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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 THULHIJJA 20, 1437 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Kuwait GDP MoI: Kuwait Appeal for Protests approximately determined calm after US put Asian KD 34 billion to ‘destroy police shooting referees on in 2015:2 CBK terrorism’3 sparks unrest9 the19 spot Amir highlights Kuwait’s Min 25º Max 43º efforts to help refugees High Tide 02:42 & 16:14 Sheikh Sabah vows to continue humanitarian obligations Low Tide 09:46 & 21:59 40 PAGES NO: 16998 150 FILS NEW YORK: HH the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Tuesday delivered a speech at the Leaders’ Summit on the Global Refugee Crisis, hosted by US President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the 71st session of the UN General Assembly. He started by thanking Obama and other co-hosts of the summit for their efforts to lobby for a galvanized global response to the refugee cri- sis and increased funding for aid programs. “This important summit sends a kind signal about a global interest in alleviating the suffer- ing of 65 million refugees and migrants world- wide,” HH the Amir said, citing UN figures. “We have to appreciate the countries that host NEW YORK: Kuwait’s Prime Minister HH Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad huge numbers of refugees despite the mount- Al- Sabah addresses the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly ing economic hardships and the strains put on at the UN headquarters yesterday. — AFP their abilities to meet their humanitarian and development obligations. We realize the fact PM: Kuwait rejects that the humanitarian crisis facing the world today requires concerted efforts by the inter- national community to end recurrent armed all forms of terror conflicts, bloodshed and destruction,” he stressed.“My country discharges its humanitari- NEW YORK: Kuwait yesterday rejected Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber an duty within the regional and international all forms of terrorism and reaffirmed Al-Sabah, HH the Prime Minister spheres and works with other parties, bilateral- its active contributions to the interna- Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad tional coalition fighting so-called Al-Sabah, before the UN General ly and multilaterally, to alleviate the toll of dis- Islamic State (IS). This came in a Assembly. Kuwait condemns “terrorist asters, whether natural and man-made,” the NEW YORK: US Vice President Joe Biden speaks with HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad speech by representative of HH the Continued on Page 13 Amir pointed out. Al-Sabah at the Leaders’ Summit on the Global Refugee Crisis during the 71st session of the Continued on Page 13 United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday at the UN headquarters. — AP Russia, US face off as Aleppo hit Kerry demands Moscow, Syria ground warplanes

UNITED NATIONS: Russia and the United General Ban Ki-moon told the council, urg- States faced off at the United Nations over ing world powers to use their influence to the carnage in Syria yesterday, as air strikes help re-start political talks so Syrians can Court to rule pounded Aleppo for a third straight day “negotiate a way out of the hell in which following the collapse of a ceasefire. The they are trapped”. UN Security Council held crisis talks to try Russia and the United States negotiat- on legality of to revive the truce and chart a course ed the latest ceasefire plan, but Syria towards ending the five-year war in Syria, ended the truce on Monday following a gasoline hike that has killed 300,000 people. “We are at a US-led coalition strike on Syrian soldiers. make or break moment,” UN Secretary- Continued on Page 13 DNA law challenged By B Izzak

KUWAIT: The administrative court yesterday set Sept KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Paralympics champion Ahmad Al-Mutairi displays his gold medal at 28 to issue its verdict in a lawsuit challenging the legality of a government decision that raised the Kuwait International Airport on his arrival yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat prices of petrol, which came into effect at the start of this month. The move came after the government told the court that the decision was not published in Paralympic champion the official Kuwait Al-Youm gazette because it was based on a recommendation to the Cabinet and was not a decision by the council of ministers. The gov- returns to accolades ernment’s defense asked the court to throw out the KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Paralympic athletics of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Al-Sebeeh. challenge based on this information. champion Ahmad Al-Mutairi returned to Also attending the honoring ceremony The lawyers who filed the petition insist that the Kuwait yesterday, after winning a gold for the national champion were Head of decision is illegal because it has harmed low-income medal in the 100m wheelchair race at the Kuwait Olympic Committee Sheikh Fahd citizens. The decision increased the prices of all Paralympics that concluded in Rio de Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah, MPs, senior officials petrol grades by 40 to over 80 percent. It was the first rise in almost two decades. Almost all lawmak- Janeiro on Sunday. Mutairi was received at at the Public Authorities for Youth and ers have strongly criticized the decision, especially the VIP lounge of Kuwait International Sport, Honorary President of Kuwait since it was taken during the absence of the Airport in a reception attended by officials Disabled Sports Club Sheikha Sheikha Assembly and that the government failed to provide and public dignitaries. He was received by Abdullah Al-Sabah, Chairman of the Club ALEPPO: A Syrian man carries a child after removing him from the rubble of a any compensation to citizens. the Minister of Information and Minister of Shafi Al-Hajri and board members, along destroyed building following an air strike in the Qatarji neighborhood of this Continued on Page 13 State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah with sports figures and a large number of northern city yesterday. — AFP Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah and Minister citizens. — KUNA Iran parades weapons amid tensions

TEHRAN: Iran showed off missiles, war- their alleged ties to it. in both countries battle armed groups planes, tanks and marching troops yester- Other military parades were held else- fighting the national governments. Iran day in a display of military strength in the where in the country. A large maritime also has fraught relations with its Gulf face of growing regional tensions. The display involving 500 fast patrol boats Arab neighbors, particularly Saudi Arabia. Islamic republic used the 36th anniver- and warships, as well as submarines and The two countries support opposing sary of the start of the Iran-Iraq war to helicopters, took place in the Arabian sides in the conflicts in Syria and Yemen. parade arms including 16 ballistic missiles Gulf, according to Iranian media. For the Bagheri declared that Iran wanted peace. through Tehran. A new missile with multi- first time, Russian-made Sukhoi Su-22 But he said Iran’s lessons in the 1980-88 ple warheads, called Zolfaghar, was also fighter jets flew over the area of Bandar war against Iraq now served as a guide for on show with a threat directed at Iran’s Abbas, a major port on the Gulf coast. “our brothers in faith” in Syria, Palestine, arch-rival Israel written on the side of the “The recent decision of the American Lebanon, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen and truck transporting it. “If the leaders of the criminals to give military aid to the usurp- Bahrain, countries where Iran has politi- Zionist regime make one false move, the er Zionist regime (Israel), reinforces our cal, religious or military allies. Islamic republic will destroy Tel Aviv and determination to increase our defense “We tell the Americans that it’s better Haifa,” it said, referring to two Israeli cities. capabilities,” said General Mohammad that the capital and wealth of the According to the commander of the air Bagheri, chief of staff of Iran’s armed American people should not be wasted wing of the elite Revolutionary Guards, forces. The United States and Israel in on their inappropriate and detrimental General Amir-Ali Hadjizadeh, the September signed a record $38 billion 10- presence in the...Gulf,” said Major General Zolfaghar has a range of 750 km. S-300 year military aid deal, despite increased Mohammad Ali Jafari, commander of the missiles delivered by Moscow this year disagreement over the Middle East peace Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The were also on show in the capital. Also on process. “The ultimate objective of the Tasnim news site quoted him as saying: display was the Qadr H missile, which has United States, the Zionist regime and “If they want to extend their reach and a range of 2,000 km, according to state those who support terrorist groups... is to engage in adventurism they should go TV. Iran’s ballistic missile program has destroy the infrastructure of Syria and to the Bay of Pigs” - a reference to the been criticized by the West, and the US Iraq in favor” of Israel, Bagheri said. location of a botched US attempt to TEHRAN: An Iranian military truck carries parts of the S300 missile system yesterday during Treasury imposed sanctions on two Tehran has advisers on the ground in overthrow Cuban leader Fidel Castro in the annual military parade marking the anniversary of the start of Iran’s 1980-1988 war with Iranian companies in March because of Iraq and also in Syria to help the military 1961. — Agencies Iraq. — AP LOCAL THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 Kuwait GDP exceeds KD 34 billion Growth rate of total labor force hits 4.8%

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Banking supervision of allocations for the Reserve Fund for Future exceeded KD 34 billion in 2015, declining some 25 per- In the area of banking supervision and oversight Generations (RFFG). The fourth part of the Report high- cent compared to the previous year, according to the efforts - aimed at enhancing the financial position and lights developments in the State’s public finance, Central Bank of Kuwait. The GDP at current prices maintaining financial stability of the financial sector - whereas the general budget recorded an actual surplus amounted to KD 34,314.6 million during 2015 (ie a the CBK continued its efforts during 2015 through issu- of KD 3,510.5 million during FY2014/2015, ie a notice- decline of 25.9% compared to 2014). Inflation rate, ing and overseeing the implementation of its directives able decrease of 72.8% compared to the previous fiscal measured by the relative change in the General particularly those related to the latest Basel III regula- year, before the deduction of allocations for the Consumer Price Index (CPI), was 3.3% during 2015 tions issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Reserve Fund for Future Generations (RFFG). against 2.9% during 2014, the CBK said in its annual Supervision. These regulations strengthened and The fifth part of the Report reviews the develop- economic report for 2015, publicized yesterday. enhanced the quality and quantity of regulatory capital, ments in the trade and financial relations of the State of Available statistics indicate a deceleration in the liquidity framework through the Liquidity Coverage Kuwait with other economies as reflected in the statistics growth rate of Kuwaiti population to 2.5% during 2015 Ratio (LCR) and Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR), lever- on the foreign trade and the Balance of Payments (BOP) compared to 2.7% during 2014, while the growth rate age D-SIBs, and the disclosure and transparency of the State of Kuwait during 2015. The realised surplus of non-Kuwaiti population increased to 4.1% from enhancements. Within this context, the CBK has also in the balance on goods witnessed a decline of KD 3.4% during 2014. Furthermore, the growth rate of issued Consumer Protection Guide instructions in light 13,639.7 million or 61.8% during 2015. Likewise, the cur- total labor force in Kuwait reached to 4.8% during of the growing interest in recent years in the issue of rent account surplus decreased by KD 13,682.0 million or 2015, while the growth rate of Kuwaiti labor force consumer protection in financial services industry, par- 88.4%. As a result, the overall position of the BOP real- increased to 3.2% from 2.9% during 2014. Moreover, ticularly with the steady expansion of electronic servic- ized a total deficit of KD 885.9 million in 2015. the statistics indicate an increase in non-oil GDP at cur- es and the increasing chances of transferring risks to rent prices during 2015 by 3%, while oil GDP recorded clients in various sectors. The CBK continued its efforts Surplus decreased a decline of 46.2%. in managing domestic liquidity levels during 2015 using The report covers the developments witnessed in The report noted a sustained relative stability in the its available monetary policy instruments, mainly the performance of the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) KD exchange rate against major currencies during accepting deposits from local banks, issuing CBK bonds during 2015 as reflected in the key trading indicators, 2015, as part of the prevailing exchange rate policy, and managing public debt instruments on behalf of the price movements and the factors affecting the KSE’s pegging the KD to an undisclosed special weighted Ministry of Finance. Local banks’ claims on the CBK wit- KUWAIT: Photo shows the entrance of Central performance. The realized surplus in the balance on basket of currencies of countries that have significant nessed a noticeable decline of 18.7% to KD 4,695.8 mil- Bank of Kuwait in Kuwait City. — KUNA goods witnessed a decline of KD 13,639.7 million or trade and financial relations with the State of Kuwait. lion at the end of 2015. recording a decrease of 6.1% from KD 10465.3 million 61.8% during 2015. Likewise, the current account sur- On the other hand, Money supply in its broad defini- The report points out developments in the financial at the end of 2014. In addition, the aggregate balance plus decreased by KD 13,682.0 million or 88.4%. As a tion (M2) and the resident private sector deposits with indicators of the banking and financial system, in light sheet of local exchange companies registered with, result, the overall position of the BOP realized a total local banks realized a slower pace of growth of 1.2% of data on aggregate financial statements of various and supervised by, the CBK amounted to KD 153.7 mil- deficit of KD 885.9 million in 2015. and 1.3% respectively at the end of 2015. banking and financial units supervised by the CBK, lion at the end of 2015 with a decrease of 0.1% from KD Lastly, the report covers the developments wit- Moreover, the CBK continued its efforts in manag- including local banks, finance companies and 153.9 million at the end of the previous year. nessed in the performance of the Kuwait Stock ing domestic liquidity levels during 2015 using its exchange companies. Within this framework, the Exchange (KSE) during 2015 as reflected in the key trad- available monetary policy instruments, mainly accept- aggregate balance sheet of local banks amounted to State public finance ing indicators, price movements and the factors affect- ing deposits from local banks, issuing CBK bonds and KD 58,595.1 million at the end of 2015, realizing a The report highlights developments in the State’s ing the KSE’s performance. In this context, the KSE Price managing public debt instruments on behalf of the growth of 5.7% as compared to KD 55452.3 million at public finance, whereas the general budget recorded Index (PI) closed at a decline of 14.09% at the end of Ministry of Finance. Local banks’ claims on the CBK wit- the end of the previous year. On the other hand, the an actual surplus of KD 3,510.5 million during 2015 compared to the closing of 2014. In addition, the nessed a noticeable decline of 18.7% to KD 4,695.8 aggregate balance sheet of local investment compa- FY2014/2015, ie a noticeable decrease of 72.8% com- KSE Weighted Price Index (WI) recorded a decrease of million at the end of 2015. nies totaled KD 9,827.5 million at the end of 2015, pared to the previous fiscal year, before the deduction 13.03% at the end of 2015 compared to 2014. — KUNA GCC stock meeting Kuwait takes part in Silk Road By A Saleh KUWAIT: The committee of GCC stock markets’ chairmen is due to meet at the GCC Secretariat General’s headquarters in Riyadh on Sunday. The committee will discuss a number of International Cultural Expo issues including GCC stock markets’ integration and a project including a full study to do so.

