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MUMBAI: Indians take snap- shots outside the Taj Mahal hotel yesterday. The hotel was one of the targets of the 2008 terror attacks by a small group of Pakistani militants. At least three Indian states with large Muslim populations have been put on alert in the wake of a video release where the leader of Al- Qaeda says the terrorist group has expanded into India. — AP

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Scribbler’s Notebook Local Spotlight The value Greed of private schools of merit By Muna Al-Fuzai

By Jamie Etheridge [email protected]

don’t have a better name to call this sudden and unjus- price of school uniforms as well. Some parents also said [email protected] tified increase in fees and requests of private schools that schools collect the full school fees at once and Ihere in Kuwait, but total greediness. Personally, I don’t upfront. believe in the efficacy of education in Kuwait, public or Maybe these schools think they are offering better edu- professor at university once told me that the private. The only difference between the two is that with cation materials and educational environment, so they greatest problem facing the Middle East the latter, you pay more money for no good or obvious need more money. But if the MoE sees this as breaking Awasn’t lack of democracy, corruption, poor reason. official orders and rules, they should start investigations education, red tape or even poverty. It was and Private schools are not only for expats, as more and check these complaints with or without official remains an abiding disregard for merit. Merit, he Kuwaitis are sending their kids to private schools as well requests by any parent. explained, or rather the widespread lack thereof is a because they see education in government schools as a The MoE has said concerned parents must submit an root cause of the region’s many ills. How can a waste of their children’s time and future. So they assume official plea in order for them to check the matter. Really?! country that places family connections above com- that sending their kids to private schools will ensure a bet- Because if I were a school owner and one or two parents petence hope to develop? How can you improve ter education. That is the general perception, but it filled a complaint against me, I would simply ask them to societal structures like health care, education, agri- doesn’t come free. They have to pay for this dream - take their kids out of my school. Parents fear revenge - it is cultural or any other system and encourage people sometimes a very large amount of money. normal here. Parents will be forced to pay the increased to work their hardest, to be efficient and honest I agree that public schools are either using old-fash- fees even if they don’t approve of it, because they have no when their hard work is neither recognized nor ioned methods of teaching and/or outdated curricula that other choice. rewarded? are completely irrelevant to life, needs and views. Some I wonder why we don’t have strong parent committees Young and naive, I disagreed with him. As an religious material scares me, and most of the time I don’t or groups for support or to reject any malpractices by the undergraduate who had barely traveled to the see the wisdom of having it. management and school owners of private schools. Schools have reopened and parents have complained Having such people would help to build their case. region and instead spent years reading books about a hike in school fees of some major private schools, about the history, culture, society and language, I which violated regulations of the Ministry of Education by was (and remain) enthralled with the Arab world increasing fees. Some parents also complained about the and could not accept his assessment. Years later, I’m sad to say that my professor (who is an Arab, by the way) understood more than I realized. I’ve come to see that a fundamental disregard for merit - along with stereotypes and shallow generaliza- Kaffeeklatsch tions - often influence decisions. Take for instance, nationality. It is often the first question an employer considers when hiring - not a potential employee’s Ripped off on the road experience or education or capabilities. There are some good reasons for this but there are also plen- ty of mistaken ideas that contribute to a bloated bureaucracy and an economy rife with inefficien- By Shakir Reshamwala cies and incompetence. Reading through the World Economic Forum’s Global Competiveness Report on Kuwait for 2014- 2015 this week, I felt almost sick about Kuwait’s [email protected] poor rankings. In indicator after indicator, Kuwait fell embarrassingly behind its regional contempo- raries. I find it impossible to reconcile the WEF’s ravelling is a national pastime for both Kuwaitis and time I shell out $5 (KD 1.4) and more for a falafel sandwich findings with all the people whom I’ve met here. expats. This is evident in the searing summer from specialty Arabic/Mediterranean/vegetarian restau- There are so many bright, talented locals and expa- Tmonths, when streets empty of traffic and residential rants, flogged as exotic fare. Even the tip is more than the triates who work hard, who are smart and innova- areas go eerily silent. A long weekend or Eid break typically price of a few sandwiches in Kuwait! tive, who are dedicated and who have ambition to sees a mass exodus of people from Kuwait heading all While food cannot be lugged across borders, stuff like around the world. chargers and plug adapters can, since electric sockets dif- succeed and contribute positively to the develop- The strong Kuwaiti dinar makes the sticker shock of fer around the world. My eyes watered as I paid $10 (KD ment of Kuwait. travel easier to bear, especially to developed countries 2.8) plus tax for a simple 2-pin plug adapter. Later in a dif- And yet, trying to do so is often a Herculean with a high cost of living. But some things abroad are way ferent city, I found the same adapter - woohoo - for $4 (KD task. Systems that have been in place for decades too expensive to swallow, making one cringe every time 1.1), only to come back to Kuwait and see piles of the darn and that do not recognize nor reward merit con- money changes hands. This is not to say that Kuwait is a thingies for only 150 fils (50 cents) in hardware stores. tinue to prevail and the people who maintain and cheap place to live in and travel to - it’s not. Rents are sky- Services too are cheaper in Kuwait, everything from run those systems either reject change or find no high, public transport is patchy (forcing one to own a car, domestic help to porters to tipping. I can get a decent hair- benefit in it. There are a few large corporations in with its own myriad costs) and school fees and other cut for 500 fils ($1.75) in plenty of salons across Kuwait. Kuwait where merit is recognized and rewarded expenses are constantly rising. Compare this to a $15 (KD 4.25) scalping at an average and there’s no need to name them as we all know At the other end of the spectrum, some things are salon during my travels, plus a $5 (KD 1.4) tip, which alone which ones they are as they easily stand out. ridiculously cheap here. Most of these are of course subsi- could’ve got me three haircuts in Kuwait. Kuwait is not my country and never will be. But dized by the state, and should not and cannot be com- Of course, destinations in developing countries are still I want to see it succeed. Still I want to see it pared to full-price equivalents abroad, but nevertheless cheaper and more value for money. But when it comes to develop and all the Kuwaitis I know feel the same. are sorely missed on the road. one thing, most countries east or west do not even come They want to be proud of their home and work to Take bread for instance. A packet of pita bread costs a close to Kuwait - petrol. At 60 fils (20 cents) a litre, along help it prosper. To that end, this one thing must mere 50 fils (18 cents) in Kuwait, while I have paid nearly with dirt-cheap power and water, this lifeblood of Kuwait change. The valuing of merit is critical to the long $2.6 (750 fils) for a similar packet abroad. (All comparative is what’s driving our insatiable consumption and feeding term development and future of any country, to prices are in US dollars irrespective of location, for the sake our travel bugs. Getting fleeced abroad somehow levels its economy and its people. Here’s hoping that of uniformity.) The humble falafel sandwich is only 100 fils everything out. Kuwait turns to fostering a culture of merit for its (36 cents) in Kuwait and available in every corner of the future’s sake. country. So you can imagine the nosebleed I get every Local FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Conspiracy Theories

Franchising jihad

the cities. So with little money offered, yes it could be scary in India. Not only India but also Pakistan, By Badrya Darwish Bangladesh, Myanmar and other Muslim-majority areas of the subcontinent. It looks like jihad in the eyes of these people is thought of as a franchise business. I have the franchise for Starbucks, you have the fran- [email protected] chise for McDonalds. So you take this area and I take that area. But may I know who supports and decides to give awahiri appeared all of a sudden on stage guys, be these franchises? Daesh takes the Middle East and Al- prepared. We have forgotten that name by the way Qaeda takes the subcontinent. So who decided these Zbecause he has disappeared for a while as DAESH franchises? Who decided who takes where and how? I (Islamic State) took the spotlight. It looks like now there is have a franchise idea if they like. What about instead a war of competition between the self-called jihadists of killing innocent people, why not work for the free- from IS and self-called jihadists from Al-Qaeda. Now dom of Gaza and Occupied Palestine and Al Aqsa Zawahiri wants to save the Asian subcontinent and he Mosque? That would be real jihad. But none of them will raise the flag of jihad. But I wonder if I could meet are interested in this franchise?!!!!! I wonder why. with these guys and ask them: jihad for what? Jihad And by the way, even jihad to liberate Al Aqsa does against what? Both of them, either Zawahiri or Baghdadi. not mean you kill people or behead them or kill chil- Look guys, at a serious point. It’s scary if these people dren or rape women. In the days of the Prophet start operating in the Indian subcontinent. I know the (PBUH), when there were battles, the Prophet (PBUH) Indian government is capable of taking care of its securi- always announced to the army not to kill elderly or ty but these radicals might find a fertile ground for their children or disabled or to rape women or even people brand of fanaticism. Because as all of you know, India is a who are not participating in the war. He even went as vast country with more than 300 million Muslims and far as to warn that his soldiers should not cut a tree or there are remote villages which are beyond the control of damage homes or properties and the best treatment any security which suffer extreme poverty and abandon- was given to prisoners of war. Jihad was only soldier to In this still image from video Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al- ment. soldier. Go and open your franchise wherever you Zawahiri speaks from an undisclosed location. Al-Qaeda So people like Al-Qaeda might find sympathy in want but don’t use the name of Islam, for God’s sake. chief Ayman Al-Zawahiri has launched a new branch of the global Islamist extremist movement to reinvigorate and these places not to mention the extreme poverty in @BadryaD expand its struggle in the Indian sub-continent. — AFP Amricani Hospital

Creatingfrompaper art By Nawara Fattahova

eauty can be found in any medium if you know where to look. One artist in Kuwait found his Bmuse in a simple piece of paper. Wael Al-Khars is a Kuwaiti artist who pursues the art of paper cutting as a hobby, occasionally selling his artwork and even creating pieces upon request.

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The idea first came to him a few years ago when he was at work and had a stack of papers in front of him. “I thought of replacing the pen with a cutter and I started cutting the paper into different shapes. Then I searched online for this kind of art, and I discovered that it’s one of the oldest arts and that its history goes back more than 4,000 years. I started with only a few pieces. But after I launched my home studio, I start prac- ticing it more. Social media also helped me to expand introducing my artwork, but I don’t want to commercialize it,” Khars told Kuwait Times. Most of his designs are still-lifes. “Most of the pictures I cut from paper are from reality. But I also do some pieces just from my mind. In general I don’t cut portraits as I don’t have photographic memory, and I don’t like to get in conflict with those who requested the order, as they may not like it or complain about differences. So I avoid it,” he explained. All the pieces he creates are unique and one-of-a-kind, as he never re- peats any design. “I don’t repeat the same piece, but if I get an order - such as wedding invitations - I can make up to 50 pieces, and they will receive it within 3 months. Also, each will be unique as all my work is handmade. I’m not using machines or workers - I do everything myself from scratch, and that’s why it’s expensive. My work is limited edition and not mass pro- duction. As far as I know, I don’t have competitors in Kuwait or the region. But I know some international paper cutters, and the best are from Japan,” he added. The paper he uses is expensive and is not available in the local market. “I use special acid-free paper for paper cutting, as the paper is very impor- tant to get good quality art. The paper I use is made from various materi- als and can resist heat and doesn’t change color. Also, its thickness is per- fect for paper cutting. I buy it online from the United States. For cutting. I use surgical blades, which are very sharp that can cause serious injury and a person will hardly notice it till he feels the wet blood,” he pointed out. And while he mostly uses black paper for his artwork, he occasionally also uses some other colors. Khars hasn’t displayed his work at an exhibition yet. “It’s too early to hold a solo exhibition. I participated in an exhibition in Abu Dhabi through my friend who is an interior designer and he took four pieces of my artworks - all banknotes of the Kuwaiti dinar and one Emirati dirham folded with metal to hold the half-cut piece standing. All pieces were sold. I also participated with two portraits - one of late Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and the other late Dr Abdulrahman Al-Sumeit of Arabi monthly magazine. This was an achievement for me that my works appeared in this magazine, as only few artists have this opportu- nity,” stressed Khars. He first posted his artwork on Instagram in 2012. “To preserve my artworks, I put them in frames to protect them from getting damaged, as paper may be affected by weather. Each of the artworks I did took me a different length of time - some took half an hour while some took weeks. For instance, the paper cutting of a Patek Philippe watch, which is the most expensive watch in the world of which only 150 pieces were made and costs €1.6 million, took me 50 hours of work over two weeks,” concluded Khars. You can see more of Al-Khars’ work on his Instagram account @waelalkhars.

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Spelling it out: Raising multilingual kids in Kuwait By Priyanka Saligram instant gratification. The content is as brief as possible with short sentences and the longest story is usually less than 500 oor, a 30-year-old Arab woman of European origin, liv- words,” she said. With such a short attention span, there’s no ing in Kuwait could very well be a UN representative. “A Growing up in multilingual question of “heavy reading” which is necessary to develop a Nhybrid of two cultures”, she calls herself. Noor spoke strong linguistic foundation, she added. Czech at home with her parents when she was a child, went Kuwait can be similarly edifying. on to learn English and Arabic in school and French later in New phenomenon university. “Every winter, we went to Switzerland on ski vaca- Kids interact with a multitude of It’s almost impossible to find youngsters who are not a part tions and I learnt basic Italian from my Italian ski instructor” of social media like WhatsApp, Facebook or Twitter. While she explains. She claims to understand a smattering of Polish, nationalities and languages. The technology and multitasking is also viewed positively for over- Croatian and Slovakian since they are of Slovenian origin and exposure can fuel academic success. all communication and social development, the quality of learned rudimentary German during frequent travel to Zurich communication has taken a beating, according to Das. While and Austria. “The best thing about knowing so many lan- children have the ability to imbibe many languages simultane- guages is no matter where I go, I never feel lost.” ously from various sources, it’s crucial to ensure they learn it Growing up in multilingual Kuwait can be similarly edifying. dialects. English, the world’s lingua franca, is something most the right way as unlearning is more difficult than learning. Kuwaiti and expat kids interact with a multitude of nationali- kids will learn - though speaking isn’t the same as being fluent. Negligent writing is a relatively new phenomenon, thanks to ties and languages. The exposure can help later in life, fuel Despite this, many fare badly in their English tests at technology as more time is spent chatting than reading, academic success and an make foreign travel both easier and schools. Anita Das, Head of English Department at Indian opined Das. more fun. Community School Kuwait, said learning a language well “Students tend to use SMS language in their answer sheets Some scientific researches suggest that the age at which includes proficiency in not only verbal skills, but writing skills like short forms or just letters. Do we attribute this to flaws in kids learn a second language can positively influence their too. Children who are verbally fluent in English underestimate the curriculum or the fact we teach our children to chase suc- brain development as they grow. A study by McGill and the importance of developing their writing skills and tend to cess while forgetting the beauty and charm of language and Oxford University indicated that the task of acquiring a second have poor spellings and a weak base in grammatical structure. literature?” language after infancy stimulates new neural growth and con- “In most of the Indian schools, students even at the secondary Ashik D’Souza, a 19-year-old expat, thinks that his genera- nections among neurons in ways seen in acquiring complex level fail to write proficient English despite their prowess in tion doesn’t read books since they get their information online motor skills such as juggling. speaking the language,” Das says. and mainly “because we’re lazy and don’t have the patience”. Despite the advantages associated with being multilingual, Many parents complain that their kids don’t read good lit- He said he doesn’t understand the brouhaha about spellings there are many misconceptions regarding children learning erature and attribute poor linguistic skills to social media inter- or grammar being affected as most of the phones have inbuilt more than two languages. The common belief is that growing action and commonly used ‘SMS lingo’. Asha, an Indian expat spell-checks. “The smart ones use smart phone applications up with more than one language can confuse their vocabulary mother of two teenagers studying in a local school, said that like Swype that eliminate the need to type each letter individ- or raising them to be bilingual could lead to speech delays. she grew up reading literary giants like Charles Dickens, Jane ually as it enters the entire word and most commonly used Both however are short term issues at most. Austen and J D Salinger, but her kids have no clue who they phrases without any effort”. Microsoft Word fixes spelling mis- are. They belong to a PlayStation-loving generation who show takes and grammatical errors, so essay papers and project Learning early on no interest in reading anything apart from what’s prescribed reports are submitted clean and clear. “Now if only exam Children in Kuwait are exposed to Arabic (and all its in schools. “Most of the kids nowadays read things online on papers had autocorrect or came with Swype (as most kids dialects), English, Hindi, Malayalam (and many other Indian websites that are designed for a generation focusing only on have the worst spellings during exams), life would be perfect,” languages), Tagalog as well as many other languages and he said. Local FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014 8 Kuwait doctors conduct News a rare delicate surgery in brief Civil Service Commission Amiri Hospital surgeons remove a tumor in liver launches online Haj leave KUWAIT: The Civil Service Commission (CSC) launched its KUWAIT: Surgeons at the Amiri Hospital have conducted a heart, Dr Taqi said. online Haj leave service for Kuwaiti employees yesterday with four-hour delicate surgery successfully removing a tumor in Performing such an operation is quite difficult without the help of the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, said an offi- the liver of a 61-year-old patient. Consultant at the Liver modern techniques and medical technology, employed at cial. Undersecretary at CSC, Ahmad Al-Abduljaleel also said that and Pancreas Surgical Unit at the Amiri the Amiri Hospital, he said. Ten percent of the patient’s liver the service was launched to facilitate the Haj leave for govern- Hospital Dr Ali Taqi, interviewed by had to be cut off to make it easier for the surgeons to oper- ment employees. The Commission briefed 40 government enti- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), said the ate, he said, indicating that the patient would undergo ties on the new online service. patient, after the operation, was admit- chemotherapy treatment. The medical team that operated ted at the intensive care unit where he on the patient was from the hospital Liver and Pancreas remained for one day. The patient had Surgical Unit, inaugurated three years ago. This ward Kuwaiti journal recommends suffered from pain in the stomach, rectal receives cases that warrant surgeries in the liver, the pan- hiking petrochemical output bleeding due to cancerous swelling in creas and the gall-bladder, including patients shifted from all KUWAIT: Global demand for ethylene glycol may reach the colon which also spread to the liver. private and public hospitals in the country. Dr Taqi affirms 22.815 million metric tons by 2020, according to a report The procedure was quite sensitive that the special surgical unit is equipped with most published by the Chemia magazine, which recommends hik- because the tumor was situated in the advanced equipment and staffed by experienced doctors ing Kuwait’s output of this petroleum bi-product, used in Dr Ali Taqi liver’s main arteries connected to the and surgeons. —KUNA manufacturing polyester fibers and fabric. The international demand of ethylene glycol reached 16.511 million metric tons in 2013, Chemia said in the report, recommending that the production of the bi-product should be increased to Kuwait ‘a very important meet the mounting demand. Chemia, published by the National Chemical and Petroleum Industries Company, said MG Global Holdings, ownership of which is shared 50-50 by partner’ for Netherlands the Dow Chemical Company and the National Chemical, “has had a large share in the international market of ethyl- ene glycol recently.” The report indicated that the National BRUSSELS: Dutch minister for economic Kamp said that this is his first visit to the Netherlands’ export to Kuwait is over Chemical’s profits, in the end of the past fiscal year, amount- affairs, Henk Kamp yesterday said his State of Kuwait in his capacity as Minister $500 million per year. ed to $1.2 billion. On other issues, it indicated at conclusion upcoming visit to the State of Kuwait is of Economic Affairs, adding that as a Dutch companies provide Kuwait of a plan for merger of the third olefins venture with the sec- aimed at deepening the excellent coop- Minister of Defense, he visited Kuwait with machines and technology, as well ond aromatics project and Al-Zor venture, with aim of reach- eration and relations between the two several times in the period 2004-2006 on as food products (meat, dairy, fruit and ing optimum benefits from the three installations. countries. He said in an interview with my way to and from Iraq. “Unfortunately vegetables) and many other things, he the Kuwait News Agency, KUNA that his at that time I did not have the opportuni- said. “The partnership in the energy sec- 3-day visit to Kuwait starting on Sunday ty to hold official meetings,” he said. tor offers further areas for enhancement Young traders explore comes at the kind invitation of Ali Al- “Kuwait is a very important partner and the Dutch companies have world- Kuwait Stock Exchange Omair, Minister of Oil and State Minister for the Netherlands. The Netherlands class competence and expertise in this for Parliamentary Affairs of the State of field,” he said. Noting that Kuwait has KUWAIT: Experience and knowledge are essential requirements Kuwait. “The visit’s purpose is mainly to many big projects currently being exe- to partake in trading at Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE), said a hold consultations on bilateral relations cuted, soon to be awarded, or planned in number of young traders yesterday. Speaking to KUNA during and ways of further deepening the the future, he said Dutch companies are an interview, the young traders said that their experience at KSE already existing excellent mutual coop- already involved in this. had provided them with vast experiences, enabling them to eration between the Netherlands and He cited for instance that Dutch gain information on the inner workings of the stock exchange. Kuwait,” stressed Kamp. company Van Oord is implementing Mohammad Al-Fahad, 34, said that he was involved at KSE as a The agenda of his visit also encom- the first phase of KNPC’s new refinery broker for a company, adding that he was paying attention and passes discussions on energy, trade and project. Damen Shipyards is construct- listening to advice from those who are much more experienced mutual investment on a senior level with ing 14 tugboats for KOC, engineering in the market during his stay. The 2008 global economic crunch Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA), firms based in the Netherlands are dissuaded many people from getting involved in the stock Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) and Kuwait involved in KNPC’s Clean Fuels Project, exchange, said Al-Fahad who called for measures to enable the National Petroleum Company (KNPC). and Shell will continue to supply a big market to face any economic crisis in the future. As for state- “To build on that objective, a trade dele- part of Kuwait’s LNG imports. “I expect owned tenders, Al-Fahad insisted that it was important to allow gation will accompany me in this visit to Dutch companies to build on these private sector companies to get involved in acquiring tenders meet with new potential business part- Dutch Minister for Economic experiences, and I hope my visit gives because that will reflect positively on the country’s economy. ners. The delegation will consist of about Affairs Henk Kamp further impetus to this,” he said. Kamp Also speaking to KUNA, Ibrahim Al-Nasser, 30, said that it was twenty Dutch entrepreneurs and knowl- said that “Kuwait is already a main advisable to allow young blood to participate in the KSE experi- edge institutions mainly active in the and Kuwait have intensive economic investor in the Netherlands. The ence especially after the global economic crisis. He indicated field of energy and infrastructure proj- relations. Annually, Kuwait exports oil European Headquarters of Q8 is based that the youth mostly avoided getting involved in the KSE for ects,” he said. and oil products of more than $3 billion in The Hague, for example. The several reasons connected with the local and regional politics. Kamp also expressed his keenness on to Rotterdam, making the Netherlands Netherlands has a strong economy, Expressing similar sentiments, Bader Al-Enizi, 35, said that cur- reaching out to Dutch companies work- the key export destination within the EU which attracts investments from all rently political shifts played an important role shaping the mar- ing in Kuwait and plans to attend a for Kuwait,” he said. The Dutch minister over the world. I’m sure there are fur- ket’s behavior which mostly results in low numbers. Dutch-Kuwaiti network reception for the pointed out that the European ther opportunities for Kuwait and Oil and Gas sector with leading members Headquarters of Kuwait Petroleum Kuwaiti companies to invest more in of the Dutch Business Circle in Kuwait. International is in The Hague. The the Netherlands,” he said. —KUNA Kuwaiti media delegation visits Iran’s Mashhad city MASHHAD: The Kuwaiti media delegation visiting Mashhad city will help develop relations with Iran, said Kuwaiti Ambassador to Kuwait’s weather to be ‘stable, lower humidity’ Iran Majdi Al-Dhafiri yesterday. Al-Dhafiri said that it was impor- tant to develop relations between Iran and Kuwait on all possible KUWAIT: Kuwait’s weather conditions for next week are Today’s weather condition will be very hot with light-to- domains, noting that the current visit by the Kuwaiti delegation expected to be stable with noticeably lower humidity moderate northerly winds with the speeds of 12-35 km/h. would help achieve that goal. Both leadership and people of the and relatively high temperature, said a forecaster yester- At night, it will be relatively hot with light-to-moderate north two countries are willing to take relations to the next level and day. The impact of the Indian seasonal low pressure has westerly winds with speeds of 15-38 km/h, Karam added. that desire is mutual, said the Ambassador. The Kuwaiti media delegation is in Iran on a four-day visit aimed at boosting relations begun to weaken relatively on the region by moving The temperature at Kuwait International Airport yesterday within the media and NGOs levels. Meanwhile, Iranian officials east, while the European high pressure is to prevail, lead- morning was a minimum of 28 degrees Celsius, with a maxi- attending a dinner banquet held here in honor of the visiting ing northwestern dry winds to blow actively, and causing mum of 48 degrees Celsius. As for today, forecasters expect Kuwaiti delegation stressed the strong ties linking Kuwait and dust sometimes, Mohammad Karam, Director of Kuwait wind speeds of 15-38 km/h. At night, it will be relatively hot Iran. During the banquet, Iranian officials briefed the Kuwaiti dele- Meteorology Department at the Directorate General for with speeds of 10-32 km/h, and a minimum temperature of gation on the business and touristic opportunities provided by the city of Mashhad. The Kuwaiti delegation expressed gratitude Civil Aviation (DGCA), said in a press statement. 27 degrees Celsius and a maximum of 47. —KUNA to their Iranian host and showcased interest in the Iranian offers. Local9 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014 Crime Sacked supervisors Crime Report protest Report KUWAIT: Around 40 female nutrition supervisors who had Bank account hacked been laid off by the Ministry of Education after suspending the catering services in primary schools recently demonstrat- KUWAIT: An Indian reported that his bank account has ed outside the minister’s office, said informed sources, noting been hacked and that the hacker spent KD 2,324 from it that supervisors arrived early to the ministry, requesting to through an online transaction. A case has been filed and meet some officials. However, their demands were not met referred to cybercrime detectives. and they were not allowed to wait in the minister’s office waiting room. The sources added that the demonstrators argued with the security guards and some of them broke into GCC national deported the minister’s secretary office where the undersecretaries were having meeting. Police were later called in to control A GCC national, who was deported 15 years ago, the demonstrators who left after negotiations with security was arrested at Kuwait International Airport on forces. —Al-Watan arrival from a neighboring country, said security sources. Case papers indicate that on checking the passenger’s fingerprints, airport authorities found 4 ‘illegal, secret’ out that the man was deported 15 years ago for accounts found in alcohol-related offences. The man was deported with the same plane. Awqaf Ministry KUWAIT: Fake and expired hormones, vitamin drugs, growth powder, silicon, cosmetics, proteins KUWAIT: A committee formed by Deputy PM, Interior Mandoub robbed Minister and Acting Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs and amino-acids seized by police. Sheikh Mohammed Al-Khaled to investigate financial viola- A company representative (Mandoub) reported that tions and unaudited expenses at the Awqaf Ministry recom- Fake drug dealer busted three unidentified people assaulted him in Fahaheel mended referring those already involved and the suspects to and took his briefcase containing KD 2,300, said security the Public Prosecution. Sources said that the committee has By Hanan Al-Saadoun sources. Initial investigations showed that the three cul- discovered four illegal accounts that were not subjected to Audit Bureau or Finance Ministry’s supervision. prits followed the man after he left the company prem- KUWAIT: In collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MoH), crim- ises with the bag. A case was filed. “Those accounts were supervised by a small number of officials”, explained the sources, noting that according to the inal investigators recently arrested a citizen in his forties and two ministry staff interrogated, senior ministry officials had been female Asians for allegedly supplying illegal, fake and expired hor- urging merchants, rich people and major companies to mones, vitamin drugs, growth powder, silicon, cosmetics, pro- MOH employee insulted donate to the ministry’s official account before they later redi- teins and amino-acids to various spas and health clubs around rect the money into the four secret accounts. “When auditors An MOH employee recently filed a complaint Kuwait, security sources said, adding that some of the merchan- inquired about the money, the officials usually claimed that dise were found to be stolen with MoH stickers on them. The against a citizen accusing him of insulting her while the money was spent on Islamic and sport activities, recre- on duty, security sources said, noting that the sources said that the suspect had been using a Salmiya apartment ational excursions for winners of Quran competitions, holding and a storehouse in his own house basement to store goods woman gave a list of names of office colleagues who seminars and workshops. witnessed the incident. The sources also highlighted that one of the accounts was worth of KD 50,000. “Most of the items came from Thailand, Egypt being used to support teachers and preachers at the central and Saudi Arabia”, the sources added. prison while another was used for unknown purposes. “KD Brothers assault 40,000 was deposited in one of those accounts last Ramadan sister’s attorney and was never remitted to the ministry’s official accounts”, the sources said. The investigating committee found out that Three brothers were recently arrested for detaining many of the employees involved are Egyptians and that they and assaulting their sister’s attorney, who is represent- have been sent home (on leaves) to avoid being questioned ing her on a family dispute over inheritance. The attor- by the committee. —Al-Watan ney was rushed to Mubarak Hospital where he got a medical report on the injuries he sustained before fil- ing a case.

