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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 THULQADA 28, 1435 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Cabinet confirms Iran bulwark Kashmir’s Steelers no link between against famed carpets dominate Jaber Bridge ‘terrorists’: ruined in $5bn Carolina to and fish2 deaths Rouhani13 flood23 losses record20 big win Eid holidays to stretch nine Max 42º days after Cabinet decision Min 25º High Tide 11:14 Assembly to open Oct 28 • Juwaihel jailed for 3 years Low Tide 05:28 & 18:07 40 PAGES NO: 16294 150 FILS By B Izzak and Agencies conspiracy theories KUWAIT: The Cabinet has decided to regard Wednesday and Thursday, which fall on Oct 8 and 9, as “days off”, said Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Haunted Acting Minister of Justice Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah. “October 8 and 9, which fall on Wednesday and Thursday, will be days off for the employees of ministries and state bodies,” the minister said, following a weekly Cabinet meeting at Seif Palace yesterday. The two days off will be part of the official By Badrya Darwish holiday of Eid Al-Adha, which falls on Saturday (Oct 4). Thus, the holiday of the festival will last nine days, beginning on Friday (Oct 3) and ending on Saturday (Oct 11). The Cabinet also approved a draft decree calling for [email protected] the National Assembly to start its new term on Oct 28 following almost four months of summer recess. The current Assembly was elected in late July of last year. aesh, Daesh, Daesh everywhere. Daesh, Meanwhile, the criminal court yesterday sentenced Daesh, Daesh here and there. Even in my Mohammad Al-Juwaihel, a member of the Feb 2012 dreams, I have started seeing Daesh [Daesh is D Assembly, to three years in jail over a forgery case. The the Arabic acronym of ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) or simply IS]. Because turn on the TV, any court ordered the immediate implementation of the jail channel - whether it’s Western, Arab, African - even if term even before Juwaihel can challenge the ruling in I go to Timbuktu, I think I will see the Daesh flag court. According to the case documents, Juwaihel was appear like that of the pirates in olden times. The charged of forgery while obtaining a civil ID from the media talks about them day and night as if the rest Public Authority for Civil Information. of the world has stopped and this is the only subject Juwaihel had allegedly provided false information to to discuss. Go to any diwaniya, and all what you hear SANAA: Houthi rebels chant slogans at the compound of the army’s First Armored Division after they took it the employee upon which he obtained a civil ID with a is about Daesh and the atrocities they have commit- over yesterday. The heavily armed Yemeni Shiite militiamen also took over the house of a powerful army wrong address. He used the civil ID for some official ted. Even the ladies who used to gather for chai general allied to Sunni Islamists yesterday and set up checkpoints across the capital, after sweeping across work and was convicted of forgery. duha (morning tea) and talk about perfumes and the city as the general and his allies fled and went into hiding. — AP (See Page 8) Continued on Page 13 fashion and cooking and cupcakes, etc are now busy mentioning Daesh atrocities. IS urges killing I know it is real and horrifying. I feel sorry for the people who fled their villages and those who were citizens from slaughtered by this brutal force. The people in Iraq, Kurdistan, Lebanon and Syria are suffering and US-led coalition Daesh is advancing. It’s like those alien horror films - Daesh is like an alien invasion force destroying BAGHDAD: The Islamic State group called on Muslims everything before them. to kill citizens of all countries taking part in the US-led But today I woke up to Kuwaiti newspapers say- anti-jihadist coalition by any available means, in a state- ing that Daesh is on the borders of Kuwait and has ment posted online yesterday. “If you can kill a disbe- lots of support here. Is this in favor of Kuwait, these lieving American or European - especially the spiteful media reports? Is this in favor of the country’s stabili- and filthy French - or an Australian, or a Canadian or any ty? Hasn’t the media played a great role in publiciz- other disbeliever... including the citizens of the coun- ing and scaring everyone? What’s wrong with the tries that entered into a coalition against the Islamic Arab world? Why can’t we all unite and fight this State, then rely upon Allah, and kill him,” said Abu group? Why aren’t our armies standing up to this Mohammed Al-Adnani, the group’s spokesman. “Kill the militia? Every Arab country has warehouses full of disbeliever whether he is civilian or military,” he said in Patriot missiles, tanks etc. Masha’Allah. Every now the message, which was released in multiple languages. and then we hear on the news that they bought bil- The United States and France are carrying out air lions of new weapons. strikes against IS targets across Iraq and seeking to Is everyone waiting for Daesh to come to their build an international coalition against a group increas- borders to fight them? Why are we waiting for the ingly perceived as a global threat. US Secretary of State Americans to get involved? Why are we asking the John Kerry said that more than 50 countries have come West to come and fight Daesh? Why isn’t the Arab forward with commitments as part of the coalition, League taking a decision to lead a counterforce including Egypt and other Arab states. The jihadist against Daesh? I’m sure all the Arab armies outnum- group, which has declared a “caliphate” straddling Iraq ber this band of militants by a thousand times. and Syria, controls swathes of territory in both coun- There is something wrong somewhere which is tries. beyond my understanding. There is also the propa- IS has executed hundreds of Iraqis and Syrians, as ganda aspect of the story. These people, I know they well as foreign hostages, and its brutal campaign has are horrible, otherwise why are they publicizing forced more than a million people from their homes. these videos of beheadings. This is PR but against Adnani’s message - which was released in an Arabic Islam and has only added to the opposition to them audio recording and transcripts in other languages within the Muslim world. They are not Muslims. including English - gave instructions on how the killings Everyone keeps talking about them. Cut their could be carried out without military equipment, using finances and that will make a difference. Don’t tell rocks or knives, or by running people over. me all the sophisticated intelligence services in the “France is not afraid,” Interior Minister Bernard region and even outside cannot know where they Cazeneuve said repeatedly during a televised state- get the finance and support from and find ways to stop it. They are getting support from someone very ment, after IS circulated the grisly tips for its followers powerful. Their communication strategy is very on how to kill “disbelievers”. The hundreds of foreigners sophisticated and seems orchestrated to deliver the from various Western countries fighting alongside IS most threatening and scary messages. And it have sparked fears that they could return home to carry worked - it really worked. It’s terrorizing the whole out attacks. Yesterday, Australian Prime Minister Tony Arab nation. We’re haunted. They have destroyed Abbott warned that any of its citizens “who fight with the morale and the optimism of the region post- terrorist groups... will be arrested, prosecuted and jailed Arab Spring. for a very long time”. Continued on Page 13 Facing IS, Saudis, Iran think about making up

DUBAI: For decades the opposing poles of Middle East cious opportunity and avoid the mistakes of the past, we power politics, Saudi Arabia and Iran may be driven to can deal with this crisis successfully.” set aside at least some of their differences by the rise of a It was the highest-level meeting between the two mutual enemy: Islamic State. The Sunni militant group is countries since the election of the pragmatic Hassan as hateful to Tehran for its threat to the rule of Iran’s Rouhani as Iranian president last year. Zarif also sounded Shiite allies in neighbouring Iraq and Syria as it is to upbeat, saying: “Both my Saudi counterpart and I believe Saudi Arabia for its pursuit of fundamentalist theocratic that this meeting will be the first page of a new chapter rule in an Islamic caliphate. “We are aware of the impor- in our two countries’ relations,” according to IRNA. tance and sensitivity of this crisis and the opportunity “We hope that this new chapter will be effective in we have ahead of us,” Saudi Foreign Minister said after establishing regional and global peace and security and meeting his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif will safeguard the interests of Muslim nations across the in New York on Sunday, according to the Iranian state world.” news agency IRNA. “We believe that by using this pre- Continued on Page 13 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 LOCAL

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received Kuwait Municipal Council Chairman Muhalhal Nasser Al-Khaled yesterday. During the meeting, Al-Khaled handed HH the Amir a report about the achievements and performance of the council in the first half of the first year of the 11th session. Also yesterday, HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received, in his Diwan at Seif Palace Head of the National Security Apparatus Sheikh Thamer Ali Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. —KUNA No link between bridge construction, fish deaths

KUWAIT: The Cabinet has affirmed that the con- this serious phenomenon, Minister of State for ment, the minister noted. structions of the underway Sheikh Jaber Al- Cabinet Affairs and Acting Minister of Justice They also consented to a cooperative agree- Ahmad Al-Sabah Bridge have nothing to do with Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al- ment between Kuwait and Greece in the tourist the phenomenon of fish deaths on the Al- Sabah said in a statement following the meet- area, and a memo of understanding between Shwaikh Coast in the Kuwait Bay. ing. In this regard, the cabinet appreciated the Kuwait and Iran in youth and sport domains. The findings were confirmed during a weekly sincere efforts of state bodies concerned in Moreover, the revised charter of the Cabinet meeting held at Al-Seif Palace here order to fight fish-perishing, while stressing the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which under chairmanship of Deputy Prime Minister, significance of exerting more concerted efforts was adopted in Dakar in Senegal, was granted KUWAIT: The KCCI and IMF officials during the meeting. — KUNA Interior Minister and Acting Minister of Awqaf to take preventive measures in order to protect during the Cabinet meeting. and Islamic Affairs. environment in the country, the minister said. All the memos of understanding and agree- The Cabinet also discussed a report compiled The ministers also approved a memo of ments were referred to His Highness the Amir Chamber, IMF discuss by the Environment Public Authority on mass understanding between Kuwait and the Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah for fish deaths on the Al-Shuaikh Coast, together Netherlands on bilateral cooperation in the field final approval. The cabinet finally discussed sev- industry, development plan with procedures like aerial and marine surveys of environmental protection and conservation of eral political reports on the latest regional and and sample analyses aiming to put an end to natural resources as well as sustainable develop- international developments. —KUNA KUWAIT: Developing industry in Kuwait, on public projects to guarantee success for the country’s development plan and the the country’s development plan. local environment business have been the She said that the KCCI realizes the focus of a meeting held yesterday between strategic importance of attracting more officials from the Kuwait Chamber of local and foreign investments. Qatami Commerce and Industry (KCCI) and a visit- pointed out that one of KCCI chief aims is ing International Monetary Fund (IMF) del- to support foreign investments. egation. According to Qatami, the Public This is part of the meetings IMF experts Authority for Industry is working with are holding with the economic bodies in world leading consultancy offices on Kuwait, the KCCI said in a statement. preparing a long-term strategy for the It quoted KCCI board member Wafa Al- national industry till 2035, to enable the Qatami who chaired the meeting between Kuwaiti industrial sector to compete and the Chamber’s Financial and Investment accomplish sustainable growth. Committee and the Fund’s team as saying The statement quoted head of the IMF that they are ready to cooperate with the delegation Ananthakrishnan Prasad as say- IMF experts to gather data for an overall ing that the Kuwait visit aims at gathering report on the economic scene in Kuwait. the necessary data and exchanging views Qatami referred to positive signals that on the country’s economic policies for a the national economy is developing, and in comprehensive report to be later submit- the meantime prompting more spending ted to the Fund’s Executive Board. —KUNA Kuwait-Iran political panel convenes

TEHRAN: The first meeting of the Kuwaiti- Committee, which is part of the Joint Iranian Joint Political Committee kick-start- Higher Committee, focuses on bilateral ed yesterday under chairmanship of relations and the latest regional and inter- Undersecretary of the Kuwaiti Foreign national developments in light of terrorist Ministry Khaled Suleiman Al-Jarrallah and threats in the region. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for the The Kuwaiti delegation to the meeting is Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir- made up of the Foreign Ministry Abdollahian. Undersecretary’s Office Chief Ayham NEW YORK: Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah during the GCC foreign ministers’ meeting yesterday. — KUNA The meeting was attended by Kuwaiti Abdullatif Al-Omar, director of the Ambassador to Iran Majdy Al-Thafeiri and Ministry’s legal affairs dept. Ghanim Saqer several officials of the Kuwaiti and Iranian Al-Ghanim and deputy director of the min- foreign ministries. istry’s Asia dept. Mosa’ed Al-Thuwaikh as GCC welcomes The Kuwaiti-Iranian Joint Political well as several other officials. —KUNA Yemen’s agreement Kuwait joins international efforts to ‘eradicate terrorism’

NEW YORK: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Premier, Ban discussions the UN envoy to Yemen Jamal Benomar. has welcomed an agreement between the Separately, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled said that Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled pointed out that the Yemeni government and the Houthi group yes- HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak two sides also discussed the role of the UN and terday that ended a crisis that paralyzed the Al-Sabah discussed with United Nations’ Arab countries to achieving peace and stability country for weeks. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday the in Libya. Foreign Ministers of the six-nation GCC, who issues of terrorism, climate change and Ebola Both sides asserted the importance of the held a coordination meeting ahead of the UN outbreak. resumption of peace negotiations between the General Assembly’s (UNGA) 69th session last The premier, who is in New York to represent Palestinians and Israelis in a way that would pro- night, hoped the agreement would end violence HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber vide protection for the Palestinian people and and pave way for enhancement of Yemen’s secu- Al-Sabah, also discussed regional issues with Ban establish their independent state, he went on. rity and stability. Ki-moon including the security risks, the foreign TEHRAN: Khaled Al-Jarrallah (center) speaks during the meeting. —KUNA The GCC, “while regretting the developments minister said. Visit preparations in Yemen, welcomes the agreement and hopes it Speaking to KUNA after the meeting, Sheikh Meanwhile, Sheikh Sabah Khaled said Sunday will lead to cessation of violence and commit- Sabah Al-Khaled said: “We in Kuwait are particu- that he discussed with Mexican Foreign Minister MPs arrive in Slovakia, Algeria ment to legitimacy, and boosting security and larly interested in these regional issues because Jose Antonio Maade Kuribrena the preparations terrorism is growing in our region and we should for President Enrique Pena Nieto’s visit to Kuwait. stability of Yemen,” the foreign ministers, whose work together with the international community The meeting was to prepare for the meeting was chaired by Kuwait’s First Deputy BRATISLAVA/ALGIERS: Kuwait’s parlia- cials and parliamentarians, including Prime to eradicate it.” President’s visit, due in mid-December, at the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh mentary friendship delegation arrived in Minister Robert Fico, State Secretary of the Kuwait is contributing to an international invitation of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, said in a Bratislava, Slovakia yesterday in an official Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of coalition to crack down on growing threats Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Sheikh Sabah Al- visit as part of a multi-leg overseas tour to the Slovak Republic Peter Burian, in addi- statement. posed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant Khaled told KUNA. bolster parliamentary cooperation with tion to members of the international affairs The ministers hoped the agreement, signed (ISIL). He added there were cooperation agree- friendly countries. committee in the Slovakian Parliament, and in accordance with outcome of the national dia- Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled said Kuwait was ments that needed to be prepared before the Upon their arrival, the Kuwaiti delega- members of Slovakian parliamentary logue, would enable Yemen overcome “this criti- highly interested in climate change, adding that visit. He said Kuribrena’s visit to Kuwait last tion, headed by Deputy Speaker of the friendship committee with Arab States. cal phase of its history.” Oil Minister and Minister of State for March was aimed at preparing for the presi- National Assembly Mubarak Al-Khurainej, Separately, the Kuwaiti parliamentary Representatives of political parties, including Parliamentary Affairs Dr Ali Al-Omair would dent’s visit. was received at airport by Kuwait’s friendship delegation, headed by MP Askar the Houthi group’s Ansar Allah, signed the deal address the climate change summit, due in New Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled, describing the rela- Ambassador to Slovakia Bader Nasser Al- Al-Enezi, arrived to Algeria yesterday, start- at the Presidential Office in Sanna in the pres- York later this week, to highlight measured tions with Mexico as “important, “ said Kuwait Houti and staff of Kuwaiti Embassy in ing an official four-day visit to the North ence of President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi adopted by Kuwait to address the climate was keen on reaching out to countries in Latin Slovakia, and Kuwait’s Ambassador to African country. and Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General change. America through Mexico. He meanwhile said Austria and Delegate to the UN organiza- The delegation was received at the air- on Yemen Jamal Benomar. He noted that the Kuwaiti delegation briefed that he and Kuribrena discussed issues listed on tions Sadiq Marafi. Al-Khurainej stressed, in port by chairman of Algerian parliament The GCC top diplomats reiterated support to Ban on the USD five million contribution from the agenda of UN General Assembly’s (UNGA) a statement to KUNA, importance of this financial and economic affairs committee, Yemen and President Hadi in his endeavors to Kuwait to the World Health Organization (WHO). 69th session and the climate change summit. visit in boosting ties between Kuwait’s head of the Algerian-Kuwaiti parliamentary preserve the legitimacy of the country and stop “We are coordinating with WHO and our African Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled said Kuwait was keen Parliament and other parliaments around friendship group and Kuwait Ambassador the bloodshed. They called on all parties to friends to provide assistance” against the Ebola on Mexico’s involvement in the region, like hav- the world, describing at the same time bilat- to Algeria Saud Al-Duwaish. avoid provocation and commit to a political outbreak, he said. ing a role in the Palestinian cause. eral relations between Kuwait and Slovakia The six-member Kuwaiti delegation approach that would prevent Yemen from “chaos Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled also said they Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled is accompanying HH as “good” and in constant development on would held a series of meeting with and violence that will threat the security, stabili- explained to Ban how Kuwait, the current presi- the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al- various arenas, particularly economic. Algerian officials to discuss bilateral rela- ty and unity of Yemen.” They said all parties in dent of the Arab Summit, was supporting the Hamad Al-Sabah, who is representing HH the He also noted that the Kuwaiti delega- tions and means to boost cooperation in Yemen should comply with all recommenda- new Iraqi government, the UN Special Amir to the UNGA session and climate change tion is due to hold series of meetings and various domains, particularly the parlia- tions of the national dialogue. Representative to Syria Staffan de Mistura and summit. — KUNA talks on Tuesday with senior Slovakian offi- mentary one. —KUNA p3.e$S 2_Layout 1 9/22/14 9:23 PM Page 1

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 LOCAL

Message of Ambassador on Saudi Arabia’s 84th National Day

he first day in the Libra horoscope, ago, the Kingdom has been living an out- the right to participate in municipal elec- form their rituals at ease. And with the near to fight terrorism under the umbrella of the coinciding with Sept 23 of every year, standing period of welfare, prosperity and tions. completion of King Abdulaziz International United Nations at the instructions of the Tembodies a glorious day that will not opulence. His efforts are clear in all fields of The Kingdom always moves in its inter- Airport in Jeddah, the two mosques’ train Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. be forgotten in the history of the Kingdom, education, health, social affairs, transport, national relations out of being home for and other developmental projects, the We must not forget, while we celebrate which is assimilated in the major national agriculture, industry and all that affect the the two mosques, which confirms the allied services network will be completed this auspicious occasion, the struggle and epic that led to the unification of the life of the Saudi citizen. The scholarship Islamic role entrusted in it, while always in the holy places. efforts of King Abdulaziz, and his sons Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in one entity and program of King Abdullah began yielding having the interests of the Arab and As for the strategy adopted by the Kings Saud, Faisal, Khalid and Fahd, and strong cohesive state that was established its fruits after sending more than 175,000 Kingdom’s leadership to protect and Princes Sultan and Nayef, May Allah bestow in 1351 AH/1932 AD, when the late King students for education abroad, who will strengthen these gains, they are represent- His mercy on them all, who served the reli- Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al-Saud com- return to the country to contribute to the ed in several pillars, the first - adherence to gion then the country, giving it a lot in all pleted the unification of all parts of the development and construction process. Islamic ideology in rhetoric and deed, the places of responsibility they carried out. homeland and declared the establishment All this confirms the keenness of the second - adherence to its Arab belonging I will not forget to allude to the strong of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to use and its defence of Arab interests, the third - ties between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia This day renews the memory of a dear all national resources to serve the home- preserving the country’s unity and the and the State of Kuwait, which time proved national anniversary to every Saudi nation- land and citizen. He was able, with his vast safety of its citizens and territories by pro- that it became an example to follow in rela- al, during which we remember the sacrifice experience in politics and administration viding domestic security and boosting its tions between countries. The contacts of grandfathers and fathers who estab- affairs, to uplift the Kingdom qualitatively defensive capabilities, and the fourth - pro- between the two brotherly countries con- lished this entity, and motivates us to pre- in all fields despite all regional and interna- viding dignified living to the Kingdom’s cit- tinues at all levels, which reflected on the serve it and the gains it made, as well as tional developments and circumstances izens through economic development distinguished relations between them be it continuing the building of the country and that have surrounded the area lately. All plans. at the official or popular levels. strengthen its pillars for the coming gener- this made the Kingdom occupy the fore- The Kingdom, besides being a patriotic As this dear national occasion has come, ations. Following the establishment of the front of the Arab and Muslim worlds, in state that seeks its national security and I would like to congratulate the Custodian pillars of security and stability for this large addition to what it enjoys of religious, present prosperity to its citizens, continues of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah entity, the civilized, economic, educational political and economic weight, and what it its integral role in the regional and interna- bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, HRH Prince Salman and cultural pillars’ march began to cover relies on of constants in the international tional fields through its active diplomacy bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Crown Prince, the country in all fields, to place the policy that is taken from Islamic ideology, and unyielding efforts at the service of the Deputy Premier and Defence Minister HRH Kingdom on the future’s edge. Arab values and wise policies of its leader- Arab and Muslim causes. The Kingdom Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Crown The rule was then passed to his sons ship, as well as its keenness of the home- Dr Abdulaziz Al-Fayez plays a main role in international efforts to Prince of the Crown Prince, Second Deputy Saud, Faisal, Khalid and Fahd, may land and citizen’s security. Muslim nations into consideration, bearing stop violence and destruction in the Premier, the ruling family and the noble Almighty Allah bestow his mercy on them The Saudi woman received the attention its religious responsibilities towards the region, and keep the Arab and Muslim peo- Saudi people, asking Almighty Allah to pro- all, who followed the teachings of the of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, religion and the two holy mosques. The ple away from its dangers. tect the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from all founding king, to adhere to the teachings and his opening the way for her to partici- building of the Al-Haram Mosque and the The Kingdom was among the first coun- evil, and to bring back this occasion with of Islam and serve the country and its citi- pate with the Saudi man in the building Prophet’s Mosque witnessed over more tries to suffer from the terrorism phenome- all pride and goodness and to keep the zens, as well as continue the march of process and society development is the lat- than 14 countries, many construction non as it lost several of its citizens to terror- bounties of security, stability and prosperi- building and constructing and prosperity. est of his initiatives in his instructions to moves over the years, but the expansion ist operations, which the wise leadership ty on it and on the State of Kuwait, as well The Kingdom witnessed during their rule a give women membership in the Shura that the Custodian of the two Holy and intense security efforts were able to as the Arab and Muslim nations. comprehensive renaissance and revival in council, and he appointed 30 women in the Mosques laid the cornerstone for lately is overcome and foil many terrorist plans by May Allah protect the Custodian of the all fields. Shura council to participate in the activities considered the largest expansion project in the stray group. The Kingdom realized early Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Since the Custodian of the Two Holy of this national institution. He also ordered the history of the two holy mosques, as the on the importance of interlacing interna- Abdulaziz Al-Saud and his brother HH Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al- that she gets the right to be nominated to capacity of both will be increased and it tional efforts to confront terrorism, so it Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Saud assumed power more than nine years the municipal council’s membership, and will be enable pilgrims and visitors to per- organized the first international conference for both our countries. Amir congratulates Saudi King on National Day

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad their country’s National Day. This Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Al-Sabah sent similar cables. came during a weekly cabinet Sabah sent a cable to Saudi King Meanwhile, the Kuwaiti Cabinet meeting held at Al-Seif Palace yes- Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud to voiced sincere congratulations and terday under chairmanship of congratulate him on the occasion of greetings to Saudi King Abdullah Deputy Prime Minister, Interior the Kingdom’s National Day. bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Crown Prince Minister and Acting Minister of In his cable, HH the Amir also Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Awqaf and Islamic Affairs. The cabi- expressed wishes of prosperity and Deputy Premier and Minister of net wished the Saudi king good progress to the Saudi leadership Defense, Deputy Crown Prince health and well-being and and people. HH the Crown Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, expressed wishes of prosperity and Sheikh Nawaf Al- Ahmad Al-Jaber Second Deputy Premier and the progress to the Kingdom of Saudi Al-Sabah and HH the Prime Minister Saudi people on the occasion of Arabia and its people. — KUNA KUWAIT: The National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) offered donation to sponsor a project carried out by the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) to fund treatment of 500 hepatitis C patients. The picture shows Isam Al-Sager, NBK Group CEO (second from left), hand over the check to Dr Helal Al-Sayer, KRCS Chairman. Shaikha Al-Bahar, NBK Group Saudi Arabia celebrates unity amid Deputy CEO (left), and Shaima Younis, KRCS Resources Development Supervisor, attended the ceremony. huge development investments

RIYADH: The sisterly Kingdom of the regional and international lev- sion of the country in 1990. Saudi Arabia celebrates today the els that has noticeably grown since 84th unification anniversary, demise of King Abdulaziz in 1953. Saudi support according to a Royal Order issued His sons, the Kings Saud, Khaled, Saudi Arabia had played a major by the late Monarch, Abdulaziz Bin Faisal and Fahad had led the and effective role in commanding Abdulrahman Al-Saud, on Kingdom robustly on the path of the international campaign for September 21, 1932, declaring that progress and advancement. Kuwait’s liberation. Many Kuwaitis September 23rd marks the Following steps of the predeces- who were hosted by the neighbor- Kingdom proclamation. sors, the current Monarch has mas- ing brotherly nation during the This historic announcement terminded the process of develop- seven-month occupation returned came after a 30-year struggle to ment and services in various home after the 1991 liberation that unify all parts of the country, start- regions of the Kingdom, in line involved Saudi military forces. At ing with a movement launched in with a strategy, based on diversifi- these hard times, the Kingdom had Kuwait by King Abdulaziz Bin cation of income resources, granti- taken a firm stance on Kuwait’s Abdulrahman Al-Saud, ending a life ng major role for the private sector side. The late Monarch, Fahad Bin in exile that had lasted since down- and utilizing various potentials. Abdulaziz, had made a resounding fall of the Second Saudi State, also Minister of Economy and announcement: known as the Emirate of Diriyah in Planning Dr Mohammad Al-Jasser “Life and death have become 1744. The late King Abdulaziz, who has recently announced that equal in our eyes after seeing what was hosted by the then Ruler of investments in the infrastructure, has happened to the Kuwaiti peo- Kuwait, Sheikh Mubarak Al-Kabeer, including construction of roads, ple. “From now on, there is no launched a successful campaign tunnels, ports, railways and towns, Kuwait or Saudi Arabia, they are a retaking Riyadh in 1902, thus reached some two trillion riyals. single country where we either live paving way for establishment of “Long-term development objec- or die together. Every Saudi agrees the Third Saudi State. tives envisage establishing an with me on this decision; Kuwait Having succeeded in unifying all economy based on knowledge, and Saudi Arabia remain together regions of the Kingdom, King where it will be the main motive for or disappear together.” Abdulaziz embarked on a new development,” the minister stated. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, mem- process to build a modern state; a Riyadh and Kuwait have been bers of the Gulf Cooperation process followed up by his sons lat- bonded with a solid brotherly rela- Council (GCC), closely coordinate in er till now, namely by the tionship and the two countries’ the political, economic, military Custodian of the Two Holy governments are keen on cement- and social fields. They also coordi- Mosques King Abdullah Bin ing these ties in diverse sectors. nate at regional and international Abdulaziz Al-Saud. The two brotherly countries quarters. Trade exchanges between Thanks to efforts spearheaded have remained together, due to them have reached eight billion by the late King and his successors, the joint doctrine, language and riyals. Moreover, they have been Saudi Arabia has been transformed family bonds, as well as the com- involved in the “unique experience,” from a poor country with limited mon destiny, dating back to the managing the energy resources resources, with inhabitants making old times when the late King wealth in the “divided zone.” living from cattle grazing and farm- Abdulaziz was an honored guest This zone had been carved out ing into one of the modern states, along with his family in Kuwait. in the border region with aim of ranking among the top 20 largest The latter stood on the Monarchy launching ventures. Hydrocarbon economies in the world. side throughout the struggle years resources are equally split for unification and modernization between the two countries and a Crucial role and Riyadh had backed Kuwait joint commission runs exploration Since its unification, the against Iraqi threats in 1961, 1973 processes in the area (Saudi riyal is Kingdom has played crucial role at as well as in face of the Iraqi inva- traded at USD 0.27). —KUNA VIVA celebrates KSA National Day with special offer

KUWAIT: VIVA, Kuwait’s fastest- September 2014. VIVA congratulates the Saudi growing and most developed tele- VIVA is pleased on this occasion community on this occasion and com operator, announced today to express its sincere gratitude to reaffirms its commitment towards the launch of a special promotion the people of Saudi Arabia, and to offering all that is pioneering and for its prepaid and postpaid cus- those living in Kuwait who are cele- advanced in the telecom industry, tomers in celebration of the brating and embodying the feel- and to continue presenting its cus- National Day of the Kingdom of ings of happiness, joy, brotherhood tomers with an exceptional experi- Saudi Arabia (KSA). For every five and friendship during the National ence. minutes during a call made to fami- Day of KSA. VIVA will continue to To find out more about VIVA’s lat- lies and friends in KSA on this occa- acknowledge the National Holidays est offers and promotions, visit one sion, VIVA will grant customers five of international countries, in per- of the 58 VIVA branches, or the VIVA free minutes in return. This promo- sistence to recognize each cus- website at www.viva.com.kw, or call tion is valid for the 24 hours of 23 tomer’s needs. VIVA’s 24 hour call center on 102. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 LOCAL

Efforts to introduce healthier items in subsidized food list Eliminating chronic diseases as part of the development program

By Nawara Fattahova Nutritionist Dr Suhair Sharaf from these items are widely available in Crime the Afaf Al-Roumi Clinic said that all co-ops and supermarkets at Crime KUWAIT: According to a local this is a great initiative by both min- affordable prices. People should be Report Report Arabic daily, the Ministry of Health istries to revaluate subsidized prod- aware of the importance of con- has demanded replacing some of ucts. “Attention should be given to suming these kinds of food since the subsidized food products that the nutritional value of the prod- childhood. People should be aware Man charged over are supplied to citizens from the ucts, including the quality and calo- that with healthy nutrition, they will KD 40,677 worth Ministry of Commerce and Industry. ries to ensure good health of people avoid many problems in the future,” offensive texts This acts aims to execute the resolu- and make them avoid various dis- she said. sponges confiscated tion of the UN General Assembly eases,” she told Kuwait Times. She also warned against food- KUWAIT: A Moroccan woman told police that a per- that requires eliminating chronic Some people suffer from stuff containing high percentages of son who works for a daily paper insulted and threat- non-infectious diseases as part of migraine and have no clue about sodium and high calories. “Many ened her by SMS. A security source said the woman the development program. The the reason behind it. “Many of those people consume fast food as they gave them the suspect’s name and details, as well as ministry also formed a permanent who complain of migraine are not find it tasty or because of its low copies of the messages. She said that she has never committee for inspecting and evalu- aware that cheddar cheese spread is price, but this food has very low insulted him. Detectives were asked to arrest him for ating the consumption of salt and behind it. This cheese is rich in salt nutritional value and high calories, questioning. saturated and modified fats in and cream and may cause health so people should avoid it or Kuwait and is in charge of supervis- problems. Also, some other prod- decrease its consumption. Also, I ing and checking subsidized prod- ucts may cause high blood pressure demand the manufacturers to indi- Alcohol, drug possession ucts. and cholesterol that result in obesi- cate clearly the quantity of calories Ahmadi police confiscated 83 bottles of liquor The change or removal of some ty. Also, the high percentage of fats per portion instead of per 100 with Asians in Mahboula, Sabahiya and Mangaf. subsidies should mainly include will fasten the ageing of cells,” grams. People will not measure 100 Meanwhile an Arab was arrested with a bag con- products containing fats and salt explained Sharaf. grams of anything they eat, so it’s taining shabu and eight narcotic tablets in addition which include cooking oil with high According to her, the awareness better if it was mentioned per to a hashish stick and drug paraphernalia. percentage of fats, sugar and bot- of healthy consumption of food is spoonful or portion. The product tles of cheese spread. These should most important. “Adding healthy should also mention clearly the be replaced by healthy food prod- products to the subsidized list of quantity of fats and sodium, and A fireman inside the warehouse where the sponge ship- Employee accused of stealing ucts, according to the ministry’s let- products such as fruits and vegeta- people should be careful,” conclud- ment was stored illegally. An accountant stole KD 1,200 from his company’s ter. bles is good but not essential, as ed Sharaf. By Hanan Al-Saadoun safe, and the company owner reported him to police. The accountant is Syrian and has since disappeared. KUWAIT: The Kuwait Fire Services Directorate (KFSD) con- fiscated a shipment of sponge worth KD 40,677 during a recent campaign in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh. The shipment was Phones theft stored under circumstances that lacked basic safety condi- A citizen accused the children of her relatives of tions, the KFSD said in a statement. The shipment owner stealing three phones, a tablet and KD 50 following was summoned by police for questioning. her visit to them. The suspects were arrested for Separately, four KFSD teams consisting of 30 inspectors questioning. carried out inspection campaigns at colleges, schools, kindergartens and nurseries in Hawally, Salmiya and Jabriya to check safety conditions at said buildings. Schoolgirl kidnapper arrested Also, the Public Relations and Media Department at Ahmadi police freed a girl after she was kidnapped KFSD organized a lecture to spread awareness on safety by a man in his twenties from her school. Police were and fire prevention conditions inside the house. The lec- informed about the incident by a man who was taking ture was organized free of charge and in cooperation with the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training. his daughter to school. Police then went after the kid- napper who refused to stop, so they chased and forced him to pull over. He was arrested on kidnapping charges.

Teen harasser caught A woman accused a man of harassing her 15- year-old daughter in a Salmiya mall. The woman said that she was surprised by the man approaching her daughter, so she called securi- ty men who caught him and called police. The man was arrested and charged with promoting vice acts. — Al-Rai Subsidized food distributed at a local store. The fire safety awareness lecture in progress Planning ongoing for Eagle Resolve exercise

KUWAIT: Planning and coordination ing expertise in managing joint opera- Commander of Kuwaiti Armed Forces. regarding Eagle Resolve 2015 military tions for countering challenges. Captain Osama Hussein Ali, Head exercise are ongoing by teams partici- It pointed out that the exercise also of Bahrain’s delegation, stressed pating in the planning meetings, aims at increasing cooperation, importance of his country’s participa- Kuwaiti Army said yesterday. understanding, and level of opera- tion at Eagle Resolve 2015, pointing The meetings also tackle consoli- tional readiness among joint forces. out that it comes under the frame- dating visions and coordinating coop- Meanwhile, Brigadier Faleh Al- work of bolstering joint military coop- eration in anti-terrorism fields, border Thamen, head of the Jordanian dele- eration between the Kingdom, Arab, security, and crisis and disasters man- gation to the meetings, expressed his and international countries. agement, the Army’s Moral Guidance gratitude and appreciation to Kuwait Eagle Resolve 2015 is organized by and Public Relations Department said for inviting his country to take part at the Kuwaiti Army, in participation with in a press statement. the military exercise. Interior Ministry, National Guards, It added that this exercise aims at Head of Egypt’s participating dele- Kuwait Fire Services Directorate boosting cooperation in the regional gation Colonel Saad Mahmoud Bader (KFSD), and Information Ministry, and defense field between Kuwait, Gulf ElDin also wished the joint exercise in cooperation with U.S. Central Cooperation Council, Arab, and inter- success under the auspices of His Command, Armed forces of Arab and national countries, as well as exchang- Highness the Amir and the Supreme international countries. —KUNA IS cell printed currency, made black flags to act in Kuwait Suspects deny charges, remanded in custody

KUWAIT: State security managed to other Kuwaitis and GCC nationals and charges,” stressed the sources, noting uncover new details about the took part in several battles in various that the lawyer of one of the suspects detained IS cell members who were Syrian cities and villages. “The stu- strongly denied his client’s involve- caught with special currency ban- dent also led police to two other col- ment on grounds that he was a US- knotes they had printed with the IS leagues who fought with him and trained petroleum engineer. “If my name, black flags, IS leaflets in addi- returned to Kuwait before he did,” client is being used as a sacrifice to tion to a printer used in printing the added the sources, noting that after please some powerful countries, I IS money, said informed security interrogating the two, they seconded expect the judiciary will reject such sources. The sources added that the the first suspect’s testimony and said accusations,” said the lawyer. five suspects (3 Kuwaitis who had that they decided returning to Kuwait However, a public survey conduct- previously fought in Syria and Iraq on hearing about forming a global ed by local daily, Al-Qabas online and two bedoons who confessed to coalition to fight IS and that there about IS showed that 80 percent of being affiliated to IS and being mem- were large numbers of citizens - Kuwaitis reject the organization, 75 bers of the cell) were already interro- whose names were given to the state percent speak badly about and criti- gated by the public prosecutor. security - fighting with IS. cize it, expressing fear of the possibili- According to state security investi- Moreover, the sources said that ty of its arrival in Kuwait while 41 per- gations, the suspects had been wait- the fourth and fifth suspects - the two cent of the surveyed segment ing for orders from their leaders to bedoons - had argued with a Jahra describe it as a ‘terrorist organization’. start operating in Kuwait. “Their plans mosque imam when he criticized IS, Notably, the survey alarmingly were foiled by their arrest,” stressed saying that what they do is far from showed that 12.5 per cent of partici- the sources, noting that the suspects Islam. “The argument developed into pants sympathized with IS, 7.5 were had prepared hundreds of slogans assaulting the imam before they left neutral and refrained from describing and banners, black flags and printed the mosque,” said the sources, noting it. The survey also showed that 42.1 special banknotes to replace the that they were later arrested and that per cent of Kuwaitis described IS as Kuwaiti currency. Investigations also a printer used for printing IS currency ‘terrorists’, 31.6 percent described showed that the case began unfold- was found in their house along with them as ‘fighters’, 13.2 percent ing when a citizen reported that his the black flags and leaflets promoting described them as warriors and a sim- son, a university student, had been the idea of joining IS. “They were ilar percentage described them as brainwashed to join IS and that he waiting for ‘zero hour’ to start operat- ‘extremists’. had heard nothing about him since ing in Kuwait,’ said the sources. Security sources stressed that in he left for Turkey, through which he Meanwhile, the criminal court collaboration with other relevant entered Syria. adjourned a case in which a citizen government bodies, security forces The son was listed and was arrest- was caught with the possession of would monitor all social media ed on arrival at Kuwait airport. The weapons and leaflets to Oct 12, said accounts that show sympathy with IS suspect told detectives that he security sources noting that two oth- round the clock. “Security forces will entered Syria through Turkey and er citizens and three bedoons were use all legal channels and means to joined IS to fight ‘for Islam’, adding jailed for 10 days pending investiga- do so,” stressed the sources. that he was stationed with a group of tions. “All five suspects denied —Al-Rai and Al-Qabas TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 LOCAL

Big 5 Kuwait receives overwhelming response on opening day

KUWAIT: Under the Patronage of case studies, which included topics tively outsource FM contracts?’ and Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al- such as ‘Does Kuwait need three new ‘How can you avoid disputes in the Sabah, Prime Minister of Kuwait, The billion dollar hospitals and 5,000 new construction industry?’. Big 5 Kuwait 2014 opened yesterday, beds?’ and ‘Initiatives for Free certified workshops led by and will run until tomorrow at the Improvements in FM Project’, were pre- industry experts will begin today, Kuwait International Fair. Architects, sented at the first day of the show. including the hugely popular Project engineers, contractors, consultants, United Facilities Management, one Management workshop, which will project managers, procurement man- of the leading Kuwaiti FM companies, tackle the creation of a robust project agers, property developers, contrac- participated at the FM Congress to give planning documents and project con- tors, facility and contracts managers a valuable insight on Kuwait’s expand- trol systems, among others. Two more and interior designers attended the ing FM sector with the presentation by workshops will be ‘Managing FM event to source products, learn and the Director of Operations Paul Contracts & SLA’s’ and ‘Introduction to network. Zalloua. Ahmad Yousef Al Kandari, Vice LEED version 4’. The visitors were delighted with the Chairman and CEO of United Facilities Also taking place today will be the new and innovative products from Management, said: “This year’s Big 5 popular How to Trade in Kuwait exhibitors coming over from 15 coun- Kuwait provided an in-depth look at Seminar. The seminar will provide tries. The overwhelming response the local, regional and international FM guidelines for business opportunities received by The Big 5 Kuwait 2014 on and construction sectors. The Big 5 and investments in Kuwait to help the first day further consolidates its Kuwait has highlighted the signifi- international investors who are keen position as Kuwait’s largest building cance of these services and showed on tapping into the country’s lucrative and construction show. why they should be considered in the market. The half-day session will cover Commenting on the first day of the design, development and construction diverse topics including local partners, show, Mohammed Ahmed Bin Fahad, a phases.” taxation requirement, and licensing, visitor from the UAE said: “I am so The first day of The Big 5 Kuwait permits and visas. pleased to visit again this year’s edition also featured the Round Table Zone, an Don’t miss out on the day two activ- of The Big 5 Kuwait where I found a lot open forum that enables construction ities at the Kuwait International Fair. of interesting and big exhibitors.” professionals to discuss issues that are The show will continue on 23 and 24 The Big 5 Kuwait FM Congress, an critical to the local construction indus- September from 11am - 8pm, and reg- informative insight into the Facilities try. The Round Table discussions will istration is free for visitors with busi- Management (FM) sector in Kuwait, continue tomorrow with industry-spe- ness cards, plus all today’s features are The winners in a group photo. was held on the first day. Numerous cific topics such as ‘How can you effec- free to attend. ABK awards school ‘E-Government Forum II’ competition winners

to be held in November KUWAIT: Back to School was cele- were awarded valuable cash prizes ic year a fun start.” brated by Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait by worth KD 1500. Ms Sahar Al- Ms. Al Therban added, “We were KUWAIT: The general manager of the Central Agency for hosting ‘ First day of School’ compe- Therban, PR Manager at ABK stated, pleased with the enthusiastic cus- Information Technology Mr Abdul Latif Al-Sareea tition on Instagram via ABK’s official “We would like to congratulate the tomer response through wonderful announced that the “Forum of E-government II: Recent page @ABK_Kuwait. The competi- winners and thank all participants pictorial compositions. The holidays Trends in Government Information Centers” is to be held tion was based on a pictorial for kids for interacting with ABK, expressing came to an end on this festive mood from 9 to 11 November, under the patronage of the in their school uniforms and 10 win- their excitement on their first day of with the lucky winners being Prime Minister His Highness Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al- ners were selected. The winners school and giving the new academ- announced”. Hamad Al-Sabah. Sareea said: “The patronage of His Highness the Prime Minister of the forum for the second year in a row reflects his interest, personally, and that of the political leadership at the highest levels in the State of Kuwait, in developing the system of e-government, and their support for the role played by the Central Agency for Information Technology in cooperation and coordination with all other government agencies in this regard, to develop the level of services that are offered to all beneficiaries, in both the public and private sec- Abdul Latif Al-Sareea tors, and to individuals whether citizens, residents or vis- itors. Regarding the topics and themes that will be dis- ters play a key role in developing the system of e-gov- cussed at the forum, the Director General of the Central ernment, which is currently the subject of many techno- Agency for Information Technology said: “We chose this logical developments to raise its operational efficiency, year for “the forum of e-government” to discuss every- reliability, and management methods. There is no doubt thing related to the centers of modern information and that the information centers of government in the State future trends, especially government ones. As such cen- of Kuwait are seeking to keep pace with such constant evolution so as to be able to play their assigned roles. The Central Agency for Information Technology seeks to help these centers to develop their capabilities and update their methods. “ Sareea added that “the Forum of E-government II: Recent Trends in Government Informatiion Centers”, which is being organized in collaboration with the Real Estate Co (NoufEXPO), will be held over a three days period during which discussion is to center around a number of important categories, such as “Modern trends for information centers” and “cloud computing in gov- ernmental data centers”, and “governance in the management of informa- tion centers”, and “commu- nications systems in future data centers.” Sareea concluded that “the forum of e-govern- ment” has become an annual event where offi- cials of the centers of gov- ernment information can meet specialized compa- nies and researchers in Kuwait and other GCC countries, to learn about the latest technologies, products and methods of work, management and governance, which con- tribute to the develop- ment of the system of e- government and building a society of information. He also said that the exhi- bition held at the forum will provide an opportuni- ty for companies and gov- ernment agencies involved to showcase their products, services and solutions in this area. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 LOCAL

kuwait digest regional opinion May we remain Human Rights Watch in in welfare! bed with America’s interests