Disability allowances Director of the Public Authority for the Disabled Dr Tareq Al-Shatti said the fatwa and legislation department agreed to pay allowances for educational disability that were suspended from April 1 to Aug 31, 2016. Shatti explained that 1,694 cases deserved the allowance and that the amount would be deposited in beneficiaries’ bank accounts. KOTC wins award KUWAIT: Kuwait Oil Tanker Company (KOTC) has won an award for its role in molding and producing maritime industry leadership on both regional and international levels. In a statement obtained by KUNA yesterday, the marine transport company said that it won the award during the Maritime Academic Conference and Expo (MARACAD 2016) held in the Dubai World Trade Center. The con- ference, which concluded yesterday and featured participation of international leaders and experts of the maritime industry, tackled the biggest challenges facing the industry as well as efforts to prop up the maritime industry in the region. KOTC’S delegation to the conference included its Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Fleet Operations Ali Shahab, along with other officials. — KUNA FM meets with Iraqi, Maltese counterparts

NEW YORK: Kuwait’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah met with Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Jaafari in New York yesterday. During the meeting held on the sidelines of the 71st UN General Assembly, both ministers discussed Kuwaiti-Iraqi rela- tions and the latest regional and international developments. The meeting was attended by Kuwaiti Assistant Foreign Minister and the First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister’s Office Chief Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Nasser Al-Sabah and Kuwait’s permanent delegate at the UN Ambassador Mansour Al- Otaibi. Aslo, Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah held talks with Maltese Foreign Minister George Vella on promotion of relations, and issues of common interest. — Agencies Sports suspension should be resolved soon: Official

KUWAIT: Sports suspension in the country is considered a great challenge that should be resolved as soon as possible, a Kuwait Football Association (KFA) official said. This remark was made by member of KFAís Council and head of the financial and market- ing committee Saleh Al-Hasawi during a press conference held for Kuwait Super Cup sponsors. Al-Hasawi said in the conference that ‘sports suspension in Kuwait is unfair’ and all concerned institutes in the country should combine their effort to re-simu- late sports. He added that Kuwait Super Cup has been set up in a short notice, pointing out that admission to the game will be free of charge. The Kuwait Super Cup is an annual one-match associa- tion football competition in Kuwait organized by KFA. This one- Assistant Secretary-General of the NCCAL Dr Bader Al-Duwaish match will take place at Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium over the weekend between Kuwait Sports Club and Al-Qadisya DUNHUANG: The National Council for Culture, Arts and Kuwait’s participation in the event comes under the guid- from 85 countries, five international organizations and 66 Sports Club. — KUNA Letters (NCCAL) took part in the 1st Silk Road International ance of NCCAL Chairman Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud Al- overseas institutions gathered in the city to offer sugges- Cultural Expo in Dunhuang, China. Sabah, also the Minister of Information and the Minister of tions on cultural exchange and intergovernmental cooper- Assistant Secretary-General of the NCCAL Dr Bader Al- State for Youth Affairs. The first Silk Road International ation during the two-day event. Al-Duwaish affirmed Duwaish said in a phone call with KUNA yesterday, that Cultural Expo opened Tuesday in Dunhuang. Delegates Kuwait’s support of the Silk Road project. — KUNA Kuwait trade surplus with Japan shrinks 52.8 percent

TOKYO: Kuwait’s trade surplus with Japan shrank 52.8 from a year earlier. Crude oil, refined products, liquefied biggest trade partner, shrank 29.7 percent to JPY 298.0 percent from a year earlier to JPY 25.2 billion ($248 mil- natural gas (LNG) and other natural resources, which billion ($2.9 billion). Japan’s currency strengthened lion) in August, falling for the 15th month in a row - accounted for 95.9 percent of the region’s total exports to against the US dollar by 16.8 percent from a year earlier reflecting weak exports, the Japanese Finance Ministry Japan, slid 29.8 percent. The region’s overall imports from to an average JPY 103.24, according to the ministry. The said yesterday. But Kuwait maintained monthly black ink Japan declined 14.8 percent, as shipments of automobile, trade data are measured on a customs-cleared basis with Japan for eight years and seven months, the ministry steel and electric equipment slowed. The world’s third- before adjustment for seasonal factors. said in a preliminary report. Kuwaiti overall exports to biggest economy logged a global deficit of JPY 18.7 bil- Japan plunged 40.7 percent year-on-year to JPY 40.2 bil- lion ($184 million) in August, slipping back into the red Oil price lion ($396 million) for the 15th straight monthly drop, for the first time in three months, as a stronger yen Meanwhile, the price of Kuwaiti crude oil went down while imports from Japan rose 4.0 percent to JPY 15.0 bil- pushed down the value of exports. Exports fell 9.6 per- $46 cents to $39.57 per barrel after it was at $40.03 pb on lion ($148 million), for the first time in three months. cent from the year before due to sluggish shipment of the day before, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) yester- Middle East’s trade surplus with Japan also narrowed such products as vehicles, steel and chemicals. Imports day said. The price of the Brent crude went down Monday 7 by 35.1 percent to JPY 393.1 billion ($3.9 billion) last tumbled 17.3 percent, with value of crude oil falling 35.7 cents to $45.88 per barrel. The West Texas Intermediate fol- month, with Japan-bound exports tumbling 29.5 percent percent due to low prices. Deficit with China, Japan’s lowed suit going up 14 cents to $43.43,44 pb. — Agencies LOCAL THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 News Kuwait is ‘determined in Brief to destroy terrorism’

Kazakh embassy honors Kuwaiti poet for his literary contributions. — KUNA Kazakh Embassy honors Kuwaiti poet Al-Babtain KUWAIT: The embassy of Kazakhstan yesterday honored famed Kuwaiti poet Abdulaziz Al-Babtain - presenting him with an honorary gold medal for his contributions to Arabic literature. The gold medal is a token of appreciation Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al- KUWAIT: Kuwait military and security personnel take part in a special martial arts compe- for a man who helped develop Arabic literature and was Hamad Al-Sabah delivers his speech. — KUNA tition yesterday to display their prowess and capabilities. — Photos by Hanan Saadoun instrumental to the betterment of Kuwait’s ties with the By Hanan Al-Saadoun central Asian nation, Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to Kuwait Almas Abdramanov said in a speech during a ceremony to KUWAIT: Kuwait has vowed to “confront and destroy terror- honor Al-Babtain. Moreover, Abdramanov added that the ism,” Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Kuwaiti poet helped educate Kazakh pupils in a number of Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah said yesterday. academic institutions. Meanwhile, speaking on the medal, Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled made those remarks in a speech the Kazakh Ambassador said that it is given to notable fig- to open a special martial arts competition featuring military ures who have made indelible and remarkable contribu- and security personnel. The Acting Prime Minister lauded the tions in their respective fields. In a speech of his own, Al- people of Kuwait for their support of security forces in their Babtain said that he is elated to have been honored by the efforts to safeguard the nation’s security and stability. Kazakh embassy, noting that his efforts over the years are Speaking on the occasion, the Minister of Interior said that acknowledged and appreciated. it is an opportunity for security personnel to display their prowess and capabilities, adding that he is highly impressed GCC’s Health Ministers by the performances of the contestants. He also underscored that the Ministry of Interior is a proponent of such contests seek more cooperation that instill a competitive spirit in the participants, which ulti- RIYADH: The Executive Board of the GCC Health mately helps equip security guards with the dexterity needed Ministers held its 85th meeting in Riyadh yesterday, to protect the nation. — KUNA seeking more cooperation and coordination among Gulf health authorities. During the meeting, the board discussed bids pertinent to pharmaceutical products, media equipment and appliances, in addition to the mechanism of the unified purchase program, the Limak to complete Kuwait board director Suleiman Al-Dakhil said in a press release. Al-Dakhil added that the meeting also han- dled central medicine registration, medicine prices, smoking control, elderly care, health promotion and Airport project in 4 years nurse care. Preparations for the GCC Health Ministers’ 80th Board meeting were also discussed during the meeting, he pointed out. Turkey lures Kuwaiti investments with promotional program

KUWAIT: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor and Minister of State for Planning and Development Affairs Hind Al-Sabeeh said yesterday that the Turkish Limak Construction Co has agreed to complete the expansion of Kuwait International Airport (KWI) in four years instead of six. The con- struction company made the commitment to finalize the project two years ahead of sched- ule based on the cooperation shown by the Kuwaiti authorities - notably the Supreme Council for Planning and Development (SCPD), she said. Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Al-Sabeeh made the comments after her Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets with talks with Turkish Minister of Development British Defense Secretary Michael Fallon. — KUNA Lutfi Elvan, now on a visit to Kuwait, and the delegation accompanying him. She affirmed Kuwait seeking closer that the Kuwaiti leadership, represented by cooperation with UK His Highness the Amir, and the SCPD attach KUWAIT: Turkish delegation takes a group photo with the officials at the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry. —KUNA KUWAIT: Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Interior great importance to this mega project. Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah said that “The project is of strategic importance, investors from friendly countries, notably ments, especially from Kuwait, Turkish will be held soon in the Gulf country to pro- it is necessary to further promote Kuwaiti-British coopera- this is why all competent authorities worked Turkey. On his part, Elvan expressed grati- Exporters Assembly Chairman Mehmet mote Turkey as the biggest economic desti- tion, especially in the military field. Sheikh Mohammad Al- together to facilitate its implementation,” she tude to Kuwait for its support to legitimacy in Buyukeksi said on Tuesday. Buyukeksi’s nation. The Turkish delegation to Kuwait Khaled made the remark during a meeting with visiting said, noting that the construction company Turkey in the wake of the failed coup. He also remark was carried by Kuwait Chamber of includes most prominent Turkish economic British Defense Secretary Michael Fallon, the Interior was satisfied with the procedures adopted in commended Kuwait for awarding the con- Commerce and Industry on the fringes of bodies. During his visit, Buyukeksi dis- Ministry’s public relations department said in a statement. the recent period. tract of the airport project to Limak, noting his visit to Kuwait. The purpose of this visit cussed with Deputy Chairman of the During the meeting, they discussed different issues of On her talks with Elvan and his party, the that the airport will be able to handle more is to promote economic ties and encourage Chamber of Commerce and Industry mutual interest and the latest Arab, regional and interna- minister said they discussed the bilateral ties than 25 million passengers a year after the Kuwaiti investments in Turkey. Buyukeksi increasing the volume of trade and invest- tional developments, it added. It quoted the acting pre- and cooperation in various fields. She wel- completion of its expansion. pointed out that there are many construc- ments between Kuwait and Turkey. Turkish mier as lauding historic relations between Kuwait and comed the Turkish companies willing to tap tion companies working on huge projects Exporters Assembly is the highest organiza- Britain in various domains. On his part, the British defense into the promising investment opportunities Promotional program in Kuwait, most importantly Kuwait’s new tion of the private sector part of Turkey’s secretary appreciated Kuwait’s support to the international in Kuwait, adding that Kuwait’s five-year Meanwhile, Turkey has set a promotion- international airport. export and represents exporters in and out- anti-terrorism coalition, and its distinguished efforts to development offers great opportunities for al program to encourage foreign invest- He added that a significant exhibition side Turkey. — Agencies fight terrorism, it said. Fallon also hailed security coopera- tion between Kuwait and Britain, it added. Saudi Embassy celebrates 86th National Day Two detained for smuggling narcotics into Central Prison KUWAIT: “September 23 will forever remain a more welfare. “The custodian of the two holy opment worldwide. “Saudi Arabia has present- KUWAIT: The law-enforcers arrested two persons who historic day for all Saudi citizens,” said Saudi mosques is very keen on investing in all ed $139 billion in development aid over the tried to use a small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to Ambassador to Kuwait Dr Abdul Aziz bin national assets for the benefit of the nation past four decades,” he highlighted, noting such smuggle narcotics into the Central Prison, the Ministry Ibrahim Al-Fayez in a press release. Fayez hailed and its citizens,” Fayez added, noting that the efforts were topped by establishing the King of Interior said. Operatives from the General this unforgettable day when the whole of Saudi Vision 2030 strategy was launched a few Salman Humanitarian and Relief Center. Department of Criminal Investigations, in collabora- Arabia was united into one larger and stronger months ago, marking a new phase of the king- “Saudi Arabia has been domestically, tion with their peers from the General Department of nation under the late King Abdul Aziz bin dom’s economic development through diversi- regionally and internationally playing a major Criminal Evidence arrested Mubarak Al-Helail - a for- Abdurrahman Al Saud in 1932. “Commemorat- fying sources of income, improving govern- role in maintaining security and stability,” ing this glorious day, all Saudi citizens remem- ment performance and achieving welfare and eign resident, and Abdul-Karim Ayed a Kuwaiti nation- added Fayez, noting that being one of the first ber the sacrifices of the late leaders and senior prosperity for all citizens. He added that the countries to suffer from terrorism and lose a al, while using the UAV, according to a statement by officials who all contributed to establishing its new strategy shows Saudi Arabia’s potential number of martyrs in terrorist strikes, Saudi the Ministry’s Public Relations and Security Media huge nation, giving us all motives to preserve it and promising future. Arabia continues to fight it. “Thanks to its wise Dept. Preliminary investigations by the General along with the gains it achieved thanks to the “With his great experience in politics and leadership and security efforts, Saudi Arabia Department of Criminal Evidence show that the finger- wisdom of its leaders and the hard work of its administration, King Salman bin Abdul Aziz managed to foil many terrorist schemes and prints of first defendant were found on the UAV in faithful children,” Fayez said. managed to achieve substantial development that out of recognition of the importance of question; he was tasked with attaching some 300 gm “One can never think of this historic day in various fields despite recent regional and combining international efforts to fight terror- of the narcotic material to the vehicle. The second without remembering and mentioning the international developments and complica- ism, Saudi Arabia organized the first interna- defendant was tasked with procuring the UAV and Arabian Peninsula hero and Saudi Arabia’s tions,” Fayez reiterated, noting that this helped Dr Abdul Aziz bin Ibrahim Al-Fayez tional conference to combat terrorism because leading it into the prison, the statement added. founder King Abdul Aziz, who managed Saudi Arabia maintain its ranking as one of the to the brotherly Yemeni people. it realized that terrorism knows no boundaries through his wisdom, determination, persist- world’s most politically and economically “Ever since its foundation, Saudi leaders and poses a threat to all mankind. ence and the help of his loyal followers to unite effective 20 countries. have been keen on taking good care of the With reference to Saudi-Kuwaiti relations, Egypt leader rejects foreign various regions under one flag,” said Fayez, Fayez added that under King Salman, Saudi two holy mosques,” said Fayez, noting that the Fayez noted that they had always been ones of interference in Arab affairs reminding of the great development and Arabia continues to defend Arab and Muslims’ Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet’s brotherhood, neighborhood and friendship, progress that has been achieved ever since by causes and has a special place in the hearts and that constant communication between NEW YORK: Egyptian President Abdelfatah El-Sisi has reit- (PBUH) Mosque in Madinah have witnessed King Abdul Aziz’s loyal late sons Saud, Faisal, and minds of Arabs and Muslims, thanks to its the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and erated his country’s rejection of any foreign interference in the largest expansions in their history, and that Khalid, Fahd and Abdullah, who devotedly wise leadership and principles derived from King Salman launched the first phase of the HH the Amir reflect how deep-rooted and Arab affairs. Speaking before the UN General Assembly, the spent their lives developing the kingdom, while the teachings of Islam, as well as genuine Arab strong both countries’ official and public rela- Egyptian leader affirmed commitment to principle of good expansions meant to help pilgrims perform at the same time defending and serving Islam. traditions in dealing with national issues with their rituals more easily and comfortably. tions are. neighborliness, stressing Egypt’s solidarity with Arab states its active diplomacy and regional and interna- “On this occasion, it gives me great honor in facing foreign interventions, in light of the link between “More efforts are ongoing to complete the Develop and modernize tional efforts to maintain peace and security King Abdul Aziz International Airport project in to extend heartiest felicitations to the Arab security, including the security of the Arab Gulf states, “Saudi Arabia continues to develop and for the region as well as for the entire world. Jeddah, the custodian of the two holy mosques’ Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King and Egyptian national security. “The majority of these Arab modernize in all fields under the Custodian of “With King Salman’s succession, Saudi train and many other infrastructure projects,” Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, his Crown crises are a reflection of a global state of conflict,” he said. the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdul Arabia started a new phase by confronting Fayez explained, adding that as a result of such Prince, Deputy PM and Interior Minister HRH El-Sisi underlined in his speech the importance of resisting Aziz Al Saud,” highlighted Fayez, noting that regional and international projects to subject sincere efforts, this year’s hajj season was very Prince Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, any attempts to foment sectarian strife in the Arab world. Saudi Arabia is currently going through a the region to foreign dominance,” added Fayez, successful and that the success was the best Deputy Crown Prince, Second Deputy PM and While the Middle East continues to suffer from bloody con- phase of prosperity, welfare and determination noting that this was behind responding to calls answer to people questioning Saudi Arabia’s Minister Of Defense HRH Prince Mohammad flicts, Egypt has managed to preserve its stability in the to maintain ongoing constructions in order to from Yemen’s legitimate power to lead an Arab ability to organize the hajj ritual. bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz, the royal family and midst of a highly unstable region, he said. El-Sisi urged the provide all kinds of welfare for its citizens. alliance in the Decisive Storm operation to the Saudi people, asking Almighty Allah for international community to acknowledge that Egypt Fayez also noted that King Salman com- fight armed outlaw groups that aim at control- Humanitarian obligations many happy returns of the day and to bestow would continue to be an anchor of stability in the Middle menced his kingship by developing the king- ling Yemen and its institutions to turn it into a Fayez added that Saudi Arabia’s commit- security, stability and prosperity on Saudi East. Speaking of Middle East and stability, the Egyptian dom’s administrative structure, which helped base of foreign influence. He added that this ment to its religious and humanitarian obliga- Arabia, Kuwait and all Arab and Muslim coun- leader refused the bloodletting in Syria and the absence of place Saudi Arabia on the right path towards was followed by an operation to return hope tions made it generously contribute to devel- tries,” Fayez concluded. any prospects on the horizon. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 LOCAL

