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THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015 RAMADAN 22, 1436 AH www.kuwaittimes.net US, UAE launch A secret to IS Barca keep anti-IS online success: Shock big money Emsak: 03:11 messaging troops who fight stars on the Fajer: 03:21 Shrooq 04:55 center to the death sidelines Dohr: 11:53 Asr: 15:27 Maghreb: 18:51 13 14 19 Eshaa: 20:22 Lawmakers urge action Min 35º Max 48º as sand blocks highways High Tide 05:10 & 17:00 MP Awdah warns of dispute over Oil Minister Low Tide 11:50 & 23:35 40 PAGES NO: 16576 150 FILS By B Izzak Ramadan Kareem KUWAIT: Two MPs yesterday called on the Ministry of ‘Holy month’ Public Works to immediately take all the necessary meas- ures to clear large quantities of sand that closed the Wafra road as a result of massive dust storms. MP Saud Al-Huraiji develops love said in a statement that the accumulation of large quanti- ties of sand on a number of key roads like Wafra and Salmi By Teresa Lesher and blocking traffic is a failure for the Ministry. He said the amadan is a month of intensified charity, com- Ministry’s failure to carry out the necessary maintenance munity relations, forgiveness and compassion. and repairs on important roads and to clear these roads The Quran encourages the reader to spend in from sand has resulted in a number of fatal accidents. R Kuwait has been hit by a powerful sand storm for the charity, saying, “You will never attain virtue until you past few days as a result of strong northwesterly winds. spend something of what you love...” (3:92) - This The raising of dust was assisted by the fact that desert means that you should give to others what you love sand this year is too loose because of the lack of rain. He for yourself, and in Ramadan we realize how much all said that Ministry of Public Works officials have maintained people love and need food and water. By experienc- a deaf ear to repeated appeals to carry out regular mainte- ing hunger and thirst, the faster is reminded of the nance on key roads, especially the 100-km Salmi road importance of providing for the poor’s basic needs. which leads to the Saudi-Kuwaiti border post in Salmi. The Quran never explicitly commands us to “Love Continued on Page 13 one another,” but it does have many commands to behave as though we love one another, regardless of Eid holiday July 17-20 our feelings. “Say kind words to people...” (2:83) “Pardon and overlook their misdeeds” (5:13) “Do not KUWAIT: Civil Service Commission (CSC) announced spy on one another, nor let any of you backbite oth- yesterday that Eid Al-Fitr holiday would be on Friday, ers...” (49:12) and to “...judge with justice...” (5:42). It July 17 and would end Monday, July 20. The CSC said says that “A good deed and an evil deed are not alike; in a brief statement, that Eid Al-Fitr holiday would repay [evil] with something that is finer, and see how end on Monday, July 20, whether the Eid began on Friday or Saturday. It urged government authorities someone who is separated from you by enmity will KUWAIT: Worshippers pray inside the Grand Mosque on the eve of the 21st day of Ramadan. Thousands of become a bosom friend.” (41:33) with special working hours and shift-system to worshippers flocked to the Grand Mosque on the eve of the 21st day of Ramadan late Tuesday night to per- arrange their work timings. — KUNA Continued on Page 13 form the late night prayers. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat (See Page 6) World urged to tackle climate change; several cities on alert Torrential rains increasing in warming world KUWAIT: Scientists from The National is a fact, and are a reminder of the Oceanic and Atmospheric Administr- necessity to work collectively to deal ation (NOAA) said May 2015 was the with this international problem. hottest month around the world since Weather extremes recording of temperatures began in Torrential rains have become more 1880. Many events were witnessed in frequent worldwide since 1980, with the latest weeks, such as the heat wave Southeast Asia getting the biggest in India that led to the death of many increase in downpours, a scientific people, the historic drought on study said. The report adds to evidence America’s west coast, heavy rains in that rising man-made greenhouse gas Texas and Oklahoma that killed 21 per- emissions are stoking extremes from sons and floods in central Europe. heatwaves to precipitation. Warmer air Several cities in France were placed on absorbs more moisture, which then can alert because of the record tempera- be dumped in downpours. “We find a tures they are experiencing. These clear overall upward trend for these events reinforce the need for political unprecedented hazards,” lead author decision makers and the civil society to Jascha Lehmann of the Potsdam acknowledge that atmospheric change Continued on Page 13 Saudi royal visits US warship as regional tensions mount RIYADH: A US aircraft carrier in the Gulf hosted one of ly enough their concerns about what they consider Shiite Saudi Arabia’s most powerful figures, official media said Iran’s “destabilizing acts” in the Middle East. Those con- yesterday, as regional concerns mount over alleged cerns have grown as the United States, France, Britain, interference by Iran. Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed China, Germany and Russia try to finalize with Tehran an Bin Salman, who is also defense minister, boarded the agreement to prevent it from getting a nuclear weapon. USS Theodore Roosevelt which is operating in Gulf Gulf states are worried that Iran could still be able to waters, the Saudi Press Agency said. “The visit comes in develop an atomic bomb under the emerging deal to response to an invitation by the US Department of end 12 years of nuclear tensions. Saudi Arabia has been Defense,” it said, adding that Salman was briefed on the deepening ties with France and other major powers carrier’s weapons and operations. beyond its traditional US ally, while also adopting a The ship is operating in the area of the US Navy’s Fifth more assertive foreign policy of its own. A Saudi-led Fleet, which is based in Saudi Arabia’s neighbor Bahrain. Arab coalition in March began bombing Iran-backed Salman’s visit comes as Sunni-dominated Saudi Arabia Shiite rebels in Yemen. The United States has been and other Gulf states worry that Washington, their tradi- assisting the coalition with aerial refueling and intelli- tional defense partner in the region, is not taking serious- gence. — AFP

AT SEA: Saudi deputy Crown Prince and Minister of Defense Mohammed bin Salman (2nd from left) looks at the flight deck during a visit to the USS aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt which is operating in Gulf waters. — AFP THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015 LOCAL

KUWAIT: Firefighters work on removing the man from a Rescuers break the car’s door to help the injured man The man is picuted with his weapon in this handout The drugs found with the Sri Lankan men. wrecked vehicle following an accident at Fahaheel out. photo. Highway yesterday. Motorist critically hurt in 5-car pileup

By Hanan Al-Saadoun Unlicensed weapon filed and the suspect was referred to relevant to the scene and hastened to free the two A stateless person was recently arrested authorities. Trapped truck drivers from the wreckage since one of KUWAIT: One man was critically injured in a with possession of an unlicensed weapon, said A citizen was trapped inside his vehicle’s them had already lost one leg and both had five-vehicle collision at the Fahaheel Highway security sources. Case papers indicated that Drug arrest wreckage when he lost control over his vehicle been seriously injured. A fireman injured his towards Kuwait City yesterday. Firefighters and the suspect had sent someone a video in Two Sri Lankan men were recently arrested and it rolled over along Slami highway. hand in the process and had to be taken to the paramedics worked for 45 minutes to remove which he appeared holding a Kalashnikov with the possession of 76 packs of heroin, two Security sources noted that firemen and a res- hospital for treatment. the man who got trapped under the dash- machine gun, threatening to kill someone. packs of crystal meth and 31 Roach tablets. cue team had to be dispatched to the scene to board inside his wrecked vehicle. He was hos- Seeing the video, detectives issued a search Police Patrol Director Major General Zuhair cut the wreckage steel open and free the man. Jahra fire pitalized with a critical spinal injury, total leg warrant and raided the suspect’s house and Al-Nassrallah noted that a patrol had spotted He was later handed over to paramedics. A fire broke out in a cafÈ in a Jahra shop- paralysis, internal bleeding in the pelvis area, only found two empty magazines. But after the two suspects near a Farwaniya mosque ping mall, said security sources noting that low blood pressure as well as shock and trou- confronting him with investigation results, the and approaching their vehicle; they found Truck crash Jahra firemen rushed to the scene and man- ble breathing. No other injuries were reported suspect confessed and led detectives to a both suspects already high on drugs and A terrible collision took place between two aged to control the fire and prevent it from in the accident. A case was filed to investigate nearby open yard where he had buried the looked confused. A case was filed and the sus- trucks near Nuwaiseeb border exit. Security spreading to adjacent stores or buildings. No the circumstances which led to the accident. machine gun after dismantling it. A case was pects were referred to relevant authorities. sources said that Nuwaiseeb firemen rushed casualties were reported. Ministry to run 16 wedding halls Ramadan soap operas’ review By A Saleh Road development Food authority The Central Tenders Committee (CTC) Kuwait Municipality said that it no By Nawara Fattahova Nouf, Futuh is welcoming the guests the way. He also apologizes for what and when her friend asks about her he did in the past. KUWAIT: The Ministry of Social Works recently approved a project to build, exe- longer handles food-related issues follow- KUWAIT: Kuwait Times is publishing mother about the mother of bride, It’s all Mashaels plan to cause and Labor (MSAL) announced that it had ing the establishment of the Food Public cute and maintain road stretches and daily reviews of three Kuwaiti soap she says she is not around, although problems between Nawaf and withdrawn the administration of 16 wed- intersections on the western side of the Authority as a specialized state depart- ment. The municipality urged Municipal operas aired on Al Rai TV. Here is the Nooriya is behind her. Futuh makes Shouq. She tells Najd that Shouq is ding halls in different areas around Fifth Ring Road, with a total cost of KD Council members to instead submit food- review of the 20th episodes: fun of her dress and insults her. The going with her boyfriend, so Najd Kuwait. The ministry will directly run the 108,8 million. related proposals to the newly-established kids tell Fatma, who then changes doesn’t want to go and asks Mashael halls until further notice. Meanwhile, The project involves widening the authority. The Food Public Authority is ‘Qabil lil Kaser’ her outfit with Nooriya and goes to why she is not going. She says that MSAL’s halls organization and construc- Fifth Ring Road between its intersection now responsible for setting and inspecting Jinan tells Yousef that Wed wants Futuh, who gets angry seeing her in Shouq wants to go alone with her tion committee allowed 6 new donors to with the Sixth Ring Road and its intersec- health conditions in various food-related to marry Rakan, one of the children that dress. boyfriend, but Najd doesn’t believe build six new halls. Separately, MSAL said tion with the East Ardhiya road, in order facilities, slaughterhouses, poultry outlets that Moza adopted, but he refuses. When Fawziya asks Fayza for her and calls Shouq. Shouq has that its projects on the 2015-2016 fiscal to change it into an expressway without and butchers, the municipality explained. Jinan convinced him to think about chewing gum, she tells her it’s in her gone to buy something and Hamad year were 24, adding that the projects any traffic lights and add more pedestri- The new authority is also responsible for it, especially that their parents told purse and when Fayza opens the answers, so she cuts the line. them to always help Moza and her purse, she finds a pregnancy test and Mashael calls Nawaf to see him will be reduced to only 15 in 2016-2017. an bridges. fighting food-related commercial fraud. children. She also tells him if they is shocked as Fayza is not married. and take him to a place where he love each other, nobody can sepa- But Fayza explains that she is mar- will find Shouq with a man in a rate them. ried secretly to Hamad since two house. He doesn’t believe her but Wed tells Rakan that Jinan agreed. years. Fatma hears their conversa- goes with her. When Shouq arrives Yousef then talks to Wed to tell him tion, so she orders Fayza to do the with Hamad, he tells her to enter his opinion about this marriage. Hiba test, which is negative. the house as the weather is very tells Yousef he should not rebuff Ghada comes to the wedding cold, but she refuses, insisting to Rakan, especially if he loves Wed and and Taiba welcomes her. Ghada asks wait for the girls, who are supposed also that he made inquiries about her if she solved her problem with to come. Then she calls Mashael, him and didn’t find any criminal Farouq and Taiba said yes and who said they just left so they need record. added that Farouq is now staying more than an hour, and Hamad con- Hadeel is fed up of waiting to get with them in Fatma’s house. She vinces her to enter the house. married, especially since all her also said that he told her he had an Hamad tells Shouq that her friends got married. She tells Ali he affair with some woman just to have brother Fawaz helped him when he has to marry Jinan so he gets rich, fun and that he feels sorry for that was rehabilitating from drugs as he and her parents agree that he mar- and that he will get rid of her soon. was an addict. And that Fawaz ries her. Ali tells Rakan what Hadeel Ghala is wearing white and all asked him to watch Shouq as he told him, and when he mentions the criticize her for that. She takes the studies in the same school. When name of Wed and Jinan, he gets walkie-talkie to Nouf so she speaks Nawaf arrives, Mashael waits out- upset, but Ali tells him he would to the DJ, and when she sees her, side and Nawaf enters the house to never do such a thing. she changes her makeup to darker find Hamad talking to Shouq and Raja and Sulaiman get married colors then leaves. On the stairs, she they start fighting. Hamad leaves secretly. He asks Raja about Jinan meets Fatma, who blames her for with Mashael and Shouq tells Nawaf and about the store and Ali. She is wearing white, asking her what she saying it’s not like what he thinks, annoyed by his questions about wants. She also tells Ghala to forget but he doesn’t believe her and Jinan all the time, and when getting Fawzy forever and start her new life thinks she is dating Hamad. He angry, he says he wants to make sure from tonight. Nouf hears this con- didn’t know it was her plan, but he that Jinan will not send him to jail for versation through the walkie-talkie suspects it. the money he took from her. and is very upset. Ali’s mother goes to visit her Fahd’s father dyes his hair and brother’s house, and the parents of moustache to attract his colleague ‘Thakira min Waraq’ Najd are talking to her by video call, Mariam. He also asks Fahd to record Hamad comes to take Shouq for and Najd asks her about Ali. The a CD with love songs for him, and he the picnic in the countryside house mother tells her Ali loves her very present it to Mariam. by car. When he arrives, she asks much. Najd calls Ali the other day, where are Najd and Mashael, so he but he doesn’t want to speak to her ‘Ummina Rwehit Al Jannah’ says Mashael went to buy some- and accuses her of being without At the wedding of Fawzy and thing and he will pick them up on feelings. Interior warns of sand dunes on northern, southern roads Ministry clarifies ‘radical poster’ reports

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior’s Relations and Security Media Department warned road users of NA break-in hearing weather changes and strong winds that may cause sand dunes on some open roads to the north and moved to September 2 south of the country, namely Wafra, Salmi, Subbiya By Meshaal Al-Enezi and Buhaith highways. The department also noted that in collaboration KUWAIT: The Court of Appeals adjourned hearing a with Ministry of Public Works, Kuwait Municipality and case in which 70 citizens are accused of breaking into the Civil Defense Department, the Interior Ministry’s the National Assembly (NA) building to September 2 General Traffic Department started dealing with the so that the public prosecution could prepare its argu- sand, adding six bulldozers had been sent to Wafra ment. road, five to Um Safaq road, two to Abdali and Subbiya roads, four to Al-Salmi road, one to the sixth ring road Hearing postponed and three to Kabed and all the way to Ahmed Al-Jaber The Criminal Court yesterday postponed hearing Base. a case in which a citizen was accused of murdering a colleague at the Ministry of Electricity and Water’s Poster emergency department in Saad Al-Abdullah. The On another concern, the department also refuted court also rejected a request to release the suspect social media reports showing a picture of a vehicle on bail. with a poster promoting a radical organization inside a Emergency landing gas station. The department noted that the vehicle’s A Kuwait Airways (KAC) flight made an emergency owner was summoned, adding that the vehicle was landing Tuesday evening at Al Maktoum examined and that no traces of any provocative International Airport in Dubai due to engine trouble. posters were found on it. The owner has a clear crimi- The plane landed safely and no injuries among pas- nal record and was not found to be wanted by authori- sengers were reported. ties, the department said. THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015 LOCAL

I consider myself an accidental KUWAIT VOICES ‘I would never diplomat: Philippines’ envoy hurt a baby’ Ambassador Villa speaks to Kuwait Times By Ben Garcia his Ramadan, Kuwait Times wants By Ben Garcia situation of Filipinos is really in dire 14 people died, Villa was deployed back departed to this mission, he said my pri- to shift the conversation to the ordi- need of assistance. It was difficult. For to Malaysia. “I stayed for one month to mary duty was to further advance the Tnary folks that make up the majori- KUWAIT: He may consider himself an example, if you absconded; you will ensure that everything is well with national interest of the Philippines and ty of this country. By listening to their sto- accidental diplomat, but for many have to follow the procedure from level Malaysians and Filipinos there,” he said. to strengthen and broaden our bilateral ries and recognizing their humanity, we Filipinos in Kuwait, Ambassador Renato one. They are strict with absconding relations with the State of Kuwait,” he can remind ourselves and hopefully our Pedro Villa’s track record especially as a cases unlike other countries where case- Kuwait said. readers of the ties that bind us all togeth- former Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) to-case basis is being observed. Jordan Villa was thrilled when he heard the “The president also told me to imme- er as a species. is really worth a thousand words. The is strict to people violating their immi- news that he was being considered in diately respond to the need of Filipinos Recently, Kuwait Times visited some new Philippine Ambassador to Kuwait, gration laws,” he said. the post as Philippine Ambassador to in Kuwait,” he added. Villa likewise men- former housemaids who sought refuge at Villa assumed his post last June 2015, Villa worked in Jordan for four years, Kuwait. “I was really elated, because tioned the desire of President Aquino to the Philippine Embassy in Faiha to hear following confirmation by the then back to Manila home base where once again I would be able to help our strengthen cooperation in the areas of their story. Kuwait Times purposely changed their names for their safety. Philippines’ senate early this year. Villa he handled a technical directorial post compatriots and hope to strengthen economic, investment and tourism sec- Marinella started her job as a housemaid in Kuwait on February 1, presented his credentials to His at the Office of the Undersecretary for further our bilateral ties with Kuwait. I tors. “I already have several work plans 2014, but since starting, she already served three employers. Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- Migrant Workers Affairs (OMWA). “I han- accepted Kuwait’s post because I knew to strengthen our relations and I would “My first employer said I hurt the baby, so I was upset when she Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah one week dled basically every single case we from the start if we work together mira- like to focus not just on people to peo- blamed me for it. I would never hurt a baby,” Marinella said. So, Marinella after arrival and Kuwait is his first received from OFWs at OMWA. My expe- cles can happen,” he said. ple contact but most especially in the asked her employer to send her back to her agency, but they refused. ambassadorial assignment. riences as embassy staff in various Villa said he can use the art of diplo- economic realm,” he explained. “They said I still have to work for them, but I told them, ‘Since you accuse me of things which I never did, I have to leave,’” she said. Former OFW Shelter at Faiha After what happened, Marinella stopped working for nine days, “I was a former OFW in Jubail, Villa also addressed the heavily con- before she was convinced to work again. She waited for her main spon- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where I gested shelter at the Philippines’ sor, who at that time was vacationing in London. When he returned, he worked as a technical writer at Saudi Embassy in Faiha and his desire to fast convinced her to work again and said he is willing to search and transfer Petrochemicals for three years before I track repatriation of Filipinos. “Perhaps her to a new sponsor, if she wants. “I told him yes, I will transfer,” she said. considered taking the Foreign Service we will be transferring the embassy to a She stayed seven months with her first employer and when her sponsor Officer (FSO) examinations at the bigger place; I noticed the congestion in found her a new employer, she transferred. Department of Foreign Affairs,” he said. the shelter. Plus, I also noticed the slow Villa added that the exam was acciden- pace of resolutions of their cases, per- Slapped in the face tal, because at that time he was already haps we can decongest the shelter, if we At her second employer, Marinella was a nanny to a newborn. She considering a job back to Saudi Arabia try to negotiate with the local authori- liked it there if not for that incident when Marinella’s female employer so he could finance his small business, ties here to make the repatriation faster,” slapped her right in the face because the baby she was caring for slipped but then suddenly he saw an advertise- he noted. in the hands of a mentally-disturbed aunt. ment about the Foreign Service exams. “I left the infant to the grandmother as I always do when I go to the “I took the exam knowing I will not be Factions among Filipino bathroom. I was instructed never to give the baby to her aunt, but the losing anything for trying. Thank God I organizations grandmother did, and the accident happened. When the mother came, passed,” he shared. Asked on what he would do to unify she only blamed me for it, and she slapped my face,” she said. Marinella the factions of some Filipino organiza- then told her employer to return her to her agency, which she did. “The United Arab Emirates KUWAIT: Philippines’ Ambassador Renato Pedro Villa speaks to Kuwait Times’ tions here, Villa said: “I already spoke to following day, I was transferred to a new employer,” she said. After a two-year stint in APEC (Asia- reporter at his office. some Filipino organizations and leaders Pacific Economic Cooperation) as media and I will try to create one strong group Threatened with a knife relations officer under the office of that would coordinate programs and To Marinella, the third employer was even worse. “My employers are Undersecretary Federico Macaranas, countries extensively helped me to pur- macy which he learned in his previous activities of the embassy,” he said. Villa really bad and they are notorious for mistreating their housemaids at all Villa was posted in Abu Dhabi, the sue and do much more for my country- postings. “I can talk to local officials to said that Filipinos in Kuwait is less than times. They curse, shout and spit at their housemaids’ faces and they do United Arab Emirates as a form of men,” he said. help us resolve problems of Filipinos in 200,000. “Based on my experience in that even in front of many people,” she said. Marinella added that her reward for a so-called ‘job well done’. Kuwait. The very fact that within a week other posts, there are factions in organi- employers always had friends and visitors in the house and that both her DFA posted Villa in the consular section Malaysia I was able to present my credentials to zations: they are not unique to us here male and female employers easily gets irritated and would get upset on heading the Assistance to Nationals. He Villa was assigned to Malaysia after- His Highness the Amir of Kuwait, it was in Kuwait. But if they cannot unite (as small things. They got angry all the time. served in Abu Dhabi from 1997-2003 wards from 2008 to 2012, where he a clear validation and blessing that I can one umbrella group) at least we want There were two housemaids in that house, an Ethiopian woman and and his official title was Third Secretary described the immigration environment now start the job as your ambassador,” them to respect each other,” he said. Marinella. One time, the male employer called them in the second floor and Vice Consul. there as quite different. He said Kuala he added. of his house. As soon as they arrived, he immediately told them, “Ente Lumpur has about 50,000 Filipinos and Open door policy Filipini, I do not need you in the house, go out now.” Then to the Jordan there are about 500,000 Filipinos in Mandate from the Villa concluded by saying that he Ethiopian, he said, “Tomorrow you must fly back to your country.” From Abu Dhabi, his next assignment Sabah and Sarawak states in Malaysia. Philippines’ President wanted to promote the programs “For me, I said, ‘No problem,’” Marinella recalled, “When we left to do was in Amman Jordan from Nov 2005- “Most of them are undocumented so we Villa said that he will start the job advancing the welfare of every single what our sponsor told us, the Ethiopian was kicked in her butt; it was 2008 as First Secretary and Consul have to deal with this immigration based on the programs laid out to him Filipino. “I would like to adopt an open very strong, she fell in the ground. I was really shocked. She just cried,” General. Villa considered the Jordan problem. Thank God I finished four by the President of the Philippines, door policy to every Filipino in Kuwait she said. Then her employer got mad, went to the kitchen, and “tried to post as very challenging. “I was posted years in Malaysia and got a 10-month Benigno Aquino III. “I have a marching and if there are concerns on their wel- kill me,” she said. After the commotion, her employer apologized. there when the moratorium (temporary term extension,” he said. When the 2013 order from the President and his fare, I want to welcome them in my Shocked about what happened, Marinella contacted a friend in Kuwait ban) for OFWs was implemented. The Lahad Datu standoff took place, where instruction is clear. In his letter before I office,” he said. and was eventually rescued out of that house the following day. THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015

Photo of the day

A photograph from the book ‘Faces of Kuwait’ by Jack Wozniak (researched by Mahmoud Zakariya) shows men sitting inside a popular coffee shop. ABK celebrates Ramadan with staff ghabga

KUWAIT: Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) held its mobiles, Samsung LED screens, and trips to London, Ramadan ghabga for all members of staff in celebra- Paris, Istanbul and Dubai. The biggest prize of the tion of the Holy month. Taking place on Tuesday, evening, and the last prize of the night was for a brand June 23rd at the Arraya Ballroom - Marriot Courtyard new GMC Terrain 2015, which was won by Israr Ahmed Hotel in Kuwait City, the event was attended by over Khan. 700 staff members including Michel Accad, ABK’s The evening also saw an array of other entertain- CEO, who opened the evening and thanked all staff ment which included caricature artists Mohammed A- for attending. Qahtani and Mohammed Khalil Al-Matari sketching Throughout the evening, Master of Ceremonies, attendees throughout the night, as guests enjoyed Abdul Reda Ben Salem, called Senior Management to music played by renowned Kuwaiti band ‘The Concert.’ the stage to assist in drawing lucky numbers for some The evening was enjoyed by all and ABK looks forward exciting raffle prizes which included Samsung S6 to making this an annual event.

Kuwaiti donors help Palestinian

1436 - 2015 families 22. What is the name of the Prophet to whom GAZA: With generous contributions from Kuwaiti Zaboor was revealed? charitable donors, a number of Palestinian chari- ties distributed relief aid to over two thousand Prophet Isa (Jesus) Alaihis-Salam needy Palestinian families in Gaza Strip on Prophet Dawood (David) Alaihis-Salam Tuesday. The aid targeted the poor and orphans and those hurt by war in Gaza, said Dr Ramadan Prophet Yonis Alaihis-Salam Tanboura, head of the Al-Falah Charitable Society in Palestine. The relief aid consisted of Ramadan goodwill food parcels stuffed with such staples as cooking oil and flour, among other things, he said as he thanked profusely Kuwaiti charitable dona- tions to Palestinians. Among those he singled out for his thanks were the government of Kuwait and its leadership and International Islamic Charity Organization (IICO) Chairman Dr Abdullah Al- Maatouq. — KUNA THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015

KUWAIT: Zwarah Restaurant recently hosted a gergean event for media representatives and their families. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015 LOCAL

Thousands flock to Grand Mosque on Ramadan 21st eve

By Mehsaal Al-Enezi

KUWAIT: Thousands of worshippers flocked to the Grand Mosque on the eve of the 21st day of Ramadan late Tuesday night to per- form the late night prayers led by Imams Majed Al- Enezi and Khalid Al-Sa’eedi. As far as security was con- cerned, Capital Governor Retired Lt General Thabet Al-Muhanna said that preparations had been made to facilitate entry to the Grand Mosque as well as the traffic flow on the roads leading to it.

Al-QABAS Al-Jarida No more Comprehensive blackouts! reconciliation

By Khalid A. Al-Tarrah By Dr Hassan Jouhar

mong the news of the Ministry of hen it comes to the concept of reconciliation, there Electricity and Water (MEW) for the sum- are many priorities, on top of which is the presence Amer of 2015 is the struggle of power cuts in Wof a comprehensive, protective national body that some Kuwait areas, and the reasons, as stated by only works for Kuwait’s greater good. It should be a compre- the ministry are “operational, malfunctions in the hensive bloc including elements from all political, social, intellectual and cultural groups. It should include Kuwaitis transforming stations, as well as a defects in pow- from all affiliations to prevent the seeds of evil, tumult, radi- er generators.” calism, doctrinism and sectarianism and exclude the icons of According to a statement by the minister, an agitation, division and extreme ideological agendas regard- investigation committee determined that the less of their names and positions. problem is in maintenance and technical matters, Calls for national reconciliation in the aftermath of the which the ministry has nothing to do with! While terrorist explosion at the Imam Al-Sadiq Mosque are very the ministry had asked the Civil Service important and must be placed as top priorities of both the Commission to approve the allocation of KD 400 authority and the people with all its elements, political pow- each to deserving employees as rewards for their ers and decision bodies. Despite the dreadful sectarian cover efforts during the blackouts in February 2015. Islamic State (IS) tried to use in striking Kuwait, its statements and practices have been clear on targeting Kuwait, its regime Regardless of the power cut duration, be it and domestic front. We no longer need any political analysis minutes or hours, they are unbearable cuts under when IS announces that the capital of its so-called Najd extreme heat, in addition to what it may cause, be Al-Jarida region would be Kuwait. it damage to air conditioners, systems, automatic This terrorist organization would have never dared to gates and for some people, being stuck in their strike a Shiite mosque in Kuwait if it were not for the doctri- homes! nal tension and its continued propagation, purposely and Because of the repeated cuts, as what hap- Prostitution network busted unintentionally, for the sake of sick-minded religious beliefs, pened during last January’s catastrophe and at some political gains or some limited interests. That is why the start of this summer, the ministry must review KUWAIT: Residency affairs department detectives busted a Officers in a police patrol noticed three persons later identi- such satanic dens have been utilizing sectarianism in Gulf prostitution network that practices its activities during the holy fied as the Egyptian man, his wife and daughter in a parked Cooperation Council (GCC) states so openly. IS and its likes the nature of preventive procedures, inspection spared nobody, be them Sunnis, Arabs, African or Asians. and maintenance, in order to prevent the repeti- month of Ramadan. The network is run by a Syrian national car behind Jabriya police station. Five bags containing rem- who kept half of the brothel’s revenue to himself. The remaining nants of heroin, one with heroin shabu and a tablet were We might have had accumulated complicated problems tion of operation and malfunction mistakes. as our sociopolitical division had been used to monopolize There is more than one administrative and detainees are five persons of Bahraini and Egyptian nationali- found with their possession. The 4-year-old child was handed ties. The suspects confessed to charging between KD 30 and KD over to her aunt. power and interests. All sorts of corruption have been pre- technical defect at the ministry also, besides the 40 for each session. They were referred to the proper authorities vailing; political liberties and the freedom to criticize the authority have been suppressed; which are all issues that lack of cooperation between some official areas in for further action. Driver mugged need to be honestly and responsibly confronted and solved. rationalizing power consumption. But this does Investigations are ongoing to identify and arrest two per- not relieve the ministry from its major responsibil- Therefore, we need all forms of reconciliation including the Visa violators caught sons accused of mugging a man in Jahra. The suspects had government and the people with all their political and public ities, because it is difficult to absorb what is going Twenty three visa violators were arrested and sent to con- stopped the man and claimed they were detectives, the on and accept any justification. There must be affiliations. It would be stupid not to feel that the entire cerned authorities. Brigadier Saud Al-Khader, director of the res- Pakistani victim told police. After forcing him to stop, they country is under threat and targeted by terrorism through a deep rooted solutions for the problem of repeat- idency affairs department’s detectives unit, received informa- forced him inside their sports-utility-vehicle (SUV), took KD fake religious form. Our geography and demography have ed power cuts that became part of this country’s tion about a building in Salmiya used illegally as cafes, and har- 2,700 from his possession, then drove to Amghara where proved that Kuwait is indivisible, especially in times of dis- history! bors visa violators. He gave orders to form a team and follow they beat him up, left him and escaped, the man said. A case tress. So, what about this terrorism that has been threatening It is true that cooperation in rationalizing pow- legal procedures. The building was stormed and 23 persons of was filed. the entire world? er consumption in government facilities as well as various nationalities and without valid visas were arrested. We, also, have priorities when it comes to reconciliation. private ones and private homes is an important Syrian sent to state security On top of those priorities is the need to have a binding pro- issue, but it is not the ideal solution, especially Officers offended Residency affairs detectives arrested a Syrian national for tective national front that only works for the best of Kuwait. when we are dealing with operational problems Capital Security Director Ibahim Al-Tarrah asked his men to selling cell phone lines without having to register the details of It should include Kuwaitis of all groups and prevent all evils, and electric wires whose projected age is over! charge a female citizen who claimed to be a VIP for insulting a the owner. The arrest was made after an electronic surveillance sectarianism, and doctrinism and exclude factional agendas police lieutenant and another policeman in public. The police- that led detectives to the Syrian man who works for a company and extreme thoughts. It should attract the most gallant, Before thinking about paying the rewards, they patriotic and courageous people to confront those against should be thinking about how to guarantee the men said the woman refused to give them her driver’s license and lives in Sulaibiya. The man who is also an ex-convict was and insulted them verbally. caught after selling an undercover agent a line and attempted co-existence and fellow citizenship. Such people should have quality and development of MEW services or sub- a place in fighting extremism, terrorism and shedding of sidize the sale of power generation through the to escape by harming himself. Detectives found 38 SIM cards Couple with drugs with him, as he already sold seven through social media in innocent blood and not get charmed by political slogans and Commerce Ministry’s rationalization cards. demands for reform. — Translated by Kuwait Times An Egyptian man and his wife were sent to the Drugs exchange of KD 50 each. He was sent to state security. Further — Translated by Kuwait Times Control General Department as officers found drugs in his car. investigations are underway. THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015 Obama, Vietnam Communist chief Sisi crackdown risks instability in Egypt hold landmark talks Page 8 Page 12 Calls for end to Israeli Gaza blockade

GAZA CITY: Israel and Palestinians marked one pay with their blood,” he said. Indirect talks on runs the Israeli-occupied West Bank, has worsened year since last summer’s war in Gaza yesterday, shoring up the ceasefire and easing Israel’s block- the situation. Reconciliation attempts have failed with a UN official calling for an end to the “inexcus- ade have taken place, but there have been no signs to heal the rift. Meanwhile, Hamas has been chal- able” blockade of the territory that has helped pre- that a deal could be reached anytime soon. lenged by Salafist extremists in Gaza claiming links vent rebuilding. The ceasefire that ended the 50- The blockade, as well as a lack of financing from to the Islamic State jihadist group and who have day war has largely held, but few of the issues that international donors, has been blamed for the slow taken credit for recent rocket fire. led to the conflict have been resolved and tens of pace of reconstruction in Gaza, where around thousands of Gazans remain homeless in the 18,000 homes were destroyed or severely dam- ‘No Help’ besieged strip. aged. A split between Hamas and the Palestinian Last year’s war was sparked in part by the Neighbourhoods are still levelled, with children Authority led by president Mahmud Abbas, which abduction and murder of three young Israelis near playing among the jagged remains of bombed-out a Jewish settlement in the West Bank. The kidnap- houses. Twisted steel rods that once reinforced ping triggered a massive manhunt in which hun- concrete buildings litter the ground. While there dreds of Palestinians were arrested and at least five appears to be little appetite for conflict on either killed. It also led to the grisly revenge killing of a side for now, analysts say failing to address the mis- 16-year-old Palestinian, who was snatched in east ery of Gazans who have faced three wars in six Jerusalem and burned alive by Israelis. A surge in years will only sow the seeds for future violence. rocket fire from Gaza into Israel followed, and Israel “The blockade remains in place and its crippling in response launched its offensive on July 8. A effect on Gaza is undeniable, inexcusable,” Robert ground offensive began on July 17. Air and naval Turner, operations director in Gaza for UN relief bombardments on the coastal strip continued until agency UNRWA, told reporters. an Egyptian-brokered truce was reached on He however referred to a small amount of August 26. Gazan goods being allowed through for sale in Israel’s aims in the war were to stop the rocket Israel and the occupied West Bank in recent fire and destroy tunnels used by Palestinian mili- months as a reason for hope. “I see a real willing- tants to carry out attacks. But rocket fire has started ness on the part of Israel to address some of its up again - although sporadically and not claimed worst impact,” Turner said of the blockade, which by Hamas - and militants in Gaza have rebuilt tun- Israel says is necessary to prevent the import of nels. Hamas claimed victory after the war, but that arms and material to make weapons. “It is not what has been scoffed at by Gazans who have seen fam- is required, which is a full lifting of the blockade.” ily members killed and who now live among the The war took a heavy toll on Gaza, killing 2,251 ruins of their former homes. Palestinians, including more than 500 children. Atef Al-Zaza, a 49-year-old father of 12, worked Seventy-three people were killed on the Israeli to rebuild his home on Wednesday after Israeli side, including 67 soldiers. A UN report released strikes completely destroyed it. His family along last month said both sides may have committed with the families of his seven brothers had lived on war crimes during the conflict in and around the the building’s four floors. One of his brothers and a impoverished enclave of 1.8 million people. nephew were wounded by shelling. “This is the Hamas, the Islamist movement that runs the Gaza worst year of my life,” he said, destruction sur- Strip, planned commemorations for later yester- rounding him. The UN’s Turner said payments day, but details were not yet clear. GAZA: A combination of pictures shows (top) would be issued for the first time yesterday for a Israel held a memorial on Monday for its 73 vic- smoke rising while Palestinian rescuers limited number of families whose homes were tims killed in the war, where Prime Minister search for victims under the rubble of the destroyed, while repairs for damaged houses have Benjamin Netanyahu defended the military offen- home of the Duheir family in Rafah on July occurred. Financing however remains lacking. “We sive. “I say to all enemies of Israel - Hamas, 29, 2014, and the same place (bottom) on July need to help rebuild over 7,000 refugee family Hezbollah, Iran and IS (the Islamic State group) - 6, 2015, a year after the 50-day war between homes,” he said of his agency’s program. “We have that those who attempt to attack our people will Israel and Hamas. — AFP funding only currently for 200 homes.” — AFP THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015 INTERNATIONAL

BEHIRA, Egypt: (Left) In this May 7, 2015 photo, a recently constructed house stands in the middle of agricultural land in a village in this Nile Delta town. (Center) In this May 14, 2015 photo, young shepherds look after their sheep as they graze in a wheat farm. (Right) A farmer transports harvested wheat seeds on a horse cart. —AP Egypt’s urban expansion depletes Nile farmland

SHUBRA KHIT, Egypt: Lush green farms once stretched all along the Nile, which accounts for less than 10 percent of bit by bit. faster than any other in the world. Every hour, it said, the around the Nile River, the fertile dark soil a vital source of the country’s territory, and which is also the nation’s bread- Scientist Farouk El-Baz warned that at this rate, Egypt country loses around 3.5 feddans (acres) - about 30,000 life since the Pharaonic times, when ancient Egyptians basket. But urban growth has become the chief threat to could lose all its agricultural land within 180 years. There acres a year. “Villages are quickly being transformed into developed some of the first sophisticated farming meth- farmland as Egyptian farmers haphazardly - and illegally - wouldn’t be a single acre left “to plant on,” he said, and high-density urban settlements, without any proper plans ods in the region. Now, red-brick urban settlements are build new houses to make room for the next generation. Egyptians will be “dying of hunger, as agricultural land dis- for urban expansion or any regulations on building codes,” springing up everywhere, snuffing out farmland to make The construction surged even more amid a security vac- appears under modern urbanism.” Aged and tanned by says Mohamed El-Shahed, architect and founder of way for the growing population in this country of about 90 uum that followed the 2011 popular uprising that ousted Egypt’s scorching sun, 49-year-old farmer Hamed Fathi says Cairobserver, a blog focusing on Cairo’s development and million people. the country’s long-time autocrat, Hosni Mubarak. Building farmers have no option but to build without permits. “The architecture. Those who sell their land head to big cities in Children still play among the banana trees and alfalfa without permit on agricultural land is now a crime punish- government sells lands to businessmen dirt cheap, while hopes of finding jobs. “Farming is no longer good enough,” fields as sheep graze nearby and palm trees rustle in the able by jail or fines - but it hasn’t stopped. In the absence of we can’t get a few meters to build for our sons,” he sighs. says 55-year-old Abu Islam, standing among his rice pad- wind - but such pastoral images are being pushed out by government subsidies and modern machinery, impover- “What are we supposed to do?” dies, his two children helping him move seedlings. an unstoppable sprawl encroaching on the landscape. ished famers struggle to make ends meet and feel they In 2011, a UN report on combatting desertification and “Everyone has given up on us. I’m waiting for the right cus- Most Egyptians have always lived in the fertile stretch have no choice but to build on their own land or sell it off, drought ranked Egypt as the country losing fertile lands tomer and price before I sell.” - —AP Sisi crackdown risks instability in Egypt