‘Tomboy’ sought Salmiya detectives are in search of ‘a tomboy’ cus- tomer who assaulted the waiters and damaged the cafe furniture, security sources said. A case was filed after the owner provided police officers with the Trafficking gang nabbed suspect’s mobile phone number. Huge fire at a construction site A gang comprising of three taxi drivers were recent- A huge fire broke out yesterday morning in building under ly arrested for human trafficking, said security Fake stamps construction near the Qurain markets in Sabhan, said security sources. Following an investigation about the gang, sources. Firemen from Mubarak Al-Kabeer, Qurain, Ardhiya An Asian was arrested at the Ahmadi traffic department an apartment was raided in Mahboula were the sus- rushed to the scene after they received a report about the fire for selling fake stamps near the stamps machine, said pects were arrested along with 15 Ethiopian women. security sources, noting that a citizen suspected the man in a 5,000 square meter building. No casualties were reported. and decided to purchase a stamp to check it. On finding that the stamp was fake, the citizen reported to the traf- fic director who immediately ordered for his arrest.

Egyptian woman arrested An Egyptian woman has been arrested for swindling several citizens a sum of KD 7,000, security sources said. Case papers indicate that the woman, whose residency is sponsored by her Kuwaiti daughter col- lected money from people wishing to become part- ners in her ‘bogus’ business. In another develop- ment, an Asian was arrested with over 260 porno movies near Wafra. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014 Two Britons Yemeni tribesmen Ukraine, rebels go missing stage anti-rebel to seek peace in11 Qatar protests12 plan,15 ceasefire

BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces and Shiite militiamen fire at Islamic State group positions during an operation outside Amirli,some 105 miles (170 kilometers) north of Baghdad. — AP IS kidnaps 40 men in Iraq’s Kirkuk In northeast Syria, Jihadists build a government

BAGHDAD: Islamic State militants kidnapped 40 men from a town Merciless tactics aircraft - let alone Iraqi, Syrian and Kurdish troops - to uproot them in Iraq’s northern province of Kirkuk yesterday, dragging the men While its merciless battlefield tactics and its imposition of its aus- through force alone. into cars before driving off, residents said. tere vision of Islamic law have won the group headlines, residents Residents of the Sunni Muslim town of Hawija said by telephone say much of its power lies in its efficient and often deeply pragmatic Bride of revolution they did not know why the men had been taken, from a district on ability to govern. Syria’s eastern province of Raqqa provides the best Last year, Raqqa became the first city to fall to the rebels fighting the edge of the town. They added that Islamic State, which controls illustration of their methods. Members hold up the province as an to overthrow President Bashar Al-Assad. They called it the “Bride of Hawija, had not faced any resistance from its inhabitants. Islamic example of life under the Islamic “caliphate” they hope will one day the Revolution.” A variety of rebel groups ranging from hardline State has seized hundreds of Iraqi and Syrian soldiers as well as stretch from China to Europe. Islamists to religious moderates held sway in the city, although members of other insurgent groups, journalists and civilians. Some In the provincial capital, a dust-blown city that was home to Islamists clearly dominated. Within a year, Islamic State had clawed have been sold for ransom and others have been killed. about a quarter of a million people before Syria’s three-year-old war its way into control, mercilessly eliminating rival insurgents. The group launched a lightning advance through northern and began the group leaves almost no institution or public service out- Activists critical of the group were killed, disappeared, or central Iraq in June, declaring an Islamic caliphate. With the help of side of its control. “Let us be honest, they are doing massive institu- escaped to Turkey. Alcohol was banned. Shops closed by afternoon US air strikes, Iraq’s army and Kurdish forces have been able to push tional work. It is impressive,” one activist from Raqqa who now lives and streets were empty by nightfall. Communication with the out- the fighters back from some areas. in a border town in Turkey told Reuters. side world, including nearby cities and towns, was allowed only The Ministry of Defense said yesterday on state television Iraqi In interviews conducted remotely, residents, Islamic State fight- through the Islamic State media centre. Those rebels and activists forces had killed three “leaders” of Islamic State in three separate ers and even activists opposed to the group described how it had who stayed largely “repented”, a process through which they attacks on Mosul and Tel Afar in the north. built up a structure similar to a modern government in less than a pledge loyalty to Baghdadi and are forgiven for their “sins” against Meanwhile, in the cities and towns across the desert plains of year under its chief, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi. Reuters journalists are the Islamic State, and either kept to their homes or joined the northeast Syria, the ultra-hardline Al-Qaeda offshoot Islamic State unable to visit the area for security reasons. The group’s progress group’s ranks. But after the initial crackdown, the group began set- has insinuated itself into nearly every aspect of daily life. The group has alarmed regional and Western powers. Last month US President ting up services and institutions - stating clearly that it intended to famous for its beheadings, crucifixions and mass executions pro- Barack Obama called it a “cancer” that must be erased from the stay and use the area as a base in its quest to eradicate national vides electricity and water, pays salaries, controls traffic, and runs Middle East as US warplanes bombarded its positions in Iraq. boundaries and establish an Islamic “state”. “We are a state,” one nearly everything from bakeries and banks to schools, courts and But Islamic State has embedded itself so thoroughly into the fab- emir, or commander, in the province told Reuters. “Things are great mosques. ric of life in places like Raqqa that it will be all but impossible for US here because we are ruling based on God’s law.”— Agencies International FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Helicopters bomb Islamists’ ammunition sites in Benghazi

BENGHAZI: Government forces and helicopters ment is unable to control former rebels who helped declared war in May on Islamists roaming the area belonging to a Libyan renegade general bombed topple Gaddafi but now fight each other for power. unchallenged. He has allied himself with the special ammunition sites of suspected Islamist militants in the Wanis Bukhamada, commander of army special forces forces but despite that alliance, Islamists have man- eastern city of Benghazi, a military commander and in Benghazi, told Reuters his forces had attacked with aged to overrun several army camps in Benghazi. residents said. Islamist forces have been trying to take artillery several ammunition stores in camps held by Libya’s government and elected House of the civilian and military airport from government Islamists late on Wednesday. Representatives has relocated to the remote eastern forces in the port city, a confrontation forming part of a Residents also heard helicopters and huge blasts city of Tobruk after a separate armed group seize the broader picture of anarchy in the North African country lighting up the night sky in a Benghazi suburb. capital Tripoli and most government institutions last three years after the ouster of Muammar Gaddafi. Yesterday, war planes could be also heard. Benghazi, month. The new Tripoli rulers have set up a rival parlia- Western powers and Libya’s neighbors fear the oil home of headquarters of state oil firms, has been a war ment and government not recognized by the interna- producer will turn into a failed state. A weak govern- zone since renegade army general Khalifa Haftar tional community. - Reuters Two Britons go missing in Qatar: Rights group ‘Staff were researching migrant worker issues’

DUBAI: Two Britons researching migrant worker issues in Qatar the mission is aware of reports that two British nationals have that is due to host the 2022 World Cup, have gone missing after been detained by Qatari authorities and is investigating the mat- one of them reported being harassed by police, according to the ter. Qatari officials could not immediately be reached for com- Norwegian human rights group that employs them. The Global ment. Network for Rights and Development said yesterday that According to the rights group, Upadhyaya contacted a friend in researcher Krishna Upadhyaya, 52, and photographer Ghimire Norway earlier this week to say he and Gundev were being Gundev, 36, were supposed to leave Qatar via the capital Doha on harassed and followed by police. He was working on a report on Sunday. Their whereabouts are not known. Fahad Atalla, project overworked migrant workers, according to a statement issued by manager for the group in Norway, said he believes Qatari security his family. The GNRD, which describes itself as neutral and impar- services were behind the disappearance, but he could not give tial, was set up in 2008 to promote human rights and development evidence to support the assertion. and has branches in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, according “We’re 99 percent sure they’ve been taken by the Qatari gov- to its website. Oil-rich countries throughout the Gulf Arab region ernment authorities,” he told the Associated Press. “We spoke to rely on large numbers of low-paid migrant workers, mainly from human rights organizations and government authorities, but no South Asia and the Philippines. Qatar’s treatment of foreign work- one knows what has happened to them.” The Stavanger, Norway- ers has come under greater scrutiny since it won the right to host This photo released by the Global Network for Rights and based group said it is prepared to take legal action to secure the the 2022 World Cup, with labor rights activists highlighting unsafe Development shows GNRD employee, Krishna Upadhyaya at men’s release. An official at the British Embassy in Doha, speaking working conditions, allegations of unpaid salaries, contracts bind- an unknown location.— AP on condition of anonymity in line with government policy, said ing workers to a single employer and other abuses. — AP France, Saudi hold positive view on Prince Salman visit

PARIS: France and Saudi Arabia yesterday gave a positive evalua- will meet to finalise this file,” the statement indicated. Likewise, tion to the extensive visit here since Monday of Saudi Crown for defence, the two sides underlined the existing good coopera- Prince Salman Abdulaziz Al-Saud, who has been meeting these tion between them but also expressed the need to do more to past four days with senior French officials, beginning with enhance existing cooperation. President Francois Hollande last Monday evening. “They insisted on the need to continue to develop this cooper- “Both parties declared themselves satisfied with the solidity of ation, notably via a broader cooperation between the armed the excellent Franco-Saudi relations and their development in all forces of the two countries,” the statement showed. domains: political, security, economic, finance, trade, industry, France has agreed to support Saudi projects to acquire mar- education, culture,” according to a joint-statement at the end of itime patrol craft (fast patrol boats) and also to provide air refu- the official part of the visit. elling and air transport craft for the Saudi Air Force. Cooperation Both sides also said they had “taken note in this context of the for other aircraft projects and satellite enterprises will also be con- cooperation between the two countries in matters of defence tinued, both countries affirmed. and stressed the importance of reinforcing their strategic partner- Prince Salman and his various French interlocutors discussed ship, in the interest of the two countries and their two peoples.” all pertinent issues in the Middle East and the evolution of a num- The joint statement, issued by the French Foreign Ministry here, ber of crises and “expressed deep concern” about current events also outlined the many meetings Prince Salman had here over the in the region, “in particular the increase in the danger represent- past three days. He met with Prime Minister Manual Valls on ed by the phenomenon of terrorism and extremism.” Tuesday and separately with Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian France said it had taken careful note of the recent call by Saudi and Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Wednesday. He also held Arabia regarding the need to address and combat this phenome- talks with other parties, including President of the Arab World non and the need to view terrorism as a global threat and deal Institute (IMA) Jack Lang. with it through the United Nations. “These meetings were an opportunity for official discussions “In this context, (France and Saudi Arabia) agreed to reinforce between the parties, in a spirit of esteem and solid friendship their cooperation in the security domain,” the statement recalled. which links the two countries. They allowed for an examination Both sides also reviewed the current crises and issues with rele- and a study of bilateral cooperation prospects in all domains and vance to the Middle East, including the stalled peace process the means to broaden and reinforce this (cooperation) in the between Israelis and Palestinians, Iran and the nuclear question, interest of the two countries and their friendly peoples,” the joint Iraq and the upheaval with Islamic State, Syria with its specific statement affirmed. France and Saudi Arabia particularly agreed radical problem but also the problem emanating from the on the need to reinforce the strategic partnership that already Damascus regime, Yemen and efforts by some factions to under- exists between the two countries and are working together to mine the peace agreement, and they discussed several other PARIS: Saudi Crown Prince Salman bin Abdul-Aziz poses with expand cooperation, especially in the area of finances, the econo- issues. A broad convergence emerged on these subjects and both French Prime Minister Manuel Valls before a meeting.— AP my, trade and joint investments. agreed their joint priority was a peaceful Middle East that could “The Saudi Finance Minister and the French Foreign Minister have a lasting settlement to the regional problems. —KUNA International FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Iran’s supreme guide UAE calls for ‘unified effort’ slams Western against militancy in region views on feminism Call on eve of NATO summit in Geneva TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei yesterday DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates (UAE), one of Washington’s combat terrorist groups and put a stop to their violence,” it said. slammed Western values which he said, unlike those in the closest allies in the Middle East, has called for a “unified effort” to The administration of US President Barack Obama has said it is Islamic republic, undermine feminism. His comments come amid political tensions in Iran where conservatives want to root out radical militancy in regional hotspots including Iraq, seeking to build an international campaign against Islamic State strengthen measures preventing women and men from Syria, Yemen, Libya, Somalia and Afghanistan. jihadist fighters in Iraq and Syria, including recruiting partners for mixing while President Hassan Rouhani advocates more In a statement issued on the eve of a Sept 4-5 NATO summit in potential joint military action. US officials said last month that social freedoms. “Moral crises are increasing in the West, Wales which the UAE will attend as an observer, the foreign min- UAE warplanes carried out air raids on Islamic factions in Libya such as... adopting a wrong position about ‘women’ and istry said the Gulf Arab oil and business hub wanted cooperation which if true would be an unusual escalation of outside Arab seriously undermining the feminism wave,” Khamenei said and coordination against what it called the global scourge of ter- involvement in the north African country’s turmoil. in remarks posted on his website www.leader.ir. rorism, especially in Iraq and Syria. There has been no formal UAE reaction to the allegations, but In Iran, values concerning the role of women in society “An international undertaking ought to apply to other regional Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash suggested on are inscribed in the constitution which states it is the “duty” countries as well, including Yemen, Somalia, Libya and Twitter similar accusations by Libyans had been promoted by of Iranian women to raise children within the respect of reli- Afghanistan, who also suffer from the radical ideology and incite- anti-UAE Islamists. Arab governments see the recent success of gion. Khamenei made the remarks during a meeting with ment to violence emanating from ISIL and Al Qaeda,” said the the ultra-hardline militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria as the Assembly of Experts, a body of religious leaders tasked statement, issued late on Wednesday. It did not specify the kind a threat to their stability and security. with overseeing the activities of the supreme leader and of action that could be taken but said a clear strategy was neces- Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt are also sworn enemies of the who have the power to sack him. sary. “It is important that this strategy does not stop with Iraq and Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s oldest and most organized Islamist The assembly met Khamenei after wrapping up its annu- Syria, but seeks to tackle the phenomenon of terrorism wherever movement which says it opposes violence and has a following in al conference during which they discussed the West’s “cul- it arises. Only through such a unified effort will it be possible to many Muslim countries. — Reuters tural invasion”, such as liberal dress codes and concerts that violate religious law, media reported. In June, 195 of the conservative-dominated parliament’s 290 MPs wrote to President Rouhani asking him to enforce the dress code law, denouncing what they called a Western “cultural invasion”. Rouhani, a moderate elected in June 2013 after cam- paigning for greater cultural and social freedoms in Iran, has also stirred controversy. In October he asked police to be moderate when enforcing the requirement for women to wear the hijab-a veil covering the neck and hair. Under Islamic law in force in Iran since the 1979 revolution, women must wear loose clothing and a hijab. But recent years have seen many wear a thin veil that hardly covers the hair, tight clothing or coats reaching mid- thigh instead of the long coat or chador. More recently the police chief triggered criticism from Vice President Shahindokht Molaverdi after he said women should not serve clients in traditional tea houses and coffee shops, apparently to avoid direct contact with men. Molaverdi denounced the suggestion saying banning women from being waitresses could only undermine their position in society and force them out of jobs. — AFP

Britain plans to arm, train Kurdish forces

NEWPORT: Britain said yesterday it was considering arming Kurdish forces but Prime Minister David Cameron signalled he would not sanction UK airstrikes against Islamic State militants before a new Iraqi government is in place. Britain has so far car- SANAA: Armed Yemenis loyal to the Shiite Huthi movement perform a traditional dance during a tribal gathering at an anti- ried out aid drops and surveillance and transported military sup- government protest camp on the northern outskirts of Sanaa yesterday. — AFP plies to Kurdish regional forces allied with the Baghdad central government. Other European countries, including Germany, France and Yemeni tribesmen stage Italy have already agreed to send Kurdish forces a quantity of light weapons to use against the militants who have swept into northern Iraq. “We’re prepared to do more and we’re considering actively anti-rebel protests whether to give them arms ourselves and whether we can do more directly to train Kurdish militia - we’re already playing a role there but we can do more,” Cameron told ITV. Cameron, hosting SANAA: Hundreds of Yemeni tribesmen marched outside the tect the capital. A statement from protesters urged the govern- a two-day NATO summit in Wales, said he was not ruling any- capital yesterday in protest against Shiite rebels, whose latest ment to “protect the people... and to spread its authority over the thing out in the effort to “squeeze” the Islamic State (IS) “out of anti-government campaign is threatening to deepen the impov- whole country.” existence”, but signalled Britain would not join US airstrikes erished country’s political crisis. Loyalist tribes have closed ranks with troops in fighting the before a new Iraqi government is in place. Brandishing assault rifles and shoulder-held rocket launchers, rebels, who have been expanding their control in the north, Iraq’s Prime Minister-designate Haider Al-Abadi said last week members of the Harith tribe took to the streets on the outskirts of beyond their stronghold in Saada. he was optimistic about forming a new government soon. Abadi Sanaa, voicing support for President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi. Yesterday, clashes ensued in Jawf province, as Huthis attempt- is tasked with forming a power-sharing administration that can Faced with increased pressure from the Zaidi Shiite rebels, also ed to seize Fardat Nahm, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) northeast ease tensions and counter IS militants who pose the biggest known as Huthis, Hadi reduced the size of a controversial recent of Sanaa, tribal sources said. Rebels in Jawf want to take control of security threat to Iraq since a US-led invasion toppled Saddam hike in fuel prices, and pledged to name a new prime minister. the main road linking Sanaa with the province of Marib, tribal Hussein in 2003. “We musn’t see this as something where you But the rebels, camped inside and outside Sanaa, dismissed as sources said. Zaidi fighters have been camped around the capital have a western intervention over the heads of neighboring insufficient the 30 percent cut in the price hike, and pressed for the past two weeks and held protests throughout much of states,” Cameron told the BBC. demands to end alleged corruption. They have threatened to August to push for the government’s resignation. Analysts say the “What is required is a strategy to help those on the ground escalate their campaign against the government, which included rebels are trying to establish themselves as the dominant political and to have an Iraqi government there that can make a differ- briefly blocking main arteries in Sanaa on Wednesday. force in the northern highlands, where Shiites are the majority ence, Kurdish forces that can make a difference and then we ask The tribesmen, shouting pro-government slogans, marched community. Yemen has been locked in a protracted transition what more we can do to help them. It needs to be that way yesterday close to a Huthis encampment near the airport. “The since long-time president Ali Abdullah Saleh was forced from round.” — Reuters army and the people are united,” they chanted, pledging to pro- power in February 2012 after a deadly 11-month uprising. — AFP International FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014 Suspended sentences for 55 Greenpeace nuke protesters Only 3 show up in court to face trial

COLMAR, France: A French court yesterday Segolene Royal with a caption: “Shut slapped two-month suspended prison sentences Fessenheim.” The March dawn protest took on 55 Greenpeace activists who launched an place at the plant run by state-run power firm audacious break-in at France’s oldest nuclear EDF. About 20 activists had managed to climb power plant to highlight weaknesses at atomic up onto the dome of one of the reactors but EDF installations. Only three of the 55 defendants said the safety of the plant had not been com- turned up in court in the eastern French city of promised, and the protest ended hours later. Colmar to face trial over the March 18 protest at France, the world’s most nuclear-dependent the Fessenheim power plant near the border country, operates 58 reactors and has been a with Germany and Switzerland. leading international cheerleader for atomic The activists-who were all convicted of tres- energy. But in a deal with the Greens before the passing and causing wilful damage-included 21 2012 parliamentary and presidential elections, Germans, seven Italians and people from several Hollande’s Socialist Party promised to cut COLMAR: Greenpeace activists Peter Wendt (third right), Jean-Michel Vourgere (second right) other nationalities including France, Turkey, reliance on nuclear energy from more than 75 and Eddy Varin (right), alongside with their lawyer, Alexandre Faro left), attend their trial with Austria, Hungary, Australia and Israel. Colmar percent to 50 percent by shutting 24 reactors by France’s state-owned electricity company EDF, in a courthouse in Colmar, eastern France, yes- prosecutor Bernard Lebeau, who had sought 2025. terday. — AFP three to four month suspended sentences, said Hollande has pledged to close Fessenheim, although debate on nuclear energy was “per- which was commissioned in 1977, by the end of fectly legitimate”, their actions were completely 2016. “Francois, you promised,” read one “illegal.” “It was my duty to do this and I did it,” Greenpeace banner on Thursday, in reference to Skepticism greets Putin’s said Eddy Varin, a French 41-year-old civil ser- this pledge. The plant, located on the banks of vant who was among the protesters. “It was the Rhine, is considered vulnerable to seismic legitimate.” activity and flooding. Ukraine ceasefire plan “To create public awareness, one sadly some- The protest stunt came ahead of a meeting times has to do media stunts to put pressure on by European leaders to discuss the future of the KIEV: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s surprise ment Wednesday appeared designed to head off elected representatives,” said Jean-Michel continent’s energy policy. Greenpeace wants announcement of a ceasefire plan for Ukraine has possible new Western retaliatory measures over Vourgere, a computer specialist from Paris. Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel been greeted with widespread skepticism, with what Kiev has branded a “direct invasion” by to push Europe towards cleaner energy, com- suspicions still running deep in Kiev and the West Russia. ‘Francois, you promised’ plaining that France relies too much on nuclear over Moscow’s true motives. Kiev and the West reacted with alarm after The three defendants who came to court, power and Germany on coal for electricity sup- Analysts suggested Putin could be seeking to NATO reported last week that Russia had funnelled including 73-year-old German national Peter plies. Hollande has repeatedly pledged to devel- create a “frozen conflict” in eastern Ukraine, similar troops and heavy weapons to support pro-Kremlin Wendt, unfurled a banner outside which read: op renewable energy and vowed to improve the to the situations in Abkhazia and South Ossetia in rebels in a counter-offensive that has significantly “We are disobeying to secure a better future.”As energy efficiency of one million badly insulated Georgia, and Transdniestr in Moldova. turned the tide of the five-month conflict. the trial got underway, a handful of supporters homes. France plans to reach the EU’s 10-per- Putin’s aim, some analysts believe, is to keep The Russian strongman, while still denying also gathered outside with a sign proclaiming: cent renewable energy target by boosting the Kiev’s pro-Western leaders permanently off bal- Moscow has any direct role in the pro-Kremlin “Greenpeace activists are the heroes of our time.” use of second-generation biofuels, which are ance, thwarting their drive to join NATO and keep- uprising across the border, unveiled a seven-point They also held up cartoons of President made from crop residues, waste, algae or woody ing eastern Ukraine’s huge industrial base depend- ceasefire plan after talks with Ukrainian President Francois Hollande and Environment Minister material. — AFP ent on Russian trade. The timing of his announce- Petro Poroshenko.—AFP International FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

