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Amir visits societies for disabled

KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Sheikh Sabah then paid a visit to the Kuwait welcoming speech, said that “a country’s civiliza- disabled sportsmen and women won 65 medals Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Thursday paid a visit on the Disabled Sports Club, where again Sheikh tion is measured by what it offers to its disabled. in the 2013-2014 season, including the world occasion of the holy month of Ramadan to the Salman, Sheikh Ahmad and Chairman of the club Kuwait surpassed the world with its great and record for wheelchair racing by Ahmad Niqa Al- Kuwait Sports Club for the Deaf. Accompanying Shafi Al-Hajri were at the reception. Hajri, in a many services provided to the disabled”. Kuwaiti Mutairi, as well as wheelchair basketball title in the Amir were HH the Crown Prince Sheikh the West Asian Games. Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Deputy “The club, in cooperation with the Ministry of Chief of the National Guards Sheikh Mishaal Al- State for Youth affairs and the Public Authority Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. for Youth and Sport, is creating a promising gen- Sheikh Sabah was received upon arrival by eration of sport-loving youngsters who will Minister of Information and Minister of State for hopefully attain achievements in the future,” Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al- Hajri said. Humoud Al-Sabah, Director General of the Public Sheikh Sabah then visited the Kuwait Blind Authority for Youth and Sport Sheikh Ahmad Association. His Highness was received upon Mansour Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and Chairman of arrival by Minister of State for Housing Affairs the club Ismael Karam. The Amir praised the role and Acting Minister of Social Affairs and Labor of the chairman and board members in serving Yasser Hussein Abul and Chairman of the the deaf. Karam, during his speech, forwarded Association Fayez Lafi Al-Azmi. Deputy Minister Ramadan greetings to the Amir and announced of Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah, naming the under-construction girls’ building in senior officials and sheikhs accompanied His Faiha after Sheikha Salwa Sabah Al-Ahmad. Highness in the visits. — KUNA Social Reform Society facing closure?

KUWAIT: The Social Reform Society reiterated support to HH and sovereignty as a sacred duty,” Roumi said. Society’s statement was ‘clearer’ with regards to steps need- the Amir in “protecting Kuwait and its sovereignty” in a state- Observers meanwhile described the statement as an ed to emerge from the current problem, by obeying the ruler ment on Thursday amid rumors that the government mulls “attempt to achieve calm”, but said that it contained general and rejecting demonstrations, Al-Jarida reported yesterday. canceling the leading charitable group’s license for violating positions and is not enough to achieve balance compared to Al-Watan daily reported meanwhile that Prime Minister HH the nongovernmental organizations’ law and interfering in the Islamic Constitutional Movement’s supportive position to Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah is under pressure to take a political affairs. Head of the society Hmoud Al-Roumi referred the recent protests. On the other hand, the Islamic Heritage number of ‘unprecedented measures’, including canceling to HH Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah’s speech before Revival Society released a statement in which they called for the Social Reform Society’s license and declaring the Muslim Ramadan “in which he expressed concern regarding threats ‘obeying’ the Amir, as well as abandoning conflicts and seek- Brotherhood a terrorist organization in Kuwait. The report against national security and stability”. “We support HH the ing to achieve reconciliation between parties at odds. quotes unnamed sources who did not explain where the Amir and stand behind him in defending Kuwait’s security The observers thought that the Islamic Heritage Revival alleged pressures are coming from. — Al-Jarida & Al-Watan Kuwait hopes for UN resolution on Gaza

KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah late Thursday expressed hope that the UN Security Council would adopt a reso- lution on a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a Ramadan ghabqa he hosted in honor of heads of diplomatic missions accredited in Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al- Khaled highlighted the importance of reinforcement of the truce deal reached by Hamas and Israel in 2012. “The Palestinian people suffer from indiscriminate killing every minute,” he said, urging support to the Palestinians in their plight. Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled noted that the Arab League’s Secretary-General Nabeel Al-Arabi and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) are in contact with the UN in order to halt the Israeli onslaught on Gaza. He expressed hope for more KUWAIT: Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (center) is seen with officials during a Ramadan efforts to address the conflicts in several parts of the Arab world, ghabqa late Thursday. — KUNA notably Iraq and Syria, through political means. — KUNA LOCAL SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014 Control of non-communicable diseases top priority

NEW YORK: Implementing the international conventions to minister, in a speech read out on his behalf by the Health the threat imposed by the non-communicable diseases (NCDs) prevent the spread of the non-communicable diseases is top Ministry Undersecretary Khaled Al-Sahlawi during a high-level on public health, quality of life and comprehensive develop- priority not only for the government but also civil society United Nations General Assembly meeting held in New York ment, thus it was pioneering in taking moves and adopting organizations, stated Kuwait’s Health Minister Ali Al-Obaidi. late Thursday. initiatives to combat NCD particularly following the adoption “Since its adoption, the UN 2011 Political Declaration on NCDs Obaidi reiterated Kuwait’s commitment to put in place the of the UN 2011 Political Declaration on NCDs,” he said. topped the list of priorities of the Kuwaiti government and UN-recommended mechanisms to control non-communicable The UN General Assembly meeting is being held on July 10 became the focus of great cooperation between relevant gov- diseases. He pointed out Kuwait was among the first countries and 14 in New York to undertake a comprehensive review and ernmental and non-governmental organizations,” said the to move effectively to combat the NCD. “Kuwait realized early assessment on the prevention and control of NCDs. —KUNA

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KUWAIT: A pedestrian died from injuries sustained when he was run over on the Hawally before he was rushed to Mubarak Hospital. He was put set up after the businesswoman told him repeatedly when he asked Sixth Ring Road Thursday morning. Paramedics and police rushed to the scene under tightened security after tests revealed that he abused drugs. for his profits that she was suffering from financial problems, accord- near Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh, but discovered that the Asian man had already suc- ing to his statements. cumbed to his injuries. They responded to an emergency call that the driver Scam made after the accident. Criminal investigators were called to examine the scene A Kuwaiti man filed a case against a businesswoman, accusing Heart attack and transfer the body to the forensic department. The Kuwaiti motorist was tak- her of stealing KD 50,000 through a scam. The man told officers at A man died in a Farwaniya mosque after suffering from a heart en by police for questioning. Mubarak Al-Kabeer police station that he met the woman through attack. The 60-year-old Jordanian man fell unconscious during the friends who told him that she can help him invest his money with up Fajr (dawn) prayer Thursday, and worshippers immediately made an Visa forgery gang busted to 20 percent profits. The man came to the conclusion that he was emergency call. —Al-Rai, Al-Anbaa, Al-Watan Immigration department detectives arrested four men Thursday on charges of visa forgery. The detectives raided an office in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh following investigations regarding the forgery operations. They arrested four men of differ- ent Asian nationalities, and discovered forged stamps and documents of the Immigration General Department. The original information indicated that the suspects scammed expatriates by claiming that they could help them obtain visas but instead gave them forged documents. Separately, Criminal Investigation Department detectives arrested 20 Ethiopian women on prostitution charges during crackdowns Thursday around Hawally and Ahmadi governorates. Also Thursday, Drug Control General Department detectives arrested a Filipino masseur in Mangaf with possession of 80 gm of shabu (meth) and an Indian man in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh with possession of 18 gm of heroin.

Suicide attempt A domestic worker was hospitalized in a critical condition following a botched suicide attempt. The 30-year-old Ethiopian woman was rushed to Adan Hospital by her employer after she collapsed at his house. She was diagnosed with blood poisoning from an overdose of medication pills. A suicide case was filed for investigations.

Drug overdose A drug addict was hospitalized in a critical condition after suffering complica- tions of a drug overdose. The 23-year-old Egyptian man lost consciousness in News in brief

Authority awaits approval to transfer domestic visas KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Manpower is waiting for response from the Immigration General Department at the Interior Ministry on its request to allow transferring article 20 visas issued to domestic workers to article 18 visas issued to private sector workers. Once approval is received, the transfer process will be allowed under certain conditions including that the employee must transfer the visa to the same sponsor or a first degree relative, said Ahmad Al-Mousa, the Deputy General Director for Recruitment and Employment. Mousa also said there are no plans current- ly to reopen transferring commercial visit visas to work visas. Meanwhile, Mousa announced that the Public Authority of Manpower staff will move to its new headquarters in Jabriya after the Eid Al-Fitr holiday. The author- ity’s General Director Jamal Al-Dousary had met recently with his deputies to discuss potential candidates to be appointed for vacant posts, especial- ly in departments with direct contact with the public such as labor depart- ments. The vacancies are expected to be filled before the end of Ramadan.

Fire contained at Maqwa oilfield KUWAIT: Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) said Thursday that firefighters were able to contain and fully control a limited fire that broke out in assembly center number 20 at Maqwa oilfield. The company’s oil production and export operations were not affected by the accident, KOC Spokesman and Deputy Executive for Administrative and Financial Affairs Saad Al-Azmi told KUNA. The company has activated approved procedures to deal with such situation, and the situation now is in full control after the limited fire broke out, stressing the operation to put out the fire was taken in less than an hour and in a timely manner, with no injuries to any KOC person- nel, he said. The spokesman added that work is underway to restore pro- duction at the center during the next few hours, noting that an inquiry commission to determine the cause of the fire was established, according to followed procedures. KOC is currently operating 21 assembly centers for receiving raw crude oil from various oil wellheads located in producing 14- Who was the first to write a book on Quranic fields, Azmi added. jurisprudence ATMs to accept new banknotes in 2 weeks KUWAIT: Bank clients will be able to use ATMs to deposit new banknotes - Imam Al-Shafi’i within a couple of weeks, a local daily reported yesterday, quoting sources familiar with the news. ATMs cannot accept despots in the new banknotes since they were put into circulation late June. Ever since, the Yes No Central Bank of Kuwait has been working with local banks to ‘reprogram’ ATMs around Kuwait to be able to accept the new currency, said the sources who spoke to Al-Qabas on the condition of anonymity. The sources indicated that the process is going on as per prearranged steps, adding at the same time that the delay is normal. Don't Worry Enjoy the Sun ...

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MAJIDIYEH: Lebanese Army soldiers dismantle two unfired rockets from their launching site in the area of Majidiyeh, one kilometer from the Israeli border in southern Lebanon yester- day. A rocket fired from Lebanon struck northern Israel causing troops to hit back with artillery fire over the border. — AFP Northern Israel hit by rocket from Lebanon Israeli forces strike back over the border

JERUSALEM: A rocket fired from Lebanon Force in Lebanon, which monitors the border Jewish state. Israeli public radio said two Marjayun-Hasbaya area of southern Lebanon. struck northern Israel yesterday, causing between Lebanon and Israel. UNIFIL issued a Katyusha rockets slammed into an area north It did not indicate whether any of the troops to hit back with artillery fire over the statement condemning the incident and said of Kiryat Shmona, near Metula, one of which projectiles had landed inside Israel. The border, the Israeli army said. The rocket hit an it had stepped up its presence in its area of struck a road which was deserted at the time. statement added that the military had open area near Metula at Israel’s northern- operations in southern Lebanon, in coordina- Military officials told the radio they deployed troops to patrol and search the most tip without causing casualties or dam- tion with the Lebanese military. believed the attack was carried out by a small area. Troops “managed to find rocket launch age, the army said. “A rocket fired from “This is a serious incident in violation of Palestinian group in an act of solidarity with pads, as well as two rockets ready for Lebanon hit an open area near Metula a short UN Security Council resolution 1701 and is militants from Gaza’s Islamist Hamas move- launching. A military expert arrived at the time ago. clearly directed at undermining stability in ment who are engaged in a major confronta- scene and dismantled the projectiles,” the In response, IDF (army) forces opened fire the area,” said UNIFIL chief Major-General tion with the Israeli army which began on statement said. It added that Israel had at the source of rocket fire,” an army state- Serra. UN Security Council resolution 1701 Tuesday. They said it was unlikely the rockets launched “25 shells” at Lebanon, causing no ment said. Israeli army spokesman was passed in 2006, at the end of a 33-day were fired by the Shiite Hezbollah move- casualties. A Lebanese security source said Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner said artillery war between Israel and Hezbollah that killed ment, which controls southern Lebanon, as it the situation at the border was now calm. units had fired a barrage at “suspicious posi- some 1,200 Lebanese, mostly civilians, and did not want pick a fight with Israel at this “No one was hurt, the shelling hit the fields, tions” sighted over the border. A military 160 Israelis, mostly soldiers. The resolution stage. The Lebanese army said in a statement not houses, the source said, adding that one spokeswoman told AFP that Israel had filed a demands a full cessation of hostilities that three rockets were launched towards man had been detained by the security complaint to the United Nations Interim between armed groups in Lebanon and the Israel by “an unknown group” from the forces for questioning. — AFP INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014 Iraqi town overflows as thousands flee violence

SINJAR: Tens of thousands of people fleeing militants have sought refuge in the small northern Iraqi town of Sinjar, cram- ming into schools and mosques. But now, there is simply no room left. “No place remains for us to settle displaced people,” local official Myaser Haji Saleh says despondently. Huge num- bers of people fled a Sunni militant onslaught on the predom- inantly-Shiite Turkmen town of Tal Afar last month, part of a jihadist-led offensive that saw swathes of territory across five provinces fall out of government hands. Some 58,000 of them-mostly children-made their way to Sinjar, further west towards the Syrian border, flooding into a town with a population of around 300,000. “We opened schools, mosques and shrines for them,” says Saleh, the local official responsible for Sinjar and the surrounding area. “In the early days, the people provided aid before international organizations arrived,” he says. “We desperately need to open a camp for them, because our problem lies in housing this large number of displaced people.” But a camp would create its own problems, as the area lies several hours from the nearest government-held city, and just a short distance from territory controlled by militants led by the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group. Sinjar is controlled by peshmerga forces from Iraq’s autonomous northern Kurdistan region, and protecting both the town and the camp from insurgents would stretch the peshmerga. “We are afraid of them being attacked,” says Saleh. “We cannot exclude the SINJAR: Displaced Shiite Turkmen from Tal Afar, gather at a camp in the town of Sinjar, north of Baghdad. — AFP possibility of Daash militants attacking them with mortars if they were in a camp,” he adds, referring to IS by its former Arabic acronym. Europe urged to take Syria Town on smuggling route Sinjar is populated mostly by Yazidis, who speak a dialect of Kurdish and live mainly in the mountains of northern Iraq, refugees; region saturated and the town has long played a key role in Iraq’s struggle with militancy. The town lies along a well-travelled smuggling route, with the US military seizing a trove of documents near Sinjar indicating that hundreds of militants passed through Nearly 3 million in Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq the area from Syria to Iraq in a one-year period between 2006 and 2007. And in August 2007, suicide bombers killed more GENEVA: Europe must open its doors to in fact they’re miniscule. They represent Russia - has sent 12 refugees back to Syria, than 200 people in a series of brutal truck bombs in Yazidi- more Syrian refugees, having welcomed only 4 percent of Syrian refugees,” breaking an international law principle populated villages in the Sinjar area. Now, the town is grap- only a “miniscule” number while Syria’s Fleming told a news briefing in Geneva. that no would-be refugees should be sent pling with displaced families from Tal Afar fleeing a renewed neighbors have reached “saturation “Just to put this into perspective, back to a place where their life or liberty militant offensive that started on June 9 and which Iraq’s point”, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said Europe has a population of 670 million would be at risk, the report said. security forces have struggled to repel. yesterday. Syrian refugees, whose num- people. Contrast that to Lebanon, which Russia - an ally of President Bashar al- Sinjar’s sewage system has been overwhelmed by the sud- bers are set to pass 3 million in the next has a population of 4.4 million people and Assad - has not granted refugee status to a den uptick in its population, while families seeking shelter in a few weeks, are almost all in Lebanon, has received 1.1 million refugees.” single Syrian, although it granted 1,193 local girls’ school must make do with just one hour of electrici- Jordan and Turkey, with smaller numbers Although the European Union (EU) has temporary asylum requests in 2013, it ty a day indoors or bear the scorching summer heat outside. in Iraq and Egypt. But that is changing, been a leading donor for the humanitarian added. Fleming told Reuters that Many have even had to set fire to wooden chairs to cook food. said UNHCR chief spokeswoman Melissa aid effort in Syria, some countries on the European countries should admit “every- The United Nations voiced fears of overcrowding, poor Fleming. “The trend is obvious now, continent have “terrible” conditions for one who wants to come”, which she said hygiene and limited access to safe drinking water causing they’re moving beyond the neighboring receiving refugees. Some detain them, was a minority of the overall refugee pop- increased instances of diarrhoeal diseases, following a human- countries. The neighboring countries have and some - Bulgaria, Spain and Greece - ulation, since many wanted to remain itarian visit to the town this month. “We do not know what to reached saturation point. And many have tried to reject them before they land closer to home in an Arabic-speaking com- do, or where to go,” says Zainab Jarallah, clinging to her two Syrians are now seeking refuge in Europe in unseaworthy boats. munity. “Some people, when we offer to grandchildren inside the girls’ school. “We have big families, and we’re asking Europe to do more.” “There was one case in which survivors resettle them, have turned it down.” She but we do not have anything. What happened was a surprise In more than 3 years of war, very few claim their boat was being turned around blamed tabloid newspapers for “awful and for us,” the 68-year-old adds. Syrians have made it to continental by an official boat and in the process of distorted headlines claiming that floods of “We saw death with our own eyes.” After seizing Mosul on Europe. There have been 123,600 asylum being turned around it capsized and many Syrians were about to arrive”. “We’re ask- June 10, IS-led fighters swiftly took control of Sunni-majority requests, mostly in Sweden and Germany, of the passengers died. This is unaccept- ing for other forms of protection which areas of five provinces, but Iraqi forces battled for days to but that figure includes double counting, able,” Fleming said. A UNCHR report said include family reunification, extending keep control of Tal Afar. On June 23, however, the town fell since some have asked for asylum in sever- that happened near the Greek coast of student visas, offering scholarships, all out of government hands. Many sought to flee to Dohuk, one al countries. “Relative to the 2.9 million Farmakonisi on Jan. 20 this year, and 12 kind of different mechanisms that could of the three provinces in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region, refugees in the countries immediately sur- women and children from Syria and allow for the admission of more but non-Kurds require local sponsors before being allowed to rounding Syria, these numbers are small, Afghanistan died. One country in Europe - Syrians.”— Reuters enter. As a result, countless cars sit idle on the side of the road connecting Dohuk to Sinjar, ostensibly belonging to Iraqis who sought to enter Kurdistan but were unsuccessful. Iraqi forces fight militia Safety in shrine Those who fled to Sinjar have even sought safety in the as Kurdish row escalates town’s shrine to Sayida Zainab, the daughter of Imam Ali and RAMADI: a revered figure in Shiite Islam. Women sit within the shrine, Iraqi forces battled a militant attack on the key city of be a major advance for the jihadist-led militants, who have Ramadi yesterday while Baghdad accused the Kurds of seizing overrun large areas of five provinces, including parts of Anbar, while men stay outside, watching over their children as they oil fields, further dashing hopes politicians could unite to save since June 9. It could increase the threat on the capital by solid- run and play in a nearby graveyard. Others who have not Iraq from break-up. The militant push to take Anbar provincial ifying militant positions in Anbar and breaking the isolation of found physical structures have had to settle for tying a large capital Ramadi comes two days before a planned parliamentary rebel-held Fallujah, which lies only 60 kilometers west of piece of cloth between two parked cars to provide some session meant to revive flagging efforts to replace the caretaker Baghdad. shade from the sun, including a mother cradling her child, government in power since April elections. As the battle for Ramadi raged, Iraq’s oil ministry accused born just two days earlier. Nearby are 39-year-old Saad Yunus Sunni militants have seized several areas west of Ramadi the country’s autonomous Kurdish region of seizing key north- and his 44-year-old brother Ali, both fathers who fled Tal Afar since the fighting began Thursday afternoon, killing 11 police, ern oil fields. The ministry said Kurdish forces had seized “crude with their families, who have themselves had to resort to simi- bombing a police station and taking control of another, a oil (wells) in the Kirkuk and Bey Hassan oil fields” yesterday lar measures to shield their families from the heat. “All the police lieutenant colonel and a doctor said. The officer said the morning. Kurdish peshmerga fighters have moved into swathes roads were blocked to us,” says Saad. “We are trapped here insurgents were attempting to “storm Ramadi from the west- of disputed northern areas vacated by Iraqi forces during the and within days, our savings will run out. “We do not know ern side.” The fall of the city, where anti-government fighters initial militant offensive, and regional president Massud Barzani what to do.”— AFP have held shifting areas since the beginning of the year, would has said they will stay there. —AFP INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014

Tensions stalk Nigeria’s Jos despite brittle peace

JOS: Sani Mudi, a Muslim leader in Jos, perhaps Nigeria’s most religiously segregated city, stares out the window of the dimly lit central mosque, waiting for young men to drift in. Some come to worship, he said, but often visitors have a more mun- dane purpose: help in getting valid identification, proof of resi- dence papers or any other services that should be provided by the Christian-controlled state government. Flanked by a crum- bling market in Jos North, the Muslim ghetto, the central mosque has morphed into a job centre and city hall for a mar- ginalized religious minority, according to Mudi, spokesman for the local chapter of Nigeria’s main Islamic body, the JNI. Muslims “have all the same obligations to the state. We have to pay tax,” he told AFP. “But we are excluded at all levels.”

Tired of talking Jos, the capital of Plateau state, is the key city in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, which splits the predominately Muslim north from the mostly Christian south. Legally, Christian tribes are consid- ered the area’s “indigenous” people and get preferential access to public education, government jobs and other benefits. This discrimination exists across Nigeria-Christians in northern states controlled by mostly Muslim tribes like the Hausa face the same restrictions-but in starkly divided Jos the battle over BERLIN: The US national flag is displayed outside the building of the US embassy (right) as the Brandenburg Gate (left) indigenous status has led to bloodshed. However months of reflects on a window in Berlin yesterday, a day after Germany expelled the US secret services station chief in Berlin in an Western-backed dialogue appear to have made inroads in the escalating row over alleged American spying against its long-time European ally. — AFP combustible city. On May 18 a double car bombing at a Jos market blamed on Boko Haram Islamists killed at least 118 peo- ple in Nigeria’s deadliest ever bomb attack. In the past such an attack likely would have sparked deadly religious reprisal Germany expels attacks, even though the five-year Boko Haram conflict is con- sidered separate to the sectarian struggle in Jos. Leaders of both faiths credited the recent peace talks for keeping rampaging gangs off the streets. “Our youths, these CIA station chief days, are listening,” said Rwang Dalyop Dantong, who heads a youth council for the mostly Christian Berom ethnic group. But he added: “If (the bombings) had been in a church, there would have been a reprisal.” And most agree that Jos remains Spy row rages amid fresh allegations on a knife’s edge. Violence has often been tied to elections and with potentially divisive national polls set for February, Mudi argued that, beyond dialogue, compromise to redress discrimi- BERLIN: Germany’s decision to ask the CIA with US President Barack Obama since Berlin terparts to a minimum, while the nation was needed to sustain the “fragile peace.” “We have station chief in Berlin to leave the country asked the CIA station chief to leave, but the Sueddeutche Zeitung called the expulsion talked and talked and we are tired of talking,” he said. was an inevitable response to fresh allega- two are in close contact, a German govern- “an unprecedented act of protest against tions of US spying on Berlin, German Foreign ment spokesman said yesterday. “There has American arrogance”. However, there is a lim- Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said yester- been no phone call (between) the Chancellor it to what Merkel can do and both sides have Decades of violence day. Officials said the US spy chief would be and Washington and none is planned. But stressed the need to continue to work closely Embedded within the state of Plateau’s undulating rock for- leaving the country soon. “Our decision to ask you know the Chancellor and the American together. For example, Germany still wants a mations at 1,500 metres (4,300 feet) above sea level, Jos is the current representative of the US intelli- President are in good contact with each oth- free trade agreement being negotiated spared the stifling humidity or desert heat that affects much of gence services to leave Germany is the right er,” Merkel’s spokesman Steffen Seibert told a between the European Union and the United the rest of Nigeria and was once a tourist destination for work- decision, a necessary step and a fitting reac- news conference. Seibert said the govern- States, despite the cooling of relations ers in the capital Abuja, 300 kilometers away. But the city’s rep- tion to the break of trust which has occurred,” ment expected the US intelligence represen- between Berlin and Washington over the spy- utation has been tarnished by strife since August 2001, two Steinmeier told reporters. “Taking action was tative to leave Germany “promptly”. The US ing row. “It remains a project that is very years after the end of military rule, when Nigeria’s federal gov- unavoidable, in my opinion. We need and official has not been publicly named. important to the federal government,” ernment appointed a Hausa-speaking Muslim to an influential expect a relationship based on trust.” Seibert said. post. Christian leaders in the city maintained that the job He said a strong transatlantic partnership Espionage activity Many details would still have to be cleared should have gone to one of their own, rather than someone was especially important now given interna- The decision to order the CIA representa- up, he said, but this was unconnected to dif- from a group regarded as “settlers”, and tensions quickly esca- tional crises. He would tell US Secretary of tive out came after dramatic reports of US ferences of opinion with the United States lated. When a Christian woman walked through a roadside State John Kerry when they meet in Vienna at espionage activity in Germany. On over the use of their intelligence services. mosque during Friday prayers, refusing requests by worship- the weekend for talks on Iran’s nuclear pro- Wednesday, Berlin said it had discovered a “German-US friendship is much broader and pers to wait until prayers had ended, tensions exploded into gram that Germany was eager to revive that suspected US spy in the Defence Ministry. deeper than the narrow area of cooperation bloodshed that eventually left 1,000 people dead. partnership on the basis of mutual trust. The That came just days after a German foreign of our intelligence services,” Seibert said. The city has been shaken by sporadic bursts of sectarian scandal has chilled relations with Washington intelligence worker was arrested on suspicion The Foreign Ministry said Germany and killings since then, including major unrest in 2008 and 2010. to levels not seen since Chancellor Angela of being a CIA informant and admitted pass- the United States were working together on Boko Haram attacks over Christmas in 2010 left at least 200 Merkel’s predecessor opposed the US inva- ing documents to a US contact. Public out- crises in Afghanistan, Ukraine and Iran. “All people dead. Outside the city in the Plateau countryside, there sion of Iraq in 2003. It follows allegations that rage at the revelations put pressure on of that is only possible if we act together. are regular deadly clashes between largely Christian farmers Merkel herself was among thousands of Merkel to take action against the United That’s true for the Americans as much as it is and Fulani herdsmen. Thousands have been killed over the last Germans whose mobile phones have been States. Germany’s biggest selling newspaper, true for Germany and Europe,” a spokesman two decades. —AFP bugged by American agents. Bild, said Merkel had ordered German secret said. “We are mutually dependent on each Merkel has not had a phone conversation services to reduce cooperation with US coun- other.”— Reuters Kenya’s coastal killings pose insurgency risk for Kenyatta NAIROBI: Kenya may face a full-blown insur- playing on local grievances. Islamist attack on a Nairobi shopping mall last range from handing out laptops to school kids to gency on its coast unless President Uhuru Investors have so far been unperturbed, piling year that left 67 dead, says it is chasing down the sacking officials who fail in their jobs. Kenyatta can douse a combustible mix of ethnic into Kenya’s debut Eurobond last month even as culprits of recent assaults and has security under Kenyatta, 52, son of Kenya’s first president, has rivalries, land rows and Islamist militancy. bodies were counted on the coast. But if the gov- control. already had a challenging time in office, and faces Gunmen have killed about 100 people since mid- ernment fails to stop those driving the attacks Political opponents accuse the government of trial in October in the International Criminal Court June, exposing festering problems that could test and address local grievances, Kenyatta’s promise relying on heavy-handed police tactics and play- on allegations he orchestrated ethnic violence Kenyatta’s ability to reassure a nation fretting to lift already stuttering growth may start to look ing politics instead of addressing the real causes. after the disputed 2007 election. “I think he needs about wider security a little more than a year into empty. The chilling message scrawled on a wall in “The situation on security is worrying and that to take a deep breath, stop talking too much, and his first term. Despite dozens of arrests, the gov- Lamu town, an old Arab trading port near where adds to the impression that he may not be in be seen to take action,” said Munene. The presi- ernment has yet to identify the culprits. “We have attacks erupted, reads “Boko Haram ndio njia” in charge, in control of the whole thing,” said dent’s initial public response to the first attacks a serious radicalization threat,” said Rashid Abdi, a Swahili, or “Boko Haram is the way”, referring to Macharia Munene, a professor at Nairobi’s United last month, when gunmen killed 65 people in an specialist on Kenya and the Horn of Africa, who an Islamist insurgency that is the scourge of States International University. Munene said the area around Mpeketoni in Lamu County, which sees the “beginning of a coastal insurgency” sup- northeastern Nigeria. Kenyatta’s administration, failure to stop the attacks built on a growing list lies near the Somali border, baffled and angered ported by regional Islamists and other groups already facing criticism for mishandling an of unfulfilled promises from the government that many Kenyans in equal measure. —Reuters INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014