By Arwa Al-Waqian ay we remain enjoying this ‘welfare’ in the form of our potholed streets, busy roads and Mterrifying traffic congestions on worn-out roads! May we remain enjoying this ‘welfare’ in the By Shaher Zakaria form of free education (though more than half the people resort to private education), despite the need The solutions for private tutors all the time, because the public one is for the Middle so terrible! East’s conflicts May we remain enjoying this ‘welfare’ in the form of [email protected] our government hospitals where one has to wait for months to get an appointment with the doctor, and f one were to start an organization that would defend the thus is forced to go to private hospitals that cost for- Al-Anbaa rights of human beings across the world today, one must tunes! May we remain enjoying this ‘welfare’ in the make sure that this new organization does not entangle itself form of millions-worth of land plots because of which I with US interests. I’m talking about Human Rights Watch here. citizens with medium incomes cannot even purchase a Founded in the US in 1978, HRW pledges in its mission statement single room because of this price madness! to “scrupulously investigate abuses, expose the facts widely and May we remain enjoying this ‘welfare’ with very lim- pressure those with power to respect rights and secure justice”. ited recreation and being deprived of means of amuse- However scrupulousness and conscientiousness can be discern- ment that are limited to a worn-out Entertainment City ing at times. that was built in the 1980s. Our resorts are very bad During Venezuela’s 2012 candidature for a seat on the UN and extremely expensive as if one is renting a shack in Human Rights Council, HWR criticized then President Hugo Chavez for his abysmal human rights record. HWR propagandistic persistence on throwing nicknames like authoritarian following the late 90s’ rise of Chavismo, the leftwing political ideology Our resorts are very bad kuwait digest developed by Chavez, though during the same period neighbor- ing Colombia has been seemingly immune from such labels and extremely expensive as despite being the worst human rights exploiter in the world. IS: Secrets of creation and goals Why the hypocritical blind-eye treatment? The answer is very if one is renting a shack in simple - Colombia is a vital US ally, especially after the rise of left- leaning governments in Latin America, and Venezuela is not. the Maldives. By Thaar Al-Rasheedi HRW has not mentioned America’s secret global assassination program and its illegal inhumane detention of prisoners at eviewing various moderate non-biased political analyses, collected from GCC countries usually reached three destina- Guantanamo Bay. From Cuba to Ecuador to Ethiopia, HRW’s positions have often the Maldives. Furthermore, one has to go through very facts within hand show that IS is just a temporary move- tions - the first was the Free Syrian Army (FSA) that was prom- ment made to play a certain role in changing regional ised millions and hardly got any according to Riyadh Al-Assad been questionably in line with US policy. Cuba is a frequently abusive procedures such as having to present a mar- R power balances in order to achieve a long-term goal. Initially, and, accordingly remained an unfunded party in the conflict demonized country but not the least Guantanamo Bay. In riage contract and mandating the couple to attend the we cannot claim that IS is unknown nor can we say that it taking place in Syria. All the FSA got was political and media Ethiopia, HRW has been unreasonably soft on oppressive govern- contract signature, as if recreation was only restricted sprung out of the blue like some analysts claim. IS was ‘born’ in support without any financial funding to help it carry on with ment behavior. Even when it came to the 2003 Iraq war, HRW to married people and to hell with the rest of the peo- 2003 under other names using other groups. It first generated achieving its goals. avoided judgment on the legality of the war itself. So much for ple. from Al-Qaeda and powerfully Later on, Al-Nusra Front the scrupulous experience of discrimination. So notwithstanding May we remain enjoying this ‘welfare’ in the form of appeared in different names in appeared as the ‘sole and exclu- its claims of independence and impartiality, HRW stands accused the unemployment and the endless time graduates the period between 2003 and sive’ agent of Al-Qeada that called of partaking in a revolving door system with the US government. have to wait like ‘pickles’ because most employers seek 2007, which were the bloodiest IS faded away after 2007 for fighting Shiites and unification. For example, Javier Solana, NATO’s secretary general during well-experienced staff or even have enough already! years in Iraq’s history. It took the Thanks to receiving the largest cut the 1999 war on Yugoslavia, is now on the group’s board of direc- tors. Tom Malinowski was HRW’s Washington director from 2001 May we remain enjoying all this ‘welfare’ the Kuwaiti form of Muslim resistance with and its groups hibernated of individual donations pouring in the occupying American troops as from GCC states, IS became the to 2013 has now fully returned to the government as assistant people experience in a country that everybody around their prime enemy in Iraq, as they in sleeper cells after their richest and most heavily armed secretary for democracy, human rights and labor. Likewise, Myles the globe believes to be rich while its citizens have have declared on many occasions irregular troops in the world with a Frechette, a former US ambassador to Colombia, is a member of enough troubles in owning houses, getting loans, and after suicide explosions car- financial support and capital that exceeds $2 billion, HRW Americas’ advisory committee which for many years heavily being unemployed and making insufficient income ried out against them. according to what the relied on former CIA analyst Miguel Diaz, now an intelligence that does not match the soaring cost of living here. IS faded away after 2007 and funding dried out. Independent wrote: “IS is financial- community associate at the State Department. Anyhow, a good name is better than riches! its groups hibernated in sleeper ly satisfied and it finances itself If HRW wants to repair its compromised impartiality, it could Finally, those aiming at angering others or after cells after their financial support thanks to the fortune it owns, and start by stopping granting roles to persons with close links to the fame by burning animals alive, by torturing or brutally and funding dried out. Following the year 2011 and with the thus became the world’s richest terrorist organization”. state and the corporate sectors such as ExxonMobil, Coca-Cola, killing them deserve very strict penalties and fines. Syrian revolution that started as an armed conflict between Finally, we have to be certain that regardless of so-called and Boeing, all of which have been blamed of severe human rights violations. Even though committed against animals, such vio- two parties before it turned into armed conflicts amongst four legends said about it, IS will always remain a temporary parties, IS remerged strongly as a major player in the conflict movement created to achieve certain goals and end up as it NOTE: HRW’s board is co-chaired by investment bankers and its lence is still a monstrous act that deserves punish- taking place in Syria. The main reason for this is that donations started! — Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Anbaa vice chair is a private equity manager. ment! —Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Jarida

in my view Challenges overshadow negotiations

By Linda Gradstein and Abdullah Erakat

sraeli and Palestinian officials confirmed that indirect When it comes to the indirect talks between Israel negotiations will resume in Egypt today, a month and Hamas, Hamas is expected to demand an airport or Iafter a cease-fire ended seven weeks of fighting a seaport, both of which Israel is expected to refuse. But between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Egyptian officials Israel is expected to increase the distance from Gaza said that prior to the indirect talks between Israelis and that Palestinian fishermen can fish, and to allow large Palestinians, they would meet with representatives of amounts of material into Gaza for reconstruction. the rival factions of Hamas and Fatah to “complete the “Israel will insist on some kind of international super- reconciliation.” vision and that will be the problem,” Roni Shaked, a Both sets of negotiations are expected to be difficult Palestinian expert at the Truman Institute at Hebrew as not much has changed since the last time they met. University said. “Israel does not want UNRWA supervi- Yet, analysts say, there are some overlapping issues that sion. Israel will ask for something that will bring some could lay the groundwork for progress, if not a complete kind of multi-national force into Gaza.” solution. For example, both Hamas and Fatah, led by Israel does not trust UNRWA, the United Nations Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, have Relief and Works Authority, which it sees as being sym- an interest in opening the Rafah border crossing pathetic to Hamas. Israel claimed that during the fight- between Gaza and Egypt. For Hamas, it’s a way to show ing in Gaza, Hamas fired rockets from inside UNRWA some tangible progress from the fighting with Israel schools and clinics, a claim that UNRWA denies. that took such a high price of more than 2150 dead and 11,000 wounded, in Gaza. Opening the Rafah crossing Statehood bid would allow both goods and people more freedom of Following the Cairo talks, Abbas goes to the United movement. Nations General Assembly where he is expected to ask For Fatah, and especially for Abbas, it would give him the Security Council to set a three-year deadline for a foothold in Gaza, which he has long pushed for. The Israel to withdraw from all areas it acquired in 1967, and Israeli condition for opening the Rafah crossing is that recognize an independent Palestinian state. He will also Palestinian policemen from the Fatah-run security seek to join a series of UN committees. Israel has long forces, will be stationed there, making sure that terror- opposed this, saying the only solution to the Israeli- ists are not entering and leaving Gaza. Hamas has until Palestinian conflict will come from bilateral negotia- now refused to agree to this, not wanting to give up its tions. Joining the International Criminal Court, ICC for security control of Gaza. But example, could encourage this time, they may have no the Palestinians to bring choice. “What we need from Hamas Israeli military officials up on war crimes trials. Some ana- Dysfunctional is to allow the unity govern- lysts say that Israel would While Hamas and Fatah respond by bringing Hamas agreed on a unity government ment to use its full power in officials up on charges as well. in June, it has yet to function. Gaza,” senior Fatah official In the past, the US has Israel says it will not deal vetoed any resolution in the directly with any government Mohammad Hurani said. Security Council calling for a that includes Hamas represen- recognition of an independ- tatives. ent Palestinian state and it is “What we need from Hamas is to allow the unity gov- likely the US would do in the future again. In 2012, the ernment to use its full power in Gaza,” senior Fatah offi- UN recognized “Palestine” as a non-member state similar cial Mohammad Hurani said. “It’s up to Hamas to give us to the status of the Vatican. power to really work to rebuild Gaza. They should think “The American position is clear and dates back to of the people of Gaza.” He also said that “saying no to when Palestinian negotiators Saeb Erekat and Majd Abbas is not an option.” Farraj visited Washington recently,” senior PLO member “We are talking about the interests of Palestinians as Wasel Abu Yousef said. “They made their stance clear, whole, not this party or that. We want them to be that they wouldn’t like to see us go through with what responsible and we hope that this responsibility of the they called a unilateral step.” Gaza population will push Hamas to do some serious re- But he said that Abbas will go to the UN General thinking about how it operates,” he said. Assembly, if America exercises its veto. General In some ways, Hamas has been strengthened by the Assembly resolutions are not binding like those of the fighting with Israel, that ended in a cease-fire. Hamas Security Council. continued to fire rockets at Israel up until the truce Meanwhile, Palestinian lawmaker Bassem Salhi said came into force, and Israel, which is seen as the military that Abbas’ ultimate end game is to see an immediate superpower in the region, was unable to stop that rock- return to peace talks. et fire. Yet the fighting has not improved life for the peo- “But there is a condition and that is Israel’s accept- ple of Gaza, say Palestinian analysts. ance to withdraw to the 1967 borders within three “Support for Hamas is still high but it’s diminishing years,” he said, emphasizing that following Abbas’s trip gradually,” Ghassan al-Khatib, a former Palestinian gov- to New York, Israel will have to decide if it wants real ernment spokesman said. “This is the same thing that negotiations. Israeli officials have long said that Israel happened in previous wars with Israel and Hamas needs will not withdraw to the 1967 borders, also known as some concrete achievements.” the “green line.” —The Media Line TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

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SURUC: A man walks past a burning car as Kurdish protestors clashed with Turkish soldiers near the Syrian border after Turkish authorities temporarily closed the border at the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province yesterday. — AFP 130,000 Syrians flood into Turkey Turkey unlikely to take military role in anti-IS coalition

MURSITPINAR: Syrian Kurds battled armed struggle for more rights. Ismet, who crossed the border from Turkey. the Kurds arms. But in Syria, where be taken off the EU list of terrorist view, to reconsider the ban,” German to defend a key border town from an 19, a local man who makes a living The Syrian Observatory for Human Kurdish fighters have no official sta- groups. Turkey remains strongly Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Islamic State advance yesterday as collecting strawberries in the Rights, which tracks violence in the tus and their leaders are more closely opposed to such a move and diplo- Steinmeier told broadcaster ARD on Kurdish youths from neighbouring Mediterranean coastal province of Syrian war, said fierce clashes were linked to the banned PKK, outside mats say it would not be considered Sunday. “The ban stands. We are Turkey rushed to their aid, heighten- Mersin, said the protesters had gath- continuing between the YPG, sup- help is more complicated. without Turkish accord. “The threat delivering weapons to (Iraqi) ing the pressure on Ankara to act ered from cities across Turkey’s pre- ported by other groups, and Islamic Opposition politicians in to the Yazidis and Christians in Kurdish security forces; that is what against the Islamist insurgents. In dominantly Kurdish southeast: “They State fighters in the southern and Germany have called for the PKK to northern Iraq is no reason, in my we decided.” — Reuters Turkey, struggling to manage an are not from around here. They come eastern outskirts of Kobani. influx of more than 130,000 Syrian from Sirnak, Van, Mardin, Nusaybin.” Kurdish refugees since last week, He said several hundred Turkish Prisoner swap? security forces fired tear gas and Kurds had already crossed to join the The United States has carried out water cannon at Kurdish protesters fight. Other residents put the figure air strikes on Islamic State fighters in who accuse Ankara of favoring higher. Iraq and says it is prepared to extend Islamic State against the Kurds. them into Syria, but has not said The main Kurdish armed group in “Heroic resistance” when or where strikes would begin. northern Syria, the YPG, said its fight- The advances by the Sunni insur- Turkey, a NATO member with a big ers had halted the Islamic State gents just across Turkey’s southern US air base in the southern town of advance east of the predominantly border have alarmed Ankara. But so Incirlik, has so far made clear it does Kurdish town of Kobani, also known far Turkey has been slow to join calls not want to take a frontline military as Ayn Al-Arab, which sits on the for a coalition to fight Islamic State, role. Initially, officials said they were Turkish border. From a hillside across worried in part about links between wary of fighting Islamic State the border in Turkey, plumes of Syrian Kurds and the PKK. Turkey because the group was holding 46 smoke could be seen and the booms strongly denies it has given any form Turkish hostages and three of their of artillery and rattle of machinegun of support to the Islamist militants, local staff. fire heard from a cluster of three set- but Western countries say it’s open Those hostages - including diplo- tlements called Siftek, where Kurdish borders during Syria’s three-year civil mats, soldiers and childrenwere freed fighters fought Islamic State militants. war allowed Islamic State and other on Saturday, but Turkish officials said Hundreds of Turkish Kurds radical groups to grow in power. policy toward Islamic State was watched the fighting, cheering when The PKK called Turkey’s Kurds to unlikely to change. “The hostages fire struck Islamic State fighters’ posi- arms on Sunday, saying “supporting weren’t the only concern for our Iraq tions. “Kurds have never lost a war this heroic resistance” in Kobani was and Syria policy,” said one senior and we will not lose this one either,” a “debt of honour”. Radio stations Turkish official, declining to be iden- said Zilan, a 40-year old mother of played patriotic Kurdish songs about tified so as to speak more freely. seven from the main southeastern heroic fighters and martyrs and one “There are security problems espe- Turkish city of Diyarbakir who said played recordings of PKK command- cially in the Kurdish regions of Syria. she had relatives fighting in the YPG er Murat Karayilan in a bid to drum We are always ready to help them ranks. Hundreds of Kurdish youths up support. Deputy Prime Minister but that doesn’t mean that we will gathered at Mursitpinar, the border Numan Kurtulmus said more than carry out a military operation... crossing opposite Kobani, responding 130,000 Syrian Kurds had fled to Turkey will continue to be a part of to calls from Kurdish leaders to join Turkey since Friday and that the the coalition but our policies on Iraq the struggle against Islamic State authorities were preparing for many and Syria will not change,” he said. fighters who have seized swathes of more to arrive. The release of the hostages Iraq and Syria. At a border crossing just west of fuelled suspicion among Kurdish Residents fleeing Kobani said the Mursitpinar, hundreds of people activists that Turkey was taking militants were executing people of all waited on the Syrian side of the actions that helped Islamic State. ages in villages they seized. Kurds are barbed wire fence among aban- Erdogan said on Sunday no ransom mostly Sunni Muslims but Islamic doned trucks and farm equipment was paid but did not rebuff sugges- State views them as apostates they had used to carry their families, tions of a prisoner swap. because of their secular ideology. It and their livestock, to safety. “There “Say such a swap has taken place, has persecuted and killed Shiite are clashes beyond that hill,” said as a president, I would just look at Muslims, Christians and members of Muslim Bekir, a farmer who had man- the fact that our 49 citizens are (back) the ancient Yazidi sect as well as mod- aged to cross the border, pointing to in Turkey,” Erdogan said. “Nothing erate Sunnis who reject its stark ver- a plume of smoke rising from behind compares to this.” Ankara launched a sion of Islam. a hill on the Syrian side, and explain- peace process in 2012 to end a 30- Turkish security forces are now try- ing he had slept in fields after fleeing year-old conflict with the PKK, listed ing to keep Kurds from crossing the four days ago. as a terrorist organisation by Turkey, frontier to aid their brethren. At Redur Xelil, spokesman for the the European Union and the United Mursitpinar, a line of paramilitary YPG, said via Skype that the Islamic States. Mutual suspicion still runs police guarded a barbed-wire border State advance had been halted to the high between Kurdish communities fence. “We all want to cross the bor- east of Kobani, scene of the fiercest and the security forces in large parts der. We tried yesterday but they fighting since the insurgents of the southeast. attacked us, and we will try again launched their offensive last Tuesday. In Iraq, where there is an today,” said balaclava-clad Kurdish He said hundreds of Turkish Kurds autonomous Kurdish region with its activist Shirwan, 28, holding a large were already helping in the fight. A own official security forces, European flag of the PKK, Turkey’s own Kurdish previous attack on Kobani, in July, countries including Germany, France party which waged a decades-long was fought off with the help of Kurds and Italy have already agreed to send TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 INTERNATIONAL Iran arrests 11 over SMS Khomeini insults

TEHRAN: Eleven Iranians accused of send- General Esmail Mohebipour, said. “They messages had also been sent about cur- tering online content, which leaves popu- Internet censorship is counter-productive, ing insulting SMS text messages about recognized the error of their ways,” the Haft rent officials in the Iranian government, lar websites such as Facebook, Twitter and one study showed that 69 percent of Islamic republic founder Ayatollah e-Sobh daily cited the general as saying. including supreme leader Ayatollah Ali and YouTube inaccessible without the use young Iranians use special software to get Ruhollah Khomeini have been arrested in On Saturday, Iran’s judiciary issued a Khamenei. of illegal software. Internet censorship is a round the restrictions. In May, the presi- the southern province of Shiraz, a newspa- one-month ultimatum for the government “We firmly believe that criminal con- bone of contention between conservative dent vetoed a plan to ban WhatsApp after per reported yesterday. “After monitoring to ban such social networking apps, in a tent on social networks must be blocked, hardliners and government members it was bought by Facebook founder and social network applications on mobile move that would boost existing restric- but banning these networks is another including President Hassan Rouhani who CEO Mark Zuckerberg. In Iran, Zuckerberg phones like WhatsApp, Viber, Line and tions on Internet use. The ultimatum came story,” Telecommunications Minister use social networks. Official figures show has been dubbed the “Zionist manager” Tango... 11 people were arrested,” the after the discovery of messages criticising Mahmoud Vaezi was quoted by Fars news that more than 30 million Iranians also use of Facebook because of his Jewish her- provincial Revolutionary Guards chief, Khomeini. Local media reports said similar agency as saying. Iran has a policy of fil- such applications. Rouhani has said that itage. —AFP Houthis tighten grip on Sanaa Houthi gains likely to unsettle Saudi Arabia

SANAA: Yemen’s Shiite Houthi fighters tightened their Islah Party, bringing them to the outskirts of Sanaa. grip on the capital Sanaa yesterday after seizing much of the city in a lightning advance and signing an Scared overnight deal to win a share of power, capping a Yesterday, the Houthis were quick to show their decade-long guerrilla uprising. The Zaydi Shiites, who muscle by deploying fighters on key intersections, make up 30 percent of Yemen’s population of 25 mil- including the main airport road. Residents said armed lion and ruled a kingdom there for 1,000 years, have men also guarded major banks, including the central complained of being marginalized since their last king bank. “They stopped and searched me and let me go,” in Sanaa was overthrown in a 1962 revolution. said an official at a government bank in central Sanaa Houthi followers gathered in the streets, some who identified himself as Aydaroos. “They acted polite- chanting “Death to America! Death to the Jews! Victory ly and they are still around to protect the banks,” he to Islam”, while armed supporters in civilian clothes added. But Ahmed Abdellatif, a government employee, deployed alongside government soldiers across Sanaa. said he was scared. “Perhaps the other side is preparing The Houthis, named for the tribe of their founder, had for a new confrontation,” he told Reuters. fought for more rights for Shiites in Yemen, one of the Last month the group, which is officially known as poorest Arab countries, where the United States is Ansarullah, capitalized on an unpopular government waging a separate drone air war against al Qaeda. decision to raise fuel prices by sending thousands of The Houthis are seen as allied to Iran, the main supporters to protest. They not only demanded that Shiite power in the region and mortal foe of Saudi the price rises be rescinded, but also called for the cab- Arabia and other Sunni monarchies of the Gulf. Their inet to step down and make way for a more inclusive Zaydi Shiite sect is related to but separate from the administration. The protests turned violent last week sect practiced in Iran. A Houthi delegation signed a when clashes erupted with security forces the Houthis power sharing agreement with other parties late on said were allied to a Sunni army general who sees them Sunday after seizing much of the capital within a few as heretics. hours, facing limited opposition from government The Houthis focused their assault on the headquar- troops who appeared reluctant to fight. Medical ters of the First Armored Division, a force they describe sources said 200 people were killed. as loyal to Sunni Islamist parties. They captured the The Houthis have long been shunned by Yemen’s headquarters on Sunday, seizing tanks and other mili- political elite. They complained they were left out of a tary hardware. They also attacked a religious university Gulf-brokered power transfer deal after “Arab Spring” run by Sheikh Abdel-Majeed Al-Zindani, another Sunni SANAA: A Yemeni Shiite Huthi anti-government rebel holds a position at an army base which they cap- protests forced veteran leader Ali Abdullah Saleh to figure associated with the Islamist Islah party. tured without resistance just hours before the signing a UN-brokered peace agreement yesterday. —AFP quit in 2012 in favour of his then vice president, Abd- As the Houthis fought their way to both facilities in Rabbu Mansour Hadi. In addition to the insurgency by northern Sanaa, government institutions surrendered Saudi concerns Council, said Houthi connections to Iran were a big prob- Houthis, Yemen has also been plagued by war against without a fight. Some Yemenis speculated Hadi’s gov- While Gulf Arab states have welcomed the power- lem. Sunni Al-Qaeda militants who are targeted by US drone ernment had colluded so that the Houthis would sharing agreement signed on Sunday night as a step “The Saudis worry about this. Maybe it’s like Hezbollah. strikes, and by separatism in the formerly independent defeat figures he sees as a threat. “Sanaa was handed towards forming a more inclusive government, analysts The Saudis should be aware of this and what is their next south. over to the Houthis,” Yemeni analyst Abdel-Ghani Al- said Riyadh saw the Houthi gains as a victory for its ene- step,” he said, referring to the powerful Lebanese Shiite Although a National Dialogue process which ended Iryani said. “It appears this involved using one power to my Iran. “What has happened in Yemen with the Houthis group which is close to Tehran. The Houthis consider this year agreed to devolve more power to Yemen’s get rid of another,” he added, referring to Hadi. While has contributed to the attitude of extreme distrust of themselves successors of the Zaydi Imamate that ruled regions, the Houthis disagreed with the geographic preparations to sign Sunday’s agreement, brokered by Iran,” said a senior diplomat in the Gulf. parts of Yemen for 1,000 years before its rule was ended boundaries that were proposed. Over the past few UN special envoy to Yemen Jamal Benomar, had been In Tehran, Marzieh Afkham, Iran’s foreign ministry in a 1962 coup. The group fought a series of battles months, they successfully fought a series of battles in ready since the morning, the Houthi delegation did not spokeswoman, welcomed Sunday’s agreement, accord- against Saleh’s government forces between 2004 and their northern stronghold against rival Sunni Muslim arrive in Sanaa until the evening, giving fighters time ing to Iran’s Tasnim news service. Mohammed Al-Zulfa, a 2010, drawing in Saudi forces at one point in 2009 before militias and allied troops loyal to the Sunni Islamist to seize the university and the division headquarters. former member of Saudi Arabia’s consultative Shura a ceasefire was declared in 2010. —Reuters Palestinian reconciliation dialogue begins in Egypt

CAIRO: Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and group - refuses to step aside. The Hamas wounded 11,000 people. The war also left Fatah yesterday began reconciliation talks in and Fatah rivalry boiled over in 2007, when some 100,000 homeless. Seventy-two peo- Cairo, one day ahead of negotiations with Hamas militants seized power in Gaza, lead- ple were killed on the Israeli side, including Israel on cementing the Aug 26 truce that ing to bitter fighting between the two fac- six civilians. Since the end of the fighting, the ended a 50-day war in Gaza, according to tions. truce has held and neither side appears Egyptian security officials. The talks were Egypt, which played a key role in broker- eager to resume the conflict. But a failure to being held behind closed doors at the ing the truce that ended the Gaza war, is to find a long-term solution for Gaza could Egyptian intelligence headquarters in the host a brief round of indirect talks in Cairo plunge the region into more uncertainty. capital, Cairo, the officials said, speaking on on Tuesday between an Israeli and a Hamas has used rocket fire at Israel as a condition of anonymity because they were Palestinian delegation - the latter including means of political pressure. Israeli leaders not authorized to speak to the media. There Hamas members - on stable border arrange- say they will not tolerate attacks from Gaza was no media access to the negotiations. ments for Gaza. Israel and Egypt have and will retaliate harshly. Blame-trading between the long-time rival Palestinian factions has become more fre- quent since the end of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza earlier this summer, a sign that an agreement on running the coastal territory - now under Hamas’ control - is not within reach. Before the war broke out, Western- backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, whose Fatah group is in control of the West Bank, had worked out a tentative agreement with Hamas under which he would head a temporary unity government of experts in both the West Bank and Gaza until new elections are held. However, major issues were left unresolved under that deal, including the fate of 40,000 government employees hired by Hamas in the Gaza Strip as well as control over Gaza’s Hamas-domi- nated security forces. Hamas was mired in a severe financial crisis when it struck the deal, but has become emboldened since the end of the CARO: In this file photo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas summer war because fighting Israel boosted waves to photographers as he arrives to attend an Arab foreign its popularity among Palestinians. “Fatah minister meeting at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo. —AP believes that Hamas emerged weaker from the war,” said Hussam Badran, a spokesman enforced border closures to varying degrees There are other major gaps. Hamas has for top Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal. “On since the Islamic militant group seized Gaza rejected demands to disarm - Israel’s pre- the contrary, Hamas came out stronger.” from Abbas in 2007. The blockade has pre- requisite for lifting the blockade. Both Israel Abbas, in turn, refuses to make concessions vented most exports from Gaza and kept and Egypt view Abbas as a guarantor of any to Hamas and insists on sweeping powers in the vast majority of the territory’s 1.8 million new Gaza deal. It is unlikely Egypt would Gaza, said an aide, Azzam Al-Ahmed. Palestinians confined to the tiny territory on ease restrictions at its Rafah border crossing Failure to establish an Abbas-led govern- the Mediterranean. with Gaza unless forces loyal to Abbas are ment in Gaza will harm the territory’s post- Israel and Hamas have fought three wars deployed there. The No. 2 figure in Hamas - war reconstruction efforts. Egypt is hosting a since late 2008. The last war one, in July and Moussa Abu Marzouk - has said his group pledging conference for Gaza on Oct. 12, but August, killed more than 2,100 Palestinians - does not want war, but suggested more donor countries will likely hold back if roughly three quarters of them civilians and fighting is inevitable if the blockade Hamas - shunned by the West as a terror including more than 500 children - and remains. —AP Dead or alive? Rumors swirl again over Boko Haram leader LAGOS: Is he alive or isn’t he? Fresh claims have emerged top brass said, as they trumpeted their apparent success in Nigeria that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, or at over the insurgents. least someone impersonating him, may be dead-and not Speculation moved into overdrive at the weekend when for the first time. Rumors have been flying since last a photograph began circulating of a heavily bearded man Thursday when the military tweeted that “a seriously said to have been killed in Konduga and talk of an immi- wounded high ranking terrorist leader” had been captured nent government announcement. “At this point, I will not during clashes in Konduga, Borno state in the country’s be able to confirm or deny the information,” army strife-torn northeast. The unnamed militant was wounded spokesman General Olajide Olaleye told AFP on Monday. and said to have been treated at a military medical facility, “Investigation in ongoing. —AFP TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 INTERNATIONAL UN ready to bind nations on new foreign terrorist rules

WASHINGTON: The United Nations Security war in Syria, which has spilled into Iraq, is an Council is expected to adopt a binding resolu- “unprecedented flow,” that creates an tion this week that would require nations to increased risk that some of those people will bar their citizens from traveling abroad to join return to their home countries to attempt ter- terrorism organizations, part of a US-led effort rorist attacks, officials said. to galvanize the international community Officials are particularly concerned that a against what Obama administration officials cell of veteran Al-Qaeda operatives called the call an “unprecedented” threat from extremists Khorasan group is trying to recruit Westerners flocking to Syria and Iraq. Obama administra- to attack US aviation with the help of Yemeni tion officials touted the measure, which they bomb makers. And they are also worried said had been negotiated over several about the presence of foreigners within the months, as a significant step in their strategy Islamic State, including the militant with the against the Islamic State group and other mili- British accent who appeared to behead two tant organizations that are drawing American journalists and a British aid worker. Europeans, Americans into their violent orbit. US intelligence agencies are working to track But they acknowledged that the UN resolu- people traveling to fight with extremists in tion has no enforcement mechanism and that Syria, but there are major gaps. An Obama the international community has no single administration official said yesterday that the definition of what constitutes a terrorist US “didn’t have full knowledge” of the travel group. “This is really designed to sort of ele- patterns of Mehdi Nemmouche, a Frenchman vate the collective nature of the threat,” a sen- who returned to Europe this year after fight- ior Obama administration official told a group ing in Syria. On May 24, prosecutors say, he of reporters yesterday, speaking under methodically shot four people at the Jewish ground rules that she not be identified. Museum in central Brussels. Three died The US and many European nations instantly, one afterward. Nemmouche was already have laws on the books that allow arrested later, apparently by chance. them to prosecute their citizens who attempt The US also failed to detect when Moner WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, pauses while making a statement about to or succeed in traveling to join extremist Mohammad Abusalha, an American who grew immigration reform, in the Rose Garden of the White House. —AP groups. The UN resolution is intended to prod up a basketball fan in Vero Beach, Florida, trav- other countries, such as Saudi Arabia, Qatar eled back home from the Syrian battlefield. He and Turkey, to step up efforts to stop the flow later returned to Syria, and in May killed 16 Obama and immigration: of foreign fighters. It is also designed to facili- people and himself in a suicide bombing tate more sharing of travel data and other attack against Syrian government forces. intelligence designed to allow the tracking of President Barack Obama is expected to lead foreign fighters, the officials said. The US has the UN Security Council session that begins High hopes, mixed record been dealing for more than decade with the Wednesday, just the second time a US presi- problem of Islamic extremists flocking to vari- dent has done so. Obama chaired a session in ous battlefields, including Afghanistan, Iraq, 2009 on non-proliferation. It’s the sixth time Pakistan and Yemen. But the movement of an such a session has convened the heads of Spotlight back on immigration policies with much at stake estimated 15,000 foreign fighters to the civil government, a US official said. —AP WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama has a gressional election, some Democrats worry that campaign, Obama took the side of pro-immi- complicated history with the politics of immigra- expectations have been raised beyond what he grant forces in supporting driver’s licenses for Dog found in Oregon heading tion. The son of a Kenyan immigrant, Obama has can deliver. immigrants living illegally in the United States. been both embraced and scorned by immigrant That stand distinguished him from Hillary back home to Pennsylvania advocates who have viewed him as both a Executive authority Rodham Clinton, who opposed them. champion and an obstacle to their cause. In “If they weren’t sky high before, they are Obama galvanized Latino voters with promis- PORTLAND: Gidget is going back to remain anonymous. 2006, about 30 Mexican nationals desperate to now,” said Jim Manley, a former top aide to es to take up an immigration overhaul during his Pennsylvania. A Jack Russell terrier that some- Wood said a man also came to the Bonnie avoid deportations that would separate them Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. “I’m not con- presidency’s first year. But once in office, he how ended up in Oregon more than four L. Hays Animal Shelter and paid for all of its from their families appealed to him for help vinced they will meet the expectations of the backed off to deal with the recession and launch months after she went missing from her home expenses caring for the dog. Wood said the when he was their US senator. He turned them Hispanic community.” White House officials say a health care overhaul. Under his watch, depor- near Philadelphia will soon be flown back to the owner of the dog has asked to remain pri- down. the delay will not affect the scope of what tation numbers began to rise. Obama argued he Keystone State. A microchip implanted in vate, but wants everyone to know she’s Now, as president, a similar decision is upon Obama intends to do. could not act unilaterally to reduce deporta- Gidget allowed workers at an animal shelter grateful for the outpouring of support. She him again, this time with the status of millions of “The goal is going to be to do as meaningful tions. south of Portland to find the dog’s owner. did not have the money to fly out to Oregon immigrants at stake. Advocacy groups are hop- a package of reforms as is available to the presi- He backed bipartisan immigration legislation PetLink, the company that manufactured the to retrieve her dog. ing that Obama will leave a mark for posterity by dent through his executive authority,” White passed in the Senate in 2013 and held out hope microchip, will pay for her return flight, said A good Samaritan spotted the 7-year-old moving to allow work permits for millions of House communications director Jennifer the Republican-controlled House would follow. Deborah Wood, manager of Animal Services for dog earlier this month wandering in the immigrants living illegally in this country. Palmieri said. Over time, Obama has built a var- This past June, Obama was finally convinced the Washington County. Portland suburb of Tualatin. Shelter workers “Some of the hard feelings could be forgotten ied immigration record: In 2006, Obama also House would not vote, and he promised to act “We have no idea how she came from contacted the Pennsylvania owner and learned at the end of the day if he acts boldly,” said Janet angered Latino leaders when he voted to erect a on his own shortly after summer’s end. This Pennsylvania to Oregon, but we are thrilled that the dog had been missing since April 22, Murguia, the president of the National Council 700-mile double fence along the US-Mexico bor- month, Obama decided to wait until after the that she will be going home safe and sound,” two days after Easter. Gidget’s whereabouts of La Raza, a Latino advocacy group. Obama’s der. election, saying he worried his actions would be Wood said. Gidget’s odyssey attracted national between April and September are a mystery. record on immigration, however, is one of cau- He backed compromise legislation in 2007 to undermined by campaign politics. White House attention Wednesday, spurring many people She was thin, but in otherwise good shape tion and deliberation punctuated by moments overhaul immigration laws. Whether his support officials caution that without a change in the to offer money for the flight -from a woman in when brought to the shelter. Wood said of determination amid some broken promises. for a labor-backed change to the legislation con- law, Obama’s actions are limited. “Whatever we Vancouver, Washington, to a former East Coast Gidget’s story is a reminder that it’s important With the president delaying executive action on tributed to the bill’s demise remains a point of do is going to be imperfect,” Palmieri said, “and is governor who told the AP he wanted to to microchip your pet. —AP the work permits until after the November con- debate. During the 2008 Democratic presidential not going to be as big as we need.” —AP p10 2_Layout 1 9/22/14 9:09 PM Page 1

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 INTERNATIONAL ‘1 million babies’ spawned by EU student exchanges BRUSSELS: It gives new meaning to students who had not travelled. That and open up to all the opportunities “We can see from this impact study 350,000 teachers have taken part in the the phrase “European Union”. The had created something of an EU baby that exist if you are willing,” Hansen that young people who have been part scheme, the EU said. A further four mil- Erasmus student exchange scheme has boom, the bloc said as it released the added. of the Erasmus program are less likely lion people will get support from brought so many couples together results of the study. to experience long-term unemploy- Erasmus to train or study abroad over from across the continent that it has Androulla Vassiliou, the European Go forth and multiply ment,” Hansen said. Famous names to the EU’s next budget period until 2020. led to the birth of one million babies, Commissioner for education, said that But the EU insisted the program have gone through the scheme include The study surveyed 80,000 students the EU said yesterday. A study of the the EU “estimates that around one mil- achievements went beyond spawning Italian Foreign Minister and incoming and organizations, the biggest ever of program’s impact since its launch in lion babies are likely to have been born dual-nationality babies-creating jobs EU diplomatic chief Federica its kind. Erasmus involves the 28 1987 showed that 27 percent of people to Erasmus couples since 1987”. as well as population growth. With Mogherini, a member of what Prime European Union states plus Iceland, who took part had met their current European Commission spokeswoman unemployment affecting one in five Minister Matteo Renzi calls the up-and- Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland and life partner during their stay abroad. Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen said it was a young people in a Europe increasingly coming “Erasmus generation”. Turkey. The scheme is named after the Thirty-three percent of Erasmus stu- “touching little figure” that showed the gripped by economic stagnation, the Mogherini did a thesis on Islam and Dutch philosopher Desiderius Erasmus dents hooked up with people of a dif- scheme “creates a lot of positive EU said the Erasmus scheme also politics while on an Erasmus exchange (1466 - 1536), who travelled around ferent nationality than their own, near- things”. “It is a great encouragement to played a vital role in increasing the job in Aix-en-Provence, France. Europe during the Renaissance to fur- ly three times (13 percent) the rate of young people to go and live abroad prospects of students who took part. In total, three million students and ther humanist thinking. — AFP Britain’s nuclear deal to get EU nod

BRUSSELS: The EU will recommend Doubts after Fukushima approval of Britain’s ambitious plan to build The project is based on an agreed elec- its first nuclear plant in a generation, with tricity price, locked in for 35 years, of £92.50 backing from French and Chinese energy per megawatt hour plus inflation, which is giants, after ruling that it met state aid about double the prevailing market rate in rules, a spokesman said yesterday. The Britain. Crucially, if the market price falls Hinkley Point project, to be built by below that level, the British government will France’s EDF for $26 billion, is one of the make up the difference, a potentially heavy world’s most ambitious nuclear deals and is burden which critics claim could substantial- seen as a key boost to an industry brought ly disrupt the European electric power mar- to its knees by the 2011 Fukushima disaster ket. Anti-nuclear activists at Greenpeace in Japan. The European Commission called the impending approval a “backroom launched the probe in late 2013, delving deal”, pushed through at the behest of the closely into the project’s elaborate price nuclear power lobby before the Commission guarantee system that critics claim will ends its mandate at the end of October. prove hugely expensive to British con- “Only a year ago the Commission said sumers for decades to come. that Hinkley was ‘in principle incompatible Environmentalists also see Hinkley Point under EU State aid rules’,” Greenpeace EU as an unnecessary bow to nuclear energy legal adviser Andrea Carta said in a state- just when the use of renewables, such as ment. “Now, under pressure from the UK wind and solar power, is beginning to take government and French nuclear operator hold. “As our discussions with British EDF, the Commission is preparing to per- authorities have ended with an agreement, form a U-turn,” he added. At full capacity, the Competition Commission will recom- the two new reactors will be able to produce MOSCOW: An anti-war protestor wears a Ukrainian flag yesterday. —AFP mend a positive decision” on the Hinkley seven percent of Britain’s electricity, enough Point project, a spokesman for to power five million homes. Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said. Britain currently has 16 reactors which Ukrainians to pull back big guns “In principle, the decision should be provide about 20 percent of the country’s made in October,” he added. A year ago, the energy needs and London is placing nuclear British government signed the huge £16- power at the heart of its low-carbon energy from front line with separatists billion ($26-billion, 18.9-billion-euro) deal policy. This is in stark contrast to Europe’s for EDF to build two reactors at Hinkley biggest economy Germany, which vowed to Point C in southwestern England to meet phase out nuclear power in the wake of Army backs Poroshenko peace plan Britain’s future energy needs. Under the Japan’s 2011 Fukushima disaster, the worst accord, EDF gets a 45-50 percent stake, atomic disaster since Chernobyl. More than KIEV: Ukraine’s military said yesterday it was No US weapons points of the peace plan,” Lysenko told journal- China General Nuclear (CGN) and China three years after the disaster, where a tsuna- pulling back artillery and heavy armor from the Despite telling the US Congress that Ukraine ists. “The Ukrainian military is setting an exam- National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) will mi sent reactors into meltdown, global opin- front line with separatists, backing President needed more than “blankets” from the United ple of how this should be done,” he said. have a combined 30-40 percent and anoth- ions remain deeply divided on the safety of Petro Poroshenko’s peace plan for a conflict that States to win the war against the separatists, his er French firm, Areva, 10 percent. the nuclear technology. — AFP has cost more than 3,000 lives. Taking a notice- failure to secure a US promise of weapons from Buffer zone line ably soft line on the Russian-backed separatists Obama may have convinced him of the need to Last Friday’s Minsk memorandum foresees for the first time, military spokesman Andriy move forward more rapidly with the peace the warring sides pulling back their artillery by Lysenko said reduced fire from the rebels and process on the ground. “It’s not possible to 15 km on each side to create a 30-km buffer Nigeria church toll Russian forces meant the Ukrainian army could win... purely by military means. The more zone between their forces. These factors begin withdrawing heavy weaponry from a pro- Ukrainian army battalions or brigades are allowed Ukraine to start preparing large-caliber collapse rises to 115 posed 30-km (19-mile) buffer zone. brought up, the more troops there are from the artillery and heavy equipment for withdrawal, His announcement was in line with a call by Russian Federation,” he acknowledged on Lysenko said. JOHANNESBURG: The death toll from the He did not mention the efforts of Poroshenko on Sunday night for people to back Sunday night. He added that his priorities now Military officials have not identified exactly collapse of a church guesthouse in Lagos Nigerian emergency services or the church his peace plan which he said was needed to were to get all Russian troops out of the coun- where the buffer zone line will run. Much of the has risen to 115, South African government but said Nigeria was carrying out an inves- keep support of the US and other Western gov- try. “We’ll monitor this. We’ll say when the last recent military action has been in the city of minister Jeff Radebe said yesterday, urging tigation, although Jonathan has not ernments. The president was forced to end an Russian soldier has left,” he said. The border Donetsk, the region’s main industrial hub with the heavily criticised Nigerian government announced any probe. “We are keenly offensive against the separatists and call a cease- with Russia had also to be closed. a pre-conflict population of nearly one million. to investigate the “tragedy”. The Sept 12. awaiting as a South African government fire on Sept 5 after big battlefield losses that His military’s announcement that it is com- Lysenko, replying to a question, said only: “It is disaster in the church compound of popu- the investigation that is being conducted Kiev ascribed to the direct intervention of plying with an agreement reached in the the line where there are forces”. Poroshenko’s lar preacher TB Joshua, which Radebe says by the Nigerian government so that we get Russian troops, something Moscow denied Belarussian capital Minsk last Friday for creation deeper plan may be to calm the waters, albeit killed 84 South Africans from visiting to the bottom of the cause of ... this nation- despite what Kiev and the West says is undeni- of a 30-km buffer zone will strengthen Ukraine temporarily, ahead of a parliamentary election church groups, has opened up a diplomatic al disaster,” Radebe said. South Africa’s able proof. at the UN general assembly on Thursday where on Oct. 26 when he hopes for a strong coalition rift between the two African economic media has been scathing of Joshua and the Though Ukrainian soldiers continue to die in Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk will put the to emerge in his favour. heavyweights. Nigerian government, especially after the spite of the ceasefire - two more were killed in case for the country. Military spokesman His plan to grant limited self-rule for a South Africans are angry at what they Nigerian emergency services said the the past 24 hours, Lysenko said - Poroshenko on Lysenko, in rare favourable comments on the three-year period to the independence-mind- see as the Nigerian government dragging church had failed to cooperate and had Sunday defended his peace plan, saying separatists and Russia, said that artillery attacks ed separatists has left him vulnerable to criti- its feet on launching an investigation into blocked rescuers’ access to the site. “Blood Ukrainian deaths had been reduced ten-fold. had diminished in the past 24 hours and that cism at home that he gave in to Moscow and the collapse, which occurred when three on their hands” was the front page head- Speaking after returning home from a meeting there had been no firing from Russian territory. set the scene for creation of a “frozen conflict” storeys were being added to the two- line of South Africa’s Sunday Times. Many with US President Barack Obama in Washington, “A lessening of intensive shelling has been within Ukraine. The plan, which was bull- storey building, and for not reacting more Nigerians have also been critical. Poroshenko said he would have risked forfeiting noted. No violations of the border have been dozed through parliament at a closed session, quickly to help those trapped under the “I very much hope that the South Western goodwill by pressing ahead with a mili- tracked by our border guards. There was no fir- has also been met by derision by the rebels rubble. Nigerian emergency services said African government keeps up the pressure tary offensive against Russian-supported sepa- ing from the territory of the Russian Federation. who say they do not want to be part of the total death toll was 86 and have on the Nigerian authorities. What hap- ratists. All this shows the practical realisation of all the Ukraine. — Reuters refused to comment on nationalities of pened must not be allowed to be treated in those who died. a typical Nigerian fashion,” popular Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan Nigerian columnist Tolu Ogunlesi wrote visited the site on Saturday, offering his yesterday. “Had it only been Nigerian lives Uganda govt challenged over condolences to Joshua, who has been the lost in the collapsed building, the fuss focus of South Africans anger after he would have been less. We would have described the victims as “martyrs of faith” moved on quicker. Because life in this carnage in the delivery room on his Facebook page. Joshua and his sup- country isn’t worth very much.” porters say the collapse was an “attack” Joshua’s church draws thousands of fol- KAMPALA: As she lay bleeding to death in activists accused Uganda’s judiciary of being Coalition to Stop Maternal Mortality in Uganda, somehow linked to a mysterious aircraft lowers from all over Africa and other parts of Valente Inziku’s arms in a Ugandan government “disinterested” and “disconnected” when it came a quarter of voters in the impoverished east they say flew over the building before it fell the world, attracted by assertions that he hospital in October 2010, Jennifer Anguko, preg- to dealing with the issue. African nation believe health care should be the down. and his “wise men” can cure almost any nant with the couple’s fourth child, wished her top national priority ahead of the polls. “The rea- Analysts say Nigeria’s megachurch lead- affliction by “casting out demons” they say husband well as a single parent. “She said she’s Money for fighter jets son we are taking the matter to court is the gov- ers are so influential that few politicians are responsible for everything from mad- going and I have struggled in vain, that no-one Nakibuuka Noor Musisi, program manager at ernment has the responsibility of providing dare upset them, especially just before a ness and HIV/AIDS to normally irreparable has helped her and everything is finished,” Inziku the NGO Center For Health, Human Rights and health and health facilities to the people,” said national election, which Nigeria is due to spine damage. The regular influx of visitors said, recalling the moment when his wife bled to Development (CEHURD) and another one of the Inziku, a 47-year-old teacher. hold in five months. Radebe spent much of from abroad for church services that can last death. “She told me to look after the children.” petitioners, accused the government of lacking He said he thought his wife would be proud his news conference congratulating the up to a week creates demand for accommo- Nearly four years later, her husband is still “political commitment”. “The very week we filed of him for taking a stand: “Definitely, because work of South African emergency workers dation that the church’s own guesthouse waiting for the government of Uganda - where the case, in March 2011, the government was when you see something bad or wrong there is for the “biggest evacuation by the air force has been unable to meet, and often spills an estimated 16 women die though childbirth- buying fighter jets,” she said. “To protect whom? a need to fix it.” Godfrey Wamala, another since the dawn of democracy”. over into local hotels. — Reuters related complications every day-to face up to When women are dying?” As such, the case Ugandan widower, recounted how his wife the gruesome reality of maternal health. The could have punishing implications for the Remie had an incident-free pregnancy before widower is one of four petitioners who sued the Ugandan government and for veteran President she, too, bled to death at a Kampala hospital in state in 2011 over its alleged lack of midwives Yoweri Museveni as he campaigns for re-election 2013. Her baby survived but has cerebral palsy. and doctors, frequent shortages of essential in 2016 — which will be his 30th year in power. “Pregnancy is not a disease but in Africa we drugs, a lack of emergency obstetric care servic- According to a recently released survey by treat it like it is,” said. “The health system is lack- es and deadly negligence when it comes to han- Columbia University researchers and the ing.” —AFP dling pregnancies. The 2012/13 State of Uganda Children report, released by the country’s health ministry in August, found Uganda’s maternal mortality ratio is at 438 per 100,000 live births-one of the high- est rates in the world. The country was also warned by The World Bank in 2012 it was failing to meet its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of lowering the toll by three-quarters by 2015. Anguko’s death, according to papers filed in the landmark case in the Constitutional Court, was due to an absence of “basic maternal com- modities” and a lack of attention of health work- ers. The petition argues her death was an “infringement of her rights to life and health guaranteed under the Constitution”. According to a health ministry investigation into the deaths of Anguko and Nalubowa, both women went to hospital in time to be saved. But in June 2012, the Constitutional Court threw the ROME: A man drinks water from the fountain “Fontana della Barcaccia” after a cere- case out, ruling that it was a “political” and not a mony for the reopening of the newly restored fountain yesterday at Piazza di Spagna legal matter. Last week after a Supreme Court COLOGNE: A man dressed in a historic costume stands in front of the Cologne cathedral, west- in Rome. —AFP appeal was adjourned pending judgment, ern Germany yesterday. — AFP TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 INTERNATIONAL Pakistan air strikes kill 23 militants

PESHAWAR: Pakistan’s military yesterday killed 23 Tehreek-e-Taleban Pakistan (TTP) and other militant Pakhtunkhwa, shooting four people dead including North Waziristan and the town of Bannu on Sunday, militants in air strikes on hideouts in the country’s outfits. “23 militants were killed in precise aerial three policemen. “At least four militants riding a car security officials said. The semi-autonomous tribal restive northwest, where the army has launched an strikes on terrorist hideouts in Bangidar area of stopped at a police check post and three of them areas on the Afghan border have for years been a offensive against Taleban insurgents, officials said. Ghulam Khan in North Waziristan,” a security official opened fire killing three policemen and a passer-by,” hideout for Islamist militants of all stripes-including Pakistan began a long-awaited push to clear militant told AFP in a text message. district police chief Anwar Saeed Kundi told AFP. Al-Qaeda and the homegrown TTP as well as foreign bases from North Waziristan, which borders The military says the major towns of Miranshah Nobody has claimed responsibility for the attack fighters such as Uzbeks and Uighurs. Washington Afghanistan, in June after a bloody attack on Karachi and Mir Ali have now been cleared of insurgents, so far but Taliban insurgents have waged war against pressed Islamabad for years to take action to wipe airport finally sank faltering peace talks with the along with a strategically important 90-kilometre the state in the restive northwest, targeting govern- out rebel sanctuaries in North Waziristan, which mili- rebels. (55-mile) road through North Waziristan. But scat- ment installations and killing civilians and security tants have used to launch attacks on NATO forces in Air strikes, artillery, mortars and ground troops tered attacks on Pakistani forces in the area continue. personnel. Separately, two soldiers were killed and Afghanistan. The Pakistani army says it has killed have been used to retake territory in the tribal area, Yesterday militants raided a checkpost in the town of another wounded by a bomb targeting a military more than a thousand militants and lost 86 soldiers which had become a haven for fighters with the Hangu, in the neighboring province of Khyber convoy in Speenwam area on the border between since the start of the operation. — AFP Modi to fast during maiden trip to US PM will maintain a ‘liquid diet’

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will observe a strict reli- gious fast during his maiden trip to the United States, aides said yesterday, in a test both of the 64-year-old leader’s stami- na and of protocol in the Obama White House. Throughout a grueling schedule that features the United Nations General Assembly, a rally of Indian Americans at New York’s Madison Square Garden and talks with Obama in Washington, the devout Hindu will abstain from food. In keeping with the habits of a lifetime, Modi will restrict himself to a “liquid diet” throughout the Navratri festival. “He will only consume lemonade with some hon- ey and a cup of tea every day,” a senior official in Modi’s office in New Delhi said. “He has been fasting for the last four NEW DELHI: In this photograph released by the Press Information Bureau (PIB) GUWAHATI: Indian residents carry belongings as they wade through floodwaters in Guwahati yesterday. Heavy decades and does not want to change US Bill Gates (left) calls on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (right). — AFP rain in parts of the state of Assam has caused flooding. — AFP this pattern even while he is travelling,” cial who has worked closely with Modi for however, accord this honor to Modi’s added the official, who spoke on condi- 12 years. “Doctors had suggested that he predecessor, Manmohan Singh. tion of anonymity. should consume fruits and more juices As a young man, Modi left home to Bangladesh oppn leader begins trial Navratri, derived from the ancient but he has refused to make any dietary seek enlightenment, finding inspiration Sanskrit words ‘nine nights’, falls this year additions during the Navratri celebra- from the writings of philosopher-monk from Sept 25 to Oct 3. The festival spans DHAKA: Bangladesh’s main opposition leader Khaleda Zia charges against her years ago,” he said. Zia and three of her tions,” said a senior minister in western Swami Vivekananda, who propagated the Modi’s first trip to the United States since went on trial yesterday charged with embezzling $650,000 aides are accused of siphoning off 31.5 million taka (about state of Gujarat, where Modi served as Hindu faith at the Parliament of Religions he triumphed in a general election in May. in two corruption cases that could see her jailed for life if $400,000) from a charitable trust named after her late hus- chief minister for more than a decade. in Chicago in 1893. Modi’s Hindu national- It culminates on the tenth day, known as found guilty. Lead prosecutor Mosharraf Hossain said the band Ziaur Rahman, a former president who was assassi- “In the US you will not see him having ist credo came under close scrutiny over Dussehra, which marks the victory of anti-corruption court opened Zia’s trial after rejecting a nated in 1981. dinner or lunch with Obama,” said the sectarian rioting in his home state of good over evil. Millions of Hindus fast, request for a further delay by lawyers for the leader of the She is also accused of leading a group of five people, state minister, who is also close to Modi. Gujarat in 2002 in which more than 1,000 pray and dance to please the mother god- Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), who twice served as including her eldest son and her heir apparent, in embez- Another Indian government source said people, most of them Muslims, were dess during Navratri. Some restrict their prime minister. zling 21.5 million taka ($277,000) — funds which were the White House had been informed of killed. Modi has denied wrongdoing and diet to fruit and vegetables while spurn- Zia was excused from personally attending the hearing meant to go to an orphanage set up in memory of her late Modi’s dietary requirements. The US was exonerated in a Supreme Court inves- ing meat, onions and garlic. Others, like on security grounds. “After so many delays we’ve finally husband. The trial was adjourned until October 13 after the embassy in New Delhi declined to com- tigation. In 2011, Modi fasted for three Modi, a strict vegetarian, do not eat at all. been able to start the trial today,” Hossain told reporters first prosecution witness, an official with the country’s anti- ment. US officials have indicated that days to promote religious harmony in “He wakes up at 4 am, meditates, prays after the hearing got under way at a makeshift court set up corruption agency, began giving evidence. Prosecutors President Barack Obama would not treat Gujarat, involving several Muslim religious and carries his own bottle of lemonade near Dhaka’s old Mughal-era quarter. “The case has already have said the former premier, who also faces several other Modi to a state dinner, as Modi did not leaders in the event to gain their political with him,” said another government offi- been delayed 40 times since the court accepted the charges, could be jailed for life if found guilty. — AFP hold the rank of head of state. Obama did, support. — Reuters TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 INTERNATIONAL China reveals cases of torture in police detention

