Kuwait Targeted by Terrorism: Ghanem Egypt Police Foil Attack at Famed Luxor

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THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015 SHAABAN 24, 1436 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Ibn Sina Policeman Africa leaders FIFA Hospital who pulled sign ‘Cape to suspends hit by gun at Texas Cairo’ free trade 2026 World blackout4 pool resigns9 bloc21 deal Cup20 bidding Kuwait targeted by Min 32º Max 48º High Tide terrorism: Ghanem 06:50 & 18:40 Low Tide Government briefs MPs on beefed-up security 00:05 & 13:15 40 PAGES NO: 16548 150 FILS

By B Izzak Kuwaiti media delegation visits Kurdistan KUWAIT: Speaker of the National Assembly Marzouq Al- Ghanem said yesterday that no country in the region including Kuwait is safe from terror plots, and the country is a target for terrorists. Speaking after the government briefed MPs on the security situation and raising the security alert, Ghanem said Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al- Khaled Al-Sabah provided the meeting with a detailed report on protection provided to mosques, husseiniyas and other worship places. MPs had requested to hold a Marzouq Al-Ghanem debate in the Assembly about security measures in the country following suicide bombings at Shiite mosques in Saudi Arabia, but the Assembly and government agreed to hold the meeting behind closed doors at the Assembly bureau. Ghanem said Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah Continued on Page 13 Bank hours in Ramadan KUWAIT: The Kuwait Banking Association announced yesterday that the banks’ work hours during Ramadan would be from 9:30 am to 2 pm. Banks will serve clients from 10 am until 1 pm, said the ERBIL, Iraq: President of the Kurdistan region of Iraq Masoud Barzani (center) meets members of a Kuwaiti media delegation including Kuwait Times Editor-in- association, citing a relevant statement of instruc- Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan (right) yesterday. — Photo by Hani Al-Shemmari (See Page 3) tions issued by the Central Bank of Kuwait. — KUNA Kuwait seeks to buy 24 Airbus military choppers worth €1bn Kuwait donates $300m to Iraq, Yemen KUWAIT/PARIS: France is on the verge of finalizing a regional security. The French president welcomed the contract worth about €1 billion ($1.1 billion) for the sale policy adopted by HH the Amir for dialogue with all of 24 Airbus-built military helicopters to Kuwait, a deal countries in the region, while Sheikh Sabah voiced the that highlights Paris’ growing commercial ties in the Kuwaiti government’s desire to get the French Caracal Middle East, officials said. The contract - the latest to be helicopters as part of mutual partnership in the defen- agreed between Paris and a Gulf state, comes after sive field. The Amir appreciated the French leader’s call, French President Francois Hollande was invited by Gulf which reflected existing deep relations between both Arab leaders in May to address their summit in Saudi friendly countries, wishing Hollande wellbeing and his Arabia, a rare privilege for a foreign head of state. country more development. “In the framework of the defense partnership The French army uses the Caracal helicopter to trans- between France and Kuwait, the Amir has expressed the port soldiers including its special forces. It sold six wish ... to equip his country’s air force with 24 Caracal EC725 Caracal to Tunisia at the end of 2014 for €300 mil- type heavy helicopters. The contract will be signed lion as the North African state seeks to tackle Islamist soon,” Hollande’s office said after a telephone conversa- militants on its borders. A French Defense Ministry offi- tion between the French leader and HH the Amir of cial said the Kuwait contract was worth about €1 billion Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. and was agreed during a visit by Defense Minister Jean- In the phone conversation, the leaders discussed Yves Le Drian to Kuwait on June 6. Over the past year, bilateral relations between both friendly countries in Paris has sealed more than $15 billion of military con- the context of their distinguished historical ties and tracts in the region, including with Egypt, Qatar and France’s relentless commitment to support Kuwait’s Saudi Arabia. security as well as mutual willingness to maintain Continued on Page 13 Egypt police foil attack at famed Luxor temple CAIRO: Police said they averted a “massacre” after foil- seriously wounded near the Karnak temple in Luxor, a ing a suicide bombing and gun attack yesterday on one popular site close to the famed Valley of the Kings. No of Egypt’s most popular ancient attractions, in a rare tourists were hurt in the mid-morning incident and visi- assault on the country’s vital tourism sector. Egypt has tors were kept inside Karnak’s ruins, an antiquities min- been shaken by a tide of attacks claimed by jihadists istry official said. The incident unfolded after a taxi car- since the army toppled the democratically elected gov- rying two passengers attempted to enter the parking ernment two years ago, but the incident in the south- lot and was stopped by a suspicious policeman, ern city of Luxor was the first in years targeting tourists. Tourism Minister Khaled Ramy said in a statement. This has added to fears that unrest could scare off the Police asked to search the trunk, where they found visitors who are crucial to the economy in a country two large bags that made them suspicious, a general where tourism accounts for more than a tenth of GDP. from Luxor police told AFP. When they asked to open Police said two attackers were killed and another the bags, one of the men jumped out of the car, ran away and detonated his explosive vest. In the ensuing confusion, the other passenger emerged from the car and, joined by an accomplice who had come in on foot, pulled assault rifles from the bags and started shooting. The police responded, killing one and seriously wound- ing the other. Health ministry official Nahed Mohamed told AFP two civilians and two policemen were wounded in the shootout, but not seriously. Police said the taxi driver was not a suspect. “If they had managed to enter the temple, it would have been a massacre,” said the general, as 19 fully loaded magazines for the rifles were found in the bags and there were 604 tourists were in the temple. “We have enhanced security measures in place at all our sites and we continue to take every possible measure to ensure that no harm comes to anyone visiting LUXOR: Human remains lie on the ground cov- Egypt,” Ramy said. No group had yet claimed responsi- ered by Egyptian security forces at the scene bility for the attack. where assailants attempted to carry out a suicide Continued on Page 13 attack yesterday at the Karnak temple. — AFP LOCAL THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015

His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al- National Security Apparatus’ Chairman Sheikh Thamer Ali Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah Jaber Al-Sabah. — KUNA photos and his new assistant Sheikh Sabah Shamlan Abdulaziz Al-Sabah. Amir, Crown Prince receive top officials

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Al-Ghanem, HH Sheikh Nasser Al- Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. Meanwhile, Sabah and Deputy Prime Minister and Al-Salem Al-Sabah, who presented to His Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, HH the HH the Crown Prince received HH Sheikh Minister of Defense Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Highness Sheikh Sabah Shamlan Abdulaziz at Bayan Palace yesterday HH the Crown Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al- Nasser Al-Mohammad, HH Sheikh Al-Jaber, Al-Sabah. Also yesterday, HH the Prime Al-Sabah on the occasion of the latter’s Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Hamad Al-Sabah and First Deputy Prime Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Minister received Chairman of the National appointment as assistant chief of the Sabah, National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al- Security Apparatus Sheikh Thamer Ali Sabah National Security Apparatus. — KUNA Embassy pays tribute to News book on UK-Gulf region In brief

LONDON: Kuwait’s ambassador to the United role in the negotiations resulting in the estab- FM to attend Kingdom Khaled Al-Duwaisan held a get- lishment of the United Arab Emirates. GCC meeting together at the embassy’s building in honor of The book considers Sir William Luce among KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister the publishing of a book on the biography of the best and brightest British youth who grad- Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah is scheduled Sir William Luce, one of the most distinguished uated from the University of Cambridge and head to Riyadh today to head Kuwait’s delegation taking British special envoys overseas, especially to forged a distinguished diplomatic career in the part in the 135th meeting of Gulf Cooperation Council the Gulf region in the earlier parts of the 20th period ending with WWII and the emergence (GCC) Ministerial Council. The delegation includes director century. of national political movements in the Arab of the GCC affairs department, Ambassador Nasser Hajji Al- Lord Richard Luce, the son of the late Sir world. Muzain, Kuwait’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, William Luce, attended the get-together which Ambassador Duwaisan praised the book Ambassador Sheikh Thamer Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, and took place last night. Lord Luce has held and its historic content chronicling a sensitive acting director of First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of numerous posts in the government, among period in the history of the Gulf as it embraced Foreign Affairs’ office Ambassador Saleh Salem Al-Loghani, them State Minister for Middle East Affairs at independence in the sixties and seventies. besides a number of officials at the Ministry. — KUNA the Foreign Ministry during the administration Lord Richard Luce, in a speech at the gathering LONDON: Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah and UK of the former Prime Minister Margaret in the embassy of Kuwait, extolled the Undersecretary of State at the Foreign Office for the Middle East and North Africa Thatcher. embassy’s undertaking of honoring the book Silk Road Tobias Ellwood sign the plan. The book, titled ‘Imperial Executor: Sir which is about his father’s diplomatic career in KUWAIT: The Supreme Council for Planning and William Luce and the British Empire in the the Middle East and elsewhere. Development (SCPD) yesterday discussed with a num- Middle East,’ authored by Martin M Daly, refers ber of diplomats in the Chinese embassy in Kuwait a Kuwait, Britain sign to the fact that Sir William Luce (1907-1977) Admirable detail proposal for establishing a joint committee to follow was the last British diplomat and special envoy Also speaking at the get-together was the up the project of reviving the Silk Road. After a meet- six-month work plan to the Gulf region and before that to Sudan. He highly-regarded Sudanese politician and jour- ing with the diplomats, SCPD Secretary General held these posts following his graduation from nalist Mohammad Al-Badawi, who worked for Hashem Al-Refai said in a press statement that the the University of Cambridge. the BBC, saying that the book chronicled in LONDON: Kuwait and Britain yesterday cussed means of bolstering cooperation in Chinese proposal also called for founding an execu- The author, who is a well-known British aca- admirable detail the biography of an impor- tive office to enhance bilateral cooperation. He signed a work plan for the Joint Steering all fields, politics, defense, security, econo- demician, includes in his book references to tant man who died in 1977 at the age of 70. Group for the coming six months, aiming to my, trade, investment, culture, develop- added that the meeting considered what is related to official documents and private correspondenc- Badawi noted that Sir William Luce was instru- the national development committee and means of reactivate bilateral agreements and count- ment and education. es Sir William Luce had with important political mental in the establishment of three Arab er potential obstacles. Visiting The two sides manifested eagerness to cooperation to carry out the project of Silk City. The figures from the Middle East region during his countries: Sudan, South Yemen with Aden for meeting, he noted, came within the framework of Undersecretary of the Kuwaiti Foreign promote cooperation to the level of their official career. its capital, and the UAE. Ministry Khaled Al-Jarallah signed the plan distinguished ties, and the Kuwait delega- boosting the current partnership between the two The author of the book, Martin M Daly also friendly countries, indicating the level of their trade with Undersecretary of State at the Foreign tion said they are looking forward to Relations with Gulf spoke at the gathering in which he said he Office for the Middle East and North Africa, including Kuwaiti citizens in the British exceeded $13 billion. Kuwait is now China’s fifth The book details British relations with the regarded Sir William Luce as a pivotal personal- biggest trade partner. — KUNA Tobias Ellwood. Senior officials from both Electronic Visa Waiver (EVW) scheme as Gulf region in the latest stages of British impe- ity in the British foreign service at the time he sides attended. soon as possible. rial rule, noting the crises Sir William Luce had served his country in the Middle East. The two sides also signed a MoU for In addition, they agreed to work harder to deal with in that region, one of the most Attending the gathering were a number of boosting cooperation between Kuwait’s for increasing trade exchange, fostering Saudi scholarships salient of which was the threats former Iraqi Arab ambassadors, educators, Middle East RIYADH: Kuwaiti high school graduates wishing to contin- National Council for Culture, Arts and investments in vital sectors, especially in president Abdul-Kareem Qasim hurled against scholars, politicians including several former Literature (NCCAL) and the British Council projects comprised on Kuwait’s national ue their studies in Saudi Arabia for academic year 2015-16 Kuwait in the aftermath of the latter’s inde- British ambassadors who had their stints in the can now apply via universities’ websites, Dr Mesfer Al- in Kuwait, in fields of publishing, printing development plan, as well as participat- pendence in 1961. Gulf region. Among them was Sir Richard and organizing fairs. It is a complementary ing in exhibitions held in each country. Mesfer, Head of Kuwait Cultural Office in Riyadh, said yes- Furthermore, the book highlights the role Moyer who was UK’s ambassador to Kuwait terday He said in a statement the Kuwaiti high school grad- to a cultural agreement signed in 1996. The Kuwaiti side said they are keen on Sir William Luce played in the crucial period from 1999 to 2002 and Allan Monroe who was The ceremony was held after the con- benefiting from the British expertise in uates should apply online to benefit from the Saudi schol- leading up to the independence of Kuwait, UK’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia during the arships offered for the State of Kuwait. The applicant clusion of the 6th meeting of the UK- the field of drawing up financial policies Qatar, and Bahrain. He also had an important Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990. — KUNA Kuwait Joint Steering Group which had dis- and monitoring.—KUNA should submit his application to the cultural office in Riyadh between June 14 and 25, 2015, he said. Mesfer called on applicants to read the acceptance conditions carefully to know if they are eligible.— KUNA

KRCS highlights readiness for disaster management

KUWAIT: Chairman of the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) Dr Hilal Al- Sayer yesterday stressed the momentousness of being ready for disaster management, especially legal readiness, so as to reduce impact of natural hazards. Addressing the opening of the Middle East and North Africa con- sultative meeting on law and disasters, Sayer emphasized the need to review, and adopt, the crisis management law and policy. The event is organ- KUWAIT: KRCS Chairman Dr ized by KRCS in collabora- Hilal Al-Sayer speaks at the tion with the International meeting. Federation of Red Cross — Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). For Sayer, a crisis management policy must have definite standards. Meanwhile, he referred the cooperation between the KRCS and the IFRC for promoting joint expertise in the field of law, saying both have the capacity to provide support in areas of research and the adoption of a legal framework for crisis management. Back in 2012, the KRCS held the first work- shop on Crisis Law, with the major aim of enhancing national legal readiness. It was attended by representatives of the concerned ministries and agencies, and others interested in the regulatory framework of the efforts of the international relief in crises. The International Federation has provided technical support required, he said. The regional consulta- tive meeting on disaster management was held here today, it is prelude for IFRC’s 32nd International Conference to be held in Geneva in December.— KUNA THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015 LOCAL

President of the Kurdistan region of Iraq Masoud Members of the Kuwaiti delegation are seen during their meeting with President of the Kurdistan region of Iraq Masoud Barzani. — Photos by Hani Al-Shemmari Barzani greets the Kuwaiti delegation. We look forward to strengthening ties with Kuwait: Kurdistan President Barzani meets Kuwaiti press delegation

ERBIL: Kurdistan is looking forward to developing and strengthening its relations with Kuwait in all domains, especially the economic and cultural fields, President of the Kurdistan region of Iraq Masoud Barzani said. In statements during his reception of a Kuwaiti press delegation, Barzani noted that the people of Kurdistan greatly admire Kuwaiti leadership and people and unveiled that he would shortly visit Kuwait as a part of a multi- leg Gulf tour to discuss regional developments, adding that his talks with Kuwaiti officials would deal with means to bolster bilateral economic and trade relations. The main objective of the Gulf tour is to “reinforce cooperation to get Iraq out of its ordeal,” he said, underlining the importance of coordination to cope with the developments which affect the whole region. He pointed out that the situation in Iraq is very complicated, noting that the Islamic State’s (IS) recent seizure of the key city of Ramadi was not expected. “Military power alone will not defeat the IS,” he said, adding that the campaign against the militant organization should be military, economic and ideo- logical, and be waged with cooperation and ERBIL: Kuwait Times’ Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan meets President of the Barzani is pictured with Editor-in-Chief of Al-Anbaa Newspaper Yousef Al-Marzouq (cen- coordination among all concerned countries. Kurdistan region of Iraq Masoud Barzani. ter) and Kuwait Journalists Associationís Manager Adnan Al-Rashed. “The terrorists have no future and Kurdistan will remain stable and secure,” Barzani vowed.

Alarm bell Kurdistan has been sounding the alarm bell for more than a year about the threat of IS’s seizure of the strategic city of Mosul, expressing readiness to deploy Peshmerga forces to prevent this from happening, but “nobody has heeded our calls,” he told the Kuwaiti guests, also underlining that the IS is not an invincible military force. “Everybody has to cooperate to defeat IS and expel it from Mosul because as long as it remains in Mosul that means it exists,” he said, expressing readiness to contribute to its liberation, provided that all Iraqi segments take part. He affirmed the close coordination between the Kurdish leadership and the US- led international coalition. The coalition’s air strikes are accurate and effective, he said. The IS militants wrestled control of Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city after the capital Baghdad, mid last year. On the annexation of Kirkuk to Kurdistan, Barzani said article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution stipulates returning residents Editor-in-Chief of Al-Anbaa Newspaper Yousef Al-Marzouq meets Barzani. Kuwait News Agency’s Deputy Director General for Editorial Affairs Saad Al-Ali meets Barzani. who were brought to the city by the former from Iraq, Barzani said “All people have the independence that should be in a peaceful Kurdistan and to get first-hand information Kurdistan. The delegation includes Kuwait regime to change its demographic structure to right to self-determination and we have strug- manner,” he said. about developments in the province. Times’ Chief-in-Editor Abd Al-Rahman Al- their original cities, then conducting a census gled for a unified Iraq in which all Iraqis live as Kuwaiti Consul in Erbil Omar Al-Kandari Alyan, Kuwait News Agency’s Deputy Director and holding a referendum on its destiny. partners in all domains but the successive Historic friendship and several other Kuwaiti diplomats attended General for Editorial Affairs Saad Al-Ali, Editor- “People of Kirkuk are the ones who decide the governments have not heeded our demands.” Meanwhile, members of the Kuwaiti dele- the meeting The Kuwaiti delegation arrived in in-Chief of Al-Anbaa Newspaper Yousef Al- fate of their city,” he laid it bare. “We have tried to build a unified Iraq, but we gation noted that their visit is meant to boost Erbil on Tuesday to hold many press inter- Marzouq, and Kuwait Journalists Association’s On the issue of Kurdistan’s independence have failed and if the province decides to seek the historic friendship between Kuwait and views and get close look at the situation in Manager Adnan Al-Rashed. —KUNA

Kuwait Times’ Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan at the front- lines in Erbil.

Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan is pictured with a Kurdish fighter. THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015 LOCAL Court employee sentenced for insulting judge

By Meshaal Al-Enezi patched to Ardiya yesterday where a mother left her baby inside a locked vehicle and forgot her car key KUWAIT: A court yesterday sentenced a female inside. The team managed to open the vehicle and employee at a local court to one month in prison rescued the baby who was slightly distressed because and a KD 200 fine for insulting and threatening a of lack of oxygen and received immediate medical judge. The employee is charged with insulting a help. public officer on duty, insulting a judge in public and threatening to ruin him, his family and reputation if Royal victim he failed to drop the charges. Case papers indicate A ruling family member recently informed Mubarak that the problem started when the judge who was Al-Kabeer detectives that two people he knows had hearing a case she had filed, decided to refer her broken into a place he owned and stolen boat case to another judge, because of her behavior and engines, air-conditioners, military uniforms and shot- GUST President Dr Donald Bates DOHA: Information Minister Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud Al-Sabah attends the meet- repeated interruption. Resenting this and failing to gun ammunition. ing. — KUNA contact the judge himself, the woman then called his house, where the judge’s father asked her not to Canteen staff on strike GUST raises call again as they had nothing to do with the details Canteen staff at the Palace of Justice went on strike Info minister calls for of their son’s work. The woman then filed a com- because their visas were not renewed and their tuition fees plaint against the judge’s mother and waited for the salaries were delayed for four months, well-informed reactivating media role judge to get out of a courtroom, where she shouted sources said. This is the second time the workers strike insults to his face, kept calling his phone and send- for the same reason. KUWAIT: Gulf University for Science ing him text messages with threats and insults. and Technology announced last week DOHA: Kuwaiti Minister of Information Sheikh direct official media outlets to educate youth Further proceedings of the case were scheduled to No lights that it will raise tuition costs by 20 Salman Sabah Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah about the risks of extremism and terrorism. October 21. A stretch in the Sixth Ring Road opposite Sulaibiya percent for all students starting in called yesterday for the reactivation of media Supporting Qatar to host the World Cup was rendered in absolute darkness recently when the 2015/2016 academic year. The role to be supportive to foreign policies of the championship in 2020 and formulating a Gulf Three dead in fall light posts there experienced power failure. Ministry new tuition fees, which have been Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. media strategy to back this international event Two Indians and an Egyptian were killed yesterday of Electricity and Water emergency teams received approved by the Private Universities After leading the Kuwaiti delegation to the was one of the prominent topics the conferees when they fell from a high place at a building under several calls about the incident and the malfunction Council (PUC) and the Ministry of 23rd meeting of GCC Information Ministers, agreed on, he made clear. Sheikh Salman said construction in Jahra. The three fell into a lift shaft was since repaired. Higher Education, will come into Sheikh Salman, who is also Minister of State for that Qatar will prepare a special strategy to be and died instantly. effect in September 2015 and will be Youth Affairs, said the conferees submitted a backed by the GCC countries, with the aim of Illegal residence applied to all new and returning stu- proposal aiming to support the Gulf media. making this event successful, adding the meet- Hospital blackout Ahmed Al-Manfouhi, the head of a team assigned dents. All fees other than tuition will The Minister pointed to the “distinguished” ing also focused on facing satellite channels that Ibn Sina Hospital saw a blackout yesterday morning in to follow up and stop bachelors from residing in remain the same. performance of the Gulf media towards the stir up sedition and spread chaos. different departments including the outpatient certain residential areas, announced that bachelors region’s developments, especially its role in cov- The minister, who has left Doha, noted that department. Patients expressed resentment that such residing in 54 percent of the violating buildings Mounting overheads, ering news of the “Operation Decisive Storm” there are international efforts aiming to combat an important public facility did not have any backup have been evicted and that 224 warning notices quality professors that has helped GCC leaders take a unified terrorism and the websites that inflame also generators that could be used in such cases. have been given to the residence owners. Speaking In a press statement, the universi- stance to face risks on security and stability of extremism and terrorism, stressing GCC coun- on a meeting with Ministry of Interior’s Assistant ty noted that the move was aimed at GCC member states. He noted that the GCC tries will coordinate with Gulf and world bodies IS funding Undersecretary for Public Security Major General countering “mounting overheads” countries’ media managed to transfer the real concerned to repel and face any risks caused by A court yesterday ordered detaining two Syrians and Abdul Fattah Al-Ali and top municipality officials, and it would “allow GUST to ensure image of the incidents, express its support to the terrorism and extremism. Sheikh Salman said one Egyptian at the central prison pending investiga- Manfouhi, who is also Kuwait Municipality’s continuous recruitment of highly legitimacy in Yemen and affirm stability and that the meeting with Qatar’s Prime Minister and tions in their involvement of funding the Islamic State Assistant Director for Organizations Affairs, urged qualified professors to maintain its security of GCC countries. Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser was (IS) group. the team to exert more efforts during the holy accreditation status, and to give stu- Asked about the ministerial meeting, Sheikh “fruitful”, adding the Gulf media strategy seeking month of Ramadan to prevent bachelors from dents the competitive edge they Salman said it was a “fruitful” gathering during to achieve the interests of GCC peoples and Baby rescued returning to the same houses and to remove need after graduation, fund research, which a number of recommendations were implement directions of their leaders was also A Kuwait Fire Service Directorate rescue team was dis- remaining violators. maintain and upgrade the state-of- issued aiming to reactivate media strategies and discussed during the gathering. — KUNA the-art campus, and support various student activities. Over the last six years, undergraduate fees have remained unchanged whilst the MBA Gang arrested for selling drugs program has never had an increase in tuition since its launch in 2008. By Hanan Al-Saadoun Liquor factory Attempted suicide foiled Dr Donald Bates, GUST President, In Mangaf, Ahmadi security discovered a liquor factory run Firemen stopped a 42-year-old Arab woman from commit- said, “GUST is going through a period KUWAIT: Drugs Control General Department arrested a gang of by a group of Asian nationals. The suspects were sent to the ting suicide, said security sources, noting the woman suffers of unprecedented growth and expan- four Egyptians with possession of 750 grams of shabu (crystal proper authorities to face charges. from psychological problems. sion, and there are many more excit- meth), 500 Tramadol pills, 20 grams heroin, 10 grams marijuana ing developments in the pipeline to and several sticks of hashish. The men also had KD 3,560, which Fatal crash Fire drills further enhance the overall GUST they collected from selling drugs. All men confessed to trading A Saudi young man was killed while another was injured The Civil Defense Department, in cooperation with Kuwait experience. With these changes, dif- in drugs. when their car turned over in Salmiya road. Fire Service Directorate and Medical Emergencies, carried out a ficult choices must be made when mock evacuation at 360 Mall, while another mock evacuation considering the quality of education was conducted at KPC-owned Subhan oil products storage. we aim to provide. The increase in tuition fees will allow us to attract the right professors to maintain our accreditation status, earn more accreditations, and to equip students with the tools and skills they need to face the future.”

Financial loans, aid available As a respite to students pursuing higher education at GUST, an increase in financial aid will be provided in the form of scholarships and interest-free loan opportunities, covered by GUST, through Kuwait International Bank and Boubyan Bank.

A fire seen near Salmi road. New UMass college Farm, feed market fires Over the next few years, GUST will A huge fire broke in a Sabah Al-Salem farm, and torched an be working on phase two of its cam- area of nearly 5,000 square meters. Mishref, Qurain, Fahaheel pus, which will house the new and back-up centers responded to the fire. Meanwhile, a fire College of Engineering and broke in a 7,000-square-meter animal feed market. No injuries Architecture in cooperation with the were reported in both fires. University of Massachusetts-Lowell In another incident, a huge fire broke at an animal feed mar- (UMASS-Lowell), and a multi-story ket near Salmi road yesterday. Jahra, Salmi, Madeena, Kabd and parking structure. The cost of con- back up centers were called to the scene and stopped the fire. struction for these new structures No injuries were reported. Separately, a firefighter suffered heat will be covered entirely by a third exhaustion while tackling a blaze in a Hawally building. He was party, and will not be funded in any The gang members arrested with the drugs. way by the increase in tuition fees. treated on sight. A firefighter is being treated in Hawally. Beginning in September 2016, students joining GUST will be able to sign up for the new dual-degree masters programs and a new undergraduate engineering program. The new courses, in Accounting, Finance, Innovation and Technological Entrepreneurship, Computer Science, Education, and Engineering will begin to be offered in just over a year’s time (pending final approval from the PUC on the exact starting date). The new programs will be accredited under the same standards as those offered on the UMass-Lowell campus in the USA, and 16 UMass- Lowell faculty and administrators are expected to move to Kuwait. With this development, GUST will be the only university in Kuwait whose students graduate with an accredited Barrels found in the liquor factory. Tires burning in the Sabah Al-Salem fire. Firemen rescue a woman who attempted suicide yesterday. American degree.

Court confirms accrediting Canadian varsities abroad

By A Saleh

KUWAIT: The administrative appeals court yesterday ordered the Ministry of Higher Education to recognize a citizen’s degree in business administration, which he received from Cape Breton University in Cairo. The court ordered the ministry to match the degree to its equivalent in Kuwait, as well as compensate the citizen with KD 1,000. The court also confirmed that there was no decision against allowing Kuwaiti students to study in Canadian universities outside Canada. The ministry had refused to accredit the citizen’s degree on grounds that he had not studied in the university’s headquarters and campus.

Filler injections dangerous Kuwait University medicine professor and head of Radiology College at Kuwait Institute for Medical Specialties Dr Tareq Sannan KUWAIT: The General Traffic Department announced the closure of the u-turn fly- stressed that filler injections, used for cosmetic reasons, were very over on airport road in the area between Khaitan and Farwaniya for drivers com- dangerous, especially for younger women, because they use perma- ing from the sixth ring road for seven days starting Thursday, June 11, until June nent filling substances. 17 from 12:00 am until 6:00 am.

THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015 From the Arabic press

Al-Anbaa Al-Anbaa

Turks foil Road priority is an Erdogan’s plan undefined principle

By Basel Al-Jasser By Mohammed Al-Qazweeni

he Turkish parliamentary elections ended he instant question a visitor may ask of on see- up blowing away Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ing Kuwait’s streets is: Does Kuwait even know Tdreams that the Justice and Development Tanything about traffic and road priorities? Does Party would win the two-thirds majority needed this state know the meaning of priority? This is a very to amend the constitution and change the regime logical question in view of the current traffic situa- from a parliamentary one where the president’s tion. To prove this, let us vision an image of traffic in

THE CITIZEN our streets. position in an honorary one to a presidential one Asian drivers push forward trying to control and in which the head of state holds all powers. Along occupy each and every lane and space on the road. with his party, they did not even get a 51 percent PRICE They push the front of their vehicles into any empty majority and will not be able to form the govern- INCREASE space to get priority. Who would blame them, any- ment alone. The results were really disappointing way? They are not used to any form of order, so why and the defeat was a bitter one. would they care about road priorities?! SUV and In fact, Erdogan had snobbishly treated his pickup drivers act as if they want to drive over other allies in recent years, including his most important vehicles with their own. Who can ever defy them? one, Fethullah Gulen, who, along with his follow- They are the road bullies. What is road priority to ers, was subjected to tyranny and oppression. them?! Along with his sons, Erdogan was personally Coming to luxury and expensive vehicle drivers, involved in corruption. He even went as far as dis- they think that they own the whole road and that missing and prosecuting members of the judiciary others have to pull over, giving way to them. Why would they make any concessions and respect road who exposed his and his party’s corruption. He Al-Jarida priorities? treated his own people with tyranny and blocked Let us take sedan drivers. They drive while feeling social media networks. fed up with everything and everybody. They envy all His tyranny even went beyond Turkey and he those better off around them, and accordingly, try to interfered in Egyptian domestic affairs by sup- crush your vehicle if you are ahead of them and stick porting the terrorist group of the Muslim Al-Qabas to the rear of your vehicle if you do not allow them Brotherhood. He funded, armed and trained IS to overtake, even when it is not possible. Why would and supported terrorist Brothers and IS in Libya, Required: University rector they respect road priority? Tunisia, Iraq and everywhere, which all begot him, Finally, there are elderly and weak-sighted drivers or rather say his party, this terrible punishment in addition to children and newborn babies travel- and instead of winning 60 or 70 percent of the By Khalid Al-Tarrah ling with their parents while feeling terrified of such votes, it barely got 40 percent. road mania and the rapidly growing irresponsible driving manners. For the sake of observing their own This result was inevitable in view of Erdogan’s he position of Kuwait University rector became especially if they were actually among the personali- safety, you would also find them unaware of who vacant six months ago, and it was supposed to ties that agreed, in principle, to meet with the selec- dangerous domestic and foreign policies, includ- should have road and way priority. be filled within a short period after forming a tion committee, and even in case any of the candi- ing winning the presidential elections and declar- T This is the exact situation all over our roads and committee. Yet this did not take place although the dates changed their mind, it is their right to do so, but ing his intention to change the Turkish ruling sys- streets that have turned into racing arenas where committee has finished its task and nominated five I do not see any justification for not revealing the tem to a presidential one that is custom-tailored some people seek to prove themselves and bully names at the request of the minister, and not only nature of the reservations of those who rejected the to fit him, violating Turkey’s constitution and others in complete chaos and mess that would make three names as usual! position out of transparency’s sake, and as long as the norms that prevent the president from interfering all traffic police efforts go in vain. They even defy Education Minister Dr Badr Al-Essa said on June 3 reasons are professional and academic, and not per- in parliamentary elections and taking sides of any traffic police by violating traffic laws right before that the university rector’s position was offered to six sonal in nature. their eyes. They cannot be pursued nor caught, political bloc or movement. He used to appear in academics but they did not accept it, and that the As for the university rector’s position to become either because of their vehicles’ speed or their ability the media twice or thrice a day promoting the position has become “repulsive”. Though I know that repulsive, then there is no explanation more than to hide and get away. What really makes things Justice and Development Party, which terrified among the committee candidates are some who were “political polarization” and interference in the universi- worse is the lack of road signs indicating right of way Turkish public opinion, including his supporters, not offered the position to start with! ty rector’s and academic team’s work, which are and priority, especially at exits and roads leading to and thus they voted against him out of fear that The important thing is that the university is without among the most notable reasons for the reluctance of flyovers, in addition to total negligence of lanes. he might establish a dictatorship within their a rector so far, and it was possible, at least, to ask Dr the competent people to accept this position. The As I see it, the solution to all these problems lies in Abdellatif Al-Bader, the former rector, to continue until minister said lately that “students should not fall vic- democratic regime that would be similar to those decisive law enforcement. The traffic department a new rector is appointed, which is a correct adminis- tim to political polarization”, which is correct, but it is established by Hitler and Mussolini. must be very strict and unyielding to wasta. Instant trative procedure. also supposed that the university rector does not The Turkish people decided foiling this scheme fines must also be collected with the help of an inte- The formation of a selection committee has become a victim of political polarization, pressure, and although Erdogan was at the top and holding all grated, accurate and modern electronic monitoring become a custom that the university has followed, and selections based on non-academic bases. powers in his hands. I am almost sure that he will system directly linked to the traffic police’s main con- the committee is supposed to help the minister in the I am almost sure that if there were guarantees not not give up and that he will call for early elections trol room where violators can be spotted and road selection process to present the nominations to the to interfere in the university rector’s work, it would be patrols immediately dispatched to stop and fine that will even bring him and his party worse loss- Cabinet, but it seems that the selection process has possible to accept the position and work in a healthy them effectively. es. Anyway, this happened thanks to the Turkish created a hiccup in the minister’s mouth! academy environment. The situation is not correct for We are really fed up and terrified with the amount people’s awareness of Erdogan’s plan that was The minister’s statement was not clear enough, the university and its colleges to continue with the of dangers and threats we meet on a daily basis on going to make Arab and Muslim peoples suffer. with regret, especially the reasons for the rejection of system of acting rector and deans. —Translated by Kuwait Times — Translated by Kuwait Timse all streets and roads. Will anybody save us?! six candidates for the position, as well as their views, —Translated by Kuwait Times

Crime News Report In brief Salaries deposited Prostitute before Ramadan KUWAIT: Upon direct instructions from His Highness the rings busted Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al- Sabah, the Finance Ministry is currently preparing to KUWAIT: Three Chinese and three Indonesian women deposit June salaries to public sector employees’ bank were arrested by residency affairs detectives on prostitu- accounts before the holy month of Ramadan. —Al-Anbaa tion charges. A security source said Director General of Residency Affairs Investigations Department Brigadier Saud Al-Khader learned that a Chinese woman was acting Restructure study as a madam for Chinese prostitutes. He also learned that won’t affect expats they charge KD 100 per hour, and the dates are made over KUWAIT: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor, State the internet. Detectives worked on the case and discov- Minister for Planning Affairs Hind Al-Subaih reas- ered that the suspects frequented a flat in Nugra. When sured foreigners living in Kuwait that the demo- they raided the flat, two of the women were arrested, and graphic restructuring plan currently being studied they informed police about their madam. Procedures to will not target the state’s expatriate community, nor deport them are underway. Meanwhile in another case, will it target any community in specific. “It is three Indonesian prostitutes were arrested for prostitution designed to end marginal labor in the country,” she and were charging KD 50 per hour. They are also being explained. A ministerial committee currently study- processed for deportation. ing the plan is almost finished with putting together KUWAIT: The Commercial Bank of Kuwait offered silver sponsorship to the annual financing club week organized the mechanisms of implementing the demographic recently at Kuwait University’s College of Administrative Sciences. structure map, she added. —Al-Rai Citizen threatens family A citizen threatened to kill his family with a sword without an apparent reason. The frightened family fled 100 expats deported the house and called police. The brother of the man KUWAIT: Ministry of Interior’s Assistant Undersecretary for told police that the man is 38 years old, weighs 250kg Gulf Bank announces second Traffic Affairs Major General Abdullah Al-Muhanna said that and has not left the house for 22 years. Police were traffic police had so far arrested and deported 100 expats able to calm the man and transferred him the psychi- for driving without a license. He added that 8,000 tickets atric hospital for evaluation. Red account draw winner have so far been issued against drivers driving along emergency lanes. Muhanna also noted that increasing the num- KUWAIT: Gulf Bank welcomed Sultan (KNCC) cinemas during the weekend a kind offers. ber of surveillance cameras helped reduce speed limit vio- Nayef Al-Ajmi, one of the winners in (Thursday, Friday and Saturday) for KD For further information about Gulf Man throws self from car lations. —Al-Jarida A Saudi national threw himself out of a Japanese car as its second monthly Red account draw, 1.750 instead of the usual KD 3.5, Bank’s red account and other prize its driver attempted to escape from police in Sulaibiya, and to the bank’s headquarters in which is a 50 percent discount on the draws, visit one of Gulf Bank’s 58 was taken to Jahra hospital. An hour later, the car was Mubarak Al-Kabeer, where Manal normal price. Gulf Bank is the only branches, call the Customer Contact Minister overrules circular found and there was a shabu envelope inside. Police spot- Barakat, Manager, Consumer Banking bank in Kuwait presenting both Salary Center on 1805805, or go online at KUWAIT: Minister of Oil and State Minister for National ted the car in parked in an alley and when they congratulated him on winning the KD and Red customers with these one of www.e-gulfbank.com. Assembly Affairs Ali Al-Omair issued a decision to with- approached, the driver sped off, so the passenger opened 400 prize. draw a circular made by Kuwait Petroleum Corporation the door and threw himself out and sustained various frac- On winning the cash prize, Ajmi (KPC) CEP Nizar Al-Adsani in regards to implementing tures. Investigations are underway. said: “I didn’t expect to win. My friend a Cassation Court ruling against three oil leaders. The thought I was lucky to win and now minister said that his decision was based on the court’s wants to open a red account.” Gulf ruling “and after the Fatwa and Legislation Department Wedding guests robbed Bank had announced six winners for confirmed that [the circular] is in violation and should A thief stole the jewelry of two girls during a wed- its second monthly Salary and Red be withdrawn. The third article of the circular included ding at a hotel. A security source said a citizen who account draw, which took place on the assignment of director generals on interim basis lives in Andalus was invited for a wedding, and while Wednesday, 27 May 2015, live at until permanent appointments are made. Those there he left his daughters playing in the hotel foyer. Marina FM. included Walid Khalid Al-Bader, Acting Managing When he went to collect the children, he realized that The bank’s new red customers who Director for International Marketing, Mohammad Al- their hands and ears were without the gold bracelets open an account and transfer their Farhood, Acting Managing Director for Finance and Ali and earrings they had been wearing, so he reported student allowance will also be eligible Al-Obaid, acting Managing Director for Training. the incident to police. to enter the monthly cash draws for a chance to win up to KD 1,500. In addition to, the quarterly car draw which Iranian conman arrested House painting fines will be for 1 lucky winner who will KUWAIT: The Kuwait Municipality recently decided to set a An Iranian man in violation of residency regulations was have a chance to win a new Camaro arrested for conning a citizen out of KD 57,000. The citizen special penal code for citizens painting the exterior of LT Coupe or a Cadillac SRX. their houses in colors other than shades of white and told police that he gave the Iranian KD 57,000 as his share Furthermore, to these exciting cash in a business project, but the Iranian disappeared. beige. The new paint color conditions had been proposed and car prizes, Gulf Bank has also part- by Municipal Council member Fahad Al-Sane, who asked nered with ZAIN, where red customers to include the paint condition in the construction specifi- are exclusively offered the latest Sexual harassment cations chart. By studying the proposal, the municipality smartphone bundles or internet said it found that the Municipal Council had approved a A Filipina woman accused an Egyptian man of sexu- plans. similar one in 2008, in addition to another one pertaining al harassment while at work in Jahra. She said the man, Through the bank’s red program, with mandatory use of shades of white and beige to paint who works next door, asked to have sex with her and customers can also see movies at all Manal Barakat, Manager, Consumer Banking (right) congratulates Sultan the exterior of all buildings in various areas around offered her money for that. Police are investigating. Kuwait National Cinema Company Al-Ajmi, a Red account draw winner. Kuwait. — Al-Rai THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015 Afghanistan’s Sikhs Al-Qaeda declares jihad against Islamic State in Libya feel alienated and pressured to leave Page 8 Page 12

TAYBEH: A Lebanese army vehicle fires a TOW-II missile in the village of Taybeh, near Baalbek, eastern Lebanon yesterday. The Lebanese army has conducted a live-fire demonstration of advanced missiles supplied by the United States to help combat Islamic extremists along the country’s volatile border with Syria. (Inset) Syrian rescue workers remove the body of a baby from the rubble of a house following a reported bomb barrel attack by Syrian government forces in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo.— AFP ‘Blood antiquities’ - IS looting precious treasures A wound world struggles to staunch PARIS: Off a corridor at world culture agency But we don’t know what to do,” said Jason Felch, co- outright because of the harm that could do to sec- UNESCO’s star-shaped Paris headquarters, a modest author of the book “Chasing Aphrodite” that reported ondary markets for legitimate objects. office with potted plants and three small desks has on how looted antiquities can end up in the hands of The British Museum said this week it was holding become the war room in the fight against looted the world’s museums. for safekeeping an undisclosed artefact illegally antiquities from Iraq and Syria. “UNESCO has no blue removed from Syria, and there have been sightings helmets,” its deputy heritage director Mechtild Check the figures on e-commerce websites of limestone figures Rossler told Reuters, using the common jargon for Syria’s famed archaeological sites have suffered believed to be from Palmyra. But so far, few objects United Nations’ peacekeepers. “We work with three extensive damage during four years of conflict, with are known to have surfaced in art circles, suggesting people... So what do you want us to do?” Islamic gems such as the old souk in Aleppo devastated by to some that traffickers are repeating a tactic used State’s pillaging of the ancient Assyrian city of the fighting. But as the civil war has ground on, the after the Iraq war when looted objects were stored Nimrud, video of museum statues and carvings threat of plunder has risen to the fore. In late-2014, for a period of time before being quietly placed on destroyed in the Iraqi city of Mosul, and now the media around the world leapt on the assertion by a the market. Author Felch said such a “cooling off peri- seizure of the Syrian heritage site of Palmyra have US-funded archaeologist that antiquities-trafficking od” can be used by illicit traders to ease the entry of underscored the world’s impotence at saving some had become IS’s second largest source of revenue an object into the legitimate art world, often via a of its most precious archaeological treasures. after oil sales. Some even estimated the take ran into private collector who will donate it to a museum in With major powers not willing to put troops on billions of dollars. return for a tax break worth much more than the the ground, Islamic State fighters have extended the At around the same time, satellite images pub- purchase price. reach of their fundamentalist caliphate against lished by the US government and others showed depleted and demoralized government forces in heritage sites such as Syria’s 3rd century BC Dura- Sting operation both Syria and Iraq. The world’s failure to stem daily Europos city increasingly pockmarked by crude exca- Others argue the existence of super-rich collec- killings, atrocities and mounting humanitarian crises vation pits over a period from mid-2012 to early tors ready to pay huge sums to privately display illicit in the two countries understandably gets most 2014. Some experts believe the worst of the looting treasures may owe more to Hollywood than reality. attention. But its inability to safeguard heritage sites took place when the site was under the control of They say the real effort must lie with persuading from an array of threats is also storing up trouble, as the Western- and Arab-backed Free Syrian Army, sug- bona fide art players to reject anything whose prove- much-needed future livelihoods based on tourism gesting the problem is rampant and afflicting many nance cannot be proven beyond doubt. Alice Farren- are ruined and potentially lucrative sources of fund- sites regardless of which faction is in charge. While Bradley at London-based Art Recovery Group, a pri- ing for Islamist insurgents created. those images are still widely accepted as evidence vate company that runs a database of registered The fear that the trade in looted artefacts can that theft is taking place on a huge scale, doubts antiquities, said everything from solid documenta- aggravate the conflicts has earned them the nick- have since emerged about the methodology and tion to common sense is needed to determine name “blood antiquities” - adapting the “blood dia- data basis of estimates of the amount of proceeds whether the origin of an object was suspect. mond” tag coined for the gems that have financed that have flown to IS or other groups. “It’s that gut feeling when you are offered some- fighters in African wars from Angola to Sierra Leone. “We still need to figure out the market itself,” thing ... for example if it’s got chisel-marks on it. I did “The situation in Syria and Iraq is unprecedented,” Richard Stengel, US Department of State Under archaeology and one does not excavate with a chisel. said Rossler, whose career has spanned the 1993 Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, You go in as lightly as possible,” she said, noting that destruction of Bosnia’s Ottoman-era Mostar bridge acknowledged at a conference held at Paris’s Louvre much looting is done quickly, clumsily and after by Croatian forces and the Taliban dynamiting of museum this month. UNESCO is similarly circum- nightfall. Farren-Bradley argued that schemes to Afghanistan’s Buddhas of Bamiyan in 2001. Yet if the spect. Rossler puts the revenue yield to IS in the “high establish the exact provenance of objects can help world has had ample experience of assaults on cul- millions” of dollars, but said her organisation did not by undermining the market value of any good seen tural sites, the quest for a counter-strategy is uphill. have an official estimate. Black markets in any goods as suspect, therefore removing the financial incen- UNESCO, headed by polyglot Bulgarian ex-foreign are notoriously difficult to quantify and ultimately tive for it to be looted in the first place. UNESCO’s minister Irina Bokova, has led world calls for a halt to the debate may yet prove moot: the very fact looting Rossler agreed, saying the organization was working the destruction. But its own resources are limited, is taking place on IS-controlled sites suggests the with auctioneers Christie’s and Sotheby’s to persuade not least because of the US decision in 2011 to cut group is confident it will one day derive revenue art professionals never to buy anything without clear off funding of the body after other members backed from them. documentation. a Palestinian bid for full membership. No fewer than Yet the episode reveals the continued lack of Yet the setbacks encountered by the “Kimberley six international conventions have been drawn up institutional knowledge about a trade thought to Process”, a certification scheme launched in 2000 to over the years to protect cultural heritage. Alarm piggy-back smuggling networks for other illicit combat blood diamonds, show it will not be easy. As bells have been sounded in UN Security Council res- goods such as narcotics, starting in neighbors such recently as last November, a UN panel concluded olutions and in declarations by heads of state, top as Turkey and Lebanon and ending in the West. That that illicit diamond sales were still funding a bloody museums and the art world. is mirrored by the patchiness of national legislation. conflict in Central African Republic. Felch argues a UNESCO’s 1970 flagship convention aimed at pro- more direct route would be to provide proper fund- Smuggling networks hibiting the illicit trade in cultural property has been ing for law enforcement agents in potential end-mar- But, despite some successes in recovering ratified by some 130 of its 195 member states. But kets such as the United States and elsewhere to help objects, the effort is hamstrung by the patchwork Rossler said only two countries, the United States undercover efforts to penetrate smuggling networks approach of national authorities, a failure to tackle and Switzerland, directly implement it. While and ensnare the ringleaders. “Federal agents are smuggling networks head-on and a lack of even February’s UN Security Council Resolution on Syria being offered looted stuff out of Syria,” he said. “But basic information about the market they trade in. outlaws exports, there have been few national they don’t even have the resources to set up a sting “When a crisis like this erupts, we feel the need to act. moves to ban all sales of Syrian and Iraqi antiquities operation.” — Reuters THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015 INTERNATIONAL Mali troops get reacquainted with lost north

