SUBSCRIPTION

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 THULQADA 21, 1437 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Private lives Will Syria Australian Triumphant are exposed gas attacks unearths Brits return as WikiLeaks probe nail ‘beast’ of home in spills secrets7 Assad regime?8 a28 truffle gold-nosed20 jet Iraqi PM hails ‘distinguished’, Min 26º Max 46º ‘exemplary’ ties with Kuwait High Tide 02:21 & 14:42 Low Tide Iraqi FM: Kuwait has gained Gulf, Arab, global clout 09:11 & 21:05 40 PAGES NO: 16972 150 FILS

Al-Safat Investment Co returns to profits KUWAIT: Al-Safat Investment Company held its ordinary General Assembly yesterday to approve its balance-sheet for the year ending Dec 31, 2015 and elect a new board of directors for the next three years. Chairman of the Board Abdullah Hamad Al-Terkait presided over the meeting and welcomed shareholders and attendees. The chairman said Al- Safat Investment Co, despite the difficulties and challenges it faced, witnessed several devel- opments in 2015, result- ing in becoming prof- itable after several years BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Dr Haidar Al-Abadi meets a delegation of Kuwaiti journalists. —KUNA of losses, apart from the Abdullah Hamad growth of the company BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Dr Haidar Al-Abadi region cannot be developed without cooperation and killing and terrorizing citizens that are fed by sectarian Al-Terkait as well as its revenues, praised deep-rooted Iraqi-Kuwaiti relations, describing overcoming the divisions of the past, and “we ought to polarizations, adding that “we are achieving victories and its success in bringing down its general and them as “distinguished and exemplary” and expressing resolve these problems and work on developing our over them and are able to liberate our lands from them”. administrative expenses. his pride in these relations. Abadi said during a meeting relations in other areas of cooperation and to keep Abadi pointed out that the so-called Islamic State (IS) or Profit for the financial year ending Dec 2015 was Monday night with a delegation of Kuwaiti journalists, small differences aside”. ‘Daesh’ is a threat posed against all countries in the world, KD 1,875,021, which is equivalent to 7.31 fils per which is on a visit to the Iraqi capital, that relations “We look at our differences with Kuwait through the so the help of the international community is needed in share. Total company assets as of Dec 31, 2015 between the two countries have moved from the status framework of brotherhood and cooperation,” Abadi order to eliminate such a threat. He said many of those reached KD 58.9 million. Shareholders’ equity of litigation because of the former regime’s policy, to said, adding that resolution of many of the disputes is who are fighting with terrorist groups in Iraq come from reached KD 33.0 million as the book value of a share understanding, harmony and fraternal relations hindered by red tape at state institutions. He said that abroad, “and we are now indulged in fierce fighting with reached 128.2 fils. Total company debt as of Dec 31, between the two neighboring countries, and “our gov- Iraq had gone through a transitional stage after the col- terror and we are closer to achieving the final victory 2015 stood at KD 25.2 million. (See Page 21) ernment looks forward to further cooperation”. lapse of the state in 2003 and now it is exposed to through Mosul and the Syrian border operations.” He said the vision of the Iraqi government is that the abnormal terrorist attacks from gangs boasting of Continued on Page 2 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 LOCAL KFAED signs $138 million deal with Bahrain

MANAMA: The Kuwait Fund for Arab growth of the Bahraini economy. Economic Development (KFAED) A sum of $106 million will be used signed yesterday a $138 million agree- to develop a housing project in ment with the Bahraini government to Bahrain, said the KFAED top official. fund development projects in the GCC The fund previously provided $890 mil- country. Deputy Director General of lion in 2013 to develop projects in KFAED Hamad Al-Omar, who signed Bahrain. The total sum of agreements the agreement with Bahrain Minister signed with Bahrain in the develop- of Finance Sheikh Ahmad bin ment domain had reached $996 mil- Mohammad Al-Khalifa, said that a lion. The estimated amount of Bahrain’s sum of $32 million will be used to ambitious development project is at develop infrastructure at the Salman $4.6 billion with KFAED contributing to industrial city, a key project for the about 21 percent. —KUNA

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Sabah meets with Dr Mohammad Al-Rashidi. —Amiri Diwan photos meets with Dr Mohammad Al-Mukaimi.

MANAMA: Deputy Director General of KFAED Hamad Al-Omar (left) and Bahrain’s Minister of Finance Sheikh Ahmad bin Mohammad Al-Khalifa are pictured during the signing ceremony. —KUNA legislation catalyst for anti-corruption efforts

VIENNA: Kuwait yesterday underscored that progress in Kuwait’s efforts to fight corruption anti-corruption efforts will only come to fruition and money laundering, adding that the country when propped up by legislative action and has formed independent and national authori- measures that ensure integrity and transparen- ties tasked with stifling the spread of corruption. cy when dealing with public funds. Member of Speaking on measures taken by Kuwait to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Kuwait’s Public Anti-Corruption Authority prevent corruption, Rashid said that the country meets with Dr Fahad Sulaiman Al-Sanafi. meets with Dr Khalid Al-Ajmi. (PACA) Salah Al-Rashid made those remarks at has introduced a slew of laws aimed at protect- the Seventh Intersessional Meeting of the ing national institutions from the ill effects of Open-ended Intergovernmental Working corruption, as he espoused the merits of such Group on Prevention of Corruption, part of the virtues as transparency and integrity. He also Amir receives academicians Conference of States Parties to the United spoke of Kuwait’s cognizance of the importance KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah was presented yesterday with a PhD thesis on public health by Nations (UN) Convention against Corruption, of implementing the “Marrakech Declaration on Dr Mohammad Al-Rashidi. His Highness was also presented with a PhD thesis on marine geochemistry by Dr Mohammad Al-Mukaimi, held in the Austrian capital, Vienna. the Prevention of Corruption,” saying that the Moreover, Rashid noted that legislative country has spared no effort to rid society of any another on marine physics by Dr Fahad Sulaiman Al-Sanafi and one on statistics by Dr Khalid Al-Ajmi. —KUNA development was instrumental to palpable modicum of corruption. —KUNA

Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Jaafari meets with a delegation representing the Kuwait Journalists Association. Iraqi PM hails ‘distinguished’, ‘exemplary’ ties with Kuwait

Continued from Page 1 ture”. On the issue of foreign control of Iraqi are always the focus of pride for all Iraqis. He political, economic, cultural and other aspects. noticed by everyone as security has decisions from outside, the premier said that pointed to the great support provided by HH improved a bit. The premier said that “with Syria, we want there is no state that is immune from outside the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Corruption He added that the real infrastructure of to deal with state institutions rather than influence, noting that each country has inter- Sabah for Iraq and his announcement during Jaafari said Iraq is suffering from adminis- national security and economy is the culture, armed groups to control the borders”, pointing ests beyond its borders and “we try to main- the 27th Arab summit hosted in the trative corruption, bureaucracy and adminis- saying that everything in the community, out that any partition of Syria is a serious mat- tain these interests to our advantage.” Mauritanian capital Nouakchott about trative monotony, which drive investors away whether good or bad, reflects on the culture ter and “it will be a tragedy and another chal- Kuwait’s intention to hold a donors conference despite the presence of very large investment of the country, stressing that Iraqis do not lenge for us.” New page for Mosul. opportunities in Iraq following a series of wars, have the culture of division or separation, He said the real problem in the liberation of Meanwhile, Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim He said Iraq will not forget those who stood stressing that Iraq possesses abundant oil, adding that all partition attempts would be Mosul is the humanitarian aspect due to the Al-Jaafari said Kuwait has gained Gulf, Arab with it and helped it in these special circum- agricultural, water and tourism wealth. He faced by Iraqis’ unity, pointing out that this population density, a matter that makes it a and worldwide weight and with its coopera- stances, indicating that Iraq is actually in need pointed out that neighboring countries are concern does not exist as before. difficult task for the Iraqi army to carry out its tion with Iraq and the rest of Arab and non- for such support for the construction of hospi- welcome to invest in Iraq, a matter that would The Kuwaiti delegation included President humanitarian mission. He said he was opti- Arab countries, and a new page of diplomatic tals, schools and others. He added that the strengthen ties between these countries and of Kuwait Journalists Association Adnan Al- mistic for the next stage, and such optimism relations for the good of the region and the Iraqi and Kuwaiti media have a great responsi- Iraq that were affected by the previous regime. Rashid, Deputy Director General for the lies in cooperation and coordination with each world can be drawn. bility to shoulder at this time and must be the He said that the security situation drives Editorial Sector and Editor-in-Chief of Kuwait other in order to maintain mutual interests. Jaafari said during a meeting on Monday kind of media that investigate facts, come up tourists away from Iraq despite the variety of News Agency (KUNA) Saad Al-Ali and head of Abadi pointed out that Iraq shares a very night with the Kuwaiti media delegation that with studies, recommendations and criticisms tourist attractions, stressing that the govern- the local section of Kuwaiti daily Al-Qabas long border with Iran, “and we have interests the Kuwaiti aid to the Iraqi people is a ‘letter of while offering solutions. He described Kuwaiti ment is working seriously and intensively to Ibrahim Al-Saidi. Also present was Kuwait’s with it and we are not prepared to enter any gratitude’ from the Kuwaiti people to their media as diverse, brave and having a good fight administrative corruption, in addition to Ambassador to Iraq Ghassan Al-Zawawi and war, since war destroys people and infrastruc- Iraqi counterparts, and that Kuwait’s positions culture, and is considered a window on all restoring security in Iraq, a matter which is other diplomats. —KUNA Kuwait provides aid to needy people in Kurdistan

IRBIL: Kuwait’s Consulate General in Meanwhile, official in charge of Irbil announced yesterday the arrival displaced persons and refugees in of a Kuwaiti medical aid shipment the Kurdistan Ministry of Health through Kuwait Society for Relief to said that the shipment provided by displaced Iraqis in Iraq’s Kurdistan Kuwait will alleviate the suffering of region. Omar Al-Kandari, Kuwait’s the Iraqi displaced people and Consul General in Irbil, said in state- meet their medical needs, thanking ment that the shipments were hand- Kuwait for its continuous support. ed to the Ministry of Health in The State of Kuwait started its Kurdistan region to the displaced humanitarian campaign in Iraq last which included medicines and med- year, where 80,000 food parcels ical supplies to meet their needs. were handed over to the displaced Kandari added that that shipments people in Kurdistan. Since the start were directed by His Highness the of this year, some 45,000 food pack- Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- ages had been provided to the Jaber Al-Sabah for aiding affected needy in several Iraqi Kurdish Iraqis. regions. —KUNA WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 LOCAL KFH wins STP award 2016 from Citi Bank

KUWAIT: Kuwait Finance House (KFH) won Officer at KFH Abdullah Abu Alhous said STP award 2016 from Citi Bank, as the best that the award reassures the advanced sys- financial institution in the Middle East to tems at KFH, yet affirms the competencies deal with Citi Bank, yet the bank that has and skills of KFH’s human resources. He achieved the highest rates in the award- added that Citi Bank is one of the largest winning criteria. STP is an award for financial institutions in the world. It has a ‘Straight Through Processing’ without man- network of relationships with financial ual intervention for remittances to Citi. institutions at the global level. Citi sets pro- Present at KFH Headquarters to hand fessional and accurate criteria to measure over the award to KFH were Mohamed A the competency of the remittances pro- Al-Hammadi, Vice President Correspondent cessing and the electronic payment of Banking Group, Mohannad Barakat, Vice financial institutions. It awards the best President Treasury and Trade Solutions, and institutions that comply with the award Raad Shukri, Wholesale Banking and winning criteria. KFH achieved the highest Investment at Citi. Group Chief Strategy rates of the set criteria, thus won the award. Officer, Fahad Khaled Al-Mukhaizeem, KFH takes pride in STP award as it compris- Group Chief Treasury Officer, AbdulWahab es an impetus for further achievements in Al-Roshood and Group Chief Operations the field of human resources skills and Officer, Abdullah Abu Alhous at KFH technological advancement. He illustrated received Citi delegation. that the criteria is based on the accuracy “We would like to congratulate KFH on and security in conducting transactions in KFH officials receiving the award from Citi delegation the occasion of winning the STP award line with the regulatory requirements, not from Citi Bank for the year 2016. This award to mention the competency and quality of is yet another testimony of KFH’s robust data and information. and leading position in this field. KFH has Group Chief Treasury Officer, Kuwait follows through deservedly won the award for it met the AbdulWahab Al-Roshood said that this criteria of winning the award” said award confirms KFH’s excellence in dealing Hammadi. He added in a press statement with the global financial institutions, while that KFH is ranked among the best banks, it reflects the confidence of those global with SME investment and the STP award is a clear-cut evidence financial institutions in KFH. Also, the award of its excellence as this award is only given reflects the confidence in the Islamic bank- to prestigious financial institutions that ing transactions. He stressed the impor- OBG special report implement advanced and secure systems tance of optimally utilizing technology for as per international standards. the best interest of customers and human Meanwhile, Group Chief Operations resources. KUWAIT: With low oil prices contin- uing to take their toll on the Kuwaiti economy, the government is hoping investment in the small Commerce ministry to monitor and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector begins to pay dividends. fake real estate trading There is significant room for growth in Kuwait’s SME sector: it KUWAIT: The Ministry of Commerce He added that the committee contributes just 3 percent to GDP, and Industry has formed a commit- meets twice a week to monitor the compared to an average of 50% in tee to supervise the phenomenon of developments of the real estate high-income economies, according to the latest World Bank figures. fake real estate sale by brokers operations, adding that the commit- Furthermore, SMEs account for recently in Kuwait. Assistant tee has called off some fraud licens- roughly 23% of Kuwait’s workforce, Undersecretary of the Ministry of es and referred the violators to the about half of the average in high- Commerce and Industry for Technical commercial prosecution. income and emerging economies. Affairs and Trade Development Enezi criticized the lack of regula- Abdullah Saqer Al-Enezi said in an tion in the real estate market and National fund interview that there are some wrong procedures for assessment of prop- In a bid to foster growth in the practices by citizens when they erties, which currently rely on non- sector, the KD2bn ($6.6bn) National request practicing or attaining real specialists’ estimates, stressing the Fund for SME Development was estate brokerage, which can cause a need for a competent public author- founded in 2013 as the first single legal violation. ity to manage and organize the real entity for SMEs in the Gulf region. He stressed that the Ministry took estate market. The real estate trad- The fund assumes responsibility for the actual steps through the forma- ing value amounted to more than everything from business licensing tion of a committee to follow-up and KD 7 billion and its vital sector con- to financing up to 80% of capital for investigate this phenomenon as well tinues to remain the single largest feasible projects. as to receive any complaints related to contributor to Kuwait’s GDP, he Since November 2013 the fund real estate brokers’ wrong practices. added. —KUNA has been overseen by the World Bank’s two-year technical assis- Boosting entrepreneurship Kuwait by highlighting specific SME around $1035. The fees are roughly tance project, which includes creat- One of the largest challenges to success stories and supplementing three times those of the US, where ing a “one-stop shop” to ease the increasing the number of SMEs and this content with tips and advice the cost of applying to register a process of acquiring an operating their contribution to the workforce from entrepreneurship experts. trademark stands at between $293 Money supplies rise 0.9 license, as well as promoting busi- has been the fostering of an entre- Additionally, the fund hosted the and $325, regional media sources ness development. preneurial culture in Kuwait, accord- country’s first national SME Forum reported in mid-July. percent in May: CBK In June the fund launched the ing to Mohammad Al-Zuhair, execu- and the “Exploring Entrepreneurship” While the new regulations, soon 136 Call Centre to address regulato- tive chairman of the National Fund program, which helps young entre- to be implemented throughout the ry uncertainty and excessive time for SME Development. preneurs develop their ideas into GCC, will create a more efficient, deposits with CBK rose 15.5 percent to KD KUWAIT: Money supply (M2) in broad spent dealing with government “The government, the private sec- business ventures. internationally recognized and bet- sense had risen 0.9 percent in May to 3.3 billion. regulations, which have been iden- tor and the youth share an unwilling- ter-regulated trademarking system, reach KD 36.3 billion, compared to April, Non-residents’ deposits in Kuwaiti tified as among the most signifi- ness to take risks,” he told OBG last Regulatory changes some stakeholders have raised con- according to figures released by the dinar came up 1.5 percent while cant barriers to SME growth, year. “To develop the proper ecosys- Meanwhile, recent changes to cerns that the cost increase might Central Bank of Kuwait on Monday. The deposits in foreign currency went down according to a 2014 World Bank tem in Kuwait, the start-up scene has legislation are expected to bring discourage smaller businesses from CBK monthly bulletin said private sector 5.5 percent to KD 2.4 billion. Credit survey. The purpose of the centre is to be fuelled. This means taking risks about a more formalized SME sector legally taking ownership of their deposits with local banks in Kuwaiti dinar facilities for residents came up 0.1 per- to provide callers with information and celebrating unsuccessful initia- through protection of intellectual ideas, according to press reports. came up 0.5 percent to KD 31.1 billion in cent to KD 33.5 billion while average on establishing a new business in tives as learning opportunities.” property. Last December, Kuwait However, the prices are likely to be May, while deposits in foreign currency interest rate, on 1-year (average interest Kuwait. In an attempt to address this became the first country to imple- offset by shorter waiting times. The came up 2.3 percent to KD 3.6 billion. rate on one year) treasury bonds stayed More recently, in early August issue, the fund has established a rela- ment the GCC Trademark Law, a new regulation mandates that the The overall Kuwaiti banks claims to at 1.250 percent. The bulletin also the fund signed a memorandum of tionship with Wamda, a Dubai-based piece of intellectual property legisla- Kuwait Trademark Office must issue CBK funds (CBK bonds) remained, from showed that the USA greenback kept understanding with the Kuwait company that works to develop tion long discussed in the region. an initial examination report within April, at KD 1.8 billion, while the overall slipping in May to reach 301.42 fils per Foundation for the Advancement entrepreneurial ecosystems across With the passing of Ministerial 90 days of the filing date, an improve- the MENA region. The partnership Decision No. 500 of 2015, the official ment of a process that previously budget of Kuwait banks came to KD 59.3 dollar, a slip of 0.1 percent since April. of Sciences (KFAS) to address a with Wamda has led to the creation fees for trademark applications in took between six and eight months. billion, up by 0.1 percent. Net foreign M2 is a comprehensive measure used as backlog of 250 patent applications at KFAS, which would be either par- of Nuwait, an online platform that Kuwait form-filling to registration This Kuwait economic update was assets of local banks came up 1.2 percent a key factor to forecast inflation in any encourages innovative thinking in increased from roughly $80 to produced by Oxford Business Group. in May, at KD 9.2 billion, while time economy. —KUNA tially or fully financed by the fund. Ministry changes plans to build nuclear plant Plans to revive Alien Practices Committee

By A Saleh Some of them will be built soon, and some until after Eid Al-Adha. The ministry asked offices between 2020 and 2030. to allow patients to fly on any airline, and not KUWAIT: The Ministry of Electricity and only KAC. Water (MEW) retracted its plan to build a Treatment abroad nuclear power plant, as Kuwait had planned The Health Ministry witnessed yet another Alien Practices earlier to obtain a license from the UN in this problem with regards to the issue of patients’ MP Humoud Al-Hamdan said there are parlia- regard. MEW said its decision to scrap the treatment abroad, over bringing them back mentary moves to agree on reforming the Alien Trio arrested for project was because studies proved it was aboard Kuwait Airways Company (KAC), after the Practices Fighting Committee at the National unfeasible and of high cost, in addition to finance ministry asked not to extend patients’ Assembly during the upcoming term. He said having alternative projects that are better in stay after their treatment is over and only keep the committee is important and was not formed armed robbery production and cost such as solar energy cancer patients. Hundreds of patients and their because the parliamentary majority said it is bet- and wind. An official said Kuwait needs water relatives gathered at the health offices in ter to deal with this problem through the main desalination stations, but as for power sta- London, Germany, France and US to get tickets, committees, as each will discuss the subject that By Hanan Al-Saadoun tions, plans provide for several stations. but KAC informed them there were no seats concerns it. KUWAIT: Farwaniya detectives arrested a gang of three Syrians for Ministries discuss gas price armed robberies. A complaint was filed by a Syrian who was robbed by increase impact on taxi fares three unidentified persons who took KD 11,250 from him after he left an By Meshaal Al-Enezi increase petrol prices, and found it strange it did not consider the recom- exchange bureau in Farwaniya. KUWAIT: The interior and commerce mendations of the National Assembly’s Detectives carried out their investi- ministries held a meeting yesterday to finance committee, which called for com- gations and found a gang that tar- discuss the impact of the gasoline price pensating citizens for the increase, geted exchange shops. Detectives increase on public transportation, includ- adding that the timing of the increase placed the gang under surveillance, ing taxis. The meeting addressed the lacks wisdom and experience. and followed them to Nugra Sunday Municipality campaign decision’s possible effect on taxi fares in evening and arrested them. The Farwaniya municipality’s emergency Kuwait, considering the fact that taxis top Officer sentenced KUWAIT: Police carried out a campaign in Kuwait’s three are Syrians and they confessed team carried out a campaign during the list of gasoline consumers in Kuwait. The criminal court sentenced a police governorates that resulted in arresting 120 wanted The gasoline price increase goes into officer to 15 years in jail, while it sen- to committing another similar rob- which 23 citations were issued in rela- people, 28 for civil cases, 37 absconders, 18 with effect Sept 1. The committee did not tenced his father to five years. The officer bery, in which they mugged an Asian tion to advertisement violations, 13 for expired residencies, one wanted to serve a three- make a public statement on the results of gained Kuwaiti nationality by forgery and man in Jabriya, robbing him of KD expired licenses, six for lack of license, year jail sentence, two wanted for robberies, two on the meeting. paid money for it, adding his name as the 9,000. They were sent to concerned four signs without a license, while 58 drugs charges, 33 without IDs while 316 traffic cita- Meanwhile, the Islamic Salaf Forum son of a Kuwaiti citizen in cooperation authorities. ads were removed. tions were issued. —By Hanan Al-Saadoun rejected the government’s decision to with his father. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 LOCAL

In Brief Speaker condemns Interior Minister Kuwait selected Theme Gaziantep attack meets MP Turaiji Country for training KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Interior NEW DELHI: Kuwait has been selected as Theme Marzouq Al-Ghanem sent a cable of condo- Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al- Country for the 130th International Training lences Monday to Turkish Parliament Speaker Hamad Al-Sabah met yesterday with MP Dr Program conducted by the International Centre Ismail Kahraman over victims of the terrorist Abdullah Al-Turaiji, who gifted him a copy of his for Information Systems and Audit (iCISA) under attack against a wedding in the city of book titled ‘The Basics of Security Strategy and the Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) of India. In his Gaziantep. Ghanem described the attack as Planning.’ Sheikh Mohammad appreciated address to a ceremony held by iCISA, Kuwait ‘cowardly criminal’ one, and expressed strong Turaiji’s contribution, saying that the book is a Ambassador to India Fahad Ahmad Alawadhi said condemnation as well as solidarity with the valuable addition that helps researchers in the that the annual international training program Turkish people. He called for further coopera- security field. Meanwhile, Turaiji expressed under SAI is contributing positively to the mutual tion at regional and international levels to appreciation to the minister’s role in supporting understanding among the participating coun- fighting terrorism. — KUNA research in the field of security. tries. — KUNA Photo of the day

KUWAIT: The photo shows old buildings in Hawally. The scene of decaying old buildings that remain inhabited can be seen in different areas around Kuwait. Most of these buildings are inhabited by low-wage bachelor workers, which often raises complaints from families living in nearby buildings. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat Combating terror needs carefully crafted media campaign: expert

AMMAN: A Kuwaiti Military and Media fig- and planned media campaigns are essen- ure stressed yesterday the importance of a tial when it comes to combating terrorism carefully-crafted media campaign aimed at in general,” Rais added. combating terrorism in the Arab region. The official added that the role of Arab Media Advisor to Deputy Prime Minister women was also critical in raising aware- and Minister of Defense Major General ness regarding terrorism especially with- Abdulaziz Al-Rais made his remarks in a in the framework of the family and chil- seminar on the sideline of the third dren. The Arab States Broadcasting Jordanian festival for Arab media. Union’s (ASBU) chief Mohammad Al- During the forum, Rais asserted the Awwash is taking part in the four-day importance of awareness campaigns as Arab media festival. Other Kuwaiti offi- part of the general plan in combating ter- cials and artists are present in the festival, rorism, affirming that there was a need for which is organized by Jordan Media AMMAN: Media Advisor to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Major General Abdulaziz Al-Rais (right) attends a seminar held as part of the coordination among experts in the media Commission (JMC) in collaboration with third Jordanian festival for Arab media. — KUNA field. “Specialized training for media figures the Arab League. — KUNA

KUWAIT: The Retirees Care Division at the Interior Ministry’s Service Centers General Department hosted retired officers in their weekly meeting yesterday, in attendance of Major General Adeeb Al-Suwaidan, Director of the Service Centers General Department, and Colonel Saif Al-Mutairi, Director of the Retirees Care Division. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 LOCAL

Technological wave in Kuwait induces boom in education

KUWAIT: More than two decades have elapsed since Kuwait’s second educational boom, set in motion by the late Amir His Highness Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on August 24, 1991, after a technological wave buttressed education in the country. After schools shut down and learning stopped for a year as a result of the invasion of 1990, Sheikh Jaber felt that it was crucial for students to get back to school and for the country to not only resume normalcy, but to progress. Moreover, this educational boom in Kuwait was based on reforming the educational curriculum, modernizing programs and integrating technology through meticulously planned development pro- grams. KUWAIT: This file photo taken on August 24, 1991 shows His Highness late Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah lighting a torch to signify the resumption of education in all the country’s schools following the country’s liberation from Iraqi invasion. — KUNA Kuwait marks 25th anniversary of resuming education after invasion

KUWAIT: The 25th anniversary of His Highness late Amir Sheikh spending on education has reached KD 1.7 billion which makes dents. There are also a number of private universities such as Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah lighting of a torch to 9.5 percent of the state’s expenditures. Education in Kuwait in the American University of Kuwait (AUK) and Gulf University for announce resumption of education in all the country’s schools past relied heavily on the Arabic language, basic mathematics and Science and Technology (GUST) and others. Minister of Education and Minister of Higher following the country’s liberation from Iraqi invasion back in Holy Qur’an in simple classrooms called ‘Katateeb.’ The first formal The public school system is undergoing a revamp due to a Education Dr Bader Al-Essa 1991 falls today. From August 24, 1991 till now, Kuwait has been school in Kuwait was ‘Al-Mubarakeyah’ which was founded in project in this regard in conjunction with the World Bank. In April working hardly to boost and develop the field of education with 1911, and later came ‘Al-Ahmadeyah’ school which was estab- 2013, the Kuwaiti government partnered with the World Bank to Tangible development all possible means. lished in 1921. In 1953, the first high school for males was founded launch a pilot project in 48 schools across the state called the Kuwaiti Minister of Education and Minister of As Kuwait celebrates its liberation from the Iraqi invasion in in ‘Shuwaikh’ area, while the first high school for females was National Curriculum Framework. The curriculum is set to be Higher Education Dr Bader Al-Essa said that there February 26, 1991, the country exerted all possible efforts to established in ‘Al-Merqab’ area. implemented in the next two or three years. The Kuwaiti govern- was tangible development in the quality of educa- reconstruct and develop all educational domains. Kuwait consid- The largest university in the country is Kuwait University which ment sends many citizens to universities in the United States, tion during those years, as the pupils themselves ers education as one of the most important factors as the total has over 1, 500 faculty members and approximately 30,000 stu- United Kingdom, Germany and other countries. were the core of the educational system. Furthermore, teachers were no longer merely lec- turers as they interacted with students in ways that enabled them to hone their skills and pinpoint their interests, Essa noted, adding that varied and renowned curriculums remedied any flaws in the quality of education. Meanwhile, Essa pointed to a significant differ- ence in the quality of education prior to and after the invasion, noting that in the 1960s and 1970s, those who were literate were far outnumbered by the illiterate, as the level of technology then was rudimentary at best.

Post invasion era Speaking on the period post the invasion, Essa said that education witnessed a resurgence as the Ministry of Education sought to acquire the services of the most adept and qualified teachers, while the educational curriculum was overhauled to ensure much needed progress. In addition, Essa listed the students, teachers, cur- riculum, evaluation and ideology as the five most vital factors that contribute to the development of education, as he underscored that the ministry has begun to take all those points into account in its quest to ensure top-notch education. The Ministry of Education’s Undersecretary of Research and Curriculums Dr. Saud Al-Harbi told KUNA that education is one of the tenets of human rights, adding that the level of compulsory educa- tion was enhanced due to this educational boom. Harbi also noted that the introduction of a com- pulsory education law plunged illiteracy rates in the country to an all-time low, as he foreboded that plans to incorporate electronic education (e-educa- tion) and new programs would propel the develop- ment of education to new levels. — KUNA

KISR Director General Dr Samira Omar Kuwait strives to set up crises management pre-plans: KISR

KUWAIT: Director General of Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) Dr Samira Omar said yesterday that the Institute is working on setting up pre-plans for crises man- agement in Kuwait and the region through its risk predic- tion facilities for natural and man-made disasters. Omar said in a statement that the Institute seeks to develop its programs and facilities for predicting the risk of disasters and to respond to any emergency that may affect Kuwait and the region. She stressed that the Institute, and as part of its plans in this regard, looks into ways of future cooperation and exchange of experiences and information with the Kuwait-based Gulf Emergency Management Institute to rapidly respond to emergencies and disasters. She explained that a delegation from the Gulf Emergency Management Institute had visited KISR recently to take advantage of its research facilities and access to the latest technologies including its geographic data base, remote sensing, Kuwaiti national network for monitoring earth- quakes and early warning systems to radiation. She added that the Institute’s facilities also include the national network of climate information, laboratories and facilities for air pollution control, coasts and seas monitor- ing utilities and analytical services provided by advanced laboratories in KISR. She stressed that the Institute bears the responsibility to develop the capacity and human resources of the national cadre that contribute to support- ing research and development of system solutions to cope with crises and disasters in Kuwait and the region, pointing out that the Institute strives to apply its strategic plans in support of the decision-maker for the management of environmental disasters. — KUNA WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 From the Arabic press

News Crime In brief Report KD 20 allowance Diamond ring stolen for citizens mulled KUWAIT: The government is considering a proposal to pay KD 20 a month for each Kuwaiti employee as an allowance KUWAIT: Capital detectives are gathering information to combat the effects of the gasoline price hike, which about two women who stole a diamond ring while flirt- comes into effect on September 1. The proposal was made ing with a salesman in a jewelry store. The women’s by a number of lawmakers among others that include giv- actions led the salesman to lose concentration, which ing coupons or free gasoline liters to Kuwaitis through allowed them to take the ring, according to his state- their ration cards. The government reportedly rejected the ments. A security source said a bedoon who has a pow- other proposal out of fear that they might lead to manipu- er of attorney from the store owner said an Indian lation and the creation of a black market for subsidized salesman told him two veiled ladies stole the ring, and gasoline. — Al-Qabas he submitted a video showing the women flirting with the Indian and leaving.

Costly weddings Death KUWAIT: The total cost of weddings for Kuwaitis is A female citizen died under unknown circum- estimated at over KD 235 million a year, with an stances in Ardiya. Operations received a call about average of KD 35,000 for middle class families, while the body of a woman, and forensics men detected there are around 50 very wealthy families which burns on the deceased’s face and hands, which sug- spend between KD 250,000 and KD 1 million on at gests foul play behind the death. The prosecution is least one of their children’s weddings, according to a investigating. study prepared by a top wedding organizer in Treatment overseas Kuwait. — Al-Qabas

Suicide A citizen jumped to her death from a flat she rented Sulaibiya hottest worldwide 10 days earlier in Salmiya. Police received a call about the KUWAIT: Eight areas in Kuwait were among the top Al-Jarida woman who threw herself from the 10th floor of the 10 cities in the global heat index earlier this week. building. Hawally police and paramedics rushed to the Sulaibiya was the first worldwide with a temperature scene and found the woman had died of her injuries, and of 49.6 C degrees, while Mutraba came third with 49 the body was recovered by the coroner. The woman was C degrees, Jahra fourth with 48.7 C degrees, Wafra a 46-year-old citizen, and the haris said she rented the fifth with 48.4 C degrees, and Manaqeesh sixth with flat 10 days before the incident took place. Investigations 48.3 C degrees. Meanwhile, Sabiriya came in eighth are underway to find the reasons and motives behind place with a temperature of 48.1 C degrees, while Al-Qabas her suicide. Julaiah and the Kuwait International Airport area were tied in tenth place with a temperature of 47.6 C degrees. — Al-Rai The quality of education in Kuwait Drugs, weapons possession Three firearms, 250 gm of hashish, 160 illicit Payroll increase By Mohammad Nasser Al-Sanousi tablets and 250 gm of shabu were confiscated KUWAIT: Several MPs urged the government to and three citizens, two of whom are brothers, take on measures to prevent an expected increase t is necessary to create an authority to guarantee the present their experiences to those handling the educa- were arrested by weapons detectives. A securi- in the public sector’s payroll in the coming years quality of education under the prime minister, within a tion process in Kuwait. ty source said detectives learned about a citi- following the decision to increase gasoline prices. Inational plan to reform education and spread the cul- There should a future plan for the authority and how zen trading in weapons in Sabah Al-Salem, so The measures include a complete halt of hiring ture of quality in educational establishments and society to implement it at all levels. This means higher education his house was raided and three firearms, expatriates in the public sector, putting controls on to reach international standards, and gain the society’s in Kuwait is moving as planned, and the authority should ammunition and 250 gm of hashish were found. Kuwaitis’ rent allowance to limit it to those paid confidence in those institutions and increase their ability seek international recognition, then recognition of the The suspect was taken to the weapons detec- less than KD 1,200 a month, establishing new resi- domestically and internationally, and achieve sustainable authority’s accreditations, which will contribute to chang- tives department. Meanwhile, detectives dential areas behind Kuwait International Airport development, so it becomes impor- ing the image of education in Kuwait, received tips about another citizen in Jahra so or in Kabd, and making the private sector more tant to take the necessary measures and a better way to achieve Kuwait’s they went to his house and found 160 illicit attractive for national manpower. They also asked to improve educational institutions vision, as the authority is a cornerstone tablets and 250 gm of shabu. They also found the government about the labor market’s plans to and achieve comprehensive devel- in building Kuwait with our national he has been sentenced to four years in jail on a absorb more than 60,000 university graduates by opment. institutions. The authority should lay felony case. When he was being taken to the 2030. — Al-Rai the principles of accrediting undergrad- police car, his brother attempted to free him The role of the authority in uate educational institutions, following from them. He was also found wanted on a KD achieving quality it up, and make sure about reaching 15,000 debt, so he was arrested too and sent to It must be understood that the quality, and giving it to the objective concerned authorities. Fines increase in the works authority is not a supervisory body, and fair institution, because results of KUWAIT: Kuwait has plans to increase fines collected rather it is body to approve educa- accreditation should not differ with from drivers who commit serious violations such as failure tional institutions that are able to applicants and depend on an objective to fasten the seatbelt or using the phone while driving. fulfill requirements of specifications basis. Then, clarity and transparency, in Officers assaulted This was reported by Al-Jarida yesterday quoting Major and quality, and is keen on offering a way that the accreditation procedures A Jahra police patrol asked a car to stop, but the driver General Fahad Al-Shuwaie, the Acting Assistant Director guidance and support to those insti- be clear and in the open, and the sped off instead, so they chased him. The chase ended in for Traffic and Licenses Affairs at the Traffic General tutions and help them for continued reports should be backed up with front of a house, in which the driver ran into. When police- Mohammad Al-Sanousi Department, adding that the project is yet to be sent to improvement and quality of graduates meetings with officials and those con- men asked him to come out, three of his brothers came out the National Assembly for debate. Meanwhile, Shuwaie through self-correction. At the same cerned. Accreditation relies on accurate and attacked the two policemen, preventing them from said that there are no plans to increase fees for services time, the authority must seek international recognition information systems, and there should be workers able to reaching the suspect. The policemen had to fire into the air that the traffic department provides. Furthermore, he reit- and decisions known for its credibility and objectivity, deal efficiently with them. They should have all indicators, before asking for backup. The three brothers were arrested. erated that there is a possibility that a decision might be and be able to develop itself in order to guarantee quality standards and fields covering the accreditation processes. Meanwhile, the two policemen went to hospital, got med- made in the future to limit the number of vehicles an of education and achieve excellence and competitive- Institutions should aim towards the sought-after goal ical reports and lodged complaints at Naeem police sta- expatriate can own, as one of the solutions mulled for the ness. Our problem is that education in Kuwait has a long step by step, and the accreditation provides development tion. The main suspect is still at large, and is being sought traffic jams’ problem. — Al-Jarida way to go, and the ministry knows about the percentage by stimulating the institution to always carry out self- by police authorities. of quality in our schools, institutions and university. The evaluation, and support the making of development current problem is the teacher who is careless towards his plans for comprehensive performance, and link between job, with the absence of conscience in some. Continued the institution and local society. So the accreditation cer- Justice ministry translators on strike training is needed, in addition to introducing modern tificate should be the society’s confidence in the institu- Ex-husband charged KUWAIT: Translators at the Ministry of Justice technology. tion, and results of the institution’s accreditation reflect A citizen beat his ex-wife and four of her relatives went on strike in protest of their unpaid dues for Our first problem now is making people do their on the performance of the school community and local and insulted them verbally after he stormed into the last six months, legal sources said, warning required jobs only, and this is part of the basic of quality society. Among the authority’s duties also is the systemic their home in Waha, then escaped before the arrival that this situation threatens the legality of investi- in education, and it requires raising the teacher’s salary, follow up and review of educational institutions that were of policemen. The five persons who were beaten gations in cases in which suspects cannot speak and we have the best teachers and best education in the approved by the authorities during the validity of the went to Jahra Hospital, brought medical reports to Arabic. The law obliges investigation bureaus and world. Finland stipulates a long qualification process for accreditation certificate through annual reports submit- the police station and lodged complaints against courts to provide a translator for non-Arabic the teacher and receiving a master’s degree before he ted by the institution to the authority or through periodic the suspect. speaking suspects. Investigations is such cases has enters a classroom, so he gets the highest salary in the visits by the authority to the institutions to make sure been on hold since last Thursday because of the state to a point that the judiciary is demanding equality that they continue their activity and revoke the license in translators’ strike, the sources said. “The problem with him. Then comes Germany in second place world- case of violation. The authorities’ board should issue a needs to be resolved as soon as possible in order wide, because education is the foundation of any devel- decision to cancel the accreditation certificate in case Fight to avoid cases in which the legality of investiga- opment, and we must be careful about its quality. any of the basic conditions is violated, or if the institution A citizen who bought a cable from a Jahra phone store tions are challenged due to the lack of a transla- commits grave violations in educational programs they wanted to return it a day later, claiming that it was faulty. tor,” they added. — Al-Jarida How are the authority’s goals achieved? present, or if it is proven that information or documents But the salesman, an Egyptian, refused, and an argument The aim is for the authority to seek fulfillment of goals presented to receive the accreditation were incorrect, or took place that soon turned into blows, until the fight was at the near and far levels, and the clear goal is to seek the if the institution received the accreditation certificate broken up by passersby. The salesman was injured in the future of education by planning for education and man- through cheating. forehead, while the customer suffered several bruises. Both 2017 elections age the educational process through viewing the future. — Translated by Kuwait Times went to the hospital, got medical reports, then went to KUWAIT: Some members of the opposition which boy- The student in the elementary stage must learn and be Jahra police station. cotted the past two parliamentary elections plan to meet prepared for the future marketplace, expected 10 years or early September to discuss whether to participate in next more later, and not for the current marketplace. The following are some reports published in year’s polls or not. Several well-known names among the Education abroad is built on this principle, while at the the press recently concerning the topic of educa- opposition or currently investigating whether they are able same time the future vision of education is in the state’s tion in Kuwait: Search for harasser from a legal standpoint to announce their participation in commitment to presenting high quality education for all, A citizen in her thirties complained against an the elections, sources said. — Al-Anbaa as one of the basic right of the Kuwaiti citizen. The “Not a day that goes by without reading about elderly man for harassing her in Fintas. She said authority is a basic pillar to guarantee this right, because the deteriorating condition of education. Are the that he kept trying to give her his number despite it is responsible for the culture of quality in the educa- graduation certificates for prestige only? Millions of admonishing him. A security source said the tional institutions, the society and the competitive ability dinars are spent, but education institutions are woman stated that when she wrote down his car’s of these institutions locally and internationally. going downwards, and much is made about buying license plate number, he drove behind her until Washington health certificates and living with distinction, and after the she entered the police station parking lot, then office employee jailed When and how quality fulfills scientific leave we do not find researches that ele- escaped. Police are working on arresting him for its goals at educational institutions? vate our higher education institutions. Researches questioning. Quality and credence aim at creating a human being are for promotion only, not for development.” KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti employee who worked at the who innovates, thinks and learns, and the responsibility is Kuwait health office in Washington was sent to the that of the education and training organization and its Al-Qabas newspaper - Saturday 6/8/2016 central prison for 21 days accused of squandering institutions, which should reach quality levels in what ‘Fowl’ play public funds after she was referred along with two goes inside, their operations and graduates. “The finance ministry agrees to raise the educa- A thief stole 20 pigeons from a citizen’s farm in Salmy others in December to the public prosecution by Quality represents an important aspect in the world tion budget to KD 82 million for the next school valued at KD 5,000. A security source said a citizen told Health Minister Ali Al-Obaidi. The FBI had arrested today, to a point that made intellectuals named this era as year, and increase “education” rewards by KD 30 mil- Taima police he was surprised by the loss of 20 birds from her at the airport as she was leaving. After she the “quality era”, until it became the most important lion, KD 50 million for outstanding performance, KD his farm. Detectives took over the case. arrived in Kuwait at dawn Thursday, she was sent to method to improve the quality of education in this era, as 12 million for training and exams, KD 6 million for detectives for questioning until Saturday, then was it is no longer a luxury needed by educational institu- additional jobs, KD 12 million for other jobs and KD ordered jailed at the central prison for 21 days. The tions, rather it became an urgent living necessity and an 6 million for attending committee meetings.” FBI stopped the woman on charges of money laun- KD 24,000 car stolen evidence of the educational institutions continuing their Jabriya police station investigator put out dering and making suspicious transfers a few contemporary role. The future vision of education in Al-Seyassa newspaper - Saturday 6/8/2016 months ago. Otaibi referred the employees at the the descriptions of a 2014 model luxury car, Kuwait is in the state’s commitment to present high quali- while at the same time issued a traffic citation Kuwait health office in Washington to the public ty education for all as one of the basic rights to the “Ministry office boys without salaries for three prosecution on charges of money squandering and for leaving the car running while being away Kuwaiti citizen. months.” from it. These actions were taken when a other violations following a report by a team of spe- “Shortage in the education ministry budget, cialists. — Al-Rai woman told police that she left her car running What is the field role of the educational delays payments to retirees.” in front of a pharmacy to buy medicine, then a institutions to enhance quality? Al-Anbaa newspaper - Saturday 6/8/2016 stranger get in the car and drive off. The car is The authority, through courses and international work- worth KD 24,000. The woman said she left the shops for post- and undergraduate education, and tech- “Planning secretariat: Weakness of the teacher car running because the weather is hot, adding Suspect turns self in nical and religious education with the participation of and the lack of curriculum consistency behind the she only spent one minute inside the pharmacy. international education experts from Germany, England, deterioration of education in Kuwait.” A man who escaped from the Palace of Justice with France, Italy, Spain and quality authorities from seven “KD 186 million, the cost of enhancing the quality the help of his son gave himself up to the public funds Arab countries in addition to world organizations includ- program in the 2015/2020 plan. The higher planning prosecution. A security source said the father was ing the German Authority for Scientific Exchange, British and development council put out the most impor- Suicide prevented arrested immediately following interrogations. The Cultural Center, UNESCO, Industrial Training Center and tant strategies for the quality of education program Interior Ministry operations received a call about a source said the suspect’s son, the lawyer who helped European Training Organization, look at the latest interna- and the reason for its drop during the past years.” Kuwaiti prisoner attempting suicide by drinking bleach, him to escape, decided to return to the country tomor- tional experiences in the field of quality education, and —Al-Jarida newspaper and he was rushed to Jahra Hospital in a prison patrol. The row from New Zealand. —Al-Rai use the help of major experts and university rectors and prisoner is serving a jail sentence for using drugs. —Al-Rai and Al-Anbaa WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016

Man who swallowed How technology killed Pakistan’s historic red light district 40 knives blames ‘spiritual powers’ Page 12 Page 10 WikiLeaks spills secrets; Private lives exposed

CAIRO: WikiLeaks’ global crusade to expose government AKP emails secrets is causing collateral damage to the privacy of hun- And he worried that releasing the names of people per- dreds of innocent people, including survivors of sexual abuse, secuted for their sexuality only risked magnifying the harm sick children and the mentally ill, The Associated Press has caused by oppressive officials. “You’re legitimizing their sur- found. In the past year alone, the radical transparency group veillance, not combating it,” Long said. WikiLeaks was criti- has published medical files belonging to scores of ordinary cized last month after it released what it described as “AKP citizens while many hundreds more have had sensitive family, emails,” a reference to Turkey’s governing Justice and financial or identity records posted to the web. Development Party, known by its Turkish acronym AKP. But In two particularly egregious cases, WikiLeaks named dissidents’ excitement turned to scorn when they realized teenage rape victims. In a third case, the site published the the 300,000 documents were little more than a vast collec- name of a Saudi citizen arrested for being gay, an extraordi- tion of junk mail and petitions. nary move given that homosexuality is punishable by death Vural Eroz, 66, was one of many people who’d written to in the ultraconservative Muslim kingdom. “They published the AKP, complaining in 2013 that his car had been towed everything: my phone, address, name, details,” said a Saudi from his lawn by authorities in Istanbul. He was startled to man who told AP he was bewildered that WikiLeaks had find that WikiLeaks had published the message along with revealed the details of a paternity dispute with a former his personal number. “I would like to know for what purpose partner. they exposed me,” he said in a phone interview. Prominent anti-censorship campaigner Yaman Akdeniz, who reviewed Info could destroy people hundreds of messages like Eroz’s, said there was nothing “If the family of my wife saw this ... Publishing personal newsworthy in any of them. Eroz said he admired WikiLeaks stuff like that could destroy people.” WikiLeaks’ mass publica- for exposing wrongdoing but said, “they should try to pro- tion of personal data is at odds with the site’s claim to have tect innocent civilians. They should screen what they leak.” championed privacy even as it laid bare the workings of inter- Experts say WikiLeaks’ apparent refusal to do the most national statecraft, and has drawn criticism from the site’s minimal screening is putting even its own readers at risk. allies. Attempts to reach WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange Vesselin Bontchev, a researcher at the Bulgarian Academy were unsuccessful; a set of questions left with his site wasn’t of Sciences’ National Laboratory of Computer Virology, immediately answered yesterday. said he was startled to find hundreds of pieces of mali- WikiLeaks’ stated mission is to bring censored or restricted cious software in WikiLeaks’ dumps - suggesting the site material “involving war, spying and corruption” into the public doesn’t take basic steps to sanitize its publications. “Their eye, describing the trove amassed thus far as a “giant library of understanding of journalism is finding an interesting doc- the world’s most persecuted documents.” The library is grow- ument in a trash can and then dumping the can on your ing quickly, with half a million files from the US Democratic front door,” he said. National Committee, Turkey’s governing party and the Saudi Even Assange’s biggest backers are getting uncomfort- Foreign Ministry added in the last year or so. But the library is able. Journalist Glenn Greenwald, one of the site’s leading also filling with rogue data, including computer viruses, spam, PARIS: In this photo, a selection of private medical files published by transparency website WikiLeaks is shown in allies in the media world, has distanced himself from and a compendium of personal records. Paris. — AP WikiLeaks over its publication strategy. National Security The Saudi diplomatic cables alone hold at least 124 med- Agency leaker Edward Snowden, whose asylum in Russia ical files, according to a sample analyzed by AP. Some lowing the leak, including a retired US diplomat who said who’d been tortured or sexually abused by their employers, WikiLeaks helped broker, recently suggested the site should described patients with psychiatric conditions, seriously ill he also had to change his number after being bombarded giving the women’s full names and passport numbers. One take more care to curate its work. children or refugees. “This has nothing to do with politics or by threatening messages. cable named a male teenager who was raped by a man Others are disillusioned. Dietrich, the transparency corruption,” said Dr Nayef Al-Fayez, a consultant in the The number of people affected easily reaches into the while abroad; a second identified another male teenager activist, said he still supported WikiLeaks “in principle” but Jordanian capital of Amman who confirmed that a brain can- hundreds. Paul Dietrich, a transparency activist, said a partial who was so violently raped his legs were broken; a third had been souring on Assange and his colleagues for a while. cer patient of his was among those whose details were pub- scan of the Saudi cables alone turned up more than 500 outlined the details of a Saudi man detained for “sexual “One of the labels that they really don’t like is being called lished to the web. passport, identity, academic or employment files. The AP deviation” - a derogatory term for homosexuality. Scott ‘anti-privacy activists,’” Dietrich said in a phone interview. independently found three dozen records pertaining to fam- Long, an LGBT rights activist who has worked in the Middle “But if you want to live down that label, don’t do stuff like ily issues in the cables - including messages about marriages, East, said the names of rape victims were off-limits. this!” Satter reported from Paris and London. — AP divorces, missing children, elopements and custody battles. Many are very personal, like the marital certificates which reveal whether the bride was a virgin. Others deal with Saudis who are deeply in debt, including one man who says his wife stole his money. One divorce document details a male partner’s infertility. Others identify the part- ners of women suffering from sexually transmitted dis- eases including HIV and Hepatitis C Lisa Lynch, who teaches media and communications at Drew University and has followed WikiLeaks for years, said Assange may not have had the staff or the resources to properly vet what he published. Or maybe he felt that the urgency of his mission trumped privacy concerns. “For him the ends justify the means,” she said. Initially conceived as a Wikipedia-style platform for leakers, WikiLeaks’ initial plan was for a “world- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange wide community of informed users” to curate the material Personal info exposed it released wholesale, according to the site’s now defunct Dr Adnan Salhab, a retired practitioner in Jordan who question-and-answer page. Prominent transparency advo- also had a patient named in the files, expressed anger cate Steven Aftergood privately warned Assange a few days when shown the document. “This is illegal what has hap- before the site’s debut that the publish-everything pened,” he said in a telephone interview. “It is illegal!” The approach was problematic. AP, which is withholding identifying details of most of those affected, reached 23 people - most in Saudi Arabia - Aggression or oppression whose personal information was exposed. Some were “Publication of information is not always an act of free- unaware their data had been published; WikiLeaks is cen- dom,” Aftergood said in an email sent in late 2006. “It can sored in the country. Others shrugged at the news. Several also be an act of aggression or oppression.” Those concerns were horrified. were heightened after WikiLeaks published a series of doc- uments leaked by US Army intelligence analyst Bradley Medical records Manning, now known as Chelsea, in 2010. The publication One, a partially disabled Saudi woman who’d secretly provided explosive evidence of human rights abuses in Iraq gone into debt to support a sick relative, said she was dev- and Pakistani cooperation with the Taliban in Afghanistan - astated. She’d kept her plight from members of her own among many other revelations - but it also led to allega- family. “This is a disaster,” she said in a phone call. “What if tions that civilians in war zones had been endangered. my brothers, neighbors, people I know or even don’t know Assange insisted WikiLeaks had a system to keep ordi- have seen it? What is the use of publishing my story?” nary people’s information safe. “We have a harm minimiza- Medical records are widely counted among a person’s most tion policy,” the Australian told an audience in Oxford, private information. But the AP found that WikiLeaks also England in July of 2010. “There are legitimate secrets. Your routinely publishes identity records, phone numbers and records with your doctor, that’s a legitimate secret.” other information easily exploited by criminals. Assange initially leaned on cooperating journalists, who The DNC files published last month carried more than flagged sensitive material to WikiLeaks which then held two dozen Social Security and credit card numbers, accord- them back for closer scrutiny. ing to an AP analysis assisted by New Hampshire-based But Assange was impatient with the process, describing compliance firm DataGravity. Two of the people named in it as time-consuming and expensive. the files told AP they were targeted by identity thieves fol- “We can’t sit on material like this for three years with one person to go through the whole lot, line-by-line, to redact,” he told London’s Frontline Club the month after his talk in Oxford. “We have to take the best road that we can.” Assange’s attitude has hardened since. A brief experiment with automatic redactions was aborted. The journalist-led redactions were abandoned too after Assange’s relationship with the London press corps turned toxic. By 2013 WikiLeaks had written off the redaction efforts as a wrong move. Withholding any data at all “legitimizes the false propaganda of ‘information is dangerous,’” the group argued on Twitter. But some private information genuinely is dangerous, courting serious consequences for the peo- ple involved. Three Saudi cables pub- lished by the WikiLeaks identified domestic workers INTERNATIONAL WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 In Iraq, Nigeria and now Turkey, child bombers strike