Bosnia marks Srebrenica massacre anniversary

SREBRENICA: Several thousand people gathered yesterday “Here it is the end,” whispers Ramiza Hasanovic, a woman in farewell. “All 37 men from their hamlet were killed. Their in Srebrenica for the 19th anniversary of the massacre of her 60s, standing near the freshly dug grave in which the father and their third brother also, while their mother died some 8,000 Muslim males by ethnic Serbs forces, Europe’s recently found remains of her husband will be buried. Two of sadness,” explained the 78-year-old. “But from now on worst atrocity since World War II. A total of 175 newly-identi- other graves were dug just next to it, one for her brother the father and his three sons will be together again,” he said fied massacre victims will be laid to rest after a commemo- and another for her nephew. Two years ago in the same pointing to four graves. The eastern Bosnian town was a ration ceremony held in Potocari, just outside the ill-fated cemetery, Hasanovic buried her two teenage sons, Nihad UN-protected Muslim enclave until July 11, 1995, when it Bosnian town. and Mumin, aged 16 and 18 who were also killed during the was overrun by Bosnian Serb forces. The coffins filled with the victims remains and draped in massacre. Around 8,000 men and boys died in the massacre which green cloth were placed on a lawn in a dozen rows waiting followed the town’s seizure. It was labeled a genocide by to be put in freshly dug graves at a memorial cemetery later. ‘My pilgrimage site’ two international courts. So far, the remains of 6,066 people Some relatives were squatting next to the coffins, while oth- “Here is my house, in the middle of those graves. This is were exhumed from mass graves in the Srebrenica region ers were caressing them with a trembling hand. One my pilgrimage site, this is all I have. I come here when I can, I for reburial in the Potocari cemetery. The massacre took mourner, Mustafa Delic, removed rainwater from graves talk to them, I pray for them,” whispered the woman with place just a few months before the end of Bosnia’s 1992- which had fallen overnight. The water filled three graves dark hair covered with a violet scarf. The youngest victim to 1995 war, which claimed some 100,000 lives in total. The where Delic was to bury his three brothers, the youngest be laid to rest during yesterday’s service was 14-years-old atrocity still divides Bosnia’s Muslims and Serbs. Many Serbs aged 21 when he was killed. when he was killed. Among the others to be buried are thir- refuse to recognize the genocide and turn a blind eye to “Waiting was painful, but the moment has come to end teen teenaged boys, aged between 15 and 17. commemorative services in Srebrenica. Bosnian Serb this. One has to turn the page since life continues whether No close family relatives of brothers Amir and Asim wartime political leader Radovan Karadzic and his army you want it or not,” the 50-year-old Srebrenica survivor said. Mujic, aged 20 and 24 when they were killed, survived the chief Ratko Mladic, considered the massacre masterminds, “We did not have time to say goodbye... We were five broth- massacre to bury them, as demanded by Muslim tradition. are now being tried by a UN court for war crimes and geno- ers, three did not have luck,” the grey-haired man added. Their distant cousin Ismet Memic came to bid them the final cide. — AFP

Catalan language revival fueling backlash in Spain Most subjects taught in Catalan

CORNELLA DE LLOBREGAT: Francesca Munoz, mostly among family and friends. But when Spain the principal at Sant Miquel primary school near restored democracy in 1978, a new constitution Barcelona, is fighting a linguistic crusade that has gave Catalonia and other regions control over their fuelled a remarkable recovery of the local Catalan education and health systems. Gradually, it beefed tongue - and of the region’s secessionist move- up teaching in Catalan. Catalan has also become ment. For 30 years, public schools in Spain’s the language of the local government here and of Catalonia region have taught most subjects in businesses. There has been an intense government Catalan, not the national Castilian Spanish lan- campaign to promote product labels and signs in guage. There are now some 10 million Catalan shops in Catalan. Public sector jobs demand speakers in or near the region bordering France Catalan proficiency. Half of theatre productions in and the Mediterranean, putting the language in a Catalonia are in Catalan, and the biggest newspa- league with Swedish and Greek after it was per, La Vanguardia, started a Catalan edition three repressed under the 1939-1975 dictatorship of years ago that now accounts for 45 percent of its Francisco Franco. print sales. In the northern areas of Catalonia, such “We feel so proud to have achieved this, but we as Girona, Castilian is little-used. Educators say MAKIIVKA: Pro-Russian militants sitting atop a truck wave as they drive past a checkpoint in can’t relax now. It’s still a daily battle,” says Munoz, schooling in Catalan has been a social integrator for Makiivka, 15 kilometers east of Donetsk yesterday. — AFP who led her school’s transition to Catalan three children of millions of immigrants from poorer decades ago, when all the teachers were retrained. regions of Spain who arrived in the ‘60s and ‘70s Ukraine forces clash with Such is the strength of the Catalan renaissance that who would otherwise be isolated in a Spanish- it is prompting a backlash among some parents speaking lower class. concerned their children are getting short-changed Language educators from other countries look rebels around the airport on Spanish, the world’s second-most spoken lan- to Catalonia as an example but for some local par- DONETSK: guage by native speakers after Mandarin. ents the system isn’t working. Ana Losada last year Intense battles raged yesterday A spokesman for Ukraine’s national security These parents, worried that many schools now formed the Assembly for Bilingual Education, a around the airport in the main stronghold of and defense council added that at least four ser- give only three hours of Spanish a week, have sup- group that is helping parents to petition schools in pro-Kremlin insurgents as Ukraine’s new leader vicemen were killed and 25 wounded in a bar- port from the centre-right central government in Catalonia to adopt a 50-50 Spanish-Catalan teach- laid out tough terms for a ceasefire demanded rage of rebel attacks. The tide in Ukraine’s worst Madrid, which passed an education law last year ing system. Losada grew up in Catalonia and says by his European allies and Russia. An AFP team crisis since its 1991 independence turned last that will force the Catalan school system to provide she was well-served by a mix of Spanish and outside Donetsk International Airport-a gleam- weekend when resurgent government forces more hours in Spanish if parents petition for it. The Catalan in the schools in the 1980s, when the sys- ing hub shuttered since coming under a bloody managed to flush out the separatists from a nascent movement for more Spanish teaching has tem was still transitioning to Catalan-only. rebel attack at the end of May-saw exchanges of string of eastern towns and cities they had only hardened supporters of the Catalan language However, she says Spanish has lost so much fire and an anti-aircraft missile being shot at a seized in early April. Most of the militias have - and of the wealthy region’s independence drive. ground that now she worries her six-year-old girl Ukrainian military jet. “Here we go again. This is since retreated to Donetsk and the neighboring Catalonia’s secessionist movement has gained won’t learn the language properly. “They argue just like yesterday,” said one vendor from a near- industrial city of Lugansk-both capitals of their momentum during Spain’s recent economic crisis that people learn Spanish as well as Catalan, but it’s by outdoor market as dozens of people looked own “People’s Republics” that refuse to recog- as taxpayers in the wealthy region complained not true. We are hearing from university professors nervously up at the cloudy sky. nize Kiev’s new West-leaning government and they were financing poorer areas of the country. that the level of Spanish is deficient,” says Losada, “Everything is shutting down,” said another are seeking annexation by Russia. “We need our own country in order to protect who says her group is not political and does not man in his fifties who was preparing to escape The conflict has claimed the lives of more our language,” Irene Rigau, education superintend- have a stance on the independence issue. “It’s across the border to Russia with his daughters than 500 people, while Amnesty International ent for Catalonia, said in an interview in her office in impossible to teach it adequately in only three and grandchildren. “There is nothing to do here. also said there had been “hundreds” of abduc- Barcelona last month. Opinion polls show that half hours a week.” Education Superintendent Rigau No work-and it is getting too dangerous,” he tions and acts of torture committed by the sepa- of Catalonia’s 7.6 million residents want independ- says the full-immersion system has not penalized said. Pro-Kiev authorities in Lugansk also said ratists. An Amnesty report published yesterday ence, and regional leader Artur Mas wants to hold a Spanish proficiency and that the vast majority of four miners were killed and 16 injured when also said that “excessive force may have been plebiscite on secession in November, two months families are happy with it because their children their bus came under artillery fire on Thursday. used... by Ukrainian forces” on several occa- after Scotland votes on leaving Great Britain. But end up being bilingual. She speaks Spanish with a But government forces reported making signifi- sions-a charge repeatedly made by Moscow. the Catalonia vote is not likely to happen, because deep Catalan accent and says a half-and-half sys- cant progress in their attempts to choke the Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko now finds it is expected to be declared unconstitutional. tem is a bad idea, because the smaller language of encircled pro-Russian gunmen off from what himself trapped between European pressure to Catalan has to be over-protected or it will disap- they allege are vast quantities of Russian agree an immediate truce and massive domestic Reviving a language pear. Many teenagers, for instance, turn away from weapons supplies. “At least 50 rebels were support for his troops to finish off an insurgency Franco imposed Spanish-only schooling across Catalan to plug into pop-culture references that are wiped out in the past 24 hours,” a Ukrainian mili- that has threatened the 45-million-strong the country. The result was that in the 1970s, mostly in Spanish. At the Sant Miquel school near tary spokesman Vladyslav Seleznyov wrote in a nation with disintegration and economic col- Catalan - a centuries-old Romance language relat- cosmopolitan Barcelona, most children come from Facebook post. lapse.— Agencies ed to Spanish, French and Italian - was spoken Spanish-speaking homes. —Reuters

INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014 In South Korea, former spy remains ‘stuck in the cold’ Won dubbed North Korea’s Mata Hari

GUNPO: Once their espionage cases are resolved, some former Won said a prosecutor told her during her questioning that she North Korean spies find that life in the South can be pretty good. could make a new start in the South by following in the footsteps They write books, land TV gigs, work for think tanks and in general of Kim Hyon-hui, a North Korean agent sentenced to death for benefit from their new home’s fascination with their old homeland. bombing a South Korean jet in 1987, killing all 115 passengers Won Jeong-hwa is not one of those spies. A year after finishing a aboard. Kim was later pardoned and wrote a best-selling autobiog- five-year espionage sentence for using sex to obtain military raphy. She often appears on TV to speak critically of North Korea. secrets and plotting to assassinate intelligence officers, Won is a 40- Several other North Koreans who once attacked the South now year-old single mother eking out a living on an $800 monthly gov- embrace it. One of the 31 North Korean commandos who launched ernment subsidy. a brazen mission to assassinate South Korea’s president in 1968 is Her espionage work is not taken seriously enough in South now a Christian pastor who lectures about the North. Korea for her to cash in on her past, yet she’s also too notorious to A North Korean crew member of a submarine that ran aground find an ordinary job. She says she has been fired from several wait- in the South, and who was captured alive after a massive manhunt ressing and cleaning jobs after employers learned about her past, that left 25 other comrades dead or missing, is a lecturer for the which she had attempted to conceal. “I’ve thought about killing South Korean navy. A spy arrested after a deadly shootout in 1995 myself many times,” Won said in an interview at her small apart- works for a think tank run by the South’s spy agency and wrote a ment in Gunpo, just south of Seoul. book about his mission. Won, on the other hand, feels trapped. No She has two big strikes against her. There are allegations that South Korean TV station wants her as an expert because of reports she was merely a low-level informant whose deeds were inflated that she may not have been an elite spy. Finding work unrelated to by South Korean officials eager to make Pyongyang look bad, and her past is also impossible, she said, because no one wants to hire by reporters digging for a sexy story. Additionally, the sexual nature an unskilled woman with a criminal espionage record. of her crimes carries a stigma in this conservative country. Won was One of the jobs she gained and quickly lost was at a noodle imprisoned in 2008 after a court ruled that she posed as an ordi- restaurant. She said a former colleague later told her the boss had nary North Korean defector, then used sex to extract secrets from been worried she would poison the food. The army officer Won fell South Korean military officers. The media began calling her “North in love with has been released, but they are no longer in touch. Nor HYOGO: Picture shows a 47-year-old provincial politician Korea’s Mata Hari” in reference to an exotic dancer from the is the father of her 12-year-old daughter in the picture: She said he Ryutaro Nonomura crying at a press conference to explain Netherlands who used sex to obtain military secrets during World is a South Korean businessman she met in China, where she had his profligate use of public funds. — AFP War I. been assigned to find and repatriate North Korean defectors before North Korea accused South Korea of cooking up a spy scandal she was sent to South Korea. Japan’s crying to tarnish Pyongyang’s image and said Won was a criminal. After Won said the government assistance she gets was not enough Won was released, she was a popular guest on TV talk shows where for her to even buy a school uniform for her daughter. A center that she spoke about her harsh, elite spy training. She said she dis- helps female ex-inmates gave one to her. Many defectors shun her. MP quits post obeyed Pyongyang’s orders to assassinate two South Korean army She said her neighbors once asked that she move, and that her intelligence officers with poison. She also talked about how she fell daughter’s friends have been told by their parents to stay away in love with a junior army officer - the “man of my life.” He was later from the girl. “I’ve told my daughter she should go to an orphan- TOKYO: A provincial Japanese politician, who was filmed cry- imprisoned for passing her secrets including a list of North Korean age because she’d be happier living there,” Won said, sobbing. “I ing like a toddler while trying to explain his profligate use of defectors even after learning she was a spy. want to move to a country where no one knows me.”— AP public funds, quit his post yesterday as he was embroiled The attention caused South Korean media to revisit her case. deeper in a corruption scandal. Middle-aged assemblyman Some reporters questioned the value of her espionage work, and Ryutaro Nonomura became an Internet sensation last week raised suspicions based on testimony by North Korean defectors when he was filmed wailing and banging his fists on a desk as who said they knew Won and her family members in the North. tears stream down his face at a press conference. The regional Won’s 2008 court verdict said she was trained at a special opera- assembly in Hyogo, western Japan, accepted the 47-year-old’s tions unit in Pyongyang and was a daughter of an agent killed on a resignation yesterday, an official said. spy mission in South Korea in 1974. But Won’s stepfather, Kim “Political parties in the assembly filed a criminal complaint Dong-soon, who came to South Korea in 2007, said in an interview against the assembly member,” said Eiji Kurita, from the that Won’s biological father was an ordinary laborer who died of a assembly’s secretariat. Nonomura, who was elected to the heart attack, and that Won was a high school dropout who had assembly in 2011, is suspected of misusing three million yen nothing to do with special operations forces. Won denies Kim’s alle- ($30,000) of official allowances for political activities. He gations. allegedly spent the money in travel expenses on 195 trips in In the verdict and in interviews, it was said that North Korea first one year, including 106 visits to the same hot spring resort, sent Won to South Korea in 2001 to take photos of the exteriors of but he failed to produce a receipt or a report on them. The US military installations and to collect South Korean newspaper assembly has been swamped with about 4,000 complaints editorials about North Korea. People dubious of Won’s elite status from residents who demanded Nonomura come clean about consider that low-level spy work. Some defectors who met Won his expenditures and repay the money, according to media before her 2008 arrest say she was often incoherent and unprofes- reports. sional and could not have been a highly trained spy. “I believe that In trying to explain how he spent the money at a news con- she was exploited as an informant. ... She wasn’t even worth being ference on July 1 in Kobe, Hyogo’s main city, the middle-aged called a spy,” said Kim Yong-hwa, a defector-turned-activist. He said lawmaker wailed uncontrollably and banged his fists on the he once rejected Won’s request to meet with a high-profile North table. He shouted almost incoherent excuses in between gut- Korean defector because she rambled too much. wrenching sobs, punctuated by the long intakes of breath A key debunker of Won’s espionage record is Won herself, who necessary to power the next outburst. Looped footage of the spoke to The Associated Press in a series of interviews between press conference has drawn laughter and unfavorable com- April and this week. She has said in media interviews that she was ments from guests at television talk shows as it was repeated pressured by prosecutors to provide false testimony, particularly over and over. Social media users have rapidly spread the about her use of sex in spy work. The trial verdict and an investiga- images worldwide while comedians at home mocked his act. tion by prosecutors said she slept with numerous men, including Nonomura has refused to talk to the media after the now South Korean officers and her boss at an agency where she worked. famous press conference. The assembly secretariat has Won said she used sex as a spying tool only once, to steal person- expanded its investigations into about eight million yen nel management-related documents from an army major’s home ($80,000) which Nonomura has allegedly spent in travel computer. expenses on 345 trips he made in the past three years, accord- She said she couldn’t resist pressure by prosecutors who gave ing to media reports. He has reportedly told officials that he her alcohol and urged her to confess during questioning. They had “deleted all data” on the trips from his personal computer “manufactured (the story of) my relations with men,” she said. “I’m and that he could not remember them at all. The episode has not a Mata Hari.” Prosecutors have dismissed Won’s claims. South also shocked the national political scene where corruption has Korea has a history of forgiving former spies and assassins, though been a perennial issue. “Isn’t he rare for presenting such a big they are still sometimes ostracized. Their careers in the media often topic of interest,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, the depend on whether they were involved in high profile cases that top government spokesman, told a regular briefing yesterday. GUNPO: Won Jeong-hwa speaks to a reporter during an captured global attention, and whether they followed Seoul’s interview at her apartment in Gunpo, south of Seoul, “I think he should fulfil his responsibility for explaining his propaganda line against the North. case before leaving his post.”— AFP South Korea. — AP INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014 Kerry seeks to broker an end to Afghan crisis

KABUL: US Secretary of State John boxes, representing 43 percent of the Kerry sought yesterday to mediate an total votes-or around 3.5 million votes. end to the political crisis in Ghani said he and his supporters were Afghanistan, warning that a bitter dis- committed to “an inclusive govern- pute over presidential polls threatened ment. A government that could repre- the country’s future. As the top US sent all of Afghans, and serve every diplomat met separately with the rival Afghan citizen in the manner that candidates, Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah every Afghan deserves according to Abdullah, Kerry stressed that results the constitution”. The stakes could not released Monday showing Ghani in the be higher, as the next president will lead were “preliminary”. have to steer the war-torn country as “They are neither authoritative nor international troops withdraw, leaving final, and no-one should be stating a Afghan forces to fight a bloody, stub- victory at this point in time,” Kerry said, bornly resilient Taleban insurgency. as he held back-to-back meetings in Abdullah thanked Kerry for coming the heavily-fortified US embassy. “We as well as continued US support and want a unified, stable, democratic for “the sacrifices that your people Afghanistan. It is important that who- have done alongside the Afghans”. But ever is president is recognised by the he said that “the future of our achieve- people as having become president ment depends upon the success of the through a legitimate process,” he said. democratic process”. “It’s not the num- The next government should be one ber of troops, it’s not the money,” that “can unify” the people and “lead in Abdullah said, adding that the US once the future,” Kerry said. again had “proved your commitment Despite Monday’s announcement, to helping Afghanistan, in saving Abdullah, who has already once lost a Afghanistan, and in saving the demo- presidential bid in controversial cir- cratic process here”. The election cumstances, has declared himself the stand-off has sparked fears that true winner, saying massive fraud protests could spiral into ethnic vio- robbed him of victory in the June 14 lence-and even lead to a return of the run-off vote. In a swift boost for Kerry’s fighting between warlords that rav- diplomacy, Ghani threw his backing aged Afghanistan during the 1992- behind US calls for a wide audit of the 1996 civil war. elections. “Our commitment is to KABUL: Afghan National Security Adviser Rangin Spanta (left) and Defense Minister Bismillah Khan ensure that the election process enjoys Need for thorough audit Mohammadi (center) joke over who will speak to the media alongside US Secretary of State John Kerry dur- the integrity and the legitimacy of the “Our hopes are that there is a road ing a meeting between Kerry and Afghanistan’s national security and defense leaders at the US embassy in people of Afghanistan and the world,” that can be found that will provide that Kabul yesterday. — AP Ghani told reporters as he met with capacity for the questions to be Kerry. “Therefore we believe in the answered, for people’s doubts to be said earlier. Auditors may look at dis- but some Afghan officials are pressing US troops on the ground will be whit- most intensive and extensive audit satisfied and hopefully for a future to tricts with a very high turnout, or a per- to stick by an election calendar that tled down to 9,800 next year. The possible to restore faith.” be defined,” Kerry said. But he warned fectly round number of recorded votes, would see the new president inaugu- Obama administration is also desper- that was not “an automatic at this or where the number of women voters rated on August 2. After more than 13 ately waiting for Afghan leaders to sign High stakes point”. The United States was “going to outnumbered men, “which in the years of war following the 2001 US a bilateral pact governing the presence A statement from the office of out- push for the very best, most credible, Afghan context seems like an unlikely invasion to oust the hardline Taleban of US forces in the country beyond this going President Hamid Karzai said UN most transparent and most broadly outcome”. regime, President Barack Obama has year. Karzai walked away from the deal, officials had put forward a plan late accepted outcome that we can under UN officials have said a full audit of said all American forces will be with- but both presidential candidates have Thursday to audit some 8,000 ballot the circumstances,” a senior US official the results could take up to two weeks, drawn by the end of 2016. The 30,000 said that they would sign it. — AFP INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014

India village council accused of ordering rape 14-year-old girl dragged into a forest and raped NEW DELHI: A 14-year-old girl was tion and file charges in the next few days. dragged into a forest and raped on the Across much of rural India, deeply conser- orders of a village council in remote east- vative local councils wield great power. ern India in retaliation for a sex assault They can pass decrees on any subject they blamed on her brother, her family and choose - from how women should dress to police said yesterday. Jitendra Singh, a top whether young lovers deserve to live or local police official, said three men have die. They usually enforce strict social been arrested. They include the village norms about marriage and gender roles. headman and the main suspect, identified In January, a council of elders in West as the husband of the woman who was Bengal state had ordered the gang rape of allegedly molested by the victim’s brother. a 20-yearold woman as punishment for The victim’s brother has also been arrest- falling in love with the man from a differ- ed. The victim’s mother told CNN-IBN news ent community. The village councils are channel that she pleaded with the council often the only practical means of deliver- and other villagers when they ordered the ing justice in areas where local govern- rape but no one listened. “We kept beg- ments are either too far away or too inef- ging them. We begged with folded hands fective to settle disputes. Their power is but they would not listen. They dragged often derived from the fact that they can her away to the forest,” she said. order that villagers be ostracized for ignor- The attack took place after midnight on ing their decrees. In some of the most Sunday in a small village in Jharkhand UTTAR PRADESH: In this Saturday file photo, a police dog stands near the tree extreme cases, the councils have sanc- state’s Bokaro district. “They attacked her where two teenage girls were found hanging after they were gang raped in Katra tioned so-called honor killings, usually in retaliation and we are taking this case village in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh state. Federal investigators against men and women suspected of out- very seriously,” Singh said, adding that plan to exhume the bodies of two teenage girls raped and killed by attackers who of-wedlock sex or marrying outside the police expect to complete the investiga- hanged their bodies from a tree in northern India six weeks ago. — AP community. — AP Taleban abandons India’s once-shunned last key stronghold MIRANSHAH: The Pakistani Taleban have abandoned their last Modi to meet Obama key stronghold and booby traps and explosives littering their hideouts now present the main danger to the soldiers who con- trol the territory, military officials say. Instead of black-clad mili- NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister the statement said. Modi had been widely embassy to complain for the third time tants, uniformed men and the odd lone donkey wander the Narendra Modi yesterday accepted an tipped to meet Obama in September when about spying, following new allegations streets of Miranshah, the capital of Pakistan’s northwestern invite to meet US President Barack Obama he travels to the US for the UN General that Washington’s National Security region of North Waziristan. For years, Pakistan’s allies urged the in Washington in September, a statement Assembly meeting in New York, after the Agency targeted its ruling party. South Asian nation to strike against militant strongholds on the said, as the two countries look to rebuild president extended his invite by phone in A classified document made public Afghan border. Now, as NATO troops withdraw from neighbor- strained relations. US Deputy Secretary of May. Modi was controversially refused a showed that Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party ing Afghanistan, the army launched a campaign last month to State William Burns formally invited Modi visa to visit the US in 2005 over allegations was among authorized targets for the NSA push out the militants. A rare visit this week to Miranshah, during a meeting between the pair in New he turned a blind eye or worse to deadly in 2010 while it was India’s main opposi- organized by the military, showed how tightly the Taleban had Delhi yesterday, as part of a two-day visit anti-Muslim riots three years earlier in tion. Burns acknowledged the “seriousness held the frontier town in its grip. “It is a city waiting to blow up, to India to strengthen diplomatic and Gujarat state which he was then running. of the concerns that have been raised” but that’s how much explosive there is here, in homes, in shops, trade ties. “Prime minister thanked But US and European governments refused any further comment. “I am simply buried under the ground,” said senior commander Brigadier President Obama for the invitation and have been rushing to court Modi since his not in a position to comment publicly on Tahir Malik, standing outside one of 11 bomb making plants the looked forward to a result-oriented visit right-wing party swept to power in May on those specific allegations,” he said Friday in army says it has seized. The explosives factory is piled high with with concrete outcomes that imparts new a pledge to reform the Indian economy, an interview with NDTV news channel. hundreds of metal cylinders and other containers the militants momentum and energy to India-US strate- including by hiking foreign investment. US India-US relations are also recovering from used to make bombs. gic partnership,” a statement from Modi’s Secretary of State John Kerry is expected in a major dispute in December over the office said. New Delhi at the end of July, while Modi arrest and strip-search of an Indian diplo- Ghost town Modi considered that strengthening met US Senator John McCain last week. mat in New York, over claims that she mis- Apart from soldiers, the city is a ghost town. The army India-US relations “would send an impor- That meeting came one day after India treated a domestic servant, a move that ordered residents out before the offensive; some left food on tant message to the region and beyond”, summoned the top diplomat from the US sparked fury in India. — AFP their tables as they fled. Entire neighborhoods are rubble after caches of explosives detonated and jets pounded suspected militant hideouts. Under the destruction lies a sophisticated Erdogan to announce network of tunnels used to smuggle militants and weapons out of the view of hovering drones. At the Gulpakhel mosque, sub- terranean corridors snaked past rooms dotted with prayer mats vision for ‘new Turkey’ and blankets before ending at a secret door hidden by a book- shelf. Behind lay rooms that had housed senior Taleban com- manders, the military said. Sleeping mats were scattered before ISTANBUL: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan yester- “The new Turkey embraces its society which has become more freshly painted walls fitted with an air-conditioner and a sound day announced his vision for a “new Turkey” heading to 2023, at a plural and diverse. The new Turkey rises upon social welfare, a system and lit by a six-bulb chandelier. “Even I don’t get to live rally in Istanbul as he prepares to stand in August presidential prosperous economy, political stability and advanced democra- like this here, with all these comforts,” said a colonel accompa- polls. Erdogan, Turkey’s most powerful figure for over a decade, is cy,” the document says, according to the media. It sets out four nying the visitors. seeking in the August polls to cement his grip on the country by main goals which are advancing democracy, ensuring the nor- switching to the post of president which he could theoretically malization of politics and society, improving social welfare and Cannibal market hold for two five-year terms. In the rally in Istanbul at a congress being among the leading nations of the world. Erdogan has long In an area nicknamed Cannibal Market, a purple sheet centre overlooking the Golden Horn and attended by thousands eyed increasing Turkey’s global influence by becoming a major shrouding a small wooden platform was the site of the of supporters, academics and celebrities, Erdogan announced a player on the diplomatic stage, prompting comparisons with the Taleban’s public beheadings, the military said. The militants new set of targets for Turkey heading to 2023. ambitions of the Ottoman Empire. used to leave bodies to rot on the road, as a grim warning of the Ever with an eye on history, the year 2023 has huge impor- movement’s justice. Former residents of the town confirmed tance for Erdogan as it will mark the hundredth anniversary of the More inclusive Turkey? the account. Before the offensive, the Pakistan army confined foundation of the modern Turkish state by Mustafa Kemal According to the reports, he is expected to influence inclusive- itself to its sprawling headquarters in Miranshah, only making Ataturk. The centerpiece of the speech was the unveiling of a new ness to create a Turkey where large ethnic and religious minori- weekly supply runs. But after almost a month of air strikes by policy document entitled “Democracy, Welfare and Respect on ties like Kurds as well as Alevis-who adhere to an offshoot of Shia fighter jets and a ground offensive using tanks and heavily the Path to a New Turkey,” the pro-Erdogan dailies Sabah and Islam-feel more at home. Erdogan is expected by most analysts to armed soldiers to search from house to house, the military says Yeni Safak reported. It vowed that this “new Turkey” will be a big- easily win the election, possibly in the first round, despite a turbu- it controls 80 percent of the town. —Reuters ger player on the international stage, a more unified state for a lent past year that saw the most significant protests yet against increasingly diverse society and with a more developed economy. his rule. —AFP India Infosys profit 16 US oil boom to extend17 Bulgaria to allow 18 Businessup 21% on US deals into 2015, risks high bank to collapse SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014 Portugal’s PM tries to soothe investors 20