KRCS distributes 500 school bags to students

KUWAIT: Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) has distributed 500 school bags to students of the needy families on the occasion of the new aca- demic year. This donation was part of the society’s strategic objectives to promote community part- nership and provide support and care for the chil- dren of the needy families, Director of Public Relations Khlaed Al-Zaid said. Speaking to KUNA, Al-Zaid said this project, which is implemented by KRCS periodically, brings the smiles and joy to the hearts of children of needy families. He added that KRCS is also in the process of establishing a number of projects to help needy families in addition to the students, referring to the campaign dubbed (Give Them a Chance) aimed to pay tuition costs for children of needy families in Kuwait. He said the goal of the distribution of school bags is to provide assistance to needy fami- lies and provide them with school supplies, point- ing out that the school bag contains books and crayons. — KUNA Mexico celebrates 206th Anniversary of the Independence Day

Speech by HE Miguel Angel Isidro, Ambassador of Mexico to Kuwait

Dear Friends, Before anything else, I take this special opportunity to convey to His Highness The Amir and People of Kuwait, the warmest congratulations from the President and People of Mexico for selecting Kuwait City as the Capital of Islamic Culture 2016. This is very important and well deserved recognition of Kuwait’s efforts and keenness on presenting the true image of Islam as a religion of peace and tolerance. This year also marks forty one years of diplomatic relations between Kuwait and Mexico. Over these years, bilateral dia- logue became more dynamic and contacts between our people grew closer. However, our countries have not yet fully exploited mutually beneficial opportunities of economic cooperation. I strongly hope that in the next few years of our diplomatic rela- tions we will develop an increasingly open dialogue. I know that the celebration of Mexico’s national day is always remembered for Mariachi music and the great food prepared by the Mexican Chef Soffa Rangel who travelled from Mexico to be here with us tonight. Thank you, friends of Mexico, shukran, for making the effort to share this evening with us here at Badriah Hall. If you really enjoy mariachi music, there will be a free-entrance concert on Thursday, evening at 8pm, in Abdul KUWAIT: The Mexican Ambassador to Kuwait Miguel Angel Isidro held a reception on the Hussein Abdel Redha Theatre. Ya as-jab, ash kur kum ala ju duru occasion of the National Day of his country. It was attended by a large number of diplo- kum. Fa dalu. Viva Kuwait. Viva Mexico. mats and other dignitaries. — Photos by Joseph Shagra

Rate of Alzheimer’s growing

By Meshaal Al-Enezi KFSD tours schools KFSD’s PR and Media Department said KUWAIT: Head of MoH’s Media Office Dr a prevention team toured some public Ghaliya Al-Mutairi said the rate of and private schools to make sure they all Alzheimer’s is growing in Kuwait due to adhere to safety codes. In another devel- the growing number of elderly people opment, MoE’s private education direc- and longer lifespans. She also noted tor Abdullah Hamad Al-Ajmi yesterday that elderly citizens receive outstanding met a number of private school directors healthcare both physically and psycho- to discuss new regulations for the new logically. Speaking at a ceremony held school year, including times when teach- to celebrate World Alzheimer’s Day ers can do transactions at the depart- under the auspices of MoH ment, school building conditions, chain Undersecretary Dr Khaled Al-Sahlawi of command and assessment reports. and in the presence of Sheikha Aneesa Ajmi also stressed banning the collection Al-Sabah, Mutairi said that according to of any cash donations in schools and WHO reports in 2015, 46.8 million peo- warned that violators would be referred ple suffer from dementia worldwide and for legal investigations. that the number is expected to jump to 74.7 million by 2030. Mutairi also noted Charities in Hawally that Alzheimer’s usually affects people Municipal council member and head older than 65. “However, a number of of Hawally committee Yousef Al- people develop early-onset Alzheimer’s, Ghareeb suggested allocating a piece of which can affect people from around 40 land for charities in Hawally in order to years of age,” she said. help organize these charities’ works. KUWAIT: Mexicans dance Mariachi as they celebrate 206th Anniversary of the Independence Day. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 LOCAL

MoI launches back to school awareness campaign

By Hanan Al-Saadoun

KUWAIT: As part of the Interior Ministry’s relations and security media department’s awareness campaign about road safety on commencing the new school year under the title of ‘Good to Have Them Back’, a Security Media Team and traffic police yesterday distributed awareness brochures and special gifts to kids starting school yesterday.

Study shows significant use of steroids among Kuwaiti males

KUWAIT: A recently published local study exam- ty as the top predictors for AAS use; younger amongst the large gym-going population in ining the use of Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid adults were significantly more likely to be AAS Kuwait, and hence has become a topic that (AAS) amongst gym users in Kuwait found there users, as are smokers and Kuwaiti males - both of needs to be studied and researched further.” to be significant use of AAS amongst Kuwaiti whom are more than three times likely to be Due to the harmful effects that AAS use can male gym-goers. The study, which was pub- users of AAS than non-smokers and non- have on the body, the study suggests that lished in the International Journal of Men’s Kuwaitis, respectively. health policy and institutional reforms are Health, was carried out by a research team at Dr Elham Al-Hamdan, President and Medical needed in order to tackle the issue before it Fawzia Sultan Rehabilitation Institute (FSRI) and Director of FSRI, and one of the authors of the spreads. Although the complete elimination of funded by Kuwait Foundation for the study commented: “The literature on AAS use in AAS is not realistic, the study poses that Advancement of Sciences (KFAS). Kuwait is still fairly limited, and with our latest reforms, public awareness and controlled distri- CBK sponsors Rumaithiya The study analyzed data collected and collat- research we are hoping to build upon this and bution and administration of steroids are ed from 200 individuals of different gender, age, help shed light on the gravity and prevalence of important steps to negate the harmful effects Co-op social activities and nationality from across six gyms in Kuwait, this issue in Kuwait. One of the pillars of the and draw attention to AAS use. Dr Al-Hamdan amongst which 35% reported usage of AAS. The Fawzia Sultan Rehabilitation Institute is research further added: “We will be publishing a follow- KUWAIT: The Commercial Bank of Kuwait dents. CBK’s Individual Banking Services main findings listed age, smoking and nationali- and education, and in the past we have pub- up paper that explores the psychological and (CBK) recently contributed to funding the Manager Bedoor Bo Khamseen presented lished a range of studyies focusing emotional impact AAS use can have on individ- social, charity, humanitarian, cultural, the contribution cheque to Rumaithiya on health issues that impact the lives uals, further strengthening the framework we educational and sports activities organ- co-op board chairman Mohammed Al- of people in our local community. have set out to provide education and insight ized by Rumathiya Co-op for area resi- Rumaidhi. AAS has become a prevalent issue into AAS use in Kuwait.” THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 From the Arabic press

Crime Al-Rai Report The ‘image is Employees face frozen in time’ prosecution crises KUWAIT: Following administrative investigations, several By Dr Khalid Al-Saleh employees at the Capital municipality were referred to the threats prosecution over charges of forgery. he most fitting description I heard was the say- changes ing the “image is frozen in time”. We need this Tidiom to understand Arab arguments about Stolen car the 11th G20 summit that was held on Sept 4 and 5 A citizen reported that his vehicle was stolen. The man hardships blocs in Hangzhou in China. Many Arabs were busy with added that a security camera outside his house had the summit’s group picture, instead of the summit taped the thief breaking the window and starting the and what it achieved, as well as its reflection on the vehicle. dangers world economy. Talk shows focused all efforts on examining images and presenting lengthy analyses Asian killed about those inside the frozen frame - this president seems to be sleeping, that leader is pointing his fin- An Asian was killed and two others injured when a fire ger in the face of another, while this leader is waiting destroyed their apartment in Mahboula, said security sources. to shake a hand - analyses, imaginations and stories GCC were made up from the images. Arab expats arrested Many were not busy discussing the goals of the meeting or its agenda, and talk shows did not dis- An Arab expat was arrested for forging the signature of cuss its results. No one thought about orienting us a female compatriot on a contract to purchase elec- tronic devices worth KD 500. In another development, Al-Anbaa with the city where the meeting was held, which is a Kuwaiti and a Jordanian were arrested for forgery, located in southern China on the River Qiantang. said security sources, noting that the Jordanian had This beautiful city is in Zhejiang province, famous for been out of the country for nine months. He was its nature and cultural heritage. arrested at Salmi land border exit with fake departure Back to the frozen picture. We should ask our- and entry stamps on his and his family members’ pass- selves - does the Arab need psychologists to find ports, as his residency was canceled because he was Al-Anbaa why he pays attention to the frozen picture and for- out of the country for over six months. The citizen gets the truth? What we saw in the past days calls for forged the stamps works at the airport and had access IS in short psychiatrists and not only analysts. The Arab media to immigration systems. with its current faces is a true expression of the stale- mate that hit our history since the 14th century. We were placed in the freezer during that century, while By Thaar Al-Rasheedi Bedoons acquitted the world was going through renaissance, and were The Court of Misdemeanor has acquitted three bedoons locked inside the freezer in the 17th century, and are arrested over charges of possessing 600 whiskey bottles for o fairly evaluate IS or Al-Qaeda, one has to ask himself Azzam (a Palestinian who only left Palestine by the begin- still there. trading purposes. why none of these two dangerous, armed, radical ning of the 1970s), only called for jihad in Afghanistan in the If you only follow talk shows, you will be shocked Torganizations have carried out any attacks or opera- 1980s and never called for it in Palestine. After Russian by how trivial and silly those who present them are. tions against Israel? A more important question would also troops were routed out of Afghanistan, he was killed by a They were busy with the picture and created rela- Asian with HIV be: “Why neither of them lists jihad in occupied Palestinian landmine shortly after he started urging Arab mujahideen to tions through them between countries, and some- An Asian was rushed to the infectious diseases hospi- territories as a priority? None of their militias have ideas go to Palestine, and thus Al-Qaeda considers US and other times they drew up the future of the region and tal’s quarantine when doctors treating him at Jahra about attacking Israel, though many of them managed to Arab countries as its prime enemies instead of Israel. future relations - is there anything more silly than Hospital after a suicide attempt in which he cut his infiltrate into several other countries and carry out terrorist They are both identical in their readiness to strike and this? Pictures are frozen frames that mean nothing, veins found that he was HIV positive. Further investiga- attacks in them, which proves that they can do the same in fight everywhere in Iraq, Syria, Somalia or Mali, while Israel and all what comes from them is what you see in the tions are in progress to investigate whether he infect- Israel, but this never happened. remains always out of their targets. Saying this, I am not living eyes. Let us put the frozen picture aside, and ed anyone else. By doing enough research about IS, one will never find a implying anything or accusing anybody because it would be let us read the living minds, so we may understand speech made by any of its leaders calling directly for attack- foolish to do so without any solid proof. But reviewing all what is going on around the world, and participate ing Israel or declaring jihad in occupied Palestinian territo- incidents takes us all to one big fat question: “Why have Filipina attempts to flee with them with our share of life in order to break the ries. They would instead call for such operations in Arab and none of the terrorist organizations originating in Arab coun- ice in which we have been for a long time. A Filipina was rushed to hospital with several bone fractures Muslim countries. tries ever conducted a simple operation in Israel?” —Translated by Kuwait Times she sustained when she fell during an attempt to flee her The same applies to Al-Qaeda when its founder, Abdullah — Translated by Kuwait Times sponsor’s house in Saad Al-Abdullah. —Al-Rai and Al-Anbaa VIVA welcomes Kuwait to the world of ‘more’

KUWAIT: Promising new levels of value to cus- selection of the latest smartphone handsets gives them something we know they always tomers in every conceivable way, VIVA, and packages give more customer freedom, are on the lookout for: more.” Kuwait’s fastest-growing and most developed new partnerships with leading brands open This new, refreshed character for VIVA will telecom operator, has announced that it will the door to incredible experiences, new enter- encompass a visual identity that is human, be bringing the true essence of ‘more’ to life prise services and solutions for businesses. warm and conversational in nature. Consumers across all its consumer touch points. Promising In addition to an expanded reach and will soon be able to experience ‘more’ through a brand experience not before seen in Kuwait, extended network, alongside greater signal an expansive communications campaign, and VIVA’s ‘more’ platform is built on the belief that strength and quality has improved data speeds in person across all major customer touch while life can be enjoyable and rewarding, con- to enable customers to share content and con- points. Andrew Hanna added: “Even in the hap- sumers are always seeking that little bit extra versations like never before, and impactful CSR piest moments, there can always be a little enrichment as they go about their daily lives. It initiatives to give back to those in greater more joy and delight to be found, making life is this ‘yearning for more’ that VIVA will aim to need. Andrew Hanna, CCO at VIVA, said: “We that little bit richer and more rewarding. At satisfy. have seen extensive and rapid growth of VIVA VIVA and through our new brand avatar, we Consumers and existing customers will in Kuwait in recent years and our new ‘more’ will deliver on this promise to customers, each soon experience ‘more’ through new Al- campaign and company ethos is our way of and every time they reach for that little bit Deewan service for elite customers, a broad not only giving back to our customers, but more.” Photo of the day THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Ahmad Khan Rahami: South Korea questions ‘serial offender’ N Korea’s UN membership What’s known about the NYC bombing suspect Page 12 Page 9

NEW YORK: Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is seen during a meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (L) at the Intercontinental Hotel on September 19, 2016. —AFP Clinton steps up drive to court young voters A key demographic

WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton is revving up her cent support among millennials, compared to 29 about change. What is more, some millennials were mate Tim Kaine all campaigned last week to try win drive to woo young people, a key demographic percent for Trump. But 21 percent said they will born while Bill Clinton was president, from 1993 to over young people. that is resisting her as she battles Donald Trump either not vote or cast their ballot for someone oth- 2001, and have only vague familiarity with that In a speech Monday at Temple University in tooth and nail for the White House. er than Clinton or Trump. period. And what they do know centers mostly on Philadelphia, Clinton spoke about what she called The polling numbers are alarming for the Without the support of young Americans, scandals of the Clinton era, Zaino said. the values that drive her and her early days as a Democrat as she seeks to become the first female Clinton could lose in the battleground states of young lawyer working to help poor children. president of America. As recently as August, among North Carolina, Florida and Ohio, experts say. ‘Huge generational gap’ She also discussed other issues that are impor- millennials aged 18-34 Clinton held a 24-point lead Millennials were a huge part of the coalition that And when young people learn, for example, tant to young people: climate change, sexual vio- over the Republican Trump in a four-way race brought Barack Obama to power in 2008 and to a that Mrs. Clinton used to be against same-sex mar- lence on US university campuses, and the problem including two alternative candidates. But in lesser extent in 2012 when he won re-election, said riage, “they cannot fathom it.” “There is a huge gen- of students having to take out huge loans to pay September this margin had dwindled to five Jeanne Zaino, a professor of political science at erational gap,” said Zaino. for college. points, according to a Quinnipiac poll. Iona College outside New York City. “The millenni- Clinton’s former rival Bernie Sanders, who elec- She appealed to students to register to vote and The breakdown now looks like this: Clinton at 31 als are the biggest generation in American history, trified young Americans with his pledge to fight then get out and cast their ballots on November 8. percent, Trump at 26 percent, Libertarian candidate surpassing now the baby boomers,” said Zaino, income inequality and Wall Street excess and pro- “I need you,” Clinton said. “This is going to be close.” Gary Johnson up from 16 percent in August to 29 adding that the group contains 69 million potential vide free university education, may be older but he The crowd applauded politely. Clinton also pub- percent in September, and Green Party candidate voters and Clinton needs their support. spoke to young people in a way that Clinton can- lished an open letter on Mic, a website that targets Jill Stein at 15 percent, according to this poll. “Unfortunately for Hillary Clinton, she has not not, Zaino said. In a bid to remedy all this, the millennials, addressing what she has learned from A total of 62 percent of those questioned said been doing well with millennials. They are desert- Clinton campaign announced Monday that she this group of Americans. “Your generation is the they were willing to vote for a candidate other than ing her for people like Gary Johnson and Jill Stein,” would intensify her outreach to young people most open, diverse and entrepreneurial generation Clinton or Trump. Some 90 percent said they consid- she added. “She has really got to work hard to call through round table talks, live discussions on in our country’s history,” Clinton wrote. er Clinton to be intelligent and 77 percent find her them back into the fold and then get them out to Facebook, events designed to get them to register She vowed to work with young people to lift experienced. But 77 percent said they do not think vote in November,” Zaino said. to vote and sending heavyweight substitutes out what she described as barriers blocking them from she is honest, a score that is worse than Trump’s at Polls show young people feel Clinton does not on the campaign trail to court them. realizing their full potential. “If I’m fortunate 68 percent, according to the Quinnipiac survey. put priority on issues that affect them, and that she Obama, his wife Michelle, Sanders, liberal enough to be elected, you will always have a cham- A CBS/New York Times poll gave Clinton 48 per- is an establishment politician who will not bring Senator Elizabeth Warren and Clinton’s running pion in the White House,” Clinton wrote. —AFP

Migrant boat capsizes off Canada police say schools closed Egypt, killing at least 29 in province after bomb threat

CAIRO: A boat carrying African migrants What experts say CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD headed to Europe capsized off the Experts say smugglers in Egypt most- ISLAND: Canadian police evacuated all Mediterranean coast near the Egyptian ly use old fishing vessels, stuffed way schools in the eastern province of Prince city of Alexandria on yesterday, killing at beyond capacity both below and above Edward Island due to a bomb threat least 29 people, Egyptian authorities said. deck. New and more dangerous smug- and said similar threats were made yes- Health Ministry spokesman Khaled gling practices and attempts to reach terday against schools in Nova Scotia Megahed said that the total number of Europe by riskier routes have led to a and the United States. dead was still unknown. Local official spike in the number of migrants dying as The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Alaa Osman from Beheira province said they attempt to cross the Mediterranean, said no explosive device had been the migrants were from several African the International Organization for found at the PEI schools. About 19,000 countries. He said 155 people have been Migration said in a report last month. students at 62 schools were taken to rescued so far but that bodies are still It said newer routes, particularly from safe locations in their communities being pulled from the water. Egypt, are longer and riskier, leading to around the island, which is off Canada’s Egypt’s official news agency MENA search and rescue efforts often being car- Atlantic coast and is the country’s small- said the boat was carrying 600 people ried out farther away from land. It said est province with a population of when it sank near the coast, some 180 2,901 people died or disappeared cross- approximately 146,000. kilometers (112 miles) north of the capi- ing the Mediterranean in the first six “The message stated that the bombs tal, Cairo. Osman said the boat had likely months of 2016, a 37 percent increase had been placed in a number of schools come from Kafr el-Sheik province, fur- over the first six months of last year. and would be detonated today but it ther to the east. Last May, hundreds of migrants died did not specify the time,” said RCMP Thousands of illegal migrants have after a wooden boat coming from Libya Sergeant Kevin Bailey at a press confer- made the dangerous sea voyage across capsized, even as the Italian navy ence. “There is an active investigation to CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Royal Canadian the Mediterranean in recent years flee- rushed to the rescue. European rescue identify the person or persons responsi- Mounted Police Staff Sergeant Kevin A. Baillie speaks to reporters ing war and poverty, mostly via lawless boats, including naval vessels, often ble.” Bailey said the warning came by fax outside the provincial RCMP headquarters yesterday. —AP Libya. Thousands have drowned. The patrol off the Libyan coast to prevent to the RCMP in Ottawa. “We like to err number of migrants trying to cross the such disasters. on the side of caution,” he said. Bailey bomb threat or any specific threat; they anonymous threat, Halifax Regional Mediterranean Sea from Egypt to Europe The migrant crisis has proven deeply noted that similar threats had been just told us that school had been sus- Police said in a press release. has increased significantly in the past divisive in Europe, which has struggled received in the nearby province of Nova pended for the rest of the day,” said It said an explosive disposal unit year, EU border agency Frontex said ear- to come up with a unified response. Scotia as well as at one school in the Charlottetown student Peter Keedwell, went to the scene but found that a sus- lier this month. More than 12,000 Right-wing nationalist parties opposed United States, without offering any 17. “It was pretty calm ... people weren’t picious package was only garbage and migrants arrived in Italy from Egypt to taking in more migrants and refugees detail on the US threat. running out of school or anything.” reopened streets in the area. The col- between January and September, com- have made gains, including in Germany, The University of Prince Edward Police in Nova Scotia closed some lege’s Marconi campus in Sydney, Nova pared to 7,000 in the same period last which has accepted more migrants than Island said it was closed for the day, “giv- college and university campuses. A Scotia also shut down. Cape Breton year, it said. any other European country. —AP en the situation happening across the Nova Scotia Community College cam- University, also in Sydney, said on its province.” “They didn’t say there was a pus in Halifax was evacuated after an website that it was closing. —Reuters INTERNATIONAL THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 Knife attacker shot outside Israeli embassy in Ankara No casualties, failed to enter Embassy ANKARA: A mentally disturbed Turkish man wield- performance”. ing a knife tried to storm the Israeli embassy in The incident came with foreign missions in Ankara yesterday but was shot by police before Turkey on a state of high alert following a spate of reaching the building, Turkish and Israeli officials attacks across the country this year blamed on said. jihadists and Kurdish militants. The British embassy The man, armed with a 30-centimetre (12-inch) in the Turkish capital Ankara was closed on Friday knife, ran towards the embassy shouting slogans over security concerns while the German embassy and was shot in the leg, the governor’s office in the offered only limited services. Turkish capital said in a statement. It said initial Three months ago, Turkey and Israel signed a investigations showed that the man, named as deal to restore their ties which hit an all-time low Osman Nuri Caliskan, “appeared to be mentally dis- after the 2010 raid by Israeli commandos on a Gaza- turbed” and had no record of links with any mili- bound aid ship that left 10 Turks dead. Under the tant group. deal, they are to begin the process of exchanging Suat Gencer, a florist working nearby, said he ambassadors to fully restore their diplomatic ties, heard four shots and then ran to the embassy to see although this has yet to formally take place. what had happened. “I saw a man who had been Despite the crisis, the Israeli embassy in Ankara shot in the leg. I didn’t see a knife but other wit- and consulate in Istanbul have carried on working nesses said he had a knife and he would set a bomb in the last years, under heavy security. Israel had off,” he told AFP at the scene. Video footage showed already offered compensation and an apology over the man sitting in the road in agony with a wound- the raid. With the agreement Ankara has been able ed leg after being shot, with drops of blood on the to resume delivery of humanitarian aid to the tarmac and a policeman pointing a gun at him Palestinians through Israel. ANKARA: Police special forces patrol in front of the Israeli Embassy yesterday. — AFP before he was detained. ‘Change the Middle East!’ killed in March in a bombing in central Istanbul ous “zero problems with neighbours” foreign policy Embassies on high alert Turkey’s NTV television said employees of the blamed on Islamic State (IS) jihadists. Israel subse- after the country also normalised relations with Israeli foreign ministry spokesman Emmanuel embassy took refuge in a shelter during the inci- quently upgraded its security advice for Turkey, Moscow damaged after Turkey shot down a Russian Nahshon said in a statement all its embassy staff dent on Wednesday. The Hurriyet daily said the encouraging citizens to leave. jet in November last year. were safe and the man reached only the “outer man had shouted “I will change the Middle East!” Israel was quick to give its support to the Turkish Turkey’s Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has also perimeter” of the embassy. The Israeli embassy said when advancing on the embassy building. government in the aftermath of a July 15 coup bid, indicated interest in improving relations with on its Facebook page that the man had been shot In a statement to police later, the suspect added: condemning it while repeating its faith in the rec- Egypt-damaged after the ousting of pro-Ankara by a Turkish police officer stationed outside the mis- “I did it to stop the bloodshed in the Middle East,” onciliation process. president Mohamed Morsi-and even Syria amid the sion, thanking the local police for their “professional the paper said. Three Israelis and an Iranian were Turkey appears to be moving back to its previ- five year civil war. — AFP

Cuban President Raul Castro’s statement Egypt’s Coptic church criticized at the Non-Aligned Movement Summit over el-Sissi rallies at UN CAIRO: Egypt’s Coptic Christian church ing involvement in politics. MARGARITA ISLAND, Venezuela: Esteemed is facing criticism over its role in organ- El-Sissi traveled to New York with a comrade Nicolas Maduro Moros, constitutional izing rallies in support of President large delegation of loyal parliamentari- President of the Bolivarian Republic of Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi during his visit to ans and media figures. The visit is par- Venezuela, Heads of State and Government, the UN General Assembly. tially aimed at improving Egypt’s image Esteemed ministers, delegates and guests, Egypt’s Christian minority has strong- after it has come under criticism from Ladies and gentlemen, We are 120 Non-Aligned ly supported el-Sissi since he came to rights groups and Western nations over States which adhere not only to the Bandung power following the military’s over- a sweeping crackdown on dissent. El- Principles, but also to the Declaration of the Non throw of an Islamist president in 2013. Sissi conferred on the sidelines with for- Aligned Movement on Purposes, Principles and But this week dozens of prominent eign leaders as well as US presidential the its Role in the Current International Juncture Christians released a statement express- nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald approved at the 14th NAM Summit in Havana. ing concern about the church’s deepen- Trump. — AP Our enormous strength cannot be underesti- mated when we proceed in a concerted fashion. In the 14th NAM Summit held in Havana in 2006, we rejected any attempt at ‘regime change’ Italy sets trial for suspected and appealed to all countries to abstain from resorting to aggression or to the use of force. African human-smuggling boss Also in Havana, in January 2014, the heads of State and Government of the Community of PALERMO, Italy: A Sicilian judge yesterday However, friends and family of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) ordered a trial for an Eritrean man accused Medhanie say it is a case of mistaken identi- signed the Proclamation of Latin America and of running a people smuggling network ty, arguing that he was an impoverished the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace thus reaffirm- that sent thousands of migrants to Europe 29-year-old refugee with no criminal back- ing our commitment to the principles enshrined and many to their deaths during danger- ground, who was living quietly in in the United Nations Charter and International President Raul Castro Ruz at the 17th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement. Margarita Island, ous sea voyages to the continent. Khartoum and seeking to join his siblings Law as well as to the peaceful settlement of dis- Venezuela, September 17th, 2016. Judge Alessia Geraci said Medhanie in the United States when he was arrested putes and full respect for the inalienable right of Tesfamariam Berhean would stand trial in in a rundown cafe. alignment means to struggle for the radical months have passed since our simultaneous every State to choose its political, economic, Palermo, capital of Italy’s southern island of Medhanie denies all the charges. modification of an international economic announcement with President Barack Obama of social and cultural system, as an essential prem- Sicily, on Nov. 16 on charges of abetting His arrest was coordinated by Italy and order imposed by the big powers, the same the decision to reestablish diplomatic relations ise to ensure coexistence among nations. illegal immigration and engaging in human Britain’s National Crime Agency. They main- that has made possible for 360 persons to accu- between Cuba and the United States. However, we are witnessing increasing trafficking. tain they have the right man, but acknowl- mulate an annual wealth exceeding the income There have been some progress, mostly in attacks on Venezuela’s sovereignty and self- Medhanie was arrested in May in Sudan edged that they initially got his name wrong of 45% of the world population. The gap the diplomatic area and cooperation on issues of determination. Cuba reaffirms its unconditional and extradited to Italy, the European entry and put out the photograph of another between the rich and the poor keeps widening. common interest, but the same cannot be said support to the Venezuelan Government and point for many migrants crossing the man. More than 300,000 migrants and Technology transfer from the North to the of the economic and commercial sectors due to people, to the civic-military union and to con- Mediterranean Sea in rickety boats from refugees have crossed the Mediterranean South countries remains an elusive goal while the limited, albeit positive, scope of the meas- stitutional President Nicolas Maduro Moros. North Africa. It was the first time a suspect- this year looking to reach Europe, according globalization basically privileges a special ures so far adopted by the US Administration. We strongly repudiate the judicial-parliamen- ed trafficking kingpin was tracked down in to the UN refugee agency. Some 3,210 group of industrial nations. Meanwhile, the Cuba will persevere on its demand to have tary coup d’Ètat engineered against President Africa and brought to face justice in Italy migrants are reported to have died or gone debt of the South countries, which never ceas- the economic, commercial and financial block- Dilma Rouseff, for it is an act of contempt since Europe’s migration crisis started missing while attempting the journey since es to multiply, now amounts to over 1.7 trillion ade lifted, a blockade that brings so much dam- against the sovereign will of the people who almost three years ago. Jan. 1.— Reuters elected her with more than 53 million votes. dollars. age and hardship to our people, and which also Our sister nation of Colombia may count on At the moment, 2.9 billion people are forced has a negative impact on many other countries the full support of Cuba as it moves forward into unemployment and extreme poverty, and due to its extraterritorial implementation. By the along the challenging path of the implementa- millions of children perish every year from same token, Cuba will continue urging the tion of the Agreement, and the consolidation of hunger and preventable diseases; nearly 800 return to our sovereignty of the territory illegally Finnish neo-Nazi held for the stable, fair and lasting peace that million people remain illiterate while more than occupied by the United States Naval Base in Colombians deserve. We express our confidence 1.7 trillion dollars are destined to military Guantanamo. killing passer-by at protest in the people of the Arab Republic of Syria for expenses. Non-alignment also means to strug- There will not be normal relations before that we know that they are capable of resolving their gle for the reduction of the knowledge gap, issue is resolved and other policies harmful to HELSINKI: A Finnish court yesterday September 16. In court on yesterday, differences by themselves without foreign inter- and for the possibility to use information and Cuba’s sovereignty still in force are terminated, remanded in custody a well-known neo- Torniainen denied any responsibility in ference aimed at promoting ‘regime change’. communication technologies for development such as interventionist and subversive programs. Nazi leader suspected of killing a passer- Karttunen’s death. Comrade President, and cooperation. We reject the growing milita- We reaffirm our disposition to engage the by during an anti-immigration protest in Finnish politicians, including Prime It is unacceptable that the Palestinian people rization of these technologies and their aggres- United States Government in a civilized relation- Helsinki earlier this month. Minister Juha Sipila, have condemned are still victims of occupation and violence, and sive use against other countries. ship, but Cuba will neither renounce any of its Jesse Torniainen, 26, is accused of the attack. Politically-motivated violence that the occupying power continues preventing Climate change continues to aggravate principles nor compromise on its sovereignty kicking 28-year-old passer-by Jimi is rare in the Nordic country, but far-right the establishment of an independent Palestinian while in the developed countries irrational pro- and independence. Cuba will not cease defend- Karttunen, who spat in the direction of groups have become more active since a State with its capital in East Jerusalem. duction and consumption patterns persist that ing its revolutionary and anti-imperialist ideals the protesters, in the chest. Karttunen record 32,500 migrants sought asylum Every attempt to secure the self-determina- threaten the conditions required for the sur- or supporting the self-determination of all peo- fell and hit his head on the ground, there in 2015. Last year, volunteer street tion of the abused Saharawi people has failed, vival of our species. ples. Comrade Maduro, We wish our sister dying a week later of a cerebral haemor- patrols calling themselves the Soldiers of thus the international community needs to On the other hand, the realization of human Republic of Venezuela full success in the leader- rhage. Torniainen, a central figure in the Odin, with links to neo-Nazis, appeared apply itself to resolving this issue. We affirm our rights remains a dream for millions of people all ship of the Non-Aligned countries. At the same violent far-right Finnish Resistance on the streets of several Finnish towns. solidarity with the historical demand of the over the world. The United States and Europe time, we congratulate the Islamic Republic of Movement according to police, is sus- In 2013, members of the Finnish Puerto Rican people for self-determination and resort to manipulation, double standards, selec- Iran on its good work during this past term at pected of assault and aggravated invol- Resistance Movement stabbed and independence. tive criteria and the politization of this issue the head of the Movement. untary manslaughter. injured one person at the Jyvaskyla city We also uphold our solidarity with the claim while waves of refugees concentrate at The only alternative to the enormous dangers The suspect, who has a long record of library in central Finland, during the of the Republic of Argentina over the Falklands, European borders, waiting a for just, stable and and challenges lying ahead is unity and solidari- previous assaults and other crimes, pub- launch of a book entitled “The Far Right South Sandwich and South Georgia Islands. permanent solution that can protect their lives ty in defense of our common objectives and licly boasted about the attack on social in Finland”, written by young leftist Esteemed comrade Maduro, to Cuba, non- and dignity. interests. media, until his victim died on politicians. — AFP Esteemed President Maduro, twenty-one Thank you, very much. South African police clash with university students