BEIJING: Three police officers and four sentences of up to 21/2 years, it said. appeals Aug 29 by four of the seven peo- cuffed him to an iron chair and tied wires tial death penalty if death results. Hong other people have been convicted of Chinese authorities have said that the ple who had been convicted by a trial from an old-fashioned telephone to his Daode, a criminal law professor at China torturing suspects to obtain confessions, problem of torture and coerced confes- court on torture charges. Xinhua said toes and started cranking the phone, University of Political Science and Law in China’s official state news agency report- sions has been effectively addressed by the deceased man, identified by his sur- giving him several rounds of electric Beijing, said, “It looks like the sentences ed, in a rare instance of prosecution of measures introduced in the last five name, Liang, was detained by police on shocks, Xinhua said. Xinhua said that given by the court are too lenient... and the practice. One of the cases resulted in years, including physically separating March 24 last year along with another according to Chinese law, when suspects it will set a bad example for future tor- the death of a man who was tortured interrogators from suspects, video man on suspicion of selling drugs. One are being interrogated, torture is prohib- ture cases.” Any punishment remains with electric shocks and hit on the head recording of interrogations, and a for- of the police officers, Wu Yan, along with ited, at least two interrogators must be rare. Hong Kong-based Human Rights and face with a shoe, Xinhua News malized rule that judges should reject two people who weren’t police officers, present and no non-police personnel are Watch researcher Maya Wang said Agency said Sunday. Mustard oil was evidence obtained through torture. In Pan Yongquan and Li Yingbin, gave him allowed. It said the Harbin cases “reflect police officers in China can commit tor- poured into suspects’ mouths in other April, Zhao Chunguang, a national offi- electric shocks and hit him in the face the chaos in the process of law enforce- ture with “impunity” because there are forms of torture, it said. The seven cases cial overseeing police detention facili- and head with a shoe, after which he ment and severely hurts the public’s “no independent channels to make happened in March 2013 at the Daowai ties, said there had not been a single died, it said. In the only other case for trust in the judicial authority.” these complaints heard.” “Police officers district police sub-bureau in the north- case of torture to coerce a confession at which Xinhua provided details, a man According to Chinese law, the maxi- who commit torture are rarely found eastern city of Harbin. any detention center in the past five surnamed Zhai was arrested on suspi- mum penalty for using torture to extract accountable legally and even if they Three police officers and four people years. cion of selling drugs on March 7, 2013. confessions is three years’ imprison- are... the punishment given seems to be hired by police to help with the investi- But Xinhua’s report said Harbin Zhai testified that Cheng Xiaowei, Pan ment, rising to 10 years if severe or dis- light compared to the crime committed,” gations were convicted and given prison Intermediate People’s Court heard and Li Chunlong, another civilian, hand- abling injuries are caused, and a poten- Wang said. — AP Blasts in China’s Xinjiang kill two

BEIJING: Two people were killed and nearby hotel told AFP that she heard the “many” injured as explosions erupted in explosion, but had no other details. A multiple locations in China’s Xinjiang female member of staff at a separate hotel Sunday, according to authorities in the eth- nearby said the road leading to the shop- nically divided region that is on edge after a ping mall had been blocked. series of violent incidents this year. The “Police officers can be seen everywhere blasts struck at least three locations in around the mall,” she said. “China’s policies Luntai County in the region’s south, includ- have led people to resist fiercely in order to ing a shopping area, the Xinjiang govern- maintain their dignity,” Dilxat Raxit, a ment’s Tianshan web portal said yesterday. spokesman for the World Uyghur Congress The report did not say what caused the exile group said in a statement in response explosions or give a precise number of to the explosions. Also yesterday state- injured. Clashes between locals and security media reported that 17 government offi- forces in Xinjiang-located in China’s far west cials in Xinjiang have been disciplined for and home to the mostly-Muslim Uighur failing to prevent terrorist attacks. The top minority-as well as attacks targeting civil- Communist party official in Shache county, ians have killed more than 200 people in where clashes in July killed dozens, was the past year. Beijing blames the violence among those sacked, the state-run China on “terrorist” groups seeking independence Daily newspaper reported. for the region, while rights groups say that Last week China put Ilham Tohti, a cultural and religious oppression of Uighurs Uighur academic who is an outspoken crit- has fuelled resentment. ic of China’s policies in the region, on trial The attacks have grown in scale and for separatism. A court in Urumqi is due to sophistication over the last year and have deliver its verdict in the case today, his spread outside the region. Among the lawyers said, in a move critics say could add most shocking attacks was a May assault to tensions. The latest explosions came as on a market in the regional capital Urumqi, China’s supreme court on Sunday distrib- where more than 30 people were killed, uted new wide-ranging guidelines on pros- and a deadly rampage by knife-wielding ecuting terrorism cases. “Making and assailants at a train station at Kunming in showing banners and other material of reli- HONG KONG: Students raise their hands during a strike at the Chinese University yesterday. —AFP China’s southwest in March, which left 29 gious extremism will be criminalized,” the dead. China launched a crackdown in the state-run Xinhua news agency said in a region following the Urumqi attack, detain- summary of the regulations. Hong Kong students ing hundreds of people described as sus- The court also said that the use of pected terrorists. Earlier this month three insults such as “religious traitor” and people who appeared to be Uighur were “heretic”, could lead to criminal conviction. sentenced to death and another to life in Xinjiang, a resource-rich region which kick off class boycott prison for the Kunming knife attack. abuts Central Asia, is home to about 10 mil- Authorities in Xinjiang tightly control reli- lion Uighurs, who mostly follow Sunni gious gatherings and are carrying out a Islam. Many complain of economic inequal- Youngsters demand greater democracy campaign against Islamic veils and beards. ity and discrimination. Beijing regularly accuses what it says are exiled Uighur sepa- HONG KONG: Hong Kong students yesterday level,” Chow shouted. The Chinese University of sions to the Hong Kong democracy movement, ‘Resist fiercely’ ratist groups such as the East Turkestan began a week-long boycott of classes, gathering Hong Kong has become a regular gathering which some in the Communist regime see as an Local officials did not provide details Islamic Movement and the Turkestan in their thousands for what democracy activists point for students agitating for greater demo- insidious threat to their rule of the country as a about Sunday’s explosions when contacted Islamic Party as being behind attacks. But say will be a wider campaign of civil disobedi- cratic freedoms in the city. The campus boasts a whole. “The basic policy of the Chinese govern- by AFP. Media in the region is tightly con- overseas experts doubt the strength of the ence against China’s refusal to grant the city replica of the “Goddess of Democracy” statue ment on Hong Kong hasn’t changed and will not trolled, making reports hard to verify. groups and their links to global terrorism, unfettered democracy. Student activists crowd- which students gathered around during the change,” Chinese president Xi Jinping told Hong Reports on Chinese social media said a with some saying China exaggerates the ed onto a campus on the northern outskirts of 1989 Tiananmen protests in Beijing that were Kong business delegates, including Asia’s richest local shopping mall in Luntai was hit by a threat to justify tough security measures in the city, many sheltering from the hot summer brutally crushed by the state. man Li Ka-shing, on a visit to Beijing yesterday. blast on Sunday. A woman working at a Xinjiang. — AFP sun under umbrellas and waving their faculty The Hong Kong strike could breathe new life But he added that the “one country, two sys- flags, as their leaders vowed to ratchet up their into the democracy campaign, which recently tems” deal, which guarantees greater freedoms campaign if their demands were not met. lost some steam after its senior leaders conced- for Hong Kong than seen on the mainland, was Myanmar gives citizenship Democracy campaigners are locked in a show- ed that Beijing is highly unlikely to change its not under threat as it meets “the interest of the down with authorities on the mainland after the mind whatever they do. Leaders from Occupy country and Hong Kong, and also the interest of to 209 displaced Muslims former British colony’s hopes for full universal yesterday said they were encouraged by the stu- foreign investors”. Tensions in the southern suffrage were dashed by Beijing’s plans to vet dent turnout. “The future belongs to them (the Chinese city are at their highest in years over ris- YANGON: Myanmar gave citizenship yes- cation process because they did not want nominees who want to stand as its next leader. students),” co-founder Benny Tai told AFP. “I ing inequality and Beijing’s perceived political terday to 209 Muslims displaced by sectari- to list their identity as Bengali, as required A coalition of pro-democracy groups in the think that if they can stand up and demonstrate interference. More than one in five Hong an violence, after the first phase of a proj- by the authorities. semi-autonomous Chinese city, led by Occupy determination in wanting democracy in Hong Kongers are considering emigrating because of ect aimed at determining the status of Rights advocates say the Rohingya Central, have labeled the restrictions a “fake Kong, I think that will be a clear message to the political climate, according to a poll by the about a million Rohingya whose claims to should be allowed to choose how they are democracy”. They have vowed a series of actions Beijing and the government.” Chinese University of Hong Kong released nationality have been rejected in the past. described, but others say the importance of including a blockade of the Central financial dis- Sunday. The poll also revealed widespread pes- The Rohingya Muslim minority live under the citizenship verification process trumps trict. The city’s vocal student community yester- Some considering emigration simism over the city’s political future. On a scale apartheid-like conditions in Rakhine State such concerns because it is necessary to day became the first wing of that coalition to But in Beijing, the rhetoric in official media of zero to 10, with zero being “extremely pes- in the west, needing permission to move resolve the issue of statelessness. Many move from protests to direct action-starting a has remained unrelenting against any conces- simistic”, the average response was 4.22. — AFP from their villages or from camps where Rohingya are effectively stateless because week of class boycotts designed to capture the almost 140,000 remain after being dis- they are not recognized as citizens by public’s imagination and bolster the pro-democ- placed in deadly clashes with ethnic Myanmar or by neighboring Bangladesh. racy fight. “I don’t think the Chinese govern- Rakhine Buddhists in 2012. Some United Nations agencies working ment is trying to protect our rights so now we The government and many people in in Myanmar have adopted a policy of are coming out to fight for our basic needs,” 20- the predominantly Buddhist country refer avoiding the word Rohingya because it year-old architecture student Wu Tsz-wing told to them as “Bengali”, a term that implies angers officials and nationalist religious AFP as she gathered with what organizers said they are illegal immigrants from leaders in Rakhine State, who can block were 13,000 others on the leafy campus of the Bangladesh, although Rohingya families them from carrying out humanitarian work. Chinese University of Hong Kong. There was no have lived in the area for generations. In June, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) estimate given by police, who usually quote Officials from Myanmar’s immigration min- said it had been asked by state officials to much lower numbers during similar protests. istry told Reuters that 1,094 Muslims took apologize for saying “Rohingya” during a Arika Ho, a second-year Hong Kong University part in the pilot verification process in dis- presentation outlining development plans. journalism student, added: “I want this place placement camps in Myebon, which is Most Rohingya were excluded from a (Hong Kong) to be a better place, so I want to about 51 km (32 miles) from the state capi- UN-backed census earlier this year because stand up and join with others collectively to tal, Sittwe, and accessible only by boat. they refused to list their identities as force some changes.” Some of the 209 who received citizen- Bengali. David Mathieson, a senior ship were members of the Kaman Muslim researcher on Myanmar with New York- Protests to intensify minority, who are recognised by the gov- based Human Rights Watch, said agencies Alex Chow, chairman of the influential Hong ernment as indigenous to Myanmar, but that cave in to the government are abdicat- Kong Federation of Students, said student there were also Rohingya. Officials were ing responsibility to defend the rights of groups would intensify their protests if their call not immediately able to explain why this the Rohingya. “This isn’t some kind of prac- for Hong Kongers to nominate their own candi- group had been given citizenship, nor how tical way to ensure long-term aid and date to lead the city is ignored. “We demand the many Rohingya were included. Aung Win, a development,” he said. “This is active con- government to respond to our call to endorse Rohingya community leader in Sittwe, said nivance in systemic abuse against a minori- civil nominations,” he told the crowd. “If we hear HONG KONG: An activist puts a poster on a wall supporting a student strike at the Chinese many had refused to take part in the verifi- ty.” — Reuters nothing from them, the students, the people will definitely upgrade the movement to another University of Hong Kong yesterday.— AFP Australia seeks broad new security powers

SYDNEY: Australia’s government will seek broad number of its citizens believed to be fighting gence operatives from engaging in torture, he new security powers to combat what it says is a overseas with militant groups, including a suicide said, after two independent senators had raised rising threat from militant Islamists, the attorney bomber who killed three people in Baghdad in questions in the media in recent days. Abbott has general said yesterday, on the heels of sweeping July and two men shown in images on social said that at least 100 Australians are in the Middle counter-terrorism raids last week involving hun- media holding the severed heads of Syrian sol- East either fighting with or supporting Islamic dreds of police. Under the tough legislation, diers. State or other militant groups, a number that he which Attorney General George Brandis said “We will be introducing a new offence and said has been increasing in recent months. would be introduced into the Senate on that is the offence of travelling to a zone or a At least 20 are believed by authorities to have Wednesday, it would be a crime for an Australian locality, I should say declared by the minister for returned to Australia and pose a security risk, citizen to travel to any area overseas once the foreign affairs to be a declared locality,” Brandis and earlier this month the national security government has declared it off limits. told reporters in Canberra. Brandis said that the agency for the first time raised its four-tier threat Although the United States and several legislation would carve out exemptions for some level to “high”. More than 800 police were European countries are weighing legal measures Australian citizens, provided they can prove that involved in the security operation in Sydney and to stop their citizens fighting in conflicts in the they have a valid reason for being in a “declared Brisbane last Thursday, which authorities said Middle East, Australia’s proposed law appears to area”, such as journalists or visiting family mem- had thwarted a plot by militants linked to the go farther than any other in actually barring bers. He also took the unusual step of including Islamic State group to behead a random mem- YANGON: Novice Buddhist nuns pack their possessions after begging for alms in entire regions. Australia is concerned over the specific language in the legislation barring intelli- ber of the public.—Reuters streets of Yangon, Myanmar yesterday. — AP NEWS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

TEHRAN: Iranian naval troops march yesterday during an annual military parade marking the anniversary of Iranís war with Iraq (1980-88). — AFP

Facing IS, Saudis, Iran think about making up Iran bulwark against ‘terrorists’ TEHRAN: Iran is a cornerstone of stability in the Middle he rejected a US offer to join the international coalition it Continued from Page1 that Iran’s clerical elite remains determined to export the East in the face of the “terrorists” rocking the region, has been building against the jihadists. message of its 1979 Islamic Revolution to Shiites across the President Hassan Rouhani said yesterday before leaving for Like Washington, Tehran has been providing support to There were first hints of detente last month when both Middle East, not least to Lebanon or the wealthy Sunni- the United Nations. “The peoples of the region are defend- both the Iraqi government and Iraqi Kurdish forces fight- countries welcomed the appointment of Haidar Al-Abadi ruled monarchies of the Gulf. ing themselves, and will continue to defend themselves, ing IS. But unlike Washington, Tehran is a strong backer of as Iraq’s prime minister after Islamic State’s lightning Riyadh sees the sudden advance of Shiite Houthi rebels against the terrorists,” Rouhani said in a speech marking the Syrian government, not only against IS but also against advance across northern Iraq forced his predecessor Nouri in Saudi Arabia’s impoverished neighbour Yemen over the the anniversary of the start of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war. other rebel groups, some of them US-backed, all of which Al-Maliki from power. Maliki was close to Iran, where he past week as evidence of such efforts. Saudi Arabia has “The government and armed forces of the Islamic Republic it regards as “terrorists”. Rouhani, who is to address the UN had spent years in exile while Saddam Hussein maintained also backed mostly Sunni Syrian rebels fighting Iran’s ally, of Iran will help them everywhere,” he pledged. “Iran is a General Assembly on Thursday, last week criticised the Sunni rule in Iraq, but was accused by his opponents of rul- President Bashar Al-Assad, whose establishment belong to cornerstone of stability in this sensitive Middle East United States for its refusal to send troops into combat in ing for the Shiites only - breeding resentment and rebel- an offshoot of Shiite Islam, and both Riyadh and Tehran region... today dominated by unrest, security problems, the battle against IS. “Are they afraid of their soldiers being lion among the Sunni minority, and paving the way for IS have accused each other of fuelling the bloodshed. massacres and fear.” killed in the fight they claim is against terrorism?” he asked to threaten the survival of the state. Nonetheless, Rouhani, seen as on the pragmatic wing of During a parade to mark the anniversary, the armed in an interview with NBC television. Once Iran came to see Maliki as too divisive and with- Tehran’s clerical leadership, pledged after his election to forces showed off missiles which reportedly have the Rouhani yesterday also repeated that Iran would not drew its backing, it removed a thorn in relations with improve ties with Iran’s Gulf Arab neighbours as well as the range to reach Israel, Iran’s arch-enemy. Rouhani’s com- renounce its rights in talks with the P5+1 nations (Britain, Riyadh. Soon after, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister West. ments came after US Secretary of State John Kerry said on China, France, Russia, the United States and Germany) over Hossein Amir Abdollahian met Prince Saud in Jeddah for Iran’s tone has been far less confrontational than under Friday that Iran had a role to play in tackling Islamic State Tehran’s controversial programme of uranium enrichment. what he called “constructive” talks about Islamic State and his predecessor, but overcoming decades of suspicion will militants who have overrun swathes of Iraq and Syria. He said Iran was willing to accept “more transparency ... to Israel’s attack on Gaza, and spoke of “opening a new page” take more than a meeting of foreign ministers. “It’s a good Kerry “discussed the threat posed by (IS)” with his Iranian create trust and mutual respect”. But “in civilian nuclear in relations. And a week ago, Riyadh said it planned to sign that they met, and maybe through Iraq there can be a counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif in a meeting in New technology we have undeniable rights to develop the reopen its embassy in Baghdad after two decades. bit of movement on Saudi-Iranian relations,” said York lasting more than an hour on Sunday, a US official country,” Rouhani said. “We will not give it up and will con- But there is much mutual suspicion - and competing Mohammed Al-Zulfa, a former member of the Saudi said. Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said tinue on this path.” — AFP interests - to overcome. Iranian leaders see Riyadh as a Shoura Council, appointed by King Abdullah to advise the stooge for their American foes, and remain angry at Saudi government on policy. “But ... we will have to wait and see Arabia’s backing for Iraq during its eight-year war with Iran if they really arranged something in this meeting in New IS urges killing citizens from... in the 1980s. Saudi Arabia’s ruling princes for their part fear York.” — Reuters Continued from Page1 Bush. “If you fight it (Islamic State), it becomes stronger and tougher. If you leave it alone, it grows and expands. If Eid holidays to stretch nine days after... Adnani praised militants in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, call- Obama has promised you with defeating the Islamic ing on them to “cut the throats” of those fighting for State, then Bush has also lied before him,” Adnani said, Continued from Page1 draft law for the collection of illegal arms that was sub- President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and saying Tunisians should according to the transcript. mitted by the government. He urged the Assembly’s follow their example. He criticised Yemen for allowing In his statement, Adnani criticised Kurdish fighters The verdict is not final as it can be challenged before interior and defense committee to approve the bill for Shiite Houthi rebels to enter the capital Sanaa, asking: “Is who are battling Islamic State militants in both Syria and the court of appeals and court of cassation. the Assembly to approve in the first session of the new there not in Yemen a person who will take revenge for us Iraq. “We do not fight Kurds because they are Kurds. In related development, the lower court is scheduled term. (on) the Houthis?” And he called on Muslims in Libya to Rather we fight the disbelievers amongst them, the allies to issue its verdict today on 67 stateless people or In the meantime, MP Nabil Al-Fadl yesterday sent a unite, saying that “your division is from Satan”. “We are in a of the crusaders and Jews in their war against the bedoons for taking part in an illegal protest in 2012. The series of questions to State Minister for Cabinet Affairs new era, an era where the (Islamic) State, its soldiers, and Muslims,” Adnani said. He added that there were many case has been in court for this long because lawyers had Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah over the its sons are leaders, not slaves,” Adnani said. “We will con- Muslim Kurds within the ranks of the Islamic State army. argued that non-Kuwaitis are allowed to protest under reported plans by the government to appoint members quer your Rome, break your crosses, and enslave your Adnani also condemned Saudi Arabia, whose senior the constitution, which the interior ministry rejects. of the opposition in senior government posts. Fadl said women, by the permission of Allah, the Exalted.” Muslim clergy have denounced Islamic State and whose Two lawmakers meanwhile called for the speedy that such measures will help destabilize the political sit- He also mocked the US air campaign, saying that “the ruling royal family has joined other Arab states in a approval of a draft law that allows police to collect unli- uation in the country and asked the minister about the battle cannot be decided from the air”. “Are America and pledge to tackle militant ideology as part of a strategy to censed firearms in order to prevent misuse amid a rise standards of appointing people in senior posts. all its allies from amongst the crusaders and atheists counter the group. Adnani condemned Western inaction in cases where firearms have been used. The calls by MP Abdulhameed Dashti yesterday called for the unable to come down to the ground?” Addressing US over Syria’s conflict, in which President Bashar Al-Assad’s MPs Abdullah Al-Tameemi and Saud Al-Huraiji came establishment of a “Humanitarian Leader Sheikh Sabah President Barack Obama, Adnani said: “O mule of the forces have been embroiled in civil war with mainly one day after two members of the elite special forces Al-Ahmad Relief and Humanitarian Aid Center” after HH Jews, you claimed that America would not be drawn to a Sunni Muslim fighters since 2011. He said the West had were wounded in a gun battle with a Saudi man who the Amir was recognized by the United Nations as a war on the ground. No, it will be drawn and dragged. It “looked the other way” when barrel bombs were allegedly took his family members hostage. The young humanitarian leader and assigned Kuwait a humanitari- will come down to the ground and it will be led to its dropped and chemical weapons were used against man was killed in an exchange of gunfire after police an center for the donations Kuwait has made to human- death, grave and destruction.” Muslim civilians. “So know that - by Allah - we fear not spent hours trying to convince him to give up without itarian causes. Dashti said in his proposal that the center Adnani mocked Western leaders over their deepening the swarms of planes, nor ballistic missiles, nor drones, success. The man was said to be a drug addict. should be allocated as the only place for making military engagement in the region and said Obama was nor satellites, nor battleships, nor weapons of mass Huraiji said the Assembly is required to approve a humanitarian aid by the government. repeating the mistakes of his predecessor, George W destruction.” — Agencies TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 ANALYSIS

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By Mushtaq Mojaddidi

ecret election results and an uneasy power-sharing deal have raised fears that the legacy of the US-led Sintervention in Afghanistan will be a government that lacks the legitimacy or strength to avert the risk of a return to civil war. A vast array of foreign armies, diplo- mats, development experts and aid groups converged on Afghanistan after 2001 in a multi-billion-dollar effort to foster peace and progress after the harsh years of Taleban rule. A credible, democratic government in Kabul was cen- tral to the mission’s aims, which stretched from defeating the Taleban insurgency to building power stations, In search for security, China enters Hormuz improving women’s rights and boosting literacy rates. But, as NATO’s combat troops head home and interna- By John Kemp element in a comprehensive strategy military and political leaders. strongly against what it calls China’s “desta- tional aid declines, the election of President Hamid which aims to protect the long and vulner- China’s President Xi Jinping has just bilising” activities in the South China Sea. Karzai’s successor produced a fragile compromise deal andar Abbas, home of Iran’s navy and able sea lanes along which more than 20 returned from a tour to Tajikistan, the Both rivals are courting India, the biggest between rivals rather than a clear-cut winner chosen by the main port in the strategically percent of its oil consumption comes - from Maldives, Sri Lanka and India on which he prize of all, with the largest military forces, voters. Election officials on Sunday did not reveal the final Bimportant Strait of Hormuz, is cur- countries in the Middle East across the promoted his ideas, first articulated in a shared land border with China and domi- vote count, simply declaring Ashraf Ghani as the presi- rently hosting two Chinese naval vessels on Indian Ocean and the South China Sea via 2013, about the “Silk Road Economic Belt” nating the Indian Ocean from its position dent-elect and Abdullah Abdullah as “CEO”, after weeks a five-day goodwill visit, underlining the the Strait of Hormuz and the Strait of and “21st Century Maritime Silk Road”. All athwart the major sea lanes. On his recent of negotiations between the two campaign teams. increasingly warm relationship between Malacca (“Asia’s Oil Supply: Risks and four countries on Xi’s recent trip are “pivot trip, Xi promised his Indian hosts more Officials said figures would be released at an unspecified the two countries. It is the first such port Pragmatic Opportunities” May 2014). points” on the “One Belt and One Road”, investment in infrastructure and industrial, future date. “We do not know if a government of national call to Iran by the People’s Liberation Army according to People’s Daily, the flagship as well as to increase imports of pharma- unity was merited by what happened at the polls,” ana- Navy (PLAN) and highlights the efforts Sea Lane Strategy publication of China’s Communist Party ceuticals and agricultural products, and lyst Kate Clark said in a briefing paper yesterday for the both China and Iran are making to counter- China’s naval forces remain compara- (“Xi’s four-nation tour highlights sincerity of talked about a vision of shared prosperity Afghan Analysts Network. “This political transition... can- balance the power of the United States in tively small and mostly suited to operations China’s neighbourhood policy” Sep 22). on both sides of the Himalayas. not be called democratic, as it actually avoided demo- the Middle East and along the sea lanes off the country’s eastern and southern Xi pledged to cooperate with the The PLAN’s port call to Bandar Abbas is cratic means to determine who won the election. Despite connecting the oil fields of the Gulf with coast lines, where their objective is to Maldives and Sri Lanka on “peace, stability just one element in an increasingly intense the huge numbers of voters turning out, in the end, the major energy-consuming centres in Asia. secure the sea areas out to the first island and prosperity” as well as “port construc- but undeclared competition between the deal to form a successor administration to Karzai’s was The firepower of the guided missile chain. But in recent years the PLAN has tion and operation, maritime economy and United States and China for regional influ- done behind closed doors and with huge amounts of for- destroyer Changchun and guided missile made small deployments into the Indian security, and the construction of a maritime ence and control of the trade routes in Asia. eign help.” Ghani and Abdullah - and their teams - frigate Changzhou of the PLAN’s 17th escort Ocean, for example anti-piracy activities off transportation centre in the Indian Ocean” The two sides even use the same, carefully clashed regularly during the standoff over allegations of taskforce is dwarfed by the US Fifth Fleet the coast of Somalia, as the navy practices according to People’s Daily. In plainer lan- coded, language. The commanding officer massive fraud in the June 14 election, and the two camps headquartered in Bahrain. But the port call longer range operations. China is still a guage, China is seeking to build infrastruc- of China’s 17th escort taskforce described face a tricky test in now working together in govern- marks the first time China’s navy has long way from being able to project ture and alliances along the trade routes the purpose of the port call as “promoting ment. entered the waters of the Gulf and the sym- enough power to keep the sea lanes across which connect it to the Middle East. peace and amity, strengthening mutual bolism has not been lost on anyone. For the high seas and through the Strait of understanding and mutual trust, and deep- Any Deal Will Do? Iran, the visit is part of a strategy which aims Hormuz and the Strait of Malacca open Strategic Competition ening friendly relations,” according to the “From the beginning, there were disagreements to break out of the isolation being imposed against a determined and capable oppo- More broadly, China and the United PLA’s news service (“Chinese naval task- between both teams in the election process,” political ana- by US and European sanctions by develop- nent - which is never named but is under- States are engaged in strategic competition force visits Iran” Sep 22). lyst Mia Gul Waseeq told AFP. “Afghanistan is in a very sen- ing closer relationships with China and stood by all sides to be the United States. for influence and power across the wider Dempsey highlighted the importance of sitive phase as widespread fraud was committed, and it Russia. In theory, China and Russia remain Many Western political and military ana- Asian region. In August, General Martin “trust” on his own visit to Vietnam and try- would have been better if we had a transparent election. members of the P5+1 nuclear negotiating lysts doubt whether China could acquire Dempsey, the top US military officer, paid a ing to build a relationship on the basis of “Both teams want to introduce their elites (into govern- team which presents a unified position. In the capability seriously to challenge US high-profile visit to Vietnam, the first time a common interests. The United States would ment), so I believe there will be problems in the future. practice, both have clearly indicated their control of the seas within a meaningful chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff has step up its contacts with Vietnam’s military, “Each problem that arises will mean one reaction from desire to strengthen relations with Iran timeframe. The country currently has only been to the country since 1971. In its offi- he said, especially on maritime security and one side and another reaction from the other. The leaders notwithstanding unresolved issues about one, second-hand aircraft carrier, renamed cial statement, the US Defense Department law enforcement. “It occurred to me that must control their supporters.” Under the constitution the the country’s nuclear activities. the Liaoning, compared with the ten carri- noted Vietnam’s “geostrategic position” often adversaries in the past can become president wields almost total control, and the new gov- Iran hopes to exploit the rivalry ers operated by the United States. Western between China and Southeast Asia.” our closest friends,” Dempsey told his ernment structure will face a major test as the security between the United States on the one analysts play down the idea of naval com- Vietnam “probably (has) more influence on Vietnamese hosts. For the moment, the bal- and economic outlook worsens. According to a copy of hand and China and Russia on the other to petition to control the transit routes the South China Sea and how it evolves ance of forces in Asia and along the transit the unity government document seen by AFP, the CEO secure a more favourable deal in the between the Middle East and East Asia. But than any other country,” Dempsey said. routes remains overwhelmingly in favour of could become the official prime minister in two years’ nuclear negotiations as well as other out- there is no doubt that protecting vital sup- The United States has also been the United States. But the increasingly fierce time - a major change to the strongly presidential style of standing issues with the United States and ply and trade routes, as well as countering strengthening its alliances with Japan, if unacknowledged competition between government forged by Karzai since 2001. its European and Middle Eastern allies. For US influence in Asia and the Middle East, is Malaysia and the Philippines to counter the two powers will be severely destabilis- Dividing up other government posts could also create China, on the other hand, the visit is one uppermost in the thinking of China’s top Chinese influence, and has spoken out ing if it is not managed carefully. —Reuters friction after the long and mercurial reign of Karzai, who built up a nationwide network of patronage. US Secretary of State John Kerry played the key role in bringing the Affluence eludes poor crowding into cities sides together, visiting Kabul twice in the aftermath of polling day when the risk of conflict peaked and staying in By Elaine Kurtenbach eration beneficiaries of family fortunes. their 17-sq-m room festooned with drying said Salvi. “But such cases are becoming rar- constant contact with the two candidates. He also instigat- In past decades, the power of industrial- shirts and pants. Sleeping arrangements are er now.” ed the complex and expensive audit of votes that was own a concrete path, between rail ization allowed hundreds of millions to a nightly conundrum. Despite India’s ascent Using a scale of zero to 100, where zero effectively brushed aside by the “unity government” deal. tracks that buzz with each approach- emerge from extreme poverty. In 1981, as a center for business outsourcing, means everyone has exactly the same But the dangerous political stalemate had become so Ding train and a river choked by plas- nearly 1.7 billion Asians were living on less migrants like Salvi can only find low-paying wealth and 100 means a single person has entrenched that the US, the UN and many Afghans all wel- tic and raw sewage, Asih Binti Arif cradles than $1.25 a day. Today, the figure is about work. all the wealth, Indonesia’s inequality score comed the fact that the power struggle was over - for now. “I her baby and reflects on dreams gone dark. 700 million. But vast numbers cannot aspire Across town on the tony Altamount rose to 41.3 in 2013 from 30.8 in 1999. Such am happy that the president is finally elected,” Moeen Khan, Five years ago, Arif and her husband left to rise much further. About 80 percent of Road, billionaire Mukesh Ambani and his sharp increases, which reflect wealth con- a gardener in Kabul, told AFP. “People were uncertain over impoverished Madura Island, joining the the 3.6 billion people in developing Asian family luxuriate in an expansive 37,000-sq-m centrating in fewer hands, have occurred in the last six months, living costs rocketed.” The risk in the stream of migrants from across the vast countries still live on less than $5 a day, super home. Three years ago, Ambani India, China and elsewhere, too. The chal- months and years ahead is that any collapse of the ruling Indonesian archipelago seeking a better life many relying on day labor, rag picking or moved into the purpose built 27-storey tow- lenges are acute for countries such as coalition could degenerate into violence along the ethnic in its capital. Across the developing world, other meager livelihoods. er with its three helipads, a movie theater, a Myanmar that are latecomers to industrial- lines of the 1990s civil war. Ghani’s support is based among migration from country to city has long Even migrants who arrived in cities years two-storey recreation center and a reported ization. A treasure land of gems and timber, the Pashtuns of the south and east, while Abdullah’s loyalists been a potential path out of poverty. Less ago feel trapped in a seemingly permanent price tag of more than $1 billion. It is one of Myanmar’s economy stagnated for decades are from Tajik and other northern groups. and less is that true for Arif and millions of underclass. In chaotic Mumbai, India’s finan- the world’s most expensive residences in a under generals who yielded power in 2011. “There will probably be some unfavourable emotions others in Asia, where the wealth gap is cial capital, Pandurang Bithobha Salvi, 52, is city where 40 percent of 20.7 million people The economic reforms since then are among the supporters of both teams as the delayed elec- growing in many of the most densely popu- a veteran migrant from Naganwadi, a village live in slums without basic sanitation such as transforming the skyline of its biggest city, tion result badly affected the country economically and in lated cities in human history. 500 km away in Maharashtra state. Salvi and toilets. “In the past, some of us have made a Yangon, but not the lives of people like security,” said Ahmad Zia Rafaat, a lecturer at Kabul univer- Experts say the trend could worsen as a 20-odd men share the $130 a month rent on better life for ourselves and our families,” Thein Tun Oo and his wife Thin Thin Khaing, sity. “Karzai’s presidency did show that tribes from all widening gulf between the richest and whose extended family of 10 ekes out a liv- groups can be represented in the government.” The outgo- everyone else undercuts efforts to reduce ing from a one-room bamboo shack ing president may well remain an influential player after he poverty, bringing a litany of problems: poor- perched on the muddy banks of a creek. steps down. But when the unity government deal was er health, less education, more family Thein Tun Oo wagered everything in mov- signed, he kept his distance. “The contents of this agree- breakups, crime and unstable societies. ing five years ago to Yangon from Bago, a ment were drawn up by them, we were not involved,” he “With inequality, the impact of growth on region 100 km to the north. There is little to said at the signing ceremony. —AFP poverty eradication is muted,” said Indu show for the effort. Asked what will come of Bhushan, an Asian Development Bank offi- Myanmar’s reforms, including plans for fac- cial. Against the backdrop of gleaming office tory parks that might provide better-paying towers and luxury hotels, Arif’s family lives in jobs, Thin Thin Khaing and her husband the sprawling Tanah Abang slum. They scav- burst out laughing. “We don’t know about All articles appearing on these enge the garbage of those who can afford such things,” she said. “We work a day and pages are the personal opinion of to discard plastic bottles, cardboard boxes eat a day.” and frayed clothes. “I can’t even dream of In Indonesia, the increasing ostentation the writers. Kuwait Times takes no that life,” Arif said. “The gap is so big. They of the wealthy is a potential lightning rod for responsibility for views expressed are in the sky and we are on the earth.” social strife. Socialite Amanda Subagio, therein. Kuwait Times invites read- Asia’s ultra-rich, with their private jets, whose father founded a telecommunica- ers to voice their opinions. Please yachts and platoons of servants, are match- tions and satellite empire, said the flaunting ing if not outdoing their counterparts else- of extravagant wealth is deepening dissatis- send submissions via email to: opin- where in the world, inviting famous pop faction among poor Indonesians. “You [email protected] or via snail stars to perform at their birthday bashes, should be at least aware of how other peo- mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. building their own museums and collecting ple are living in this country,” she said. The The editor reserves the right to edit mansions. Rising industries such as online “other people” are those like Arif, the scrap commerce have made some business mav- In this Sept 8, 2014 photo, an Indian man watches from the balcony of a broken collector in Jakarta’s slum, and her neighbor, any submission as necessary. ericks enormously wealthy. Most of Asia’s house as new high-rise apartments are seen in the background in Mumbai. —AP Samia Dewi Baturara, who share the same richest, however, are second- and third-gen- shack divided by a plywood wall. —AP TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 SPORTS

Neymar, Rakitic ‘doubt’ Arsenal’s Debuchy out for Ronaldinho scores his for Barca trip to Malaga three months over surgery first goal for Queretaro LONDON: Arsenal full-back Mathieu Debuchy has had surgery on his left MEXICO CITY: Former World Player of the Year Ronaldinho scored his first goal for MADRID: Barcelona pair Neymar and Ivan Rakitic have picked up ankle and will be out for about three months, manager Arsene Wenger said new club Queretaro when he converted a penalty early in the game to set them minor injuries that could sideline them for tomorrow’s La Liga game yesterday. The France international joined Arsenal from Newcastle United on their way to a 4-1 win at ten man Guadalajara in the Mexican Apertura cham- at Malaga, the league leaders said yesterday. Brazil forward Neymar for 12 million pounds ($19.6 million) in July and has played only seven pionship. Queretaro were awarded the penalty in the fourth minute after former hurt an ankle and had to be substituted early in the second half of times for his new club. He suffered the injury after falling awkwardly when Mexico and PSV Eindhoven defender Carlos Salcido blocked Camilo Sanvezzoís goalbound shot on the line and was sent off. Despite missing a penalty on his Sunday’s 5-0 win at Levante, while Croatia mid- Arsenal drew 2-2 with Manchester City on Sept 13. “He has had surgery and will be out for three months,” Wenger told the club’s website (www.arse- debut for the White Roosters last week, Brazilian Ronaldinho stepped up again fielder Rakitic has a bruised foot and both and this time calmly placed the ball just inside the near post. were having treatment. nal.com). “A reasonable delay is three months. It all went well, but it can be The former Barcelona and AC Milan playmaker also provid- How the injuries develop “will determine a week or two earlier, or a week or two later, but it will be around three ed the pass for Sanvezzo to score the second in the 69th when they can return to training”, Barca said months. “It is a blow, of course, how big it will be we will only know after- minute and Queretaro went on to add further goals wards because it will be down to how well we replace him. We bought on their website (www.fcbarcelona.es). through William da Silva and Othoniel Arce, with Giovani (Calum) Chambers for that.” Wenger has been criticized by Arsenal support- Hernandez replying for the Chivas. Mexican media said Barca are the only team to have won ers for not having ensured sufficient cover at the back after allowing that Queretaro set up a special security operation for the their opening four La Liga matches Thomas Vermaelen to leave for Barcelona. The Gunners’ defensive frailties trip, hiring 12 private security guards in addition to this season and top the standings on were exposed when they lost 2-0 at Borussia Dortmund in the Champions the police escort the team bus was given on its 12 points, two ahead of Sevilla. After League last week. But they kept a clean sheet in a 3-0 defeat of Aston Villa way to the stadium. Queretaro (14 points) climbed playing Malaga tomorrow, Barca host on Saturday, moving up to fourth in the Premier League. Their next match to sixth in 18-team table, where the teams play Granada on Saturday before playing at Paris each other once and the top eight qualify for the is at home to Southampton in the League (Capital One) Cup today before knockout stages. America (20) lead after a 2-1 win St Germain in the Champions League on Sept the north London derby with Tottenham Hotspur at the Emirates on over Pachuca, followed by Atlas (18) who beat Cruz 30. — Reuters Saturday. — Reuters Azul 2-1. — Reuters

MLB CAPSULES Pirates edge Milwaukee 1-0 Tanaka makes a triumphant return

PITTSBURGH: Vance Worley pitched eight sparkling innings, Russell Martin hit a late RBI single and the Pittsburgh Pirates trapped a runner in the ninth to edge Milwaukee 1-0 in Major League Baseball on Sunday, extending their wild-card lead over the Brewers. The Pirates tied San Francisco atop the National League wild-race race, 4 1/2 games ahead of Milwaukee. Andrew McCutchen singled and scored in the seventh, helping Pittsburgh take two of three from the Brewers. Carlos Gomez led off the Milwaukee ninth with a single and Rickie Weeks followed with an infield hit, but the speedy Gomez got caught in a rundown and was tagged between second and third. McCutchen led off the seventh with a single against ALABAMA: Mi Jung Hur of South Korea poses with gifts after winning the Yokohama Tire Wily Peralta (16-11). Worley (8-4) scattered four hits, LPGA Classic at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Capitol Hill Senator Course. — AFP walking none and striking out five. Tony Watson worked the ninth for his first save.

Hur holds on to claim ROYALS 5, TIGERS 2 Nori Aoki hit a two-run triple, helping Jeremy Guthrie and the Royals increase their lead in the Yokohama Classic title American League wild-card race. The Royals avoid- ed a three-game sweep and moved within 1 1/2 PRATTVILLE: Hur Mi-Jung fired a six-under made seven birdies in her round. Hur said it games of the AL Central-leading Tigers. Kansas City par 66 to win the LPGA Yokohama Tire is never easy to go through a major swing also opened a 1 1/2-game edge over Seattle for the Classic Sunday, holding off a final-round change which she has been trying to do for second wild-card spot. Aoki’s tiebreaking triple in charge from world number one Stacy Lewis. the past few years. “I worked really hard the fourth scored Omar Infante and Mike The 24-year-old South Korean Hur won by after I struggled with my swing change. I Moustakas, making it 4-2 and chasing Rick Porcello four strokes over runner-up Lewis, who had knew I could win again,” she said. Lewis OAKLAND: Teammates dump sports drink on Josh Donaldson #20 of the Oakland Athletics from the game. Porcello (15-12) is 0-4 in his past five captured this event the last time it was held entered the final round four shots adrift of after his walk-off, two-run homer against the Philadelphia Phillies in the bottom of the tenth starts. Guthrie (12-11) gave up one earned run in 5 in 2012. the leaders. She rolled in four birdies on her inning at O.co Coliseum on September 21, 2014. The Athletics won the game 8-6. — AFP 1-3 innings. Greg Holland threw a perfect ninth for Hur, who is ranked 94th in the world, fin- first eight holes but couldn’t make up any his 43rd save. Gonzalez (0-1) to set up Donaldson’s shot. Brett Gardner hit the 15,000th home run in ished at a record 21-under par 267 and more ground on the back nine. “I gave Sean Doolittle (2-4) pitched two innings. Yankees history, connecting against Drew snapped a five-year victory drought on the myself a great chance, I just couldn’t get any REDS 7, CARDINALS 2 Hutchison (10-13). LPGA Tour with her second win on the US- putts to fall,” Lewis said. “It was little frustrat- The Cardinals clinched a playoff spot, and then RANGERS 2, ANGELS 1 based circuit. ing. MJ played some great golf. “It was one lost to the Reds. St Louis secured its fourth consecu- Ryan Rua hit his first major league homer, WHITE SOX 10, RAYS 5 “I have been struggling for five years but of the best ball-striking rounds I have had in tive postseason appearance when Milwaukee lost connecting off Huston Street in the ninth Avisail Garcia hit two home runs, John now I have another win so I am happy,” Hur a long time.” to Pittsburgh earlier in the day. But the Cardinals’ inning as the Rangers beat the playoff-bound Danks took a no-hit bid into the sixth inning said. “The last two weeks I started to get my Reto posted her best finish on the tour lead in the NL Central was sliced to 2 1/2 games Angels for their eighth win in nine games. The and the White Sox beat Tampa Bay in the Rays’ confidence back and that is why I had a after missing 11 cuts in 18 starts heading over the Pirates. Bruce hit two of Cincinnati’s four Rangers, who have the worst record in majors, home finale. Winning for the first time in 10 great time this week.” American Lewis also into this event. Reto started golf late. She homers as the Reds snapped a six-game losing took two of three from the Angels, who have starts since July 25, Danks (10-11) didn’t allow closed with a 66 as she took second place grew up playing field hockey and running streak. Todd Frazier and Devin Mesoraco also went the best record. Rua broke a tie with his one- a hit until Brandon Guyer’s double with one with a 17-under total of 271 at the Capitol track in her native South Africa before tak- deep. Reds right-hander Alfredo Simon (15-10) out shot off Street (1-2). Shawn Tolleson (3-1) out in the sixth. Nathan Karns (1-1) took the Hill Golf Club course. Rookie Paula Reto, ing up golf after her family moved to Florida allowed two runs and seven hits in six innings. got two outs in the eighth. Neftali Feliz struck loss. Tampa Bay finished with its worst home who was the co-leader after the third round when she was 16. She drained a birdie on Lance Lynn (15-10) gave up three runs and four hits out the side for his 11th save. record (36-45) since 2002. with Hur, stumbled to a one-over 73. South the 10th but made bogey on the next two in six innings for St Louis. Africa’s Reto took third place at 14-under- holes before closing with six straight pars. RED SOX 3, ORIOLES 2 NATIONALS 2, MARLINS 1 par 274. Hur’s 267 total beat the prior tour- American Kris Tamulis posted a two-under ASTROS 8, MARINERS 3 Joe Kelly pitched seven innings of three-hit Stephen Strasburg pitched seven shutout nament record of 269, which was set in 70 in the final round and she ended alone in Seattle’s playoff hopes took another hit, with ball and the Red Sox got home runs from innings and NL-leading Washington swept a 2010 by Australian Katherine Hull-Kirk. fourth at 13-under 275. England’s Jodi Jake Marisnick hitting a three-run homer for the Mookie Betts and David Ross. Boston took two four-game series from Miami. The NL East She finished strong Sunday, making Ewart Shadoff (65) and Thailand’s Moriya second straight game to lead Houston to the victo- of three from the Orioles, who have been play- champion Nationals have won eight of nine. birdie on three of her final six holes. She Jutanugarn (68) shared fifth on 276. — AFP ry. Houston took two of three from the Mariners, ing without several regulars in the lineup since Strasburg (13-11) allowed three hits. Rafael dropping them 1 1/2 games behind Kansas City for clinching the AL East title on Tuesday. Edward Soriano got through the ninth for his 32nd the second AL wild card. Rookie Collin McHugh (11- Mujica got his eighth save, preserving the win save in 39 chances. Nathan Eovaldi (6-13) gave 9) became the first Astros pitcher to win seven for Kelly (3-2). Baltimore’s Miguel Gonzalez (9- up two runs in six innings. Cuban baseball straight decisions since Roy Oswalt’s nine-game 9) allowed three runs and eight hits in 5 2-3 string in 2006-07. Hisashi Iwakuma (14-9) was trying innings. METS 10, BRAVES 2 to bounce back from his last two starts, when he The Braves were knocked out of the playoff runs into trouble was 0-2 with a 12.91 ERA. Instead, he allowed six YANKEES 5, BLUE JAYS 2 race after a late-season collapse, losing to hits and four runs in 4 1-3 innings. Masahiro Tanaka made a triumphant return Jacob deGrom and the Mets. A half-game out HAVANA: Cuba’s unprecedented effort to stop a majors. “Only a few players have left” legally from an elbow injury that sidelined him for 2 of first place in the NL East on July 29, the devastating baseball talent drain doesn’t seem under the reform, Industriales manager Lazaro INDIANS 7, TWINS 2 1/2 months and a rejuvenated Derek Jeter got Braves have gone 18-30 since then to fall 15 to be working, with a string of stars leaving for Vargas cautioned, saying it’s too early to judge Corey Kluber matched a career best by striking two more hits on his final homestand, leading back of Washington. Atlanta lost for the 14th the major leagues in the year since the govern- the results yet. “We’re going to raise the stan- out 14 for the second straight start and Cleveland the Yankees to the victory. The Yankees are 4 time in 18 September games as deGrom (9-6) ment allowed a small number to play profes- dard of our game and be better prepared for 1/2 games out of the second AL wild-card spot struck out 10 in six innings. Braves starter Ervin sionally overseas. The island’s national league tournaments like the Caribbean Series,” he said. didn’t lose any ground in the playoff chase with a began its 54th season Sunday badly weakened “We need to allow some time to harvest the win over Minnesota. The Indians have won five of with a week left. The retiring Jeter went 8 for Santana (14-10) took the loss. by the departure of both stars and promising fruits.” Thanks to the reform, star third baseman six. Cleveland is 3 1/2 games behind Kansas City for 15 with two doubles, a home run and three prospects chasing dreams of riches in the US. Yulieski Gourriel, outfielders Alfredo Despaigne the second AL wild card, and hosts the Royals for RBIs in his next-to-last home series. Tanaka (13- ROCKIES 8, DIAMONDBACKS 3 To fight the drain, Cuba relaxed a five- and Frederich Cepeda and pitcher Hector three-plus games beginning Monday. In addition to 4) made his first start since being sidelined by Michael Cuddyer homered, Rafael Ynoa decade ban on professional play in September Mendoza played this season in Japan. Monday’s regularly scheduled meeting, the teams a small tear in his elbow in early July. He has drove in three runs and the Rockies completed 2013 and allowed ballplayers to sign offseason Meanwhile, 13 Cuban players signed new will complete the Aug. 31 game in Kansas City that tried to recover with rest and rehabilitation, a four-game sweep. Rookie Christian Bergman contracts with leagues like Japan’s and Mexico’s major or minor league contracts this year, up was suspended in the middle of the 10th inning rather than Tommy John surgery. Tanaka (3-4) allowed two runs in 5 2-3 innings for the as long as a large chunk of their contracts goes from 10 the previous year. Twenty-five Cuban- due to rain with Cleveland up 4-2. Kluber (17-9) won allowed one run and five hits in 5 1-3 innings. win. Mark Trumbo homered twice and drove in to the state and they return to play in Cuba. The born players appeared in at least one major his fourth straight start. Anthony Swarzak (3-2) took As promised, manager Joe Girardi removed all three runs for the Diamondbacks, who have state also gave raises to on-island athletes. There league game this season. Outfielder Rusney the loss. him after 70 pitches. David Robertson pitched lost six in a row. Wade Miley (8-12) took the are no official statistics on ballplayers’ depar- Castillo left Cuba and signed a $72.5 million, sev- a hitless ninth for his 38th save in 42 chances. loss. —AP tures from Cuba, typically murky affairs that en-year deal with the Boston Red Sox this sum- DODGERS 8, CUBS 5 come to light only when a player appears in mer, topping outfielder Jose Abreu’s $68 million, Matt Kemp homered and drove in four runs, Mexico or the Dominican Republic to be six-year contract with the Chicago White Sox last Yasiel Puig scored a career-high four times and the declared a free agent with a shot at a big con- October. Asked before a game in Japan to com- NL West-leading Dodgers beat the Cubs. Kemp had MLB results/standings tract in the major leagues. pare his $1 million contract with Castillo’s, But observers note that a quarter of the play- Gourriel laughed and said “in my case, it’s the four hits for the Dodgers, who clinched a playoff ers on Cuba’s star-studded 2013 World Baseball first time that Cuba is open to us playing in for- berth on Friday and lead San Francisco by 4 1/2 games. The Giants start a three-game series at Chicago Cubs 8, LA Dodgers 7; Detroit 3, Kansas City 2; Toronto 6, NY Yankees 3; Philadelphia Classic team have stopped playing, with most eign leagues. We haven’t had the opportunity to 3, Oakland 0; Colorado 5, Arizona 1; Baltimore 7, Boston 2; Milwaukee 1, Pittsburgh 0; leaving the island since last year’s reform in play here and the Japanese didn’t know how we Dodger Stadium on Monday. Jamey Wright made his first start since Sept. 1, 2013, going two innings Cleveland 7, Minnesota 3; NY Mets 4, Atlanta 2; Houston 10, Seattle 1; Washington 3, Miami 2; search of major-league deals. “There’s no way would take to it.” Tampa Bay 3, Chicago White Sox 1; St. Louis 8, Cincinnati 4; San Diego 3, San Francisco 2; LA that economically Cuba is going to keep “The great figure that they’re paying for as the Dodgers used their bullpen to pitch the Angels 8, Texas 5. enough top players in the country to have the Rusney shows that Cuban baseball is very whole game. Chris Perez (1-3) got the win and quality of league they had five or ten years ago,” strong,” Gourriel said. Not all Cuban players feel Kenley Jansen earned his 43rd save. Jacob Turner (5- American League National League said Peter C. Bjarkman, author of “A History of the same. Industriales pitcher Odrisamer 11) took the loss. Eastern Division Eastern Division Cuban Baseball, 1864-2006.” “It hasn’t been Despaigne, 27, left Cuba in February and three W L PCT GB Washington 90 64 .584 - destroyed, but my fear is that it’s living on bor- months later agreed to a minor league contract PADRES 8, GIANTS 2 Baltimore 93 61 .604 - Atlanta 76 78 .494 14 rowed time ... It certainly doesn’t seem to be with the San Diego Padres with a $1 million Reeling San Francisco managed just six hits off NY Yankees 79 75 .513 14 NY Mets 75 80 .484 15.5 affected by what the Cubans tried to do.” signing bonus. He was called up in June and a Ian Kennedy and three relievers, losing to San Diego Toronto 78 76 .506 15 Miami 74 80 .481 16 Cuba’s national team hasn’t won a title in 10 month later against the New York Mets came and falling 4 1/2 games behind the Dodgers in the Tampa Bay 75 80 .484 18.5 years, and national champion Villa Clara set off Philadelphia 71 84 .458 19.5 within four outs of becoming San Diego’s first NL West. The Giants are still in good shape for a Boston 67 88 .432 26.5 an island-wide depression this year when it was pitcher to throw a no-hitter. “I needed new chal- Central Division Central Division eliminated in the first round of the regional lenges, that’s why I left my country, to achieve wild-card berth - they’re tied with Pittsburgh, 4 1/2 St. Louis 87 68 .561 - Caribbean Series. While departing stars get the my dream of playing with the best in the major games ahead of Milwaukee. Kennedy (12-13) struck Detroit 86 68 .558 - Pittsburgh 83 71 .539 3.5 most attention, Bjarkson said that the loss of leagues,” Despaigne told the AP. The contracts out five, giving him a career-high 201. Ryan Kansas City 83 70 .542 2.5 Milwaukee 80 75 .516 7 dozens of younger, barely known players each for six of the top-earning Cuban-born major lea- Vogelsong (8-12) held the Padres hitless until Seth Cleveland 80 74 .519 6 Cincinnati 71 84 .458 16 Chicago White Sox70 84 .455 16 year has been more devastating to the sport’s guers - Jose Abreu, Yasiel Puig, Castillo, Yoenis Smith doubled leading off the fifth. Chicago Cubs 69 86 .445 18 Minnesota 66 88 .429 20 long-term health here. The Cuban Baseball Cespedes, Aroldis Chapman and Jorge Soler - Western Division Federation did not respond to repeated total close to $280 million. And there’s more to ATHLETICS 8, PHILLIES 6, 10 INNINGS Western Division LA Dodgers 88 67 .568 - requests for comment. But baseball officials and come. Outfielders Yasmani Tomas, Gelkis Josh Donaldson hit a two-run homer in the 10th LA Angels 96 59 .619 - players on the island say they’re confident that Jimenez, Adriel Labrada and Alejandro Ortiz and inning, lifting Oakland to the victory. The A’s lead Oakland 84 70 .545 11.5 San Francisco 84 70 .545 3.5 the option of playing legally overseas will allow pitchers Diosdany Castillo, Yasmani Hernandez the AL wild-card race by a half-game over Kansas Seattle 83 71 .539 12.5 San Diego 73 81 .474 14.5 Cuban baseball players to come back and help and Carlos Portuondo all recently left for the City, with Seattle 1 1/2 games behind the Royals. Houston 68 87 .439 28 Colorado 64 91 .413 24 the sport in Cuba rather than moving to the major leagues. —AP Nate Freiman singled with one out against Miguel Texas 61 93 .396 34.5 Arizona 62 93 .400 26 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 SPORTS