GOUNDAM: For Malian troops making some foreign fighters but most home- tary mission called Operation Serval to oust men.” Malian leaders say that the French transport them to a UN or Barkhane base their first forays into the country’s north grown jihadists-seized the vast expanse of the extremists. forces give the local troops a sort of security as quickly as possible, so they can receive since jihadists took control, French military desert in 2012, effectively kicking out the But much of the north has remained supplement. “Even if the jihadists receive care,” said Traore. In May, nine Malian sol- support provides reassurance at a time Malian military and government. France largely off-limits to domestic troops amid reinforcements from the neighboring coun- diers died in a rebel ambush near when they are strangers in their own back came to the aid of its former colony in an ongoing jihadist insurgency and attacks tries, which is often the case, the French see Timbuktu, some because they failed to get yard. Islamist militias linked to Al-Qaeda- January 2013, leading an international mili- by a variety of other rebel groups fighting everything with their planes and satellites,” medical attention quickly enough. “With for land and autonomy. Following the suc- said Bayala. “If they see enemy vehicles Operation Serval, we had progress, things cess of Serval and its more widely-focused arriving, they can warn us, send their heli- were better,” said the doctor. “But little by successor, the Sahel-wide Operation copters and that’s good,” he said. “This little, we ask ourselves how long the French Barkhane counter-terrorism mission, the cooperation with the French shows us our will be staying.” With six to eight men to a Malian army is making tentative steps back limits, while at the same time giving us a pick-up, their legs hanging out, Malian into its desert hinterland. Hopes for peace feeling of security,” said Captain Hamadou vehicles struggle to keep up with the in the region were boosted on Friday when Traore, a doctor for the Malian patrol. French and their four-wheel drives in the Mali’s main Tuareg-led rebel movement, The French operation included five days soft sand. The group makes frequent stops known as the CMA, announced it would of patrol, reconnaissance and intelligence because of the terrain. sign a final deal to end the conflict in the operations west of Timbuktu, a region the Many of the soldiers who come from west African nation on June 20. government struggles to control because the south are just discovering the desert The French recently launched operation of constant attacks by armed groups and and its drawbacks, and struggle to commu- “La Madine 3”, a reconnaissance mission to other criminal activity. Villages in the nicate with the locals in their regional help Mali’s military begin to get re-accus- region are quickly emptying as residents dialects. One condition for the CMA agree- tomed to an expanse of desert the size of flee from gangs that come in the night to ing to sign the peace accord was that its Texas which has become an alien land. The loot and, in some cases, kill before retreat- fighters and other combatants be included 30 or so French soldiers based near ing back into their desert hideouts. Malian in a security force for the north, and for Timbuktu airport joined Malian troops at military leaders say that the French pres- locals to be represented in government their barracks, but French commanders ence may deter jihadists from doing more institutions. Bocar Diarra, 25, from south- insisted they did not want to step on any damage. “They have firepower. Nobody will western Mali, more than 1,500 kilometers toes-just provide help where it was needed. dare compete with them. The planes in the from Timbuktu, doesn’t place his trust in sky, the drones, medical evacuations by the current army, nor the future “recon- ‘The French see everything’ helicopter if needed-it’s good,” said Traore. structed” forces. According to Diarra, “the “We are here to help you,” French helicopters are the most important. GOUNDAM: Soldiers of the Malian Army Forces secure the pist between Lieutenant Colonel Zlatan told Malian ‘Move towards peace’ Nobody can patrol and hold the big north- Goundam and Timbuktu, northern Mali during the joint operation “La Captain Cheikh Bayala, a commander of 70 In his ambulance, a Toyota van, Traore ern desert”. “As long as the French stay, it Madine 3”, part of the Operation Barkhane, an anti-terrorist operation in men. “It’s up to you to tell us when we leave, has a stretcher, an empty oxygen bottle, will be all right, the jihadists will not dare the Sahel. —AFP when we stop. We are behind you if there is two medical first aid kits and not much come south. We will move towards peace,” a problem but I will not command your else. “When we have injured people, we he said. —AFP Al-Qaeda, IS face off in East Libya Qaeda-linked militants declare a holy war

BENGHAZI: Al-Qaeda-linked militants year-old veteran jihadist, who fought in ensuing clashes killed at least nine IS last year after veteran militants return- in eastern Libya declared a holy war on Afghanistan, was killed along with his militants and two from the Shura ing from Iraq and Syria united the city’s a local Islamic State affiliate yesterday aide. Akr’s group, known as the Shura Council, including Salem Derbi, the fractured extremist factions and killed after one of their senior leaders was Council of Darna’s Jihadists, announced commander of the so-called Abu Salem off rivals. Derbi belongs to a generation shot dead by masked gunmen, setting his killing in a statement yesterday, Brigade, which has history of enmity of Islamic militants who turned Darna off clashes between the rival jihadist blaming it on Islamic State militants. It with IS. The IS group began as an Al- into a jihadist stronghold in the 1980s groups that left 11 people dead on accused the IS group of “tyranny and Qaeda affiliate but had a bitter falling and 1990s during an insurgency both sides. The clashes erupted after criminality,” and vowed to wage “holy out with the global jihadist network in against longtime dictator Muammar BEN GUERDANE: Migrants arrive at the port in the Tunisian town of Ben gunmen opened fire on Nasr Akr, an Al- war against them until none of them 2014. The two groups have also clashed Gaddafi. Darna was the main source of Guerdane, some 40 kilometers west of the Libyan border, following their Qaeda-inspired militant once jailed in are left.” It also called on residents to rise in Syria. Libyan jihadists and suicide bombers rescue by Tunisia’s coastguard and navy after their vessel overturned off the UK on terrorism charges. The 55- up against the extremist group. The An IS affiliate seized control of Darna who joined the insurgency in Iraq after Libya yesterday. 354 migrants were rescued from two boats which broke the US-led invasion in 2003. Entire down as they headed from Libya to Italy. —AFP brigades of Darna natives fight in Syria’s civil war. Despite his jihadist past, Derbi and his followers once secured a visit to Migrants race through Italy the city by Libya’s elected leaders, signi- fying support for a democratic govern- to dodge the EU asylum rules ment, albeit one that would enforce Islamic law. BOLZANO: Last month, Dejen Asefaw was rescued migrants helps Italy. “Italy would like to rescue the with hundreds of other migrants in the migrants, but not take care of them,” Coslovi said. “In Tracing IS money-laundry Mediterranean Sea and brought to Sicily. The 24- other words, we want them to disappear.” Meanwhile, Iraq is seeking the help year-old graduate from Eritrea, who endured forced of the US Treasury Department in trac- military service and prison at home, hopes to be Detention, force ing money-laundry schemes and tight- granted asylum in Europe. But instead of applying In 2014, some 625,000 people sought asylum in ening international procedures in order for refugee status in the country where he landed, as the EU, according to the Eurostat agency. Just under to prevent Islamic State from benefiting European law dictates, Asefaw made his way to just a third, or 200,000, applied in Germany alone, while from such funds, a senior official said south of the Austrian border. He hoped to cross into Sweden received 81,000 applications, the highest yesterday. “International procedures Austria and travel through Germany to Sweden, number as a proportion of population. Sweden has must be tightened,” stressed Iraqi where his brother lives. There, he planned to identify 9.5 million people, Germany more than 80 million. Finance Minister Hoshyar Zebari during himself to authorities and request asylum. Waiting Of the more than 170,000 migrants who reached his reception of Daniel Glaser, the on a train platform a few days ago, the South Tyrol’s Italy by boat last year, according to Eurostat, only a Assistant Secretary for Terrorist snowcapped peaks shining in the distance, Asefaw third sought asylum there. Most migrants give their Financing in the Office of Terrorism and said it was easy to avoid being registered in Italy. “No fingerprints only where they want asylum. In recent Financial Intelligence at the US Treasury one forces you to give your fingerprints,” he said, years, Syrians and Eritreans - the most likely to be Department. Zebari, in a statement before explaining how he paid people smugglers recognized as refugees in Europe - have either issued by the finance ministry, also more than $5,000 for his journey to Europe. refused to be fingerprinted in Italy or even burned underlined significance of exchanging “Surviving the journey was a miracle.” Asefaw’s jour- their fingertips to avoid identification, according to information on mechanisms enabling ney north exposes one of the biggest flaws in an Italian police memorandum sent to local offices ISIL to receive these funds, either from Europe’s approach to migrants. last year. BAIJI: A leg allegedly belonging to a jihadist of the Islamic State (IS) group is seen hanging in domestic or foreign sources. The meet- To try to address the issue, the European the Iraqi town of Baiji, north of Tikrit, after it was found buried and then placed there by Shiite ing comes a year after the major Iraqi Shipwreck, death Commission recently proposed that the EU set up fighters from the Popular Mobilization units (in the picture) fighting alongside Iraqi forces city of Mosul being under control of the A shipwreck that killed some 800 migrants in and help manage identification centers in countries against IS to retake Baiji for a second time. —AFP terrorist group. —Agencies April prompted European Union countries to triple such as Italy and Greece, where the bulk of migrants funding for rescue missions in the Mediterranean to arrive. The EU plan recommends allowing detention, help Greek and Italian authorities cope with thou- the use of force, and ultimately deportation of those sands of arrivals each month. To further ease the who refuse to be fingerprinted - a sharp contrast to burden on southern countries, the 28-nation EU has the open immigration centers that currently shelter Syria rebels overrun key army proposed redistributing tens of thousands of almost 80,000 in Italy. EU states are due to discuss migrants among its member states. But while most the plan later this month. Should the EU adopt of Europe agrees more needs to be done to rescue stricter registration procedures, the number of peo- base in a new regime setback people at sea, the EU is deeply at odds over how to ple applying for asylum in southern countries would cope with them once they are ashore - a divide that likely rise, while those applying in northern states reflects both the difficulties of European policy mak- should fall. To help balance the burden, the commis- BEIRUT: An alliance of Syrian rebel forces seized a Control of Daraa deaths have come in government aerial ing and the rising tide of anti-immigration sentiment sion wants to redistribute 40,000 Eritrean and Syrian key army base in the south of the country on Rebels control a majority of Daraa province attacks, particularly involving the use of “barrel sweeping the continent. asylum seekers in Italy and Greece across the EU Tuesday in a new setback for the regime’s embat- and its capital, Abdel Rahman said. Syria’s offi- bombs”. The weapon, criticized by rights EU asylum rules, known as the Dublin over the next two years. tled troops. The Southern Front alliance took full cial SANA news agency did not report the cap- groups as indiscriminate, has been used to Regulation, were first drafted in the early 1990s and Some EU members oppose the move. Britain control of the 52nd Brigade base in Daraa ture of the base. But earlier, citing a military devastating effect in Aleppo, where the require people seeking refuge to do so in the says it will not participate, while Poland is pushing province after 24 hours of fierce clashes, a rebel source, it said the air force had struck the area, Observatory said four members of one family European country where they first set foot. for a voluntary system. Italy criticizes the redistribu- spokesman said. “The 52nd Brigade base was ful- killing at least 40 “terrorists,” who it accused were killed in such an attack on Tuesday. Northern European countries defend the policy as a tion proposal for being too limited and temporary. ly liberated from the regime army,” Major Essam neighboring Jordan of backing. The fall of the way to prevent multiple applications across the con- “The quotas must be only a first step, or it will Al-Rayes said, adding at least 2,000 rebel fighters base is the latest in a string of defeats for the Multi-front war tinent. Some are upset with what they see as Italy’s become only a stopgap measure,” says Italy’s had taken part in the “short and quick” assault. regime, which has lost territory to rebel Syria’s conflict has evolved into a complex, lax attitude to registering asylum seekers. Earlier this undersecretary for immigration, Domenico The base lies near a major highway running from alliances in Syria’s northwest and the Islamic multi-front war that has drawn in jihadists year, French police stopped about 1,000 migrants Manzione. “Migrants know the rules, and the rules Damascus to Syria’s southern border with Jordan State group in the country’s centre. including IS, which now rules a self-proclaimed near the border and returned them to Italy. Smaller are no longer viable.” There appears to be little will and is also near the frontier with neighboring It also follows defeats in Daraa, including its “caliphate” in territory across Syria and Iraq. The round-ups happen daily in Austria, with migrants among northern countries to change the rules, Sweida province, which is largely regime-con- last crossing with Jordan in April. Nonetheless, group on Tuesday claimed an attack against an returned to the Italian side of the Brennero pass. though the Commission has promised to “evaluate” trolled. “This base was one of the main lines of efforts towards a political solution to the crisis Iraqi government headquarters in Amriyat Al- “Some countries do not work very well in regis- them next year. defense for the regime forces. It was a nightmare, have faltered. In Cairo, figures from the coun- Fallujah, west of the capital Baghdad. At least tering asylum seekers and refugees,” Stephan Mayer, because they used it to shell all the areas to the try’s exiled opposition, as well as anti-regime two people were killed in the assault by mili- a conservative German lawmaker who is part of Welcome east of the province,” Rayes said. figures from within Syria tolerated by tants. The attack came a year to the day since IS Germany’s parliamentary committee on migrant Every morning, dozens, and sometimes even The Southern Front was combing through Damascus, agreed on a roadmap that ruled out launched a sweeping offensive that overran legislation, told Reuters. But Italy, which receives the hundreds of migrants arrive from Rome and spill out the site for material left by regime troops, he any future role for President Bashar Al-Assad. much of Iraq’s Sunni Arab heartland and seized bulk of seaborne migrants, says the law is unfair and onto the platforms of the Bolzano train station, in said, adding the alliance would likely launch The roadmap, distributed to journalists after a the country’s second city Mosul. logistically impossible. It wants a major rethink. the Adige River valley near the Brennero pass into additional attacks from there in the near future. two-day meeting this week, also stressed the A US-led coalition striking the jihadists in “These rules are not rules that help us tackle the Austria. Bleary-eyed and dishevelled, men, women Diaa Al-Hariri, spokesman for one of the groups need for a negotiated solution under UN aus- both Syria and Iraq said it destroyed IS build- problem, because they leave Italy isolated,” Italian and children are greeted by volunteers in several in the alliance, said the base had been used as a pices starting with a ceasefire, prisoner release ings, tactical units, and fighting positions near Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said of the EU asylum languages, including English, Tigrinya and Arabic. launching pad for the army’s infantry. The and the return of opposition figures from Mosul on Monday. Meanwhile, the Pentagon regulations on Sunday. “Good morning. Welcome,” said an Italian volunteer Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain- abroad. said it was drawing up plans to expand the Italian officials say they are stepping up efforts to as she directed migrants one recent morning based monitoring group, confirmed opposition Syria’s conflict began in March 2011 with training of Iraqi forces and Sunni tribesmen in a fingerprint all migrants and potential asylum seek- towards an area with water, sandwiches, fruit and groups had taken the base after clashes and anti-government protests. After a regime step that could mean deploying more US ers, but estimate that between a quarter and half of basic hygienic products like hand wipes provided by intense shelling that killed 15 rebel fighters and crackdown, it spiraled into a civil war that has troops in the country. A ramped up training all those who land in Italy dodge the rules. Part of a local non-profit group. Later that day, Asefaw and 20 government fighters. Observatory chief now killed more than 230,000 people, the program could mean deploying “less than a the problem, says Fulvio Coslovi, a secretary for the his 19-year-old fiancee Nebyat Mengstu jumped on Rami Abdel Rahman said rebel forces also Observatory said as it issued a new toll thousand” troops at most, as well as increasing Coisp police union in Bolzano, is that it is not a crime a tightly packed train to the pass, where they seized two villages, including the Christian Tuesday. The monitoring group said nearly the number of training sites from the four cur- in Italy for migrants to refuse fingerprinting, which is planned to catch an international service bound for town of Al-Rakham, as regime troops withdrew 70,000 civilians have died in the war, nearly rently being used, an American defense official how the EU keeps track of where someone enters Munich. Migrants filled an entire carriage and talked to the nearby village of Al-Dara. 11,500 of them children. Many of the civilian said on condition of anonymity. —AFP the bloc. Police, therefore, do not typically force peo- in hushed voices as they rattled past the medieval ple to register. Coslovi said that the failure to identify castles that dot the valley. —Reuters THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015 INTERNATIONAL With little cash, young Mexican shakes up politics

MEXICO CITY: With just a few thousand dollars door campaign in his hometown of Zapopan, a country’s old parties in a country where a recent ing how he was able to defeat the parties with ing and raised another $13,000 through private and an Internet-powered grassroots campaign, suburb of Guadalajara, Mexico’s second biggest poll showed that 91 percent of people believe few resources and without previous political donations, with an army of young campaign a 25-year-old Mexican of Japanese ancestry city. “It’s not about me. It’s not a candidacy politicians are crooked. The biggest star of this support,” said Crespo of the Economics workers to help him. “Kuma speaks in an incred- tapped into discontent with corruption- based on personality,” the broad-smiling Mexican mini-revolution was Jaime “El Bronco” Research and Teaching Center. “Many will study ibly beautiful manner that inspires,” said plagued political parties to make history in Kumamoto, who favors casual clothes such as Rodriguez, who became the first independent the Kumamoto case to try to reproduce it.” A Alejandra Parra, his 24-year-old campaign coor- midterm elections. Pedro Kumamoto, nick- jeans and untucked shirts, told AFP in a tele- to win a governorship in the industrial northern culture management graduate from a Jesuit dinator. Kumamoto built an elaborate website, named “Kuma,” is among a handful of inde- phone interview. “It’s a candidacy that hap- state of Nuevo Leon. Another prominent inde- university, Kumamoto is a member of drew around 20,000 followers on Twitter and pendents who were elected in Sunday’s vote, pened through social movements related to pendent, Manuel Clouthier, who won a federal Wikipolitica, a network of young volunteers was advised by intellectuals and academics. the first that allowed candidates without par- outrage with traditional politics, with political Congress seat in Sinaloa, was once a member of who promote civic activism and press for gov- While he chose an alternative route to navigate ties to run for office since a 2014 reform. With a parties that haven’t worked correctly,” said the National Action Party and his father ran for ernment transparency. By contrast, Rodriguez Mexican politics, his Japanese ancestor also $14,000 war chest financed with small dona- Kumamoto, who won 39 percent of the vote. president under the same banner. But what sets was already a well-known former mayor who took his own, odd road to Mexico after World tions he limited to no more than $450, Kumamoto apart from the other independents was part of President Enrique Pena Nieto’s War I. “My great-grandfather was promised he Kumamoto brushed aside rivals from well- A Mexican mini-revolution is that he was never a member of a political par- Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) for three would go to San Francisco (California), but his financed and entrenched political parties to At least four other independents won in the ty. Analysts say his surprising victory could be a decades before quitting last year. boat arrived in (the southernmost Mexican win a seat in the Jalisco state legislature in west- elections for the 500-member lower chamber of model for aspiring independents. state of) Chiapas” and he married an indige- ern Mexico. Congress, hundreds of state legislatures and For political analyst Jose Antonio Crespo, Japanese great-grandfather nous Tzotzil woman, he said. “The compass His supporters also offered sunscreen, water municipalities, and nine governorships. Their Kumamoto’s victory is “much more significant” Kumamoto surged out of nowhere to win in failed a bit,” said Kumamoto, who describes bottles and apples for the grueling door-to- victories were seen as a protest vote against the than that of Rodriguez or Clouthier. “It’s surpris- Jalisco. He only received $1,100 in public financ- himself as “very Mexican.” —AFP Policeman who pulled gun at Texas pool party resigns Latest racially-charged incident

CHICAGO: A Texas police officer videotaped pulling a gun out at a teen pool party has resigned in the latest racially-charged incident involving alleged excessive force by US law enforcement. McKinney Police Chief Greg Conley denounced Eric Casebolt’s “indefensible” actions late Tuesday as he announced the resignation, insisting they did not reflect the department’s “high standard of action”. Video footage filmed by one of the teens and later posted on YouTube showed Casebolt-who is white-shout- ing obscenities at the black teenagers as he orders them to lie on the ground. At one point, he is seen throwing a bikini-clad girl to the ground and pinning her down. He then pulled WASHINGTON: Bobble head dolls of former US President Bill Clinton (left) out his gun when two young black men and former Secretary of State and current Democrat Presidential hopeful approached, apparently trying to help her. Hillary Clinton are seen for sale at a gift shop at Ronald Reagan National “Our policies, our training, our practice do Airport in Washington. —AFP not support his actions,” the police chief said at a press conference. “He came into the call out of control and as the video shows, was out of con- Pantsuit tee, anyone? trol during the incident.” Conley said a dozen officers were sent to the community center Campaigns hawk more than buttons Friday amid reports of a “disturbance” at the pool. A group of uninvited youngsters had shown up at the pool party and then refused to WASHINGTON: The 2016 race has boiled online store said, without discussing numbers. leave, police said. Authorities launched a probe down to Democratic frontrunner Hillary “Senator Paul is very willing to be an innovator after becoming aware of the existence of the Clinton versus Republican rebel Rand Paul-in in design,” Grubbs said. “He doesn’t put a lot of video, which went viral and was replayed the battle for best and quirkiest campaign restrictions on us.” That could explain the repeatedly on US news broadcasts. merchandise, that is. The White House contest “Stand with Rand” car mats ($70) and “Rand on The incident comes at a time of heightened remains anyone’s guess, but 17 months ahead a Stick” hand paddles ($35 per dozen), which racial tensions following a series of incidents of the election, Clinton and Paul are winning the website insists are great for “church servic- involving questionable use of sometimes lethal the swag stakes, merging Americans’ zen for es that lack air conditioning.” police force in black communities across the online shopping with their penchant for public Paul received a brush back from Ray-Ban in United States. The white teen who shot the displays of political affection. Political col- April, when the sunglass maker ordered the video told a CNN affiliate that Casebolt passed lectibles are part of a centuries-old American campaign website to stop selling the compa- him over while yelling at the black teens. “You tradition, one that took off in 1840 but was ny’s iconic Wayfarer shades with “Rand” can see in part of the video where he tells us to solidified with the 1860 presidential campaign, imprinted on them. The merchandise battle is sit down, and he kinda like skips over me and when tintype visages of Abraham Lincoln and spilling into the broader marketplace, with tells all my African-American friends to go sit other candidates appeared on buttons. websites like CafePress offering unofficial cam- down,” 15-year-old Brandon Brook said. Late Clinton’s online store is selling buttons, but paign paraphernalia. Washington’s Ronald Monday, a group of protesters demonstrated at also bumper stickers, hats, sweatshirts and Reagan National Airport was displaying plenty a school and a police station in McKinney, wav- mugs adorned with her “H arrow” logo. It is of campaign gear, but it appeared one-sided. ing signs that read “End Police Brutality” and hawking the “Everyday Pantsuit Tee” ($30), Along with presidential fare, shops there were calling for Conley to lose his job. Clinton’s take on the mock tuxedo shirt, out- selling Clinton bobble head dolls and “Hillary lined instead with a pantsuit-her ubiquitous 2016” mugs, but other candidates’ collectibles Long list of violations outfit while secretary of state. Also on offer is a were not for sale yet. While several hopefuls The US Justice Department has launched “future voter onesie” ($25) for 2016-leaning have launched online stores, Clinton and Paul investigations into possible civil rights viola- infants, a throw pillow ($55) announcing that have outdone their numerous competitors. tions by police in a number of the recent cases. “A woman’s place is in the White House,” and a Senator Bernie Sanders, challenging Clinton for Long-simmering tensions erupted into weeks line of rainbow-colored “pride” gear. Clinton the Democratic nomination, is selling bumper of sometimes violent protests after the fatal routinely pitches the products in tweets and stickers ($5) urging liberals to “Honk for a politi- shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael DALLAS: A silent protestor laid in the grass similar to the14-year-old African- emails. cal revolution!” Republican Ted Cruz’s support- Brown in Ferguson, Missouri in August. A grand American girl who was pinned to the ground by McKinney Police Cpl Eric Casebolt Paul’s merchandise suggests a Libertarian ers can sink $40 on a Cruz iPhone case. Paul’s jury declined to indict the officer who shot outside a Craig Ranch pool. He held his hands behind his back with a sign that read, in political attack mode. In a jab at his phone cases sell for half that, while the online Brown and investigators with the US Justice Democratic rival, Paul’s store sells “Hillary’s Jeb Bush Store is selling a Jeb 2016 iPhone ‘We Stand United’ and ‘Just For All’. —AP Department later concurred that he acted in Hard Drive” for $99.95. “When they’re gone, case for $12.95. self-defense. motorist in South Carolina was indicted on back. Six officers also face criminal charges in they’re gone forever,” the website quips-pre- Bush’s unofficial candidate status-his cam- The family of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who murder charges Monday. Michael Slager, who the death of Freddie Gray, 25, who died due to sumably just like Clinton’s missing emails. paign launch is expected Monday-could was shot dead by police while holding a toy served with the North Charleston police force, a serious spinal injury suffered while in the Paul’s gear reflects his politics, from his “Don’t explain the bland variety of Bush shirts and gun in Cleveland in November, is still waiting to was indicted over the April 4 killing of 50-year- back of a police van in Baltimore, Maryland. Drone Me, Bro!” shirt ($25), sharing his skepti- commuter mugs. Jewelers are gearing up for a hear if prosecutors will charge the officers old Walter Scott. Gray’s April death sparked days of sometimes cism of US drone policy, to one that touts “The 2016 campaign merchandizing bonanza. involved. A number of other incidents that Slager was dismissed from the force and violent protests in Baltimore just an hour’s drive NSA knows I bought this Rand Paul t-shirt” “Absolutely we’ll be in the game,” said gained national attention in recent months arrested a short time after the release of a north of the US capital-and in other major US ($18), the winning entry in Paul’s apparel Washington jeweler Ann Hand, whose cuf- have led to criminal charges against the officers bystander’s cellphone video that shows Scott cities. Tuesday, an oversight panel found irregu- design contest. Paul also offers an anti- flinks and pins have adorned presidents, law- involved. A white police officer who was video- running away as the officer pulls his gun and larities in the shooting death of a 25-year-old National Security Agency “Spy Cam Blocker” makers and first ladies. Hand said she will likely taped shooting an unarmed, fleeing black fires eight shots, five of which hit Scott in the unarmed man by Los Angeles police. —AFP ($15) that fits over a laptop’s camera. It is his produce a pin for every candidate, and she second-best seller, after a blue shirt with the expects they’ll sell well. “Many people are pas- Rand logo. sionate about their politics,” she said. Meanwhile, Paul has gone all in with personal- Missouri man executed for deaths of girlfriend, child ‘Rand on a Stick’ ized memorabilia. For $1,000, a supporter can “The store has had a very significant first buy an autographed leather-bound copy of BONNE TERRE: A Missouri man in hell.” The bodies of Washington scream during it. Officers headed to mental illness and frequently eight weeks,” Steve Grubbs, Paul’s Iowa chief the US Constitution. Grubbs said he has who killed his girlfriend and her 2- and her daughter were found in the apartment, where Strong met argued. strategist who also manages the candidate’s already sold several.—AFP year-old daughter with a butcher October 2000 in Washington’s them outside. He initially told them “He just snapped,” Herndon said. knife was put to death Tuesday. apartment in the St Louis suburb of Washington was sleeping, then said “It was just sort of a powder keg Richard Strong, 48, was executed at St Ann. A large butcher knife was she had gone to work. Officers saw waiting to explode. It wasn’t a US Southwest, Northwest the state prison in Bonne Terre for found on a bed next to a pool of blood stains on his hand, and healthy relationship.” Alyshia Strong the deaths of Eva Washington and was taken in by Strong’s mother. could see major wildfires her daughter, Zandrea Thomas, Despite the killings, she grew close DENVER: The Southwest and Northwest could departments said federal firefighting costs are more than 14 years ago. He was the to her father, frequently visiting him face potentially catastrophic wildfires this summer, expected to range from $1.1 billion to $2.1 billion fourth man to die by injection in in prison. A clemency request to despite an unusually wet May over much of the this year. The high end would exceed their com- Missouri this year and the 16th Gov Jay Nixon relied heavily on nation, the Obama administration has warned. bined firefighting budget of about $1.4 billion. If since November 2013. Only Texas Alyshia’s words describing the “We’ve been very fortunate here in the central part the costs exceed their firefighting budgets, the has executed more inmates over importance of her father in her life. of the country to have above-normal precipitation departments would have to transfer money from that span. “l know some people probably to allow us to postpone the fire season,” US Forest programs meant to reduce long-term fire danger “Jehovah-Jireh, you’re my wonder how I can have a relation- Service chief Tom Tidwell said at a news confer- by improving the health of forests and rangelands. provider. Your grace is sufficient for ship with my father given that he ence Tuesday in Denver. But as the summer heat Vilsack, Jewell and Tidwell again asked me. Forgive me for my sin,” Strong killed my mother, but we are very dries out forests and rangeland, the fire danger Congress to allow the administration to take the said in his final statement, accord- close,” the girl, now 14, wrote. will rise, said Tidwell, who joined Agriculture cost of fighting the worst wildfires out of federal ing to corrections officials. During “I understand that my father Secretary Tom Vilsack and Interior Secretary Sally disaster funds, rather than their firefighting budg- Jewell at the Denver briefing. ets, to protect long-term fire prevention programs. the execution, he breathed deeply needs to face consequences and to Southern Arizona and drought-stricken The Obama administration says the worst 1 per- several times and briefly raised his pay for what he did, but I do not California are especially vulnerable to large, costly cent of all wildfires account for about 30 percent of head from the gurney pillow before think it is right for me to lose my fires, Tidwell said. Washington, Oregon, northern federal firefighting costs. “These are emergencies,” becoming motionless. He was pro- father as part of the punishment,” Idaho and western Montana will face increasing Jewell said. “They should be treated as such.” She nounced dead at 6:58 pm CDT. No she added. On Monday, in an inter- fire danger later in the summer, he said. said the proposal has bipartisan support but the family members or other witnesses view with The Associated Press, she Conditions in Washington could be similar to last administration hasn’t been able to persuade attended the execution on Strong’s said, “I’ve never been angry with my year, when the Carlton Complex fire destroyed 300 Congress to act. behalf. Strong met earlier Tuesday Michael Augustine Bournes Arie Arlynn Lee dad and I’ve learned to forgive.” homes, making it the worst wildfire in state histo- Vilsack added, “It’s not asking about new mon- with his mother, brother, sister-in- Strong’s fate was sealed when ry, Tidwell said. Jewell said climate change and ey. It’s about spending the existing resources a dif- law and two daughters, but none of blood. Strong and Washington’s Strong tried to run. When they Nixon declined the clemency drought are to blame for worsening wildfires, ferent way.” The House Appropriations Committee them witnessed his punishment. daughter together, 3-month-old caught him, he admitted to the request and the US Supreme Court which she said destroy homes and businesses, on Tuesday proposed a budget of $3.6 billion for threaten power grids and drinking water and both wildland firefighting and prevention for the Washington’s sister, Virgil Alyshia Strong, was also on the bed, killings. Inside, police found the refused to intervene. The defense cause damage river valleys that cost millions and fiscal year that starts in October, $52 million more Samant, who witnessed the execu- but wasn’t harmed. bodies and the unharmed 3- had asked the court to halt the exe- take decades to restore. “There’s a lot at stake for than the current budget, committee spokes- tion, said she might feel compas- St Ann police received an emer- month-old. Strong’s attorney, cution because Strong was mental- everyone,” she said. The Agriculture and Interior woman Jennifer Hing said. —AP sion for Strong someday, “but for gency call from Washington’s apart- Jennifer Herndon, said both Strong ly ill, suffering from severe depres- now I don’t give a damn. He can rot ment on Oct 23, 2000, and heard a and Washington suffered from sion. —AP THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015 INTERNATIONAL Forgotten fighters haunt ruined Central Africa palace

BERENGO: A crumbling palace used by Jean- his birthplace. After his ouster in a coup, looters Christian majority. At the height of the violence (Central African Armed Forces),” Patrick says. sleep on bare floors in decrepit buildings teem- Bedel Bokassa during his short-lived stint as self- systematically went through the complex, strip- early last year, more than 930,000 people out of But as the days and weeks go by, they feel ing with lizards and mosquitos and earn food by proclaimed emperor of the Central African ping it of everything useful, down to the wiring. a population of some 4.7 million had fled their forgotten by those in power, despite official “doing work in the fields for local residents”, Republic in the 1970s is now home to starving The fighters holed up in Berengo have little more homes, according to the United Nations. During pledges of disarmament, demobilization and according to a man known as Singe (Monkey). former rebels awaiting integration into the than the shirts on their backs. Patrick’s hand-me- their short stay in power, the Seleka recruited reinsertion. Some armed groups have agreed in They also beat mangos out of trees to sell at national army. “We’re gritting our teeth and hop- down top bears the image of Bozize-the presi- men hand over fist towards a new army. In April principle to a process that would provide fight- the roadside. Asked if they will wait much longer ing for the best,” says Patrick Betty Singa, who dent he helped topple. “I joined the Seleka dur- 2013 alone, they enlisted more than 1,300 new- ers with the basic means to survive if they do for the chance to serve their country the was part of the mainly Muslim Seleka rebel ing the offensive. I fought and took part in the comers. not join the army. At a reconciliation forum in response from Simplice Modem, a father of sev- coalition that overthrew president Francois capture of Bangui,” he says proudly, going on to “We’re hiring these youths to prevent (them Bangui last month, some warlords also agreed en who has not seen his children in over two Bozize in March 2013. The rebels installed their reel off the towns where his comrades joined the from becoming) bandits and thieves. But unlike to released child soldiers under their sway. But years, is a curt “affirmative”. The lucky ones leader Michel Djotodia in power, but 10 months rebels on their march to the capital. the regime of FranÁois Bozize, we take in every- the future of the men in Berengo is still unclear. receive visits from their family, while others try later Djotodia was forced to step aside for failing one, whatever their ethnic group or religion,” to keep in touch by telephone. “Our wives tell us to quell sectarian violence. Demobilisation plans Colonel Oumar Bordas said at the time. While ‘We shouldn’t give up’ to hold out,” Patrick says. “They’re say we’re right, For nearly two years now, Patrick and about The worst conflict to convulse the notorious- most ex-Seleka members are Muslim, Patrick and Patrick and his former brothers-in-arms hope we shouldn’t give up.” He asks his comrades to 100 comrades have been living among the royal ly restive country in decades took on an his comrades in Berengo are Christians. They say that their refusal to abandon their makeshift line up for a group photo in front of a huge stat- ruins at Berengo, about 50 kilometers south of unprecedented sectarian dimension after rogue the interim government installed after Djotodia barracks will pay off with uniforms and a regular ue of Bokassa. The men shuffle into ranks, but the capital Bangui. Their imperial squat consists rebels began to rob, rape and massacre civilians. quit in January 2014 promised to incorporate wage. Sickness has killed some of the fighters their hearts are not in it. “We used to train of several low-slung buildings, where Bokassa, The atrocities sparked fierce reprisal attacks them into the national army. “We’re no longer and others have given up on their demands-but before, we did sport,” Patrick says. “But now we’re who ruled from 1976 to 1979, set up court, near against Muslim communities by militia from the rebels. There’s no more Seleka. We’re FACA a determined core of holdouts remains. They too weak. We’re not in shape.” —AFP UK in European court for killing a Brazilian Brazilian man ‘mistaken’ for a suicide bomber

STRASBOURG: The European the 27-year-old’s killing. De before the shooting, and who lived that they did not fear for their Court of Human Rights began Menezes, an electrician, was shot in the same block of flats as De lives. In May 2007, the police disci- hearing a case yesterday against seven times in the head by police Menezes. The killing of De plinary board said it would not the British government over the officers in a London underground Menezes provoked a series of sanction any of the officers on sim- police killing of a Brazilian man station a fortnight after the July 7 inquiries that were heavily critical ilar grounds. mistaken for a suicide bomber attacks in which four suicide of police tactics, supervision and The family’s attempts to appeal soon after the deadly July 2005 bombers killed 52 people. individual decisions. But British the decisions were refused- bombings. Nearly a decade after Police mistook him for failed prosecutors repeatedly decided although they did succeed in pros- the shooting of Jean Charles de bomber Hussain Osman, who had not to bring a case against any ecuting the police force as a whole Menezes, his family are still fight- attempted to place explosives at individual police officer, arguing it for breaching health and safety ing to see someone prosecuted for another train station the day would be too difficult to prove regulations. The family received £175,000 (240,000 euros, $270,000) in compensation in that Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn case. They received further dam- ages in 2009 through a further civil Pimp or libertine? Strauss-Kahn action. The amount was kept con- fidential. Further inquests into the to hear verdict in French trial death have backed the initial investigations, though the police have repeatedly apologized for LILLE: A French court will tomorrow rule on 2012 presidential election. He was charged their fatal mistake. “(De Menezes) whether ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss- with pimping shortly after the New York was a totally innocent victim and Kahn is guilty of pimping charges after a trial scandal when his name cropped up in a in no way to blame for his untime- which exposed lurid details of champagne- probe into a prostitution ring in northern ly death,” the police said at the fuelled orgies and prostitution. However France, which provided sex workers for time of the compensation deal in the 66-year-old, who has been dogged by orgies he attended. Strauss-Kahn found 2009. sexual scandals, looked likely to again avoid himself in the dock alongside a colorful cast It has been seven years since conviction as even the prosecutor in the of 13 characters including a senior police the family filed a complaint with case has called for him to be acquitted, say- officer and brothel owner Dominique the European Court of Human ing there was insufficient proof he had been Alderweireld, known as “Dodo the Pimp”. Rights, in which they argue that at the heart of a prostitution ring. The silver- Dodo admits providing prostitutes to friends the government has failed in its haired economist saw his high-flying career of Strauss-Kahn, who are among the duty to ensure accountability and at the head of the International Monetary accused and testified to keeping the punishment of those responsible Fund and presidential prospects implode women’s true nature a secret as they sought for De Menezes’s death. The case when a New York Hotel maid accused him of to impress the “future president of the has been led by De Menezes’s sexual assault in 2011. republic”. cousin, Armani Da Silva, after other While prostitution in itself is legal in members of the family decided to ‘King of the party’ France, encouraging and organizing its prac- draw a line under the incident sev- Those criminal charges were dropped tice is considered to be procuring and is eral years ago. Da Silva’s lawyers and the case settled in a civil suit, but the punishable by up to 10 years in prison. Fevre argue that police officers ought to scandal brought to light several complaints asked for a series of suspended sentences prove they had not only an honest about Strauss-Kahn’s behavior towards and fines ranging from 2,500 ($2,800) to belief they were in danger, but women. Shortly afterwards he was accused 20,000 euros for the 13 other accused.”This also that their fear was “reason- of procuring prostitutes to attend orgies in was not a mafia network that was disman- able”. They will also argue that Brussels, Paris and Washington at which wit- tled,” said Fevre, but a group of friends trying British prosecutors were overly nesses for the prosecution said he was the to “satisfy egos, ambitions and quite simply, cautious in refusing to start a trial “king of the party”. At his trial in February, physical desires.” STRASBOURG: Family members of Jean Charles de Menezes who was fatally shot by British against the police officers, and the former head of the International police in a London underground station in 2005 stand as the court case begins at the European that the threshold for launching a Monetary Fund calmly fended off the accu- ‘Busy saving the world’ Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg yesterday. —AP trial is too high. —AFP sations, saying that while he was a libertine Former prostitutes-nicknamed Jade and who enjoyed group sex, he was unaware Mounia-gave dramatic testimony during the any of the woman attending the soirees had trial of how they felt powerless to say no to been paid to be there. Strauss-Kahn sodomizing them during sex However he lost his temper as lawyers parties. They said Strauss-Kahn would have Isolated Russia’s Putin seeks pushed the former prostitutes to recount been “naive” to not realize they were paid to brutal scenes in which he sodomized them, attend. Strauss-Kahn lost his patience as allegedly without their permission, saying lawyers pressed the women on his sexual sympathetic hearing in Italy he was not on trial for “deviant practices”. In preferences, seeking to prove a level of sexu- closing arguments his lawyers said the case al degradation that he would only expect against him had “collapsed” into nothing from a prostitute. “I must have a sexuality MILAN: Vladimir Putin visited World Expo yesterday trying to recreate the glories of the Soviet empire. The Vatican has been criticized, notably by the more than an indictment of Strauss-Kahn’s which, compared to average men, is more at the start of a high-profile visit to Italy and the Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Monday Rome-aligned Greek Catholic minority in Ukraine, morals, and the prosecution appeared to rough. Women have the right not to like Vatican just two days after the G7 threatened that Italy wanted to see more dialogue with Russia for failing to overtly criticize Moscow’s actions in agree. Main prosecutor Frederic Fevre called that whether they are prostitutes or not,” he tougher sanctions against Russia over Ukraine. The on issues other than Ukraine and increased busi- Ukraine. But the crisis has also stalled a historic rap- for Strauss-Kahn to be acquitted saying that said. Russian president was greeted by around 200 well- ness ties. “The fact that we are going through a peri- prochement between the Vatican and the Russian “neither the judicial enquiry nor the hearing The court tried to prove that Strauss- wishers waving Russian flags as he arrived, almost od of tension related to Ukraine... should not preju- Orthodox church, dashing hopes the Argentinian have established that Mr Strauss-Kahn is Kahn had played a role in organizing for the an hour late, for a tour of his country’s pavilion at dice the need for dialogue with Russia on many pontiff could become the first pope to visit Moscow guilty”. In another boost for Strauss-Kahn, prostitutes to attend the sex parties, in text the world fair. A smiling Putin was welcomed by international issues and the existence of economic since the 11th Century schism between Eastern and two ex-prostitutes who attended the orgies messages in which he referred to women as Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, with whom he relations which, in sectors not subject to sanctions, Western Christianity. After his visit to the Vatican, dropped a civil lawsuit against him, with “equipment”. But Strauss-Kahn brushed will have bilateral talks followed by a joint press should not have any brake applied to them,” he said. Putin is expected to call on long-standing friend lawyers saying they lacked enough proof to these comments off as “barracks talk”. He conference. Silvio Berlusconi, the media tycoon and disgraced win the case. said the use of prostitutes “horrified” him He then travels on to Rome where an audience Still a player? former Italian prime minister. The two men, who and that paying for sex would be too great a with Pope Francis is expected to focus on Ukraine Analysts say Putin’s meetings with Renzi, recent- have regularly holidayed together, last met in Milan ‘Ego, ambition, desires’ risk for a man at the head of the IMF, which amid fears a fragile ceasefire agreed in February is ly-elected president Sergio Mattarella and the pope in October, carousing together until 3:00am while The trial was the latest humiliation for the was busy “saving the world” from the finan- falling apart. Renzi was one of the G7 leaders who will play well to his domestic audience, giving the Berlusconi was still serving a community service man once seen as a frontrunner for France’s cial crisis that began in 2008. —AFP signed up to Monday’s warning that the major pow- impression he remains a player on the global stage. order for tax fraud. —AFP ers “stand ready to take further restrictive measures Women, ethnic, religious minorities to increase cost on Russia should its actions so require”. The statement reflected concern about a change face of Turkey’s parliament recent flare-up in fighting in eastern Ukraine, where the West accuses Russia of providing game-chang- ANKARA: A record number of women, together by Erdogan in his first years in power. It is not ing military support to pro-Moscow rebels who with Christians, ethnic Kurds and Armenians, are clear what now will be the fate of this peace control parts of two Russian-speaking regions. set to enter Turkey’s parliament after Sunday’s process. Ironically, it was the success of Dilek’s Ukraine this week said Russian aid allowed sepa- election, a huge shift for a country that has long Kurdish party, the Peoples’ Democratic Party ratist forces in the east to establish a 42,500-strong viewed demands for diversity as a threat to (HDP), that stripped the ruling AKP Party of its fighting force. Putin says any Russians fighting national unity. Emblematic of the change overall majority - and thwarted Erdogan’s drive alongside the rebels are volunteers “answering a call sweeping parliament is the arrival of Dilek for sweeping new powers. The HDP had drawn of the heart”. Ocalan, niece of Kurdish rebel chief Abdullah voters disillusioned with the more combative, Ocalan. Now 27, Dilek was 11 when her uncle authoritarian Erdogan of recent years. 30-billion-euro trade ties was seized in Kenya by Turkish commandos, The election marked a watershed in Turkish Italy has long had an important economic rela- spirited back to Turkey and sentenced to hang, politics. A total of 97 female lawmakers are due tionship with Russia and political ties were suffi- later to be spared the noose and banished to an to enter government, accounting for 17 percent ciently close prior to the eruption of the Ukraine cri- island prison. For many Turks that may seem of Turkey’s 550-seat parliament. That level of sis for Russia’s Baltic neighbors to object to an now like another world. female representation is still well behind the Italian, Federica Mogherini, being named the EU’s “First of all I see myself as a representative of United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and most of foreign policy chief last year amid claims she would women and youth,” she told local media. “I may Europe, according to World Bank data. “In be too soft on Moscow. Italy is Russia’s third-biggest be Kurdish, but I will be representing all those Turkey, it is regarded as a luxury for women to trading partner after China and Germany with deals exploited, oppressed, ignored groups, all peo- be involved in politics. We will fight to change between the two countries worth just over 30 bil- ples, cultures, beliefs and languages.” Her this,” said Selina Dogan, an ethnic Armenian law- lion euros ($33.9 billion) last year. appearance in the Turkish legislature would maker with the secular, centre-left opposition Renzi has said he will not be lecturing the have been unthinkable a decade ago. But Republican People’s Party (CHP). Russian leader, while stressing that Italy stands fully Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan braved the wrath It was still unclear whether the AKP founded behind international demands that Moscow ensure of nationalists to open talks with Ocalan and his by Erdogan in 2001 will form a coalition or a the respect of a second ceasefire between Kiev and Kurdistan Workers Party, and Dilek it was who minority government. The Islamist-rooted AKP - the rebels that was agreed in Minsk in February. “I delivered many of her uncle’s public missives which critics say is looking to roll back Turkey’s have nothing to explain to him that he does not from Imrali prison. long-entrenched secularism - was the only know already: the compass, the guiding star is the RHON: Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Italian Premier Matteo Renzi hold The opening to the Kurds, after a war that major party to see its number of women law- Minsk agreement,” Renzi said at the end of the G7, Russian traditional Matreshka wooden dolls at the Russian pavilion at the 2015 Expo has cost over 40,000 lives, is seen by many as makers drop, with 41 set to go to parliament striking a notably different tone to Barack Obama. in Rho, near Milan, Italy yesterday. —AP one of the conciliatory, liberal reforming moves from 46 now. —Reuters The US president said Putin was wrongheadedly INTERNATIONAL THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015

