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Local Spotlight Lebanon eyes tourism boost Flesh traders Gulf ‘ends unofficial ban’ BEIRUT: Saudi Arabia and other Gulf said. “As it was not an official ban, I Lebanon, in 2010 it was 2.3 million, in governments have lifted an unofficial would say that it’s a non-official green 2013 we were at 1.3 million. But now I ban on travel to Lebanon, boosting light.” would say that they are coming back prospects for the summer tourism sea- Since 2012, Gulf states whose citizens slowly, the planes are full, hotels are son, Lebanon’s tourism minister told used to flock to Lebanon during the coming up to 60-70 percent, whereas at AFP yesterday. “There is an implicit nor- summer months have warned their the same time last year they were at 30- By Muna Al-Fuzai malisation,” Michel Pharaon said. “I’m nationals to avoid the country because 35 percent,” he said. “I would say I’m not putting the words in the mouths of of security concerns. Pharaon said there optimistic, if I have to say what’s in my any Saudi officials, but I can tell you that were already signs of improvement, heart. But in Lebanon, we always have with our meetings, implicitly, yes, if after a nosedive in visitors last year. to be cautious, so I’ll say I’m cautiously there was a ban, today it is lifted,” he “When you look at the visitors to optimistic for this season.” [email protected]

very time the Ministry of Interior (MoI) launches Ecampaigns against violators of residency laws, they mostly arrest Asian expatriates who are involved in prostitution. Most of the people arrested for practicing prostitution are called flesh traders. The police’s job is to arrest these people and deport them back home. They may spend some time in prison before deportation. Now this is fine. It is normal. But I wonder why the MoI is not doing more to track gangs, because just sending these people back home is not enough. They can always come back with new passports under different names. Digging to the root of the prob- lem is what we need to do and I know this is not a one- man show. The Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs should be involved in these campaigns too for many reasons. I wonder until the prostitution gang is arrested, how many men and women are being harmed and possibly infected with diseases and have possibly transferred those diseases to their spouses/partners? Second, don’t we need to know how these women were involved in prostitution in the first place? Were they forced into these acts? Was there any force against them? Were they abused in any way? Third, do they need help before going back home because if these ladies are run- away maids, how do we compensate them emotionally? Finally, why did they run away and how did these gangs find them? It requires serious work to express our caring. Every time I read about those who are labeled flesh traders, I hate the title and keep thinking that we are not doing enough to stop this ugly phenomenon. The fact that these women ran away from the hell of their sponsor or a boss or a husband doesn’t mean they should fall into the hell of prostitution. That is why more efforts are need- ed. We need to make laws easier for married working men to bring their wives here so they will not have to become clients of prostitution gangs and make the demand for flesh traders higher. The MoI is one arm, and we are the second.

A denuded tree is silhouetted against the cloudy sky. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Local FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014 Serving with a smile Filipino hospitality staff dominate the ‘frontline’ in Kuwait

By Ben Garcia

emuel Morata and Janice Virtucio work as waiter and Jhostess respectively in one of the biggest restaurants in the Avenues mall. Janice leads every customer to their reserved table before Jemuel takes over to get their orders. “We are called ‘frontliners’ because the moment a customer enters our restau- rant, we greet them with a smile and show our eagerness to serve. We show real enthusiasm regardless of who they are,” Janice mentioned, whose job is also known as customer relations officer. “The first impression will make them happy and comfortable. It will leave a mark on their visit, so the customers will talk to us and will trust us as their servers. We usually introduce ourselves by our first name and we make them feel at home,” Janice told Kuwait Times. Filipinos in Kuwait dominate hospitality industry jobs. According to figures provided by the Philippine Embassy in Kuwait as of Dec 31, 2013, around 18,000 to 20,000 Filipinos hold the most demanding jobs in the hotel and restaurant industry. There are Egyptians, Indians, Indonesians and many other nationalities too, but Filipinos even out- number Indians in hospitality industry jobs. Hospitality industry jobs include waiters, cooks, housekeepers, baristas and higher-level jobs including hotel and restaurant managers, food and beverage man- agers, executive chefs and many more. According to Philippine Labor Attache to Kuwait Cesar Chavez, the continuing trust and confidence of many employers with Filipino workers reflects the number of jobs reserved for Filipinos. “The job orders we receive almost every day are great. Hiring of Filipino hospi- tality staff continues and we believe it will remain so in the coming years as Kuwait’s economy flourishes and continues to show positive mangers,” Jemuel added. Being one of the frontliners, Jemuel faces outcomes,” Chavez said. And since majority of the workers in the hos- customer with complete confidence. “I talk to customers like I have pitality industry are Filipinos, Friday Times spoke to two Filipinos on met them before - no nervousness or anything like that. My uniform is the ‘frontline’ about their experiences. neatly pressed and I wear good perfume too,” he quipped. One of the usual issues he faces as waiter is the language barrier. On a mission “Most of our customers speak English, but some of them only want to Restaurants and hotels want return business, so providing good speak Arabic, so we are try our best to communicate with them even food and excellent service is not a duty, but a mission of everybody in in broken Arabic. But if they want an explanation of something, it’s the team. “In our restaurant, guests love to be seated in a specific really hard for me,” he admitted. place - they want to be at a table where they can be seen by everyone. Patience is also tested. “There are many customers who don’t want Problems usually arise if they insist to be seated in a place occupied by to wait. Even if they are just seated, they want their food to be deliv- other customers. But we offer a solution by telling them to wait for ered instantly. These are issues we face every day. Rarely do I get com- another hour or two until the table is vacated. Most customers will plaints about the food. They like our food here,” he said. reserve the seat and wait,” said Jemuel. Jemuel’s service will be recognized by a good customer with a tip. There are also customers who feel they have bought the whole “The tip for us is personal (to whoever is serving customers), since the restaurant including the staff. “We encounter such customers almost extra money will only come if a customer is satisfied with the service I every day but we are trained to handle such cases. We keep our com- provide. If the service is not satisfactory, customers will not leave a sin- posure and serve them as our guests,” Janice said. gle fil,” he said. The hostess hands over diners to the assigned waiter or waitress Just like other sectors, the hospitality industry continues to grow in and Jemuel’s job begins. All the customers seated at his assigned this small but wealthy country, as restaurant-hopping in a major pas- table will be his masters. “I immediately welcome them and give them time here due to the lack of nightlife. the menu. The guests are under my responsibility for the duration of their stay. I handle customer complaints too, but if I can’t, I call my Local FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014 6 Accident leads to disability, stronger willpower

Taking theBy Nawara Fattahova plunge car accident changed his life but it did not stop him from fulfilling his dreams and more importantly taught him how to overcome challenges. Faisal Al-Musawi, 28, had a car accident that left himA with a permanent disability. Since that fatal day, Musawi has been in a wheelchair – a development in his life that he says has made him stronger and more determined to carry Kuwait’s name internationally.

Five years ago, Musawi took up diving, and now has become the world’s sole diver with a disability and five certificates. Musawi started diving in 2009 with the Kuwait Diving Team as the only disabled mem- ber. “Before the accident, I had a phobia of water. After my accident, I lost the fear and I developed a stronger will. So I decided to learn diving as I fell in love with the sea and deep water,” he said, explaining that he learnt swimming with only half his body. He was the first diver with disabilities to go on a diving safari in the Maldives. Six months ago, Musawi was diving in one of the top 10 global diving destinations - Sipadan Island in Malaysia - making him the first disabled diver to reach that far. Each diving trip has different adventures. “The dive in the Mal- dives was a safari, where we stayed onboard a yacht for a week away from land. This is difficult and dangerous for people with disabilities because there is no healthcare provider,” he said, adding that during the week they dived three times a day. “This needs great physical ef- fort which is hard for us,” he said. “The way to reach Sipadan Island in Malaysia is very difficult. The water there is very clean and clear, and visibility is about 30 meters,” he said. But Musawi prefers diving off Garouh Island in Kuwait. “The biggest obstacle I face when diving are strong water currents because this kind of water needs great physical effort to resist,” he said, elaborating that the diving team is teaching him how to deal with the dangers of marine life. “Swimming is very useful for people who have disabilities and I consider it half the treatment,” he explained.

Licensed Currently, Musawi holds diving licenses for open water diving, ad- venture diving, advanced diving, night diving and Nitrox diving, which Local FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014 7

took him about three years to obtain. He is willing to obtain more diving licenses soon and to become a diving trainer. Getting a diving license means the diver needs to pass certain tests, and there are no special tests for divers with disabilities. “I had to pass these tests in the same way as the other divers although I have a disability. This was the challenge,” Musawi said. He explained that he decided to take the challenge and to succeed after some people told him he would not be able to dive. Diving needs special abilities. “Diving is reliant on a strong body, especial- ly the upper part, he said, stressing that swimming depends on the hands, so the muscles of the arms and shoulders are very important to maintain balance underwater. The pelvis is also very important to keep an upright horizontal position. “I also wear flippers on my feet to give me balance in addition to small flippers on my hands that look similar to a duck’s. They help me move better,” he said. Musawi intensifies bodybuilding exercises at the gym before a diving trip. Musawi had to pass Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) tests in order to acquire a diving license. “I was the first disabled diver for my captain, Mishari Al-Khabaaz. It was a challenge for him to help me achieve my dream. Although he was not experienced, he succeeded in training me,” he noted. This summer, Musawi is planning to grow in the diving field. He plans to acquire a ‘Rescue’ certificate which will make him a rescue diver. “This is a challenge for me, to rescue a diver under water with my hands when I am basically depending on my hands to swim because I can’t move my legs.” Musawi also aims to achieve the Emergency First Response (EFR) license for first aid under water and on water. In order to acquire this license, PADI stipulates that the diver needs to sit and get off a chair alone without the help of another person. “Having this license, I will be able to rescue any diver or person, in road accidents for instance,” he said, adding that he has already met this condition. “I also intend to get the Divemaster license, which is very rare for a disabled diver to obtain - there are only a few in the world,” he pointed out. Musawi’s dreams go further than that. He also plans to become a scuba diving instructor next year. Currently he supervises dives by watching or leading divers underwater. “I overcame my disability so I can take care of other divers,” he said. Musawi intends to dive in the top diving destinations where no other disabled diver has ever reached, and to raise the Kuwait flag there. Local8 FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014

Locked-up kids killed in blaze

By Hanan Al-Saadoun

KUWAIT: A blaze killed two Syrian children aged 3 and 4 in Nugra yesterday. Firemen found the dead children inside a flat with the doors locked, with none of their par- ents present. Firemen evacuated the building and res- cued a maid stranded in a balcony. • A 49-year-old Kuwaiti man was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his Jahra home in a suspected suicide case. • A Kuwaiti who killed a woman in Mubarak Hospital a few months ago was sentenced to death yesterday. • Ahmadi security arrested three Asians with 31 bottles of imported and local liquor, four persons wanted over financial cases and 17 absconding persons. • An Arab worker was injured when he fell into the basement of a building under construction in Hawally. Firemen placed the injured man on a makeshift stretcher and used a crane to lift him. Paramedics said he sustained a broken foot. • An Asian said that a person claiming to be a detective forced him to withdraw KD1,000 from the bank and stole the money. Meanwhile, an Indian told Sabah Al-Salem Nurses at the pediatric department of Adan Hospital pose for a photo after the hospital was declared the first Baby police that a person claiming to be a detective stole KD Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) in Kuwait by the World Health Organization. 225 from him. Nursing the mother Medics at Adan feed the idea of lactation By Sunil Cherian Kuwait. The realization of the concept This has been a major shift for the was not easy, admits Geetha Nair, part nurses too. One of the team members t was like the birth of a baby. At Adan of the lactation team at Adan. When was a nurse for the past 18 years. She Hospital 3 years ago, the idea of a some of the medical staff opted to be opted to become a consultant after the Ibreastfeeding counseling depart- part of the new lactation unit, the nurses hospital studied the need of breastfeed- ment was set up as part of the hospital’s had to relive their study and exam days. ing. “We give friendly counseling when accreditation process. The hospital’s “We enrolled online for a 6-month the mother is with us in the hospital pediatric department had reported in International Board Certified Lactation after the delivery. We teach them how the previous years on the increasing Consultant course. The course fee was to breastfeed, how to properly bathe, number of babies admitted due to lack KD 120,” said Geetha, who is nurse-cum- swaddle and hold the baby. The moth- of enough nourishment. To their shock, consultant. ers learn from our demos,” a nurse at the the nurses, doctors and the administra- Of the 20 staff that appeared for the labor department said. tion team learnt that many young moth- Australian program, 11 were successful. International Nurses’ Day (May 12), ers in Kuwait did not know the benefits Now the team - comprising of two full- the smooth flow of the lactation unit of breastfeeding, and worse, how to time lactation consultants and a helper - and the recent recognition certainly call breastfeed. give classes to doctors, nurses, physio- for a celebration. The nurses are having The result was the lactation unit, part therapists and nutritionists on nature’s an ‘awareness party’ as part of the of the pediatric department. The fruits best medicine and are busy counseling Nurses’ Day celebration on May 20 at of the labor brought a smile to the hos- mothers and conducting follow-ups. Adan Hospital. Various departments will Firemen evacuate a child from a burning building in pital and rest of the country, when Adan “We’ve had about 1,500 mothers com- have demonstration units in the hospital Nugra. was awarded by the World Health ing to us for counseling,” said another corridor on that day open to the public. Organization (WHO) as the first Baby team member, adding there are at least The event will hopefully open corridors Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) in 16 staff that are nurses-cum-consultants. to health awareness, drop by drop. Food prices stable

By Nawara Fattahova

KUWAIT: Kuwait Times is keeping track of price changes of basic commodities on a weekly basis. Last week we published the prices of five different products bought from one of the co-ops. These are the commodities the prices of which usually hike during Ramadan. Buying the same samples of fruits and meat as last week, Kuwait Times detected an increase in the price of local cucumbers. While one kilogram of local cucumbers cost 145 fils last week, this week the price was 210 fils. The prices of the rest of items were unchanged: • Half a kg of fresh minced meat (beef ) cost KD 1.375 • One kg of fresh local chicken cost KD 1.410 • One kg of local tomatoes cost 330 fils • One kg of Turkish lemons cost 770 fils Kuwait Times will be following the prices of these food- stuffs to check if any increases occur during this period until the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan. Follow the Kuwait Times next week to read the next investigative report. A worker is lifted by a crane after he broke his leg. Prices are similar in all co-ops of the same product and brand, but may differ in other supermarkets. Local9 FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014

KUWAIT: Former prime minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah and other dignitaries attend the funeral of Kuwait Red Crescent Society chief Barjas Humoud Al-Barjas at the Sulaibikhat cemetery yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat Assembly accepts MPs’ resignations Govt denies plot to kill grillings

KUWAIT: The National Assembly yester- day accepted the resignations of five MPs who quit two weeks ago after the Assembly rejected a request by three of them to question the prime minister on a series of allegations including giving cash handouts to MPs. Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem declared each of the five seats vacant after holding sepa- rate votes, and said the government will be officially notified of the resignations. Most of the MPs and Cabinet mem- bers voted in favour of accepting the resignations of MPs Riyadh Al-Adasani, Abdulkarim Al-Kandari, Hussein Quwaiaan, Ali Al-Rashed and Safa Al- Hashem. Only 8 MPs out of 43 present opposed Adasani’s resignation and 8 MPs out of 47 members present opposed Kandari’s resignation. The results of the voting on others were: KUWAIT: MPs vote during a session at the National Assembly yesterday as the Quwaian (15 opposed out of 49), parliament accepted the resignations of five MPs who quit. Rashed (10 opposed out of 49) and —Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat Hashem (11 opposed out of 49). Under Kuwait law, the Interior of dinars were being paid to convince Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al- Ministry must call for by-elections to fill more lawmakers to resign. The lawmak- Sabah said in a statement that the gov- the five seats within the next 60 days, er also called on the Assembly to delay ernment demanded the premier’s but it is highly expected that the polls accepting the resignations and provide grilling to be scrapped because it violat- will be held before the holy fasting them more time. ed the constitution and several verdicts month of Ramadan starting on June 28. Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al- by the constitutional court. The minister The voting came following a lengthy Khaled Al-Sabah strongly reacted to the categorically denied that the govern- debate that lasted for around three accusations that members of the ruling ment plans to “kill” the tool of grillings, hours which witnessed some tension family were responsible for the political insisting that the government is ready when MP Hamdan Al-Azemi first object- crisis in the country, saying that the rul- to face any grilling provided it is in line ed to Ghanem chairing the session ing family should not be involved in with the constitution. because he was a party to the dispute everything. MP Jamal Al-Omar said that He said that 89 grillings were sub- and later blaming part of the current scrapping the grilling was a precedence mitted since the Assembly was estab- dispute on infighting within some that allowed Cabinet ministers to take lished in 1962, as many as 12 of them KUWAIT: Egyptian expatriates living in Kuwait cast their members of the ruling family. part in the voting to reject the grilling were submitted in the current term ballots for Egypt’s upcoming May 26-27 presidential elec- Azemi told the house that the scrap- which gives the government the power and that the prime minister himself tions at the Egyptian embassy in Daiya yesterday. ping of the grilling constituted a breach to vote on whether its members should was grilled during the term. The Egyptian expatriates around the world headed to the of the constitution and an attempt to be grilled or not. “The principle of scrap- Assembly also agreed to postpone a polls yesterday, casting the first votes to name a successor silence other MPs. He also called for ping the grillings is rejected politically debate on diversification of the to deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi. forming a committee to investigate and constitutionally,” Omar said. Kuwaiti economy until next week in — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat statements by some MPs that millions State Minister for Cabinet Affairs order to give it more time FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014 Israel troops kill Indians hoping 21 die; anti-China 2 Palestinians for better days riots spread on ‘Nakba13 Day’ post-election16 across17 Vietnam

SOMA, Turkey: A person identified by Turkish media as Yusuf Yerkel, advisor to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, kicking a pro- tester already held by special forces police members during Erdogan’s visit to Soma, Turkey. (Inset) Family members weep during the burial of a mine accident victim in Soma yesterday. —AP / AFP Turkey anger boils over as toll hits 282 Outrage as PM’s aide kicks protester

SOMA, Turkey: Anger at Turkey’s government Anger at the disaster has swept across Turkey, “such accidents happen”. He compared the col- media. It is unclear how many workers are still boiled over yesterday when thousands went on where mining accidents are a frequent occurrence. lapse to other mining disasters elsewhere, saying trapped underground following the huge explo- strike and police clashed with protesters after at In Izmir, around 100 kilometers (60 miles) south of that “204 people died in the UK in 1862 and 361 sion at the mine on Tuesday, which was believed to least 282 workers died in one of the worst mining Soma, the 61-year-old head of one of the main people in 1864”, in an apparent attempt to down- have been set off by an electrical fault. accidents in modern history. As hopes faded for unions Kani Beko was hospitalized after violent play the severity. Erdogan was forced to take Mining operators put the figure at 90, but scores more miners still trapped underground two clashes with riot police. In Ankara, police fired tear refuge in a shop after a furious reaction from rela- reports from rescue workers on the scene suggest days after the devastating blast, police fired tear gas and water cannon on around 200 protesters, a tives of the victims and the missing, some of whom the figure could be far higher. Most of the victims gas and water cannon at around 20,000 anti-gov- day after thousands clashed with police in the capi- began kicking his vehicle. died of carbon monoxide poisoning. ernment protesters in the western city of Izmir. tal and in Istanbul, accusing the government and A video of an aide of Prime Minister Recep Kemal Ozkan, assistant general secretary of the Turkey’s four biggest unions called a one-day mining industry of negligence. Tayyip Erdogan kicking a protester has sparked international trade union federation IndustriALL strike, saying workers’ lives were being jeopardized President Abdullah Gul said on a visit to the mine outrage in Turkey and tarnished the Turkish Global Union, said the “staggering” number of to cut costs, and demanding that those responsible Turkey faced “a great disaster”, and vowed action to leader’s image ahead of his expected run for presi- fatalities made the mining disaster the worst in for the collapse of the coal mine in the western prevent further accidents in Turkey, where mine dent. Turkish newspapers yesterday published recent memory. town of Soma in Manisa province be brought to explosions and cave-ins are common. “Whatever photographs showing an adviser to Erdogan kick- “Turkey has possibly the worst safety record in account. “Hundreds of our workers have been left necessary will be done. We need to review all the ing a protester who was on the ground and being terms of mining accidents and explosions in to die from the very beginning by being forced to regulations, like all developed countries do, so that held by special forces police. Europe and the third worst in the world,” he told work in cruel production processes to achieve max- these accidents do not happen again.” The incident occurred during Erdogan’s visit AFP in an emailed statement. “This recent tragedy imum profits,” they said in a joint statement, calling Wednesday to a mine disaster in the western town must rank as the worst mining tragedy in recent on people to wear black. “We call on the working Govt attitude ‘unacceptable’ of Soma that killed at least 282 miners. Scores of memory, and is made all the more tragic by the class and friends of laborers to stand up for our Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reject- others are missing. Photographs of his advisor kick- seemingly uncaring attitude of the government brothers in Soma.” ed claims of government culpability, saying that ing a protester in Soma sparked outrage on social and mining companies.” — Agencies Available at The Sultan Centre & Carrefour

International FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014 Israel troops kill 2 Palestinians Protesters held in Nablus, Hebron on ‘Nakba Day’

