afghanistan 07:30 Coronation Street 10:00 Pawn Stars Basics 01:00 World’s Weirdest 08:00 White Collar 00:00 One Angry Juror-PG15 10:30 Storage Wars 02:00 The Beaver-PG15 17:00 Barefoot Contessa - Back To 01:55 Hooked 09:00 Scandal 11:00 Ancient Aliens Basics 02:50 Ultimate Animal Countdown 10:00 Eureka 04:00 Sgt. Bilko-PG 06:00 One Angry Juror-PG15 12:00 Hitler’s Island Madness 17:25 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 03:45 Crocodile King 11:00 Necessary Roughness 08:00 Dolphin Tale-PG 13:00 Mountain Men 04:40 Shark Men 12:00 Emmerdale 17:50 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 10:00 Alpha And Omega-PG 14:00 Pawn Stars 12:30 Coronation Street 18:15 Reza’s African Kitchen 05:35 World’s Deadliest Animals 12:00 The Beaver-PG15 14:30 American Restoration 18:40 Guy’s Big Bite 06:30 Hooked 13:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:00 Dungeons & Dragons: The 15:00 Soviet Storm: WWII In The East 19:05 Tyler’s Ultimate 07:25 Ultimate Animal Countdown 14:00 White Collar Book Of Vile Darkness-PG15 16:00 Hitler’s Island Madness 19:30 Chopped 08:20 Crocodile King 15:00 Switched At Birth 16:00 Dolphin Tale-PG 17:00 Mountain Men 20:20 Chopped 09:15 Built For The Kill 16:00 Emmerdale 18:00 A Better Life-PG15 18:00 Pawn Stars 21:10 Iron Chef America 10:10 World’s Weirdest 16:30 Coronation Street 20:00 Meeting Evil-18 18:30 American Restoration 22:00 Reza’s African Kitchen 11:05 Predator CSI 17:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 22:00 Your Sister’s Sister-18 19:00 Soviet Storm: WWII In The East 22:25 Reza’s African Kitchen 12:00 Dangerous Encounters With 18:00 White Collar 20:00 Pawn Stars 22:50 Andy Bates American Street Brady Barr 19:00 Alphas 20:30 Storage Wars Feasts 13:00 Hooked 20:00 Revenge 21:00 Ancient Aliens 23:15 Andy Bates American Street 14:00 Ultimate Animal Countdown 21:00 Once Upon A Time 01:00 Trans World Sport 22:00 Pawn Stars Feasts 15:00 Crocs Of Katuma 22:00 Game Of Thrones 02:00 Super League 22:30 The Men Who Built America FOOTLOOSE ON OSN CINEMA 23:40 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 16:00 Built For The Kill 23:00 Greek 03:30 AFL Premiership 23:30 Shipping Wars Classifieds

MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013

Kuwait KNCC PROGRAMME FROM THURSDAY TO WEDNESDAY (04/04/2013 TO 10/04/2013)

SHARQIA-1 KON-TIKI (DIG) 2:45 PM KON-TIKI (DIG) 7:45 PM KON-TIKI (DIG) 12:45 PM THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES (DIG) 5:00 PM OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (DIG) 10:00 PM DEAD MAN DOWN (DIG) 3:00 PM THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES (DIG) 7:30 PM KON-TIKI (DIG) 12:15 AM KON-TIKI (DIG) 5:15 PM KON-TIKI (DIG) 10:00 PM DEAD MAN DOWN (DIG) 7:30 PM KON-TIKI (DIG) 12:15 AM BAIRAQ-1 KON-TIKI (DIG) 9:45 PM G.I. JOE: RETALIATION (DIG-3D) 1:30 PM DEAD MAN DOWN (DIG) 12:05 AM MARINA-2 THE CROODS (DIG-3D) 3:45 PM THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (DIG) 12:30 PM THE CROODS (DIG-3D) 5:45 PM SHARQIA-2 THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (DIG) 2:30 PM G.I. JOE: RETALIATION (DIG-3D) 7:45 PM THE CROODS (DIG-3D) 12:30 PM OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (DIG) 4:30 PM G.I. JOE: RETALIATION (DIG-3D) 10:00 PM THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (DIG) 2:30 PM THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (DIG) 6:45 PM G.I. JOE: RETALIATION (DIG-3D) 12:15 AM THE CROODS (DIG-3D) 4:30 PM THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (DIG) 8:45 PM THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (DIG) 6:30 PM THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (DIG) 10:45 PM BAIRAQ-2 G.I. JOE: RETALIATION (DIG-3D) 8:30 PM OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (DIG) 12:45 AM THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (DIG) 2:00 PM THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (DIG) 10:45 PM DEAD MAN DOWN (DIG) 4:00 PM G.I. JOE: RETALIATION (DIG-3D) 12:45 AM AVENUES-1 OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (DIG) 1:00 PM THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (DIG) 6:15 PM SHARQIA-3 OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (DIG) 3:30 PM DEAD MAN DOWN (DIG) 8:15 PM OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (DIG) 2:00 PM OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (DIG) 6:15 PM THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (DIG) 10:30 PM OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (DIG) 5:00 PM THE TALL MAN (DIG) 8:30 PM DEAD MAN DOWN (DIG) 12:30 AM BAADSHAH (Telugu) 4:15 PM OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (DIG) 10:45 PM BAADSHAH (Telugu) 7:15 PM OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (DIG) 1:00 AM BAIRAQ-3 OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (DIG) 8:00 PM TRUTH OR DARE (DIG) 12:30 PM BAADSHAH (Telugu) 10:15 PM AVENUES-2 KON-TIKI (DIG) 2:30 PM OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (DIG) 1:15 AM THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES (DIG) 2:00 PM THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES (DIG) 4:45 PM THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES (DIG) 4:30 PM KON-TIKI (DIG) 7:15 PM MUHALAB-1 THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES (DIG) 7:00 PM THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES (DIG) 9:30 PM DEAD MAN DOWN (DIG) 1:00 PM THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES (DIG) 9:30 PM KON-TIKI (DIG) 12:05 AM KON-TIKI (DIG) 3:30 PM THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES (DIG) 12:05 AM FOR SALE KON-TIKI (DIG) 5:45 PM PLAZA DEAD MAN DOWN (DIG) 8:00 PM 360º- 1 BAADSHAH (DIG) (Telugu) 3:30 PM KON-TIKI (DIG) 10:15 PM G.I. JOE: RETALIATION (DIG-3D) 1:15 PM BAADSHAH (DIG) (Telugu) 7:15 PM Mazda 3, model 2012, run- DEAD MAN DOWN (DIG) 12:45 AM G.I. JOE: RETALIATION (DIG-3D)3:30 PM BAADSHAH (DIG) (Telugu) 10:15 PM ning 14,000 km, price KD G.I. JOE: RETALIATION (DIG-3D) 5:45 PM BAADSHAH (DIG) (Telugu) 6:30 PM 2,850, negotiable. Mobile: THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (DIG) 1:45 PM G.I. JOE: RETALIATION (DIG-3D) 8:15 PM NO THU 66109046. (C 4372) OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (DIG) 4:15 PM G.I. JOE: RETALIATION (DIG-3D) 10:45 PM BAADSHAH (DIG) (Telugu) 9:30 PM THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (DIG) 6:30 PM G.I. JOE: RETALIATION (DIG-3D) 1:00 AM 8-6-2013 THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (DIG) 8:30 PM LAILA THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (DIG) 10:30 PM 360º- 2 THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (DIG) 6:00 PM OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (DIG) 12:30 AM AL HAFLA (DIG) 1:15 PM CHANGE OF NAME AL HAFLA (DIG) 3:45 PM THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (DIG) 8:15 PM MUHALAB-3 AL HAFLA (DIG) 5:45 PM G.I. JOE: RETALIATION (DIG) 10:30 PM THE CROODS (DIG-3D) 2:00 PM AL HAFLA (DIG) 8:00 PM I, Tarun Kanti Paul and I, BAADSHAH (DIG) (Telugu) 4:00 PM AL HAFLA (DIG) 10:15 PM AJIAL.1 Mithu Paul parents of THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES (DIG) 4:00 PM AL HAFLA (DIG) 12:30 AM BAADSHAH (DIG) (Telugu) 7:00 PM Supriti Paul, her Passport THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES (DIG) 7:00 PM NO SUN+ TUE+WED BAADSHAH (DIG) (Telugu) 10:00 PM No. J6954961 hereby will G.I. JOE: RETALIATION (DIG-3D) 9:30 PM BAADSHAH (DIG) (Telugu) 3:30 PM change our daughter’s G.I. JOE: RETALIATION (DIG-3D) 12:05 AM 360º- 3 BAADSHAH (DIG) (Telugu) 6:30 PM name as Zeta Supriti Paul. THE CROODS (DIG-3D) 12:30 PM BAADSHAH (DIG) (Telugu) 9:45 PM (C 4369) FANAR-1 THE CROODS (DIG-3D) 2:45 PM IN THEIR SKIN (DIG) 12:30 PM THE CROODS (DIG-3D) 4:45 PM AJIAL.2 I, Tarun Kanti Paul and I, OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (DIG) 2:30 PM THE CROODS (DIG-3D) 6:45 PM BAADSHAH (DIG) (Telugu) 7:15 PM Mithu Paul parents of THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES (DIG) 4:45 PM SNITCH (DIG) 8:45 PM BAADSHAH (DIG) (Telugu) 10:15 PM Swaswati Paul, her Passport OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (DIG) 7:15 PM SNITCH (DIG) 11:00 PM BAADSHAH (DIG) (Telugu) 3:45 PM No. J6954985 hereby will THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES (DIG) 9:30 PM BAADSHAH (DIG) (Telugu) 6:45 PM SITUATION WANTED THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES (DIG) 12:15 AM AL-KOUT.1 BAADSHAH (DIG) (Telugu) 10:00 PM change our daughter’s JURASSIC PARK (DIG-3D) 1:00 PM name as Luna Shashati FANAR-2 THE CROODS (DIG-3D) 3:30 PM AJIAL.3 Paul. (C 4370) Need a job in Kuwait, hav- DEAD MAN DOWN (DIG) 1:30 PM JURASSIC PARK (DIG-3D) 5:30 PM CHASHME BADDOOR (DIG)(HINDI) 6:00 PM ing MBA Degree + Indian KON-TIKI (DIG) 3:45 PM G.I. JOE: RETALIATION (DIG-3D) 8:00 PM CHASHME BADDOOR (DIG)(HINDI) 9:00 PM Sangam Sivakumar Raju, driving license, K. Suresh DEAD MAN DOWN (DIG) 6:00 PM G.I. JOE: RETALIATION (DIG-3D) 10:30 PM S/o Sangam Kodandarama Babu MBA. Contact: 0091- KON-TIKI (DIG) 8:15 PM G.I. JOE: RETALIATION (DIG-3D) 12:45 AM METRO-1 Raju Indian Passport No. 9440707761 or Mr. Balu DEAD MAN DOWN (DIG) 10:30 PM BAADSHAH (DIG) (Telugu) 7:00 PM K3372636 issued at 66195135. (C 4368) KON-TIKI (DIG) 12:45 AM AL-KOUT.2 Hyderabad, India, date 112 DEAD MAN DOWN (DIG) 1:15 PM BAADSHAH (DIG) (Telugu) 10:00 PM 6-4-2013 BAADSHAH (DIG) (Telugu) 3:30 PM 02/04/2013 Passport resi- FANAR-3 DEAD MAN DOWN (DIG) 3:30 PM dent 9/130 Rly Kodur YSR THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (DIG) 1:45 PM THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES (DIG) 5:45 PM BAADSHAH (DIG) (Telugu) 6:30 PM Prayer timings THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (DIG) 3:45 PM THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES (DIG) 8:15 PM BAADSHAH (DIG) (Telugu) 9:45 PM District 516001 (A.P) India, THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (DIG) 5:45 PM DEAD MAN DOWN (DIG) 10:45 PM hereby change to Fajr: 04:09 Sangaraju Sivakumar Raju. THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (DIG) 7:45 PM DEAD MAN DOWN (DIG) 1:00 AM METRO-2 Shorook 05:30 THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (DIG) 9:45 PM BAADSHAH (DIG) (Telugu) 7:15 PM New resident 7/21 D, THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (DIG) 11:45 PM AL-KOUT.3 BAADSHAH (DIG) (Telugu) 10:15 PM Gangireddypalem, Duhr: 11:50 OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (DIG) 12:45 PM BAADSHAH (DIG) (Telugu) 3:45 PM Rajampet, Kadapa, A.P, Asr: 15:23 MARINA-1 KON-TIKI (DIG) 3:00 PM BAADSHAH (DIG) (Telugu) 6:45 PM 516115 India. (C 4371) Maghrib: 18:10 KON-TIKI (DIG) 12:30 PM KON-TIKI (DIG) 5:15 PM BAADSHAH (DIG) (Telugu) 10:00 PM 7-4-2013 Isha: 19:29