Motor racing Photo of the day ‘Three Rs’ spell out championship lead for Hamilton

SINGAPORE: For a Singapore Grand Prix was no point to continue. It was a tough that began with confusion over self-censor- day really.” Despite a tactics-changing safe- ship and concluded with Lewis Hamilton ty car period midway through the race, leading the standings, the race weekend Hamilton staved off the challenge of Red can be summed up by using the ‘Three Rs’- Bull’s Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo Radios, Rosberg and Reliability. The teams to reclaim a championship lead he last held arrived in Singapore unsure of what engi- in May with five races remaining. neers could or could not tell drivers over Hamilton had mixed feelings over mov- the radio after Formula One had rushed ing into position to secure a second world through a ban on race assistance following title after his 2008 triumph, the Briton’s joy the last grand prix in Monza without going tempered by fears over reliability issues for into a great deal of detail. Mercedes, who suffered their fifth retire- After a series of meetings to thrash out ment of the season. the finer points, the Bernie Ecclestone-insti- “These next five races I just pray that we gated clampdown was relaxed shortly continue,” Hamilton said. “With the issues before Friday practice and the paddock that I’ve had (three retirements), of course breathed a sigh of relief after voicing con- it haunts me every weekend. You never cerns over a lack of preparation time. For know when it’s going to pop up but you Nico Rosberg, it was a weekend to forgot just have to try and remain positive and after he saw his 22-point lead at the top of constantly believing that everything is the standings transformed into a three- going to be alright. “And it’s also the sup- point deficit to Mercedes team mate port that I get from my fans that really just Hamilton when the Briton stormed to vic- keeps me going.” tory on Sunday as the German looked on from the garage. Team Quality Rosberg had told reporters of his hatred The once-dominant Red Bull have been for the demanding two-hour trawl around hamstrung by their own reliability prob- the floodlit streets of Singapore, yet he lems and a Renault power unit that remains Nils Buller performs at the Red Bull Martin Soderstrom Invitational in Uppsala, Sweden. — www.redbull.com would not have been that relieved to have inferior to the Mercedes, but a marked completed his night’s work after just 14 of improvement over recent races points to a the scheduled 61-lap race. stronger title challenge next season. “If you Starting from second on the grid behind look at our pre-season where we complet- Hamilton, Rosberg appeared frozen to the ed less than 2,000km compared to Volleyball to be hot spot as the other 20 cars filed past him on Mercedes, who did more than a season’s the formation lap, the German unable to worth of mileage, it demonstrates the qual- coax any sort of life out of his listless ity of the team we have to turn that situa- Mercedes. His steering wheel was faulty tion around,” team principal Christian and he started the race from the back of Horner said. “To have won three races this ticket for Rio Games field in the pitlane but only managed to season and managed second and third reach quarter distance before calling it a here... We could never have dreamt running day when a lengthy pitstop failed to for 30 minutes earlier in the season let RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s loss to Poland in the resolve his mechanical woes. alone two hours. final of the men’s volleyball world champi- “It’s a great achievement by the whole onship on Sunday was a blow to the South Safety car team to turn it around but of course, it’s Americans, but should boost the sport in two “It was a horrible feeling really, to see never enough. It is the performance gap years at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Poland everybody go. Because then I knew it was that’s missing that we aim to close down. upset three-time defending champion Brazil over,” Rosberg said of his retirement. “Then “But it levels itself out over the year.” The 3-1 in Katowice to end an astounding three- the whole steering wheel just wasn’t work- championship resumes in Japan on Oct 5 ing so I didn’t have any hybrid power and with Hamilton on241 points (with 150 avail- week tournament in Poland that drew more the shifting... I would shift two gears at able), Rosberg on 238, Ricciardo in third than 500,000 fans - including 62,000 for the once all the time and I had no DRS. “The car place on 181, Ferarri’s Fernando Alonso on tournament’s opening match in Warsaw’s just wasn’t working at all and then there 133 and Vettel on 124. — Reuters national stadium. Poland won its only other men’s volleyball title in 1974, and then took Olympic gold in Determined Garcia dumps 1976. “I have no doubt volleyball is going to be a big success at the Olympics,” Ary Graca, a Brazilian who heads volleyball’s world govern- Radwanska out of Wuhan ing body the FIVB, said in an interview from Poland with The Associated Press. He suggest- WUHAN: World number six Agnieszka tournament, but was reeling from her exit ed it would be among the hottest tickets in in Wuhan.”I think it was tough match from Radwanska was booted out of the $2.4 mil- Rio. “I know everybody in Rio,” Graca joked. lion WTA Wuhan Open yesterday by a beginning to the end. I think it was very “The politicians are going to asking me for determined Caroline Garcia of France in a tight game,” she said. “Definitely I could hard-fought three-set battle. Radwanska have done better in the moments that I everything.” Brazil is a dominant player in was looking to book her place in the end of should have really stepped forward.” indoor volleyball and beach volleyball, and the season championships in Singapore with a Meanwhile, Alize Cornet of France set up a sports are probably No 2 in the country strong showing in Wuhan, but was defeat- meeting with world number one Serena behind football. The Olympic volleyball venues ed by a stunning fightback from Garcia, Williams in the second round following her in Rio are also on schedule. Several others KATOWICE: Polish players celebrate with the trophy after winning the FIVB Men’s Volleyball who was a set down in the second-round two-set victory over Romina Oprandi of have been facing well-publicized delays. World Championship final match between Brazil and Poland at the Spodek arena in Katowice, match. Garcia, who had sent Venus Switzerland in her first match yesterday. The Maracanazinho, a 12,000-seat arena Poland on September 21, 2014. — AFP Williams crashing out in the first round, Cornet, who arrived in Wuhan with her located next to the famous Maracana stadium, took the second and third sets at the tie- confidence high after reaching the final at has already been built and will host indoor tournament as “like football” with fans singing, not happen with all matches set to be played break in her two hour and 42 minute duel the WTA Guangzhou Open on Saturday, volleyball. And beach volleyball will be played swaying and chanting. “Football is not so popu- indoors. In addition to three consecutive with Radwanska. took the game with ease at 6-2, 6-1. She at a temporary venue on Copacabana beach. lar here (in Poland) as in the rest of the world, men’s world titles, Brazil’s men were silver The 20-year-old rising star, who is has already beaten Williams twice this year, “Tonight and the last three weeks have shown and volleyball has taken its place,” Graca said. medalists in the last two Olympics, and won ranked 49th by the WTA, punched the air handing the American power-hitter her that volleyball is one of the most popular “It’s amazing the popularity of the volleyball Olympic gold in 2004 and 1992. Brazil lost to and jumped with delight after claiming vic- earliest defeat at Wimbledon for nine years sports in the world,” Graca said. “The huge here.” Volleyball officials say the sellout for the Russia in the 2012 gold-medal match, and fell tory. “I knew I was still close even when I in June, and also winning at Dubai in numbers of fans in Poland have demonstrated opener on Aug. 30 between Poland and Serbia to the United States in 2008 in Beijing. The lost the first set, and that I could maybe win February. Elsewhere in Wuhan, doubles that volleyball can be a spectacular festival of was the largest crowd to attend a volleyball Brazilian women are just as good. They have the second and third,” Garcia said. “I always specialist Sara Errani beat British rising sport and entertainment. This gives us real match since 95,000 crowded into the Maracana won the last two Olympic gold medals - beat- tried to believe in it.” Radwanska’s defeat hope Heather Watson 7-5, 6-4 in their momentum going into Rio 2016 where the in 1983 to see Brazil face the Soviet Union in an ing the United States in both finals - and silver dashed her hopes of claiming a place in opening singles match. The Italian will face Brazilian passion for volleyball will ensure one exhibition match. Graca said if the Olympic at the last two world championships. The next month’s WTA Championships in Alison Riske of the USA at the next stage. of the greatest Olympic competitions of all final was played at the Maracana, it would be a Brazilian men won beach gold in 2004, and Singapore during the Wuhan tournament. Germany’s Sabine Lisicki defeated Czech sellout. “For sure,” he said. That, of course, will the women won gold in 1996.— AP The 25-year-old could have made the sea- world number 15 Lucie Safarova in three time.” Graca described the atmosphere at the son finale, which will feature the top eight sets, 7-5, 2-6, 6-3, while tenth seed Jelena women’s players, with an appearance in Jankovic beat Christina McHale of the USA Saturday’s final. The former world number 6-4, 6-4 in their first-round match. The two said she still hoped to make Singapore Wuhan Open in China’s central province of Playing less extended my with a good performance at the China Hubei features the world’s top 20 women Open in Beijing, which follows the Wuhan players. — AFP career: Number 1 Serena

WUHAN: World number one Serena Williams another all of our bodies at some point betray Meadows, some pundits said she could go on said yesterday that playing less tennis has us,” Williams said, before paying tribute to Li. to break Steffi Graf’s record of 22 Grand Slams helped extend her glittering career, as she “For the most part, I think Li Na is great. I think in the Open era. But Williams said she was acknowledged in the wake of Li Na’s retire- I summed it up: She’s a star that is in the sky focusing solely on the short term. “I am not ment that players’ bodies can “betray” them. that always shines. It’s always going to be thinking about number 22 at all,” she said. “I’m The American power hitter was speaking as there.” Following Williams’ victory at Flushing thinking about number 19.” — AFP she prepared to compete in China’s Wuhan Open, a WTA premier-ranked event which will hold its final on Saturday, the day after her Federer replaces injured 33rd birthday. China’s Li Na announced her retirement last Friday at the age of 32, citing chronic knee injuries, just months after she Nadal in the new league won her second Grand Slam. Williams and her sister Venus opted in the past few years to NEW DELHI: Roger Federer has agreed to and offering prize money of $29.7 million. play less, a decision once bitterly criticized by step in and replace old foe Rafa Nadal in the The 28-year-old Nadal missed the US pundits as disrespectful of the game. Indian franchise of the inaugural Open last month after failing to recover But she celebrated her 18th Grand Slam International Premier Tennis League (IPTL), from a right wrist injury he sustained in victory at the US Open earlier this month and organizers said yesterday. Fourteen times practice. shows no signs of losing her status as the grand slam winner Nadal dealt a big blow “I am very disappointed to announce world’s greatest female player. “As for playing to the fledgling tournament by pulling out that I will not be part of the first edition of less, I think throughout my career, I think it’s because of “health problems” hours before the IPTL,” Nadal said. “I was looking forward definitely been able to help me have a longer Federer, the winner of a record 17 slam to representing Indian Aces and playing in career,” Williams said. “I think next year some- titles, stepped in despite initially appearing front of fans in New Delhi in the exciting thing I definitely want to continue to do is apprehensive of the league. new League. really focus on breaking records in the slams “I’m really looking forward to making my “I wish the team the very best and hope and doing the best I can in those events and first trip to New Delhi and playing for the to be back next year.” Men’s world number the ones leading up to those.” Williams said Micromax Indian aces,” Federer said in a one Novak Djokovic, his women’s counter- she spent little time practicing before the $2.4 recorded message. part Serena Williams, Andy Murray, Jo- million Wuhan tournament, but was “ready”. Federer joins retired American Pete Wilfried Tsonga and former women’s top- However, she has spoke in the past of her rig- Sampras, winner of 14 grand slam titles, in ranked players Maria Sharapova, Ana orous physical regime, telling reporters after the Indian franchise of the four-team event, Ivanovic and Caroline Wozniacki have also her victory in New York: “I train really hard and scheduled to be played from Nov 28 to Dec confirmed their participation. The teams I never want to stop.” 13. Philippines, Singapore and the United will compete in men’s and women’s singles, But following the retirement of China’s ten- Arab Emirates are home to the other teams men’s and mixed doubles and a men’s leg- HUBEI: Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska hits a return during her match against nis trailblazer, Williams acknowledged that all and will each host a leg of the competition, ends singles with one set per match, and no Caroline Garcia of France at the Wuhan Open tennis tournament in Wuhan, in China’s top athletes are at risk when pushing their styled on cricket’s Indian Premier League advantage scoring. — Reuters Hubei province yesterday. — AFP bodies to the limit. “I think at one point or TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 SPORTS Bundesliga’s heavyweights stutter; newcomers shine

BERLIN: The Bundesliga order looks to have been turned upside down with promoted Paderborn in the lead, followed by Mainz 05 and Hoffenheim while traditional heavyweights struggle at the start of the season after four games. For fans across Germany, who had largely been expecting another Bayern Munich title romp like last season, the cur- rent situation is a pleasant surprise. Minnows Paderborn, with a budget of five million euros ($6.43 million) - smaller even than that of many sec- ond division clubs-have shot out of the blocks to top the table on eight points with two wins and two draws. At the other end of the table 2007 Bundesliga champions VfB Stuttgart are in last place, behind former European champions Hamburg SV and Schalke 04, who compete in the Champions League this season. “Bundesliga leaders, wow,” said Paderborn’s PARIS: Lyon’s French goalkeeper Anthony Lopes (right) and Paris Saint-Germain’s Moritz Stoppelkamp, who scored a record 83-metre Swedish midfielder Zlatan Ibrahimovic jump for the ball during the French L1 foot- goal in their 2-0 win over Hanover. “But that is just a ball match Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) vs Lyon (OL) on September 21, 2014. — AFP nice snapshot. For us it was more about the three points in our FRENCH LEAGUE PREVIEW fight to avoid relegation.” Paderborn know full well their current Bundesliga dominance will likely be very brief with Bayern awaiting on Tuesday. With Ibrahimovic and PSG double matchdays this week, a lot could have changed by Sunday. “But even there in Munich we want to perform well and step on the gas,” said struggling in league Paderborn coach Andre Breitenreiter. “The boys should enjoy the game. The result is secondary for PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain’s dependence Rennes over the weekend could lead me.” on Zlatan Ibrahimovic is proving to be France coach Didier Deschamps to give problematic for coach Laurent Blanc. When him a recall for next month friendlies Injury woes Sweden’s all-time top scorer doesn’t per- against Portugal and Armenia. “Hard work Bayern, also on eight points but fourth on goal form, PSG struggles, as it was again the is paying off,” Gignac said, explaining that difference, have been paying the price for a star- case in a 1-1 home draw with Lyon on competition for the striker spot at Marseille studded team with more than half a dozen still recovering from World Cup fatigue while more Sunday that prompted jeers and boos from is having a positive effect on him. “The have been sidelined with injury. Without inspira- the home crowd. After dropping its first training sessions are really difficult and I tional Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben for most of points at home this season, PSG is fifth in have to repay the club with the trust it puts the games and with Bastian Schweinsteiger, Thiago the league standings, three points behind in me. This year I’m playing with Michy Alcantara, Holger Badstuber and Javi Martinez still leader Marseille ahead of Wednesday’s trip (Batshuayi), who would deserve more time out injured, they have yet to replicate last season’s to Caen. Here are some things to know on the pitch and can score with both feet. I form that saw them win the title in record time. A about this week’s matches: need to be a leader by example.” goalless draw at Hamburg confirmed they are still struggling for form with coach Pep Guardiola say- Uninspired Ibrahimovic Basa extends deal ing they will take more time. PSG has drawn its last three games in all Lille remains the only team unbeaten in Dortmund, on six points in 10th place having competitions after failing to hold onto its the French league alongside PSG, having lost twice already, have their own injury bad luck lead. Laurent Blanc’s side remains unbeat- conceded just one goal in six matches. and are missing their entire first choice midfield en, but with 10 points from six games the Rene Girard’s team has found the net only with Marco Reus, Nuri Sahin, Jakub Blaszczykowski club got off to its worse start to the season six times in the meantime and is being and Ilkay Guendogan injured. They were joined on since Qatari investors took over in 2011. slammed for its supposed boring style of Saturday by Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who will be out Blanc’s preferred 4-3-3 lineup has the back- play by pundits and rivals. Girard is not for four weeks after the attacking midfielder injured ing of a majority of players but the system looking for more offensive power though, his foot in their 2-0 defeat to Mainz 05. “That is the price you pay when you compete on PADERBORN: Paderborn’s midfielder Daniel Brueckner (left) and Hanover’s Spanish striker did not give much trouble to PSG’s oppo- having just convinced Montenegro defend- Joselu vie for the ball during the German first division Bundesliga football match SC nents so far, especially when Ibrahimovic er Marko Basa to extend his stay in north- several levels. It (injuries) is not a Borussia problem,” Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke told Reuters Paderborn vs Hanover 96 at the Benteler Arena in Paderborn, western Germany. — AFP underachieves. The imposing Swede ern France. The 31-year-old Basa, who days ago when asked about their growing injury looked out of sorts against Lyon, taking his joined the club from Lokomotiv Moscow in list. For Schalke, who along with Bayern, Dortmund sent off, further limiting coach Jens Keller’s options Behrami, Nicolai Mueller and Brazilian central first shot after 77 minutes and having only July 2011, has been playing a crucial role in and Bayer Leverkusen, play in the Champions against Werder Bremen tomorrow. Hamburg have defender Cleber. The club parted ways with coach 40 touches on the ball, his lowest tally in a Lille’s defensive solidity and was close to League, it has been a dismal start with no win so fared even worse, having failed to score a goal in Mirko Slomka last week and successor Joe full league match. “We need to work hard leaving for Roma as his performances did far. They looked strong coming from two goals the league despite spending more than 25 million Zinnbauer at least managed a point against and come back,” Ibrahimovic said without not stay unnoticed in Europe. He has finally down against Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday but euros ($32.13 million) to bring in players like Lewis favorites Bayern though they still have to score elaborating on his own display. Despite his decided to sign a four-year contract exten- had both Kevin-Prince Boateng and Julian Draxler Holtby, US international Julian Green, Swiss Valon their maiden league goal. — Reuters rivalry with Ibrahimovic for the sole striker sion until 2019. spot, Edinson Cavani is the only real posi- tive at PSG these days. After netting PSG’s Back on track SPANISH LEAGUE PREVIEW goal in a 1-1 draw against Ajax in the After a poor start to the season, things Champions League, the Uruguay striker are starting to gel at Monaco and Lenordao was again on the scoresheet against Lyon. Jardim’s team will be looking for a third Free-scoring Real Madrid in “When the club fails to get good results it consecutive win in all competitions at creates a sense of unease,” Blanc said. “The Montpellier. Monaco, which lost Radamel players are very disappointed. When you’re Falcao and James Rodriguez, was lucky to at a club like PSG, you have to get results.” win its Champions League opener against pursuit of Barca and Atletico Bayer Leverkusen last week after the Gignac is back German club dominated for long stretches MADRID: Real Madrid continue their chase of La deflection on the second. “I have never been happy will serve the final game of his four-match touchline Often criticized for his weight and his before conceding against the run of the Liga champions Atletico Madrid and leaders to settle. If you give me a minute I will want two and ban in La Liga for being sent-off in Atletico’s Spanish taste for junk food, Marseille striker Andre- play. The win boosted the team’s confi- Barcelona when they host Elche at the Santiago then three. The time that I am on the field I am Super Cup win over Real last month, with another Pierre Gignac is answering back with his dence and Monaco improved in a 1-0 win Bernabeu today. Carlo Ancelotti’s men bounced going to take advantage of and show that I want four matches still to be served in the Super Cup in best start to a season. Back to his best over Guingamp that lifted the club outside back from consecutive defeats to Real Sociedad and more. “I have to work as hard as possible and with future years. Atletico captain Gabi has insisted they under new coach Marcelo Bielsa, a no-non- the relegation zone. Monaco’s profligacy Atletico in style by scoring 13 goals in thrashings of humility.” Hernandez may well get his opportunity can’t dwell on their coach’s absence as they look to sense disciplinarian, Gignac is in great could be a source of worries for Jardim, Basel in the Champions League and away to at the Bernabeu with Real’s squad in the midst of a gain revenge for a shock 2-0 defeat when they visit- physical shape and tops the scoring charts who prefers to focus on the defensive Deportivo la Coruna in the past week. Cristiano run of seven games in 22 days. Real could cut the ed the Estadio de los Juegos Mediterraneos last sea- with six goals ahead of today’s match at improvements. “We believe in the players Ronaldo scored his 23rd hat-trick for the club as Real gap on Barca to three points for at least 24 hours as son. “The manager is important for us, but the cir- Reims. Gignac missed out on a spot in who are in this side,” Jardim said. “The team ran riot in Galicia with an 8-2 mauling of Deportivo the Catalans aren’t in action until Wednesday when cumstances dictate that he can’t be with us. We France’s World Cup squad but the pace and is starting to stabilize, especially in central on Saturday to equal their best ever away result in they travel to Malaga. Luis Enrique’s men have won can’t think about it, he imposes a lot of character determination he showed in a 3-0 win over defense.”— AP La Liga. And it was also a special day for on-loan all five of their games in all competitions so far this when he is there but we need to overcome that. Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez as he season without even conceding a goal, but have “You cannot blame anyone because the team scored his first two goals for the club. concerns over the fitness of Brazilian star Neymar played well (against Celta). We need to improve and Echoes of Law in 1974 as City’s Hernandez has had to play a supporting role to due to an ankle problem.Neymar limped off during learn from the errors. We need to be a lot more effi- Karim Benzema in his short spell so far in the the 5-0 thrashing of Levante on Sunday, but young- cient to win these games.” Elsewhere, second-placed Lampard shuns celebration Spanish capital, but insists he will not be happy to sters Munir El Haddadi and Sandro have both made Sevilla can ensure they remain in front of Atletico in just settle for a place on the bench. “I think it was a their case for inclusion in recent weeks should he the table ahead of their weekend trip to the Vicente LONDON: The last time a player looked as Sports. “I woke up this morning and didn’t good game and we have to look at what we did well miss out. Atletico Madrid are also in action on Calderon when they host Real Sociedad. And the genuinely upset after scoring against his know what I wanted from today so I’m to continue like this,” said the Mexican international. Wednesday at Almeria as they look to bounce back Galician derby returns after a year’s absence as former club as Frank Lampard did when glad it’s out of the way. I guess this is a “All players dream of scoring and fortunately I from the disappointment of being held 2-2 at home Deportivo try to make amends for their embarrass- he scored against Chelsea on Sunday was happy medium.” In a perfect world, scored a very nice first goal and then also got a by Celta Vigo on Saturday. Coach Diego Simeone ment by Real when they travel to Celta. — AFP also wearing a Manchester City shirt. It Lampard would have embraced the fans might now be over 40 years since Denis wearing the same colored light blue Singapore businessman Law back-heeled the ball into the shirts as he was and hugged his team Manchester United net and effectively mates in joy at scoring. Instead, he held takes stake in condemned his old club to relegation, out a hand signaling for them to keep but it is often shown on television and away, which they ignored and engulfed United old boys’ club remains a famous iconic image from the him anyway. 1970s. Law, one of Manchester United’s LONDON: Singapore businessman Peter Lim has all-time greats, simply walked back to the Unemotional Mourinho entered into partnership with five former centre-circle looking stunned and forlorn. His former manager Jose Mourinho Manchester United players and taken a 50 per cent It was his last goal in league football was far more unemotional, after all, it was share in Salford City FC, who play in the eighth tier and as he said later, “I could not believe I he who allowed Lampard to leave of the English league system. Gary and Phil Neville, was the player who sent United down. I Chelsea after 13 years there. “Frank Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt have equal have seldom been so depressed as I was Lampard is a Man City player, I don’t shares in the other 50 per cent of the club, who are that weekend.” His feelings were under- believe in stories of passion and heart, top of their division. The former United players took standable, he had played over 400 times maybe I am too pragmatic in football,” the a stake this year with the goal of developing local for United scoring 237 goals and that goal Portuguese manager told Sky Sports. talent and ultimately taking the club into the sealed their fate after 36 years in the top “When he decided to go to a direct com- Football League. flight. His non-celebration is the most petitor to Chelsea then love stories are Lim was linked with a move to buy Liverpool in famous of its kind and remained a rarity over. He did his job as a professional.” City LISBON: Moreirense’s Brazilian forward Alex Gonzalves (2nd left) heads the ball with 2010 and is poised to buy a 50 per cent stake in until much more recent times. These days manager Manuel Pellegrini, using Benfica’s Brazilian defender Luisao (2nd right) during the Portuguese Liga football Spain’s Valencia. He is estimated by Forbes magazine there is a growing trend of players not Lampard while on loan from his MLS club match Benfica vs Moreirense at Luz stadium in Lisbon on September 21, 2014. —AFP celebrating when they score against a for- New York City, responded by saying: to be worth around 1.5 billion pounds ($2.45 billion). mer team where they might have spent a “Chelsea didn’t want Frank Lampard oth- In a statement, the ex-United quintet said Lim’s expe- month on loan five years previously and erwise he would still be playing for them. Late flurry keeps Benfica rience would be invaluable as they continue with opinion is split on Lampard’s reaction on I told him to go and score.” their unlikely quest to turn Salford, located on the Sunday, with hundreds of users poking Alan Curbishley, the former Charlton on top in Portugal League outskirts of Manchester, into a football force. “When fun at him on social media sites. Athletic manager who, like Lampard, we set out upon this journey we always knew at some Others ‘respected’ his actions and at began his playing career at West Ham, LISBON: Titleholders Benfica scored three times Porto, playing for more than an hour with 10 point we wanted external partners involved, people the end of the game both sets of fans told Sky Sports on Monday he thought in the last half hour as they came from behind to men, were held to a goalless draw by neighbors who would share our vision for Salford City FC. applauded him off. The 36-year-old for- players were wrong not to celebrate scor- beat Moreirense 3-1 and stay top of the Primeira Boavista in a match which kicked off one hour “Peter’s love of sport, above all football, is well mer England midfielder, who played 648 ing. “I am very critical of players who don’t Liga in Portugal on Sunday. Joao Pedro stunned late following a torrential downpour at the documented,” the statement said. “He has an times for Chelsea, came on for David Silva celebrate against their old club, I think it’s the Estadio da Luz when he got in front of a Dragao. Porto defender Maicon was sent off for incredible track record in business as well as youth after 78 minutes with City trailing 1-0 but ridiculous. sleepy defense to head past Brazil goalkeeper a late tackle from behind near the touchline in and community engagement, especially at grass- seven minutes later he scored to make it But I do understand it with Frank, Julio Cesar, making his Benfica debut, in the the 23rd minute, a decision which brought a roots level. Peter’s experience and knowledge can 1-1 which was how the game ended. The though I do wish players would cele- 16th minute to put Moreirense ahead. Benfica’s furious reaction from the Porto bench including help take the club to where we believe they can result brought Chelsea’s perfect start to brate.” One theory is that players are fightback came after the visitors had Marcelo coach Julen Lopetegui. be.” The move is awaiting approval by the English the Premier League season to a halt, scared of retribution on Twitter or other Oliveira sent off for a second bookable offence Sporting Lisbon eased the pressure on new FA which should be a formality. Salford’s chair- in the 58th minute. Eliseu equalised in the 69th coach Marco Silva when they thrashed Gil saved his current club from a second suc- social media if they celebrate, but as minute when he unleashed a diagonal left foot Vincente 4-0 away with former Manchester woman Karen Baird said: “It’s been a great start to cessive home defeat, but left him dazed Lampard’s case proved on Sunday, even if shot which flew into the far corner of the net United forward Nani among the scorers. Andrien the season, we are very excited about the future for and confused. he shows his old club ‘respect’, he will still from 35 metres before goals from Maxi Pereira Silva opened the scoring with a 25-metre shot the club and what can be achieved. “The most “It’s a really difficult one. I’d be unpro- be lampooned. As one kinder tweet read: and Lima, who converted a penalty, sealed a after nine minutes and Nani was on target two important aspect for us is that we continue to bond fessional if I came on and didn’t do my Manchester City 1 (Lampard 85th own fourth win in five games. Benfica have 13 points, minutes later. Algeria forward Islam Slimani and with our community and city and we have assur- job so I’m mixed with it,” he told Sky goal) Chelsea 1 (Schurrle 71st). — Reuters two ahead of Vitoria Guimaraes, who drew 1-1 Peruvian Andre Carillo added two more goals in ances this will happen.” — Reuters with Pacos de Ferreira on Friday, and Porto. the second half. — Reuters TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 SPORTS

‘Medal Ceremony Girls’ take up Korean beauty battle

INCHEON: North Korea has its “Army of here in Incheon and attract attention from Beauties”, but the rival South is fighting spectators,” Park Seong-Yun, a medal cere- back at the Asian Games with its “Medal mony girl at the weightlifting contest, told Ceremony Girls”. Many South Koreans were AFP.”I don’t want to compare my team with heartbroken when the rival North refused the North Korean cheerleaders, who were to send its renowned cheerleaders to the selected from many beautiful girls, but I pan-Asian sporting event in Incheon, in a think we are better looking,” she said. North political wrangle. Though praising anything Korea’s “Army of Beauties” have taken part about the North is against the law, people in three international sporting events in the in the South admired the troupe of sharply South, and proved a major ticket draw each dressed, good-looking “Army of Beauties” time. The aura surrounding the troupe has first brought to the South when the Asian increased since one veteran, Ri Sol-Ju, Games were held in Busan in 2002. But became the wife of North Korean leader organizers of the Incheon Games hope that Kim Jong-Un. a 204-member South Korean beauty squad Park, 20, said her colleagues have who will carry gold, silver and bronze prizes trained hard to put on a flawless show of for more than 400 medal presentation cer- elegance when they deliver the medals. emonies will grab the spotlight instead. “This is one of the most crucial affairs in my The “Medal Ceremony Girls” are all first- life, and I know my mission is very impor- year students at Inha Technical College in tant,” said Park. Park appeared nervous Incheon, training to become flight atten- before walking into the weightlifting arena dants. Competition for admission is fierce Sunday night when North Korea’s record- with only one in every 100 applicants breaking weightlifter Kim Un-Guk was accepted. For the presentations, the squad awarded a gold medal in the men’s 62kg. members wear a dress based on a tradi- It was Park’s first encounter with a North tional hanbok gown, and their tied-back Korean, but she achieved her mission in hair is topped with a Korean-style tiara as front of a packed audience, including a worn by the country’s former royalty. The dozen North Korean officials and athletes INCHEON: Medal hostesses wait to attend the awards ceremony in the women’s epee individual fencing finals at Goyang gymnasium during the shoes are conservative but still have atti- waving their national flags from the stands. 2014 Asian Games yesterday. — AFP tude with 7.5 centimeter (three inch) heels. “I’m sure they are a delight to watch,” said The girls, with an average height of 5 feet 5 Lee Young-Hee, a professor of aircraft cabin inches (168cm) are proud of their features. service management at Inha, who helped Chen slays Lee as China But they have endured eight weeks of train the South Korean squad. “My students tough training for the Asian Games. They were well qualified because of image- practiced walking with books on their building classwork. After eight weeks of heads or between their knees while carry- special training, they became perfect as ing water bottles on trays for a balanced medal ceremony girls,” she said. The profes- reach badminton final posture. sor was confident that her students would showcase the beauty of South Korean INCHEON: Badminton world champion Chen centration in the third and, despite a few flashes legends in 31-year-old Lee’s Asian Games swan- women. “Compared to North Korean cheer- ‘We are better looking’ Long smashed Malaysian world number one Lee of brilliance, consistent Chen won 21-11, taking a song. Lin, 30, has repeatedly denied the leaders, my girls have poise and a polite “Training was tough and hard to endure, Chong Wei in the men’s team semi-final yester- 2-1 victory.”Both Lee Chong Wei and I wanted to Malaysian gold in major tournaments, including attitude and are better in every aspect,” she but I could not give up because I wanted to day, helping China to book a place in the battle win for our teams, so I prepared very well,” said the Asian Games, Olympics and worlds. said. — AFP compete with North Korean cheerleaders for gold. The Chinese favorites will take on South Chen. “My rhythm was very solid... the key to my The draw is determined by players’ world Korea in the men’s team final today, after the win was keeping a normal mind, whether I was rankings as of September 18 this year, so Lee and hosts easily dispatched Taiwan 3-0. Malaysia winning or losing.” Despite his defeat, Lee said he Chen Long are at opposite ends. With Lin picking faced a difficult task in their clash with a strong was not disappointed. “I tried my best, I just and choosing his competitions these days, he is China team, which featured 25-year-old world enjoyed the game,” he said. Lin saw off Malaysia’s only seeded ninth, scraping into Lee’s half. Lin is number two Chen and superstar Lin Dan. Chong Wei Feng 21-11 21-12 as China romped to likely to face Hong Kong’s Hu Yun, seeded sixth, Chen made a confident start against Lee in a a 3-0 overall win. China’s women’s team will also and Japan’s third seed Kenichi Tago on his way to re-run of this year’s world championship final, face South Korea in their final later. the semis. Lee looks set for an easier ride, with where the Chinese player denied the Malaysian Thailand’s eighth seed Boonsak Ponsana the only gold. Lee looked hesitant in the first game, going Lee-Lin singles clash ranked player he would have to take on before into the break 11-5 down before losing 21-17. Lee’s performance does not bode well for the the semi-final. Chen is the clear favorite in the But the 31-year-old rallied in the second with men’s individual singles competition which starts other half of the draw, with Indonesia’s Tommy both players putting on an amazing display of Thursday and would likely see Lee have to take Sugiarto and South Korea’s Son Wan-Ho his powerful smashes and deft net duels which had on Chen again if he reaches the final. To get there biggest challengers. South Korea’s Son is one to rival fans cheering from opposite sides of the sta- he may also need to defeat nemesis Lin, who is in watch for an upset though, having pulled out dium. Lee took the game 21-19 but it was not to the same half of the draw. Fans are hoping for some inspired performances in the men’s team last as he seemed to lose confidence and con- another classic showdown between the shuttling event in Incheon. — AFP Sun injury blow hit Asiad

INCHEON: Injury concerns over Chinese swim- ronment,” insisted Zhang. At the start of day appeal but had to settle for silver. But they hit ming star Sun Yang cast a shadow over the three in Incheon, there was drama on the back with a one-two in the individual event Asian Games yesterday as China snapped up six shooting range as Zhang was kicked out of the led by Khedmati, 18, who beat a strong field INCHEON: China’s Shang Chunsong performs on the balance beam at the Namdong golds to move clear of South Korea on the 10m contest over the weight of her air rifle. including reigning world and Olympic cham- Gymnasium during the artistic gymnastics women’s qualification and team final of medals table. China’s women’s shooters set a But she was eventually allowed to compete pion Yi Siling. “We respect the decision of the the 2014 Asian Games yesterday. — AFP new world record in the 10 meters air rifle but after judges upheld her team’s vehement jury,” Khedmati said. “We always play according only after Zhang Binbin was disqualified and appeal, a lengthy process which delayed the to the rules. The whole team is happy we won then reinstated following a heated appeal. individual final for 30 minutes. Organizers did a gold and two silvers today.” China women romp to China also won the women’s 25m pistol team not reveal details of Zhang’s ban or reinstate- In the men’s team badminton contest, title, the women’s team gymnastics and had vic- ment, which resulted in China taking the gold Malaysia’s world number one Lee Chong Wei gymnastics team gold tories in synchronized swimming and wushu to medal with a record score of 1,253.8 points. slumped to a 2-1 defeat to China’s Chen Long lead hosts South Korea 18 golds to 13. in a repeat of last month’s world champi- INCHEON: China’s women gymnasts delivered Korea’s 214.65, with Japan on 214.35 edged But double Olympic champion Sun opted ‘We respect the decision’ onships final. “I tried my best, I just enjoyed the a performance of ruthless elegance to storm into bronze. to sit out the 4x200m freestyle relay as he A relieved Zhang went on to take bronze in game,” shrugged Lee, who should face his to a crushing victory in the Asian Games team nurses a sore thumb sustained in Sunday’s the individual event, where Iranian teenager Chinese nemesis Lin Dan in the individual event yesterday, as North Korea pipped Japan Thanks, Kim dramatic 200m freestyle final loss to Kosuke Najmeh Khedmati won gold ahead of her competition’s semi-finals. Separately, to silver. A day after a patchy performance saw North Korea’s Kang Yong-Mi said the reclusive Hagino. Sun, who caught his thumb on the friend and team-mate Narjes Myanmar made its mark with two gold medals the Chinese men’s team beaten into third state’s supremo Kim Jong-Un had inspired the final turn, is scheduled to take on his South Emamgholinejad. “I was very sad when I was in sepak takraw, Southeast Asia’s distinctive place, the women dominated their opponents team to get their silver. “When I performed I at Incheon’s Namdong Gymnasium. thought ‘the dear leader is watching over us’ and Korean rival Park Tae-Hwan in two more swim told I was disqualified, but my team-mates and volleyball-style sport played with the feet. Ri Chinese gymnasts filled the top three spots that thought gave me energy and power,” she told races in a rivalry billed as a highlight of the coaches backed me and said they would Jong-Hwa claimed North Korea’s third in the floor routine and the top five in the reporters. The Japanese tried to emulate the tac- Games. The extent of his injury is not known appeal,” she told reporters. “I just needed to weightlifting gold in the women’s 58kg class, uneven bars, where Yao Jinnan beat world tics their men used to success on Sunday, going but his coach Zhang Yadong told China’s control my emotions going into the final.” It following Om Yun-Chol and Kim Un-Guk’s champion Huang Huidan into second with a for conservative, lower-difficulty routines but exe- Xinhua news agency: “He will not quit. “All meant disappointment for Iran, who had record lifts at the Moonlight Festival Garden giddying complex routine. Huang gave a cuting them well. strong men grow up in disadvantaged envi- already been declared winners prior to the arena. — AFP superb display of precision on the bars and a But the cautious approach left them well near-flawless dismount, but Yao went better, behind the technical brilliance of the Chinese and and finished the day top of the qualifying allowed North Korea to sneak ahead. Japanese table for today’s individual all-round final. She captain Mizuho Nagai had the chance to snatch will be joined by Shang Chunsong, who was the second spot in the last round of the vault-her eighth in the event in last year’s world champi- specialist discipline-but fluffed her landing to onships. leave the team short. “This was my first time Shang said she had let herself down in the being the team captain and I felt responsible to uneven bars-despite recording a 14.15, well lead the team, but I ended up making misses. I ahead of the highest-scoring non-Chinese feel sorry to our team members,” she said. gymnast, Japan’s Yuriko Yamamoto on 13.75. The hosts were fourth on 208.725, let down by “I made some mistakes in the uneven bars, but a shoddy display on the balance beam. On the I can manage and practice more, hope that I vault, 39-year-old Uzbek Oksana Chusovitina can show my best performance in uneven showed gymnastics is not just a young woman’s bars,” she said. For North Korea, 2008 Olympic game with fine display to finish second behind vault gold medallist Hong Un-Jon led the way Hong. It means Wednesday’s individual vault final with a superb display on her specialist appara- will be a replay of the 2008 Olympics final, when tus-including the day’s only execution marks Chusovitina had to settle for silver behind the above 9.0. North Korean. The rest of the Uzbek team were She was well supported by her teammates not even born when the veteran vaulter, who first but the Chinese juggernaut was too much to competed for the old Soviet Union, won her first catch, running out with 229.3 points to North world championship medals in 1991. — AFP

Medals Table

INCHEON: Asian Games medals table at the end of competition yesterday (gold, silver, bronze, total): China 26 14 18 58 Hong Kong 1 0 6 7 South Korea 14 15 16 45 India 1 0 5 6 Japan 13 13 16 42 Indonesia 0 3 1 4 Mongolia 3 3 6 12 Macau 0 3 0 3 North Korea 3 3 4 10 Kuwait 0 2 0 2 Kazakhstan 2 2 5 9 Uzbekistan 0 1 4 5 Myanmar 2 0 0 2 Singapore 0 1 3 4 Laos 0 1 0 1 Vietnam 1 2 4 7 Lebanon 0 1 0 1 Iran 1 2 0 3 Turkmenistan 0 1 0 1 Taiwan 1 1 5 7 Thailand 0 0 2 2 Malaysia 1 1 2 4 Iraq 0 0 1 1 INCHEON: Japan’s team compete in the team free routine finalsynchronized swimming event during the 2014 Asian Games yesterday. — AFP TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 SPORTS

China defend basketball with a new ‘Great Wall’