CAIRO: Despite the lessons of the past, Egyptian says Sisi is taking valuable steps such as engag- President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is relying on fighter ing Sinai Bedouins to rally them behind the army. planes, mass arrests and death sentences to bat- But he cautions against expecting any quick fix- tle Islamist militants in a crackdown that could in es. “Anyone who thinks there is some kind of fact prolong instability. Unlike former President magic solution does not understand the reality. Hosni Mubarak, whose more subtle approach This is a long-term process,” said Shay. induced even his most diehard militant oppo- nents to opt for a truce in the 1990s, Sisi’s Zero Tolerance response is all-out confrontation. He has moved The fracture of the mainstream Muslim relentlessly against the Islamists since orchestrat- Brotherhood raises new security questions. The ing a military takeover that toppled President Brotherhood was officially banned but tolerated Mohamed Morsi of the now outlawed Muslim under Mubarak. Allowing its officials to hold Brotherhood in 2013. independent seats in parliament helped him Yet Sinai-based insurgents affiliated with contain the movement. That gave Mubarak more Islamic State, angered by Sisi’s campaign, are car- time and space to tackle violent militants who rying out brazen attacks on security forces that targeted foreign tourists and senior government have opened a dangerous new chapter in the officials. Sisi’s security forces, on the other hand, decades-old struggle between the Egyptian have killed hundreds of Mursi supporters at Cairo state and Islamists. And signs are growing that protest camps, thousands of others were arrest- Sisi’s constant squeeze on the Brotherhood has ed and Brotherhood leaders were sentenced to encouraged some of the movement’s youth to long prison terms or death in mass trials. take up arms against the state, complicating There are growing fears that Brotherhood efforts to improve security in the Arab world’s youths have started to respond by planting small most populous country. bombs in cities. “You hear the young men from Critics say Sisi’s hardline tactics risk creating the Brotherhood say this ‘peaceful’ way is over. I more enemies in Egypt, where militants have will defend myself. A wave of violence will killed hundreds of soldiers and police since explode, this is the fear,” said a lawyer for Morsi’s fall. Mubarak relied mainly on the police Brotherhood officials. “Mubarak used to target to counter threats from his main militant foe, al- the armed groups, he didn’t go too far from that. VIENNA: US Secretary of State John Kerry arrives at Palais Coburg where closed-door nuclear talks with Iran are taking place Gamma’a al-Islamiya (Islamic Group). Sisi, howev- Now there is collective punishment and it could yesterday. —AP er, has unleashed the military with maximum explode the society. If Egypt explodes, forget force, but little apparent success in the vast Sinai Iraq, forget Syria.” desert. Wafaa Hafney, a senior Brotherhood official, Iran faces off with powers said the group is still committed to peaceful Brazen Assaults activism. But she says Sisi’s approach carries Though the peninsula has long been a securi- risks. “During Mubarak’s time, everything hap- ty headache for Egypt and its neighbours, the pened quietly and it’s as if someone is stitching in game of brinkmanship removal of Morsi brought new violence that has and you can’t see the stitches,” the academic told morphed into an Islamist insurgency. Militants Reuters. New Muslim Brotherhood leaders who have carried out several major operations in have replaced imprisoned veterans like Morsi recent months, exposing the vulnerability of the are overseeing a decentralised structure, she Diplomats make final push for deal Arab world’s largest army, which is far more said. familiar with conventional warfare than counter- That could make it more difficult for the gov- VIENNA: In a game of high-stakes diplomatic precipice,” a senior US administration official In another twist to the talks, if Kerry fails to insurgency measures. Hardline tactics weakened ernment to keep track of the group as security brinkmanship, global powers were readying said late Tuesday just hours after the talks were hand over a deal by the end of today, US law- militant groups in the past but never secured a forces engage in a war of attrition against Sinai yesterday for a late-night push to reach a deal prolonged. makers will get 60 days instead of 30 to review lasting calm. Sisi now faces an increasingly ambi- Province, formerly called Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis. curbing Tehran’s nuclear ambitions and ending Asked when the teams would know whether it which may delay its implementation. But tious Sinai Province, the group that pledged alle- Last week, about 300 Sinai Province militants a 13-year standoff. With all bets off after minis- to keep talking or to walk away, the official Earnest brushed aside the congressional dead- giance to Islamic State. Its ties to that organisa- staged coordinated attacks in the fiercest fight- ters missed yet another deadline to seal the replied: “You know when that moment comes. line, recalling lawmakers would be in recess for tion, which has expanded from Iraq and Syria to ing in the region since the Egyptian army fought accord, US Secretary of State John Kerry was You’re either going to pull back from the most of August anyway, and adding: “We wel- Egypt’s neighbour Libya, could mean more fund- the 1973 war with Israel. The official death toll huddling with his team in a rainy Vienna to precipice, or you’re going to go over the cliff.” come additional scrutiny of the deal.” The moot- ing, logistical support and training. on the day was 17 soldiers and 100 militants. “In pore over documents seeking to find a way for- The Western diplomatic source admitted: “It’s a ed accord would curb Iran’s nuclear program Unlike al-Gamaa al-Islamiya, which sought to the 90s, while one can argue the insurgents had ward. psychological game too. Zarif is under a lot of for a decade or more in order to deny the coun- topple the Cairo government, the group wants links to other groups internationally, it was cer- Iran and six world powers have now effec- pressure. We’ll see in the final analysis if we try the ability to develop nuclear arms. to establish a foothold in the Sinai under Islamic tainly not as close as what we see today with tively given themselves until Friday to reach a have hit a wall or not.” Despite progress on a main deal and a series State’s plan to create a borderless Caliphate Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis in the Sinai,” said deal by extending the terms of a Nov 2013 of complicated annexes, negotiations have stretching across the Muslim world. While Islamic H A Hellyer, associate fellow at the Brookings interim accord, after missing two target dates US Welcomes Scrutiny stalled on how to ease sanctions against Iran, State does not pose a threat to Sisi’s rule, any sig- Centre for Middle East Policy, Sisi, dressed in mili- in this round of talks now in their 12th day. But Observers say it is hard to believe that after probing allegations that in the past Tehran did nificant incursions into the rest of Egypt, or even tary uniform for the first time since becoming as they stare each down, both Iran and the almost two years of intense and tough negotia- try to develop nuclear arms and ensuring Iran attacks on foreign visitors like the recent one at a president just over a year ago, played down the United States have now insisted there is no tar- tions the talks could collapse. All sides have can continue to have a modest, peaceful Tunisian beach hotel, could devastate the security threat during a trip to Sinai last week, get date, and they plan to keep talking in insisted they are not planning a formal months- nuclear program. Iran has also insisted there tourism industry. That would undermine efforts telling troops “things are totally stable”. Sinai Vienna until a deal emerges or not. “It’s doable long extension of the talks, and one clear suc- should be changes to a UN arms embargo and to rebuild Egypt’s fragile economy after four Province, meanwhile, appears more confident, by tomorrow night (Thursday) if talks advance cess has been the 2013 interim deal under an easing of restrictions on missile sales. years of turmoil triggered by the uprising that judging by videos it has been releasing on the this evening,” said a Western diplomatic source. which Tehran has frozen parts of its nuclear pro- While Iran had managed to develop its own deposed Mubarak in 2011. Internet over the past few months. In one, a long French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and gram in return for minor sanctions relief. White arms industry, global powers “must change their Sisi is likely to crack down harder on militants convoy of fighters parade through part of the his British counterpart Philip Hammond were House spokesman Josh Earnest praised the approach on sanctions if they want a deal,” the after last week’s assassination of Egypt’s top pros- Sinai armed with machine guns and rocket-pro- due back in the Austrian capital later yesterday, interim accord on Tuesday, saying it “essentially country’s lead negotiator Abbas Araghchi said. ecutor in an attack that bore the hallmarks of an pelled grenades. “In the 90s they (militants) were to powwow once more with Kerry and Iran’s opened the door to these broader talks. And But the US official insisted there would be “ongo- operation by militants. Egypt’s neighbour Israel is fighting to exist. Now they are expanding to top diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif. “You what it did was it froze Iran’s nuclear program in ing restrictions on arms just like there will be also keeping a close eye. Shaul Shay, former occupy territory and form the Emirates of the always get to a place where you’re at a place. It rolled it back in some key aspects.” ongoing restrictions regarding missiles”. —AFP deputy head of Israel’s National Security Council, Islamic State,” said an Egyptian official. —Reuters Machar says no peace while Kiir remains Iraq sentences 24 to NAIROBI: The leader of South Sudan’s Thursday, an event that marked an end to the latest fighting, with witnesses saying less, and that as the original mandate end- rebels said yesterday that the country’s decades of war but only provided a brief troops gang-raped girls and torched them ed Thursday, the rebels considered the hang over massacre civil war would continue as long as respite from conflict. alive in huts. Large numbers of child sol- government to be “unconstitutional and President Salva Kiir remained in power. The civil war in the new nation began diers have also been recruited. Fighters on illegitimate.” Last week, the UN Security BAGHDAD: An Iraqi court yesterday sentenced were shot and pushed into the Tigris river. The “We don’t feel like we have a peace part- when Kiir accused Machar, a former vice both sides are accused of atrocities, and Council imposed a travel ban and asset 24 men to hang over the June 2014 massacre by defendants were brought into the courtroom ner with Salva Kiir,” Riek Machar told president, of planning a coup, setting off a analysts believe tens of thousands of peo- freeze on six commanders - three from the jihadists and allied militants of hundreds of blindfolded, handcuffed and chained by their reporters in a luxury hotel in the Kenyan ple have died since the war began. The government side and three rebels. mostly Shiite military recruits in Tikrit. The cen- feet. Proceedings were conducted expeditiously. capital, saying that previous ceasefires he United Nations has also described South But Machar, who last month wel- tral criminal court in Baghdad handed 24 of 28 Relatives of some of the Speicher massacre had signed with the government during Sudan as being “lower in terms of human comed into his ranks a rogue ex-govern- defendants the maximum sentence over the victims were heard by the court asking that the the course of the 18-month-old conflict development than just about every other ment general, Johnson Olony - who has “Speicher” massacre, named after the base from perpetrators of what is one of IS’s worst atroci- were “born dead”. place on earth”. been accused of forcibly recruiting hun- which the victims were captured before being ties be punished. A court-appointed defence “The people of South Sudan did not Machar rejected accusations levelled dreds of child soldiers - defended the rebel executed. “After deliberations, the court finds lawyer spoke briefly to ask for leniency but did deserve to go back to war, but this was at his own troops and insisted he too was trio. “All of them are innocent,” he said. that the evidence collected is sufficient to con- not challenge the evidence, which consisted caused by the actions of President Salva a “victim”. “I am a victim, just like all the Speaking ahead of the independence vict 24 defendants,” said the judge. “The court mainly of confessions that the defendants Kiir, who we ask to resign today,” Machar other victims who died, except I am not anniversary, aid agencies repeated their decided they will be executed by hanging.” themselves claimed were obtained under tor- said. “Should President Kiir remain dead,” he said. calls for an end to the war. “The people of All 24 denied any involvement in the mas- ture. The judge showed one defendant a grainy adamant and refuse to hand over power South Sudan desperately need an imme- Riek Machar sacre, committed during the first days of the printout of a grab from the video footage of the back to the people, then the citizens have ‘Among World’s Biggest Crises’ diate end to this war, so that they can get Islamic State group’s broad offensive in Iraq. The massacre. “Is that you?,” he asked. The accused every right to rise up and overthrow his South Sudan’s parliament voted in food and other life-saving assistance. We other four defendants were acquitted. Around answered negatively, as did several fellow regime.” The comments came as South cycle of retaliatory killings that has split March to extend Kiir’s mandate by three strongly appeal to all parties to the con- 600 bodies of victims have been exhumed from defendants when the judge flashed confession Sudan, the world’s youngest nation, pre- the poverty-stricken, landlocked country years, formally ditching any plans for elec- flict to allow people to safely reach burial sites in the Tikrit area. Footage released by documents and asked them to confirm their pares to mark the fourth anniversary of its along ethnic and tribal lines. A UN report tions originally due to take place this year. humanitarian assistance,” said Oxfam’s IS last year shows some of the captured recruits authenticity. —AFP independence from Khartoum on last month described horrific violence in Machar said the extension was meaning- Zlatko Gegic. —AFP INTERNATIONAL THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015 Millions share story of girl found dead in US

BOSTON: In her computer-generated tors still haven’t been able to figure out elaborate on whether the child’s parents image, she is the picture of innocence: a how she died. There were no obvious or caretakers are a focus of the investiga- 4-year-old girl with long brown hair, signs of trauma to her body, and an tion and said authorities don’t know if chubby cheeks and expressive brown autopsy performed by the state medical the girl’s death was an accident or a eyes. The image has attracted a stagger- examiner’s office did not determine the crime. ing 45 million views on Facebook as manner or cause of her death. Her death and the mystery surround- investigators try to identity the child Conley said Tuesday that authorities ing her identity has touched a chord in whose remains were found on a Boston are awaiting the results of toxicology many people. State police say their Harbor beach nearly two weeks ago. The tests to determine if the girl was poi- Facebook posting on the girl has mystery of Baby Doe began on June 25, soned or ingested drugs. She weighed received more than 10 times the views when a woman walking her dog on the 30 pounds and was about 31/2 feet tall. of their previous highest post. People western shore of Deer Island called 911 Her body was reasonably intact, but had from Maine to California, Canada and and reported finding a trash bag con- a modest amount of decomposition. Puerto Rico have shared the posting, taining the girl’s body. The child was Authorities won’t say how long they with many of them expressing sorrow or wearing white leggings with black polka believe she had been dead by the time anger over the girl’s death. “How can dots. Inside the bag with her remains her remains were discovered. They also someone just throw a child away?” wrote was a zebra-print blanket. don’t know if the girl lived in one woman from Arizona. “This is just Police immediately appealed to the Massachusetts or came from another horrible, no one is missing this little public for help in identifying the girl. state. They will not say whether the trash angel!” wrote another woman from Using photos of her remains, the bag containing her body washed up on Clovis, California. National Center for Missing and shore or was left on the beach by some- Barbara Smith, 67, of Missoula, Exploited Children created a composite one. Montana, said she has shared the girl’s image of what the girl may have looked Investigators have received “dozens image three times and plans to share it like when she was alive. After that image and dozens” of tips from the public, and again and again until investigators figure and photos of the leggings and blanket those leads have prompted police to out who she was and how she died. “I’m were posted on the Massachusetts State check on the well-being of 20 girls in the about to become a great-grandmother, Police Facebook page, investigators same age range. All of those girls were so it just touches you,” she said in a tele- were astonished by the number of views found safe and sound. Conley said the phone interview. “It’s sad that there was and shares the posting received. As of outpouring of support by people who a little girl out there of her age that was late Tuesday, more than 45.4 million have shared the girl’s image on social found by herself and nobody has people had viewed the image. media is gratifying and gives him confi- claimed her.” State police spokesman But authorities still haven’t identified dence that her identity eventually will be David Procopio said investigators are the girl. “It has by far shattered our previ- determined. grateful to the public for “caring about ous record for Facebook views,” said Jake During a news conference Tuesday, this little innocent”. “But we continue our Wark, a spokesman for Suffolk County Conley spoke directly to the girl’s par- request for leads,” he said. “We need peo- District Attorney Daniel Conley, whose ents or caretakers: “Please step forward, ple to continue to look at her and think office is overseeing the investigation. clear your conscience and help us identi- about her and let us know if anything in Adding to the mystery is that investiga- fy this young child.” Conley would not their memory clicks.” —AP Colombia’s FARC rebels announce 1-month truce

HAVANA: Colombia’s FARC rebels lateral ceasefire since December and it lowing attacks that were believed to announced yesterday they will led to relative calm. But clashes have been carried out by the FARC. observe a one-month unilateral resumed in mid-April, following an Meanwhile, three soldiers were ceasefire in response to an interna- ambush by the rebels that left 11 sol- killed and four injured in the south- tional appeal for an urgent de-escala- diers dead. Each side blames the other western Colombia state of Putumayo, tion in the country’s decades-old con- for the escalation. The FARC ended where officials said a military convoy flict. The truce will start July 20, said their truce in May. Since then, about carrying a crude oil was attacked with Ivan Marquez, chief rebel negotiator 30 rebels have been killed in army explosives. Colombia’s civil strife dates at long-running peace talks in Havana. operations and recent surveys show back to 1964 and has drawn in left- He said the leftist rebels were acting the public to be wary about the peace wing guerrillas, right-wing paramili- on an appeal issued Tuesday by four process. Two soldiers were killed, two taries and drug gangs, killing more countries supporting the peace talks, wounded and a fifth reported missing than 220,000 people and uprooting as in order to dial back half a century of in southern Colombia on Tuesday fol- many as six million. —AFP war after a recent spike in combat. The goal of the truce, Marquez said, is to “create favorable conditions in order to advance with the opposing side toward a bilateral and definitive ceasefire.” Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos welcomed the move, but said the FARC had to do more to advance peace talks that have been under way QUITO, Ecuador: Faithful take pictures with their mobile phones as Pope Francis departs from the San Francisco here in Havana since late 2012. “We Church aboard the Popemobile on Tuesday. —AP appreciate the gesture of a unilateral ceasefire by the FARC but more is needed, especially concrete commit- ments to speed up the negotiations,” Next stop Bolivia for Santos said on Twitter. Cuba and Norway are acting as so-called “guar- antor” countries in the peace talks in ‘pontiff of the poor’ Havana. Chile and Venezuela are “escort” countries. All four issued the HAVANA: The head of the FARC leftist guerrilla delegation Ivan Marquez appeal Tuesday for de-escalation. reads a statement during peace talks with the Colombian government at The Revolutionary Armed Forces of the Convention Palace yesterday. — AFP Pope calls for special protection of Amazon Colombia had been observing a uni-

QUITO: Pope Francis, the first Latin Approximately 900,000 faithful braved Amazon plays in the “global ecosystem” American pontiff, heads yesterday to the cold and rain to hear his homily in and said its “enormous diversity” Bolivia on the second leg of a three- Bicentennial Park. required particular care. “Ecuador - nation tour of the continent’s poorest together with other countries with countries, where he has been acclaimed Catholic ‘Revolution’ Amazonian land - has a chance to prac- by huge crowds. Francis will arrive in the The Argentine-born pontiff focused tice the teachings of integral ecology,” he Andean state from Ecuador, where he his message on what he called the said. Recalling his encyclical last month will wrap up his stay with a visit to a Catholic “revolution”, or quest to spread which appealed for quick action against sanctuary of the Virgin of El Quinche the Roman Catholic faith. On Ecuador’s climate change, he called for the Earth to outside the capital Quito. Poverty has divisions, he said the diversity of be left a better place for future genera- been a key theme of this South Ecuador’s people was an “immense tions. American tour by “the pope of the poor”, treasure” that could help steer society whose visit to Ecuador follows mass anti- away from ideas that tended towards Advocating for ‘Mother Earth’ government protests in the country in dictatorship, ideological thinking or sec- “One thing is clear, we cannot contin- recent weeks. tarianism. “Fight for inclusion at all lev- ue turning our back on reality, on our At an outdoor mass Tuesday in Quito els,” he implored on the third day of his brothers, on Mother Earth,” he said dur- attended by nearly one million people, South American tour. ing a meeting with teachers and stu- Francis called for unity among Later, in a meeting with civil society dents in Quito. Environmental issues Ecuadoreans divided by class and politi- groups - including indigenous peoples have plagued President Rafael Correa’s cal ideology and appealed for better opposed to oil extraction on their lands - eight-year-old administration, with protection of the Amazon rainforest. the pope stressed the important role the ongoing protests by indigenous peoples over land damage that they say is due to mining and oil extraction. The govern- US says only 60 Syrians ment has been beset by a separate set of protests in recent weeks over Correa’s being trained to fight IS socialist policies, which have angered business leaders as well as the upper WASHINGTON: Only about 60 Syrian pointing to difficulties in vetting suit- and middle classes, who want him to rebels are being trained by the United able candidates. “We know this pro- step down. Correa, an admirer of the States to take on the Islamic State gram is essential. We need a partner pope, had a private meeting with Francis group, Defense Secretary Ashton on the ground in Syria to assure ISIL’s late Monday. The pope later said he Carter said Tuesday, admitting it was (IS) lasting defeat.” McCain criticized would bless the country so that internal far below the number hoped for. The what he called “not a very impressive differences might be reconciled. disclosure is likely to add to criticism number”. In January, the Pentagon of the Obama administration’s military said about 5,400 Syrian rebels would Veiled Message to Correa? strategy, with US Senator John McCain be trained and armed in the first year During Tuesday’s mass, the pope saying that the United States was “los- of the program and US lawmakers invoked South America’s independence ing” the fight against the extremists, have allocated about $500 million to movements from Spain 200 years ago. who have overrun large areas of Syria the effort. McCain said the “reality” on “That cry for liberty... did not lack convic- and Iraq. the ground is that IS jihadists continue tion or force, but history tells us that it Several lawmakers including to gain territory in Iraq and Syria, was only convincing when the focus on McCain, the 2008 Republican presi- while expanding their footprint across personalities and desire for singular dential nominee, grilled Carter and the Middle East, Africa and Central leadership, were put aside,” Francis said. the military’s top general, Martin Asia. “There is no compelling reason to He did not single out any country or Dempsey, on topics ranging from believe that anything we are currently government in a region that has known Ukraine to the Middle East. America doing will be sufficient to achieve the rightwing dictatorships in the past, and wants to train thousands of moderate president’s long-stated goal of controversial leftwing leaders in recent Syrian rebels to fight IS forces, but degrading and ultimately destroying years. Carter said only a few dozen had so far ISIL - either in the short-term or the But some of the faithful saw the been approved for a program that is a long-term,” McCain said at the Senate pope’s words as a veiled message to central tenet of Washington’s strategy Armed Services Committee, which he both the opposition and Correa, who to beat the IS group. chairs. “Our means and our current attended the mass. “In an indirect way, Carter said the US was training level of effort are not aligned with our he told the president to take into about 60 fighters as of last week. “This ends. That suggests we are not win- account that there are people who don’t number is much smaller than we had ning, and when you are not winning have the same ideas as him,” said Felipe hoped for at this point,” he added, in war, you are losing.”—AFP Lascano, a 22-year-old university stu- dent. —AFP INTERNATIONAL THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015 A front-row seat as Libya hopes faded

By Ulf Laessing Tripoli. Both make a lot of noise about Tripoli that year, foreign embassies still ment, two parliaments and two armed Zeidan really had by seizing the coun- running the country, but little seems to held receptions with warm speeches for groups that both consider themselves try’s biggest oil port and loading oil onto TRIPOLI: Late last year I was sitting in work. The central bank has frozen the their host nation. Some officials were the country’s official army. Both sides a tanker to sell overseas. Zeidan said that Tripoli’s foreign ministry when a guard budget. In Tripoli, I recently interviewed trying to build functioning ministries began to test foreigners on where their he had stopped the ship leaving, but his drew a gun on a colleague next to me a minister who spoke for almost two and a police force. loyalties lay, an attitude reminiscent of body language told a different story. and then kicked him down a stairwell. hours and had no other visitors in that But night-time shooting between the Gaddafi era. Some Libyan friends, When we stopped filming, he told us the His mistake? He had complained about a time. His one phone call was from the rival factions was growing frequent. previously enthusiastic about press free- situation was not entirely under control. news conference being delayed. That tea lady. In Tobruk, a minister from the Standing in our living room one dom, suddenly cheered Islamist mili- After the tanker escaped again, parlia- was the moment I lost my last illusions competing government received me in evening, a rocket propelled grenade tants fighting the eastern government. ment fired him. Within hours he was about the Libyan revolution. The guard’s pyjamas in his rented villa, insisting that exploded close by our office villa. We Others became fans of a general who boarding a plane to Malta. bosses quickly moved to punish him and we have dinner. I wasn’t sure whether he routinely began to check our car for bombed the Islamists in densely popu- The chaos has deepened further. his act was one of individual anger not was still in office. Officially he had been planted bombs. Those in charge were lated Benghazi. Recently, officials from the Tobruk parlia- policy. But the episode shows how Libya fired, but he still issued orders. also beginning to worry. Officials would A few people turned inwards, tired of ment stopped me attending the prime had changed since rebels toppled routinely tell me that Libya was “mia fil the constant stress. “Libya is finished,” a minister’s inauguration because they did Muammar Gaddafi in August 2011. Back Checking for Bombs mia” (100 percent perfect). But if you neighbour told me when I met him in not want to admit that lawmakers’ atten- then, young fighters in Tripoli had cele- Libyans had hoped for more. The pushed them, the floodgates often Cairo where he had moved his family. dance has shrunken to less than half of brated into the night after they seized country sits on Africa’s largest oil opened and they would offload their Many blame the West for helping to top- the seats. The Tripoli assembly bans Gaddafi’s Bab Aziziya compound. There reserves, is home to incredible tourist anger and frustration with the country’s ple Gaddafi but not then disarming the reporters for the same reason. In the was a sense of promise and a longing for sites such as the Roman ruins of Leptis militia groups, as if in a therapy session. rebel groups. “NATO left us with these capital, one of the main shopping change in almost everyone you spoke to. Magna and had more than $100 billion One morning in July 2014, we awoke militias,” a bitter lawmaker told me over avenues is now lined by shuttered Four years on, that hope has faded, in foreign reserves even after the revolu- to the sound of artillery barrages. An tea in the eastern city of Tobruk where restaurants that used to be filled with the former rebels have turned on each tion. Following Gaddafi’s ouster, foreign armed faction was attacking a rival outfit the official parliament has fled. foreign investors, diplomats and even oil other and the overwhelming sense is investors arrived hoping to sink money that occupied Tripoli airport. We workers. Luxury shops lie empty and for- one of chaos. Libya is split between two into the oil industry, new hotels and watched on television as planes went up Empty Cafe eign companies have abandoned their rival governments: an official one, which retail outlets. Even in 2013 there was in smoke. A month of fighting followed. In March 2014, I went to interview offices. With my assignment over, I’ve has decamped to Tobruk in the east, and hope that Libya might make it as a coun- When the attackers finally seized the Prime Minister Ali Zeidan. Eastern rebels now left Libya. Millions of Libyans don’t an unrecognized one in the capital try. When I returned to post-revolution city, Libya was left with two govern- had just underlined how little power have that option. — Reuters Srebrenica survivor recalls hours in hell

SREBRENICA: If you glanced at him, you mass grave a few years after the end of the would not know what the energetic old man war. The survivor filled a backpack with food had been through. But 20 years on from the and headed into the woods, along with some Srebrenica massacre, his narrow, wrinkled face 15,000 other Muslim men and boys. They were is still marked by fear. Somehow, miraculously, trying to reach territory under Muslim control, this man survived the slaughter of some 1,000 but thousands of them would not survive the Bosnian Muslims in a warehouse outside journey. Srebrenica, the town that has become synony- The next day, the group he was travelling mous with the worst massacre in Europe since with were ambushed and captured by Serb World War II. But it is testament to the 71-year- soldiers. Then they were rounded up with oth- old’s lasting fears for his safety - and the ethnic er prisoners in a field and made to sit in rows. tensions that still plague Bosnia - that he It was then that they received a visit from gen- recalled his tale on condition of anonymity. eral Ratko Mladic, the commander of the “If it’s possible to be born again, then that’s Bosnian Serb forces who is currently on trial what happened at that moment,” said the for war crimes. man, who lives in a mountainous village around a half-hour’s drive from Srebrenica. He ‘Screams Worse Than Shots’ had spent 24 hours playing dead under The survivor says Mladic had been full of corpses, covered in the blood of other men. reassurances. “We have already evacuated The memories still haunt him every day. almost all your families,” he told them. “Everyone will be reunited with their families. ‘ Why Are You Still Here?’ You will not be beaten, you will not be pro- Saturday marks 20 years since Bosnian voked. We will give you food.” But soon after- Serb forces overran Srebrenica - then a UN- wards they were marched to an agricultural protected enclave - setting the stage for sev- warehouse in Kravica, 25 km north of eral horrific days in which some 8,000 Muslim Srebrenica. “I was in the middle of the column. men and boys were murdered. The mass exe- When I entered, the warehouse was packed cution, which came as Bosnia’s 1992-1995 civil full of people. If someone had dropped a war neared its bloody end, has been declared match, it wouldn’t have reached the ground,” a genocide by two international courts but he said. never recognised as such by Serbs. “On 11 International prosecutors say around 1,000 July, 1995, I was collecting hay in a field, just people were shut in the building. The survivor NEZUK, Bosnia: Participants in the ‘March of Peaceî, holding Bosnian flags, march near this village yesterday. More than 10,000people, includ- as I am today,” the old man said, as he sat in stood in a corner, his back to the wall. Then a ing survivors of the Srebrenica massacre, started a 110-km march from Nezuk to Srebrenica following the path along which Muslims fled Serb the doorway of a small barn. “My daughter fight broke out between a prisoner and one of forces at Srebrenica 20 years ago. —AP arrived in tears. She asked me: ‘Why are you the troops. The soldier opened fire. “They were still here? Everyone’s leaving.’” shooting at us, they were throwing grenades, His wife and two daughters headed to the firing rockets, barrages of gunfire. I crouched UN base in Potocari outside Srebrenica to seek down. They were shooting through the doors, 20 years on, Serbs refuse to refuge, along with some 26,000 others. His through the windows,” said the tiny old man. brother and a nephew did the same, but they “Hearing people screaming was worse than never made it. Their bodies were found in a the gunshots.”— AFP call Srebrenica ‘genocide’ Londoners take to boats Serbian PM to attend commemoration

to escape housing costs BELGRADE: Their leaders have paid their to Srebrenica to pay homage to the victims involved in the Srebrenica genocide. “The respects to the victims, begged forgiveness “on without saying the key word. International Court concluded in 2006 that LONDON: Rocketing housing costs in London private rents have increased to cost their knees”, and deplored a “heinous crime”, but That same year the Serbian parliament Serbia had not committed genocide in Britain’s capital have fuelled a surge in almost half the average salary, some Serbia and Serbs still stubbornly refuse to call adopted a resolution condemning the “crime Srebrenica and nothing can change that fact,” Londoners seeking cheaper accommoda- renters have turned to cheap but illegally the Srebrenica massacre a genocide, experts committed against the Bosnian (Muslim) popu- he said. Goati, the political analyst, said Serbia’s tion on boats, with increased numbers put- let rooms on boats described as moulder- say. International courts have ruled that the lation in Srebrenica”. “I kneel and ask forgiveness reaction to calling Srebrenica a genocide is ting pressure on the city’s historic network ing “floating shacks” in an article by a for- 1995 killing of nearly 8,000 Muslim men and for Serbia for the crime committed in characteristic of any people or individual of rivers and canals. The picturesque mer resident in the Guardian. Yet for many, boys in the ill-fated Bosnian town by Serb forces Srebrenica,” Tadic’s successor Tomislav Nikolic accused of an atrocity. “Nations and individuals lifestyle of sleeping in a colourfully painted waking up with ducks swimming by the was genocide, “but here it is difficult to say that said in 2013. His contrition came a year after have a problem admitting or talking about narrowboat or barge can seem tempting, window, and the freedom and sociability of word”, prominent independent political analyst denying that a genocide was committed in events in which they played a negative role,” he especially when buying one can cost a frac- the pretty tree-lined waterways compen- Vladimir Goati said. “Some even have a physical Srebrenica, prompting outrage in the region told AFP. Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar tion of the price of bricks and mortar. sate for downsides like emptying toilet discomfort when it comes to saying it,” he and condemnation from Europe and the US. Vucic on Tuesday said he would attend the 20th “It’s become more common for people tanks, trudging the towpath to do laundry added. anniversary commemoration of the Srebrenica to do it who don’t know what they are get- or fetch gas cylinders, and vulnerability to Bosnian Serb forces captured the eastern ‘Hard to Accept’ massacre this weekend in a bid to forge recon- ting into, or even because they have no thieves. town of Srebrenica on July 11, 1995, and over Historian Cedomir Antic believes Belgrade’s ciliation, but stopped short of using the contro- choice,” said education worker Jim Bryden, the following days massacred thousands in position is “understandable”. “To accept that versial term. “It is time to show that we are ready 39, who has lived aboard the “Violet Mae” Tension on the Water Europe’s worst atrocity since World War II. The genocide was committed would mean to accept for reconciliation and that we are ready to bow with his girlfriend, a dog and a cat for two In a testament to the increasing popu- killing came shortly before the end of Bosnia’s an accusation of being a genocidal people,” the our head before other peoples’ victims,” Vucic years. “I’ve met people who have ended up larity of the lifestyle, one boat entered the 1992-1995 war between its Croats, Muslims and Belgrade University historian told AFP. “You are told reporters. “That is why the Serbian govern- on a boat because they had two weeks’ London waterways for every working day Serbs that claimed some 100,000 lives. The mas- no longer there, nobody wants to negotiate ment tonight decided that as prime minister, I notice to leave their flat and were able to in the past year, with popular areas seeing sacre remains divisive at an international level with you, so Serbia cannot recognise that. would represent the Republic of Serbia in buy a boat for £10,000 ($16,000).” an 85 percent spike in numbers, according even 20 years later on Tuesday the UN Security Among other things, the existence of Republika Srebrenica on July 11.” Vucic has said in the past Everyone has a story of spotting new- to the CRT. The charity manages 3,200 km Council was forced to delay a vote on a draft Srpska would come into question.” that Serbs respected the “pain and suffering of comers struggling with engine failure, of a network that spans Britain, much of it resolution recognizing what happened in He was referring to the Bosnian Serb entity, others and even understand the hatred towards steering ineptly along a crowded canal or built to carry freight in the industrial revo- Srebrenica as genocide after Russia threatened which along with the Muslim-Croat Federation us from those who went through the hell of developing regrets once facing a damp, lution. The increased numbers have caused to veto the text. has made up Bosnia since the end of the 1990s Srebrenica”. cold winter on boats often heated by stove congestion, with fierce competition for And for Serbs, while a recent poll showed 54 war. The two halves are semi-autonomous and But the head of an association of women and just 2.1 metres wide. Maintenance mooring spaces, queues at locks and fric- percent do not question the crime’s brutality, an are linked by loose central institutions. Bosnian whose male relatives were killed in the mas- costs can mount quickly and boaters dryly tion with nearby residents who suddenly overwhelming majority - 70 percent of those Muslims have demanded several times that sacre said Vucic’s presence in Srebrenica would refer to their vessels as “black holes” for find themselves with a large and shifting asked - still deny it was genocide. Local politi- Republika Srpska be dismantled, claiming it was be a de facto recognition of the genocide. cash, constantly in need of repair. “If you cast of new neighbours in boats moored cians “only take into account public opinion so founded on a genocide. “Something is awakening in the consciousness are ignorant about buying a boat it can be two or three abreast. In one central London as to not lose voters and, without mentioning But for international legal expert Tibor Varadi of the Serbian people. I believe that 20 years on easy to buy a boat that will become a stretch of the Regent’s Canal, a team of the word genocide, use descriptions that say the case is closed. He represented Serbia before it is difficult to live while denying what hap- nightmare,” said Mikaela Khan-Parrack, 26, boat-dwelling volunteers maintain special the same thing,” analyst Aleksandar Popov said. the International Court of Justice (ICJ) when it pened in Srebrenica,” said Munira Subasic, head who has lived on the water for four years rules to appease nearby residents, who In 2010, then Serbian president Boris Tadic went was accused by Bosnia of being directly of the Mothers of Srebrenica group.— AFP and works as a mooring ranger for the launched a series of complaints to authori- Canal and River Trust (CRT). ties over boat noise and smoke disturbing Yet even more expensive boats, which their expensive terraced homes, which line can cost over £100,000, are still a fraction of the canal. Yet an attempt by the CRT to Out of sight but not power, Erdogan eyes snap election the average London house price of address congestion has caused an outcry in £500,000, up 11 percent in a year. As the boating community.—AFP ANKARA/ISTANBUL: Delays in efforts to form a decade is ill-disposed to sharing power. Despite Erdogan is turning “banishment” to the shad- coalition government in Turkey are buying time his repeated calls for a new government to be ows - under the constitution, the president is for President Tayyip Erdogan, heightening the formed quickly, his interests - and those of the excluded from party politics - to his advantage. chances of a snap election which could see his AKP he founded - appear to lie in the failure of Others may bicker and snipe, but the man who AK Party regain its majority and leaving the coalition talks and a new election. had estranged many by his raucous, combative opposition floundering. A month after an elec- “A coalition will be hard to form and impossi- manner in recent years, now holds his peace and tion which saw the AKP lose its ability to govern ble to maintain. There is need for an urgent snap appears untainted by the fray. “The opposition is alone for the first time, talks to form a coalition election, through which our people will show being worn down,” said Hakan Bayrakci, chair- have yet to begin. Opposition parties are as frag- their will,” said one AK Party elder familiar with man of polling firm SONAR. “Erdogan is promot- mented as ever, and Erdogan - from the shad- Erdogan’s thinking. Their hope is that a re-run ing the image that they are fighting against each ows - is calculating how best to maintain his would restore a simple AK majority, as voters other.” An IPSOS poll shortly after the June 7 grip. who turned their back on the AKP in June balk at results suggested the AKP would have had 4 The June 7 vote plunged Turkey into political any suggestion of a return to the coalition bick- percent more support if voters had known the uncertainty not seen since the unstable coalition ering that pitched Turkey into economic crisis in outcome in advance, although subsequent polls governments of the 1990s and thwarted, for the 1990s. That prospect is one that would dis- have contradicted this, suggesting its support now, Erdogan’s ambition to turn the largely fig- turb NATO partners eager for stability in a coun- could fall. Erdogan had been expected to give urehead presidency he assumed last year into try bordering Iran, Iraq and Syria, with Islamic Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu the mandate the powerful executive position he had all but State militants ensconced hundreds of metres to form a new coalition government this week, LONDON: Jim Bryden, a caretaker for Islington visitorsí moorings, organises utilities taken for granted. The man who has dominated from borders constantly criss-crossed by setting the clock ticking on a 45-day period to on the roof of his narrow boat on the Regents Canal on May 28, 2015. — AFP Turkey’s political landscape for more than a refugees. succeed or face a new election.—Reuters INTERNATIONAL THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015 Nepal flat owners baulk at return to high-life

KATHMANDU: His luxury flat had views of “The developer said that the building was the Himalayas to make the heart soar but safe for quakes. Initially it was an 11-storey Dan Bahadur Budhathoki is going to take building but then he got the permit to add some persuading to move back into six storeys. “Maybe that’s the reason for this Kathmandu’s 17-storey Park View Horizon big damage,” added Budhathoki who heads apartment block. Budhathoki was at home a group of some 100 apartment owners on April 25 when Nepal was hit by its dead- and tenants demanding compensation. liest earthquake in eight decades and felt Before April’s quake, 58 high-rise build- the ground sway under his feet. “I was really ings had been built in Kathmandu while frightened,” said Budhathoki, the boss of a around another dozen projects have local temping agency who has been living received planning permission. While thou- in his office since disaster struck. sands of one or two-storey buildings were The 7.8-magnitude quake killed more reduced to rubble, none of the tower than 8,800 people and destroyed nearly blocks were toppled. Park View Horizon is 600,000 houses in Nepal, a country where one of two high-rise buildings that have high-rise buildings are still something of a been slapped with a red notice, meaning it rarity and are limited to Kathmandu. The needs either major work to make it safe or quake also damaged another 280,000 else must be demolished. While six build- houses, leaving hundreds of thousands of ings sustained no damage at all, the other people homeless and emptying villages 50 require lighter remedial work, according deemed too dangerous for human habita- to Buddhisagar Thapa, an urban develop- tion. Nepalis watched in horror as clouds of ment ministry official who has responsibili- HERAT: Afghan devotees perform special evening ‘Taraweeh’ prayers during the holy month of Ramadan at a mosque late Tuesday. —AFP dust rose over the Kathmandu Valley and ty for Kathmandu. thousands of poorly constructed houses crumbled to pieces, many of which were Fear Factor Afghans, Taleban to meet home to some of the capital’s poorest resi- Varun Developers, the local offshoot of dents. the Indian construction giant RJCorp which More than two months later, blue tents built Park View, says the building does not and makeshift shelters made from iron and necessarily have to be razed to the ground again following Pak talks tarpaulin still dot Kathmandu’s landscape, and can be made habitable again. “It will offering shelter to working-class families take at least six months but it can be done. who saw their life savings turned to rubble. The foundations are okay but we are work- Sharif hails first official meeting as ‘breakthrough’ Wealthier residents who live in better- ing on strengthening them,” said Amit designed buildings by and large emerged Gupta, the company’s representative in ISLAMABAD: The first official peace talks between observers at the talks held on Tuesday in Murree, a process, saying those meeting Afghan officials unscathed. Nepal. Gupta insisted construction had the Afghan Taleban and the government in Kabul hill resort near Islamabad, a statement from were not authorised to do so. The participants in conformed to all safety regulations but concluded with an agreement to meet again after Pakistan’s foreign ministry said. “The participants Tuesday’s meeting “were duly mandated by their Storeys Added acknowledged residents were fearful about the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, officials said agreed to continue talks to create an environment respective leadership” according to the Pakistani When Budhathoki purchased his home returning. “Of course, things will never be yesterday. Pakistan hosted the meeting in a tenta- conducive for peace and the reconciliation statement. Taleban political leader Akhtar in one of the capital’s most desirable the same and it will take time but by six tive step towards ending more than 13 years of war process,” the statement said. In recent months Mohammad Mansour authorised the delegation addresses, he was given assurances about months, phobia of high storeys will in neighbouring Afghanistan, where the Taleban there have been informal preliminary contacts to Islamabad for talks over the objections of bat- its capacity to withstand an earthquake. decrease.”—AFP have been trying to re-establish their hard-line between Taleban representatives and Afghan fig- tlefield commander Zakir, according to the Islamist regime after it was toppled by US-led mili- ures, but Tuesday’s event was the first official meet- Taleban commander in Kunar. “The problem is it tary intervention in 2001. The next round of talks is ing. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the (the meeting) further deepened differences tentatively planned for Aug 15 and 16 in Doha, cap- United States welcomed the talks in Pakistan, call- between Mansour and Zakir,” he said. “Zakir ... ital of Qatar, according to sources close to the par- ing them “an important step toward advancing threatened Mansour that he and his men would ticipants. Tuesday’s meeting was hailed as a “break- prospects for a credible peace”. either set up another group or would join Islamic through” by Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua State if he did not stop the negotiations.” But it was far from clear whether the budding peace Chunying said China backed the process and was in Pakistan has in recent months pledged to process could end an escalating conflict that kills touch with all sides. China hopes peace in pressure Taleban leaders, many of whom are hundreds of Afghans every month. Divisions within Afghanistan will help it keep stability in Xinjiang, believed to be hiding in Pakistan, to come to the the Taleban over the peace process run deep. Top where Beijing says it has been battling Islamist mili- negotiating table. In February, Pakistan stated battlefield commander Abdul Qayum Zakir, a for- tants. Afghanistan’s foreign ministry called the bluntly that Mansour and Zakir must agree on mer Guantanamo Bay detainee, objected to send- meeting “a first step toward reaching peace” and talks. Because Zakir holds sway over several ing the delegation for talks with Kabul, according to confirmed another round would be held after thousand fighters in eastern Afghanistan, it is a lower-level Taleban commander in Kunar province Ramadan ends next week. Afghan President uncertain whether any ceasefire, likely be the in eastern Afghanistan. Just ahead of the talks in Ashraf Ghani, who has promoted the peace first demand by Kabul, could hold. Silent Pakistan, the Taleban launched two suicide attacks process and encouraged closer ties with neigh- throughout the process has been Mullah in Kabul on Tuesday, killing one person and wound- bouring Pakistan in a bid to achieve his goal, first Mohammad Omar, the Taleban’s reclusive ing three. A US drone strike also killed a former announced the talks on Tuesday. Sharif cautioned supreme leader who has not been seen in public Taleban commander who pledged loyalty to Islamic in remarks released by his office that the effort since the Taleban was toppled. Some disgruntled State and had seized territory in the eastern would be difficult and said Afghanistan’s neigh- Taleban commanders question whether Omar is province of Nangarhar. bours and the international community should alive, and several have switched loyalty to KATHMANDU: This photograph taken on June 14, 2015 shows damage to The Park ensure “nobody tries to derail this process”. Islamic State, the Middle East-based group that View Horizon Apartment building. — AFP US, China Involved The Taleban’s official spokesman has in the has seized swathes of territory in Iraq and Officials from the United States and China were past disavowed tentative moves towards a peace Syria.—Reuters THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015 INTERNATIONAL Russia economic winds blow cold in China town

