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150 Fils 8 AUDY UUT2,21 SAWL1,13 HNo:15907 SATURDAY, 1434 AH SHAWWAL AUGUST 24,2013 17, mosques inLebanon 42 perishasblastshit Continued onPage 14 Sectarian strifeintensifyingamidSyriaspillover still seesthreat retiring FBIchief Years after9/11, car bombkilledatleast24people ina from Beirutcameaweekafter ahuge appealed forcalm. 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Earlier,theLebaneseRed Cross Hundreds morewerewounded, they Tripoli hadrisento42bylateafternoon. the deathtollfromyesterday’sblastsin opposing sidesinSyria. fighters overthebordertosupport Sunni groupsinLebanonhavesent rebellion. BothHezbollahandradical Assad isfightingalargelySunni-led in Syria,wherePresidentBasharAl- has beenstokedbytheconflagration gence ofsectarianviolenceinLebanon movement Hezbollah.Arecentresur- trolled bytheShiiteMuslimmilitant part ofthecapitalBeirutthatiscon- Medical andsecuritysourcessaid PAGE as agentdies retirement Anelka mulls 46 gang-rape inIndia Anger growsover blood. floors ofthemosquewerecovered in wide and2.5metersdeepthe from theblastwasaboutfourmeters reporter atthescenesaidcrater kilograms ofexplosives.AReuters said washitbyacarladenwith100 mosque, whichtheInteriorMinistry a secondblastoutsidetheAl-Salam according toaccountsearlierintheday. and killedatleast14peoplethere, frequented byhardlineSunniIslamists, first explosionhittheTaqwamosque, said atleast500peoplewerehurt.The Further deathswerereportedfrom Continued onPage14 Min Max PAGE 29º 46º local SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013 Kuwait to put bedoon teachers on equal grounds with locals Problem of traffic congestion to be discussed News KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Ministry of teachers’ community in level with Separately, the minister said that in brief Education is discussing plans with the Kuwaiti nationals. the issue of the unavailability of pri- Civil Service Commission to coordi- Of his tour, which was being car- vate Arabic language schools in Al- nate the salaries of illegal resident ried out in Kuwait’s western Jahra Ahmadi Governorate was due to the Khaldiya, Adeliya, Faiha in darkness KUWAIT: teachers in the country with their Governorate, the minister said that difficulty of obtaining vacant lands. Darkness fell on some areas in Khaldiya, Adeliya and Kuwaiti national counterparts. the region contains 130 schools - of On the names of accepted appli- Faiha due to a technical malfunction of a main transformer in Khaldiya causing power cuts in the said areas. The power The ministry awaits the CSC’s various grades - accommodating the cants for diploma studies at the local interruption began at 10 pm Wednesday night and emer- response to their proposal, and hopes needs of some 68,000 pupils. The min- Public Authority for Applied gency crews restored it within two hours. Electricity and Water the issue is dealt with accordingly ister noted to a number of obstacles Education and Training, he said these Undersecretary Engr Ahmad Al-Jassar, who was with the min- before the start of the academic year, these schools could be faced with, but were to be announced next, adding istry’s technical team said power was restored to Khaldiya, Education Minister and Minister of stopped short of explaining what that numbers mentioned across social Adeliya and Faiha area after the malfunction was dealt with. Higher Education Nayef Al-Hajraf told these difficulties were. networking websites were inaccurate. The team was able to load the feeding network on two trans- reporters during a tour of schools Despite this, he said there were He also said he would be dis- formers instead of three, and did not meet the use of diesel generators. Al-Jassar said MEW and all its employees are spar- ahead of the upcoming new educa- many advantages they could look for- cussing with Interior Ministry officials ing no effort to serve consumers with best services available. tional year. ward to, including the completion of the problem of traffic congestion, and He said emergency and maintenance teams dealt instantly The plans aim to bring the salaries, construction amendments on classes would listen to solutions - providing with the problem and power was restored in less than two work leave, benefits and work-related and the linking of electricity to several these do not affect his own ministry’s hours. The cuts included some main streets like Second Ring assessment of the illegal resident supplementary school facilities. academic plans. —KUNA Road and Press Road causing interruption of traffic signals, but the quick intervention of the traffic department prevented accidents as traffic patrols manned the cross roads and organ- ized traffic flow.

MoC to discuss future projects Public Relations Director at the Communications Ministry Dr Ahmad Al-Huseini said Minister Essa Al-Kandari will meet min- istry’s top officials to discuss the ministry’s strategy and future projects. He added the minister concentrated on issues of lib- erating communications activities and its services, besides the privatization of postal services through the establishment of Post Office Company. He said communications and informa- tion technology will also be established. He said that Al- Kandary asked for speeding up the establishment of the roads and transportation authority, the underground metro, rail roads and linking Kuwait with the rest of GCC counties. He said that the minister stressed on speeding up the expansion of Kuwait International Airport. As for the development of land telephone lines, exchanges and Internet, Al-Kandary spoke about importing and installing the necessary systems, and speeding the second stage of the major fiber optics net- work (FTTH), and prepare for the third stage of the fiber optics project, which is among the vital projects of the state. Al- Kandari said the air transportation market must be regulated, and Kuwait International Airport infrastructure must be improved through the expansion project of the airport (termi- nal 2) which will handle 25 million passengers a year, develop- ing the airport’s eastern runway and constructing a third one. Expansion of the current sea ports was also discussed as well as enhancing the infrastructure efficiency through Mubarak Al-Kabeer port, as well as deepening and widening of sea routes. Al-Husseini said the minister stressed that those proj- ects must be executed according to the schedule mentioned in the ministry’s plan.

Bedoon held for drugs

By Hanan Al Saadoun

KUWAIT: Jahra police arrested a bedoon with two envelopes of Shabu, Keptagon tablets, hashish and drugs paraphernalia, and was sent to concerned authorities. A police patrol in Jahra stopped to help a person whose car was on the road, but a person escaped, and another was found in an abnormal con- dition. When police searched him, they found the drugs on him. LOCAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013

KUWAIT: Minister of Information and Minister for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud Al-Sabah with participants in A mother welcoming her son during the return from the the pearl diving revival expedition. — KUNA photos pearl diving expedition. Kuwait pearl diving expedition returns

KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah’s support of the annual traditional diving expedition event, organised by the Kuwait Sea Sports Club, completed on Thursday. Attending the event at the close of the 25th expedition, Kuwait’s Minister of Information and State Minister for Youth Sheikh Salman Sabah Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah quoted HH the Amir’s greetings to the divers, and his appreciation of the important messages the cultural and his- torical activity represents. His remarks were made during a cele- bration known as, Yom Al-Qaffal, or the day of closing - which marks the end of the four-month long traditional pre-oil discovery pearl diving season in Kuwait. A total of 10 dhows, carrying 190 pearl The collected pearls are on display at the divers, anchored at Kuwait Sea Club to Participants in the 25th of pearl diving revival expedition. end of the 25th pearl diving expedition. the applause and delight of awaiting The minister commended the contin- including some from Bahrain and Oman, sters important principles like endurance, families, in a sign of national and local gent of divers, who took part in the and, he said, “This embodies the unity of patience, cooperation and independence. pride. event, along with each of their ship com- purpose of Gulf nations.” “Their harvest of pearls has a huge sym- “Diving expeditions represent a huge manders, traditionally known as the Acting Sea Sports Club Chief Ahmad bolic meaning to the young divers, who importance in reviving traditions of the Noukhetha. The efforts of Sea Sports Club Al-Ghanim said that the safe return of the now can relate to the profession of their sea and commemorate the graciousness officials were also praised. divers marks a link between the current forefathers, who withstood sacrifice in and sacrifices of our forefathers to their In addition to the Kuwaitis, fellow Gulf generation and their past predecessors. order to provide an income for their fami- country,” he said. counterparts took part in the event, The activities have also taught the young- lies and their nation,” he said. — KUNA New health insurance to provide best of services to citizens Recordings of Friday sermons to resume KUWAIT: Health sources said the team that was sion to resume recordings of Friday prayers sermons formed by State Minister for Cabinet Affairs, Health in all Kuwait mosques. Al-Emadi said this step was Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdallah to issue a taken based on the memo from the undersecretaries’ study on implementing health insurance on citizens council which recommended the resumption of ser- is finalizing it and expected to be handed to the mons recording in all mosques to achieve public health minister next week for approval and submis- interest, improve speeches and protect the preacher. sion to the council of ministers. Meanwhile Awqaf Ministry undersecretary said a The sources said the study includes several fees decision to close loudspeakers, and to keep mosques for health insurance and choose one after thorough gates closed, except for certain times will be issued study, besides the services to be rendered. They said soon. the implementation of health insurance aims at pre- He said a meeting for the undersecretaries’ coun- senting the best of services in both government and cil will be held soon to discuss all reviews before sub- private sectors for citizens. mitting them to the minister for his decision. Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Ministry issued a deci- Al-Falah said the decision will improve speeches sion to suspend Imam Dr Shafi Al-Ajmi from leading and allow for follow up of performance and evalua- prayers until further notice. This comes two days tion of speeches and speakers, in addition to pre- after his suspension from delivering speeches. senting proposals to decide on a suitable mecha- Meanwhile Acting Undersecretary Fareed Al- nism, on how to improve speeches that are apart Emadi said Minister of Justice, Minister of Awqaf and from documenting them as those outstanding will be Islamic Affairs Sharida Al-Muosherji approved a deci- published in a book. local SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013

(Left) Chief of KRCS Barjas Al-Barjas seen with Kuwaiti Ambassador to Indonesia Nasser Al-Khaldi during a ceremony. (Centre) The Al Mubarikiya School. (Right) Barjas Al-Barjas and Ambassador Nasser Al-Khaldi inspecting the classroom. KRCS hands over Mubarikiya school to Indonesia School named after first school built in Kuwait KUALA LUMPUR: Kuwait Red Crescent a ceremony on this occasion. 2004 tsunami by rebuilding the infrastruc- emphasized that his country will always Society has completed the structure of Al- HH Sheikh Jaber is late Amir of the ture in many parts of the country. Kuwait remain a supporter of Indonesia and to Mubarikiya School and handed it over to State of Kuwait. The school, named after also helped in building a water desalina- any humanitarian work. The Kuwaiti Banda Aceh province, located at the the first school built in Kuwait, holds all tion plant and an orphanage in addition envoy lauded KRCS’s efforts and wished northwestern tip of Indonesia. necessary facilities from classrooms, labo- to providing up to 300 boats for fisher- this humanitarian body more accomplish- Handing over the school comes as part ratories, theater, meeting halls to medical men in Banda Aceh and its neighboring ments in all voluntary and humanitarian of completing Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al- emergency units. areas. In a statement, Kuwaiti Ambassador works. On his part, Banda Aceh governor Sabah village project in the Indonesian Al-Barjas noted the Kuwait is taking to Indonesia Nasser Al-Khaldi stressed expressed his appreciation to all philan- Province that has started back in 2009, pride in rushing to aid Indonesia, finan- that Kuwait and Indonesia have strong thropic efforts done by the state of Kuwait Chief of KRCS Barjas Al-Barjas said during cially and medically, after it was hit by the political, economic and social bonds. He and the KRCS.— KUNA Culprits carry out their 4th operation successfully

KUWAIT: Security source said that car that was parked under the after being caught in Salmiya. A a gang went to Ardiya gas station building where he lived that was security source said policemen about 3 am on Thursday. Two of blocking his car since early morn- were on a routine patrol in Saliva them were riding a white pickup ing. When police arrived they when they spotted two suspicious truck while the third was driving a found out the car belonged to a girls but when they stopped they forklift which later was found to woman who met her boyfriend discovered they were men in be stolen. They forced the only and went with him in his car. women’s clothes. The two were guard at the station to keep quiet Security source said while the citi- arrested and are being interrogat- as they threatened to kill him. zen and police were waiting for a ed. They used the stolen forklift to tow truck to move the car, the uproot the ATM machine and woman came along with her Mentally retarded saved placed in the pickup truck leaving boyfriend and kept begging at A mentally retarded man was the fork lift behind. the policeman not to tow the car. rescued from drowning by sea The culprits carried out their Both the woman and her friend rescuers in Raksa area following a fourth operation successfully. This were taken to Salmiya police sta- call from a citizen. A source said a is their fourth hit as they failed in tion for questioning. citizen who was on a boat noticed first two while succeeding in the a person drowning so he attempt- third. This last incident is their Lieutenant insulted ed to rescue him but failed, so he NBK launches health second success raising questions A lieutenant accused a uni- called the operations room. about the seriousness of security formed individual of belittling Salmiya sea rescuers responded awareness program efforts to catch the gang during and insulting him through a and searched the area and found the past two months as well as recording that was broadcast the man in Raksa area and saved the reduced security presence through whats app. The accused him from drowning. The rescuers among employees which enables criminals to com- denied the charge and police are were surprised to find the man KUWAIT: mit such crimes! The source said investigating. The lieutenant was was totally naked before discover- National Bank of Kuwait encouraging them to go through when the guard recovered from surprised with the recording in ing that he was retarded. He was (NBK) launched its annual health medical checkups. The blood dona- his shock he called police who which the uniformed person was handed over to the paramedics. awareness program among its tion campaign is a commitment went to the crime scene and took speaking about him with a lan- employees. The program aims to towards all patients who are in dire the statement of the guard who guage full of insults so he went to increase employees’ awareness to need of Blood, and is held to support said he was surprised by the Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh police station Indian robbed of KD 650 avoid health problems and includes the mobile blood unit of the Blood thieves who threatened to kill him and filed complaint against the A thief posing as a detective breast cancer awareness, blood Bank. The program is held under the if he made a move. Detectives him. The accused was summoned robbed an Indian of KD 650 donation campaign, dental checkup supervision and direction of dietitians took descriptions of the suspects and questioned but he denied according to the victim’s com- as well as many health initiatives. and specialized doctors who con- and their pickup truck which did any wrong doing. Detectives on plaint in Ahmadi police station. The health awareness program stantly follow up with the employees have license plate. The same their part discovered that the start The Indian told police that that comes as part of a comprehensive and monitor their progress. descriptions fit those who carried of the broadcast was from a Gulf while walking home in Ahmadi a agenda aiming at building up a NBK strongly supports health care out the previous three hits. number. Investigations are going man in a 4WD vehicle stopped healthy lifestyle among NBK employ- awareness. Throughout the years, Detectives are hard at work to put on to find out the exact source. and claimed he was detective, ees focusing on raising awareness on NBK also organized several social an end to this criminal activity. searched him and took the KD 650 serious health threats. The breast awareness programs including blood Cross dressers arrested from him before escaping. cancer awareness aims at protecting donation drives and breast cancer Lovers block car Two cross dressers were sent Investigations are underway. female staff against breast cancer by awareness campaigns. A citizen found it strange for a to criminal detectives department — Al Rai

LOCAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013 Hiring expectancy in MENA on the rise: Survey Middle East, North Africa considering hiring in next three months

KUWAIT: An employee is seen counting currencies at a local bank.

KUWAIT: The latest Bayt.com Job Index sur- companies (27% ‘definitely’ and 30% ‘prob- job seekers and employers alike to make municate well in both English and Arabic vey, conducted by Bayt.com, a Middle East’s ably’ hiring); these three sectors dominate informed decisions based on the regional (50%), the ability to be a team player (48%), jobsite, and YouGov, a research and con- hiring expectancies in the next 12 months, employment market.” and good leadership skills (47%). sulting organisation, has shown that more too. Regionally in the next three months, the Candidates with experience in managing a than half of the companies in the Middle “The fact that many jobs are coming majority of companies (45%) are looking to team (42%), computer skills (31%), and sales East and North Africa are considering hiring from small-to-medium sized local compa- hire less than five jobs, with 24% looking to and marketing (27%) are also sought after. in the next three months. nies is a good sign of booming local fill between 6-to-10 new positions. The “The trend continues that more compa- Across the region, 30% of companies economies in the Middle East, as this signals majority of jobs will be for junior executives nies are looking to hire junior executives claim to be definitely hiring, with an addi- and executives, which is good news for tional 25% ‘probably hiring’ in the coming 3 graduates and first-time employees. That months. The country with the highest hiring there are a number of upcoming jobs in the expectancy in the next 3 months is Saudi ‘The fact that many jobs are coming from private sector should contribute to resolv- Arabia, with a collective 65% of companies ing regional unemployment issues by pro- ‘definitely’ (41%) or ‘probably’ (24%) hiring. small-to-medium sized local companies is viding new graduates with career opportu- The country with the lowest hiring nities,” said Sundip Chahal, CEO, YouGov. expectancy is Morocco, with only 17% of a good sign of booming local economies The MENA’s most attractive industries companies ‘definitely’ hiring, and 21% are perceived to be banking and finance ‘probably’ hiring. (35% - up from 33% in the first half of 2013), In the next 12 months, 31% of the in the Middle East, as this signals that construction (32% - equal to the first half of region’s companies expect to be ‘definitely 2013), telecommunications (31% - down 2% hiring’ and 37% will be ‘probably hiring’. smaller entrepreneurial ventures are more from the first half of 2013). According to Algeria has the highest expectations for respondents, the MENA’s most attractive future hiring, with 75% of its companies countries to live and work in are the UAE claiming they will ‘definitely’ or ‘probably’ comfortable hiring than they were in the (54% of UAE residents say their country is take on new employees in the next year. most attractive), followed by Qatar (46%) Bahrain is at the other end of the scale, with beginning of the year.’ and Saudi Arabia (44%). just 48% of its companies anticipating new hires within the same period. Data for the Bayt.com Job Index August The majority of jobs across the region that smaller entrepreneurial ventures are (33%), executives (28%), and managers 2013 survey was collected online from June will come from the private sector in the next more comfortable hiring than they were in (27%). Employees with qualifications in 12-July 25 2013. Results are reported on a 3 months, led by large local companies the beginning of the year,” said Suhail business management (28%), engineering base of 3,430 respondents. Countries that par- (34% ‘definitely’ and 29% ‘probably’ hiring), Masri, VP of Sales, Bayt.com. (25%), and commerce (21%) are most in ticipated are UAE, KSA, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, multi-nationals (35% ‘definitely’ and 24% “At Bayt.com, we specialise in gathering demand, while the most desirable skills for Bahrain, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, ‘probably’ hiring), and small-medium local the most relevant information that will help regional job seekers are the ability to com- Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Pakistan. SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013 US divided over how to Bruised Egypt Brotherhood Anger grows over respond to Middle East 9 seeks to show street power 10 gang-rape in India 12

JAMMU: An Indian nomad herder leaps off the back of a water buffalo into the flooded waters of the River Tawi on the outskirts Jammuof yesterday. Hot and humid weather conditions are prevailing across the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir with humidity levels reaching some 85 percent and temperatures soaring to 35 degrees Centigrade. — AFP UK taps into Mideast fibre-optic cables Britain operates secret monitoring station in Mideast LONDON: Britain runs a secret monitoring Minister David Cameron’s advisers to on Sept 11, 2001. Britain’s monitoring sta- leaks were “highly sensitive”, and could put station in the Middle East to intercept large demand the return of secrets from the tion in the Middle East was set up under lives at risk if it fell into the wrong hands. numbers of telephone calls, emails and Guardian newspaper. The London-based former Foreign Secretary David Miliband, Counter-terrorism detectives said they internet traffic that it shares with intelli- Independent, which did not say how it got who served in that post between 2007 and had begun a criminal investigation after gence agencies in the United States, the access to the information from the 2010, the Independent said. Britain’s for- looking at material taken from David Independent newspaper reported yester- Snowden documents, said the British had eign ministry declined comment. A Miranda, partner of American journalist day. The station is part of a 1 billion pound tapped into the underwater fibre-optic spokesman for GCHQ could not be reached Glenn Greenwald, during his nine-hour ($1.56 billion) global eavesdropping project cables which pass through the Middle East. for immediate comment on the report. detention at Heathrow Airport on run by Britain to intercept digital communi- Data gleaned from the monitoring station, Snowden’s leaks have embarrassed both Sunday. Miranda, a Brazilian citizen who cations, the newspaper said, citing leaked whose exact location the Independent said Britain and the United States by laying bare had been ferrying documents between documents from former US National it would not reveal, is then passed onto the extent of their surveillance programs. Greenwald and a Berlin-based journalist Security Agency contractor Edward Britain’s eavesdropping agency (GCHQ) in London and Washington say their spies contact of Snowden’s, was held at Snowden. Cheltenham, England, and shared with the operate within the law and that the leaks Heathrow under anti-terrorism powers, Snowden’s leaks have sparked a global US National Security Agency. have damaged national security. British before being released without charge surveillance scandal that has pitted US Western intelligence agencies rushed to police said on Thursday that documents minus his laptop, phone, a computer President Barack Obama against the improve their monitoring of Middle East seized from the partner of a Guardian jour- hard drive and memory sticks. He has Kremlin and prompted British Prime traffic after the attacks on the United States nalist who has led coverage of Snowden’s since left Britain for Brazil. — Reuters INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY,AUGUST 24, 2013

Syria: The West’s military options

WASHINGTON: Following reports of a large-scale chemical weapons strike, pressure is mounting on the United States and its Western allies to act to halt the violence in Syria. But, with politicians and public alike loathe to get sucked into another drawn out land war in the Middle East, what military options remain on the table?

BUFFER ZONES Some experts suggest buffer zones could be created along Syria’s Turkish and perhaps Jordanian borders to serve as a safe area for refugees and as a rebel rear base. This would limit the area that international troops would need to control but, as America’s top general Martin Dempsey warned in a letter to US lawmakers, it would be no easy task. “Lethal force would be required to defend the zones against air, missile, and ground attacks,” the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said. “This would necessitate the establishment of a limited no-fly zone, with its associated resource requirements. Thousands of US ground forces would be needed, even if posi- tioned outside Syria, to support those physically defending the zones.” Meanwhile, security expert Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies warned that the tactic might not be enough to ensure President Bashar Al- Assad’s defeat. “It may well mean rebel defeat or giving the Assad regime control over so much of Syria that little is left to the rebels except for the equivalent of armed refugee camps at TRIPOLI: Smoke is seen above people gathering outside a mosque on the site of a powerful explosion in the northern Syria’s margins or borders,” he said. “They might also end up Lebanese city of Tripoli yesterday. — AFP shielding Syrian refugees near the border area without offering any real hope for the future.” NO FLY ZONE US divided over how to Influential voices, including some US lawmakers, have called for allied air power to enforce a no-fly zone over Syria in order to prevent Assad’s regime from bombing rebel forces and civilian populations. Senator John McCain, a senior figure on foreign respond to Middle East policy and former naval aviator, has argued that this could be accomplished relatively easily, but other experts have warned that it would not be without risk. According to a US Air Force Egypt, Syria and the moral dilemma study: “Syria’s air-defense network at the start of the civil war ranked among the most capable and dense in the world, per- WASHINGTON: Persistent violence in Syria tary action against Assad’s government. tion with Egypt “cannot continue as usual.” haps second only to North Korea’s and Russia’s. and Egypt has sharply divided senior advis- Obama on Friday told CNN called the However, the US military has continued “The overlapping coverage of missiles and radars consisted ers in the Obama administration over a latest possible chemical weapons attack in shipments of thousands of spare parts for of approximately 650 static air-defense sites, the most worri- moral dilemma: How far should the US go Syria a “big event of grave concern,” but he American weapons systems used by the some of which housed the SA-5 Gammon, having a range of to stop the killing when its actions could said the idea that the US can solve Syria’s Egyptian forces. Plans continue for sending 165 nautical miles and an altitude capability of 100,000 feet.” lead to war with Syria or damage relations civil war is “overstated.” As for Egypt, he armored bulldozers for border security, The US Joint Chiefs of Staff warn that the campaign to establish with Egypt? Hundreds have died in Egypt said cutting off aid to that country “may radars and missiles in the coming months. a no-fly zone would not simply involve patrolling fighter jets, during protests brought on by the military not reverse what the interim government Meanwhile, the latest concerns about but also bombing runs against air defense sites and Syrian air- overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi. does.” He said the US must be “very care- chemical weapons in Syria prompted a bases, backed by refueling tankers and electronic countermea- In Syria, allegations of chemical ful” about being seen as aiding and abet- meeting of Obama’s national security team. sures. “We would require hundreds of ground and sea-based weapons attacks on civilians by the gov- ting actions that run contrary to the coun- Secretary of State John Kerry, who is on aircraft,” Dempsey said. ernment of President Bashar Assad come try’s values. vacation, attended via video teleconfer- Just closing down Assad’s main air bases would require a sal- amid reports of hundreds more victims in a The next military weapons shipments ence and made a flurry of telephone calls to vo of at least 72 cruise missiles on the first night alone, accord- 2-year-old civil war that, by UN estimates, for Egypt are scheduled for next month - world leaders to discuss the unrelenting ing to a report by the Institute for the Study of War. Cordesman has already killed more than 100,000. including 10 Apache helicopters at a cost bloodshed in Syria. The United States said said such a campaign would require access to airfields in the Pentagon leaders, including Defense of about $500 million. Also scheduled for in June that it had conclusive evidence that region, and support from US allies such as Britain, France and Secretary Chuck Hagel and Gen Martin delivery are a number of M1A1 tank kits, Assad’s government had used chemical Arab Gulf monarchies. And even with such a coalition, it might Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of including machine guns and other equip- weapons against opposition forces. not have the desired effect, according to the retired US com- Staff, have argued for moderation in the US ment used with the tanks, as well as some That crossed what Obama had called a mander for the Middle East, General James Mattis. “Can we do response. used missiles. The missiles, which have “red line” and prompted a US decision to it? Absolutely,” he said. “And the killing will go on the ground They say that cutting off aid to Egypt been moved and handled but not yet fired, send arms to Syrian rebels, including guns, because they are not using aircraft to do most of the killing.” would threaten key national security could be used for spare parts by the ammunition and shoulder fired, anti-tank agreements and could rattle the peace Egyptian military or they could be refur- grenades. State Department spokeswoman DESTROY OR SECURE between Egypt and Israel. They suggest bished for launching. Jen Psaki said that 1,000 to 1,800 people Although most of the estimated 100,000 dead in the civil war that such action would cost the US its According to senior US officials, howev- were killed near Damascus in the latest have been killed with conventional arms, the international com- leverage and even risk losing access to the er, the administration is expected to delay alleged chemical weapons attack. She said munity has been outraged by Assad’s alleged use of chemical Suez Canal and permission for military the delivery of Apache helicopters. That Obama had directed US intelligence agen- weapons. Western experts believe the regime holds hundreds flights over Egypt. Others in the adminis- move, which may not come until next cies to gather additional information, but of tons of sarin, VX and mustard gas, and some have called on tration have countered that the US should week, would be the second major “right now, we are unable to conclusively American forces to lead an operation to destroy or secure the take more decisive action to curtail the vio- weapons sale put on hold by the US in an determine chemical weapons use.” stockpile and prevent it being used on civilians or falling into lence in Egypt as well as the sectarian war effort to pressure the Egyptian military to French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius terrorist hands. in Syria. halt the bloodshed and take steps toward on Tuesday raised the possibility of the Again, Dempsey was unenthusiastic. So far, the White House has taken only a more peaceful transition to democracy. international community using force. “At a minimum, this option would call for a no-fly zone as incremental steps. In that vein, it’s expected The officials spoke on condition of Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu well as air and missile strikes involving hundreds of aircraft, to announce in the coming days the sus- anonymity because they were not author- said at a news conference in Berlin, ships, submarines, and other enablers,” he said. “Thousands of pension of another major weapons ship- ized to discuss the matter by name. “Several red lines have been crossed - if special operations forces and other ground forces would be ment to Egypt. The lack of a unified posi- To express displeasure about the sanctions are not imposed immediately, needed to assault and secure critical sites,” he warned, adding tion - both within the Obama administra- Egyptian crackdown on pro-Morsi demon- then we will lose our power to deter.” Kerry that even this would offer no guarantees. “The impact would be tion and in Congress - is giving President strators, the US suspended the delivery of has also urged other nations to help gather the control of some, but not all chemical weapons,” he said, Barack Obama time and space for his cau- four F-16 fighter jets to Egypt and canceled information about the reports of chemical adding: “Our inability to fully control Syria’s storage and delivery tious approach. But that is riling those who biennial US-Egyptian military exercises weapons attacks. And the Obama adminis- systems could allow extremists to gain better access.” — AFP believe that the US should put stronger planned for next month. Obama has said tration is expected to hold more meetings pressure on Egypt’s military and take mili- that the United States’ long-term coopera- on the matter in coming days. — AP INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013 1 year on, tough Bruised Egypt Brotherhood times for fragile Somali govt seeks to show street power NAIROBI: Hopes that Somalia may soon turn the page on decades of anarchy have been dealt a string of blows, giv- Islamist movement reeling from bloodshed, arrests ing the internationally-backed government little to cheer as it marks its first birthday. Al-Qaeda-inspired fighters, CAIRO: Egyptian troops and police stood breakaway regions, rival clans and an ongoing climate of ready in Cairo to foil Muslim Brotherhood rampant insecurity have conspired to ensure the Horn of plans for “Friday of Martyrs” protests Africa nation remains saddled with its basket case image. against the army’s bloody crackdown on The new government was the first to be given global followers of ousted President Mohamed recognition since the collapse of the hardline regime in Morsi yesterday. The Brotherhood, 1991, and billions in foreign aid has been poured in. But in hounded by Egypt’s new army-backed a major blow this month, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) - rulers, has called for marches from 28 an aid agency used to working in the world’s most danger- mosques after midday prayers in Cairo, ous places-pulled out after two decades in the country. The testing the resilience of its battered sup- agency said it could no longer put up with a “barrage of port base. attacks”, including kidnappings, threats, lootings and mur- Security precautions appeared rela- der. tively low-key, even near the Fateh “It came at a moment when world leaders, for the first mosque in the heart of the capital where time in decades, began making positive noises about a gun battles raged last Friday and country on the road to recovery and with a stable govern- Saturday, killing scores of people. The ment,” said MSF president Unni Karunakara. “For them, the mosque’s metal gates and big front door timing of our decision could not have been worse.” Somalia were locked and chained. A doorman said has taken steps forward, particularly in the coastal capital of prayers had been cancelled. Two armored Mogadishu-now busy with laborers rebuilding after Islamist personnel carriers were parked down the Shebab fighters fled their city trenches two years ago. street, where people shopped at a But the situation elsewhere remains bleak. “Rarely has it bustling market. been so important to bear in mind the old maxim: Egypt has endured the bloodiest civil WEST BANK: Palestinian protesters kick an Israel army vehicle during a demon- Mogadishu is not Somalia,” argues Matt Bryden, in a report unrest in its modern history since Aug 14 for the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). stration in support of Egypt’s ousted president Mohamed Morsi, in the con- when police destroyed protest camps set “The stream of returnees, investors, aid workers and diplo- trolled Israeli enclave called H2, in the West Bank town of Hebron yesterday. up by Morsi’s supporters in Cairo to mats to Mogadishu has not been replicated elsewhere in Supporters of Morsi began marches in Cairo yesterday in a key test of their demand the reinstatement of the Islamist the country, creating an artificial, almost surreal bubble of ability to mobilize support seven weeks after his overthrow. — AFP president, who was deposed by the army optimism.” strengthened their presence around the officials say. Brotherhood supporters say on July 3 after huge demonstrations Mogadishu’s government, selected in a UN-backed presidential palace and the defense min- the toll is higher. The Brotherhood, found- process in August 2012, was hailed as offering the best against his first year’s rule. Only one riot istry. The Muslim Brotherhood, which ed in 1928, could once mobilize vast chance for peace in a generation. British Prime Minister police truck was parked near the Rabaa won five successive votes held in Egypt crowds, drawing on the same organiza- David Cameron, speaking in May ahead of an international Al-Adawiya square in northeastern Cairo, after the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak in tional strength it wielded at the ballot conference on Somalia in London, said then that the steps home to the Brotherhood’s biggest 2011, is reeling from a week of bloodshed box, but its protests have dwindled this forward had “exceeded all expectations”. But the South protest vigil until police and troops and the arrest of many of its leaders in week in the face of the security crack- African-based Institute for Security Studies (ISS) noted that stormed in, killing hundreds of people, what the authorities call a battle with ter- down. progress has been “painstakingly slow”. bulldozing barricades and burning tents. rorism. “We will remain steadfast on the road “The failure of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s The mosque there was closed for In a symbolic victory for the army- to defeating the military coup,” the pro- administration to consolidate power beyond Mogadishu repairs. Workmen in blue overalls stood dominated old order, Hosni Mubarak, the Morsi National Coalition to Support and the general lawlessness in many parts of country, on scaffolding as they covered its charred ex-military former president who ruled Legitimacy and Reject the Coup said in a remain stark reminders of the huge challenges to lasting walls with white paint. Children scav- Egypt with an iron fist for 30 years before statement. Graffiti on a mosque wall in peace in Somalia,” ISS added. Some progress in Mogadishu enged through piles of garbage. Troops a popular uprising toppled him in 2011, central Cairo illustrated the deep divisions but little outside-Outside the city, the weak central govern- used barbed wire to block off a thorough- was freed from jail on Thursday. His suc- that have emerged since army chief ment has little influence, with much of the country frac- fare leading to Nahda Square, the site of cessor Mursi, Egypt’s first freely elected Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi ousted Morsi. The tured into autonomous regions, including the self-declared the smaller of the two Brotherhood sit-ins. president, remains behind bars. The spraypainted message “yes to Sisi” had and fiercely independent northern Somaliland. Traffic moved freely around the huge Brotherhood’s “General Guide” Mohamed been crossed out and painted over with The northeast Puntland region cut ties with central gov- Nour mosque in the Abbaseya neighbor- Badie, who was arrested on Tuesday, is the word “traitor.” Slogans elsewhere read ernment in a furious row earlier this month, while in the far hood. There were no armored vehicles or due to go on trial tomorrow along with “Morsi is a spy” and “Morsi out”. Someone south self-declared leaders of the Jubaland region defy barbed wire, but Friday prayers there had his two deputies, Khairat Al-Shater and had also written “Freedom, Justice, Mogadishu’s authority. The Shebab too remain powerful, also been cancelled. Saad Al-Katatni, on charges that include Brotherhood.” The Brotherhood survived despite losing a string of key towns and leaders carrying The authorities declared a month-long incitement to violence. for generations as an underground out bloody purges of rivals. Suicide attacks on a UN com- state of emergency last week and they At least 900 people, including about movement before emerging as Egypt’s pound in June demonstrated the Shebab’s ability to strike enforce a nightly curfew. The state news 100 soldiers and police, have been killed best-drilled political force after Mubarak at the heart of the capital’s most secure areas. — AFP agency said the armed forces had in violence across Egypt since Aug. 14, fell. — Reuters Tunisian opposition rejects ruling Islamists’ concession