ISTANBUL: The boy looked scared and Boko Haram has preyed on displaced younger. He is an Iraqi national from younger than 16 when Iraqi police children or young girls it kidnapped to Mosul, the largest urban centre still grabbed him on the street in the north- force them to become bombers. In Iraq under militant control, which Iraqi and ern city of Kirkuk. Pulling off his shirt, and Syria, activists say Islamic State took Kurdish Peshmerga forces backed by US they found a two-kilogram bomb in children from towns it captures or air strikes are moving to liberate. Hisham strapped to his skinny frame. That was recruited families to its territory, and Al-Hashimi, an analyst and author who last Sunday. Less than a day earlier, indoctrinated their children in its schools advises the Iraqi government on Islamic Turkey was less fortunate: A teenage and camps. State, says militants this year had reacti- bomber detonated his suicide vest Islamic State in particular, highlights vated their Heaven’s Youth Brigade, in among dancing guests at a Turkish wed- its child recruits for its “Cubs of the reaction to the group’s battlefield losses ding party, officials say, killing 51 people, Caliphate” brigades, publishing images in Iraq and Syria. nearly half of them children themselves. and videos on social media of children “Teenagers are easier to recruit for Saturday’s attack at the wedding in receiving training and indoctrination, suicide missions, especially in moments Gaziantep marked not only Turkey’s and carrying out bombings or execu- of suffering or despair having lost loved deadliest this year, but also the first time tions. “Child recruitment across the ones,” he said. “They also attract less in Turkey that militants may have region is increasing,” said Juliette Touma, attention and less suspicion than male deployed a child bomber in a way a UNICEF regional spokesperson. adults.” Child recruits who have escaped already used to deadly effect in wars “Children are taking a much more active In this file photo released by a militant website, young boys known as the ‘lion from Islamic State ranks in its base in from Africa to Syria. In Afghanistan, the role ..., receiving training on the use of cubs’ hold rifles and Islamic State group flags as they exercise at a training camp Syria’s Raqaa have described how they Taliban has long used children. One 14- heavy weapons, manning checkpoints claimed the attack, but Islamic State in mentally disadvantaged adults have were taught to handle weapons, and year-old bomber on a bicycle hit the on the front lines, being used as snipers the past has targeted Kurdish gatherings been dispatched as unwitting bomb also how to detonate suicide belts. A Kabul NATO base in 2012 killing six peo- and in extreme cases being used as sui- to stir ethnic tensions. couriers into markets and checkpoints study in February for Combating ple; two years later a teenager blew him- cide bombers.” Turkey’s prime minister was more before they are blown up from afar. Terrorism Center at West Point military self up at French cultural centre in the Little has been publicly released cautious on Monday, saying it was too academy that examined Islamic State Afghan capital. about the attacker in the Gaziantep early to say who carried out the attack, Teenage recruits propaganda on child and youth ‘martyrs’ bombing. Turkish President Tayyip though security sources say witnesses In the failed attack in the northern between January 2015 and 2016, found New tactics Erdogan said on Sunday that the reported the bomber was a child. Turkish Iraqi city of Kirkuk a day later, local tele- three times as many suicide operations Researchers and officials say Islamic bomber was between 12 to 14 years old, authorities are also investigating vision images and photographs showed involving children over the year. State and other militants are now and said Islamic State was probably whether militants may have placed the the boy crying and screaming as he was “They represent an effective form of increasingly using the same tactics, per- responsible. The blast tore into celebra- explosives on the suspect, without his or grabbed by Iraqi security forces near an psychological warfare-to project haps to build ranks depleted by losses, tions at a Kurdish wedding on the street her knowledge before detonating them interior ministry building. Security offi- strength, pierce defenses, and strike preserve adult fighters or simply catch late at night. As many as 22 of the dead long distance. That tactic has been used cials said the boy is 16 years old, though fear into enemy soldiers’ hearts,” the security forces off guard. In West Africa, were under the age of 14. No one before in Iraq, where children or even local media reports said he was much study said. — Reuters Syrian Kurdish groups seize nearly all Hasaka Turkey shells Kurdish positions in Manbij

BEIRUT: Kurdish forces were in near full control Syrian Observatory for Human Rights Director al solution to the Syrian war to safeguard their of Syria’s city of Hasaka yesterday after battling Rami Abdulrahman said. “Even if they (pro-gov- autonomy. The Kurdish forces also seized five pro-government militias, though some govern- ernment militias) keep a symbolic presence, it is villages from pro-government militiamen, the ment officials remained holed up in buildings a big defeat for the regime in Hasaka,” said Observatory said. YPG-controlled areas of in the city centre, a Kurdish official and moni- Abdulrahman. northern Syria include an uninterrupted 400 toring group said. The battle over Hasaka marks The YPG, a critical part of the US-backed km stretch of the Syrian-Turkish border from the most violent confrontation between the campaign against Islamic State, controls the frontier with Iraq to the Euphrates river, and Kurdish YPG militia and Damascus in more than swathes of northern Syria where Kurdish a pocket of territory in northwestern Syria five years of civil war, and victory would be a groups have established autonomy from called Afrin. major boost for the Kurds despite Turkish Damascus since the start of the Syria war in Turkey’s military returned fire with artillery efforts to curb their gains. 2011. “The overwhelming majority of the city is at targets across the border in northern Syria Ankara, which its fighting militants from its under the control of the People’s Protection on Tuesday, after mortar shells and rockets own Kurdish minority, has begun to step up Units (YPG) and the Asayish, apart from the from Syria hit two Turkish frontier towns, DOUMA: An injured Syrian child receives treatment at a makeshift hospital following broadcaster NTV said citing the military. NTV a reported air strike on the rebel-held town of Douma yesterday. — AFP said Turkey’s military fired 40 shells at four Islamic State targets in northern Syria, near where Turkish-backed Syrian rebels are prepar- Will Syria gas probe ing to battle Islamic State for control of the strategic town of Jarablus. nail Assad regime? Military leader assassinated Kurdish influence spread further this month UNITED NATIONS: A yearlong investiga- on the towns of Talmenes, Al-Tamana, when a US-backed alliance of militias including tion to determine who is behind deadly Qmenas, Binnish and Sarmin. Several peo- the YPG captured the city of Manbij from chemical attacks in Syria takes center stage ple including children died in the attacks Islamic State, west of the Euphrates. Turkey has at the United Nations this week when the and dozens were hospitalized suffering said it expected Kurdish fighters to withdraw panel presents its much-awaited findings. from vomiting and shortness of breath, back to the east bank of the Euphrates. Turkey The Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) set according to rights groups that have docu- is backing an expected operation by Syrian up by the UN Security Council has been mented witness accounts. Blame could Arab rebel groups to seize the Islamic State- collecting evidence in nine cases of alleged also be assigned to Islamic State militants held Jarablus at the border, an assault that noxious gas attacks on Syrian villages in suspected of using mustard gas on the would prevent that town also falling to groups 2014 and 2015. town of Marea in Aleppo province on allied to the YPG. Jarablus is 40 km north of Diplomats are hoping that the 24-mem- August 21 last year. Manbij. Turkey’s military fired on Syrian Kurdish ber panel tasked with identifying those targets 20 times with artillery at Manbij on responsible will finally point the finger at Chlorine barrel bombs Monday, a Turkish official said. In addition, they President Bashar Al-Assad’s forces. “I expect Most of the cases point to the alleged targeted Islamic State targets in Jarablus. The absolute clarity that there have been these use of chlorine gas in barrel bombs official said the aim was to open a corridor for chemical weapons attacks in Syria, and-to dropped from helicopters. The United the rebels. The Arab rebel groups due to take the extent that the evidence allows it- States, Britain and France maintain that part in the Jarablus operation are themselves absolute clarity about who is responsible only the regime has helicopters, but Russia, hostile to the YPG, having fought with it further for each one,” said British Ambassador Damascus’ ally, insists that there is no con- DOUMA: Photo shows the body of a Syrian child before he is wrapped in shrouds at a west near Aleppo this year. The US-backed Matthew Rycroft. crete proof that Assad’s forces carried out makeshift hospital following a reported air strike on the rebel-held town of Douma, east of the alliance including the YPG is known as the Syria “We are very keen indeed to ensure full the attacks. To build its case, the JIM has capital Damascus. — AFP Democratic Forces (SDF). The leader of the newly accountability. Whoever uses chemical had full access to evidence gathered by the efforts to curb the growth of Kurdish influence security zone,” said Naser Haj Mansour, the declared “Jarablus military council”, set with the weapons in Syria needs to be held account- Organization for the Prohibition of in Syria, where it backs Sunni Arab groups that Kurdish official, adding that some fighting was aim of mounting its own campaign to seize able,” he said. French Deputy Ambassador Chemical Weapons (OPCW) which has sent are also hostile to the YPG. Yesterday Hasaka’s still underway. The Asayish is a YPG-affiliated Jarablus with SDF support, was assassinated on Alexis Lamek said “this is a very important fact-finding missions to Syria. remaining government officials were confined security force. Monday, the Observatory said. Mansour, the report” and stressed that the council will JIM investigators traveled to Syria twice to a few buildings in the city centre while the He described the outcome as a “step for- Kurdish official, said two “agents of Turkey” had have to follow up on “whatever its findings this year, in March and May, to question gov- rest of the city was under Kurdish control, ward” for the Kurdish groups that want a feder- been detained over the killing. — Reuters will be.” The report will be presented today ernment officials and interview witnesses. If to the council, which will then discuss the the panel concludes that the Assad regime findings at a meeting on August 30. The was responsible for some of the chemical JIM has presented two reports to the coun- attacks, the Security Council would then Turkey strikes IS; Syria border tensions flare cil including an update in June in which it decide whether to impose sanctions or pos- reported progress, but stressed that identi- sibly ask the International Criminal Court to ISTANBUL: Turkey yesterday pounded Islamic Jarablus”. He told AFP the commander of However Prime Minister Binali Yildirim at the fying the perpetrators hinged on gathering take up the matter as a war crime. Many State (IS) jihadists in Syria with new artillery Kurdish-dominated forces headed to Jarablus, weekend for the first time acknowledged that sufficient information. diplomats say Russia appears unlikely to strikes as expectations grew of a major Ankara- Abdel Satar Al-Jader, was also “assassinated” on Assad was one of the “actors” in Syria and may The panel is looking into nine attacks on back such a move. Paul Walker, a director at backed offensive against the group after a Monday after announcing he planned to resist need to stay on as part of a transition. seven villages in the Hama, Idlib and Green Cross International, a think tank deadly suicide bombing on its soil. With ten- the Turkish advance. There was no confirmation On Monday, he urged world powers includ- Aleppo provinces. The probe dates back to founded by former Soviet leader Mikhail sions flaring on the Turkey-Syria border follow- of this from Turkish sources. Abdulkadir Selvi, a ing Iran, Russia and the United States to join the April 2014 attack on the rebel-held vil- Gorbachev, said he believed Russia would ing the bombing in the nearby city of Gaziantep well-connected columnist for the Hurriyet daily, together to rapidly open a “new page” in the lage of Kafr Zita, followed by a string of not block efforts to punish those responsi- that left 54 people dead, Turkish howitzers on said the Turkey-backed offensive “could begin at Syria crisis. But he also warned it was “unaccept- alleged use of noxious gas in Idlib province ble for chemical weapons use. Monday hit jihadist and Kurdish rebel targets any moment”. able” for Kurds to seek to establish any kind of across the frontier. Turkey has been shaken by separate entity in northern Syria. Turkey regards one of the bloodiest years in its modern history, ‘New page on Syria’ PYD as a terror group, although Washington, with a string of attacks by IS jihadists and The movements have come at a critical junc- Ankara’s ally in the fight against IS, sees its North Korea plants mines Kurdish militants and the botched July 15 coup. ture for Turkey in Syria’s five-and-a-half-year war, People’s Protection Units militia (YPG) - as hav- In new fighting on Tuesday, two mortar with signs growing it is on the verge of a land- ing an important role in the fight. US Vice near Korea border village rounds fired from an IS-controlled area in Syria mark policy shift. Ankara has always called for President Joe Biden is due to visit Ankara hit the southeastern Turkish town of Karkamis the ouster of President Bashar Al-Assad as the Wednesday to meet Turkey’s leadership with SEOUL: The American-led UN Command in armistice that ended the 1950-53 Korean while three more hit the centre of the Turkish key to ending the conflict, putting Turkey at agreeing a unified strategy on Syria set to be a South Korea yesterday accused North Korea War was signed and is now a popular tourist border town of Kilis, the state-run Anadolu odds with his main supporters Iran and Russia. crucial issue. — AFP of planting land mines near a truce village spot for visitors from both sides. news agency said. There were no reports of inside the Demilitarized Zone that divides Under the Korean War armistice, the two injuries although 21 people in Kilis have been the two Koreas. Much of the border, one of sides are barred from carrying out any hostile killed by fire from Syria in recent months. the world’s most dangerous flashpoints, is acts within or across the 4-kilometer-wide Turkish artillery responded to the fire on strewn with land mines and laced with DMZ. Still, they have accused each other of Karkamis by hitting four IS positions around the barbed wire. But South Korean media said deploying machine guns and other heavy jihadist-controlled Syrian town of Jarablus with no land mines had been planted in the area weapons and combat troops inside the zone. around 60 shells. The army also responded to of the truce village of Panmunjom until More than a million mines are also believed the fire on Kilis. North Korea placed an unspecified number to be buried inside the DMZ. North Korean there last week. The UN Command said in a mines occasionally have washed down a ‘May begin any time’ statement that it “strongly condemns” any swollen river into South Korea, killing or injur- The shelling came as activists said hundreds North Korean action that jeopardizes the ing civilians. In August 2015, land mine blasts of Ankara-backed rebels were preparing an safety of personnel in the DMZ. maimed two South Korean soldiers and offensive against the IS group to seize control of It said it wouldn’t speculate on why caused tensions between the two Koreas to Jarablus. But this could potentially put them on North Korea placed the mines there. Yonhap flare. The UN Command statement came a collision course with the militia of the Kurdish news agency, citing an unidentified South day after US and South Korean troops began Democratic Union Party (PYD) which Ankara Korean government official, said the North annual drills despite North Korean threats to vehemently opposes and who also have apparently planted the mines to prevent retaliate against the exercises, which it says designs on Jarablus after seizing the strategic front-line North Korean soldiers from defect- are a rehearsal for an invasion. This year’s drills Manbij area in northern Syria from IS. Rami ing to South Korea via Panmunjom. North come at a time of intensified animosity Abdul Rahman, the head of the Syrian Korea’s state media didn’t immediately between the rivals over the defection of a Observatory for Human Rights, said the “Turkish respond to the UN Command statement. senior North Korean diplomat in London and shelling in Syria aimed to prevent the advance KARKAMIS: A Turkish army tank and an armored vehicle are stationed near the border with Panmunjom, jointly overseen by North a US plan to install a sophisticated missile of troops backed by Kurds from Manbij towards Syria, in Karkamis, Turkey yesterday. — AP Korea and the UN Command, is where an defense system in South Korea. —Agencies INTERNATIONAL WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 Brazil’s Rousseff faces final impeachment battle

BRASILIA: Brazil’s suspended president Dilma Rousseff Olympic Games closing ceremony in Rio de Janeiro. she was running for re-election in 2014. “Those who enters her final battle to win back power yesterday, Rousseff is scheduled to appear in person to defend commit crimes must be held responsible for them,” when senators open an impeachment trial expected to herself on August 29. Senate president Renan Senator Aecio Neves, whom she defeated in that elec- remove her from office for good. That would formally Calheiros said the final vote would likely take place on tion, said this month. “The conditions are firmly in end 13 years of leftist rule in Latin America’s biggest August 30. If two thirds of the senators vote against place for removing Dilma Rousseff.” He spoke as the economy. During a trial expected to last several days, her, she will be out. “Dilma would need a miracle for Senate voted to hold the trial. It had already approved the former Marxist guerrilla, 68, will take the stand to that not to happen,” said political analyst Everaldo her temporary suspension in May. defend herself against charges that she fiddled state Moraes from Brasilia University. “Even her own allies accounts. She denounces the impeachment drive as a can see that.” The risks “coup” by her rivals, led by her replacement, former vice If Rousseff is removed from office, Temer will be president Michel Temer. Torture survivor president until the next elections in 2018. His approval “In the Senate, I will argue not only for democracy Rousseff survived torture in the 1970s under ratings are almost as low as Rousseff’s. and respect for the direct vote of the Brazilian people, Brazil’s military regime. She later beat cancer and Demonstrations for and against him have broken out but also for justice,” Rousseff said yesterday. But media became the country’s first woman president. But and he was booed at the opening ceremony of the Rio estimate that most senators will vote to remove her. she was unable to resist the turning of the political Brazilian suspended President Dilma Rousseff Olympics. Some analysts say investors are optimistic “This will be the last chance she has to defend herself. tide as she struggled to cope with a recession that Temer can strengthen Brazil’s giant economy in the For our part, we will treat her with respect,” said one of hit in 2014 and failed to maintain alliances. “She Petrobras scandal medium term. But they warn that he too risks getting the senators seeking to impeach Rousseff, Cassio Cunha made every kind of mistake that a president can Political chaos and scandal have compounded caught up in the Petrobras affair. Temer’s opponents Lima. “It will also depend on her attitude. If she is aggres- make,” said Sergio Praca, an analyst at the Getulio Brazil’s recession. A probe into corruption in the state complain his pro-business austerity policies will hurt sive and provocative, there will be a reaction,” he said. Vargas Foundation. “She failed to keep her cam- oil firm Petrobras has implicated Rousseff’s rivals and the poor. He is working to pass public spending limits paign promises, didn’t pay enough attention to her allies. The impeachment, however, is not linked to the and pension reforms. He urged the Senate this month Schedule coalition, ignored her own party and didn’t listen scandal. Instead, she is accused of manipulating the to move quickly to remove Rousseff. “People need to The trial opens tomorrow, four days after the to anyone.” public accounts to hide the size of Brazil’s deficit while know who the president is,” he said.— AFP Clinton’s health: Trump’s sharpens focus of attack Hillary ‘not healthy enough’ to serve as president

NEW YORK: On the skids in the polls and under fire for not releas- ing his tax returns, Donald Trump’s campaign is sharpening a new attack on Hillary Clinton: claiming she is not healthy enough to serve as president. The Internet is awash with conspiracy theories claiming that she may have a brain tumor, Parkinson’s or demen- SOKOTO: US Secretary of State John Kerry (right) speaks tia, or complaining that she has “seizure-like facial expressions” or with Sokoto Sultan and President-General of the Nigerian allegedly twitches. Trump, who at 70 is 16 months older than his National Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) Democratic adversary, his spokespeople and surrogates have Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar outside the Palace of the used innuendo and fabrication to peddle their theories that she is Sultan in Sokoto yesterday. — AFP not physically or mentally fit. “#WheresHillary? Sleeping!!!!!” he tweeted over the weekend. Last week, he told voters in Iowa that Top Boko Haram Clinton was “not strong enough to be president.” On another occa- sion, he maintained that she “importantly also lacks the mental fighters killed; and physical stamina to take on ISIS, and all of the many adver- saries we face.” Kerry in Nigeria Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, a Trump supporter, stepped up the attack on Monday, telling Fox News that Clinton was “tired” and “looked sick.” Over the weekend, he came under SOKOTO: Nigeria’s air force said it had killed a number of senior fire for telling viewers to google Clinton’s health. “Go online and Boko Haram fighters and possibly their overall leader as US put down ‘Hillary Clinton illness,’ take a look at the videos for your- Secretary of State John Kerry arrived for talks on tackling the mili- tants. Government planes had attacked the Islamist group inside self,” he said on Fox News. Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson, the Sambisa forest in its northeast heartland on Friday, the air who is not a doctor, last week diagnosed Clinton with dysphasia, a force said, adding that it had only just confirmed details of the disorder that impairs speech and comprehension, and pushed raid. “Their leader, so called ‘Abubakar Shekau’, is believed to be conspiracy theories about her health promoted by some conser- vatives. Team Clinton vehemently denies any health concerns, fatally wounded on his shoulders,” the statement by military OHIO: Supporters of Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump leave a political rally at the James A Rhodes and released a letter from her doctor in July 2015 giving her an spokesman Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman added, without going Arena in Akron, Ohio. Trump currently trails Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in Ohio, a state which is “excellent” bill of health. into details on the source of its information. critical to his election bid. — AFP The military has reported the death of Boko Haram’s Shekau in But the root of the conspiracy theories lies in 2012, when the past, only to have a man purporting to be him appear later, Clinton was nearing the end of her stint as secretary of state and a apparently unharmed, making video statements. There was no stomach virus and dehydration prompted her to faint, causing immediate reaction from the group, which communicates with what her doctor said was a concussion. They said they found a the media only by videos. Kerry did not make a direct reference to blood clot on the brain and Clinton complained of double vision. the reported air raid on his arrival yesterday, but his administration She appeared in spectacles featuring a prism when testifying has paid close attention to the fight against a militant group that before Congress on Benghazi in January 2013. But she was later has declared allegiance to Islamic State and attacked Nigeria’s given the all-clear. Her test results were normal, and her cancer neighbors. On his first stop in the northern city of Sokoto, the top screening evaluations all negative, said a letter released by her US diplomat said the struggle against Boko Haram would only physician Lisa Bardack last year. succeed if it tackled the reasons why people join militant groups and gained the public’s trust. “It is understandable that, in the Gender overtones wake of terrorist activity, some are tempted to crack down on any- Health is a legitimate subject of debate in presidential elec- one and everyone who could theoretically pose some sort of tions- Americans want to know that the person they are going to threat. But extremism can’t be defeated through repression or elect to one of the toughest jobs in the planet is up to the task fear,” he said. Nigeria has been pushing the United States to sell it both mentally and physically. But history is also peppered with aircraft to take on Boko Haram - a group that emerged in north- coverups. The public had no idea John F. Kennedy had Addison’s east Borno region seven years ago. The militants have killed an estimated 15,000 people in their fight to set up an Islamist state. disease. The severity of Woodrow Wilson’s stroke was concealed in Under Nigeria’s last president, Goodluck Jonathan, the United 1919, as were concerns about Franklin D. Roosevelt’s health States had blocked arms sales and ended training of Nigerian before his fourth re-election-just months before he died in troops partly over human rights concerns such as treatment of 1945.Ironically enough, Trump would be the oldest person ever captured insurgents. But the new administration of President elected US president if he wins. Clinton would be the second old- Muhammadu Buhari has argued its human rights record has est after Ronald Reagan. In 2008, then aged 71, Republican nomi- improved significantly enough to lift the blockade. In May, US offi- nee and cancer survivor John McCain released more than 1,500 cials told Reuters that Washington wanted to sell up to 12 A-29 pages of medical history in a bid to lay to rest suggestions that he Super Tucano light attack aircraft to Nigeria in recognition of was either too old or too unhealthy to serve as president. Jeanne Buhari’s reform of the country’s army. Congress needs to approve Zaino, professor of political science at Iona College in New York, the deal. Kerry was due to visit President Buhari later in the capital says Clinton may follow suit in releasing more medical records or Abuja, officials said. — Agencies have her doctor continue to reiterate her good health. —AFP In dry, windy West, crews target flames in US states

SAN SIMEON: Growing wildfires fed by windy, dry conditions east side of the city. That fire had scorched 250 acres, and officials have destroyed buildings and forced evacuations in central said some homes were likely destroyed. California, eastern Washington, Oregon and elsewhere. Crews in both states fought to contain the blazes, with firefighters making WYOMING headway in the Golden State while authorities counted at least 16 The largest fire in Yellowstone National Park in northwest homes burned in the Northwest. Here’s a look at major wildfires in Wyoming grew to about 35 square miles amid windy, warm the West: weather, but tourists could still visit the popular park during the busy summer season. All the park’s main tourist facilities and CALIFORNIA roads were open Monday, although the fire was creeping toward A growing wildfire in central California had charred over 50 a key road linking the West Entrance with the park’s interior. The square miles by Monday, while a destructive blaze in Southern blaze has charred mostly remote forest between West California was mostly under control. Nearly 1,900 structures Yellowstone, Montana, a border town just outside the park’s west- were threatened by a blaze in coastal San Luis Obispo and ern boundary, and the Madison Junction recreational area within Monterey counties, where more than 2,400 people were under the park. The flames expanded by nearly 10 square miles Sunday. evacuation orders. Despite its being well over a week old, the It’s one of four fires burning in Yellowstone, and warm, windy fire surged with new activity on Monday and threatened to weather was expected again Monday. jump the lines that were containing it, though by day’s end containment remained at 35 percent. The fire has destroyed 34 MONTANA homes and 14 other buildings. Eighty miles up the coast, Authorities ordered people in a rural area of northwestern California’s biggest fire grew to nearly 135 square miles in Montana to evacuate before dawn Monday after a wildfire dou- rugged wilderness coast along Highway 1 north of Big Sur. bled in size in one day. The Sanders County Sheriff’s Office told More than 400 homes remained threatened by the fire. people to leave their homes outside the small town of Thompson Meanwhile, a 58-square-mile fire that destroyed 105 homes in Falls. Wind gusts of up to 40 mph were expected to blow across Southern California was almost entirely contained and all evac- the dry, hot terrain, stoking extreme fire behavior. Some 20 homes uation orders were lifted. and other buildings were threatened, and other residents were told that the evacuation area may spread. Some 317 firefighters WASHINGTON are responding to the blaze, which grew by 41/2 square miles Wildfires in the Spokane area have burned more than a dozen Sunday to nearly 11 square miles. homes and forced evacuations. One blaze west of the eastern Washington city had destroyed at least six homes and scorched OREGON more than 9 square miles by Monday morning, the Department of A wildfire spotted Sunday afternoon in eastern Oregon has Natural Resources said. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office said 11 quickly become one of the state’s largest active blazes. Fire officials structures were destroyed near the town of Davenport, a figure say the fire has scorched nearly 50 square miles of brush and grass that includes homes, garages and outbuildings. The fire jumped near the Idaho state line. Officials say the fire’s size was reduced the Spokane River and threatened the small community of from 80 square miles due to better mapping. Bureau of Land Wellpinit on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Residents were told Management spokesman Larry Moore says the wildfire is burning to evacuate after the town lost power. Another wildfire, south of two miles east of the Owyhee Reservoir, and it’s threatening Succor Spokane near the town of Spangle, destroyed at least 10 homes Creek State Park. One hundred firefighters battled the fire Monday and numerous other buildings Sunday, according to the morning. Forecasters were expecting afternoon wind gusts of 25 Washington State Patrol. A third blaze was burning on the north- mph. The cause of the fire has yet to be determined. — AP INTERNATIONAL WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 Man blames ‘spiritual powers’ for swallowing 40 knives India cows get glow-in-the-dark horns to stop crashes

NEW DELHI: An Indian policeman who Rajinder Rajan, one of the surgeons at cows and bulls to help drivers spot spent two months swallowing knives Corporate Hospital said. them. Stray cattle are a major traffic and had 40 of them surgically removed Rajan said he suspected the patient, menace in India, with hundreds of said yesterday that “spiritual powers” who told doctors he passed two more bovines roaming freely on roads across made him do it. The father of two knives in his stools, was suffering from the country. “Many drivers injured them- underwent a successful five-hour opera- depression. Although recovering well selves or killed the cattle after running tion to remove the knives from his from Friday’s surgery, he would undergo over them at night,” Kailash Chauhan, stomach in the northern city of Amritsar a psychological assessment before traffic police inspector for Balaghat dis- after complaining to doctors of severe being discharged from the hospital, trict said. abdomen pain. “I don’t know why I did it Rajan said. “There was an urgent need to pre- but there was some spiritual power Doctors were not ruling out the pos- vent such accidents,” he said. behind it,” the 42-year-old said from sibility that he had pica disorder in Because of the success of the Amritsar in Punjab state, declining to be which the sufferer feels compelled to scheme, officers say they now plan to named. consume non-edible things. But the buy permanent radium paint to cov- “It started in June when I swallowed man said he would not do it again. “I er cows’ horns, as the plastic bands the first knife and I enjoyed the feeling. consumed a knife a day for about two only last for a few weeks. It soon became a habit,” he said. Doctors months. I never felt it was going to Authorities have also asked farm- said they initially thought he was suffer- harm me but when it pained, I came to ers to fix glow-in-the-dark bands on ing from a tumor after body scans the hospital. “I will not repeat it. I am their own cattle to help them be showed a large solid mass. But on fur- glad they saved my life and I want to go seen more easily. In 2015 more than ther investigation, they discovered back to my family.” 550 people were killed in India in dozens of folding knives with metal and AMRITSAR: Police constable Surjeet Singh, lies under a table displaying the 40 accidents involving stray animals, wooden handles and measuring up to Cows in central India knifes removed from his stomach in a hospital in Amritsar, India yesterday. — AP according to road ministry figures. A 18 centimeters unfolded. “We immedi- In another development, Police in World Health Organization report in ately prepared him for surgery and central India are sticking glow-in-the- the animals as they wander across roads traffic police in one district of Madhya 2013 said more than 231,000 people removed the knives. There was bleeding dark strips on the horns of stray cattle to at night, an officer said yesterday. Pradesh state have stuck orange radium die on India’s deadly roads each as some of them were unfolded,” prevent motorists from crashing into Following a spate of road accidents, reflective bands on the horns of 300 year. — Agencies

Spain balcony-jumping craze: News In brief

most are drunk Brits: Study Japanese dad stabs son to death over studies TOKYO: A Japanese father stabbed his 12-year-old son to death after complaining the boy was failing to study for a ‘Balconing’ becoming endemic school entrance exam, media said yesterday. Kengo Satake, the boy’s 48-year-old father, told police that he ‘argued MADRID: They’re young, on holiday, drunk and some- Only one woman was involved, all the others were printing preventative leaflets and handing out fines to with his son for not studying’ before a test to enter a pri- times high, and they decide to jump from their hotel or men, aged 24 on average. The fall itself was from an aver- people caught trying to jump from balconies. vate junior high school, public broadcaster NHK reported. apartment balcony into the pool. But some miss and end age height of eight meters. Alcohol was involved almost “As a precaution, when they see a group of young peo- Competition for entry to the best schools in Japan is up in hospital... or worse, dead. The so-called “balconing” every time, and in close to 40 percent of the cases, drugs ple arrive, hoteliers no longer put them on top floors but intense. Admission to a prestigious one is seen as having a craze has taken off to such an extent in Spain’s Balearic also played a role. Altogether, the craze has cost 1.5 mil- on the ground floor,” adds Gonzalez. Britain has also tried decisive impact on a child’s future prospects. The son, Islands that doctors at the Son Espases hospital in Palma lion euros ($1.7 million) in hospital fees, Gonzalez says, as to warn its nationals of the dangers of throwing them- named Ryota, was taken to hospital Sunday after the stab- de Majorca a major trauma centre-decided to study the patients can remain in intensive care for a long time, selves off balconies. In 2012, the British foreign ministry bing but died from loss of blood, Aichi prefectural police in phenomenon. “It’s endemic,” says Xavier Gonzalez, head some ending up paraplegic. It is unclear exactly how published leaflets called “Booze and Balconies Don’t Mix,” the central city of Nagoya said. “The father stabbed his son of surgery at the hospital who participated in the study. many people have died from “balconing”, but Spanish using the story of Jake Evans from Liverpool. in the chest with a kitchen knife,” a police spokesman said, “It seems that... it’s like an initiation rite for some media have reported more than a dozen deaths over the Drunk, he fell from the seventh floor of his flat in declining to provide details of the motive. The father was tourists, whose parents already came here when they past five years. Magaluf in 2011. “I hit every balcony on the way down, as arrested after police got a call from hospital staff, he said. were young.” The 2010-2015 study only covers patients they jutted out like steps,” he was quoted as saying. “I land- Satake reportedly told police he had stabbed his son “by who were treated in hospital and not those who died ‘Hit every balcony’ ed on a sun lounger which broke my fall and probably mistake.” while “balconing”-a term that refers to people who throw The craze also happens on Spain’s northeastern Costa saved my life. “I fractured my skull, broke front teeth themselves into pools or fall while trying to get to another Brava, but it is most prevalent in the Balearic archipelago, which pierced through my upper lip, snapped my right balcony or simply leaning over. Altogether, the hospital which includes Magaluf and Ibiza among its famous wrist and broke all the fingers on my right hand,” he said. treated 46 patients during that time, more than 60 percent resorts, Gonzalez says. Further afield, Bulgaria has also “The accident has changed my life... I have recurring prob- of whom were British, followed by Germans and then been hit by “balconing.” In a bid to curb the trend, authori- lems with my back and right wrist and doctors have told Homeless illnesses in LA Spaniards, the study found. ties in the Balearic Islands have implemented measures- me I probably always will.” —AFP blamed on ‘spice’ drug LOS ANGELES: Synthetic marijuana is suspected to be behind an illness that has sent dozens of homeless people from a downtown Los Angeles neighborhood Briton flew into a rage to emergency rooms in recent days, authorities said Monday. Eighteen people from the Skid Row homeless as he hit Indonesian cop district were treated by firefighters on Monday and 14 DENPASAR: Indonesian police said yesterday that a Briton were taken to hospitals, Los Angeles Fire Department flew into a rage and repeatedly hit a Bali police officer over spokeswoman Margaret Stewart said. That came after the head with a beer bottle after accusing him of being a the department on Friday evaluated about 50 people “fake cop”. Traffic policeman Wayan Sudarsa was found dead in the neighborhood, transporting 38 to hospitals. last week with wounds to his head and neck on a popular Although the cause of the illnesses has not yet been beach in the south of the Indonesian resort island. confirmed by toxicology tests, authorities said it was Briton David Taylor and his Australian girlfriend Sara likely a type of synthetic marijuana called “spice.” Local Connor were arrested and have been named as suspects, a television news showed multiple men passed out in the step in the Indonesian legal system meaning investigators street, many of them being treated by firefighters or believe they have enough evidence to consider filing other health personnel. “Because it’s synthetic, nobody charges. Taylor, a DJ, admitted in questioning Monday to for sure knows what active ingredients are in there, the having a fight with Sudarsa on the beach after accusing him strength is variable,” Marc Eckstein, the Los Angeles Fire of stealing Connor’s bag. He hit the officer with bottles, Department medical director, said in a statement. binoculars and a phone after being pushed, according to his defense lawyer. Giving his account of how the fight began, Hadi Peru report finds police Purnomo, police chief in the Balinese capital Denpasar, said ‘death squad’ killed 20 Taylor had “searched the victim, accused him of being a LIMA: A so-called “death squad” established within the thief, and called him a fake cop even though he was wearing Peruvian National Police has executed at least 20 criminals a uniform”. Taylor got “mad” and they started to fight on the extrajudicially, amid a growing wave of insecurity in the beach, with the Briton repeatedly hitting the policeman’s South American country, the interior ministry found. Earlier head with a bottle until it broke, Purnomo said. “David was this month the ministry announced a probe into the hitting violently, in a rage, with the bottle,” said the police alleged abuses after they surfaced in media reports. “There chief. Connor, a mother from New South Wales, has main- are serious indications of the existence of an irregular tained her innocence, saying she only sought to separate group formed by officers and noncommissioned officers of the fighting men. However Purnomo said Tuesday he the National Police of Peru,” Ruben Vargas, deputy minister believed that she had taken part in the killing. A day after the of internal order, said Monday. Those officers “falsified intel- policeman’s body was found, the couple checked out of their ligence information feigning confrontations in order to hotel and burned their clothes, the police chief said. They had take out people in at least six cases,” he said. The killings initially tried to deny any confrontation with Sudarsa and had were carried out for economic gain and promotions, which offered a series of confusing and contradictory accounts of are generally given for capturing gang members, the what had happened, he said. They could face up to 15 years report found. Most of the killings were carried out between in jail if found guilty of murder. Bali, a pocket of Hinduism in 2011 and 2016, with the squad leader receiving two pro- Muslim-majority Indonesia, is a popular tourist destination motions and six awards in recognition of fighting crime. known for its tropical climate and palm-fringed beaches. GAZA: Palestinian masked members from the Izzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, a military wing of Hamas, hold their The report said at least 20 suspected criminals were exe- Petty crime is common but murders are rare. — AFP launcher of a rocket-propelled grenade, or RPG during a rally along the street of Rafah refugee camp, Gaza cuted in six different instances, across a number of towns. Strip. —AP Report accuses Mexican Israel uncovers Palestinian Deaf driver shot president of plagiarism dead by US police MIAMI: Authorities in the southern US state of North MEXICO CITY: Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has weapons-making network Carolina said Monday they are investigating the death been accused of plagiarizing his law school thesis by a of a deaf man who was fatally shot after a trooper tried news website which says it detected the work of a dozen JERUSALEM: Israel has uncovered an comes amid an 11-month wave of as they visited a Jewish shrine, police to pull him over for speeding. Daniel Harris, 29, who others in his writing. Investigative website Aristegui used sign language to communicate, led trooper Noticias concluded that 197 of the 682 paragraphs in Pena illegal Palestinian weapons manufac- Israeli-Palestinian violence which has said. A statement said that about 60 turing network in the West Bank in largely tapered off in recent weeks. members of a Hassidic sect went on a Jermaine Saunders on an eight-mile chase on Nieto’s thesis from 25 years ago were plagiarized, based on Thursday that started on an interstate highway and analysis and speaking with professors. Presidential one of its largest raids during a Israel says the weapons’ crackdown pre-dawn trip to Joseph’s Tomb, in a months-long crackdown on illicit is making it harder and more expen- Palestinian refugee camp on the out- ended outside his home in Charlotte, local television spokesman Eduardo Sanchez said the issue was a matter of station WSOC reported. The driver exited his vehicle in ‘style errors such as quotations without quotation marks or arms, the military said yesterday. sive for Palestinian assailants to skirts of the city, which many Jews Since the start of the year, Israel has acquire guns. believe holds the remains of the bibli- the neighborhood and an “encounter took place” that a lack of reference to authors (cited) in the bibliography.’ led to a shot being fired, North Carolina State Highway Pena Nieto studied at Mexico’s Panamerican University, seized dozens of weapons, shuttered Some 34 Israelis and two visiting cal patriarch Joseph (PBUH). arms-making factories and arrested Americans have been killed in Palestinians believe an Islamic Patrol spokesman Sergeant Michael Baker said in a which released a statement Monday afternoon that said it statement. The driver died at the scene, Baker said. No had not been consulted by the journalists and specified weapons dealers in a clampdown in Palestinian attacks, mostly stabbings cleric, Sheikh Yussef Dweikat, was the West Bank meant to quell a spate but also shootings. More than 206 buried there two centuries ago and weapon was recovered from Harris, the State Bureau of that it was ‘in charge of studying the question’ of possible Investigation told WSOC. Saunders has been placed on plagiarism. The controversy arises as Pena Nieto’s populari- of Palestinian violence. Palestinians have been killed by the Palestinian office of religious sites The military said that the latest Israeli fire, the majority said by Israel considers it to be an Islamic archaeo- administrative leave while investigators review evi- ty is at an all-time low, with only 23 percent of Mexicans dence, including dashboard and body camera videos. holding a positive opinion of the leader, according to a raid overnight found seven weapons to have been attackers. The rest were logical monument. Patriarch Joseph, recent survey published by the newspaper Reforma. factories, 22 weapons-making killed in clashes with Israeli troops. son of Jacob, (PBUH) was sold into machines and dozens of arms, which Israel says that Palestinian incitement slavery by his brothers, before rising No democracy, rule of it said was a significant haul since it has fueled the violence. The to become vizier of Egypt. Once a law in Venezuela: OAS began targeting illegal weapons Palestinians say that nearly 50 years month, the Israeli army runs escorted WASHINGTON: The head of the Organization of American manufacturers. Among the seized of Israeli occupation and a lack of nightime visits to the tomb by Jewish States denounced corruption and violence in Venezuela on arms were crude guns based on the hope for gaining independence are pilgrims but there are frequent Monday, saying a 14-year prison term for an opposition Swedish “Carl Gustav” submachine driving attacks. The attackers have attempts at wildcat pilgrimages. leader there marked the end of democracy in the country. gun, which the military says has been overwhelmingly been in their teens “During the course of the night In an eight-page letter to opposition leader Leopoldo a preferred weapon for Palestinian or 20s, often acting alone without the about 60 Hassids entered Joseph’s Lopez, Luis Almagro highlighted the climate of “intimida- attackers. support of militant groups, making it Tomb without authorisation,” the tion” against the political opposition in Venezuela and The military says that since difficult for Israeli forces to stop them. police statement said. “Disturbance those working to recall leftist President Nicolas Maduro. January, it uncovered 29 weapons broke out at the scene and stones “No regional or subregional forum can ignore the reality factories and seized 49 weapons- Jews stoned were thrown at them.” Israeli media that today in Venezuela there is no democracy or rule of making machines and more than 300 Meanwhile, Israeli security forces said the bus carrying the worship- law,” Almagro said, calling Lopez a “friend.” “Under no cir- firearms. More than 140 arms dealers rushed to the West Bank city of pers was brought to a halt by cumstances should power be used... to prevent the sover- and manufacturers have been arrest- Nablus yesterday to rescue ultra- Palestinian protesters before it actu- eign will of the people from being expressed.” Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto ed during that time. The crackdown Orthodox Jews stoned by Palestinians ally reached the shrine. — Agencies

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 INTERNATIONAL

How technology killed Pakistan’s historic red light district

LAHORE: Pakistan’s oldest red light dis- courtesan or mujra dancer and prosti- the owners of the music shops that are has Facebook, Twitter,” she says. dents and MBAs have the highest rates, trict was for centuries a hub of traditional tute were blurred. the final remnants of old Heera Mandi. “Heera Mandi is no more... even if a they get a hundred thousand (rupees, or erotic dancers, musicians and prostitutes- Dance and sex became intertwined, The intricate mujra dancing that was girl is from Heera Mandi she would nev- $1,000) for one night,” she says. Now she Pigalle with a Mughal twist, deep in the and Heera Mandi began its long slide such a foundation of the red light district er reveal it because the client would plans to expand and offer male prosti- heart of vibrant Lahore. But as an e-com- into sordidness-but even so, Reema required years of teaching and live musi- never risk sexually transmitted diseases tutes. “Girls from the elite class come to merce boom revolutionizes how remembers “glorious” days. Reema’s cians. Now girls learn easy but provoca- and the bad image associated,” she me and beg for boys,” she says. “They say Pakistanis conduct the world’s oldest mother and grandmother were also pros- tive dance moves via YouTube. “They take added. Outside of the Diamond Market, they are ready to pay, but they need profession, locals say the historic Heera titutes, making her part of Heera Mandi’s a USB or sometimes they don’t even she says, business is good. “Medical stu- strong boys.” —AFP Mandi district is under threat. Balconies generations of women who danced and need that, they have songs in their cell- where beautiful women once stood are pleased men in the market. “People used phones, they plug a cable and play the now empty, while rust eats away at the to respect the prostitutes of Heera Mandi, music,” laments Soan Ali, one of the locked doors of vacant rooms. The only we were called artists,” she says-but all music shop owners. Like Reema, Ali’s stubborn hold-outs are shops selling has changed over the last decade. “Now family has also been in Heera Mandi for instruments that once facilitated the we don’t have any honor.” She blames the generations, and he proudly recalled his aperitifs of music and dance. loss on a rush of girls without her family father’s “hospitality” as he attempted to Men now can book a rendezvous background taking up the profession lure clients for his mother. He takes a online through escort websites or even who have not been taught “how to treat deep breath. “We are having a lot of diffi- directly with women over social media, people” the way she has. culties,” he admits. “Whoever is in this instead of searching out streetside solici- field is going through hard days.” tation. With location rendered meaning- Diamonds in the rough less, prostitutes like Reema Kanwal-who Such girls, she says, need nothing to ‘Heera Mandi is no more’ says the business “runs in my blood”- market themselves but a mobile phone, For those who have migrated beyond have abandoned Heera Mandi. The dis- with which they can advertise on Heera Mandi, however, the future is trict, whose name translates as “Diamond Facebook or Locanto, some offering serv- bright. Mehak, who declined to give her Market”, is close to the echoing, cen- ices over Skype for as little as 300 rupees full name, is a cosmetic surgeon by pro- turies-old Badshahi Mosque. ($3). Dozens of escort services with fession, a feminist by ideology, and by During the Mughal era, the great online bookings claim to serve thou- night one of Pakistan’s most elite Islamic empire that ruled most of India sands of clients in Karachi, Lahore and madams. Seven sleek Persian cats prowl and Pakistan in the 15th and 16th cen- Islamabad-some even in Dubai and among the expensive wooden furniture turies, Heera Mandi was a centre for Singapore. In a deeply conservative of her home, which doubles as a brothel mujra, traditional singing and dancing Muslim country where prostitution is for upper-class Pakistanis in a wealthy performed for the elites.The wealthy banned and sex outside marriage is crim- residential neighborhood of Lahore. LAHORE: Rashid Bhatti (center) - a dance instructor, teaches students even sent their sons to the salons of inalized, one website says it caters to Mehak, who is in her mid-50s, says she tawaifs, high-class courtesans that roughly 50,000 customers. recruits most of her girls through elite dance steps at his dance academy in Lahore. Pakistan’s oldest red light have been likened to Japanese geishas, With the old traditions falling by the parties-but adds “this online thing has district was for centuries a hub of traditional erotic dancers, musicians to study etiquette. Later, when the wayside, girls also no longer need an really changed the business”. “A girl no and prostitutes-Montmartre with a Mughal twist, deep in the heart of British came, distinctions between entourage of musicians and teachers, say longer needs a pimp to market her, she vibrant Lahore. —AFP News Top diplomats kick off Japan, in brief