HEIHE, China: The warmth of the friendship Blagoveshchensk powered by electricity from energy prices that have battered its economy. dream that the exchange rate will improve,” politics,” he added, naming joint suspicion of between Chinese President Xi Jinping and hydroelectric plants over the border. Beijing sealed a landmark $400 billion gas said Wang. “Today 1,000 rubles will buy you Washington as a key uniting factor. Russia’s Vladimir Putin - who met yesterday Cyrillic signs greet shoppers from the supply deal with Moscow last year, and in nothing. That’s why people leave.” But Russia was only China’s ninth biggest for the eighth time in two years - does little to north, but traders say recession in Russia is May Russia became China’s biggest source of trade partner last year, and analysts said counter the bitter economic winds blowing hitting business. China has emerged as crude oil for the first time in a decade. Work ‘Perfect Man’ Russia’s weak comparative economic per- through their shared border. In the Chinese Russia’s largest trading partner as Moscow started last week on the Chinese section of a Xi was guest of honour at a massive formance - Beijing is targeting seven percent city of Heihe, neon-lit high-rises line the turns east, seeking markets in Asia in the face 4,000-km gas pipeline from Siberia to Moscow military parade in May to celebrate GDP growth this year - makes Moscow wary. banks of the Amur river facing Siberia’s of Western sanctions over Ukraine and low Shanghai via Heihe. the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany, “There is a concern in the large part of the Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and the same month the Chinese and Russian elite about being a junior partner,” said the project only became possible “due to Russian navies held live-fire drills in the said Alexander Gabuev of Moscow’s an extremely high level of truly strategic Mediterranean Sea. The latest meeting Carnegie Center. cooperation between Russia and China”. In between the two leaders comes as the Chocolate Wafers the 1960s, the Chinese and Russian militaries Russian president hosts multiple summits in According to official Chinese figures, exchanged fire across the Amur - known as Ufa. Putin is a popular figure in China for his trade between the two rose 6.8 percent last the Heilongjiang in China - as tensions macho image and willingness to confront year from 2014 to reach a record $95 billion, between the two peaked. Now Russians are Washington, with a cottage industry dedicat- and they are targeting $100 billion this year. able to travel to Heihe visa-free in search of ed to producing hagiographies of the Some traders in Heihe have switched to sell- bargains, and shoppers cross it by boat, or on Russian leader. The Pushkin bookshop in ing Russian commodities to Chinese buyers foot when it freezes over in winter. Heihe displayed a tome titled “Putin: the per- who now find them more affordable. Near The 30,000-sq-m Free Trade City mall, on fect man in women’s eyes” in a brass picture the mall, vendor Fang Chao offered hazelnut an island in the river, sells everything from frame. and chocolate wafers with his Russian part- computers to belts. “If you do not speak “Since Putin came to power, China and ner Alec. “Russian products, like chocolate for Russian, no one will buy your furs,” Wang Russia have been getting closer. But the example, taste good and are high quality. So Jianxin enunciated in perfect Slavic tones, in Ukraine crisis has pushed forward the rela- Chinese people like them,” he said. front of racks of Chinese-made mink coats. A tionship at a more rapid rate,” said Yang Nonetheless Moscow-based Gabuev said: taxi driver surnamed Cui added: “For making Cheng, deputy director of the Centre for “It’s pretty clear right now that the trade goal money, trade with Russia is the main thing.” Russian Studies at East China Normal won’t be reached because of falling energy But at the weekend just a trickle of Russian University. The authoritarian leaders are said prices.” visitors could be seen passing through to share similar views on human rights and One of Heihe’s most popular Russian Heihe’s border post, while the mall saw just a distrust of the United States. “China-Russia restaurants, the Amur, was empty on Friday handful of Russian shoppers. relations are the best they’ve been for a long evening. When a waitress at another estab- HEIHE, China: This picture taken on July 4, 2015 shows a Chinese vendor Russia’s economy shrunk by 2.2 percent time,” said Ji Zhiye, vice president of China’s lishment that serves borscht and other year-on-year in the first quarter of this year, Institute of Contemporary International Russian favourites was asked about business, soliciting a Russian on a business street in this border city in northeast- and the ruble’s value has almost halved Relations. “Russia and China have a lot in she raised both hands and mimed a torrent ern China’s Heilongjiang province. —AFP against the yuan in 12 months. “Everyday I common when it comes to views on global of tears pouring down her face. —AFP Obama, Vietnam Communist chief hold landmark talks Leaders in ‘candid’ Oval Office meeting

WASHINGTON: US President Barack tory,” Obama said. “What we’ve seen is the Islands, claimed in part by Vietnam. The prisoners. Obama welcomed the leader of Vietnam’s emergence of a constructive relationship South China Sea is home to strategically In an open letter to the president, Communist Party on Tuesday to the that is based on mutual respect.” vital shipping lanes and is believed to be nine Democratic and Republican mem- White House for historic but “candid” talks The US president said trade ties, ten- rich in oil and gas. Obama -who leaves bers of Congress have complained that marking two decades of rapprochement sions in the South China Sea over office in 18 months - said he looked for- the invitation and warm welcome for between the former enemies. Nguyen Beijing’s territorial claims and the thorny ward to visiting Vietnam “sometime in the Trong send the wrong message. “This Phu Trong is the first general secretary of issue of human rights had been raised. future”, without offering a specific authoritarian one-party system is the root the Vietnamese Communist Party to visit “We discussed candidly some of our dif- timetable. cause of the deplorable human rights sit- the United States and the White House, ferences around issues of human rights,” uation in Vietnam,” the letter said, calling and was given the rare honor of an Oval Obama said, expressing confidence that ‘Nothing But Promise’ for Obama to demand the release of Office meeting - usually reserved for any “tensions can be resolved in an effec- The White House talks - followed by a Vietnamese political prisoners. heads of state and government. tive fashion. Trong described the talks as lunch hosted by Vice President Joe Biden, Beyond the rights question, another Washington and Hanoi - which ended “cordial, constructive, positive and frank,” who said the future held “nothing but major issue on the table is trade. Obama is seeking to reach a 12-nation Pacific YANGON: Myanmar ethnic people pose for a group photograph at the trade pact, known as the Trans-Pacific Shwedagon pagoda yesterday. —AFP Partnership, that would include Vietnam. Republican Congressman Chris Smith, Rights group condemns one of those who signed the letter, and others in Congress would like to see Vietnam excluded from the TPP until it Myanmar marriage bill makes progress on political rights. “President Obama... still believes that YANGON: Myanmar’s parliament is “play- hate speech rather than feted in the halls trade will change Vietnam’s behavior,” ing with fire” by passing a bill regulating of parliament.” Smith told AFP ahead of the visit. “After the right of women from the country’s Robertson said in an email that by ini- Vietnam was given admission to the Buddhist majority to marry men from tiating and passing such laws, “the gov- World Trade Organization in 2007, it outside their religion, an international ernment and ruling party lawmakers are ratcheted up repression; expecting a dif- human rights group said yesterday. Phil playing with fire.” He said that if sectarian ferent result now is just plain unrealistic.” Robertson of New York-based Human violence flares again like it did in 2012, Rights Watch linked the bill to a cam- “then these legislators will have blood on ‘Astounding’ Progress paign by extremist Buddhist groups that their hands.” Also among the laws is the John Sifton, an Asia specialist for have incited anti-Muslim hatred. Population Control Health Care Bill, Human Rights Watch, told AFP that not Religious tensions have led to deadly which became law in May and calls for a enough had changed in Vietnam to war- violence since 2012, especially against 36-month interval for women between rant an Oval Office sit-down. He called on Rohingya Muslims in western Myanmar, child births, ostensibly to keep poor fam- Obama “to raise the volume on the who have felt compelled to flee abroad, ilies from becoming overstretched finan- human rights concerns - especially so if leading to a regional refugee crisis. The cially. It is vague about penalties, raising the two countries are planning to Buddhist Women’s Special Marriage Bill fears that they could include coerced announce a new level in their diplomatic passed Tuesday is one of four known as contraception, forced sterilization or ties.” Part of taking it to the next level the Protection of Race and Religion Laws, abortion. could be the lifting of a US ban on weapons sales, which Vietnam is keen to which have been criticized as discrimina- The two bills still pending are the achieve. tory by rights groups. It mandates that Religious Conversion Bill, which forces In October, Washington announced Buddhist women register their intent to people seeking to convert to another the partial lifting of the ban, and author- marry outside their faith, and allows religion to get the approval of an official WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama and Vietnamese General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong them to be stopped if there are objec- local “Registration Board,” and the shake hands during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on Tuesday. —AFP ized sales of maritime defense equip- ment to Vietnam. But current US laws bar tions. President Thein Sein has 14 days Monogamy Bill, whose articles include their bitter war 40 years ago, and are and also qualified their talks on trade and promise” for US-Vietnam ties - have cer- the sale of lethal weapons to Hanoi. The from when the bill was passed to sign it criminalizing extramarital relations. The marking the 20th anniversary of the for- rights as “candid”. Without explicitly refer- tainly sparked criticism. A few hundred State Department official said that or return it with suggested changes. Rohingya Muslims already face many mal normalization of relations - are seek- ring to China, he raised concerns about protesters rallied outside the White Washington wanted to see more “It’s shocking that Burma’s parliament official restrictions because most have ing stronger ties in the face of an increas- recent activities in the South China Sea House, calling for expanded human progress on human rights before going has passed yet another incredibly dan- not been granted Myanmar citizenship, ingly assertive China. The two men, smil- “that are not in accordance with interna- rights in Vietnam - an issue that has any further. Yesterday, Trong was to meet gerous law, this time legislating clearly the US State Department has noted. ing and rather relaxed as they sat next to tional law”. sparked concern among some American with Senator John McCain, a onetime discriminatory provisions targeting the “Muslims, including the Rohingya in each other in the Oval Office after their Beijing has taken a more assertive lawmakers about deepening ties. prisoner of war in Vietnam who hailed rights of religious minority men and Rakhine State, faced severe discrimina- highly symbolic talks, insisted on the stance on territorial claims in the South Demonstrators carried signs with slogans the “astounding” progress made in bilat- Buddhist women to marry who they wish tion on the basis of their ethnicity, and progress made in the last two decades. China Sea - including deploying military like “Freedom of speech in Vietnam now” eral ties and called for further easing of without interference,” said Robertson, increasingly, their religion,” said the “Obviously there has been a difficult his- equipment to the disputed Spratly and called on Hanoi to release all political the lethal weapons ban. —AFP deputy director of Human Rights Watch’s department’s annual report on human Asia division. Burma is the old name for rights, issued last month. “Most Rohingya Myanmar, sometimes used by critics of faced severe restrictions on their ability Thai police competence questioned its military-backed government. He sug- to travel, avail themselves of health-care KOH SAMUI, Thailand: Defence lawyers who are low-paid workers in the tourism called until much later in the day. activist for Migrant Worker Rights gested that the leaders of the Buddhist services, engage in economic activity, for two Myanmar migrants charged with trade, were scapegoated by an under- The defence is also waiting for the Network which is helping to fund the nationalist groups that pushed for the obtain an education, and register births, killing two British tourists in Thailand criti- pressure police force. Both men retracted court to decide on whether they can defence. laws “be investigated and prosecuted for deaths, and marriages.” —AFP cised police handling of the case as the their initial confessions, saying they were independently test controversial forensic trial opened yesterday, accusing them of coerced into making them. The defence evidence against their clients, which they A ‘Bright Future’ Ended failing to secure the crime scene or call in questioned yesterday why it took many say is essential for a fair trial. The judge Family members of both victims were medical experts quickly enough. Zaw Lin hours for police to seal off the crime scene said a decision on this would be made present in court and issued statements Myanmar to hold general and Win Zaw Tun have both pleaded not with rope and why a doctor was not Thursday, according to Andy Hall, an before the hearing. “Just hours before he guilty to the murder last September of 24- died David was talking to us with his usual election on November 8 year-old David Miller and the rape and enthusiasm, describing the beauty of Koh murder of Hannah Witheridge, 23, on Koh Tao and the friendliness of the Thai peo- YANGON: Myanmar yesterday announced Nov 8 people to check official voter lists and raising con- Tao island, where their bodies were left on ple,” Miller’s family said in their statement, as the date for a historic general election set to be cerns that those displayed across the country are a beach just a few hundred yards from the adding that they hoped to “gain a better the first contested by Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposi- riddled with inaccuracies. Election officials yester- main tourist drag. understanding” of how the young Brit tion in a quarter of a century. The announcement day conceded that the lists contain errors, blam- Their deaths sent shockwaves across died. “Hannah was a beautiful person, from the country’s election commission fires the ing technical faults and staff shortages but insist- the Gulf of Thailand idyll, which is popular inside and out, she brought a room alive starting gun for the much-anticipated poll in the ing that there is still time to iron out many of the with backpackers and divers, and tar- just being there,” the Witheridge family former junta-run nation, which has launched a flaws. The Union Election Commission said on its nished Thailand’s reputation as a tourist wrote in their statement. “Her bright series of reforms since the end of outright military website that the parliamentary election would haven. A Thai policeman said he found future was brutally ended leaving those rule in 2011. The vote, seen as a crucial test of the take place on Nov 8, a Sunday, with candidates Miller “face down” in the shallow surf and who loved her broken with no answers.” country’s democratic progress, will determine the given between July 20 and Aug 8 to register. dragged his bruised and battered body Both families have appealed for privacy elected contingent in the fledgling parliament For Myanmar’s roughly 30 million voters the away from the sea, fearing it would float from the press for the duration of the trial, with a president selected by the legislature later. election presents a rare chance to cast their votes away, while Witheridge was discovered which is expected to take place over 18 But Suu Kyi is barred by the constitution from tak- in a nationwide poll contested by the country’s further up the beach. The two suspects, days between yesterday and September ing the top job. main opposition. The NLD won national polls in who have been in custody on neighbour- with a verdict due in October. The killings The Nobel laureate’s National League for 1990 by a landslide, while Suu Kyi was under ing Koh Samui since October, arrived at came as Thailand’s vital tourism industry Democracy (NLD) party did not immediately con- house arrest. But it was prevented from taking court in a prison van with their feet shack- was beginning to recover from months of firm it would participate in the polls, although it is power by the military, who plunged the country led. They face several charges - including violent street protests that culminated in widely expected to make huge gains at the ballot into isolation for decades. The democracy icon murder, rape and robbery - and if found a May 2014 military coup. The case also box. “We cannot say whether we will take part spent some 15 years under house arrest and was guilty could face the death penalty. shone a light on Thailand’s many under- SURAT THANI, Thailand: Myanmar migrant workers Zaw Lin right now. We need to hold a meeting to make a also locked up during the last general election in But the prosecution has been marred paid and often exploited Myanmar decision,” spokesman Nyan Win told AFP. The NLD 2010, which was boycotted by the NLD and by allegations of a bungled investigation, (center) and Win Zaw Htun (rear) arrive at a provincial court migrants who work in the lucrative tourist has gone house-to-house in recent days urging marred by accusations of cheating. —AFP with the defence claiming the migrants, yesterday. —AP sector. —AFP NEWS THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015

Iranian Shiite Muslims pray as they place the Quran on their heads at the graves of soldiers who were killed during 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, at the Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan. Iranian Muslims spent the night in prayer and devotion commemorating Laylat Al Qadr, or the Night of Power, which is the anniversary of the night that Muslims believe Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)received the first revelation of the Quran by the angel Gabriel. — AP US, UAE launch anti-IS online messaging center in Abu Dhabi

DUBAI: The US and Emirati govern- the most concrete responses to that region.” and developing its branding over the YouTube channel are expected to take been expanding an existing US State ments launched a new Mideast digi- call yet in the region. Named for the “Recent tragic events in the past three months. several more weeks to develop. Department division set up in 2011 tal communications center yesterday Arabic word for “the right or proper Middle East region and beyond have More work still needs to be done. Officials say they hope the center will and known as the Center for Strategic focused on using social media to way,” it will be based in Abu Dhabi, demonstrated once again the stark The center does not yet have an active eventually launch “proactive online Counterterrorism Communications counter the Islamic State group’s the oil-rich capital of the United Arab contrast between Daesh’s vision for website of its own, and a planned messaging campaigns” to target IS that is designed to counter jihadist propaganda efforts online. IS sup- Emirates, a key American ally and a the future and that of civilized peo- Facebook presence and a dedicated propaganda. The US separately has messages online. — AP porters have deftly harnessed social member of the US-led coalition ple,” the diplomats said in a joint media to spread the group’s slickly against the IS group. The center statement announcing the launch. produced Hollywood-style film clips released YouTube videos and Twitter Daesh is another name for the Islamic World urged to tackle climate change... and other messages aimed at recruit- messages Wednesday in Arabic and State group. “Through the Sawab ing and drawing support from English announcing its launch. Anwar Center, we hope to lend a voice to all Continued from Page 1 Dim Coumou, one of the authors, said natural climate plugged-in young Muslims. The Gargash, the Emirati minister of state those people that stand united shifts could explain the frequency of downpours until about Obama administration has urged for foreign affairs, and Richard against terrorism,” the statement Institute for Climate Impact Research said in a statement. 1980. “After that we clearly go out of that range and see Arab allies to do more to combat the Stengel, the US undersecretary of added. Stengel, a former Time maga- Overall, there were 12 percent more downpours which many more record-breaking events,” he told Reuters. “I media blitz, characterizing the fight state for public diplomacy and public zine managing editor, traveled to the broke local records from 1981 to 2010 than would be would expect this to continue over coming decades - it on the communications front as a key affairs, said the center’s aim is to sup- Emirates for the launch. Journalists expected in an unchanged climate, according to an analysis depends of course on how much humanity will emit.” The pillar in the overall effort to defeat port coalition efforts, challenge IS were not allowed to attend the pro- of rainfall statistics from thousands of weather stations since UN panel of climate scientists concluded last year there had the group. propaganda and “amplify moderate ject’s unveiling or visit the center, 1900. Southeast Asia had the biggest increase with 56 per- been “an increase in the number of heavy precipitation The new Sawab Center is one of and tolerant voices from across the which has been testing its operations cent, while Europe saw a 31 percent rise. The study said events in a number of regions” since about 1950 due to ris- 2010 was the year with most records broken, from Texas to ing temperatures. In April, a Swiss-led study said global Pakistan. Flooding in Pakistan was the worst in its history, warming was to blame for most extremely hot days and ‘Holy month’ develops love killing more than 2,000 people and affecting 18 million. The almost a fifth of heavy downpours. Officials from almost 200 findings may help guide investment in flood prevention, countries will meet in Paris in late 2015 to try to work out a Continued from Page 1 unless you intend to offer him some” (Tabrani, 101). from reinforcing riverbanks to building storm drains in cities. UN deal to curb greenhouse gas emissions. — Agencies Detailing the behavior of a loving neighbor is more mean- Other verses are even more specific in telling us in spe- ingful than a simple order to love them. cific detail how to treat others: “Your Lord has decreed The Quran and Muhammad (PBUH) did not directly Lawmakers urge action as sand blocks... that you should worship nothing except Him and show command us to “love one another” because love (the feel- kindness to your parents; whether either or both of them ing) is a byproduct of positive actions and attitudes. Continued from Page 1 storm, remained clean and open to traffic. MP Talal Al-Jallal attain old age, never say to them “Uf!” nor scold either of Instead, we are commanded to treat one another with jus- made a similar appeal for the Ministry to carry out the nec- them. Speak to them in a generous fashion. Serve them tice, respect, forgiveness, patience and kindness. By acting Huraiji said that the officials were urged in the past to essary works and repairs on the road leading to Wafra on with tenderness and humility...” (17:23). Aside from these in this way, we can arouse the feeling of love for others in widen the road and to plant fences of trees on the both the borders with Saudi Arabia. He said that the road was Quranic verses, Muhammad (PBUH) advised his followers ourselves, and vice versa. Islam insists on principle-driven sides of the road to act as sand barriers and prevent the blocked to traffic by falling sand and also resulted in a num- in innumerable traditions to be good to others. For exam- love, a love that is proactive and action-based, not reac- accumulation of sand and accidents. The lawmaker said that ber of accidents. Jallal said Wafra road needs a major devel- ple, he said, “Do you know what the rights of a neighbor tive and emotion-based. How important is love? Minister Ahmad Al-Jassar and senior officials should be held opment in order to reduce the number of deadly accident are? If a neighbor seeks your help, extend it to him. If a Muhammad (PBUH) said to his companions, “You will not politically and legally accountable for the miserable status of on the vital road. neighbor asks you for a loan, lend him. If your neighbor enter Paradise until you have faith; and you will not com- several roads which were blocked by sand despite abun- MP Awdah Al-Awdah said yesterday that the ongoing becomes poor, then help him financially and attend to his plete your faith until you love one another” (Muslim). dant fiscal reserves in the country. He said that last year, he dispute between the oil executives and Oil Minister Ali Al- poverty if you can. Ramadan is the perfect opportunity to show love for oth- sent questions to the then Public Works Minister about the Omair could divide the National Assembly into two sides. He If your neighbor becomes ill, then visit him. If your ers by showing compassion and charity through sharing. condition of the Salmi road and plans to repair and develop pointed out that the threat by oil executives to step down in neighbor is happy on certain gain, then congratulate him. the important road. protest against the Minister’s decision is not right nor suit- If your neighbor is suffering a calamity, then offer him Since then, nothing was changed and the road remained able, adding that decisions by the minister should be issued condolences. If your neighbor dies, then attend his funer- Courtesy of the TIES Center: The TIES Center is the social as it was. at the right time. The Oil Minister has added six new mem- al. Do not raise your building over his building, so that he and educational hub for English Speaking Muslims in Huraiji said that ambulances and rescue operations were bers to the board of directors of Kuwait Petroleum Corp to would have no sun exposure or wind passage. Do not Kuwait. For more information, please call 25231015 or e- greatly hampered by sands on several roads where roads in expand the board members to 15. That triggered negative bother your neighbor with the smell of your cooking, mail [email protected] or visit www.tiescenter.net. neighboring Gulf states, which were hit by the same dust reactions by a number of oil executives and MPs. MANSOORI

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By Michaela Cancela-Kieffer reece’s economic turbulence is dominating political debate in Spain ahead of a year-end Ggeneral election, with the ruling conserva- tives pointing to Syriza’s difficulties to discredit its Spanish ally Podemos. In the escalating tug-of-war between Athens and its international creditors, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s government is push- ing the message that its reforms have stifled the risk of contagion from Greece and the two nations are not comparable. “We have the instruments... to deal with market volatility,” Economy Minister Luis de Guindos said Monday, a day after Greek voters defiantly rejected terms for a new EU-IMF bailout. He said Spain’s banks had been shored up, the public deficit more A secret to IS success: Shock troops who fight to the death than halved, and “macroeconomic imbalances have By Hamza Hendawi, Qassim Abdul- it holds - including artillery and tanks - ry in Iraq and Syria. In May, it captured wounds in Kobani,” said Ghalia Nehme, a been corrected”, with the government forecasting Zahra and Bassem Mroue have hardly been used, apparently on Ramadi, capital of Iraq’s vast western Syrian Kurdish commander who fought in growth of 3.3 percent this year. Spain’s economy is reserve for a future battle. Iraqi army Lt Anbar province, in a humiliation for Iraqi last month’s battle. “From what we saw, much larger than Greece’s-it is the fourth largest in earded and wearing bright blue Gen Abdul-Wahab Al-Saadi said IS stands forces. In Syria, it seized the central city of they weren’t planning to leave alive. the euro-zone-and its population of 47 million is bandanas, the Islamic State group’s out in its ability to conduct multiple bat- Palmyra. It seems they were longing for heav- over four times greater. Even so, there are intriguing B“special forces” unit gathered tles simultaneously. The elite shock troops were crucial in en,” she said. The use of suicide bombings political parallels between the two nations. In around their commander just before they “In the Iraqi army, we can only run one the capture of Ramadi. First came a wave has forced IS’s opponents to adapt. Al- Spain, as in Greece, the Socialists were in power attacked the central Syrian town of Al- big battle at a time,” said Al-Saadi, who of more than a dozen suicide bombings Saadi defied his own Iraqi military com- when the European debt crisis struck in 2009. Sukhna. “Victory or martyrdom,” they was wounded twice in the past year as he that hammered the military’s positions in manders who demanded a fast assault to Greece’s public deficit stood at 12.7 percent of its screamed, pledging their allegiance to led forces that retook the key cities of Beiji the city, then the fighters moved in dur- retake Beiji. Instead, he adopted a slow, economic output while in Spain it reached 11.1 per- God and vowing never to retreat. The IS and Tikrit from IS. Even the group’s atroci- ing a sandstorm. Iraqi troops crumbled methodical march from a base near Tikrit, cent. Spain’s conservative Popular Party swept to calls them “Inghemasiyoun,” Arabic for ties are in part a tactic, aimed at terroriz- and fled as a larger IS force marched in. moving only a few miles each day while power at the end of 2011 in a general election on “those who immerse themselves.” The ing its enemies and depicting itself as an “The way they took Ramadi will be stud- clearing roads of explosives and setting promises to reduce the country public deficit and elite shock troops are possibly the dead- unstoppable juggernaut. In June 2014, ied for a while,” Skinner said. “They have up barriers against suicide attacks. It took prevent bankruptcy. In June 2012 a right-left coali- liest weapon in the extremist group’s arse- the group boasted of killing hundreds of the ability to jump back and forth him three weeks to go 25 miles to Beiji, tion came to power in Athens. In both nations, aus- nal: Fanatical and disciplined, they infil- Shiites in Iraq’s security forces, issuing between traditional (military operations) fighting the whole way and fending off terity budgets were adopted against a backdrop of trate their targets, unleash mayhem and photos of the massacre. It regularly and terrorism.” He said a similar combina- more than two dozen suicide attacks, recession and a sharp rise in unemployment. Greece fight to the death, wearing explosives beheads captured soldiers, releasing tion of suicide bombings ahead of then another week to take Beiji, but he received two bailouts worth a total of 240 billion belts to blow themselves up among their videos of the killings online. It is increas- ground forces was used in last week’s succeeded with minimal casualties. euros ($265 billion) while Spain received an aid opponents if they face defeat. They are ing the shock value: Recent videos Sinai attacks in Egypt. IS also has adapted, and recently package for its ailing banks of more than 40 billion credited with many of the group’s stun- showed it lowering captives in a cage into Since US-led airstrikes in Syria and Iraq began using remote controlled aircraft euros. ning battlefield successes - including the a pool to drown and blowing off the have made it more difficult for the fitted with cameras to film enemy posi- Anger over the austerity measures imposed by capture of al-Sukhna in May after the heads of others with explosive wire group’s forces to advance, IS has lost tions. It is believed to have agents within the so-called “troika”-the European Central Bank scene shown in an online video released around their necks. ground. Iraqi troops and Shiite militiamen the military. It also has superior commu- (ECB), the European Commission and the by the group. International Monetary Fund (IMF) - helped Greece’s “They cause chaos and then their main radical left party Syriza win a general election in ground offensive begins,” said Redur January 2015. Opposition to belt-tightening has Khalil, spokesman of the US-backed also driven the fortunes of Podemos, a close ally of Kurdish People’s Protection Units, which Syriza that was founded only last year. Opinion polls have taken the lead in a string of military say it is running neck and neck with the ruling successes against the IS in Syria. Though Popular Party and the main opposition Socialists. best known for its horrific brutalities - from its grotesque killings of captives to Inspiration or scarecrow? enslavement of women - the Islamic State Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias on Sunday hailed group has proved to be a highly organ- the outcome of the Greek referendum as a victory ized and flexible fighting force, according for democracy. But the Popular Party says Greece’s to senior Iraqi military and intelligence refusal to adopt tougher reforms should be a cause officials and Syrian Kurdish commanders for concern. Pablo Casado, the party’s campaign on the front lines. chief during May local and regional elections in which it took a battering, warned that under Guerrilla warfare Podemos, Spain’s economic recovery would be Its tactics are often creative, whether derailed, “Podemos would do as in Greece,” Popular it’s using a sandstorm as cover for an Party spokesman Javier Baroto said Tuesday. assault or a lone sniper tying himself to In Greece, “many people are living under a bridge the top of a palm tree to pick off troops or on the edge of an abyss”, he said. Podemos accus- below. Its forces nimbly move between es the government of scaremongering. “They try to conventional and guerrilla warfare, using spread a message of fear to the population, to cre- the latter to wear down their opponents ate the idea that we can’t have policies that are dif- before massed fighters backed by ferent from those that are decided by the ‘troika’”, armored vehicles, Humvees and some- said a Madrid city councilor, Romy Arce. While Spain times even artillery move to take over ter- has returned to growth, unemployment remains ritory. The fighters incorporate suicide high and Podemos still has margin to tap into voter bombings as a fearsome battlefield tactic discontent over the state of the economy. Nearly to break through lines and demoralize three in four Spaniards, 71.5 percent, feel the enemies, and they are constantly honing nation’s economic situation is “bad” or “very bad”, them to make them more effective. according to a survey by the government Center for Recently, they beefed up the front armor Sociological Research published Tuesday. of the vehicles used in those attacks to HASSAKEH: Fighters of the Islamic State group infiltrate toward Syrian government forces positions in the predominantly Spain’s unemployment rate stood at 23.8 percent prevent gunfire from killing the driver or in the first quarter. Within the euro-zone, only detonating explosives prematurely. Kurdish Syrian city of Hassakeh, Syria. —AP Greece’s jobless rate — 25.6 percent-was higher. Those strategies are being carried over Other mainstream parties in Europe are also facing into new fronts as well, appearing in The number of IS fighters in Iraq and retook areas to the south and northeast nications equipment, using two-way the rise of groups raucously campaigning against Egypt in last week’s dramatic attack by an Syria is estimated between 30,000 to of Baghdad, the oil refinery city of Beiji radios with a longer range than the Iraqi austerity or Brussels. In Finland the right-wing Finns IS-linked militant group against the mili- 60,000, according to the Iraqi officers. and Saddam Hussein’s hometown of military’s, said Maj Gen Ali Omran, com- Party became the country’s second-largest party in tary in the Sinai Peninsula. Andreas Krieg, Former army officers of ousted Iraqi dicta- Tikrit north of the capital. In Syria, mander of Iraq’s 5th Division. Omran said an April general election. In Denmark the anti-immi- a professor at King’s College London who tor Saddam Hussein have helped the Kurdish fighters backed by heavy US that when the extremists figured out the gration Danish People’s Party finished second in a embedded with Iraqi Kurdish fighters last group organize its fighters, a diverse mix airstrikes wrested the border town of military was listening in on its radio fre- June election while in France one in four voters are fall, said IS local commanders are given from Europe, the United States and Arab Kobani from the IS after weeks of devas- quencies, it switched to more secure lines believed to back the far-right Front National ahead leeway to operate as they see fit. They and Central Asian nations. Veteran jihadis tating battles. More recently, IS lost Tal but continued using the infiltrated fre- of December regional elections. —AFP “have overall orders on strategy and are with combat experience in Afghanistan, Abyad, another Syrian town on the quencies to feed the military false infor- expected to come up with the most effi- Chechnya or Somalia have also brought Turkish border. Despite that loss, IS shock mation. cient ways of adapting it,” he said. The valuable experience, both in planning and troops attacked Kobani last month. Even IS supply chains are robust. Its group “is very much success oriented, as role models to younger fighters. “They Around 70 of them infiltrated and battled fighters’ rations often include grilled meat results oriented.” That’s a strong contrast tend to use their foreign fighters as sui- a much larger Kurdish force for two days, kebabs and chicken, better than what All articles appearing on these to the rigid, inefficient and corrupt hierar- cide bombers,” said Patrick Skinner, a for- apparently on a mission not to retake the Iraqi troops eat, Omran said. But IS has its pages are the personal opinion of chies of the Iraqi and Syrian militaries, mer CIA officer who now directs special town but to cause chaos. vulnerabilities, noted Skinner. It has no air the writers. Kuwait Times takes no where officers often fear taking any action operations for The Soufan Group, a private They were all slain, but not before force. And its open, state-like organiza- without direct approval from higher up. geopolitical risk assessment company. killing more than 250 civilians, including tion gives an opportunity for spies to responsibility for views expressed roughly 100 children, and more than 30 infiltrate, something the group clearly therein. Kuwait Times invites read- Highly disciplined The caliphate Kurdish fighters. At the same time, they fears given the many killings of people it ers to voice their opinions. Please IS fighters are highly disciplined - swift “People go to the Islamic State looking attacked the northeast Syrian city of suspects of espionage. It also faces inter- send submissions via email to: opin- execution is the punishment for deserting to die, and the Islamic State is happy to Hassakeh, driving out thousands of peo- nal strains, trying to control and direct its [email protected] or via snail battle or falling asleep on guard duty, help them.” The group’s tactics carried it to ple and still holding out in parts of the multi-national personnel. “We think of Iraqi officers said. The group is also flush an overwhelming sweep of northern and city despite continued fighting. Last them as this spooky faceless organization mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. with weaponry looted from Iraqi forces western Iraq a year ago, capturing Mosul, week, they carried out a bloody incursion that runs seamlessly,” Skinner said. “I The editor reserves the right to edit that fled its blitzkrieg a year ago, when IS Iraq’s second-biggest city. Shortly there- into Tal Abyad, again fighting until they imagine it’s probably the hardest organi- any submission as necessary. overtook the northern city of Mosul and after, IS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi were all killed but demonstrating their zation to run, because it’s staffed with other areas. Much of the heavy weapons declared a “caliphate” spanning its territo- relentlessness. “We are still nursing our unstable, violent people.” —AP THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015 SPORTS

Hummels stays at Dortmund Tottenham to host NFL Queensland crush NSW SINGAPORE: In-demand Germany defender Mats Hummels will stay LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur’s planned new stadium will host a minimum of SYDNEY: Queensland reclaimed State of Origin bragging rights in emphatic with Borussia Dortmund for another year but offered no assurances two NFL matches a season as part of a 10-year partnership, the Premier League style with a record 52-6 thrashing of New South Wales in front of a crowd of about his long-term future. soccer club announced yesterday. 52,500 at Lang Park in Brisbane yesterday to win the series 2-1. With Cameron The 26-year-old World Cup winner has been linked heavily with a The 61,000-seater venue, which is due to open in 2018, will feature a Smith, Cooper Cronk and Johnathan Thurston running the show, Queensland move to English outfit Manchester United and admitted to being flat- retractable grass pitch for Premier League matches with an artificial surface for ran in eight tries to ensure last year’s triumph for their southern neighbours tered by the interest. NFL games underneath. “We have an opportunity now to deliver one of the would be merely a blip in a decade of domination for the Maroons. Dane But having seen a number of team mates, such as Mario Goetze and most unique sports, leisure and entertainment venues in the world, bringing Gagai, Josh Papalii and Greg Inglis scored tries to give them a 22-2 halftime Robert Lewandowski, leave the club in recent seasons, Hummels was together the Premier League and NFL for the first time,” Tottenham chairman lead and Matt Gillett, Michael Morgan, Darius Boyd, Will Chambers and Aidan Daniel Levy said on the club website. “I am delighted that we have succeeded in not ready to depart Dortmund yet. Guerra crossed after the break. attracting them (NFL). We have a compelling and exciting partnership that will “There have always been rumours about almost every one of our Thurston kicked 18 points with a perfect performance from play its part as we begin transforming this area of Tottenham,” he added in the players, but I decided not to make the move this year,” statement on www.tottenhamhotspur.com. Wembley began hosting NFL the tee before handing the ball to centre Justin Hodges to Hummels told reporters in Singapore on Wednesday ahead games in 2007 and three regular-season games will be played at the national convert the last try in his 24th and final Origin match. of a pre-season friendly over the Malaysian border today. stadium this year. Jacksonville Jaguars have a deal to play one game a season at “One of the best feelings you can have in your life, win- “Of course when the big clubs are interested, and Wembley from 2013 to 2016 and the team’s owner Shad Khan said on ning an Origin series,” Thurston said in a pitchside interview. Manchester United is one of the biggest clubs in the world, Wednesday: “The NFL’s commitment to the UK is absolute and the Jacksonville “They wrote us off in this series, it just goes to show what a it’s an honour. Jaguars are extremely proud to be part of it. “We’ve seen incredible growth in champion side this is.” But I decided I wanted to stay here.” Hummels, who the Jaguars’ international following that can be traced specifically to our agree- New South Wales, who had hopes of winning a sec- begun his career with Bayern Munich, has another two ment to play a home game at Wembley Stadium through 2016. “We’ve been ond series in a row after a 26-18 victory in the second years left on his contract with Dortmund, who are thrilled with our experience and association with everyone at Wembley Stadium match to tie up the series, were never in the contest after now coached by Thomas Tuchel after Juergen Klopp and continue to work closely with the team there as we prepare for our game Trent Hodkinson opened the scoring with a sixth minute stepped down last season. —Reuters this October (against the Buffalo Bills) and again next fall.” — Reuters penalty. —Reuters Cubs beat Cards, Giants blank Mets