RAMALLAH: Israeli border police shot dead occupation in modern history and time for talks, Israel suspended its participation in Nation Law two Palestinians yesterday during a Israel’s leaders to understand that there is negotiations last month when Abbas’s Yesterday, Prime Minister Benjamin demonstration in the West Bank marking no other homeland for the Palestinians but Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Netanyahu accused the Palestinians of the 66th anniversary of the Nakba, or “cata- Palestine,” he said. After nearly nine announced a unity deal with the Islamist teaching their children that Israel “should strophe” of the Jewish state’s creation. months of fruitless US-sponsored peace movement Hamas which who runs Gaza. be made to disappear”. Security and medical sources said that The Israeli answer was to “continue Musaab Nuwarah, 20, and Mohammed building our country and our unified capi- Udeh, 17, died in a Ramallah hospital after tal, Jerusalem”, said the rightwing premier. being shot in the chest during a protest “Another answer to the Nakba is our pass- near Ofer jail to demand the release of ing the Nation Law, clarifying to the world thousands of Palestinians held by Israel. that Israel is the State of the Jewish peo- The latest fatalities brought the number ple,” he said in remarks relayed by his of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in the office. West Bank this year to 11. The Israeli army Netanyahu has pledged to enshrine had no immediate comment. At Qalandiya Israel’s status as the national homeland of checkpoint between Jerusalem and the Jewish people in law. He has repeatedly Ramallah, protesters set fire to tyres and demanded Palestinian recognition of hurled stones at border police who Israel’s status, but Abbas has flatly refused. responded with “riot dispersal means,” an In 1948, more than 760,000 Palestinians- army spokesman said, referring to the use now estimated to number more than five of rubber bullets and tear gas. million with their descendants-fled or were Other Palestinian rallies for Nakba Day driven out of their homes. Around 160,000 were held in the northern city of Nablus, stayed behind and became Israeli citizens. and in Hebron in the south of the West They and their descendants currently Bank. Hundreds of people, some carrying number about 1.4 million people, or some Palestinian flags or banners calling for 20 percent of Israel’s population. refugees to be allowed to return to their Palestinian chief peace negotiator Saeb former homes, marched in the Gaza Strip Erakat, in a commentary published in near the Erez crossing with Israel. Israel’s left-leaning daily Haaretz, said the In Ramallah, where Palestinian president PLO has officially recognized Israel’s right Mahmud Abbas has his headquarters, peo- to exist since 1988. ple stood in silence on the streets for 66 “We are not asking for Hebrew not to seconds while sirens wailed. “On this 66th be an official language or Jewish holidays anniversary of the Nakba, we hope this year not to be official holidays. The character of will be the one in which our long suffering Israel is not for us to define,” he wrote. But ends,” Abbas said in a speech broadcast on RAMALLAH: A Palestinian woman carries banners that read “stop the occupation” in “the concept of an exclusively Jewish state Palestinian TV and radio late Wednesday. Arabic, English and Hebrew, during a rally to commemorate Nakba or “catastrophe” in necessarily implies the negation of the “It is time to put an end to the longest Arabic, in the West Bank city of Ramallah yesterday. — AP Nakba.” — AFP

15 International FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014 ‘Miracle baby’ survives 11-story fall in US

WASHINGTON: A 15-month-old US boy has area. “If you and I fell that far, we would be Bihi, who spent time at the hospital with the balcony door. Slusher said it was too early to survived an 11-story fall from a balcony at his dead,” Tina Slusher said from the pediatric family on Monday. The boy’s uncle tell whether Dayib would suffer any long- parents’ apartment in Minneapolis, intensive care unit at Hennepin County Abdirahim Ahmed told NBC television affili- term complications from his big fall, but he Minnesota, local media reported Wednesday. Medical Center, the Star Tribune reported. ate KARE he was worried about Dayib’s par- will likely be out of the hospital in weeks or Musa Dayib has been nicknamed “the miracle “He’s a baby and... they tend to be more flexi- ents. “I don’t think my brother and his wife months. “I expect him to survive,” she said. baby” after escaping death despite slipping ble and pliable than you and I would be. will recover from this. They really torture “It’s amazing.” The apartment building’s through the railing and making a perilous fall. Having said that, it’s a real gift from God that themselves,” he said. Dayib’s mother was owners and managers said the balcony had In addition to fractures to both his arms, his he made it because this is a huge fall.” running errands nearby while his father passed inspection when the 1,303-unit backbone and his ribs, Dayib also suffered a The Tribune said the boy, from the large watched him and his three-year-old sister. Riverside Plaza underwent a $65 million ren- concussion and is breathing through a venti- Somali American community of Minneapolis, The father was getting something in another ovation in 2011-2012. About half of the units lator. fell from his family’s balcony around 8:00 pm room when his daughter ran over and said are equipped with balconies. Residents have In critical but stable condition, he is Sunday (0100 GMT Monday). “When people her brother fell. “It took place in less than a suggested installing an extra lock or latch to expected to survive. The boy was apparently found out he survived, no one could believe minute,” Bihi said, adding that it was the secure the door that opens to the balconies, saved by his soft landing spot, on a mulched it,” said local community activist Abdirizak daughter who had apparently opened the according to KARE.—AFP 2+2=What? Parents rail against Common math IOWA: An Iowa woman jokingly calls it “Satan’s handiwork.” A California mom says she’s broken down in tears. A Pennsylvania parent says it “makes my blood boil.” What could be so horrible? Grade-school math. As schools around the US implement nation- al Common Core learning standards, parents trying to help their kids with math homework say that adding, subtracting, multiply- ing and dividing has become as complicated as calculus. They’re stumped by unfamiliar terms like “rectangular array” and “area model.” They wrestle with division that requires the use of squares, slashes and dots. They rage over impenetrable word problems. Stacey Jacobson-Francis, 41, of Berkeley, California, said her daughter’s homework requires her to know four different ways to add. “That is way too much to ask of a first grader,” she said. “She can’t remember them all, and I don’t know them all, so we just do the best that we can.” Simple arithmetic isn’t so simple anymore, leading to plenty of angst at home. Even celebrities aren’t immune: The comedian Louis CK took to Twitter recently to vent about his kids’ convoluted homework, writing that his daughters went from loving math to crying about it. Adopted by 44 states, the Common Core is a set of English and math standards that spell out what students should know and when. The standards for elementary math emphasize that kids should not only be able to solve arithmetic problems using KHARTOUM: Photo shows St Matthew’s Catholic Cathedral near the Sudanese capital Khartoum. A Sudanese judge sen- the tried-and-true methods their parents learned, but understand tenced a Christian woman to hang for apostasy, despite appeals by Western embassies for compassion and respect for how numbers relate to each other. “Part of what we are trying to religious freedom. — AFP teach children is to become problem solvers and thinkers,” said Diane Briars, president of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Sudanese Christian “We want students to understand what they’re doing, not just get the right answer.” That’s a radically different approach than many parents are accustomed to. Jennie Barnds, 40, of Davenport, Iowa, was puzzled by her fourth-grade daughter’s sentenced to death long division homework, a foreign amalgam of boxes, slashes and dots with nary a quotient or dividend in sight. “If we are sit- ting there for 20 minutes trying to do a simple problem, how is an 8, 9, 10-year-old supposed to figure it out?” she said. “It’s Woman set to hang for apostasy incredibly frustrating for the student and the parent.” Whether Common Core itself is responsible for the homework headaches KHARTOUM: A Sudanese judge has sen- out emotion when Abbas delivered the ver- Constitutional Court because they believe is a contentious issue.—AP tenced a Christian woman to hang for apos- dict at a court in the Khartoum district of Haj the criminal code prohibition against apos- tasy, despite appeals by Western embassies Yousef. Earlier in the hearing, an Islamic reli- tasy violates the constitution, he said. After for compassion and respect for religious gious leader spoke with her in the caged the hearing about 50 people demonstrated freedom. Born to a Muslim father, the dock for about 30 minutes, trying to con- against the death sentence. “No to execut- woman was convicted under the Islamic vince her to change her mind. But she calmly ing Meriam,” said one of their signs while sharia law that has been in force in Sudan told the judge: “I am a Christian and I never another proclaimed: “Religious rights are a since 1983 and outlaws conversions on pain committed apostasy.” Sudan has an Islamist constitutional right.” In a speech, one of death. Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag, 27, is government but, other than floggings, demonstrator said they would continue their eight months pregnant and married to a extreme sharia law punishments have been protests until she is freed. A smaller group Christian national of South Sudan, which rare. “We are shocked and very sad to see supporting the verdict also arrived but there separated in 2011, human rights activists this verdict, which is not in line with Sudan’s was no violence. “This is a decision of the say. “We gave you three days to recant but own constitution and international obliga- law. Why are you gathered here?” one sup- you insist on not returning to Islam. I sen- tions,” a foreign diplomat who asked for porter asked, prompting an activist to retort: tence you to be hanged,” Judge Abbas anonymity said. “We very much hope that “Why do you want to execute Meriam? Why Mohammed Al-Khalifa told the woman, this will be corrected on appeal.” One of don’t you bring corruptors to the court?” addressing her by her father’s Muslim name, Ishag’s lawyer, Mohanad Mustafa, told AFP Sudan is widely perceived as one of the most Adraf Al-Hadi Mohammed Abdullah. Khalifa following the sentence that the defense will corrupt countries in the world, ranked 174th also sentenced Ishag to 100 lashes for “adul- seek to overturn the ruling at a higher court. for its performance by campaign group tery”. Under Sudan’s interpretation of sharia, Transparency International. BERKELEY: Stacey Jacobson-Francis works on math home- a Muslim woman cannot marry a non- ‘A constitutional right’ About 100 people, including Western work with her 6 year old daughter Luci at their home in Muslim man and any such relationship is They will first go to the appeal court, then embassy representatives, were in court to Berkeley, Calif. — AP regarded as adulterous. Ishag reacted with- the Supreme Court and, if necessary, to the hear the sentence. —AFP International FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014 Back on track: Indians hoping for better days post-election

ON BOARD: As India awaits today’s results of its mammoth election, AFP took a train journey from New Delhi to Kolkata to hear from pas- sengers how they want the next government to get the country back on track. While the famed Kalka Mail service made its way from the modern-day capital to its colonial-era predecessor, those on board voiced their frustration at the current state of the nation and their opinion of Narendra Modi, who is forecast to become their new prime minister.

The tea seller As a youngster, Modi helped his father man a tea stall-part of a backstory that contrasts sharply with his main rival Rahul Gandhi’s gilded childhood. So as he pours mugs of piping hot tea to his cus- tomers on a station platform, Devdutt Sharma is understandably Abdullah Abdullah Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai delighted at the prospect of a man such as Modi becoming India’s leader. “If a tea boy can become a prime minister, it’s great,” said the 55-year-old Sharma who spends 18 hours a day selling tea, bottled Two savvy survivors set for water and snacks at Hathras station in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state and an electoral bellwether. Sharma, who earns around 7,000 rupees ($120) a month, said he had high hopes that a Modi government would generate new jobs that would give his five Afghan election showdown children a steady income. His two daughters are jobless and his sons help out in a small store. But for all his enthusiasm for Modi, who Election results confirm Abdullah-Ghani run-off leads the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party, Sharma said he had to deliver results in his first term. “If he doesn’t do well, after five years the people can vote him out.” KABUL: One is a smooth-talking opposition leader seeking to avenge US reaction to the strikes on New York and Washington transformed defeat, the other is a former World Bank economist with a famous the landscape overnight, with the Taleban soon ousted and The Muslim family temper. Whoever wins Afghanistan’s election will bring a sharp Abdullah emerging as foreign minister in the new government If Sharma’s main wish is for his children to be guaranteed a job, change of style when President Hamid Karzai steps down after 13 under Karzai. Abrar Ahmad and his wife Hazra Begum want proper schooling and years in power and US-led troops end their war against Taleban insur- Abdullah used the post to give early warning to Washington that medical support for their young family. During its decade in power, gents. Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani are set to compete in a Taleban leaders ran the growing Afghan insurgency from neighbor- the centre-left Congress party has sought to extend the social safety head-to-head election on June 14 after final results from the first- ing Pakistan-an issue that was dismissed until it became central to US net for couples such as the Ahmads who live in Farrukhabad in Uttar round vote showed they were the leading two among eight candi- foreign policy years later. Of mixed ethnic parentage, he has long tak- Pradesh, but the public health system remains woeful in most areas. dates. Both men are pro-Western, religiously moderate politicians en a strong stance promoting reconciliation between Tajiks and their The couple were on their way to the city of Aligarh where they who have played key roles in shaping the country since the fall of the tradition rivals the Pashtuns, the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan. hoped doctors would treat their two-year-old son’s eye condition Taleban in 2001. But they offer voters very different personalities, He used the single name “Abdullah” until it evolved into “Abdullah after scraping together the fare for the stifling standing-room only backgrounds and ethnic loyalties. Abdullah, 53, is still embittered by Abdullah”-reportedly to fit Western requirements for a surname. general section.”There are no good doctors where we live,” said 25- the massive vote-rigging that he believes stopped him becoming year-old Hazra who is struggling to raise three young children in a president in the 2009 election when Karzai retained office. There were two one-room shack. The family has to make ends meet from Ahmad’s Five years ago, Abdullah came second in the first-round vote and In the heady days after Taleban fell in late 2001, Ashraf Ghani was monthly salary of 15,000 rupees (around $250) which he earns as an then pulled out of the run-off in disgust, alleging that Karzai’s sup- also in the thick of the action, advising on technical aspects of setting odd-job man in a government office. Although Congress brought in porters would again try to use fraud to fix the result. “Abdullah is very up the interim government and advocating for more international legislation to guarantee free schooling for all children aged between professional operator,” one diplomat in Kabul said. “But one concern support. Ghani, now 64, was a career academic and economist who six and 14, the Ahmads shell out 400 rupees each month on private is how would he work with Karzai, who plans to stay active at the left Afghanistan in 1977 and only returned 24 years later. He took a education. highest levels of Afghan politics.” Abdullah, who started off as an oph- degree in anthropology from the American University in Beirut and “I don’t want to ruin my children’s future by sending them to gov- thalmologist in Kabul, was a member of Burhanuddin Rabbani’s gov- studied at New York’s Columbia University, before teaching at several ernment schools where teachers hardly show up,” said Ahmad, 28. ernment during the 1992-1996 civil war, and made a name for himself universities during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s. But for all their complaints about Congress, the Ahmads are dis- abroad for his fluent English and courtly manner. He worked with the World Bank from 1991, and returned to Kabul tressed at the prospect of the hardline Hindu nationalist Modi coming But his formative political experience was as the right-hand man as a senior UN special adviser soon after Taleban were routed. He was to power as they are Muslim. Modi’s failure to prevent communal to Ahmad Shah Massoud, the charismatic Tajik commander who led influential in designing the roadmap to the first elections in 2004, and riots which left 1,000 people dead-mainly Muslims-in his western fief- resistance to the 1996-2001 Taleban regime. Due to his closeness to became a powerful finance minister under President Karzai, cam- dom in 2002 continues to dog him a dozen years later. “What hap- Massoud, much of Abdullah’s core support comes from Tajik and paigning hard against burgeoning corruption. Renowned for his ener- pened in Gujarat could happen in the rest of the country,” said other Dari-speaking ethnic groups in the north. Massoud was killed gy, he introduced a new currency, set up a tax system, encouraged Ahmad, echoing a fear voiced by many Muslims about a Modi gov- two days before the 9/11 attacks on the United States, leaving wealthy expat Afghans to return home, and cajoled donors as the ernment. —AFP Abdullah fearing that the anti-Taleban resistance would collapse. But country emerged from the dark years of Taleban rule.—AFP

Jeddah residents jittery over spread of deadly MERS virus

NEW YORK: The New York Times abruptly may have fed into the management’s narra- replaced its first female executive editor, Jill tive that Abramson was “pushy.” The report Abramson, on Wednesday and named man- was backed by NPR media correspondent aging editor Dean Baquet as the first African David Folkenflik, who said he had confirmed American in the top editorial post. Abramson “did indeed challenge corporate Abramson’s departure was announced by the brass over what she saw as unequal pay” and US daily’s publisher Arthur Sulzberger, and that Times staff wondered if gender had a the paper’s own report said: “The reasons for role in her ouster. But the Times disputed the switch were not immediately clear.” The that account. “From the start, Jill’s compen- sudden departure left many questions unan- sation as executive editor was directly com- swered both inside and outside one of the parable to Bill Keller’s compensation as exec- nation’s most prestigious news organizations. utive editor,” spokeswoman Eileen Murphy The New Yorker cited unnamed sources said. “Today’s change in leadership was a as saying that Abramson quit after a con- result of Arthur Sulzberger’s concern about frontation over her pay, said to be lower than aspects of newsroom management.” Bill Keller, her predecessor as executive edi- Northeastern University journalism professor tor and previously managing editor. “She Dan Kennedy said the departure appeared AHMEDABAD: A roadshow bus plastered with images of Chief Minister of western Gujarat state confronted top brass,” the magazine cited a irregular. “This was definitely not a normal and main opposition BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is reflected on an onlooker’s close associate as saying, adding that this change,” Kennedy said. —AP sunglasses in Ahmedabad. — AFP International17 FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014 Bangladesh ferry carrying hundreds sinks

DHAKA: A heavily-laden ferry capsized and district, some 50 kilometers south of the bodies were laid in lines in order to be identi- the monsoon, which generally begins in the sank in central Bangladesh yesterday after Bangladeshi capital Dhaka. Local police chief fied, Ahmed said. The local online newspaper first week of June. Boats are the main form of being caught in a storm, leaving at least 10 Ferdous Ahmed also confirmed the recovery Banglanews24.com quoted a survivor of the travel in much of Bangladesh’s remote rural people dead and hundreds more missing, of the bodies, including at least two of accident, Abdur Razzaq, as saying that the areas, especially in the southern and north- police and officials said. Survivors of what is whom were women. The vessel was travel- boat was hit by the storm suddenly and sank eastern regions. the latest in a string of ferry disasters to ling to the southern district of Shariatpur within minutes. One of the divers who was Some 150 people were killed in the same blight Bangladesh said the vessel had gone from Dhaka when it encountered problems taking part in the rescue effort was quoted district in March 2012 after a overcrowded down in a matter of minutes, giving passen- and sank in the mid-afternoon, according to by the Bangladesh Star as saying “many bod- ferry carrying about 200 passengers sank gers little time to leap to safety. The exact the police. “The ferry is completely under ies” were still trapped inside the vessel. after being hit by an oil barge in the dead of number of passengers was not immediately water. We are now trying to locate it,” night. In 2011, 32 people were killed after a known. It is common for ferries to carry many Ahmed said, adding that a salvage vessel has History of disaster passenger vessel sank in the same river in more than their official limit. “We are receiv- reached the spot, and fire service divers were Ferry accidents are common in the same district after colliding with a cargo ing confusing figures on how many passen- on the way. Bangladesh, one of Asia’s poorest nations ship. At least 85 people drowned in 2009 gers were on board when it sank, but the Police in cooperation with locals were which is criss-crossed with more than 230 when an overloaded triple-decker ferry cap- number could range from 200 to 350,” dis- leading the rescue efforts, he said. The width rivers. Experts blame poorly maintained ves- sized off Bhola Island in the country’s south. trict government administrator Saiful Hasan of the river, the depth of the water and the sels, flaws in design and overcrowding for Naval officials have said more than 95 per- said. strong currents were hampering the most of the tragedies. Storms known locally cent of Bangladesh’s hundreds of thousands “The toll now stands at 10,” he said of the attempts. Hundreds of distraught relatives as Kalboishakhi often hit Bangladesh during of small and medium-sized boats do not accident on the river Meghna in Munshiganj gathered on the banks of the river as the the early summer months in the lead-up to meet minimum safety regulations.—AFP 21 die; anti-China riots spread across Vietnam China accuses Hanoi of turning a blind eye

HANOI: More than 20 people were killed in Vietnam and a huge foreign steel proj- ect set ablaze as anti-China riots spread to the centre of the country a day after arson and looting in the south, a doctor and TOKYO: Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during company officials said yesterday. A doctor a press conference at the prime minister’s official resi- at a hospital in central Ha Tinh province dence in Tokyo yesterday. — AP said five Vietnamese workers and 16 other people described as Chinese were killed Abe pushes for on Wednesday night in rioting, one of the worst breakdowns in Sino-Vietnamese relations since the neighbors fought a more active brief border war in 1979. “There were about a hundred people sent to the hospi- Japan military tal last night. Many were Chinese. More are being sent to the hospital this morn- TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called for a review ing,” the doctor at Ha Tinh General of legal limits on the military’s ability to fight overseas on Hospital told Reuters by phone. Thursday, signaling a potential landmark change in a security Local media has, however, said only policy long constrained by a pacifist, post-war constitution. person was killed, while China’s state news Seeking to address concerns among Asian neighbors such as rival agency Xinhua reported that at least two China as well as wary Japanese voters, the conservative Japanese Chinese nationals had died and more than BIEN HOA: Protesters holding Vietnamese flags attempt to push down the leader also pledged that Japan would stick to a peaceful path and 100 hospitalized. Vietnamese Prime front gate of a factory in Bien Hoa, Dong Nai province, as anti-China demon- not again become a “country that wages war”. Minister Nguyen Tan Dung called on strations spread to 22 Vietnamese provinces. —AFP “Japan has walked the path of a peaceful country for nearly 70 police and state and local authorities to years since the end of World War Two. That path will not change. restore order and ensure the safety of peo- it will have a port, a 2,100-MW power plant law breakers there.” Although the two and six furnaces, Vietnamese media say. Communist neighbors have close eco- But we cannot protect our peaceful lives simply by repeating that ple and property in the affected areas. nomic and political ties, Vietnamese we are a peaceful country. Our peaceful lives may suddenly con- “Appropriate measures should be taken immediately to help businesses stabilize Mainstay of economy resentment against China runs deep, root- front a crisis. Can anyone say that won’t happen?” Abe said at a quickly and return to normal production Such industrial zones are the backbone ed in feelings of national pride and the nationally televised news conference. “I think that we, the gov- activities,” he said in a statement, without of Vietnam’s $138 billion economy. The struggle for independence after decades ernment, must confront this reality head on,” he said, explaining elaborating. country has 190 registered industrial parks of war and more than 1,000 years of why the review was needed. Pointing to growing tensions due to The Planning and Investment Ministry employing about 2.1 million people. They Chinese colonial rule that ended in the China’s increasing assertiveness and North Korea’s nuclear threat, blamed the clashes on “extremists” and manufactured products worth $38 billion 10th century. The dispute in the South Abe called for a review of a decades-old interpretation of the con- warned that they could seriously affect the in exports last year, or 30 percent of China Sea has sparked anger on both stitution that has banned Japan from exercising its right of collec- investment environment in Vietnam. Vietnam’s total export revenue. The anti- sides. Dozens of vessels from the two tive self-defense, that is deploying its military to aid friendly Formosa Plastics Group, Taiwan’s biggest China riots erupted in industrial zones in countries are around the oil rig, and both countries under attack. investor in Vietnam, said its upcoming the south of the country on Tuesday after sides have accused the other of intention- A lifting of the ban would be welcome to Japan’s ally the steel plant in Ha Tinh was set on fire after protests against Beijing placing an oil rig al collisions, increasing the risk of a con- United States, but the proposal drew criticism from China, whose fighting between its Vietnamese and in a part of the South China Sea claimed frontation. Vietnamese are also angered ties with Tokyo have been strained by a territorial row and the Chinese workers. One Chinese worker was by Hanoi. The brunt of the violence has by what they call exploitation of its raw legacy of Japan’s past aggression. “We’ve noted that Prime killed and 90 others injured, it said in a been borne by Taiwanese firms, mistaken materials and resources by Chinese firms, Minister Abe has taken a series of unprecedented actions in the statement in Taipei. by the rioters as being owned by mainland and say although bilateral trade is over areas of military and security, which leads us to believe that It was not immediately clear if the casu- Chinese. China expressed serious concern $50 billion annually, Chinese investment Japan, as far as history is concerned, has started on a negative alties were among those admitted to the over the violence in Vietnam and urged it in Vietnam is only around $2.3 billion. path,” said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Ha Tinh hospital. The plant is expected to to punish criminals and compensate vic- China faces similar accusation in other Chunying, a spokeswoman for China’s foreign ministry. be Southeast Asia’s largest steel making tims. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua emerging markets, especially in Africa. Southeast Asian countries embroiled in territorial rows with facility when it is completed in 2017. No Chunying suggested Hanoi had turned a Some 85 percent of China’s exports from Beijing in the South China Sea could take a different view. “The details of fire damage or financial losses blind eye to the protesters. Africa are raw materials, such as oil and Japanese military can somewhat bring ‘balance’ to the region were immediately available, the company “The looting and stealing that has tak- minerals, and Beijing has been accused of that is now under a ‘threat” from a rising and increasingly aggres- said. The Ha Tinh industrial park, estimat- en place at Chinese businesses and to holding back the continent’s economic sive Chinese,” said Benedict Exconde of the Yuchengco Center of ed to cost more than $20 billion, is more Chinese people has a direct relationship development by ignoring the creation of the De La Salle University in Manila. —Reuters than half complete. When finished in 2020, with Vietnam’s winking at and indulging local jobs and markets.—Reuters Opinion FRIDAY,Resist MAY 16, 2014 or cooperate?