INCHEON: China are hoping a new version banned their standout US import, the 6ft of their famous “Great Wall of China” can 11in (2.11m) Andray Blatche, a former star help maintain their Asian Games basketball with the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets. The centre, dominance as they come under heavy who became a naturalized Filipino in June, attack from rivals.China, with players like did not meet a three-year residency towering NBA superstar Yao Ming, have requirement, the Games Organizing won seven of the last nine men’s gold Committee ruled. Despite the blow, the medals stretching back to their first tri- Philippines still harbor realistic medal umph in Bangkok in 1978. But since their chances having brought in the 2.10 meter 2010 Asiad victory on home soil in (6ft 11in) Marcus Douthit, another US-born Guangzhou, China have seen the retire- naturalized Filipino, as a replacement for ment of Yao, and have also lost former NBA Blatche. Iran, ranked 20th by FIBA, are players Wang Zhizhi and Yi Jianlian. potentially the surprise package of the tour- Now, under threat from hosts South nament and rated by many observers as Korea, Iran and the Philippines, they arrive favorites. Their main weapon is the former in Incheon with two of the Games’ tallest Phoenix Suns NBA star Hamed Haddadi and players who can forge a reputation of their team-mate Mohamed Samad Nikkhah own. Zhou Qi, 18, will tower over the oppo- Bahrami was in confident mood as the team sition at 2.17 meters (7ft 1 1/2in), while prepared in Tehran. “We are going to win Wang Zhelin is equally intimidating at 2.14 the Asian Games for the first time. Without a meters (7ft 1/4in). They are among the doubt, the Iranian basketball team will par- players drafted in as part of China’s rebuild- ticipate in the Asian Games to win the gold ing program under coach Gong Liuming medal,” he said, according to the Tehran after their defeat to South Korea at last Times. The basketball tournament will be year’s FIBA Asian Championship. split between the 7,406-seater Samsan Only five players of the 12-man 2013 World Gymnasium and the 5,5158-seat Asian Championship squad have been Hwaseong Sports Complex. There are 16 selected for Incheon. China, 12th in world teams in the men’s competition and 11 in governing body FIBA’s rankings, have the women’s. Eight men’s teams-China, INCHEON: South Korean weightlifter Seo Jeong-Mi competes during the women’s 58kg group A at the Moonlight Festival Garden Weightlifting reached the final at every Asian Games South Korea, Iran, Japan, Qatar, Philippines, Venue yesterday. — AFP since their first win 36 years ago, but on the Jordan and Taiwan-are seeded straight last occasion South Korea hosted the Asiad, through to the 12-nation group stage in Busan in 2002, the host nation pipped which begins on September 23. Before then Commotion as North Korean China to the prize with a dramatic 102-100 the eight unseeded nations-Mongolia, overtime victory. Among their squad that Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan, Hong Kong, day was centre Kim Joo-Sung. Now 34, the Kuwait, Palestine, India and the Maldives- lifters break record in South 6ft 9in (2.05m) talisman is only survivor will fight it out in a qualifying competition. from that golden generation and will be The women’s tournament has been hit INCHEON: The exuberant antics of North Korea’s been happy to exploit. First on Saturday it was Om with several in the stands and riot police and police looking for a glittering swansong. by a clash of dates for the leading nations record-breaking weightlifters are causing a stir at Yun-Chol, 5ft 0in (1.50m) and weighing just under commandos outside the venue. South Korean fans Kim first took part in the Games 16 years with the FIBA women’s world champi- the Asian Games as they are cheered on by pro-uni- 56kg, who got the party started by breaking his have already been warned they face arrest if they ago as a gangly teenager, taking home a sil- onship, starting in Turkey this weekend. It fication supporters with the police turning up en own world record, leaping high to punch the air in breach the strict National Security Law at the Asian ver medal as Korea lost in the final to China means China, winner of the last three golds, masse. With rock music blaring and the crowd on its celebration and milking the applause. Games by waving North Korean flags. Nevertheless, and was forced to settle second again four and Japan will send only ‘B’ teams to feet and dancing, North Korea’s often stern athletes Then on Sunday another flamboyant pocket- the cheerleaders’ enthusiasm was infectious and the years ago by the same opposition.He has Incheon. South Korea, however, are going are the unlikely stars as they whip up a concert rocket, London Olympic gold medallist Kim Un-Guk, rest of the crowd, and especially the athletes, were enjoyed a resurgence in form this year in all-out for home gold and will send their atmosphere, coincidentally on the site of the huge smashed world records three times in claiming gold quickly caught up in the atmosphere. the Korean Basketball League (KBL), averag- second string to Turkey. The women’s event, three-day annual Pentaport rock festival in Incheon, in the men’s 62kg. In the crowd, the Ariran Tongil Om, however, soon cooled it and after saluting ing 12 points and more than 25 minutes on which begins on September 23, has six South Korea. In front of the media, it’s a different (Korea unification) Cheerleading Squad, who have as the North’s anthem was played at his gold medal story as the weightlifters carefully stick to the party pledged to support all North Korean athletes at the ceremony, he was firmly back on-message at his court per game. The basketball-mad seeded teams-China, South Korea, Taiwan, line and confine themselves to thanking the com- Games, led the raucous applause. “We are one. You press conference. Asked what was his first thought Philippines won the first of their four Thailand, Japan and India-who automatical- munist state’s supreme leader, Kim Jong-Un. are one of us,” they chanted in Korean, as each lifter after he lifted more than three times his body- straight Asian Games championships in ly qualify for the quarter-finals. The five With a large North Korean delegation making a from north of the heavily fortified border took to weight to set a new world record, he said: “I thought 1951, but have only managed one silver unseeded teams-Mongolia, Hong Kong, rare trip south for the Games, political sensitivities the stage. On Sunday, shouts of “Kim Un-Guk, Kim of Kim Jong-Un.” and two bronzes since-their last coming in Kazakhstan, Nepal and Qatar play in a pre- are raw between two ideologically opposed coun- Un-Guk” rang around the arena as they held up “With our leader Kim Jong-un’s teachings in 1998. Their hopes of ending that 16-year liminary round to decide the other two tries which remain technically at war. The weightlift- placards proclaiming “Kim Un-Guk is the best” in mind, I pledged to do my best,” he added. “I wanted barren run were dented when organizers quarter-finalists. — AFP ing, a North Korean forte, has attracted a vocal Korean. to break the record, and I worked hard to bring suc- group of red-clad cheerleaders yelling support for One cheerleader, Ha Jun-Tae, who described cess to Kim Jong-un.” Kim also stuck to the script on their “brothers”-as well as police wary of skirmishes himself as a local government official said: “We are Sunday. “Everybody aspires to a world record,” Kim with rival activists. It has made for a heady mix at here to support North Korean athletes because they said. “But it is all thanks to love and care by General Incheon’s Moonlight Festival Garden arena, and an are our brothers.” By the second day of the competi- Kim Jong-Un. “Only athletes like me can bear the atmosphere the visiting North Korean lifters have tion on Sunday, police had descended in numbers national flag in their bosom.” — AFP Pakistan squash star raises voice for equality

INCHEON: As a child Maria Toorpakay Wazir had to same region. But Pakistan’s number one women’s squash player dress as a boy to be able to play sport in Pakistan and As a child in the deeply conservative tribal area, believes the tide cannot now be turned back. now as the country’s number one women’s squash Toorpakay trained and competed as a boy. Girls were Toorpakay said her rise in international squash should player she says there is still too much resistance. forbidden in sport. Competing without a veil and in be an example to other young women in Pakistan. “I Toorpakay, competing at the Asian Games in South shorts was perceived as un-Islamic and the have to give them the same opportunity so that they Korea, vowed not to stop helping girls in Pakistan Toorpakays were threatened. Toorpakay at first com- become champions too,” she said. Toorpakay turned overcome discrimination and cultural obstacles even peted in weightlifting, frequently beating the boys at professional in 2006 and came third in the World though she has received threats for her work. “I feel tournaments. But her father made her switch to Junior Women’s Championship in 2009. “This is a that this is my responsibility,” said Toorpakay after she squash, where her gender was discovered. After being beautiful sport, and today I feel that God has given me was beaten by Hong Kong’s Annie Au in the women’s required to produce a birth certificate to play squash a chance to come up to such position,” she said. She singles late Sunday. “I have to raise my voice for the at the age of 16, the truth about Toorpakay came out vowed to help Pakistan’s women to emerge from the other girls.” Toorpakay’s family comes from Waziristan, and she was bullied by other players. Toorpakay said shadows through sport, saying it had helped her over- the lawless tribal area in northwest Pakistan bordering Pakistan is changing-but very slowly. “Always there are come her tough life in one of the world’s most danger- Afghanistan. Malala Yousafzai, the acclaimed people who do support this logic but there are people ous regions. “Squash is my lord and I’ve worked so teenaged activist for girls’ education, comes from the who still resist this logic,” she said. hard to get to this position,” she said. — AFP China shoot to world record after disqualification drama

INCHEON: China’s women set a world record in the where Iranian teenager Najmeh Khedmati won gold the Iranian team, who had been declared winners pri- INCHEON: Japan’s Yuya Yoshida (top) competes with Uzbekistan’s Dilshod Choriev Asian Games’ 10m air rifle team event yesterday after ahead of her friend and team-mate Narjes or to the appeal, had to settle for the silver with a (bottom) in the men’s -90kg judo final match yesterday. — AFP one of their shooters was disqualified but then rein- Emamgholinejad. “I was very sad when I was told I score of 1,245.9. South Korea took the bronze with stated following a heated appeal. Yi Siling, Wu Liuxi was disqualified, but my team-mates and coaches 1,241.6. and Zhang Binbin combined to score 1,253.8 points- backed me and said they would appeal,” she told just 0.1 points ahead of the previous mark of 1,253.7, reporters. “I just needed to control my emotions ‘We respect the decision’ Japan swim king Hagino also set by China, at the Asian shooting champi- going into the final.” But Iran hit back with a one-two in the individual onships in Tehran last year. Organizers declined to reveal reasons for the U- event as Khedmati, 18, beat a strong field including completes golden treble But China nearly missed out on both the gold turn by the jury, but one shooting official said the dis- reigning world and Olympic champion Yi Siling, who medal and the world record when Zhang was dis- qualification may have been due to a technical error. finished fifth. Khedmati and Emamgholinejad warmly qualified for shooting with a heavier rifle during the “I am just guessing, but it is possible the weight of hugged each other after the final, but played down INCHEON: Japan’s Kosuke Hagino fol- since 2006 by winning the 200m qualification round. She was eventually allowed to the rifle had been wrongly calculated,” the official, any suggestions that they had been robbed of the lowed his shock 200 meters freestyle breaststroke in a meet record time of compete after judges upheld her team’s vehement who did not want to be named, told AFP. The rein- team gold. “We respect the decision of the jury,” gold by adding titles in the 200m indi- 2:21.82, touching out countrywoman appeal, a lengthy process which delayed the individ- statement meant disappointment for Singapore, who Khedmati said. “We always play according to the vidual medley and the men’s 4x200m Rie Kaneto, who clocked 2:21.92. ual final for 30 minutes. A relieved Zhang then went were in the bronze medal position before the Chinese rules. The whole team is happy we won a gold and freestyle relay at the Asian Games yes- China’s Shi Jinglin took bronze in on to win a bronze medal in the individual event, appeal was upheld but had to settle for fourth. And two silvers today.” —AFP terday. After stunning heavyweights 2:23.58 behind the Japanese pair, who Sun Yang and Park Tae-Hwan on the finished in the same one-two order at opening day of swimming, Hagino pul- the Pan Pacific meeting in Gold Coast. verized the opposition to win the 200m An explosive start helped Japan’s Junya medley in an Asian record of one Koga retain the men’s 50m backstroke minute, 55.34 seconds. title in a new Games record of 24.28, Hagino, 20, who scored a pulsating edging out compatriot Ryosuke Irie victory over Michael Phelps at last (24.98), who had already captured the month’s Pan Pacific championships, 100m title, and China’s Xu Jiayu (25.24). won by more than three seconds from Junior world record-holder Shen Duo Japanese team-mate Hiromasa Fujimori won the women’s 100m freestyle for at the Incheon arena named after China in 54.37, short of the junior mark of South Korean star Park. 53.84 she posted at the recent Youth He swam the second leg as Japan Olympics. won the 4x200m freestyle relay in a Team-mate and defending champion new Games record of 7:06.74 - almost Tang Yi took silver in 54.45 with Japan’s 10 seconds clear of a China quartet Miki Uchida third in 54.66. China’s Asian missing Sun, who hurt his thumb in record-holder Lu Ying set a new Games Sunday’s 200m final. Japan finished the record of 25.83 to win the women’s 50m second day of competition in the pool butterfly title ahead of Singapore’s Tao Li with a 7-5 lead in gold medals over (26.28) and countrywoman Liu Lan powerhouse China. (26.72). Japan and China had split the six Hagino faces China’s reigning gold medals three apiece on the opening Olympic champion Sun and 2008 day on Sunday. China have dominated Olympic gold medallist Park again in the Asian Games swimming in recent INCHEON: Silver medalists Najmah Khedmat (left), Narjes Emamgholinejad Andevari (2nd left) and Elaheh Ahmadi (3rd left) of Iran, gold Tuesday’s 400m freestyle. Kanako years, winning 24 of the 38 golds at medalists Zhang Binbin (4th left), Yi Siling (center) and Wu Liuxi (4th right) of China, and bronze medalists Kim Seola (3rd right), Kim Gae-nam Watanabe became Japan’s first female Guangzhou in 2010, with Japan finishing (2nd right) and Jeong Mira of South Korea pose on the podium with their medals during the awards ceremony for the women’s 10m air rifle Asian Games swimming champion a distant second with nine. — AFP team final yesterday. — AFP Sun’s injury China defend blow rocks basketball with Asian Games new ‘Great Wall’

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CLEVELAND: Cleveland Browns strong safety Donte Whitner (31) breaks up a pass for Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Jacoby Jones (12) in the fourth quarter of an NFL football game on Sunday, Sept 21, 2014. (Right) PHILADELPHIA: Philadelphia Eagles’ Jason Peters (right) and Washington Redskins’ Chris Baker, (left) tussle after a fourth-quarter play as line judge Darryll Lewis tries to break it up during the NFL football game on Sunday, Sept 21, 2014. Both players were ejected. Philadelphia won 37-34. — AP Seahawks win again; Lions, Giants pull surprises

SEATTLE: Marshawn Lynch scored on a 6-yard Rice’s suspension. Following the game, set over the 2009-10 seasons. San Diego beat intercepted three of Ryan Fitzpatrick’s passes, run was nullified by a holding penalty. A play lat- run on the first possession of overtime as the Baltimore coach John Harbaugh addressed an Buffalo despite a depleted offensive backfield. and the special teams blocked a punt, setting up er, Wilfork grabbed the ball when Logan Ryan Seattle Seahawks beat the Denver Broncos 26- ESPN report that claims he wanted the team to Already missing starting running back Ryan Manning’s second TD. Fitzpatrick threw a 44- jarred it loose from intended receiver Denarius 20 in the NFL on Sunday in a Super Bowl immediately release Rice after he was arrested Mathews (right knee), the Chargers lost backup yard scoring pass to Damaris Johnson and ran Moore with 51 seconds left. The Patriots won rematch that lived up to expectations. Seattle for punching his then-fiancee. The report says Danny Woodhead to a right ankle injury. for another score for the Texans, who played their 12th home opener in 13 seasons, while the blew a 17-3 fourth-quarter lead, watching Harbaugh was overruled by owner Steve Woodhead did not return after being carted off without halfback Arian Foster (hamstring). Raiders lost their 15th straight game on the East Denver tie it at 20 on Peyton Manning’s 26-yard Bisciotti and general manager Ozzie Newsome. following a 1-yard run 31/2 minutes in. Fred Coast. They were held to three field goals by touchdown pass to Jacob Tamme with 18 sec- “I can tell you this, we work together in our Jackson scored on an 11-yard catch and run for BENGALS 33, TITANS 7 Sebastian Janikowski. Brady became the third onds left in regulation and his 2-point conver- organization,” Harbaugh said. Joe Flacco set up Buffalo, which blew an opportunity to get off to Andy Dalton caught a touchdown pass - the quarterback with 150 regular-season wins behind sion pass to Demaryius Thomas. But Manning Tucker’s winner with a 32-yard pass to Steve a 3-0 start for only the third time since 1993. first Bengals quarterback to pull off that feat - Brett Favre (186) and Peyton Manning, who came never saw the ball in overtime, thanks to Seattle Smith with 1:28 left. The Ravens then ran the and Cincinnati stayed undefeated with a victory into Sunday with 169. He is 57-5 in his last 62 quarterback Russell Wilson. After nearly getting clock down before bringing in Tucker, who split STEELERS 37, PANTHERS 19 over the Tennessee Titans. The Bengals head home games, including the playoffs. sacked for a safety and throwing an interception the uprights and sent the Browns to another Ben Roethlisberger threw two 7-yard touch- into their bye week with their best start in eight in the fourth quarter, Wilson was brilliant in tough loss. Along with the blown opportunities, down passes to Antonio Brown and Le’Veon Bell years and a chance to get some of their many LIONS 19, PACKERS 7 overtime, rushing for 21 yards and connecting the Browns had a fake play in which backup ran for 147 yards as Pittsburgh beat Carolina. injured players healthy. They got a lot of big Don Carey returned a fumble 40 yards for a on 4 of 6 passes. Lynch went the final 6 yards. quarterback Johnny Manziel fooled Baltimore’s The Steelers had gone eight quarters without a plays, a few breaks and plenty of help from a touchdown, and Detroit’s defensive front stuffed Manning led the rally for Denver, helped by a defense negated by a penalty. touchdown before Roethlisberger’s two scoring team dealing with the death of a long-time play- Green Bay, leading the Lions over Aaron Rodgers number of Seahawks mistakes. He was 31 of 49 strikes in the third. They were set up by Cam er. A few hours before kickoff, the Titans learned and the Packers. The Lions came in with a sec- for 303 yards and two touchdowns, but also COLTS 44, JAGUARS 17 Newton’s fumble and Bell’s 81-yard run. that kicker Rob Bironas had died overnight in a ondary unit decimated by injuries, but that threw a costly fourth-quarter interception. Andrew Luck threw four touchdown passes - Roethlisberger finished 22 of 30 for 196 yards, car crash in Nashville. He’d been released in didn’t much matter with Rodgers under con- Wilson finished 24 of 34 for 258 yards and two three of them in a lopsided first half - as and Brown had 90 yards receiving on 10 catches March after his ninth season with Tennessee. On stant pressure. He was sacked twice and threw touchdown passes, both late in the first half. Indianapolis dominated Jacksonville for its first to help the Steelers end Carolina’s eight-game the final play of the first quarter, Dalton flipped for only 162 yards, and Green Bay wasn’t any Lynch had 88 yards rushing and also caught a 5- win. It was a home opener to forget for the home winning streak. LeGarrette Blount ran for the ball to receiver Mohamed Sanu, who ran to better when running the ball. Reggie Bush yard TD pass. Jaguars, who trailed 30-0 at the break and 118 yards and the Steelers outrushed the his right while the quarterback sneaked toward added a 26-yard scoring run in the fourth quar- benched quarterback Chad Henne. The only Panthers 264-42. The Panthers were looking for the other side of the field. Sanu stopped and ter for Detroit, which had never beaten Green EAGLES 37, REDSKINS 34 positive for Jacksonville was getting rookie their first 3-0 start since 2003 - the year they threw a cross-field pass that hung in the air. Bay with Rodgers healthy for the whole game. Rookie Jordan Matthews, the receiver who Blake Bortles on the field. The third overall pick went to the Super Bowl. Cornerback Blidi Wreh-Wilson had a chance to The Packers managed only 223 yards of offense replaced DeSean Jackson in Philadelphia, in May’s NFL draft played the entire second half, pick it off or level the quarterback, but Dalton and lost despite forcing three turnovers. Detroit caught two touchdown passes as the Eagles finishing with two touchdown passes and two GIANTS 30, TEXANS 17 made the catch and ran 18 yards, diving inside linebacker Stephen Tulloch left with a knee beat Jackson and his Washington Redskins in a interceptions. He completed 14 of 24 passes for Rashad Jennings ran for a career-high 176 the pylon at the goal line to score. He was the injury that appeared to occur as he was cele- nasty game marred by a fourth-quarter brawl. 223 yards, including fourth-quarter scores to yards and a touchdown and Eli Manning threw first NFL quarterback to score on a catch since brating a sack. Jackson had his own big play, an 81-yard TD that Allen Hurns and Cecil Shorts III. Indianapolis two TD passes as the New York Giants overcame Kansas City’s Tyler Thigpen in 2008. tied it at 27. But it was not enough to offset made plays from start to finish, including Greg some early mistakes and beat the suddenly CARDINALS 23, 49ERS 14 Matthews and Jeremy Maclin, whose 27-yard Toler returning an interception 47 yards for a error-prone Houston Texans. The victory not PATRIOTS 16, RAIDERS 9 Drew Stanton threw a pair of third-quarter scoring reception gave Philadelphia the lead. touchdown with 2:58 to play. Luck did most of only put some life back into the Giants after two Tom Brady threw a touchdown pass and touchdown passes to rookie John Brown and Rookie Cody Parkey’s third field goal, a 51-yarder the damage, though. He completed 31 of 39 disappointing losses, it also ended any chance Stephen Gostkowski kicked three field goals as Arizona rallied to beat San Francisco, ending a with 5:55 remaining, put the game out of reach. passes for 370 yards. of a second straight horrible start for Tom the sluggish New England Patriots held on to four-game losing streak to the 49ers. Tommy Philadelphia’s Chris Polk had a 102-yard kickoff Coughlin’s team which opened 0-6 last season. beat the Oakland Raiders when defensive tackle Kelly blocked a field goal for the undefeated return. Kirk Cousins threw for 427 yards and SAINTS 20, VIKINGS 9 Victor Cruz made a 26-yard touchdown catch, Vince Wilfork intercepted a pass near his goal line. Cardinals, who outscored San Francisco 17-0 in three touchdowns for Washington. The game Drew Brees passed for 293 yards and two his first since Game 4 of last season. The defense Darren McFadden’s potential tying touchdown the second half. The 49ers mounted 80-yard was slowed by several injuries and disrupted by touchdowns as the New Orleans Saints won for touchdown drives the first two times they had a sideline brawl with about 10 minutes remain- the first time this season, taking their home the ball, then didn’t score again, blowing a half- ing after Eagles quarterback Nick Foles was opener against Minnesota. For the Vikings, the NFL results/standings time lead for the second week in a row. Stanton, blindsided by Chris Baker during an apparent loss capped a week of distractions as the club starting for injured Carson Palmer for the second interception return by Bashaud Breeland. Baker first announced that star running back Adrian San Diego 22, Buffalo 10; Cincinnati 33, Tennessee 7; Baltimore 23, Cleveland 21; Detroit 19, Green straight week, completed 18 of 33 for 244 yards and Philly left tackle Jason Peters were ejected. Peterson would play, then later changed course Bay 7; New Orleans 20, Minnesota 9; Indianapolis 44, Jacksonville 17; New England 16, Oakland 9; NY and two scores. Michael Floyd caught five for and said Peterson would leave the team indefi- Giants 30, Houston 17; Philadelphia 37, Washington 34; Dallas 34, St. Louis 31; Arizona 23, San 114 yards. The 49ers’ Colin Kaepernick complet- COWBOYS 34, RAMS 31 nitely to deal with child abuse allegations. Francisco 14; Kansas City 34, Miami 15; Seattle 26, Denver 20 (OT); Pittsburgh 37, Carolina 19. ed 29 of 37 for 245 yards and a touchdown and Terrance Williams scored the go-ahead Minnesota then lost starting quarterback Matt ran for another 54. touchdown late in the fourth quarter and Bruce Cassel with a toe injury early in the second quar- American Football Conference National Football Conference Carter returned an interception 25 yards for a TD ter. He was replaced by rookie Teddy AFC East NFC East CHIEFS 34, DOLPHINS 15 on the next snap as the Dallas Cowboys Bridgewater, who completed 12 of 20 for 150 W L T OTL PF PA PCT Philadelphia 3 0 0 0 101 78 1.000 Alex Smith shook off five sacks to throw three matched the largest comeback in team history yards while leading two scoring drives that both Buffalo 2 1 0 0 62 52 .667 Dallas 2 1 0 0 77 69 .667 touchdown passes and help the Kansas City to stun the St Louis Rams. DeMarco Murray’s 1- ended with field goals. New England 2 1 0 0 66 49 .667 NY Giants 1 2 0 0 58 77 .333 Chiefs earn their first victory by beating the yard run late in the first half began the rally for Brees’ scoring passes went for 34 yards to NY Jets 1 1 0 0 43 45 .500 Washington 1 2 0 0 81 64 .333 Miami Dolphins. Smith led touchdown drives of Dallas, which trailed 21-0. Dez Bryant caught a tight end Josh Hill and 18 yards to receiver Miami 1 2 0 0 58 83 .333 NFC North 62, 76 and 66 yards in a span of four possessions 68-yard scoring pass in the third quarter, and Marques Colston. It was the 64th time Brees and as Kansas City took leads of 14-0 and 21-10. The AFC North Detroit 2 1 0 0 61 45 .667 Carter’s first career interception and touchdown Colston connected for a score. Only six other Chiefs won for only the third time in their past Cincinnati 3 0 0 0 80 33 1.000 Chicago 1 1 0 1 48 43 .500 came not long after he was evaluated for con- quarterback-receiver tandems have combined 11 games, dating back to last season. The Baltimore 2 1 0 0 65 50 .667 Minnesota 1 2 0 0 50 56 .333 cussion-like symptoms on the bench. Janoris for more in NFL history. Pittsburgh 2 1 0 0 73 72 .667 Dolphins are off to another wobbly start for a Green Bay 1 2 0 0 54 79 .333 Jenkins’ 25-yard interception return, the fifth Cleveland 1 2 0 0 74 77 .333 team that hasn’t won a postseason game since NFC South defensive touchdown in his three seasons, put CHARGERS 22, BILLS 10 AFC South 2000. Smith, who ranked 35th and last in the the Rams up 21-0 with 6:06 to go in the first half. A week after throwing three touchdown Houston 2 1 0 0 64 50 .667 Carolina 2 1 0 0 63 58 .667 NFL in passing after two weeks, went 19 for 25 passes to tight end Antonio Gates to knock off Indianapolis 1 2 0 0 95 78 .333 Atlanta 2 1 0 0 103 72 .667 for 186 yards, with three of his in-completions RAVENS 23, BROWNS 21 the Seattle Seahawks, Philip Rivers hit Eddie Tennessee 1 2 0 0 43 69 .333 New Orleans 1 2 0 1 78 72 .333 dropped. He threw scoring passes of 11 and 4 With the Ray Rice domestic violence case lin- Royal for two scores in a win over the Buffalo Jacksonville 0 3 0 0 44 119 0 Tampa Bay 0 3 0 0 45 95 0 yards to Joe McKnight, and 20 yards to Travis gering over them, the Ravens pulled off a come- Bills. Royal scored on 3- and 5-yard receptions AFC West NFC West Kelce. The Chiefs were without seven starters, back win as Justin Tucker kicked a 32-yard field and finished with four catches 42 yards. Malcom Denver 2 1 0 1 75 67 .667 Arizona 3 0 0 0 66 45 1.000 including running back Jamaal Charles, who was as time expired to give Baltimore a victory over Floyd had two catches for 98 yards in a game San Diego 2 1 0 0 69 49 .667 Seattle 2 1 0 0 83 66 .667 inactive because of a high ankle sprain. Knile the Cleveland Browns. Tucker’s boot capped the Chargers never trailed. Rivers finished 18 of Kansas City 1 2 0 0 61 65 .333 San Francisco 1 2 0 0 62 68 .333 Davis, subbing for Charles, rushed for a career- another challenging week for the Ravens, who 25 for 256 yards and extended his touchdown Oakland 0 3 0 0 37 65 0 St. Louis 1 2 0 0 56 85 .333 high 132 yards on 32 carries, and he scored on a continue to be dogged by their handling of streak to 23 games to match the team record he 21-yard run. — AP Infiniti Al-Babtain welcomes arrival of QX70S Elite Sport in Kuwait Page 25 Business Al Mazaya Holding showcases promotion at Cityscape TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 Page 26 Kashmir’s famed Kuwait’s credit growth slowed in July carpets ruined in $5bn flood losses Page 22 Page 23

KUWAIT: Chairman Asaad Al-Banwan (second left) and CEO Scott Gegenheimer (left) with other officials attend the extraordinary general assembly of Zain Kuwait yesterday. Zain to amend articles of Dubai house prices soar association

KUWAIT: The extraordinary general assembly of Zain, to Manhattan peaks the leading telecommunication company in Kuwait , yesterday agreed to amend the articles of association. Chairman Asaad Al-Banwan and CEO Scott Gegenheimer attended the assembly. Economic rebound brings highest housing inflation in world Zain extraordinary general assembly has agreed to amend the articles of association in line with delegat- ed legislation No 97/2013, its bylaw and resolution No DUBAI: An economic rebound has catapulted UAE dirham ($517,388), which would be the ly torn by political upheaval and civil war has “We will probably move back to India next 25/2013 of the Board of Commissioners of Kuwait house prices and rents in Dubai to same for a prime community here.” lured tourists and foreign investors alike. year.” At an annual property exhibition in Capital Markets Authority (CMA) on the rules of issuing Manhattan-like peaks, the Gulf emirate’s top Dubai rents and house prices are estimat- Costs have kept rising and the emirate Dubai this week, state-linked companies corporate governance to be applied by companies property website says, forcing increasing ed to have increased broadly by some 30 per- jumped to 67th spot among the world’s most announced projects they estimated to be subject to CMA supervision, the company said in numbers of residents to move to its cheaper cent year-on-year, the highest growth rate in expensive cities to live in the world compared worth billions of dollars combined. Among statement. It added that the extraordinary assembly outskirts or even to consider returning home the world during the first half of 2014, accord- to the 90th position last year, according to the the units on display were mansions in central also agreed to issue bonds and sukuks (Islamic bonds) abroad. ing to various studies, while in some areas 2014 Mercer cost of living survey. The leap in Dubai priced at 75 million dirham each. by a value that does not exceed the ceiling legally per- Rents fell 1 percent in the third quarter price rises have been much steeper. Middle- living costs was attributed in part to a signifi- “There’s been an exceptional amount of mitted, after obtaining approval of relevant bodies. after 10 straight quarters of price rises, prop- and low-income expatriate families have suf- cant increase in expatriate rental accommo- interest for these mansions,” said Ajay 66,79 percent of shareholders attended today’s assem- erty consultants CBRE reported this week. But fered most from rocketing rents, often includ- dation costs. Rajendran, vice chairman of Sobha Group, bly. The assembly was originally slated for September the sustained cost of living surge has driven ing Indians and Pakistanis as well as expatri- Some rents in the Dubai marina, for exam- which is developing the project. The increase 10 but was then postponed as quorum did not com- hundreds of families to relocate to smaller ate Arabs and also some families from afflu- ple, jumped by more than 50 percent in activity is causing many - including the plete. — KUNA homes on the fringes of the opulent, highrise ent Western states. Construction workers usu- between August 2013 and February 2014. “I International Monetary Fund - to worry that urban canyon that soars out of empty desert. ally live in company accommodations but don’t save a thing,” said Abdul, a 33-year-old the Dubai market is overheating. A senior Research by Dubai website Dubizzle showed their families remain in their home countries. website programmer from Bangalore, India government official said on Sunday that ris- rents and house prices in Dubai’s prime loca- The property market in the city of 2.3 million who declined to give his full name. He relo- ing inflation needs to be controlled to ensure Burgan Bank to tions now match those in Manhattan. people rebounded in the last two years after cated with his wife last December to Dubai remains affordable. “We’re talking about $2,000 to $3,000 (a a more than 50 percent plunge in home Remraam, a new development built by Dubai The government has introduced some price Tier 1 month) for a rental in Manhattan,” said Ann prices from their peak in the aftermath of the Properties 30 km (20 miles) inland on the measures like increased transfer rates and Boothello, property product marketing man- 2008-09 global economic slowdown. desert periphery of the city. mortgage caps to control prices. These fig- bond today ager at Dubizzle, which attracted 2.4 million “We moved out here because it was the ured in the slight cooling of the market in the monthly visitors to its property pages in the Expensive safe haven cheapest area, but it will probably go up (in third quarter with average residential rents DUBAI: Kuwait’s Burgan Bank has attracted orders in third quarter. “For a one-bedroom apartment The oil-rich Gulf sheikhdom’s reputation as price) next year and we will have to move out falling by 1 percent, their first decline since excess of $500 million for a Tier 1 capital-boosting bond in Manhattan it would be about 1.9 million a solid safe haven in a Middle East increasing- of here too,” said Abdul. 2012, a CBRE report said. — Reuters which should price today, according to lead managers. Price guidance remains in the area of low/mid seven per- cent, the level indicated earlier in the day, an update from lead managers said. UAE appoints Mansouri as new CB governor The bond with a perpetual tenor can be bought back by the lender after the fifth year, and will be benchmark- ABU DHABI/DUBAI: Mubarak Rashid Al-Mansouri, an sized, traditionally understood to mean upwards of $500 investment fund chief picked yesterday as the United million. Order books opened earlier yesterday, with pricing Arab Emirates’ (UAE) new central bank governor, could set to happen later today, according to the document. further tighten the regulation of the banking sector, The lender, the Gulf Arab state’s third-largest by assets, bankers and analysts say. held roadshows in Asia, the United Arab Emirates and Mansouri’s appointment for a four-year term by UAE Europe in early September and had said would issue a President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan came as a bond subject to market conditions. The investor meetings surprise, as all the other current board members were were arranged by HSBC as global coordinator and Citi, JP confirmed in their posts. The change, announced in a Morgan and National Bank of Abu Dhabi as lead managers. presidential decree carried by the WAM state news The bond, which enhances the bank’s Tier 1 - or core - agency, comes less than two years after top Abu Dhabi capital, is being issued through a vehicle called Burgan Tier banker Khalifa Mohammed Al-Kindi became the new 1 Financing Ltd and will be guaranteed by Burgan Bank, central bank chairman in November 2012. Mansouri, the which is rated BBB+ by Standard and Poor’s and A3 stable chief executive of Emirates Investment Authority (EIA), a by Moody’s, the document showed. — Reuters federal investment fund with an estimated $15 billion worth of assets, replaces Sultan Nasser Al-Suweidi, who had been at the helm of the central bank since 1991. A Abu Dhabi bourse in senior Abu Dhabi banker described Mansouri, in his mid- 40s, as forward thinking, reserved by nature and close to talks over four IPOs royal Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, UAE Deputy Prime Minister, who is also the chairman of the EIA. DUBAI: Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) is in discus- “Having a young governor with experience in the sions with four companies about listing on the index, with financial area would be beneficial as modernization two potentially taking place before the end of the year, sweeps across the UAE’s banking sector,” said the banker, ADX Chief Executive Rashed Al-Baloushi said yesterday. who declined to be named due to sensitivity of the mat- Should the listings go ahead, they would the first on the ter. “Suweidi has been governor for over two decades exchange since 2009. and infusing young blood to lead the central bank is a July 2012 and no official announcement had since been much from the Fed, giving the new governor little room New flotations on the bourse had been held back by welcome change. Mansouri hopefully should bring more made about an extension. An advocate of developing the for flexibility. “It will have no impact on monetary policy, low investor confidence after the index slumped in the dynamism and changes in the UAE’s banking sector,” he local bond market, Suweidi helped steer the UAE through clearly, but could affect regulatory policy in theory,” said wake of the global financial crisis and a local real estate said without elaborating. the 2008 global crisis and tightened some regulations an economist, who declined to be named because of the crash, as well as an unfavorable regulatory regime that Mansouri, who served as a central bank board mem- such as introducing mortgage caps in 2012. sensitivity of the matter. “I suspect if at all, there will be pushed Abu Dhabi companies to seek listings in London. ber in the past, also sits on the board of the stock market Mansouri’s appointment will become effective with tougher restrictions on lending and the real estate sector, But with the economy of the wider United Arab Emirates, regulator, the Securities and Commodities Authority, as the publication in the official gazette, the WAM said. The and to GREs (government-related entities). But in reality, of which Abu Dhabi is the largest constituent, rebounding well as telecom operator Etisalat, Abu Dhabi Securities central bank chairman, who heads board meetings and these decisions are made at the top level and fed to the and the ADX recovering ground lost after the crash, senti- Exchange and some other Abu Dhabi entities. has the final say on policy decisions, is involved in strate- central bank, so I am not sure it makes much of a differ- ment has improved to the point where new listings are “He definitely has a good knowledge and experience gic decision-making, while the governor steers the bank’s ence who is at the helm,” he said. possible. “We are cooperating with other companies that of the central bank’s functionality, as he was a board day-to-day operations and represents it at high-level The UAE economy has recovered strongly from the we know are going to go public. We are expecting a couple member for some years,” said a prominent UAE govern- international events. 2009-2010 Dubai debt crisis, although some banks still of them to be listed on the ADX before the end of this year,” ment official. face provisioning issues. The International Monetary Baloushi told reporters on the sidelines of an investment “It is early days to say about the impact he could cre- Policy impact Fund has warned repeatedly about a risk of another event in Dubai. Baloushi wouldn’t be drawn on the names ate but he is a strong candidate for the post and will be a As long as the UAE keeps its dirham currency pegged property bubble after house prices in Dubai soared by 30 of the four companies with which it is holding talsk, force to reckon with,” he said. Suweidi’s term expired in to the US dollar, the central bank is unlikely to diverge percent over the past year. — Reuters though he said that the two that could list this year are in the financial sector. —Reuters TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 BUSINESS News Kuwait’s credit growth slowed in July in brief

Saudi’s NCB to start NBK ECONOMIC REPORT IPO next month DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s National Commercial Bank will KUWAIT: Credit growth weakened in July over the last 12 months. We can expect begin its much-anticipated initial share sale next following a particularly strong showing non-banks financials to see further month, a statement to the kingdom’s stock market said the prior month. While household credit declines in credit in the coming year or so, yesterday. The initial public offering (IPO), expected to was weaker due to seasonal factors, credit particularly as investment companies be one of the largest ever in the Gulf region, will see 300 to non-financial businesses was the main reduce their debt levels further. reason behind loan growth weakness. Most of the weakness in the month million shares - equivalent to 15 percent of the lender - Still, we expect credit growth to strength- was in non-financial business credit. This offered to Saudi investors between Oct 19 and Nov 2, en during the remaining months of 2014, fell by KD 247 million, with growth slow- the statement said. A further 10 percent of the bank, and clock in an average rate upwards of 8 ing to 7.3 percent y/y. The drop in credit Saudi Arabia’s largest by assets, will be placed with state percent for the year. Meanwhile, large was largely in loans for the purchase of fund the Public Pension Agency at the same time. The seasonal sight deposit withdrawals saw securities (-KD 201 million), the real estate price at which shares will be sold will be disclosed in the the monetary supply contract. Interest sector (-KD 46 million) and “other” sectors company’s prospectus, which will be published “within rates remained stable. (-KD 56 million); some of these reversed sufficient time prior to the start of the subscription peri- Credit growth slowed in July as total large increases the month before. Trade, od,” it added. credit shrank during the month. Year-on- industry, construction and oil & gas all year (y/y) growth slowed to 7.4 percent saw positive growth in July. following a strong month in June. Credit Money supply growth eased in July as Dubai airport passenger dropped by KD 218 million during the private deposits saw large seasonal traffic jumps 10.8% month, the largest decline in over four declines. M2 was off by KD 769 million, as DUBAI: Passenger traffic through Dubai’s main years. Household credit growth was on July coincided with Ramadan and the Eid airport jumped an annual 10.8 percent to a the weaker side, but the weakness came holidays this year, slowing growth to 6.6 largely from lending for the purchase of percent y/y. KD site deposits decreased by record 6.6 million people in August as the hub securities and the real estate sector. KD 520 million and foreign currency returned to its full capacity after a runway Household debt was weaker than usu- deposits were off by KD 250 million. upgrade, operator Dubai Airports said yester- al, though this may have been due to Growth in the narrower measure of mon- day. Dubai International, one of the world’s reduced activity in Ramadan and the Eid ey supply, M1, also eased to 17.7 percent. busiest airports, cut back flights by about 26 holidays. Personal facilities ex-securities Government deposits were also down by percent for a period of 80 days from May 1 as were up only KD 59 million, as y/y growth KD 141 million in July. both its runways were in turn refurbished and easing to 12.7 percent. Some of the weak- Average customer deposit rates on upgraded. Normal service resumed on July 21. ness is due to the settlement of Family dinar time deposits remained mostly Passenger numbers rose 5.7 percent to 46.48 Fund loans, which may be taking around unchanged in July. The average rate on million people in the first eight months of the two percentage points off y/y growth, the 12-month time deposits rose a basis year. Cargo volume in August rose 4.3 percent and possibly compounded by seasonal point to 1.19 percent, while average rates to 192,902 tons, while in the first eight months, factors. on the 3-month, 6-month, and 9-month volume totaled 1.56 million tons, down 2.2 per- Credit to non-bank financials declined time deposits were unchanged at 0.59 cent. All dedicated freighter services moved in July, with the sector continuing to see a percent, 0.78 percent, and 0.98 percent. permanently to Al-Maktoum International, cycle of deleveraging. Sector credit KD interbank rates edged higher, with the Dubai’s other major airport, by May 1. shrank by KD 30 million. The deleveraging 1-month KIBOR offer rate up by 2 points has seen total credit drop by 15.6 percent to reach 0.99 percent.

Egyptian pound steady on official market Yemen foreign CAIRO: Egypt’s pound held steady at a central bank dol- Tesco cuts profit outlook lar sale yesterday, with the bank saying it sold $38.4 mil- reserves up despite lion at a cut-off price of 7.1401 pounds per dollar, unchanged from Thursday’s rate. In the unofficial mar- again and suspends staff oil export plunge ket, the pound was weaker, trading at 7.44 to the dollar, compared to 7.35 on Thursday. The rate for dollar sales DUBAI: Yemen’s gross foreign currency reserves has stayed in a tight range since the beginning of June, LONDON: Tesco cut its profit forecast Tesco to operate with integrity and wrong by overstating income and rose $427 million in July, marking the second after the bank allowed the pound to weaken in May. for the third time this year yesterday transparency and we will take decisive understating costs. “Tesco has identified monthly increase in a row despite a sharp fall in oil The central bank offered $40 million yesterday. The and suspended four members of staff action as the results of the investigation an overstatement of its expected profit export receipts, central bank data showed. Sanaa’s rates at which banks are allowed to trade dollars are after finding a fault in its accounts, become clear.” for the half year, principally due to the currency reserves have been shrinking since determined by the results of central bank sales, giving another blow to the reputation of Shore Capital analyst Clive Black said accelerated recognition of commercial September 2012 when the impoverished Arabian the bank effective control over official exchange rates. Britain’s biggest grocer. The company’s he was “flabbergasted” by the latest income and delayed accrual of costs,” it Peninsula nation received a $1 billion loan from shares fell 12 percent after Tesco said it development and was reviewing his announced, adding some of the impact Saudi Arabia following frequent attacks on oil had called in new accountants to inves- current recommendation to hold the included “in-year timing differences”. pipelines that deprived the state of revenue. tigate an error that forced it to cut its company’s shares. Accrual accounting requires that a Its finances have also deteriorated with the gov- Moroccan inflation first-half profit outlook by 250 million Tesco said it was working to establish company record its payments as soon as eases to 0.3% in Aug ernment fighting al Qaeda militants and other rebel pounds ($408.50 million). A profit warn- the extent of the issues and the impact it places an order with its suppliers groups. The state depends on crude sales to cover RABAT: Morocco’s consumer price inflation eased ing on Aug. 29 had overstated expected they might have on its full-year profit. “It rather than when it subsequently pays up to 70 percent of its budget. to an annual 0.3 percent in August as food prices first half profit by 23 percent, it said. looks like it’s substantially a first half for it. “Such an announcement is not the fell, the High Planning Authority said yesterday. The error - caused by an early book- year (issue) and has more to do with stuff of a well operated FTSE-100 organi- Sanaa earned just $149 million from exporting Inflation came down from 0.4 percent in July. The ing of revenue and delayed recognition timing, of when income is recognized,” zation,” said Shore Capital’s Black. its crude in July, nearly 43 percent less than in the food price index fell 3 percent in the 12 months of costs - had been discovered during said Lewis. “This development may raise, indeed previous month and 36 percent down from the through August. Non-food prices rose 2.2 percent preparation for its forthcoming interim Tesco has appointed a new tax advis- must raise, much more fundamental same period last year, the central bank’s monthly on the year, after rising 1.8 percent in July. Health results, Tesco said. Their publication has er Deloitte to undertake an independ- questions over the chairman’s (Richard report showed. But at the same time, gross reserves expenses fell 1.1 percent while transport costs now been pushed back from Oct.1 to ent and comprehensive review of the Broadbent) position and the nature, rose 9 percent to $5.2 billion when compared with rose 4.2 percent as the government cut subsidies Oct 23 by the firm’s new chief executive issues, working closely with Freshfields, composition and extent of the board.” the previous month. That level is enough to secure on diesel. On a month-on-month basis, the con- Dave Lewis, who said yesterday that an its external legal advisers. Tesco’s cur- Broadbent said he did not intend to five months of imports, up from 4.6 months in June sumer price index rose 0.6 percent in August after “informed employee” had notified rent auditor PwC, which has worked for resign. “Shareholders I’m sure will but bellow 7.6 months on average Yemen saw in rising 0.1 percent in July. Food prices rose 0.3 per- Tesco’s legal team of the accounting it since 1983, declined to comment. decide...whether I’m part of the solution 2007-2013. cent on the month and non-food prices rose 0.7 issue on Friday. Lewis told reporters four The grocer said last month it expect- or part of the problem. But my intention The central bank did not explain the July rise in Tesco employees had been “asked to ed trading profit for the six months end- is to continue being part of the solu- percent. reserves. When deducting liabilities, which include step aside” while investigations contin- ing Aug. 23 to be in the region of 1.1 bil- tion.” Bernstein analyst Bruno Monteyne the Saudi deposit, the reserve cushion is much low- ue, but had not been disciplined. He lion pounds. The new forecast of 850 said the bringing in of Freshfields er, at $4.0 billion in July. Overall, the banking system said it was too soon to say whether this million pounds means group trading “implies there is potential foul play, held $6.3 billion in net foreign assets. NBO picks banks for was a case of fraud. profit has nearly halved from the 1.6 bil- beyond simple account stretching.” Yemen, the second-poorest Arab nation after potential bond sale The BBC and Sky News reported that lion pounds it recorded in the compara- Lewis, who succeeded the ousted Phil Mauritania, has relied on financial aid from abroad, DUBAI: National Bank of Oman, the sultanate’s second- Chris Bush, the managing director of ble period last year. Clarke on Sept. 1, is currently the firm’s which has been slow to arrive partly due to political largest lender by assets, has picked four banks for a Tesco’s UK business, was one of the four. Under its previous chief executive only executive director. instability. Lewis declined to comment on Bush but Phil Clarke, Tesco issued three profit Alan Stewart was named as Tesco’s potential US dollar-denominated benchmark bond Earlier this month, the International Monetary said Robin Terrell, the firm’s multi-chan- warnings in two and a half years as it new chief financial officer on July 10 but issue, a document from arranging banks said yesterday. Fund approved $553 million in financial assistance The bank has mandated Credit Agricole, HSBC , National nel director, had stepped in to run the lost UK market share to fast-growing does not start until Dec 1. With a market UK business. German discounters Aldi and Lidl as valuation of 18.8 billion pounds and to Yemen, which the government hopes will bring Bank of Abu Dhabi, and Standard Chartered to arrange in more donor funds. The IMF expected in April investor meetings in the Middle East, Europe and Asia “We have uncovered a serious issue well as upmarket rivals Waitrose and over 500,000 employees, Tesco had and have responded accordingly. The Marks & Spencer. been the darling of the sector during Yemen’s budget deficit to shrink to 6.7 percent of starting on September 25. A Reg S only bond offering chairman and I have acted quickly to two decades of uninterrupted earnings gross domestic product this year from 7.1 percent may follow subject to market conditions, the source establish a comprehensive independent ‘Fundamental questions’ growth. Since the profit warnings and in 2013, which was the biggest shortfall since said. National Bank of Oman is rated BBB plus by Fitch investigation,” he said. “The board, my Tesco explained in a statement yes- loss of market shares its share price had 2009. — Reuters and A3 by Moody’s. colleagues, our customers and I expect terday that it had got its numbers fallen to decade-lows. — Reuters EXCHANGE RATES

Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. UAE Exchange Centre WLL Syrian Pound 2.830 Sierra Leone 0.000063 0.000069 Nepalese Rupees 3.925 Singapore Dollar 0.224104 0.230104 South African Rand 0.019979 0.028479 ASIAN COUNTRIES Malaysian Ringgit 89.855 COUNTRY SELL DRAFT SELL CASH Chinese Yuan Renminbi 47.310 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001905 0.002485 Japanese Yen 2.648 Australian Dollar 238.85 235.85 Thai Bhat 9.925 Taiwan 0.009414 0.009594 Indian Rupees 4.739 Canadian Dollar 267.40 268.40 Turkish Lira 129.290 Thai Baht 0.008617 0.009167 Pakistani Rupees 2.801 Swiss Franc 311.51 309.51 Arab Srilankan Rupees 2.208 Euro 373.51 374.51 Bahraini Dinar 0.757733 0.765733 Nepali Rupees 2.968 US Dollar 287.50 290.50 Bahrain Exchange Company Egyptian Pound 0.038892 0.041992 Singapore Dollar 228.110 Sterling Pound 473.88 476.88 Iranian Riyal 0.000080 0.000081 Hongkong Dollar 37.169 Japanese Yen 2.69 2.708 Iraqi Dinar 0.000186 0.000246 Bangladesh Taka 3.714 Bangladesh Taka 3.715 3.985 CURRENCY BUY SELL Jordanian Dinar 0.402246 0.409746 Philippine Peso 6.488 Indian Rupee 4.742 5.042 Europe Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Thai Baht 8.968 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.207 2.642 Belgian Franc 0.007496 0.008496 Lebanese Pound 0.000140 0.000240 Irani Riyal transfer 0.271 Nepali Rupee 2.965 3.500 British Pound 0.463842 0.472842 Moroccan Dirhams 0.023394 0.047394 Irani Riyal cash 0.273 Pakistani Rupee 2.810 2.790 Czech Korune 0.005414 0.017414 Nigerian Naira 0.001160 0.001795 GCC COUNTRIES UAE Dirhams 78.34 78.81 Danish Krone 0.045647 0.050647 Omani Riyal 0.742284 0.747964 Saudi Riyal 76.857 Bahraini Dinar 765.20 767.27 Euro 0.364596 0.372596 Egyptian Pound 40.21 40.81 Norwegian Krone 0.041292 0.046492 Qatar Riyal 0.078424 0.079637 Qatari Riyal 79.192 Saudi Riyal 0.076190 0.076890 Omani Riyal 748.700 Jordanian Dinar 409.17 414.82 Romanian Leu 0.084403 0.084403 Omani Riyal 747.67 754.97 Syrian Pound 0.001706 0.001926 Bahraini Dinar 765.510 Slovakia 0.008343 0.018343 Qatari Riyal 79.40 79.94 Tunisian Dinar 0.158761 0.166761 UAE Dirham 78.491 Swedish Krona 0.036248 0.041248 Saudi Riyal 76.80 77.20 Turkish Lira 0.131174 0.138174 ARAB COUNTRIES Swiss Franc 0.300070 0.310270 Turkish Lira 0.131174 0.138174 UAE Dirhams 0.077457 0.078606 Egyptian Pound - Cash 41.400 Yemeni Riyal 0.001300 0.001380 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 40.208 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Australasia Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.345 Australian Dollar 0.248763 0.260263 Tunisian Dinar 163.040 New Zealand Dollar 0.228346 0.237846 Rate for Transfer Selling Rate America Al Mulla Exchange Jordanian Dinar 407.010 US Dollar 287.850 Canadian Dollar 0.257682 0.266182 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 1.934 Canadian Dollar 266.330 US Dollars 0.284000 0.288700 Syrian Lira 2.054 Sterling Pound 471.395 Currency Transfer Rate (Per 1000) Morocco Dirham 33.894 Euro 371.320 US Dollars Mint 0.284500 0.288700 US Dollar 287.550 Asia EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Swiss Frank 307.085 Euro 372.100 Bangladesh Taka 0.003294 0.003894 US Dollar Transfer 288.100 Bahrain Dinar 766.165 Pound Sterlng 472.000 Chinese Yuan 0.045461 0.048961 Euro 371.940 UAE Dirhams 78.350 Canadian Dollar 264.100 Hong Kong Dollar 0.035077 0.037827 Sterling Pound 472.480 Qatari Riyals 79.945 Indian Rupee 4.735 Indian Rupee 0.004413 0.004814 Canadian dollar 264.550 Saudi Riyals 77.020 Egyptian Pound 40.190 Jordanian Dinar 406.575 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000020 0.000026 Turkish lira 129.110 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.206 Egyptian Pound 40.204 Japanese Yen 0.002560 0.002740 Swiss Franc 308.130 Bangladesh Taka 3.705 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.210 Kenyan Shilling 0.003342 0.003242 Australian Dollar 267.180 Philippines Peso 6.480 Indian Rupees 4.737 Korean Won 0.000266 0.000281 US Dollar Buying 286.900 Pakistan Rupee 2.800 Pakistani Rupees 2.804 Malaysian Ringgit 0.085533 0.091533 GOLD Bahraini Dinar 765.650 Bangladesh Taka 3.715 Nepalese Rupee 0.002972 0.003142 20 Gram 232.505 UAE Dirham 78.350 Philippines Pesso 6.477 Pakistan Rupee 0.002687 0.002967 10 Gram 118.950 Saudi Riyal 76.750 Cyprus pound 707.020 Philippine Peso 0.006410 0.006690 5 Gram 60.155 Japanese Yen 3.645 *Rates are subject to change TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 BUSINESS Valls tells Germans France isn’t EU’s ‘sick child’