CHICAGO: Addison Russell hit a tying single and Franklin Gutierrez then chopped a single through scored during a three-run rally in the seventh the left side, and for the third straight inning inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Seattle had the winning run at second base with Cardinals 5-3 Tuesday to complete a day-night one out. This time Cano came through. doubleheader sweep. The Cubs won the opener 7- Charlie Furbush (1-1) pitched the top of the 4 behind a strong start by Jake Arrieta, then came 11th for the victory. Furbush and Carson Smith back late in the nightcap to beat the NL Central combined for three solid innings and kept Detroit leaders for just the fourth time in 12 games. off the scoreboard despite the Tigers having run- Chicago scored three in the seventh to grab a ners in scoring position in the 10th and 11th. 4-2 lead, with Cardinals reliever Seth Maness (3-1) getting ejected after giving up the tying single REDS 5, NATIONALS 0 and his replacement Kevin Siegrist allowing two Johnny Cueto pitched a two-hitter with 11 more runs. Travis Wood (5-3) pitched a scoreless strikeouts, Joey Votto homered and drove in three seventh. Hector Rondon retired the side in the runs and Cincinnati beat Max Scherzer and eighth. Jason Motte gave up an RBI single to Washington. pinch-hitter Tony Cruz in the ninth. But he The potential pitching duel between Cueto escaped with his fifth save in as many chances and Scherzer never materialized. Cueto kept up after Matt Carpenter fouled out and Jhonny his end - retiring the final 15 batters in his first Peralta grounded into a force to end the game. complete game of the year - but Scherzer strug- gled from the outset. One day after being named GIANTS 3, METS 0 to the NL All-Star team, Scherzer (9-7) gave up five Matt Cain pitched six innings of two-hit ball in runs and seven hits in 4 2/3 innings, his shortest a triumphant return to AT&T Park for his first win outing in more than a year. The five runs were in nearly a year as San Francisco beat New York to more than the right-hander allowed in his previ- end its seven-game losing streak. Hunter Pence ous four games combined, a stretch that included drove in two runs after being activated from the a no-hitter and a one-hitter. Votto was the main disabled list earlier in the day and made a culprit. He doubled in a run in the first inning, hit a sparkling defensive play in the sixth inning, while solo homer in the third and added an RBI single in All-Star reserve Joe Panik had two hits and scored the fifth. twice. Cain (1-1) had not pitched at the Giants’ waterfront ballpark since July 9, 2014, when he ROYALS 9, RAYS 5 earned his last win before missing the final half of Alcides Escobar hit a bases-loaded double, the season following elbow surgery. New York’s Alex Gordon matched a career high with four RBIs Bartolo Colon (9-7), winless since June 12, allowed and Kansas City cruised to a victory over Tampa three runs and 10 hits in six innings. Kevin Bay and a sweep of their day-night doubleheader. Plawecki had two of the Mets’ four hits. Escobar had fallen behind 0-2 against Rays reliever Brandon Gomes (1-4) in the sixth inning PHILLIES 7, DODGERS 2 before battling back to a full count. On the 11th Chad Billingsley won for the first time in over pitch of the at-bat, Escobar yanked a fair ball just two years, against his old team, Jeff Francoeur down the third-base line, emptying the bases and homered and drove in three runs, and last-place breaking a 1-all deadlock. CHICAGO: Cubs center fielder Dexter Fowler can’t make the catch on a single by St. Louis Cardinals’ Peter Bourjos during the ninth inning Philadelphia beat NL West-leading Los Angeles. Brandon Finnegan (2-0), Luke Hochevar and Billingsley (1-2) allowed two runs and six hits in Ryan Madson made the lead stand in relief of in the second baseball game of a doubleheader. — AP six innings in just his third start in 25 months to Royals starter Edinson Volquez, who allowed only Sonny Gray threw seven gritty innings for in his first start of the season and Josh Donaldson one run and five hits in 5 1-3 innings. The left-han- earn his first victory since April 10, 2013. The right- John Jaso’s solo homer in five innings. Oakland in his return from an illness that sent him homered to lead Toronto to a victory over der, who made his big league debut last week, hander struck out three and walked one on the The victory in Game 2 came after Paulo to the hospital and forced him to skip a start. Chicago. Doubront (1-0) allowed just one run and started in place of the injured Williams Perez. same mound where he pitched eight seasons and Orlando hit a ninth-inning grand slam to give Lawrie pulled an 0-2 breaking ball just inside six hits in 6 2/3 innings. It was his first start in the Jason Grilli got his 24th save to give Atlanta its won 81 games for the Dodgers before undergoing Kansas City a win in the opener. It also stuck the left-field foul pole for his eighth home run. majors since last Sept. 20 when he pitched for the seventh victory in nine games. Tyler Cravy (0-2) a pair of right elbow surgeries. Tampa Bay with its ninth loss in 10 games. Betances (5-2) snapped his head down and shout- Chicago Cubs against the Los Angeles Dodgers. started in place of Matt Garza, who went on the They declined to pick up his option last The doubleheader was caused by a massive ed into his glove. Roberto Osuna got the last three outs for his disabled list Monday. Cravy gave up three runs in October, and he signed a one-year deal with the storm that caused numerous tornado warnings in Drew Pomeranz (3-3) pitched two perfect fourth save. Donaldson, who has 21 home runs on six innings in his second major league start. Phillies in January. Billingsley lost his first start 9-0 the Kansas City area Monday night. innings, and Clippard got three outs against his the season, hit one for the second straight game. on May 5 and went back on the disabled list two In the opener, the Rays had rallied to knot the former team for his 16th save in 18 attempts. He has six homers in five games against the White TWINS 8, ORIOLES 3 weeks later because of a strained right shoulder. game 5-all before Orlando came to the plate in Sox this season. Jose Quintana (4-8) lost despite Top prospect Miguel Sano demonstrated his He struggled in his return last week against the ninth. All-Star closer Brad Boxberger (4-5) ANGELS 10, ROCKIES 2 allowing just two runs and four hits in eight power in hitting his first major league homer then Milwaukee, giving up seven runs and 10 hits in threw him a changeup and the Brazilian pounded All-Stars Albert Pujols and Mike Trout hit two innings. He struck out eight -including five showed some patience at the plate by drawing a five innings but avoided the loss. it into the bullpen in left for his first career slam. of Los Angeles’ four home runs and the Angels straight during the fourth and fifth innings - and bases-loaded walk as Minnesota cruised to a win routed Colorado. Matt Joyce and Chris Iannetta retired 10 straight batters in one stretch. over Baltimore. Sano hit a towering two-run MARINERS 7, TIGERS 6 ATHLETICS 4, YANKEES 3 also went deep as the Angels jumped on homer in the first inning in front of the fans who Robinson Cano lined an RBI single into the Brett Lawrie hit a leadoff homer in the 10th Colorado starter Chad Bettis for 10 runs in just 2 1- DIAMONDBACKS 4, RANGERS 2 have long been waiting for his heralded arrival. right-field corner with one out in the 11th inning, inning against All-Star reliever Dellin Betances, 3 innings to win their fourth straight. Arizona rookie Robbie Ray took a shutout into Known for a potent bat, Sano had two hits and giving Seattle the win over Detroit. sending Oakland to a victory over New York. Angels left-hander Andrew Heaney (2-0) had the eighth inning to outpitch Texas’ Yovani has hit safely in each of his first six games since Cano lined a 2-1 pitch from Detroit left-hander Billy Butler launched a tying shot off Chasen another impressive outing in just his third career Gallardo and the Diamondbacks beat the Rangers. being promoted from Double-A. Ian Krol (1-2) that one-hopped off the wall. It was Shreve in the sixth, and Tyler Clippard whiffed start. He allowed two runs on eight hits and struck Ray (3-4) pitched four-hit ball over a career- Kyle Gibson (7-6) allowed a two-run homer to the first walk-off hit for Cano since Aug. 28, 2009, slugger Mark Teixeira with two on for the final out out five in 7 1-3 innings. He surrendered a solo high 7 2/3 innings. He didn’t give up a hit until J.J. Hardy but allowed six hits in six innings to win with the New York Yankees. as the A’s improved to 1-6 in extra innings this home run to Drew Stubbs in the third and an RBI Elvis Andrus’ single with two outs in the fifth. his third straight start. Austin Jackson reached on a fielder’s choice year. They had been the only major league team single to Troy Tulowitzki in the sixth that extended Jake Lamb’s two-run single with two outs in Kevin Gausman (1-1) lasted just 3 2-3 innings when Brad Miller was forced out at second base. without a win after the ninth. his hitting streak to 19 games. the top of the fifth put Arizona ahead 2-0 and for Baltimore as he gave up eight runs - seven Heaney’s outing was more than enough for the ended Gallardo’s consecutive scoreless streak at earned - on seven hits. He also threw two wild offense. Pujols hit a three-run shot in the first 33 1/3 innings. pitches. inning for his AL-leading 26th homer of the sea- A.J. Pollock’s RBI single with two outs in the son. Joyce gave Los Angeles a 5-0 lead with his sixth made it 3-0 and chased Gallardo (7-7). The RED SOX 4, MARLINS 3 fourth of the year in the second, and Trout hit his Rangers scored in the eighth as Arizona right Xander Bogaerts drove in three runs with a 22nd later in the inning to make it 8-0. fielder Yasmany Tomas missed Andrus’ line drive bases-loaded single in the seventh inning, bolster- for a three-base error and Andrus scored on Shin- ing his chances for a spot in the All-Star Game and PIRATES 3, PADRES 2 Soo Choo’s sacrifice fly. Delino DeShields doubled leading Boston to a victory over Miami. Gregory Polanco helped free a grounds crew with two outs and scored on Rougned Odor’s sin- Bogaerts, one of five candidates for the final member trapped underneath a billowing tarp, gle. Brad Ziegler got the last three outs for his opening on the AL team, went 2 for 4 to raise his then hit a go-ahead triple in the eighth inning career high-tying 13th save. batting average to .304. Wade Miley struck out that sent Pittsburgh past San Diego. nine and Travis Shaw picked up his first three Polanco and fellow Pirates outfielders Andrew BRAVES 4, BREWERS 3 major league hits, including a one-out single to McCutchen and Sean Rodriguez made the play of AJ Pierzynski homered among his three hits, start Boston’s comeback in the seventh. Junichi the game at the start of a 1 hour, 42 minute rain Manny Banuelos earned his first major league win Tazawa (1-3) picked up the win with 1 1/3 innings delay in the top of the third. and Atlanta beat Milwaukee. Pierzynski hit his of scoreless relief, and Koji Uehara pitched a per- Strong winds and rain caused the tarp to start sixth homer and drove in two runs. He is 10 for 13 fect ninth for his 20th save. Boston matched a sea- swelling as the grounds crew at PNC Park strug- in his last three games. Banuelos (1-0) gave up son high with its third consecutive win. —AP gled to cover the infield, and a worker was swal- lowed up and caught below. McCutchen, Polanco and Rodriguez came from the Pirates’ dugout and MLB results/standings helped pull the tarp off him. Rodriguez was hit by pitch from Joaquin Benoit (5-4) leading off the eighth. Polanco tripled with two outs, giving the Chicago Cubs 7, St. Louis 4; Kansas City 9, Tampa Bay 5; Oakland 4, NY Yankees 3 (10 innings); Pirates their fourth straight win. McCutchen set a Cincinnati 5, Washington 0; Pittsburgh 3, San Diego 2; Boston 4, Miami 3; Cleveland 2, Houston 0; career high by extending his hitting streak to 14 Arizona 4, Texas 2; Chicago Cubs 5, St. Louis 3; Atlanta 4, Milwaukee 3; Minnesota 8, Baltimore 3; games. Tony Watson (2-1) won and Mark Kansas City 7, Tampa Bay 1; Toronto 2, Chicago White Sox 1; LA Angels 10, Colorado 2; Seattle 7, Melancon got his NL-leading 28th save. Detroit 6 (11 innings); Philadelphia 7, LA Dodgers 2; San Francisco 3, NY Mets 0.

INDIANS 2, ASTROS 0 American League National League Corey Kluber pitched five-hit ball into the sev- Eastern Division Eastern Division enth inning and finally won for the first time since W L PCT GB Washington 46 38 .548 - May 28, leading Cleveland to a win over Houston. NY Yankees 44 39 .530 - NY Mets 43 42 .506 3.5 Despite pitching well enough to win, Kluber Baltimore 43 41 .512 1.5 Atlanta 42 42 .500 4 (4-9) went 0-4 with two no-decisions in his previ- Toronto 44 42 .512 1.5 Miami 35 49 .417 11 ous six starts. But the defending AL Cy Young win- Tampa Bay 43 43 .500 2.5 Philadelphia 29 57 .337 18 ner was on his game against the Astros, who man- Boston 40 45 .471 5 aged just five singles and allowed only got one Central Division Central Division St. Louis 54 30 .643 - runner to reach third base. Kansas City 48 33 .593 - Pittsburgh 49 34 .590 4.5 Zach McAllister finished the seventh, worked Minnesota 45 39 .536 4.5 the eighth and Bryan Shaw finished up for his sec- Chicago Cubs 46 37 .554 7.5 Detroit 42 41 .506 7 ond save. Michael Brantley homered in the sixth Cleveland 39 44 .470 10 Cincinnati 38 44 .463 15 off Astros rookie Vince Velasquez (0-1) as the Milwaukee 36 50 .419 19 Indians snapped a three-game losing streak. Chicago White Sox 37 44 .457 11 Western Division Western Division Velasquez was the pitcher of record for the first LA Dodgers 47 38 .553 - time in his sixth career start. The right-hander Houston 49 37 .570 - San Francisco 43 42 .506 4 allowed six hits in 6 1-3 innings and struck out five. LA Angels 45 38 .542 2.5 Texas 41 43 .488 7 Arizona 41 42 .494 5 SAN FRANCISCO: Giants right fielder Hunter Pence swings for an RBI single off New York BLUE JAYS 2, WHITE SOX 1 Seattle 39 45 .464 9 San Diego 39 47 .453 8.5 Mets’ Bartolo Colon during the third inning of a baseball game. — AP Felix Doubront pitched into the seventh inning Oakland 39 47 .453 10 Colorado 35 48 .422 11 THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015 SPORTS

APIA: New Zealand All Blacks and the Samoan team gather for a photograph following their rugby union match at Apia Park. New Zealand won the match 25-16 in the All Blacks’ first-ever test match in the Pacific Island nation. — AP Carter boots All Blacks past Samoa

APIA: Daniel Carter’s left boot underlined why Carter, however, slotted his sixth penalty home side, however, capitalised on New a long-range shot. Moala scored his try when the narrow loss but was pleased the All Blacks the flyhalf will be so valuable at this year’s with five minutes remaining to give the 2011 Zealand’s typical slow start to a test season, he latched on to Carter’s kick, giving his side a had finally made the trip to play their first test World Cup when he slotted 20 points to give world champions their narrowest victory over with the All Blacks combinations appearing 16-point advantage before Pisi brought the in the Pacific Islands. the All Blacks a tense 25-16 victory over Samoa in six matches. rusty and timing off kilter. hosts back into the game with two successful “Thanks to Richie McCaw and the number Samoa in their first visit to Apia yesterday. “I’m not sure words can justify the type of penalties. The All Blacks’ pack then exerted one team in the world,” Tuilagi said. “I hope this Carter’s successful goal-kicking allowed the All match it was,” All Blacks captain Richie McCaw SLOPPY SCRUM pressure on the Samoan scrum, causing it to is the start of a campaign where you come Blacks to build scoreboard pressure in a tight said in a pitchside interview. “I will say to the New Zealand’s work at the back of the collapse and allowing Carter an opportunity to back.And we try again. And again. And again.” first half before he produced a pinpoint cross- Manu Samoa team, the way you played that’s breakdown was also sloppy while the delay in extend the lead with a 50-metre penalty. At the Sept. 18-Oct. 31 World Cup in kick for winger George Moala to score a try on what true test match rugby is all about and we delivery allowed the Samoan defence to put Fa’osiliva’s try, however, brought the capaci- England, New Zealand will launch the defence debut to open a 19-3 lead after halftime. said before we came that was what we’d get. pressure on the first-up runners, midfield and ty crowd of 8,104 into the match and it was of their title with a Pool C encounter against Samoa flyhalf Tusi Pisi slotted nine points “And that’s what you boys did.” The All outside backs and not give them any time to not until another poor scrum earned another Argentina at Wembley. for the home side, who put the All Blacks Blacks had scored 50 or more points in four of attack. New Zealand penalty, which Carter slotted Tonga, Georgia and Namibia are the other under pressure in the second half to get back their five previous games against Samoa, Despite creating numerous chances in the with five minutes remaining, that the visitors teams in the group. Samoa have been drawn to 22-16 after Alafoti Fa’osiliva’s try following including a 101-14 thumping in their most first half, Carter kept the scoreboard ticking as could feel safe. in Pool B alongside South Africa, Scotland, two storming runs up the middle of the park. recent match in New Plymouth in 2008. The he slotted four penalty goals, while Pisi landed Samoa winger Alesana Tuilagi lamented Japan and the United States. — Reuters Farewell for Watson at St. Andrews

ST, ANDREWS: This was one time Luke It won’t be Tiger Woods, who has had Donald didn’t mind taking 45 minutes to a frosty relationship with his fellow play a 357-yard hole. He was on the 18th Stanford alum. And it won’t be Phil hole at St. Andrews, and the company he Mickelson, who called out Watson for his kept that Friday afternoon in 2005 could job as Ryder Cup captain during the not have been better. closing news conference at Gleneagles Donald played with Tom Watson and last September. Jack Nicklaus, giving him an unobstruct- Such matters require thought, and ed view for the farewell of golf’s greatest Dawson wasn’t tipping his hand. champion. Not only was it the final Yes, it can be a distraction. That’s usu- round for Nicklaus at St. Andrews, he ally outweighed by the privilege of wit- closed his incomparable career with his nessing how much one player can 164th and final appearance in a major. endear himself to so many. Donald and Nicklaus had sponsorship For his final US Open at Pebble Beach, deals with the Royal Bank of Scotland, Nicklaus was joined by David Gossett and Donald thought he might get the and Paul Lawrie. The USGA typically puts pairing. “They came to me and ... not the defending champion with the US warned me, but asked if I would be inter- Amateur champion (Gossett) and British ested in playing with Jack in his last Open champion (Lawrie). The defending Open,” Donald said. US Open champion was Payne Stewart, “I didn’t take me long to think about who died in a plane crash the previous it. Even though it can be a distraction - October. Nicklaus was given that honor. Park In-bee in action in this file photo. and it was in certain parts - it was a total- “If ever there’s a defending champion ly different atmosphere. It was a treat to at Pebble Beach, it should be Nicklaus,” play with him and experience the admi- said David Fay, the USGA executive Park motivated for US Women’s Open ration everyone had for Jack and what director at the time. LANCASTER: World number one Park In-bee is week.” Not exactly comforting to the rest of the the sloping greens at Lancaster could well decide he had done for the game. “The last few More curious was Palmer’s swan song usually seen as the player to beat in women’s golf 156-player field that includes defending champion the championship. “I played here five weeks ago, it holes, every window was filled with peo- at Oakmont for his final US Open. He majors these days, and now the Korean has extra Michelle Wie and other former winners such as was really dry then and now it’s wet,” she said ple watching a legend.” played his final two rounds with Rocco motivation at this week’s US Women’s Open. Choi Na-yeon (2012), Ryu So-yeon (2011), Paula about the long, hilly layout. “I feel like I’m playing Ian Baker-Finch knows the feeling. Mediate and John Mahaffey. Mediate, Park, who has won five of the last dozen majors Creamer (2010) and Cristie Kerr (2007). two different golf courses. He’s not sure why his name was chosen like Palmer, grew up in western with no other rival notching more than one in that Motivation combined with skill and confidence “The greens are very slopey here, so when it to play with Arnold Palmer when the Pennsylvania. But Mahaffey? He won the span, is coming off a missed cut and a poor putting has been a winning formula for Park, who this sea- gets hard and fast it gets really tough.” More rain is King bid farewell at the home of golf in PGA Championship, the major that kept week-two rarities for the 26-year-old South Korean. son reclaimed the number one ranking from 18- forecast for late yesterday, but the tournament 1995. Baker-Finch won The Open in 1991 Palmer from the career Grand Slam, and She gets a chance to make amends starting on year-old Lydia Ko of New Zealand. days look to be hot and dry, which could firm at Royal Birkdale, but his game was start- he won it at Oakmont of all places. Thursday at Lancaster Country Club in the year’s “When I come to major championships, I work things up. ing to slide. And so while it was an honor “Nobody could pick up on Mahaffey,” Fay third major. extra hard,” said Park, who has six majors among “The greens are going to be really the key this that the R&A chose him and Peter Baker said. Turns out there was a club member “I putted really bad two weeks ago, and that her 15 LPGA titles. “I like the atmosphere. I like the week. The breaks are huge on the greens,” Said of England to play alongside Palmer, at Oakmont named Jack Mahaffey who definitely gave me somewhat like a wake-up call,” little bit extra pressure when we start the game. Park, whose 2008 US Women’s Open victory made there was no shortage of nerves. was on the USGA executive committee Park told reporters on Tuesday. “I had a bad week Obviously having good results helps. That gives her the youngest ever winner of the championship “I was in a funk and I was trying to fig- and was close friend with Palmer. Fay and that definitely made me practice harder and me a lot of confidence.” at 19. “Even if it’s a short putt, you have to aim it a ure it out,” Baker-Finch said Tuesday. said the third player in Palmer’s group gave me a lot more motivation coming into this Known as one of the tour’s top putters, Park said cup outside or two cups outside.” — Reuters “And I remember thinking how hard it was chosen because of his surname. was going to be to figure it out playing Augusta National, meanwhile, marches before 50,000 people who were with to its own beat. Arnie.” But what a memory. And what an Nicklaus didn’t announce that 2005 Spieth skips Scotland artifact. Palmer gave Baker-Finch the was going to be his final Masters, which golf ball he used over the final two holes might explain why the six-time champi- that year, and then signed it for him. “I on finished his final round on the ninth SILVIS: Most golfers believe the path to the British week.” Spieth’s rapid rise to No. 2 in the world - with whether I play well or I don’t play well, it has noth- have the last one he played his last hole hole. “I’ve had my time at Augusta. I Open title starts a week early in Scotland. Jordan injured Rory McIlroy’s top spot within reach as ing to do with what I did the week before. I will cer- with at St. Andrews,” Baker-Finch said. don’t need a lot of fanfare for that,” Spieth is content to stay at home and continue his soon as next weekend - has taken many by sur- tainly have enough energy. I will certainly have Few images in golf are as indelible as Nicklaus said before the tournament. He Grand Slam push at the tournament that launched prise. Those who watched Spieth’s breakthrough enough rest, and I will be as prepared as I can be,” Palmer and Nicklaus posing one last played with Jay Haas and Shingo his PGA Tour career. on this Quad Cities course two years ago saw his Spieth said. time as they cross the Swilcan Bridge. Katayama. Rather than join the majority of the world’s top potential first-hand. One year after playing the JDC Though Spieth is by far the marquee name in Next up is Tom Watson, who is playing in Palmer’s final Masters in 2004 was golfers and prep for St. Andrews by playing the at just 18 on a sponsor’s exemption, Spieth forced this event, he’ll likely have plenty of competition. his 41st and final Open next week at St. documented from the time he arrived. links course in Gullane, Scotland, Spieth will spend his way into a three-way playoff by holing out from Johnson, who grew up in nearby Cedar Rapids, Andrews. Watson is a five-time champi- He played the first two rounds with U.S. the weekend at the often-overlooked John Deere the 18th-hole bunker. Iowa, and serves on the tournament committee, on, the only player to win the claret jug Mid-Amateur champion Nathan Smith, Classic. It’s not just that Spieth wants to remain loy- Spieth then outlasted David Hearn and local has shot in the 60s in 24 consecutive rounds at on five courses, four of them in Scotland, who is from western Pennsylvania. al to the tournament where he won for the first favorite Zach Johnson to become the first teenager Deere Run. though not at St. Andrews. He is beloved And with Bob Estes. “Everybody loves time in 2013 at age 19. He’s also just very comfort- to win on the tour in 84 years. Steve Stricker, a native of nearby Wisconsin, in the old country. Arnold Palmer, and he knows everyone,” able playing the TPC Deere Run, one of the easiest Spieth also played the Quad Cities and the won three straight here from 2009-11. Last year’s The task for R&A chief Peter Dawson Estes said. courses on the tour. “If I thought I wasn’t going to Open Championship in back-to-back weeks in winner, Brian Harman, and Kevin Kisner should also and his staff is to find the right company He would hit his second shot and play well next week because I played here, it would 2014, finishing tied for 36th at Royal Liverpool. push Spieth. for Watson - although the final crossing walk over to the gallery ropes almost be a different story. I probably wouldn’t be here. Spieth said the only issue he has with skipping But this year’s event will be all about Spieth and of the Swilcan Bridge could very well be every time. The people would get so This is good preparation for me to get good feels, Scotland is the 6-hour time difference he’ll have to how it impacts his run at a third straight major. “He on a Sunday. Watson was 8 feet away caught up and enamored with Arnold to get in contention and to find out what’s on and make up following Sunday’s final round. stuck with his commitment, which is very honor- from winning the Open just six years ago they would forget Nathan and I were still what’s off,” said Spieth, one of just six golfers to win But it might even be easier for Spieth to get into able. At the same time, there has only been so at Turnberry. He made the cut last year playing.” Was it worth it? “I’d volunteer to the U.S. Open and the Masters in the same season. a rhythm at Deere Run - which yielded more eagles many guys in so many years who’ve won the first at Royal Liverpool. do it again,” Estes said. — AP “I’m here because I believe I can win this week. I and birdies than any other PGA course in 2013-14. two majors, and there’s a lot of pressure on him. I believe it’s advantageous for me to try and win this “It doesn’t matter where it is. When I get over there, applaud him,” Johnson said. — AP THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015 SPORTS Prince back with the New York Liberty

NEW YORK: Epiphanny Prince will finally get to play “I flew from Hungary to Italy, Italy to New York and between the Chicago game and their next one leaving after her junior year to go play in Europe. The for her hometown team, the New York Liberty. Prince then New York to Chicago,” Prince said of her travel Thursday against Washington. The break has come at Liberty have a difficult month ahead with six of their is back after missing the first 10 games of the regular back from the tournament. “I wish I could have a good time to allow Prince to become accustomed eight games on the road. No, the WNBA schedule season while she was competing for Russia in the played, but I was feeling the effects of the travel. I’m to her new team. “We got a little practice time with makers didn’t have it out for them. EuroBasket tournament. The Liberty held their own glad we were able to win that game.” her to get her up to speed,” Liberty coach Bill It was their own company, with Madison Square without the New York native whom they acquired in a Prince was disappointed her Russian team couldn’t Laimbeer said. “I think we need the other scorer, no Garden hosting concerts for most of the month. blockbuster offseason from Chicago for Cappie do more at the Olympic qualifier. Russia finished in question about that. Getting Piph, she can make Comedian Kevin Hart has two shows this week fol- Pondexter. New York (6-4) is tied for second place in sixth place, losing to Turkey in overtime. Had Prince’s things happen on the basketball court.” lowed by Dispatch Hunger’s two concerts. U2 is per- the Eastern Conference. team won, it would have made a final Olympic qualifi- Prince did play with the team in the preseason for forming eight shows from July 18-31. The only home “I’m happy to be back here and hope that I can er next spring. Now Russia will not compete in the five days before heading to the tournament. While games for New York will be against San Antonio and provide them some help,” Prince said at practice Olympics for the first time since 1984 when the coun- the Liberty play Thursday in Washington, Prince will Connecticut next week. “We had some dates blocked Monday. “I’m still trying to learn the plays and know try boycotted the Los Angeles games. “It’s unfortu- have to wait until next week before she gets a chance in July because of big concerts. It’s like having the cir- we have a busy month ahead.” nate that was the outcome,” Prince said. “Now I’m to play at home at Madison Square Garden. She grew cus in town,” Laimbeer said. “I think we’ve got pretty Prince tried to play in the Liberty’s most recent home and can focus on helping this team.” up in Brooklyn, New York, where she set the national good chemistry. If we can come together and play game, at Chicago on June 30, but wasn’t feeling well Fortunately for Prince and the Liberty, due to a sched- high school record for points in a game when she had well, going on the road isn’t so bad for us. I’m not wor- after the long trip from Hungary. uling quirk, the team will have had nine days 113. Prince then went on to star at Rutgers before ried about it.” — AP

Australian gored in Pamplona bull-run

PAMPLONA: An Australian was gored twice by a fight- ing bull and two people suffered other injuries as thou- sands of thrill-seekers dashed alongside the beasts in the second bull-run of Pamplona’s San Fermin festival yesterday. The San Fermin press office said the victim was a 27- year-old man identified only by his initials, T.L.O. He was gored in the groin and the thigh in Pamplona’s bull ring at the end of the run and was treated by doctors on the scene before being taken to a city hospital. His injuries were described as minor. A Spaniard was hospitalized for rib injuries while a Frenchman was treated for multiple bruises but later released. Two Americans and a Briton were gored and eight others injured in the first run Tuesday. All but the two Americans were released the same day. One American still hospitalized was Mike Webster, a 38-year-old occupational therapist from Gainesville, Florida, who was gored in the armpit as he joined the bull-run in Pamplona for the 38th time in 11 years. He said Tuesday he hadn’t decided whether he’d run again. The other was identified only by his initials, R.H.O., a 25-year-old from Tempe, Arizona, who suffered facial bruising. The nationally televised 8 a.m. run sees people racing with six bulls and their guiding steer along a nar- row 930-yard (850-meter) course from a holding pen to the city bull ring. The bulls are then killed by profession- al matadors in bullfights each afternoon. Yesterday’s run lasted 2 minutes, 14 seconds. The nine-day fiesta in Pamplona, which features 24-hour street partying, was made famous in Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel “The Sun Also Rises” and attracts thousands of foreign tourists. Bull runs are a tra- ditional part of summer festivals across Spain. Dozens are injured each year, mostly in falls. Two men died recently after being gored by bulls in Spanish festivals - one Saturday in the eastern town of Grao de Castellon and another June 24 in the southwestern town of Coria. In all, 15 people have died from gorings in Pamplona since record-keeping began in 1924 for the San Fermin PAMPLONA: A Bull jumps over a group of revelers on the bull ring, at the San Fermin Festival in Spain. Revelers from around the world arrive in Pamplona every year to take festival. — AP part in some of the eight days of the running of the bulls. — AP Gatlin, Gay and Powell Shock snap losing streak ATLANTA: Plenette Pierson scored 24 Riquna Williams added 23 points, points, going 10 of 14 from the field, to going 18 for 20 at the free throw line, help the Tulsa Shock beat the Atlanta for Tulsa (9-4). Kiesel finished with 16 battle in Bolt’s absence Dream 85-75 on Tuesday and end a points and Courtney Paris grabbed 10 three-game losing streak. rebounds. Tulsa only made one field goal, a Tulsa won its first game since losing LAUSANNE: Lovers of clean track and field will be sion, I’ve worked a lot on my mind, to learn how to Pierson 3-pointer for a 10-point lead, in Skylar Diggins to a torn anterior cruci- cringing at Thursday’s Diamond League meet in control my body.” the first nine minutes of the fourth ate ligament on June 28. She was the Lausanne when doping cheats Justin Gatlin and The 2004 Olympic champion Gatlin, who came quarter. WNBA’s most improved player last sea- Tyson Gay come to face to face in what is sure to be back to win Olympic bronze in London in 2012 and Atlanta’s Angel McCoughtry hit two son and was on the league’s first team. an explosive 100m. Usain Bolt has pulled out of a world silver in Moscow a year later, currently has free throws with 1:15 remaining to cut McCoughtry scored 25 points, but 200m in the Swiss city with a pelvis problem, the world’s best time this season, having run its deficit to 73-72. But Tulsa’s Brianna missed 20 of her 28 shots for Atlanta although he insists he will compete in next month’s 9.74sec in the opening Diamond League meet in Kiesel answered with a layup and the (5-7). Sancho Lyttle recorded her third world championships in Beijing. In his absence, a Doha. Former world record holder Powell, a four- Shock made 10 of 10 free throws down double-double in four games with 14 stellar field of the world’s fastest men will meet, time winner in Lausanne (2004, 2008, 2009, 2011) the stretch. points and 13 rebounds. — AP with Asafa Powell also featuring. and victor in Paris last weekend ahead of France’s With an ever-creeping shadow of doubt over Jimmy Vicaut and Rodgers, has run the second the towering Jamaican Bolt’s form and fitness, fastest (9.81) this season and double 2007 world Gatlin and Gay both have the chance to notch up a sprint champion Gay the third quickest (9.87). Rory not to blame significant psychological blow by putting in a solid One notable absentee from the Stade de la evening of sprinting in the city that is home to the Pontaise apart from Bolt will be Croatian high International Olympic Committee (IOC). jumper Blanka Vlasic, who has withdrawn with pain for injury, rivals say Ironically, Gay’s doping infringement was in her achilles tendon. touched upon at last weekend’s Diamond League The former two-time world champion (2007, GULLANE: Rory McIlroy’s injury woes his 2013 victory at Muirfield, will start as meet in Paris, where the French men’s 4x100m 2009) and 2008 Olympic silver medallist said: “I have brought words of comfort and sup- one of the favourites on Thursday relay quartet were handed bronze medals from the have to be very careful. I must avoid serious injuries port from his top rivals gathered at despite struggling for much of this sea- 2012 London Olympics as a result of the US being before the Beijing world champs.” Gullane for this week’s Scottish Open. son. stripped of their silver medals by the IOC. The men’s 400m hurdles also boasts a top-notch The 26-year-old world number one He tied for second behind Jordan Mike Rodgers, another US doping offender, will field, pitching American duo Bershawn Jackson had been due to be the top draw in the Spieth at the Masters in April but could also line up today. “It’s just another race, the fourth and Michael Tinsley against Puerto Rican Javier Open Championship buildup event in only place tied for 64th at the US Open since the season started,” said Gay, who finished Culson. Allyson Felix, whose 21.98sec clocked in East Lothian, but he was forced to with- last month following a dismal showing at HUNGARY: US Gold medalist Justin Gatlin second to Gatlin in his first race back from his ban Doha is the fastest in the world this year, is next of draw on Monday after rupturing an ankle the weekend. competes during the men’s 100 metres final in Lausanne last season. a strong US contingent, racing in the 200m and ligament playing football with friends. Returning to play links golf in of the Gyulai Istvan Memorial - Hungarian “I have to run as much as I can before the world likely under most threat from Dutch European He is also a serious doubt for the Scotland, he feels, will do wonders for his Athletics Grand Prix. — AFP championships in Beijing. I’m back from suspen- champion Dafne Schippers. — AFP defence of his Open Championship game and chances of winning a sixth crown next week at St Andrews and major title. “I have always gotten a lot out there has been some criticism that he of the Scottish Open going back to when acted unprofessionally in playing what I started playing at Loch Lomond well he called “a kickabout” at such a crucial over a decade ago,” he said. stage of the golfing year. Rickie Fowler, But now that it’s on links golf, I get who is the same age as McIlroy, said that even more out of it. I think the players it was just an unfortunate accident. “I that come over really enjoy it. “I think the haven’t spoken to him yet, but it is unfor- last four, five, six years, the winner of The tunate,” the American said. “I’m of the Open Championship has played here at impression that you have to live, you the Scottish Open.” can’t be too cautious. With world number two Spieth elect- “Soccer is not as big of a sport in the ing to play on the US Tour, the top-rank- US, but I grew up with my fair share of ing player will be world number seven action sports. That’s something that I Justin Rose, who is also the defending don’t do as much now, but I don’t stay champion following his win at Aberdeen away from completely. I still like to live last year. and have a little bit of fun.” Rose has already played a couple of Fellow American Phil Mickelson, who practice rounds at St Andrews where he won the Open at nearby Muirfield the said the course was “looking very green” year before McIlroy’s triumph, concurred and was “in great shape.” “I feel like every saying that he had undergone a similar time I’ve played well this year, I’ve con- fate in 1994. “I snapped my finger before verted it into a top two finish,” he said. the Masters skiing and I said then, and I “All in all, I feel like I’m going into the feel the same way now, you can’t live summer in a good place and playing well your life in fear. You have to enjoy the and looking forward to the tournaments moment,” the 45-year-old said. coming up.” Also among the favourites “I didn’t feel like anything he was this week will be world number 12 doing was an unnecessary risk. He was Jimmy Walker, even though he says he is just playing around and accidents hap- still getting to grips with playing links pen. People get hurt taking a shower and golf, fellow American Matt Kuchar, and doing normal day-to-day things. You Ryder Cup stars such as Ian Poulter, can’t stop living your life.” Mickelson, who Graeme McDowell, Jamie Donaldson and FRANCE: Jamaica’s Asafa Powell (left) and France’s Jimmy Vicaut compete in this file photo. — AFP won the Scottish Open the week before Steven Gallacher. — AFP THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015 SPORTS Gerrard eager for sunny new challenges

CARSON: Steven Gerrard brought a touch of Liverpool I think the future can be really bright.” All signs so far little pockets (of space) certainly where I play and balls winning team that can capture the knowledgeable weather - cool, overcast and even some drizzle - to his point to a smooth transition, with Galaxy manager over the top. His range of passing is incredible. His will American fan base is now the club’s focus, rather than first practice with the LA Galaxy on Tuesday morning. Bruce Arena indicating that Gerrard will play the first to win as well, competitive side of him that he has, is signing players solely to make a big splash. By the time the English midfielder was formally half in an International Champions Cup match against certainly going to help this team, so we’re all looking “The signing of David Beckham forever changed our introduced by the club in the afternoon to begin his Mexico’s Club Am√©rica on Saturday. “He’s fitting in forward to him putting on that Galaxy jersey.” league,” Klein said. “But we now know the results on the MLS career, there was nothing but California sunshine very, very well,” said Galaxy captain Robbie Keane, who Gerrard is unlikely to have the same impact off the field have to take first priority. Look at David’s last cou- outside StubHub Center. played with Gerrard at Liverpool during the 2008-09 field that the 2007 signing of David Beckham had for ple years here and the success we had as a club, and The change reflects the biggest move Gerrard has season. “He’s a good lad off and on the field. He’s set- the Galaxy and MLS. Beckham’s aura of celebrity that’s what makes a signing like that successful. Our ever made, personally and professionally. He spent 17 tled in fairly quickly. He has been good in training, was brought in casual fans at a time when soccer was still fans have told us they want to win first. Steven certain- years at Liverpool, scoring 120 goals in 504 appear- very good today.” Midfielder Sebastian Lletget was struggling to gain a foothold on the American sports ly helps to do that.” ances and leading the club to Cup glory both domesti- impressed that Gerrard already knew his new team- landscape. But the success of the US men’s and While Beckham, Keane and other big names have cally and in Europe. Gerrard raised the FA Cup twice mates’ names the first day he arrived. “That just sets the women’s national teams and increased television expo- been dynamic players in MLS, the league still carries an and the Champions League trophy once. example for everyone, just like no one is bigger than sure for the World Cup, Champions League, EPL and international stigma as a last stop before retirement. Now Gerrard arrives in MLS at age 35, seeking the the club,” Lletget said. The first ball Gerrard kicked in MLS has created an audience hungry for the sport. Gerrard was quick to refute that notion, even with the league title that eluded him in the Premiership. “I’m practice was to Keane, and they showed a promising The Women’s World Cup final was the most- pleasant California weather outside. “If there is anybody excited to be here,” said Gerrard, who also collected 21 connection throughout the hour-long session. Keane watched soccer game in the history of American televi- who thinks I’m coming for a holiday and a last pay- goals in 114 appearances for England. “The game on was effusive in his praise for Gerrard’s service, and sion, and a crowd of 10,000 gathered to celebrate the check, they’ll be proved wrong very soon,” Gerrard said. Saturday can’t come quick enough. We’ve got a fantas- Arena expects that skill to come through in set pieces. champions in downtown Los Angeles, a short drive Still, Gerrard couldn’t ignore the sunshine entirely: He tic team here, a fantastic setup, and if I can just add a “His passing is incredible,” Keane said. “Certainly for away from Gerrard’s introduction. had to borrow sunscreen from Keane before practice. little bit to that and contribute to the best of my ability, a striker, he’s good to play with. He finds you in them For Galaxy President Chris Klein, putting together a “(SPF) Factor 50,” Gerrard said. — AP US defeat Honduras CONCACAF Gold Cup