TUNIS: Tunisia’s opposition coalition yesterday rejected the Islamists stressed that a “national dialogue” bringing political differences, including on the new constitution, proposals by the ruling Islamists for ending a month-long together supporters and opponents of the ruling coalition which has been repeatedly delayed. The union’s secretary political crisis, saying their offer to enter talks on a govern- needed to take place first. “We are going to keep up the general, Houcine Abassi, was due to meet the Ennahda ment of technocrats was insufficient. “All negotiations pressure for the government’s dissolution, we have a plan leader Rached Ghannouchi again at 1700 GMT yesterday. without the (immediate) dissolution of the government are to step up the mobilization on the ground,” Hammami The opposition accuses the government of failing to rein in a waste of time,” said Taieb Baccouche, a representative of said. Tunisia’s Islamists hardliners, who are blamed for murder- the National Salvation Front. The opposition has called for nationwide anti-govern- ing Brahmi and Chokri Belaid, another prominent secular He was speaking after meeting members of the UGTT ment demonstrations, starting on Saturday, with the first politician whose assassination in February brought down trade union confederation, which has been mediating big gathering to take place outside the national assembly. the first Ennahda-led coalition. between the two sides and which forwarded the ruling Activists and opposition MPs have gathered regularly out- Ennahda has also been accused of mismanaging the Ennahda party’s proposals. Jilani Hammami, another NSF side parliament over the past month, with two protests, on economy and failing to improve living standards. The criti- representative, described Ennahda’s proposals, the details August 6 and 13, drawing tens of thousands of people. The cism is similar to that leveled against Egypt’s Islamist presi- of which were not communicated to the press, as ambigu- UGTT, which boasts some 500,000 members and is capable dent Mohamed Morsi by millions of protesters who took to ous. of bringing the country to a standstill, has been central to the streets before the army overthrew him on July 3. Senior Ennahda indicated on Thursday, for the first time since the negotiations, shuttling between the Islamists and the Ennahda members have, for their part, accused the opposi- the start of the crisis triggered by the assassination of opposition in a bid to break the deadlock. tion of trying to mirror events in Egypt, saying that their opposition MP Mohamed Brahmi, that it might agree to the Beyond the composition of the government itself, demands amount to an attempt to engineer a “coup” like resignation of the coalition government which it heads. But Ennahda wants the national dialogue to address other key the one that ousted Morsi. — AFP INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013 Bo describes his Iranian supreme leader wife as ‘insane’ does not rule supreme JINAN: Fallen Chinese politician Bo Xilai described his wife as “insane” yesterday after his corruption trial heard video testi- mony from her implicating him in bribery, in a case that is grip- Khamenei has the last word, but listens first ping the communist-run country. Gu Kailai, once a high-flying DUBAI: US President Barack Obama has ple helping train government forces in after coming to office in 2009 to extend lawyer but convicted last year of murdering Neil Heywood, the twice written to Iranian Supreme Leader Syria’s civil war and supporting Hezbollah the hand of peace to Iran if it “unclenched British businessman whose death sparked the corruption scan- Ayatollah Ali Khamenei believing that he, militants in Lebanon - also control large its fist”, his administration has imposed dal that brought Bo down, looked nervous in the pre-recorded not the president, holds ultimate power in parts of the oil-based economy. what it has called “the most robust sanc- video. the Islamic Republic and the key to Though all roads lead to the leader, tions in history” on Iran’s vital oil industry, She described telling her husband of a series of bribes, but unlocking the dispute over Tehran’s Khamenei also has to satisfy these con- its shipping and banking sectors. Bo told the court she was mentally unstable and had com- nuclear program. But the surprise emer- stituencies and balance their interests, Together, US, European Union and United pared herself to a historical Chinese assassin, telling him she gence of President Hassan Rouhani, a especially those of the Revolutionary Nations sanctions have helped cut in half felt “heroic” when killing Heywood. The scandal erupted in close associate of Khamenei who advo- Guards. “Khamenei is not a dictator in the Iran’s oil exports since 2011, raise inflation advance of a generational shift of power atop China’s cates moderation, has shown a more classic sense, but there is no question that to more than 40 percent and devalue the Communist Party, and Bo’s feisty performance over the two nuanced picture of power in Iran in which on particular issues such as the nuclear file rial currency by nearly two-thirds since the days of his trial has astonished a public unfamiliar with the the clerical leader listens to opposing he probably will have the last word,” said start of 2012. Yet Rouhani has said he is open airing of top-level intrigue. views and then reaches a consensus. Gary Sick, an Iran expert and former US open to direct talks with the United States, In her testimony, Gu said she feared Heywood would kid- Though supreme leader, Khamenei National Security Council official. with which Iran has had no diplomatic nap and kill the couple’s son Bo Guagua in the United States. does not rule supreme. “Of course relations since soon after its 1979 revolu- She looked thin and pale during the questioning, recorded ear- Khamenei has his own personal view- GOOD LISTENER tion. In doing so, the president has at least lier this month. It was played in court the day after Bo pleaded points which in the last 10, 15 years until “He will listen very carefully to what is proclaimed a change of tactics that appear ignorance to her dealings, and released by the court on now have been stable and he insists on being said before he gives the last word to be at odds with Khamenei’s long-held Chinese social media, where it had more than one million them and repeats them,” said Aliasghar and the last word may be more of a coali- views. It is not, however, a change of poli- views in an hour. Asked if Bo knew about airline tickets and Ramezanpoor, a former deputy culture tion-building effort than dictating exactly cy since Rouhani also insists he will never other items provided by business tycoon Xu Ming-who prose- minister, listing Khamenei’s deep distrust what the policy will be,” he said. “When an relinquish the Islamic Republic’s “right” to cutors said had bribed him to the tune of 20.7 million yuan of the United States, Western cultural issue is raised in an expert report, or vari- nuclear technology. ($3.4 million) - Gu at first said “he should have been aware”. influence and his insistence on the nuclear ous factions argue a point, and not just Indicating he will at least give Rouhani Pressed by the questioner, she said: “I told him.” According to program as a red line. one faction, he pays a lot of attention,” a chance to try out the new posture, transcripts of yesterday’s hearing released by the court in Jinan Himself president from 1981 to 1989, said Ramezanpoor. Khamenei’s public Khamenei has most recently said he is also in eastern China on Sina Weibo, a Chinese equivalent of Khamenei “knows that on administrative comments suggest he believes that even if not against direct talks, but merely doubts Twitter, Bo told the court: “She is insane now and she often issues of the country he must be flexible,” Iran were to give up atomic energy work they will succeed. Khamenei allowed each tells lies. “The investigators placed enormous pressure on her Ramezanpoor said. The Iranian political that the West deems a smoke screen for of the two previous presidents, the to expose me when she was mentally disordered.” She had system is a complex mix of Shiite Muslim attaining a nuclear arsenal, the United reformist Mohammad Khatami and the compared herself to Jing Ke, who more than 2,000 years ago clerical authority and an elected president States is bent on regime change and so populist hardliner Mahmoud tried and failed to kill the man who would become the first and parliament, overseen by numerous any concessions are futile. Ahmadinejad, a period of grace in which emperor of a unified China, he added. The claim was “sufficient appointed regulatory councils. Then there From the supreme leader’s perspective, they pursued policies he disliked before to prove that she was mentally disordered”, Bo said. are the elite Revolutionary Guards who, as there are good grounds for thinking that he blocked them and rendered them inef- The trial was widely expected to last for up to two days, but well as being engaged abroad - for exam- way. Even though Obama offered soon fective.— Reuters will continue for a third day today, the court announced as yes- terday’s hearing ended. State-run media have proclaimed the proceedings a mark of transparency. Bo, once one of China’s highest-flying politicians, faces charges of bribery, embezzle- ment and abuse of power which emerged after the lurid scan- In rare openness, China dal triggered by Heywood’s death. Bo presented an unexpectedly spirited defense against bribery charges as the trial began on Thursday, comparing one microblogs Bo Xilai trial witness, businessman Tang Xiaolin, to a “mad dog” who appeared to have “sold his soul”. State broadcaster CCTV yes- BEIJING: The drama of China’s Bo Xilai trial orfully denying bribery accusations, label- her own weibo account after meeting with terday released video of one of the trial’s most dramatic has millions glued to their screens as a ing his wife “insane” and comparing anoth- online ridicule. “Isn’t bowing your head to moments, when Bo cross-examined Xu Ming, a former prawn court posts Twitter-like updates in what er witness to a “mad dog”. The court’s veri- read the latest news better than raising seller who built a huge fortune after developing a relationship state media say is an unprecedented fied weibo account was set up less than a your head with nothing to say? This is the with Bo’s family. In a colorful exchange-which touched on a advance for transparency in the commu- week ago but has already accumulated new-media age.” football club, a hot air balloon and the purchase of a French vil- nist-ruled country. But while the Jinan more than 400,000 followers as people Only select members of state-run media la-Bo argued that the tycoon had not made him aware of the Intermediate People’s Court is posting across China flocked online for updates. were allowed into the court, leaving dozens transactions. details of the proceedings on Sina Weibo, a In a mark of how social media has domi- of reporters to strain at a screen carrying Bo’s populist politics won supporters across China but Chinese equivalent of Twitter, they are nated coverage of the trial, a television the online updates in a court-run media alienated top party leaders who saw his brash approach as a sometimes delayed and no independent anchorwoman was seen staring at her centre in Jinan, in eastern China. Even so return to a bygone era of strongman rule. Backroom political observers are in court. phone for updates as she broadcast live. the state-run China Daily said the case discussions ahead of the trial have ensured that a guilty verdict Transcripts, video and audio clips “When the court’s weibo is the only source “breaks ground for transparency” in a front- from the court is almost certain, with a lengthy prison sentence showed Bo-formerly a high-flying politician of news on the trial is it wrong to use a page headline Friday.For China’s likely to follow, analysts say. At least five relatives attended the who was tipped for a top job in Beijing-col- phone?” the presenter, Yang Shu, asked on Communist Party, which faces much hearing, including Li Wangzhi, Bo’s son from his first marriage. resentment over the lavish lifestyles of high Li released a statement to The New York Times praising his officials as exposed by the Bo affair, father’s courage in speaking out, while thanking the authori- microblogging allowed a “controlled open- ties for allowing him to do so. ness”, according to Zhan Jiang, professor of “I thank the party central authorities and the court for giv- journalism at Beijing’s Foreign Studies ing the defendant greater rights to a defense and freedom University. “I call it a kind of openness than he had expected, allowing my father to speak his true mind,” he said, adding he was “proud” of his father. “I hope which is also controlled, because it’s not that my father will continue to respect the law, and that the like a live broadcast... only approved con- law may also respect the facts, and leave the people an expla- tent is put online,” he said. “I think this is a nation, leave history an explanation, and leave his son an clever tactic by officials. “This is the first explanation too,” said Li, who is in his mid-30s and has report- time social media has been used to broad- edly not seen his father for several years. Bo Xilai’s own father, cast such important political news... for revolutionary military leader Bo Yibo, also gained a reputation Chinese people this is extremely for defying the authorities, refusing to admit any wrongdoing fresh.”When the “Gang of Four”-a faction while he was jailed and abused during the Cultural Revolution. that included the widow of founding com- Police-uniformed and plain-clothed-blocked off roads around munist leader Mao Zedong-were put on tri- the court again yesterday morning, with the only journalists al in 1980, recorded highlights were shown able to gain entry to the proceedings from state-run media. A on state television. The Bo trial proceed- convoy thought to be carrying Bo, which included a silver ings-embracing villas in France, hot-air bal- Mercedes prison van, pulled into the main entrance shortly loons and a Segway scooter-have captivat- before the trial restarted in the morning.—AFP BEIJING: People walk past one of the houses that belongs to fallen Chinese ed their audience, but steered clear of more political star Bo Xilai and his family in Beijing yesterday. —AFP general criticism of the party. —AFP INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013 Mass grave found near Mexico City

TLALMANALCO: Authorities searched a mass grave near Mexico City on Thursday as anxious relatives braced to learn whether the remains were those of 12 young people kidnapped in May. Mexico City’s top prosecutor, Rodolfo Rios, said the decomposed bodies of seven people have been recovered since the search began in a park on Wednesday. Workers were still digging the muddied pit. Rios said it would take at least two days to get DNA test results to identify the victims, adding more suspense to a case that has shocked the capital. The kidnapped, aged 16 to 34, were taken from a downtown bar in broad daylight on a Sunday morning three months ago in a case that raised concerns about security in Mexico City, challenging the perception that it is relatively immune from the country’s drug cartel violence. The mass grave was discovered at the Rancho La Mesa ecolog- ical park in the municipality of Tlalmanalco, a mountainous area of pine trees, corn fields and humble rural homes 30 kilometers (19 miles) southeast of the capital. A federal police officer at the scene told AFP that authorities had searched a ranch for weapons on Wednesday and found firearms in a parked trailer when they happened to find a stretch of land covered in cement. “We began to dig and found the bodies,” he said. One kilome- ter from the grave, police blocked access on a dirt road surround- ed by corn fields. Some relatives of victims were there with an MUMBAI: Photographer holds a placard during a protest against the gang-rape of a colleague in Mumbai yester- attorney and one woman was seen sobbing but refused to speak. day. —AFP In the capital, other anxious relatives stormed Rios’s press confer- ence to demand answers. They also met privately with him. “The excavation continues to check if there are more bodies,” Rios told Anger grows over gang-rape reporters. The aunt of 16-year-old abductee Jerzy Ortiz, Eugenia Ponce Ramos, later said in an interview that the families were “dis- of photographer in Mumbai tressed due to the uncertainty.” An official from the federal attor- ney general’s office said the remains were mere bones, making it difficult for now to determine the cause of death or even whether ‘Mumbai: India’s New Rape Capital’ they were male or female. A lawyer representing some victims’ relatives, Ricardo Martinez, said a police officer who was at the MUMBAI: Five men gang-raped a woman tal, happened in an abandoned mill com- gang-rape, and Thursday’s attack once site told him that 13 bodies were found after the two detainees photographer in India’s financial hub pound next to an area of upscale apart- again captured the attention of the media took authorities to the grave. Mumbai, police said yesterday, fuelling ment blocks, shops and restaurants. and public. “Women need to be vigilant “According to the people who spoke with me and others I protests and stirring memories of a similar Yesterday, police stood watch in forested and aware of themselves and the sur- spoke with, I wouldn’t doubt that it is them,” Martinez told attack last December in New Delhi. The patches while others walked through over- roundings. There is no solution, no cure,” Milenio television in reference to the kidnap victims. Rios said attack took place on Thursday evening in grown grass around the cordoned-off Swati Pillai, who works in south Mumbai two people who live near the site were detained, but Attorney an upmarket district of central Mumbai as crime scene, where greenery has crept with an advertising firm said. Business General Jesus Murillo Karam denied that anybody was held, the 23-year-old woman and a male col- over the walls of the derelict structure. manager and mother Manjiri Jamadagni adding that the discovery was made during a guns search. league were taking photos of old buildings “We are 100 percent confident of crack- said the incident was “very disturbing”. Prosecutors have linked the mass kidnapping to a dispute for a magazine. ing the case,” Singh said, adding that 20 “Bombay was always safe but in recent between two small gangs known as La Union and Tepis, which The pair were approached by members police teams have been formed as part of years it’s been changing. It’s not the sell drugs in the city’s rough Tepito neighborhood. of the gang and told they should not be the investigation. “We will gather all the same,” she said, using Mumbai’s former But Mexico City Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera has insisted that there. The man was then tied up with a clinching evidence and aim to get the name. The city council came under fire in the bigger cartels do not operate in the capital and initially classi- belt while the woman was raped repeated- maximum punishment, which we hope May for a proposal to ban lingerie-clad fied the disappearances as a missing persons case. Mass kidnap- ly nearby, Mumbai’s police commissioner will be done through a fast-track court.” mannequin dummies in shops and mar- pings and murders are more common near the US border and Satyapal Singh told reporters. “It is a The incident comes eight months after kets for fear they could encourage sex western states. Former Mexico City police chief Manuel shameful and extremely disturbing event,” another 23-year-old woman was gang- crime. Thursday’s attack sparked anger on Mondragon y Kalb, who now heads the federal police, said last he said. One man in his early 20s has been raped by five men in a moving bus in New social media websites, and journalist month that the country’s main gangs have “crystallized” in some arrested while the hunt is on for his four Delhi, while her male companion was groups protested in Mumbai yesterday areas of the capital. alleged accomplices, who have been iden- beaten up. She died two weeks later from afternoon, with many holding signs which Most of those abducted hail from Tepito and two of them, tified by police. Sketches of the accused severe injuries. read “Mumbai: India’s New Rape Capital” including Jerzy Ortiz, are sons of jailed criminals. But their families have been released. A trial is in its final stages in that case, and “Bring Rapists To Book!”. India’s parlia- insist that the youngsters are not involved in criminal activities. The victim, reportedly an intern, is which sparked massive protests and led to ment in New Delhi also erupted in anger. The group was whisked away by 17 men who walked into the undergoing treatment at Mumbai’s Jaslok a tougher anti-rape law. The new meas- India’s Law Minister Kapil Sibal said sex Heaven bar on May 26 and put them in several cars, just blocks Hospital and preliminary reports suggest ures increased punishment for sex offend- assaults must be dealt with “in the most away from a police building, the US embassy and the city’s iconic multiple internal injuries, a police officer ers, which now include the death penalty severe fashion”. “This country cannot Angel of Independence monument, officials said. Two bar owners said. A hospital statement said she was if a victim dies, and broadened the defini- afford to have our women (and) children have been arrested, while the charred remains of a third associate “stable”. The attack, which shocked a city tion of sexual assault. Sex crimes have con- insecure in the hands of those who attack was found in the central state of Morelos last month.—AFP seen as far safer for women than the capi- tinued across India since the December 16 them,” he told reporters.—AFP Sharif’s party consolidates grip on power in new polls

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz comfortable majority with at least 189 seats which has frequently been attacked by the side bomb aimed at a military vehicle on Sharif’s party has consolidated its hold on in the 342-seat National Assembly. Taleban in their stronghold in Pakistan’s election duty on Thursday killed a soldier and power, results from by-elections released yes- The by-elections on Thursday were held often lawless northwest, also won one seat. a civilian, as well as wounding 20 people, said terday showed, cementing its ability to push in seats that were forced to annul results Turnout from the polling was generally lower Seemin Jamali, a doctor from the Jinnah through unpopular reforms aimed at kick- from the May vote because of violence or than the May vote, Pakistani media reported, medical centre. The Pakistani Taleban starting the stagnating economy. Sharif because candidates had since vacated their and several areas reported problems. In claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it began a third term as premier after the seats, among other reasons. The populist Peshawar, the High Court intervened to stop was their response to the government’s offer Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party won a Pakistan Peoples’ Party, which held power for vote counting in two areas and ordered polls of peace talks if the militants put down their landslide victory in national polls in May. He five years before Sharif’s victory, won three to be held again amid reports that elders had arms. “We wanted to convey a message to ... has since been attempting to stamp his seats, with corruption a lingering concern prevented women from voting. Another poll Nawaz Sharif that we would never lay down authority on a nation long plagued by insta- among voters. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, led was postponed amid security fears in the arms for the sake of meaningless talks and bility and violence. The results showed his by former cricket star Imran Khan, also won town of Dera Ismail Khan, where a militant today’s attack was to prove that we can strike party won at least another five seats in the 15 two seats after promising to crack down on raid on a jail freed 250 prisoners last month. wherever we wish,” Taleban spokesman by-elections held on Thursday, reinforcing its graft. The secular Awami National Party, In the financial centre of Karachi, a road- Shahidullah Shahid said.— Reuters INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013 US civil rights march gripped world

WASHINGTON: As 250,000 people packed Freedom as a defining moment in the James Baldwin, walked to the US embassy effectively used the story of the march to central Washington to push for civil rights nation’s history, with Martin Luther King Jr. ahead of the march to show solidarity. reinforce their Cold War message about 50 years ago, the actor Burt Lancaster delivering his “I Have a Dream” speech and Similar gatherings took place in other cities, the wonders of democracy,” Dudziak said. opened a scroll and read a petition brought Congress less than a year later banning although-in one echo of how little has The United States, which since its inde- in from Paris. The statement, signed by laws that enforced racial segregation. changed 50 years later-authorities prevent- pendence has prided itself on its values, 1,500 Americans in the French capital, salut- But the march also carried an interna- ed a demonstration in Cairo. Mary L has faced international pressure at various ed the March on Washington for providing tional dimension, coming at a delicate Dudziak, a professor at the Emory University points of its history over its own human “an example of what America aspires to moment in the Cold War in which the School of Law and author of the book “Cold rights record. Abolitionist Frederick become.” “All Americans, traveling no mat- United States increasingly realized that its War Civil Rights,” said that John F. Kennedy’s Douglass campaigned in England before ter where in the world today, are in the posi- oppression of African Americans cost it administration initially opposed the march the US Civil War. In more recent times, the tion of ambassadors and are very often dearly on the global stage. The march was but, unable to stop it, gave out talking United States has faced European criticism made bitterly aware of our country’s reputa- one of the first events to be broadcast live points to US diplomats. over capital punishment and its prison tion,” said the petition, read by Lancaster in internationally, with the BBC and other net- The message, she said, was to cast the camp for terror suspects at Guantanamo his crisp delivery. works in Europe fed from the then-revolu- march not as a protest against racial injus- Bay in Cuba. But Dudziak said that 1963 “It is not easy to be an American tionary Telstar satellite. The now defunct tice but as a triumph of free expression was a particularly sensitive moment, with abroad,” said the petition, calling the Washington Evening Star reported that that could not happen under Communism. much of Africa freshly independent and movement for civil rights part of a “strug- police issued media credentials to television Much of the global media embraced a sim- Cold War alliances not yet solidified. “In gle toward freedom” being waged world- crews from Canada, France, Germany and ilar narrative, other than in the Soviet bloc this very dynamic and fluid environment, wide. American students learn of the Japan. The Americans in Paris, in an initia- where newspapers were predictably criti- the US cared a lot about the American March on Washington for Jobs and tive organized partly by self-exiled novelist cal. “The US government felt like they had image. —AFP Floods threaten major city in Russian Far East

MOSCOW: Russians in the Far East yesterday scrambled to contain record floods which have affected more than 50,000 people and threatened to paralyze one of the region’s biggest cities. Heavy rains pounding the Far East over the past weeks swelled local rivers, with floodwaters wreaking havoc in Khabarovsk, a city of nearly 600,000 that sits at the confluence of the Amur and Ussury rivers near a Chinese border. Yesterday, the level of Amur river, which serves as a natural bor- der with China where it is known as the Heilongjiang river, has risen to 720 centimeters around Khabarovsk, according to the emergencies ministry. The floodwaters are forecast to top eight meters at the peak as more rain is expected, officials said. The military were deployed to help hurriedly erect defenses as the floodwaters halted transport in some areas and reached high- rise residential buildings in Khabarovsk. Schools were converted into temporary shelters and authorities pressed ahead with administering vaccinations to prevent the out- BOLSHOI USSURIYSKY: A man sits on a bench as clothes are hung to dry in a flooded street in the village of break of disease as locals have complained of faeces finding their Bolshoi Ussuriysky island in Russia’s Far Eastern Amur region.— AFP way into the water. Several regions in the Far East including the Jewish Autonomous Oblast and the Primorsky Krai have been affected but the Khabarovsk region appears to be hit hardest. 50 years after, Martin Luther Amid fresh concerns that the Russian government was ill-pre- pared to handle natural disasters, President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said he would soon personally inspect some of the affect- King ‘Dream’ still not realized ed areas. The government will dispatch 10 ministers headed by powerful deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov to the Far East to Income gap between blacks and whites widens oversee relief efforts, government spokeswoman Natalia Timakova said. “The water is still rising, we have not seen the peak yet, and it NEW YORK: Fifty years after Rev. Martin lowed that historic election has faded ly the same as they were 40 years ago. could climb to 725 centimeters by the end of the day,” Yury Luther King Jr’s “I have a dream” speech, among both blacks and whites,” said Pew Pew said that between 1967 and 2011 Varakin, head of the situation centre at Russian state weather serv- nearly half of those who responded to a Research Center senior editor Rich Morin. the median income of a black household ice Rosgidromet, said yesterday. Television footage showed resi- new poll said a lot more needs to be done “We don’t know for sure but it’s reason- of three rose from about $24,000 to nearly dents in Khabarovsk walking home along planks to negotiate mud- before people in the United States would able to suggest that among the biggest $40,000. Expressed as a share of white dy brown waters, junk and discarded footwear floating nearby. “I “be judged not by the color of their skin reasons would be the Great Recession, income, black households earn about 59 went and bought rubber boots, when I came back they were no but by the content of their character.” which hit all Americans hard, but particu- percent of what white households earn, a longer helpful,” one man said in televised remarks. The Pew Research Center in larly blacks.” small increase from 55 percent in 1967 The floods around Khabarovsk are unprecedented since regular Washington, DC, found that 49 percent of (1967 and 2011 media household income monitoring began in 1895, officials said. The highest water level those polled think “a lot more” needs to WEALTH GAP figures expressed in 2012 dollars). When stood at 642 centimeters in 1897. There have been no reports of be done to achieve the color-blind society King’s speech was the centerpiece of a expressed as dollars, the black-white fatalities but officials say the flood waters have so far affected thin- King envisioned in his 1963 “I Have a march on Washington that drew some income gap widened, from about $19,000 ly-populated villages and expressed concern that the water might Dream” speech. But 73 percent of black 250,000 people to the National Mall. . In it, in the late 1960s to roughly $27,000 today. also batter other big cities. “Right now the floods are reaching big respondents and 81 percent of whites the famed orator described the lives of Pew said the race gap on household cities which means there could be more serious consequences,” thought the two races get along “very black Americans, telling the nation, “The wealth has increased from $75,224 in 1984 the office of the Kremlin’s Far Eastern envoy Viktor Ishayev said well” or “pretty well.” The telephone poll Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in to $84,960 in 2011. yesterday. “The Khabarovsk region has sunk, several districts in of 2,231 adults, including 376 black the midst of a vast ocean of material pros- Pew said other indicators of financial Khabarovsk are swimming,” Ishayev was quoted as saying on Americans and 218 people of Hispanic perity.” The Pew poll found the economic well-being have changed little in recent Thursday. “Komsomolsk-on-Amur has another four to five days to descent, was conducted between August gulf between whites and blacks is roughly decades, including homeownership rates prepare itself for a meeting with big water,” he said, referring to the 1 through 11. the same as it was half a century ago. and the share of each race that live above city of 260,000, also on the Amur river. On Thursday, Russian Prime A quarter of the black Americans polled The gaps between blacks and whites in the poverty line. The black unemployment Minister Dmitry Medvedev and his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang said the lives of blacks were better now the areas of household income and house- rate has consistently been about double spoke by phone, agreeing that the two countries should help one than they were five years ago, when the hold wealth have widened, but the poll that of whites since the 1950s, according another overcome record floods. “The heads of government dis- United States elected its first black presi- found that on measures such as high to Pew. When it came to criminal justice, cussed the floods on the Amur river that have affected a number of dent, Barack Obama. In 2009, after school completion and life expectancy, Pew said that significant minorities of Russian regions and northeastern provinces in China,” the Russian Obama’s election, 39 percent of black they have narrowed. The poll found that whites agree that blacks receive unequal government said. Dozens of people were killed in the floods across Americans expressed the same opinion. on other measures, including poverty and treatment when dealing with the criminal the border in China.— AFP “It’s clear now that the rosy glow that fol- homeownership rates, the gaps are rough- justice system. —Reuters news SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013

Twelve years after 9/11, FBI chief still sees threat

WASHINGTON: The nature of terrorism has the fallout from the Arab Spring across the efforts to bring down a trans-Atlantic flight bility that trumps the defenses that we changed in Robert Mueller’s dozen years as Middle East. “Every one of these countries in 2001, a Detroit-bound jetliner on have.” FBI director, but his concerns for the future now has cadres of individuals who you Christmas in 2009 and US-bound cargo He also sees the risk of a cyberattack on a are much the same as when terrorists struck would put in the category of extremists, vio- planes carrying printer cartridge bombs. financial institution or on a sector such as on Sept 11, 2001, merely a week after he’d lent extremists, and that will present threats But the Boston Marathon bombings that energy “where we do not have sufficient bar- taken over the bureau. As he wraps up his down the road,” Mueller said. Mueller, the killed three people and injured hundreds in ricades or preventive capabilities.” Mueller’s FBI tenure, Mueller worries that terrorists architect of the bureau’s transformation into April and the 2009 shooting that killed 13 initial foray into the world of counter-terror- will once again target planes or finally pull a terrorism-fighting agency, spoke to and injured more than 30 at Fort Hood, ism came more than two decades ago with off an attack using a weapon of mass reporters at FBI headquarters this week. The Texas, are powerful reminders that the pro- the attack on Pan Am Flight 103, which was destruction. director’s last day on the job is Sept 4. His tective net against terrorism is not infallible. blown up over Scotland in 1988. “I spent lot Mueller sees terrorism as a shifting land- successor, former Justice Department offi- “I always say my biggest worry is ... an attack of time on that investigation over at the scape, evolving from Osama Bin Laden’s cial James Comey, will be on hand next on a plane,” Mueller said. “And secondly, it’s Department of Justice” and “still spend time global brand in the aftermath of the Sept 11 week for the transition. During Mueller’s a weapon of mass destruction in the hands with the survivors of that horrible, horrible attacks to the splintering threats arising in tenure, terrorists were thwarted in their of a terrorist and that includes a cyber-capa- disaster,” said the director. — AP Web-based apps pose problem...

Continued from Page 1 work. Television and local newspapers, which do not deviate from the official line, According to the website of WhatsApp, do not cover rights issues. “We’re getting each user is able to create up to 50 group news out to the rest of the world any way we chats of up to 50 participants each. “If you can - if we don’t have secure communica- open the phone of any Saudi you’ll find at tions then Saudi Arabia will go back to being least 10 to 15 WhatsApp groups - some the Kingdom of the Dark, where nobody groups have more than 5,000 members and knows what’s going on,” said the Qatif-based send out a daily news round-up,” said a activist. Another Qatif-based activist said he rights activist in Qatif in the restive Eastern was the administrator of six WhatsApp Province, home to many of the kingdom’s groups, which combined had more than Shi’ite minority. “WhatsApp is now used 1,000 members. much more than email, because it’s seen as WhatsApp is preferred because unlike easier and more secure.” some other instant messaging apps, For the Saudi ruling class, which runs the WhataApp has the option for only adminis- country according to a strict interpretation trators to know the identity of group mem- of Islamic law, these are worrying trends. bers. “If they close WhatsApp it will be diffi- “Non-democratic governments are terrified cult to send group messages via mobile; by the role of social media and the threats individual texts will be very expensive,” said posed to their regimes by open and uncen- the second activist. Experts say that banning sored online communications,” said Craig the likes of WhatsApp will just push commu- Newman, head of the Freedom2Connect nications to other mobile applications, or Foundation (F2CF), a New York-based non- possibly to the less convenient use of virtual profit organization. private networks (VPNs) and Tor. The Saudi regulator, the Communications VPNs use an encrypted server connection, TRIPOLI: A man recites prayers amid the destruction after a car bomb outside the Al- and Information Technology Commission usually in another country, which makes it Taqwa mosque in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon yesterday. — AP (CITC), said in March that communications appear as though the user is actually in that apps, including Skype, Viber and WhatsApp, location. Secure browser Tor is able to dis- 42 perish as blasts hit mosques... broke unspecified laws and ordered opera- guise the origins of user data by sending it tors carrying these services to comply with through three servers picked randomly Continued from Page 1 violence. the regulations without making clear how. among 3,000 dotted across the globe. Social “We are still in the beginning of the storm Then in June the regulator banned Viber media played a big role in nurturing and A 50-metre stretch of the road was and we must remain aware and try to pro- altogether. Saudi newspapers a week later coordinating protests that ultimately led to charred black and the twisted remains of tect this nation,” he said, speaking outside carried reports that WhatsApp would also be the ousting of long-standing rulers in cars littered the area. his home. “This storm has become a huge, banned within weeks, though nothing has Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen. Saudi “We were just bowing down to pray for grave danger.” Witnesses at the scene of the been heard on this since. Arabia has taken a carrot-and-stick approach the second time and the bomb went off. The blasts said anger was rising among locals, CITC did not respond to requests for com- to avoiding similar unrest. air cleared, and I looked around me and saw who were shouting out accusations that ment on this story, but said in a statement that King Abdullah has ordered $110 billion in bodies,” said Samir Jadool, 39. Lebanon’s Red Assad’s government or Hezbollah were it was protecting society from “negative aspects government handouts and welfare schemes, Cross said more than 500 people were behind the attack. Hezbollah released a that could harm the public interest”. WhatsApp but activists who attacked the government wounded in the two explosions. Television statement condemning the Tripoli blasts and Twitter declined to comment, as did Saudi on human rights grounds have also been imprisoned. “There are people who misuse footage showed people running through the and expressing solidarity with the victims, Telecom, Mobily and Zain Saudi, all three of which have lost income as customers switch to social networking and try to send false infor- streets, some of them carrying bloodied vic- saying they were targets of efforts to fan Web-based alternatives. Skype did not respond mation and false evaluation of the situation tims. Near the Taqwa mosque blast site, more violence in Lebanon. to requests for comment. in the kingdom,” security spokesman Major angry men toting AK-47 assault rifles took to “We consider this the completion of an The operator losses - and customer sav- General Mansour Al-Turki told a news confer- the streets and fired in the air while other effort to plunge Lebanon into chaos and ings - are particularly significant when it ence in February. men threw rocks at Lebanese soldiers nearby. destruction,” the statement said. Hezbollah’s comes to the country’s large expatriate pop- He later told Reuters that authorities did Video obtained by local news channel political opponents called on the group to ulation using such applications to call or not want to limit Internet access on security LBC showed the moment of the explosion at withdraw its forces from Syria in response to message home. According to the CIA grounds, however. Some among the Saudi al-Salam mosque. The blast ripped through yesterday’s attack. Lebanese Defence Factbook, there are 5.6 million expats in elite have argued that censorship is a waste a wall of the mosque, showering clouds of Minister Fayez Ghosn warned against being Saudi, about 21 percent of the population. of time. “This is a futile contest - launching a dust on people sitting on prayer mats and dragged into deeper sectarian bloodshed. Newspapers, quoting unnamed state war against media, and especially social sending dozens running out of the building. “We are calling for calm and vigilance, sources, said CITC has asked operators to media, that are open to free expression is a Lebanese officials called for calm as tensions because the aim of this (blasts) is to stoke find ways to block and monitor the apps. lost cause,” Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, a bil- rose in Tripoli, a Mediterranean port that has strife between sects,” he told LBC. Respected US software engineer Moxie lionaire with a stake in Twitter, said in a seen some of the worst Syria crossover vio- The southern suburb of Beirut dominated Marlinspike said he had been contacted by March television interview. lence. by Hezbollah has been hit by two car bombs Mobily and asked to build surveillance tools But Prince Alwaleed, in his late 50s, is a Sunni gunmen have sporadically clashed in just over a month. Hezbollah leader to intercept messages on Twitter and other rare liberal voice. The leading members of with fighters from the city’s minority Alawite Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah blamed radical services. Mobily in May denied it had con- Saudi’s ruling royals, now in their 70s or 80s, sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam to which the Sunni Islamists. Salem Al-Rafei, chief cleric of tacted Marlinspike, but the engineer gave are experiencing a generational disconnect. Assad family belongs. Former internal secu- the Taqwa mosque, is a staunch supporter Reuters copies of emails from a Mobily “They don’t understand us,” said the Jeddah- rity chief Ashraf Rifi, whose home was dam- of Syrian Sunni rebels as well as Lebanese employee supporting his assertion. based activist. “They have one way to con- aged by the second blast, warned that Sunni militants who have joined the anti- Human rights activists say social media trol the kingdom - they say they guarantee Lebanon was facing a gathering storm of Assad battle in Syria. — Reuters and tools such as WhatsApp are vital to their our safety ... We ask for more.” — Reuters ABN AMRO bad debts Recovering UK economy Paralyzed Nasdaq Businessrise as govt plans sale 20shows broader growth17 opted for caution 18 SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013 Microsoft CEO Ballmer to retire in a year 16

A home for sale sits behind a sign that reads, “sale pending, “in San Diego. — AP US new home sales plummet Emerging market rout eases as data lifts hopes