Crimean Tatars walk near a blocked road at a Russian-Ukrainian border checkpoint outside the town of Armyansk in Crimea on May 3, 2014. — AP Crimean Tatars split over Russian rule By Alexander Winning The Tatars have continued to fly the Ukrainian flag at the resentation in government - but that the two group’s methods Mejlis since the vote, despite a visit by armed pro-Russian “self- are different. eventy years after their families’ mass deportation under defence” units and threats to close their organisation by the SSoviet leader Josef Stalin, the Crimean Tatars are in a region’s chief prosecutor. “We’re used to constant struggle. We Flying the Flag quandary: should they cooperate with their homeland’s don’t trust the Russian authorities, and why should we? They have Rustam Temirgaliyev, Crimea’s deputy prime minister, told new Russian authorities or resist them? Some Tatars - Sunni always opposed the Crimean Tatars,” Dzhelyalov said. The Mejlis’ Reuters that Russia now treated the Tatars in an “absolutely open Muslims of Turkic origin - fear a return to Stalinist repression former leader, Soviet-era dissident Mustafa Dzhemilev, says he is and democratic manner” and that they had been given ministerial despite official promises to respect their rights and freedoms; oth- banned from setting foot on Crimean soil. posts in the latest government. “Russia guarantees that all rights ers say dealing with Russia is the best way of ensuring their peo- and freedoms of the Crimean Tatars will be respected,” he said. ple can flourish. Less than two months into Moscow rule, tensions ‘Good Riddance Kiev’ The Mejlis says it hopes to receive official permission soon for a are running high before Sunday’s anniversary of the deportations While the Mejlis is the largest Crimean Tatar organisation, march through central Simferopol to mark Sunday’s anniversary, in cattle wagons which began on May 18, 1944. some smaller groups are happy Russia has taken the region but that the government is insisting the Tatars don’t fly the “It’s either war or compromise. That is the essence of the prob- under its wing. One such group, Milli Firka, says Kiev had done Ukrainian flag or criticise the annexation. lem we face. If we don’t adopt a unified approach, we risk split- little to rehabilitate the Crimean Tatars in the 23 years since the After the annual march, the Mejlis typically adopts a resolution ting ourselves up and being marginalized,” said Nariman Soviet Union collapsed. “In less than two months Russia has on its demands to the local authorities. “What are we to say this Dzhelyalov, deputy chairman of the Mejlis, the Crimean Tatars’ done far more for the Crimean Tatars than Ukraine ever did. year? Some want a peacekeeping force brought in to protect us, main representative body. The Tatars, who make up more than 12 Only after Crimea became part of Russia did Kiev even remem- while others are more worried about solving everyday problems percent of Crimea’s largely ethnic Russian population of about 2 ber that we exist,” said Milli Firka’s chairman, Vasvi like housing,” Dzhelyalov said. On a recent visit to Bakhchisaray, million, are among the most vociferous critics of Moscow’s annex- Abduraimov. many were reluctant to give their views, saying they feared perse- ation in March of the peninsula previously governed by Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin recently awarded cution for speaking their minds. A middle-aged man, who would Russia views the annexation as righting an historical injustice, Abduraimov the order “For services before the Fatherland,” sec- give only his first name, Edem, said: “There is no understanding of describing it as “reunification” of a region which Soviet leader ond-class, for backing the annexation. Among the reasons democracy in Russia, whereas in Ukraine we could defend our Nikita Khrushchev handed to Ukraine only in 1954. But the Tatars, Abduraimov cited for his support of Russian control were the interests. The Russians refuse to recognise that we are the native whose historical capital of Bakhchisaray lies a short distance from security of knowing that Crimea will be protected by a “strong, people here, not them.” Edem said the new authorities were the modern day regional centre of Simferopol, remind Moscow respected power” and a presidential decree making Crimean deliberately trying to split the Tatar community from within: they ruled large parts of Crimea for centuries before Russian Tatar one of three state languages on the peninsula alongside “Now people have started asking me whether I’m for Dzhemilev, Empress Catherine the Great conquered the Black Sea peninsula Russian and Ukrainian. the current leader of the Mejlis or some other group.” in the late 18th century. Milli Firka says the Mejlis is a Western project whose aim is Standing outside a mosque in Simferopol, pensioner Akim said Stalin accused the Tatars of sympathising with Nazi Germany, to integrate the Crimean Tatars into Europe rather than Putin’s the uncertainty of not knowing how life would be under their and many of the estimated 200,000 deportees died on their way planned Eurasian Union of former Soviet states. “We believe it’s new rulers was tormenting Tatars most. Akim said life was hardly into exile in Central Asia and eastern Russia. Only in the last years better for us to look east to Eurasia, especially as the centre of easy under Ukraine. “For 20 years they failed to build a school or of the Soviet Union were members of the community able to start world economic development is gradually shifting to countries install drainage systems in our district. It’s because this is known returning to Crimea in the 1980s. Many Tatars boycotted a refer- like China and India,” Abduraimov said. Dzhelyalov said the as a Tatar district,” he said, also asking that his last name not be endum on March 16 when local authorities say 97 percent of Mejlis and Milli Firka have the same aims - the revival of the published. “But our relations with the Russians are worse. We those who voted opted to join Russia. Kiev and the West derided Crimean Tatar people and respect for their right to free speech, know perfectly well who deported our families in cattle wagons the exercise as illegitimate. education in their own language, property rights and real rep- and don’t know how it will turn out this time.” — Reuters

Lifestyle FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014

Casey Kasem found in Washington state asey Kasem was located in Washington state yesterday, three days after a Los CAngeles judge expressed concerns about the ailing radio host’s whereabouts and safety. Kasem’s condition was not immediately known, although his children rejoiced after days of uncer- tainty and said in a statement that locating their father was the first step in bringing him back to the Los Angeles area. Santa Monica police Sgt. Mario Toti said Kasem was located by the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Department on Wednesday, hours after Kasem’s children filed a missing per- son’s report. Kasem’s daughter Kerri, who was appointed his temporary conservator at a court hearing on Monday, had to wait for court filings before she was able to file the report. Casey Kasem accepts a radio icon award dur- Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Daniel S ing the Radio Music Awards Monday, in this Murphy ordered adult protective services and Oct 27, 2003 file photo taken at the Aladdin court investigators to try to locate Kasem after an Hotel in Las Vegas. — AP (Left) In this photo writer-director Gia Coppola, actor, James Franco, and actress, Emma attorney for his wife told the court that the for- Roberts pose for a portrait in promotion of their film ‘Palo Alto,’ in New York.— AP mer “Top 40” host was no longer in the United from seeing him in recent months, according to States but he did not know where he was. Kerri court filings. Danny Deraney, a spokesman for Kasem’s attorney Troy Martin said during the Kerri Kasem and her siblings, said the family still hearing that Kasem had been moved to an Indian had “grave concerns” about Casey Kasem’s ‘Palo Alto’ promising reservation but was not sure because he had health. been frequently moved from medical facilities. Jean Kasem’s attorney Craig Marcus argued “We are grateful to the local authorities for find- Monday that his client had the right to move her ing my dad,” Kerri Kasem wrote in a statement. husband to any facility she saw fit. Murphy said debut for Gia Coppola “We are one step closer to bringing him home.” he had the authority to order an investigation Casey Kasem, 82, has been in poor health in into Casey Kasem’s whereabouts and appointed t took a dark tale of teens and a pedophile in and not have a second party involved.” Taking recent years. Kerri Kasem’s court filings state her an independent attorney and doctor to evaluate a Northern California suburb for Gia Coppola, an acting gig in the 2013 thriller “Homefront,” father is suffering from a form of dementia called the radio host. Casey Kasem gained fame with Ithe granddaughter of Francis and niece of Franco used his salary to help pay for “Palo Lewy Body Disease that had previously been his radio music countdown shows, “American Sofia, to also become a filmmaker. “Outsiders Alto.” “It was the nicest thing anyone has ever incorrectly diagnosed as an advanced form of Top 40” and “Casey’s Top 40,” and was the voice were always asking me if I was going into film,” done for me,” says Coppola. “He really stuck by Parkinson’s disease. Until Monday, Casey of Shaggy in the cartoon “Scooby Doo.” Murphy says the soft-spoken 27-year-old writer-director, me.” Kasem’s wife of 34 years, Jean, had been in con- scheduled a hearing for June 20 to receive whose first movie, “Palo Alto,” debuted in New trol of his medical care and controlled access to updates on Kasem’s health and wellbeing. — AP York and Los Angeles last weekend. “It deterred A specific vision him. She has blocked three of Kasem’s children me. It felt intimidating to have that kind of Coming from a family with a history of mak- from a previous marriage, including Kerri Kasem, attention.” ing films about teenage turmoil, Coppola was But she agreed to adapt James Franco’s book determined to find her own voice. “I love my “Palo Alto” after her mother, Jacqui de la aunt and my grandpa’s movies about teenagers Fontaine, introduced the two. Coppola had and they are definitely influences, but they are recently graduated from Bard College in New different movies,” she says. “It’s important to do York, where she studied photography. Franco your own thing and not necessarily try to emu- was impressed with her eye.”There was this late your family,” says Roberts, whose father is intense focus in a lot of the detail that added up Eric Roberts and aunt is Julia Roberts. “Gia has to this dreamy feeling,” says Franco of Coppola’s such a specific vision. A lot of what is good photos. “I thought that would be good for this about this movie is what isn’t said. In real life material.” there is a silence and you don’t know what to Franco became Coppola’s partner in the say and you’re embarrassed.” making of the film as well as her mentor, help- When Coppola agreed to make “Palo Alto,” ing her push beyond the fear of helming a fea- she felt she hadn’t really experienced much else ture.”He let me know that he trusted me. I didn’t in life other than having been a teenager. “That feel judged in any way,” says Coppola, who shot was the only story I could tell honestly,” she short online videos for fashion companies says. Coppola spent her “awkward” high school before “Palo Alto.” Nearly five years after her ini- years in Los Angeles with her mother. (Her tial chat with Franco, the film is finally in the- father died in a boating accident before she was aters. “I thought we were making something so born.) “At the time, I was so uncomfortable,” she small,” says Coppola over coffee at a Hollywood recalls of her adolescence. “(As a teen) every- cafe. “I thought we would just release it on the thing is a big deal and you act in extreme man- Internet.” ners. After getting older I was able to look at This file photo shows Beyonce, left, and Jay Z performing ‘Drunk in Love’ at the 56th annual But Tribeca Film had other ideas. In things calmly.” Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. — AP December of last year, the independent distri- Coppola says she’s been influenced by film- bution company nabbed the North American makers like Federico Fellini, David Fincher and rights to the film. Starring Franco, Emma Lena Dunham. “When I saw that (Dunham) was Beyonce, Jay Z, Drake Roberts, Val Kilmer and his 18-year-old son, Jack successful it felt like there was a chance for Kilmer (making his acting debut), “Palo Alto” will everyone,” she says. Next Coppola plans to lead at BET Awards expand to 15-20 screens this weekend. Not a direct a music video for Blood Orange, the artist bad start for a low-budget film that initially behind the synth-heavy music in “Palo Alto.” “I eyonce and Jay Z are making headlines for year with the songs “Partition” and “Drunk in struggled to gain financial backing. “No one want to challenge myself in a new way,” she another reason this week: They lead in nom- Love,” which features Jay Z. Her competition wanted to invest in a first-time director with says. “But it always has to have some sort of per- Binations at the BET Awards. The network includes Pharrell’s “Happy,” Drake’s “Worst dark material and real teenagers,” says Coppola. sonal connection for me to feel excited about announced Wednesday the performers are nomi- Behavior” and Chris Brown’s “Fine China.” Celebrity But she didn’t run to her film world relatives it.”— AP nated for five awards each, along with Drake. website TMZ on Monday posted a leaked security for cash. “It was important for me to do it on my Pharrell and rising performer August Alsina each video appearing to show Beyonce’s sister, Solange, own,” says Coppola, who gained behind-the- has four nominations. Chris Rock will host the BET attacking Jay Z inside a New York hotel elevator in scenes experience working on Sofia Coppola’s Awards, to air live June 29 from the Nokia Theatre Beyonce’s presence. — AP “Somewhere” and Francis Ford Coppola’s LA Live. “Twixt.” “James and I wanted to keep it small Beyonce will compete twice for video of the Lifestyle FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014 Los Angeles police investigating Berlin Justin Bieber exhibition tells story of Bowie’s ‘Heroes’ years

Singer Justin Bieber watches the Los Angeles Clippers play the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first half of Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinal NBA bas- avid Bowie’s intensely productive rounded by the louche attractions of West produced like the Berlin trilogy by Toni ketball playoff series on Sunday in Los Angeles. — AP Berlin period - when he made the Berlin, it was never going to be a monastic Visconti. Recycling artwork from the cover ustin Bieber is under investigation after a woman Diconic albums “Heroes” and “Low”, existence. of “Heroes” and listing his old haunts, like accused the embattled pop singer of trying to steal launched Iggy Pop’s solo career and As photos on display show, Bowie was the nightclub Dschungel, it provides a Jher cellphone at a family entertainment center, police kicked a drug habit - is the theme of a new re-living the bohemian pre-war Berlin soundtrack for fans who are expected to said Wednesday. The woman was taking photos of the show adapted from last year’s sold-out described by his friend Christopher flock to the city for the new show. singer, and he asked her to stop but didn’t accost her, said exhibition in London. Arriving in 1976 Isherwood in books that would inspire the Howard Weitzman, Bieber’s attorney. Police spokes- from Los Angeles, exhausted from his musical “Cabaret”. Nothing could fall woman Rosario Herrera said the woman reported that antics as “Ziggy Stardust” and other stage Fascinated by the intense paintings Christine Heidemann, who curated the Bieber, 20, attempted to take the phone Monday night at personae, he shed the glam-rock outfits and cinema of German Expressionism, Berlin extension to the V&A exhibition - the facility that features miniature golf, arcades and bat- and big hair for a more anonymous life Bertolt Brecht’s theatre and the city’s Cold which puts the fashion iconoclast’s outra- ting cages in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood. documented at Berlin’s Martin Gropius War landscape, he and his collaborator geous costumes in the context of his musi- Bieber was hitting baseballs while the woman pho- Bau, an extended version of the show that Brian Eno blended the sounds of cal output and inspirations - searched the tographed him and tried to get him to take a picture with broke box-office records at the Victoria & Krautrock, electronic and punk for some of archives of the rock star, his friends, muse- her daughter, Weitzman said. Weitzman said he looked Albert Museum. Bowie’s most-covered tracks, as well as ums and public records to present new into the allegations and an employee at the facility report- “If people saw him in a bar in Berlin some brooding and obscure ones. material about his time here. Alongside ed that the woman was the aggressor. “I would think this they would just say: ‘So what? I play in a The Berlin era was so influential that photos, sketches and scribbled lyrics to his would fade away, given the facts here,” he added. band too’. Bowie liked that, there were no Bowie has described the records he made hits, she hangs portraits painted by Bowie Detectives interviewed the woman Tuesday night. The screaming fans and he wasn’t treated like here as “my DNA”. By the end of his stay, of Iggy alongside a woodcut and oil by Police Department’s elite Robbery Homicide Division are a superstar,” recalls Peter Radszuhn, who the chameleon-like artist was moving in a Expressionist master Erich Heckel. They investigating, and detectives asked the public to step for- worked at Berlin’s Hansa Studios where different direction with the pop sounds of inspired the odd angular poses on the ward with information. Bowie recorded and is now director of the 1979 album “Lodger”. But he again cover of “Heroes” and Iggy’s “The Idiot”, Prosecutors are still considering whether to file charges music at Berlin’s Radio Eins. But in the paid homage to the city in his acclaimed one of his two raw 1977 hit albums pro- against Bieber over an egg-throwing incident in January company of the irrepressible Iggy and sur- 2013 comeback album “The Next Day”, duced by Bowie. —Reuters that damaged a neighbor’s home in Calabasas. Bieber is scheduled to go on trial in July in Miami on charges he was driving under the influence and without a valid dri- ver’s license in January. He has also been charged in ‘Better Call Saul’ to be Toronto with assault. Weitzman has said Bieber is innocent in the Toronto case. — AP filmed in Albuquerque

reaking Bad’ spinoff on Walter White’s shady attor- Odenkirk played the pair’s attorney who came up with ney, “Better Call Saul,” will be filmed in money-laundering schemes. The network has created a ‘BAlbuquerque, the New Mexico Film Office website for the fictional lawyer, bettercallsaul.com, with Saul announced Wednesday. In a statement, officials said that Goodman’s signature videos boasting how he can get any- This March 26, the TV series will be shot at Albuquerque Studios - which one out of legal trouble. — AP 2014 file photo was home to the six-year run of “Breaking Bad” - and the shows actress production will employ at least 75 to 90 New Mexico Emma Watson crewmembers. at the premiere “We welcome this incredible production team back to of ‘Noah,’ in the state,” said Nick Maniatis, director of the state’s film New York. —AP office. “They have proven to be excellent partners with the city of Albuquerque and the state of New Mexico.” Mayor Emma Watson to graduate Richard Berry said the city enthusiastically welcomes back Sony and AMC-TV after the popularity of “Breaking Bad.” from Brown University The show sparked tourism in Albuquerque as visitors sought popular sites from the show. arry Potter’ star Emma Watson is graduating from “Given the tremendous acclaim associated with Vince Brown University. The 24-year-old British actress is Gilligan’s productions, we are thrilled to learn that ‘Better ‘Hdue to graduate this month from the Providence, Call Saul’ will be filmed in Albuquerque,” Berry said. The new Rhode Island, Ivy League university with a degree in English series will follow sleazy attorney Saul Goodman, played by literature. Watson started at Brown in 2009. Along the way, Bob Odenkirk, as he defends drug lords, petty criminals and she spent time studying at England’s Oxford University and those allegedly injured in minor traffic accident. “Breaking keeping up her film career. Bad,” which ended last year, followed former high school A Brown spokesman says Watson is due to attend the grad- teacher Walter White, played by Bryan Cranston, producing uation ceremony on May 25. Watson most recently starred in methamphetamine with a former student, Jesse Pinkman, This file image released by AMC shows Bob Odenkirk in the biblical epic “Noah” with Russell Crowe and Jennifer played by Aaron Paul. a scene from the final season of “Breaking Bad.” — AP Connelly. — AP Lifestyle FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014 ‘Million Dollar Arm’ throws spotlight on Indian athletes

Dolly Parton performs on NBC’s “Today” show on Tuesday, May 13, 2014 in New York. — AP Dolly talks Miley,