FRISCO: Clint Dempsey didn’t view a wild sellout crowd as a pro-Texas bunch celebrating two goals by what amounts to a hometown kid. The East Texas native thinks American soccer sup- porters are a lot more fervent than that now. Dempsey scored twice on headers not far from where he trained as a youth, and the United States opened defense of its CONCACAF Gold Cup title with a 2-1 victory over Honduras on Tuesday night. “I think the crowd was behind the whole team,” said the 32-year-old, who is up to 43 inter- national goals, 14 behind Landon Donovan’s American record. “I remember when I first start- ed with the national team and they’d be more fans for the other team sometimes. So to be able nowadays to play in front of pro-American crowds, I think the team definitely feeds off that energy.” Dempsey’s goals in the 25th and 64th min- utes were created from crosses from Michael Bradley, wearing the captain’s arm band in his 100th international appearance. The goals oost- ed the Americans to 13-0 in Gold Cup openers. Carlos Discua scored his first international goal in the 69th minute for Honduras, a semifinalist in the last three Gold Cups, and the Catrachos came close to tying the score. “It wasn’t our best performance, but we’re happy to get three points from our first game,” Dempsey said. It was the first competitive match for the U.S. since losing to Belgium in overtime in the second round of last year’s World Cup. The Americans, 29-1-2 in Gold Cup group play, meet Haiti on Friday and Panama on Monday. Haiti tied Panama 1-1 in the doubleheader opener. US goalkeeper Brad Guzan had a couple of tough saves in the first few minutes on a muggy night before 22,357 at the home of Major League Soccer’s FC Dallas. “They came out and put us under a bit of pressure and we had to find a way to weather that storm, which we did,” Guzan said. “I don’t TEXAS: US forward Clint Dempsey (8) stops the ball in front of Honduras’ Henry Figueroa (5) think we were at our best. I think we turned the during the first half of a CONCACAF Gold Cup soccer match. — AP ball over quite easily too many times and maybe Guzan over the keeper’s left shoulder. Alvarado, American after Donovan (26-96), Cobi Jones (27- put ourselves under some undo pressure.” who also had been eligible to play for Mexico, 239) and Marcelo Balboa (27-320). The first US goal developed when DeAndre played his first competitive match for the US and “Great atmosphere and a very special Yedlin played a short corner kick to Bradley, who became tied to the American national team. moment for Michael Bradley,” US coach Jurgen crossed on a bounce to the far post. Henry Honduras had a couple of good opportuni- Klinsmann said. Bradley replaced Dempsey, who Figueroa’s clearance attempt back to Bradley’s ties in the final 20 minutes, including when lost the captaincy going into the Gold Cup after side was picked up at the side of the 6-yard box Guzan knocked a ball toward Eddie Hernandez, getting suspended by MLS and the US Soccer by Jozy Altidore, who took a touch and shot. who had an open net but couldn’t control the Federation for a confrontation with a referee in a Goalkeeper Donis Escobar kicked the ball out ball before it went out. US Open Cup match for Seattle. Those questions with his right foot and it popped up to Dempsey, “I feel like we played a good match,” said persist for Klinsmann, who considers them more who nodded it in from 6 yards. Honduras coach Jorge Luis Pinto, who led Costa irrelevant each day. “As a striker, what do you Bradley’s free kick from the flank led to the Rica to the quarterfinals at the World Cup in want to do the most is scoring,” said Klinsmann, TEXAS: Panama defender Roman Torres (5) heads the ball over Haiti defender Jean second goal. Escobar stayed on his line and an Brazil. “But in football, sometimes the small tied for fourth on Germany’s career scoring list. Jacques Pierre (5) during the second half of a CONCACAF Gold Cup soccer match. —AP unmarked Dempsey jumped 4 yards out and details are what determine the matches. That’s “That’s what feeds a striker, feeling-wise, is headed inside the far post. what happened to us.” goals.” If the US wins the Gold Cup, it would qual- After a sluggish start, the US controlled the Bradley, a son of former US coach Bob ify for the 2017 Confederations Cup in Russia. If Haiti hold Panama pace in the second half until Discua took a nifty Bradley, became the 16th American male to another nation wins, it would meet the pass from Wilmer Crisanto and touched the ball make 100 international appearances. At 27 Americans in a playoff for the Confederations past a standing Ventura Alvarado before beating years, 341 days, he is the fourth-youngest Cup berth. — AP FRISCO: Duckens Nazon wrong-footed the the 2013 Gold Cup, opened the scoring in defense to score in the 85th minute and the 55th minute of the Group A match. give Haiti a 1-1 draw with Panama in the Alberto Quintero scored from just outside CONCACAF Gold Cup opener Tuesday. the penalty area when defender Reginal Los Angeles stages rally Nazon took a long pass down the right Goreux failed to clear the ball. side and beat defender Harold Cummings It was the first draw in seven openers for with a move to the inside before shooting Panama, which outshot Haiti 7-2. Haiti has to the far post, past goalkeeper Jaime two draws and four losses in Gold Cup for women’s soccer team Peneda. Panama, runner-up to the US in openers. — AP LOS ANGELES: Two days removed from win- “World Champions.” “I want to thank my Wambach said. New York City announced ning the women’s soccer World Cup, star mid- teammates, especially Carli Lloyd, for scoring plans to host a ticker-tape parade for the fielder Carli Lloyd teased the idea of captur- all of the goals this tournament,” joked 35- team on Friday. Atletico upbeat ing another one in 2019 as thousands of flag- year-old Abby Wambach, the 2012 FIFA Player The parade will travel through the city’s waving fans cheered the US team on Tuesday of the Year who was a reserve for this year’s so-called Canyon of Heroes, a cavernous at a boisterous outdoor rally in Los Angeles. World Cup. “I can’t tell you what it means to route through towering skyscrapers in down- despite departures While the fans who packed the downtown be a world champion, to win a World Cup, town Manhattan. The last ticker-tape parade celebration near the Staples Center arena because obviously it hasn’t really sunk in. ... I in the city was held for the New York Giants’ MADRID: Atletico Madrid expect to be elite club competition, where they lost strained to take pictures of the team, many of can’t believe it. I am going to soak it up,” Super Bowl victory in 2012. — Reuters competitive next season despite the 1-0 on aggregate to Real Madrid, who the players on stage took photos and videos exit of playmaker Arda Turan and strik- beat them in the 2014 final. of the raucous crowd. er Mario Mandzukic thanks to new “The club and the squad have “Every day it feels great to wake up as a arrivals like Jackson Martinez and always had the power and the strength world champion,” Lloyd, who scored three Luciano Vietto, captain Gabi said yes- to reinvent themselves season after goals in Sunday’s 5-2 victory over Japan in terday. season,” Gabi said as the players the championship match in Vancouver, Atletico coach Diego Simeone faces returned to training after their summer Canada, told the crowd. “And that feeling another rebuilding job after Turkey break. “It’s true that important players won’t get old. We’re going to have to bring it captain Arda joined Spanish and are leaving but those who are coming home four years from now, another World European champions Barcelona and in are performing very well and we Cup.” Many of the people in the crowd were Croatia international Mandzukic left for expect to compete this year as we have dressed in red, white and blue and chanted Italian champions Juventus. been doing,” added the midfielder. “U-S-A, U-S-A.” Sunday’s victory gave the U.S. Striker Martinez, a Colombia inter- Gabi said the return of playmaker women their third World Cup championship national, is poised to arrive from Porto, Oliver Torres from a season-long loan and first since 1999. while Argentine forward Vietto has left spell at Porto was also reason for opti- Lloyd, 32, won the Golden Ball as the play- Villarreal to join up again with mism. The 20-year-old is considered er of the tournament. She tallied six goals in Simeone, who gave him his profession- one of the most gifted attacking mid- seven World Cup matches. “It really felt like al debut at Racing Club as a 17-year- fielders of his generation and could we were playing in the U.S.,” Lloyd said. “It was old. After the heights of 2013-14, when provide the creative spark Atletico will unbelievable support. It’s great to be here in they won their first La Liga title in 18 lose with Arda’s departure. LA We look forward to traveling all over the years and reached the final of the “He (Torres) is a very important play- U.S.” Sunday’s game, which capped a month- Champions League, Atletico managed er for the club,” Gabi said. “He has long tournament played in six Canadian a respectable 2014-15 season despite improved as a player. Last year it was cities, was the most-watched soccer match of the departure of top scorer Diego right for him to leave to get playing all time in the United States as 25.4 million Costa and goalkeeper Thibaut time and this season he will be key for Americans tuned in, world soccer body FIFA Courtois, among others. us.” La Liga is due to begin the week- said on Tuesday. They finished third in La Liga and end of Aug. 22/23, with the calendar Members of the US team wore shirts at LOS ANGELES: Forward Abby Wambach (right) celebrates with teammates at the US Women’s made it to the last eight of Europe’s set to be drawn on Tuesday. — Reuters Tuesday’s rally emblazoned with the words World Cup football team’s championship rally, at LA LIVE in downtown Los Angeles.— AFP THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015 SPORTS Brazil still trying to regroup a year after 7-1 loss SAO PAULO: Brazil is still trying to regroup a eral different areas of the game, including point to the problems in Brazilian football, focus on the development of players, giving won’t play the first two games because of year after its worst loss ever. Yesterday’s media, health and technology professionals. but also to help find solutions to solve these talented youngsters opportunities to keep the Copa America suspension. anniversary of its humiliating 7-1 home Former Brazil coaches gathered at the problems, which is what we are trying to do growing throughout their careers. The problems on the field coincide with World Cup loss to Germany, there is no sign confederation’s headquarters in Rio de right now.” The next step will be to bring “10 “Brazil should be focusing on finding turmoil involving confederation officials. the Selecao are back on the right track. Janeiro for the first meeting on Monday, and to 15 former champions” to talk about above-average players, not necessarily spec- Former president Jose Maria Marin was Brazilian football continued to struggle after several others are expected to take place in Brazilian football and the national team, tacular players,” he said. “Germany won the among the FIFA officials arrested in the disastrous defeat in the semifinals of its the next few weeks. The goal is to find a way Rinaldi said. “We want to win, we want to cre- World Cup without a spectacular player, but Switzerland after a corruption investigation home tournament, both on and off the field. to re-establish “the identity of our football,” ate a winning environment in Brazilian foot- it did it with five or so players who were by U.S. authorities. There have been wide- Brazil was eliminated by Paraguay in the the confederation said. ball,” said coach Dunga, who was Brazil’s cap- above average.” Brazil has a generation with spread calls for the current president to quarterfinals of the Copa America last “This integration is very important at this tain when it won the 1994 World Cup. “It’s few top stars and is heavily dependent on resign, and a congressional probe into the month, failing in its first official tournament difficult moment in Brazilian football,” said important to bring new ideas so we can dis- Barcelona’s Neymar, who could not play in administration of local football is scheduled since the World Cup, and a vice president of former coach Paulo Roberto Falcao. “We cuss them together.” Parreira, Brazil’s coach in last year’s semifinal against Germany to start soon. The anniversary of the 7-1 loss the local federation was among those need to help in any way we can.” 1994, said the country needs to focus on because of an injury. He also missed the deci- comes a day after Brazil defender Daniel detained in Switzerland in connection to the Among the former coaches who attend- improving Brazilian domestic clubs. sive stages of the Copa America this year, Alves said Spaniard Pep Guardiola wanted to FIFA corruption scandal that erupted in May. ed the first meeting were Carlos Alberto “We keep trying to fix Brazilian football by because of a suspension. coach Brazil at the World Cup last year, but Last week, the Brazilian confederation Parreira, Mario Zagallo, Carlos Alberto Silva fixing the national team, but it should be the The Copa America gave Brazil its first local officials allegedly refused to hire him finally decided to seek help. The confedera- and Sebastiao Lazzaroni. other way around,” he said. “We will fix the chance to get over the humiliating World because they were afraid that fans wouldn’t tion announced it wants to talk to as many “They are honored to be able to help,” national team by improving the infrastruc- Cup elimination, but it lost to Paraguay on like having a foreign coach in charge of the people as possible to discuss ways to said Gilmar Rinaldi, the confederation official ture at the base, at the club, which has penalties for the second straight time. Now national team. “The changes won’t happen improve local football. It created a council overseeing the national team. “We made always been the most important thing in Brazil’s next chance at redemption will come overnight,” Parreira said. “It’s an attempt to that will include coaches, foreign coaches, sure they understood the importance of football.” Falcao, who played in the in 1982 in South American qualifying for the 2018 break a paradigm in Brazilian football, it will past world champions and members of sev- their opinions. They came here not only to and 1986 World Cups, said Brazil needs to World Cup, which starts in October. Neymar happen progressively.” — AP Argentina frets over Messi’s future

BUENOS AIRES: Argentina is gripped by nated by what is wrong with Messi and a debate over superstar Lionel Messi, the national football team. Why does he who was devastated by losing the Copa not dazzle for Argentina like he does for America final and has withdrawn into a Barcelona. shocked isolation. Some obervers in his “One day this boy is going to get tired home country say criticism fired at Messi and will not want to come to play for the could force him to take a break from team,” former Argentine international national duty. The 28-year-old football Matias Almeyda, now coach of the genius left the pitch ashen-faced after Banfield club, told Fox Sports television. Argentina lost the Copa America to Chile “He was criticised for not signing the in a 4-1 penalty shootout in Santiago on national anthem. He is always being criti- Saturday. cised for something,” Almeyda added. The scenes were reminiscent of last “He’s the best player in the world and he year’s World Cup final when Germany is not treated in the way he deserves.” beat Argentina in extra time. Then ‘Leo’ Argentina Football Association presi- left in tears. Messi first tasted a major dent Luis Segura has been shocked by defeat in 2007 when Argentina lost 3-0 the suggestions. If Messi left, Argentina to old rivals Brazil in the Copa final. could lose out on key earnings from Messi finally posted a statement on friendly internationals in which he is his facebook account late Monday. often under contract to play. “I don’t “There’s nothing more painful in football understand the people who criticise than losing a final,” he said. “But I don’t him,” Segura said. want to leave it any longer to say thank “Messi suffers as much as the sup- you to everyone who has always sup- porters from not winning a title.” Messi ported us and continued to during the had a brilliant season with the all-con- tough moments.” quering Barcelona but Almeyda said “it is Despite his huge success with very difficult (for Argentine players) to Barcelona, Messi is now going through repeat for the national team what they BRAZIL: Brazilian Barcelona player Neymar takes a selfie during an event with children with different capabilities and professional athletes tak- tough moments as is a country which do for their clubs.” ing part in the project ‘Bota do Mundo’ (World’s Boot) of the Neymar Project Institute in Sao Paulo. — AFP has not won a major title for 22 years. Messi has already scored more goals Spanish media reports said Messi turned for Argentina than the country’s beloved down the player of the tournament tro- Diego Maradona. But he has never won a Barca keep big money phy. The trophy was withdrawn before World Cup like Maradona did in 1986. the presentation ceremony in Santiago. His next chance could come in Russia Messi and the other Argentine stars in 2018. Messi will be 31 then and that were criticised by the country’s media for could be his last chance too. After the stars on the sidelines their performance. Members of his family Santiago final, Messi took refuge at his were also abused by Chilean fans at the home city of Rosario, 300 kilometers (180 match, according to Argentinian media. miles) from Buenos Aires, as he tradition- BARCELONA: Barcelona will keep more than 60 signings in 2015 after FIFA found them guilty of the new president so decides. Some observers have warned that ally does during Spain’s break from foot- million euros ($65 million) of talent on the side- breaching rules on the transfers of players aged Laporta called the Turan deal “improper” and Messi could walk away from the national ball. Around him, the criticism goes on lines for six months having signed Turkish inter- under 18. Turan, captain of Turkey’s national said Bartomeu should have completed the trans- side. “Desolate after another lost final, against the team and its coach Gerardo national Arda Turan and Aleix Vidal knowing that team and a prolific goalscorer with Atletico, has fer before resigning to stand in the campaign. and especially by the tough criticism, Martinez. Some top footballers have they cannot play until next year. not yet indicated what he thinks about sitting “The urgency of this operation is out of order. Messi could take a break from the nation- Tweeted their support for Messi. Some More big money deals could follow. A FIFA out half a season. The only explanation is that it favors Bartomeu’s al team,” the Ole sports daily reported Argentines are however using social ban on making official signings until January Vidal says it is a sacrifice worth making to join candidacy. “There was already a lack of trans- 2016 has not stopped the Spanish giants from Europe’s most successful team of the past parency in Neymar’s signing and I think that it is Tuesday. media however to say that “Maradona = plunging into the market ahead of a messy year decade. “When I was told that it would really insane that the management committee is play- Television talk shows are now domi- Messi and Javier Mascherano.” — AFP of internal tensions and high profile trials for happen, I didn’t think it was a hassle to come ing this game,” he said. Barcelona and their top Barcelona and some of its stars. and spend a few months without playing,” he manager are to stand trial over the transfer of Barcelona on Monday announced they had said just after the transfer was announced. Neymar. Spanish prosecutors allege that secret beaten Chelsea to secure 28-year-old midfielder Turan and Vidal have arrived at a complicated commissions were paid as part of the deal. Turan from Atletico Madrid on a five-year deal time for Barcelona as the team prepares for the The club bought the Brazilian captain in 2013 for a fee that could reach 41 million euros. election of a new president on July 18. for what they said was 57 million euros ($41 mil- That follows the 18-million-euro signing of Transfer policy has been at the centre of the lion). A Madrid judge says the fee was closer to right-back Vidal from Sevilla last month. Others debate between incumbent Josep Maria 83 million euros. Fellow striker Lionel Messi are expected to follow with media reports indi- Bartomeu and challenger Joan Laporta. Because could also stand trial on tax fraud charges. cating Barcelona are trying to line up a deal for of the election, the Barcelona managing com- Investigators allege his father Jorge organised a Juventus’ midfielder Paul Pogba which would mittee could not approve the Turan transfer and complex network of companies that kept 4.1 see him arrive at the end of next season. a clause in the deal was included saying that he million ($5.5 million) from tax authorities Barcelona were banned from making new could be sold back at a 10-percent discount if between 2007 and 2009. — AFP French sprint hope taken to hospital

AMIENS: French sprint hope Nacer Bouhanni was He injured his ribs in that fall and initially on Monday’s third stage that saw a spectacular taken to hospital by ambulance after crashing ear- announced on his Twitter account that he would pile-up involving around 20 riders. ly on the fifth stage of the Tour de France yester- miss the Tour, only to confirm his participation the It was Bouhanni’s second participation at the day. The 24-year-old former French champion hit day before the Grand Boucle began. However, his Tour after 2013, in which he also crashed out of the the deck after 12km of the 189.5km trek from Cofidis manager Yvon Sanquer revealed he had race inside the first week. Yesterday’s fifth stage Arras to Amiens, which was expected to end with broken nothing and his sports director Didier Rous was designed to pay homage to the soldiers who a bunch sprint in which he would have been told France Televisions that Bouhanni had “again died on the battlefields of northern France during Antonio Conte amongst the favorites. It was Bouhanni’s second hurt his injured ribs”. World War I. Several commemorative centenary crash within 10 days having also tasted the tarmac He will be out of action for between eight to 10 events were programmed throughout the day as in the finale of the French Championships a week days, Sanquer added. He was the eighth person to the peloton rode through the Somme battlefield Conte requested to stand before the Tour began. abandon the Tour after seven riders crashed out and past a number of war cemetaries. — AFP trial in match-fixing inquiry

MILAN: Italy coach Antonio Conte is requested. That is not expected to hap- among 104 people a prosecutor has pen for two or three of months, the requested to face trial for their alleged source said. involvement in match manipulation in Udinese coach Stefano Colantuono 2011, a judicial source told Reuters. was also among those requested to Conte, who has already served a ban stand trial. Colantuono, who in February imposed by the Italian soccer federation said the accusation of involvement was (FIGC) in connection with the case but “devastating” and that he did not under- has always denied any wrongdoing, was stand it, is being investigated over a Serie accused of “sporting fraud” by the prose- B match when he coached Atalanta cutor in the northern city of Cremona. against Crotone. The alleged wrongdoing dates back The general inquiry followed alleged to 2011, when Conte, who went on to attempts to manipulate matches in Serie win three successive Serie A titles with B, the Italian second division, and the Juventus before being appointed Italy third tier Lega Pro during the 2010/11 coach last year, was in charge of Siena in season, with some Coppa Italia matches Serie B. The prosecutor cited a match also involved. Investigations have been against Albino Leffe, while another accu- led by police and state prosecutors from sation regarding a match against Novara Cremona after a report from local side was dropped, the source said. Cremonese uncovered the alleged scan- The request by prosecutor Roberto Di dal. The FIGC has already conducted its Martino mentioned guidelines issued by own investigation and banned Conte for the Italian coaches’ association that said 10 months in 2012, later reduced to four its members should “safeguard the moral months on appeal. Conte had previously conduct of the players”. rejected a plea bargain offering a three- The next step is for the judiciary to fix month ban. More than 50 players were the date for a preliminary, closed-door banned for up to five years and a number hearing for Conte and all the other sus- of clubs, including Atalanta and Siena, pects where a judge will decide whether have had points deducted by the FIGC to press charges, as the prosecutors have over the case. — Reuters UTRECHT: France’s Nacer Bouhanni in action in this file photo. — AFP Carter boots All US defeat Blacks16 past Samoa Honduras18 THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015

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LONDON: Andy Murray of Britain returns a shot to Vasek Pospisil of Canada during the men’s quarterfinal singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships. — AP Murray to face Federer in semis

LONDON: Seven-time champion Roger Federer reached eased to a 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 win against unseeded Canadian 30-year-old Simon broke the 17-time major winner, who Monday, first beating Viktor Troicki in the singles in five his 10th Wimbledon semi-final yesterday with a 6-3, 7-5, Vasek Pospisil. Murray illuminated a rainy day at the All had only faced two break points at this year’s sets and then losing a five-setter with Jack Sock against 6-2 win over French 12th seed Gilles Simon. England Club with a ruthlessly efficient display, collect- Wimbledon before Wednesday. Murray’s brother Jamie and John Peers. The second seed will face either Andy Murray or ing his 150th Grand Slam match victory to move a step Federer took swift revenge, however, by regaining Pospisil’s win over Troicki was his third five-set win in Vasek Pospisil, in what will be his 37th Grand Slam semi- closer to his second Wimbledon title. the advantage and he was serving for a two sets lead four rounds at the All England Club this year. final, for a place in Sunday’s title match. The 28-year-old Scot will make his 17th Grand Slam when the showers returned, causing another hold-up Later Wednesday, defending champion, top seed and The 33-year-old Swiss, bidding to become the oldest semi-final appearance, and his sixth at the All England for 40 minutes. 2011 winner Novak Djokovic takes on US Open champi- Wimbledon champion in the Open Era, shrugged off Club, against seven-time champion Federer on Friday. It had little effect on the Swiss great as a service win- on Marin Cilic boasting a 12-0 career lead over the two rain delays as well as being broken for the first time Federer broke for a 3-0 lead in the first set against ner and back-to-back aces gave him the second set 7-5. Croatian. at the tournament to complete victory in just 94 min- Simon before rain sent the players off Court One for the Federer breezed through the decider with breaks in the Cilic, 26, lost to Djokovic in five sets in the quarter- utes. Federer fired 11 aces and 36 winners as he secured first rain delay. Forty minutes later, they returned and first and seventh games. finals in 2014 despite being two sets to one ahead. The a sixth win in eight meetings with Simon, who was Federer swiftly claimed the opener on the back of 15 Murray was playing his eighth successive Wimbledon winner of that clash will face either French Open cham- attempting to reach the last-four of a major for the first winners to Simon’s four. quarter-final, taking a 3-0 lead into his match-up with pion and fourth seed Stan Wawrinka or French 21st time. “The stop and go with the rain are always tough The Swiss was 4-3 up with a break in the second and world number 56 Pospisil who had never previously got seed Richard Gasquet. Wawrinka is in the quarter-finals but I think I used them to my advantage. They helped then moved to 5-3 on his 116th consecutive service beyond the third round of a major. All their three meet- for the second successive year and is bidding to me rather than hindered me,” said Federer. hold, a streak stretching back to the first round in Halle ings have come in the last 10 months with the 25-year- become just the fifth man to win Roland Garros and Andy Murray set up a Wimbledon semi-final show- last month. old Canadian unable to win a single set. Wimbledon in the same year. Gasquet made the semi- down with Roger Federer as the world number three But that record was shattered in the next game when Pospisil spent more than eight hours on court on finals back in 2007. — AFP Sharapova blocking Greipel wins Tour stage AMIENS: Andre Greipel continued ing second overall at 12sec with Tejay Serena march to final German domination as he won his sec- Van Garderen third at 25sec. ond stage of the Tour de France in a Reigning champion Vincenzo Nibali LONDON: Maria Sharapova would have but with the Australian and French sprint finish at the end of yesterday’s is still just over a minute and half done well not to have watched Serena Opens already secured and just two 189.5km run from Arras to Amiens. behind Froome with Nairo Quintana Williams out-slug Victoria Azarenka in a more wins required to clinch the third Greipel overhauled Briton Mark even further back at almost 2min. But Wimbledon quarter-final of extraordi- leg of the sport’s ultimate feat, she Cavendish and Alexander Kristoff of two-time former winner Alberto nary quality on Tuesday. knows she will never have another Norway while holding off the fast-fin- Contador is eighth overall at 48sec and The Russian fourth seed is blocking opportunity like this. ishing Slovak Peter Sagan. Having won 36sec behind Froome. Williams’ path to an eighth Wimbledon And the last person she would want Sunday’s second stage as well, Greipel Meanwhile, rider safety fears proved final and judging by the way the to deny her the chance, one imagines, is kept his hold on the green points jer- to be a false dawn after the peloton American bludgeoned her way past Sharapova. She has only conceded one sey and also maintained German hege- survived the treacherous Tour de Azarenka after losing the first set, she set to the Russian in five years. mony of Tour sprints following the suc- France cobbled fourth stage without will need to reinforce the barricades The last time they met on the Centre cess of Marcel Kittel the previous two losing any more bodies. with everything at her disposal, then Court grass, in the final of the London years-winning four stages in each. Seven riders failed to report to the hope the 33-year-old has an off day. 2012 Olympics, Sharapova managed only Last year Germans won four of the start of Tuesday’s 223.5km fourth stage For all her pre-programmed on-court one game, and while subsequent meet- first six stages before finishing with from Seraing in Belgium to Cambrai, positivity, Sharapova has become a ings have been closer, whatever she seven out of 21 in total, and this was with it’s seven cobbled sectors totalling punchbag for Williams since 2004, the throws at the American, however much the third German victory in five days as 13.3km, after crashing on Monday’s year she stunned the tennis world by she ratchets up the volume, it gets well as the second in a row following third stage. But of those who did start beating the Amrican to the Wimbledon returned with interest, and a often a glare. Tony Martin’s on Tuesday. Greipel Tuesday’s stage, some including title. At least Sharapova has that 2004 tri- timed his charge to the line to perfec- Australia’s Michael Matthews were She beat her again that year but since umph in the memory bank. “I haven’t tion, coming up behind Cavendish, as barely sure they would make it to the then her 0-16 record is a depressing tale seen my name on the trophy in a while,” the Briton overtook Kristoff, to power finish. of woe. No wonder Williams is looking she told reporters after struggling past clear and reach the line just before “It was really hard (Monday). I went forward to Thursday’s Centre Court date unseeded Coco Vandeweghe on Sagan, arriving like a bullet, crossed in into the ambulance and they said I against a player with whom her relation- Tuesday. “I know it’s there but I would second. Cavendish was third and once might have broken ribs,” said Matthews ship is, at best, professionally respectful. love to check it out again to make sure again missed out on a 26th Tour stage before Tuesday’s stage start. “Only after “I love playing Maria. I think she it’s still there. That would be nice.” victory. the X-ray did we find what the damage brings out the best in me,” the 33-year- With Williams on a 26-match winning It was a relatively calm day for the actually is. I have some contusions to old said, without a hint of irony, after a 3- streak in grand slam play and her game overall contenders despite a number of my ribs.” That did not mean Matthews 6 6-2 6-3 defeat of former world number in rude health it is unlikely she will be crashes that resulted in New Zealand’s could rest easy, though. one Azarenka-a match in which a getting a close look at it this year. Jack Bauer and French sprinter Nacer “Through the night (Monday) night, supreme Williams produced 47 winners, Waiting in the final for the victor will be Bouhanni leaving the race. I was really struggling to breathe. That including 17 aces, and only 12 unforced either Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska, who Martin kept the leader’s yellow jer- wasn’t great. I had little panic attacks, I errors. Williams beat to win her fifth and last LONDON: Russia’s Maria Sharapova reacts after beat- sey he took off 2013 champion Chris could not breathe, it was quite scary,” Williams avoids talking about the Wimbledon title in 2012, or Spain’s 20th- ing US player Coco Vandeweghe during their women’s Froome on Tuesday, the latter remain- he said. — AFP possibility of a calendar-year grand slam ranked Garbine Muguruza. — Reuters quarter-finals match in this file photo. — AFP GCC markets outperform peers in Q2 2015 Page 22

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LONDON: Protesters hold up placards as they gather in Parliament Square in central London yesterday as British Finance Minister George Osborne unveiled fresh austerity measures. (Inset) Osborne holds up the Budget Box outside 11 Downing Street in central London.—AFP Britain slashes spending in new austerity drive Osborne promises to save $57bn in fiscal consolidation LONDON: British Finance Minister George Osborne savings of £12 billion from welfare and £5 billion firmed there would be no change to income tax unveiled fresh austerity measures yesterday to slash from tackling tax evasion, avoidance, planning and thresholds or value added taxation (VAT) for at least the country’s debt, evoking the plight of crisis-hit imbalances in the tax system. “The other half will five years. Egypt continues bear run, Greece in presenting the first purely Conservative largely come from government departments through He will cap annual welfare payments at £23,000 budget for nearly 20 years. Chancellor of the savings and cuts.” per household in London, against the current level of Gulf depressed by weak oil Exchequer Osborne slashed welfare spending to hon- £26,000. The amount will be set at £20,000 outside or campaign promises after his Conservative party- Deficit reduction the capital. MIDEAST STOCK MARKETS headed by Prime Minister David Cameron-unexpect- The public deficit is to be cut at the same pace as Corporation tax, levied on business profits, will be edly won an outright majority in a May 7 general in the previous 2010-2015 parliament. The public reduced from 20 percent to 19 percent in 2017 and election. purse is expected to shift to a surplus by 2019/2020, 18 percent by 2020. DUBAI: The bear run on Egypt’s stock market continued yesterday as “This is a Conservative budget that can only be which is a year later than predicted at the time of the property developer Emaar Misr slid further in the wake of its listing, delivered because the British people trusts us to fin- last budget presented in March. “Without sound pub- Sticking to austerity while weak oil prices weighed on the Gulf. ish the job,” said Osborne, who now has a free hand lic finances there is no economic certainty for work- The centre-right Tories swept into power on the The Egyptian stock index tumbled 2.6 percent to a 15-month low of with the public finances after a tense five-year coali- ing people,” Osborne said. “We should always fix the back of promises to stick to the austerity plan that 7,551 points, bringing its losses from February’s multi-year peak to 25 tion with the centrist Liberal Democrats. roof while the sun is shining.” they implemented with the Liberal Democrats during percent. The market has been hit by a perfect storm in the last few “The greatest mistake this country could make is But he admitted: “”Britain still spends too much, the last coalition government. weeks: Egypt’s energy and foreign exchange shortages, a decision by the to think all our problems are solved,” he told lawmak- borrows too much and our weak productivity shows Yesterday’s spending plan sought to build upon central bank to resume depreciating the Egyptian pound , and an order ers during a speech lasting over an hour. we don’t train enough or build enough or invest Osborne’s first budget of the year, which was present- by the bourse that Egyptian investors who buy global depository “You only have to look at the crisis in Greece to enough.” There was mixed news on the chancellor’s ed under the previous coalition in March. It was receipts (GDRs) by purchasing shares in Egyptian pounds may only realize if a country is not in control of the borrowing, latest forecasts for economic growth. Gross domestic Britain’s first budget written solely by the receive their returns in that currency. Security fears after deadly clashes the borrowing takes control of the country.” The product is set to grow by 2.4 percent this year, down Conservatives since 1996. During the coalition years, with Islamist militants in the Sinai, the assassination of Egypt’s top public budget would transport Britain “from a low wage, from a prior estimate of 2.5 percent, after a stronger- Osborne was forced to soften some of his austerity prosecutor in Cairo, plus the Greek debt crisis - the euro zone is a top high tax, high welfare economy, to the higher wage, than-expected 3.0-percent expansion in 2014. The measures in the face of fierce pressure from the trading partner and source of tourists for Egypt - have also hurt. Margin lower tax, lower welfare country we intend to create”, economy is set to expand by 2.3 percent in 2016. Liberal Democrats. calls have added to the selling in recent days. he said. Osborne declared the government would Borrowing was revised down to £69.5 billion in the However, his priority remains tackling Britain’s Property developer Emaar Misr slid a further 5.5 percent to 3.28 save £37 billion ($57 billion, 51 billion euros) in fur- current financial year, but was then revised up to total debt, which stands at about £1.5 trillion. The pounds. It has plunged from an initial public offer price of 3.80 pounds ther fiscal consolidation over the next five years. £43.1 billion and £24.3 billion the following two coalition had already overseen billions of pounds in since it listed on Sunday, becoming a symbol of the market’s panic. “Today I set out how we will find just under half of years, compared to a March forecast of £39.4 billion cuts to state spending to slash a record deficit inherit- Before the IPO, which was heavily oversubscribed, analysts put fair value that — £17 billion.” he told lawmakers. “We found and £12.9 billion respectively. Osborne also con- ed from the previous Labor government. — AFP for the stock at around 4.70 pounds. But investors have focused since then on the fact that valuations of other property firms relative to their assets are even lower. Palm Hills Development, another big real estate firm, dropped 4.4 percent yesterday. Arab Cotton Ginning, which had dropped 2.5 percent on Tuesday after the government said it was halting Greece fast approaching all cotton imports to try to assist production and marketing of the local crop, fell further in early trade but recovered to close up 0.4 percent. The chairman of the Egyptian Chamber of Textile Industries said the textiles sector would be hurt by the lack of cheap cotton imports. euro exit door: Economists “The market had run ahead of itself - developments haven’t kept up with the hype,” Sherif Salem, portfolio manager at Invest AD, a major Abu Dhabi fund firm, said of Egypt’s slide. ATHENS: Greece may be about to become the first coun- for his country, gave a median 55 percent chance of growth, Germany, Greece’s biggest European creditor, The bear market has brought Egyptian valuations, which were over try to step through the exit door and leave the euro- Greece leaving the euro-zone. That is the first time the has staunchly opposed the idea. 10 percent above emerging markets as a whole at one stage, more close- zone, according to a Reuters poll that put the chances of median probability has shown Greece is more likely than A German finance ministry spokesman yesterday ly in line; the index is now trading at about 13.5 times trailing earnings, the monetary union breaking up at more than 50 per- not to leave the euro in many years of Reuters polls ask- rejected measures that reduce the current value of Greek Thomson Reuters data shows, against around 13.2 for the MSCI emerg- cent for the first time. Euro-zone members have given ing the same question. debt. If Greece fails to convince its creditors by Sunday it ing market index. This should eventually help to stabilize Egyptian Greece a final deadline of Sunday to come up with a pro- While the results show economists have begun will move a step closer to losing its euro membership, stocks, perhaps when global market turmoil dies down and the Cairo posal for sweeping reforms in return for loans that will warming up to the possibility of “Grexit”-for many large with a bond redemption by the ECB on July 20 possibly government formalizes previously announced reforms such as a cut in keep the country from crashing out of Europe’s currency banks it is now their base case-it also reflects a glimmer proving the trigger. the corporate income tax ceiling, Salem said. bloc and into economic ruin. of hope a deal could be clinched just in time. Financial There is a 60 percent probability of Greece defaulting He noted that some stocks were back at late 2013 levels, which did But months of negotiations between Athens and its markets also appear to have either held on to that hope on the payment, according to economists in the poll. not seem reasonable given improvements in Egypt’s economic policy- creditors has so far yielded nothing and Greece became or have dismissed a possible Greek exit as a non-event. “The moment that (ECB bond payment) does not get making and outlook since then. “The positive medium- and long-term the first developed economy to default on a debt pay- The euro has barely weakened this week while bond paid, it is a proper default. And that’s the end because outlook is still there.” A monthly Reuters survey of 15 Middle East fund ment to the International Monetary Fund last month. yields for peripheral countries such as Portugal, Spain the ECB cannot continue justifying keeping Greek banks managers, published last week, found them on balance still positive on Trust has also eroded between both sides after Prime and Ireland have even dipped a little. alive,” Credit Suisse’s Aranda-Hassel said. Egypt. However, non-Arab foreign investors have become net sellers in Minister Alexis Tsipras unexpectedly called a referendum “It’s (a deal) still not impossible especially if the Greek The ECB has so far kept cash taps just about open for the past few days, exchange data shows. in which six out of 10 Greeks voted to reject further aus- government comes up with a new proposal and does Greek banks through its emergency liquidity assistance terity. not insist on a nominal haircut on the debt but accepts program but, faced with a imminent default if a deal isn’t “It’s gone too far in the sense that there is absolutely lengthening of the maturities,” said Johannes Mayr, econ- sealed this week, it could cut off the flow. That would GULF Meanwhile, most Gulf markets fell in modest turnover because of no trust whatsoever any longer,” said Christel Aranda- omist at BayernLB. force Athens to print its own money and effectively leave weak oil prices and global market instability due to the Greek crisis and Hassel, senior European economist at Credit Suisse, refer- Tsipras has so far insisted on debt relief, saying years the euro-zone. China’s equities crash. The Saudi stock index slipped 0.3 percent as Saudi ring to the long-drawn-out negotiations. “Ultimately, I of austerity has damaged Greece’s economy and heaped A Greek exit, the subject for heated debate for many Basic Industries, a petrochemical blue chip which is sensitive to oil prices, think the Greeks have overplayed their hand.” misery on people without any rewards. While IMF Chief months, will test the ECB’s readiness to deal with possi- lost 0.8 percent. —Reuters Fifty-seven economists polled on Wednesday, as Christine Lagarde has hinted some sort of a haircut on ble contagion effects on sovereign bond markets in Tsipras pleaded in the European Parliament for a fair deal Greece’s debt is necessary to return the economy to peripheral countries. —Reuters THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015 BUSINESS GCC markets outperform peers in Q2 2015

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KUWAIT: Most regional markets rallied in 2Q15 led by a strong performance by the UAE markets. Following a strong market correction that was triggered by the drop in oil prices late last year and that extended well into 1Q15, most regional markets saw a notable rebound in 2Q15. Markets seem to have gained from stabi- lizing oil prices and a relatively calmer geopolitical climate. The MSCI GCC total return index was up 4.6 percent.GCC markets’ capitalization stood at $1.1tril- lion, having added $88billion in 2Q15. Market liquidity dropped 22 percent with the daily traded value averaging $2.2 bil- lion. Typically, activity weakens in the summer and more so notably during the month of Ramadan. Internationally, the Greek debt issue finally took a toll on equity markets with the main market indice sending the quarter in the red. European equities, In the GCC, the UAE markets outper- seemed to have already priced it in and Oil price scenario determined to move forward on their which had been rallying since the begin- formed with the DFM up an impressive the TadawulAll-Share index dropped for In the coming months, regional mar- development plans. Geopolitical and ning of the year, corrected in the last 16 percent and the ADSM up a decent 6 a few consecutive sessions afterwards. kets are likely to continue to be focused security developments will also be scruti- couple of days in June eroding most of percent in 2Q15. The DFM was the hard- The Qatari and Omani markets also made on oil price developments. Oil prices nized in the coming months. their quarterly gains. The MSCI Europe est hit market when oil prices started to some gains in 2Q15, up 4 and 3 percent remain an important factor, especially for Developments in Yemen will be in the total-return index closed the quarter up drop late last year. So when oil prices respectively. the markets/economies with weaker fis- forefront, and the Iranian nuclear pro- only 1 percent. US equities remained finally stabilized late January, the market The Kuwaiti and Bahraini markets cal positions such as Dubai, Oman and gram negotiations are also likely to directionless with the DJIA and the seemed due for a rally. Tadawul came in were the only two GCC markets to lose Bahrain. The other markets with larger impact markets in the coming months S&P500 “flat” in 2Q15. Meanwhile, the behind DFM and ADX, having gained 5 ground on the quarter. The Kuwait Stock fiscal buffers are likely to see more limit- (including oil). Finally; any recurrent ter- MSCI Emerging Markets total-return percent in the quarter. The Saudi market Exchange (KSE) value-weighted index ed impact of large changes in oil prices. ror attacks (Egypt, Tunisia, Kuwait etc)and index was up 1 percent on the quarter. was the only GCC market that rallied in was down 0.4 percent and continued to In those markets, such as Saudi Arabia, markets will have to factor in the added Chinese equities also saw a major correc- 1Q15; surely, with the main catalyst lack a catalyst that would turn things Qatar, Abu Dhabi and Kuwait, the risk. tion towards the end of the quarter with being the decision to open up the mar- around. The tragic June suicide-bombing economies appear more resilient in the Internationally, a stronger dollar, fear the MSCI China total-return index off 10 ket to foreign investors by the middle of had a somewhat muted effect on prices, current low oil price environment as gov- of Greek exit from the euro and the tim- percent in June; though it is still up 25 this year. Ironically, when the decision though it surely affected market senti- ernments renew commitments to boost ing of the first US interest rate hike later percent ytd. went into effect mid-June, the market ment. or maintain capital spending and are in the year are all market moving factors. News Dubai plans sukuk channels In brief