2 soldiers die in blast China, South Korea meeting in Turkey’s southeast ISTANBUL: A Turkish military vehicle was hit by an impro- vised explosive device in southeast Sirnak province, killing Countries at odds over territorial disputes two soldiers, security sources and private Dogan news agency said yesterday. No one claimed responsibility for the TOKYO: Foreign ministers from Japan, Senkaku in Japan and the Diaoyu in China, protests through diplomatic channels “We will deliver Japan’s thinking direct- blast in Uludere town near the Iraqi border. Turkey’s south- China and South Korea kicked off a two- in the East China Sea, with tensions over since August 5, saying there have been ly and clearly,” a foreign ministry official east has been hit by a surge in violence since a ceasefire with day meeting in Tokyo yesterday with their them a frequent hindrance to closer ties. about the same number of intrusions by said regarding the dispute with China. “It militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) countries at odds over territorial disputes, a Tokyo has lodged more than two dozen Chinese vessels into its territorial waters. is important for us to send our message ended last year. The PKK claimed responsibility for a suicide US missile defense system and perennial firmly.” The visit by China’s Wang marks car bomb attack targeting a police station in the eastern regional problem North Korea. Japanese the first by a Chinese foreign minister to Turkish city of Elazig last Thursday that killed three officers. Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, China’s Japan since Xi Jinping became president The attack was the largest in a series of bombings which Wang Yi and South Korea’s Yun Byung-Se in March 2013. Separately, China has com- killed a total of 10 people, mostly police and soldiers, and met for dinner at a Tokyo hotel ahead of plained about the planned deployment of wounded 300 more within less than 24 hours. It was an esca- the start of formal talks today. The three the US Terminal High Altitude Area lation of violence in southeastern Turkey that officials shook hands and smiled for cameras with- Defense (THAAD) system in South Korea, blamed on PKK militants, who Turkey, the United States and out making any remarks before starting arguing the missile shield goes against its European Union label as a terrorist organization. their meal. own national security interests and warn- The talks are the first since March of last ing it will heighten regional tension. year and come ahead of the Group of 20 South Korea, wary of offending China, Crocodiles dumped summit in China early next month. “It is had wavered, but went ahead in the face in Australia school extremely important for the foreign minis- of North Korea’s continued missile devel- DARWIN: Australian police are searching for four men ters of the three countries that play major opment. North Korea, meanwhile, is likely who left three malnourished saltwater crocodiles in a roles in the region to gather together and to be a key topic at the meeting, though school, after breaking in to steal computer equipment. exchange opinions frankly,” Japan’s Chief finding common ground will be difficult Northern Territory Police said the men entered the Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told Japan and South Korea regularly con- Taminmin College in Humpty Doo, 40km south of reporters earlier. The meeting comes as demn Pyongyang for its nuclear and mis- Darwin, early on Sunday after pushing the crocodiles Sino-Japanese tensions over a territorial sile development, and feel frustrated by through a broken window. CCTV footage released by dispute have spiked this month, while what they see as a lack of pressure on the police showed the men stealing a computer monitor China and South Korea have sparred over country by China, seen as its economic before running away. Parks and Wildlife rangers said the the planned deployment in the latter coun- lifeline. Bilateral meetings between reptiles, who had their mouths taped shut, had probably try of a US anti-missile system. Kishida and his Chinese and South Korean been taken from a nearby crocodile farm but were unlike- The Tokyo-Seoul relationship is also counterparts are also scheduled. The TOKYO: Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (center) Chinese Foreign ly to survive as they were in such poor health. “Basically prone to periodic tension due to the lega- three-way meeting is expected to be fol- skin and bones, not much meat left on them; they were cy of Japan’s wartime aggression. Japan Minister Wang Yi (left) and South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se lowed later this year by a summit. The pose for a photograph ahead of an official banquet at the trilateral Foreign really quiet and easy to catch,” ranger Luke McLaren told and China are locked in a long-running leaders met in November last year in ABC radio. “We’ll determine what farm they’re from and dispute over uninhabited islets, called the Minister’s meeting in Tokyo yesterday. —AFP South Korea. —AFP we’ll try to take them back to that farm but looking at their condition it’s likely they’ll have to be destroyed.” Police abduct Flooding in India holy top Islamist city halts cremations leader’s son LUCKNOW: India’s holy city of Varanasi er old houses along the ghats are sible help to the family. Even if we had has been forced to halt cremations being used for cremation, but with sent an ambulance there was no way it DHAKA: Police have abducted the son of a top along the banks of the sacred river great difficulty,” Pandey said. could have reached that place,” police Bangladeshi war crimes convict, his family said yesterday, Ganges as deadly floods from mon- Varanasi is India’s most sacred superintendent R K Pandey said. At the latest in a series of forced disappearances of opposi- soon rains hit parts of the country, an Hindu city where thousands flock to least nine people have died in Uttar tion leaders’ children. More than 30 plainclothes officers official said yesterday. More than cremate relatives in the hope of attain- Pradesh state and another 15 in eastern seized Abdullahil Amaan Azmi, formerly a decorated 100,000 people have been forced from ing nirvana, before scattering the ash- Bihar over the past two days as floods brigadier general in Bangladesh’s powerful army, from his their homes in recent days in northern es in the Ganges. Cremations have hit rural areas as well as some cities, dis- home in the capital Dhaka on Monday evening, his family Uttar Pradesh and neighboring Bihar been affected in the Hindu holy city of aster management officials said. said in a statement. “The officers cordoned off the whole states as rain-swollen rivers burst their Allahabad, also in Uttar Pradesh, where A total of 130,000 people were shel- street before breaking down the door and forcibly enter- banks. pyres were being lit in nearby congest- tering in relief camps across the two TOKYO: Photo shows a fallen tree blocking a rail- ing the family home, blindfolding the caretaker and Over 20 people have been killed in ed alleys, an official there said. In states, the officials there told AFP, and way station in Tokyo. —AFP severely beating him until he fell unconscious,” the state- the two states from the floods that hit flooded Banda district, a woman gave additional emergency workers have ment said. swathes of India every year during the birth on a boat Monday while on her been deployed to help with rescue and Typhoon Mindulle dumps The police had no warrant and gave no reason for monsoon season. Floods have inundat- way to a medical centre, sparking criti- relief efforts. Several people have also heavy rain in north Japan arresting Azmi, the family said. “No official acknowledge- ed the ghats or platforms on the edge cism that local authorities provided lit- been killed in central Madhya Pradesh ment of his arrest has yet been made, without which there TOKYO: A strong typhoon dumped heavy rain that caused of the Ganges in Varanasi, forcing fami- tle assistance. state from flooding in the last 24 hours, are credible fears for a possible extrajudicial abduction,” flooding on Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido yesterday lies to cremate loved ones on the ter- A senior official said severe water according to the Press Trust of India the statement said. Azmi’s father Ghulam Azam, the for- after killing one person near Tokyo and injuring dozens. race roofs of nearby houses, Uttar logging meant it was extremely diffi- news agency. Floods and landslides mer head of Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party Jamaat-e- Typhoon Mindulle, which made landfall near Japan’s capi- Pradesh government spokesman cult to send medical help in time, lead- from the monsoon running from June Islami (JeI), was sentenced to 90 years in prison in 2013 for tal on Monday, flooded rivers, submerged roads and dam- Shailendra Pandey said. “As the ghats ing the baby to be born in an inflatable to September claimed more than 50 war crimes during the 1971 independence war against aged farms in Hokkaido, TV footage showed. A woman in are not available for cremation, the dinghy amid the floodwaters.”The child lives last month, mostly in the remote, Pakistan. He died in prison in 2014. Sagamihara city outside Tokyo died on Monday as a result roofs of havelis (old mansions) and oth- is fit and fine. We are extending all pos- northeast state of Assam. —AFP The alleged abduction came weeks after similar inci- of the storm, according to the Kanagawa prefecture gov- dents-involving two other sons of opposition leaders ernment. Neither the police nor local authorities had convicted of war crimes-which were blamed on plain- immediate details as to how she died, but media reports clothes policemen in Dhaka. “We don’t know anything said the 58-year-old caregiver was riding a bicycle when about these incidents,” a national police spokesman said. swept away by flood water. The death came after another Bangladesh’s highest court is also set to decide the fate storm, Typhoon Kompasu, hit Hokkaido on Sunday, killing of another top Islamist leader who was sentenced to a man in his 40s. His body was found Monday near his vehi- death in 2014 for war crimes. If Mir Quasem Ali, who was cle, which was stranded by flood water, according to the a top financier of the JeI, loses his final appeal, with hear- national Fire and Disaster Management Agency. Kompasu ings expected to start Wednesday, he will be executed was downgraded to a temperate depression by early within weeks. Monday and moved out over the Sea of Okhotsk. His son Mir Ahmed Bin Quasem, who was part of his legal defense team, was allegedly abducted earlier in August. Critics say the abductions are an attempt by police Facebook users indicted to sow fear and prevent Islamists from staging protests for mocking Thai leader against Ali’s imminent execution. “The government must investigate (the families’) claims. Unfortunately there has BANGKOK: A Thai military tribunal yesterday indicted eight been no visible move to find out their whereabouts,” lead- people with sedition for running a Facebook page that ing rights activist Nur Khan Liton said. The United Nations mocked the kingdom’s junta chief, making them the latest vic- yesterday urged the government to annul Ali’s death sen- tims of the regime’s crackdown on dissent. Thailand’s generals tence and to give him a retrial in compliance with interna- have clamped down on politics and severely curbed free tional standards. Five opposition leaders, including four expression since their 2014 power grab, jailing scores of critics top Islamists, have been executed for war crimes in the of the government and monarchy-often for comments posted past three years despite rights groups’ criticisms that their on social media. The eight Facebook users were arrested in trials were flawed. —AFP VARANASI, India: Indian mourners perform a cremation on the roof of a building overlooking The April by military raids in Bangkok and northeast Khon Kaen Manikarnika Ghat in Varanasi yesterday. —AFP province, according to Human Rights Watch. NEWS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016

Sunrise silhouettes the US Marine Corps Memorial in Arlington, Virginia on a cloudless summer morning in the nation’s capital area yesterday. —AP News Top court to examine burkini ban in brief

Iran rounds up 450 France sees 7% tourism drop TEHRAN: Iran has “arrested or summoned” around 450 social media users over their online activities, a website PARIS: A ban on the Islamic burkini swimsuit by several French swimming,” said the 34-year-old who gave only her first the country,” with Paris worst- hit, said Ayrault, who is also linked to the powerful Revolutionary Guards said yes- towns will come before France’s highest administrative court name, Siam. tourism minister. France is the world’s top tourist destination. terday. Gherdab, the cyber arm of the Guards, said the tomorrow, the tribunal said. The Human Rights League (LDH) is The sector accounts for around nine percent of its gross domes- people targeted administered pages on social networks appealing a decision by a lower court in the Riviera city of Nice ‘Go Home’ tic product (GDP). including smartphone applications such as Instagram, which upheld a ban on the outfit by the town of Villeneuve- A witness to the scene, Mathilde Cousin, confirmed the inci- The industry has been struck a severe blow from attacks by Telegram and WhatsApp. “These people were carrying Loubet. Villeneuve-Loubet, just west of Nice, was among the first dent. “The saddest thing was that people were shouting ‘go Islamic State militants, shuttering festivals and other public out immoral activities, insulted religious beliefs or had of some 15 French towns to ban the burkini, triggering a fierce home’, some were applauding the police. Her daughter was cry- events and prompting jittery visitors to stay away. “The attacks debate in France and elsewhere about the wearing of the full- ing,” she told AFP. One of the world’s most secular countries, partly explain these disappointing trends. The perception of risk illegal activities in the field of fashion,” said Gherdab. It body swimsuit, women’s rights and secularity. France strongly separates religion and public life, and overt reli- has an influence on some clients, notably the wealthiest or those said the suspects would be put on trial without specify- The Nice tribunal ruled on Monday that the ban in Villeneuve- gious symbols or clothing are considered incompatible with from Asia,” said Ayrault. He said that economic difficulties in coun- ing how many exactly have been placed under arrest. Loubet was “necessary, appropriate and proportionate” to pre- French values. Islamic dress has long been a subject of debate in tries such as Russia and Brazil have also affected visitor numbers vent public disorder after a succession of jihadists attacks in France, which was the first European country to ban the Islamic from those countries. France, including one in Nice on July 14. The burkini was “liable to face veil in public in 2010, six years after outlawing the headscarf Pictures of flood-ridden streets - the result of 50 more days of British-Australian bailed offend the religious convictions or (religious) non-convictions of and other conspicuous religious symbols in state schools. rain in the second quarter compared to normal levels - and pub- DUBAI: A British-Australian man detained in Dubai last other users of the beach,” and “be felt as a defiance or a provoca- However ordinary citizens are allowed to wear the headscarf in lic-sector strikes also played a part, he added. Paris alone has month for highlighting the work of an Afghan refugee tion exacerbating tensions felt by” the community, it added. public. The LDH and other rights groups believe the burkini ban seen an 11.4-percent drop in hotel nights and a loss of one billion charity on social media has been released on bail, a The ruling by the State Council, France’s highest administra- is a “serious and illegal attack on numerous fundamental rights” euros ($1.1 billion) in income since January, said Francois Navarro, tive court, will provide a legal precedent for towns to follow including freedom of religion. “It is the expression of a political of the Regional Tourism Board. He said there had been falls of campaign group said yesterday. Scott Richards, 41, had around the country. The ban has raised questions over what con- project, a counter-society, based notably on the enslavement of 46.2 percent in Japanese tourists to the Paris region, 35 percent in been held at a Dubai police station since his arrest on stitutes unacceptable beachwear: the actual trademarked full- women,” French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said of the burkini Russian visitors and a 27 percent drop in the number of Italians. July 28 for allegedly breaching a new law on promoting body swimsuit - much like a wetsuit but with a head covering - or Wednesday. A terror attack in Paris in November last year that killed 130 foreign charities. UK-based support group Detained in merely being fully clothed on the seashore. people led to a drop in tourist numbers. Officials had hoped the Dubai said in a statement on Facebook that Richards A mother of two told AFP yesterday she had been fined Tourism Tanks trend would reverse after the successful hosting of the Euro foot- was home with his family in Dubai after being “finally on the beach in the resort of Cannes wearing leggings, a Meanwhile, the number of tourists visiting France has ball championship in July. But just days after the end of the com- bailed”. The group did not provide any details about bail tunic and a headscarf. Her ticket, seen by AFP, read that dropped seven percent since January, with foreigners deterred petition a Tunisian believed to be acting for the Islamic State conditions or potential charges against Richards, who she was not wearing “an outfit respecting good morals by terror attacks but also by bad weather and transport strikes, group rammed a lorry into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in the had been denied bail on three previous occasions. and secularism”. “I was sitting on a beach with my family. I Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Monday. “Tourist arrivals Riviera city of Nice, killing 86 people. The attack led to numerous was wearing a classic headscarf. I had no intention of since the start of the year have fallen by seven percent across summer events being cancelled due to security fears. —AFP WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 ANALYSIS

THE LEADING INDEPENDENT DAILY IN THE ARABIAN GULF ESTABLISHED 1961

Founder and Publisher YOUSUF S. AL-ALYAN Editor-in-Chief ABD AL-RAHMAN AL-ALYAN EDITORIAL : 24833199-24833358-24833432 ADVERTISING : 24835616/7 FAX : 24835620/1 CIRCULATION : 24833199 Extn. 163 ACCOUNTS : 24835619 COMMERCIAL : 24835618 P.O.Box 1301 Safat,13014 Kuwait. E MAIL :[email protected] Website: www.kuwaittimes.net

Issues Look to the past for root of US immigration woes

By Alicia A Caldwell

or more than a decade, lawmakers have been pointing at their counterparts to take the blame for what just about Feveryone agrees is a broken immigration system. Republicans say President Barack Obama’s immigration enforcement policies encourage more people to sneak into the country. Democrats blame Republicans for blocking legislation that would allow people already here to gain legal status and create a path for future, legal immigration. But whatever specific policies are being fought over now, immigration experts say the problem took root at least 30 years ago, when President Ronald Reagan signed a 1986 immigration law that has become known as the “Reagan Amnesty” and allowed roughly 3 million people in the country illegally to gain legal status. Immigration laws were overhauled again in 1990 under Republican President George H W Bush and again in 1996 under Democratic President Bill Clinton. Obama has tried in his How Ukraine reform opened door to fraud eight years in office to overhaul them once again, but nothing has passed. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has By Natalia Zinets although he declined to give more details of the ongoing investiga- shopping mall in the eastern city of Kharkiv, from Austrian firms said he will fix the system, build a wall along the border with tion. “We are aware of the people at the very lowest rung, who had Uniqa Real Estate and Uniqa Real Estate Holdings. “In our case it was Mexico and perhaps deport many of the estimated 11 million he goal was to make Ukraine more friendly for investors by the affidavits on which the firm was transferred,” he said. How long it clear from the first glance that documents had been forged. The people living in the country illegally. But this week he has indi- reducing red tape. But reforms that loosened the rules for reg- would take to prosecute the case would depend on how long the names of our co-founders had been written with mistakes - Unica cated he may back off from that idea. “We’re going to build the Tistering ownership of assets have left companies prey to fraud- chain went to find those ultimately responsible. instead of Uniqa,” Yuriy Kushnir, general director of Ave Plaza, told wall, and we’re going to stop it. It’s going to end,” Trump said ear- sters who can swipe entire businesses at a pen stroke. The new laws, journalists. lier this year. “We’re going to have a big, beautiful wall.” which took effect in December, give thousands of private notaries Moving up the Ranks Like Stolitsa, Uniqa was able to recover control of its subsidiary. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, mean- new powers to record changes of ownership of assets at registries Since a revolution ousted Ukraine’s pro-Russian government in But the fraudsters managed to steal millions of hryvnias from the while, has pledged to push comprehensive immigration reform around the country. 2014, the country’s new pro-Western leaders say they are trying to company’s account before it was handed back. That case is also and to act on her own, as Obama has, if Congress doesn’t According to the government, on at least 250 occasions so far, make Ukraine a better place to invest. Ukraine has crept up the World under investigation. In another case, global agriculture producer approve such a measure. Trump and Clinton have laid the fraudsters have taken advantage of the changes to seize control of Bank’s “ease of doing business” rankings from 112th to a relatively Bunge says a private notary in the Vinnytsia region registered a grain blame for the current state of immigration - and the estimated shopping malls, building sites or other businesses, sometimes respectable 83rd, two spots above China. One change was to speed elevator belonging to one of its subsidiaries to new owners. The local 11 million people living and, in many cases, working illegally in emptying bank accounts before they are discovered. The fraud out- up transactions by making it much easier to register changes in own- subsidiary of Italian bank Unicredit temporarily lost a Kiev office the United States - on the other party. break shows how steps taken by Ukraine’s pro-Western govern- ership of assets. Previously, only centralized registries could record building called Horizont Park that it had held as collateral for a loan. But experts disagree. “I think there’s a lot of blame to go ment to open the country up to investment can instead backfire, changes of ownership of property. But now such transactions can be A private notary in a village had changed ownership, the bank says. around and spread around for decades,” said Mark Krikorian, providing more opportunities for criminals. The government says it recorded in local registries like the one in Baryshivka. Some 6500 pri- “A situation is developing in which notaries ... can, with complete executive director for the conservative Center For Immigration is planning new legislation to tackle the problem, but those vate notaries can register a business, a change in ownership or the impunity, carry out the illegal manipulation of property,” Tamara Studies. “There isn’t one person responsible.” Instead, he said, changes are months away, and meanwhile the authorities have few movement of collateral for banking loans. Transactions can be Savoshchenko, CEO of UniCredit’s Ukrainian subsidiary, told a news the problem lies in how the Immigration Control and Reform tools to stop the thefts. recorded day or night, at weekends and from any location. conference. With a few multi-storey buildings surrounded by cot- Act of 1986 was implemented. He described the passage of the Something was wrong when an accountant for Ukrainian real “It was aimed to improve Ukraine’s position in the World Bank’s tages nestled among fruit trees, the village of Baryshivka is almost bill as something of a “con-job” that allowed millions of immi- estate developer Stolitsa Group tried to log on to the company’s rating for doing business,” said Svetlana Mikhaylovska, deputy head big enough to be classified as a small town, earning it the official grants in the country illegally to have legal status with a prom- online filing system one Monday in July. The login credentials didn’t of Ukraine’s European Business Association. “But in practice, positive trappings of a district centre. ise of workplace enforcement and other measures to curb work. But that turned out to be just the first hint of a much bigger tools are being used by unscrupulous people while bona fide own- The registrar’s office is located in a two-storey building on the future illegal immigration. problem. The company, it transpired, was no longer the owner of a ers are not protected. An agent, motivated by money, can transfer main road, once named “October Street” for the Bolshevik revolu- $50 million subsidiary running one of its main projects. A few days your business to anyone, because the law does not assume any tion, now just called “Central Street”. Olha Honchar, a 57-year-old Enforcement earlier, someone had walked into a registrar’s office in Baryshivka, a responsibility for notaries,” Mikhaylovska told Reuters. woman with short hair and a colourful dress, is one of four regis- But that didn’t happen, he said. And there was little incentive village of about 10,000 people, 74 km (45 miles) outside the capital. Deputy Justice Minister Pavlo Moroz told Reuters the govern- trars who work there and accepted the documents in both the to follow through on promises of strict workplace enforcement, The man presented forged documents, and re-registered the title to ment still has only limited tools to address the issue. The ministry Stolitsa and Ave Plaza cases on the same day. She told Reuters she he said, once millions of people were legalized. “I definitely view the subsidiary. can bar notaries suspected of wrongdoing from accessing state has a vague recollection of a man who appeared to be in his thir- this as the 30-year problem,” said Doris Meissner, who headed According the register, the new owner was now a 21-year-old liv- records, but it cannot withdraw their licences, nor is there a law that ties, who came with the paperwork to register ownership of the the now-defunct Immigration and Naturalization Service under ing in territory controlled by separatists in eastern Ukraine, who had specifically classifies incorrect registrations as a crime. In September Stolitsa subsidiary. Bill Clinton and is now a senior fellow at the Migration Policy bought one of the highest-profile real estate projects in Ukraine for the ministry plans to submit a draft law to parliament which will She became frightened, she says, when people in expensive cars Institute in Washington. The 1986 law was intended to create a $400. Stolitsa says the whole transaction was fake. “It happened out remove the right of notaries to change the ownership of businesses turned up days later demanding the registration be cancelled. She new era of enforcement, including strict enforcement of the of the blue and we rushed to Baryshivka to that registry office,” that are not in their local area. was brought to Kiev for questioning by police, and the experience new law that barred employers from hiring workers who don’t Valentyna Radionova, a senior manager at Stolitsa, told Reuters. More documentation will be required to register changes in left her unable to sleep properly, she said. “I believe that my actions have permission to work in the United States. Stolitsa, which has built hotels, shopping malls and office buildings property ownership, and owners will have the option of obtaining were fully in accordance with the law, I’m sorry that it turned out to Thirty years later that stringent workplace enforcement, and across Kiev, was eventually able to recover control of its subsidiary, paper certificates that must be presented to transfer titles. “I am con- be fake,” she said. Reuters was not able to obtain the name of the mandated use of the government’s E-Verify system for employ- and the case is now the subject of a criminal investigation. Managers fident as soon as these changes are approved this phenomenon will suspects in the Stolitsa case, including the 21-year-old briefly listed ers to check the legal work status of prospective hires, is still agreed to discuss the fraud on condition that the project that was disappear,” Moroz said. as the owner of Stolitsa’s subsidiary; the authorities say the identities being debated by lawmakers and the business community. targeted not be identified, to avoid undermining confidence in it. are confidential parts of the police investigation. Multiple iterations of federal legislation to require employment The government says it responded as quickly as possible, helping Hostages of the Situation Honchar’s boss, Tetiana Posevkina, said staff were acting in good verification have been defeated in Congress. Meissner said the Stolitsa recover its property. Mykhaylo Apostol, an adviser to the Since the reforms, foreign investors as well as Ukrainian firms faith, and had no way to verify whether the documents they were ability of people in the country illegally to continue to find work interior minister, personally went with Stolitsa representatives to have been hit by similar scams. The same day that the Baryshivka presented were forgeries. “We have become hostages of this situa- during the economic boom of the 1990s was a significant Baryshivka to investigate. Apostol told Reuters those behind the village registry recorded the bogus purchase of Stolitsa’s subsidiary, tion, it is very unpleasant. We read different slurs about us every day, incentive for more to come. And while an average of about 1.3 fraud appeared to have been involved in other cases as well, it also transferred ownership of Ave Plaza, a business centre and but who said that we acted illegally?” —Reuters million people a year were caught crossing the border illegally over the decade of the 1990s, the Border Patrol was relatively small, not growing above a force of 10,000 until 2002. Meissner says part of the problem was the two immigration laws that fol- Turkey’s momentous shift on Assad lowed in 1990 and 1996 that she said did very little to create a legal path to the United States for low-skilled workers. The gov- ernment does have a pair of visa programs for seasonal agricul- By Dan Perry and Zeina Karam the repressive authoritarian system in role, and that the Syrian government’s recent The Syrian war in particular has had disas- ture workers and others who are considered seasonal, nonagri- Damascus. and unprecedented bombing of US-backed trous consequences across a wide area: a half cultural workers, but Meissner and other critics of the program or five years fighting has raged in Syria - Erdogan is not naturally given to back Kurdish positions sought to show Ankara million killed, half the country’s population argue that it is not sufficient. a humanitarian disaster destabilizing down, but he is operating in perilously shift- that Assad is the only serious partner who displaced, and millions of refugees flooding “There is no line to get into,” Meissner said. “This is why at Fthe region and the world. The aim of ing ground. The Syrian Kurds have emerged can guarantee that Syria’s Kurds remain con- not only Turkey and other neighboring coun- the end of the day we need updated laws, we need immigra- Bashar Assad’s opponents’ always was to as the main force fighting the Islamic State tained. “I think this is the beginning of a tries but also Europe, fueling xenophobia and tion reform.” Instead, she said, the focus was on enforcement drive the Syrian leader from power, but they group, affording them a great deal of autono- dance where both parties signal not only economic difficulties. And it created bedfel- and making it easier to deport immigrants in the country ille- have lacked the means to dislodge him. Now my in their enclave in the north of the coun- their willingness but ability as well to find lows to discomfit Washington: Iran, astound- gally. As that happened, the estimated population of people liv- an inflection point may be at hand, with try, bordering Turkey. The strengthening of areas of common interests in terms of con- ingly given its history, even recently allowed ing in the country illegally rose from a few million in the late powerful opposition backer Turkey suggest- the Syrian Kurds has in turn emboldened taining the Kurds,” Kamel said. “We are in the Russia to launch airstrikes from its territory in 1980s and early 1990s to today’s estimated 11 million people. ing Assad, despite his brutality in the war, Turkey’s own minority Kurds; that’s a worrying process of bargaining and trying to find a set- support of Assad. The focus on enforcement may also have created an inadver- could play a role in an unspecified transition development for Ankara, which has long tried tlement in which all parties have a win.” The Syrian government, for its part, has tent incentive for immigrants in the US illegally to stay in the period. to keep down Kurdish power and ambitions. With so many Arab nations unravelling or unleashed all kinds of indiscriminate country for fear that it would be harder if not impossible to get The statement Saturday by Turkish Prime Nonetheless, after suffering a series of sidelined by insurgencies, Turkey is poised for weapons against civilian areas in its quest for back in if they left, said Stuart Anderson, executive director at the Minister Binali Yildirim was nuanced: On one attacks on civilians which were blamed on IS, greater influence in the region despite the survival, using warplanes, so-called barrel non-partisan National Foundation for American Policy. So, hand, “Assad does not appear to be someone Ankara is now promising to more actively lingering resentments of heavy-handed colo- bombs and siege-and-starvation methods Anderson said, many people made the decision to stay and try to who can bring (Syrians) together” - but on fight the jihadis as well. That would create a nial rule by its predecessor, the Ottoman that have resulted in the death of tens of avoid federal law enforcement as long as they could. “I don’t think the other, “there may be talks (with Assad) for supremely awkward implicit alliance of Empire. Yet for its new openness to Assad to thousands. Yet the West, fearing another anyone would say that policy was successful,” Anderson said. “No the transition.” Until now, Syria’s neighbor to Turkey and the Kurds - as well as Iran, Syria prevail, it would need to be adopted by other Middle Eastern quagmire, has wavered - one would have said this is what we want the result to be.” —AP the north was determined to see him out of and the US-led coalition. It’s a situation many players, primarily the mainstream Syrian stopping short of announcing a no-fly zone power - providing refuge and supply lines for would be eager to keep brief. Ankara is also rebels and the key powers of the West. in northern Syria, not attacking Assad’s forces a variety of Syrian rebel groups and turning tired of taking in Syria refugees; they now For the West, the notion of a determined after blaming him for the use of chemical All articles appearing on these something of a blind eye to the use of its ter- number over two million. shift to democracy held great appeal back in weapons, and hesitating to forcefully back ritory by Islamic State jihadis waging their Perhaps most important: Erdogan’s strik- 2011, when the Arab Spring was in its infancy and heavily arm the rebels. That landscape pages are the personal opinion of own fight with Assad as well. ingly repressive crackdown after the failed and idealistic hopes ran high. But that has has proven a boon for Putin, whose support the writers. Kuwait Times takes no Turkey had several reasons for offering July military coup has been widely criticized changed with the serial failures across the of Assad appears determined, strategic and responsibility for views expressed critical support to the rebellion. Though not by the West, prompting him to move closer region - a failed state in Libya, the rise of IS in successful when compared to the Western therein. Kuwait Times invites read- an Arab state, Turkey is predominantly Sunni, to Russia; a friendly meeting two weeks ago multiple countries, never-ending wars in powers’ prevarications. like most of the rebels, and it naturally chafes with Vladimir Putin, Assad’s determined Yemen and Syria, the election of Islamists in Viewed from that perspective, Western ers to voice their opinions. Please at the domination of Syria by Assad’s Alawite patron, commenced a rapprochement and Egypt followed by misrule and their ouster by leaders may quietly come to the conclusion send submissions via email to: opin- sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam and part of a seemed to hint at more to come. the military. that the need to end the war could trump the [email protected] or via snail regional axis that includes Lebanon’s need to be immediately rid of Assad. Hezbollah group and Iran. The government Flexible Miseries Nudging them in that direction is Assad’s mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. of President Recep Teyyip Erdogan is Islamist- Ayham Kamel, a Middle East analyst with Iraq’s sectarian miseries have even lent central argument: that the most powerful of The editor reserves the right to edit rooted while Assad is avowedly secularist. the Eurasia Group consultancy, said Turkey’s some currency in the region to the notion his opponents, the jihadi radicals of the any submission as necessary. And Turkey is a NATO member which until position on Assad is becoming significantly that Saddam Hussein, brutal despot though Islamic State group, are, amazingly perhaps, now has supported the West’s efforts to end more flexible as Russia plays a more active he was, at least held together a unified state. the greater of the evils. —AP WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 SPORTS

Fractured hand rules Bayern boost security, Aston Villa sign Hernandez out of opener ban bottles, large bags Belgian De Laet BERLIN: A fractured hand, from falling down the stairs at home, means Mexico striker Javier LONDON: Belgian defender Ritchie de Laet has left Premier League ‘Chicharito’ Hernandez will miss Bayer Leverkusen’s opening game of the new season, his club BERLIN: Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich have tightened champions Leicester City for a move across the Midlands to announced yesterday. “‘Chicharito’ suffered a fractured right hand falling security measures at their stadium, banning spectators from Championship side Aston Villa, it was announced yesterday. down the stairs in his flat last night,” said Leverkusen in a statement. carrying big bags and bottles, ahead of Friday’s home match- De Laet, 27, has arrived at Villa Park on a three-year contract “Hernandez was successfully operated on this morning.” Injury the first of the new German league season. Germany’s league for an undisclosed fee, having helped Leicester win the means both Hernandez and Leverkusen captain Lars Bender have champions have stepped up measures for the 2016/17 season Premier League title last season as well as being a mem- been ruled out of Saturday’s German league match at Borussia as they prepare to host Werder Bremen, with a sell-out crowd ber of the Middlesbrough team that gained promotion to the top flight while on loan to the north-east side. He Moenchengladbach, the club’s first of the season. The pair are of around 70,000 expected at Munich’s Allianz Arena in a high- profile match. “Handbags and backpacks larger than the A4 spent the first half of last season at Leicester, making 12 expected to be sidelined for the next fortnight. Bender suffered league appearances for the title-winning Foxes, before an ankle injury playing for Germany in the men’s final of the Rio de format, and all bottles, thermos flasks and liquids can no longer be brought in,” said Bayern in a statement with new joining Championship side Boro on loan in February. In Janeiro Olympic Games last Saturday, when the Germans lost to all, De Laet made 129 appearances for Leicester in four coach Carlo Ancelotti set to take charge of his first Bundesliga Brazil on penalties. His injury was confirmed by an MRI scan by his years after joining from Manchester United, while also club in Cologne on Tuesday morning after his return from Brazil. The game. The German national team was particularly shaken by winning promotion to the Premier League with the 28-year-old Hernandez joined Leverkusen from Manchester United the November 13 attacks in Paris, as they were playing at the Foxes in 2014. Villa manager Roberto di Matteo said: “I’m very in August 2015 and was the club’s top-scorer in Stade de France in Paris when suicide bombers sought to get pleased to have brought Ritchie to the club. “He is anoth- his first season in Germany with 17 goals in the into the stadium. A few days after the Paris attacks that left er player who not only has Championship experi- Bundesliga. Bender has won 19 caps for 130 people dead, a friendly between Germany and the ence but has also played a part in helping a Germany and has made 174 league appearances Netherlands in Hanover was scrapped at the last minute over a team win promotion back to the Premier League.” —AFP for Leverkusen since joining in 2009. —AFP terror threat. —AFP Park and Pak share legacy in South Korean women’s golf

RIO DE JANEIRO: Se Ri Pak could hear the burst Olympic gold medal, particularly under these Stacy Lewis, her rival from two years ago. She of noise from 500 yards away and it wasn’t hard circumstances, should allow Park to take her played in the final group with Ko, another four- to figure out what was causing the commotion. place among the best in LPGA history. time winner and major champion this year. Inbee Park had made one last birdie. Pak could None had a chance. Park kept the ball in play hear it from the back of the 18th green at START A FAMILY and let her putter to do the rest. “Inbee Park is Olympic Golf Course. She was the team leader Think about it. She had not faced top com- the coolest individual,” said Peter Dawson, the for South Korea at the Olympics, the player who petition in two months and had not broken par former R&A chief who now is president of the inspired a nation that has become the most for- in any round since April, the last time she even International Golf Federation. “And I think she is midable in women’s golf. Park with a gold medal finished a tournament. She wasn’t sure she the best putter in the world, male or female.” around her neck only affirmed that. could play the Olympics amid speculation she Park wants to start a family, so maybe retire- Long ago, in another big moment for women’s golf in South Korea, their roles were Alexandre Geniez (right). reversed. Park was fast asleep in her apartment outside Seoul when she was jarred awake in the middle of the night. The 9-year-old girl came France’s Geniez climbs to downstairs to find her parents in front of the TV, cheering wildly as Pak won the 1998 US Vuelta third stage win Women’s Open at Blackwolf Run, a landmark moment for golf in South Korea. Two days later, Park wrapped her hands DUMBRIA: France’s Alexandre Geniez ishes over the 21-stage Tour. around a golf club for the first time. Ten years lat- stormed to victory on stage three of the “A win after such a finish is more satisfy- er, she was the youngest US Women’s Open Vuelta a Espana on Monday as Ruben ing,” said Geniez. Fernandez raised his arms champion ever. That was the first of seven Fernandez moved into the overall lead. in celebration as he crossed the line, appear- majors for Park, and a big reason why this year Geniez took the 176.4km stage from ing to be unaware that Geniez had beaten she became the youngest player (27) to qualify Marin to Dumbria in just under four-and- him to the finish by 21 seconds. However, for the LPGA Hall of Fame. Her most recent a-half hours with Fernandez in second the Spaniard wasn’t left without reward as he major was the Women’s British Open last year to and his Movistar teammate Alejandro took over the leader’s red jersey. “My goal complete the career Grand Slam. Valverde third. here was working for Nairo and Alejandro. And now she’s an Olympic champion. “I’ve Tour de France winner Chris Froome fin- However, I was told in the finale to ride by won majors, but I haven’t won a gold medal,” ished fourth to rise to third in the overall myself...and here we are, wearing red and the Park said after her five-shot victory over Lydia standings, but it was another day to forget leader’s jersey in my second Grand Tour,” said Ko, the No. 1 player in women’s golf. “So this feels KOHLER: At left, in an Aug. 20, 2016, file photo, Inbee Park, of South Korea, holds up for three-time Vuelta champion Alberto Fernandez. “I celebrated out of pure joy, very, very special, nothing I want to exchange. ... her gold medal after the final round of the women’s golf event at the 2016 Summer Contador. because of the general classification lead; by Being able to receive the gold medal on the golf Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At right, in a July 6, 1998, file photo, South Korea’s Contador is looking to match Roberto the earpiece I was told I would sit first overall course was an unforgettable moment.” Se Ri Pak holds up the U.S. Women’s Open trophy following the championship in Heras’s record of four Vuelta wins on home after the stage...I couldn’t be happier.” She had been coping with a ligament injury Kohler, Wisc. Park is an Olympic gold medalist now, and while Pak will always be soil but, having lost 52 seconds in the Froome looked in trouble at one stage as in her left thumb that led her to take two revered as South Korea’s pioneer, Park at least earn a spot next to her in history. —AP opening stage time trial, finished 28 a fur- teammate and previous race leader Michal months off from the LPGA Tour - including the ther seconds behind red jersey rivals Kwiatowski was dropped on the final climb, US Women’s Open and her title defense at the might not ever play again, especially after she ment is closer than she lets on. She said on a Froome and Valverde. Valverde moved but the Briton worked his way back through Women’s British Open - to get ready for the fulfilled her final requirement in June for the couple of occasions last week that she had no ahead of Froome thanks to four bonus sec- the field to ensure his quest to become the Olympics. She wanted to test her thumb in com- Hall of Fame. retirement plans. onds for finishing third on the stage, to go first man to win the Tour de France and petition, so she played a Korean LPGA event and “There was nothing guaranteed because I Then again, how much longer Park plays is second overall, seven seconds behind Vuelta in the same year since Bernard Hinault missed the cut. haven’t played that well this season, and I no longer relevant. She already has earned a Fernandez. Valverde’s Movistar teammate in 1978 remains unharmed. All that did was spark chatter that she haven’t really played that many events with the spot in the same conversation as Pak. There will Nairo Quintana finished a further six sec- Astana, who won last year’s race with should give up her spot in Rio to another South injury,” Park said. “So I had to overcome a lot of never be another like Pak, whose legacy goes onds back to sit fifth in the general classifi- Fabio Aru, suffered a huge blow when Korean, and it created unnecessary confusion obstacles.” beyond her five majors and 25 victories on the cation. their main general classification rider and doubt for Park. She responded with a quiet And then over four days in Rio, it was as if she LPGA Tour. She was the pioneer, whose exploits Geniez had been part of the break- Miguel Angel Lopez suffered a heavy determination. had never left. She was one shot behind after woke up a little girl in South Korea and inspired away group from early on in the stage crash eight kilometres from the end and “I really wanted to do well this week to show the first round to Ariya Jutanugarn, the No. 2 greatness. and broke clear on his own up a punish- needed to be guided to the finish by his a lot of people that I can still play,” Park said. But player in the world with four victories and a Just to be alongside her speaks to what Park ing final climb, the first of 10 summit fin- teammates. —AFP this victory was more than just validation. An major this year. She had a one-shot lead over has achieved. —AP

Wozniacki loses opening match at Connecticut Open Schiller stepping down NEW HAVEN: Four-time champion Caroline Wozniacki is out of the Connecticut Open. The for- from America’s mer top-ranked player from Denmark lost 7-5, 6-2 to Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia on Monday in the Cup role first round of the final warmup for the US Open. SAN DIEGO: Harvey Schiller, a for- Wozniacki, now ranked 51st, was coming off a mer executive director of the US second-round loss to Petra Kvitova of the Czech Olympic Committee, is stepping Republic at the Olympics. Kvitova advanced down as commercial commissioner Monday with a 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 win over American of the America’s Cup. Will Chignell, Louisa Chirico. the chief marketing and communica- Ostapenko, 19, reached the final at Doha in tions officer with the America’s Cup February and won the Wimbledon junior girls tour- Event Authority, said Monday that it nament in 2014. The key moment Monday came in was Schiller’s decision to leave. the first set when Wozniacki was up 5-3 and serv- Schiller has held the position for ing for the set. Ostapenko broke Wozniacki’s serve two years. He didn’t immediately twice in taking the next four games, then reeled off respond to calls or an email from The another four straight wins in the second set to Associated Press seeking comment close out the win. Monday. America’s Cup boss Russell “After that, the match turned the other way,” Coutts didn’t immediately respond Ostapenko said of her service breaks. “She’s a great to an email seeking comment. player ... so I just played like I had nothing to lose.” Schiller’s last day will be Aug. 31. The 39th-ranked Ostapenko will face top-seed- It’s not known if Schiller’s departure ed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in the second is related to a case Emirates Team round. Wozniacki served for set point up 5-3 but New Zealand brought against ACEA mishit a return, giving Ostapenko a chance to rally. before an arbitration panel. “The thought was there, but the execution was- It’s believed that the arbitration n’t there,” Wozniacki said. Wozniacki, who has panel recently heard the case missed time with injuries this season, said it wasn’t brought by the Kiwis after the ACEA her best match, but added “you have to give pulled a qualifying regatta that had (Ostapenko) credit where credit is due.” been planned for Auckland next “It’s been a really weird year for me, something year. In March 2015, Schiller notified I’m not used to,” she said. “It’s frustrating when you Team New Zealand that it was losing practice well and can’t really execute in the match- the qualifier in part because it had es. ... At least when I know when I’m playing my supported another syndicate in a best level, if someone beats me, that’s fine. But dispute over Coutts’ plan to down- what’s frustrating is when you’re not playing your size the boats that will be used in the best and then you get beat.” 2017 America’s Cup in Bermuda. Wozniacki’s early exit leaves the tournament Schiller was hired to supervise, with four players in the WTA’s Top 20 - Radwanska, manage and protect the commercial Roberta Vinci of Italy, Kvitova of the Czech Republic interests of the America’s Cup. and Elena Vesnina of Russia. Among his duties was to secure Vesnina and Eugenie Bouchard of Canada won international broadcast agreements. their opening matches. Bouchard rolled past Under his watch, some traditional Annika Beck of Germany 6-2, 6-1, while Vesnina sponsors, such as Louis Vuitton, beat Camila Giorgi of Italy 6-1, 6-4. returned after being turned off by The 20th-ranked Vesnina arrived in New Haven the 2013 regatta. on the heels of a doubles gold medal at the Rio Schiller formerly served as com- Olympics with Ekaterina Makarova. She reached missioner of the SEC, president of her first major singles semifinal at Wimbledon. Turner Sports, chairman and CEO In other matches Monday, Anastasija Sevastova of YankeeNets and president of beat Nicole Gibbs of the United States 7-5, 6-0, and NEW HAVEN: Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark and Klaudia Jans-Ignacik of Poland during their doubles match against Timea the International Baseball Caroline Garcia of France completed a rain-delayed Federation. —AP 6-1, 6-4 victory over Irina-Camelia Begu of Babos of Hungary and Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan on day 2 of the Connecticut Open at the Connecticut Tennis Center Romania. —AP at Yale on Monday. —AFP WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 SPORTS Will Power wins IndyCar race at Pocono

LONG POND: Will Power continued his postponed a day by rain. and died the day after the race. a flawless race on the track and in the first turn began to slow with electrical late-season surge, holding pole-sitter Defending race winner Ryan Hunter- Pocono Raceway painted JW on the pits. Hunter-Reay passed Aleshin for the problems. He coasted through the pits Mikhail Aleshin at bay after a final restart Reay finished third, Josef Newgarden track at the finish line and Union Jacks lead on lap 134, and the 29-year-old trying to restart it, got it going again, but and won the IndyCar race at Pocono was fourth, and Sebastien Bourdais fifth flew at half-staff in honor of the Russian began dropping back. He was fell a lap down. Raceway on Monday. thanks to late-race tire strategy. Scott Englishman. Both Wilson and open- fourth on lap 142 after Power surged That gave Power the lead, and after a It was the fourth win in the past six Dixon, Carlos Munoz, Juan Pablo wheel driver Bryan Clauson, who was past. debris caution on lap 176, Power exited races for Power, 29th of his career, and Montoya, Tony Kanaan and James killed two weeks ago in a crash in Kansas, The complexion of the race and the the pits in first place as Hunter-Reay got cut the lead of Team Penske teammate Hinchcliffe rounded out the top 10. were remembered in the pre-race prayer points race changed after Pagenaud hit back on the lead lap with a chance. He Simon Pagenaud to 20 points in the A year ago, Hunter-Reay won a crash- and with a moment of silence. the wall to bring out a caution. His No. 22 just ran out of laps after weaving his way standings with three races remaining in filled race at Pocono that took the life of Hunter-Reay and Aleshin took turns in bottomed out and he lost the steering back to third. the season. Englishman Justin Wilson. He suffered a the lead for the first two-thirds of the before crashing. Aleshin tried to challenge one final After crashing late, Pagenaud finished severe head injury when struck in the race, with Hunter-Reay content to ride Hunter-Reay took the lead on the time but Power pulled away over the 18th in the 500-mile race, which was helmet by debris from a late-race crash second as both drivers methodically had restart, and after zooming through the final 20 laps. —AP

ST PETERSBURG: Mookie Betts #50 of the Boston Red Sox slides to second base on a steal as Logan Forsythe #11 of the Tampa Bay Rays waits for the ball during the ninth inning of their game at Tropicana Field on Monday in St Petersburg, Florida. — AFP

