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THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2015 RAMADAN 1, 1436 AH www.kuwaittimes.net

Emsak: 03:03 Fajer: 03:13 Dohr: 11:49 Asr: 15:23 Maghreb: 18:50 Eshaa: 20:22 Kuwait’s MPs pass laws to Min 32º Max 46º regulate domestic helpers High Tide 01:10 & 12:25 Low Tide MPs vote to establish human rights body 06:40 & 19:45 40 PAGES NO: 16555 150 FILS

By B Izzak from the editor’s desk KUWAIT: In another marathon session, the National Ramadan Greets Assembly yesterday passed in principle three key legisla- tions regulating the affairs of domestic helpers and estab- lishing a shareholding company for their recruitment in addition to establishing the national human rights commis- sion. The law on domestic helpers is the first legislation in the country to provide full legal protection to hundreds of By Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan thousands of maids in Kuwait. So far, a decision issued by the Interior Ministry is the only legal framework for maids. The second and final vote is expected to take place next week for the law which grants [email protected] domestic helpers unprecedented rights including limiting daily working hours to eight, a mandatory weekend and a irst of all, I would like to wish HH the Amir 30-day paid annual leave. Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, HH the For the first time, the law sets a minimum wage of KD 45 FCrown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, monthly for maids who are entitled to demand overtime HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al- for working extra hours. The law bans the employment of Sabah, Cabinet members, heads of states around the maids under 20 years and above 50 years of age. It also stip- world, citizens, expatriates and our valued readers ulates one maid for families of up to four, two maids for Ramadan Kareem. Now that Ramadan is upon us for families comprising five to eight members and three maids the next 29/30 days, Muslims around the world will for families consisting of more than eight people. The law fast from dawn till sunset out of heartfelt obedience also stipulates for the first time an end of service indemnity to God. for maids equal to a month’s pay for each year of service. Fasting does not only mean changing your diet The law applies to private drivers, maids, baby sitters and and eating times, it has to be done with the intention cooks. to worship the All Mighty and to abstain from all acts The Assembly also passed another law calling to set up a that nullify the fast. Nowadays, many people don’t shareholding company to recruit domestic helpers by realize that using foul language, losing your temper BEIRUT: A general view taken shows decorations for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in front of the replacing over 300 private offices which have been blamed and patience with people ruin their fast and defy the Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque in downtown Beirut, as the faithful prepare to start fasting. More than 1.5 bil- for the skyrocketing cost of the recruitment and alleged whole meaning of the month. lion Muslims around the world will mark the month, during which believers abstain from eating, drinking, abuses of maids. Continued on Page 13 smoking and having sex from dawn until sunset. — AFP Continued on Page 13 LOCAL THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2015

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace yesterday the credentials of the newly-appointed Ambassadors of Malaysia Ahmad Rozian Abdul Ghani, Philippines Renato Pedro O Villa, and Cambodia Sman Manan. First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and other senior officials attended the ceremony. — Amiri Diwan photos Zain Group supports Education Framework Supporting private sector for education related initiatives KUWAIT: Zain Group, a leading mobile telecom innova- region and are committed to support education as a tor in eight markets in the Middle East and Africa, has means to spur socio-economic development.” announced its adoption of the globally recognized and Jennifer Suleiman, Zain Group’s Head of Corporate supported ‘Business Backs Education’ (BBE) Framework, Sustainability and Social Responsibility said, “From a which seeks the support of the private sector for educa- MENA viewpoint, the region’s political turmoil is affect- tion-related initiatives in the same quantum as health- ing a significant number of children that don’t have care issues are championed by corporate entities across access to basic education, which could have severely the globe. negative consequences for the region’s future. Zain has The ‘Business Backs Education’ advocacy campaign identified education and the development of young was launched at the Global Education and Skills Forum people from the communities we serve as amongst our in March 2014 by President Bill Clinton together with highest priorities in giving back. Hence it was easy for us Co-Chairs Jim Hagemann-Snabe, former CEO of SAP; to relate to the goals and ambitions set out by the and Majid Jafar, CEO of Crescent Petroleum. The cam- Business Backs Education framework, and we are happy paign is led by the Varkey GEMS Foundation, UNESCO, to look at our internal activities and try and work even and Dubai Cares under the auspices of the Global harder in achieving the ambitious goals that have been Education and Skills Forum. laid out.” Business Backs Education challenges the private sec- Suleiman continued, “Zain’s current educational Jennifer Suleiman, Zain Group’s Head of Corporate tor to: activities across our eight markets are plentiful and span Sustainability and Social Responsibility and Scott • By 2020, commit at least 20 percent of corporate from building and rehabilitating schools, driving back- Gegenheimer, Zain Group CEO. social responsibility (CSR) budgets towards education to-school programs, school feeding, and the supply of initiatives prioritizing countries and groups most in uniforms, through to vocational training and school e- cated and skilled workforce is critical to our commercial need portals.” success, and to the development of a peaceful and sta- • Collectively, try and double total global business Some startling facts regarding the Global Education ble society. “Business Backs Education” ask companies to CSR spending by persuading other business leaders to Challenge: Globally, it is estimated that 132 million chil- come together to support global education initiatives commit greater resources dren have not even made it to the doors of a primary or by increasing their investments, be they philanthropic, • Work with the public sector on core areas of educa- secondary school. A total of 250 million children cannot sustainability, social impact, orin corporate citizenship. tion need such as access to quality education, 21st cen- read, write or count well, and 200 million youths leave In addition, “Business Backs Education” challenges tury skills, global citizenship, and professional develop- school without the skills to find jobs. Additionally there the private sector further to embed ‘The Framework for ment of education professionals. is a huge global education funding gap estimated by Business Engagement’, developed by UNESCO, the UN Commenting on Zain Group’s support of the UNESCO at $26 billion, annually, if we want to achieve Global Compact, UNICEF, and the Office of the UN Business Backs Education initiative, Group CEO, Scott basic education for all children in low-income countries. Special Envoy for Global Education. The framework out- Gegenheimer said, “Now more than ever, it is funda- If the goal is expanded to also include lower secondary lines best practice principles and shows how companies KUWAIT: Ambassador of France to Kuwait Christian Nakhle hosted a ceremony at the mental that organizations whether private or public, education for all children, this gap rises to $38 billion can realize core business objectives - growth, cost- French Embassy to celebrate his country’s national day. Government officials, diplo- work together in order to address the educational gaps annually. Today, it is estimated that current global cor- reduction, profitability - and at the same time resolve mats, media personalities and other dignitaries attended the event. — Photos by that exist across the globe. We at Zain are mindful of the porate giving to healthcare is 16 times greater than to education challenges. For more, please visit www.busi- Joseph Shagra challenges that stem from the huge youth bulge of our education despite the acknowledgement that an edu- nessbackseducation.org Kuwaiti relief plane arrives in Baghdad

BAGHDAD: Kuwait’s first relief plane arrived in Baghdad International Airport yesterday carrying 20 tons of medicine and medical supplies for Iraqi hospitals. The Kuwaiti aid reflects depth of bilater- al relations between Kuwait and Iraq, said Mahdi Al-Allaq, director of Iraqi Premier’s office, adding that the aid is to be distributed to five Iraqi governorates. Allaq expressed his appreciation to the Kuwaiti people for aiding and assist- ing their Iraqi brothers and sisters through the relief campaign “Kuwait is by your side”. Meanwhile, Iraqi Deputy Health Minister Khamis Al-Saad valued efforts exerted by the Kuwaiti leader- ship, government, and people in sup- porting the Iraqi people and alleviating their suffering. — KUNA

Ramadan Kareem Month of Quran

By Teresa Lesher

he first verses of the Holy Quran were revealed in personal conduct, guidelines for familial and social rela- Ramadan, 1449 lunar years ago (610 AD). During tions, and a framework for international relations. Tthe course of 23 years, Prophet Muhammad Being an oral revelation first and foremost, devout (PBUH) received Quranic verses as spoken addresses Muslims learn how to recite the holy scripture as it was from the Creator - the Quran is considered the speech revealed. Verbatim memorization is common and care of God in the Arabic language. Prophet Muhammad is taken to reproduce the exact pronunciation and (PBUH) then recited the verses so that they could be vocal duration of each letter. Arabic is a rich language, memorized verbatim, and they were also recorded in and words of the Quran have great depth and breadth; writing. therefore, they also study the meaning of the words, Before he died, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) speci- verses and chapters, and there are encyclopedic works fied the order of verses and the division of chapters, of this nature. according to divine instruction. The original Quran is In addition, Muslims study the occasions of revela- still preserved until today with precise pronunciation, tion, the relation of the holy text to prophetic tradi- with the Arabic language developing to represent it tions, and the application of principles by renowned phonetically. The Quran is addressed to all mankind. scholars and rulers. The study of the Quran develops Sometimes Muhammad (PBUH) is specifically moral reasoning and spirituality first and foremost, as addressed with instructions such as “They ask you well as thought processes of logic, sequencing, deduc- about... Say [to them]...” Muhammad (PBUH) is also tion, intuition, assimilation and abstraction. Reciting encouraged and sometimes gently reproached in the and memorizing it develops memory, enunciation and Quran. self-expression. The printed Quran is revered as a holy Believers are addressed with specific instructions on book and is treated with respect. It is not considered how to achieve both temporal and eternal success. And casual reading or handled like an ordinary book. There mankind in general is addressed with invitations to is only one version of the Quran, and careful measures believe in God and mold life around that belief, and are taken that prints and reprints of the Quran in Arabic they are informed of the consequences of accepting or are authenticated by authoritative bodies for accuracy. rejecting God’s invitation. The Quran’s purpose is to Since the Quran is an Arabic-language literary mas- inform people of a reality beyond their five senses and terpiece both technically and aesthetically, it is impos- their perceptions of space and time, and to teach moral sible to portray its rhythm, rhyme, depth of denotation lessons and develop spirituality. With the additional and subtlety of connotation in another language. There perspective it offers, the Quran also invites people to are many translations of the Quran, but we cannot call adopt a lifestyle that ensures ultimate happiness and a translation “the Quran” but only an approximation of success. the meaning of the Quran. The best English translations Finally, through stories and instruction, it describes have the accompanying original text in Arabic so that it the beliefs and practices that are essential to achieve can be consulted. Since Ramadan is the month of the that state. The verses of the Quran were revealed to Quran, everyone should have their copy handy and address particular situations, to relate historical infor- complete reading it in this holy month. mation and to codify Islamic law. Common subjects are descriptions of God, stories of prophets, descriptions of Courtesy of the TIES Center, the social and educational believers and disbelievers, promises of God’s rewards, hub for Western Muslims in Kuwait. For more information, especially Paradise, warnings about consequences for please call 25231015/6 or email [email protected] or vis- rebellion toward God, including Hellfire, instructions for it www.tiescenter.net. THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2015 LOCAL

Kuwait Voices ‘Education is the most important thing ’

Fatma Offtada

By Nawara Fattahova like it as it reminds me of the past and our heritage. It also reminds me of my grandmother and this may be elebrities, politicians, athletes, actors and crimi- the reason why I love it. I do not remember all the nals typically dominate headlines. Meanwhile, bil- lyrics by heart, but I love the melody. Clions of people go about their lives away from the media spotlight. All of them - regardless of their age, KT: What are you most proud of? gender, nationality or occupation - have a story to tell. Offtada: I am proud that I reached this stage of This Ramadan, Kuwait Times, wants to shift the knowledge, wisdom and way of dealing with people. I conversation to the ordinary folks that make up the am also proud of my responsibility for both myself majority of this country. By listening to their stories and the people I am responsible for. I reached all of and recognizing their humanity, we can remind our- this through the experiences that I gained in life. selves and hopefully our readers of the ties that bind us all together as a species. KT: What are the most important lessons you learned? How did you learn them? We asked Fatma Offtada, 31, Operations manager Offtada: The most important lesson is that you at an inbound tourism the following: cannot depend on anybody. Also, I realized that edu- cation is the most important thing to have, as I did not Kuwait Times: What is your favorite song? continue my university studies and dropped out. But I Offtada: ‘Bushiya’. It’s an old Kuwaiti folk song, and I hope to complete it soon. LOCAL THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2015

EQUATE hosts Kuwait University’s Security, Safety Department

KUWAIT: EQUATE Petrochemical of security, fire services, safety, the company’s EHSS regulations Company, Kuwait’s first international access control of employees and which are based on global standards joint-venture in this industry, hosted contractors, as well as directional and requirements. The topics includ- Answer & Win Kuwait University’s Security and and warning signs along with inte- ed issuing electronic cards for human Fabulous Prizes Safety Department to share best grated security guidelines. In addi- resources at the company, vehicle The Kuwait Times Ramadan quiz will start on the first dayof Ramadan and last until the 30th day of Ramadan. practices relevant to Environment, tion, the visit highlighted EQUATE’s permits, measures to maintain securi- Participants must fill in the correct answer to a question that is printed daily in the form of a coupon in Kuwait Times. Health, Safety and Security (EHSS) as evacuation process, types of alarms, ty, dealing with emergencies, train- Participants must then collect 30 coupons together after the quiz and send them in an envelope to Kuwait Times. part of the company’s slogan fire protection equipment and peri- ing EHSS staff, organizing traffic with- All answers should be marked on the coupons that are published in Kuwait Times. Any other type of coupon that is ‘Partners in Success.’ odic medical examinations. As the in plants owned and operated by the mailed in will be invalid. All coupons should be received by Thursday 16th of July 2015. Winners will be announced Kuwait University’s Security and meeting included discussing several company as part of the Greater during the draw which will be on 26th of July held under the supervision of Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Safety Department Manager Khaled matters, the Security and Safety EQUATE joint-venture. In addition, he Prizes can be claimed at Kuwait Times from 27th July from marketing department from 9 am to 5 pm. Al-Yaqoot said, “The visit was aimed Department hopes such visits would noted the company’s implementa- at interacting and cooperating in enable it to benefit from the private tion of various guidelines relevant to Raamadanmadan Quuiziz Raamadanmadan Quuiziz matters relevant to the depart- sector’s capabilities and apply such the safety and security of the indus- Answer & Win Answer & Win ment’s activities through exchang- world-class methods at Kuwait trial sector as stipulated by Ministry 1436-2015 Date: ing expertise with other organiza- University.” of Interior’s Vital and Oil Installations tions. The exchange includes identi- EQUATE Emergency Services and Protection Department, Shuaiba 1- What is the name of the first Prophet? Name: fying systems and equipment uti- Security (ES&S) Leader Abdulqader Industrial Area and the Responsible lized by EQUATE, especially in terms Al-Qabandi meanwhile addressed Care (RC) organization as EQUATE is Adam Civil ID.: the first RC certified and accredited TTeeel: CBK announces company in Kuwait. Nooh EQUATE Petrochemical Company Yousef Email: Ramadan timings is the single operator of Greater EQUATE, which includes The Kuwait KUWAIT: The Commercial Bank of at all branches except for Kuwait Styrene Company (TKSC), Kuwait Kuwait (CBK) announced working International Airport’s branch Paraxylene Production Company hours at its branches across Kuwait which is open 24-hours a day. (KPPC) and The Kuwait Olefins during the holy month of Clients can still use CBK services Company (TKOC) under one fully Ramadan. The bank welcomes through the hotline 1-888-225 or integrated operational umbrella at clients from 10:00 am to 1:30 pm online at all times. Kuwait’s Shuaiba Industrial Area. THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2015 LOCAL Four citizens held in 129 expats deported in less than 3 months Turkey for shoplifting Drivers advised to follow traffic rules By Hanan Al-Saadoun pm. He noted that Farwaniya Weapons collection Mohammad Al-Khaled thanked By Meshaal Al-Enezi to give public prosecution additional testing’s pm operations will be for Meanwhile, Deputy Prime citizens and expats, as well as time to prepare its argument. KUWAIT: Interior Ministry expats only, adding, car inspec- Minister and Interior Minister government bodies, NGOs and KUWAIT: The foreign ministry con- Assistant Undersecretary for tion companies’ operations will Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled the media for their cooperation firmed that four female citizens were Traffic Affairs Maj Gen Abdullah be from 10 am to 2:30 pm and Al-Sabah met with the Criminal and support to the campaign. being held in Turkey over accusations Jail time for broadcaster Al-Muhanna announced that 129 again from 8:30 pm to 11:30 pm. Investigation Department The meeting was attended of stealing KD 2.5 worth of goods. The The misdemeanor court yesterday expatriates were deported He stressed that trucks will not members in charge of carrying by Interior Assistant ministry added that three of the citi- sentenced a female broadcaster to nine between April 24 and June 16 for be allowed on streets from 8:00 out the national weapons col- Undersecretary for Criminal zens are between 50 and 55 in age, and months imprisonment for insulting a driving without license. am to 10:30 am, and from 12:30 lection campaign to receive an Security Maj Gen Abdulhameed they have been held in a police station police officer at the Khiran resort while In a statement released yester- pm to 3:00 pm. Moreover, he said update as the grace period giv- Al-Awadhi, Director General of for three days. Some citizens who had under the effect of drugs. day, Muhanna indicated that the streets are under continued sur- en is nearing its end. From the the Weapons Detectives been in contact with the women traffic department is ready for the veillance, including road shoul- meeting, it was noted that the Department Maj Gen Farraj Al- reported that they were in bad health holy month of Ramadan, and ders, saying any violators will be campaign resulted in the col- Zubi, and Assistant Director conditions because of their age. The Judiciary independence decided that working hours will charged noting that road shoul- lection of 3,250 weapons and Brig Abdelrahman Al-Suhail and ministry added that the Turkish police National Alliance Secretary General be in two shifts: the first, from ders can only be used from 8:00 more than eight tons of ammu- Director General of Relations prevented the Kuwaiti consul from visit- Bashar Al-Sayegh said that having 10:00 am until 2:30 pm; and the am until 12:00 pm during the nition. and Security Information Brig ing the citizens. reviewed the government’s bill on judi- second, from 2:00 pm until 6:00 holy month of Ramadan. Also, in the meeting, Sheikh Adel Al-Hashash. ciary independence, he found out that NA storming hearing it had been proposed to ‘control the VIVA celebrates the launch adjourned judiciary.’ Sayegh added that according Crime The court of appeals yesterday to the new law, the government practi- of Voice over LTE with Huawei Report adjourned the hearing of 70 citizens cally and indirectly appoints the minis- including nine former MPs accused of ter of justice as head of the supreme KUWAIT: VIVA, Kuwait’s fastest-growing and further enrich our services and to satisfy our breaking into the parliament to July 8 judiciary council. most developed telecom operator, celebrated proud and ever increasing customer base in yesterday the launch of the all-new Voice over Kuwait.” VoLTE offers instant call connection, Long Term Evolution (LTE) (VoLTE) technology High Definition (HD) voice quality, HD video, with Huawei. VIVA is the first telecom company multi-media calls and enables a seamless Actress, husband jailed to launch VoLTE in Kuwait and the Middle East, exchange of voice calls across 2G, 3G and 4G continuing its pioneering path in the telecom- coverage. Through VoLTE, VIVA’s customers will for offending colleague munications world. be able to conduct high-quality calls and bene- Attending the celebration was VIVA’s Chief fit from an overall better experience. Executive Officer, Eng. Salman Al-Badran, and VIVA aims to always provide its customers By A Saleh Municipality to work on controlling members of VIVA’s executive management, with an integrated and complete voice and ‘unjustified price increases,’ activate along with Mr. Trevor Liu, Chief Executive data solution that allows customers to enjoy KUWAIT: A local court yesterday the consumer protection law passed Officer of Huawei Kuwait and Qatar. uninterrupted voice call and data streaming, sentenced actress Haya Al-Sho’aibi in 2014 and make sure merchants Commenting on this occasion, Al-Badran and its commitment to offering its customers to six months in prison and a KD fully observe quality regulations. said: “We are proud to be the first company in the latest in the world of technology. 1,000 bail to suspend the sentence Meanwhile, Enezi also urged the Kuwait and one of the first companies world- To find out more about VoLTE, or about on verbal assault charges pressed by Ministry of Electricity and Water to wide to launch VoLTE. VIVA has sought to VIVA’s numerous competitions, promotions, actor Tareq Al-Ali. The court sen- prepare fully to respond to any pos- always be a pioneer in launching exciting new products and packages visit any of the 69 VIVA tenced Sho’aibi’s husband Hani Al- sible increasing demands for elec- technologies, which ensure that our customers branches, one of the VIVA authorized distribu- Tabbakh to four months in prison tricity or water during the holy receive the latest innovations, products and tors, the company’s website at Motorist hurt in and a KD 500 bail to suspend the month. In addition, Enezi thanked services in the market. We look forward to con- www.viva.com.kw or contact its 24 hour call sentence on similar charges. It also the Interior Ministry for the recently tinuing our strong partnership with Huawei to center at 102. 2-car collision ordered the couple to pay KD 5,001 approved security measures around to Ali in compensation. The court mosques in various areas. By Hanan Al-Saadoun found Sho’aibi and Tabbakh guilty of slandering Ali on Instagram fol- lowing an on-air dispute during a TV KPC union slams officials KUWAIT: At least one motorist was injured in a two-vehicle talk show. Kuwait Petroleum Corporation’s collision reported recently at Amghara Bridge. One vehicle (KPC) labor union recently stressed flipped over as a result of the impact. Firemen freed a man that the threats made by some sen- who was trapped inside one of the cars. He was taken by ior oil sector officials to collectively paramedics to hospital. A case was filed to investigate the causes of the accident. Call for banning ‘offensive’ resign from office were nothing but an ‘exposed blackmail’ after they TV shows had failed in running the oil sector. MP Askar Al-Enezi yesterday urged “They made this staged move to Security hotline the Information Ministry to ban TV control decision-makers and pre- General Department of Residency Affairs detectives shows and dramas that would ‘con- vent them from holding them formed a team to arrest residency law violators, roam- tradict with Ramadan values, virtues accountable, reshuffling or transfer- ing vendors and beggars during the holy month of and traditions.’ He also urged the ring them”, the union stressed in a Ramadan. A 24-hour hotline (24833132) was designat- Ministry of Commerce and Kuwait statement. ed to receive calls from citizens and expatriates about VIVA’s Chief Executive Officer Salman Al-Badran with Trevor Liu, Chief Executive beggars. 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The Kuwait Times Ramadan quiz will start on the first dayof Ramadan and last until the 30th day of Ramadan. Participants must fill in the correct answer to a question that is printed daily in the form of a coupon in Kuwait Times. Participants must then collect 30 coupons together after the quiz and send them in an envelope to Kuwait Times. All answers should be marked on the coupons that are published in Kuwait Times. Any other type of coupon that is mailed in will be invalid. All coupons should be received by Thursday 16th of July 2015. Winners will be announced during the draw which will be on 26th of July held under the supervision of Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Prizes can be claimed at Kuwait Times from 27th July from marketing department from 9 am to 5 pm. THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2015 LOCAL

Al-Qabas Wheel of Development Al-Jarida Women and Foreign loans in the judiciary citizens’ eyes

By Athraa Al-Refae By Mudaffar Abdullah

very now and then, we find out that the woman is a social and political controversy is happening problem, created by the male with his thinking and concerning the funds Kuwait gives as aid to Eimplemented with his decisions. And yet, the woman Aother countries. It mainly concerns the general came out innocent from the two gender discrimination idea that such funds were more needed locally, espe- crime: He was the one who made the decisions lean cially in view of the sluggish pace of development and towards him and kept women from practicing their rights. endless stories of public funds’ manipulation. Laws called for equality, starting with the Constitution, The foreign ministry’s economic department as Article 29 states: “The people are peers in human dignity recently issued its ‘Economic Guide for 2014-2015,’ and have, in the eyes of the Law, equal public rights and which includes detailed information of all financial obligations. There shall be made no differentiation among aids, in the form of loans, direct aids, contributions in them because of race, origin, language or religion.” “There is no differentiation because of gender...” Let us development foundations and technical aids, given by pause at the word ‘gender’ and the reason is due to several Kuwait to other countries, either directly or through matters including customs, traditions and social heritage, Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development. They and we find out that Islamic sharia is far from such ideas as cover a geographic area of over five regions: Arab it equaled males and females, in reward and in punish- Al-Jarida countries; West African, Central and East African coun- ment. The thief will have his hand severed, whether male tries; South and East Asian and the Pacific Ocean coun- or female, because the punishment is the same for both. tries; Central Asian and European countries; and Latin But, for some people who claim that women were American and the Caribbean countries. exempted from this, the reason was in order to preserve Because those funds are categorized under differ- the human race and creation - who Allah Almighty made ent names as previously mentioned, let us focus only in the women’s womb, your mothers, sisters, wives or Gulf Bank awarded by Barclays Bank on those given as loans to each region. They include: daughters. 16 Arab countries received a total of KD 3 billion; 40 Is it realistic to ban a woman from becoming a judge KUWAIT: Gulf Bank announced it has been selected by “We are honored to be recognized by such a renowned African countries received KD 924 million; 57 Asian, with the claim that it is a sharia job that is concerned with Barclays Bank to receive the first Recognition Award for financial institution as Barclays Bank. Receiving this award is European and Pacific Ocean countries received KD 2 authority? Is it realistic to declare that the woman’s experi- Outstanding Payment Systems in GBP. acknowledgment for being one of the top correspondent billion and 12 Latin American and Caribbean countries ence in parliament was successful and will repeat in the The award was jointly received by Khaled Al-Mutawa, banks and it reinforces our reputation as a market leader in received KD 160 million. judiciary? Did the woman become an experiments field? General Manager - International Banking and Investments, operations and service quality.” In my opinion, the foreign aids’ issue that comes After standing next to the man during Saddam’s invasion, and Mona Mansour, General Manager -Customer Services Barclays Bank Recognition Award reflects Gulf Bank’s and standing in front to hide him from invaders and pro- under different names needs to be reconsidered from Delivery. commendable straight-through-processing expertise in the tect him with her soul for the sake of the country, then, is it many angles, and this can be summed up as follows. Receiving the award on behalf of the Bank, Mutawa said: delivery of commercial, retail and financial payments in GBP. right to demean her and deprive her of her rights? First, the parliament’s role in guarding these aids The Employment Law, item one of the Civil Service Law should be scientifically done and activated by holding and item 19 of the Judicial Regulation Law did not men- seminars and symposiums that introduce and define tion ‘male gender’ as one of the appointment conditions in this policy and coming up with new visions to best uti- government jobs and the judiciary, but despite that, she lize state wealth. was still banned. Second, media focus (addressing both local and for- Let us go through experiences in the GCC - that which eign audiences) on such aids should highlight what made the woman a judge, supported the women’s march this small state offers to poor and developing coun- and made her among the development priorities. The tries. Kingdom of Bahrain issued Law 42/2002 to create the pub- Third, public administration should be developed lic prosecution and made women part of its formation. In to meet people’s basic needs in education, health, 2006, the first judge, Muna Al-Kawari was appointed. In housing and other services, in addition to fighting cor- 2008, the first woman Emirati judge was appointed. Egypt, Jordan, Yemen and other Muslim countries appointed ruption and the unwise use of public funds, which female judges and gave them the highest judicial posi- have all been creating an atmosphere of anger when- tions, including the constitutional court, as Islamic sharia ever the media spoke about giving loans or aids to did not obstruct any public job. Finally, I will use the opin- some countries. ions of Dr Mohammad Al-Faili: “The woman’s authority in Fourth, it is important to highlight the political the judiciary is like that of man, and both are linked to impact and gains such loans bring to Kuwait’s security competence;” of Sheikh Mohammad Sayyed Tantawi: and its image in international bodies. “There is no sharia barrier to keep women from the judici- Finally, responsible media and economic aid are ary, and there is no decisive text in the holy book or sunna undoubtedly strategic factors in securing Kuwait’s that prevent women from the judiciary;” and Dr Iqbal Al- image abroad, which should go hand in hand with Mutawa: “Wisdom was not designated to man, but it was governmental efforts to domestically rearrange and general as Allah Almighty said ‘He gives wisdom to whom tend to citizens’ needs. He wills...’” and judiciary is the wisdom. —Translated by Kuwait Times — Translated by Kuwait Times Khaled Al-Mutawa and Mona Mansour accepting the award from Barclays Bank representatives. THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2015 Former Turkey leader Demirel Russia cites ‘threats’; nuclear arsenal boosted dies at 90 Page 11 Page 10

HONG KONG: A pro-democracy protester (right) holding a placard confronts with pro-Beijing protesters outside the Legislative Council in Hong Kong yesterday. Hong Kong election reform proposals that sparked massive street protests last year in the southern Chinese finan- cial center are set to be presented to lawmakers, who will likely reject them. — AP Political showdown in Hong Kong Tensions high; Police deployed inside legislative complex

HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s pro-democracy law- suffrage made when the territory returned to “This morning I got a very long and well-written let- Kong universities showed 47 percent of respon- One pro-democracy protester wearing a black makers appeared to be standing firm yesterday in Chinese rule in 1997. ter, which was from a student. (They) hope I will dents backed the reform proposal. Thirty-eight per- T-shirt which read “Reject Fake Suffrage” held a their pledge to veto Beijing-backed electoral Pro-democracy activists climbed over metal support the proposal,” democrat Ronny Tong, who cent were against, while 15 percent were undecid- black-and-white banner that declared: “Overthrow reforms, as the Asian financial centre’s legislature fences separating them from the Beijing support- was close to tears, told reporters before the debate ed. the Communist dictatorship”. Inside the legislature, debated the package that will define its democratic ers, many of whom were wearing numbered shirts, began. “I cannot think of anyone in Hong Kong democrats stood in a row with signs with crosses future. The former British colony has reinforced the significance of which was not immediately who is happy today. I have been a legislator for 11 ‘Cannot go on like this’ on them as they pledged to vote down the plan. security after mass protests crippled parts of the clear. The two sides cursed and threw garbage and years, with an aim to fight for universal suffrage. Beijing supporters easily outnumbered the Tension has been running high, especially after 10 city late last year, presenting China’s ruling fights broke out. Police stood by but did not inter- Today I will cast a negative vote for an incomplete roughly 400 pro-democracy protesters yesterday. people were arrested this week on suspicion of Communist Party with one of its biggest political vene. The council adjourned in the evening without and unsatisfactory political reform proposal.” Activist groups had said they expected 100,000 explosives offences. Six of them appeared in court challenges in decades. a vote which is expected by tomorrow. Hong Democratic lawmaker Claudia Mo called the protesters to show up. “The bill needs to go yesterday charged with conspiracy to cause an More than a thousand people converged out- Kong’s 27 “pan-democrats”, who hold a crucial one- package a “maggot-eaten apple”. “This motion, this through. We have to support Hong Kong stability. explosion. The six were not asked to enter pleas. side government buildings as debate began on a third veto bloc in the 70-seat Legislative Council, resolution is a fraud,” Mo said. “This bill makes non- We cannot keep carrying on like this,” said a 60- A 29-year-old woman was let out on bail of blueprint that would allow a direct vote for Hong have vowed to oppose what they call a “fake” dem- sense of the word democracy. It is a very bogus ver- year-old man surnamed Chan, who declined to HK$20,000 ($2,580). Five men were remanded in Kong’s next leader in 2017, but only from pre- ocratic model. Three democrats who spoke early sion of universal suffrage.” Last year’s protests give his first name. “We have worked so hard all custody. The Communist Party’s official People’s screened, pro-Beijing candidates. Opponents want during the debate reiterated that pledge. revealed sharp divisions in Hong Kong and public these years,” said Chan, who was waving a Chinese Daily said in a front-page commentary that the a genuinely democratic election for the city’s chief If the reform proposals are passed unexpected- opinion on the reforms remains split. The final flag. Pro-Beijing supporters also played the Chinese vote was fundamentally about ensuring long-term executive in line with Beijing’s promise of universal ly, pro-democracy groups have vowed to protest. round of a rolling poll conducted by three Hong national anthem through loudspeakers. prosperity and stability. — Reuters

Qaeda kills 2 Saudis accused of spying for US Yemeni peace Saudi-led strikes kill 31 civilians talks hit snag SANAA: Al-Qaeda militants killed two Saudi airstrikes hit a convoy of civilians fleeing the and children, who were fleeing north from last year - and military units loyal to former GENEVA: The United Nations yesterday scrambled to get men accused of spying for the United States in fighting in southern Yemen yesterday, killing the southern city of Aden, which has seen President Ali Abdullah Saleh against an array Yemen peace talks in Geneva moving with both the exiled southeast Yemen yesterday, residents said, a day at least 31 people, medical officials said, mak- intense clashes in recent months. of forces, including southern separatists, government and the Iran-backed Yemeni rebels accusing after the group announced its leader was killed ing it among the deadliest single attacks The medics described a scene of carnage, local and tribal militias, Islamic militants and each other of trying to sabotage the process. The third day in a suspected US drone strike. Images posted since the air campaign against Shiite rebels with body parts scattered across the high- loyalists of exiled President Abed Rabbo of the high stakes talks, launched by UN Secretary General on social media by Al-Qaeda supporters showed and their allies began nearly three months way and smoke billowing from charred vehi- Mansour Hadi. The Saudi-led coalition back- Ban Ki-moon with an appeal for a badly-needed two-week armed militants on a beach carrying banners ago. The two airstrikes hit a convoy of vehi- cles. Yemen’s conflict pits the Shiite rebels ing Hadi began carrying out airstrikes on humanitarian truce, also hit a snag over an inflated rebel and surrounding two blindfolded men kneeling cles loaded with civilians, including women known as Houthis - who seized the capital March 26.— Agencies presence. “The only positive point so far is that the negotia- on the sand. The Yemeni off-shoot of Al-Qaeda tions are continuing and that no delegation has slammed has operated openly in Mukalla, the capital of the door,” said a Western diplomat following the talks. Yemen’s southeastern province of Hadramout, The UN special envoy for Yemen, Mauritanian diplomat since it seized control of the city some weeks Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, meanwhile was trying to get the ago, taking advantage of months of political rebels to whittle down their team from 22 to the pre-agreed chaos and violence. 10. “We believe that in order to commence, the numbers “They executed two Saudis, named Al- need to be reduced and there has to be a balance between Mutairi and Al-Khaledi. They put the two men the two teams,” he said. He also repeated that the warring on the corniche in the city of Mukalla ... they sides had to bend down. “In a situation like this, the Yemenis opened fire at them in front of a big group of need to talk among themselves, not with the United residents,” one resident, who was present on the Nations,” he said. “As long as we have not reached the point beach, told Reuters by telephone. He asked to where the Yemenis agree together, this will be very difficult.” stay anonymous for his own safety. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) announced on Rebel pullout Tuesday that its chief, Nasser al-Wuhayshi-a for- Yemeni Foreign Minister Riad Yassin repeated the exiled mer aide of Osama bin Laden and deputy leader government’s stand that a rebel pullout was non-nego- of Al-Qaeda’s global organization-was killed in a tiable. “We are demanding their retreat from all the US bombing along with two other militants. provinces to conclude a ceasefire or truce in keeping with Residents believe the suspected US drone Resolution 226 of the Security Council,” he said. The rebels strike which killed the men occurred last control a vast swath of territory, including the capital Sanaa. Tuesday in the eastern city of Mukalla. Analysts On Tuesday they accused Saudi Arabia of trying to torpedo and Yemeni government officials say the strikes the peace talks and claimed the exiled government was try- often rely on local informants. Despite evacuat- ing to impose its own agenda on the UN. They arrived a day ing its embassy and intelligence officials from late in Geneva on Tuesday for the talks after being stranded Yemen this year, the United States has killed five in Djibouti-a delay they blamed on Riyadh, claiming that the other senior figures in AQAP in 2015. AQAP has Saudis had asked Egypt and Sudan to close their airspace to plotted foiled bomb attacks against internation- the chartered plane. al airliners and claimed responsibility for the Meanwhile Abdulmalek Al-Houthi, the leader of the deadly shooting at the French satirical newspa- Shiite rebels who bear his name, said the government was per Charlie Hebdo, calling it punishment for trying to “impose their own agenda,” and use the UN special insulting the Prophet Mohammed. It has also envoy as a “tool”. “Leave to the United Nations some neutral- orchestrated attacks inside Yemen in recent ity to continue its mission... Stop your continuous attempts years, targeting government ministries, military to control its new envoy,” said Houthi. Yemen has been camps and soldiers, killed hundreds of people. wracked by conflict between Iran-backed Shiite rebels and troops loyal to exiled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, 31 civilians killed who fled to Saudi Arabia in February. — AFP In another development, Saudi-led SANAA: Shiite rebels known as Houthis hold up their weapons as they dance during a rally against Saudi-led airstrikes in Sanaa.— AP

INTERNATIONAL THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2015

State police expand search for escaped murderers in NY

DANNEMORA: State police plan to expand the focus eastward along Route 374 leading from the had agreed to be the getaway driver but backed through that - probably took some time to really search for two escaped murderers beyond a (41- village of Dannemora, home of the Clinton out because she still loved her husband and felt map together - and they would get out on the square-kilometer (16-square-mile) area of woods, Correctional Facility, in far northern New York. guilty for participating. hopes that a civilian worker that they found would fields and swamps where the manhunt has been Matt and Sweat escaped June 6 from the maxi- District Attorney Andrew Wylie said Monday assist them in actually getting away.” most intense, even as rainy weather hampers their mum-security prison near the Canadian border. that there was no evidence the men had a Plan B Mitchell was charged Friday with supplying progress. Sweat, 35, was serving a life sentence without once Mitchell backed out of the escape. But Favro contraband, including a punch and a screwdriver, Clinton County Sheriff David Favro said that parole in the killing of a sheriff’s deputy. Matt, 48, said that while he has “no concrete information,” to the two inmates. She has pleaded not guilty. rain has been washing away any scent dogs might was doing 25 years to life for the kidnap, torture he doesn’t believe the escapees would have She has been suspended without pay from her find and interfering with thermal imaging devices and hacksaw dismemberment of his former boss. counted only on Mitchell for the success of their $57,000 -a-year job overseeing inmates who sew being used to detect body heat. Meanwhile, the prison worker charged with “elaborate, well-thought-out escape plan.” clothes and learn to repair sewing machines. No vehicles were reported stolen in the area, helping the killers flee by providing them with “My theory - my theory only - is that she was Authorities say the convicts used power tools to which led searchers to believe convicts David hacksaw blades, chisels and other tools was visited Plan B,” he said Tuesday. “I would have viewed her cut through the backs of their adjacent cells, broke Sweat and Richard Matt were still near the prison. in jail Tuesday by her husband, also a prison work- as baggage, almost, for them to be able to escape through a brick wall and then cut into a steam Search dogs caught the scent of the men, and er. into freedom because she’s leaving behind a fami- pipe and slithered through it, finally emerging out- authorities found evidence indicating they may Favro described Joyce Mitchell as “composed” ly and a husband.” side the prison walls through a manhole. Wylie have spent time there. during the morning visit with her husband, Lyle He said investigators won’t be certain until the says they apparently used tools stored by prison The more than 800 law enforcement officers Mitchell. Prosecutors say Mitchell, a prison tailor- fugitives are caught. But Favro said, “I find it diffi- contractors, taking care to return them to their combing the rural area now have shifted their ing shop instructor who befriended the inmates, cult to believe right from Day 1 that they would go toolboxes after each night’s work. — AP Trump elbows into 2016 race