Pakistan hangs ‘teen’ killer, rejects another’s appeal

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan yesterday “Sorry, the petition is dismissed. This being convicted of murder in the east- hanged a man allegedly tortured into matter has to come to an end someday,” ern city of Lahore in 1992. Supporters confessing to murder as a minor and said Chief Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk, the say Masih was tortured into confessing rejected an appeal from another also head of a three-judge panel. “This court to the crimes as were two of the wit- said to have been under-age, in the lat- has already dismissed the plea regarding nesses against him-including his co- est death row cases to draw internation- age. For the court, the case has already accused Ghulam Mustafa-who have al condemnation. Aftab Bahadur Masih been closed when the review petition both since retracted their statements. In went to the gallows in the eastern city of was dismissed.” The ruling clears another a moving essay from his condemned Lahore after more than two decades on obstacle to Hussain’s hanging, though it cell, published by Britain’s Guardian death row, prison officials said, despite was not immediately clear when a new newspaper a day before his execution, pleas for mercy from lawyers and church death warrant would be issued. Masih reflected on his life on death row, leaders who said he was only 15 when Hussain’s lawyer Tariq Hassan said two during which time he received numer- convicted. Hours later the Supreme new mercy petitions had been sent to ous death warrants. “I doubt there is Court rejected an appeal by Shafqat the president. Hussain’s age has proved anything more dreadful than being told Hussain, convicted of killing a young boy difficult to determine. His supporters say that you are going to die, and then sit- in 2004 - when his lawyers and family he was 14 or 15 at the time of the killing ting in a prison cell just waiting for that say he was under 18 and therefore not but police insist he was over 20. moment,” he wrote. eligible for execution. “For many years-since I was just 15 Pakistan’s resumption of executions Mercy plea rejected years old-I have been stranded between in December after a six-year moratorium Exact birth records are not always life and death. It has been a complete has prompted grave concern from rights kept in Pakistan, particularly for people limbo, total uncertainty about the groups, the United Nations and the from poor families like Hussain’s. The future.” British anti-death penalty cam- European Union. Critics say the country’s independent Human Rights paign group Reprieve condemned criminal justice system is marred by Commission of Pakistan said the coun- Masih’s hanging as a “travesty of justice” police torture and poor legal representa- try has now hanged over 150 convicts and a “shameful day for Pakistan’s justice tion, meaning many of those now facing since restarting executions in December system”. “To the last, Pakistan refused the gallows have not had a fair trial. following a shocking Taleban school even to grant his lawyers the few days Hussain’s case has attracted particular massacre-more than Saudi Arabia over needed to present evidence which attention from international human the same period. In the Masih case, a would have proved his innocence,” Maya rights campaigners. On Tuesday he was last-minute plea for clemency from Foa, director of Reprieve’s death penalty granted his fourth stay of execution in rights groups, church leaders and the team, said in a statement. Amnesty five months. But yesterday the Supreme Justice Project Pakistan, a human rights International estimates that Pakistan Court rejected an application by law firm handling his case, fell on deaf has more than 8,000 prisoners on death Hussain’s lawyers to set up a judicial ears. row, many of whom have exhausted all LAHORE: Pakistani Christian relatives of convicted murderer Aftab Bahadur commission to determine his age. He had spent 23 years in prison after avenues of appeal.— AFP Masih mourn beside his body after his execution in Lahore yesterday. —AFP Education and decent jobs needed to end child labor Almost 170 million youth trapped in child labor LONDON: Almost 170 million youth are ing and protective environment, and expose dropped to 120 million in 2012, from 186 mil- trapped in child labor, deprived of education them to stress and trauma, the ILO said. lion in 2000, he said. The decline has been less and facing a life without decent jobs, the More than half of all child laborers - 85 mil- rapid among older children, as many leave International Labor Organization (ILO) said yes- lion - put their health at risk by working in haz- school early and are forced to work to make terday. From India’s brick kilns to the cotton ardous jobs, such as mining and construction, money for their impoverished families, particu- fields of Uzbekistan and Bolivia’s sugar planta- said the report, released ahead World Day larly in rural areas. Between 20 to 30 percent of tions, child laborers are more likely to have to Against Child Labor tomorrow. Rising youth children in low-income countries are working settle later in life for unpaid work for the family unemployment, which stands at 75 million by the age of 15 and even more leave school or low-paying jobs, the ILO said in its annual globally, can also drive child labor as poor job before that, the report said. “It will not be possi- “World Report on Child Labor”. “Children who prospects may stop parents from investing into ble to achieve overall child labor elimination drop out of school and join the labor force early their children’s education, the report said. The without addressing child labor among older are more disadvantaged later in life because of ILO urged world leaders when they decide on children,” the report said. a lack of education and basic skills,” Patrick new development goals in September to come A lack of quality education can be a reason Quinn, a senior ILO advisor told the Thomson up with a coherent policy to tackle child labor why children drop out school, Quinn said. For Reuters Foundation. and the lack of decent jobs for youth. Decent example India, one of the countries with the Despite an overall decline in child laborers work means employment that is productive highest numbers of child laborers, has been by one-third since 2000, some 5 million chil- and delivers a fair income, job security, social pinpointed by organizations such as the World dren remain in slavery-like conditions, making benefits and equal opportunities. Bank for the poor quality of its schools. Another up a quarter of the world’s modern-day slaves, key concern for the ILO is the 47.5 million youth the ILO said. The Asia-Pacific region has the Quality education is key aged 15 to 17 - above the minimum working largest number of child laborers with almost 78 A global push for access to primary educa- age but not yet adults - who are working in million, or 9.3 percent, while sub-Saharan Africa tion as part of the United Nations Millennium hazardous jobs. “This is still a very high number has the highest rate with 59 million or more Development Goals has helped to push the and a clear indication that there is a lack of than 21 percent. Many of them are working overall child labor numbers down, Quinn said. decent job prospects for young people in that under conditions that deprive them of a nurtur- The number of child laborers aged five to 14 age group,” Quinn said.—Reuters India soldiers hunt NEW DELHI: A young child plays as Indian commuters travel in the compartment reserved for women on the metro in New Delhi yesterday. With the first stretch of the Delhi Metro inaugurated in 2002, as of June 2015, the network consists of five color- rebels in Myanmar coded regular lines and a sixth express line - the Airport Express - with a total length of 193 kilometers, serving 140 stations. — AFP A rare cross-border strike HRW raises alarm over NEW DELHI: India’s army attacked separatist received intelligence that guerrillas were plot- has long blamed for stoking a revolt in Muslim- rebels just over the border with Myanmar on ting more ambushes after last week’s attack on a majority Kashmir as well as giving material sup- ‘child labor’ in Ghana Tuesday, a rare cross-border strike that the gov- convoy. It said soldiers inflicted “significant casu- port to Pakistan-based militants for attacks in ernment said showed its resolve to fight terror- alties” but gave no details. The army did not say other parts of India, including a bloody 2008 ACCRA: Gold used in jewelry and elec- Many local traders source their gold ism beyond the country’s borders. The raid on soldiers had crossed the border but the govern- assault in the city of Mumbai. tronics around the world may have been from unlicensed mines, where child two groups of militants was carried out in retali- ment did. Junior minister for information and Pakistan denies the accusation and says it is fighting militants. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party sourced from mines using illegal child labor is common, and those further up ation for the killing of 20 soldiers in an ambush broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said has long advocated a tough stance towards labor in Ghana, Human Rights Watch the supply chain turn a blind eye to the in the northeastern state of Manipur last week, the government had taken the bold step to the heaviest losses for security forces in Manipur strike at militant camps and he congratulated Pakistan including the option of hot pursuit of (HRW) claimed yesterday. A report by metal’s provenance, the report said. One militants. Since coming to power Modi has the group found that while most inter- trader in Dunkwa-on-Offin in southern in two decades. The mountainous northeast Prime Minister Narendra Modi for doing so. He also told NDTV it was a signal to neigh- sought to ease tension but ties remain fragile. national refiners trading with Ghana had Ghana was quoted as saying he doubted which borders China, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar, is home to dozens of insurgent bors that India will not tolerate militant attacks The Indian army said it was in communication responsible sourcing policies, it was still due diligence was possible because “if I groups fighting for autonomy or secession from from across its borders. “It is undoubtedly a mes- with Myanmar regarding its operations against hard to ensure their gold was child ask people where they got their gold, India. sage to all nations that harbor any intentions - guerrillas, adding there was a history of coopera- labor-free. Ghanaian laws ban children they will not sell to me.” For decades, soldiers have been deployed in be it the west or the specific country we went tion. Former army chief General VP Malik said below the age of 15 from working and Gold export companies in Ghana said the region but they are not known to have into right now. Even if there are groups within the Myanmar army was thinly deployed where those under 18 from toiling in hazardous they had strategies in place to ensure crossed borders even though the military says countries that harbor terror intentions, we will the latest operations took place. “I think they conditions such as in mines. their metal was not sourced with child rebels have sanctuaries in Myanmar, Bangladesh choose the time and the place of hitting them.” would have sounded out the Myanmar authori- But the use of children as young as labor. One company said it only buys and Bhutan. The army said in a statement it had India’s top security concern is Pakistan which it ties before going in,” he said.— Reuters nine is still common in small-scale directly from licensed mines where there mines-most of which operate illegally- is no child labor and ruled out dealing that account for about one third of the with traders whose gold it is difficult to industry, the report said. That not only source. Others rely on traders, however, put children at risk from a heavy work- and some sometimes buy small amounts load and dust that causes lung diseases of gold from unknown intermediaries. but also from mercury, which is used to One company said it was able to trace 90 separate gold from other minerals easily percent of its gold back to the mines, and cheaply. Mercury, which attacks the implying the remaining 10 percent may central nervous system and can cause be purchased from traders and cannot brain damage, is particularly harmful to be sourced, HRW found. children, as their systems are still developing, causing irreversible effects. The ‘Weaknesses’ in due diligence report was published before the World HRW said it found that five of the six Day Against Child Labor tomorrow, a international gold refiners sourcing gold United Nations-backed initiative to high- from Ghana “were conducting signifi- light the situation facing the world’s esti- cant due diligence steps”, including on- mated 215 million child workers. site inspections. But “based on the available documentation, Human Rights Tremor in hands Watch found that several of these com- Ibrahim, one of 44 child miners inter- panies had weaknesses in their due dili- viewed by HRW, started working with gence procedures, such as a lack of sys- mercury aged 17 and developed a tematic child labor monitoring or a lack tremor in his hands. “I was told (by the of transparency,” it added. It called on all group leader), if you work with mercury companies to install regular monitoring for a long period and especially baking with unannounced inspections and full gold and use your bare hands, your fin- documentation at every stage of the gers will start shaking... It happens process from extraction up the supply often... It affects my writing,” he was chain. It also urged Ghana to introduce quoted as saying. Local traders buy gold mercury-free gold processing tech- at or near Ghana’s mines and then sell it niques, address the underlying causes of to other parties. Most of the gold is child labor and enforce its ban on eventually exported to international youngsters working in hazardous condi- gold trading or refining companies. tions.— AFP JAMMU: Indian men ride a horse cart during a dust storm in Jammu, India yesterday.—AP INTERNATIONAL THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015

Afghanistan’s Sikhs feel alienated, pressured to leave

KABUL: Afghanistan’s once-thriving Sikh remained a constant through decades of any official discrimination against Hindus community is dwindling fast as many upheaval in this war-torn country. After and Sikhs in Afghanistan, “They are effec- choose to leave the country of their birth the Russians ended their occupation in tively barred from most government jobs to escape what they say is growing intol- February 1989 and Afghanistan collapsed and face societal hostility and harass- erance and discrimination. Once boasting into civil war, various mujahedeen splinter ment.” as many as 100,000 members in the 1990s, groups fought each other for territory and Afghanistan’s Sikh population, according power. In the ensuing chaos, many Sikh Violent attacks to community leaders, has fallen to an houses of worship, known as gurdwaras, At times these tensions have boiled estimated 2,500. The reason for the exo- were destroyed - along with many Hindu over into violent attacks - especially at dus: endemic societal discrimination in temples. A United Nations report in 2005 funerals, as the Sikh and Hindu tradition of the majority Muslim country and an said that most of Kabul’s eight Sikh and cremation is frowned upon by Muslims in inability to reclaim Sikh homes, businesses four Hindu temples had been destroyed in Afghanistan. Even today funeral proces- and houses of worship that were illegally the fighting. sions are regularly jeered and stoned. seized years ago. Despite constitutional protections for reli- “I’m worried that if things don’t change Forced to sell their land gious and ethnic minorities, neither the and we are no longer able to stay, then In the chaos of the civil war, Afghans’ government nor judicial authorities have the only people left will be those who can- tolerance toward ethnic and religious done much to address the situation, not afford to leave,” said 23-year-old phar- minorities hardened. That intolerance Honaryar said. “Social discrimination and macist Charn Singh. His family traces its became official policy when the Islamic second-class status within Afghan society roots back more than 400 years to Gardez, extremist Taleban took over in 1996. is the only reason for leaving Afghanistan,” the capital of Paktya province bordering Under the Taleban, Sikhs and Hindus were she said, adding that complaints to police Pakistan, where his ancestors were pressured to convert to Islam and forced about abusive treatment were largely wealthy traders and landowners and his to pay a special tax and publicly identify KABUL: Afghan Sikhs eat in a langar, a free community kitchen, at a Gurdwara, the place ignored. grandfather was an oral historian and themselves with yellow patches on their of worship for Sikhs, in Kabul, Afghanistan. — AP For Afghan Sikhs, the constant discrim- keeper of Sikh legends. clothing. Muslims were encouraged to ination is particularly bitter because many avoid doing business with them. During seizures. But getting the land back has ble to war and conflict, like other Afghans.” proclaim themselves to be proud Afghans. Hindus, persecution this period, many Sikhs and Hindus were proven difficult. Some have tried to Sikh community figures and analysts Some, like Arindar Singh, risked their lives These days, the family has little of its forced to sell their land or had it openly reclaim their lost properties in believe that intolerance for non-Muslims to fight the Soviets in the 1980s. “Our former wealth, having lost much of its seized by warlords. Those who fled the Afghanistan’s work-in-progress judicial has grown as constant violence and Muslim brothers know our history, they land to what Afghan Hindu lawmaker country often found that their properties system. But many other Sikhs and Hindus upheaval has made Afghans wary of those can see our Afghan passports and national Anarklai Kaur Honaryar called a series of had been seized and false ownership have chosen not to pursue what can be a they perceive as outsiders - and both Sikhs ID cards and our records in governmental illegal land grabs. Hindus in Afghanistan papers drawn up to legitimize the theft. laborious, expensive and ultimately futile and Hindus are widely regarded as for- offices. But when we go to them, they still have faced similar persecution. Sikhism The overthrow of the Taleban by the attempt to legally regain their lost and eigners, more readily identified as Indians tell us, ‘You are not Afghan, you are an and Hinduism are distinct religions, but 2001 US-led invasion didn’t improve con- often still-occupied properties. and Pakistanis. Indian, go back to your country,’” he said. A many Afghans view both communities as ditions as much as some community Abdul Qadir Arzu, a spokesman for the An attempt in 2013 by Karzai to reserve religious scholar born in Gardez, Singh non-Muslim foreigners. “In all provinces members expected. Many who had fled Kabul municipality, said these kinds of parliamentary seats for Sikhs and Hindus teaches religious studies and Punjabi to they (Sikh and Hindus) owned lands, but the country found that religious intoler- land-grabs were a common problem in was rejected by lawmakers because, politi- Sikh children in Kabul. “I want to say that unfortunately their lands were taken over ance had become ingrained in their war- Afghanistan and that the government is cal analyst Ahmad Saeedi said, “other Afghanistan is our country and this is the by powerful individuals during the fight- weary homeland and that they were still working to address the concerns of the minorities might make demands for simi- place of my birth,” he said. “For the past ing,” said Honaryar, who is also a human second-class citizens. The ascension of Sikh community. “It’s a huge problematic lar privileges.” The US Commission on three decades of war, I never left rights activist. post-Taliban President Hamid Karzai in issue for many Afghans, including Afghan International Religious Freedom noted in Afghanistan. I was born here and will die The persecution of Afghan Sikhs has 2002 largely put an end to the illegal land Sikhs,” Arzu said. “Sikhs have been vulnera- a 2009 report that while there is no longer here.”— AP

News in brief

Europe police smash Internet fraud gang THE HAGUE: Police in three European countries have busted an Internet gang suspected of stealing millions of euros by diverting money to illegal online accounts, justice officials said yesterday. Italian, Spanish and Polish police on Tuesday arrested 49 people suspected of running a so-called “man-in- the-middle” scheme, stealing six million euros ($6.7 million) from people and businesses across Europe, Eurojust said in a statement. Criminals “insert” themselves in transactions between parties, pretending to be legitimate receivers of online payments but they then divert the money into their own bank accounts. “The suspects, mainly from Nigeria and Cameroon, transferred the illicit profits outside the European Union through a sophisticated network of money laundering transactions,” said the Hague-based Eurojust. The police operation was coordinated by Europol with Belgian, British and Georgian support, it added. “Yesterday’s action against cybercriminals yielded excellent operational results and demonstrated that several EU bodies and national authorities, joining forces, can together successfully combat one of the most difficult to detect forms of modern criminality,” Eurojust said.

Pakistani drug smuggler beheaded in Saudi Arabia KOTA KINABALU: Malaysians light up candles at a candlelight vigil for the victims of the earthquake in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. — AP RIYADH: Saudi Arabia yesterday beheaded a Pakistani convicted of heroin smuggling, despite arguments by rights experts that use of the death penalty in such cases Nudity causing earthquake? violates international law. Nazir Ahmed Sultan Ahmed was found guilty of smuggling the drug in his intestines, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency. Authorities carried out the Malaysia detains Western tourists over nude pix sentence in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, it said. According to AFP tallies, he is the 98th foreigner or Saudi national to KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian authorities have detained four spirits. “We detained all four of them on Tuesday... and yes we young students from Singapore who were on a school excur- be executed in the conservative Muslim kingdom this tourists-two Canadians, a Briton and one Dutch national-for are still searching for the other six tourists, and we will catch sion. In the wake of the disaster, Malaysian social media users year. The number of executions has surged compared allegedly stripping naked on Mount Kinabalu, an act some them,” said Jalaluddin Abdul Rahman, the police commissioner and some Sabah officials have focused on the nudists, suggest- with the 87 recorded by AFP for the whole of 2014, but locals say angered tribal spirits and caused a deadly earth- for the Malaysian State of Sabah where the mountain is located. ing that their actions angered the spirits and led to the earth- still far below the record 192 which Amnesty quake, officials said. Pictures of 10 naked tourists had spread on Jalaluddin said those detained might be charged for causing quake. But Masidi said the idea that the tourists’ actions had International said were carried out in 1995. Drug and social media and infuriated locals following the 6.0-magnitude public nuisance. Sabah provincial tourism minister Masidi caused the earthquake was “misconstrued”. “I never said that murder convictions account for the bulk of executions in quake that struck near the mountain on Friday and killed 18 Manjun tweeted that legal proceedings against the four for- they actually caused the earthquake but their actions were Saudi Arabia. According to London-based Amnesty, use people. Six other tourists are still apparently at large, according eigners had begun and that they would be remanded for four against the people of the largest tribe in Sabah. The mountain is of the death penalty for other than the “most serious to police. days. Friday’s quake sent landslides crashing down from Mount a revered and sacred site,” he said. A traditional inter-faith crimes”-premeditated killings-violates international law. Mount Kinabalu, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and popular Kinabalu’s summit just as more than 150 hikers were at the peak cleansing ritual is expected to take place at the mountain site Saudi court proceedings “fall far short” of global norms of climbing destination, is considered sacred by Malaysia’s enjoying sunrise views. Eighteen people have been confirmed soon involving Muslims, Christians as well as tribal leaders, fairness, according to the rights watchdog. Kadazan Dusun tribal group, who believe it is a resting place for killed on the mountain, with a significant number of them according to Masidi.— AFP Indonesia volcano at high alert level Police seek royal Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi TANAH KARO: A volcano in western Indonesia that has been spewing clouds of searing gas high into the air let out a new powerful burst yesterday. Authorities are closely moni- official on lese makes historic trip to China toring Mount Sinabung on Sumatra, one of Indonesia’s main islands, after placing in at the highest alert level last week. majeste charges BEIJING: Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrived in which her National League for Democracy party (NLD) are expect- Hot ash tumbled down Sinabung’s slopes up to 2.5 kilome- China yesterday for a debut visit that will cast an intriguing light ed to make significant gains, if the vote is free and fair. Nicholas ters from its smoldering mouth, government volcanologist on Beijing’s attitude towards the democracy champion and Nobel Farrelly, a Myanmar specialist at the Australian National University, Surono said. He urged villagers to stay out of the main dan- BANGKOK: Thai police said yesterday they plan to arrest a ger zone, which stretches 7 kilometers to the southeast of senior palace official who is linked to the Crown Prince’s ex- laureate as she bids to take power. Suu Kyi emerged from Beijing’s said the former political prisoner will not allow China’s historical the crater. No injuries were reported. “The growing size of wife, under a controversial royal defamation law. Montri main international airport exit wearing a white top and pink sash support for a junta that imprisoned her to cloud her judgment. Sotangkul, 53, was part of the household staff of Princess and surrounded by police and security, before getting into a black “Aung San Suu Kyi is getting on with the business of trying to win the lava dome is very unstable,” said Surono, who goes by Srirasmi, Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn’s former wife. sedan, according to an AFP reporter on the scene. Beijing was a an election. She will be utterly pragmatic about what is at stake one name, adding that smoldering rocks mixed in with hot She fell dramatically from grace when a corruption scandal key backer of Myanmar’s military junta while it was under Western and cannot afford to indulge undue sentiment,” he said. “She gases may tumble down at any time. The volcano in North enveloped her family late last year. sanctions-most of which have been lifted since 2011 - a much knows that China will play a mighty role in Myanmar’s future.” Sumatra province has been shooting smoke and ash more Montri, who remained at the palace following Srirasmi’s needed international ally for a brutal regime that crushed dissent than 500 meters into the air since Monday. downfall, is accused of defaming the monarchy by improper- and kept Suu Kyi under house arrest for more than 15 years. High-level meetings ly using his royal connections to make financial gains, police Now the 69-year-old is visiting China both as a free woman Suu Kyi is visiting Myanmar’s giant northern neighbor along- said. “Montri has claimed that he is close to members of the and a politician ahead of crunch elections slated for November at side a delegation of NLD members following an invitation from Two 13-year-old boys royal family to make profit for himself” in land and business China’s Communist Party. The NLD has said she is expected to arrested for murder deals, national police chief Somyot Poompanmoung told meet President Xi Jinping and premier Li Keqiang, but no detailed STOCKHOLM: Two 13-year-old boys have been arrest- reporters. “The former princess recruited him to work for her itinerary has yet been released by the Chinese authorities. An offi- ed on suspicion of murdering a 65-year-old man on a and he has nothing to do with the Crown Prince,” he added. cial at the airport from Myanmar’s embassy in China, however, farm in southwestern Sweden, police said yesterday. It is highly unusual for palace officials to face police inves- said she would meet Xi today and would be staying at the “It’s highly unusual that such young people are sus- tigations, let alone on lese majeste charges. But Somyot said Diaoyutai State Guest House. The delegation’s arrival comes as pected of such a serious crime as murder,” police inves- he had written to the Royal Household Bureau, telling it to China’s once near monopolistic relationship with Myanmar faces tigator Cecilia Bergsten said in a statement. The man hand Montri over to police custody on Thursday. Thailand’s competition from a raft of new suitors. Myanmar President Thein was found dead on his farm by a relative on Tuesday, monarchy is protected by a highly controversial lese Sein has embraced the international community following the lift- but police have not disclosed how he died. “Witness majeste law, one of the world’s strictest. Anyone convicted ing of most sanctions and reached out to the United States, which accounts and objects that link one of the boys to the of insulting the king, queen, heir or regent faces up to 15 is hankering after friends in Southeast Asia as part of its Asia “piv- scene led police to the two boys,” the police statement years in prison on each count. But reporting royal defamation cases is fraught with difficulty and media must heavily ot”. Suu Kyi became one of the world’s most famous political pris- said, adding that the two were suspected of murder. self-censor. Even repeating details of the charges could oners during her house arrest for much of the 1990s and 2000s The pair, whose identities were not disclosed, were mean breaking the law. Critics of the law say it is frequently because of her outspoken opposition to military rule. She was arrested on Tuesday evening and taken in for ques- used to pursue political opponents of the royalist elite and awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991. But her global image as tioning. Both boys were at the time on the run from a their military allies. In recent months it has also been wield- an upholder of human rights has lost some of its lustre as she has foster home in Varberg, in southwestern Sweden, and ed with spectacular effect against many members of come under criticism for her reluctance to speak out on the plight on Tuesday were in the care of social welfare authori- Srirasmi’s family. At least eight of the former princess’s family of Myanmar’s unwanted Rohingya Muslims, who are at the centre ties. “Interrogations have been held with the boys, but members have now been jailed for lese majeste-including of a migrant crisis engulfing the region. While in Beijing, she will no details will be disclosed about what emerged nor her elderly parents, her elder sister and brother-in-law, two likely face calls to raise the case of jailed fellow Nobel laureate the boys’ position regarding the suspicions,” the police brothers and a nephew. —AFP Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo, sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2009 statement said. Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi for circulating a petition calling for democratic reforms. —AFP NEWS THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015

In this picture taken Tuesday, an Egyptian child flies a kite at Cairo’s Al-Azhar Park, one of the bustling cityís few public parks as the sun sets. — AP Kuwait seeks to buy 24 Airbus military... Saudi cops to be lashed, Continued from Page 1 “Arab countries clearly see that the United States is less interested and less present in the region so they The Riyadh summit, where Hollande first discussed need partners and the partner that seems most reli- jailed over Iran sex case the helicopter sale with HH the Amir, also saw Riyadh able today is France,” said a senior French official. and Paris confirm they were in talks over a major naval Separately, Kuwait is to send $300 million in human- RIYADH: Two Saudi airport police officers have been occurred as the youths prepared to return home after a military contract. Kuwait, and other Gulf Arab and itarian aid to conflict-hit neighbors Iraq and Yemen, the jailed for four years each and will be lashed 1,000 times pilgrimage to Makkah and Madinah in late March. About Middle Eastern countries are looking to acquire new foreign ministry announced yesterday. The oil state will for sexually harassing two teenage Iranian boys, a report 500,000 Iranians perform the umrah, or lesser pilgrimage, high-tech military equipment to protect themselves send $200 million to Iraq and $100 million to Yemen said yesterday. Saudi news website Sabq said a criminal annually. from neighboring Iran and internal threats after the “amidst a humanitarian crisis in the region”, said the court in the Red Sea city of Jeddah issued the verdict. Saudi Arabia’s interior ministry had vowed that the Arab Spring uprising. ministry’s international organizations’ head Jassem Al- Authorities in April began legal proceedings against two kingdom’s Islamic-based legal system would “ensure the Hollande, whose country is deemed to have the Mubaraki, quoted by state news agency KUNA. Fierce police officers after allegations of “sexual harassment” strictest penalties for perpetrators of these type of crimes, toughest stance among the six world powers negoti- battles have been raging in Iraq between Islamic State against the two pilgrims at Jeddah’s airport, official media which are condemned by all sectors of Saudi Muslim soci- ating with Iran over its nuclear program, has also been jihadists and the army backed by Shiite militia. Yemen reported at the time. ety”. Tensions between Sunni Saudi Arabia and its Shiite able to nurture new links with the region in the face has been under Saudi-led air strikes targeting Shiite The case prompted Iran’s culture minister to say his regional rival Iran have increased since late March when country had suspended pilgrimages to Muslim holy the kingdom began to lead an Arab-dominated coalition of what some Gulf countries perceive as disengage- Houthi rebels and forces loyal to former president Ali places in Saudi Arabia “until the criminals are tried and in air strikes against Iran-backed Shiite rebels in neighbor- ment on the part of traditional ally the United States. Abdullah Saleh. — Agencies punished”. Iranian media reported that the incident ing Yemen. — AFP Kuwait targeted by terrorism: Ghanem Egypt police foil attack at famed Luxor... Continued from Page 1 er said that developments taking place in the region are outside the control of authorities in Kuwait, but a majori- Continued from Page 1 creating hope.” explained to the meeting, attended by five ministers ty of their reflections inside the country are under con- Jihadists have carried out bombings regularly since the and 25 lawmakers, regional developments including ter- trol, especially national unity. But Mathieu Guidere, professor of Arab geopolitics at army ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, mainly in rorism in Gulf Cooperation Council countries, develop- State Minister for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad France’s University of Toulouse, said the incident indicated the Sinai peninsula, where a local affiliate of the Islamic ments in Syria, Iraq and Yemen and the Iranian nuclear Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah said the government provided a change in strategy in jihadists choosing targets. The aim State group has claimed a spate of attacks on security program. MPs with the information it has on the security situation is “to weaken the Egyptian economy by destroying the forces. A government crackdown has left hundreds of He said that the interior minister gave a detailed pres- and then answered their questions. He said that the gov- tourism industry” and to have “the maximum media Morsi supporters dead, thousands imprisoned and dozens impact” as attacks on local targets were not drawing inter- sentenced to death after speedy trials, described by the UN entation of the ministry’s security plans aimed at dealing ernment is always ready to cooperate over whatever national attention, he said. Karnak in central Luxor was as “unprecedented in recent history”. with any threat and the ministry’s security strategy in the helps to serve national security. built on the ruins of Thebes, the capital of ancient Egypt. The jihadists claim their attacks are in retribution for the near future. The meeting focused on three main issues - MP Jamal Al-Omar called for strengthening national The huge temple dedicated to the god Amon lies in the crushing of dissent under the administration of President the need to raise security readiness to new high levels unity with a national compromise to solidify the internal heart of a vast complex of religious buildings in the city, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. Although tourists have been largely on the basis that there is no country safe from the confront, adding that the Assembly will provide the govern- 700 km south of Cairo. spared, a suicide bombing last year on a tour bus in the sequences of the regional situation, the need to consoli- ment with the necessary legislative support to boost Tourism in Egypt has faltered since early 2011, when a Sinai killed three South Koreans and their Egyptian driver. date the internal front away from extremism and sectari- internal security. MP Mohammad Al-Barrak said that dur- popular uprising toppled longtime strongman Hosni The last previous attack on tourists came in 2009, when a anism and the need to boost Assembly-government ing the meeting, it became clear that terrorist organiza- Mubarak after three decades in power. Years of instability 17-year-old French girl was killed in a grenade attack in cooperation in security fields, Ghanem said. tions like Islamic State have no following in Kuwait and scared off visitors from overseas, damaging the economy Cairo’s historic Khan Al-Khalili bazaar. He said the government’s presentation was highly their sympathizers are negligible. He said MPs called on and sending Egypt’s foreign currency reserves plunging. Last week, gunmen killed two policemen who worked transparent and explained the latest developments in the government to bring in hi-tech devices to strength- Last year, 10 million tourists visited Egypt, bringing with as guards at the world-famous Giza pyramids in Cairo, in a the region and Kuwait’s position towards it, with the en security. them $7.5 billion in revenues. That generated 19.3 percent dawn attack in a deserted area a number of kilometres focus on the internal situation and the impact from MP Khalaf Dumaitheer said that the interior ministry is of currency reserves. World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, from the centre of the site. Luxor itself has had to deal with regional developments. Ghanem said “Kuwait remains a aware of who is behind those who wrote pro-IS slogans at who happened to be in Luxor on business yesterday, numerous blows, including a deadly hot air balloon crash target and no one can provide full guarantees”, but MPs some places including Marina Mall, adding such slogans strongly criticised the attack. “We abhor violence of all in 2013 that killed 19 tourists. The town took several years expressed satisfaction that all necessary security meas- aim at creating chaos. Kuwait last Friday beefed up securi- types, which runs completely counter to our work to end to recover from a 1997 massacre when Islamist gunmen ures had been taken and more measures will be taken in ty around Sunni and Shiite mosques following the two extreme poverty in the world,” he said in a statement, open fire on tourists at an ancient temple complex, killing the future, according to the interior minister. The speak- suicide bombings at Shiite mosques in Saudi Arabia. adding that “we must confront extremism by relentlessly 58 foreigners and their four Egyptian guards. — AFP THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015 ANALYSIS

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By David Adams and Zachary Fagenson

or decades, South Florida has battled drug traffickers who ship boatloads of cocaine from South FAmerica. Now the region is dealing with a new epidemic - cheap, synthetic drugs that arrive from China through the mail. As authorities in the Sunshine State battle with the surge of Alpha-PVP, better known as “flakka” or “gravel”, police departments have begun equipping officers with field detection kits, employing sniffer dogs at mail facilities and training patrol units to look for signs of delirium. The drug’s popularity, however, is only growing. In 2014, the first year it appeared in the state, authorities in Broward County, which includes Fort Lauderdale and Robots could restore ‘Made in Germany’ label Hollywood, recorded 190 incidents involving flakka. By early May of this year, the number of incidents involving the drug had already raced past 275. “Cocaine was king, By Emma Thomasson of the shoe, while 3-D printing could soon allow the produc- products to shoppers faster than the six weeks needed for until this year,” said Detective William Schwartz, a veteran tion of a customised sole. That could threaten millions of jobs in shipments to arrive from Asia. narcotics officer with the Broward County Sheriff’s Office. erman cobbler Adi Dassler revolutionised running the footwear industry in countries like China, Brazil and Adidas is working with companies like automotive supplier Unlike cocaine, flakka, is both cheap and accessible. when he started hammering spikes into track shoes Vietnam, but potentially create new positions elsewhere, albeit Johnson Controls, robotics experts Manz and knitting The drug is widely advertised for sale online by Chinese Galmost a century ago. Today most of the 258 million for more highly skilled labourers working alongside robots. machine maker Stoll on new processes as it targets prototype companies and can be shipped in large quantities to US pairs of shoes produced each year by his firm Adidas are made Robots, now used mainly in auto production, could soon in-store manufacturing by next year. Adidas says more local addresses by established global delivery companies. Once in low-cost Asia. That could soon change as cheaper, faster cut labour costs by 18 percent or more by 2025 in other sec- manufacturing should leave it with less surplus stock it has to it hits the streets, a single dose can sell for as little as $5. and more flexible robots mean manufacturing - including pro- tors, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) predicts. The new discount, helping to lift its operating margin above 10 percent Flakka, which was placed on the US list of illegal con- ducing fiddly footwear - could be brought closer to consumers technology is being closely guarded: photographers were not from 6.6 percent in 2014, still behind the 13 percent Nike trolled substances in 2014, is chemically designed to mim- in high-wage countries like Germany, speeding up delivery invited to an investor presentation at the Adidas innovation recorded last year. Nike, which saw sales in North America ic cathinone, a natural stimulant found in the leaves of the and slashing freight costs in what some call a fourth industrial centre, where it demonstrated a robot that could stick its dampened earlier this year by delays to deliveries from Asia qat plant, chewed traditionally in the Arabian Peninsula revolution. trademark three stripes to a running shoe. Nike, for its part, due to labour disruption at ports on the US West Coast, is and East Africa. Adidas is working with the German government, academ- tried to stop Adidas producing a knitted shoe that it said vio- unlikely to allow its German rival to get much of a headstart It gets its nickname from the Spanish slang for a slen- ics and robotics firms on new technologies it hopes will trigger lated patents for the “Flyknit” technology it launched in 2012. on localised production. During a visit by US President Barack der and attractive woman, and is similar to ecstasy or a significant a shift in the footwear industry as the move led by However, a German court ultimately allowed Adidas to resume Obama to Nike headquarters last month, the firm promised to MDMA, and so-called “Molly”. It is sold as small clear crys- its arch rival Nike to produce in Asia decades ago. The project production of its “Primeknit” shoes. Nike says it can make create 10,000 jobs in the United States in the next decade by is part of a broader drive by Adidas to catch up with Nike, “Flyknit” shoes with half the labour input of a typical “cut-and- producing more in its home market if a trade deal with Asian tals that can be popped in the mouth or smoked. Users which has extended its lead as the world’s biggest sportswear sew” shoe as it has 80 percent fewer components, also result- countries is approved. “We are putting a lot of money and a lot are said to feel a sense of super human strength and delir- firm in recent years with innovative products such as its ing in 70 percent less waste as it no longer needs to cut pieces of resources against how our supply chain evolves to increase ium. While flakka has also shown up in parts of Ohio, “Flyknit” shoes made out of machine-knitted fibre. “We will from a pattern and discard the rest. Nike co-founder Philip speed and make sure we deliver to consumers as quickly and Houston and Chicago, it has made the most substantial bring production back to where the main markets are,” Adidas Knight shook up the sporting goods industry that Adidas has innovatively as we can,” Trevor Edwards, Nike brand president, US inroads in South Florida, which historically has had one Chief Executive Herbert Hainer said in March. “We will be the dominated until the 1970s after putting into practice his thesis said in March. of the country’s highest rates of drug use. leader and the first mover there.” Adidas hopes to be able to paper arguing that sneakers from lower-cost Japan could Beyond knitting and 3-D printing, other innovations help- Florida’s long, contiguous coastline and numerous air- produce a custom-made running shoe from scratch in a store compete with pricier German-made versions. Today, Asia pro- ing to speed up production include bonding and gluing tech- ports have made the state a leading US entry point for in Berlin by next year, using a stitching machine and a foamer duces 87 percent of all footwear, with China by far the biggest nologies to fuse together fabrics as well as waterless dyeing cocaine, heroin and marijuana, mostly funneled from to make the sole. Nike, which has long faced criticism for using manufacturer, followed by India, Brazil and Vietnam, according which allows pigments to penetrate textiles more quickly. South America through the Caribbean. “We are ground Asian sweat shops to produce its pricey footwear, is also to APICCAPS, the association of Portuguese footwear manu- Yves-Simon Gloy, an expert from the Institute for Textile central,” said Robert C Hutchinson, deputy special agent investing heavily in new manufacturing methods. But it has facturers that compiles global industry figures. Technology at Aachen University who is collaborating with for Homeland Security Investigations in Miami. “We want not yet put a date on when it expects that to result in more Adidas and sees the dawning of a fourth industrial revolution to nip it in the bud before it gets out of control.” US-based production. Increasing Speed to Boost Margins due to the emergence of “cyber physical systems”, machines Nike and Adidas each rely on more than 1 million workers equipped with sensors, cameras and motors that can be New World Jobs at Risk in contract factories worldwide to make their shoes. While the adjusted using the Internet in real time. But Bennett and Gloy Synthetic drug seizures - almost all of which is flakka - Key to moving footwear manufacturing closer to Western need for speed is one motivating factor, rising wage costs, par- do not expect these smart machines to completely usurp accounted for 34 percent of Broward’s crime lab reports in markets are technologies which cut the need for workers to ticularly in China, are also driving the shift. “That element is human workers. “The breakthrough will probably happen in the first three months of 2015, overtaking cocaine which piece together shoes. A machine can now “knit” an upper like a going up dramatically,” said Glenn Bennett, head of global finishing the product close to the consumer,” said Bennett. dropped to 30 percent, Schwartz said. “That’s the first time sock, robots can already complete more of the final assembly operations for Adidas who leads the project aimed at getting “Not moving the whole of the operation”. —Reuters in my memory that a drug has ever surpassed cocaine,” he added. “We are crossing the threshold into a new world.” One kilo, worth $50,000 on the street, can be bought from online companies in China for as little as $1,500, drug Prison labor helps US solar company experts say. Law enforcement agencies face big obstacles because By Nichola Groom efforts to use more renewable energy. received $6.8 million in Department of er gave up because federal agencies were flakka is not illegal in China. Manufacturers there typically The vast majority of Unicor’s 12,000 Energy grants. Goldman Sachs would not hiring large energy service companies for classify the drug as a legitimate “research chemical” and ne of the largest companies to inmate workers make products for the comment on its investment in Suniva. solar projects and were not purchasing offer discreet delivery by mail. Gil Kerlikowske, the manufacture solar panels in the federal government, but as federal budg- Suniva would not give any details on its stand-alone panels. Commissioner of US Customs and Border Protection said United States uses a surprising ets have shrunk in recent years the com- financial arrangement with Unicor, citing The arrangement with Suniva was China had dramatically increased its criminal investiga- O resource to keep costs low and compete pany has been trying to attract more con- government restrictions on the disclosure among the first in which Unicor positions into synthetic drugs but its huge ports and vast terri- against producers from China: Prison tract work from private businesses. About of contract terms. Unicor also declined to tioned itself as a manufacturer that could tory made it harder to tackle. The Obama administration offer details on how individual contract help US companies transfer production has raised the issue of flakka in talks with China, according labor. Suniva Inc, a Georgia-based solar 10 percent of its inmate workers are now to the US State Department. cell and panel maker that is backed by engaged in such work. About 200 manufacturing agreements are struc- from overseas to the United States What has law enforcement and drug treatment profes- Goldman Sachs Group Inc, farms out a inmates make solar panels working in tured. through what it called “repatriation”. The sionals most concerned are flakka’s long-term effects. small portion of its manufacturing to fed- factories at prisons in Sheridan, Oregon The average wage for inmate workers repatriation projects are meant to First-time users can take three to four days to return to a eral inmates as part of a longstanding and Otisville, New York. A request by in the Unicor programs is 92 cents an address criticism that it is unfair for US normal state of mind, while for repeat users, it could be 14 government program intended to pre- Reuters to visit a prison solar factory was hour, though employers pay a significant- companies to have to compete with to 16 days, according to drug treatment professionals. Dr. pare them for life after prison. Suniva denied by prison officials. ly higher amount to Unicor for overhead Unicor for government contracts. Unicor Peter Ventre, a psychiatrist at Fort Lauderdale Hospital, does not actively publicize its work with Suniva was founded in 2007 by solar and other costs. Inmates responsible for has about 40 repatriation projects for pri- said a girl in her early 20s recently suffered symptoms sim- the prisons, saying it prefers to talk about scientists from the Georgia Institute of court-ordered fines, victim restitution or vate companies that manufacture signs, ilar to a stroke or brain bleeding after using flakka. “Now its in-house factories in Georgia and Technology, and it has grown rapidly. child support payments are required to electronics and more. she can’t talk, can’t recognize anybody and can’t walk on Michigan, which handle most of its pro- While the private company doesn’t dis- use half their earnings to meet those The Business Coalition for Fair her own,” he said. duction and employ more than 350 peo- close its financials, a federal contract from financial obligations. Suniva has “no visi- Competition, a group opposed to the Last month, police in Melbourne, southeast of Orlando, ple. 2014 said Suniva had $93 million in annu- bility” into how much inmates are paid, government competing with private arrested a 17-year-old girl after finding her running down a But the company’s arrangement with al revenue. The company’s panels gener- Card said. “It costs us more to manufac- businesses, said it would like to see a veri- street naked, covered in blood and screaming “I am god! I Federal Prison Industries, known as ate more electricity from the sun than ture through Unicor than it does in fication system to make sure the so- am Satan!” according to the police report. “They’re con- Unicor, has helped Suniva move all of its typical Chinese-made panels, and they China,” he added. called repatriation work being done in vinced they’re being chased by wild animals or people who solar panel assembly to the United States therefore command a premium price in But the company sees advantages to prisons is not being taken away from are trying to kill them,” said James Hall, an epidemiologist at from Asia over the last 18 months, said the market. its American operations, both in and out American workers. “There has to be some Nova Southeastern University. He said some 27 people Matt Card, vice president of global sales of prisons. The company saves 30 to 45 transparency,” said John Palatiello, the have died from flakka-related overdoses in the last eight and manufacturing. The company says ‘A Good Product’ days of transit time from Asia so products group’s president. Solar was one of the months in Broward County alone. “It’s the most intense, prison labor accounts for less than 10 per- Suniva panels are on systems at Whole get to market more quickly. This is signifi- industries considered ripe for the repatri- rapidly emerging drug problem since the 1980s with the cent of its panel manufacturing. Foods Market Inc’s flagship store in cant now that 90 percent of Suniva prod- ation program, because Chinese-made emergence of crack cocaine,” Hall added. —Reuters By making panels in the United States, Austin, Texas and at the Guantanamo Bay ucts are used in US projects and marks a panels were being slapped with hefty tar- Suniva has been able to capture lucrative Naval Base, to name just two projects. The change from when it was shipping most iffs in the United States, according to federal contracts, avoid US government company does not disclose where panels of its solar cells to Europe and Asia. Unicor board meeting minutes. tariffs on Chinese-made panels, and for individual projects are made. SolarCity Unicor says its workers are 24 percent less But the deal has been far from a suc- appeal to private sector customers who Corp, the top US rooftop solar installer, likely than other inmates to return to cess for the prison company so far. All articles appearing on these want American-made products. The com- also purchases Suniva panels. “It’s a good criminal behavior once they are released Revenue from the solar operations has pages are the personal opinion of pany is the third-biggest producer of product,” SolarCity spokesman Jonathan from prison. The program is focused on fallen short of projections, Cantwell said, the writers. Kuwait Times takes no solar modules that are made in the Bass said in an email. “Suniva’s relationship providing work experience to prisoners but declined to specify why. “We are responsibility for views expressed United States, according to GTM with Unicor has never been a factor in our who are within two years of release. therefore currently evaluating how best Research. decision to use the modules... the mis- to proceed with the solar program,” she therein. Kuwait Times invites read- “As a US company you have to be very, sionto provide job training to prepare Repatriation wrote. Suniva’s Card said he could not ers to voice their opinions. Please very smart about where you manufac- inmates for successful re-entry to the In 2012, Suniva approached the prison comment on specific operational details, send submissions via email to: opin- ture,” Card said. Inmates working for workforce is admirable.” company about starting production as a adding that demand for Suniva modules [email protected] or via snail Unicor, which has existed since the 1930s, Suniva has raised more than $200 mil- contract manufacturer, according to Card. exceeds expectations. “We are very happy have long made things like license plates lion from investors including Goldman Under the agreement, Suniva provides all with Unicor’s workmanship and quality,” mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. and goods for the military. Solar panels Sachs, venture capital firms New the raw materials. It also paid to convert Card said. “Both organizations continually The editor reserves the right to edit were added to its list of products so that Enterprise Associates and Prelude Unicor’s factory equipment to support its look for opportunities to increase pro- any submission as necessary. inmates could acquire skills in a new and Ventures and private equity firms HIG manufacturing process. Unicor had been duction and deepen the relationship growing industry and help government Ventures and Warburg Pincus. It has also making its own panels since 2009 but lat- between us.” —Reuters THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015 SPORTS