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CROSSWORD 153 STAR TRACK

Aries (March 21-April 19) Libra (September 23-October 22)

Working energetically with a clear objective in mind, advancing your Some greater responsibility may befall you today and you probably own professional goals and enlisting others’ support for your projects by acting as a leader, feel a little more burdened by the commitments that are around you. Major life changes are key issues now. Your superiors and others in authority respond favorably to your confi- appear to be near. Shedding old, fatigued plans to make room for new approaches will dence and your willingness to take a risk or attack a problem in a new way. An urge to ensure you do well in this period. Key issues now are your closest emotional relationships. change and try new things may challenge and upset your domestic life or support system. You feel more quiet and reflective and may need to be closer to home and to your loved Your tendency to follow your heart more than your head acts at cross purposes to those who care for you. This could be a no win situation that requires walking a fine line on your ones. You can draw a lot of strength and satisfaction from your family friends, but if the part and calls for you to be a bit more patient and taking the time to think things through. emotions attached to these people are in a rocky place you will be able to see any diffi- culties or inadequacies clearly at this time.

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

You could be up in arms about a family decision that may have Your feelings may feel exaggerated today, and as a result people don’t been made without your input. It’s important that you don’t over-react, but understand what your desires or intentions may be. The onus is on you to clearly explain that you do let your discontent be known. Enjoy a romantic dinner with your how you feel lest your frustration deepens. This also has a connotation of some spiritual stress where the meaning of your life at its most fundamental level doesn’t quite make special someone, but leave the surprise until a little later on. Don’t let annoying sense to you at the moment. Be patient, time tells all stories and certainly won’t omit one disagreements get you in an emotional twist today as the energy is less than as interesting as yours. Watch out for conflicting goals and energy wasting attitudes calm. Fired up emotions can let fly harsh words, so be careful what you say and today. What may seem like deceit could be just mixed emotions, or vice versa. Rather think before you speak. It’s easy to get into a pointless argument, so when in than jump into anyone’s drama, watch a bit and see if it calms down. When all get more doubt, agree to disagree if at all possible. certain of what they want, it will be easier to work together.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21)