DUBAI: Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths, a 56-year-old Briton, walks out of the airport’s Terminal 3 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. — AP Dubai airport among busiest

DUBAI: Now that he’s had a taste of running the “Once we’ve got through summer 2014 we’ll together.” Below his office, not far from where flights in 2010 and received its first passengers in world’s busiest air hub for international passen- have a look at the numbers and see if we can accu- arriving passengers wait to get their passports October. Emirates’ breakneck growth is the engine gers, Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths is deter- rately claim that title, hopefully forever,” he said. stamped, construction workers are noisily working driving Dubai International’s expansion, Griffiths mined to hang on to the honor while setting his The airport Griffiths oversees, with its mall-like to expand Dubai International once again. said. The carrier is the Mideast’s biggest airline and sights on an even bigger prize: beating Atlanta for duty free halls, tranquil Zen gardens and luxury car A new concourse that will be connected to an the world’s largest user of both the Boeing 777 and the title of busiest airport on the planet. Dubai raffles, still has room to grow before it can boast existing terminal by automated train is due to the double-decker Airbus A380 long-range jets. International Airport has been creeping up the avi- being the world’s busiest airport when all flights - open in the first three months of next year. It Much more work still needs to be done on the new ation traffic rankings for years, fueled largely by the foreign and domestic - are taken into account. promises an eclectic mix of local and international airport before Emirates can move all its operations rapid expansion of hometown champion Emirates Griffiths thinks it’s just a matter of time - likely restaurants ranging from Krispy Kreme up to an there sometime next decade. and its younger sibling, low-cost carrier FlyDubai. before the decade is out. His airport ended last eatery boasting dishes by Wolfgang Puck. To keep up with the increased traffic at Dubai Both airlines and the airport are owned by the year at No. 7, with Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta It is part of a broader $7.8 billion expansion International, officials are searching for places to Emirate’s government. International Airport in the top spot. But it’s grow- effort meant to boost the airport’s capacity to 90 park additional aircraft, working on improving pas- The most recent figures compiled by Airports ing much faster than the competition. Dubai is the million passengers annually by 2018. Atlanta han- senger flow through the airport and looking for Council International, covering the past 12 months only airport in the top 10 posting double-digit per- dled 94.4 million last year. Construction crews also ways to manage the airspace more efficiently. through March 2014, show that Dubai - at least for centage point gains. Griffiths joined Dubai Airports are racing through the steamy summer months to Griffiths said his main obsession for now is making now - has Heathrow beat for the crown of most in 2007 after a stint as managing director at complete the runway project, which involves sure that the gap between running out of space at international passenger traffic. It ended 2013 in London’s Gatwick, Britain’s second-biggest airport. resurfacing one strip while adding taxiways, exits the old airport - he expects it will see 103 million second place behind the European hub. Griffiths He is a self-described “petrol-head” with a love for and improved lighting to the other. That project, passengers by 2020 - and building up enough of isn’t shy about calling his facility, which handled anything that moves and an avid organist - a pas- due to finish later in July, forced Griffiths’ team to the new one is as small as possible. 66.4 million passengers last year, the world’s sion that helps inform his job and its many moving cut just over a quarter of flights during the 80-day “It is a very significant undertaking to be oper- largest international airport. But the 56-year-old parts. “Running a multi-faceted organization like project. ating the world’s largest international airport Briton was quick to hedge that claim during a an airport ... is very much like being part of an Many of them shifted operations to Dubai’s whilst you’re building from scratch what will then recent interview with The Associated Press, saying orchestra or playing the organ,” he said. “You’ve newest airport, Al-Maktoum International at Dubai become the world’s largest international airport he wants a bit more data - and to get through a got a lot of different strands that are moving inde- World Central, which promises to be far bigger within the same city,” he said. “That’s the sort of major runway overhaul that’s reduced flight num- pendently of each other that you have to bring than Dubai International with an eventual capacity opportunity that comes less than once in a life- bers - to “proclaim that quite loudly.” them in line so that they make perfect harmony of 160 million passengers. It opened for cargo time.”— AP BUSINESS SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014 India building world’s highest railway bridge

KAURI: Indian engineers are toiling in the before being green-lighted again two years lat- Himalayas to build the world’s highest railway er. The estimated cost of the project, which is bridge which is expected to be 35 meters taller being handled by Konkan Railway Corporation, than the Eiffel Tower when completed by 2016. a subsidiary of state-owned Indian Railways, is The arch-shaped steel structure is being con- $92 million. The bridge will connect Baramulla structed over the Chenab River to link sections to Jammu in the Himalayan state with a travel of the spectacular mountainous region of India’s time of six-and-a-half hours, almost half the time northern Jammu and Kashmir state. it currently takes. The main arch is being erect- The bridge is expected to be 359 metres ed using two cable cranes attached on either (1,177 feet) high when completed-surpassing side of the river which are secured on enormous the world’s current tallest railway bridge over steel pylons, according to engineers of the proj- the Beipanjiang River in China’s Guizhou ect. province, which stands at 275 meters high. “It is The 1,315-metre long bridge will use up to an engineering marvel. We hope to get this 25,000 tons of steel with some material being bridge ready by December 2016,” a senior transported by helicopters due to the tough ter- Indian Railways official told AFP. “The design rain, they said. “One of the biggest challenges would ensure that it withstands seismic activi- involved was constructing the bridge without ties and high wind speeds,” he said Wednesday. obstructing the flow of the river,” the railways Work on the bridge started in 2002 but safety official said. “Approach roads had to be con- and feasibility concerns, including the area’s structed to reach the foundations of the KAURI: Indian laborers work at the site of the under-construction world’s highest railway strong winds, saw the project halted in 2008 bridge,” he added. — AFP bridge over the Chenab river in Kauri in northern Jammu and Kashmir state. — AFP India Infosys profit UK lawmakers slam govt up 21% on US deals over sale of Royal Mail

‘Providing growth avenues only way to retain talent’ LONDON: Britain’s biggest privatization in Labor said the committee’s report MUMBAI: Indian outsourcing giant Infosys report- of concern,” Shibulal said. “We have taken steps to years was blighted by a fear of failure and backed up their argument that the sale had ed yesterday a better-than-expected 21 percent help retain talent. These include quarterly promo- poor advice from state-appointed banks, a been mishandled, and that the review of jump in quarterly net profit, after winning new tions, more variable compensation payouts and so committee of lawmakers said yesterday fol- the privatization process was effectively an deals from US clients. The Nasdaq-listed firm, hit by on. The effect (of this) will show in the next few lowing an inquiry into the 2 billion pound admission from the government that it had an exodus of staff and a loss of market share, said quarters,” he said. ($3.4 billion) sale of Royal Mail. Britain sold sold the firm too cheaply. It had previously consolidated net profit climbed to 28.86 billion Analyst Kuldeep Koul agreed attrition was a key a 60 percent stake in the postal service at seized upon the flotation, and the quick rupees ($481 million) in April-June from 23.74 bil- concern, but said it seemed to have peaked. 330 pence per share last October after a profits made by big banks and City lion rupees in the same period a year earlier. “Ultimately, providing avenues for growth in a politically charged debate which pitted the investors, to reinforce one of its central Shares in the firm surged as much as 4.16 per- career is the only way to keep talent. This is possi- coalition government against Royal Mail’s arguments ahead of next year’s general cent on the Bombay Stock Exchange in response to ble only when revenue growth happens. “So heavily unionized workforce and the oppo- election - that Conservative Prime Minister the results, which beat market estimates of around Infosys will have to keep growing its business sition Labor party. David Cameron’s government is out of 27 billion rupees. Infosys, India’s second largest IT (rather than focus on) profitability at this juncture,” The stock quickly rose by as much as 87 touch with ordinary voters. services exporter by sales, forecast revenues would said Koul from ICICI Securities. Infosys, based in the percent, prompting criticism that the price climb to 7-9 percent for the financial year that southern high-tech city of Bangalore, said it had had been set too low and the government Advisers began in April. “Growth is our top most priority. In signed 61 new clients in the quarter. had botched the deal. The price has since The committee report’s criticism fact, we can do much better than we have this past “We have not lost a single client this quarter fallen back, but at 473p per share remains focused on the actions of the govern- quarter,” Infosys chief executive SD Shibulal rold despite the numerous challenges we faced,” above where it was sold. “We believe that ment, its independent adviser Lazard, and reporters. “We are coming out of a tough environ- Shibulal said. Infosys’ Murthy left after returning fear of failure and poor quality advice led the two banks it hired to lead the sale of ment where we faced multiple challenges external- from retirement as executive chairman in June last to a significant underestimate of the shares, UBS and Goldman Sachs. The com- ly and internally during the last three years,” he year to help revive the company’s fortunes, which demand for Royal Mail shares,” said Adrian mittee said the bookbuilding process had added. Infosys last month announced a new chief estimates its cash-in-hand to be nearly $5 billion Bailey, the Labor chairman of the cross-par- been carried out by the advisers in a way executive and said its co-founder NR Narayana dollars. Infosys-created three decades ago by ty parliamentary committee which scruti- that meant investors did not have to Murthy was stepping down as executive chairman Murthy and six others around a kitchen table-has nized the deal. reveal the maximum price they would be after ending his one-year return stint as planned. been losing market share to rivals such as Tata Some of the concerns echo those prepared to pay for the shares. As a result, Vishal Sikka, a former top executive from Consultancy Services and HCL. In October, it said it expressed earlier this year by spending taxpayers had missed out, they said. German giant SAP, takes over as chief executive would pay $34 million to the US government to watchdog the National Audit Office, which While it found no evidence of impro- next month. Employee exodus is an ongoing prob- settle an investigation into alleged visa fraud by the said the 500-year-old state postal operator priety by the advisers, the report criti- lem for the firm which lost nearly 20 percent of its company. Many of India’s IT outsourcing firms have was sold off too cheaply. Ministers have cized the fact that a separate asset man- workforce in the April-June quarter, taking the total reported subdued growth in recent years due to a staunchly defended the government’s han- agement unit of Lazard had been among headcount to 161,284. “Our attrition rate is a matter global economic slowdown. — AFP dling of the sell-off, which followed three those granted preferential status in the failed attempts by previous administra- allocation of shares. It also highlighted tions to privatize Royal Mail, saying they that UBS and Goldman Sachs would earn were cautious to reduce the risk of the fees from trading Royal Mail shares on launch being a flop in the face of possible behalf of preferred investors, many of strike action at the postal firm. whom were their clients. “The committee’s views on the share “It is clear to us that any perception of price are based entirely on hindsight and financial advantage must be removed ignore that we were selling 600 million from the privatization process,” the shares - they found no evidence that the report said “Therefore we recommend department or its advisers missed vital that the department give serious consid- information prior to sale,” a business eration to excluding any company department spokeswoman said in involved in the selection of preferred response to the lawmakers’ report. investors, as a preferred investor.” Lazard, However on Thursday the government UBS and Goldman Sachs declined to com- launched a review of the bookbuilding ment. The report also said that the gov- process used to collect orders for shares in ernment had put too much emphasis on such sell-offs. Over the next six years, min- the risk of strikes by Royal Mail staff, isters want to raise 20 billion pounds from resulting in a share price that was too the sale of public assets such as stakes in low. It criticized the decision not to raise BANGALORE: Infosys CEO SD Shibulal (center) along with CFO, Rajiv Bansal (right) the Eurostar rail link, Royal Bank of the price once it became clear demand addresses the media after announcing the company’s first quarter results at their Scotland and Lloyds. was high. — Reuters Bangalore facility yesterday. — AFP BUSINESS SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014

Planned EU power, gas price data to hurt pricing agencies

LONDON: Europe’s power and gas pricing agencies, already under scrutiny on fears their data is vulnerable to market manipulation, are also at risk of losing business once regulators start collecting prices and plan to pub- lish indexes next year. Under new European Commission rules, companies will from next year have to report all trades in the EU’s 1 trillion euro ($1.4 trillion) a year wholesale power and gas market to the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER). This data will then probably be published in the form of indexes, but ACER does not plan to compete with the busi- ness of energy pricing, ACER director Alberto Pototschnig told Reuters. “There will still be a business (for agencies) to interpret what is happening in the markets,” he said. Market participants said, however, that regulator- backed indexes, if published daily, combined with freely available market information on exchanges, could pro- vide stiff competition for pricing firms such as Reed Elsevier’s ICIS Heren, McGraw Hill-owned Platts and Argus Media. “If everyone has to report and they (ACER) publish the data promptly and publicly, then it could well become indices that the market will start to use to structure things like longer-term contracts,” Energy Aspects analyst Trevor Sikorski said. Pricing agencies contact traders to ask what deals they have done or what bids and offers they have seen and then work out aggregate prices, which are then sold OXFORDSHIRE: Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron walks past a Nissan GTR Nismo car during a visit to officially open the to market participants and observers. Each uses its own Williams F1 new Advanced Engineering facility near Wantage in Oxfordshire yesterday. — AFP methodology such as setting prices at a defined cut-off time each trading day, known as a Market on Close (MOC), or calculating daily average prices or different types of indexes. US oil boom to extend Still value The pricing agencies said the value of their assess- ments is not just related to raw data, because they also publish news, analysis and comment on what is happen- into 2015, risks high ing in the market. “Platts’ role as an independent price reporting organization is not only to provide the market with numerical assessments of value, but also to explain LONDON: Global oil demand growth will accelerate next year North America will remain the leader in 2015, contributing why the price is the price,” a spokeswoman for the com- as the world economy expands and will again be met by rising about two-thirds of the net non OPEC supply increase com- pany said. supplies from the United States and Canada, further eroding pared to 85 percent in 2014. US light tight oil, mostly from An ICIS spokeswoman said it welcomed tougher reg- OPEC’s market share, the West’s energy watchdog said yester- North Dakota and Texas, as well as Canadian bitumen, repre- ulation and all the added transparency it brings to ener- day. But the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its sent well over half of 2014 non OPEC supply growth, the IEA gy markets, while a spokeswoman for Argus said it did monthly report that risks to oil production in several regions said. It added that the Eagle Ford Shale Play in south Texas will not see the ACER plans to launch price assessments as a remained acute. “Supply risks in the Middle East and North remain one of the most dynamic oil provinces with output threat to its business. Reuters competes with pricing Africa, not least in Iraq and Libya, remain extraordinarily high,” growing by 34 percent to 1.4 million bpd this year and agencies in providing energy information and data. the IEA said. “Oil prices remain historically high and there is exceeding 1.6 million next year. “Certain OPEC countries have Traders said, however, that indexes published by the no sign of a turning of the tide just yet.” experienced severe disruptions, so North America has made regulators could be seen as more reliable than from the “Whether in crude or product markets, there is little room the difference in terms of avoiding severely constrained glob- agencies, because ACER’s data would be based on for complacency,” it added. North Sea Brent crude oil hit a al supply,” the IEA said. mandatory reporting by all power and gas trading com- nine-month high above $115 a barrel in June as a Sunni panies instead of a relatively small number of calls made Islamist insurgency swept across northwestern Iraq, taking Iraqi bloodshed by price reporters every day. control of large parts of the oil producing country and shut- The US shale oil boom has eroded the market share of the “When you allow an index to be based on a trader’s ting down its largest refinery. Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and the trend price submission (to an agency) you are opening the market up to abuse ... The index should be based on an The oil market has weakened over the last month but will likely continue next year, it said. The IEA forecast demand independently collected pile of trade data,” said an ener- remains nervous about further supply shocks. Brent was trad- for OPEC crude would edge down in 2015 to 29.8 million bpd, gy trader with an independent trading house who did ing at around $108.20 a barrel by 0730 GMT yesterday. Making from 29.9 million this year. That is slightly below the level not want to be identified because he is not authorized to its first forecasts for 2015 in a monthly report, the IEA which pumped by the group in June at just over 30 million bpd. speak with the press. advises major consuming nations on energy policy, said it Insurgency in Iraq remains among the main threats to Gas and power prices, used by everyone from major expected global oil demand to grow by 1.4 million barrels per OPEC’s production targets with output down by 260,000 bpd energy traders, utilities, industrial users to government day (bpd) next year, up from 1.2 million this year. in June alone to 3.17 million bpd after an assault by radical statisticians, so far are set in two main ways. The first is “Newly industrialized and emerging market economies are Islamist militants forced the closure of the Iraq’s biggest refin- through an exchange, where bids and offers for con- once again forecast to lead the gains,” it said. The world’s sec- ery at Baiji and cut production from the giant Kirkuk field. “A tracts are displayed and the prices of completed trades ond largest oil consumer, China, will see oil demand growing month-long military campaign by radical militants has shaken are clearly visible on a bourse’s online platform. by 4.2 percent, up from 3.3 percent this year, while the largest Iraq’s foundation and threatened oil operations in the north of The second is to get access to prices from the so- oil user, the United States, will only see gains of 0.2 percent to the country, but the prized oil fields in the south are so far called Over-the-Counter (OTC) market, which is less 19.1 million barrels per day, up from a growth of 0.6 percent insulated from the fighting,” the IEA said. transparent because trades are not centrally published. this year. It added that exports from Iraq’s giant southern fields were Although some broker groups have begun publishing down in June mostly due to logistical snags and maintenance trading data more publicly, the most established way to North America leads supply gains works at the Gulf Basra terminal. “Prolonged sectarian blood- access OTC market information is to buy it from pricing The IEA said it expected non-OPEC supply growth to aver- shed may shake investor confidence and set back longer term agencies. The agencies’ role in the markets has come age 1.2 million bpd next year, in line with increases in 2013 growth in the country that had been poised to provide the under scrutiny in Britain after a whistleblower, who and 2014. “The US and Canada remain the mainstays for biggest source of new OPEC capacity over the next decade,” worked for ICIS Heren, claimed in 2012 that gas traders growth, but sources are expected to be more diverse than in the IEA said. Iran also saw a steep decline in exports in June to were manipulating price assessments. British regulators concluded last November that no evidence of the alleged 2014,” said the IEA, naming Brazil, Britain, Vietnam, Malaysia, 1.08 million bpd after running at an average of 1.42 million market manipulation could be found. — Reuters Norway and Columbia among countries which will grow out- bpd in January-May partially because of lower Chinese pur- put in 2015. chases to fill its strategic reserve. — Reuters BUSINESS SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014 Bulgaria to allow fourth-biggest bank to collapse Audit indicates ‘serious felony’

SOFIA: Bulgaria is to allow its fourth-biggest ers, which include Oman’s sovereign wealth lender to collapse and will hive off its healthy fund and Russia’s VTB bank, to rescue the lender activities into a separate bank as it moves to after the bank run drained more than a fifth of clear up the mess from the country’s worst deposits. Failing that, the central bank had said financial scandal since the 1990s. The central it would aim to nationalize Corpbank by using bank said it was removing Corporate two state institutions to recapitalize it. Commercial Bank’s (Corpbank) license and alert- The results of the audit published yesterday ing prosecutors to the possibility that its main show that is no longer an option, the central shareholder stole money from the bank just bank said. Due to the lack of documentation, before the central bank took over its operations. the auditors said they could not value the 3.5 The scandal broke last month when billion levs in Corpbank’s loan portfolio, the col- Corpbank clients unnerved by media reports lateral backing the loans or the ability of debtors PHNOM PENH: This photo shows Cambodian garment workers standing on a truck as they accusing top shareholder Tsvetan Vassilev of traveling along a street in Phnom Penh. — AFP to repay them. Bulgaria will now split off the shady business deals dashed to withdraw their sounder assets and liabilities of Corpbank into a savings. The bank run spread quickly to another unit of the lender called Credit Agricole, which Cambodia garment workers lender and saw Sofia announce a protective $2.3 Corpbank acquired from its French parent just a billion credit line, a reminder that parts of week before the central bank commandeered Europe’s financial system are still far from secure the lender. struggle hard for survival despite progress from the worst days of the Bulgaria plans to have this unit nationalized financial crisis. and re-open it for operations on July 21. “We PHNOM PENH: After a 10-hour shift stitching amount of paid maternity leave but many factories clothes for western brands, Cambodian factory have taken to employing female workers on short- “The results of the review of Corporate cannot continue to fill a barrel without a bot- worker Ry Srey Bopha walks to her tiny shared term contracts to avoid paying such benefits, union Commercial Bank speak, to put it mildly, about tom, as the wise Bulgarian people say, and we room, eats leftovers, then sleeps on the floor. Like leaders say. Some factories even terminate the actions incompatible with the law and good cannot nationalize Corporate Commercial Bank many of Cambodia’s 650,000 garment workers, labor contracts of pregnant workers, said Moeun banking practices,” the central bank said in a in its current state, as we announced before the who are overwhelmingly women, Bopha’s days are Tola of the Community Legal Education Center, a statement as it published the results of an audit. results of the audit,” the central bank said. “But monotonous and exhausting, and her diet is poor. local rights group. It said much of the documentation to back up our aim remains unchanged - that the citizens She rarely sees her five-year-old daughter, who is As a result, “some workers decided to abort 3.5 billion levs ($2.43 billion) out of Corpbank’s and the companies receive the full amount of being raised by an elderly grandparent in the coun- when they become pregnant,” he said. Short term total 5.4-billion-lev loan portfolio was missing. their funds. The only exception from that will be tryside. contracts are also a useful means for factories to The documents were, it believed “most likely the companies of the majority shareholder and “Life in the garment factories is very difficult,” keep workers in line, he added. “Workers don’t dare destroyed in the days before the central bank parties and companies related to him.” she told AFP. “But I need the money so I just try to turn down overtime or protest conditions. They sent administrators there.” be patient.” Once hailed as a model for sweatshop- just work hard even when they’re sick,” he said. A significant part of the loan portfolio was The ‘only possible’ plan free manufacturing, Cambodia’s booming garment “Their situation is like modern day slavery,” he linked to parties related to Corpbank’s main The plan aims to reassure investors that sector has seen working conditions deteriorate as added. shareholder, the central bank said. Central bank Corpbank’s woes are isolated and pose no the number of factories has swelled. As money and administrators found Vassilev had withdrawn broader risk to the financial stability of the EU’s orders have flooded into the industry in recent ‘Endless strikes’ 205 million levs from the bank via a third party poorest member state. “The central bank’s plan years, new factories have emerged “that either For impoverished Cambodia, garments are a just before the state took control. Prosecutors looks like the only possible one - to get the don’t know what legal requirements are... or don’t key source of cash, bringing in around $5.5 billion care,” said Jason Judd, a technical specialist with in export earnings in 2013. More of that money would need to determine whether that with- good part of the bank’s assets and put it in a the International Labour Organisation’s Better should be going to workers, union leaders and drawal amounted to theft, the central bank said. healthy, nationalized institution,” Lachezar Factories Cambodia program. activists say. Wages have been increased several State prosecutors said yesterday they were Bogdanov, economist with Sofia based Industry “They’re not paying attention to legal compli- times, most recently in February, but still remain investigating whether Corpbank’s chief treasur- Watch think-tank ance. They’re focused on making money,” he said. below what could be considered a “living wage” er, Margarita Petrova, had taken bags of money “If the central bank finds a swift solution now From a violent strike in January, in which four work- activists say. from the bank’s vaults on Vassilev’s behalf. and really gets the support of the state, Bulgaria ers died after police fired live ammunition at pro- Factory owners say they cannot afford to Senior Corpbank executive Orlin Rusev was can actually issue a strong signal that it has testers, to repeated mass faintings on the factory increase wages and say western brands ordering arrested yesterday over allegations that he working institutions.” The central bank initially floor, the once praised sector has had its reputation the clothes must take responsibility. “We don’t ordered the withdrawal, the prosecutors said. blamed the run on Corpbank on media reports dented, alarming some top western brands. have money. We cannot increase (wages),” said They said they also planned to summon about Vassilev and on leaked news that a cen- But workers say that despite the publicity sur- Ken Loo, secretary general of the Garment Vassilev. tral bank deputy governor in charge of banking rounding the protests and some nominal wage Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC). “There are indications of a serious felony and supervision was under investigation. Central increases since, little has changed. “We’re a pitiful Western brands said during a meeting in May we are investigating it,” Interior Minister Tsvetlin Bank Governor Ivan Iskrov called the leak a part of this garment industry,” Bopha said, adding that they were prepared to factor in the price of Yovchev told reporters. “...Obviously, money deliberate “attack” on the bank. that she had recently passed out on the job after higher salaries in Cambodia to avoid production that was supposed to be in the vault (of Behind closed doors, some government offi- inhaling fumes from chemicals used on the clothes. line delays due to unrest. Following the mass strike Corpbank) is missing”. Petrova, Rusev and cials blamed the run on a clash between “Even if we’re sick and cannot work they cut out and bloody crackdown by authorities in January, salaries. We work when we’re ill.” the minimum wage has been increased to $100 per Vassilev, who denies any wrongdoing, could not Vassilev and his political rivals, without saying month. Workers were demanding $160. immediately be reached for comment. who they were. But the scandal has also raised ‘Modern day slavery’ - A new union law, currently being drafted by the Corpbank’s spokeswoman has said the central the question of whether the institutions tasked Bopha works six days a week, starting her shift government, looks set to limit the ability of workers bank has banned it from making public state- with ensuring a robust, accountable banking at 7 am and often finishing late at night as she does to organize and protest. “The freedom of unions ments without its approval. sector are up to the job. Official documents pub- extra overtime to make ends meet. “Sometimes, will fade away if the draft law is passed,” said Rong lished earlier this year suggested Corpbank was we have to work overtime all night,” she said, Chhun, president of the Cambodian Confederation ‘Barrel without a bottom’ in rude financial health, with less than 1 percent adding that she usually took home around $130 a of Unions. The scandal has stoked memories of a 1996- of its loan book classed as non-performing at month of which she sent $50 home to her family. At least 10 union workers have been arrested 97 crisis in which 14 Bulgarian banks collapsed the end of 2013, against a sector average of 17 “I often eat leftover rice as I need to save mon- and charged over sporadic strikes since the January and comes as Europe’s banks emerge from the percent. Corpbank’s reported earnings grew 19 ey,” she said, adding her only hope was that her crackdown. Twenty three workers and activists shadow of a financial crisis that led to bank percent in the first quarter to 13 million levs. daughter would have a better life than her. Many were arrested and convicted over the January strike meltdowns around the region’s periphery. The 3.5 million euros of loans with inade- female workers say conditions in the factories are in late May but were all freed after their sentences Bulgaria’s finance minister said yesterday the quate documentation make up almost 65 per- such that they are forced to choose between their were suspended. But the problem of low wages plan to rescue part of Corpbank could swell the cent of the bank’s loan book, according to the family and their job. “I can’t keep my daughter and poor conditions has not gone away. “If a lot country’s fiscal deficit this year to more than 3 central bank audit. The bank’s equity and here as there is no childcare at the factory,” said workers go on strike again, I will join them too. We percent of gross domestic product (GDP) reserves came to 622 million levs on March 31, worker Ton Sam Ol, who has a month-old baby. want a decent salary,” said Bopha’s roommate Em against a planned target of 1.8 percent. suggesting a very limited capacity to absorb Ol planned to ask her mother to care for the Sophea. Until significant progress is made, “the baby or “I’ll have to quit,” she told AFP while breast- workers will strike and demonstrate at factories Bulgarian authorities had initially said they loan losses. Deposits at that time stood at 5.9 feeding the tiny infant. Ol was given a small endlessly,” said union leader Rong Chhun. — AFP would reach out to other Corpbank sharehold- billion levs. — Reuters BUSINESS SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014 Thailand turns off tap on gas imports as economy falls Gas demand growth slows in power, petrochemical sectors