NEW YORK: The Donald is running for pres- in one of the early Republican debates, ident - for real this time. potentially pushing a more established Real-estate mogul and reality-television candidate off the stage. star Donald Trump, who has brazenly flirted “I just apologized to my toddler for with running for office before but never fol- bringing him up in a country where Donald lowed through, announced Tuesday that Trump runs for Prez, gets better than 2% in he will seek the Republican nomination for the polls,” veteran Republican strategist Liz president. Trump entered the race in a Mair tweeted. bombastic spectacle befitting a man whose GOP operative Brendan Buck, who businesses successes are matched by his helped Mitt Romney’s presidential cam- penchant for self-promotion. paign, tweeted: “Who do I blame for Trump “All of my life, I have heard, a truly suc- running for president?” cessful person, a really successful person, The Democratic National Committee’s and even a modestly successful person, response dripped with sarcasm, saying cannot run for public office - just can’t hap- Trump “adds some much-needed serious- pen,” Trump said. “Yet that’s the kind of ness that has previously been lacking from mindset you need to make this country the GOP field.” great again.” About 100 supporters, most wearing Trump, the 12th high-profile Republican Trump T-shirts handed out by the cam- to enter the 2016 race, announced his can- paign, cheered when he and his wife didacy in a free-ranging 40-minute speech Melania descended to the stage via an in which he boasted about his ability to for- escalator, whisking them past The Trump tify the border with Mexico to prevent Grille, The Trump Bar and a stand selling T- “rapists” from entering the U.S. (“Nobody shirts with his catchphrase “You’re Fired.” BERKELEY: Toni Mikulka places flowers at a makeshift memorial for victims of a balcony that collapsed in Berkeley, Calif., Tuesday. Berkeley police said builds walls better than me”) and invited The spectacle was orchestrated in the several people were killed and others injured after a balcony fell shortly before 1 am, near the University of California, Berkeley. — AP President Barack Obama to play golf at one Manhattan tower bearing his name. of his courses. Trump has withdrawn from “The “Sadly, the American dream is dead,” Celebrity Apprentice,” the TV show he could Trump said. “But if I get elected president, I not continue once he announced as a pres- Six Irish students killed in will bring it back bigger and better and idential candidate. He has hired campaign stronger than ever before, and we will staff in early states and will have to file the make America great again.” required financial disclosure report With his usual bluster, he mixed boasts required of declared presidential candi- California balcony collapse about his wealth with promises to spark dates. the economy (“I will be the greatest jobs But on Tuesday, he held up just a one- president that God ever created”), effort- page document that showed his net worth Families of the dead contacted lessly defeat the Islamic State group and to be about $9 billion, money that he inti- negotiate trade deals with China. mated proves he’s qualified to be president. He pulled no punches with his fellow “I’m using my own money. I’m not using LOS ANGELES: Six young Irish nationals died every summer on the J1 program. A J1 visa is terrible loss of life of young Irish people and Republicans, finishing a riff on Jeb Bush by lobbyists. I’m not using donors,” Trump said. in the early hours Tuesday when a fourth-floor seen as a “rite of passage” for many Irish stu- the critical injury of others in Berkeley, saying “How the hell can you vote for this “I don’t care. I’m really rich.” apartment balcony collapsed during a 21st dents, with applications from Ireland amongst California today,” Irish President Michael guy?” “It sounds crass,” he said. “It’s not crass.” birthday party in the California university the highest in the world. California is the Higgins said. The speech drew immediate scorn Singer Neil Young, a Canadian whose town of Berkeley, authorities said. most popular destination and many Irish live “My heart goes out to the families and online from Republicans who fear Trump song “Rockin’ in the Free World” was part of At least seven people were injured, with in Berkeley, across the bay from San Francisco, loved ones of all those involved.” The cause of will turn an otherwise serious primary con- Trump’s announcement, issued a statement some in critical condition, after the tragedy at when US students go home for the summer. the incident was not immediately known and test into a circus. Trump, well known from saying it was an unauthorized use and that a building located two blocks from the “I have heard with the greatest sadness of the an investigation was under way. — AFP his years in the public eye, is polling just Young supported Democratic candidate University of California, Berkeley campus, well enough at the moment to land a spot Bernie Sanders. — AP local media and officials said. Most of those involved were Irish students from University College Dublin, Ireland’s largest university, on the J1 work-study visa program, which allows them to teach, study, conduct research and work legally during their stay in the United States. The Alameda County coroner’s office con- firmed that six people died. ‘My heart breaks:’ PM - “My heart breaks for the parents who have lost children,” Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny told parliament. He said 13 people had been on the balcony at the time, citing police. The structure col- lapsed shortly after police received a phone call complaining about a noisy gathering. “It is truly terrible to have such a serious ISTANBUL: This file photo taken on November 18, 1999 shows US President Bill Clinton (L) lis- and sad incident take place at the beginning tening to Turkish President Suleyman Demirel in Istanbul during a signing agreement on two of summer of adventure and opportunity for projected oil and gas pipelines from the Caspian Sea to world markets via Turkey. Turkey’s for- so many young people on J1 visas in the mer president and prime minister Suleyman Demirel, a giant figure in the country’s politics for IOWA: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump makes his way to the stage to United States,” Kenny said. over half a century, yesterday died at the age of 90, the state news agency said. — AFP speak to supporters at a rally, Tuesday, in Des Moines, Iowa. — AP He said he had spoken with US ambassa- dor to Ireland, Kevin O’Malley, who expressed the United States’ condolences. Ex-Turkey President Mother of Oklahoma man Irish Foreign Minister Charlie Flanagan said the families of the dead had been contacted. testifies at child abuse trial The victims were identified as 22-year-old Demirel dead at 90 Ashley Donohoe, an Irish-US dual citizen from ANKARA: Suleyman Demirel, Turkey’s former pres- the-way villages of Turkey. We took electrical OKLAHOMA CITY: The mother of a 20-year- government to install security cameras at the California; and Olivia Burke, Eoghan Culligan, ident who has died at age 90, dominated his lamps to replace gas lamps.” old Oklahoma man charged with molesting orphanage. Niccolai Schuster, Lorcan Miller and Eimear nation’s politics for much of the past half-century, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Demirel Kenyan orphans testified Tuesday that her son A total of five children, four girls and a boy, Walsh, who were 21 and from Ireland. Most of serving seven terms as prime minister and surviv- “will be remembered by our beloved people in was frightened when the allegations were lev- have testified in the case. The children, who the victims were from University College ing two coups in a time of rapid development and times to come for the task he took on, the services eled against him and that she told him to “say speak Swahili, testified through an interpreter Dublin. “It is with deepest sadness that I sometimes violent turmoil. he brought about and his political role.” whatever you need to say” in order to return after officials cleared the courtroom to shield speak of the tragic accident involving UCD He believed that his governments of the 1960s Demirel, who served as president from 1993- to the United States. the children from the public and the media. students and their friends in San Francisco,” and 1970s deserved much of the credit for trans- 2000, launched his political career after the 1960 Melissa Durham testified during the feder- college president Andrew Deeks said. forming Turkey from a largely agrarian society into military coup that deposed the government of al trial of Matthew Lane Durham of Edmond, Volunteer “Our students, like thousands of others an increasingly industrial and urban one, bringing Adnan Menderes. Menderes and two Cabinet col- who is charged with 17 counts of sexual mis- Durham had been a volunteer at the across Ireland, head to the US each summer higher living standards for most Turks. leagues were executed, and many leading figures conduct, including aggravated sexual abuse Upendo Children’s Home in Nairobi, Kenya, on J1 visas to enjoy the experience. “It is But critics say Demirel symbolized a culture in in their party were banned from politics - leaving a and engaging in illicit sexual conduct in for- since 2012 and was on his fourth visit to the which power came before principles, and helped vacuum on the center-right. eign places. He has pleaded not guilty and orphanage when he was accused of molest- heart-breaking to imagine that such a tragedy would strike these wonderful students when entrench patronage and graft. They point to a faces up to life in prison if convicted. ing children between April and June 2014. notorious “family photograph” in which he was Landslide victory Federal prosecutors have shown the 12- His mother testified Tuesday that her their lives are opening up to discover the world.” A consular emergency response line surrounded by relatives and associates from the Into that gap strode the political unknown member jury several handwritten, signed son had asked to arrive at Upendo days business world - some of whom were later jailed Demirel. Trained as an engineer, he had headed a statements he gave to orphanage officials before other volunteers. “He wanted to was activated for those seeking information about loved ones. Berkeley Police spokes- for corruption. dam-building program under Menderes before after he was confronted with the allegations. spend more time there,” Melissa Durham Demirel died at 2:05 am yesterday at Ankara’s joining the private sector. At the age of 40 - youth- Prosecutors have described the statements as testified. She joined her son at the orphan- woman Jennifer Coats told AFP that officers Guven Hospital of heart failure and a respiratory ful by Turkish political standards, then and now - confessions by Durham. age on May 25, 2014, and, like him, asked to received a call just before 1:00 am (0800 tract infection, doctors said in an announcement Demirel was a surprise choice as leader of the “I would take her to the bathroom at night stay at the orphanage instead of in off- GMT). broadcast on Turkish television. newly formed Justice Party, a center-right succes- and hold her down and rape her. This hap- premises housing that is customary for vol- Pictures in local media showed the balcony In one of his last public appearances in sor to Menderes’ party. The first leading politician pened on several occasions,” part of a state- unteers. The orphanage specializes in neg- detached from its spot on the apartment October, Demirel said he believed he had paid his from a younger generation that had played no ment pertaining to the alleged assault of a 12- lected children and provides food, housing, building’s exterior wall, with its railings sitting debt to the state.“Whether it was paid back to the part in the formation of a modern, independent year-old girl says. clothes, and educational and religious atop a balcony one floor below. full - that is for the people to decide,” he said. Turkish state after World War I, Demirel came to “At night I took him to the bathroom and instruction. “My conscience is clear. I dedicated my life to power with a landslide win in 1965.His populist had him perform oral sex on me,” states part of “I wanted to spend more time with the Building finished in 2007 the service of the people and of the state,” he said style - Demirel was known as “Sulu the shepherd” another. But Durham’s defense attorney, kids,” she testified. She returned to the US Berkeley officials said the building where at the inauguration of the “Democracy and because of his village background - and his canny Stephen Jones, has questioned the credibility about two weeks later. On June 13, 2014, her the tragedy happened was finished in January Development Museum” in his birth village of use of the symbols of Islam proved a vote-winner of the statements, arguing they were coerced son telephoned her to say he was coming 2007 and the owner of the property had been Islamkoy, in southern Isparta province, honoring in the conservative countryside where most Turks home early after being accused of molesting by orphanage officials who kept Durham iso- ordered to check the condition of the other his political career. lived. His government had to balance the lated and seized his passport. Jones also has children at the orphanage. Melissa Durham balconies. Demirel added: “We said: ‘Let’s save this country demands of its rural support base with the need to suggested that orphanage officials used the said her son claimed he had not done any- from darkness.’ We took light to the most out-of- push Turkey into the industrial era.—AP case to obtain more than $17,000 from the US thing to the children.—AP Thousands of Irish students arrive in the US INTERNATIONAL THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2015 Kenyan president says troops will stay in Somalia

NAIROBI: Kenya’s president vowed yesterday to porous border. force on us a way of life that is not ours,” he was Somalia have outflanked the Kenyan contingent keep troops in Somalia to fight Islamist Shebab President Uhuru Kenyatta, who met with other quoted as saying during a visit to soldiers wound- inside Somalia to mount a string of gruesome rebels, apparently dismissing suggestions the leaders contributing troops to AMISOM-including ed in a recent attack. cross-border raids. country may be drawing up an exit strategy in Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Uganda-at an AU The chairman of the Kenyan Senate’s National The upsurge in attacks and the emergence of order to focus on attacks on its own soil. summit in South Africa last week, said Kenya’s Security and Foreign Relations Committee, Yusuf Kenya-based Shebab cells is now Kenya’s num- Kenyan troops crossed into Somalia in 2011 to role was clear. Hajji, signalled earlier this month that an exit ber-one security headache. fight the Al-Qaeda-affiliated insurgents, and later He insisted Kenya “will continue with the mis- strategy was no longer taboo and that Kenya Kenyan defence chief, General Samson joined the African Union force, AMISOM, which is sion to support the stabilization of the Horn of wanted to create “a strategy on how to fight inse- Mwathethe, said the military would spare no supporting Somalia’s internationally-backed gov- Africa country,” a statement from the presidency curity in Kenya”. efforts to drive the militants out of the country. ernment. said. The comments prompted widespread specula- “We will follow them in the bush, we will fol- The Shebab have since stepped up their oper- “We are a nation that appreciates and recog- tion about whether Kenya could be laying the low them at sea and we will follow them every- ations in Kenya, dealing a blow to plans for the nises the rights of every individual and their free- ground for a pull-out. Shebab units-hunted by where they go until we make sure they are out of troops to serve as a buffer and protect the long, dom of worship. We will not allow any person to African Union troops and US drones inside our borders,” Mwathethe said. — AFP

Hungary unveils plan to fence off Serb border to stop migrants

BUDAPEST: Hungary announced plans yes- plans. terday to build a four-metre-high fence According to the Hungarian Office of along its border with Serbia to stem the flow Immigration and Nationality (BAH) about of illegal migrants, in a move likely to annoy 57,000 people crossed into Hungary illegally human rights groups and the European this year, up sharply from 43,000 in all of Union. 2014. Migration began to spike in the mid- The landlocked central European country dle of last year. of 10 million people is in the EU’s visa-free The migrants include large numbers of Schengen zone and thus an attractive desti- Afghan, Syrian and Pakistani nationals, BAH nation for tens of thousands of migrants Director General Zsuzsanna Vegh told public entering Europe through the Balkans from radio on Wednesday. the Middle East and beyond. The fence will evoke memories of the “Immigration is one of the most serious Cold War-era barriers including the Berlin problems facing the European Union today,” Wall-that separated communist east Europe, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told a news including Hungary, from the capitalist west. conference in Budapest. “The EU’s countries Further to the south, EU member Bulgaria seek a solution ... but Hungary cannot afford has also built a fence along its border with to wait any longer.” Turkey with the same aim of keeping out “We are talking about a stretch of border illegal migrants. 175 km (110 miles) long, whose physical clo- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s sure can happen with a four-metre high government has come under fire at home fence,” he added. and abroad for its handling of immigration. Szijjarto said the fence Hungary planned Orban has called EU plans to distribute to erect did not violate any international migrants evenly across the 28-nation bloc agreements. He said the government would “bordering on insanity”. His ruling Fidesz hold a high-level meeting with Serbia, which party has repeatedly criticised EU measures BALTIC SEA: NATO troops make a massive amphibious landing off the coast of Ustka, northern Poland, during NATO military sea exercises BAL- is not in the EU, on July 1 to discuss the on immigration as inadequate. —reuters TOPS (Baltic Operations) 2015 in the Baltic Sea. The multinational exercise of NATO allied and partner nations aims to demonstrate their collec- tive capability to defend the Baltic region. — AFP Pope slams nations which ‘close the door’ to migrants Russia cites ‘threats’ as VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis said yesterday protected,” he said. that those who “close the door” to refugees Italy has threatened a backlash if other nuclear arsenal boosted seeking a safe haven in Europe should ask EU states refuse to share the burden of asy- God’s forgiveness, as tensions rose in the EU lum seekers, but even so ministers took no over the migrant crisis. decision to carry out proposals by the US warns against return to ‘Cold War status’ A day after European interior ministers European Commission for quotas to redis- failed to agree on how to stem the flow of tribute 40,000 refugees. MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said that Russia siles that will be able to overcome any, even the most NATO head Jens Stoltenberg said Putin’s remarks boat migrants across the Mediterranean or European leaders swore action after an must defend itself if threatened, as the US warned technologically advanced, missile defence systems,” were part of a pattern of aggressive behaviour by house the thousands of new arrivals, Francis estimated 800 migrants died in a shipwreck against a return to a “Cold War status” after Moscow Putin said at the opening of an exhibition of military Moscow. “This nuclear sabre-rattling by Russia is demanded greater respect for “our brothers in April, the worst disaster yet in the announced plans to boost its nuclear arsenal. hardware outside Moscow. unjustified, destabilising and it is dangerous,” and sisters who seek refuge far from their Mediterranean in a year in which a total of The declaration from the Kremlin strongman Stoltenberg said. own lands”. 1,800 people have died trying to cross from came as Russia reacted with fury to reports the US is 7,500 nuclear warheads But Putin said that observers should not “blow “I encourage those who bring them aid Africa and the Middle East on flimsy boats. planning to bulk up its military deployments in east- The United States slammed the announcement as anything out of proportion” with regard to Russia’s and hope that the international community In one of the largest pledges of assistance ern Europe, adding to already high tensions between a retrograde move reminiscent of the Cold War. perception of the threat from NATO, saying it was will act in a united and efficient fashion to so far, France said Wednesday it would cre- Russia and the West over the Ukraine conflict. “We’ve had enormous cooperation from the 1990s “more political signals aimed towards Russia or its prevent the causes of forced migration,” he ate an additional 10,500 housing places for Putin said NATO-which has accused Russia of forward with respect to the destruction of nuclear allies.” said. migrants. backing rebels in eastern Ukraine with weapons and weapons that were in former territories of the Soviet “And I invite everyone to ask God’s par- More than 100,000 migrants have arrived its own troops, a claim Moscow denies-of “coming to Union. And nobody wants to see us step backwards,” Reports of US deployments don for those people and institutions in Europe this year, 60,000 through Italy our borders”. said US Secretary of State John Kerry. Poland and other countries in Eastern Europe have who close the door to those who are alone, according to the EU’s border agency “If someone puts some of our territories under “Nobody should hear that kind of announcement been rattled by Russia’s actions in Ukraine, where it seeking a family, who are seeking to be Frontex. — AFP threat, that means we will have to direct our armed from the leader of a powerful country and not be annexed the Crimea peninsula in 2014 before pro- forces and modern strike power at those territories, concerned about what the implications are,” he said, Moscow separatists began fighting Kiev’s forces in the from where the threat emanates,” he said at a meeting adding that “nobody wants to-I think-go back to a country’s east. with his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto. kind of Cold War status.” NATO has moved to reassure Russia’s nervous “As soon as some threat comes from an adjoining Russia has an estimated 7,500 nuclear warheads, Eastern European neighbours, launching US-led drills state, Russia must react appropriately and carry out its according to the Stockholm International Peace in the Baltic states and Poland earlier this month. defence policy in such a way as to neutralise a threat Research Institute, of which around 1,780 are The New York Times reported at the weekend that against it,” Putin added. deployed on missiles or at military bases. the Pentagon was poised to station heavy weapons Relations between Moscow and Western coun- The United States, in comparison, has some 7,300 for up to 5,000 American troops in several Eastern tries have plunged to their lowest point since the warheads, of which 2,080 are deployed. European and Baltic countries to deter Russian Cold War over conflict in Ukraine, and on Tuesday In 1991, the US and the then-Soviet Union signed aggression. Putin once again raised the spectre of the conflict by the START treaty to reduce the size of their nuclear This would be the first time since the end of the announcing plans to boost Russia’s nuclear arsenal by arsenals. Kerry in April said the US was ready to hold Cold War that the US has had heavy military equip- the end of the year. new negotiations with Russia on additional strategic ment-including battle tanks-in newer NATO members “This year, the size of our nuclear forces will nuclear cuts below the level agreed in the 2011 New that were under Moscow’s influence in the Soviet increase by over 40 new intercontinental ballistic mis- START treaty. era.—AFP Vienna hotel offers hope, skills to its refugee staff VATICAN: Pope Francis greets members of the Italian social Cooperative PARS (Prevention, Assistance, Social Rehabilitation) during his weekly general audience at VIENNA: Many hotels in Vienna offer guests great their colleagues have been as lucky or successful. One A 21-year-old Algerian worker, who declined to St Peter’s square yesterday at the Vatican. —AFP views, luxurious rooms and a convenient location, but employee, who later quit the hotel, was an Afghan give his name, told how he had struggled since com- there is one hotel that offers something for refugees - who fled his homeland after being threatened by the ing to Austria as a child with his family. a job. Taliban for helping Western non-governmental organ- Life became easier when he gained refugee status, Most of the staff at Magdas Hotel, from the recep- isations. Making his way across Europe via Turkey, he and was no longer living in limbo, or regarded as a US arrests NY man for tionists to the cleaners, cooks and electricians, are managed to gain refugee status, but the trauma he “scrounger”, he said. “When you are an asylum seeker, refugees who have been granted asylum in Austria. endured stayed with him. “It was difficult for him to you’re trying to escape from something. You wish for a Coming from 14 countries, many of them risked per- work,” hotel manager Sebastiaan de Vos told the better life.” However, some people suffer depression IS-inspired bomb plot ilous journeys to escape persecution or conflict. With Thomson Reuters Foundation. “You could see he was because they have been waiting for refugee status for an investment of 1.5 million euros ($1.7 mln), Caritas, a working but in his mind he was elsewhere, you could so long. “They can’t start a family, they fled alone, have NEW YORK: US authorities have accused expressed support for the Islamic State Catholic charity, set up the social enterprise to give see that the things he brought with him were deeply no wife, no children, they’re 50 years old,” the Algerian a New York City college student of plot- and at one point posted on Twitter, in an refugees a chance to learn the hotel trade while on the in his heart.” worker said.— Reuters ting to set off a pressure cooker bomb in apparent reference to the militant group job. Located on the premises of a former retirement the city in support of the militant group Al Qaeda, “I fear AQ could be getting too home, the hotel which opened in February has been a Islamic State, according to court docu- moderate,” according to court papers. lifeline for many, who have not worked, or been ments made public. He also praised various militant allowed to work, for years, while awaiting a decision Munther Omar Saleh, 20, was arrested attacks, including the January massacre on their claim for asylum. “All this waiting time, one early on Saturday morning after he and at the headquarters of the magazine has to be strong, otherwise you won’t make it,” said another man got out of their car and ran Charlie Hebdo in France and murders car- Dinnis, 29, a former activist from Guinea. Fleeing polit- toward a surveillance vehicle that had ried out by Islamic State, authorities said. ical persecution in the West African country by smug- been tracking their movements, accord- A police officer observed Saleh on gling himself onto a ship bound for Europe, Dinnis ing to documents filed in federal court in successive days in March on foot at the waited more than 10 years to be granted refugee sta- Brooklyn. George Washington Bridge, which con- tus in Austria. Maryam, 38, who left Morocco after A defense lawyer for Saleh could not nects New Jersey and New York, seem- being persecuted for being a lesbian, waited almost be identified on Tuesday. The other man, ingly looking around, the court papers 13 years to gain asylum and admits to working illegal- who was also arrested, was not named in said. ly to survive. the court documents and could not The behavior prompted officers to “I’m an active person. I don’t want to live off social immediately be identified. interview Saleh, who denied sympathiz- contributions, I simply want to work,” she said. Asylum US authorities have charged a number ing with Islamic State and granted them requests for Austria rose nearly 160 percent in the first of so-called “lone wolf” plotters in recent permission to examine his computer, four months of the year to 14,225, official figures months who have apparently been authorities said. Investigators found the show. Last week, Interior Minister Johanna Mikl- inspired by Islamic State, and authorities computer contained Islamic State propa- Leitner was quoted as saying Austria had stopped pro- have said they are pursuing similar cases ganda, according to court filings. cessing asylum requests to pressure other European in all 50 states. Saleh is studying at a college that states to do more to take in thousands of refugees A federal agent said in court papers specializes in aeronautics, the court crossing the Mediterranean in flimsy boats. that Saleh, a resident of the New York papers said. The complaint filed against City borough of Queens, spent hours Saleh mentions a third unnamed co- WHAT HOME? online researching how to build a pres- conspirator but does not say an arrest Both Maryam and Dinnis studied, volunteered and sure cooker bomb and reading accounts has been made. A spokeswoman for the learnt German to improve their employment of the deadly 2013 Boston Marathon Brooklyn US Attorney’s office, which is prospects, but with no work experience they strug- PARIS: People shout slogans and wave banners in Paris yesterday during a demonstration to bombing. prosecuting the case, declined to com- gled to find a job - until they heard about Magdas support migrants following their eviction earlier this month by French authorities from a In numerous online postings, Saleh ment. —Reuters Hotel. makeshift settlement under a subway bridge. The demonstration called by several unions, While they are now happily employed, not all of associations and left-wing parties gathered some 1,800 people, according to police. — AFP

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HASSAKEH: Islamic State militants kill a man they accused of being a homosexual by throwing him off a building in Syria’s northeastern province of Hassakeh. In a series of interviews by Associated Press journalists, former prisoners and residents who lived under IS rule describe how one of the richest, most sophisticated terrorist organizations in the world accumulates money, terrifies resi- dents, indoctrinates children and buys loyalties. — AP Saddam’s former army is secret of IS success

BEIRUT: A year after declaring his caliphate, it is clear that jihadis are on a divine mission to redeem a fallen Arab tates,” Maqdisi says in an online publication. “Abu Bakr (Al- putting down roots. But Abu Qatada argues that it may the secret of Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi’s success is the army world by fire and the sword - as shown in its videos of Baghdadi) is Iraqi, has a popular base in Iraq (and) he has contain the seeds of its own destruction. “They are Baathist and state he has built from the remnants of Saddam beheadings and immolations. Iraqi tribes with allegiance to him, while Abu Mussab in the dictatorial and security sense,” he says in an online Hussein’s military, and the allegiance he has won or Other factors are critical to IS success. Beyond the (Zarqawi) was Jordanian and surrounded by foreign fight- publication. “Their conflict with other Islamist groups coerced from alienated Sunni Muslims in Iraq, Syria, and alliance of Saddam loyalists and Islamist extremists born of ers.” including Nusra is bigger than their conflict with Hashd Al- beyond. In that year, the self-appointed caliph has expand- the Iraq war, Baghdadi relies on local Sunnis and their “They are winning militarily because they are depend- Shaabi,” Iraq’s Shiite militia coalition. ed his turf from eastern Syria and western Iraq to include tribes, whereas his jihadi precursors relied more on foreign ing on former Baathist officers who know their ground”, adherents in pockets of war-racked Libya and Egypt’s law- fighters. Despite thousands of foreign volunteers, jihadist Maqdisi says. But in the end they rely on fear. Abu Qatada Wider strategy less Sinai peninsula. ideologues say IS forces are 90 percent Iraqi and 70 percent Al-Filistini, another Al-Qaeda-linked ideologue who with In his speech released on May 14 after unconfirmed He has set his sights on Saudi Arabia, birthplace of Syrian in its two main strongholds, where they have about Maqdisi has signed a fatwa declaring it legitimate to fight reports he had been badly wounded in a US air strike, Islam, and his Islamic State has launched an online maga- 40,000 fighters and 60,000 supporters. Baghdadi, who IS, says “this state is advancing because of the military, Baghdadi says: “Islam was never for a day the religion of zine for Turks, who have volunteered for his jihad in hun- forged links with Saddam’s Baathists while a prisoner dur- security and intelligence background of its leadership peace; Islam is the religion of war.” His followers’ assaults on dreds if not thousands. His speeches, freighted with ing the US occupation, also claims descent from the which seeks to impose a state of terror”. “They impose their the Shiites and their allies in Iraq will “make the Crusaders Quranic verses ripped from their context and loaded with Prophet Mohammad and his Quraishi tribe - a heritage that authority, with blood, with the sword.” bleed and strengthen the pillars of the Caliphate”, and hadith - sayings attributed to the prophet, many regarded allows him to assert that “we are the soldiers of the mission The former Al-Qaeda godfathers - Maqdisi who had ties defeat Syrian Alawites and the Shi’ite Houthis in Yemen. as spurious - sound more like sermons. The recruiting drum declared by the Prophet”. to Ayman Al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden’s successor, and While this may sound like empty bombast to outsiders, for he beats is loud and clear: summoning his followers to a Abu Qatada, deported from London to face terror charges Baghdadi’s audience the point is that the Sunni army of IS pitiless jihad against Shiite heretics, Christian crusaders, Saddam’s officers in Jordan after a long court battle - see differences and has often succeeded in kicking Shiites out of Sunni cities. Jewish infidels, and Kurdish atheists. He berates Arab Abu Mohammad Al-Maqdisi, the jihadi theorist who similarities between IS and Al-Qaeda, the movement Yet the very success of IS suggests limits to its expansion. despots for defiling the honor of Sunni Islam. was the spiritual mentor of Abu Mussab Al-Zarqawi, the Baghdadi has now eclipsed. Unlike Al-Qaeda, which only The movement has gained footholds in ungoverned His message is this: Where Iraq’s rulers could not pre- Jordanian leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq killed by an American established a tenuous ‘emirate’ under the US occupation spaces such as Libya and the Sinai - and in territory from vent the 2003 US-led invasion that delivered the country air strike in 2006, says that before it took over swathes of before it was driven out of Anbar province, Islamic State is Nigeria to the Caucasus. — Reuters into the hands of Shiites, and were unwilling to mount a Syria and Iraq, IS wiped out almost all other Islamist and jihad against Alawite minority rule in Syria, much less deliv- Sunni rivals. It gave them the choice of death or repen- er Jerusalem from Israel, Islamic State will now lead the tance, and declared war on its Al-Qaeda-allied rival in Syria, way. In this pseudo-religious and sectarian narrative, the IS the Nusra Front. “They now consider the Nusra Front apos- Kuwait’s MPs pass laws to regulate...

Continued from Page 1 the private recruitment offices. Several other MPs also said the proposed company will not be able to reduce the costs. Ramadan Greets Under the law, 60 percent of the proposed company’s The Assembly also passed a law to establish the National shares will be given to union of cooperative societies and 10 Human Rights Commission despite reservations by the gov- Continued from Page 1 create divisions. percent each for four government agencies including ernment whose ministers abstained from voting. Justice The policy of proxy wars and supporting groups that Kuwait Investment Authority, Public Institution for Social Minister Yacoub Al-Sane said the government will not I hope that during this month people pray for those could get you to your political agenda is a suicidal policy that Security, Public Authority for Minors Affairs and Kuwait accept a clause giving immunity to the commission’s board unfortunate people who are forced to spend Ramadan creates monsters that will turn around and bite you once Airways. and to another giving them judicial powers. under the threat of lethal weapons used in wars and conflicts they have grown. I hope that politicians would think hard But the approval of the two laws was preceded by strong The commission is formed as an independent human that are plaguing this region. Give a thought to those people during this holy month and commit to the policy of direct, exchanges by a number of MPs especially on the second rights body but under the umbrella of the council of minis- and contemplate on why this is happening and never take clear negotiations for both internal and regional issues - no law. MPs Saadoun Hammad and Khalil Al-Saleh said they ters. The appointment of its president and his deputy for granted the peace and security we enjoy here in Kuwait. I matter how long it takes. That method would be the way for- will resign from the Health and Labor Committee after the requires the approval of the National Assembly. The urge people of influence in this region to also contemplate - ward to a peaceful long lasting solution to any problem the Assembly withdrew the law from their panel and entrusted Assembly also approved the development plan for the and use their patience and wisdom to find ways to spread world faces. I wish you all a peaceful holy month. it to the Financial Affairs Committee. Hammad strongly 2016/2017 fiscal year which envisages capital spending of peace and dialogues that bring sects together rather than Ramadan Mubarak opposed the establishment of the company and defended over KD 5 billion to finance over 300 projects. THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2015 ANALYSIS

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By Rene Slama

he US killing of Al-Qaeda’s second-in-command Thas dealt a blow to the extremist network but with the rise of the rival Islamic State group the global jihadist threat remains, analysts say. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) confirmed in an online video dated June 15 the death of its leader Nasir al-Wuhayshi in a US drone strike in southeast Yemen last week. The White House hailed Wuhayshi’s death as “a major blow to AQAP, Al-Qaeda’s most dangerous affiliate, and to Al- Qaeda more broadly.” Two other senior Al-Qaeda leaders Caught in the middle: War in Ukraine creates no man’s lands in Yemen-its ideologue Ibrahim Al-Rubaish, and Nasser By Peter Leonard explosive device was made with a coil from a can get fired at with grenade-launchers and have changed. Severodonetsk sports hallmarks of al-Ansi, who appeared in a video claiming the deadly spring mattress. Ukrainian soldiers say it was laid machine guns?” Moskal said. “I have responsibili- a more fervently patriotic new order. In front of January attack on French magazine Charlie Hebdo-were single crack of an automatic rifle shattered by rebels, some of whom they say are likely from ties before the president, the government and the the imposing, colonnaded House of Culture build- killed in similar US strikes in April. Athe tomb-like silence of this no-man’s-land the village. “Most of the healthy male population people of Ukraine to preserve lives.” ing, a plinth once topped For some experts, Wuhayshi’s death hits Al-Qaeda village in east Ukraine. The gunshot, fired is fighting on the side of the LPR,” said Papa, using by the statue of Vladimir Lenin, the Bolshevik beyond his Yemen base as the jihadist leader was regard- in error by a jumpy soldier, sent government bor- the initials of the self-styled breakaway Luhansk Mothers pushing buggies leader reviled by Ukrainian nationalists, stands ed since 2013 as network chief Ayman Al-Zawahiri’s right der guard troops on patrol this week scrambling People’s Republic movement. “They remain in As the eponymous regional capital of Luhansk empty save for the national blue-and-yellow flag. hand. A former aide of Osama bin Laden, Wuhayshi was to brace against the ambush they expect every communication with their families and some- is held by separatists, Moskal is forced to run his A craze has swept through Ukraine for the time they venture into Katerynivka. The men said times carry out attacks on our checkpoints.” Until a office out of the relative backwater of removal of Lenin monuments, regardless of abid- regarded as the operations manager and messenger that four of their fellow soldiers were killed in a few weeks ago, people could travel to and from Severodonetsk, where livelihoods have revolved ing fondness among many elderly people for the between the network’s various branches. The weaken- recent clash with separatist rebels. “Katerynivka is separatist areas by driving along a road running since Soviet times around the local chemical fac- communist era. The ties that bind the region with ing of Al-Qaeda in Iraq and Syria in recent years appears nominally the territory of Ukraine, but for the time past the turnoff to Katerynivka. Soldiers guarding tories. Only 30 kilometers from the front line, the Russia - whose strong role in organizing and sup- to have benefitted IS, which claimed in March its first being it is just a buffer zone where there could be the way now turn back all traffic. As the 450-kilo- town is blissfully somnolent and thoughts of war porting the separatist movement is widely deadly attacks in Yemen as it seeks to diversify its recruit- bandits and separatist militants,” said Pavlo meter line separating government and rebel terri- appear distant. Children tug at the branches of accepted - are still readily apparent. Advertising ment base. Petrovich, known to fellow soldiers by the code- tory began to evolve into a fixed feature last year, mulberry trees whose fruit otherwise drops to the notices glued to lampposts and noticeboards “The more Al-Qaeda is weakened, the more jihadist name Papa, a border guard service volunteer from Ukrainian authorities created an unwieldy system ground to stain the sidewalks layered in fluffy almost all offer holiday packages to Russia’s south. the western region of Chernivtsi. Like others in the of permits for movement from one zone into the poplar seeds. A pedestrian area along Lenin Street Economic ties are being made into a formal reality fighters join IS. On the other hand, the more IS is town, he declined give his surname, using only his other. is a magnet for young mothers pushing buggies. in rebel areas, where pensions have started to be attacked, the more there will be a return of fighters to Al- first name and patronymic. With fighting surging again near the main sep- In the early summer midday sunshine, few stay paid in Russian rubles. The currencies of Ukraine Qaeda,” Mathieu Guidere, expert on Islamist groups at What Ukrainian troops call a buffer zone is a aratist stronghold, only one of the corridors has outside for long though. and Russia are used interchangeably in the sepa- France’s University of Toulouse. Some experts voiced village of a few hundred people stretched along a been left open in the two separatism-plagued But if formal control over Severodonetsk is ratist fiefdoms, with the latter said to prevail doubts over US State Department claims that the death corrugated dead-end country lane hemmed in by regions of Donetsk and Luhansk. Things are more clearly defined, uncertain popular loyalties where militiamen from Russia have gathered in of Wuhayshi “brings us closer to degrading and ultimate- heaving trees. Most of the young, fit and able arguably harder in the Luhansk region, where the make it no less an ambiguous quantity than large numbers. Pro-Russian sympathies have his- ly defeating these groups.” have long left, as one nervous resident explained. irascible governor, Hennadiy Moskal, has decreed Katerynivka. The town came under the sway of torically been strong in a region where Ukrainian “I lived here with a son, a daughter-in-law and that no civilians are any longer allowed to travel armed rebels for a brief period last year - long identity has tended to be much weaker than else- AQAP ‘can rebound’ their child,” said Pyotr Vladimirovich, dabbing between government and rebel-controlled areas. enough to ensure presidential elections in May where in the country. Russian is spoken almost sweat from his sun-roasted brow. “I am the only “Why should I let people go through, just so they could not be held there. On the face of it, things universally and if Ukrainian is heard in towns like Wuhayshi’s death “will further exacerbate the com- one left. I can’t just abandon everything.” For gro- Severodonetsk, it is now more likely to be coming mand-and-control problems” of Al-Qaeda, “which have ceries, residents venture to the village shop, which from the mouths of troops garrisoned there. become increasingly evident as the so-called Islamic remains open only until lunch. Soldiers are viewed with resentment, not least State has come to dominate both the battlefield and the for their not infrequent propensity for aggressive Potentially life-threatening media,” said the Soufan Group intelligence consultancy. boozing, which has led to a blanket ban on the sale of alcohol to troops. A trio of disappointed “Al-Qaeda is in danger of becoming a loose affiliation of After then, few dare to brave the outdoors. “I just take care of the property, there’s nothing else and empty-handed men in military fatigues local groups” that could transform from “an underground to do,” said Pyotr, who worked as a bus driver observed Wednesday trudging from one shop to terrorist movement to a collection of competing organi- before the war broke out. Water is drawn from another in Severodonetsk suggested liquor ven- zations,” says the US-based think-tank. The series of blows wells, while electricity is still provided without dor are holding up their end of the bargain. dealt to Al-Qaeda’s central Yemen command, including interruption. The sound of shelling begins as dusk Residents of Severodonetsk whose lives have the deaths of several senior commanders, has raised nears. Katerynivka has been spared much direct been disturbed by the unrest are less interested in questions over the presence of “moles” within the fran- damage and the projectiles largely whistle over to the politics behind their predicament than under- standing how to negotiate their plight. chise, analysts say. fall closer to Ukrainian positions a few minutes up the road. Still, venturing around the village is There is resentment at the arrival of those flee- Yet the group has withstood setbacks in the past and fraught with risks and any false step is potentially ing their homes because of the upward pressure carried on fighting. “Compared to other Al-Qaeda fran- life-threatening. Over the weekend, a local 54- they have applied to apartment rental prices and chises, AQAP is the one with the deepest bench,” says year old cowherd was hospitalized with grievous groceries bills already inflated by a depreciating Olivier Guitta, managing director of security and risk con- shrapnel wounds after setting off a tripwire while LUHANSK: A boy rides a bicycle past the sign reading “Severodonetsk” in currency. Meanwhile, the displaced feel as sultancy GlobalStrat. While Wuhayshi “is a loss” for the leading his animals to graze. The homemade the town of Severodonetsk, Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine. —AP trapped as anybody in Katerynivka. —AP branch, “it can rebound quickly,” he said. Rooted in Yemen’s south and southeast, AQAP has exploited Giant statue of Orthodox prince stirs controversy in Moscow months of fighting between loyalists of the country’s exiled government and Iran-backed Houthi rebels to By Anna Malpas signed an open letter to President Vladimir statue is still dwarfed by Moscow’s biggest ries and conservative Christian values. An consolidate their grip on Hadramawt province and its Putin opposing the statue. Even some of such monuments, like the Soviet-era Orthodox youth group gathered more capital Mukalla-a city of more than 200,000. The Al- caffolding surrounds the vast clay the leather clad bikers who roar up to Worker and Collective Farm Worker that than 62,000 signatures online in support Qaeda franchise still appears well-organized internally as Ssculpture-in-progress inside a ware- Sparrow Hills each evening are not happy. stands 25 meters high on a 33-metre of the project. But opponents say Vladimir it rapidly appointed the group’s military commander house on Moscow’s outskirts, yet “Who is this statue for? I think it’s totally pedestal. And a widely reviled monument the Great has no historic links to Moscow, Qassem Al-Rimi as Wuhayshi’s successor. already the statue of Vladimir the Great has inappropriate here,” said Sergei Govinov, to Tsar Peter the Great by Georgian sculp- which did not exist at the time. caused an outcry as big as the monument two gold crosses dangling on his tanned tor Zurab Tsereteli is even taller, at 98 And they say he is already commemo- Many of its locally recruited militants are also closely itself. The 24-metre high likeness of the chest. “Where are we going to meet now?” meters. rated with a large statue in Kiev, the capi- tied to the country’s powerful Sunni tribes. Al-Qaeda in man who brought Christianity to Kievan “It outrages all sorts of different people,” tal of former Soviet neighbor Ukraine with Yemen has “become a force from among several forces in Rus-the forerunner of modern Russia and said local councilor and anti-statue cam- Church backing which Moscow is locked in a bitter stand- the Sunni camp,” says Guidere. It has even become seen Ukraine-is set to tower over the capital, the paigner Yelena Rusakova. “In recent years Backed by the Russian Orthodox off after it annexed the Crimea region and as “moderate and can be dealt with, compared with the latest potent symbol in a surge of patriot- in Moscow, I can’t remember another Church and the culture ministry, the was accused of stirring a separatist con- barbarism of IS.” Surfacing for the first time in Yemen, IS, ism taking hold in Russia. example of so many people signing a peti- Vladimir monument is part of a drive to flict. Other opponents have warned that Prince Vladimir is revered as a saint by tion and writing letters.” Tall as it is, the boost patriotism by evoking historic glo- the 300-tonne statue perched on the edge which has expanded in Iraq and Syria, carried out multi- the Russian Orthodox Church and a hero of a steep 100-metre high slope above ple mosque bombings against the Shiite Houthis, killing by others, including the noted sculptor of Moscow River could cause a catastrophic 142 people on March 20. AQAP issued a statement that the work, Salavat Shcherbakov. But not all landslide. Scuffles recently broke out at a day saying it had nothing to do with the bombings and Moscow agrees. “Vladimir is our founding protest at the site when pro-Kremlin bik- insisting that “we abide by the instructions of Sheikh father,” Shcherbakov said, comparing the ers tore posters and shouted abuse at Ayman Zawahiri, to avoid targeting mosques and mar- 10th-century leader to America’s George people campaigning against the statue. Washington or Abraham Lincoln. “He’s a In a surprise, last-minute turnabout, the kets... to protect the lives of innocent Muslims.” — AFP figure whom the people, the country, can pro-government military history society rely on. And he is important right now,” he that commissioned and financed the mon- said, working on the ornate robes as ument has now asked city authorities to Vladimir looms above, right hand raised consider other locations. The statue, the All articles appearing on these high ready to hold a cross. society said citing the protests and “safety pages are the personal opinion of concerns”, should be an “indisputably unit- Public outcry ing factor”. Anti-statue protestor Rusakova the writers. Kuwait Times takes no The final, cast bronze is scheduled for has cautioned opponents not to relax and responsibility for views expressed installation in September on a prime spot “to continue the campaign”, noting the therein. Kuwait Times invites read- called Sparrow Hills, overlooking all of city council will not rule on the matter Moscow-and where all of Moscow will see until July. “The most important thing is ers to voice their opinions. Please Vladimir. But the choice has proved so divi- that there is a shared desire among the send submissions via email to: opin- sive it may be changed. In a flurry of public citizens of our country for this sculpture to [email protected] or via snail anger, more than 59,000 people joined an go up,” said sculptor Shcherbakov, mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. online petition against the planned loca- denouncing what he sees as “some peo- tion, one of the city’s best-loved view- MOSCOW: File picture shows Russian sculptor Salavat Shcherbakov looking ple’s purely ideological” arguments The editor reserves the right to edit points high above Moscow’s centre. against the monument. Wherever it lands, any submission as necessary. Several thousand students and staff at the at a model for a monument to Vladimir the Great at his workshop in he said, it should be a “good site... worthy nearby Moscow State University also Moscow. —AFP of a prince.” —AFP THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2015 SPORTS