WASHINGTON: Americans cut back months. And mortgage applications GMT (10 am ET) after gains in the pre- to 2.89 percent in European trading, unveiled an $60 billion currency inter- sharply in July on their purchases of from potential buyers have fallen vious session gave the S&P 500 a while the dollar steadied after hitting vention plan, Turkey’s central bank new homes, a sign that higher mort- since rates have risen more than a full chance to secure its first weekly rise in a three-week high. said it would apply more monetary gage rates may weigh on the housing percentage point. three weeks. Ahead of the US restart, Actions from under-pressure tightening while Indonesia scrapped recovery. The impact of higher mortgage Europe’s main stock markets were authorities also helped. Brazil a minerals export cap.— Agencies The Commerce Department said rates has surfaced in the new-home broadly steady but attention yesterday that new-home sales market faster because the July sales remained firmly on Asia after a torrid dropped 13.4 percent to a seasonally report reflects signed contracts. Sales week that has wiped billions of dollars adjusted annual rate of 394,000. of previously occupied homes off emerging markets for the second That’s the lowest pace in nine reached at nearly four-year high last time in two months. MSCI’s emerging months. And it is down from an annu- month. But that report measured share index was on track for its first al rate of 455,000 in June, which was completed sales, which typically gains after six sessions in the red and revised sharply lower from a previous- reflects mortgage rates locked in a the selling of India’s rupee subsided ly reported rate of 497,000. month or two earlier. Most econo- after the currency’s worst week New-home sales have risen 7 per- mists expect the housing recovery against the dollar in decades. cent in the 12 months ending in July. will persist. Mortgage rates remain “Hopefully the worst (of the emerging The annual pace remains well below relatively low by historical standards. market selling) may now be over,” the 700,000 that is consistent with a The average rate on a 30-year mort- said Hans Peterson global head of healthy market. The housing market gage this week was 4.58 percent, asset allocation at SEB investment has been one of the strongest per- according to Freddie Mac. management, adding his firm may formers this year in an otherwise slug- The rout in emerging markets soon start “bottom fishing” in Asia. gish economy, helped by steady job eased yesterday and world shares “It doesn’t seem to be a repeat of gains and low mortgage rates. But headed for a second day of gains, as the 1997 (Asian crisis) situation ... and mortgage rates have risen a full per- data suggesting the global economy it seems like people are not so keen KOLKATA: An Indian money changer shows new Indian rupee centage point since May and have is improving took the edge off con- on being extremely short anymore so currency notes to a customer while sitting on the side of a road started to steal some of the market’s cerns about a cut in US monetary it might twist around a bit.” The relief in Kolkata yesterday. India’s rupee tumbled to a new record momentum. stimulus. Wall Street was expected to rally was supported by a dip in US low against the dollar yesterday, hitting the symbolic 65 level, In July, builders began work on the open little changed with the focus bond yields , which edged back from fewest single-family homes in eight largely on housing data due at 1400 the previous session’s two-year high as economists urged the government to focus on reforms to boost confidence instead of quick-fix solutions.— AFP business SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013 Microsoft CEO Ballmer to retire in a year

NEW YORK: Microsoft CEO Steve attempt to reignite competition the newest version of Microsoft’s Microsoft, along with other com- computer that IBM would release Ballmer, who took over the helm with faster-moving rivals such as flagship Windows operating sys- panies that thrived in the era of in 1981. Ballmer, a zealous execu- of the world’s largest software Apple and Google. Response to tem has been lukewarm. And personal computers, are scram- tive prone to arm-waving and hol- company from founder Bill Gates, bling to transform their business- lering, did the job so well that he will retire within the next 12 es as people come to rely more would become Gates’ sounding months. Microsoft Corp did not and more on smartphones and board and succeed him as CEO in name a successor. The company tablets. In his statement, Ballmer 2000. He has worked at Microsoft said it is forming a search commit- noted that the company is mov- for 33 years, matching the tenure tee, which will include Gates, and ing in a new direction and needs a of Gates, who left the company in Ballmer will stay on until a CEO that will be there for the 2008. replacement is found. longer term. “It’s a tad surprising, but every “There is never a perfect time Microsoft, he added, “has all its other business head has been for this type of transition, but now best days ahead.” Ballmer, 57, met rotated out,” said BGC Financial is the right time,” Ballmer said in a Microsoft founder Bill Gates in analyst Colin Gillis. “They statement released by the 1973 while they were living down swapped out all their segment Redmond, Washington, company. a dormitory hall from each other heads over the past few years. Microsoft shares shot up 8 per- at Harvard University. He joined The only one they haven’t cent in morning trading following Microsoft in 1980 to bring some changed is the CEO.” the news. It’s been less than two business discipline and salesman- Though investors cheered the months since Microsoft ship to a company that had just news yesterday, Gillis cautioned announced a sweeping reorgani- Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks at a Microsoft event landed a contract to supply an that it could be a “tough 12 zation of its business in an in San Francisco.—AP operating system for a personal months” for the company. —AP Live-or-die dilemma for South Africa gold mines Soaring costs, falling prices push industry to edge JOHANNESBURG: If South Africa’s gold min- of gold producing companies has lost 62 per- entry-level workers and 15 percent for all oth- NUM also wants various increases for non- ers strike over wages next week, the loss of cent since a life high reached in September er categories. wage benefits as well a 15 percent hike on output will drag down companies already 2002, and 42 percent so far this year. Its more hardline rival the Association of basic pay for all worker categories. being crushed between rising costs and South Africa’s overwhelmingly black min- Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) Some producers are better placed than falling prices for the metal. The strikers, seek- ing work force is in a restive mood as it fights wants increases of up to 150 percent at the others to withstand protracted strike action, ing better pay and conditions for one of the for a greater share of the spoils from an indus- entry-level but is still in talks with the compa- which could start next week if NUM’s mem- toughest jobs in the world, may also be put- try built on low wages and migrant labor. But nies. bers vote to walk off the job. Gold Fields spun ting their own livelihoods on the line if a pro- it has reached a point where soaring costs The country’s chamber of mines says off the bulk of its South African assets earlier tracted stoppage or the scale of their wage and falling prices have made big pay rises about half of the lower-skilled gold mining this year and its home base now only demands force some mines to close. unsustainable. As production has fallen the workforce of 95,000 would fall into the entry- accounts for about 12 percent of the compa- This live-or-die dilemma hangs equally industry has shed 340,000 jobs since 1990, level category. Currently, such workers are ny’s global production. So it can easily ride over boardrooms, mining shafts and commu- over two thirds, and more will need to be making 5,000 rand ($490) a month as a basic out a strike at its only operation in the coun- nities in an industry which could lose over $35 slashed if wages, which have outpaced infla- wage and NUM wants 8,000. So that demand try, South Deep, even though at close to million a day in output due to stoppages, and tion the past decade, spiral higher. The num- alone would add 142.5 million rand to the $1,900 an ounce for all-in cash costs, it is the also slow already sluggish growth in Africa’s bers just don’t add up at a time when gold’s industry’s monthly wage bill. In addition to most expensive gold mine in the country to biggest economy. The National Union of spot price has lost close to 30 percent from the basic wage, the chamber of mines says run, according to David Davis, mining invest- Mineworkers (NUM) has threatened to downs the record peak of over $1,920 an ounce it that in the gold sector there are other benefits ment analyst at SBG Securities. tools next week over wages, a move that scaled almost two years ago. NUM, which rep- which can translate into a total of 8,800 rand a Sibanye, the company created from the would effectively shut a gold sector already in resents two-thirds of South Africa’s gold min- month in costs to a company. These include spin-off, is more vulnerable with all of its a state of steep decline. Johannesburg’s index ers, is seeking a 60 percent wage hike for meals, housing, and other allowances. mines in South Africa.—Reuters Iraq pushes for investment as India seeks more oil

NEW DELHI: Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al- tially in Iraqi oil production, the Iraqis said a year earlier in 2011. India has said it keen Maliki yesterday pitched for investment India has been noticeably absent. Iraq has to “reverse the traffic” by rebuilding Iraq’s from India to rebuild his war-shattered said it may need up to $1 trillion over the infrastructure-investing in roads, power nation which is a critical energy supplier to next decade to rebuild its crumbling infra- lines, telecoms and other key sectors-and New Delhi. structure. Luring foreign investment to Iraq move to a more broad-based relationship Iraq’s prime minister said there were has been complicated by its worst violence than simply a buyer of oil. “great opportunities” for Indian firms to since 2008, with the interior ministry The rise in Iraq’s oil imports to India has rebuild the nation’s infrastructure-con- describing the country as a “battleground”. come as sales from sanctions-hit Iran have structing ports, highways, housing, rail- The chairman of Iraq’s National tumbled. India, struggling to stabilize its ways, schools, hospitals and investing in oil Investment Commission, Sami Raouf Taqi battered currency, is also pushing Iraq to production facilities. “There is so much Al-Araji, said the country had special forces accept payment for its oil exports in potential,” said Maliki, who is on a trip to protecting foreign workers. “We’re commit- rupees, Indian Trade Minister Anand New Delhi and Mumbai, the first by an Iraqi ted to protecting foreign workers, they are Sharma also said yesterday. Araji said Iraq leader since a 2003 US-led invasion ousted away from their homes, they are in our would have to consider the request for president Saddam Hussein. care,” Araji told reporters. India to pay in rupees. Iran, which has long Maliki’s comments came as the two Indian exports to Iraq totaled around battled neighboring Iraq for global oil mar- sides were expected to sign an agreement $1.3 billion in 2012, up from $740 million in ket share, has agreed to take payments for NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that would increase Iraqi sales of crude oil 2011, according to an Indian government the oil it sells to India in rupees after US to fuel-import reliant India. While China has official. Baghdad’s exports to India-the vast and Western sanctions over its disputed (left) and his Iraqi counterpart Nouri Al-Maliki arrive been energetically seeking infrastructure majority of which were oil-totalled more nuclear program blocked other payment for a meeting in New Delhi yesterday. Al-Maliki is on contracts in Iraq, and has invested substan- than $20 billion last year, up from $9 billion methods. — AFP a four-day visit to India. —AP business SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013 US Treasury chief urges Congress to raise debt limit

WASHINGTON: Treasury Secretary Jacob again perilously close to breaching the ceiling caused business uncertainty to existing cap will run out. But he suggested Lew urged Congress on Thursday to raise debt ceiling if Congress fails to act,” he jump, consumer confidence to drop, earlier this year that the room created by the US borrowing ceiling, warning that said. financial markets to fall, and economic those measures could dry up by not doing so could jeopardize Lew pointed to a 2011 fight over the growth to falter.” September. Washington’s creditworthiness and raise ceiling that went down to the wire, raising “We cannot afford a repeat of what “Extraordinary measures” to sustain the fears of a default. With the United States fears that the country would be forced to happened in 2011. We cannot afford for government without being forced to slash closing on the point where spending will default on its debt. Even after politicians Congress to wait until some unknowable spending or default on the debt due to surpass available funds, Lew said it was struck a last-minute deal to raise it-in last minute to resolve this matter on the the borrowing limit “will not be exhausted crucial for Congress to raise the debt cap exchange for longer term spending reduc- eve of a deadline. We cannot afford anoth- until after Labor Day,” or September 2, as soon as it comes back into session at tions-the rating agency Standard and er unnecessary self-inflicted wound.” Lew told Congress on May 17. Since then the beginning of September. Poor’s cut the US credit grade for the first The Treasury’s borrowing power was the Treasury has said “it appears” that it Failure to raise the ceiling would force time ever, reducing it one notch from the frozen in May at $16.7 trillion, and since will have room enough that Congress will cuts to many parts of the government, gold-plate AAA standard. then it has dealt with spending obliga- be able to address the issue when they including the military and social security “While that standoff was eventually tions through some temporary adjust- return from their current recess, on benefit payouts, and “have disastrous resolved, the cloud of doubt that took ments and also has benefited from higher- September 9. But the Congressional effects for our nation,” Lew told an audi- hold and the high-stakes drama that took than-planned revenues. Lew said it was Budget Office estimates that the country ence in Mountain View, California. “In just place harmed the economy,” Lew said. not possible to precisely pinpoint when could go to November before being a few weeks, we will find ourselves once “The drawn-out dispute over the debt the Treasury’s room to work under the forced to cut back spending. — AFP Recovering UK economy shows broader growth Data keeps spotlight on BOE’s rates guidance

LONDON: Britain’s economy grew faster sales soared in July, and surveys found output components of GDP expanded more than expected in the second quarter, bene- robust growth across manufacturing, con- than originally thought. fiting from a broad-based pick-up in activity struction and services at the start of the Britain’s service sector - which makes up that looked to have put the country’s bur- third quarter. more than three quarters of GDP - grew 0.6 geoning recovery on a firmer footing. Gross “The Bank of England is therefore facing percent compared with the first quarter, as JAMMU: An Indian laborer carries a sack of onions at domestic product expanded 0.7 percent a growing challenge of how to convince the estimated earlier. But manufacturing output a warehouse in Jammu on Thursday. The prices of from the previous quarter, data from the markets and households that interest rates growth was heavily revised up to 0.7 per- onion, a staple food of the Indian middle class, have Office for National Statistics showed on will not need to rise over the next three cent and the volatile construction sector been soaring in the past weeks leading to protests Friday, beating its initial estimate and econ- years,” said Chris Williamson, economist at posted a 1.4 percent rise, also much better by people on streets. —AP omists’ forecasts and putting Britain’s financial data company Markit. In a speech than found a month ago. The increase in growth rate on a par with European power- next week, BoE governor Mark Carney is building activity is running in parallel with house Germany. tipped to try to talk down expectations of an upturn in the property market, fuelled in “It does look like the recovery is becom- an earlier rise in the base rate, which have part by a state-backed mortgage scheme Watchdog warns ing more self-sustaining,” said Philip Shaw, caused conditions to tighten on money that critics fear could lead to a new price economist at Investec. Stocks gained after markets. Friday’s data showed that most key bubble.—Reuters British retailers the data, which also showed output rose by a surprisingly strong 1.5 percent from a year on sales discounts ago. The pound and government bond yields rose, highlighting expectations that LONDON: Britain’s competition watchdog ordered six furniture the revival could force Britain’s central bank and carpet retailers, including market-leading Carpetright, to to raise interest rates earlier than it has indi- stop misleading consumers by artificially ramping up the value of cated. British exports rose at the fastest pace discounts during sales promotions. The Office of Fair Trading since late 2011 and business investment (OFT) has taken a tougher stance against retailers to ensure con- grew faster than household spending, sug- sumers can trust their prices and communications. It acted gesting a shift towards more balanced against Britain’s supermarkets on misleading prices last year and growth in an economy that has been driven has the power to fine offenders 30 percent of relevant turnover. mainly by domestic consumption and Before a summer bank holiday weekend that is traditionally a imports. In an effort to encourage spending busy trading period for home furnishing stores, the OFT said yes- and investment, the Bank of England said terday an investigation found the six firms were misleading cus- earlier this month it would not raise borrow- tomers into thinking they were getting a bargain. They had artifi- ing costs while unemployment remained cially inflated reference prices on items to promote discounts above 7 percent, a level it did not expect to that were not genuine, thereby infringing consumer protection be breached for at least three years. But the laws. For a significant number of products, no sales at all took threshold may be crossed sooner if Britain’s place at the higher price, the OFT found. recovery maintains momentum, and since It has told the retailers to sign undertakings to cease the prac- the bank gave its forward guidance, the tice, giving them until autumn to respond. “If they respond posi- news on the economy has been predomi- tively and say they are going to change then that will be good. If nantly upbeat. Factories’ order books MADRID: Tourists ride in a bus in front of Spain’s Bank during a tour, in not, we are prepared to take further action,” OFT senior director looked in their best shape for two years in Madrid on Tuesday. Spain’s Treasury seeks to sell up to 4 billion euros in a Cavendish Elithorn told BBC Radio Four. August, consumer confidence and retail The OFT did not name the retailers. Carpetright, Britain’s debt auction of six- and 12-month bills. — AP largest floor coverings retailer with a market share of over 25 per- cent, said in a statement to the stock exchange that it had received a letter from the OFT. “Carpetright is cooperating fully FDI into China rises 7.09% in Jan-July with the OFT and will respond to the letter in due course. There is SHANGHAI: no suggestion in the letter of Carpetright having behaved in a Foreign direct investment ing a 20.12 percent growth in June when growth in the first seven months. manner which breaches competition law,” it said. (FDI) into China grew 7.09 percent year-on- FDI to China reached $14.4 billion. “This From January through July, EU invest- Shares in Carpetright fell as much as 3 percent. year in the first seven months of 2013, offi- reflected the actual situation that foreign ment into China jumped 16.72 on year per- Yesterday, the firm’s website was advertising its “Crazy week- cial data showed yesterday, citing optimism merchants were upbeat on investment cent to $4.6 billion, while US investment end” sale with 60 percent reductions for beds, carpet and vinyl. towards the domestic economy among for- environment in China,” ministry spokesman expanded 11.44 percent from a year earlier Bed and mattress specialist Dreams has also been contacted by eign investors. Incoming FDI, which Shen Danyang said. “But it doesn’t neces- to $2.2 billion. Investment from a group of the OFT, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. excludes financial sectors, jumped to $71.4 sarily mean that foreign investment will 10 Asian countries and regions including Industry publication Retail Week said DFS Furniture, Furniture billion for the January-July period, China’s maintain such rapid growth in the next few Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and Singapore Village, ScS and Harveys/Bensons for Beds were the other retail- commerce ministry said in a statement. months,” he added. The ministry said climbed 7.74 percent on year to $61.7 bil- ers. All declined to comment. For July alone, the figure surged 24.13 investment from the European Union and lion in the seven months to July, also a percent year-on-year to $9.4 billion, follow- United States maintained relatively fast major contributor to overall growth. —AFP business SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013 Paralyzed Nasdaq opted for caution

NEW YORK: Thirty minutes into the crip- million, the largest penalty ever against a outage could well give White fodder to pling outage that hobbled the Nasdaq stock stock exchange, to settle SEC civil charges press ahead with new rules, proposed in Brent edges above market on Thursday afternoon, stopping all over its mishandling of Facebook’s initial March, that would hold exchanges, clearing trading in $5.9 trillion worth of US equities, public offering in 2012. Late Thursday agencies and certain “dark pool” trading $110 as economic exchange officials had the problem fixed. It Nasdaq identified the problem as a “con- venues more accountable for taking steps was another two-and-a-half hours, however, nectivity issue between an exchange partic- to prevent potential systems disruptions. outlook glows before they were ready to flip the switch ipant and the SIP,” or Securities Information The rules, if adopted, would replace the cur- and turn the all-electronic market back on. Processor - essentially the system that rent regulatory model in which exchanges LONDON: Brent edged above $110 a barrel yesterday, Most of the 191 minutes that the receives all traffic on quotes and orders for rely on voluntary guidance known as buoyed by upbeat business surveys that suggested the exchange was dark was spent in sometimes stocks on the exchange. “Automation Review Policies” to address global economy is on the mend and kindled hopes for frantic conversation with scores of banks, This problem “led to degradation in the security and stability issues with their sys- higher fuel demand. brokers, investment companies and rival ability of the SIP to disseminate consolidat- tems. The SEC rushed to roll out its proposal Manufacturing activity in the United States and China exchanges who wanted Nasdaq’s assurance ed quotes and trades,” Nasdaq said in a as a direct response to several high-profile rose to multi-month highs while growth in the euro zone that a restoration of trading would be order- statement. “The cause of the issue has been software problems last year, including was better than expected, pointing to a potential uptick in ly and would not lead to panic. “We had to identified and addressed.” Nasdaq’s debacle with the Facebook IPO world oil consumption. make sure all the exchanges were connect- Whether it has been addressed to the and a near-collapse at Knight Capital, a “Over the last couple of days, more and more signals ed to us successfully and if the firms on the satisfaction of regulators is another ques- major Nasdaq market maker, as well as have emerged that point to an improving economic situa- outside could get in,” said one Nasdaq offi- tion. US Securities and Exchange the two-day shutdown of the US equity tion in the US,” said a JBC Energy report. Brent crude rose cial who spoke on condition of anonymity. Commission Chair Mary Jo White called for a market due to Superstorm Sandy. 10 cents to $110 a barrel by 0944 GMT. US crude was up Meanwhile, banks’ trading desks were cau- meeting of Wall Street leaders to help insure Exchanges, including Nasdaq and rival 19 cents to $105.22. The positive economic data com- tioning Nasdaq, operated by Nasdaq OMX the “continuous and orderly” functioning of NYSE Euronext, parent of the New York bined with geopolitical tension in the Middle East to boost Group Inc, not to rush to reopen, fearing securities markets. Stock Exchange, pushed back, citing a oil. Traders continued to keep close watch on Egypt and that a restart full of technical errors would The incident “should reinforce our col- number of concerns, including costs and Libya. The crisis in Egypt has stoked supply worries as the only sap more confidence from rattled mar- lective commitment to addressing techno- an “unduly broad” requirement to dissem- country is home to the Suez Canal and the Sumed kets, according to three sources at broker- logical vulnerabilities of exchanges and oth- inate information to member firms about pipeline, which together carry around 4.5 million barrels ages and banks who declined to be identi- er market participants,” she said. Thursday’s certain incidents. —Reuters per day of oil between the Red Sea and the fied. In the end, the reopening of trading Mediterranean. did go relatively well. Transactions first The Egyptian army has said it will guarantee the safety restarted at 3 p.m. EDT (1900 GMT) in a sin- of the canal and pipeline. A disruption to either would gle microcap stock, Atlantic American Corp, have a major impact on oil prices. In Libya, the largest a test case picked for its front-of-the-alpha- crude oil export terminal - Es Sider and the oil port of bet ticker. Twenty-five minutes later, the Zueitina remain closed, Deputy Oil Minister Omar rest of the market opened, and, according Shakmak said, although some improvement was seen at to a Nasdaq statement, “The trading day fin- other ports. The outages are the worst disruption to ished in normal course.” Libya’s oil sector since the 2011 civil war. Investors are also Shares of Nasdaq itself, which initially fell watching the impact on markets of any potential tapering by more than 5 percent when trading of the US Federal Reserve’s economic stimulus. A pullback resumed, recovered some of their lost could start as early as next month. ground to close the day 3.4 percent lower. “We continue to monitor the employment situation in The widely tracked Nasdaq Composite the US closely as this may change the pace of asset pur- Index gained nearly 1.1 percent. chase tapering by the US Federal Reserve,” said Teoh Say While the worst case scenarios may have Hwa, head of investments at Philip Futures in Singapore. been averted, the outage still stands as Tighter liquidity from any scale-back in the Fed’s bond- among the most serious in a series of recent buying program could weigh on commodity prices, Teoh technological failures to hit the U.S. securi- said. — Reuters ties business, including a software issue at the Chicago Board Options Exchange this spring that delayed the start of trading there for half a day. NEW YORK: An electronic display in Times Square displays news about the Nasdaq It was also the latest black eye for in New York on Thursday. Nasdaq halted trading because of a technical problem, Nasdaq, which in May agreed to pay $10 the latest glitch to affect the stock market. —AP German finances back in surplus as growth picks up Employment situation improves

FRANKFURT: Germany’s finances are back in culated. This was partly owing to “weather- domestic economic activity and hopes of a surplus as growth rebounded in the second related catch-up effects following the unusu- soft and not a hard landing of emerging quarter, official data showed yesterday. ally long and cold winter,” the statistics office economies but also from the latest improve- Germany ran up a general government said. In addition, 2.2 percent more goods and ments in the euro-zone,” Brzeski said. “It surplus of 8.5 billion euros ($11.3 billion) in services were exported in the second quarter looks as if new growth hopes for the rest of the first six months, equivalent to 0.6 percent and imports were up by 2.0 percent. the euro-zone are stimulating German confi- of output, the national statistics Destatis cal- “Consequently, the balance of exports and dence, which in turn could lead to higher culated. “The budgets of central government, imports supported GDP, contributing 0.2 per- German economic growth and could eventu- state governments, local government and centage points to growth,” it said. ally become growth-supportive for the euro- social security funds benefited from a gener- ING DiBa economist Carsten Brzeski said zone,” the expert said. ally good employment situation and a stable the second-quarter growth figures were Natixis economnist Johannes Gareis was economic development in the first half of “simply wonderful. (It) is like one of your all- more cautious. “For the rest of this year, we 2013 compared with other European coun- time favorite movies: you never get tired of expect the German economy to continue to tries,” Destatis said in a statement. At the watching it.” grow, albeit at a slower rate,” he said. same time, the statisticians confirmed a pre- The data “confirmed the impressive Jennifer McKeown at Capital Economics liminary estimate that the German economy, growth comeback of the German economy,” agreed. “In all, we are encouraged by these the biggest in Europe, expanded by 0.7 per- he said and predicted that institutes that data and maintain our recently-revised fore- cent in the second quarter, powered by have been forecasting a rapid slowdown in cast for the economy to expand by 0.5 per- robust consumer and public spending, as the second half of the year would now be cent this year as a whole. But the recovery LA ROCHELLE: France’s Economy minister Pierre well rising investment. Private consumption compelled to change their outlook. “Up to looks set to be moderate, with growth of per- Moscovici steps out of La Rochelle railway station to grew by 0.5 percent, public spending was up now, it looks as if the economy is gaining haps 1.0 percent in 2014 and 1.5 percent in take part in the “Universites d’ete”, the PS summer 0.6 percent and gross capital formation or rather than losing momentum. German con- 2015 — not enough to cause a meaningful congress yesterday in the Atlantic coastal city of La investment rose by 0.9 percent, Destatis cal- fidence is not only benefiting from strong rebalancing in the euro-zone.”—AFP Rochelle. — AFP BUSINESS SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013 Indonesia aims to boost economy as Asia struggles Move to shore sagging rupiah

JAKARTA: Indonesia yesterday announced measures to shore up its economy as Asia’s emerging nations come under huge pres- sure from outflows of foreign cash that have sent their stock markets and curren- cies plummeting. The move comes as emerging markets around the world start to take action in JAMMU: Indian workers pour cement at a construction site response to investors fleeing on fears that on the Jammu-Srinagar highway on the outskirts of the US may soon wind down its huge stim- Jammu yesterday. The Indian economy, Asia’s third ulus program, however analysts and largest, grew 5 percent in the financial year ended March, investors were skeptical yesterday’s its slowest in a decade and well off the 8 percent pace it announcement would be enough to pro- had averaged over those 10 years. — AP tect Southeast Asia’s biggest economy. Indonesia said it would curb imports of Government reassurance luxury cars and take other steps to bolster helps boost India’s rupee national finances as Southeast Asia’s largest economy suffers a slumping currency and MUMBAI: India’s rupee recovered against the dollar in early stock market. trade yesterday, with investors reassured by comments from Indonesia, along with countries such as India, Malaysia and Thailand, has been buf- JAKARTA: An employee shows stacks of rupiah banknotes at a money changer Finance Minister P Chidambaram and the central bank which in Jakarta yesterday. Indonesia has announced measures to reduce its current lifted the currency off its historic lows, analysts said. The feted by an exodus of cash from its financial markets as improving economic prospects account deficit as Southeast Asia’s largest economy suffers a slumping curren- rupee, one of the worst performing currencies in Asia, hit a cy and stock market. — AP new lifetime low of 65.56 on Thursday, but was trading at in the US and Europe reverse the tide of 64.34 to the dollar yesterday morning. money that swept into developing nations rent account deficit. Yesterday, Indonesian through on the promises. “There is a bit of steadiness in trade, volatility is lower,” said the past few years. ministers announced steps aimed at reduc- The plan did not impress investors Param Sarma, chief executive with consultancy firm NSP Coordinating Minister for the Economy ing the current account deficit and making either, with the Jakarta benchmark index Forex. “The FM’s statements seem to have led to some calm. Hatta Rajasa said yesterday the govern- investment easier in what is a notoriously closing down 0.04 after sitting 1.42 percent The rupee can’t just keep falling one way,” Sarma said. The ment will relax mineral export quotas and difficult business climate. “We are taking higher earlier in the day. The index is down rupee has shed a fifth of its value this year, which streamline the investment permit process. every step to deal with the impact of global around nine percent this week, while the Chidambaram said was “undervalued and overshot the rea- said the government will increase the turbulence,” Finance Minister Chatib Basri rupiah is sitting just short of 11,000 to the sonable and appropriate level”. import tax on luxury cars and some brand- told reporters in the capital Jakarta. dollar, its lowest since mid-2009. Chidambaram also said there was no plan to resort to more ed products, provide tax incentives for “I have always said that bad times make Indonesia’s woes are mirrored in India, capital controls and that reviving growth, which has slumped investment in agriculture and metal indus- good policies.” The government said it will where the rupee on Thursday sank to a to a decade low of five percent in the year to March, would tries and seek to reduce oil imports. hike taxes for imports of some luxury record low 65.56 to the dollar, with some remain the focus of government. Reserve Bank of India gover- Earlier this week, the Indian central bank goods, reduce oil and gas imports by market-watchers warning political intransi- nor Duvvuri Subbarao on Thursday dismissed fears that the said it would pump $1.26 billion into the increasing the use of biodiesel, and boost gence in New Delhi could even see the unit country was hurtling towards a balance of payments crisis country’s financial system to support the exports with tax breaks for certain indus- fall to 70. “The only long-term solution- similar to the one seen in 1991. rupee and ailing economy, and yesterday tries, he said. deep economic, political and social reforms The RBI’s annual report for 2012-13, released Thursday, Brazil said had put aside $55 billion to back It also said it was aiming to make invest- is unlikely ahead of the upcoming elections said India’s foreign exchange reserve, “although lower than in up the sliding real. The US Federal Reserve’s ment in projects in the agricultural and and possibly for years to come,” said Credit the pre-crisis period, is adequate to finance about seven stimulus scheme, unveiled in September to mineral sectors easier, while the central Agricole economist Dariusz Kowalczyk in a months of imports”. Subbarao later said this was enough to boost the US economy, has been credited bank announced several measures to shore note. Among other regional markets, manage the current situation. with fuelling a global equity and currency up the rupiah. Official data last week Bangkok is down more than six percent, The central bank and the government have been trying rally as traders sought out better returns in revealed that the current account deficit while Manila slid six percent on Thursday, to stabilize the rupee for months by announcing measures developing economies. widened to $9.8 billion in the second quar- its only trading day so far this week. such as hiking short-term interest rates and imposing limited However, with the US economy show- ter, the biggest shortfall since the Asian However, some observers believe that the capital controls. ing signs of strength the general feeling is financial crisis of the late 1990s. tapering off of the Fed’s stimulus program Dealers have said they fear the rupee could weaken fur- that the Fed will start to pull the plug, lead- Analysts were unsure about the propos- might not be bad news for Asia in the long ther-with Deutsche Bank analysts forecasting on Wednesday ing investors to return to the West, where als. “I don’t believe it will give a boost to term. “The tapering and tightening of US that it could fall to 70 to the dollar. Emerging market curren- the dollar and equities look like a better confidence in the short term,” Purbaya monetary policy, when it occurs, will not be cies have taken major hits recently as investors pull out mon- and safer bet. India and Indonesia’s eco- Yudhi Sadewa, Jakarta-based chief econo- a bad thing for the region’s economies,” ey in anticipation the US Federal Reserve will begin to taper its nomic woes have been compounded by mist at Danareksa Research Institute, told Singapore Finance Minister Tharman stimulus effort, with India and Brazil also punished for slow domestic problems, such as slowing AFP, adding that many would not be con- Shanmugaratnam said at a regional busi- growth. —AFP growth, rising inflation and a widening cur- vinced the government would follow ness forum. —AFP Electric carmaker Tesla hits roadblock in China