BANGKOK/SINGAPORE: Thailand is cutting natural gas imports hurt tourism, domestic demand and confidence. The economy 8.2 percent. The first-quarter decline has led PTT to cut its LNG after consumption growth in Asia’s fourth-largest user of the fuel contracted 2.1 percent in January-March from the previous three import target from the spot market this year to around 1.4-1.5 has sagged to two-decade lows, threatening to idle costly fuel months, and the central bank last month cut its 2014 growth fore- million tons from a previous estimate of 2 million tons, said import facilities and force suppliers to turn to rival buyers such as cast to 1.5 percent. Somkiat Masunthasuwan, executive vice president of the compa- China. Growth in gas use has stalled as the economy has taken a “It will take at least 2-3 years for the situation to spring back to ny’s natural gas supply and trading department. hit from political turmoil, putting in doubt long-term plans to normalcy as we don’t see a government forming until mid-or late- PTT has also reduced its gas sales forecast this year by 1-2 per- boost imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and buy more piped 2015,” said Sri Paravaikkarasu, an analyst at energy consultancy cent from a previous estimate of 4,700-4,800 mmscfd. About 80- gas from neighboring Myanmar as domestic output wanes. FGE, predicting annual gas demand growth would be around 2 85 percent of Thai gas demand is met from local production and PTT PCL, Thailand’s biggest energy conglomerate and sole gas percent over the next few years. Thai gas demand grew just 0.4 12-16 percent from Myanmar, with LNG filling the remaining 3-4 supplier, has cut estimates for LNG imports and gas sales for this percent in 2013, the lowest since 1989 when consumption fell 2 percent. Prior to the unrest, annual demand growth was expected year, an executive of the firm said. That comes as slowing con- percent, data from the Energy Ministry’s website showed. The to remain at the 7-8 percent level, with LNG imports and supplies sumption for power and petrochemicals is reducing gas demand 2013 growth compared with 7-8 percent in each of the previous from Myanmar filling in a large chunk of the rise. While Thailand’s in Southeast Asia’s second-biggest economy. State-controlled three years. 2015 LNG imports will rise by about half a million tons as a supply PTT has also cut its gas imports from Myanmar, which is now look- First-half 2013 demand was still a healthy 7 percent but nine- deal with Qatar kicks in, a fall in spot purchases will neutralize this, ing to China to take up some of the slack, a Myanmar government month demand slowed to 2.8 percent, showing the impact of the said FGE’s Paravaikkarasu. official said. political unrest, which gathered pace in the third quarter. Full- The declines in LNG spot imports may make suppliers seek PTT owns the $880 million, 5 million-tonne-per-year Map Ta year gas use for power generation rose by only 0.6 percent, while alternative buyers, relegating Thailand to being a marginal player Phut LNG import facility, the second-largest in Southeast Asia, consumption by petrochemical plants fell 3.2 percent. in the booming LNG business. “Thailand will still be a significant and parts of cross-country pipelines running for hundreds of kilo- LNG buyer in the long-term once domestic gas supply from the meters from Myanmar. The lower imports will mean these facili- PTT cuts targets Gulf of Thailand begins to decline. However, for now, lower gas ties risk being underutilized, analysts say. A plan to expand the The trend has continued, with Thailand consuming 4,423 mil- demand growth may impact its procurement of long-term LNG capacity of the Map Ta Phut terminal to import the supercooled lion standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd) of gas in the first quar- contracts and PTT’s plan to expand the Map Ta Phut regasification gas could also be in jeopardy, they say. Thailand’s military seized ter, down 5.4 percent from a year ago, the Energy Ministry data terminal,” said Zhixin Chong, analyst at energy consultant Wood power in May after nearly seven months of political deadlock that showed. By comparison, 2013’s first quarter saw demand climb Mackenzie. — Reuters

Rajaratnam’s acquittal shows trading challenge

NEW YORK: The acquittal on Tuesday of the tion. No decision has been issued. But dur- younger brother of convicted hedge fund ing oral arguments in April, judges on the titan Raj Rajaratnam suggests prosecutors panel appeared sympathetic to the will have a tougher time pursuing people defense’s argument. Before the appellate accused of trading on inside information judges expressed skepticism in the they received indirectly. Roughly a third of Newman-Chiasson case, Bharara’s office was the insider trader defendants charged by expected to seek jury instructions in the Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara since Rengan Rajaratnam trial that the defendant 2009 are alleged so-called “remote tippees”. could be convicted without proof he knew According to prosecutors, in such cases the the tipsters who gave information to his defendant, or “tippee,” never directly talks to brother benefited. the insider, instead getting information from After the appellate arguments, the gov- an intermediary. ernment dropped an objection to requiring After the case of former Galleon Group knowledge of a personal benefit to the insid- fund manager Rengan Rajaratnam, prosecu- ers, in “an excess of caution.” U.S. District tors may reevaluate how they build similar Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald later dis- cases, said James Cox, a law professor at missed two securities fraud charges against Duke University. Prosecutors said Rengan Rajaratnam, citing a lack of evidence the Rajaratnam, a fund manager at his brother’s defendant knew of a benefit to the insiders, Galleon, engaged in insider trading, receiv- as well as other holes in the case. That left a ing tips from Raj Rajaratnam who was speak- single charge of conspiring to engage in ing to insiders on two deals. insider trading in technology companies But jurors and the judge acquitted the Clearwire and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. younger brother, ending an 81 conviction After just four hours of deliberating, jurors streak by Bharara’s office that included Raj found Rajaratnam not guilty. Rajaratnam’s own guilty verdict in 2011. The case against the younger Rajaratnam “This case probably just didn’t have enough was never considered easy; most of the evi- of the i’s dotted and t’s crossed to make the dence at trial focused on how the older connections,” Cox said. Of the 88 people brother received tips. “We felt like a lot of charged over insider trading by Bharara the trial was about Raj,” said one juror, since 2009, 31 were at least one step Catherine Wolcott. “We were waiting to hear removed from the initial tipper, including at more about Rengan, who was the actual least three of the office’s six outstanding cas- person on trial. By the end, we were all like, es, according to Reuters’ analysis. ‘Where’s the evidence?’” A final ruling for Newman and Chiasson Burden of proof in the appeals case could undermine at least The burden of proof required to convict one of the previous insider trading convic- remote tippees has gained attention recent- tions by Bharara. Michael Steinberg, a port- ly thanks to an appeal in a separate case folio manager at SAC Capital Advisors who involving Todd Newman, a former was steps removed from the insiders, is Diamondback Capital Management portfo- expected to make similar arguments in his lio manager, and Anthony Chiasson, co- appeal of a December insider trading con- founder of Level Global Investors, who were viction.While such cases will not disappear, a convicted in 2012 of insider trading despite more cautious approach could be coming in not being in contact with the insiders. On light of the Rajaratnam verdict and the appeal, they argued to the 2nd US Circuit appellate case, said Todd Harrison, a defense Court of Appeals in April that US District lawyer at McDermott Will & Emery. “If I was Judge Richard Sullivan should have required the government I would be very hesitant that jurors find the defendants knew the going forward,” without rock-solid evidence, insider benefited from disclosing informa- Harrison said. — Reuters BUSINESS SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014

Paltry car sales seen as sign of Cuba’s priorities HAVANA: It’s not your typical used car lot. Just steps from the Florida Straits, dozens of vehicles sit covered in grime and baking in the Caribbean sun. An elderly security guard slumps in a sleepy waiting area, and customers are nowhere to be seen. A price list hanging on the green chain-link fence hints at why: $85,000 for a 6-year-old Peugeot compact; $46,000 for a tiny 2008 Citroen C3 hatchback that would cost less than a third of that in Europe. Elsewhere, a larger, new Peugeot 508 lists for $262,000, five times its price in Britain - and more than a millennium worth of paychecks in Cuba, where wages aver- age about $20 a month. The euphoria that greeted a January reform that lets Cubans buy vehicles from the government without a special permit for the first time in decades turned to anger when the prices were posted. When authorities announced recently that just 50 cars had rolled off the lots of state-run dealerships in the first half-year, bringing in $1.3 million in sales, it was tempting to call the policy a failure. But analysts say it seems the measure was designed to work that way. “At those prices, they obviously didn’t want to sell many cars,” said Philip Peters, president of the Virginia-based Cuba Research Center. “And they’re not.” “The only Cuban consumers who can afford it are probably musicians that have got some terrific royalty earnings on their latest record, or people who cashed out fabulously when they sold their family home, and I can’t think of anybody else,” Peters said. “It’s a very, very small sliver of the public that could think of affording such prices, and, as we see, an even LISBON: A woman, with a young girl, uses an ATM in Portuguese bank Banco Espirito Santo’s branch office yesterday. — AP smaller sliver that actually decides to do it.” Some islanders initially hoped authorities would adjust prices downward when they got a sense of what the market would bear. That Portugal’s PM tries happened when cellphones first appeared in Cuba more than a decade ago. However, a recent tour of several dealerships in Havana found the same 400 percent markups as before. Not a single potential client was in sight. Employees refused to speak to reporters, though one confirmed that prices have not to soothe investors budged. There are no publicly available statistics on how many vehicles circulate in Cuba, but visitors to Havana marvel at how empty the streets are for a city of about 2 million people. BES says can cover any losses Jorge Pinon, a Latin America energy expert at the University of Texas, said Cuba’s reluctance to sell cars isn’t out of fear of LISBON: Portugal’s government and cen- just 0.8 percent. that Portuguese and foreign investors insufficient fuel. The country gets tens of thousands of barrels tral bank assured investors yesterday that Market unease lingered because many understand that difference,” he said. of oil a day on preferential terms from Venezuela. the southern European country’s financial questions remain unanswered. An audit But Pinon noted that a huge infusion of vehicles would test system was sound, aiming to quell worry found a “serious financial condition” at Pernicious links the creaky transportation infrastructure of Cuba, where pot- about the spillover effects of trouble at the Espirito Santo International SA - a vast con- Banco Espirito Santo has been under holes can go unfilled for years and traffic lights are scarce. Espirito Santo business empire. “It is impor- glomerate with holdings in banks, hotels scrutiny for weeks after reporting “material Peters suggested officials simply don’t see it as a priority and tant that Portuguese and foreign and healthcare which is near the top of the irregularities” at Espirito Santo International would rather spend what little hard currency available on investors... remain calm about the bank family business pyramid. ESFG later said ESI SA. The scandal marks a slide in fortune for things like food and industrial inputs. “I think there’s only one and our financial and banking system,” had overvalued its assets and failed to a bank viewed as one of the most resilient explanation ... the government does not want to use its for- Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos recognise losses and debts, but the reasons lenders in Portugal and which was founded eign exchange reserves to import cars for a retail market,” he Coelho told reporters in Lisbon. it got into such a financial mess are unclear. by the Espirito Santo family in the 19th cen- said. “So therefore the only way that it’s worth it to them, to Recent disclosures of financial irregulari- Investors are also in the dark about the size tury. BES was the only one of the top listed import a car for $20,000 and then sell it retail, is to soak up ties at a web of family-held holding compa- of any potential losses. And while BES gave banks in Portugal not to receive an injec- $50,000 worth of liquidity.” nies behind Portugal’s largest listed bank, the most detailed breakdown yet of its tion of state capital during the country’s In a separate measure in 2011, Cuba legalized private, per- Banco Espirito Santo, have raised questions exposure to other Espirito Santo group sovereign debt crisis. son-to-person sales of used cars. But those prices started out about potentially destabilizing losses at the companies, the bank said it could not Phoebus Theologites, chief investment high and have now shot even higher since January’s reform. bank and other companies in the family’s assess the potential losses until a restruc- officer at SteppenWolf Capital, said there For years, the clearest path to an automobile in Cuba was to orbit. That worry sparked a rout in global turing had taken place at its largest share- was little risk of contagion for the rest of the get a permit to buy one by completing an overseas mission markets on Thursday, pushing up bond holder Espirito Santo Financial Group, and euro zone for now, and Portugal’s central for the government. A typical returnee might have cobbled yields and reviving memories of the at other family holdings under the ESI bank could engineer a merger if it felt this together around $5,000, enough to buy a used car or a cheap region’s debt crisis: Some European compa- umbrella. could help. “The Portuguese central bank Russian or Chinese model under the old pricing schedule. nies even abandoned long-planned That restructuring plan is not finished will stabilise the situation and even if the Rodolfo Cid’s quest to obtain a car began six years ago fundraising operations. yet, but could be announced as early next worst should come to pass, a merger will when the 55-year-old Construction Ministry engineer agreed In a statement late on Thursday night, week, according to a person with knowl- take care of the problem,” he said. to work on a mission in Venezuela. —AP BES insisted that any losses relating to the edge of the operation. It is likely to include “This correction only serves as a bank’s 1.15 billion euros exposure to swapping some of the debt issued by ESI reminder that nothing is yet fixed in the Espirito Santo holdings would not put it at and Rio Forte into equity in those compa- euro zone and that, no matter how much risk. The bank said it had 2.1 billion euros in nies, as well as pushing out repayment money the ECB ends up printing, it will not capital above minimum regulatory require- dates on other debt. Some non-financial jump-start the euro zone’s economies ments as of March 31, taking into account a assets, including the Tivoli hotel chain in because the euro zone’s troubled banks will further 1 billion raised via a June share sale. Portugal and Brazil, could also be sold. “We need to absorb much of this money for The statement partially steadied market welcome the additional visibility provided their balance sheets.” jitters yesterday in Portugal and beyond. with yesterday’s release on the group’s “But this does not mean we will get con- European markets edged higher and Italy exposures...though there was no clarifica- tagion or a crash.” BES raised around one paid record low yields at an auction, shrug- tion on whether there are provisions made billion euros in a rights issue last month. ging off fears that had weighed on the sov- on these exposure,” BPI analyst Carlos That saw the Espirito Santo family lose con- ereign debt markets earlier in the week. Peixoto said. trol of the bank and prompted its patriarch, Portugal’s PSI index was up 1.5 percent at Speaking to reporters in the morning, Ricardo Espirito Santo Salgado, to step 1300 GMT. BES shares opened up 11 per- Prime Minister Passos Coelho said investors down as the bank’s chief. The family is still cent when trading resumed after a suspen- needed to differentiate between the the bank’s largest shareholder with a 25 HAVANA: In this photo, a Chinese made vehicle passes sion, though the stock then seesawed - Espirito Santo family and BES, the lender. percent stake in the bank held via EFSG, in front of a mural of revolutionary hero Ernesto “Che” reducing those gains, then climbing again, “BES is a separate case from the businesses whose interests range from insurance to Guevara in Cuba. — AP before falling back. By 1300 GMT it was up of the Espirito Santo family...It is important hotels and property. —Reuters 12, 2014 SATURDAY, JULY JULY SATURDAY,

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Actress Brittany Daniel causescauses attends the premiere of “Sex Tape,” at the Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles, California, July 10. — AFP outrageoutrage SEE PAGE 29 SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014 Zayn Malik splash £50,000 on birthday party for Perrie Edwards

he Little Mix beauty - who got engaged to the One catching metallic headband, a nose ring and decorated the Direction heartthrob in August 2013 - celebrated her side of her face with little flowers and hearts using make-up - T21st birthday yesterday (10.07.14) surrounded by her cut into a carousel-inspired cake. The stunning cake three-tier bandmates and close friends at a lavish party complete with a cake was adorned with the words ‘Perrie 21’ and featured Ferris wheel, trampoline and twisters. A source told The Sun flower petals with smiley faces. Perrie wrote on Twitter: “Best newspaper: “It was incredibly romantic. Zayn and Perrie were cake ever! So beautiful and better yet delicious! Thank you really enjoying each other’s company. It shows how in love @thecakestoreuk Perrie <3 (sic)” they still are.” The party took place on an estate in Hertfordshire and the romantic pair allowed themselves pri- vate use of all the rides for an hour before the rest of their guests arrived. In keeping with the theme, Perrie - who wore a Ellie Goulding ‘petrified’ of cosmetic surgery

he ‘Burn’ hitmaker insists her newly-curvy figure is a result of altering her “obsessive” exercise regime and going vege- Ttarian. Quizzed on rumours she had a boob job, she said: “I’m petrified of anything like that. My friends will think that’s hilarious. “I ran every day for seven months, maybe too obses- sively, and when I stopped I became curvier. “My b...s look bigger because my waist is smaller. People underestimate how you can shape your body. Since I stopped eating meat and fish, my body is better than ever.” Ellie credits her vegetarian diet for making her feel healthier and more “calm”. She added: “I feel calmer, clean, although I drink and smoke. “And - touch wood - I never get ill on tour anymore. And it’s always hectic.” When she first shot to fame, Ellie suffered from crippling panic attacks, and though she still experiences “psychological chaos”, she has learned to cope better. She told Britain’s Glamour magazine: “There’s still psychological chaos. But everything you do is about how you react to something. Everything. It’s how you respond and I wasn’t aware of that before. “But when you grasp how you can control things, and accept things, you can cope.”

Chrissy Teigen Lea Michele introduces her ‘pretended not to care’ boyfriend to her friends

about John Legend he ‘Glee’ actress began dating her new beau Matthew Paetz over a month ago and couldn’t wait to show him off to her he Sports Illustrated model admits she spent the night with closest pals at a private house party in Beverly Hills, her now-husband when they first met on the set of the T California, on Wednesday night (09.07.14). A source told E! News: Tmusic video for his single ‘Stereo’, but she also feigned “Lea was leading the way and she couldn’t wait to introduce him indifference around him Quizzed on whether she’s played hard to to friends. They were talking to people about summer plans and get, she said: “Hard to get is one thing ... I pretended not to care. I looked like they were totally crazy for one another. “They look so mean we did the music video, we were together for 12 hours. cute together and so into one another. She clearly really likes “This was eight years ago. We spent the entire day together just him.” The 27-year-old star, who was left devastated when her me in my underwear and him in a full suit. I went to go and say boyfriend Cory Monteith died of a drugs overdose last year, met goodbye to him, to his hotel, and we didn’t ever say goodbye Matthew on the set of her ‘On My Way’ music video a few months that night.” However, despite spending the night with the ‘All of ago and the hunk is doing everything in his power to make her Me’ hitmaker, she confessed she tried to play it cool after that. happy and support her. A source said previously: “They have a She said: “I did play a few games though...he was on red carpets very honest and open type of relationship. They share everything with other girls and then he went on tour to Europe. So we and support each other in any way possible.” Meanwhile, the always stayed in contact and I pretended I didn’t really care but I duo’s budding romance was rocked last month following reports wasn’t with anybody else.” Now that they’ve finally tied the knot, Matthew was a gigolo, who, until recently, offered his compan- Chrissy admits she’s not as scared about the possibility of having ionship to lonely women through online service children as she was when she was younger. She told talk show Cowboys4Angels. However, the brunette beauty reportedly con- host Wendy Williams: “My thing is, for the first five years I was fronted him over the rumours and he has since insisted he is a really nervous like, ‘Oh god am I pregnant?’ But now I’ve gotten certified life coach, dating expert and massage therapist. to the point if I pee on the stick and it’s positive they’ll be happy tears.” SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014

Kim Kardashian’s nephew didn’t want to hold party for her daughter at his house

he 33-year-old star admits Mason, “He’s very moody. He’s very Kourtney-like. If four, was furious about having a he wants to do something he will. If he TCoachella-themed birthday bash for doesn’t, you can’t get him to do anything.” 12-month-old North last month at his moth- However, Kourtney is adamant Mason’s er Kourtney’s mansion in Calabasas, temperament comes from his father Scott California. Kim told PEOPLE.com: “When I Disick, 31. She added: “He might be a little said, ‘North’s having a birthday party at more Scott’s personality than mine. He’s your house,’ Mason said, ‘No! I’m having a just the life of the party.” Meanwhile, KhloÈ birthday party at my house! She can never insists Kourtney’s two-year-old daughter have a party!’ “ Kourtney, 35, added: “Before Penelope is “exactly like” the brunette Kim even said we were having it at his beauty, who is expecting her third child house, he said, ‘I’m going to put Legos with Scott later this year. KhloÈ said: everywhere! I’m going to scare everybody!’ “Penelope likes to observe and figure peo- “ Kim and Kourtney’s sister KhloÈ, 30, ple out before warming up to them.” doesn’t believe Mason is jealous of North, whose father is Kanye West, but thinks he takes after his “moody” mum. She said:

Justin Theroux used to ‘garbage-pick’

he 42-year-old star was forced to dig to f**ing ‘make it.’ And I never had that drive. through the bins looking for food during Honestly. I could never visualise myself in that Tthe 1990s in order to survive as he was a way.” Meanwhile, Justin proposed to Jennifer, struggling actor living in New York City. He told 45, on his 41st birthday, but he insists they’ve the latest issue of Details magazine: “I used to got no plans to tie the knot just yet as they are garbage-pick. It sounds much more disgusting enjoying being engaged. Asked whether he has than it is. You learn a lot about society by seeing any big plans for his 43rd birthday this year, he what’s thrown away. During the period I was told ‘Good Morning America’ yesterday doing that, a lot of great stuff was being tossed.” (10.07.14): “This birthday, I think, will be just The hunky actor’s profile has rocketed since he cakes and, you know, who knows? We’ll see. It’s began dating ‘Friends’ actress Jennifer Aniston hard to top after the proposal. We’re also loving three years ago, but he admits he never wanted the engagement as well.” to become famous. He explained: “There’s a huge distinction between wanting to act and wanting to be a famous actor. Most of the peo- ple that jump off buses in Hollywood just want Nicole Scherzinger needs regular therapy sessions he 36-year-old star, who has battled with bulimia in the prayer, but because I came with my Catholic roots, I feel like it lifts past, has meetings with her counsellor over the phone something off of me. It’s always good to ask for forgiveness and Tbecause it helps her deal with her stress levels. She forgive.” Meanwhile, the American beauty also has her boyfriend explained: “I should speak to her more but it’s usually when it’s a Lewis Hamilton, 29, to support her and the loved-up couple, who dire emergency, like ‘Oh my gosh, I’ve got so much on my mind. I have been together on/off since 2007, are even considering set- need some guidance’. “It’s good to get some perspective, get ting up home together in London.She told the Daily Mirror news- some guidance, and have the weight taken off your shoulders. paper: “I would love to live here. Lewis and I have been talking You feel so much better... and just having somebody to talk to about getting a place together here and have been looking at who has no agenda.” The former ‘X Factor’ judge - who is a places to buy. “As for [dual] citizenship, yeah, quite possibly, you devout Catholic - also regularly attends Confession at church never know. I mean the taxes are pretty much the same over here because she believes it’s another form of self-help for her. She as they are in America.” explained: “For me it has helped. But it is a case of each to their own. With Confession, because of my spiritual relationship with God, it just helps. “For some people it’s meditation, for others SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014

A steer jumps over the revellers who fell after a Jandilla fighting bulls pack passed by during the running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, Spain, yesterday.