NSW defeat Queensland Bulgarian weightlifters banned Neymar in fraud lawsuit

MELBOURNE: New South Wales sent the State of Origin series to a game three SOFIA: Eleven Bulgarian weightlifters have been banned for breaking anti-doping regula- MADRID: A Spanish judge has accepted a legal complaint filed by Brazilian invest- decider with a thrilling 26-18 victory over Queensland in front of a record tions, the Balkan country’s weightlifting federation said yesterday. ment fund DIS that alleges it was the victim of a fraud perpetrated in Barcelona’s crowd of 91,513 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground yesterday. Tries from Michael In March, eight male weightlifters, including three European champions, and three signing of forward Neymar from Santos. Jennings, Josh Morris, Aaron Wood and Josh Dugan along with 10 points from female athletes, tested positive for the banned anabolic steroid stanozolol at a training DIS, which owned 40 percent of Neymar’s rights when he was at Santos, alleges the boot of Trent Hodkinson proved enough to tie up the series after camp for the European championships in Tbilisi, Georgia. it was paid less than half the cash it was entitled to when the player agreed to join Queensland won the opener 11-10 in Sydney last month. The Bulgarians, however, received relatively light sanctions after the International the Spanish and European champions in 2013. Barcelona, former “I’m just really proud of the boys, we stuck to our plan and really hung in Weightlifting Federation (IWF) took into consideration some extenuating circumstances. president Sandro Rosell, incumbent Josep Maria Bartomeu, there,” New South Wales captain Paul Gallen said. The Bulgarian authorities said the weightlifters took the banned substance through who is standing for re-election, Neymar, his father, The Maroons of Queensland, who won eight straight series the food additives they are using for recovery. Asen Muradov, Ferdi Nazif, Vladimir Santos and two of the Brazilian club’s executives were until New South Wales triumphed last year, scored tries Urumov, Stoyan Enev, Deyan Minchev as well as female athletes Nadezhda-Mey Tuy all named in the lawsuit, according to a court state- through forwards Matt Scott and Matt Gillett as well as Nguen, and Maya Ivanova were suspended for nine months. Former European champion ment published yesterday. Kangaroos back Greg Inglis. They will consider they have Demir Demirev, 2014 European champions Ivan Markov and Ivaylo Filev and female The complaint is the latest twist to a saga that cause for grievance ahead of the decider in Brisbane on July weightlifter Milka Maneva were banned for 18 months as they were already suspended has resulted in Barcelona, Rosell and Bartomeu fac- 8 after a second try for Inglis in the 67th minute was called for doping. ing trial for tax fraud over the Neymar deal. However, back for a knock-on. Inglis scooped up the ball after Mitchell The Bulgarian weightlifting federation said it would appeal against the bans at the this is the first time that Neymar himself has been Pearce had lost it in the tackle and raced 90 metres for what Court of Arbitration for Sport, hoping that the athletes will be allowed to compete at the named as a defendant in a lawsuit linked to the transfer. he thought was a score that would have given world championships in the United States in November. “The decision is a clear signal Bartomeu was a vice president under Rosell when Neymar Queensland back the lead. “Would have been nice to from the world sports institutions that we’re not guilty,” the federation said in a statement. was signed in 2013 in a complex deal involving multiple go back to Brisbane with the series wrapped up “We’ll fight to the end and we’ll try all the possibilities to help our athletes to partici- contracts with the player and his father. Bartomeu, Rosell, who but all credit to the Blues, they were too good pate at the world championship this autumn.” Bulgaria withdrew from the European resigned over the allegations, and the club have been accused for us tonight,” said Johnathan Thurston, who championships in Georgia after the federation said it could not find replacements in such of defrauding the tax office of some 13 million euros ($14.7 kicked six points for Queensland.—Reuters a short time. —Reuters million). —Reuters Cardinals win, A’s see off Padres

ST. LOUIS: Hours after a federal investigation into possible overall during their six-game run, a stretch in which their computer hacking by the Cardinals became public, St. starters have allowed all of one earned run. Louis extended its winning streak to five by beating the Francisco Cervelli and Sean Rodriguez hit solo home Minnesota Twins 3-2 behind Michael Wacha’s pitching and runs for the Pirates. Starling Marte, who had two hits, is Mark Reynolds’ two-run single. batting .600 (15 for 25) over his last five games. Before the game, manager Mike Matheny said he was in Jose Quintana (3-7) gave up three runs in six innings the weight room when he first learned of the investigation and again received little support in his 100th career start. into whether the Cardinals had hacked Houston’s comput- The White Sox have dropped five straight. er database. The Cardinals then completed a soggy homes- tand in which three games were delayed and another ASTROS 8, ROCKIES 5 against Kansas City was postponed until July 23. Luis Valbuena homered twice and drove in four runs, St. Louis is 43-22 overall and 26-7 at home, both tops in and Houston beat Colorado. Hank Conger hit a solo homer the major leagues, and matched a franchise best by reach- for the Astros, who lead the major leagues with 91 home ing 43 wins in 64 games. Minnesota has lost seven of eight. runs. Houston is 25-0 this year when it has multihomer games. ATHLETICS 6, PADRES 5 Valbuena hit a solo homer in the second off Chris Rusin Eric Sogard singled in the go-ahead in the top of the (2-2) and added a three-run drive in a five-run third that ninth off closer Craig Kimbrel, lifting Oakland to a win over increased his team-leading home run total to 16. San Diego and spoiling the debut of interim manager Pat Will Harris (3-0) pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings in relief Murphy. of rookie Vince Velasquez, who gave up five runs and seven Kimbrel (1-2) issued a two-out walk to Billy Burns, who hits in 4 2-3 innings. Luke Gregerson threw a perfect ninth stole second and scored on Sogard’s ground ball single to for his 17th save in 19 chances. Rusin (2-2) wasted a 3-1 center. The game was played on the one-year anniversary lead and gave up seven runs and nine hits in four innings. of the death of longtime Padre and Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn. The Padres played a brief video tribute to the REDS 5, TIGERS 2 eight-time NL batting champion before the game. Todd Frazier homered twice and Jay Bruce added a solo Murphy, named interim manager before the game, shot to lift Cincinnati to a victory over Detroit. The Reds replaced Bud Black who was fired on Monday. San Diego had totaled only four runs in a three-game losing streak, has lost both games since Black’s firing, including Monday and didn’t get on the board until the fifth against Detroit, night’s 9-1 loss to Oakland under acting manager Dave but Michael Lorenzen and the Reds’ bullpen made the Roberts. homers stand up. Lorenzen (2-2) allowed two runs - one earned - and six ORIOLES 19, PHILLIES 3 hits with three walks in six innings, only striking out one. Manny Machado and newcomer Chris Parmelee each Three relievers finished, with Aroldis Chapman striking out hit two of an Orioles-record eight home runs, and BALTIMORE: Orioles’ Jimmy Paredes (left) watches his sacrifice fly ball in front of Philadelphia Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz the side in the ninth - the last on a 103-mph fastball - for Baltimore breezed past woeful Philadelphia for its eighth and home plate umpire Lance Barksdale in the eighth inning of an interleague baseball game. — AP his 14th save. win in nine games. Kyle Ryan (1-1) took his first major-league loss, giving up The defeat sealed the Phillies’ first winless road trip of at and finished 4-4 on an eight-game road trip. innings and an RBI double, leading New York to a victory four runs in 6 1/3 innings. Ryan only surrendered five hits, least eight games since an 0-9 run in August 1883, their San Francisco had scored just 17 runs during the home over Toronto. Bobby Parnell earned a five-out save in his but three were homers. inaugural season. Philadelphia hosts the Orioles on skid and had not homered in five straight games here third outing since Tommy John surgery, and the NL East Wednesday after going 0-8 in Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and before Duffy went deep in the second inning against J.A. leaders held on without their top late relievers thanks in RED SOX 9, BRAVES 4 Baltimore. Happ (3-3). part to a major baserunning blunder by the Blue Jays. Brock Holt became the first Boston player to hit for the The eight home runs were the most by the Orioles since One night after ending Toronto’s 11-game winning cycle since 1996 and the Red Sox slugged their way out of their move from St. Louis in 1954. They hit seven in a game RANGERS 3, DODGERS 2 streak, the Mets won for the fifth time in six games and a seven-game losing streak with a victory over Atlanta. three times previously, the last on Sept. 26, 2012, against Robinson Chirinos hit a game-ending home run leading improved to 11-0 at home against the Blue Jays. Holt’s solo homer in the seventh put Boston up 5-2, Toronto. off the bottom of the ninth inning and Texas beat NL West- Wilmer Flores and Ruben Tejada each knocked in a run leaving him a triple from completing the cycle. He got Ryan Flaherty set the record with a solo shot in the leading Los Angeles. and scored another to help New York build a 3-0 cushion. another at-bat in the eighth after Boston added two more eighth inning off Phillies right fielder Jeff Francoeur, who Chirinos hit a 1-1 pitch from Josh Ravin (2-1) over the Harvey (7-4), who was 1-3 with a 7.20 ERA in his previous runs and hit a fly ball to the triangle in center field at retired all three batters in the seventh after Baltimore left-center field wall, his sixth homer of the season. The four starts, allowed four hits against the best offense in Fenway Park. Holt easily reached third and drove in a run. scored in each of the first six innings. Dodgers had gotten even in the top of the ninth when baseball and gave a huge fist pump after working a perfect It was the first cycle in the majors this season and the Justin Turner hit a two-run homer off rookie starter Chi Chi seventh. first for the Red Sox since John Valentin did it on June 6, ANGELS 4, DIAMONDBACKS 1 Gonzalez, who was so close to his second complete game 1996 against the White Sox in Boston. Wade Miley tied his Albert Pujols drove in the tying and go-ahead runs in and first shutout in only his fourth career start. INDIANS 6, CUBS 0 season high with eight strikeouts in 6 1/3 solid innings. It the sixth inning with his 539th career homer, David Freese Shawn Tolleson (2-1), who had been proclaimed the Carlos Santana hit a three-run homer and an RBI double, was his first start since getting pulled early and arguing also hit a two-run shot and Garrett Richards pitched seven Texas closer earlier in the day by manager Jeff Banister, Trevor Bauer pitched seven innings of four-hit ball, and with manager John Farrell in the dugout Thursday in a loss innings of four-hit ball to help Los Angeles beat Arizona. gave up a pair of two-out singles after taking over before Cleveland beat Chicago. at Baltimore. — AP Richards (7-4) yielded an unearned run and three walks, Jimmy Rollins’ inning-ending flyout. Santana also walked twice and touted prospect struck out four and retired his final 11 batters after a shaky Texas won both home games against the Dodgers, Francisco Lindor contributed two hits in his first career start as the Angels snapped Arizona’s four-game winning though the teams play again Wednesday and Thursday in start. Santana was just 3 for 28 with a home run and an RBI MLB results/standings streak. Los Angeles. in his previous seven games. The right-hander, coming off a 6-2 road victory against The Cubs welcomed the Blackhawks and the Stanley St. Louis 3, Minnesota 2; Houston 8, Colorado 5; Oakland 6, Tampa Bay in which he allowed two runs over seven ROYALS 7, BREWERS 2 Cup to Wrigley Field one night after Chicago beat Tampa San Diego 5; San Francisco 6, Seattle 2; Boston 9, Atlanta 4; innings, has won back-to-back starts for the first time since Chris Young became the first Royals pitcher to drive in Bay 2-0 in Game 6 for its third NHL title in the past six sea- Baltimore 19, Philadelphia 3; Pittsburgh 3, Chicago White April 24-30 against Texas and Oakland. Jeremy Hellickson three runs in a game since 1972 and worked seven innings sons. Sox 0; Cincinnati 5, Detroit 2; NY Mets 3, Toronto 2; (4-4) allowed two runs and four hits in six innings, striking of five-hit ball, leading Kansas City to a victory over Cubs right-hander Jake Arrieta (6-5) walked six in five Washington 16, Tampa Bay 4; Miami 12, NY Yankees 2; out six and walking one for Arizona. Milwaukee. innings, and two of them scored on Santana’s drive that Texas 3, LA Dodgers 2;Cleveland 6, Chicago Cubs 0; Kansas Young had a two-run single in the fourth inning and an just cleared the wall in right in the third. City 7, Milwaukee 2; LA Angels 4, Arizona 1. GIANTS 6, MARINERS 2 RBI single in the fifth for the Royals, who have won six of Bauer (6-3) struck out seven and walked three. Zach Matt Duffy homered and drove in three runs to help San eight after a 2-9 skid. He is the sixth Kansas City pitcher McAllister pitched the eighth and Marc Rzepczynski fin- American League Francisco snap a nine-game home losing streak by beating with at least three RBIs and the first since Steve Busby. ished the four-hitter. Seattle. Young (6-2) struck out three without any walks to improve Eastern Division Casey McGehee added a two-run double and Angel to 12-2 in interleague starts in his career. Lorenzo Cain and NATIONALS 16, RAYS 4 W L PCT GB Pagan hit an RBI single as the Giants snapped their longest Mike Moustakas each homered for Kansas City. Wilson Ramos homered twice off position players, Bryce Tampa Bay 36 30 .545 - home skid since an 11-gamer at New York’s Polo Grounds Matt Garza (4-8) allowed six runs and a career-high 13 Harper and Clint Robinson also went deep, and NY Yankees 34 30 .531 1 in 1940. Tim Lincecum (7-3) allowed two runs and five hits hits in 6 2-3 innings. He is 1-5 at home this year. Milwaukee Washington routed Tampa Bay. Baltimore 33 31 .516 2 in 5 2/3 innings to get the win in his second start against is 11-24 at Miller Park after losing its fourth game in a row. With the game out of reach, Rays manager Kevin Cash Toronto 34 32 .515 2 his hometown team. used infielders Jake Elmore and Nick Franklin to pitch the Boston 28 38 .424 8 Brad Miller homered and drove in two runs for the METS 3, BLUE JAYS 2 final two innings. Ramos hit a solo shot against Elmore in Central Division Mariners, who split the two-game series in San Francisco Matt Harvey returned to form with seven shutout the eighth and added a two-run drive off Franklin in the Kansas City 36 25 .590 - ninth to finish with four RBIs. Minnesota 34 30 .531 3.5 Harper hit his 22nd homer this season, a long solo shot Detroit 34 31 .523 4 to center off C.J. Riefenhauser during a four-run fifth that Cleveland 30 33 .476 7 gave Washington a 10-0 lead. The ball landed on protective netting near a fish tank that is home to a group of cownose Chicago White Sox 28 35 .444 9 rays. Western Division Robinson had a leadoff homer and added an RBI double Houston 38 28 .576 - off Alex Colome during a six-run second inning that put Texas 35 30 .538 2.5 the Nationals up 6-0. LA Angels 33 32 .508 4.5 Seattle 29 36 .446 8.5 MARLINS 12, YANKEES 2 Oakland 28 39 .418 10.5 Miami scored a franchise-record eight first-inning runs Tuesday against former teammate Nathan Eovaldi and National League beat New York. Giancarlo Stanton hit a three-run homer, Eastern Division his 24th, which leads the majors. NY Mets 36 30 .545 - The Marlins totaled nine hits in the first, including seven Washington 34 31 .523 1.5 in a row after leadoff batter Dee Gordon grounded out. Atlanta 31 34 .477 4.5 Marcell Ozuna hit a 99-mph fastball for a bases-loaded sin- gle to drive in the first two runs, and Adeiny Hechavarria Miami 29 37 .439 7 hit a two-run triple. Derek Dietrich had the first and last hits Philadelphia 22 44 .333 14 in the inning, including an RBI triple. Central Division Eovaldi (5-2) departed after Dietrich’s triple, and was St. Louis 43 21 .672 - charged with all eight runs in two-thirds of an inning, the Pittsburgh 37 27 .578 6 shortest start of his career. His ERA rose from 4.13 to 5.12. Chicago Cubs 34 28 .548 8 Cincinnati 29 35 .453 14 PIRATES 3, WHITE SOX 0 Milwaukee 24 42 .364 20 Charlie Morton pitched seven innings to remain Western Division unbeaten since returning from hip surgery and Pittsburgh LA Dodgers 37 28 .569 - beat Chicago for its sixth straight win. San Francisco 35 31 .530 2.5 Morton (5-0) lowered his ERA to 1.62 after striking out Arizona 31 33 .484 5.5 three and walking one and not allowing a batter to reach third base. Mark Melancon worked a perfect ninth for his San Diego 32 35 .478 6 DETROIT: Detroit Tigers’ Anthony Gose is tagged out by Cincinnati Reds catcher Brayan Pena at home during the fifth 21st save. Colorado 28 36 .438 8.5 inning of a baseball game. — AP The Pirates have thrown three straight shutouts and five THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2015 SPORTS

Tiger’s story is getting old, yet he keeps repeating it

WASHINGTON: The questions come less often, popularity needle, even if he no longer moves Masters,” Woods said. “But I really felt like I could. I largely because the story is getting old. Or maybe with the confidence of a player who once expect- had a chance, I just didn’t get it done.” it’s just that no one really believes anymore, even ed to win every time he teed it up. So Woods remains in denial, which may be the Tiger Woods himself. What has changed is we watch him not to win, only way he can bring himself to play anymore. The downfall of the greatest player of his time but to see when he crashes. And on a quirky golf Young players with steadier nerves have passed can be measured in any number of ways, whether course that features trains rumbling through on a him by, but don’t expect him to acknowledge it. it’s his current ranking of 195th in the world or the regular basis, Woods is a train wreck waiting to He’s approaching his 40th birthday in 85 Woods shot just a few weeks ago in a Memorial happen. He talked on Tuesday about making December, a time in every athlete’s life where tournament he has won five times. progress, said he was getting his game into shape things are not nearly as easy as they once were. One of the most telling, though, may have to win the 15th major of his career. He reminded While Woods insists his problems are all due to come on Tuesday from the youngest player in the reporters that he’s won three U.S. Opens, as if that swing changes, others aren’t so sure. He split with U.S. Open, a 15-year-old from Texas named Cole should be enough to automatically elevate him to girlfriend Lindsey Vonn after the Masters, and is Hammer, who said his first memory of watching contender status. helping raise two kids with his ex-wife. Clearly, his golf on television was watching Woods pump his But progress for Woods these days is no longer life is more complicated than it was when Woods fist after forcing a playoff he would eventually win measured by getting closer to where he once was. was a young bachelor in his prime. at Torrey Pines. It’s been seven long years since It’s trying to get farther away from where he is - a But mostly he suffers from comparisons with Woods won that Open, and now even the bookies player who shockingly still can’t figure out how to Tiger Woods what he’s done before. And Woods was so great in Las Vegas can’t make the odds long enough on do the fundamental things on the golf course he during a 12-year span that he can never meet his chances of winning this one. He’s a 50-1 pick, used to take for granted. at Chambers Bay. those expectations again. and the bettors who once put money on him to Yes, Woods came back to make the cut at the Even more startling is that since returning from “We’re just waiting for him to come back and win every tournament now look elsewhere to Masters after embarrassing himself with wild play a layoff to fix his chipping woes, Woods has fin- win those tournaments like it was nothing, hunt make their money. and amateurish chips in his first two tournaments ished a collective 57 shots behind the winner in down people like he was playing a Wednesday That’s not going to stop Fox from showing his of the season. But, no, he wasn’t in contention on the three tournaments he has played. tournament at the country club,” Jason Day said. every shot on Thursday in a primetime telecast for Sunday, as he claimed. Woods was 10 shots “When you look at how I played at Phoenix and “But will we see it? I’m not sure.” Not this week, we which the network paid big money at a time behind with as much chance of catching Jordan Torrey (Pines), I’m sure most people thought I was won’t. And the way Woods continues to search for Woods was still relevant. Woods still moves the Spieth as the young Hammer has of winning here probably crazy to think I could probably win the his game, maybe not ever. —AP

For a 15-year-old Texan, early taste of a tough test

WASHINGTON: He wasn’t old enough to Hammer jogged down the range - kids drive a car and could barely see over the are always in a hurry these days - to find steering wheel, anyway. The 15-year-old was Masters champion Jordan Spieth and find devoted to golf, and even though he had out when they were teeing off. never so much as entered a USGA event, he Small wonder that during his press con- tried to qualify for the US Open to see how ference, Hammer used the word “cool” nine his game stacked up. times. He said “for sure” six times. “He’s enjoy- Two great rounds later, he was playing in ing this,” said his father, Gregg, who is work- his first major championship. “I never ing as his caddie this week. “We were play- expected myself to make it,” Tadd Fujikawa ing yesterday with Jordan and he said, ‘Dad, said Tuesday, reminiscing about a week he do you see how many people are out here?’ won’t forget in 2006 at Winged Foot. “I But he competes well. When he’s playing, he wouldn’t say it was overwhelming, but it gets really focused.” was certainly different. I was trying to soak Gregg Hammer and his wife, Allison, are up as much as I could and enjoy my time multiple winners of the club championship there.” at River Oaks, where their son first worked That might be good advice for another under Bruce Davidson. The boy started 15-year-old at Chambers Bay. Cole Hammer whacking around plastic golf clubs when he WASHINGTON: Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland watches his tee shot on the 13th hole during a practice round for the US Open golf tournament at - his nickname is “Hammer Time” back home was 2, and while he played shortstop for a Chambers Bay. — AP in Houston - was supposed to be at the traveling baseball team, he eventually got Western Junior this week. Having never burned out on that. But never golf. played in a USGA event, Hammer was going He will be a sophomore at The Kincaid to return home and try to qualify for the U.S. School in Houston, and when he’s not in Spieth, McIlroy head Junior Amateur.And then everything class, he’s playing golf. He doesn’t even like changed. video games. Hammer already has said he He shot 64-68 at Northwood Club in wants to play college golf at Texas, following Dallas, making birdie on four of the last five his favorite player, the 21-year-old Spieth. holes, and qualified for the US Open. So “He’s had a smile on his face every strong US Open field instead of being in Illinois for the Western moment that I’ve seen him,” Spieth said. “He Junior, he was at Chambers Bay playing a maybe didn’t expect himself to be out here practice round with former US Open cham- testing his game this soon, but it just shows TACOMA: Jordan Spieth will be chasing the second Masters and US Open since Woods achieved it in McIlroy as he is the reigning British Open champion pion Webb Simpson. how the game is growing, how much better leg of golf’s Grand Slam, but he will have to contend 2002. The Texan has an ace up his sleeve in caddie and is coming off a victory at the Wells Fargo event The next day, he was chipping next to it’s getting at a young age, and Cole is the with world No. 1 Rory McIlroy and some legends of Michael Greller, who worked at Chambers Bay in his last US outing in May. Tiger Woods. “First memory I have of the US living image of it. And I’m interested to see the game at the US Open which begins today. before carrying Spieth’s bag on the PGA Tour. McIlroy has played seven US PGA Tour events this Open is when Tiger won in 2008, when he how he does this week.” Reigning Masters champion Spieth and McIlroy “I feel like if there’s any advantage, it would be season, winning two of his last three, but he missed did that fist pump on the 18th green,” Two other players were younger than head up a strong field of 156 that includes the top towards us with his knowledge of the place,” Spieth the cut at his last event in the European PGA Hammer said. “I think I’ve been watching the Hammer at a US Open. Andy Zhang, who 60 players in the world squaring off on a course said of Greller. Phil Mickelson, six times an US Open Championship at Wentworth. U.S. Open since then. Probably before, but honed his skills at a golf academy in Florida, unlike any other that has ever hosted a US Open. runner-up, will take another crack at adding the final Sandwiched between his wins at the Wells Fargo that’s the first time I remember.” was 14 when he played at Olympic Club in Sprinkle in a few legends of the game like six- piece to complete a career Grand Slam and Woods is and the WGC-Cadillac Match Play is a tie for eighth Moments later, he headed over to the 2012. Fujikawa was about 4 months time runner up Phil Mickelson and former world trying to salvage some respect after shooting a at The Players Championship. He has had five top 10 practice range, and when he heard the younger than Hammer when he won a sec- number one Tiger Woods on the quirky links-style career-high 85 in his most recent outing at The finishes and missed one cut at The Honda Classic. sound of the ball coming off the club tional qualifier in Hawaii and played at Chambers Bay course, and you have a US Open that Memorial. Don’t count out the Europeans this week, Like most of the field, he looking forward to see- behind him, he looked over and saw Rory Winged Foot. promises to deliver plenty of surprises. especially McIlroy. There is also defending champion ing what Chambers Bay, located 50 kilometres (31 McIlroy, the No. 1 player in the world. Both missed the cut. At that age, it’s not “You are going to see some different things this Martin Kaymer, Henrik Stenson and 2013 champion miles) southwest of Seattle, will deliver. McIlroy didn’t play in his first major until he the point. Beau Hossler set a US Open record week than you have probably seen in any other Justin Rose to watch. Europeans now have captured “It’s hugely important, a chance to win a second was 18. He was low amateur at Carnoustie. at Olympic Club three years ago as the major championship we play,” said Woods on four of the past five US Opens, a switch from the 40- US Open and the fifth major,” McIlroy said. Woods “It’s a great experience being able to play youngest player to make the cut. He was 17 Tuesday after his practice round. “To win any major year drought between Tony Jacklin’s win in 1970 and will need all the extra practice time he can get in this these sort of golf courses and hit balls and qualified again this year. That would you have to be patient. This one in particular Graeme McDowell triumph in 2010. week after shooting a 13-over par 85 at The beside some of the best players in the seem to be a long shot for Hammer, though because there are so many different variables. Unlike Spieth, 21, has played 16 PGA Tour events this Memorial just 10 days ago. But he is optimistic about world,” McIlroy said. “And if I had any advice he was talking like a pro when he said any golf links we play, we don’t have elevation season and along with his two victories he has three his chances because he played well at the 2015 for Cole, it would just be to take it all in and Chambers Bay suits his game and he was in changes like this. “You are going to get some funky runner-ups and nine top ten finishes. Masters despite not having much success in his pre- enjoy it and try to get as much out of it as he a good place going into the US Open. “I bounces out there. The ball is going to catch slopes. “It is going to be a lot of speed control,” he said of vious two tournaments heading into Augusta. can. With the way he was hitting it on the think with really no expectations, it could You are going to see some guys hit terrible shots Chambers Bay. “It is going to be different short game “I’m sure most people thought I was crazy to range yesterday, I don’t think he’s got much help him,” Spieth said. “And a golf course like and end up in kicking range from the hole.” shots, almost like you are playing an Open think I could win The Masters. But I really felt like I to worry about.” this, you just never know.”— AP Spieth aims to become the first to sweep the Championship.” That might be music to the ears of had a chance,” Woods said. — AFP A sports middleweight that offers excitement Triple winners Toulon KUWAIT: For novices, the fully faired twin-cylinder CBR500R face tough provides an excellent first big sports bike experience, which will also appeal to experienced riders looking for a great value alternative to larger sports bikes. 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Honda’s engineers see it very much as an frame is light and strong, and has a tuned degree of yield that The comprehensive dash features a digital speedometer, Clermont have a seemingly easier task against “accessible CBR engine,” and worthy of the name. gives plenty of feedback to the rider as road surfaces change. digital bar graph tachometer, odometer, dual trip meters, Ospreys, Exeter and Bordeaux in Pool 2, while The steel diamond frame and high quality suspension - The shape and position of the engine mounts, and the frame’s clock, plus digital fuel level gauge and fuel consumption. HISS Pool 4 comprises Top 14 winners Stade 41mm telescopic front forks matched to Pro-Link rear mono- rigidity balance, have also been carefully balanced to reduce (Honda Intelligent Security System) is built in to the ignition, Francais, previous champions Munster and shock - provide confident, precise handling as do 17-inch vibration. and the headlights feature two 55W H7 Halogen bulbs and Leicester, as well as Italian whipping-boys cast aluminium wheels and wide 120 front, 160 rear radial Wheelbase is 1410mm and rake and trail are set at multi-reflectors. There is space under the seat to store a U-lock. Treviso who have won just four matches in tyres. 25.5º/102mm giving nimble, yet reassuring steering. Mass cen- Europe’s elite competition over the last nine Powerful wave-pattern disc brakes are assisted by stan- tralisation, with the engine in very close proximity to the ENGINE years. dard-fitment ABS. While it may feature the styling of the four- swingarm pivot point, delivers turning agility and optimum The CBR500R’s engine is a next generation power unit, The group stages get underway on cylinder CBR1000RR, the CBR500R’s similarities to its big broth- front/rear weight distribution ensures stability. looking to the future in both performance and environmental November 12, with the final in Lyon on May er are more than skin deep, and in 2013 and 2014 it was the Kerb weight is 194kg. Seat height is low at 785mm, making terms. The DOHC, 8-valve liquid-cooled parallel twin layout 14, 2016, 24 hours after the French venue motorcycle used in the European Junior Cup, Honda’s one- the CBR500R very easy to manage and its sporty riding posi- was chosen because of its light weight, all-round ability and stages the Challenge Cup final. —AFP make race series held at selected European rounds of the FIM tion will comfortably accommodate riders of varying heights flexible usability.

THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2015 SPORTS Swiss FIFA inquiry probes 53 bank transactions

BERNE: Swiss prosecutors looking into cor- he said, referring to the length of a soccer ing the president of FIFA and this does not his work was completely independent of “Should new evidence come to light, ruption at global soccer body FIFA have match. exclude interviewing the secretary general the ongoing U.S. cases. While Switzerland the investigatory chamber will widen the identified 53 suspicious bank transactions, FIFA’s ethics committee confirmed it was of FIFA.” Lauber said his team had obtained had received and fulfilled a request for group of suspects. (It) is prepared to the attorney general said on Wednesday, conducting its own investigation into indi- evidence on 104 bank-client relationships, legal assistance from the United States, it increase its staff numbers at any time if stressing that the investigation may take viduals suspected of breaking the rules in each of which represented several accounts. had not asked for any such help in return, needed.” time. relation to bidding for the right to host the Switzerland’s Financial Intelligence Unit he added. Lauber said the US authorities had not Michael Lauber told journalists he would 2018 and 2022 World Cups, which were anti-money laundering agency had identi- His investigation was looking closely at asked for Garcia’s report. Lauber said his not rule out interviewing FIFA President granted to Russia and Qatar respectively. fied the 53 suspicious transactions flagged material generated by Michael Garcia, an office had seized nine terabytes of data. By Sepp Blatter and General Secretary Jerome It said it was prepared to investigate up from information supplied by banks. American lawyer hired by FIFA to investi- comparison, the US Library of Congress Valcke, although Switzerland had so far tar- more suspects and take on extra staff if Blatter was re-elected to a controversial gate ethics violations who spent years estimates on its website that its entire col- getted no individuals in the scandal that has needed. Also yesterday, Switzerland’s third fifth term just two days after the graft examining the Russia and Qatar bids. lection of printed works amounts to 10 ter- rocked international soccer. largest listed bank, Julius Baer, said it had probes became public. However, he Garcia’s report has never been pub- abytes. However, a single personal com- Switzerland, where FIFA is based, launched an internal investigation in con- announced the following week that he lished and FIFA has released only a sum- puter hard drive may hold several ter- announced its criminal investigation and nection with FIFA. It said it was cooperating would step down and a new presidential mary which exonerated the Russian and abytes, which can be quickly filled up with seized computers at FIFA headquarters last with the authorities and did not say when election is due between December and Qatari bids of serious wrongdoing. material like high definition video. month on the same day that the United its own probe had begun. February. Garcia quit saying the summary mis- He said he had no complaints about States shook the sport with the announce- Swiss private banks have been buffeted characterised his report. However, it result- FIFA’s cooperation to date. FIFA said in a ment of indictments of 14 soccer officials by a storm of scrutiny and regulation in the REPORT SCRUTINISED ed in proceedings being opened against statement that the Swiss investigation was and businessmen as part of a separate past five years, largely linked to accusations Swiss authorities have said their crimi- unnamed individuals which his successor based on a complaint that it had made probe into corruption. “We are faced with a of helping rich American and European nal investigation specifically targets the Borbely said he has continued. itself last November. complex investigation with many interna- clients avoid tax by stashing money in decisions to stage the 2018 and 2022 “The (ethics committee) is carrying out “FIFA is cooperating fully as an injured tional implications,” Lauber said in his first secret accounts in the past. World Cups. Both Russia and Qatar deny several proceedings into football officials party in the actions by Swiss authorities,” it public comments since his office obtained The attorney general was clear that wrongdoing and say they are preparing to on suspicion of breach of the FIFA Code of said. “FIFA itself instigated these proceed- the computer data last month. Blatter and Valcke could be among those hold the tournaments as scheduled. Ethics based on the findings of the investi- ings in November 2014 when it presented “The world of football needs to be summoned for questioning: “There will be Asked whether the Swiss investigation gation into the decision for the 2018 and the file on the 2018/2022 FIFA World Cup patient. By its nature, this investigation will formal interviews of all relevant people. By could derail Russia’s plans, Lauber said that 2022 World Cups,” Borbely said in a state- bidding process to the Swiss Office of the take more than the legendary 90 minutes,” definition, this does not exclude interview- decision was not his problem. Lauber said ment. Attorney General.” —AP

AFC general secretary quits

KUALA LUMPUR: Asian Football Confederation from football by FIFA. general secretary Alex Soosay has quit amid a In 2012, Pricewaterhouse Coopers con- probe into allegations that he ordered a cover- ducted an internal audit of the running of up during an audit of the organization in 2012. the AFC under Bin Hammam and ques- The AFC issued a statement yesterday tioned the awarding of TV rights and mil- to announce the resignation, and to thank lions of dollars of payments into AFC Soosay for his 20-year career at the region- accounts “purportedly for the personal use al governing body. The statement did not give any reasons, and Soosay did not com- ment. Malaysian newspaper The Malay Mail reported this year that it obtained a video from July 2012 which showed AFC financial director Bryan Kuan Wee Hong telling a FIFA investigator that Soosay had asked for any incriminating evidence potentially connecting him to wrongdoing under disgraced former president Mohamed bin Hamman to be concealed. In a statement last month announcing that Soosay was suspended, the AFC said: “A video statement conducted as part of a FIFA investigation was passed to media recently, and the AFC has now been able to verify its authenticity.” Soosay, who became AFC general secretary in 2009, said last month there was nothing in the Alex Soosay allegations and claimed it was a smear attempt. of its president.” The Asian audit case fin- The AFC said deputy general secretary ished Bin Hammam’s career in football after Windsor John will be in charge of the sec- he overturned a FIFA ban for alleged retariat until a replacement is appointed. bribery during his campaign to unseat Sepp Bin Hammam resigned in December 2012 Blatter as president in 2011. The Qatari with- while under investigation for conflicts of drew from the campaign amid allegations interest and financial mismanagement at he attempted to buy votes, and Blatter the AFC, and was immediately expelled retained the presidency unopposed. —AP

AUCKLAND: Serbia’s Mijat Gacinovic (right) is tackled by Mali’s Hamidou Maiga (left) during the FIFA Under-20 World Cup football semi-final match. —AFP Serbia to face Brazil in U-20 World Cup final

AUCKLAND: Ivan Saponjic banged in a header in extra sent off when he received a second yellow card for metres out past the diving Predrag Rajkovic to level the time to give Serbia a 2-1 victory over Mali in the under- apparent dissent. game. The goal rejuvenated Mali and Rajkovic was 20 World Cup yesterday to set up a final against Brazil He then appeared to push Argentine referee Mauro forced to tip a Soulemayne Diarra rocket from 25 metres after Marcos Guilherme scored twice in their 5-0 demoli- Vigliano and needed to be ushered away by his team over the bar less than two minutes later. tion of 10-man Senegal. mates before he trudged off North Harbour Stadium in The Serbian captain again saved his side in the 67th Chile’s Arturo Vidal celebrates in this file photo. The unmarked Saponjic nodded home after Milos Auckland. Andrija Zivkovic opened the scoring in the minute when Dieudonne Gbakle was through one on Veljkovic headed back across goal from a corner in the fourth minute for Serbia, though they could have had at one, while the crossbar thwarted Serbia’s Milan Gajic 101st minute of a match the Europeans should have least another three goals as Mali’s defence disintegrated. three minutes later when his volley from 25 metres beat Vidal loses license sealed several times over but for their poor finishing. The Mali, however tested Serbia throughout on the the diving Djigui Diarra. match grew spiteful in the final few minutes of extra counter attack and they got back into the game when In the early semi-final, Brazil, who won two succes- time with Youssouf Kone, who had scored Mali’s goal, they spread the ball to Kone who slammed it from 35 sive penalty shootouts to reach the last four, ended a but keeps Chile job 244-minute scoring drought in some style with three goals in the first 20 minutes to effectively wrap up their SANTIAGO: place in the final. Chilean football star Arturo Vidal was After leaving court, where crowds of fans had Brazil were 2-0 up in the first seven minutes with stripped of his driver’s license yesterday after being gathered outside, Vidal rushed off to join the nation- Anda Correa conceding an own goal after a Joao Pedro arrested for crashing his Ferrari while driving drunk, al team’s practice session, which was already under cross deflected off his leg before Guilherme doubled the but the national team decided not to suspend him way. After a night of hand-wringing for Chilean fans, advantage. from the Copa America. whose hopes of winning their first Copa America on Boschilia put the game beyond any doubt in the After spending the night in jail, the Juventus mid- home soil hang largely on Vidal, coach Jorge 19th minute when Senegal goalkeeper Ibrahima Sy par- fielder appeared in court in Santiago, where the Sampaoli said he would not suspend the star from ried a cross into the midfielder’s path before defender judge freed him from custody but suspended his the team. “Arturo’s accident worried all of us. The first Jorge completed the first half scoring in the 35th minute. license and ordered him to report to the Chilean con- thing we’re worried about is his health and that of his Senegal, who had been unfortunate not to score when sulate in Milan every month under the terms of his family. The second is the measure we’re going to take Sidy Sarr’s 19th minute shot cannoned off the crossbar, release. with the coaching staff this afternoon,” said the were reduced to 10 men just before halftime when Vidal, who is home playing with Chile’s national coach. “He’s just arrived and we’re going to see how Elimane Cisse received a second booking. team in the South American championships, where he is and try to make him understand that he maybe With the match settled in the first half, the game he is currently the leading scorer, collided with made a mistake, which for us is not so decisive that meandered after the break with neither side creating another car late Tuesday as he and his wife, Maria we need to suspend him.” He said Vidal has always any real chances until Guilherme put a gloss on the vic- Teresa Matus, drove home from a casino following a shown “very good behavior” under his watch, tory with his second goal in the 78th minute. “We’ve had day off from training. The couple were briefly taken despite his previous brushes with controversy. some good games and we’ve had some problems, but to hospital after the accident on the outskirts of the “This accident of Arturo’s is not going to affect as a team we’ve grown through those difficult matches,” Chilean capital, which left Vidal’s red Ferrari badly Chile because he’s a player who is with the team, Brazil coach Rogerio Micale said. “Today everyone played mangled on the driver’s side, its airbags deployed. beyond any mistake,” he added. Vidal does not face perfectly. “I am very happy with my team as a whole. Vidal, 28, was then escorted from the hospital by jail time because only he and his wife were hurt in police and carted off to jail in the back of a police car. the accident. He suffered “minor injuries” and his wife CHRISTCHURCH: Brazil’s players celebrate a goal during the FIFA Under-20 World Cup When no one scores against us that shows that our defence is working well and it has been a whole team Officials have not disclosed how much alcohol he “moderately serious injuries,” police Colonel Ricardo semi-final football match against Senegal. —AFP effort.” —Reuters had in his blood. Gonzalez told reporters. —AFP Chelsea start Premier League title defence against Swansea

LONDON: Chelsea will start the defence of their comers Watford and new manager Quique Sanchez (away) and Watford (home), with Arsenal taking in Emirates on January 23. Premier League title with a home game against Flores at Everton. Play-off winners Norwich host Crystal Crystal Palace (away), Liverpool (home) and Newcastle Bournemouth and their 11,700-capacity stadium can Swansea when the 2015/16 season gets underway on Palace. (away) after their opener. look forward among other home ties to December 12 August 8. Elsewhere on day one, Steve McClaren - one of three The first Manchester derby of the season comes at (Manchester United), February 6 (Arsenal), April 2 Next season’s calendar released yesterday gives new bosses - starts out as Newcastle manager against Old Trafford on October 24, with the Etihad clash (Manchester City), April 16 (Liverpool) and April 23 Liverpool a chance to banish memories of their 6-1 Southampton at St James’ Park and Leicester are at penned in for March 19. United face Chelsea in a tasty- (Chelsea). drubbing at Stoke on the final day of last season, as home to Sunderland. looking festive clash on December 28 and meet them at The season runs to May 15, with Chelsea closing at they return to the Britannia on day one of the new cam- Once the opening weekend is out of the way Chelsea Stamford Bridge on February 6. home to Leicester. Manchester United close at home to paign. Another highlight of the opening weekend is head to Manchester City for an early-season block- McClaren’s first taste of the north-east rivalry with Bournemouth - a fixture which could have implications at Tottenham’s visit to Manchester United. buster, followed by clashes at West Brom and at home Sunderland will come at home on October 24, the first both ends - with Arsenal at home to Villa and Manchester Manchester City start out at West Brom, while to Crystal Palace. Merseyside derby is set for October 3 at Anfield, with City at Swansea. Liverpool go to West Brom and Everton Arsenal kick-off against new West Ham boss Slaven Bilic Manchester United are at Aston Villa on week two, November 7 the date for the first meeting between host Norwich. Elsewhere on the final day it will be at the Emirates. Promoted Bournemouth begin life in followed by a home game with Newcastle and a trip to Arsenal and Tottenham. Chelsea face Arsenal first on Newcastle v Tottenham, Southampton v Crystal Palace, the top flight at home to Aston Villa, with fellow new- Swansea. For City, Chelsea are followed by Everton September 19, playing the reverse fixture at the Stoke v West Ham and Watford v Sunderland. —AFP THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2015 SPORTS Asian powers unconvincing in WCup qualifying

SEOUL: The four power teams of Asian friendly but could not find the net group with four points from its two trouble at home. Uli Stielike’s Koreans Qatar due to the ongoing conflict football avoided defeat in their opening against Singapore. The Blue Samurai are games. looked comfortable at the back but slug- around Sana’a. “At this moment, we can’t World Cup qualifiers, yet none put in already two points down on what they Australia enjoyed a stroke of luck in gish going forward, and both goals play at home because there is a war,” performances that will dispel the doubts would have expected in Group E of the the second minute against Kyrgyzstan. came from set pieces. Son Heung-min Yemen’s Czech coach Miroslav Soukup about the strength of the region’s teams second qualifying round, in which 40 Mile Jedinak’s free-kick took a freak provided the first for Lee Jae-sung and told The Associated Press. “If we could following their combined winless record teams are split into eight groups of five bounce in the penalty area and went in. the Bayer Leverkusen star added a sec- you would see tens of thousands of pas- at the 2014 World Cup. with first place yielding an automatic Thereafter, the Asian champion strug- ond from a free-kick. sionate supporters in the stadium, the Almost 60,000 saw Japan held to a spot in the final round along with the gled to find any fluency against the “It’s just important to get the three atmosphere would be amazing and the scoreless draw at home by Singapore, four best-performing runners-up. committed host and was relieved to points,” Son said. “We are one of the situation would be very different. In ranked 154 in the world, in a disappoint- “I’ve never seen a situation like this come away from Bishkek with a 2-1 win. strongest teams in Asia but we know Doha, everyone is very friendly but this ing first competitive game under new before in my career,” said Halilhodzic, “I’m glad it was that sort of game in that we will face tough games like is not our home and we can only use the coach Vahid Halilhodzic; Iran too was appointed in February after Japan’s dis- some sense because it’s given the guys a tonight. We got the result we wanted stadium for official training.” held to a draw against lowly missal of Javier Aguirre. “We kept creat- taste of what World Cup qualifying is all and now it’s time to look forward.” With the major powers struggling, Turkmenistan; while Australia and South ing chances and the players gave every- about.” coach Ange Postecoglou said. Myanmar was one of a number of the smaller nations shone. Guam tops Korea — the two finalists from the Asian thing to get the win. The only thing that Iran, still coached by Carlos Queiroz, nations forced to host games abroad: Iran’s group with six points from the Cup in January — labored to wins over was missing was a goal. It’s difficult to was held 1-1 at Turkmenistan despite Yemen has hosted its home game in opening two games after beating India modest Kyrgyzstan and Myanmar accept but there is no need to be taking an early lead through star young Qatar, Palestine in Saudi Arabia, Timor 2-1. In Group A, Palestine thrashed respectively. despondent.” Singapore, whose coach striker Sardar Azmoun. Leste in Malaysia and Afghanistan in Malaysia 6-0 in Kuala Lumpur, and North Japan, boasting stars such as Keisuke Bernd Stange said before the game that South Korea was relieved to win 2-0 Iran. Syria and Iraq will also need to find Korea downed Group H favorite Honda, Shinji Kagawa and Shinji it would be a “world sensation” if his against Myanmar, which had to ‘host’ the a second ‘home’ later in the round. Uzbekistan 4-2 to move level on points Okazaki, defeated Iraq 4-0 in a lead-up team took a point from Japan, tops the game in Bangkok after recent crowd Yemen lost 2-1 to the Philippines in with the Philippines. —AP Argentina win over Uruguay

LA SERENA: Sergio Aguero’s superb diving had their chances too, Diego Godin head- header gave Argentina a 1-0 victory over ing just over towards the end of the half. River Plate rivals Uruguay at the Copa The atmosphere was tense and when America on Tuesday. Martino jumped from the bench to remon- Aguero met a 56th-minute cross from strate with the match officials, the Brazilian his Manchester City team mate Pablo referee sent him off. He spent the rest of Zabaleta and buried an unstoppable effort the match watching through a window, past Uruguayan goalkeeper Fernando high in the stands. Muslera at his front post. Eleven minutes after the break, Aguero Argentina coach Gerardo Martino was made the breakthrough. Javier Pastore banished to the stands for arguing with the started the move with some trickery in match officials after just half an hour of a midfield before threading the ball down stormy encounter which frequently threat- the right wing for Zabaleta, who crossed ened to boil over. into the box for Aguero to score. The result left Argentina and Paraguay The Uruguayans finally came out of their level at the top of Group B with four points shell and had their chances to equalise. each, ahead of Uruguay on three. Jamaica, Striker Diego Rolan squandered their best who lost 1-0 to Paraguay earlier in the day, opportunity on 75 minutes, scooping the are bottom without a point ahead of the ball over from six yards after goalkeeper final round of group matches on Saturday. Sergio Romero had parried Alvaro Pereira’s The Argentines took the game to their stinging shot. Argentina face Jamaica in opponents from the start and Aguero their final group match in Vina del Mar on almost gave them the lead with a header Saturday while defending champions from a Lionel Messi cross after 25 minutes, Uruguay stay in La Serena to take on forcing a fine reflex save from Muslera. Paraguay in a repeat of the last Copa Uruguay made a more cautious start but America final in 2011. —Reuters

VANCOUVER: United States’ Julie Johnston (right) and Nigeria’s Courtney Dike watch the ball during the first half of a FIFA Women’s World Cup soccer game. —AP Do-or-die for US, Aussies in Women’s World Cup

VANCOUVER: Having escaped the ‘group of captain’s World Cup tally to 14 and moved her progress,” said Australian coach Alen Stajci. “A death’, it is now do-or-die for the United States into a tie for second on the all-time list with tough game and not a pretty one to watch per- and Australia after advancing to the knockout Germany’s Birgit Prinz. haps, but this gives us so much belief that we round of the Women’s World Cup on Tuesday. “I think it is important people understand can take on the best and beat them in the In a pool featuring three sides ranked in the scoring goals in not that easy,” said Wambach, knockout rounds. top 10 and the top African nation Nigeria, there though she has made it look routine with 183 “Any team that comes up against will have a may be no tougher route to the July 5 title for her country. “I’m not making excuses I need fight on their hands.” There will be no shortage game than from Group D, but the US (2) and to finish chances that are handed to me. “I just of confidence in the Japan (3-0-0) camp after Australia (10) navigated the first stretch hitting think if I score goals I am helping my team win the defending champions posted three straight only a few bumps along the way. games and now it is do-or-die, you win to move wins to comfortably take top spot in Group C The U.S. (2-1-0) clinched top spot with a on.” ahead of African debutants Cameroon (2-0-1). testy 1-0 win over Nigeria that included a red Australia (1-1-1) grabbed the runnerup spot Yuki Ogimi’s fifth minute goal accounted for card and finished with the Super Falcons coach in the group after holding on for a 1-1 draw all the scoring as Japan stopped determined Edwin Okon refusing to shake his opposite with Sweden, who closed out round-robin play Ecuador 1-0. The South Americans, outscored number American Jill Ellis’s hand. The sour fin- without a victory (0-3-0) but could still advance 16-1 in their opening two contests, put up a ish did not take away from sweet victory for the as one of the best third-place finishers. brave effort against the champions but never Americans, whose defence has been air-tight in Having survived a tough group, the really threatened, exiting the tournament with- not conceding a goal in 243 minutes, even if Americans and Australians believe they are bet- out a win. LA SERENA: Uruguay’s Jose Maria Gimenez (right) goes for a header with their attack has sputtered. ter for the experience, emerging battle-tested Cameroon scored two second half goals to Argentina’s Javier Mascherano (left), Argentina’s Nicolas Otamendi (back Abby Wambach, the all-time leading scorer and ready to take on any and all challengers. edge Switzerland 2-1 and extend their stay in right) and Ezequiel Garay during a Copa America Group B soccer match. —AP in women’s soccer, added to her record total in “I read a lot of reports before the tourna- Canada, advancing to the knockout round in the 45th minute. The goal also boosted the US ment and I don’t think one predicted us to their first World Cup appearance. —Reuters

Jamaica keeper blunder Leicester sack hands Paraguay 1-0 win Thai ‘orgy’ trio ANTOFAGASTA: A blunder by Jamaica days ago. LONDON: Leicester have sacked three players, including the goalkeeper Duwayne Kerr gifted Paraguay “We needed to win to be calm in our son of manager Nigel Pearson, after they appeared in a sexual- a 1-0 victory that put them top of Group B next matches ... It was tough but it’s ly-explicit video where they were seen racially abusing a Thai at the Copa America on Tuesday. important to win and we’re happy with woman, the Premier League club announced yesterday. Midfielder Victor Caceres played a long the three points,” captain Roque Santa James Pearson, the son of Foxes boss Nigel Pearson, Tom ball out of the Paraguay half for Edgar Cruz told reporters. Hopper and Adam Smith, appeared in a leaked video from the Benitez to chase and Kerr’s attempt at a Santa Cruz said Paraguay, emerging club’s end-of-season ‘goodwill tour’ of Thailand, during which clearing header bounced straight off the from a lean spell that included missing several crude remarks were made. striker’s thigh and into the net in the 35th the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, were begin- Following an internal investigation Leicester-whose owners minute. Paraguay moved top on four ning to gel under Diaz but needed to are the Thai father and son combination of of businessmen points from two matches, one more than improve in front of goal. Vichai and Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha-have terminated the three players’ contracts. “Leicester City Football Club has noti- title holders Uruguay and three in front of “We’re pleased with the way the team fied Tom Hopper, Adam Smith and James Pearson that their Argentina, who meet later in La Serena is functioning, there’s a lot of intensity, I contracts with the club have been terminated,” said a club (0130 GMT). hope we can add some finishing,” he said. statement. Jamaica, in the tournament for the first Prior to the goal, Paraguay striker Raul “The decision follows the conclusion of an internal investi- time as a guest team and warming up for Bobadilla went just wide with a scissors gation and disciplinary proceedings, as a consequence of the CONCACAF Gold Cup in the United kick in the 21st minute and Santa Cruz’s events that took place during the club’s end-of-season good- States starting on July 7, have no points volley went straight to Kerr in the 32nd. will tour of Thailand. “Leicester City Football Club is acutely after they also lost their first game 1-0 to Caceres had the ball in the net early in aware of its position, and that of its players, as a representative Uruguay. It was Paraguay’s first win in 10 the second half but was ruled offside and of the city of Leicester, the Premier League, the Football Copa America matches. They reached the left back Miguel Samudio hit the bar on Association and the club’s supporters. “It is committed to pro- 2011 final with five consecutive draws the hour after a fine run and shot. moting a positive message of community and family values including two penalty shootout wins. Jamaica’s best chance was a stinging and equality, and to upholding the standards expected of a The match was also coach Ramon low shot from outside the box by Garath ANTOFAGASTA: Jamaica’s defender Michael Hector (top), Paraguay’s club with its history, tradition and aspirations. “The club will Diaz’s first victory in his fifth game in McCleary that skimmed the outside of defender Pablo Cesar Aguilar (left) and Paraguay’s defender Ivan Piris vie for make no further comment on the investigation, its finding or charge and followed their surprise 2-2 Anthony Silva’s right hand post with a the ball during their 2015 Copa America football match. —AP outcomes,” the statement concluded. —AFP draw with favourites Argentina three quarter of an hour to go.—Reuters Cardinals win, A’s Do-or-die for US, see off Padres Aussies in Women’s 15 World19 Cup THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2015

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CLEVELAND: The members of the Golden State Warriors celebrate after winning the NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Warriors defeated the Cavaliers 105-97 to win the best-of-seven game series 4-2. — AP Warriors end NBA title drought

CLEVELAND: The Golden State Warriors clinched their first drought in Cleveland continues, with no team from the city ing why he’s the world’s best player, but the Warriors were While Golden State had some solid teams in the past - NBA championship since 1975 by beating the Cleveland having won a title in the top level of US pro sports since simply the better team. the “Run TMC” version coached by Don Nelson and featur- Cavaliers 105-97 in Game 6 on Tuesday, extending the Cleveland Browns NFL team in 1964. “We ran out of talent,” said James, who sat facing his ing Tim Hardaway, Chris Mullin and Mitch Richmond Cleveland’s even-longer title drought and denying LeBron Draymond Green recorded a triple-double for the locker with a towel over his head for nearly an hour after among them - the franchise has been undermined by dys- James the fairytale finish to his homecoming season. Warriors, and for the first time since Gerald Ford was the game. “We gave everything we had.” function. Along with long playoff gaps, there were bad League MVP Stephen Curry and Andre Iguodala - President, disco was in vogue and Rick Barry was flicking in Iguodala had the unenviable task of guarding James trades, poor drafts and numerous coaching changes. named as an unlikely Finals MVP - each had 25 points for free throws under-handed, the best pro basketball team but did it so well - and contributed strongly to offense - Those days are gone, washed away by Curry and the Warriors, who won the final three games after resides in the Bay Area. that he was nominated as the player of the series. Thompson - the “Splash Brothers” - and a roster of selfless Cleveland had led the Finals series 2-1. After falling behind by two points early in the third “This has been a long ride,” Iguodala said. “It’s been a players who bonded under Kerr and have returned basket- “To be able to hold this trophy and all the hard work quarter, the Warriors took control with Curry and Iguodala great season.” This series, which opened with two overtime ball glory to Oakland. we’ve put into it this season, this is special,” Curry said. “We’re leading the way. games in Oakland, flipped when coach Steve Kerr employed “I remember coming to Oracle as a player year after year definitely a great team and a team that should go down in They outscored the Cavaliers 28-18 in the third quarter, a small lineup in the fourth quarter of Game 3 and the playing against lousy teams,” Kerr said. “I could not be hap- history as one of the best teams from top to bottom.” quieting a rocking Cleveland crowd and opening a lead Warriors nearly overcame a 20-point deficit before losing. pier for our fan base.” The Warriors overcame James’ best efforts in the series even the brilliant James couldn’t overcome. Kerr stuck with revamped lineup in Game 4, giving Kerr molded them. Hired last summer after spurning an and followed their 67-win regular season with a title Golden State, having pushed its lead out to 15 points in Iguodala his first start this season, switching Green to cen- offer from the Knicks, he won three of his five titles as despite none of their players having had any previous NBA the closing stages, allowed the Cavaliers to creep back ter and benching the ineffective Andrew Bogut. The move Michael Jordan’s teammate in Chicago and two playing for Finals experience entering the series. within four points in the final minute and a remarkable was as golden as the Warriors, who finished with 83 wins, Gregg Popovich in San Antonio. James finished with 32 points, 18 rebounds and nine comeback momentarily seemed possible, but the Warriors the third-highest single-season total in history. With Curry, the team’s first MVP since Wilt Chamberlain, assists, falling just shy of what would have been a record hung on. Only the 1995-96 and 1996-97 Bulls won more, and leading them, the Warriors outgunned everyone in the third triple-double in the series. James returned from Miami to Cleveland this season to Kerr was on both of those teams. The fact that Iguodala, rugged Western Conference and entered the postseason as “Doesn’t matter if I’m playing in Miami or playing in deliver a title to his home region, but the 30-year-old, left their sixth man, took MVP honors perhaps sums up the a No. 1 seed. They swept New Orleans, rallied from a 2-1 Cleveland or playing on Mars,” he said. “You lose in the to do most of the work by himself after All-Stars Kyrie Warriors best. deficit to beat Memphis and then blew through Houston in finals, it’s disappointing.” Irving and Kevin Love were injured in the postseason, “I always said Andre’s a pro’s pro,” Green said. “He’s a pro- five games to make the finals for the first time since ‘75. He simply did not have enough support from an injury- came two wins shy. fessional guy and it showed, and that’s why he’s MVP of the They then held off James and the Cavs, who just didn’t stricken Cavaliers roster, and a half-century-long title James was superbly dominant during the series, show- series and that’s what we’re champions.” have enough. — AP Wawrinka latest star to fall at Queen’s

LONDON: Stan Wawrinka became the latest star to suffer a shock exit from Queen’s Club as the French Open champi- on was beaten 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (13/11) by South Africa’s Kevin Anderson yesterday. Just 24 hours after Rafael Nadal’s first round defeat against unheralded Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov, it was Wawrinka’s turn to succumb to an unexpected loss at the Wimbledon warm-up event in west London. The Swiss second seed had swept through his first round clash against Australian Nick Kyrgios in just 49 min- utes as he looked to follow his memorable final triumph over Novak Djokovic in Paris with his first ever grass-court title. But, in the second round, Wawrinka couldn’t find a way to subdue the big-serving Anderson, who fired down 22 aces en route to his first win over a top five ranked oppo- nent this year. Wawrinka had been hoping to extend his winning run to nine matches, but the towering 6ft 8in Anderson had won their last three meetings, all in 2014, and he proved a thorn in the 30-year-old’s side again. “He’s a terrific player so it means a lot to me,” Anderson said. “It gives me confidence knowing the guy I beat just won the French Open. To do it on such a great court makes it extra special.” A hard-fought first set looked to have swung Wawrinka’s way when he secured two set points at 6-5, only for the Swiss to let Anderson off the hook as the 29- year-old raced through the subsequent tie-break. The superstitious Wawrinka was still wearing his ‘lucky’ pair of garish red, white and grey checked shorts that caused a stir during his triumphant run in Paris, but his for- tune took a turn for the worse in the second set. A dramatic second set tie-break saw Wawrinka save five match points and Anderson rescue two set points before the South African finally sealed his win. In the quarter-finals, Anderson will play either world number 79 Dolgopolov or Spain’s Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. French seventh seed Gilles Simon ended Thanasi Kokkinakis’s Queen’s Club debut with a 6-4, 6-2 second round victory over the Australian teenager. —AFP UK watchdog defends hefty fines for banks Page 23

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ATHENS: A woman walks past a banner placed by a leftist group at the offices of the European Union in Athens yesterday. Greece’s leader and a top EU official ignited a war of words on Tuesday, a rare public spat that highlights how tense the talks have become over how to save the country from financial disaster. — AP Greek CB warns of euro-zone and EU exit Negotiations over $8.1 billion in rescue funds deadlocked

ATHENS: The Greek central bank warned for the first time yester- the Bank of Greece said failure to reach an agreement would “ yesterday he was still working to keep Greece within the fold and Deal is ‘historical imperative’ day that the country could suffer a “painful” exit from the euro- mark the beginning of a painful course that would lead initially to dismissed any predictions about a so-called Grexit as premature. The Bank of Greece said that if the country left the 19-strong zone and even the EU if it fails to reach a bailout deal with interna- a Greek default and ultimately to the country’s exit from the euro Greece is due to make a 1.6 billion euro payment to the IMF at group of countries using the euro it would lead to a deep reces- tional creditors. area and-most likely-from the European Union.” Yet while the the end of the month, with another 6.7 billion euros due to the sion, dramatic declines in incomes and a spike in unemployment The warning comes as negotiations over the release of the last atmosphere between Greece and its creditors has deteriorated, ECB in July and August-payments that Greek officials say they can- in the southern European nation. “This is why the Bank of Greece 7.2 billion euros ($8.1 billion) in rescue funds from Greece’s mas- the Bank of Greece insisted that only a “little ground” separated not afford. With his creditors saying his reform proposals are insuf- firmly believes that striking an agreement with our partners is a sive bailout from the International Monetary Fund, European the two sides. Relations between Bank of Greece governor Yiannis ficient, Tsipras on Tuesday accused creditors of trying to “humili- historical imperative that we cannot afford to ignore,” it said. Union and European Central Bank are deadlocked, with payment Stournaras and the ruling radical left Syriza party have been ate” his country. Elected on an anti-austerity platform in January, “From all the evidence available so far, it seems that a compro- deadlines looming. All eyes are on a meeting of the 19 euro-zone strained from the start, with the leftists trying to block his appoint- Tsipras has been reluctant to accept any further cuts. European mise has been reached on the main conditions attached to this countries to take place today in Luxembourg. ment last June. Analysts have long warned that a default could set Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker hit back by accusing agreement and that little ground remains to be covered.” Deepening the tensions, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras off a chain of events leading to a messy exit from the euro-zone. Tsipras of misleading Greek voters. When it comes to the terms of a potential new deal on the said yesterday an EU “fixation” on pension cuts would scupper Tsipras said yesterday that his government had gone as far as it “The debate in Greece and outside Greece would be easier if bailout, the Bank of Greece backed the government’s position any hopes of a default-saving agreement. “There is no room for could in meeting the demands of the creditors for tax hikes and the Greek government would tell exactly what the Commission... that after years of austerity and the worsening of its economy further cuts without affecting the core of the (pension) system,” pension reform in return for bailout funds. “Our proposals fully are really proposing,” Juncker said. Polls show most Greeks sup- Greece needs further time to pay back the billions it borrowed. Tsipras said after meeting with visiting Austrian Chancellor Werner safeguard the fiscal targets the institutions set for 2015-2016,” he port the government’s negotiating strategy, though the approval In particular it raised the politically sensitive subject of relief on Feymann, one of the few European leaders supporting Greece in said. rating has steadily fallen in recent months. Yesterday evening, the country’s debt, which is now mostly held by Greece’s the talks. “This insistence on cutting pensions is incomprehensi- He said he was prepared to shoulder the political cost of a deal demonstrations are planned in Athens and other cities to protest European partners as the bailout funds have been in loans. ble,” the Greek premier said. “If Europe insists on this incompre- in Greece’s parliament-providing it was an “honest compromise”. the creditor demands for further cuts. A union close to the ruling Greek leaders of all political colours have never forgotten the hensible fixation ... it must accept the cost of a development that “If we do not (get an honest deal), it is us again who will say the Syriza party unfurled banners from the balcony of the EU offices in prospect, raised three years ago by euro-zone ministers, that in will benefit no one in Europe.” great ‘no’ to continuing a disastrous policy,” he added. Athens. “The people cannot be blackmailed, the country isn’t for return for reforms Greece could have some of its debts written In one of the starkest warnings so far from a Greek institution, The head of the euro-zone countries, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, said sale,” the banner read. off.—AFP Most Gulf markets EU releases world edge up, Saudi flat tax havens blacklist

BRUSSELS: The European Union published its first list of The dealings in Luxembourg have been particularly MIDEAST STOCK MARKETS international tax havens yesterday as part of a crackdown embarrassing for Jean-Claude Juncker, now the head of the on multinational companies trying to avoid paying tax in European Commission, who was the small duchy’s premier DUBAI: Most Gulf stock markets edged up yesterday after eigners are in no rush to enter Saudi Arabia. Many of those the 28-nation bloc. when the deals were made. oil prices jumped, but the approach of the holy month of who do want to buy Saudi equities are content for now to The list of 30 territories includes Hong Kong and Brunei The EU is also looking to build on existing probes into Ramadan limited gains because trading activity usually continue doing so indirectly through channels such as par- in Asia, Monaco, Andorra and Guernsey in Europe and a the tax dealings of Apple in Ireland, Starbucks in the drops sharply during this period. Saudi Arabia’s main index ticipatory notes. series of Caribbean havens including the Cayman Islands Netherlands and Amazon and Fiat in the Luxembourg. closed nearly flat as stocks were mixed. Alinma Bank and and British Virgin Islands. “Corporate taxation in the EU needs radical reform,” Saudi Basic Industries, the two most heavily traded stocks, UAE, EGYPT The European Commission proposals also include Moscovici said as he unveiled the plan. “Member States both fell 0.3 percent. Dubai’s main stock index edged up 0.2 percent yester- reforms to end sweetheart tax deals following a series of need to pull together and everyone must pay their fair However, leading retail bank Al Rajhi, which could ben- day. Almost a third of traded value was in Dubai Parks and investigations into arrangements between EU countries share.” — AFP efit from an anticipated US interest rate hike later this year, Resorts, which surged as much as 5 percent to a record and firms including Amazon, Apple and Starbucks. “We are rose 1.2 percent as investors awaited a statement from the high of 1.26 dirhams before trimming its gain to 1.7 per- today publishing the top 30 non-cooperative jurisdictions US Federal Reserve later in the day after its policy meeting. cent. The stock had jumped 2.6 percent on Tuesday, even consisting of those countries or territories that feature on Saudi Arabia’s peg to the US dollar means it has to fol- though the company, which is building several theme at least 10 member states’ blacklists,” EU Economic Affairs low US interest rate moves. A large proportion of bank parks, made no announcements and does not expect to Commissioner Pierre Moscovici told a news conference. deposits in Saudi Arabia bear no interest, so higher rates make a profit until 2018. The former French finance minister said the publication could boost lenders’ margins. However, they could also The second most-traded stock was Amlak Finance, of the blacklist was a “decisive step” that would “push non- slow loan growth so investors are being highly selective in which tumbled 5.5 percent. Amlak has also been a target cooperative non-EU jurisdictions to be more cooperative buying banking shares. of speculative flows since it resumed trading this month and adopt international standards.” Saudi Arabia opened its market to direct foreign invest- after a six-year suspension during which it restructured The full list is: Andorra, Liechtenstein, Guernsey, ment this week, and some local investors had hoped this debt. Monaco, Mauritius, Liberia, Seychelles, Brunei, Hong Kong, would energise stocks despite the approach of Ramadan, Abu Dhabi’s bourse closed 0.8 percent higher as most Maldives, Cook Islands, Nauru, Niue, Marshall Islands, which begins today. blue chips rose. Telecommunications firm Etisalat climbed Vanuatu, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, But modest volumes in the first three days of trade after 0.9 percent and First Gulf Bank added 1.7 percent. Qatar’s Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman the opening indicate foreigners have been slow to buy index inched up 0.1 percent because of Industries Qatar, Islands, Grenada, Montserrat, Panama, St Vincent and the stocks. The latest exchange data showed no fresh, signifi- which rose 1.0 percent. Brent oil added about $1 on strong Grenadines, St Kitts and Nevis, Turks and Caicos, US Virgin cant purchases by licensed foreign investors on Tuesday. “It US demand yesterday, which was positive for the firm’s Islands. seems few (foreign institutions) are interested in or able to petrochemicals business. Egypt’s index was flat with an But critics say the publication of the list risks being seen get qualified foreign investor status in Saudi Arabia,” said equal split between gainers and losers. Heavyweight as an attempt to distract from the EU’s need to tackle its Ilya Feygin, managing director at New York-based Commercial International Bank fell 0.6 percent to 57.95 own issues with tax avoidance. Yesterday’s tax proposals BRUSSELS: The EU’s Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre WallachBeth Capital. Egyptian pounds, retreating further after it failed this week are a response to the so-called “LuxLeaks” scandal that Moscovici delivers remarks at the EU commission head- Current high valuations for Saudi stocks and a require- to break through technical resistance at its March and May exposed deals with the tiny EU state of Luxembourg that quarters in Brussels yesterday as part of the presentation ment for same-day settlement of trades mean many for- peaks of 59.01-59.20 pounds. — Reuters saved some of the world’s largest companies, including of the Action Plan for Fair and Efficient Corporate Taxation Apple, IKEA and Pepsi, billions of dollars in taxes. in the EU. — AFP THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2015 BUSINESS Kuwait’s trade surplus Kuwait’s credit growth with Japan widens first picks up to 5.7% in April time in seven months