BERLIN: France’s Manuel Valls used his think all of Europe agrees on that,” she first visit to Berlin as prime minister yes- added. A decade ago both of Europe’s terday to try to convince Germany his largest economies reneged on promises government is serious about making its to reduce their public deficits, but Berlin economy more competitive, declaring has since got its house in order via labor that France “is not the sick child of market reforms while France has missed Europe”. at least three further deficit targets. Chancellor Angela Merkel praised the Earlier this month Paris acknowledged reform steps he outlined but said it was it would not bring its deficit down below up to the European Commission to judge the EU limit of 3 percent of national out- whether Paris should be granted yet put until 2017. Initially, it had pledged to more time to bring its public deficit down do so by 2013, before winning a reprieve to EU treaty limits. until 2015. European Union officials and the European Central Bank are pressing France ‘KRANKREICH’ to step up economic reforms and budget Mass circulation daily Bild greeted consolidation and Germany to increase Valls with the headline “Krankreich flop, public investment as part of a strategy to Deutschland top” - a play on his country’s revive a stagnant euro zone economy. name meaning “sick France”. It gloated But deeply unpopular French about Germany’s edge in jobs, tax and President Francois Hollande last week pension reforms and public finances. ruled out scrapping the 35-hour work Bild’s tone was light-hearted but week, raising pensions or cutting the Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble minimum wage, while Berlin’s finance was in earnest when he said en route to a minister rebuffed pressure to spend more G20 meeting in Australia that Berlin saw on infrastructure. “not much leeway from the demand side After a working lunch with the conser- and from monetary policy to support sus- vative chancellor, Valls told a joint news tainable growth”. conference France would find a way to Germany is under pressure to let the emulate Germany’s progress from “sick euro-zone ease fiscal austerity and pro- man of Europe” a decade ago to the vide an impetus to growth across the growth engine of the euro-zone, as long region by stimulating its own economy as Berlin supported French calls for a via government spending or tax cuts. SRINAGAR: A Kashmiri store employee inspects the flood-damaged clothing material at a garment shop in a godown in Srinagar boost to demand. “I understand the Schaeuble emphasized instead the yesterday. —AFP doubts and questions of the German peo- need for sustainable fiscal policies to ple, its representatives and sometimes the underpin growth and ruled out tapping press - many who say, essentially, ‘We suf- unused euro zone bailout funds to boost Kashmir’s famed carpets fered through reforms and the French investment. aren’t capable of it. And if they don’t do it Valls’s two-day German visit is meant it’s not good for Germany’,” he said. to send a business-friendly signal, with “Germans like the French when they visits to Franco-German planemaker ruined in $5bn flood losses keep to their promises. And the French Airbus in Hamburg and the German like the Germans when they try to under- industrial heartland around Stuttgart. stand them.” Merkel was complimentary But officials in Berlin said ahead of the Cost of economic devastation could touch $5bn about French efforts to restore lost com- trip Paris must try harder on reforms. petitiveness and reduce spending, but France’s two main reform projects are a SRINAGAR: Caked with mud and soaked in putrid Valley’s 500,000 traders under-insured their stock. ‘Now everything is gone’ said it was up to Brussels to evaluate draft “law on growth” to deregulate servic- water, Qazi Mohammad Yahya’s ruined handmade Mir himself runs a steel fabrication plant Another shopkeeper who sells saffron and oth- them. es and sectors such as the law and phar- carpets and Pashmina shawls reflect Indian employing 100 people. “I can’t support my staff er spices said he had sold off his wife’s gold jew- “Manuel Valls just presented his reform macies, and easing payroll taxes and red Kashmir’s economic devastation from the region’s under the circumstances,” he said. ellery just before the floods to buy up more stock agenda, and I think this is an impressive tape on companies. worst floods in a century. Mir said many business owners including farm- to cash in on the marriage season. number of measures that France is under- Both have sparked protest from trade More than 450 people were killed when the ers lost financial records, making it difficult for them “That doubled my loss,” Abdul Lateef said. taking,” she said. “I see these great efforts, unions and the left. Valls, a centrist within floods, triggered by heavy monsoon rains, swept to seek help from banks and other financial institu- A few shops down, jeweller Pervez Ahmed and the evaluation of these will be up to President Francois Hollande’s Socialist this month through the Himalayan region and into tions. “Businesses need to rebuild fast for which lib- was sifting through mounds of silt for some of the European Commission. party, survived a confidence vote last neighboring Pakistan, leaving hundreds of villages eral institutional help is a must,” Mir said. Many busi- the three kilograms (nearly seven pounds) of “France is at a very exciting phase with week but further bids to rein in spending submerged and tens of thousands of residents ness owners were among the tens of thousands gold ornaments that had been displayed in many reforms which are absolutely nec- or enact reforms could be hostage to left- homeless. As the waters recede and the clean up essary and go in the right direction, I ist rebels. —Reuters finally begins, business owners, including those selling Indian Kashmir’s most famous exports, are beginning to count their losses-at least $5 billion by conservative estimates. “My 35 years of earning is gone,” Yahya said out- side his home in the picturesque region’s main city of Srinagar as water-logged carpets collected from one of his showrooms were unloaded from a truck. “The loss is incalculable,” a grim-faced Yahya added, star- ing at muddy bundles of what had been handspun fine cashmere wool to make Pashmina shawls. “Most of my finest carpets are lying elsewhere in the flood- ed city.” Kashmir carpets have traditionally been a major earner for the region, whose generations of weavers toil for months on wooden looms to pro- duce single intricate pieces that sell for thousands of dollars in the West. Carpets and other handicraft businesses have long thrived even as the troubled Muslim-majority region has endured an insurgency against Indian rule in favor of independence or merger with Pakistan. A Kashmiri store employee sorts flood-damaged stock at a garment shop in Srinagar But scores of carpet showrooms now lie under water after Srinagar’s Dal Lake burst its banks, send- on September 18, 2014. More than 450 people were killed when the floods, triggered ing residents fleeing for higher ground. Many of the by heavy monsoon rains, swept this month through the Himalayan region and into handlooms have also been destroyed and hun- neighbouring Pakistan, leaving hundreds of villages submerged and tens of thousands dreds of people are out of work. “It may take one of residents homeless. As the waters recede and the clean up finally begins, business BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) reacts as she and French year to recover, it may take 50. It depends on Allah,” owners, including those selling Indian Kashmir's most famous exports, are beginning prime minister Manuel Valls leave after a joint press conference at the end of the 55-year-old Yahya who travels to Europe, to count their losses -- at least $5 billion by conservative estimates. —AFP a meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin yesterday. —AFP Southeast Asia and the US every year to sell his car- pets. who also lost their homes. his showroom. “Minimum documents, minimum time (to pro- “I have not been able to salvage more than 10 Saudi dips ahead of NCB ‘Everything is gone’ vide financial help) is the key,” he said. percent,” said Ahmed who has three showrooms in From carpets and saffron, another famed In one of Srinagar’s main and oldest markets, the market. “Banks and insurance offices are locked Kashmir export, to apples, walnuts and gold jew- Maharaj Bazar, mounds of ruined dried fruits and and under water. No one is coming here to assess flotation; Gulf mixed ellery, business owners are returning to their flood- other goods line the road as shopkeepers begin the our losses,” he said. wrecked shops to find tons of goods gone or massive cleanup. The stench of rotting foodstuff Outside of Srinagar, farms which have long pro- destroyed. “Our most conservative estimate of loss hangs in the air. duced Kashmir apples, pears, walnuts and other MIDEAST STOCK MARKETS is at least 30,000 crore rupees ($5 billion),” said “We had stocked to the fullest for the peak of food are also ruined. The state government, criti- Ashraf Mir, president of the Federation Chambers of marriage season in Kashmir,” said shopkeeper cized for its slow response to the disaster, said last DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s bourse posted its foreign fund inflows at the end of last Industries Kashmir (FCIK). Mehraj-u-Din, as he loaded sacks of soiled almonds, week more than 80,000 hectares (200,000 acres) of biggest decline in three months yester- week, which were linked to the S&P Dow “Our main commercial hub (in Srinagar) was the cashew nuts, saffron and dates onto a truck to be crops and orchards have been destroyed in worst hit,” Mir said, adding that the figures were thrown into the nearby Jhelum river which is finally Baramulla, just one of 10 Kashmir districts, which day as investors started to book profits Jones’ upgrade of the two countries to likely to be higher because most of the Kashmir receding. was only mildly hit by the floods. —AFP and set aside cash for next month’s flota- emerging market status and also to tion of National Commercial Bank (NCB), changes in FTSE indexes. the kingdom’s largest bank by assets. Dubai inched up 0.1 percent. Emaar Unions reject Air France plan; strike to continue NCB will sell 15 percent of its shares to Properties was the main support, rising PARIS: Unions representing strik- and an attempt “to put out a fire by numbers to 20 million by 2017 and compete with each other for jobs. the public and place a further 10 percent 0.4 percent to 11.65 dirhams. SICO yes- ing French pilots yesterday rejected blowing on the embers”. The small- developing a significant part of the In each hub where Transavia oper- with a state fund, it said on Sunday. The terday upped its target price for the Air France-KLM’s move to delay the er of the two main pilots union, business outside France. ates, pilots would work under local initial public offering is expected to be stock to 13.30 dirhams with an “add” rat- contested roll-out of its low-cost SPAF, said it also rejected the man- The dispute highlights discrep- employment terms, which entail one of the largest ever in the Gulf region. ing. operations and vowed to stay on agement position. Facing an array ancies in wages, labor conditions higher wages and more favourable The main Saudi index fell 1.2 percent, Abu Dhabi fell 0.5 percent as major strike in defence of French pay and of low-cost European rivals, Air and welfare coverage between conditions in France than in, for its largest drop since June 16 in a broad lenders Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank and conditions. France announced this month that European countries which are theo- example, Portugal The manage- The strike over the proposed it planned to beef up Transavia, retically part of a single market for ment statement stressed that sell-off. The benchmark was up 29 per- First Gulf Bank fell 1.2 and 0.5 percent expansion of the group’s Transavia more than doubling passenger goods and services, but in fact developing its own low-cost service cent this year to Sunday’s close, with respectively. Qatar’s benchmark slipped unit started on Sept. 15, with the was vital to the carrier’s financial nearly half of those gains made after July 0.1 percent and appeared to ignore com- airline estimating that the dispute health. 22, when the kingdom’s regulator said it ments by FIFA Executive Committee was costing it up to 20 million “To remain in the race in Europe, would open the stock market to direct member Theo Zwanziger who said he euros ($25.7 million) a day. we have no alternative than to rap- foreign investment early next year. “I believed the 2022 World Cup would not Aiming to avert what he called idly expand Transavia,” it said. think the Saudi market was due for a cor- be held in Qatar, as currently planned. “catastrophic consequences” for the Among union demands are that company, CEO Alexandre de Juniac Transavia employ pilots under Air rection,” said Shakeel Sarwar, head of FIFA officials, contacted by Reuters, said he would postpone until the France terms. The company has asset management at Securities & said Zwanziger, who had cited Qatar’s end of the year plans to create new rejected these, and said on Monday Investment Co (SICO) in Bahrain. scorching summer heat as the reason, foreign hubs for Transavia in an they would “inevitably lead “Short-term retail investors are taking was not giving the official view of the effort to buy time for detailed talks. Transavia France to failure”. profits, I don’t think there’s anything to Executive Committee. But in a statement, he also said The main SNPL union has worry about.” Fund managers think Qatar is very there had been no progress in talks already extended strike action to The kingdom’s stock market will be unlikely to lose the hosting rights and, with the unions and threatened to Sept. 26. SPAF has extended its abandon a 2007 deal on a staged strike to Sept. 24 with an option to closed for a national holiday today. UAE, even if it does, the effect on its economy rollout for Transavia in France, mov- prolong it further. Earlier, the QATAR Elsewhere in the region, most would be small. But such a move may ing instead more quickly to add French government renewed an markets moved little as investors affect the mood of retail investors who planes and recruit pilots regardless. appeal for a quick end to the strike appeared to be preparing for the Muslim dominate the market. Kuwait’s main Air France, a part of the Air France- and urged management to “clarify” holiday of Eid Al-Adha which is expected index edged up 0.2 percent. Kuwaiti KLM group, said it expected 41 per- things. to keep markets closed for most of the National Real Estate Company rose 1.3 cent of its flights to operate yester- “Service must resume now,” first full week of October. percent after the firm said on Sunday it day, adding that it would have to Jean-Marie Le Guen, minister in CEO of Air France -KLM Alexandre de Juniac (left) and Air France charge of relations with parliament, Bourses in the United Arab Emirates had agreed to restructure KD154.4 mil- review its 2014 earnings targets once the dispute finished. general director Frederic Gagey give a press conference yester- said ahead of the latest round of and Qatar were steady. They had gained lion ($537.6 million) of debt owed to an The pilots union SNPL called de day in Paris, as Air France’ pilots continue a strike against the talks due yesterday between unions and then pulled back following one-off unidentified local bank. —Reuters Juniac’s proposal “unacceptable” company’s plan to develop its low-cost subsidiary. —AFP and management. —Reuters BUSINESS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 China slowdown worries hit stocks, commodities

LONDON: Concern about a slowdown in China trough of $1.2826 in Asian trade, while the yen The G20 finance leaders also warned of the hammered stocks and commodities yesterday was almost flat at 109.04 to the dollar. potential for a build-up of excessive risk in finan- while signs of differences between major eco- Adding to the sense of gloom in markets, cial markets in an environment of low interest nomic powers on the need to stimulate growth Group of 20 finance ministers and central bank rates and low asset price volatility. Oil falls below $98 further clouded the outlook. Asian shares fell as chiefs meeting in Australia at the weekend said investors worried a key measure of Chinese man- they were close to adding $2 trillion to the global Pulse on sluggish demand ufacturing, due on today, could indicate activity economy, though there were signs of disagree- Investors will be able to take the pulse of the was contracting. ment. US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew cited “philo- global economy on Tuesday when flash purchas- LONDON: Brent crude fell below $98 a barrel yesterday, dropping for the third ses- The slide was carried over into Europe, where sophical” differences with some of his European ing managers data on manufacturing and service sion in four, as sluggish demand and ample supplies outweighed expectations of a fears over Chinese demand hit miners’ shares. A counterparts over the need for short-term stimu- sector activity is released. cut in oil output from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries further profit warning from British supermarket lus. The psychological effect of a below-50 read- (OPEC). Comments from OPEC’s secretary general last week that the group could Tesco, whose shares fell 8 percent, also took its German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble ing will be significant and consistent with the cut output next year buoyed Brent, but investors’ attention turned back to the toll. stressed the need for structural reform and strict slew of softer Chinese data over recent weeks.” gloomy economic outlook in Europe and China, which has curbed oil demand. The dollar, which last week racked up its 10th budget controls. European Central Bank President Mitul Kotecha, head of FX strategy Asia-Pacific for A cut in Libya’s oil output had limited impact on prices. consecutive week of gains against a basket of cur- Mario Draghi will speak in the European Barclays in Singapore, said in a note to clients. November Brent was 67 cents lower at $97.72 a barrel by 0835 GMT. US crude rencies, its longest winning streak since the US Parliament on Monday, days after a lukewarm However, the focus will be on the Chinese futures for October fell 50 cents to $91.91 a barrel, ahead of the contract’s expiry at currency’s free float in 1973, gave up ground take-up of cheap loans under the bank’s latest manufacturing index, which some analysts see the end of yesterday. against major rivals. The euro traded 0.2 percent scheme to push more money into the euro-zone falling below the 50 level that divides expansion “Sentiment remains predominantly bearish given downbeat demand growth higher at $1.2860, after touching a 14-month financial system. from contraction. — Reuters expectations and plentiful supplies,” said Andrey Kryuchenkov, London-based oil and commodities strategist at Russian bank VTB Capital. “However, I think the down- side is limited,” he added. “The market is very sensitive to supply jitters, given that the risk premium is gone and judging by the reaction last week to a fresh outage in Libya and OPEC comments.” OPEC members, many of whom require oil prices at above $100 to meet budgetary needs, will review the organization’s oil output policy at its next meeting on Nov. 27. Oil production in Libya has fallen to 700,000 barrels per day (bpd), down nearly 20 percent from 870,000 bpd a week ago as its El Sharara oilfield and Zawiya refin- ery stay closed, a spokesman for the state-run National Oil Corp (NOC) said on Sunday. Fighting has intensified in southern Libya as soldiers and police clashed in the last few days near the country’s biggest oilfield El Sharara. The field was shut last week because of damage to a storage facility at the Zawiya refinery in the north, which it feeds. But concerns over extended stagnation in Europe, that could pull down other economies, were highlighted at the G20 meeting in Australia on Sunday. “We expect weak global demand for crude oil to have already been priced in, based on the drop in prices we have seen in the past few months. We believe it is very unlikely that prices would increase,” Phillip Futures said in a note to clients. Investors will look for clues on where demand from China, the world’s second- largest economy, is heading from its flash manufacturing PMI reading due out today. In signs Western sanctions could affect Russian oil and gas production in the long run, Exxon Mobil said on Friday it would wind down drilling in Russia’s Arctic. — Reuters TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 BUSINESS

Infiniti Al-Babtain welcomes arrival of QX70S Elite Sport in Kuwait

KUWAIT: Abdulmohsen Abdulaziz Al-Babtain Co, the sole Action. distributer of Infiniti brand in Kuwait announced the launch One winner from Dubai, Kuwait and The Kingdom of of the new Infiniti car QX70S Elite Sport in the region. Saudi Arabia will be selected by Francois Habchi and the Unmistakably QX70 yet distinctively different, the Infiniti Infiniti Middle East management team at the end of October. QX70S Elite Sport is combining sports-car style and perform- The 3 winners will be invited to Dubai and they will get ance with SUV stance and toughness, the QX70S Elite Sport the opportunity to test drive an Infiniti QX70S Elite Sport and raises the bar with a stunning array of sports styling. appear in a special ‘Driven’ episode in which their own As part of the launch, Infiniti has introduced the QX70S reviews will be aired on MBC Action. Elite Sport through an innovative mall display concept that highlights the three characteristics of the car that Infiniti likes Main highlights of the Infiniti QX70S Elite Sport: to call the (S) Factor: Sport, Style and Sensation. Through a l The exterior road show that began in Dubai and will end in The Kingdom Head-turning exterior additions include dark chrome of Saudi Arabia, the activation is giving consumers an oppor- detailing on the frontgrill, lamp housings, fog lights, air vents, tunity to find out more about the model by getting up close side sills, door molding, rear number plate finisher and paint- and personal with the (S) Factor. ed black roof rails. The dark detailing endows the shapely The promotional campaign of Infiniti QX70S “Elite Sport” body with a technical finish that perfectly complements the was launched in Kuwait last week at The Avenues mall, which car’s seductive character. The headlights have a new smoked lasted from the 18th of September until the 20th. Francois finish while wheels for the QX70S Elite Sport are 21-inch six- Habchi, renowned presenter of MBC Action’s ‘Driven’, will spoke alloys finished in black, to match the black roof rails review the brand new QX70S Elite Sport with the public, and black mirrors. allowing them first-hand opportunity to experience the (S) l The Interior Factor, in a setting familiar to the TV program, but with fan The appealing interior of the QX70S Elite Sport include participation. black lacquer trim, which is visible on the doors and centre As part of a social media competition, participants at the console in addition to the seamless purple stitching seen on event and fans on Facebook are being encouraged to demon- the sport seats, steering wheel and door trims which perfect- strate their journalism skills and record their reviews about the ly conveys the look and feel of both luxury and sporty per- QX70S Elite Sport through a dedicated application on Infiniti’s formance. Facebook - facebook.com/InfinitiMiddleEast page. The The QX70S Elite Sport seats are equipped with all types of reviews are inspired by ‘Driven’, which is a weekly, cutting edge, support reaching from the side to the driver’s shoulders to l The performance ers an extraordinary 329 horsepower and 360 Nm torque, credible “magazine” format car-show that satisfies the insa- thighs making it a perfect addition to the in-command feel of Born to perform, the QX70S Elite Sport is an adrenaline- while Intelligent All Wheel Drive ensures cornering is both tiable appetite of die hard car enthusiasts, broadcast on MBC a true sporty car. fuelled pleasure to drive. The 3.7-litre V6 petrol engine deliv- intuitive and responsive. Obama tries Reagan touch on economy, but wages weigh Lagging household incomes weigh on public mood

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama, stumping already extended beyond the post-war average of 58 stagnant incomes remained a worry. “Wages remain for the Democrats ahead of November’s congressional months and there seems to be more gas in the tank. one of the most fundamental economic challenges elections, has twice invoked Ronald Reagan’s seminal The International Monetary Fund expects the US we have,” Furman said. Many economists point out campaign question: “are you better off than you were economy to grow 3 percent next year and in 2016. On that stagnant wages are a problem that long predates four years ago?” Obama’s watch, 5.1 million jobs have also been added this presidency. In fact, many believe that by the time Framing the debate like that helped Reagan twice to payrolls, the S&P/Case-Shiller national home price incomes peaked in 1999 the United States was - in 1980 when he beat incumbent Jimmy Carter, and index is up about 17 percent and the S&P 500 stock already slipping into a less dynamic era, grappling like then again in 1984 when he won re-election during index has more than doubled while hitting all-time other developed economies with aging and other an economic upswing. records. structural impediments. But a similar message has failed to resonate for “By almost every economic measure, we are better “There are big structural forces at work here. That’s Obama primarily for one reason: while he stresses the off today than we were when I took office,” Obama not necessarily a policy error in the last few years,” said economy has improved in almost every aspect on his told a Democratic women’s forum in Washington on Paul Ashworth, an economist at Capital Economics in LISBON: Tourists taking pictures of themselves on the Rua Augusta Arch in watch, average family incomes have slipped. Friday, repeating the familiar refrain. Toronto. Even as Obama touts his economic accom- Lisbon. One and a half million tourists have chosen the Portuguese capital Between 2009 when Obama took office and 2013, He frequently chastises the media for underplay- plishments, he acknowledges more needs to be done Lisbon as the destination for their holidays or weekend trips in the first half the latest for which numbers are available, median ing news that US factories, oil fields and the stock to boost worker earnings. of 2014, an increase of 14.3 percent compared to 2013. —AFP annual household incomes fell by more than $2,100 in market are booming and businesses are hiring. “You “That’s not the simplest of messages,” said Jared inflation-adjusted terms, Census Bureau data showed wouldn’t always know it from watching the news,” he Bernstein, who was chief economist to Vice President last week. “It’s hard to make the case for ‘Morning told a Labor Day picnic in Milwaukee on Sept 1. Joe Biden between 2009 and 2011. “It’s saying, ‘We’re Russia’s former FM Kudrin again in America’ the way that Ronald Reagan was Two days later, the White House arranged a special moving in the right direction, but we’re not there yet.’” able to do in 1984,” said John Ullyot, a former Senate briefing for reporters with the president’s top eco- The problem is that not all economic indicators were warns of years of stagnation Republican aide, now with a strategy firm High nomic advisers, who walked through 17 charts show- created equal and not much else matters for the pub- Lantern Group. ing the economy on the rise. lic if the money remains tight. “I can’t imagine people MOSCOW: Russia faces years of stagnation global markets. He expected that it would be “People just don’t feel connected to the recovery.” Yet near the end, when asked what indicators had feel particularly elated when they’re told GDP was up because of the Ukraine crisis and is ducking years before Russia was able to borrow again on White House economists have pointed out that failed to bounce back, Jason Furman, chairman of the 4 percent last quarter, but median income was flat last decisions needed to achieve a new economic global financial markets. “I think that two to the census figures do not reflect job growth and the Council of Economic Advisers acknowledged that year,” Bernstein said. —Reuters model, former finance minister Alexei Kudrin three years - this is the minimal time,” he said. rise in average hourly earnings seen this year, but any told the Reuters Russia Investment Summit yes- Another case in point is Russia’s attitude to improvements have yet to register with the public. terday. the World Trade Organization, which it joined in Opinion polls make disturbing reading for the Siemens to buy Dresser-Rand Kudrin, a long-time ally of Russian President 2012, prompting hopes of economic liberaliza- Democratic Party, which will have a tough time Vladimir Putin, is one of the weightiest figures tion. “Russia in essence will temporarily not defending its slim Senate majority in the Nov 4 elec- questioning government policy at a time when observe the rules of the WTO,” he said. “I’m afraid tion. to tap US shale gas boom Russia is feeling the economic chill from con- that we’ll have an exclusionary regime for more Roughly two-thirds of the population thinks the frontation with the West over Ukraine. A leading than one year. I think it will happen for several economy is heading in the wrong direction, survey FRANKFURT: Germany’s Siemens has agreed to bringing in 3 billion euros ($3.9 billion) to help ‘liberal’, he shepherded Russia’s finances for over years and it will be difficult to return.” data from polling firm Ipsos has consistently shown buy US oilfield equipment maker Dresser-Rand finance the Dresser-Rand deal. a decade before resigning in 2011 in a row over over the last two years. About four in 10 Americans for $7.6 billion in cash, aiming to catch up with “The Dresser-Rand offer is high but can be rising government spending. Failed model also strongly disapprove of Obama’s handling of the arch-rival General Electric in a booming US shale justified in our view due to the very good fit into “There will be stagnation, like now. There Although the Ukraine-related sanctions are economy and less than one in 10 feel he is doing a gas market. The acquisition, which ranks among Siemens target to strengthen the US and oil & could be recession. We will be balancing on the set to weigh heavily, Kudrin said they were not really good job. The president’s own overall approval the biggest in the history of the German indus- gas business,” DZ Bank analyst Jasko Terzic wrote edge of recession all the time,” he said, adding the major reason why Russian economic growth rating is stuck at around 40 percent. trial group, will strengthen Siemens’ position in in a research note. Siemens’ US energy business there would need to be a “renewal” of the gov- was now stalling. “Today the decline of Russian Frustrated by the public’s failure to give this the United States, its weakest region, and focus made 3.7 billion euros of revenues in its last fiscal ernment to achieve change. Even if Western economic growth is not so much the result of administration credit for leading the world’s biggest the group more tightly on its industrial cus- year, compared with the roughly $20 billion gen- sanctions were not intensified further, he said, sanctions as of the lack of reform of the eco- economy out of its worst recession since the 1930s, tomers. erated by GE’s US operations in oil and gas alone. economic growth would be 1 percent lower nomic system, at a time when the oil price is not Obama and his team have gone to lengths to change Siemens embarked on a corporate overhaul Terzic said the deal put Dresser-Rand’s enter- than it would have been for at least three years. rising but falling. We need another economic that. While crisscrossing the country in the past in May dubbed “Vision 2020”, seeking to make prise value (equity plus debt) at about 16 times Russia also faces isolation from global market model,” he said. months to drum up support for the Democrats, up ground on more profitable competitors such earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and institutions for a similar length of time. Whereas the oil price rose steadily during the Obama on at least nine occasions stressed how as Switzerland’s ABB as well as US-based amortisation (EBITDA), compared with around His predictions, which contrast with more previous decade, the price has now peaked and almost all economic gauges have improved during his General Electric (GE), while reducing its expo- 8.5 times EBITDA for peers. optimistic official forecasts, will be sobering for is likely to keep falling over the years ahead, presidency. sure to more cyclical consumer businesses Reuters had reported on Sunday that the investors hoping that the end of a conflict in Kudrin predicted. One result, he warned, is that where it has had limited success. As part of that companies were nearing a deal. Siemens has eastern Ukraine would also mean an easing of within three or four years Russia would see a fall Recovery and wage challenge drive, the group said yesterday it had also long coveted Dresser-Rand, but shrank in the Russia’s economic problems. Kudrin told the in its oil-and-gas tax revenues equivalent to For one, the recovery from the 2007-2009 reces- agreed to sell its stake in household appliances past from making a formal bid, balking at its Reuters Summit that depressed economic around 1.5-2 percent of economic output ($30- sion is the slowest since World War Two, but it has joint venture BSH to partner Robert Bosch, high valuation. —Reuters growth will be exacerbated by isolation from 40 billion) per annum. —Reuters TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 BUSINESS KFIC acquires income generating property in US KUWAIT: Kuwait Finance and leading, comes beneficial results for the provisions of Islamic Sharia, Ijarah Investment Company (KFIC) announced company and customers simultaneous- finance. With value of $ 27 million their successful acquisition of an income ly.” Dollars along with annual cash yield of generating real estate in the United We take this opportunity to extend up to 8 percent.It is noteworthy that the States. The acquisition was carried our gratitude to our Board for their con- acquisition has been made through a through a consortium with group of tinuous support and to the executive unique investment structure that allows investors through (buy and lease back) management team for making such investors to have the maximum utiliza- practice. opportunities happen, through products tion of investment returns under the US In this regard Tareq Mishari Al-Bahar, offering. law. Executive Board Member at KFIC stated: In this occasion Shabnan Al-Mutairi Al Mutairi then concluded: KFIC offers Our strategic plans concentrates on find- Head of Investment & Corporate Finance international real estate services ing investment opportunities that yields Division elaborated: “The property is through the research and identifying of good returns with limited risks. And that located in San Francisco, California, USA. unique opportunities. Weassist cus- can be achieved through acquiring a Itis an acute medical center with an area tomers with the evaluation and the profit generating assets in safe geo- of ??45,277 square feet. The building is management of the property as well. graphic locations. leased entirely by quasi-governmental This process goes through an invest- Al-Bahar then added: “We are keen on entity for 15 years with an annual rent ment structure for our customers who Shabnan Al-Mutairi, Head of Real finding a variety of investment products escalation of 2 percent. wish to acquire an international real Tareq Mishari Al-Bahar, Executive Estate Department, Investment & that meets customers’ expectations. And Al Mutairi stressed that the process of estate opportunities that well-matches Board member Corporate Finance Division through the methodology that we are the acquisition was compatible with the their investment objectives.

Kareena Kapoor to inaugurate Malabar Gold & Diamonds outlet in Fahaheel

KUWAIT: Malabar Gold & Diamonds, one also showcase their exclusive brands, of the leading jewellery retailers marks including Mine - Diamonds Unlimited, another milestone in its history by the Era- Uncut Diamond Jewellery, Ethnix- opening of its 120th outlet in NBK build- Handcrafted Designer Jewellery, Divine - ing, Makkah street, Fahaheel, Kuwait. Indian Heritage Jewellery, Precia- Prominent Indian actress Kareena Precious Gem Jewellery and Starlet - Kids Kapoor Khan will inaugurate this outlet Jewellery. on 25th September 2014 at 6 pm. Malabar Gold & Diamonds started its Malabar Gold & Diamonds is already operations in the year 1993 with the in a festive mood as they are also cele- opening of a single outlet in Kerala, brating their 21st anniversary on 26th India. The leap from a single store to 120 September 2014. To celebrate this occa- outlets globally 44 outlets in the Middle sion, Malabar Gold & Diamonds East and Singapore did not happen announced fabulous inaugural offers to overnight. It was achieved through con- entice its customers. Customers who pur- sistent effort and an insistence on setting chase diamond jewellery worth KWD 400 exceptionally high standards to meet the will get a 1 gm gold coin free and a free aspiration of customers over a period of gold coin can be availed with every gold 21 years. Their dedicated and highly jewellery purchase worth KWD 250. This skilled employees invest heart and soul Al-Mazaya Holding showcases offers are valid only at their outlet in in striving to achieve maximum perfec- Fahaheel until 30th September 2014. tion. Absolute customer satisfaction is Their latest outlet will showcase an the overriding promise in everything promotion at Cityscape Expo impressive range of marvelously they do and their customer friendly poli- designed and well-crafted traditional cies give their customers enough reasons and contemporary jewellery that can to come back to their stores. KUWAIT: Al-Mazaya, one of the Middle East’s lead- ments is very high, especially in areas in prime loca- more than 5 times compared to last year’s figures hold you spell-bound with their awe- When it comes to CSR activities, the ing real estate development companies, is taking tions like Dubai Land. With the imminent arrival of that reflects a serious movement towards more inspiring beauty. Rarely are the words group is also in the forefront. They set part in the Cityscape Exhibition by showcasing its globally renowned events such as the World Expo developments in the region and this is translated by new promotion: the opportunity to own an apart- 2020, we expect the market to continue to grow the enormous number of projects that were ‘modern’ and ‘traditional’ used together apart certain percentage of its net profit ment in Queue Point - Dubai Land from just AED apace”. launched in the exhibition and the quality of show- to define a showroom’s style, but to the benefit of needy and focus prima- 520,000. Al-Mazaya CEO, Eng Ibrahim Al-Saqabi, said casing that was noticed. Malabar Gold & Diamonds successfully rily in five priority areas such as health, Al-Mazaya’s Chairman, CEO and entire team are “Building on the success of the Queue Point Project In addition Al-Saqabi elaborated on the increase combines both these elements in its col- education, environment, housing and currently present at the exhibition, which takes and other initiatives, Al-Mazaya is excited to contin- of number of Turkish companies participating in the lection of jewellery. This new venture will women empowerment. place from 21st to 23rd September. As well as the ue to grow and expand, to reinforce our reputation exhibition, bringing attention to Al-Mazaya’s latest remarkable price for a modern apartment in a prime for thinking big and creating value. We are in the joint venture agreement with one of the biggest location - part of the Queue Point Project - the pro- process of working on several new ambitious proj- Turkish real estate companies in Istanbul named motion involves the offer of a free furnished kitchen ects, both in the region and in Turkey”. Dumankaya who are participating as well and show- during the duration of the exhibition, relaxed pay- Al-Saqabi continued saying the total basket of casing many projects in Istanbul. ments, generous financing of up to 75 percent from sales in the exhibition is around 182 apartments The response to the promotion on the first day of a reputable financing firm, a 20 percent discount on comprising total sales value of AED 150 millions and the exhibition was outstanding, as expected. Many furniture from Options Furniture Center, and a the remaining percentage after achieving a total visitors expressed interest which is anticipated to be chance to win an investment with a yield of up to 8 sales of 70 percent of projects and the percentage of built upon significantly till the end of the exhibition. percent. completion of 75 percent Al-Mazaya took the chance of showcasing the Al-Mazaya Chairman, Rashid Yacob Al-Nafisi said After 5 years of not participating but visiting rest of its projects in the region like Al-Mazaya “Dubai’s property market has sustained its momen- Cityscape Al-Mazaya felt that now is the time that Logistics in Bahrain which is anticipated to be com- tum, based on a strong and sustainable foundation after witnessing UAE’s recovery and especially pleted and set for lease by the first quarter of the of resurgent growth in the UAE. Appetite for apart- Dubai, we have seen the size of participants increase coming year.

NREC announces completion of KD 154.4m debt refinancing

KUWAIT: National Real Estate Company KPSC, million long term loan to be repaid in seven Commenting on this development, Sam one of the leading real estate companies in the years. The Company’s total debt level remains Sidiqi, CEO of NREC said: “This new loan facility Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region unchanged. perfectly matches our assets and liabilities to (referred to as “NREC” or the “Company”), Commenting on this development, Jamil enable us to achieve our growth plans. In addi- announces the refinancing of a KD 154.40million Sultan Al-Essa, Chairman of NREC said: “This refi- tion to the extended maturities and improved loan facility. nancing is an important part of our continued covenants, NREC will benefit from a significantly The previous KD 154.40 million loan facility focus on creating shareholder value. Aligning enhanced working capital capacity. The revised consisted of a KD 88.40 million short term loan our capital structure with our strategic objective cost of debt will further support the underlying and a KD 66 million medium term loan. With the of being a MENA focused real estate company cash flows of the business. Our ability to success- completion of the refinancing, the new loan provides NREC with the financial strength to fully implement this refinancing is a reflection of facility now consists of a KD 14.4million of short pursue exciting regional development opportu- the quality of NREC’s rental asset and develop- term loan and overdraft facility and a KD 140 nities.” ment portfolio.” Skyline team in Kuwait with six new projects

kyline, the most preferred residential ferent lifestyle aspirations. and premium features aimed at the city slick- tiful and tranquil Cheranalloor, provides multi- high-rises. Skyline Builders, the largest home brand among Malayalees, is visiting Skyline Exotica is a high-end premium proj- ers. The 2 & 3 BHK apartment units have versa- tudes of facilities for residential purpose. The builder of the state is credited with 132 proj- SKuwait as part of their marketing cam- ect aimed for the achievers befitting the elite- tile floor area options and luxurious amenities twin towers of Skyline Synergy, each having 18 ects across the state and developed built-up paign in GCC countries to introduce their six ness of the location, which is the highest ter- to match the project features like swimming floors are designed to have 141 luxury apart- area of over 1.3 crore sq.ft. As on the 25th year newly launched projects. The team led by rain in town inhabited by a rich and famous pool, AC party hall, fitness center and digital ment units. The spacious 2 and 3 BHK apart- of operations, Skyline has won over not just Rajmohan R - Corporate Sales Head and C A neighborhood. Its world-class design envis- access control and video surveillance for secu- ments ranging from 1135 sq.ft to 1737 sq.ft at the trust of more than 6000 homeowners from Babu - Branch Manager, will be in Kuwait at ages only two apartments per floor, ensuring rity. Skyline 24 Carat the luxury twin tower Synergy offers premium quality exclusive fea- 51 countries, but many awards for the quality Hotel Ramada Kuwait - Al-Riggae from 20th to utmost privacy and free flow of natural light project at Elamakkara, Cochin has top end tures. of its projects. 28nd September, 2014. and air through three side ventilation. The ver- design and features to justify its name. Skyline Crescendo is the luxurious apart- Skyline has the CRISIL rating of DA2 for the Skyline Cambridge Luxury Apartments at tical design makes use of only 18 percent of Located in the most sought after place of ment project located just a few hundred first time in Kerala, Best All India Residential Mukkolakal - Trivandrum, Skyline Exotica the land spread and the rest of the area is ear- Cochin, it is designed to give the best of both meters away from NH Bypass at Apartment at CREDAI Real Estate Awards 2012, Luxurious Sky Villas at Devalokam - Kottayam, marked for lush open landscaping, children’s worlds. Elamakkara is one of the top residen- Chevarambalam. It is designed to keep pace for its Imperial Garden project at Cochin and Skyline Pearl Premium luxury Apartments at play area, swimming pool etc. It ensures that tial quarters of the city, and the project is sur- with stress free living offering an exquisite liv- the Best Residential Apartment Award, the Kanjikuzhy in Kottayam, Skyline 24 Carat no parking is facilitated at the expense of a rounded by premium schools like Bhavans, ing lifestyle. Skyline Crescendo has both 2 and prestigious membership of Indian Green Super Luxury Towers at Elamakkara, Cochin, garden. The superb finishes and premium fix- Campion and Al- Ameen. The Model 3 BHK apartments overlooking a beautifully Building Council (IGBC) etc. add on to the lat- Skyline Synergy Super Luxury Apartments at tures coupled with luxurious amenities make Engineering College, Amrita Institute of landscaped open area. The newly rising star est accolade won by Skyline. Skyline has reiter- Cheranalloor, off NH 17 Cochin and Skyline it the first of its kind premium housing in Medical Sciences and Aster Medcity falls with- hotels, Cyber Park, commercial centers, multi- ated its credibility by delivering 107 projects Crescendo Luxury Apartments at Calicut are Kottayam. in a radius of 5 kms. speciality hospitals, residential locale add on time within its 25 years of solid standing in the six new luxury apartment projects hitting The second new launch in Kottayam is Skyline Synergy is the 132nd project of charm to the project. the state’s real estate scenario. To contact the launching pad. Each project is unique in Skyline Pearl, which is exactly on the middle of Skyline Builders, located at the most coveted Kerala has a uniquely scenic landscape as Skyline Team in Kuwait and know more details location, design and features catering to dif- the town location, adjacent to Kanjikuzhi Jn place of Cochin, Cheranalloor. Incredibly beau- well as an urban skyline replete with sprouting about the projects, call 67003536 / 55244941. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 TECHNOLOGY NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft enters Mars orbit WASHINGTON: NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft began is one of science’s biggest mysteries. The answers Mission begins in 2005. The US space agency’s latest robotic vehi- orbiting Mars on Sunday, on a mission to study could shed light on the planet’s potential to sup- Next, MAVEN will enter a six-week phase for cle, Curiosity, is exploring Gale Crater and Mount how the Red Planet’s climate changed over time port life-even if that was just microbial life-long tests. It will then begin a one-year mission of study- Sharp, looking for interesting rocks and returning from warm and wet to cold and dry. ago. MAVEN’s findings are also expected to help ing the gases in Mars’s upper atmosphere and how data on whether the Martian environment shows The unmanned orbiter has traveled more than add to knowledge of how humans could survive on it interacts with the sun and solar wind. evidence of a past ability to support life. 10 months and 442 million miles (711 million kilo- a future visit to the Red Planet, perhaps as early as “We are looking at early November as the official Later this week, an Indian spacecraft, the Mars meters) to reach Mars for a first-of-its kind look at 2030. start of science,” said MAVEN principal investigator Orbiter Mission, is expected to reach Mars. the planet’s upper atmosphere. “Mars is a cool place, but there is not much Bruce Jakosky. Much of MAVEN’s year-long mission The unmanned MOM probe is set to enter Mars’s “Wow, what a night. You get one shot with Mars atmosphere,” said John Clarke of the MAVEN sci- will be spent circling the planet 3,730 miles above orbit in the coming days after 10 months in space, orbit insertion and MAVEN nailed it tonight,” said ence team. “It is very cold, it is well below zero. The the surface. However, it will execute five deep dips marking India’s first mission to the Red Planet. project manager David Mitchell. atmosphere is about half a percent of what we are to a distance of just 78 miles above the Martian “We are anxiously awaiting the arrival in two The data from the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile breathing,” he added. landscape to get readings of the atmosphere at days of the India MOM mission and we are hoping Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft aims to help scien- “But we know that Mars could change and it various levels. NASA is the world’s most successful for their success,” said Jakosky. tists understand what happened to the water on was probably different in the past. There is a lot of space agency at sending rovers and probes to “We are sending them the best wishes from the Mars and the carbon dioxide in its atmosphere sev- evidence of flowing water on the surface from Mars, and past missions have included the Viking 1 entire MAVEN team for a successful orbit insertion eral billion years ago. How Mars lost its atmosphere Mars’s ancient history.” and 2 in 1975 and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and mission.” — AFP Middle East and N Africa digital universe to grow

DUBAI: EMC Corporation announced contribute to over 8% of the MENA data results of the EMC Digital Universe study by 2020 creating new sources of value for the Middle East and North Africa for businesses in the region. (MENA), the only study to quantify and * Much of the Data in the MENA needs forecast the amount of data produced protection: Only 47% of the data being annually. The study reveals that the digi- generated in the MENA is protected, a tal universe in the MENA will grow from massive 53% still needs to be secured. 249 Exabytes in 2014 to 1835 Exabytes This points to a grave concern for the by 2020, an increase of over 600%. future as the amount of information con- The announcement follows from the tinues to amplify, it opens more doors for findings of the global study titled “The cyber criminals to exploit mounds of Digital Universe of Opportunities: Rich increasingly vulnerable information Data and the Increasing Value of the assets. Internet of Things,” that revealed how the According to analysts, organizations emergence of wireless technologies, in the MENA region now need to take smart products and software-defined steady steps to identify and define “use- businesses are playing a central role in ful data” or data that could be analyzed - the surging volume of the world’s data. in the digital universe. In 2013, only 22% of the information in the worldwide digi- Key findings tal universe was considered useful data, * Emerging markets are producing but less than 5% of the useful data was more data: In 2013, 60% of data in the actually analyzed - leaving a massive digital universe is attributed to mature amount of data lost as dark matter in the markets such as Germany, Japan, and the digital universe. By 2020, more than 35% United States, but emerging markets of all data in the world could be consid- including the Middle East and North ered useful data, thanks to the growth of Africa, Brazil, China, India, Mexico and data from the Internet of Things, but it Russia will surpass the mature markets will be up to businesses to put this data PASEDENA: File photo shows the new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus on display at the Apple store in Pasadena, California. Apple said yesterday it sold more than by 2017. The MENA region alone will rise to use. 10 million of its new iPhone models globally in the opening weekend of record sales of the bigger-screen version of its smartphone. — AFP from 3.8% of the worldwide digital uni- This phenomenon will present radical verse to 4.2% in 2020. new ways of interacting with customers, * The Internet of Things will fuel the streamlining business cycles, and reduc- Apple sells more than 10m growth of the Digital Universe in the ing operational costs, stimulating trillions MENA: The billions of connected devices of dollars in opportunity for businesses. equipped with unique identifiers and the Conversely, it presents significant chal- ability to automatically record, report lenges as businesses look manage, store new iPhones since launch and receive data, currently represent 2% and protect the sheer volume and diver- of the MENA’s data and is expected to sity of this data. NEW YORK: Apple Inc said it sold more than 10 $101.84 in early trading on the Nasdaq on said last week that many US customers would million iPhones in the first weekend after its new Monday. “While our team managed the manu- have to wait until next month for their new models went on sale on Friday, underscoring facturing ramp better than ever before, we could iPhones due to strong demand. strong demand for phones with larger displays. have sold many more iPhones with greater sup- Apple routinely faces iPhone supply con- Chief Executive Tim Cook said the company ply and we are working hard to fill orders as straints, particularly in years that involve a re- could have sold even more if supplies had been quickly as possible,” Cook said in a statement. design. available. Analysts had estimated first-weekend Last year, Apple sold 9 million iPhone 5S and The new iPhones will be available in 20 more sales of up to 10 million iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 5C models in 11 countries, including China, in countries on Sept. 26 and 115 countries by the Plus models, based on record first-day pre- the first weekend they were available. end of the year, Apple said. orders. Sales of the latest models in China, the The company also said “Apple Pay” - its new The new phones, which went on sale in 10 world’s largest smartphone market, have been wireless payment service that allows users to countries, drew more than 4 million pre-orders delayed by regulatory issues. pay for items in stores with their phones - will be on Sept. 12, far surpassing the 2 million orders Apple sold 5 million iPhone 5 handsets, 4 mil- available in October to customers in the United for the iPhone 5 model in the same period two lion iPhone 4S models and 1.7 million iPhone 4 States as a free update with the iOS 8 mobile years ago. Apple shares were up 0.8 percent at units during the first weekend. The company operating system. — Reuters New apps to aid in home design and renovations