Jandilla fighting bulls run after revelers. — AP photos Pamplona bull run sends seven to hospital

alf-tonne fighting bulls trampled and Using a camera during a bull run is banned. knocked over daredevils on a break-neck Police routinely stop people from taking part in Hrun through the rain-moistened streets a run who have cameras on them. of Spain’s northern city of Pamplona on Friday Those caught using a recording device dur- that sent seven people to hospital. ing a bull run can receive a fine ranging from No one was gored but three people suffered 600 euros to 60,000 euros ($800 to $80,000) head injuries, including a 19-year-old woman depending on how dangerous their action was from Valencia in Spain-a rare incident since considered to be. most of the runners are men. “It was great, it set off the adrenaline. I will do The other injured runners included a 48- it again,” said Javier Esparza, a 22-year-old from year-old man from New York and a 46-year-old Madrid who wore a red and white Atletico man from Paisley in Scotland, the regional gov- Madrid football top. He was also taking part in a Revelers dance during the traditional ‘baile de la alpargata’ at the Pamplona Casino after the ernment of Navarra said. bull run for the first time. Friday’s run was the daily running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, Spain. A 33-year-old Spanish man dislocated his fifth in the nine-day San Fermin festival which right shoulder and another three Spaniards suf- was immortalised in Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 fered bruises and cuts to the face or knee. novel “The Sun Also Rises”. San Fermin has The seven injured were taken to hospital by become a global tourist attraction, with tens of ambulance after receiving first aid at the scene. thousands of Spaniards and foreigners pouring None of their injuries were deemed serious. into the Navarran capital. Emergency services workers loaded a man Many bull run participants take part after whose head was wrapped in a bandage on a drinking and dancing almost all night. stretcher and into an ambulance. Fifteen people have been killed in the bull The six bulls from the Jandilla ranch in the runs since records began in 1911. The most eastern province of Badajoz charged in a pack recent death occurred five years ago when a over most of the 850-metre (930-yard) course Spanish man was gored. Four Spaniards and from a holding pen to Pamplona’s bull ring in one American have been gored so far this year two minutes and 56 seconds. in the festival which wraps up on Monday. The bulls, which weighed between 510 and A 2011 study by Pamplona city hall found 595 kilos (1,125 to 1,310 pounds), will face mata- that of the 20,500 people who took part in the dors and death in the afternoon in the arena. festival’s eight bull runs that year, only six per- cent were women. Selfie, with charging bull Nearly half of the people who took part in Hundreds of runners collided with each oth- the bull runs that year came from outside Spain, er or pushed one another out of the way in pan- mostly from Australia, Britain and the United ic as the galloping animals neared. States. — AFP “It was intense. You barely have time to think about what is going on, you are just focused on avoiding crashing into people,” said Jonathan Sweeney, a 27-year-old bartender and law stu- dent from Los Angeles who was taking part in the bull run for the first time. Spanish public television TVE captured images of one young man dressed in white pants and a red sweatshirt slowing down as he Revelers run ahead of ‘Jandilla’ fighting bulls on Estafeta corner on the way to the bull ring, raced ahead of a bull to take a picture of himself during the running of the bulls, at the San Fermin festival. with the animal in the background. SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014

Trip Tips Mexico City for the hipster and history buff n ancient megalopolis built in a drained lake rimmed by of-thieves reputation. Just behind the ever-bustling Zocalo is the ship to Ecobici, the city’s popular bike sharing scheme which offers mountains, Mexico City consistently flies under the radar. Antiguo Colegio San Ildefonoso, a former Jesuit boarding school a great way to get around the city. ALacking the samba-steeped allure of Rio de Janeiro or the considered the birthplace of Mexican muralism. The southern neighborhood of Coyoacan is the intellectual chic intellectualism of Buenos Aires, Latin America’s biggest city has (http://www.sanildefonso.org.mx/) heartland of the city. The house of Frida Kahlo, now a museum failed to shed an unfair reputation for crime and pollution. housing works by the famous painter and longtime wife of Diego But Mexico City also feels like a city on the up, benefiting from Food Frenzy Rivera, is a must, but also provides a great launching pad for explor- more than a decade of progressive municipal administrations that From high-end molecular gastronomy to infinite street stalls ing the shady squares and colonial roads of Coyoacan. cleaned up the atmosphere, legalized gay marriage, introduced a selling insect-stuffed quesadillas, you’re never likely to eat badly or Arrive at the shimmering blue building at the wrong time and bike-sharing scheme and spruced up the austere historic center. go hungry in Mexico City. you can expect a long wait to get in. But make sure you do. It’s With excellent weather, vibrant history and one of the best din- Pujol, one of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, is an established almost impossible not to be captivated by the collection and Kahlo ing scenes in the Americas, Mexico City is finally getting the atten- pillar of avant-garde Mexican cuisine, but a slew of cheaper yet no and Rivera’s impeccable curatorial taste and sense of design, which tion it deserves. less ambitious eateries seem to crop up daily. celebrates all facets of Mexican indigenous art. (http://www.muse- Here are tips for getting the most out of a trip to Mexico City (http://www.pujol.com.mx/) ofridakahlo.org.mx/) from Reuters, whose 2,600 journalists in all parts of the world offer Maximo Bistrot, in the hip Roma neighborhood, is the pick of There is no better way to end the day (or begin the night) than a visitors the best local insights. the bunch. It got an unexpected flurry of publicity after a top offi- couple of margaritas at the nearby San Angel Inn, a handsome cial’s daughter was refused a table and caused a scene. Later that restaurant where the food is secondary. The same cannot be said of Past Meets Future day, agents from her father’s consumer agency shut the place the margaritas, which pack quite the punch, and are served in Modern day Mexico City sits on what was Tenochtitlan, the capi- down before a social media storm had him fired.(http://maximo- tasteful silver mugs cradled in a bowl of crushed ice. tal of the Aztec kingdom and one of the largest pre-Columbian bistrot.com.mx/maximo/) (http://www.sanangelinn.com/) cities in the Americas. The Mercado San Juan, a treasure trove of a market, is a site of La Clandestina is one of the city’s best mezcalerias. Serving little Many of the treasures from that era were destroyed by 16th cen- pilgrimage for the city’s chefs. Be sure to try the freshly sliced sashi- more than one brand of beer and a seemingly endless selection of tury Spanish invaders. What remains has been consumed by the mi, mopped in lime juice and soy sauce, which blood-spattered mezcals, tequila’s hip cousin, the tiny La Clandestina is a great place city and become part of the fabric of life. fishmongers carve out of a giant tuna - as delicious a sales pitch as to engage in surreal late-night conversations. Surrounded by brutalist housing projects, Aztec ruins and a cen- you could wish for. For those intent on making it into the very early hours, M.N. Roy, turies-old church, the Plaza de Las Tres Culturas, where dozens of the city’s most exclusive nightclub, will tick all the boxes: interest- students were slain in 1968, perfectly encapsulates the complex ing design, punchy sound system and top class DJs. Good luck get- mesh of influences, many of them violent, that nourish the city. Exercise And Mescal ting in, though. — Reuters If visiting on a Sunday, a short stroll takes you to La Lagunilla Every Sunday morning, main boulevard Paseo de Reforma is antiques market, which abuts the “barrio bravo” of Tepito, one of shut down to cars and taken over by cyclists, joggers and the city’s oldest commercial hubs and a place that revels in its den- rollerbladers. Visitors can rent bikes, or buy a short-term member- SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014

Actress Mia Maestro, Georgia and Natalie Brown attend the premiere of FX’s “The Strain” at DGA Theater. — AP/AFP photos Tru TV gets funny with a new sketch-comedy series

re you brothers? Or twins?” a reporter asked come- mix it up best. The seven-strong “Friends of the People” has given the show creative freedom. And as the lone woman dians Keith and Kenny Lucas. “Both, I think,” replied troupe is reminiscent of the racially diverse cast of Fox’s “In in the group, she said she felt like just one of the guys (who “AKeith (or was it Kenny?) in a way that made every- Living Color” sketch show of two decades ago. The young also include Lil Rel Howery and Josh Rabinowitz), as both a one laugh. The Lucas twins were gathered with five fellow comedic “Friends” include five black men, a white man and a performer and a writer. funny people at the summer TV critics’ tour to talk about their white woman, who came to the series as a fully formed unit: “A writers room can be a competitive place, not like a warm new sketch-comedy series, “Friends of the People.” Among They had known and performed with one another for years. hug at all,” she noted. “But ours is a supportive room.” other ways, the show is distinguished by the network it will air “We were all at the Montreal Comedy Festival, and we were And their common goal, all agreed, is to mine laughs, with on, truTV, where it premieres Oct. 28 for a 10-episode season. bored,” Jermaine Fowler said. “We thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be no particular focus on racial issues. TruTV is broadening its focus in a new upbeat direction, great to put together a show?’” “We were all good friends and Showrunner Neil Punsalan pointed to “In Living Color” as a adding not just comedy but, among a slate of upcoming proj- respected each other,” Kevin Barnett said. show he loved watching 20 years ago. “It didn’t feel like a ects, a wacky competition series, “Fake Off,” which pits teams “We were together a lot, so why not get paid to do it?” show about race. It was just funny,” he said. “And I think that’s against each other to re-enact famous moments in pop cul- cracked Keith Lucas. Chris Linn, truTV president, acknowl- what we’re trying to do.” — AP ture. Yet another series, “Branson Famous,” goes behind the edged that his network might not have been the obvious scenes of a long-running variety show in Branson, Missouri, for choice for this series to call home. what the network bills as TV’s first-ever reality musical. “But we want truTV to be a creator-driven network,” he Other shows include “Kart Life,” which takes viewers into said. “We told them, ‘We’re gonna give you some general the world of kart racing, and “The Shake Up,” a competition parameters. Then run with it.’” series that pits bar owners against each other to learn who can Jennifer Bartels agreed with the rest of the cast that truTV SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014 Eileen Ford, founder of Ford Model Agency dies

odeling agency founder Eileen Ford, who shaped a gen- Ford felt a motherly responsibility toward her models, often eration’s standards of beauty as she built an empire and inviting the youngest to live at her Upper East Side apartment. Mlaunched the careers of Candice Bergen, Lauren Hutton, She prohibited the young Kim Basinger from going out before fin- Christie Brinkley and countless others, has died. ishing her French homework. Turlington recalled pretending to She was 92 and died Wednesday of complications from a brain do laundry at night so she could sneak out while the family slept. tumor and osteoporosis, according to Arielle Baran, a spokes- “Models are a business, and they have to treat themselves as a woman for Derris & Co., which handles public relations for Ford business,” Ford told The Toronto Star in 1988. “Which means they and announced the death Thursday. have to take care of themselves and give up all the young joys.” Ford was known for her steely manner and eye for talent. She The Ford agency continued to grow in the 1970s, when it demanded professionalism from her models, putting them on began representing children, including a young Brooke Shields, strict diets and firing those with a taste for late-night revelry. Her and men. By then, Christie Brinkley, Jane Fonda, Ali MacGraw, discipline pushed Ford Model Agency to the top, making multi- Candice Bergen, Beverly Johnson and Suzy Parker had all been on millionaires of both Ford and her late husband, Jerry, who han- the Ford roster. dled the business side. John Casablancas provided stiff competition for the Ford The typical Ford woman was tall, thin, often blond, with wide- agency when he founded rival Elite in the 1970s. He became set eyes and a long neck. Eileen Ford was known to tell hopefuls known for wooing talent from other agencies - resulting in law- shorter than 5 foot 7 to give up their dreams. suits - and stressing a more sensual, European look. Supermodel Christie Brinkley posted a photo of her and Ford Eileen Ford, born Eileen Otte in New York City in 1922, grew up on her Instagram account, saying Ford was “the best in the busi- in the leafy Long Island suburb of Great Neck, N.Y. She earned a ness. She saw something in me and with her brilliant business psychology degree from Barnard College and married, then acumen, her knowledge, experience, and personal touch, she worked as a photographer, stylist and fashion reporter. After los- took me from Malibu surfer girl and guided my career.” ing her stylist job when she became pregnant, according to Katie Another Ford protege, Christy Turlington Burns, said she felt Ford, she helped several friends book modeling jobs. That led her “fortunate to have worked in the and her husband to found the agency in 1946. industry at a time when legends like Eileen Ford were still This July 20, 1992 file photo shows Eileen Ford, of Ford Ford wrote five books including “Eileen Ford’s A More reigning. Being a part of the Ford Agency when I began my career Models, Inc., in New York. Ford, who shaped a generation’s Beautiful You in 21 Days” (1972) and “Eileen Ford’s Beauty Now was truly special. I will always remember Eileen and her standards of beauty as she built an empire and launched the and Forever: Secrets of Beauty After 35” (1977), plus a syndicated indomitable presence with fondness and gratitude.” careers of Candice Bergen, Lauren Hutton, Jane Fonda, died newspaper column, “Eileen Ford’s Model Beauty,” in the 1970s. Ford’s daughter Katie, who at one time ran the company, said Wednesday, July 9, 2014. She was 92. —AP The agency engaged the public with events like a Supermodel of in a statement that her mother’s Ford maintained that a model’s charisma was as important as the World contest and weekly open houses in Soho that attracted “greatest thrill was to spot a model in the daily course of life.” her looks, and prided herself on being able to detect successful 60,000 people a year. She’d then follow the prospect surreptitiously to assess her. A few personalities. The agency’s revenues topped $40 million a year by the 1990s. of those finds went on to fame, including Vendela Kirsebom, “There’s a cockiness to them ... They’re just going to be good Katie Ford served as CEO from 1995 until the company was sold whom Ford discovered in a restaurant in Sweden, and Karen and you can just tell it,” she told Life magazine in 1970. “I see girls to an investment bank, Stone Tower Equity Partners, in 2007. Graham, whom Ford spotted at Bonwit Teller department store that I know - I absolutely know - will be star models within just a Jerry Ford died in August 2008. and who went on to become the face of Estee Lauder beauty matter of weeks, and they always are.” Eileen Ford’s survivors include, in addition to Katie, daughters products. For high-fashion photography, she said, an ample bust was a Jamie and Lacey and son Billy; her brothers Tom, Bill and Bobby; The classic Ford look changed remarkably little over the years, disqualifier because the camera adds pounds and curves distract eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. — AP and set a standard for the industry. Height and a willowy build from the picture. “A bosom is terribly detrimental because it cuts remain paramount, though Ford was disdainful of the “waif” look you all up in pieces,” she told The New York Times in 1967. - typified by British model Kate Moss - popular in the early 1990s.

Models wear creations of Marina Hoermanseder’s Spring/Summer 2015 collection during the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in Berlin, Germany yesterday. — AP Photos SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014

This image released by National Geographic Channel shows Jason Silva, right, host of “Brain This image released by National Geographic Channel shows David Rees of “Going Deep with Games.” Silva guides viewers through experiments designed to show how the brain perceives David Rees,” debuting Monday at 10 pm. things like motion, space or time. — AP photos ‘Brain Games’ leads own genre at Nat Geo Channel iven that David Rees has written a book on how to sharpen landscape,” she said. “That was what kind of ignited it for us. As Within the genre, “Going Deep” is a little risky, Monroe said. a pencil, he seems the perfect choice to host a new we watched the performance continue to grow, we said, ‘What Rees is a former political cartoonist and a comedian who - honest! GNational Geographic Channel series that elevates mun- else can we get in this space?’” - maintains a side business sharpening pencils for money. He and dane activities into the subject of deep investigation. Other shows were launched to appeal to the same taste. In the show have an edgy New York wit. “He’s quirky,” Monroe said. So, for those inclined, Rees’ “Going Deep” over the next two “None of the Above,” host Tim Shaw conducts experiments and “The show is quirky. The sensibility is quirky. I don’t know if it’s months will tell more than you ever thought you could know asks people to predict the outcome. “The Numbers Game” uses going to work. I love that we’re trying it.” about digging a hole, tying a shoe, making ice cubes, shaking statistics, role play and experiments to answer questions like “are As the title suggests, “Going Deep” uses each show’s question hands or throwing a paper airplane. you a risk taker?” or “can you be a hero?” to take intriguing side trips. An episode on how to strike a match The series debuts Monday (10 p.m. EDT) following a new One series soon to come, “Mind Over Masses,” was inspired by delves into the science of fire, which Rees finds not as haphazard episode of “Brain Games.” It’s part of what has become a new pro- YouTube clips. It explores ways to make people change behavior, as he thought. He finds a scientist with striking new designs for gramming genre at National Geographic that explains how the like painting stairs to look like a piano so people use them more real airplanes to talk to on his show about paper airplanes, and is world works. Think of it as Geek TV, although the network works than an elevator. The upcoming “You Can’t Lick Your Elbow” shown glacial ice hundreds of thousands of years old in his ice very hard to make shows that will appeal to the channel surfer. examines the human body. “Mapology,” due next year, uses data cube program. Producers flew in an expert on knots from “Brain Games” started it all. Host Jason Silva guides viewers analysis to uncover some of the world’s unexpected realities. Australia for the shoelace episode. through experiments designed to show how the brain perceives The network has also given the go-ahead to a miniseries about “I think that was our entire travel budget,” he said. Rees things like motion, space or time. The new season gets more inventors, “American Genius,” produced by the same company believes his show has found the right home in the geeky corner of abstract; tests measure compassion, anger, addiction and intu- that made “The Men Who Built America.” National Geographic Channel. “We had three networks saying, ition. It’s enough to make the brain hurt. ‘We’re out there looking for a new ‘Duck Dynasty,’” he said. “I A three-hour “Brain Games” special in 2011 did so well the net- Monroe needs to balance the interest in viewers unleashed by said, ‘This is not your next ‘Duck Dynasty.’” — AP work quickly ordered a series, which became National “Brain Games” with oversaturating the market, keeping in mind Geographic’s most popular program, said Courteney Monroe, the that competing networks will surely develop copycats. “We’re network’s chief executive. “It remains unique on the television always worried about that,” she said. Indian actress, dancer Zohra Sehgal dies

ctress and dancer Zohra Sehgal, who films. Even though she performed cameo charmed viewers with her impish grin parts, she always made her presence felt. She Aand twinkling eyes, has died of heart was part of Bollywood blockbusters like “Hum failure in New Delhi at age 102. Sehgal had Dil Chuke Sanam,” or “I Have Given My Heart,” been hospitalized with pneumonia earlier in and “Kal Ho Naa Ho,” or “Whether Tomorrow the week and passed away Thursday evening. Comes or Not.” She will be cremated later yesterday. She also acted in films like “Bend It Like Condolence messages poured in for the Beckham,” and “Bhajji on the Beach,” made by performer. Prime Minister Narendra Modi British-Indian filmmaker Gurinder Chaddha. described her as “prolific and full of life,” in a Her last film was the Bollywood saga message on Twitter. “What a journey and “Saawariya,” or “Beloved,” in 2007. — AP what an immensely loveable costar,” Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan tweeted. Sehgal started out in the 1930s as a dancer. She performed with a troupe led by Uday Shankar, the pioneer of modern Indian dance. Her travels around the world with the group were unusual for an Indian woman of her generation. In this undated file photo, Indian actress and dancer Zohra Sehgal reacts as she cuts her birth- In the 1940s she joined a theater group in day cake in New Delhi, India. Sehgal, who charmed viewers with her impish grin and twinkling Mumbai and eventually started acting in eyes, has died of heart failure in New Delhi at age 102. — AP SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014

Actors perform during a dress rehearsal of the patriotic new opera “Crimea”, based on recent events, on July 9 in Saint Petersburg. The opera, directed by Russian opera director Yuri Alexandrov based on an opera by Soviet composer Marian Viktorovich Koval, traces Crimea’s history from the Crimean Wars of the mid-19th century right up to Russia’s annexation of the strategically important peninsula in March 2014. The premiere will be performed tonight. — AFP Turkish singer causes outrage Rock Hall with anti-Semitic Gaza tweets planning Everly popular Turkish female pop singer was under pressure is one of few majority Muslim states to have full diplomatic Brothers tribute yesterday to make a public apology after she posted a relations with Israel but ties have deteriorated seriously under Asuccession of anti-Semitic tweets over Israel’s deadly air the rule of the Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party show campaign in Gaza. (AKP). Yildiz Tilbe, who has been making folk-influenced hit Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has dominated he Rock and Roll of Fame will honor the Everly albums since the 1990s, appeared to praise Hitler in the tweets politics in Turkey for over a decade, is known for his angry out- Brothers with a tribute concert this fall. The Rock and say the end of the Jews was near. bursts at the Jewish state. THall announced Thursday that surviving member “If God allows, it will be again Muslims who will bring the The mayor of Ankara, Melik Gokcek, a senior member of the Don Everly will appear at the Oct. 25 event at end of those Jews, it is near, near,” she tweeted on her official AKP, backed the singer’s Gaza tweets, retweeting most of her PlayhouseSquare’s State Theatre in Cleveland. account @YildizzTilbee. comments except the one on Hitler, calling them “full of intel- Phil Everly died from chronic obstructive pulmonary “They (Jews) are hostile to Allah and all prophets including ligence”. disease earlier this year. His older brother said in a state- their own prophet Moses.” In another tweet she appeared to “I applaud you Yildiz Tilbe for the messages you deliver to ment that he wishes “Phil were here to share this honor.” praise Hitler for the mass extermination of Jews in the many of your colleagues and especially to the Turkish nation,” Don Everly also thanked the Rock Hall and the duo’s fans Holocaust, writing “May God bless Hitler”. he wrote. “for keeping the Everly Brothers alive.” The Jewish Community of Turkey condemned the singer’s Tilbe released her debut album in 1994 and has enjoyed Singer Rodney Crowell will work as the musical direc- tweets as “racist and inciting hatred”, calling on judicial growing fame since then. She writes most of her songs and tor for the concert, which will take place during the Rock authorities to “immediately start necessary legal procedures” also composes for other singers including Turkey’s interna- Hall’s 19th annual “Music Masters” series. Performers will under the country’s penal code. tionally-renowned pop star Tarkan. — AFP be announced at a later date. Over 100 Palestinians have now been killed in Israel’s air The Everly Brothers were inducted into the Rock Hall in campaign against Gaza, causing grave international concern. 1986 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001. — AP The comments also went viral on social media where a peti- tion campaign was launched to convince the singer to offer an apology. Tilbe wrote after the criticism that she was not racist. “There is oppression against Muslims everywhere in the world. Is there any single American or Jew being massacred, whose country is bombed or whose people are killed?” Turkey TECHNOLOGY SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014

Amazon seeks US permission for drone tests

WASHINGTON: Online giant Amazon has sought Amazon said an exemption to FAA rules would The letter to the FAA said the granting the permission for drone test flights in the United States, be “in the public interest” and “is a necessary step request “will do nothing more than allow Amazon to saying it is moving forward on plans for deliveries towards realizing the consumer benefits of Amazon do what thousands of hobbyists and manufacturers using the unmanned aircraft. Prime Air,” which company founder Jeff Bezos has of model aircraft do every day, and we will abide by In a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration described as a plan for drone delivery to consumers. much stronger safety measures than currently made public this week, Amazon said that because of Bezos unveiled his idea for drone deliveries last required for these groups.” restrictions on drones in US airspace, it has been December, and said the company would be ready to Amazon’s plan is to allow for deliveries of some conducting test flights indoors and in other coun- launch Amazon Prime Air as early as 2015 if FAA reg- goods within 30 minutes of an order. Amazon said it tries. ulations allowed. would conduct the tests on its own property in the “Of course, Amazon would prefer to keep the The letter said that over the past five months, “we northwest state of Washington, and on FAA- focus, jobs, and investment of this important have made advancements toward the development approved test sites. research and development initiative in the United of highly-automated aerial vehicles for Prime Air,” It added that “one day, seeing Amazon Prime Air States by conducting private research and develop- which travel at over 50 miles (80 kilometers) per will be as normal as seeing mail trucks on the road ment operations outdoors near Seattle,” the letter hour and can carry loads up to five pounds (2.2 today, resulting in enormous benefits for consumers said. kilos). across the nation.” — AFP

SEOUL: An employee at the company demonstrates an 18-inch flexible display, in Seoul, SEOUL: In this July 9, 2014 photo released by LG Display Co., an employee of the company South Korea. — AP demonstrates an 18-inch flexible display in Seoul, South Korea. The South Korean display pan- el maker said yesterday it has developed the 18-inch flexible display that can be rolled into the shape of a thin cylinder, a step closer to making a large-size display for flexible TVs. — AP Facebook becomes outlet for LG Display unveils religious anger in Myanmar 18-inch flexible display YANGON: Facebook is coming under scruti- Facebook went offline in the country for ny in Myanmar as an unwitting platform for a two straight nights during the recent vio- rising tide of hate speech following a new lence, although the government did not con- SEOUL: LG Display Co. has developed an 18- Last year, Samsung Electronics Co. and LG wave of Buddhist-Muslim bloodshed in the firm speculation that it had used old junta inch flexible display that can be rolled into Electronics Inc. each released a smartphone former junta-run country. techniques to curb the spread of inflammato- the shape of a thin cylinder, a step toward with a curved display to show off their tech- The social media site is hugely popular ry comment on the Internet. making a large display for flexible TVs. nological prowess. among netizens in the once-isolated nation, Facebook said it was aware of the reports The South Korean display panel maker said But it is unclear how the nascent technolo- where it has become the prime means of of outages, but noted that its site was now yesterday the flexible display has a resolution gy would make handsets or televisions more sharing news and information for a small but working normally. of 1200 pixels by 810 pixels and maintains its useful. LG said its technology would make growing Internet community. “It appears our service is available for the function when it is rolled up. While that reso- large TVs portable and it is up to the TV mak- But new freedoms under a quasi-civilian people in Myanmar,” a company spokesper- lution would fall within the range of high-def- ers how they expand the use of the technolo- government have opened the flood gates for son told AFP, declining to provide details of inition, images on the display would not look gy. incendiary Internet comment. A blog alleging the social network’s activities in the country. as sharp as the latest flat displays that boast The South Korean company also unveiled the rape of a Buddhist woman by two Muslim The Internet giant “does not permit hate ultra-high definition. LG touted its technolo- a semi-opaque display. Though it is not as men sparked an Internet firestorm last week speech”, according to its published policy gy as a significant advance, saying the cylin- transparent as glass, that’s the direction that that led to a riot in the second-largest city standards, nor does it allow content that pos- der’s diameter would be just 6 centimeters the company is heading. LG named it the Mandalay-the clearest link yet between surg- es a “direct threat to public safety”. (2.4 inches). It means LG Display could pro- transparent display saying its transparency ing hate speech online and clashes on the But the firm relies heavily on users to flag duce TVs that are larger than 50 inches diago- has improved from existing technology. streets. The unrest, which left two dead, inflammatory content, like Nay Phone Latt’s nally and can be rolled up. In the picture provided by LG, it is possible raised fears that anti-Muslim violence that group Panzagar, which means “Flower It is based on OLED technology, an to see hands through the display. LG Display had previously gripped more remote parts of Speech”. It has up to 20 volunteers who moni- advanced display that can show images in spokesman said it is possible to view images the diverse country for two years could tor and report offending Myanmar-language richer colors. South Korean display makers are on the transparent display from the front and spread to other major cities, including accounts. A senior official from the Myanmar striving to gain an edge in flexible display from the back. Yangon. president’s office told AFP that the authorities technology as they see it as a way to set their By 2017, LG aims to develop a flexible “There is petrol spilled across this country, had held urgent talks with Facebook interna- products apart from their rivals in China, and transparent display that measures so if there is a spark anywhere it could tional technical staff during the Mandalay vio- Taiwan and Japan. They also hope that the more than 60 inches diagonally, Kang In- explode,” said blogger and former political lence “to reduce incitement, rumours on the novel form would give consumers a reason to byung, head of LG Display’s R&D Center, prisoner Nay Phone Latt. social network and hate speech”.—AFP buy a new gadget. said in a statement. — AP TECHNOLOGY SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014