McClaren to coach Newcastle Race for rugby playoffs ‘Catastrophe’ for Ribery MELBOURNE: The race for the Super Rugby playoffs reach- BERLIN: Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery has described the ankle injury LONDON: Former England head coach Steve McClaren is favorite to be named as es its climax in the final round of the regular season this which has kept him out of football since March as a “catastrophe” as his Newcastle United’s new manager after the club confirmed yesterday that interim boss weekend, but the competition between Wallabies hopefuls struggle for fitness continues. The 32-year-old former France international John Carver and his assistant Steve Stone had left the club. The 54-year-old McClaren, for World Cup places shapes as an intriguing sub-plot in has not played since limping out of Bayern’s 7-0 drubbing of Shakhtar who was manager of Newcastle’s north east rivals Middlesbrough from 2001-06 before Australia. Donetsk in the Champions League’s last 16, first leg tie, on March 11 and is taking over as England boss, is expected to be confirmed in the role later on Wednesday, The reigning champion New South Wales Waratahs, desperate to be fit again for pre-season training at the start of July. “The according to local media. Should McClaren take over, he faces a major rebuilding job at a clinging to top spot in the Australian conference, will hope injury is getting on my nerves, it’s a catastrophe,” he told German daily Bild. “I club that narrowly avoided relegation from the Premier League after a dreadful second to stave off the challenge from the second-placed ACT have everything which one can only dream of in life, but I am not free. “I half of the season. Carver was handed the reins at the turn of the year following Alan Brumbies and secure a home semi-final with a big win over think about my football the time. I just want to run! I want to play! I Pardew’s move to Crystal Palace, but the team won only three games under his the lowly Queensland Reds in Sydney on Saturday. have to be able to train in order to be happy.” Ribery says the stewardship. Despite keeping Newcastle in the top flight, Carver’s long At ground level, however, the Waratahs match will offer injury is “significantly better” and hopes to be able to run association with the club ended yesterday. “After discussions with John it an absorbing duel between incumbent Wallabies halves again soon. “I have to be fit for July 1. Whether I will man- was mutually agreed that in the best interests of the club moving for- Bernard Foley and Nick Phipps and their predecessors age that, I don’t know, but I will try everything to make it ward, and to enable the new head coach to build his own coaching Quade Cooper and Will Genia. happen,” he added. team, we would go our separate ways,” managing director Lee Charnley The once-favoured Reds duo of flyhalf Cooper and He took himself off on holiday to Ibiza and Paris, said in a statement. “He is a man of great character and dignity and will scrumhalf Genia have long been superseded by their with a physiotherapist in tow, in a bid to cheer him up, always be welcome at Newcastle United. We wish him every success in the Waratahs counterparts in the Wallabies pecking order. but he said the injury played on his mind the whole future,” he added. “It has been a privilege to serve as head coach of this With the Reds already out of the playoffs running, the time. “I thought it would help, but I hardly had any fun great football club,” Carver said. “The fans and the region deserve a successful match may be their last chance to give Michael Cheika, on holiday,” he said, after Bayern won the Bundesliga title team and both myself and my support staff worked very hard with the squad coach of both the Wallabies and the Waratahs, second and bowed out of the Champions League semi-finals that was available to us.” —Reuters thoughts.—Reuters without him. —AFP Giants blank Mets, Angels win

NEW YORK: Chris Heston pitched the first earn his seventh save. Robbie Ray (1-1) took McGowan, then grounded out in the eighth, no-hitter in the majors this season in his 13th the loss, giving up two runs and finishing one shy of the major league record. career start, leading the San Francisco Giants Anthony DeSclafani (5-4) matched his over the New York Mets 5-0 Tuesday night. ROYALS 2, TWINS 0 career high by fanning seven batters and The rookie allowed three baserunners - all Chris Young took a no-hitter into the sev- gave up two runs in 6 1/3 innings to a lineup on hit batters. He also had a two-run single enth inning and Salvador Perez homered to that struggles away from Citizens Bank Park. for his first big league RBIs and finished with help Kansas City to a victory over Minnesota. two more hits than the Mets. Young (5-2) left after giving up a triple to WHITE SOX 4, ASTROS 2 The pitching-rich Giants have thrown a Trevor Plouffe with one out in the seventh Jose Abreu hit a tie-breaking two-run no-hitter in four straight seasons, with for his only hit of the game. The 6-foot-10 homer, Carlos Rodon threw six scoreless Heston following Matt Cain’s perfect game right-hander struck out two and walked innings, and Chicago White beat Houston to against Houston in 2012 and hitless gems by three to bounce back from a pair of ugly hand the Astros their sixth straight loss Tim Lincecum in 2013 and ‘14. starts and put the Royals in a position to despite top draft pick Carlos Correa hitting The only other team to accomplish that sweep the Twins on Wednesday. his first home run. feat was the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1962- Trevor May (4-4) gave up one run on sev- Abreu’s 10th home run of the season 65, according to STATS. Hall of Famer Sandy en hits with five strikeouts and three walks in broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the Koufax pitched all four of those. six innings for the Twins, who managed just sixth and propelled Chicago to its second Heston (6-4) struck out 11 - six looking - the one hit and have scored five runs in their win to start the three-game series with the for the defending World Series champions last four games. AL West-leading Astros. and allowed just two balls into the outfield. On a night when San Francisco’s Chris The homer and Melky Cabrera’s two-run As the crowd of 23,155 gave Heston a Heston no-hit the Mets, Young looked prime double in the eighth were enough for the standing ovation at Citi Field, Giants team- to equal him as he carved up the slumping White Sox to continue the Astros’ slide while mates came out of the dugout and bullpen Twins lineup through six innings. Houston’s offensive woes continued. to mob him. Heston hit a two-run single in Rodon (2-0) allowed four hits and two the fourth off Noah Syndergaard (2-4) and YANKEES 6, NATIONALS 1 walks while striking out five and throwing a added another single in the eighth. Nasahiro Tanaka outpitched Max Scherzer, career-high 116 pitches. Except for Abreu’s Stephen Drew hit two solo home runs and home run, Keuchel (7-2) was strong in the ANGELS 8, RAYS 2 New York beat Washington for its seventh loss. Albert Pujols tied Mickey Mantle for 16th straight victory. place on the all-time home run list, Kole A two-out throwing error by shortstop Ian BLUE JAYS 4, MARLINS 3 Calhoun drove in a career-high four runs and Desmond in the seventh inning broke a 1-all Edwin Encarnacion hit a two-run home Los Angeles stopped a season-high five- tie. New York went on to match its longest run in the ninth inning and Toronto extend- game losing streak by beating Tampa Bay. winning streak since 2012. ed its winning streak to seven games, beat- Pujols hit his 536th homer to tie the New Bryce Harper hit his 20th home run for the ing Miami. York Yankees great, an opposite-field shot to Nationals, who have lost nine of 11. Returning to the lineup after sitting out right field on an 0-1 pitch from Nathan Karns Washington fell in its first trip to Yankee the previous two games with a sore left (3-3) in the fifth inning. Pujols has eight Stadium since 2009. shoulder, Encarnacion connected off A.J. homers in his last 11 games, and 16 overall Tanaka (4-1) gave up one run and five hits Ramos (0-1) with a one-out drive to center, this season. in seven innings, walking none and striking his 13th. It was the fourth walkoff homer of Mike Schmidt is in 15th place with 548 out six. No one on the Nationals had ever Encarnacion’s career. Giancarlo Stanton hit home runs.Calhoun had an RBI double dur- batted against him and it showed with sever- two solo home runs for the Marlins, who lost ing a two-run first, a sixth-inning run-scoring al timid, late swings. for the third time in four games. Stanton single, and a two-run single in a three-run Tanaka made his second start since wrist leads the majors with 21 homers and 51 RBIs. eighth. Matt Shoemaker (4-4) improved to 3- and forearm ailments put him on the dis- Liam Hendriks (2-0) pitched one inning for 0 in three starts against Tampa Bay after abled list. No ill effects, apparently. Scherzer the win. allowing two runs and five hits in 6 1-3 (6-5) kept pace with Tanaka until the sev- innings. enth. BREWERS 4, PIRATES 1 Taylor Jungmann pitched seven efficient NEW YORK: San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Chris Heston delivers a pitch to New York DODGERS 3, DIAMONDBACKS 1 REDS 11, PHILLIES 2 innings in his major league debut to lead Mets’ Ruben Tejada during the ninth inning. —AP Howie Kendrick snapped a seventh- Joey Votto hit three homers in a game for Milwaukee to a win over Pittsburgh. inning tie with a two-run single, and Los the third time in his career - matching Jungmann allowed one run on three hits, his first AL victory, and Zach Britton got five RANGERS 2, ATHLETICS 1 Angeles defeated Arizona for its sixth con- Johnny Bench as the only Reds players to do striking out five against just one walk as the outs for his 16th save. Mitch Moreland hit a long homer leading secutive win against the Diamondbacks. it - and Cincinnati piled up five total in a vic- Brewers won for the fourth time in their last Rodriguez allowed three hits and three off the sixth inning, Nick Martinez out- The first-place Dodgers have won eight tory over Philadelphia. five games. walks over six sparkling innings. The former pitched Sonny Gray to win for the first time straight and 12 of their last 13 at home Votto hit two of the Reds’ four homers off Jason Rogers and Aramis Ramirez each hit Orioles prospect was vying to become the in more than two weeks, and Texas beat against Arizona since April 2014. Adam Aaron Harang (4-7), who had given up a total solo homers and drove in two runs for first left-hander since Kazuhisa Ishii of the Oakland. Prince Fielder drove in a run and Liberatore (2-1) got one out for the victory. of four all season. Votto added a two-run Milwaukee. Francisco Rodriguez worked a Dodgers in 2002 to win his first three major Shin-Soo Choo added two hits to help lead Kenley Jansen retired the side in the ninth to homer in the seventh inning off Dustin perfect ninth for his 12th save. league appearances. the Rangers to their major league-best 20th Starling Marte’s 12th home run was the Obtained by Boston last July in the trade road win. Texas has won three of four on its only mistake by Jungmann. The 25-year-old that sent reliever Andrew Miller to Baltimore, current trip to pull within two games of AL struggled recently at Triple-A but retired 13 Rodriguez struck out seven and lowered his West-leading Houston. Moreland had gone straight at one point to send the Pirates to ERA to 0.44. Barnes (2-1) entered in the sev- hitless in 10 previous at-bats against Gray (7- their second straight loss. Francisco Liriano enth and immediately gave up the game’s 3) before connecting for his seventh homer (3-5) kept pace with Jungmann until the sev- first run. of the season on a 2-1 pitch from the enth, when a leadoff walk to Ryan Braun Oakland ace. The ball easily cleared the wall started a two-run rally that pushed the MARINERS 3, INDIANS 2 in center field and bounced off the facade Brewers in front to stay. Robinson Cano broke out of a slump with underneath a row of luxury seats. Martinez two doubles and an RBI, while five pitchers (5-2) allowed one hit over six innings. He ROCKIES 4, CARDINALS 3 held Cleveland in check, leading Seattle to struck out three and walked three. Jorge De La Rosa pitched seven strong the win. innings to tie the Rockies’ franchise mark for Roenis Elias (3-3) gave up a solo homer to BRAVES 6, PADRES 5 wins, D.J. LeMahieu hit a tie-breaking RBI Yan Gomes in the second, the only run the Joey Terdoslavich led off the eighth double in the seventh, and Colorado hung left-hander allowed in six innings. Gomes inning with his first career home run and on to beat St. Louis following another rain homered to lead off the ninth against rookie Atlanta rallied from a five-run deficit against delay at Coors Field. Carson Smith, the Mariners’ fourth reliever. James Shields to beat San Diego. With the score tied at 2-2 in the seventh, Pinch-hitter Michael Bourn singled with one Terdoslavich, pinch-hitting in only his pinch-hitter Wilin Rosario, who was batting out, but David Murphy, another pinch-hitter, fourth at-bat of the season, drove a pitch for De La Rosa, singled off Michael Wacha. flied out and Jason Kipnis grounded out as from Joaquin Benoit (4-3) over the fence in One out later, LeMahieu doubled to the cen- Smith recorded his second save. Cano’s RBI right-center field. The Braves trailed 5-0 terfield wall, scoring Rosario. double off Corey Kluber (3-7) put Seattle before scoring five runs in the sixth off Wacha (8-2) matched a career high with ahead in the first. Logan Morrison, who Shields. There were three reviews of calls at 10 strikeouts but gave up four runs on nine extended his hitting streak to 15 games, the plate - each decided in favor of Atlanta. hits in 6 2-3 innings. De La Rosa (3-2) allowed added a run-scoring double in the second. Jim Johnson (2-3) pitched a scoreless eighth. two runs on three hits and struck out eight in Cano also doubled in the fifth. Kluber, the Jason Grilli got through a shaky ninth for his notching his 72nd career win with Colorado, defending AL Cy Young winner, allowed two 16th save in 18 chances. Will Venable drove tying Aaron Cook’s team record. runs in seven innings in losing his second in two runs for the Padres with three hits, straight start. including his fifth homer.—AP TIGERS 6, CUBS 0 Anibal Sanchez pitched well for 7 2-3 innings and Rajai Davis had a big day at bat MLB results/standings and in the field as Detroit beat Chicago. Davis had a double, a triple and stole a Baltimore 1, Boston 0; NY Yankees 6, Washington 1; Milwaukee 4, Pittsburgh 1; Toronto 4, Miami 3; Detroit 6, homer from David Ross, while Sanchez (4-7) Chicago Cubs 0; Atlanta 6, San Diego 5; Cincinnati 11, Philadelphia 2; San Francisco 5, NY Mets 0; LA Angels 8, ended a four-start slump that saw Detroit Tampa Bay 2; Seattle 3, Cleveland 2; Chicago White Sox 4, Houston 2; Kansas City 2, Minnesota 0; Colorado 4, St. lose all four starts while he posted a 7.71 Louis 3; Texas 2, Oakland 1; LA Dodgers 3, Arizona 1. ERA. Sanchez allowed six hits and walked two American League National League Eastern Division Eastern Division while striking out seven. Jon Lester (4-5) took W L PCT GB NY Mets 31 28 .525 - the loss, giving up five runs on nine hits and NY Yankees 33 25 .569 - Washington 30 28 .517 0.5 two walks in 4 1/3 innings. Davis led off the Tampa Bay 31 28 .525 2.5 Atlanta 28 30 .483 2.5 first with a double, took third on David Ross’ Toronto 30 30 .500 4 Miami 24 35 .407 7 passed ball and scored on Miguel Cabrera’s Baltimore 27 30 .474 5.5 Philadelphia 22 38 .367 9.5 Boston 27 32 .458 6.5 single to center. Central Division Central Division St. Louis 38 21 .644 - Kansas City 33 23 .589 - Chicago Cubs 30 26 .536 6.5 Minnesota 33 25 .569 1 ORIOLES 1, RED SOX 0 Pittsburgh 31 27 .534 6.5 Detroit 31 28 .525 3.5 Steve Pearce scored in the seventh inning Cincinnati 26 31 .456 11 on a wild pitch by Matt Barnes, and Chicago White Sox 27 30 .474 6.5 Cleveland 27 30 .474 6.5 Milwaukee 22 37 .373 16 Baltimore overcame another sharp outing by Western Division Western Division Boston rookie Eduardo Rodriguez in the vic- Houston 34 26 .567 - LA Dodgers 34 25 .576 - tory. Texas 31 27 .534 2 San Francisco 33 26 .559 1 Four pitchers combined on a five-hitter LA Angels 29 29 .500 4 San Diego 30 30 .500 4.5 Colorado 27 30 .474 6 LOS ANGELES: Dodgers’ Howie Kendrick hits a two-run single during the seventh inning of for the Orioles, who have won four of five. Seattle 26 32 .448 7 Oakland 23 37 .383 11 Arizona 27 31 .466 6.5 a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks. —AP Chad Roe (1-0) pitched 1 1/3 innings to earn THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015 SPORTS Nicklaus talks about Tiger, but questions change

DUBLIN: Jack Nicklaus gets asked more What did anyone expect Nicklaus to exempt to Chambers Bay next week. three times the rest of the year. His to take longer than the other changes. about Tiger Woods than he ever did say? It’s not much different from all Nicklaus was asked about Woods dur- short game was so appalling (sound He hit so many balls after his opening about the golf ball. The only difference those years when Nicklaus was asked if ing the telecast on the weekend. He was familiar?) that Nicklaus said he putted two rounds at Memorial that he devel- is the nature of the question. For the Woods was going to break his record of asked about him during a radio inter- around bunkers. His swing had become oped a blister outside his left forefinger. longest time, it used to be, “Do you 18 majors. Nicklaus kept saying he view. Most awkward was Sunday morn- too vertical. So he stepped away. Still, there’s no getting around that 85. think Tiger will break your record in the thought it would happen until one day ing, when the best players of each col- Nicklaus went to longtime swing “It felt a lot higher,” Woods said. He talks majors?” Now it has become, “What’s he posed his own question back to the lege division were honored with the coach Jack Grout and effectively started about being caught between old habits wrong with Tiger?” audience. Could they imagine what kind Jack Nicklaus Award. They were sitting over - the grip, the stance, the posture. and a new swing. Fine. But he was stuck The answer is the same. Nicklaus of headlines Nicklaus would create if he on a stage with Nicklaus when he was Then he went to Phil Rodgers to work between old and new when he really doesn’t know. Woods might not, ever said anything else? It was a subtle asked if he could ever relate to what on his short game. switched over to Sean Foley in 2010, either. Nicklaus was in the broadcast suggestion to stop asking, not that it Woods was facing, and the college kids “It took me four or five months, but I and his off days were never this bad. booth at the Memorial on Saturday worked. also were asked to weigh in. “I don’t got my game back,” Nicklaus said. Woods ended his third round with a afternoon watching the highlights - What caused the question to go away want to relate to it,” Nicklaus said, “and I Indeed, he won two majors the follow- quadruple bogey on the 18th for a 43 really, the lowlights - of Woods posting was Woods. Can anyone remember the don’t think they do, either.” ing year at age 40. And that’s where the on the back nine. He shot 44 on the a career-high 85 on a Muirfield Village last time Nicklaus was asked whether his Comparisons between Nicklaus and comparisons end. Nicklaus only had one back nine in 2013, the year he won five course where he has won five times. record in the majors was safe? Woods are inevitable because their swing coach. Woods is on his fourth. times and was PGA Tour player of the There was a mixture of sympathy and Woods hasn’t won a major in seven records are similar, and so Nicklaus was Woods has a vocabulary unfamiliar to year. surprise. years. He hasn’t won anything in nearly asked about his own little slump when Nicklaus. He talks about being “stuck Strange game. Strange times. No “I don’t have an answer for it, an two years. He has as many rounds in the he was the same age as Woods is now. between patterns.” He spoke Monday good answers. With 79 victories on the explanation,” Nicklaus said. “I’m sure that 80s and the 60s this season. A world It was in 1979 when Nicklaus went about making “baseline shifts,” which tour, and with 14 majors, and having he probably doesn’t, either. I think he’ll ranking of No. 181. Winning a major? through his first year without a win on sounds more like tennis than the sport gone through four swing changes get it back, though. I still do. I think he’s Some younger players, unaware of the the PGA Tour. He was 39. When the Woods dominated for so long. already, Woods deserves a little more just too focused. He’s too hard a worker 10-year exemption for winning a U.S. majors were over that year, Nicklaus He at least sounds committed to this time before writing him off. No matter and he’s got such a great work ethic.” Open, have been asking how Woods was said he might have touched his clubs new swing, though at 39 it would figure how hard it is to watch. —AP Baku ready for European Games

BAKU: The European Games, the first major fringes of the European continent, may not multi-sports event of the continent, are set to be the obvious choice but given its financial kick off in Azerbaijan’s Baku tomorrow as clout at a time when other major European gleaming new sports venues await 6,000 ath- nations struggled with the economic crisis, it letes, lured by qualification spots for next was a safe choice. Sparing no cost, the Azeris year’s Rio de Janeiro Olympics. have raced to complete preparations in less The Azeri capital has pulled out all the than three years with several spectacular ven- stops as it looks to establish itself as a viable ues sprinkled over the capital, including the option for international sports events with a national gymnastics arena and the brand- string of impressive venues, including a brand new 68,000-seater Olympic stadium. new Olympic stadium that will see just two With a future Olympics bid firmly in its days of competition. sights, Azerbaijan wants to prove its ability to Azerbaijan, however, is under criticism host a major international sports event of this over its human rights record and some rights size. organisations have said their officials have been barred from entering the country dur- HUMAN RIGHTS ing the Games. The athletes will compete in But not everything is sparkling under the 20 sports, 16 of which are on the Olympic hot summer sun on the shores of the Caspian programme and 12 of them offering qualifica- sea, with energy-rich Azerbaijan under con- tion spots, indirect or direct, for next year’s stant criticism over its human rights record. summer Olympics in Brazil. On Tuesday the Organisation for Security Organisers have also added several experi- and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) was given mental events, including 3x3 basketball, one month to halt its operations in the former beach soccer and mixed pair aerobic gymnas- Soviet republic, months before a parliamen- tics among others, with the European tary election this autumn. Amnesty Olympic Committees, the umbrella organisa- International officials were then barred from tion, eager to test them for possible future entering Baku later on Tuesday, the organisa- inclusion in the Olympics proper. tion said. “It is deeply ironic that the launch of Athletics and swimming, two of the a briefing outlining how critical voices in the biggest sports on the Olympic programme, country have been systematically silenced however, have refused to send their top ath- ahead of the European Games cannot be letes to the event, opting to send lower- held,” said Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty YANKTON: In this Monday, June 8, 2015 photo, competitors practice for the World Archery Youth Championships at the National Field Archery ranked teams, robbing the Games of addi- International’s Deputy Director for Europe Association’s Easton Yankton Archery Complex. —AP tional exposure. Azerbaijan, on the outer and Central Asia in a statement.—Reuters Shock roll over Storm Bison, flatlands greet

TULSA: Riquna Williams scored 14 off the two points off 16 Tulsa turnovers. bench as the Tulsa defense completely world’s young archers dominated Seattle as the Shock rolled to a LIBERTY 86, FEVER 79 68-45 win over the Storm on Tuesday. Tina Charles scored 21 points, Essence Plenette Pierson and Odyssey Simms Carson added 14 and the Liberty dominat- YANKTON: Emre Erkus sees mountains, high- local businesses went through diversity training their searches yielded information about cow- scored 12 points apiece and Skylar Diggins ed the third quarter en route to a win over rise buildings and swarms of people in his to ensure athletes and coaches from different boys, bison and Mount Rushmore National added 11 to reach 1,000 career points for the Fever. Tanisha Wright added 12 points native Ankara, Turkey. So when he landed in cultures would feel welcome, and more than Memorial. Tulsa (2-1), which has a winning record for and Kiah Stokes had 11 for the Liberty (2-1), southeast South Dakota for the world’s top tour- 500 volunteers are helping with 1,500 shifts. The archers got to see bison, when two of the first time in six seasons since relocating who had 23 assists on 29 baskets. nament for young archers, he was taken aback Tornado-siren testing has been canceled to the large animals were brought to the archery from Detroit. Layshia Clarendon scored all of her by the remote flatness - until he saw a yellow avoid scaring anyone during the competition, facility for the opening ceremony. They also saw Renee Montgomery scored 10 points for career-best 14 points in the first half as the school bus, like ones he’s seen in American which runs through Sunday. Native American dances, including one in which Seattle (1-1), which scored 86 points in its Fever took a 41-38 lead to the half. New movies. “Those were my dream,” the 16-year-old “It’s just incredible to have it here, and from athletes were invited to take part. “It was very opener, a 25-point win over Los Angeles York started the second half with a 20-4 run said, explaining how he and about 450 other the community standpoint, I think without a fun because it is an American tradition, which when the Storm got 40 points from its and led 62-53 entering the fourth quarter. top-class archers are getting around Yankton. “I doubt, the cultural diversity that they get to we haven’t seen before,” Shkolna said. reserves. Carson had a three-point play to put the can die now.” experience is really incredible,” said Bruce Cull, a Organizers are planning to showcase other Tulsa used a 16-0 run, with Pierson scor- Liberty ahead for good, 45-43, two minutes Yankton, a city of about 14,000 people, beat Yankton resident and president of the National aspects of the region’s culture through a county ing six, to go up 21-4 late in the first quar- into the third quarter. Shortly after that out Mexico City and other international loca- Field Archery Association. fair-style party, a tour of an elk and buffalo ter. The Shock then scored the first 11 New York scored 11 straight, with Charles tions to host the 2015 World Archery Youth To the delight of Erkus, the school district ranch in nearby Nebraska, and allowing athletes points of the second quarter to push the scoring four points, for a 58-45 lead. Tamika Championships, a biennial event for countries’ pitched in its buses to take teams to and from to swap items typical of their home country lead to 32-7 before Montgomery’s 3-point- Catchings, a nine-time All-Star, made her top archers between the ages of 15 and 20. The facilities. But some athletes preferred a more with Yankton students. er 2:14 before the half. It was 40-15 at the season debut after missing the first two competition - which has seen world records set familiar mode of transportation. Mariya Shkolna But the “Shrine of Democracy” will have to break with Seattle shooting just 15 percent games with a knee injury suffered prior to and broken - was last held in the U.S. in 2009, in of Lviv, Ukraine, said she got some inquisitive wait: The fastest route to Mount Rushmore, (5 of 34), while the Shock went 15 of 34 training camp and scored 13 points for Utah, while Poland and China hosted the last looks from motorists while she and her team- some athletes were bummed to learn, is a more from the field. Indiana (0-3). Natalie Achonwa, Lynetta two events. mates spent about four hours walking to a than five-hour drive away. The lead reached 30 points in the Kizer and Shenise Johnson also had 13 Knowing that the competition would draw supermarket and shopping center. “I was told about a mountain that has the second half as the Storm finished the points apiece. people from around the world, Yankton officials “It’s our first time in (the) USA. One question: faces of the presidents,” said 19-year-old Luis game at 24 percent (15 of 63), including The Fever started 0-3 last year, but made have been preparing since the Switzerland- Why everyone have a car here and don’t walk?” Esteban Infante-Galvan, of Monclova, Mexico, 4 of 24 from 3-point range (17 percent). the playoffs. Marissa Coleman, who aver- based World Archery Federation chose the the 17-year-old said. Some athletes used who earned bronze in his category two years They also had 20 turnovers the Shock aged 17 points in the first two games, fin- Missouri River city last year. City leaders and Google to learn about South Dakota, saying ago. “I would like to go. Maybe on a bus.” —AP converted into 20 points. Seattle got ished with six. —AP World Series of Poker win extends Hellmuth’s record LAS VEGAS: Poker star Phil Hellmuth has was the best he had ever played. “It just again extended his World Series of Poker felt like I was very calm and I was seeing winning record among the card game’s all- everything,” he said. The razz champi- time greats and dedicated his latest victo- onship was just one of 68 events, all offer- ry to his friend, the late Silicon Valley ing a chance at a golden bracelet prize, entrepreneur Dave Goldberg. happening in Las Vegas at the Rio All-Suite Hellmuth won his 14th tournament Hotel & Casino throughout the 51-day bracelet early Tuesday morning, placing World Series of Poker that started on May him four ahead of poker’s other iconic 27 and culminates with the closely winners Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan and watched Main Event. Phil Ivey. The gold bracelets, poker’s ver- Hellmuth won that event in 1989 as the sion of a Super Bowl ring or Olympics youngest player to ever do so at the time medals, have been handed out to winners at the age of 24 and has played every year of the individual World Series of Poker since 1988. The now 50-year-old poker events since the tournament’s early begin- professional lives with his family in Palo nings in 1976. Alto in California’s Silicon Valley. Hellmuth, known as the “Poker Brat,” After winning the razz event Tuesday has won more than anyone. His win morning, the World Series of Poker report- Tuesday in the $10,000 buy-in razz cham- ed that Hellmuth told the crowd gathered pionship event added $271,105 to his life- to see his win that he planned to give the time World Series of Poker winnings, bracelet to Goldberg’s family. Goldberg bringing the total to nearly $12.8 million. died last month in a treadmill accident The razz event was a variation of seven- while he was on vacation in Mexico with card stud poker where the lowest five- his wife, Facebook executive Sheryl card hand wins. He outlasted 102 other Sandberg. entrants. Hellmuth said he first met “Goldie” at “I have a knack for that game,” he said the World Series of Poker several years ago LAS VEGAS: In this July 11, 2011, file photo, then Tuesday by phone. After nine days spent and after, played poker together in Silicon eleven-time gold bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth peeks playing without cashing-out in any of the Valley. “You don’t see Silicon Valley entre- at his cards during the World Series of Poker main tournament’s other events, he said he hit preneurs that beloved,” Hellmuth said. “He event. —AP Seattle Storm’s Alysha Clark (right) passes the ball in this file photo. his stride after the unlucky streak, saying it was just the nicest guy.”—AP THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015 SPORTS

SCOREBOARD

BIRMINGHAM: Scoreboard in the first day/night one-day international between England and New Zealand at Edgbaston yesterday: England New Zealand J. Roy c Guptill b Boult 0 M. Guptill c Buttler b Finn 22 A. Hales c Henry b Boult 20 B. McCullum b Finn 10 J. Root c Ronchi b Boult 104 K. Williamson c Root b Rashid 45 E. Morgan lbw b McClenaghan 50 R. Taylor lbw b Finn 57 B. Stokes b Boult 10 G. Elliott run out (Billings/Buttler) 24 J. Buttler c Henry b McClenaghan 129 M. Santner c Jordan b Rashid 15 S. Billings lbw b Santner 3 L. Ronchi b Rashid 0 N. McCullum c Jordan b Finn 5 A. Rashid c Guptill b Elliott 69 M. Henry lbw b Rashid 0 C. Jordan c Boult b Elliott 2 M. McClenaghan c Hales b Jordan 2 L. Plunkett not out 13 T. Boult not out 0 S. Finn not out 0 Extras (lb10, w8) 18 Extras (w8) 8 Total (all out, 31.1 overs) 198 Total (9 wkts, 50 overs) 408 Fall of wickets: 1-11 (B McCullum), 2-52 (Guptill), Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Roy), 2-50 (Hales), 3-171 3-94 (Williamson), 4-160 (Elliott), 5-185 (Santner), (Morgan), 4-180 (Root), 5-195 (Stokes), 6-202 6-185 (Ronchi), 7-190 (Taylor), 8-195 (Henry), 9- (Billings), 7-379 (Buttler), 8-394 (Jordan), 9-394 198 (N McCullum), 10-198 (McClenaghan) (Rashid) Bowling: Finn 7-1-35-4 (2w); Jordan 5.1-0-33-1; Bowling: Boult 10-0-55-4; Henry 10-0-73-0 (3w); N Plunkett 5-0-37-0 (2w); Rashid 10-0-55-4 (1w); McCullum 7-0-66-0 (1w); McClenaghan 10-0-93-2 Stokes 4-0-28-0 (2w) (3w); Elliott 5-0-57-2 (1w); Santner 8-0-64-1 Result: England won by 210 runs Buttler ton sets up record England win

BIRMINGHAM: Jos Buttler’s 129 and a hun- teams. dred from Joe Root helped England to a That result formed part of New record 210-run win over New Zealand in Zealand’s unbeaten run to the final, where the first one-day international at they lost to fellow co-hosts Australia, Edgbaston on Tuesday as they launched whereas for England it was one of several their ‘new era’ of limited overs cricket in defeats that contributed to a first-round style. exit. It was England’s biggest victory, in terms However, New Zealand rested paceman FATULLAH: India’s Shikhar Dhawan, plays a shot as Bangladesh’s wicketkeeper Litton Das (center) and Shakib Al Hasan watch during the first of runs, in all ODI cricket beating their 202- Tim Southee, the bowling star of that day of their Test match. —AP run margin against India at Lord’s way back match with seven for 33, for this fixture fol- during the inaugural 1975 World Cup. lowing his efforts during the preceding 1-1 England’s total of 408 for nine, their highest drawn Test series with England. in all ODI cricket, was built on the back of “It was certainly a different performance India’s Dhawan and Vijay hundreds by wicket-keeper Buttler and Joe to the World Cup,” said Morgan. For us to Root (104). It surpassed the 391 for four come out of the traps like that is outstand- that England made against Bangladesh at ing.” New Zealand captain Brendon Trent Bridge in 2005 — the previous high- McCullum, who won the toss, accepted his flay hapless Bangladesh est in any ODI in England. Buttler’s stand of side had been overwhelmed. 177 with Adil Rashid (69) was also a new “It was a special performance from Root seventh-wicket record in all one-day inter- and Buttler,” said McCullum. “To post 400 in FATULLAH: Indian openers Shikhar Dhawan Dhawan and Vijay attacked the four- Sarkar sharing the new ball. nationals, topping the 130 shared by any game is outstanding. They blew us off and Murali Vijay flayed Bangladesh’s bowlers pronged spin attack on either side of the Taijul was the most expensive bowler, con- Zimbabwe’s Andy Flower and Heath Streak the park.” The Wellington match saw with an unbeaten 239-run partnership on the interruption to compile their second 200-plus ceding 55 runs in his 12 overs, while Jubair against England in Harare in 2001. McCullum launch a savage assault on Finn, rain-curtailed opening day of the one-off Test stand after their 289-run effort against went for 41 runs in his seven. Bangladesh England dismissed World Cup finalists whose two overs cost 49 runs. match in Fatullah yesterday. Dhawan was Australia in 2013. coach Chandika Hathurusinghe insisted his New Zealand for 198 with more than 18 But the first over of New Zealand’s reply unbeaten on a stroke-filled 150 off 158 balls Vijay brought up the double-century part- team should not be written off after just one overs to spare, fast bowler Steven Finn (four on Tuesday saw Finn clean bowl the and Vijay was on a more sedate 89 after their nership with a six off leg-spinner Jubair day’s play. for 35) and leg-spinner Rashid (four for 55) advancing McCullum. Rashid removed dan- doing the bulk of the damage. german Kane Williamson for 45 and he sub- captain Virat Kohli won the toss on the easy- Hossain, but it was Dhawan who dominated “We still want to win, we are still playing to England had threatened a huge score sequently took two wickets in two balls to paced wicket at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali the stand with attractive strokes all round the win,” the former Sri Lankan batsman said. “In while Root, who made 104, and captain reduce New Zealand to 185 for six. stadium. Left-hander Dhawan, who had been wicket. cricket anything can happen. Until both sides Eoin Morgan (50) were putting on 121 for The Yorkshire spinner finished with ODI dropped for India’s previous Test against Dhawan raced to 74 off 71 balls, but the have batted once, it is not right to judge a the third wicket. But they lost four wickets best figures to set alongside his maiden Australia in Sydney in January, marked his untimely rain interruption denied him a game. for 31 runs, including the well-set Morgan fifty at this level. New Zealand lost their last comeback with 21 boundaries in his third cen- chance to attempt a century before lunch. The “On a wicket like this, it is always a big and Root, to be 202 for six. six wickets for just 13 runs. England’s ‘new tury. left-hander was on 73 when he mistimed a advantage to win the toss, bat and put up a It was a slump from which recent era’ started with a whimper when the first Vijay, lucky to survive a leg-before appeal shot off left-arm spinner Taijul Islam, but big total. They may have got off to a good England teams might not have recovered, ball of the match saw Jason Roy caught by before he had scored, proved the perfect foil Shuvagata Hom failed to grasp a difficult start but we can still win the game provided but Buttler and Rashid continued to go for Guptill at backward point off Boult. at the other end as Bangladesh employed sev- chance at short mid-wicket after getting his we bowl well tomorrow.” India brought back their shots. “There was a game within a But Root, making the most of a couple en bowlers to try to break the partnership. hands on the ball. When play resumed after Harbhajan Singh after two years to partner game there,” said man-of-the-match of atypical New Zealand fielding errors Just 56 of the stipulated 90 overs were tea, Dhawan was stranded on 98 for seven fellow off-spinner Ashwin in a two-man spin Buttler, who faced just 77 balls including 13 pressed on to a hundred off a mere 71 bowled during the day as rain, which arrived deliveries before pulling Jubair for a boundary attack. Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim, fours and five sixes. “But we saw that out balls.But he fell soon afterwards, caught 25 minutes before lunch, washed out the to bring up his third Test century. who is recovering from a finger injury, took and it allowed us to attack later in the behind off Boult. However, Buttler and entire post-lunch session. The hosts’ gameplan to play four spinners the field as a specialist batsman, with debu- innings. “Credit to Joe Root on the way he Rashid counter-attacked in fine fashion. Floodlights had to be switched on in the meant Mohammad Shahid was the lone tant Litton Das taking over wicket-keeping played. It gave everyone confidence to fol- Buttler, whose maiden ODI century against morning session to allow play to take place as seamer in the side, with part-timer Soumya duties.—AFP low his lead.” Trent Boult took four wickets Sri Lanka last year came in an England threatening dark clouds loomed overhead. for 55 runs in his maximum 10 overs, but record 61 balls, took 66 for his second. The Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin said the only two of those overs were faced by 24-year-old went to three figures in style tourists were not fretting about the forecast SCOREBOARD England’s seventh-wicket duo. when he cover-drove Mitchell England’s total was a far cry from their McClenaghan for his 11th four. His superb of uncertain weather for all five days. FATULLAH: Scoreboard at stumps on the opening day of the one-off Test between Bangladesh meagre 123 during the Black Caps’ eight- innings ended when he holed out off Matt “Cricket is a game where even if you look and India at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali stadium in Fatullah yesterday: to control the controllable, it is sometimes wicket World Cup win in Wellington in Henry. The series continues at The Oval on India 1st innings: R. Ashwin, H. Singh, U. Yadav, I. Sharma, V. hard,” said Ashwin. “We can’t really control the February-the previous ODI between the Friday.—AFP M. Vijay not out 89 Aaron. weather because that is out of our reach. S. Dhawan not out 150 Bowling: Shahid 12-2-52-0, Sarkar 2-0-7-0, “But if we put our best foot forward and Extras: 0 Shuvagata 13-0-47-0, Shakib 9-1-34-0, Taijul the time is there, and if we bowl really well, Total (for no wicket, 56 overs) 239 12-0-55-0, Jubair 7-0-41-0, Imrul 1-0-3-0. we can enforce a result. We’d just like to con- To bat: R. Sharma, V. Kohli, A. Rahane, W. Saha, trol the controllable.” Bowen braced for derby challenge

LONDON: Matty Bowen insists he is not taking Tom Lineham will join the Wolves next season. transfer request. But owner Marwan Koukash his first-team spot for granted, despite the full- “We are delighted to have captured the serv- has warned potential suitors they will need to back’s star showings since his return to the ices of such an outstanding talent,” said break the bank to get the Frenchman. Wigan Warriors starting line-up. Warrington boss Tony Smith. “Tom’s try-scoring “Theo did hand in a transfer request,” said The 33-year-old Bowen was dropped by speaks for itself and he is a player I have greatly Koukash. “But if anybody wants to buy him it Shaun Wane from the starting line-up back in admired for years since he came on the scene.” would have to be for a world-record transfer. He March and had to look on from the sidelines as Salford Red Devils travel to bottom side is the hottest property in Super League. “He has youngster Ryan Hampshire impressed in the Wakefield but look set to lose their scrum-half 18 months left to run on his contract and we will No.1 shirt. Theo Fages after the youngster handed in a ask him to see it out.”—AFP Wane went out of his way to praise Bowen’s professionalism during his spell out of the first team and after recalling the former Aussie international last month, Wigan have reaped the rewards. A two-try showing from Bowen on Magic Weekend saw the Warriors dispose of table-top- pers Leeds Rhinos before the full-back also impressed in victory over Huddersfield last time out. Next up for the Warriors is the local derby against defending champions St Helens, their conquerors in last year’s Grand Final, and Bowen admits he will need to maintain his current form to stay in the Wigan side. “I was working hard in training, I got my chance and hopefully I can keep playing well,” said Bowen. “It was a bit frus- trating, but it gives the body a bit of a rest. The boys were playing well, and we stuck with young Rocky (Hampshire), he deserved to be there and I was right behind the guys. “Luckily enough I have got my chance to get back in now. It’s a good healthy competition in the squad. “I am getting a bit older, he is only young so he is keeping me on my toes. “Both teams are looking forward to this weekend, I have had the chance to play in a couple of derby games and it is a great experience. That will be no different this weekend and hopefully we can come out on top.” Bowen’s two-year stay in Wigan looks set to come to an end this season with a return Down Under and after Wigan fell at the final hurdle last season, the former North Queensland Cowboy admits he would love to go out on a high. “I am loving it over here and so are the kids. They don’t want to leave,” he added. “Of course I want to finish on a high, we know we have got a good squad that can go all the way.” BIRMINGHAM: England’s Jos Buttler celebrates after scoring a century during the Elsewhere, this weekend Warrington travel to WEYMOUTH: Australia’s Joanna Sterling surfs in the Women’s Windsurfing during day one of One Day International match between England and New Zealand. —AP Huddersfield boosted by the news that winger the ISAF Sailing World Cup. —AP THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015 SPORTS

Minnows Bhutan, Guam swim with big fish in Asian qualifying

HONG KONG: Asian football minnows Bhutan made it to the second round against Iran and Tajikistan, losing 19-0 June 16 and will be watching their operated by Israel to reach the West Bhutan and Guam are hoping to prove the hard way. In March, ranked 209 in and 16-0 respectively. In recent years, opponent kick off at Bangladesh. Bank. In Japan’s group, Afghanistan is they can handle swimming with the big the world, the very bottom, the South the team has been making steady Kyrgyzstan’s Azamat Baymatov, also playing its opening game on for- fish when the second round of regional Asian nation defeated Sri Lanka and progress and under English coach Gary meanwhile, is trying not to get distract- eign soil. Due to the security situation at qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup start travels to Hong Kong on Thursday, five White, peaking at 161 at FIFA’s rankings ed about the game with the Asian home, the South Asian champion will today. Just being in the group stage at days before taking on the relative might last year. Facing Turkmenistan and India champion next week. take on Syria in Iran. Yemen has similar all is a sign of progress for the two teams of China at home. in its first two qualifiers, Guam will look “We are not thinking about Australia,” issues and meets North Korea in the that have been on the wrong side of 200 “These games are a real chance for us to forget its 2-2 draw in Singapore in the midfielder said. “We want to take all Qatari capital of Doha. in FIFA’s rankings in recent years. Guam to know how far we have to go when it March. “We want six points from these three points against Bangladesh and Elsewhere, India takes on Oman climbed sufficiently high enough to comes to the rest of Asia.” Ugyen two games,” White told AP. “If we can get then we can get ready to face Australia while 2022 host Qatar, under new coach avoid March’s first round when 12 teams Tsechup Dorji, the president of the off to a perfect start then we will see with confidence.” Jose Daniel Carreno from Uruguay, faces met on a home and away knockout Bhutan Football Federation, told the what happens. We are full of confidence South Korea, runner up in January’s a tricky trip to the Maldives, looking to basis to progress straight to the second Associated Press. “We have already come and have prepared well for these games. Asian Cup, has to wait for Laos to host recover from a dismal 2015 Asian Cup round, where 40 teams were divided a long way and people are excited and We are where we want to be.” Myanmar and Lebanon to take on where it lost all three games. into eight groups of five. really getting behind the team. We are Guam has been actively recruiting Kuwait. There is also some controversy. There are only 39 teams instead of 40 The winners of each group are guar- looking forward to a good game and players from Major League Soccer, Four time World Cup finalist Saudi in the draw. Indonesia was due to meet anteed a place in the final round of qual- then all the games we have coming up. including La Galaxy star AJ DeLaGarza. Arabia refused to travel to the West Bank Taiwan but was been disqualified. The ification, along with the four-best run- Guam is looking forward to a first ever Australia will wait to see whether to take on the Palestinian team and the southeast Asian nation was suspended ners-up. The eight top seeds, including home World Cup qualifier against Jordan, regarded as favorite for second game has been switched to Jeddah from all international competitions by Japan, South Korea and Asian champion Turkmenistan on Tuesday. spot in Group B, can get off to a winning instead. Saudi Arabia holds no diplomat- FIFA on May 29 due to governmental Australia start their qualification journey In qualifying for the 2002 World Cup, start in Tajikistan. The Socceroos are ic ties with Israel and its team would interference in the operation of the on the road to Russia on June 16. the Pacific islanders played two games preparing for a game in Kyrgyzstan on have had to pass through checkpoints game. —AP Croatia, Italy clash in empty stadium