Red Sox beat Rays to move into first place tie

ST PETERSBURG: David Price lim- ORIOLES 4, NATIONALS 3 DODGERS 18, REDS 9 each hit a three-run homer and ited his old team to two hits in Mark Trumbo hit his major Adrian Gonzalez hit three of the Nelson Cruz added a solo shot as eight scoreless innings, helping the league-leading 38th home run, Dodgers’ seven homers - driving in Seattle rallied to beat New York. MLB Results/Standings Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Jonathan Schoop also went deep a career-high eight runs - and rook- The Yankees got two homers Rays 6-2 on Monday night to move and Baltimore won a matchup ie Corey Seager had a noteworthy apiece from rookie catcher Gary LA Dodgers 18, Cincinnati 9; Houston 3, Pittsburgh 1; Baltimore 4, Washington 3; into a tie for first place in the AL between neighboring contenders. homer as well. The NL West leaders Sanchez and Starlin Castro, but Boston 6, Tampa Bay 2; Milwaukee 4, Colorado 2; Arizona 9, Atlanta 8; Cleveland 1, East. Price (12-8) walked two, struck Rookie Dylan Bundy (7-4) pitched six enjoyed their biggest home run three of them were solo shots. Oakland 0; Chicago Cubs 5, San Diego 1; Seattle 7, NY Yankees 5. out eight and didn’t allow a runner innings of three-hit ball for the splurge in 10 years. They’ve won 10 Zunino, recalled from Triple-A American League National League past first base while extending Orioles, who had lost five of their pre- of their last 12 games against Tacoma on July 20, answered in the Eastern Division Eastern Division Tampa Bay’s scoring drought vious six games - all at home. The vic- Cincinnati. Gonzalez started it with bottom half with his ninth home W L PCT GB Washington 73 51 .589 - against Boston to 25 innings dating tory lifted Baltimore within two a three-run shot in the first inning run - off Anthony Swarzak (1-2) - to Boston 70 54 .565 - Miami 65 59 .524 8 to a series at Fenway Park before games of first-place Toronto and off Homer Bailey (2-2), who had his put Seattle ahead 6-5. Nick Vincent Toronto 70 54 .565 - NY Mets 62 62 .500 11 the All-Star break. Evan Longoria Boston in the AL East. Zach Britton worst showing since returning from (3-3) retired all three batters he Baltimore 68 56 .548 2 Philadelphia 58 67 .464 15.5 stopped the streak with a two-run worked a perfect ninth for his 38th Tommy John surgery. The first base- faced, and rookie Edwin Diaz sur- NY Yankees 63 61 .508 7 Atlanta 45 80 .360 28.5 homer off Matt Barnes in the ninth. save. The left-hander has not allowed man also had a solo shot in the fifth, vived a shaky ninth for his 10th Tampa Bay 52 71 .423 17.5 Central Division Blake Snell (4-6) allowed two runs an earned run in 43 games since May when the Dodgers connected four save in 10 chances. Central Division Chicago Cubs 79 45 .637 - and needed 94 pitches to get 5. The Orioles did all their scoring times overall. Gonzalez’s three-run Cleveland 72 51 .585 - St. Louis 66 57 .537 12.5 through 3 2/3 innings. The victory against A.J. Cole (0-1) in his season shot in the seventh tied his career ASTROS 3, PIRATES 1 Detroit 65 59 .524 7.5 Pittsburgh 62 60 .508 16 was the ninth in 11 games for the debut. Cole was recalled from Triple- high for homers. Joey Votto singled Doug Fister pitched seven Kansas City 64 60 .516 8.5 Milwaukee 54 70 .435 25 Red Sox and lifted them into a tie A Syracuse to replace scheduled home a run off reliever Jesse Chavez scoreless innings of three-hit ball, Chicago W Sox 59 64 .480 13 Cincinnati 53 71 .427 26 with Toronto, which was idle starter Stephen Strasburg, who was (1-0), one of his four RBIs. Teoscar Hernandez hit a two-run Minnesota 49 75 .395 23.5 Western Division Monday. placed on the 15-day disabled. homer and Houston beat Western Division LA Dodgers 69 55 .556 - INDIANS 1, ATHLETICS 0 Pittsburgh. Hernandez connected Texas 73 52 .584 - San Francisco 68 56 .548 1 Carlos Carrasco and Andrew off fellow rookie Jameson Taillon Seattle 67 57 .540 5.5 Colorado 60 65 .480 9.5 Miller combined on a four-hitter, (3-3) in the fifth inning after A.J. Houston 65 60 .520 8 San Diego 53 72 .424 16.5 Carlos Santana homered in the Reed’s leadoff walk. Alex Oakland 53 72 .424 20 Arizona 52 73 .416 17.5 eighth inning and Cleveland beat Bregman, another Astros rookie, LA Angels 52 72 .419 20.5 Oakland. Carrasco (9-6) was mas- hit his fourth homer in the ninth terful while limiting the A’s to four inning off Neftali Feliz. Fister hits over eight innings. The right- struck out six, walked one and hander had nine strikeouts, retired retired 11 of the first 12 batters. the side in order five times and Ken Giles got his fourth save allowed only one runner to reach despite allowing David Freese’s second base. Miller struck out the RBI single in the ninth. side in the ninth for his 11th save. Neither team did much offensively DIAMONDBACKS 9, BRAVES 8 until Santana’s one-out home run Paul Goldschmidt hit a solo off reliever Ryan Dull (5-4), his 27th homer in the ninth inning to lift of the season. Arizona over Atlanta. Goldschmidt hit his 19th homer CUBS 5, PADRES 1 off John Gant (1-3) deep into the Kris Bryant, Addison Russell and left-field seats to lead off the Jason Heyward all homered to inning, helping Arizona overcome back Jon Lester’s strong outing for a five-run deficit and a two-homer Chicago. Bryant’s solo shot in the night from Freddie Freeman. fifth inning was his 32nd of the Freeman hit a solo homer off year, tying him with Colorado’s Enrique Burgos (1-1) to tie it in the Nolan Arenado for the National ninth. League lead. Lester (14-4) limited the Padres to a run and five hits in BREWERS 4, ROCKIES 2 six innings. He struck out eight and Chris Carter homered and walked two in winning for the 10th Jimmy Nelson won for the first time in his last 11 decisions. Edwin time in seven starts. Nelson (7-13) Jackson (3-4) gave up five runs and gave up two runs and seven hits in seven hits in five innings. six innings. Carter’s solo homer to MILWAUKEE: Ryan Braun #8 of the Milwaukee Brewers reaches on an left in the third, his 30th of the sea- error in the first inning against the Colorado Rockies at Miller Park on MARINERS 7, YANKEES 5 son, off Chad Bettis (10-7) extend- Monday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. — AFP Mike Zunino and Kyle Seager ed Milwaukee’s lead to 4-1. — AP Turkmen president blasts sports chief over latest Olympic flop

ASHGABAT: Turkmenistan’s president of minister, that he had failed to do all he could Arts Games in September 2017, while British Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov gave his sports “to increase the sporting authority of the running legend Sebastian Coe’s company has chief a public dressing-down yesterday after the fatherland.” The president also warned Seiidov given advice on planning. Central Asian country’s athletes once more to “make good on these shortcomings in the The Turkmen leader oversees a “month of came home empty-handed from the Olympics. near future or face the sack,” state television health and happiness” every spring in which “It’s disappointing that even with all the facil- reported. state officials and ordinary citizens are forced to ities provided, you could not justify the trust of In 2012, Berdymukhamedov, who is a keen take part in mass group exercises in public. the nation,” Berdymukhamedov told the sports horseman, fired a previous sports committee He took power in the tightly-controlled committee chief Kaakbay Seiidov in an angry head after a similarly poor performance by the country after erratic predecessor Sapurmurat encounter shown on state television. national team at the London Olympics. Niyazov died of a reported heart attack in 2006. Oil-rich Turkmenistan, with a population of The only Turkmenistan-born athlete to claim This year, Turkmenistan’s neighbours five million, has never won a single Olympic a medal at this year’s Games-silver-winning Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan both enjoyed their medal, unlike its four neighbours in ex-Soviet weightlifter Daniyar Ismayilov-did so represent- best-ever medal hauls at Summer Games, tak- Central Asia. ing Turkey, where he now lives permanently. ing 17 and 13 medals respectively. At Rio, none of its nine athletes got past the Berdymukhamedov, 59, has spent billions in A weightlifter from Kyrgyzstan was the first SAN ANDRES: Direct Energie’s French cyclist Lilian Calmejane celebrates on the podi- qualification rounds. The president told the building world-class sports facilities for the athlete excluded for doping, stripping the coun- um after winning the fourth stage of the 71st edition of “La Vuelta” Tour of Spain, a sports chief, whose position is the equivalent country to host the Asian Indoor and Martial try of its only medal. — AFP 163,5 km route between Betanzos to San Andres de Teixido yesterday. — AFP WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 SPORTS Trinidad board launches probe after washout

MUMBAI: The Trinidad and Tobago Cricket had reached 62 for two wickets and no further “Once this has been done, it will be presented The ground might also face action from the Board has launched an investigation after only play was possible over the next four days despite to the WICB (West Indies Cricket Board).” governing ICC if Sri Lankan match referee Ranjan 22 overs could be played over five days in the periods of sunshine. “As hosts, the Trinidad and The abandonment and lack of modern equip- Madugalle submits an adverse report against fourth and final test between West Indies and Tobago Cricket Board and QPCC (Queen’s Park ment at the ground have been panned by critics the venue. India at the Queen’s Park Oval due to a soggy Cricket Club) regret that limited play was possi- and former cricketers as the test format strug- According to ICC regulations, the governing outfield. ble in the 4th Test Match between WI and India gles to attract spectators in the Caribbean. body will make the match referee’s report public The lack of action meant India won the four- at the Queen’s Park Oval,” TTCB President Azim Former West Indies captain Viv Richards was if he has rated it ‘poor’. “It is not for the BCCI to test series 2-0 but surrendered top spot in the Bassarath said in a statement after the match. among those critical of the organisers. comment or look into matters of foreign cricket International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings to “We have jointly launched an investigation to “Folks here have some questions to answer,” boards or their facilities,” Indian cricket board Pakistan, less than a week after taking over the determine what occurred with a view to remedy- the batting great said on television commentary. (BCCI) secretary Ajay Shirke told Reuters. “If at number one position from Australia. Rain halted ing the situation so that this does not occur in “Not having a Super Sopper (mechanical mop) is all, it is a matter for ICC to look into if it so play on the first day of the test after West Indies the future. unacceptable.” desires.” —Reuters

Azhar hopes Pakistan transfer Test form into England ODIs

LONDON: Pakistan one-day captain Azhar we will take the opportunity and the way Ali wants to see the team take the form the team is performing, hopefully we can that had made them the world’s number convert it into ODIs as well.” one-ranked Test side into their one-day England’s one-day cricket has been on series against England. Azhar was a mem- an upward curve since their embarrassing ber of the Pakistan team that secured an first-round exit at last year’s World Cup and impressive 2-2 draw in a recent four-Test Azhar is among those who’ve been series against England and is now looking impressed by how Eoin Morgan’s side have for his side to hit similar heights in a five- bounced back in the 50-over format. match one-day international series starting “The way England started playing after in Southampton today. the World Cup, they played a lot of attack- Pakistan, following their results in ing, fearless cricket and they’ve been per- England, and India’s rain-affected fourth forming very well,” he said. “We know that Test draw with the West Indies in Port-of- and we have to be aggressive against Spain, are now number one in the Test them as well. “We are all very confident. rankings for the first time in history. No one rated us very highly-a few people By contrast, they are just ninth in the said we would be competitive but there ODI standings and in danger of missing out were doubts if we could win the Test on automatic qualification for the 2019 matches here. World Cup in England. But Azhar is confi- “But the boys really believed in the Test dent the team’s white-ball fortunes can be matches, so here also we believe we can do turned around following what was, to it.” After the Test series, Pakistan thrashed many observers, their surprise effort in win- Ireland by 255 runs in an ODI at Malahide ning two Tests in English conditions. on Thursday-Saturday’s second fixture in a “Confidence is very high and belief is two-match series was washed out-but they there, obviously coming from the Test are now set to face the fit-again Durham series, we had a very good couple of duo of fast bowler Mark Wood and all- months here,” Azhar told reporters at rounder Ben Stokes, although the latter will Southampton on Tuesday. “We take that be deployed as a batsman only at confidence into the one-day internationals Southampton. as well. “Wood is definitely a very good bowler “Being number one is a massive boost and Stokes a very good all-round player, and a proud moment for Pakistan cricket and a good batsman too,” Azhar said. and the whole nation is very happy about “Every player they have could be a it, and as players the team is really happy match-winner for them, so we have to about it. focus on each and every player. If we do “It’s definitely a good thing for us. Our that and bring our plans in, we can defi- one-day ranking is not great right now but nitely challenge England.” —AFP

WELLINGTON: This file photo taken on March 25, 2012 shows Mark Boucher of South Africa playing a shot on day three of the third and final five-day international cricket Test match between New Zealand and South Africa at the Basin Reserve in Wellington. Former South Africa wicketkeeper Mark Boucher, whose career was cut short by a freak eye injury, was named coach of Pretoria-based franchise Titans on Monday. —AFP S Africa, N Zealand first Test washout

DURBAN: South African captain Faf du Plessis “It’s disappointing that a Test series becomes a each which they had bowled. and New Zealand coach Mike Hesson both one-off,” said Du Plessis. “The guys were relentless. They hit excellent expressed disappointment after the first Test “Test cricket is about longer, stronger, who areas and didn’t give the New Zealand batsmen between South Africa and New Zealand was can do it for the longest time.” But he said there any free runs.” abandoned as a draw due to poor ground condi- were several positives for South Africa going into Following Monday’s washout, Cricket South tions yesterday. No play was possible on days Centurion for the decider. Africa chief executive Haroon Lorgat blamed three, four and five because of a wet, soft out- “Winning the toss on a greenish wicket, our unseasonal rain and a re-laid outfield for the loss field which the umpires decided would be dan- opening pair had a real solid partnership against of play at the Kingsmead ground. gerous for players. No play took place after rain a quality seam attack. Looking back we had a He said the outfield had been relaid in June fell during the lunch break on the second day on good score in the conditions although it was dis- following complaints by players about condi- Saturday, when New Zealand were on 15 for two appointing that we didn’t score 300 or 350,” he tions during a Twenty20 international and a one- in reply to South Africa’s first innings total of 263. said “We got ourselves into positions where we day international there in August 2015, also Rain continued throughout the rest of Saturday just needed one guy to bat a bit longer.” involving New Zealand. and into early Sunday morning. Du Plessis said opening bowlers Dale Steyn “However, the unseasonal rain at this time of The weather cleared and there was no further and Vernon Philander, both returning after year impacted our preparations of the newly laid rain but the outfield conditions did not improve injuries, had been outstanding in the six overs outfield,” he added. —AFP sufficiently for play to resume. “We were dying to get out there,” said Du Plessis. “New Zealand were in a spot of bother on a wicket which was SCOREBOARD giving a lot of assistance.” Despite that Du Plessis said that he respected the decision of the DURBAN, South Africa: Final scores in the drawn first Test between South Africa and New Zealand yes- umpires. “There were areas that were muddy terday after rain prevented play: and loose underfoot. The message was clear South Africa first innings, 263 (H Amla 53; N Extras 0 from the umpires that the players’ safety was Wagner 3-47, T Boult 3-52) Total(2 wkts, 12 overs) 15 their main concern,” he said. New Zealand first innings (overnight: 15-2) Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Latham), 2-12 (Guptill) “Both teams were very keen to play,” said M. Guptill lbw b Steyn 7 Bowling: Steyn 6-4-3-2, Philander 6-1-12-0 COLOMBO: Australia’s Travis Head bats during a training session at The R. Hesson. “But we respect the decision of the T. Latham c Amla b Steyn 4 Did not bat: H. Nicholls, B. Watling, M. Santner, Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo yesterday, ahead of umpires.” K. Williamson not out 2 D. Bracewell, T. Southee, N. Wagner, T. Boult the second one day international cricket match against Sri Lanka. —AFP The series will now be decided in the second R. Taylor not out 2 Result: Match drawn. and final Test starting at Centurion on Saturday. Floodlight failure mars India’s pink ball debut

NEW DELHI: India’s experiment with the pink ball in rebranded India Red and India Green, were excited at novel idea. Local people are eager to watch the pink the Duleep Trophy domestic championship met with the prospect of the longest format of the game also ball game under lights. We are just hoping that all major embarrassment after floodlight failure inter- being played after dark in India. “I think it is pretty goes well,” Rajeev Tyagi, one of the ground’s adminis- rupted play for over an hour in the day-night match exciting and something to look forward to,” said veter- trators, told AFP before the floodlight failure. India yesterday. The Duleep Trophy, a four-day triangular an all-rounder Yuvraj Singh, who has enjoyed great had been expected to stage their first day-night Test competition which traditionally heralds the start of success for the national team under lights in ODI and during a tour by New Zealand starting next month. the Indian cricket season, is seen as a possible precur- T20 cricket. “The New Zealand-Australia Test match But the plans were shelved to give more time for trials sor to day-night Tests in cricket’s biggest market. But (first day-night Test played in Adelaide last year) I saw of the pink Kookaburra ball. the first match on the outskirts of the capital New was pretty exciting. The ball was swinging a bit much. Designers say the pink ball is far more visible Delhi witnessed three of the six light towers go out It will be challenging if it swings a lot, playing under under lights than the red ball that has traditionally twice in the post dinner session, forcing the players to lights,” added Singh, who is captaining India Red. been used in Tests. The white ball used in limited- leave the field. The first interruption happened just Suresh Raina, the captain of India Green who is overs cricket is not viable for Tests as it clashes with after the dinner interval when play was delayed by 17 trying to force his way back into the Indian team, was the players’ white clothing and sight screens as well as minutes due to insufficient light while the second similarly enthusiastic. “The Duleep Trophy has not being less durable. The Australia-New Zealand match break stretched to about 50 minutes. been played with the pink ball before and it’s a good is the only Test so far to have been played under The organisers refused to answer any queries after challenge. All the boys are keen (to perform) and this lights. But Pakistan are also set to stage day/night GREATER NOIDA: ‘India Green’ cricketers appeal for a leg before wicket the fiasco as play carried on well past 9pm, the origi- is a good platform ahead of the season,” said Raina. contests against Australia and the West Indies in the (LBW) decision against ‘India Red’ batsman Abhinav Mukund during a nal time for end of play. “There was some problem in Gulf later this year. India, who have just been toppled Duleep Trophy cricket match between ‘India Green’ and ‘India Red’ in the main electrical circuit of the floodlights, which EAGER FANS by Pakistan at the top of the rankings, are about to Greater Noida yesterday. India’s Duleep Trophy domestic championship was tripping,” a ground official told AFP on condition Singh’s team won the toss and chose to bat first in embark on an extensive round of Test match cricket began staging its first match under floodlights, experimenting with a pink of anonymity. Earlier the players taking part in the afternoon in front of a cheering crowd who had by hosting series against New Zealand, England, ball in a likely precursor to the advent of day-night Tests in cricket’s biggest Tuesday’s match, between teams that have been filed in to watch a piece of cricketing history. “It’s a Bangladesh and Australia. —AFP market. —AFP WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 SPORTS Leicester ready to make further investments in squad

LEICESTER: Leicester City are ready to fielder N’Golo Kante moved to Chelsea Leicester picked up their first point of three-year contract. The club began the ficult, but we still try our best to do good spend to make further additions to their in the close season. the new season after a goalless draw season with a 1-1 draw against Watford things.” The Serbian playmaker, who title-winning squad if the right opportu- British media reports have linked against Arsenal last weekend and will and then suffered a 2-0 defeat at signed a new four-year deal with nity arises, the club’s vice-chairman Austrian defender Aleksandar Dragovic welcome Swansea City in their next Manchester United last week. “We are Southampton earlier this month, said it Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha has said. over a possible move to King Power league fixture on Saturday. disappointed. We need to see what is was vital to get back to winning ways Leicester have signed striker Ahmed Stadium. “Several of our players made Meanwhile, Southampton will take good and what is not good and to clean when they face Sunderland on Saturday. Musa, midfielder Nampalys Mendy, goal- long-term commitments to the club dur- time to adapt to the diamond midfield our mistakes,” Tadic told the club’s web- “We just want to see what is good keeper Ron-Robert Zieler, defender Luis ing the summer months and I’m delight- formation set out by new manager site (www.saintsfc.co.uk). and what is not good on this game, and Hernandez and Poland winger Bartosz ed,” Srivaddhanaprabha was quoted as Claude Puel, midfielder Dusan Tadic has “This specific system, players didn’t try now to win the game against Kapustka in the current transfer window. saying by the Leicester Mercury. said as the club seek their first win in the play so much that system and then you Sunderland. This is most important,” the Striker Jamie Vardy and winger Riyad “I’m already excited by the strength new Premier League campaign. need always to learn from that system 27-year-old added. “It’s important to win Mahrez were among those from the his- and vibrancy of the squad and we are The 54-year-old Frenchman Puel was and this needs time. We are still learning some games, then you get extra confi- toric Premier League winning squad to ready to make to make further invest- named Southampton manager in end things from that system.” “The coach dence and for the rest of the season you commit their future to the club, but mid- ments if the right opportunities arise.” June, succeeding Ronald Koeman on a tries to explain to us and it’s hard, it’s dif- can do better things.” — Reuters Guardiola confirms Bravo on his way to replace Hart

MANCHESTER: Pep Guardiola tive games, all victories, that have fallen through, at least in part Sterling suffered more than insisted yesterday that he will con- Spanish manager Guardiola has due to his high salary which makes most from England’s disappointing tinue working with Joe Hart at overseen. Bravo flew in to even a loan move prohibitive for European Championship campaign Manchester City, even as Barcelona Manchester from Barcelona on many potential suitors. “I have an and attracted unwanted attention goalkeeper Claudio Bravo flew in Tuesday to complete his reported excellent relationship with Joe. We off the field, but Guardiola has no to replace the unwanted England £17 million ($22 million, 20 million are clear-him with me, I with him. doubt his player will prevail. international. Hart has been the euros) transfer from the Spanish We spoke about football,” said “The fans may boo because most high-profile victim of club, a move that will see Hart, Guardiola who was photographed they know how good he is,” said Guardiola’s new reign as manager England’s undisputed first-choice talking to Hart during training the manager. “He has shown us, he of the Premier League club, with goalkeeper during this year’s ahead of City’s Champions League has shown me, that in this team he the City boss publicly announcing European Championships, relegat- qualifying tie with Steaua is mentally strong and can focus on his preference for a goalkeeper ed to third choice at the Eastlands. Bucharest on Wednesday. his job from the beginning of the who can play better with the ball at Hart’s plight has been com- “So I can’t deny what everybody game. “He will make good things his feet. Willy Caballero replaced pounded because potential moves knows. Barcelona, seven to 10 days happen for us and for the England Hart for City’s first three competi- to Everton and Sevilla appear to ago, were the first ones to national team, I’m pretty sure of announce contact with that,” the former Barcelona and Manchester City. “But I’m sorry Bayern Munich boss added. “When guys, until the deal is complete or people stop talking about him for not complete (I can’t speak), but at what happens off the pitch and SHANGHAI: Wu Lei (R) of China’s Shanghai SIPG fights for the ball with Lee Jae Sung the moment the player (Bravo) is talk about him for what happens of South Korea’s Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors during their AFC Champions League quar- not our player,” Guardiola also told on the pitch then everything is ter-final football match in Shanghai yesterday. — AFP reporters. going well.” The City manager has “Until August 31, all the players made an impressive start to the Hulkless, goalless Shanghai here are my players, and I will work new campaign despite being with- with them like there is no end, so out injured captain Vincent SIPG held by Jeonbuk Hyundai after that we can speak about Kompany and pre-season signings everything. “The situation with Ilkay Gundogan and Leroy Sane, SHANGHAI: Injured Brazilian forward Hulk al forward Wu Lei whose square pass into Joe, I spoke about in the last two although he expects the trio to be sat out again as his Shanghai SIPG side the box fell just short of his strike partner press conferences. I am not able to available for the Manchester derby drew 0-0 at home to Jeonbuk Hyundai Elkeson. Just two minutes later the speak about negotiations.” on September 10. Motors in the Asian Champions League Brazilian front man, who won the Asian “Now we have this week and quarter-final first leg on Tuesday. The pow- Champions League last season with STRONG STERLING then 10 days to work with them in erfully-built attacker played just 21 minutes Guangzhou Evergrande, had the 33,000- Meanwhile, Guardiola has training sessions to improve their of football before being injured on his strong crowd screaming for a penalty when backed forward Raheem Sterling to physical condition,” said Guardiola. debut on July 11 after a high-profile 55 mil- he fell at the edge of Jeonbuk’s box. cope with the abuse he is receiving “Hopefully when we come back lion euros ($61 million) transfer from Zenit However Australian referee Benjamin from opposition supporters after from the international break they St Petersburg. Williams gave a free-kick outside the 18- he was roundly booed in the week- will be fully part of our training ses- The Shanghai side’s coach, former yard area which Elkeson blasted straight Pep Guardiola end victory at Stoke. sions.” — AFP England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson, against the wall. In the 37th minute, had hoped at the weekend that Hulk might Jeonbuk’s Brazilian forward Leonardo hit be fit to make his comeback in the the post with a curling effort from outside Champions League clash. the box. Allardyce ponders England But Hulk’s name was absent from the A whipping free-kick from Lu Wenjun teamsheet Tuesday along with that of almost put SIPG ahead but Jeonbuk goal- another key player, Argentine playmaker keeper Kwoun Sun-Tae pushed the effort recall for John Terry Dario Conca, who could be out for the sea- wide in the 54th minute. SIPG enjoyed a son, the club said, after sustaining a knee spell of heavy pressure towards the end injury in a domestic match on Friday. as an unusually-animated Eriksson urged BURTON-ON-TRENT: New England “Maybe so. I think it depends on by Iceland at Euro 2016. central England. Guardiola has Despite their missing stars, SIPG started his charges on from the touchline. His manager Sam Allardyce will consid- what John said. He begins his tenure with a 2018 expressed reservations about brightly and had the better of their South exhortations almost paid off when Wu Lei er ending former captain John “Maybe if I get the opportunity, I World Cup qualifying match against Hart’s passing ability and Allardyce Korean opponents in a match played in went close with a backwards header from Terry’s four-year international exile, might have to give him a ring. But Slovakia in Trnava on September 4 said he would speak to the City humid 30 Celsius temperatures at Shanghai inside the box two minutes from time. “I he revealed on Monday. until I come to that selection or that and will name his first squad on manager about the matter. Stadium. think it was an acceptable outcome,” Terry, 35, retired from England process, we’ll wait and see. Sunday. The first decent chance did not fall until Eriksson told reporters after the match. duty in September 2012 after the “I don’t know what the political Allardyce, known as ‘Big Sam’, ROONEY ROLE the 25th minute when a long ball was “They had some chances, we had some Football Association charged him side of that might mean, if there is a confirmed goalkeeper Joe Hart will Another England player now expertly-controlled by Chinese internation- chances, so it was even. — AFP with racially abusing Queens Park political side. I’ll have to have that be selected, despite having lost his under Guardiola’s orders is centre- Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand. conversation if I feel that John Terry place at Manchester City under new back John Stones, who recently He was later fined and given a four- may be a possibility.” manager Pep Guardiola. joined City from Everton. game ban. Terry, capped 78 times, signed a But Allardyce warned it is “criti- Allardyce expressed hope that Roy Hodgson, Allardyce’s prede- one-year Chelsea contract exten- cal” for Hart to secure regular first- Guardiola will improve Stones’s Ventura to freshen cessor, said in March that England sion in May and has played in their team football if he is to remain defending, citing his work with had still not successfully replaced two games to date under new man- England’s first-choice goalkeeper. Gerard Pique at Barcelona as an the Chelsea centre-back and ager Antonio Conte. “If it goes for a longer period of example. “Potential is something up Italy squad Allardyce has not ruled out handing Allardyce, 61, was appointed time, then I think it’s difficult to that’s going to be great in the him a recall. England manager in July after select them,” Allardyce told future,” Allardyce said of Stones, ROME: New Italy coach Giampiero Ventura as a youngster plays badly here he’s massa- Asked if Terry might be in line for Hodgson stepped down following reporters at the St George’s Park 22. “I want it right now and I think said yesterday that he wanted to build on cred.” Conte left to take charge of English an England return, Allardyce said: England’s humiliating elimination national football centre in Burton, he’s got a great chance of becom- the foundations laid by his predecessor Premier League side Chelsea after the ing ‘right now’.” Allardyce must also Antonio Conte by adding more youth to Euros, and the 68-year-old Ventura will lead decide whether to persist with the squad. An ageing Italy outfit impressed the national team for the first time next Wayne Rooney as captain. He said in Euro 2016, where they chalked up excel- week. “We will continue the work that he had made up his mind on the lent wins over Belgium and Spain, only to Conte started,” added Ventura. “I’m sure we issue, but would not make an be beaten in the quarter-finals by Germany can carry on playing good football. We are announcement until next week. after a marathon penalty shoot-out. Eight not starting from scratch like Conte had to Rooney, 30, played in midfield of the players who started the match do when he took over. “I can really focus 80 for England at Euro 2016, but has against Germany last month are now aged percent on the details and the other 20 been operating in a number 10 29 or over, with 38-year-old goalkeeper percent is all I need to look at the general role at Manchester United since Gianluigi Buffon indicating he is likely to organisation of the team. That’s what gives the appointment of Jose retire after the 2018 World Cup. me hope for the future. Mourinho as manager. “In two years we would like to have a “I need time but that’s the only thing “I think his best position is group of players aged 21 to 23,” former that I’m lacking. We only have a couple of where he’s being played now Torino coach Ventura said ahead of Italy’s days to prepare each match, but I have a because that’s the manager of friendly against France in Bari on solid group of players who are all available Manchester United telling him September 1. to me.” After the France friendly, Italy get where he wants him to play, “We have a lot of young talent. They their 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign with Zlatan (Ibrahimovic),” need to play and develop in their clubs. underway with a trip to Haifa to play Israel Allardyce said. They also need to be encouraged. As soon on September 5. — AFP Rooney’s United team-mate Marcus Rashford has disappeared from view under Mourinho, hav- ing broken into England’s Euro squad after his stunning emer- gence last season. Allardyce said the 18-year-old might be best served by dropping into England’s Under-21 squad in order to build up playing time. Asked to explain England’s recurrent failings at major tourna- ments, Allardyce said the collec- tive problem was “psychological”. But he vowed to eschew a soft- ly-softly approach and said the way to get more from the coun- try’s under-performing players was to challenge them. “I might be slightly more demanding as a manager,” he said. “My idea of coaching and man- managing the players is: yes, we get on well, we communicate well together, but at the end of the day, to try and push them a little farther than they’ve already been pushed. “For me, they get every- AL-AIN: Uzbekistan’s Lokomotiv club midfielder Server Djeparov (R) fights for the EINDHOVEN: PSV Eindhoven’s Dutch midfielder Siem de Jong takes part in a training session in Eindhoven thing they need. But when you get ball against UAE’s Al-Ain defender midfielder Lee Myung Joo during their Asian yesterday. Dutch football club PSV Eindhoven rented Siem de Jong for a season from the English football everything you need, it means you Champions League quarter-final football match at the Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in club Newcastle United. — AFP can demand more.” — AFP Al-Ain yesterday. — AFP WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 SPORTS Sponsors drop Lochte after Rio scandal

WASHINGTON: Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte team, we cannot condone behavior that is Saturday that he had “left details out” and lost four sponsorship deals Monday-a major counter to the values this brand has long stood “overexaggerated some parts of the story.” He financial hit for the embattled gold medalist for,” it said. “We appreciate his many achieve- also admitted he was still intoxicated when he stemming from his spurious claim of being ments and hope he moves forward and learns gave his initial account of the incident, adding: robbed at gunpoint in Rio, a story later discred- from this experience,” Speedo USA said of “I let my team down.” ited by Brazilian police. Lochte, who has won a total of 12 medals in Following the incident, Lochte flew back to Global swimwear brand Speedo and US fash- Olympic competition during his career, six of the United States, while the other three-Gunnar ion label Ralph Lauren topped the list of compa- them gold. In a statement to E! News, Lochte Bentz, Jack Conger and Jimmy Feigen-stayed in nies that ended their relationships with the 32- said he was “grateful for the opportunities” Brazil. On Thursday, police released closed-cir- year-old Lochte, with the former noting his afforded to him by his ties with Speedo-a 10- cuit TV footage and other evidence about the actions had not reflected the “values” it wished year deal that was due to end this year, accord- events at the gas station. to promote. ing to ESPN. The athletes, who appeared intoxicated, Mattress company Airweave and Syneron Ralph Lauren, which outfitted Team USA for stopped in a taxi at the gas station to use the JAKARTA: Indonesia’s badminton mixed doubles gold medallists Tontowi Ahmad (R) Candela, the parent company for a laser hair the Olympic opening and closing ceremonies in bathroom during the early hours of the morn- and Liliyana Natsir (L) bite their medals during their arrival following the Rio removal system that Lochte promoted, quickly Rio, said it too was finished with Lochte, noting ing. Lochte and the others then vandalized the Olympics at the Sukarno-Hatta airport in Tangerang, outskirts of Jakarta yesterday. followed suit. Lochte claimed he and three of that their agreement was specific to the Rio area near the bathroom and, according to the Indonesian Olympic gold medal winners Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir were his teammates-all of them gold medal winners Games and his contract would not be renewed. manager, urinated on the walls. Confronted by given a hero’s welcome yesterday by hundreds of flag-waving fans as the Badminton in Rio-were mugged by robbers pretending to “Ralph Lauren continues to proudly sponsor the a security guard, they tried to leave. When the champions returned home. — AFP be police after a night out, but the story quickly US Olympic and Paralympic Team and the val- confrontation escalated, the security guard took unraveled as new witness testimony and sur- ues that its athletes embody,” it added in a out his pistol and made them sit on the ground. veillance video surfaced. statement. Airweave said on Twitter it was end- After paying about $50 in compensation for Hero’s welcome for Police said the group had been detained ing its partnership with Lochte, which was also the damage to the station, they left unharmed over the vandalization of a gas station bath- limited to the Rio Olympics. and returned to the athletes’ village. “There was Indonesian gold medallists room, apparently led by a drunken Lochte-a And Syneron Candela said in a statement to no robbery of the kind reported by the athletes,” major embarrassment for Team USA, an ESPN: “We hold our employees to high stan- the head of Rio’s civil police, Fernando Veloso, JAKARTA: Indonesian Olympic gold medal Ahmad and Natsir were Indonesia’s only Olympic swimming powerhouse. “Speedo USA dards, and we expect the same of our business told a press conference. Lochte’s claims caused winners Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir gold medal winners in Rio, beating Chan today announces the decision to end its spon- partners. We wish Ryan well on his future the Olympic authorities huge embarrassment, were given a hero’s welcome yesterday by Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying of Malaysia in sorship of Ryan Lochte,” the company said in a endeavors and thank him for the time he spent highlighting security worries at a Games where hundreds of flag-waving fans as the bad- the badminton mixed doubles. statement, noting that the company will donate supporting our brand.” Brazil deployed 85,000 police and soldiers-dou- minton champions returned home. It was the country’s first Olympic gold $50,000 of Lochte’s fees to Save the Children, to ble the number used in the 2012 London They arrived at Jakarta airport to enthu- since the Beijing games in 2008. The play- go towards helping Brazilian youths. ‘OVEREXAGGERATED’ Games. He could yet face disciplinary action siastic scenes from the waiting crowd, ers will both receive a tax-free bonus of five “While we have enjoyed a winning relation- After issuing a written apology that was over the incident-both USA Swimming and the before travelling through the capital in an billion rupiah ($380,000) for winning gold, ship with Ryan for over a decade and he has widely ridiculed online as half-hearted, Lochte International Olympic Committee could sanc- open-top, double-decker bus. as well as 20 million rupiah a month for the been an important member of the Speedo admitted in an interview with NBC aired tion him. — AFP Ahmad thanked the sports minister and rest of their lives. others who supported the players for Indonesia pays the second-highest cash “helping us achieve this success”. bonuses to its athletes who win Olympic “Hopefully our success can be repeated gold, with only Singapore giving bigger by our juniors and other athletes, hopefully payouts. this will motivate them,” he said. Also present at the welcoming ceremo- At the welcoming ceremony, Sports ny were Indonesian weightlifters Sri Minister Imam Nahrawi hailed the players’ Wahyuni and Eko Yuli Irawan, who both victory as “the answer to eight years of won silver in Rio. Indonesia won a total of yearning for an Olympic gold medal”. three medals. — AFP Enduring images of the 2016 Rio Games

RIO DE JANEIRO: The enduring images of athletes to try increasingly dangerous the 2016 Rio Games: moves. Ait Said snapped the lower part of his left leg in an awkward landing, suffering SEALED WITH A KISS a double tibia and fibula fracture. He was in Swimming great Michael Phelps regained agony as his leg flopped to one side to gas- his cherished 200m butterfly Olympic pos of horror from the crowd and other crown, dominating a grudge match with gymnasts. Ait Said, who missed the 2012 Chad le Clos in which the 2012 champion games after breaking his right leg in a from South Africa was relegated to fifth vault, was out and about in Rio on crutches place. Phelps, 31, held off the challenge of before the Games ended, visiting France young rivals Masato Sakai of Japan and House and insisting @The adventure of Tamas Kenderesi of Hungary — then Tokyo 2020 is still possible”. enthralled the Olympic Aquatics Stadium crowd with a climb into the stands to share WORTH THE PAIN his moment of triumph with three-month- Middleweight Misael Rodriguez begged for old son Boomer, snuggled in the arms of money on Mexico City’s streets and buses to his mother Nicole Johnson with Phelps’s fulfil his dream of reaching the Rio Olympics, mother Debbie, at their side. saying the trip was “well worth all the pain” despite coming away not with gold but DINIZ DRAMA bronze in a divisin won by Cuba’s Arlen Lopez. World record-holder Yohann Diniz’s courageous effort in the 50km race walk HANDSHAKE SNUB ended in an eighth place finish and a Egyptian judoka Islam El Shehaby was stretcher. The Frenchman set a torrid pace jeered out of the Olympic arena after refus- in the sultry heat and led by one minute, 40 ing to shake hands with his Israeli oppo- NEW YORK: (L-R) Members of the “Final Five” US Women’s Gymnastics OlympicTeam, Gabby Douglas, Madison Kocian, Aly Raisman, Simone seconds at the halfway stage. He soldiered nent Or Sasson, or make the customary Biles and Laurie Hernandez visit the Empire State Building in New York, yesterday. — AFP on through severe intestinal trouble before post-bout bow. The snub reverberated collapsing at the 38km mark, only to rise beyond the bounds of Rio, with the and finish the race, five minutes and 45 sec- International Olympic Committee saying S Africa receives onds behind winner Matej Toth of Slovakia. the Egyptian Olympic committee “strongly India runner slams officials for water condemned” El Shehaby’s action and he hero’s welcome ANOTHER WORLD was given a strong reprimand. NEW DELHI: India ordered an inquiry yesterday just two medals-a silver and a bronze-at the Rio JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s The Rio Olympics threw the economic after an athlete said national officials failed to give Games, fewer than the six clinched during their best- Olympic medallists including disparities of Brazil into sharp relief. The VILIFYING LAVILLENIE her water during the Olympic marathon leading her ever performance in London in 2012. track star Caster Semenya August 5 opening ceremony at Maracana French pole vault star Renaud Lavillenie to collapse, heaping further embarrassment follow- Jaisha’s allegations were yet another blow for received a hero’s welcome yester- was low on technology and high on inven- was reduced to tears on the medal podium ing a poor showing in Rio. Indian officials at Rio Games who-including the day when they arrived from the tion thanks to the economic constraints as a hostile crowd showered him with boos Runner O.P. Jaisha, 33, told media she collapsed sports minister Goel-have been widely panned by Games in Brazil. faced by the recession-hit nation. But the for a second time. Lavillenie had lashed out after the women’s marathon because Indian officials local media for their behaviour. Hundreds of people gathered festivities seemed a world away from those at fans who subjected him to deafening failed to provide refreshments at designated country The Rio organising committee slammed the min- at Johannesburg’s main airport watching the fireworks from a terrace in booing and catcalls during his dramatic stations during the race. ister’s entourage as “aggressive and rude,” and cheered for the team which the Mangueira favela, a slum where some duel with Brazilian Thiago Braz da Silva- “I could have died there... Only once in 8 kilome- warned him for repeatedly trying to get unaccredited received a total of 10 medals, with of the nation’s poorest live less than a kilo- which the home favorite won. Lavillenie tres did we get water (from the Rio organisers) which people into the Olympic venues. gold from Wayde Van Niekerk for meter from the iconic stadium. compared it to the treatment of black run- did not help at all,” Press Trust of India quoted her as The Indian Express newspaper accused Goel of ner Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin his world record setting 400- saying. spending his time in Rio taking selfies with “exhaust- metres race. TO OUR LEADER Olympics. But pleas for sportsmanship and “All the countries had their stalls at every 2 kms ed Indian athletes”. Van Niekerk, the new world North Korean gymnast Ri Se-Gwang had respect for the Olympic spirit brought no but our country’s stall was empty,” she said. The Indian athletes complain of substandard training champion is due to compete in the tears in his eyes as he stood to attention on relief as he accepted his silver medal. allegations prompted the sports minister Tuesday facilities and a lack of government investment in Diamond League and did not to announce an investigation. “Sports minister sport in the country of 1.25 billion. Jaisha finished the podium, giving a military-style salute as arrive home with the team as he constitutes two-member committee to inquire into 89th in the women’s marathon with a time of 2 hours his national anthem blasted out in honor of THREE TIMES THREE had to travel to Lausanne, the allegations of marathon runner O.P. Jaisha,” a 47 minutes and 19 seconds. his men’s vault gold. The two-time world Usain Bolt danced for joy with his Switzerland for the Games. statement issued by Sports Minister Vijay Goel’s India sent a 118-strong athlete contingent to Rio, champion crushed his rivals with the hard- Jamaican relay teammates after anchoring But it was Semenya who office said. its largest ever for an Olympic Games, and the sports est combination then lauded North Korean the squad to a 4x100m victory that sealed received the loudest cheers from A string of below-par performances saw India win ministry had set a target of 10 medals. — AFP leader Kim Jong-Un. “It does not mean any- his Olympic “triple-triple”-his third straight the crowd for her 800-metres thing to me,” he said. “It is a gift that I pres- sweep of the 100m, 200m and 4x100m victory, with chants “Caster, ent to my country.” golds. Bolt, who says Rio was his last Olympics, departed the Games with nine Caster”. “It’s great to come home and receive such a welcome. I SHATTERED gold medals, level with Carl Lewis and will always do my best,” she told A horrifying injury to French gymnast Paavo Nurmi for most among track and journalists. Samir Ait Said in men’s vault qualifying field athletes. “We wanted to win to make “I hope that in four year’s time shocked competitors and prompted ques- Usain immortal and he is immortal,” relay there will be more people to fill tions about a scoring system that pushes teammate Yohan Blake said. — AFP the entire airport,” she said refer- ring to the next Olympic games in Tokyo in 2020. Semenya, 25, first shot to international stardom in 2009 when she won the 800- metres at the World Championships in Berlin. The star athlete has been dogged by ques- tions around her gender, with sug- gestion that her body produced higher levels of male hormones. Her competitors had raised con- cern that the condition gave her an unfair advantage. The country’s Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula told the crowd that the country was proud of Semenya, a university student who has become a national icon. In Rio, South Africa equalled its record of 10 medals achieved in Antwerp in AMSTERDAM: Netherlands’ Olympic medal winner Dafne Schippers looks on during 1920 and Helsinki in 1954. — AFP PARIS: French boxers Tony Yoka (R) and his bride-to-be French boxer Estelle Mossely, wearing their gold a ceremony award in the RAI, in Amsterdam, yesterday as the Dutch team returns to medals, give an interview yesterday, in Paris. France’s Olympic team landed in Paris yesterday after win- Netherlands after the 2016 Rio olympic games. — AFP ning 42 medals in Rio, including 10 golds, a postwar record for the overall medal count. —‚ AFP Guardiola confirms Hero’s welcome Bravo on his way for Indonesian to replace Hart gold medallists

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST18 24, 2016 19 Red Sox beat Rays to move into first place tie Page 16

LONDON: Members of the the British Olympic Team pose for a photograph with their medals after they arrive back from the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil on a gold-tipped Boeing 747, at Heathrow airport in London yesterday. Twenty years after a stinging Olympic failure, Britain has risen from the ashes to become a sporting “superpower”. Rival nations have been left confounded by Team GB’s cool performance with 27 golds out of 67 won in Rio which gave them second place in the medals table behind the United States. —AFP Brits return home in gold-nosed plane

LONDON: Great Britain’s triumphant Olympic who started the British gold rush by smash- at least,” added Grainger, whose career five from Brazil last Friday. the rest of the team followed to further team returned home from the Rio Games in a ing his own world record to win the 100 medals make her Britain’s most decorated “This plan wasn’t drawn up on the back of cheers and applause from airport staff. Also gold-nosed aircraft yesterday, as officials trum- metres breaststroke swimming title added: female Olympian. a fag (cigarette) packet, although that isn’t on the plane were triathlon medal-winning peted their success the “best sporting achieve- “It’s great to be back on British soil again and Some of the medallists’ families were pres- perhaps the most apposite analogy to use for brothers Alistair and Jonny Brownlee. ment” in the country’s history. I can’t wait to inspire the next generation of ent to watch them land, along with Hugh sports.” Cycling saw Britain’s “golden couple” The United States finished with 121 Some 320 athletes and support staff trav- British athletes.” Robertson, Britain’s sports minister at the time of Jason Kenny and fiancee Laura Trott tri- medals in Rio, including 46 golds. But BOA elled back from Brazil in the British Airways of the 2012 Games in London. umph in the velodrome. chief executive Bill Sweeney cautioned Boeing 747 with “victoRIOus” emblazoned on ‘UNITE THE COUNTRY’ Kenny matched British cycling great Chris against hopes Britain could replace them at the side, and the airline ordered an extra 77 Meanwhile rower Katherine Grainger said ‘SURPASSED EXPECTATIONS’ Hoy’s tally of six golds with three wins in Rio, the head of the standings at the 2020 Games bottles of champagne for the 11-hour flight. she was glad the team had been a source of Britain’s performance in Rio was the best while Trott won two of her own to take her in Tokyo. “Topping the Americans may be a Team GB’s medal haul was its biggest for more joy for the country after a year of political by any country that had hosted the immedi- total to four. Several British competitors long shot, it’s just been an incredible than a century, with 67 in all including 27 gold, upheaval. “The lovely thing is that after ate preceding Olympics and Robertson, now defended titles won in London, notably Mo moment,” Sweeney said. “No team has done putting them behind only the United States in London 2012 we thought it could not be repli- a vice-president of the British Olympic Farah who again took gold in both the 5,000 what we have-improve five Games in a row, the overall standings in Rio. cated, that feeling of uniting a nation, but the Association (BOA) said the knock-on effect metres and 10,000 metres, with boxing’s medals-wise. “I think it is the best sporting achievement reaction here at Heathrow is just a small taste from London had played a part. Nicola Adams and taekwondo’s Jade Jones “Tokyo will be tough...Japan are stronger by any team in British sporting history,” said of what is to come,” she explained. “It’s felt like “One of the objectives was to leave a lega- also repeating their victories of four years ago. than the Brazilians, China will bounce back, British chef de mission Mark England, flanked it’s been a tough year for the country and the cy for UK athletes for generations to come,” Double gold medal-winning gymnast Max there will be a full Russian team and Australia by team members, at a press conference at good thing about sport is that it unites the he told AFP. “Rio has surpassed all our expec- Whitlock and Adams were first off the plane, will be strong. However, we have a young London’s Heathrow Airport. Adam Peaty, country with some good news, for a short time tations,” added Robertson, who flew back posing and waving for photographers, before team, so the potential is there.” —AFP Russian ban upheld, Moscow cries foul

GENEVA: A ban on Russian athletes competing in the team. Russia continues to deny the findings of the Rio Paralympics was upheld yesterday, triggering anger McLaren report, including the involvement of the in Moscow after the country lost an appeal against their sports ministry and the Russian secret service in dop- exclusion over a vast, state-run doping programme. ing fraud at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dismissed an appeal filed by the Russian Paralympic Committee, ‘DISGUSTING ATTITUDE’ which sought to overturn the August 7 ban by the Russian Paralympic Committee president Vladimir International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Lukin had sought to portray his athletes as independ- Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev denounced ent from the Moscow government. But the IPC said it the doping charges as a ‘thick and very nasty cocktail’ did not believe that disabled Olympic hopefuls were and said the Paralympic ban constituted a ‘cynical’ untouched by the pervasive cheating in the country. attempt by rivals to remove strong competitors from Craven said previously that Russia’s “thirst for glory at the Games. The IPC took the tough action after the all costs has severely damaged the integrity and release of a bombshell report commissioned by the image of all sport”. “Their medals over morals atti- World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), detailing drug- tude disgusts me.” Dmitry Svishchev, who heads the cheating directed by government officials and affecting lower house of Russian parliament’s sports and physi- dozens of sports. Citing evidence compiled by WADA cal culture committee, told AFP: “I really don’t like this LONDON: Members of the the British Olympic Team pose for a photograph with their medals after they lead investigator Richard McLaren, the IPC argued that decision. “I think that it is baseless and cruel. The ath- arrive back from the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil, at Heathrow airport in London. —AFP Russia’s disabled athletes had failed to comply with letes against whom this decision was taken did not global anti-doping codes. deserve this.” The Lausanne-based CAS said Russia in its appeal The Paralympics, held every four years for athletes “did not file any evidence contradicting the facts on with disabilities, has taken place in various forms which the IPC decision was based.” In a statement, the since 1948 but has grown in importance over the court “confirmed” Russia’s ban from the Rio Paralympics, past 20 years. which run from September 7 to 18. An estimated 250 Russian competitors had been slated to take part in Rio and many had continued TRADITIONAL ENEMY training ahead of the CAS decision. That included 19- Medvedev, however, said on Facebook in Russian the year-old backstroke swimmer Alexander Makarov, who decision showed “a number of states and their political suffers from arthrogryposis, a congenital condition that and sports establishments were looking for a traditional limits the limbs’ movements. He told AFP last week enemy and found it once again.” that he was trying “not to think” about being barred However IPC president Philip Craven said the deci- from Rio, as he churned through 50 laps during a sion “underlines our strong belief that doping has morning training session outside Moscow. absolutely no place in Paralympic sport.” The ruling was However, former Russian Paralympian Mikhail applauded by the president of Germany’s National Terentyev, a federal lawmaker and member of the Paralympic Committee, Friedhelm Julius Beucher. Russian Paralympic Committee’s executive board, told “The judgement is a sign of consistent zero-toler- R-Sport: ance on doping,” he said. The Paralympics ban was the “The IPC’s decision is tragedy for the 267 athletes latest blow to Russian sport, which has been con- who had already made the team and went through a demned by a mountain of doping allegations in recent crucible and many anti-doping tests.” Nearly 4,300 ath- months. The country narrowly escaped an outright letes from 164 countries took part in the 2012 London International Olympic Committee ban from the just- Paralympic Games. PARIS: French modern pentathlete Elodie Clouvel holding her silver medal poses for photographers with her boyfriend concluded Rio Games, but still saw dozens of its ath- The 2016 Rio Paralympics will see athletes compete French modern pentathlete Valentin Belaud yesterday in Paris. France’s Olympic team landed in Paris on August 23, letes barred, including almost the entire track and field in 23 disciplines over 11 days. —AFP 2016 after winning 42 medals in Rio, including 10 golds, a postwar record for the overall medal count. —AFP Egypt wheat commission submits corruption report Page 22

Nissan applies intelligence and Business automation to future mobility Page 25 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 Duterte seen setting up economic boom The ultimate in luxury: Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6 Page 23 Page 26

KUWAIT: Al-Safat Investment Company Chairman of the Board Abdullah Hamad Al-Terkait (third left) addresses the ordinary general assembly meeting yesterday. —Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat Al-Safat Investment Co holds general assembly meeting Strategic work model put company on growth path: Al-Terkait