Digital warriors battle to get African games on phones

LAGOS/NAIROBI: Safari the warrior crouches in the Games - two long rows of desks squeezed into a AFRICAN STORIES bush - a digitised heroine from the new mobile phone glassed-off partition on part of a floor of a Lagos office Planet Rackus’s game MA3Racer sends rickety game “Afro Fighters” that its Nigerian creator hopes block. He would like more deals with telecoms compa- minibus taxis zig-zagging across a motorway next to a will soon rival the likes of Clash of Clans or Angry Birds nies to let him process payments, more skilled develop- lion-infested park. on the world’s handsets. ers, better, cheaper mobile broadband and, one day, Kenya’s careering “matatu” minibus taxis are a To achieve this, Olakunle Ogungbamila is preparing more funding to make full-blown console games for national institution and the game’s name plays on their to take on a lineup of challenges as daunting as any of the Xbox and PlayStation. nickname stemming from the Swahili word “tatu” the muscular opponents on his new app, even the He would also like more of his customers to have meaning “three”, which derived from either the num- game’s arch foe the Dark Lord of Oti. Industry analysts bank cards and accounts, to make it easier for them to ber of fare coins or seat rows, or both. have long hailed the explosive growth of mobile tele- send in small payments for charge-ups and extra char- Planet Rackus’s first edition of MA3Racer, a 2D coms in sub-Saharan Africa - 635 million subscribers by acters in games. mobile game, had more than a million downloads on the end of 2014 climbing to 930 million by the end of “Collecting money is still an issue,” he says. Nokia’s Ovi platform, reflecting strong demand. 2019 according to a report by Ericsson. Around 80 percent of Kuluya’s revenue currently The company’s designers are also working on a new But size isn’t everything. It is the quality of those comes from making branded mini games and apps for sci-fi adventure where the evil lords will have character mobile phone connections, subscriptions and sur- other companies, rather than adverts and purchases in traits of African strongmen past and present, including rounding infrastructure that is holding up Africa’s nas- its own titles, says Ogungbamila. On the other side of Uganda’s Idi Amin, Congo’s Mobutu Sese Seko and cent games development industry, not the quantity of the continent, in the cramped office of Nairobi’s Planet Zimbabwe’s own Robert Mugabe. Kuluya’s website lists handsets. The number of expensive smartphones that Rackus, Mwaura Kirore splits his time between design- just short of 50 titles. Highest ranked in the Google Play can run sophisticated games and applications is low. ing games and running an advertising company. Those Store include Afro Fighters, Keke - where you guide a They will account for only 14 percent of African mobile well-paying advertising clients get the bulk of his time rickshaw taxi down a dirt road, a big hit in India says connections by the end of 2014, about half the global at the moment, he concedes. Ogungbamila - and the adventure game Masai. average and less than a quarter of the penetration in “I don’t think anyone in Kenya can make a living out Ghana’s Leti Arts offers mobile comic strips com- north America, says research group Ovum. “That is the of gaming yet ... We’re just at our infant stage in terms bined with games - Africa’s Legends, staring Pharaoh number one obstacle. It is changing rapidly though,” of what we’re doing. But we are in for the long haul.” and Shaka, and Ananse: The Origin, based on a charac- says Ogungbamila, sitting in the office of his Kuluya ter from West African folklore.—Reuters

Russian accused of hacking ‘may die in US prison’: Father

MOSCOW: The lawmaker father of a disabled Russian man detained by Washington on hacking charges said yesterday his son was being kept in one of the worst US prisons and would die without medical help. Moscow has accused US authorities of abducting Roman Seleznev in the Maldives and secretly transporting him to Guam in a case that further piqued Kremlin’s anger amid a showdown over Ukraine. The man’s father Valery Seleznev told a news conference that his son needed to take medication daily and would die IDAHO: In this May 2014, photo provided by Solar Roadways, Scott and Julie Brusaw stand for a photo on a prototype solar-pan- without medical help in a matter of days. el parking area at their company’s business in Sandpoint, Idaho. Scott Brusaw’s idea for solar-powered roads has gone viral and “If he does not take it (medication) for three, five days at raised more than $1.4 million in crowdsourced funding. — AP the most then... he would die and die very soon,” he said. “One of the goals is to let him rot there.” Roman Seleznev suffered brain damage in a bomb attack Inventor pushes solar in Morocco in 2011 and has problems with motor skills, according to his family. panels for roads, highways Citing lawyers who had made contact with his son on Thursday, the lawmaker, a member of the ultra-nationalist Liberal Democratic Party, said US officials wanted him to Hexagon-shaped panels can withstand wear and tear incriminate himself. SPOKANE: The solar panels that Idaho inventor Scott Brusaw has traffic lines with LED lights. There are skeptics, who wonder about “Right now they are piling pressure on him,” he said, built aren’t meant for rooftops. They are meant for roads, driveways, the durability of the panels, which are covered by knobby, tem- adding that the officials had promised to transfer him to parking lots, bike trails and, eventually, highways. pered glass, and how they would perform in severe weather or were Seattle if he admitted guilt. Brusaw, an electrical engineer, says the hexagon-shaped panels covered with dirt. “It seems like something reasonable and some- “The lawyers describe the prison as one of-and maybe can withstand the wear and tear that comes from inclement weath- thing that is going to be very expensive,” said Lamar Evans of the the worst-prison under US jurisdiction.” er and vehicles, big and small, to generate electricity. National Renewable Energy Association in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Roman Seleznev is charged with hacking into US retail “We need to rebuild our infrastructure,” said Brusaw, the head of computer systems and installing malicious software to steal Solar Roadways, based in Sandpoint, Idaho, about 90 miles (145 kilo- Electricity storage credit card numbers in a scheme that operated between meters) northeast of Spokane, Washington. His idea contains Another problem would be how to store the electricity that October 2009 and February 2011. “something for everyone to like.” “Environmentalists like it,” he said. could be generated, Evans said. The Brusaws have produced no Seleznev and his accomplices allegedly stole over “Climate change deniers like it because it creates jobs.” While the estimates of how much the solar panels would cost, so the financial 200,000 credit card numbers, with bank losses from the idea may sound outlandish to some, it has already got $850,000 in realities of their vision remain an unknown. To demonstrate the con- scheme estimated at over $1.1 million (800,000 euros), seed money from the federal government, raised more than $2 mil- cept, the company has created a small parking lot at its headquar- according to a 2011 indictment. lion on a crowd-funding website and received celebrity praise. ters, using 108 solar panels. Vehicles have been driven onto the He faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted. The Russian Solar Roadways is part of a larger movement that seeks to inte- space, without damaging the panels, he said. “We’ll start off small grate renewable energy technology - including wind, geothermal with driveways and walkways,” he said. His wife Julie came up with foreign ministry has accused Washington of abducting one and hydro power - seamlessly into society. the idea after watching “An Inconvenient Truth,” the global warm- of its nationals in what it described as a “hostile” act. The Solar Energy Industries Association, a trade group based in ing movie featuring former Vice President Al Gore, Brusaw said. She The ministry’s human rights envoy, Konstantin Dolgov, Washington, D.C., described companies like Solar Roadways as remembered that Scott had long talked about the concept of elec- said on Twitter that a Russian diplomat was expected to visit “niche markets” in the booming alternative energy industry. tric roads. The U.S. Federal Highway Administration gave the Seleznev in his Guam prison either Sunday or Monday. “They represent the type of creative innovation that addresses Brusaws $850,000 to develop Solar Roadways over the past few The lawmaker said his son did not plan to confess to a design and energy, while showcasing the diversity of solar applica- years, and build the prototype parking lot. This year, they turned to crime he did not commit, adding that he was not a hacker tions,” said Tom Kimbis, a vice president of the association. the Indiegogo crowd-funding site to raise additional money and and knew “nothing about these new technologies”. Brusaw said that in addition to producing energy, the solar pan- move to the next phase. Launched on Earth Day, the campaign got “My son is sticking to his guns,” he said. — AFP els can melt away snow and ice, and display warning messages or off to a discouraging start, Brusaw said.—AP TV listings SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014

06:00 Gold Rush 01:10 Sci-Fi Science 12:15 Jessie 12:50 Siba’s Table 07:00 Dual Survival 01:35 Sci-Fi Science 12:35 Jessie 13:15 Jenny Morris Cooks The Riviera 07:50 Alaska: The Last Frontier 02:00 Close Encounters 13:00 African Cats 13:40 Guy’s Big Bite 08:40 Fast N’ Loud 02:25 Close Encounters 13:25 Austin & Ally 14:05 The Next Food Network Star 00:45 Whale Wars 09:30 Storage Hunters 02:45 Mythbusters 13:45 Good Luck Charlie 14:55 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 01:35 Untamed & Uncut 09:55 Container Wars 00:00 Violetta 03:35 What’s That About? 14:10 Good Luck Charlie 15:20 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 02:25 Shamwari: A Wild Life 10:20 Savage Family Diggers 00:45 The Hive 14:35 Dog With A Blog 15:45 Chopped 10:45 How It’s Made 04:30 Moon Machines 02:50 Shamwari: A Wild Life 00:50 Art Attack 15:00 Dog With A Blog 16:35 Fast Food Gone Global 11:10 How Stuff’s Made 05:20 Unchained Reaction 03:15 Gator Boys 01:15 Art Attack 15:25 Liv And Maddie 17:25 Jenny Morris Cooks The Riviera 11:35 Street Outlaws 06:10 Science Of The Movies 04:05 Deadly Islands 01:40 Wolfblood 15:50 Liv And Maddie 17:50 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 12:25 American Chopper: Senior vs 07:00 Stephen Hawking’s Grand 04:55 Animal Cops Houston 02:05 Wolfblood 16:10 Mako Mermaids 18:15 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives Junior Design 05:45 Clinically Wild: Alaska 02:30 Violetta 16:35 Win, Lose Or Draw 18:40 Siba’s Table 13:15 American Chopper: Senior vs 07:55 The Unexplained Files 03:10 The Hive 06:10 Clinically Wild: Alaska Junior 17:00 Herbie: Fully Loaded 19:05 Reza’s African Kitchen 08:45 What’s That About? 03:20 Art Attack 06:35 Breed All About It 14:05 Storage Hunters 18:40 Get Frozen 19:30 Guy’s Big Bite 03:45 Art Attack 07:00 Animal Airport 14:30 Container Wars 09:40 Science Of The Movies 18:55 Mako Mermaids 19:55 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 07:25 Mutant Planet 14:55 Savage Family Diggers 10:30 X-Machines 04:10 Jungle Junction 19:20 Violetta 20:20 Chopped 08:15 The Magic Of The Big Blue 15:20 Dual Survival 11:20 Moon Machines 04:20 Jungle Junction 20:05 African Cats 21:10 Chopped 09:10 Treehouse Masters 16:10 Alaska: The Last Frontier 12:10 Unchained Reaction 04:35 Jungle Junction 20:30 Jessie 22:00 Throwdown With Bobby Flay 10:05 Shamwari: A Wild Life 17:00 Fast N’ Loud 13:00 How Does That Work? 04:50 Jungle Junction 20:50 Dog With A Blog 22:25 Throwdown With Bobby Flay 10:35 Shamwari: A Wild Life 17:50 Idris Elba: King Of Speed 13:30 What’s That About? 05:00 Art Attack 21:15 Mako Mermaids 22:50 Pizza Cuz 11:00 Animal Precinct 18:40 Fifth Gear 14:20 Mythbusters 05:25 Art Attack 21:40 Austin & Ally 23:15 Pizza Cuz 19:30 Gold Rush 05:50 Mouk 11:55 Animal Airport 15:10 Scrapheap Challenge 22:00 Good Luck Charlie 23:40 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 20:20 How It’s Made 06:00 Austin & Ally 12:20 Breed All About It 16:00 X-Machines 22:25 A.N.T. Farm 20:45 How Stuff’s Made 06:25 Austin & Ally 12:50 Bondi Vet 16:50 Science Of The Movies 22:50 Shake It Up 13:15 Bondi Vet 21:10 Container Wars 06:45 Mako Mermaids 21:35 Savage Family Diggers 17:40 Sci-Fi Science 23:10 Wolfblood 13:45 Rogue Nature With Dave 07:10 Mako Mermaids 22:00 Idris Elba: King Of Speed 18:05 Sci-Fi Science 23:35 Wolfblood Salmoni 07:35 Jessie 22:50 Fifth Gear 18:30 Close Encounters 07:55 Jessie 14:40 Shamwari: A Wild Life 23:40 Car Chasers 00:00 Diggers 18:55 Close Encounters 08:20 Win, Lose Or Draw 15:05 Shamwari: A Wild Life 00:30 Diggers 19:20 The Gadget Show 08:45 Good Luck Charlie 15:30 Treehouse Masters 01:00 Dangerous Encounters 19:45 How Does That Work? 09:05 Dog With A Blog 16:30 The Magic Of The Big Blue 02:00 Britain’s Underworld 20:10 Mythbusters 09:30 The Wizards Return: Alex vs. 00:00 Keeping Up With The 17:25 Too Cute! 03:00 Mega Bridges 21:00 The Future Of... Alex. Kardashians 18:20 Bad Dog 04:00 Killing Lincoln 19:15 Tanked 21:50 Alien Mysteries 10:15 Liv And Maddie 00:55 Chelsea Lately 00:20 The Gadget Show 06:00 Family Guns 22:40 Human Nature 10:40 Meet The Robinsons 01:25 Style Star 20:10 Treehouse Masters 07:00 Brain Games 00:45 How Does That Work? 23:30 Moon Machines 01:50 Style Star 21:05 Shamwari: A Wild Life 07:30 Brain Games 02:20 Keeping Up With The 21:35 Shamwari: A Wild Life 08:00 Diggers Kardashians 22:00 Tanked 08:30 Diggers 03:15 Extreme Close-Up 22:55 Treehouse Masters 09:00 Dangerous Encounters 03:40 Extreme Close-Up 23:50 Animal Cops Miami 10:00 Britain’s Underworld 04:10 E!ES 11:00 Predator CSI 05:05 E!ES 12:00 A Traveler’s Guide To The 06:00 E! Entertainment Special Planets 07:50 Style Star 13:00 Air Crash Investigation 08:20 E! News 14:00 Battleground Brothers 00:15 Tareq Taylor’s Nordic Cookery 09:15 Giuliana & Bill 15:00 Brain Games 00:40 Cash In The Attic 10:15 THS 15:30 Brain Games 01:10 Cash In The Attic 11:10 E!ES 16:00 Diggers 01:55 Cash In The Attic 12:05 E! News 16:30 Diggers 02:50 Bargain Hunt 13:05 Fashion Police 17:00 Dangerous Encounters 03:35 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 13:35 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 18:00 Rebuilding Titanic 04:25 Simply Italian 14:05 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 19:00 The Numbers Game 04:50 Tareq Taylor’s Nordic Cookery 14:30 Style Star 19:30 The Numbers Game 05:15 The Hairy Bikers Ride Again 15:00 Keeping Up With The 20:00 Situation Critical 05:45 Cash In The Attic Kardashians 21:00 Doomsday Preppers 06:15 Cash In The Attic 16:00 Keeping Up With The 22:00 Armageddon Outfitters 07:00 Cash In The Attic Kardashians 23:00 Naked Science 2.5 07:55 Bargain Hunt 17:00 The Drama Queen 08:40 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 18:00 E! News 09:30 Simply Italian 19:00 The E! True Hollywood Story 09:55 Tareq Taylor’s Nordic Cookery 20:00 Eric And Jessie: Game On 10:20 Cash In The Attic 20:30 Eric And Jessie: Game On 10:50 Cash In The Attic 21:00 Giuliana & Bill 00:20 Hippo vs Croc 11:35 Cash In The Attic 22:00 Fashion Police 01:10 Monster Fish 12:30 Bargain Hunt 22:30 E! News 02:00 Brutal Killers 13:15 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 23:30 Chelsea Lately 02:50 Crocpocalypse 14:00 Simply Italian 03:45 Hooked 14:25 Tareq Taylor’s Nordic Cookery 04:40 Built For The Kill 14:55 Cash In The Attic 05:35 Brutal Killers 15:25 Cash In The Attic 06:30 Crocpocalypse 16:10 Cash In The Attic 07:25 Hooked 17:05 Simply Italian 08:20 Mudcats 00:05 Fast Food Gone Global 17:30 Bargain Hunt 09:15 Crocodile King 00:55 Grill It! With Bobby Flay 18:15 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 10:10 Wild Untamed Brazil 01:20 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 19:10 Simply Italian 11:05 Killer Shots 01:45 Mexican Made Easy 19:35 Come Dine With Me 12:00 Shark Men 02:10 Mexican Made Easy 20:30 Come Dine With Me 12:55 World’s Deadliest Animals 02:35 Siba’s Table 21:20 Come Dine With Me 13:50 Hippo vs Croc 03:00 Siba’s Table 22:15 Bargain Hunt 14:45 Hooked 03:25 Guy’s Big Bite 23:00 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 15:40 Mudcats 03:50 Iron Chef America 23:50 Simply Italian 16:35 Croc Ganglands 04:40 Chopped 17:30 Wild Untamed Brazil 05:30 Unwrapped 18:25 Hidden Worlds 05:50 Tastiest Places To Chowdown 19:20 World’s Deadliest Animals 06:10 Chopped 20:10 Hippo vs Croc 07:00 Luke Nguyen’s Vietnam 21:00 Hooked 07:25 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 21:50 Mudcats 00:30 Street Outlaws 07:50 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 22:40 Croc Ganglands 01:20 The Fighters 08:15 Iron Chef America 23:30 Wild Untamed Brazil 02:10 Saint Hoods 09:05 Barefoot Contessa 03:00 Fast N’ Loud 09:30 Amazing Wedding Cakes 03:50 Storage Hunters 10:20 Easy Chinese: San Francisco 04:15 Container Wars 04:40 Savage Family Diggers 10:45 Fast Food Gone Global 05:05 How It’s Made 11:35 Grill It! With Bobby Flay 05:30 How Stuff’s Made 12:00 Reza, Spice Prince Of India 00:30 The Daily Show With Jon INSIDE MAN ON OSN MOVIES HD ACTION 12:25 Charly’s Cake Angels Stewart TV listings SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014

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Annamma John, mother of Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh based caricaturist Johnarts Kalabhavan presents a caricature to Fr Davis Chiramel, Kidney India Foundation Chairman at the Chakkola Oppan Rosy memorial award function. Birthday greetings IMA hosts iftar appy birthday to our dearest sister Grace. May God guide you as you continue to be a blessing Hto your friends and family. Greetings from ndian Muslim Association (IMA) in Kuwait friends and well-wishers. Iorganized a grand iftar on July 3, 2014 under the auspices of Ministry of Awqaf and Masjid Al-Kabeer. The program was well attended by more than 1,000 devotees including dignitaries and scholars from Kuwait and abroad. Dr. Nasser Al-Sane, former KDA Mahilavedi member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, graced the occasion as a guest of honor and hands over charity Maulana Mohammed Taher Madani Sahab was the keynote speaker. Maulana Mohammed Taher Madani deliv- ozhikode District Association Mahilavedi, ered a short speech on the topic how to be a KKuwait launched a first charity project to help true Muslim. The program began with the financially backward students in Kozhikode recitation of Quran by Hafiz Abdurrahman. District. As a first step, Mahilavedi Joint Secretary The program was concluded by the vote of Leeha Shaji on behalf of the organization, handed thanks of Maulana Salman Raheemi, the mod- erator of the program. He thanked over an amount to the Headmaster, CKG Memorial Government of Kuwait, Ministry of Awqaf and Higher Secondary School Chingapuram, Koyilandy, Management of Masjid Al-Kabeer for making being the cost of uniform and umbrella to the this event successful and providing dinner for deserved students from economically backward fami- such a huge audience. He also thanked digni- lies, in a function held on July 4 2014 at school audi- taries, scholars, IMA Youth Wing volunteers torium. Kozhikode District Association Media & Public and the audience present at the program for Relation Secretary Hassan Koya, Mahilavedi Joint making this event great success. Secretary Leeha Shaji, Headmaster Suresh, Balan Master spoke on the occasion. Mahilavedi Executive members Neena Rajagopal, Shyna Priyesh, Mahilavedi Farwaniya area President Thesni Haneef, Balavedi member Shalabha Priyesh attended the function.

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Australian sheep punched, stamped on and thrown: PETA

SYDNEY: Footage showing sheep being violently video was shocking, but added that he wanted to take a zero tolerance approach to poor animal welfare abused by shearers-including being punched in the know more about its source and how it was obtained. practice and take the necessary steps to ensure rare face and hit with tools-was condemned yesterday by “One of the questions I ask is with the up close shot behaviour like this ends,” WoolProducers Australia Australia’s Agriculture Minister as “exceptional and cru- of the man hitting the sheep, which is obviously excep- president Geoff Fisken said. el”.The images, reportedly filmed in Australia by under- tional and cruel and in many instances would be imme- In March, Australia resumed exporting sheep and cover investigators for the animal rights group PETA, diate dismissal, where exactly was the camera?” he told cattle to Egypt after an agreement with importers on showed shearers severely abusing animals in a country ABC radio. “Did the person know that they were animal welfare standards. famed for its wool industry and exports. People for the filmed? Were they actually part of the process? There Live cattle exports from Australia to Egypt were sus- Ethical Treatment of Animals said the footage was shot are lots of questions that need to be asked.” PETA said pended last year after footage released by Animals at 19 contractor-run sheep shearing sheds in Australia it would not reveal where the footage was taken to Australia of the graphic slaughter of an animal. between October 2013 and February 2014. protect its investigators. The RSPCA animal charity said Australia’s live cattle trade to Indonesia was also Shearers were recorded repeatedly beating sheep, the abuse allegations were “serious” and it would be temporary halted in 2011 on cruelty concerns. stamping on their necks, throwing them and stitching investigated for potential breaches of Australian ani- Support has grown in Australia for the introduction wounds apparently without anaesthetic. mal welfare legislation. of “ag gag” laws, already in practice in the US, that It was first reported by US television network NBC WoolProducers Australia added in a statement it would make it illegal for activists to secretly film prac- before the activist group released it online Thursday. was “shocked and appalled by the footage” but that it tises on a farm and then broadcast it without alerting Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce said Friday that the was an isolated incident. “We ask all woolgrowers to authorities. — AFP

CONAKRY: A file photo taken on June 25, 2014 shows the isolation ward at the Donka AGARTALA: An Indian health official (C) immunises newly born babies inside the materni- Hospital in Conakry where people infected with the Ebola virus are being treated. A ty ward of a government hospital during World Population Day in Agartala, the capital of regional centre is being set up in Guinea to coordinate the response to the worst-ever northeastern state of Tripura yesterday. — AFP outbreak of Ebola that has killed hundreds of people in West Africa. — AFP Key high-risk HIV groups threatens Dengue shot offers AIDS progress some protection GENEVA/LONDON: Five key groups, including gay men, prosti- tutes and prisoners, have stubbornly high rates of HIV that are LONDON: The most advanced vaccine for dengue only offers mod- other health problems following the vaccine. The study was paid for threatening progress in the global AIDS battle, the World Health est protection but could still help millions of people avoid the devas- by Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccine’s maker. Organisation (WHO) said yesterday. tating effects of the disease known as “breakbone fever,” according to Other experts said longer follow-up data on vaccinated children is These people are most at risk of becoming infected with the a large trial. There is no treatment for dengue, which causes symp- needed to assess the shot’s safety. People infected with one type of human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS, yet are least toms including fever, severe joint pain, headaches and bleeding. dengue develop antibodies that protect them from further infections likely to get HIV prevention, testing and treatment services, the About half the world’s population is at risk from the mosquito-borne of that type. But if they catch another kind of dengue, their antibodies Geneva-based United Nations health agency said. disease, which sickens about 100 million people every year, mostly in make them susceptible to more serious disease that could include “Globally we are failing certain populations that have the Asia, Africa and Latin America. hemorrhaging. Some scientists worry the antibodies from a dengue greatest risk yet we know have universally poorer access to Results from an early trial of the vaccine in 2012 found the vac- vaccine might have the same effect and say vaccinated children health services. These are men who have sex with men, sex cine’s efficacy was 33 percent and that it failed to protect against one should be monitored for several years. “We just don’t understand the workers, transgender persons, specifically transgender women, type of dengue; there are four distinct kinds and the vaccine is meant antibody response in dengue well enough to know if this (problem) persons who inject drugs and persons who are in prisons or oth- to fight all of them. In the latest study, conducted in more than 10,000 would also occur with a vaccine,” said Martin Hibberd, a professor of er closed settings,” Gottfried Hirnschall, director of the WHO’s children aged 2 to 14 in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines emerging infectious diseases at the London School of Hygiene and department, told reporters at a briefing. and Vietnam, the shot’s efficacy improved to 56 percent. Most com- Tropical Medicine, who wasn’t part of the study. “We are seeing exploding epidemics in some of these key mon vaccines like those for measles and polio are more than 95 per- He was also concerned the shot seemed to work by boosting pre- populations,” he said, adding that these groups account for up cent effective. “We all would have wanted a better efficacy rate but existing antibodies in people previously infected with dengue, since to 50 percent of new cases of HIV infection. this is what we have to live with at the moment,” said Annelies Wilder- younger children didn’t get much protection from the shot. “It’s a bit The WHO said studies estimate that female sex workers are Smith of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, who wrote a scary that it looks like the vaccine only works in people who have 14 times more likely to have HIV than other women, gay men are commentary for the study, published Friday in the journal Lancet. already had dengue,” which would make the vaccine useless for 19 times more likely to have HIV than the general population, “Whether this vaccine’s efficacy is enough for countries to invest in is a Western tourists traveling to dengue-endemic countries, he said. and transgender women are almost 50 times more likely than question for economists.” Officials at Sanofi Pasteur said they plan to apply for regulatory other adults to have HIV. —Reuters Researchers tracked the children in the new study, including those approval starting next year. The company said it was “too premature” who got the fake shot, for about two years and noted side effects and to discuss the vaccine’s potential price. — AP HEALTH SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014 SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014 Kuwait KNCC PROGRAMME FROM THURSDAY TO THURSDAY (10/07/2014 TO 17/07/2014)

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788 Jeddah 15:00 QTR 1085 Doha 05:20 OMA 648 Muscat 20:55 ABY 127 Sharjah 15:35 UAE 854 Dubai 05:30 KAC 351 Kochi 21:05 KNE 470 Jeddah 15:35 JAI 575 Abu Dhabi/Kochi 06:30 JZR 554 Alexandria 21:15 KNE 462 Madinah 15:45 RJA 643 Amman 06:35 MEA 403 Beirut 21:15 TBZ 5483 Mashhad 15:50 THY 771 Istanbul 06:50 MSR 607 Luxor 21:25 RJA 640 Amman 15:55 GFA 212 Bahrain 07:00 KAC 543 Cairo 21:30 KNE 460 Riyadh 15:55 FDB 054 Dubai 07:50 KAC 283 Dhaka 21:45 KAC 672 Dubai 16:00 BAW 156 London 08:25 DHX 171 Bahrain 21:50 KAC 118 New York 16:00 JZR 778 Jeddah 08:45 KLM 415 Dammam/Amsterdam 22:05 JZR 535 Cairo 16:05 QTR 1087 Doha 08:55 ETD 308 Abu Dhabi 22:15 QTR 1072 Doha 16:15 JZR 534 Cairo 09:15 ALK 230 Colombo 22:20 NIA 251 Alexandria 16:20 ABY 126 Sharjah 09:30 UAE 860 Dubai 22:25 JZR 125 Bahrain 16:25 KAC 787 Jeddah 09:35 KAC 381 Delhi 22:30 ETD 303 Abu Dhabi 16:45 UAE 856 Dubai 09:50 QTR 1075 Doha 22:40 UAE 857 Dubai 16:55 ETD 302 Abu Dhabi 10:15 FDB 051 Dubai 16:55 FDB 5056 Dubai 10:15 GFA 220 Bahrain 22:45 SVA 510 Riyadh 17:15 KAC 101 London/New York 10:25 KNE 461 Riyadh 22:50 UAL 982 IAD 17:25 MRJ 4814 Mashhad 10:55 FDB 060 Dubai 23:00 GFA 215 Bahrain 17:30 QTR 1071 Doha 11:00 KAC 205 Islamabad 23:35 JZR 357 Mashhad 17:30 KAC 671 Dubai 11:20 KAC 411 Bangkok/Manila 23:40 Directorate General of Civil Aviation Home Page (www.kuwait-airport.com.kw) SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014

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BASEBALL CAPSULES Kershaw lifts Dodgers over Padres

LOS ANGELES: Clayton Kershaw’s scoreless streak ended at 41 innings when he gave up a home run to Chase Headley, but the Los Angeles ace pitched a three-hitter with 11 strikeouts to lead the Dodgers over the San Diego Padres 2-1 on Thursday night. Kershaw won his eighth straight start and came within 18 innings of the major league record set by Dodgers right-hander Orel Hershiser, who threw 59 consecutive shutout innings in 1988. Headley homered off Kershaw in the sixth, halting the longest scoreless streak in the majors since Brandon Webb went 42 innings for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2007. Kershaw’s run tied Luis Tiant for the fifth-longest in the expansion era (since 1961).