ZAGREB: Croatia and Italy will lock Niko Kovac. will miss injured (midfielder) Luka horns behind closed doors in a Euro “It is tragic for our soccer and the Modric and (defender) Vedran Corluka 2016 qualifier tomorrow after the people that no fans will be allowed through suspension.” Balkan nation were given a crowd ban into the ground,” Kovac told the The Croatians were handed a one- following repeated offences by their Croatian Football Association website match crowd ban after racist chants fans. (www.hns-cff.hr). by their fans during a 5-1 home win In what would have attracted a full “Hence it won’t be an enjoyable over Norway in March, which came on house in Croatia’s Adriatic resort of event but there will be no excuses if the back of incidents they caused dur- Split, the top-of-the-table Group H fix- we don’t get a result. “Under the cir- ing a 1-1 draw against Italy in Milan ture comes as an anti-climax much to cumstances, I’d be happy with a draw, last November. The match in the San the dismay of the home team’s coach especially in view of the fact that we Siro stadium was twice halted after visiting Croatia fans hurled flares on to the pitch. Kovac could be tempted to field an adventurous 4-4-2 formation by part- nering Leicester City striker Andrej Kramaric to Mario Mandzukic up front, while Modric’s absence could unleash Barcelona’s Ivan Rakitic into a free role in midfield. Italy coach Antonio Conte faces a selection headache as goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon and midfielder Marco Verratti are doubtful. Buffon is struggling with a left WELLINGTON: Emerson Hyndman of the USA (right) fights for the ball with Colombia’s Steven Lucumi during their elbow injury he sustained against U20 soccer World Cup match. —AP Barcelona in the Champions League final while Verratti picked up a knock on his left calf in training. “Croatia are a very good team and US, Serbia lead way they proved it at the San Siro but we have to qualify,” Conte told the Italian football federation (www.figc.it). into U-20 quarters “We’re working on a different formation (to our preferred 3-5-2), we need to play a system that fits the person- WELLINGTON: Rubio Rubin’s blister- impressive sides in the tournament in Mali-Ghana game had been played in nel.” ing strike and a penalty save by New Zealand. cold and wet conditions. Fatigue after a long club season Zackary Steffen ensured the United Senegal beat Ukraine 3-1 on penal- The weather has affected the could also be a factor at both ends States advanced to the quarter-finals ties after goalkeeper Ibrahima Sy crowds at all of the games in but Croatia’s Dynamo Kiev defender of the under-20 World Cup for the first saved three shots in the shootout to Wellington, with FIFA statistics for the Domagoj Vida is confident the home time since 2007 with a 1-0 win over advance to the last eight after their Austria-Panama group match on June side can take a big step towards next Colombia yesterday. match had ended 1-1 after extra time. 2 putting it at 2,009, the smallest year’s finals in France. “Exhaustion Rubin was at his predatory best Sy had thrived on the pressure and crowd at the 35,000-capacity venue. goes out the window for a big game when he fired a rocket into the roof of played to the decent-sized crowd in Local organising committee head like this, it’s the group’s derby and we the net from 12 yards in the 58th Auckland that went a little way to Dave Beeche had earlier told Reuters are confident as we’ve had a very minute to score the all-important allay fears the tournament was failing that poor weather was always a factor good campaign so far,” said Vida. goal. to attract the attention of fans in rug- in ticket sales in New Zealand’s capital, FLORENCE: Italy’s Davide Astori (right) and Andrea Pirlo attend a training Croatia top the group with 13 points Tab Ramos’s side were reduced to by-mad New Zealand. With the June no matter what sport was played at session of the Italian national team ahead of tomorrow’s Euro 2016 soccer from five games, followed by Italy on 10 men in the final 10 minutes when 20 final at North Harbour Stadium in Wellington Regional Stadium. match against Croatia. —AP 11. —Reuters Kellyn Perry-Acosta conceded a penal- Auckland already declared a sell-out, Beeche had hoped to have about ty and received his second yellow, organisers had been hoping the start 500,000 fans through the gates for the though Steffen saved the spot kick of the knockout phase would push 52 games at the seven venues. Local from Jarlan Barrera, who was incon- them closer to an ‘aspirational’ target organisers said more than 170,000 solable at the game’s end. of 500,000 fans attending matches. people had attended the 36 group The US will next meet Serbia, who The game between Serbia and phase matches. About one-third of made the last eight in their first Hungary at Dunedin’s indoor stadium those had been at the three New appearance at the tournament as an attracted 5,149 spectators, while Zealand games. independent nation, after an 118th- 2,235 turned up for the early game at According to FIFA’s statistics, which minute own goal by Hungary defend- Wellington Regional Stadium differ slightly from the local organis- er Attila Talaber handed the Serbs a 2- between Mali and Ghana. ers, the smallest crowd of 1115 was at 1 victory in Dunedin. The US-Colombia match, which the Nigeria-North Korea game in New Diadie Samassekou, Dieudonne was spiced up with off the ball inci- Plymouth. Gbakle and Aboubabacar Doumbia all dents, attracted a large group of The opening match between the scored to give Mali a surprise 3-0 vic- Colombian supporters, who added to Junior All Whites and Ukraine was the tory over 2009 champions Ghana, the noise level in Wellington and largest with a sell-out of 25,000 at who had been one of the more swelled the crowd to 6,062, after the North Harbor Stadium. —Reuters Injury woes hamper Dutch success

AMSTERDAM: Victory for the Netherlands in tomorrow’s Euro 2016 qualifier in Latvia would have been seen as practically guaranteed after a successful World Cup in Brazil but African giants set to a faltering qualifying campaign has precipitated a confi- make winning starts dence crisis. There is an uneasy air as the Dutch travel to Riga for JOHANNESBURG: Plenty of goals but few upsets are like- their Group A game, their concerns exacerbated by injury ly outcomes when the six-matchday 2017 Africa Cup of in training on Tuesday to central defender Ron Vlaar. Nations qualifying competition kicks off tomorrow. All the He was a certainty to shore up the back four after the first and second seeds in the 12 four-team groups enjoy Dutch warmed up last Friday for the qualifier with a des- home advantage, giving them a distinct early edge as perate defensive performance in a 4-3 home loss to the United States in a friendly international. Vlaar’s place is to they compete for 15 places at the tournament in Gabon. Winning can be taken by Bruno Martins Indi, said coach Guus Hiddink, Recently appointed Senegal coach and former captain whose return to the helm of the side has not lived up to Aliou Cisse says ‘favourites’ in football matches are a fig- expectation so far. ment of journalists’ imaginations. sure run up an Robin van Persie and Wesley Sneijder in the starting “Favorites belong in newspapers,” he said, scornfully line-up still makes the Dutch favourites for all three points dismissing the popular term as he announced a squad to in Riga. “I think that the loss to the Americans was a good play Burundi in Dakar. But what other tag could be stuck appetite…for wake-up call,” Sneijder told reporters this week. “Otherwise on former African champions Tunisia when they host tiny we might have gone to Riga with a bit of a feeling of we Djibouti, the third lowest ranked national football team in are off on a holiday. This happens sometimes at the end of the world and 178 places behind the North Africans? McDonald’s! season but we have had our knuckles tapped and every- Damage limitation will surely be the loftiest ambition one is now a look sharper,” he said of his squad mates. for Djibouti, a nation that has conceded nine goals in The Dutch are third in the group, outside of the top two Kenya and eight in Malawi in past qualifiers. After beating out Juventus at the Champions League final, automatic qualifying berths, trailing the Czech Republic by Algeria at home to the Seychelles is another fixture Barcelona stars – Neymar, Messi and Suarez – got a little six points and Iceland by five. that has a home victory and a glut of goals written all hungry during the after-game victory celebrations, and Losses in Prague and Reykjavik have put Hiddink’s team over it. One hundred and sixty six places divide them on asked the crowd for some McDonald’s. The fans did not dis- firmly on the backfoot, less than a year after they finished the world rankings and while Algeria are regular Cup of appoint, rushing to the nearest McDonald’s and bringing third at the World Cup. Latvia must do without CSKA Nations tournament participants, Seychelles have never back meals for the champions. Moscow midfielder Aleksandrs Cauna and Hamburg for- come close to qualifying. Seychelles coach Ulrich Mathiot ward Artjoms Rudnevs for tomorrow’s match. admits his team are likely to defend with 10 men for most Latvia were just seconds away from a famous win away of the match in Blida, south of Algiers. against the Czechs in March when they gave up a last-gasp “We have no choice,” he conceded. “All-out attack equaliser in a 1-1 draw. They have drawn three and lost two would be suicidal against Algeria, a great team with great of their five qualifiers, including a 6-0 loss to the Dutch in individual footballers.”—AFP Amsterdam last November. —Reuters THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015 SPORTS

SANTIAGO: Chile’s players practice during a soccer training session. Chile will face Ecuador in the Copa America inaugural match today. —AP Quake rumbles Chile on eve of football showcase

SANTIAGO: A deep 6.0-magnitude earth- ed by the US Department of Justice two weeks ing champion Uruguay is a factor. BRAZIL’S DAMAGED IMAGE Chile led by Alexis Sanchez, Vidal and Bravo. quake shook northern Chile yesterday on the ago on charges of bribery, racketeering and Play opens today with Chile playing Brazil coach Dunga and many in the coun- “Were living through a generation of fan- eve of the Copa America, the South American money-laundering. Eugenio Figueredo of Ecuador in Santiago. Argentina plays Saturday try believe the loss to Germany was a freak tastic football player,” Sampaoli said. Chile also football championship, but caused no injuries Uruguay, who succeeded Leoz, was among against Paraguay, and Brazil faces Peru on result. “What happened in the World Cup was went out narrowly against Brazil, losing 3-2 on or damage, officials said. seven FIFA officials arrested in Zurich. Sunday in its opener. The final is July 4. something isolated,” Dunga said. “Everyone penalties after a 1-1 draw in the round of 16. The quake was felt in several northern Messi and Argentina teammates Javier talks about the need to get back respect, but regions, including in tournament host city Mascherano and Carlos Tevez have traveled MESSI’S MOMENT Brazilian football is still admired everywhere, DEPTH Antofagasta, but “there are no reports of half way around the world from the No country in the world has more talented the Brazilian jersey is still being coveted a lot.” It may not be obvious, but the Copa injuries, service outages or infrastructure dam- Champions League final in Berlin, along with forwards than Argentina: Messi, Tevez, Dunga has won all nine of his matches since America might be nearly as difficult to win as age,” said the National Emergency Office (ONE- Brazil striker Neymar and Chile players Arturo Gonzalo Higuain, Sergio Aguero and Ezequiel taking over the national team after the World the World Cup. The favorites are Chile, MI). Vidal and Claudio Bravo. Lavezzi. Cup, with Brazil set to face Honduras on Colombia, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. All The US Geological Survey said the quake They’ll need to put on a show to claim back And no player is under more pressure than Wednesday in its last friendly before the Copa five reached the final 16 of the World Cup in struck at a depth of 121 kilometers (75 miles), the main stage. But they are sure to be jet- Messi, who was born in Argentina but has America. Brazil. Mexico, which plays with Jamaica as with the epicenter located 252 kilometers lagged while tending to unfinished business lived much of his life in Spain. He has yet to Brazil has not placed as much importance one of two guest teams, also reached the last from Antofagasta. The Copa America kicks off from last year’s World Cup. bring Argentina a team title, the way Diego on the tournament as it rivals. It has won eight 16, although Mexico is fielding a weakened Thursday with a match between the hosts and The major absence is Luis Suarez of Maradona did, or the way Pele did for Brazil. times compared to 15 for Uruguay and 14 for team in Chile. Of those six, Brazil, Colombia Ecuador in the capital Santiago. Antofagasta Uruguay, who is ineligible and still serving a Messi is fresh from Barcelona’s 3-1 victory Argentina. and Argentina reached the quarterfinals. will host two matches. ban for biting Giorgio Chiellini at the World over Juventus in the Champions League final. Meanwhile, Lionel Messi and Neymar aren’t Cup. He’s at his peak now, and will be 31 at the next COLOMBIA, CHILE JET LAG used to being upstaged. It could happen as The main story lines will revolve around World Cup in Russia in 2018. So many see this Colombia has James Rodriguez and Argentina coach Gerardo Martino, who the Copa America - the South American cham- Argentina and Brazil. Argentina, the loser in as his time. “We have arrived at a special Radamel Falcao, who missed last year’s World recently replaced Alejandro Sabella, has been pionship - begins its 3 1/2-week run today in last year’s World Cup final against Germany, moment in our careers,” Messi wrote in the Cup with a knee injury. “We have very good critical of the scheduling by UEFA, saying the the wake of the FIFA corruption scandal that hasn’t won a major trophy in 22 years. The last official magazine of the Argentine Football forwards in their prime,” Colombia coach Jose governing body of European soccer ignored forced President Sepp Blatter to announce his was the Copa America. Association. “We came to the World Cup and Pekerman said, one of six Argentines coaching the tight schedule and the start of the Copa resignation. Brazil’s 7-1 battering by Germany in the barely missed out on glory. This gives us a in the tournament. America. Many of the corruption allegations have World Cup semifinals will never be forgotten, push and makes us strong for what’s coming Remember, Colombia nearly upset Brazil in “It could have been avoided,” Martino said, centered on the governing body of South but it could be softened by winning in Chile. up. This is not about revenge. We just want this last year’s World Cup quarterfinals, losing 2-1. “to protect the football players so they can American soccer. Its former president, Nicolas Colombia and Chile may have their best teams team to be remembered and be able to leave Another Argentine coach is Jorge Sampaoli, play in all the events they deserve to play Leoz of Paraguay, was one of 14 people indict- in a generation. Even without Suarez, defend- our country well respected.” who has a so-called “Golden Generation” with in.”—AP Germany, Norway clash for supremacy

VANCOUVER: Former champions make a good start,” said Germany’s Germany and Norway clash for Group B Celia Sasic who netted a hat-trick supremacy today as the second round against the Africans. She pointed out of games get underway at the Women’s that the tie would be a rematch of the World Cup in Canada. last European championship final in Hosts Canada will also be in action, 2013 which Germany won at the going up against New Zealand in expense of the Norwegians. Group A in which China face a stiff test “We already know Norway very well, against a talented Dutch side in the as we’ve often faced one another at second of their three group games. tournaments in the past,” said the 26- Germany, the 2003 and 2007 win- year-old, who has 60 goals in 105 caps. ners, are top of Group B with a maxi- “It will be a completely different mum three points along with 1995 game. We have to be aggressive champions Norway. against Norway, be robust, compact Both eased through their first games and come out on top in the challenges. against tournament debutants- “We need to create chances and Germany thrashing the Ivory Coast 10- convert them. We certainly won’t get as 0 while Norway beat Thailand 4-0. The many chances against Norway as we Ivorians play Thailand looking for a first did against Ivory Coast. World Cup win in Ottawa today. “The team is well equipped. Norway “It was very important for us to have very experienced players. In attack, such as Ada Hegerberg and Isabell Helovsen for example.” Sasic, who set up a decisive goal to make it 1-0 in the 2013 European Championships final against Norway, added: “Norway have plenty of tournament experience, they’re used to playing Germany in this kind of scenario at a World Cup. Whatever happens, it will be a tough match.” Norway won their only world title at the expense of Germany two decades MONTREAL: Brazil’s Marta (10) celebrates after scoring a penalty against South Korea during second half FIFA World Cup soccer action. —AP ago, but Germany won their last World Cup meeting 3-0 in the 2007 semifinals. Canada dramatically snatched victo- Marta shatters scoring ry against China in the tournament curtain-raiser in Edmonton with a last- gasp penalty from captain Christine record at Women’s WCup Sinclair. They lead Group A along with the Netherlands who scored their first win MONTREAL: Marta scored her 15th career France’s Eugenie Le Sommer scored in the Spain controlled the possession for much of on their World Cup debut against New Women’s World Cup goal to become the all-time 29th minute and that was enough to secure a 1- the second half, with Jennifer Hermoso and Zealand. Now the Canadians take on leader in tournament history, leading Brazil to a 0 win against England. Le Sommer scored her Sonia Bermudez narrowly missing chances soon New Zealand, a team formerly lead by 2-0 win over South Korea on Tuesday. 45th career international goal in the 29th after halftime. their coach John Herdman, and who In the day’s other games, France dominated minute. Gaetane Thiney forced a turnover and Le Losada had another late opportunity, but play and beat England 1-0, Costa Rica and Spain Sommer won the loose ball, took two touches Costa Rica goalkeeper Dinnia Diaz saved a shot lost their opener to the Netherlands 1- played out a 1-1 draw in a first-ever appearance and hammered in a shot from 20 yards. France, headed to the top left part of the goal. 0. for both sides at the event, and a late long-range which beat England in the quarterfinals of the Colombia’s Daniela Montoya scored a boom- Hired in 2011 after Canada finished goal gave Colombia a 1-1 draw with Mexico. 2011 World Cup, has not lost to its Channel rival ing goal from outside the penalty area in the last at that year’s World Cup in Marta, the five-time world player of the year, in the women’s game since 1974. 82nd minute to salvage a 1-1 draw against Germany, Herdman led them to an converted a penalty in the 53rd minute to put Le Sommer had chances to extend the lead Mexico. Olympic bronze in 2012. Brazil up 2-0, taking her past the previous record but shot directly at the keeper in the 46th Veronica Perez put Mexico up 1-0 in the 35th “In a World Cup you have three of 14 World Cup goals scored by Germany’s minute and sailed a volley over the goal in the minute, turning after a corner and firing a shot games for a reason and we can’t afford Brigit Prinz. 56th. France was much more aggressive in the that the Colombian goalkeeper could not pre- to dwell on that first result,” said young In another piece of history, 37-year-old attacking half, outshooting England 16-3. Spain vent crossing the line. New Zealand midfielder Katie Bowen. Formiga - playing at her sixth World Cup - and Costa Rica rapidly exchanged first-half goals Yoreli Rincon nearly equalized for Colombia China’s young ‘Steel Roses’ will also became the oldest scorer in tournament history but could not find the net thereafter in a 1-1 in the 59th minute, but her free kick over the when she put Brazil ahead in the 33rd minute. result. outstretched Mexican goalkeeper Cecelia be looking to bounce back after their Marta’s penalty came after Formiga was Vicky Losada put Spain ahead in the 13th Santiago hit the post. However, Montoya tied first loss in an opener at the World Cup fouled by South Korea’s So-hyun Cho. Brazil minute but just a minute later Costa Rica drew the game in the final 10 minutes. Mexico next Norway’s Gry Tofte Ims (right) heads the when they take on the Dutch in plays its second group-stage game against Spain level when Raquel Rodriguez Cedeno steered plays against England on Saturday, while ball in this file photo. Edmonton.—AFP on Saturday, while South Korea faces Costa Rica. home a centering pass from Katherine Alvarado. Colombia faces France. —AP India’s Dhawan US, Serbia lead and Vijay way into U-20 flay hapless quarters Bangladesh

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CLEVELAND: Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) shoots in front of Cleveland Cavaliers center Tristan Thompson (13) during the first half of Game 3 of basketball’s NBA Finals. — AP LeBron steers Cavs past Warriors

CLEVELAND: LeBron James is doing more than Love out with injuries, it’s all on James to deliv- that Dellavedova was holding in his hands. Dellavedova was treated for cramps and did Thompson said, “if we get our offense back, ever. With the Cavaliers missing two All-Stars, er. So far, he has. James was fouled and made two free throws not appear at the postgame news conference. which we will, we’re going to win this series.” he has no choice. “I’m so outside the box right “I’m just trying to do whatever it takes to with 16.8 seconds left. On Golden State’s last The Cavs said he received IVs and was taken to As if Cleveland didn’t have enough injuries, now,” he said. And two wins from a champi- help our team win,” he said. “It’s the finals, and possession, Andre Iguodala appeared to get the Cleveland Clinic for further procedures. Iman Shumpert, one of the team’s top defend- onship - one like no other. Pushed by a crowd it’s whatever it takes. This is a totally different fouled on a 3-point attempt and the Cavs He left everything on the floor. “He’s going ers, hurt his left shoulder in the first quarter howling to see Cleveland’s 51-year title drought challenge.” pulled down the rebound to close out a win to throw his body all over the place,” James said. after running into a clean screen set by end, James scored 40 points, his new sidekick Cleveland nearly threw Game 3 away. The that nearly slipped away. After two overtime games in Oakland, Game 3 Warriors forward Draymond Green. It’s the Matthew Dellavedova added 20 and the Cavs, who led 92-83 with 51 seconds left, had to “We’re a young group,” James said, “and like I didn’t have quite the same last-second drama, same shoulder Shumpert injured while he was Cavaliers survived Golden State’s furious fourth- withstand a scoring flurry by Curry. told the group, ‘It’s OK.’ We haven’t been in a lot but it didn’t lack any intensity as players were with New York earlier this season, sidelining quarter comeback led by Stephen Curry for a The league’s MVP finally found his shooting of these situations, if any, with this group.” sprawled on the floor fighting for loose balls him for six weeks. 96-91 win over the Warriors on Tuesday night to touch in the fourth quarter, scoring 17 points as Curry finished with 27 points but had three like the Browns and 49ers scrambling for fum- Shumpert returned midway through the take a 2-1 lead in the NBA Finals. the Warriors, who trailed by 20 in the third, turnovers in the final minute. Iguodala scored bles. The Cavs seemed to take control in the second quarter, knocking down a 3-pointer to James added 12 rebounds and eight assists refused to go away. Golden State got a huge lift 15, Klay Thompson, 14 and Lee, who didn’t play third, building their 20-point lead with a breath- put the Cavs ahead by seven but he played vir- in 46 minutes, his third stellar performance in from reserve David Lee, but they rode Curry, in Games 1 or 2, had 11. taking 12-0 run that included 3-pointers by tually with one arm the rest of the way. his fifth straight finals. The Cavs, who won who made five 3-pointers - his last with 18.9 Despite the loss, Curry feels he’s now in a James and J.R. Smith. Curry ended the spurt “We can’t afford another injury,” James said, Game 2 at Golden State for their first ever finals seconds to pull the Warriors within 94-91. rhythm. “I think I found something when it comes with a 3 and the Warriors opened the final peri- forcing a smile. James wanted Cleveland’s win, got their first at Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland then caught a break when referee to how I’m going to be able to attack their pick- od with a 13-2 blast to make it 74-68. crowd to be louder than he’s ever heard, and which shook from start to finish. They’ll have a Danny Crawford blew an inadvertent whistle and-rolls,” Curry said. “I’ll keep that in the memory Curry, who went just 2 of 15 on 3s in Game from the moment they entered the building, chance to take a commanding 3-1 lead in the with 17.5 seconds to go after Golden State bank going into Game 4.” James once again was 2, hit a couple did-he-really-just-do-that 3s in they tried to oblige. best-of-seven series in Game 4 on Thursday appeared to force a turnover. The officials, who helped by Dellavedova, the pesky Australian the fourth that have made him one of the They chanted “Del-ly, Del-ly” during night. have come under scrutiny for several missed guard who hounded Curry for three quarters, game’s most captivating players before the warmups and alternated hollering “Let’s Go Through three games, James has played 142 calls in the series, then reviewed the play and it dived on the floor for loose balls and came up Warriors ran out of time. Cavs!” and “De-fense” on nearly every posses- of 154 possible minutes, scored 123 points and was clear that Klay Thompson was out of with a huge three-point play, flinging in a layup Still, they’re confident they can come back sion. Now two wins from a title, Cleveland is taken 107 shots. With Kyrie Irving and Kevin bounds when he made contact with the ball as he fell with 2:27 left to put the Cavs up 84-80. again. “I’m telling you that right now,” only going to get louder. — AP FIFA suspends bidding for 2026 World Cup

LAUSANNE: FIFA announced yesterday it had sus- “There was due to be a vote in 2017 but there is no pended the bidding process to host the 2026 World leadership at FIFA so it’s a good thing,” said Platini. The Cup amid the furore surrounding corruption probes at United States, Canada, Mexico and Morocco are the organisation. among the countries to have expressed some interest “It was decided to place the administrative process in hosting the 2026 tournament, while Kazakhstan on hold for the 2026 FIFA World Cup bidding due to said in March that they were examining the possibility the current situation,” a FIFA statement said. “Further of bidding. Meanwhile, Wolfgang Niersbach, the presi- decisions regarding the 2026 FIFA World Cup bidding dent of the German Football Association (DFB) who process will be discussed by the FIFA Executive has been a long-time critic of Blatter, used an open let- Committee at a later date.” ter to German clubs and association members to call FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke had for a successor to be elected quickly. announced in March that the host country for the “With all due respect for his life’s work, Sepp Blatter 2026 tournament would be decided at a FIFA congress does himself, and football as a whole, no favours by in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur in 2017. drawing out his resignation,” Niersbach wrote. But football’s world governing body was then “A new president must be chosen quickly at an plunged into a crisis at the end of last month when 14 extraordinary congress to represent a compelling new current or former FIFA officials and sports marketing beginning.” Niersbach, who insisted “everything was executives were charged in Zurich, Switzerland as part correct” when Germany was awarded the 2006 World of an investigation into alleged corruption by US Cup, also used his letter to call for “a comprehensive FRANCE: European Soccer Federation UEFA President Michel Platini (left) and UEFA EURO 2016 SAS chair- authorities. reform” of FIFA. man Jacques Lambert (right) present a facsimile of an Euro 2016 ticket to French President Francois The fallout led to the resignation last week of FIFA “It must be our common goal to prevent unscrupu- Hollande during a meeting at the Elysee Palace, a year before the start of Euro 2016. — AP president Sepp Blatter, but his replacement will not be lous people being enriched at the expense of football known until December at the earliest, leaving the and tighter cash flows are needed,” he added. “Overall the preparations for the 2017 try. “Russia is carrying out its duties to prepare for the organisation in limbo in the meantime. “Due to the sit- The decision to award the 2018 and 2022 World Confederations Cup and the FIFA World Cup as well as World Cup with all diligence,” the country’s sports min- uation, I think it’s nonsense to start any bidding Cups to Qatar and Russia respectively is currently the our first major event, the Preliminary Draw, are well ister Vitaly Mutko said. “We took no notice of the poli- process for the time being. It will be postponed,” Valcke subject of a probe by Swiss authorities as part of a far- underway and on schedule,” added Valcke, state news tics, we just pragmatically continue our preparations. said at a news conference in the Russian 2018 World reaching corruption scandal that has also raised ques- agency TASS reported in English. “Our meeting took place during hard times for FIFA. It’s Cup host city of Samara yesterday after meeting local tions about the 2010 tournament in South Africa. “The World Cups need protection. It’s the basis of a big challenge but FIFA is a strong organisation, officials for a scheduled check on preparations there. But Valcke backed Russia’s right to host the 2018 FIFA activity.” The draw for the 2018 World Cup quali- which develops football and posesses the world’s most Speaking at a press conference in Paris exactly a year finals, saying the country “has won the right...honestly fiers will take place in St Petersburg at the end of July, popular event - the World Cup. “Anything can happen before the start of Euro 2016, UEFA president Michel and one must be crazy to say that all hosting rights while preparations are ongoing for the finals, with within the big family. But we all shall unite to over- Platini admitted the news did not come as a surprise. were bought. matches to be played in 11 cities across the vast coun- come these problems.” — AFP MENA markets bearish in May, Kuwait and Bahrain worst hit

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SHARM EL-SHEIKH: Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi (center) posing for a picture with officials and attendants of the African summit meeting in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. — AFP Africa leaders ink ‘Cape to Cairo’ trade bloc deal 26-nation free trade pact to create African common market

SHARM EL SHEIKH: African leaders signed yes- The deal will integrate three existing trade world business leaders, with experts pointing terday a 26-nation free trade pact to create a blocs-the East African Community, the out that only 12 percent of Africa’s trade is common market that would span half the con- Southern African Development Community between countries on the continent. tinent from Cairo to Cape Town. The Tripartite and the Common Market for Eastern and Free Trade Area (TFTA) deal, which must still be Southern Africa (COMESA) — whose countries ‘One trade regime’ fine-tuned and ratified, caps five years of talks have a combined Gross Domestic Product of The United Nations Conference on Trade to set up a framework for preferential tariffs to more than $1 trillion (885 billion euros). “The and Development said in 2013 that if Africa is ease the movement of goods in an area home geographical area covers the Cape (of Good to boost its intra-continental trade, it must to 625 million people. Hope) to Cairo... The agreement paves the way focus on creating “more space for the private Analysts say it could have an enormous for a continental free trade area that will com- sector to play an active role”. Analysts say that impact on African economies, which account for bine the three biggest regional communities,” although the continent’s growth over the past only about two percent of global trade despite Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam 15 years outstripped global GDP expansion by strong growth. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Desalegn told the summit. nearly three percentage points, falling com- Al-Sisi, President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe And Mugabe said the deal will create a “bor- modity prices, power shortages, political insta- and President Omar Al-Bashir of Sudan were derless economy” that would rank 13th in the bility and corruption are still holding back its among those who signed the pact at a summit world in terms of GDP. Members of the three economies. in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. blocs range from relatively developed Egypt’s Minister of Industry and Trade But hurdles remain, with the timeline for economies such as South Africa and Egypt to Mounir Fakhri Abdel Nour said the TFTA will bringing down trade barriers yet to be worked countries like Angola, Ethiopia and help Africa boost trade and attract investment, out and the deal needing ratification in nation- Mozambique, which are seen as having huge while also building infrastructure and produc- al parliaments within two years. “What we are growth potential. “The establishment of TFTA tion capacities. doing today represents a very important step in will bolster intra-regional trade by creating a “Egypt itself expects to export about $5 bil- the history of the regional integration of Africa,” wider market” that will “increase investment Sisi said as he opened the summit. flow... and enhance regional infrastructure lion worth of goods over the next five years” to He wrapped up the meeting saying: “We development,” a final statement said. TFTA countries, he said. Officials said compa- have told the word today... of our desire to Negotiators drafted the deal this week in nies would benefit from an improved and har- adopt practices that are necessary to increase Sharm el-Sheikh, and said it addresses such monised trade regime, which would reduce trade among ourselves... We will do whatever is concerns as management of trade disputes and the cost of doing business by eliminating over- possible to activate this agreement.” protection for small manufacturers once the lapping trade rules. World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said the TFTA comes into force. “The ultimate goal is to “What we have realized is that having one TFTA would allow Africa “to make tremendous ensure easy movement of goods in these coun- trade regime is better than the costly multiple progress and move the entire continent for- tries without duties,” Peter Kiguta, director gen- trade regimes,” said COMESA Secretary General SHARM EL-SHEIKH: Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab (second right) and ward.” “Africa has made it clear that it is open for eral of the East African Community told AFP. Sindiso Ngwenya, who led the negotiations President of the World Bank Jim Yong Kim (left) attend a meeting to sign an agreement business.” The TFTA has been widely welcomed by among the three blocs. — AFP during an African summit in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh yesterday. — AFP Qatar faces first budget Most Gulf markets rise deficit in 15 years DOHA: Qatar faces a budget deficit in 2016 Qatar’s hosting of the 2022 football tourna- after oil extends gains for the first time in 15 years because of the oil ment, long criticized over human rights and price slump but vowed yesterday to forge alleged corruption, has been coming come ahead with huge spending plans as 2022 under increased scrutiny. Following the arrest World Cup host. of FIFA officials in Zurich, Swiss judicial authori- MIDEAST STOCK MARKETS Super-rich Qatar expects next year to run a ties have announced an investigation into the fiscal shortfall of 4.9 percent of GDP, the min- awarding of the 2022 World Cups as part of a DUBAI: Most stock markets in the Gulf rose yesterday after oil prices the Egyptian pound’s exchange rate any time soon, for fear of aggra- istry of development planning and statistics far-reaching corruption scandal. jumped for a second day in a row and Dubai led gains, lifted by vating price increases. said on its website, and 3.7 percent in 2017. Officials overseeing tournament plans, “The fall in oil prices that began in June 2014 however, say their preparations remain unaf- speculative buying. Egypt maintains a tightly controlled exchange rate that has led to was not anticipated,” said Qatar’s minister for fected, despite speculation that Qatar could be Brent crude rose above $66 per barrel after a report of falling US widespread foreign currency shortages. development planning, Saleh al-Nabit. “If they stripped of the tournament due to the unfold- inventories and signs that US oil production growth was levelling off persist, lower oil prices will narrow the governing scandal at world football’s governing body. after several years of very sharp increases. UAE, QATAR ment’s fiscal cushion but our considerable The development ministry’s statement also The main Saudi index climbed 0.5 percent as most stocks rose. Outside of Saudi Arabia, trading activity in the Gulf focused on financial reserves will provide an ample buffer,” revealed that the energy-rich Gulf state’s econ- Saudi Basic Industries (SABIC), the largest petrochemicals company Dubai where trading volume was the highest in 13 months and the he said. “Important capital spending plans will omy will grow by 7.3 percent in 2015, down in the kingdom, gained 1.0 percent. SABIC’s earnings are sensitive to main index jumped as much as 3.0 percent during the day before proceed.” The projected deficit comes as Doha from a previous estimate of 7.7 percent but still oil prices. Index compiler MSCI said late on Tuesday it would seek settling 1.8 percent higher. Amlak Finance surged the daily 15 per- has earmarked spending plans of around $200 above last year’s growth rate of just over six feedback from investors on the accessibility of Saudi Arabia’s market cent limit for the sixth day in a row. The stock started trading again billion on massive infrastructure projects over percent. “Real GDP growth is expected to following its opening on June 1, and gather information before con- last week after a six-year suspension during which it restructured the next decade. These include a new metro taper in 2016 and 2017,” the ministry said. sidering whether to add the Saudi index to the review list for poten- debt. system, a new port and even a new city north Following the publication of the figures, tial inclusion in its emerging markets index. “It is purely a momentum play where traders are not interested in of the capital Doha. Many of the projects are Qatar’s stock exchange continued a recent Some analysts saw this message as positive, while others said it the company’s fundamentals,” NBAD Securities said in a note. linked directly or indirectly to the World Cup in downward trend, closing 106 points down at was likely to delay Saudi Arabia’s inclusion from the initially expect- Another favorite with retail investors, builder Arabtec , rose 12.3 per- seven years. 11,836. — AFP ed mid-2017. “This means that the 2017 accession date for Saudi cent and was the most traded UAE stock. After repeated delays, Arabia to join the MSCI EM index is less likely now, since the process Egypt said in May that it was about to finalise a deal with Arabtec on of joining the MSCI EM index takes a minimum of two years from the a $36.7 billion housing project. ECB increases emergency point at which consultation begins,” said Simon Kitchen, head of Developer Union Properties surged 10 percent, although the strategy at EFG Hermes. company made no announcements. “This movement is a bit surpris- funding for Greek banks But some said the kingdom could still be fast-tracked, especially ing, especially just before Ramadan,” said Sebastien Henin, head of ATHENS: The European Central Bank raised the The ECB has raised the cap in increments, after MSCI said it could change the status of Chinese domestic asset management at The National Investor in Abu Dhabi. amount of emergency funding for Greece’s trou- keeping pressure on Athens to strike a deal with shares before the next annual review. “MSCI can always choose to “What we can guess by looking at the profiles of these compa- bled banks by 2.3 billion euros yesterday, banking its creditors over economic reforms required to make changes outside the regular review schedule, as, for example, nies - high beta, low face value, very liquid names - is that retail sources said, as negotiations between Athens and unlock remaining aid under Greece’s 240 billion- in the case of China A-shares,” VTB Capital said in a note. The index investors are very active. There’s a lot of speculation. If you look at its creditors reached a critical stage. The ECB has euro bailout program - money it needs to avert compiler also did not mention Egypt in its statement. That was a the news flow, there is nothing to justify these movements.” been raising weekly a cap on the amount that bankruptcy. One of the sources said the banks still relief to investors who had feared it might be downgraded from Ramadan is due to start around June 18. Market trading often local banks can draw from the Bank of Greece had money in hand. “There is an unused liquidity emerging market status, being represented by just three stocks slumps during the holy month. Qatar’s index was the weakest in the under the Emergency Lending Assistance (ELA) buffer of about 3 billion euros,” the source said. since the exclusion of Telecom Egypt last month. Gulf, sliding 0.9 percent and indicating that the market remained jit- program, following heavy deposit withdrawals by Greece and its European Union and IMF The Cairo index rose as much as 1.1 percent during the day but tery as Switzerland and the United States investigated alleged cor- worried savers. lenders moved closer to the brink yesterday, as gave up all gains and closed 0.3 percent lower after reports showing ruption at world soccer body FIFA. The Doha government has The latest move authorized by the ECB the leaders of Germany and France put off an inflation sped up in May. denied any wrongdoing in its winning bid to host the 2022 soccer increases the amount available from just 500 mil- expected meeting with Prime Minister Alexis This made it less likely that the central bank would start adjusting World Cup. — Reuters lion euros last week. It takes the ceiling to 83.0 bil- Tsipras to press for more concessions from the lion, the banking sources told Reuters yesterday. Greek side. — Reuters THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015 BUSINESS MENA markets bearish in May, News Kuwait and Bahrain worst hit in brief Kuwait oil price rises to $58.57pb MARKAZ MONTHLY MARKET RESEARCH REPORT KUWAIT: Kuwait’s crude oil price yesterday rose by 47 cent to $58.57 per barrel compared to $58.10 pb KUWAIT: Kuwait Financial Centre (Markaz) in May by 33 percent and 18 percent, Saudi CMA rules l QFIs aggregate ownership in shares of all on Monday, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) recently released its Monthly Market respectively, across MENA markets. Bahrain, Saudi Arabian CMA announced in July 22, issuers in the exchange should not exceed said yesterday. At world oil markets, US crude for Research report. In this report, Markaz Qatar and Egypt bucked the trend 2014 that it plans to allow for direct invest- 10 percent by market value, including future contracts’ prices rose more than three percent examines and analyzes the performance of although this had little effect on their over- ments by foreign institution, which was dis- interests under swaps on Monday, with the increasing expectations of a equity markets in the MENA region as well all index growth. While Qatar market was cussed elaborately in our research titled Saudi l Foreigners would be allowed to participate new weekly decline in US inventories. According to as the global equity markets for the month buoyed at the end of the month by the re- Arabian Markets Set to Open. As the country directly in IPOs of Saudi companies on a data from the American Petroleum Institute, US of May. election of Sepp Blatter as the FIFA prepares to open its $576 billion dollar stock case-by-case basis The report stated that the performance President, Egypt index fell as its weighting exchange to foreign investors, the Capital CMA has coordinated with SAMA to allow crude inventories fell 6.7 million barrels last week. of Kuwait markets were affected by delay in in the MSCI emerging market index Market Authority (CMA) reaffirmed the rules foreign investors to open bank accounts, and Brent crude went up by $2.19 to reach $64.88 pb, companies filing their first quarter results, declined, with the exclusion of Telecom for direct foreign investment that it had set in to create a joint database to ensure that and US crude for future contracts also upped by $2 which resulted in investors treading with Egypt from the benchmark. Aug 2014. account requirements are met. The rules take to reach $60.14 pb. caution and the drying up of market liquidity. Both the Kuwait weighted and price index fell by 3.0 percent and 1.3 percent, respectively, as value and volume traded US dollar stable dropped by over 20 percent. Brent crude against KD at 0.302 maintained its gains from April, and closed KUWAIT: The exchange rate of the US dollar against the the month down 1.8 percent from last Kuwaiti dinar was stable yesterday at KD 0.302, while month. Nil expectations of OPEC production cut, high supplies and stronger US dol- the euro came at KD 0.341 compared to Tuesday’s rates, lar ensured that the oil price remains level said the daily bulletin of the Central Bank of Kuwait at over $65 per barrel. OPEC countries (CBK). The Sterling Pound exchange rate was also up at pumped at a 2.5 year high of 31.22 million KD 0.465, while the Swiss Franc dropped to stand at KD barrels of oil per day (bpd) in May, well 0.324 and the Japanese Yen remained unchanged at KD above its target of 30 million bpd, underlin- 0.002. The Dollar took a back seat today; the latest in a ing the focus of top exporter Saudi Arabia series of losses for the third consecutive day, hitting and other key members on market share. lowest level in four weeks against the other six major MENA markets had a negative May as currencies, especially the yen. This week’s loss came due nearly all indices, barring Amman and to mounting concern over the dollar’s strength and its Muscat, closed the month in red. Weak Chinese manufacturing data led to equities negative impact on the world’s largest economy; the across the globe to shed points, while little United States. The sterling, on the other hand, contin- expectation of an output cut from OPEC ued its hike for the third day in a row, while the euro caused oil to fall 1.8 percent in May. saw a drop after making gains in Asian markets. The Amman index was the only ray of sunshine decline came as a result fears over the growing Greek for MENA markets, ending the month up Blue-chips had a negative month as l Foreigner investors (residents or otherwise, effect from the 1st of June 2015, but the mar- debt crisis. 7.3 percent, while Dubai (-7.2 percent) and most ended the month in red. Shares of including interests under swaps) are kets will open to foreign investors on 15th Kuwait weighted (-3.0 percent) indices Zain (Kuwait) fell 10 percent in May, as the allowed to own only up to 49 percent of a June 2015. Fund managers estimate the mar- were the worst hit. The S&P GCC index company posted a 26.5 percent decline in single stock, in total ket could draw $50 billion or more of new for- closed the month at 124 points, registering Q1 earnings, while Kingdom Holdings l Qualified institutional foreign investors eign money in coming years if it is included in Arcapita sells $640m a 2.3 percent drop in May. Despite MSCI (Saudi Arabia) increase in Q1 profit by 10 (banks, brokerages, fund managers and global indexes. While this is still seen as the US real estate portfolio increasing the weight for the UAE index to percent contributed to its 9.3 percent insurance companies) need to have $5 bil- first of many steps, analysts believe it could 0.72 percent from 0.65 percent, low vol- increase. Shares of Arabtec Holding (UAE) lion in AUM to invest directly in the stock enter the widely followed MSCI emerging DUBAI: Bahrain-based Islamic investment firm umes led to slide in the UAE markets, as fell after talks allegedly failed between the market. The CMA reserves the right to low- market index as soon as mid-2017, if it satis- Arcapita said yesterday it had sold its real estate trading hit a lull ahead of the summer holi- firm and the Egyptian housing ministry and er this limit to $3 billion fies requirements for liquidity and trans- portfolio of retirement communities across the days. Both volume and value traded the company declared a net loss of USD l Each QFI (along with affiliates) cannot own parency. The kingdom’s Tadawul All Share United States to NorthStar Healthcare Income Trust dropped by over 40 percent this month for 76mn in the first quarter of 2015, which has greater than 5 percent of any listed share Index has risen over 16 percent this year, the both the Abu Dhabi and Dubai exchanges. led to calls for managerial improvements in l QFIs proportion of ownership in a single best performer thus far among the MENA for $640 million. The portfolio includes 16 facilities Both volume and value traded declined order to restore investor confidence. stock should not exceed 20 percent markets. and 4,000 residential units for continuing senior care. Net operating income from the portfolio grew by 41 percent between 2010 and 2014, despite a ADNOC finalizes jet fuel slump in the US housing market following the 2008 Pakistan approves sharia financial crisis. “This transaction represents term export contract Arcapita’s fifth successful exit in the senior living board for Islamic finance sector, which continues to benefit from favorable SINGAPORE: Abu Dhabi National Oil Company Dutch Shell, Vitol, PTT and Morgan Stanley, traders long-term fundamentals,” said Atif Abdulmalik, ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s securities The move also adds to a gradual has finalized its July 2015 to June 2016 jet fuel said, though this could not be confirmed. Arcapita’s chief executive officer. “We are pleased commission has approved a four- shift of focus for the industry, from term export contracts at slightly lower levels than ADNOC officials could not be reached for com- with the profitable outcome of this investment.” the current year, industry sources said yesterday. ment. The refiner has given the option of offering member sharia advisory board to developing bespoke products to Abdulmalik said the firm has given $3 billion in exit The refiner finalized the contract with at least more jet fuel volumes once production from proceeds to its investors in the last two years but oversee Islamic financial products in facilitating volume transactions one buyer at a premium of $1.75 a barrel above Ruwais is stabilized, one of the sources said. The the country, as the regulator looks to which are more cost- and time-effec- Middle East quotes, about 8 percent lower than newly expanded Ruwais refinery, whose capacity did not give a breakdown of profits for its real address credibility concerns which tive. the $1.90 premium it set for its January to will more than double from 415,000 barrels per estate portfolio exit. still haunt the industry. “The guidance and advice of the December 2015 term cargoes, they said. ADNOC day, has been having start-up problems with a sec- The board, which comprises three board will enhance the credibility of skipped term exports of jet fuel for its July 2014 to ondary unit and has been running at more than 50 June 2015 contract due to an increase in domestic percent of its capacity, sources have said. Abu Dhabi airport passenger religious scholars and a technical Islamic financial institutions and demand, but it has revived the contract probably The expanded refinery is expected to dou- member, would advise the Securities products,” the Securities and because supplies have increased from its newly ble its jet fuel and diesel production, stepping traffic up 15.5% in April and Exchange Commission of Exchange Commission of Pakistan expanded Ruwais refinery, traders said. up exports from the refinery and putting pres- DUBAI: Passenger traffic through Abu Dhabi’s airport Pakistan (SECP) on a range of issues (SECP) said in a statement. ADNOC finalized its latest jet fuel term export sure on Asian middle distillates margins, traders grew 15.5 percent in April to 1.87 million due to including the operation, auditing and The SECP first announced it would contract with its usual buyers, including Royal said. —Reuters increased flights and new routes by airlines, the opera- reporting of Islamic mutual funds, set up a nine-member supervisory tor said yesterday. United Arab Emirates’ flag carrier pensions and insurance operators. board back in 2013, but since then Etihad Airways added four new routes and with Alitalia, “It is expected that the new board the government has overhauled its Turkish growth beats in which it owns a 49 percent stake, increased flights to will be instrumental in harmonizing efforts to promote the industry. Saudi Arabia, a statement from the operator Abu Dhabi the sharia-related business, opera- Oman’s central bank set up a sharia forecasts amid turmoil Airports said. Etihad’s partner airlines of Air Berlin, Jet tions and structure of the instru- supervisory board last October, with ISTANBUL: Turkey’s economy grew a larg- Shares rose 1.1 percent. Airways, Air Seychelles also added flights during the ments of the Islamic capital market,” Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates er-than-expected 2.3 percent year-on-year In Sunday’s election the ruling AK Party holiday season. Passengers numbers jumped from 1.62 the regulator said in a statement. A also developing a similar country-lev- in the first quarter, official data showed lost its parliamentary majority, ending million in April 2014, while cargo volumes rose 19.3 per- centralized approach to Islamic el approach to the industry. yesterday, providing some cheer after a more than a decade of single-party rule cent during the month to 71,650 tons. Fast-growing car- finance is increasingly being adopted In February, the SECP published weekend election that left the country fac- and plunging Turkey into uncertainty not rier Etihad has ramped up access to the European mar- around the globe by regulators, mov- long-awaited rules for the issuance ing the prospect of a coalition govern- seen since the 1990s. Output grew 1.3 per- ket by purchasing stakes in multiple airlines, which are ment. cent from the previous quarter on a sea- now feeding into activity growth at the Abu Dhabi air- ing away from a self-regulatory of sukuk (Islamic bonds) as part of The growth clearly exceeded a Reuters sonal and calendar-adjusted basis, the approach practiced by Islamic banks efforts to strengthen governance port. The busiest routes in April were London Heathrow, poll forecast of 1.6 percent growth, trigger- Turkish Statistics Institute said. Gross Bangkok, Manila, Doha and Bombay. The five routes to rule on the religious permissibility and broaden their appeal to ing gains in the beleaguered lira to 2.7320 domestic product (GDP) expanded 2.9 per- accounted for 16 percent of all traffic. of their products. investors. —Reuters against the dollar from 2.7440 beforehand. cent last year. —Reuters EXCHANGE RATES

Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. GOLD Jordanian Dinar 428.385 US Dollars Mint 0.299300 0.303300 20 gram 239.040 Egyptian Pound 39.700 10 gram 122.210 Asia ASIAN COUNTRIES Sri Lankan Rupees 2.266 5 gram 61.790 Bangladesh Taka 0.003549 0.004149 Japanese Yen 2.463 Indian Rupees 4.753 Chinese Yuan 0.047400 0.050900 Indian Rupees 4.749 Pakistani Rupees 2.979 Hong Kong Dollar 0.036984 0.039734 Pakistani Rupees 2.972 UAE Exchange Centre WLL Bangladesh Taka 3.897 Srilankan Rupees 2.260 Philippines Pesso 6.758 Indian Rupee 0.004460 0.004850 Nepali Rupees 2.966 Cyprus pound 744.980 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000019 0.000025 Singapore Dollar 225.370 COUNTRY SELL DRAFT SELL CASH Japanese Yen 3.530 Japanese Yen 0.002378 0.002558 Hongkong Dollar 39.077 Australian Dollar 219.72 Syrian Pound 2.605 Kenyan Shilling 0.003107 0.003107 Canadian Dollar 248.04 Bangladesh Taka 3.893 Nepalese Rupees 3.020 Korean Won 0.000262 0.000277 Swiss Franc 331.65 Philippine Peso 6.747 Malaysian Ringgit 83.410 Malaysian Ringgit 0.078343 0.084343 Euro 345.62 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 49.360 Nepalese Rupee 0.003038 0.003208 Thai Baht 8.996 US Dollar 303.10 Thai Bhat 10.005 Pakistan Rupee 0.002777 0.003057 Sterling Pound 467.65 Philippine Peso 0.006675 0.006955 GCC COUNTRIES Japanese Yen 2.47 Turkish Lira 114.340 Saudi Riyal 80.816 Sierra Leone 0.000068 0.000074 Bangladesh Taka 3.891 Singapore Dollar 0.221300 0.227300 Qatari Riyal 83.249 Indian Rupee 4.735 South African Rand 0.018383 0.026883 Omani Riyal 787.160 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.257 Bahrain Exchange Company Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001843 0.002423 Bahraini Dinar 83.249 Nepali Rupee 2.965 Taiwan 0.009643 0.009823 UAE Dirham 82.689 Pakistani Rupee 2.972 COUNTRY SELL CASH SELLDRAFT UAE Dirhams 82.40 Thai Baht 0.008696 0.0009246 Europe ARAB COUNTRIES Bahraini Dinar 804.50 Belgian Franc 0.007902 0.008902 Egyptian Pound - Cash 41.830 Egyptian Pound 39.61 Arab British Pound 0.459690 0.468690 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 39.624 Jordanian Dinar 430.59 Bahraini Dinar 0.796985 0.804985 Czech Korune 0.004463 0.016463 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.414 Omani Riyal 786.08 Egyptian Pound 0.039051 0.041881 Danish Krone 0.041765 0.046765 Tunisian Dinar 157.760 Qatari Riyal 83.47 Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000085 Euro 0.336426 0.344426 Jordanian Dinar 427.700 Saudi Riyal 80.74 Iraqi Dinar 0.000186 0.000246 Norwegian Krone 0.034981 0.040181 Jordanian Dinar 0.422915 0.430415 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.033 Romanian Leu 0.076282 0.076282 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Syrian Lira 2.160 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Slovakia 0.009030 0.019030 Lebanese Pound 0.000150 0.000250 Morocco Dirham 31.784 Swedish Krona 0.032485 0.037485 Moroccan Dirhams 0.021765 0.045765 Swiss Franc 0.319121 0.329321 Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Nigerian Naira 0.001249 0.001884 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Turkish Lira 0.110684 0.117684 US Dollar Transfer 302.900 US Dollar 303.500 Omani Riyal 0.780741 0.786421 Euro 345.910 Canadian Dollar 246.460 Qatar Riyal 0.082488 0.083701 Sterling Pound 464.830 Australasia Sterling Pound 469.500 Saudi Riyal 0.080137 0.080837 Euro 338.865 Australian Dollar 0.225026 0.236526 Canadian dollar 246.660 Syrian Pound 0.001284 0.001504 Swiss Frank 286.525 New Zealand Dollar 0.210224 0.219724 Turkish lira 110.390 Tunisian Dinar 0.154472 0.162472 Bahrain Dinar 803.970 Turkish Lira 0.110684 0.117684 Swiss Franc 327.110 UAE Dirhams 83.010 America Australian Dollar 234.440 Qatari Riyals 84.180 Canadian Dollar 0.240392 0.248892 UAE Dirhams 0.081487 0.082636 US Dollar Buying 301.700 Saudi Riyals 81.740 US Dollars 0.298800 0.303300 Yemeni Riyal 0.001369 0.001449 THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015 BUSINESS

KUWAIT: Huawei team poses during the launch of Huawei’s flagship smartphone P8 in Kuwait. —Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Huawei P8 smartphone ignites creativity at Kuwait launch The 2015 flagship smartphone from Huawei now available in Kuwait

KUWAIT: A new era of smartphone technology al launch: “We are extremely excited to launch beautiful photographs, even in the worst light- l Inside, the new Kirin 930 64-bit Octa-Core connect when landing at a new airport. Huawei becomes available in Kuwait as Huawei launch the user-friendly P8... The P series are amongst ing conditions, bringing the joy of photogra- chipset boosts performance by approxi- P8 increases the speed of connecting to a roam- the P8. Once again redefining the smartphone the main smartphone models driving Huawei’s phy back to the smartphone user. mately 20 percent compared with other ing network. industry, the Huawei P8’s cutting-edge technol- growth in Kuwait, Huawei has seamlessly com- Huawei’s enhanced technology and soft- phones with similar levels of battery life. ogy, durability, features and sleek design allows bined the best elements of style and strength ware provides four professional quality low- l The body’s sleek back cover is constructed Best-in-Class Smartphones with Light consumers to ignite their creativity. in the launch of P8, delivering a revolutionary light shooting modes, a director mode, and of steel, which provides structural rigidity. Painting Camera Building on the rich heritage of the P Series, user experience - especially in terms of camera fun creative shooting modes. All users - from Craft Best-in-Class User Experiences l Industry-leading Optical Image Stabilizer the Huawei P8 takes beauty to the next level, and network connectivity. Building on the out- painters and architects to someone in the Unique power management creates a Technology: With an OIS of up to 1.2∞, the striking a perfect balance of artistry, creativity standing market performance of Huawei’s P fashion industry, now has access to a mobile bridge between the Huawei P8’s slim design, phone can shoot high-quality photos and and functionality. The Huawei P8 delivers a series, we are fully confident that our P8 will photo and video studio that provides diverse power efficiently and stunning performance. videos as well as managing camera shake so new level of usability for different applications become one of the most popular smart- and innovative functionality for capturing The device contains a 2600mAh battery and that images are consistently sharp. impacting everyday life - at work and at play. phones among consumers in 2015.” artistic inspirations within daily life. with Kirin 930 Octa-Core 64-bit chipset, deliv- l The world’s first four-color RGBW sensor: With craftsmanship that pushes the bounds of “Huawei’s proven ability to offer a quality ering an outstanding performance that out- Enhancing brightness by 32 percent in high possibility and new revolutionary light paint- service, an enhanced customer experience Highlights of Design and Technology paces the smartphone market by 20 percent contrast lighting situations, reducing it by 78 ing modes, the Huawei P8 provides consumers and increased monetization opportunities are Continuing the minimalist design of previ- and unparalleled standby time. percent in low light environments. SLR-level with an inspiration for creativity. evident from its accelerating growth and ous generations in the P series, the Huawei P8 independent image processing: ENABLING Inspired by the design elements of leather- expansion orders from its existing customers. embodies the ultimate in elegance, craftsman- Setting New Standards for noise reduction when shooting and intelli- bound handcrafted book binding, the Huawei With more than 95 percent of Kuwait’s mobile ship and durability. Highlights include: Mobile Connectivity gent detection of a high-contrast lighting P8 is a unique smartphone that combines Wi-Ficurrently provided by Huawei, we aim to l The nano-injection molding process results During the process of researching and listen- environment and enabling users to perfectly clean, aesthetic lines with innovative technol- be one step ahead in providing innovative in an industry-leading seamless tight junc- ing to the needs of elite smartphone users, capture high CONTRAST and low light details ogy, beauty and elegance. The phone comes technology that meets connectivity needs in tion connecting a 1.5mm thin plastic bar Huawei has addressed emerging pain points in one image. with four elegant color options: silver, gold, every aspect of life.” with one of the industry’s largest screens. around dropped calls and signal degradation. l DSLR-level independent image processor: black and grey. The devices come in a translu- The Huawei P8 introduces a new philoso- l The phone is 6.4mm thin, with dual SIM Building on Huawei’s DNA of world-class com- Enabling noise reduction when shooting, cent package and the unboxing experience is phy for camera design - a camera optimized cards, and works seamlessly with a 4G net- munications technology, the Huawei P8 has re- intelligent detection of a high-contrast light- like taking a book from the shelf. for low light and high contrast. The P8 lever- work (where the service is available). defined the industry benchmark for seamless ing environment, thus perfectly capturing Achraf Fawakherji, Vice President, Huawei ages a combination of hardware, software and l The triple-layer shark-gill design enhances network connectivity. For the consumers who the high contrast and low light details in one Device Middle East commented on the region- proprietary algorithms to help users capture the reliabilities and robustness of the device. usually travel by air, it takes quite a bit of time to image. Airlines struggle to please the modern passenger News in brief MIAMI BEACH, United States: What does simple. “They want a nice, reliable experi- them to encourage people to shop. (13.5 inches) wide and 20 centimeters (7.5 the modern air traveler want? Is it the per- ence at a normal price,” he said. The key to “The permanently connected traveler is inches) deep. But whether this standard will fect sized carry-on? A wearable device that keeping passengers happy is “managing an opportunity for airlines, airports, other please consumers remains to be seen. It Aluminium Bahrain gets tells you how to avoid jet lag? Free Wi-Fi? expectations,” he added. Qantas chief exec- service providers to improve their offerings,” requires travelers to buy a new carry-on approval for expansion Cheap flights? Better service? utive Alan Joyce said “every customer wants said Tom Windmuller, IATA senior vice presi- bag, which may be smaller than what they Airlines are struggling to keep pace with something different.” The key to an individ- dent for airport, passenger, cargo and secu- already own. DUBAI: Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) , owner of one of the finicky desires of today’s passengers, ual experience is allowing passengers to rity. The new bags will made by different the world’s largest smelters of the lightweight met- many of whom are constantly connected to decide on which perks they receive, he said. “We will be able to learn more about our manufacturers and will be marked with a al, has won government approval for a larger than a mobile device and want something spe- “Let them decide what they want. Let passengers and be able to offer them more special label, “IATA Cabin OK.” The label is originally planned $3.5 billion expansion that will cial on each trip. During a panel discussion them pay for what they want,” Joyce said. tailored information to their needs,” he not available to be placed on an existing boost its output by more than 50 percent. The Line 6 Tuesday at the annual meeting of the According to Jen Durkin, CEO of Project added. bag. expansion project is expected to boost Alba’s annu- International Air Transport Association Travel, millennials don’t want healthy Since delays cost airlines money, Delta is al output by 514,000 tons to 1.45 million tons a year, (IATA), the largest trade group for airline snacks or free Wi-Fi. The perfect bag? working on its own way of speeding up the the company said yesterday, with around half of the executives, hundreds of industry represen- “Millennials are curious, and because During the conference, Windmuller boarding process by having its crew mem- extra production to be sold to existing and new tatives were asked in a quick informal poll there are so many things that distract our announced a new industry-wide standard bers load passenger carry-ons ahead of the how many think airlines are doing a good attention we need help understanding for carry-on bags, an idea that aims to flight. The service, called Early Valet, is free Bahraini customers. Construction is expected to job meeting passenger demands. what we should put our attention to,” she resolve bickering and delays over whether for now and began this month at certain US start in 2016 and production to begin in 2019, it Fifty-five percent pressed “no” on their said. any given suitcase is too big to fit in the airports. said. The production capacity approved by Alba’s handheld devices. So what should airlines For instance, she suggested airlines offer overhead bin. Many airlines have different Another idea in the works is an air travel board of directors is larger than originally proposed be doing differently? “Don’t give me a vanil- passengers a behind-the-scenes view of size requirements for carry-ons, which can app, called SkyZen, that can be used with and will increase planned capital expenditure to la experience,” said panelist Lee McCabe, a their suitcase as it moves through the air- lead to confusion. “This is a nuisance for wearable fitness devices to tell travelers $3.5 billion from $2.5 billion. Alba appointed JP former executive with Expedia who is now port machinery. “I want to know what my everyone,” he said, adding that the sizing about their exercise and sleep levels during Morgan, Gulf International Bank and National Bank Facebook’s head of travel. bag is doing from the time it goes in the bins many airlines place near the gates are the flight. Eventually, IATA representatives of Bahrain as financial advisors for the project, the “Make the information you give me very conveyor belt little door to the time it “ridiculous.” said it will also offer advice about how statement said. personal,” he said. “Make my life easy.” Alex comes out of the conveyor belt,” Durkin So the IATA consulted with Boeing and many steps to try for and how much sleep Cruz, CEO of the low-cost Spanish airline said. If smartphones are everywhere in the Airbus to come up with a standard size: 55 to get in order to avoid jet lag and have a Vueling, said his company strives to keep it airport, then so are the opportunities to use centimeters (21 inches) tall, 35 centimeters healthier flying experience. —AFP NBAD revises guidance on Tier 1 perpetual bond DUBAI: National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD), the largest bank in the United Arab Emirates by assets, has revised Oil prices jump on US stock draw price guidance for its Tier 1 perpetual dollar bond, after attracting orders in excess of $1.1 billion, a document from LONDON: Oil prices rose yesterday after a report of falling a barrel and was trading around $66.08, up $1.20 cents, by resume later next year. The US government agency also lead managers showed. The price guidance was revised to US inventories and signs that US oil production growth was 1030 GMT. US light crude was up $1.36 at $61.50. raised its global 2015 oil demand forecast by 20,000 bpd to a range of 5.375 plus/minus 0.125 percent, the document levelling off after several years of very sharp increases. US crude stocks fell 6.7 million barrels to 473.1 million 1.25 million bpd, adding to bullish fundamentals. showed yesterday. The bond was initially marked earlier in A report by industry body the American Petroleum last week, API data showed, compared with analysts’ expec- Despite this week’s price rally, other analysts said big fur- the day in the 5.375 percent area via Citigroup, HSBC, Institute (API) on Tuesday showed a much sharper weekly tations for a 1.72 million barrel drop. Weekly government oil ther gains were unlikely due to global oversupply. “With US Morgan Stanley , Societe Generale and NBAD’s own invest- fall in US crude stocks than expected. The API report fol- stocks data to be published later yesterday were expected production still around record levels, OPEC keeping its out- ment banking arm. The bond issue, rated six notches low- lowed a prediction by the US government that domestic oil to add to the bearish momentum, traders said. put quota unchanged at 30 million barrels per day and indi- production would fall more strongly and for longer than The US Energy Information Administration on Tuesday cations that OPEC members may even increase its producer than the lender’s rating at Baa3/BBB- by Moody’s and expected. revised its forecast for domestic oil production, saying it tion, the situation of oversupply will remain longer than Standard and Poor’s respectively, will boost the bank’s “It would be madness to try and talk bearish,” said Tamas now expected a drop of 160,000 barrels per day (bpd) in US expected,” said ABN Amro said in its June monthly com- core capital. The bond, which has a perpetual tenor but Varga, oil analyst at London brokerage PVM Oil Associates. oil output next year, compared with a previous forecast of a modity update. “This, combined with our forecast for a can be bought back by the lender after the fifth year, will Brent crude prices rose $1.48 to a two-week high of $66.36 rise. The EIA said US oil production growth would only stronger US dollar, will keep downside risks alive.” —Reuters be of benchmark size - traditionally understood to mean worth upwards of $500 million. BUSINESS THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015 European stocks rebound despite Greek jitters

LONDON: Europe’s main stock markets rebounded yesterday, Wednesday it was not satisfied with Greece’s new bailout reform Greek ‘nightmare scenario’ remains pence, despite news of sliding first-quarter sales. Sainsbury said in reversing earlier losses as investors fished for bargain shares amid proposals, saying they “do not reflect” earlier discussions between “The nightmare scenario remains that a deal between Greece a trading update that same store sales excluding fuel fell 2.1 per- optimism over Greece. In midday deals, London’s benchmark FTSE Brussels and Athens. Spokesman Margaritis Schinas said the “ball and its creditors is struck at the 11th hour but then voted down cent in the 12 weeks to June 6, compared with a year earlier. 100 of leading companies advanced 0.42 percent to 6,782.1 is clearly in the court of the Greek government” as Brussels reject- internally within Greece,” cautioned economist Jeremy Cook at However, the quarter-on-quarter drop was not as heavy as points compared with Tuesday’s close. Frankfurt’s DAX 30 index ed the plan submitted by Athens just a day earlier in a bid to end a brokers World First. “If no time is left to renegotiate further, then elsewhere in the sector, which has suffered from falling food rose 0.81 percent to 11,089 points and the CAC 40 in Paris won five-month stand-off and unlock vital funds. Greek Prime Minister default, capital controls and a Greek exit from the euro-zone are prices and fierce competition. Greece’s ongoing bailout reform 0.66 percent to 4,882.20. In foreign exchange activity, the euro Alexis Tsipras had already angrily rejected the EU’s own proposals, all the more probable.” European equities had retreated Tuesday talks also kept Asian markets jittery. Asian equities mostly fell yes- edged up to $1.1310 from $1.1280 late on Tuesday in New York. made at a dinner with European Commission chief Jean-Claude as investors tracked the latest news on stalled Greek debt talks, terday, with Tokyo also suffering a late sell-off as the yen rose “There has been somewhat of a turnaround ... as investors Juncker last week. while HSBC bank slid on revelations of a radical overhaul. sharply after comments from the central bank chief that the cur- flood in to grab the European indices at their recent lows,” said Cash-strapped Greece on Tuesday submitted new proposals to In London yesterday, British-based emerging markets bank rency would probably not weaken further. Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell. “A slight slowdown in the unlock talks with the EU and IMF, which have demanded tough Standard Chartered saw its share price soar 5.37 percent to The remarks from Haruhiko Kuroda reversed morning gains in euro-dollar (rate) has helped make the euro-zone indices more reforms in exchange for giving Athens the final 7.2 billion euros 1,089.50 pence on optimism over the group’s outlook, as new the dollar against the Japanese currency, fuelled by two US attractive, even if the lack of progress on the Greek issue is still ($8.1 billion) of its international bailout. Financial markets remain chief executive Bill Winters began his first day in the job. reports that gave the Federal Reserve more ammunition to raise lurking in the background.” The European Commission said worried about the nation’s potential exit from the euro-zone. And supermarket chain Sainsbury rallied 4.82 percent to 261 interest rates. —AFP MSCI defers including China stocks in global index SHANGHAI: Global index compiler MSCI said it Head of Research Remy Briand said in a state- had delayed including Chinese shares in its ment issued Tuesday. benchmark index because there were still “We look forward to a fruitful collaboration “remaining issues” over market access, but that will contribute to the further opening of the pledged to work with China’s securities watch- China A-shares markets to international dog towards inclusion. Speculation that China’s investors and the inclusion in the MSCI yuan-denominated “A shares” would be includ- Emerging Markets Index,” Briand said. ed in MSCI’s emerging markets index following China’s Communist Party closely monitors its annual classification review helped push the inflows and outflows of capital owing to fears Shanghai market up this week on hopes it could they could harm the economy and weaken its bring in billions of dollars in extra funds. financial control. However, it has started to But New York-listed MSCI said Tuesday there steadily open its capital markets, launching a were still some matters that needed to be scheme in November that connects the addressed and it would work with the China Shanghai and Hong Kong stock exchanges and Securities Regulatory Commission to resolve allows investors from both sides of the border to them, adding the stocks would be added as trade selected stocks in each. soon as this is resolved. The news sent the A similar scheme is planned to link Hong benchmark Shanghai Composite Index tum- Kong with the country’s second stock exchange bling more than two percent in opening trade in Shenzhen later in the year. Hand-picked for- yesterday, but it later erased most of the losses eign institutions can also access China’s capital to end down 0.15 percent. markets, but through a strict quota system. In an “Major investors around the world are eager editorial published yesterday, the official Xinhua for further liberalization of the China A-shares news agency said joining the global index club market,” MSCI Managing Director and Global is only a matter of time.—AFP THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015 BUSINESS

Russian oil and gas reserves jump most in BP league table

LONDON: Russia added the most oil and jumped above 100 billion barrels for the should use those ample reserves in an saw a significant upgrade of its oil nated the world’s gas reserves league gas reserves during the past year while first time with BP estimating proved efficient and sustainable way,” it said in reserves to 48.5 billion from 44 billion a table before ceding top spot to Iran the United States overtook it as the top reserves at 103 billion, up from 93 billion the review. year earlier. recently after BP put Iranian gas reserves energy producer, oil company BP said in the 2013 review, which is based on pri- Thanks to the Russian and US increas- estimates at 34 trillion cubic metres (tcm) yesterday in its benchmark annual review mary official sources, third party data and 52 YEARS es, global reserves climbed to 1,700 bil- Over the past year, Russian gas of world energy. The BP Statistical Review independent estimates. Russia jumped up the ranks of the lion barrels, or enough to supply the reserves increased to 32.6 tcm from 31.25 of World Energy, first published in 1951 “The big picture remains one of abun- global reserves league table, overtaking planet for more than 52 years at current tcm in the 2013 report. and considered an industry handbook, dant reserves, with new sources of ener- OPEC heavyweights Kuwait and the production levels, from 1,688 billion in Russia has long been the world’s top showed Russia added as much as 10 bil- gy being discovered more quickly than United Arab Emirates for the first time to the previous report. Other leading global oil and gas producer but a US shale oil lion barrels of reserves, enough to supply they are consumed. Total proved reserves rank sixth behind Venezuela, Saudi energy producers all saw their reserves revolution led to a spike in energy pro- the world for more than 100 days. of oil and gas in 2014 were more than Arabia, Canada, Iran and Iraq. remain relatively stable throughout 2014. duction volumes in North America allow- The review also showed that world oil double their level in 1980, when our data The revisions came about after BP On the gas side, Russia also had the ing the United States to overtake Russia demand grew by just 843,000 barrels per begin,” BP said. started using official Russian data, first largest gain adding 1.35 trillion cubic and Saudi Arabia as the world largest oil day last year, the slowest pace in 14 years “The issue is not whether we will run published last year, BP Chief Economist metres, or enough to supply the world producers for the first time since 1975, outside US recessions. Russian reserves out of fossil fuels, but rather how we Spencer Dale said. The United States also for almost five months. Russia long domi- according to BP. —Reuters OPEC says oil market oversupply to ease, but raises output again Cartel leaves key 2015 demand, supply forecasts unchanged

LONDON: OPEC voiced confidence that excess exporter Saudi Arabia. at May’s rate, the report indicates the surplus supply in the oil market will ease as demand Last year, OPEC refused to cut its output on world markets will shrink to 440,000 bpd in picks up and supply growth slows from pro- despite a price collapse, seeking to recover the second half of 2015, less than an average ducers outside the group, an indication its market share by slowing higher-cost produc- of 1.66 million bpd implied for the full year. strategy of letting prices fall, reaffirmed at a tion in the United States and elsewhere that However, the full-year surplus is higher meeting last week, is working. had been encouraged by OPEC’s previous poli- than the 1.52 million bpd implied by last In a monthly report yesterday, OPEC point- cy of keeping prices high at around $100 a month’s report. ed to its expectations that supply from rival barrel. In a sign OPEC’s strategy to slow rival sup- producers would decline in the second half of OPEC kept the policy unchanged at its ply is working, OPEC expects non-OPEC coun- the year after rising in the first. World oil meeting in Vienna on Friday. Since its 2014 tries to boost supplies by 680,000 bpd this demand will grow faster than it did in 2014, policy shift, key members have raised supply year - one-third of the growth recorded in BRUSSELS: Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (second right) speaks with OPEC said. “The current oversupply in the mar- and according to secondary sources cited by 2014. The forecast was unchanged from last ket is likely to ease over the coming quarters,” the report, OPEC produced 30.98 million bpd month. “Low oil-price expectations” despite a German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a round table meeting at the EU- OPEC’s in-house economists said in the report. in May - almost 1 million bpd more than its 30 small rise in the first quarter, are part of the CELAC summit in Brussels yesterday. —AP But the report also said production by million bpd target. reason for the reduced growth outlook, OPEC members of the Organization of the Saudi Arabia, the driving force behind’s said. Merkel and Hollande Petroleum Exporting Countries in May rose by OPEC’s refusal to cut output, told OPEC it OPEC also left forecasts for 2015 growth in 24,000 barrels per day (bpd), due to increases raised output to 10.33 million bpd in May, the world oil demand and the demand for OPEC keep Tsipras waiting in Iraq and Angola and record output in top highest rate on record. If OPEC keeps pumping crude unchanged. —Reuters

BRUSSELS/ATHENS: Greece and its credi- euro repayment due to the International tors moved closer to the brink yesterday Monetary Fund at the end of June unless it New StanChart boss Winters says with the leaders of Germany, France and the receives fresh funds from its frozen bailout European Commission holding back or the European Central Bank lets it sell planned meetings with Prime Minister Alexis more short-term debt to Greek banks. bank must strengthen finances Tsipras to press for more concessions from That will only happen if the two sides the Greek side. can agree in the coming days on a cash-for- LONDON: Standard Chartered Chief Executive Bill rise in FTSE 100 and a 0.85 percent increase in the the bank’s leadership team after the summer and Athens said it was waiting for the lenders reform deal that has been the focus of acri- Winters told staff on his first day in the office that STOXX Europe 600 Banking index. provide details of his broader plans by the end of to respond to ideas it put forward on monious negotiations for the last four the Asia-focused bank must strengthen its finances StanChart shares slumped nearly 30 percent last the year. Monday. Euro-zone officials said those pro- months. A default could lead to the imposi- and simplify operations to boost returns. year while European banks only lost 3 percent. But “We need to be more resilient and learn to cope posals were inadequate to plug holes in the tion of capital controls and possibly put Winters’ predecessor Peter Sands closed of this year, the bank is up 11.5 percent, only 2 percent with the tough times ahead, but more importantly Greek budget and dodged key reforms Greece on a path to becoming the first much the bank’s equities business and sacked behind the pan-European index. than that we need to rebuild confidence - in our- meant to make the economy more competi- country to leave the 19-nation single cur- 4,000 staff but that was not enough to reverse the Addressing concerns about the bank’s capital selves and with our stakeholders.” tive. Without a deal to unlock more aid mon- rency area, undermining the euro’s avowed company’s underperformance and save his job. strength is Winters’ top priority, and some investors Hugh Young, head of equities at the bank’s sec- ey by the end of this month, Greece is head- irreversibility. An EU official said the Greek “We need to reinforce our foundations; stream- and analysts have said he needs to raise at least $5 ond biggest investor Aberdeen Asset Management, ing for a default, with severe consequences document did not address pension or labor line our business; strengthen our financial position; billion from a rights issue and cut the dividend. said he supported Winters’ plan in broad terms but for its economy and the risk of sliding out of market reforms sought by the creditors. and re-orient the bank for better returns on our Winters, 53, was previously co-CEO of did not have a set “to-do” list for the new chief. the euro area. For its part, Greece appears to be insist- capital,” Winters said in a letter to staff seen by JPMorgan’s investment bank. He left in 2009 after “I don’t think we’d give him a specific list - totally Merkel said she and French President ing it will not sign any deal unless it con- Reuters yesterday. falling out with CEO Jamie Dimon. Winters, original- agree with the principle of simplification, related to Hollande were willing to meet Tsipras, if he tains a commitment to official debt relief, “Our capital strength is a key priority. Capital ly from New York but with dual US and British citi- which is also communication (internally, between requested it, on the sidelines of an EU-Latin while the creditors say they will only start strength is a competitive advantage, especially in zenship, then became one of five members of a different teams/competencies),” he said in emailed America summit in Brussels, which all three discussing debt rescheduling once a deal is tough economic times. We are reviewing all aspects British government commission that analysed how comments. are attending, but no appointment had signed and implemented. One of the Greek of our capital strength as part of our broader busi- banks could be made structurally safer and set up Against the backdrop of a series of fines for been made so far. documents discussed options for debt ness review.” London-based hedge fund Renshaw Bay. banks for bad behavior, including on Standard “The message will be: you’ve got to con- restructuring, which the creditors say is Early market reaction suggested investors Chartered for lax US anti-money laundering continue negotiations with the three institu- irrelevant now because debt sustainability approved of the approach with the bank’s shares ‘BEYOND REPROACH’ trols, Winters also laid down the law on ethics. tions (representing the lenders),” she said. can only be assessed once Athens imple- up 4.2 percent, outperforming both a 0.4 percent Winters said in the letter he would announce “Our ethical standards must be beyond “The goal is we want to keep Greece in the ments reforms promised in exchange for reproach and we must play a robust role in the euro zone.” aid it has already received. global fight against financial crime. That is a key The European Commission said its chief, While more talks between Athens and role for any bank in the world today and is one that Jean-Claude Juncker, who accused Tsipras the institutions could take place on we will continue to embrace.” Winters said: “We will on Sunday of misrepresenting the creditors’ Wednesday, the creditors say it is now organize ourselves to simplify the way we work proposals and misleading his parliament, impossible to disburse the remainder of the together, make decisions and be more efficient” had no plans as yet to meet the Greek pre- money available to Greece under the exist- and “must complete the process of making our con- mier either. “For this final push, the ing bailout — 7.2 billion euros-without a trol environment rock solid”. Commission is of the view that the ball is formal extension of the bailout beyond its Standard Chartered is among many banks seek- now clearly in the court of the Greek gov- June 30 expiry date. Financial markets have ing to cut costs, axe underperforming businesses ernment,” spokesman Margaritis Schinas taken the Greek debt impasse in their stride, and streamline to try to increase profitability, which told a news conference. with little impact on euro-zone bonds and has been hurt in recent years by tougher regula- stocks other than Greek financial instru- tions following the financial crisis. DEFAULT ments, even in a stressful period for govern- Rival HSBC said this week it would shed 50,000 Merkel and Tsipras shook hands, smiled ment bonds globally. jobs, half from the sale of businesses, as it tries to and made small talk just before the leaders In the past two months, as bond yields improve returns. Standard Chartered is in the sat down for the first summit session. jumped worldwide due to improving infla- process of seeking buyers for its Hong Kong pen- Tsipras did have a private meeting with tion and growth expectations, the gap sions business, valued at about $350 million, the president of the European Council, sum- between benchmark German Bund yields sources told Reuters in May. It could also sell more mit chairman Donald Tusk, to discuss the and Italian, Spanish or Portuguese borrow- private equity assets. state of the unfinished debt negotiations. ing costs over 10 years has widened only HSBC and Standard Chartered are also assessing A Greek government official said there slightly. whether they should move their headquarters from had been no reply to the proposal and two EU officials say the euro zone has put in London to Asia to save money on what they pay annexes that Athens submitted on Monday. place institutions since the start of the ADEN: A Yemeni employee shows empty shelves at a supermarket yesterday in the under a bank levy in Britain. Schinas said EU Economics Commissioner Greek crisis in 2010 with a financial rescue Britain’s government could announce later yes- Pierre Moscovici had told Greek representa- fund, a single banking supervisor and reso- port city of Aden. Yemen faces lack of goods and a rise of level of prices due to the ongoing fighting between militiamen loyal to Yemen’s Saudi-backed fugitive terday a change to the structure of the levy, howev- tives on Tuesday that the documents “do not lution system and better enforce fiscal rules er, after criticism it costs the two Asia-focused banks reflect the state of discussions”. that would prevent contagion to other President Abderabbo Mansour Hadi and Iran-backed Shiite Huthi rebels. —AFP too much. —Reuters Tsipras has denounced creditors’ peripheral states if Athens were to leave the demands to scrap an income top-up for the euro. poorest pensioners and to refrain from uni- Some market specialists are less certain. lateral moves to reintroduce collective bar- “If Greece does exit then it is possible that Dubai’s financial Russian oil and gas reserves gaining or raise the minimum wage - poli- all hell breaks loose and that risk assets and cies that are anathema for his leftist Syriza peripheral government bonds suffer,” said free zone aims to jump most in BP league table party. Brussels says he is free to put forward Gary Jenkins, chief credit strategist at LNG alternative measures provided the numbers Capital. “However the least likely outcome is triple firms by 2024 LONDON: Russia added the most oil and gas weights Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates for add up to deliver a small primary budget that Greece leaves and that the euro-zone reserves during the past year while the United the first time to rank sixth behind Venezuela, Saudi surplus before debt service payments. takes no measures to stop speculation that DUBAI: Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) said yesterday States overtook it as the top energy producer, oil Arabia, Canada, Iran and Iraq. Athens is likely to default on a 1.6 billion it might fall apart.” —Reuters it would triple the number of finance firms in the free zone by company BP said yesterday in its benchmark The revisions came about after BP started 2024, aiming to entrench its position as the Middle East’s most annual review of world energy. The BP Statistical using official Russian data, first published last year, prominent banking hub, despite growing competition. Review of World Energy, first published in 1951 BP Chief Economist Spencer Dale said. The United DIFC’s growth, particularly in the years after it was created in and considered an industry handbook, showed States also saw a significant upgrade of its oil 2004, initially came mainly from European and U.S. companies, Russia added as much as 10 billion barrels of reserves to 48.5 billion from 44 billion a year earli- but half of the expansion targeted for the next decade will come reserves, enough to supply the world for more er. Thanks to the Russian and US increases, global from other emerging markets, the ‘south-south trade corridor’ than 100 days. The review also showed that world reserves climbed to 1,700 billion barrels, or from Latin America to South Asia, especially India and China, DIFC oil demand grew by just 843,000 barrels per day enough to supply the planet for more than 52 governor Essa Kazim said. The other half of the growth will come last year, the slowest pace in 14 years outside US years at current production levels, from 1,688 bil- from expanding existing activities such as investment banking recessions. Russian reserves jumped above 100 billion in the previous report. Other leading global and reinsurance, as well as pulling in more family-owned invest- lion barrels for the first time with BP estimating energy producers all saw their reserves remain rel- ment offices and asset management businesses, Kazim said at a proved reserves at 103 billion, up from 93 billion in atively stable throughout 2014. news conference to announce DIFC’s strategy for the next 10 the 2013 review, which is based on primary official On the gas side, Russia also had the largest years. “Between high net worth individual assets, sovereign wealth sources, third party data and independent esti- gain adding 1.35 trillion cubic metres, or enough assets and the pension funds, assets of the region stand at $7 to $8 mates. to supply the world for almost five months. Russia trillion but less than $1 trillion is being managed from the region. long dominated the world’s gas reserves league We want to change that,” he said. In November, Kazim said the free 52 YEARS table before ceding top spot to Iran recently after zone would double over the next decade but the 10-year strategy “The big picture remains one of abundant BP put Iranian gas reserves estimates at 34 trillion envisions even faster growth: increasing the number of financial reserves, with new sources of energy being discov- cubic metres (tcm) firms there to 1,000 by 2024, from 362 last year. ered more quickly than they are consumed. Total Over the past year, Russian gas reserves The workforce is targeted to reach 50,000, compared with proved reserves of oil and gas in 2014 were more increased to 32.6 tcm from 31.25 tcm in the 2013 17,860 last year, and the DIFC will occupy 5.5 million sq ft (510 sq than double their level in 1980, when our data report. metres), compared to 2.5 million sq ft, Kazim said, denying that a begin,” BP said. Russia has long been the world’s top oil and rival financial free zone recently opened in neighboring Abu “The issue is not whether we will run out of fos- gas producer but a US shale oil revolution led to a sil fuels, but rather how we should use those spike in energy production volumes in North TOKYO: A woman looks at an electronic stock indicator of a securities firm Dhabi would stifle expansion in Dubai. “I think it’s good to build a cluster within the UAE as we have ample reserves in an efficient and sustainable way,” America allowing the United States to overtake in Tokyo yesterday. World stock benchmarks were uneven yesterday as done in other areas,” he said. “We have more than one successful it said in the review. Russia and Saudi Arabia as the world largest oil Greek and EU officials tried once again to break the deadlock over Greece’s airline in the UAE and both are expanding.” —Reuters Russia jumped up the ranks of the global producers for the first time since 1975, according bailout terms. —AP reserves league table, overtaking OPEC heavy- to BP. —Reuters BUSINESS THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015 AUB announces winners of ‘Al-Hassad Islamic Saving’ program draw

KUWAIT: Ahli United Bank held its weekly Ghannam, Loulwah Nayef Al Harbi, Eid draw of Al-Hassad Islamic Saving program Abdullah Al-OtabiI, Ali Abdullah Al-Azmi, on June 3, 2015. This program offers the Mohamad Jasem Mohamad, Huda Ahmad biggest prize amount to the largest num- Al-Mailam, Abdulla Nayef Al-Motari, ber of winners. The prize program succeed- Amshah ManahQanzan, Mariam Abdullah ed in becoming the first and only prize Naser, Yousef Jassim Al-Saeedi, Ibrahim Al- account in Kuwait compliant with the Ibrahim, Hatem Salem Abuloghod, Rashed Islamic Sharia principles. The program has Yagout Marzouq, Huwaida Ali Abdulaziz, been developed to fulfil the needs of the Athra Mohd Ridha, Ahmed Salman Ahmed, Bank customers and increase their oppor- Hassan Ali Al-Junail, Maryam Ali Ali Yusuf, tunities in winning sizeable and attractive Zaki AdulhussainMulla, FadhilaYousif Ali, prizes in addition to enjoying the latest Muneera GhuloomMoh’d. banking advantages that Ahli United Bank The Prize program of “Al-Hassad Islamic provides. Saving” from Ahli United Bank offers a On this occasion, the bank issued the weekly grand prize worth KD 25,000 in following press release: Al-Hassad Islamic addition to 25 weekly prizes worth a total Saving program offers the highest amounts of KD 25,000 distributed to 25 prizes, KD of prizes which amount to KD 3.4 million 1,000 for each winner. per year. This Program also offers 26 weekly In addition, prizes of Al-Hassad Islamic prizes, with the highest number of weekly saving program from Ahli United Bank offer winners. The Islamic Hassad Saving 4 quarterly grand prizes announced in Account may be opened by the lowest quarterly draws. Each is a “Salary for Life” amount to open an account, which is KD prize which is worth KD 250,000. 100. In general, Ahli United Bank continues The winner of the weekly grand prize in to offer innovative tools and means to the amount of KD 25,000 is: Alaa Fathi Al- meet the needs of its customers to match Ainiah. The winners of the KD 1,000 prize the Bank’s long history of distinctive servic- Ford introduces innovative airbag each: Jasem Y Al-Kandari, Mohamed Jawad es which extend over 73 years during Ali, Talal Zaban Al-Arbaid, Amina Hussain which the Bank managed to take the lead Ali, Farhan, Mayyasa Ghannam Al- among local banks. design on all-new 2015 Mustang DUBAI: A new airbag design debuting on the outer glove box doorpanels. After an applica- Mustang fastback and convertible have driver 2015 Ford Mustang raises the bar for passen- ble vehicle impact is detected by the crash and passenger front and seat-mounted side Toyota Genuine Spare ger safety by providing inflatable restraint pro- sensor system and classified, an inflator fills airbags, as well as a driver knee airbag. The tection in a smaller, lighter package that also the bladder, extending the entire glove box fastback adds two side curtain airbags, while enables a roomier interior for more comfort. outer door panel toward the front passenger’s the convertible gets a seat-mounted head Parts holds special The new airbag is introduced as part of a legs. Once deployed, the outer door helps to airbag on each side standard comprehensive safety system that provide cushioning in a manner similar to a • Additional crash sensors are located on surprises promotion draw includes a more robust package of sensors, traditional knee airbag. Since the glove box- the front, sides and center of the car to control safety belt anchor pretensioners, improved integrated airbag extends straight out from the deployment of airbags and safety belt pre- KUWAIT: Mohamed Naser Al-Sayer & Sons third draw are: exterior lighting and doubles the total number the instrument panel, it doesn’t have to travel tensioners. The all-new Mustang now has two Co, one of the Al-Sayer Group Holding 1- Qutaiba Ali Hussen-Galaxy Edge 32 GB of airbags on the all-new Mustang. as far as a conventional airbag, which deploys front sensors - two per side - and a roll rate Companies, held the third electronic draw 2- Awni-Galaxy Edge 32 GB In the initial application of this technology, toward the floor before curving upward. Since sensor in the restraint control module, all of to select the winners for Toyota Genuine 3- Mohamemd Asif Hussain - Galaxy Edge an inflatable plastic bladder is integrated into the glovebox door distributes the impact load which contribute to a more adaptive safety Spare Parts special surprise promotion at 32 GB, the glove box door and provides front passen- over a larger area than a traditional airbag, it is system to protect occupants in different types the Ministry premises, on the 7th June 4- Hmood Manahi Jassem Al-Enezi-Iphone ger knee protection similar to a conventional able to operate at a lower inflation pressure. of crashes 2015. 6 16 GB knee airbag mounted under the instrument The resulting design is 65 percent lighter Also new to Mustang are safety belt pre- Customers entered the draw with every 5- Musaed Ahmed Jassim Alhashash- • panel. Other applications for this unique and with an inflator that is approximately 75 per- tensioners added to the belt anchor side that KD 5 spent on Toyota Genuine Parts at any Iphone 6 16 GB patented technology - which allows airbags to cent smaller than a conventional knee airbag further tighten the belt around front seat occu- Al Sayer spare parts outlet or service facility 6- Salman Sulaiman Saleh-Iphone 6 16 GB be placed in new locations inside the vehicle inflator, while providing comparable protec- pants, keeping them in a more secure spot ear- ending May 31st 2015 as well as the grand 7- Saleh Al-Raffa-Go Pro Hero 4 and provides more freedom to vehicle design- tion to the passenger. The improved packaging ly in the event of a crash prize draw to win a brand new Toyota 8- Salim Homoud Mohammed Rasheid-Go ers - are being considered. of the system is more discreet, with no visible Tri-bar signature lighting and high-intensi- Corolla TRD 2015. 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Unlike Mustang, including: tems manager. “For example, we’ve added new a traditional fabric airbag, the new system con- * Eight airbags, twice as many as the previ- anchor-side safety belt pretensioning capabili- sists of appliable, injection-molded plastic ous model. Along with the glove box knee ty and a steering column that can adapt stiff- bladder sandwiched between the inner and airbag for front passenger, the all-new ness properties.”