In a volatile situation you will need to have your wits about you as you will Your long-range goals, life direction, or career aims come into focus have a particularly high profile. The trick is to handle it with grace and not let it now. You gain can clarity or a stronger sense of purpose, which energizes your efforts to go to your head, as this too shall pass and you’ll want to look back on a performance that maxi- get ahead or move toward what you really want. Recognition or support from your supe- mized the opportunities dropped into your lap. You are feeling at peace and very good about riors or others who are in a position to assist you is likely now, especially if you take some ACROSS DOWN yourself now. Your friends and loved ones express appreciation for the help and support you initiative. Telephone storm, hasty social get-togethers, and communication overloads 1. A doctor's degree in preventive medicine. 1. Sound recording consisting of a disc with con- have given them, which makes you feel that your efforts have been worthwhile. Your daily life come and go throughout the day. It’s a good time to get quick points across with the 4. Without civilizing influences. tinuous grooves. and activities run smoothly and everything seems in good working order. You are particularly minimum effort so it is clear for the future, don’t spend time with wasted words. 12. An alliance made up of states that had been 2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central well organized now and your domestic life is feels in harmony with you own mood. Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior America. to its dissolution in Dec 1991. 3. German chemist who was co-discoverer with 15. A plant hormone promoting elongation of Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968). 4. A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph. stems and roots. Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 16. A native or inhabitant of Vietnam. 5. The capital of Turkey. 6. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the 17. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac It’s important to reward yourself for the work you’ve been doing, and Don’t do too much dreaming just now. It would be very easy for you to disintegration of radium. insects. one way that could appeal to you just now is the planning of a trip or getaway that is get carried away with some fancy or another. Your feelings are not in sync with your 7. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks 18. Beer brewed for immediate consumption. probably long overdue. Exotic experiences may appeal to you at this time. You may feel imagination. You may be hard to satisfy. You’re coming into a period with a greater than are served over a counter. 19. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and as though you need to share new experiences with a friend or friends. If so, put the word usual emphasis on emotional security, which is likely to manifest as putting down roots 8. Red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds. intense devotion to a cause or idea. out and others will be quick to join you. This is a good time to spoil yourself and also to somehow. Home and family matters can play a big part in this: relatives take on greater 9. An act or expression of criticism and censure. spend time with the people who love and appreciate you the most. The craving for 20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in importance than ever before. Real estate plays a bigger part in your life goals as you are 10. Goddess of fertility. sweetness and comfort in the form of loving affection is strong now. Also, you may be Turkey). 11. The basic unit of money in Ghana. feeling rather tender and softhearted, and may do or say something on impulse. ready for some real roots. 21. Airtight sealed metal container for food or 12. Soil that is plastic when moist but hard when drink or paint etc.. fired. 22. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns 13. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy Aquarius (January 20- February 18) in alternating directions. who tricked Othello into murdering his wife. Leo (July 23-August 22) 24. Crab-eating dog. 14. The act of scanning. What may appear to be bad news today could actually turn out to be a 27. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the 23. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic ele- Your intuition is on the mark and your reactions fit in with all around blessing in disguise. Someone who has been feeling incredibly down in the dumps sud- genus Acacia. ment. you. It’s easy to agree, and most people will if you let them, so spread as much good denly takes on a new attitude. Plans could be made to change residence, or renovate/ 30. A doctor who practices veterinary medicine. 25. A cloth used as a head covering (and veil and cheer as possible. Agreement now will be a benchmark for cooperation down the road. redecorate your abode. Be brave with color. Your desire for love and affection, as well as 32. A system of one or more computers and asso- shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women. Avoid conflicts or negativity of any kind. Restlessness and impatience may overcome you beauty and pleasure, are strong now and you can act on feelings and creative impulses ciated software with common storage. 26. The clock time given by a clock carried on throughout the day, and others will wonder what’s really bugging you. You could be very more easily than usual. If you are not happy with some aspect of your personal life, these 36. A loose and crumbling earthy deposit consist- board a spacecraft. demanding and difficult to please now. You tend to feel like progress is too slow, and you issues arise at this time and there may be disagreements or tension in a close relation- ing mainly of calcite or dolomite. 28. An outstanding Spanish cellist noted for his are tired of waiting for the things you want. Try and have a bit of patience. ship. You can easily discuss your personal needs and desires, but only if you make the effort. 37. The federal agency that insures residential interpretation of Bach's cello suites (1876-1973). mortgages. 29. The mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on 39. Small genus of evergreen trees of tropical as the waters of the great flood receded. Virgo (August 23-September 22) America and western Africa. 31. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Pisces (February 19-March 20) Dublin). 40. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay. 33. A character used in printing to indicate a cross You are bold, daring, and enterprising during this time. You feel 42. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers. This is not a period when you feel like pushing your own interests for- reference or footnote. ward, or in which you are especially energetic or full of stamina. Other people’s concerns hemmed in by present circumstances and feel an uncontrollable urge to enlarge your vis- 44. Keep in mind or convey as a conviction or 34. (of tempo) Very fast adv 1. and needs receive more attention from you now, and you are more inclined to do some- tas. Your restless need to accomplish more and break free of present limitations may view. 35. (Old Testament) Hebrew prophet and judge thing which serves others, perhaps a group you are associated with. Cooperating with inspire you to seek a new job, look at new places to live that offer more opportunities, 45. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium. who anointed Saul as king. others for some idealistic purpose is very satisfying for you at this time. Oh yeah time to increase advertising of products that you market, or peruse business opportunities in your 47. Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard- 38. Australian shrubs and small trees with ever- party! Time for getting a little loose and wild with friends, going dancing, or doing some- local area. You may find yourself running into a great deal of opposition from just about shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of green usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of thing out of the ordinary that is different and fun. You meet interesting new people and every direction you turn today. Instead of relief from others, you may find more complica- vegetable ivory. showy flowers. are more open to people who are quite different from yourself. An opportunity for a tions and misunderstandings than you could have anticipated. Perhaps the thing you need to do is take the situation into your own hands and deal with it all by yourself. 49. Deserving blame or censure as being wrong or 41. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River. romance may happen which is likely to be exciting even though short-lived. evil or injurious. 43. The blood group whose red cells carry both 52. A sharp narrow ridge found in rugged moun- the A and B antigens. Word Search Yesterday’s Solution tains. 46. A silvery ductile metallic element found prima- 53. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for rily in bauxite. security reasons) was made the capital in 1998. 48. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad. 54. The elementary stages of any subject (usually 50. A member of the Siouan people formerly liv- plural). ing in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska. 51. Having undesirable or negative qualities. 56. A colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in 55. A historical region of southwestern India on which a solid is suspended in a liquid. the west coast. 57. A pilgrimage to Mecca. 58. A string of more than 3,000 islands east of Asia 59. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind. extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan 62. A small cake leavened with yeast. and the western Pacific Ocean. 65. Make amends for. 60. Close-fitting pants of heavy denim for casual 68. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely wear (usually in the plural). the razorbill. 61. An official prosecutor for a judicial district. 72. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of 63. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquat- an organism. ic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and 76. A river in north central Switzerland that runs roots and leaves. northeast into the Rhine. 64. Strong woody fibers obtained especially from 77. System of measurement based on centime- the phloem of from various plants. ters and grams and seconds. 66. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants. 78. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat 67. A European river. trimmed off. 69. Set down according to a plan. 70. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother 79. An agency of the United Nations affiliated and raised by hand. with the World Bank. 71. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia 80. Headdress that protects the head from bad or North Africa. weather. 73. Of southern Europe. 81. The visual percept of a region. 74. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside. 82. A young woman making her debut into 75. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from society. aba cloth. Yesterday’s Solution

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Michael has spent two months in rehab eorge Michael has been in a rehab clinic since February. The ‘Careless Whisper’ singer was bat- tling health problems at a £27,000-a-week facility in Australia. The 49-year-old star’s boyfriend GFadi Fawaz was staying with him in one of the site’s luxury homes in Byron Bay, New South Wales. The Sun on Sunday reports the musician was treated for emotional anxiety, among other issues. Both George and his partner have now returned to London after he checked into the clinic two months ago. The news follows a health scare in 2011 when the star was struck down with pneu- monia, which almost killed him and - although he was seen at last year’s Olympic closing ceremony - he cancelled October tour dates to deal with his health issues. Speaking at the time, he revealed: “I will receive the treatment which is so long overdue. “Doctors recommended post-traumatic counsel- ing but I believed (wrongly) making music and performing would be therapy enough.” The decision came after he realized his immediate reaction to the health scare wasn’t good for him. He had previ- ously said: “What I have learned from coming so close to death, is that it makes no sense to plan for the future in detail. Because you never know what lurks around the corner.