GFH considers Saudi listing, Kuwait delisting as listings top other centers DUBAI: Gulf Finance House, the Bahrain-based investment firm, is once again studying the possibility of delisting from DUBAI: Dubai has overtaken other with $25.1 billion. much more vibrant sukuk market Kuwait’s stock market and is also now considering a listing financial centres in listing Islamic Until 2013, issuers from the Gulf than Dubai, with more small corpo- on Saudi Arabia’s bourse, it said in a statement yesterday. bonds on its exchanges, and is usually chose European exchanges rate issuers. About $69 billion of QNB Q2 net profit rises The firm said in April it would delist its global depositary mounting a global drive to attract to list sukuk; that has begun sukuk were issued in Malaysia last 10%, beats forecasts receipts in London but would keep its other listings after a more listings while developing changing. Unlike Europe, Dubai has year, though many were not listed, period of deliberations following feedback from sharehold- new channels to trade sukuk, the a stable of local state-linked firms regulatory data shows. DUBAI: Qatar National Bank (QNB), the largest ers at its annual general meeting. GFH is listed in four chief executive of Nasdaq Dubai which can be encouraged to issue Ali said Nasdaq Dubai aimed to places: Dubai Financial Market, where its shares are often lender in the Gulf Arab region, beat analysts’ expec- said. “Demand for Islamic financial sukuk and list them locally. Noor stimulate trade by developing the market’s most heavily traded, Bahrain, Kuwait, and tations yesterday as it posted a 10 percent increase direct sales to retail investors. London in the form of global depository receipts. products still exceeds supply there Bank listed $500 million on Nasdaq in second-quarter net profit, according to Reuters are very few financial products for Dubai last week; Dubai’s govern- Bahrain’s bourse opened such a calculations. The bank reported a net profit of 2.91 ment owns over a quarter of the channel to issue local currency sov- which this is true,” said Hamed billion riyals ($799.2 million) for the three months to Ahmed Ali. The exchange is work- bank. ereign sukuk in January. Nasdaq US dollar stable against June 30, compared with 2.64 billion riyals in the cor- ing on ways to sell sukuk directly to Also, Dubai is at the heart of a Dubai’s plan to introduce an Kuwaiti dinar at KD 0.302 responding period of last year, Reuters calculated. retail investors, expanding the pri- Muslim region, which both sup- “Islamic repo” contract a sharia- KUWAIT: The US dollar exchange rate was stable The bank did not provide a quarterly results break- against the Kuwaiti dinar in yesterday’s trading mary market beyond institutional plies sukuk and provides investor compliant version of the short- exchanging at KD 0.302, compared to Tuesday’s rates, buyers, and designing a sharia- demand, Ali said. While 56 percent term loans of securities which down in its earnings statement. said the daily bulletin of the Central Bank of Kuwait compliant repurchase agreement, of Dubai’s listed sukuk are from banks use to adjust their liquidity- For the first six months of the year, net profit also (CBK). The euro was also stable at KD 0.333 while the he said. United Arab Emirates issuers, 22 could also encourage more active rose 10 percent to 5.59 billion riyals, up from 5.07 pound sterling went down to KD 0.467. The Swiss franc Dubai launched an effort to list percent are from Saudi Arabia; Ali use of sukuk. billion riyals in the same period of 2014, the bank and the Japanese yen were also steady at KD 0.320 and sukuk in 2013 after its ruler Sheikh said he wanted the proportion The exchange is discussing a said in a statement. Six analysts polled by Reuters, at KD 0.002 respectively. Mohammed bin Rashid al- from Gulf countries outside the proposed template with local and on average, forecast a net profit of 2.81 billion riyals Maktoum declared he wanted the UAE to grow. international banks and hopes to for the second quarter. QNB, aiming to become the emirate to become a top Islamic In response to Nasdaq Dubai’s introduce it late this year or in largest bank in the Middle East and Africa by 2017, Kuwait oil price said loans and advances rose 9.2 percent in the first down to $54.09 finance centre. A study published study, the Irish exchange said it 2016, providing it wins the KUWAIT: Price of Kuwaiti crude oil dropped by $1.58 to by Nasdaq Dubai this week sug- “continues to attract high levels of endorsement of religious scholars. half from a year earlier to 356 billion riyals. $54.09 per barrel on Tuesday compared to $55.67 pb the gested the effort was succeeding. listings from the Gulf Cooperation So far, only Malaysia, Indonesia and Despite falling short of the double-digit rate of day before, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) Sukuk listed on Dubai’s two Council region, both Islamic-based Bahrain have taken major steps to expansion QNB was recording before last year, the announced yesterday. World oil prices fell back despite exchanges, Nasdaq Dubai and and conventional finance”. The develop Islamic repos. rise still suggests its lending is managing to with- news of a drop in US crude stockpiles, and ahead of a Dubai Financial Market, rose to Malaysian and London exchanges Early last year, Nasdaq Dubai stand recent choppiness in credit growth in the Gulf Federal Reserve interest rate decision. $36.7 billion last month from $7 did not reply to requests for com- introduced a platform for muraba- state. Lending growth in Qatar has been a major billion in 2013, said the study, ment. ha, another form of Islamic liquidity driver of banks’ profits in recent years as the Gulf whose results are broadly in line management in which one bank Arab state spends billions of dollars on infrastruc- Saudi’s Al-Rajhi Bank Q2 net profit falls 0.4% with Thomson Reuters data. TRADE buys merchandise and another ture and preparations to host the soccer World Cup DUBAI: Al-Rajhi Bank, Saudi Arabia’s second-largest Nasdaq Dubai accounts for the vast Sukuk listings are not the only agrees to buy it at a mark-up. It in 2022. lender, posted a marginal drop of 0.4 percent in its sec- majority. indicator of health for an Islamic aimed to grab some of this busi- Overall bank credit growth has recovered after ond-quarter net profit, it said yesterday, beating ana- This put Dubai ahead of the finance centre. Another is sukuk ness from the London Metal expansion eased in February to its lowest level since lyst forecasts. The bank made 1.94 billion riyals ($517.6 world’s three traditional sukuk cen- trading turnover; this remains low Exchange. So far the new platform at least 2007, according to central bank data. million) in the three months ending June 30, com- tres: Malaysia, with $26.6 billion on Dubai’s exchanges, as many has had modest success, trading a Deposits at the lender, which is 50 percent owned pared with 1.95 billion riyals in the same period a year listed on Bursa Malaysia and the institutions hold instruments to total of around $17 billion among by sovereign wealth fund Qatar Investment earlier, it said in a bourse statement. Eight analysts sur- Labuan free trade zone, the Irish maturity or trade them over-the- three users. The exchange is seek- veyed by Reuters on average expected the bank to Authority, expanded by 10.4 percent to reach 381 Stock Exchange with $25.7 billion, counter. ing to attract new participants, Ali billion riyals. — Reuters post a net profit of 1.76 billion riyals for the quarter. and the London Stock Exchange In some ways, Malaysia has a said. —Reuters EXCHANGE RATES

Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. GOLD Saudi Riyals 81.670 US Dollars Mint 0.299800 0.303800 20 gram 232.990 Jordanian Dinar 427.730 10 gram 119.190 Asia ASIAN COUNTRIES Egyptian Pound 39.104 5 gram 60.280 Bangladesh Taka 0.003556 0.004156 Japanese Yen 2.487 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.267 Chinese Yuan 0.047481 0.050981 Indian Rupees 4.778 Indian Rupees 4.769 Hong Kong Dollar 0.037035 0.039785 Pakistani Rupees 2.980 Pakistani Rupees 2.980 UAE Exchange Centre WLL Indian Rupee 0.004604 0.004994 Srilankan Rupees 2.269 Bangladesh Taka 3.893 Philippines Pesso 6.713 Indonesian Rupiah0.000019 0.000025 Nepali Rupees 2.986 Cyprus pound 578.158 Japanese Yen 0.002401 0.002581 Singapore Dollar 224.490 CURRENCIES TELEX TRANSFER PER 1000 Japanese Yen 3.465 Kenyan Shilling 0.003022 0.003022 Hongkong Dollar 39.126 Australian Dollar 207.36 Canadian Dollar 244.46 Syrian Pound 2.605 Korean Won 0.000256 0.000271 Bangladesh Taka 3.899 Swiss Franc 326.18 Nepalese Rupees 3.030 Malaysian Ringgit 0.076505 0.082505 Philippine Peso 6.717 Euro 338.38 Malaysian Ringgit 80.830 Nepalese Rupee 0.003043 0.003213 Thai Baht 8.933 US Dollar 303.50 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 49.220 Pakistan Rupee 0.002805 0.003085 Sterling Pound 475.10 Thai Bhat 9.970 Philippine Peso 0.006611 0.006891 GCC COUNTRIES Japanese Yen 2.51 Turkish Lira 112.975 Sierra Leone 0.000068 0.000074 Saudi Riyal 80.950 Bangladesh Taka 3.896 Singapore Dollar 0.220115 0.226115 Qatari Riyal 83.386 Indian Rupee 4.778 Omani Riyal 788.460 Bahrain Exchange Company South African Rand0.018231 0.026731 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.265 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001828 0.002408 Bahraini Dinar 806.160 Nepali Rupee 2.986 UAE Dirham 82.648 Taiwan 0.009654 0.009834 Pakistani Rupee 2.980 CURRENCY BUY SELL Thai Baht 0.008681 0.0009231 UAE Dirhams 82.51 Europe ARAB COUNTRIES Bahraini Dinar 805.57 Belgian Franc 0.007916 0.008916 Arab Egyptian Pound - Cash 42.075 Egyptian Pound 39.66 British Pound 0.461883 0.470883 Bahraini Dinar 0.798311 0.806311 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 39.990 Jordanian Dinar 431.16 Czech Korune 0.004283 0.016283 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.416 Omani Riyal 787.12 Egyptian Pound 0.039725 0.042555 Danish Krone 0.040649 0.045649 Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000085 Tunisian Dinar 154.720 Qatari Riyal 83.58 Euro 0.328182 0.336182 Iraqi Dinar 0.000189 0.000249 Jordanian Dinar 428.290 Saudi Riyal 80.85 Norwegian Krone 0.033025 0.038225 Jordanian Dinar 0.423623 0.431123 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.036 Romanian Leu 0.074290 0.074290 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Syrian Lira 2.163 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Slovakia 0.009053 0.019053 Lebanese Pound 0.000151 0.000251 Morocco Dirham 31.440 Swedish Krona 0.031547 0.036547 Moroccan Dirhams0.019863 0.043863 Swiss Franc 0.314114 0.324314 Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Nigerian Naira 0.001253 0.001888 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Turkish Lira 0.112595 0.119595 US Dollar Transfer 303.400 US Dollar 303.250 Omani Riyal 0.782040 0.787720 Canadian Dollar 243.490 Euro 335.560 Australasia Qatar Riyal 0.082625 0.083838 Sterling Pound 469.970 Sterling Pound 473.225 Saudi Riyal 0.080270 0.080970 Euro 338.135 Australian Dollar 0.216543 0.228043 Canadian dollar 239.270 Syrian Pound 0.001286 0.001506 Swiss Frank 286.820 New Zealand Dollar0.195114 0.204614 Turkish lira 112.830 Tunisian Dinar 0.150430 0.158430 Bahrain Dinar 805.655 Swiss Franc 322.420 Turkish Lira 0.112595 0.119595 UAE Dirhams 82.940 America Australian Dollar 226.030 UAE Dirhams 0.081623 0.082772 Qatari Riyals 90.940 Canadian Dollar 0.232803 0.241303 US Dollar Buying 302.200 US Dollars 0.299300 0.303800 Yemeni Riyal 0.001371 0.001451 THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015 BUSINESS Companies in Kuwait need to evolve: Expert

KUWAIT: Connectivity is driving a revolution Gregg Petersen, Regional Director, Middle data and applications, and the need for servic- Businesses. Critical to this business transfor- to recover, and 59 per cent of patches or in the way that companies address their IT East and SAARC, Veeam Software says that in es to be 100 percent reliable, without any mation is making the switch from legacy upgrades result in more downtime than needs. Gone are the days when businesses order to keep pace with the rapidly evolving IT downtime or the risk of data loss. On top of backup to modern availability solutions. expected. All of these aspects have the poten- could operate from 8:00am to 5:00pm and still world, companies must provide services that this is the fact that data is growing rapidly, at a While legacy backup systems may have tial to disrupt employee workflow. 82 per cent be successful. In today’s hyper competitive are faster, more secure, better controlled, and rate of 30-50 per cent per year. According to been perfectly capable of handling the of CIOs say that there is a gap between the environment, the biggest challenge for busi- have lower operational costs while increasing the Cisco(r) Visual Networking Index (VNI) demands of the past two decades or so, they level of availability that legacy backup solu- nesses in Kuwait lies in becoming an Always- business agility. Data centres are being mod- Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update, are simply not designed to cope with the tions provide, and the level that end users On Business, one that must operate 24 hours a ernized in order to accommodate these global mobile data traffic reached 2.5 increasing pressures of today’s highly-con- demand. day, seven days a week, 52 weeks a year. IT requirements, by implementing server virtual- exabytes per month at the end of 2014, up nected world. Legacy systems’ incapability can The Always-On Business cannot afford the spend is growing with the market expected to isation, modern storage applications, and from 1.5 exabytes per month at the end of lead to numerous service issues, such as setbacks that legacy systems are prone to, peak in 2016, influenced by factors such as cloud-based services - but these represent 2013. To put that into perspective, last year’s lengthy recovery point objectives (RPOs) and which is why the modern data centre has government investments for Smart City proj- only one aspect of what businesses must con- mobile data traffic was nearly 30 times the size recovery time objectives (RTOs), meaning sub- evolved to deliver a highly capable, reliable ects, growing connected device usage, and sider when updating their IT capabilities. of the entire global internet in 2000. stantial delays in usability, with the potential solution. Availability requirements offer recov- increased corporate investments in software While the above-mentioned implementa- To cope with these demands, Chief to negatively impact business productivity. ery time and point objectives (RTPO) of less and IT bolstering. But are companies investing tions are good at building scale, organisations Information Officers (CIOs) need to upgrade There is also the significant threat of not being than 15 minutes, with a zero per cent failure their money in the right solutions that offer in Kuwait must take into account the their storage systems to minimize downtime able to detect issues before they affect the rate, testing on every upgrade and patch, and availability and scalability for the continued demands end users will have. These can and guarantee access to data as and when it’s system; less than 6 per cent of backups are proactive visibility to ensure the highest level change we anticipate in the future? include requiring round the clock access to required, in order to evolve into Always-On tested each quarter, more than 16 per cent fail of protection for all data and users. China unveils new steps to prop up falling stocks Market dives further after flurry of new moves

BEIJING: China announced a flurry of shift in attitudes by retail investors.” The People’s Bank of China statement Also yesterday, a group of 21 new moves yesterday to halt a stock Yesterday, the Cabinet agency was read on state TV’s national mid- state-owned brokerages that market slide. The result? Another big that oversees China’s biggest state- day news. pledged last weekend to buy blue dive in share prices. The government owned companies said it had told Chinese authorities have tried to chip stocks - or shares in major state told state companies and executives them to avoid selling shares and to reassure investors the decline is nor- companies - said they will increase to buy shares, raised the amount of buy more “in order to safeguard mar- mal following the boom that saw the the size of a fund to finance that from equities insurance companies can ket stability.” In a separate order, the Shanghai index soar by more than 120 billion yuan ($19 billion) to 260 hold and promised more credit to securities regulator told directors, 150 percent beginning in late 2014. billion yuan ($42 billion). finance trading. executives and senior managers of The flagship ruling party newspaper, The pledge helped to boost Hundreds of companies have publicly traded companies who have People’s Daily, said Monday the econ- shares in major banks and other gov- halted trading in their stock after sold shares in those companies with- omy can maintain steady growth and ernment companies such as emergency measures announced in the past six months to buy them provide “solid fundamentals” for PetroChina Ltd., Asia’s biggest oil and last weekend failed to stop a rout back and said they are barred from “healthy development of capital mar- gas producer. Their prices rose by up FYYANG: A worker repairs the display board at a brokerage house in Fuyang in that has dragged down the bench- selling. It said they are required to kets.” Jackson, of IHS Global Insight, to 10 percent on Monday and central China’s Anhui province yesterday. China announced a flurry of new moves mark Shanghai Composite Index by buy more if the price falls by more noted a survey by the Southwestern Tuesday, but shares in smaller com- yesterday to halt a stock market slide. The government told state companies and more than 30 percent since early executives to buy shares, raised the amount of equities insurance companies can June. hold and promised more credit to finance trading. —AP The Shanghai index lost another 5.9 percent yesterday and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index closed Chinese brokers woken down 5.8 percent after diving as much as 8.5 percent earlier in the from global dreams day. Greece’s debt crisis has unsettled Asian stock markets but the losses in HONG KONG: The business plans and over- shares at a discount of up to 20 percent. China are driven entirely by internal seas ambitions of Chinese brokerages are In February, Citic Securities Co said it factors. being shelved as Beijing pushes them to use spent HK$780 million for KVB Kunlun The decline in Chinese stock their resources to arrest a dramatic plunge Financial Group to build its international prices threatens to fuel political ten- in domestic equity markets that is threaten- capabilities and expand its currency trading sions and set back Communist Party ing China’s economic stability. Twenty-one business. “Those who haven’t set up offices plans to use financial markets to of China’s biggest brokerages were pressed in overseas markets may have to slow down make China’s state-dominated econ- into service last weekend, pledging to spend their plans, and those with offshore branch- omy more productive. The party 15 percent of their net assets, roughly 120 es also won’t have energy or time to expand wants to encourage stock ownership billion yuan ($19 billion), to buy stocks as at present,” said the Shanghai-based securi- but small investors whose holdings part of a broad government-led effort to ties executives. have plunged in value say they will calm what the securities regulator has called no longer buy shares. Little more panic. SHARES PLUNGE than a month ago, China’s stock mar- Securities companies, which have raised The market rout has been particularly ket was the best performing in the $29.4 billion through international and local brutal for shares in Chinese brokers this world. The boom began after state share sales this year, are expected to pump week. “Investors are extremely unimpressed media said last year stocks were more of their own cash into the market if with their sudden conscription into national cheap, which led investors to believe share prices fall further, executives and ana- service, and you can see that in their share Beijing would prevent prices from lysts say. “The top priority for Chinese bro- prices,” said Matthew Smith, a strategist who falling. The Shanghai index still is up kers now is to protect the stock market,” said covers the China financials sector for 70 percent from one year ago but an executive at a Chinese securities firm in Macquarie. novice investors who piled in just Shanghai. Citic Securities stock is down more than before the peak hold shares that are Chinese brokers had been looking to use 23 percent in Hong Kong since Monday. worth less than they paid. some of the cash they raised this year to Shares in Guotai Junan International Financial literacy is limited in a BEIJING: Cars line up to fill up with fuel at a Sinopec service station in Beijing yesterday. Hong expand their global reach and offer a full Holdings , the offshore arm of China’s society where the mainland’s first Kong shares of Chinese oil giant Sinopec were suspended on July 8, after more than 1,200 main- range of products and services abroad, com- biggest securities firm, have fallen more communist-era stock exchange land firms stopped trading on Chinese bourses as the country’s stocks suffered a dive that has plementing China’s internationalisation of than 28 percent. Shares in Guolian opened in Shanghai only in 1990. wiped billions off valuations. —AFP its currency. Securities, which started trading on Monday, Brokerages offer classes in trading Haitong Securities, China’s second- have dropped about 40 percent. but a culture of commentators who than 30 percent in the next 10 days. University of Finance found 8.8 per- panies that are not included in the biggest brokerage, in December agreed to Bond spreads for securities houses have preach the gospel of low-risk, long- The insurance regulator said the cent of households participated in pledge have fallen. pay 379 euros for Portuguese investment also widened. All the brokers mentioned in term investing has yet to develop. proportion of their assets Chinese the stock market in the second quar- Some 787 companies suspended bank Banco Espirito Santo de Investimento the article declined to comment on the Many small investors rely on rumors insurers are allowed to invest in ter of this year, up from 6.1 percent in trading on the exchanges in SA, while its Hong Kong-listed firm this year specifics of their market intervention plans. or tips from friends in a market rife stocks will be increased to 40 percent the first quarter. According to the Shanghai and the southern city of closed a deal to buy Asian brokerage At some mainland brokerages, those with complaints of insider trading from 30 percent. The amount of a sin- newspaper China Business News, the Shenzhen by the end of trading Japaninvest Group plc. plans include only giving customers infor- and fraud. gle blue-chip company’s shares that latest percentage is the equivalent of Tuesday, according to China Business Now Haitong’s attention is squarely on mation that will “stabilise the market”, said “The central government made an insurance company can buy will 37 million households. News. It said more requested a sus- domestic matters, as its share price has tum- another Shanghai-based brokerage employ- considerable reputational invest- increase to 10 percent from 5 per- “That confirms that a substantial pension later, raising the total to bled about 35 percent since end-June. It has ee. An employee at Shenwan Hongyuan ment in the rally over the last year, cent. number of households rushed in just more than 1,000 - the equivalent of spent at least HK$313 million ($40 million) Securities said that at morning meetings particularly via ample cheerleading The central bank said it will pro- as valuations were peaking, but also almost 36 percent of the total of buying its own shares in Hong Kong in that operations departments were being told by from state media,” said IHS Global vide “ample liquidity to support stock that the total exposure of private 2,802 companies traded in Shanghai period, according to company filings. managers to help stabilize markets, which Insight economist Brian Jackson in a market stability” through a state- households in China is relatively low and Shenzhen. Hong Kong shares in Haitong suspended its shares yesterday have lost more than $4 trillion since the start report. “As a result, support is likely to owned company that lends to bro- compared to Western countries, which trading was suspended includ- after a unit of state-backed investment firm of June - or four times what the German remain extraordinary, although that kerages to finance share purchases, a where often a third or more partici- ed Sinopec, the country’s No 2 state- Haixia Capital offered to sell a block of its stock market is worth. —Reuters will find difficulty reversing the rapid practice known as margin lending. pate in equity markets,” said Jackson. owned oil company. —AP

Oman takes legal action against Parched paddies strike Thai junta’s economic weak spot Bulgaria over bank collapse BANG PLA MA, Thailand: Ranong Rachasing would of the worst droughts in living memory, forcing Lackluster growth normally be in her fields at this time of year, toiling in impoverished farmers deeper into debt and heaping Post-coup gains of a rebound in tourism and MUSCAT/SOFIA: Oman’s biggest sover- per the day the bank was stopped as well ankle-deep water to make her rice paddies bloom fresh pain on an already weak economy-seen as the increased fiscal spending have been offset by dis- eign wealth fund has started legal action as interest,” the source added, declining to through knowledge honed by years of cultivating junta’s Achilles heel. When they seized power in May appointing exports, declining manufacturing and against the Bulgarian government over the give further details. The Bulgarian finance Thailand’s most celebrated export. Now the wizened 2014, Thailand’s generals promised to restore order weak local demand. In May the country’s economic collapse of Corporate Commercial Bank ministry did not respond to a request for 57-year-old’s fields lie fallow, baking under a blazing and prosperity after months of street protests paral- planning agency further revised down its GDP (Corpbank), a source at the fund told comment. summer sun while Ranong gazes skywards for ysed the elected government of Yingluck Shinawatra growth forecast for the year to between 3.0-4.0 Reuters yesterday. clouds that never seem to appear. and brought the economy to a near standstill. percent, one of the lowest rates in Asia and well Oman’s State General Reserve Fund PYRAMID “This year is worse than any other. There has been By severely curtailing civil liberties, former army below Prayut’s hopes for at least 4.5 percent. owned a 30 percent stake in the Balkan The run on Corpbank started after no rain, so there is no water. It is the most severe chief turned Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha has Now the kingdom faces the prospect of a dis- country’s fourth-biggest lender, which was reports of shady deals at the lender sur- drought I’ve ever seen,” she told AFP while standing largely managed to renew calm. But the generals mal main harvest of rice-traditionally one of the felled by a bank run and shut down by the faced and amid a public dispute between in a cracked field in Bang Pla Ma district, Suphanburi have proven less adept at kickstarting what was country’s top exports. Water levels in some of the central bank, triggering the country’s worst Vassilev and a business rival. Vassilev, who province, a two-hour drive north of Bangkok. once one of Southeast Asia’s most vibrant main reservoirs are at their lowest levels in 20 years financial crisis since the 1990s. is in neighboring Serbia and awaiting a Thailand’s vital rice belt is being battered by one economies. prompting the junta to call on farmers in the Chao News of the legal action came as a court decision on whether to extradite him, Praya river basin to delay sowing crops. Prayut also Bulgarian parliament commission yester- has denied any wrongdoing and said the ordered officials to clear irrigation channels, dig day accused the main shareholder of run- bank run was a plot hatched by his com- more ground wells and employ cloud seeding ning Corpbank as a pyramid scheme under petitors in collusion with some state offi- technology to create artificial rainfall. the lax supervision of the central bank and cials. The fallout continues. Prosecutors But the wet season has yet to arrive in earnest the intelligence service. Corpbank’s main have charged two auditors from the and water remains precariously elusive for many. owner, a Bulgarian tycoon called Tsvetan Bulgarian unit of consulting firm KPMG To the untrained eye Thailand’s drought is decep- Vassilev, has been charged with embezzle- with not reporting shortcomings in tive. Across much of Suphanburi province many ment since the bank run and an independ- Corpbank’s activities. KPMG did not com- fields appear green and crop-filled. “The color is ent audit ordered by the central bank ment on the charges. Two former central wrong, too yellow” explains Samien Hongto, the forced Corpbank to write off nearly two- bank deputy governors are also being spry 72-year-old chairman of the Central Farmers thirds of its assets. Insolvency proceedings investigated. They have denied wrongdo- Network as he surveys rice fields close to his vil- in Bulgaria are ongoing. ing. The parliament commission’s report lage. A consortium of investors including the said more than two-thirds of Corpbank’s “If we don’t get rain in the next few days, these Omani fund had submitted proposals for loans were extended to firms linked to crops will die.” Down the road a field has done just rescuing Corpbank in October, but a Vassilev or to shell companies, echoing the that and a herd of buffaloes has been allowed in to month later the central bank stripped the findings of the audit commissioned by the graze on what remains. Away from the main irriga- lender of its licence and ended any chance Bulgarian National Bank (BNB). “The bank is tion channels the planted fields become a rarity. of a turnaround. one financial pyramid with its majority Vichai Priprasert, president of the Thai Rice “The arbitration is in European courts”, owner at the top,” said Snezhana Dukova, a Exporters Association, estimates just 30-40 percent said a source at the fund, speaking on con- member of the commission that was set up A rice paddy cracks in Nakhon Ratchasima,Thailand. Thailand’s rainy season officially of the fields have been planted, with no guarantee dition of anonymity. “Our demands are to in March, accusing regulators of being began in the last week of May, but it rained only once in the Ban Lueam district in those will make it to harvest. “I’ve never seen it this get the book value of our investment as “asleep”. —Reuters bad. And I’ve been working in this industry for 40 northeastern Nakhon Ratchasima province. —AP years or so,” he told AFP. —AFP THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015 BUSINESS China rout panics Asia; Greek worries smolder

LONDON: World markets were shaken yes- Japan’s Nikkei and stocks in Australia took markets in recent weeks have had little suc- 3-year loan deal from the euro-zone The selloff in metals markets also terday by a crash in Chinese stocks, a slump heavy blows, leaving investors only the yen cess so far. Nick Lawson, a managing direc- rescue fund. The bloc’s leaders on eased after copper in London and in commodities and questions over and safe-haven government bonds for tor at Deutsche Bank in London, said the Tuesday gave Athens until the end of Shanghai had dropped to six-year whether Europe would save Greece. Wall refuge. The yen rose to a six-week high authorities could now “let the unwind run the week to come up with proposals lows and gold had slid to a four- Street was set to start around 0.8 percent in against the dollar. European shares had its natural course and deal with the fallout, for reforms in return for loans. Without month trough of just below $1,150 an the red before the latest Federal Reserve looked on course earlier to snap a four-day or manipulate the market but run the risk the aid, Greece is likely to crash out of ounce. meeting minutes, but most of the focus losing streak. But global uncertainty also that this will entail so many impediments to Europe’s single currency. “A perfect storm of events has hit oil was on a 6.75 percent plunge in China left traders wondering whether Fed min- free trade that index providers and foreign One of the European Central Bank’s markets,” Morgan Stanley said. The shares overnight as regulators warned utes due later, normally a market mover, investors will be discouraged from entering top policymakers, Christian Noyer, said crash in China extended a plunge that investors were being gripped by “panic sen- would provide much value given the the market for a long time.” that without a deal the ECB would pull has slashed Chinese shares 30 percent timent”. emerging risks. China’s worries for once overshadowed the emergency funding currently since mid-June as measures to spur Hong Kong dropped 8 percent, and Beijing’s steps to stabilize its turbulent Greece, which made a formal request for a keeping Greek banks alive. the economy lose traction. Over 500 “Our rules oblige us to stop immedi- China-listed companies announced ately at the point when there is no trading halts on the Shanghai and prospect of a political accord on a pro- Shenzhen Exchange yesterday, taking gram, or at the point when the Greek suspensions to about 1,300, 45 percent banking system crumbles - which of the market. The yuan touched a would happen if it enters generalized four-month low in the offshore market. default on all its debts,” he told French “I’ve never seen this kind of slump radio. But European investors kept before. I don’t think anyone has. faith that a deal was still possible. The Liquidity is totally depleted,” said Du pan-regional FTSEurofirst 300 rose for Changchun, an analyst at Northeast the first time this week, led by Italian Securities. “Originally, many wanted to and bank stocks. The euro also hold blue chips. But since so many climbed back to $1.1035 and southern small caps are suspended from trad- euro zone government bonds made ing, the only way to reduce risk expo- ground as risk appetite tentatively sure is to sell blue chips.” The recovered. Australian dollar, often used as a liquid proxy for China plays, slumped to a six- DELICATE CHINA year low against the US dollar of Commodity markets, highly $0.7389. exposed to China, were slowly starting With Fed minutes also looming, the to regain their footing before US trad- yield on the 10-year US Treasury note ing. Oil prices pulled out of their dive last stood at 2.220 percent, below its at $52.65 a barrel for US crude and US close of 2.231 percent on Tuesday, $57.29 for Brent. This week is shaping when it had also dropped to a five- up to be their worst since March. week low of 2.185 percent. —Reuters THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015 BUSINESS Malaysian investigators seize documents from 1MDB offices

KUALA LUMPUR: A government task mier. Both Najib and 1MDB have also force investigating a Malaysian state- said that previously leaked documents owned investment fund seized docu- had “reportedly” been tampered with, ments from its offices yesterday after a and that the documents cited by the probe allegedly found hundreds of mil- WSJ had not been verified. lions of dollars in the prime minister’s 1MDB was launched in 2009 by Najib, personal bank accounts. who still chairs its advisory board. Critics “We can confirm that a number of say it has been opaque in explaining its officials from the Task Force, conducting dealings. It is reeling under an estimat- an enquiry into 1Malaysia Development ed $11 billion debt, which has weighed Bhd (1MDB), visited our offices today,” it on the ringgit currency amid allegations said in a statement. of mismanagement and murky overseas “They were provided with a number transactions. of documents and materials to aid with Najib has in the past persistently the investigations currently taking denied any wrongdoing in relation to place,” 1MDB added. Police vehicles 1MDB. were seen outside the 1MDB building In its report, the WSJ cited bank located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur’s transfer forms and flow charts prepared business district, while entry to the by government investigators as evi- offices was restricted. dence of the accusations. It released After almost six hours, task force offi- online redacted documents of the cials emerged from the 1MDB offices alleged money trail on Tuesday. The US with computer equipment which was newspaper said the original source of loaded onto a police vehicle. the money was unclear, and noted that Malaysian police could not be the government investigation did not reached for comment. The Wall Street detail what happened to the funds that Journal reported on July 3 that a probe allegedly ended up in Najib’s accounts. had allegedly discovered nearly $700 Influential ex-Prime Minister million moved through government Mahathir Mohamad, who turns 90 on agencies, banks and companies linked Friday, has urged Najib to step down to 1MDB before ending up in Prime over the fund’s activities and poor han- Minister Najib Razak’s personal dling of Southeast Asia’s third largest accounts. economy on the back of weak oil and Najib himself dismissed the WSJ commodities prices. report as “political sabotage” and threat- On his popular blog, Mahathir, who ened possible legal action, while 1MDB still casts a long shadow in local poli- UFA: China’s President Xi Jingping (left) tastes the traditional bread during a welcoming ceremony at an airport in Ufa yesterday. denied any wrongdoing and said it had tics, said Najib had “shamed” the not transferred any funds to the pre- country. —AFP Chinese President arrived in Ufa to take part in the BRICS summit. —AFP Putin hosts BRICS summit amid standoff with West Summit ‘emphasizes’ Russia’s isolation non-existent

UFA, Russia: Russian President Union,” political analyst Alexei “Behind closed doors and at a main items on the agenda will be the Vladimir Putin is to meet world lead- Mukhin who heads the pro-Kremlin working lunch, the leaders will dis- establishment of a BRICS bank to ers including China’s Xi Jinping and Centre for Political Information, told cuss all the current problems on the finance infrastructure projects in India’s Narendra Modi ahead of the Kommersant FM radio. BRICS “augurs international agenda including member states and developing start of a summit of the BRICS the formation of a new world, in Ukraine, including Greece, and the countries. emerging economies. Putin is to which the West will not dominate,” terrorist threat from the Islamic State “This will probably be one of the hold bilateral talks with leaders of Fyodor Lukyanov, the Kremlin-linked group,” Yury Ushakov, Putin’s top for- world’s leading institutions, which the other BRICS countries China, chairman of the Council on Foreign eign policy aide, told journalists will focus on infrastructure projects,” Brazil, South Africa and India-in the and Defence Policy, wrote in ahead of the summit, quoted by RIA Russia’s economy minister Alexei city of Ufa in the Ural mountains for Rossiiskaya Gazeta state daily. Novosti news agency. Among the Ulyukayev said. —AFP a summit that Moscow hopes will show it is not cut off, despite its standoff with the West over Ukraine. South African President Jacob KULA LUMPUR: A motorist rides past a hoarding at the construction site of Zuma arrived on Tuesday in Ufa the 1 Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) flagship Tun Razak Exchange while China’s Xi was set to arrive yes- in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. —AFP terday as was India’s Modi, breaking off a visit to Central Asia. The BRICS summit itself is today. Taking place ‘Grexit’ scenario threatens at the same time in the provincial city about 1,100 kilometres (750 miles) from Moscow is a meeting of to tarnish Merkel’s legacy the regional security grouping, the BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel’s to EU-IMF bailout terms last Sunday, Shanghai Cooperation Organization tough stance on Greece plays well with cheered by left- and right-wing pop- (SCO), at which Putin will meet German voters but carries a huge risk, ulists across Europe, heightened the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. analysts warn-history would likely pressure on Merkel. Germany’s conser- Iran has observer status in the blame her for a catastrophic “Grexit”. vative daily Die Welt called it her first SCO, which is made up of Russia, The austerity champion often “great defeat”. China and the ex-Soviet Central dubbed the “Queen of Europe” now Until now, she has stuck to her guns. Asian states of Kazakhstan, faces the toughest crisis in her nearly She insisted Tuesday that so far there Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and decade-long reign at the helm of the was “no basis for negotiations” with Uzbekistan. The high-profile gather- EU’s top economy. So far she has Athens, and repeated that “European ings come as Moscow is locked in an refused to blink, ruling out a Greek debt solidarity and national reform efforts go bitter standoff with the West over “haircut” and insisting the desperate yet hand in hand”. At home, conservative the Ukraine crisis that has seen Putin defiant country accept more tough lawmakers and newspapers have given the cold shoulder by the EU reforms and cost cuts in return for inter- warned Merkel not to give in now, as and the United States. national aid. anger with Greece has come to cross The hosting of the BRICS summit But many observers warn that if the mainstream party lines and polls show “emphasized that Russia’s isolation is high-stakes standoff is not resolved, about half of Germans favour a Grexit. non-existent as before, despite the UFA: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (right) meets with Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi in both sides would lose. claims of some politicians in the Ufa yesterday ahead of the start of a summit of the BRICS emerging economies. —AFP “It is a mistake to think it would be in ‘Iron Chancellor’ or ‘Rubble Woman’? United States and the European Germany’s interest to break off negotia- The mass-circulation Bild daily this tions and actively push Greece into a week urged Merkel to be “an Iron Grexit,” said Marcel Fratzscher, head of Chancellor” in her dealings with Greece, economic research institute DIW. depicting her with a Prussian spiked Europeans back compromise “Germany would pay a heavy politi- military helmet. Yesterday the tabloid- cal price” if Greece crashes out of the style newspaper was furious EU lead- euro-zone, he said. “The accusations ers were even considering a third in step towards US trade deal have already escalated in recent bailout and fumed: “NO, we are not months. Europe and the world would consistent. YES, we are open to black- primarily see a Grexit as a failure of mail. What a defeat!” News magazine STRASBOURG: European lawmakers yesterday has focused on its provision for private arbitration. European Parliament considers a US trade deal German policy.” Daniela Schwarzer, of Der Spiegel meanwhile warned that backed a compromise plan designed to spur negoti- European opponents say this would allow US multi- would be pro-business, the Greens as well as some think-tank the German Marshall Fund of Merkel-heir to chancellor Helmut Kohl, ations on a trade pact between the European Union nationals to challenge European food and environ- far-left and far-right see it as a threat to EU sover- the United States, said Merkel “faces a a champion of European unity-could and the United States and overcome deep divisions mental laws on the grounds they restrict commerce. eignty and EU laws. Yesterday’s vote gained majority huge dilemma because, on the one become the leader on whose watch within the European Parliament. Opposition to the The U.S. is making it a condition of their trade support after Martin Schulz, a German socialist who hand, if Greece leaves, she will be the Europe started to crumble. proposed trade pact between the EU and the negotiations that there is a dispute body. heads the 751-seat European Parliament, put for- chancellor who didn’t manage to hold Its stark cover shows Merkel sitting United States, which would be the world’s biggest, While the main centre-right political group in the ward a compromise on setting up a new European the euro-zone together”. “But if she on toppled Greek columns, with the court to settle any disputes. keeps Greece in after all that has hap- headline “The Rubble Woman”, refer- “What citizens refuse (reject) is that as a result of pened, then she will be extremely criti- ring to the iconic survivors who a trade agreement, legally and democratically cized for giving up the principles that cleared up bombed German cities adopted laws and binding standards could be govern the euro-zone. Whichever way after World War II. undermined by arbitration,” Schulz said in this goes, she will be criticized.” It argued that much of the blame for Strasbourg in a news conference ahead of the vote. the crisis goes to Greece, but also to To counter that, he said his plan provided for a ‘If euro fails, Merkel fails’ Merkel’s “particular way of letting things transparent body that would not threaten EU laws. It For years Merkel has repeated that “if drift along”. “The Greek crisis called for would resolve quarrels between investors and gov- the euro fails, Europe fails”. Several leadership, a plan, but Merkel did not ernments by using publicly appointed, independent German newspapers have now changed want to commit to one. Merkel likes professional judges in public hearings. that mantra to: “If the euro fails, Merkel power, but at the crucial moment, she The parliament has the power to reject any final fails.”At home, Merkel has long enjoyed doesn’t know what to do with it. Now deal on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment soaring popularity ratings for her firm she faces the ruins of her policy on Partnership (TTIP), which would encompass a third grip on the public purse of Europe’s Europe.” of world trade. effective bailout paymaster and for Especially outside Europe, many The difficulty in getting as far as yesterday’s vote preaching the virtues of fiscal rectitude. wonder how a divided continent will underscores the depth of resistance in some quar- Abroad, many have warned that deal with other challenges-from the ters. Yesterday’s voting was interrupted by argu- Merkel’s bitter medicine is killing the Ukraine crisis to dealing with a wave of ments over procedure by politicians with “No to Greek patient, by plunging it deeper refugees to the looming threat of TTIP” banners. In a statement, the Green group in into recession and unemployment Britain leaving the EU. the European Parliament said the compromise ver- when, they argue, an injection of stimu- As Berlin has taken an increasingly sion still allowed foreign investors to use a separate lus spending is badly needed. “History central role in Europe, many are warn- layer of jurisdiction, other than the domestic legal will remember you for your actions this ing it must not fail now. system. week,” five renowned economists “The government has acted respon- “The Greens call on citizens, trade unions, non- including Thomas Piketty and Jeffrey sibly and correctly in the negotiations governmental organizations, towns and regions and Sachs wrote Tuesday in an open letter of recent months,” said Fratzscher. But if businesses to speak out and contact their elected to Merkel, calling for a “a humane Greece does exit the euro, he said, “this representatives and hold them to account on this rethink of the punitive and failed pro- would be no more than a historical attempt to privatise justice and infringe democratic gram of austerity”. The Greek ‘No’ vote footnote”. —AFP HANOI: Farmers transplanting rice on a field at Quoc Oai district, on the outskirts of rights,” Green Member of the European Parliament Hanoi. —AFP Yannick Jadot said. —Reuters BUSINESS THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015 CONNECT Edition shares excitement about innovative new workflows Early access users of MicroStation