This photo released by Disney Enterprises, Inc. shows Jon Hamm, as sports remaining true to yourself agent JB Bernstein in a scene from Walt Disney Pictures’ ‘Million Dollar Arm’. — AP an good cricket bowlers make great televised competition in India, called s Miley Cyrus’ godmother, Dolly Parton has as sin. So I thought, ‘Well, I would have probably baseball pitchers? That is the ques- “Million Dollar Arm,” to find the first there spent a lot of time answering reporters’ chose to look this way even if I had been a wait- tion behind new film “Million Dollar who could pitch a ball at over 80 miles questions about the Hannah Montana ress.’ I mean, this is my look. I mean, I like a lot of C A Arm,” a true story about a Major League (130 kilometers) an hour. Singh (played actress turned pop ingenue as she promotes her makeup. I like a lot of hair. I like flashy clothes. I Baseball agent who goes to India to find by Suraj Sharma) was the winner of the new album, “Blue Smoke,” out this week. Though like to show it off. But that’s just who I am.” the next big thing. 2008 contest-with a prize of $100,000 and she says she worries about Cyrus as if she were Though she never changed her image, Parton Out today in North America, it tells the a trip to America-while Patel (played by her own child, she supports the sometimes managed to get folks to pay attention to her astonishing tale of Rinku Singh and Madhur Mittal) also came along as run- shocking decisions her goddaughter has made as music and skills as an entertainer and business- Dinesh Patel, discovered in India by MLB ner-up. The only problem: the two 25- she moved from child star to a confident - and woman, and not so much to her wardrobe and agent JB Bernstein and hired a few year-olds had never played baseball in complicated - young woman. makeup. “Blue Smoke” is her first album in three months later as professionals for the their lives. “I’ll never say anything bad about Miley ‘cause years. She wrote many of the songs on the album, Pittsburgh Pirates. Actor Jon Hamm, I know she’s smart,” Parton said. “And I know sings duets with Willie Nelson and Kenny Rogers famous for his role as Don Draper in the ‘Life changed a lot’ she’s talented. And I know she’s had to go to and takes a trip into unlikely territory on covers of hit TV show “Mad Men” and who plays JB, Intensive training initially didn’t help- drastic measures to try to make her point: ‘Leave Bob Dylan’s “Don’t Think Twice” and Bon Jovi’s said he had to pinch himself when he first speed is not the only attribute required me alone. I am not Hannah Montana anymore. I “Lay Your Hands on Me,” which she gives a read the screenplay. “I read the script by a baseball pitcher-but just in time, they want to grow up.’” The 68-year-old Country Music Sunday morning flavor. She recently announced and... loved it, and then looked back to came through. “My life has changed a lot Hall of Fame member compared Cyrus criticisms hundreds of millions of dollars in business invest- the title page and went like, ‘Wait a for me and my family. But I’m exactly the to those who chided her when she first came on ments and will tour the world this year. “And I am minute... this is true?’ I am a huge baseball same person, I carry the same heart as the scene - a buxom teen with a confident sense not finished yet,” Parton said. “I still have a lot of fan and somehow this flew under my when I came first to America,” Singh told of self and style that drew frowns and tsk-tsks other business things I want to do. I just think it’s radar and I didn’t know. AFP. from those who expected her to be demure and the love of it. I just really try to keep my creative “So I immediately, like two hours later, “But it wasn’t easy. Every step had a chaste. “But I never let that stop me from being hat on. I just love to write, I love to think. I love was in like a Google hell of finding out doubt. I’m pretty sure JB had that too, we the business girl that I was,” Parton said. “I knew the business end of things. I love to work. Energy everything I could about this, and I was were afraid of failing.” Indeed, the two my songs were good even if I had been ugly as begets energy. And dreams beget dreams. So I like, ‘Oh my God, this actually happened.’” men drew inspiration from the real-life sin. I felt like I could sing, even if I had been ugly just keep on keeping on.” — AP It was by watching a cricket match on TV JB’s determination and willingness to take that Bernstein-whose career had been a huge risk. “Even not knowing English, I stumped when a deal fell through- did kind of understand what kind of busi- ‘Lunar Bible’ sells at noticed that bowlers in the wildly popular ness he’s doing, that was a lot of risk what sport in India are vaguely similar to base- he did to bring in kids from nowhere to a ball pitchers. different planet,” said Singh in sometimes Dallas auction for $75,000 He decided to organize a nationally still halting English. —AFP

microfilm Bible regarded as one of the rarest “books” on earth, after flying around the moon once with Apollo 13 and later land- Aing on the moon’s surface with Apollo 14, sold at an auction of space memorabilia in Dallas for $75,000. The 1.5 inch by 1.5 inch (3.8 cms by 3.8 cms) “Lunar Bible,” which can be read with a microscope, is one of 12 complete Bibles that remain from a collection of 100 Bibles which made it to the moon’s surface with astronaut Edgar Mitchell in 1971. “This tiny microform contains the complete Bible, all 1,245 pages of the King James Bible, both Old and New Testaments,” said Michael Riley, senior historian for Heritage Auctions. The Bibles were produced by the Apollo Prayer League, a group started by NASA employees and spread globally with the idea of using man’s first trip to the moon to carry the words of God, the auction house said. Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell carried 512 of the stamp-sized Bibles on the 1970 mission that was supposed to land on the moon but did not after an oxygen tank explosion in flight severely damaged the spacecraft. Most of those bibles were cut into pieces and distributed to dignitaries over the years. Twelve of those that remained passed from John Stout of the Prayer League to astronaut Mitchell. One of the bibles is on display through June 22 at the Vatican, where it is a marquee arti- fact along with three fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls, according to a news release from Vatican Radio. The other stars of the auction were a variety of items from the personal collection of Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Paul McCartney greets fans and journalists upon his arrival at the Haneda airport Bean, including the life support strap Bean wore during an eight-hour in Tokyo yesterday. McCartney is to play Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan Hall on May moonwalk in November 1969. The strap, with traces of moon dust, sold 21, marking his first return to the venue since appearing there with The Beatles for $93,750. — Reuters in 1966. — AFP Lifestyle FRIDAY, MAY 16 , 2014

Australian actress Nicole Kidman dances with French actor and Master of Ceremony Lambert (From left) Spanish actress Paz Vega, Australian actress Nicole Kidman, British actor Tim Roth, Wilson during the Opening Ceremony of the 67th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in French director Olivier Dahan, French actress Jeanne Balibar, a guest, British-Iranian screen- Cannes, southern France, on May 14, 2014. — AP/AFP photos writer Arash Amel and Indian producer Uday Chopra pose as they arrive for the Opening Ceremony and the screening of their film ‘Grace of Monaco’. Cannes film fest opens he world’s biggest film festival opened in Cannes Wednesday Princely frown, transatlantic row applause. Chiara Mastroianni and “Gravity” director Alfonso Cuaron then with a blast of controversy as critics mercilessly savaged the Grace’s children Prince Albert II and his sisters Caroline and Stephanie formally opened the May 14-25 extravaganza, during which 18 films will Topening movie about Hollywood-darling-turned-princess have publicly rejected a film they say “has been misappropriated for compete for the top Palme d’Or prize. Grace of Monaco. The movie’s star Nicole Kidman, Sofia Coppola, purely commercial purposes”. “This film should never have existed,” The festival will see Canadian heartthrob Gosling present his directo- Willem Dafoe, Audrey Tautou and jury head Jane Campion were Stephanie of Monaco told local daily Nice Matin. Describing the contro- rial debut “Lost River”, and films by 25-year-old whizz kid Xavier Dolan, among the film world luminaries who walked up the 24 steps of the versy as “awkward” in a press conference earlier on Wednesday, Kidman veteran director Jean-Luc Godard and “Men in Black” actor Tommy Lee festival hall in the French Riviera resort, under the cool gaze of the sought to reassure the family that the film bore no “malice” towards Jones will also compete. And while two of the films running for the late Italian heartthrob Marcello Mastroianni whose giant portrait them or towards Grace and Prince Rainier, played by a chain-smoking Palme d’Or are by women-Japan’s Naomi Kawase (“Still the Water”) and adorned the facade. Tim Roth. “It’s fictionalized, it’s not a biopic,” she said, echoing what Italy’s Alice Rohrwacher (“The Wonders”) — Campion bemoaned the Ryan Gosling, David Cronenberg and Sophia Loren are also set to Dahan has previously said. industry’s bias against women. “I think you would have to say that there’s make an appearance later in the 67th Cannes Film Festival, where The French director had been locked in a long-standing tussle with some inherent sexism in the industry,” she told reporters. “It does feel directorial big guns will go head-to-head in a year of comebacks, US distributor Harvey Weinstein over the final version of the film. very undemocratic and women do notice. Time and time again we don’t swansongs and star debuts. But for film-makers behind the opening Weinstein had reportedly considered dropping the rights to the film get our share of representation,” she said, adding that men seemed to movie, the festivities were bittersweet as the Monaco princely family altogether, but Dahan said Wednesday an agreement had been reached “eat all the cake.” furiously disavowed a film they say bears no resemblance to reality under which the movie mogul will distribute the French director’s ver- On the sidelines of the competitions, muscle men Sylvester Stallone, and critics who got a sneak preview made no secret of their con- sion in the United States. Harrison Ford and Arnold Schwarzenegger will take a trip to the resort tempt. “There is no dispute anymore, everything has been resolved. We’re on board a tank to promote their film “The Expendables 3”. Abel Ferrara’s “The cringe-factor is ionospherically high,” The Guardian film working together, and I’m happy about it,” Dahan told reporters. racy “Welcome to New York” in which Gerard Depardieu plays a charac- maestro Peter Bradshaw wrote. “A fleet of ambulances may have to According to entertainment industry magazine Variety, Weinstein will ter much like the disgraced former head of the IMF Dominique Strauss- be stationed outside the Palais to take tuxed audiences to hospital acquire the rights for considerably less money than he had originally Kahn will also get a private industry preview during the festival. And to afterwards to have their toes uncurled under general anaesthetic.” planned to pay. round off this year’s festivities, US Cannes-lover Quentin Tarantino will On the red carpet, Kidman sparkled in a blue, jeweled strapless dress, showcase “A Fistful of Dollars” at the closing ceremony, in a glitzy cele- smiling for the cameras next to downcast-looking French director Cheeky dance with Kidman bration of the 50th anniversary of spaghetti westerns. — AFP Olivier Dahan. In the film, the Australian-born actress portrays an The opening ceremony in the festival hall’s biggest movie theatre unhappy Grace who sleeps in a separate bedroom to Prince Rainier, saw the man behind the spellbinding soundtrack to Campion’s 1993 even contemplating divorce before rising to the challenge of being a Palme d’Or winner “The Piano”-Michael Nyman-take to the piano to wel- princess and helping her lost husband solve a 1962 political crisis come the jury president on stage. Master of ceremonies Lambert Wilson, with France. a prolific French actor, also had a cheeky dance with Kidman to much Mike Leigh brings Turner’s stormy seas to sunny Cannes ith colors from the artist’s own palette mortal, in some ways flawed and very inspired and a central performance that individual and this epic work, this spiritual way Wexplores the ‘art of the grunt’, British that he had of distilling, capturing and express- director Mike Leigh brought the turbulent life ing the world.” of English artist J.M.W. Turner to the Cannes Another competition entry, “Timbuktu” by Film Festival yesterday. Leigh, a Cannes regular Mauritanian director Abderrahmane Sissako, who has had five films in competition for the went to another climatic extreme entirely, top Palme d’Or prize and won it in 1996 for depicting the occupation of the Malian desert “Secrets and Lies”, is going head to head with city by Islamist militants who impose their strict another veteran British director, Ken Loach. version of Islamic law on an uncomprehending His “Mr Turner” and Loach’s “Jimmy’s Hall”, local population. about an Irish communist, are among 18 films It shows shocking cruelty inflicted on resi- vying for the top honour at the world’s most dents, with people being whipped or stoned to prestigious festival, while 100 or more are death after the Islamists take over, in a film being shown here in other forums. Leigh’s film inspired by real events of 2012. “The real brought Turner’s huge canvases of ships tossed courage is to be found with those who live this in stormy seas to a Cannes that this year is bask- on a daily basis, not just one day or two, but for ing in steady sunshine. a long time,” Sissako told a news conference. “Turner is...one of the great painters of all “And they wage a silent combat, which is a real times anywhere really, a great radical revolu- combat waged by humankind. That’s where tionary painter,” Leigh told reporters, explain- the optimism lies in the film.”—Reuters ing why he chose to focus on the 19th-century (From left) British cinematographer Dick Pope, producer Georgina Lowe, actress pre-Impressionist. “I felt there was scope for Marion Bailey, director Mike Leigh and actors Timothy Spall and Dorothy Atkinson what could be a fascinating film because of pose during a photocall for their film ‘Mr Turner’ at the 67th edition of the Cannes what may seem the tension between this very Film Festival in Cannes. — AFP 24 25 FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014 Fresh Strawberry Shake Ingredients · 1/2 cup milk · 1 pound strawberries, hulled Very berry · 1 pint vanilla ice cream Directions 1. Combine the milk, strawberries, and ice cream in a blender. Blend until mostly smooth with some pieces of strawberries remaining, 10 to 15 seconds. Divide between strawberry four glasses and serve immediately.

DID YOU KNOW? he heart-shaped silhouette of the strawberry is the first clue that this fruit is Strawberry Lemonade good for you. These potent little packages protect your heart, increase HDL (good) cholesterol, lower your blood pressure, and guard against cancer. T Ingredients Packed with vitamins, fiber, and particularly high levels of antioxidants known as · 1 12-ounce can frozen lemonade concentrate polyphenols, strawberries are a sodium-free, fat-free, cholesterol-free, low-calorie · 2 ounce bottles sparkling water food. They are among the top 20 fruits in antioxidant capacity and are a good · 6 to 8 fresh strawberries source of manganese and potassium. Just one serving -- about eight strawberries · lemon slices (optional) -- provides more vitamin C than an orange. Directions 1. Place the frozen concentrate in a pitcher and mix according to the label directions, replacing water with the sparkling water. 2. Put the strawberries in a blender and puree until very smooth. Mix the Strawberries and Syrup strawberry puree into the lemonade. 3. Garnish with lemon slices (if desired) and serve. Ingredients · 2 pounds strawberries, hulled and halved · 1/4 cup granulated sugar · 1 1/2 cups heavy cream · 2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar

Directions 1. Place the strawberries in a large bowl. 2. Simmer the granulated sugar and 1/3 cup water until the sugar dissolves. 3. Beat the cream and confectioners’ sugar in a medium bowl until soft peaks form. 4. Divide the strawberry mixture among individual bowls and top with the whipped cream. Strawberry Ice Cream Cake Ingredients · 2 pints vanilla ice cream · 20 small strawberries, hulled and cut into small pieces (2 1/2 cups) Strawberry Sorbet · 1/2 cup heavy cream Directions with Balsamic Syrup 1. Line the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan with parchment Ingredients paper or foil. Place the pan in freezer to chill, about 10 minutes. · 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar 2. Scoop the ice cream into the bowl of an electric mixer and beat · 1 pint strawberry sorbet with a paddle attachment until it’s soft but still holds its shape, about · 1 quart strawberries, hulled and chopped 2 minutes. Add the strawberries and beat until the ice cream is pink and the berries start to break down, about 1 more minute. Transfer to Directions the chilled pan and spread to smooth the surface. Freeze until firm, 1. In a small skillet, boil the vinegar until reduced 2 hours or overnight (if overnight, wrap in plastic to prevent freezer by half, 3 to 4 minutes; let cool. burn). 2. Divide the strawberry sorbet among bowls. Top 3. Whip the heavy cream in a clean bowl to form soft peaks. Re- with the strawberries and balsamic syrup. move the cake from the springform ring, running a knife around the edge, if necessary. Spread the cream over the cake. Use a hot chef’s knife to slice the cake into wedges. Activity FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014 26

Fruits & Vegetable carving easier than you think

he purpose of fruit and vegetable carving is to make food more attractive, more 1. Before carving, fruits and vegetables appetizing, and also easier to eat. The accomplished homemaker welcomes her must be washed and cleaned thoroughly. guests with fruit carefully pared, seeded, and perhaps cut into bite-size slices de- 2. Use knives with stainless steel or pending on the type. Vegetables are first delicately carved, then cooked, and finally bronze blades. Knives with ordinary steel arranged attractively to decorate the dish which they are part of. Decorating fresh, blades will cause discoloration of fruits and well-formed, and colorful fruits and vegetables through artistic carving is by no vegetables. means difficult; all it takes is concentration. Starting out, there is no need for special 3. Do not carve excessively so as to avoid carving knives; one sharp-pointed knife is enough to carve fruits and vegetables waste and loss of nutritional value. beautifully. The knife, however, must be sharp at all times. 4. The designs carved should be appro- priate for decorating a plate of food; thus, floral patterns are suitable, while figures of T animals such as rats are not. 5. Vegetables to be dipped into sauces Watermelon Fruit Basket Before carving should be cut to appropriate sizes. 6. Vegetables chosen for carving should Material be appropriate to the dish in which they §One small watermelon are to be used, and they should be veg- §Sharp-pointed knife etables which are resistant to wilting, such §Carving knife as carrots and Chinese radishes. §Melon scoop

Preparation 1. Choose an elongated watermelon. 2. Lightly draw a dolphin on the rind of the watermelon as in the picture with a sharp point. 3. Cut along the lines carefully with the knife and then gently cut away the rind. 4. With a melon scoop, make the flesh into watermelon balls and set aside in a dish. Remove any remaining flesh so the interior is clean and white. 5. Cut triangles through the rind to represent the eyes, and in the edges, cut notches for the eyelashes. 6. Cut a crescent for the mouth, and then notch the upper border of the rind all around except at the tail. 7. Arrange the watermelon and cantalope balls attractively in the dolphin-shaped bowl. Activity FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014 27

Apple Leaf

Material 2 red or green apples

Equipment Sharp pointed knife, carving knife

Instructions 1. Wash the apples. 2. Cut a wedged-shape slice as in the picture. 3. Trim away any of the core, leaving the flesh and skin. 4. With the carving knife, cut the slice to the shape of a leaf. 5. With the tip of the knife, make curving grooves in the skin to represent the veins of the leaf. Work from the base of the leaf to the tip. 6. Cut notches along the edges of the leaf.

Simple White Lotus Cucumber Garnish

Material 1 long cucumber and 1 carrot

Equipment Sharp pointed knife and carving knife

Instructions 1. Wash the cucumbers. Cut into 3 sections. 2. Divide the circumference of each into 8 equal parts and then make cuts about 3mm deep between each part down the length of the section. 3. Slice beneath each part down the length almost to the base to separate it from the flesh, thus forming the 8 outer petals. 4. Trim the flesh to remove ridges and then divide into 8 parts as before to make the inner ring of petals. These should be centered between those of the outer ring. 5. Remove the core of the cucumber, trim each petal so it tapers to a point, and then insert the center of the flower. Celebrity FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014 28 Did you know these celebrities went to prison?

arious celebrities have ended up in prison over the years for a number of different offences. Typically rappers get put inside for drugs charges, such as Lil Wayne or 50 Cent – who spent six Vmonths in a young offender’s establishment at the age of 19 for supplying heroin and cocaine. Here are some lesser known convicts:

MATTHEW MCCONAGHEY In the late nineties, McConaghey was JANE FONDA seriously beginning his rise to major In 1970, actress Jane Fonda stardom. He’d already appeared in Amis- was placed in jail in Cleveland. tad and Contact by that point and Edtv At this time it was only a couple was released the same year as his short of years after the release of prison stay. Unsurprisingly it was on a Barbarella, and in fact when it drugs charge. The police went around to happened she still had her hair his house at 3 am following a neighbor’s styled in the same manner as complaint that he was playing music too she wore in the film Klute, which loud for the early hours of the morning. was released in 1971. At the time her arrest spread across national headlines and seemed to be hoped in some quarters that the scandal would discredit her. Celebrity29 FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014

OZZY OSBOURNE Let’s face it, none of us are surprised that Ozzy Osbourne spent some time inside. The man shakes so much that he must have taken some serious drugs at some point or an- other, and you’d think it would be fairly easy for the police to PAUL MCCARTNEY use that as a pre-tense to at least investigate him. First we have the Rolling Stones, so who better to follow them up than one of the Beatles. Although admittedly, this was post-Beatles McCartney that was arrested, although that wasn’t the charge. He was arrested on January 16, 1980 during a tour to Japan with his band Wings. He had 8oz of marijuana on him when he flew into Narita airport.

BILL GATES At the age of 58, Bill Gates is the second richest man in the world with a wealth of $67 billion. Ironic that a man who has invested in G4S, a company which runs prisons, once was incarcerated in one. Gates had been arrested twice prior to that which resulted in the above mugshot, both times for traffic viola- tions. The details of the 1977 arrest are shady and there are a variety of stories related to it, mostly in relation to something to do with Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.

MARK WALHBERG You have to delve back into Walhberg’s past to find this charge. During his early teenage years he was in a gang, and got into trouble with the police more than 20 times while addicted to cocaine. At the age of 16 on April 8, 1996, he attacked two Vietnamese men, permanently blind- ing one of them.

TIM ALLEN In 1978, at the age of 25, Tim Allen Dick was arrested. This was 10 years before his eventual appearance on television for the first time. At an airport in Michigan, Allen was arrested for smuggling cocaine. The law at the time allowed for a term of life imprisonment to be handed down for smuggling more than 650 grams of the drug – which Allen qualified for. —www.whatculture.com Colors FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014 30

ellow is the most luminous of all the colors of the spec- Hellotrum. It’s the color that yellcaptures our attention more than w! Yany other color. In the natural world, yellow is the color of sunflowers and daffodils, egg yolks and lemons, canaries and bees. In our contemporary human-made world, yellow is the color of Sponge Bob, the Tour de France winner’s jersey, happy faces, post its, and signs that alert us to danger or caution. It’s the color of happiness, and optimism, of enlightenment and creativity, sunshine and spring. —www.colormatters.com Shades of golden yellow carry the promise of a positive future carryof a positive Shades of golden yellow the promise Leisure FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014