ATHLETICS 6, GIANTS 1 All-Star Scott Kazmir struck out nine in seven scoreless innings to help Oakland win the annual Bay Bridge series. Josh Donaldson hit a two-run homer and Stephen Vogt drove in three runs for the A’s, who won three of four in the two-city series that began Monday night in Oakland. The A’s (58-34) have won seven of eight overall and have matched the best start in Oakland history. Tim Hudson (7-6) was unable to make it out of the sixth inning and lost his fourth straight decision for the floundering Giants. San Francisco has lost 15 of its past 19 home games and hasn’t won consecutive games at AT&T Park in more than a month. Kazmir (11-3) allowed three hits and one walk. He has yielded one run or fewer in 11 of 19 starts this season for a 2.38 ERA.

ORIOLES 4, NATIONALS 3 Steve Pearce homered and scored twice to help Wei-Yin Chen earn his team-high ninth victory, and Baltimore beat Washington for its eighth win in 10 games. Adam Jones and Nelson Cruz both drove in LOS ANGELES: Clayton Kershaw #22 of the Los Angeles Dodgers throws a pitch against the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium in Los a run for the Orioles, who built a 4-0 lead in the Angeles. — AFP third inning and held on. Baltimore took two of CUBS 6, REDS 4, 12 INNINGS greeted reliever Will Smith in the eighth by singling ANGELS 15, RANGERS 6 three from the Nationals in this rain-shortened, Luis Valbuena hit a tiebreaking, two-run triple in to left to drive home two runs. Garza (6-6) had just All-Star center fielder Mike Trout had a three-run home-and-home interleague showdown between the 12th inning and Chicago avoided a rare five- been pulled from the game to a standing ovation homer among his four hits for fast-starting Los division leaders. Jayson Werth homered for game sweep in Cincinnati. Arismendy Alcantara sin- but could only watch from the dugout as his shutout Angeles in its drubbing of freefalling Texas. The first Washington and Ryan Zimmerman had two hits gled with one out and went to second on Starlin evaporated. The Phillies sent 12 batters to the plate four Angels in the game had hits and scored. It start- and an RBI. Chen (9-3) gave up three runs in 5 2-3 Castro’s two-out infield single. Valbuena, who was 0 in the eighth and got RBI ground-rule doubles from ed when Kole Calhoun had a leadoff triple into the innings, improving to 6-1 in 12 starts since May 3. for 4 with three strikeouts, sent a drive to deep right Ryan Howard and Cody Asche. Philadelphia swept a right-field corner, then trotted home on a relay throw He was 0-2 with a 7.71 ERA in his previous two starts field against J J Hoover (1-6). Skip Schumaker was four-game series for the first time since taking four that bounced into the seats.Calhoun had four hits against the Nationals. After Darren O’Day worked unable to catch up with the ball, but Valbuena was in Cincinnati in 2011. Rookie pitcher David and scored four times while finishing a homer shy of out of a bases-loaded jam in the eighth, Zach thrown out at the plate trying for an inside-the-park Buchanan (5-5) struck out five in seven innings for a cycle. He had three hits in the first three innings for Britton got three outs for his 15th save, capping his home run. Alcantara got his first major league hit - a the win. Carlos Gomez homered for the Brewers, the Angels, who won for the seventh time in eight 22nd consecutive scoreless appearance at home. two-run double - and drove in three runs. Blake clinging to its NL Central lead despite five straight games. The Rangers have lost five straight and 19 of Gio Gonzalez (6-5) allowed three earned runs and Parker (1-0) pitched the last two innings and the losses and nine in 10 games. 22. They have the worst winning percentage in the six hits in 6 2-3 innings. His streak of 22 consecutive Cubs snapped their losing streak at a season-high six majors at .413 with their 38-54 record. Hector scoreless innings ended when Pearce connected in games. Ryan Ludwick homered, but the Reds could- RED SOX 4, WHITE SOX 3, 10 INNINGS Santiago (1-7) struck out eight in six innings. The left- the first. n’t overcome a lineup missing more than half its reg- Mike Carp’s pinch-hit single in the 10th inning hander allowed four runs and five hits. ulars and the loss of starter Homer Bailey to a knee gave Boston its second straight walk-off victory over INDIANS 9, YANKEES 3 injury after five innings. Gold Glove second base- Chicago. Jon Lester struck out 12 in seven innings BRAVES 3, METS 1 Roberto Perez hit a two-run homer in his major man Brandon Phillips is expected to miss six weeks for the Red Sox, but fellow All-Star Koji Uehara gave Aaron Harang allowed four hits in seven innings, league debut, Carlos Santana also connected and after having surgery Friday to repair torn ligaments up a tying, two-run homer in the ninth to pinch-hit- and Atlanta used early offense against Bartolo Colon Cleveland scored nine runs in its last two innings at in his left thumb. ter Conor Gillaspie - his third long ball in three to avert a four-game sweep by New York. The bat to rally past New York. games and fourth of the season. David Ortiz had a Braves snapped a four-game skid and ended the Asdrubal Cabrera’s bases-loaded triple and TWINS 4, MARINERS 2 two-run double for the Red Sox, who ended their 3-7 Mets’ season-best, four-game winning streak. New Michael Brantley’s sacrifice fly highlighted a four- Kendrys Morales hit a two-run double in the fifth homestand on an upswing. Pinch-hitter Daniel Nava York hasn’t swept a four-game set from Atlanta since run seventh that erased a 3-0 deficit. Brantley, a inning to help Minnesota rookie right-hander Yohan drew a leadoff walk in the 10th and scored the win- July 1989. Freddie Freeman had an RBI double in a first-time All-Star this season, added an RBI single in Pino earn his first major league victory. Morales, ning run for the second consecutive game. Ronald two-run first. Harang (9-6) won his fourth straight a five-run eighth, when Perez and Santana home- who played for the Mariners last season, came up Belisario (3-6) took the loss. Chicago had runners at start, beating the Mets for the second time this sea- red. On a conference call during the game, Yankees with two outs and runners on first and second. He first and third with two outs in the 10th, but Alexei son. Craig Kimbrel worked out of an eighth-inning general manager Brian Cashman said right hander lined his double over center fielder James Jones’ Ramirez was retired on a grounder to pitcher jam and got four outs for his 28th save in 32 oppor- Masahiro Tanaka has a partially torn ligament in his extended glove. Both runners scored without a Andrew Miller (3-5). tunities. Colon (8-8) hung around for eight innings pitching elbow. throw. Pino (1-2) worked five innings to earn the vic- but lost his third consecutive start. The team hopes its rookie sensation will be able tory in his fifth big league appearance. Throwing 100 TIGERS 16, ROYALS 4 to return this season. Cashman said Tanaka could pitches, he allowed one run and seven hits, walked Everybody in Detroit’s lineup had at least one hit PIRATES 9, CARDINALS 1 be back in six weeks, but didn’t rule out the possibil- two and struck out four. Glen Perkins worked the and scored one run, the season-best offensive Edinson Volquez tossed a six-hitter to win his ity of Tommy John surgery if the pitcher doesn’t ninth to pick up his 22nd save in 25 opportunities. onslaught spurring the rout of Kansas City. The fourth straight start, pitching Pittsburgh past St respond to a rehab program. Perez also singled in Tom Wilhelmsen (1-2), who never had more than a Tigers established a season-high for runs just two Louis. Neil Walker, Josh Harrison, Russell Martin and the seventh for his first career hit. three-inning outing in his career, made his first days after their 14-5 blitzing of the Dodgers, and Andrew McCutchen all drove in two runs for the Carlos Carrasco (2-3) pitched a scoreless inning major league start after 191 relief appearances for took a 5 1/2-game lead over the second-place Royals Pirates, who avoided being swept in the four-game to help the Indians gain a four-game split. Derek the Mariners. He worked 2 2-3 innings, allowing two in the AL Central. Drew Smyly (5-8) allowed four series. Volquez (8-6) has a 0.90 ERA in winning four Jeter, playing his final regular-season game in runs, one hit and three walks with three strikeouts. runs on eight hits and a walk in 6 2-3 innings for consecutive starts for the first time in his career. He Cleveland, went 2 for 4 in the 1,000th multihit game Detroit. Jeremy Guthrie (5-8) gave up a career-worst struck out five and walked two. Shelby Miller (7-8) of his career. Ichiro Suzuki had a pinch-hit single for PHILLIES 9, BREWERS 1 eight earned runs on eight hits, three walks and two allowed four runs in five innings. The Cardinals his 2,800th major league hit. Zelous Wheeler hit a Jimmy Rollins broke up Matt Garza’s no-hit bid hit batters. He was mercifully pulled with no outs in played without All-Star catcher Yadier Molina, who two-run homer, and Yankees starter David Phelps with a single in the seventh before sparking a seven- the fifth, which means the Royals’ veteran has now tore a ligament in his right thumb Wednesday. took a shutout into the seventh. Matt Thornton (0- run outburst an inning later, helping Philadelphia allowed 16 earned runs in eight-plus innings cover- Molina will have surgery Friday and is expected to 3) toook the loss. complete a four-game sweep of Milwaukee. Rollins ing his last two starts. miss 8 to 12 weeks. — AP SPORTS SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014 Frustrated Sagan determined to grab a chance EPERNAY: Peter Sagan has earmarked yesterday’s by year. “I had the chance to take the yellow jersey and I finish, which he won, with just one sixth placed finish 234.5km stage from Epernay to Nancy to land his first vic- always get close to winning. Even (Thursday) I wanted to before that. His victory came after Kittel dropped out of tory on this year’s Tour de France. The 24-year-old Slovak sprint but I had no luck. the reckoning with more than a kilometer still to ride, but has been the most consistent rider on the Tour so far and “It’s a little frustrating, maybe sometimes I ask too Greipel insisted his victory was down to him being in the holds the points leader’s green jersey. But after twice fin- much to myself. But now I just want to keep concentrated right position rather than Kittel being absent. “I’m not ishing second, three times fourth and once fifth on the six and to try again.” Sagan crashed for the second day in a looking at Kittel, I don’t know what happened with him. I stages, he cut a frustrated figure at his inability to turn that row on Thursday, to add to his general dark mood. “The don’t need to hide, I’m still one of the fastest in the bunch. regularity into a victory. But yesterday’s stage promises to most important thing is that I have nothing broken. Two I just need to be there at the right time in the right place,” be his best chance yet, with two short tough climbs in the crashes in two days are not something that make me hap- said the 31-year-old Lotto-Belisol rider. final 20km. The second ends just 5.5km from home and py, but I’m OK,” said the Cannondale team leader. “I hope Meanwhile, race leader Vincenzo Nibali is preparing that after a brutal 1.3km ascent at an average gradient of to absorb the bruises I have on my body as soon as possi- himself for the inevitable attacks he will face once the Tour 7.9 percent. ble.” The finale may not suit Kittel, who stands at 1m88cm reaches the Voges. As soon as today’s 161km run from It means pure and burly sprinters such as Germans and weighs 82kg, but he hasn’t ruled himself out of the Tomblaine to Gerardmer reaches its bumpy finish, that’s Marcel Kittel and Andre Greipel, who have won four sprint final sprint, despite not managing to get involved in where the attacks are likely to begin. With a complicated finishes between them, could get dropped on the climb, Thursday’s run in. Having won all three bunch sprints and chaotic first week behind them, Nibali is sitting pretty leaving a better all rounder like Sagan to strike. “If I look before then, rumors of his powers had been greatly exag- on a lead of more than two minutes on almost all his GC back to the stages we’ve done, I have two different feel- gerated, according to the 26-year-old Giant-Shimano rider. rivals. And the 29-year-old Sicilian says he’s been taking ings. I have a good advantage in the green points classifi- He wrote on Twitter: “Who ever said we’re unbeatable, strength from wearing the yellow jersey. “For sure the jer- cation, I finished always in the front,” said Sagan. “On the you’re wrong as you saw today. But we know the mistakes sey gives me great energy but at the moment I’m just try- other side, this is not my first Tour de France, it’s the third we did & we’ll be back soon. We lose & win together!” As ing to ride in the best way I can. The yellow jersey is some- experience, and my aim is to do better and improve year for Greipel, he had been out of form until Thursday’s sprint thing extra,” he said. — AFP

Sethi restored; Pakistan cricket crisis deepens

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court yesterday restored Najam Sethi as the country’s cricket chief, a day after he was deposed by the govern- ment, in a fresh twist to a long-run- ning administrative crisis. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, patron of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), ousted veteran journalist Sethi and appointed a former high court judge as interim chief, directing him to hold elections for the chairmanship within 30 days. But the Supreme Court set aside the PM’s orders, a court statement said-the latest round in a bruising 15- month battle to lead the PCB. A series of court cases and government decrees have seen the PCB chairman- ship change hands between Sethi and Zaka Ashraf five times since May last year. Ashraf, who first took the job in October 2011, was suspended by Islamabad High Court in May last year after he tried to extend his MIAMI: Rances Barthelemy (left) fights Argenis Mendez during a boxing match begun late Thursday in Miami. Barthelemy won a unani- tenure by getting himself elected in a mous decision over Mendez and captured the International Boxing Federation junior-lightweight title. — AP process termed “dubious” by the court. Since then Ashraf was restored twice by an appeal bench of the Barthelemy captures IBF Islamabad court-in January and May this year. His second restoration was chal- lenged by Sethi in the Supreme junior lightweight title Court, which on May 21 reinstated Sethi. The Supreme Court was unhappy about Sharif’s decision to MIAMI: Rances Barthelemy won a unanimous decision over Argenis Mendez ninth and scored with lefts to the head. In another close exchange later in include Sethi in a 12-member gov- and captured the International Boxing Federation junior-lightweight title the round, referee Tellis Assimenios deducted a point from Barthelemy for erning board, widely seen as an Thursday night. Despite losing two points on fouls, Barthelemy was the hitting below the belt. Another punch below the belt by Barthelemy in the attempt by the government to get aggressor for most the bout at American Airlines Arena. The fight was a 10th prompted Assimenios to deduct a second point from the challenger. him elected in the next 30 days. Shah rematch of their first bout that ended in a no-contest on Jan. 3.All three With the likelihood of the scorecards narrowing because of the point deduc- judges scored the bout for the unbeaten Barthelemy, 115-111. There were tions, Barthelemy chased Mendez and landed lefts to the head in the 11th became the 29th PCB chairman in no knockdowns. “This was a difficult fight,” Barthelemy said. “I faced an round. Mendez, of the Dominican Republic, moved around the ring, avoid- the country’s 66-year history but his Argenis Mendez, who risked it all to keep his title. Thankfully, I knew how to ing follow-up combinations. tenure lasted for just one day. The lat- overcome all obstacles.” Barthelemy aggressively pursued Mendez in the 12th, landing combina- est twist adds to an at times baffling Barthelemy, a native of Cuba now living in Miami, pressured Mendez in tions to the head. Mendez stood up to Barthelemy and landed short left saga in Pakistan’s cricket administra- the opening seconds, throwing rights to the head. Although Mendez hooks to the head. In their first fight, Barthelemy initially was a second- tion which critics say have made it a blocked some of Barthelemy’s lead shots, a few found the target. Utilizing a round knockout winner. But Barthelemy’s two-punch combination that fin- laughing stock. The PCB chief was reach advantage, Barthelemy (20-0, 12 knockouts, 1 no contest) kept a ished Mendez occurred after the bell. The Minnesota boxing agency, which traditionally appointed by the ruling charging Mendez at a distance as he connected with lead left jabs. supervised the bout, overturned the result, making it a no-contest after an party of the day, a practice widely Barthelemy also closed range in the third round, scoring with lefts and rights appeal from Mendez’s promotional company, Iron Mike Productions. criticized over the years and frowned to the body. But fighting at tight quarters helped Mendez enjoy productive Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, who serves as Iron Mike’s presi- on by the International Cricket rounds in the seventh and eighth. Mendez, making his third title defense, dent, sat at ringside for Thursday’s bout. Barthelemy weighed the junior- Council. — AFP landed combinations to the body and left hooks to the head. lightweight limit of 130 pounds for the rematch, one more pound than Barthelemy pinned Mendez (21-3-1, 11 KOs, 1 NC) to the ropes in the Mendez. — AP SPORTS SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014

In Vietnam, a World Cup loss is whole different ball game

HANOI: Sitting alone in the corner of bar in Vietnam’s capital, Doan Minh Tuan buries his head in his hands as he watches the penalty shootout save that fires the Netherlands into soccer’s World Cup semi-finals. He wasn’t mourning the shattered World Cup dream of entertaining underdogs Costa Rica. Tuan, 32, is a compul- sive gambler, and his loss was about as big as they come. “I sold everything in my home - television, motorbike, fridge - and now I’ve lost my house. I have nothing now. This is all I have left,” he said, pointing to the 250,000 dong ($12) on the table in front of him. “I bet on all games since the World Cup started. Damn my life, I always lose. The bookmaker took my house this evening, my wife had to carry our daughter to her mother’s home. I’ve nothing to lose now and I’ll sleep on the street tonight.” Tuan’s case is the tip of the iceberg in a country where gambling is rampant and strictly illegal. Vietnamese are known for flutters on almost anything, from card games and lotteries to online poker and back-street cock fights. Legal gambling is confined to the state lottery and dog and horse racing in some regions. But soccer is the nation’s firm favorite, especially when the World Cup comes around. Betting values range from a dollar among colleagues to tens of thousands for high-rollers, but loss- Three teams qualify in es can mean repossession of property or trading-in of smartphones, motorcycles, watches and jewelry in return for money to pay debts. In the most extreme cases, some gamblers have taken Roudhan Tournament their own lives, with media reporting as many as three suicides related to betting during this World Cup. That included a man in the central city of Hue, who drank a KUWAIT: Sports Direct and Reflection Media joined teams competition between the two. Sport Direct’s road to the sec- bottle of pesticide after Italy’s 2-1 win over England on that booked their tickets into the second round of the 35th ond round was relatively easier after defeating the Jordanian June 14. There’s no official estimate of the value of annual Roudhan Futsal Tournament following victories in day- Community team 5-0. In a third match, Kuwait Steal Company Vietnam’s clandestine gambling scene, but the real figure 12 competitions. Reflection Media managed to qualify with a defeated Al-Zamel Group 4-2, and qualifying into the second is assumed to be huge. 2-0 win against Atom Sporting, in a match that saw heated round as well. The size of the networks, often mafia-linked, is unknown. Anticipating a surge in wagering in a country that already bets big on European leagues, police intensi- fied their crackdown during the World Cup and have so far made busts of underground gangs that have handled a combined 6.5 trillion dong ($307 million) since the tour- nament started on June 12.

Losing battle But it’s an uphill struggle to counter a practice entrenched in society and where bookmakers seem always ahead of the game. The Internet has proved diffi- cult to police, with gangs taking bets surreptitiously at street level and gambling large sums online on legitimate websites hosted overseas. “After a few raids by police over the years, dealers have changed their tactics. They’ve became more sophisticated,” said an official with knowledge of the crackdown, who requested anonymity. The problem goes beyond individuals and under- ground gambling has been blamed for a chronic match- fixing problem that has seen dozens of players arrested. One national team coach banned his squad from using cellphones during tournaments to stop them falling prey to bookies. Soccer bosses have pushed to legalize sports betting to stifle match-fixing, cut crime and boost tax rev- enues, capping bets at 1 million dong (nearly $50), but after 14 years, they’ve got nowhere. The issue is highly sensitive in Vietnam, whose communist rulers remain deeply conservative and consider it a social evil that fuels indiscipline and wrecks families. One bright spot for Vietnam’s gambling problem could be the sluggish economy and some businesses in Hanoi believe betting may have eased off, in line with weak retail and credit growth. Pawn shops and second- hand motorcycle dealers - the usual sources of quick cash to repay gambling debts - say they have been less busy during this World Cup. For some, the only solution is les- sons learned, like 25-year-old Dung from northern Haiphong province, who talked of a thriving, four-year “betting career” that went badly wrong when he had to sell his parents’ house to pay gambling debts. “The more I bet, the more I lost. I gambled all over the place,” said Dung, who declined to reveal his full name. “I don’t think I can ever earn back what I’ve lost. It’s the bookies who always win.” — Reuters SPORTS SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014

Sterling’s wife insists had the power to sell Clippers

LOS ANGELES: The wife of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling insisted Thursday that she had the power to sell the NBA club, in feisty testimony a day after he called her a “pig” in court. Shelly Sterling also said that NBA commissioner Adam Silver told her that he would consider a reduction in the life ban he issued to Donald Sterling if he agreed to sell the team. Sterling was slapped with that ban, and the NBA is moving to have the team sold, after a recording surfaced of him making racist comments about blacks, triggering an uproar among NBA players and the American public. The trial is about whether a deal that Shelly Sterling struck to sell the team to former Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer for $2 billion is legitimate. Shelly Sterling, who is separated from her husband but not divorced, smiled and exchanged pleasantries with lawyers and the judge but firmly disputed claims by Donald Sterling’s lawyer Maxwell Blecher. At the end of Thursday’s testimony, the case was recessed until July 21. The previous day, Shelly Sterling had left the court visibly upset by her husband’s insults, which included telling her to “Get away from me, you pig!” On the fourth day of the trial, Blecher focused his questions on email exchanges between Shelly Sterling’s lawyers and a medical expert who diagnosed her husband with Alzheimer’s disease. He tried to show that the OKLAHOMA: Tom Lehman (left) and Colin Montgomerie of Scotland walk off the fourth green during the first round of expert was conniving with her attorneys. But Shelly Sterling the 2014 US Senior Open Championship at Oak Tree National in Edmond, Oklahoma. — AFP insisted she knew nothing about the emails, and that her only concern was her husband’s health. Monty sets Senior Sterling’s ‘mood swings’ “I wanted to know what was going on with his mood swings, his screaming. There was something wrong,” she said, alluding to her husband’s anger at Blecher himself. “You know how he acted at you in the house,” she told the attorney. Shelly Sterling Open pace with 65 explained at length how her husband had given her the power to sell the team, stressing that he had been “happy” and relieved for her to sign the deal with Ballmer. Asked if she was surprised when her husband changed his mind and decided not to sell, Reigning champion Perry cards a 75 Shelly Sterling said: “No, that’s part of the disease.” She insisted his power over the family trust could be removed, even without OKLAHOMA: Britain’s Colin Montgomerie, “We played a lot together over the first year Tour despite a decorated career in Europe, his being diagnosed with dementia. “He gave me a letter telling making the most of a “relaxed” grouping, of my Champions Tour life. But the statistics, fended off a mid-round charge from Tom me to sell the team... I didn’t need to remove him as a trustee. He birdied four of his last seven holes to seize a you know, add up. Sixteen greens out of 18 (in Watson to clinch the second major of the sea- gave me permission to sell the team,” she said. one-shot lead in the opening round of the US regulation). Not bad statistics, really. “And then son on the over-50s circuit. “The win in the On Wednesday, Donald Sterling told the Los Angeles Superior Senior Open in Edmond, Oklahoma on 11 fairways out of 14. You’d take that. So, yeah, PGA Seniors has given me confidence to go Court that he was “deceived” by his wife so that he could be Thursday. Seeking his second major victory on just a good run of golf. A good, solid round of forward here, and it was a long time coming to declared mentally unfit, allowing her to sell the Clippers franchise, the over-50s Champions Tour, Montgomerie golf today.” German Bernhard Langer, who win a four-round stroke play event in which he has owned since 1981. Donald Sterling, 80, was banned racked up eight birdies and two bogeys to card won last month’s Senior Players Championship America,” said Montgomerie. a six-under-par 65 in rain-softened, relatively in a playoff, and his fellow former world num- “It was 22 years since I first came over here from the NBA for life earlier this year following the release of calm morning conditions at Oak Tree National. ber one, Vijay Singh of Fiji, were among five at Pebble Beach in 1992. It’s given me a great recorded conversations between him and his girlfriend V Stiviano. The 51-year-old, a 31-times champion on players who opened with 69s in the fourth of deal more confidence in the ability to know Sterling is heard on the tape making bigoted comments, criticiz- the European Tour who played the opening the season’s five seniors majors. Reigning that you’ve done it once so you can do it ing Stiviano for having her picture taken with black people and round in the congenial company of Americans champion Kenny Perry, the hottest player on again. “I’m really enjoying my time here on the telling her not to bring them to Clippers games. —AFP Rocco Mediate and Tom Lehman, finished one the Champions Tour over the past year who Champions Tour, and these major events are stroke ahead of another American, Marco landed his third consecutive seniors major title no different. I think if you’re enjoying some- Dawson. Mark Brooks, also from the United at the Regions Tradition in May, made a stum- thing, you’re really quite good at it.” However, States, was three shots off the pace after card- bling start with a four-over 75. Montgomerie knows he will face a daunting ing a 68 on the challenging Oak Tree layout task over the next three days when tempera- where play was suspended for just over an Commanded spotlight tures are expected to climb above 100 degrees hour in the early morning due to thunder- Scotland’s Montgomerie, however, com- Fahrenheit (37.8 Celsius). “It’s going to be diffi- storms. “I was patient, I was relaxed,” manded the spotlight after gaining a major jolt cult, no denying,” said the Scot, who won a Montgomerie told reporters after covering his of confidence from his four-shot victory at the record eight European Tour order of merit back nine in three-under 32. “We had a good Senior PGA Championship in May when he titles. “But at the same time the rewards are time. I was happy with the pairing we had, the broke his long American title drought in style. great enough to warrant that, so I look forward three who were playing together. The Scot, who never won on the regular PGA to it.”— Reuters Open Championship and Tiger return to Hoylake