BEIJING/SHANGHAI: Popular electric carmaker Tesla enabling the sale of the Model S, although one of the declined to give any details about Zhan. Motors Inc’s plans to enter the world’s biggest auto mar- sources said Tesla was almost through with the process. According to Jinda Trademark, Zhan registered trade- ket have stalled after a businessman in China claimed Kingston Chang, general manager of Tesla China, did not marks to the Tesla name in both English and Chinese. trademark rights to the name, people close to the respond to requests for comment. Atsuko Doi, a Tokyo- Zhan runs a website using the Tesla China domain and California-based company have told Reuters. based Tesla spokeswoman, said the company had this operates a Tesla-branded account on popular Chinese The maker of the best-selling US electric car, the pre- week begun taking “reservations” for the battery-pow- microblog site Sina Weibo, collecting information from mium Model S sedan with a price tag of $70,000, had ered Model S in China. The company opened its first Asian consumers interested in placing orders for or getting originally hoped to launch a flagship showroom in Beijing showroom in Tokyo in 2010. more information about his “Tesla” cars. Zhan’s Tesla at the start of the year, according to three sources, but “We are planning to open a Beijing store this year,” Doi website carries a brand logo almost identical to American has had to put that idea on hold due in part to the trade- said in an email this week, without providing further Tesla logo, and showcases one product, though the car mark issue. details. Zhan Baosheng, the businessman in the southern looks nothing like the Tesla Model S The website says the As a result, the 10-year-old company’s first shop-front China province of Guangdong, owns the “Tesla” trade- company’s “dream is to build China’s best electric car.” in China, at the Parkview Green Fangcaodi mall in the mark in China, according to his agent who processed the Legal experts familiar with trademark disputes in China capital, sits boarded up. While there is no Tesla sign, the papers to register the name with the State Administration said it might be difficult for Tesla to resolve the trademark shop is adorned with billboards of the Model S, which was for Industry and Commerce. issue unless it buys Zhan out. launched in the United States last year. An official with Jinda Trademark, the Guangzhou- China has rules that protect globally renowned In addition to the trademark issue, Tesla has yet to based agency Zhan used to make a registration for the brands, but that might not apply in the case of relatively complete product registration with Chinese authorities Tesla name, said Zhan registered the name in 2006. She new companies such as Tesla. —Reuters business SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013 ABN AMRO bad debts rise as govt plans sale Finance minister to outline vision for banks AMSTERDAM: State-owned Dutch lender with subsequent support lifting the cost to ond quarter, pulling the euro zone out of ABN AMRO warned yesterday that the weak 27.9 billion euros, the finance ministry said recession, the Dutch economy has been hit domestic economy would lead to higher yesterday. hard by plunging house prices and a decline bad debts, underlining the challenge the The government had to step in again in in consumer spending, leaving it mired in government faces as it prepares for the February, delivering a 10 billion euro pack- recession. The government’s economic fore- bank’s eventual sale. The Netherlands is age to prevent SNS Reaal from collapsing caster, CPB, said the economy is now expect- expected to push ahead with an initial pub- under property loan losses. The eventual ed to shrink 1.25 percent this year, com- lic offering (IPO) despite current valuations sale of ABN AMRO, the third-largest bank, pared with a previous forecast of a 1 percent pitching its value at less than half the and SNS Reaal, No. 4, would be a welcome contraction. Growth is seen at 0.75 percent amount the government poured into its contribution to state finances at a time when in 2014, against June’s 1 percent forecast. ATHENS: Hospital staff chant slogans during a 2008 rescue and later additional support. the Netherlands is struggling to meet the “We are predominantly exposed to the protest outside the Greek health ministry in central By comparison, Britain is expected to European Union’s deficit target of 3 percent Dutch economy and hence to the current Athens yesterday. — AP make a profit when it sells part of its 39 per- of economic output. ABN AMRO said that economic downturn, which led to a sharp cent stake in Lloyds Banking Group , possibly second-quarter net profit slipped 3 percent rise in loan impairments,” ABN AMRO Chief Crisis-hit Greeks next month. However, its sale of Royal Bank to 402 million euros ($536.5 million) from Executive, Gerrit Zalm, said in a statement, of Scotland, whose disastrous 70 billion-plus the first three months as impairment warning that loan impairments for the full euro acquisition of ABN in 2007 cost both charges on loans and other receivables year would exceed last year’s level. swing for solace British and Dutch governments dearly, looks increased by 292 million euros, reflecting the Zalm, a former finance minister, said in a long way off. Dutch Finance Minister effects of the recession and wiping out a June that ABN AMRO was ready for a public ATHENS: Six years into a deep recession that shows little sign Jeroen Dijsselbloem will hold a press confer- one-off gain of 182 million euros. However, listing, but he caught the finance ministry of abating, hundreds of stressed-out Greeks are turning to the ence later on Friday, at which he is expected net interest income rose 4 percent to 1.36 unprepared when he told Dutch media yes- “swing” to dance their worries away. to outline his vision for the Dutch banking billion euros thanks to higher margins on terday morning that Dijsselbloem would Greeks of all ages are signing up for courses at swing acad- sector and the government’s ABN AMRO exit loans, both for retail and commercial bank- outline his plans for the bank later in the day. emies to learn a dance that-with a bit of historic irony-was strategy. ing, while net fee and commission income Dijsselbloem had been expected to itself born during an even deeper crisis, the Great Depression Though the bank also reported that sec- was steady at 417 million euros. announce his plans for the banking sector, that gripped the United States in the 1930s. ond-quarter profit had dipped by 3 percent While the economies of Germany and including ABN AMRO, in a letter to parlia- “Five years ago, there was no swing scene in Athens and from the previous three months, analysts France grew faster than expected in the sec- ment in the coming weeks. — Reuters this dance was not part of Greek culture,” said Josephine said that an IPO is unlikely to be derailed, “Joss” Yannakopoulou, a French-Greek instructor running one provided that the economy starts to of the capital’s two swing schools. improve by next year. “They will probably “At the time, we began with eight pupils. Now we have sell ABN AMRO by the end of next year,” said hundreds,” said Yannakopoulou. It was a difficult start, and Keijser Capital’s Nico van Geest, adding that the school only began turning a profit last year. the bank’s results show a positive trend. But now, business is so successful that Yannakopoulou He puts ABN AMRO’s value at about 11 to ditched her academic career-teaching musicology and history 12 billion euros, and said that, assuming the of dance in Edinburgh-to focus exclusively on the school. state keeps a minority stake, the govern- Her partner Ben Librojo, who also hails from Edinburgh, ment could aim to raise 8 to 9 billion euros in likewise abandoned his computer career for full-time resi- an IPO. The Dutch government paid out dence in Athens. “At the time, I was wondering if it was worth nearly 40 billion euros to rescue the domes- investing in the school, then someone told me during a finan- tic financial sector in 2008, when it provided cial crisis people want to forget the difficult moments and capital injections for banking and insurance escape the daily grind,” said Librojo. group ING, insurer Aegon, and financial “And it turned out to be true.” There are over 1.3 million group SNS Reaal, as well as nationalizing unemployed in Greece, nearly a third of the total workforce. ABN AMRO. Five years later the Dutch global ‘We forget our problems’- banks are shadows of their former selves And even those lucky enough to have a job have gone after numerous divestments and thousands through a four-year austerity gauntlet forced on Greece by its of job cuts have left them largely focused on their domestic market and European back- AMSTERDAM: CEO of Dutch bank ABN AMRO Gerrit Zalm (left) and CFO international creditors, the European Union and the Kees van Dijkhuizen attend the presentation of the interim results for International Monetary Fund. yard. The rescue of ABN AMRO and its relat- 2013 in Amsterdam yesterday.— AFP The situation is expected to even out next year, but such ed entities cost 16.8 billion euros initially, forecasts have been proven wrong before. In fact, the Greek economy was originally expected to return to growth in 2012. Gold edges down, Fed stimulus cut in focus In this kind of gloom, dance appears to be the right anti- dote. “My pupils often count the days for the next class,” said LONDON: Gold edged down yesterday, markets were largely steady by mid-morn- London spot prices as of Friday, dealers Yannakopoulou. “In a way, it’s the crisis that brought about a trading below a two-month high hit earlier ing, after Asia saw an upbeat end to a tor- said, from $5 last week. India may restart swing trend,” said Nasos Dimalexis, a 43-year-old software this week, as the dollar steadied and US rid week, while the dollar was up 0.1 per- imports soon, after the central bank clari- engineer taking instruction at Yannakopoulou’s Athens Swing investors sought further clarity on the out- cent against a basket of currencies. fied a new rule that brought the flow into Cats academy. look for US monetary policy. Gold prices have fallen by nearly a fifth the world’s top gold consumer to a stand- In addition to giving classes, the swing schools also organ- Strong US jobs and manufacturing data this year on the back of speculation that still at the end of July. The top gold con- ise street dance displays to attract further interest.”We forget this week has added to expectations the the Fed may rein in its $85 billion monthly sumer is battling with a record trade our problems, we enjoy ourselves and the parties here are Federal Reserve is set to curb its bullion- bond-buying program as early as next deficit. affordable, as are the drinks,” said Dimalexis. friendly stimulus measures, but investors month. It said earlier this year that the tim- South Africa’s National Union of Swing dances-sometimes called jitterbug-developed looked for a better picture on the timing ing of such a move would depend on the Mineworkers (NUM) is consulting its mem- and scope of any reduction before placing US economic recovery, and particularly bership on a strike in the gold industry, alongside the rise fresh bets, analysts said. Spot gold was the jobs market, which has brought US which could start next week, halting pro- of jazz music in the 1920s, mostly among African American down 0.2 percent at $1,372.61 an ounce data releases into particular focus for gold duction for the country’s main mineral communities, with the Harlem-based Lindy Hop among the by 1203 GMT. It was set to end the week traders. Demand in top buyers India and export. NUM said its members in the con- best known. little changed after a near 5 percent gain China has been subdued ahead of a peak struction sector would down tools on “It’s a social dance, cheerful and spontaneous, and it helps last week. US gold futures for December wedding and festival season that kicks off Monday, despite pleas from President to escape from one’s problems,” said Mariangela Salihou, one delivery were up $1.90 at $1,372.70 an next month. Jacob Zuma and other government lead- of the operators of the capital’s second swing school, Athens ounce. “Once the summer is over, we will see ers for peaceful wage negotiations in Lindy Hop. “If the Fed is going to taper in consistent buying from September Africa’s largest economy. But the economic setting is never far away and the dancers September, that will be the binary event. It through the end of the year,” said Peter Silver was last trading at $23.02 an have held annual charity events to help the needy for the past could have quite a big impact on gold,” Fung, head of dealing at Hong Kong’s ounce, down 0.4 percent. Platinum gained three years. said Matt Turner, an analyst at Macquarie. Wing Fung Precious Metals. Premiums in 0.2 percent to $1,539.49 an ounce, while Last year’s proceeds were given to the homeless while this “The next big event is the non-farm pay- Hong Kong, a supplier of gold to China, palladium was down 0.1 percent, at year’s were directed to struggling families in Athens. —AFP rolls for September.” Europe’s main stock have fallen to about $4 an ounce over $750.72 an ounce.— Reuters 24, 2013

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Fall Movie Preview ‘Hunger Games,’ ‘Thor’ Shoot for record-breaking 2013 at the box office atniss Everdeen, the God of Thunder and a treasure- traditionally offer more than just escapism. This year, a litany Khunting hobbit will do the heavy lifting at the box office of auteur filmmakers like the Coen brothers (“Inside Llewyn this fall - but if 2013 is going to beat last year, studios Davis”), Martin Scorsese (“The Wolf of Wall Street”), Spike need prestige movies to connect in a big way, too. As summer Jonze (“Her”), Paul Greengrass (“Captain Phillips”) and draws to a close, theatrical revenues are running roughly even Alexander Payne (“Nebraska”) are creating serious-minded with 2012. That means not only will “The Hunger Games: fare aimed at adult audiences and Oscar voters. Catching Fire” have to be the blockbuster smash most predict, Despite their impressive pedigrees, the films can’t be so but more serious-minded films - like the Alfonso Cuaron space high-minded that they fail to break out of the arthouse. What thriller “Gravity” and the Ron Howard racing drama “Rush” - set last year apart was that seven of the nine films up for the will have to surge. “Last year was the biggest year the business has ever had, Casinos to spin Timberlake, but I am absolutely confident that we can beat it,” Dan Fellman, president of domestic distribution at Warner Bros., told TheWrap. “I think we’ve overcome a really soft first quar- Affleck poker film as cautionary tale ter and if you look at the overall trend we’re going to creep ustin Timberlake Ben Affleck ahead of where we ended up last year.” An unusually strong and have Las Vegas on holiday season, with ticket sales up more than 16 percent, lift- Jedge. They are the stars of a new film about the murky ed the North American box office more than 6 percent to world of unauthorised online poker that could cast an $10.8 billion in 2012. It was the first time the domestic box unwelcome spotlight on a fledgling legal market that Sin office grew since 2009. Is this year’s slate strong enough to City’s biggest players are betting on. Timberlake and Affleck prevent a backslide? Studio distribution chiefs say they’re con- are set to walk the red carpet with other celebrities at Caesars fident that it is largely because this season offers a wider range Palace next month for the premiere of Twenty-First Century of films. Fox Inc’s “Runner, Runner.” In the movie, Affleck plays an They note that while last fall was thin on family titles online gambling tycoon in Costa Rica confronted by (except for “Rise of the Guardians,” a box-office disappoint- Timberlake, a graduate student who believes he’s been swin- ment), this year boasts the Disney animated film “Frozen,” the dled by the gaming site. 3D film “Walking with Dinosaurs” and “Cloudy With a Chance It is a departure from the run of films like the “Hangover” of Meatballs 2.” And it’s not just stuff for tykes and preteens series and “Ocean’s 11” that glamorized casinos and the Las spreading optimism: In addition to established franchises like Vegas Strip. “People very well could get the wrong idea,” said “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues” and “Thor: The Dark John Pappas, executive director of the Poker Players Alliance. World,” studios are betting that blockbuster hopefuls like “Not all offshore operators are unregulated bad guys. This is a “Ender’s Game” and “47 Ronin” can draw crowds and spawn dramatization, let’s be clear about that. It shows what could sequels. be happening in a worst-case scenario.” “On paper at least, there’s something for everyone,” Chris Academy Award for Best Picture grossed more than $100 mil- Industry groups like the American Gaming Association are Aronson, president of domestic distribution at 20th Century lion domestically. In 2011, only one of the nominees had that preparing advertising and discussion screenings around the Fox, told TheWrap. Not everyone is as sanguine. Some box distinction. Erik Lomis, the Weinstein Co.’s head of distribu- film’s release, to draw a distinction between its portrayal of the office analysts argue that this year’s crop of contenders looks tion, admits that with new films from Scorsese, Cuaron and seedy trappings of global online poker, and a federally regulat- weaker, arguing that there are fewer titles with four-quadrant others all vying for attention, any project that asks audiences ed market they’re trying to plug. A legal, well-supervised mar- appeal to match the popularity of last fall’s “Skyfall” or “The to think and feel instead of merely gaze at digital wonders ket safeguards against fraud and cheating, and increases rev- Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2.” faces a hard road to profitability. Instead of star power or CGI, enues, its proponents argue. Vegas’ biggest players see online “It’s looking a little bit soft for the rest of the year,” Bruce the most important selling point is artistic excellence, he poker as a new market that can offset slowing growth from Nash, founder of the box office statistics site The Numbers, argued. “There’s a lot of high caliber, high quality film out table-gambling on the Strip. It is a market expected to grow by told TheWrap. “Looking ahead, it’s hard to identify any films there,” he said. “It looks like it will be extremely crowded, but more than $10 billion in coming years from about $4 billion other than ‘The Hunger Games’ that can give the box office a at the end of the day, cream rises to the top. The better films bet through unauthorized sites as of 2011. huge boost.” The fact that the box office is running even with will find an audience.” — Reuters A few states have already begun legalizing Web poker, last year at all is surprising. After all, 2013 marks the first time eyeing the tax revenues the games will bring. Yet the 2011 in a decade that there was not a James Bond, Transformers, US Department of Justice crackdown on foreign operators Harry Potter, Batman or Spider-Man film in theaters. has left a sour taste in the mouths of many. “The specifics of That lack of tentpole thoroughbreds was acutely felt earlier New York Met the film are not what we’re associating ourselves with,” said this year. Heading into the summer, the box office was down Joe Versaci, chief marketing officer for Station Casino Inc’s roughly 12 percent. But the success of massive comic book expands live opera Ultimate Gaming, the first company to take online bets in the films like “Iron Man 3” and “Man of Steel,” along with a series US in the state of Nevada in April. It has applied for a Web of lower to mid-budget breakouts such as “The Conjuring” and gaming license in New Jersey, which is expected to launch “The Purge,” helped make up the lost ground. Through last broadcast program online betting in November. weekend the domestic box office was roughly $7.3 billion, ew York’s Metropolitan Opera said Wednesday it Spin doctors roughly flat with where 2012 was at a similar point. has expanded its program of live broadcasts for “It’s a year that has so far been a turtle not a rabbit, with a N The problem for most Vegas operators is they have the 2013-2014 season, with 10 operas to be box office comprised of a bunch of singles and doubles and an shown in 1,900 movie theaters in dozens of countries. teamed up with more-experienced poker-game operators overall philosophy that pennies make nickels, nickels make overseas, which the film portrays in a sordid light. Caesars The season kicks off on October 5 with a new production dimes and dimes make quarters,” Greg Foster, chairman and of Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” and wraps up on May tied up with London-listed 888 Holdings Plc MGM Resorts has president of IMAX Entertainment, said. aligned with Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment Plc, to name a 10 with Rossini’s “La Cenerentola.” The Met will unveil To continue the turnaround, certain things need to break four new productions including Verdi’s “Falstaff” con- few. Offshore poker websites like PokerStars were the forces Hollywood’s way. Not only do “The Hunger Games” and “The behind the last online poker boom, starting around 2003. ducted by music director James Levine, who has been Hobbit” need to match or surpass the $700 million and $1 bil- absent for nearly three years due to poor health. That all changed on April 15, 2011, known in the industry as lion their previous installments made, but “Thor: The Dark “Black Friday,” when the US Department of Justice indicted Levine will lead the first live broadcast of Mozart’s World” must expand its audience. Disney is confident that the “Cosi Fan Tutte” on April 26. This is the eighth season that the founders of these sites on charges of bank fraud, money latter is possible, because of what the studio’s executive vice laundering and illegal gambling. the Met has offered live broadcasts subtitled in nine lan- president of distribution Dave Hollis refers to as “The post- guages, including Swedish for the first time this year, the The sites were closed to US players, but now tax-hungry ’Avengers’ effect.” He notes that “Iron Man 3” nearly doubled states like Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware are passing Met said. Sixty-four countries take part in the program. the haul of the second film in the series, in part because the More than 85 theaters have been added across Britain, online gambling laws, re-opening the market. The American super-team film broadened the appeal of the Marvel Comics Gaming Association, trade group for the world’s big casinos, Germany and Sweden in response to high demand for characters. the Live in HD series. Productions are shown in nearly has decided to spin the movie as part of its lobbying platform “I think we’re going to see a similar impact with ‘Thor,’” for expanded online gaming regulation. AGA President Geoff 750 theaters in the United States. Hollis said. “It might not be to the same degree as ‘Iron Man,’ Audiences will be “watching live from Vancouver to Freeman, in an email sent to its board last week obtained by but there is something about the momentum that the Marvel Reuters, plans to argue that the film underscores the risk of a Moscow, and on a delayed basis in Asia, Africa, Australia and brand is experiencing after we successfully brought all these New Zealand,” said Met general manager Peter Gelb. —AFP poorly-regulated market. —Reuters heroes together. It just adds to the buzz.” However, fall movies SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013 Ben Affleck succeeds Christian Bale as Batman

actor Ben Affleck will replace Christian Steel” starring Henry Cavill of Britain. Cavill will Bale in the next Batman film, Warner Bros appear alongside Affleck in the 2015 film. “Ben pro- USPictures said. Affleck will appear in a vides an interesting counter-balance to Henry’s Batman-Superman mega flick slated for release in Superman. He has the acting chops to create a lay- 2015 that follows on the heels of this summer’s ered portrayal of a man who is older and wiser than Superman hit “Man of Steel.” Bale, who played the Clark Kent and bears the scars of a seasoned crime Director Ben title role in Christopher Nolan’s “Batman” trilogy, had fighter, but retain the charm that the world sees in Affleck arrives at left the doors wide open for a new successor. “We billionaire Bruce Wayne,” Snyder said. the 85th knew we needed an extraordinary actor to take on “Man of Steel” has earned some $650 million Academy one of DC Comics’ most enduringly popular super worldwide and $290 million in North America alone. Awards heroes, and Ben Affleck certainly fits that bill and then Affleck is no stranger to superheros, having played Nominees some,” said Warner Bros. president Greg Silverman in Matt Murdock in the 2003 flop “Daredevil.” More Luncheon at The a statement. notably, Affleck arrived at the pinnacle of Hollywood Beverly Hilton The film, which is not yet titled, will be directed by accomplishment in 2013 when his movie “Argo” won Hotel Zack Snyder, who was behind this summer’s “Man of the Oscar for best film last February. — AFP California. —AFP

Germans love ‘Django,’ French hit film ‘Amelie’ Japan digs ‘Monsters U’ and other overseas to become Broadway musical he 2001 hit French film “Amelie,” he British love “Les Miserables,” Japan’s favorite film beloved by audiences at home this year has been “Monsters University” and in T T and abroad, is headed for Germany, Austria and Sweden, the leader is still ... Broadway, according to US composer “Django Unchained”? With Disney/Marvel’s “Iron Man 3” Dan Messe. Few other details have blasting away overseas - more than $805 million of its $1.21 emerged on the stage version of Jean- billion worldwide comes from abroad - it’s easy to presume Pierre Jeunet’s internationally it No. 1 across the map. That’s true in the majority of the acclaimed film, which cast a nostalgic biggest markets, including Russia, Brazil, France and eye on contemporary Paris and cata- Australia. pulted actress Audrey Tautou to star- But a random (and unscientific) survey of the top films in dom. “So not the best kept secret, but various markets turns up a few anomalies that might sur- still I’m happy to announce that I’ve prise. Piracy, varying screen-counts, release dates, local dis- been commissioned to adapt the film tributors - and cultural differences, of course - make pure ‘Amelie’ for Broadway,” Messe wrote on Nathan Tysen on the adaptation, on a mission to make others happy. apples-to-apples comparisons impossible. In the case of his band Hem’s Facebook page last according to the post. The film, which “Amelie” won four Cesar Awards in China, where the game is rigged to favor homegrown films, week, after several leaks in the trade sold 8.6 million tickets in France and France and was nominated for five “Iron Man 3” is actually No. 2 with $121 million, behind local press. earned $152 million worldwide, tells the Oscars, including best foreign language hit “Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons,” which Messe will collaborate with play- story of a shy waitress who sets out film, although it went home empty- has brought in $198 million, according to Box Office Mojo. wright Craig Lucas and composer from Paris’s Montmartre neighborhood handed. — AFP But in the U, Universal and Illumination Entertainment’s “Despicable Me 2” moved into the top spot this week with $68 million. The minions are No. 2 on the list of overall for- eign earners - so their leading is no shock. It’s movie it blew British, US films compete for Venice Golden Lion prize past that raises eyebrows: Universal’s Hugh Jackman-Anne Hathaway musical “Les Miserables,” which has run up $64 million since opening in January. “Iron Man 3” is third with ollywood honchos and aspiring $57 million. Hstars will be boating into Venice for “Django Unchained,” which Sony is distributing overseas, a dark, crisis-themed film festival opened in January and is still No. 1 in Germany with $51 mil- from Wednesday, with British and lion. It’s way ahead the runner-up, “The Hangover Part III,” American films dominating the race for which has brought in $31 million since late May. The cool the coveted Golden Lion award. George response to Guillermo del Toro’s “Pacific Rim” in Japan is sur- Clooney and co-star Sandra Bullock will prising, given that country’s historic attachment to giant rock the red carpet on the opening night, robots and kaiju monsters. But filmmakers shouldn’t be sur- kicking off the festival with the hotly antic- prised: They set the big battles in Hong Kong, cast a Chinese ipated “Gravity”, a 3D sci-fi thriller starring female lead and made China’s jaeger big and red-not the the pair as astronauts. “Gravity”, a harrow- best way to steer clear of enduring cultural friction between ing space drama about a fight for survival the nations. They also made more than $100 million in when a debris shower destroys a shuttle, is China. Mexican Alfonso Cuaron’s first work since So the Japanese didn’t go for “Pacific Rim.” But how many “Children of Men” seven years ago, and people would guess the year’s top film there would be promises to leave viewers gasping for air. Disney and Pixar’s “Monsters University,” with nearly $68 mil- The film is one of several hellish tales at David Gordon Green’s “Joe”, a brutal “Philomena”, starring Judi Dench as a lion? A Japanese movie, “The Wind Rises,” is second; and the festival, which features the return of drama starring Nicholas Cage as an ex-con mother seeking the son she gave up for “Ted,” Universal’s potty-mouthed teddy bear movie, is third the family as the vessel for social, political who becomes an unlikely role model for a adoption, and Steve Coogan as the jour- with $44 million since opening there in March. “Iron Man 3” and economic crisis, from child abuse and homeless child, runs against Kelly nalist who helps her in her quest. And never took flight. It’s tenth on the list with $25 million, abductions to absent fathers and marriage Reichardt’s “Night Moves” about eco- Monty Python star Terry Gilliam unveils behind Disney’s “Wreck-It-Ralph,” which is No. 8 with nearly breakdowns. The 53 films screening reflect activists plotting to blow up a dam. And computer-hacker drama “The Zero $30 million. a “dark and violent reality”, festival direc- James Franco fans will be watching for Theorem”, featuring Oscar-winning Fox’s animated cave family tale “The Croods” is Spain’s tor Alberto Barbera said in Rome last “Child of God”, an adaptation of a Cormac Christoph Waltz as a reclusive maths top-grosser this year $18 million since opening in March, but month as he unveiled the line-up. McCarthy novel about a cave dweller who genius. For the first time, two documen- “Despicable Me 2” is hot on its heels at $15.5 million. “Iron “Filmmakers are not giving any signs of rejects the social order. The large US pres- taries will also be running for the top prize: Man 3” is the top American film in Finland this year, but it’s optimism or a way out,” he said. Five of ence in competition is “a sign of the vitali- American Errol Morris’s “The Unknown behind three domestic movies: “21 Ways to Ruin a Marriage,” the 20 flicks vying for the coveted Golden ty and richness of American cinema,” Known: The Life and Times of Donald “Rolli and the Golden Key” and “The Year of ‘85 - Rock Your Lion prize hail from the United States, Barbera said, though “the real novelty is Rumsfeld” and Italian Gianfranco Rosi’s Memories.” At least Disney is distributing the retro music including the reportedly gruelling represented by the UK films. We’re living “Sacro GRA” about a ring road in Rome. film there. And Slovakians plainly love the Wolf Pack. “The “Parkland”, Peter Landesman’s re-creation in a period of great revival for British cine- “We’ve learnt that the distinction between Hangover Part III” is the year’s leading movie there with of John F. Kennedy’s assassination ma.” fiction and documentaries belongs to the $743,000. —Reuters through the eyes of those battling to save Among them, Stephen Frears-director past, modern cinema moves constantly him. of “The Queen”-unveils the true story of between the two,” Barbera said. —AFP SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013 Hendricks talks ‘Mad Men’ signature fashion hristina Hendricks says she’s started wearing higher necklines Cfeeling weepy as “Mad Men” when she got married and power approaches its seventh and suits when she was promoted within final season. Hendricks, who plays the advertising firm. Joan Harris, said Thursday that she That’s different from Hendricks’ plans on enjoying “every second” of personal style, which she says is filming when it resumes in whimsical and romantic. And she lets November. her hair down too, as opposed to Images released by AMC shows actress Christina She was in Chicago to host the Joan’s “Mad Men” updo. But the criti- Hendricks, who portrays Joan Harris, in a scene from ‘Mad opening of the city’s Magnificent cally adored AMC show has influ- Men.’ — AP photos Mile Shopping Festival. enced her. Hendricks says she never Hendricks talked about the owned a pencil skirt before “Mad show’s signature style, saying Joan Men” started. — AP

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Indian Bollywood actress Urmila Matondkar poses with designer Manish Malhotra during the Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) Winter/Festival 2013 in Mumbai yesterday. — AFP photos SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013 Copenhagen’s Little Mermaid turns 100

openhagen’s Little Mermaid stat- perform the Little Mermaid at ue celebrated her 100th birthday Copenhagen’s Royal Theatre. Jacobsen, Cyesterday with parties for children an avid art collector, was so impressed as well as grownups, illustrating the uni- by what he had seen that he commis- versal appeal of Hans Christian sioned artist Edvard Eriksen to create a Andersen’s poignant fairytale. Perched sculpture of the mermaid as a gift to the on a rock in the water just off the star- city. Since then the mermaid’s storied shaped Kastellet fortress near the city’s life on land has included meetings with harbor, the small bronze-skinned sculp- vandals and a trip abroad. ture has become a Danish icon on a par In 1964, her head was stolen and a with Carlsberg, the brewery once new one had to be made for her. She owned by the man who financed it. lost her arm in 1984 and was decapitat- Today, millions of children know the ed a second time in 1998, but this time Little Mermaid from the Disney movie the culprits seemingly had a change of and the merchandise it spawned, but heart and returned the loot anony- the original story lacks the happy end- mously. She has also had paint poured ing of the animated film. In the Danish over her several times, been pushed saga, the mermaid rescues a prince at into the water and was even dressed in sea and falls in love, giving up her a burka in 2004 to protest plans for aquatic life to be with him on land. Tourists taking pictures of Copenhagen’s landmark ‘Little Mermaid’ at Turkey to join the EU. In 2006, a dildo However, to turn her fishtail into legs, Langelinie in Copenhagen, Denmark, early morning yesterday as the statue was attached to her hand on she has to give up her voice, and celebrates her 100th birthday. — AFP International Women’s Day. speechlessly she watches her prince Denmark’s most popular centenarian marry someone else. In sorrow, she moralistic,” Mattson said. “He let the ue at the Langelinje quay. saw the world with her own eyes in throws herself back into the ocean and weakest steer the perspectives, with “Many people have read the stories 2010 after crossing the seas to be part turns into foam. sympathy for the vulnerable,” he added. by HC Andersen and want to see the of the Danish pavilion at the Shanghai With their unique blend of satire, The mermaid, or Den lille havfrue, as Little Mermaid,” said Cao, who has World Expo. During her time away, warmth and humor, HC Andersen’s she’s known to the Danes, is still a major shown the 1.25-metre (4.1-feet) tall mer- Chinese artist Ai Weiwei exhibited a fairytales revolutionized children’s liter- tourist attraction in the Danish capital. maid to sightseers for the last ten years. multimedia installation at the ature. Born in the central city of Odense, The neat figure with the heartbroken “But visitors always ask me, ‘Why is it so Copenhagen site. But for her birthday, Andersen’s penchant for making the gaze, unveiled a century ago on August small?’. They believe it would be much the Little Mermaid was back in the spot- underdog the protagonist of his stories 23, 1913, has become the symbol of the larger.” Others praised its simplicity. “We light, and still bringing in the crowds. helped the tales spread around the city of Copenhagen just like the Eiffel loved it,” said American Irmgard Alberts Celebrations were scheduled through- world, said Per-Olof Mattsson, a lecturer Tower has in Paris and Big Ben in who had joined a canal cruise in the city. out yesterday, including Tivoli Garden’s at the Department of Literature and London. Earlier this week, visitors were “The statue is so simple and well dis- traditionally dressed boy guards singing History of Ideas at Stockholm University. jostling on the shore to get the best played.” birthday songs for her. One hundred “Andersen was a pioneer in creating an photo of the 100-year-old lady. Cai The tale of the statue began in 1909, live mermaids were also due to swim in interest for fairytales, which were previ- Kewen, a Chinese tour guide, said she when brewer Carl Jacobsen, of the the water around her, forming the num- ously instructive, authoritarian and always brought visitors to the small stat- Carlsberg beer, saw ballerina Ellen Price ber 100. — AFP This fall is time to get excited about new pants

ants are always popular, especially with real coolness of them.” “I have them on today,” Lepore shape. Ferrin is better known for her dresses, but she Pwomen and real lives to lead, but they rarely said. “I wear them with a nice peasant top - I decided really wanted the jumpsuit in her repertoire. Her spark a lot of excitement. What can you do with to mix it with something soft and feminine - but most newest twist for fall is a jumpsuit with the genie-style, two legs and a waistband, after all? More than you girls will wear it with a simple T-shirt. But I wanted to cinched-bottom ankle. think, responds the fashion industry this fall. “Pants move it to a new place if we’re going to make it our “It seems scary until you try it on, but you put it on, feed back into the overarching idea of personal style,” new go-to pant.” and put on a tall shoe, and it looks great,” Ferrin says. says Samira Nasr, fashion director at Elle maga- For a more sophisticated customer, she’d recom- “It’s work upfront, but it’s one and done. You get the zine. “There really is a choice in how adventur- mend clean, slim-leg trousers paired with a tailored ease of pants, but all you have to do is add earrings This product image ous do you want to be.” suit jacket. “I really think the suit could be the and a cuff bracelet.” But trying on pants is something released by Loft shows a She adds: “Pants are the go-to because new dress.” And Lepore says higher waistbands many women dread, says Devina Foley, vice president model wearing they are the most comfortable thing, they are on the way. of merchandising at retailer Loft. She’s been dubbed a mid-weight scuba look good and they are a functional gar- As for the wide-leg option, it’s out there, espe- “the pants whisperer” inside the company as she has straight pants. ment. Women can go about their day and cially a cropped style that landed on Nasr’s radar worked with chief style director Alia Ahmed-Yahia to feel ‘dressed.’” Still, can you get the com- after previews of the resort collections that will be overhaul the design, fit and overall shopping experi- pliments with pants that you always seem available around the holidays. She predicts there ence for pants. to receive when you wear a new dress? will be even more of them next spring, but adds that “There are a lot of women who need to hire a baby Absolutely, says designer Nanette they’re an acquired taste and won’t be for everyone. sitter because they know it’s going to take them so Lepore: Find your fit and a good tailor, and Lepore says women “just love skinny pants. We will long to get pants,” says Foley. It doesn’t have to be the kind words will come. A teenager or put other things on the runway, like that soft pant, that way; it could be a five-minute transaction, she even a young 20-something who probably which morphed into a cargo pant, but I don’t see a pledges. The last time pants were a must-have for the mostly wears jeans or shorts has never really flared leg coming back anytime soon.” important fall shopping season was about five years lived through a high-fashion pants moment, The jumpsuit, however, is ripe for a return, ago, and there has been improvement in fabric tech- she says. This is her chance. says designer Abi Ferrin, who spent three years nology since then. She can break away from leggings or skin- retooling the silhouette to create one she There are good options with some wool and some A model ny jeans - or at least try them in prints - and thought would work for her own more curvy cotton - but all with stretch - that will allow for some wearing a she should try the relaxed track-pant silhou- drape but still have a smoothing effect, Foley says. At black watch ette that has broken out as a trend, says Loft, the waistband also has become a little wider to plaid ankle Lepore, who designs a youthful line for This product image released by Loft create the look of a flatter middle, and the side seam pants. JCPenney called L’Amour. “It’s going to be a lit- shows a model wearing a ponte slim down the leg has been moved forward slightly so the tle bit of a leap for her, but she’s going to get the boot cut pants. front looks slimmer. —AP SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013 Renoir’s personal items coming to NYC auction

illed as the single-largest archive of BPierre-Auguste Renoir’s personal prop- erty, an upcoming auction of hun- dreds of personal letters, photos and other memorabilia offers a candid look inside the master painter’s life as an artist, loving hus- band and devoted father. The Renoir Estate Collection is set to be sold in New York on Sept 19 as 143 lots. Heritage Auctions has estimated its value at $3 million. In addition, the sale includes 19 original sculptural plaster models, or maquettes, created during Renoir’s twilight years between 1913 and 1918 with the help of a young assistant, Richard Guino. A consum-

Brian Roughton, managing director of fine art at the Heritage Auctions, opens a case displaying items from the personal archives of artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir in Dallas. —AP photos Brian Roughton, managing director of fine art at the entire family.” Celebrated for his sensual Heritage Auctions, holds the personal note book of nudes and charming landscapes, Renoir’s Pierre-Auguste Renoir in Dallas. sculptures are less known. The maquettes, many of which remained at Les Collettes until 1960, were based on Renoir’s draw- ings and paintings and were produced after a crippling arthritis had nearly para- lyzed his hands. Guino was paid to work under Renoir’s guidance and did not sign the works. A court recognized him as a co-author in 1973. The current seller, who also owns the maquettes, got embroiled in a legal battle with the Guino family over the copyright of eight of the maquettes. The case was settled in 2008, and Heritage said all the material was being offered free and Brian Roughton displays spectacles that belonged clear. The auction house did not name the to the artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. consignor but published reports at the time identified her as Tracy Penwell, an Arizona gallery owner. Noah Fliesher, left, looks at a crated Grande Venus victorieuse by Pierre-Auguste Renoir considered “Large Venus Renoir ready for shipment in Dallas. Victorious,” a life-size statue of the Roman goddess elegantly holding a drape in one tor of the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur- hand and an apple in the other, a master- Mer, in the south of France. “These person- piece. Created in 1914-1915, it is estimat- al Renoir pieces will be seen for the last time as a unique collection unless a single ed to bring $900,000 to $1 million. buyer is able to purchase all the lots.” The auction also features the only two Other objects in the sale include Renoir’s sculptures entirely executed by Renoir’s polka-dotted silk scarf, marriage license hands - a medallion (est. $20,000) and bust and a notebook full of critic’s reviews. of his youngest son Claude, “Coco” (est. There are letters from his contemporaries $30,000). “Woodcocks” (est. $80,000- Claude Monet and Edouard Manet; his $120,000) is the only painting in the sale. Legion of Honor medals; hundreds of The small picture is of great historical sig- The last painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir titled Les glass-plate negatives; and documents nificance because it is believed to be Becasses (The Woodcocks), 1919, now on display at relating to the construction of Les Renoir’s last work, said Journiac, whose Heritage Auctions. Collettes, his estate at Cagnes-sur-Mer. just-published book “The Late Renoir, The Several museums, reached for com- Riviera Years” is largely based on the mate artist who painted every day of his ment, declined to say if they would bid. material in the collection. life, Renoir died in 1919. His personal The collection “illuminates the career, “He painted this still life with two dead archive remained with his heirs until 2005 life and eminence of this very, very hum- birds some hours before he died, which is when his grandson Paul offered it for sale ble man,” said Brian Roughton, managing quite symbolic,” she said. While there is as a single lot at a Maryland auction where director of fine art at Heritage. abundant literature on Renoir, Journiac it was purchased by the current owner. Artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s bust of “It shows the amount of his insecurity said, “This collection offers a lot of new “It is a gold mine,” said Virginie his son Coco dated 1907-08, on display about his life, about being an artist ... an information, especially of his last less stud- Journiac, an art historian and former cura- in Dallas. incredibly loving and sensitive man to his ied period.” — AP SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013

Aman receiving a Trilogy of Linden treatment from Brooke Hess, with the Aspira Ashley Cothran, with Travaasa Experiential Resorts, in Austin, Texas and Hana, Spa at the Osthoff Resort, in Elkhart Lake, Wis. Maui, Hawaii, pedaling a Fender Blender cycle. Farm to facial, guys welcome Spa trends

he farm-to-table movement has become open and catering to men, changing the servic- Tfarm to facial for some in the spa industry, es menu a little bit, changing the fragrance that with more locations offering fresh herbs they’re using of essential oils, changing what and flowers from their own gardens for treat- magazines are in the men’s relaxation areas,” ments. And guys are being treated to pamper- McNees said. “Spas have become much more Erin Ferrill, with HydroPeptide, giving a ing tweaked just for them as the number of men men-friendly.” treatment with their anti-aging skin care turning up at spas increases, according to a new Travaasa Austin has a separate men’s spa products. survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers for the treatment menu and a ruggedly decorated, International Spa Association. Overall, the indus- wood-paneled treatment room exclusively for try has made gains in revenue, visits and loca- the guys. There’s a 50-minute “Gentleman’s tions, according to the survey, released at the Clarifying Facial” for $125 using sandalwood, spa group’s Aug. 16 trade show. lemon and bitter orange to exfoliate and boost the spirits. Travaasa’s “What Ales You” package A look at what’s new and interesting in for men, at two hours and $265, includes an the spa industry: energy boosting, 80-minute massage followed Plants and flowers Photo shows a woman receiving a Hand by peppermint foot care and an organic Texas Rescue Citrus Reviver treatment from the Spas have long made use of local ingredi- ale - for drinking - at the end. In Hawaii, Four Kohler Waters Spa, in Kohler, Wisc, at the ents. Now, some are clipping and crushing Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea offers the “Alpha International Spa Association event in Mother Nature’s booty right from the ground. Male,” a 50-minute facial for $175 with green tea New York. — AP photos The Omni Mount Washington Resort in New and green algae options. Hampshire’s White Mountains allows guests to you can revitalize,” she said. The full experience Sweet & sour stroll the grounds and choose their own plants lasts 80 minutes and costs $198 in U.S. dollars as part of the full body, 75-minute “Herbal Pleasing purple, in treatment ingredients and and includes a tea pairing and use of rain sticks Alexandra Ciasulli, left, and Robin Garden Treatment” for $175. “As you’re walking as a background color to calm the mind, and finger cymbals to enhance rain forest relax- Rappaport giving a Sugar Foot Scrub spa through the garden your therapist is talking remains hugely popular, but citrus and a hit of ation. treatment in the Message Envy Spa booth. about the herbs and what the benefits are so sweet are also turning up this season. Kohler Water Spas, with locations in Burr your intentions. If you’re nervous and frustrated you can really customize it to your needs,” said Massage Envy, a membership-based spa in Ridge, Ill., St. Andrews, Scotland, and Kohler, he’s going to mirror that.” Sound highfalutin? Jaime MacKillop, spa supervisor at that Omni about 900 locations, including high-end strip Wis., introduced the “Hand Rescue Citrus Hop on one of the resort’s Fender Blenders Hotels & Resorts location in Bretton Woods. malls, offers “Sugar Foot Therapy” as a popular Reviver” in June. The 50-minute treatment costs instead. It’s a stationary bicycle that powers a Aspira Spa at The Osthoff Resort in Elkhart $10 add-on to massages. CG Funk, a company $130 and includes lime exfoliating, a clementine juicer attached at the handlebars. Pick your own Lake, Wis., has about two acres under cultiva- vice president, extolled the hydrating properties moisturizer and a grapefruit scalp massage. ingredients and have at it. tion, said the general manager, Lola Roeh. The of sugar for hardworking feet. “We look at feet latest treatment offering, for $390, is 150-minute as probably the most abused and stressed-out Animal friends By the numbers “Trilogy of Linden” using honey and blossoms part of the human body,” she said. Foot scrubs Along with flora and fresh produce for spa The International Spa Association’s survey of from the indigenous trees for facials, a body with matching finishing butters include pink treatments and culinary experiences at resorts 1,000 destination and day spas in the U.S. mask and a massage. “For centuries, linden has grapefruit, mango and tangerine, and lemon are farm encounters with animal friends. Keith showed a 4.7 percent increase in revenue last been used for calming and relaxation,” she said. and sage. Moon, the head cowboy and agriculture over- year at $14 billion. Travaasa Austin in Texas has a working farm On Mexico’s Caribbean coast, the Grand seer at Travaasa Austin, and his staff teach chick- That’s up from $13.4 billion in 2011. Spa visits from which to pluck spa ingredients. Velas Riviera Maya resort this year introduced en-keeping at the coop that supplies the resort’s in the same time period were up 2.8 percent, to the “Mayan Royal Massage.” Brightly colored restaurant with eggs. 160 million from 156 million. Locations were up The men shawls traditionally used for carrying babies are There’s also a two-hour horse encounter free slightly, to 19,960 from 19,850. Revenue per visit The spa association has tracked male guests wrapped around limbs and torso for a gentle with a spa day pass. Moon and his cowboy team went to $87 from $86 the year before. Total for about 10 years, said Lynne McNees, the stretch treatment preceded by a lemon mas- use horses to help guests learn more about employees rose by 1.2 percent to 343,600 in group’s president. Their ranks had been steady, sage, said the spa manager, Leticia Fernandez themselves. “You don’t ride the horse. It’s about May from 339,400 in May 2012. Part-time work- between 30 and 33 percent, but rose last year to de la Tejera. how your interactions with the animal can tell ers increased 13.2 percent, to 145,400, while full- 47 percent, according to the latest survey. “A lot “The lemons are cold so they absorb all of the you about your nonverbal communication and time employees declined by 7.2 percent, to of that has to do with spas being much more bad energy that you have stuck in your body, so body language,” he said. “The horse picks up on 151,300. — AP SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013 Complicated fun: Are theme parks going geeky?