TOKYO: Kuwait’s trade surplus with Japan ments of automobile, steel and electric NBK ECONOMIC REPORT widened 11.8 percent in May to JPY 76.1 bil- equipment. The world’s third-biggest econ- lion ($616 million) from a year earlier, omy posted a global trade deficit of JPY 216. KUWAIT: Credit growth accelerated to 5.7 expanding for the first time in seven months 0 billion ($1.8 billion) in May, significantly percent y/y in April. Lending was up a rela- thanks to strong exports, the Finance narrowed 76.5 percent on the year, as lower tively small KD 44 million during the month Ministry said yesterday. energy prices continued to reduce import thanks to a large drop in lending for securi- Kuwait recorded black ink with Japan for bills. ties purchases. Other segments saw robust the 88th consecutive month, the ministry Overall exports grew 2.4 percent, up for growth, including households, business said in a preliminary report. Kuwaiti overall the ninth straight month led by increased activity and the non-bank financial sector. exports to Japan increased 6.4 percent to shipments of semiconductors and marine The oil & gas sector was a key source of JPY 85.6 billion ($693 million) for the first vessels. Imports dropped 8.7 percent for the growth in April. Dividend payments contin- rise in seven months, and imports from fifth straight month, reflecting the plunge in ued to prop up deposits during the month, Japan plunged 22.9 percent year-on-year to crude oil and liquefied natural gas prices. pushing M2 growth. Meanwhile, interbank JPY 9.5 billion ($769 million), down for the Exports to China, Japan’s biggest trading first time in three months. partner, edged up 1.1 percent, while rates climbed and deposit rates were sta- Middle East’s trade surplus with Japan imports from the country expanded 1.5 per- ble. narrowed 42.1 percent to JPY 514.5 billion cent. Household borrowing saw a relatively ($4.2 billion) last month, with Japan-bound Japan’s currency weakened against the strong month, adding KD 96 million, but exports from the region tumbling 35.1 per- US dollar by 17.0 percent from the year growth eased to 11.8 percent y/y, its lowest cent from a year earlier. Crude oil, refined before. The yen’s depreciation supports pace in three years. Growth in April came products, liquefied natural gas and other exports by making Japanese products more once more from installment loans, with natural resources, which accounted for 95.8 competitive overseas and increase the value consumer loans seeing another small percent of the region’s total exports to of repatriated overseas earning, but it also decline. Growth in this segment is likely to Japan, plunged 35.9 percent. inflates import prices. The trade data are continue to ease in the coming months, as The region’s overall imports from Japan measured on a customs-cleared basis before consumer activity moderates, though it will fell 6.3 percent, chiefly due to weak ship- adjustment for seasonal factors. —KUNA remain a key driver of growth. Non-bank financials saw an increase in borrowing, with credit gaining by KD 15 million. The gain confirmed the improving Kuwait’s IPG buys jet fuel health of this sector as it appeared to see the pace of deleveraging diminish further. The decline in sector debt over the last year from KPC in rare move continued to slow to 5.0 percent y/y. SINGAPORE: All remaining credit declined by KD 67 Kuwait-based trading firm dropped eight cents reaching $58.90 per million, though growth accelerated to 3.7 Independent Petroleum Group bought a jet barrel on Tuesday, compared to $59.98 pb on Monday, said Kuwait Petroleum percent y/y on basis effects. The figure was fuel cargo for loading in July from state- owned Kuwait Petroleum Corp in a rare Corporation (KPC) yesterday. Crude oil down due to a large KD 184 million decline move, traders said. IPG bought 60,000 tons prices in the global oil markets, on Tuesday, in lending for the purchase of securities. of the aviation fuel from KPC for loading were mixed. American crude oil, in New Business credit excluding this segment was over July 17 to 20 at a premium of between York bourse (Nymex), rose, amid reports actually quite strong though, thanks to an $1.70 and $1.75 a barrel over Middle East about a tropical storm raging towards oil- exceptional KD 193 million increase in the quotes, the traders said. This is the first time producing Texas, as well as new forecast fall oil & gas sector and growth in credit to the in several years that IPG has bought jet fuel of American crude reserves. In London trade sector. Not all business sectors did from KPC, they added. IPG usually trades in bourse, Brent crudes’ prices dropped due to well, however, with construction, industry gasoil and only occasionally trades in jet supply glut, losing 25 cents, 0.39 percent, and real estate all seeing declines in credit. fuel which is then used to co-load with and settling at $63.70 pb. April saw another large increase in pri- gasoil cargoes, one of them said. It is not Meanwhile, West Texas crude settled vate deposits, as banks continued to pay clear what IPG was planning to do with this with a 45-cent rise, 0.76 percent, to settle at dividends. This helped push money supply cargo. $59.97 pb. (M2) growth up to 5.8 percent y/y. Private IPG officials declined to comment on Dinar at KD 0.301 deposits rose by KD 347 million. In April, the matter. IPG has business in the Red Sea, deposits saw another month of funds being Arabian Gulf, east Mediterranean and East The US dollar exchange rate was stable moved into foreign currency deposits, with Africa, and plans to expand in the against the Kuwaiti dinar in yesterday’s Mediterranean, Indian subcontinent and trading exchanging at KD 0.301 while the these deposits up KD 636 million. This was time deposits were stable in April, while ly, while the 12-month rate increased by a the Far East, according to the company euro went down to KD 0.339, compared at the expense of KD site deposits and KD interbank rates picked up. The average basis point to 1.21 percent. KD interbank website. In the same tender, KPC sold with Tuesday’s rates. The pound sterling time deposits. M1 growth eased to 0.8 per- rates onthe1-month,3-month, 6-monthtime rates continued their upward trend, reach- another 60,000-tonne jet fuel cargo for the exchange rate rose to KD 0.472 and the cent y/y, its slowest pace since 2009. deposits were unchanged at 0.61 percent, ing 1.00 percent, up 7 basis points on the same loading dates to Shell at a premium Swiss franc was stable at KD 0.324. The Average customer deposit rates on dinar 0.78 percent, and 0.97 percent, respective- month and 21 basis points year-to-date. of between $1.80 and $1.85 a barrel to Japanese yen remained unchanged at KD Middle East quotes, industry sources said. 0.002, said the daily bulletin of the Central Meanwhile, price of Kuwaiti oil barrel Bank of Kuwait (CBK). Omani bank NBO picks arrangers for bond issue

DUBAI: National Bank of Oman has mandat- ahead of the potential issue, two sources its financial statements. It would be only the ed four banks for a capital-boosting bond, said, speaking on condition of anonymity as second Omani lender to issue a Tier 1 bond, of up to $300 million, which it plans to issue the information is not public. NBO did not after Bank Dhofar sold such an instrument after the summer, banking sources said yes- immediately respond to a request for com- in May worth $300 million. terday. The sultanate’s third-largest bank by ment. The US dollar-denominated bond In general, banks in the sultanate are assets will join a clutch of Gulf lenders con- would boost the bank’s Tier 1 (core) capital. boosting capital and funding-Bank Sohar is sidering raising funds through capital Earlier this month, shareholders of the bank also in the process of raising a debut $250 instruments to sustain strong growth, diver- approved the issuance of a Tier 1 instru- million syndicated loan. sify sources of funding and prepare for the ment of up to $300 million. Oman’s government swung to a 544.6 new Basel III banking rules. The bank is expected to wait until at least million rial ($1.4 billion) budget deficit in Omani banks are also affected by the September before issuing, as bond markets the first quarter compared to a 215.4 million plunge in oil prices which has put public in the Gulf have become less active with the rial surplus in the same three months of finances under pressure, increasing the approach of the holy month of Ramadan, 2014. responsibility of the banking system to which starts on Thursday, and the summer It has responded to low oil prices by cut- shoulder the burden of funding infrastruc- break in August. ting spending on defense and subsidies, but ture spending and wider economic growth NBO’s capital adequacy ratio, a combina- efforts to diversify the economy are still in the absence of government cash. tion of Tier 1 and Tier 2 (supplementary) being prioritized. Oman also plans to sell its NBO picked Citigroup, Credit Agricole, capital, stood at 14.1 percent at the end of first sovereign Islamic bond, an issue of 200 National Bank of Abu Dhabi and Standard March, ahead of the regulatory minimum million rials ($520 million) of sukuk, through Chartered to arrange investor roadshows requirement of 12.625 percent, according to a private placement this year. — Reuters BANGKOK: Fruit and fruit juice vendors wait for customers in Bangkok yesterday. — AFP

EXCHANGE RATES

GOLD Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. Saudi Riyals 81.540 US Dollars 0.298700 0.303200 20 gram 238.570 Jordanian Dinar 427.325 US Dollars Mint 0.299200 0.303200 ASIAN COUNTRIES 10 gram 121.980 Egyptian Pound 39.602 5 gram 61.980 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.257 Asia Japanese Yen 2.453 Indian Rupees 4.721 Bangladesh Taka 0.003548 0.004148 Chinese Yuan 0.047384 0.050884 Indian Rupees 4.726 UAE Exchange Centre WLL Pakistani Rupees 2.975 Pakistani Rupees 2.974 Bangladesh Taka 3.887 Hong Kong Dollar 0.036969 0.039719 Srilankan Rupees 2.257 Philippines Pesso 6.710 Indian Rupee 0.004481 0.004871 Nepali Rupees 2.959 CURRENCIES TELEX TRANSFER PER 1000 Cyprus pound 743.140 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000019 0.000025 Singapore Dollar 225.970 Australian Dollar 215.80 Japanese Yen 3.445 Japanese Yen 0.002365 0.002545 Hongkong Dollar 39.061 Canadian Dollar 249.44 Syrian Pound 2.600 Kenyan Shilling 0.003098 0.003098 Bangladesh Taka 3.891 Swiss Franc 330.44 Nepalese Rupees 3.005 Korean Won 0.000260 0.000275 Philippine Peso 6.712 Euro 343.70 Malaysian Ringgit 81.605 Malaysian Ringgit 0.077870 0.083870 Thai Baht 9.001 US Dollar 303.20 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 49.150 Nepalese Rupee 0.003037 0.003207 Sterling Pound 473.42 Thai Bhat 9.965 Pakistan Rupee 0.002776 0.003056 GCC COUNTRIES Japanese Yen 2.49 Turkish Lira 110.900 Philippine Peso 0.006673 0.006953 Saudi Riyal 80.790 Bangladesh Taka 3.892 Sierra Leone 0.000070 0.000076 Qatari Riyal 83.221 Indian Rupee 4.725 Bahrain Exchange Company wll Singapore Dollar 0.221760 0.227760 Omani Riyal 786.900 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.260 South African Rand 0.018374 0.026874 Bahraini Dinar 83.249 Nepali Rupee 2.960 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001824 0.002404 Pakistani Rupee 2.979 UAE Dirham 82.484 CURRENCY BUY SELL Taiwan 0.009670 0.009850 UAE Dirhams 82.43 Europe ARAB COUNTRIES Thai Baht 0.008693 0.0009243 Bahraini Dinar 804.77 Belgian Franc 0.007899 0.008899 Egyptian Pound - Cash 41.580 Egyptian Pound 39.63 British Pound 0.466635 0.475635 Arab Jordanian Dinar 430.73 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 39.605 Czech Korune 0.004478 0.016478 Omani Riyal 786.34 Bahraini Dinar 0.796720 0.804720 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.414 Danish Krone 0.041595 0.046595 Tunisian Dinar 156.970 Qatari Riyal 83.50 Egyptian Pound 0.039038 0.041868 Euro 0.335134 0.343134 Jordanian Dinar 427.560 Saudi Riyal 80.77 Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000085 Norwegian Krone 0.034928 0.040128 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.032 Iraqi Dinar 0.000186 0.000246 Romanian Leu 0.075941 0.075941 Syrian Lira 2.159 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Jordanian Dinar 0.422774 0.430274 Morocco Dirham 31.707 Slovakia 0.009025 0.019025 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Swedish Krona 0.032974 0.037974 Lebanese Pound 0.000150 0.000250 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Swiss Franc 0.318594 0.328794 Moroccan Dirhams 0.021754 0.045754 US Dollar Transfer 302.800 US Dollar 302.750 Turkish Lira 0.110646 0.117646 Nigerian Naira 0.001249 0.001884 Euro 342.470 Canadian Dollar 248.665 Omani Riyal 0.780481 0.786161 Australasia Sterling Pound 475.090 Sterling Pound 474.860 Qatar Riyal 0.082460 0.083673 Canadian dollar 247.180 Euro 342.260 Australian Dollar 0.225433 0.236933 Saudi Riyal 0.080110 0.080810 Turkish lira 110.920 Swiss Frank 283.230 New Zealand Dollar 0.204564 0.214064 Syrian Pound 0.001283 0.001503 Swiss Franc 327.000 Bahrain Dinar 801.985 Tunisian Dinar 0.153583 0.161583 America Australian Dollar 235.430 UAE Dirhams 82.805 Turkish Lira 0.110646 0.117646 US Dollar Buying 301.600 Qatari Riyals 83.975 Canadian Dollar 0.240710 0.249210 UAE Dirhams 0.081460 0.082609 Yemeni Riyal 0.001368 0.001448 BUSINESS THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2015

UK watchdog defends hefty fines for banks who break rules

LONDON: Stiffer fines for banks caught trying to rig where near that level,” Philippou told a press confer- the Financial Services Authority after the 2007-09 avoid “safe havens” but Philippou said not all of markets have not undermined financial stability or ence. “Our fines are related to profits from miscon- financial crisis with mixed results as the watchdog body’s 120 members, have signed up to its memo- the ability of lenders to stay solvent, a senior British duct... even then we are a long way from undermin- was scrapped and replaced by the FCA, while mis- randum of understanding on sharing information. regulator said yesterday. ing financial stability.” conduct continued with the Libor and forex scan- “It is a concern there are jurisdictions out there Georgina Philippou, acting director of enforce- Bank of England Deputy Governor Andrew dals. which in particular have not signed up. It a key tool ment at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), dis- Bailey has said regulators from the United States “Nobody is saying that credible deterrence is to share information with each other,” she said. missed criticisms that recent penalties amounting and elsewhere should better coordinate how they easy,” she said. “We are trying to change behavior Philippou also signalled there could be some to billions of pounds were damaging the stability of levy fines to avoid making it harder to rebuild and some of that behavior has been engrained in changes in the way the FCA handles so-called final the industry. The FCA has been levying record strength in the banking system, market practices for decades if not hundreds of notices or details of a misconduct case such as Libor amounts of fines on an annual and individual firm Philippou was speaking at the launch of the years. We are making progress.” or forex rigging. There have been criticisms that basis, saying previous sanctions clearly failed to International Organization of Securities The IOSCO paper calls for strong punishments some unnamed traders in the notices can be identi- have an impact. Commissions (IOSCO) paper on improving “credible and bold investigation and prosecution of miscon- fied. This was a “live issue” and the FCA was consid- “We don’t consider that fines in the UK are any- deterrence” in enforcement. The term was coined by duct. It adds that regulators must cooperate and ering its response, she told reporters. —Reuters Fed eyes mixed bag of data as new rate ‘regime’ nears CB expected to hold off on rate hike

WASHINGTON: The US Federal Reserve is meet- come is not constrained by “forward guidance,” assumptions to determine where they think ing with the possibility of an interest rate hike the open-ended commitment to keep rates low rates should be at a particular time. That makes squarely on the table, but with a different issue to counter the worst downturn since the Great the dots not so much a forecast of where rates center stage: Is the worst of 2015 over? Depression. will be but more an expression of each policy- After watching the US economy contract in That doesn’t mean the outcome isn’t fairly maker’s personal conviction about the right poli- the first quarter, central bank officials have sig- clear. Keen to avoid disrupting global markets as cy path. naled they won’t raise rates this week. But they they engineer the first US rate increase in nearly To some, that’s a weak basis for assessing will have to judge whether healthier recent jobs, a decade, Fed officials have said they plan to where the Fed stands. “It’s just a very poor com- wage and consumer spending data have put broadcast their intentions as clearly as possible munication tool by modern central bank stan- that earlier swoon safely in the past, clearing the without making promises. dards,” Bank of America economist Ethan Harris NASHVILLE: Workers load packages into delivery trucks at the FedEx Express station way for a rate hike - or hikes - later this year. The On that score, a June rate hike is almost cer- said. “They all have different assumptions and in Nashville, Tennessee. FedEx reported quarterly financial results yesterday.—AP Federal Open Market Committee’s policy state- tainly a non-starter, with Yellen going no further they’re all inherently inconsistent. It’s a hodge- ment, due to be released at 2 pm EDT (1800 than to say the rate “liftoff” is likely sometime podge of numbers.” GMT), will spell out how policymakers feel the this year and other central bank officials sound- But in the absence of a common forecast, the FedEx shares fall on weak economy has progressed since their last meet- ing a cautious note about the risks still facing dots are among the main sources of policy infor- ing in April, and particularly whether the labor the US economy. mation the Fed produces. As of April, the median quarter; outlook dismal market continues to strengthen. But the stronger recent data makes a projection for the fed funds rate stood at 0.625 But just as important will be the release of September rate hike “very, very likely,” Northern percent, a level that implies two quarter-point BERLIN: FedEx shares dipped in early trading dipped 4 percent at the company’s biggest policymakers’ individual economic projections, Trust chief economist Carl Tannenbaum said. rate increases by the end of the year. If that yesterday after the package-delivery giant business segment, FedEx Express, due to lower which will strongly hint at whether the Fed “The real challenge the group is going to have is median is left unchanged when the fresh fore- reported quarterly results that were below fuel surcharges and the stronger dollar. intends to hike rates only once this year, or twice starting a program which over three months will casts are released on Wednesday, the Fed would expectations and gave a mildly disappointing The results closed out the Memphis, - a critical point for markets and others trying to soften the earth” for a rate rise, he said. have four more meetings this year to raise rates outlook for the next fiscal year. Lower fuel sur- Tennessee-based company’s fiscal year. For the assess the shift to a new “regime” of rising rates. twice - likely fixing September as the liftoff date. charges and the strong dollar hurt results, the year ending in May 2016, FedEx said it expects “The signal from the June ... meeting will be Mind the dots If the median remains at 0.625 percent, “it company said. FedEx also announced an adjusted earnings between $10.60 and $11.10 especially important,” Goldman Sachs economist With the FOMC statement whittled down to would be a fairly clear signal the Fed has a increase in the mandatory retirement age for per share. The midpoint, $10.85, is slightly Kris Dawsey wrote this week, with an “overarch- five paragraphs and shorn of all of its crisis-era strong presumption that rates will go up in board members, from 72 to 75. That could below the $10.89 forecast from analysts sur- ing message” that rates will start rising in language, Wednesday’s meeting may put even September,” analysts at Cornerstone Macro allow Chairman and CEO Fred Smith to stay on veyed by FactSet. September, and are likely to rise again by the greater weight on the individual forecasts and wrote in a preview of the FOMC meeting. the job longer - he will turn 71 in August. FedEx said last week that it would take a end of the year. the related “dots” - the estimate each Fed official Investors continue to take a slightly less FedEx Corp. reported a loss of $895 million, $2.2 billion pretax charge in the May 31 quarter Fed Chair Janet Yellen will hold her quarterly will provide of where they think the central aggressive view of the Fed’s intentions. or $3.16 per share, in the quarter ended May because it was changing pension accounting press conference following the release of the bank’s target interest rate will be at the end of According to an analysis of fed funds futures 31, as results were dragged down by a change to record plan gains and losses in the fourth policy statement and new economic projections. the year. contracts by the CME Group, liftoff is now in accounting for pension costs. The company quarter of each fiscal year instead of spreading The meeting will be the first since the depths of Those projections, however, are anonymous anticipated in December, though October is a said it would have earned $2.66 per share them over many years. The company said the the 2007-2009 financial crisis in which the out- estimates by 17 policymakers using 17 sets of near 50-50 bet. — Reuters excluding the pension change, a write-down of change would make its results easier to under- aircraft and other non-repeating items. That stand. still missed a forecast of $2.70 per share from a In trading before the opening bell, FedEx survey of analysts by Zacks and $2.68 per share shares were down $2.13, or 1.2 percent, to AirAsia shares tumble as CEO from a FactSet survey. Revenue was $12.11 bil- $180. They ended Tuesday up about 5 percent lion, missing the $12.39 billion estimate from in 2015, compared with a 2 percent gain in the Zacks and $12.30 billion from FactSet. Revenue Standard & Poor’s 500 index. —AP fund-raising talk cuts no ice

KUALA LUMPUR/SINGAPORE: AirAsia Bhd’s making associates in Indonesia and the for the biggest chunk of the group’s profits but ADB: Asia must boost shares skidded as much as 13 percent yesterday Philippines, and will sell and lease back up to 20 over the last two years, AirAsia’s financial per- as founder Tony Fernandes’ claims his firm can planes. formance has been hit by a gruelling price war investment in clean energy raise cash at will failed to convince investors, “The concern is whether they can execute at home market, as well as intensifying regional rattled by a report questioning the Malaysian the fund-raising. Until they announce some- competition. MANILA: Asia has made huge strides in from 2013. Nearly half of that amount, or budget carrier’s accounting. After its opening thing on this, the stock will remain weak,” said The firm said on Wednesday that AirAsia’s developing clean energy over the last $131.3 billion, was investments in develop- slide the stock trimmed losses to close down 6.7 Kee Hoong Tan, an analyst with Alliance DBS accounts are transparent and prepared in accor- decade but must boost investment and its ing countries, according to a UN percent, but has fallen nearly 30 percent, hitting Research, who has a ‘Hold’ recommendation on dance with international and local accounting use of energy efficiency technology to Environment Program report released in five-year lows, since the June 10 report by little- the stock. AirAsia would have to inject more of standards. It said its Indonesia affiliate will meet meet rising demand and cope with climate March. China accounted for the lion’s share known firm GMT Research first spooked share- its own funds if it fails to find third-party payments due for lease, brand and licence fees change, Asian Development Bank officials of developing world investment in renew- holders. Asia’s biggest low-cost airline has investors and this would be a strain on its bal- due to AirAsia from the current quarter. and other experts said yesterday. ables at $83.3 billion, up 39 percent from shrunk to a market value of about $1.23 billion. ance sheet, he said. AirAsia’s were little changed after the state- Renewable energy has become cheaper as 2013. While Group Chief Executive Fernandes has According to Reuters data, amounts owed to ment, and bankers remained sceptical about technology progresses and governments Lohani said even if the UN achieves its steered AirAsia to a leading position in the AirAsia by associate firms surged to a record 2.3 the fund-raising plans. “We don’t see how the must seize the chance low oil prices pres- goal to make renewable energy 36 percent world’s fastest-growing budget aviation market, billion ringgit ($615 million) in 2014, up from convertible bonds are going to get done. How ent to eliminate costly fuel subsidies and of the world’s energy supply by 2050, two questions on its accounts are a headache in a 559 million ringgit a year earlier and 253 million can investors have the confidence to put money level the playing field for renewables, said thirds of global energy needs would still be low-margin business squeezed by overcapacity ringgit in 2009. The amount due in 2014 repre- in the loss-making units?” said one transporta- Bindu Lohani, an ADB vice president. met by fossil fuels, where coal is dominant. and competition from rivals such as Jetstar, a sented about half of AirAsia’s total equity of 4.55 tion banker at a US bank, speaking on condition He told the Asia Clean Energy Forum “Asia’s renewable resources are still under- unit of Qantas, and Indonesia’s Lion Air. “We billion, a level some analysts have noted as a of anonymity. Speaking in Paris before yester- that gathers around 1,000 business leaders, utilized despite enormous demand for have so many cash-raising opportunities from point of caution. day’s share slide, Fernandes said AirAsia, which government officials and experts that the energy,” he said. He said Asia also has not our fleet, our investments, from our national In a stock exchange filing yesterday after- owns 128 aircraft and picked up a series of air- ADB sees coal remaining a dominant ener- sufficiently tapped commercially available cash operations, there is no need for a capital noon, AirAsia made its first official comment on line awards on Tuesday, could easily raise $1 bil- gy source in Asia despite a leap in renew- technologies for energy efficiency and raise,” Fernandes told Reuters on the sidelines of the slide in its stock without referring directly to lion in sale and lease back deals, plus had able energy use including solar, wind and needs to retrofit aging power plants. the Paris Airshow. He didn’t comment directly the GMT report. “Due to the recent movement investments worth $500 million. geothermal power. Use of coal is forecast to Robin Dunnigan, the US State on the GMT report, which said the carrier used in AirAsia Bhd’s share price, the management “We don’t want to do too many because we rise fifty percent by 2035 from 2010 levels. Department’s deputy assistant secretary for transactions with associate airlines to boost would like to assure the investment community don’t need that much cash. But it’s just to show Coal is cheap but is highly polluting and energy diplomacy, said renewables repre- earnings. that the company has a solid footing, strong the market that it can be done and crystallize blamed for contributing to climate change. sent around 17 percent of the United States On June 15, Fernandes wrote to investors balance sheet, rich in assets and good business the value,” Fernandes said. “We’re a solid compa- Global investment in renewable energy power mix, and the country is on track to saying AirAsia plans to raise as much as $300 outlook,” it said. ny with a solid balance sheet and a solid busi- rose 17 percent last year to $270 billion double its 2009 numbers by 2020. —AP million from convertible bond issues at loss- AirAsia’s Malaysian operations still account ness plan.” —Reuters Greek PM Tsipras to guest star at Putin’s investment drive SAINT PETERSBURG: President Vladimir Putin Russian gas giant Gazprom has proposed according to a Financial Times report. celled their attendance after Russia’s annexa- wrote in a message to those considering atten- will showcase plans for a Russian recovery to footing the bill for building a Greek pipeline The United States has warned Americans tion of Crimea from Ukraine. “Russia is flouting dance. “Not time for ‘business as usual’,” he said, investors at a key economic forum this week, extension of the Russia-Turkish TurkStream against attending, however. In 2014, many most fundamental principles of international warning US businesses of economic and “repu- signing a major gas deal with Greece as it project that aims to deliver gas to Europe while CEOs from European and US companies can- law,” US Ambassador in Kiev Geoffrey Pyatt tational risks”. —AFP teeters on the brink of default. bypassing Ukraine. Greek Energy Minister Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will meet Panagiotis Lafazanis said while on a visit in Putin tomorrow at the St Petersburg Russia earlier this month that the financing has International Economic Forum, making his sec- been agreed for the project, adding that con- ond visit to Russia in less than three months. struction would boost employment and cost $2 Once billed as Russia’s answer to Davos, this billion. year’s forum will be overshadowed by the con- flict in Ukraine, as well as taking place against Returning investor interest the backdrop of increasingly tense wranglings Sanctions and the falling oil price have con- over the Greek debt crisis. tributed to Russia’s recession and to a 40 per- Analysts say they expect few deals to be cent plummet in the value of the ruble last year. signed at the event amid continuing Western The Kremlin has used its relationship with sanctions over Moscow’s alleged support for Tsipras to show that Russia’s economy is still the pro-Russian separatists fighting in eastern strong and to point out cracks in European soli- Ukraine. Tsipras has openly criticised the sanc- darity over the bruising sanctions against tions, but his dealings with Putin are unlikely to Moscow. help his immediate problem of a deadline at Putin, who is set to speak to international the end of the month for a 1.6 billion euro ($1.8 investors at the forum on Friday afternoon, has billion) payment to the IMF. repeatedly stressed that the economy has “Tsipras is looking to manoeuvre” in an passed the peak of the crisis and is beginning impossible situation, but his efforts are unlikely to recover. He is likely to drive that point home to bring Athens any hard cash, said Yevgeny in St Petersburg, but no major deals are expect- Gontmakher, an economist with the Russian ed to be signed at the event, despite a revival in Academy of Sciences. “He makes these trips to interest in Russia investment among some Russia to show the Europeans that he has other businesses. cards to play. Objectively, Russia is not capable “Despite the sanctions, despite the con- of resolving the problem of Greek debt.” frontation between Russia and the West, the The Russian government has repeatedly first shock has passed and after one year, there stressed that Greece has never requested direct is a surge of interest from investors,” said Nikolai financial aid from Moscow. But ever since the Petrov, a professor at the Higher School of radical-left Syriza party swept Greece’s elec- Economics in Moscow. The heads of oil giants tions in January, Moscow has been courting Shell, BP and Total plan to come, and BP is close Tsipras, a former communist who has made no to signing a deal to buy a 20 percent stake in an Farmers waiting to sell their lychee fruit to local traders at the market in Luc Ngan district, in Vietnam’s northern province of Bac Giang. Thousands of secret of his desire for closer ties with Russia. oil field from Russia’s state-owned Rosneft, tons of lychee are expected to be exported this year to new markets abroad, including Australia, Canada and the US. —AFP BUSINESS THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2015 European stocks fall before Fed decision

LONDON: Europe’s main stock markets fell yes- Tuesday in New York. when the Fed concludes its meeting later interest rate at 0.50 percent. Ltd plunged 3.14 percent to 173.00 rupees. terday with all eyes fixed on the US Federal “While overall focus is likely to remain firmly Wednesday, with its head Janet Yellen due to Meanwhile, the Greek central bank yes- Bangkok added 0.77 percent, or 11.51 Reserve and the outcome of its interest rate on Greece for the next few days attention will hold a news conference soon afterwards. terday warned that the country could crash points, to 1,514.79. Coal producer Banpu meeting. Greece was also firmly in the spotlight probably temporarily shift to the US,” said Markus Dealers are hoping for some clearer guidance out of the euro-zone and even the European climbed 0.97 percent, or 0.25 baht, to 26.00 with hopes of a deal over its bailout repayments Huber, senior analyst at broker Peregrine & Black. on its plans for raising interest rates, with fears a Union if it fails to reach a bailout deal with baht, while Bangkok Bank gained 0.28 per- fading fast. London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index “After a slow start to the year with the US hike too soon could hit the global economy. The international creditors. Negotiations over cent, or 0.50 baht, to 180.00 baht. of top companies dropped 0.48 percent to stand economy having posted negative growth in the Bank of England yesterday said its policymakers the release of the last 7.2 billion euros ($8.1 Singapore closed up 0.84 percent, or at 6,677.84 points in midday deals. first quarter, nobody expects the Fed to under- have stressed that interest rate developments in billion) in rescue funds from Greece’s mas- 27.82 points, to 3,325.91. Singapore Telecom The CAC 40 in Paris lost 0.69 percent to take any change in interest rates today.” Britain “would depend on UK inflation prospects sive bailout from the International Monetary gained 1.21 percent to Sg$4.20 while real 4,806.42 points and Frankfurt’s DAX 30 slipped With the release of some disappointing US and would not be determined by the actions of Fund, European Union and European estate developer Capitaland fell 0.30 per- 0.21 percent to 11,021.09 compared with data and the Greek crisis dragging on, analysts other central banks.” Central Bank have deadlocked as payment cent to Sg$3.32. Tuesday’s closing levels. In foreign exchange said dealers are hoping the Fed puts off a rate The comments were taken from minutes of deadlines loom. Greece faces a 1.6 billion Jakarta ended up 1.50 percent, or 73.154 activity, the European single currency edged hike, which is expected by the end of the year. the BoE’s last monetary policy meeting earlier this euro payment to the IMF at the end of the points, at 4,945.75. Taxi operator Blue Bird upwards to $1.1257 from $1.1251 late on Analysts said the crisis would likely be in focus month that saw the central bank leave its main month, with another 6.7 billion euros due to Tbk gained 1.27 percent to 8,000 rupiah, the ECB in July and August-payments which while palm oil giant Astra Agro Lestari fell Greek officials have said the government 1.75 percent to close at 22,500 rupiah. cannot afford. Malaysia’s key stock index closed 0.27 percent, or 4.62 points higher, at 1,726.86. Asia shares, dollar dither Maybank added 0.55 percent to 9.20 ringgit, Asia share markets turned mixed while Telekom gained 0.30 percent to 6.74 while the dollar flatlined yesterday as tension Tenaga lost 0.45 percent to 13.16 ringgit. mounted before the Federal Reserve deliv- Taipei slipped 0.25 percent, or 22.95 ers views on the US economy that could points, to 9,189.83. Hon Hai Precision shed light on when US interest rates are like- Industry was 0.42 percent lower at Tw$94.4 ly to rise. MSCI’s index of Asia-Pacific shares while Taiwan Semiconductor outside Japan edged up 0.4 percent but that Manufacturing Co climbed 0.35 percent to was from a three-month low. Shares in Tw$142.5. Shanghai lost another 0.8 percent ahead of Wellington fell 0.60 percent, or 34.67 a torrent of IPO’s that temporarily could tie points, to 5,779.26. Fletcher Building was up an astonishing 6 trillion yuan ($966.7 bil- down 2.39 percent at NZ$8.17 and Spark lion) of capital. slipped 1.80 percent to NZ$2.735. Manila closed 0.44 percent higher, In other markets adding 30.83 points to 7,536.31. Universal Mumbai closed up 0.55 percent, or Robina Corp. rose 5.49 percent to 192 pesos 146.15 points, at 26,832.66. Tata Steel soared but Alliance Global Group fell 0.22 percent 3.62 percent to 305.10 rupees while Vedanta to 22.45 pesos. — Agencies THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2015 BUSINESS Will Greece leave the euro? A look at its options

LUXEMBOURG: Stay or go? The time is HOW DOES A COUNTRY money depositors can take out. “People would be a huge challenge,” Darvas says. ate the debt. The one advantage in this for approaching for momentous decisions for LEAVE THE EURO? would try to take their money out of the Athens is that all kinds of loans would proba- Greece and the nations using the euro cur- Technically, it can’t. These are uncharted banks. The banks would not be able to pay,” WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO ITS DEBT? bly be written down by its creditors. rency. Athens must pay 1.6 billion euros waters. European Union treaties legally allow Darvas says. “People would try to store their Greece’s bills won’t go away, and the jury But Darvas says that “all of these technical ($1.8 billion) off its debts at the end of the members to leave the 28-nation EU, but no euros at home, not pay taxes, and the whole is out on whether they could be converted issues can be resolved. The economic costs month to avoid a possible default and mechanism was foreseen to let countries financial system would come to a halt.” to a new currency, although Greece would of a euro exit. GDP fall and the rise in unem- secure for a little longer its cherished place leave the euro. Theoretically, if all 19 nations probably try to re-denominate and renegoti- ployment - will be far higher.” —AP among the 19 countries using the single agree that it’s time for Greece to go then a HOW CAN GREECE AVOID currency. “Grexit” could be negotiated. SUCH A DISASTER? Greece needs new financial aid from Some argue the country might have to Apart from pay its debts on time, some creditors to be able to make the June 30 leave the EU altogether to leave the single experts believe Greece could limit the dam- date with the debt collector. A deal is still currency. age by engineering its departure in secret. A nowhere in sight, though, with both sides small group of officials could make the exit refusing to compromise over what reforms WHEN IS THE POINT OF NO RETURN? preparations and then act on them almost Greece should make in exchange for more That would be when the European immediately. They would inform their euro- loans. One thing is certain, a possible Central Bank decides to cut off emergency zone partners just hours before Greece “Grexit” is being discussed in European capi- credit to Greece’s banks, according to Zsolt walks out the door, according Roger Bootle, tals and contingency plans are being laid. Darvas, senior fellow at the Breugel think- who heads the research analysis group “Member states are understandably tank in Brussels. Capital Economics. The public would be the nervous,” European Commission Vice That could happen if there is a run on last to know. President Valdis Dombrovskis said yesterday Greek banks - in which case the ECB might in a rare public acknowledgement that not want to risk its money supporting them. WHAT MONEY WOULD GREECE USE? some fear the worst. “We are in the middle Concerns over a run on banks could grow if Greece could go back to using the drach- of June. By end of June, the current pro- it becomes clear that Greece will default on ma or introduce a new currency. Either way, gram expires and there are of course some its next debt repayment, due June 30. volume is essential, and that implies serious discussions also on less favorable scenarios,” The ECB could also cut Greek banks loose challenges. Iraq faced similar issues when it he said. if the country defaults on debt repayments introduced a new dinar in just three months But will Greece do the unthinkable and due to the ECB in July and August. following the US-led invasion. “You would leave the euro, or be forced out? Is it even need a huge volume, very quickly. There’s WHAT WOULD HAPPEN THEN? possible? Here are some questions and also the transportation that is a very big ATHENS: Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (right) speaks with answers on Greece’s future. They could Banks would probably have to close for a challenge. A lot of police, troops would be Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann during their meeting at the come in handy during today’s meeting of while and when they reopen, the govern- required to attend to the cash needs of a euro-zone finance ministers in Luxembourg. ment would likely put limits on how much country the size of Greek. Logistically it Maximou hall in Athens yesterday. —AFP Pay growth revives hopes that UK casting off crisis BoE policymakers vote 9-0 to keep rates on hold