KUWAIT: Al-Safat Investment Company held its and the company’s financial indicators, were due to reached KD 58.9 million compared to KD 63.8 mil- decided, and evidence on the correctness of this through investment in new projects that make ordinary General Assembly yesterday to approve its Almighty Allah’s guidance, then the efforts of the lion on Dec 31, 2014. opinion is that the court found the reasons for the enough profits to meet the shareholders’ ambitions balance-sheet for the year ending Dec 31, 2015 and board of directors and the executive management Shareholders’ equity reached KD 33.0 million, appeal are serious, and that the efforts of the com- in increasing the shareholders’ rights and returns, as elect a new board of directors for the next three team, as well as the result of approving a compre- compared to KD 31.8 million on Dec 31. 2014, as the pany management to deal with this issue in a way well as achieve sustainability in growth, and search years. Chairman of the Board Abdullah Hamad Al- hensive strategic plan to rewrite the company’s book value of a share reached 128.2 fils compared that safeguards shareholders’ rights are known to all. for rewarding investment opportunities that agree Terkait presided over the meeting and welcomed strategy and work model. The new strategy of Al- with 41.1 fils per share on Dec 31, 2014. Total com- Terkait said the company has prepared a future with the company’s financial abilities. shareholders and attendees. He thanked members Safat Investment Company includes a clear pro- pany debts as of Dec 31, 2015 stood at KD 25.2 mil- strategy that relies on having a supervisory mecha- In conclusion of the board of directors report, of the former board of directors and the executive gram for the strategic transformation and the plan lion compared to KD 31.2 million as of Dec 31, 2014. nism within investment operations and is working Terkait spoke about the company’s final licensing at and financial management for the efforts they of restructuring and development of the company’s He explained that the declared company profits of on deciding promising and available investment the Capital Markets Authority, as he said Al-Safat exerted in the interests of the company and the activities, as well as its internal organizational and KD 1,875,021 include losses due to reduction of opportunities in various sectors, and boosting the Investment Company received a final license for rights of its shareholders. operational environment. investment values of KD 1,323,311. value of current company investments, as well as three years on April 21, 2016 by the CMA to engage The chairman began the meeting by discussing The amount the company owes to a credit organizing and redistributing its capital towards in stock market activities, which means the compa- the agenda and reading the board of directors’ Restructuring agency reached KD 21.1 million as of Dec 31, 2015 investments and new acquisition operations both ny is committed to implementing all the laws and report, through which he said Al-Safat Investment Work has begun on restructuring its satellite until the issuance of the report, and this represents locally and regionally through the study and selec- executive rules issued by the supervisory bodies, Company, despite the difficulties and challenges it companies and concentrating on improving their the existing agency with Qatar National Bank. tion of suitable opportunities. especially CMA. faced, witnessed several developments in 2015, status towards achieving sustainable growth and Terkait explained in detail that the investment Terkait then read out the governance and resulting in becoming profitable after several years restructuring the company’s investments portfolio, agency contract dated 26/11/2007 between the Future investments rewards reports, followed by the reports of auditors of losses, apart from the growth of the company as and exit from investments that are outside the field company and Qatar National Bank, and the result- Al-Safat Investment Company is keen to be a and the sharia supervision department and well as its revenues, it succeeded in bringing down of these strategic sectors at the right time for the ing legal dispute with regards to liquidating the strong investor through its future investments in a approved them and then the financial statements its general and administrative expenses. best returns, while using the income resulting from agency contract and the legal conditioning of its way that guarantees reaching its vision through the for the year ending on Dec 31, 2015 were approved The chairman noted the role of the board in exiting these investments in building new invest- contracts, which resulted in a verdict from the court strategy used in managing its agencies and the way by the shareholders. A new board of directors was managing the company through working jointly ment centers and take over majority shares of satel- of first instance in 2013 of rejecting the lawsuit. of supporting its management team, and concen- elected for a new three-year term comprising seven and independently, and giving enough time to car- lite companies that have operational revenues and Then an appeals ruling was issued in 2016 with trate on the core growth and the sectors of value, in members after receiving the CMA’s approval of their ry out its responsibilities with good intentions and work towards accelerating the pace of growth in correct legal conditioning by considering it as an addition to completing the restructuring of its satel- nomination. The auditors and members of the absolute dedication to the interests of the company them. investment agency, and the ruling of first instance lite companies. Terkait spoke about the reduction of sharia supervisory committee were reappointed for and its shareholders. The company’s board of direc- Terkait presented the financial results of the was nullified, but it wrongly applied it as a relation of the company capital, adding that he is dealing with one year that ends on Dec 31, 2016. tors looks positively towards the future through company as of Dec 31, 2015, and pointed to the creditor and debtor, and ordered the company to the last obstacle the company faced, and working Terkait thanked the supervisory bodies of building a strong professional entity in order to return of Al-Safat Investment Company following return the agency’s original amount plus 12 percent towards overcoming the past period. Kuwait, particularly the Ministry of Commerce and increase returns to the shareholders. Terkait prom- hard work and following years of problems and dif- interest. As this ruling was in contravention of the An extraordinary meeting was held on May 11, Industry and CMA for their continued efforts and ised to continue the continuous contacts with ficulties that caused many losses, to making profits law and similar cassation rulings, and the conditions 2016 during which the accumulated losses of KD cooperation for the interest of the company, and shareholders in total transparency and committed for the financial year ending Dec 2015 of KD and rules of the investment agency, this prompted 52,133,824 were written off as per the latest wished the new board of directors more success in to creating a sustainable work model that supports 1,875,021, which is equivalent to 7.31 fils per share, the company to appeal the ruling at the cassation approved financial statements as of Dec 31, 2014, leading and managing the company. The new development and growth of the company as well as compared to a loss of KD 10,278,616, equivalent to court (411, 408, 416 / 2016). The court ruled on April by reducing the company capital to become KD board held a meeting during which it elected make profits. 40.07 fils per share for the fiscal year ending in Dec 6, 2016 to stop enforcement of the previous appeals 25,693,940, which reflects positively on the capital Terkait as Chairman and Fahd Abdul Rahman Al- Terkait said the tangible improvement in results, 2014. The total company assets as of Dec 31, 2015 ruling issued on Jan 27, 2016 until the appeal is structure of the company and helps it to grow Mukhaizim as Vice-Chairman. Gulf slides with oil Iran signals willingness for but closes off lows OPEC action to boost price

MIDEAST STOCK MARKETS DUBAI/LONDON: Iran is sending positive sig- Members of the Organization of the to freeze output at January levels collapsed in nals that it may support joint action to prop Petroleum Exporting Countries are due to April after Saudi Arabia said it wanted all pro- DUBAI: Most major Gulf stock markets fell Reuters that it had asked advisers for pro- up the oil market, sources in OPEC and the oil meet informally in Algeria next month on the ducers, including Iran, to join the initiative. yesterday after Brent crude oil dropped posals to review its business and find industry said, potentially aiding efforts to sidelines of the International Energy Forum. Tehran insists it will be ready for joint action back below $49 a barrel, but most closed strategic investors. Abu Dhabi’s index out- revive a global deal on freezing production Russia is also expected to attend the IEF. only once it regains pre-sanctions output of 4 well off their lows as investors bought performed the region, rising 0.6 percent levels at talks next month. OPEC’s third-largest Venezuela, whose economy has been hit hard million barrels per day (bpd). It pumped 3.6 blue chips in late trade. as First Gulf Bank climbed 1.7 percent. producer has been boosting output after the by the oil price collapse, has for months sought million bpd in July, OPEC figures show. The Saudi index closed 0.2 percent low- Qatar’s index dropped 0.9 percent and lifting of Western sanctions in January. Tehran to rally producers towards an agreement to But since the appointment of Khalid Al- er at 6,096 points, extending Monday’s 1.7 unlike the other markets, closed on its refused to join a previous attempt this year by limit production. Del Pino was in Tehran on Falih as Saudi energy minister in April, Riyadh percent slide. But gainers slightly outnum- intra-day low. It has now erased all of the OPEC plus non-members such as Russia to sta- Aug. 15 before flying to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. has taken a softer tone towards Iran at OPEC. bered losers 77 to 74 and the index gains posted last week when stocks bilize production, and talks collapsed in April. Iran confirmed its participation in the The group is likely to revive freeze talks in bounced from an intra-day low of 6,063 surged on hopes that they would be points, holding minor technical support included in FTSE’s emerging markets Though Iran has not yet decided whether OPEC meeting in Algeria, an OPEC source September as Saudi Arabia appears to want on the April low of 6,066 points. index when it upgrades Qatar to emerging to join a new effort, Tehran appears to be said yesterday. higher prices. Besides Iran, output levels in Petrochemical blue chip Saudi Basic market status next month. more willing to reach an understanding with Nigeria and Libya could also complicate reach- Industries rose 0.3 percent and Al-Rajhi In Egypt, the index slipped 0.7 percent other oil producers, the sources said. ‘POSITIVE SIGNS’ ing a deal. While Saudi Arabia, Iran and Russia Bank added 0.5 percent. Insurer Alinma in thin trade as government sources told Venezuelan Oil Minister Eulogio Del Pino Russia, which in April was ready to freeze have reached record production since April, Tokio rose 1.5 percent after the central Reuters that authorities plan to eliminate last week toured oil-producing countries production, now wants to see an internal Nigeria’s hit its lowest in more than two bank approved one of its new products. fuel subsidies within three years and aim including Saudi Arabia and Iran to rally sup- agreement among OPEC before it commits to decades due to attacks on oil sites. Libya is Dubai’s index closed with a slight 0.04 to increase fuel prices to 65 percent of port for a deal. Despite rising this year, oil at rejoining an initiative. “Negotiations are ongo- pumping a fraction of its pre-conflict rate. percent decline at 3,534 points, off a low their actual cost this financial year. The around $49 a barrel is less than half its level of ing. I see positive signs coming from OPEC “The difficult question for all will be defin- of 3,511 points. GFH Financial, which on reform would help Egypt to secure a badly mid-2014. “Iran is reaching its pre-sanctions ‘majors’,” said a senior industry source familiar ing the freeze at what level of production. Monday announced tentative plans to needed $12 billion loan from the production level soon and after that it can with the discussions, referring to Riyadh and Agreeing a number may be a challenge - expand by taking a majority stake in a International Monetary Fund but could cooperate with the others,” said a source Tehran. unless they all agree to allow some form of Bahraini bank, was the most heavily trad- dent consumer spending and corporate familiar with Iranian thinking after del Pino’s “Russia wants to see an OPEC agreement flexibility?” the senior industry source said. ed stock and jumped 5 percent. profits in the near term. Commercial visit to Tehran. before committing anything. So (OPEC mem- An OPEC source from a main Middle East oil Construction company Drake & Scull International Bank lost 1.2 percent. “In general, Iran prefers more actions from bers) are busy among themselves formulating producer agreed. “Freezing output now is diffi- International, which had dropped 10 per- MENA Capital’s Admiral Fund said the OPEC side rather than just freezing at the an agreement.” cult, everyone is raising production. And even cent since it announced a big second- that the IMF loan and reforms would quarter loss in mid-August, was the sec- be positive for Egypt but it was in no maximum production level of all members. If OPEC sources say Iran’s participation in a if, and I am saying ‘if’ ... we agreed to a freeze, ond most active stock and closed flat. hurry to raise its exposure to the coun- this freezing issue helps prices to improve, Iran production pact has been the main stumbling no one will commit to stick to it,” the source A top executive of the company told try. —Reuters by positive words of support, will help.” block in reaching a deal. The previous attempt said. —Reuters WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 BUSINESS Egypt wheat commission News In brief

Kuwait oil price down submits corruption report 69 cents $44.65 pb KUWAIT: The price of Kuwaiti oil went down yesterday 69 cents to stand at $44.65 per barrel after being at $45.34 pb Supplies minister faces potential no-confidence vote last Friday, said Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) yes- terday. The price of crude oil jumped in the world market, hitting record numbers not seen in the last five weeks. CAIRO: A fact-finding commission investigating corrup- exceeds 2 million tons. If Egypt’s local wheat procurement Hanafi maintains that his stewardship of the supplies Meanwhile, The price of the OPEC basket went down 78 tion in Egypt’s domestic wheat supplies has delivered its numbers were misrepresented, it may have to spend more ministry has led to numerous successes that include sav- cents on Monday reaching $46.04 per barrel as oppose to final report to parliament, a lawmaker said on Monday, on foreign wheat purchases to meet domestic demand - ings in flour and wheat as well as the end of bread lines. $46.82 pb last Friday, said a statement by the organization amid mounting pressure on the minister of supplies to even as the country faces a dollar shortage that has While Hanafi has not been accused of directly profiting yesterday. According to the OPEC bulletin, the monthly resign. Egypt, the world’s largest importer of wheat, has sapped its ability to import. Parliament will discuss the from corruption, parliamentarians, industry officials, and average of the basket last July was at $42.68 pb. been mired in controversy over whether much of the report this week before questioning Hanafi and possibly media commentators have in recent weeks pinned blame roughly 5 million tons of grain the government said it pro- holding a vote of no-confidence that could remove him for the wheat crisis largely on his shoulders, with many cured in this year’s harvest exists only on paper, the result from office, Omar said. calling for his resignation. of local suppliers falsifying receipts to boost government “The minister has to bear political responsibility for US dollar stable payments. CALLS TO RESIGN this,” said Omar. Criticism took an unexpected turn late last against KD at 0.301 The wheat corruption report, delivered late last week to Egypt’s fact-finding commission has brought an week, when fiery media personality and lawmaker KUWAIT: The US dollar’s exchange rate against the the head of parliament, concluded some 200,000 tons of unprecedented level of scrutiny to Hanafi’s management Mustafa Bekry accused Hanafi on television of using 7 mil- Kuwaiti dinar was stable at 0.301 yesterday while the wheat was missing at ten private storage sites visited by of the commodities sector which has already faced criti- lion Egyptian pounds ($788,300) in state funds to maintain euro’s rate went up to KD 0.341 compared to Monday’s the commission, Yasser Omar, a lawmaker on the commis- cism from grains industry officials over issues such as a residency at a posh downtown Cairo hotel. exchange rates, said the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK). sion, told Reuters. hacked bread distribution smart cards to subsidized rice The minister later said in a statement he had paid for The rate of the sterling pound went up to KD 0.395, “Of course there is more than one million tons missing shortages. the long-term hotel residence with his own personal whereas the Swiss franc stabilized at KD 0.312. The ... but we won’t be able to know exactly how much is Nader Nour El-Din, a former adviser to the ministry of funds. Appearing before a parliament committee on agri- rate of the Japanese Yen stood firm at KD 0.003. missing because we can’t inspect every single site,” he supplies, said Hanafi’s policies had allowed corruption to culture on Monday, Hanafi chose not to respond to ques- said. Minister of Supplies Khaled Hanafi told Reuters last flourish, prices on staple commodities to jump to tions about the hotel controversy, saying only that he had month only 4 percent of this year’s procurement was miss- “unprecedented levels,” and public sector companies to be no plans to step down. “My resignation is not whatsoever Egyptian pound stable ing. Grains industry officials have said the figure likely “destroyed” amid favouritism for private sector businesses. on the table,” he said. — Reuters at regular dollar sale CAIRO: Egypt’s central bank held the pound steady against the dollar at its regular foreign currency sale yes- terday as the currency remained stable on the black mar- Iraq asks foreign ket. The bank sold $118 million at an unchanged rate of companies to raise 8.78 per dollar. Egypt is facing an acute dollar shortage that sent its foreign reserves down to $15.5 billion in July, oil output, exports near a critical level that would cover only three months of imports. A widening gap between official and black mar- BAGHDAD: Iraq yesterday asked foreign ket rates for the dollar has increased pressure to devalue oil companies to increase oil output and the currency. Two black market traders cited a selling exports, as Baghdad joined those spot- range of 12.50-12.65 pounds per dollar on Tuesday but lighting production potential ahead of a gave no indication of trade volumes. Egypt has reached an major energy gathering late next month. agreement with the International Monetary Fund over a Oil Minister Jabar Ali Al-Luaibi, who took $12 billion three-year lending program that it hopes will up his post this month, met in Baghdad plug the nation’s funding gap and restore market confi- with oil companies operating in Iraq. dence, encouraging investment that could help to ease the currency crunch. “The minister reaffirmed support for the operations of international companies in order to increase the production and export rates of crude oil and natural gas,” RAKBANK eyes low-single ministry spokesman Asim Jihad said. digit loan growth in 2016 The meeting aims at “opening a new DUBAI: National Bank of Ras Al-Khaimah (RAKBANK), chapter in cooperation” with the foreign the United Arab Emirates lender, expects “flattish” loan companies, he said. growth in 2016 as borrowing demand remains muted Iraq is OPEC’s second-largest producer from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the bank’s chief executive said yesterday. “My broad feel- after Saudi Arabia and an increase in its ing is that year-on-year it will be low single digit,” Peter output, alongside that of Iran, could England told reporters when asked about his bank’s aggravate the global oil glut and compli- loan growth in 2016. “The business banking is shrink- cate discussions between OPEC and non- ing - it will continue to shrink for some time and it’s OPEC producers on output limits to prop not because we are not lending, it’s just there is not so up prices. OPEC members will meet on much demand as there was. “We are making up for it, the sidelines of the International Energy to some extent in the wholesale side and to some Forum (IEF), which groups producers and extent in this [the retail] side.” The bank’s loan growth consumers, in Algeria from Sept. 26-28. in 2015 was around 10 percent, England said at Luaibi on Monday renewed Iraq’s RAKBANK’s launch of a new mortgage product. demand to review contracts with the companies to cut the fees that they receive when crude prices fall. The com- Turkish consumer panies say those fees are already low giv- confidence rises en the investments and challenges ISTANBUL: Turkish consumer confidence rose to 74.44 required to raise output at ageing fields points in August, from 67.03 points in July, data from the in the southern region. Turkish Statistics Institute showed yesterday. The index hit Iraq produces about 4.6 million bar- a 6-1/2 year low of 58.52 last September but has since rels per day (bpd) of crude and this year ARBIL: A Kurdish man harvests sunflowers yesterday in a field in the district of Raniya, 70km (43 miles) east of Arbil, the recovered somewhat. It still indicates a pessimistic outlook, started exporting liquefied petroleum capital of Iraq’s northern autonomous region of Kurdistan. —AFP however, and would need to rise about 100 to indicate gas and natural gas condensates. Total optimism. gas exports so far this year reached 12,000 metric tons for LPG and more than 100,000 cubic meters (3.5 million Oil slips below $49 as hopes cubic feet) for condensates. Saudi govt selling up to Iraq was in talks with foreign oil com- 20bn riyals of bonds panies to link the fees they charge for for action on output wane developing their fields to oil prices and RIYADH: The Saudi Arabian government is raising up to 20 LONDON: Oil fell below $49 a barrel increase in the short term.” Goldman A previous attempt by producers to have them share the burden when mar- billion riyals ($5.3 billion) from banks in this month’s sale of yesterday, giving up part of August’s Sachs, in a report, said talk of an output freeze output collapsed in April on ten- kets go down, former oil minister Adel domestic bonds, financial website Maaal reported yesterday. strong rally, as signs of rising supply out- freeze by the Organization of the sions between Iran and Saudi Arabia Abdul Mahdi told Reuters in January. Iraq The government began the regular monthly sales in mid- weighed hopes that producing nations Petroleum Exporting Countries and a and the refusal of some countries to 2015 to help cover a budget deficit caused by low oil prices. generates 95 percent of its public budg- will agree steps to support prices. weak dollar had helped drive prices up join. Analysts remain sceptical concrete et from oil sales. It has service agree- Since then it has sold 156.6 billion riyals of bonds, of which A Nigerian militant group, which has this month but neither was enough to action will result this time. “We see too 70.5 billion has come in the first half of this year, Maaal said. ments with companies including CNPC , claimed a wave of attacks on oil facili- sustain current levels. many headwinds and logistical chal- BP, Shell, Eni, Exxon Mobil and Lukoil, The government has informed banks of August’s alloca- ties, said at the weekend it was ready for Oil prices have more than halved lenges to a meaningful deal,” Morgan tions, Maaal quoted unnamed sources as saying, without which get paid for the extra barrels pro- a ceasefire and Iraq resumed pumping from mid-2014 due to a global supply Stanley said in a report. duced at fields awarded to them through specifying how large they were. The central bank and through a northern pipeline halted ear- glut. Raising hopes that producers could The American Petroleum Institute, an finance ministry have not responded to inquiries about the a bidding process. lier this year. Brent crude was down 41 revive efforts to tackle excess supply, industry group, is scheduled to release Current service agreements with oil bond sales. There are signs that Saudi banks are becoming cents at $48.75 a barrel at 1103 GMT. Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Khalid Al- its data at 2030 GMT, while the govern- less willing or able to buy government bonds as persistently companies are straining Iraq’s budget as The global benchmark rallied 20 percent Falih said on Aug. 11 OPEC and non- ment’s supply report is due today. low oil prices reduce the amount of spare cash they have the government pays them a fixed fee for between the beginning of the month members will discuss the market next Investors are also looking for clues on available for such purchases. Saudi banks’ holdings of gov- increasing production at ageing fields. and Aug. 19. US crude was down 37 month including any action that may be whether the US Federal Reserve will ernment bonds increased by just 3.1 billion riyals month- Its own revenue dropped as oil prices cents at $47.04. needed. The International Energy raise interest rates this year. Fed Chair on-month in June, a slower rise than in previous months, have more than halved compared to “Today we remain bearish on crude Forum, which groups producers and Janet Yellen will give a speech at a glob- central bank figures show. Bankers say that because the 2014. —Reuters oil,” said Georgi Slavov, analyst at Marex consumers, is due to meet on Sept. 26- al central banking conference in Jackson bond offers are shrouded in secrecy, it is impossible to be Spectron. “Supply looks likely to 28 in Algiers. Hole, Wyoming, on Friday. — Reuters sure how much debt the government is selling. — Reuters EXCHANGE RATES

Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. Swiss Franc 317.730 Bahrain Exchange Company Indonesian Rupiah 0.000018 0.000024 Australian Dollar 232.990 Japanese Yen 0.002937 0.003117 US Dollar Buying 300.800 ASIAN COUNTRIES Kenyan Shilling 0.003106 0.003106 CURRENCY BUY SELL Korean Won 0.000260 0.000275 Japanese Yen 3.014 GOLD Indian Rupees 4.508 20 Gram 270.000 Malaysian Ringgit 0.071596 0.077596 Europe Pakistani Rupees 2.889 10 Gram 137.920 Nepalese Rupee 0.002840 0.003010 Srilankan Rupees 2.084 5 Gram 69.800 British Pound 0.389180 0.404180 Pakistan Rupee 0.002677 0.002967 Nepali Rupees 2.832 Czech Korune 0.004679 0.016679 Philippine Peso 0.006322 0.006622 Singapore Dollar 225.960 Danish Krone 0.041990 0.046990 Hongkong Dollar 38.953 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Sierra Leone 0.000067 0.000073 Bangladesh Taka 3.850 Euro 0.0337100 0.0346100 Singapore Dollar 0.220116 0.230116 Philippine Peso 6.530 Norwegian Krone 0.033019 0.038219 South African Rand 0.016576 0.025076 Thai Baht 8.760 Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Romanian Leu 0.086616 0.086616 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001637 0.002217 US Dollar 302.350 Slovakia 0.008986 0.018986 Taiwan 0.009540 0.009720 GCC COUNTRIES Canadian Dollr 235.150 Swedish Krona 0.032125 0.037125 Thai Baht 0.008306 0.008856 Saudi Riyal 80.576 Sterling Pound 396.015 Swiss Franc 0.308293 0.319293 Qatari Riyal 83.001 Euro 343.430 ani Riyal 784.823 Swiss Frank 291.620 Turkish Lira 0.097722 0.108022 Arab Bahraini Dinar 802.440 Bahrain Dinar 799.280 Bahraini Dinar 0.794360 0.802860 UAE Dirham 82.266 UAE Dirhams 82.550 Australasia Egyptian Pound 0.024588 0.029706 Qatari Riyals 83.760 Australian Dollar 0.222456 0.234456 Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000085 ARAB COUNTRIES Saudi Riyals 81.350 New Zealand Dollar 0.214063 0.223563 Iraqi Dinar 0.000180 0.000240 Egyptian Pound - Cash 29.960 Jordanian Dinar 426.035 Jordanian Dinar 0.421721 0.430721 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 34.395 Egyptian Pound 33.951 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.213 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.080 America Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Tunisian Dinar 138.850 Indian Rupees 4.495 Canadian Dollar 0.229454 0.238454 Lebanese Pound 0.000146 0.000246 Jordanian Dinar 426.370 Pakistani Rupees 2.882 Georgina Lari 0.136374 0.136374 Moroccan Dirhams 0.019545 0.043545 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.013 Bangladesh Taka 3.847 US Dollars 0.297850 0.302550 Nigerian Naira 0.001244 0.001879 Philippines Pesso 6.674 Syrian Lira 2.0153 US Dollars Mint 0.298350 0.302550 Omani Riyal 0.777866 0.783546 Morocco Dirham 31.723 Cyprus pound 159.355 Qatar Riyal 0.082127 0.083577 Japanese Yen 4.006 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Syrian Pound 2.400 Asia Saudi Riyal 0.079433 0.080733 US Dollar Transfer 302.000 Nepalese Rupees 3.810 Bangladesh Taka 0.003341 0.003925 Syrian Pound 0.001279 0.001499 Euro 343.830 Malaysian Ringgit 75.965 Chinese Yuan 0.043869 0.047369 Tunisian Dinar 0.134954 0.142954 Sterling Pound 396.530 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 46.025 Hong Kong Dollar 0.036858 0.039608 Turkish Lira 0.097722 0.108022 Canadian dollar 236.490 Thai Bhat 9.700 Indian Rupee 0.004294 0.004683 UAE Dirhams 0.080784 0.082484 Turkish lira 103.780 Turkish Lira 103.350 Yemeni Riyal 0.001364 0.001444 BUSINESS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 US new home sales race to near nine-year high

WASHINGTON: New US single-family home sales and sentiment among homebuilders increasing in unexpectedly rose in July, reaching their highest lev- August. New home sales are likely benefiting from a el in nearly nine years as demand increased broadly, chronic shortage of previously owned houses avail- brightening the housing market outlook. able for sale. Robust demand for new homes is The Commerce Department said yesterday new boosting homebuilders like Toll Brothers, which yes- home sales surged 12.4 percent to a seasonally terday reported a rise in revenue for the fourth adjusted annual rate of 654,000 units last month, the straight quarter. The luxury homebuilder said it had highest level since October 2007. sold more houses at higher prices. June’s sales pace was revised down to 582,000 The broader PHLX housing index, which includes units from the previously reported 592,000 units. builders, building products and mortgage compa- July’s increase, however, likely exaggerates housing nies, was trading up 1.0 percent, outperforming the market strength as it has not been matched by overall US stock market. Shares in the nation’s largest robust housing starts. Still, sales were up 31.3 per- homebuilder D R Horton Inc were up 0.9 percent and cent from a year ago. Economists polled by Reuters Lennar Corp gained 1.8 percent. Toll Brothers rose 1.8 had forecast single-family home sales, which percent. The dollar trimmed losses against a basket of account for about 9.6 percent of overall home sales, currencies, while prices for US government debt rose slipping to a rate of 580,000 units last month. slightly. New single-family homes sales soared 40.0 Last months’ surprise increase pushed new home percent in the Northeast and increased 1.2 percent in sales well above their second-quarter average, point- the Midwest. Sales in the populous South jumped ing to sustained momentum in the market for new 18.1 percent to their highest level since July 2007. homes. Residential construction was a minor drag Sales were flat in the West, which has seen a sharp on economic growth in the second quarter. Housing increase in home prices amid tight inventories. Last market strength, marked by rising home values month, the inventory of new homes on the market which are boosting household wealth, is helping to fell 2.9 percent to 233,000 units, the lowest level since buoy consumer spending, cushioning the blow to November last year. This means builders will need to the economy from a downturn in business spending ramp up construction activity to meet demand. At as well as an inventory correction. July’s sales pace it would take 4.3 months to clear the Tightening labor market conditions, which are supply of houses on the market, the fewest since steadily lifting wages, as well as mortgage rates near June 2013, and down from 4.9 months in June. historic lows are supporting housing. Reports last Despite increased demand and tight inventories, the ROSEWELL: A home under construction and for sale is shown in Roswell, Ga. The Commerce week showed groundbreaking on single-family median price for a new home slipped 0.5 percent Department reported on sales of new homes in July. —AP housing projects rising to a five-month high in July from a year ago to $294,600. — Reuters Duterte seen setting up economic boom

Philippines president getting high marks from businesses

MANILA: Less than two months in office, tances and the outsourcing sector - are flourish- plunder by Marcos left the Philippines in a sham- Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is getting ing and boosting domestic consumption. bles. “Business will be good under this adminis- high marks from the business community for tration,” BDO Unibank executive vice-president policies that could engineer an economic surge DOMESTIC EXPANSION Luis Reyes said of Duterte. “Concerns centre and companies say they are making new invest- Jollibee Foods Corp, the biggest fastfood more on the extra-judicial killings.” ments as a result. chain in the country, plans to open 200 more Supporters of Duterte say even as the long- While Duterte may be getting headlines for a domestic stores this year. So does Robinsons term mayor of the southern city of Davao, where bloody war against drug dealers and users, less Retail, taking its total to over 1,500. BDO he earned his reputation for busting crime, he attention has been paid to one of Asia’s few eco- Unibank Inc, the country’s biggest lender, plans created the conditions for business to flourish. LADAKH: A general view of the Himalayan Mountain Range in Ladakh in the north- nomic success stories. The groundwork was laid to open 50-100 new branches this year. Government data show that the Davao ern state of Jammu and Kashmir. —AFP by Duterte’s predecessor, President Benigno “We are supportive and encouraged by the region’s economy grew by 6.6 percent on aver- Aquino, who took growth above 6 percent over new administration’s socio-economic agenda, age in 2010-14 compared with 6.3 percent for his six-year term, but executives are also cheer- which has a holistic approach for the benefit of the whole country. According to one estimate, ing the new administration’s focus on building all, including JFC,” said Jollibee investor relations there were more than 20,000 people in out- China’s richest man set new infrastructure and say it could spell the start officer Cossette Palomar. However, the sourcing jobs in the city in 2013, and this sector of a long-term boom. Some even see Duterte’s Philippines has a worrying precedent of a was growing at more than 20 percent a year. to seal 2bn US film deals violent and highly controversial anti-drugs cam- strongman leader. In the 1960s, when the coun- Duterte’s reputation of carrying out his promises paign as potentially positive. try had one of the highest per capita incomes in has given businesses plenty to look forward to - “We are in a very good spot,” said Antonio Asia, Ferdinand Marcos took over as president. for instance his vow to make spending on infra- BEIJING: Real estate and entertainment studio invested in by Chinese private equi- Moncupa Jr., president and CEO of East-West Two decades of dictatorship, corruption and structure a priority. — Reuters conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group Co ty company Hony Capital. Dalian Wanda Banking Corp, one of the top 10 lenders in the expects to seal two billion-dollar film-relat- would also start co-investing in global country. “The pronouncement of government ed deals in the United States this year, blockbusters next year, Wang added. prioritizing infrastructure spending, accelerating chairman Wang Jianlin said yesterday, as it and cutting red tape, solving peace and order, China’s richest man steps up his push into A SCREEN NEAR YOU I think all point to very good prospects ahead.” Hollywood. The Chinese conglomerate, which Last week, the government announced that After completing the acquisition of two began as a property developer in the the Philippines’ economy grew at 7 percent in non-production film companies - each northeastern city of Dalian, was also look- the second quarter from a year earlier, its high- worth above $1 billion - Dalian Wanda’s ing to extend the world’s biggest motion est level in three years. It makes the Philippines next target would be a so-called “Big Six” picture theatre network, Wang said. the fastest growing among all countries that movie studio, Wang told Reuters in an Following the completion of its acquisi- have reported so far for the second quarter. exclusive interview. “My goal is to buy tions of London-based Odeon & UCI When Duterte won the May presidential elec- Hollywood companies and bring their tech- Cinemas Group and Carmike Cinemas Inc tion, there were questions marks over how he nology and capability to China,” Wang said. in the United States, Dalian Wanda would would handle the economy - Duterte, who is He declined to elaborate on the two control 15 percent of global box office rev- nicknamed “the Punisher”, has been unapolo- deals in the pipeline, which would further enues, Wang said, and may reach its goal of getic over unleashing the police on drug users bolster Wanda’s motion picture empire. In controlling 20 percent earlier than its target and dealers. Philippine National Police Chief January, Wang splashed $3.5 billion to buy of 2020. Wang, who has also bought Swiss Ronald Dela Rosa said on Monday that there a controlling stake in U.S. film studio sports marketing firm Infront Sports & have been 1,800 drug-related deaths since Legendary Entertainment, behind hits such Media AG and World Triathlon Corp, owner Duterte took over as president, with 712 of those as “Jurassic World”, making Wanda the first of the “Ironman” franchise, said he was pri- at the hands of the police. Chinese firm to own a major Hollywood marily interested in acquiring entertain- The new president has launched a crackdown studio. Dalian Wanda, which was added to ment and sports companies in the United on online gambling, vowed to destroy oligarchs, the Fortune Global 500 list this year, aims to States and Europe. warned that the country could live without a triple revenue from its cultural division, led “If the target company fits our appetite, mining industry if environmental standards were by entertainment, sports and tourism, to there is no upper limit for budgeting,” he not met and called the US ambassador a “gay 150 billion yuan ($22.6 billion) by 2020. said. But he cautioned that too many son of a whore”. But Duterte has a 91 percent Reuters reported last month that Wanda investors were rushing into the “hot” film approval rating in the latest public survey and has held talks with Viacom Inc about market. “Most of the money invested in businesses are lining up to announce expansion Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte acquiring its stake in Paramount Pictures, China, and even the global film industry, is plans. The mainstays of the economy - remit- one of Hollywood’s “Big Six” studios that silly money. Only a little is smart money,” he also include Twentieth Century Fox, Warner said. “As China’s film industry growth slows Brothers, Walt Disney, Universal Pictures to below 20 percent, or even 10 percent, 8 UK economy suffers little Eurozone business and Columbia. percent this year, some will be washed out. “We are interested not only in It’s like Warren Buffett said, ‘you only find activity strong Paramount, but all of them. If one of the Big out who is swimming naked when the tide immediate Brexit hit Six would be willing to be sold to us, we goes out’.” Separately, Wang said that Dalian despite Brexit would be interested,” Wang said. “Only the Wanda Commercial Properties Co, Wanda’s LONDON: Two months after Britain confidence about their finances. six are real global film companies, while the real estate flagship, would re-list on the decided to leave the European Union, consumers seem to have taken the result JOBS BRUSSELS: Eurozone economic activity edged higher in rest are not. If we are to build a real movie Shanghai stock exchange either through August with few signs that Brexit-linked dangers were yet empire, this is a necessary step.” an initial public offering (IPO) or a backdoor in their stride but there are some signs For now, the labour market has shown that the challenge for the economy has little sign of a Brexit hit, with the number hurting the European economy, a closely watched survey Dalian Wanda is leading a slew of listing. Shareholders of the Hong Kong-list- showed yesterday. Chinese firms that are investing in ed firm last week approved a buy-out offer barely begun. Below is a summary of var- of people claiming unemployment bene- ious measures of the economy’s perform- fit in Britain unexpectedly falling in July Data monitoring company Markit said the eurozone Hollywood. They include Fosun that would see the firm privatized. economy maintained its resilience despite Britain’s shock International, which has invested in Studio The company said earlier this month it ance since the country voted to leave the and only a small fall in the number of job EU on June 23. vacancies. But Britain’s decision to leave vote to leave the EU, with a strong showing from France as 8, a production company started by former planned to de-list from the Hong Kong well as powerhouse Germany. Warner Brothers executive Jeff Robinov, stock exchange on Sept 20. Wang said both the EU, and the long period of uncertain- CONSUMPTION ty that will ensue, could curb business Markit said the preliminary August reading for its and Huayi Brothers Media Corp, which is options were on the table for the planned Composite Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for the euro- producing films with STX Entertainment, a Shanghai re-listing. — Reuters Shoppers shrugged off the Brexit investment and result in some compa- shock in July, according to official data. nies, in particular in financial services, zone rose to a seven-month-high of 53.3 points, up from Retail sales jumped by much more than moving headquarters or jobs elsewhere 53.2 in July. The PMI measures companies’ readiness to expected as warm weather boosted sum- in Europe. spend on their business and so gives a good idea of how mer clothing sales and overseas buyers Lloyds Banking Group, said in July it the underlying economy is performing before official sta- took advantage of a cheaper pound. would axe a further 3,000 jobs and close tistics are compiled and released. Retailers Tesco, Next and John Lewis an additional 200 branches to cushion Any reading above 50 points indicates the economy is say they have not been affected so far by against a more testing economic envi- expanding. Markit chief economist Chris Williamson said the referendum result. The British Retail ronment caused by Britain’s vote to quit the eurozone economy “remains on a steady growth path Consortium also said spending in shops the EU. By contrast, online retailer in the third quarter, with no signs of the recovery being bounced in July, while grocery sales Amazon said last week it would create derailed by ‘Brexit’ uncertainty.” edged up in the 12 weeks to Aug. 14 and 1,500 new jobs in 2017 in Britain. Williamson said the better-than-expected August fig- new car registrations were flat in July. A slower economy could cap wage ures suggested the eurozone economy was growing at “1.2 But the impact from Brexit on con- growth, which together with higher infla- percent (over 12 months), which is similar to that seen on sumer spending is expected to take time tion, would eat into consumers’ spending average over the first half of the year.” The IMF said last to appear. The Bank of England has more power. month that eurozone growth this year would hit a than halved its forecasts for household stronger-than-expected 1.6 percent, instead of the previ- spending over the next two years in light INFLATION ously forecast 1.5 percent. The fund warned however that of the vote to leave the EU, one of the Price pressures in factories - which growth in the currency bloc would drop to 1.4 percent next reasons it cut interest rates and feed through into consumer prices - year as the Brexit effects kicked in. Howard Archer of IHS announced more stimulus measures this jumped in July, reflecting the post-Brexit Insight said the “PMI data are pretty reassuring, suggesting month. British consumer morale saw its slump in the pound. Import prices rose at that Eurozone economic activity is - for now at least - not CHONGQING: A construction worker operates a digger next to the Arhat temple in sharpest drop in more than 26 years and their fastest rate since late 2011 and being hampered by the UK’s shock Brexit vote.” Chongqing yesterday. Claiming to be the world’s largest building by floor space, the house prices also broadly fell following overall input prices paid by manufactur- Nevertheless, the data “by no means give the all clear 1,760,000 square metres of the New Century Global Center are a monument to grow- the vote. But one survey showed house- ers saw their biggest annual rise in three on Eurozone growth prospects as there were mixed devel- ing Chinese consumer power, packed with shoppers — and beach bathers a thou- holds in August recovered from a loss of years. — Reuters opments”, including slowing employment and lower sand kilometres from the coast. —AFP growth in new orders by businesses, he added. — AFP WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 BUSINESS Stocks creep up amid Fed limbo, dollar dips

LONDON: World shares crept up yesterday while posted gains as one major bank decided the line that separates growth from contraction. bank symposium in Jackson Hole on Friday. stocks index was 0.9-percent higher and the dollar lost ground as investors awaited fur- news had been good enough that the European “The positive news from today’s PMI has Investors still doubt the stars will align for a the Paris CAC 40 grew 0.7 percent in value. ther clues on whether the Federal Reserve will Central Bank will not need to cut its interest implications for our growth and ECB forecasts,” hike anytime soon, so a hawkish tone from The euro meanwhile rose against the dollar. raise US interest rates this year. Wall Street was rates any deeper into negative territory, as it had JP Morgan said flagging that growth could be Yellen would challenge that view. The “The eurozone recovery continues to expected to open modestly higher, with a busy previously expected. higher than expected and as it cancelled its rate dollar had drifted as low as 99.91 yen in weather the Brexit shock rather unscathed,” day of economic data helping traders fill the gap Encouragement came from France, where cut prediction. In forex markets, the euro firmed early European trade and then spent said Edoardo Campanella of UniCredit before an annual gathering of global central surprisingly upbeat PMI figures showed the pri- to $1.1345, though the dollar was still the central much of the session hovering just above Research. “All in all, today’s survey is reas- bankers in the mountains of Wyoming on vate sector growing at its fastest in 10 months, focus as it slipped 0.25 percent to 94.286 against the 100 yen barrier. New Zealand’s dollar, suring, although uncertainty about future Thursday and Friday. and from Britain, where export orders hit a 2- a basket of currencies. The index fell about 1.3 meanwhile, was up three-quarters of a growth developments remain high.” European equities were up 0.75 percent led year high to confound Brexit doom-mongering. percent last week on what traders perceived as cent at $0.7323 after the country’s central Data monitoring company Markit said by mining and banking stocks and after data Germany’s PMI reading also reassured the mar- mixed signals from Fed officials. bank forecast another 35 basis points in the eurozone economy maintained its pointed to the gradual improvement in the ket, as a combined manufacturing and services The attention now is on a speech Fed Chair possible rate cuts, less than many resilience this month despite Britain’s region’s economy continuing. The euro also sector survey came in comfortably above the Janet Yellen is due to give at the annual central investors had wagered on. shock vote to leave the EU at the end of “The (US) dollar is weakening ... due to June-with a strong showing from France the general anticipation around Jackson as well as powerhouse Germany. Markit Hole on Friday,” said Saxo bank’s head of said the preliminary August reading for FX strategy John Hardy. “There is also a its Composite Purchasing Managers general reach for yield happening. That Index (PMI) for the eurozone rose to a was one of the things we saw with (New seven-month-high of 53.3 points, up Zealand central bank governor) Wheeler from 53.2 in July. waving the white flag that he is not going Elsewhere yesterday, shares in to use easing to try and weaken the cur- Germany’s embattled car giant Volkswagen rency.” Europe rebounds jumped 2.2 percent to 122.7 euros after the European stock markets rebounded yes- group reached a deal with suppliers to terday, with some support coming from restart deliveries-after a row over contracts slightly improving eurozone data. The sin- forced VW to halt production at several gle currency’s economic activity edged plants. Outside the eurozone, London’s higher in August with few signs that Brexit- FTSE 100 index was up 0.6 percent in late linked dangers were yet hurting the morning deals compared with the close on European economy, a closely watched sur- Monday. The benchmark index was sup- vey showed yesterday. Investors were ported by solid share price gains for house- meanwhile looking ahead to a key speech builders, in particular Persimmon which from Federal Reserve boss Janet Yellen, rose 4.5 percent thanks to a good first-half hoping for some insight into the state of performance. “Housebuilders are useful the US economy and the bank’s plans for its barometers of forward-looking consumer next interest rate rise. sentiment,” noted Neil Wilson, markets ana- Around 1000 GMT, Frankfurt’s DAX 30 lyst at ETX Capital. BUSINESS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016

Samir Cherfan, Managing Director, Nissan Middle East. Nissan applies intelligence and automation to future mobility

Modern driver safety aids are paving the way for autonomous vehicle capability

KUWAIT: It’s the news story that simply won’t go framework to move customers around the world away. The automobile industry has been busy toward a safer and more sustainable future, and in investing in, and developing, automated driving order to realise this vision, Nissan had launched a technologies-this has been a constant headline for long-term strategy, supported by significant R&D the past two years and the potential upheaval and investments. He added that this enabled Nissan to impact autonomous driving technology will have introduce the breakthrough LEAF, the world’s first when it becomes a day-to-day reality cannot be mass production EV, in 2010 - years before any of overstated and should not be underestimated. our competitors. It has also driven our develop- We are seeing the results of this exciting new ment of cutting-edge autonomous drive technolo- technology already filtering into contemporary gies, which will be available in a range of mass production vehicles, with digital connectivity, safe- production models by 2020. He finally reaffirmed ty and driver assist systems now transforming the that Nissan’s aim, is to lead the way toward a new way we drive, run and maintain our cars, vans and era of mobility. trucks. Yet still there is a common misconception that fully autonomous driving is still many years Intelligent mobility away. The reality, however, is that this technology Nissan’s commitment to developing intelligent is being developed at incredible speed by a num- mobility is evidenced on a local level through its ber of manufacturers-and not just established car- SmartCar application and on a global level with its makers, either. Autonomous Driving R&D. In Britain, Nissan is Why the push for automated driving in the first already manufacturing ‘Piloted Drive’ cars, with the place? There are two goals: aiming for zero emis- award-winning Nissan Qashqai crossover being ear- sions for a cleaner environment and zero road fatal- marked to be the first to offer it to customers. This is ities for enhanced safety on the roads. For as long technology that’s normally the preserve of expen- as vehicles are propelled by the burning of fossil sive luxury cars but Nissan is determined to apply it fuels this planet will face ecological problems and, to one of its most popular-and most accessible for while human beings are responsible for operating many customers-making it readily available to these vehicles, mistakes will be made and accidents potentially millions of people. will happen. To prevent either scenario is what Intelligent mobility still has final hurdles to cross. responsible manufacturers are working toward, for But the race to introduce fully automated driving to the benefit of all. our towns and cities is not far off on the horizon. As you might expect from a forward-thinking Nissan has developed its own technologies and is in industry leader, Nissan is right at the forefront of this the process of refining them, with concrete plans to innovation and many of its cars are already introduce vehicles equipped with autonomous equipped with technologies that would have drive technologies in 2017. These cars will be able to seemed like science fiction only a few years ago. negotiate road hazards and even change lanes Certain Nissan cars have the ability to park them- while driving and, by the year 2020, Nissan intends selves, warn their drivers of potential hazards, main- to introduce technology that will allow cars to drive tain a safe distance from other road users and auto- themselves on busy intersections and crossroads, in matically apply emergency braking - all extremely complete safety for occupants and pedestrians alike. practical and useful for removing the stress from Naturally, safety and security is at the front of driving. But the company is not resting on its laurels. everyone’s minds right now and for Nissan these are Our CEO, Carlos Ghosn, had much to say on the vital attributes for our future autonomous vehicles. future of mobility and Nissan’s involvement in it, at The company is investing enormous sums of money the 2016 Geneva International Motor Show. He and resources to make our future cars as safe as pos- believed that our Intelligent Mobility vision is a sible. It’s all about intelligent mobility, after all. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 business

Study of an ultra-stylish luxury-class coupé The ultimate in luxury: Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6