File photo originally provided by Legoland Florida shows families at the theme park’s new interactive water ride, The Quest for Chi, part of the park’s new World of Chima, which also includes a splash zone and play area. (Right) A three-story-tall Optimus Prime figure at the entrance to the Transformers: The Ride-3D as a formation of private jets flies overhead at the grand opening of the attraction at Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Fla. — AP photos

oasting obscure characters and detailed leopard seal through a psychedelic-looking said Phil Hettema, a California-based theme park kids’ media today.” Legoland worked with Bstory lines, several new attractions world and then reunited with his tribe of fellow designer. “It’s got to work on the kids, the adults. Cartoon Network writers and animators on the opened at theme parks this summer in birds. Real, live penguins appear at the end of It’s pretty tricky. You’re trying to convey a lot for Chima attraction to sync details and distill the Central Florida. The new rides and areas are the ride. When did fun become so complicated? those who don’t know it. You have to give the complex cartoon into basic elements. But they much different from those just a generation ago, Theme park consultants say attractions need to newcomer enough clues.” also recognized that not all guests have heard of when Dumbo the Flying Elephant was consid- be more detailed in the age of video games, With an established story like Transformers, Chima, said Candy Holland, senior creative ered high tech. These days, a ride involving a smartphones and 3-D TVs. And of course, parks many people have seen the 1980s TV cartoon, director for the Legoland parent company simple, blue elephant just won’t cut it. aren’t just competing with home entertainment; and many more the movie franchise. So even if Merlin Entertainment. So, for the uninitiated, Take World of Chima at Legoland, for they’re competing against each other for guests’ Universal’s intense, dark ride involves a new sto- designers used the queue line to tell the Chima instance. The attraction is based on a Lego time and money, especially in the I-4 corridor, a ry or is incredibly detailed, most people can fol- story so people could be brought up to speed building block play set and Cartoon Network busy highway that runs through the Orlando low the narrative. Same with Universal’s before boarding the water ride. show about eight animal tribes, a crocodile king, area. The rise of the Internet means everyone is Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Many of the “It’s a balance,” Holland said. “There are some magical vehicles called Speedorz and a life force a critic - several theme park fan blogs are devot- visitors are familiar with the story, either people who may not yet be familiar with the called Chi. There are epic battles over the ed to dissecting the geeky details of each new through J.K Rowling’s books or the blockbuster Chima theme. Some people come to Legoland, Ancient Pool of Chi, set in a lushly landscaped attraction. movies. Yet familiarity also has its pitfalls for maybe haven’t even played with Legos yet. And tropical world. Or look at Universal’s “In the 1970s we could do quite a bit in theme park designers: Rabid fans know when a it’s a great opportunity for the parents to under- Transformers ride. It isn’t just inspired by the toy theme parks,” said John Gerner, the managing detail is out of place. stand why their kids are living in, and obsessed and the movie - it’s a detailed, 3-D, “interactive director of Leisure Business Advisors LLC. Scott Thomas, Cartoon Network’s vice presi- with, the World of Chima.” battle” between the Autobots and Decepticons “Nowadays, it’s hard to provide a typical music dent of consumer marketing, says he’s gotten SeaWorld Orlando’s Antarctica is a rarity in that has its own website. show. There just isn’t that much of a thrill any- emails from the under-10 set about inconsisten- the attractions world: It’s an entirely new story, Even the straightforward-sounding more.” Attraction designers have a difficult job: cies and questions in the storyline for the Chima not based on any movie, show, book or toy. “It Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin ride at They must present a story to guests of all ages, cartoon. can be done if there are some other innate SeaWorld Orlando is about a penguin hatchling from all walks of life. “It’s got to be layered and “Kids today have very high expectations,” he aspects to the story,” said Gerner. “Penguins as who grows up, leaves his mom, is chased by a it’s got to work on a number of different levels,” said. “And the storylines are very complex in animal have innate appeal.” —AP Create old-school stationery with chalkboard paint y classroom days are decades behind me, regular piece of school chalk adds rustic appeal. In Mbut I still miss the nerdy pleasure of head- either case, if you mess up, you can always erase it ing back to school each September with and start over! A light spritz with aerosol hairspray new notebooks and folders, color coded by subject will set the chalk enough that it won’t get smudged of course. Pretty stationery, however, feels like an going through the mail. I made small cards in order acceptable substitute. A stack of blank notecards to maximize the number I could get out of a single holds the same promise of a fresh start as school sheet of painted cardstock, but there’s no reason supplies do, especially a set that incorporates old- they couldn’t be bigger. Handmade notecards made by spraying school elements like chalkboards, vintage maps, Materials for six 41/4-by-3 5/8-inch cards: cardstock with chalkboard paint. notebook paper and brown paper lunch sacks. 1 sheet of 81/2-by-11-inch cardstock, any color board fronts into “speech bubble” shapes, or trim Chalkboard art has become a big trend in home (this will be covered with paint) them with decorative edge scissors. Use a paper- decorating, from wall hangings that mimic vintage 2 sheets of 81/2-by-11-inch cardstock for the punch to round the corners of the cards, if desired. menu boards to entire walls covered with chalk- card interior (I used kraft paper, but white or any 5. To “season” the chalkboards, rub a piece of board paint. But I decided to seize upon that trend light- to medium-color is fine) chalk over the surface of the cards and erase it with and shrink it down to notecard size. Turning a note- chalkboard spray paint a soft cloth. I found the surface fairly forgiving - if card into a mini-chalkboard is as easy as applying a craft knife and straight edge or paper trimmer spray one sheet of cardstock with chalkboard spray you make a mistake or don’t like your lettering, few coats of spray paint to a piece of cardstock, and glue stick or double-sided tape paint. Two or three light coats applied several min- wipe it down with a barely-damp cloth and start the resulting surface can be customized in count- corner-rounding paper punch (optional) utes apart should be sufficient. over. less ways. Make yourself a pile of blank chalkboard chalk 2. When the painted cardstock is thoroughly 6. To make the envelopes, search online for free, cards, and you won’t be limited to the clichÈd chalk ink markers (optional) dry, cut it in half lengthwise and then cut each A2 envelope templates. I used one from a blog greetings on store-bought cards - you can person- 6 pieces of 81/2- by-11 inch lighter weight piece into three pieces, each measuring 41/4 by 3 called Artsy Bride. Download and print the tem- alize them for any occasion. Or make a set as a gift paper for envelopes (I used notebook paper, old 5/8 inches. These will become your card fronts. plate on cardstock at 85 percent of its original size. for someone else, and include a box of chalk. maps and paper lunch bags) 3. Cut each of the other two pieces of cardstock Cut out the template and trace it onto notebook Don’t like your handwriting? Draw a cute cup- 1 sheet of cardstock to make an envelope tem- into three rectangles, each measuring 3 5/8 inches paper, a map or a lunch bag. cake on a birthday card or even a simple smiley plate by 8 1/2 inches. Fold in half to form a card. 7. Cut out the envelope shape and fold the sides Instructions: face - it’s a chalkboard, not a fine art canvas. A chalk 4. Glue a chalkboard card front to the front of and flaps in, gluing where necessary to hold the ink marker allows for bolder, smoother lines, but a 1. Working outside or in a well-ventilated area, each card. Or for variety, cut some of the chalk- envelope together. — AP SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013

Romi, 26, displays one of the items offered for sale at his souvenir store in the Mannequins and dresses are seen on an empty street in the Khan El-Khalili Khan El-Khalili market, a popular destination for tourists. market. Unrest delivers huge blow to Egypt tourism

eshmat Youssef used to make a decent liv- either rebook a trip to a different destination free Hing sailing foreign tourists down Egypt’s of charge or get their money back, she said. Nile River. Since political unrest flared, Costa Crociere SpA, one of Italy’s main cruise business has dried up faster than water in the operators, has canceled all Red Sea cruises and desert. Riots and killings that spiked after the stops in Egypt through the 2013-2014 winter sea- Aug. 14 crackdown against followers of ousted son. “Egypt is the No. 1 tourist destination for President Mohammed Morsi have delivered a Italians,” said Massimo Broccoli, commercial severe blow to Egypt’s tourism industry, which director of Veratour tour operator. “Clearly there until recently accounted for more than 11 per- will be an economic impact.” In France, the cent of the country’s gross domestic product and Association of Tour Operators suspended tours to nearly 20 percent of its foreign currency rev- Cairo, the Red Sea and all other cities until further enues. notice. Even the lucrative Russian market, which The chairman of the Egyptian Airports accounted for the largest share of foreign tourists Company, Gad el-Karim Nasr, said arrivals at at 14 percent, is feeling the effects. Planes are still Egyptian airports have dropped by more than 40 percent from Sunday through Tuesday compared to the same time the previous week. He said that in the same time-frame, 13,000 tourists, mostly from Germany and Italy, have left the Red Sea resorts of Sharm el-Sheikh and Hurghada - with only 3,000 new arrivals. With governments in the US and Europe home early - sometimes to the dismay of the sive cuts for the population in Egypt and liveli- advising their citizens to avoid Egypt, the impact tourists who said the resorts were quiet and they hoods will be destroyed.” The crisis facing threatens the livelihood of the one in eight didn’t want to leave. Egyptian tourism flared just as the industry was Egyptians who earn their money from tourism. “We have offered individual solutions for rebounding: Last year, 11.5 million foreigners vis- “We want to live in stability and for tourism to tourists who are worried and want to go home ited Egypt, a 17 percent increase from the 9.8 mil- come back,” said Youssef, who hasn’t seen holi- early,” said Braun of TUI, which had about 6,000 lion in 2011. daymakers in weeks. “Let us eat already. We are customers at Red Sea resorts last week. “But so far Egyptian officials, tourism employees and for- extremely tired.” fewer than 100 tourists have taken us up on the eign travel agents are hopeful this will happen The latest shock occurred just as Egypt’s offer and cut short their vacations.” Some hardy again once stability returns. “Egypt is a remark- tourism industry, which injected more than $10 souls are still traveling to Egypt, either because able destination that many older Americans have billion into the economy last year, was slowly they believe they can avoid trouble or because on their ‘bucket lists’ so there will be pent-up recovering from the blow suffered from the 2011 they can’t cancel without a penalty. demand for travel there when the time comes to uprising against ousted President Hosni Mubarak. “We had already reserved in less stormy return,” said Priscilla O’Reilly of the US-based That uprising had already prompted some US times,” said Giuseppe Giordano as he waited with Overseas Adventure Travel. operators to pull out of Egypt. But the drop in US An Egyptian shopkeeper sweeps outside a friend to check in Tuesday at Rome’s airport for Pamela Lassers of Abercrombie & Kent USA visitors, who favor ancient monuments like the his souvenir shop in the Khan El-Khalili an EgyptAir flight to Cairo. “Newspapers and tele- said that over the years “we have seen many ups Pyramids outside Cairo and the tombs and tem- market. vision often exaggerate. Often, only being there and downs in the Middle East” and that the US ples of the Nile Valley, did not affect the resilient can one really understand what’s going on.” industry believes that eventually Egypt “will once European market. Every year millions of sun- leaving Moscow’s airports for Egypt, packed with Those who do venture to Egypt will find restau- again be welcoming travelers to the country’s starved Europeans swarm the Red Sea beaches travelers who already paid for their trips and can- rants and bars closing early due to a curfew in many World Heritage sites.” far from the chaos of the cities. Now, the not cancel without a penalty payment. But the Cairo and many other areas except the Red Sea. That’s small comfort to Youssef, the boat oper- European market, too, is drying up. Association of Tour Operators of Russia reports Folklore shows and cultural events have been ator who is among the millions of Egyptians who Major European travel companies have can- that about 30 percent of the advance package canceled. Museums are open for just a few hours rely on tourism for their livelihood. With the celed bookings through October after televised tours to Egypt have been cancelled. a day. tourists gone, Youssef has taken a job as a securi- scenes of chaos and European governments’ However, relatively few Russians, Germans, “There will be losses on all sides, from the sou- ty guard at a store. warnings to avoid Egypt. “We have canceled all Italians, Serbs and others who were already at venir vendors in Egypt to the hotel and bus oper- The $43 he earns there each month provides trips to Egypt until Sept 15,” said Anja Braun, a their beach resorts when violence escalated this ators and airlines to the travel agencies in for 10 people, including his wife, their four chil- spokeswoman for TUI, one of Germany’s biggest month chose to leave early. Tour operators in Germany,” said Torsten Schaefer of the German dren and his sister and her three. “Everyone is travel operators, said the company has canceled Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Sweden Travel Association. “It’s too early to say how high borrowing from everyone,” he said. “I swear to all trips to Egypt until Sept 15. Customers can and Norway did fly hundreds of vacationers back the losses will be, but certainly there will be mas- God, we are not living.” — AP technology SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013 ‘Boyfriend Tracker’ app raises stir in Brazil RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilians were Functions include sending the per- actress Carolina Dieckmann, who does not violate any Brazilian laws. Grijo set up for the app. To install outraged when they learned their son doing the tracking updates on had nude photos of herself leaked by Despite being removed by Google, it Boyfriend Tracker, suspicious part- country was a top target of the US their partner’s location and forward- hackers in 2012 after she refused to is still available via direct download ners have to get their hands on their National Security Agency’s overseas ing duplicates of text message traffic pay about $5,000. However, similar from his company’s website. A dis- loved one’s smartphones and spying operation, with data from bil- from the targeted phone. There is apps popular on Google Play market claimer on that website stipulates upload the app. A free version lions of calls and emails swept up in even a command that allows a user themselves to parents as a means of the app is for “social and recreational leaves the app’s icon visible on the Washington’s top secret surveillance to force the target phone to silently monitoring how teenage children use” and absolves the developer of target’s phone, while a version that program. Yet when it comes to the call their own, like a pocket dial, so use the phone and where they are at responsibility for any misuse. The costs $2 a month masks the icon. cloak and dagger effort of catching they can listen in on what the person any given moment. Matheus Grijo, a first line of the download instruc- Grijo said the app began as a joke philandering lovers, all high-tech is saying. 24-year-old Sao Paulo-based devel- tions says a woman installing the between him and his girlfriend but weapons appear to be fair game - at Similar apps are marketed for oper behind Boyfriend Tracker, says tracker on her boyfriend’s phone the idea quickly caught on among least to the tens of thousands of smartphone users in other countries, it has attracted around 50,000 users should do so “with his consent.” their friends. “In Brazil, we have this Brazilians who downloaded including Europe and the US, but since its launch about two months “We are waiting for Google’s culture of switching partners really “Boyfriend Tracker” to their smart- Boyfriend Tracker is the first that has ago, most since the site began position on the removal of quickly, so this is a way of dealing phones before the stealthy software made any impact in Brazil, a country attracting media attention two ‘Boyfriend Tracker’ from Google with that,” said Grijo. “People really was removed from the Google Play still irate as it learns more about weeks ago. Grijo insists his lawyer Play, which we consider an error,” appreciate having a tool to help app store last week, apparently in Washington’s snooping. Brazil has vetted the app and determined it read a posting on a Facebook page them find out whether they’re response to complaints about privacy sent a government delegation to being cheated on.” He acknowl- abuses and its potential to be used meet with US leaders about the spy edged that “of course some people for extortion or even stalking. program that was revealed by are against it, but on balance the “Brazilians are a jealous people, Edward Snowden, the former NSA response from users has been posi- what can I say? Of course it’s going to contractor who has been on the run tive.”He said he’s received messages be popular,” said Marcia Almeida, a since May and was recently granted of gratitude from around 50 people 47-year-old woman in Rio whose asylum in Russia. Google spokes- who used the app to ferret out their marriage ended seven years ago in woman Gina Johnson said by email partners’ infidelity. While cheating large part because of what she said that as a policy the company doesn’t in Brazil cuts both ways, the app is was her husband’s infidelity. “It’s a dif- comment on why apps are removed. clearly marketed to women suspi- ferent type of spying,” she said of Critics say even as advertised, cious of their male partners, right comparisons to the NSA surveillance apps like Boyfriend Tracker can vio- down to the name. Postings on the program. “You’re checking up on late privacy rights, and they warn app’s Facebook page exhort: “Girls, somebody you know intimately, not that in the wrong hands they could share this.” Still, Grijo insisted he some stranger.” The app, called be used for more sinister purposes, personally has never given his girl- “Rastreador de Namorados” like stalking. Some in Brazil argue it friends any reason to worry. “I’ve (Portuguese for Boyfriend Tracker), breaks an anti-online harassment RIO DE JANEIRO: A woman poses for a photo using her had three steady girlfriends until promises to act like a “private detec- and hacking law in place since April. now but I’ve never had these kinds tive in your partner’s pocket.” The law is named after Brazilian smart phone in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. —AP of issues,” he said.— AP Facebook aims to Google’s startup brings sightseeing get world online app to Glass SAN FRANCISCO: Google Glass, a spectacle-like computing device drawing lots of attention, can serve as an automated tour Is Connectivity A Human Right? guide with the help of a new application from a little-known start- up hatched within the Internet’s most powerful company. The NEW YORK: Food, water and the Internet? “make Internet access available to the two- access to the Internet,” Zuckerberg wrote. app, called “Field Trip,” is being released Wednesday by Google- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants to get thirds of the world who are not yet connected” He points out that the people who already owned Niantic Labs for the 10,000 people currently testing an ear- all of the world’s 7 billion people online - about 5 billion people. According to research use Facebook “have way more money than the ly model of Glass known as the Explorer edition. through a partnership with some of the largest group Internet World Stats, about 16 percent of rest of the world combined.” That means it may It becomes just the ninth app to be approved by Google Inc. mobile technology companies. He says the Africa’s population is online, compared with 28 “not actually be profitable for us to serve the for use on Glass during an experimental phase. The device’s mass Web is an essential part of life, and everyone percent in Asia, 43 percent in Latin America and next few billion people for a very long time, if market release is expected early next year. Other Glass apps, or deserves to be connected, whether they live in the Caribbean and 79 percent in North America. ever. But we believe everyone deserves to be “Glassware,” are from The New York Times, Facebook, Twitter, Norway, Nicaragua or Namibia. “The Internet Levinson called the venture “profoundly connected.” Most of Facebook’s users live out- Path, Evernote, CNN, Tumblr and Elle magazine. Google is work- not only connects us to our friends, families and humanistic, while adding that “at the same side the US, and much of the site’s new user ing with developers to add even more apps to the line-up. Once communities, but it is also the foundation of time, I would never say that Facebook is run by base will come from developing countries in the given permission, Field Trip tracks a user’s whereabouts so it can the global knowledge economy,” Zuckerberg angels.” If the effort pays off, Facebook will years ahead. And while most Americans first got automatically deliver alerts and informational snapshots about wrote in a paper posted to his Facebook page grow its user base, advertising revenue and online using desktop computers, many of the nearby historical landmarks, tourist attractions, restaurants and late Tuesday. The title asks “Is Connectivity A influence. Business and philanthropy, in this Internet’s newest users are bypassing PCs other local merchants in neighborhoods all over the world. The Human Right?” case, can go hand in hand, Levinson said. entirely, relying on mobile phones instead. descriptions of locations flagged by Field Trip are pulled from Of course, connecting more people to the Facebook has seen a healthy growth of its Javier Olivan, vice president of growth and more than 130 online sources. A version of Field Trip built for Internet is the kind of philanthropy that would advertising revenue in recent months, especial- analytics at Facebook, said Facebook’s move smartphones already has won a following. create more potential Facebook users, which ly on the mobile devices it sees as the Internet’s continues what the company has already been Field Trip apps for the iPhone and Android-powered phones would also help boost the company’s bottom new frontier. In its latest quarterly report, it doing to get more people online. This includes have been installed on more than 500,000 devices since their line. “There’s nothing wrong with that,” said posted the largest revenue gain since late 2011, “Facebook For Every Phone,” an app that release nearly a year ago. Field Trip creator Niantic Labs is a Fordham University communications professor when it was still a private company. Total rev- launched in 2011 to let people with simple, non- Google division set up to operate as an independent startup. It is Paul Levinson, author of “New New Media.” “I enue in the April-June quarter was up 53 per- smartphones use Facebook. Facebook says it staffed by a few dozen people within a sprawling company that think it is actually a profoundly important cent from a year earlier to $1.81 billion. has invested more than $1 billion so far to con- generates more than $50 billion in annual revenue. human right in the 21st century to have access Internet.org’s plans, still in an early, nect people in the developing world to the Google CEO Larry Page approved the unorthodox arrange- to the Internet.” To get there, Facebook Inc. on rough-draft phase, include developing Internet. The Internet.org project is Zuckerberg’s ment as a way to retain John Hanke, who had been overseeing Wednesday announced a partnership called cheaper smartphones and tools that would latest venture that seeks to meld philanthropy the team responsible for the company’s widely used mapping Internet.org. It includes the world’s biggest reduce the amount of data required to run with ambition. The billionaire CEO made his first products. Much of the mapping technology came from Google’s social network, plus Korean electronics giant mobile applications. For Facebook, the charitable splash in 2010, two years before his 2004 acquisition of Keyhole, a startup run by Hanke. As Google Samsung, Finnish handset maker Nokia and move would certainly add more users to its company went public, when he donated $100 grew larger, Hanke became eager to return to his entrepreneurial wireless chip maker Qualcomm Inc. More com- current 1.15 billion and with them more million in Facebook Inc stock to Newark, NJ, roots and was planning to strike out on his own again in late 2010 panies are expected to join. Google Inc, which is advertising revenue. Still, Zuckerberg paints schools. He later gave another $500 million to a until Page convinced him that he should build his next project not a part of the Internet.org effort, launched a the effort as something larger. “For nine Silicon Valley charity with the aim of funding within Google. Having already made it easier for people to get to similar undertaking earlier this year with the years, we’ve been on a mission to connect health and education issues. Earlier this year, he where they want to go with Google Maps, Hanke was interested goal of getting everyone on Earth online. Called the world. We now connect more than 1 bil- launched Fwd.us, a political group aimed at in coming up with ways to educate people about their destina- Project Loon, the effort launched Internet- lion people, but to connect the next 5 bil- changing immigration policy, boosting educa- tions. “I had this anxiety knowing that there was a lot of useful beaming antennas aloft on giant helium bal- lion we must solve a much bigger problem: tion and encouraging investment in scientific information on the Web about local sights that wasn’t showing loons. Facebook said the group’s goal is to the vast majority of people don’t have research. —AP up on maps,” Hanke, 46, said.—AP technology SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013 S Korea’s traditional markets go high-tech

SEOUL: Seoul’s traditional markets-bustling, most basic level, it stores and provides basic petitive. South Korea’s huge, family-run con- said Kwon Hyuk-Sung, a Seoul resident and narrow streets of small vendors selling cheap, sales and inventory data, such as how many glomerates, like Samsung and Hyundai, have regular shopper at Yoo’s store. Junggok Cheil fresh produce-have largely opted out of the bottles of sesame oil-a key ingredient in been blamed for stifling innovation and is not the only market where vendors have high-tech charge to make the South Korean South Korean cuisine-are sold each day, week deliberately smothering small firms-especial- accepted that new technology can give capital one of the most wired cities on earth. or month. ly in the retail sector-as they seek to expand them a fresh foothold in a rapidly-changing But squeezed by big-box stores and dwin- But it also lists and stores the items into new markets. and increasingly-competitive environment. dling custom, these mom-and-pop opera- brought by individual customer, allowing For those working in the country’s 300 or In the southern city of Busan, one tradi- tions are slowly going digital, replacing well- Yoo to engage in some basic target market- so traditional markets, the growth of super- tional market teamed up with a local govern- thumbed ledgers with tablet computers, and ing, promoting new products via text mes- market chains like E-Mart and HomePlus with ment office to create a mobile phone app cash pouches with sleek smartphones that sages or e-mails to regular shoppers based modern, spacious, air-conditioned stores and that offers discount coupons, information can scan credit cards. Yoo Hyung-Geun has on their purchase history. “These days, I’m ample parking space is a daunting challenge. about each of its 100 stores and directions to been selling sesame oil at Seoul’s outdoor trying to analyse this data in different ways,” So far, the company has provided 26 tablets the nearest parking lots. Some have begun to Junggok Cheil market for the past 14 years. Yoo said, adding that his sales had jumped and accompanying software to merchants in offer a free WiFi service-an important move Two months ago , he finally parted ways nearly 30 percent since he embraced the two markets in or near Seoul and plans to do in attracting younger customers to the with his trusted manual cash register and new technology. the same in other venues later this year, said cooked food stalls that complement the gro- replaced it with a Samsung Galaxy touch- Yoo was one of an initial batch of 14 mer- SKT spokeswoman Irene Kim. The mobile cery stores. And in Suwon city, near Seoul, screen tablet provided free by the country’s chants in Junggok Cheil market to receive operator has also provided mini electronic store owners have set up cameras capable of top mobile operator, SK Telecom. The tablet the tablet and specialized software. SK kits that can scan credit cards-addressing one counting the number of people in any corner not only functions as an electronic cash regis- Telecom launched the initiative partly in of the main complaints of shoppers who seek of their market at any given time. The mer- ter but also features software specifically response to a call from President Park Geun- to stay loyal to the old markets. chants use the data to determine the best developed by SK Telecom to help small busi- Hye for large companies to lend a hand to “It’s much more convenient if I don’t have time and location to hold special cultural or nesses improve their performance. At the smaller businesses who struggle to stay com- to carry wads of cash whenever I come here,” sales events.—AFP Hyperlocal news down, not out amid AOL retreat

WASHINGTON: Hyperlocal news, the reporting on.” The newly formed Local are insufficient to support news opera- Internet’s version of community journal- Independent Online News (LION) tions, and struggling metropolitan dailies ism, has taken a blow with major cutbacks Publishers, with more than 100 members, should seek out ways to charge readers an at AOL’s Patch, but it may not be time to said hyperlocal has a future, and urged add-on to a digital subscription for com- write its obituary. Scores of hyperlocal news sites are operating across the United States, and some say the idea still has promise, and could even thrive with the retrenchment of corporate-run news oper- ations like Patch. “Because Patch has been limping along losing money but support- ed by AOL, that has prevented other peo- ple from coming in and doing independ- WASHINGTON: This photo released August 22, 2013, ent local sites,” said Dan Kennedy, a courtesy of the National Institute of Standards and Northeastern University journalism profes- Technology shows NIST’s ultra-stable ytterbium lat- sor and author of a book on community tice atomic clock.—AFP online journalism. AOL said last week it was cutting an US scientists claim unspecified number of jobs at its Patch hyperlocal news operations, while consoli- dating or closing some Patch sites. Media world’s most reports said the cuts could affect as many as 500 people, or 40 percent of the staff. accurate clock Patch has some 900 local news sites across WASHINGTON: the United States. Earlier this year, Every US scientists said Thursday they have built Block, a hyperlocal website backed by NBC the world’s most precise clock, whose ticking rate varies less which operated in 19 cities, was shuttered. than two parts in one quintillion, or 10 times better than any “I think that for hyperlocal to work it has to other. The clock, made from the element ytterbium, could be be driven at the grassroots level, it has to used for technological advancements beyond timekeeping, be someone with the passion at the local VIRGINIA: An iPad user views AOL’s “Editions” news viewer seen here on a such as navigation systems, magnetic fields and temperature. level. These are people pounding the Patch page showing local news from Fairfax.—AFP “The stability of the ytterbium lattice clocks opens the door to pavement trying to sell ads to every pizza a number of exciting practical applications of high-perfor- place and tattoo parlor,” Kennedy said. journalists losing their jobs at Patch to munity news. mance timekeeping,” National Institute of Standards and Those sentiments were echoed by start their own sites. He sees this as possible at a newspaper Technology physicist, and co-author of the study revealing Scott Brodbeck, founder of the Arlington, “Patch is failing not because local news like The Washington Post, which was just the clock, Andrew Ludlow said in a statement. Virginia, news site ARLnow.com and newly isn’t a solid business, but because they’re bought by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. “It While mechanical clocks use the movement of a pendulum created BethesdaNow.com in Bethesda, not local,” said Dylan Smith, chairman of makes perfect sense in Washington,” to keep time, atomic clocks use an electromagnetic signal of Maryland, two communities in the US cap- LION and head of a local news site in Doctor said. “The Post still has a large light emitted at an exact frequency to move electrons in ital region. “I think we’re definitely in the Tuscon, Arizona. “Local news organiza- number of subscribers, and they are afflu- cesium atoms. The physicists built their ytterbium clocks early nascent stages of local online news,” tions must be of their communities, not ent. And we know that Bezos understands using about 10,000 rare-earth atoms cooled to 10 microkelvin said Brodbeck, who started a one-man just in them to ship profits out of town. how to segment customers, so it fits him. (10 millionths of a degree above absolute zero) and trapped business heading editorial, Web and Local news must respect readers: know And they could get more readers at a low- advertising functions, but now has a hand- what they want to know, know what they er price point.” Doctor said that the quality in an optical lattice made of laser light. Another laser that ful of employees. “Independent, local peo- need to know, and provide it quickly, of the news operations is more important “ticks” 518 trillion times per second triggers a transition ple are able to be profitable but it’s not accurately and comprehensively.” than whether they are corporate- or local- between two energy levels in the atoms. The clock’s high sta- easy.” Ken Doctor, consultant and analyst for owned. “Some of those (independent) bility is owed to the large number of atoms. Brodbeck said the Arlington news site the research firm Outsell, said however sites are excellent and some are The new clocks can achieve precise results very quickly. started in 2010 has grown to 180,000 that Patch is not dead yet, and still could mediocre,” he said. “If you have a great Technicians must average the current US civilian time stan- unique visitors, and has enough local be a force with several hundred local sites. blogger in the community, that person dard, the NIST-F1 cesium fountain clock, for about 400,000 advertising to pay employees and turn a “Half of the sites may be close to prof- may be able to do better job than Patch. seconds (about five days) to obtain its best performance. But profit. “To get advertisers you need to get itability,” he said. “It’s been a rocky road But some of the Patches are better than the new ytterbium clocks can achieve that same result in the readers,” he said. To get readers, he but this (reorganization) could be a foun- some of the independent sites. It’s not about one second of averaging time. The study was published said, “We are reporting on things local TV dation for the next step.” Doctor said about being independent, its about how in the journal Science.—AFP and the (Washington) Post would not be Patch’s woes illustrate that ad revenues well it’s done.”—AFP TV listings SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013