JOHANNESBURG: South African police because of security concerns. yesterday set off stun grenades and Stellenbosch University said it threw tear gas at stone-throwing stu- obtained a court order requiring 30 dents from a leading university who protesters to leave a campus building were demonstrating for free education. they had occupied, or face removal by The chaos in the streets around the the police. University of the Witwatersrand in The demonstrators have been react- Johannesburg followed violent ing to a government announcement protests on the campus on Tuesday that universities can increase fees by that forced the university’s closure for up to 8 percent next year. The govern- the rest of the week. Several students ment made a concession to student were injured in the latest unrest, South protesters last year, agreeing to freeze African media reported. The University fee increases for this year. of the Witwatersrand said it is identify- The government has promised to ing those who participated in pay about $180 million to cover the Tuesday’s campus violence and will costs of poor students. Blade take action against them. Protesters Nzimande, the South African education threw stones at security guards outside minister, has condemned violent stu- a main campus building, smashing dent protests, saying the government some windows. Some guards threw has “gone a long way” to financially projectiles back at the students. support poor students and that stu- Classes were also suspended yester- dents with resources should pay fees to JOHANNESBURG: A female student is arrested as police fired stun grenades and rubber bullets in an attempt to disperse them during a protest day at the University of Cape Town help cover rising university costs. — AP yesterday. — AP THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 INTERNATIONAL Trump slams ‘Trojan horse’ migrants, son sparks outrage

NEW YORK: Donald Trump’s hard line stance on who are still undecided. But national security and immigration after two bombings in the New York the anti-terror fight are number two on that list, and area again sparked debate on the White House with less than 50 days to go before Election Day on campaign trail Tuesday, as his son sparked a November 8, Trump is attempting to blur the lines firestorm by comparing Syrian refugees to lethal between the two issues. candies. The Republican presidential hopefuls “This is a question of qualify of life,” Trump told a uncompromising position on illegal migrants-even rally in key swing state Florida on Monday. “We calling them a dangerous “Trojan horse” who enter want to make sure we are only admitting people in the country with the aim of doing harm-is inextrica- our country who love our country.” bly linked with his meteoric political rise. Most Republicans approve of his tough talk, with Syrians and Skittles polls showing that a majority of party members Trump’s son Donald Jr, one of his surrogates on agreed with his call last December to bar Muslims the campaign trail, has meanwhile courted contro- from entering the United States. Since then, Trump versy with a tweet comparing Syrian refugees to a has refrained from specifically targeting Muslims, bowl of multi-colored Skittles candy-some of them but he has championed police profiling of suspects lethal, but not to the naked eye. “This image says it and promised to bar immigrants and travelers from all,” he said on Twitter, with a picture of a white bowl certain countries deemed dangerous, like Syria. filled with the popular sweets. The candidate has repeatedly warned of the risks Written above the image is: “If I had a bowl of posed by Syrian refugees, citing the arrival in skittles and I told you just three would kill you. Europe of Islamic State operatives disguised as sim- Would you take a handful? That’s our Syria refugee ple refugees, and says US immigration officials are problem.” Trump Jr thus argued that it is too dan- not properly screening new arrivals. But immigra- gerous to welcome migrants when a tiny number of tion is nevertheless not one of the major issues on them could later launch attacks. The man accused CLEVELAND, OHIO: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump (right) and running mate Mike the minds of voters, placing only fourth according of planting bombs in both downtown Manhattan Pence (L) stand as pastor Darrell Scott (not seen) speaks during the Midwest Vision and Values to a recent CBS/New York Times poll, making it and near a race in New Jersey is a naturalized Pastors and Leadership Conference at the New Spirit Revival Center on September 21, 2016. — AFP unclear if Trump, 70, can use it to persuade those American of Afghan descent. — AFP

Violent protests over latest fatal US police shooting

CHARLOTTE: Protests and looting rocked a parked at the building. “At this point, all we North Carolina city early yesterday, follow- know (is) they were in the apartment com- ing the fatal police shooting of a black plex parking lot,” Charlotte-Mecklenberg man, with a dozen officers and several Police Chief Kerr Putney told reporters late demonstrators injured in the violence. Tuesday. “This subject gets out with a Media reported that several hundred weapon. They engage him, and one of the people gathered to protest the shooting of officers felt a lethal threat and fired his 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott, who was weapon because of that.” African-American, as was the officer who Police said Scott had a firearm, which is killed him. The shooting was the latest in a legal under local law “open carry” gun laws. string involving black men killed at the His relatives told local media, however, that hands of police, which has fueled outrage he was not carrying a gun, but had a book nationwide. in his hands when he was gunned down. Demonstrations began late Tuesday and Charlotte police donned riot gear and grew through much of the night near an used tear gas as they tried to subdue the apartment complex in the city of Charlotte, angry crowd, which authorities said where the shooting occurred. As news of attacked and damaged several police cars the shooting spread, protesters gathered, over the course of the night. The police carrying signs that read “Black Lives Matter” department said on Twitter that “approxi- and chanting “No justice, no peace!” mately 12 officers injured. One officer hit in Later in the night, some protesters in face with a rock.” A separate police depart- Charlotte set fires blocking a major road, ment tweet said the wounded officers and others set trucks ablaze, according to were “injured tonight working to protect news reports. A local television station our community during demonstration.” reported that looters attempted to break into a Walmart store-some throwing rocks Appeal for calm and shattering glass doors-and were held Meanwhile, Charlotte Mayor Jennifer back at the entrance by officers. Roberts appealed for calm. “The communi- ty deserves answers and full investigation Series of shootings will ensue,” she wrote on Twitter. “Will be The violence comes just days after reaching out to community leaders to work another police shooting, captured on together.” The fatal shooting in Tulsa last LINDEN, NEW JERSEY: Ahmad Khan Rahami is taken into custody after a shootout with police Monday, Sept. 19, 2016. — AP video, of an unarmed black man in Tulsa, Friday of Terence Crutcher was recorded by Oklahoma. Together, they are the latest in police car dashboard cameras and a police a series of recent police shootings-from helicopter camera. Ahmad Khan Rahami: What’s known Baton Rouge, Louisiana to Dallas, Texas- Tulsa Police Chief Chuck Jordan, in that have left the African American com- releasing the footage to the public munity demanding law enforcement Monday, called it disturbing and “very diffi- about the NYC bombing suspect reforms and greater accountability from cult to watch.” In the video, the 40-year-old public officials. News reports said the offi- Crutcher is seen with his hands up, appear- Remains hospitalized cer in Tuesday’s shooting, Brentley Vinson, ing to comply with police officers and lean- has been put on paid leave. WSOC-TV ing against his car. He is then shot once by NEW YORK: Ahmad Khan Rahami, a US citizen In 2011, the woman went to court to stop there until Sept. 12, but didn’t identify the store. reported that the Charlotte shooting officer Betty Shelby, and falls to the born in Afghanistan, was charged by federal offi- Rahami’s overnight visits with the child, but a Rahami had worked as an unarmed night guard occurred as Vinson and other officers were ground. Another officer fires his stun gun. cials in two states Tuesday with planting bombs judge found she hadn’t provided evidence to for two months in 2011 at an Associated Press searching for a suspect on an outstanding “We will achieve justice in this case,” the in New York, and at a military charity run and show that their child was in danger of being tak- administrative technology office in New Jersey. At arrest warrant. Tulsa police chief told a news conference. train station in New Jersey. en out of the country. A judge approved a visita- the time, he was employed by Summit Security, a Police encountered Scott-who was not “We will do the right thing. We will not cov- He remains hospitalized after a shootout with tion agreement between the two in May 2014, private contractor. the person they were seeking-in a car er anything up.” — AFP police Monday, hours after investigators say he ordering that the child spend Christmas and AP global security chief Danny Spriggs said dumped a package with bombs in a trash can Thanksgiving with her - and the Muslim holy Rahami worked night shifts and often engaged near a train station. Investigators are looking days Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha with Rahami. colleagues in long political discussions, express- into his previous overseas travel and other run- ing sympathy for the Taliban and disdain for US ins with the law. Investigated by fbi military action in Afghanistan. Rahami left that Following the 2014 stabbing, the FBI looked job in 2011 because he wanted to take a trip to Here’s what’s known about Rahami: into Rahami after his father expressed concern Afghanistan, Spriggs said. Customers at a fried Stabbing charge his son might be a terrorist, law enforcement chicken restaurant owned by Rahami’s father Rahami was accused of stabbing one of his officials said Tuesday. During the inquiry, the where he had worked said his demeanor brothers in 2014, but a grand jury declined to father backed away from talk of terrorism and changed after taking trips overseas and he start- indict him, despite a warning from the arresting told investigators that he simply meant his son ed wearing more ethnic clothing. officer that Rahami likely was “a danger to him- was hanging out with the wrong crowd and act- self or others,” court records show. He also was ing like a thug, the officials said. A wife from pakistan accused of violating a domestic-violence Rahami’s father told reporters Tuesday that Rahami has made five trips overseas over the restraining order in 2012. he called the FBI at the time because Rahami last six years, according to Republican Rep. Tom Rahami has a child with a woman he dated “was doing real bad.” William Sweeney, the FBI’s MacArthur, who was briefed by the FBI on while attending high school in Edison, New assistant director in New York, said Monday that Tuesday. MacArthur represents the district Jersey, but the two have since had a tumultuous that at the time of the bombing, Rahami appar- including Seaside Park. relationship. Rahami often was hundreds of dol- ently was not on the FBI’s radar. On a trip to Pakistan in 2014, Rahami emailed lars in arrears in child support, and their custody his local congressman seeking help because his case was called before a family court judge six Where he worked pregnant wife had an expired passport. times in five years, records show. Federal investigators said that Rahami pur- Democratic New Jersey Rep. Albio Sires said A judge on Tuesday granted her request for chased components for the bombs on eBay, and his office wrote a letter to the US embassy in CHARLOTTE: Police officers face off with protestors on the I-85 (Interstate 85) during temporary full custody of the child after she had them shipped to a business where he worked Pakistan to check on the status of the case and protests following the death of a man shot by a police officer yesterday. — AFP went to court, citing the terror investigation. in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. They said he worked the woman received a visa. — AP Tulsa shooting victim was turning his life around