ABK sponsors national campaign for life saving training

KUWAIT: Al-Ahl iBank of Kuwait (ABK) recently of Board Affairs at ABK presented a sponsorship program aims to educate 10% of the Kuwaiti announced its sponsorship of the National donation to Dr. Jamal Al-Harbi, Assistant Under- public on first aid practices over a span of ten Campaign for Life Saving Training; a program ini- Secretary for Supporting Medical Services Affairs, years. The program will also focus on educating, tiated by the Ministry of Health, under the aus- in full recognition of the Bank’s support and reit- training and certifying employees working pices of the Minister of Health Dr Ali Al-Obaidy. erated the importance of First Aid education. across various sectors in Kuwait, to ensure the The program aims to educate the public on first ABK is committed to supporting initiatives such program has attained maximum reach. For more aid, and equip individuals with the necessary as these by joining hands with the Ministry of information on Al-Ahli Bank of Kuwait please visit responses in case of an emergency. The program Health to drive forward a significant program www.eahli.com, contact an ABK representative was launched in May, 2012with 43staff from ABK that will benefit so many individuals and bring via ‘Ahli Chat’ or contact a customer service agent attending. FawzyAl-Thunayan, General Manager great value to the community as a whole. The via ‘Ahlan Ahli’ at 1899899. Eurotech earns excellence award of American Entrepreneur Magazine

KUWAIT: Eurotech, the leading consulting and tors and managerial levels through a series of ceremony, which makes this award recogni- Company, RasGas - Qatar, Takreer - Abu Dhabi training company in the region, has recently training services which was of the benefit of tion of the experience of Eurotech in the field to a long list from the banking sector which earned the Excellence Award in the Training over 70000 employees from various nationali- of training and human resources development includes, The National Islamic Bank, Bank of sector of the American Entrepreneur maga- ties from different sectors, starting from petro- in the Gulf region as well as Libya, Iraq and Riyadh, National Bank of Kuwait, as well as a zine, during a huge ceremony that took place leum technologies, through banking needs as Sudan. number of top telecommunications compa- in Dubai, being of the pioneer institutions in well as advanced managerial courses and When receiving the Award, Jawad took this nies like Oman Tel and a list of top universities the region that crafted its experience and suc- training making it one of the top training insti- opportunity to thank the organizers of the in the region which includes Kuwait University, cess in the field of the training and the devel- tutions in the region. Award and ceremony commenting: “Having Kind Saud University and Qatar University. opment of the human resources. During the ceremony Jawad commented: Eurotech earning this international award is a Jawad concluded that he believes that the During the ceremony, Fady Jawad, Founder “We are very proud of earning this award, confirmation of being pioneer in the training future if for the innovative young generation and CEO of Eurotech received the award, with which is considered a reflection of the efforts industry and appreciation for its successful who are eager to keep up with the fast moving the presence of Eurotech consultants and of Eurotech in the training industry and the experience and achievements in the region. “ technologies and industries, so they don’t get management, as well as public figures, busi- hard work we have dedicated to take advan- Jawad also took this opportunity to extend stuck at the sidelines of life. Jawad invited the nessmen and other CEO’s of organizations and tage of the international expertise in order to his appreciation to the team of Eurotech for young generation to overcome all circum- companies from across the region. develop the local human resources and pro- their dedication and hard work saying: “I would stances, knowing that from your failures, you The organizers of the award have praised vide training services that is keeping up with like to take this opportunity to thank all our learn, you develop, you succeed and you Eurotech for its accomplishments and excel- the rapid development that is taking place in partners and clients who believed in Eurtoech, become a leader, noting that the entrepre- lence in the training industry in the region for the region from different sectors.” and extended their support to become who neurs from around the world were distin- more than 16 years, during where Eurotech Eurotech has earned the “Enterprise Agility we are today.” Since Eurotech client list and guished by their dedication and innovation as contributed in the development of the human Awards 2014” for the human resources h cate- partners includes leading names in the region, well as overcoming all circumstances and chal- resources in the Arab world from different sec- gory, during the first pan Arab Agility award starting from Aramco, Kuwait Petroleum lenges that they face. technology THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015 Microsoft to sell big-screen Surface Hub for $20,000

SEATTLE: Revealing its price tag for the Deliveries will start in September. design or marketing and advertising. will sell for $20,000. A smaller 55-inch Systems Inc and digital whiteboards first time, Microsoft Corp will sell a bigger Despite the hefty price tag, Microsoft Integrating video-calling and note- version will sell for $7,000. made by Panasonic Corp and others. The version of its new, wall-mounted video- is betting that the Surface Hub will taking onto a touch screen, the Surface The Surface Hub will “pay for itself and only directly comparable product is the conferencing and digital whiteboard appeal to businesses that are used to Hub traces its roots back to products make money” said Mike Angiulo, who Mondopad, made by InFocus, which is device for $20,000, making it the most spending multiples of that amount on made by Perceptive Pixel, an Oregon- runs Microsoft’s devices group. Angiulo priced slightly lower than Microsoft’s expensive product in its hardware line- conference room facilities. “The theoreti- based company Microsoft bought in would not reveal how many Surface offering. up, the software company said yesterday. cal market may be much bigger than the 2012. Microsoft unveiled a prototype of Hubs are being produced, but said there The larger Surface Hub model, which Orders start July 1 for the Surface actual market,” said JP Gownder, an ana- the new device in January. was a large potential market of millions is just over 4 inches (10 cm) thick and Hub, which Microsoft hopes will lyst at tech research firm Forrester. He It is the latest step in Microsoft’s foray of conference rooms used by organiza- weighs 280 lbs (127 kg), features the become a fixture in meeting rooms said the device likely will not be an into high-tech hardware, starting with tions worldwide. There is no clear market biggest single piece of glass for an elec- around the world. It will run a custom instant hit with businesses, but should the launch of the Surface tablet in 2012 segment for the Surface Hub, which tronic product in production, Angiulo version of Windows 10, Microsoft’s new appeal to companies where collaborative and the purchase of Nokia’s handset busi- blends elements of video conferencing said. Microsoft makes the devices in operating system due out in late July. work is important, such as product ness last year. An 84-inch screen version systems such as those made by Cisco Wilsonville, Oregon. —Reuters Apple Music aims to strike modern lifestyle chord Three months of Apple Music free

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple is striking ing to selling songs for digital during an on-stage interview at blog post. a power chord with a new music download at iTunes for more than Midem in Cannes on Sunday. “It now has the right materials service in a bid to drown out offer- a decade, Apple let startups capi- “It will have a halo effect on the with which to build it.” Apple ings from established players such talize on a trend toward listening entire business... a rising tide lifts declined to discuss how artists as Spotify, Deezer, YouTube and to music streamed on-demand via all ships.” were being paid, a sensitive topic Pandora. the internet instead of actually Music industry revenue has in the industry that led singer Even though Apple Music, set owning it. “Apple comes late to sunk to $15 billion annually from Taylor Swift to pull her titles from to launch later this month, com- the music streaming business, due twice that amount a decade ago, Spotify a few months ago. The Cisco stand at IoTX 2015 bines on-demand music with a in part to Steve Jobs’s refusal to Morris said. The Apple Music social feature social network for artists and the believe that music subscription Services that have popularized dubbed ‘Connect’ was seen as a Global tech leaders leverage global popularity of the California services would ever work,” this type of music online attract spin on Ping, launched years ago company’s hardware creations, it Forrester analyst James McQuivey the bulk of their users with free by the California company. will still face a challenge of win- said, referring to the company’s offers financed by advertising. The “If you’re a small artist and Internet of Things Expo ning over people from services late co-founder. world’s top service, Sweden-based you’re just getting started, that’s a they already use, analysts say. “All “But the writing is on the wall: Spotify claims 60 million users, great platform for everything that to shine spotlight of these companies have a huge digital downloads don’t make only 15 million of whom are pay- you do, to connect with your fan head start on Apple and Apple will sense for consumers that are con- ing subscribers. base,” Milanesi said. DUBAI: The inaugural Internet of Things to input information in real time, the have to convince users to switch,” Expo 2015 (IoTX) - the region’s first IoT Connected Cars software evaluates said Edison Investment Research exhibition and conference - closed at external factors such as position, traffic analyst Richard Windsor. Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) yester- flow, accidents and fuel consumption Add to that the fact that as day, with the world’s leading technology before communicating the optimum much as people enjoy listening to firms vying to capitalise on regional route to the driver. music on smartphones or tablets, Smart City projects. Finally, tech giant Dell leveraged the they tend to want do it for free. As pioneering IoT and device-driven specialist confex platforms to showcase its “Apple has the hurdle of convinc- technologies transform 21st century complete end-to-end software solutions ing people that their service is urban living and citizen experiences, for IoT and Big Data. In addition to demon- worth the money for it in the first global IoT opportunities are expected to strating its new Gateways product - the place; and then, for people that reach US$19 trillion by 2020 according to small, wireless or connected devices that are paying for a service, to strike a tech giant Cisco. collect, secure and process sensor data at switch,” Kantar research chief “With UAE cities and other GCC the edge of a network - Dell Software’s Carolina Milanesi told AFP. Leading streaming music service nations championing Smart City tech- pioneering Boomiprogramme cleanses Spotify along with Pandora and nologies, the battle for regional market proprietary data via a Cloud-based inte- others already use software to share is at the forefront of global tech- gration platform that transfers data from tune offerings to the tastes of indi- nology leaders’ attentions,” said Trixie source to target. The final step of the digi- vidual listeners. Apple Music will LohMirmand, Senior Vice President, tal data journey is Dell Software’s Statistica, do likewise, while also adding real Exhibitions & Events Management, a predictive analytics programme which people who design playlists based DWTC. “IoTX 2015 has brought the indus- makes sense of data to foster automated on artists or genres. try’s major players under one roof to pro- decision-making. On the second day of A danger for the likes of Spotify vide a glimpse at the technologies, prod- the IoTX Conference, a series of influential is that Apple commands a broad ucts and services that will shape our figures and academic visionaries from and loyal following, hundreds of cities of tomorrow.” global technology institutions traversed millions of whom already have At IoTX 2015, Cisco demonstrated the ever-changing IoT landscape. iPhones in hands and credit cards end-to-end solutions for Smart Cities Highlight sessions included Koert van on file in iTunes accounts. which use umbrella IoT technology to Mensvoort, Managing Director of Next Everyone who updates an Apple allow city management and planning Nature Network, exploring how new device to the coming iOS8.4 operating system will be able to get departments to enable and enhance citi- technologies are introduced, accepted or three months of Apple Music free. SAN FRANCISCO: In this June 8, 2015 file photo, Craig Federighi, Apple senior vice president of zen services. Encompassing expansive discarded within society in a session enti- Software Engineering, demonstrates the multitask feature on an iPad at the Apple Worldwide industry sectors such as healthcare, the tled ‘How technology becomes nature - Late to the game Developers Conference in San Francisco. With the upcoming iOS 9 update, you can slide a window energy grid and intelligent supply the seven steps’; Carlo Ratti of MIT While feature-for-feature Apple from the right of an iPad to launch a second app, such as a map when you’re doing email. —AP chains, as well as specific urban planning Senseable City Lab, Massachusetts Music is not dramatically different factors such as Smart street lights, Cisco’s Institute of Technology, discussing tech- from rivals, the service comes with nected wherever they go.” Even Apple’s music offerings will Along with offering a competi- solutions utiliseIoT and back-end technologies, innovations and business inte- a Connect social network where given a tardy start, Apple can still include Beats 1 radio, with ad-free tive monthly subscription price of nology to directly benefit citizens and gration in city-wide connected eco-sys- artists can share thoughts or inti- beat industry leading Spotify programming streamed globally. $10, Apple added a family plan society at large. tem in a session entitled ‘Creating mate moments with fans and, because it can build the service The components of Apple that allows tunes to be simultane- Elsewhere, EMC, via its federation of SENSEable Cities’; and Dr. Eric Feron, hopefully, get them to buy songs into hundreds of millions of Music set up the potential for lis- ously streamed to as many as six five companies, demonstrated technolo- Expert of Cyber Physical Systems at the or concert tickets. devices “that its loyal Apple users teners to hear new music, connect devices for $15 monthly. gies redefining the approach to Smart Centre for the Development and Even given strong relationships already love,” McQuivey said. with the artists at the social net- “Having people to spend mon- Cities. In particular, Pivotal’s Smart Grid Application of IoT Technologies (CDAIT) built with the industry since iTunes work and then easily buy songs for ey, even if it’s a pretty good deal- and Connected Cars technology collects at GeorgiaTech, dissecting cyber physical launched more than 14 years ago, Big splash download from iTunes. which it seems to be-that’s been Apple will need to keep musicians Apple Music also promises to “Apple has an opportunity to the big challenge in music servic- data from cars and uses predictive ana- systems and their role in making intelli- and labels happy in the face of the boost rivals a bit by igniting inter- launch the sort of music platform es,” NPD analyst Stephen Baker lytics to calculate probabilities and pre- gent connections in a session entitled fact that royalty money made from est in streaming music overall. the industry has been waiting for said while discussing Apple Music. dict potential destinations. A feedback- ‘When trillions of things can be connect- streaming online is less than what “I think it will make a big during the entire digital era but “If they are successful, it’ll be based mechanism that allows the driver ed, which things should you connect?’ can be taken in from traditional splash,” Sony Music Entertainment has not yet seen,” music sector because they have such a strong radio play or album sales. By stick- chief executive Doug Morris said analyst Mark Mulligan said in a overall ecosystem.” —AFP Cybersecurity fears grow as defenses boosted: Study Kaspersky Lab reveals cyber attack WASHINGTON: The recent epidemic of all businesses-largely from investment cyberattacks has led to greater invest- in tools and training, and dealing han- on its corporate network ment and spending on security, but dling the use of personal devices such fears are rising that hackers are gaining as smartphones which connect to cor- DUBAI: In early spring 2015 Kaspersky Lab 170th anniversary event of the liberation of the infamous 2011 Duqu APT attack. the upper hand, a study showed porate networks. detected a cyber-intrusion affecting several of Auschwitz-Birkenau. These meetings were Kaspersky Lab believes this is a nation-state Wednesday. A Rand Corporation study “One of the most challenging issues its internal systems. Following this finding the attended by many foreign dignitaries and sponsored campaign. politicians. 2. Kaspersky Lab strongly believes the pri- based on a survey of company chief facing companies is the countermea- company launched an intensive investigation, which led to the discovery of a new malware Kaspersky Lab performed an initial security mary goal of the attack was to acquire infor- information officers said rising con- sures attackers use to evade defenses,” platform from one of the most skilled, mysteri- audit and analysis of the attack. The audit mation on the company’s newest technolo- cerns from high-profile incidents have the report said. “Attackers are con- ous and powerful threat actors in the APT included source code verification and check- gies. The attackers were especially interested made cybersecurity a priority for many stantly developing countermeasures to (advanced persistent threat) world: Duqu. ing of the corporate infrastructure. The audit is in the details of product innovations including organizations. new security technologies, which limits Kaspersky Lab believes the attackers were still ongoing and will be completed in a few Kaspersky Lab’s Secure Operating System, The authors cited prior research the relative effectiveness of those tools confident that it was impossible to discover weeks. Besides intellectual property theft, no Kaspersky Fraud Prevention, Kaspersky showing worldwide spending on over time and requires companies to the cyber attack. The attack included some additional indicators of malicious activity were Security Network and Anti-APT solutions and cybersecurity is approaching $70 bil- invest in new technologies to take their unique and earlier unseen features and almost detected. The analysis revealed that the main services. Non-R&D departments (sales, mar- lion per year and growing at 10 to 15 place.” didn’t leave traces. The attack exploited zero- goal of the attackers was to spy on Kaspersky keting, communications, legal) were out of percent annually but said that “it would day vulnerabilities and after elevating privi- Lab technologies, ongoing research and inter- attackers’ interests. be an understatement to say organiza- Shrouded in secrecy leges to domain administrator, the malware is nal processes. No interference with processes 3. The information accessed by the attack- tions are dissatisfied with their security.” The researchers said evaluating spread in the network through MSI (Microsoft or systems was detected. ers is in no way critical to the operation of the “Companies know what they spend on cybersecurity is difficult because so Software Installer) files which are commonly Kaspersky Lab is confident that its clients company’s products. Armed with information cybersecurity, but quantifying what much is shrouded in secrecy. Despite used by system administrators to deploy soft- and partners are safe and that there is no about this attack Kaspersky Lab will continue they save by preventing malicious the wave of attacks that have become ware on remote Windows computers. The impact on the company’s products, technolo- to improve the performance of its IT security attacks is much harder to tally,” said public in recent months, the methods cyber attack didn’t leave behind any disk files gies and services. solutions portfolio. Lillian Ablon, a Rand researcher and co- used by hackers use to infiltrate sys- or change system settings, making detection 4. The attackers also showed a high interest author of the report. “Cybersecurity is a tems and countermeasures are often extremely difficult. The philosophy and way of Cyber attack Overview in Kaspersky Lab’s current investigations into continual cycle of trying to eliminate kept private. thinking of the “Duqu 2.0” group is a genera- Earlier in 2015, during a test, a prototype of advanced targeted attacks; they were likely weaknesses and out-think an attacker. The report noted that “cybersecurity tion ahead of anything seen in the APT world. an anti-APT solution developed by Kaspersky aware of the company’s reputation as one of Lab showed signs of a complex targeted the most advanced in detecting and fighting Currently, the best that defenders can is a hard sell, especially to chief execu- Kaspersky Lab researchers discovered the company wasn’t the only target of this power- attack on its corporate network. After the complex APT attacks. do is to make it expensive for the tives” but that there is now greater ful threat actor. Other victims have been attack was discovered an internal investiga- 5. The attackers seem to have exploited up attackers in terms of money, time, focus on security measures. “Despite found in Western countries, as well as in coun- tion was launched. A team of the company’s to three zero-day vulnerabilities. The last resources and research.” The the pessimism in the field, we found tries in the Middle East and Asia. Most notably, researchers, reverse engineers and malware remaining zero-day (CVE-2015-2360) has been researchers found that the effect of a that companies are paying a lot more some of the new 2014-2015 infections are analysts worked around the clock to analyze patched by Microsoft on June 9th, 2015 cyberattack on reputation-rather than attention to cybersecurity than they linked to the P5+1 events and venues related this exceptional attack. The company is releas- (MS15-061) after Kaspersky Lab experts direct costs-caused the most concern were even five years ago,” said Martin to the negotiations with Iran about a nuclear ing all the technical details about Duqu 2.0 via reported it. for chief information security officers. Libicki, a co-author of the report. deal. The threat actor behind Duqu appears to Securelist. The malicious program used an advanced The report in coordination with “Companies that didn’t even have a have launched attacks at the venues where method to hide its presence in the system: the Juniper Networks said the cost of man- chief information security officer five the high level talks took place. In addition to Preliminary conclusions: code of Duqu 2.0 exists only in computer’s aging cybersecurity is set to increase 38 years ago have one now, and CEOs are the P5+1 events, the Duqu 2.0 group 1. The attack was carefully planned and car- memory and tries to delete all traces on the percent over the next 10 years across more likely to listen to them.” —AFP launched a similar attack in relation to the ried out by the same group that was behind hard drive. THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015 HEALTH & SCIENCE Woman gives birth after transplant of ovarian tissue

LONDON: A woman who had ovarian tissue age 11, she and her family moved to Belgium nant. Last November, she gave birth to a near- but to date, none were treated in childhood. since youngsters survive chemotherapy removed and frozen during childhood has and the girl was so sick her doctors gave her a ly seven-pound baby boy. The transplanted ovaries have typically only much better than adults,” said Dr. Yacoub given birth to a baby after the tissue was suc- bone marrow transplant from her brother. worked for a year or two before being Khalaf, director of the Assisted Conception cessfully transplanted back into her, enabling Chemotherapy is sometimes used to help Happy moment removed, Demeestere said. Centre at Guy’s Hospital in London. her to get pregnant. stimulate blood production in children with “It was a very happy moment,” said Dr. “We didn’t know what would happen “To have a child go through this and be The woman, now 27, was only 13 when sickle cell anemia, but it risks damaging the Isabelle Demeestere, a gynecologist and fer- when you transplant tissue (back) into a able to have a baby years later is just remark- doctors stored some of her tissue because ovaries. So the doctors removed part of her tility researcher at Erasmus Hospital in patient that is completely immature,” able,” said Dr. Jill Ginsberg, a pediatric oncolo- she was about to have a medical treatment right ovary when she was 13 and froze several Brussels. “I was most happy for (my patient) Demeestere said. “But once I saw that she had gist at the Cancer Center at the Children’s that likely would leave her infertile. Doctors fragments. The girl hadn’t started menstruat- because she was afraid if this didn’t work, started ovulating and her hormone profile Hospital of Philadelphia. She said these tech- described her case as the first time tissue was ing but there were other signs she had begun there would be no other option for her to was normal, I was quite sure she would get niques were still experimental and that only a removed from someone so young and ulti- puberty. have a baby.” Demeestere and colleagues pregnant.” Other experts said it was encour- small number of young women would ever mately led to the birth of a healthy baby. A decade later, doctors grafted four parts reported details of the case in a paper pub- aging news but didn’t prove that ovarian qualify for the treatment. Born in the Republic of Congo, the of the frozen ovarian tissue onto the young lished online yesterday in the journal, Human transplants in children are effective, since the “There is hope for girls who are at high risk woman was diagnosed with sickle-cell ane- woman’s remaining ovary and the transplant- Reproduction. girl had already begun puberty by the time of (losing their fertility) but this is still going to mia, a serious blood disorder, when she was ed tissue later began growing eggs. More Women who had ovarian tissue removed the ovarian tissue was removed. be a long shot for anyone going through this five. She was not identified by the doctors. At than two years afterward, she became preg- and transplanted have previously given birth, “There’s no reason why it shouldn’t work kind of treatment,” she said. —AP Philippines’ poorest cling to wretched hospital deathbeds Treated tens of thousands of patients for free since 1945

MANILA: Paraplegic Venerando Despite wretched appearances, AFP seeking comment about how it average on health as a percentage of Acabal wriggles on a rust-eaten bed the hospital is much-loved by the would balance its need to make a gross domestic product, according to soothe painful bed sores, in mis- poor as they can turn up, have com- return on its investment with the to the World Health Organization. ery but also fearful that privatisation plicated operations and stay for needs of the poor. The country’s largest mental plans for the Philippines’ only bone years even if they do not have any When asked about the issue, the institution and a major hospital that hospital will rob him of his refuge. money. head of the Philippines’ privatisation serves provinces regularly hit by The state-run Philippine Of the nearly 7,000 patients treat- office, Cosette Canilao, said the new typhoons are also set to be priva- Orthopaedic Centre, a cramped and ed last year, only two percent paid operators were contractually tised. dizzying maze of rickety stretchers their bills in full, according to hospi- obliged to only charge full rates to that spill out of humid wards into tal records, and the facility’s chief is 10 percent of patients. Miserable refuge dingy hallways, has treated tens of worried the charity will be severely However she could not provide The hospital is undeniably in thousands of patients for free since curbed under private management. details on whether the remaining 90 need of extra funds. it opened in 1945. But it is slated to “It’s difficult to reconcile prof- percent would still be required to Acabal, the carpenter, shares a squalid ward with no aircondition- MANILA: An elderly patient exercising in his bed at a ward of the Philippine ing with seven other men, all bare- Orthopaedic Centre in Manila. chested to ease the discomfort from the summer heat. “I’m in pain all day from bed E-cigarette usage surges in sores on my back. I go to sleep, wake up, and that wall is all I see,” he said, gasping for air, and with a faint past year: Reuters/Ipsos poll whistle from an exposed breathing tube protruding from his throat. NEW YORK: Significantly more Americans Trying to quit A far corner of the hallway has are using electronic-cigarettes and other Almost half of users surveyed said they been transformed into a ward with vaporizing devices than a year ago, but were motivated to use the devices because rusty stretchers. On an adjacent most of those consumers are also smoking of friends or family, while almost 40 per- ward, a boy with a metal brace on conventional cigarettes, according to a cent said they were persuaded by the abili- his leg wails in pain. new Reuters/Ipsos poll. ty to smoke indoors and the lower cost A bunch of rosaries and dried The findings support evidence that over time. The credibility interval, a meas- flower garlands hang from a life- smokers are using both traditional tobacco ure of the poll’s accuracy, was plus or sized statue of Jesus Christ, which products and e-cigarettes to deliver nico- minus 1.5 percentage points for all poll serves as a prayer sanctuary. tine, rather than giving up traditional ciga- participants and 5.2 percentage points for Relatives watch over their loved rettes altogether. Researchers are studying questions specific to the 463 e-smokers in ones, sprawled on the grimy con- many questions about the potential bene- the poll. About 80 percent of vapers said crete floor half-covered with fits and dangers of e-cigarettes and US using the devices was “a good way to help chipped vinyl tiles. Some spend the health regulators are still working on their people quit smoking,” according to the night on cardboard laid out on the first set of rules governing the products. poll. By contrast, fewer than 40 percent of pavement outside the hospital In the meantime, proponents of vaping, all adults surveyed felt that way. building. as the practice is called, have argued that Many are like Emily Deppe of Utah, who At the emergency room e-cigarettes and vaporizers represent a wants to quit smoking before she gets entrance, there is a chaotic but safer alternative to tobacco products, pregnant. She learned about the devices steady stream of patients arriving in which have been proven to contribute to from a neighbor. wheelchairs and ambulances. lung cancer and other diseases. Deppe, 37, believes the devices are less Still, 40-year-old former security About 10 percent of US adults now harmful than cigarettes. They satisfy her guard Randy Gonzaga, who is paral- vape, according to the online Reuters/Ipsos urge to hold a cigarette, but can be used in ysed from the waist down due to a poll of 5,679 Americans conducted more places than cigarettes and don’t tumour on his spine, does not want between May 19 and June 4. That’s almost make her clothes smell like smoke. MANILA: This photo taken on June 2, 2015 shows hospital director Jose Brittanio Pujalte (L) talk- to be anywhere else. four times higher than a US government US companies are barred from explicitly ing to a patient (R) at the out-patient department of the Philippine Orthopaedic Centre in The father of five-year-old twin estimate that 2.6 percent of adults used e- marketing the products as smoking cessa- Manila. The state-run Philippine Orthopaedic Centre, a cramped and dizzying maze of rickety girls survived Super Typhoon cigarettes in 2013. tion devices, though e-cigarettes have stretchers that spill out of humid wards into dingy hallways, has treated tens of thousands of Haiyan in his home province of About 15 percent of poll participants already made a dent in sales of nicotine patients for free since it opened in 1945. —AFP Photos Leyte in 2013 but discovered he had under the age of 40 now vape. In 2013, patches and gums that are meant to help a tumour on his spine that same 18.8 percent of those 18 to 24 and 20.1 smokers quit, according to research group close after a private firm last year itability and service to the poor,” make some payments. year. percent of those 25 to 44 smoked ciga- Euromonitor. U.S. sales of nicotine replace- won a contract to replace it with an hospital director Jose Brittanio Canilao emphasised that privati- Gonzaga is selling purses made rettes, according to the government data. ment therapies rose 0.2 percent to $900 expanded new facility, part of a mul- Pujalte told AFP. “Our patients here sation was necessary to help by his wife from his hospital bed to E-cigarettes are metal tubes that heat million in 2014, according to Euromonitor. ti-billion-dollar privatisation pro- are the poorest of the poor and they upgrade the Philippines’ woefully raise 60,000 pesos ($1,300) for a tita- liquids typically laced with nicotine and Euromonitor expects US sales to drop gramme by President Benigno have nowhere else to go.” underfunded health system. “There nium implant that is required before deliver vapor when inhaled. Almost 70 per- this year by the same amount because of Aquino’s administration. is an urgent need for us to improve surgery to remove the tumour. cent of current users started in the last the increased use of vaping devices and a “If they kick me out of here, I Profits versus poor the health services for the public The hospital can not afford the year alone, and about three quarters of shrinking population of smokers. have no choice but to go home and The private operator, Megawide- and one way of doing that is to take implant but it can provide the sur- them also smoke cigarettes, according to Mike Morgan, works in IT for a telecom- die in my house,” said 55-year-old World Citi, has a contract to run the private partners,” said Canilao, exec- gery, which could cost up to 200,000 the poll. munications company. The 48-year-old carpenter Acabal, who has been hospital for 25 years from mid-2016 utive director of the Private-Public pesos, for free. “I hope to have my The surge in use comes as conventional Kentucky man knew he needed to quit his bedridden at the hospital since before having to hand it back to the Partnership (PPP) Centre. tumour removed before the new cigarette smoking has declined in the pack a day habit, but it wasn’t until his breaking his back in a construction government. The developing nation of 100 mil- owners come in. Otherwise, I have United States to about 19 percent of mother died two years ago of cancer that site accident four years ago. It did not return requests from lion people spends half the global nowhere else to go,” he said. —AFP adults, prompting tobacco companies like he decided to try electronic cigarettes. Altria Group Inc, Lorillard Inc and Reynolds “You don’t get the great big burst of American Inc to rush into the e-cigarette nicotine you get with a cigarette, but at market. this point, it satisfies my cravings,” said WHO recommends reopening Reynolds’ Vuse brand, helped by its Morgan, who now uses a vaping device national rollout to 100,000 retail outlets, about 10 to 15 times a day and eventually has captured almost 36 percent of the US wants to quit. market to become the No. 1 e-cigarette. It Vapers were twice as likely as the gener- S Korean schools after MERS passed Lorillard’s Blu eCigs, which had 22.7 al population to think the devices are percent, according to Nielsen data. “healthier than the traditional cigarettes” SEOUL: Experts from the World Health think the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome out- announced earlier Wednesday that Park has At the same time, the number of US but they were also more likely to say some- Organization and South Korea yesterday urged break has peaked but that the next several days postponed her planned US visit to focus on deal- vape shops has risen to at least 15,000 one could become “addicted to e-smok- the reopening of nearly 2,500 schools closed would be crucial to determining whether their ing with the outbreak. from virtually none a few years ago, ing.” “I definitely think it is better,” said Seth over fears of the deadly MERS virus. efforts to isolate infected patients had stymied The outbreak has killed seven and infected according to recent industry estimates. Hunt, 45, who started vaping about six South Korean officials this week said they the disease. President Park Geun-hye’s office more than 100 in South Korea. But it has Wells Fargo Securities analyst Bonnie months ago after a doctor told him he occurred only at hospitals. Infections come from Herzog estimates the entire U.S. market for needed to quit smoking. close contact with the sick not the air. “vapor devices” will grow to $3.5 billion by The New Jersey man said he feels signifi- Even so, there have been widespread fears the end of the year, from $2.5 billion in cantly better now that he puffs the device and rumors, and more than 2,470 schools remain 2014. More than half of that will be vapor about 150 times a day instead of smoking, closed and about 3,440 people were isolated on tanks and personal vaporizers, which typi- but his family would like him to quit that Thursday because they have had contact with cally have a stronger battery and can use too. “I’m waiting to see, but for now, I think it infected people. nicotine liquid in thousands of flavors. is better than cigarettes,” he said. —Reuters “Strong consideration should be given to reopening schools, as schools have not been linked to transmission of” the MERS virus in South Cervical cancer vaccine Korea, according to a release from the joint WHO- South Korea mission tasked with reviewing the might work after one shot outbreak. Other South Korean doctors have already LONDON: Protecting girls from cervical young women to see how much protec- described the massive school closures as nonsen- cancer might be possible with just one tion they got from one, two or three dos- sical because there has been no evidence of the dose of the HPV vaccine rather than the es of the HPV vaccine, Cervarix. They esti- virus’ transmission in the community. three now recommended, a new analysis mated vaccine effectiveness after about It’s not known how many schools would fol- suggests. four years to be between 77 percent and low the recommendation. But South Korean offi- The authors of the study acknowl- 86 percent for all the young women, cials hope the outbreak will come under control edged it isn’t convincing enough to regardless of how many shots they around Friday, the last day of the virus’ maximum change vaccination strategies immediate- received. two-week incubation period for those infected ly. But if their results are confirmed, If fewer doses could be used, “the by a patient considered as the main source of the requiring just one dose of the vaccine potential is huge to prevent the deaths of second round of the MERS outbreak. Officials say could have a big impact on how many millions of women,” said Julia Brotherton, the first wave of the outbreak ended. girls around the world get immunized. medical director of the National HPV But critics say the outbreak would continue if Cervical cancer is the fourth-most Vaccination Program Register in Australia. SEOUL: A health care worker wearing protective gear as a precaution against the infected people evade government quarantine common cause of cancer death in women The study was paid for by the U.S. MERS virus tends a MERS patient inside an isolation ward at Seoul Medical Center in measures and spread the virus. worldwide and is estimated to kill more National Cancer Institute and others MERS has mostly been centered in Saudi Seoul, South Korea yesterday. South Korea believes its MERS virus outbreak may than 260,000 every year. Researchers including the vaccine’s maker, Arabia. It belongs to the family of coronaviruses from the U.S. National Cancer Institute GlaxoSmithKline PLC. It was published have peaked, and experts say the next several days will be critical to determining that includes the common cold and SARS, and whether the government’s belated efforts have successfully stymied a disease that and elsewhere looked at data from previ- online Wednesday in the journal Lancet can cause fever, breathing problems, pneumonia ous trials covering more than 24,000 Oncology. —AP has killed seven people and infected nearly 100 in the country. —AP and kidney failure. —AP THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015 HEALTH & SCIENCE San Francisco approves health warning on sugary drink ads

SAN FRANCISCO: San Francisco supervi- Francisco does with tobacco and alcohol. sors voted unanimously Tuesday to Another would prohibit city funds from approve health warnings on ads for sugary being used to buy soda. sodas and some other drinks, saying such “These are not harmless products that beverages contribute to obesity, diabetes taste good,” said Supervisor Scott Wiener, and other health problems. who authored the soda warning proposal. It’s believed that San Francisco would be “These are products that are making peo- the first place in the country to require ple sick and we need to take action.” such a warning on ads for soda if it receives A 12-ounce can of regular Coke contains a second approval from the Board of 140 calories, all from sugar. The can con- Supervisors next week and the mayor does tains 39 grams of added sugar, which is not veto it. about 9 teaspoons. One teaspoon of sugar John Maa, a general surgeon and mem- has about 16 calories. ber of the board of the American Heart Liquid sugar is the new tobacco as far as Association in San Francisco, which lobbied some public health advocates are con- for the ordinance, said advocates will seek cerned. Berkeley approved a soda tax last to expand the warning requirement year, the first in the country to do so, but beyond the city. San Francisco rejected one. Davis, a college Efforts to push a statewide warning town near Sacramento, is requiring restau- requirement failed this year as did a city rants to serve milk and water as the default ballot measure last year to impose a tax on drink with children’s meals. sugary drinks. Mayor Ed Lee hasn’t taken a position but “Another attempt at the sugar-sweet- said through a spokeswoman that he is ened beverage tax is being considered,” he open to educating people through warn- said. ing labels on advertisements. The ordinance defines sugar-sweetened Opponents have said it’s not fair to sin- beverages as drinks with more than 25 gle out billboard advertising or sugary calories drinks. from sweeteners per 12 ounces. So Roger Salazar, a spokesman for CalBev, advertising for such sodas as Coca-Cola which represents the state beverage indus- Zero and other no-calorie drinks would not try, said the organization might sue to require a warning, but ads for regular Coca- block the ordinance. Cola would. “Aside from being bad public policy, The ordinance also requires warnings for there are some free speech issues,” Salazar other products such as sports and energy said. SAN FRANCISCO: This Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014, file photo, shows soft drinks for sale at K & D Market in San Francisco. San drinks, vitamin waters and iced teas that “We’re going to explore all of our Francisco officials are deciding whether to impose a warning on ads for soda pop. Supporters and opponents say San Francisco exceed the 25 calorie limit. Milk and 100 options.” would be the first place in the US to require warnings on ads for soda, which is linked to rotting teeth and obesity. —AP percent natural fruit and vegetable juice Supervisor Eric Mar, who sponsored all drinks are exempt. three measures with Wiener and Supervisor The label for billboards and other ads Malia Cohen, said the approval should pave would read: “WARNING: Drinking bever- the way for another soda tax on the ages with added sugar(s) contributes to November 2016 ballot. Health law is now ‘reality,’ obesity, diabetes, and tooth decay. This is a More than half of voters approved last message from the City and County of San year’s measure but it required a two-thirds Francisco.” majority because it was a special tax. This despite what critics say The ordinance would require the warn- time, it could be pitched as a general tax ing on print advertising within city limits - and require only a simple majority, he said. billboards, walls, taxis and buses. It would not apply to ads appearing in newspapers, Raising awareness Critics stubbornly ignore reality circulars, broadcast outlets or the Internet. “It’s likely that as we move forward, this would be a general tax, like Berkeley has, Curbing consumption and we’re building up to that by raising WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Congress authorized federal subsidy payments found new problems verifying tax credit claims. Soda cans and bottles would not have awareness for November 2016,” he said. Tuesday declared his health care law a firmly for health care coverage regardless of where to carry the warning. Supervisors quickly About 32 percent of children and teens established “reality” of American life even as the people live, or only for residents of states that Opinion remains mix approved the proposal with an 11-0 vote in San Francisco are overweight or obese, legality of one of its key elements awaits a deci- created their own insurance marketplaces. In the The Treasury Inspector General for Tax requiring the warning, as well as two other according to a 2012 study by the California sion by the Supreme Court. other states, residents can buy insurance Administration released an audit that found the measures aimed at curbing sugary drink Center for Public Health Advocacy and the “This is now part of the fabric of how we care through a federally run marketplace. Internal Revenue Service did not get the consumption. UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. for one another,” Obama said of the law, one of required information on 1.7 million households One proposal would prohibit soda ads That figure is lower than Los Angeles, San his most prized domestic policy accomplish- Subsidies in a timely manner from Department of Health on city-owned property, much like San Jose and Sacramento. —AP ments. Nearly 6.4 million low- and moderate-income and Human Services. As a result, the audit said, For the second day in a row, Obama mounted Americans could lose coverage if the court rules the IRS was unable to verify that people claiming a stout defense of a law that remains unpopular people who enrolled through the federal site health insurance tax credits on their tax returns with the public and under legal challenge but weren’t eligible for the subsidies. had in fact purchased coverage. that has contributed to 14.75 million adults gain- The decision rests on the court’s interpreta- Moreover, public opinion remains mixed. A Spacecraft glitch ing coverage since its health care exchanges tion of a short phrase in the voluminous law. But recent Washington Post-ABC poll found that a began signing up people in 2013. Obama, wielding statistics and personal anec- majority of Americans continue to oppose the shifts orbiting ISS Obama’s remarks, made at the annual dotes, made a case that the law is so established law. But the poll, conducted at the end of May, Catholic Health Association Conference in that it has woven itself into the health care sys- also found that 55 percent of those surveyed MOSCOW: The orbiting International testing of the automatic docking system, a Washington, amounted to a political argument tem. don’t want the Supreme Court to block any sub- Space Station has shifted in position after space industry source told the RIA Novosti for the law just weeks before the high court is “Five years in, what we are talking about is no sidies. an engine glitch on a docked spacecraft state news agency. expected to render its decision in a case that longer just a law, it’s no longer just a theory. It Should the court rule against Obama, which is due to bring astronauts back to Another source told the Interfax news could wipe out insurance for millions of isn’t even about the Affordable Care Act or Congressional Republicans say they are working Earth this week, Russia said. The engines of agency that mission control probably gave Americans. Obamacare. This isn’t about myths or rumors toward legislation to temporarily replace the the Soyuz spacecraft “switched on the wrong command from Earth, meaning Obama poked fun at opponents for issuing that folks try to sustain,” he said. “There is a reali- subsidies for people losing them, probably until unscheduled which led to an insignificant the Soyuz ship did not malfunction. “unending Chicken Little warnings” about what ty that people on the ground day to day are sometime in 2017, when they hope a Republican change in the position of the ISS”, Russia’s Russia’s troubled space programme has would go wrong under his health care program. experiencing.” will be president. space agency, Roscosmos, said in a state- experienced a series of recent failures. It “The critics stubbornly ignore reality,” he said. Obama was speaking to a friendly audience. Then, they hope to repeal the entire law and ment on its website. was forced to delay the departure and Anticipating the president’s speech, Senate The Catholic Health Association split with the US replace it with one with fewer requirements for The Soyuz is docked at the ISS in readi- landing of astronauts in May after a supply Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said it Roman Catholic bishops to support the Obama coverage. ness to take three astronauts home today, ship fell back to Earth after a rocket failure. was Obama who was “jousting with reality administration in 2013 in shaping a compromise Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., said Tuesday that and Russia said “the necessary measures The space agency said the supply craft’s again.” over the law’s birth control coverage. Sister Carol House and Senate lawmakers were “very close” had been taken to stabilise” the space sta- design will be altered to prevent the prob- “I imagine the families threatened with dou- Keehan, the association’s president and CEO, to a bill creating temporary tax credits that they tion and the glitch would not affect the lem occurring again with that particular ble-digit premium increases would beg to differ, introduced Obama, saying the Affordable Care would unveil after the court’s decision. It would astronauts’ return. type of rocket. The next manned mission to as would the millions of families who received Act “took the first step toward guaranteeing likely erase some of the law’s requirements, such “There is no threat to the crew of the the ISS is due to blast off between July 23 cancellation notices for the plans they had and health care for everyone in our great nation.” as for employer coverage of workers, which ISS, the station itself or the return of the and 25, launching from Kazakhstan and wanted to keep,” McConnell said. His office While the president highlighted the accom- means it would almost certainly be vetoed Soyuz TMA-15M ship to Earth on schedule,” carrying astronauts from Russia, Japan and issued an email citing news accounts about plishments of the health law, its adoption has should it reach Obama. the space agency said. The engines the United States, Roscosmos said on surging health care costs, potential rate hikes not been without flaws. The initial sign up peri- Republicans have proposed several plans for switched on for “less than a minute” during Tuesday. —AFP and cancelled health plans. od was marred by a faulty web site, and a report addressing the Supreme Court case, but have At issue in the Supreme Court case is whether Tuesday from a government watchdog agency not united behind one. —AP WHAT’S ON THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015

NBK reveals its annual social program for Ramadan

ational Bank of Kuwait (NBK) revealed its Grand Mosque. Fast-breaking will also be offered at hopes to encourage a greater sense of community Rushaid. NBK staff volunteers have already finalized annual ‘Doing Good Deeds’ program during various mosques and other locations throughout and charity during Ramadan and encourages its all necessary arrangements for Ramadan tent to Nthe Holy month of Ramadan. For more than Kuwait. NBK will also distribute Iftar meals via spe- customers and staff to participate by ‘doing good receive fasting people on the eve of first day of 20 years, the program comprises a series of activi- cial convoys that will tour the more crowded areas deeds’ all month long.” Ramadan. NBK staff volunteers will manage and ties and events aimed at encouraging community in the country. “It is a well rooted tradition that has been car- supervise the fast-breaking banquets. engagement and solidarity and charity in Kuwait. Abdelmohsin Al Rushaid, NBK Public Relations ried out by NBK each year in its efforts to continu- The NBK Ramadan Social Program will also NBK Ramadan Social Program includes hosting Manager said “NBK will ramp up its charitable activ- ously have an active role in the Kuwait society. NBK include several visits by volunteers to NBK Abdelmohsin fast-breaking banquets that will be held near the ities, as a good corporate citizen of Kuwait. NBK believes in the power of doing good,” added Al Children’s Hospital and other social institutions. Al Rushaid

Health awareness continues as Ramadan approaches

outh Hawally Health center was the venue of a health awareness campaign ahead of the Holy Month of Ramadan to prepare the public in gen- Seral and patients, such as diabetics, heart and arteries disease patients on how to handle their ailments during the holy month and its long fasting hours. Advice was given on medicine dose adjustments and timings. Blood pressure, Triglycerides, blood sugar levels and other tests were conducted. Sebamed was among participating companies and gave information on how to care for the skin and protect it from dryness during the hot fasting season.

What’s On - Submission Guidelines Congratulations All photos submitted for What’s On should be minimum 200dpi. ariam Baker Al-Nazer celebrated graduating from Fajr Al- Articles must be in plain text and should include name and Sabah School with 97.25 GPA. Mariam owed her success to phone numbers. Articles and photos that fail to meet these MGod & her family’s support, as well as her schedule that included studying for an average of 8 hours a day. Sarah says that requirements will not be published. she plans to enter Engineering College at Kuwait University. Her father has promised her a big surprise party & gift... Mariam Please send them to is shown in the picture with her father, Baker Al-Nazer (Abu Azmi). [email protected] WHAT’S ON THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015

Al Thani with Ooredoo staff and management Yousef Alshallah, Sarah Alqabandi, Yagya Hamal and Mijbil Alayoub Al Thani and the ambassador of Nepal with trip volunteers.

Ooredoo director of corporate communications Mijbil Alayoub, CSR manager Yousef Alshallal, PR manager Al Thani with the ambassador of Nepal, Alfouzan, and Ooredoo staff Fatemah Dashti and ooredoo staff. Ooredoo awards OX adventure participants Culminating the one-year partnership

oredoo Kuwait, a member of the international Youth support of all those who participated in the trips,” he noted. The importance of volunteerism Ooredoo Group, held an awarding ceremony for the Ooredoo CEO and General Manager Sheikh Mohammed He added: “We strongly believe in all projects that we Co-founder of Kafa’a Program for Supporting Youth Oparticipants of OX Adventure trips in their current sea- bin Abdulla Al Thani thanked the attendees and stressed that sponsor, that’s why we insisted on organizing a trip for our Fareed Alfouzan lauded the efforts of all participants, son, which concluded its program recently. The ceremony volunteering is one of the top priorities of the company’s cor- own employees, who visited Nepal in April and helped in the stressing that volunteerism makes better citizen, especially marks the conclusion of Ooredoo’s partnership with this youth porate social responsibility program. “We are proud of our all construction of a school in one of the villages near the capital when they step out of their comfort zone and empathize initiative. The event, which was held on Tuesday evening at those who participated and volunteered to make the lives of Kathmandu.” with others. Ooredoo’s headquarters, was attended by CEO and General others better. Volunteering funds is helpful and much needed, Alfouzan thanked Ooredoo for their support, and called Manager Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulla Al Thani, yet volunteering time and effort is much more valuable,” he Long-standing friendship for creating similar programs locally to further spread the Ambassador of Nepal in Kuwait Yagya Hamal, co-founder of said. Nepal’s ambassador to Kuwait Yagya Hamal expressed his idea of volunteerism at a larger scale. Kafa’a Program for Supporting Youth Fareed Alfouzan, as well Corporate Communications Director Mijbil Alayoub gratitude to all those who gave aide to Nepal after the devas- Meanwhile, co-founder of OX Adventure Saud Al- as volunteers who participated in the trips. OX Adventure is an stressed on the importance of volunteerism in the corporate tating earthquake the struck Nepal and claimed the lives of Juwayyan stressed on the importance of experiencing the initiative that organizes trips for volunteers to be immersed in social responsibility policy of the company. “Our core values more than 9,000 individuals. “The support we received from culture of other countries, noting that away from the com- the cultures of the countries that they visit and volunteer in are to care, connect, and challenge. We saw that these values the people of Kuwait stems from their generosity which is part fort of home, all differences melt and people feel at once projects to help citizens lead better lives. The previous season are also at the core of OX Adventure’s program, which pushes and parcel of their culture. We are confident that we will be with their fellow global citizens. “This experience teaches consisted of 6 trips to 4 destinations: Rwanda, Sri Lanka, India, youth out of their comfort zones and challenges them, push- able to rebuild our nation with the help of friends and their humility and empathy, making better citizens and helping and Nepal, with more than 80 volunteers. ing them towards becoming better individuals. We are proud generosity and support,” he said. in a shaping a better generation.”

Greetings

Hani Omar recently celebrated his 25th birthday with his friends at the Movenpick Hotel.

Kuwaiti inventor talks about her award-winning work

By Faten Omar Award-winning invention he Committee of Women’s Development hosted a lec- that will help many lives ture by the doctor and inventor Dr Fatima Salem Al- Dr Eng Thalab invented a device that will enable babies TThalab yesterday at the Jahra Governorate building. Two with cleft lip to suckle. Experts in the field of inventions and topics were discussed by Dr Thalab in the lecture, including development said her invention that won the grand prize at her scientific and practical experiences and how to achieve the World Exhibition of Inventions in South Korea is an impor- social security in Jahra. tant addition to the field of medicine because it affects the Dr Thalab, of Jahra Health Center, is a Kuwaiti doctor and lives of millions of people. In addition, experts predicted that the first Arab doctor to get a doctorate in biomedical engi- her special invention will be popular in the United States and neering, thus holding the Dr Eng nickname. Moreover, one of most countries once produced and gets distributed in the her medical inventions won the gold prize at the World market. Exhibition of Inventions in South Korea. Cleft lip and cleft palate are birth defects that occur when a baby’s lip or mouth do not form properly during pregnancy. Together, these birth defects are called “orofacial clefts.” A baby can have a cleft lip, a cleft palate, or both a cleft lip and cleft palate.

Ministry of Scientific Research Dr Eng Thalab asked to build a new ministry bearing the name “Ministry of Scientific Research.” Its mission would be the basic care of science, technology and innovation and put Kuwait on the map of scientific research in the world, taking advantage of Kuwait’s financial abundance and its geographical location, to attract minds from all countries, especially from Arab countries.