Horan is dating model Zoe Whelan iall Horan is dating model Zoe Whelan after meeting backstage at a show. The couple met at a One Direction concert and she has been trav- Nelling around the country to stay in touch with the ‘Little Things’ hitmak- er while he’s on tour. An insider told The Sun on Sunday newspaper: “Niall has been secretly seeing Zoe for a couple of months after he met her backstage. “She’s a Dubliner but is based in London to work on her modeling career. Zoe’s traveled all over the UK to meet up with Niall on the band’s tour. “But the biggest sign he’s really serious about her is that he introduced her to his whole family at his brother’s wedding. The Irish singer took his new partner to his brother Greg’s wedding in his hometown - the first time he’d brought a girl back to Mullingar since his rise to fame. The source added: “Zoe’s the first girlfriend Niall has brought back to his hometown of Mullingar since making it big, so it was a big deal and the talk of his family at the wedding. “Niall’s protective of her as she’s shy, but his family all really took a shine to Zoe.”

Amy Adams’ daughter makes her feel ‘relaxed’ he 38-year-old actress claims spending time with three-year-old Aviana - who she has with her fiancÈ Darren Le Gallo - makes her feel her happi- Test because becoming a mother has completed her life. Asked what she does in her spare time, Amy replied: “I like spending time with my daughter. I find that very grounding and when I’m grounded, I’m most able to relax. “She has been such a fantastic addition to my life for so many reasons, but one of my favorite things is how I feel when I’m with her, when I look at her and care for her. That makes me feel fantastic.” ‘The Master’ star loves children so much, she confessed if acting hadn’t worked out she would have liked to teach per- forming arts and share her passion with young kids. Quizzed what she would do if she wasn’t an actress, Amy told Britain’s Hello! magazine: “A dancer; I Harding arrested for using used to dance. Or I would even have liked to be someone who teaches phone while driving dances and theatre skills to kids. That would be fun.” arah Harding has been arrested for using her phone while driving and not stopping for police. The former Girls Aloud star was seen talking on her mobile phone as she Sdrove through London on Thursday and she reportedly refused to pull over when asked before being stopped and arrested. She has been charged for both offences and will appear in Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court on Thursday. A source told the Sunday Mirror newspaper: “Sarah was driving in a 4x4 when a policeman on a bicycle saw her and tried to make her stop. He was trying to flag her down but she carried on a bit down the Rebel Wilson is road where she was pulled over a couple of minutes later. “She was talking to the police by the side of the road for a while before she was arrested. “Apparently Sarah was very upset when she was arrested and charged. The offences are pretty serious.” She could lose her a trained lawyer driving licence and faces a maximum fine of £1,000 for using her phone, with a possible hile the ‘Pitch Perfect’ actress was starting out as a £5,000 fine for failing to stop for the police. The 31-year-old star has had a troubled past, comedian, she also went to law school as a back including checking into a rehab clinic for sleeping pill and alcohol addiction in October Wup and while she has never needed to turn to her 2011, one month after splitting from fiance DJ Tom Crane and the recent demise of Girls alternative career, Rebel hasn’t ruled out working as a Aloud. Speaking recently though, she said: “I’m 200 per cent better in terms of my inner lawyer in the future. She said: “I went to law school at the strength and attitude. “I’m a lot calmer. I still have my hyper days, but I take one day at a same time [as I was first doing comedy]. I didn’t have an time. I have learned from my mistakes.” opportunity to practice but you never know. One day if things don’t work out, I might be a barrister.” The ‘Bridesmaids’ actress is confident with her curvy figure and thinks she is a more “normal” shape than most people in Hollywood, so others find it easy to relate to her. She added in an interview with People magazine: “I look more like a normal person that people can relate to. There are so O’Dowd is terrified many glamorous actresses but you know what? In the real world, nobody looks like that.” by female attention

he 33-year-old Irishman became an unlikely sex symbol after starring as Officer Rhodes in comedy ‘Bridesmaids’ and joked having women thrown Tthemselves at him made him so uncomfortable, he married within the year. Asked what he thought about being a sex symbol, Chris - who tied the knot with Chris and Liam Hemsworth Dawn Porter in August 2012 - said: “While it’s nothing that I thought would ever be part of my oeuvre, I will say that it’s kind of fun. As soon as I saw that I was get- great with women ting any sort of response like that after ‘Bridesmaids’, I found the prospect so ter- hris and Liam Hemsworth “know how to take care of rifying that I was married within the year.” While women are attracted to Chris women”. While the brothers are renowned for their after seeing him in ‘Bridesmaids’, he admitted he has had a different reaction action roles on screen, Chris’ wife Elsa Pataky insists from the opposite sex after his guest stint on HBO’s ‘Girls’. He told People maga- C they are big softies and a credit to the way they were raised. zine: “If they are ‘Bridesmaids’ fans, women try to set me up with their sister. I She said: “Chris, Liam and their brother Luke are tough and know they are ‘Girls’ fans if they call me a douche and walk away.” manly but they really know how to take care of women. Their mom did a great job with them.” Elsa - who has 10- month-old daughter India Rose with Chris - also revealed her favorite compliment from her hunky husband is when he compliments her smile. She told People magazine: “He says I’m always smiling. That’s what he likes the most.” ‘The Avengers’ actor Chris recently joked he was like a “daughter” Brad Pitt to his mother because he was so sensitive when he was younger. He said: “My mum would probably say, ‘Chris was always the daughter out of my three boys’. I was just far bet- ter at talking to my mum about things, while my brothers buys yacht kept stuff to themselves.” —Bangshowbiz rad Pitt has splashed out $5 million on a yacht. The ‘Moneyball’ actor - who has chil- dren Maddox, 11, Pax, nine, Zahara, eight, Shiloh, six, and four-year-old twins Knox Band Vivienne with partner Angelina Jolie - reportedly funded the purchase of the vessel after selling a share of his vineyard to winemaker Marc Perrin and can’t wait to dock the boat at St. Tropez, which is close to his family estate in France. A source said: “Brad is super-excited about his new purchase, and so are their children.” Brad and Angelina are expected to marry at their French home next month and the actor is said to be keen to incorporate his new purchase into the celebrations. The source added to Grazia magazine: “He is now working out how he can incorporate a boat trip into their wedding celebra- tions, and Angelina fully approves. “She thinks it would be a great idea to spend some of the day on the boat, given their close proximity to the sea, which the children will love. “The pair have always said that their wedding day will be all about the kids.” LIFESTYLE37 MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013 Music & Movies

US lawmakers seek reason for Beyonce, Jay-Z Cuba trip

wo US Republican lawmakers want to know if popular American pop Tstar Beyonce and her husband, rap singer Jay-Z, had the US government’s permission to travel to Cuba despite an economic embargo. Representatives Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida on Friday sent a letter to Adam Szubin, director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control at the US Treasury Department, requesting information on the type of license Beyonce and Jay-Z received before traveling to Cuba. “As you know, US law expressly prohibits the licensing of financial transactions for ‘tourist activities’ in Cuba,” the pair wrote. The lawmakers went on to say that these restrictions were in place because the Cuban government was listed by the US State Department as one of four state sponsors of terrorism and has “one of the world’s most egregious” human rights records. “Cuba’s tourism industry is wholly state-controlled; therefore, US dollars spent on Cuban tourism directly fund the machinery of oppression that brutally represses the Cuban people,” Ros-Lehtinen US singer Beyonce is seen in a balcony Beyonce leaves the Saratoga Hotel in Cuban police stop people than want to see Beyonce. and Diaz-Balart wrote. Beyonce and Jay-Z of the Saratoga Hotel in Havana next Havana. created a stir Thursday as they toured the to her husband Jay Z. —AFP photos streets of Old Havana, with hundreds of ey there unless they have special US gov- tion campaign. Cubans turning out to catch a glimpse of ernment permission. According to regula- In their letter, the Republican lawmak- the US pop power couple. tions posted on the Treasury ers noted that numerous press reports Celebrating their fifth wedding Department’s website, “unless authorized described the couple’s trip as tourism and anniversary, they visited historical land- by a general or specific license, any per- that the Cuban government had touted it marks in the heart of Old Havana, which is son subject to US jurisdiction who as such in its propaganda. “The restrictions a UNESCO World Heritage site. They engages in any Cuba travel-related trans- on tourism travel are common-sense snapped pictures and spoke with local res- action violates the regulations and may measures meant to prevent US dollars idents. Beyonce-who sang the US national be subject to penalties.” from supporting a murderous regime that anthem at President Barack Obama’s inau- Criminal penalties for violating the reg- opposes US security interests at every guration in January and performed in the ulations could result in up to 10 years in turn and which ruthlessly suppresses the Super Bowl half-time show in February- prison and $250,000 in individual fines. most basic liberties of speech, assembly, was wearing a short mustard yellow dress Thousands of Americans nevertheless visit and belief,” argued Ros-Lehtinen and Diaz- with black and white accents. After visiting Cuba every year without US permission, Balart, both Cuban-Americans. “We sup- the cathedral, the couple had lunch in a often via third countries. They are rarely port the Cuban people by refusing to sus- nearby restaurant. prosecuted back home unless they flaunt tain their jailers.” Beyonce and Jay-Z were On Wednesday night, they also had their defiance of the rules. Beyonce is a not the only US celebrities to visit Cuba in US singer Beyonce is seen in a private restaurant in Havana, next to her husband dinner at La Guarida, one of Havana’s strong and vocal supporter of Obama and recent years-actors Sean Penn and Bill most exclusive restaurants. Americans are helped raise money for his 2012 re-elec- Murray did so in 2009. —AFP Jay Z. not allowed to visit Cuba and spend mon-