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Farm 23:20 Little Einsteins 08:05 Bondi Rescue: Bali 05:10 Empire 04:05 Emperor’s New School 03:35 Sport Science 04:30 Replacements 21:15 That’s So Raven 23:50 Special Agent Oso 08:30 Danger Beach 04:25 Sport Science 06:05 3 Men Go To New England 21:40 Good Luck Charlie 09:00 The Witch Doctor Will See You 07:00 Mighty Mississippi 04:50 Replacements 05:15 The Gadget Show 05:15 Brandy & Mr Whiskers 22:00 Shake It Up Now 05:40 The Tech Show 07:50 Mighty Mississippi 22:25 A.N.T Farm 09:55 Street Food Around The World 08:45 Mighty Mississippi 05:35 Brandy & Mr Whiskers 06:05 The World’s Strangest UFO 06:00 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 22:50 Austin And Ally 10:20 Market Values Stories 09:35 Prehistoric Disasters 23:10 Wizards Of Waverly Place 10:50 My Sri Lanka With Peter 10:30 Prehistoric Disasters 06:30 Jake & The Neverland Pirates 07:00 James May’s Man Lab 23:35 Wizards Of Waverly Place 06:00 Kid vs Kat Kuruvita 11:20 Ultimate Cars 06:45 A.N.T. Farm 07:50 Storm Chasers 06:10 American Dragon 11:15 Food Lover’s Guide To The 11:45 A Racing Car Is Born 07:10 A.N.T. Farm 08:40 The Gadget Show 06:35 Kickin It Planet 12:10 Ultimate Cars 07:35 Jessie 07:00 Phineas And Ferb 09:05 The Tech Show 07:55 That’s So Raven 11:45 Eat Street 12:35 A Racing Car Is Born 07:20 Phineas And Ferb 12:10 Earth Tripping 09:30 Mega World 13:05 Ultimate Cars 08:20 That’s So Raven 10:20 Mega World 07:45 Lab Rats 12:40 Don’t Tell My Mother 13:30 A Racing Car Is Born 08:45 Dog With A Blog 08:10 Lab Rats 11:15 Mega World 00:05 Special Agent Oso 13:05 Deadliest Journeys 13:55 I Shouldn’t Be Alive 09:05 Shake It Up 08:35 Phineas And Ferb 12:05 Mega World 00:15 Imagination Movers 13:35 Finding Genghis 14:50 I Shouldn’t Be Alive 09:30 Jessie 08:45 Phineas And Ferb 13:00 Mega World 00:40 Jungle Junction 14:00 Bondi Rescue 15:45 Secrets Of... 09:50 Teen Beach Movie First Look 09:00 Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade 13:50 Mean Green Machines 00:55 Jungle Junction 14:30 Bondi Rescue 16:40 Welcome To India 09:55 Austin And Ally Ninja 14:20 The Gadget Show 17:35 Caroline Quentin: A Passage 01:10 Handy Manny 14:55 Bondi Rescue 10:15 A.N.T Farm 09:10 Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade 14:45 The Tech Show Through India 01:30 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 15:25 Bondi Rescue: Bali 10:40 Beverly Hills Chihuahua Ninja 15:10 James May’s Man Lab 18:25 Treasure Quest 02:00 Little Einsteins 15:50 Danger Beach 12:15 A.N.T Farm 09:30 Max Steel 16:00 Brave New World 19:20 The Aviators 02:25 Special Agent Oso 16:20 Maverick Chef 12:35 Good Luck Charlie 09:55 Slugterra 16:55 Scrapheap Challenge 19:45 The Aviators 02:40 Special Agent Oso 16:45 Eat Street 13:00 Dog With A Blog 10:20 Crash & Bernstein 17:45 Alien Mysteries 20:10 Delta Divers 02:50 Imagination Movers 17:15 The Witch Doctor Will See You 13:25 Austin And Ally 10:45 Kickin It 18:35 What Is That? 21:05 Danger Hunters 03:20 Handy Manny Now 13:45 That’s So Raven 11:10 Lab Rats 19:00 How Stuff’s Made 22:00 Secrets Of... 03:40 Special Agent Oso 18:10 Street Food Around The World 14:10 That’s So Raven 11:35 Pair Of Kings 19:30 James May’s Man Lab 22:55 The Aviators 03:50 Special Agent Oso 18:35 Market Values 14:35 Dog With A Blog 12:00 Phineas And Ferb 20:20 Storm Chasers 23:20 The Aviators 04:00 Timmy Time 19:05 Bondi Rescue 15:00 Austin And Ally 16:15 Max Steel 21:10 The Gadget Show 23:50 Welcome To India 15:20 Teen Beach Movie First Look 04:10 Imagination Movers 19:30 Bondi Rescue TV listings SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013

20:00 Bondi Rescue Life 04:00 The Perfect Catch-PG15 08:00 Off Limits 22:55 My Sri Lanka With Peter 10:00 Arctic Blast 06:00 Rage Of The Yeti-PG15 09:00 Off Limits Kuruvita 12:00 Jesse Stone: Benefit Of The 08:00 Gnomeo & Juliet-PG15 10:00 Piha Rescue 23:20 Market Values 00:30 The Daily Show Doubt 10:00 Stuck On You-PG15 10:30 Piha Rescue 01:00 The Colbert Report 00:00 The Sweeney-18 23:50 Eat Street 14:00 Ice Road Terror 02:00 Larry Crowne-PG15 12:00 Damsels In Distress-PG15 11:00 Piha Rescue 01:30 Web Therapy 16:00 Arctic Blast 14:00 The Three Stooges-PG15 11:30 Piha Rescue 02:00 Enlightened 03:45 A Thousand Words-PG15 17:45 Courageous 05:30 Arthur 3: And The War Of Two 16:00 Gnomeo & Juliet-PG15 12:00 Ultimate Braai Master 02:30 Friends 20:00 Ice Road Terror 18:00 Phil Spector-PG15 13:00 Ultimate Braai Master 03:00 How I Met Your Mother Worlds-PG 22:00 Starship Troopers: Invasion 07:30 Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva 20:00 London Boulevard-18 14:00 International House Hunters 03:30 How I Met Your Mother 22:00 Abraham Lincoln: Vampire 14:30 International House Hunters 00:00 Inside 04:00 Hope & Faith LA Fiesta!-PG 09:00 The Big Year-PG Hunter-18 15:00 International House Hunters 01:00 Journey To The Edge Of The 04:30 The Tonight Show With Jay 15:30 International House Hunters Universe Leno 11:00 Into The Wind-PG15 12:15 Mary & Martha-PG15 16:00 Hotel Impossible 03:00 Shark Men 05:30 Hope & Faith 17:00 Hotel Impossible 04:00 Hunter Hunted 06:00 The War At Home 00:00 How To Make Love To A 14:00 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Woman-18 Close-PG 18:00 Ultimate Braai Master 05:00 Blowdown 06:30 Brothers 19:00 Ultimate Braai Master 06:00 Big, Bigger, Biggest 07:00 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 02:00 Flypaper-18 16:15 The Big Year-PG 04:00 Back To The Future-PG15 18:00 The Iron Lady-PG15 01:20 Some Came Running-PG 20:00 Reza, Spice Prince Of India 07:00 World’s Toughest Fixes 08:00 Hope & Faith 03:35 The Sunshine Boys-PG 20:30 Jonathan Phang’s Caribbean 08:00 Inside 08:30 Hope & Faith 06:00 The Year Dolly Parton Was My 20:00 The Whistleblower-18 Mom-PG 22:00 The Sitter-18 05:25 Rogue Cop-PG Cookbook 09:00 Journey To The Edge Of The 09:00 How I Met Your Mother 07:00 Presenting Lily Mars-FAM 21:00 World’s Greatest Motorcycle Universe 09:30 Go On 08:00 Jingle All The Way-PG 23:45 Pariah-18 10:00 Shark Tale-PG 08:45 The Philadelphia Story-FAM Rides 11:00 Shark Men 10:00 Happy Endings 10:35 Welcome To Hard Times-PG 22:00 Xtreme Waterparks 12:00 Hunter Hunted 10:30 Brothers 12:00 Back To The Future-PG15 14:00 Tin Cup-PG15 12:15 Mr. Skeffington-FAM 22:30 Xtreme Waterparks 13:00 Blowdown 11:00 The Tonight Show With Jay 14:20 Hot Millions-FAM 23:00 Insane Coaster Wars 14:00 Big, Bigger, Biggest Leno 16:15 Shark Tale-PG 18:00 Ernest Goes To Jail-PG 01:15 The Adventures Of Scooter The 16:00 High Society-FAM 23:30 Insane Coaster Wars 15:00 World’s Toughest Fixes 12:00 The War At Home 17:50 Show Boat-FAM 16:00 Inside 12:30 Hope & Faith 20:00 American Cowslip-PG15 Penguin 22:00 How To Make Love To A 02:45 Problem Child 19:45 Some Came Running-PG 17:00 Earth: Making Of A Planet 13:00 Hope & Faith 22:00 Somebody Up There Likes Me- 19:00 Naked Science 13:30 Brothers Woman-18 04:30 The Apple & The Worm 06:00 The Adventures Of Scooter The PG 20:00 Alaska Wing Men 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 23:50 The Sandpiper-PG 21:00 Nazi Temple Of Doom 14:30 Go On Penguin 22:00 Banged Up Abroad 15:00 Happy Endings 08:00 Kong Return To The Jungle 00:00 High Hitler 23:00 Lockdown 15:30 The Daily Show 10:00 Battle For Terra 01:00 Pawn Stars 16:00 The Colbert Report 11:30 Puss In Boots 01:30 Storage Wars 13:00 Problem Child 02:00 Soviet Storm: WWII In The East 16:30 The War At Home 01:15 Blind Revenge-18 14:30 Dragon Hunters 03:00 Hitler’s Island Madness 17:00 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 02:45 Summer Of Sam-18 18:00 Ben And Kate 16:00 Winx 04:00 High Hitler 05:15 The Tree Of Life-PG15 18:00 Battle For Terra 00:00 World’s Greatest Motorcycle 05:00 Mud Men 18:30 Ben And Kate 07:30 The Presidio-PG15 19:00 Community 20:00 Ice Age: Continental Drift Rides 06:00 Pawn Stars 00:20 Shadow Hunters 09:15 Boy-PG15 22:00 Dragon Hunters 01:00 Xtreme Waterparks 06:30 American Restoration 01:10 Africa’s Lost Eden 19:30 Hot In Cleveland 11:00 The Chorus-PG15 20:00 The Tonight Show With Jay 23:30 Winx 01:30 Bert The Conqueror 07:00 Soviet Storm: WWII In The East 02:00 American Eagle 12:45 Oscar-PG15 02:00 Off Limits 08:00 Ancient Aliens 02:50 World’s Deadliest Killer Three Leno 14:45 War Horse-PG15 21:00 The Daily Show 03:00 Globe Trekker 09:00 Ancient Aliens 03:45 Man vs Monster 17:15 The Chorus-PG15 04:00 Bizarre Foods America 11:00 American Pickers 04:40 Dangerous Encounters 21:30 The Colbert Report 19:00 Glee: The Concert Movie-PG15 22:00 Saturday Night Live 05:00 Bizarre Foods America 12:00 American Pickers 05:35 Camera Trap 20:30 Dreamgirls-PG15 00:00 Transporter 2-PG15 23:00 The Ricky Gervais Show 06:00 Hotel Impossible 13:00 Soviet Storm: WWII In The East 06:00 Camera Trap 22:45 Joyful Noise-PG15 02:00 Another Harvest Moon-PG15 23:30 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 07:00 Wild Carpathia 14:00 Soviet Storm: WWII In The East 06:30 Monster Fish 15:00 Pawn Stars 07:25 Fish Tank Kings 15:30 Pawn Stars 08:20 Search For The Giant Octopus 16:00 Pawn Stars 09:15 World’s Deadliest Killer Three 16:30 Pawn Stars 10:10 Planet Carnivore 01:00 Good Morning America 17:00 Ancient Aliens 11:05 Built For The Kill 03:00 American Idol 19:00 Ancient Aliens 12:00 Superfish 05:00 Good Morning America 20:00 Storage Wars 12:55 World’s Weirdest 07:00 Eureka 20:30 Storage Wars 13:50 World’s Deadliest Killer Three 08:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 21:00 Pawn Stars 14:45 Maneater Manhunt 09:00 Once Upon A Time 21:30 Cajun Pawn Stars 15:40 Search For The Giant Octopus 10:00 Eureka 22:00 American Pickers 16:35 Alpha Dogs 11:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 23:00 Storage Wars 17:00 Alpha Dogs 12:00 Touch 23:30 Storage Wars 17:30 The Incredible Dr. Pol 13:00 The Carrie Diaries 18:25 When Sharks Attack 14:00 Supernatural 19:20 Superfish 15:00 Live Good Morning America 20:10 World’s Weirdest 16:00 Touch 21:00 World’s Deadliest Killer Three 17:00 Once Upon A Time 21:50 Maneater Manhunt 18:00 The Carrie Diaries 00:15 Top New 22:40 Search For The Giant Octopus 19:00 Touch 00:17 Playlist 23:30 Alpha Dogs 20:00 Once Upon A Time 01:00 New 23:50 Alpha Dogs 21:00 The Carrie Diaries 01:30 Playlist 22:00 Glee 02:00 Urban Hit 23:00 American Idol 02:45 Playlist 03:15 Top Gossip 03:17 Playlist 07:15 Top Money 00:00 Vanishing On 7th Street-PG15 07:17 Playlist 02:00 Big Trouble In Little China- 00:00 Revenge 08:00 R&B 10 PG15 01:00 One Tree Hill 08:45 Playlist 04:00 Alien Tornado-PG15 02:00 Sons Of Anarchy 09:15 Monthly Top 06:00 True Justice: One Shot, One 03:00 Homeland 09:17 Playlist Life-PG15 04:00 Made In Jersey 11:00 Club 10 11:40 Playlist 08:00 Arctic Blast-PG15 05:00 One Tree Hill 13:00 Urban Hit 10:00 Jesse Stone: Benefit Of The 06:00 Revenge 13:45 Playlist Doubt-PG15 07:00 Eureka 12:00 Ice Road Terror-PG15 14:00 Focus 08:00 Alphas 15:00 Guest Star 14:00 Arctic Blast-PG15 09:00 Glee 15:45 Courageous-PG15 15:15 Top Sexy 10:00 Made In Jersey 15:17 Playlist 18:00 Ice Road Terror-PG15 11:00 One Tree Hill 16:00 French 10 20:00 Starship Troopers: Invasion-18 12:00 Eureka 16:45 Playlist 22:00 Bait-PG15 13:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 17:15 Top Mobile 14:00 Alphas 17:17 Playlist 15:00 24 18:00 Urban Hit 30 16:00 Eureka 20:00 Africa 10 17:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 20:45 Playlist 18:00 Alphas 21:00 Trace Video Mix 01:00 Ties That Bind-PG15 19:00 Body Of Proof 22:00 Legend 03:00 Young Adult-PG15 20:00 C.S.I. New York 23:00 Club 10 05:00 Spooky Buddies-PG 21:00 White Collar 23:40 Playlist 07:00 Playdate-PG15 22:00 Sons Of Anarchy 09:00 Ties That Bind-PG15 23:00 Homeland 11:00 The Darkest Hour-PG15 13:00 The Perfect Man-PG 15:00 What’s Wrong With Virginia- PG15 01:35 Dressed To Kill 17:00 Will-PG 00:00 A Dangerous Man 03:20 Texasville 19:00 Blue Lagoon: The Awakening- 02:00 Vanishing On 7th Street 05:25 Megaville PG15 04:00 Big Trouble In Little China 07:00 Body And Soul 21:00 My Week With Marilyn-PG15 06:00 Alien Tornado 08:35 Zelig 23:00 Snowtown-R 08:00 True Justice: One Shot, One A THOUSAND WORDS ON OSN MOVIES HD 09:55 Fluke WHAT’S ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013 What to do in Kuwait this summer?

Visit the Sadu House Museum is divided into two parts: in Area A, calligraphy, man- Visit Ghadir Gallery, Kuwait Al-Sadu Society is dedicated to preserving, documenting uscripts, ceramics, metalwork, glass, jade, wood and stone The Al-Ghadir Gallery Kuwait is dedicated to promote and promoting the rich and diverse textile heritage of the carvings are exhibited. Area B contains objects such as cos- the Kuwaiti formative artist and writer Thuraya Al-Baqsami Kuwaiti Bedouin, from the nomadic weaving of the desert to tumes, textiles, jewellery and musical instruments produced in and successfully accomplished 120 national and interna- the urban weaving of the town. Sadu is a traditional Bedouin the Islamic world. tional solo art exhibitions, literary and poetry readings and art that involves weaving geometric designs on dyed and col- Address: Jabriya, near the intersection of the Fifth Ring musical events. It also participates in charity activities ored wool that is spun by hand to create magnificent carpets, Motorway and the Abdulaziz Bin Abdilrahman al-Saud worldwide. The gallery offers varieties of art including rugs, and Bedouin tent screens. Inside the Sadu House, visitors Expressway (Fahaheel Expressway); Street 5; Block12; House paintings, frames, handcrafts, art materials and antiques. have the opportunity to see Bedouin women weaving. Sadu 16 Address: Block 6, Street 5, Villa 40, Mishref, Kuwait House is located near the National Museum. It is considered to Opening Hours: Weekdays from 9 am to 12 pm; Contact: 22435101, 22426240 be the center of Bedouin art aiming at presenting Kuwait’s Evenings: From 4 pm to 7 pm; Fridays: From 9 am to E-mail: [email protected] roots and protecting Bedouin crafts from eradication. 12 pm. Website: www.ghadirgallerykuwait.com Address: Arabian Gulf Street, Next to the National Museum Contact: 25317358/25354916 of Kuwait, Kuwait City Website: www.trmkt.com Tour the Entertainment City Opening Hours: Saturdays to Thursdays: Mornings from 08 The Entertainment City is located 20 km from Kuwait City am to 1 pm. Evenings from 4 pm to 8 pm. The Scientific Center, Kuwait and provides complete entertainment for all members of the Contact: 22432395 The Scientific Center is designed to reflect the Islamic family. The city is divided into three theme parks: The Arab E-mail: [email protected] arts and culture. It has three main fascinating attractions: world, the International World and the Future World. The park Website: www.alsadu.org.kw Aquarium, Discovery Place and IMAX Cinema. The offers more than 40 different rides, lots of games to play, and Aquarium presents an ecosystem of desert, sea, and stage show unique to the Middle East. The major attractions to View Boushahri Gallery coastal edge. Visitors of the Aquarium explore the lives of look out for in the park include the City of Dreams, the City of The Boushahri Art Gallery was established in 1982 by Jawad beings and animals in their environments. When entering Sinbad and Ali Baba, the City of Thunder and Hurricanes, the Boushahri, the Chairman of the Boushahri group who is also the Discovery Place, visitors gain scientific experience African boat, Grand Pix, Arabian Carousel and the Fantasy an acclaimed Kuwaiti sculptor. It is one of the oldest private art through educational games. Highly specialized trainers Cinema. The place is fully equipped with a police station of its galleries in the Middle East. This long established gallery are assigned to guide visitors through hand-on playful own and ambulance service, shops where souvenirs and other showcases contemporary regional work. In order to create an training. On entering the IMAX Cinema, one can watch 3D merchandise can be purchased, and a parking lot that can awareness toward art in Kuwait as a community service, the movies played on the giant screen. Visitors can enjoy accommodate around 3000 vehicles. Boushahri Art Gallery educates, supports and sponsors local watching educational and documentary presentations Address: Al-Madina Al-Tarfihiya, Al - Doha and international artists, displaying their paintings, potteries, and get engaged into a highly imaginative experience. Opening Hours: Sundays - Fridays: 5 pm to 1 am (Summers) ceramic portraitures, designs, photographers, sculptures and Address: The Scientific Center, Gulf Road and 3 pm to 11 pm (Winters) It is important to note that much more. To encourage the Art lovers and educate society, Contact: 1848888 Mondays are allocated only for women and men are not Boushahri Art Gallery offers many courses, seminars and lec- E-mail: [email protected] allowed on Mondays. tures about Art. Website: www.tsck.org.kw Contact No.: 24879455 Address: Salmiya, Baghdad St., Building Number: 36, in front of Al- Laheeb Mosque Visit Dar Al-Funoon gallery Take the kids to Al-Shaab Leisure Park Opening Hours: 10 am to 1 pm and 5 pm to 9 pm. The Dar Al-Funoon, which was established in 1993, focuses Al-Sha’ab Leisure Park is located on the southern coast museum is closed on Friday and Thursday afternoons. on contemporary Arab art as well as Arabic calligraphy. of Kuwait City. It combines more than 70 special rides on Contact: 25621119/99770607 Exhibitions are held monthly from October to May, and a the level of the Middle East. It also provides integrated Website: www.boushahrigroup.com/client/PhotoandArt.aspx special silk exhibition of arts and crafts is held in services, including restaurants, a mall, and rides and games December. Between temporary exhibitions, items from the that meet the interests of all age groups. The park also private collection are on display, which can be bought. The offers indoor games as well as outdoor sports like bungee gallery is located between the Sheraton Hotel and the jumping, pony rides and ice-skating. Families can also Arabian Gulf Street. The area itself is interesting thanks to access facilities such as the movies and the delicious meals its old Kuwaiti-style houses and a large courtyard which at the restaurants. At Al-Sha’ab Leisure Park, all these facili- includes a number of excellent restaurants. ties are maintained according to international standards. Address: Behbehani compound, Salhiya, House No. 28, Address: Baghdad Street, Block 11, Salmiya Al-Watiah, Kuwait City Opening Hours: All days from 5 pm to 1 am (Summer) Opening Hours: Sundays to Thursdays: 10 am to 1 pm and 10 am - 12 Midnight on weekends. Evenings: 4 pm to 8 pm Contact: 25613777 Contact: 22433138 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.shaabpark.com Website: www.daralfunoon-kw.com Kuwait National Museum Bayt - Lothan The Kuwait National Museum hosts a range of items such as Bayt Lothan is dedicated to the promotion of arts and fossils, bones, Islamic artifacts, and pottery tools that reflect the crafts and is host to various exhibitions and displays culture, history and heritage of the Kuwaiti society and the Take a break at Al-Khiran Resort throughout the year. It covers an area of 4,000 square Islamic world. The relics on display presents Kuwait’s ancient The Al-Khiran resort is a relaxing “get-away” from the may- meters on the Arabian Gulf Street and caters to all tastes past, the development of the Islamic nations and the impact of hem of stressful city life. The resort provides a soothing tran- and themes, including sculpture, ceramic arts, jewelry and the discovery of oil. Part of the Dar-Al-Athar-Al-Islamiyah collec- quil environment that includes beautiful green lawns, wide, photography, as well as contemporary art and calligraphy. tion is also on display, and a replica of the Muhallab II that well-defined roads, ample parking spaces, and clean well- Watch out in the local press for details of current and graces the entrance has also recently been restored as a maintained beaches. It has many chalets that are beautifully forthcoming exhibitions or seminars. There is also a small reminder of Kuwait’s seafaring past. There is also a modern furnished and air-conditioned. The resort also offers a variety coffee shop for basic refreshments and for theatre lovers Planetarium, built by Carl Zeiss which is a pleasant educational of other facilities such as football and basketball courts, luxuri- they also hold drama classes throughout the year. experience for both adults and children. The three major ous restaurants, yacht clubs, an amusement park for children, Address: Gulf Street, beside Marina Mall, in front of attractions in the museum are the heritage museum, the plane- electronic computer arcade and the ‘Duza’ ballroom. The Corniche Hotel tarium and the wooden ship. resort also provides variety in food as it includes a fast-food Contact: 25755866 / 25727388 Address: Behind Sadu House, Arabian Gulf Street counter, and a counter that offers seafood, Italian and oriental E-Mail: [email protected] Contact No.: 22451195 food. Opening Hours: Sundays to Thursdays: 9 am to 1 pm; Opening Hours: 8:30am to 12:30pm and 4:30pm to 8:30pm Address: Gulf Street, Al-Khiran district Evenings: 5 pm to 9 pm (Summers); and 8 am to 4 pm (Winters). The Museum is closed Contact: 23951122 Website: http://www.baytlothan.org on Sundays, Friday mornings and Saturday afternoons. E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.khiranresort.com

Stop at the Tareq Rajab Museum The Tareq Rajab Museum houses an anthology of over thir- ty thousand items collected over the last fifty years, of which approximately ten thousand are on permanent display. Tareq Sayed Rajab was the first Kuwaiti to be sent abroad to study art and archaeology and his collection includes Islamic arts, ceramic, gold and silver jewelry, English manuscripts, metal and glass works, old English costumes, and musical instru- ments. His personal collection includes over thirty thousand Islamic treasures that were gathered over the years. The WHAT’S ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013 Embassy Information

Embassy of AUSTRALIA The Embassy of Australia has announced that Kuwait citizens can apply for and receive visit visas in 10 working days through www.immi.gov.au. All other pro- cessing of visas and Immigration matters are han- dled by the Australian Visa Application Centre located in Al Banwan Building, 4B, 1st Floor, Al Qibla Area, Ali Al Salem Street, Kuwait City. Visit. www.vfs-au-gcc.com for more info. The Embassy of Australia does not have a visa or immigration Kuwait Pavendar Khazhagam department. All processing of visas and immigra- tion matters is conducted by the Australian Consulate-General in Dubai. Email: celebrates Independence Day [email protected] (VIS), [email protected] (Visa Office), Tel: uwait Pavendar Khazhagam celebrated remembrance The Karutharngam (seminar) under the title “Independence +971 4 205 5900 (VFS), Fax: + 971 4 355 0708 (Visa Kof Independence Day of India as its llth Kalam on Freedom Fighters”. Natarajan spoken about Nethaji Subash Office). Notary and passport services are available August 2 at Mangaf. Chandra Bose. Mrs. Punitha articulated about Mrs Thillaiyadi by appointment. Appointments can be made by The event begun at 6 pm with prayer song by Selvi, Valliammai. B.Sekar recalled about V.O. Chidambaram Pillai. calling the Embassy on 22322422. Subhashree & Mrs. Ambika. The program was presided over by The Kaviarangam was performed by under the leadership of n n n n n n n Suresh Kumar as Chief Guest in the presence of Kavisai Sekar Sivamani and other participants in Kaviarangam were and Engr B. Sekar. The program was anchored by Jeyakumar. Subramani, Thandayuthapani and Munu. Sivasankaran in vari- EMBASSY OF ARGENTINE PVKK Kalapaadal was sung by Ravanan. One Thirkkural was ous topics. For the Argentinean citizens who had not explained by Siva Mani. The program under the title “Kathai The event under title “Inithinum Inithu”, a debate pro- already enlisted in the embassy’s electoral Kelukaniyaaku” was performed by Sooraj Kumar. The event gramme was performed under the leadership of Ravanan and register, and taking in consideration the elec- under the title ‘Mann Isai” was performed by Mrs. Manjula. The other participants in the event were Mrs Devi Ravi & Mahesh. tions which was held on Sunday 11/08/2013, program under title” Kalaththu Medu” was performed by Lunch was sponsored by Sooraj Kumar. Kuwait Pavendar it is necessary to justify they vote by presence at our embassy which located in (Mishref - Block 6 - Street Selvan. Sanjeev, Selvi, Subhasree. Senthai. Ravi applauded the Khazhagam executive members thanked Sooraj Kumar and his 42 - Villa 51) and should present the DNI and/or the families and members for their wedding day & birthday which family for sponsoring lunch for the event. The program con- Argentinean Passport. The Embassy of the Argentine falls in month of August. cluded with national anthem by PVKK members. Republic in the State of Kuwait avails itself of this opportunity to renew the assurances of its highest Onam competition Visit the TIES centre consideration. n n n n n n n erala Arts and Literature Promoting class titled ‘Qur’an Quotes and Tafseer,’ will be held at the TIES Center. K After reading specified Qur’anic verses aloud and explaining them Embassy of CANADA Association of Kuwait (KALPAK) is conducting A The Embassy of Canada in Kuwait does not “ATHAPOOKALAM” competition on September 20 very briefly, Hassan will explain the various connotations of some words and phrases to show the literary beauty and miracle of the Qur’an. have a visa or immigration department. All Friday at United Indian School Abbassiya as a part processing of visa and immigration matters of “ONAM” celebrations. We invite all Kerala After that, attendees will be asked to participate in a discussion on the topic and other related issues. The class will involve an open discussion in a casual including enquiries is conducted by the Associations to participate in this competition. 1st, setting with the aim of reflecting and pondering verses from the Noble Canadian Embassy in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Individuals 2nd and 3rd winners will be honored by Rosy Qur’an as well as learning how to recite some short surahs. On Monday who are interested in working, studying, visiting Oppen Chackola memorial trophy sponsored by August 26, we will discuss Surat Al-Ikhlaas (sincerity, purity of faith), which is or immigrating to Canada should contact the Babu Chakola for memory of his beloved parents. symbolically equal to a third of the Qur’an. Canadian Embassy in Abu Dhabi, website: For more details please contact 60390883. The If you are interested in learning the interpretation of the Qur’an and les- prizes for the winners will be given on the same www.UAE.gc.ca or www.goingtocanada.gc.ca, E- sons deduced from the verses, Please join us at the TIES Center on August 26 mail: [email protected]. The day in a function with various cultural programs by at 7:00pm. KALPAK. Embassy of Canada is located at Villa 24, Al- Mutawakei St, Block 4 in Da’aiyah. Please visit our 2- A presentation entitled, “YOGA FOR HOLISTIC HEALTH,” by Dr. Fatema website at www.Kuwait.gc.ca. The Embassy of S. Mohibi Canada is open from 07:30 to 15:30 Sunday Interested to know the secret of a healthy body and a calm mind?? Or, do through Thursday. The reception is open from you want to lose weight?? Or, do you want to get rid of stress, worries and 07:30 to 12:30. Consular services for Canadian citi- depression?? Whatever your goal is, you can achieve it with YOGA. Yoga is zens are provided from 09:00 until 12:00, Sunday an ancient science that originated around 6000 years ago in India. It is not through Wednesday. SEND US YOUR simply stretching or exercise; it’s the ART of LIVING. Yoga is for ALL. Anybody INSTAGRAM PICS can practice it, as there is no limit of age, beliefs or physical capability. n n n n n n n Yoga postures (asanas) affect every part of the body (even tissues & cells), and tone muscles, ligaments, joints and nerves. They also boost metabolism, EMBASSY OF GREECE hat’s more fun than clicking a balance hormone secretion and chemical equilibrium; improve concentra- The Embassy of Greece in Kuwait has the beautiful picture? Sharing it tion, and increase energy and vitality. Join Dr. Fatema Mohibi (BHMS, DYS) pleasure to announce that visa applications W on August 27th, at 7:00 pm at the TIES Center and dive deep into the amaz- must be submitted to Schengen Visa with others! 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LONDON: File photos show an embryologist works on embryo at the Create Health fertility clinic in south London. — AP photos Test-tube babies: A simpler, cheaper technique?

LONDON: Since the first test-tube baby was born generating in a $60,000 incubator.”One test tube tries is a problem, but it is an even bigger problem ples but it can cost more than $10,000 for those more than three decades ago, in vitro fertilization is used to prepare a solution including carbon there than in (the West),” WHO reproductive seeking it privately. For many couples, up to three has evolved into a highly sophisticated lab proce- dioxide, which creates the ideal conditions for fer- health expert Sheryl Vanderpoel said. cycles are necessary to create a baby. She has dure. Now, scientists are going back to basics and tilization. That’s piped into a second tube, where She said more people in developing countries asked Britain’s regulatory agency for fertility treat- testing a simpler and cheaper method. In the one egg and a few thousand sperm are added, have complications from untreated infections, ment for permission to test the simpler technique. West, many would-be parents spend thousands of before being placed in a heating block. After including sexually spread diseases, than in the Some said the success rates of the cheaper IVF dollars for IVF, which involves pricey incubators about two to three days, any resulting embryo is West, which can hurt their fertility. “Making IVF method would likely be lower than those for regu- and extensive screening. But European and examined under a microscope before being trans- affordable is a public health priority,” she said. Dr lar IVF. The simplified method does not include American scientists say a simplified version of the ferred into the woman. Hassan Sallam, director of the Alexandria Fertility any extensive screening of embryos or any proce- entire procedure aimed at developing countries Van Blerkom and colleagues estimated that and IVF Center in Egypt, said the cheaper IVF dures to inject sperm directly into the eggs. “You could be done for about 200 euros ($265) with about half of all people seeking infertility treat- method would be welcomed. He said there is con- aren’t producing as many eggs with this (cheap) generic fertility drugs and basic lab equipment ment could potentially be helped by the method. siderable social pressure on young Egyptian cou- method so the numbers will not be as high,” said that would fit inside a shoebox. Those who have complicated infertility problems, ples to have children - and that is compounded by Ian Cooke, an emeritus professor of reproductive “IVF is made to sound complicated, but the like men with severe sperm problems or women the fact in rural areas, many newlyweds live with medicine at Sheffield University. Cooke also fact is that the early embryo is not very demand- with very few eggs left, will still need standard IVF. the man’s family. thought training enough health professionals in ing,” said Jonathan Van Blerkom, a fertility expert In an ongoing trial in Belgium, researchers are “All eyes are on the newlywed couple to see if developing countries might be an issue. at the University of Colorado. A human embryo comparing the techniques. Women under 36 pregnancy has happened after the first month,” Still, he said the method was promising. doesn’t need much beyond some basic solutions, seeking IVF for the first time are given a mild dose he said in an email. He said couples married for Because doctors were planning to use less a steady pH level and constant temperature, he of injectable fertility drugs. If at least eight eggs two to three months occasionally come to see potent fertility drugs, he said it was fine to cut said.The simpler approach calls for women to take are retrieved, half undergo traditional IVF, and half him “just to please their in-laws.” Although the back on the regular screening and daily tests cheaper fertility tablets to stimulate their ovaries use the simpler method. A specialist who doesn’t new IVF strategy is intended for use mainly in used in normal IVF regimens. “From a technical to release more than one egg per month. In con- know which technique was used picks the best- developing countries, doctors in rich countries are point of view, they have proven it works,” he ventional IVF, expensive, potent drugs that are looking embryo to be transferred. also interested. “You should not have to be rich said, adding it was now necessary to test the injected can produce more than 20 eggs. Van For the more than 100 women treated so far, just to have IVF,” said Dr. Geeta Nargund, medical technique in developing countries. Patient Blerkom developed the simplified technique after the pregnancy rate was about 34 percent for both director for Create Health Clinics, a private fertility groups said doctors should offer the cheaper IVF European colleagues asked him how IVF could be methods. So far, 14 babies have been born using center in London. “There are so many people who method if it is approved. “IVF is not a one-size- done in developing countries. the simplified method and 13 babies from tradi- cannot afford the treatment (in the West) that fits-all process,” said Susan Seenan, deputy chief “My first reaction was, ‘You’ve got to be kid- tional IVF. The World Health Organization esti- there would be huge demand if there were some- executive of Infertility Network UK. “Patients are ding,’” he said. But with two test tubes and special mates there are between 120 and 160 million cou- thing cheaper available.” being told they need all kinds of expensive pro- solutions, “it’s possible to generate the exact same ples struggling with infertility worldwide. In many European countries, national health cedures and this may be a good time to step conditions, or very similar, to what people are “Nobody thinks that infertility in developing coun- systems pay for several IVF cycles for eligible cou- back and see if that is really the case.” — AP

Long-term study backs early HIV drugs for children PARIS: A landmark five-year trial has according to results reported in The latest advance in knowledge about identified, that patients could get a strengthened evidence that early use Lancet. Children who began an imme- antiretroviral drugs, which revolution- temporary holiday from AIDS drugs. of antiretroviral drugs helps children diate course of drugs were able to ized the fight against AIDS from 1996. “This important finding indicates combat the AIDS virus, doctors interrupt their treatment, giving them The drugs are a lifeline to millions, for we may be able to temporarily stop reported yesterday. Conducted in a break from the powerful, potentially they can roll back the virus to below treatment and spare infants from South Africa, the so-called CHER trial toxic drugs, researchers found. Yet detectable levels. But if the drugs are some of the toxic effects of continu- made history in 2007, after only two even with this interruption, the stopped, the virus rebounds from ous ART [antiretroviral therapy] for a years, when it discovered that early infants did far better than those who boltholes, called reservoirs, in cells in while, if we can monitor them careful- treatment slashed the risk of disease started treatment later. On average, the body. Two other trials-both small ly,” said Mark Cotton, a professor at and death from AIDS by 75 percent. the children who received the in scale and at a very early stage-have Stellenbosch University near Cape The astonishing finding prompted the deferred treatment began the drugs recently raised hopes that hitting HIV Town, who helped lead the study. World Health Organisation (WHO) to about 20 weeks after diagnosis. Those with drugs very soon after infection Caution, though, was sounded in a overhaul its treatment guidelines in who began an immediate course of can wipe out this hiding place. commentary by Robert Colebunders 2010 for youngsters with the AIDS 40 weeks of drugs were able to take a An estimated 34 million people are of the Institute of Tropical Medicine in virus. The WHO recommended that 33-week break before starting treat- infected with HIV worldwide, and Antwerp, Belgium, and Victor antiretroviral therapy be started ment afresh. And those who took an about 1.8 million die each year. Musiime of Makerere University immediately when HIV is diagnosed immediate 96-week course enjoyed a Infants are especially vulnerable. If College of Health Sciences in in children less than a year old, rather break of 70 weeks. untreated, around half of infected Kampala, Uganda. Treatment inter- than wait until a threshold of virus The trial was conducted at two newborns die before their second ruption is a risky option in poor coun- infection is reached. sites in South Africa among 377 birthday. The new work revives hopes tries which lack laboratory facilities to Now completed, the CHER trial infants with HIV who were less than that flourished in the late 1990s, monitor levels of CD4 immune cells, takes early-use-is-good a step further, 12 weeks old. The research marks the before the reservoir problem was they said. — AFP health & science SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013 Study seeks super agers’ secrets to brain health