S Africa oppn aims to reopen Zuma case with ‘spy tapes’

PRETORIA: South Africa’s main opposition party said ings and transcripts from NPA meetings would not percent of the vote despite criticism, even among yesterday it would seek a reopening of a corruption exonerate Zuma and that the DA would apply for a legal Zuma’s supporters, of his fitness to govern. inquiry against President Jacob Zuma after the release review application to reverse the decision to withdraw A polygamous Zulu traditionalist with no formal edu- of secret evidence cited in a 2009 decision to drop the the charges against him. “This is a very, very important cation, Zuma has been beset by scandals throughout his case. Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Helen Zille was package I am holding in my hand,” Zille said, tri- career. An anti-graft report in March said he had “bene- handed recordings, known as the Zuma “spy tapes”, at umphantly raising a sealed envelope containing the fited unduly” from $23 million state-funded security the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, ending a five- recordings. “They have fought for five years to stop us upgrades to his home, which included a cattle enclosure year legal battle against the National Prosecution getting these. You are all here to witness this historic and amphitheatre, and said he should pay back some of Authority (NPA). day,” she added, surrounded by supporters in blue DA the costs. South African prosecutors dropped graft charges T-shirts who cheered and waved “Give Us The Tapes” Zille said the DA would analyze the audio on the against Zuma five years ago, citing “abuses” uncovered placards. tapes and the transcription of the meetings held by the in taped conversations involving then-NPA head Zuma’s opponents have always argued that if the NPA that led to the corruption case being dropped. “We Bulelani Ngcuka that discussed timing the case to cause tapes prove a conspiracy against him, then the ruling believe the charges were dropped for political reasons political damage to Zuma. The move cleared a major African National Congress party should make them pub- to allow him to run in 2009,” Zille said. “We will argue legal hurdle to Zuma being elected as South Africa’s lic. In a brief statement, the presidency said Zuma wel- that the NPA did not have the evidence to dismiss the president a few weeks later. comed the release of the tapes. The ANC easily won charges. We will bring a lot of evidence to bear on that. On Thursday, Zille said she was confident the record- presidential and parliamentary elections in May with 62 Jacob Zuma will have his day in court.” — Reuters

13 kids hurt in chemical mishap at museum

RENO, Nevada: A routine experiment designed to help chil- dren understand tornadoes erupted in a chemical flash, injur- ing 13, including children who suffered acid burns on their hands, arms and faces. Emergency crews responded to a report of a possible explosion at 4:10 pm on Wednesday at the Terry Lee Wells Discovery Museum in downtown Reno. City of Reno spokesman Matthew Brown told The Associated Press that a preliminary investigation indicates it was not an explosion but a chemical flash, which is “similar to if someone threw gaso- line on a fire.” He said he couldn’t comment further on the dis- tinction. Eight children and one adult were transported to a Reno hospital for minor burns or smoke inhalation, city Brown said in a statement. Four other people were treated at the scene, but their ages were not available, he said. Officials at Renown Regional Medical Center expected only one child would remain hospitalized overnight for observation and likely would be sent home later, Brown said. DHARMSALA: An exile Tibetan Buddhist monk walks past a roadside stall selling portraits of his spiritual leader the Dalai Reno police Officer Tim Broadway had said earlier that sev- Lama. — AP eral children suffered acid burns on their hands, arms and faces. Officials said a methyl alcohol and boric acid mixture is used during the exhibition conducted each day to create a Dalai Lama refused whirling tornado effect. “The injuries were the result of a mishap of a routine muse- um demonstration that simulates a tornado,” the city’s state- S Africa visa again ment said Wednesday night. “Reno Fire Department investi- gators are working with museum staff to determine what caused the chemical flash.” “Our primary focus right now is on Concern about China anger cited as reason Discovery patrons and their safety,” said Mat Sinclair, execu- tive director for The Discovery, in a statement. “All those affected by today’s incident continue to be in our thoughts JOHANNESBURG: The Dalai Lama has again been refused entry statement about processing the visa. “We look forward to being in and we are committed to determining the cause of this inci- into South Africa where he was going to attend the 14th World attendance at the 14th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in dent.” Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, his South African representative Cape Town together with His Holiness and other laureates,” the KRNV-TV aired amateur video posted on its Facebook page said. Concern about angering China has been cited for a visa foundation said. Other Nobel Laureates have told Anglican that offered a glimpse of the explosion inside the museum. refusal in the past. Nangsa Choedon, the representative, said offi- Archbishop Desmond Tutu that they will not attend if the Dalai Run in slow motion, it appears to show a flash and flames cials from the Department of International Relations and Lama is not permitted into the country, the newspaper reported. falling off an experiment table and onto the floor several feet Cooperation called her to say the Tibetan spiritual leader’s visa Asked about that, Tashi said: “Other Nobel laureates have from a group of children who screamed when it happened. was denied, the Cape Times newspaper reported yesterday. “For always been supportive of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan cause, Reno resident Joey Sanchez said he was at the museum now the Dalai Lama has decided to cancel his trip to South Africa,” and we are grateful.” This is the third time in five years the Dalai but didn’t see the flash. As he and his 3 1/2-year-old son Choedon was quoted as saying. Lama has been refused a South African visa. A South African court returned from the restroom, he saw smoke and some children South Africa’s international relations department said it had in 2012 ruled that officials “unreasonably delayed” a decision with injuries that looked like little red circles. Sanchez said he received written confirmation from the office of His Holiness The about whether to grant the Dalai Lama a visa for a 2011 trip, large- saw one child crying with an ice pack on his face. Dalai Lama in India indicating he has cancelled his planned visit to ly out of fears of angering the Chinese government. “It didn’t smell like anything caught on fire, it smelled like South Africa. South Africa’s High Commission in New Delhi was The Dalai Lama wants increased autonomy for Tibet, the home- burning chemicals,” he said. Reno Fire Chief Mike Hernandez still processing the visa application “in line with due process,” it land from which he has been exiled since 1959. China accuses him said the museum was evacuated, but the building didn’t said. But “following the cancellation of the planned visit by the of being a separatist. The Dalai Lama was welcomed to South Africa appear to receive any additional damage. A sign on the door office of His Holiness, the Department now considers the matter to in 1996 and met with Nelson Mandela, the country’s first black and indicated it would reopen as scheduled at 10 am yesterday. A be closed.” Tashi Phuntsok, the spokesman for the Tibetan govern- democratically elected president. But in 2009, the South African hazardous materials team responded to the scene to ensure ment-in-exile, said “if the news reports are correct, it is unfortunate government kept the Dalai Lama from attending a Nobel laureates’ the explosion did not spew toxic gases throughout the muse- that the South African government did not extend the same cour- peace conference, saying it would detract attention from the 2010 um, Hernandez said. He said the injured were transported to tesy to the respected religious leader, the Dalai Lama, as it did to soccer World Cup that was hosted here. The spiritual leader later the hospital within 15 minutes. The street in front of the the other Nobel laureates.” made plans to travel to South Africa in October 2011 to attend the museum across from the federal courthouse was temporarily The annual summit is being held in Cape Town next month 80th birthday party of a fellow Nobel laureate Tutu. The South closed but reopened after 6:30 pm. — AP and is meant to commemorate the life of Mandela. The Nelson African government did not issue the visa and the Dalai Lama ulti- Mandela Foundation yesterday said it took note of South Africa’s mately withdrew his application. — AP International FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014 Woman found beheaded at north London house

LONDON: A woman was found beheaded at a house in a north London suburb yesterday, British media reported, but police said the murder was not believed to be a terrorist incident. Officers said they were called to the house in Edmonton following reports of a man armed with a knife and found the woman’s body in the garden. “Whilst it is too early to speculate on what the motive behind this attack was I am confident, based on the information currently avail- able to me, that it is not terrorist related,” said Det Chief Insp John Sandlin who is leading the investigation. He declined to confirm reports that the woman had been beheaded but police said a man, 25, had been arrested on suspicion of murder by armed officers at the scene after they used a stun gun. One officer suffered a suspected MARIUPOL: Ukrainian army soldiers take a break yesterday at a check point on a road in Mariupol, near where pro-Russian broken wrist during the arrest. separatists have launched an offensive with tanks. — AFP The reported nature of the killing had prompted speculation that the murder might be a terrorism incident after last year’s grue- some murder of a British soldier in London and the recent release Ukraine, rebels to seek of videos by Islamic State jihadists showing two US journalists being beheaded apparently by a British national. “This is was a highly visible attack in broad daylight on a residential street,” said Sandlin in a statement. “I can understand why this may cause peo- peace plan, ceasefire ple concern, however we are confident that we are not looking for anyone else at this stage.” — Reuters Russia has ‘ripped up rule book’ say Obama, Cameron

IAEA: N Korea NEWPORT, Wales/MARIUPOL: Ukrainian President Petro Reuters journalists heard explosions and saw columns of smoke Poroshenko and the main pro-Russian rebel leader said they would on the eastern outskirts of Mariupol, a government-held port of both order ceasefires yesterday, provided that an agreement is signed 500,000 people that is the next big city in the path of the rebel reactor may on a new peace plan to end the five month war in Ukraine’s east. advance. A Ukrainian military source said troops were bracing for a The first apparent breakthrough of its kind in the war comes after potential attack on the city. Reuters reporters also heard government be operating a week in which the pro-Moscow separatists scored major victories shells rain down overnight on a residential district Donetsk, capital of with what NATO says is the open support of thousands of Russian one of the rebels’ two self-proclaimed independent states. troops. Speaking on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Wales, Poroshenko won support from Western leaders at the NATO sum- VIENNA: The UN nuclear watchdog said it has seen releases of steam and water indicating that North Korea may be operating a Poroshenko said the ceasefire would be conditional on a planned mit. The West has backed Kiev by imposing economic sanctions on reactor, in the latest update on a plant that experts say could meeting going ahead in Minsk on Friday of envoys from Ukraine, Moscow, but has also made clear it will not fight to protect the coun- make plutonium for atomic bombs. North Korea announced in Russia and Europe’s OSCE security watchdog. “At 1400 local time try, where pro-Russian rebels rose up in two provinces after Moscow April of last year that it would revive its aged five-megawatt (1100 GMT today), provided the (Minsk) meeting takes place, I will call annexed the Crimea peninsula in March. The Ukrainian president was research reactor at the Yongbyon nuclear complex, saying it was on the General Staff to set up a bilateral ceasefire and we hope that invited to meet US President Barack Obama, Germany’s Angela seeking a deterrent capacity. The isolated and poverty-stricken the implementation of the peace plan will begin tomorrow,” Merkel, France’s Francois Hollande and other Western leaders at a state defends its nuclear program as a “treasured sword” to Poroshenko told reporters. summit of NATO in Wales hosted by Britain’s David Cameron. counter what it sees as US-led hostility. Rebel leader Alexander Zakharchenko said in a statement that the “To the east, Russia has ripped up the rule book with its illegal, self- North Korea’s nuclear program “remains a matter of serious separatists would also order a ceasefire, from one hour later, provided declared annexation of Crimea and its troops on Ukrainian soil threat- concern”, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in that Kiev’s representatives signed up to a peace plan at the Minsk ening and undermining a sovereign nation state,” Obama and an annual report posted on the UN agency’s website. meeting. The announcements come a day after Russia’s President Cameron wrote in a joint newspaper editorial. Hollande brought the The Vienna-based IAEA continued to monitor developments Vladimir Putin put forward a seven-point peace plan, which would biggest surprise on the eve of the summit: postponing the delivery of at Yongbyon through satellite imagery, it said. “Since late August end the fighting in Ukraine’s east while leaving rebels in control of ter- a helicopter carrier warship to Russia, a measure he had long resisted. 2013, the Agency has observed, through analysis of satellite ritory. So far there has been no sign of a halt in fighting in the east, Moscow accused him of caving in to US political pressure. imagery, steam discharges and the outflow of cooling water at where rebels have rapidly advanced in the past week, backed by what “France’s reputation as a reliable partner that carries out its con- the 5 MW(e) reactor, signatures which are consistent with the Kiev and NATO say is the support of thousands of Russian troops with tractual obligations has been thrown into the furnace of American reactor’s operation,” the IAEA said. “However, since the Agency artillery and tanks. Moscow denies its troops are there, in the face of political ambitions,” Russian Foreign Ministry deputy spokeswoman has had no access to the 5 MW(e) reactor since April 2009, it can- what the West says is overwhelming evidence. Maria Zakharova wrote on Facebook.—Reuters not confirm the operational status of the reactor,” it said. North Korea expelled IAEA inspectors in 2009 and the agency has had no inspectors in the country since then. The Yongbyon reactor has been technically out of operation for years. North Korea destroyed its cooling tower in 2008 as a confidence-building step in talks with South Korea, China, the United States, Japan and Russia. When North Korea said it planned to revive it, experts said it would probably take about half a year to get it up and running, if it had not suffered signifi- cant damage from neglect.

Developing nuke capabilities? Late last year, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano said North Korea may be seeking to restart the Yongbyon research reactor. Last month, the US-based Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) said that commercial satellite imagery from late June showed that the reactor was active. “North Korea has apparently made a decision to renovate the aged 5 MW (e) reactor to make plutonium for nuclear weapons for many more years,” it said. “However, without more data, such as regular steam production, it is hard to determine the opera- tional status of the reactor and thus to estimate the amount of plutonium produced by the reactor.”While North Korea has long boasted of making strides in acquiring a “nuclear deterrent”, there had been general skepticism that it could master the step of miniaturizing a nuclear warhead to mount on a ballistic mis- sile. But there has been a shift in thinking since it conducted a nuclear test in February last year - its third since 2006 - and some NEWPORT: German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks with Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras (right) and Greek Defense experts have said it may be closer than previously thought to Minister Dimitrios Avramopoulos (center) before taking their seats at the start of a NATO-Afghanistan round table meeting putting a nuclear warhead on a missile.—Reuters during a NATO summit at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport yesterday. In a two-day summit leaders will discuss, among other issues, the situation in Ukraine and Afghanistan. —AP International FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014 Disturbance at detention center, 32 inmates escape

NASHVILLE, Tenn.: A violent disturbance broke yesterday and took the teens into custody. Ten out involving more than 20 teens at the same ringleaders of the incident were identified and Nashville juvenile detention center where more brought to another detention center, Johnson than 30 escaped earlier this week. About 28 teens said. The rest were returned to their dorms. - some of whom had also escaped during While the teens were outside their dorms, Monday’s massive breakout - were involved in the police formed a ring around the detention cen- latest incident that began Wednesday night, ter’s perimeter fence to make sure no one Tennessee Department of Children’s Services escaped. Thirty-two teens escaped from the spokesman Rob Johnson said. The teens had got- detention center Monday night. Officials said they ten out of their dorm and were roaming the cam- had kicked out metal panels under the windows pus. in common areas of their dorms to reach the Video shot by Nashville station WTVF showed courtyard and slipped out under a weak spot in teens chasing and assaulting a man who the perimeter fence. Six of them remained at appeared to be a staff member at the detention large. center. Photos published by Nashville newspaper Johnson said the same panels kicked out dur- The Tennessean showed teens in the detention ing the Monday escape were kicked out again to center yard carrying sticks. One photo showed get to the yard Wednesday night. Officials have someone spraying a fire extinguisher. Two staff begun repairing and reinforcing the panels and members at the center suffered minor injuries, will try to get concrete put at the bottom of the This combination of photos provided by Nashville, Tenn authorities on Tuesday. Dozens of Johnson said. Teams from the Tennessee perimeter fence, Johnson said. The detention cen- teens “overwhelmed” their minders at the Woodland Hills Youth Development Center in Department of Correction, who are trained to ter has a long history of violence, allegations of Nashville by simultaneously breaking out of four dormitories and then crawling under a weak handle uprisings, entered the detention center sexual abuse and previous efforts to escape. — AP spot in a chain-link fence. By Tuesday evening, these eight were still on the run. — AP Sotloff family US, Iran strive to reach full challenges jihadist killers on Islam nuke deal before deadline

MIAMI: The family of murdered US journalist Steven Sotloff have Iran FM ‘optimistic’ on Geneva talks paid a moving tribute to “his gentle soul”, as a friend challenged his jihadist killers to debate the teachings of Islam. Barak Barfi, speaking Wednesday for the Sotloff family in their first comment WASHINGTON: American and Iranian officials were scheduled to eign minister who will shortly take over from Ashton as the public since his beheading was shown on a video released by the radi- resume negotiations in Geneva yesterday as they sought to hammer face of EU foreign policy. cal group Islamic State, remembered him as a thoughtful man out a full nuclear deal ahead of a November deadline, US officials said. who enjoyed simple pleasures and was fascinated by the Middle The US team led by Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns and Under Political will East. The Middle East scholar switched to Arabic at the end of his Secretary Wendy Sherman will meet with Iranian officials today in the Mogherini’s first major goal will be to wrap up the Iran deal and statement and in forceful language addressed himself directly to Swiss city, the State Department said in a surprise late-night state- she said her discussions with Zarif had left her hopeful. “It is my hope IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. “I also have a message to Abu ment on Wednesday. Global powers and Iran agreed in late July to the negotiations will have a positive outcome and that this will be Bakr. Woe to you! You said Ramadan is a month of mercy. Where extend a deadline to reach a comprehensive and complex deal on done by November 23, the agreed deadline,” she said. “I was assured is your mercy?”, Barfi said. curbing Tehran’s nuclear ambitions until November 24. that there is a strong political will in Tehran for this to happen and we “God does not like aggressors,” he said. “I am ready to debate The negotiations being led by a group known as the P5+1 had hope that there will also be the necessary technical steps taken.” The with you. Abu Bakr, I come with kind preaching, I have no sword been expected to resume on the sidelines of the UN General West suspects Iran wants to acquire nuclear weapons, but Tehran in my hand and I am ready for your response.” More angry lan- Assembly later this month in New York. “Deputy Secretary of State insists the program is purely for peaceful purposes. guage came Wednesday from US Vice President Joe Biden, who William J Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy R In exchange for accepting curbs on its nuclear activities, Iran wants said the United States would be relentless in its fight against IS Sherman, and Senior Advisor Jacob J Sullivan will meet with Iranian a slew of crippling US, EU and UN sanctions to be lifted. But any deal after its beheading of Sotloff and fellow American journalist officials in Geneva on September 4-5,” the State Department said in its will have to be approved by the Islamic leadership in Tehran as well as James Foley. “They should know we will follow them to the gates announcement. “These bilateral consultations will take place in the by the US Congress, where many lawmakers are seeking to impose of hell until they are brought to justice. Because hell is where context of the P5+1 nuclear negotiations led by EU High even tougher sanctions on Iran. The talks will come after Washington they will reside. Hell is where they will reside,” Biden said in a Representative Cathy Ashton,” it added, without specifying who this weekend unleashed a new round of sanctions against Tehran. speech, shaking his fist, his face red with vehemence. would take part on the Iranian side. Earlier this week, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani condemned the Sotloff’s horrific killing was shown in a video which emerged Earlier this week, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif new sanctions saying they had “further deepened” mistrust. His on Tuesday, just days after Foley was murdered by Islamic State said he had had “good discussions” with Ashton and Tehran was com- remarks followed the US government’s announcement of a slew of militants in near-identical circumstances. The 31-year-old had mitted to an accord over its contested nuclear program. Quoted by penalties targeting dozens of Iranian individuals and entities, includ- been drawn to reporting from the world’s conflict zones because the Belga state news agency, Zarif said he was “fairly optimistic” after ing shipping and oil companies, banks and airlines. “This is not com- he was unable to “turn his back on the suffering pervading the that Iran and the five permanent UN Security Council members- patible with the atmosphere of the negotiations,” Rouhani said of world,” Barfi said. —AFP Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States-plus Germany action by the US Treasury and State Department. “It goes against con- could reach a deal by the November deadline. Zarif then met fidence building measures. Mistrust has further deepened,” he told Wednesday in Rome with Federica Mogherini, the current Italian for- reporters. —AFP Democrat withdraws from US Senate race in Kansas