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Aries (March 21-April 19) COUNTRY CODES Libra (September 23-October 22) Afghanistan 0093 Kuwait 00965 The only good thing about being on an emotional roller coaster is Albania 00355 Kyrgyzstan 00996 The topic of the day is knowledge and learning, Libra. Did you Algeria 00213 Laos 00856 that you never feel the same way for long, Aries. One moment study the field you dreamed of? Do you feel ashamed of not Andorra 00376 Latvia 00371 you're up, the next you're down. You can't figure out what it is Angola 00244 Lebanon 00961 having attended such-and-such a school or program? If those you want today. Rather than bring your loved ones along on this Anguilla 001264 Liberia 00231 sorts of issues are uppermost on your mind, remember that wild ride, why not take some time away from your usual environ- Antiga 001268 Libya 00218 your creativity has little to do with the degrees you hold and Argentina 0054 Lithuania 00370 ment? You'll be a lot better off alone. Who knows? Something everything to do with how you use your skills and knowledge Armenia 00374 Luxembourg 00352 important may come out of these moments of solitude! Australia 0061 Macau 00853 to better the world. Austria 0043 Macedonia 00389 Bahamas 001242 Madagascar 00261 Bahrain 00973 Majorca 0034 Bangladesh 00880 Malawi 00265 Barbados 001246 Malaysia 0060 Belarus 00375 Maldives 00960 Taurus (April 20-May 20) Belgium 0032 Mali 00223 Scorpio (October 23-November 21) Belize 00501 Malta 00356 Benin 00229 Marshall Islands 00692 Bermuda 001441 Martinique 00596 You might want to check your alarm clock to be sure it real- An important aspect has passed, and you are in the process of Bhutan 00975 Mauritania 00222 ly woke you up this morning, Taurus. Your tendency will be Bolivia 00591 Mauritius 00230 to stay in the cocoon of your own little dream world, deep reaping the benefit from it, Scorpio. It was only a matter of Bosnia 00387 Mayotte 00269 in your own thoughts. Obsessive thoughts, in particular, becoming aware of and settling certain matters related to your Botswana 00267 Mexico 0052 will try and drown out some more pressing issues from the need for social recognition. Don't be so hungry for approval, Brazil 0055 Micronesia 00691 Scorpio. Most people contain a stern inner authority figure and Brunei 00673 Moldova 00373 past that really need to be dealt with once and for all. "Ring, Bulgaria 00359 Monaco 00377 ring!" It's time to wake up! can survive comfortably and self-sufficiently. In fact, it's your Burkina 00226 Mongolia 00976 greatest strength. Burundi 00257 Montserrat 001664 Cambodia 00855 Morocco 00212 Cameroon 00237 Mozambique 00258 Canada 001 Myanmar (Burma) 0095 Cape Verde 00238 Namibia 00264 Cayman Islands 001345 Nepal 00977 Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) Central African Republic 00236 Netherlands (Holland)0031 Chad 00235 Netherlands Antilles 00599 Chile 0056 New Caledonia 00687 China 0086 New Zealand 0064 There is something in the air today pushing you toward change You may feel hemmed in by the role models that society cur- Colombia 0057 Nicaragua 00505 or renewal, Gemini. Is it time to change your wardrobe or rently offers, Sagittarius. As you struggle to find your own defi- Comoros 00269 Nigar 00227 redecorate your home? If so, this is the day. If you have mone- Congo 00242 Nigeria 00234 nition of the truly modern human being, the people around Cook Islands 00682 Niue 00683 tary restrictions, you'll find it just as fulfilling (and a whole lot you sometimes criticize your liberated attitude. Just because Costa Rica 00506 Norfolk Island 00672 cheaper) to simply rid your home of all the things that just their ideas aren't in sync with yours in no way invalidates them. Croatia 00385 Northern Ireland (UK)0044 aren't "you" anymore. Surround yourself with the things you If your ideas are a tad too radical, theirs are too conventional. Cuba 0053 North Korea 00850 love. There's room for both points of view. Cyprus 00357 Norway 0047 Cyprus (Northern) 0090392 Oman 00968 Czech Republic 00420 Pakistan 0092 Denmark 0045 Palau 00680 Diego Garcia 00246 Panama 00507 Djibouti 00253 Papua New Guinea 00675 Dominica 001767 Paraguay 00595 Cancer (June 21-July 22 Capricorn (December 22-January 19) Dominican Republic 001809 Peru 0051 ) Ecuador 00593 Philippines 0063 Egypt 0020 Poland 0048 El Salvador 00503 Portugal 00351 The good news is it can only get better. For today, however, Today's aspects are suggesting that you take a good hard England (UK) 0044 Puerto Rico 001787 there may be some trying times in store, Cancer. If you're a par- look at the state of your ego, Capricorn. Are you too proud Equatorial Guinea 00240 Qatar 00974 Eritrea 00291 Romania 0040 ent, the children will beg for something every five minutes. At or too humble? Buddhists say that the path to spiritual ful- Estonia 00372 Russian Federation 007 work, you'll feel pressure from all sides. Not even your love life fillment lies in knowing how to build a healthy ego while at Ethiopia 00251 Rwanda 00250 is immune from the doubt that seems to hover over you. No the same time developing a part of oneself completely for- Falkland Islands 00500 Saint Helena 00290 compromise is possible today. Just sit tight and know that eign to the ego. Are you working hard at this? Faroe Islands 00298 Saint Kitts 001869 Fiji 00679 Saint Lucia 001758 calmer days are coming. Finland 00358 Saint Pierre 00508 France 0033 Saint Vincent 001784 French Guiana 00594 Samoa US 00684 French Polynesia 00689 Samoa West 00685 Gabon 00241 San Marino 00378 Gambia 00220 Sao Tone 00239 Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) Georgia 00995 Saudi Arabia 00966 Germany 0049 Scotland (UK) 0044 Ghana 00233 Senegal 00221 Gibraltar 00350 Seychelles 00284 Today is the day to rethink all those social values that you A small crisis is still a crisis, isn't it, Aquarius? Expect one in your Greece 0030 Sierra Leone 00232 take at face value, Leo. Like the rest of us, you learned them at personal life today. Since you aren't one to let issues go unre- Greenland 00299 Singapore 0065 a young age and unthinkingly accepted them. Established solved, you won't be able to put off dealing with your problems Grenada 001473 Slovakia 00421 any longer. Questions abound. Are work and responsibilities Guadeloupe 00590 Slovenia 00386 concepts of propriety are especially deserving of considera- Guam 001671 Solomon Islands 00677 tion. After hearing for years about all those things that “just shared equally with your partner? Are you both making an Guatemala 00502 Somalia 00252 aren't done," isn't it refreshing to think that maybe they equal effort to maintain relationship harmony? Asking the Guinea 00224 South Africa 0027 should be done after all? questions is the first step to answering them. Guyana 00592 South Korea 0082 Haiti 00509 Spain 0034 Holland (Netherlands)0031 Sri Lanka 0094 Honduras 00504 Sudan 00249 Hong Kong 00852 Suriname 00597 Hungary 0036 Swaziland 00268 Ibiza (Spain) 0034 Sweden 0046 Iceland 00354 Switzerland 0041 Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) India 0091 Syria 00963 Indian Ocean 00873 Taiwan 00886 Indonesia 0062 Tanzania 00255 Today is an ideal day to shop for a new wardrobe, Virgo. You Something has to change, Pisces. You knew it as soon as you woke Iran 0098 Thailand 0066 up this morning. Your mirror provides the impetus for some impor- Iraq 00964 Toga 00228 may find your usual style either too conventional or uncomfort- Ireland 00353 Tonga 00676 ably trendy. Often when you're out shopping, you'll reject an tant resolutions. Is it time to begin a diet, make a commitment to Italy 0039 Tokelau 00690 item you really like for fear that it's too suggestive or old fash- exercise more, or strengthen your resolve to quit smoking? Ivory Coast 00225 Trinidad 001868 ioned. Perhaps you should listen to your own judgment for a Anything you do to improve your health will make you feel better Jamaica 001876 Tunisia 00216 change instead of being so concerned with what other people about yourself. Buy some new clothes or get a haircut! Other peo- Japan 0081 Turkey 0090 ple will notice, too! Jordan 00962 Tuvalu 00688 might think. Kazakhstan 007 Uganda 00256 Kenya 00254 Ukraine 00380 Kiribati 00686 United Arab Emirates00976 TV listings FRIDAY, MAY 16 , 2014

08:40 Fast N’ Loud 19:00 Doomsday Preppers 13:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 13:00 Five-PG15 09:30 Border Security 20:00 Situation Critical 14:00 Zero Hour 15:00 Moonrise Kingdom-PG15 09:55 Baggage Battles 21:00 Doomsday Preppers 15:00 Almost Human 17:00 The Three Stooges-PG15 10:20 The Liquidator 22:00 Doomsday Preppers 16:00 Emmerdale 19:00 Celeste And Jesse Forever-PG15 10:45 How It’s Made 23:00 A Traveler’s Guide To The 17:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 21:00 Cloud Atlas-18 00:45 Whale Wars 11:10 How Stuff’s Made Planets 18:00 Zero Hour 01:35 Untamed & Uncut 00:35 The Jonathan Ross Show 11:35 Sons Of Guns 19:00 Glee 02:25 Wild Africa Rescue 01:30 Emmerdale 12:25 Destroyed In Seconds 20:00 American Idol 02:50 Wild Africa Rescue 02:25 Coronation Street 12:50 Destroyed In Seconds 21:00 The Client List 03:15 Call Of The Wildman: Viva Live 02:55 Come Dine With Me Ireland 13:15 Destroyed In Seconds 22:00 Survivor: Cagayan Action! 03:25 Four Weddings UK 13:40 Destroyed In Seconds 23:00 Nip/Tuck 01:00 The Pirates! Band Of Misfits 04:05 Swimming With Monsters: Steve 04:20 The Hungry Sailors 14:05 Border Security 03:00 The Happets Backshall 05:15 May The Best House Win Abroad 14:30 Baggage Battles 04:30 Puppy In My Pocket: The Movie 04:55 Animal Cops South Africa 06:10 The Jonathan Ross Show 00:20 World’s Deadliest Killers 14:55 The Liquidator 06:00 Free Birds 05:45 ER Vets 07:05 Come Dine With Me Ireland 01:10 Fish Warrior 08:00 Cinderella 15:20 Bush Pilots 07:30 Four Weddings UK 02:00 Built For The Kill 06:10 ER Vets 00:00 Vacancy 10:00 Curious George: Swings Into 16:10 Fast N’ Loud 08:25 The Hungry Sailors 02:50 World’s Deadliest: Jaws & Sins 06:35 Steve Irwin’s Wildlife Warriors 02:00 Stone’s War: War Of The Dead Spring 17:00 Ultimate Survival 09:20 May The Best House Win Abroad 03:45 Shane Untamed 07:00 Animal Airport 04:00 Bait 11:30 Madagascar 17:50 Wheeler Dealers 10:15 Doc Martin 04:40 Ultimate Animal Countdown 07:25 Journey Of Life 06:00 Hellboy: Sword Of Storms 13:00 The Pirates! 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LONDON: New data showing an experimental AstraZeneca lung cancer drug shrank tumors in more than half of patients gave the British group fresh ammunition to argue that Pfizer’s takeover offer undervalues it substantially. Britain’s second-biggest drugmaker said yesterday the strong results were among a raft of recent updates that showed accelerating progress in its pipeline of experi- mental medicines.AstraZeneca has rejected a $106 billion approach from US rival Pfizer, arguing that it has a bright inde- pendent future due to its promising line-up of new drugs. Pfizer is widely expected to return with a sweetened offer in coming days. “We continue to build our pipeline and we are encouraged by the progress in the development of key assets,” Chief Executive Pascal Soriot said in a statement. Its new lung cancer drug, known as AZD9291, targets a genetic mutation that helps tumors evade current treatments. AstraZeneca believes it could sell as much as $3 billion a year. Results from an early-stage Phase I trial of the drug, released late on Wednesday, showed AZD9291 shrank tumors in 51 percent of patients. Tumors shrank in 64 percent of patients found to have the mutation, known as T790M, which develops in about half of MIAMI: In this image made from video, a Center for Disease Control health advisory warning travelers about the lung cancers that become resistant to drugs known as epidermal risks of MERS, or Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, is shown at a TSA screening area on Wednesday at Miami growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitors. International Airport in Miami. — AP Savvas Neophytou, an analyst at brokerage Panmure Gordon, said the results were impressive and “AstraZeneca’s management is right to be excited by the pipeline”. AstraZeneca shares were 0.8 percent higher in slightly lower Saudi reports 10 London market by 1400 GMT. EGFR drugs, such as Roche’s Tarceva and AstraZeneca’s own Iressa, are used to treat various solid tumor cancers with mutated or overactive EGFR. Around 15 percent of patients with non-small cell lung cancer, the most common form more MERS deaths of the disease, have mutations in the EGFR gene. But most of them will eventually become resistant to available EGFR inhibitors, said Dr Pasi Janne, professor of medicine at Dana- Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School in Boston and Death toll reaches 511 with 20 new cases in Kingdom the study’s lead investigator. “The issue of drug resistance has been the bane of chemotherapy treatment of cancer for decades,” Dr DOHA: Saudi Arabia said that 10 more people infected with The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that Peter Yu, president-elect of the American Society of Clinical Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) had died over the while its concern over MERS had significantly increased, the Oncology (ASCO), said during a press conference. last two days and identified 20 new cases of the virus, push- disease does not yet pose a global health emergency. ing the total number of infections in the country to 511. Five The patient with the second confirmed case of MERS on $45bn SALES TARGET of the deaths were reported on Tuesday and five on US soil was hospitalized in Orlando, Florida after a 12-hour AZD9291 is one of several new drugs flagged by AstraZeneca Wednesday, according to statements on the health min- stay in the emergency department, potentially exposing last week in a bid to convince investors of the strength of its experi- istry’s website. healthcare workers to the virus. He remained in an isolation mental pipeline, which includes several innovative cancer drugs, as They took the death toll in Saudi Arabia to 157 since room at Dr. P. Phillips Hospital and had been fever free for 24 well as treatments for diabetes, asthma, rheumatoid arthritis and MERS, a coronavirus like Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome hours, the hospital said on Wednesday. psoriasis. Overall, the British company forecasts these new products will (SARS), was identified two years ago. Florida officials said they were monitoring a total of 20 help its sales rise 75 percent to $45 billion by 2023. The Phase I trial The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that healthcare workers who had been in contact with the for AZD9291, featured ahead of the annual ASCO meeting later this while concern about the virus had “significantly increased”, patient. Test results for 19 of those workers were negative month, involved 199 patients with advanced non-small cell lung the disease was not yet a global health emergency. Of the 16 for MERS, according to Kevin Sherin, director of the Florida cancer with EGFR mutations whose disease worsened despite new cases identified on Wednesday, two had died. Of the Department of Health in Orange County. The 20th worker, a treatment with a current EGFR drug. four cases identified on Tuesday, one had died, the ministry doctor who had left for Canada, was still awaiting test The most common side effects seen in the trial included diar- said. SARS which killed around 800 people worldwide after results. rhea and rash, but researchers said the level of toxicity was less emerging in China in 2002. It can cause coughing, fever and Scientists have few details on how the MERS virus severe than is seen with available EGFR inhibitors. pneumonia, and there is no vaccine or anti-viral treatment spreads, but healthcare workers have proven particularly AstraZeneca is currently conducting a Phase 2 study of against it. vulnerable because of their close contact with infected AZD9291 in patients with the T790M mutation at a daily dose of 80 The rate of infection in Saudi Arabia has surged in recent patients. Both US cases involved healthcare workers who milligram, which it said could enable accelerated regulatory filing weeks after big outbreaks associated with hospitals in had spent time in Saudi hospitals that are treating people in the second half of next year. AZD9291 has been granted “break- Jeddah and Riyadh. The total number of infections nearly with MERS. US officials posted signs near security check- through” status by the US Food and Drug Administration as a sec- doubled in April and has risen by a further 25 percent points and customs areas at leading airports such as ond-line therapy for non-small cell lung cancer. AstraZeneca will already in May. The recent upsurge is of particular concern Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson, Dallas/Fort Worth and New also study the drug as an initial treatment for eligible lung cancer because of the influx of pilgrims from around the world York’s John F. Kennedy informing travelers about Middle patients. expected in July during the Muslim fasting month of East Respiratory Syndrome and advising them to take pre- Investors are keen to get a look at other cancer data from Ramadan. cautions such as washing their hands and report any flu-like AstraZeneca due to be presented at the ASCO meeting. The com- Scientists around the world have been searching for the symptoms. pany’s MEDI4736 has the potential to become one of the first in a animal source, or reservoir, of MERS virus infections ever The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ear- new class of drugs known as anti-PDL1 treatments that fight can- cer by boosting the immune system. It is initially being tested as a since the first human cases were confirmed in September ly this week issued a “Level 2” alert on travel to the treatment for non-small cell lung cancer and AstraZeneca said data 2012. Arabian Peninsula, advising passengers to pay extra atten- to date had shown “durable clinical activity and acceptable safety”. tion to their health during and after their trip. The CDC did 2 US cases AstraZeneca has forecast potential peak sales for MEDI4736 of not recommend that people change their travel plans $6.5 billion, including combination therapies. An AstraZeneca Meanwhile, two US hospital workers who fell ill after con- because of MERS. Officials at major airlines such as Delta spokeswoman said updated data from trials of MEDI4736 will be tact with a patient suffering from Middle East Respiratory Air Lines and United Airlines said they are following CDC’s presented at the conference at the end of May. Syndrome (MERS) have tested negative for the often-deadly guidelines but had no extra precautions for travelers. Data from another of the company’s experimental cancer virus, a Florida health official said on Wednesday. According to a CDC analysis, New York City is expected to drugs, olaparib for ovarian cancer, will be featured at the ASCO US health officials had recently confirmed the country’s see the greatest influx of airline travelers from Saudi meeting. AstraZeneca has forecast peak olaparib sales of $2 billion, first two cases of MERS, raising fears about the global spread Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in May and June this compared with consensus analyst estimates of $1.5 billion to $3 of the virus, which has been responsible for a worsening year, at nearly 31,000 people. Washington, DC was second billion. It has also had encouraging results combining olaparib and outbreak in Saudi Arabia. More than 500 cases have been on the list at more than 24,500 passengers, followed by another drug called cediranib. — Reuters reported worldwide, with about 30 percent proving fatal. Los Angeles at more than 15,000.— Reuters

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Dana Gas profit falls, hopes to recover Egypt money

DUBAI: Dana Gas reported a 32 percent drop in first- company said it made a one-off gain of 143 million to pay between $1 billion and $1.5 billion of what’s quarter profit yesterday as the United Arab Emirates- dirhams from an asset sale in the first quarter of 2013. owed to the petroleum sector.” The company collected based company failed to repeat a one-off gain which Dana Gas said in its quarterly results statement that it $134 million in Egypt last year, leaving the trade receiv- boosted earnings in the same period last year. But Dana had received a payment of $3 million from the Egypt ables balance for its operations there at $274 million at Gas, which has exploration and production assets in government and had not received any payments from the end of December. At the end of the first quarter, Egypt, Kurdistan and the UAE with an average quarterly the Kurdistan Regional Government since Dec 2013. Egypt’s trade receivables stood at $278 million. output of 68,800 barrels of oil equivalent per day This resulted in trade receivables being higher by $68 It collected $69 million from Kurdistan in early 2013, (boepd), hopes to recover part of its receivables from million to a total of $583 million, resulting in a cash bal- but the flow of funds dried up over summer, leaving a Egypt next month, chief Executive officer Patrick Allman- ance of $155 million. Chief Executive Allman-Ward told trade receivable balance of $515 million at the end of Ward told reporters. Dana made a net profit of 164 mil- reporters on a conference call earlier yesterday that the 2013 - up from $354 at the end of 2012. Non-payment lion dirhams ($44.65 million)in the three months to company hopes to receive a payment from the Egyptian prompted the company to file an arbitration case in March 31, down from 241 million dirhams a year ago, government in June. October to confirm its rights under a 2007 contract with according to a statement to Abu Dhabi’s bourse. The “We have heard that the government of Egypt plans the Kurdish region government (KRG).—Reuters

News in brief

Bahrain’s ABC names Hopkins as CFO DUBAI: Bahrain-based Arab Banking Corporation (ABC) has appointed Brendon Hopkins as group chief financial officer, who will replace the retiring incumbent Roy Gardner, the lender said yesterday. The appointment of Hopkins, who spent 18 years at Standard Chartered including as chief executive officer for Europe, will be effective as of June 1. Gardner had been CFO since 2009, the statement added. Hopkins is the second experi- enced Standard Chartered banker to join ABC’s senior manage- ment in recent months. In February, ABC announced that Ray Ferguson, at the time chief executive officer of Standard Chartered’s Singapore office, would join as group chief banking officer.

S Korea’s Iran oil imports up SEOUL: South Korea’s crude imports from Iran doubled in April from March, when the shipments dropped due to refinery maintenance, but intake of the oil over the first four months remained near last year’s average, customs data showed yester- day. South Korea imported 552,884 tons of Iranian crude last month, or 135,088 barrels per day (bpd), compared with 274,808 tons a month ago and 507,821 tons a year ago, accord- ing to the preliminary customs data. South Korea took 2.2 mil- lion tons, or 135,982 bpd, in the first four months of this year from the Islamic republic, down 8 percent from the same period in 2013 and slightly more than the average 134,000 bpd for all KUALA LUMPUR: A woman waits for customers as she sells cookies at a local weekly market in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. of last year. South Korea and other Asian buyers are supposed Malaysia is expected to announce its first quarter GDP figures today. — AFP to hold their crude imports from the OPEC member at end-2013 levels, under the terms of the Geneva accord between Iran and six major powers that took effect in January and eased some sanctions on Tehran in exchange for curbs to its nuclear pro- Qatar to set up deposit gram. Duba’s Emaar’s villa insurance, sharia scheme sales drop in Q1 DUBAI: Dubai’s Emaar Properties said yesterday that its rev- enue from villa sales dropped by nearly 17 percent in the first Doha eyes reforms to modernize financial sector quarter of the year, as it extracted more income from malls and hotels instead. The builder of the world’s tallest tower generat- DOHA: Qatar regulators will establish a deposit insurance with religious principles such as a ban on interest and pure ed revenue of 256.91 million dirhams ($69.94 million) from sales framework that will include a sharia-compliant scheme, one of monetary speculation. of villas in the first quarter compared to 308.73 million dirhams several reforms aimed at modernizing the financial sector of Bahrain pioneered Islamic deposit insurance in 1993, with in the corresponding period in 2013, a detailed earnings state- the world’s top exporter of liquefied natural gas. The scheme is others including Kuwait, Jordan and Malaysia also having ment released yesterday showed. However, the decline was part of a strategic plan for Qatar’s financial sector developed by developed schemes of their own. partly offset by an increase in revenue from its hospitality and the country’s three regulatory bodies, which they aim to imple- Qatar’s plan also calls for strengthening regulation of rental portfolio. Revenue from sales of apartment blocks, com- ment by the year 2016. Islamic finance institutions to further develop the sector. “The mercial units and land rose by just 2.9 percent year-on-year to While government support for domestic banks is consid- three regulatory authorities will develop a common approach 653 million dirhams. Emaar reported a 55 percent rise in first- ered implicit in many cash-rich Gulf countries, explicit deposit to legal issues and harmonize regulatory and supervisory prac- quarter net profit in April, on the back of growing revenue from insurance is rare in the region but would help bring Qatar in tices,” the strategy plan said. Initiatives include enhancing its malls and hospitality business. The developer diversified out line with best practices in other high-income jurisdictions. The licensing criteria for Islamic banks, tightening corporate gover- of property sales after Dubai’s housing market prices slumped scheme would initially be set up under central bank law, a safe- nance standards and those for the sharia boards that oversee by more than half from a 2008 peak when the emirate’s build- ty net that would promote financial stability, said the strategy their operations. ing boom went bust. plan published in the Qatar Central Bank (QCB) website. Regulators would also incorporate prudential standards and Maaden seeks shareholder “Going forward, steps will be taken to implement a deposi- reporting on capital adequacy, solvency and liquidity, as well nod for $1.5bn rights issue tor protection scheme in Qatar as required by the QCB law. At a as a framework for liquidation of Islamic finance institutions. DUBAI: Saudi Arabian Mining Co (Ma’aden) will seek sharehold- later stage, consideration will be given to developing a risk- The country’s four fully fledged Islamic banks are Qatar Islamic er approval for a 5.6 billion riyals ($1.49 billion) rights issue to based premium mechanism,” it said. Bank, Masraf Al-Rayan, Qatar International Islamic Bank and help expand its operations, the company said yesterday. The plan also calls for developing a sharia-compliant equiv- Barwa Bank. Qatar has been working for several years on plans Ma’aden will use the money to expand its phosphate and gold alent to deposit insurance, an even-greater rarity, deemed nec- to unify market watchdogs and make the regulation process operations, as well as adding further funding to its aluminium essary by regulators as Islamic banks now hold over a third of simpler and clearer for companies. Progress towards this goal business, it said in a bourse filing. total banking assets in Qatar. Under an Islamic version, any has been slow, however, partly because of the complexity of expenses and investments made by the scheme must comply the reform process. — Reuters Business FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014 IEA edges up oil demand outlook