STUTTGART/PEBBLE BEACH: Every August phy of sensual purity and our pursuit of aerody- The dashboard wing curves across the door content is extended along a digital line which Vision: Add an extra 100 kilometres classic car fans from around the world converge namic efficiency”. trim into the seat landscape, creating a 360 extends to the sides as far as the occupants, to the range in just five minutes on Pebble Beach in California for a very special lounge. The new “inside out” spatial design adds who can set their own content ergonomically The quick-charge function is also visionary: beauty contest. This gathering of magnificent Reinterpretation of classic, aesthetic a particular touch of finesse. The sitting surface using touch control. as a result of DC charging based on the CCS classic cars is the perfect place to premiere the principles: The exterior design forms a horizontal, which transitions into the The front windscreen serves as a transparent standard, the system allows an impressive exclusive Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6, a sensa- Clearly defined contours and organically vertical of the doors and finally becomes the display: driving-related data and geographical charging capacity of up to 350 kW. In just five tional luxury-class coupé. The 2+2-seater is a formed wings stand in contrast to the sharply underside of the dashboard wing. information is shown across its full width, aug- minutes enough power can be charged to homage to the glorious age of the aero coupés drawn, extended feature line on each side In addition to the flowing contours, the mate- menting the outside world with additional infor- achieve an additional range of around 100 kilo- and consciously carries this tradition forward which defines the upper vehicle body from the rial composition produces a luxury experience of mation. This information can be controlled and metres. into the future. The coupé reinterprets classic, radiator grille across the entire length of the the highest order. Authentic materials and adjusted by the occupants using gestures. The battery can either be charged via a cable emotional design principles in an extreme way, vehicle to the rear. Below this, the main body colours such as rose gold are used to create luxu- The luxury padded leather upholstery is a connection at a public charging station or a con- following the Mercedes design philosophy of has a bulging, muscular look, extending across rious accents. The interior, with its high-quality particular highlight. Its traditional look is com- ventional domestic outlet or, for even more con- sensual purity. the entire flank. There is also a striking contrast leather trim, has a cool colour scheme which bined with future technology here - the buttons venience, it can be charged wirelessly, via an The Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6, which between the Maybach red paintwork and the perfectly underlines the digital innovations. The which would normally be trimmed in leather electromagnetic field. measures almost six metres in length, is chrome strips which sit above the wheel arches sitting surfaces have a Chesterfield look. In the have been replaced in the upholstered surfaces designed as an electric car. The drive system has and in the centre of the bonnet and boot lid. doors and dashboard the traditional wood trim by miniature “body sensor displays”. These scan The wow effect: Visionary show an output of 550 kW (750 hp). The shallow A reinterpretation of the Mercedes-Maybach softens the appearance of the digital control and the passengers and monitor, for example, their cars with long-term prospects underfloor battery allows a range of over 500 radiator grille with its fine, vertical struts accen- display interfaces. As a contrast to the digital vital functions. As a result, comfort features such With its impressive dimensions, the Vision kilometres according to the NEDC (over 200 tuates the front end. The grille was inspired by a world of the displays, elm is used in the floor as seat climate or the massage function, for Mercedes-Maybach 6 (length/width/height: miles according to EPA). pinstriped suit. The radiator grille rests on two area, creating a refined yachting look. Elm is the example, can be activated or the seat settings 5700/2100/1328 millimetres) is the first luxury The large coupé is set to make its debut at aerodynamically shaped supports on the outer palest open-pore wood which Mercedes-Benz is adjusted to the passenger. The sensors embed- coupé in the series of visionary design show cars Monterey Car Week, which will take place on the right and left of the bumper. currently working on for series use. ded in the upholstery also record the incidence from Mercedes-Benz. These include the Vision Monterey Peninsula between 16 and 21 August The distinctive 24-inch wheels are a develop- In the front luggage area of the Vision of light, the colour of the occupant’s clothing EnerG-Force (Los Angeles, November 2012), 2016. The final event on 21 August will be the ment of the aero rim from the Concept IAA Mercedes-Maybach 6 is a set of two suitcases, and the ambient temperature. This information AMG Vision Gran Turismo (Sunnyvale, 2013) and Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance. (Intelligent Aerodynamic Automobile). A trans- exclusively created for the vehicle. Here too the can be used to trigger new, emotional lighting Vision Tokyo (Tokyo, 2015). Thanks to the global With its sensual, emotional design (“hot”) parent shield in the vehicle colour provides a designers have followed the sensual, pure effects in the interior. nature of the Mercedes-Benz Design function, and intelligent details (“cool”), the Vision view of the aluminium spokes behind it. design idiom of Mercedes-Benz. Plenty of space The concept car aims to embody the ultimate these concept vehicles take cues from local Mercedes-Maybach 6 represents the ultimate in A further highlight is provided by the gull- has also been provided for further additions in luxury, and this is underlined by the fact that the trends in design, culture and mobility and make luxury. The classic aesthetic proportions of the wing doors, a hallmark Mercedes design ele- such as picnic accessories or personal items. driver can switch to digital/autonomous mode. these the focal point of the respective mobility show car - the extremely long bonnet, the low ment which has been brought up to date. They Another highlight is offered by the floating, trans- concept. At the same time these show cars are roof line and the rearward positioning of the underline the sporty character of the vehicle’s Dipping into the future: A fusion of parent centre tunnel, which visualises the drive looking far into the future. greenhouse - recall the aero coupés of days silhouette and feature innovatively designed analogue and digital experience system’s electrical energy flow for the occupants. gone by. But this is not retro design - this is a aluminium trim. The exterior mirrors designed Ever since Mercedes-Benz invented the car Mercedes-Maybach: Perfection reinterpretation of classic, aesthetic principles. as cameras are supported on the wings. 130 years ago, driving has been a source of Emission-free driving: Electric drive blends with exclusivity At the same time the design is something The extended, round “boat tail” format of the enjoyment and delight. With the increase in system generating 550 kW (750 hp) Mercedes-Maybach stands for the ultimate in unexpectedly new - cool, technoid and reduced. Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6’s rear recalls a luxu- digitisation comes a simultaneous need for sus- The side sills, illuminated by LED light strips, exclusivity and individuality. The target group is This is exemplified by the aerodynamically intel- ry yacht, and narrow tail lights which emphasise tainable analogue solutions, the design of clearly underline the fact that the Vision made up of status-oriented customers. The cur- ligent basic shape. Even without aids such as the width of the vehicle are integrated in its out- which has been emphasised and in places exag- Mercedes-Maybach 6 is designed as an electric rent vehicles include the Mercedes-Maybach S spoilers, the airflow hugs the contours of the er edges. Above this sit the two extremely shal- gerated in the concept car. In the Vision car. Thanks to its four compact permanent mag- 500 and S 600 models, launched in February vehicle body and only breaks away very late at low rear windows (“split window”). Further dis- Mercedes-Maybach 6 this can be seen above all net synchronous electric motors, it features all- 2015, which blend the perfection of the the tail end of the vehicle. Then there is the sur- tinctive features at the rear include the diffuser in the “hyperanalogue” instruments with nee- wheel drive. The output of the drive system, Mercedes-Benz S-Class with the exclusivity of prisingly technoid character of the narrow with aluminium frame and the air outlets dles and circular, crystal-look displays. which is currently in series development, is 550 Maybach. A special protection version, the lights, the partially transparent rims and the split behind the wheel arches. The classic circular instruments are com- kW (750 hp). The shallow underfloor battery has Mercedes-Maybach S 600 Guard, is the world’s rear window. bined with deep displays and act as a reference a usable capacity of approx. 80 kWh. This not first passenger car to meet the highest ballistic “Our sensational coupé, the Vision Mercedes- Luxurious 360 lounge featuring to the unique history of Mercedes-Benz. In con- only allows performance characteristics typical protection level for civilian vehicles, VR10. Maybach 6, represents the ultimate in contem- new materials: The interior design trast, other display elements are digitally inte- of a sports car (acceleration from 0-100 km/h in The most recent model is the Mercedes- porary luxury. It is hot and cool”, states Gorden The interior of the Vision Mercedes-Maybach grated into a continuous glass trim part. under four seconds, top speed electronically Maybach S 600 Pullman with face-to-face seat- Wagener, Head of Design at Daimler AG. “With 6 is a synthesis of intelligence and emotion and Information about the seat, for example, can be governed at 250 km/h) but also a range of over ing. Launched at the beginning of 2016, it its intelligent appeal and reduced, technoid combines traditional Mercedes-Benz values shown on this digital strip. Map information is 500 kilometres according to the NEDC (over 200 adopted the mantle of absolute top-of-the-line look, it perfectly embodies our design philoso- with a new high-tech experience. also shown in the front area of the strip. Menu miles according to EPA). model. ABK announces winners of 17th ‘Double Your Salary’ draws KUWAIT: Al-Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) held its 17th ‘Double Your Salary’ weekly draw on 23rd August, 2016 at the Bank’s Head Office in the presence of a representative from the Ministry of Commerce, announc- ing the names of the winners for this week. The promotion includes weekly draws, with two winners per draw and is running until 30 September, 2016. KUWAIT: Citibank representatives representing the award to NBK. The winners this week are: 1) Saad Duwaihan Amer Al-Rasheedi, Hawally Branch NBK wins Citi Performance Excellence 2) Moinul Haque Muzaffarul Haque, Khaitan Branch New customers who transfer their Award in global electronic payments 2015 salary to ABK receive KD 100 and will auto- matically be entered into the weekly draws to double their salaries. Existing customers KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) has been NBK’s commitment towards its customers and its automated process of payments which increases stable management team. NBK also maintains its who are already transferring their salary to awarded by Citibank the prestigious Citi credibility assuring fast and efficient payment serv- processing speed resulting in efficient, rapid pay- position among the 50 safest banks in the world for ABK are entered into a separate draw. Performance Excellence Award for leadership and ices with funds reaching the counterparty as quickly ment execution and credit for the bank and the cus- the ninth consecutive time. The next ‘Double Your Salary’ draw will excellence in global electronic payments 2015. The as possible. This award is presented to leading finan- tomers it serves. NBK continues to collectively enjoy NBK Group has the widest banking presence in 4 be held on 30th August, 2016 where two award recognizes NBK’s exceptional quality in pro- cial institutions worldwide which have state-of-the- the highest credit ratings from the three internation- continents worldwide. NBK’s international presence new lucky winners will be announced. All cessing payments. art international ‘straight-through-processing’ (STP) al rating agencies; Moody’s, Fitch Ratings and spans many of the world’s leading financial centers winners will be contacted personally and a A delegation from Citibank presented the award electronic payment services and meet Citi’s strin- Standard and Poor’s. The Bank’s ratings are support- including London, Paris, Geneva, New York and weekly announcement will be made to NBK recently. At the award ceremony held at gent correspondent banking and processing accu- ed by its high capitalization, prudent lending poli- Singapore, as well as China (Shanghai). Meanwhile, through the media with the winners’ NBK’s head office, Citibank representatives congrat- racy criteria. cies, and its disciplined approach to risk manage- regional coverage extends to Saudi Arabia, UAE, names. ulated NBK. This award emphasizes and underpins The Straight Through Processing (STP) is the ment, in addition to its highly recognized and very Bahrain, Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, and Turkey. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 TECHNOLOGY Google rolling out latest Android to Nexus phones

SAN FRANCISCO: Google is ready to emojis and the ability to reply to notifi- sucking task of scheduling meetings. that Microsoft offers as a service in the ing users to compile medical and health start sending out the latest version of its cations without opening an app. Rival “Genee uses natural language pro- internet cloud. The team that started data from different sources, and share Android operating system to a handful Apple is scheduled to release the latest cessing and optimized decision-making Silicon Valley-based Genee in 2014 will as needed with third parties, including of devices. The release announced operating system for the iPhone next algorithms so that interacting with a vir- join the Microsoft and the existing serv- doctors. Monday means many Nexus-branded month. tual assistant is just like interacting with ice will be discontinued next month, “We’ve built a magical machine,” devices should receive a free upgrade to a human one,” Outlook and Office 365 according to the companies. Gliimpse said on its website. “It takes Android 7.0, nicknamed “Nougat,” dur- Microsoft revs machine smarts corporate vice president Rajesh Jha said Apple confirmed press reports that it incomprehensible electronic medical ing the next few weeks. The first models Meanwhile, Microsoft on Monday in a blog post. For example, Genee can has bought startup Gliimpse, which records and turns them into under- in line include the Nexus 6, Nexus 5X, announced it bought a startup to be copied into an email exchange to act uses machine learning as part of its for- standable, standardized, coded ele- Nexus 6P, Nexus 9, Nexus Player, Pixel C boost its artificial intelligence capabili- as a virtual assistant of sorts to pin mula for in letting people securing man- ments and terminology that both and General Mobile 4G. Other smart- ties, and rival Apple confirmed it has down a time for a business or social age and share personal medical infor- humans and machines can easily phones coming out this fall will be sold boosted its health focus with an acqui- meeting. Jha touted Genee as having mation. “Apple buys smaller technology understand and use.” Apple has intro- with Nougat already installed. The new sition of its own. Microsoft did not dis- designed “an intelligent virtual assistant companies from time to time, and we duced features and software platforms version of Android has been in a testing close financial terms of its deal to buy specialized in the appointment deci- generally do not discuss our purpose or for its mobile devices to be tools for phase since March as Google polished Genee, which specializes in using sion.” The technology was expected to plans,” Apple said in a statement. people to manage and improve fitness the system that will feature 72 new machine smarts to handle the time- be put to work in Office 365 software Gliimpse offers a unique platform allow- and health. — Agencies

Mobileye and Delphi team up to develop robot car system

JERUSALEM: Israeli technology firm company Tesla announced that a driver Mobileye and UK-based auto-equipment was killed in a car crash in Florida in May maker Delphi said yesterday that they while using the “autopilot” self-driving were teaming up to develop an mechanism on one of its models. autonomous driving system which would The National Highway Traffic Safety be ready for vehicle-makers in 2019. A Administration (NHTSA) said it had joint statement by the two companies opened a “preliminary evaluation” into said that Mobileye’s vision and sensor the performance of the autopilot func- systems would combine with Delphi’s tion in the wake of the crash. A major automated driving software to create study released earlier this month said what it called “the market’s first turnkey the looming arrival of self-driving vehi- Level 4/5 automated driving solution.” cles is likely to vastly reduce traffic fatali- The US-based Society of Automotive ties, but also poses difficult moral dilem- Engineers defines level 4 as “High mas. Scientists said autonomous driving Automation” in all but the most adverse systems will require programmers to driving conditions and level 5 as “Full develop algorithms to make critical Automation” “under all roadway and decisions that are based more on ethics environmental conditions that can be than technology, such as whether to managed by a human driver.” sacrifice a driver or passenger rather Last month, German car maker BMW than pedestrians. announced that it was joining forces with Mobileye describes itself as the “glob- Mobileye and US computer chip giant al leader in the development of comput- Intel on a self-drive project, also for er vision and machine learning, data “highly and fully automated driving” to analysis, localization and mapping for be commercially available by 2021. There Advanced Driver Assistance Systems is growing interest in self-driving cars fol- and autonomous driving.” Delphi says it lowing tests over the past few years by is “a world leader in automated driving Google and research by several major software, sensors and systems integra- automakers. But on July 1, US electric car tion.” —AFP Super Mario’s global appeal MOSCOW: A man plays at the Pokemon Go augmented reality game in central Moscow. — AFP NEW YORK: Take that, Pokemon. On Mario’s backstory Sunday, the Japanese prime minister The franchise began in 1981, when turned up at the Olympics closing cere- Donkey Kong debuted as an arcade Pokemon-mad Russians hunting monies to promote the 2020 Tokyo games game. Donkey Kong soon became the dressed up as Mario , the eponymous hero hottest selling arcade game in the busi- of the popular video game series created in ness. In that game, a character called Ivan the Terrible with new app 1985. Who is Mario and how did he come “Jumpman,” similar to Mario, tried to save by his global appeal? Here’s a closer look. a damsel from a big ape. Super Mario came a long four years later, packaged App’s characters are figures from Russian history Why Super Mario? with the Nintendo Entertainment System, MOSCOW: A compass on the smartphone cational digital project called Discover Moscow, Russian though an English language version is Japanese animation and game charac- popularizing the side-scrolling screen points towards Red Square. As the dis- which maps historical buildings and makes it planned-took a while to complete since devel- ters from Hello Kitty to Pac Man also made videogame format. Mario’s first job was tance to the target narrows, the camera app possible for locals and tourists to create person- opers were trying out various technologies to appearances in the closing ceremonies. But carpentry, but later he became a pops up and zooms in on a bearded figure in a alized guided tours as well as offering quizzes digitize the historical figures and make them none of them may have the global reach of plumber, and in many games he travels fur cloak. The routine is familiar to Pokemon and quests. three-dimensional, Kuznetsov said. Super Mario, the game franchise that was a up and down in a world of underground hunters obsessed with the ultra-popular “The launch of Pokemon Go gave further “Through this game, we hope to attract hit when Nintendo’s video game system pipes. In his book “Game Over: How Pokemon Go game-but this is no Pokemon. impetus” to the Moscow game, which debuted tourists to the main Discover Moscow app, so and Game Boy burst onto the scene in the Nintendo Conquered the World,” David Instead, it is Russia’s brutal 16th-century tsar in mid-August, said project leader Kirill that they can learn something about the rich 1980s. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s appear- Sheff wrote that Mario was named after Ivan the Terrible, or rather, his digital 3D rendi- Kuznetsov, who works for Moscow city hall. The history of the city,” he said. The game gives ance as Super Mario was a crowd-pleasing Nintendo’s US landlord, who was tion in a new app developed by Moscow author- game comes out as Pokemon Go is still not offi- Muscovites “more reason to go for a walk,” said a reminder of how much the game helped demanding back rent from the compa- ities. As the Pokemon Go craze sweeps the cially available in Russia, although thousands of press release from city hall, which is on a quest spur on the videogame revolution in the ny’s fledgling US arm. Nintendo doesn’t globe, city officials have launched an augment- Russians have already found ways to download to redevelop Moscow into a tech-savvy and U.S. and globally. Abe emerged from a confirm or deny the story. ed reality app called Discover Moscow Photo, it and their incessant Pokemon hunting has modern capital, so far with mixed results. The green pipe in a big red Super Mario cap which is billed as Russia’s answer to the irked some officials and clerics. game is set to add another dozen characters to and costume, holding a glowing red ball By the numbers Nintendo creation. the current nine, a difficult and delicate task as kicked to him by famed manga soccer star There are more than 100 games, for Instead of yellow and pink Pokemons, the ‘Educational version’ they have to be widely recognizable but not too Captain Tsubasa. various gaming systems, ranging from app’s characters are figures from Russian history- The Moscow government has invested one controversial. Donkey Kong to Super Mario Kart, in from modernising tsar Peter the Great to million rubles ($15,600) in the app and does not For Maxim Malyshev, the head developer at How did Super Mario’s which Mario is the primary character, Napoleon Bonaparte, who briefly occupied deny its resemblance to Pokemon Go, calling it the game’s producer Notamedia, “the most dif- appearance come about? and many more in which he makes Moscow in 1812, to Soviet cosmonaut Yuri an “educational version” of the game in its pub- ficult thing is to find actors who resemble the Tokyo 2020 organizers said in a state- appearances. Mario Brothers is the Gagarin and national poet Alexander Pushkin licity materials. “Some users have accused us of characters as closely as possible.” As augment- ment that the Super Mario idea came up dur- best-selling video franchise of all time, and composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky. The app, avail- stealing the (Pokemon Go) idea,” Kuznetsov said ed reality technology advances, there will be ing a brainstorming session. Staff at Nintendo with more than 490 million units sold able for Apple and Google Android devices, in a recent interview, explaining that in fact the more and more possibilities for the game, he would say only that the government asked to since 1995, according to research firm allows players to track down historical figures in Russian game has been in the making for three said: “We can make characters interact with borrow the character for the show. NPD. — AP places they once frequented and take a selfie years, ever since the augmented reality technol- objects or play with other parameters like per- with their 3D images. The app is part of an edu- ogy became available. The game-so far only in spective.” — AFP

France, Germany want limits on encryption to fight terrorism

PARIS: France and Germany pushed yesterday for Europe- wide rules requiring messaging apps such as Telegram to limit encryption to help governments monitor communi- cations among suspected extremists. Privacy advocates argue that encryption is essential to online security, notably for banking transactions. But encrypted apps are also increasingly used by extremists to hide their location, coordinate operations and trade weapons and sex slaves. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said French author- ities have detained three people this month with “clear attack plans,” but that police need better tools to monitor messaging apps the way they can tap phones. He said the three were among seven people detained with suspected links to extremist networks, without elaborating. He and SAN FRANCISCO: This file photo taken on April 28, 2015 shows a Microsoft logo dur- German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said they’re ing the 2015 Microsoft Build Conference at Moscone Center. — AFP not pushing to ban encrypted services, but to work with companies that offer such apps or services to ensure they Deal puts Microsoft apps can’t be abused by violent extremists. They want EU lead- ers to discuss a Europe-wide policy controlling encryp- tion at a summit in Bratislava, Slovakia, next month. But on Lenovo smartphones they didn’t elaborate on how exactly companies should limit encryption, and Cazeneuve acknowledged that his SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft apps such as eral years. The deal includes cross-licens- government doesn’t even have any interlocutors at some Office and Skype will be installed on ing that will allow patented Microsoft companies. Lenovo mobile devices powered by technology to be used in Lenovo and He specifically mentioned concerns about Telegram, an Android software under the terms of a col- Motorola devices, according to the com- encrypted app used around the world. Islamic State laboration announced late Monday. The panies. “Our collaboration with Microsoft extremists are among its many users - including a 19-year- US technology giant and the Chinese will create new opportunities for our cus- old who attacked a Catholic church in Normandy last computer titan said they were “deepening tomers to take advantage of some of month and allegedly posted about his impending plans on their strategic relationship” with a move Microsoft’s most popular apps,” said the app. Telegram says on its website that it blocks terror- that could add to the ranks of people Lenovo leader of corporate alliances ist-related public channels, but doesn’t intervene in private using Microsoft programs as services host- Christian Eigen. Microsoft and leading chats among participants. ed in the internet cloud. “The marriage of Android smartphone maker Samsung US authorities have also pressed tech companies to work Microsoft’s apps and Lenovo’s Android- announced a deal last year to bring the US with the government against extremist activity online, with based devices will enable customers company’s software to smartphone and varying degrees of success. After deadly attacks in France around the world to be more productive, tablets made by the South Korean firm. and Germany this summer, the two interior ministers also more connected and achieve even more,” Microsoft built its fortune on packaged stressed the need for a unified European system for sharing Microsoft corporate vice president Nick software but has made a priority of host- RIO DE JANEIRO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe poses just after removing the police information. “The fight against terrorism is the first Parker said in a statement. ing applications as services hosted online costume of the Nintendo game character Super Mario as he makes an appearance- priority for Europeans,” Cazeneuve said. “It’s imperative that Lenovo is expected to ship millions of and accessible from a broad array of inter- during the closing ceremony at the 2016 Summer Olympics. — AP police have a single interface.” — AP Android-powered devices in the next sev- net-linked devices. — AFP WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 HEALTH & SCIENCE US kids eating 3x times too much added sugar

MIAMI: US children eat three times as about one-third of the added sugar they and elevated blood pressure in children child consumes about triple the recom- avoid added sugars in your child’s diet much added sugar as they should, a currently consume, often in the form of and young adults,” said the study. The mended amount of added sugars,” she is to serve mostly foods that are high in leading US health group said Monday, soda and sweetened cereal, according to new guidelines aim to offer a simpler rec- added. nutrition, such as fruits, vegetables, calling for stricter limits on sugar for the guidelines published in the journal ommendation than the previous AHA Early years are particularly important whole grains, low-fat dairy products, kids. Babies and tots under two should Circulation. US kids and adolescents eat statement in 2009, which urged different because that is when children develop lean meat, poultry and fish, and to limit eat no added sugar at all and older chil- an average of 19 teaspoons of added limits according to various age groups. their taste preferences, and they may foods with little nutritional value,” said dren should have the equivalent of a sugar per day, said the AHA report, citing “There has been a lack of clarity and con- opt for healthier foods if they are not Vos. Children should not drink more maximum 100 calories per day, accord- national survey research. The guidelines sensus regarding how much added sugar exposed to sweets at a young age, said than one eight-ounce (237-milliliter) ing to recommendations from the were written by a panel of experts fol- is considered safe for children, so sugars the report. Added sugars may be incor- sugar-sweetened drink per week, she American Heart Association (AHA). That lowing a comprehensive review of scien- remain a commonly added ingredient in porated during processing-such as added. The AHA did not make any rec- would mean no cakes, cookies or ice tific research on the effect of added sug- foods and drinks, and overall consump- high-fructose corn syrup-or included at ommendation about no- or low-calorie cream for children until their second ars on children’s health. tion by children remains high,” said lead the table, in the form of honey or sweeteners such as aspartame, sac- birthday, and fewer than six teaspoons “Eating foods high in added sugars author Miriam Vos, nutrition scientist and spoonfuls of sugar. Beginning in July charine and sucralose in the diets of (25 grams) per day of added sugar for throughout childhood is linked to the associate professor of pediatrics at 2018, the amount of added sugars in children because of a lack of research those aged two to 18. development of risk factors for heart dis- Emory University School of Medicine in packaged foods will be listed on US on their potential benefits and dan- It would also require most kids to eat ease, such as an increased risk of obesity Atlanta, Georgia. “The typical American food labels. “Until then, the best way to gers. — AFP Over 200 people fall sick after ammonia leak in Bangladesh

CHITTAGONG: An explosion at a chemical fertilizer factory left over 200 people needing medical treatment after toxic gas spread across large parts of Bangladesh’s second city Chittagong, officials said yesterday. Police and fire officials said hundreds of residents were also evacuated from their homes near the di-ammonia phosphate (DAP) plant in the port city where a 500-tonne capacity ammonia tank exploded late Monday. Mesbah Uddin, the district’s chief administrator, said that 56 people had been admitted to the Chittagong Medical College Hospital after the gas leak, none of whom was in a life-threatening condition. “Eight have been discharged. Forty-eight people are still in the hospital today but they are out of danger,” he told AFP. “Around 150 people were given first aid locally,” he added. Firefighters battled through the night to halt the leak and finally declared that the situation was under control in PHOENIX: Susan Contreras sits on her bed in a Phoenix-area shelter for victims of the mid-morning. “We used loudspeakers to urge people domestic violence. — AP to evacuate the area. Hundreds did leave but they came back after the situation improved,” said Uddin. The local police chief Rafiqul Islam confirmed that hundreds of work- Brain injuries prevalent in ers from nearby factories had also been ordered to leave their premises. domestic assaults cases Other officials said that strong winds blew the toxic gas across a 10-kilometre radius and there were reports of peo- CHICAGO: There are no bomb blasts or col- an explosion, or from a partner’s angry fist - ple being taken ill at the southern city’s international air- lisions with burly linemen in Susan can damage brain cells at the point of port. Authorities mobilized a special team of some 60 fire- Contreras’ past. Her headaches, memory impact and slam the brain against the skull, fighters after the explosion triggered panic among people loss and bouts of confused thinking were a sometimes bruising tissue, tearing nerve living nearby. “We saved two other tanks by spraying mystery until doctors suggested a probable fibers, or causing bleeding. water,” Abul Kalam Azad, a senior fire official told AFP, cause: domestic violence. A former partner Repeated blows have been linked with a adding that the explosion occurred when a tank was being repeatedly beat her, she says. “He would hit degenerative brain disease called chronic refilled with ammonia gas. The government has ordered an me mainly in the head so that nobody traumatic encephalopathy. CTE first made investigation into the explosion and a three-member would see the injuries. He’d hit me in the headlines several years ago when it was inquiry team was scheduled to visit the fertiliser plant later CHITTAGONG: A Bangladeshi resident (R) is treated in hospital following an explo- back of the head so the bruises wouldn’t found in the brains of retired NFL players yesterday, chief administrator Uddin said. — AFP sion at a chemical factory. — AFP show,” the Phoenix woman said. The abuse who had killed themselves. Research link- from her ex-partner took a heavy emotion- ing domestic violence with suicide is al toll, Contreras says. But even though he sparse, although several small studies have Pakistan to expand Australian unearths sometimes knocked her out, she hadn’t suggested that suicide attempts are much considered that her brain might have been more common among battered women its glacier monitors as damaged as her psyche. “Honestly, than among those who have not experi- ‘beast’ of a truffle there’s so many holes in my memory, think- enced partner abuse. CTE is linked with ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will invest $8.5 million to ing problems,” she said. “My memory is real- memory loss, confusion, mood changes expand a network of glacier monitoring stations track- SYDNEY: An Australian has uncovered France in 2012 and described at the time as ly gone.” including depression and eventually ing the pace of glacial melt in the Hindu Kush, what is thought to be the largest black truf- the largest ever found in the country’s truf- Brain trauma in domestic violence sur- dementia. Some scientists think domestic Karakoram and Himalayan mountain ranges, in an fle ever discovered in the country, a 1,511- fle heartland of Perigord. While the find- vivors has been overshadowed by concerns violence survivors might be at risk. effort to strengthen early warning systems and reduce gram (53.3-ounce) monster that could also reported to be worth some Aus$3,000 about injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan war the impact of flooding in the South Asian country. be a world-beater. Stuart Dunbar said he (US$2,300) — was celebrated, it was too vets, and by effects of repeated head blows ‘Punch-drunk’ Almost half of Pakistan’s 5,000 glaciers, covering had known since February that a truffle had big for Dunbar’s regular chefs to accept on in football players. Experts believe many “I have no doubt that there are many around 15,000 square kilometres, are in rapid retreat, been growing in the spot where it was short notice. cases go undetected and untreated in women who have been abused enough scientists say. The rate of glacial melt, which has risen found, but its ripening aroma in warmer “My regular customers had already tak- abused women, making them vulnerable that some of them probably have CTE,” said by about 23 percent in the previous decade, is among weather meant he started digging last en truffles for the week,” he said, noting to problems with thinking, mood and Dr Robert Cantu, a leading expert on foot- the fastest in the world, according to the Pakistan Thursday. He said he had no idea of the size that once unearthed, truffles are in their behavior. Advocates say the injuries leave ball-related brain injuries and co-director of Meteorological Department (PMD). of the fungus as he worked for 45 minutes prime for just four to five days. The delicacy some survivors so impaired that they can’t Boston University’s Center for the Study of Last month, the government approved 892.5 mil- to remove it from the earth at his property grows in the root systems of host trees, manage their jobs and lives. Some even Traumatic Encephalopathy. He said medical lion rupees for a four-year project to expand the net- in the state of Victoria. “It’s an absolute where in Europe specially trained pigs or end up homeless. literature contains just one published case work of monitoring stations as officials seek more beast,” he told AFP yesterday. dogs are used to sniff them out. The finest about probable CTE linked with domestic accurate data on temperature, humidity, changing Dunbar said he had previously dug up a black truffles have a subtle aroma and an Severe physical assaults violence - a 1990 Lancet report about an rainfall patterns and wind speed, while tracking the “beautiful edible truffle” weighing about earthy flavour reminiscent of rich choco- About one-quarter of US women and 14 autopsy on an abused 76-year-old British rate at which glaciers are melting. “The initiative is 720 grams but he was not aware of anyone late. Dunbar decided to pickle the truffle in percent of men have experienced severe woman who had developed dementia. Her indispensible for enhancing the country’s climate else ever growing such a large black truffle vodka, meaning it remains preserved in physical assaults by a partner in their life- brain showed abnormalities resembling resilience, and vital to the meteorological depart- in Australia, or anywhere else in the world. one piece. “It’s certainly more satisfying to time, including hitting, punching, being those seen in the brains of “punch-drunk” ment’s ability to timely release warnings about the There have been larger white truffles but be able to keep (and show) it, than simply slammed against something hard or boxers. Survivors often don’t seek immedi- flood risk,” Ghulsam Rasul, director-general of the Dunbar’s find appears to have eclipsed a be saying ‘I once had a truffle that was...’” he pushed down stairs, according to the feder- ate medical attention, or when they do, meteolorological department, told the Thomson 1,277-gram black truffle unearthed in wrote on his blog. al Centers for Disease Control and they often fear disclosing what caused Reuters Foundation in an interview. Prevention . Head and neck injuries are their injuries. Some wait years, when trou- “Based on data from these weather stations, timely among the most common, and data sug- blesome symptoms persist or emerge, and warnings will be issued to provide a lead time of 60 to gest that domestic assaults may cause trau- then, many victims and doctors don’t con- 90 minutes to communities in flood-prone areas to matic brain injuries in at least 60 percent of nect the problems with domestic abuse, respond effectively to early flood warnings,” he said. survivors, according to a research review said researcher Jacquelyn Campbell, a pro- Pakistan is one of the most disaster-prone countries in published this year in the journal Family & fessor at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. the world. In 2010, the country suffered the worst Community Health. Many physician groups recommend that floods in a generation with more than 1,600 killed and Traumatic brain injuries can result from doctors screen women for domestic vio- over 14 million affected as floodwaters inundated over even a single sudden blow to the head. The lence in emergency rooms or doctor a third of the country. Investing in disaster prepared- symptoms may be short-term or long-last- offices, and the Affordable Care Act says ness not only saves lives but also money with each $1 ing, and repeated assaults increase chances insurance plans should cover the screening dollar spent saving $7 in tackling the aftermath of dis- for permanent neurological damage. with no copays. But when screening occurs, asters such as floods, development experts have said. Whether that damage can cause the down- questions often don’t address traumatic ward spiral that domestic violence sur- brain injuries, and symptoms are some- SMS alerts vivors sometimes get caught in is times thought to be a psychological reac- Pakistan’s meterological department also has sub- unproven, but studies have found these tion to abuse, so doctors don’t probe fur- mitted a six-year plan to modernize the country’s brain injuries are more common in home- ther, Campbell said. Jennifer Kershaw, a aging weather forecasting system - at a cost of 16.6 bil- less people than in the general population. Columbus, Ohio-area school teacher who lion rupees ($159 million) - to Prime Minister Nawaz And there’s no dispute that they can cause won a court victory last year in an abuse Sharif for approval. The plan proposes installing 22 life-changing disabilities. “This population lawsuit against her ex-husband, says she meteorological radar stations across the country and is not unlike that of our athletes,” said Dr. doesn’t remember doctors ever mention- 400 advanced automatic weather stations, while over- Javier Cardenas, director of a brain injury ing traumatic brain injury after her 2013 hauling community-based weather observatory sta- program at Barrow Neurological Institute in beating, despite her symptoms. “He put me tions in 98 districts. “Our radar network - comprising Phoenix. He’s a trauma consultant for the in a headlock and punched me in the face I seven flood warning radars - is now very poor and National Football League and also treats don’t know how many times,” she said. obsolete,” Ghulam Rasul said. domestic violence survivors. “Then he kneed me in the face.” She said she went to the emergency room with a Besides expanding early warning systems, disaster Cardenas cited Baltimore Ravens’ run- ning back Ray Rice’s 2014 attack on his black eye, broken cheekbone, nausea and management officials are focusing on getting early then-fiancee, caught on an elevator video dizziness, and still has difficulty concentrat- warnings to as many people as possible as quickly as camera. Much of the public discussion ing. Though it’s not clear if she did have a possible, said Ahmad Kamal, a spokesman for the about the incident was about whether concussion or other brain injury, her symp- National Disaster Management Agency. The agency brain injuries in football players may be toms are among those many experts say has sought cooperation from the state-owned linked to violent behavior off the field. It should lead doctors to investigate further. Pakistan Telecommunication Authority and bodies reg- overlooked a far more obvious injury. “If a woman comes in with a black eye” ulating print and electronic media to disseminate “When Janay Rice was knocked out cold in or is otherwise being assessed for domestic weather forecasts and early warnings by SMS and print the elevator, attention was all about how violence, “we need to provide some good media when disaster threatens. Ray Rice had previous concussions. Nobody neurological workups like the help that is Kamal said as many as 10 million SMS alerts were mentioned that the woman in the elevator being provided to our veterans with trau- sent to disaster-prone communities in 2015, adding suffered a brain injury right in front of matic brain injury,” Campbell said. That that SMS alerts had proven to be the most effective everybody’s eyes,” Cardenas said. includes detailed questions about symp- way of communicating with remote communities, par- Traumatic brain injuries include concus- toms, physical and mental exams, and ticularly in mountainous regions. “Despite the same sions and don’t always cause loss of con- sometimes imaging scans if more severe intensity of summer monsoon rains in 2015 as sciousness or damage that can be detected brain injury is suspected. Susan Contreras, observed in the preceding years, loss of life and cattle on imaging scans. Symptoms may not 47, didn’t get that kind of exam until almost in mountain areas was 80 to 90 percent less,” Kamal occur immediately but can develop over 10 years after her final beating, after she said. In a country of 200 million people, more than 140 time, making it difficult sometimes to link landed in a Phoenix homeless shelter. A million are mobile phone users, he noted. “Loss of the them with previous abuse. The brain isn’t a therapist there was concerned about her life from disasters can be brought zero if one early hard, fixed organ. It’s more like jello, sur- symptoms and sent her last December to warning SMS alert about any possible disaster is rounded by cerebrospinal fluid that works the Barrow institute. The neurological cen- relayed to these big number of mobile phone users in YARRA VALLEY: A hand out photo taken on August 19, 2016 shows a large truffle like a shock absorber when the head is hit. ter has established an unusual program the country,” he suggested. — Reuters being weighted by Stuart Dunbar who removed it from the earth on his Victorian A violent blow - from colliding with a line- offering an array of free treatment to home- property in Yarra Valley. — AFP backer’s helmet, from blast pressure after less domestic violence survivors. — AP WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 HEALTH & SCIENCE Off South Africa’s coast, Great white sharks are threatened Once abundant, now rapidly heading for extinction

GANSBAAI, South Africa: On the edge of a boat off this coastal village, Michael Rutzen stubs his cigarette into a soda can and stares pensively out to sea. He has free-dived with great white sharks for nearly 20 years, and he has never known it to be this difficult to find them. Extensive research by Rutzen and his marine biologist partner, Sara Andreotti, has found that great whites off the South African coast are rapidly heading for extinction. The area long has been one of the world’s best places to see the sharks, which also live off Australia, the United States and Japan. Streams of fish blood and oil trail in the water behind other cage-diving boats nearby. Rutzen phones one of his spotters, who has been search- ing for hours. “Nothing here, let’s move on,” Rutzen tells his crew. Rutzen started free-diving with the sharks in 1998 to show they are not the monstrous crea- tures they are portrayed to be. He has built a suc- cessful business in Gansbaai’s shark diving indus- try, which has prided itself on almost guaranteed interactions with great whites and has boomed in the past two decades. His clients have includ- ed Halle Berry, Matt Damon and Brad Pitt, the king of Jordan and Prince Harry. But while it once GANSBAAI, South Africa: In this Aug 11, 2016, photo, a great white shark swims past was not unusual to see 15 to 20 great white researchers as they chum the ocean looking for sharks in the waters off Gansbaai, South sharks per trip, Rutzen now counts himself lucky Africa. — AP if he sees one or two. Andreotti, who works with areas where the sharks gather off South Africa, and shark nets are some of the main factors Rutzen to photograph and take DNA samples believes the study done in Gansbaai needs fur- behind the decline in the number of great from sharks, estimates there are 333 breeding ther research. The study assumes that Gansbaai whites. “We are polluting the oceans, and as top animals left in the area. For a healthy, growing “represents the entire South African white shark predators they tend to accumulate heavy metals population there needs to be at least 500, she population. However, we are not convinced that in their bodies and that can be very detrimental says. The sharks here have not been known to this is true,” said Alison Kock, a member of the for their survival,” Andreotti says. Poaching is breed with sharks from other parts of the world. research group. another problem. “People want the jaws of a She said it is possible that the total population great white shark hanging in their pub,” she says. NEW HAMPSHIRE: In this Wednesday Aug. 1, 2007 file photo black bear cubs are seen Worldwide decrease has been underestimated, but she agrees that Both Rutzen and Andreotti believe that great in Lyme. — AP “The great white sharks on the South African the sharks are low in number and vulnerable to white sharks, which are listed as vulnerable ani- coast are heading for extinction,” Andreotti says. humans’ impact. “This would not be the first time mals by the Convention on International Trade New England drought means “That has massive implications for the ocean’s that estimates of population sizes of white sharks in Endangered Species, should be listed as ecology. White sharks are top predators. They are and other species have been disputed,” Kock said endangered species at the next CITES confer- bolder bears, stressed fish much like lions. If you take top predators out of in an email. “It is a consequence of the difficult ence in South Africa in September. After several the environment, the rest of the environment will nature of such investigations.” With fewer great hours out at sea and two brief shark sightings, CONCORD: Bears are bolder, mosquitoes wildlife professor at the University of New collapse.” The conservation group WWF has whites as predators in the local waters, the popu- Rutzen and his team pull up the anchors. are multiplying and stream-dwelling fish Hampshire. But the opposite happens warned that the number of great whites is lation of Cape fur seals has grown rapidly, which “Within three years, all the great white sharks off are stressed. Beyond hurting crops and because as water levels drop, river banks decreasing worldwide. The White Shark Research has a negative effect on fish populations and the the shore of Gansbaai will be gone, mark my helping the tourism industry, New and the edges of ponds widen, he said. Group, a team of scientists studying all major rest of the ecosystem. Pollution, baited hooks words,” Rutzen says. — AP England’s hot, dry summer also is affecting Thanks to a mild winter and the current the region’s wildlife. All six New England drought, water is warmer and more stag- states are experiencing at least moderate nant, which encourages growth of Activists to battle on after Japan whaling court win drought, according to the National cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green Drought Mitigation Center, with severe algae, said Jeff Schloss, natural resources TOKYO: Japanese whalers yester- would act as a deterrent to “some patches in all but Vermont and pockets of program leader at UNH Cooperative day celebrated what they described extent” by choking off funding by extreme drought in Massachusetts and Extension. The resulting toxic blooms can as a court victory in the US to end the group’s US arm. The announce- New Hampshire. hurt everything from microscopic organ- years of high seas clashes with anti- ment comes after a US court issued Low rainfall also means low stream flow isms eaten by fish, to waterfowl that feed whaling group Sea Shepherd, which a preliminary injunction against Sea levels across the region. The US Geological on those fish. immediately vowed to fight on. The Shepherd in late 2012, ordering it to Survey says all six states have areas exhibit- In Vermont, the drought has lowered arch enemies have waged a legal steer clear of the whaling ships. ing moderate hydrologic drought, with water at the Bennington Fish Culture and public relations battle as Sea Last year, the group agreed to severe spots in Massachusetts and one Station to about 30 percent below normal. Shepherd has sought to disrupt an pay $2.55 million to Japanese extreme area in Maine. Low and warm As a result, biologists reduced the number annual whale hunt in the Antarctic whalers for breaching the earlier water stresses fish, such as trout and of times they feed the fish destined for that Japan defends as scientific court order. Japan initiated the legal salmon, forcing them to seek out deeper stocking next spring from three times to research. However, the settlement battle after several hunts in which pools or spring holes. On Friday, the one, said hatchery manager Monty Walker. between the US-based Sea the anti-whaling activists pursued Connecticut Department of Energy and He expects fish that usually would measure Shepherd Conservation Society the fleet for months in the icy waters Environmental Protection closed portions about 7 inches by September to fall nearly and Japan’s whaling body is near Antarctica, seeking to stop the of the West Branch Farmington River and two inches short. The drought has implica- unlikely to end the dispute as slaughter. Activists harassed whalers the Farmington River to fishing through tions on land as well as water, with bears, operations in Antarctic waters are with paint and stink bombs, Sept 15 after several fish kills. snakes and ants among those species ven- mostly carried out by Sea rammed their ships, and snared ship “This is the first time in memory that we turing further afield in search of food or Shepherd Australia, which does propellers with ropes. Japan claims have found it necessary to take action like water. In Quincy, Massachusetts, a timber not come under the ruling. it conducts vital scientific research this to protect our fisheries on these rivers, rattlesnake showed up on someone’s front Yesterday, the Institute of using a loophole in an international and it is not a step we are taking lightly,” steps. In New Hampshire, bears have been Cetacean Research and Kyodo TOKYO: In this handout photo taken by Japan’s Institute of Cetacean whaling ban, but makes no secret said Deputy Commissioner Susan Whalen. foraging for food at campgrounds and Senpaku-key players in Japan’s research on February 25, 2013 shows the Sea Shepherd ship Bob that the mammals ultimately end up In Maine, officials are recommending that neighborhood trash cans because drought- whaling industry-announced a legal Barker (R) colliding with the Japanese whaling fleet fuel tanker the on dinner plates. It was forced to call people fish earlier or later in the day when stricken berry bushes didn’t produce as settlement that would bar the US Sun Laurel, as Japanese whalers and militant conservationists clashed off the 2014-2015 hunt after the temperatures are cooler. The same goes for much as usual. Pekin, the UNH professor, group from attacking whaling ships dangerously in icy waters off Antarctica, with both sides accusing the United Nations’ top court, the southern New Hampshire, said Scott keeps it all in perspective. He notes that or funding such activities. The par- other of ramming their vessels. — AFP International Court of Justice, ruled Decker, inland fisheries program director at herons and other birds are feasting on ties involved “successfully resolved in 2014 that its annual mission to New Hampshire Fish and Game. frogs that have become more visible in the dispute through mediated other branches, including its Shepherd Global and all other enti- the Antarctic was a commercial hunt ponds, and he himself has been enjoying negotiations earlier this month”, it Australian office, would keep fight- ties around the world, other than masquerading as science. The hunt Stagnant water listening to osprey in his backyard. “In all of said. But Sea Shepherd played ing. “The ruling in the US courts the USA, will continue to oppose resumed at the end of 2015, with Given that mosquitoes breed in stand- this, there are winners and losers,” he said. “I down any suggestion of a global affects ONLY our US entity,” the the illegal Japanese whaling in the the fleet returning to Japan in March ing water, you might expect fewer instead have great faith in wildlife to adapt. Next agreement, saying the settlement group’s global chief executive Alex Antarctic,” it added. The whaling of this year after having killed more of more during a drought, said Pete Pekins, year could be the opposite.” — AP only applied to its US arm and that Cornelissen said in a statement. “Sea institute insisted the settlement than 300 of the mammals. — AFP WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 WHAT’S ON

Ministry staff showcase talents inistry of Electricity and Water’s Undersecretary Mohammad Bushehri said innovations by young people working at the ministry were showcased at an exhibition that was organized by youth groups. Buhehri said employees who do their duties also have hobbies, so we facilitated this for them through such exhibitions. “These are the kind of projects that we are proud off, and whenever the youth Mare given an opportunity, there will be good results,” he said.