TOPEKA: The Democrat challenging three-term Republican US Sen. Party to pick a new nominee. But he said he would consult with his Pat Roberts has ended his campaign without explanation. Chad legal staff yesterday. Orman issued a statement Wednesday calling Taylor sent a letter to the Kansas secretary of state on Wednesday Taylor “a committed public servant.” Taylor is the district attorney in withdrawing from the race, which also has a viable independent can- Shawnee County, home to the state capital of Topeka. Orman says he didate, Olathe businessman Greg Orman, as well as a Libertarian can- grew unhappy with both parties and has positioned himself as a non- didate, Randall Batson of Wichita. Taylor issued a separate statement partisan centrist - as well as Roberts’ most formidable opponent in the saying he made the decision after consulting with his staff, supporters Nov. 4 general election. But Roberts’ executive campaign manager and Democratic Party leaders. “Effective today, my campaign is termi- Leroy Towns called Orman’s independent status “a smoke screen.” nated,” he said. Originally, the statement said “suspended,” but the Both the Taylor and Orman camps declined to comment beyond writ- word was crossed out and replaced with a handwritten “terminated.” ten statements. Joan Wagnon, the Kansas Democratic Party’s chairwoman, said Campaign finance records show Taylor raised about $163,000 in she needed a few days to sort out the situation, while Roberts’ cam- contributions from November through July, while Orman took in paign suggested the move was a “corrupt bargain” between more than $670,000 after starting his campaign in May. Roberts Democratic leaders and Orman’s campaign. Orman, the co-founder of raised about $3.4 million from the beginning of last year through July, KANSAS: In this photo, Chad Taylor, Kansas Democrats’ nom- a business capital and management services firm, ran for Roberts’ seat but he had a tough primary race against tea-party challenger Milton inee for the US Senate, discusses his campaign during an in 2007 as a Democrat but dropped out early in 2008. Secretary of Wolf. Roberts remains favored to win the race in GOP-leaning Kansas, interview. Taylor sent a letter to the Kansas secretary of State Kris Kobach, a Republican and former law professor, said his ini- though he received just 48 percent of the vote in his primary race state, withdrawing from the race on Wednesday. — AP tial reading of state election laws is that they require the Democratic against Wolf and two lesser-known candidates. —AP International FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014 17 Taleban attack kills 13 Afghan security forces GHAZNI: A Taleban attack on a government compound in Afghanistan yesterday killed 13 security personnel and left at least 60 other people wounded when a truck bomb trig- gered hours of fighting, officials said. About 20 insurgents armed with machine guns and grenade launchers were also killed during the assault on the intelligence agency base in Ghazni province, one of the most volatile regions of Afghanistan. The attack under- lined growing insecurity in the country, which is beset by a political crisis over disputed election results at the same time as US-led NATO combat troops are winding down their war against the Taliban. The Islamist group claimed responsibility for the attack, in which the truck blast at the compound entrance sent broken glass raining down on civilians in the city before police and soldiers fought with the attackers. “After a three-hour gun battle, the security forces killed all 19 attackers,” Assadullah Ensafi, deputy police chief of Ghazni, said. “Thirteen security personnel-two NDS (National Directorate of Security) agents, three police and eight quick reaction forces were killed in the attack. “The truck bomb was very strong, it broke windows of houses and shops around the building.” About 60 people, NEW DELHI: An Indian couple rides a scooter through a crowded street. — AP including many civilians, were treated at Ghazni hospital, Dr Memat, who only uses one name, said. He said 15 people were in critical condition. The disput- Al-Qaeda will bring Islamic ed election has emboldened the Taliban, with fresh offen- sives launched in the south and east, while several provinces close to the capital Kabul have suffered worsen- law to India, vows Zawahiri ing unrest. The two rival presidential candidates, Ashraf Ghani and Three Indian states put on red alert Abdullah Abdullah, both claim they won the fraud-tainted election in June. NATO leaders met in Britain yesterday, NEW DELHI: Al-Qaeda has expanded into Syria and Iraq and recently beheaded two tice toward Muslims.” Until recently, India with discussions due to be held on future support and India, the leader of the terror group said in American journalists. Al-Qaeda “is strug- had largely seen itself as beyond the funding for Afghanistan’s security forces after all foreign a video released yesterday, vowing that its gling for its legitimacy in the eyes of the recruiting territory of international jihadists combat troops withdraw by December. —AFP militants would bring Islamic law to the radicalized Muslim world,” said Ajai Sahni, like Al-Qaeda. Over the past few months, entire subcontinent and “wage jihad a top Indian security analyst with the New however, the Islamic State has grown in against its enemies.” At least three Indian Delhi-based Institute for Conflict prominence in India, and is increasingly states with large Muslim populations have Management. “Osama bin Laden has been believed to be gaining followers here. Last 25 dead in heavy been put on alert in the wake of the video’s killed and (Al-Qaeda’s) entire top leader- month, an Indian engineering student release, local TV stations reported, though ship, apart from Zawahri and a few others, who had traveled to Iraq with friends, and monsoon rains there was no indication of an increased one by one have been decimated by the who was thought to have joined the security presence. The new group “is the American drone attacks,” he said. While Islamic State, was reported killed. fruit of a blessed effort of more than two Zawahri’s statement referred to the “Indian in Pakistan years to gather the mujahedeen in the subcontinent” - a term that most common- Serious concern Indian subcontinent into a single entity,” ly refers to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh LAHORE: At least 25 people have been killed in roof collaps- Al-Qaeda chief Ayman Al-Zawahiri said in Nepal - his comments were widely seen as met yesterday morning with top security es caused by heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan, officials said the video, which was seen online by the directed at India. and intelligence officials to discuss the yesterday, as authorities warned more intense rainfall and SITE monitoring group. While his com- Al-Zawahri said the group, Qaedat Al- threat. A spokesman for India’s ruling flash floods could be imminent. The deaths all came in ments raised concerns in India, Al- Jihad in the Indian subcontinent, would Bharatiya Janata Party said the statement Punjab, Pakistan’s richest and most populous province, with Zawahri’s message seemed largely direct- fight for an Islamic state and laws across was “a matter of serious concern. But there 13 people killed in the provincial capital Lahore. Pakistan ed at his own rivals in the international the region, “which was part of the Muslims’ is nothing to worry about. We have a has suffered deadly monsoon floods for at least the last four jihad movement, and with raising Al- territories before it was occupied by the strong government at the federal level.” years-in 2013, 178 people were killed and around 1.5 million Qaeda’s profile in the wake of repeated infidel enemy,” the leader of the new India, though, has a notoriously under- affected by flooding around the country. successes by the Islamic State militant group, Essam Omar, said in an audio funded and ill-trained security infrastruc- The government has been criticized for not doing more group. recording released with the video. Fighters ture. In 2008, a small group of Pakistani to mitigate against the dangers posed by seasonal rains Al-Qaeda has been increasingly over- will “storm your barricades with cars militants attacked Mumbai, India’s financial washing away homes and farmland.”At least 25 people have shadowed by the Islamic State, whose packed with gunpowder,” Omar said, hub, effectively shutting down the city for been killed in different incidents of roof collapses in Punjab fighters have captured wide swaths of decrying what he called the region’s “injus- days and killing 166 people. —AP province during the last 24 hours,” Jam Sajjad, a spokesman for rescue services told AFP. He said the dead included women and children, and 28 50 feared dead in India bus plunge people have been injured. Rizwan Naseer, the director gen- eral of rescue services in Punjab confirmed the toll and said SRINAGAR: At least 50 people were feared killed when across the Kashmir valley in the last 24 hours after days of the injured were being moved to hospitals.”We have been flood waters swept a bus carrying a wedding party into a heavy rain. At least 16 people have been killed in separate removing the debris to search for survivors and the injured,” gorge in the mountainous Indian state of Kashmir yesterday. flood-related incidents since Wednesday evening. Naseer said, adding that the toll is likely to rise as more infor- Police said rescue teams had been sent to the scene of the The bus accident occurred in Rajouri, 350 kilometers (220 disaster, but heavy rains and the depth of the river were miles) south of the region’s main city of Srinagar.”Witnesses mation came in from around the province. Pakistan’s mete- making it difficult to reach the victims. said 50 to 60 people were in the bus when it fell into a orological office warned that more heavy rain and thunder- “Rescue teams are there, including a column of the gorge after it was swept away by flood waters,” said the storms were expected in Punjab and the north of the coun- army,” inspector general police, Rajesh Kumar told AFP. “Air divisional commissioner Shantmanu, who goes by only one try in the coming 72 hours and could cause flooding in force rescue helicopters are also ready, but heavy rains and name. Another regional divisional commissioner, Rohit major rivers. The floods of 2010 were the worst in Pakistan’s a strong current in the stream make it difficult,” he said, Kansal, said heavy rains were forecast to continue for anoth- history, with 1,800 people killed and 21 million affected in adding that some of the passengers on board might have er 24 hours and authorities were evacuating people to safer what became a major humanitarian crisis. —AFP escaped to safety. Flooding has hit hundreds of villages areas. —AFP International18 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014 HK leader questions British contribution to city’s democracy HONG KONG: Hong Kong hit back yesterday at the former British colony’s last governor who called on China to stand by its promises to the city, saying residents never had a say in who governed them while Britain ruled. The comments came a day after Chris Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong who was in tears during the 1997 handover ceremony, said Britain had a moral and political obligation to ensure China respects its commitments to the financial hub. The former British territory is bracing for a wave of protests after Beijing on Sunday ruled out fully democratic elections in 2017, setting the stage for a political showdown with democ- rats. “First, before Hong Kong’s return to the motherland, all governors of Hong Kong were not elected by Hong Kong peo- ple,” a spokesman for Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying said in a statement. “Second, the Sino-British Joint Declaration does not pro- vide for universal suffrage at all,” he added, referring to the agreement signed in 1984 that set out arrangements for the transfer of sovereignty under a “one country, two systems” formula. Britain made no mention of democracy for Hong Kong until the dying days of about 150 years of colonial rule. With tension rising in the Asian financial centre, Britain’s parliament launched an inquiry into Hong Kong’s progress towards democracy in July, prompting the Chinese ambassador to Britain to demand that it be shelved. HONG KONG: Students at the Chinese University of Hong Kong meet to discuss a possible student strike in Hong Britain’s parliament on Tuesday rejected calls to scrap it and warned that reforms in Hong Kong may violate the 1984 Kong yesterday. —AFP deal on the former British colony’s sovereignty. Pro-democra- cy activists held a rally in Hong Kong on Sunday after China said it would allow a vote for Hong Kong’s next chief execu- US, S Korea set up wartime tive, but only for a handful of pre-screened candidates. A movement called Occupy Central has threatened to blockade the heart of the city’s financial district to protest against unit to raze North’s nukes Beijing’s decision, while Hong Kong students have said they plan to strike later this month. Authorities in Beijing and Hong Kong have branded the Joint contingent office near Seoul Occupy movement illegal, saying it could damage the city’s business and economic development. Hong Kong people are SEOUL: South Korea said yesterday it Division guards a strategically important citing the increased threat from North split on the issue of street protests, with many concerned about would create a joint military unit with the area as a deterrent to an invasion by Korea’s nuclear and missile development. antagonizing China and disruptions to business. —Reuters United States, as a report suggested the North Korea. In June, North Korea announced the suc- contingent would target North Korea’s In the event of an all-out conflict, a cessful test of new high-precision, tactical Thai PM vows all-inclusive weapons of mass destruction if a full- mechanized South Korean brigade would guided missiles, and in the following reform council scale conflict broke out. The mechanized join forces with the US division, which is months the North conducted a series of unit led by a US major general will be set armed with helicopters and other missile and rocket tests. BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha yesterday up in the first half of next year, the advanced weapons, it said. “This would Meanwhile South Korea and the set out broad criteria for the selection of a 250-member council South’s defense ministry said, as part of be a symbol of a strengthened military United States held an annual military drill to draw up sweeping political reforms and approve a new con- elaborate preparations for any future war alliance between the allies,” a military in August despite condemnation by stitution, saying people from all walks of life would be included. between the two Koreas. official said. Because the Korean conflict North Korea which had threatened a Prayuth was speaking in Bangkok to mark the beginning of a “It will be the first combined field ended in an armistice instead of a peace “merciless” retaliatory strike. selection process for the National Reform Council. It will draft combat unit to carry out wartime opera- treaty, the two Koreas are still technically The drill simulated the response to a political and economic reforms, including reshaping energy poli- tions,” a defence ministry spokesman at war. Nearly 30,000 US troops are sta- nuclear attack threat for the first time, cy, education, public health, the media and other matters, he said without elaborating on its mission. tioned in the South under a bilateral mili- according to the South’s defence min- said. “We want people who can really work and we won’t exclude He declined to confirm a Yonhap news tary accord. If fresh hostilities broke out, istry, using a strategy of “tailored” deter- anyone. We want people from all walks of life,” Prayuth said, agency report that its remit would the US commander in South Korea would rence developed last year in the course of adding that the council would be set up by Oct. 2. include eliminating weapons of mass assume control of the South’s 640,000 joint defence talks. South Korea is pro- “Committees will have to choose people carefully and trans- destruction in the nuclear-armed North if troops. tected by the US nuclear umbrella, and in parently.” The aims of the council mirror demands made by war breaks out. The ministry said the con- A transfer of command in a wartime wartime American soldiers in the South pro-establishment, anti-government protesters who took to the tingent would have a joint office of US setting was set for 2015, which would would be reinforced by military contin- streets of Bangkok for six months from late last year to try to and South Korean staff in Uijeongbu, allow South Korea control of its own gents from the continental United States oust then Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. north of Seoul, where the US 2nd Infantry troops, but Seoul wants a postponement and its presence in East Asia. —AFP Japan’s First Lady speaks out on nuclear power

TOKYO: Japanese First Lady Akie Abe - often called the “domestic bly be fixed,” she added. “I can understand there are aspects that opposition” for her penchant to speak out - said yesterday that would be difficult if we don’t raise the sales tax, but in my person- the country should consider cutting wasteful spending and al opinion, before doing that, shouldn’t we put a bit effort into boosting the economy before going ahead with a rise in the sales the economy, fix what can be fixed and cut what can be cut?” But tax to 10 percent, as her husband wrestles with just that decision. she added: “This won’t change just because I say so.” Mrs. Abe is a rarity among Japan’s First Ladies, most of whom Prime Minister Abe must decide by December whether to have stayed in the background. While her outspokenness wins proceed with a second-stage rise in the sales tax to 10 percent praise from fans, some cynics suspect that Prime Minister Shinzo that is planned for October 2015 to help curb Japan’s huge pub- Abe’s aides welcome her role as softening the image of a leader lic debt and fund the ballooning costs of its ageing society. But seen by detractors as a nationalist with pro-business policies. an initial rise to 8 percent from April triggered a sharp contrac- “Considering the falling birth rate and ageing society, it probably tion in the economy in the three months to June, raising doubts can’t be helped,” Akie Abe, 52, told Reuters in an interview yester- about whether Abe should go ahead with the hike. Mrs. Abe TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s wife day at the prime minister’s official residence, referring to an said she had urged the prime minister not to raise the levy to 8 Akie Abe speaks at the prime minister’s official resi- eventual rise in the sales tax. “I think there are still areas where, if percent from April to no avail. Asked about this time, she said: “I dence. —AP not a waste, taxes are not being used properly and could proba- wonder.” —Reuters FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

kicks off a day early Page 23 Lifestyle FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014 Clooney to helm film about British hacking scandal ony Pictures announced Wednesday that George Clooney will co-produce and direct the film version of S“Hack Attack,” reporter Nick Davies’ book about the British phone hacking scandal. Clooney said in a statement the account has “all the elements - lying, corruption, blackmail - at the highest levels of government by the biggest newspa- per in London.” Clooney, who is the son of a journalist, called Davies “a brave and stubborn reporter” and said it was “an honor to put his book to film.” Davies investigated Rupert Murdock’s News Corp and sub- sidiary News International for more than six years. His book details widespread hacking of voice mail of public officials, celebrities and ordinary citizens. The scandal drew wide- File photo shows George Clooney is interviewed by Fabio File photo shows Taiwanese director Niu Chen-Zer at spread attention and sent tremors through British politics. The Fazio during the Italian State RAI TV program ‘Che Tempo the 49th Golden Horse Awards at the Luodong Cultural movie starts shooting next year. — AP che Fa’, in Milan, Italy. — AP Working House in Yilan County, Taiwan. — AP

Niu says Chinese Review: ‘Longest Week’ civil war film is a pale Allen imitation n “The Longest Week,” Jason Bateman plays a privileged, pam- he’s out on the streets. He escapes to the apartment of his well-to-do changed his life pered, narcissistic New Yorker whose sole effort at productivity in friend Dylan (Billy Crudup), who’s also a rather pretentious elitist but Ilife is his meandering work on a novel called “The Directionless at least has a modicum of moral sense. iu Chen-zer has fulfilled a longtime dream to Generation.” This may be a winking reference to the character himself, make a film paralleling his father’s journey as a who clearly lacks direction, but alas, it’s an even more prescient refer- Blissful days Nsoldier who left China for Taiwan during the civil ence to the movie as a whole. There are moments here and there to Which Conrad does not. He repays Dylan’s hospitality by making a war in the late 1940s. And making “Paradise in Service” be enjoyed, mainly for the slick visuals (and wonderfully hip New York move on the lovely Beatrice (Olivia Wilde), a model and literature changed his own life, too. The film tells the story of apartments), but basically it feels like a directionless enterprise. And lover whom Dylan covets. And he lies to both of them about his finan- Taiwanese soldiers stationed on the island of Quemoy though the film is only 86 minutes long, it tends to feel bloated and cial situation, insisting his temporary homelessness has been necessi- during a protracted 1958 Chinese bombing campaign even a bit tedious by the end - perhaps not an entire generation long, tated by a hotel renovation. Nevertheless, Beatrice falls for Conrad - against that isolated target. While cross-strait relations but too long nonetheless. one could ask why, but Allen’s characters always got the girls, too. between Taiwan and China have moderated in recent It also feels derivative of other filmmaking styles. Writer-director Beatrice, we’re told by the omnipresent narrator, loves the precise years, China still claims sovereignty over the self-govern- Peter Glanza, making his debut feature, is clearly a Woody Allen fan; way Conrad makes a Tom Collins, or ties a perfect Windsor knot in his ing island and Taiwan’s military is still committed to he uses the same jazzy-type music to accompany his dreamily appeal- necktie. The two share a few blissful days together - kissing by the riv- maintain defenses from a possible Chinese attack. ing views of New York City, and he likes psychoanalysis scenes, too. er, for example, as the Manhattan lights glow (another Allen specialty) Prior to filming, Niu received ample funding and a Heck, the first scene has our main character, Conrad, venting to his before things get really messy. promise of assistance from the Taiwanese navy - support analyst about his troubles with women, and the analyst is none other Conrad, it seems, is not destined to be happy. Nor is he destined to that came to a screeching halt last year after the director than Allen favorite Tony Roberts. Conrad even refers to himself as grow up. Or is he? The movie’s epilogue seeks to impart a little mean- used false documents to bring a Chinese cinematogra- “Jungian.” ing to Conrad’s journey. But by then, we’ve pretty much stopped car- pher to a Taiwanese naval base for location scouting. Bateman’s no stranger to unlikable characters -remember his ing. Through no fault of the talented Bateman, the movie never really Taiwan’s government bans mainland Chinese nationals memorable misanthrope in the recent “Bad Words,” who mercilessly gives us a reason to root for Conrad. And so whatever epiphany may from entering sensitive military establishments. stole spelling-bee trophies from innocent kids? But at least that char- be in store for this annoying character is - sorry, old chap - rather too The loss of funding and military support made filming acter had an important justification for his ugly behavior, albeit one little, and too late. “The Longest Week” is rated PG-13 by the Motion more challenging. But Niu has apologized profusely for we didn’t learn ‘til the end. Here, Bateman’s Conrad doesn’t have a Picture Association of America for “sexual content and smoking.” his “negligence,” and calls facing that mistake an invalu- redeeming secret. He’s just rich and self-centered and duplicitous. Running time: 86 minutes. Two stars out of four. MPAA definition of able experience. “It changed me. It made me aware of Conrad has lived his entire life in the sumptuous Valmont hotel, PG-13: Parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropri- what I did in the past, where I single-mindedly wanted to owned by his parents, but soon after we meet him, he falls on unfor- ate for children under 13. — AP make good films and hence gave myself a lot of leeway. tunate circumstances. Some could also interpret it as being reckless,” he said. His parents, who’ve spent years traveling the world, are getting There were a lot of temptations in the past, Niu said, divorced, and neither wants to foot Conrad’s hotel bill anymore. So from people saying they liked him and giving him mon- ey. “That may sway you one way or the other, during one’s creative process.” But with “Paradise in Service,” it was clear he would have nothing, and still they did the film. “This has been an even more humbling and sincere journey, really,” he said. As difficult as filming was, the 48-year-old director has a lot to smile about these days: The film was selected to open the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea. “This is the result of the team’s collective hard work. We took an honest look at an era,” Niu said. He thanked the Busan festival organizers for selecting the film. “They’re honoring us by selecting the film as the opening film. I also think, interestingly, South Korea is a country that can really identify with a sadness of an eth- nicity divided. I’m really looking forward to attending (the film festival) to interact with them.” “Paradise in Service,” starring Taiwanese heartthrob Ethan Juan, Chinese veteran actor Chan Jian Bing and Taiwanese actress Ivy Chen, will be released in Taiwan on Friday. The Busan festival kicks off Oct 2. — AP

This photo provided by courtesy of Gravitas Ventures shows Jason Bateman, left, and Olivia Wilde, in a scene from the film, ‘The Longest Week.’ — AP Lifestyle FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014 Mouse artist goes ear-to-ear with Disney in trademark row

lectro musician deadmau5 has launched a David v Goliath challenge to entertain- Ement giant Disney, in a dispute over simi- larities between his mouse-ears logo and the world-famous Mickey trademark. “Lawyer up, mickey,” said the Canadian artist on his Twitter feed, vowing not to be “bullied” after Disney filed a legal document opposing his application to trademark his own logo in the United States. He told his nearly 3 million Twitter followers: “Disney thinks you might confuse an estab- lished electronic musician/performer with a car- toon mouse. That’s how stupid they think you This image released by Sam Rudy Media Relations shows Laura Osnes as Cinderella, right, are.” dancing with Santino Fontana as the Prince, during a performance of ‘Rodgers + According to his lawyers, Disney filed a 171- Hammerstein’s Cinderella’ on Broadway. — AP page “trademark opposition proceeding” Tuesday against deadmau5’s application to trademark his logo, which he made in June last Broadway’s ‘Cinderella’ year to the US Patent and Trademark Office. They contend that deadmau5 has been using his logo-which shows a front-facing mouse with musical closing in January large circular ears, and two large eyes-for years in the United States and around the world, he fairy tale for “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Producers also said that NeNe Leakes from without a problem. Cinderella” on Broadway is over. The musi- “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” will replace TV “The deadmau5 front-facing mau5head is a Tcal will turn into a pumpkin in January after star Sherri Shepherd in the role of the evil step- registered trademark in 30 countries worldwide a nearly two-year run. Producers said Wednesday mother from Nov 25 to Jan 3. Keke Palmer is ... Disney is now opposing the US filing,” said the show will end after the Jan. 3 performance at about to start her sting this week as Cinderella. lawyer Dina LaPolt. She added: “Given that the the Broadway Theatre. It will have had 41 pre- The sparkly slippers were first worn by Tony- mau5head and other identifying deadmau5 views and 770 regular performances. The show nominated Laura Osnes, then put on by “Call Me trademarks have been used in the US and earned nine Tony Award nominations but took Maybe” Canadian pop star Carly Rae Jepsen and around the world for almost a decade, we won- home only the best costume prize. currently worn by Paige Faure, who launches a der why Disney is only now coming after dead- The traditional tale was given a sly and witty national tour in the title role this fall. — AP mau5. “Our client will not be bullied by Disney makeover by Douglas Carter Beane, who updat- This February 8, 2009 file photo shows dead- and is prepared to fight to protect his rights to ed the story but kept the songs by Richard mau5 arriving for the 51st Annual Grammy his property,” she said. Disney did not immedi- Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II which include Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, ately respond to requests for comment or con- “In My Own Little Corner” and “Do I Love You California. — AFP firmation on the trademark spat. — AFP Because You’re Beautiful?” Miranda Lambert earns record-tying 9 CMA noms

iranda Lambert released the most ambitious album of her seeking their first win in that category. Bryan and Urban also are up for ‘You just lost’ reaction shot’ career earlier this year and Country Music Association voters album of the year. Bryan’s “Crash My Party” and Urban’s “Fuse” join Lambert celebrated her collaborators in an email to The Mresponded by giving her a record-tying load of nominations. Bentley’s “Riser” and Church’s “The Outsiders” in the category. New Associated Press. “I woke up in NYC this morning to such great news!” Lambert has nine nominations for the 48th annual CMA Awards, tying artist of the year nominees are Brandy Clark, Brett Eldredge, Kip wrote Lambert, who’s on tour in the area. “Not only am I so happy to her own mark for the most nods to a female nominee, and nearly dou- Moore, Thomas Rhett and Cole Swindell. Bryan and Shelton are tied be nominated but I’m happy to celebrate my husband’s and friends’ bling her nearest competitor when the list was announced with Kacey Musgraves and Carrie Underwood with three nominations nominations! Natalie and Nicolle are two of the best songwriters I Wednesday in New York. Dierks Bentley is next with five nominations apiece. The nominations were announced on ABC’s “Good Morning know and I’m so thrilled to share this with them. And also to be in a and Eric Church and Keith Urban have four apiece. America” and at a news conference by Darius Rucker and Little Big category with Carrie and Keith!” Shelton and Lambert will be attempt- The 30-year-old Lambert is up for top honor entertainer of the year Town. Underwood and Brad Paisley host the Nov. 5 show live from ing to extend their record streak of wins by a married couple in the along with husband Blake Shelton and has nominations for major cat- Nashville, Tennessee. Lambert padded out her list of nominations male and female vocalist categories. Each has won four straight. egories album of the year for “Platinum,” song and single of the year with two apiece in the vocal event (“Somethin’ Bad” with Underwood Lambert will be competing against Underwood, Musgraves, Taylor for “Automatic,” and is vying for her fifth straight female vocalist of the and “We Were Us” with Urban) and music video (“Automatic” and Swift and Martina McBride. Shelton faces Bentley, Bryan, Church and year trophy. She’s been among the top CMA nominees and winners “Somethin’ Bad”) categories. “Automatic,” the first single from Urban. The haul of nominations was a career best for Bentley, whose since “Revolution” won album of the year in 2010 and now has 34 “Platinum” written with Nicolle Galyon and Natalie Hemby, was nomi- album “Riser” includes personal material from his own life, including CMA nominations - behind Reba McEntire, Dolly Parton and Loretta nated for both song and single of the year as well. Lambert tied with his reaction to his father’s death and the birth of his son. “It was totally Lynn among women. Urban, George Strait and Luke Bryan round out Merle Haggard for second-most nominations overall. Only Alan unexpected,” Bentley said. —AP the entertainer of the year category where Lambert and Bryan are Jackson in 2002 had more nominations in a single year with 10.

In this June 6, 2014 file photo, Eric Church In this June 7, 2014 file photo, Keith Urban In this June 4, 2014 file photo, Miranda Lambert In this June 5, 2014 file photo, Dierks Bentley performs during the CMA Fest at LP Field in performs during the CMA Fest at LP Field in performs on stage at the CMT Music Awards at performs during the CMA Fest at LP Field in Nashville, Tenn. Nashville, Tenn. Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. Nashville, Tenn. — AP photos Lifestyle FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Fashion 4 Development to honor Donna Karan n organization that works on global development through fashion plans to honor Donna Karan for her Awork with artisans in Haiti and around the world. Fashion 4 Development, a partner of the United Nations’ millennium development initiative, will award the New York-based designer its medal of honor at its “First Ladies Luncheon” Sept 23 at The Pierre hotel. Karan’s work around the world aimed at fostering sus- tainable economies, creating jobs and developing art edu- cation were cited for the honor. Her foundation, Urban Zen, develops markets and presents the work of artisans in Haiti in the US and elsewhere. She has designed and curated an artisan collection called “Naturally Haiti,” working with artisans who create recycled T-shirts, handbags, tobacco leaf vases, wood chan- deliers and horn jewelry sold in Urban Zen stores and her retail partners. Urban Zen has a partnership with artisan Paula Coles in Haiti for a vocational education training cen- ter to open next spring in Port-au-Prince. The training cen- Designers Jens Grede (center left) and Erik Torstensson ter is a commitment Karan made through the Clinton (center right) pose with model / blogger Hanneli Global Initiative to train artisans in creating jewelry, hand- Mustaparta (center) at the Frame Denim presentation in bags, accessories and other items. Karan has shot two ad New York City. —AP/AFP photos campaigns in Haiti starring model Adriana Lima, showcas- ing the country’s beauty and creativity. She is an honorary US ambassador to the country. Others will also be honored at the event.—AP FASHION WEEK SPRING 2015 FASHION MERCEDES-BENZ

File photo shows Designer Donna Karan greeting the audience after the Donna Karan New York Fall 2014 col- lection was presented during Fashion Week, at 23 Wall Street in New York. — AP Lifestyle FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Models walk the runway at JSong ... Way Presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring 2015 in New York City.