PARIS: Demand for oil this year will be slightly higher The IEA, the energy monitoring and policy arm of the But it warned: “While OPEC production gains of than expected, the IEA forecast yesterday, highlighting OECD, said this was driven notably by growing demand around 400,000 barrels per day went some ways towards signs of tension in the market and urging OPEC to raise in India, China, Brazil, Iran and Saudi Arabia. easing markets last month, that gain will be insufficient output. Oil prices are expected to remain high, and the The agency said that despite easing of demand in to meet market needs in the second half of the year, IEA said that OPEC should raise production sharply to April, normal for the time of year, “crude prices remain when consumption bounces back seasonally.” This keep world oil markets well-supplied in the face of what elevated” and signs indicated there should be a “signifi- meant that “in order to balance forecast demand, OPEC would be record global demand. cant rise in OPEC production from current levels in the countries would need to hike third-quarter production by But strong demand in the first quarter is predicted to second half of the year”. another 900,000 barrels per day from April levels”. slow down for the rest of the year because a weaker out- While the Organization of Petroleum Exporting The IEA said customs data suggested that China had look for global economic growth would weigh on con- Countries “has more than enough capacity” to raise out- increased its oil imports sharply to a record high of 6.81 sumption. OPEC production had fallen to a five-month put, the IEA said it was not clear that OPEC would be able mbd in April. Oil tanker tracking data also pointed to a low point in March but surged by 405,000 barrels per day to overcome problems that “have plagued some of its big increase in imports from Russia, Oman, Angola and (bd) in April to 29.90 million barrels per day (mbd), the member countries recently”. Unrest in OPEC member Iraq, and that supplies from these sources had risen to agency said, close to the OPEC ceiling. Libya, for example, meant that it was unclear whether the more than 700,000 bd, another record. The IEA expects OPEC ministers to maintain the pro- country “can keep its ports open and unlock its exports,” “China’s imports from Iran also jumped to over duction ceiling of the world’s top oil producing group at the IEA said. On the supply side, the monthly IEA report 600,000 barrels per day, based on preliminary data, the 30 mbd in Vienna meeting on June 11, noting that Saudi said that in April global supplies rose by 700,000 bd from highest since June 2012.” However, the agency warned Arabian Oil Minister Ali Naimi had said that “supply is suf- the March level to 92.1 mbd, with more than half of the that in the long term, “relatively challenging economic ficient” and there was “absolutely no reason” to raise the increase coming from OPEC countries. conditions continue to dampen expectations of Chinese limit. The International Energy Agency raised its forecast oil demand for 2014”. Demand in the first quarter of this for global demand by 65,000 bd to 92.8 million barrels, China increases imports, inventories year had outstripped the previous forecast by 190,000 bd largely because of unexpectedly strong demand in the The agency also pointed to evidence that the world’s to 91.3 mbd, mainly because of unexpectedly strong first quarter, driven by consumption in the US economy. second-largest economy China may have begun pump- demand in the United States, Japan, Germany and Britain. Demand for oil from countries outside the advanced ing oil into a recently completed expansion of its strate- This meant estimated demand for the whole of this year democracies covered by the Organization for Economic gic reserve facilities. “While that would benefit energy was 1.32 mbd higher than in 2013. Inventories of oil in Cooperation and Development-mainly emerging security not just in China but globally, crude exports of the 34 countries covered by the OECD “remain tight by economies-also rallied strongly in the first quarter. that scale might also support oil markets,” the IEA said. historical standards”, the IEA said. — AFP France defends moves to thwart Alstom’s takeover New rules to take effect today

PARIS: France yesterday defended moves to thwart foreign takeovers of “strategic” industrial groups after creat- ing new powers to control the fortunes of Alstom, an energy giant and current target. The new rules, which could be applied to block the attempts of US TOKYO: Customers browse shirts at an apparel shop in Tokyo General Electric or Germany’s Siemens to yesterday. Japan’s first-quarter growth was the strongest in take over Alstom’s energy arm, will come over two years, data showed as the nation’s cash registers into effect today. “The fundamental role rang up big sales ahead of a consumption tax rise that threat- of the state is to protect the strategic ens to stall activity in the coming months. — AFP interests of France,” Finance Minister Michel Sapin told Europe 1 radio. Tax hike buying buoys “This is true in France as it is true in any other country” seeking to safeguard Japan’s Q1 GDP growth national interests, he said. Under the new decree, which extends the sectors covered in a 2005 law, investments by TOKYO: Japan’s first-quarter growth was the strongest in over two foreign groups in key sectors such as years, data showed yesterday, as the nation’s cash registers rang energy, water, transport, health and tele- up big sales ahead of a consumption tax rise that threatens to stall coms will have to be vetted by the gov- activity in the coming months. Millions of shoppers scooped up ernment. Economy Minister Arnaud everything from cars and refrigerators to televisions and alcohol in Montebourg, an advocate of economic a buying spree that drove the 1.5 percent expansion in gross patriotism who has been accused of pro- domestic product for the three months to March. tectionism in his bid to promote and pro- That beat market expectations and a tepid 0.1 percent rise in The logo of the French power and transport engineering company tect French industry, will then decide Alstom. — AFP the last quarter of 2013. whether to give the green light. Japan’s latest growth figures were the strongest since mid- Factors to be taken into account Alstom has said that it will decide by the split in the French cabinet with new 2011, when the world’s third-largest economy bounced back in would include the sustainability of the end of May which of the two offers it energy minister Segolene Royal having the aftermath of a devastating quake-tsunami disaster. But, as proposal, the infrastructure implications prefers, although it has already signalled come out against Montebourg’s stance Tokyo works to conquer years of deflation, there are growing fears and whether the national interest is sat- that it prefers the GE offer of 12.35 billion that a European tie-up would be in that shoppers will shun pricier goods due to the tax hike-seen as isfied. Permission would then be granted euros ($17.0 billion) for its energy activi- France’s best interests. “General Electric key to chopping Japan’s massive national debt. That, in turn, provided that the company meets cer- ties. The GE offer is the only firm propos- is a very good opportunity for Alstom. It would weigh on consumer spending and could derail a recovery in tain commitments. Companies can al so far. The US giant said in a reaction offers the best industrial project,” Royal the wider economy. “This is not normal and there will be a reaction appeal to France’s highest administrative to France’s new decree that it “recog- said in an interview published on to it,” said Takeshi Minami, an economist at Norinchukin Research court if they are unhappy with the deci- nized the importance of the energy sec- Wednesday. Institute, referring to quarterly growth, which amounted to a siz- sion. Economy Minister Montebourg is tor for France and will continue our con- “Why not say so? And why do we zling 5.9 percent rise on an annualized basis. “After this kind of rise, openly opposed to a buy-out of Alstom’s structive discussions with the French want systematically to make foreign the fall back will not be small,” he added. Sales taxes rose to 8.0 energy wing by US giant General Electric government.” investment go away?” she said. Royal lat- percent from 5.0 percent on April 1. Since then, voicing concern over possible job losses “Our project is good for Alstom, for its er moved to play down her remarks, Japanese auto sales dropped nearly 12 percent in April from a and the fact that a jewel of French indus- workers and for France,” the statement tweeting that talks with Siemens were year ago, beer shipments fell by about one-fifth, and department try “is going to be run from Connecticut.” said. “Our project aims to build a world going well, following a meeting between stores have seen a sharp drop-off in customer traffic, underscoring He has instead advocated a tie-up leader in the energy sector.” The future Montebourg and the chief executive of concerns about slower spending. —AFP with German firm Siemens. The board of of Alstom has caused an embarrassing Siemens, Joe Kaeser. — AFP Business FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014 Immigration debate clouds EU gains Unlimited cheap labor hits British workforce: Survey

LONDON/BERLIN/PARIS: An unemployed instance, the foreigner works in the ware- the welfare state. “On average the foreigners Waning builder sits on the pavement, begging for house, while the German works at the till. still receive fewer transfer payments than the In sheer numbers France has one of the small change next to a slogan saying “EU Those are not exactly the same jobs,” said German population, simply because they are biggest foreign-born populations among policy at work - British workers are hit hard Herbert Bruecker, a professor at the Institute younger and the bulk of transfer payments developed countries at 7.36 million but it is by unlimited cheap labor”. for Employment Research. Portes saw a simi- in Germany is pensions,” said Bruecker. no longer a top destination for immigrants The arresting image comes from an elec- lar trend in Britain though he said some peo- Nonetheless, there is growing pressure to as it once was. Data from EU statistics agency tion poster for the United Kingdom ple in lower-skilled jobs have experienced tighten up. A German government panel rec- Eurostat showed that in 2012, there was net Independence Party, a once-fringe move- downward pressure on wages as a result of ommended in March limiting job-seekers’ foreign migration of 112,000 into France, ment that wants to withdraw Britain from outside competition. “A lot of people who stay to three months if they fail to find work, compared with 239,000 in Britain and the EU and looks set to garner the most work in food processing are from eastern expelling those who commit benefit fraud 366,000 in Germany. votes in next week’s European Parliament Europe,” he said. “Often they don’t get paid and blocking their return for a certain period. “France hasn’t been a big destination for polls. Worry about immigration is now high- very much, and the conditions are not very The panel also proposed tougher bureau- immigration for years and the illusion that it er in Britain than in any other EU country bar nice.” The situation is mirrored in Italy where cratic controls on those seeking benefits. is comes from the tendency to confuse immi- Malta. A quarter of Britons in a recent survey most foreigners are employed in low-skilled Britain has also introduced measures to grants and the children of immigrants,” named it as one of their top two concerns, jobs in industry, construction, seasonal labor limit access to benefits for EU migrants who OECD head international migration Jean- compared with 19 percent in Germany, the or domestic care, a sector where 4 out of 5 earn less than 150 pounds ($250) a week, Christophe Dumont said. National Front country with the third-highest level of workers come from abroad. something EU officials have warned may leader Marine Le Pen, who polls indicate unease, and fewer than 10 percent in Italy Nor do new incomers tend to overburden breach European law. could come top in next week’s election, told and France. Reuters EU rules stopped France taking steps Immigration has become a hot topic in to keep foreigners out. “Europe is a sieve Europe as it recovers only slowly from years with totally open borders, but EU require- of economic crisis. Anti-EU parties across the ments mean we are forced to put in place bloc are demanding borders be shut to new policies that attract immigration,” she said, migrants or numbers rationed. EU rules blaming generous welfare that cannot be mean people are free to move from the restricted to French citizens. Britain’s ruling poorer east to the richer west and thousands Conservative party pledged to reduce annual of people from Africa and Asia continue to net immigration to the tens of thousands risk perilous routes across the Mediterranean when it took power in 2010 and has had to into southern Europe. crack down on immigration from outside the Britain certainly has plenty of immigrants. EU. The country’s population of foreigners has Boris Johnson, the Conservative Mayor of risen by more than a million since the last EU London and one of the party’s more pro- elections in 2009 - a bigger increase than immigration voices, said that created the anywhere in the EU apart from Italy where unintended consequence of barring high- foreign residents make up 7 percent of the skilled people from countries like Australia total population. But most economic studies and New Zealand so as to hit targets. suggest that for Europe’s biggest economies, “There’s no reason, in my view, why we acting as a magnet for foreign workers is need to have completely untrammelled more of a blessing than a curse - at least until movement from the EU,” he said in a recent they stop working. “Overall the impact of interview. A NIESR study into the British gov- immigration has been broadly positive for ernment’s plan to halve net immigration said the economy. There has been little or no STRASBOURG: People hold a banner reading ‘’ civil servants, the count is not there’’ as it would reduce GDP per head by 2.7 percent negative impact for employment,” said they take part in a demonstration against austerity measures yesterday in Strasbourg, by 2060 and require a rate of income tax Jonathan Portes, director of Britain’s National eastern France. Seven French union called yesterday for a civil servants strike to ask for more than 2 percent higher than otherwise Institute of Economic and Social Research. salary adjustments. — AFP to fund a more elderly population. A study by the Paris-based Organization However both Portes and the OECD said for Economic Co-operation and that immigration was not a permanent solu- Development last year showed that immi- French Connection warns tion to Europe’s ageing workforces. “Labor grants to Britain paid more in taxes than they migrants’ ... net contribution generally tends took out in pensions and benefits by a mar- of weak N America sales to be positive, at least in the short run. gin equivalent to 0.5 percent of GDP. Nevertheless, in the long run ... it is neither a This is better than the OECD average of LONDON: Fashion retailer French sales for the 11 weeks ending April 12, said major burden nor a major panacea for the 0.35 percent, while in France and Germany Connection Group Plc reported a slowdown its UK/Europe retail did not go on mid-sea- public purse,” the OECD said. immigrants were a net drain of 0.5 percent in like-for-like retail sales in UK and Europe son sale in April and early May. The slow- Much depends on whether migrants and 1.1 percent respectively. Those figures in the four weeks to May 10 and warned of down was due to the planned reduction in retire in the country in which they worked, or reflect high pension costs - in Germany’s weak sales in North America for the rest of sale activity, Numis Securities analysts said return to their country of origin. Whatever case, partly because of the relatively elderly the year. Shares in the company fell as in a note. The retailer said last year it would the economic evidence, the anti-immigra- ethnic Germans from the former Soviet much as 15 percent, making them one of cut inventory levels, redesign product tion message is resonating in France, the Union who were encouraged to migrate the top percentage losers on the London ranges, make its buying teams more flexible Netherlands, the Nordics, Austria and Britain. after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and in France Stock Exchange. The stock has more than and review pricing to restore the fortunes Matthew Goodwin, a University of because the age profile of immigrants is old- doubled this year. of its retail division. French Connection had Nottingham professor, said UKIP leader Nigel er than average. Facing a declining and age- The company, which has posted losses reduced its loss to 6.1 million pounds ($10 Farage had scored by conflating the issue of ing population, German industry has actively for the last two years, said yesterday it million) in the year ended Jan. 31 from 10.5 immigration with opposition to the EU. sought immigration. By 2050, a third of the expects the North America region to trade million pounds a year earlier. “They have doubled down on that ‘left population will be above the age of 65, below its own expectations for the rest of Besides the French Connection brand, behind’ electorate ... by merging immigra- according to government data, and the pop- the year. US apparel retailers such as which brings in nearly 90 percent of its rev- tion with the issue of Europe, and combining ulation is seen shrinking by a quarter. Abercrombie & Fitch and Aeropostale Inc enue, the company operates wholesale-only that with a big side dish of anti-establish- More than 7.6 million foreigners were reg- have lost shoppers to cheaper and trendier ladies-wear range Great Plains, e-commerce ment populism and attacking Westminster istered as living in Germany at the end of last “fast fashion” chains such as Forever 21, fashion and homewares brand Toast and elites, attacking elites in Brussels who they year, the highest number since records start- H&M and Inditex’s Zara. men’s and women’s wear brand YMC. French allege have colluded to undermine the voic- ed in 1967. Some hot spots such as Cologne, London-based French Connection Connection said order book for the es of the left behind,” he said. Farage’s pitch Dortmund and Hanover have struggled with receives about a quarter of its revenue from autumn/winter 2014 collection was higher is that unlike the main parties he will talk a large number of poor immigrants from the United States. The retailer, known for its than the year-earlier period. The company, straight to the British electorate. But as often Eastern Europe. FCUK brand of clothing and accessories, which has about 131 outlets in UK and Europe, in politics, all is not what it seems. A few days But new incoming workers tend not to said retail sales in UK and Europe rose 5.6 closed two non-contributing stores during the after he unveiled UKIP’s poster, the appar- compete with the indigenous population for percent on a like-for-like basis in the 15 period. Shares in French Connection hit a low ently destitute British builder turned out to jobs. “Foreigners often are not put into com- weeks to May 10. The company, which had of 74.50 pence before easing back to 77.34 have been played by an actor - who was an municative jobs. In the supermarket for reported an 11 percent rise in like-for-like pence at 1113 GMT. — Reuters Irish immigrant. — Reuters Sports FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014

AL CAPSULES NL CAPSULES Pirates thump Red Sox overpower Twins 9-4

MINNEAPOLIS: David Ortiz homered started the rally with one-out singles 5 with an RBI and extended his hitting Brewers 4-1 twice for the second straight game and against Fernando Abad (0-1), and Abreu streak to nine games. the Boston Red Sox beat the greeted Luke Gregerson with a no-doubt MILWAUKEE: Backup catcher Chris Stewart’s single keyed a Minnesota Twins 9-4 on Wednesday drive to left field for his 15th home run of RAYS 2, MARINERS 0 three-run burst in the ninth inning against Francisco Rodriguez night. Big Papi went 3 for 5 with two the season. Abreu, a rookie slugger from Jake Odorizzi pitched one-hit ball for and sent the Pittsburgh Pirates past Milwaukee 4-1 Wednesday RBIs, one night after a four-hit per- Cuba, is the fourth player in major six innings, but the Tampa Bay Rays lost night, ending the Brewers’ three-game winning streak. formance against his former team. league history to hit 15 homers in his All-Star Ben Zobrist in a win. Zobrist dis- Rodriguez (1-1) had given up only one run in 21 innings in his first 21 games. But the Pirates tagged the Milwaukee closer for Both of his homeruns - off Kevin first 42 games, joining Wally Berger, located his left thumb on a headfirst four consecutive hits to beat the Brewers for only the second Correia (1-5) in the third and Caleb Kevin Maas and Wally Joyner. Ronald slide while trying to steal second base in time in nine games. Milwaukee managed only six hits and went Theilbar in the fifth - traveled more Belisario (2-3) got four outs for the win the fifth. The valuable all-purpose player 0 for 7 with runners in scoring position minus Carlos Gomez. than 400 feet into the right-field upper and Matt Lindstrom pitched the ninth for jammed himself into the bag after being The star center fielder dropped his appeal Wednesday and deck at Target Field, where he’s bat- his sixth save in nine chances. tagged out, walked off the field holding began a three-game suspension for his part in a bench-clearing ting .528 (28 of 53) in 13 career games. his hand and later had his thumb adjust- fracas at Pittsburgh on Easter Sunday. Stewart, making only his It was more than enough for Felix TIGERS 7, ORIOLES 5 ed back into place. Zobrist will remain eighth start of the season, singled for a 2-1 lead. Starling Marte, Doubront (2-3), who allowed a run on Rajai Davis homered, and Detroit with the team for the final four games of playing for the first time since exiting Saturday with tightness seven hits in 6 1-3 innings and retired overcame a rare shaky performance by a West Coast road trip and be re-evalu- in his back, then hit a two-run double. Tony Watson (4-0) nine straight at one point. Doubront Justin Verlander to complete a three- ated when the Rays return home. pitched a scoreless eighth. Mark Melancon worked the ninth for Odorizzi (2-3) picked up his first win his fifth save in six chances. since the opening week of the season, teaming with three relievers on a com- MARLINS 13, DODGERS 3 bined two-hitter. Brandon Maurer (1-2) Ed Lucas homered for Miami during a six-run second inning and the Seattle bullpen held the Rays to in which second baseman Dee Gordon’s fielding error led to three hits. five unearned runs, and the Marlins scored another six runs two innings later. Anthony DeSclafani (1-0) allowed two runs and seven hits over six innings to earn the win in his major league INDIANS 15, BLUE JAYS 4 debut. He had a single and drove in two runs. Reed Johnson David Murphy had five hits and five had a two-run homer and Jeff Mathis added a three-run shot in RBIs and Lonnie Chisenhall had five hits support of DeSclafani, a 24-year-old right-hander who was and an RBI and Cleveland beat Toronto. inserted into the rotation after Marlins ace Jose Fernandez was Corey Kluber (4-3) pitched seven innings placed on the disabled list on Monday. Paul Maholm (1-4) was to win consecutive starts for the first time charged with 10 runs - five earned - and 11 hits in 3 2-3 innings, this season, and Carlos Santana and Yan raising his ERA from 4.71 to 5.40. Yasiel Puig drove in the Gomes homered as the Indians set sea- Dodgers’ first run with a double in the fifth, extending his son-highs with 22 hits and 15 runs in win- career-best hitting streak to 14 games. ning for the sixth time in eight games. Infielder Steve Tolleson came on to GIANTS 10, BRAVES 4 record the final out in the ninth inning Hunter Pence, Michael Morse and Brandon Crawford home- after Gomes drilled a three-run homer off red to power the San Francisco Giants past Atlanta. Gregor Neil Wagner. Throwing knuckleballs, Blanco stole three bases and scored three runs as the Giants Tolleson faced two batters, giving up a continued to dominate the matchup of NL division leaders. San Francisco finished 5-1 against Atlanta this season. Madison double to Chisenhall before Mike Aviles Bumgarner (5-3) allowed four runs and five hits in five innings. popped out. Blue Jays starter Dustin Julio Teheran (2-3) lasted only 3 1-3 innings. He gave up five McGowan (2-2) allowed four runs and runs and seven hits in his second loss to the Giants this season. nine hits in four-plus innings. He walked Pence finished with four hits and three RBIs, Crawford collected two and struck out three. three hits and three RBIs and Morse connected for his team- leading ninth home run. ASTROS 5, RANGERS 4 Matt Dominguez hit an RBI single off NATIONALS 5, DIAMONDBACKS 1 the right-field wall in the ninth inning Ian Desmond and Tyler Moore each lined two-run singles in and Houston won a series against their the ninth inning to break open a close game, helping the in-state rivals for the first time since 2008. Washington Nationals beat Arizona. Nationals starter Doug The Astros took two of three after losing Fister was locked into a pitcher’s duel with Brandon McCarthy 15 straight series to the Rangers. Houston before Washington pulled away. Jayson Werth homered and overcame a four-run deficit to win. Tyler Clippard (4-3) tossed one scoreless inning for Washington. Dexter Fowler singled with one out in the Brad Ziegler (0-1) had pitched 18 1-3 straight scoreless innings. ninth, Jason Castro drew a walk and ANGELS 3, PHILLIES 0 Dominguez hit a long fly ball off Nick Garrett Richards allowed five hits over seven innings and the Martinez (0-1). Chad Qualls (1-1) got the Angels swept the two-game series. Mike Trout, who grew up in last two outs in the ninth for the win. nearby Millville, New Jersey, went 1 for 4 with a triple, walk and Alex Rios hit a solo homer, Adrian Beltre stolen base. Richards (4-0) struck out eight, had no walks and had three hits and Prince Fielder drove in lowered his ERA to 2.42. Ernesto Frieri pitched a perfect eighth two runs for Texas. and Joe Smith finished off the five-hitter for his fifth save in sev- en tries. AJ Burnett (2-3) labored through five innings, allowing INTERLEAGUE three runs and seven hits. He struck out six and walked five. The ROYALS 3, ROCKIES 2 Angels have won five of six to move a season-high three games MINNEAPOLIS: Brian Dozier #2 of the Minnesota Twins is out at second base as Mike Moustakas hit a three-run dou- above .500. Philadelphia has lost three straight and seven of Xander Bogaerts #2 of the Boston Red Sox turns a double play seventh inning ble in the second inning, and Jason nine to fall a season-worst four games under .500. of the game on May 14, 2014 at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota. — AFP Vargas and Kansas City bullpen made it stand up. Vargas (4-1) did not allow a hit YANKEES 4, METS 0 hadn’t won since April 3 at Baltimore, game sweep. The Tigers have won 12 until the fourth inning and did not allow Masahiro Tanaka pitched a four-hitter for his first major his first start of the season. of their last 15 games, including eight a run until Drew Stubbs belted a two-run league shutout and the Yankees got home runs from Yangervis Solarte and Mark Teixeira at Citi Field. Brian Roberts tripled in a row on the road. Baltimore has lost homer in the seventh. Louis Coleman twice and the Yankees finally beat their crosstown rivals after WHITE SOX 4, ATHLETICS 2 four straight. Verlander (5-2) allowed a got the Royals out of the inning without dropping six straight. Jose Abreu hit a three-run homer in season-high five runs on six hits with any more damage, and Kelvin Herrera The Mets took all four Subway Series games last year and the eighth inning to help Chicago snap a four strikeouts and three walks in six worked a perfect eighth before Greg won two slugfests in the Bronx this week. Tanaka (6-0) over- four-game losing streak. Gordon innings. He still improved to 7-0 in Holland survived a shaky ninth for his whelmed the Mets with his vast assortment of pitches while Beckham homered on the first pitch of eight outings at Camden Yards. But it 10th save. spoiling Rafael Montero’s major league debut. Montero (0-1) the game for the White Sox, who rallied was the first time in 15 games a Detroit Jhoulys Chacin (1-1) allowed the threw six competitive innings but was no match for the $155 against Oakland’s bullpen to end a sev- starter allowed more than three runs. three runs that Moustakas drove in but million rookie from Japan. Tanaka struck out eight and walked en-game losing streak at the Coliseum. Davis hit his third home run and had otherwise pitched well for Colorado. He none in his first complete game in the majors. He also singled, John Jaso and Josh Donaldson hit solo two RBIs for the Tigers. Baltimore’s allowed seven hits and two walks over giving him one more than Mets pitchers have in 64 at-bats this homers off Andre Rienzo for the Nelson Cruz had two hits, including his six innings. Vargas struck out a season- season. — AP Athletics. Beckham and Conor Gillaspie 11th home run. Adam Jones went 3 for high eight in 6 2-3 innings. — AP Sports FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014