‘Evil Dead’ returns to scare a new generation n 1982, “The Evil Dead” was one of the That project never got made. But in one countless low-budget, no-star horror pic- of their meetings, Alvarez let slip that he Itures that are screened at the Cannes Film saw “The Evil Dead” on video when he was Festival, hoping to land distribution. Directed 12 and it remained his favorite scary movie by a 20-year-old unknown named Sam Raimi, of all time. Raimi, who had long wanted to with a cast and crew made up primarily of his make another “Evil Dead” movie but was friends, “The Evil Dead” might have gone unno- too busy making giant films (“Spider-Man,” ticed in the flood of festival films. “Oz the Great and Powerful”), asked Alvarez Except that Stephen King happened to if he’d be interested in a remake. catch a screening and later, in a review in The script he and writing partner Rodo Twilight Zone magazine, famously called it “the Sayagues turned in landed them the job. most ferociously original horror film of the year.” “The story that they came up with is much A movie with a low asking price, adorned by a more serious than the original’s,” Tapert File photo shows musician Garth Brooks, left, presenting George Strait File photo shows country singer Eric Church performs at the priceless blurb from one of America’s most says. “Audiences today are much more edu- with the Artist of the Decade award at the ACM Artist of the Decade All Star Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. popular writers, suddenly became a hot com- cated about movies. The first ‘Evil Dead’ is modity. New Line Cinema snagged the US dis- still a hard-hitting horror film, but audiences Concert in Las Vegas. —AP photos tribution rights; other companies distributed had never seen anything like it and didn’t the movie around the world. Released in 1983 know how to respond to it, so they laughed in an unrated (now NC-17) version, the film as a protective device. Plus the relationships grossed $2.4 million worldwide and millions between the characters were very sketchy. more when released on video. In 2010, a limit- Since then they’ve seen so many outra- ed edition two-disc Blu-ray special edition sold geous movies, so the drama in this movie out almost immediately. “King’s quote did two things,” says Robert G. Tapert, who produced both the original and the remake. “It drew the attention of fans, and it made distributors think, ‘Well if we can use that quote in the ad, we can sell the movie.’ ... It was a ready-made piece of advertising material that you could put on a poster or TV spot. It literally changed the destiny of the film.” Like so many other horror classics from the last few decades (“The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” “Halloween,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” etc), “The Evil Dead” had enough popu- Jane Levy in TriStar Pictures’ horror, larity to be ripe for the remake treatment. But ‘Evil Dead.’ —MCT File photo shows Blake Shelton arrives at the 46th Annual Country Music File photo shows country singer Luke Bryan at the 47th Annual the new “Evil Dead,” which opens Friday, isn’t just an attempt to cash in on a dusty classic by supports itself. The audience takes the story Awards. Academy of Country Music Awards. adding more gore and better-looking actors. about a brother and a sister seriously. In the This outrageously bloody, violent picture really first ‘Evil Dead,’ they were just waiting for is one from the heart-a spiked, thorny, bleeding something crazy to happen.” heart. The feature debut of Uruguayan film- Another sign of the times: While the Men of country dominate maker Fede Alvarez, “Evil Dead” follows the original film received the equivalent of an original’s template of stranding five young “X” rating for its violence and gore, the new people in a cabin deep in some haunted version-which is infinitely more violent and woods, where one of them finds a creepy grotesque-passed with an “R” after the lineup at ACM Awards book wrapped in barbed wire that, not sur- removal of three or four frames, never an prisngly, unleashes demons that possess the entire scene. characters and turn them against each other. “The ratings board has changed over the ore than a few people have suggested to together. They will help honor the show’s longtime year’s awards, they’ve elbowed out traditional There are minor deviations: Instead of Ash years,” Campbell says. “What once might the producers of the Academy of Country producer Dick Clark, who passed away last year. nominees like Brad Paisley, who was shut out of (Bruce Campbell), the star of the original “Evil have been an R is now a PG-13. We were MMusic Awards that they extend the broad- The academy is naming its artist of the decade the nominations for the first time since 1999, and Dead” and its two sequels, the central charac- concerned with this one, because two of cast delay for last night’s show - just in case. With award for Clark, whose tenure with the show Kenny Chesney, a perennial entertainer of the year ter this time is Mia (Jane Levy), a young the three ‘Evil Dead’ movies went out unrat- Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan co-hosting, every- began in 1979. The moment will be special - and nominee who was left out of the category despite woman with a drug habit who asks her broth- ed. But the ratings board understood our one expects the unexpected - and several off-color, not just for the millions watching at home. It has putting on 2012’s most talked about event - his sta- er (Shiloh Fernandez) and several other concept that some carnage and mayhem unscripted moments - as country music’s biggest country’s biggest stars abuzz as well. “Having dium tour with Tim McGraw. friends to accompany her to the remote fami- can be exuberant and not depressing. It’s so cut-ups collide on stage. A recent interview in George and Garth on stage together at one time Shelton will kick off the show with a perform- ly cabin and help her detox. But the movie, over the top, you can’t help but laugh. We’re Nashville with the two, who’ve given themselves on an awards show will become one of the most ance of his new single “Boys ‘Round Here” that will which runs a lean 91 minutes (only six min- not showing you a guy with a drill drilling the celebrity couple name “Bluke,” veered wildly important pieces of tape in country music history,” include appearances by Bryan, Brad Paisley, who’s utes longer than the original), doesn’t waste into someone’s eye for two hours. This is not from a discussion of Bryan’s unworthiness to host Dierks Bentley said. also hosting the academy’s concurrent Fan Jam a much time in getting to the gruesome stuff. one of those movies where you feel like to crude jokes and Taylor Swift’s fans. Church leads all nominees with seven, while mile down the road at The Orleans, Sheryl Crow “We knew that fans were going to be very going home and hanging yourself.” “I would tell him to be prepared for the Hayes is up for six awards. Shelton, Bryan and and Lambert’s trio the Pistol Annies. Hayes will be concerned about a remake, because most of “Evil Dead” is hitting screens just a onslaught of hatred that will come from Taylor Jason Aldean - country’s top three male stars of the joined by another performer who got his start as a them turn out so bad,” says Campbell, who is week short of a year after “The Cabin in Swift’s fan base if you say any sort of a joke or if moment - are up for the fan-voted entertainer of precocious teen - Stevie Wonder, making his first currently shooting the sixth season of “Burn the Woods,” the deconstruction of the hor- she’s any part of a punch line in the monologue,” the year award - though they’re facing off against appearance on the show. Aldean, Chesney, Notice” in Miami. “But I want them to know ror film genre by Joss Whedon and Drew Shelton said when asked what advice he’d give academy favorite Miranda Lambert, who is McGraw, Bentley, Carrie Underwood and Kelly that we, the original filmmakers, were even Goddard that seemed to guarantee no Bryan. “By the way, you’re getting all those jokes Shelton’s wife, and two-time winner Taylor Swift, a Clarkson also are scheduled to perform. Church more concerned. This was the movie that got one would ever be able to take one of this year.” The 48th annual awards show kicked off heavy favorite to three-peat given her relationship was nominated for the second consecutive year for me into this business, so I didn’t take it lightly. these kids-alone-in-the-woods thrillers at 8 pm EDT last night live on CBS from the MGM with fans. Shelton is arguably country’s most visi- album of the year for his breakthrough “Chief.” This isn’t a case of producers exploiting their seriously again. But Alvarez, who says he Grand in Las Vegas. The night will be a showcase ble male today. “The Voice” coach has a weekly He’s up against Swift’s “Red,” Underwood’s rights to a film. We’ve been vouching this loved “Cabin,” thinks that movie actually for country’s men of the moment - and for its two presence on national television, was the recent “Blown Away,” Bryan’s “Tailgates & Tanlines” and entire production from the start to make sure did the genre a big favor. “‘Cabin’ is such a dominant male stars of the last two decades. Many winner of the rival Country Music Association’s Little Big Town’s “Tornado.” Producer Jay Joyce has people get what they paying for, especially fun movie, made by people who really of the top names in country music will perform or entertainer of the year award and has risen to plat- two nominations in the category with Church and ‘Evil Dead’ fans. This is for them.” understand horror,” he says. “There are a appear, including top nominees Eric Church and inum status again after a mid-career lull that’s a dis- Little Big Town. Shelton and Lambert will defend Alvarez, 35, landed the job of director by lot of things in that film that echo things Hunter Hayes, but most eyes will be on the mar- tant memory. their male and female vocalist of the year wins. accident. Originally, he had been been meet- in our movie. But I don’t think it hurts us quee meeting of Garth Brooks and George Aldean is country’s best-selling male artist at Shelton faces Church, Bryan, Aldean and Toby ing with Raimi’s production company about on any level. If anything, ‘Cabin’ makes you Straight. the moment and Church and Bryan have recently Keith, while Lambert competes with Underwood, turning his five-minute short thriller “Panic want to go out and see a real horror Brooks and Strait, two of music’s top-selling joined him as acts who can fill arenas and reach Swift, Martina McBride and newcomer Kacey Attack,” about an invasion by robots, into a movie. And we’re not kidding around with artists regardless of genre, have never performed multiplatinum sales. They’re so prevalent at this Musgraves. —AP feature film. ours.” —MCT lifestyle MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013 FEATURES Shaker Village’s maple syrup goes from its trees to tables