TULSA: The unarmed black man shot dead in cers no reason to shoot. Shelby was put on comment on his criminal record. But an attor- the middle of a Tulsa street last week by a paid administrative leave while local and fed- ney for his family, Melvin Hall, said those white police officer had run-ins with the law eral officials investigate the shooting. details were not known by police at the scene. dating back to his teenage years and had Crutcher’s criminal history includes a 1995 “Nobody claimed that he was a perfect indi- recently served a four-year stint in prison. But arrest in nearby Osage County in which offi- vidual. Who is perfect? But that night he was those closest to Terence Crutcher described cers reported they saw him fire his weapon not a criminal,” Hall said. “He did not have any him as a church-going father who was begin- out a vehicle window. Records obtained by warrants. He had not done anything wrong. ning to turn his life around. After marking his The Associated Press on Tuesday show that He had a malfunctioning vehicle, and he 40th birthday with his twin sister last month, when Crutcher was ordered to exit the vehicle should have been treated accordingly.” Crutcher sent her a text that read, “I’m gonna for a pat-down search, he began making a Saying “we’re a family of faith,” Tiffany show you, I’m gonna make you all proud.” movement to his right ankle before an officer Crutcher told CNN’s “New Day” early yesterday Crutcher was due to start a music apprecia- managed to get control of Crutcher. A .25-cal- that she hopes something positive can come tion class at a local community college on iber pistol was found in his right sock, the of her family’s loss. “We’re hoping that America Friday, the day he was fatally shot by Tulsa arresting officer wrote in an affidavit. will open their eyes, everybody, and see police officer Betty Shelby after she responded Crutcher eventually entered a no-contest there’s an issue, a systemic issue, that needs to TULSA: People hold signs at a “protest for justice” over Friday’s shooting death of Terence to a report of a stalled vehicle. plea to charges of carrying a weapon and be solved. And we’re pleading with the leader- Crutcher, sponsored by We the People Oklahoma. — AP The shooting was captured in graphic resisting an officer and received suspended ship of this country, everyone, to just see that detail by a police helicopter and a cruiser sentences, court records show. Oklahoma and let’s put some systems in place to prevent had talked with staff about his desire to be that had been abandoned in the middle of the dashcam, though it’s not clear from that prison officials confirmed Tuesday that this from happening again,” she said. successful in college. “He brought to TCC his road preceded the fatal encounter between footage what led Shelby to draw her gun or Crutcher also served four years in prison Terence Crutcher was scheduled to begin talents, hopes and dreams of creating a suc- Crutcher and the police. One unidentified what orders officers gave Crutcher. An attor- from 2007 to 2011 on a Tulsa County drug the music class at Tulsa Community College on cessful life by dedicating himself to complet- caller said the driver of the stalled vehicle was ney representing Crutcher’s family says trafficking conviction. the day he was shot, and TCC President Leigh ing a degree,” Goodson said. acting strangely, adding, “I think he’s smoking Crutcher committed no crime and gave offi- Crutcher’s family could not be reached for Goodson said in a statement that Crutcher On Friday, two 911 calls describing an SUV something.” — AP INTERNATIONAL THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Germany arrests Syrian teen suspected of planning bomb attack

BERLIN: A 16-year-old Syrian refugee has ness” to carry out an attack, Klaus-Stephan versations found on the teenager’s phone ees at his asylum-seekers’ shelter voiced attacks claimed by IS in July-an axe ram- been arrested in Germany on suspicion of Becker of the Cologne police told had indicated he was in touch with a per- concerns that he had been radicalized. page on a train in Wuerzburg that injured planning a bomb attack in the name of the reporters. son abroad who had ties to IS and “want- But police said there was not enough five and a suicide bombing in Ansbach Islamic State jihadist group, officials said Investigators had found a series of ed to recruit the young Syrian for Islamist information to take action. that left 15 wounded. Both were carried yesterday. online chat messages that contained activities”. It was only after a mosque expressed out by asylum seekers. The youngster, thought to have been “concrete instructions for building explo- German security authorities described similar suspicions that police were able to The attacks rattled Germans’ sense of radicalized only recently, was detained in a sive devices” as well as tips on how to the suspect as a “serious threat” and have arrest him, Becker said. The case comes a security and fuelled concerns over the special forces operation late Tuesday at a cause maximum damage, added local assigned a 35-strong team of investiga- week after German police detained three country’s record influx of migrants and shelter for asylum-seekers in the western prosecutor Ulf Willuhn at the same news tors to the case. The youngster is under- men with forged Syrian passports accused refugees last year. German police say they city of Cologne, police and prosecutors conference. It was not immediately clear stood to have arrived in Germany with his of being IS militants and labelled a possi- have identified 523 people who pose a said. Initial information gathered from the how far the plans for an attack had pro- family last year. He had already been ble “sleeper cell” with links to the assailants security threat to the country, around half teenager’s mobile phone showed that he gressed, he said. According to an earlier brought to the attention of police twice behind the November attacks in Paris. of whom are known to be currently in had expressed an “unmistakeable willing- statement by police and prosecutors, con- before, after fellow residents and employ- Germany is on edge after suffering two Germany. —AFP

Paris climate accord closer after UN meeting

UNITED NATIONS: The landmark Paris adapt to it, we have already lost lives, we are agreement on climate change moved closer losing species and we have lost lands and to reality yesterday after 31 countries joined buildings,” said Gutierrez, speaking on behalf during the United Nations General of a troika of climate-vulnerable nations Assembly. including Ethiopia and the Philippines. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Mattlan Zackhras, a senior official from voiced confidence that the accord, through the Marshall Islands, warned that despite which countries commit to take action to pledges under the Paris accord the planet stem the planet’s rising temperatures, would still looked on track for a rise of three come into force by the end of the year. “The degrees. “This will wipe out my country and momentum is remarkable,” said the outgo- many island-states in the Pacific,” he told ing UN chief, who convened a meeting on reporters. the Paris accord during the annual UN gath- ering of leaders. “When the Paris agreement Europe set to seal accord enters into force this year, it will be a major Ban’s office said that 14 other countries step forward on our journey for a more accounting for 12.58 percent of emissions secure, more equitable and more prosper- had signaled they would ratify the accord ous future,” Ban said. this year, meaning the agreement is virtually The countries that joined the accord on certain to come into force, barring a wide- yesterday included Latin American power- spread change of heart. houses Argentina, Brazil and Mexico as well The European Union will enter the agree- as major fossil fuel powers Brunei and the ment “in the next weeks,” Miguel Arias United Arab Emirates. Canete, the 28-member bloc’s commissioner To come into force, the Paris agreement for climate action and energy, told reporters. needs ratification from 55 countries that Adriano Campolina, chief executive of account for at least 55 percent of the plan- the charity ActionAid, was puzzled why the et’s greenhouse gas emissions responsible European Union-the champions of the earli- for climate change. With Wednesday’s event, er Kyoto Protocol-had not moved earlier. “In in which leaders ceremonially ratified the order to reclaim its role as a true climate DRESDEN, SAXONY, GERMANY: This file photo taken on April 18, 2016 shows supporters of the PEGIDA movement (Patriotic accord, a total of 60 countries have joined leader it must take early action, before 2020, the Paris accord but they account for less to ensure that keeping the world below 1.5 Europeans Against the Islamisation of the Occident) holding a poster reading ‘Immigration quota- yes or no- by referendum’ than 48 percent of global emissions. degree warming is not an elusive dream,” he during a rally. —AFP said. Calls for more ambition China and the United States, the two The accord requires all countries to largest emitters, gave a major boost to the Xenophobia ‘a threat’ to peace devise plans to achieve the goal of keeping accord when they signed on during a sum- the rise of temperatures within two degrees mit earlier this month between Presidents Xi Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial Jinping and Barack Obama. in eastern Germany: Berlin levels. But Edgar Gutierrez, the environment French Environment Minister Segolene and energy minister of Costa Rica, said that Royal, who heads the body behind the Paris the level was not ambitious enough in light accord, told AFP earlier in the week that she Society must speak out of evidence of worse-than-feared climate hoped it would come into force before the change, with last month yet again setting a next UN climate meeting on November 7 in record for the hottest month ever. Marrakesh, Morocco. BERLIN: Growing xenophobia and rightwing and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. to enter another shelter in the eastern town of Gutierrez called for countries to aim for That conference opens one day before extremism could threaten peace in eastern It has also fuelled a surge in support for the Clausnitz. Gleicke insisted it was not only up to 1.5 Celsius and warned that even a one-year the presidential election in the United Germany, the government warned yesterday, rightwing populist AfD party, which has run an churches or politicians to take a stand against delay in implementing the Paris accord States, in which Republican candidate voicing fears over the impact of a series of attacks anti-migrant and Islamophobic campaign. such violence. “Mainstream society must also do could be too late for the planet. “Climate Donald Trump has dismissed mainstream on refugees in the region. Eastern states have been required to take in rela- its part. It’s definitely uncomfortable. I know what change is already dangerous, it has already science on climate change and vowed to In a report urging mainstream society to take a tively few new arrivals compared to western it is to have to fight against neo-Nazis. But I exceeded the capacity of many countries to tear up the Paris accord if elected. —AFP stronger stand against anti-migrant action, it states, under a quota system calculated by the expect companies, too, to give greater support to highlighted a worrying trend-that in many size of the state’s population and income. civil society on this front,” she said. demonstrations against asylum seekers, the line between popular protest and far-right agitation Society must speak out An economic toll was becoming blurred. “Rightwing extremism in But arson attacks on accommodation for asy- Beyond the potential toll at home, the poi- all forms poses a very serious threat to the socie- lum seekers and assaults on refugees have shot soned atmosphere also risks tarnishing the tal and economic development” of eastern up dramatically in the region, Gleicke said. “I am region’s reputation abroad, hurting prospects not Germany, said Iris Gleicke, who is the govern- disturbed by this rising far-right and xenophobic just for tourism but also for investment. Gleicke ment’s point person for national unity. violence. It is more than an alarm bell if the said that on recent trips to the United States and “Determined action from the government, attacks and violence are backed by or quietly Japan where she sought to promote eastern the states, communes and civil societies is nec- accepted by mainstream society,” she said, noting Germany as a location for business start-ups, she essary to ensure peace in eastern Germany,” she that the incidents had sparked global outrage. was asked: “What is the situation when an engi- told reporters as she presented the latest Former communist eastern Germany has been neer, who is of color, wants to come?” “It’s report examining progress since German reuni- the scene of several ugly incidents in which far- extremely clear that a place that is not open to fication in 1990. right extremists have targeted asylum seekers. the world or which is not open to immigration The annual report had in previous years been Clashes broke out last week between dozens of will be disadvantaged economically,” she warned. largely focused on industrial regeneration for asylum seekers and far-right extremists in the Germany’s top economists echoed the con- the region, which has lagged behind the west eastern city of Bautzen, forcing police to call in cerns. Marcel Fratzscher, who heads German economically, and experienced a wave of reinforcements to quell the violence. Institute for Economic Research (DIW), told depopulation as mostly younger people left for In February, a cheering crowd was seen out- Handelsblatt business daily that the lurch the west for jobs. But rising xenophobia has side a burning asylum shelter in the same town, towards the far-right could drive away compa- emerged as a key concern this year, as anger clapping and shouting: “Good, that’s up in flames.” nies or highly-qualified workers from the region. over the arrival of around a million asylum seek- That same weekend, a video emerged of far-right “The increasing radicalization and intolerance ers in Germany in 2015 is running high in many thugs intimidating refugees including crying chil- will severely weaken parts of eastern Germany’s eastern states such as Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt dren-and preventing them from getting off a bus economy,” he said. —AFP

UN HEADQUARTERS: United States Secretary of State John Kerry speaks Hungarian inmates working during a ceremony to mark more signatories to the Paris climate accords around the clock on border fence yesterday. —AFP

MARIANOSZTRA, Hungary: ingly destroyed by the government for European human rights group Hungarian prison inmates are ramping political reasons.” warns on Azerbaijan constitution up their production of razor wire, work- Orban’s anti-migrant policies have ing around the clock as Hungary pre- been building toward a referendum to PARIS: A European law and human Rights. The commission also com- pares to build a second fence on the be held Oct. 2 in which the prime min- rights commission yesterday criticized plained that Azerbaijan rushed these border with Serbia to keep out refugees ister hopes to gather political support proposed constitutional changes in reforms through without enough par- and other migrants. for his opposition to any future EU Azerbaijan that would extend the liamentary and public debate, and said The razor wire manufacturing at the plan to resettle migrants among its president’s term, a conclusion that it regrets that Azerbaijan didn’t consult prison in Marianosztra, northern member states. drew an angry response from the ex- the commission. Hungary, has increased from two shifts Separately, Hungary is also chal- Soviet nation. Shahin Aliyev, the head of the legal earlier this year, to three. Besides its lenging the EU in court, hoping to pre- The Venice Commission, a watchdog department in Azerbaijan’s presidential domestic use, Hungary has also sold or vent having to temporarily take in body of constitutional law experts based administration, shrugged off the Venice donated fence elements, including 1,294 refugees until their asylum in France, released a preliminary report Commission’s criticism as hasty and wire and steel posts, to other countries claims are decided. saying that extending the presidential unfounded. “We are seeing that hasty in the region, including Slovenia and The government’s relentless refer- mandate “cannot be justified” and that conclusion, which has many flaws, as Macedonia. endum campaign includes a ubiqui- other proposed legal changes would politically driven,” he said at a briefing in “The inmates are manufacturing tous galaxy of anti-migrant posters, upset the balance of powers. the capital Baku. “They speak to us in a razor wire in three shifts a day, with 13 television ads, multiple daily state- The commission expressed concern language of ultimatums.” inmates in each shift producing the Hungarian soldiers, front, and police officers patrol the transit ments and forums held by govern- about a measure limiting public gather- The presidential aide voiced surprise wire,” Lt. Tamas Szep, the prison’s press zone at Hungary’s southern border with Serbia near Tompa, ment officials and from Orban’s Fidesz ings and said a measure giving the presi- that the commission hadn’t asked officer, said Wednesday. “The capacity 169 km southeast of Budapest, Hungary yesterday. —AP party, as well as a pamphlet distrib- dent power to dissolve parliament would Azerbaijan for any explanation or clarifi- of the plant is around 100 wire spools uted to voters warning about the weaken political dissent. Azerbaijan is to cation before issuing its verdict. He per day, which is heavily influenced by tection,” said Helsinki Committee co- mate defense needs, criticism of the alleged risks of migration. hold a referendum Monday on the rebuffed the criticism and argued that the fact that most of the work is done chair Marta Pardavi. “There is a clear barrier is exacerbated by the very small One of the claims is that there are changes. Hundreds of demonstrators the proposed constitutional changes are by hand.” policy of zero migration, of zero number of refugees - up to 15 per day hundreds of “no-go” zones which gathered in the capital of Azerbaijan intended to streamline the government refugees coming to Hungary.” - who are allowed to file asylum claims “authorities are incapable of keeping Saturday to protest against them. structure in order to help conduct politi- Human rights Other steps taken by Hungary in at a couple of makeshift “transit zones” under control” in cities of countries Some critics characterize the oil-rich cal and economic reforms. Human rights organizations consid- recent months to destroy its asylum set up by Hungary on the Serbian bor- with large numbers of immigrants like Caspian Sea nation as effectively a Aliyev, in office since succeeding his er Hungary’s fences erected last year as system include the closure of refugee der. Hundreds have been waiting, Britain, France, Germany, Sweden and dynasty as President Ilham Aliyev is the father in 2003, has firmly allied the Shia the first step in efforts by Prime reception centers, the elimination or sometimes for months, in deplorable Denmark. According to the pamphlet, son of the previous president and see the Muslim nation with the West, helping Minister Viktor Orban’s government to reduction of subsidies to assist the conditions. “Hungary is closing its terri- “the written and unwritten norms of proposed measures as a mechanism for secure its energy and security interests dismantle the country’s asylum system. integration of people granted asy- tory with a fence with the aim of keep- the host societies do not apply” in extending his rule. and offset Russia’s influence in the strate- Hungary’s Helsinki Committee says lum, the deterioration of legal safe- ing out of the European Union those those areas. The Venice Commission experts are gic Caspian region. At the same time, his the fence, the closure of asylum centers guards for refuges and new measures who need protection from terror, per- In its own way, the Hungarian gov- part of the Council of Europe, a rights government has long faced criticism in and other measures are destroying the which allow the summary return secution and torture,” said Gabor ernment has already achieved its goal, authority whose 47 members - includ- the West for showing little tolerance for asylum system. “The asylum system, across the fence of migrants caught Gyulai, director of the Helsinki as many of the few hundred refugees a ing Azerbaijan - have signed the dissent and holding elections that fall over the past year, has been basically near the border. Committee’s refugee program. “A func- year granted asylum in the country European Convention on Human below democratic standards. —AP emptied of its capacity to provide pro- While the fence could serve legiti- tioning asylum system has been will- prefer to leave. —AP