Saracens supremo in ‘double’ limbo

LONDON: “We are on the verge of history-or nothing.” It could have been the voice of many a Saracens fan as they prepare for some of the most momentous weeks in the life of the 138-year-old club. But Nigel Wray, the man who made that rueful comment, is no ordinary supporter. Since rugby union turned professional 20 years ago, the Saracens chairman has invested an estimated £40 million ($67m, 49m euros) of his own money in helping transform a ‘Cinderella’ side into a major force. Saturday sees Saracens play London rivals Harlequins in an English Premiership semi-final, while the weekend after they contest their first European Cup final against French defending champions Toulon-the team that beat them in the semi-finals last season. “It’s great to be there, but what we don’t want to be known as is the side who played a great semi-final,” Wray told AFP in an interview at Saracens’ Allianz Park. The ground, Saracens’ home since February last year, is situated in the north-west London suburb of Mill Hill, close to the private school of the same name where Wray was introduced to rugby. He later played at county level for Hampshire, but by the time Saracens came calling had already achieved considerable financial success in the City of London. “When the game went professional in 1995 I thought ‘it would be nice to get involved with that’,” Wray recalled. CHARENTE-MARITIME: La Rochelle’s Fijian wing Levani Botia is tackled during the French Pro D2 rugby union match “Coincidentally, Saracens came to see me about sponsor- between La Rochelle and Lyon (LOU) at the Marcel Deflandre stadium in La Rochelle. Lyon beat La Rochelle 27-26, seal- ship so we ended up not doing sponsorship but me, ing its promotion from the ProD2 to the Top 14. — AFP essentially, buying most of the club and thinking that would be enough money to keep it going. “I think it had RUGBY PREVIEW all gone within a year, so one had to have a pretty major re-think,” added Wray. Just as is the case now with a star- studded Toulon side bankrolled by wealthy publisher Cockerill stokes old Mourad Boudjellal and featuring the likes of Jonny Wilkinson and Matt Giteau, Saracens soon became known for their impressive list of big-name players. “In 1998 we fire ahead of derby semis won the (English) Cup and we almost won the league.

Stuttering decade LONDON: Richard Cockerill has said the end in their sights. But Sarries director of one of their last ten matches with Saracens. “I think the failure was we didn’t understand why. It fact his Leicester side are playing arch- rugby Mark McCall said the pain of losing Indeed Saracens triumphed 39-17 was because we had very good people-Francois Pienaar, rivals rivals Northampton in the English last season’s domestic semi-final to when the teams last met at Wembley in Philippe Sella, Kyran Bracken, Paddy Johns, Michael Premiership semi-finals will be all the moti- Northampton would keep his side’s con- March. But Quins chief Conor O’Shea, like Lynagh-these weren’t just good players, they were very vation they need. The Tigers beat centration on the job at hand. McCall a former Ireland international, good people and we didn’t actually get that. “We then Northampton in last season’s Premiership “We were disappointed with how we knows his team will arrive at Saracens’ stuttered for the best part of 10 years.” But the arrival of final at Twickenham, a match where the played in last season’s semi-final,” said home ground in north-west London on a Edward Griffiths, the former South Africa Rugby Union Saints never recovered from the red card McCall. “That disappointment has been fine run of form. “We’ve won 13 out of our chief executive and directors of rugby such as Brendan shown to England hooker Dylan Hartley for there for 12 months, and all our focus is last 17, we’ve won our last five in a row, Venter, the former Springbok and current boss Mark swearing at referee Wayne Barnes. And in going to be on our preparation for Quins. we’ve had to scrape wins but mental McCall, helped create what Wray calls the “Saracens revo- this term’s regular season, Leicester were “Whatever happens the week after is irrele- strength is a huge thing.” O’Shea added: lution” that propelled the club to the Premiership title in the only side to win at Northampton’s vant. We are desperate to get through to “We’ll be completely written off, I’m pretty 2011. On the field, this been exemplified by the ‘Wolf Pack’ Franklin’s Gardens ground, the venue for the final.” Harlequins, who edged out comfortable with that - you can write this defense instituted by coach Paul Gustard, but Wray said Friday’s semi-final. Leicester have not lost Bath for a semi-final spot, have won just team off any day.” — AFP the changed environment extended far beyond the to Northampton in 10 fixtures, a record touchline. “We now definitely have a culture whereby which Cockerill, a veteran of the East everyone matters from the kit man, everybody’s family Midlands derby as a player as well as a Odds against Sharks in matters. coach, is well aware. “I think if you asked any other Premiership club, they “I would hate to lose to Northampton would say Saracens are a team,” said Wray of a side now because I would hate to lose to Crusaders showdown captained by former England skipper Steve Borthwick and Northampton, don’t worry about it being a SYDNEY: The Coastal Sharks put their African and Australian opposition in including current Red Rose stars such as Chris Ashton, semi-final,” said Cockerill of a rivalry Super Rugby competition lead on the Christchurch. Owen Farrell and the Vunipola brothers. “That’s what we between the two clubs that dates back 134 got wrong for many years.” With the Rugby Champions line against the red-hot Canterbury Only two South African teams have years. Victory would see Leicester into a Crusaders in Christchurch this weekend beaten the Crusaders in New Zealand in Cup set to replace the European Cup from next season, tenth consecutive Premiership final and for where they have never won. The Durban- 18 years of Super Rugby-the Cats (now Wray believes club rugby is on the verge of “a major all that Northampton finished second in the based Sharks lead the southern hemi- Lions) in 2001 and the Bulls in 1996. “We explosion in interest and activity” over the next 10 years. league, four points in front of the Tigers, it is sphere provincial series by just one point knew this period of the season was going “There’s no doubt sport sells television,” said Wray as he Cockerill’s men who will be the favourites. from defending champions the Waikato to be really tough, the Brumbies are the reflected on the competition between broadcasters Sky But New Zealand-born Hartley said now was Chiefs, with the ACT Brumbies a further top Australian side and got to the final and BT to screen matches involving Premiership clubs. the time for the Saints to set the record point away. Jake White’s Sharks went last year,” White said. “But what about Google? What about all the social media straight and end a winless run against down 16-9 to the Brumbies in Canberra “The Crusaders are always contenders channels? Sport is a language that everyone speaks.” Leicester that stretches back four years. last week, but face the seven-time Super and the Sharks haven’t won in While lamenting the absence of a common European “I think we respond well to challenges,” Rugby champion Crusaders fuelled by Christchurch. “The nice thing is that we’re salary cap (“we can’t all play by different sets of rules”), he said. “Ulster away last season, Leinster the momentum of five straight wins. still in control of our own destiny and Wray was relaxed about the recent television deal agreed away this season. “When it is laid down to A bonus-point victory could put the there’s a lot more rugby to be played.” by France’s Top 14 worth £290 million in total over the us, we respond well. We can’t keep saying Crusaders level with the Sharks, while the The Crusaders are the hottest side cur- next five seasons-by the far most lucrative broadcast con- success is being a top-four side. The next Brumbies could go top if they beat the rently in Super Rugby following their 57- tract for a domestic rugby tournament. “I’m jolly pleased thing to measure our success is a trophy.” Central Cheetahs in Bloemfontein tomor- 29 demolition of the Queensland Reds in about their television deal because it means ours should Tomorrow’s second semi-final is an all- row. The Chiefs, along with the Northern Brisbane last weekend. With fly-half do the same next time,” he said. And while some of the London affair between table-toppers Bulls and Auckland Blues, have the week- Colin Slade in career-best form and inspi- other ‘new’ owners from the ‘Class of 95’ have come and Saracens and Harlequins, Leicester’s two end off with a bye. rational All Black skipper Richie McCaw gone, the 66-year-old Wray plans on being around a while immediate predecessors as champions of White knows what confronts his team back from injury, the pieces are falling yet. “How much longer is He (God) going to give me? I England. Saracens also have a European on Saturday with the Crusaders unbeat- into place for the Crusaders after a slug- don’t know but I’m not going to give up.” — AFP Cup final against French defending cham- en in their last 50 matches against South gish start to the season. —AFP pions Toulon in Cardiff the following week- Sports43 FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014

MIAMI: Miami Heat forward LeBron James celebrates their 94-92 win against the Brooklyn Nets during after Game 5 of a second-round NBA playoff basketball game in Miami. —AP Kings edge Heat secure Eastern final spot Ducks to force Spurs beat Blazers, back in West finals MIAMI: The Miami Heat fought back way at the end. That is thousands and while Damian Lillard added 17 points Game Seven from eight points down in the final three thousands of hours of practice and simu- and 10 assists. With Parker forced to exit minutes to beat the Brooklyn Nets 96-94 lating pressure, that was a big-time in the first half with a hamstring injury, LOS ANGELES: The Los Angeles Kings defeated the Anaheim and secure a place in the NBA’s Eastern three,” said the Heat coach. James had Leonard, Mills and Green pressed the Ducks 2-1 on Wednesday to force a seventh game in the NHL Conference finals for the fourth straight dominated game four with 49 points and action on both ends. San Antonio fin- year. Reigning champions Miami claimed not surprisingly, Brooklyn adjusted to ished with 13 steals, including five for Western Conference semi-final series. Winger Trevor Lewis and the series 4-1 but for a long time it make sure that he was kept out of range. Leonard, while forcing 18 turnovers. “My defenseman Jake Muzzin scored goals while goaltender Jonathan looked as if they were going to suffer Dwyane Wade, whose 28 points were his mindset was just trying to be aggressive Quick made 21 saves for the Kings to set up Game Seven today at their first home loss of the postseason as best of the postseason, duly took over, on the offensive end,” Leonard said. “Just Anaheim’s Honda Center. The Kings will be navigating familiar Joe Johnson inspired the Nets with a delivering a blistering first-half. “After knowing Tony was out, he’s very aggres- territory, a road Game Seven, the same challenge they faced in game-high 34 points. coming off that last game with 49 points sive and still try to stick with our system. their first-round series against San Jose. It was tough on a determined Nets I knew that they were going to be aware Play our offense, move the ball, just try Los Angeles rallied from a 3-0 series deficit to beat the Sharks after they trailed for less than six minutes of him and so I took it upon myself to be to be a little more aggressive.” and advance to the matchup against the Ducks. “This Game in the entire game but coach Jason Kidd very aggressive early on and open the The Spurs also had 24 assists on 42 Seven is probably harder than the last one,” Kings coach Darryl was able to find perspective at the end of game up,” said Wade. Miami have now baskets, shooting 47 percent from the Sutter said. “We’ll be a big underdog going against the No 1 seed the franchise’s second season since their won 10 consecutive playoff series. field, and had 43 fast-break points. “They in the Western Conference.” The Kings have been a team of move to Brooklyn and their first since definitely showed us about moving the major roster rebuilding. “It felt like we Spurs beat Blazers ball around,” Aldridge said “They made streaks throughout the playoffs, losing three straight, winning six had a great opportunity against the In another development, the veteran five or six passes every possession down. in a row, then dropping three before Wednesday’s victory. They world champions but we came up short. San Antonio Spurs showed Portland a It just makes your defense tired and just will need to earn a third road win in the series if they are to It is a process,” said Kidd, in his first year few things about succeeding in the play- makes guys make mistakes. They defi- advance to face the Chicago Blackhawks in Game One of the as a head coach. “Now it is time to keep offs. The biggest lesson was how not to nitely showed use where we are trying to Western Conference finals on Sunday. building and keep the process going and panic when an All-Star goes down. go.” After playing with various injuries “Game Seven’s are always exciting, but they are the hardest getting better. To get to the second Danny Green and Kawhi Leonard each throughout last postseason, the Spurs game,” Kings center Anze Kopitar said. “I think we can still play round of the playoffs gives us something scored 22 points, and San Antonio over- had been healthy in these playoffs until better hockey. We’ve done it before.” The Ducks face a Game to build on,” he said. came an injury to Tony Parker to close Wednesday. Seven at Honda Center for a second consecutive season. As the Miami will face either the Indiana out the Western Conference semifinals After returning to the court with 9:46 West’s second seed last year, the Ducks lost the deciding game in Pacers or the Washington Wizards in the with a 104-82 victory on Wednesday remaining in the second quarter follow- the first round against the seventh-seeded Detroit Red Wings. Eastern final. Indiana lead the series 3-2 night. Patty Mills scored 18 points and ing his normal rest, Parker left the game going into game six on their home court. Tim Duncan had 16 points and eight exactly a minute later. He headed back to Anaheim, the Pacific Division’s regular-season champion, faces LeBron James top-scored for Miami with rebounds for San Antonio, which had the locker room followed closely by San the prospect of being eliminated again at home by a lower-seed- 29 points while Dwyane Wade, who four blowout victories in the five-game Antonio general manager RC Buford and ed team. The Kings are battle-tested, and they are just two years scored 20 points in the first half, ended series. team physician, Dr Paul Saenz. “Luckily removed from winning the Stanley Cup. with 28. A trademark three-pointer from It’s the third straight conference finals we have a couple of days,” Duncan said. “They’ve been in this situation before,” Ducks right winger the corner from Ray Allen put Miami 93- appearance for San Antonio, which lost a “It worries us, obviously, but he’s been Kyle Palmieri said of the Kings. “Their goalie made some big 91 ahead with 32 seconds left, the first heartbreaking seven-game series to the going hard. He’s had a great series thus saves, and we are going to have to give a full 60 minutes’ effort time they had led in the fourth, and Miami Heat in last season’s NBA Finals. far, and it just kind of caught up with today.” Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau expects a better effort from though the Nets had the final posses- San Antonio, which had the NBA’s best him. They pulled the plug on him before his squad in the winner-take-all game. “I think what it’s going to sion, James made a game-winning steal record, will await the winner of the series he hurt himself. He started to feel a little take is someone getting a lucky bounce and holding on to the on Johnson to seal the win. Allen’s shot, between Oklahoma City and the Los weird and they did the right thing. lead,” Boudreau said. “There can be no passengers in the next which recalled his game-tying effort in Angeles Clippers. The Thunder have a 3- Hopefully that helps; hopefully there’s game six of last year’s final against San 2 lead. “Whoever’s the best team, I want nothing there.” Parker was scoreless in game.” The Kings rode to the top Wednesday thanks to defense- Antonio, left his coach Erik Spoelstra to play them,” Leonard said. “It’s gonna 10 minutes, missing his only two shots as man Jake Muzzin’s third goal of the playoffs at 8:18 of the first purring. prepare us for the (NBA) finals.”LaMarcus Portland pushed to keep the All-Star period.—Reuters “That’s ‘every day Ray’, he just finds a Aldridge had 21 points for Portland, point guard out of the paint.- —Agencies 44 Sports FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014 Betting fraud, not match fixing- the main problem

PARIS: Betting fraud, not match fixing, should be domestic English matches. Soccer and cricket were there is nothing wrong with that,” said Eaton. “The generally speaking don’t trust their own sports the main target for those fighting for cleaner sport identified by the ICSS report as the sports most hit Chinese culture is replete with a belief in luck and any more so they gamble on other sports they and there must be a global crusade against that by betting fraud. this translates sometimes into a love of gambling think are honest. “This has moved the match fix- South East Asia-dominated threat, according to a and betting. “As China has become a very wealthy ers into the wider international arena which has leading expert. Commenting on an International Asian focus country and liquidity has raised enormously, mon- caused the proliferation of the problem, the Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) report that says “Cricket is the second most targeted sport by ey in the pockets of gamblers in China has gambling fraud is still committed in South East criminals are using sports betting to launder $140 organized crime without a doubt,” said Eaton. “The increased exponentially therefore accordingly and Asia but the match fixers who are betting fraud billion per year, Sport Integrity director Chris Eaton Indian betting market is even more opaque than the global betting trend has gone increasingly to guys have moved internationally.” said the target has to change. the Chinese market, it operates in a wholly differ- South East Asia in terms of liquidity.” Hence the need for international coopera- “We have been focusing at least for the last five ent way than the Chinese betting market.” Sports tion between governments, not only sports fed- years on match fixing but we need to shift the betting in India is confined to horse racing and Good lead erations who do not have the power to fight focus on the cause which is betting fraud and the gambling is legal in only a couple of states. Despite While China has started to tackle the problem, against organized crime. “There are massive fact is almost all betting markets are opaque, not that the country is home to a huge illegal betting other countries in Asia have yet to fight betting betting companies in South Asia, in the necessarily illegal but they’re not properly regulat- market, prompting demands there for legalization. fraud. “China, India, United States, France have a Philippines, we don’t even know who owns ed,” Eaton said. “Because it happens in secret it’s “My point is that by attacking the effect of betting very good lead in this but this is not matched by them,” Eaton said. “Governments have a easy for criminals to manipulate sport betting. fraud, match fixing, you are only papering over the the Philippines, not matched in other parts of responsibility. Sport cannot clean itself because “Match fixing is a facilitating crime for sport bet- problem,” Eaton explained. “You’re forcing the South East Asia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, there is no regulatory body for sport betting, ting, not the reverse, so the important causing match fixers up and down the leagues but they’re Thailand, where there is massive betting but all ... only governments can do that.” The fight has to crime here is betting fraud,” said Eaton in an inter- not moving away from betting fraud. We must underground.” Betting fraud also infiltrates the be global because “sport betting is global, sport view at the Sorbonne University where a Sport attack the real lifeblood which is cash and the cash European and South American markets because is global, organized crime is global,” Eaton Integrity Forum was being held on Thursday. On comes from betting fraud.” “the matches that are being fixed are mostly in added. “The only people who are not fighting Thursday, Britain’s Daily Telegraph reported anti- According to the report, 53 percent of illegal Europe or Central America, South America globally are the governments in the world, corruption forces were investigating evidence of betting comes from Asia. “Because there is a because they are the ones that are the most they’re doing it at a national level and they can- widespread fixing in the world of cricket including propensity, a cultural affection for gambling, and gambled on,” according to Eaton. “Asian people not win this at a national level.” —Reuters Van Gaal on brink of Man United job

LONDON: Current Netherlands national team coach Louis van Gaal could be appointed as the new manager of Manchester United, according to widespread reports in the British media. Van Gaal, 62, quickly emerged as the favorite to become United’s next manager after David Moyes was sacked last month and is reported to have held a meeting with player- coach Ryan Giggs in Holland on Wednesday. Giggs, who was appointed interim manager following Moyes’s dismissal, was pictured in Van Gaal’s hometown of Noordwijk and is thought to have been offered the chance to work as his assistant. “After flying out on Tuesday, Giggs stayed overnight at the Oranje (hotel) before making the short journey to the 62-year- old Holland manager’s home,” read a report in The Guardian newspaper. “There, in a discussion lasting around three hours, Giggs and Van Gaal met for the first time, although the two had spoken by telephone last week when the proposed offer to be United’s assistant manager was first discussed.” Yesterday’s edition of The Sun newspaper claimed: “Louis van Gaal and Ryan Giggs are set to be revealed as Manchester United’s KINSHASA: The entrance to a stadium where around 15 people died over the last weekend in the city of Kinshasa, new dream team today.” Democratic Republic of Congo. —AP Van Gaal would not comment when approached by a reporter from British television sta- DRC stampede stadium tion Sky Sports News as he left a book launch in Amsterdam on Wednesday. to host CAF club game The straight-talking Dutchman, who has also JOHANNESBURG: HOENDERLOO: Dutch national The Kinshasa stadium plan an incident-free fixture. Those who who won the last of five Champions previously coached Ajax, where 15 spectators died last Sunday in a died were crushed trying to escape tear- League titles 12 years ago, did not con- football team coach Louis van Barcelona, AZ Alkmaar and Gaal takes part in a training ses- stampede will host a CAF Champions gas fired by police after disgruntled Vita cede a goal in six qualifiers. Sudanese El- Bayern Munich, is currently League group match this weekend. A fans hurled missiles on the pitch after a 1-0 Hilal and Mazembe are the other Group A sion of the Dutch team in preparing the Netherlands Hoenderloo, the Netherlands yes- Confederation of African Football (CAF) home defeat by arch-rivals TP Mazembe. clubs chasing a top-two finish and a semi- squad for next month’s statement said the Group A matchday 1 Victory ensured Mazembe retained the finals place. They kick off the six-matchday terday, ahead of the upcoming World Cup in Brazil. His FIFA World Cup in Brazil. —AFP fixture between local club Vita and league title and relegated Vita to third mini-league series Friday with a game in commitments mean that Egyptians Zamalek would go ahead place on the final DR Congo Super League Omdurman, where Hilal and Mazembe he would not be able to Sunday before 5,000 spectators. Stade table, That means Vita will miss the 2015 shared four goals in a 2008 group draw. join up with United until after the tournament, which would not Tata Raphael in the Democratic Republic CAF Champions League unless they great- Neither side was particularly impressive in be until mid-July if the team reached the latter stages. If appoint- of Congo capital officially accommodates ly exceed expectations and win the pre- the qualifiers with both relying on the ed, he will become the first manager from outside the British 30,000 people. mier African club competition this year. away-goal rule to book group places. Isles to take charge of United. Zamalek wanted the clash of former Vita came through a CAF qualifying sched- Title favorites and just-crowned ‘I’d love the job’ African champions moved out of the vast ule from ‘hell’ to reach the eight-club mini- Tunisian champions Esperance get the central African country after a tragedy league phase, eliminating Nigerians Kano Group B ball rolling Saturday at home to Van Gaal admitted his interest in the United job in an which left dozens injured. “We requested Pillars, Zimbabweans Dynamos and South Algerians Entente Setif and are expected to interview with the BBC published last week. “I would love the that the fixture be moved from DR Africans Kaizer Chiefs. secure maximum points.”We have just won job,” he said. “I hope that I shall be the one. It’s the biggest Congo,” club president Mortada Mansour Firmin Mubele bagged a hat-trick the Tunisian title and I want to win the CAF club in the world and it’s a fantastic challenge.” However, he told the Egyptian media.CAF said priority against Chiefs at Tata Raphael and the 20- Champions League too,” stressed Dutch warned: “You (the media) are thinking I’m the man, but the would be given to Vita supporters with year-old now faces a formidable Zamalek coach Ruud Krol to local reporters. “I know most important thing is whether Manchester United are membership cards and top Congolese defence backed by veteran goalkeeper all our opponents in the group and my thinking that.”—AFP football officials had visited the stadium to Abdul Wahed El Sayed. The Egyptians, team will do its best to qualify.”—AFP Sports FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014 45