PARIS: The Open Championship returns to Royal Liverpool Golf Irishman Graeme McDowell, who won the French Open last club next week for the first time in eight years with Tiger Woods Sunday in cold, rainy conditions outside Versailles, believe that looking for a remake of 2006 and hopes running high that an some timely exposure to bad weather is a key element in prepar- Englishman can win on home soil for the first time in 45 years. ing for the Open challenge. The last English player to capture an Open title in England was McIlroy, whose Open record is abysmal apart from a tie for Tony Jacklin at Royal Lytham and St Annes in 1969.In recent third at St Andrews in 2010 has opted to change his schedule years, English and British golfers have enjoyed more success at this year by teeing off in the Scottish Open up in Aberdeen the three other Majors while Lee Westwood and Luke Donald where Thursday’s first round conditions were typically “North have topped the world rankings. Sea Scottish.”“It’s a challenge. It’s a conundrum that has left many in the golfing world You’ve got to relish the challenge. I’m trying to adopt more of scratching their heads and one that some see as a consequence that mind-set, especially for these couple of weeks a year,” he of golf having gone truly global. That means picture-perfect golf said. “It’s not like I haven’t played well on links courses before courses and superb warm-weather playing conditions in the and in links conditions I think the more you play, the more sort of LOS ANGELES: Shelly Sterling arrives at court in Los United States and Asia, a world away from the howling wind and used to it you are, because back when I was 15, 16, 17, playing Angeles on day two of the Sterling v Sterling trial over the lashing rain that often turn the British Open into a dire battle links golf all the time, it wasn’t anything to put your wet gear on sale of the Los Angeles Clippers National Basketball against the elements. Both Rory McIlroy and fellow Northern and play. —AFP Association team. — AFP SPORTS SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014 Asian president reveals re-election bid

SINGAPORE: The head of Asian football has told AFP he stuffed envelopes in a bid to be voted FIFA president in the World Cup will help us massively in that regards but will seek re-election next year as he tries to revamp 2011. Bin Hammam has also been accused of giving dele- of course the spot must be earned, and we will strive to regional soccer after previous scandals and a disappoint- gates inducements during Qatar’s successful campaign to earn it.” Shaikh Salman reaffirmed his support for the ing World Cup. Asian Football Confederation (AFC) presi- win hosting rights for the 2022 World Cup. Shaikh Salman controversial Blatter, who has announced he’s ready to dent Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa said he wants will now seek his first full, four-year term along with Asia’s seek a fifth term next year-despite earlier promises not to to “set a new course” for Asian football and “restore our FIFA vice-presidency, after he won an agreement to do so. His continued backing contrasts with UEFA chief reputation”. He added that he will push for an extra merge the two powerful posts at an extraordinary AFC Michel Platini, who withdrew his support for Blatter fol- World Cup slot for Asian teams despite a poor showing at congress last month. “Essentially we are working as one lowing last month’s FIFA congress in Sao Paulo. Shaikh the current tournament in Brazil, when all four represen- for the development of Asian football, and the merger (of Salman added that “Asian teams must learn to adapt to tatives departed winless. the two positions) will complement our goal,” Shaikh the intensity of these international tournaments” follow- Shaikh Salman’s re-election bid has been widely Salman said. He promised to push ahead with a cam- ing their first winless World Cup in 24 years. expected since he took over last year following the paign, supported by FIFA president Sepp Blatter, to “They have got a taste of performing at the highest demise of Qatar’s tainted Mohamed bin Hammam, who increase Asia’s World Cup allocation of four places plus a level, against the best teams and this will be the impetus was accused of bribery. “We are in the beginning stages fifth available through a play-off. for them to elevate their own standard to a higher of a long-term restructuring project and it would be great degree,” he said. Shaikh Salman said Asian standards to personally see it through as I am confident it will great- ‘Asian teams must adapt’ would be helped by moves such as broadening partici- ly benefit the confederation,” Shaikh Salman said. “So yes The AFC’s 46 members give it a strong voice within pation in the AFC Champions League, the region’s top I would be pleased to continue with the presidency with FIFA, while the region’s population of billions represents club competition. The AFC also has initiatives to deliver the support from the member associations,” added the a huge potential market. But Asia’s progress on the world more infrastructure, funding and expertise to cash- Bahraini royal, in response to questions sent via email. stage unexpectedly took a step back in Brazil when strapped members, while a new, two-chamber ethics Shaikh Salman won a landslide election last year to com- Australia, Japan, South Korea and Iran all failed to win. committee will help target corruption. “The need for an plete the third term of bin Hammam, who was barred “We are always looking at ways to increase our standing all-around development within Asia is crucial,” Shaikh from football after being accused of handing out cash- globally,” Shaikh Salman said. “Having an extra spot in Salman said. — AFP

ACCRA: Amputee footballers jostle for the ball during a practice match in Accra.— AFP ACCRA: Amputee footballers jostle for the ball during a practice match in Accra. — AFP Ghana’s amputee footballers strive for international glory

ACCRA: On a field scattered with rubbish, ripe with the smell of new recruits and returning team members for the tournament in practise in a monolithic stadium. The Black Stars came home from urine and criss-crossed by commuters and the occasional truck, a November. Brazil early after failing to advance from the so-called “Group of group of Ghanaian footballers practice drills, the early morning Death” in the qualifying round, which included Germany, United sun glinting off their metal crutches. While footballers around the Poles apart States and Portugal. The team’s performance was a disappoint- globe have their eyes on Brazil, Ghana’s national amputee foot- The rules in amputee football are much the same as in regular ment to many Ghanaians, as was the drama that occurred behind ball team is gearing up to compete in a world cup of its own in soccer, albeit adapted to take into account what the World the scenes in the team’s camp. Mexico later this year. Amputee Football Federation calls its “abbreviated” players. The players demanded that $3 million (2.2 million euros) in But standing between the Black Challenge side and victory in International matches are played with seven on each side for two appearance fees be flown to them in Brazil on a charter flight in the 2014 Amputee Football World Cup are not just old foes such 25 minute periods, there is no offside and kick-ins replace throw- advance of what ended up being their final game against as Argentina and Liberia. The team’s ability to attract support for ins. On the pitch, the movements stand out. Outfield players-all of Portugal. This ultimatum grated on many in Ghana, which is fight- their unique brand of football is also in the balance, and unless them missing either an entire single lower limb or part of one- ing the fallout from a depreciating currency, a yawning deficit they can raise the money needed to fund the trip, they may not dash across the field on metal crutches, using them for support as due to falling commodities prices such as gold, plus slower-than- go at all. That hasn’t stopped them preparing. “We don’t have they jostle for the ball and kick goals home. People with one miss- expected growth in its nascent oil sector. “It’s at times very painful much time, so we have to train hard,” said one of the team’s ing or malformed arm are enlisted as goalkeepers. that virtually everything is pushed to the Black Stars,” Viwotor coaches, Benjamin Armah, as he watched his veteran players While the ranks of Angola and Sierra Leone’s amputee football said. “Government should appreciate that every sport that repre- trickle in for an early practice session on a warm May morning in teams are made up of those who lost limbs in brutal conflict, most sents the nation should be given attention.” the capital, Accra. of Ghana’s players were victims of accidents or illness. “I knew I The Black Challenge started officially in 2007 - the same year could still play because I was already a footballer,” said Mubarak Money troubles the team won the first Cup of African Nations for Amputee Ademu, a striker who lost his leg in a car accident when he was Going to Mexico will cost about $200,000, Viwotor said. So far, Football, said Theodore Viwotor, administrative secretary for the aged six. The Black Challenge’s returning players say they are less only $22,500 has been raised, from private sponsors. Without the Ghana Amputee Football Association. The team came in sixth in worried about their fitness to compete than they are about pay- team, Viwotor wonders what would become of the club’s players. the 2012 World Cup held in Russia, after Argentina eliminated the ing their way to the world cup. Local governments in Ghana are required to give part of their Ghanaians in the preliminary round. In last year’s cup of nations in The team’s practice pitch is a patch of dirt near Accra’s shore- budget to support people with disabilities. But the bureaucracy Nairobi, the team was placed third after being knocked out by line that doubles as a car park, a garbage dump and an open-air required to access the money is daunting. At traffic lights in Accra, Liberia in the semi-finals. Black Challenge coaches will hold trials toilet for a nearby shantytown. Just down the street from the legless men on skateboards appear at the windows of waiting in Ghana’s two largest cities in August, choosing a squad from amputees’ lot, Ghana’s national football team, the Black Stars, drivers, asking for spare change. —AFP SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014 46

VESPESIANO: Argentina’s Lionel Messi (left) heads the ball during a training session in MONCHENGLADBACH: Male octopus ‘Kleiner Paul’ (Little Paul) embraces with its tentacles a Vespesiano, near Belo Horizonte, Brazil yesterday. Tomorrow, Argentina face Germany feeding box covered with the German flag (left) next to a box with the Argentinean flag dur- for the World Cup final soccer match in Rio de Janeiro. — AP ing an oracle event at Sea Life Aquarium in Oberhausen, western Germany yesterday. — AFP Argentina, Brazil overcoming their rivalry - except in soccer

BUENOS AIRES: Argentina and Brazil, South the past decade. Torn apart through much of Argentina is a little like a marriage of conven- whose economy is 26th in the world, has not America’s rival giants, have been getting over their history by territorial disputes inherited ience,” added Boron. “There’s convenience for enjoyed the same emerging market buzz as their mutual mistrust in recent years, but their from their colonial rulers-Portugal for Brazil, the sake of (economic) integration. The most Brazil in recent years. Next week it will take a newfound spirit of friendship definitely does not Spain for Argentina-and rival bids for continen- sophisticated Brazilian intellectuals say that seat beside Brazil at a summit of the BRICS extend to football. Fans from both sides had tal supremacy, the countries have recently gravi- Brazil, a leader in Latin America, can’t face group emerging market heavyweights Brazil, dreamed the World Cup would end with a tated toward economic integration and tighter today’s biggest global challenges alone.”Brazil Russia, India, China and South Africa. But mega-showdown against the team they most ties. Ex-presidents Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of has the bigger economy-the world’s seventh Argentina-which is not a member of the group- love to hate. But Brazil’s humiliating exit from Brazil and Nestor Kirchner of Argentina, both largest, with GDP of $2.4 trillion last year. was invited by Russia, not its neighbor. their own World Cup has forced the old enemies leftists who came to power in 2003, sealed a It also comes out ahead in trade ties. In 2013, back to years gone by in their animosity. political alliance and personal friendship that trade between the two countries topped $36 Last laugh? Brazilian fans left their green and yellow jerseys has continued under their hand-picked succes- billion-with a balance of $3.15 billion in favor of On the pitch, however, Argentina may get in the closet Wednesday to put on Dutch orange sors, Dilma Rousseff and the deceased Kirchner’s Brazil. Eighty percent of their trade is in automo- the last laugh. While Brazil have won more as Argentina played the Netherlands in the wife Cristina. The rapprochement has boosted biles, the main engine of Argentina’s revival World Cups-five to two-Argentina have won the semi-finals. And the Brazilian press is predicting Mercosur, the customs union they belong to since its 2001 economic collapse. But despite Copa America, the South American champi- they will deck themselves out in German white with Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela, and the renewal of a bilateral auto trade deal last onships, 14 times to Brazil’s eight. And they are for tomorrow’s final, even though Germany are underpinned the 2008 launch of Unasur, a pan- month, the tough global economy has hit car the ones playing tomorrow’s final in Rio de the team that crushed their hopes of winning South American political bloc.”It’s phenomenal sales on both sides of the border, and two-way Janeiro’s Maracana Stadium, the home of the Cup on home soil with a brutal 7-1 semi-final how relations have changed, seen from the per- trade fell 20 percent in the first half of 2014. Brazilian football. An Argentine win would add defeat Tuesday. spective of the past 25 years,” Argentine sociolo- The countries’ original auto trade deal was to the humiliation Brazil suffered in the leg- Argentine fans for their part have adopted a gist Atilio Boron said. the embryo that grew into Mercosur in 1991. endary arena the last time they hosted the new anthem to goad the hosts: “Brazil, tell me Argentina currently exports 86 percent of its World Cup, in 1950, when they lost the final to what it feels like to have your daddy in your ‘Marriage of convenience’ vehicles to Brazil, its largest trade partner. Uruguay-a fellow neighbor. Brazil for their part house!” But off the pitch, relations between the But the relationship is not always simple, or Brazil’s largest trade partners are the US and play the Netherlands today in the loathed third- two countries have never been better than in balanced. “The alliance between Brazil and China, with Argentina in third place. Argentina, place playoff. —AFP O-le Canada! Hockey homeland is mad for WCup TORONTO: Canada has not sent a team to the World every game, not just for one team or game. If I watched it When the money is right and the focus is right, we’ll start Cup in a generation. But that hasn’t stopped Canadians in Australia, after the Australian game was over, the producing a World-Cup qualifying team. But until then, from going a little Cup crazy. The nation known more for excitement would have likely been over, too.” An esti- we’ll still come out to watch the games and root for our shooting pucks than penalty kicks fields a national team mated 2.9 million Canadians tuned in to CBC to watch ‘home’ teams.” Hosting the World Cup would mean an that ranks 110th in the world, tied with Bahrain. But its Germany clobber Brazil 7-1 in Tuesday’s dramatic semifi- automatic bid for Canada, which has only qualified once fierce love for the beautiful game has been on display for nal, according to CBC spokesman Simon Bassett. He said - in 1986. Organizers hope it would spark a transforma- all the world to see in Brazil. FIFA organizers say that was just for the English-language broadcast. That tion similar to that in the US after it hosted the tourna- Canadians bought more than 29,000 tickets to World doesn’t include viewers of French-language broadcasts ment in 1994, giving Canada’s diverse population a Cup matches, outranking all other nations that didn’t in Quebec and elsewhere. chance to become competitive at the world’s most pop- qualify for the Cup and behind only 10 nations that did. By comparison, 3.3 million viewers watched Game 5 ular sport. Canada was also the top non-competing nation in of the Stanley Cup final this year. And now Canada wants “This is one of the most multicultural countries in the attendance at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, offi- to take its turn as World Cup host. In January, the world,” said Globe and Mail journalist John Doyle, who cials say. As a nation of immigrants, it should be no sur- Canadian Soccer Association announced that it will bid just returned from Brazil after covering the first half of prise that that Canadians are wild about the Cup. One in for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Its chances of winning, giv- the World Cup. “A quirk of Canadian culture is that hock- every five Canadians is born in another country. That en its lack of stadium infrastructure, are slim, analysts ey is our national game, but the multi-layers of the cul- multi-ethnic society and the national team’s struggles say. Canada’s chances could soon get a boost when it tural makeup of Canada give breathing room for people make it easy for fans of any nation to enjoy the World hosts the 2015 Women’s World Cup. “The day Canada to be interested in and to follow and play other sports Cup. “Where else in the world can you go to bars to makes it back to the World Cup, it’ll be a beautiful day for that are anchored in their cultural background, their eth- watch every game and have people from the competing the country on a whole,” said Canadian-born and nicity, where they or their family comes from,” said countries cheering on their team?” said British-born Trinidadian-bred Paul-Anthony Perez, 31. Doyle, who wrote the best-selling book “The World Is a Scott Parr, 30, who delayed a vacation to Australia so he “We have a lot of talent, we have a lot of young play- Ball: The Joy, Madness, and Meaning of Soccer,” about could watch the World Cup in Toronto. ers. We have Canadian-born players in the World Cup his travels covering the World Cup and European “Here, it’s so fun because there are rabid fans for this year, one on Holland’s team and one on Bosnia’s. Championship. —AP SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014 47 Brazil mull where future lies

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s humiliating World Cup exit has left some commentators in the most successful football nation on earth thinking the unthinkable: is it time to hire a foreign manager? Coach Luiz Felipe Scolari remains, for now, in his seat pending today’s third place playoff against the Netherlands. But Tuesday’s 7-1 mauling, the worst defeat in Brazil’s foot- ball history, has erased a lot of goodwill felt by many towards the coach who guided the country to their record fifth title in 2002. With commentators having picked over the rubble of the stunning reverse in Belo Horizonte, Thursday saw the media gaze move on to who the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) will choose to ultimately replace the 65-year-old. Scolari will not necessarily go when the tournament ends, though his contract will be up, but he did take full responsibility for the Germany meltdown. “It is only after (today’s) game we will talk with the direction of the CBF, that’s when we will decide,” he said. Respected sports commentator Juca Kfouri of Folha de Sao Paulo daily said “there won’t be a revolution” but gradual reform dealing with “struc- tural problems” such as mounting club debts and young stars seeking stardom in Europe.

A ‘gringo’ coach? Sports daily Lance summarized the debate as com- prising a choice between domestic candidates-with former Corinthians’ coach Tite at their head-or a for- eigner, an idea which repels some. “Will they go for Tite or a gringo? With Felipao ready to say goodbye Tite heads the list, but there are those in the CBF backing a foreign coach,” Lance commented. “Tite is the TERESOPOLIS: Brazil’s defender David Luiz (back) and teammates take part in a training session during the 2014 FIFA World favorite,” added Globo, pointing out that the 53-year- Cup yesterday in Teresopolis. — AFP old, real name Adenor Leonardo Bacchi and a south- erner like Scolari, had in 2012 lifted the Libertadores Cup and Club World Cup-the latter at Chelsea’s expense. Lance insisted “Felipao showed he was inca- The 2005 Generation pable of knowing where he went wrong” by blaming everything on “six fatal minutes” in which Germany added four goals to their opener. Commentator Guilherme Gomes said that amount- meets The Class of ’09 ed to Scolari and his coaching staff “defending the indefensible. What planet are they living on?” Before Brazil turned the clock back a decade in re-appointing RIO DE JANEIRO: When the 22 players rep- Mascherano and Sergio Romero triumphed point. The youth academies started devel- Scolari in late 2012, polls showed fans as receptive to resenting Germany and Argentina step out in the Olympic football tournament in oping well over the last five or six years.” the idea of a foreign coach. Former Barcelona handler onto the Maracana pitch for tomorrow’s Beijing, with Nigeria again the fall guys in But although the seeds of success for Pep Guardiola was a popular choice, reportedly stating: World Cup final, roughly half will be fulfill- the final.Six years on in Rio de Janeiro, the both Germany and Argentina were sown in “the only team in the world I would coach tomorrow is ing prophecies made in the previous 2005 generation continue to carry their youth football, the two squads collide at Brazil’s Selecao.” But Globo football blogger Alexandre decade. From Argentina captain Lionel nation’s hopes. Zabaleta, Garay, Biglia and very different stages of their development. Gontijo told AFP: “While Guardiola could be great, a Messi to Germany goalkeeper Manuel Messi are all certain to start against While the average age of Germany’s play- foreign coach would be a real culture shock.” Neuer, the team-sheets will reflect the fact Germany and although Gago has lost his ers is a youthful 25.7, Argentina’s average that glory for both teams has been in the place in Alejandro Sabella’s team, Aguero age is 28.4, making them the oldest squad ‘Starting from zero’ pipeline for some time. The backbone of may have a decisive role to play after over- in the competition. All six members of the Michel Castellar, a writer with Lance, told AFP the the Germany team who eviscerated hosts coming a muscular complaint. 2005 generation will be 30 or over by the foreign option had to be on the table. “It’s time to start Brazil 7-1 in the semi-finals was drawn from 2018 World Cup in Russia and as again from zero. What appears culturally impossible, the Under-21 side that triumphed at the ‘Turning point’ Mascherano has admitted, this may be having a foreigner come in, ceases to be so after the European Championship in 2009. The On the other side of the halfway line, their last chance to fulfill the promise first humiliation against the Germans,” insisted Castellar. source of Argentina’s achievements in Germany coach Joachim Loew could align glimpsed in Holland nine years ago. “I have But he added the problem was how to remain true to Brazil, meanwhile, can be traced back even six members of the team that crushed spent a lot of time waiting for this the nation’s love of and nostalgia for the ‘jogo bonito’ further, to the World Youth Championship- England 4-0 in the Under-21 Euro 2009 moment,” said the 30-year-old Barcelona panache of the past-which essentially vanished with later rechristened the Under-20 World Cup- final in Malmo, Sweden. Having progressed midfielder. “This is my third World Cup. their famous 1982 loss to Italy. “He would need to want in the Netherlands in 2005. together through the youth ranks, Neuer, Maybe it will be my last one.”— AFP to lead Brazil back to the jogo bonito; back to being Of the current Argentina squad, six play- Benedikt Hoewedes, Jerome Boateng, Sami the Brazil of 1970 or 1982. If he comes in with a ers featured for the team that overcame Khedira, Mesut Ozil and Mats Hummels European mentality he will fail,” Castellar warned. “The Nigeria 2-1 in Utrecht in the competition embody the staggering progress made by 1982 team was never slated by fans, because they want final.Pablo Zabaleta, Ezequiel Garay, German football since 2000. Match on TV to see beautiful football. Fernando Gago and an 18-year-old Messi Germany’s group-phase exit at Euro (Local Timings) “One problem is that the current philosophy is to all started, while Lucas Biglia and Sergio 2000 prompted a profound rethink of the marry Brazilian football with the European style,” said Aguero-who turned 17 just before the tour- country’s approach to youth coaching, Castellar, who noted Tite is known for creating teams nament began-came on as second-half involving the establishment of new foot- FIFA World Cup using strong defense as their bedrock. Some prefer the substitutes. Messi decided the game with a ball schools and the subsidizing of profes- ‘devil they know’ and would like to see Scolari stay. brace of penalties, earning him the Golden sional clubs’ youth academies. The results Brazil v Netherlands 23:00 “They should stick with Scolari - the team will be fine in Boot and also sparking a run of success have been remarkable, and close to instan- beIN SPORTS 1 HD 2018,” insisted former skipper Cafu, although 1970 that established his team-mates as the taneous, with Germany reaching at least beIN SPORTS 2 HD skipper Carlos Alberto Torres is leaning towards Tite. most talented group of Argentine players the semi-finals of every major tournament beIN SPORTS 11 HD CBF vice-chairman Delfim de Padua Peixoto said after to have emerged in a generation. In 2007, since the 2006 World Cup. “It started off in beIN SPORTS 13 HD the Germany loss-which he dubbed “much worse” with Aguero the star, Argentina successful- 2009, when we won the Under-21 tourna- beIN SPORTS 1 HD FR than the shock defeat to Uruguay in 1950 — that he ly defended their title, claiming a fifth ment and beat England 4-0,” says centre- beIN SPORTS HDbeIN SPORTS 2 HD believed Scolari would go of his own volition. “I like Under-20 crown in seven attempts. back Per Mertesacker. “I think there’s a beIN SPORTS 11 HD him personally but have the right to say I think he has A year later, a side also featuring small link between these two tournaments. beIN SPORTS 13 HD beIN SPORTS 1 HD FR had his day.”— AFP Ezequiel Lavezzi, Angel Di Maria, Javier The 2009 tournament was a real turning Barthelemy wins the IBF lightweight title SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014 JULY SATURDAY, SportsSports 42

NATAL: In this file photo, Uruguay’s Luis Suarez holds his teeth after biting Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini’s shoulder during the group D World Cup soccer match between Italy and Uruguay at the Arena das Dunas in Natal, Brazil. Barcelona reached agreement with Liverpool on the transfer of Luis Suarez yesterday giving the troubled striker a chance to rehabilitate his image when his latest biting ban is over. Suarez will travel to Barcelona next week for a medical and to sign a five-year contract. — AP Barcelona buy WCup biter Suarez Disgraced forward to sign five-year contract

BARCELONA: Liverpool have agreed to sell dis- contract for the next five seasons,” the Spanish month suspension from any soccer-related we all crave and deserve.” graced Uruguay striker Luis Suarez to Barcelona team said in a statement. activities for biting Giorgio Chiellini. After ini- Suarez said he was leaving Liverpool “with a with great reluctance after trying all they could Rodgers said Suarez’s 23 million pounds tially denying that he bit the Italy defender, the heavy heart” but added that moving to Spain to keep him, manager Brendan Rodgers said move from Ajax Amsterdam to Liverpool in Uruguayan later issued a carefully-worded had been “a lifelong dream and ambition”. yesterday. Suarez is to sign a five-year deal with January 2011 had made him a better footballer. statement admitting his offence, the third time “Both me and my family have fallen in love the Spanish giants, pending a medical. “I think he would be the first to accept he has he has bitten an opponent during a match, and with this club and with the city,” he said in a According to media reports, the transfer fee is improved as a player over that period...as we vowed there would be no repeat. message to the Anfield fans. around 64 million pounds ($108.90 million). have benefited from him,” explained the Suarez was the Premier League’s top scorer “This club did all they could to get me to “Luis is a very special talent and I thank him for Anfield boss. “We are focused on the future as last season with 31 goals and the news of his stay but playing and living in Spain, where my the role he has played in the team in the past we strive to continue with the progress we deal with Barca came a day after the Spanish wife’s family live, is a lifelong dream and ambi- two years ... my time at Liverpool,” Rodgers said have made and build on last season’s excellent league runners-up agreed to sell Chile forward tion. I believe now the timing is right. “I wish in an emotional statement on the club website. Barclays Premier League campaign. “I am confi- Alexis Sanchez to Arsenal. Brendan Rodgers and the team well for the “The club have done all they can over a sus- dent we will improve the team further and will Liverpool have been champions of Europe future. The club is in great hands and I’m sure tained period of time to try to keep Luis at be stronger this coming season when we will five times, most recently in 2005, and Rodgers will be successful again next season,” said Liverpool. It is with great reluctance and follow- be competing on all fronts, domestically and in said he was striving to push them back among Suarez. ing lengthy discussions we have eventually the greatest club competition in the world, the the elite of European football. “If there is one “I am very proud I have played my part in agreed to his wishes to move to Spain for new Champions League.” thing the history of this great club teaches us it helping to return Liverpool to the elite of the experiences and challenges.” Earlier, Barcelona is that Liverpool FC is bigger than any individ- Premier League and in particular back into the and Premier League runners-up Liverpool joint- World Cup ual,” he explained. “I hope our supporters con- Champions League. “Thank you again for some ly announced that the 27-year-old was moving Suarez was expelled from the World Cup in tinue to dream and believe that we are moving great moments and memories. You’ll Never to the Nou Camp. “The player will travel to Brazil last month and given a nine-match com- forward and with continued improvement and Walk Alone,” he added in a reference to the Barcelona next week for a medical and sign a petitive international ban as well as a four- progression, together we will bring the success club’s famous anthem. — Reuters