CHICAGO: They’re called “super agers” - men would-be participants have met study criteria. able clues, Rogalski said. They show that in super Alzheimer’s Association. and women who are in their 80s and 90s, but “We’ve screened over 400 people at this point agers, the brain’s cortex, or outer layer, responsi- Snyder said the SuperAging study is an impor- with brains and memories that seem far younger. and only about 35 of them have been eligible for ble for many mental functions including memo- tant effort that may help provide some answers. Researchers are looking at this rare group in the this study, so it really represents a rare portion of ry, is thicker than in typical 80- and 90-year-olds. Edith Stern is among the super agers. The petite hope that they may find ways to help protect the population,” Rogalski said. And deep within the brain, a small region called woman looks far younger than her 92 years, and others from memory loss. And they’ve had some They include an octogenarian attorney, a 96- the anterior cingulate, important for attention, is is a vibrant presence at her Chicago retirement tantalizing findings: Imaging tests have found year-old retired neuroscientist, a 92-year-old bigger than even in many 50- and 60-year-olds. home, where she acts as a sort of room mother, unusually low amounts of age-related plaques Holocaust survivor and an 81-year-old pack-a- The super agers aren’t just different on the volunteering in the gift shop, helping residents along with more brain mass related to attention day smoker who drinks a nightly martini. To inside; they have more energy than most people settle in and making sure their needs are met. and memory in these elite seniors. qualify, would-be participants have to undergo a their age and share a positive, inquisitive out- Stern lost most of her family in the Holocaust and “We’re living long but we’re not necessarily battery of mental tests. Once enrolled, they look. Rogalski said the researchers are looking takes her work seriously. living well in our older years and so we hope that undergo periodic imaging scans and other med- into whether those traits contribute to brain “What I couldn’t do for my parents, I try to do the SuperAging study can find factors that are ical tests. They also must be willing to donate health. Other research has linked a positive atti- for the residents in the home,” she said, her voice modifiable and that we’ll be able to use those to their brains after death. The memory tests tude with overall health. And some studies have still thick with the accent of her native help people live long and live well,” said study include lists of about 15 words. “Super agers can suggested that people who are “cognitively Czechoslovakia. Stern acknowledges she’s differ- leader Emily Rogalski, a neuroscientist at remember at least nine of them 30 minutes later, active and socially engaged” have a reduced ent from most people at the home, even many Northwestern University’s cognitive neurology which is really impressive because often older chance of developing Alzheimer’s disease, but younger residents. “I am young - inside. And I and Alzheimer’s disease center in Chicago. The adults in their 80s can only remember just a cou- which comes first - a healthy brain or a great atti- think that’s the difference,” she said. “I grasp fast,” study is still seeking volunteers, but chances are ple,” Rogalski said. tude - isn’t known, said Heather Snyder, director she adds. “If people say something, they don’t you don’t qualify: Fewer than 10 percent of Special MRI scans have yielded other remark- of medical and scientific operations for the have to tell me twice. I don’t forget it.” — AP SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013 in Kuwait. 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ALEXANDRIA 06:20 QTR 136 DOHA 21:35 KAC 673 DUBAI 15:05 KAC 206 ISLAMABAD 07:25 GFA 217 BAHRAIN 21:45 IRM 1187 TEHRAN 15:20 KAC 382 DELHI 07:30 JAI 576 COCHIN 21:55 SYR 1282 DAMASCUS 15:40 JZR 503 LUXOR 07:40 QTR 146 DOHA 22:00 KAC 617 DOHA 15:45 FDB 53 DUBAI 07:45 FDB 59 DUBAI 22:20 SYR 342 DAMASCUS 15:55 KAC 302 MUMBAI 07:50 AIC 975 CHENNAI 22:25 SVA 505 JEDDAH 16:00 KAC 352 COCHIN 08:05 JZR 239 AMMAN-QUEEN ALIA 22:30 KAC 773 RIYADH 16:00 KAC 284 DHAKA 08:15 UAL 981 BAHRAIN 22:40 JZR 188 DUBAI 16:00 KAC 344 CHENNAI 08:20 KAC 786 JEDDAH 22:40 KNE 461 MADINAH 16:05 UAE 855 DUBAI 08:25 JZR 185 DUBAI 22:40 JAV 622 AMMAN 16:30 KAC 362 COLOMBO 08:45 KAC 154 SARAJEVO 22:45 MRJ 4812 MASHHAD 16:45 ABY 125 SHARJAH 08:50 KAC 614 BAHRAIN 23:00 RJA 641 AMMAN 16:55 IRC 6588 SHAHRE KORD 09:00 MSC 2403 SOHAG 23:05 KAC 785 JEDDAH 17:00 ABY 123 SHARJAH 09:10 DLH 636 FRANKFURT 23:10 JZR 238 AMMAN 17:05 IRM 1186 TEHRAN 09:10 JZR 513 SHARM EL SHEIKH 23:20 JZR 512 SHARM EL SHEIKH 17:15 FDB 55 DUBAI 09:15 JAI 574 MUMBAI 23:20 QTR 135 DOHA 17:20 QTR 132 DOHA 09:25 MSR 614 CAIRO 23:30 ETD 304 ABU DHABI 17:20 ETD 301 ABU DHABI-INTL 09:30 THY 772 ISTANBUL 23:45 JZR 538 CAIRO 17:40 IRA 3407 MASHAD 10:35 ABY 128 SHARJAH 17:50 GFA 213 BAHRAIN 10:40 Departure Flights on Saturday 24/8/2013 Airlines Flt Route Time KNE 473 JEDDAH 17:55 IAW 157 BAGHDAD 11:00 UAE 858 DUBAI 18:15 IRM 1188 MASHAD 11:45 AIC 976 GOA 00:05 LZB 7788 VARNA 00:15 GFA 216 BAHRAIN 18:20 JZR 165 DUBAI 11:35 SVA 511 RIYADH 18:20 MSC 401 ALEXANDRIA 12:00 JAI 573 MUMBAI 00:20 UAL 981 WASHINGTON DC DULLES 00:25 UAL 982 BAHRAIN 18:30 JZR 325 NAJAF 12:25 JZR 184 DUBAI 18:30 JZR 359 MASHAD 12:50 DLH 637 FRANKFURT 00:30 MSR 615 CAIRO 00:30 JZR 266 BEIRUT 18:40 JZR 241 AMMAN-QUEEN ALIA 12:35 NIA 252 ALEXANDRIA 19:00 TBZ 5483 MASHAD 12:40 KLM 413 AMSTERDAM 00:55 THY 5465 ISTANBUL-SABIHA 01:10 IZG 4168 MASHHAD 19:05 UAE 871 DUBAI 12:45 TGZ 1554 BATUMI 19:10 MSR 610 CAIRO 13:00 JZR 502 LUXOR 01:30 MSR 579 SOHAG 13:05 BBC 44 DHAKA 01:30 QTR 145 DOHA 19:25 THY 766 ISTANBUL 13:10 THY 773 ISTANBUL-ATATURK 02:20 FDB 64 DUBAI 19:35 KNE 480 TAIF 13:20 SAI 442 LAHORE 02:30 GFA 220 BAHRAIN 19:50 KAC 672 DUBAI 13:40 THY 765 ISTANBUL-SABIHA 02:40 KAC 613 BAHRAIN 20:00 QTR 140 DOHA 13:45 ETH 621 ADDIS ABABA 02:45 KAC 283 DHAKA 20:15 FDB 57 DUBAI 13:50 MEA 409 BEIRUT 03:10 RBG 554 ALEXANDRIA 20:20 KAC 790 MEDINAH 13:55 PIA 240 SIALKOT 03:35 MSC 402 ALEXANDRIA 20:30 IRC 6692 MASHAD 14:00 THY 769 ISTANBUL-ATATURK 03:40 JAI 571 MUMBAI 20:35 IRM 1184 SHIRAZ 14:05 UAE 854 DUBAI 03:45 FDB 62 DUBAI 20:40 MSR 575 SHARM EL SHEIKH 14:15 FDB 68 DUBAI 03:50 ABY 120 SHARJAH 20:45 SVA 500 JEDDAH 14:30 RBG 556 ALEXANDRIA 03:55 KAC 331 TRIVANDRUM 20:50 JZR 257 BEIRUT 14:30 MSR 613 CAIRO 04:15 OMA 648 MUSCAT 20:55 SYR 1281 DAMASCUS 14:40 ETD 306 ABU DHABI 04:20 KAC 351 KOCHI 21:05 SYR 341 DAMASCUS 14:55 OMA 644 MUSCAT 04:20 IRA 604 ISFAHAN 21:10 KNE 470 JEDDAH 15:05 QTR 139 DOHA 04:25 MEA 403 BEIRUT 21:15 JAV 621 AMMAN-QUEEN ALIA 15:10 QTR 149 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ST LOUIS: Chris Johnson #23 of the Atlanta Braves dives for a line drive against the St Louis Cardinals in the fourth inning at Busch Stadium on August 22, 2013. —AFP Cardinals overpower Braves

ST LOUIS: Joe Kelly pitched six effective innings, Matt Holliday broke against reliever Eury De La Rosa (0-1) and moved to second when De Storen deflected Dioner Navarro’s liner toward Lombardozzi to start a out of a slump with two doubles as the St Louis Cardinals beat the La Rosa’s pickoff attempt rolled away from first baseman Paul game-ending double play after Anthony Rizzo reached on a throwing Atlanta Braves 6-2 on Thursday night. David Freese drove in two runs Goldschmidt. Todd Frazier sacrificed Choo to third, and Choo scored error by the second baseman with one out. After a 2-hour rain delay at as St Louis won for the fifth time in six games. The National League when ball four to Joey Votto was a wild pitch. Mat Latos (13-4) went the start, Strasburg was one out away from a complete game with a 4- East -leading Braves played without Jason Heyward, one day after he eight innings and Sam LeCure gave up two hits in the ninth, but 1 lead before Chicago rallied to tie as Junior Lake had an RBI single, broke right jaw after he was beaned during a win at the New York earned his first career save. Arizona starter Trevor Cahill, in his second and Donnie Murphy hit a two-run homer. Mets. The outfielder had surgery on Thursday and could miss the rest start since coming off the disabled list, allowed four hits and one run. of the regular season. Justin Upton hit his 24th homer for the Braves, He walked three, struck out seven and threw three wild pitches - all in PIRATES 10, GIANTS 5 and Paul Maholm (9-10) came off the disabled list and allowed five the third inning. Garrett Jones and Jordy Mercer homered, Jose Tabata hit a three- runs, four earned, and five hits in 5 1-3 innings. Kelly (5-3) yielded two run double as NL Central-leading Pittsburgh beat San Francisco. runs and seven hits while improving to 5-0 with a 1.79 ERA in his last NATIONALS 5, CUBS 4, 13 INNINGS Pedro Alvarez hit a go-ahead, two-run double to start a seven-run fifth seven starts. Holliday went 2 for 3 and drove in a run, after going 2 for Denard Span scored the go-ahead run on pinch-hitter Chad and matched his career high for RBIs in a season with 85. Russell 24 over his previous six games. Tracy’s grounder in the 13th inning as Washington beat the Chicago Martin and Gaby Sanchez added sacrifice flies and Tabata had a three- Cubs after Nationals starter Stephen Strasburg blew a three-run lead run double in his second plate appearance of the inning. Marco DODGERS 6, MARLINS 0 in the ninth. Span doubled leading off the 13th against Michael Scutaro had a tying two-run single in the fourth for San Francisco after Clayton Kershaw pitched eight strong innings as the Dodgers won Bowden (1-3), moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Steve scoring in the third on Buster Posey’s sacrifice fly. Giants right-hander their third game in a row. Kershaw (13-7) allowed five hits, struck out Lombardozzi and scored on Tracy’s roller to the first-base side of the Matt Cain left in the fourth inning after getting hit on his pitching arm six and walked three while lowering his ERA to a major league-best mound. Craig Stammen (7-5) pitched two innings for the win and on a line drive by Sanchez. He sustained a contusion on his forearm 1.72. The Marlins hit into three double plays and went 0 for 7 with run- Drew Storen got the last three outs for his third save in eight chances. and X-rays were negative.—AP ners in scoring position. Former All-Star closer Brian Wilson pitched the ninth for Los Angeles in his first appearance since undergoing Tommy John surgery. He allowed one hit while striking out two in his Yankees beat Toronto first game since April 2012. The Dodgers lead the majors with 17 shutouts, and Miami was blanked for the 15th time. Kershaw had a NEW YORK: two-out single in the fourth to drive in the first of the Dodgers’ three Andy Pettitte pitched six effective innings, Curtis scored from second to give the Twins the lead. Jared Burton runs in the inning. He is tied for the major league lead among pitchers Granderson homered as the New York Yankees beat Toronto 5- pitched a scoreless eighth, and Glen Perkins got through the with eight RBIs. Henderson Alvarez (2-3) went five innings and 3 on Thursday after a 31/2-hour rain delay for their 10th straight middle of the Tigers order in the ninth for his 30th save in 33 allowed five runs, all scoring with two outs. victory against the Blue Jays. Eduardo Nunez hit a two-run sin- chances. Casey Fien (3-2) earned the win. Bruce Rondon (1-2) gle, and the surging Yankees took advantage of a missed call to took the loss. Detroit had trailed 6-2 going into the bottom of PHILLIES 5, ROCKIES 4 win their fifth consecutive game and 10th in 12 overall. New the sixth, but rallied to tie it on Jackson’s three-run homer. That Domonic Brown hit a game-ending RBI single to lift the Phillies to York improved to 12-1 against Toronto this season with its sec- allowed Justin Verlander to extend his unbeaten streak against their second come-from-behind win in as many days. The Phillies ond four-game sweep of the Blue Jays, and moved within 31/2 the Twins to 11 starts, despite allowing six runs and 10 hits in games of the second AL wild-card spot. seven innings. Twins starter Andrew Albers escaped several scored twice in the eighth and twice in the ninth, winning for the The Yankees have won 13 home games in a row against jams with his assortment of slow and slower pitches, but ran fourth time in five games to improve to 4-3 under interim manager Toronto, their longest streak against one team since a 14-game out of gas in the sixth. Ryne Sandberg. Colorado carried a 4-3 lead into the ninth, but Rafael run against Kansas City from August 2002 to April 2006. The Betancourt (2-5) blew a save opportunity for the second straight last-place Blue Jays, who had a lead in every game in the series, WHITE SOX 4, ROYALS 3, 12 INNINGS game and the third time in 19 chances. He recorded two outs before have lost five straight and 11 of 15. Pettitte (9-9) won his second Conor Gillaspie homered leading off the 12th inning as the departing with a sprained right elbow. Cesar Jimenez (1-0) pitched a consecutive start after going 0-3 in his previous five. His only Chicago White Sox claimed their first three-game sweep in scoreless ninth for the victory. Willin Rosario homered for Colorado, blemish was JP Arencibia’s leadoff homer in the fifth. With his Kansas City since 2009. Gillaspie drove the second pitch he got which has dropped five of six. The Rockies have won nine of 39 games 254th victory, the 41-year-old lefty tied Jack Morris and Hall of from Luke Hochevar (3-2) just over the outstretched glove of against Philadelphia since the start of the 2008 season. Darin Ruf went Famer Red Faber for 42nd place on the career list. JA Happ (3-3) right fielder Justin Maxwell for his 11th homer. The tiebreaking deep for the Phillies. took the loss. shot came after Jacob Petricka made his major league debut in REDS 2, DIAMONDBACKS 1 the 11th inning for the White Sox, inheriting runners on first TWINS 7, TIGERS 6 and second with nobody out. Petricka (1-0) calmly got Shin-Soo Choo scored in the eighth inning on Arizona’s fourth wild Chris Herrmann’s second RBI double of the game broke an Salvador Perez to ground into a double play to end the inning. pitch of the game as Cincinnati raced to an improbable win. Choo eighth-inning tie as helped Minnesota edge Detroit. With two Addison Reed preserved Chicago’s sixth straight win when the scored both Cincinnati runs, helping the Reds to their third win in the out, Herrmann lined a ball into the right-center field gap. Center he left the tying run on second base for his 34th save. It was four-game series. Cincinnati improved to a season-high 18 games fielder Austin Jackson got a bad break on the ball, and just the fifth straight loss for Kansas City, and the eighth in 10 over .500 and increased its lead over Arizona to seven games for the missed while attempting a shoestring catch. Doug Bernier games overall.—AP NL’s second wild-card playoff spot. Choo singled to lead off the eighth sports SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013 Nibali happy to ride with target on his back

VILANOVA DE AROUSA: Vincenzo Nibali remains confident he can cope with the added pressure of being regarded as pre-race favorite for the Vuelta a Espana, which starts in the remote northwestern town of Vilanova de Arousa today. “(Being favorite) does make me feel tense, as always, but nobody can criticize what I’ve done this year,” the Italian Team Astana rider, who won the Giro d’Italia in May said. “I think it’s pretty much normal. I know I’ve got nothing to prove after winning the Giro but I still want to do as well here as I possibly can,” added the 28-year-old, whose Grand Tour breakthrough came in 2010 when he won the Vuelta. “It’s important to do well here because the world championships follow the Vuelta (on home soil at the end of September) and a lot of people will be watching my performance here as a guide to how well I can ride there.” Race organizers have included a brutal 11 summit finishes in this year’s edition with the penultimate 20th stage taking in the grueling climb of the Angliru, forcing Nibali to focus on reach- ing peak fitness in the third week of the tour. However, the Italian was quick to point out that he would not be resting on his laurels in the early exchanges of the 21-stage race.

MAJOR TARGET “The Vuelta has a tough start with a team time trial (on Saturday) which should benefit Astana as we have some strong specialists like Jakob Fuglsang and Jani Brajkovic, and we’ll be aiming to gain a few seconds advantage,” he said. “But in a race with so many difficult moments, almost anything can happen. I won’t say I’m here to win, I never say that in a race, but I’m certainly here to achieve a good over- all classification.” A decision on whether he will go all out for the victory in Madrid on Sept. 15 or ease back to ensure he is in top form for the world championships, his final major target for 2013, will be made early in the third week of the Vuelta. “If I feel in good enough shape to win and have an advantage of just a minute or two, then I will go for broke in a single stage somewhere,” the Italian added. “If on the other BRESCIA: In this file photo, Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali kisses the trophy after winning the Giro d’Italia, Tour of Italy hand, I’m suffering so badly I’m barely able to keep up with the rest of cycling race, in Brescia.—AP the favourites... I’ll do things differently.” However, should he grab the leader’s red jersey as early as Saturday or after the first mountain top finish a day later, Nibali will fight to ensure he is still wearing it in Grosjean a changed Madrid. “A leader’s jersey is always to be defended,” Nibali added. “Even if it would be quite a long way from there to Madrid.” Nibali can expect a tough challenge from local duo Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) and Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) with Team Sky leader Sergio man on return to Spa Henao of Colombia also regarded as one of the favorites.—Reuters

SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS: Apart from said the Australian, who is close to Alonso. “It I think the 2013 starts prove that I did my becoming a father over the August holiday was a bit of a weird one with Jenson (Button) duties. I’ll keep pushing and trying to do my Unbeaten Mares break, Romain Grosjean has returned to the what he did on the top chicane in Budapest best in every circumstance,” added the Belgian Grand Prix as a changed man on the (last month), so every now and again you still Frenchman. “I’ll keep progressing, keep defends crown track as well. The Lotus Formula One driver see snapshots of some errors but I think he’s working and keep doing the same things was dubbed a ‘first lap nutcase’ by Australian improved,” added Webber, the oldest and and I’ll keep doing clean starts.” Lotus team against Gonzalez Mark Webber last year and was banned for a most outspoken driver on the grid, who is principal Eric Boullier, who is fighting to keep race after causing a first corner collision at leaving F1 at the end of the year. “But his 2007 champion Kimi Raikkonen at his team LOS ANGELES: Undefeated Abner Mares defends his World Spa that could have caused serious injury to move on (Ferrari’s Felipe) Massa was very, for next season in the face of interest from Boxing Council featherweight title today against Jhonny Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso. very good in Budapest.” elsewhere, commended Grosjean for his atti- Gonzalez in one of two all-Mexican title bouts at the Home The forced retirement for Alonso proved tude. “It maybe took him a little while to set- Depot Center stadium. Other bouts at the home stadium of crucial to the championship, with the CLEAN STARTS tle down and start performing to the best of the Major League Soccer champion Los Angeles Galaxy Spaniard missing out on his third title at the Grosjean finished sixth in Hungary, the his ability. With that in mind, it gives me great include unbeaten Leo Santa Cruz, a former bantamweight end of the season by three points to Red last race before the European summer break, pleasure to see him learn from those experi- world champion, facing WBC junior featherweight champion Bull’s Sebastian Vettel. Webber hurled the despite a drive-through penalty and a retro- ences and to start delivering the kind of Victor Terrazas. insult at Grosjean in Japan after another colli- spective 20 second penalty for a clash with results we’ve always known he is capable of,” Former world bamtamweight and super bantamweight sion that destroyed his hopes of a podium McLaren’s Button, and was third in Germany he told the team website (www.lotusf1.com). champion Mares, 26-0 with one draw and 14 knockouts, has finish but the Red Bull driver told reporters at before that. He was also third in Bahrain and “In Germany and Hungary he really put won six fights in a row-all for world titles since a draw against Spa that he was sure the Frenchman was has kept out of trouble at the starts. “I think I together the complete package over two Colombia’s Yonhy Perez in a 2010 world title fight. “I’ve reformed now. have a different mind from the past,” he told consecutive weekends... if he can keep up learned from every fight,” Mares said. “I’ve gained experience “I think he’s changed. He had to, obvious- reporters, making clear that the change had this level, Romain can be a future con- and I haven’t been beat up in any of my fights. I’ve learned a ly... I think he’s done a better job this year - come long before the birth of his son. “I think tender for titles, I’m sure of it,” Boullier lot, gained experience and continue getting better and bet- which wouldn’t be difficult, let’s be honest,” I’ve progressed a lot and worked on that and added.—Reuters ter.” Gonzalez, 54-8 with 46 knockouts, tries to regain the crown he lost last September to compatriot Daniel Ponce de Leon, who was beaten by Mares last May. “In that fight with Alonso fastest as F1 gets back on track Ponce De Leon I wasn’t 100 percent mentally and physically there,” Gonzalez said. “I am coming in 100 percent mentally SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS: Ferrari’s Fernando half hour of an incident-free session. over Lotus’s Kimi Raikkonen, was sixth and physically prepared.” Mares, at 27, is four years younger Alonso lapped fastest in a weather-affected Morning rain, and occasional drizzle inter- fastest behind fellow-German Nico Rosberg than his rival, who vows that retirement is not on his mind, Belgian Grand Prix first practice session yes- spersed with cloud and sunshine, damp- in the Mercedes. Vettel, who returned from although moving up in weight class is in Gonzalez’s sights. terday as Formula One drivers shrugged off ened part of the fast and flowing Ardennes the break with his hair dyed bright blond, “My body still feels great. My body’s still responding in the the long August break and got back up to forest circuit while a dry line emerged had the odd spin on the slippery surface gym and the trainings,” Gonzalez said. “This is a very impor- speed. The Spaniard, third in the champi- through the middle sector. without drama. Raikkonen, who cried off sick tant fight at this moment and we are looking forward to it onship after 10 of 19 races, lapped the The McLarens of Briton Jenson Button on from media engagements on Thursday and then going up another division to the super feather- longest circuit on the calendar with a best and Mexican Sergio Perez showed encour- after weeks of speculation about his future weight and even bigger fights there.” Mares expects to see time of one minute 55.198 seconds in a aging signs of progress, despite the team and talk of moves to Red Bull or Ferrari, and Gonzalez at his hard-punching peak. “I expect the best familiar Spa mixture of wet and dry condi- backing away from earlier assertions that Lotus team mate Romain Grosjean propped Jhonny Gonzalez. He’s going to come with his A game,” tions. they could challenge for a victory this week- up the timesheets. Finland’s Heikki Mares said. “I have to prove that I am now one of the best, I’m The two Force Indias of Paul Di Resta and end. Perez was fourth fastest while Button, Kovalainen, dropped by Caterham at the one of the elite and I have to beat Jhonny. It’s a fight I can’t Adrian Sutil were second and third on the last year’s winner from pole, ended up end of last year, made an appearance for the lose.”—AFP timesheets, with the top three all setting 14th.Red Bull’s championship leader team in place of regular race driver Charles their comparatively slow times in the final Sebastian Vettel, who has a 38 point lead Pic and was 16th quickest.—Reuters sports SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013 India in a fix over IOC’s ethics diktat NEW DELHI: India’s suspended Olympic administration is set for a showdown with the Games’ world governing body over elect- ing tainted officials-with its insistence on “innocent until proven guilty” threatening its return to the fold. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) suspended the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) in December after it elected Lalit Bhanot-who is charged with corruption linked to the 2010 Commonwealth Games-as its secretary-general. The world body wants the the IOA to ban anyone charged with corruption or criminal offences from contesting elections, but Indian officials are unsure the rule would pass legal scrutiny. The general body of the IOA is due to meet in New Delhi on Sunday to discuss a new 43-page constitution drafted by the IOC, which keeps tainted officials out of the election process. If the constitution is not adopted before the IOA’s next elections in September, India will remain outside the Olympic fold. Several IOA officials fear the proposed constitution could be challenged in court because Indian law does not bar officials fac- ing criminal charges from holding office, or even a parliamentary seat. Tarlochan Singh, 80, one of the IOA’s eight vice-presidents, said it was difficult to predict how Sunday’s meeting would go. “We all want India back in the Olympics and the general body is capable of taking the best course towards it,” Singh said. “But there is definitely a problem because the law says a per- son is innocent till proved guilty. “What will happen if a person is TOKYO: Chairman of Tokyo 2020 Bid Committee (Tokyo 2020) and Tokyo Metropolitan Governor Naoki barred from contesting elections and he goes to court and earns Inose (front 2nd left) and Tokyo 2020 president and Japan Olympic Committee president Tsunekazu Takeda a verdict in his favor? We need to take everything into account.” (front left) clinch their fists with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (front 2nd right) and former Japanese Former IOA boss Suresh Kalmadi, who has also been charged in prime minister Yoshiro Mori (front right) during the Tokyo 2020 kick-off rally in Tokyo yesterday.— AFP the Commonwealth Games scandal, opted out of the December elections where his protege, Abhay Chautala, was elected presi- dent. Tokyo pledges hard push Kalmadi, a lawmaker of the ruling Congress party, and Bhanot were both charged with misappropriation of funds and bribery in awarding contracts for the Games. The pair, who were released on bail, have denied any wrongdoing. The Delhi Commonwealth into 2020 Games bid final Games were intended to showcase India on the global stage, but were marred by infrastructure problems, delays and widespread TOKYO: Tokyo bid leaders yesterday ple-sport event. “It’s hard to believe it’s improved on four years ago and this corruption allegations. pledged something special as they read- already boiled down to just 15 days left,” time we’re absolutely ready.” Suspension from the IOC means India does not receive fund- ied for the home straight in the contest Takeda told reporters. “There is a sense Alarming headlines about highly ing from the world body and its officials cannot attend Olympic to decide who will host the 2020 of nervous energy as we close in on a contaminated water leaking out of a events, while athletes are barred from competing in the Olympics Olympic Games. Officials preparing for six-year dream. We live in challenging storage tank at the nuclear plant, which under the national flag. Indian Sports Minister Jitendra Singh, the September 7 meeting in Buenos and rapidly-changing times and Tokyo’s was crippled by the deadly tsunami in who met IOC officials at its Swiss headquarters in Lausanne in Aires of the International Olympic is the best bid to deliver a dynamic 2011, have come at a bad time for May seeking a way forward, hopes the impasse will end soon. Committee (IOC) that will award the Games in this climate.” Tokyo’s bid, but Inose insisted it would “The government urges all concerned to ensure that individual Games downplayed renewed concerns Tokyo, which hosted the Olympics in have no effect on the Olympic vote. interests should not come in the way of our national interest and over the wrecked Fukushima nuclear 1964, lost out to Rio in the race to host “Prime Minister (Shinzo) Abe has said it the good of sports,” Singh said in a statement. plant, where a radioactive leak was dis- the 2016 Games but organizers hope is not just an issue for (plant operator) “At the same time, the government places the highest empha- covered this week. the city’s financial strength and their Tokyo Electric Power Co to solve but the sis on the standards of ethics and good governance as per the Bid president Tsunekazu Takeda, immediate access to a budget of $4.5 government too,” he said. Olympic Charter.” Rifle shooter Abhinav Bindra, India’s only indi- flanked by Tokyo governor Naoki Inose, billion could swing the vote this time, “The PM has ordered the govern- vidual Olympic gold medalist, hoped the world body would suc- refused to reveal what they had up their with the IOC under pressure to curb ment to help in the clean-up. Tokyo’s ceed in its mission to rid Indian sports of corrupt officials. “As an sleeves for Argentina but expressed Olympic spending. “We will leave the water and food are completely safe-the athlete, I am extremely pleased that the IOC is willing to clean up confidence that IOC members would be IOC members in no doubt about our same as in London, Paris and New York. Indian sports,” Bindra, who won the 10m Air Rifle gold medal at convinced of the city’s know-how and dependability and desire to host the It will have no bearing at all on the vote the 2008 Beijing Olympics, said in a statement. —AFP ability to host the world’s biggest multi- Games,” added Takeda. “Our bid is much on September 7.”— AFP India Shooter Sodhi Olympic hosts ‘must have’ wins sports award clean human rights record BERLIN: The new president of the International The letter, dated Aug. 2, invites the six presi- Olympic Committee, who will be elected next dential candidates to state their views on a num- NEW DELHI: Former world champion shooter told reporters in New Delhi. “We have stuck to month, must ensure future Games’ hosts com- ber of issues including media freedom in the Ronjan Sodhi has been named winner of the recommendations made by the committee. ply with human rights according to the Olympic country, migrant workers’ rights abuses, evic- India’s highest sports award after the govern- We looked into all the complaints and griev- charter, human rights organizations said yester- tions and harassment of activists in the run-up to ment ignored the claims of a disgruntled dis- ances of some athletes and that’s why the day. In a letter to the IOC presidential candi- the Sochi Games. Russia has also been in the fir- cus thrower. Sodhi, a double-trap world announcement was delayed.” Sodhi, 33, said he dates, Human Rights Watch and the Committee ing line since passing the controversial law that record holder in 2010 and 2011, was nominat- was delighted to win the award, named after to Protect Journalists (CPJ), asked for their views prohibits the dissemination of information ed for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (sports jew- the assassinated former prime Minister, which on human rights as criticism of Russia’s new regarding homosexuality to minors. There have el) award by the sports ministry’s selection carries a medal, citation and cash prize of anti-gay law mounts just six months before the also been calls to boycott the Games next year committee last week. 750,000 rupees ($11,600). country’s 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. while several athletes at the world athletics But the ministry delayed the official Poonia said she accepted the government’s “With less than six months before the open- championships in Moscow earlier this month announcement after woman discus thrower decision. “Our fight was for justice and not ing ceremony of the Sochi Winter Games, the voiced their opposition to the legislation. Critics Krishna Poonia, a gold medallist at the 2010 against any individual,” Poonia told the Times of Olympic Movement is facing a crisis over of the law have said it effectively bans all gay Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, publicly India. Past winners of the award include crick- Russia’s failure to respect the Olympic Charter in rights rallies and could be used to prosecute staked a claim for the award. Poonia met Sports eter Sachin Tendulkar, badminton star Saina Sochi,” Minky Worden, Human Rights Watch anyone voicing support for homosexuals. Minister Jitendra Singh and other officials to put Nehwal, tennis player Leander Paes and reign- director of Global Initiatives at Human Rights President Vladimir Putin also banned same-sex forward her case, but the ministry rejected her ing world chess champion Viswanathan Anand. Watch said in a statement. “Just as the IOC couples from adopting children. After demand- claim after consulting the selection committee. Cricketer Virat Kohli and world women’s bad- assesses ice rinks and ski jumps, the new ing clarifications from Russia on the law, the IOC “The file has been cleared by the sports min- minton semi-finalist PV Sindhu were among 15 Olympics leader needs to press Russia to repeal said on Thursday it had received “strong assur- ister and there has been no addition to the origi- recipients of the annual Arjuna award, the coun- a discriminatory law and address human rights ances” the anti-gay law would not affect athletes nal list of awardees,” sports secretary PK Deb try’s second-highest sporting honor.—AFP violations before the Sochi Games.” or spectators at the Sochi Games. .—Reuters SPORTS SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013

Gap between All Blacks, Photo of the day Wallabies is no chasm

WELLINGTON: History suggests it’s foolish to bet against the All Blacks at any time, let alone when playing at home in Wellington against a Wallabies side they beat 47-29 only last weekend. The last time an Australian side beat the All Blacks in New Zealand was in 2001 and only the truly brave would give the Wallabies a fighting chance based on last week’s bumbling opening Rugby Championship effort, where they gifted the All Blacks three tries. That’s not to say the All Blacks would not have won easily enough without the benefit of the many Wallabies errors. They were lethal in converting opportunities into points. It was the prototype modern day All Blacks performance - less possession and territory than the opposition yet almost double the points via counter- attacks based on turnovers. It’s how the All Blacks play rugby nowa- days; like a boxer leaning back on the ropes gladly taking body shots knowing he’ll finish off the round with a one-punch knockout. It’s a teasing, beautiful and brutally effective winning style. Indeed, the All Blacks need only a sliver of an opportunity - a poor ball presentation or a kick without enough chase - so finely tuned is the team’s killer instinct right now. So much so, in fact, that the bookies and most Australian fans have written off the Wallabies for this weekend’s match, which also doubles as the second of three Bledisloe Cup matches (Bledisloe 3 is at Dunedin on Oct 19). The Wallabies must win this weekend to keep the series alive. They’re understandably desperate, especially new Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie who was appointed as the man most likely to end the team’s decade-long Bledisloe Cup drought. McKenzie has gone with the same backline that sputtered in parts last week, and has retained Matt Toomua at 10 ahead of the more flamboyant, but error prone, Quade Cooper.