Atletico, Barca face off for Spanish title decider MADRID: Atletico Madrid face Barcelona at the Camp Nou with both teams vying for the Spanish league title. Atletico leads Barcelona by three points in the standings, and only victory will see defending champion Barcelona lift their fifth trophy in six seasons and deny Atletico its first league championship in 18 years. Atletico knows a draw will suffice in winning its first league title since 1996. Four out of five matches between the sides have ended in a draw this season, with Atletico claiming a narrow 1-0 win in the second leg of their Champions League quarterfinal. “The whole season comes down to 90 minutes,” said Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta. Here are five things to know about tomorrow’s game:

Season finale, 64 years later Tomorrow’s matchup is only the third time in league history the title has been decided in circumstances such as these. And both Atletico and Barcelona were involved then too. Atletico edged Sevilla in a final round decider to close the 1950/51 season - five years after Sevilla emerged triumphant against Barcelona in a simi- lar showdown. “We can’t look to the past, we need to focus on the present,” Atletico captain Gabi Fernandez said. “We have a historic opportunity to win the league and the Champions League also.” Atletico, which plays Real Madrid in the Champions League final on May 24, hasn’t competed for the title since its league-cup double tri- umph in 1995/96. KARACHI: Pakistani youth participate in a training session at a local stadium in Karachi.— AFP Denting the duopoly Atletico is on the cusp of becoming the first winner besides ‘Real’ deal for Pakistani slum kids Barcelona or Real Madrid to win the title since Valencia did it in 2004. “Whoever manages to distance themselves from all the talk KARACHI: It’s a long way from the Bernabeu, but on a dusty inhabitants of the area Ashraf’s father struggles to make a liv- off the field in the buildup will have a better game,” said Atletico pitch in a Karachi slum, a group of scrawny Pakistani boys in ing from fishing. Many local children are malnourished, few coach Diego Simoene, who is likely to wait until game time to the famous white shirt of Real Madrid tear around after a foot- have more than the most basic education and most are decide on the availability of injured striker Diego Costa. Barcelona ball. An academy backed by the Real Madrid Foundation expected to start work at an early age, repairing fishing nets. vowed to dedicate the league to former coach Tito Vilanova, who opened in March in one of the oldest parts of Pakistan’s Opportunities for fun are limited and so the football academy- died last month. “It would be brutal if we manage to win this league sprawling, violent metropolis. For youngsters like 13-year-old operated by the local charity AmanSports-is a ray of sunshine. on the last day at home,” Iniesta said. “We would celebrate like nev- Mohammad Ashraf, who endure tough lives, it has brought The Spanish giants support academies all over the world er before.” rare moments of pleasure-and dreams of glory. through their foundation, with the aim of promoting the val- “I told my mother and then everyone in the house that we ues of sport and education.AmanSports last year convinced Barca’s motivation played football and everyone is happy for me,” an excited them to open a centre in Karachi, and the Real Madrid You would hardly think Barcelona was still in the fight for the Ashraf recalled of his first day at the academy. Like most Foundation provided equipment and training for coaches. title after a look at its recent results. It has drawn its last two match- Khowaja Obaid, head of AmanSports, said running an acade- es against relegation-threatened opponents and, in-between those my linked to one of the world’s biggest clubs was a big chal- results, organized a team barbecue that looked more like an end-of- lenge. “There were sceptics who were not sure why we were season, summer send-off.—AP doing this,” said Obaid, who along with his colleague Myra Khan went to Madrid to get training on coaching. “The idea was to bring the best practice from around the world and give Bayern, Dortmund children access to sports, and Real Madrid is the biggest name meet in Cup final that is out there in football in the world,” he said. Building for the future BERLIN: Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund will meet in a fitting In Pakistan cricket is king, though football is popular in German Cup final tomorrow. Germany’s top two sides for the last parts of Karachi and southwestern Baluchistan province. Few three seasons meet for the end-of-season title in Berlin’s Olympic of the children at the academy were aware of Real’s pedigree Stadium for the second time in three years. Bayern, which defeated when they joined, but all recognised one name-the Stuttgart in last year’s final, is aiming to avenge its humiliating 5-2 Portuguese talisman Cristiano Ronaldo. “I like Ronaldo loss to Dortmund in the 2012 final and complete the league and cup because he scores fast goals and has done well for his club double in Pep Guardiola’s first season in charge. But Dortmund, and country and I am proud of him,” said 14-year-old which finished runner-up in the Bundesliga and - like Bayern - was Mohammad Afzal. “I hope some day people will say the same knocked out of the Champions League by Real Madrid, is the domes- for me.” Pakistan, once a power in Asian football until the tic rival Bayern fears the most. Here are five things to know about 1970s, now languishes 159th in the FIFA world rankings-just tomorrow’s match: below Hong Kong and Tahiti. But academy coach Mohsin Shah has hopes the centre will one day produce stars. “I think Lewandowski’s last loyalty if this academy goes on this game will spread and one day Robert Lewandowski will be playing his last game for Dortmund these kids will make Pakistan’s name in international football,” against his future side. The Poland striker signed a five-year deal said Shah, himself a former international player. The city effective July 1 with Bayern last January, after Dortmund failed in its attempts to extend his four-year contract. Rather than cash in on a seems to have some promise. In March a team from Karachi transfer fee and allow Lewandowski leave last year, Dortmund opted represented Pakistan in the Street Child World Cup in Brazil, to improve his conditions for the remaining year of his contract and securing third place-and perhaps more importantly a thump- lose him for nothing. The 25-year-old Lewandowski repaid the club ing 13-0 win over arch-rivals India. with 20 league goals, six in the Champions League and two in the The academy is used as an incentive to get kids to go to German Cup. Altogether, he scored 74 goals and set up 31 more in school-they must attend class before playing football-and 131 Bundesliga appearances for Dortmund. “And we’ll have to do AmanSports hopes to build the 50 playing now to 400, aged without this quality in the future. That’s bitter,” Dortmund coach from six to 17. They are also keen for the Real Madrid Juergen Klopp said. Foundation to send coaches to Karachi to help the scheme improve.”We are hoping that their trainers come here, evalu- Bayern’s balance ate our program, look at us-maybe they can point out some History is on Bayern’s side. The Bavarian powerhouse has played weaknesses,” said Obaid. “We are also using football as a vehi- 20 of 71 German Cup finals - a record - and won 16 of them, also a cle to make kids better citizens, better human beings and bet- record. Werder Bremen is next with six cup wins, followed by Schalke ter members of society.” Real take on city rivals Atletico with five. If Dortmund wins tomorrow it will join Nuremberg, Cologne Madrid on May 24 in the Champions League final and while and Eintracht Frankfurt with four. Tomorrow’s match will be the KARACHI: Pakistani boy participate in a training session at Karachi has produced no “galacticos” yet, perhaps a fire has 102nd competitive meeting between Bayern and Dortmund.—AP a local stadium in Karachi. —AFP been lit.— AFP 46 Sports FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014 Suarez dreams of new WCup shock

TEGUCIGALPA: Luis Fernando Suarez is dreaming of a repeat of his greatest moment in football when he was coach of the Ecuador team that upset Poland 2-0 at the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Now in charge of Honduras, Ecuador could become his next famous scalp. The two sides are drawn together in Group E at the finals which start June 12 in Brazil. Switzerland and France are the more ambitious targets in the group. Suarez is already a national hero in his native Colombia and Ecuador (for his 2006 exploits) and could now add celebrity Switzerland’s national football team German coach status in Honduras if they win a match at the World Cup finals Ottmar Hitzfeld for the first time. Suarez, 54, played his football in Colombia and made his name as a coach guiding Atletico Nacional to Swiss young guns the Colombian championship in 1999 and Ecuador to the round of 16 at the 2006 finals with victories over Poland and Costa Rica. seek big farewell Ecuador eventually lost 1-0 to England, It is the goals by Carlos Tenorio, Augustin Delgado that secured victory over for Hitzfeld Poland that remains the highlight of his career. “It was certain- ly that first match, that first step was the most important” GENEVA: Switzerland’s veteran boss Ottmar Hitzfeld retires Suarez said in one interview. “Without exaggerating every- after the World Cup finals and his young squad aim to give thing went as we had anticipated. We had planned how we him a farewell to remember in Brazil. In their third consecu- could counter their strengths. The game went very well, tive World Cup, the “Nati” are out to prove that their seventh almost perfectly. I enjoyed it. The tactics were right and better place in FIFA’s global rankings is not a statistical fluke. The 65- than the opponents.” Ecuador asked its hero to stay on until year-old German Hitzfeld has set his sights on at least clearing the 2010 World Cup, but the story followed a popular football Group E, where Switzerland face France, Ecuador and path and turned sour. Honduras. Reaching the last 16 would erase Switzerland’s bad Calls for his resignation started after Ecuador’s poor show memories of 2010 in South Africa. They were the only team to at the 2007 Copa America. Suarez vowed to stay but in quali- fiers for the 2010 World Cup, Ecuador lost 1-0 at home to beat eventual champions Spain, winning 1-0 in their opening Venezuela, were hammered 5-0 by Brazil and 5-1 by Paraguay. game, but then lost 1-0 to Chile and drew 0-0 with Honduras Suarez had no choice and in October 2009 left to manage and so failed to reach the knockout stage. Peruvian side Juan Aurich. Since being named Honduras That was a blow after their showing in Germany in 2006 coach in March 2011, he has been plotting what he calls a typ- under Hitzfeld’s predecessor, Swiss icon Koebi Kuhn. There, ically “low profile” campaign to get a shock win. As with they finished top of their group, ahead of France, South Korea Ecuador in Germany, Suarez has insisted that Honduras stay in and Togo, but were knocked out on penalties by Ukraine in a small hotel in Brazil. the next round. Former Borussia Dortmund and Bayern He has also rebuilt the squad into a team dangerous on the Munich boss Hitzfeld has said the looming tournament will counter-attack, as they proved with a landmark win in Mexico bring down the curtain on his three-decade coaching career. during the qualifying tournament. “In Ecuador and Honduras I Though his star fell after his failure to reach the 2012 cleaned out the players who thought they were more impor- European Championships, Hitzfeld rebounded and is now tant than the team,” Suarez said. Honduras’ all-time top scorer nicknamed “Gottmar”-a play on the German for God. Football Carlos Pavon and veteran Amado Guevara were both booted is rivaled only by ice hockey and skiing as the Alpine country’s out of the squad, which still has the highest average age in the LIVERPOOL: Liverpool’s Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez top spectator sport. 32 World Cup teams. “People under-estimate us so we can do gestures to the crowd after the end of the English Premier Average crowds of 11,000 per match are small compared this,” Suarez said.— AFP League football match. — AFP to many European leagues, but multiple Swiss champions and 2013 Europa League semi-finalists FC Basel pull in 28,000. The country of eight million also punches above its weight for players fed into the leagues of Germany, Italy, England and Spain. Like Kuhn, Hitzfeld has tapped Switzerland’s admired Time for France to youth system, drawing the highly-rated squad that won the 2009 Under-17 World Cup-Switzerland’s only international trophy. Among them are 22-year-old Haris Seferovic, at Real look to the future Sociedad, plus 21-year-olds Granit Xhaka of Borussia Monchengladbach and Pajtim Kasami of Fulham. PARIS: Like 22-year-old Bayern Munich winger Xherdan Shaqiri, For France, after qualifying in such French were eliminated in the quarter-finals 2012. “When he plays at that level it is great dramatic fashion, this year’s World Cup will by Spain. for us,” said Deschamps of Benzema after the players are the Swiss version of the “rainbow” teams in be as much about banishing the bad mem- Under his charge, France have won just the defeat of the Dutch. “Let’s hope he can Europe that have been reinvigorated by migrants They are ories of the recent past as building towards nine times in 19 games but they got the job keep it up. You can see it on his face. He is part of a Balkan migrant community which emerged when the future. The farce of France’s 2010 World done, finishing an acceptable second to beaming and that is because he is feeling seasonal workers came from the former Yugoslavia in the Cup campaign in South Africa, marked by a reigning world champions Spain in their confident.” 1970s and which expanded when Switzerland admitted players’ strike and a group-stage exit, ruined qualifying group and then dramatically refugees from the region’s wars of the 1990s. Fittingly, the public’s perception of Les Bleus at beating Ukraine in a play-off, winning 3-0 at Strength in depth Hitzfeld’s chosen successor, Lazio manager Vladimir Petkovic, home, and subsequent incidents have not the Stade de France after a 2-0 loss in Kiev. In Benzema and 30-year-old Bayern is Yugoslav-born but spent much of his career in Italian-speak- helped. That maintained Les Bleus’ record of having Munich winger Franck Ribery - who came ing Switzerland. On the footballing front, the omens for Brazil Samir Nasri’s outburst towards a journal- qualified for every major tournament finals third behind Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel are mixed, however. ist at Euro 2012 in Ukraine and Patrice Evra’s since missing out on USA 1994, and the Messi in the voting for the 2013 FIFA Ballon A 16-match unbeaten streak-including surprise defeats of verbal assault on a host of respected media stunning nature of that second-leg display d’Or - Deschamps has two world-class tal- Germany and Brazil in friendlies-ended in November when pundits in a television interview late last against Ukraine did a lot to restore a ents at the peak of their careers, but there is they lost 2-1 in South Korea. Nor was their World Cup qualify- year two of the most notable episodes. It nation’s faith in their team. depth at his disposal too. An exciting crop ing run the toughest, with opponents in the shape of Albania, has been one disappointment after another France’s only outing since then was a of young players is emerging too. France for the French since their remarkable run to promising 2-0 win against the Netherlands, enjoyed remarkable success at youth level Cyprus, Iceland, Norway and Slovenia. The Swiss came top the final of the 2006 World Cup in Germany, in which Karim Benzema scored for the last year, winning the under-20 World Cup despite being held to draws by Cyprus and Iceland-who pro- but things are slowly but surely progressing fourth time in five international appear- and reaching the final of the under-19 vided a stern lesson by clawing back from 4-1 down to level at under Didier Deschamps. The captain of the ances. It was further proof that the 26-year- European Championship, and Juventus 4-4. To fine tune their skills for Brazil, they set up home friend- team that were crowned world champions old Real Madrid striker is once again com- midfielder Paul Pogba, the captain of the lies against Croatia, with whom they drew 2-2 in March, on home soil in 1998, Deschamps succeed- fortable playing for his country after a under-20 team, is already part of the full Jamaica in May and Peru two weeks before their opening ed his former international colleague shocking international goal drought of side along with Real Madrid defender World Cup match against Ecuador on June 15.—AFP Laurent Blanc after Euro 2012, when the more than 1,200 minutes either side of Euro Raphael Varane. —AFP 47 Sports FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014 Russia’s coach grapples to find World Cup squad

MOSCOW: Russia coach Fabio Capello has urged the coun- try’s football bosses to toughen rules for foreigners playing in the domestic league as he grapples to find a team to play in the World Cup. The 67-year-old, who took over in 2012, has complained of the very limited choice of players available to him as he prepares for next month’s tournament in Brazil. “Of course we have a plan and we will try new approaches to solve the problem,” Capello said in an interview with Russia Today news agency yesterday. “I’ve asked that there be more limits on foreign players in the Premier League to force the clubs to use more local players,” said the Italian. “We also need to expand the Premiership from 16 to 18 teams to get more Russian footballers involved in league matches. “Besides, we need to apply the practice of using for- eign players, who have expressed a desire to change their citi- zenship, to get the chance to play for the Russian team. “Many European teams have been using this strategy. Why did Russia neglect this opportunity?” the former England manager added. Capello, who has recently extended his contract until the end of the 2018 World Cup, which Russia will host, added that the language barrier has been his biggest problem. “It’s difficult to work with players who are ignorant of foreign lan- guages,” he said. “Sometimes you need to cheer up the team, to get the players worked up. And I’m not completely confident that the interpreter is capable of reproducing my thoughts and emo- tions unchanged.” Capello nevertheless expressed his confi- dence in Russia’s readiness for upcoming World Cup. “The World Cup always puts huge pressure on the players and their coaches,” he said. “But we’re ready for it. We are strong-mind- ed and braced for the event.” Russia’s final 23-man squad will be named on June 2, ten days before the tournament gets underway. Capello’s side have been drawn in Group H along with South Korea, Belgium and Algeria as they make their first appearance at the finals in 12 years.— AFP Mature Benzema PAJU: South Korea’s national soccer team coach Hong Myung-bo watches his players during a training session for the eager to seize a upcoming Brazil World Cup at the National Football Center in Paju, South Korea yesterday. —AP World Cup chance PARIS: Twelve months ago, Karim Benzema was France coach Brazil ticket ‘an object of desire’ Didier Deschamps’ biggest problem, but now the hope is that the in-form striker will be the solution for Les Bleus in Brazil. The 26- SYDNEY: The words “You Imagine What as well as Chile in the opening round, Osieck. Franjic now plays in midfield for year-old Real Madrid striker comes into what will be his first You Desire” are emblazoned in lights the Socceroos have been written off by his club but reverts to right back for his World Cup after enjoying a liberating last six months, both on the above the doors of Sydney’s Museum of all but the most optimistic of country and is likely to contend with field and off. Benzema endured a shocking international goal Contemporary Arts, where Australia’s Australians. The thought of a David Silva Luke Wilkshire for the position in Brazil. drought of 1,222 minutes before coming good just in the nick of preliminary World Cup squad was or Robin van Persie bearing down on Wilkshire is one of the last surviving time, finally getting back among the goals in a 6-0 friendly win announced this week. Like hundreds of him with the ball at his feet does not members of the golden generation that against Australia in October before scoring in the crucial 3-0 play- other professional footballers around intimidate Franjic, however, and he got Australia to the 2006 and 2010 off second-leg victory over Ukraine in November that took France the world - some much better known, thinks Australia could cause an upset or World Cups, many of his former team to the World Cup. many others as unheralded as he is - two. “That’s the Australian spirit, we mates having been ushered into retire- what Australia defender Ivan Franjic believe we can win every game no mat- ment after Postecoglou’s appointment. The former Lyon player has now scored four times in his last desires most at the moment is a seat on ter who we play against,” said Franjic. That leaves Australia with an inexperi- five international appearances, boosting his overall record for his an aeroplane to Brazil. He took the first “That’s what we’ll be taking to Brazil, at enced squad for Brazil but Franjic country to 19 goals from 65 caps. Now, with Samir Nasri, Hatem step towards that dream when he was the end of the day it’s eleven against believes a new golden generation might Ben Arfa and Jeremy Menez falling by the wayside, he is alone in among the 30 names read out by coach eleven and everything is equal. “The just be emerging. flying the flag for France’s lauded ‘Generation 87’, the team that Ange Postecoglou on Wednesday and ball’s round and come that first game “We’ve got a lot of young boys, 20, beat the Spain of Gerard Pique and Cesc Fabregas to become hopes to seal his place in the final 23- we’ll be surprising a few countries.” 21, trying to get better and the boys like European under-17 champions in 2004.”When he plays at that man squad at a 10-day training camp Franjic knows all about fighting for what Timmy Cahill, Josh Kennedy, Wilkshire level it is great for us,” said Deschamps after Benzema scored one north of Sydney this week. he wants. will be teaching the young boys, telling and helped set up another in a 2-0 defeat of the Netherlands in “It’s definitely exciting,” the 26-year- them about their experiences,” he said. March. “Let’s hope he can keep it up. You can see it on his face. old told Reuters after the announce- Soccer and carpentry “In four or five years time, these young He is beaming and that is because he is feeling confident.” ment. “Obviously there are still seven to Five years ago, he was playing in the boys will be exceptional.” And in Along with Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery, Benzema be cut and everybody will be coming to semi-professional Victorian Premier Postecoglou, who was in charge when had a huge weight lifted from his shoulders in January when a camp trying to impress the boss and League and getting up at 5 am every Brisbane won the 2011 and 2012 A- Paris court acquitted both of charges of having sex with an make sure they get picked so it won’t be day to fit in his training as well as his day League titles, Franjic believes Australia under-age prostitute that had been hanging over them for four easy. “But it’s always important to have job as a carpenter. He got his chance in have the right man in place to help that years. Days later it was revealed that he had become a father for self-belief, if you don’t believe in your- the A-League as a six-week injury younger generation emerge. “Knowing the first time. He has grown up and his performances on the field self, no one else is going to.” Despite replacement with the Brisbane Roar in Ange from his time at the Roar, he likes have improved, with Benzema enjoying his most consistent sea- having won just seven caps, 2009 and has never looked back, help- to play possession-based football and son since moving to Madrid for 35 million euros ($47.4m) in 2009. Postecoglou’s overhaul of the Australia ing the Queensland side to three of the attacking football,” he said. “He’s a great Born in Lyon, the son of Algerian immigrants made his debut squad means Franjic is likely to be on last four Australian titles. An industrious coach all around and he knows how to for his hometown team aged 17 in January 2005, coming on as a board when the Socceroos leave Sydney player with a good engine who enjoys get the best out of players. I learned a late substitute in a 2-0 win against Metz. “Don’t laugh. I’m here to for the World Cup on May 28. getting forward, Franjic made his inter- lot from him when he was in Brisbane, take your place”, he warned as his senior team-mates teased him Grouped with world champions national debut in December 2012 under he helped me take my career to another in the dressing room before that game. —AFP Spain, 2010 runners-up the Netherlands Postecoglou’s predecessor Holger level.”— Reuters FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2014 FRIDAY, MAY

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