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 INTERNATIONAL

Taiwan asks Google to blur images showing new S China Sea facilities

TAIPEI: Taiwan’s defense ministry said yesterday it is across from an upgraded airstrip and recently con- Taiwan’s defense ministry and coast guard, regularly visited Itu Aba. asking Google to blur satellite images showing structed port that can dock 3,000-ton frigates. which directly oversees Itu Aba, said details about Wang said given the structures’ location which what experts say appear to be new military installa- “Under the pre-condition of protecting military the structures are confidential and have not com- faces the main seaborne traffic, they may relate to tions on Itu Aba, Taipei’s sole holding in the disput- secrets and security, we have requested Google mented on their nature. Google, a unit of Alphabet surveillance. China, Taiwan, the Philippines, ed South China Sea. blur images of important military facilities,” Taiwan Inc, did not immediately respond to requests for Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei claim parts or all of The revelation of new military-related construc- Defense Ministry spokesman Chen Chung-chi said comment on the request. Defense experts in Taiwan the South China Sea, through which trillions of dol- tion could raise tensions in the contested water- on Wednesday, after local media published the said that based on the imagery of the structures lars in trade passes. way, where China’s building of airstrips and other images on Itu Aba. and their semi-circular layout, the structures were In July, an international court ruled against China facilities has worried other claimants and the The United States has urged against the milita- likely related to defense and could be part of an in a case brought by the Philippines that rejected United States. rization of the South China Sea, following the rapid artillery foundation. “I think definitely it will be for China’s claim to a vast swathes of the disputed mar- The images seen on Google Earth show four land reclamation by China on several disputed military purposes, but I cannot tell if it is for defend- itime area. Both China and Taiwan, which China three-pronged structures sitting in a semi-circle reefs through dredging, and building air fields and ing, attacking or monitoring,” said Dustin Wang, a views as a renegade province, vehemently rejected just off the northwestern shoreline of Itu Aba, port facilities. scholar and a former government advisor who has the court ruling. — Reuters

UN expert urges more aid for North Korea after typhoon

GENEVA: A UN expert is calling on the ple in the northeastern part of the coun- world community to do more to help try. The UN human rights office said in a North Korea cope with fallout from dead- statement Wednesday that Ojea ly Typhoon Lionrock and says officials in Quintana called on the international the reclusive country should allow access community to “increase support for on- to those in need. going humanitarian efforts on the Tomas Ojea Quintana, the UN special ground,” citing national reconstruction reporter on human rights in North Korea, efforts underway. He noted that sanc- pointed to UN estimates that more than tions imposed by the United Nations 140,000 people require assistance after Security Council exclude humanitarian the typhoon that killed at least 138 peo- assistance, the statement said. — AP

New Zealand again gives approval for first extradition to China

WELLINGTON: New Zealand will go ahead track down corruption suspects who have with its first extradition of a resident to fled overseas. China, New Zealand’s justice minister said That was further underscored on yesterday, after reconsidering its position Tuesday when Canadian Prime Minister at the behest of the High Court and main- Justin Trudeau sidestepped questions on taining the man should be sent to China. extraditions to China, saying Canada would New Zealand agreed in December to stick to high standards when deciding extradite South Korean Kyung Yup Kim, whether to return Chinese citizens. who is a New Zealand resident, to China to China’s foreign ministry spokesman Lu face charges for the murder of a woman in Kang told a daily briefing on Wednesday Shanghai. The High Court later ordered the that Kim’s extradition “serves the common government to reconsider its decision interests of China, New Zealand and other because of concern Kim might not be pro- countries that cooperate with China in this tected from ill-treatment and given the way”. “We hope and are confident that on right to silence before a trial. the basis of mutual respect we will contin- Justice Minister Amy Adams said via an ue to cooperate in the administration and email from her spokesman that she had enforcement of the law,” Kang said. HONG KONG: Leaders of Hong Kong’s “Umbrella Revolution” Alex Chow (L), newly elected lawmaker Nathan Law (C) and Joshua Wong (R) shout considered the High Court’s ruling and had China has pushed for an extradition slogans as they arrive at the Eastern Court in Hong Kong yesterday — AFP decided that Kim should be surrendered to treaty with New Zealand since 2014. In China. Kim denies the murder charge, April, on a visit to Beijing, Prime Minister according to court documents, and his John Key said an extradition treaty was Hong Kong protest leaders lawyer, Tony Ellis, told the High Court this “possible”, as long as people did not face week that Kim intended to keep fighting torture or the death penalty. the case up to the Supreme Court. The High Court also ruled on avoid jail after failed court bid The drawn-out case and the possibility Wednesday that Kim, who has spent the of more court reviews has highlighted the past five years in an Auckland prison while hurdles China faces as it seeks to drum up the extradition proceedings went on, ‘Umbrella Revolution’ international cooperation in a campaign to should be allowed out on bail. —Reuters