SCORE CLOSER Adam Xu performs during the Red Bull King of The Rock at King’s Park Centenary Centre in Hong Kong. McKenzie’s selections suggest he does not believe the Wallabies were as bad as last week’s scoreline suggests, and he might have a — www.redbullcontentpool.com point. The facts are his team lost by 18 points and gave away 21 points with errors leading to All Black tries - a charged-down kick, a bad read on defense by James O’Connor, and poor ball presentation in the tack- le by substitute Tevita Kuridrani. Departing Richards The score should have been a lot closer notwithstanding the All Blacks’ current rich vein of form. Arguably, there’s not a great deal between the sides. Before last week, the last time the All Blacks and desperate for Cup Wallabies played the match ended in an 18-all draw. The gap isn’t a chasm by any means. It’s just that the All Blacks keep winning. New LONDON: Zealand’s rugby development program clearly has figured out some- Pat Richards will savor every moment of his last sibility of goal-kicking but that’s my job. Challenge Cup final in a Wigan shirt but the Wests Tigers-bound “Whenever you say Wembley it has a special aura about it, to thing nobody else has. The players it produces, who are all decent wing admits he’s desperate to end his stay in England with silver- get another opportunity to play there in my last season over here enough in Super Rugby, suddenly look faster of thought, foot and ware. Richards’ chances of securing his second Super League is just amazing and I will savior every moment. “I am expecting to hand when picked for the All Blacks. They react to random opportuni- crown look distant at present with the Warriors having lost three be just a tough (as the final against Leeds in 2011) and something ties far too clinically for it to be a fluke. Some say they have more rugby of their last four league fixtures. But they take on Hull FC at similar. “I will just focus on my own job and I am confident in my nous because of the development offered in the National Provincial Wembley today looking to repeat the cup success of 2011 when own ability and the team’s ability. You go through a range of Championship. Others point to the All Blacks’ in-house shrink, or men- they saw off Leeds Rhinos 28-18. emotions and we need to go out there and just perform on the tal skills coach, Gilbert Enoka. The Wallabies are fair to okay on the Richards, as he is so often, was the man for the big occasion day.” While Richards has an NRL Grand Final medal to cherish mental skills side of things, though. They might be wobbly but they’re that day when he kicked four goals and he’s keen to add to his from his days with the Tigers, Aaron Heremaia insists he’s driven also clever when it counts. highlights reel. And the 31-year-old, who will rejoin the Tigers at by NZ Warriors’ defeat in 2011 and desperate to see Hull FC the end of the campaign after eight seasons in England, believes climbing the Wembley steps. Heremaia was on the end of a 24- MISSING INGREDIENT his own added motivation could see the Warriors to glory. “This 10 defeat against Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in Sydney two Will they find the missing ingredient separating the sides this week- will be my last Challenge Cup final so I am just looking forward to years ago and this showpiece is the first chance the 30-year-old end? They’d be harsh not to rate their chances based on a closer review enjoying the week and enjoy the occasion,” said Richards, who has had to put the record straight. of last week’s loss. The Wallabies reigned supreme in the line-out (won claimed the Man of Steel award in 2010. “When I played in the NRL Grand Final the whole week passed all their own throws and pressured six out of 13 of the All Blacks’), and “I came over here at the age of 23 and I was only planning to me by so fast and the game passed me by so fast too,” said the Michael Hooper outplayed All Blacks captain Richie McCaw in the stay for two seasons but it’s eight now. “I have enjoyed every New Zealand international. “I’ve been determined to soak up loose. Where the Wallabies erred was in the absence of a long-kicking minute of it and I have the best memories. I have met some great every part of this week. It is a massive achievement. I’ve never game for the sidelines. McKenzie perhaps miscalculated his players’ people and I only have good things to say, I will really miss it. “I even been into London, let alone Wembley. “Players sometimes skill levels - the players he picked last week were simply not yet up to am looking forward to getting on the pitch and enjoying the play their whole career without playing in any major finals, so I atmosphere. I know I have a big job to do with the extra respon- feel very lucky and blessed.” —AFP running the ball out of their own half with any confidence or control. Cooper can run with poise from deep - and did just that when he came off the bench - but he comes with risks attached. By retaining Toomua and Jessie Mogg, both prodigious kickers, McKenzie has essentially Try-hungry Springboks aiming conceded that while he picked the right team last week, he got the tac- tics wrong. to maintain their momentum The Wallabies will look to get more out of Israel Folau who made only four runs for a paltry 35 meters last week. By comparison, James MENDOZA: South Africa hope to maintain the momentum Morne Steyn beginning all four games. O’Connor on the left wing made more than 110 meters from 11 runs. from four victories and 25 tries this season when they face Forwards have also got in on the scoring act with hooker The All Blacks cleverly kicked towards O’Connor and Mogg, and not to Argentina for the second consecutive weekend in Mendoza Adriaan Strauss and flank Francois Louw bagging two apiece Folau. The Wallabies are likely to counter that tactic this week by rapid- today. The Springboks made a dream start to the Rugby and four others also dotting down. Satisfied that the team ly shifting the ball left to right on kick returns from deep. At least the Championship last Saturday in Soweto, scoring nine tries in a have improved since he took charge last year, coach Heyneke Wallabies will be spared an in-form Aaron Cruden who is injured and 73-13 romp against Los Pumas. It was a record winning margin Meyer wants to see the recent home form transferred to west- has been replaced at 10 by Tom Taylor, the son of Warwick Taylor who for the southern hemisphere championship and cast South ern Argentina. His ambition with an unchanged starting line- played 24 tests for the All Blacks in the 1980s. Africa in a new light of adventurous and exciting rugby rather up is another bonus-point victory against opponents who have The younger Taylor is a quality footballer, though, with a 90 percent than a predictable kick-and-chase outfit. made five alterations, three of them injury induced. Super Rugby goal kicking success rate. All Blacks coach Steve Hansen South Africa scored 23 tries in 12 Tests last year-this season “We are developing a killer instinct as a team and the chal- has reacted decisively to his team’s line-out woes by resting Keven they have already notched 25 against Italy, Scotland, Samoa lenge now is to have the same attitude away from home,” Mealamu and promoting Dane Coles to the bench to share hooking and Argentina with JJ Engelbrecht and Bryan Habana claiming Meyer told reporters. “Last weekend has to be forgotten and duties with Andrew Hore. Hansen’s selection of sharp-shooting Taylor four each.The try fest stems from a settled backline with full- we must show ruthlessness against a wounded opponent. We back Willie le Roux, wings Bjorn Basson and Habana, centres were clinical in Soweto and we must be equally clinical in over Colin Slade, whose kicking form can be erratic, is perhaps another Engelbrecht and Jean de Villiers, and star goal-kicking fly-half Mendoza. —AFP pointer towards a closer scoreline. — Reuters SPORTS SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013

Woods in hunt; Stadler leads rain-hit Barclays JERSEY CITY: Unheralded American Kevin Sweden’s Henrik Stenson, Colombia’s result-wise,” said Stadler, the son of 13- a row at the par-three 11th, but back-to- Stadler shined in the gloom of a storm-hit Camilo Villegas and American Ryan time PGA tour winner Craig Stadler. “But I back bogeys from the 14th saw him ease day, shooting a seven-under 64 to emerge Palmer, with Australian Jason Day and really started hitting the ball a lot better a off the pace. “Three breakfasts, three the surprise clubhouse leader after the another American in Matt Kuchar a further couple of weeks ago. “Felt like I was head- warm-ups, two lunches and a bunch of opening round of the Barclays tournament shot adrift. Woods, who began his long ing in the right direction even though the birdies which is good,” said Villegas, on Thursday. World number one Tiger day at the 10th hole, reached four-under results were not showing it and finally got describing his day. Among the late Woods lurked three strokes back, with the by adding a birdie at the par-three fourth something out of it today.” starters, American Harris English was four- opening event of the FedExCup playoffs after his run of three straight birdies was In contrast, Stenson has been on a roll. under through six holes and Australian stalled for more than six hours by heavy interrupted by the second weather delay. Runner-up at the British Open, tied for sec- Marc Leishman was three-under through lightning and two rain delays. The playoffs points leader, who has ond at the WGC-Bridgestone and third at eight. Some 63 players, including British Open already won five tournaments this season, the PGA Championship in his last three Americans Webb Simpson and Bubba winner Phil Mickelson and Masters cham- parred his last five holes for 67 and was events, the 37-year-old Swede continued Watson, who had both played six holes, pion Adam Scott, were unable to complete satisfied after a gruelling day. “I’m actually his impressive form at Liberty National. were among a large group at two-under their rounds and face an early start yester- tired,” Woods told reporters. “I got up at Stenson made nine birdies along with par. Mickelson was one-under after six, day and another long day. The 33-year-old four this morning and I think it took us, three bogeys, the last of which came on one stroke better than Scott, who had also Stadler, winless on the PGA Tour, made the from start to finish just under 11 hours for his penultimate hole and dropped him played six holes by the time the horn most of his chances, however, registering the day. Long day. “I’m only three back. We from a share of the lead. sounded due to darkness. The late finish- seven birdies in a bogey-free round at have a long way to go.” Stadler was “To be honest, I came in from Europe ers can expect an arduous test on Friday Liberty National where bright sunshine thrilled with his showing given his lacklus- on Monday night, so I’m a bit jet-lagged when they finish the first round and head eventually replaced the dark, stormy skies ter season, the American posting just two and I only saw the course once,” said right out for the second round. Thursday’s across the harbor from downtown top-10 finishes with a tie for third at Stenson. “I’m very pleased with the way I early starters will get their second rounds Manhattan. Pebble Beach his best result. played out there.” Villegas shot to eight- started later and will have to complete Tied for second on six-under were “I’ve had kind of a pretty lousy summer, under when he posted his fourth birdie in them today morning. — Reuters

Australia swimmers receive ‘yellow card’, face Rio ban

SYDNEY: Six top Australian swimmers have been warned against their future conduct and told they risk being excluded from the 2016 Olympics after an Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) probe into their conduct in the run-up to last year’s London Games. World 100 meters freestyle champion James Magnussen and his 4x100 relay team mates were fined and given deferred suspensions by Swimming Australia in April for using a banned sedative and indulging in pranks in a bonding session before the Games. The AOC report decided that those punishments were suffi- cient but warned that any “further conduct which brings them or their sport into disrepute” would be “likely to render them ineli- gible for selection to the 2016 Olympic team”. Furthermore, AOC president John Coates said, any more incidents would make the swimmers “jointly and severally liable” for the up to A$150,000 ($135,300) costs of the investigation. “This is the yellow card,” Coates told a news conference. “There’s just no excuse for this sort of behavior, these are finan- cially well-supported swimmers, some of them had a number of Olympic Games, so I’m disappointed with that.” Magnussen was hot favorite to win the 100m in London, but came away with the silver, while the hotly-tipped relay team finished out of the medals as Australia slipped to their worst performance in the Olympic pool for 20 years. Matt Targett, Eamon Sullivan, James Roberts, Cameron McEvoy and Tommaso D’Orsogna and Magnussen admitted in CONNECTICUT: Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark looks up at the chair umpire before her match against Sloane Stephens February they had used the sedative Stilnox and been involved of the USA during Day Five of the New Haven Open at Yale. — AFP in “childish” pranks at their training camp in Manchester before the Games. Stilnox, a brand of the medication zolpidem, is not banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency but was prohibited by the AOC just before the London Games after former Olympic Wozniacki and Kvitova champion Grant Hackett said he had become addicted to it. The report said the conduct of the swimmers “which involved behavior towards some female swimmers in the team that was ‘boorish’, selfish, obnoxious and disrespectful” did not amount to reach New Haven semis “bullying or harassment”. The swimmers were also given the benefit of the doubt in that they believed the ban on Stilnox would not come into effect until the team entered the athletes’ NEW HAVEN: Former winner Caroline Wozniacki and reigning to fight until the end where you’re not necessarily playing village in London. The probe had failed to uncover any evidence champ Petra Kvitova beat a pair of WTA young guns Thursday your best. That’s part of tennis,” Kvitova said. “Of course, I pre- that one relay swimmer had given another a Stilnox pill on the to reach the semis of the New Haven Open, the final tune-up fer shorter, two set matches, but I won the last point and that’s flight back from London to Sydney but if evidence does emerge it would be regarded “very seriously”. Coates said the Swimming for the US Open. Four-time winner Wozniacki defeated the important thing.” Australia fines amounted to between 25 and 100 percent of a American wild card Sloane Stephens 7-6 (8/6), 6-2 in a quarter- Kvitova is now two wins away from defending a title for the quarter of the swimmers’ annual athlete support grant. final contest at the Yale University hardcourt facility. The for- first time. “I think coming back to a place where you played mer world number one Wozniacki, who is seeded fourth this very well the last year, you have a lot of emotions and you NOT SMART week, captured the New Haven event four years in a row from know the pressure is there as defending champion, and you’re The AOC report also criticized Swimming Australia for not 2008-11. defending a lot of points,” Kvitova said. informing the Olympic team management of the incident and The third-seeded Czech Kvitova fought back from a first-set “But on the other hand, you know that you can play well instructing head swimming coach Leigh Nugent, who has since stumble to outlast Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2-6, 6-2, here. “ In other matches, surging Romanian Simona Halep resigned, not to do so. “I am disappointed that we didn’t find out 7-5. The former Wimbledon champion Kvitova topped Russian beat Russian Ekaterina Makarova, 6-1, 7-6 (8/6), while Czech about it, that the management decided to keep it for themselves. Maria Kirilenko in last year’s New Haven final. Kvitova lost six Klara Zakopalova earned 4-6, 6-0, 6-4 triumph over 2009 New That’s just not very smart,” Coates said. “(Leigh Nugent) won’t ever be on one of our teams again.” Coates announced that more points than she won in her rain-delayed match against Haven runner-up Elena Vesnina. The 21-year-old Halep, who is Australia would have its first woman Chef de Mission in Rio de Pavlyuchenkova, but came back from 40-15 down in the last seeking her fourth title in seven tournaments, will take on Janeiro in 2016 with Kitty Chiller replacing London head Nick game to break her opponent’s serve and post the win. Wozniacki in the semis, while Zakopalova will go up against Green. —Reuters “It’s important to have matches like these where you have Kvitova in an all-Czech semi. —AFP sports SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013

Spanish League Preview Anelka mulls retirement Injured Messi a doubt; following death of agent Barca travel to Malaga WEST BROMWICH: Nicolas Anelka’s latest the club that he wanted to retire but added times nonchalant attitude and apparent lack MADRID: Lionel Messi is a major doubt for Barcelona’s trip stint in the Premier League could be over that he asked the player to think twice about of commitment to the team started to anger to Malaga on Sunday after he was again forced off with after only 83 minutes. The former France his decision. “I’m not going to deny that he the Arsenal fans, who gave him the nickname bruising on his hamstring during the Catalans’ 1-1 draw striker, who started in West Bromwich used that word in the conversations we had “Le Sulk.” Anelka then joined Real Madrid, with Atletico Madrid on Wednesday. Messi has now Albion’s opening day loss to Southampton with him,” Clarke said. “But we’ve given him where he won the Champions League, played the 90 minutes in just one of Barcelona and last weekend, is pondering retirement fol- time to go away and think about it and I before moving to PSG, Liverpool, Man City, Argentina’s last 27 matches stretching back to when he lowing the death of his agent. After two dis- don’t think we could do any more in the cir- Fenerbahce and Bolton. initially picked up a hamstring strain against Paris Saint- appointing seasons at Shanghai Shenhua cumstances as they were.” The much-traveled Frenchman then Germain in April. and Juventus, the 34-year-old striker was Anelka, whose career has also been man- struck up an electric partnership with Didier Should the 26-year-old not recover in time to play on hoping to get another chance in England, aged by his brother Claude, wrote on his Drogba at Chelsea, winning the Premier Sunday against a much changed Malaga side to the one where he spent some of the best years of his Facebook page that he was feeling an League title and two FA Cups with the Blues. that made the Champions League quarter-finals last sea- career. But he told West Brom manager “immense sorrow” following the death of Anelka caused the biggest controversy of his son, Neymar could be handed his first start after coming Steve Clarke that he wanted to quit football Manasse. If Anelka decides to retire for good, career with the French national team, when off the bench to salvage a draw for Gerardo Martino’s men following the sudden death of Eric Manasse. it will mark the end of the career of one of the he was sent home from the 2010 World Cup with his first goal for the club against Atletico in the Super After learning on Thursday that Manasse had most talented and controversial players after insulting then-coach Raymond Cup. “I hope it will be the first goal of many,” he told passed away, the former Arsenal, Liverpool, France has produced since former Domenech in the dressing room. His reputa- Spanish television station TVE. “I score very few goals with Manchester City, Bolton and Chelsea player Manchester United great Eric Cantona. After tion reached its nadir, but the stubborn my head so they are even more valuable. I am happy to left training and was granted an indefinite growing up in a Parisian suburb, Anelka start- Anelka refused to apologize and ended his have got my first goal. “It is a shame that I haven’t been compassionate leave. “Obviously Nicolas lost ed his career at Paris Saint-Germain and was international career in the wake of the scan- able to play with Messi yet, he is the best in the world and a close friend and an agent over the week- quickly spotted by Arsenal manager Arsene dal with 14 goals in 69 appearances. Anelka everyone wants to play with him.” end, he died suddenly,” Clarke said yesterday. Wenger, who signed him in 1997. recently agreed to a one-year deal with West Whilst Neymar has so far been Barca’s only new recruit “I went in and had a very brief chat with Known for his immense technical and Brom, with an option for a further season. “I during the transfer window, there has been a revolving him, and he wasn’t in a good place. So the athletic qualities, Anelka played a big part in think I will finish in England. I’m happy here. I door of comings and goings at La Rosaleda with new boss club have decided just to give him a bit of the Gunners’ “double” win of the Premier also hope that it will be with this club,” Bernd Schuster welcoming eight new signings to replace time to go away and think about it and get League and the FA Cup that season but Anelka said following his arrival. “I’m 34 years the likes of Isco, Jeremy Toulalan, Martin Demichelis and himself in a better place for the future.” missed out on a place in the France team that old now and I want to enjoy my football. I Julio Baptista who left over the past few months. One of Clarke said Anelka told different members of won the 1998 World Cup. Anelka’s some- hope everything will be perfect.”—AP those to make his debut in last weekend’s 1-0 defeat to Valencia was Argentine defender Marcos Angeleri and he is aware of how difficult it will be to stop Barca, even if they are without his compatriot Messi. “Barcelona can surprise you with the magnitude of their results, but they are always an opponent that you have to prepare for in a special way given the quality of the players they have,” he said. “They have players that are difficult to control, but it is not impossible. With the whole team working well together we can have a good match.” Real Madrid have to wait until Monday for their second outing under Carlo Ancelotti when they travel to Granada. Los Blancos were somewhat fortunate to escape with all three points thanks to Isco’s late header in a 2-1 win over Real Betis last weekend and Ancelotti won’t be able to call on the experience of Xabi Alonso for the next three months as the Spanish international broke the fifth metatarsal bone in his right foot in training on Wednesday. Granada are one of the few La Liga sides to have significantly strengthened during the transfer win- dow and have already shown they have the capability to beat Madrid having done so on home soil last season thanks to an own goal from Cristiano Ronaldo. Elsewhere, Real Sociedad look to continue their fantas- tic start to the campaign after 2-0 wins over Getafe and Lyon in the past week when they travel to face Elche, who make their first home appearance in La Liga for 25 years. Sociedad’s Anoeta stadium will still be in use however as Basque rivals Athletic Bilbao have been forced to play their first home game of the campaign there as construc- tion on their new stadium will not be completed until September— AFP French striker Nicolas Anelka Guardiola ready to rekindle Mourinho rivalry

BERLIN: Bayern Munich tackle three games before us and the next match is formation. Bayern host Nuremberg at right, which is good for us. “I don’t know if games inside a week, culminating in the always the most important one. Munich’s Allianz Arena without Spain’s Javi he’ll start or play a few minutes and I’ll Super Cup against Chelsea next Friday “Bayern have never won it (the Super Martinez, who is lacking match fitness decide that in the morning.” which will pit the Bavarians’ coach Pep Cup) and it’s an important title. “I don’t according to the Bayern boss, while France Only goal difference behind Dortmund Guardiola against former rival Jose know what will happen next Friday, but winger Franck Ribery is back in the team is keeping joint second-placed Bayern off Mourinho. Guardiola’s Bayern have a tax- they will win it sooner or later.” The Prague after an ankle injury kept him out of last the top of the German league table after ing schedule en route to the UEFA Super showdown rekindles memories of past El Saturday’s 1-0 win at Eintracht Frankfurt. winning both of their opening league Cup showdown in Prague where the Clasico clashes with ex-Barcelona boss Germany star Mario Goetze is set to matches. Although Nuremberg have Champions League winners take on Guardiola against Chelsea’s former Real make his league debut for Bayern follow- drawn both of their opening games, Europa League champions Chelsea, but Madrid coach Mourinho, but before that ing his transfer from Borussia Dortmund Guardiola was full of respect for the the Spaniard is relishing facing Mourinho. Bayern face Bundesliga matches at home having last played in April after a ham- Bavarian derby. “A derby is very special “Yes, it’s not the first time we’ve met to Nuremberg today, then away to string injury. The 21-year-old attacking and they are always tough games, and we know each other well,” said Freiburg on Tuesday. Bayern chairman midfielder was on the bench for last Nuremberg will be 100 percent focused, so Guardiola of the self-styled “special one” Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has described the Saturday’s win at Frankfurt, but has yet to it will be difficult,” said Guardiola, while Mourinho. “I have huge respect for his next seven days as “the first hot phase” of play a Bundesliga match for Munich. “The Nuremberg coach Michael Wiesinger has career and you can’t forget the Bayern- the Bavarians’ season and the triple-bill of important thing is that he feels fit,” said said his team will not heading to Munich Chelsea game, but we have two more matches will test Guardiola’s new 4-1-4-1 Guardiola. “His legs are fit and his head is “to go sightseeing”.— AFP SPORTS SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013

Man United, Chelsea set for first leaders summit

LONDON: Just a week into the new season, the Premier to get off to a good start. It has obviously been well doc- now,” he told www.arsenal.com. League will witness its first major head-to-head of the umented that we have got a tough start, but we started “We’ve forgotten about that and we’re concentrating campaign when Chelsea face off against champions well with a good win at Swansea today and hopefully we on Fulham. And if we perform like that, with that intensi- Manchester United on Monday. United began their title can carry that on.” Although it is early in the season, ty, we can beat anyone.” Villa, who were unfortunate not defense with an impressive 4-1 win at Swansea City last Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech knows that a positive to be awarded a stoppage-time penalty in the mid-week weekend, but Chelsea’s visit marks the start of a testing result in Manchester would give his side an early advan- loss to Chelsea after an apparent handball by John Terry, four-game sequence that includes matches against tage in the fledgling title race. “We’ve won games at host Liverpool in the evening kick-off today. Liverpool and Manchester City. Manchester United and we’ve lost games there. It’s Manchester City opened their campaign with a stylish New United manager David Moyes could not have always tight,” Cech told the Chelsea website, 4-0 win at home to Newcastle United last Monday and asked for a sterner start to the season and in Chelsea he www.chelseafc.com. they visit promoted Cardiff City tomorrow. City dropped faces a side who are already building up a head of steam. “It’s still at an early stage of the season, but any 24 points away from home last season, fatally undermin- Chelsea won 2-0 against Hull City on manager Jose advantage you can gain over your rival is always good.” ing their title defense, and left-back Gael Clichy says Mourinho’s return to Stamford Bridge last weekend and Today, Arsenal will hope to carry the momentum from Manuel Pellegrini’s side must start reproducing their followed that up with a gritty 2-1 success at home to their mid-week Champions League victory over home form on the road. “We did work hard during the Aston Villa on Wednesday, in a game brought forward Fenerbahce into their trip to London rivals Fulham. whole pre-season and that is what the manager wants due to the Europa League champions’ involvement in Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger came in for heavy criti- from us,” he told the club website, www.mcfc.co.uk. the UEFA Super Cup. cism after his side crashed to a 3-1 loss at home to Villa “Away from home it will be more difficult, but it is a It means the London side can open up a six-point on the opening weekend of the season, with the north good way of starting the season.” Tottenham Hotspur, 1- lead over their title rivals by winning at Old Trafford, and London club’s lack of activity in the transfer market the 0 victors at Crystal Palace last weekend, host Swansea having seen United twice left in the starting blocks by subject of particular scrutiny. City on Sunday. Spurs appear poised to cede star for- Chelsea during Mourinho’s first stint at the club, United However, they planted one foot in the Champions ward Gareth Bale to Real Madrid, but they continue to midfielder Ryan Giggs is determined not to let it happen League group phase by winning 3-0 in Istanbul on invest heavily in their squad and are reportedly close to again. “In Mourinho’s first spell at Chelsea, they obvious- Wednesday, and winger Theo Walcott says the setback completing a club-record £30 million ($47 million, 35 ly got off to a few good starts and we didn’t manage to against Villa is now out of their system. “You don’t want million euros) move for Anzhi Makhachkala’s Brazilian catch them,” said the Welsh veteran. “You always want to start a season like that, but that’s out of the window attacking midfielder Willian. —AFP

Rodgers targets Walcott hoping Turkish defensive swoop romp will boost Arsenal as injuries mount LONDON: Theo Walcott believes Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has signed Scott Parker, the Football Writers’ BIRMINGHAM: Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers midweek Champions League victory over remain long term casualties, while Thomas player of the year in 2011, and the former admits he plans to sign a centre back before the transfer Fenerbahce can help kick-start the troubled Vermaelen is also some way off returning to Tottenham midfielder is expected to make club’s Premier League campaign. England fitness. his debut this weekend. Parker rejected the window closes with his defensive options limited for winger Walcott and his team-mates will aim Wenger’s side can expect a stern test chance to be reunited with former Spurs today’s trip to Aston Villa. Rodgers confirmed on Thursday to bounce back after the opening day home against a Fulham side buoyed by their open- manager Harry Redknapp at QPR in favor of a that Uruguayan defender Sebastian Coates will miss most defeat to Aston Villa when they travel across ing day victory at Sunderland. In the week move that keeps the 32-year-old in the of the season after picking up an anterior cruciate knee London to face Fulham at Craven Cottage since that win, Cottagers manager Martin Jol Premier League. —AFP ligament problem while playing for his country against today. The Villa loss triggered a wave of crit- Japan recently. That has left Rodgers with Daniel Agger, icism directed towards Gunners boss Arsene Kolo Toure, Martin Skrtel and Andre Wisdom as his centre Wenger from Arsenal supporters frustrated back options, with Martin Kelly still not fully fit after a cru- by his failure to strengthen his squad since MATCHES ON TV ciate problem of his own. the end of last season. The former Swansea boss also wants to send Wisdom, A succession of injuries to key players 20, out on loan for first-team experience while Skrtel, 28, seemed to have further exposed the weak- ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Aljazeera Sport +8 has recently had a knee problem and also been linked nesses in Wenger’s squad, but an emphatic Fulham v Arsenal 14:45 Aljazeera Sport 2 HD with a move to Napoli. Rodgers denied that the Serie A 3-0 win in Turkey on Wednesday moved the Aljazeera Sport 1 HD RCD Espanyol v Valencia 22:00 side have made an approach but revealed his transfer Gunners to within 90 minutes of a place in Aljazeera Sport +9 Aljazeera Sport +8 plans before the window closes again. “It’s something that the Champions League group stage and Aljazeera Sport +10 Aljazeera Sport 2 HD we’re looking at, certainly, a player to come into that posi- provided a timely boost to morale. “It was Aljazeera Sport 6 HD Villarreal CF v Real Valladolid 0:00 Newcastle v West Ham 17:00 tion,” Rodgers said. “It’s to strengthen the squad but also very important after such a disappointing Aljazeera Sport +8 start to the Premier League,” Walcott said. Aljazeera Sport 1 HD to allow some of our younger players to develop. “For us Aljazeera Sport +9 Aljazeera Sport 2 HD to maximize Andre Wisdom and his talent, I need to get “There was a lot of pressure on us as well and we’re happy we got that clean sheet, Everton v West Brom 17:00 him some games. GERMAN BUNDESLIGA which was important.”As players we don’t Aljazeera Sport +10 “The idea is to get him out on loan, but I can only do take any notice of that criticism. We know Aljazeera Sport 6 HD Hannover 96 v Schalke 04 16:30 that if we bring in someone with a bit more experience to the best person to listen to, and our best Hull City v Norwich City 17:00 Dubai Sports come in and support the group. “It’s two-fold really. It’s critic, is the manager. “We knew the Villa Aljazeera Sport +5 Bayer 04 Leverkusen v Borussia 16:30 certainly a position we’re looking at.” Liverpool impressed game was very disappointing and we need- Aljazeera Sport 4 HD Dubai Sports in their opening day win over Stoke last weekend, but ed to bounce back from it. Southampton v Sunderland 17:00 Bayern Munich v Nuremberg 16:30 Rodgers is wary of Villa striker Christian Benteke this week- “We work hard for each other and that’s Aljazeera Sport +8 Dubai Sports end after the Belgium international fired in three goals in the most important thing - if everyone Aljazeera Sport 2 HD FSV Mainz v Wolfsburg 16:30 Stoke City v Crystal Palace 17:00 their opening two games. “There’s no doubt Benteke is works hard for each other we can get the Dubai Sports Aljazeera Sport +6 the reference point for the team - the ball goes up to him results. “I think at the weekend that proba- Aljazeera Sport 5 HD TSG Hoffenheim v SC Freiburg 16:30 and he holds it up well. He’s a big, powerful boy,” Rodgers bly wasn’t the case, and we knew how dis- Aston Villa v Liverpool 19:30 Dubai Sports said. appointing it was. “You don’t want to start Aljazeera Sport 1 HD Hertha Berlin v Hamburger SV 19:30 “They had a hard season last season, Aston Villa, but a season like that but, like I said, that’s out of Aljazeera Sport +9 Dubai Sports that first year when you come into a new club there are the window now. “We’ve forgotten about Aljazeera Sport +10 different challenges that you have to meet and (Aston that and we’re concentrating on Fulham. Aljazeera Sport 6 HD FRENCH LEAGUE Villa manager) Paul (Lambert) had that last year. “I very And if we perform like that, with that inten- Valenciennes v Marseille 18:00 much expect for them to have a very good season. They sity, we can beat anyone.” Wenger has ITALIAN CALCIO LEAGUE Aljazeera Sport +1 stepped up his efforts to bring in new play- are very much a counter-attacking team that set up to Hellas Verona v AC Milan 19:00 Montpellier v FC Sochaux 21:00 ers, although he now concedes he has no defend half a pitch and then break out with the pace of Aljazeera Sport +7 Aljazeera Sport +5 chance of signing Liverpool forward Luis Benteke and Gabby Agbonlahor.” Liverpool completed Aljazeera Sport +3 Aljazeera Sport 4 HD Suarez. Aljazeera Sport 3 HD the season-long loan signing of Frenchman Aly Cissokho Lyons v Stade Reims 21:00 Instead, Arsenal have been linked with Sampdoria Juventus 21:45 from Valencia on Tuesday and the defender could feature Real Madrid pair Karim Benzema and Angel Aljazeera Sport +7 Aljazeera Sport +1 today. Lambert insists he has no problems with Chelsea’s Di Maria and Swansea duo Ashley Williams Aljazeera Sport +3 Evian Thonon v Stade Rennes 21:00 Jose Mourinho claiming that their touchline interaction and Michu. Wenger admits he is short on Aljazeera Sport 3 HD Aljazeera Sport +6 during the 2-1 defeat at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday numbers at present, a situation not helped Aljazeera Sport 5 HD was merely ‘banter’ and does not expect any FA action by the loss of French defender Laurent SPANISH LEAGUE Girondins de Bordeaux v Bastia 21:00 over his post-match comments. —AFP Koscielny to a one game suspension follow- Elche CF v Real Sociedad 20:00 Aljazeera Sport +4 ing his sending off against Villa.Abou Diaby, Wozniacki and Kvitova reach

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GLENDALE: Angel Di Maria #22 of Real Madrid scores a first half goal past Todd Dunivant #2 and Leonardo #2 of the Los Angeles Galaxy during the International Champions Cup match at University of Phoenix Stadium on August 1, 2013 in Arizona. — AFP Shehzad, Afridi mastermind Pakistan victory

HARARE: Ahmed Shehzad shone with the bat and a six in his 50-ball innings before he was eventually Shahid Afridi struck with the ball as Pakistan opened caught on the boundary off the bowling of Shingirai SCOREBOARD their tour of Zimbabwe with a comfortable victory Masakadza. Afridi ensured that Pakistan finished in the first Twenty20 international yesterday. strongly, hitting 23 not out from 16 deliveries, and HARARE: Harare Province, Aug 23, 2013 (AFP) - Scoreboard in the first Twenty20 international between Shehzad’s measured 70 allowed Pakistan to post a then made key breakthroughs in the Zimbabwean Zimbabwe and Pakistan yesterday: strong total of 161 for five, before Afridi snubbed innings in claiming figures of 3 for 25. Pakistan Zimbabwe out Zimbabwean resistance with three wickets to The home side started brightly with a 53-run Ahmed Shehzad c Waller b S. Masakadza 70 H. Masakadza lbw b Anwar Ali 18 secure a 25-run victory. opening stand between Hamilton Masakadza and Nasir Jamshed c Vitori b Chatara 2 V. Sibanda b Shahid Afridi 31 Although Zimbabwe were much improved from Vusi Sibanda, but their inability to accelerate from a Mohammad Hafeez c Taylor b Chatara 3 B. Taylor not out 32 the side that lost a recent one-day series against solid base meant that they never really threatened Umar Amin c Taylor b Utseya 14 India 5-0, they let things slip in the field midway to achieve their target. S. Williams lbw b Mohammad Hafeez 9 Sohaib Maqsood c Sibanda b Chigumbura 26 through the Pakistan innings and also lost their way Afridi picked up the wickets of Sibanda and T. Maruma st Sarfraz Ahmed b Shahid Afridi 10 Shahid Afridi not out 23 after a promising start with the bat. Shehzad’s Timycen Maruma after labored innings by both E. Chigumbura b Shahid Afridi 6 Anwar Ali not out 10 patience up front proved key to the match as he batsmen, and also dismissed the dangerous M. Waller not out 14 Extras (5lb, 8w) 13 saw out a tricky opening period when Pakistan lost Chigumbura cheaply. Although Zimbabwe captain Extras (5b, 2lb, 9w) 16 Total (5 wkts, 20 overs) 161 Nasir Jamshed and captain Mohammad Hafeez to Brendan Taylor came in at number three and fin- Total (5 wkts, 20 overs) 136 Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Nasir Jamshed), 2-21 Tendai Chatara, before slowly taking control against ished unbeaten, he was often starved of the strike Fall of wickets: 1-53 (H. Masakadza), 2-80 (Mohammad Hafeez), 3-51 (Umar Zimbabwe’s other seamers. as he faced just 30 balls in top-scoring with 32. Amin), 4-106 (Sohaib Maqsood), 5-135 (Ahmed (Sibanda), 3-89 (Williams), 4-111 (Maruma), 5- “Early on it was doing a bit. They bowled a good Malcolm Waller’s late salvo saw him take a six Shehzad). 117 (Chigumbura). channel and that’s why they picked up a couple of and a four off Saeed Ajmal’s final over, but with too Did not bat: Sarfraz Ahmed, Saeed Ajmal, Did not bat: P. Utseya, T. Chatara, S. Masakadza, wickets, but after six overs the ball was coming on much to do Zimbabwe finished well short of the line. B. Vitori. nicely and I was able to manoeuvre the ball,” “We always know that once we score 150-plus, it will Sohail Tanvir, Mohammad Irfan. Bowling: Utseya 4-0-15-1, Chatara 4-0-30-2, Bowling: Sohail Tanvir 4-0-23-0, Mohammad Shehzad said. The opener took 17 runs off Elton be tough for the opposition to score the runs with Irfan 3-0-18-0, Anwar Ali 3-0-21-1, Saeed Ajmal Chigumbura’s first over to put the pressure back on our good bowling side,” Hafeez said. The two teams Vitori 4-0-26-0, S. Masakadza 4-0-30-0, Shahid Afridi 4-0-25-3, Mohammad Zimbabwe, and shared in a 55-run stand with debu- will face off again at the same venue in the second 4-0-37-1, Williams 2-0-18-0, Chigumbura 2-0- Hafeez 2-0-12-1. tant Sohaib Maqsood. Shehzad struck six fours and and final Twenty20 international today. —AFP 30-1.