Shaker Village Historic Interpreter Philip McIntosh, of Harrodsburg, center, pours sap from a sap pail into the evaporator as Shaker Village Historic Interpreter, Mark Ross, of Harrodsburg, selects firewood at Shaker Village in Harrodsburg. — MCT photos uests who eat breakfast at Shaker Village Ralph E. Ward II, museum program and agri- Syrup making is mentioned as early as the said. Among the Shakers, tapping the trees and teaspoon salt of Pleasant Hill probably don’t even give tourism manager. “It was not always successful. 1830s but might have been done on a smaller collecting the sap was men’s work, he explained. Mix ingredients together and cook over Ga second thought to the syrup that cov- It was greatly dependent on the winter varia- scale much earlier, Ward said, adding that The processing/ cooking would be done by the medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture ers their stacks of pancakes. But if they ask, tions in the temperature. “This process was Shaker Village has been making the syrup for women. Maple syrup breakfasts are served from thickens, about 7 minutes. Pour into a loaf pan they’ll get a history lesson. The maple syrup- much more common in the Northeast-where the past five years as an interpretive program. 7:30 to 10 am Saturdays during March. and chill overnight. Unmold and slice into - to - which is sold in 6-ounce bottles for $6.98 — is the harsh winters require the trees to store up The yield is about 10 to 15 gallons of finished Here is a recipe for fried cornmeal mush that inch slices. Dust with cornmeal and fry over processed on the property the same way the more starch in the trunks and roots for cold syrup each spring. “Since the basic process is is served at the maple syrup breakfasts. moderate heat until golden, turning to make Shakers did it in the 1800s. weather survival. This starch is then converted just cooking down (reducing), there is really no Fried cornmeal mush sure surface doesn’t burn. Serve with butter and The Shakers at Pleasant Hill tapped the to sugar that rises in the sap in the late winter special training required. That being said, expe- 1 cups plain white cornmeal maple syrup. Makes 10 to 12 slices, depending maple trees, but not to a great extent, said and early spring.” rience results in a much better product,” Ward 2 cups water on size of loaf pan. — MCT

Mark Ross uses a brace and bit to drill a hole in a sugar Philip McIntosh hangs a sap pail from a tap in a maple A pot of syrup that was beginning to complete its final Mark Ross, of Harrodsburg, poures maple syrup into a maple tree. tree. cooking. bottle. Parents at play: Making science cool hhat image pops into don’t be fooled: there’s a lot your mind when you more here than meets the eye. Whear the word “scien- We recommend that you and Time to get the kitchen knives tist”? A nerdy guy or gal in a your child grab a hammer (not white lab coat hunched over a included), put on the safety professionally sharpened microscope? A wild-haired goggles, go outside on the side- Albert Einstein look-alike mixing walk, and crack open one or have beautiful kitchen knives. I advocate question: Do we really need bubbling liquids in test tubes? two of the geodes. Once your received my set of hand-forged J.A. expensive knives? “Well, you get a good Whether you thought of, we’re child has seen the beautiful IHenckels knives on my first day of knife and it will last you for life,” he said. betting that you wouldn’t crystals that are inside, she’ll be cooking school 25 years ago, and the “It will keep an edge for a long time if describe a scientist as “cool.” much more interested in read- instructor told us that if we cared for you are careful to hone it regularly. But Unfortunately, that uncool fac- ing the included Adventure them properly we would have these you should get it professionally sharp- tor keeps a lot of kid from going Guide. The first thing you learn knives for life. I think about that often as I ened.” I’ve heard all this before. I have the into science, and that may is that geodes are formed when note the knives in their wooden block nice knives and never use them. explain why the US is lagging so gas bubbles get trapped in lava and think, “Wow, I really have to get Know what I use to bone chickens and are penetrated by minerals these sharpened.” and chop vegetables? A super cheap over millions of years. Knowing I don’t use these high-carbon knives, stamped stainless steel knife with a that those geodes are so forged from a proprietary mixture of white plastic handle that I bought at a ancient (and yes, they’re real) metals that make them very hard and restaurant supply store. Its days of will make breaking open the of a river with a pie pan. If water, and the ridges on the more or less rust-free. When my 10-inch supreme sharpness are behind it, but I next batch a lot more interest- you’ve ever wondered how, inside of the pan to separate chef’s knife was sharp, it kept a fantastic don’t mind whacking a butternut squash ing. exactly, you can find gold with a tiny nuggets and even tinier edge, one that I honed religiously with a with this knife. I also have a Kuhn Ricon pie pan, you’ll love this kit. It flakes (hence the magnifying hand-held steel. utility knife made of a softer high-carbon Dino dig kit comes with an actual pan (plas- glass and tweezers) from the I can’t remember the last time it was steel that had been covered with a zebra Dinosaurs have fascinated tic), two bags of “pay dirt” sand. sharp. The Bush administration? people since the first bones (which is more like sand), As with the other Dr. Cool It got dull, as knives do, and were discovered about 200 tweezers, and a magnifying kits, this one comes with an needed to be resharpened. I years ago, and the Dino Dig Kit glass. Most importantly, there informative Adventure Guide tried, with specialty stones, a gives kids a small taste of what are easy-to-understand instruc- and Activity Booklet with trivia, diamond-dust-crusted stick, an it’s like to be a paleontologist. tions on how to use gravity, puzzles, and more. —MCT electric sharpener. I could get Each kit contains a magnifying an edge, but never one that glass, a brush, a digging tool, lasted as well as when I took my and an egg-shaped plaster knives into a shop to get them thing that’s painted to look like professionally sharpened. I a T-Rex head. It’s what’s inside would do this more often if I that egg that’s so fun. Use the didn’t have other choices stuck digging tool to chip away at the in that knife block. There is a plaster, and inside, your young dull gray carbon steel knife scientist will discover a real dino with a carved wooden handle tooth, a small piece of actual that my sister picked up at a dino bone, and some actual bazaar in Iran. It is pitted and dino poop. Fortunately, all are discolored from the times I left it wet too striped nonstick coating. It looks like the many other first-world countries fossilized. Because the plaster long. Once in a while, someone will put it weapon Cruella de Vil uses to chop off in STEM (science, technology, makes an incredible mess, we in the dishwasher and it emerges with a puppy tails. But it keeps a sharp edge engineering, math). But there recommend that you do your coating of bright orange rust that I must that comes back after a swipe or two on are a number of companies that excavating outside or, if you’re scour off. “Are you sure that’s safe to use?” the honing steel. have set out to turn those old inside, cover your work surface my wife always asks warily. I know that both of these knives even- stereotypes on their heads and with lots of newspaper. The This simple knife doesn’t have any tually will lose their edges enough that I make science cool. Besides included Adventure Guide gives chromium in it to keep it stainless or any will deem them unusable and push them being fun (and educational) for a fun overview of what fossils molybdenum to make it harder. In fact, it off to the drawer of unloved kitchen toys. the kids, these science kits are are and how they’re formed, gets dull quickly. But all I have to do is I can just buy more knives, right? South also a fantastic way for parents where they’re found, and even a hone this soft steel and I can get that listens to me, pauses briefly, and says, and kids to play — and learn — brief discussion of dino poop edge back pretty quickly. “You can get a “Well, think about an iPhone.” An iPhone? together. Here are a few from (the scientific name is “copro- screaming sharp edge on those,” says “Yes,” he continues. “People get this nice Discover with Dr. Cool lites,” and the biggest piece ever Matt South, general manager at The piece of equipment, but then they (www.discoverwithdrcool.com) found was 2 feet long and 6.5 Cook’s Warehouse-East Cobb, Ga. “As replace it a year later. The phones are dis- inches wide). long as you take care of them, wash posable, upgradeable. People treat Break open real geodes them and dry them right away, they get knives like that. That’s fine. But you could When you first open up the Pan for gold kind of crazy looking but stay extremely spend a little more money and have box, there’s a moment of disap- As kids, we all learn about sharp. My grandmother had knives like knives that will last you for life.” I’m hear- pointment. All you find is a pair the California Gold rush and that.” ing him loud and clear: Time to get off of safety goggles and plastic we’ve all seen plenty of pictures I called up South not just to brag on my butt and sharpen my cooking school bag with six roundish rocks. But of miners squatting by the side my Iranian knife, but to lob the devil’s knives. —MCT lifestyle MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013 FEATURES