Fashion from the Athleta Spring 2015 collection is modeled in an acrobatic show during Fashion Week on Wednesday in New York. — AP photos NY Fashion Week kicks off a day early with Athleta ew York Fashion Week kicked off a day early Wednesday The show was part of an initiative to raise awareness of the fash- houses experiment with high-tech fabrics. One sound example with a heavy breathing show of strength and style from ion and style challenges these veterans face when transitioning for Athleta is the company’s city jogger pant, which would transi- Nthe performance brand Athleta, a salute to the fashion back to civilian life. tion well through evening if paired with the right top. On the per- challenges of returning US servicewomen and models tucked into At Athleta’s show earlier in the day, a flying female tethered to formance side, the company has put stretch insulation into jack- the horse-drawn carriages of Central Park. More than 100 design- wires did some air running above a stark white stage at the ets and other outerwear for warmth and better mobility in the ers are scheduled to show their spring-summer 2015 collections activewear company’s first-ever - and high energy - show. She arms, said Athleta President Nancy Green. in the Mercedes-Benz tents at Lincoln Center and other New York was joined by break-dancers, yoga stretchers and mini-trampo- The typical Athleta customer “wants to be relevant. She cares venues. The eight-day event kicks off the season, with the indus- line jumpers in printed and solid tights, running pants, athletic about style but she doesn’t want to change her clothes five times try moving on to London, followed by Milan and Paris, when the bras, sweatshirts and a new dry-down technology the brand has a day,” Green said. Soft pants are a big part of the trend, she said. New York shows conclude. just put into quilted vests and bomber jackets. The city jogger pant is high-stretch and lightweight, made of a At Wednesday night’s “Salute the Runway,” little black dresses The idea, Athleta officials said, is to give active women more fabric Athleta had already been using for shorts. And they’ve took on a military twist as female veterans took to the runway in options for all-day dressing as they transition from workout to added more lightweight jackets to last season’s moto quilted frocks designed by Donna Karan, Carmen Marc Valvo, Mara grocery shopping to school pickup or the office. “Her life is always down, using a proprietary feather treatment Green said will stay Hoffman and eight other designers. Several of the women jauntily constantly in motion and so she wants a more versatile product dry against sweat.—AP saluted as they finished strutting the catwalk; Capt Kelly Smith, a that is not overtly fashion or overtly activewear,” senior design helicopter pilot in the Air National Guard from Los Angeles, director Nancy Taylor said backstage of the company’s core cus- danced down the runway in a full-length Mara Hoffman gown. tomer. Versatile performance wear is on trend as more fashion 24 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014 ‘Mom, what’s for lunch?’ Quick and easy school lunches to pack for your kids

Corn and Zucchini Fritters repare a batch of whole wheat pancake batter, using about 1/2 the Pliquid. Stir in a cup thawed frozen corn, one small grated zucchini and a handful of Parmesan, and a sliced scal- lion. The zucchini will add moisture; add more liquid if the batter is too stiff. Cook until golden, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Pack with Greek yogurt for dipping.

Turkey-Cheese Pita Pockets pread a creamy cheese, such as Boursin, inside a whole wheat pita, Sthen fill with roast turkey slices, baby spinach leaves and cucumber slices.

Asparagus and Gruyere Panini op a large whole wheat tortilla with slices of Gruyere cheese and Tseason with black pepper. Arrange a layer of asparagus (roasted or steamed the night before, or shave raw into thin ribbons using a vegetable peeler) on one Avocado, Carrot and Cucumber Sushi half, drizzle with lemon juice, and fold to rush a toasted nori sheet with sesame enclose. Cook using a panini press or on a oil and season with salt. Press cold hot skillet until the tortilla is golden and Bsushi rice on top in a thin layer. Tightly the cheese melts. roll avocado slices, shredded carrots and cucumber sticks. Slice crosswise and pack with a packet of soy sauce. 25 Chips and Dips ombine chopped fresh tomatoes, lime juice, finely chopped white onion and chopped fresh cilantro. CPack flaxseed tortilla chips with small containers of the salsa, avocados mashed with lemon juice, and Greek Barbecue Chicken Sloppy Joes yogurt. oss chopped tomatoes and shredded rotisserie chicken and Tcarrots with barbecue sauce and heat through. Toss the mixture with chopped cilantro or parsley and transfer to an airtight container. Pack with a whole wheat hamburger bun for assembly at lunch.

Shrimp Rolls ombine chopped cooked shrimp, may- onnaise, lemon juice, chopped celery Cand fresh tarragon and black pepper. Transfer to an airtight container and pack with a whole wheat hot dog bun.

Bean and Cheese Salad hisk 1 part lemon juice to 2 parts olive oil; season Wwith black pepper. Add finely chopped shallot, let sit for a Meatball Sandwich few minutes, then toss with canned, arm frozen meatballs in rinsed cannellini beans (white kidney jarred tomato sauce and beans), feta or goat cheese crumbles, transfer to a wide-mouth W thinly sliced cucumber half-moons, thermos. Place a slice of provolone and chopped fresh dill or parsley. cheese in a whole wheat hamburger Pack with multigrain pita chips or bun for assembly at lunch. pockets.

Mediterranean Panzanella oss day-old or toasted bread cubes, chopped beefsteak tomatoes, Tcrumbled feta, pitted olives (such as Asparagus and Gruyere Panini Kalamata), sliced cucumbers and salami op a large whole wheat tortilla with olive oil, lemon juice and dried with slices of Gruyere cheese and oregano. Tseason with black pepper. Arrange a layer of asparagus (roasted or steamed the night before, or shave raw into thin ribbons using a vegetable peeler) on one half, drizzle with lemon juice, and fold to enclose. Cook using a panini press or on a hot skillet until the tortilla is golden and Curried Egg Salad Pinwheels the cheese melts. ombine chopped hard-boiled eggs, raisins, sliced celery, mayonnaise and curry powder. CTrim the crust from a slice of bread and press to flatten. Spread with a layer of egg salad, then roll and secure with a toothpick. —www.bonappetit.com Fashion26

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Tribute to the world’s most famous cats e’s never come right out and said it, but our bet is when Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the Internet his main motivation was bringing worldwide fame to cats with mad skills. H And lo, just a few decades later, his commendable vision has come to pass – we now spend more hours looking at fantastic felines online than ever before, especially when we’re meant to be working.

Jarvis P Weasley Cross-eyed, and pretty pleased about it too. This five-year- old was abandoned by his owners by the side of a road (Boo! Hiss!) in California when he was just a cross-eyed kitten. He was nursed back to health by foster parent Daria Kelly, but stole her heart and the living arrangement became perma- nent. “One day I watched him jump for joy in his cage, seem- ingly over nothing,” she explains, “Plus his face never fails to make me smile.” Join the club. Obviously we’re smiling WITH him, not AT him though, so that’s fine.

Whiskers Believed to have the longest whiskers in Britain, spanning an impressive 12 inches (although obviously it’s not the size, it’s what the cat does with them that counts.) Is also called Whiskers, which is either a coincidence or a fix. Currently residing temporarily with Cats Protection charity volunteer Gill Canning at her home in Frome, Somerset, two year old Whiskers’ whiskers measure four inches each and around 1ft from tip to tip. Fashion27

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Tardar Sauce but known the world over as Grumpy Cat Looks really grumpy… and as a result makes regular TV appearances, has an agent, a role in a Hollywood movie, a clothing line, a mantelpiece full of awards, a massively popular YouTube channel and an estimated brand value of over a million dol- lars. Despite all this, the moggy from Arizona is still grumpy.

Hank Ran in the United States Senate election in Virginia, Maru 2012. Came third. However, tragedy has recently Jumps in cardboard boxes and struck, as it was announced on Hank’s Facebook page slides along the floor in them. Honest- on February 14 2014 that the V.I.P C.A.T. was R.I.P. His ly, it might not sound that great but many fans were comforted to hear that “Hank fought it’s properly mesmerizing. So far his to his dying breath in the same way he fought in his videos have been watched more than political career - with bravado and strength un- 200 million times, he’s appeared in matched even in humans.” commercials in home country Japan and released a very successful book and DVD. Maru recently adopted his own cat, Hana.

Colonel Meow World’s Angriest Cat – also proud holder of Guinness Book of World Records title of World’s Longest Haired Cat. Never has someone so furious been so beloved – fans of the Persian-Himalayan mix were referred to as “minions” and he looked down on them, angrily. Sadly died in Janu- ary in LA aged just two but will live on forever online.

Kitler Er, looks like Hitler. The six-week-old moggie was found abandoned on her own by the side of a busy main road by a member of the public. She was handed in to Wood Green animal shelter in Godmanchester, Cambs, where staff nicknamed her ‘Kitler’ because of her distinctive black moustache.

Mum cat who hugs her baby kitten The sweetest clip on the internet, guaranteed to make even the hardest hearted person wail “Awwwwwww!” Cur- rently has more than 50 million views on Lil Bub YouTube, and rightly so. Is what’s known in the trade as a perma-kitten/dwarf/ polydactyl cat, and her tongue always hangs out because of her short lower jaw and toothlessness. Born in Indiana, in the US, the runt of the litter she became the star of Lil Bub & Friendz, a documentary premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last year and won the Tribeca Online Festival Best Feature Film. There’s also a Lil Bub calendar, mug, toy, book, clothing line and fridge magnet set. —Mirror 28

TravelFRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014 Fall in love with Travel29 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Turkey is one of the leading tourism destinations in the world, with stunning scenery and rich historic legacy

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For millennia, Istanbul represented the gateway to the East, a land coveted Justinian. Indeed, at nearly every stride, one can stumble upon ancient fortress by would-be conquerors and kings. In the 21st century, the city’s charisma walls, Byzantine basilicas, celebrated shrines, Christian relics and peristyle endures, sustained by the remnants of Greek and Roman palaces, opulent Byz- courtyards. antine cathedrals and undulating Ottoman domes, by the spectacularly scenic Bosphorus Straits and by world-class shopping and dining. Spoonmaker’s Diamond If there are two icons that symbolize the city, they are the Blue Mosque, The unparalleled might of the Ottoman Sultans rises in silhouette along the named for its 20,000 richly hued Iznik tiles hand crafted by the empire’s best Tarihi Yarimada (Historic Peninsula), revealing a legacy of masterpieces fit for artisans, and the awe-inspiring Hagia Sophia, Justinian’s palatial ode to the the capital of their sultandom. The iconic Topkapi Palace offers a window into Almighty. The juxtaposition of these two monuments at the epicenter of the mystique of the Sultans and their harems in a vast complex of pavilions, the Historic Peninsula is a living hallmark to the city’s collective inheritance, gardens, towers, monumental gates and spectacular vistas, harboring trea- that introduces visitors to a city steeped in monumental Byzantine history and sures of gold and silver, of precious porcelain and gems including the notori- enduring Ottoman lore. ous 85-karat Spoonmaker’s Diamond. The lavish, European-inspired palaces Vestiges of an empire lasting nearly 1,500 years form the foundations of the built in the latter centuries of the empire along the shores of the Bosphorus city. Grand churches like the Hagia Sophia and St. Savior in Chora safeguard include the opulent Dolmabahce Palace. remarkable gold-tiled mosaics depicting stories of saints and saviors and of The empire’s fidelity to faith was honored through the construction of doz- emperors and empresses. Ancient ruins such as the Hippodrome, built by ens of charitable works, from monumental mosques to hospitals, schools and Septimus Severus and later enlarged by Constantine, stand proudly in public soup kitchens. The richly adorned hamams of cemberlitas, Suleymaniye and spaces around the city. Remnants can even be found beneath the city’s streets, Haseki Hurrem Sultan stand as marble temples to personal hygiene, surpassed with the Yerebatan Cistern, the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns today solely by their quintessentially modern approach to self-indulgent spa underground, built in the 6th century during the reign of Byzantine Emperor treatments. Travel30 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Ottoman commerce focused around a warren of 80 streets and crafts- the past. View establish artists at the Istanbul Modern, absorb the artistry of men’s hans in the sprawling and spectacular Kapali Carsi (Grand Bazaar), which 18th and 19th century Ottoman portraiture, screen an independent film at today houses 4,000 merchants selling silken carpets, dazzling gemstones, lush the Pera Museum or be inspired by Istanbul’s world-class exhibition spaces fabrics and glittering treasures and trinkets to appeal to every desire. This rich doubling as incubators of contemporary art. past is preserved not only in the city’s buildings and cultural traditions, but also in the Istanbul Archaeology Museum, The Museum of the Ancient Orient, Islamic arts of calligraphy and Museum of Islamic Art, which together house over one million pieces Yet it’s not only the art scene that is undergoing a revival of sorts. The lilting representing almost all the eras and civilizations in world history. sound of the Turkish heartland can be heard in the back streets of Taksim, while the spiritual dance of the Whirling Dervishes or the fearsome percus- Sogukcesme Street sion of the Ottoman Mehter Band seduce the general public in venues all over But while Istanbul’s heart lies in its past, the soul of Istanbul is aimed town. Arched cells of cloistered medreses now echo with the sound of artisans squarely in the future, propelling a renaissance that pervades nearly every reviving the Islamic arts of calligraphy, ebru and painting in miniature. And in corner of city life. Formerly derelict neighborhoods are now delightful and the past few years, celebrity chefs have descended upon Istanbul to lead the atmospheric places to visit. The cobbled Sogukcesme Street is lined with way in establishing the city as a uniquely Turkish culinary capital featuring tra- 19th century Ottoman row houses and sandwiched between the Hagia Sophia ditional and creative delicacies rivaling those found in other culinary capitals. and the exterior courtyard walls of Topkapi Palace. Balat, formerly the home of With dining rooms fronting the twinkling lights of the Bosphorus, a holiday Greek and Armenian immigrants, is now a chic residential neighborhood with meal couldn’t get any more romantic. art galleries, churches and synagogues. And there’s Galata, a fashionably bohe- If shopping is the main event, you need look no further than the posh thor- mian zone where the Medieval Galata Tower mingles with trendy boutiques. In oughfares of Nisantasi, and Bagdat Avenue, the exclusive boutiques of Kan- preserved Roman cisterns, converted hamams and in renovated palaces, Istan- yon, Istinye Park, and Trump Tower, the purveyors of Turkish delicacies at the bul has seized upon the trend of featuring its grand historic spaces as dramatic Misir Carsisi (Egyptian Spice Bazaar) and the trinkets, baubles and souvenirs settings for performances of all kinds. found all over the city. Istanbul is the only city in the world that spans two continents, and this If you’re looking for something completely different yet utterly familiar, a meeting point between Asia and Europe is joined by the city’s iconic Bospho- place that is exotic yet inviting, Istanbul both maintains a veil of mystery and rus Bridge. While the physical bridge was completed in 1973, Istanbul itself projects a life force that together, comprises a unique, 21st century cornuco- has been bridging the cultures of East and West for centuries. On both sides of pia of ancient, modern, vibrant, serene, intimate, cosmopolitan and delicious the Bosphorus Strait are a growing number of cutting edge art galleries and treasures. cultural centers that look to the future through Turkish artists’ unique lens on —www.tourismturkey.org Leisure FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

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Bahrain 00973 Martinique 00596 Bangladesh 00880 Mauritania 00222 Barbados 001246 Mauritius 00230 Belarus 00375 Mayotte 00269 Belgium 0032 Mexico 0052 Belize 00501 Micronesia 00691 Taurus (April 20-May 20) Scorpio (October 23-November 21) Benin 00229 Moldova 00373 Bermuda 001441 Monaco 00377 Some delays today are a blessing–do not spend too Bhutan 00975 Mongolia 00976 much time puzzling over this. You will enjoy the company of others You have a lot of energy today and come across as one in control of most any situation. You can schedule important meetings or pre- Bolivia 00591 Montserrat 001664 and working together. Situations and schedules line up so that you will Bosnia 00387 Morocco 00212 be chosen for a particular job. Increasing inner confidence helps you sentations now and through the end of this month. You may decide to Botswana 00267 Mozambique 00258 emerge from a period of self-doubt. You find that someone close to brush up on your skills. Things that may have been in suspended animation Brazil 0055 Myanmar (Burma) 0095 you understands and is supportive of your ideas that are slightly apart for many years will begin to take on structure and shape. The remainder of Brunei 00673 Namibia 00264 from the usual. People like your fresh thinking. You could come up this year is a time to shape the ideas you have pored over in the past. Take Bulgaria 00359 Nepal 00977 with new solutions or inventions. Being the center of attention takes courageous steps to get beyond some stubborn attitudes of the young this Burkina 00226 Netherlands 0031 afternoon by providing them with a win-win situation. Follow through on Burundi 00257 Netherlands Antilles 00599 hold in your life–there is a craving to give and to be appreciated for Cambodia 00855 New Caledonia 00687 your gifts. This is one of your overall best days this month. It can be the reward system and do not give in to those that don’t follow through with their promises, or word; no free rides. You win some, you lose some– Cameroon 00237 New Zealand 0064 expansive, creative and even romantic. Canada 001 Nicaragua 00505 today. Cape Verde 00238 Nigar 00227 Cayman Islands 001345 Nigeria 00234 Central African 00236 Niue 00683 Chad 00235 Norfolk Island 00672 Chile 0056 N. Ireland (UK) 0044 Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) China 0086 North Korea 00850 Colombia 0057 Norway 0047 Your career may be tied more to your appearance and how Your ability to persuade others works to your benefit. You Comoros 00269 Oman 00968 you come across to others this month. If you feel you need to update your may find yourself lecturing or teaching at this time. The situation is a natu- Congo 00242 Pakistan 0092 wardrobe you might reserve some time later today to go through some of ral for self-expression and lends itself to your particular ideas. You work well Cook Islands 00682 Palau 00680 the clothes you have and take notes for updating a little at a time. In the with others in a group situation and they may want you to lead; your man- Costa Rica 00506 Panama 00507 workplace you are gradually learning what makes some people do the agement abilities are good. You have the mind of a lawyer, always able to Croatia 00385 Papua New Guinea 00675 Cuba 0053 Paraguay 00595 things that they do. You also instinctively want to get down to the root of size up a problem and find a solution. Using your mind to negotiate obsta- Cyprus 00357 Peru 0051 any work-related problems and stop any difficulty. This may mean writing a cles and handle dilemmas is a great talent. You have an innate ability to Cyprus (Northern) 0090392 Philippines 0063 new method of working and presenting it to higher-ups. You may decide guide and lead others through the hurdles of life. You find it easy to solve Czech Republic 00420 Poland 0048 to take risks and dare to be a little different. You will prosper through new problems and can make much progress today. Dancing, swimming or other Denmark 0045 Portugal 00351 insights and new inventions. This afternoon calls for that shopping time. forward moving activity can be enjoyed this evening. Diego Garcia 00246 Puerto Rico 001787 Djibouti 00253 Qatar 00974 Dominica 001767 Romania 0040 Dominican Republic 001809 Russian Federation 007 Ecuador 00593 Rwanda 00250 Egypt 0020 Saint Helena 00290 El Salvador 00503 Saint Kitts 001869 Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) England (UK) 0044 Saint Lucia 001758 Equatorial Guinea 00240 Saint Pierre 00508 Your career may be tied more to your appearance and how A period of great mental activity has begun. You have Eritrea 00291 Saint Vincent 001784 you come across to others this month. If you feel you need to update your a lot on your mind and feel a strong need to communicate and Estonia 00372 Samoa US 00684 wardrobe you might reserve some time later today to go through some of Ethiopia 00251 Samoa West 00685 gather ideas. You have always been inventive and you know you Falkland Islands 00500 San Marino 00378 the clothes you have and take notes for updating a little at a time. In the can be resourceful. You could come up with new solutions and Faroe Islands 00298 Sao Tone 00239 workplace you are gradually learning what makes some people do the you have just the right amount of humor to grab the listener’s Fiji 00679 Saudi Arabia 00966 things that they do. You also instinctively want to get down to the root of attention. There is a yearning to widen horizons and reach for the Finland 00358 Scotland (UK) 0044 any work-related problems and stop any difficulty. This may mean writing a ultimate. Law, politics, education, travel and religion are some of France 0033 Senegal 00221 new method of working and presenting it to higher-ups. You may decide the areas in which you may have new experiences and they are all French Guiana 00594 Seychelles 00284 to take risks and dare to be a little different. You will prosper through new positive. You follow your inner guide and your ambitions serve to French Polynesia 00689 Sierra Leone 00232 insights and new inventions. This afternoon calls for that shopping time. show the way. Plan some fun activities for the weekend. Think Gabon 00241 Singapore 0065 Gambia 00220 Slovakia 00421 about scheduling a massage. Georgia 00995 Slovenia 00386 Germany 0049 Solomon Islands 00677 Ghana 00233 Somalia 00252 Gibraltar 00350 South Africa 0027 Greece 0030 South Korea 0082 Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) Greenland 00299 Spain 0034 Grenada 001473 Sri Lanka 0094 Powerful changes within you are demanding recognition. Being needed in the workplace today just seems to height- Guadeloupe 00590 Sudan 00249 Help yourself by joining in to help others–perhaps in a group en those feelings of importance. The work world seems to move along in a Guam 001671 Suriname 00597 Swaziland 00268 problem-solving situation. There is no better recognition for you than smooth manner and your progress is noticed. Community efforts and con- Guatemala 00502 Guinea 00224 Sweden 0046 through some volunteer program. Some work process is outdated and with necting to others in your field provide a good source of support for your Guyana 00592 Switzerland 0041 your help you could achieve some satisfaction when presenting a pros and career advancement. After such a full day, others may find you looking for Haiti 00509 Syria 00963 cons sort of report for your supervisor. Steer clear of any negative commu- release by working in a garden or cooking this afternoon. You have great Holland (Netherlands) 0031 Serbia 00381 nication. This can be inspiring time, one where you will need to be creative insight into matters of personal freedom and you work very hard to achieve Honduras 00504 Taiwan 00886 and inventive. You discover different ways to sell a product or help a client. just that. You come up with brilliant ways to express, emote or act through Hong Kong 00852 Tanzania 00255 Artistic talent and appreciation are heightened beyond words. This is a situations. New methods of lovemaking, raising kids and caring for animals Hungary 0036 Thailand 0066 time of nostalgia and domesticity as you visit with co-workers during the are yours. The activities you enjoy seem to unfold around you this evening. Ibiza (Spain) 0034 Toga 00228 Tonga 00676 day. Family and home become enchanting. Iceland 00354 India 0091 Tokelau 00690 Trinidad 001868 Indian Ocean 00873 Tunisia 00216 Indonesia 0062 Turkey 0090 Iran 0098 Tuvalu 00688 Iraq 00964 Uganda 00256 Ireland 00353 Ukraine 00380 Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) Italy 0039 United Arab Emirates 00976 Ivory Coast 00225 United Kingdom 0044 Friends in need or something you believe in that will suffer Ideas, words, books and the like are pursued with great Jamaica 001876 Uruguay 00598 from a lack of your support is an issue that comes to your attention at this gusto this thursday. There may be an opportunity to visit a library or book- Japan 0081 USA 001 time. You may be called upon to lend a helping hand. There are growth store during the noon break. You are driven to manage and control things. Jordan 00962 Uzbekistan 00998 opportunities available for you in the workplace as well as the person or Ideas of group cooperation and communion could further your career. One Kazakhstan 007 Vanuatu 00678 group you help. You may find new ways to make your own dreams come of your joys in life is to find an opportunity to beautify the world. One way Kenya 00254 Venezuela 00582 true. Making peace with the past and coming to terms with karmic debts are to increase the probabilities of your making a difference in this world may Kiribati 00686 Vietnam 0084 some of the issues that develop as a new phase begins in your life. To see be to encourage recycling techniques. This may be where you find your Kuwait 00965 Virgin Islands UK 001284 energies focused. Your persistent encouragement will finally take hold in Kyrgyzstan 00996 Virgin Islands US 001340 beyond today into future possibilities will help you make plans and goals Laos 00856 Wales (UK) 0044 according to the needs of your family and yourself. This is one of your best the workplace and in the community–do not give up the challenge. Yemen 00967 Volunteering in a nature reserve could be an interest for you. Young chil- Latvia 00371 days for love and for money. You and a loved one may want to share the Lebanon 00961 Yugoslavia 00381 experiences of this day. dren will be helpful. Liberia 00231 Zambia 00260 Libya 00218 Zimbabwe 00263 HEALTH FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014 WHO calls for action to reduce the suicide rate One person commits suicide every 40 seconds

LONDON: More than 800,000 people The report found that in general, more each year worldwide commit suicide - men die by suicide than women. In rich- around one person every 40 seconds - er countries, three times as many men Chinese firm serves up ‘smart with many using poisoning, hanging or kill themselves as women, and men chopsticks’ for food-wary diners shooting to end their own lives, the aged 50 and over are particularly vul- World Health Organization (WHO) said nerable. yesterday. In its first global report on In poor and middle-income coun- BEIJING: From recycled cooking oil to fox concern in China, with one of the country’s suicide prevention, the United Nations tries, young people and elderly women meat and chemicals, a litany of food scan- worst food scandals seeing the industrial health agency said some 75 percent of have higher rates of suicide than their dals have turned Chinese diners’ stomachs, chemical melamine illegally added to dairy suicides are among people from poor or counterparts in wealthy nations, the but a new “smart chopsticks” concept by products in 2008, killing six children and middle-income countries and called for report found. And women over 70 are Internet search giant Baidu could put the making 300,000 people ill. “Gutter oil” is a more to be done to reduce access to more than twice as likely to commit sui- answer in their hands. The device, which the particular concern-cooking oil illegally common means of suicide. cide than women aged between 15 and firm says can tell consumers whether the made by reprocessing waste oil or by The report found that suicides take 29. “No matter where a country current- food in front of them is safe to eat, was born dredging up leftovers from restaurants and place all over the world and at almost ly stands in suicide prevention, effective of an April Fool’s video, a spokesman said marketing it as new. any age. Globally, suicide rates are high- measures can be taken, even just start- yesterday. Baidu at the time had “no serious Health authorities last year launched a est in people aged 70 and over, but in ing at local level and on a small scale,” some countries, the highest rates are said Alexandra Fleischmann, a scientist intention of actually pursuing this”, the crackdown on the use and manufacture of found among the young. In the 15 to at the WHO’s department of mental spokesman told AFP of the stunt it released such oil, with more than 100 people arrest- 29-year age group, suicide is the second health and substance abuse. earlier this year. “But it generated a lot of ed and 20 imprisoned two of them for life- leading cause of death globally. The Other preventative measures include excitement both internally and externally.” as part of the campaign. It was not clear WHO’s director general Margaret Chan encouraging responsible reporting of The latest stage of development was whether the “smart chopsticks” would go said the report was a “call for action to suicide in the media, such as avoiding revealed this week, with a new video into commercial production. The company address a large public health problem language that sensationalizes suicide. released by the company showing a user has only made a limited run of prototypes, which has been shrouded in taboo for Early identification and management of placing the electronic chopsticks in three the spokesman said, and no release date or far too long.” people with mental illness and drug and different cups of cooking oil. price has been set. China’s social media Pesticide poisoning, hanging and other substance abusers is also impor- Sensors in the implements detect the users lauded the company’s innovation yes- firearms are among the most common tant. “Follow-up care by health workers methods of suicide globally, the report through regular contact, including by oil’s temperature and its fitness for con- terday, but lamented the need for the said, and evidence from Australia, phone or home visits, for people who sumption, with the findings displayed on a device in the first place. “Is it really a good Canada, Japan, New Zealand, the have attempted suicide, together with smartphone app. The chopsticks flash a red thing that they invented these?” wrote one United States and Europe shows that provision of community support, are light when cooking oil has a higher than 25 user. “Can we still enjoy our food?” “If I car- restricting access to these means can essential, because people who have percent level of TPMs, or total polar materi- ried these chopsticks around with me every- help to stop people from committing already attempted suicide are at the als, an indicator of freshness, the where, I think I’d die of hunger,” wrote suicide. Governments should also set up greatest risk of trying again,” the report spokesman said. Poor food safety is a major another. — AFP national prevention plans, the report said. The WHO report was published said, noting that currently only 28 coun- ahead of world suicide prevention day tries are known to have such strategies. on September 10. — Reuters FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