LONDON: British workers’ pay CHANGING MOOD AT BOE? step-up in pay growth was not a lifted when Cameron’s Conservative grew at its fastest rate in nearly The BoE said on Wednesday its blip and it would be reluctant to Party won an outright parliamen- four years in the three months to nine interest rate-setters all voted raise rates ahead of the US Federal tary majority in May, defying poll April, putting the prospect of the earlier this month to keep borrow- Reserve, which could push up ster- predictions of an inconclusive Bank of England finally raising ing costs at their record low, where ling, said Elizabeth Martins, an result. interest rates firmly back on the they have sat since early 2009. But economist at HSBC. Some companies are now con- agenda for investors. A long-await- two members of the committee Britain is also girding for possi- cerned that his plan to hold an in- ed recovery in living standards again described their decision as ble fallout from Greece’s debt out referendum on Britain’s mem- seemed to be gathering momen- “finely balanced”. showdown. The government is bership of the European Union by tum as a key measure of earnings Sam Hill, an economist at RBC, speeding up preparations for a pos- the end of 2017 represents a new rose more quickly than expected, said there was a chance that more sible Greek exit from the euro-zone, element of uncertainty. official data showed yesterday. Sterling hit its highest level in a CANBERRA: Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott (top center) looks on as month against the US dollar. Bond Chinese Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng (2nd left) and Australia’s Trade investors brought forward their Minister Andrew Robb (second right) sign a free trade agreement (FTA) bets on a first rate rise, with an between the two countries in Canberra yesterday. —AFP outside chance it could happen later this year. Combined with near-zero infla- Australia and China sign tion and data showing an increase in foreign direct investment, the earnings numbers suggested bumper free trade deal Britain’s economy was picking up momentum again after growth CANBERRA: Underpin prosperity Australia and China signed a land- slowed at the start of the year. The mark trade deal yesterday after a decade of talks, In a statement, the Chinese commerce min- Office for National Statistics said providing a boon for growth and jobs by abolish- istry said the pact would help facilitate the China- total average weekly earnings in ing tariffs across a raft of sectors. driven FTAAP, or Free Trade Area of the Asia- the three months to April, includ- Trade Minister Andrew Robb and visiting Pacific. Beijing has embraced the broader FTAAP, ing bonuses, rose by 2.7 percent Chinese Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng formal- which is seen as a rival to the proposed Trans- compared with the same period a ly inked the document in Canberra, ending years Pacific Partnership pushed by the United States year earlier. of often difficult and protracted negotiations. “The but which excludes China. Robb said that, That was the strongest increase leaders of our two countries have attached great together with the Japanese and South Korean since the summer of 2011. importance to the signing of this document,” said pacts, the Chinese deal would underpin Excluding bonuses, the increase Gao. “It is a milestone in bilateral relations.” Australia’s prosperity for years to come. “Given in pay was the strongest since ear- Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott called it “a what’s going on in the region, the extraordinary ly 2009, when the financial crisis momentous and historic day for our two coun- explosion of people going into the middle class, was raging. Economists said the tries”. “It will change our countries for the better, it this is a landmark set of agreements,” he said. “It figures probably took the Bank of will change our region for the better, it will change will see literally billions of dollars, thousands, England by surprise. Last month, it our world for the better,” he said. “This agreement many hundreds of thousands of jobs, and will cut its forecast for annual wage LONDON: A Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) sign outside a branch of the bank in central London. will give our nations unprecedented access to underpin a lot of our prosperity in the years growth in the last three months of each other’s markets.” China is Australia’s biggest ahead.” Royal Bank of Scotland yesterday was hit by a technical glitch as 600,000 payments due to cus- 2015 to 2.5 percent from a previ- tomers of Royal Bank of Scotland failed to turn up in accounts. —AFP trading partner, with the two-way flow exceeding One contentious outcome could be the tem- ous forecast of 3.5 percent, as it Aus$160 billion (US$123 billion) annually. Under porary employment of Chinese people in lowered its overall growth outlook the deal more than 85 percent of Australian goods Australia’s high-pay workforce, a move con- for Britain. than two policymakers could soon a spokeswoman for Prime Minister Last week, ratings agency entering the country will carry no penalty, rising to demned by unions. Electrical Trades Union “That seems to have been a be tempted to vote for rate hikes, David Cameron said. Standard & Poor’s said it could cut 95 percent in coming years. national secretary Allen Hicks said there was con- case of unfortunate timing,” Alan especially if a recent recovery in The ONS said yesterday that Britain’s AAA rating because of the With Australia having already sealed similar cern that Chinese investors would be able to use Clarke, an economist with fuel prices continues to push up Britain’s unemployment rate held risk of an EU exit. Possibly seeking to pacts with Japan and South Korea, a large percent- Chinese workers on projects in Australia that Scotiabank, said. “There are clearly inflation further away from zero. stable at 5.5 percent in the three counter those concerns, Cameron age of Australian exports will soon be tariff-free. involve an investment of more than US$150 mil- signs of wages starting to pick up Martin Weale and Ian McCafferty months to April, holding at its low- announced on Wednesday that the Australian businesses currently face charges of up lion. “Any claimed benefits from this FTA will pale and we should be able to hit 3 per- voted for a rate rise in late 2014 est level since 2008. A surge in jobs total value of foreign direct invest- to 40 percent on goods sent to China, but under into insignificance compared to the lost opportu- cent around the end of the year. before dropping that call in January growth had lost some steam ahead ment in Britain had topped 1 trillion the deal penalties on virtually all resources and nities for working Australians and the impacts Wages are no longer an obstruc- as oil prices plunged. But the BoE of Britain’s national election last pounds ($1.57 trillion) for the first energy products-a key plank in the trade relation- that will have on our society,” he said. “This agree- tion to a rate hike.” would want to be sure that the month. Uncertainty for employers time. —Reuters ship and among Australia’s top exports-will be ment is an absolute disgrace and its signing abolished. marks a sad day in Australian history.” In contrast, Duties will also be lifted on agricultural exports the Australia China Business Council said it came including wine, meat, seafood, and dairy products at an opportune time as China’s economy shifts New chip credit cards putting to feed China’s growing middle class. In return, to consumption-driven growth, driving demand Australia will remove the existing five percent tariff for Australian premium products and services. on Chinese electronics and whitegoods, meaning “The deal will ensure that Australian compa- cheaper goods for Australian consumers but some nies can compete on a level playing field with squeeze on small businesses reduction in revenue. China also won concessions those countries holding existing FTAs and will give on foreign investment, with the threshold for gov- us a significant advantage over some of our largest NEW YORK: TIP OF THE ICEBERG ernment review to be lifted in most areas apart competitors including the US, EU and Canada,” New credit and debit cards with tem. “We’re not happy about the additional from agricultural land and agribusiness. said council president John Brumby. —AFP computer chips are putting the squeeze on The card readers shoppers see are just one expense,” Nettles says. small businesses. The cards being rolled out part of a payment processing system. They’re by banks and credit card companies are connected to software in a merchant’s comput- IT’S NOT PLUG AND PLAY aimed at reducing fraud from counterfeit er system that receives the transaction informa- Changing card readers and software isn’t Oil up more than $1 to $65 cards. As chip cards are phased in, magnetic tion and sends it to a payment processor. The something many small business owners, even LONDON: Oil climbed by more than a dol- basin has seen traders leave full tankers at stripe cards, which are easier for thieves to processor then posts a charge or debit to the tech-savvy ones, will be able to do on their own. lar to $65 a barrel yesterday as strong sea. “There are so many tankers floating for copy, will be phased out. Businesses of all cardholder’s account and a credit to the mer- They’ll need to hire technology consultants who demand and falling stockpiles in the United prompt delivery that people will want to sizes face an Oct. 1 deadline to get new card chant’s account. The simplest card readers used can charge as much as $100 an hour or more to States pushed prices higher. Brent futures see the fall in shale production, rather than readers and software that can handle chips. in stores and other small businesses are likely to install the system and ensure it works. were up $1.25 at $64.95 a barrel by 1358 predictions of a decline, before it will give Most estimates of transition costs for small cost at least $100. The machines will also read Even with Kleinman’s expertise in payment GMT, having touched a high of $65.47. much support,” said Maarten van Mourik, an companies vary from the low hundreds to magnetic stripes and some also handle what are processing as owner of Centurion Payment Front month US crude futures were up 98 independent oil economist in Paris. tens of thousands of dollars due to the wide known as contactless payments made with Services, it took him five hours to install two cents at $60.95 per barrel. Yet some analysts expect prices to rise range of equipment used. services like Apple Pay or Google Wallet. Most card readers and software. And he was on the Data from the US Energy Information somewhat going into the second half of the If businesses don’t meet the deadline set software prices start at several hundred dollars, phone getting technical support from his ven- Administration, due at 1430 GMT, is forecast year because of strong demand and an by companies including MasterCard, Visa but can run into the thousands for more com- dor while he did it. Although the new system to show that US crude stocks fell for a sev- expected fall in stocks. “Fundamentals are at and American Express, they can be held plex systems. Many companies have computer works, there are glitches that keep him tinker- enth consecutive week, according to a an inflection point and will improve from liable for transactions made with phony chip systems that do more than handle payments - ing. For example, sometimes the system has Reuters poll of analysts. here, with high refinery runs this summer cards. they also manage inventory and customer and trouble accepting certain cards. JP Morgan said in its weekly oil research and sequentially declining U crude produc- The switch to new chips in credit and debit vendor information. Businesses like restaurants “Most people are definitely going to need to note that US production had reached a new tion. As crude stocks erode, prices will grad- cards poses a threat for small companies and those with multiple locations are likely to hire somebody to do it,” Kleinman says. It may high this week but would start to drop. An ually strengthen,” United States-based Pira because they can’t get the volume discounts have the most complex systems and the highest make sense for companies with combined pay- expected fall in US crude production Energy said. on the new equipment that big retailers get. expenses. ment, inventory and other systems to separate because of the relatively high cost of pro- Strong US fuel demand, this week’s trop- And they don’t have in-house tech experts to Dickie Brennan & Co., which operates four the payment part to make them less vulnerable ducing shale has also supported prices. ical storm, Canadian wildfires that led to the install the new systems. “This is one of the New Orleans restaurants, expects to pay more to hackers, says Scott Shedd, a technology con- Despite the demand strength in the United closure of oil production and continuing than $25,000 to replace card readers and soft- sultant with WGM Associates in Scottsdale, States and Asia, prices have mostly stayed stock withdrawals have resulted in US biggest nightmares merchants are going to below $65 a barrel this year, compared with prices outperforming Brent contracts, face,” says Michael Kleinman, owner of Mason ware, says Derek Nettles, the company’s infor- Arizona. But that will add more costs, says Avivah Brent crude’s $115 this time last year. pulling down Brent’s premium to around $3 Eyewear, a store in Brickell, Florida, and mation technology director. The company won’t Litan, an analyst with Gartner Research. “If you An excess supply of oil in the Atlantic a barrel. —Reuters Centurion Payment Services, a company that raise its prices to pay for the switch; instead, it’s want to use this opportunity to secure your sys- processes credit and debit card payments. delaying an upgrade of its security camera sys- tems, it could cost you thousands,” she says. —AP BUSINESS THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2015

Joyalukkas awarded Superbrand for 6th consecutive year

KUWAIT: Joyalukkas - world’s favourite jeweller has now Jeweller,’” said Joy Alukkas, Chairman and MD Joyalukkas been recognized as a Superbrand for 6th time in row by Group. “Being recognized as a Superbrand for the 6th the panel of judges at this year’s Superbrand award cere- consecutive year is a great achievement for us at the mony. Joyalukkas has been bagging the Superbrand Joyalukkas Group. But this title has also added responsi- award continuously since 2010. bility as we strive to bring our valuable customers the Joyalukkas was deemed a Superbrand at the best in choice, services, value and design. I’d like to thank Superbrand’s Tribute Event, an award ceremony that wit- the judges for this prestigious award and promise to nessed the presence of the best in media and peers. continue the good,” said John Paul Joy Alukkas, Executive John Paul Joy Alukkas, Executive Director, Joyalukkas Director, Joyalukkas Group. Group and Sonia John Paul, Director, Joyalukkas Group The Joyalukkas brand has come a long way, with a accepted the award on behalf of Joyalukkas Group. humble beginning of one showroom to now being a The Superbrand’s organization is an independent globally recognized jewellery retail chain with over 105 authority that is acclaimed worldwide, and is dedicated showrooms. It has revolutionized the jewellery retail to paying tribute to exceptional brands from across the industry with its innovative schemes and offers. They are globe. This laurel encourages brands to maintain their a favourite of many and hold a significant presence superiority in terms of branding and services. It is only across 10 countries and serve to a customer base of over the best global brands chosen by the Superbrand 10 million and counting. It has clearly become the Council that feature in the Superbrand’s UAE book, and benchmark for every jewellery brand, with its versatility Joyalukkas will appear in it for the 6th consecutive year. in product range and unmatched services. To add to its “It is a proud moment for us at the Joyalukkas Group. showcase of achievements, Joyalukkas created history We would sincerely like to thank the esteemed panel of when it became the first jeweller to receive ISO 9001 and judges for this great encouragement. We are honored, 14001 certification. It has also been recognized under humbled and more driven than ever, to achieve our sin- the Dubai Quality Appreciations Program for excellence gle goal since inception of being ‘The World’s favourite across all its departments.

Ooredoo launches exclusive Ramadan offer

KUWAIT: Ooredoo Kuwait, a member of the international Ooredoo Group, launched yesterday its special Ramadan offer, which allows customers to have unlimited internet on their smartphones throughout the entire month of Ramadan for KD 5 only. The offer was tailored exclusively to suit the needs of customers during the month of Ramadan, especially as it coincides with the summer vacation. Commenting on the offer, Corporate Communications Director Mijbil Alayoub said: “We wanted to give our customers an offer that meets their needs for the month of Ramadan, allowing them to browse freely and stream content, especially since there is a lot of media content produced especially for the month of Ramadan.” He also noted that all Ooredoo customers using smart- phones can benefit from this offer, whether they were pre- The offer is a continuation of Ooredoo’s efforts to enrich operator. The company today provides mobile, broadband paid or postpaid users. Fair usage policy does not apply to the lives of its customers by providing them with innova- internet and corporate managed services tailored to the this offer, and it is valid only through the month of tive offers and smart solutions. For more information, needs of customers and businesses. Ooredoo is guided by Ramadan; it expires with the end of the holy month. Users please visitwww.ooredoo.com.kw/ramadankuwait its vision of enriching people’s lives and its belief that it can can avail the offer by sending 1 to 616 via SMS to enjoy Ooredoo’s operations in Kuwait date back to December stimulate human growth by leveraging communications to unlimited internet. 1999 when it launched wireless services as the second help people achieve their full potential. ‘Foreign shocks’ may harm US financial stability, says Lew

WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew warned Congress yesterday that foreign turmoil, such as Greece’s debt crisis, could destabilize the US financial system. “In today’s globally integrated financial markets, foreign shocks have the potential to disrupt financial stability in the United States,” Lew said in testimony to the House of Representatives financial services commit- tee. Lew cited political uncertainty in Greece that has added to concerns about stability in the 19-nation euro- zone. Greece’s negotiations with its creditors, the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, From left: Khuloud Al Omain, Editor-in-Chief of Forbes have bogged down as payment deadlines loom and the Middle East; Eman Al-Awadhi, KIPCO Group risks grow of a debt default and exit from the currency Communications Director; and Krishna Natarajan, Head of Sales at Forbes Middle East. bloc. “Although there has been some progress during Greece’s ongoing discussions with Europe and the IMF, the negotiations and the path to securing agreement KIPCO recognized by YANGON: Workers loading water bottles onto a truck at a distribution centre in Yangon. Bottled water is among the are challenging and complex,” Lew told lawmakers. plethora of consumer industries set to take off as the country emerges from decades of isolated junta rule, putting more Forbes Middle East “We continue to urge a timely resolution so that money in the pockets of the countryís rich and a growing middle class. — AFP Greece is able to continue to meet its obligations,” he KUWAIT: KIPCO - the Kuwait Projects Company - said. Lew, in a phone call on Tuesday with Greek Prime announced today that it was recognized by Forbes Minister Alexis Tsipras, warned Athens that a failure to Water reveals two sides of Middle East as a Top Arab Company for the second con- reach a deal on financing would immediately create secutive year. KIPCO’s recognition was in the diversified hardship for Greece and “broad uncertainties for Europe Myanmar’s economic boom business category. and the global economy.” KIPCO’s award was announced during the ‘Forbes Talks between Greece and the creditors over the YANGON: Every morning on his way to work in Yangon, “Previously, there were a lot of small players, they did Middle East Top Companies in the Arab World 2015’ gala release of 7.2 billion euros ($8.1 billion) of bailout funds builder Zaw Min Tun takes a swig of water at a Buddhist not care about water treatment,” Sai Sam Htun added. dinner, which was held at the Oberoi Hotel in Dubai. to Athens have ground to a halt this week over the con- temple, a vital place to quench a thirst for the many ordi- “They just got it from underground or from the pipe from The event recognizes publicly listed companies that, ditions for the funding. Greece needs the money to nary citizens left behind by Myanmar’s economic boom. the city water. through dynamic and strong leadership, are shaping make a debt payment of around 1.5 billion euros to the Bottled water is among the plethora of consumer indus- They treated it very lightly.” the future of Arab economies and making an impact on IMF at the end of June. tries set to take off as the country emerges from decades of Concerns over poorly purified water became such an a global scale. Companies were ranked according to Lew, presenting an annual report to Congress on isolated junta rule, putting more money in the pockets of issue that in February the Ministry of Health banned more their total revenue, net profit, total assets and market the Financial Stability Oversight Council, highlighted the country’s rich and a growing middle class. than 70 brands after spot checks showed they failed basic But, at around 300 kyats (25-30 US cents) a litre, it safety tests. capitalization. that the current ultra-low interest rate environment was The awards were presented by Khuloud Al Omain, remains too pricey for the majority of people in a country Fenton Holland, an Australian specialist who has helped encouraging increased risk-taking that could threaten where the average annual per capita income of $1,105 Western drinks companies and hotels access safe water Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Middle East, and Krishna the financial system. Natarajan, Head of Sales at Forbes Middle East. Eman Al- remains one of the lowest in Asia. supplies in Myanmar, said businesses are becoming aware “Investors may seek incremental gains in yield for Decades of weak investment under junta rule means they need access to safe water. Awadhi, KIPCO’s Group Communications Director, disproportionate amounts of risk. Banks, credit unions, the vast majority of people-eight in 10 — are forced to “Even when you make potato chips you need high-puri- received the award on behalf of the company. and broker-dealers have lower net interest margins, drink from unsafe supplies such as wells, boreholes, springs ty water,” he said. Faisal Al-Ayyar, KIPCO’s Vice Chairman (Executive) leading some firms to increase risk by holding longer- and streams while only nine percent have access to tap or said: “We are pleased to be receiving this important duration assets, easing lending standards, or engaging piped water. Herculean task recognition for the second consecutive year. KIPCO’s Poor infrastructure combined with the high prices of Decades of economic mismanagement under the brutal in other forms of increased risk-taking,” he said. The portfolio of investments spans across a number of bottled water mean many locals like Zaw Min Tun rely on junta has left Myanmar with a creaking and decrepit infra- Council recommends close monitoring of those height- important sectors across the region. As leaders in the the terracotta jars of water left by kindly strangers at the structure and the water supply is no exception. MENA region, we are shaping the business landscape of ened risks “as well as the risks from potential severe many Buddhist temples across the country. According to national census figures released this the economies in which we operate and supporting interest rate shocks,” he said. Lew spoke ahead of the “This is where I have to wait for the bus,” he tells AFP month, only 31 percent of inhabitants living in cities con- Federal Reserve’s interest-rate announcement at 1800 under a baking hot sky outside the temple in downtown sume purified water in some form, falling to just two per- their development and growth. This award is a rein- Yangon. “And when I’m thirsty I take a drink.” cent in the countryside. forcement of KIPCO’s success in achieving business GMT. The Federal Open Market Committee is expected to maintain the benchmark federal funds rate at the On the other side of Myanmar’s consumer boom, Even in Yangon, the nation’s economic heart, wells and excellence.” adverts for purified water cover billboards and the sides of ponds are a common water source for the city’s seven mil- This year’s event included a broad representation of zero-level, where it has been pegged since the 2008 delivery trucks in Yangon and other cities, pushing aspira- lion inhabitants, especially outside of the centre. industries such as banking and financial services, retail, financial crisis. Many analysts expect the US central tional and wholesome messages. On the city’s western outskirts, far removed from the food and beverage, telecommunications, education, bank will launch its first rate hike in nine years in “With Alpine, live longer and healthier,” says the slogan construction cranes and car dealerships of the city centre, real estate and construction. September. — AFP of market leader Alpine, a local company which produced Thein Ham, 51, fills up some water jars on the side of the 200 million bottles in Myanmar last year, and projects to street. churn out 300 million by the end of 2015. Bottled water “is for other people. My mother did the same thing,” she explained. Burgan Bank to announce Yawmi Purity matters On paper, Myanmar should not lack for fresh, drinkable Myanmar’s bottled water market is, as yet, far from satu- water. As a tropical country boasting three mighty rivers, it rated. In 2013 consumption of bottled water per head is annually soaked by life-giving monsoon rains, although Account draw winner on June 21 stood at just 0.1 litres, according to a 2014 report by the dry season often brings brings drought due to poor researchers at Euromonitor International, compared with management. Revamping the country’s infrastructure is a KUWAIT: Burgan Bank will be conducting the Yawmi KD10 in the account, will entitle customers to one 21 litres in the Asia-Pacific as a whole. Herculean task, even in a city like Yangon. account Quarterly Draw on Sunday 21st June 2015, chance of winning. For more information about open- Nestle is among the international companies that have French firm Egis has been commissioned by Yangon’s where the lucky winner will receive 125,000 KD as a ing the newly enhanced Yawmi account, customers are circled the market for water, although the Swiss food and authorities to come up with a plan to rehabilitate thou- drink giant has shied away from major investment so far. sands of kilometres (miles) of water pipes under the city. cash prize. In addition to the daily draw of KD 5,000 advised to visit their nearest Burgan Bank branch, or “This business has a great future. As people get richer, “These pipes have to be cleaned and repaired,” now the account offers the chance to win the Mega call the bank’s Call Center at 1804080 where customer the middle class has more expectation,” Sai Sam Htun, CEO explained Marion Hasse, a project coordinator for Egis. prize of KD 125,000 every quarter. service representatives will be delighted to assist with of Lo Hein Company, which owns the Alpine brand, told “Most of the pipe network is between 50 and 70 years To enter Burgan Bank’s Yawmi Quarterly Draws, cus- any questions on any of the bank’s products and serv- AFP. old.”She estimates that the centre of Yangon could see tomers should maintain a minimum amount of KD500 ices. Customers can also log on to Burgan Bank’s For the country’s newly minted middle class, such bot- safe drinking water delivered via taps within five years, for 2 months prior to draw date. Additionally, every www.burgan.com for further information. tlers offer a sense of security in what had been, until but for the whole city, it could take more like two recently, a notoriously unreliable cottage industry. decades.—AFP THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2015 TECHNOLOGY Renzi’s digital plan sets new industrial course for Italy

MILAN: Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi cy for Italy’s industry, which was owned and government should focus on creating a bet- debt, crimping the company’s investment Government officials deny they are consider- and the chief of Enel SpA took time out of a managed by the state for decades until ter business environment - such as lower tax- potential. ing taking a stake in Telecom Italia. visit to Malta in April to discuss a matter of 1990s privatizations. Governments since es and clearer laws - rather than getting Now, Telecom’s new management is sell- national importance: how to use the state- have largely stayed out of big national proj- directly involved in private business affairs. ing assets and halting dividend payments in The last mile controlled utility’s pipes and pylons to help ects, with the exception of some, largely “It’s very important we don’t go back to order to shift back to investment. It has ear- Starace - a nuclear engineer by training get high-speed Internet to all Italian homes. unsuccessful, attempts to block foreign interventionist measures and models from marked 700 million euros to bring fibre who focuses on new technologies - saw an Renzi had long wanted Telecom Italia to takeovers. “Renzi wants to see a quantitative the past,” Federico Ghizzoni, the head of inside the homes of 40 big Italian towns and opportunity in the broadband debate to lay cable the country for super-fast Internet to and qualitative change and he’s bashing a Italy’s biggest bank UniCredit, said recently. has considered more than doubling that, fibre cable using Enel’s infrastructure. He has get Italy’s digital reach up to speed with the few heads together to get things moving,” according to people familiar with the plan. said that joining forces could mean Internet rest of Europe and help kick-start a suffering said Stefano Pileri, a former head of technol- State investment But that leaves it short of the government’s costs could drop to a fourth of what they are economy. But the former state phone ogy at Telecom Italia and now CEO of tele- Renzi has been at his most active in the wish to connect at least 500 cities. now. monopoly had deemed the effort too expen- coms equipment supplier Italtel. telecoms sector. In March, his cabinet Telecom is worried that a fast switch to Cooperation between energy and tele- sive, considering the low demand. A spokesman for Renzi declined to com- approved a 12-billion-euro ($13.5 billion) ultra-broadband would render its ageing 15 coms sectors is not new. European Union So he asked Francesco Starace whether ment on the Malta meeting. A large part of plan to build a fibre optic network nation- billion-euro copper network redundant. It is law requires utility companies to offer up Enel’s electricity cables could be used to cut his plan is getting industry on his side. Last wide. His goal is to beat European Union skeptical large investments make sense for their grids if there is a need. There has the cost, according to two people familiar year, he elevated a host of new managers to 2020 targets for ensuring high-speed its shareholders. According to a report by already been cooperation between power with the Malta talks. The meeting forced Italy’s state-controlled companies, including Internet. The state would provide half the Italy’s chamber of commerce association four and phone companies on new generation Telecom Italia’s hands. Management was Starace. The government is also seeking to amount if private players committed the rest. out of 10 small entrepreneurs say they do networks in Switzerland, Luxembourg and worried that Renzi might coax Enel into change top management at state lender The plan said that for maximum speed, the not need it for their business. Faced with Denmark. working with a rival telecoms company, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP), in the hope of fibre needed to reach the inside of people’s Telecom’s reticence, officials in Renzi’s But there are many questions, including according to a source at the company. giving it a bigger role in the economy. homes, not just the streets, the option that entourage at one point floated the idea to how many of Enel’s pipes have room for tele- Telecom and Enel are now studying ways to The approach is not without risk. With a Telecom Italia preferred. certain Telecom Italia investors that the state coms cables. A source familiar with Telecom cooperate. debt forecast this year to be 132.5 percent of Telecom was privatised in 1997 to help reinvest in the company to give Rome a Italia’s fibre plans said estimated benefits of Renzi’s intervention is a clear sign of how gross domestic product, the Italian state is fund Italy’s bid to join the euro single curren- greater voice in broadband strategy, accord- cooperation with Enel are limited to one out the 40-year-old leader is crafting a new poli- limited financially. Some executives say the cy but a revolving door of owners piled up ing to people familiar with the discussions. of ten buildings in Italy. — Reuters Fantasies play out in virtual reality games

LOS ANGELES: At the Electronic Entertainment ready by the time Oculus and Sony release their Expo here Tuesday players swooped like eagles respective virtual reality headsets, according to through Paris, blasted asteroids, and fought in Arnaud Antoine, who was overseeing the boxing rings as videogame makers dove into demos. worlds of virtual reality. The expansive E3 show Ubisoft also delivered a face-to-face con- floor was rich with VR offerings from develop- frontation with psychotic ‘Far Cry 3’ antagonist ers working on games for immersive head gear Vaas Montenegro, who ended the virtual expected to hit the market in force next year. encounter by sending the bound player plung- Queues were long through the day as peo- ing into deep water with a rock tied to their ple at the world’s leading video game trade legs. show jockeyed to experience what it is like to “You are the prisoner,” Antoine explained of venture into fantasy worlds. “People love VR,” the scene fans of the game would recognize. “If Robyn Gray of Other World Interactive told AFP you don’t look at him, he gets mad.” while showing off a game that transported Ubisoft is exploring the potential for players players to a space arena where they destroyed in virtual reality to engage with artificial intelli- asteroids with friends. gence in video games, according to Antoine. “It is still like this magical, sparkly Christmas A TrackMania racing game, tailored by time present.” Gray is a lead designer at Ubisoft for Project Morpheus virtual reality gear MUMBAI: Young Indian students take ‘selfies’ on Marine Drive promenade in Mumbai. Selfies have become a global phenomenon with users rarely California-based Other World Interactive virtual from Sony, was set on a twisting, looping track missing an opportunity to snap a photo of themselves, whether it be in front of a world-famous landmark or simply at dinner with friends. — AFP reality studio, which boasted having one of the that left a player dizzy. most popular virtual reality applications at Google’s online Play shop. ‘Everyone doing VR’ The game, Sisters, is a ghost story that works Elsewhere on the show floor, people wear- Cities take baby steps to with smartphones inserted into Google ing virtual reality headsets threw punches as Cardboard virtual reality headsets. Other World they slugged it out in faux boxing rings, or also boasted a socially conscious app focused went armed with rifle-like controllers to battle on climate change that lets people in virtual enemies in grim settings. make women feel safer worlds see greenhouse gas being spewed Analysts expected E3 to be a coming-of-age around them. of sorts for virtual reality, which has been around for decades but remained an unfulfilled Map-based mobile safety app may be your answer Fly like an eagle promise for gamers eager to immerse them- French video game titan Ubisoft had a pri- selves in fantasy worlds. Facebook-owned vir- NEW DELHI: Going out for dinner and not sure which years strengthened laws and improved infrastructure had experienced sexual violence in public spaces and vate room in a corner of the show floor where is tual reality firm Oculus delivered hands-on area would be safer at night for a woman travelling on to curb sex crimes, efforts have lacked a coordinated, only 5 percent felt safe in the city. Using these find- let visitors get their hands on and their heads demonstrations of games, and the Rift head her own? Want to track your daughter to ensure she focused approach - and are rarely assessed for their ings, authorities, charities and others can work out into a game that transformed them into eagles gear was at other booths. gets back from college safely? effectiveness, experts say. specific initiatives to address women’s safety. free to fly through Paris. Oculus will begin shipping Rift headsets ear- A map-based mobile safety app may be your As well as the introduction of mobile apps like Sensors in Oculus Rift head gear allowed ly next year, but has not mentioned pricing. The answer. Safetipin, designed by the charity Jagori uses Rape city to safe city? Safetipin, programs that encourage men and boys to turns or twists of a head to direct flight, with cost of buying into the experience was expect- crowd sourcing to rate the safety of areas in Delhi A burgeoning metropolis of 25 million, Delhi and think about sexist behavior are also being carried out. players flying along streets, zipping beneath ed to be driven up by the need for powerhouse based on factors including lighting, population densi- its environs gained notoriety for sexual violence after a At the same time, the authorities are installing CCTV bridges, and even swooping through the Eiffel computers to render virtual reality video ty, transport and gender diversity. It also acts as a per- young woman was gang-rapped on an unlicensed cameras in buses and police stations. They have also Tower. Ubisoft was working to have Eagle Flight smoothly and quickly.— AFP sonal GPS tracker, allowing users to be tracked or to bus in December 2012. ordered taxi firms to have GPS systems in their cabs, trace a loved one. The attack, and the victim’s death from her injuries and set up fast-track courts for sexual violence, Safetipin is one of thousands of projects being sparked widespread protests and increasing aware- amongst other measures. rolled out in cities across the world as part of a United ness of the problem. As a result more women are Nations initiative to stem cases of rape, sexual harass- reporting abuses, say charities and the police. There Upgraded markets, safety audits ment and molestation in urban areas. were 2,166 reported rapes in 2014 in the city against Other cities are also taking up the challenge. For From New Delhi in India to Port Moresby in Papua 1,636 in 2013 - a rise of 32 percent - according to example, in Cairo, the ministry of urban planning has New Guinea and Quito in Ecuador, a small but grow- police data. adopted women’s safety audits to guide their devel- ing number of municipalities, charities, companies “There are areas where I feel safe like around busy opment plans. In Papua New Guinea’s capital, Port and community groups are joining UN Women’s “Safe markets where there are lots of restaurants, but there Moresby, authorities have upgraded a market where Cities Global Initiative”. are many areas where it’s really scary,” said Reshmi, 22, more than 80 percent of the vendors are women. They “Unsafe public spaces limit women’s and girl’s life a student, outside Green Park metro station in South have build new infrastructure, including bathrooms choices. This daily reality limits their freedom to par- Delhi. and showers, renovated market stalls, provided access ticipate in education, work, recreation, and in political New Delhi is now one of 25 cities including Port to potable water and established a vendors associa- life,” said Laxmi Puri, deputy executive director of UN Moresby, Quito, Kigali and Cairo to have joined the tion. Municipal officials however admit that ending Women. safe cities project. Some of the initiatives so far sexual violence is not just about creating infrastruc- “In many cities, adolescent girls are afraid to walk include boosting street lighting, installing toilets, set- ture, but also about sustained public campaigns that on their own when they go to school on the streets in ting up helplines and strengthening laws on sexual dispel sexism and challenge gender stereotypes. their own neighborhoods because they experience harassment. “In the city of Kigali, every new paved road is various forms of sexual harassment, such as cat-call- Each city first does a “scoping” survey on percep- accompanied by public lighting. This has contributed ing, stalking, whistling, touching.” tions and attitudes towards sexual violence which is to a safer environment in which women can work in LOS ANGELES: Oculus employee Patrick Hercamp (right) helps set up the virtual reality One in three women globally have experienced used to develop city-specific programs that are evalu- the evening and night hours,” said Hope Tumukunde, head-mounted display Oculus Rift CV1 on John Peters (L) at the Annual Gaming Industry either physical and/or sexual violence, according to ated every five years. In Delhi, for example, the first vice mayor of Rwanda’s capital, at conference on safe Conference E3 at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Tuesday in Los Angeles.— AFP UN Women. While many countries have in recent study done in 2012 found that 90 percent of women cities in Delhi last week. — Reuters Motorbike-hailing app revs up in traffic-choked Jakarta

JAKARTA: A popular motorbike-hailing app is option to opt out,” he said. by Go-Jek motorcyclists. from shopping to medicine. said crowded megacities from Cairo to Delhi putting a new, two-wheeled spin on smartphone Makarim is all too aware of GrabBike-”copied “We’re competing on multiple fronts,” he said. would be keeping a close eye on Jakarta and the taxi services in the Indonesian capital, with thou- Competition grows us to a tee”-but is prepared for a fight. Go-Jek Some predict the business model will go global innovations it comes up with in the future. sands of motorcyclists in distinctive green jack- Go-Jek first launched in 2011 but revamped launched a food delivery service in April, throw- and inspire similar homegrown start-ups in other “The way young Indonesians embrace these ets and helmets offering commuters an escape itself in January with a new-look mobile app. It ing its hat into an already crowded ring, and also traffic-clogged cities. John Rossant, chairman of kind of things is completely amazing,” he said, from Jakarta’s notorious traffic gridlock. has seen exponential growth in the past six offers a courier service delivering everything Paris-based think-tank New Cities Foundation, holding up a smartphone. — AFP Go-Jek is an Indonesian start-up that has won months in the tech-savvy city of 10 million, widespread praise, as well as triggering aggres- where even the shortest journey by car can sive competition from other businesses already result in hours wasted in traffic snarls. Stay safe by reducing reliance on passwords fighting for a stake in the market. The number of drivers has jumped from 1,000 Like app-based taxi service Uber, which made six months ago to 10,000 today and the app has NEW YORK: Mix upper and lower case letters in your password? Substitute the its debut in Indonesia in August, Go-Jek is a been downloaded almost 400,000 times, making numeral 1 for the letter l? Throw in an exclamation point and other special char- smartphone-based service. But instead of allow- it currently the most popular app in Indonesia on acters? Who can remember all that for dozens of websites and services? ing users to hail a car, it lets them book a person- both Apple and Android handsets, according to No wonder it’s tempting to turn to apps and services that promise to keep al motorcycle driver. The service takes its name Makarim. Unlike the informal “ojek” sector-where track of your passwords, either on your device or online. All you need to remem- from Jakarta’s ubiquitous motorbike taxis, known passengers must seek out drivers and negotiate ber is your master password. But these password managers are like treasure as “ojeks”, which have been occupying street cor- a rate on the spot-Go-Jek informs the passenger chests for hackers. If your master password is compromised, all your accounts ners in the capital for decades but always operat- of the price upfront and provides the driver’s potentially go with it. Services that store password data online are particularly ed informally with no safety standards or pricing name, contact number and a photo. troublesome because they are easier for hackers to break. guidelines. “With Go-Jek, you just put in your destination Don’t do it, I’ve been saying for years. Now, I hate to say, “I told you so.” It is proving popular as a means of getting and where you are and boom you know the fare, LastPass, which offers a service that stores multiple passwords in encrypted Jakartans more rapidly through jams than taxis, and it’s definitely cheaper,” 33-year-old corporate form, says it has detected “suspicious activity.” Although it says it found no evi- on bikes that are newer and more reliable than worker Dina Denso, who has just started using dence that individual passwords or user accounts were breached, it’s advising standard “ojeks”, which are often shabby and the service, told AFP. But in an echo of the prob- users to change their LastPass master password. neglected. It is also a much needed addition to lems that Uber has faced in many countries, the I advise users to come up with a better system instead, one that relies less on the city’s scant public transport options, such as success of the start-up is agitating traditional just passwords. Here are some tips: spluttering old buses and auto-rickshaws. drivers who cannot compete on price and are Jakarta is the largest city in the world without feeling the pinch as distinctive bikers clad in All accounts aren’t equal a subway or mass rapid transit system-although green Go-Jek branding swarm the city. Instead of having to remember dozens of complex passwords, maybe you one is under construction-causing havoc in a The service was forced to release a statement need to remember only a half-dozen. Focus on accounts that are really impor- BEIJING: An Apple employee (right) instructs a journalist on the use of the sprawling metropolis with poor infrastructure this month condemning threats of violence tant: Bank accounts, of course. Shopping services with your credit card informa- fingerprint scanner technology built into the company’s iPhone 5S during where millions commute by road every day from made against its drivers while Jakarta’s governor tion stored. And don’t forget email. a media event in Beijing.—AP nearby satellite cities. has been criticized for publicly throwing his sup- Who would want your mundane chatter? Well, email accounts are important Go-Jek’s founder and chief executive Nadiem port behind the venture. but it’s not the same as stealing thousands of dollars. Yet if it’s a discussion forum because they are gateways for resetting passwords for other services, such as you value, and you’ve established a reputation under that identity, you might Makarim admits his business isn’t a panacea for It also faces challenges from other compa- your Amazon account to go on a shopping spree. the city’s intractable gridlock, rated the worst in nies. Southeast Asian outfit GrabTaxi launched a want to prioritize that, too. That thinking applies to social-media accounts such the world in one study this year, but hopes it can motorcycle service GrabBike in May, offering free as Facebook and Twitter. What about other accounts? For the rest of your accounts, it’s not as bad to turn to a password manager, go some way to helping. rides for an initial period and with drivers sport- Maybe you don’t need to worry about a password for a discussion forum or a “We’re basically giving Jakarta customers an ing bright green uniforms similar to those worn but it might not be necessary. Web browsers from Apple and Google have built- news site. Yes, there’s the embarrassment of someone posting on your behalf, in mechanisms for storing frequently used passwords. — AP HEALTH & SCIENCE THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2015 South Korea reports 20th MERS death

SEOUL: South Korea yesterday announced its most had been placed under observation. 20th death from the MERS virus as criticism grew Dong-A Ilbo newspaper slammed the govern- of efforts to contain the outbreak, with alarming ment for “unrealistically” playing down the mag- reports of new cases slipping through a quaran- nitude of the outbreak. “All the optimistic words tine that already affects thousands. A 54-year-old and predictions from health authorities have woman died of Middle East Respiratory turned out to be wrong so far,” it said in an edito- Syndrome yesterday morning after being diag- rial. “We are concerned whether (health minister) nosed on June 5, the health ministry said. It also Moon Hyung-Pyo ... will ever be able to get the reported eight new patients including four who situation under control.” had been infected at Samsung Medical Centre in Seoul, considered Hospital at epicenter the epicenter of the outbreak. This took the total A staff member at Samsung hospital is also number of infections including those who have among the eight new cases announced yester- died to 162, the largest outbreak outside Saudi day, though the health ministry said it was Arabia. Seventeen patients are in critical condi- unclear where the 33-year-old had been infect- tion, the ministry said, adding 19 had recovered ed. About 80 patients, visitors and workers have and been released from hospital. The number of contracted the virus at the hospital-one of the new infections had fallen for three days in a row country’s largest, which suspended most opera- from 12 on Friday to four on Tuesday, when the tions on Sunday to stem the further spread of the ministry said it was cautiously optimistic the disease. Staff members at two other hospitals worst was over. But the latest number dashed were also diagnosed, as well as a patient in the such hopes, as a health official raised concerns city of Hwaseong, 43 kilometers south of Seoul. over more new infections beyond the Samsung SEOUL: Visitors wearing masks as a precaution against the MERS (Middle East Respiratory The number of people who were exposed to hospital. Syndrome) virus walk at a shopping district in Seoul. The death toll continued to mount in South patients and put under quarantine either at state “We think that more new cases can sporadi- Korea’s MERS outbreak even as schools reopen and people recover from the virus. — AP facilities or at home-has jumped by 922 to more cally occur en masse in hospitals other than than 6,500. As public alarm grew, the number of Samsung,” Kwon Joon-Wook, a senior health min- in recent days were not among those put in on June 10, the Daegu city council said yester- subway and bus passengers plunged by more istry official, told reporters. The government aims quarantine. day. than 20 percent in the capital Seoul, the city to curb outbreaks in 11 hospitals considered One patient reported Tuesday in the south- Another patient-a 55-year-old ambulance council said yesterday. The virus appeared in major epicenters-including Samsung-by the end eastern city of Daegu developed symptoms on driver at the Samsung hospital continued to go South Korea on May 20 when a 68-year-old man of this month, he added. Critics say the govern- Saturday but continued his normal activities, to work via subway for days after developing was diagnosed after returning from a trip to ment’s handling of the crisis shows it has done including going to work and taking a trip to a symptoms including fever on June 2. He was offi- Saudi Arabia. Since then it has spread at an little to improve lax overall public safety stan- public bathhouse. The 52-year-old public ser- cially diagnosed last Friday, the health ministry unusually rapid pace, sparking widespread dards since the Sewol ferry disaster in April 2014. vant, currently in isolation, visited his mother in said. He came into contact with nearly 500 peo- alarm. There is no vaccine for MERS which has a Almost all infections so far have been restricted late May while she was a patient in the Samsung ple while developing symptoms including 160 mortality rate of 35 percent, according to the within hospitals. But several patients diagnosed hospital, and his sister was diagnosed with MERS patients at the Samsung hospital, it said, adding WHO. — AFP ‘Billions’ of records at risk from mobile app data flaw Passwords, addresses, photos, medical data at risk