KUWAIT: The thousands of users who have par- new version of MicroStation is the new, clean ward, and I anticipate we’ll save time and ticipated in Bentley’s early access program for user interface, the improvements in the solids reduce the chances of manual errors thanks to MicroStation CONNECT Edition have had an modeling, and the great new constraints and this new MicroStation innovation.” With these early glimpse of the potential new workflows parametric capabilities that can be used to cap- innovations, users can expect clearer project- and productivity enhancements that it delivers. ture design intent and quickly develop reusable wide insight and improved clarity and precision As the quotes below reveal, they are very excit- model content that is really powerful and ver- of project documentation. ed about what it means for them. satile.” Early access program participants have also The first thing users are discovering is that Building upon its industry-leading hyper- seen the planned connected user experience. this new release introduces a modern, stream- modeling workflows for creating deliverables The personalized in-product capability will pro- lined user experience highlighted by an updat- that are inherently immersed within the con- vide the ability to communicate with project ed user interface and other enhancements to text of models, MicroStation CONNECT Edition teams through ProjectWise CONNECTION VIVA, Microsoft announce direct make it easier to use, learn, and find help to provides a new set of capabilities to speed the Services, access project content such as cata- become productive quickly. 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I see that as being particularly and Microsoft yesterday announced a store transaction in an easy and secure will cut down the time it takes to get things tion of schedules and bills of materials. Regis helpful for new employees. I also like the new direct operator billing facility on Windows way without the need for a credit card. done!” Mitchom, BIM manager at John Portman & more project-centric nature of the product and Store for Microsoft Lumia users. The VIVA’s customers using Microsoft Lumia In reaction to the many enhancements to Associates, Inc., commented, “The ability to eas- think the ability to publish i-models and share unique initiative will enable VIVA cus- will need to choose the application they the modeling tools in MicroStation, Robert ily create and manage sheet sets and produce them through a cloud service will be really tomers to purchase apps from the want to buy from the Windows Store. They Cervellione, principal at CERVER Design Studio, annotation and schedules based on the mod- valuable,” said David Haskin, senior applications Windows store without a credit card, and would then have to select the VIVA said, “What I’m really looking forward to in the el’s embedded information is a huge step for- specialist at Burns & McDonnell. the same would be directly charged to account option on the payment screen to their monthly post-paid bill or debited continue with the transaction. The VIVA from their prepaid account. Customers can account will then be automatically set as now benefit from this new service. The the default option for all future purchases agreement became possible because of of applications and games. the strategic partnership between VIVA is delighted to partner with Microsoft, VIVA and Intigral, the Middle Microsoft to offer its customers easier East leading digital hub. means of paying for the latest applications. 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There To find out more about VIVA’s new serv- are many customers who are reluctant to ice, or it numerous promotions, products pay the cost using a credit card either and packages visit any of the 69 VIVA because they do not own a credit card or branches, one of the VIVA authorized dis- simply because they do not want to share tributors, the company’s website at their credit card details when making pur- www.viva.com.kw or contact its 24 hour chases. Through this direct payment chan- call center at 102. Greek crisis hurts poorest in its Balkan neighbors KAPSHTICA, Albania: Sun-beaten and of its rule by Stalinist dictator Enver A United Airlines jet takes off from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Ft Lauderdale, Florida. A computer glitch grounded sullen, the four Albanian fruit-pickers Hoxha, is heavily dependent on remit- United Continental flights at US airports yesterday.—AFP returning home from a three-week stint tances sent back by people working in working in Greece waved taxi drivers Greece. That cash fuels Albanian con- All US United Continental flights grounded away at the border crossing because, sumer spending, and funds the build- they said, they could not afford the fare. ing of new homes. NEW YORK: All United Continental flights in It is the second time in two months that the In each case, hundreds of flights were “This time we weren’t paid,” said one At their peak before the financial cri- the US were grounded temporarily yesterday carrier has been hit by major technical issues. delayed. A number of high-paying business of the group, Mustafa Kullolli, 46, from sis hit, remittances from Albanians due to computer problems. Less than two The Chicago company had halted all takeoffs travelers defected to other airlines and rev- the central Albanian town of Elbasan. abroad, mostly from Italy and Greece, hours later, United requested the Federal in the US on June 2 due to what the airline enue dropped. “We don’t know everything “We were told we would get our 200 amounted to 11.5 percent of gross Aviation Administration lift the ground stop described as computer automation issues. The behind this morning’s issues yet, but today’s euros ($220) when the banks opened.” domestic product. order, FAA spokesman Lynn Lunsford said. Federal Aviation Administration used the same incident underscores the sense that something Greece’s debt crisis is inflicting hard- As remittances shrank in the Greek A passenger in San Francisco told The language in its notice about the outage yester- is very wrong at United,” said Gary Leff, co- ship on Greeks but the shockwave is slowdown in the past seven years, Associated Press around 10 a.m. Eastern that day. United suffered a series of computer prob- founder of frequent-flier website MilePoint. fanning out too into its ex-Communist Albania’s economy slowed too. Growth passengers were being asked to board planes lems in 2012 after switching to a passenger Shares of United Continental Holdings Inc. neighbors which are economically fell to 1.1 percent in 2013, its lowest in again. United cited “network connectivity” for information computer system previously used declined 76 cents to $53.55 in early morning dependent on Greece and, because 16 years. the problems. by merger partner Continental Airlines. trading. —AP they are poorer, even less well equipped to deal with the consequences. TIED TO GREECE The potential impact on countries At the border, some enterprising such as Albania, Kosovo, Serbia, Albanians had found a silver lining in Macedonia and Bulgaria is likely to be Greece’s troubles. Customs officials said on the agenda of German Chancellor they had seen people crossing into Angela Merkel - a central player in the Albania with second-hand tractors, pos- Greek debt drama - when she visits the sibly bought from cash-starved Greek region starting yesterday. With Greece farmers at firesale prices. For most losing its appeal as a source of earnings Albanians though, the closure of Greek for Albanian migrant workers, more are banks, now in its second week, and the heading to Germany instead. Some prospect of Greece exiting the euro- 16,000 Albanians have sought asylum in zone was making an already tough situ- Germany from January to May, with ation worse. 4,900 arrivals in May alone. Another party of returning cherry pickers said they were luckier; they had THE GREEKS HAVE NO MONEY been paid by the farmer that hired Kullolli and his three fellow cherry- them. But they said they saw no future pickers, who were crossing the border working in Greece. The country “had back into Albania on Tuesday morning, gone to zero,” one of them said near the said to get back home they would try to border. Driving a car stuffed with find a free ride, or buy a bus ticket. goods, Fredi Hyska, 32, an Albanian For the past three weeks, Kullolli and painter and decorator living in Greece’s his group had been picking cherries port city of Thessaloniki, said he could and peaches in villages in the area of barely earn 500 euros a month lately, Edessa in northern Greece. “The Greeks down from the 1,500 or 2,000 euros he have no money, they are themselves in used to get for painting jobs. a crisis,” he said. “They told us to come “We have felt the crisis deep down and work again in two weeks and get in our bones over the past five years,” the money.” he said. Yet many of the Albanians Gulf Bank’s representatives handing over the keys to the winner. Among an estimated 600,000 returning home said they would keep Albanians who work temporarily in going to Greece because, even if things Greece, he and his friends had been were bad there, they were still better Mariam Moussawaian wins Cadillac SRX in Gulf making the trip for the past eight years. than at home. In Albania, per capita Things had been lean since the 2008 gross domestic product last year was Bank’s first quarterly Red & Salary account draw financial crisis but, he said, never so about $4,619.2, while in Greece, KUWAIT: Gulf Bank has announced Mariam bad as now. “They never kept money despite the turmoil there, it was four Moussawaian as the winner of the Cadillac from us for agriculture jobs, but could times as much at $21,682, according to SRX in its first quarterly Red & Salary do nothing about the banks this time,” the World Bank. “We are tied to Greece account draw. Moussawaian received the Oil prices tumble: Noise Kullolli said. now, our children go to school there,” brand new Cadillac SRX delivered off the The economy in Albania, a country Hyska, the painter, told Reuters. “We floor at the Cadillac dealership from Yaser or fundamentals? still struggling to shake off the legacy shall try to resist.” — Reuters Sulaiman - Executive Manager Consumer Banking at Gulf Bank. LONDON: Brent futures prices tumbled more than moves in the price of oil and other commodities do The draw took place as part of the bank’s 6 percent yesterday, a highly unusual move that not correlate well with new information about sup- 3 in 1 Quarterly draw event on 25 June 2015, has raised questions about whether shifting funda- ply and demand. Of the six factors identified by the Burgan Bank will soon at the Avenues Mall in the presence of a rep- mentals will send the market even lower over the Financial Times, we can discount three (Greece, Iran resentative from the Ministry of Commerce coming months. and OPEC) as explanations for the big move this announce new winner and Industry. Over the last month, front-month prices have week and over the last month because they have Both new Red Account or Salary Account dropped 17 percent, breaking out of the very nar- long been known and should already have been customers who open an account and trans- row range that had prevailed since the middle of incorporated into prices. That leaves China, the of Al-Thuraya draw fer their student allowance or salary will also April. Reasons for the drop are not hard to find. The uptick in US rigs and increased bearishness among Financial Times on Tuesday set out the six bearish hedge funds and commodity banks as new infor- KUWAIT: Burgan Bank will conduct in the account is a chance for cus- be eligible to enter the monthly cash draws for a chance to also win up to KD 1,500. In factors that have come together to produce a per- mation to explain the sudden plunge in prices. the Al-Thuraya salary Account draw tomers to enter the much anticipated addition, the quarterly car draw will be for 1 fect storm for the oil market (“Oil re-enters bear China’s equity market has lost almost a third of on Sunday July 12th in which the draw every quarter. lucky winner who will have a chance to win market”, July 7). its value since the middle of last month and so far winner will be granted a luxurious Customers’ wishing to open an Al - a new Cadillac SRX 2015 or Camaro LT These include China’s stock market tumble, tur- resisted all attempts by the authorities to stabilise Audi R8 car. Al-Thuraya is the only Thuraya account can do so by simply Coupe 2015 For further information about moil in Greece, prospects for a nuclear deal with share prices. There are fears the slump will worsen the country’s economic slowdown and translate salary account in Kuwait offering a visiting the nearest Burgan Bank the Al Danah, Salary and Red accounts and Iran, rising oil output from OPEC, an uptick in rigs drilling for oil in the United States for the first time into slower growth in demand for a broad range of quarterly draw for a chance to win 4 branch and obtain all the necessary prize draws, visit one of Gulf Bank’s 58 in over six months, and bearishness among com- commodities from crude and coal to iron ore and new Audi R8 cars in a year. details, or simply call the bank’s Call branches, or call Gulf Bank’s Customer modity-focused hedge funds and banks. copper. There is certainly some risk to the economy Burgan Bank’s Al-Thuraya Account Center 1804080. For further informa- Contact Center on 1805805. General infor- But the significance of the big move on Monday of the world’s largest oil importer, but the link is a salary account that provides mul- tion, customers can also visit the mation about Gulf Bank’s products and serv- and the wider decline in oil prices over the last between the stock market and commodity con- tiple features. Every K.D 10 available bank’s website on www.burgan.com. ices, can also be found at the Bank’s website month is much harder to assess because large daily sumption remains tenuous.—Reuters at www.e-gulfbank.com. THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015 TECHNOLOGY Trial alternative considered for Hawaii’s telescope protesters

HONOLULU: Instead of a trial, most of the peo- Observatory Board has said previously in a state- ple arrested in April for blocking construction of ment that it appreciates the invitation to partici- a giant mountaintop telescope will likely partici- pate in hooponopono but hadn’t yet received pate in a Hawaiian culture-based form of media- details. tion. Three defendants in the case filed a motion This won’t be the first time a Hawaii court asking for a hooponopono (ho-OH’-po-noh-po- case uses hooponopono. In 2006, a federal noh) as an alternative to a trial. Hooponopono is judge in Honolulu let Hawaiian groups and the traditionally used within families to work out dif- state’s largest museum use hooponopono to ferences, using prayer and discussion. settle a dispute over a cache of priceless arti- Hawaii County Prosecuting Attorney Mitch facts. It has been used in family court cases such Roth said his office supports the motion. He met as custody disputes, said Malcolm Naea Chun, a with a group of defendants Monday night to dis- Native Hawaiian culture scholar. It’s a process of cuss how the unique process may be used in a making a dispute pono, or right, said Malia criminal case that is rooted in protesters’ belief Akutagawa, an expert in Native Hawaiian rights that they are protecting Mauna Kea, a site they and law at the University of Hawaii’s law school. consider sacred, from desecration. A total of 31 She likened it to the tedious task of untangling people were arrested in April when protesters knots. There also has to be a willingness to blocked workers from accessing the construc- admit wrongs, she said. tion site near the summit of Mauna Kea for the “Quite honestly, prayer is very essential,” she planned $1.4 billion Thirty Meter Telescope. said. “People may have different religions ... Roth’s office later moved to dismiss trespass- however people want to frame it, but there is a ing charges for 10 defendants. Roth said hoo- sacred element that enters.” Telescope construc- ponopono is being considered only for the tion remains stalled amid the protests. The remaining 21 people charged with obstructing. opposition prompted Gov David Ige to say A few of them have told prosecutors they prefer Hawaii needs to do a better job of caring for the to proceed with trial, he said. It’s not being con- mountain. He laid out some actions he wants sidered for 12 people who are charged in a sec- the university to undertake, including decom- ond round of arrests last month. “It may not be missioning some of the 13 telescopes already on pure hooponopono. It may be something cul- the mountain. The California Institute of turally based between hooponopono and medi- Technology announced in May that it will begin ation,” Roth said Tuesday. “We’re open. We would decommissioning its Submillimeter Observatory not be a party to it. We’re trying to facilitate how next year. this would happen.” On Tuesday, the University of Hawaii In doing that, Roth has asked the defendants announced the second telescope to be decom- to come back to his office in about two weeks missioned will be the Hilo campus’ educational with parameters for the process. Roth said he telescope called Hoku Kea. The state’s Board of This undated file artist shows the proposed Thirty Meter Telescope, planned to be built atop Mauna Kea, a large dormant volcano in Hilo on the envisions other participants to be representa- Land and Natural Resources on Friday will con- Big Island of Hawaii in Hawaii. — AP tives from the governor’s office, the state attor- sider a proposed emergency rule that would ney general, the state Department of Land and restrict access to Mauna Kea’s summit. The pro- Natural Resources, the nonprofit company posal seeks to restrict camping on the moun- building the telescope and the University of tain. Protesters have been camping on the Hawaii, which is responsible for managing stew- mountain in an attempt to block construction. China Uber-style taxi ardship of the mountain. “Individuals remaining in the area have report- “We fully respect his discretion in deciding edly caused visitors and workers to feel how he wants to proceed with it,” said Joshua harassed,” state Attorney General Doug Chin Wisch a spokesman for the state attorney gener- said in a statement, noting other concerns such al’s office. Roth is having conversations with the as boulders placed in the road, invasive species, app raises $2 billion state, Wisch said, but the state hasn’t yet decid- unauthorized portable toilets trucked to the ed if it will get involved. The TMT International mountain and increased water usage. — AP Court revokes ban on Uber in New Delhi

BEIJING: China’s top taxi hailing app Didi Kuaidi announced yesterday it raised $2.0 billion in two weeks, after reports said US rival Uber planned to invest $1.1 billion in the country this year. Didi Kuaidi, which is backed by technology giants Alibaba and Tencent and calls itself the world’s largest one-stop mobile-based trans- portation network, said its fundraising attracted “tremendous interest” from global investors. It is looking to raise “a further few hundred million dollars” from new investors in the coming month, it added. “The fact that global investors are eager to participate in this fundraising round shows their confidence in the development of our company,” Cheng Wei, chief executive officer and chairman of the company, said in a statement. The popu- larity of private-car booking enterprises such as Didi Kuaidi and San Francisco-based Uber has soared in China, where traditional taxis are criti- cised for poor service with rude drivers who rou- tinely ignore customers on the street. For now the Chinese firm dominates the mar- HONOLULU: Henk Rogers, who manages the worldwide rights to the video game ket, but the two are locked in a fierce battle for Tetris, displays a book he published to try to persuade Hawaii lawmakers to change customers, offering both riders and drivers sub- policy on energy independence at his off-grid home in Honolulu. — AP sidies and discounts that are costing the compa- PARIS: File photo shows a person using the French version of the Uber app to order a UberPop Owner of ‘Tetris’ rights takes nies vast sums. Uber, which launched operations cab in Paris. Uber has suspended its controversial UberPOP service in France, the group’s in China last year, said in a message to investors spokesman announced on July 3, 2015. — AFP Hawaii home, ranch off grid last month that it planned to invest seven billion of the market, the statement said. For taxi-hail- does not favor a complete ban, a lawyer repre- yuan ($1.1 billion) in China, the Financial Times ing, the company holds 99 percent of the mar- senting the Delhi government said. “Uber can reported previously.Uber riders were making HONOLULU: High above the bustling city of project that his company will install. The Blue ket, also with three million daily trips, it said. The now ply on Delhi roads,” government lawyer almost one million trips per day with business Honolulu, in a quiet, exclusive hillside neighbor- Ion system, which Rogers has been testing in his company aims to serve more than 30 million Naushad Ahmad Khan told Reuters. “It, however, hood where some of the island’s wealthiest resi- home for the last year, uses Sony lithium iron doubling in the previous month, its CEO Travis passengers and 10 million drivers a day in three has been asked to appear before the competent dents live, there is an extravagant home that’s not phosphate batteries, which can last for 20 years Kalanick said, adding the company plans to add years’ time and ensure every passenger get a transport authority to pursue the application.” quite like the others. The 6,000-square-foot house and do not require cooling, he says. Partnering 50 cities into its operational network, from the ride within three minutes of request anywhere in Uber approached a court to challenge the has a view overlooking Diamond Head, Waikiki with Sony, Rogers believes the batteries can be a current 11. China, it added. government’s decision to reject their license and the Pacific Ocean, and two Tesla cars in the solution to the long-standing problem of storing But Didi Kuaidi’s Cheng was confident that application after local rival Ola won a similar driveway. It’s not the two electric cars that set the the sun’s energy and helping lower energy costs the company’s “clear competitive advantages” Indian court revokes ban reprieve. Uber welcomed the court’s directive property apart from its swanky neighbors. in Hawaii. Sony has been developing lithium ion built “through its integrated platform, technolo- In another development, a Delhi court yester- yesterday. “We are committed to working with The difference is that this solar-powered batteries since 1991, and the units being used in gy and team” would see it win out. “Didi Kuaidi is day revoked a government ban imposed on the government to develop a regulatory frame- home is completely energy independent. Rogers’ home are top of the line. in a far better position to benefit from this online taxi firm Uber Technologies, clearing the work that encourages innovation,” said Gagan Homeowner Henk Rogers, 61, hopes the tech- The batteries store energy from solar panels, tremendous opportunity than any other player way for the US-based company to operate in the Bhatia, the company’s general manager in Delhi. nology he is using in his home can help make allowing people to use it at night without hav- in the mobile transportation industry in the capital city and reapply for a license. Uber was The December incident had led to widespread other homes across Hawaii - and the world - ing to rely on expensive energy from the grid. world,” he said. Didi Kuaidi will use the capital banned in New Delhi last December after one of outrage against online taxi companies that were energy independent as well. Rogers is famous Rogers’ company will sell and install the battery raised to strengthen its market position, develop its drivers was accused of rape. The authorities primarily using mobile technology to connect for discovering the video game “Tetris” more systems for commercial and residential use, sup- new services, improve technology and data rejected Uber’s license application last month drivers with passengers, but did not have proper than 20 years ago. He now manages the world- plying everything from the housing to the soft- research and enhance the user experience, said and started impounding its vehicles, citing a vio- government registrations or safety checks in wide rights for the game along with his business ware to monitor and maintain the systems. the statement. lation of the ban. place. Uber briefly halted operations in New partner, Alexey Pajitnov, who wrote the pro- Robert Harris, a spokesman for the Alliance for Didi Kuaidi’s private car services fulfill three The Delhi High Court said the state govern- Delhi in December, but resumed services in gram. “If you’re going to clean up the world, first Solar Choice, a solar advocacy group, said con- million rides daily and data from research firm of all you have to clean your own room,” Rogers sumers haven’t had much call to invest in bat- ment can impose strict conditions to regulate January after applying for a radio taxi license Analysys International showed it has 80 percent said, referring to Hawaii, which has some of the tery storage systems because of the cost and app-based taxi companies such as Uber but it despite a state ban. — Agencies highest energy costs in the nation. Rogers will incentive programs that encourage people to announce his new company, Blue Planet Energy stay linked to the grid. Systems, on Monday. The new venture, which Harris, who is also the director of public poli- China new cybersecurity law will sell and install battery systems for homes cy at Sunrun, a solar equipment supplier in and businesses running on solar technology, Honolulu, said homeowners with solar panels plans to begin sales on Aug 1. typically put energy into the grid and take it back as needed, something called net metering. sparks censorship concerns Typical project “A lot of energy can be put into the grid right He declined to say how much the systems now, so it hasn’t been a big incentive necessarily would cost, but said there will be a five- to sev- for a homeowner to invest in storage,” Harris BEIJING: China has released a draft cybersecurity ment doesn’t like,” added Nee, who is based in focusing on what it claimed were “Internet rumors”. en-year return on the investment for a typical said. That could change in the next few months law which immediately sparked concerns that it is Hong Kong. Joerg Wuttke, president of the Hundreds of Chinese bloggers and journalists were with several new systems besides Rogers’ too vague and could signal Beijing’s widespread European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, arrested as part of the campaign to assert greater expected to hit the market. “These products will censorship of the Internet becoming even more said his organization was still reviewing the draft. control over social media, which has seen influen- be capable of storing and putting out energy on far-reaching. The ruling Communist Party oversees “But I am worried,” he added. “The chief concern is tial critics of Beijing paraded on state television. a daily basis at a fairly reasonable price point,” a vast censorship system-dubbed the Great that, as with many Chinese laws, the language is Under regulations announced at the time, Chinese Harris said. Firewall-that aggressively blocks sites or snuffs out vague enough to make it unclear how the law will Internet users face three years in prison for writing Internet content and commentary on topics con- be enforced.” defamatory messages that are re-posted 500 times Carbon-based fuel sidered sensitive, such as Beijing’s human rights Authorities in 2013 launched a wide-ranging or more. Web users can also be jailed if offending Rogers, who also owns a ranch on Hawaii’s record and criticism of the government. The pro- crackdown on the Internet, targeting activists and posts are viewed more than 5,000 times. — AFP Big Island that is energy independent, said he had an epiphany after suffering a heart attack posed legislation will “ensure network security, and near-death experience in 2006. While recov- (and) safeguard the sovereignty of cyberspace and ering, he decided he would take advantage of national security,” according to the draft law, which Oman plans $600 m the second chance. Rogers read about the possi- was posted Monday on the website of the National bility of losing all the coral reefs in the world People’s Congress (NPC), the rubber-stamp parlia- solar energy plant because of ocean acidification, which has been ment, but reported by state media yesterday. linked to climate change and rising carbon in Netizens could not “disturb the social order, MUSCAT: Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) steam into ageing wells. oceans. “We’re going to end the use of carbon- (and) harm the public interest,” the proposals said. said yesterday it would build the Middle East’s At the same time, its ambitious industrial devel- based fuel, and that is my mission No 1,” he said. Ever-tighter limits on rights have been rolled out largest solar power plant in a $600 million deal with opment plans promise to siphon off supplies of Rogers is the founder and chairman of the Blue since President Xi Jinping came to power, and California’s GlassPoint Solar to reduce pressure on its natural gas that would traditionally be used to Planet Foundation, an organization that pro- China recently launched a national security law natural gas reserves. generate the steam. So it plans to use solar power motes clean energy alternatives and lobbies which expands its legal reach over the Internet and “The project will be fully financed by PDO,” to produce steam; the new plant will save 5.6 tril- politicians to change policy. even outer space. That legislation drew a wave of Raoul Restucci, managing director of the sultanate’s lion British thermal units of natural gas each year, Recently, the foundation created a book of criticism from rights groups and businesses, and top oil and gas exploration and production firm, Restucci said. Last September Oman’s State children’s drawings and letters pleading for state the draft cybersecurity law is also causing concern. told reporters. GlassPoint will provide technology General Reserve Fund, a sovereign wealth fund, lawmakers to mandate Hawaii become energy “We have some concerns that it will take a lot of and help to build the plant. Construction of the first and other investors said they were injecting $53 independent. phase of the plant, ultimately expected to generate the censorship practices that are currently being million into GlassPoint to accelerate the deploy- He made sure the books were valued at under 1,021 megawatts, will start this year and the facility ment of solar steam generators. GlassPoint, which HONOLULU: Henk Rogers, who manages used but are not formalized, and codify them into the worldwide rights to the video game $25, the maximum amount a lawmaker can is to begin generating steam in 2017. has had a pilot steam-generating project in Oman receive as a gift, and delivered a copy to every law,” William Nee, China researcher for UK-based Tetris, talks about his two Tesla electric Oman is an oil exporter but lacks the ample since late 2012, has said it aims to develop a solar lawmaker in Hawaii. “This has got to be a mes- Amnesty International said. “It will definitely mean vehicles at his off-grid home in reserves of its Gulf neighbors, so it is eager to get manufacturing capability and local supply chain in sage from the children because it’s the children’s more censorship and probably increase penalties more from its oilfields by pumping high-pressure the country. — Reuters Honolulu. — AP world we are trying to save,” Rogers said. —AP for people who say things that the Chinese govern- HEALTH & SCIENCE THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015

‘Vampires’ keep doctors in the dark for fear of stereotyping

SALMON: It is not easy being a vampire, and ridicule, disgust and possible diagnosis of a men- attorneys and candlestick makers. “They are suc- and honest, and who gain permission from prac- even harder to come out of the coffin to a physi- tal illness. cessful, ordinary people,” he said. ticing adults before ingesting their blood, he said. cian or therapist for fear they will misinterpret The paper, published in the latest issue of Except they are very, very tired. That’s appar- “The real vampire community seems to be a the habit of ingesting the blood of willing donors Critical Social Work, a peer-reviewed journal ently the chief reason they find a consenting conscientious and ethical one,” Williams said. or succumb to stereotyping, a study finds. based in Canada, found that authentic vampires adult willing to allow them to use a scalpel to The challenge is finding non-judgmental clini- Research led by DJ Williams, director of social as opposed to “lifestyle” vampires - black-clad fig- make a tiny incision in the chest area so they can cians to whom vampires can disclose their alter- work at Idaho State University, indicated that ures with phony fangs - might be stereotyped by ingest a small amount of blood for energy, the native lifestyles, he added. “Most vampires people who identify themselves as “real” vam- clinicians whose fields discourage biases. study found. Williams and another researcher believe they were born that way; they don’t pires - that is, needing others’ blood to gain ener- Williams, who has studied self-identified vampires based the paper on the responses of 11 people choose this,” Williams said. The global vampire gy - would not disclose their practices to those in for nearly a decade, finds they come from every who had identified themselves as vampires for population is thought to number in the thou- the helping professions and risk reactions like walk of life and profession, including doctors, many years and could be relied on to be open sands, he said. — Reuters

More men with prostate cancer are opting for surveillance

NEW YORK: Men with early-stage prostate cancer are these findings and other papers with similar findings will increasingly opting for regular monitoring and holding really start to reopen the question on early detection and off on treatment unless the disease progresses, a new screening,” Cooperberg said. study suggests. Use of so-called active surveillance, or Currently, the government-backed US Preventive watchful waiting, among men with localized prostate Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends against screen- cancer was low from 1990 through 2009 but rose ing for PSA levels. The American Urological Association rec- sharply between 2010 and 2013, according to data pub- ommends against PSA screening in men younger than 40. lished in JAMA. “This is progress in the right direction,” It does not recommend routine screening between ages said lead author Dr Matthew Cooperberg of the 40 and 54, or after age 70 for men with less than a 10 to 15 University of California, San Francisco. One in seven men year life expectancy. It recommends that men ages 55 to will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his life- 69 decide about PSA testing after discussions with their time, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS). doctors. — Reuters Many men whose tumors are confined to the prostate do not die of the cancer, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They also likely won’t have symptoms. There are several possible Australian gets fatal treatments for prostate cancer, including surgery and radiation. Some men - especially those who are older - ‘one-in-a-million’ may opt for active surveillance. Men using active sur- veillance may undergo tests or biopsies to make sure brain disease the cancer isn’t growing, the ACS says. The approach helps avoid more aggressive treat- SYDNEY: An Australian has been diagnosed with a ments, which can carry the risk for complications such deadly “one-in-a-million” degenerative brain condi- as incontinence and impotence. For the new study, tion, but authorities yesterday stressed it was unre- Cooperberg and his coauthor Dr Peter Carroll used data lated to mad cow disease and not contagious. The from 10,472 men with localized prostate cancer treated man, named by the media as 63-year-old Frank UNITED STATES: Lab technician, Nancy Roman, poses with two vials of omega oil, the one on the left for human at 45 US urology practices between 1990 and 2013. Burton, is in a serious condition in hospital with a consumption, processed from Menhaden fish at the Omega Protein processing plant. — AFP Overall, the use of surveillance among men with likely case of “classical Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease low-risk cancer ranged from 7 to 14 percent from 1990 (CJD)”, a spokesman for Sydney Local Health District through 2009, but then increased to 40 percent said. Burton-a former chief financial officer for Aussie Omega-3 breakthrough between 2010 and 2013. The ideal rate of active surveil- Rules football team Sydney Swans-was told on Friday lance for low-grade disease isn’t clear, Cooperberg told he had three months to live but this has now been Reuters Health, but “it’s probably higher than 40 per- reduced to two or three weeks, his friend Peter could help fish farms cent.” Among men age 75 or older, 76 percent opted for Kogoy said. surveillance from 2010 through 2013, researchers “(He has gone) from having a head of dark, found. straight (hair) and black beard, to totally white, total- LONDON: Omega-3 fish oils can be grown in fields using environmental impact. The plants were specially engi- ly white,” Kogoy told the Australian Broadcasting genetically modified oilseed crops, British researchers said neered by introducing a set of synthetic genes based on Localized disease Corporation. “A total loss of speech and total loss of as they released trial results this week. The discovery could, DNA sequences found in marine organisms. Researchers The researchers also found that use of a therapy called movement in his limbs in a matter of weeks and subject to further research, eventually mean the creation of unveiled the first year results of a trial in a paper in the jour- androgen deprivation for intermediate- and high-risk can- days.” “Variant CJD” emerged in Britain in the late a more sustainable supply of fish oil for fish farms, which nal Metabolic Engineering Communications Tuesday. “This cers fell by the end of the study. Cooperberg said that’s 1980s and 1990s and was linked to mad cow disease, need them to nurture their produce. The oils come from is a globally-significant proof of concept and a landmark also a trend in the right direction, because androgen depri- officially known as bovine spongiform encephalopa- seeds in crops grown by scientists in Camelina oilseed moment in the effort to develop truly sustainable sources vation, which limits the effect of hormones on the cancer, thy (BSE), which causes a brain-destroying disorder plants at Rothamsted Research, north of London. of feed for fish farms,” said the program’s leader, Professor should not be used alone. “It has never been endorsed as in humans. But the Sydney health district said “classi- Farmed fish consume large quantities of fish oils either Johnathan Napier. It is thought unlikely that humans would single therapy for localized disease,” he said. “We’re seeing cal CJD” was not linked to mad cow and there have directly or in fish meal, which has led to concern about their consume the seeds from the plants directly. — AFP a drop off of its (solo) use.” been no cases of BSE in Australia. With more men choosing surveillance for their prostate It added that visitors and patients at the Sydney cancer, the researchers hope it will reopen the discussion hospital were not at risk. “Classical CJD is an on screening to measure blood levels of prostate-specific extremely rare disease. The chance of someone in ‘Subway guy’ Jared was key in antigen (PSA), which are often high in men with prostate the community having the disease is around one in cancer. One argument against PSA screening is that men every one million people,” the health district said in a may go on to have aggressive treatment for cancer that statement. “Most cases of CJD occur because of giving chain healthy image might never have caused them problems. The researchers mutations with a person’s brain and are not spread hope the decline in use of aggressive treatments - as from other people. The causes of death are usually NEW YORK: Subway said Tuesday it mutually agreed inferred from the increase in surveillance - will lead to a re- infection, heart failure, or respiratory failure. — AFP with Jared Fogle to suspend their relationship after the evaluation of the risks of PSA testing. “Our hope is that home of the chain’s longtime pitchman was raided by federal and state investigators. The separation was jar- ring because the 37-year-old everyman has become a familiar face around the world. To many, he’s known ‘Hypertension’ doesn’t simply as “the Subway guy” who shed a massive amount of weight by eating the chain’s sandwiches. His story is perhaps the biggest reason for Subway’s image mean ‘too much tension’ over the years as a healthy place to eat. “That story played a huge role in (Subway’s) growth,” said Mary Chapman, senior director of product innovation at NEW YORK: Not everyone understands what “hyperten- inhibitors. “It’s always good to manage stress, that’s Technomic, a market research firm. “It’s not just Jared sion” means, and as a result, some patients may not take always good for your health writ large, but for hyperten- the man, it’s what it represents.” their blood pressure medications as directed or manage sion in particular stress management will not be Though Fogle hadn’t been front-and-center in lifestyle factors effectively, a new paper suggests. More enough,” Bokhour told Reuters Health by phone. Subway’s advertising recently, he had still been acting than half of people with high blood pressure do not Lifestyle management and taking prescribed med- as a Subway spokesman and appearing at events on the have the condition well controlled, which may in part ications are much more important for controlling blood company’s behalf. Fogle’s history with Subway reaches be because patients often believe hypertension means pressure, she said. Providers often use the term hyper- back to when he was a student at Indiana University, “too much tension,” or too much stress, the authors tension and don’t always explicitly link it to blood pres- and he said he lost 245 pounds by regularly eating the write. sure, she said. “They are using the words interchange- chain’s sandwiches. The college paper featured the sto- In fact, hypertension refers to high blood pressure, ably, but patients do not always understand that they ry, which was then picked up by Men’s Health, accord- which happens when the force of the blood pumping are interchangeable,” Bokhour said. ing to a page on Subway’s website that was removed LOS ANGELES: Subway restaurant spokesman Jared through arteries is too strong. Chronic high blood pres- She and Kressin suggest that doctors should exclu- Tuesday. sure, which affects one in three US adults, can strain the sively use the term “high blood pressure” rather than Fogle arrives at the world premiere of ‘Maleficent’ at Soon after, Subway’s advertising agency reached out the El Capitan Theatre. — AP heart, damage blood vessels, and increase the risk of hypertension when talking to patients. “I tend to agree to Fogle and asked if he wanted to be in a TV commer- heart attack, stroke, kidney problems, and death, with the authors’ suggestion,” said Dominick Frosch of cial. The ensuing ad campaign resonated in part according to the National Institutes of Health. the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, who has because Fogle seemed like such a regular guy, which wich chain, according to an internal memo obtained by also studied common beliefs about high blood pressure made weight loss seem simple and achievable. Of Ad Age. and their effects on medication use. course, Fogle wasn’t the only reason for Subway’s His own study found that patients who were told growth over the years. Its $5 Footlong was popular with Financial information about “hypertension” were more likely to think that people looking for a deal, and some liked that they In 1999, the year before Fogle appeared in his first relaxing more would be an effective treatment, com- could customize their sandwiches. And even while tout- Subway commercial, Subway had about 11,800 stores in pared to patients who were told about the same condi- ing its “Eat Fresh” motto, the chain catered to people the US and 2,200 overseas, according to Technomic. As tion under the name “Korotkoff syndrome.” But regard- who just wanted something filling with options like of last year, those figures have mushroomed to about less of label, patients still believed that evidence-based meatball subs and a chicken enchilada melt stuffed with 27,000 US locations and about 16,000 overseas, making medications would be more effective than relaxing Fritos. Still, Fogle was instrumental in Subway’s success Subway the world’s largest restaurant chain by loca- more, Frosch noted. “A substantial proportion of individ- over the years. The company’s continued relationship tions. More recently, Subway has run into challenges. uals who have high blood pressure inadequately con- with Fogle until Tuesday is also a testament to his The company is privately held and does not release trol it, contributing to avoidable cardiovascular disease enduring importance to the company. financial information. But last year, Technomic said aver- risk as well as kidney disease risk,” he told Reuters age sales for Subway stores in the US declined 3 percent Health by email. Making appearances from the previous year. The chain has been trying to “If we want our healthcare system to be patient-cen- In 2013, Subway celebrated the 15-year anniversary keep up with changing attitudes about health and said tered, why would we use ambiguous, potentially mis- of Fogle’s famous diet by featuring him in a Super Bowl last month it would remove artificial ingredients and leading language, when we can just as well avoid it,” he ad and making him available to news organizations for colors from its menu in North America by 2017. Another said. “Tradition and habit are not good justifications, in interviews. At the time, Fogle said he still traveled regu- problem for Subway is that it has strayed from its low- my view.” Patients may also be reluctant to take their larly throughout the year on behalf of Subway. He also price appeal, noted Chapman of Technomic. She said medications regularly because in many cases high said he had a Subway “Black Card,” which lets him eat at Subway is also facing more competition, including from blood pressure does not cause symptoms, so they do the chain for free. The company, based in Milford, places such as Firehouse Subs. not feel like they need medication, Bokhour said. Connecticut, has declined to provide details on its The FBI on Tuesday wouldn’t provide details on the Patients who misunderstand the term hypertension Doctors should first ask patients what they under- financial arrangements with Fogle. But his roles for nature of the investigation. But Subway said it was may turn to stress management to control their high stand about high blood pressure, then have a conver- Subway have varied; last year, Subway had Fogle deliver “shocked” and believed the news to be tied to a previ- blood pressure, which they view as a psychological con- sation clarifying any misunderstandings, she said. bouquets made of vegetables to news organizations for ous investigation of a former employee of Fogle’s foun- dition more than as a physiological one, according to a “Oftentimes providers give information in a very rapid National Eat Your Vegetables Day. His Twitter feed also dation. In May, the foundation’s former executive direc- perspectives article by Barbara G Bokhour and Nancy R format, using biomedical language,” which is true for showed he was still making appearances in connection tor Russell Taylor was arrested on child pornography Kressin of Boston University School of Public Health in other conditions as well, not just high blood pressure, with the company as recently as this weekend. charges. In a statement about the suspension of the the journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and she said. “Hypertension is one of many, many exam- Subway’s competitors have felt pressure from the relationship, Subway said Fogle “continues to cooper- Outcomes. ples where providers have an understanding of a chain’s “Eat Fresh” image, too. When McDonald’s added ate with authorities and he expects no actions to be These patients may focus more on stress manage- word and patients do not, and if we don’t start to chicken McWraps to its menu in 2013, the company forthcoming.” An attorney for Fogle said he was cooper- ment instead of taking effective blood pressure medica- bridge that gap we’ll continue to over-treat and referred to the new menu item as a “Subway buster” ating with the investigation and “looks forward to its tions, like diuretics, calcium-channel blockers or ACE under-treat,” she said. — Reuters that would keep customers from heading to the sand- conclusion.”— AP HEALTH & SCIENCE THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015

Americans ditch smartphones when buying online: Gallup

WASHINGTON: They might be so popular as to be online or comparing prices: 62 percent do so on their almost an extension of people’s arms, but most computers, while only 21 percent use their smart- Americans ditch their smartphones and return to the phones. Of the six online activities Gallup measured, trusty computer when buying online. That was the using social media such as Facebook or Twitter is the finding of a Gallup survey released Tuesday which only activity Americans say they conduct more by said that 74 percent of adults in the United States smartphone (44 percent) than computer (24 percent). with smartphones usually turn to their computers for The survey was conducted via the Internet in April- making purchases on the Internet. May with 15,776 US adults who said they had a smart- The situation is similar when browsing products phone. — AFP ‘No fear’; astronauts gear up for delayed trip to ISS

STAR CITY: Three astronauts set to travel to the American, told reporters ahead of the astronauts’ International Space Station this month said yesterday departure scheduled for July 23. The glitch, which they had confidence in Russia’s space program, Russia has blamed on a design fault occurring with a despite a delay to their trip caused by the failed launch specific type of carrier rocket, also forced a group of of a cargo craft. NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, who astronauts to spend an extra month aboard the ISS. will be making his first space voyage, admitted he and “The time that we had during the delay has given us his colleagues were “disappointed” their launch had to additional time for some refresher training, to spend be delayed from its planned date in May, but said the time with our families and to rest,” Lindgren said. “And I crew had faith in the Russian spacecraft. Russia was think that we are ready to fly whenever the spacecraft forced to postpone all space travel while it investigat- is ready to take us to space.” Japanese astronaut Kimiya ed the failure of an unmanned spaceship taking cargo Yui, who like Lindgren is making his maiden space to the ISS in late April after it lost communications with voyage, also stressed that the delay had given them Earth and burned up in the atmosphere. more time to prepare for the mission. “Right now we “Of course we are confident in the engineers, the are very, very ready,” he said with a smile. “I know that professionalism of the Russian space program, to iden- the Soyuz is a very reliable, safe ship,” he said in ECUADOR: Catholic faithful sleep around of the Sanctuary of El Quinche ahead of a visit by Pope Francis yesterday. — AFP tify the problems and to ensure that that problem Russian. “I believe that our launch will be the safest does not exist with our spaceship,” Lindgren, an launch ever.” —AFP Duty to protect planet, calls for ‘social justice’ on resources Calls for special protection for the Amazon region

QUITO: Pope Francis on Tuesday said protecting the planet was in oil prices, is walking a tightrope between business and pro- no longer a choice but a duty and called for a new “social jus- tecting the environment. tice” where access to the earth’s resources would be based on equality instead of economic interests. In back-to-back speech- ‘Social mortgage’ es on the third day of his trip to Ecuador, the pope made his In both speeches the first pope from Latin America, who has first full-court press on environmental issues since the publica- made defense of the poor a key plank of his papacy, also tion last month of his landmark ecology encyclical “Laudato Si.”. touched on the politically delicate issue of whether nature Speaking before a group that included indigenous people of could be considered private property. “The goods of the earth the Equatorial Amazon, he also renewed his call for special pro- are meant for everyone, and however much someone may tection for the area because of its vital importance to the plan- parade his property, it has a social mortgage,” the Argentine et’s ecosystem. pontiff told a group of civic leaders in Quito’s St Francis Church, The pope has said he wanted the encyclical to influence a the oldest religious building in Latin America. United Nations climate change summit in Paris in December “In this way we move beyond purely economic justice, based and has now effectively taken his campaign to convince gov- on commerce, towards social justice, which upholds the funda- ernments on the road. In September he takes his message to mental human right to a dignified life,” he said in the church, the United States and the United Nations. “One thing is certain: whose construction began in 1536. “The tapping of natural we can no longer turn our backs on reality, on our brothers and resources, which are so abundant in Ecuador, must not be con- sisters, on Mother Earth,” he said in a first speech at the cerned with short-term benefits. As stewards of these riches Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador. which we have received, we have an obligation toward society While he did not specifically mention climate change or its as a whole and towards future generations,” he said. causes, he quoted often from the encyclical, which said there His words in Ecuador were a foretaste of his September trip FAO, WHO adopt scale for was a “very solid scientific consensus” on global warming and to the United States, where most of the criticism of the encycli- its human causes. He appeared to be making a clear reference cal has come. Conservatives, including several Republicans potassium needed in food products to climate change doubters when he said: “It is wrong to turn seeking their party’s nomination to run for president in 2016, aside from what is happening all around us, as if certain situa- have said the pope should not meddle in scientific affairs. But ROME: A joint initiative between the Food and ber of NCDs.” The statement said that increasing con- tions did not exist or have nothing to do with our lives.” he has won wide backing from advocates of environmental Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Health sumption of potassium may reduce blood pressure, In the encyclical Francis demanded swift action to save the protection, including US President Barack Obama and UN Organization (WHO) adopted a food standardize codec decrease the risk of heart disease and stroke and have planet from environmental ruin, called for policies to “drastical- Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. which will determine the amount of potassium needed beneficial effects on bone-mineral density. ly” reduce polluting gases and gradually cut dependence on At the second meeting on Tuesday, representatives of two in food products. Charged with protecting consumer The statement noted that “it can also reduce the neg- fossil fuels. “We are also invited to care for it (the planet), to pro- Amazon indigenous people, the Tagaeri and the Taromenane, health, “Codex Alimentarius” will look to highlight the ative effects of high sodium intake.” The statement tect it, to be its guardians. Nowadays we are increasingly aware were due to give him a letter saying they were living “in the potassium level in foods enough to prevent non-trans- added this follows the adoption of reference values on mitted diseases. The Codex Alimentarius Commission sodium and saturated fats, and is part of the Codex’s of how important this is. It is no longer a mere recommenda- shadow of extermination”. In that speech, the pope quoted has adopted a reference value for potassium, and the efforts to take into consideration the increasing public tion, but rather a requirement ...” His choice of Ecuador to make from his encyclical, saying the Amazon “requires greater protec- intake level to achieve 3,500 mg of potassium per day for health problems of obesity and NCDs. The United his first post-encyclical speeches on the environment was not tion because of its immense importance for the global ecosys- adults-to be included in its Guideline on Nutrition Nations food standards body Codex Alimentarius casual. tem it possesses an enormously complex biodiversity which is Labelling, a statement by FAO said. Commission is meeting in Geneva from 6-11 July 2015 Ecuador is heavily reliant on oil and mining while boasting almost impossible to appreciate fully.” Francis started his last The statement added non-communicable diseases to examine food safety and quality standards. some of the world’s greatest biodiversity including the full day in Ecuador by saying an open-air Mass for nearly a mil- (NCDs) - such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer Established in 1963, the joint commission is charged Galapagos Islands, on which Charles Darwin formulated his lion people on the grounds of a former airport in the and chronic respiratory diseases-are the biggest cause of with protecting consumer health and ensuring fair prac- illness and premature death worldwide. The statement tices in the food trade, the Codex Alimentarius is a joint ideas on evolution. The leftist government of President Rafael Ecuadorean capital, Quito. He visited Bolivia yesterday and the said “a low intake of potassium is associated with a num- initiative of the FAO and WHO. — KUNA Correa, which introduced austerity measures after a major drop last leg of the trip is Paraguay. — Reuters WHAT’S ON THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015

Traditional Ramadan iftar at Al Manshar Rotana Kuwait

otana, the leading hotel management company enjoyed the remarkable evening at Al Manshar a long day of fasting. During the event, the Outbound Global Sales said; “Ramadan is not only about fasting, in the Middle East, Africa, South Asia and Rotana. Sales Office Team took the opportunity to express it is also the time to share and enjoy your blessings REastern Europe hosted a special Iftar buffet Guests enjoyed a wide variety of Arabic specialties their appreciation for the extended support to the with your family and friends. We are happy to have all event for its clients and media representatives on at Al Kout ballroom. The venue is a great place for property by it clients and the media. our friends here with us to enjoy our culinary cre- Sunday, July 5. The event was successful and guests guests who would like to enjoy traditional dishes after Commenting on this Effie Desouza, Director of ations and experience our hospitality”. The Sultan Center visits children’s hospital and shares joy of Girgian

s part of its ongoing social initia- Al Gharib, Marketing Manager at TSC tives and commitments to the expressed, “We wanted to bring the AKuwaiti society, The Sultan joys of the Girgian tradition to the chil- Center (TSC) partnered with Al-Sabah dren, and we hope that with this visit hospital to treat young patients to a we brightened their day with a gift of special Girgian event held at NBK hope. They are an incredible group of Children’s hospital. The early morning childrenwho’s hope, courage and visit was a both heart-warming and determination inspire us all, she added. uplifting. The visit was accompanied by With its overall contributions and fun filled activities, special gifts and efforts to the society, The Sultan Center treats designed to bring joy and smiles has a long standing commitment to to the children. supporting the community in which it Commentingon TSC initiatives, Lisa operates.