Advice to managers: Be easy on your employees On a separate note, Dr Eng Thalab advised the managers to be easy on their employees. “You know in Ramadan, people are always late to their work, because they are fasting and they are lazy to do anything at work. So I made the other employees come to work at 10 am instead of 8:30 and they start to be friendlier with patients. I saw them smiling at my patients - And that is because I made them comfortable in their work environment.” She explained that when the managers start to treat their employees nicely, the employees will feel they belong to that work as they do at home, concluding, “And they will start to work hard and love to serve you, because you were good to them.” THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015 TV PROGRAMS

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Istanbul 13:10 JZR 185 Dubai 22:55 MSC 402 Alexandria 12:20 KAC 205 Islamabad 23:05 JZR 779 Jeddah 13:50 JAI 526 Chennai/Abu Dhabi 23:00 AGY 685 Sohag 12:40 KAC 411 Bangkok/Manila 23:25 KAC 672 Dubai 13:55 MSR 614 Cairo 23:30 KAC 785 Jeddah 13:00 JZR 1540 Cairo 23:50 QTR 1078 Doha 14:05 JZR 513 Sharm el-Sheikh 23:30 JZR 176 Dubai 13:10 FDB 060 Dubai 23:50 KNE 460 Riyadh 14:10 FDB 071 Dubai 23:35 FDB 076 Dubai 13:10 KAC 415 Kuala Lumpur/Jakarta 23:50 DIAL161 FOR AIRPORT INFORMATION stars34 THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015 CROSSWORD 930 STAR TRACK

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

You are working with a short emotional fuse while the Moon is agi- People seem impossible to read today. You might go out of your way tating reactionary Aries, and your shoot-from-the-hip delivery could turn a to accommodate others, but your amicable behavior currently increases your frus- sticky situation into a real problem. Thankfully, a little common sense goes a tration and your uncertainty. Paradoxically, the friendlier you are now, the worse long way to prevent a meltdown over a misunderstanding that won’t matter you feel on the inside. Trust your instincts, even if you don’t have the facts to sup- much in the long run. However, if you get caught up in the heat of the moment port them. But don’t start a fight with an imaginary opponent; shadowboxing will and choose to express your feelings, at least minimize the potential damage by only tire you out without leading to a solution. Continue to gather information accepting responsibility for your role in the current disagreement. It takes two before confronting anyone with the truth. There’s no need to play games with to tangle but only one to walk away. those you love.

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

Although you may need to work with someone whose long-term Keep your nose clean now or you might get pulled into an unneces- goals aren’t the same as yours, at least try to see things from an open-minded sary conflict before you know it. However, don’t be afraid to shake up the status perspective today. Instead of allowing your exasperation to explode in an quo if your intentions are honorable and your goal is worthwhile. Nevertheless, unpleasant interaction, take the high road and acknowledge that your differ- powerful emotions are stewing on the back burner and you’re right to worry that ences don’t have to impact your collaboration in a negative way. You can be they could hijack your day. Fortunately, you can pull a rabbit out of a hat by taking true to yourself, even while putting patience ahead of insecurity. The sooner an entirely radical approach. Seize the day and don’t look back. you cooperate, the sooner you’re done.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) Everything would be perfect today, but someone may not be playing A sudden imbalance of power could rear its ugly head today. You according to your rules. It might even feel as if a rain cloud is threaten- might believe others are working against your personal interests, yet no one is ACROSS 3. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants. ing your parade, even though it’s still sunny on your side of the street. There’s no honest enough to come out and say anything directly. Your best response to this reason to let fear dampen your current enthusiasm. You don’t have to outrun bad 1. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but 4. A Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament who awkward situation is to remain as optimistic as possible, even if you grow more heavier than beer. opposed the worship of idols. weather; instead, head off the developing storms by proactively confronting any irritated throughout the day. Relying on your natural friendliness and adaptabili- negativity. Unaddressed issues are the only scary ones. Tilt the odds even further in 4. Genus of Mediterranean and Eurasian herbs. 5. Type genus of the Cimicidae. ty enables you to dance around the unpleasant edges of conflict without getting 12. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 6. An accidental happening. your favor by avoiding the blame game; the final outcome is influenced by your your feet dirty. positive attitude more than anything else. pounds. 7. A visual representation of an object or scene 15. A piece of furniture that provides a place to or person produced on a surface. sleep. 8. A standard or model or pattern regarded as 16. A mountain in central Greece where typical. Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) (according to Greek mythology) the Muses 9. Not in. lived. 10. Manufactured in standard sizes to be Expressing negativity isn’t always appropriate or appreciated, but let- Your strong resolve can block out some of today’s tension, but choos- 17. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set shipped and assembled elsewhere. ting your anger loose today could be a sign of strength. Often, your reaction is to ing to remain unaware of it only deepens the problem. The self-determined Aries for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire 11. Any of various thermoplastic resins used to withdraw emotionally when stressed, leading to passive-aggressive behavior. Moon raises concerns about how your personal story is unfolding and who ulti- course. make things. Nevertheless, frustration can push you to the edge now, provoking you to lose con- mately controls your destiny. It’s counterproductive to slip into denial now, so play 18. Someone who is morally reprehensible. 12. An organization of countries formed in 1961 trol if you aren’t aware of your own inner process. Denying your feelings only makes the role of the rebel and bring differences out into the open while you have the 19. Someone whose business involves import- to agree on a common policy for the sale of matters worse, so share your concerns without getting hooked by your attachment chance. Confrontation may be inevitable, but your willingness to compromise ing goods from outside (especially from a for- petroleum. to what others think. Keeping it real is most useful if you also keep it kind. offers lasting solutions to the current turmoil. eign country). 13. Informal terms for money. 20. Late time of life. 14. Acute lung injury characterized by cough- 21. Capital of modern Macedonia. ing and rales. Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 23. A metric unit of length equal to one bil- 22. An anxiety disorder associated with serious Leo (July 23-August 22) lionth of a meter. traumatic events and characterized by such Your friends seem dissatisfied with your actions today, yet you don’t Life seems so hectic today that you’re actually worried something 24. Bundle of rods containing an axe with the symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving believe that you’re doing anything wrong. However, adopting a cosmic perspective could fall apart unless you watch your immediate environment like a hawk. You pre- blade protruding. the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of reveals everyone is performing a role in your personal drama and it’s just plain fer playing your cards only once you determine you are ready. However, you might 26. A car driven by a person whose job is to involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts annoying if the actors aren’t following your script. Even if others seem to be the be forced to make your move in response to someone else’s behavior. Don’t panic take passengers where they want to go in and images. source of the problem, continue to bring your focus back to your feelings. Ironically and overreact; just walk away from the table and return to the game after you have exchange for money. 25. Rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born enough, once you take responsibility for your part, the erratic energy should begin collected your thoughts. Your strategy and execution will improve once your feel- 28. Being or given to servile imitation. in 1940). to settle down. Lead by example and hopefully others will follow. ings are back in line with your heart. 33. A system of one or more computers and 27. A warning against certain acts. associated software with common storage. 29. (biology) Covered with hairs especially fine 37. Something that hinders as if with bonds v 1. soft ones. Virgo (August 23-September 22) 39. Being five more than one hundred fifty. 30. A republic in the Asian subcontinent in Pisces (February 19-March 20) 40. An investment trust that owns and man- southern Asia. ages a pool of commercial properties and mort- 31. Causing a dull and steady pain. An anxious coworker may step over the line today. Rather than Being swept up in a wave of social activism won’t likely help your per- gages and other real estate asssets. 32. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to avoiding direct confrontation, initiate an open dialogue about the current tension. sonal life, but it can still be a good thing in the long run. If you find yourself spend- However, applying force isn’t helpful nor does assuming an authoritative posture ing all your free time with people who think like you, go ahead and ride the surge 41. (used especially of persons) Having lived for 100 liters. resolve the issue because the truth will come to the surface when you least expect while it lasts. However, this moment of heightened activity might be a temporary a relatively long time or attained a specific age. 34. A special loved one. it. But if you choose to nudge the process along, get right to the point. Properly passion for you, even if it’s a lifelong commitment for others. Let your compassion- 43. A nonflammable liquid (trade name 35. Plaything consisting of a container filled considered words are effective agents of change if they are delivered with good ate nature shine; your current journey teaches you a priceless lesson about your Ethrane) used as an inhalation general anes- with toys and candy. intentions and kindness. place in the world. thetic. 36. Cooked in hot water. 45. The amount a salary is increased. 38. Functioning correctly and ready for action. 47. Not only so, but. 42. An affirmative. WORD SEARCH PUZZLE 48. (used especially of commodities) In the nat- 44. An inhabitant of ancient Thebes. Yesterday’s Solution ural unprocessed condition. 46. A painful injury to a joint caused by a sud- 49. A member of a North American Plains peo- den wrenching of its ligaments. ple (now living in Oklahoma and Wyoming). 50. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient 52. Thought to derive from meteorites. Greek mythology. 55. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth 51. South American wood sorrel cultivated for group. its edible tubers. 56. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure 53. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a effective friendly use of the electromagnetic skewer usually with vegetables. spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of elec- 54. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand tronic warfare. of its people. 58. Cut the head of. 57. Title used for a married Frenchwoman. 61. Jordan's port. 59. Tired to the point of exhaustion. 63. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs. 60. Optical instrument consisting of a pair of 65. Small family of usually tropical butterflies. lenses for correcting defective vision. 69. A yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name 62. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging people in Kenya. flour. 64. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine 72. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin. by behavioral and learning disorders. 66. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake 73. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part Chad. of an organism. 67. Chief port of Yemen. 74. Alternatively, a member of the family 68. Tropical starchy tuberous root. Nymphaeaceae. 70. A gradual decline (in size or strength or 78. (Irish) The sea personified. power or number). 79. Secondary or explanatory title. 71. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of 80. Type genus of the Ranidae. any major scale in solmization. DOWN 75. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent 1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually and univalent) metallic element. plural). 76. A public promotion of some product or 2. An accidental hole that allows something service. (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape. 77. A colorless and odorless inert gas. Yesterday’s Solution

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Music & Movies New docu-series tells real life stories of ‘Women in Prison’

here’s been plenty of hype about the return of “Orange Is connect to the story. “They will be able to go on that journey the New Black” this week, but there’s another TV series with them and really empathize,” Lacey said. “It is a lot easier Tabout women behind bars that is vying for viewers’ for them to relate to the women because you can see them in attention as well. “Women in Prison,” also premiering this that former life before they came to prison.” Lacey has worked week, is Investigation Discovery’s latest docu-series and focus- on other prison documentaries series such as “Locked up es on the real-life stories of six women serving time in a maxi- Abroad” on National Geographic, but said working within a mum-security state prison in Indiana. lt does feature actors women’s prison is different because of the nurturing and wel- dramatizing the offenses the women committed, and, much coming feeling she gets from prisoners. She also noted the like the award-winning Netflix series, paints a multidimension- inmates’ resourcefulness: They created their own make-up, al portrait of the inmates by focusing on their humanity more fancy ramen noodle dishes and even egg rolls prepared with than their crimes. popcorn bags. Alicia Brown, one of the women featured in “Women in Lacey said for her and her small screw, “the experience Prison,” hopes that fans of “Orange Is the New Black” might be opened our eyes to the many talented women sitting in pris- drawn to this series, which debuts on Thursday. “I think it will ons across America for sentences that are very long.” Brown, be great to attract the fans just because they have gotten to once a soccer mom and wife, said a lot of her assumptions see a made-up version or a highly publicized version, so now about prison were wrong. Many of the viewers will find the they are kind of getting to get a glimpse into the real-life ver- same. “There are a lot of me. I am a normal here. Many women sion,” she said. get wrapped up in things they never thought they would” The show doesn’t reveal what each woman did until near Brown said. — AP the end of the episode. In Brown’s case, an addiction to pre- scription pills led her down a criminal path, which she described as a shameful experience. She said her and other prisoners “not only have to deal with what we have done, we have to deal with what we have done to our families.” “My whole reason in doing this is to help other women who are out there, who haven’t come to prison,” Brown, who is serving In this undated image released a 10-year sentence. “They haven’t had this happen yet. I am by Investigation Disovery, hoping to stop them from doing what I have done.” inmates appear at a talent Executive producer Alexandra Lacey said using actors to show at a women’s prison in recreate scenes from the prisoners’ past helps the audience Indiana. — AP German big band legend James Last dies at 86

erman composer and big band leader James Last, wrote music history. James Last was the most successful during a career spanning five decades after clinching his whose trademark easy listening music brought him German band leader of all time,” it said in a written state- first record deal in 1964, according to his website. He gave a Ginternational success, has died aged 86, his Berlin- ment. A public memorial is planned in the northern port farewell tour, “Non-Stop Music”, which ended in April in based promoters said yesterday. One of the most popular city of Hamburg for his fans, the statement added. Last, who Cologne. — AFP band leaders of the post-war period, Last died on Tuesday was born Hans Last in the northern city of Bremen in 1929, in Florida in the United States after a short illness and his was known for his “happy music”, arranging pop hits in a big Picture taken on April 15, 2009 in Bremen, north- family was with him at the time, Semmel Concerts said. “The band style, as well as for his party albums. His music sold in western Germany, shows Bremen-born German distinguished and prominent artist lived for music and the millions and he performed about 2,500 live concerts composer and big band leader James Last.—AFP

Actors on actors: Hollywood’s A-list finds meaty roles on television

osh Gad has taken Broadway by storm in “The opportunities. What’s behind the shift? Leaving ing on broadcast, particularly for women. Three- Book of Mormon,” headlined the hit film “The aside the troubles plaguing the film business, the time Emmy winner Julianna Margulies continues to JWedding Ringer” and voiced one of the most influx of new outlets hungry for content-from cable shine on CBS hit “The Good Wife,” while Kerry beloved animated characters of all time as Olaf the channels to digital studios like Amazon, Netflix, Washington fearlessly paces her topnotch cast on snowman in “Frozen.” So what prompted him to Hulu and Yahoo-has established a virtual play- ABC’s “Scandal.” Also on the Alphabet, Davis-who accept the role opposite Billy Crystal in the FX com- ground for creatives. Writers can experiment with headlines one of this season’s hottest new shows- edy “The Comedians?” “The paycheck, obviously,” edgier fare-and it’s not just about nudity and lan- said she finds joy in seeing a character described he dead-panned. Attending Variety’s first Actors on guage. Take “Transparent.” with adjectives like “sexy,” “messy,” “mysterious,” Actors Emmy Studio, Gad said, “It really is the It wouldn’t be a good fit for network television, “smart.” Such roles aren’t usually given, she says, “to Golden Age of TV right now, especially on cable.” where there are necessary act breaks and a certain a woman like me, of my size, of my hue, of my age.” That theme would be echoed again and again by narrative pace expected of ahalf-hour series. But it And then there’s “Empire”-Fox’s brashy, smashy all the A-list talent who visited our studio over the has flourished on Amazon. Innovative program- hit. Henson couldn’t believe it wasn’t on HBO. But course over a weekend in March, including two- mers are now willing to embrace shorter seasons, the network embraced the risk, and rode the wave time Academy Award winners Jessica Lange (FX’s which means actors best known for work on the to the success story of the season. So what draws “American Horror Story”) and Jane Fonda, who’s bigscreen-like Michael Sheen (Showtime’s “Masters actors to choose their roles? It’s all about the mate- tackling her first gig as a TV regular in Netflix’s of Sex”) and Jamie Dornan (Netflix/BBC’s “The Fall”) rial. As the saying goes, “If it’s not on the page, it’s English musician Paul Weller poses for photographs at Parlophone Records in central “Grace and Frankie.” — no longer have to hesitate about the time com- not on the stage.” Owen admitted he wasn’t look- London. — A P As we paired up TV’s top stars for conversations mitment of a series. ing to do TV, but couldn’t put down the script for about their craft-Oscar nominees Viola Davis (ABC’s “The Knick.” It was Fonda who summed up every “How to Get Away With Murder”), Taraji P Henson Rode the wave actor’s desire perfectly: “We all want to go where (Fox’s “Empire”), Clive Owen (Cinemax’s “The And any stigma of doing television, once a con- the good writing is.” And these days, it’s on televi- Paul Weller heads across the Knick”) and Maggie Gyllenhaal (Sundance/BBC’s cern for movie stars, has completely evaporated. sion. — Reuters “The Honorable Woman”), to name a few-they all One of film’s biggest draws, James Franco, has described the irresistible draw of television. The inked a deal with Hulu for the nine-episode series universe on ‘Saturns Pattern’ pendulum has swung, and the medium long “11/22/63,” produced by JJ Abrams. Which is not to shunned as second-rate now offers tremendous say there isn’t powerhouse entertainment happen- rom teenage rock star to “The Modfather,” AP: Was it always all about music, for you? Paul Weller has been a sound and style Weller:“Always. My mum took me to see an Elvis Ficon to fans for more than 30 years. But his film when I was about 2. I had a little plastic gui- own philosophy is: Don’t look back. “There’s no tar and she always used to tell me the story that I future in nostalgia,” says Weller, looking razor- stood up in the aisles and was singing along to sharp from his artfully cut gray hair to his tan the film. I tend to think that was a sign that I was desert boots. Since he left post-punk power trio supposed to do this.” The Jam at the height of the band’s fame in 1982, Weller has ventured through soul and jazz, AP: You are a big fan of The Beatles. Do you with The Style Council, and 50 shades of rock on still get inspiration from them? his dozen solo albums. His latest, “Saturns Weller: “All the time, yeah. The Beatles changed Pattern,” is a meaty blend of blues, soul, funk and the world. They certainly changed my world, psychedelia that marks yet another change of and many, many other individuals as well. “I can direction. It features musicians including gui- remember even as a little kid hearing tarist Steve Craddock, a longtime collaborator, ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ on the radio, early and Josh McClorey of teenage Irish rockers The 1967, and I just thought it had been beamed in Strypes. But the vision is very much Weller’s, from outer space or something. It just changed right down to the absence of an apostrophe in the whole map. They probably devised the the title - he says it just didn’t look right. “I still map.” feel I’m on this journey, and I don’t know where it’s going to, and I like that,” said the 57-year-old, AP: Do you think young people today have a who spoke to The Associated Press about how different relationship to music? music has changed, and why he’s not content Weller: “You can listen to music at any moment just to perform his old Jam songs. in the day or night. Which is great, but I think it kind of devalues it as well. They don’t feel the Kerry Washington Jessica Lange AP: There are a lot of different sounds on this need to own it. They certainly don’t feel the need Josh Gad album. What was the process of making it? to pay for it, that’s for sure. I’d have to save up for Weller: “I just wanted to hear something fresh, weeks to buy an album when I was a kid, and something new. ... I didn’t want to have an that made it even more great for me when you album of more traditional arrangements and finally got that thing in your hand. “There’s more acoustic guitars. “I wanted to do something dif- to distract people now, isn’t there? When I was a Bennett has flu virus, ferent, but I didn’t know what that different was kid there was music and football and clothes. until we found it. So it was a question of just And that was kind of it, really. Those three things starting from scratch and then chipping away defined you as a person.” cancels London until we hit a sound that I thought, ‘That’s what it should be.’” AP: Can you relate to the music your kids like? concert with Gaga AP: You’ve never been afraid to change direc- Weller: “Not all of it. Some of it I do. My son, tion in your career. Why is that? who’s 10, played me Skrillex, which I really loved. ony Bennett canceled his London Gaga and Bennett won a Grammy this Weller: “Well, I get bored quickly. I kind of take And I hadn’t heard that before. He’s been con- show on Tuesday with Lady Gaga due year for their collaborative album, “Cheek to my hat off to bands who have been around for a stantly playing George Ezra, which is good, nice to a flu virus. The 88-year-old singer Cheek.” The duo’s website says their next long time and still do the same thing, because voice. ... Then I play them a bit of Stooges, or T apologized to his UK fans on social media. A show is scheduled for Saturday in Paradise it’s hard to keep a band together for decades. they play me new stuff. “I get told to turn my statement from his publicist said ticket hold- Island, Bahamas. They will perform four But I couldn’t do that. I couldn’t play the same music down by my kids, which is weird.” ers should “retain their tickets to this event shows at New York City’s Radio City Music songs night after night or just trade on my past pending more information.” Concert pro- Hall later this month.—AP glories, because it wouldn’t interest me as a per- AP: What will your next album sound like? moter Live Nation confirmed the canceled son. “Festivals are full of bands who’ve got back Weller: “Sort of hard soul-heavy disco.” performance at the Royal Albert Hall. The together or are trading on nostalgia. And I just Tony Bennett, right, and Lady Gaga, perform onstage as duo also performed Monday in London. think, where is the outlet for the youth and for AP: That sounds great. part of their Cheek to Cheek Tour at the Royal Albert the new talent?” Weller: “I just made that up.” — AP Hall in London, Monday. — AP lifestyle THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015

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Hikers make their way along a ridgeline on the Grand Canyon National Park’s South Kaibab trail. — AP photos

Hikers stop to look at the views near the Grand Canyon National Park’s South A hiker makes his way back up the Grand Canyon along the Bright Angel Trail. Hikers stop and take photos along the Grand Canyon National Park’s South Kaibab trail. Kaibab trail. Planning, packing, pausing: Grand Canyon hiking trip tips

early 5 million people visit Grand Canyon But the sweat and sore muscles are worth the while wearing a 20- to 30-pound (9- to 13.6-kilogram) 20 to 30 pounds (9 to 13.6 kilograms). National Park each year, but many do not get experience as you gaze at the red-hued rock forma- backpack. Other good options are stair-climbing Water will likely be the heaviest thing you carry. Nfar below its limestone rim. Even fewer head to tions from the South Kaibab trail, cross the steel machines. Aim to bring all the water you need for the hike down the bottom. Why? The simple answer is: It’s hard. The bridge over the fast-moving river and dip your hat in - South Kaibab doesn’t have any water and your next hike down to the banks of the chalky green Colorado the cool waters of the Bright Angel Creek. Here are Take your time and hydrate water stop will be at the Bright Angel Campground. some tips for making the most of your Grand Canyon Though your adrenaline will be pumping as you On the way up, there is a shady resting area at Indian hiking and camping experience. descend the switchbacks of the South Kaibab trail, Gardens, which also has water year-round. If you do stop every so often to soak it in and take some pho- the hike in the warmer months, there’s water every 1.5 Plan ahead tos. The views on this trail are magnificent, but the miles (2.4 kilometers) beginning at Indian Gardens on Trying to hike from the rim to the river (or farther) excitement of getting to the bottom can propel you your way up. But, it also will be incredibly hot - 90 plus in one day is possible, but extremely difficult. Even in too quickly. degrees F (32 plus degrees C) - in the late spring, sum- spring and fall, the blazing Arizona sun can quickly On the way back up, remember slow and steady is mer and early fall, so consider doing this type of hike turn dangerous, even deadly. Signs around the park the way to go. Though you’ll be tired, remember to in the cooler months. and on corridor trails warn visitors not to hike too far pause not only to get your camera out but to eat and down in a day for a reason. drink. And don’t dismiss the first couple miles of the Unwind and have fun Planning ahead will allow you to reserve a spot at Bright Angel trail, which is fairly level along the Chat with fellow hikers at rest stops, soak your the Bright Angel Campground or the rustic Phantom Colorado River. This part has its own rugged beauty tired feet in the crisp Bright Angel Creek after setting Ranch lodge at the bottom. For the campground, you but can be overlooked in the eagerness to get to the up camp, and unwind at the canteen at Phantom should aim to get a backcountry camping permit sev- top. Ranch after dark while writing postcards (the cards eral months in advance and plan to make reservations Both South Kaibab and Bright Angel have natural travel by mule to the top), playing cards and drinking for Phantom Ranch even farther in advance. stopping points, including some where the parks a beer (the canteen sells beer, wine, other beverages service has installed bathrooms, and on Bright Angel, and snacks). Though strenuous, the Grand Canyon Training for less pain potable water (there is no water on South Kaibab). experience has plenty of opportunities to relax and Getting a permit and setting dates for the hike also Take breaks about once an hour, eat salty foods like most importantly, have fun. — AP will help with mapping out a training schedule so you nuts and jerky and drink water and electrolyte drinks. can spend more time enjoying the hike instead of suf- Another rest tip: Elevate your feet each time you take fering through it. a break to give them a rest and reduce inflammation. If you have access to hiking trails, particularly in A sign near a suspension hilly locations, start walking there as soon as possible. Pack only what you need bridge over the River, and especially back up, is challenging, even gru- On average, hiking down South Kaibab and up Bright You must pack essentials like enough food and Colorado River directs eling. Even if you’ve trained on stair climbers and hills Angel (the most common route) takes four to six water, along with a wide-brimmed hat, but don’t hikers to the various with a 30-pound (13.6-kilogram) backpack, hiking the hours down and five to eight hours back up. And if overload your backpack. You can weigh your pack at trails at the bottom of Grand Canyon will test your endurance and your abili- you’re camping at the bottom, you will need to carry the national park’s Backcountry Information Center the Grand Canyon. ty to remain hydrated. all of your equipment with you, so do some training on the South Rim before you head off. Aim for about Father Hugo: This sunny, early rose has a tough disposition

fter showing his sunny face, Father Hugo has once again A worthy wilding level of a Father Hugo’s rose is the same as the rest of the plant. left for the season. Father Hugo the rose, that is. Distinctive Father Hugo’s rose is a “species” rose, a wild plant grown in gar- That’s how the plant grows; new shoots rise up to eventually Afoliage, however, earns the plant its keep throughout the dens without any further improvement. Contrast this, for example, replace old shoots. Like many other species roses - rugose rose summer. Father Hugo is among the earliest roses to bloom, a floral with “high bred” hybrid tea roses, which not only represent a and prairie rose, as examples - Father Hugo is also tough and cos- hors d’oeuvre to the full-blown show that follows from hybrid tea, melding of various species but then are selected and given indi- mopolitan. Give it full sun and it will be happy in most soils. No rambling and climbing roses. Each of Father Hugo’s blossoms vidual names, like Peace, Lincoln or Chrysler Imperial. These need to worry about black spot, mildew, and other pests that opens with a single row of canary-yellow petals, the petals spread- named roses are multiplied by cuttings or grafting. As a species commonly plague hybrid tea and other “high bred” roses. And ing to create a golden cup. Each bloom is a couple of inches rose, Father Hugo can be propagated by just planting a seed, tak- cold? This rose tolerates temperatures down to minus 25 across, and so charming that you can’t really fault them for their ing a cutting or even digging up a rooted shoot from the outside Fahrenheit. You may, at this point, wonder just who this Father lack of strong fragrance. edge of the clump. Hugo was, for whom the rose was named. He found this rose in (An attempt was made to give Father Hugo some “culture” the wilds of China, introducing it in 1899. The gentleman’s real Beauty beyond just flowers when a variety named Dr EM Mills was selected from the species. name was actually Hugh: the Reverend Hugh Scallan. “Hugh” Early blooms with a sunny disposition are not the only quali- Its claim to fame was double blossoms - that is, more than just a became “hugonis” in the botanical name of the rose (Rosa hugo- ties of this rose. Although the blossoms appear but once a season, single row of petals. Despite all those extra petals, Dr. E.M. Mills nis), which became “Hugo” for the plant’s common name when it the compound leaves, made up of a dozen or so leaflets, each was considered inferior to the species and has been little heard of entered the nursery trade. — AP only about a half-inch long, lend the whole bush a delicate, ferny since its introduction in 1926.) appearance. In some years and in some gardens, the leaves put on a decent autumn show as they turn red, yellow or purplish brown. Low maintenance These leaves and flowers are borne on gracefully arching stems As a species rose, Father Hugo has other qualities. You don’t that form a clump 6 feet high and wide. The stem’s mahogany- have to worry about a shoot from the rootstock growing and then This photo shows sunny yellow flowers that brown bark provides a pleasing foil for the light green color of the overgrowing your plant. Most hybrid tea roses are grafted on spe- are just two of many qualities of a Father leaves. Thorns are thankfully few. cial rootstocks. But any shoot springing up from near or at ground Hugo’s rose in New Paltz, NY. — AP lifestyle THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015

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A woman collects rose petals at dawn at the Rose Valley, near the village of Tarnichane.

A worker puts roses in a special cauldron to initiate the distillation process.— AFP photos

A woman collects rose petals at dawn. t’s 6:00 am but the pickers are already working finding enough staff-can gather up to 25-30 kilo- found a way to guarantee its authenticity. Last in Rose Valley, home to Bulgaria’s centuries-old grams (55-65 pounds) each morning, but 3,500 October, after a nine-year application process, pro- Irose oil industry, providing a vital ingredient for kilograms are needed to produce just one kilo of ducers managed to get the name “Bulgarian Rose the global perfumes industry-and now with EU oil. Bulgaria’s annual production of about 1,500 Oil” registered on the list of EU products of protect- protection. “We go out very early as the roses must kilograms of rose oil requires 5.25 tons of petals, ed geographical indication and designation of ori- be picked while there’s still dew on them. Then the grown on 3,800 hectares (9,390 acres) of planta- gin. Similar EU certification has already been yield is highest,” says Totka Hristova, one of an army tions, mostly in the valley around the central awarded to products such as Roquefort cheese of workers on the foot of the Balkan Mountains in Bulgaria town of Kazanlak. from France or Melton Mowbray Pork Pies from the damp cool of the early morning. A couple of England. “This is a huge success for the whole sec- hours later and her day’s work is already over. Once Boutique product tor,” Bulgarian distillery owner and one of the peo- the sun rises high over the rows and rows of pink Once this yellowish-green “liquid gold” is pack- ple behind the registration, Filip Lissicharov, he rose bushes, it gets too hot and the precious oil aged into jars ready for sale, it’s expensive, selling said. retreats down into the plant’s roots. for 6,000-6,500 euros ($6,700-7,200) and above for To be granted the certification, producers must Damask roses picked at dawn in Tarnichane. “We only pick the fully open roses that are most a kilo. The buyers-from France, the United States prove their flowers come from a traditional rose- oil-giving, the others we leave for tomorrow,” the and, increasingly, Asia-are generally firms that growing region in Bulgaria, that they observe pensioner explains, her gloved hands deftly pluck- make intermediary products which they then sell strictly the distillation process and that their prod- ing and slipping the flowers into a plastic bag to companies like Christian Dior, Estee Lauder and uct has the essential chemical and physical char- around her waist. Practically all expensive per- Chanel. “If we are talking about expensive per- acteristics specific only to Bulgarian rose oil. fumes the world over contain rose oil. Bulgaria and fumes-it’s part of all of them,” said Juliana Distillers expect a good year even if not a repeat neighboring Turkey are the world’s largest produc- Ognyanova from Bulattars, a big rose oil exporter. of the bumper harvest from last year, which was ers. The temperate climate and alluvial soils pro- Surprisingly, the oil-which contains over 370 com- the best in the past 20 years. “The quality of the vide the ideal conditions for growing the best ponents and has no synthetic alternative-is not rose petals is good and we expect that the quality plant, the Damascus Rose, which is originally from used for its aroma, which is quite cloying for most of the rose oil this year will be equally high,” Persia. In a labor-intensive and delicate process noses. Instead it helps combine the huge number Lissicharov said. — AFP unchanged since the days of the Ottoman empire of natural and artificial ingredients in perfumes and in the 17th century, the petals are taken immedi- to increase the amount of time it stays on the skin, ately to distilleries, where they are mixed with according to expert Nikolay Nenov. water and boiled in vast metal vats. The vapors are then condensed and redistilled New label to separate the oil. But the process requires vast Because of its high price, rose oil has often been volumes of petals. A good worker-it can be tough faked. But savvy Bulgarian producers have now A worker puts roses in a special cauldron to initiate the distillation process. Czech village spins retro vinyl records comeback small Czech village has become a centre of the global “But vinyl fans aren’t just into records because of nostalgia. boom in retro records as antiquated vinyl-pressing There are quite a lot of young people who want to be countercul- Amachines turn out the tunes of rock stars from Madonna to tural,” Nemec said. “CDs haven’t wiped out vinyl, just like e-book the Rolling Stones. Despite the rise of CDs and digital music, a readers didn’t wipe out paper books.” Nemec attributed this con- local company GZ Media decided to hold onto those old trast in quality of sound to the fact that the two formats contain machines-which are now paying off, as they press millions of vinyl differing ranges of the frequencies that the human ear can detect. records sold each year around the world. Record collectors and “Vinyl is biased towards the medium frequencies of the spectrum, music hipsters have fuelled a revival of vinyl in the West and Japan which are warmer and more enjoyable to listen to,” he said. “CDs with claims that the format offers warmer sound and greater aes- on the other hand have the entire range of frequencies, which thetics. results in a colder sound.” “We pressed around 14 million records last year, the most in the world,” said Michal Nemec, sales and marketing director for GZ Vinyl for soul Media, based in the village of Lodenice outside Prague. “Despite Vinyl record enthusiast Petr Vacha, a young Prague resident the CD boom in the 1980s and 90s, someone with foresight decid- with long dreadlocks, says he is sick of digital music: “You get ed to save the old vinyl record presses and store them in a ware- everything except soul.” A new wave of buyers have caught on to house,” he said. “A good decision.” That is how a dizzying number vinyl, long valued only by collectors and purists who appreciate of the world’s vinyl records-featuring Michael Jackson, Queen, U2 the acoustic richness of an analogue recording. The United States and other top artists-has ended up coming out of this village of alone, 9.2 million records were sold last year. US sales went up by An employee controls the sound quality of vinyl records. An employee of the GZ Media vinyl record factory works 1,800 people tucked away in a valley in the Czech Republic. 52 percent against 2013, according to Nielsen SoundScan the best at the factory of GZ Media. GZ Media pressed its first record there in 1951. Most of the result for vinyl since the music industry monitor began tracking equipment dates back to the 1960s and 70s. “Vinyl is making a sales in 1991. Reflecting the 20-year high in sales, Britain’s chart comeback,” the local branch of the worldwide recording industry compiler launched the country’s first official ranking of vinyl organization IFPI said in its 2014 annual report. It represents records in April. around seven percent of total physical album sales in the Czech “People often buy records as gifts or to support their favourite Republic, and six percent in the United States, the biggest vinyl artist,” said Tomas Filip, head of the Czech division of US record market, the report said. “No major band or singer puts out a new label Universal Music Group. Despite the rapid expansion, vinyl album today without releasing some copies on vinyl,” the IFPI said. still accounts for just two percent of the annual $15 billion (14-million-euro) global recording industry. The US market is crucial for ‘Small round cake’ GZ Media, with some five million 33 RPM discs exported there in With a dense network of pipes below the ceiling, the noisy 2014, followed by Britain and Germany. “Every Friday, a plane production hall at GZ Media resembles the insides of a subma- takes off for California, carrying eight to 10 tons of records,” says rine-and feels about as hot as in a tropical climate. At regular inter- the firm’s marketing manager Jana Brezinova. The days are long vals, workers feed the hydraulic presses with a vinyl biscuit- gone when vinyl meant a black disc: about a quarter of the facto- ”kolacek” or small round cake in Czech-that is made of a polycar- ry’s output consists of shapes such as hearts or stars, often in bonate mixture. Weighed down by 150-200 tons, the kolacek only bright colours or with splatter patterns. One of their Bob Dylan needs a few seconds to become a record. “We’ve recorded annual records, for example, was shaped like a light-blue guitar pick. growth of 25-30 percent in our vinyl production over the past four “Speaking of special requests, an American rock group once asked years, and we don’t expect the situation to change dramatically at us to incorporate the ashes of a late guitar player in a record,” least not in the next two years,” Nemec said. While he declined to Nemec said. — AFP reveal sales figures, he said the company’s largest contract to date An employee of the GZ Media vinyl record factory cleans a An employee poses for a photograph while holding a mas- matrix. has been a deluxe collection of reissues of around 30 Rolling Stones albums sent to the rock legends’ fan clubs. ter record and a matrix copy that passed the galvanization process.

Different types of vinyl records are presented at the GZ Media vinyl record factory in the village of Lodenice, 35 kilome- An employee of the GZ Media vinyl record factory . An employee looks at a raw metal disc that will be used as ters northeast of Prague. — AFP photos future master record. lifestyle THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015

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An employee serving cups of Black Ivory Coffee at the luxury Anantara resort, An employee preparing Black Ivory Coffee for German tourists Gerd and Roasted coffee beans extracted from elephant dung. home to the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation. — AFP photos Barbara Schautz. Expensive espresso: Thailand’s elephant dung coffee

n the lush, green hills of northern Thailand, a woman mahouts are paid for collecting beans and eight percent of painstakingly picks coffee beans out of a pile of elephant the sale price is donated to the foundation, helping to pay for Idung, an essential part of making one the world’s most veterinary treatment and facilities for the animals. expensive beverages. This remote corner of Thailand bordering Myanmar and Laos is better known for drug smuggling than coffee, but Blake Dinkin decided it was perfect for a legitimate enterprise that blends conservation with business. “When I explained my project to the mahouts (elephant rid- ers), I know that they thought I was crazy,” the 44-year-old Canadian founder of Black Ivory Coffee, which uses the digestive tract of elephants to create a high-end brew for coffee connoisseurs. Initially, he considered using civet cats to make “kopi luwak” coffee, which uses beans collected from the droppings of the Asian cats. But the quality of the end product has weakened as demand has grown in Southeast Asia including in Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam. Civet cats are also often kept in cages and force-fed beans, a chasm away from Dinkin’s Blake Dinkin, founder of Black Ivory coffee, spreading The wife of a mahout cleaning coffee beans extracted desire to support rather than damage the environment. cleaned coffee beans extracted from elephant dung to dry from elephant dung. Lions and giraffes also made the shortlist of prospective them. coffee filters, but eventually Dinkin settled on elephants after discovering that the creatures sometimes eat coffee during Cleaned coffee beans periods of drought in Southeast Asia. He also teamed up with extracted from an elephant rescue charity which saves the creatures from the elephant dung drying. tourist trade. But making coffee from pachyderm poop was harder than expected. “I thought it would be as simple as taking the beans, giving them to the elephant, and out will come great coffee,” said Dinkin, adding that the initial result was “horrible” and undrinkable. “It took me another nine years to actually succeed in doing what I wanted,” he said.

Lose a lot of beans The enzymes in the elephant’s stomach function as a kind of slow cooker, he said, where the coffee beans marinate alongside the herbs and fruits the animal also eats. As the beans work their way through the elephant’s digestive tract-a 17-hour process-the digestive acid takes the bitterness out of the bean. “I lose a lot of beans in the bath in the morning,” he An elephant eating a mixture containing coffee beans. said, explaining that the elephants sometimes defecate in the river while bathing. The mahouts’ wives collect the coffee beans from the elephant dung, before washing and drying Caramel and chocolate them in the sun, a division of labor that is helping to boost the For all the hype, it has yet to win round all coffee lovers. local community’s income. From his Cafe Lomi in Paris, Aleaume Paturle, said the ele- To make a kilo of coffee, the elephants have to have con- phant dung brand is more gimmick than taste sensation. “It’s sumed around 33 kilos of the beans, along with their usual fun but it’s not the best product. To make the best coffee, ration of rice and bananas. But the rewards are worth it. The you’ve got to control fermentation-and when this is happen- rarity of the drink is a key part of its branding. In 2015, their ing in the stomach of an animal, this is harder,” he said. But third successful harvest, Black Ivory produced 150 kilograms even if the beverage’s taste is “a bit inconsistent,” the fact that of coffee. At around $1,880 per kilogram-or $13 for an espres- the beans have passed through an elephant in Thailand gives so-sized cup-it does not come cheap. But riding the “grand the product a romantic appeal that will help sales, he said. At cru” trend for coffee, it is sought after by customers eager to the Anatara hotel in Chiang Saen, where some of the ele- pay sky-high prices for unusual products. Black Ivory coffee phants are based, the precious coffee is prepared in front of will soon be available at high-end establishments in guests in an elegant 19th century French coffee machine. Paris, Zurich, Copenhagen and Moscow. But for now it is “It’s a unique taste,” said Barbara Schautz, a German tourist, sold exclusively at luxury hotels in Asia, mostly in Thailand but adding she could detect notes of caramel and chocolate in also Singapore and Hong Kong. the brew. “It’s not bitter at all.”— AFP John Roberts, the director of the foundation that supports the elephants, which have all been rescued from the tourist trade in Bangkok, was initially skeptical of feeding elephants coffee beans. But he has since warmed to the project. “The caffeine doesn’t come out of the coffee bean until it’s boiled... Mahouts standing by an elephant eating a mixture containing coffee beans. so it’s fine for them to eat it,” he said. In addition, families of North Carolina garden takes inspiration from quilts t’s not uncommon to see floral patterns on quilts. But strong colors, without the need to remove dead blos- how about flowers planted in a quilt pattern? The soms. Plants that don’t grow too tall or fast are also Iquilt garden at the North Carolina Arboretum in important for maintaining the look of the pattern. Asheville is designed to mimic the shapes and colors Weather in the mountains can be cold in spring with full found in traditional quilt block patterns. The quilt theme sun in summer, so the plants must also tolerate late connects the garden to the arts and crafts heritage of frosts and variable temperatures. the Southern Appalachian region, according to Clara Curtis’ advice for home gardeners who might want to Curtis, director of design, events and education at the try a quilt garden is to plant one square, or four squares arboretum. divided by pathways if a larger space is available. She Asheville is surrounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains, said the plantings could be in raised beds or mounted which are part of the Appalachian mountain range, with with cut turf edges around the squares. Sketch your stunning views from many parts of the arboretum. A design on graph paper first, and calculate the area of sign for visitors to the quilt garden explains that quilting each section of the quilt block design that you’re plan- Clara Curtis, director of design and education at the North Carolina in the North Carolina mountains wasn’t just a hobby, but ning to use to help determine how many plants you’ll Arboretum in Asheville, NC, walking in the arboretum’s quilt garden. was a needed skill well into the 20th century. Women - need. many of them poor and isolated from towns and cities - Limit the number of sections or divisions inside the recycled scraps of fabric into useful blankets that also pattern to no more than five for an 8-square-foot bed. “If often happened to be beautiful. the pattern is too intricate, it will be difficult to translate The arboretum has been planting a quilt garden for into floral plantings,” she said. Make sure there’s good 20 years. The garden has 24 small beds divided by walk- drainage. Select plants that will have similar watering ways. Each bed is landscaped like a quilt square, inspired needs. Plants that grow no taller than 12 inches are the by block patterns like log cabin, double wedding ring, easiest to maintain. “Color choices,” Curtis notes, “are flower basket, variable star or bow tie. endless.” The plantings are done using design principles from The North Carolina Arboretum was established in tessellation, a quilting technique that uses simple shapes 1986 by the state as an affiliate of the University of North to create more complex patterns. Each year, one overall Carolina. It’s located on 426 acres in the Pisgah National pattern is chosen for the garden, and it’s tessellated by Forest near the Biltmore Estate, which was landscaped planting different flowers at three different times during for George Vanderbilt by Frederick Law Olmsted. the growing season. Early this spring, purple and yellow Olmsted wanted to establish an institution like the pansies and four-leaf clover were planted in a triangular arboretum near the Biltmore to preserve the land and pattern inspired by the traditional rail-fence quilt design. serve as a place for research and education, but he died For summer, the quilt garden will use dusty miller, baby’s in 1898, before that part of his vision for the property breath and the polka-dot plant with cosmos accents. could be realized. Olmsted is best-known for designing One square measures 8-by-8 feet, so the 24 squares alto- New York’s Central Park, but he also designed many oth- gether are 1,536 square feet. er parks and gardens around the country. — AP

The quilt garden at the North Carolina Arboretum in Sun in summer Asheville. To sustain the patterns across a season, plants chosen A sign explaining the concepts and techniques used to create the quilt for the quilt garden ideally flower continuously with garden at the North Carolina Arboretum. — AP photos Expensive espresso: Thailand’s elephant dung coffee

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An artist performs during the dress rehearsal of French stage director Bartabas’ new show ‘On Acheve Bien Les Anges, Elegies’ (So Do We Finish the Angels, Elegies) as part of the Nuits De Fourviere festival in Lyon. — AFP Serenity Now: Find sanctuary in Glasgow Cathedral

The pipe organ and choir gallery appear at Glasgow Photo shows bluebells in bloom at Glasgow’s Necropolis, a 37-acre site that is home to Glasgow Cathedral in Glasgow, Scotland. — AP photos Cathedral. thousands of graves.

he 18th-century writer Daniel Defoe called Glasgow Glasgow’s patron saint, St. Mungo, are believed to be ing views of the city. The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis fiance of notorious Glasgow sociality Madeleine Smith at “the dear green place” although it may not feel that buried on the site. There are some interesting stained glass offers tours, but Ruth Johnston, chair of the volunteer the time she was accused of poisoning her lover, Pierre Tway if you’re caught up in the bustle of busy windows, including the great west window in the nave Friends group, says the cemetery is also “a beautiful place Emile L’Angelier in the mid-1800s. The ensuing trial ended Sauchiehall Street or logging a long day of meetings in the which shows the creation story from the Bible. Fragments just to walk around without knowing anything about it.” in the Scottish verdict of “not proven,” and Smith’s culpabili- merchant city. But step into Glasgow Cathedral and you’re of earlier buildings are on display in the lower church. Highlights of the Necropolis include a monument to ty has intrigued crime fans ever since. transported to a hushed sanctuary that positively compels Admission is free, although donations are accepted, and John Knox, the fiery reformation preacher considered the Also close by is the St Mungo Museum of Religious Life you to slow your stride and soak in the atmosphere of a volunteer guides can be found in the summer. Hit the founder of the Presbyterian church (though his remains are and Art. If all that spirituality leaves you feeling in need of medieval masterpiece that had already stood for hundreds church at just the right time and you may hear its celebrat- actually buried in Edinburgh) and the “green man,” a giant mortal sustenance, the nearby Cathedral House Hotel has a of years by the time Defoe, best known as the author of ed choir practicing. face sculpted on a grassy bank. bar and restaurant. — AP “Robinson Crusoe,” visited. For even more serenity, cross the street to the Glasgow Knowing the back stories of Glaswegians gone can add Set near the city center, the cathedral mostly dates from Necropolis, a 37-acre cemetery that is home to thousands an extra fillip to your outing. Take the grave of William the 13th century, although the history of the spot as a of striking monuments arranged on a grassy, green hill. It’s Harper Minnoch, marked with an ordinary family head- sacred place goes back to the 5th century. The remains of an ideal place to spend a couple of hours enjoying sweep- stone but linked to a sensational story. Minnoch was the Watercolours by Hitler to go under the hammer in Germany atercolour paintings and drawings by city hall in Munich sold for 130,000 euros at a Adolf Hitler from about 100 years ago sale organized by the same auction house. The Ware to go up for auction in southern buyer wished to remain anonymous. As a bud- Germany this month, an auction house said ding young artist, Hitler applied to the Vienna Tuesday. Some of the works, which date from Academy of Art but was rejected. He continued 1904 to 1922, are signed A. Hitler, the catalogue to paint however, copying images from post- of Nuremberg-based Weidler auctioneers cards that he sold to tourists. Experts consider showed on its website. The 14 watercolours and his work to be of mediocre quality. — AFP drawings are expected to go under the hammer between June 18 and 20 for between 1,000 euros and 45,000 euros ($1,128-50,700) each. The most expensive is a painting of King This undated recent handout picture released on June 9, 2015 by the Nuremberg-based Ludwig II’s Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, ‘Still Life with Flowers’, a Weidler auction house shows a reproduction of a painting of Neuschwanstein Castle, a now a tourist magnet. In November a water- watercolor dated 1910 and watercolor signed A Hitler. colour painted by a young Hitler in 1914 of the signed A Hitler. — AFP photos