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Indian Oil Corp’s Paradip refinery KPC eyes stake in Indian refinery Kuwait wants to supply 60% of Paradip refinery’s needs

NEW DELHI/DUBAI: Kuwait Petroleum Corp (KPC) aims to pick up a significant stake in EU readies Indian Oil Corp’s Paradip refinery and supply about 60 percent of the oil needs of the plant, powers to deal set to start up later this year, three sources with knowledge of the matter said. Gulf oil with Russian producers want to lock in customers in Asia, which is experiencing a wave of refinery winter gas cut expansion, as the US shale boom has hit LONDON: The European Union is preparing to demand for their oil in Western economies. take action to secure gas supplies this winter if its India, the world’s fourth largest oil con- biggest supplier, Russia, cuts exports due to the sumer, imports about 80 percent of its oil crisis in Ukraine, a draft document seen by needs and plays a growing role as a regional Reuters showed. The measures could include refining hub. making use of existing powers to ban companies The South Asian nation imports around 16 from selling liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker million tons of crude a month - more than it cargoes outside Europe, keep more gas in consumes - and exports about a third of that reserve, and order industry to stop using gas. as refined products. State-run IOC, the coun- The draft document, which confirms informa- try’s biggest refiner, aims to start crude pro- tion from a European Commission source, said cessing at its 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) the EU could take emergency action to ensure coastal refinery in the eastern state of Orissa that more coordinated use is made of facilities for by the end of this year. converting LNG back into natural gas and of gas “Kuwait has sought a 50-percent stake in storage capacity. the refinery and the proposed petrochemical This could be done “when the normal func- plant, along with marketing rights for fuels,” KPC headquarters in downtown Kuwait tioning of the market does not lead to the opti- said one of the sources, adding that IOC mal use of those facilities,” the document said. security risks. downstream subsidiary, Kuwait Petroleum might settle for a smaller stake and keep con- Tankers from countries like Qatar and Algeria Kuwait was India’s fourth biggest oil suppli- International. trol of the refinery. This source said KPC want- bring LNG to European via Atlantic and er in fiscal 2013/14, supplying about 409,000 Kuwait wants a potential joint venture with ed to reserve the right to later sell a part of its Mediterranean ports, but European buyers often bpd. “KPC has several interests and opportuni- IOC to sign a deal for long-term crude supply stake in the Indian project to any international re-sell those cargoes abroad for higher prices ties in India and this is one of the main ones,” with KPC, they said. The new refinery will cater oil company. rather than supplying their domestic market. said a second source. “India is always on the to rising demand for fuel as India is keen to The sources who spoke to Reuters Despite the proposed EU measures, southeast radar. KPC is interested in Paradip but both boost the share of manufacturing in its eco- declined to be identified because of the sensi- Europe will struggle to find enough gas to meet sides haven’t agreed on the details yet.” IOC, nomic expansion. tivity of the topic. demand this winter as its infrastructure is not well along with subsidiary Chennai Petroleum, con- Paradip is IOC’s most complex refinery and IOC Chairman B Ashok did not respond to enough developed to bring non-Russian gas into trols about a third of India’s oil refining capaci- capable of handling cheaper grades that are telephone calls from Reuters seeking com- the region. Russia is Europe’s biggest supplier of oil, ty of 4.3 million bpd. more difficult to handle. The refinery will have ment, while a KPC spokesman could not coal and natural gas, and its gas pipelines through KPC and IOC officials had a meeting in India a potential to produce about 6.3 million tons immediately be reached for comment. Kuwait Ukraine are currently the subject of political during the last week of August to discuss of diesel and 3.6 million tons of petrol, which wants to strengthen its role in India’s oil gas manoeuvring as Europe and Moscow clash over KPC’s participation, two of the sources said. will largely be absorbed by the domestic mar- sector and wants to lease a part of its strategic the latter’s military action in Ukraine. —Reuters storage, being built to hedge against energy KPC will acquire a stake through its overseas ket. —Reuters Business FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014 38 Islamic finance body IILM News eyes wider membership in brief KIPCO gets nod to raise Its sukuk program could grow up to $2bn stake in Burgan Bank DUBAI: Kuwait Projects Company (KIPCO) said yester- KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia-based Luxembourg, Mauritius, Qatar, Malaysia, A growing membership could also day it received approval from the country’s central bank International Islamic Liquidity Nigeria, Turkey and the United Arab widen the network of primary dealer to increase its stake in Burgan Bank by 5 percent. A Management Corp (IILM) hopes to widen Emirates, as well as the Jeddah-based banks which distribute IILM sukuk, as bourse filing by KIPCO added that its direct and indirect its membership base as it seeks feedback Islamic Development Bank. they are nominated by the body’s gov- from the market on its Islamic bond In April last year, the IILM said Saudi erning board. The IILM currently has nine stake in the Kuwait’s third-largest lender by assets cur- issuance program, its top executive said. Arabia had left the IILM, with the central primary dealers; Indonesia has yet to rently stands at 57.94 percent. The statement did not The IILM launched its short-term sukuk banks of Qatar and Malaysia buying out nominate a local bank. indicate when the stake increase would be completed. program in August last year, aiming to its share. The reasons for Saudi Arabia’s Last month, the IILM increased its meet a shortage of highly liquid, invest- departure were not disclosed. total sukuk outstanding to $1.65 billion, ment-grade financial instruments which A wider membership would boost up from its inaugural $490 million deal; it Advanced Petrochem to Islamic banks can use to manage their demand for the IILM’s sukuk, since has also lengthened maturities by auc- invest in Korea plant short-term funding needs. Islamic banks in certain countries cannot tioning $400 million worth of six-month Its program now has $1.65 billion of hold IILM sukuk without permission from sukuk. Previously the IILM had only KHOBAR: Saudi Arabia’s Advanced Petrochemical Co sukuk outstanding and could eventually their local regulator, Karim added. issued US dollar-denominated three- plans to invest in a project worth around $1 billion to grow to more than $2 billion; nine coun- “If they give it a regulatory treatment month sukuk, although its program per- produce propylene in South Korea, the company said tries are directly represented in the IILM in their own jurisdiction, that will mits multiple currencies and maturities yesterday. The propane dehydrogenation (PDH) proj- and it is keen to add more. increase demand for IILM (sukuk).” One of up to one year. “Now that IILM has issued, it can potential new member is Oman; that Issuing in other currencies is a matter ect, a joint venture with South Korea’s SK Gas, is due attract new members and it will attempt country’s central bank governor told for the IILM’s governing board, while to start up in the first half of 2016, Advanced said in a to,” chief executive Rifaat Ahmed Abdel Reuters last October that it was consider- other tenors will be driven by market statement on the Saudi bourse. The project will be Karim told Reuters on the sidelines of the ing whether to join the IILM or allow its appetite, said Karim, who joined the IILM financed 40 percent equity and 60 percent debt, the Global Islamic Finance Forum. The IILM is banks to hold IILM sukuk. Last month, in October 2012. “We have to be driven company said. It will have an annual production a consortium of central banks and mone- Oman’s central bank participated in an by the market. So far they are asking for capacity of 600,000 tons. Advanced will hold a 35 per- tary agencies from Indonesia, Kuwait, IILM roundtable held in London. three months or six months.” —Reuters cent stake in the project.

Iraq’s Baiji Refinery Goldman Sachs plans Dubai Holding repairs to take a year benchmark-size ISTANBUL: Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) unit in talks Natural Resources Minister Ashti Hawrami yesterday dollar sukuk issue said it would take more than a year to repair the Baiji DUBAI: Goldman Sachs will meet fixed income investors to raise loan Refinery after it was damaged in a series of attacks by next week ahead of issuing a potential US dollar-denomi- Islamic State militants since June. The group, formerly DUBAI: A unit of Dubai Holding, the investment vehicle of nated sukuk, a document from lead managers said yes- known as ISIS, has seized vast swathes of territory in the emirate’s ruler, said yesterday it was in talks with terday, the latest non-Islamic borrower to announcing northern Iraq in a series of offensives in recent months, lenders to raise a syndicated loan, with banking sources sukuk plans. The investment bank plans to issue the and has repeatedly tried to seize and hold the Baiji adding the facility could be worth up to 4 billion dirhams wakala-structured Islamic bond through the JANY Sukuk Refinery, Iraq’s largest. “After the ISIS attack it will take at ($1.1 billion). TECOM Investments, a business park opera- Co vehicle and is targeting a benchmark-sized deal, the least a year for the Baiji Refinery to be repaired,” tor and one of the key assets of Dubai Holding, is expect- document said. Hawrami said in a speech during an energy conference ed to use the proceeds for its growth plans, while some of Traditionally, benchmark size is understood to mean in Istanbul. The Baiji Refinery was producing around the cash would also be diverted to the parent company, at least $500 million, while under a wakala structure, cer- 170,000 barrels per day before it was closed due to vio- one of the sources said. tificates are issued by an originator to purchase specific lence, a senior Iraqi official said in June. Iraq’s domestic TECOM said in a statement to Reuters it was seeking to assets, which are then given to an agent for manage- daily consumption is estimated at 600,000 bpd. The Iraqi raise a loan facility and the funds would be used to “sup- ment. The last month has seen a number of borrowers port future growth opportunities and other strategic federal pipeline connecting Kirkuk with the Turkish port who wouldn’t be regarded as traditional sukuk issuers objectives”. city of Ceyhan, would be unable to transport oil for years announce plans to tap Islamic investors, following on to come after being sabotaged, Hawrami added. from the United Kingdom’s debut sukuk in June. It declined to comment further. TECOM is close to final- Both Hong Kong and South Africa said Aug. 28 they izing the group of banks that will arrange the loan and it planned to meet investors ahead of potential sukuk intends to complete the deal this year, the sources said, issues, while Luxembourg’s finance ministry said Aug. 11 asking not to be named because the information isn’t Oman Oil signs $1.85bn it had chosen banks to arrange its first Islamic bond. The public. two-part loan facility increase in these conventional borrowers tapping the The loan will have a lifespan of between seven and eight years and will have an amortizing structure, the first DUBAI/LONDON: Oman Oil Co, the sultanate’s Islamic finance space indicates the development of the state-run oil firm, has completed a $1.85 billion two- sharia-compliant market from being a niche product source said. Under an amortizing deal, the borrower part loan deal with a group of mainly international only five years ago, as well as the recognition of signifi- repays parts of the loan throughout the duration, as cant pools of liquidity among investors in areas like the opposed to a bullet schedule which only requires interest lenders, two sources familiar with the matter said Gulf, who prefer financial products which comply with payments to be serviced. TECOM operates 11 business yesterday, with the cash to be used for general busi- cultural values. parks in the emirate including the Dubai Media City and ness purposes. The revolving credit facility was Year-to-date, issuance of sukuk globally has reached Dubai Internet City. signed a few days ago and is split between a $1 bil- $85.9 billion through 456 deals, compared to $74.9 bil- It announced plans to build a new development last lion three-year tranche and an $850 million piece lion through 558 deals in the same period last year, month with 440 luxury villas and is also building the Dubai Design District that would house global fashion with a five-year lifespan, the sources said, speaking according to data from Zawya, a Thomson Reuters com- on condition of anonymity as the information isn’t pany. Goldman Sachs picked itself, Abu Dhabi Islamic brands. Dubai Holding, which also owns luxury hotels public. Funding was provided on a broadly equal Bank , Emirates NBD, National Bank of Abu Dhabi and the group Jumeirah, was one of the state-linked entities that investment banking arm of Saudi Arabia’s National borrowed heavily from banks to fund growth and acquisi- split between the around 15 banks which con- Commercial Bank to arrange the investor meetings, the tions during the boom years from 2006-08 and was hit tributed to the transaction, one of the sources document said. Roadshows will be held in Qatar on Sept. when a property bubble burst. One of its other units, added. Oman Oil did not respond to requests for 10 and in the United Arab Emirates on the following day. Dubai Group, completed the restructuring of its $10 bil- comment. Financing activity in Oman, in particular Any potential sukuk under the JANY Sukuk Co vehicle lion debt in January, one of the last major hangovers from in the project finance space, has picked up in 2014 will be guaranteed by Goldman Sachs and is expected to the emirate’s financial crisis. The holding is now reviving as a number of infrastructure schemes come to mar- its growth plans with chief executive Ahmad bin Byat say- be rated A-/A by Standard & Poor’s and Fitch Ratings ket, after a period of relatively little activity outside respectively - identical to the ratings of the investment ing the company would need $6.8 billion to build “Mall of the local banking market. bank - the document added. —Reuters the World”, an entertainment district that would include the world’s largest shopping mall. —Reuters Business FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014 39

India’s car industry shifts back to faster lane NEW DELHI: After two years of shrinking of total sales numbers is increasing month- era Morris Oxford-which has just halted has just 15 cars per 1,000 people, accord- Indian sales, automakers are moving back to-month. But it’s only some of the well- production, to the dismay of retro-auto ing to industry figures-among the lowest into the fast lane as the economy picks up, established carmakers benefiting-the rest buffs-and the zippier, boxlike Maruti 800. rates in the world. China in comparison although analysts say it may be a few years are still struggling.” As India’s market liberalization began, boasts 60 per 1,000; in Brazil it is 200 and in before the industry goes full throttle again. All this adds up to a cheerier backdrop the middle class expanded and an afford- the United States, 800. Car sales grew for a fourth straight month for the annual conference of the Society of able array of foreign vehicles became Though some cities like Delhi boast in August in what analysts say heralds a Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) available. But lack of dealerships, poor cus- shiny, albeit congested, new subway sys- brisk religious holiday season-the two- in New Delhi on Friday, September 12. tomer service and products ill-suited for tems, rush-hour public transport is an month period ahead is seen as an auspi- Automakers have lined up a slew of India’s potholed roads deterred buyers. ordeal and people are in no rush to aban- cious time to buy. launches to drive demand and nudge con- However, even during the latest slow- don their cars, which are widely seen as “The consumer mood certainly seems sumers off motorcycles into low-cost cars down, the foreign luxury segment grew status symbols. “We need our cars to get better for the industry with the election” of while getting existing owners to upgrade sharply, and now BMWs, Audis and places-there’s me, my son, my daughter- a new right-wing government in May, to larger sedans and SUVs. Until the 1990s Mercedes-Benz sedans proliferate at fancy in-law and my wife-she doesn’t drive but Deepak Rathore, director of Delhi-based there were just a few models on sale in malls. she sometimes needs the car,” said Delhi consultancy Emerging Markets India. Among them were the bulky Experts say first-time buyers will still be construction firm owner Ravi Katyal, Automotive Advisers, said. “The strength Ambassador modelled on Britain’s 1950s- the big growth driver for many years. India whose family owns four cars. —AFP ECB in surprise rate cut to avert deflation FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank surprised financial markets yesterday by paring back its key interest rates to new all-time lows to ward off deflation, and it also cut growth fore- casts. The news sent the euro down by more than a cent against the dollar to the lowest level in 13 months. The head of the ECB, Mario Draghi, also said at a later press conference that the bank would launch a program to pur- chase asset-backed securities, a major policy development which the markets had expected. The bank would launch fur- ther measures if needed to ward off the threat of inflation, he assured, while also revealing that the bank had cut its euro- zone growth forecasts for this year and next. Against a background of growing concern that the single currency area is on the verge of dangerous spiral of falling prices, the ECB cut its central “refi” refinancing rate to 0.05 percent from 0.15 percent. It also lowered the deposit rate to minus 0.20 percent from minus 0.10 percent and trimmed its marginal lending rate to 0.30 percent from 0.40 percent, it said in a statement. Few analysts had expected any further rate cuts this month, arguing that, with euro-zone borrowing costs already at record lows, a cut would not prove particular- ly effective.

QE or ABS Many observers had expected the ECB to embark on a poli- cy of what is known as “quantitative easing” or “QE”, a radical policy-already used by other central banks such as the US Federal Reserve-of buying securities on a big scale to inject cash into the economy. KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines planes taxi on the tarmac at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia. But they said it might opt for a narrower scheme of asset- Malaysia Airlines has renamed a promotional competition asking people what activities and destinations are on their backed securities (ABS) purchases. —AFP “bucket list” after acknowledging it was inappropriate given the two deadly disasters it has suffered this year. —AP Malaysia Airlines scraps ‘bucket list’ promo title

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines has still visible in Google searches. before the disasters and was once asso- scrapped the title of a promotional com- A statement from Malaysia Airlines ciated with high-quality service. But the petition asking people what activities said the contest in Australia and New twin disasters, and the airlines handling and destinations are on their “bucket Zealand was launched online Monday, of the first one in particular, has badly list” after acknowledging it was inappro- but removed the next day after a bar- damaged its brand. The airline’s majori- priate given the two deadly disasters it rage of public criticism. The title was ty shareholder, state investment compa- has suffered this year. A bucket list is a “found to be inappropriate at this point ny Khazanah, last week announced it term used by some English-speakers to of time,” it said yesterday. “The airline would cut 6,000 workers at Malaysia describe a list of adventures they want appreciates and respects the sentiments Airlines as part of a $1.9 billion overhaul. to have before they die. of the public and in no way did it intend Danica Weeks, whose husband was a FRANKFURT: President of European Central Bank The “My Ultimate Bucket List to offend any parties.” Flight 370 passenger, told the New Mario Draghi is on his way to a news conference in Campaign” asked customers to come up A Malaysia Airlines jet with 239 peo- Zealand Herald the promotion was Frankfurt yesterday following a meeting of the ECB with suggestions, the best of which ple on board went missing March 8 “atrocious” and reflected the airline’s would win prizes including flights on while en route to Beijing and no trace of insensitivity to families of victims. The governing council. The European Central Bank has the airline. All references to the bucket it has been found. In July, a Malaysia contest was reinstated on Wednesday cut its interest rates and announced a new stimulus list have been scrubbed from the air- Airlines jet was shot down over Ukraine, and will run until the end of the year but program that involves buying financial assets, a bid line’s website but cached copies of the killing all 298 people on board. without any new title as “the focus is on to salvage a weak economic recovery. —AP competition’s terms and conditions are The airline had a good safety record the prizes,” the airline said. —AP Business FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

US auto sales mostly higher in August

NEW YORK: Large automakers reported generally higher But GM, the biggest US automaker, saw sales decline increasing.”Autodata said Wednesday’s results implied an US sales in August on strong demand for trucks and sport by 1.2 percent from August 2013 to 272,423. Deliveries of annual sales rate of 17.53 million units, well above fore- utility vehicles, although market leader General Motors Buicks and Cadillacs fell by 10.2 percent and 17.8 percent, casts. The August sales rate “was the highest level of auto suffered a modest decline. respectively. sales since January 2006 and suggests that real consumer Total light vehicle sales in August were 1.59 million, up However GM’s sales still bested the level projected by spending is rebounding in August after declining in July,” 5.5 percent from the year-ago period, according to indus- Edmunds.com, which had forecast sales of just 256,160. said Barclays. try specialist AutoData. That was above the 1.51 million GM also gave a bullish outlook about the upcoming Ford scored a 0.4 percent rise in sales to 222,174 vehi- projected by auto industry specialists Edmunds.com. The months. cles due to strong sales of its Ford Explorer SUV and the strongest gains came at Chrysler, which notched a 20 per- “We see a strong fall selling season ahead for GM and Fusion sedan. Toyota reported 2014 sales of 246,100 units, cent increase the industry,” said Kurt McNeil, GM US vice president for a 6.2 percent rise from last year. The Japanese automaker in sales to 198,379 compared with August 2013 due to sales. “Car-buying fundamentals like employment and cited strong sales of SUVs. Honda sales gained 0.4 percent especially large increases at Jeep (+49 percent) and Ram energy prices are in good shape, consumer confidence has to 167,038, while Nissan sales jumped 11.5 percent to Truck, with some Ram vehicles gaining 33 percent. reached a post-recession high and business investment is 134,388.—AFP Argentine lawmakers OK debt payment alternatives

BUENOS AIRES: Argentina’s lawmakers approved a measure ear- ly yesterday that would transfer the payment site for the coun- try’s restructured debt obligations from New York to Buenos Aires, as the country grapples with fallout from its 2001 default. France was also added as an alternative payment source in the vote after a marathon session that began Wednesday. The meas- ure was passed by the Senate passed by a vote of 39 to 27 with two abstentions, and now goes to the Chamber of Deputies. The measures are backed by President Cristina Kirchner, whose supporters hold majorities in both houses of the Argentine Congress. The bill related to the debt impasse was the Kirchner adminis- tration’s latest attempt to circumvent a US court order that has blocked payments to creditors holding restructured Argentine bonds. Argentina is still dealing with the after-effects of its 2001 default on $100 billion in debt, the largest in history at the time. Buenos Aires reached deals with most of its creditors to BEIJING: Air China Boeing 747 preparing to land at Beijing Capital International airport. Boeing on September 3 projected that China restructure its debt, agreeing to repay them just 70 percent of the will need more than 6,000 new aircraft over the next 20 years as flight demand in the country increases and diversifies. — AFP face value of the bonds they hold. But two “holdout” US hedge funds refused to accept a write- down on their Argentine bonds, and the US court ruled in their favor, forcing Argentina into its second default in 13 years. Those BoE holds rates despite funds are owed $1.3 billion. US District Court Judge Thomas Griesa ordered the Bank of New York Mellon (BoNY), which was acting as the agent receiving Argentina’s debt payments, not to unflagging recovery transfer any payments until Buenos Aires resolves its dispute with the holdout hedge funds.—AFP Risks to recovery remain

LONDON: The Bank of England kept interest rates on hold yester- ting the outcome of the vote in doubt. Goldman Sachs said on day as Britain’s economy continued to thrive although risks to the Wednesday that a vote for independence would have “serious recovery both at home and abroad remain. consequences” for both the Scottish and UK economies, as the The BoE’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) left its Bank Rate pound hit a new seven-month low against the dollar. at 0.5 percent, where it has been since the depths of the financial crisis more than five years ago. Investors will have to wait almost Stagnant economy two weeks to find out if any more policymakers voted in favor of A stagnant euro-zone economy, Britain’s biggest export mar- raising interest rates, after two of the nine MPC members broke ket, is another cloud on the horizon for the BoE. The European ranks in August. The BoE last month said it was watching for signs Central Bank faces market pressure to take policy action to arrest of pay growth, which has been very weak, as it considers the best an alarming decline in inflation. It announces its monthly policy time to start weaning the economy off low rates. decision at 1145 GMT yesterday. With economic growth set to reach more than 3 percent this Business surveys have also suggested the conflict in Ukraine year, economists polled by Reuters expect the BoE to raise inter- has impacted trade in Europe. Any further escalation could have a est rates in early 2015 - probably a few months before the US tangible impact on economies across Europe, and therefore fur- Federal Reserve. But there are risks to that view, both from home ther delay the BoE’s exit from record low rates. Further ahead, and abroad. Activity in the services sector that dominates Britain’s economists believe a British national election in May next year economy grew at the fastest pace in a year in August, a survey could influence the timing of a rate hike, even though MPC mem- showed this week, suggesting no let-up in the pace of economic bers are independent of political considerations. With politicians recovery going into the final months of the year. at odds over whether the current government should be credited But waning growth in manufacturing added to a sense that with economic recovery or blamed for a painful decline in living the recovery - while strong - is still too reliant on Britain’s big- standards, the first interest rate hike since 2007 will be in focus in spending consumers rather than business investment or exports. a likely close election race. The BoE said yesterday it was keeping BERLIN: A woman uses a 4k consumer video camera at the IFA, Scotland’s independence referendum on Sept. 18 could deliver its stock of assets amassed under its quantitative easing program one of the world’s largest trade fairs for consumer electronics the most immediate shock to the economy - a poll this week at 375 billion pounds, and would reinvest 14.4 billion pounds of a and electrical home appliances in Berlin yesterday. The IFA showed support for independence at its highest ever level, put- gilt maturing this month. — Reuters takes place in Berlin from today until Sept 10, 2014. — AP Business FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014 Euro-zone must reform, German industry says eurogroup head orders jump in ECB alone cannot mend economy, Dijsselbloem July rebound BERLIN: German industrial orders rose at their strongest BRUSSELS: Euro-zone governments must push ahead with structural The ECB cut interest rates to a record low in June and has rate in more than a year in July, raising hopes that Europe’s reforms and should not rely on the European Central Bank to fix the already promised steps to flood markets with cheap funds later biggest economy may yet weather the crisis in Ukraine and economy, the chairman of the bloc’s finance ministers said yesterday. this month to revive credit to the 9.6 trillion euro economy. bounce back after a tricky second quarter. Economy min- Speaking as the ECB held a policy meeting in Frankfurt, Jeroen A Reuters poll pointed to no change in rates yesterday, and istry data released yesterday showed a 4.6 percent month- Dijsselbloem echoed comments last month by the bank’s president analysts say the bank’s room for manoeuvre for meaningful new on-month increase in orders, rising more than three times Mario Draghi urging governments to focus more on reviving growth policy initiatives is limited, with a possible announcement on a faster than the Reuters consensus forecast for a 1.5 percent while continuing to reform their economies. The bloc needed to program to buy asset-backed securities (ABS) viewed as most like- increase as demand from outside the euro-zone surged. design a growth-friendly fiscal environment, eurogroup head ly.Dijsselbloem said the June policy package, including the TLTRO “After the uncertainty caused by geopolitical develop- Dijsselbloem told the European Parliament’s economic and monetary program of cheap long-term loans, had not been given enough ments and a weaker economy in the second quarter, the committee. Euro zone finance ministers will meet in Milan on Sept. 12 consideration in analyses. “The results are yet to take place. Let’s strong rise in orders is an encouraging signal for the indus- to continue a debate how to fine-tune existing policies to fix public evaluate that as we go along,” he said. Dijsselbloem also said trial economy,” said the ministry in a statement. Germany’s finances and support growth at the same time. “Recent economic politicians should not expect the ECB’s monetary policy actions to gross domestic product surprisingly contracted in the three data confirm that the recovery in the euro zone remains very fragile do their work for them, and structural reforms were key. months to June, falling 0.2 percent quarter on quarter to and uneven,” Dijsselbloem said. “I believe that recent developments “Depending very strongly on monetary policy has in itself a raise doubts about whether it could prop up growth across underscore the need to push forwards the growth and reform agen- number of risks, which may not materialize in the short run, but the continent as western sanctions against Russia over da. Fundamental challenges faced by the euro zone are unchanged,” that you have to deal with in the longer run,” said Dijsselbloem. Ukraine began to fuel anxiety within the business commu- he added, noting the bloc was facing a threat of a long period of very Europe is debating how to use existing fiscal rules - writ- nity. Yesterday’s jump in orders was driven by robust low inflation. ten down in the Stability and Growth Pact - and their flexibili- demand, especially from countries outside the euro-zone, ty to help the uneven recovery. Shifting the tax burden from for capital goods. The ministry said big-ticket items had Monetary policy risks labor to boost domestic demand would be one of the played a role in the increase but underlying activity was The economic recovery in the 18 countries sharing the euro unex- options, Dijsselbloem suggested, adding there was space in also positive. With weak investment and slow trade having pectedly stalled in the second quarter while inflation fell to a five-year number of European countries to boost public investment. driven the second quarter GDP contraction, some econo- low in August. Expectations for news of further stimulus from the ECB “Yes we should flexibility (within existing rules), but it’s not a mists expressed fears when that data came out last month later yesterday are high after Draghi pledged in a speech at last free ride. Some countries think that by simply using the word that Europe’s economic engine could slip into recession in month’s central bankers conference in Jackson Hole to use all avail- flexibility their problems will be and that cannot be the case,” the third quarter. able policy tools to avoid a deflationary spiral. he said. — Reuters But others said yesterday’s data showed that the conflict in eastern Ukraine, while weighing on sentiment surveys, had not had any significant impact on hard data. “All the talk about geopolitical tensions and their swift impact on German hard data was wrong and largely exaggerated. The Russian-Ukrainian crisis does not resemble the Lehman shock with its swift and brutal impact we had gone through six years ago,” said Andreas Rees, economist at UniCredit.