Thanima holds iftar ‘Souhruda Thanima’ hanima, a secular socio-cultural group, held an iftar gathering called Souhruda Thanima at United Indian School auditorium in Abbassiya. The fast breaking get-together was attended by community leaders, representatives from different reli- gious faiths, social and cultural organizations, audio-visual media and well-wishers. Abdul Rahim, Fr Kochumon Thomas and Vinod Kumar delivered messages on the occasion. Maju Karipal (Gen Convener) spoke on the occasion. Raghunathan TNair, Rose Kattukallil, Dileep Nair, Mukundan Edavana, Sabu Peter, Shaji Varghese, Jins Mathew, Shamon Jacob, Alex Varghese, Abey Paul, James Mathew, Benoy Abraham, Thomas Hidine, Jacob Mathew, Sanish George, Geormon Joseph, Jino Abraham, Jojimon Thomas, Lalu Mathew, Manoj Kumar, Nishant Joseph, Pratapan Mannar, Raju Zachariah, Savyo Job, Siju George, Johney Kunnil, UshaDileep, Beena Paul, Suni Benny and Jessy James were behind in organizing the function.

Future Eye Films Kuwait making short film he team members of ‘Aksharamundu, Vaakkilla,’ the maiden Malayalam short film being produced under the banner of Future Eye Films, Kuwait, pose for a group picture after the completion of its shoot in Wafra. ‘Aksharamundu Vaakkilla’ seeks to remind us about the follies and foibles of the present time that struggles to construct words despite having letters. “Keeping the light outside, why are you Tgroping in the darkness inside? Family security in fragmented relations? Or gauging the depth of empty lives?” ‘Aksharamundu, Vaakkilla,’ written and directed by Sunil K Cherian, is a black comedy juxta- posed by surrealism. The film throws up some disturbing questions about family relations and their contemporary social realities. Sreenivasan Munambam handles the camera. WHAT’S ON THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015

NBK e-banking services available 24/7 in Kuwait and abroad ational Bank of Kuwait (NBK) provides its customers with the most advanced and Nflexible e-banking services in Kuwait and abroad. NBK’s electronic channels include NBK Online, NBK Mobile Banking, NBK SMS Banking. NBK e-banking services include checking balances, transferring funds, making payments, reporting for the lost or stolen cards, among oth- ers. “NBK is committed to adopt the latest world- class technologies in the banking industry to facili- Mohammad tate customer service and Al-Othman be closer to them,” said Mohammad Al-Othman, NBK Assistant General n appreciation for its operational competence, CBK was recently awarded The City Bank excellence award for its outstanding performance and leading Manager, Consumer Banking Group. position in international electronic payment (STP). The award given by City Bank’s treasury and commercial solutions manager, Muhand Barakat to CBK’s Othman added: “NBK e-banking services are ICEO, Elham Mahfouz. available 24/7. Customers can conveniently make transactions between various accounts, credit cards payments, account balance inquiries, and transfer funds anywhere around the world. Moreover, customers can request a printed account statement and spot NBK branches and ATMs.” Othman confirmed that NBK e-banking chan- nels adopt the highest international safety stan- dards. Moreover, NBK enjoys the widest ATM net- work in Kuwait with more than 257 withdrawal machines including the multi currencies machines in the Kuwait International Airport that offer clients six currencies include Kuwaiti dinar, USD, Saudi riyal, euro, sterling pound and UAE dirham. Also, NBK offers its customers two ATM machines at Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Airport, one of which provides the USD currency. NBK customers can register on NBK Online Banking by visiting NBK’s website www.nbk.com. NBK customers can also download NBK Mobile Banking application by visiting the associate store on their mobile devices.

KidZ summer camp on until Aug 12 Al Mulla International opens he owner and general Tdirector of KidZ Nursery 62nd branch in Shuwaikh Mohammed Al- Waqian stressed s part of its expansion strategy, Al Mulla he said, adding that the company seeks to improve the services to different social categories. This comes as that a special sum- International Exchange, one of the leading level and quality of money exchange solutions propor- part of the company’s policy to bring itself closer to mer camp has AExchange companies in Kuwait, opened a new tionally with our increasing clients’ base. clients all over Kuwait, as they are the primary target been organised to branch in Shuwaikh Industrial Area, at the ground floor Joshi added that the company will continue to open behind the expansion process and launching innovative help children of Zinah mall. It is the company’s second branch in new branches in different sites to ensure easy access for services. spend their free Shuwaikh and 62nd branch in Kuwait. our clients to services and products from our network Joshi stressed the company’s commitment through time fruitfully. Rakish Joshi, General Manager, commented on the of branches in Kuwait that currently reached 62. He also its new branch towards its clients, as well as its efforts Waqian added branches’ opening by saying: “Every time Al Mulla stressed that choosing the place for the new branch to meet the demand on its money exchange services. that the summer International Exchange opens a new branch, it brings it was based on Industrial Shuwaikh’s significance as one The new branch’s design reflects highest levels of con- camp would be on closer to its clients. The company carefully selects the of the most vital centers in Kuwait. venient and proper environment to perform remittance until Aug 12 at the geographical places in its expansion process, based pri- Joshi further indicated that the company is commit- operations quickly and securely, he said. Kaifan branch marily on the growing demand on the company’s serv- ted to provide all services and products to clients, since Joshi added that the company also offers insurance where children ices and the area’s population density.” its name has become synonymous with the best finan- and loyalty points services on every transaction free of can enjoy many Mohammed Al-Waqian “The expansion policy that Al Mulla International cial institutes worldwide, adding that the opening of charge, in addition to SMS confirmation for transfer sports, arts and Exchange adopts in the Kuwaiti market today is going the new branch reflects the company’s efforts to adopt operations. The company also offers quick and secure recreational activities including painting, coloring and in a faster pace that can be noticed through the open- a series of initiatives and strategic programs that money transfer from home or the office online through karate. “The club works mornings and afternoon both dur- ing of new branches since the beginning of this year,” include expanding branches and providing advanced the company’s website at www.amxremit.com. ing and after Ramadan,” he explained.

Actors from Kuwait and other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries participated in a debate about improving ‘cartoonic creative dialogue’ and artistic material presented to children. The event took place recently during the ‘Fourth Ramadan Council’ activities held at Sharjah Media Center in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. —KUNA THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015 TV PROGRAMS

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

No matter how busy your schedule is today, it’s time to stop and Your expectations may be outrageously unrealistic while sexy Mars reassess your current trajectory. Although the impetuous Aries Moon can trick trines surreal Neptune. It’s one thing to use dreams as a source of inspiration, but you into thinking you should bolt ahead, you might end up missing what’s you need to exercise caution or you could set yourself up for disappointment. Your right in front of your nose. Instead of wasting your energy starting projects flexible attitude enables you to easily accommodate changes in other people’s that lead nowhere, visualize your final destination and create a viable plan to plans that impact yours, but it still might be hard to get motivated now. achieve your dreams. Establishing a steady pace is one essential element of Thankfully, your friendly approach can rub off on those around you, creating a your success, but knowing exactly where you want to go makes all the differ- supportive atmosphere for all involved. There are lessons to be learned on this journey that can’t be rushed. ence in the world.

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

You might not feel very motivated today, even if you know fulfill- You can’t wait to manifest the big ideas you have planned for the ing your obligations should be your top priority. You’re lost in your own day, but everything seems to move at a snail’s pace. Your frustration could com- dream world, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing if it doesn’t keep you from plicate matters further unless you consciously choose to accept delays that are accepting responsibility for your actions. It’s tricky to determine your limits on out of your control with a sense of humor. Fortunately, you can set a positive spin your own now, but it’s possible to still find time to relax in between meeting on your life by realigning your expectations and acknowledging that you might not finish everything on schedule. Pushing the river won’t help it reach the sea your commitments. Thankfully, you can rely on someone you trust to provide any quicker, but changing your attitude to one of patience and gratitude will help you with the objectivity that you currently lack. Striking the right balance you to make the most of the ride. between work and play is a lifelong challenge.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) Constraining your excitement about what you hope to accomplish is You’re ready to say yes to nearly anything today. Fortunately, the difficult, but the day’s events require you to tone down your initial enterprising Aries Moon sparks your enthusiasm to deliver on a promise. enthusiasm just a notch. Your intentions may be honorable, but you might discover ACROSS 3. French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) However, you might inadvertently deceive yourself if you don’t take time to that you have bitten off more than you can chew now. Don’t waste time kicking 1. The most common computer memory which explained how genes are activated and suggest- consciously separate the facts from the fantasies. This temporary lack of clarity yourself if you aren’t living up to your high ideals. Your knack for seeing the glass as can be used by programs to perform necessary ed the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976). doesn’t mean that you should say no to an intriguing opportunity or an entic- half full rather than half empty is one of your strengths. Use your natural optimism tasks while the computer is on. 4. A disease of plants characterized by the grad- ing invitation. Just make sure you have an escape route so you can bail, if nec- to propel your progress in the days ahead. 4. A conversation between two persons. ual dying of the young shoots starting at the tips essary. There’s no point in participating if it isn’t in your best interest. Taking 12. The administration of a strong electric cur- and progressing to the larger branches. action is more effective if you do it sooner than later. rent that passes through the brain to induce 5. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine convulsions and coma. and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin. 15. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority 6. In operation or operational. to others. 7. Ctenophore having tentacles only in the Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 16. Lacking general education or knowledge. immature stage. Your modus operandi is to rely on your common sense to guide you 17. A unit of length of thread or yarn. 8. The ball-shaped capsule containing the verte- Your personal growth may be impeded by a few obstacles now and it’s time to face these lingering issues once and for all. The most effective way to over- along the most efficient path. But you are uncharacteristically inclined to stray off 18. A notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat. brate eye. come your internal resistance is to get creative about reaching your goals. Cerebral course today as you imagine all the enjoyable activities you could be spending your 20. Any of various units of capacity. 9. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or Mercury’s shift into your inner-directed sign strengthens your ability to direct your time on, instead. Nevertheless, consider where you want to be in the long run and 21. A member of a seafaring group of North 3.785 liters. thoughts. Imagining the best-case scenarios for your future helps you focus on the develop a concrete plan to reach your destination. There’s no hurry, so start off American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast 10. An organization of independent states to positive potential rather than worrying about what could go wrong. Good times are slowly and set a sustainable pace that allows you the chance to enjoy the scenery of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska. promote international peace and security. calling; making progress in the safety of your own mind today sets the stage for along the way. 23. The animal order including amoebas. 11. A colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid progress in the real world tomorrow. 26. A genus of Ploceidae. used as an inhalation anesthetic. 27. A piece of furniture with open shelves for dis- 12. English essayist (1775-1834). playing small ornaments. 13. The basic unit of money in Ghana. Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 30. A radioactive element of the actinide series. 14. An official language of the Republic of South 31. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar. Africa. Conflicting voices in your head are giving you very different advice Finding the physical stamina necessary to complete your chores is 32. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's 19. Consisting of or made of cedar. today. One is telling you that life is beautiful and you should seize this lovely oppor- challenging while fuzzy Neptune diffuses energetic Mars. Your attention meanders population. 22. Of or relating to or involving an area. tunity to indulge your fantasies. However, your voice of maturity warns that the off into fantasyland, leaving you feeling lost in space. You might even convince 36. A city in northeastern Ukraine. 24. (British) Diesel oil used in cars and lorries with pursuit of pleasure isn’t currently wise. You have too much work to do and there’s yourself that you can let the day slide by without doing much of anything at all. Nevertheless, you’re capable of busting through the fog and emerging a hero, but 40. A public promotion of some product or serv- diesel engines (from d(iesel) e(ngine) r(oad) no time to slack off. Honestly, picking one strategy over the other isn’t healthy; your only logical move is to forge a middle path. Your unique formula for success is to it will require both intention and discipline. If you set your priorities early in the day ice. v(ehicle)). balance your need to be a responsible adult with your current yearning to let your and tenaciously focus on your goals, your persistence will pay off in ways you can’t 41. Lacking either stimulating or irritating char- 25. A young woman making her debut into soci- inner child out to play. imagine. acteristics. ety. 42. A noisemaker (as at parties or games) that 28. Slightly open. makes a loud noise when you blow through it. 29. A member of an agricultural people in south- 45. A federal agency established to regulate the eastern India. Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) release of new foods and health-related prod- 33. The second month of the Moslem calendar. ucts. 34. A branch of the Indo-Iranian family of lan- Opportunities are knocking loudly at your door today as messenger You’re trying to build a bridge to your dreams step by step, one stone 46. 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Music & Movies Judge refuses to dismiss murder case against Suge Knight

judge ruled Tuesday that Marion “Suge” Knight led to the fatal confrontation part of an ongoing “soap company after it was forced into bankruptcy. should stand trial on murder charges even opera” between the men. Knight has prior felony convictions for armed rob- Athough a key witness - one of the men he’s “The only person who had a motive was Suge bery and assault with a gun. He was driving the car accused of running over - refused to identify him in Knight,” the judge said. Sloan told detectives he when Shakur was shot and killed in Las Vegas, a crime court. Cle “Bone” Sloan told detectives it was Knight repeatedly punched Knight through the window of that has gone unsolved. A judge on Tuesday also set a who ran over him and another man outside a his pickup moments before he was run over. After preliminary hearing for Sept. 17 in an unrelated rob- Compton burger stand in January, killing the other running over Sloan, Knight ran over and killed Terry bery case filed after a celebrity photographer accused man and seriously injuring Sloan. But when Sloan tes- Carter, 55, investigators said. Knight’s attorneys have Knight and comedian Katt Williams of stealing her tified about the incident at Knight’s preliminary hear- said their client was ambushed and fleeing an attack camera last year. — AP ing in April, he refused to say Knight ran him over. when he ran over the men. Knight’s attorney Thomas Mesereau said the judge Mesereau said after the hearing that the case was should reject Sloan’s testimony because his changing in its early stages and he wouldn’t comment further. story showed he isn’t credible. But Superior Court Knight is being held on $10 million bail, which Judge Stephen A Marcus said he could not evaluate Mesereau said Tuesday he would seek to have Marion Hugh ‘Suge’ Knight the credibility of witnesses at a preliminary hearing. reduced. Knight was a key player in the gangster rap sits with his attorney Thomas The judge noted, “He doesn’t say that it’s not him.” He scene that flourished in the 1990s, and his Death Row Mesereau in Los Angeles also cited evidence that Sloan and Knight had bad Records label once listed Dr Dre, Tupac Shakur and Superior Court for a hearing blood between them for years, calling the fight that Snoop Dogg among its artists. He lost control of the on a murder case. — AP Depp’s Company developing series based on music documentary

ohnny Depp’s production company Rigal will also oversee the project with Infinitum Infinitum Nihil is teaming with Richard Nihil’s Bobby DeLeon. “Greg’s film unearthed the JBranson’s Virgin Produced and City poetic mysticism and inspired us to produce a Entertainment to develop a series based on the series that utilizes music and narrative in a music documentary “Muscle Shoals. Grammy- unique and ground-breaking way,” Felts said. nominated doc celebrates Rick Hall, the founder “This provocative story about the rich region of Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, and pioneering artists that birthed the iconic Ala, and the signature sound he developed in ‘Muscle Shoals Sound’ fits in with Virgin’s music songs such as “I’ll Take You There,” “Brown Sugar,” roots and provides an ideal opportunity to part- and “When a Man Loves a Woman.” The TV drama ner with Depp, Infinitum and City will go behind the music to tell the stories of Entertainment.” Dembrowski said: “‘Muscle Muscle Shoals that birthed the iconic “Muscle Shoals’ is an extraordinary story in which, Shoals Sound” by exploring the rich and vast through adversity, some of the world’s most milieu of the segregated South through colorful amazing music was created. It is perfectly suited This photo provided by Netflix shows Idris Elba as Commandant in a scene from the new characters, cultural and political history and for Infinitum as it combines Johnny’s love of film, ‘Beasts of No Nation,’ directed by Cary Fukunaga. — AP photos Southern gothic settings. The series will feature music and its history with our company’s cre- the original doc’s director and producer Greg ative mission to tell these stories.” “Muscle Camalier, who will produce the television adapta- Shoals,” released by Magnolia Pictures in 2013, Netflix sets release dates tion with Depp and Christi Dembrowski of premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, Infinitum Nihil; Virgin Produced’s Branson, Jason and received critical praise at film festivals Felts and Justin Berfield; and City Entertainment’s including SXSW and Hot Docs. — Reuters for slate of original films Joshua D Maurer and Alixandre Witlin.

etflix’s upcoming slate of original films Oct 16, the day it opens in select US theaters. Pioneering artists will begin rolling out with Cary “The Ridiculous Six” is a Western parody Virgin Produced’s exec VP of production Rene Johnny Depp NFukunaga’s “Beasts of No Nation” in coming Dec 11. It’s the first of four films from October and Adam Sandler’s “The Ridiculous Sandler for Netflix. It stars Sandler, Terry Six” in December. The streaming network Crews, Taylor Lautner and others. “Crouching announced release plans for four movies on Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Green Legend,” a Tuesday, laying out the schedule for its high- sequel to the Oscar-winning 2000 interna- profile push into original films. The first to hit tional hit, will open in the first quarter of ‘Lego Movie’ directors the service will be Fukunaga’s Nigerian child 2016. It also will be released on IMAX screens solider tale “Beasts of No Nation.” It will and theatrically in China. become available worldwide on Netflix on Wary of the theatrical release window to helm Han Solo shrinking, top North American theater chains have refused to screen Netflix releases or any other films simultaneously released on digital ‘Star Wars’ spinoff platforms. Netflix is partnering with distribu- tor Bleecker Street for “Beasts of No Nation” augh it up, Fuzzballs: Han Solo is getting his and with the Weinstein Co for “Crouching own movie, and it’s going to be helmed by Tiger.” Netflix also said that the Judd Apatow- L“Lego Movie” directors Chris Miller and Phil produced “Pee-wee’s Big Holiday,” in which Lord. The “Star Wars” spinoff will be released on Paul Reubens reprises his famous character, Memorial Day weekend in 2018, Disney will arrive next March. No release date has yet announced Tuesday. It will focus on how Han Solo been announced for one of Netflix’s most became the smuggler first encountered by Luke anticipated releases: “War Machine,” in which Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi at the Mos Eisley Brad Pitt is to play former Gen. Stanley cantina. Lord and Miller have been among the McChrystal. — AP most sought-after writer-directors in Hollywood following their well-received “21 Jump Street” and its sequel, “22 Jump Street,” and the popular “The Lego Movie.” Cary Fukunaga arrives “This is the first film we’ve worked on that at the 67th Annual seems like a good idea to begin with,” the pair said DGA Awards in Los in a joint statement. “We promise to take risks, to Angeles. — AP Ringo Starr, front right, and friends attend Starr’s #PEACEANDLOVE Birthday Celebration give the audience a fresh experience, and we at Capitol Records. pledge ourselves to be faithful stewards of these characters who mean so much to us.” Lord and Miller said the movie is a dream come true, “and not the kind of dream where you’re late for work Deen distances herself from Starr says will keep drumming and all your clothes are made of pudding.” Coolest characters as he celebrates 75th birthday The announcement sets off what’s sure to be posted ‘I Love Lucy’ photo among the most closely watched casting deci- ormer Beatle Ringo Starr, who the world could say peace and love ... at sions in Hollywood. While Harrison Ford reprises aula Deen didn’t post a 2011 Halloween down as soon as she saw the post and apolo- turned 75 on Tuesday, said he noon on July 7.” the role in the upcoming “Star Wars: The Force costume photo on her Twitter account gizes to all who were offended,” according to Fwould keep on playing the drums Starr has since invited members of the Awakens,” the spinoff will be seeking a new cap- Pshowing her son Bobby in dark makeup a statement from spokesman Jaret Keller. He as he celebrated his birthday with his tra- public to join him in doing the sign and tain of the Millennium Falcon. The script will be as “I Love Lucy” character Ricky Ricardo, and declined to identify the fired social media ditional “peace and love” salute. The tra- asked his fans to use #PeaceandLove on written by Lawrence Kasdan, who co-wrote “The the social media manager responsible for it manager. Deen’s 2013 acknowledgment that dition began some 10 years ago when he social media platforms. “It’s international Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi,” and was fired, Deen’s spokesman said. The photo she’d used a racial slur in the past ended her was asked what he wanted for his birth- now ... Wherever I am on my birthday his son Jon Kasdan. They called Solo “one of the from a holiday episode of one of the celebrity relationship with the Food Network and top- day-the response was if “everybody in that’s where we do it. And it’s growing by coolest characters in the galaxy.” In addition to a cook’s former Food Network shows, with a pled her cooking empire. Posted responses to the response I get,” Starr said at Tuesday’s new “Star Wars” trilogy to begin with JJ Abrams’ tweet mimicking Arnaz’s accented English on the Twitter photo included those who decried birthday celebrations in Los Angeles. “It’s “The Force Awakens” in December, Lucasfilm and the show, was quickly removed Tuesday from Bobby Deen’s makeup as akin to the demean- come a long way ... In Chicago was the Disney are planning several spinoffs from George Twitter after it drew a flurry of comments ing “blackface” depictions of African- first one and we’ve been to New York and Lucas’ space epic. “Rogue One,” directed by Gareth about Bobby Deen’s dark-skinned depiction Americans. we’ve done several times in LA and we Edwards, is planned for December 2016. of the character played by Desi Arnaz, Lucille The photo, which included Paula Deen, 68, did it in Hamburg.” Filmmaker Josh Trank was earlier hired to direct Ball’s TV and real-life husband. mugging as the red-headed Ball, was from an In April, Starr was inducted as a solo another “Star Wars” anthology film, but he depart- The late Arnaz was a Cuban-born Hispanic. episode of “Paula’s Best Dishes,” among the artist into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, ed the project earlier this year. — AP “Paula immediately had this picture taken several Food Network shows that had starred the last of the Beatles to receive the the Southern cook. Deen’s admission of using accolade. When asked what lay head, a racial epithet came during a legal dispute with an ex-employee who accused her of Starr said: “Well, keep playing, that’s racial discrimination and sexual harassment. what’s left to do. I love to play, I play Deen later said she’d learned “the power of drums so that will just continue.” “It’s words, how they have the ability to hurt and what I do, it’s what I did before The once you say certain words you can’t un-ring Beatles and before the peace and love it, not even 30 years later.” She has been in birthday. I’ll play drums and entertain business and image rebuilding mode since and sing a few songs.” — Reuters getting a private investment in 2014 of between $75 million to $100 million. She launched a website, the Paula Deen Network, and opened a restaurant that seats nearly 300 diners in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. — AP

Ringo Starr attends Paula Deen attends the EVINE Chris Miller, left, and Phil Lord at the New York his #PEACEANDLOVE Film Critics Circle Awards at TAO Downtown, in Live launch event at The Todd Birthday Celebration. English Food Hall at The Plaza New York. — AP in New York.—AP lifestyle THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015

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US actresses Julianne Models present creations Moore and Kristen for Chanel during the Stewart leave after 2015-2016 fall/winter attending Chanel Haute Couture collection 2015-2016 fall/winter fashion show at the Haute Couture collec- Grand Palais in Paris. tion fashion show. — AP/AFP photos Julianne Moore, Kristen Stewart play at Chanel’s casino

iamonds, celebrities and iconic couture merged - We’ve never had dinner, really. He leaves everyone to have on Karl Lagerfeld’s orders - around a massive casino dinner and goes home; probably thinks about the next Dtable Tuesday for Chanel’s spectacular fashion season,” she said, laughing. show. Here are the highlights of the day’s fall-winter 2015- 16 Paris couture collections including Armani Prive, Chanel, Bouchra Jarrar and newcomer Aouadi.

Julianne Moore, Kristen Stewart’s celebrity roulette Chanel’s guests were led to their seats in a giant recreat- ed casino Tuesday inside Paris’ Grand Palais - replete with roulette tables and fully-functioning gambling machines that had one Chinese fashionista addicted within minutes. But the real gasps came when Kristen Stewart and a dia- mond-encrusted Julianne Moore walked out through an arch - both wearing bespoke Chanel couture - to take a seat around a celebrity-filled poker table in the center of the catwalk. There they hugged, chatted, gambled and laughed all through the show. Moore and Stewart grew close as they co-starred in “Still Alice,” playing mother and daughter. They both dined together in an exclusive Paris restaurant last weekend. “I like people when they’re gambling and well dressed like in US model Lindsey Wixson presents a creation for Chanel. Monte Carlo,” said Lagerfeld. Fellow gamblers placing bets included singers Rita Ora and Vanessa Paradis and model Lara Stone, who were there to showcase Chanel’s latest jewelry collection.

Chanel’s 3-D couture Lagerfeld, 81, says the secret to feeling young is always looking to the future. Nothing demonstrated this better than Chanel’s bright, high-tech couture show that featured Coco Chanel’s famed skirt-suit jacket made via 3-D print- ing. “I like the idea of taking the most iconic jacket of the 20th century and turning that into an object that was impossible to make when that jacket was invented,” explained the couturier. The quilted jackets were completely seamless and seamstress-less - created by feeding Lagerfeld’s sketches into a computer program, that the couturier eccentrically named “Sweetie.” “Computers are going to enter more and Dutch model Lara Stone walks with French model Baptiste Giabiconi. more in the evolution and techniques of fashion - you can- not resist. On the contrary, if it exists in its time couture will live on,” he said. US actress Kristen Stewart (front left), US actress Julianne Moore (second left), Dutch model Lara Stone (third left), Lily-Rose Depp and French model Baptiste Giabiconi (sec- Chanel’s ‘80s shoulders ond right) sit at a casino table. A 1980s flavor lingered in the air for fall-winter in a largely black-and-white show, with oversized truncated jackets, large square shoulders, epaulettes and dramatic lapels. The shoes were a standout - backless stilettos with a split tongue on the front that Lagerfeld compared to “air- planes children make with folded paper.” The 67-piece-stong collection mainly played it safe, but designs loosened up toward the end, frothily, with tailor- ing that harked to the fizz fizz years of the ‘20s. Feathered fringing adorned loose, long cocktail dresses, evoking the famed “Flapper” era. Meanwhile, modernized ‘20s “bob” wigs - worn in identical form by all models - also mirrored this era, giving the collection a homogenous, fem-bot feel that riffed on the futuristic 3-D printing concept.

Armani and stars attend shows but not dinner Co-stars from 2009’s “The International,” Naomi Watts and Clive Owen caught up with each other at the Armani Prive Show, sitting side by side. Nearby, was French Oscar- winning actress Juliette Binoche - who confessed that she didn’t know designer Giorgio Armani all that well, as he German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld acknowledge the public with US model Kendall doesn’t attend dinners he invites her to. Jenner. “Each time we meet there’s a tenderness and respect ... lifestyle THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015

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daywear and eveningwear with panache. One couture tex- Armani is elegant but doesn’t take risks tured taupe croptop had an exposed midriff, a sporty It was, as ever, an elegant affair at Armani Prive, with the miniskirt and glamorous ankle-length sheer organza. Jarrar 80-year-old couturier serving up his expected array of satin showed off her couture talent with a series of multi-color, gowns, jacquard skirts, feathered fringing, and long frothy, fur-feather asymmetrical tops - and again, in her evening dresses embroidered with lashings of Swarovski signature draping with a beautiful pale blue gown with a crystals and sequins. The color palette of the 47-look-show gold band. beautifully evoked the last moments of the evening, as it has in previous seasons; with fuchsia pink, turning ultra- Yacine Aouadi marine blue, purple and black. Debut designer Yacine Aouadi channeled black in his Peak shoulders on jackets and backless dresses were couture presentation, saying it’s the color associated with the season’s focus, alongside Siamese-looking fitted jack- mystery. “For my first collection, I wanted to evoke super- ets. They cut a distinct style alongside short black wigs on stition, so I used black, as I’m still afraid if my (fashion) models, though have done without the overly-billowing, house is going to take off or not,” he said humbly from the segmented satin pants. Though Armani is, with reason, one show venue in the Grand Palais. of the most respected designers in the world, in his cou- The 13-piece-strong show would seem to set the ture he could afford to push the creative envelope more French-born designer, who cut his teeth at Balmain, in a and be more adventurous. good place. Aouadi mixed Victorian styles such as high austere Bouchra Jarrar makes contrasts collars and intricate black lacework with sporty cropped Bouchra Jarrar mixed her signature contrasting styles skirts and zippers, and sheer organza sections with deco- with a dash of the ‘50s in her slick show Tuesday. Bandeau- rative writing that, when worn on skin, resembles tat- style croptops evoked one-half of a post-War bikini - worn toos. “I wanted to mix in the tattoo elements, to break up over high-waisted retro pants or softly colored voluminous the historic allusions,” he said. He struck a fine balance, culottes that could have been worn by Marilyn Monroe. mixing sometimes ecclesiastical styles and myriad As ever with the Moroccan-born designer, contradic- chevrons with clean, gentle A-line shapes into highly tions were whispered in the textures and styles. Feminine wearable looks.—AP pale blues, yellows and nude pink were punctuated with flashes of black. And several looks mixed up sportswear,

Models wear creations for Giorgio Armani’s fall-winter 2015/2016 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris. lifestyle THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015

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Models wear creations for Bouchra Jarrar’s fall-winter 2015/2016 Haute Couture fashion collection.

Berlin Fashion Week Lady Gaga’s stylist to show at New York Fashion Week

Models present creations by Marc Cain during the Berlin Fashion Week Spring\Summer 2016 in Berlin.

randon Maxwell, Lady Gaga’s longtime stylist and a designer in his own right, will Bshow his first full ready-to-wear collection at New York Fashion Week in September. Maxwell has created numerous looks for Gaga over the years, including a silver gown with a plunging neckline and high slit for this year’s Grammys and a majority of the outfits she has worn for her Cheek to Cheek tour with Tony Bennett. Known for a bold but glamorous aes- thetic, Maxwell is listed in The Hollywood Reporter’s Top 25 most powerful stylists in Hollywood. His fashion week debut was announced Monday. — AP Models wear creations by the label Sadak at the Berlin Fashion Week Spring\Summer Models wear creations of designer Anja Gockel Spring/Summer 2016 fashion collection 2016 in Berlin yesterday. — AP/AFP during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Berlin. Homemade shampoo and conditioner for healthy hair

very now and then we go through rough patches with our hair, we • an essential oil; coconut oil, jojoba or olive oil might be doing all we can to have healthy and shiny hair, but it Ejust has a mind of its own. We’re always told to change up our All you have to do is mix the ingredient together into an old sham- shampoo and conditioner products so we can see results with our hair, poo bottle or glass bottle and that’s it! However, make sure you mix the but we don’t seem to understand what exactly we’re using in terms of bottle very well every time before using it. ingredients. Recently I’ve been reading about homemade shampoo and condi- Recipe 2 tioner. I heard it was good for you to make and use every once in a while You’ll need: as it balances the oils in your scalp and leaves your hair nice and shiny. I • baking soda think it has become more popular now since many girls are coloring • water and styling their hair almost on a daily basis, so having a more natural • apple cider vinegar or regular white vinegar and organic option is always a plus. I bet you’re asking why make my own shampoo when there are Mix 1/2 a cup of baking soda with 3 cups of water, this amount will thousands of shampoos ready to buy? Well one, it’s cheaper than com- be good enough for a few washings. Scrub your scalp with the water mercial bought shampoo, and two, its definitely healthier than the harmful ingredients shampoos contain. It’s always a safe option for new and baking soda mixture, this will help in removing any build up left on mommies to make their own shampoo for their babies or young kinds, your scalp from other shampoos, but it will also leave your hair dry, so because you’ll only be using natural ingredients, which won’t be harm- this is where you mix apple cider vinegar/ regular white vinegar with 1/2 ful whatsoever. a cup of water to rinse out the baking soda. The vinegar will leave your Many people agree that homemade shampoo works better than hair smooth and fluffy like other regular shampoos. commercial shampoos, I actually agree and disagree at the same time, it all depends on your recipe and the type of hair that you have. Some Recipe 3 might end up with shinier hair, and some might end up having oily hair You’ll need: - again, it all depends on the recipe. • coconut milk If you’re a true lover of the environment, you will also like the idea of • castile soap having a shampoo that doesn’t bring in harmful chemicals to you nor to • essential oil of your choice your surroundings. All you have to do is mix equal amounts of each ingredients but add Lets get to the good part! Here are a few recipes you can try out for about 15-20 drops of the oil, not too much to not leave you will oily hair, your homemade shampoo, but dont forget that it is not necessary that and if you had dry/ damaged hair add more drops of olive/almond oil to all the recipes will work for your hair type, experiment! keep it moisturized. Hope these recipes help you guys out, if not it’s fun to experience Recipe 1 with things that aren’t harmful, and you never know, you might end up You’ll need: using homemade shampoo for good now! • Castile soap - this is basically a hard white soap that is made Let me know how it goes! from olive oil and soda. Till next week! Xo • 1/2 a cup of water Moore, Stewart play at Chanel’s37 casino THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015

Afghan devotees perform a special evening “Taraweeh” prayer during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan at a mosque in Herat province late July 7, 2015. — AFP Largely shielded from crisis, tourists still enjoying Greece

reece is known the world over for its years ago. “It tickles a different sense. (...) So exhausted after leading German, Austrian and historic sites, sparkling sea, and lovely, we’re not panicking. But I want to avoid a Swiss tourists to the Acropolis in the hot sun, Gvine-shaded restaurants. Add riot humanitarian crisis here.” Tourism and the for- said Tuesday was the busiest day of the year, police, shuttered banks, and lines at cash eign funds it generates are vital for Greece’s but that future bookings are in doubt. machines and the picture clouds. This is the hoped-for recovery from its deeply indebted reality facing tourism in Greece this year, as state. The World Travel and Tourism Council Frenetic summer the peak summer season in the popular desti- said tourism’s direct contribution to the Greek “People are waiting before they commit,” nation is threatened by a financial crisis of economy was more than 29 billion euros ($32 she said. “Business is good right now but peo- frightening proportions. Up until now, the billion) in 2014, accounting for just over 17 ple are worried because groups are not com- charming cafes and outdoor restaurants near percent of the country’s GDP. mitting.” The crisis could not have peaked at a the Acropolis have remained overflowing with worse time from the point of view of the hun- tourists, but considering the bad publicity of Actual cancellations dreds of thousands of Greeks who depend on As such, the Greek National Tourist Board is income from the frenetic summer months to taking steps to reassure tourists that their keep their families going during the slack win- credit cards and bank cards will work normally ter time. Elman Vasileios, manager of the and that restrictions applied to Greek citizens Majestic Travel agency in central Athens, said will not apply to visitors. Lyssandros Tsilidis, the bank shutdown has made it impossible for president of the Hellenic Association of Travel him to conduct business as usual. To make and Tourist Agencies, maintained an optimistic matters worse, major airlines have emailed his view, saying tourism figures are holding agency in the last day telling him he cannot steady nationwide. “There are more rumors issue any tickets, even to customers with cash. about cancellations than actual cancellations Tourists walk on a pedestrian road outside Acropolis museum in Athens. — AP photos “We cannot operate as we used to because and reservations are still coming in,” he said. we have no quick access to funds if people pay “Tourists are having no problems.” by credit cards,” he said. “We also have a huge Visitors to the famed Acropolis and sur- amount of money stuck in the bank that we rounding areas agreed, telling The Associated can’t get access to.” His agency is still accepting Press they had been able to enjoy normal holi- credits cards, but it is taking days or weeks for days without disruption. “I have seen a few him to be able to get his hands on the money A man rides a bicycle at the Plaka tourist lines at ATMs but there are no huge lines,” said via various electronic bank transfer systems. district of Athens. Luciane Souza, a Brazilian lawyer making her He has several overlapping problems: the past week’s events, many businesses say first trip to Greece. “I love the place. For having Tourists are shortening or cancelling their trips they are beginning to see cancellations and a fun, it’s no problem.” to Greece, and, a substantial number of Greeks slowdown in reservations. John Kopari, visiting from Duluth, concerned about their own finances (and par- “Our future bookings are down 20 to 30 Minnesota, added the crisis hasn’t affected ticularly their supply of cash) have cancelled percent,” said Edward Fisher, who owns and him and his family “one bit.” But for those who their own summer holidays, traditionally taken operates Athens Backpackers and Athens haven’t yet booked their trips, such assurances on some of the treasured islands that dot the Studios, with prime locations near the are not soothing fears that the ATMs and the Mediterranean here. “Greeks going on holiday Acropolis that cater mostly to youthful travel- banks may soon run out of cash altogether, this summer have fallen to zero and I mean ers without mega-budgets. He blamed the unless there is an infusion of euros delivered zero,” he said. “I just had a group of 40 cancel. global media for the marked slowdown, and by the European Central Bank or another They don’t have access to their funds and they said he believes it will only be a “temporary emergency source. And some restaurants and don’t know when they will. This season has blip” because of Greece’s timeless appeal. hotels have posted signs saying they will not been destroyed. Foreign embassies are warn- “There’s something mystical about Greece,” accept credit cards, despite the government’s ing people about problems so people think said the Australian who started his business 12 pledges. Tour guide Christina Poulogiani, A tourist holds an umbrella to protect from the sun as she visits the Temple of Zeus in Athens. twice about coming to Greece.” — AP

Two women buy souvenirs at the Plaka tourist district of Athens. A tourist enjoys a tour on a sightseeing bus in Athens. Tourists ride bicycles next to Andrian’s Arch.