Syndicated radio host Casey Kasem and his wife, Jean, are listing their estate on Los Angeles, Californiaís Westside for $42 million. — MCT photos Hot property: Casey Kasem lists top 40 reasons for selling Westside estate

asey Kasem, who gained a national radio purposes. There is a hair salon, a design studio and audience after “American Top 40” launched in a butler’s pantry. Fireplaces can be found in the C1970, and his wife, Jean, are listing their family room, the library, the two master suites and Westside estate for sale at $42 million. With 12,000 even one bathroom. The landscaping includes square feet of living space, eight bedrooms and 14 mature trees, hedges, formal gardens and an bathrooms, the home has been the site of intimate expanse of lawn. Par-three golf can be played on a interviews and sleepovers for as many as 20 young- Bobby Trent Jones-designed course. Citrus trees, sters a night. The yard has served as the site of elab- grapes and strawberries occupy a corner of the orate celebrity-studded gatherings and paintball yard. Soon after the Kasems bought the estate, battles. they hosted a 5,000-guest benefit. “This property The syndicated radio host bought the property was meant to be used,” Jean said. “The grounds are for Jean Kasem in 1989 as a gift. “We lived in the park-like and taunt you to have fundraisers.” Beverly Wilshire Hotel,” she said, “and I didn’t want Perhaps most memorable for the Kasems were to leave.” But she was expecting, and his logic won the theme parties for family, friends and neighbors. out. “You can’t raise a child in a hotel.” The couple For an early Sea World party, the former swimming liked the 2.4-acre site near a main artery, which pool took center stage as seals and a whale per- made it convenient for them to commute to their formed in the water. radio and television work. Trees line the streets, and Sand was trucked in, Jean recalled. “We brought mansions sit on green lawns behind gates and the beach to the backyard.” In closing down the hedges. “It seemed,” she said, “like a place where we party, however, the animal handlers encountered could put down roots.” some resistance from one of the performers. “They The footprint of the James Dolena-designed had to drain the pool to get the creature out,” Jean house, where rooms spill off wide hallways, suited said. She then replaced that pool with a heart- their needs. Little else, however, reflected their shaped one that has two bath houses. Currier & tastes and preferences. So Jean Kasem began a Ives was the theme for a Christmas party with decades-long project rebuilding, expanding and guests arriving by horse-drawn surrey, carol singers continually updating the estate. and a faux ice-skating rink gracing the lawn. For “We tried to make it a home, not a mansion,” she “American Top 40” brand. He has voiced the charac- (2010-12) and “Drop Dead Diva” (2009-11). Public said, “because mansions are tough to live in.” In fact, ter Shaggy, among others, on the “Scooby-Doo” records show the pair bought the house in 2006 for she was still making changes as the single-story series and videos. Jean has appeared on “Cheers” $2.009 million. home was readied for the market. Casey Kasem and “The Tortellis,” among other shows and movies, jokingly calls her “Lady Winchester” in reference to and runs a baby crib business. Recently, she asked House can’t take a bad picture the Winchester Mystery House, the San Jose, Calif., Casey how he viewed himself looking back on his Former Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue model mansion that was continually expanded through- life and career. His reply: “I’m just the guy next door.” and cover girl Cheryl Tiegs has listed her home in out its owner’s lifetime. The couple is ready to move on now that their Bel-Air for $12 million. The Balinese-inspired, resort- The Kasems’ sensibilities are evident even at the daughter Liberty, 21, is leaving the nest. “It will be like estate sits on nearly 1.5 acres of landscaped home’s circular motor court. The central fountain easy to sell because it’s a big house for two people,” grounds with a swimming pool, a guesthouse, was built around an ornate piece of the Brooklyn Jean said. They plan to downsize or perhaps move pathways and fountains. Designed by interior dec- Bridge. The interiors are filled with antiques the to the beach. “We’ve tried to make memories here,” orator to the stars Martyn Lawrence Bullard, whose Kasems have collected, and reflect Jean’s love of Jean said, “because in the end, that’s all you have.” clients have included Cher, Elton John and Kid color and textures. Window treatments include Rock, the one-story open-plan home features copies of historic fabrics in keeping with the fur- Looking for two and a half tenants vaulted beamed ceilings, a wine cellar, five bed- nishings. She frequently visits Jan’s & Company in Actress Brooke D’Orsay, who has a recurring role rooms, 4.5 bathrooms and 4,770 square feet of liv- Los Angeles to look for antiques. on “Two and a Half Men,” and actor-writer-producer ing space. “Our favorite room is probably the library, Greg Coolidge have put their house in Hollywood Tiegs, 65, was one of the first supermodels to where we collected books from all over the world, Hills West up for lease at $12,000 a month. launch her own clothing and accessories line. She brokered deals and did our interviews on camera The contemporary-style house, built in 1954, touted cameras on TV commercials for Olympus in and radio,” Jean said. The comfortable room, near their daughter’s prom, the Kasems tented the students who say they will never forget it,” Jean features city views, three bedrooms, three bath- the late 1970s. She appeared last year on “The the oval entry, is also where the couple edited “Top sunken tennis court, which is adjacent to the guest- said. Casey, who turns 81 this month, continues to rooms and 2,429 square feet of living space. Apprentice” and “About Face: Supermodels Then 40” scripts. Many spaces are devoted to specific house. “I am often stopped on the street by former work on syndicated radio shows that spin off the D’Orsay, 31, has been in the series “Royal Pains” and Now.” — MCT Quick fix: Sweet-and-sour shrimp