SINGAPORE: Security researchers have uncovered transmit data. Bryce Boland, Asia Pacific chief tech- exploiting app vulnerabilities is far less than the a flaw in the way thousands of popular mobile nology offer at internet security company FireEye, effort to exploit Heartbleed,” said Toshendra applications store data online, leaving users’ per- said the report reflected deeper problems. He said Sharma, founder of Bombay-based mobile security sonal information, including passwords, addresses, FireEye regularly found developers send users’ company Wegilant. Other security researchers say door codes and location data, vulnerable to hack- names and passwords unencrypted, “so it’s not sur- that while responsibility for weak authentication ers. The team of German researchers found 56 mil- prising to find them storing them insecurely as lies with those developing the apps, others in the lion items of unprotected data in the applications it well”. Bodden likened his team’s discovery to the chain should shoulder some of the blame. “The studied in detail, which included games, social net- Heartbleed bug, a web-based vulnerability report- truth is that there is plenty of fault to go around,” works, messaging, medical and bank transfer apps. ed last year that left half a million web servers sus- said Domingo Guerra, co-founder of mobile securi- “In almost every category we found an app which ceptible to data theft. Security researchers said this ty company Appthority. Cloud providers and app has this vulnerability in it,” said Siegfried Rasthofer, might be worse, since there was little users could stores, he said, should ensure best practices are WASHINGTON: Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Katherine Archuleta part of the team from the Fraunhofer Institute for do, and exploiting the vulnerability was easy. implemented correctly and test apps for such testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Oversight and Government Secure Information Technology and Darmstadt “The amount of effort to compromise data by holes.— Reuters Reform Committee hearing on the OPM data breach. In the cyberattack targeting University of Technology. Team leader Eric Bodden federal personnel records, hackers are believed to have obtained the Social Security said the number of records affected “will likely be numbers, birth dates, job actions and other private information on every federal in the billions”. Another security researcher working Scientists set plan for new employee and millions of former employees and contractors. — AP separately, Colombian Jheto Xekri, said he had also found the same flaw. The problem, Bodden said, is in the way devel- tests with the comet probe opers - those who write and sell the applications - Earth’s groundwater being authenticate users when storing their data in PARIS: Space scientists yesterday unveiled their expected.” As for future experiments, Gaudon online databases. Most such apps use services like plan to put the revived robot lab Philae back to said the first-hopefully within days would see drained at rapid rate: Study Amazon’s Web Services or Facebook’s Parse to work with experiments to monitor, sniff and prod deployment of the Romap magnetic field store, share or back up users’ data. While such serv- a comet hurtling toward the Sun. The lander, analyser, the Mupus temperature gauge and WASHINGTON: Human activity is leading population growth. The most overbur- ices offer ways for developers to protect the data, which sent home its first word Saturday after sev- Sesame, which measures the comet’s surface to the rapid draining of about one third dened aquifers are in the world’s driest most choose the default option, based on a string en months of hibernation, will go through a rig- using sound waves. of letters and numbers embedded in the software’s of the planet’s largest underground water places, where there is little natural replen- orous checkup before being told to resume imag- These instruments “are small consumers, only code, called a token. Attackers, Bodden says, can reserves and it is unclear how much fluid ishment. “What happens when a highly ing, sampling and finally drilling into its frozen a few watts and they don’t require movement,” he easily extract and tweak those tokens in the app, host. “The rationale should be to... start by the explained. Any motion could dislodge the lander, remains in them, two new studies have stressed aquifer is located in a region which then gives them access to the private data of found. Consequently, huge sections of with socioeconomic or political tensions less risky to go to the most risky” experiments, perched precariously at an angle against a rocky all users of that app stored on the server. The Philippe Gaudon of France’s CNES space agency outcrop, with only two of its three feet touching the population are using up groundwater that can’t supplement declining water researchers said they had no documented evi- told journalists at the Paris Air show. Philae the surface. The following round would likely without knowing when it will run out, supplies fast enough?” said Alexandra dence that the vulnerability had been exploited. touched down on comet 67P/Churyumov- involve high-resolution cameras, Civa and Rolis, researchers said in findings that will Richey, the lead author on both studies. The vulnerable applications, which they Gerasimenko on November 12 last year after a then Philae’s Cosac and Ptolemy gas and dust appear in the journal Water Resources “We’re trying to raise red flags now to declined to name, number in the tens of thou- 10-year journey piggybacking on mothership analysers. “The last activity should be the most Research and were posted online pinpoint where active management sands, and include some of the most popular on Rosetta, now orbiting the space rock. The landing risky,”-meaning Philae’s APXS X-ray spectrometer, Tuesday. today could protect future lives and liveli- the Apple and Google app stores. Rasthofer said all was bumpy-the tiny lab bounced several times which needs to extend to very near the comet “Available physical and chemical hoods.” four companies had responded to their findings; on the craggy surface before ending up in deep surface, and the SD2 drill. measurements are simply insufficient,” Researchers found that the Arabian he said Apple staff had told him on Monday that shade, deprived of sunlight to replenish its bat- University of California Irvine professor Aquifer System, providing water for more they would soon incorporate warnings to develop- tery. Philae had enough onboard power to send Moving closer and principal investigator Jay Famiglietti than 60 million people, is the world’s most ers to double check their security settings before home data from about 60 hours of tests conduct- If all goes well, “we should be able to... take a said in a statement. “Given how quickly overstressed source. The Indus Basin uploading apps to its App Store. Google declined ed with eight of its 10 instruments, before going sample, to retrieve a sample, to see the sample we are consuming the world’s groundwa- aquifer of northwestern India and to comment, while Apple and Amazon did not into standby mode on November 15. with Civa and to analyze the sample... This is ter reserves, we need a coordinated glob- Pakistan is the second-most overstressed, respond to queries. A Facebook spokesperson said The washing machine-sized lander’s power something we would do perhaps not in the next al effort to determine how much is left,” and the Murzuk-Djado Basin in northern that after researchers notified it of the vulnerability pack is being recharged as 67P streaks toward the weeks but hopefully next month,” said Gaudon. added Famiglietti, who is also the senior Africa is third, scientists said. In drought- the company had been working with affected Sun at about 31 kilometers (19 miles) per second. Comets are deemed to be frozen balls of dust, ice water scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion striken California, the Central Valley developers. She declined to provide details. Saturday’s initial 85-second contact was followed and gas left over from the Solar System’s forma- Laboratory. Scientists used data from aquifer was labeled as “highly stressed.” by a four-minute communication Sunday-with tion some 4.6 billion years ago. Understanding App developers responsible special NASA satellites to measure The second paper concludes that the total Philae relaying data via Rosetta. There has been what constitutes this primeval rubble may give Facebook’s Parse lists among its customers no followup contact, but the teams say this was insights into how life on Earth began. One theory groundwater losses. In the first paper, remaining volume of the world’s usable some of the world’s biggest companies - all of they looked at 37 of Earth’s biggest groundwater is poorly known and huge expected. “We have much more data still waiting is that comets smashed into our infant planet, which, Rasthofer said, were potentially affected. for us in the mass memory... so hopefully with the providing it with precious water and the chemi- aquifers between 2003 and 2013. Eight of discrepancies exist in estimated “time to Security researchers say mobile applications are next communication we will get more data,” cal building blocks for life. To improve the data these were classified as “overstressed,” depletion.” “We don’t actually know how more at risk of failing to secure users’ data than Barbara Cozzoni, an engineer with the German link with Philae, operators are maneuvering meaning they were being sucked dry much is stored in each of these aquifers. those running on desktop or laptop computers. Aerospace Centre (DLR), told the briefing. Rosetta closer after problems with the orbiter’s with almost no natural replenishment to Estimates of remaining storage might This is partly because implementing stronger secu- Information received so far is exclusively navigational star-tracker forced it to be moved offset the usage. vary from decades to millennia,” Richey rity is harder, and partly because developers are in about Philae’s state of health and is “only good outward to a distance of about 200-240 kilome- Five other aquifers were determined said. “In a water-scarce society, we can no a rush to release their apps, said Ibrahim Baggili, news,” she said. “The lander internal temperature ters (124-149 miles). The tracker had started to to be “extremely or highly stressed.” longer tolerate this level of uncertainty, who runs a cybersecurity lab at the University of is very good, the lander is warm... Our solar pan- confuse stars with dust particles blasting out of Scientists warned the situation would especially since groundwater is disappear- New Haven. els are collecting energy... they are performing as the comet. —AFP only worsen with climate change and ing so rapidly.”— AFP Others pointed to weaknesses in the ways apps ‘Hogwarts’ students embrace ancient tradition at graduation

XINLE: A Chinese university has earned compar- million) in the academy so far. The school’s first changing into wedding gowns-posed for pictures isons with Harry Potter’s Hogwarts due to its crop of Bachelor degree students graduated and selfies in the fairytale surroundings. Some bizarre castle campus, but local traditions sup- Tuesday, after enrolling at the institution four seemed nervous about the future. “I don’t want to plied the magic at a Confucian-style ceremony for years ago, when the campus castle was little more leave college. My friends are all here. The school is its degree graduates. The gigantic grey towers, than a fantasy. “We saw all these buildings gradu- great,” said Deng Cui, from the academy’s urban stone walls and turrets of the Hebei Academy of ally rising up over the last few years,” said new design school, who wore a white Hanfu gown Fine Arts’ castle complex dominate surrounding graduate Wang Xiaotian. “Obviously I’m very with green trimming. wheat fields near Xinle city in northern China. The proud of that”. At a ceremony inspired by ancient Most Chinese universities are state-run, but university, which has more than 8,000 students, traditions, Wang and more than 1000 others Zhen’s academy is one of a growing number of made headlines last year when overseas media donned flowing white gowns outside a red- private institutions. The painter-turned-scholar compared its new campus building to the beamed temple on the campus dedicated to said he raised his initial investment from trading Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from ancient sage Confucius. art in the 1990s, and plans to expand the campus the Harry Potter series of children’s novels. “This Ceremonies inspired by Confucian tradition with a Baroque cathedral and a Middle Eastern- castle has boosted the reputation of our academy and Chinese “Hanfu” gowns with gaping sleeves style mosque. Zhen became aware of the Harry across the world,” straggle-bearded college head have become increasingly popular in the country Potter series last year, he said, adding he noticed Zhen Zhongyi told AFP as he stood in the brick in recent years. A college official patted each stu- the building’s style is “pretty much the same” as XINLE: University students celebrate with their certificates during a graduation cere- and concrete building’s shadow. dent with a white brush before they bowed in Hogwarts’. Asked about comparisons with the wiz- mony at the campus of Hebei Academy of Fine Arts in Xinle, Hebei province. A “I aim to allow students to appreciate Western front of headmaster Zhen, who wore a black arding school’s charismatic headmaster Albus Chinese university has earned comparisons with Harry Potterís Hogwarts due to its architecture without leaving the country,” he said, gown and his greying hair in a bun. After a golf- Dumbledore, he replied enigmatically: “I think our bizarre castle campus, but local traditions supplied the magic at a Confucian-style adding that he had invested 1.7 billion yuan ($274 cart ride back to the castle, new graduates-some style of thinking is somewhat similar.”— AFP ceremony for its degree graduates. — AFP HEALTH & SCIENCE THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2015 Ebola vaccines in limbo expose need for more speed in trials New blueprint aims to halve development time

LONDON: Drugmakers’ plans to conduct vast clin- Kieny insists lessons have been learned. She says The WHO’s Keiji Fukuda noted on Wednesday ical trials to test and hopefully validate the first initially turning down an offer from GSK to that both Ebola in West Africa, and an outbreak of Ebola vaccines have been thwarted by success in explore development of its experimental vac- Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in beating back the deadly epidemic in West Africa. cine last year was “an error”, which in hindsight South Korea, had caught the world unawares. “All GlaxoSmithKline, Merck and Johnson & Johnson might have given them those extra few crucial countries should always be prepared for the are struggling to recruit volunteers with enough months. But next time, she says, the aim is to unanticipated possibility of outbreaks of serious exposure to the disease to prove whether their halve the time it takes to get vaccines into infectious diseases,” he said. Ben Neuman, a virol- vaccines are doing the job and preventing infec- human clinical trials. To do that, a “blueprint” is ogist at Britain’s Reading University, warned that tion. The story might have been very different now being prepared on how to move more being properly prepared would no doubt be with just another three or four months of disease swiftly to tackle the next threat - be it Ebola, flu, expensive, but added: “Nations can no longer rely spread, underscoring the need to act more quickly a MERS-like virus, or some as yet unknown on infectious diseases to remain in one place. The to develop vaccines for emerging diseases. pathogen that might jump from animals and risk is global and the only long-term solution is The haemorrhagic Ebola virus has killed more start spreading in humans. worldwide vigilance.”— Reuters than 11,000 people in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia in an unprecedented epidemic that began more than a year ago, but new cases have declined sharply in the past few months. Liberia, for example, has seen no Ebola cases since March. “There’s no doubt everybody is very happy we have so few Ebola cases, but obviously it’s also a bit disappointing when there was so much effort LAGOS: A street lamp set up by the Bode Edun Foundation lights the market area of and energy put into accelerating the vaccines the Oshodi district in Lagos. — AFP that there are suddenly no cases for the trials,” Lighting up Nigeria, a crucial said the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Marie-Paule Kieny. The Liberia Ebola vaccine trial, which had challenge for new president aimed to sign up more than 28,000 subjects, has had to stop enrolling after only reaching its mid- LAGOS: Ileowo Kikiowo owns a small media unfortunately, the money paid by the cus- company in Nigeria’s frenetic, financial hub of tomers was not enough to cover the cost of stage target of 1,500 participants. J&J, which ini- Lagos and like any business around the generator rental.” Nigeria’s manufacturers’ tially talked about recruiting 350,000 people for a world, it depends on electricity to stay afloat. association estimates that up to 40 percent of clinical trial, has scaled back ambitions in Sierra But keeping the lights on and computers run- production costs in the country goes towards Leone dramatically and is now seeking only ning is a constant headache for the 28-year- electricity supply. In developed countries, the around 3,000 to 4,000 recruits for a mid-stage old, as Nigeria produces just 1.5 percent of figure is 10 percent or less. study. Brian Greenwood, a professor and vaccine the electricity it needs for its 173 million peo- Lack of public lighting in some parts of the specialist at the London School of Hygiene & Lord Darzi ple. “Over 70 percent of my costs goes on country has also created a fertile breeding Tropical Medicine, reckons if scientists had only Ken Wyatt electricity,” said Kikiowo, who like many oth- ground for crime, pushing some citizens to had “another three or four months, we’d have ers relies almost exclusively on expensive, take matters into their own hands. In Lagos’s been able to do it.” Drought sparks fears of worsening fuel-hungry generators to run his business. run-down district of Oshodi, a man straddles At the same time, he still has to foot a a ladder next to a car wash, fixing a lamp onto Hopes rest on guinea trial food shortages in North Korea monthly bill for power that rarely makes an a street post as motorcycles rush by and chil- That leaves a trial in Guinea, where Ebola is still appearance. Sometimes, even fuel for the dren living in a cramped house look on. He is infecting new victims, as “the only hope” for DOHA: The World Innovation Summit for to all Members of Parliament in Australia to generator runs out. Corruption, conflicting a volunteer for a charity founded by Bode showing efficacy, according to Kieny and to Health (WISH), a global initiative of Qatar further raise the profile of the condition and interests, mismanagement and labor unrest Edun, who grew up in the area, which sets up Adrian Hill, director of the Jenner Institute at Foundation for Education, Science and inspire stakeholders to action. Ken Wyatt AM have for years plagued Nigeria’s power sector, street lamps in the darkest corners of the Britain’s Oxford University. The WHO is overseeing Community Development (QF), has partnered MP, Chair of the Parliamentary Diabetes making it one of new President Muhammadu neighborhood and hooks them onto genera- the so-called ring vaccination study in Guinea in with the Parliamentarians for Diabetes Global Support Group, said: “Diabetes is fast becom- Buhari’s main challenges. The 2013 privatisa- tors belonging to consenting churches, which close contacts and family around each new Network (PDGN), a major advocacy program ing a worldwide epidemic and it is our role to tion of much of the state-run Power Holding mosques or residents. “Where there is light case of Ebola are vaccinated-either immediately of the International Diabetes Federation raise awareness about the seriousness of the Company of Nigeria (PHCN) — dubbed and brightness, there will be more security (IDF),to present its Diabetes report to issue, promote prevention and early detec- “Please Hold Candle Nearby” by exasperated and less issues of rape and armed robbery,” or after a three-week delay-to see if the shot offers protection. Kieny said some 70 “rings” had Parliamentarians in Australia and elevate the tion, and advocate for ways to improve care, Nigerians did nothing to alleviate the dire says Edun. diabetes debate on the national policy agen- support and management of diabetes. been recruited so far, and initial data from these electricity shortage. Billions of dollars were da. WISH inspires and diffuses healthcare The WISH report puts a spotlight on this poured into the process, which saw 17 private ‘We survive in chaos’ will be assessed next month to see if the trial innovation and best practice, remaining devastating illness and we are delighted to be generation and distribution firms created. But Buhari has made sorting out the crippled should continue, be expanded, or be halted. “If it closely aligned to the vision and mission of working closely with WISH to help stem the the end result so far is that Nigeria-Africa’s power sector one of the many priorities of his continues, we will get an answer, and that would Qatar Foundation to unlock human potential tide of diabetes in Australia and beyond.” The biggest economy and leading oil producer- four-year term but he faces a tough chal- be very useful indeed,” said Hill. Despite the dras- and serve to underscore Qatar’s pioneering report was published by the WISH Diabetes generates less electricity than it did before lenge. Part of the problem is that most plants tic scaling back, it doesn’t mean all the prepara- role as an emerging centre for healthcare Research Forum, chaired by Stephen the reform. are powered by gas, which is in short supply, tion work on clinical tests has gone to waste, innovation. Colagiuri, Professor of Metabolic Health and says Oshodi, who believes a marked shift into since safety and immune system response data in The rise in diabetes around the globe is Director of Boden Institute at the University of Health, business, safety renewable energy would help solve the issue. humans can be combined with animal experi- one of the greatest health catastrophes the Sydney, at the second WISH summit, which Nigerians fed up with waiting for the state “Many of the power plants are shut down ment data to allow vaccines to be licensed. world has seen. With 382 million people now took place in February in Qatar. The summit to resolve the problem have come to depend because there is no gas to power them,” he The US FDA has an “animal rule” in place to affected by the condition, which causes heart brought together more than 1200 healthcare on generators, whose ongoing, loud hums set added. “If we have renewable energy and a allow for such approval in exceptional circum- disease, stroke, blindness and death, it impos- leaders and policymakers from 90 countries. the rhythm of the nights and days of cities commitment to that sector, we will not be stances. Johan Van Hoof, who is leading Ebola es an immense burden on health systems and Professor The Lord Darzi of Denham, and towns across the country. In Lagos, the tied down to one particular product. That is vaccine work for J&J, said even that would be a national economies, and currently absorbs 11 Executive Chair of WISH and Director of the nauseating fumes of generators that need to where President Buhari can come in.” major step forward. “The eagerness to have these per cent of global health spending (equiva- Institute of Global Health Innovation at be serviced fill the air in a teeming megacity Added to this, the electricity sector is vaccines registered based on safety and immuno- lent to QAR 2.2 trillion). According to the IDF, Imperial College of London, said: “Combating of 20 million people already burdened with broke despite the billions poured in at the genicity, combined with a commitment by manu- between 2013 - 2035, the countries with the rising rates of diabetes should be a worldwide snaking traffic jams. Aside from health con- time of privatization. A “stabilization fund” facturers to monitor effectiveness post market- highest growth in diabetes prevalence will be priority. Often, the impact of diabetes, along- cerns, power shortages can-and have- worth more than 200 billion naira ($1 billion, the UAE, Oman and Qatar2. Rates in the side other chronic conditions, is underesti- destroyed livelihoods. Kola Balogun, for 890 million euros) is being doled out to play- ing, is a big advantage coming out of this crisis,” he said. But the inability to prove conclusively Middle East and North Africa (MENA) as a mated. We must act now to prevent the dis- instance, was forced to close his small weld- ers in the sector to try to kickstart investment whole will increase by 96.2 per cent by 20353. ease before it becomes unmanageable for that vaccines can prevent disease in people is a ing business in Lagos due to lack of power in power plants and in the gas sector. But The WISH report, ‘Rising To The Challenge: future generations. I am delighted that and instead drive motorbike taxis to make there are concerns the money may disappear bitter disappointment to scientists who hoped Preventing and Managing Type 2 Diabetes’, Parliamentarians in Australia will be reviewing ends meet. into a black hole. “There is need for critical the record pace of vaccine development since revealed that Type 2 Diabetes is set to affect our report to consider its policy recommenda- “I had to close the shop because of debts. I monitoring of that funding structure so that it last August would give them a vital edge. an estimated 10 per cent of the world’s adult tions, which we hope will enhance the debate was collecting money from customers to do will not go the ways of others,” Oshodi says. In population (nearly 600 million people) by and inform action on the diabetes pandemic their jobs, but electricity was not available,” the meantime, though, Nigerians will contin- Lessons learned? 20354and calls on policymakers around the for the benefit of populations everywhere.” he was quoted as saying in a report by urban ue to cope with power shortages as best they Most experts agree that making a safe, effec- world to act to prevent the alarming rise in (To download the Diabetes report please visit developer Lookman Oshodi. “I resorted to can. “The way we survive in chaos is quite fas- tive and deliverable vaccine, while speedier this prevalence rates. The report was distributed www.wish.org.qa) renting generators to complete the job but cinating,” says Kikiowo, smiling. — AFP time than ever before, was still just too slow. WHAT’S ON THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2015

Movenpick Hotel and Resort Al Bida’a celebrates Ramadan

amadan is a time for family and friends. includes live cooking stations that will delight cold salads, mezzes, fatayer, sambousek, RIt is a time to renew and strengthen ties. the senses, with cuisines showcasing the best mixed grill, and oriental sweets will please Movenpick Hotel and Resort Al Bida’a of Middle Eastern culinary traditions. And to almost every palate, in an ambience that is offers its guests an opportunity to create great add to the experience, guests can also enjoy typically Middle Eastern. memories with their loved ones by celebrating traditional music of the oud and tambourine ‘The hotel’s Ramadan offering will be a the most important month of the Islamic cal- that will help soothe the senses. For those in compelling experience that will be in line with endar with traditional Ramadan festivities. need of a smoke, a variety of sheesha will be the spirit of the season.’ Said Maged Gubr the Guests can embrace the values and tradi- available for an extra charge. hotel’s General Manager. tion of Ramadan by breaking their fast with a The iftar, ghabka, and sohour buffets will ‘Our aim is to create an ambience that will traditional iftar at the Breeze Restaurant which offer guests an international culinary journey, reflect the true spirit of the holy month and offers beautiful indoors and alfresco settings. prepared by the master chefs of Movenpick Al provide our guests with a complete experi- The Ramadan experience at the resort Bida’a. A wide range of delicacies including ence from sunset to suhour.’ Added Maged. Maged Gubr The Palms Beach Hotel and Spa prepares Ramadan special Nights

s Ramadan has started, and as the Palms ABeach Hotel and Spa used to pledge pre- senting the latest and special services, the full setup and prepara- tion for welcoming and receiving the holy month of Ramadan is totally completed. As it overlooks with its orien- tal virtuous shining bright at the unique her- itage Ramadan tent that takes place at Jawa ball- room, where you can enjoy with the tradition- al and oriental live musi- cal band while smoking Ahmed El-Dackrouri the traditional shisha, that reflect the spirit and atmosphere of Ramadan nights to differentiate our special buf- fets of iftar, ghabka and souhour for individuals and groups. On the other hand, the hotel executive chef along with his chefs is as well ensured completed the final touch on Ramadan Menus, which includes the appetizers, main dishes, desserts and Ramadan special traditional beverages additional to the live cook stations for iftar, ghabka and sohour, further to the outside catering, that all ensured the wide variety of rich dishes to guarantee satisfying a wide range of our guests. Finally, The Director of Sales and Marketing Ahmed El-Dackrouri appreciates the patronage of Palms Ramadan night sponsors, AIR FRANCE - KLM, VIVENZA cosmetics, Sama Dental and SebaMed. Indian Embassy The Sultan Center launches arranges transport for Yoga Day Ramadan campaign

he Indian Embassy is celebrating First International n the spirit of the Holy Month of of dates and sweets. Additionally, TSC Sultan Center stores for different cus- Day of Yoga (IDY) on 21 June 2015 (Sunday) from Ramadan, The Sultan Center has has a wide selection of cooking and tomers to enjoy. During the evenings, T0600 hrs to 0800 hrs at the Embassy premises. I launched a weekly draw through- housewares to assist in your iftar TSC will be holding a range of activi- Embassy is pleased to inform that large number of people out the month marked by several preparations, as well as different ties which include a Ramadan photo have registered their participation online. For the benefit of exciting promotions and activities, choices of ready-to-go meals to take booth where children will be able to all participants and to avoid traffic congestion, a trans- with opportunity for customers and home and enjoy and spend more take photos with traditional costumes, portation service (27 -Seat Coaster buses) has been TSC Reward Card holders to win cash. quality time with family. a story teller to delight the children arranged from the following three locations: Those who spend KD 15 or more will Lisa Al-Gharib, Marketing Manager with stories from 1001 Arabian Nights, 1. From Fahaheel - Al-Amal Clinic and one stop at Souq be qualified to enter the weekly raffle at TSC, said, “We at TSC want to share and an arts and crafts corner where Sabah draw with a chance to win cash the celebration of this holy month children can make Ramadan greeting 2. From Abbassiya - Opp. Udupi Hotel (Bhavans School) rewards. with our customers by providing cards, calendar, Fanoos or any other and one stop at United Indian School In keeping with the month’s tradi- them with all they need to ensure that creative art they choose. The Sultan 3. From Salmiya - Salmiya Garden entrance/Parking and tional spirit, TSC will be providing its they have a joyous and gracious occa- Center greets customers on the Holy one stop at Thakkar Restaurant. customers with a variety of customary sion.” Month of Ramadan and is committed Please note that transportation service will be available Ramadan favorites within every The start of this holy month brings to providing customers with all their from 5:00 am till 5:15 am at the above locations. There will department including a vast selection with it a number of activities at all shopping needs. be only one trip from these three locations. Those who are desirous of availing this service must reach at above loca- tions at 5:00 am sharp in order to board the buses on time. The buses will also drop the participants back at the same Turkish visa place after the yoga session is over. announcement Canadian embassy hanks to our strong and deep rooted friendly and Ramadan working Tbrotherly relations between Turkey and Kuwait, each year more and more Kuwaiti guests have been visit- hours ing Turkey. Turkey attaches high importance and takes all relevant he Working hours at the Embassy of Canada during measures to ensure its most welcomed Kuwaiti guests are the holy month of Ramadan will be from 08:30 to enjoying their travel to Istanbul which is one of the most T well known and a favorite holiday destination in the world. 14:30, Sunday to Thursday. Consular Services for Canadian Citizens are provided from 09:00 until 12:00, However, visa procedures may take more time than Sunday through Wednesday. expected at the Istanbul Ataturk Airport due to the high season and large numbers of tourist corning from various parts of the world. Brazilian embassy Turkish authorities spend maximum efforts in a way to make all procedures easier for visitors. OICC bids farewell to Joseph Thankachan Ramadan working In this context, the Embassy kindly suggests our Kuwaiti guests to obtain their visas online from Joseph Thankachan who landed Joseph Thankachan and his family https://www.evisa.gov.tr/en/ prior to going to Turkey. verseas Indian Cultural hours in Kuwait about 43 years back has and wished them all success. OICC Getting e-visa before the flight will help our Kuwaiti pests OCongress (OICC-Kuwait) bid been present in the community as Kollam District General Secretary to shorten their waiting time at the airport. E-visa can be fond farewell to Joseph n the occasion of the Holy Month of Ramadan, the an ardent supporter of socio-wel- Shamsuddin read a poem written by printed from the link just after the application. Thankachan, General Secretary, in a OEmbassy of the Federative Republic of Brazil extends function held at the Indian fare services with great organiza- himself, in honor of Joseph Issuing of a stamp visa at airport will also be in practice its sincere wishes to the people of Kuwait. During tional skills. Thankachan. As a token of apprecia- for a while. Both stamp visa and e-visa is absolutely free for Community School, Salmiya on 16th Ramadan, the timings at the Embassy and Consulate sec- Invited guests, representatives of tion, OICC officials also handed a Kuwaitis. June. tion are from 9:00 am to l:00 pm, Sunday to Thursday. Note personalities from the various associations and media - memento over to him and his wife Indian Community, Representatives Salam Valanchery, Sam Kunjamma. of various Associations, and Media Pynammodu, Lisy Kuriakose, Sajeev In his reply speech, Joseph Ramadan Fasting Challenge Representatives along with OICC K. Peter, Hikmath, Abdul Fatah Thankcahn thanked all his well- officials and its members participat- Thayyil, M S Nair, Anil Thayyil, A M wishers and appreciated for their on-Muslims are invited to fast for one Participants who complete the challenge chapters of the Quran. This class will meet ed in the gathering chaired by Hassan, Azeez Thikkodi, Sunny irreplaceable support for his socio- Nday — Friday June 26 — and experi- will get a certificate of achievement. twice a week when students will learn the President Varghese Puthukulangara. Manarkkad, and OICC Officials M A welfare services over the years. ence the spirit of Ramadan firsthand. Deadline to register: June 23. Contact TIES chapters with tajweed. Students are encour- In his address, President praised Hilal, Aby Varikkad, Hamid Keloth, While winding up his speech, he Upon registration, guests will get valuable Center to register: 25231015 or info@ties- aged to participate in an optional Quran Joseph Thankachan for his treasura- Chacko George Kutty, Varghese shared some nostalgic feelings and tips and incentives to fast. They will have a center.net. competition which requires memorization ble services to the well-being of our Maramon, Rajeev Neduvilemuri, some joyous times and said good- chance to share their experience as they Quran Memorization of the chapters reviewed. Sundays and society. General Secretary B S Pillai Rishi Jacob, RafiaAnas, bye graciously. Suresh Mathur, wait to break fast over a buffet dinner. Recite, memorize and understand short Thursdays until July 12 from 12-2 pm. welcomed the audience. KochappalliUdayabhanu felicitated Secretary proposed vote of thanks. WHAT’S ON THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2015

Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel and Spa celebrates ‘graish’ with media members

uwait’s idyllic resort celebrated the last Development and Marketing Ahmed Jarkass tent inspired by the famous al-sadu woven In his opening speech, General Manager Hotel management and media guests Khours ahead of the arrival of the Holy and Director of PR and Communications Carol textiles. Accompanied by traditional live music Hakan Petek, expressed his heartfelt thanks to greatly enjoyed the evening and the opportu- month of Ramadan by hosting its media Roncoletta in addition to the Sales and entertainment, media members enjoyed the the media for their generous support and said: nity to exchange Ramadan wishes during this members for a traditional graish event in Marketing Team, the invitees were mesmer- extensive buffet of authentic Ramadan dishes “We have always valued the support of the meaningful tradition. Graish is a Kuwaiti tradi- Badriah ballroom. ized by the decoration of the country’s largest prepared especially for the occasion to create media in taking our message of hospitality tion celebrated on the day before Ramadan Greeted by the Hotel’s Executive ballroom. Badriah has been artistically trans- an exceptional experience throughout this leadership to the public and sharing our news where families gather and bring the previous Management, the Director of Business formed into a stunning Kuwaiti style indoor Holy month. and activities in the community”. night’s dinner leftover or cook fish and rice.

NBK Executive management during the opening of NBK Ramadan tent. NBK opens annual iftar tent during Ramadan Airport branch open 24/7 during holy month

ational Bank of Kuwait (NBK) opened its sary arrangements for Ramadan tent to equipped with the latest technology in bank- Nannual iftar tent to offer fasters ifar receive fasting people on the eve of the first Airport branch ing services to ensure that customers are able banquets during the Holy month of day of Ramadan. NBK staff volunteers will Meanwhile, NBK announced that it pro- to carry out their transactions easily and meet Ramadan. The iftar tent is part of NBK`s annual manage and supervise the fast-breaking ban- vides its customers with complete banking their expectations and trust. Ramadan program “Do Good Deeds in the quets.” services around the clock through its branch NBK’s airport branch is open for customers Holy month of Ramadan”. “The distribution scale of NBK iftar ban- at Kuwait’s International Airport during the 24/7 during Ramadan and offers exclusively NBK Group CEO Isam Jassim Al-Sager, NBK quets this year also includes hundreds of fast- holy month of Ramadan. for customers six new multi-currency ATM Deputy Group CEO Shaikha Khaled Al-Bahar, breaking meals via special convoys to numer- NBK’s largest banking network in Kuwait machines to allow travelers withdraw cash in NBK - Kuwait CEO Salah Yousef Al-Fulaij, NBK ous mosques, hospitals and crowded locations with more than 63 branches will open from the currency of choice. The multi-currency General Manager, Treasury Group, Sulaiman in Kuwait,” Turki added. 10:00 am to 1:30 pm during the holy month of ATM machines allow NBK customers to with- Barrak Al-Marzouq, NBK General Manager, NBK believes in the power of doing good. Ramadan to serve customers and ensure pro- draw cash amounts in six different currencies; Human Resources Group, Emad Ahmed Al- “Do Good Deeds in the Holy month of viding them NBK services in all areas around Kuwaiti Dinar KWD, US Dollar USD, Euro, Ablani, NBK Deputy General Manager, Ramadan” is a well rooted tradition that has Kuwait. Sterling Pound GBP, Emirati Dirham AED and Consumer Banking Group, Ahmed Khaled Al- been carried out by NBK each year in its efforts NBK Call Center, NBK Online and ATM will Saudi Riyal SAR. Khader and NBK Assistant General Manager, to continuously have an active role in the be available 24 hours and ready to serve cus- NBK has maintained its leading position in Consumer Banking Group, Mohammed Al- Kuwait society. NBK hopes to encourage a tomers. Customers can also conduct all their the market by constantly investing in its local Othman visited the tent that is held near the greater sense of community and charity dur- transactions through NBK Mobile Banking network to ensure the reach of products and Grand Mosque in Sharq area. ing Ramadan and encourages its customers application and webpage. services to a wider segment of customers. For Talal Al-Turki, NBK Public Relations Officer and staff to participate by ‘doing good deeds’ NBK Branches provide customers with com- more information visit www.nbk.com or NBK said: “NBK staff volunteers finalized all neces- all month long. plete banking solutions. The Branches are fully Call Center 1801801. Talal Al-Turki

Bangladesh cultural program in Kuwait -10 member cultural troupe from Bangladesh visited Kuwait from 03-07 June 2015 to participate on the occasion of 18th International Music Festival-2015. In coordination with the National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters (NCCAL), AKuwait and Embassy of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh organized a Bangladesh cultural evening (Song and Dance) for Kuwaiti dignitaries, diplomats and other distinguished guests including Bangladeshi nationals on 5 June 2015 at Salmiya Theater. With the patronization of Bangladesh Embassy another cultural evening was organized on 4 June 2015 for the Bangladesh Community at Carmel School Auditorium, Khaitan. Bangladeshi popular singer and dance artists per- formed songs and dances on the occasion. Audience of the both nights enjoyed the programs and praised the rich culture of Bangladesh. His Excellency the Ambassador of Bangladesh Major General Mohammad Ashab Uddin, ndc, psc, (Retd) and Ali Al Yuha, Secretary General of NCCAL were present along with the other dignitaries and invited guests. THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2015 TV PROGRAMS

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Arrival Flights on Thursday 18/6/2015 GFA 221 Bahrain 14:20 Departure Flights on Thursday 18/6/2015 JZR 124 Bahrain 13:30 Airlines Flt Route Time FDB 057 Dubai 14:20 Airlines Flt Route Time MSR 611 Cairo 14:00 KAC 564 Amman 00:05 SVA 500 Jeddah 14:30 AIC 976 Goa/Chennai 00:05 THY 767 Istanbul 14:10 QTR 1084 Doha 00:05 KAC 538 Sohag 14:55 RBG 556 Alexandria 00:05 UAE 872 Dubai 14:15 THY 772 Istanbul 00:15 JZR 257 Beirut 14:55 BBC 044 Dhaka 00:10 KAC 741 Dammam 14:40 JZR 239 Amman 00:20 RJD 135 Abu Dhabi 15:00 JZR 562 Sohag 00:20 QTR 1079 Doha 15:05 JZR 267 Beirut 00:30 KAC 788 Jeddah 15:00 JAI 573 Mumbai 00:25 FDB 058 Dubai 15:05 DLH 637 Dammam 00:35 OMA 645 Muscat 15:05 MSR 615 Cairo 00:30 GFA 222 Bahrain 15:05 FDB 068 Dubai 00:55 ABY 127 Sharjah 15:35 FDB 072 Dubai 00:30 KNE 481 Taif 15:10 JAI 574 Mumbai 01:30 UAE 857 Dubai 15:45 KLM 411 Amsterdam 00:55 KAC 617 Doha 15:15 JZR 539 Cairo 01:30 NIA 251 Alexandria 15:50 JZR 502 Luxor 01:10 KAC 673 Dubai 15:20 SAI 441 Lahore 01:35 RJA 640 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Esfahan 09:00 OMA 647 Muscat 20:00 KAC 787 Jeddah 09:30 AGY 681 Alexandria 20:50 ABY 125 Sharjah 09:05 KAC 674 Dubai 20:00 JZR 482 Istanbul 09:45 KAC 1543 Cairo 20:55 ETD 301 Abu Dhabi 09:10 KNE 480 Taif 20:10 ABY 126 Sharjah 09:45 KAC 343 Chennai 20:55 KAC 284 Dhaka 09:25 UAE 856 Dubai 09:50 KAC 333 Trivandrum 20:55 RJA 648 Amman 09:30 MEA 402 Beirut 20:15 KAC 101 London/New York 10:00 ABY 121 Sharjah 20:20 OMA 648 Muscat 21:00 MEA 406 Beirut 09:35 IRA 668 Mashhad 10:00 ABY 122 Sharjah 21:00 FDB 055 Dubai 09:40 DLH 634 Frankfurt 20:20 ETD 302 Abu Dhabi 10:00 JZR 189 Dubai 20:25 KNE 461 Riyadh 21:10 KAC 350 Kochi 09:40 RJA 649 Amman 10:15 JZR 554 Alexandria 21:15 QTR 1070 Doha 10:00 MSR 618 Alexandria 20:40 MEA 407 Beirut 10:35 MEA 403 Beirut 21:15 SYR 341 Damascus 10:05 JAD 301 Amman 20:55 FDB 056 Dubai 10:40 JAD 302 Amman 21:35 KNE 470 Jeddah 10:30 ALK 229 Colombo 21:10 KAC 677 Abu Dhabi/Muscat 10:50 MSR 619 Alexandria 21:40 GFA 213 Bahrain 10:40 UAE 859 Dubai 21:15 QTR 1071 Doha 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Gossip Florence + the Machine replace Foo Fighters lorence + the Machine have replaced Foo Fighters as Friday’s Glastonbury headliner. The band were forced to pull out of their sched- Fuled performance after frontman Dave Grohl broke his leg falling from a stage in Sweden last week, but the ‘Ship to Wreck’ hitmakers have now stepped in to take the prestigious slot. Festival organiser Emily Eavis said: “Once we heard the sad news that Foo Fighters had been forced to pull out, there was only one person we wanted to call and that was Florence. Every time she has played here she’s done something spectacular and we always knew she would headline the Pyramid one day. I’m delighted she’s agreed to