NEW YORK: Home owners and renters look- “There are just so many options when it comes Adi Pinhas, founder of the California-based ing to redesign or renovate can turn to new to contractors. You might get recommenda- company Superfish, which created the app. apps to help simplify the process and get the tions from friends, other people in your build- “But at the moment when you’re trying to job done sooner and more efficiently. ing, or search online,” Lauer said. “But it’s chal- find something similar, or trying to source Last year Americans spent approximately lenging to understand which ones are better where to buy an item you saw ... it gets chal- $130 billion on home remodeling projects, the suited to your projects.” The company moni- lenging,” he added. highest amount since 2007, according the US tors the projects and contractors and gets The free app for iPhone, iPad and the web, Census Bureau. feedback from the home owners to ensure which is available in the United States, uses As home spending ramps up, apps aim to quality. Sweeten is available in New York City image recognition technology to search mil- ease some of the pain and expense. A free and is expanding throughout the United lions of products from more than 4,000 stores, web app called Sweeten links homeowners to States. Another app, LikeThat DÈcor, takes the including Zara Home, Gilt and Ikea. It also pro- contractors, interior designers and architects guess work out of finding the right type of fur- vides a link for users to purchase the items. to help create their dream house or apart- niture and decorations. Users point their Home decoration app Houzz, free on iOS, ment. “Home renovation is a big ticket item smartphones at a piece of furniture, or a par- Android and the web, lets people search for that can almost be the same price as purchas- ticular pattern they like, to find complementa- design ideas using search terms to describe ing a home. It’s intimidating to a lot of people,” ry items that might match in the home. the item and see how people have styled simi- said Jean Brownhill Lauer, founder of New “When you’re searching for a piece of furni- lar pieces. More than 2,000,000 design photos York-based Sweeten. After a user posts the ture like a sofa, you’ll usually start by taking a are available within the app. project through the app, Sweeten finds look at what’s available in the market. Maybe Houzz also connects users to a community China blocks experts for projects that can range from sim- you’ll go to different stores to see what’s new of local designers, architects and contractors, ‘privacy’ search engine ple bathrooms to housing developments. and trendy, or try out a site like Pinterest,” said who are reviewed on the platform. — Reuters DuckDuckGo

WASHINGTON: China has begun China has blocked the search engine blocking the privacy-protecting search but it might be due to them not com- engine DuckDuckGo, which avoids plying with their filtering regulations,” storing user data or tracking online said Barry Schwartz, a consultant who activity, according to the company and blogs on Search Engine Land. security researchers. China has long blocked certain US DuckDuckGo, which gained popu- online services such as Google and larity following revelations of US gov- Facebook. ernment surveillance online, has only a In July, Microsoft announced it was tiny share of the search engine market being investigated by Chinese authori- but recently became an option as the ties in an anti-monopoly probe. China’s default for iPhones in the new iOS 8 rigorous control over the Internet mobile platform. includes the blocking of foreign web- The company prides itself as “the sites such as Facebook, Twitter and search engine that doesn’t track you,” YouTube using a system known as the according to its website. “Great Firewall.” According to the GreatFire.org web- DuckDuckGo, created in 2007, does site, which tracks web services in not store IP addresses or create profiles China, DuckDuckGo has been blocked of users. The storage of online data has since September 3. become a concern following revela- DuckDuckGo founder Gabriel tions of a massive surveillance pro- Weinberg confirmed the news in a gram run by the US National Security tweet Sunday, responding to a query Agency, with access to data from LAS VEGAS: This June 21, 2014 photo provided by Switch and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, shows Intel’s Cherry Creek supercomputer on saying that “we did get blocked as far Google, Yahoo and other Internet the UNLV campus in Las Vegas. UNLV will have a supercomputer that can do the equation and 200 trillion more like it in one second. Intel’s as we know.” “It is unclear as to why firms. — AFP Cherry Creek supercomputer was ranked in 2013 as the 400th fastest supercomputer in the world and the 41st most energy-efficient and pow- erful computer in the world. — AP TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 HEALTH & SCIENCE

Study of smoking cancer patients fuels e-cigarette debate

LONDON: The fierce debate over patients for the study had given it an that e-cigarettes can help people give They found a three-fold increase in had already failed in a quit attempt, so whether e-cigarettes can help people inherent bias. up a deadly tobacco habit, while others e-cigarette use from 2012 to 2013 - ris- all those who would have succeeded quit smoking took another twist yester- The uptake of e-cigarettes, which suggest they may carry health risks of ing from 10.6 percent to 38.5 percent. already would be ruled out”. day as a research paper on their use by use battery-powered cartridges to pro- their own. At enrolment onto the programme, Peter Hajek, director of the Tobacco cancer patients was criticised as flawed. duce a nicotine-laced vapour for the A World Health Organisation (WHO) the researchers’ analysis found, the e- Dependence Research Unit at Queen The study of cancer patients who “smoker” to inhale, has rocketed in the report last month called for stiff regula- cigarette users were more nicotine Mary, University of London, agreed that smoke found that those using e-ciga- past two years, but there is fierce tion of e-cigarettes as well as bans on dependent than non-users, had more the study’s data did not justify the con- rettes as well as tobacco cigarettes debate about their potential risks and indoor use, advertising and sales to prior quit attempts, and were more like- clusions. were more nicotine dependent and benefits. minors. ly to be diagnosed with lung or head “The authors followed up smokers equally or less likely to have quit than Because they are new, there is a lack But that report itself was also criti- and neck cancers. who tried e-cigarettes but did not stop those who didn’t use e-cigarettes. of long-term scientific evidence on cised by experts who said it contained By the end of the study period, the smoking, and excluded smokers who The scientists behind the research, their safety. Some experts fear they errors, misinterpretations and misrepre- researchers said, e-cigarette users were tried e-cigarettes and stopped smok- which was published online in Cancer, could lead to nicotine addiction and be sentations. just as likely as non-users of e-ciga- ing,” he said. the journal of the American Cancer a gateway to tobacco smoking, while For the Cancer journal study, rettes to be smoking. “Like smokers who fail with any Society, said their results raised doubts others say they have enormous poten- researchers led by Jamie Ostroff of the But Robert West, director of tobacco method, these were highly dependent about whether e-cigarettes had any tial to help millions of smokers around Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer research at University College London, smokers who found quitting difficult. benefit in helping cancer patients to the world to quit. Center in New York City studied 1,074 said the study was not able to assess The authors concluded that e-cigarette give up smoking. cancer patients who smoked and who whether or not for cancer patients who (use) was not helpful, but that would be But that conclusion was questioned Deadly tobacco habit were enrolled between 2012 and 2013 smoke using an e-cigarette to try and true for any treatment however effec- by other tobacco and addiction What few studies there are give a in a tobacco treatment program at a quit is beneficial “because the sample tive if only treatment failures were eval- researchers, who said the selection of mixed picture, with some concluding cancer centre. could consist of e-cigarette users who uated.” — Reuters

WHO warns against travel ban on Ebola-hit Africa

GENEVA: Independent health advisers to port issues. the World Health Organization (WHO) have Quarantines may be deemed necessary assessed that there should be no general in areas of intense and widespread trans- ban on travel or trade with countries reel- mission of the deadly Ebola virus, the com- ing from an Ebola epidemic in West Africa, mittee statement went on. the UN agency said yesterday. “States should ensure that they are pro- Some airlines have stopped flights to portionate and evidence-based and that affected areas and WHO and other agen- accurate information, essential services and cies have said this has hampered aid efforts commodities, including food and water, are and the ability of experts to reach victims provided to the affected populations.” of the world’s worst ever outbreak of the WHO advisers earlier recommended the hemorrhagic fever. screening of travellers departing Ebola- In a statement issued after the affected countries from airports and ports. Emergency Committee held its second The committee, composed of some 20 meeting last week, the WHO said Ebola had experts who advise WHO Director-General now killed at least 2,793 people in five Margaret Chan, declared on Aug. 8 that the countries and remains a “public health epidemic constituted a public health emer- emergency of international concern”. gency of international concern. The med- “Flight cancellations and other travel ical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres has restrictions continue to isolate affected warned since late March that the outbreak, countries, resulting in detrimental econom- which began in the remote Gueckedou ic consequences, and hinder relief and area of southeastern Guinea, is “unprece- response efforts risking further internation- dented”. al spread,” the statement said. Sierra Leoneans on Sunday celebrated “The Committee strongly reiterated that the end of a three-day lockdown meant to there should be no general ban on interna- stem Ebola’s reach, with authorities saying tional travel or trade...” The experts urged the move had identified dozens of new authorities in the affected countries - infections and located scores of bodies. FREETOWN: A handout picture taken and released on September 21, 2014 by the Spanish Defence Ministry shows a military medical team trans- Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Separately yesterday, the WHO said two ferring, from Freetown airport in Sierra Leone to Spain, Roman Catholic missionary Manuel Garcia Viejo who contracted the deadly Ebola virus. Leone - to work with the aviation and mar- of the five affected countries - Nigeria and Manuel Garcia Viejo, 69, director of a hospital in the Sierra Leonean town of Lunsar, “has tested positive (for Ebola) and has expressed his desire itime sectors to resolve differences and Senegal - were managing to halt the to be transferred to Spain”, the health ministry said in a statement. He is the second Spaniard to contract Ebola in the current outbreak. — AFP “develop a coordinated response” to trans- spread of the disease. — Reuters Kiribati prez favors Sierra Leone’s three-day buying land abroad Ebola shutdown ends OSLO: The president of the Pacific island contaminating our food crops,” he said. state of Kiribati favours buying more land Crops grown on the higher ground in Fiji abroad after a purchase in Fiji, to secure could help ensure food security in Fears of contagion have affected nations both food supplies and perhaps a future Kiribati. But relocation is complex home if rising sea levels swamp low-lying because it raises issues of residence FREETOWN: Millions of Sierra Leoneans AFP volunteers had managed to reach around ‘In denial’ atolls. Anote Tong, in Norway on a rights and citizenship. Tong said that emerged from their homes yesterday after a 80 percent of homes, deeming the action a suc- The WHO was due on Monday to publish the stopover to view melting Arctic ice push- Kiribati had not mentioned relocation to controversial nationwide lockdown during cess. latest findings of its Ebola emergency commit- ing up sea levels before he attends a UN the Fijian authorities when it bought the which scores of dead bodies and new cases of “We have learnt a lot from the campaign. tee charged with deciding on what other tem- climate summit in New York yesterday, land but that Fijian President Epeli Ebola infections were uncovered. Although this campaign has ended, there is a porary measures should be taken to reduce the said he wanted to lay conditions for Nailatikau had said “Fiji will welcome you” The west African country had confined its six possibility we would have a similar one some risk of the deadly virus spreading further. “migration with dignity” from the islands. if it were ever necessary. Separately, the million people to their homes for 72 hours in a other time,” he said. A second deployment of US troops arrived on Kiribati, a nation of 100,000 people Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) bid to stem a deadly outbreak which has “I cannot as of now give you statistics about Sunday at Liberia’s international airport, 55 kilo- scattered over 32 Pacific atolls, complet- urged stronger action by developed claimed more than 2,600 lives there and in the total corpses collected during the three-day metres (35 miles) east of Monrovia, as part of an ed a deal with Fiji this year to buy 6,000 nations at the New York summit to cut neighbouring Liberia and Guinea this year. period as we are now awaiting returns from oth- eventual 3,000-strong mission to help tackle the acres (2,400 hectares) of forest land for emissions of greenhouse gases, blamed “We have an overflow of bodies which we still er parts of the country and this will be made outbreak. A$9.3 million ($8.3 million) on the island by the UN panel of experts for stoking need to bury but this has been an everyday known as soon as the full report is compiled.” The team will set up a headquarters for Major of Vanua Levu, he said. “With sea level heatwaves, floods and rising seas. occurence since the Ebola outbreak... Now at Ebola fever can fell its victims within days, General Darryl Williams, who will oversee the US rise, the value of land will go up,” Tong “The time for action was yesterday,” least we have about 150 new cases,” Steven causing severe muscle pain, vomiting, diarrhoea mission to train local health workers and estab- predicted in a weekend interview, nurs- Robert Watson, a former chair of the UN’s Gaojia, head of the country’s emergency opera- and-in many cases-unstoppable internal and lish additional medical facilities, he said. ing a cold from a visit to the Arctic archi- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate tion centre, said late Sunday. external bleeding. Liberian health officials said action to stop pelago of Svalbard. “I am not going to Change (IPCC) and lead author of an The country’s chief medical officer earlier said Fears of contagion have crippled the the spread of the disease was also being ham- relocate my people, but someone else AOSIS report outlining needed actions, up to 70 bodies had been uncovered, but these economies of affected nations, as wary workers pered by traditional communities still ignoring might” in coming decades. “Some people told Reuters. “We are losing the battle.” were in and around the capital, and results for stay home and cross border trade is disrupted. advice on staying away from highly infectious have suggested ‘why not (buy more land Among AOSIS’ recommendations are a the whole country are likely to push up the fig- The scale of the challenge is most evident in dead bodies. in) Australia and New Zealand, they are ban on building new conventional coal- ures significantly. Only essential workers such as Liberia, where health workers at Ebola units “Some people are still in denial. Because of selling land to the Chinese?’,” he said. “My fired power plants and for governments health professionals were exempt from the shut- have spoken of turning away people begging for that they are not listening to the rules,” said view is ‘yes’ ... property poses the least to set a price on carbon to penalise down, and some 30,000 volunteers who went their lives because they don’t have the beds or Gabriel Gorbee Logan , a health officer in Bomi risk” compared to other investments. emissions. The IPCC says it is at least 95 door-to-door to hand out soap and give advice staff to treat them. County, northwest of Monrovia. percent probable that man-made emis- on halting the contagion. The country said on Sunday there would be a “And there is still ongoing burial rites-rituals Independent observers have voiced concerns that citizens are carrying out. They’re in the habit Financial Risks sions are the main cause of global four-fold increase in hospital beds to 1,000 for over the quality of advice being given out, of bathing dead bodies because tradition Tong said Kiribati’s A$500 million sov- warming since 1950. Despite the scien- patients in the capital Monrovia by the end of deeming the shutdown a “mixed success” and demands it.” ereign wealth fund, built from earnings tific consensus, opinion polls indicate October. complaining about the poor training of the In Nigeria, thousands of students were from phosphate mines, had suffered many voters suspect natural variations “Patients are being rejected... because there is door-to-door education teams. preparing to return to school on Monday after from poor financial investments abroad in the climate are to blame. UN no space. So the government is trying its best to in recent years. He said several islands Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joined a Meanwhile aid organisations and medical an enforced summer break because of Ebola, experts questioned the feasibility of reaching 1.5 finish the 1,000 beds so we can accommodate all which has claimed eight lives there. had been abandoned in Kiribati partly march for climate action in New York on the patients,” Information Minister Lewis Brown because low-lying farmland was becom- Sunday that organisers estimated at million households in three days and argued Catholic missionary Manuel Garcia Viejo, 69, that confining people to their homes could told AFP. the second Spanish national to be infected, was ing less productive as storm surges 310,000 people, the biggest rally ever The move comes two weeks after the World whipped more salt onto the land. “It is held on the issue. —Reuters erode trust between the government and the returned overnight in a military plane to Madrid people. Health Organization (WHO) warned the country, from Sierra Leone, according to Spanish media. worst-hit in the outbreak with more than 1,450 In August, a 75-year-old Spanish priest was Begging for their lives deaths, was about to see a huge spike in infec- the first European to be repatriated after becom- But Health Minister Abubakarr Fofanah told tions, with thousands of new cases imminent. ing infected. — AFP 700 babies exposed to TB at Texas hospital

EL PASO: More than 700 infants may have been Hospital workers have been tested and offi- for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. exposed to tuberculosis at an El Paso hospital cials are waiting on results, Ocaranza said. Wright declined to specify the violations, say- over the past year by an employee recently Letters were sent Thursday to the parents of the ing only that they were in the areas of infection diagnosed with the illness, health officials said. infants directing them to undergo screenings, control, patient rights and management over- The employee, who worked in the nursery at which are being offered orf free at the hospital. sight. He also declined to say if the violations Providence Memorial Hospital, tested positive New Mexico health officials said at least 50 of were related to the TB exposure. on Aug. 25 and was placed on leave, but she the potentially affected babies live in New The hospital has until Tuesday to submit a may have exposed infants and about 40 other Mexico. corrective plan. Wright didn’t know how much hospital workers starting in September 2013, Ocaranza didn’t say how the nursery worker federal money Providence receives, but he said said Dr. Hector Ocaranza, the health authority may have contracted the disease, citing privacy that for some hospitals, it amounts to 60 percent for El Paso County. laws. Employment and medical records were of the operating budget. The bacteria that cause TB can lay dormant reviewed to determine which infants and hospi- Of the more than 500 hospitals licensed in for months or even years before they grow and tal workers may have been exposed. Texas last year, 10 were issued a finding of cause an active case of the disease, according to Williams said it was one of the largest cases of patient safety being placed in immediate jeop- the El Paso Department of Public Health. The TB exposure that the state health department ardy, Wright said. bacterial infection is spread through the air has been involved in. Ocaranza noted that TB is There were more than 1,200 confirmed cases when someone sick with TB coughs or sneezes. treatable and said the possible exposure at the of TB statewide last year, including 49 in El Paso “This is an incredibly large exposure investi- hospital doesn’t represent a public health threat. County, according to the state health depart- gation, and it involves infants, so it is particular- The discovery of the infected employee also ment. ly sensitive,” said Carrie Williams, spokeswoman prompted an inspection of the hospital by regu- “Providence Memorial Hospital is committed for the Texas Department of State Health lators, who found several violations that could to doing everything we can to ensure the health President Anote Tong of the Pacific Island nation Kiribati stands during a retreat Services. “Babies are more likely than older chil- threaten the hospital’s Medicare funding and and continued well-being of our patients, our to the high Arctic glacier Nordenskioldbreen on Svalbard in Norway. — AP dren and adults to develop life-threatening posed “an immediate jeopardy to patient safety,” employees and our community,” hospital forms of TB.” said David Wright, deputy regional administrator spokeswoman Audrey Garcia said. — AP TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 HEALTH & SCIENCE Engineers call for national approach to flooding

NEW YORK: An organization of civil as levees, to help contain risks. And, it is “The loss of more than 2,000 lives, flood plain program called for by absolute protection from flooding is not engineers is calling for a national strate- calling for the federal government and the social disruption of hundreds of Congress has not been revised for 20 possible. The group says some commu- gy for mitigating flood risks, saying the other organizations to work together to thousands of people, and the economic years, they say, and its recommenda- nities are more cautious about allowing US has not fully heeded lessons from educate the public about flooding and damages that have reached hundreds of tions have never been acted on. In 2007, development in flood -prone areas. Hurricane Katrina and Superstorm what can be done about it. billions of dollars could have been dra- Congress called for a study of flood vul- Since Superstorm Sandy struck the East Sandy. Robert Traver, the Villanova matically reduced through the imple- nerability, but never funded it. Coast, particularly New York and New The American Society of Civil University professor who was chairman mentation of effective flood risk man- As a result, the group said, structures Jersey in 2012, the idea of flood Engineers released its recommenda- of the group that made the report, said agement policies,” the report says. like levees are not in great shape in resilience rather than prevention has tions Monday during a conference on the issues are critical. “The failure to act “Unfortunately, this nation’s existing many places. And to make matters gained currency, the report finds. water issues in Philadelphia. The group today has future consequence,” he said. policies and funding choices will guar- worse, the dangers of floods are deep- The engineers have also changed is calling for Congress and the Obama The group says there have been a antee the continuation of these dramat- ening due to climate change and popu- their thinking over the years. In its 2007 Administration to develop a sustainable string of examples of the damage that ic losses.” lation growth. report, the group recommended to “put way to pay for infrastructure mainte- flooding can do, including hurricanes In the report, the engineers say the The engineers say that one impor- someone in charge” of flood mitigation nance and updates to help manage Katrina and Rita in 2005, Ike in 2008, nation lacks a common vision for deal- tant lesson from Katrina, which created decisions. Now, it says, it recognizes a floods. It also wants more use of nature, flooding in the Midwest in 2011 and ing with a growing flood risk.Part of the havoc on the Gulf Coast in 2005, is start- shared responsibility among local, state rather than engineered solutions such Superstorm Sandy in 2012. problem, they say, is political. A national ing to settle in: the realization that and federal governments.— AP

DISQ fitness fans look like action figures, train like multitaskers NEW YORK: Some cutting-edge fans of cardiovascular fitness are going a bit bionic as they strap on belts, step into stirrups and grab hand loops on the DISQ, a recent- ly-arrived wearable contraption of adjustable resistance cords. Fitness experts say the device, which was launched in Germany a year a half ago and has become popular throughout Europe and Russia, adds simultane- ous and constant resistance to an aerobic workout. Crunch, the national group of fitness centers, employs the mobile gadget in a group fitness class called “Transformer w/ DISQ,” a 45-minute fast-moving, music-driven cardio workout, to enhance basic interval training moves such as lunges, squats and jumping jacks. “It’s not easy to find programs that combine strength and cardiovascular workouts in one,” Donna Cyrus, senior vice president of programming for Crunch Fitness, said about the class, which was launched in New York, Miami and locations in California. “It’s fun and for the amount of time you spend, you really get a full body workout,” she said. The fitness class ACCRA: People donate blood at Korle Bu hospital’s blood centre on September 5, 2014 in Accra, Ghana. To Ghana’s legions of jobless young men, Eric Bimpong has a money- was named in a nod to the 1980s television show turned making proposition: Sell your blood. Bimpong spends his days outside schools, bars and on the streets of poor neighbourhoods in Accra, scouring for teenagers and 20- science-fiction movie series. somethings to give blood outside the capital’s largest hospital. — AFP “We call it Transformer because when you’re in that contraption you sort of move like a robot and feel like you’re an action hero,” Cyrus said. The DISQ is the brain- Jobless and poor, Ghana’s child of Dutch speed skater Robbert Boekema, who along with his colleagues, sought a way to train outside the gym. Boekema, speaking from his company’s head- youth turn to selling blood quarters near Amsterdam, said the idea for the device occurred to him around the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, and was being used by speed skaters in training ahead of the Sochi Olympics earlier this year. ‘We are helping people’ A consumer version of his device is being launched, he said, with a price tag of $199, along with a personal ACCRA: To Ghana’s legions of jobless Addai, a spokesman for Ghana’s National got just five. “They are afraid of the Bimpong keeps 20 cedis for himself. training app providing workouts for everything from young men, Eric Bimpong has a money- Blood Service. (NBS) “Sometimes they syringe,” Addai said. “They are not aware of According to Addai, donated blood is muscle building to weight loss. making proposition: sell your blood. don’t even know their blood group.” the importance of it because of certain tested for HIV, hepatitis B and C and “For normal people, it is probably enough to do it Bimpong spends his days outside beliefs. They’ve heard stories of certain dis- syphilis and donors are asked if they’ve schools, bars and on the streets of poor Fear of needles, disease eases.” been sick with malaria. Despite screening, three times a week for half an hour,” he said. neighbourhoods in Accra, scouring for Ghana has prospered in recent years off there have been a number of cases involv- Anthony J. Wall, director of professional education at teenagers and 20-somethings to give exports of gold, cocoa and oil as well as Chronic blood shortages ing contaminated blood in other parts of the American Council on Exercise which offers a DISQ blood outside the capital’s largest hospital. the country’s reputation as a rare stable Chronic blood shortages have forced the world. trainer course to fitness professionals said it is fun, inno- Commercial blood donors, as the democracy in tumultuous West Africa. hospital blood centres to improvise. From the 1970s onwards, more than vative and different. “It’s a new style of training where authorities call them, fill a void in a country While its economy has recently begun When a patient arrives in need of blood half a dozen countries, including Britain, they use resistance devices attached to the body,” he where blood is often in short supply and slowing down, Ghana’s government is and a hospital has none to offer, nearby France, Italy and Japan, were hit by scan- said. But the DISQ may not be for everybody. cultural and religious beliefs keep some investing heavily in building new hospitals clinics are contacted to see if they might dals over tainted blood for transfusion. The Grace Desimone, a personal trainer and group fitness from donating. and renewing old facilities. have some available, Addai said. If the clin- biggest scare was over contamination by instructor with the American College of Sports When a patient needs blood and the But keeping blood banks stocked ics don’t, family members are called to the AIDS virus. Last July, the medical jour- Medicine, thinks the DISQ is unique, fun and best taken blood banks are empty and family and remains a constant struggle, Addai said. come and donate. Friends will suffice, too- nal The Lancet published a study saying in small doses. “It’s a nice option for individuals who friends unavailable or unwilling to donate, The NBS usually relies on students to if they’re willing. If that fails, “it means that that one in almost 3,000 blood donors in want to elevate their heart rate without a lot of impact,” the paid donors step in for a price. donate the approximately 250 units per- the victim will not survive”, Addai said. England carry hepatitis E and that small said Desimone. “It’s efficient and intense because of the “In this country, when people go to the day of blood used in the southern third of More than 42 percent of Ghana’s unem- amounts of the virus had made it into compound exercise activity.” hospital, they don’t want their relatives to the country, which includes the capital. ployed are aged 15 to 24 and just under a blood banks. But Bimpong shrugs off con- But they still run short, particularly when quarter of the population of 26 million live cerns about safety. Laboratories should be But she cautions that the DISQ might be inappropri- know,” to hide certain illnesses, Bimpong said. “So they come to us.” students go on holiday, Addai said. below the poverty line of 3.60 cedi ($1, responsible for screening, he said, adding: ate for anyone with upper body weakness or injury, and While their donations likely save the The NBS has sounded the alarm about 0.77 euros per day). As a result, Bimpong “It’s not up to me.” notes it is usually safer to reach good form before lives of bleeding patients, public health blood shortages repeatedly on radio sta- finds a ready supply of volunteers at high adding resistance. “You can perform many movements officials worry that the donors spread dis- tions and in newspapers, encouraging schools, drinking spots and in market ‘We are helping people’ with added resistance, but do you need that? Do you eases like HIV or hepatitis to those who people to come out and donate. places. “I go to places where I can see peo- Inside the packed waiting room of the need to run with added resistance? For the average per- receive their blood. During a recent blood donor drive at a ple are not working,” he explained. The blood centre at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, son, the answer is no,” she said. “The risk outweighs the “It’s abnormal. We don’t really encour- shopping mall in Accra, the NBS hoped to going-rate per pint (0.57 litres) of blood is signs encourage people to donate every benefit.” —Reuters age this kind of donation,” said Stephen get 1,500 donors, Addai said. Instead, they between 100 cedis and 120 cedis. four months.—AFP WHAT’S ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Kuwait: Sea Songs of the Arabian Gulf produced The CD Booklet includes musical transcriptions, Work songs as well as entertainment musical Dr. Urkevich preparing her recording equipment at the by Dr. Urkevich. lyrics, and images. suites were important for maritime life. Bin Hussein diwaniyya (gathering place) in Kuwait. AUK professor Dr Lisa Urkevich’s new CD brings Kuwaiti sea songs back to life

UK Professor and Chair of the standard late-night gatherings. When sea liveli- Department of Music and Drama, Dr. Lisa hood diminished, large “bands” began to form AUrkevich, has produced and authored a to keep the musical traditions alive. Today, less CD and Booklet featuring the Hamid Bin than a dozen authentic maritime music groups Hussein Band, a premiere traditional ensemble survive. Among the most lauded is the Hamid of the Arabian Gulf. For over a decade, Dr Bin Hussein Sea Band of Kuwait who are fea- Urkevich has worked closely with Gulf musi- tured on these recordings. These men, who for cians, recording hundreds of hours of their per- the most part are descendants of pearlers and formances, and these newly released tracks are seamen, are cherished in the community, since choice gems from that fieldwork. The audio files their performances are both historical represen- and text, entitled Kuwait: Sea Songs of the tations and impassioned art. The recordings Arabian Gulf, are published by Multicultural and detailed booklet, with over 30 images, Media as part of the esteemed Music of the musical examples, and explanations of the per- Earth series. Currently, these are the only record- formance structure, provide a significant ings in the series from the Arabian Peninsula glimpse into a precious music of an ancient cul- and thus they shine a special light on the artistic ture. culture of Kuwait within the greater region. The audio files and text of Kuwait: Sea Songs The Arabian Gulf is one of the most musical- of the Arabian Gulf are each sold separately and ly vibrant areas of the entire peninsula. Over the available digitally on ITunes, IBook, and Kindle centuries, many categories of arts have flour- among other online sites. ished, but it is the songs of the sea that have The American University of Kuwait (AUK) is had a special place in the hearts of nationals. an independent, private, equal opportunity, The musical color and texture of Upper Gulf and co-educational liberal arts institution of music is unique in the Arab world, as large higher education. The educational, cultural and choirs of men join voices to sing heartfelt, administrative structure, methods and stan- haunting melodies over vibrant, percussive tim- dards of AUK are based on the American model bres. Until the early 20th century sea songs of higher learning. The language of instruction were heard constantly by the community, as is English. More information on the American they were sung for both work and recreation, University of Kuwait can be found at on ship and shore, and during weddings and at www.auk.edu.kw Dr. Urkevich and members of the Hamid Bin Hussein Band.

IOC - ‘Gandhidarsan’ photo exhibition Muhhanad Sabri appointed

ndian Overseas Congress, Kuwait is organizing 3rd requests each and everyone especially parents to make this function. Ever-rolling trophies in Memory of Late Resident Manager of photo exhibition of Mahatma Gandhi’s life, use of the exhibition by encouraging children to the ven- Pala K.M.Mathew, Ex MP, and writer, the “Kalasurya” for Courtyard by Marriott Hotel I“Gandhidarsan 2014” on October 10th and 11th, 2014 ue. Exhibition will be opened to all from 6 pm on 10th boys and “Kalamayukha” for girls who got the highest at United Indian School, Abbasiya. The exhibition will be Oct, onwards till next day 12 noon and is organized to individual points will be presented on the occasion. inaugurated by well-known film director and Chairman encourage the new generation to study and disseminate A committee with convenersJohn Abraham, Raju he Marriott hotels welcomed its to the management team for their trust of Kerala State Film Academy, Rajeevnath. More than 200 the thoughts, values and ideals of Mahatma Gandhi. Zakarias, Shaji Makkolil, Tomychen Puthiyaparambil, new Resident Manager, and confidence in me. Being Resident rare pictures of Gandhi’s life from childhood to his tragic The winners of the arts festival, “IOC FEST 2014” for Sunil Rapuzha, Sunil Sonny, Shaji Kavalam, M.A.Hilal, TMuhhanad Sabri Hameed to its Manager is another opportunity for me death will be exhibited at the venue. Very rare photos of students and public from different states of India which K.J.John, Somu Mathew, Tom Chirayil and Tony Mathew four starred business and travel brand - to carry out my commitment and serve his African life, pictures of various Indian freedom move- was conducted on 6th and 7th of March, 2014 will be are leading the arrangements of the exhibition and prize Courtyard by Marriott Kuwait City- in a bigger way - not just towards the ment and other exclusive photos are included. IOC honoured with trophies, medals and certificates during distribution ceremony. known for its refreshing and comfort- hotel’s clients but our associates as able stays in Kuwait and around the well. I love the challenge it presents globe. Holding an exceptional career in and I trust my abilities to succeed with International Student Network holds education fair in Kuwait the hospitality industry of over twenty my team in carrying out the mission years, handling key managerial desig- and goals of our hotel-Courtyard by n Wednesday, September 24, about their schools and answer ques- University, Drury University, Drexel tions about the student visa applica- nations of great responsibility and rep- Marriott.” 2014, the International Student tions from students and parents about University, Murray State University, tion process. utation within the company, he has Cluster General Manager, Kuwait ONetwork (ISN) will return to educational opportunities in the Pace University, and University of Additional information about the worked at The Jordan Valley Marriott Marriott Hotels, George Aoun quoted: “I Kuwait for an educational fair at the United States. The three-hour educa- Wisconsin-Whitewater. fair can be found at http://www.stu- Resort & Spa and The Amman Marriott am delighted to welcome Hameed to Regency Hotel from 6-9 pm New US tional fair is organized by ISN in coop- EducationUSA advisers will be dentlane.com/en_us/ Hotel amongst others before moving to the family of Kuwait Marriott Hotels Ambassador to Kuwait Douglas eration with the US Embassy. present at the fair to answer students’ For more information about study- Kuwait as the Resident Manager for and wishing him all the success in con- Silliman will provide opening remarks. The following universities will questions about higher education in ing in the United States please visit Courtyard by Marriott, Kuwait city. quering newer heights in our hotel and The fair will include representatives attend the event: Pennsylvania State the US, including the admissions http://www.educationusa.state.gov/. Just as he embraced this new posi- carry the brand’s name with his suc- from nine US colleges and universi- University, Rider University, Saint process. US Embassy consular officers Visit us @ kuwait.usembassy.gov tion, Hameed expressed, “I am grateful cess”. ties, who will provide information Joseph’s University, Adelphi will also be present to answer ques- @USEmbassyQ8

Pravasi Bhartiya Divas KD 720 bank guarantee ‘India Pavilion’ at ‘The ‘Papa Kahte Hain’ needed to bring female he Government of India has decided to hold the next Big 5 Kuwait’ fair domestic workers from India Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (PBD-2015) at Mahatma he Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), New Delhi fter the grand success of multi-talented king of comedy TMandir, Gandhinagar, Gujarat in January 2015. The Kapil Sharma’s comedy show in Kuwait, Indian Youth he Government of India has made it mandatory for effort would be to have more meaningful and interactive with the support of the Ministry of Commerce and employers in Kuwait wishing to bring female Industry, New Delhi is organizing an “India Pavilion’ at Asociety is bringing another one of its kind musical live sessions that would address the issues and concerns of the T in concert for the first time in Kuwait, father and son on the Tdomestic workers from India to submit a bank overseas Indian community effectively. Since 2015 marks ‘The Big 5 Kuwait’, International Construction Technology & guarantee of $2,500 equivalent to KD 720 as a security Building Materials Trade Exhibition at the Kuwait stage to perform for their upcoming event “Papa Kahte Hain” the hundredth anniversary of the return of the greatest deposit with the Embassy of India in Kuwait with immedi- International Fair Ground (Hall 6), Mishref, Kuwait from on 26th September at American International School, Maidan “Pravasi”of all, Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa, it is ate effect. September 22-24, 2014. Hawally at 6:30 pm. It is going to be unique experience for Henceforth, the employers in Kuwait bringing female desired that PBD-2015 would be celebrated in a grand way. The India Pavilion is represented by 30 leading compa- Kuwait audience to see Udit Narayan and Aditya Narayan per- domestic workers have to deposit a bank guarantee of The detailed programe of PBD-2015 is being prepared nies from India dealing with wide range of products includ- forming live with their troop. KD 720 (equivalent to $2,500) in favor of Embassy of India and will be uploaded on the Embassy’s Website in due ing building material & construction equipment; bath- “Papa Kahte Hain” is an event to showcase the love and along with the documents submitted for attestation by course. rooms, kitchens & sanitary ware; marble, ceramic & stone; unity of the family, a stage where the whole Narayan family the embassy. The bank guarantee provided by a bank in More detailed information on Pravasi Bhartiya Divas metal, steel & aluminum; concrete & related products; con- will perform together; it will be an evening to witness the Kuwait needs to be valid till such time the female domes- (PBD-2015) can be accessed at the Ministry of Overseas struction tools; conveying systems; decorative products; whole family and their special bond of love. Padmashri Udit Narayan needs no introduction, a renowned legendary singer tic worker remains in Kuwait. The Embassy will attest India Affairs’ website (http://www.moia.gov.in). electrical systems; facilities management services; finishes agreements for employment of female domestic workers (coating, painting, gypsum, tiling); fire suppression & pro- known for his unique style and entertainment with a lineup of in Kuwait once the above condition of Bank Guarantee is tection; glass & glazing; HVAC; landscaping products & awards. He received the Padma Shri Award, 3 National awards, fulfilled. This measure is being taken to safeguard the Second annual services; building services; communications; pipelines; 9 filmfare and many other awards. welfare of female domestic workers in Kuwait. plumbing & water technology; PMV & related products; Aditya Narayan - an actor, playback singer, music composer Military Logistics safety & security equipment; scaffolding; software & IT; and TV anchor- a big achiever at a young age is the latest special construction (swimming pools, fountain); thermal heartthrob of Bollywood. He started his career as a child artist SG-OCYM anniversary Kuwait summit moisture, protection & insulation; windows, doors & and playback singer for many hit films like Rangeela, Akelei cladding; wood, plastic & composite, etc. The Exhibition is Hum Akelei Tum and Pardes. He hosted the famous reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa and X-Factor. he Inaugural ceremony of 10th Anniversary celebra- open to the public from 1100 hours to 2000 hours. oving, maintaining and sustaining naval, air tions of St Gregorios Orthodox Christian Youth and ground forces officially supported by the TMovement (SG-OCYM) will be held on Friday 26th September at 6 pm at Indian Central School, Abbasiya. SG- MKuwait Armed Forces, represented by the OCYM is the spiritual organization of Malankara Orthodox Logistics & Supply Authority (J4), the 2nd annual Syrian Church, under St. Gregorios Indian Orthodox Maha Military Logistics Kuwait summit will take place on 23 Edavaka, Kuwait. OCYM Central Secretary Rev. Fr P.Y. Jessen, and 24 September 2014 at the Radisson Blu, Salwa. will be the Chief Guest of the function. Embassy of Cuba What’s On - Submission Guidelines he visa to the Republic of Cuba is only for pur- poses of tourism (Tourist visa) issued for Kuwaiti Tcitizens and foreign residents in Kuwait. It is All photos submitted for What’s On valid for one single entrance into national territory for should be minimum 200dpi. a 30-days trip and can be extend it for an additional 30 days at the office in the hotel where you have Articles must be in plain text and accommodations or at the immigration authority. should include name and phone Children must have their own Tourist Visa even if they numbers. Articles and photos that are travelling under their parents’ passport(s). To obtain this visa in person at the Consulate, fail to meet these requirements will these documents are needed: Valid passport, return not be published. air ticket, accommodation in Cuba, payment required, travel insurance, one photo. Fill application form. The Please send them to Embassy is located in Rawda, Block 3, Abu Hayan Al- Artist Johnarts Kalabhavan with his family presents a caricature to VS Achuthanandan at the latter’s [email protected] Tawhedy St., House No. 74, opening hours from 8:30 house. Johnarts is the India Book record holder of presenting the highest number of caricatures to am to 2 pm from Sunday till Thursday. prominent people. WHAT’S ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 AbdelRahman Eissa appointed Director of F&B at Courtyard by Marriott Hotel

Key Food and Beverage appointment was of The Ritz-Carlton across Middle East & Africa in reportedly believes that the units would conquer existing restaurants. I really look forward to working announced. The Kuwait Marriott Hotels wel- Dubai and Egypt and Marriott Hotel Cairo adding to greater and unmatched heights with its chances with the staff and the management to deliver dining Acomed AbdelRahman Eissa as the new his experience in the Fairmont Towers, Heliopolis, and possibilities and an underpinning solid platform experiences that exceed our guests’ expectations.” Director of Food & Beverage services to its business Cairo as the Director of Banquets, Eissa moved to as the unbeatable service providers in Kuwait. He added hotel brand Courtyard by Marriott Hotel Kuwait City Kuwait to undertake his responsibilities as the new “I am delighted and honored to join the Marriott General Manager, Kuwait Marriott Hotels, George and Arraya ballroom managed by Marriott Director of Food & Beverage services to Courtyard Group at such an exciting time,” remarked Eissa , “It’s Aoun said: “Eissa is an accomplished professional International. by Marriott Hotel Kuwait City and Arraya ballroom not often that you get an opportunity to join such a whose creativity, passion and experience are sure to After having held distinguished posts of managed by Marriott International. well-established property and be responsible for the enhance the Marriott’s food and beverage sector Directorial designations in different Marriott Observing Kuwait as a destination of never end- critical planning of food and beverage operations and enable us to deliver an enticing offering to our International brands namely the luxury stay brand ing demand for Food & Beverage sector, Eissa for a the property - as well as to work with such fine guests with a standard unmatched.” KKMCC Jahra medical camp a grand success

bout one hundred of expatriate com- Society introduced attending medical doctors munities from various nationalities in the camp Dr Hisham Othman (Egypt), Dr Aattended the two day free medical Fahad Maleh Al-Anzi (Kuwait) Dr Noora Ghalib screening camp organized by Jahra area Al-Mashoor, (Kerala-India) Dr Methlaj Committee of Kuwait Kerala Muslim Cultural (Chennai - India) and expressed gratitude to Centre (KKMCC) in association with Indo- Dr Fahad Al-Anzi, the Chairman & CEO of Kuwait Friendship Society - IKFS (www.indo- MSSC sponsoring the event to various expatri- kwtfriendshipsociety.com) ate communities who are residing inside and The event was sponsored and supported by outside of Jahra. The felicitation address was “Medical sub-speciality centre” Jahra on Friday given by Sharafuddeen, President, KKMCC and Saturday 19th and 20th September. The National Committee who also delivered hon- screening medical camp was carried out at the orary memento to Dr Fahad Al-Anzi on behalf premises of “Medical Sub-Speciality Centre in of KKMCC. Similar mementos expressing Jahra. This is the first time a two day camp was “Token of Appreciation” were also handed organized in Jahra Governorate by KKMCC’s over to Dr Al-Mashoor, Dr Hisham Othman, Dr. Jahra area Committee. Wajdy William, and Dr. Noora Ghalib by vari- The Medical Screening Camp’ day was ous office bearers of KKMCC. inaugurated by Dr Fahad Maleh Al-Anzi, Many skilled paramedical staff also assisted Chairman & CEO of MSSC who said in his the doctors for the preliminary check-ups. facilities easily and patients from different ond day. Saleem, Acting President of Jahra Convenor) expressed vote of thanks to Indo- speech that MSSC was willing to accept more Expatriates staying in remote area had their walks of life benefited from this noble event. area presided the event meeting and wel- Kuwait Friendship Society, Doctors, Para- expatriates in future and ready to conduct sugar level and blood pressure count. The Office bearers of the national committee comed the doctors and volunteers. Medical staff, volunteers and guests for similar free camps regularly. Dr Ghalib Al- dedication and hard work put in by the KKM- KKMCC Farooq Hamadani, Ghafoor Vayanad, Mohammed Ali, General Secretary, smooth running and making the event as a Mashoor, President of Indo-Kuwait Friendship CC volunteers helped the participants to avail Ibrahim also attended the event on the sec- Zainulabidheen Thangal, (The Camp grand success.

Future Eye Theatre celebrates Onam

uture Eye Theatre Kuwait, an open arena office-bearers. Sajeev K Peter delivered the for theatre people, celebrated Kerala’s tra- presidential address. Dr Pratap Unnithan Fditional festival Onam during an in-house anchored the event. General secretary Sajeesh get-together of its members and family on Kumar welcomed the members and families Thursday evening at Indian Community School while treasurer Deepak L B Nair proposed a (Junior), Salmiya. Theatre director and Future vote of thanks. Eye Theatre Vice president Shemej Kumar K K Cultural programs began with an invocation and journalist-writer Sunil Cherian were hon- dance by Shirley and Shreya followed by a ored during the celebration for winning Kerala mimic show by Sandeep. Gopakumar rendered Sangeetha Nataka Akademi (KSNA) awards for an old melody while Nandan Shyam per- best director and best writer respectively in formed on keyboard. Sajeesh Kumar and GCC theatre festival held in February this year. Sandeep performed a one-act play Shemej Kumar was adorned with a ponnada ‘Theranjeduppu’ (Election) which was written by Future Eye Theatre general convener A R and directed by Deepak. The cultural programs Subbaraman. Future Eye Theatre president came to an end with a folkloric presentation by Sajeev K Peter honored him with a memento. Future Theatre members -Deepan George, Event coordinator Krishnakumar adorned Aneesh Kumar, Madhu Balakrishnan, Shyam Cherian with a ponnada on the occasion. Kattakada, Unnikrishnan, Subbaraman, The celebration started with a prayer song Krishnakumar, Sajeev and Sunil Cherian. A by Cherish, Alma and Liva followed by the offi- sumptuous ‘Onasadya’ was served at the end of cial lighting of the lamp by Future Eye Theatre the festival. TV PROGRAMS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