The Ministry of Awqaf prepares for hajj he Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs’ Undersecretary Farid Asad Ammadi toured the ministry’s manuscripts department in Adailiya accompanied by Assistant Undersecretary for the Fatwa and Sharia Research Sector Essa Al-Obaidli, and were received by Director of the Department Ibrahim Al-Otaibi and other officials. Ammadi inspected the work process and checked the progress that has been made Tso far. The tour came as part of the ministry’s ongoing awareness campaign for the upcoming hajj season. WHAT’S ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016

Make your own rules with Centrepoint’s Back to school collection

entrepoint, the region’s largest family ‘Puma’ and ‘Kangaroos’. Brands like Marvel, fashion retailer, has just launched its Barbie and Disney have imprinted children’s Cback-to-school collection that has favorite characters like Spiderman, Marvel everything you need to stay on trend for the Heroes, Minnie, Elsa & Anna and Barbie; on school year! The new collection includes this season’s footwear. Girls will get to rock everything from backpacks and water bottles the classy school-goer look featuring floral to pencil pouches and stationery items in an accents, perforations, glaze-matt contrasts array of attractive designs and affordable and embossed effects. The boys will be prices. Moms can relax this Back to School sea- spoiled for choice with an impressive range son, as Centrepoint has covered with all your that’s durable enough to sail through the back to school shopping needs in one destina- action-packed year. High on comfort and tion. Plus the brand will have your children lin- style, the specially designed range features ing up to do all their homework and chores in all leather Velcro strap ultra-light shoes. exchange for its coveted character collections. White canvas sneakers take care of sporty Babyshop’s selection of Back to School mer- days and are designed to withstand active chandise is every child’s dream; featuring pop- lifestyles. ular characters such as Superman Vs Batman, Extending the Back to School selection, Minions, Frozen and Marie the Cat. The entire Splash is offering a full range of backpacks, showcase also features the widest range of shaped erasers, 3D hard case pencil boxes, and Disney Princess collection is always a hit Sakroots, Minmei and Outsider in attractive pouches, pencil cases, iPad bags, head- licensed character merchandise across ages colorful gel pens and markers. along with products from Hello Kitty, Frozen, prints and colors. Character features collec- phones, caps, sling bags and canvas bags for with a huge selection for both boys and girls. The latest collection of Ferrari, Spiderman, Marie the Cat, Sofia the First that continue to tions also make the cut this season in a range trendy teens. The collection highlights popu- Backpacks have been revamped this season Minions and Cars branded school merchan- reign popular with our trendy tots. that has all your child needs for a successful lar characters like Hello Kitty, Batman, with four exciting new shapes that make going dise will definitely be high on the shopping Lifestyle’s collection of backpacks, trolley school year ahead. Superman, Minions, Barbie, and the Smiley to school comfortable and stylish. Character list for fun-loving little lads. For the football bags, lunch bags, pencil pouches, note Shoe Mart’s offerings makes back to range. The Back to School collections are themed collections add to the fun with insulat- fanatics, the collection this year includes an books and water bottles are the top selling school shopping easy, with an eclectic range available at all Centrepoint stores located in ed backpacks, stainless steel bottles, tritan bot- exciting collection of Read Madrid, FC products for teenagers and pre-teens this in black uniform shoes and white sporty Al Rai, Avenues, Hawally, Salmiya, Fintas, tles and spacious lunch boxes for your child’s Barcelona and Manchester City gear season. The range sports popular products kicks. One can get a complete pair of shoes, Jahra, Fahaheel, Sulaibhikhat, Kuwait City and special meal. Stationery items also include fun- amongst others. For little girls, Babyshop’s from brands such as Jworld, Jansport, socks and backpack by leading brands like Khaitan. Gear up for school with The Sultan Center

o start the school year in style, The Sultan From the complete backpack collections of meet both local and private school require- Center offers a complete collection of the most popular character school bags of ments from a range of Faber - Castell writing Tstylish school supplies to fully equip stu- Minions, Frozen, Star Wars and Championship and coloring tools, to BIC and Zebra pens. There dents for another exciting academic year. As League to non-character bags of Exsport, is a large variety of notebooks to suit every sub- the school countdown begins, TSC is the shop- Jansport and Eastpack, student will find the ject; including TSC’s own private label brand of ping destination for all your Back to School largest variety of high quality and durable Eureka notebooks which comes in a variety of needs, ranging from trendy and fashionable bags along with a complete collection of sheets, sizes and colors, parents will also find an backpacks, lunch boxes, notebooks and sta- lunch boxes and thermos for both boys and assortment of textured and colorful binders tionary sets to calculators and coloring pens, girls of all ages. that are sure to appeal to every age. TSC has TSC provides the latest and trendiest supplies For school stationery supplies look no fur- gone a step further in making back to shopping that will take students Back to School in style. ther, TSC carries a broad range of stationery to easier for parents by offering a complete collec- tion of bundle backs comprised of backpacks, stationery and all the needed accessories and can be found at any TSC location in Kuwait. According to Mr Makram Malaeb, TSC’s Commercial and Operation Director, “It’s time for kids to load up their back-packs, bon their new threads and head back to school. It can be a hard transition going from the freedom of summer to the structure of being a full time student. We at TSC make it exciting for them through offering a comprehensive exclusive range imported from US, Germany, and many more.” stated Mr Malaeb. Visit TSC today to see the complete range of Back to Schools supplies from A to Z. NAFO to celebrate Onam and Anniversary

AFO Kuwait is set to celebrate for the day long festivity was officially “Onam” and 13th Anniversary on released on Friday, Aug. 12th in a joint NFriday, 23rd September 2016, at meeting of NAFO Executive Committee, the Indian Community School (Senior), Advisory Board and NAFO Ladies wing also Salmiya, from 09.30 am onwards. K with the benevolent participation of Hon. Vijayakumar - IPS, Senior Security Advisor NAFO Patron, main sponsors of the event to Govt. of India, has consented to be the and program committee members. The chief guest on this happy occasion. Program committee has informed that Distinguished guests from among all sec- NAFO members may kindly collect their tions of Indian community will also grace Onasadya coupons by contacting any of the event with their benevolent pres- the program committee or NAFO Executive ence. Committee members so as to facilitate Kerala’s own symphony smooth distribution of coupons, and urged “Panchavadyam”, traditional classical the members to kindly extend their sincere dance forms, “Mohiniyattam”, support and active participation. Ooredoo holds workshop for protégé students “Thiruvathirakali”, “Folk Dances”, “Fusion Through collective hard work by Dances, Semi-classical Cinematic Dances, numerous dedicated Nafoitans, and by n line with its sponsorship of the protégés talked about Ooredoo’s partnership with national standards. Group Songs, Solo Songs, and a Skit by successfully sponsoring and coordinat- youth development program, Ooredoo Spread the Passion to launch Ooredoo’s annual Ooredoo’s core values are based on caring, NAFO Gurukulam students will also be ing several recent mega programs and IKuwait, a member of the international volunteer program. The program aims to connecting and challenging, with a great focus true highlights of the whole day celebra- welfare schemes, NAFO has proven itself Ooredoo Group, organized a panel discussion encourage youth to enroll in volunteer oppor- on corporate social responsibility. Empowering tions. A grand traditional “Onasadya” will to be one of the leading, sincere, presti- for the protégés program students. The work- tunities around Kuwait. This program was start- youth play a major role in its strategy. For more shop was headed by Senior Director of Human ed with a month-long orientation phase that information on the company’s projects and be served to all the guests and atten- gious and honored associations in Resources at Ooredoo Kuwait Omar Al-Bassam included workshops, all held according to inter- activities, please visit www.ooredoo.com.kw dees. All NAFO members and well-wish- Kuwait. These accomplishments inspire and founder of the Ooredoo volunteer program ers along with their families are cordially the association to further strengthen and partner Spread the Passion, Dr Fatemah Al- invited to gather on this auspicious occa- accelerate its socio-cultural services. This Mousawi. sion as a single family in order to cele- year the celebrations will be unique The session kicked off with a presentation brate our dear traditional “Ponnonam” - planned as two sessions at morning and by Al-Bassam, who started with ice-breaker activities for all the students to get them the one and only living symbol of our evening staging a mega musical gig will engaged. During his presentation, he focused unity, harmony and brotherhood. definitely be a rare treat for the music on the pivotal role played by the Human Onasadya coupon and Raffle coupons connoisseurs in Kuwait. Resources department within Ooredoo, and the different programs the company offers to its employees, students and fresh graduates. Announcement These programs include annual job fairs, inter- What’s On - Submission Guidelines nal training programs, such as the summer from Indian internship program, which was conducted in All photos submitted for What’s On should collaboration with the Manpower Restructuring Embassy be minimum 200dpi. Articles must be in Program. Additionally, the company has an plain text and should include name and ongoing strategy for developing the talents he Embassy of India Kuwait phone numbers. Articles and photos that and skills of its employees. will remain closed on the fail to meet these requirements will not be The second part of the workshop focused on occasion of Janmasthmi. published. the corporate social responsibility activities led T However, emergency services will by Ooreodo, including Jaribha, a crowd-fund- Please send them to ing platform considered to be the first of its be provided on 25 August 2016 [email protected] kind in Kuwait. Additionally, Al-Moussawi (Thursday) by the Consular Wing. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 TV PROGRAMS

18:30 Ed Stafford: Into The 04:00 Life In Pieces Unknown 04:30 The Tonight Show Starring 19:20 Running Wild With Bear Jimmy Fallon Grylls 06:00 George Lopez 20:10 Storage Hunters UK 03:20 Mad Dogs 03:10 Henry Hugglemonster 06:30 The Bill Engvall Show 20:35 Dallas Car Sharks 03:20 Calimero 03:50 Science Of Stupid 07:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 04:05 Doctors 04:15 Science Of Stupid 21:00 Dark Woods Justice 03:35 Zou 08:00 Life In Pieces 04:35 Eastenders 21:50 Ed Stafford: Into The 04:45 Incredibly Small World 05:05 The Musketeers 03:45 Loopdidoo 09:00 The Simpsons Unknown 04:00 Art Attack 05:40 Money Meltdown 06:00 Eastenders 22:40 Mega Shippers 06:05 Money Meltdown 09:30 Young & Hungry 06:30 Holby City 04:25 Henry Hugglemonster 10:30 The Bill Engvall Show 23:30 Fast N’ Loud 04:35 Calimero 06:35 Terraced Fields 07:30 Death In Paradise 00:20 Kindig Customs 07:30 Explorer 11:00 The Tonight Show Starring 08:25 Call The Midwife 04:50 Zou 01:10 Dark Woods Justice 05:00 Loopdidoo 08:25 Salmon Wars Jimmy Fallon 09:25 The Musketeers 02:00 Ed Stafford: Into The 09:20 Incredibly Small World 12:00 George Lopez 10:20 Doctors 05:15 Art Attack Unknown 05:35 Henry Hugglemonster 10:15 Inside: Reinventing Taipei 12:30 Life In Pieces 10:55 Eastenders 02:50 Mega Shippers 11:10 Cosmos: A Spacetime 13:30 The Bill Engvall Show 11:25 Death In Paradise 05:50 Calimero 06:00 Zou Odyssey 14:00 Black-Ish 12:20 Call The Midwife 12:05 Life On Mars: The Amazing 13:15 The Musketeers 06:20 Loopdidoo 14:30 Young & Hungry 06:35 Art Attack Rovers 15:30 Fresh Off The Boat 14:10 Doctors 13:00 UFOs: The Untold Stories 14:45 Eastenders 07:00 The Hive 16:00 Grandfathered 07:10 Zou 14:00 Brain Games 16:30 George Lopez 15:15 Death In Paradise 14:30 Brain Games 07:25 Loopdidoo 17:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 16:10 Call The Midwife 15:00 Hacking The System 17:05 The Musketeers 03:00 Mega Engineering 07:40 Jungle Cubs 18:00 Two And A Half Men 03:48 Smash Lab 08:05 Sofia The First 15:30 Hacking The System 18:00 Doctors 16:00 Machine Impossible 18:30 Two And A Half Men 18:30 Eastenders 04:36 Secret Space Escapes 08:30 Miles From Tomorrow 19:00 Angie Tribeca 05:24 How The Universe Works 08:40 PJ Masks 17:00 Cosmos: A Spacetime 19:05 Death In Paradise Odyssey 19:30 Angie Tribeca 20:00 Death In Paradise 06:12 How Do They Do It? 09:10 Doc McStuffins 06:36 Food Factory 09:40 Doc McStuffins 18:00 Fly Me To The Stars: Japan’s 20:00 The Tonight Show Starring 21:00 I Want My Wife Back Space Challenge Jimmy Fallon 21:30 Rev. 07:00 How Do They Do It? 09:55 Minnie’s Bow-Toons 07:26 Smash Lab 10:00 Sofia The First 19:00 Science Of Stupid 21:00 Fresh Off The Boat 22:00 Stag 19:30 Science Of Stupid 21:30 Grandfathered 22:55 Hebburn 08:14 How The Universe Works 10:30 Sofia The First 20:00 Machine Impossible 22:00 South Park 23:25 Hebburn 09:02 Mega Engineering 11:00 The Lion Guard 09:50 How Do They Do It? 11:30 Jake And The Never Land 20:50 Cosmos: A Spacetime 22:30 South Park 00:00 Doctors Odyssey 00:30 Eastenders 10:14 Food Factory Pirates 23:00 Family Guy 10:38 Secret Space Escapes 12:00 Jake And The Never Land 21:40 Fly Me To The Stars: Japan’s 23:30 Late Night With Seth Meyers 01:05 Death In Paradise Space Challenge 11:26 Smash Lab Pirates 00:30 Fresh Off The Boat 02:00 I Want My Wife Back 22:30 Science Of Stupid 02:30 Rev. 12:14 How The Universe Works 12:30 Gummi Bears 01:00 Grandfathered 13:02 How Do They Do It? 13:00 Sofia The First 22:55 Science Of Stupid 23:20 Money Meltdown 01:30 South Park 13:26 Food Factory 13:30 Doc McStuffins 02:00 South Park 14:00 The Lion Guard 23:45 Money Meltdown 13:50 Mega Engineering 02:30 Family Guy 14:38 Secret Space Escapes 14:30 Aladdin 00:10 Machine Impossible 15:26 Smash Lab 14:55 Jake And The Never Land 01:00 Cosmos: A Spacetime 16:14 How The Universe Works Pirates Odyssey 03:00 Nathan For You 17:02 Mega Engineering 15:05 Goldie & Bear 03:25 Nathan For You 17:50 Smash Lab 15:30 Miles From Tomorrow 03:50 Impractical Jokers 18:40 How The Universe Works 16:00 Doc McStuffins 04:15 Impractical Jokers 04:00 The Berlin File 19:30 Battle Factory 16:25 Doc McStuffins 03:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 04:40 Ridiculousness 19:55 Battle Factory 16:55 Sofia The First 06:15 Sword Of Vengeance 03:24 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 08:00 6 Ways To Sundown 05:05 Ridiculousness 20:20 How Do They Do It? 17:25 Sofia The First 03:48 Henry Danger 05:30 Tosh.0 20:45 Food Factory 17:50 The Lion Guard 10:00 Flightplan 04:12 Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn 12:00 Close Range 05:55 Tosh.0 21:10 Industrial Junkie 18:15 Jake And The Never Land 04:36 The Haunted Hathaways 06:20 Tattoo Disasters 21:35 Industrial Junkie Pirates 14:00 Sword Of Vengeance 05:00 Max & Shred 16:00 Metro 06:50 Tattoo Disasters 22:00 Battle Factory 18:45 Jake And The Never Land 05:24 Henry Danger 22:25 Battle Factory Pirates 18:00 Flightplan 07:15 Hungry Investors 05:48 Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn 20:00 Last Knights 08:05 Ridiculousness 22:50 How The Universe Works 19:00 PJ Masks 06:12 SpongeBob SquarePants 23:40 Smash Lab 19:30 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 22:00 Constantine 08:30 Ridiculousness 06:36 SpongeBob SquarePants 00:15 Cat Run 2 00:30 How Do They Do It? 20:00 Doc McStuffins 07:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 08:55 Nathan For You 00:55 Food Factory 20:30 Sofia The First 02:00 Jersey Shore Shark Attack 09:20 Nathan For You 07:24 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 01:20 Battle Factory 21:00 PJ Masks 07:48 Winx Club 09:45 Impractical Jokers 01:45 Battle Factory 21:30 Aladdin 10:10 Impractical Jokers 08:12 Harvey Beaks 02:10 How The Universe Works 22:00 Jungle Cubs 08:36 Breadwinners 10:35 Key And Peele 22:25 Gummi Bears 09:00 Get Blake 11:00 Workaholics 22:50 Zou 09:24 Rabbids Invasion 11:25 Lip Sync Battle 23:05 Henry Hugglemonster 09:48 Henry Danger 04:00 Confessions Of A Shopaholic 11:50 Lip Sync Battle 23:20 Calimero 10:12 Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn 12:15 Nathan For You 23:35 Zou SISTER ACT ON OSN MOVIES HD COMEDY 10:36 The Haunted Hathaways 06:00 Sleepless In Seattle 12:40 Nathan For You 23:50 Loopdidoo 11:00 Winx Club 08:00 Sister Act 13:05 Impractical Jokers 00:05 Art Attack 11:24 SpongeBob SquarePants 10:00 Confessions Of A Shopaholic Kardashians 17:25 Autopsy: The Last Hours 00:30 Henry Hugglemonster 20:30 Ace Of Cakes 11:48 SpongeBob SquarePants 12:00 Krippendorf’s Tribe 13:30 Impractical Jokers 07:50 Keeping Up With The Of... 00:45 Calimero 21:00 Andy Bates Brazilian Street 12:12 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 13:55 Ridiculousness 03:15 The Hive Kardashians 18:20 Emmerdale 14:00 My Father The Hero 01:00 Zou Feasts 12:36 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 14:20 Ridiculousness 03:20 Sabrina Secrets Of A 08:20 E! News 18:45 Coronation Street 16:00 Sister Act 01:15 Loopdidoo 21:30 Andy Bates Brazilian Street 13:00 Breadwinners 14:45 Tattoo Disasters Teenage Witch 08:45 E! News 19:10 Coronation Street 18:00 10 Things I Hate About You 01:30 Art Attack Feasts 13:24 The Loud House 15:10 Tattoo Disasters 03:45 Sabrina Secrets Of A 09:15 Keeping Up With The 19:35 The Chase: Celebrity 20:00 I Love You Beth Cooper 02:00 Calimero 22:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 13:48 Harvey Beaks 15:35 Lip Sync Battle Teenage Witch Kardashians Specials 02:15 Zou 22:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 14:12 Rabbids Invasion 22:00 The Babymakers 16:00 Lip Sync Battle 04:10 Hank Zipzer 09:45 Keeping Up With The 20:30 Don’t Tell The Bride 23:00 Iron Chef America 14:36 Henry Danger 00:00 Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser 04:35 Binny And The Ghost Kardashians 21:25 Autopsy: The Last Hours 16:30 Nathan For You 15:00 Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn 02:00 10 Things I Hate About You 05:00 Violetta 10:15 Keeping Up With The Of... 16:55 Nathan For You 15:24 SpongeBob SquarePants 05:45 The Hive Kardashians 22:20 Coronation Street 17:25 Workaholics 15:48 SpongeBob SquarePants 05:50 Mouk 10:40 Keeping Up With The 22:50 Emmerdale 17:50 Impractical Jokers 16:12 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 06:00 Hank Zipzer 06:00 Boyster Kardashians 23:15 Murdoch Mysteries 18:15 Impractical Jokers 16:36 The Loud House 06:25 Jessie 06:10 Super Matrak 11:10 Keeping Up With The 00:10 The Chase: Celebrity 18:39 Key And Peele 17:00 Sanjay And Craig 06:50 Disney Mickey Mouse 06:35 Super Matrak Kardashians 03:40 Last Days Of The Nazis Specials 17:24 Harvey Beaks 04:30 WWI: The First Modern War 03:00 Marvel’s Planet Hulk 17:48 Breadwinners 05:20 Ancient Aliens 05:00 G-Force 18:12 Henry Danger 06:10 Ancient Discoveries 07:00 The Shaggy Dog 18:36 Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn 07:00 Dogfights 19:00 100 Things To Do Before 09:00 Toy Story 2 08:00 Ancient Discoveries High School 11:00 Asterix: The Mansions Of 09:00 The Universe 03:45 Zoo Confidential 19:24 Game Shakers The Gods 10:00 World War II: Lost Films 04:40 Born Wild 19:48 SpongeBob SquarePants 12:45 The Parent Trap 11:00 WWI: The First Modern War 05:35 Hunter Hunted 20:12 SpongeBob SquarePants 12:00 Ancient Aliens 06:30 The Bear Evidence 15:00 The Lizzie McGuire Movie 20:36 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 13:00 Dogfights 07:25 Zoo Confidential 17:00 Toy Story 3 21:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 14:00 Ancient Discoveries 08:20 Born Wild 19:00 White Fang 21:24 Breadwinners 15:00 The Universe 09:15 Animal Armory 21:00 Marvel’s Thor: Tales Of 21:48 Breadwinners 16:00 World War II: Lost Films 10:10 Planet Carnivore 22:12 Sanjay And Craig Asgaard 17:00 WWI: The First Modern War 11:05 Dangerous Encounters 22:36 Sanjay And Craig 23:00 The Lizzie McGuire Movie 18:00 Ancient Aliens 12:00 Hooked 23:00 SpongeBob SquarePants 01:00 White Fang 19:00 Dogfights 12:55 Asia’s Deadliest Snakes 23:24 SpongeBob SquarePants 20:00 Ancient Discoveries 13:50 Planet Carnivore 23:48 Henry Danger 21:00 The Universe 14:45 Zoo Confidential 00:12 Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn 22:00 America: The Story Of The 15:40 Expedition Wild 00:36 Max & Shred U.S. 16:35 Animal Armory 01:00 The Haunted Hathaways 23:00 Ultimate Guide To The 17:30 Planet Carnivore 03:00 Still Alice 01:24 Sanjay And Craig Presidents 18:25 Dangerous Encounters 04:45 Peter Pan Live! 01:48 Sanjay And Craig 00:00 Ancient Aliens 19:20 Zoo Confidential 07:00 The Duff 02:12 SpongeBob SquarePants 01:00 Dogfights 20:10 Expedition Wild 09:00 Paranoia 02:36 SpongeBob SquarePants 02:00 Ancient Discoveries 21:00 Animal Armory 11:00 Cuban Fury 21:50 Planet Carnivore 13:00 Accidental Love 22:40 Dangerous Encounters 14:45 Drumline: A New Beat 23:30 Hooked 16:30 The Maze Runner 00:20 Asia’s Deadliest Snakes 18:30 Fast & Furious 7 01:10 Planet Carnivore 21:00 The Visit 02:00 Brutal Killers 23:00 Everly 03:00 The Simpsons 02:50 Dr. K’s Exotic Animal 01:00 She’s Funny That Way 03:30 Black-Ish

03:40 Big Rig Bounty Hunters 04:30 Pawn Stars 05:00 Time Team 06:00 Shipping Wars 06:25 Shipping Wars 06:50 Swamp People FLIGHTPLAN ON OSN MOVIES ACTION 07:40 Mountain Men 08:30 American Restoration 19:03 Workaholics 08:55 Big Rig Bounty Hunters 06:55 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug 07:00 Pokemon Bw: Adventures In 19:27 TUT 11:35 Keeping Up With The 09:45 Ice Road Truckers And Cat Noir Unova Kardashians 10:35 Alone 20:13 TUT 07:20 Dog With A Blog 07:25 K.C. Undercover 21:00 The Daily Show With Trevor 13:05 E! News 11:25 Time Team 07:45 Bunk’d 07:50 Supa Strikas 13:35 E! News Noah 12:15 American Pickers 08:10 Austin & Ally 08:15 Phineas And Ferb 14:05 Botched 13:05 Storage Wars 21:30 Matt Braunger: Shovel 08:35 Shake It Up 08:40 Camp Lakebottom 15:00 WAGs 13:30 Storage Wars Fighter 09:00 Hannah Montana 09:05 Disney Mickey Mouse 16:00 WAGs 13:55 Counting Cars: Best Of 22:18 Inside Amy Schumer 09:25 Hannah Montana 09:10 Gravity Falls 17:00 Keeping Up With The 14:20 Car Hunters 22:42 South Park 09:50 Wizards Of Waverly Place 09:35 Lab Rats Kardashians 14:45 American Restoration 23:05 Underground With Dave 10:15 Wizards Of Waverly Place 10:00 Rocket Monkeys 18:00 Keeping Up With The 15:10 American Restoration Attell 10:40 Good Luck Charlie 10:25 Ultimate Spider-Man Kardashians 15:35 Shipping Wars 23:30 The Daily Show With Trevor 11:05 Good Luck Charlie 10:50 Boyster 19:00 E! News 16:00 Swamp People: Swamp Noah 11:30 Jessie 11:20 Boyster 19:30 E! News Christmas 11:45 Pair Of Kings 00:00 TUT 11:55 Jessie 20:00 Hollywood Medium With 16:50 Mountain Men 12:10 Pair Of Kings 00:50 TUT 12:20 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug Tyler Henry 17:40 Swamp People And Cat Noir 12:35 Lab Rats 21:00 Keeping Up With The 18:30 Time Team 01:40 The Daily Show With Trevor 13:00 Lab Rats 12:45 Hank Zipzer Kardashians 19:20 American Pickers Noah 13:30 Phineas And Ferb 02:05 Anthony Jeselnik: Caligula 13:10 Austin & Ally 22:00 Botched 20:10 Pawn Stars 13:55 Phineas And Ferb 23:00 E! News 20:35 Pawn Stars 13:35 Austin & Ally 14:20 Kickin’ It 14:00 Liv And Maddie 23:30 E! News 21:00 Criss Angel: Mindfreak 14:45 Pokemon Bw: Adventures In 00:00 Famously Single 21:25 Barry’d Treasure 14:25 Liv And Maddie Unova 14:50 Dog With A Blog 00:55 Famously Single 21:50 Pirate Treasure Of The 15:10 Disney Mickey Mouse Knights Templar 15:15 Hank Zipzer 15:15 Supa Strikas 15:40 Bunk’d 22:40 Britain’s Bloody Crown: War 15:40 Supa Strikas Of The Roses 16:05 Disney Mickey Mouse 16:05 Lab Rats 16:10 Gravity Falls 23:30 Criss Angel: Mindfreak 03:15 Wheels That Fail 16:30 Pickle And Peanut 23:55 Barry’d Treasure 16:35 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug 03:40 Auction Hunters: Pawn Shop 16:55 Kirby Buckets 00:20 Pirate Treasure Of The Edition And Cat Noir 17:25 K.C. Undercover 03:00 Man Fire Food Knights Templar 04:05 Storage Hunters UK 17:00 Backstage 17:50 Annedroids 03:30 Man Fire Food 01:10 Leepu And Pitbull 04:30 Dallas Car Sharks 17:50 Girl Meets World 18:15 Gamer’s Guide To Pretty... 04:00 Chopped 05:00 How Stuff’s Made 18:15 Bunk’d 18:40 K.C. Undercover 05:00 Guy’s Grocery Games 05:30 How Do They Do It? 18:40 Mako Mermaids 19:05 Disney Mickey Mouse 06:00 Man Fire Food 06:00 Alaska: The Last Frontier 19:05 Austin & Ally 19:10 Gravity Falls 06:30 Man Fire Food 06:50 Kindig Customs 19:30 Jessie 19:35 Pickle And Peanut 07:00 Chopped 07:40 Fast N’ Loud 19:55 Violetta 20:00 Lab Rats 08:00 Barefoot Contessa: Back To 08:30 Auction Hunters: Pawn Shop 20:45 Good Luck Charlie 20:25 Supa Strikas Basics 03:25 Vera Edition 21:10 H2O: Just Add Water 20:55 K.C. Undercover 08:30 Barefoot Contessa: Back To 05:15 Eggheads 08:55 Storage Hunters UK 21:35 H2O: Just Add Water 21:20 Gamer’s Guide To Pretty... Basics 05:45 Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night 09:20 Dallas Car Sharks 22:00 Binny And The Ghost 21:45 Guardians Of The Galaxy 09:00 The Kitchen Takeaway 09:45 How Stuff’s Made 22:25 Sabrina Secrets Of A 22:10 Marvel Avengers Assemble 10:00 The Pioneer Woman 07:05 The Chase: Celebrity 10:10 How Do They Do It? Teenage Witch 22:40 Disney Mickey Mouse 10:30 The Pioneer Woman Specials 10:35 Mythbusters 22:50 Sabrina Secrets Of A 11:00 Chopped 08:00 Vera 11:25 World’s Top 5 Teenage Witch 12:00 Guy’s Big Bite 09:50 Murdoch Mysteries 12:15 Incredible Engineering 23:10 Hank Zipzer 12:30 Guy’s Big Bite 10:45 Eggheads Blunders: Fixed 23:35 Binny And The Ghost 13:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 11:15 The Chase: Celebrity 13:05 Auction Hunters: Pawn Shop 00:00 Violetta 13:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives Specials 12:10 Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Edition 00:45 The Hive 03:15 WAGs 14:00 Man Fire Food Takeaway 13:30 Storage Hunters UK 00:50 Sabrina Secrets Of A 04:10 WAGs 14:30 Man Fire Food 13:25 Emmerdale 13:55 Dallas Car Sharks Teenage Witch 05:05 WAGs 15:00 Chopped 16:00 The Kitchen 13:50 Coronation Street 14:20 Alaska: The Last Frontier 01:15 Sabrina Secrets Of A 06:00 Fashion Bloggers 17:00 The Pioneer Woman 14:20 Coronation Street 15:10 Kindig Customs Teenage Witch 06:25 Keeping Up With The 16:00 Fast N’ Loud 17:30 The Pioneer Woman 14:45 Murdoch Mysteries 01:40 Hank Zipzer Kardashians 16:50 How Stuff’s Made 18:00 Chopped 15:35 The Chase: Celebrity 02:05 Binny And The Ghost 06:50 Keeping Up With The 17:15 How Do They Do It? 19:00 Guy’s Grocery Games Specials 02:30 Violetta Kardashians 17:40 Dark Woods Justice 07:20 Keeping Up With The 20:00 Ace Of Cakes 16:30 Don’t Tell The Bride FAST & FURIOUS 7 ON OSN MOVIES HD Classifieds

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016

X APARTMENT KNCC PROGRAMME FROM THURSDAY TO WEDNESDAY (18/08/2016 TO 24/08/2016) FOR RENT 4 bedrooms, new SHARQIA-1 FANAR-2 THE BFG -3D- 4DX 10:15 PM THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 12:00 PM WAR DOGS 12:15 PM SUICIDE SQUAD -3D- 4DX 12:45 AM floor, 4 baths, THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 2:15 PM WAR DOGS 2:30 PM big living, THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 4:15 PM SKIPTRACE 5:00 PM AVENUES-3 THE BFG 6:30 PM WAR DOGS 7:15 PM SKIPTRACE 12:45 PM elevator, security. SUICIDE SQUAD 9:00 PM WAR DOGS 9:45 PM SKIPTRACE 3:00 PM SUICIDE SQUAD 11:45 PM SKIPTRACE 12:15 AM SKIPTRACE 5:15 PM South Surra, Zahraa. SKIPTRACE 7:30 PM SHARQIA-2 FANAR-3 SKIPTRACE 9:45 PM Tel: 99679188 THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS -3D 1:00 PM RABID DOGS 11:30 AM SKIPTRACE 12:05 AM JAHEEM FI ILHIND 3:15 SUICIDE SQUAD 1:30 PM PMTHE SECRET LIFE OF PETS -3D 5:30 PM RABID DOGS 4:00 PM 360º 1 CHANGE OF NAME JAHEEM FI ILHIND 7:30 PM MOHENJO DARO - Hindi 6:00 PM THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS -3D 12:30 PM JAHEEM FI ILHIND 9:45 PM THE BFG 9:00 PM THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS -3D 2:30 PM I, Sangaraju Subramanyam, JAHEEM FI ILHIND 12:05 AM SUICIDE SQUAD 11:45 PM THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 4:30 PM holder of Indian Passport THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS -3D 6:30 PM No: J7175997, have SHARQIA-3 MARINA-1 THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS -3D 8:30 PM SKIPTRACE 11:30 AM SUICIDE SQUAD 12:15 PM THE BFG 10:30 PM changed my name to THE LEGEND OF TARZAN 1:45 PM THE BFG 2:45 PM RIOT 1:00 AM Surapu Raju Subramanyam. SKIPTRACE 4:00 PM THE LEGEND OF TARZAN 5:15 PM (C 5204) SKIPTRACE 6:15 PM THE BFG 7:30 PM 360º 2 21-8-2016 SKIPTRACE 8:30 PM SUICIDE SQUAD 10:00 PM SUICIDE SQUAD 1:00 PM SKIPTRACE 10:45 PM SUICIDE SQUAD 12:30 AM SUICIDE SQUAD 3:30 PM SKIPTRACE 1:00 AM SUICIDE SQUAD 6:00 PM SITUATION WANTED MARINA-2 SUICIDE SQUAD 8:30 PM MUHALAB-1 SKIPTRACE 11:30 AM THE CONJURING 2 11:00 PM Post Graduate in computer THE BFG 11:30 AM SKIPTRACE 2:00 PM having more than five years MOHENJO DARO - Hindi 2:00 PM JAHEEM FI ILHIND 4:15 PM 360º- 3 of overseas experience in PRAYER TIMINGS THE LEGEND OF TARZAN 5:00 PM JAHEEM FI ILHIND 6:30 PM LIFE ON THE LINE 12:00 PM Admin/HR field (Visa-article SUICIDE SQUAD 7:15 PM SKIPTRACE 8:45 PM LIFE ON THE LINE 2:00 PM THE BFG 9:45 PM JAHEEM FI ILHIND 11:15 PM LIFE ON THE LINE 4:00 PM 18 transferable). Contact SUICIDE SQUAD 12:15 AM LIFE ON THE LINE 6:00 PM 60691841. MARINA-3 LIFE ON THE LINE 8:00 PM (C 5205) MUHALAB-2 THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 11:45 AM LIFE ON THE LINE 10:00 PM 22-8-2016 SKIPTRACE 12:45 PM THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 1:45 PM LIFE ON THE LINE 12:05 AM SKIPTRACE 3:15 PM THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 4:00 PM THE BFG 5:30 PM NO TUE AL-KOUT.1 JAHEEM FI ILHIND 8:00 PM Special Show “THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS” 4:00 PM THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 12:00 PM JAHEEM FI ILHIND 10:15 PM THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 6:00 PM THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 2:00 PM JAHEEM FI ILHIND 12:30 AM THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 8:00 PM THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 4:00 PM SKIPTRACE 10:15 PM THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 6:00 PM MUHALAB-3 SKIPTRACE 12:30 AM JAHEEM FI ILHIND 8:00 PM THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS -3D 11:30 AM JAHEEM FI ILHIND 10:15 PM 112 THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 1:45 PM AVENUES-1 JAHEEM FI ILHIND 12:30 AM THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS -3D 3:45 PM LIFE ON THE LINE 1:00 PM THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 5:45 PM LIFE ON THE LINE 3:00 PM AL-KOUT.2 SKIPTRACE 7:45 PM LIFE ON THE LINE 5:00 PM SKIPTRACE 12:15 PM Automated Fajr: 03:57 SKIPTRACE 10:00 PM LIFE ON THE LINE 7:00 PM SKIPTRACE 2:30 PM SKIPTRACE 12:15 AM LIFE ON THE LINE 9:00 PM MIN 30 SANA 3 enquiry about Shorook 05:20 SKIPTRACE 7:45 PM LIFE ON THE LINE 11:00 PM Duhr: 11:51 FANAR-1 LIFE ON THE LINE 1:00 AM SKIPTRACE 10:00 PM the Civil ID SKIPTRACE 12:00 PM SKIPTRACE 12:15 AM Asr: 15:25 SKIPTRACE 2:15 PM AVENUES-2 card is MIN 30 SANA 4:30 PM THE BFG -3D- 4DX 12:15 PM AL-KOUT.3 Maghrib: 18:21 JAHEEM FI ILHIND 7:30 PM THE LEGEND OF TARZAN -3D-4DX 2:45 PM JAHEEM FI ILHIND 12:30 PM JAHEEM FI ILHIND 9:45 PM THE BFG -3D- 4DX 5:15 PM SUICIDE SQUAD 2:45 PM 1889988 Isha: 19:42 JAHEEM FI ILHIND 12:05 AM THE LEGEND OF TARZAN -3D-4DX 7:45 PM JAHEEM FI ILHIND 5:15 PM

Directorate General of Civil Aviation Home Page (www.kuwait-airport.com.kw) DIAL161 FOR AIRPORT INFORMATION

Arrival Flights on Wednesday 24/8/2016 ETD 303 Abu Dhabi 15:10 MSR 615 Cairo 00:30 CLX 792 Hanoi 14:30 Airlines Flt Route Time ABY 127 Sharjah 15:35 FDB 072 Dubai 00:30 KNE 382 Taif 14:55 THY 772 Istanbul 00:10 UAE 857 Dubai 15:45 JZR 502 Luxor 01:15 KAC 773 Riyadh 15:00 JZR 239 Amman 00:20 NIA 251 Alexandria 15:50 FDK 804 Damascus 01:35 MSR 576 Sharm el-Sheikh 15:00 JZR 267 Beirut 00:30 RJA 640 Amman 16:00 THY 773 Istanbul 01:40 KAC 673 Dubai 15:05 FDK 803 Damascus 00:35 TBM 6313 Mashhad 16:05 DLH 635 Frankfurt 02:00 GFA 222 Bahrain 15:05 FDB 069 Dubai 00:55 FDB 051 Dubai 16:10 THY 765 Istanbul 02:45 FDB 058 Dubai 15:05 DLH 635 Doha 01:00 QTR 1072 Doha 16:15 PGT 859 Istanbul 02:55 KAC 617 Doha 15:15 QTR 1086 Doha 01:15 JZR 535 Cairo 16:20 KKK 751 TZX 02:55 QTR 1079 Doha 15:15 JZR 539 Cairo 01:20 MSC 507 HRG 16:30 MSC 406 Sohag 03:30 KAC 741 Dammam 15:30 PGT 858 Istanbul 01:40 JZR 787 Riyadh 16:45 UAE 854 Dubai 03:45 SVA 503 Madinah/Jeddah 15:45 RJA 642 Amman 01:45 IRC 526 Mashhad 16:50 THY 769 Istanbul 03:45 JZR 188 Dubai 15:50 THY 1464 Istanbul 01:50 KAC 562 Amman 16:55 KAC 417 Manila 03:55 KNE 530 Jeddah 15:55 KKK 750 TZX 01:50 SAW 705 Damascus 17:05 RJA 645 Amman 03:55 KNE 684 Madinah 16:00 KKK 6506 Istanbul 02:05 SVA 510 Riyadh 17:15 OMA 644 Muscat 04:05 KAC 613 Bahrain 16:00 GFA 211 Bahrain 02:15 GFA 215 Bahrain 17:30 FDB 068 Dubai 04:05 OMA 646 Muscat 16:10 CEB 018 Manila 02:20 JZR 357 Mashhad 17:30 ETD 306 Abu Dhabi 04:10 ABY 128 Sharjah 16:15 THY 770 Istanbul 05:15 JZR 177 Dubai 17:45 MSR 613 Cairo 04:15 ETD 304 Abu Dhabi 16:20 KAC 412 Manila/Bangkok 06:30 JZR 777 Jeddah 17:50 KKK 6505 Istanbul 04:20 KAC 563 Amman 16:30 BAW 157 London 06:40 QTR 1080 Doha 17:55 PGT 861 Istanbul 04:30 NIA 252 Alexandria 16:50 JZR 1541 Cairo 07:10 JZR 483 Istanbul 18:20 QTR 1077 Doha 04:35 RJA 641 Amman 16:55 FDB 5061 Dubai 07:15 MSR 620 Cairo 18:30 CEB 019 Manila 04:50 TBM 6314 Mashhad 17:00 JZR 503 Luxor 07:25 KAC 502 Beirut 18:35 JZR 560 Sohag 05:00 FDB 052 Dubai 17:00 KAC 382 Delhi 07:30 KAC 786 Jeddah 18:35 THY 1465 Istanbul 06:00 JZR 266 Beirut 17:10 KAC 346 Ahmedabad 07:35 KAC 774 Riyadh 18:35 FEG 954 Asyut 06:00 QTR 1073 Doha 17:25 KAC 206 Islamabad 07:40 SYR 341 Damascus 18:45 RJA 643 Amman 06:25 MSC 508 HRG 17:30 KAC 204 Lahore 07:40 KAC 742 Dammam 18:50 QTR 1087 Doha 06:30 UAE 858 Dubai 17:40 FDB 053 Dubai 07:50 KAC 618 Doha 18:55 THY 771 Istanbul 06:45 IRC 527 Mashhad 17:50 KAC 302 Mumbai 07:50 KAC 542 Cairo 18:55 GFA 212 Bahrain 06:50 SVA 511 Riyadh 18:15 KAC 156 Istanbul 08:00 UAE 875 Dubai 19:05 JZR 240 Amman 06:55 JZR 184 Dubai 18:20 KAC 354 BLR 08:00 GFA 217 Bahrain 19:05 FDB 070 Dubai 07:05 SAW 706 Damascus 18:20 KAC 286 Dhaka 08:05 KAC 166 Paris/Rome 19:05 JZR 164 Dubai 07:15 GFA 216 Bahrain 18:20 KAC 332 Trivandrum 08:15 FDB 063 Dubai 19:10 JZR 256 Beirut 07:30 JZR 538 Cairo 18:30 KAC 344 Chennai 08:15 KAC 614 Bahrain 19:10 FDB 5062 Dubai 07:55 JZR 238 Amman 18:45 KAC 352 Kochi 08:20 ABY 123 Sharjah 19:15 BAW 156 London 08:25 KAC 1801 Cairo 18:55 KAC 362 Colombo 08:20 MSR 606 Luxor 19:30 FDB 054 Dubai 08:30 QTR 1081 Doha 19:05 UAE 855 Dubai 08:25 JAI 572 Mumbai 19:35 KAC 511 Mashhad 08:40 JZR 124 Bahrain 19:20 ETD 301 Abu Dhabi 09:00 KAC 674 Dubai 19:45 KAC 539 Sharm el-Sheikh 08:50 MSR 621 Cairo 19:30 ABY 125 Sharjah 09:05 KAC 154 Istanbul 19:45 KAC 791 Madinah 08:55 SYR 342 Damascus 19:45 IRC 6511 ABD 09:15 FDB 059 Dubai 19:50 KAC 117 New York 09:00 GFA 218 Bahrain 19:50 QTR 1070 Doha 09:20 KAC 102 New York/London 19:55 KAC 787 Jeddah 09:30 FDB 064 Dubai 19:50 IRA 665 Shiraz 09:25 DLH 634 Frankfurt 20:05 KAC 671 Dubai 09:30 KAC 361 Colombo 19:55 IRM 1188 Mashhad 09:40 KNE 381 Taif 20:10 JZR 534 Cairo 09:30 ABY 124 Sharjah 19:55 FDB 055 Dubai 09:50 MEA 402 Beirut 20:15 JZR 482 Istanbul 09:40 KAC 283 Dhaka 20:30 UAE 873 Dubai 10:40 OMA 647 Muscat 20:20 ABY 126 Sharjah 09:45 MSR 619 Alexandria 20:30 GFA 213 Bahrain 10:40 JZR 189 Dubai 20:25 UAE 856 Dubai 09:50 FDB 060 Dubai 20:30 AXB 890 Mangalore/Bahrain 10:55 QTR 1088 Doha 20:35 ETD 302 Abu Dhabi 10:05 UAE 876 Dubai 20:35 MEA 404 Beirut 11:00 FDB 5053 Dubai 20:55 IRC 6522 Lamerd 10:05 JAI 571 Mumbai 20:35 JZR 561 Sohag 11:25 ETD 307 Abu Dhabi 21:05 IRA 664 Shiraz 10:25 KAC 331 Trivandrum 20:45 JZR 165 Dubai 11:50 UAE 859 Dubai 21:15 QTR 1071 Doha 10:35 DLH 634 Doha 20:50 IAW 157 Al Najaf 11:55 JAD 309 Amman 21:20 FDB 056 Dubai 10:40 KAC 343 Chennai 20:55 ETD 9819 Abu Dhabi 12:10 ALK 229 Colombo 21:20 IRM 1189 Mashhad 10:55 KAC 351 Kochi 21:00 FDB 075 Dubai 12:25 THY 764 Istanbul 21:30 KAC 153 Istanbul 11:00 KAC 543 Cairo 21:00 JZR 241 Amman 12:30 QTR 1082 Doha 21:55 KAC 501 Beirut 11:00 KNE 232 Riyadh 21:10 SAW 701 Damascus 12:35 GFA 219 Bahrain 22:00 KAC 175 Frankfurt/Geneva 11:15 JZR 554 Alexandria 21:15 UAE 871 Dubai 12:45 KAC 564 Amman 22:05 KAC 561 Amman 11:20 MEA 403 Beirut 21:15 FEG 953 Asyut 12:55 ETD 309 Abu Dhabi 22:10 GFA 214 Bahrain 11:35 OMA 648 Muscat 21:15 MSR 610 Cairo 13:00 JZR 125 Bahrain 22:15 JZR 356 Mashhad 11:40 QTR 1089 Doha 21:45 THY 766 Istanbul 13:10 AIC 975 Chennai/Goa 22:25 AXB 890 Mangalore 11:55 DHX 171 Bahrain 21:50 CLX 792 Luxembourg 13:15 MSC 501 Alexandria 22:30 MEA 405 Beirut 12:00 FDB 5054 Dubai 21:55 IRC 6521 Lamerd 13:35 BBC 043 Dhaka 22:40 KAC 541 Cairo 12:05 ETD 308 Abu Dhabi 21:55 KAC 792 Madinah 13:45 JZR 185 Dubai 22:55 KAC 103 London 12:10 JAD 300 Amman 22:00 KNE 231 Riyadh 14:00 JAI 574 Mumbai 23:05 UAE 874 Dubai 12:10 ALK 230 Colombo 22:20 QTR 1078 Doha 14:05 MSC 403 Asyut 23:10 JZR 776 Jeddah 12:15 KAC 381 Delhi 22:25 KAC 672 Dubai 14:05 RBG 555 Alexandria 23:15 IAW 158 Al Najaf 12:55 UAE 860 Dubai 22:25 MSR 575 Sharm el-Sheikh 14:15 MSR 614 Cairo 23:30 KAC 785 Jeddah 13:00 THY 1413 TZX 22:25 FDB 057 Dubai 14:20 FDB 071 Dubai 23:35 JZR 176 Dubai 13:10 KAC 301 Mumbai 22:30 GFA 221 Bahrain 14:20 KLM 411 Amsterdam/Dammam 23:40 FDB 076 Dubai 13:10 KAC 345 Ahmedabad 22:55 KAC 512 Mashhad 14:30 JZR 786 Riyadh 13:20 KAC 205 Islamabad 23:00 SVA 500 Jeddah 14:30 Departure Flights on Wednesday 24/8/2016 SAW 702 Damascus 13:35 GFA 220 Bahrain 23:00 JZR 257 Beirut 14:50 Airlines Flt Route Time FEG 932 Alexandria 13:55 ETD 310 Abu Dhabi 23:05 KAC 540 Sharm el-Sheikh 14:50 AIC 988 Hyderabad/Chennai 00:05 MSR 611 Cairo 14:00 JZR 528 Asyut 23:15 KAC 788 Jeddah 15:00 MSC 404 Asyut 00:10 ETD 9819 BRU 14:10 QTR 1083 Doha 23:20 KNE 683 Madinah 15:05 JZR 1540 Cairo 00:20 THY 767 Istanbul 14:10 MSC 502 Alexandria 23:30 KNE 529 Jeddah 15:05 JAI 573 Mumbai 00:25 UAE 872 Dubai 14:15 KAC 203 Lahore 23:40 OMA 645 Muscat 15:10 JAD 302 Amman 00:25 IRC 6512 ABD 14:25 RBG 556 Alexandria 23:55 stars34 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016

CROSSWORD 1352 STAR TRACK

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

Join in the teamwork and group spirit today. There are opportunities to The pull to change or to try new things may challenge you in the work area learn about your working mates in a team support type of situation. this morning. Perhaps a meeting can occur that will give opportunities to all persons to Working together to bring about some venture has resulted in a positive outcome and present their own ideas of how they might or might not want things changed. This will there is time later today to celebrate and praise each other. A clever person you are . . . certainly cut down on arguments and may even allow you more freedom. Family, home Taking the opportunity to show your work or ideas to others is a good idea but it is impor- and security seem just about ideal to you and you may decide to stop and purchase an tant not to reveal too many details, keeping your name on your work. Higher-ups are item or two for your home or garden. You may decide to begin some type of yard work or watching you and they will be interested in what you have to offer. You may reach new design a hothouse or a fall garden-you have plenty of ideas. You are very imaginative with levels in understanding about life today. The evening’s energies are more toward relax- your home and domestic setup. Getting everyone involved in a rap session of planning is ation and appreciation. This may mean a walk or bicycle ride through the park. also good. A sense of community pervades your family life.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Scorpio (October 23-November 21) A feeling of restlessness this morning may lead you to list the variety of You appear comfortable with yourself today. Everything seems to be work- things you want to accomplish at this time. Some political issues may come to your atten- ing together-you may find yourself able to communicate well. You have a natural sense for tion but most of all you just want to complete your work so you can make some phone communicating with others, especially those younger than yourself. Teaching, lecturing or calls for a future get-together with friends. This afternoon your activities center on finish- making presentations tends to show off your showmanship in grand ways. This is a time ing up old business and list making. Later today, your many responsibilities around the for imagination and creativity; you can be spellbinding. You are successful in your endeav- home front may keep you away from those who offer you a much-needed relaxation. ors, particularly today. You have great insight into matters of personal freedom. You come There are errands to run and people to see. Soon enough however, you will be able to up with brilliant ways to help others express themselves. You could be helping with spend some quiet time with a loved ones. Use the fresh fruits in the stores now for after babysitting this evening. You relax with children in activities that may include sports, act- dinner desert treats, perhaps a tart. ing, singing, etc.

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

Much of your time today is geared toward work. Later today, you may be You may be able to enjoy and value your own life situation today. You are performing or attending a performance of some sort. If you are performing, there will be very much involved with all that is traditional, but with this special twist. time for pictures or to purchase new clothing for the evening’s celebration. For now how- You are a revolutionary when it comes to the domestic scene and have some very special ever, the importance of your completing an ongoing task is high on the list of accomplish- insights into home, family and surroundings. You will be giving your home surroundings ACROSS held between the thumb and fingers) that ments. You take an active interest in psychology, different cultures and history. You can much scrutiny as this week moves along. Today you take notes as to what you want to 1. (of music or art) New and of general appeal are made to click together (as by Spanish find support from all sides when it comes to any sort of mental activity-writing, speaking accomplish. You may want to do some repairs-or in some way, conceal what is present. (especially among young people). dancers) in rhythm with the dance. and all forms of communication. You have high ideals and an ability to enchant others One way to do this is in window treatment or interesting paint patterns on your walls. This 4. Type genus of the family Macropodidae. 5. A highly unstable radioactive element (the with your words and images. Your presence has a way of easing things and helping those type of change holds your interest now. You have friends that may enjoy helping you 12. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread. heaviest of the halogen series). around you. A sick friend feels better after your visit. today-in turn, you want to help them. You enjoy sharing new techniques. 15. A federal agency established to coordinate 6. A vacuum tube in which a hot cathode programs aimed at reducing pollution and emits a beam of electrons that pass protecting the environment. through a high voltage anode and are 16. A poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted focused or deflected before hitting a Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) from the nightshade family. phosphorescent screen. You express yourself deliberately and do not waste your words. You have a 17. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit 7. United States pathologist who discovered natural sense of organization and come across as regimented and perhaps a little too You find yourself in a very practical mood-working with, instead of against, juice. sober at times. Today will bring opportunities to loosen up and enjoy yourself, the day and yourself. Security is very important and you may find that you are most interested in viruses that cause tumors (1879-1970). checking out ways in which to obtain your possessions or your business, if you have your your surroundings. Making your own special contribution, teaching or helping someone 18. An imaginary elephant that appears in a 8. An organization of countries formed in 1961 own business. There is a promise of company or plans for a dinner party soon. This may progress and achieve is a positive happening. Being with your loved ones or favored series of French books for children. to agree on a common policy for the sale have you interested in spending some extra time in a special section of the grocery store. 20. The third day of the week. of petroleum. friend this afternoon is rewarding, fun and inspiring. There are quick answers, great wit You set out to purchase all the ingredients necessary for a superlative meal. You are also 21. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar. and an excess of insights. This afternoon revolves around a variety of social gatherings; the interested in growing things, perhaps herbs, and may take the opportunity to pick up 9. A city in Tuscany. joy of interacting with others is in high gear. The perfect escape from the ordinary should 23. Surveying instrument consisting of the some information on preferred plants for a little garden. You provide peaceful surround- 10. An organization of independent states to be merged into your life more often. upper movable part of a theodolite promote international peace and security. ings. It would be fun to have a small pot of herbs for each dinner guest. including the telescope and its attach- 11. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring ments. on the sea or ships. 25. A fraudulent business scheme. 12. The dialect of Malay used as the national Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 27. Earn on some commercial or business language of the Republic of Indonesia or transaction. of Malaysia. Again, you may find yourself in a group activity. This most probably could be within a conference meeting in the workplace. You can demonstrate great understand- You have a special way with the older people in the workplace as well as 28. A summary that repeats the substance of a within the family setting. As a teacher, you may find yourself spending quite a bit of time 13. The sixth month of the civil year. ing of and sensitivity about the needs of others and are in a good position to communi- longer discussion. teaching music, sewing or any of the creative arts. An inner vision coupled with the ability 14. English Quaker who founded the colony of cate. Lovers, children and other people or things dear to your heart are emphasized this to see the big picture often finds you working as a go-between with others. You are very 30. Type genus of the Anatidae. Pennsylvania (1644-1718). afternoon. Being appreciated and admired for your gifts and talents are powerful needs. 32. A New England state. 19. Chief port of Yemen. giving, accommodating and even flattering in relationships, able to adjust to any situation. Taking chances, perhaps reaching out to make friends with those who seem distant, Reflective and tactful, you are able to please others. Above all, you are forever charming 34. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agricul- 22. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set whether it is with some activity, people, entertainment, etc., can bring big rewards. You ture and patron of scribes and schools. and gracious as well as a bit mysterious. With all of this going for you, you are able to pick of rotating gears by which force is trans- could discover yourself through creativity and self-expression. This recent increased confi- and choose a love relationship of your desire and not just whoever comes along. Be pre- 39. A room equipped with toilet facilities. mitted or motion or torque is changed. dence may be a key to career opportunities. pared for romance this evening. 41. Goat grass. 24. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake 42. A very poisonous metallic element that has Chad. three allotropic forms. 26. Wood of any of various mahogany trees. Virgo (August 23-September 22) 43. A member of a people in India living in 29. A city in south central Mexico (southeast of Pisces (February 19-March 20) Orissa and neighboring areas. You might look around and appreciate the achievements of your hard Mexico City) on the edge of central You may be planning a large get-together with the press or a big sales 46. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic ele- Mexican plateau. work. In fact, realizing your goals as well as the extra compliments along the way has put ment. promotion and hiring people to advance your business or your career. You 31. Plant with an elongated head of broad you in the best of moods. You like to challenge yourself physically and today is no excep- are on the right track but do consider saving a little research money for another promo- 48. A poisonous oily liquid with a garlicky odor stalked leaves resembling celery. tion. Talking with co-workers and friends you make a plan for this next year regarding an tion in about a month. This way, the word not only gets around but sticks in the mind of exercise routine. There are plans in the making to visit a naturopath doctor so that you will composed of 2 cacodyl groups. 33. National capital of Kiribati. those who will support you. This may be political, show business or a new business; what- 50. A federal agency established to regulate know exactly where you stand regarding nutrition. Next you consider a financial advisor ever the case, you will find success. If you have not done this type of advertisement before 35. A state of irritation or annoyance. and take measures to set aside appropriate funds for future investments. There is an the release of new foods and health-relat- 36. A silvery ductile metallic element found now, you might call or request a get-together with someone that has done this type of ed products. opportunity to get to know a distant relation better this afternoon and you may find you advertising and retain some expert advice. There may be prizes, food choices, decorations, primarily in bauxite. have much in common. Celebrate. etc. You can then take the ideas and organize the best part. 53. A festival featuring African-American cul- 37. A port in western Israel on the ture. Mediterranean. 54. A former copper coin of Pakistan. 38. An ancient city on the Nile in Egypt. 56. An associate degree in nursing. Word Search 40. A Roman Catholic priest who acts for Yesterday Solution 57. A deep orange-red variety of chalcedony. another higher-ranking clergyman. 60. A sharply directional antenna. 44. Distant but within sight. 62. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba 45. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood. people in Kenya. 47. A state in the eastern United States. 65. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of 49. Noisy talk. Guinea. 51. An official prosecutor for a judicial district. 68. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of 52. The eleventh month of the Hindu calendar. limestone districts. 55. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceo- 72. A light springing movement upwards or late leaves. forwards. 73. Relating to a recently developed fashion or 58. Punish with an arbitrary penalty. style. 59. A large Yoruba city in southwestern 74. A river in north central Switzerland that Nigeria. runs northeast into the Rhine. 61. (prosody) Of or consisting of iambs. 75. Relating to or consisting of or emphasizing 63. A town in central Belgium. chords. 64. Remote and separate physically or socially. 79. An undergarment worn by women to sup- 66. The mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is port their breasts. told in the Book of Ruth in the Old 80. Sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae. Testament. 81. A caustic substance (Ca(OH)2) produced by 67. Combined or joined to increase in size or heating limestone. quantity or scope. 82. God of the earth. 69. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than 83. An informal alliance between countries. a rabbit having a divided upper lip and 84. Harsh or corrosive in tone. long hind legs. 70. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa. DOWN 1. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates. 71. The highest level or degree attainable. 2. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated 76. A member of a nomadic people who silica of variable color. invaded Europe in the 4th century. 3. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake 77. A statement that deviates from or perverts Chad. the truth. 4. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair 78. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually of an organism.