Eeuro-zone weaknes Markit’s composite Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) showed on Wednesday that Germany’s private sector expanded at its slowest pace in 10 months in August as manufacturing grew at a weaker rate. Some economists said they expected surveys such as the Ifo business climate index and ZEW analyst and investor index, to improve soon. “The business surveys have yet to stabilize, after they fell a bit further in August. Our expecta- tion is that this will begin to materialize from September,” said Greg Fuzesi at JP Morgan. Orders for capital goods rose 8.5 percent, driven by a 14.6 percent increase in demand from countries outside the euro-zone while contracts from members of the single cur- rency rose just 2.9 percent. “On a more negative note, how- ever, the only marginal improvement of new orders from other euro zone countries shows downside risks for the German economy currently do not mainly come from LOS ANGELES: The Phillips 66 refinery in the Wilmington area of Los Angeles. The Commerce Department reported on the US geopolitical tensions but rather from longer-than-expected trade deficit in July. The nation’s trade balance in oil has continued to improve this year. The US had a petroleum trade deficit weak demand from euro zone peers,” said ING economist of $105.3 billion in the first half of this year, down from $125.7 billion last year. —AP Carsten Brzeski. —Reuters BoJ holds off stimulus despite slowdown

TOKYO: The Bank of Japan’s chief yesterday stuck by his rosy view and threw into question Tokyo’s plans for another rise next year. ing-saying the impact of the sales tax hike has not been as bad as of the economy despite mounting evidence that an April sales tax Million of shoppers made a last-minute dash to stores before expected. “The latter half of this year is going to be crucial...and hike has stalled growth. Haruhiko Kuroda’s upbeat take on the prices went up on April 1, followed by a slump in spending. Weak the BoJ may change its views depending on future developments world’s number three economy has appeared increasingly at odds consumer spending and factory output for July point to a tepid in the economy,” said Hideo Kumano, chief economist at Dai-ichi with the official data, but he brushed off questions about the third quarter and have dashed hopes for a quick rebound, which Life Research Institute. apparent gap after a meeting where policymakers held fire on boosted speculation that the BoJ would be forced to turn on the “But for now I don’t think the bank will announce additional eas- launching more stimulus. monetary easing tap. ing.” Yesterday, the BoJ acknowledged a decline in the real-estate “Although there has been a bit of weak data, there is also a “The BoJ’s optimism will likely see some severe tests before too sector and said factory output has “recently shown some weak- favorable cycle of rising income and spending in households and long,” said Marcel Thieliant from Capital Economics. “Inflation is ness”-a term it also applied to exports. But it also noted that the corporate sector,” he told reporters in Tokyo. “So, the impact of likely to fall short of the bank’s forecasts by year-end, so a more employment and wage growth were “improving steadily”. “Japan’s the tax rise and the broader economic trends-excluding the aggressive pace of purchases may still be required.” economy has continued to recover moderately as a trend,” it said impact of the hike-should be looked at separately.” The April-June adding the tax hike’s impact would “wane gradually”, echoing its quarter saw Japan’s economy suffer its deepest contraction since ‘Views may change’ earlier statements. However, the BoJ has lowered its growth fore- the 2011 quake and tsunami owing to the sales tax hike. For the past 20 meetings, the BoJ has held off making any cast for the current fiscal year to March to 1.0 percent, well down The rise was seen as crucial to chopping a mammoth public major adjustments to an unprecedented stimulus plan launched from a 1.5 percent prediction in late 2013. Kuroda yesterday repeat- debt but economists warned it could derail a budding recovery in last year, a cornerstone of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s wider bid to ed his support for Tokyo’s tentative plans to raise the sales tax an economy beset by years of deflation. The 1.7 percent dip in kickstart the long laggard economy, dubbed Abenomics. Kuroda again to 10 percent from the current 8.0 percent, saying that failing gross domestic product-or a 6.8 percent contraction at an annual- has given little indication he will soon increase the BoJ’s asset-pur- to lift rates could see a plunge in investors’ confidence over Japan’s ized rate — gave the clearest picture yet of the levy hike’s impact, chasing stimulus-similar to the Federal Reserve’s quantitative eas- ability to meet its huge debt obligations. —AFP Sports FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Will Power cashes in on 1st IndyCar title

CHARLOTTE: Will Power capped his first IndyCar Series Charlie Kimball claimed the $25,000 TAG Heuer “Don’t Haas founded Haas Automation in 1983 and has championship with a $1 million bonus check. Power won Crack Under Pressure” Award for advancing the most shaped it into the largest CNC machine tool builder in his first series championship Saturday night, finishing cumulative places during the season. Juan Pablo North America. “Haas Automation has an excellent repu- ninth in the final race at Fontana before raising the Astor Montoya was voted favorite driver by Verizon IndyCar tation in the United States and I want that reputation to Cup for the first time in a career filled with agonizing Series fans in his first year back after several seasons in grow worldwide,” he said. “Connecting Haas Automation misses. Power and team owner Roger Penske were pre- NASCAR. Jim Campbell, Chevrolet’s vice president of per- with F1 in name and in practice when the Haas F1 Team sented with the championship bonus check and replicas formance vehicles and motorsports, accepted the manu- debuts in 2016 is the best way to grow our business and of the Astor Cup, the IndyCar Series championship tro- facturer’s award on behalf of Chevrolet. Helio Castroneves elevate Haas Automation to a premium, global brand.” phy. “It’s still sinking in really,” Power said at the postsea- of Team Penske was honored as the second-place finisher The last US-based Formula One team was Parnelli son IndyCar banquet. “When you want something so bad in the championship while 2013 series champion Scott Jones Racing in 1974-76, when Mario Andretti drove. for so long, it’s such a relief when you finally get it. It’s Dixon of Target Chip Ganassi Racing was honored for fin- Haas selected Scuderia Ferrari as its technical partner. exactly that, a culmination of 15 years of hard work to get ishing third. Susie Wheldon was selected the winner of Scuderia Ferrari, the most successful team in the history to this point.” the Dan and Susie Wheldon Make a Difference Award. A of Formula One with 16 constructors titles and 15 driver Power also received a championship ring, a $75,000 $1,000 donation to charity will be made in her honor. championships, will provide Haas F1 Team its power unit, prize for winning the most races and the Verizon P1 gearbox and overall technical support. Award for scoring the most points among pole winners. FORMULA 1 “Aligning Haas F1 Team with such a tenured and suc- Power headlined a banner year for Team Penske. Matt Haas Formula is now Haas F1 Team. Gene Haas, cessful company in Scuderia Ferrari provides our team Jonnson, chief mechanic for Power’s No. 12 Chevrolet, founder of Haas Automation and chairman of the newly with the greatest opportunity for success in 2016 and accepted the Verizon IndyCar Series Chief Mechanic of renamed Haas F1 Team, opted for the name change to beyond,” Haas said. The power unit consists of the the Year Award. Jon Bouslog of Team Penske accepted better correlate his team with the FIA Formula 1 World engine, the motor generator unit-kinetic, the motor gen- the Team Manager of the Year Award. Championship. Haas also has motorsports holdings in erator unit-heat, the energy store, turbocharger, and con- In other awards: Carlos Munoz of Andretti Autosport Windshear. Windshear is a 180 mph rolling-road wind trol electronics. The gearbox, or transmission, has eight earned $50,000 as IndyCar’s Rookie of the Year and Jack tunnel in Concord, North Carolina, that is the first of its forward gears, which are operated by the driver via pad- Hawksworth won the Tony Renna Rising Star Award. kind in North America. dles affixed to the back of the steering wheel.—AP Wallabies to do battle up front with Boks in Perth

SYDNEY: The headlines have focused on Bryan doned his experiment with Kurtley Beale at Habana’s 100th test and a new Wallabies half- number 10. It will be the performance up front, back partnership but it is in the maelstrom of however, that is likely to determine whether the forward battle that tomorrow’s clash Australia can secure a first victory against one of between Australia and South Africa is likely to the traditional southern hemisphere powers be decided. since McKenzie took charge. The Springboks go into the match at Perth’s If McKenzie had any doubt about South Subiaco Oval (1005 GMT) leading the Rugby Africa’s approach to the match, they were dis- Championship after two narrow victories over pelled when Heyneke Meyer made six changes Argentina, while Australia remain winless after a to the team that squeaked past Argentina 33-31 draw and a 51-20 pummeling at the hands of in Salta. the All Blacks. Adriaan Strauss came in at hooker alongside McKenzie responded to the humiliation at Tendai “The Beast” Mtawarira in the front row, Eden Park by reshuffling his backline but the six- Victor Matfield slotted back into the second row two split in favour of the forwards on his and Morne Steyn returned at flyhalf in place of replacements bench is perhaps a better indica- the dropped Handre Pollard. MONZA: (L to R) Mercedes’ German driver Nico Rosberg, Scuderia Ferrari’s Spanish driver Fernando tion of the sort of match he is expecting. Strauss wins his place ahead of Bismarck du Alonso and Mercedes’ British driver Lewis Hamilton hold a press conference at the Autodromo Scrumhalf Nick Phipps and flyhalf Bernard Plessis because of his discipline, strong scrum- Nazionale circuit in Monza yesterday ahead of the Italian Formula One Grand Prix. — AFP Foley, the fulcrum of New South Wales maging and accurate throwing-in, while Waratahs’ Super Rugby triumph, will start a test Matfield remains an almost peerless ball winner Ferrari braced for together for the first time after McKenzie aban- at line-out time.—Reuters challenging race

MONZA: Ferrari team chief Marco Mattiacci has “Obviously, there has been a lot of talk from warned the iconic team’s fans to expect “an the summer of last year, the start more or less, extremely difficult” home race at this weekend’s but from my mouth never came any interest to Italian Grand Prix at Monza. leave Ferrari or any words saying that I will join While most attention will be focussed on the another team,” he explained. “There are a lot of resumption of hostilities between the champi- speculations which is not disturbing, but it cre- onship leading Mercedes duo Nico Rosberg and ates a bit of tension around and stress, but also Lewis Hamilton, the tifosi will be more con- you feel proud, you feel happy that the best cerned with the travails of the scarlet scuderia as teams have interest in you and they say it in they bid for some glory on home soil. public.” Alonso acknowledged that he is not rel- “We must keep doing what we’ve been ishing racing his Ferrari this year following the doing, which is keep very calm, make the right radical rule changes that have reduced noise decisions knowing that we are away from the and speed, and increased the frustration. “It is top, and take any opportunities,” said Mattiacci. quite boring in the car,” he admitted. “It is a “That’s the approach we have for Monza. It’s tough year to be in Formula One.” going to be extremely difficult, that we are aware. Let’s see what we can do on the other Rosberg reprimanded side.” Ferrari have not won their home Grand The same cannot be said for Mercedes Prix since two-time champion Fernando Alonso where, following Rosberg’s collision with was triumphant in 2010 - a feeling he wants to Hamilton at the Belgian Grand Prix, the team repeat in the future, if winning is beyond the reprimanded and punished the championship- team this Sunday, he said this week. leading German. “I want to win for Ferrari, I want to win here He and Hamilton, who is 29 points behind and finish the job that we started some years with seven races remaining, spoke of continuing ago and we will see what the future comes,” the to work together, despite their differences and BEGLE: A file photo taken on August 16, 2014 shows Bordeaux’ winger Sofiane Guitoune (L) vying Spaniard said, in an interview with Sky Sports rivalry, but it is difficult to imagine that they will for the ball with Lyon’s Enrico Januarie during the French Top 14 rugby union match between News during which he also made clear he has avoid any further conflict as the title race runs Union Bordeaux-Begles (UBB) and Lyon (LOU) at the Andre Moga stadium in Begle. — AFP no intention of leaving Ferrari for another team. down to the wire.—AFP Sports FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014 43

India weighs size of Asian Games delegation

MUMBAI: A large number of Indian Sports Authority of India (SAI) director for the Games in South Korea, though Mehta said the sports ministry could not athletes are in the dark about their par- general Jiji Thomson told Reuters on they expect at least 70 medals. stop athletes from travelling to Incheon ticipation at the Asian Games as the yesterday. “We want to send people The SAI said last week that India was if their federations paid the bill. country’s sports officials debate send- with a realistic chance of winning not likely to compete in baseball, bowl- “I can assure you all the athletes we ing only medal hopefuls to Incheon. medals since it’s the country’s pride ing, fencing, karate, modern pen- have recommended will travel to The Indian Olympic Association that is at stake. “But we are bureau- tathlon, rugby, soft ball, soft tennis and Korea for the Asian Games,” Mehta (IOA) has sent a list of 944 athletes and crats and it’s up to the sports minister triathlon in Incheon because of the told Reuters last week. “SAI has no officials for government approval to (Sarbananda Sonowal) to take a final athletes’ poor standards. authority to decide who will go. It’s the travel to the Sept. 19-Oct. 4 Games, but call.” India sent 609 athletes in a dele- The sports minister will meet officials prerogative of the federations and the the national sports authority wants it gation of 933 to the Guangzhou Games later yesterday to determine the IOA.” However, SAI insisted govern- cut back for fear the country might be in China four years back where they strength of the delegation, according to ment clearance was mandatory. embarrassed on the world stage. participated in 35 disciplines and won Thomson. The ministry in the past has “According to the new Sports Code, “The IOA list is huge and we have 65 medals, including 14 gold. The SAI cleared federations to send athletes so the minister’s approval is necessary recommended pruning. We don’t want has recommended the government long as they take care of their own even if the federations fund their trip,” the athletes to cut a sorry figure there,” approve athletes for only 26 disciplines expenses. IOA secretary general Rajeev Thomson added. —Reuters Spain beat France 88-64 to go 4-0 at World Cup

GRANADA: Ricky Rubio’s quick hands Nicolas Batum and Antoine Diot with GROUP A set the tone and Marc Gasol had a 11 points each. IRAN 88, EGYPT 73 game-high 17 points as Spain beat Spain (4-0) returns to the raucous Hamed Haddadi dominated the paint France 88-64 Wednesday to remain Palacio de Deportes to play Serbia (2- with 23 points and 15 rebounds, and undefeated at the Basketball World 2) yesterday, when France (2-2) faces Samad Nikkah Bahrami hit six three point- Cup. Rubio had five assists, three steals Egypt (0-4) to close Group A. Also in ers as Iran (1-3) never trailed the winless and two drives down the lane for Granada, forward Marquinhos Vieira Egypt. LONDON: In this photograph taken on July 30, 2012 layups in the first quarter in his 100th made six 3-pointers in a 81-73 win for India’s midfielder Sardar Singh dribbles past oppo- appearance for the national team, with Brazil (3-1) after it weathered Serbia’s GROUP B nents during the preliminary round men’s field the Minnesota Timberwolves point explosive third quarter, when it erased ARGENTINA 81, SENEGAL 46 hockey match of the London 2012 Olympic Games guard looking eager to atone for an 18-point deficit. Indiana Pacers forward Luis Scola Spain’s loss to France at last year’s At other venues, the US, Greece and scored 22 points and hauled in 14 between Netherlands and India at the Riverbank European Championship. Slovenia also improved to 4-0 to rebounds as Argentina improved to 3-1, Arena in London. —AFP Rubio struggled later, but Spain was remain in first place in their groups positioning the South Americans to play never threatened down the stretch. with one game to go. US forward for the group’s top spot when they take France focused on containing Pau Kenneth Faried kept up his sharp on Greece in the last group phase match. Sardar Singh to Gasol, but the Chicago Bulls player still shooting as he led the US with 16 Gorgui Dieng had 11 points for Senegal scored 15 points to nearly match his points in a 106-71 over the Dominican (2-2). lead India’s brother Marc. The closest France got Republic (2-2) in Group C in Bilbao. was 19-19, but Juan Carlos Navarro In Group B in Seville, Greece dished PUERTO RICO 77, PHILIPPINES 73 sunk a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to end out 23 assists to beat Croatia 76-65 J.J. Barea scored the go-head layup hockey squad the first quarter. Navarro then drained with forwards Kostas Papanikolaou and made three free throws to out-duel NEW DELHI: Seasoned midfielder Sardar Singh will lead another 3 followed by Marc also scor- and Kostas Kaimakoglou scoring 14 Andray Blatche and give Puerto Rico (1-3) India as the former Asian Games field hockey champions ing from long range. points each. Goran Dragic of the its first win of the tournament. He fin- And France never came close again. Phoenix Suns scored 14 points and ished with 30 points. Blatche scored 25 bid to regain their title later this month, Hockey India said “I am disappointed with the score Slovenia avoided an upset, holding off points for the Philippines (0-4). yesterday. spread, because we started quite well,” Angola 93-87 in Group D in Gran The 16-man squad, buoyed by a strong showing at the said France coach Vincent Collet. Canaria. GROUP C Commonwealth Games, will be coached by former “When you let them go they become Point guard Roberto Fortes scored TURKEY 77, FINLAND 73, OT Australian international Terry Walsh at the September 19- unstoppable.” France, playing without 21 points while center Yanick Moreira Cenk Akyol made a tying 3-pointer October 4 Games in the South Korean city of Incheon. star Tony Parker, was kept afloat by added 20 more for Angola (1-3). with 4.2 seconds remaining in regulation, The eight-time Olympic champions have won the Asiad and Turkey (2-2) evened its record behind 22 points from New Orleans Pelicans cen- title only twice, both times in Bangkok in 1966 and 1998. ter Omer Asik. Petteri Koponen scored 17 They finished third in Guangzhou four years ago behind points for Finland (1-3), but missed two Pakistan and Malaysia. free throws in the final seconds of regula- India are drawn in group B of the 10-nation competition tion with the Finns up by three. alongside defending champions Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Oman and China. Group A comprises hosts South Korea, Malaysia, NEW ZEALAND 73, UKRAINE 61 New Zealand (1-3) grabbed 48 Japan, Bangladesh and Singapore. rebounds to Ukraine’s 25, and Kirk Penney Two teams from each group will advance to the semi- scored 17 points as the Tall Blacks kept finals and the winner will gain an automatic qualification to alive their chances at the second round. the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Maxym Kornienko had 15 points for India were losing finalists to world champions Australia Ukraine (2-2). at the recent Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. India’s Asian Games squad (international appearances in brackets): GROUP D LITHUANIA, 79 KOREA 49 Goalkeeper: P R Sreejesh (106). Adas Juskevicius made six 3-pointers Defenders: Gurbaj Singh (170), Birendra Lakra (77), to help ensure Lithuania (3-1) can still Rupinder Pal Singh (95), Kothajit Singh (77), V. R. fight for first place when it plays Slovenia Raghunath (166). in the final group game. Midfielders: Dharamvir Singh (81), Sardar Singh (191 - capt), Danish Mujtaba (117), Chinglensana Singh Kangujam AUSTRALIA 70, MEXICO 62 BILBAO: A group performs in a time out during the Group C Basketball Aron Baynes scored 21 points in a (58), Manpreet Singh (103). World Cup match between United States and Dominican Republic, in game Australia (3-1) led for the entire sec- Forwards: Ramandeep Singh (17), Akashdeep Singh Bilbao northern Spain, Wednesday. The 2014 Basketball World Cup com- ond half. Atlanta Hawks center Gustavo (47), S. V. Sunil (143), Gurwinder Singh Chandi (103), Nikkin petition takes place in various cities in Spain from Aug 30 to Sept 14. —AP Ayon had 11 points for Mexico (1-3). —AP Thimmaiah (17). —AFP Sports FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014 44 Vargas, Nunez lead Twins over White Sox

MINNEAPOLIS: Kennys Vargas homered for strong pitching battle as the Seattle Mariners out nine and did not walk a batter. Detroit hits and issuing three walks while fanning the second consecutive night and Eduardo came from behind to beat the Oakland right-hander Justin Verlander (12-12) gave five. Pittsburgh’s Edinson Volquez worked 6 Nunez had four hits as the Minnesota Twins Athletics. Hernandez (14-5) continued his up seven runs, six earned, on nine hits in 6 1/3 innings, yielding only three hits and defeated the Chicago White Sox 11-4 on dominance of the A’s. He allowed one run on 2/3 innings as the Tigers fell 1 1/2 games walking two with five strikeouts. Wednesday. The Twins broke loose for five three hits over eight innings, improving to behind the first-place Royals in the American runs in the fifth inning to break a 3-all tie and 19-7 for his career against Oakland and 4-0 in League Central. Cubs 6, Brewers 2 set up Trevor May (1-4) for his first major five starts this season. Lester (13-10) gave up Right-hander Kyle Hendricks celebrated league win. Vargas’ RBI single and Eduardo only two runs on seven hits over eight Royals 4, Rangers 1 his selection as National League rookie of Escobar’s two-run triple did the bulk of the innings and fell to 0-3 over his last four Left-hander Jason Vargas threw 6 2/3 the month with his sixth win in 10 big- damage for Minnesota. starts. He won his first three outings for scoreless innings and left fielder Alex Gordon league starts as the Chicago Cubs beat the Vargas added a two-run homer deep into Oakland after being traded by Boston to the hit a two-run homer as the Kansas City Milwaukee Brewers. Hendricks (6-1) allowed the second deck in left field in the sixth. A’s on July 31. Royals defeated the last-place Texas Rangers two runs on nine hits in 5 2/3 innings to send Since being called up from the minors on to sweep the three-game series. Vargas (11- Milwaukee to their eighth successive loss as Aug. 1, Vargas has 31 RBIs - third-most in the Orioles 6, Reds 0 7), who had given up 21 hits and seven runs the Brewers fell three games behind NL majors during that span. Miguel Gonzalez threw a four-hitter in the in 12 innings in losing his previous two Central-leading St. Louis. May allowed three runs and six hits while striking out six in five innings. The Twins jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first behind Nunez’s RBI triple and back-to-back doubles from Josmil Pinto and Oswaldo Arcia. White Sox starter John Danks (9-10) set- tled down to hold the Twins scoreless for the next three innings, and Chicago got back into it. Dayan Viciedo’s two-run homer into the second deck in left brought the White Sox within a run, and Adam Eaton’s RBI sin- gle tied it in the fifth. The game was halted in the bottom half by a 16-minute rain delay. When play resumed, Vargas lined Danks’ first pitch into right field for an RBI single to give the Twins a 4-3 lead. Four batters later, Escobar hit reliever Matt Lindstrom’s first pitch into the right- field corner for a two-run triple.