angy sweet and sour shrimp over * Wine suggestion: This shrimp dish serving with 13 percent of calories from rice is an easy dish. It’s based on would be nicely matched by a tangy, fat. Tprepared ingredients that can be sweet-and-sour gewurztraminer. Sweet and sour shrimp assembled in minutes at home. Best of Helpful hints: 1 teaspoon canola oil all there’s no chopping and peeling * Your wok or skillet should be very 1 cup frozen diced onion which means no fuss or mess. Here are a hot so the shrimp will be crisp, not 1 cup frozen diced green bell pepper few ingredients that are worth keeping steamed. I add the ingredients in three pound peeled shrimp on hand for a quick meal: frozen peeled, stages to make sure the pan stays hot 1 cup low-salt, bottled sweet and deveined shrimp, sweet-sour sauce, while stir-frying. sour sauce frozen chopped onion and bell pepper. Countdown: 1 cup fresh pineapple cubes Use the 10-minute rice recipe given Make rice and set aside. Salt and freshly ground black pepper or buy quick-cooking rice and follow the Make shrimp. Heat a wok or nonstick skillet over package directions. This meal contains 759 calories per high heat and add oil. When the oil begins smoking, add onion and green pepper. Stir fry 2 minutes or until gold- en, not brown. Remove vegetables to bowl. Add shrimp to wok, stir-fry 1 min. Remove to bowl with vegetables. Add sauce and pineapple to wok and imme- diately return vegetables and shrimp. 2 teaspoons canola oil protein, 46.9 g carbohydrates, 3.6 g fiber, Toss 30 seconds. Add salt and pepper to Salt and freshly ground black pepper 83 mg sodium. taste. Serve over rice and peas. Makes 2 Bring a large pot with 2 to 3 quarts of Shopping list servings. water to a boil. Add rice and boil, uncov- Here are the ingredients you’ll need Per serving: 495 calories (10 percent ered, about 8 minutes. Add peas and for tonight’s Dinner in Minutes. from fat), 5.8 g fat (0.8 g saturated, 1.9 g continue to boil 2 minutes. Test a grain, To buy:1 bag frozen chopped or monounsaturated), 258 mg cholesterol, rice should be cooked through, but not diced onion, 1 bag frozen chopped or 36.7 g protein, 75.6 g carbohydrates, 3.7 soft. Drain and place in a bowl. Mix in oil diced green bell pepper, 1 small bag g fiber, 778 mg sodium. and salt and pepper to taste. Makes 2 peas, pound peeled shrimp, 1 bottle Quick rice and peas servings. low-salt sweet and sour sauce and one cup long-grain white rice Per serving: 264 calories (17 percent container fresh pineapple cubes. 1 cup frozen peas from fat), 5.1 g fat (0.5 g saturated, 3.0 g Staples: Canola oil, long-grain white monounsaturated), no cholesterol, 7.1 g rice, salt and black peppercorns. —MCT US lawmakers seek reason for Beyonce, Jay-Z37 Cuba trip MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013

A worker attaches the name tag of a Buddhist who made a donation to a lantern for upcoming Buddha’s birthday on May 17 at the Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea yesterday.—AP inspires other students

o capture the perfect scene with first series taken for his Intro to became a widower 19 years ago when some brave soul who would be willing ishing his long list of A’s. He will attend his point-and-shoot Olympus Photography course was titled his wife died of an aneurysm six days to try this experiment,” Chirinos says. FIU to earn a bachelor’s degree in psy- Tcamera, Milton Young will touch “Encountering My World.” “I think that after their third child was born. At the Smith recommended Young without chology, but plans to continue pursu- the subject first, his long fingers feel- was my unconscious way of trying to time, he was a mental-health specialist hesitation. ing his newfound hobby. ing the contours and angles, the rough tell people the struggle I’m going with the now-defunct Grant Center in Young, on the other hand, was wor- Chirinos says Young’s classmates surfaces or the smooth facade. He will through,” he says. South Miami-Dade, Fla, a job he even- ried. “It was fear,” he says. “I was afraid have gained “a deeper appreciation of sniff the air for a familiar scent and turn Fellow students are his biggest tually left so he could be home in the they were going to find out I was sight because of Milton. They’ve his face to listen to the sound that cheerleaders. Jeremy Sabater, 21, was evenings with his children. doing real well in all these classes, but learned a lot about photography sim- echoes off the wall. He gives an exam- one of the intermediate photo stu- To help with her grief, he bought his that I would fall on my face with this ply by talking to an instinctively talent- ple of this technique: “I wanted to take dents paired with Young. He quickly eldest daughter, Ciara, now 27, a cam- other one.” He didn’t. Chirinos made ed photographer who cannot see.” a picture of this bridge and I saw it in discovered that he’d best arrive pre- era because he had always admired sure Young had a camera that didn’t Young says he, too, has discovered my mind because I knew how the wind pared to answer the dozens of ques- the art of photography. But he never need to be focused or adjusted for something new: “I learned that you can felt on that bridge. ... I’ve walked that tions his older mentee had. “He has considered learning himself because light. Then he teamed Young with stu- embrace things you were originally he was so focused on “just surviving dents who would help him mix chemi- afraid of.”—MCT and on raising the children.” He wanted cals and expose the prints properly in to make sure they attended college an old-fashioned darkroom. because he never had. And they did. Ciara is a part-time photographer, mid- dle daughter Alexa, 24, is studying for her master’s degree in nutrition at Florida International University, and David, 19, is a math and economics major at the University of Miami. But even as the children settled into their lives, Young’s travails were by no means over. At 53, working as an oper- ations analyst for Royal Caribbean, he was diagnosed with advanced open- angled glaucoma, a hereditary disease that would leave him blind. “I was so scared, super scared,” he recalls. “I bottomed out. I didn’t know how I was going to get back together.” For about four years, he didn’t tell any- one at the office, until his uncharacter- Milton Young, who is blind, demonstrates how he takes photos.—MCT photos istic mistakes clued in his supervisor. Though Royal Caribbean tried to accommodate him, he decided to take a buyout four years ago. Then he began attending the Lighthouse for the Blind, where he learned Braille. way so many times.” this personal and intimate way of That’s when he decided to fulfill his At 60, Young is a budding photogra- shooting images that has been a real lifelong dream of attending college. pher whose unique way of viewing the inspiration for my own photography” With the help of MDC Kendall Campus world has garnered praise from his says Sabater, a photography technolo- ACCESS (A Comprehensive Center for professor and fellow students at Miami gy major. “Milton was an excellent Exceptional Student Services), he Dade College. Young is also blind. He study tool for me because he’s always enrolled in a full load of courses, using has no vision in his right eye and curious, always inquisitive, wanting to adaptive equipment, including apps makes out only shadows with his left. know so much.” on his iPhone, to help him attend class That hasn’t stopped him from snap- Young smiles, pleased when others and study. ping photos of MDC’s Kendall Campus remark at his stark images and perfect At about the same time, photo pro- landmarks: an open breezeway, a stair- composition. “I want people to ask, ‘Is fessor Chirinos approached ACCESS well, a crosswalk, the back of a public that guy really blind?’” His journey to director Elizabeth Smith to suggest a bus. When prodded, he jokes, “I see photography-and a college degree-has pilot program in photography that with my other senses just fine.” been a circuitous one, chockablock would pair blind and visually impaired Young, in turn, photographed his Photography professor Tony with obstacles and lessons he now students with those who can see. heart out. He took the Olympus every- Chirinos says Young has exceeded his treasures. “Most of my life I held myself Chirinos developed the idea after his where he went. He won over skeptics, expectations. “When I saw his first con- back,” he says. “But now I think there’s father lost his eyesight, prompting him attracted fans. In May he graduates tact sheet, I was shocked. The compo- no limit to what I can do. I’ve crossed to question how a photographer with an associate degree in computer sition was really on.” Young’s photos that threshold from I can’t to I can.” might approach his art without that engineering. His grade point average? feature his cane in a central role. The Raised in Philadelphia, Young essential sense. “We were looking for An impressive 3.93 — only one B blem-