‘to be paid more step up to it - she’s going to smash it!” The replacement act - who were sched- uled to perform in the slot before the ‘My Hero’ rockers - will perform tracks from their first two LPs, as well as new album ‘How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful’ which was released earlier this month. The group, fronted by Florence Welch - who fractured her foot earlier this year by leaping off a stage ratt’ for Passengers ratt’ - previously said it would be “wonderful” to headline the iconic British festival, but admitted the prospect would be worrying. She said: “I think I’m quite hap- py with where we are.”It would be wonderful to headline, but also I don’t know how I’d be dealing with that right now. “I’m not really planning what’s going to happen at Glastonbury, because I just don’t know. It’s almost quite hard for me to remember gigs sometimes, because I just don’t know what happens. It’s almost as if something else completely takes over. So if I’m back

than P in fully charged feet mode, I’m nervous for what’s going to happen. It’s this sense that anything could happen.” Lawrence

ennifer Lawrence is reportedly set to has been pitched as ‘Gravity’ with romance earn $8 million more than co-star Chris and will be helmed by Oscar-nominated JPratt for appearing in ‘Passengers’. The director Morten Tyldum. Jennifer’s earnings 24-year-old actress, who’s starred in a string have become a source of interest ever since hit movies, including the ‘Hunger Games’ leaked Sony emails revealed she and Amy franchise and ‘Silver Linings Playbook’, is set Adams, who played the female leads in Listening to pocket as much as $20 million against 30 ‘American Hustle’, received less than their Hilary Duff: percent of the profit after the movie breaks male co-stars, Bradley Cooper, Chrisitan even. Meanwhile, Chris - her co-star in the Bale and Jeremy Renner, for the 2013 film. upcoming sci-fi drama - has agreed a deal The news prompted an angry response to LP will be ‘hard’ worth $12 million, which was recently from some leading figures in Hollywood, increased by $2 million following the box including Oscar winner Charlize Theron. office success of ‘Jurassic World’, according She said: “If you’re doing the same job, you for Mike Comrie to The Hollywood Reporter. ‘Passengers’, should be compensated and treated in the which is set to begin filming in September, same way.” ilary Duff thinks it must be “hard” for Mike Comrie to listen to her music. The 27-year- Hold musician and actress split from the retired ice hockey player after three years of mar- Grohl has six metal riage in January 2014 and admitted she drew on the emotional period when writing her new album ‘Breathe In. Breathe Out.’ which she said reveals a lot about their failed relationship. She screws in leg said: “I’m sure it was hard for him to listen to some of the things I’m sharing about him.”But ave Grohl has six metal screws in his leg. The Foo Fighters front- that’s my job. I’m an artist. He knew that when he man fractured his limb when he fell off stage during a show in married me.” Although the blonde beauty - who DSweden last week, and underwent surgery on Monday during has three-year-old son Luca with her ex-husband - which the metal bolts were placed in his leg to encourage a full recov- put everything she had into the LP by spilling lots of ery. He said: “So... here I am, recovering with 6 metal screws in my leg, intimate details about the breakdown of their mar- thinking about a lifetime of holding up TSA lines from here to riage, she insisted music isn’t everything to her, and she Kalamazoo....damn. (sic)” However, the 46-year-old rocker confessed he wants to keep a steady balance between being a musi- is still unsure about how the injury will impact him long-term. He con- cian, an actress, and having a social life. She told the Los tinued: “My doctors have advised me to lay low Angeles Times newspaper: “Trying to penetrate the music for a while. The most important thing now is for me world takes all your time - you have to hit every radio station, or to recover from the surgery, to keep my leg ele- they won’t play your single, unless you’re, like, Taylor Swift.”That was vated so as to keep swelling down and prevent when I realized that I really care about being an actress, a singer and any infection/complication that could do long having a life outside of both. So maybe that means I’m not going to be able term damage. I’m not out of the woods yet, to be where I was. I’m not going to be able to fight for being the biggest artist.” folks.” The ‘My Hero’ hitmakers have now can- celled a string of scheduled European per- formances including two dates at London’s Wembley Stadium and their headline slot at Glastonbury Festival next Friday but said the accident has given them “a new sense of appreciation” for is jealous of their talents. He wrote on the band’s Faris website: “All in all, it was without a doubt the single most bizarre Foo Fighters show in the entire 20 years of being a band. Hands Pratt’s dinosaur friend down. What seemed like a nna Faris is jealous of Chris Pratt’s relationship with a dinosaur. The 38-year-old tragedy at first turned into a tri- actress - who has a two-year-old son, Jack, with the Hollywood hunk - has umph, and we all walked away Ajoked about being envious of the relationship between her husband and one with a new sense of apprecia- of the raptors that appears in the new ‘Jurassic World’ movie. She tweeted: “Honey, tion for what we’ve got.” what if I’m the littlest jealous of Blue? I mean, she’s hot, smart, and you clearly adore Meanwhile, Glastonbury her - thoughts?” Her remarks come shortly after Chris, 35, revealed how much he organizer Emily Eavis has cherishes spending time with his wife and son. Chris has had to keep in touch with sent her well wishes to his loved ones via “FaceTime, phone calls, videos, pictures, and Skype” since Dave, and insisted they ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ became an international hit last summer. But the popular have a contingency plan in actor insisted he will always ensure his son feels loved. He said: “As long as your kid place for a replacement knows that you are and that you’re responsible for their upbringing, their childhood headliner, with an is going to be great. He’s ever going to have a shortage of announcement expected love around him. “[The other morning] he imminently. snuck into our room and didn’t tell us he was in there until we heard him yawn. He just wanted to be there with us. We were like, ‘Come on up, bud- dy!’ Those moments make it all orest Whitaker is reportedly set to star in ‘Star Wars worth it.” Anthology: Rogue One’. The 53-year-old actor will join FFelicity Jones in director Gareth Edwards’ eagerly- awaited ‘Star Wars’ spin-off movie, which is set for release in 2016. The Academy Award-winning star will feature in a Love takes action against Cobainfilm role that is currently masked in secrecy, according to ourtney Love has taken legal action over a new Kurt Cobain film. The Hole frontwoman Variety. Meanwhile, it is widely expected Felicity will play a has issued cease-and-desist notices against theatres showing Benjamin Statler’s rebel raider in the movie, while Diego Luna and Riz Ahmed C‘Soaked in Bleach’ - which follows an investigator hired to find the rocker when he dis- are reportedly playing Alliance soldiers. A screenplay for appeared from rehab a week before his body was found and touches on speculation his wid- the project is currently being penned by Chris Weitz, who’s ow was involved in his death - arguing the footage is “defamatory”. The order states: “The Film best known for writing ‘The Twilight Saga: New Moon’ and falsely presents a widely and repeatedly debunked conspiracy theory that accuses Ms. Cobain ‘About a Boy’. This comes after Gareth Edwards revealed of orchestrating the death of her husband Kurt Cobain. “A false accusation of criminal behav- ‘Rogue One’ is “set in an era where there are no Jedi”. In ior is defamatory ...which entitles Ms. Cobain to both actual and presumed damages.” April, the director previewed the movie at the Star Wars Producers of the movie - who are not subject to legal action from the 50-year-old singer - are Celebration event in the Anaheim Convention Centre and “disturbed” by the letters, arguing the ‘Malibu’ singer has made a “cowardly attack” on freedom gave fans a few clues as to what they can expect. He said: of speech. They said in a statement to Deadline: “We were disturbed to learn that Courtney “It’s set in an era where there are no Jedi, or they’re all but Love’s lawyers sent threatening letters to movie theatres all over the country.”Most arrived extinct.”It’s about the fact that God’s not coming to save us. before ‘Soaked in Bleach’ was released last week, presumably before she or her lawyers ever We’re on our own - and we have to do this ourselves and saw it. She obviously hoped to scare theatre owners into dropping the film. “Thankfully, very turn around. “The absence of the Jedi is omnipresent - it won’t be McKellen few were intimidated. Most saw the letter for what it is - a cowardly attack on the rights of free hangs over the whole movie - and it comes down to a ‘cast in Star speech, free expression and free choice. “Courtney Love’s uninformed accusations and efforts group of individuals that don’t have magical powers but to discredit the film are totally off base. The film examines the well documented facts sur- have to somehow bring hope to the galaxy.” playing Magneto in X Men rounding the death of Kurt Cobain and it questions much of what the public has been told ir Ian McKellen won’t be returning to the ‘X Men’ franchise. The about those events... “Courtney Love and her lawyers clearly don’t like that the film presents a 76-year-old-actor - who had previously played the role of compelling case for re-opening the investigation into Kurt’s death. They should respect the SMagneto in the sci-fi movies - has confirmed that he won’t be First Amendment and let people decide for themselves.” No actual complaint has been filed returning to the role in the much-loved Marvel series. When asked if with the courts as of yet. The the rumors that he will be joining the cast on the latest film were docudrama follows investiga- true, Sir Ian said: “I haven’t heard that, I don’t think I am, no, no, they tor Tom Grant, who recorded are currently making the film and I’m not in it.”You want to be in his conversations with movies people want to see, I always thought the ‘X Men’ stories were Courtney during his investi- superior to my taste, to any other fantasy movies.” Opening up about gation into Kurt’s disappear- how he feels about not being a part of the ‘X Men’ family anymore, ance. The film is made up of

Whitaker the star said he’s glad he isn’t getting “caught up in blockbusters”. He the interviews with the told Digital Spy: “I was very happy to be a part of the films but I have singer; reenactments of the other things to be doing.”I’ve just done ‘Mr. Holmes’, I just done some events and also discussion filming for a sitcom, a film for BBC TV with Anthony Hopkins, so there from people close to the mat-

Wars Anthology: Rogue One’ are compensations for not getting caught up in blockbusters.” ter. —Bang Showbiz lifestyle THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2014

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There’s space on the balcony for a few plants allows for different shelf-like floor levels at irregular heights, and mezzanines and inner courtyards, and windows and walls at sur- Cspace and tranquility in some of the world’s most densely and small trees. “For a house this small, surrounded on all four rooms that can be easily reconfigured for changing needs. Not prising angles are more the rule than the exception among populated areas, Japanese architects have had no choice sides, we had be really creative about light, and the space had to all the houses are diminutive, however. homes by these Japanese architects. Windows come in all but to think outside the box. Literally. Basic elements like walls, be very multi-purpose,” said Satoshi Ohkami, an associate at the Like many Americans, Japanese tend to prefer houses over shapes and sizes, frequently appearing at unexpected angles. windows and floors are reinvented to solve design conundrums, firm, adding that many Japanese design solutions could be apartments, and roughly 60 percent of Japanese dwellings are And light-drenched inner courtyards are juxtaposed by fre- such as homes built on footprints the size of studio apartments applied elsewhere in the world. single-family homes, Jodidio writes. Many of them are in dense quently closed-looking exteriors, some of which even conceal or surrounded on all sides by other buildings. Frequently, the In a similarly small Tokyo house by Hiroyuki Shinozaki urban areas. entries. materials of choice are a combination of reinforced concrete, Architects, a movable staircase separated from the structure See-through flooring, reflective ceilings, plentiful balconies, wood and glass. Open spaces With interest in micro-housing growing worldwide, such The architect Go Hasegawa designed one Tokyo house with a innovations have made Japanese architecture a leading force in louvered floor, consisting of wood flooring with generous slivers contemporary home design. A new book, “The Japanese House of open space between the floorboards, giving the illusion of Reinvented” (Monacelli Press) by Philip Jodidio, surveys over 50 space and allowing sunlight from a big upper window to reach contemporary homes, by both emerging and established firms. the ground floor. “It is truly open. Air, sound, smell and the every- “Faced with the constraints of very dense urban areas and a day life of the family come up and down through this louvered lifestyle that has long taken into account small spaces, Japanese floor,” Hasegawa said. “Now is the moment we can innovate the architects and their clients have shown a surprising willingness house and help create a new way of living. Not only architects, to experiment,” writes Jodidio, who has written more than 100 but I feel clients, also,” are engaged in that quest, he said. books on contemporary architecture, including monographs on Much as sliding, rice-paper screens traditionally made indoor architects Tadao Ando and Shigeru Ban. areas more flexible in Japan, intermediate floor levels and inner The elegant houses in the book seem almost miraculously open spaces add a feeling of space. And the grandeur of nature livable and show a way forward for challenging architectural is evident in simple yet dramatic touches, such as a single tree in puzzles. But they are not for the timid. In a Yokohama house a minuscule inner courtyard or balcony, or a sliver of visible sky designed by Takeshi Hosaka Architects, the basement level of a at the top of a wall. “We design minimalist and clean design to 980-square-foot house features a hardwood floor that slopes get rid of clutter,” said Ohkami, speaking from Mill Valley, sharply upward at one end toward the street-level window California, where his firm has a studio (Tsutsui is currently a visit- above, resembling a sleek sort of skateboard ramp. There is no ing professor at the University of California in Berkeley). “We defining line between floor and wall. The ceiling, in turn, slopes focus on details and materials within the space to create the steeply upward, allowing for an enormous, almost story-high character, and the materials become very important. Concrete is window. The unusual design creates an urban basement with a lot more common in Japan in the United States. People are plenty of natural light and privacy all at the same time, and gives hesitant here to use concrete. I don’t know why exactly. the diminutive two-story building the outward appearance of Architecture has to be flexible.” — AP being three stories tall.

A movable staircase An even tinier home in Tokyo, this one designed by Koji Tsutsui and Associates, features powerfully angled “bent boxes” This photo provided of reinforced concrete, which manage to hide views of neigh- by The Monacelli boring houses while allowing in sunlight through a partially Press shows ‘House T.’

This photo provided by The Monacelli Press shows ‘House in Komazawa,’ designed by Go Hasegawa & ‘House T’. ‘House in Mayu,’ designed by Horibe Associates/Osaka, in ‘House J.’ Associates/Tokyo, in Tokyo. — AP photos Kishiwada, Japan. lifestyle THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2015

Music & Movies Make-up, cruises and mini-golf: KISS on monetizing their brand

ownloading may be eviscerating the don’t realize you’re supposed to pay for it.” ‘Utter idols’ music industry, but rock legends KISS say He added that “rock ‘n’ roll’s not dying The pair spoke to AFP just before performing Dthey are pioneers in monetizing their because of the bands or fans not buying it-it’s at a Paris concert midway through a worldwide image from a limo service, cruises, and even because there’s not a business to support it.” tour. The tour is celebrating the band’s 40 years lunch with “Lord Simmons”. The US band recog- Singer boasted that KISS had pioneered the of performing, but the songs that drew the nizes it has escaped the worst impact of the exploitation of its brand, blazing a path that biggest welcome at the Paris concert were stan- availability of cheap music online thanks to the many other top artists now follow in a bid to dards from its early years. People in the venue, fact that its glory years were in the 1970s and prop up sagging record sales. “There’s no doubt the 6,000-place Zenith in northeast Paris, 1980s, when the Internet was in its infancy. almost everything you see in a live rock or pop cheered loudly when “I was Made for Lovin’ You” Now, while exploring other ways to profit from setting performance stage wise and all that, and “Rock and Roll All Nite” wrapped up a show its huge following, the band is also standing up merchandise and everything... at the forefront that featured the band’s signature stage for new, unknown talent struggling to win finan- was KISS.”“If you’re in Las Vegas, go and play golf pyrotechnics and over-the-top posing. One of cial backing from music companies. at our golf course... If you want to hop into a their revenue-spinning activities could be seen “It doesn’t hurt us, it only hurts new bands, limo, hop into our limo service: KISS Limos.... backstage before the concert: around 100 people and that’s the sad part,” said Gene Simmons, the (and) we’re doing the KISS Kruise,” Simmons lining up to get individual photos with the band 65-year-old bass guitarist and co-lead singer, his said. as part of a VIP package costing 1,000 euros face streaked with demon-like paint. “Where’s The cruise sails from Miami to Jamaica later ($1,100) each. “They are our utter idols. This is a the next Beatles? Where’s the next Stones? this year on board the Norwegian Pearl, “the boyhood dream,” said one French fan, an 18-year- Where’s the next Elvis? Where’s Prince? Where’s central hub for all KISS maniacs worldwide”, old student named Lucas Chaplin. — AFP anybody?” he asked. Eric Singer, KISS’s 57-year- according to the Kiss Kruise website. “What’s old drummer, whose make-up was done in his more rock ‘n’ roll than mini-golf?” the website for trademark cat face, said: “The mentality of young the band’s Las Vegas branded mini-golf course kids, they just think it’s OK, it’s common to go observes blithely. Singer added that a lunch with US singer and guitarist Gene Simmons and US guitarist Tommy Thayer of US rock ‘Oh, I’ll just go online and get the music.’ They “Lord Simmons” was also available, for a price. band Kiss perform on stage at the Zenith in Paris on June 16, 2015.— AFP Forbes, Ruffalo movingly craft a bipolar dad in ‘Polar Bear’ he credits of “Infinitely Polar Bear” almost him and he taught me so many things. I guess I’d resemble a family tree. Written and direct- say my dad was a feminist because he support- Ted by Maya Forbes, the film covers a year ed my mother and what she went off and did. from Forbes’ own childhood in the 1970s, when And he supported both of his daughters going her bipolar father, Cam, cared for her and her sis- out and being strong. He didn’t want us to be ter in Cambridge, Mass., while their mother got wimps.” her MBA in New York. One of Forbes’ three By today’s standards, or even those of the daughters, Imogene Wolodarsky, plays a version ‘70s, many would say Cam was unfit to parent. of Forbes as a 10-year-old. Her husband, Wally Their apartment is a jungle of unfinished proj- Wolodarsky, is a producer. Her younger sister, ects and unwashed dishes. When overburdened, China Forbes of the group Pink Martini, com- he leaves his daughters at night to blow off posed a song for the movie. “Infinitely Polar steam at a bar with the parting advice: “If a rapist Bear,” a family tale told with the help of family, knocks, don’t let him in!” But “Infinitely Polar could hardly be more personal. It even opens in Bear,” which takes its name from the younger a montage partly composed from old family daughter’s mangling of “bipolar,” is an ode to a movies shot on Super 8. “I was weeping half the dedicated father (Cam died in 1998) doing the time,” Forbes, a writer on “The Larry Sanders best he can, and a family struggling to get by. Show” and executive producer of the TV minis- (Zoe Saldana plays the mother.) eries “The Kennedys,” says of shooting her direc- Miley Cyrus speaks onstage at the 2015 amfAR Inspiration Gala New York at Spring Miley Cyrus attends the 2015 amfAR Inspiration Gala New torial debut. “But I’m very comfortable weeping. I Traditional way Studios on June 16, 2015 in New York City. — AP/AFP photos York. cry multiple times of day. So it was a very emo- “I was trying to remind myself that kids are so tional experience.” resilient,” says Forbes. “I felt like all around me in The autobiographical nature of “Infinitely the culture currently is: ‘Be afraid. Your kids can’t Polar Bear” - which opens Friday, Father’s Day handle anything. They have to be protected con- Cyrus brings ‘agender’ weekend - gives the film a close-to-the-bone stantly.’ When I grew up, out of some of the hard- affection that would be impossible to conjure est things, I got some of the best things. I would- out of thin air. The film, led by Mark Ruffalo’s n’t be who I am today and I like my life.” Family empathetic lead performance as Cam, has a dynamics, artfully depicted in the film, played date to amfAR gala comic, offbeat tone of its own. “One foot on the out during production in Providence, RI, too. banana peel, the other in the grave” is how Forbes acknowledges she was perhaps “a little iley Cyrus and late-night talk show host celebrity in a positive way and to ... create some Ruffalo describes it. Ruffalo was drawn to the harder” on her daughter than other young Andy Cohen were recognized Tuesday change,” Pejic said. “It’s nice to see and I don’t part for the breadth of behavior it encompassed, actors. Her family and Ruffalo’s three children hit in New York at amfAR’s sixth annual think a lot of celebrities do that. ... She’s a very from dead-eyed depression to manic upswings. it off. “We ate every meal together. I cooked for M “I have family members that are bipolar and I them, they cooked for me. Inspiration Gala for their work in the fight genuine person and you can definitely see that against AIDS. “It’s really fun to be in the company she’s very excited for this opportunity and the know what mania looks like,” says Ruffalo. “It was It was very familial,” says Ruffalo. “By the time of Miley Cyrus,” said Cohen, the host of Bravo’s charity and so it’s really amazing to see.” written in the script, the swings. We were always we all finished it, every single person in the crew “Watch What Happens Live.” “Our names have Cyrus arrived at the red carpet with photog- seeing how far we could take it out before it fell was crying. I’ve never seen anything like it.” never been spoken in the same sentence so I’m rapher, poet and former contestant on Oxygen’s off the table. But it was also exhilarating to play, “Infinitely Polar Bear” arrives at a time when gen- honored tonight. She’s an original and she’s a “The Glee Project,” Tyler Ford. She posted a pho- and freeing.” der equality in Hollywood and the low number fighter and she speaks to a whole, new genera- to of Ford on Instagram prior to the event say- of female filmmakers have found increasing tion.” The 22-year-old Cyrus is an outspoken ing, “Tyler is a queer, biracial, agender person, Unfinished projects attention. It’s good timing, says Ruffalo, for a film advocate for the LGBTQ community and has said whose pronouns are they/them/theirs.” The His Cam, a well-educated eccentric from a directed by a woman about a feminist stay-at- she has had relationships with men and women. Inspiration Gala included a runway show, awards wealthy New England family, is sometimes inca- home father. But he wonders if movie directing She’s also launched a new campaign on presentation and performance by Mary J Blige. pable of handling the demands of parenting might not appeal to women the same way it Instagram where she posts photos of people amFAR is a nonprofit organization dedicated to two young girls. But with a cigarette hanging off does to men. “I think it’s more the women than across the gender spectrum. She brands the the support of AIDS research and HIV prevention the side of his mouth, he’s exuberantly playful anything else,” says Ruffalo. “There’s definitely Andy Cohen speaks onstage at the 2015 amfAR photos with the hashtag #InstaPride. and education. — AP and a devoted teacher. “I went on a whole jour- sexism in the industry. —AP Inspiration Gala New York at Spring Studios on June 16, Transgender model Andreja Pejic applauded ney with my father: Is he a good father?” says 2015 in New York City. Cyrus for her work. “I think she is using her Forbes. “And the conclusion I came to in the end: He was a great father. I had such a connection to A minute with: Poehler on singing and crying for ‘Inside Out’ ctress Amy Poehler often plays upbeat char- halfway through the movie. Pixar does a great job dote to some of the other stuff kids are watching. acters, but the comedian brims with pep in in always not condescending to their audience. It’s just funny, original content  that celebrates APixar’s animated film “Inside Out” as Joy, an They don’t make “kids movies.” I love their brave that great age in a young girl’s life right before she’s emotion living inside an 11-year-old girl named attempt to go in, when a lot of movies these days been confused by all the wonderful things puberty Riley. When Riley moves to a new city, Joy teams up are about external disasters and fabricated bad has to offer. It’s celebrating this person who’s just with Sadness to boost Riley’s well-being. Ahead of guys. Pixar decided  we’re going to make the set- learning to be herself. As an adult, Smart Girls, for the film’s Friday debut, Poehler, 43, said “Inside Out” ting an 11-year-old girl. me, is an attempt to get back to that. “Inside Out” is let her cultivate her comedic talent. Below are Q: What did you enjoy from the experience? trying to do that too. interview excerpts. A: Pixar is the gold standard. It’s like any project, Q: Is there anything you wish you had been Q: How did you develop a character out of an though does the project come from an authentic asked? abstract idea? place? Is there a person with a really specific voice A: I don’t think enough people have asked me if A: When you’re doing any kind of comedic per- at the helm? Are you working with talented people they think I might be up for a Grammy for the “Bing formance, you have to figure out what are the rules who like to collaborate? All those boxes were Bong” song! I’m hoping that I’ll be submitted for of this character? Joy has very specific rules: Keep checked. Best Live Vocal Performance in an Animated Film going, stay positive, stay in the moment, don’t Q: What’s the connection to Smart Girls, your about Personified Emotions. — Reuters overthink it. She does that because she has fear website and video series that emphasize This photo provided by Sony Pictures Classics shows, from left, Imogene Wolodarsky as that things are going to turn sad. It was fun to play women’s empowerment? Amelia Stuart, Mark Ruffalo as Cam Stuart, Zoe Saldana as Maggie Stuart and Ashley a character that had an arc. Suddenly Joy’s crying A: Smart Girls is a sneaky attempt to be an anti- Aufderheide as Faith Stuart, in a scene from the film, ‘Infinitely Polar Bear.’ — AP OSN and Nickelodeon channel launch multiplatform digital offerings for anytime viewing

uring the Holy Month of Ramadan, OSN, the region’s launch of Nickelodeon on OSN Play as well as the upcoming Development Viacom International Media Networks South leading pay-TV network, and leading kids entertain- unveiling of the new regional website and app will bring chil- Europe, Africa and Middle East, commented ‘We are commit- Dment brand Nickelodeon are making family entertain- dren and families closer to the action on their favourite chan- ted to providing families with entertaining family-friendly ment more accessible with the arrival of Nickelodeon to OSN nel, enabling them to stream the best of Nick’s programmes Nickelodeon content through multiplatform solutions. Our Play and the launch of Nickelodeon’s mobile-friendly website anytime, anywhere and on multiple devices.This underlines new website launch, our partnership with OSN for OSN Play in both English and Arabic at www.nickelodeonarabia.com. our commitment to offer exceptional television experiences and the upcoming application provide greater flexibility and OSN Play, the award-winning online TV catch-up service for for all members of the family, especially childrenand we will access to digital content for both our English and Arabic OSN subscribers, offers the unprecedented opportunity for continue to enhance this platform.” speaking audiences, as well as added value for the customers children and families to follow all their favourite Nickelodeon Simultaneously, Viacom International Media Networks, the of OSN who will have access to exclusive content through our content, in real time, on the go, anytime and anywhere. The world’s premier entertainment media network, has also creat- app.’’ live-streaming Nickelodeon channel on OSN Play will feature ed a dedicated Arabic/English regional Nickelodeon website This is just the beginning of Nickelodeon’s planned multi- all-time children’s favourites including: Teenage Mutant Ninja to be launched on June 16, 2015. With the new regional web- platform digital expansions in the region. A free dual-lan- Turtles, Spongebob SquarePants, and Nicky Ricky Dicky Dawn, site, young audiences can enjoy real-time viewing experiences guage English and Arabic Nickelodeon android and iOS appli- among others. with several additional benefits that include playing games, cation will also be launched in September. The app will The addition of Nickelodeon strengthens the existing col- watching video clips and navigating Nickelodeon and Nick Jr’s include a specific authenticated zone for OSN subscribers to lection of live-streaming channels on OSN Play which includes fun-filled content online like Breadwinners, SanjayandCraig, unlock exclusive content and games. the popularOSN Sports Cricket HD, Food Network and Sky and iCarly, andNick JR stars like Dora the Explorer, Paw Patrol News to name a few. Emad Marcos, Senior Vice President for Go Diego Go and TeamUmizoomi. Business Development, Strategy & Digital of OSN, said: “The David Urgell, Vice President Strategy and Business lifestyle THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2015

Music & Movies Nicole Kidman shares career regrets at Women in Film awards

hen Nicole Kidman was a young actress, top Warner Bros executive Sue Kroll. Women in Film Jane Campion offered her a role in one of has presented its Crystal + Lucy Awards since 1977 Wher early films. Kidman declined the part, to raise funds for the organization and recognize because it required her to wear a shower cap and trailblazing women in the industry. Kristen Stewart kiss a girl, and she dreamed of being the kind of and “Twilight” author Stephenie Meyer made a sur- actress who had long, flowing hair and kissed boys. prise appearance to introduce a group of young Kidman still regrets missing this opportunity, she female filmmakers who won the opportunity to said Tuesday as she accepted a trophy at Women in make short films inspired by the “Twilight” series Film’s Crystal + Lucy Awards. She said she’s no with funding and guidance from industry profes- longer afraid to attempt the unexpected, urging sionals. Others stars in attendance included Sandra women to “take risks, raise our voices and honor Bullock, Phylicia Rashad, Regina King, Angie the fire within.” The Oscar winner also pulled a Harmon, Laura Linney and Judith Light. Maria Bello shower cap from her purse and declared she was was the evening’s host. — AP “ready... to kiss any woman in the room.” Longtime friend Naomi Watts, who presented Kidman with her award, took her up on the offer. Also honored during the dinner ceremony at the Century Plaza Hotel were director Ava DuVernay, “Transparent” creator Jill Soloway, Naomi Watts, left, and Nicole Kidman, winner of the Crystal Award for actress Kate Mara, talent agent Toni Howard and Excellence in Film, embrace at the Women in Film 2015 Crystal And Nicole Kidman accepts the Crystal Award for Excellence Lucy Awards. — AP photos in Film.

Naomi Watts speaks on stage. Jill Soloway accepts the Lucy Award for Excellence in Kate Mara, winner of Max Mara ‘Face of the Future’ Ava DuVernay, accepts the BMW Dorothy Arzner Television. Award speaks on stage. Directors Award.

Phylicia Rashad Maria Bello speaks on stage. Kristen Stewart speaks on stage. Mena Suvari

Brazilian music icons Caetano, Gil back on tour at 72

ive decades after galvanizing the Brazilian long way since launching their careers at the height changes Brazil had undergone. He stepped down in music scene with the “Tropicalia” movement, of the “sex, drugs and rock-and-roll” era. Growing old 2008, saying it had grown too difficult to balance his FGilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso are going back has its benefits, they told AFP in a joint interview in dual careers as politician and musician. “Music is on tour, older and wiser but still border-blurring which they batted ideas back and forth, often com- easy,” he said. “You just have to want it and it hap- troubadours. Gil, a politically engaged musical pleting each other’s thoughts. “I miss youth and pens. It’s the other things that are difficult.” The two ambassador who once served as Brazil’s culture min- being young. Being young is an immediate advan- also spoke about their long friendship, saying that ister, and Veloso, a wispy, gender-bending poet with tage, it’s the joy of a youthful body,” said Veloso. despite their shared experiences they are not so a sublimely mellow voice, have been friends and col- “Which an old guy doesn’t have anymore!” said Gil, alike. laborators since 1963. Caetano and Gil, as they are setting both of them laughing. “But I’m a person, Asked about his favorite things in life, Veloso popularly known, shook the foundations of Brazilian and people go through childhood, adolescence, replied: “Sex, conversation and singing.” “I like those music in the 1960s with Tropicalia, which blended maturity and old age. And I feel intense curiosity things, too, but I’d say that for me, lying down to go the South American nation’s samba and bossa nova about it all,” said Veloso, looking professorial in wire- to sleep is the best thing of all,” said Gil. “And to me, sounds with rock-and-roll beats, electric guitars and rimmed glasses and close-cropped silver hair. that’s pure hell!” said Veloso. “We’re really very dif- psychedelic experimentalism. “Growing old has given me the chance to stop mov- ferent,” said Gil. “He’s a Leo and I’m a Cancer. Bossa The movement alienated both folk music purists, ing through life in terms of expectations and desires, nova brought us together.” That drew laughter from who booed performances, and the military regime things related to the future, to the horizon. Now I’m Veloso. “I don’t believe in astrology. I think we’re in power at the time, which, fearing they were a sub- at peace right where I am,” said Gil, who has for his more different than alike,” he said. “But we are very versive influence, jailed the pair in 1969 then forced part shed his long-time dreadlocks as his hair has united by life and by music.” Gil also confessed that them into exile in London. But while Tropicalia was receded and whitened. even after five decades, he still gets nervous before short-lived, its ideal of “cultural cannibalism” devour- going on stage. “My hands get cold, sometimes my ing influences from around the world and spitting Sex and stage fright heart even races,” he said. “But it’s easier with him at them back out in a uniquely Brazilian identity-had a Gil and Veloso returned to Brazil from exile in my side. Of all the musicians out there, the one I deep impact. Now both 72 years old, the Grammy- 1972 and, each in his own way, set the soundtrack to feel most at peace with on stage is Caetano.” The winning singer-songwriters are taking their partner- the nation’s transformation from a military dictator- tour schedule, which includes a stop in London on ship on the road for the first time since 1994 with a ship to a boisterous democracy, as they themselves July 1.—AFP tour called “Two Friends-One Century of Music.” went from outlaws to icons. Gil even became culture They will play 18 concerts across Europe and in minister when the leftist Workers’ Party (PT) swept to Brazilian musicians Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil play the same guitar at Gil’s Israel from June 25 to August 2. They have come a power for the first time in 2003, underlining the music studio in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. — AFP Nicole Kidman shares career regrets at Women in Film awards

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Hundreds of thousands of Muslims circle the Kaaba inside and outside the Grand Mosque during the last week of Ramadan in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. — AP photos What is Ramadan and why do Muslims fast all day?

illions of Muslims around the world mark the start of Ramadan today, a month of intense prayer, Mdawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Here’s a look at some questions and answers about Islam’s holiest month:

Why do Muslims fast? The fast is intended to bring the faithful closer to God and to remind them of the suffering of those less fortunate. Muslims often donate to charities during the month and feed the hungry. Fasting is an exercise in self-restraint. It’s seen as a way to physically and spiritually detoxify by kicking impulses like morning coffee, smoking and midday snack- ing. Ramadan is a time to detach from worldly pleasures and focus on one’s prayers. Many Muslims dress more conserva- Pakistani Muslims walk near the Badshahi Mosque after ‘Iftar’, the time to tively during Ramadan and spend more time at the mosque break the fast, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Lahore, than at any other time of the year. Fasting during Ramadan Pakistan. is one of the five pillars of Islam, along with the Muslim dec- laration of faith, daily prayer, charity, and performing the hajj pilgrimage in Mecca. Whirling dervishes perform at the Galata Whirling Dervish Hall, founded in 1491 by Ottomans, in Istanbul, How do Muslims fast? Turkey, during the holy month of Ramadan. Observant Muslims abstain from eating and drinking from dawn to dusk for the entire month of Ramadan, with a traveling, which could include athletes during tournaments. that offer lavish and pricey meals from sunset to sunrise. single sip of water or a puff of a cigarette considered Many Muslims, particularly those who live in the US and While Ramadan is a boon for retailers in the Middle East and enough to invalidate the fast. Muslim scholars say it’s not Europe, are accepting and welcoming of others around South Asia, critics say the holy month is increasingly becom- enough to just avoid food and drinks during the day, them who are not observing Ramadan. They also are not ing commercialized. though. Spouses must abstain for sexual intercourse during expecting shorter work hours, as is the case in the public Scholars are also disturbed by the proliferation of the day, and Muslims should not engage in road rage, curs- sector across much of the Arab world during Ramadan. evening television shows during Ramadan. In Pakistan, live ing, fighting or gossiping. Muslims are also encouraged to However, non-Muslims or adult Muslims who eat in pub- game shows give away gifts promoting their sponsors. In observe the five daily prayers on time and to use their lic during the day can be fined or even jailed in some Middle the Arab world, month long soap operas starring Egypt’s top downtime just before breaking their fast at sunset to recite Eastern countries, such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab actors rake in millions of dollars in advertising. A Palestinian Muslim girl walks in an alley of Jerusalem’s old city holding Quran and intensify remembrance of God. To prepare for the Emirates, home to large Western expat populations in Dubai a traditional Ramadan lantern while celebrating with other children the fast, Muslims eat what is commonly called “suhoor,” a pre- and Abu Dhabi. Meanwhile, minority Chinese Uighur How do Muslims mark the end of Ramadan? announcing of the holy month of Ramadan. dawn meal of power foods to get them through the day. Muslims complain of heavy restrictions by the Communist The end of Ramadan is marked by intense worship as Party, such as bans on fasting by party members, civil ser- Muslims seek to have their prayers answered during “Laylat How do Muslims break their fast? vants, teachers and students during Ramadan, as well as Al-Qadr” or “the Night of Destiny.” It is on this night, which Muslims traditionally break their fast like the Prophet generally enforced bans on children attending mosques, falls during the last 10 nights of Ramadan, that Muslims Muhammad did some 1,400 years ago, with a sip of water women wearing veils and young men growing beards. believe that God sent the Angel Gabriel to the Prophet and some dates at sunset. That first sip of water is by far the Muhammad and revealed the first versus of the Quran. most anticipated moment of the day. After a sunset prayer, a What are some Ramadan traditions? Some devout Muslims go into reclusion those final days, large feast known as “iftar” is shared with family and friends. Typically, the start of the month is welcomed with greet- spending all of their time in the mosque. The end of Iftar is a social event as much as it is a gastronomical adven- ings such as “Ramadan mubarak!” Another hallmark of Ramadan is celebrated by a three-day holiday called Eid Al- ture. Across the Arab world, juices made from apricots are a Ramadan is nightly prayer at the mosque among Sunni Fitr. Children often receive new clothes, gifts and cash. staple at Ramadan iftars. In South Asia and Turkey, yogurt- Muslims called “taraweeh.” In Egypt, a common sight during Muslims attend early morning Eid prayers the day after based drinks are popular. Across the Muslim world, mosques Ramadan is a lantern called the “fanoos,” which is often the Ramadan. Families usually spend the day at parks and eat- and aid organizations set up tents and tables for the public centerpiece at an iftar table and can be seen hanging in win- ing - now during the day. — AP to eat free iftar meals every night of Ramadan. dow shops and balconies. In the Arabian Gulf countries, wealthy sheikhs hold Can Muslims be exempted from fasting? “majlises” where they open their doors for people to pass by Bosnian Ramadan gunner Smail Krivic, unseen, fires a round from his fire- Yes. There are exceptions for children, the elderly, the all hours of the night for food, tea, coffee and conversation. work cannon to signal the end of dawn-to-dusk fast during the holy fast- sick, women who are pregnant or menstruating and people Increasingly common are Ramadan tents in five-star hotels ing month of Ramadan in Sarajevo.

The moon is seen over the Jamia mosque on the second Bosnian Muslim imam Idriz Halilovic, 23, calls noon prayer Vendor sells sweets during the holy month of Ramadan, in Whirling dervishes perform at the Galata Whirling Dervish day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, in Jammu, from atop the White Mosque, ahead of the holy month of downtown Damascus, Syria. Hall, founded in 1491 by Ottomans, in Istanbul, Turkey, India. Ramadan, in Srebrenica, northeast of the Bosnian capital during the holy month of Ramadan. of Sarajevo.