TWINS TIP CAPS TO KONERKO The Twins honored White Sox captain Paul Konerko in a pregame ceremony com- memorating his final game in Minnesota. First baseman Joe Mauer and closer Glen Perkins gave Konerko a bottle of wine, and Twins manager Ron Gardenhire presented a $10,000 check for the Bring Me Home Campaign, which supports foster care in Chicago. In his 18-year career, Konerko played 256 games against the Twins, more than any player in history. SAN DIEGO: San Diego Padres third baseman Yangervis Solarte, right, misses the throw back to third as Arizona Nationals 8, Dodgers 5 (14) Diamondbacks’ Didi Gregorius, left, is caught off base during the fifth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, in San Diego. Adam LaRoche stole the show, driving in five runs as the Washington Nationals beat Gregorius scored and Solarte picked up an error on the play. —AP the Los Angeles Dodgers in a dramatic game that stretched 14 innings. The Nationals used first complete game of his career and the starts, limited the Rangers to six hits, walked Braves 7, Phillies 4 a record 26 players, including 10 pitchers, in Baltimore Orioles won in a shutout over the none and struck out five before leaving after Rookie catcher Christian Bethancourt, pro- a game that lasted five hours, 34 minutes. Cincinnati Reds. Gonzalez (8-7) did not allow 102 pitches. moted from the minors on Tuesday, went 3- But nobody had the impact of LaRoche, who a hit until the fifth inning and held the Reds for-4 with two RBIs and two runs as the entered the game as a pinch hitter in the (66-73) to one until the eighth as the first- Astros 4, Angels 1 Atlanta Braves defeated the Philadelphia ninth and went 2-for-3 with a season-high place Orioles (81-57) maintained a 9 1/2 Colin McHugh pitched another strong Phillies. The Braves had managed only one five RBIs. He drove in the game-winner in the game lead in the American League East. game and the Houston Astros beat the Los run in their previous four games but they 14th as the Nationals won a series at Dodger Angeles Angles. McHugh kept the powerful broke out their slump to score their highest Stadium for the first time since 2005. Yankees 5, Red Sox 1 Los Angeles batters in check. He was number of runs in 12 games. Hiroki Kuroda pitched seven solid innings replaced with two outs in the eighth inning, Rockies 9, Giants 2 and Brian McCann tied a career high with having allowed one run on four hits and Mets 4, Marlins 3 The Colorado Rockies walloped four home four hits, leading the New York Yankees to striking out eight. In seven outings since The New York Mets took the lead with two runs and buried the San Francisco Giants. victory over the Boston Red Sox. Kuroda (10- August, McHugh has allowed nine earned runs in the eighth inning and then overcame Corey Dickerson hit two homers, giving him 8) won his third straight decision by allowing runs, going 4-0 with a 1.49 ERA. a Giancarlo Stanton home run to defeat the 22 for the season, and the Rockies took the a run and four hits. He struck out seven and Miami Marlins. lead with four runs in the fifth inning, before did not issue a walk while throwing 73 of 95 Cardinals 1, Pirates 0 scoring four more in the sixth. The loss was pitches for strikes. Center fielder Peter Bourjos hit a two-out Blue Jays 7, Rays 4 just the second in nine games for the Giants, RBI single in the bottom of the ninth to give First baseman Adam Lind went 4-for-5 and who remained two games behind the Indians 7, Tigers 0 the St. Louis Cardinals victory over the the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Dodgers in the National League West. Danny Salazar pitched an eight-hit Cincinnati Reds and a sweep of their three- Rays in a game that was delayed for 30 min- shutout gem, his first career complete game, game series. In a game dominated by strong utes in the third inning by an intense band of Mariners 2, Athletics 1 and the Cleveland Indians beat the Detroit pitching, St. Louis starter Shelby Miller went thunderstorms that partially blackened sever- Felix Hernandez outdueled Jon Lester in a Tigers. Salazar (6-6) threw 118 pitches, struck seven scoreless innings, allowing only three al banks of lights. —Agencies Sports FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014 45

Game would be better off without IPL: Botham

LONDON: The Indian Premier League that it shouldn’t be there at all as it is a year and not pay a penny to the boards duties as the country’s cricket board (IPL) should be scrapped to safeguard changing the priorities in world cricket. who brought these players into the president in the wake of his son-in-law the long-term health of cricket, accord- “Players are slaves to it. Administrators game?” Botham said. Gurunath Meiyappan being indicted for ing to former England all-rounder Ian bow to it.” Botham said the IPL, which has been illegal betting on the 2013 IPL tourna- Botham. Former England batsman Kevin tarnished by several corruption cases ment. Botham believes the big-money Pietersen was picked by Delhi for this since its inception in 2008, could fuel the The scandal surfaced when former Twenty20 competition featuring eight year’s tournament, a deal worth 20 mil- scourge of spot-fixing. test bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth franchises which bid for the cream of the lion rupees, although India’s Yuvraj “Corruption is enough of a problem and two other local cricketers, all playing world’s leading one-day talent has Singh drew the highest bid of 140 mil- in itself, but the IPL compounds that for the Rajasthan Royals, were arrested become too powerful and could be lion Indian rupees ($2.32 million) from problem given it provides the perfect on suspicion of taking money to con- fuelling corruption in the game. the Vijay Mallya-owned Bangalore fran- opportunity for betting and therefore cede a fixed number of runs. Sreesanth, “I am worried about the IPL,” Botham chise. fixing,” he said. who had denied any wrongdoing, was said during his MCC Spirit of Cricket “How on earth did the IPL own the Earlier this year India’s top court tem- subsequently banned for life by the Cowdrey Lecture at Lord’s. “In fact I fear best players in the world for two months porarily relieved N. Srinivasan of his BCCI. —Reuters

Al Bader Shipping clinch SCCT trophy KUWAIT: Shipping Companies Cricket Tournament (SCCT) commenced the year 2004, initiated by the former captain of ABGCC William Bill Young, who later was nominated the Chairman of SCCT by the organizing committee. The SCCT commenced with an underlying thought of having more friendly interaction with the people associated with the ship- ping industry in Kuwait and also to exhibit some cricketing skills among the playing members. The participating teams for SCCT were Al Rashed International Shipping Co, Sharaf Shipping Agency, Gulf Agency Company, Wilhelmsen Ship Services, Dana Kuwait Shipping & Forwarding Co, Inchcape Shipping Services, Kuwait Transcontinental Shipping Co., Al Bader Shipping Co. Murad Bebehani the distributor for TIK TOK watches in Kuwait was gracious enough to sponsor watches for all the members of finalists. They also sponsored the watches for the ‘Guess and Win’ contest for all the matches for the tourna- The winning Al Bader Shipping Co team ment for 2014. Our sincere thanks to the sponsor. The Man of the Match award accompanied with a cash award of USD 25/- for every match was a unique feature intro- Du Plessis ton helps S Africa duced by Trans Continental Shipping Services Co that is an integral part of the co-sponsor Al Bader Shipping Co. The Shipping Companies Cricket Tournament-2014 was to set up Australia final declared open by C.A.H.M. Wijeratne, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Kuwait, at the Kuwait cricket facilities in Sulaibiya Turf Ground. HARARE: Faf du Plessis smashed a third improvement in their run rate in order Du Plessis, promoted up the South The other dignitaries present for the occasion were century in four matches as South Africa to usurp their neighbours and advance African batting order to three to fill a Shubashis Goldar, Deputy Chief of Mission & Counselor of beat Zimbabwe by 63 runs yesterday to to tomorrow’s series finale. void for next year’s World Cup, contin- India to Kuwait, Muhammad Hassan Wazir, Deputy Head of set up a final showdown with Australia Zimbabwe needed to overhaul ued to flourish as he scored 121 after Pakistan, Muhammad Arif Butt, President Pakistan Business in the triangular series tournament. South Africa’s total in just 29 overs to smashing five fours and four sixes in his Council Kuwait and Hafiz Muhammad Shabbir Member Zimbabwe were bowled out for 208 reach the final but fell well short despite knock. Overseas Pakistanis Advisory Council -OPAC (by Govt of in reply to South Africa’s imposing tally wicket keeper Brendan Taylor amassing Pakistan) of 271 for six off their 50 overs in the 79 in 96 balls. Difficult Surface The executive director of the Kuwait Shipping Companies last of the round-robin matches. “We were always behind the A-ball, He and JP Duminy put on a 103-run & Agents Association, Ahmed Eid along with Abdulrahman Al It was always going to be difficult for losing too many wickets. But we’ve partnership for the fifth wicket to haul Amin, Group General Manager of Al Bader Group of Zimbabwe, who upset Australia in their learnt a lot from engaging against the South Africa to a decent tally on a diffi- Companies was also present. last match on Sunday, to beat South best and we can take a lot of positives cult surface with early morning turn for The Director General Kuwait Cricket, Asad Baig happen to Africa and make a considerable from the experience,” Taylor said. Zimbabwe’s spin attack. witness the entire proceedings and did grace the occasion Du Plessis, when on 41, offered just with his presence. one chance for a caught and bowled to Al Bader created a record this year by winning a SCCT tour- John Nyumbu, but the spinner dropped nament for the third consecutive year . Al Bader won the final the ball and then saw it spill onto the by 9 wickets in hand SCCT 2014 witnessed a sparingly final stumps and run out South Africa cap- match - when Al Bader Shipping Co faced Al Rashed Shipping tain AB de Villiers at the non-striker’s Co at Kuwait Cricket’s Turf Wicket flood - lit stadium in end. Sulaibiya. Nyumbu eventually got Du Plessis’ wicket three overs from the end after Winning the toss, Al Rashed Shipping Co elected to bat the batsman misjudged the ball while first. Naushad scored (60) runs & Rajeev scored (27) runs attempting a third successive six, allow- bringing their total to 153 for loss of seven wickets in 20 ing Elton Chigumbura to take a catch. overs. Yohan of Al Bader bagged two wickets & Aejaz took Duminy was caught and bowled by one wicket. seamer Neville Madziva for a workman Chasing 154, Ali of Al Bader played an excellent innings by like 51. making (112) runs that includes (11 sixes & 3 fours) & Sajid South Africa topped the standings scored (23) runs. Luciano of Al Rashed bagged one wicket. after winning three of their four match- Ali Aftab of Al Bader was declared Man of the Match for his es, while Australia made sure their shock excellent all round performance & brilliant knock of hundred. three-wicket defeat by hosts Zimbabwe The Man of the Match award and a cash award was sponsored did not cost them dear as they qualified by Trans Continental Shipping Services Co. HARARE: South Africa wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock, center, appeals for the final by winning two matches. There was a grand prize distribution ceremony attended after a catch during the One Day International cricket match against Zimbabwe’s win over Australia was their by all the participating teams, Visitors in the gallery & friends Zimbabwe in Harare, Zimbabwe. —AP solitary success. —Reuters & relative of the players & cricket fans. Sports FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Angry Hodgson dismisses England statistics

LONDON: England manager Roy conference. “There was a lot of responsibility passing illuminated England’s play. Hodgson mounted an impassioned “What about all the shots that people weighing on his shoulders, not least with “Raheem Sterling is a threat, he gets at defence of his team after they laboured (Norway’s defenders) threw themselves in the penalty, which he had to take and players,” the Manchester United striker to a 1-0 victory over Norway in their first the way of? What about the little ball knew he had to score to secure the win. told ITV. game since the World Cup. when (Daniel) Sturridge is played in, lobs “Wayne will tell you he can play better “It doesn’t always come off, but he’s Wayne Rooney marked his first match the goalkeeper, lands on the crossbar? than that and have better games. But an exciting player to watch. We all could as captain with a decisive 68th-minute “Don’t hit me with statistics. When we you’re not always going to give the best have done better, but it’s a night where it penalty, but it was one of only two shots had that much possession, and you want performance and you don’t become a was important to win.” on target that England mustered during a to talk to me about two shots on target?” bad player if you don’t put in the per- Norway coach Per-Mathias Hogmo low-key friendly at Wembley Stadium on Danny Welbeck, a replacement for formance you wanted.” saw Cardiff City midfielder Mats Moeller Wednesday. Rooney, was the only other England play- Daehli stretchered off in the second half Only 40,181 fans-less than half er to test Norway goalkeeper Orjan Rooney hails Sterling after hurting his knee, but he played Wembley’s capacity-turned up to watch Haskjold Nyland with a shot on goal. Rooney, whose 41st international goal down the extent of the 19-year-old’s England produce an uninspired display While the new Arsenal striker caught took him above Michael Owen in his injury. four days before their first Euro 2016 the eye following his introduction, country’s all-time scorers’ list, conceded He was also wary about drawing too qualifier away to Switzerland, but Hodgson admitted that Rooney had not that England’s start to the match had many conclusions from the game, ahead Hodgson refused to succumb to the had one of his best days. been “really sloppy”. of Norway’s opening Euro 2016 qualifier mood of apathy. “It was a big night for Wayne,” said But he took heart from the enterpris- at home to Italy on Monday. “Two shots on target? Don’t give Hodgson, who also handed debuts to ing display produced by Liverpool winger “We shouldn’t place too much impor- me that one,” he snapped at a journal- Aston Villa’s Fabian Delph and Arsenal’s Raheem Sterling, who won the decisive tance on these friendly matches, but on ist during a tetchy post-game media Calum Chambers. penalty and whose pace and penetrative the matches to come,” he said. —AFP England must improve for Swiss test, says Rooney

LONDON: Wayne Rooney admits of trying too hard to make something player and he believes it was essential England will have to improve on their out of nothing. that Norway were beaten, however lacklustre performance against Norway It was an unconvincing dress shaky the performance, to ensure a if they are to avoid a dispiriting start to rehearsal for the Switzerland test and young and impressionable squad’s their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign in Rooney conceded England will need already fragile morale wasn’t dented Switzerland. significant improvements in all depart- any further. Rooney marked his first game as ments to avoid a defeat against their “It was a big game for us coming England’s permanent captain with the only serious Group E rivals in Basel next back after such a disappointment at the winning goal as he drove home an 68th week. World Cup. It was important to get the minute penalty to seal a 1-0 victory over “Yeah, we have to (step it up). We victory,” Rooney said. Norway in Wednesday’s friendly. know Switzerland are a good team,” “Norway came and made it difficult But that was virtually the Manchester Rooney said. “We know we have to be for us. We played some good stuff in United striker’s only memorable contri- better than we were tonight to get a the first half and were unlucky not to bution to a desultory England display in good result against a good team like get the goal. front of a sullen crowd at half-empty Switzerland. “We have four days to pre- “We were sloppy at the start of the Wembley for the team’s return to action pare. We will work hard to prepare and second half and we were disappointed after their miserable World Cup cam- we’ll be ready. Hopefully we can come with that. “We had to be patient and paign. back with a victory.” keep moving the ball but we had to do Given the chance to chase away the it at a high tempo. We said that before Japan national football team coach Javier Aguirre World Cup blues, Roy Hodgson’s side Shaky performance the match. instead registered only two shots on With Steven Gerrard and Frank “At times we did that well and at target against a distinctly average Lampard now retired after the World times we could do it better. “We are Japan coach to feel bite, Norway team, with Rooney often guilty Cup, Rooney is England’s most senior happy with the win but we know we Suarez or no Suarez can play better. We have to move on.” On a personal note, Rooney was TOKYO: Japan coach Javier Aguirre claims the Asian champions delighted to cap his first game as are “starting from zero” as he takes charge for the first time in England’s official skipper with a win and Today’s friendly against Uruguay, but the Mexican could quickly the decisive goal. discover he does not have the luxury of time. “Obviously it’s a big night to lead the Even without Barcelona striker Luis Suarez, Uruguay have the team out. It’s a great moment for me, street smarts to dash any hopes Aguirre may harbour of a hon- walking out and lining up as the cap- eymoon period after taking over the “Blue Samurai” following tain,” he said. their World Cup flop in Brazil. “But I prepared for the game like it Japan also face Venezuela in Yokohama on September 9 and was any other game. I had to stay are scheduled to play four further friendlies, including a glamour focused and make sure I was ready. game against Brazil in Singapore next month, before they open Thankfully it ended with a victory.” the defence of their Asian Cup title in January. England’s Jordan Henderson is confi- Failure to lift the trophy in Australia will provoke serious dent Rooney will make a fine captain questions of the Japan Football Association’s decision to splash and the Liverpool midfielder was out a record $2.5 million a year for the firebrand former Espanyol impressed with the way he tried to rally manager. The tough-talking Aguirre has read the riot act before the troops when spirits started to flag in a ball has been kicked in anger, banning mobile phones from the second half. the dinner table at Japan’s training camp and warning he will “All night he was trying to get on the not tolerate prima donnas. ball and make things happen,” Only 12 of Japan’s World Cup travelling party survived Henderson said. “Even when he wasn’t Aguirre’s cull last week when he named his first, 23-man squad. captain he was a leader in the dressing Aguirre, who led Mexico to the last 16 of the 2002 and 2010 room. He was always talking and help- World Cups, said defiantly: “I don’t care if players have been part ing the younger lads. of the Japan set-up in the past. That’s irrelevant.” “On the pitch as well, if you look at Paying lip-service to the J-League makes political sense but the start of the second half, he sensed Japan-based players such as Yusuke Minagawa and Yoshinori WASHINGTON: Costa Rica’s Celso Borges (L) vies with Nicaragua’s we weren’t very good and he was trying Muto are unlikely to strike terror into opponents, while the deci- Elmer Mejia during a Central American Cup Tigo 2014 USA group to lift us and make sure we lifted the sion to overlook free-scoring Gamba Osaka forward Takashi match at RFK stadium in Washington on Wednesday. —AFP tempo, which we did.” —AFP Usami raised eyebrows. —AFP Sports FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Mind games keep players on the ball at US Open

NEW YORK: It is a question that is asked of tennis players point like RoboCop. I have to remind myself to focus.” on one side for a while. “The good thing in doubles is that in almost every news conference; “What were you thinking Balancing being concentrated with being relaxed is not your partner can help snap you out of it. when?” easy but professionals play so many matches that they “But in juniors your partner can be your worst enemy, As in every sport, tennis players constantly strive to be improve with age. sometimes - if they’re not focused then your mind can “in the zone”, that state of mind when everything goes per- For juniors, who do not have that bulk of experience start drifting.” fectly without any conscious thought. under their belt, it can be even more difficult to stay in the For some players, staying focused is more of a problem Most players truly get in the zone only a handful of moment. than others. “Sometime if I’m fed upit’s like, I don’t care,” times a year. Otherwise, they have to cope with the wan- “When I usually have lapses it’s when I have been listen- said France’s Gael Monfils, who takes on Federer in the derings of the mind that can affect focus and at worst, lose ing to music,” said Francis Tiafoe, a 16-year-old American, quarter-finals of the U.S. Open on Thursday night. them matches. considered to be one of his country’s biggest hopes. “It’s like, OK, next one. It sounds bad in English, but While amateurs might find themselves thinking bizarre “If I’m winning easy, say by a set and a break, I might what I mean is, care about the match, I don’t care about thoughts like: “did I leave the oven on?” or “what will I tell start singing a few lyrics. “And then for a couple of shots, other things.” my friends if I lose this?”, professionals are better at staying I’m like: ‘what’s going on? Then I’m like: ‘OK, here we go Occasionally, a player’s mind can fail them even when in the moment. and I am back.” they are 100 percent focused, as happened to Andy But there is still the odd time where the mind goes Murray on match point in the 2012 U.S. Open final when AWOL and then anything goes, as Roger Federer explained Unusual situation he lined up to the wrong side of the court. a few years ago. South Africa’s Raven Klaasen, who reached the doubles “I just think it was all to do with being so much in the “Sometimes if you have a song in your mind, sometimes quarter-finals in New York with Eric Butorac and made the zone, and while I haven’t done it too much, I watch a lot you’re thinking of what’s going to happen tomorrow, Australian Open final in January, said it was unusual for of matches and it does happen to other players,” the what’s the plan for tonight,” he said. professionals to lose their way for long. Scot said in a column for The Australian a few months “All those things happen. We’re human at the end of “It’s also a bit easier in doubles,” he said. “I think that later, admitting he was a little embarrassed at his mis- the day. We’re not a machine and go from like point to only happens when I’m a bit cold, if I haven’t won a point take. —Reuters Williams homing in on sixth US Open title NEW YORK: All joking aside, if this keeps up Serena Williams won’t need a back-up plan. The 17-time Grand Slam champion, shut out in the majors this year, continues her quest for a third straight US Open title on Friday when she takes on 17th-seeded Russian Ekaterina Makarova for a place in the championship match. On paper it’s a mismatch: the two- time defending champion seeking a sixth US Open title against the left- hander from Moscow playing in her first Grand Slam semi-final. But Williams hadn’t made it past the fourth round in the first three Grand Slams of the year, a gaping hole in her resume despite five titles on the WTA tour. “It’s almost a joke for me because I have done little to no winning in the majors,” she said. “I thought, take it as a joke: I better play doubles just in case I don’t make it past the second round. At least I have a back-up plan. “I think that definitely has been able to help me to relax.” A relaxed and ever-more confident Williams is the only top-eight seed still standing in a women’s draw rocked by upsets. In today’s other semi-final, 10th-seeded Caroline Wozniacki, a former world number one NEW YORK: Kei Nishikori of Japan hits a return to Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland during their US Open 2014 men’s sin- and the 2009 runner-up, takes on China’s Peng Shuai, who has finally gles match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Center Wednesday in New York. —AFP made it past the fourth round of a Grand Slam in her 37th attempt. Williams arrives in the last four off a storming quarter-final win over tough Italian veteran Flavia Pennetta. She erased a quick 0-3 deficit by Djokovic, Nishikori take winning six straight games as she stretched her record against the Italian to 6-0 with a 6-3, 6-2 triumph. But she has a healthy respect for Makarova, who beat her in the long road to semi-finals fourth round at the 2012 Australian Open. “Makarova moves well,” Williams said. “She doesn’t care who she plays, she gives 100 percent. “She has that serve that can go out wide or you never know where it’s going to go. She has a great backhand and she’s improved her fore- Serena wakes up to win in a romp hand.” —AFP NEW YORK: Serena Williams and Ekaterina try evening to breeze past Italian Flavia Pennetta get through to another semi-final. “We both gave Makarova sprinted into the semi-finals of the US 6-3 6-2 and become the oldest player to reach the our best. At times, the tennis was not that nice, Open on Wednesday, while world number one last four at Flushing Meadows since Martina we made a lot of unforced errors but that’s due to Novak Djokovic and marathon man Kei Nishikori Navratilova in 1991. Russian left-hander Makarova, a very physical battle we had in the first two sets. were forced to take the long road into the last who will take on Williams for a spot in Sunday’s “I knew coming into the match that he was going four. Having already played the longest match of final, made her best mark in grand slam singles by to go for his shots and the one who was the most the tournament in the fourth round, a bruising outslugging Victoria Azarenka, the US Open run- aggressive would win. I am glad I managed to four-hour 19-minute battle with Canadian Milos ner-up the last two years, 6-4 6-2 in a snappy 87 stay fit in the end and pull through.” Raonic, Nishikori had enough left in the tank to minutes. While the day presented plenty of get past third seed Stan Wawrinka 3-6 7-5 7-6 (7) intriguing matchups it was the late night clash UNBELIEVABLE FEELING 6-7 (5) 6-4 in a four-hour 15-minute test of wills to under the Arthur Ashe Stadium floodlights Next up for Djokovic will be the tireless become the first Japanese man into the last four between Murray and Djokovic, in a rematch of the Nishikori who is turning into the Flushing of a grand slam in 81 years. 2012 final won by the Scotsman, that was always Meadows ironman having clocked up eight Bidding to reach the Flushing Meadows final going to be the showstopper. The pair delivered hours and 34 over his last two matches. for a fifth straight year, Djokovic did not need five on the promise, combining for some stunning Nishikori arrived at sun-bathed Arthur Ashe sets to tame a valiant Andy Murray 7-6 (1) 6-7 (1) long rallies until Murray struggled with his move- Stadium looking fresh despite having played the 6-2 6-4 but the big Serb did have to dig deep to ment near the end and required a hot compress latest finishing match ever at the U.S. Open a day see off his longtime rival who was in obvious dis- for his back midway through the fourth set. earlier, when he walked off court on Tuesday tress at the end of what had been a wildly But he produced arguably his best tennis morning at 2:26 a.m. local time. “I don’t know enthralling stadium court encounter. since having back surgery 11 months ago and how I finished the game, but I’m happy,” an NEW YORK: Serena Williams of the US serves to Flavia While Murray and Djokovic battled their way gave the top seed a real scare. exhausted Nishikori, who had a medical timeout Pennetta of Italy during their US Open 2014 women’s through a 73 minute opening set, 32-year-old “I think we played a very physical match in the in the third set to have his right foot taped, told quarterfinals match at the USTA Billie Jean King Williams needed just 63 minutes in total on a sul- first two hours,” Djokovic said. “I am very glad to the Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd. —Reuters National Center on Wednesday in New York. —AFP FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014 Spain beat France 88-64 to go 4-0 at World Cup Page 43

Angola’s forward Eduardo Mingas (L) vies with Australia’s forward Cameron Bairstow dur- ing the 2014 FIBA World basketball champion- ships group D match Australia VS Angola at the Gran Canaria Arena in Gran Canaria yester- day. -- AFP