Yesterday’s Solution

Daily SuDoku Yesterday’s Solution WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 information

For labor-related inquiries INTERNATIONAL and complaints: CALLS Call MSAL hotline 128

Afghanistan 0093 Lithuania 00370 GOVERNORATE PHARMACY ADDRESS PHONE Albania 00355 Luxembourg 00352 Algeria 00213 Macau 00853 Ahmadi Sama Safwan Fahaeel Makka St 23915883 Sabah Hospital 24812000 Abu Halaifa Abu Halaifa-Coastal Rd 23715414 Andorra 00376 Macedonia 00389 Angola 00244 Madagascar 00261 Amiri Hospital 22450005 Danat Al-Sultan Mahboula Block 1, Coastal Rd 23726558 Anguilla 001264 Majorca 0034 Maternity Hospital 24843100 Jahra Modern Jahra Jahra-Block 3 Lot 1 24575518 Antiga 001268 Malawi 00265 Madina Munawara Jahra-Block 92 24566622 Malaysia 0060 Mubarak Al-Kabir Hospital 25312700 Argentina 0054 Capital Ahlam Fahad Al-Salem St 22436184 Armenia 00374 Maldives 00960 Chest Hospital 24849400 Khaldiya Coop Khaldiya Coop 24833967 Australia 0061 Mali 00223 Austria 0043 Malta 00356 Farwaniya Hospital 24892010 Farwaniya New Shifa Farwaniya Block 40 24734000 Ferdous Coop Ferdous Coop 24881201 Azerbaijan 00994 Marshall Islands 00692 Adan Hospital 23940620 Modern Safwan Old Kheitan Block 11 24726638 Bahamas 001242 Martinique 00596 Ibn Sina Hospital 24840300 Bahrain 00973 Mauritania 00222 Hawally Tariq Salmiya-Hamad Mubarak St 25726265 Bangladesh 00880 Mauritius 00230 Al-Razi Hospital 24846000 Hana Salmiya-Amman St 25647075 Ikhlas Hawally-Beirut St 22625999 Barbados 001246 Mayotte 00269 Physiotherapy Hospital 24874330/9 Hawally & Rawdha Hawally & Rawdha Coop 22564549 Belarus 00375 Mexico 0052 Ghadeer Jabriya-Block 1A 25340559 Belgium 0032 Micronesia 00691 Kindy Jabriya-Block 3B 25326554 Belize 00501 Moldova 00373 Ibn Al-Nafis Salmiya-Hamad Mubarak St 25721264 Mishrif Coop Mishrif Coop 25380581 Benin 00229 Monaco 00377 Kaizen center 25716707 Salwa Coop Salwa Coop 25628241 Bermuda 001441 Mongolia 00976 Montserrat 001664 Rawda 22517733 Bhutan 00975 Bolivia 00591 Morocco 00212 Adaliya 22517144 Bosnia 00387 Mozambique 00258 Khaldiya 24848075 Botswana 00267 Myanmar (Burma) 0095 Brazil 0055 Namibia 00264 Kaifan 24849807 Brunei 00673 Nepal 00977 Shamiya 24848913 Bulgaria 00359 Netherlands 0031 Burkina 00226 Netherlands Antilles 00599 Shuwaikh 24814507 Burundi 00257 New Caledonia 00687 Abdullah Salem 22549134 Cambodia 00855 New Zealand 0064 Cameroon 00237 Nicaragua 00505 Nuzha 22526804 Canada 001 Nigar 00227 Industrial Shuwaikh 24814764 Cape Verde 00238 Nigeria 00234 Cayman Islands 001345 Niue 00683 Qadsiya 22515088 Central African 00236 Norfolk Island 00672 Dasmah 22532265 Chad 00235 N. Ireland (UK) 0044 Chile 0056 North Korea 00850 Bneid Al-Gar 22531908 China 0086 Norway 0047 Shaab 22518752 Colombia 0057 Oman 00968 Comoros 00269 Pakistan 0092 Qibla 22459381 Congo 00242 Palau 00680 Ayoun Al-Qibla 22451082 Cook Islands 00682 Panama 00507 Mirqab 22456536 Costa Rica 00506 Papua New Guinea 00675 Croatia 00385 Paraguay 00595 Sharq 22465401 Cuba 0053 Peru 0051 Salmiya 25746401 Cyprus 00357 Philippines 0063 Cyprus (Northern) 0090392 Poland 0048 Jabriya 25316254 Czech Republic 00420 Portugal 00351 Maidan Hawally 25623444 Denmark 0045 Puerto Rico 001787 Diego Garcia 00246 Qatar 00974 Bayan 25388462 Djibouti 00253 Romania 0040 Mishref 25381200 Dominica 001767 Russian Federation 007 Dominican Republic 001809 Rwanda 00250 W Hawally 22630786 Ecuador 00593 Saint Helena 00290 Sabah 24810221 Egypt 0020 Saint Kitts 001869 El Salvador 00503 Saint Lucia 001758 Jahra 24770319 England (UK) 0044 Saint Pierre 00508 New Jahra 24575755 Equatorial Guinea 00240 Saint Vincent 001784 Eritrea 00291 Samoa US 00684 West Jahra 24772608 Estonia 00372 Samoa West 00685 South Jahra 24775066 Ethiopia 00251 San Marino 00378 Sao Tone 00239 North Jahra 24775992 Falkland Islands 00500 Faroe Islands 00298 Saudi Arabia 00966 North Jleeb 24311795 Fiji 00679 Scotland (UK) 0044 Ardhiya 24884079 Finland 00358 Senegal 00221 France 0033 Seychelles 00284 Firdous 24892674 French Guiana 00594 Sierra Leone 00232 Omariya 24719048 French Polynesia 00689 Singapore 0065 Gabon 00241 Slovakia 00421 N Khaitan 24710044 Gambia 00220 Slovenia 00386 Fintas 23900322 Georgia 00995 Solomon Islands 00677 Germany 0049 Somalia 00252 Ghana 00233 South Africa 0027 Gibraltar 00350 South Korea 0082 Greece 0030 Spain 0034 PRIVATE CLINICS Greenland 00299 Sri Lanka 0094 Grenada 001473 Sudan 00249 Guadeloupe 00590 Suriname 00597 Guam 001671 Swaziland 00268 Guatemala 00502 Sweden 0046 Plastic Surgeons Paediatricians Ophthalmologists Endocrinologist Guinea 00224 Switzerland 0041 Dr. Abidallah Al-Mansoor 25622444 Dr. Mohammad Al-Khalaf 22547272 Dr. Khaled Hamadi 25665898 Dr. Abd Al-Naser Al-Othman 25339330 Guyana 00592 Syria 00963 Dr. Samy Al-Rabeea 25752222 Dr. Abd Al-Aziz Al-Rashed 25340300 Dr. Abdal-Redha Lari 22617700 Haiti 00509 Serbia 00381 Dr. Masoma Habeeb 25321171 Dr. Ahmad Al-Ansari 25658888 Dr. Abdel Quttainah 25625030/60 Dr. Zahra Qabazard 25710444 Holland (Netherlands) 0031 Taiwan 00886 Dr. Mubarak Al-Ajmy 25739999 Family Doctor Dr. Sohail Qamar 22621099 Honduras 00504 Tanzania 00255 Dr. Mohsen Abel 25757700 Dr. Kamal Al-Shomr 25329924 Dr Divya Damodar 23729596/23729581 Dr. Snaa Maaroof 25713514 Hong Kong 00852 Thailand 0066 Dr Adnan Hasan Alwayl 25732223 Physiotherapists & VD Psychiatrists Dr. Pradip Gujare 23713100 Dr. Abdallah Al-Baghly 25732223 Hungary 0036 Togo 00228 Dr. Zacharias Mathew 24334282 Dr. Deyaa Shehab 25722291 Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) Dr. Esam Al-Ansari 22635047 Ibiza (Spain) 0034 Tonga 00676 Dr. Ahmed Fouad Mouner 24555050 Ext 510 Dr Eisa M. Al-Balhan 22613623/0 Dermatology Dr. Musaed Faraj Khamees 22666288 Iceland 00354 Tokelau 00690 Dr. Abdallah Al-Ali 25644660 Gynaecologists & Obstetricians Dr. Mohammed Salam India 0091 Trinidad 001868 Rheumatologists: Dr. Abd Al-Hameed Al-Taweel 25646478 DrAdrian arbe 23729596/23729581 Bern University 23845955 Indian Ocean 00873 Tunisia 00216 Dr. Sanad Al-Fathalah 25311996 Dr. Verginia s.Marin 2572-6666 ext 8321 Dentists Dr. Adel Al-Awadi 25330060 Indonesia 0062 Turkey 0090 Dr. Mohammad Al-Daaory 25731988 Dr. Fozeya Ali Al-Qatan 22655539 Dr Anil Thomas 3729596/3729581 Iran 0098 Tuvalu 00688 Dr. Ismail Al-Fodary 22620166 Dr. Khaled Al-Jarallah 25722290 Uganda 00256 Dr. Majeda Khalefa Aliytami 25343406 Dr. Shamah Al-Matar 22641071/2 Iraq 00964 Dr. Mahmoud Al-Booz 25651426 Ireland 00353 Ukraine 00380 Dr. Ahmad Al-Khooly 25739272 Dr. Anesah Al-Rasheed 22562226 Internist, Chest & Heart General Practitioners Dr. Abidallah Al-Amer 22561444 Italy 0039 United Arab Emirates 00976 Dr. Mohamme Y Majidi 24555050 Ext 123 Dr. Salem soso 22618787 DR.Mohammes Akkad 24555050 Ext 210 Dr. Faysal Al-Fozan 22619557 Ivory Coast 00225 United Kingdom 0044 General Surgeons Dr. Yousef Al-Omar 24719312 Dr. Mohammad Zubaid Dr. Abdallateef Al-Katrash 22525888 Jamaica 001876 Uruguay 00598 Dr. Tarek Al-Mikhazeem 23926920 Dr. Amer Zawaz Al-Amer 22610044 MB, ChB, FRCPC, PACC Dr. Abidallah Al-Duweisan 25653755 Japan 0081 USA 001 Dr. Kathem Maarafi 25730465 Dr. Mohammad Yousef Basher 25327148 Assistant Professor Of Medicine Dr. Bader Al-Ansari 25620111 Jordan 00962 Uzbekistan 00998 Dr. Abdallah Ahmad Eyadah 25655528 Internists, Chest & Heart Head, Division of Cardiology Vanuatu 00678 Dr. Nabeel Al-Ayoobi 24577781 Neurologists Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital 25339667 Kazakhstan 007 Dr. Adnan Ebil 22639939 Kenya 00254 Venezuela 00582 Dr. Dina Abidallah Al-Refae 25333501 Dr. Sohal Najem Al-Shemeri 25633324 Consultant Cardiologist Dr. Mousa Khadada 22666300 Kiribati 00686 Vietnam 0084 Urologists Dr. Jasem Mola Hassan 25345875 Dr. Latefa Al-Duweisan 25728004 Dr. Farida Al-Habib 2611555-2622555 Dr. Ali Naser Al-Serfy 22641534 Kuwait 00965 Virgin Islands UK 001284 Gastrologists MD, PH.D, FACC Dr. Fawzi Taher Abul 22639955 Dr. Nadem Al-Ghabra 25355515 Kyrgyzstan 00996 Virgin Islands US 001340 Dr. Sami Aman 22636464 Inaya German Medical Center Dr. Khaleel Abidallah Al-Awadi 22616660 Dr. Mobarak Aldoub 24726446 Laos 00856 Wales (UK) 0044 Dr. Mohammad Al-Shamaly 25322030 Te: 2575077 Dr. Adel Al-Hunayan FRCS (C) 25313120 Dr Nasser Behbehani 25654300/3 Latvia 00371 Yemen 00967 Dr. Foad Abidallah Al-Ali 22633135 Fax: 25723123 Dr. Leons Joseph 66703427 Lebanon 00961 Yugoslavia 00381 Soor Center Liberia 00231 Zambia 00260 Psychologists [email protected] Tel: 2290-1677 Kaizen center Noor Clinic William Schuilenberg, RPC 2290-1677 Libya 00218 Zimbabwe 00263 /Psychotherapists www.soorcenter.com 23845955 Zaina Al Zabin, M.Sc. 2290-1677 Fax: 2290 1688 25716707 Lesotho 00266 lifestyle WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016

MUSIC & MOVIES Barbra Streisand enlists A-list pals for Broadway album ometimes even Barbra Streisand needs a little help from actor. “Will you try with me? Because if it’s really terrible we Imagination,” from the 1971 film, “Willy Wonka and the her friends. The 74-year-old stage and screen legend won’t use it. Will you experiment with me? Will you play with Chocolate Factory.” Sdecided early on that her 36th studio album would fea- me?” Luckily he agreed and the outcome is the cheeky, roman- Streisand teamed with actor-filmmaker Seth MacFarlane for ture Broadway duets. So she called on some of her friends and tic duet, “The Best Thing That Ever Has Happened,” from the dreamy ballad and penned a spoken-word introduction favorite actors, including Anne Hathaway, Daisy Ridley, Hugh Stephen Sondheim’s lesser-known musical, “Road Show.” “It’s about imagination she hoped will resonate with modern audi- Jackman, Chris Pine and Bradley Cooper, to bring her vision to hard work getting the notes right for people who are not ences. “The divisiveness, the violence, these are very sad times,” life. The result, “Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway,” is a singers, but I know they can act their way through it. They’ll get she said. “I just believe in the power of whatever it is - faith, quirky mix of surprising and entertaining collaborations pulled it and that’s the fun of doing this kind of project,” Streisand said. prayer, visualization ... who knows what that can manifest?” from hit musicals like “My Fair Lady” and “A Chorus Line,” as well more obscure productions such as “Evening Primrose” and Funny girls unite Foxx for the finish “Smile.” Streisand wanted a new twist on the classic “Anything You Streisand had full confidence that Jaimie Foxx would rise to Despite the group effort, the album - out Friday - is still Can Do,” from Broadway’s “Annie Get Your Gun.” So the “Funny the challenge of performing one of Broadway’s most-beloved authentically Streisand. “Records I have control over,” said Girl” star tapped fellow funny lady Melissa McCarthy to reimag- songs: “Climb Ev’ry Mountain” from “The Sound of Music.” “I did Streisand, who was hands-on with every aspect, from song con- ine the song as comedic banter between showbiz frenemies. because I saw him get an Academy Award for playing Ray ception to directing each performance. “That’s what I cared “When I approached Melissa, the first thing she said to me was ‘I Charles. So I know he can sing,” she said. “His soulfulness, his about as a young performer as well. I didn’t know about what can’t sing you know’ and so she’s a little bit tone deaf,” Streisand great voice ....he was able to sing it in one session, you know. I salary it was,” she recalled. “I cared about creative control. That explained. “But she compensates with so much personality and mean he’s that good. So I was thrilled. I was thrilled to sing with nobody can tell me what to sing or force me to sing or album so much laughter and so much spontaneity.” Streisand recalled him.” cover design or anything that had to do with my creativity. It how McCarthy struggled to hit some of the notes, but other Streisand closes the album with the soulful, moving duet, had to feel right to me.” In a recent interview at the oceanside times she nailed it. “There are moments she sings and I go, which she said is about “having dreams and taking chances.” Malibu, California, studio where she recorded “Encore,” Streisand ‘Melissa that was fantastic! You sang that beautifully!’ And she “Step-by-step we will get there,” said Streisand of her approach delved into her directing process with some of the biggest surprises herself,” she said. to any obstacle. “We will climb that mountain. You have to have names in Hollywood. faith in today’s world. Don’t you?” — AP Willy wonka reimagined Baldwin came ready to play “When I was a child I had imagination. I lived in Brooklyn. Streisand admitted that some stars took a little persuading. You know, I slept in the living room. But I imagined myself as Alec Baldwin, for example, feared he didn’t have the vocal somebody, as having something worthwhile to be noticed and chops. “And I said, ‘You’re a personality and it’s perfect for the somehow I manifested it. So I know anything is possible,” said In this file photo Barbra Streisand presents the award for song,’” she said of her early conversations with the “30 Rock” Streisand. This was the idea behind her heartfelt duet, “Pure best musical at the Tony Awards in New York. — AP

Aretha Franklin cancels shows on doctors’ orders ospel legend Aretha Franklin has scrapped upcoming shows for health reasons, the 74-year- Gold announced-her latest in a series of cancella- tions dating back to last year. “Regretfully, due to doc- tors’ orders I will have to cancel a few concerts for the next month or so,” she said in a statement Monday with- out further details on her condition. Franklin has called off several shows since 2015. She nixed a Las Vegas con- cert a year ago citing exhaustion and put off a small tour of Florida in March citing problems with her back- up band. Among the latest cancellations, Franklin will no longer participate in a 90th birthday celebration for Former professional boxer Roberto Duran, left, and actor Edgar Actor Usher Raymond, left, actor Ana de Armas, Grace Hightower, actor Robert De Niro, actor Edgar crooner Tony Bennett at Radio City Music Hall in New Ramirez, who plays Duran in the film, pose together at the US pre- Ramirez and director Jonathan Jakubowicz pose together at the US premiere of “Hands of Stone” at York. Franklin had earlier been named as the headliner miere of “Hands of Stone” at the SVA Theatre. — AP photos the SVA Theatre. of an inaugural New York festival in September that would also feature leading winemakers. But after announcing the “City Winery Open” festival, organizers said they were pushing it back to 2017 for logistical rea- sons. Franklin, who has won 18 Grammys, is best known for her feminist-tinged cover of Otis Redding’s “Respect.” The daughter of a Baptist minister, she recorded her first ‘Hands of Stone’, an intimate portrait of a boxer album in his church in Detroit when she was 14. She last year sang “Amazing Grace” before Pope Francis as rom a building in Manhattan’s midtown, Roberto Duran got to the top. The hunger you suffered, the sacrifices that you he visited Philadelphia for the massive Festival of and Edgar Ramirez can see Madison Square Garden. “The made. The thefts, ... The friends that I call ‘the bloodsuckers,’ Families. — AFP FGarden, many good memories,” says the Panamanian those that exploit you and rob you.” about the New York arena where he won two world titles: the There is a moving scene when Arcel, working Duran’s cor- first of his successful career in 1972 and his third in 1983. At ner, wipes the hair from the boxer’s face in a fatherly gesture. 65, Duran’s energetic personality remains intact, telling anec- The reason, Duran said, was that his long hair prevented him dotes and making jokes just as he used to do at the height of from seeing his opponent’s punches, but at the same time it his career as a bruising, head-on boxer. served as a ruse. “It had to do with the strategy,” Ramirez said. Ramirez, 39, is impressed by the physique of the man he “Every time, when he returned to fighting after each round. portrays in “Hands of Stone,” a film that bears the nickname of And if his hair was combed this obviously gave the opponent the athlete who fought 119 bouts in five decades, which a sense of vulnerability.” “When we think about boxing movies, opens Friday. “Roberto, you’re lean, you’re in shape,” says the many people classify them as sports movies, but this is a dra- Venezuelan actor. Duran is happy with a regime that has ma. It is a film that talks about how you win and how you lose helped him stay fit and new fitness equipment he just in your head,” the actor added. acquired. Filmed in Panama and New York, the movie by The film is being promoted as the “biggest” Latin American Venezuelan writer-director Jonathan Jakubowicz tells the sto- production. Except for the fights choreographer and the cos- ry of a boxer that emerges from extreme poverty to reach tumes designer, the rest of the crew is Latin American. This is fame and fortune. It shows the rivalry between Duran and the third real life character Ramirez has portrayed, after terror- Sugar Ray Leonard, portrayed by Usher, including their two ist Ilich Ramirez Sanchez “El Chacal” in Olivier Assayas’ “Carlos” bouts for the welter title in 1980. Actors Usher Raymond, left, and Edgar Ramirez, who play and Simon Bolivar in “The Liberator.” “I’ve had the fortune of Thirty five years after starring as Jake LaMotta in Martin Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran, pose with the real coming across wonderful characters like Roberto Duran,” Scorsese’s “Raging Bull,” Robert De Niro plays Ray Arcel, Duran’s Sugar Ray Leonard, right, at the US premiere of “Hands of Ramirez said. “What caught my attention is that he’s more septuagenarian trainer. And Panamanian actor and salsa star Stone” at the SVA Theatre. than an athlete. Beyond his victories and his titles, it’s what he Ruben Blades plays Carlos Eleta, Duran’s manager. For “Hands Sense of vulnerability represents in terms of identity to Panama and to Latin This file photo shows singer Aretha Franklin on the of Stone,” Duran served as a mentor to Ramirez, a boxing For Duran and Ramirez, this is not just another boxing America and how Roberto has been accompanied in his great- red carpet before the 38th Annual Kennedy Center novice when he was offered the part. The star of “Carlos” and movie. “Boxing is always in fashion, you can always talk about est and most important moments, unifying, consolidating, Honors in Washington, DC. — AFP the newer “Point Break” wanted to learn how to fight. “I had boxing,” says the champion. And although “Hands of Stone” binding together the identity of a country. Those themes are never boxed before, I knew nothing about this. I moved to sticks to the conventions of this kind of movie - a boxer goes also present in this movie.” “Every time Roberto climbed into Panama to start the process and Roberto and his children rags-to-riches, reaches stardom, falls and finally redeems him- the ring, he was not fighting alone against an opponent; he looked after me, they were my first trainers,” Ramirez said in a self - Ramirez and Duran believe that the story engages the had a whole country backing him, supporting him.”— AP recent interview. “It is a very intimate, warm movie. In the end, viewer by showing the psychological aspects of the sport. “We we all became good friends and we still are. To me, it was very are not only talking about boxing. We are talking about this ‘Bagpipe lung’ important to learn how to fight, to understand boxing from my person’s life,” Duran said in the interview. “It’s about how you own point of view, before going into Roberto’s skin.” death prompts ‘Ben-Hur’ left in the dust Jennifer Lawrence ranked world’s warning for wind at American box office highest-paid actress for 2nd year aramount’s $100 million remake of release. musicians “Ben-Hur” bombed in its opening week- “Suicide Squad,” which has been a com- unger Games” star Jennifer comedy “Mike and Molly.” McCarthy, 45, also end at the North American box office, mercial hit despite poor reviews, held on for a usicians were warned yesterday to clean their P Lawrence yesterday topped a launched a clothing line for sizes 4 to 28 after wind instruments regularly after British doctors industry data showed Monday, putting it on third straight week as the top money-maker, “HForbes magazine list of the world’s becoming frustrated at the outfits available for reported that “bagpipe lung” had killed a man course to become the summer’s biggest flop. pulling in $20.9 million. Since it opened three M highest-paid actress for the second straight year, larger women. who inhaled fungi growing inside his pipes. An article in The chariot racing epic brought in just $11.2 weeks ago, the movie has earned $262.4 mil- earning some $46 million, followed by Melissa Scarlett Johansson of “Captain America: Civil million, said box office monitor Exhibitor lion. “Sausage Party,” the raunchy animated the medical journal Thorax recorded the case of a 61-year- McCarthy. Lawrence, 26, took the top spot large- Wars” was third at $25 million, down nearly 30 old man who played the bagpipes daily but had struggled Relations, making it the highest-profile casu- comedy with Seth Rogan as the leading ly through a slice of the profits from the final percent from 2015. Together, the world’s 10 alty in a season which has seen several big voice, continued its strong performance, seal- with a dry cough and breathlessness for seven years. His movie in the “Hunger Games” franchise, as well highest-paid actresses tallied a combined $205 condition improved rapidly when he went on a three- studio movies crash and burn. Critics gave ing the number two spot for a second week as a big upfront fee for her forthcoming space million between June 1, 2015 and June 1, 2016, Timur Bekmambetov’s reboot of the Biblical running with a $15.5 million take. month trip to Australia, leaving his bagpipes at home. adventure movie “Passengers,” Forbes said. before management fees and taxes, Forbes said. This prompted doctors treating him to take samples fable-starring Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell and “War Dogs,” a new comedy starring Jonah Yet Lawrence’s estimated payday was likely The estimates include earnings from movies, TV Morgan Freeman-the thumbs down across Hill and Miles Teller as arms dealers in over from inside the pipes. These revealed a host of different well below that for Hollywood’s leading men, and endorsements from cosmetic and other fungi growing in the moist bag, neck and mouthpiece area the board, with several dubbing it “Chariots of their heads, opened in third place with $14.7 Forbes said, despite the actress sparking a companies. Bollywood star Deepika Padukone is Misfire.” of the instrument, which the man had been inhaling when million, followed by “Kubo and the Two debate about the gender pay gap last year. She the only newcomer on the list. “How do you fight an idea? By filming a Strings,” another debutant, which took $12.6 he played. Despite treatment, the man died in October declared she was “finished being adorable” The rest of the top 10 2016 highest-paid remake that has too few of its own, and tries million. Praised as visually stunning, the 3-D 2014 and a post-mortem examination showed he had suf- when it came to negotiating better deals for her- actresses are: to cover it up with choppy editing and CGI,” stop motion adventure fantasy set in ancient fered extensive lung damage. This is thought to be the first self. Lawrence’s 2016 earnings dropped 11.5 per- 4. Jennifer Aniston - $21 million was the critical consensus on review aggrega- Japan is about a one-eyed boy on a quest reported case of a bagpipe player being exposed to fungi cent from her 2015 total of $52 million. Forbes 5. Fan Bingbing - $17 million tion website Rotten Tomatoes, which gave it a who must battle the gods with a magical which may have triggered hypersensitivity pneumonitis, woeful 28 percent rating. It is the fourth big instrument. “Pete’s Dragon,” Disney’s remake will release its list of the world’s highest-paid 6. Charlize Theron - $16.5 million the inflammatory lung disease which the man suffered screen iteration of Lew Wallace’s best-selling of its 1977 tale of an orphan boy and his drag- actors on Thursday. Last year Robert Downey Jr. 7. Amy Adams - $13.5 million from. 1880 novel “Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ,” fol- on friend, just squeezed “Ben-Hur” out of the topped the list with an estimated $80 million. 8. Julia Roberts - $12 million “Wind instrument players need to be aware of the lowing silent versions in 1907 and 1925, and top five with an $11.3 million take. Rounding Neither however came close to pop star 9. Mila Kunis - $11 million importance of regularly cleaning their instruments and of William Wyler’s 1959 opus, which won 11 out the top ten films of the weekend are: Taylor Swift, who was named the top earning 10. Deepika Padukone - $10 million- potential risks,” the study said. “Physicians should be aware Oscars. “The ‘Ben-Hur’ remake was always “Jason Bourne” ($8 million) celebrity of 2016 earlier this year, pulling in an Reuters of this potential risk factor and promote wind instrument going to be an uphill battle as Paramount is “Bad Moms” ($7.9 million) estimated $170 million from record sales and hygiene.” Andrew Bova of the National Piping Centre in the up against not only reboot fatigue, but the “The Secret Life of Pets” ($5.9 million) her world tour. McCarthy took home $33 million Scottish city of Glasgow told the BBC: “When it comes to fact that the 1959 version swept the Oscars “Florence Foster Jenkins” ($4.4 million) in earnings, up $10 million from 2015 in part cleaning a woodwind instrument, I would say give it a and is still considered a classic,” Jeff Bock of — AFP from her payday for the controversial female swab after every time you play. “The moisture can sit in the Exhibitor Relations told AFP ahead of its reboot of “Ghostbusters.” It was the biggest nooks and crannies and you don’t want that.”—AFP annual paycheck to date for the star of television WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 lifestyle

FEATURES The Tehran-Mobarak 16th International Puppet Festival

Giant dummies are displayed in a carnival during inauguration of Tehran-Mobarak 16th International Puppet Festival in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday. The festival kicked off on Monday with a happiness carnival of puppets, songs and music in the streets of downtown Tehran and runs from August 22nd to August 28th. 57 Iranian theater groups and 9 from abroad including Netherlands, Russia, India, Afghanistan and Poland are participating in the event. — AP photos

Iranian actresses Parivash Ghaem Maghami, left, dressed as a clown and Amina Head-to-toe veiled in black and with black colored faces, Iranian actors per- Iranians attend a carnival during the inauguration of Tehran-Mobarak 16th Hajiabadi with a traditional costume pose for a photo in a carnival during inau- form in a carnival. International Puppet Festival. guration. Designing with tile: Ancient craft gets new attention

ile was an important element in interior design in where, like permanent jewelry for your home. It slowed drop for a concrete counter. many parts of the world for thousands of years, down a lot after that and became very boring. But it In a small Tokyo home, handmade tile from Fez, Tcoveted for its aesthetic possibilities, functionality has started catching on again, and there are more and Morocco, set in a striking herringbone pattern in blue- and longevity. Yet for a generation, the craft has been more small companies putting their hearts and souls and-white flooring, gives the feeling of rippling water largely unexplored, relegated mainly to bathrooms and into it and doing really interesting things.” Bailey says “a meandering peacefully through the home. Elsewhere, rooftops, say the authors of a new book. “It’s been lot of designers are finally rediscovering the incredible tiles give spaces a clean and contemporary feel. A untapped and underappreciated, but that’s changing depth and range” tile offers. Heath design featuring cubes in gray-blues and reds very quickly,” says Catherine Bailey, who, with her hus- She and Petravic took over the Sausalito-based adds depth and character to a study wall, and in a gar- band, Robin Petravic, owns California-based Heath Heath Ceramics in 2003. The company, founded in den in Sao Paulo, Brazil, graphic tiles with an undulat- Ceramics. The couple won a 2015 Cooper Hewitt 1948, was famous for tableware and tiles, and kept a ing design in blue and white (designed by the Athos National Design Award for their work encouraging cre- close link between craft and factory production. “Tile Bulcao Foundation) add a fluid, modernist touch. ativity at Heath while remaining true to the company’s Makes the Room” begins by looking at the couple’s Even in all-white rooms, varying types of tile bring a over-60-year history. 1890s Sausalito home, and Heath’s factories in sense of timelessness and depth. “The study of white They have written “Tile Makes the Room: Good Sausalito and San Francisco. tiles . acts as a canvas for the material’s qualities,” the Design from Heath Ceramics” (released last month by authors write. The inherent variation in artisanal tile Ten Speed Press). The book is full of lush photos and Color and texture “creates an installation that feels warm, soft and homey practical advice about incorporating artisanal tile in “We don’t think of Heath as making tile so much as because of reflected light, surface finish and texture,” as interiors. The goal is to make designing with tile acces- making objects that contribute to something bigger, opposed to the antiseptic feeling of white tile in airport sible to the uninitiated. Heath and other small ceramics like architecture or interiors,” they write. Tile, when bathrooms or commercial kitchens. “All white tile is not studios are leading a resurgence of tile in home design. combined with textile, wood and glass, can create a the same, and if you get that, you’ve come a long way,” An expanded range of colors, textures, patterns - and sense of permanence, timelessness, color and texture, explains Petravic. The book ends by explaining the prices - have made the medium more adaptable and and contribute to a cohesive overall design, they say. process of tile making. It considers the main types of accessible. The book includes many kinds of tiles and architectural ceramic tile: earthenware, porcelain and stoneware. Feras Irikat, design and marketing director for styles in interiors and a few exteriors. In chef Alice There are also concrete tiles. The reader is taken Lunada Bay Tile, a Los Angeles-based firm offering Waters’ Berkeley, California, kitchen, for instance, earthy through the process of forming, finishing, firing and, Japanese-inspired tiles, including some made with green tiles surround a beast of a gas range, framing the finally, installing tiles to maximum effect. recycled glass, said, “Before the ‘70s, tile was every- copper pots and teakettle and providing a warm back- Photo shows the Hillside House in Mill Valley, Calif.

This photo provided by Ten Speed Press shows the cover of the book, ‘Tile Photo shows the Stark House in San Francisco, Calif, from the book, ‘Tile Photo shows the Neisha Crosland Studio in the UK from the book, ‘Tile Makes the Room’. Makes the Room,’ by Robin Petravic and Catherine Bailey, published by Makes the Room’. Ten Speed Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC. — AP photos lifestyle WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016

FEATURES

North Koreans wait at the gate of the newly opened Pyongyang Central Zoo in Pyongyang, North Korea, yesterday. — AP photos Lions, tigers and poodles? Dogs a big draw at Pyongyang zoo

ions, tigers and poodles? North Korean leader tomed to thinking of dogs as companions or house- That same year, however, it got its first “gift ani- Kim Jong Un’s latest gift to the residents of hold pets, the zoo display may actually reflect an mals,” elephants donated by fellow socialist leader LPyongyang, the renovated central zoo, is increasingly fond attitude toward dogs in North Ho Chi Minh of Vietnam. Fittingly, the elephants, pulling in thousands of visitors a day with a slew of Korea. While dog meat is still a common dish in the according to the zoo, were heroes in the socialist attractions ranging from such typical zoo fare as ele- North, and in China and South Korea as well, a small revolutionary movement because they helped the phants, giraffes, penguins and monkeys to a high- but growing number of North Koreans are keeping Vietnamese by carrying war materiel in the fight tech natural history museum with displays showing canines as pets. People walking dogs on leashes can against French colonialism. Another “gift animal” the origins of the solar system and the evolution of now be seen from time to time in Pyongyang and elephant was donated by Laos. Zebras and ostrich- life on Earth. But one of the most popular attractions some other cities. And instead of suggesting recipes, es at the zoo were donated to Kim Il Sung by the might come as a surprise to foreign visitors. Just signs in the dog pavilion describe the best way to leader of Tanzania, and orangutans were donated across from the hippopotamus pen and the reptile train a pet dog, suggesting that patience and kind- by the late President Suharto of Indonesia. The North Koreans feed an elephant at the newly opened Pyongyang Central Zoo. house, dozens of varieties of dogs - including ness work better than harsh words. mayor of the Japanese city of Kyoto gave the old schnauzers, German shepherds, Shih Tzus and Saint zoo a jaguar. Renovations for the new zoo began in Bernards - are on display in the “dog pavilion.” ‘Gift animals’ 2014 as part of Kim Jong Un’s efforts to create more One, a King Charles spaniel, was presented as a Aside from the dogs, another unique feature of modern and impressive structures and leisure cen- gift to Kim’s father, Kim Jong Il, by “the US company the zoo is the posting of signs above many of the ani- ters around the capital, including several major Tapco” in 1995. According to plaques above their mal habitats noting where the “gift animals” came high-rise housing areas, an equestrian center, a pens, which - dog lovers will be relieved to know - from - which is intended to remind visitors of how sprawling new shooting range and a giant water are spacious and clean, Kim Jong Un himself chipped much North Korea’s leaders are loved and respected park in the city’s center. Though Pyongyang is far in by giving the zoo its schnauzers, poodles, German by leaders abroad. The signs also are meant to ahead of other North Korean cities, not to mention shepherds and a Chihuahua. Former South Korean emphasize the benevolence of Kim Jong Un, who rural areas, in terms of development, there has been President Kim Dae-jung, who pursued a sort of along with the dogs donated tigers, giraffes and some growth elsewhere also, including the Masik detente with Pyongyang called the “Sunshine policy,” many other animals at the zoo. Pyongyang’s central Pass luxury sky resort near the port of Wonsan on presented the North with a Jindo dog that now zoo actually dates back to 1959, when Kim Il Sung, the country’s east coast. — AP resides in the zoo. North Korea’s own national dog - the nation’s first leader and the grandfather of Kim yes, it has one, the puffy white Pung San breed - lives Jong Un, ordered it built on the outskirts of the city. in a pen next to it. According to an official history, the zoo started off Though somewhat shocking to those accus- with only 50 badgers.

A North Korean and her son pose for a photo on the back of a camel.

A North Korean man kisses a turtle through the glass of its tank. Visitors feed dogs at the newly opened Central Zoo. North Korean men take pictures of a tiger.

McDonald’s recalls millions KFC’s new marketing of Happy Meals fitness bands gimmick: Giving away cDonald’s is recalling millions of fitness bands that had been given scented sunscreen away in Happy Meals because they might cause skin irritation or burns Mto children. The fast-food chain said last week that it would stop dis- FC gave away 3,000 bottles of sunscreen that it tributing the bands in Happy Meals. Now it’s recalling 29 million of them in the said smelled like fried chicken to drum up buzz US, and 3.6 million in Canada. Kfor its Extra Crispy chicken. Several Associated The company, based in Oak Brook, Illinois, received more than 70 reports of Press reporters who tested the sunscreen said the incidents after children wore the bands, including seven reports of blisters, smell did not immediately bring to mind chicken, how- according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The Step-It Fitness ever. plastic wristbands, in blue, green, purple, orange and red, look like watches and The stunt is another way for KFC to promote its are supposed to track physical activity. Customers should return the wristbands Extra Crispy fried chicken. In June, it hired always-tan to McDonald’s for a free replacement toy, and either a yogurt tube or bag of actor George Hamilton to appear in commercials as apple slices, the CPSC said. The wristbands, which were made in China and dis- Colonel Sanders. KFC, which is owned by Louisville, tributed exclusively by McDonald’s, were sold between Aug 9 and Aug 17. Kentucky-based Yum Brands Inc, said Monday that it The promotion had turned heads even before the recall, given the reputa- was out of the bottles a few hours after they appeared tion of McDonald’s Corp as a seller of junk food. The company has been trying on its website. — AP to change that reputation over the years, in part by including fruit in its Happy Meals. The company has also been running TV ads saying its Chicken McNuggets are now made without artificial preservatives. — AP lifestyle WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016

FEATURE

Artists are seen painting during the Chale Wote street art festival in Accra. — AFP photos An artist during the Chale Wote street art festival. Ghana’s contemporary art hits the streets

satirical cartoon depicting a celebrity in Ghana schooling a British diplomat on how to speak pidgin English won laughter and praise from the crowd at a street festival in Accra. The car- toon lampoons British High Commissioner to GhanaA Jon Benjamin who back in April sent a tweet criticiz- ing television star Nana Anamoah’s grammar, sparking a heated debate on the West African country’s colonial past. Contemporary artist Bright Ackwerh immortalized the inane moment with his signature style that recalls Mad Magazine’s portraits. Ackwerh’s cartoon was just one example of contemporary art on display at the Chale Wote street festival, a showcase for up-and-coming artists held in Ghana’s capital at the weekend. “A show like this is more for the avant-garde tastes,” Ackwerh told AFP, explaining that art today in Ghana is so much more than gaudy sun- set paintings and tribal masks. “I feel like the space here has moved from that particular imagery and we are in a very modern space.” Along a historic street in Accra, crowds danced to the deep beats of local hip-hop and snapped selfies in front of colonial buildings decorated with elaborate, artistic graffiti. Modern and contemporary African art has been on the Young boys box during the Chale Wote street art festival. upswing for years with a growing number of galleries- Artists perform during the Chale Wote street art festival. chiefly in London-selling art from the continent for millions of dollars. Reflecting the bullish market for the continent’s “We decided if we were going to change anything, it’s art, this year major art broker Sotheby’s opened an African going to be us to do it,” said Neely. “We decided to com- modern and contemporary art department with its first bine our creative talents, energy and passion to do some- auction scheduled for 2017, said department head Hannah thing.” Five years later, the festival sees more than 200 O’Leary. Ghana-based and international artists take part and thou- “I think that West Africa is possibly the most interesting sands of people hitting the streets to take in the sights. For area of the continent at the moment,” O’Leary said. “What’s artists like Ackwerh, the exposure can’t come at a better happening in Ghana is very exciting,” she said. “It feels like time. “The concept of art here in the mainstream is still there is a new movement of graduates... it’s not just paint- very, very limiting, so not many forms of expressions are ing and pictures but a lot of sculpture and performance considered worthy of space,” Ackwerh said. In spite of their art, which is much less traditional.” punk status, contemporary artists in Ghana are gradually carving out a space to call their own. Gallery 1957, an Punk status internationally acclaimed contemporary art venue in But despite the international demand, public funding Accra, opened in March, while in December the city will for art in Ghana remains scarce. There is little government host a new fair called Art Accra. — AFP support and galleries are more likely to feature already famous artists than promote new ones. Still, the artistic scene in Ghana is thriving. It has produced contemporary heavyweights El Anatsui, a sculptor famous for his metallic tapestries, and Ibrahim Mahama, who creates massive installations covering entire buildings with jute sacks. The Chale Wote festival co-founder Sionne Neely, who runs an artist network in Accra, says she started the event in 2011 A boy poses for a photo- Artists perform during the Chale Wote street art festival. after spotting an opportunity to provide a platform for graph during the Chale artists to show their work. Wote street art festival.

A man stands still as someone paints his face. Festival goers stand infront of a mural during the 6th annual Chale Wote An artist performs during the Chale Wote street art festival. Street Art Festival in James Town.

A child looks at cartoons exposed on a wall during the Chale Wote street Two men do an arm wrestling during the Chale Wote street art festival in An artist poses by his pieces of art exposed during the Chale Wote street art festival. art festival. Accra. Ghana’s contemporary art hits the streets

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 38

Cast members from Opera Australia pose for the media at the launch of Opera Australia 2017 season in Sydney yesterday. — AFP

Tribal house to mark Huna Tlingit connection to Glacier Bay

tribal house years in the making ering area along with modern touches, will be dedicated on the shores of like a kitchen for preparing Alaska AGlacier Bay National Park and Native foods and dressing room for Preserve on Thursday, a physical dancers and performers, the association acknowledgment that the area known said. The design was passed on histori- for its rugged beauty is also the home- cal records, the association said. land of the Huna Tlingit. Ceremonies will The park service says the building be held at the Huna Tribal House at will provide a place for tribal members Barlett Cove, with officials planning to to meet and hold ceremonies while also also livestream the festivities. Traditional providing a place for visitors to learn ceremonies, closed to the public, are about tribe’s culture. An administrator planned for Friday, with an open house with the association did not respond to scheduled for Saturday. emailed questions about the project. This picture shows Muslim models displaying burkini swimsuits in west- The park’s chief of interpretation, VandenBerg said tribal elders originally ern Sydney. — AFP photos Tom VandenBerg, said park visitors see proposed the concept and the park glaciers and wildlife and know the service agreed but getting it built took region is the homeland of the Huna years as the project kept getting pushed Tlingit, “but there’s really no sign of back on the national priority list for them.” “A glacier came through, forced funding. Eventually, he said, the park ‘Burkini’ bans them out, destroyed everything in its decided it needed to just make it hap- path,” he said. “It has since retreated, so pen and scrimped for about five years to we had this new land, new life coming come up with the money on its own. He in and there’s just no sign of any of the didn’t know the final cost for the project, good for sales: villages that were here long ago.” but with planning, carvings and con- According to the park service and struction he estimated it to be around Hoonah Indian Association, the building $4 million. will be the first permanent clan house in VandenBerg said the tribal house will Australian designer Glacier Bay since an advancing glacier provide new learning opportunities for wiped out the villages more than 250 visitors. Glacier Bay has “always been a years ago. Four Huna Tlingit clans once park about science and glaciers and urkini bans in France have dence... was that they are survivors of lived in and around Glacier Bay, the park scenery. People ask us a lot about the boosted sales and interest in skin cancer and they’ve always been service says. Clans today are based out original inhabitants. We can say a few the full-bodied Islamic swim- looking for something like this, say- B Muslim models displaying burkini swimsuits in western Sydney. of nearby Hoonah, VandenBerg said. things but there’s really nothing we can suit, particularly from non-Muslim ing, ‘Thank god we’ve found some- The Hoonah Indian Association on its really point to that really speaks about women, the Australian credited with one like this producing such a swim- website said the group and National their connection to the homeland. But creating the design said yesterday. suit’,” she said. Park Service worked with a team that this will just provide that and it will just The burkini has sparked huge contro- “The support I’m getting is some- included clan leaders, craftsmen and be amazing,” he said. — AP versy in France, with bans in 15 towns how about empowering women... I cultural resource specialists on a design in the country’s southeast amid high feel like I’ve been a counselor. It’s a that reflects traditional styles but is also tensions following a string of deadly cry of need that they want to have contemporary. For example, it will jihadist attacks. But Australian- this enjoyment. “Women are stand- include a central fire pit in a large gath- Lebanese Aheda Zanetti, who claims ing together on this. It doesn’t mat- the trademark on the name burkini ter what race or religion.” She said and burqini and created her first the one critical email questioned swimwear for Muslim women more why Zanetti wanted to cover up than a decade ago, said the furore in women in France, noting “we prefer France has attracted more publicity our women to be naked”. Australia is for her products. “It’s just been so grappling with a rise in anti-Muslim hectic,” she told AFP. “I can tell you sentiment after a series of attacks by that online on Sunday, we received radicalized youth but the burkini has 60 orders-all of them non-Muslim,” not attracted strong criticism in a the 48-year-old Sydneysider said, country where people regularly cov- adding that she usually received 10 er up at beaches to protect their skin to 12 orders on Sundays. under the harsh sun. While there are Zanetti did not have sales figures divisions over the burkini in France, for the rest of the past week but said Canada’s Prime Minister Justin she had also received numerous mes- Trudeau on Monday dismissed the sages of support-and only one dis- idea of a ban in his country, saying paraging email-since the French Canadians should rise above the bans. They include messages from controversy as he called for the cancer survivors and other swimmers respect of individual rights and who use her light-weight, quick-dry- choices. — AFP ing two-piece garments as protection from the sun. There are other Islamic swimsuits but Zanetti has said her This undated photo shows the Huna Tribal House that will be dedicated on designs are the first to be streamlined the shores of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska, during cere- into two-piece swimwear with a head monies beginning on Thursday.—AP covering. “A lot of the correspon- Australian-Lebanese designer Aheda Zanetti explains her products of burkini swimsuits at a shop in western Sydney.