07:15 The Weakest Link 18:00 Inside Combat Rescue 08:00 My Hero 19:00 Divine Delinquents 08:30 Lead Balloon 20:00 Apocalypse: The Rise of Hitler 09:00 Eastenders 21:00 Breakout 00:45 After The Attack 09:30 Doctors 22:00 Inside Combat Rescue 01:35 Animal Cops Houston 10:00 Great Ormond Street 23:00 Inside 02:25 Shamwari: A Wild Life 10:50 Call The Midwife 00:00 Giuliana & Bill 00:40 The Hungry Sailors 03:15 Too Cute! 11:45 My Hero 00:55 E! News Special 01:30 Coach Trip 04:05 My Cat From Hell 12:15 Lead Balloon 01:25 Keeping Up With The 02:00 Emmerdale 04:55 Jaws Strikes Back 12:45 Big Bear Diary Kardashians 02:55 Coronation Street 05:45 After The Attack 13:10 Eastenders 02:20 E! News 03:25 Harry’s South Pole Heroes 06:35 Animal Airport 13:40 Doctors 00:00 Wilfred 03:15 Escape Club 04:20 Paul O’grady: For The Love Of 07:00 Meerkat Manor 14:10 Great Ormond Street 00:30 The Daily Show With Jon 04:10 THS Dogs 07:25 Dogs 101 15:00 Call The Midwife Stewart 05:05 E!ES 05:15 The Chase 08:15 Dick ‘n’ Dom Go Wild 15:55 My Hero 01:00 Last Week Tonight With John 06:00 The E! True Hollywood Story 06:10 Please Marry My Boy 09:10 Project Puppy 16:25 The Weakest Link Oliver 06:55 THS 07:05 Coach Trip 09:40 Project Puppy 17:10 Eastenders 01:30 Eastbound & Down 07:50 Style Star 07:30 Harry’s South Pole Heroes 10:05 Call Of The Wildman 17:40 Doctors 02:00 Hello Ladies 08:20 E! News 08:25 Paul O’grady: For The Love Of 11:00 Jaws Comes Home 18:10 Great Ormond Street 02:30 South Park 09:15 Giuliana & Bill Dogs 11:55 Meerkat Manor 19:00 One Foot In The Grave 03:00 Hot In Cleveland 10:15 Giuliana & Bill 09:20 Prince George At One 12:20 Animal Airport 19:30 As Time Goes By 04:30 The Tonight Show Starring 11:10 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 10:15 The Chase 12:50 Too Cute! 20:00 Call The Midwife Jimmy Fallon 11:35 E! News Special 11:10 Emmerdale 13:45 My Cat From Hell 20:55 Stella 07:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 12:05 E! News 12:00 Coronation Street 14:40 Shamwari: A Wild Life 21:40 Big School 09:00 Hot In Cleveland 13:05 Extreme Close-Up 12:30 The Hungry Sailors 15:30 Dogs 101 22:10 Last Tango In Halifax 11:00 The Tonight Show Starring 13:35 E!ES 13:25 Please Marry My Boy 16:30 Dick ‘n’ Dom Go Wild 23:00 The Weakest Link Jimmy Fallon 14:30 Style Star 14:20 Coach Trip 17:25 Weird Creatures With Nick 23:45 As Time Goes By 15:30 The Daily Show With Jon 15:00 Kourtney And Kim Take 14:45 The Chase Baker Stewart Miami 15:35 Lightfields 18:20 Call Of The Wildman 16:00 The Colbert Report 16:00 Kourtney And Kim Take 16:30 Murdoch Mysteries 19:15 Bondi Vet 17:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers Miami 18:20 Please Marry My Boy 20:10 Steve Irwin’s Wildlife Warriors 18:00 Hot In Cleveland 17:00 Eric And Jessie: Game On 19:10 Coronation Street 21:05 Shark Girl 18:30 Baby Daddy 17:30 Eric And Jessie: Game On 19:35 Lightfields 22:00 Bondi Vet 20:00 The Tonight Show Starring 18:00 The Drama Queen 20:30 Murdoch Mysteries 22:55 Steve Irwin’s Wildlife Warriors Jimmy Fallon 19:00 E!ES 22:20 Coronation Street 00:20 Outback Truckers 23:25 Steve Irwin’s Wildlife Warriors 21:00 The Daily Show With Jon 20:00 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 22:50 Emmerdale 01:10 Alaska: The Last Frontier 23:50 Into The Shark Bite Stewart 20:30 Giuliana & Bill 23:45 The Chase 02:00 Fast N’ Loud 21:30 The Colbert Report 02:50 Storage Hunters 22:00 Legit 03:15 American Diggers 23:00 South Park 03:40 The Liquidator 23:30 Late Night With Seth Meyers Film review: 04:05 How It’s Made 04:30 How Do They Do It? 05:00 Gold Divers 00:15 Come Dine With Me ‘Flapping in the 06:00 Classic Car Rescue 01:05 Antiques Roadshow 06:50 Deadliest Catch 02:00 Antiques Roadshow 07:40 Fast N’ Loud 00:00 Royal Pains 02:50 Bargain Hunt 08:30 Storage Hunters 01:00 Resurrection Middle of Nowhere’ 03:35 Homes Under The Hammer 08:55 American Diggers 02:00 Boardwalk Empire 04:25 Food & Drink 09:20 The Liquidator 03:00 The Leftovers gauchely translated English title does little 04:55 Come Dine With Me 09:45 How It’s Made 04:00 Revenge justice to the refined sensuality and sly 05:40 The Hairy Bikers Ride Again 10:10 How Do They Do It? 05:00 Perception strangeness of “Flapping in the Middle of 06:05 Antiques Roadshow 06:00 Royal Pains A 10:35 Siberian Cut Nowhere,” an immediately distinctive feature-length 07:00 Antiques Roadshow 11:25 Outback Truckers 08:00 Criminal Minds 07:50 Bargain Hunt 10:00 Perception debut for Vietnamese femme helmer Diep Hoang 12:15 Alaska: The Last Frontier Nguyen. Though it’s steeped in a rich, particular cul- 08:35 Homes Under The Hammer 13:05 Storage Hunters 11:00 Revenge 09:30 Food & Drink 13:30 American Diggers 12:00 Emmerdale tural and spiritual milieu, there’s a universal feminist 09:55 Come Dine With Me 13:55 The Liquidator 12:30 Coronation Street FRIENDS WITH KIDS ON OSN MOVIES HD resonance to this story of a pregnant teen whose 10:45 Antiques Roadshow 14:20 Deadliest Catch 13:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show plans for an abortion are repeatedly obstructed by 11:35 Antiques Roadshow 15:10 Classic Car Rescue 14:00 Criminal Minds 18:00 The Stepford Wives-PG15 01:50 Breaking Amish: Los Angeles financial and romantic complications. Diep’s unique 12:30 Bargain Hunt 16:00 Fast N’ Loud 15:00 Royal Pains 20:00 The Hungover Games-R 02:40 I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant take on a girl-in-trouble narrative made a strong crit- 13:15 Homes Under The Hammer 16:00 Emmerdale 22:00 Peep World-18 03:05 Secretly Pregnant 16:50 How It’s Made 00:00 AFL Premiership highlights ical impression at Venice and should continue to 14:05 Food & Drink 17:15 How Do They Do It? 16:30 Coronation Street 03:55 Long Island Medium spread its wings on the international festival circuit. 14:30 Come Dine With Me 17:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 01:00 PGA European Tour high- 04:20 Say Yes To The Dress 17:40 Gold Divers lights That mealy mouthful of a title, however, may be an 15:20 Antiques Roadshow 18:30 River Monsters: Amazon 18:00 Criminal Minds 04:45 Say Yes To The Dress 16:15 Antiques Roadshow 19:00 The Voice 02:00 AFL Premiership highlights 05:10 Toddlers & Tiaras apt description of its commercial prospects. Titanic 03:00 Trans World Sport Leading Vietnamese auteur Tran Anh Hung is 17:05 Simply Italian 20:10 American Diggers 21:00 Devious Maids 06:00 Oprah: Behind The Scenes 17:30 Bargain Hunt 22:00 Burn Notice 01:00 The Entitled-PG15 04:00 World Match Racing tour 07:00 Craft Wars credited as a “special consultant” on “Flapping in the 20:35 The Liquidator 03:00 Blue Like Jazz-PG15 07:00 Golfing World 18:15 Homes Under The Hammer 21:00 River Monsters 23:00 American Horror Story: 07:50 The Next Great Baker Middle of Nowhere,” and it’s not hard to imagine his 19:10 Food & Drink Coven 05:00 The Glass Man-PG15 08:00 AFL Premiership Highlights 08:40 Ballroom Blitz own 1993 debut, “The Scent of Green Papaya,” as a 21:50 When Fish Attack 07:00 The Woman In The Fifth- 09:00 Web.com Tour 19:35 Simply Italian 22:40 Fish Legends Of Jakub 09:30 Toddlers & Tiaras formative influence on Diep. Her film is a compara- 20:00 Nordic Cookery With Tareq PG15 12:00 WWE Night Of Champion 10:20 Say Yes To The Dress Vagner 09:00 Scents And Sensibility-PG15 12:30 Top 14 Highlights bly delicate examination of class and carnal coming- Taylor 23:05 Fish Legends Of Jakub 10:45 Say Yes To The Dress of-age, though its more bristly eroticism, lashed with 20:25 The Hairy Bikers Ride Again 11:00 The Glass Man-PG15 13:00 Golfing World Vagner 11:10 Cake Boss sour humor, clearly points to the passing of a gener- 20:50 Bargain Hunt 13:00 The Philly Kid-PG15 14:00 Champion Tour 11:35 17 Kids And Counting 23:30 River Monsters 00:00 Olympus Has Fallen-PG15 21:35 Bargain Hunt 15:00 The Intouchables-PG15 17:00 AFL Premiership highlights 12:00 Little People, Big World ation-while Diep, in turn, is preoccupied with the 02:00 Badges Of Fury-PG15 22:20 Bargain Hunt 17:00 Scents And Sensibility-PG15 18:00 Golfing World 12:25 Oprah: Behind The Scenes heightened, liberated sexual awareness of her coun- 04:00 Walking Tall-PG15 23:00 Homes Under The Hammer 19:00 50/50-PG15 19:00 NRL Full time 13:15 Oprah’s Master Class try’s youth. Yet it’s a freedom that clashes harshly 06:00 Olympus Has Fallen-PG15 23:55 Food & Drink 21:00 The Iceman-18 19:30 Futbol Mundial 14:05 Oprah’s Next Chapter with the economic strictures curtailing the options 08:00 Ghostbusters-PG 23:00 The Frozen Ground-18 20:00 European senior tour high- 14:55 Brides Of Beverly Hills and ambitions of 17-year-old protagonist Huyen 10:00 Pitch Black-PG15 lights 15:20 Cake Boss 12:00 Walking Tall-PG15 00:00 Aftermath 15:45 Driving Me Crazy 14:00 Olympus Has Fallen-PG15 01:00 Mega Factories 16:35 Toddlers & Tiaras 16:00 Legendary Amazons-PG15 02:00 Shark Men 17:25 Say Yes To The Dress 18:00 Absolute Fear-PG15 03:00 World’s Deadliest Animals 00:30 WWE Afterburn 17:50 Say Yes To The Dress 20:00 Hunt To Kill-PG15 00:30 Shark City-18 00:35 DCI Banks 04:00 Wild Case Files 01:30 WWE This Week 18:15 17 Kids And Counting 22:00 The Raid: Redemption-18 02:30 The Forgotten-PG15 01:20 Eastenders 05:00 Apocalypse World War I 02:00 WWE Superstars 18:40 Little People, Big World 04:30 Seven Pounds-PG15 01:50 Doctors 06:00 Ultimate Survival Alaska 03:00 Live WWE RAW 19:10 Oprah: Behind The Scenes 07:00 Crazy / Beautiful-PG15 02:20 Great Ormond Street 07:00 Zambezi 06:30 TOP 14 20:05 Brides Of Beverly Hills 09:00 Girl In Progress-PG15 03:10 Lead Balloon 08:00 Aftermath 07:00 Indycar Highlights 20:30 Cake Boss 11:00 Seven Pounds-PG15 03:40 Silent Witness 09:00 Mega Factories 00:00 Bean-PG15 08:00 WWE Experience 21:00 Hoarding: Buried Alive 13:15 Bobby Fischer Against The 04:30 My Hero 10:00 Shark Men 02:00 Death Becomes Her-PG15 09:00 WWE Afterburn 21:55 My Naked Secret World-PG15 05:00 Nuzzle & Scratch: Frock n Roll 11:00 Inside 04:00 Teen Wolf Too-PG15 10:00 WWE This Week 22:20 My Naked Secret 15:00 Hoosiers-PG 05:20 Boogie Beebies 12:00 Is It Real? 06:00 Coneheads-PG 10:30 Top 14 Highlights 17:00 Girl In Progress-PG15 05:35 The Green Balloon Club 13:00 Untamed Americas 08:00 The Guilt Trip-PG15 11:00 Golfing World 19:00 The Perks Of Being A 06:00 Nina And The Neurons 14:00 Nat Geo Amazing! 10:00 Death Becomes Her-PG15 12:00 AFL Premiership Highlights Wallflower-PG15 06:15 Nuzzle & Scratch: Frock n Roll 15:00 Divine Delinquents 12:00 12 Wishes Of Christmas-PG15 13:00 ITM Cup 21:00 Midnight In Paris-PG15 06:35 Boogie Beebies 16:00 Apocalypse: The Rise of Hitler 14:00 Mrs. Doubtfire-PG 15:00 WWE RAW 17:00 Breakout 16:15 The Guilt Trip-PG15 23:00 2 Days In New York-18 18:00 WWE Smackdown 06:50 The Green Balloon Club 00:00 Violetta 20:00 WWE RAW 00:45 The Hive 23:00 Indycar Highlights 00:50 Art Attack (Thuy Anh Nguyen) and her contemporaries; the tit- 01:15 Art Attack ular metaphor likens them to birds caught in mid-air. 01:30 Friends With Kids-PG15 01:40 Jungle Junction 03:30 Red Tails-PG15 01:50 Jungle Junction Huyen has at least flown some distance, having 05:45 Chimpanzee-PG 02:05 Jungle Junction left her rural village to pursue a college education in 07:15 The Smurfs 2-PG 00:30 Champions League T20 02:15 Jungle Junction the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi. That her roommate 09:00 Quartet-PG15 Highlights 02:30 Violetta Linh (Thanh Duy Pham Tran, resembling a spiky 11:00 A Good Day To Die Hard- 01:30 ICC Cricket 360 03:15 The Hive blend of ladyboy and Miley Cyrus) is a transgender PG15 02:00 Caribbean Premier Leaue 03:20 Art Attack hustler already points to the expansion of her sensi- 13:00 The Way Way Back-PG15 Highlights 03:45 Art Attack bilities. Her own lovelife is less adventurous: Her 15:00 Sky Force-FAM 03:00 Caribbean Premier Leaue 04:10 Jungle Junction 17:00 Quartet-PG15 deadbeat b.f., Tung (Hoang Ha), is a low-earning, Highlights 04:20 Jungle Junction 19:00 Peace, Love & debt-riddled municipal worker and amateur cock- 04:00 Caribbean Premier Leaue 04:35 Jungle Junction Misunderstanding-PG15 fighter who is less than delighted when Huyen Highlights 04:45 Jungle Junction 21:00 R.I.P.D.-PG15 announces that she’s pregnant with his child. They 05:00 England Women v South 05:00 Art Attack 23:00 Empire State-PG15 African Women T20I Highlights 05:25 Art Attack agree to pool their resources for an abortion, though 06:00 Champions League T20 05:50 Mouk shortly before the date of the operation, he takes off Highlights 06:00 Jessie with the necessary funds. Desperate for cash, Huyen 07:00 ICC Cricket 360 06:25 Liv And Maddie follows Linh into escort work and strikes up a ten- 07:30 Caribbean Premier Leaue 06:45 Dog With A Blog derly obsessive bond with wealthy, pregnancy-fixat- 07:10 I Didn’t Do It 01:15 Barbie And The Magic Of Highlights ed client Hoang (Bao Son Tran). As their relationship 07:35 Sabrina: Secrets Of A Pegasus 08:30 Caribbean Premier Leaue develops, Huyen feels increasingly conflicted about Teenage Witch 02:45 Emilie Jolie Highlights her planned course of action, yet Diep’s script has lit- 07:55 Win, Lose Or Draw 04:15 Cinderella 09:30 Caribbean Premier Leaue 08:20 Suite Life On Deck tle interest in schematic moral debate. Rather, it’s 06:00 Marc Logan Highlights 08:45 A.N.T. Farm the young woman’s relationship to her own chang- 08:00 Hammer Boy 10:30 ICC Cricket 360 09:05 A.N.T. Farm ing body and burgeoning sexual independence that 10:00 Barbie In The 12 Dancing 11:00 Champions League T20 09:30 Sonny With A Chance galvanizes this somewhat oblique personal narra- Princesses Highlights 09:55 Sonny With A Chance 11:30 Niko 2: Little Brother, Big 12:00 Champions League T20 tive. The right to her own life, with or without a child, 10:15 Suite Life On Deck Trouble Highlights is the assertion that spurs Huyen’s intimate odyssey, 10:40 Suite Life On Deck 13:15 Emilie Jolie 13:00 Champions League T20 though there’s little fist-pumping going on here: 11:05 That’s So Raven 14:30 Dragon Hunters Highlights Diep has crafted a simmering study of a Vietnam still 11:25 That’s So Raven 16:00 Jelly T 14:00 ICC Cricket 360 stifled and even silenced by conservative imbal- 11:50 A.N.T. Farm 18:00 Barbie In The 12 Dancing 14:30 Champions League T20 ances in class, culture and gender. (Unsurprisingly, 12:15 A.N.T. Farm Princesses Highlights 12:35 Good Luck Charlie the pic was largely Euro-funded.) Performances are 20:00 The Great Bear 15:30 Champions League T20 Highlights 13:00 Good Luck Charlie effective across the board, with Thuy deftly finding 16:30 Champions League T20 13:25 Jessie the necessary balance of vulnerability and Highlights 13:45 Jessie inscrutability in a character that could easily be 17:30 Live Champions League T20 14:10 Austin & Ally played with too much guile, or too little. 21:00 ICC Cricket 360 14:35 Win, Lose Or Draw If Diep’s pacing slackens a little in a teasingly 21:30 Champions League T20 15:00 Mako Mermaids inconclusive final third, her grasp on the film’s allur- 00:00 Down The Shore-PG15 Highlights 15:25 I Didn’t Do It 02:00 The Hot Flashes-PG15 ingly opiate tone and varied aesthetic textures is 22:30 Champions League T20 15:50 Liv And Maddie impressively maintained to the end. Quang Minh 04:00 The Arrangement-PG15 Highlights 16:10 Violetta 06:00 Despicable Me 2-PG 17:00 Dog With A Blog Pham’s woozy lensing, with its deep blotches of 23:30 Champions League T20 shadow and seemingly water-soaked palette, is an 08:00 Peeples-PG15 Highlights 17:20 Jessie 10:00 Good Day For It-PG15 17:45 Sabrina: Secrets Of A invaluable ally in this regard, as is Pham Quang Vinh 12:00 The Hot Flashes-PG15 Teenage Witch and Nam Dam Nguyen’s inventive production 14:00 The Great Ghost Rescue-PG 18:10 I Didn’t Do It design. Remarkably resourceful location work is 16:00 Peeples-PG15 18:30 Win, Lose Or Draw employed to underline the urban decay gnawing at 18:00 Jack The Giant Slayer-PG15 18:55 Liv And Maddie the film’s chosen slice of Hanoi society from the out- 20:00 Grown Ups 2-PG15 00:10 Hoarding: Buried Alive 19:20 Violetta side in, but this is no stripped-down exercise in 22:00 Kick-Ass 2-18 01:00 Alaskan Women Looking For 20:05 Liv And Maddie social realism. — Reuters OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN ON OSN MOVIES HD ACTION Love 20:30 Liv And Maddie Classifieds

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CROSSWORD 676 STAR TRACK

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

You could find yourself working overtime today-you have a lot of energy to Deep and penetrating analysis, particularly with a group or in relation to pour into a work project. You may appear commanding and assertive-what- your situation may be in order now. Others could seek you out for your ever the mood-this is the time to push ahead. Breakthroughs in your career could open up understanding. You could be teaching a class in personal development. This could also be during this time-making it possible for you to solve problems and find new opportunities a time to make changes in your work environment. Others value you for your independ- to move forward and upward in your career. This evening you will be moved to appreciate ence and unique qualities. You will not have difficulty in getting recognition for your and discover the beauty in your life-perhaps a sunset, a baby animal or a child-and the efforts or accomplishments. You should, however, place your efforts into work or ventures beauty in those around you. At the same time, everything takes on added value. Be careful that you really love doing. Career insights are possible today. You might discover that that you do not overspend or indulge too much just now. Enjoy the simple things in life unconventional solutions to life’s problems are in order as well. You and your friends enjoy and teach your loved ones to do the same. Un-complicate your life. each other’s company this evening-bingo perhaps.

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

The issue this day seems to be in how you will live in your body if you do not The main focus today is on the manner in which you handle responsibilities take better care of it. Conversations about diet, nutrition, etc., can be easily begun. You in the workplace. You are also likely to fall into a greater position of authori- may strive to learn about nutrition and good health. Exercise is important-avoid over-exer- ty. You make progress in your profession-an increase in stability. Ideals and a sense of tion. Have fun as you work and as you play-you will encourage others in this game of life. belonging become a greater focus in your life at this time. You attach a lot of importance This afternoon a shopping expedition shows off your excellent taste. You could be an to friendship and taking part in group activities that center on idealistic goals. Someone expert in all matters of art and discrimination. You can always pick out the valuable and you care about-a child or lover, perhaps-may be a cause for concern. Self-control and set- worthwhile. You appreciate all that is fine and beautiful. You will charm an older person ting limits are important in love and other games of chance; think long-term and be realis- this evening with your fascinating stories and theories. Later this evening there is a chance tic in your approach to these things. Careful-there is a possibility of overindulgence in to have some special time with a loved one. whatever you become interested in just now.

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

Outer circumstances are favorable and it should be easy for you to push You could be the main attraction today, especially in relation to your work. toward new projects in all aspects of your life. Life may seem almost magical You may find that you enjoy your job or the responsibility it entails. in the way situations work out in your favor. There is time to begin a plan to become bet- Independence, as well as anything unusual or different, is valued. You may enjoy getting ACROSS the Suez Canal. ter organized on the home front. Good fortune and plain old luck surround you today. It is away from routine and doing something completely different after work today. You could 11. Electronic warfare undertaken under 3. (physics) Of or pertaining to a meson. easy for you to make correct decisions, find the right path and move forward where com- be entering a phase of changing or creating habits, which may be a good way to delve direct control of an operational commander 4. Antibiotic-resistant mycoplasma causing a munity concerns are in question. Politics would not be out of the question for you. There is into something different. Good habits bring us everything we want but bad ones can turn to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic kind of pneumonia in humans. a burning zeal for humanitarian goals, what is best for the many, in the community. With our lives into a mess. You are wise to take the time to write down some of what you want energy for the purpose of immediate threat 5. Take in solid food. little patience for detail and superficialities, you insist on getting right to the heart of any to change in yourself, with regard to habits. This could involve eating, exercising, being on recognition. 6. A silvery malleable metallic element that question. People will come to depend on your strength and wisdom. time, etc. Write down some new habits you would like to create. 4. Of an organism's environment. resists corrosion. 12. Large brownish-green New Zealand par- 7. Shrubby climbers of tropical America. rot. 8. A republic in the Middle East in western 15. Owed and payable immediately or on Asia. Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) demand. 9. A woman of refinement. 16. The visual percept of a region. 10. North American republic containing 50 There is an instinctive urge to get serious about taking care of your health at You find ways to broaden your horizons-both intellectually and spiritually. many levels. You may have tried a multitude of methods to get your body Education, publishing, broadcasting, legal and political interests as well as 17. Not in good physical or mental health. states - 48 conterminous states in North into the shape you desire. However, now it is time to settle on one method and stick to it. 18. Remove salt from. America plus Alaska in northwest North advertising offer wonderful opportunities just now. Making suggestions for solving prob- Many methods work-however, the secret to your success is consistency. Others value you lems can make a big difference in your professional status. You may not be the creator of 20. Filled with a great quantity. America and the Hawaiian Islands in the for your ability to make practical decisions-now it is time to have faith in the decisions you an advertisement or a play, but you will give ideas to others that can benefit the business 21. An anticipated outcome that is intended Pacific Ocean. make. This is a very nice day, perhaps filled with some renewed appreciation for all that is for which you work. Rewards are in the making. Assimilating information and experience, or that guides your planned actions. 11. A local computer network for communi- beautiful and fine. You might feel love or value for an older person. You have a sense of learning lessons and putting them into practice-are the main focus this afternoon. It’s a 22. (chemistry) Relating to or containing the cation between computers. value and valuing that may find you lavishing affection on those near you. General good time for prudence and stewardship and tending to the details. Make it a point to really lis- azido group N3. 12. Deciduous South African tree having feeling and a sense of support makes this a happy time. ten to your loved ones this evening. 25. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fra- during respiration and by the decomposition grant orange-yellow flowers. of organic substances. 13. English essayist (1775-1834). Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 27. The location of something surrounded by 14. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor. You can really communicate and express yourself to others right now. You other things. 19. The clay from which adobe bricks are A deliberate sense of responsibility comes across today. 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Heidi Nilsson participates in a workshop at the Pole Expo in Las Torwa Joe, center, teaches a workshop on body movement to Jedda J Jordan poses in her high heels after teaching a class at the Vegas. —AP photos Crystaline Brown, left, and Melissa Hein at the Pole Expo in Las Vegas. Pole Expo in Las Vegas. Pole dancing being used for fitness

oles have long been a staple of smoky strip clubs, offering fitness-focused pole classes. “It has that conno- stilettos and go barefoot so they can better point their recover from a divorce. but the women scaling and swinging from them in tation of sensuality or eroticism that makes it a little toes and stick to the pole. Showing off the splits and “They need to find their sensuality again,” she said. PLas Vegas earlier this month weren’t doing it for more fun.” gravity defying handstands off the side of the pole, their While pole dancing has become more sophisticated and dollar bills. Many of the attendees at the 3rd Annual Pole The expo, held at the Palms Casino, offered workshops athletic performances are more akin to an Olympic gym- widespread, its evolved versions are rarely seen in its Expo are taking the lead of expo founder Fawnia Dietrich on everything from strength conditioning to lap danc- nast on the uneven bars than a burlesque show. birthplace. Strip club patrons are still far less interested and refining their slinky craft as a workout activity. “Most ing. Vendors sold sparkling two-piece pole dancing out- Dietrich said her students have many different rea- in watching a dancer execute an acrobatic move on a people that pole dance in the studios are everyday fits - exposed skin is key to gripping the slippery brass sons for choosing pole dancing. Some want to build pole than watch her shake and shimmy, according to women, not strippers,” said Dietrich, who got her start as pole - as well as the poles themselves and sky-high heels. upper body strength and lose weight. Others want to expo attendee May Chen. “Customers don’t care to see a stripper but has since launched a Las Vegas studio Some of the best pole dancers, however, skip the surprise their husband with an anniversary dance or Cirque du Soleil,” she said. —AP Gordon-Levitt eyes Snowden role in Stone Movie

liver Stone seems to have found the agreed to do it. Though negotiations have man to play NSA whistleblower not yet begun, both sides want the deal to OEdward Snowden in his next pic happen. Stone is writing and directing and “The Snowden Files.” Sources tell Variety will produce with Eric Kopeloff and Moritz that Stone has offered the part to Joseph Borman. Gordon-Levitt, and that the actor has Snowden’s story is now familiar to most: the former US intelligence analyst released more classified documents than anyone since Daniel Ellsberg’s leaking of the Pentagon Papers during the Vietnam War. He has been on the run ever since. Stone acquired the rights to the book “Time of the Octopus” by Snowden’s lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena, which is considered the closest thing to a documented account of the events since Snowden first released the documents. If the deal is made, production would likely begin at the end of the year or in the early first quarter of 2015. Gordon-Levitt is quickly becoming one of Hollywood’s most versatile actors, given his ability to jump from action to comedy to serious dramas. He recently wrapped production on the Robert Zemeckis film “The Walk,” another biopic where he plays Philippe Petit, the high-wire artist who famously crossed the World Trade Center Towers. He was last seen in “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” and is (From L) Austrian conductor Martin Haselbock, Portuguese actresses Victoria Guerra and Maria Joao Bastos, Austrian film direc- currently filming an untitled holiday pic tor Michael Sturminger, French actress Lola Naymark, US actor John Malkovich, Swedish soprano Miah Persson and Austrian bari- with Seth Rogen and Anthony Mackie. He is tone Florian Boesch pose during a photocall after the screening of their film "Casanova Variations" during the 62nd San Joseph Gordon-Levitt repped by WME.—Reuters Sebastian Film Festival yesterday in the northern Spanish Basque city of San Sebastian. —AFP

‘South Park’ to tackle Washington Review Redskins name controversy in season 18

he NFL has been the target of Stone and Trey Parker are zeroing in teaser for “South Park’s” upcoming massive public scrutiny as of on the Washington Redskins name 18th season, which premieres Tlate, and now it looks like Matt controversy. Comedy Central aired a Wednesday, during the Redskins- Eagles game on Sunday. The one- minute clip shows Redskins owner Daniel Snyder, quarterback Robert Griffin III and head coach Jay Gruden confronting Eric Cartman for naming a business the Washington Redskins. “When I named my company Washington Redskins, it was out of deep appreciation for your team and your people,” says Cartman in the teaser. In July, a US patent office ruled the Redskins name “disparaging to Native Americans,” and the NFL team was stripped of its trademark of the name-leaving it free for Cartman to jump on. Season 18 of “South Park” will premiere on Comedy Central on Wednesday at 10 pm ET. —Reuters

This CD cover image released by Sugar Hill Records shows “The Way I’m Livin’,” by Lee Ann Womack. —AP Lee Ann Womack heads off in new direction

or more than a decade, Lee Ann Womack ranked as yet match her emotional tone. The songs range from the most traditional female artist in contemporary devastating narratives, such as the title song (written by Fcountry music, holding on to old-school values in Adam Wright), to spirituals (Mindy Smith’s “All His themes and arrangements as others in the genre kept Saints”), off-kilter love songs (“Same Kind Of Different”) incorporating more pop rhythms and rock energy. With and well-selected covers of Hayes Carll, Julie Miller, the beautiful and moving “The Way I’m Livin’,” her first Bruce Robison and Neil Young. album in six years, Womack turns completely against the “The Way I’m Livin’” isn’t retro or old-fashioned. It sim- grain of modern Nashville. Instead, she focuses on ply presents an alternative direction of where modern stripped-down, emotionally raw songs that bring out country music could go, one that probes the way people the best in her voice, which sounds as tender and live in a more realistic manner than the party-without- expressive as ever. consequences themes dominating contemporary coun- Her husband Frank Liddell, who also produces try radio. It also serves as a reminder that Womack is one American-Senegalese hip-hop star Akon performs at a concert as part of ‘Peace One Day’ celebrations on Miranda Lambert and David Nail, sets Womack amid a of American music’s most powerful interpreters of good International Peace Day at the airport in Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on small ensemble of studio experts who play with restraint material, whatever the genre. September 21, 2014. —AFP LIFESTYLE37 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 Music & Movies

Bennett, Gaga have special chemistry on new CD

ony Bennett has never forgotten sassy Gaga enthusiastically belts out her Strayhorn’s “Lush Life,” clearly identifying the boost he got when Frank lines, while Bennett is as always elegant with the song’s theme of loss and TSinatra declared him “the best and precise in his phrasing. heartache. singer in the whole business.” Now it’s Irving Berlin’s “Cheek to Cheek” and The only surprise with Bennett is how Bennett’s turn to grant his imprimatur to Duke Ellington’s “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If vibrant he sounds at 88 with a voice that another Italian American singer from It Ain’t Got That Swing)” are both briskly though raspier than in his early years has New York: Stefani Germanotta, better paced with Gaga’s high register vocals matured gracefully like fine wine, taking known as Lady Gaga. Bennett and Gaga spinning around Bennett’s middle-range on more emotional depth, as reflected in first teamed up on his Grammy-winning lines with the two engaging in some his solo numbers, “Don’t Wait Too Long” 2011 “Duets II” CD to perform the stan- crisp harmonizing and occasional scat- and Ellington’s “Sophisticated Lady.” dard “The Lady Is a Tramp,” with Gaga dis- ting. On the Nat King Cole hit “Nature Bennett brings out another side of playing impressive vocal chops. It turns Boy,” Gaga shows a different side, Gaga’s artistry by recording this album in out that this seemingly odd couple - sep- breathily caressing the lyrics and softly his customary manner - with the main arated in age by 60 years - both share a blending her lines with Bennett’s, backed performers interacting in the studio. The passion for the Great American by a lush orchestral arrangement and the arrangements feature his touring jazz Songbook and jazz singing, which Gaga late Paul Horn’s airy flute solo. combo with pianist Mike Renzi plus such says she first took up as a teenager. top-notch guest soloists as tenor saxo- That led them to record “Cheek to ‘Sophisticated Lady’ phonist Joe Lovano and trumpeter Brian Cheek” - only the second full album that This is a liberating album for Gaga Newman. Bennett has done with another singer in who shows that she doesn’t need the At times, Gaga’s jazz phrasing can his nearly 70-year recording career. The outlandish meat dresses, voice-altering sound forced, as on Jerome Kern’s “I first was the sublime 2002 album, “A electric effects and elaborate stage Won’t Dance,” and she sometimes belts Wonderful World,” with k.d. lang, on shows to make an impact because her out the lyrics like a pop star. Gaga, who which the two voices blended smoothly voice stands out on its own. Had she says she intends to record more jazz on a subdued collection of ballads asso- been born in an earlier era, Gaga would albums, has great potential as a jazz ciated with Louis Armstrong. There’s a have been right at home in an MGM singer and could learn much from completely different chemistry on musical. On her solo features, Gaga Bennett who early in his career often “Cheek to Cheek,” starting with the open- sings softly and with restraint on sang in a stiff operatic voice before ing track, Cole Porter’s “Anything Goes,” Porter’s ballad “Ev’ry Time We Say becoming more relaxed, nuanced and This CD cover image released by Interscope shows “Cheek to Cheek,” by with the duo trading lines in a bright, Goodbye,” and shows her vulnerability jazzier once he started recording albums Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga. —AP brassy big-band swing arrangement. A in an emotional rendition of Billy of the timeless standards. —AP

Martin Scorsese to present Review Martha Pinson’s ‘Tomorrow’

artin Scorsese is to executive produce take executive producer credits. Pinson has direct- “Tomorrow,” the directorial debut of ed short films and stage plays and worked with MMartha Pinson, his long-time script con- Oliver Stone and Sidney Lumet. She worked sultant. The film, which explores the difficult rein- alongside Scorsese four of his last features “The tegration into normal society of battle-worn sol- Aviator,” “The Departed,” “Shutter Island,” and diers, starts production in London today. It will “Hugo.” continue in a Wiltshire home for recovering sol- “Through [Martha Pinson’s] vision, the great diers and also in Spain. Confirmed cast includes cast and dedicated team, this story will resonate Stephen Fry (“The Hobbit”), Sophie Kennedy-Clark for years,” said Scorsese in a statement. (“Nymphomaniac” I and II), Paul Kaye (“Game of “‘Tomorrow’ is a great script. The dialogue is bril- Thrones”) Stephanie Leonidas (“Defiance”), liant and believable; the reversals and surprises Sebastian Street (“Age of Heroes”), Staurt Brennan are well placed and powerful. The characters and (“Risen”) and Joss Stone (“The Tudors”). situations are vividly drawn,” said Pinson. Subject “Tomorrow” is produced by UK-based Roaring matter covers post-traumatic stress disorder, HIV Mouse Productions and Studio 82. Producers are and AIDS. Those are timely choices with the UK’s screenwriters Brennan and Street, as well as Dean combat mission in Afghanistan scheduled to Martin Scorsese M Woodford. Scorsese and Emma Tillinger Koskoff come to an end in December this year. —Reuters Chesney shows Film Review the way on new album ‘Kundo: Age of the Rampant’ enny Chesney took a year off before recording his new album, “The Big Revival,” and it shows. KCohesive in scope, “The Big Revival” suggests kimchi Western with a heavy helping hye), a fabulous female warrior whose snap- backstories mapped out by helmer Yoon tempo rock star than the stiff and steely pro- the veteran country star is determined to extend his of spaghetti and tasty trimmings of py one-liners bring winning shots of humor and co-scripter Jun Chul-hong, the most tagonist of a traditional Korean costume two-decade string of top 10 hits - something he has Ahumor, “Kundo: Age of the Rampant” and girl power to the proceedings. rewarding is a detailed portrait of Jo-yoon’s epic. Importantly, the screenplay never achieved with first single, “American Kids.” Chesney delivers a thoroughly entertaining if over- traumatic childhood as the illegitimate son allows its deeper themes of loyalty and hon- has continually tinkered with his sound, growing long gallop through the trusty old story of Effeminate young noble of Gov. Jo (Song Young-chang) and a prosti- or to be diluted by misplaced shots of come- more introspective in recent years while remaining honorable bandits stealing from nasty rich Following this rousing intro, the focus tute mother. Scenes of young Yoon-jo being dy. the king of the arena sing-along. Chesney’s forte is people and distributing the proceeds to switches to Dolmuchi (Ha Jung-woo, embraced, then shunned by his father, and that even his rockers offer snapshots of the lives of his downtrodden peasants. , “Kundo” has run “Nameless Gangster”), a scruffy young openly loathed by cold-hearted stepmother A bamboo forest fans, as he does here on “Beer Can Chicken,” which he rampant at the South Korean box office, and butcher eking out a living in an isolated Lady Jo (Park Myung-shin), give the film’s The buildup to the inevitable day of co-wrote. A rocker like “Drink It Up” avoids the clichÈs should continue to do well abroad with its shack with his unnamed mother (Kim Hae- chief villain an intriguing edge of sympathy reckoning between Jo-yoon and Dolmuchi flowing through contemporary country songs by high-impact action sequences and funky sook) and sister, Gok-ji (Han Ye-ri). Lured by even as he commits monstrous crimes in (renamed “Dochi” after his training stint at injecting some real-life gravitas. Tarantino-esque packaging. more money than he’s ever seen, Dolmuchi present-day scenes. bandit HQ) doesn’t disappoint where action Working with longtime co-producer Buddy Setting the all-time record for opening- is hired as an assassin by Jo-yoon (Kang Despite a few unnecessarily extended is concerned. Following rousing scenes of Cannon, Chesney slips some modern Nashville day biz (but eclipsed a week later by seafar- Dong-won), an unusually cruel and slightly sequences and some confusing moments Dochi and Co. stealing rich people’s rice and rhythms and loops into songs like “Til It’s Gone” and ing actioner “The Admiral: Roaring Currents,” giving it to the poor, and a stunning raid on “Rock Bottom,” yet holds on to the classic-rock guitar now the highest-grossing South Korean film the bandit’s hideout in which Ma-hyang sound he loves. But the album’s most powerful ever made), “Kundo” is a rollicking good ride takes on hordes of henchmen while carry- moment arrives with the closer “If This Bus Could Talk,” that’s marred just slightly by its tendency to ing a baby on her back, the events reach a which traces Chesney’s story from a nervous green- linger a little too long on minor story thrilling climax in a bamboo forest. In his horn opening for Patty Loveless in 1993 through the threads here and there. But in the more criti- first feature role since returning from mili- twists and turns of a long career. Today’s country are- cal departments of supplying well-defined tary service, Kang (“Secret Reunion”) is aces na rockers may model themselves on Chesney’s heroes worth rooting for, hissable villains as the stone-faced psychopath with pro- good-time style, but “The Big Revival” proves they still and an infectious spirit of fun and adven- foundly unresolved “father issues.” Lee have a thing or two to learn from him. —AP ture, the film scores high marks. Kyoung-young is terrific as a Korean The setting is 1862, in the twilight of the Buddhist equivalent of Friar Tuck; Cho 500-year-old Joseon dynasty. Visually arrest- excels as the thinker of the thieving clan; ing from the get-go, the pic opens with the and Yoon Ji-hye is bound to be an audience sight of animals eating corpses on a battle- favorite as the highly capable, straight-talk- field while a female narrator’s voice explains ing femme warrior. Other performances how famine and exploitation has driven from a gallery of well-known thesps are starving peasants to rise up against power- tops. ful aristocratic rulers and corrupt govern- Evoking everything from classical ment officials. The only glimmer of hope for American Westerns to “Seven Samurai” and the masses is Chusul Clan, a small but highly Sergio Leone, d.p. Choi Chan-min captures effective band of outlaws operating from a breathtaking images of dusty plains, lush safe haven in a mountain in Jeolla province. forests and the opulent interiors of aristo- Auds get to know and love this fighting crat’s mansions. Handsome production force at an exciting raid at the birthday cele- effeminate young noble willing to eliminate when it’s hard to figure out exactly who’s design and colorful costuming also make bration of crooked Gov Choi (Kim Jong- family members to secure his fortune. After plotting to kill whom, the second half of the strong contributions to the movie’s visual George Sluizer goo). Following a lecture on ethics by battle- conscience prevents Dolmuchi from carry- movie rocks along nicely with a much lighter appeal. Cho Young-wook’s score is a catchy scarred leader Dae-ho (Lee Sung-min), the ing out the task, his mother and sister are mood and sharper sense of humor than the mix of spaghetti guitar twangs and more Dutch ‘Dark Blood’ pudgy politician and dozens of guards are murdered by Jo-yoon’s goons. Just as he’s opening stanzas. Driving the good vibes is traditional orchestral cues, while the sound- outmuscled and out-thought by Chusul about to suffer the same fate, Dolmuchi is Dolmuchi’s transformation from social zero track features prominent placement of Riz director George members Ddaeng-choo, aka the Vicious rescued by the bandits and accepted into into meat cleaver-wielding, master-fighting Ortolani’s theme from the 1967 oater “Day Monk (Lee Kyoung-young); brainy aristocrat- their company. hero. Played with gusto by Ha, and given of Anger” (aka “Gunlaw”). It’s a superb piece Sluizer dies at 82 turned-freedom fighter Tae-gi (Cho Jin- Although it takes the better part of an some amusingly anachronistic dialogue but seems a lazy choice, considering it was woong); beefy brawler Chun-bo (Ma Dong- hour for Dolmuchi to emerge as the central such as “Chill, bro, I’m a walking shitstorm” recently revived and given similarly high- seok); handsome young mute Geum-san character, the setup time is very well spent. when confronting enemies, Dolmuchi profile placement in “Django Unchained.” utch director George Sluizer, best known for mak- (Kim Jae-yeong); and Ma-hyang (Yoon Ji- Of the many entertaining plot threads and comes across more like a super-cool con- Other technical work is first-class. —Reuters ing the last movie featuring Hollywood actor River DPhoenix, has died in Amsterdam after a long illness, Dutch media reported yesterday. He was 82. “Sluizer had been ill for a long time. In 2007 he barely survived a rup- Iran selects ‘Today’ for foreign tured artery and after that his health remained fragile,” Dutch public broadcaster the NOS said, quoting relatives. language Oscar consideration Born in Paris in 1932, Sluizer’s first Hollywood break- ran has returned to the foreign-language Academy Award race with the selection of Reza Mirkarimi’s through came in 1993 with the release of the movie The “Today” (Emrooz) as its contender. The picture is the story of a Tehran taxi driver who becomes the pro- Vanishing, featuring Sandra Bullock, Jeff Bridges and Kiefer Itector of a pregnant woman after he rushes her to hospital. The announcement was made by committee Sutherland. He will however be best remembered as the spokesman Amir Esfandiari on Sunday, Iran’s official Fars News Agency reported. director of the 1993 movie Dark Blood featuring rising star The film, which recently played at the Toronto festival, stars Parviz Parastui, Soheila Golestani and River Phoenix, 23, who died of drug-induced heart failure Shabnam Moghadami. Last year Iran selected Mirkarimi’s “A Cube of Sugar” as its hopeful for the foreign- at the time the movie was filmed. language Oscar, but withdrew the film in protest against the film “The Innocence of Muslims” which the Sluizer continued working on Dark Blood after his Iranian government said denigrated the Prophet Mohammad. The previous year Iranian film “A Separation” health started failing in 2007 and the movie eventually pre- by Asghar Farhadi won the prize. Mirkarimi previously directed “Under the Moonlight,” which won the miered in the central Dutch city of Utrecht in 2012. He con- Critics’ Week Grand Prix at Cannes in 2001, “Here, A Shining Light” (2002), “So Close- So Far” (2005), and “As tinued working on several other films and documentary Simple as That” (2007). —Reuters projects until his death on Saturday, the NOS said. —AFP lifestyle TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 Fashion-fearless Klum takesFASHION on Milan Model Heidi Klum arrives at the Roberto Cavalli show.

ilan designers wrapped up five days AmFAR Gala Models present creations from the Dolce & of previews for next summer’s wom- Klum’s fashion choice for the AmFAR event Gabbana collection during the 2015 Spring / Menswear looks on Sunday. While was a red carpet-worthy strapless black Summer Milan Fashion Week. trends like geometric wedge sandals, billow- Versace gown accented by a cage-like gold ing diaphanous dresses and embellished corset. Klum, who has been working with boyfriend denim trousers won’t be in stores AmFAR for over a decade, oversaw an auction for months, the fashion hungry already have a that raised $1.4 million for the AmFAR founda- good idea what to expect thanks to the hash- tion, which has set a goal of curing AIDS by tag-driven world. 2020. A Damien Hirst piece fetched the high- That’s a good thing, helping to demystify est price of the evening, 250,000 euros fashion, according to Heidi Klum, has played a ($320,000), while model Bar Refaeli helped big role in the popular evolution of fashion as drive up bidding on a Robert Rauschenberg one of the creators, along with Harvey print titled “Soviet/American Array III” to Weinstein, of Project Runway. “People can 110,000 euros ($140,000). “I think it is so understand it better now,” said Klum, who was important what they do,” Klum said. “They are in Milan for an AmFAR gala Saturday evening, raising millions and millions of dollars for the and took in the Versace and Roberto Cavalli research.” collections. “Because of Project Runway, because of social media. You see editors in the Spanish Sicily front row uploading all the photos right from Dolce&Gabbana continue their survey of the runway, so you see it immediately. Now conquests of their beloved Sicily, rendering everyone is competing and showing things.” into ready-to-wear fashion cultural traces left Klum said she herself is “fearless with fashion” behind by these sometimes ill-fated adven- and bravely wears things many department tures. Last season it was the Normans, this store buyers would rather leave on the run- time it’s the Spaniards-giving the designing way. “I love wearing all those beautiful clothes. duo plenty of material to express passion: I have a lot of opportunities to wear the beau- black lace, ruffled skirts, silken fringe and red tiful gowns. I understand not everybody does.” carnations. The looks were fierce, as in mata- dor jackets worn with high-waist bubble shorts, romantic, as indicated by a heart-and- rhinestone encrusted red jacket paired with a flowing black lace skirt, and sexy, with trade-

mark corsets worn with stockings or a sheer black skirt. Some were simply sweetly pretty: a lace poncho fashioned out of reddish-pink ros- es and finished with red fringe, paired with a short skirt or dress and worn with bejeweled ballerina flats. Amid all the fanfare, the design- ers also quietly sent out brand classics: the corset, a knee-length black dress and a suit. Models tantalizingly carried display cases con- taining dolls wearing matching outfits. Something for collectors, perhaps? lifestyle TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 FASHION

the brand’s identity. Nowhere was that better and light on adornment, the looks were quietly exemplified during the Salvatore Ferragamo meditative, referencing martial arts with long Over the rainbow womenswear preview on Sunday than in halter black belts knotted at the navel, wide pants then color and bold prints incorporating green, Massimiliano Giornetti has updated brand dresses with a reptile bodice that flowed right that dragged effortless along the ground and peach, yellow, pink and cyan. The progression founder Salvatore Ferragamo’s original 1938 into a knit skirt with the lightest tulle underlay long asymmetrical trailing hemlines. Flashes of also saw shapes get bigger and more extreme Rainbow wedge sandal, created for Judy for an ethereal effect. It was complemented by white on the sandy backgrounds seemed as oversized Flamingo ruffles, half bustles and Garland. The shoe has been made modern a clutch with fringe cascading out of the side. mer - earth tones and paler shades - but the aimed at directing an energy flow. A cappucci- winged sleeves introduced new volumes. “This with monochromes, and paired with exotic Cross-directional ribbing gave movement designer punched up the last pieces with no brown anorak was proportioned like a collection starts with a white canvas, and then skins, while the platforms undulate both along to dresses that wrapped assuredly around the turquoise blue and emerald green accents. monk’s garb, its tall collar suggestive of the develops in colors, in prints, in jacquards, in the horizontal and the vertical. That movement bodice, while leather belts defined the flatter- typical hood. Slip-on sandals contributed to embroidery,” brand founder and designer echoes the clothes in the collection, and epito- ing silhouette. Voluminous trousers moved like Meditative Marni the simplicity of the look. Then the collection Consuelo Castiglioni said backstage. “I don’t do mizes how Giornetti is perfecting the marriage skirts. There was an emphasis on white - a run- Marni’s collection for next summer opened started to vibrate a bit more intensely, at first anything I wouldn’t want to wear, or see peo- of apparel and leather goods at the center of way favorite in Milan collections for next sum- with a nearly monastic solemnity. Pale in color with gray florals, flashes of black and white, ple wearing.” — AP

Models present creations from the Salvatore Ferragamo collection.

Models present creations from the Marni collection during the 2015 Spring/ Summer Milan Fashion. LENIN

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In this photo released yesterday, ahead of Stella McCartney’s Paris Fashion Week Show on the 29th of September, Jaguar has joined forces with the leading British designer for the next phase of the FEEL XE campaign as the roll-out of the new Jaguar XE continues. Both Stella and Jaguar represent the best in British design and have a shared commitment to modernity, performance, style and functionality and the FEEL XE Experience is an expression of this design philosophy. Following the FEEL XE Experience in Paris, Jaguar will announce details of its next FEEL XE project with British actor Idris Elba in the coming months. — AP Gabon’s dream of a Bantu cultural centre fades into a costly mirage

wo grandiose elephant tusks guard the asm from most of the states that recognized “Several states went through electoral strife, doors of a palace built to celebrate the cul- themselves to be a part of this cultural space,” even civil wars,” Nombet said. The historian Ttural heritage of Africa’s Bantu tribes, which Gabonese historian Andre-Wilson Ndombet said. believes that much of the zeal that first went gradually settled across much of the continent, Eleven countries-Angola, Burundi, the Central into the Ciciba project was sparked by Omar but beyond them the huge building is a ruin. African Republic, the Comoros, the Republic of Bongo’s persuasive personality. A UNESCO audit “Welcome to the Ciciba!” a young boy in rags Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, Sao conducted in 2005 concluded that the Bantu hailed visitors outside, using the French acronym Tome and Principe, Zaire (now the Democratic centre had achieved barely 10 percent of the for the International Centre of the Bantu Republic of Congo) and Zambia-founded the goals of its founders. Since Bongo died five years Civilisations, built in Gabon’s capital Libreville Ciciba in 1983. The African Union and the United ago, Ciciba activities have ground to a standstill three decades ago. Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural and the annual budget is just enough to pay the Once inside, the crumbling premises proved Organization (UNESCO) put their weight behind wages of a handful of employees. to be full of poor families, rather than the cultural the scheme. artefacts of Africa’s Bantus, who number almost Yet the Ciciba gradually decayed into one of Revival plan 150 million. Squatters know their way round the Africa’s “white elephant” projects, having cost the Ali Bongo Ondimba, who came to power in labyrinthine centre, built on several floors to the Gabonese treasury 10 billion CFA francs ($19.7 2009 after his father died, has several times north of the city on the Atlantic coast on the ini- million / 15.2 million euros) to build. The initial expressed the intention of reviving the Ciciba. A tiative of Gabon’s late president Omar Bongo joint plan was to create a huge database accessi- new director, Antoine Manda Tchebwa of the Ondimba, who held sway for 41 years. Bongo’s ble to researchers and the general public alike, Republic of Congo, has been named to oversee declared purpose was to create a “cultural cross- which began with the collection of a vast num- the job. roads” for the Bantu peoples, who farmed and ber of manuscripts, some of them centuries old. However, there is little chance that the traded where they settled and shaped a number Staff also gathered sound archives that recorded grandiose historical premises will be restored. A of kingdoms that have since fallen. Bantu knowledge and folklore, in domains rang- Chinese construction firm has estimated that The Bantu peoples are held by scholars to ing from archaeology and traditional medicine to A picture taken on August 25, 2014 in Libreville shows the entrance of the abandoned renovation would cost 34 billion CFA francs have travelled slowly east and south across Africa linguistics, as well as ancient rites, dances and headquarters of the International Centre of Bantu Civilizations (CICIBA), with its two con- ($67.2 million / 51.8 million euros), more than from a region in what is now Cameroon and east religious practices. crete structures representing elephant tusks. — AFP three times the cost of building the centre. The Nigeria, undertaking one of the biggest migra- The researchers succeeded in compiling more Gabonese state has a plan to revive the institu- tions in history over some 3,000 years. From than 10,000 documents of different kinds and times piled up on dusty floors in buildings in and other specialists tell a familiar story to tion elsewhere, as part of a huge scheme to con- Nigeria to South Africa’s Cape of Good Hope, microfilms, but these treasures are now stashed Libreville without electricity. explain the decay: after the initial sense of struct a marina on Libreville’s Atlantic seafront, Bantus share certain traditions and beliefs, while away in boxes. To be accessible to modern tech- shared enthusiasm and goodwill for the project, with innovative buildings and shopping malls. A their speech has retained common linguistic nology, they would need to be turned into digi- ‘The means were not there’ one of the first things to run out was money. new Bantu cultural centre is meant to find a roots. The very name “Bantu” means “people”, or tal data, a very expensive and long task. The Ciciba headquarters has been moved “The means were not there,” explained the home on this site, with the tusks restored once it human beings. In the 1990s, efforts were made to revive the into a rundown house in the shadow of an outgoing director of the Bantu centre, Anne- has been built opposite an artificial island. At an foundering Ciciba with biennial exhibitions of expressway, while the fountains and pools of the Marie Okome Mba. “Many states had financial estimated cost of 450 million dollars, there is ‘Shared enthusiasm’ contemporary art and sculpture, but the works old palace are dry, the walls are peeling and problems and Gabon bore the cost of keeping concern the expansive plan risks becoming yet In the early 1980s, “there was shared enthusi- put on show are now also out of sight, some- roofing materials have been stolen. Historians the Ciciba going by itself for several years.” another white elephant. — AFP

feline film festival

Omar a Canadian Sphinx cat is carried in its owners jacket. Applejack the kitten waits for adoption during the event.

The Sunglass Cat poses with Jennifer Zharinova and Sonjia Kitty Smack during the event.

Jennifer Zharinova, Robert Lewis and Sonjia Kitty Smack pose during the Actress Courtney Stodden poses with Fievel the cat. Sunglass Cat Los Angeles Feline Film Festival at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles. poses during The annual event featuring celebrity cats and feline films raises money Izumi and Hiro from the cat cafe pose during the event. the event. for local cat sanctuaries and rescue organizations.— AFP photos