HONG KONG: Three young Hong Kong activists calling for fully free elections of the city’s leader. It is not clear whether prosecutors will try to who led the city’s massive “Umbrella Revolution” appeal further. Law said prosecutors must have pro-democracy protests walked free from court Expressing their views come under “huge political pressure” to bring yesterday after a renewed bid by prosecutors to They were given community service or sus- the review. Chow, 25, said it had been brought jail them. pended sentences after the magistrate said she “to suppress those who oppose the government It comes as tensions remain high in the semi- believed they had been “genuinely expressing and ask for universal suffrage through the legal autonomous city with fears growing that China their views” during the protest, which saw stu- system”. Wong, 19, who became the face of the is tightening its grip, sparking a growing inde- dents climb over a fence into the Hong Kong Umbrella Movement, urged supporters to con- pendence movement. government complex. tinue civil disobedience as a way to campaign Nathan Law, 23, who was recently voted in as But prosecutors sought a sentence review in for freedoms and rights. the city’s youngest lawmaker and wants self- court Wednesday, asking for jail terms for the Hong Kong has been governed under a “one determination for Hong Kong, was one of the three. They argued the protest they led was country, two systems” deal since it was handed trio in court and slammed yesterday’s hearing as large-scale and that the defendants had not back by Britain to China in 1997. The agreement a political move. “The Department of Justice and shown genuine remorse. is designed to protect Hong Kong’s freedoms for the government are basically hunting those Magistrate June Cheung, who also handed 50 years, but there are concerns those liberties (who took part in) civil disobedience and those down the original verdict and sentencing, dis- are already being eroded. who uphold democratic values,” he told missed the review case. “During sentencing, I Law and Wong have together set up a new reporters. already took into account carefully the serious- political party calling for Hong Kongers to have a Law, Joshua Wong and Alex Chow were all ness of the case, thus imposing community serv- choice over their sovereignty when the han- convicted in August for taking part in, or inciting ice as well as a suspended sentence-which can dover deal expires in 2047. Wong is still too DAVAO, PHILIPPINES: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (R) speaks while peace others to take part in, a protest that led up to the legally replace jail terms-to the three, who are young to stand for parliament as the minimum adviser Jesus Dureza looks on during the courtesy call of freed Norwegian nation- major pro-democracy demonstrations of 2014 first offenders,” Cheung said. age for candidates is 21. — AFP al Kjartan Sekkingstad on September 18, 2016 — -AFP Philippines’ crime war South Korea questions ‘serial a risk for economy offender’ N Korea’s UN membership MANILA: President Rodrigo Duterte’s used abusive language in responding to deadly war on crime is threatening the the criticism, branding Obama a “son of UNITED NATIONS: North Korea’s repeated flout- “If that day comes, that’s not just a threat to the 71st founding anniversary of the ruling Philippines’ economy and endangering a whore” and UN chief Ban Ki-moon a ing of UN Security Council resolutions by con- South Koreans or to Japanese, it’s a threat to the Workers’ Party which falls Oct. 10. Commercial its democratic institutions, international “fool”, and lifting his middle finger while ducting nuclear and missile tests calls into ques- United States and almost all members of the satellite imagery confirmed activity consistent credit rating agency Standard and saying “fuck you” to the European tion its suitability for membership of the world international community,” Yun said. He described with preparations for such an engine test. Poor’s warned yesterday. Parliament. body, South Korea’s top diplomat has told The the ongoing negotiations over a new Security The United Nations and others view the S&P maintained its stable outlook for Duterte has also sought to loosen Associated Press. Council resolution as a “last chance ... to check this North’s space launch development project as a the Philippines, but highlighted a range the Philippines’ decades-old alliance Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se stopped short fanatic behavior” of young leader Kim Jong Un. cover for tests of missile technology, as ballistic of “weaknesses” under the new Duterte with the United States, such as by say- of calling for Pyongyang’s expulsion from the UN In a fresh sign of defiance, Kim oversaw a missiles and rockets in satellite launches share administration that also included his ing he wanted to kick out US troops but said its authoritarian government was violat- ground test of a new rocket engine and ordered similar bodies, engines and other technology. foreign policy and national security who are in the country for anti-terror- ing the terms under which both the Koreas had a satellite launch preparation, North Korean The North has conducted more than 20 launch- statements. “The president has a strong ism efforts, while courting Chinese been admitted 25 years ago. He said the North state media said Tuesday, an indication the es of various types of missile this year. Yun also focus on improving ‘law and order’, investment. had “broken records” in its violation of global country might soon conduct a prohibited long- voiced concern that the North was accelerating which has allegedly resulted in numer- Nevertheless, the charismatic 71- norms: It is the only nation to have conducted range rocket launch - possibly to coincide with its accumulation of fissile material with a view to ous extrajudicial killings since he came year-old remains wildly popular as nuclear tests in the 21st century and is already mass producing nuclear bombs. to power,” S&P said. “This could under- many Filipinos embrace his promise of a subject to five Security Council resolutions over North Korea has said it needs nuclear weapons mine respect for the rule of law and quick solution to the deep-rooted crime its weapons testing. and missiles to cope with US military threats. human rights through the direct chal- problem. The Philippines enjoyed “I think all members of the UN have to ask About 28,500 US troops are stationed in South lenges it presents to the legitimacy of strong economic growth during the themselves whether North Korea is really quali- Korea, a legacy of the 1950-53 Korean War which the judiciary, media and other demo- previous administration of Benigno fied as a member of the UN,” Yun said in an inter- ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty. cratic institutions. “When combined Aquino, who was required by the con- view late Tuesday said on the sidelines of the Yun dismissed repeated North Korean calls for with the president’s policy pronounce- stitution to stand down after a single annual gathering of world leaders at its head- the US and South Korea to scrap annual military ments elsewhere on foreign policy and six-year term. quarters in New York. exercises, which it describes as a preparation for national security, we believe that the S&P, as well as competitors Moody’s invasion. Some experts argue that could provide stability and predictability of policy- and Fitch rating agencies, in 2013 all Loopholes a diplomatic opening. Aid-for-disarmament talks making has diminished somewhat.” raised the Philippines to investment- Calling North Korea a “serial offender,” he said have been stalled since 2008, and Washington Duterte won elections in a landslide grade level for the first time, indicating the Security Council, the UN’s top decision-mak- says they can restart only if the North recommits in May after vowing an unprecedented a lower risk to investors. ing body, needs to close loopholes in existing to denuclearization. Yun said the North uses its crackdown on illegal drugs in which In maintaining the stable outlook, sanctions and impose tough new measures in argument over military exercises as an excuse as 100,000 people would die. About 3,000 S&P said Wednesday it believed the response to the North’s fifth and most recent it pursues weapons development. people have been killed since he took Duterte administration would “broadly atomic test. He said that the “Hiroshima-sized “We should not play their game,” he said. office on June 30. About a third of the continue” the Aquino administration’s explosion” Sept. 9 made clear that Pyongyang Yun welcomed a meeting Monday between victims were shot dead by police and macro-economic policies. But it high- poses an “existential threat” to its US-allied south- President Barack Obama and Premier Li Keqiang the rest murdered by unidentified lighted “rising uncertainties surrounding ern neighbor and a growing menace to the world. of China - the North’s main trading partner and attackers, according to official statistics. the stability, predictability and account- “This latest test is a very sobering reminder traditional ally, in which both countries con- Duterte, 71, has vowed to ignore a ability” under Duterte’s leadership. (that) the danger and the threat from North Korea demned the recent nuclear test and pledged wave of international condemnation Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez is now reaching a very, very dangerous stage. For closer coordination on addressing the nuclear over the killing spree, with US President welcomed the decision to maintain the many years we have been talking about the UN HEADQUARTERS: South Korea’s Foreign threat from Pyongyang. Barack Obama, the European stable outlook, saying it affirmed the development of North Korea’s nuclear weapons Minister Yun Byung-se listens during the China is critical not only for enforcement of Parliament and the United Nations new government was on the right and missiles, and now we may be reaching a Leader’s Summit on Refugees at the 71st ses- sanctions but agreeing to tougher measures, as among the many critics. He has typically path. — AFP stage where we have to worry about the deploy- sion of the General Assembly, Tuesday Sept. it is a veto-wielding member of the Security ment of nuclear-tipped missiles,” Yun said. 20, 2016. — AP Council. — AP NEWS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 PM: Kuwait rejects all forms of terror Continued from Page 1 capital, in line with Arab peace initiative and land-for-peace principle. The Kuwaiti official also praised France’s initiative acts in all their forms and manifestations, as well as its and its effort to revive the Middle East peace process, hosting total rejection of all acts of violence and extremism, that do an international conference last June that reflected the not only contravene international laws and norms, but also French interest in launching the process, with a view to its the teachings of the true religion of Islam, and all other divine leading to a just and comprehensive solutions in the region. religions, in addition to cultural and human values,” he said. Sheikh Jaber welcomed the decision of the president Sheikh Jaber said terrorism was thriving in conflict zones council in Libya to form a government of national accord, an because of failure to solve these conflicts. “It is therefore, important step towards the implementation of the Libyan incumbent upon us to recognize that combating this odious political agreements. Kuwait, he said, hoped this step would phenomenon is an international responsibility, and no one help the Libyan people overcome the present challenges in country by itself, no matter how much it tries, can confront or order to preserve unity and independence of Libya. eliminate it,” he said. The prime minister noted that it was Sheikh Jaber also said he looks forward to relations of morally impermissible to link this phenomenon to any friendship and cooperation with Iran with mutual respect nationality, religion or civilization. As part of Kuwait’s efforts and understanding. The premier emphasized in his speech to fighting the menace of terrorism, noted his country con- the importance of creating the appropriate conditions for tributed effectively to providing support to international any constructive dialogue to take place, in accordance with efforts to combat IS in Iraq. the rules and norms of international law, relating to the prin- The PM reiterated Kuwait’s commitment to a UN-brokered ciple of good neighborly relations, respect of sovereignty of political solution in Yemen in line with the GCC initiative and states, and non-interference in their internal affairs. its implementation mechanism, UN resolution 2216 and Refraining from any practices that contravene internation- national dialogue outcome. “We reaffirm our support for the al conventions and norms that threaten the security and sta- political solution under the UN sponsorship and line with the bility of the region, Sheikh Jaber called for the need to end FUJAIRAH: An Emirati official takes a selfie as an oil tanker approaches the new jetty during the launch of the outcome of the national dialogue, the initiative of the Gulf the occupation of the three Emirati islands, and responding $650 million supertanker facility yesterday. The port enables the UAE to export most of the oil it ships from an Cooperation Council (GCC) and its implementation mecha- to the endeavors of the sisterly United Arab Emirates, to alternative to the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has threatened to close in case of a major regional conflict. — AP nism, and UN Security Council resolution 2216,” Sheikh Jaber resolve this question through direct negotiations or resorting said. to the International Court of Justice. He noted that Kuwait hosted UN-brokered talks among Sheikh Jaber Mubarak emphasized Kuwait’s commitment Court to rule on legality of gasoline hike the Yemeni parties between April and August this year with to principles and purposes of UN Charter during its member- the aim of restoring security and stability in Yemen. Kuwait’s ship of the Security Council. He thanked all member states of Continued from Page 1 information of all residents of Kuwait. The lawyer said that hosting of the talks, said Sheikh Jaber, was out of keenness in the Asia-Pacific Group for their endorsement of Kuwait’s candi- the law is in breach of the constitution and Islamic sharia. the independence, sovereignty and territorial unity of Yemen dature to the seat in the Security Council for 2018-19. His A number of MPs have submitted a motion calling to The court has not set a date to start hearing the argu- to ultimately reach a political solution. Highness the Prime Minister told the General Assembly that convene an emergency session of the Assembly to debate ments over the challenge. The PM strongly condemned the intentional targeting of Kuwait looks forward to the support of all the member states the hike, but only 31 MPs signed the motion, two short of Separately, MP Saleh Ashour yesterday sent a series of populated areas, civil and medical facilities, as well as indis- of the UN in the upcoming elections that would be held in the required constitutional number necessary to force the questions to Minister of Justice and Islamic Affairs Yaqoub criminate bombardment and dropping of barrel bombs on June next year. He said Kuwait will contribute to finding solu- meeting. MP Faisal Al-Kandari has said that he will file a Al-Sane about why stateless people or bedoons were the Syrian people. Sheikh Jaber said Kuwait also demanded tions by consensus to the various global challenges, for the request to grill the finance minister over the hike and the banned from travelling to Saudi Arabia to perform the all those responsible for war crimes and crimes against maintenance of international peace and security by peaceful minister has welcomed the grilling as an opportunity to hajj. Ashour asked if the ministry contacted the Saudi humanity be brought to international justice. “We follow with ways and means. Kuwait occupied a UN seat previously in explain the benefits of the hike to the national economy. embassy in Kuwait to inquire about the reasons why concern the continuing crisis, with worsening conditions all 1978-79. Meanwhile, lawyer Adel Abdulhadi yesterday filed a bedoons were not issued the necessary visas for the pil- over the country,” he said, noting the deteriorating humani- Sheikh Jaber said Kuwait has attained a prestigious posi- lawsuit asking the court to abolish the controversial DNA grimage. He also asked if the ministry asked the foreign tarian situation led to displacement of 13 million Syrians, tion among donors of humanitarian assistance, as a result of test law that was passed by the National Assembly several ministry to follow up the issue with the Saudi foreign min- inside and outside the country, making the Syrian people the its initiatives and continued response to appeals launched by months ago and gives authorities the power to take DNA istry to resolve the problem. largest refugee community in the world. UN for alleviating suffering of affected peoples and countries. HH Sheikh Jaber said Kuwait rushed to help the needy He said that since Kuwait’s independence in 1961, it has set Syrian people and hosted three international donor confer- for itself a consistent approach, to stand by Developing and ences, where combined pledges exceeded $7 billion, of Least Developed Countries. Russia, US face off as Aleppo hit which Kuwait contributed $1.3 billion. The bulk of the Kuwaiti This comes from its firm belief in the need to assist coun- contributions went to specialized UN agencies, inter-govern- tries afflicted by natural disasters, and to lend a helping hand Continued from Page 1 Rights said dozens of raids hit the city’s east overnight, mental and NGOs helping the Syrian people inside the coun- to those suffering from the scourges of war, in a manner that as regime troops advanced on rebels in Aleppo’s south- try or in refugee camps in other nations. would ensure the enhancement of its relations with the Shortly after the truce ended, a UN aid convoy was western outskirts. At least 11 civilians, including two The PM also urged UN Security Council to keep pressure countries and peoples of the world, he said. HH Sheikh Jaber hit in an air strike that US officials have blamed on children, were killed, the highest single-day toll since on Israel to solve the Palestinian cause, saying it would host affirmed that Kuwait is also eager to reach a world wherein Russia. Yesterday, heavy bombardment pummeled the truce collapsed this week, said the Observatory. The an international conference to highlight suffering of justice and equality would prevail in support of human val- Aleppo city and the wider province, key battlegrounds Union of Syrian Medical Relief Organisations (UOSSM) Palestinian children. He said the international community’s ues, and wherein the “haves” would give the deserving “have in Syria’s conflict, and a raid hit a medical team late said two of its ambulances were hit in Khan Tuman, a inability to find a permanent and comprehensive solution to nots” without conditions. Tuesday. village south of Aleppo city, as workers evacuated vic- the Middle East conflict was threatening peace and security According to UN statistics for 2015, Kuwait has held the first Addressing the council, US Secretary of State John tims from a previous strike. Two nurses and two ambu- in the region more than ever. place in providing humanitarian assistance as a ratio of its Kerry demanded that Russia force Syrian President lance drivers were killed and another nurse was critical- Sheikh Jaber said this failure to address the Palestinian gross domestic income. Sheikh Jaber told the General Bashar Al-Assad to ground its air force, blamed for tar- ly wounded. cause was coupled with oppressive practices of the Israeli Assembly that “while Kuwait takes pride in such recognition, geting hospitals and barrel-bombing civilians. “I believe It was a sleepless night for many Aleppo residents, occupation forces, and Israel’s consistent and unjustifiable the Kuwait Fund for Economic Development continues its pio- that to restore credibility to the process we must move AFP’s correspondent in the city said yesterday, with use of excessive force against the Palestinian people, in fla- neering role of providing soft loans and grants to fund devel- forward to try to immediately ground all aircraft flying bombardment continuing until rain broke out over the grant violation of resolutions of international legitimacy, and opment programs that have benefitted 105 countries in vari- in those key areas in order to de-escalate the situation city at dawn. Civil defense workers in the Qadi Askar the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949. Israel was continuing ous parts of the world, which amounted to almost $20 billion.” and to give a chance for humanitarian assistance to flow neighborhood weaved through rubble in search of its aggressive policies because it is “immune to any interna- In this connection, Kuwait welcomed the two historic unimpeded,” Kerry said. wounded residents in a row of buildings hit by air tional accountability, except from any prosecution, and pro- agreements on climate change signed by Kuwait in April, and tected from any criticism or condemnations by the interna- on the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. The prime An impassioned Kerry faced off with Russia’s Foreign strikes Wednesday. In the rebel-held neighborhood of tional organizations,” said HH the Prime Minister. minister hoped that the agreements would lead to the real- Minister Sergei Lavrov in an unusually heated televised Sukkari, Abu Ahmad cleared rubble and shattered glass He urged UNSC to live up to its responsibilities and keep ization of objectives and purposes, inclusive by their charac- showdown, saying the bombing of the aid convoy in from his doorstep after bombardment levelled the six- pressure on Israel to compel it to implement relevant UN res- ter. “We also pledge to exert all efforts in contributing effec- Syria raised “profound doubt whether Russia and the story building next door, killing his neighbors. He had olutions in order to help the Palestinian people achieve their tively; within the framework of an international partnership, Assad regime can or will live up to” ceasefire obliga- tea with the two brothers who lived in the building late legitimate political rights and recognize their independent to fully implement the Sustainable Development Goals dur- tions. Listening to Lavrov made him feel like he was liv- the previous night. “Just an hour after I left, a missile state over the June 4, 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its ing the coming fourteen years,” he added. — KUNA ing in a “parallel universe”, Kerry said. destroyed their whole building and they both died Moscow denies that Russian or Syrian planes carried under the rubble,” Abu Ahmad said. out the strike on Monday on the aid convoy that killed 20 Syrian state media reported that the city’s govern- people, and a military spokesman said a coalition drone ment-held west had come under rebel shelling, which Amir highlights Kuwait’s efforts to help... was in the area when it was destroyed. Ban told the coun- killed two people. The United States holds Russia cil he was looking at “options for vigorously investigating” responsible for the attack on the aid convoy, with a US Continued from Page 1 our brothers in Syria exceeded the material assistance the attack. Lavrov told the council that there would be official saying two Russian SU-24 ground attack jets with the hosting of more than 130,000 Syrian refugees “no more unilateral pauses” by Assad’s government were operating in the area where it was struck. “The “We coordinate with crisis-hit countries directly or since the outbreak of the crisis. This figure, representing forces, arguing that opposition fighters on the ground best evaluation we have is that the Russians carried out through the UN aid agencies to organize and host nearly 10 percent of the total population of Kuwaitis at had used those ceasefires in the past to re-group. the strike,” he added, speaking on condition of donor conferences. The total volume of donations con- 1.3 million people, enabled family reunions between The Russian foreign minister insisted that all sides anonymity. tributed by Kuwait to the refugee-oriented aid program the Syrian refugees and their family members residing must rein in rebel groups on the ground to ensure they The Russian foreign ministry said the “unsubstanti- over the last five years hit $5 billion, including $300 mil- in Kuwait,” HH the Amir said. comply with the ceasefire and said a list of terror groups ated, hasty accusations” seemed designed to “distract lion committed at the Supporting Syria Conference “Kuwait will continue this approach to alleviating the not covered by the truce should be reviewed. Only the attention from the strange ‘error’ of coalition pilots”. (held in London in early Feb 2016). This funding helped suffering of the brotherly people of Syria. It doubled its Islamic State and the Al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front are Dozens of Syrian troops were killed in the strike on finance educational and healthcare programs for child annual voluntary contributions to UN aid agencies, thus not covered by the ceasefire, but Russia, Syria’s ally, has Saturday by the US-led coalition fighting Islamic State, refugees in refugee hosting countries,” he said, noting dominating the first place in terms of the ratio of aid to long argued that other groups are fighting alongside an attack which Washington said was a mistake. that the Kuwait allocated $5 million of the donations to GDP,” the Amir vowed. “I’d like to reaffirm my country’s those jihadists. “If we can agree on this kind of compre- Russia said the attack endangered a deal reached with UNRWA’s educational programs. commitment to continue its humanitarian obligations hensive approach, an integrated multi-faced approach, Washington that provides for a ceasefire, humanitari- “Besides, Kuwait donated $167 million to Kuwaiti and and galvanize the global response to humanitarian dis- the chances of a cessation of hostilities surviving and an aid deliveries and cooperation between Moscow UN aid agencies to finance health and educational pro- asters,” he stressed. Concluding, Sheikh Sabah wished being successful will be better,” Lavrov said. and Washington in battling IS and other extremist grams for Iraqi refugees and internally-displaced per- the summit success in reaching its targets and increas- The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human groups. — Agencies sons. Kuwait’s response to the humanitarian needs of ing funding for humanitarian appeals.— KUNA THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 ANALYSIS

THE LEADING INDEPENDENT DAILY IN THE ARABIAN GULF ESTABLISHED 1961

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By Rob Lever

Washington Post editorial arguing for the prosecution of intelligence leaker Edward ASnowden has sparked an outcry in the media community - including from some of the newspaper’s own journalists. The weekend editori- al provoked a heated response, with some point- ing out the irony that the newspaper was calling for criminal charges against a source who helped it win a 2014 Pulitzer Prize for public service reporting. The editorial board “has no say on news, and just showed why,” said a tweet from Barton Gellman, the Post reporter who led the team that ‘Brangelina’: Hollywood couple like no other shared the Pulitzer with The Guardian for the reporting on global surveillance based on By Thomas Urbain couple that came to be known simply as “Brangelina”. France which they started renting in 2008 and finally Snowden’s leaks of National Security Agency doc- Over the course of their joint stardom, Pitt and Jolie bought in 2012. uments. Gellman added that Snowden’s “disclo- verything about Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt - from maintained a carefully tended relationship with Hollywood Although they were known as “Brangelina”, it was Jolie sures served the public. WP journalists are proud their unparalleled glamor to their brood of six kids - and the news media, feeding them as necessary but also who seemed to be in charge in this duo, one like few oth- of our role.” Emade them stand out in Hollywood for a decade and keeping them at arm’s length. On one hand there was all ers in the world and with access to the highest spheres of Jane Kirtley, a professor of media ethics and see their every move watched closely the world over. the red carpet glitz of the Oscars and such, and a few power. Jolie also got involved in humanitarian work, while law at the University of Minnesota, said the Contributing to this mega-star status was the way they blockbuster films and the occasional interview. But they Pitt tended to be a bit more low profile. She acted as good- Post’s editorial view comes as a shock to the met, their good looks, offbeat lifestyle, demanding and also lived like wealthy nomads, far away from Hollywood, will ambassador and then special envoy for the UN refugee media community even if there is a separation of successful careers and humanitarian work. Indeed, the way and dabbled in arthouse cinema. A good example of their agency, became an outspoken activist against sexual vio- the opinion and reporting units. “It does seem to the couple formed is the stuff of legend in Hollywood - and unique relationship with fame is this: the couple sold pho- lence in war zones and also worked to protect threatened me that any news organization that is going to any gossip press reporter’s dream come true. tos of their three newborn biological children to several animal species. rely on a source and potentially imperil that In 2004, Jolie, then 28, met Pitt, 40 and married to publications for a fortune. Then they donated the money One of the world’s most visible symbols in the battle source, really needs to stand by that source,” Jennifer Aniston, while filming “Mr & Mrs Smith”, an action to charity. They did the same thing when they finally mar- against cancer, she underwent a double mastectomy in Kirtley told AFP. “I personally think Snowden film in which they played a couple. Rumors quickly started ried in 2014. They also have three adopted kids. 2013 and later the removal of her ovaries and fallopian to fly and in March 2005, Pitt and Aniston divorced. Jolie, tubes to prevent an aggressive form of the disease that should come back and face charges, but I didn’t who won an Oscar in 2000 and was seen as one of show- Off-Screen Work killed her mother, grandmother and aunt. Two years later take Snowden’s leaks and put them all over my biz’s sexiest women, then teamed up with another The couple’s aura only grew as they got involved in non- she signed an op-ed piece in The New York Times in newspaper.” Hollywood giant in Pitt. acting projects, either individually or as a couple. Pitt won which she discussed her ovarian surgery and urged Kirtley noted that prosecuting sources for Weeks later, they appeared as a couple in an atmos- an Oscar for best picture in 2014 as a producer of “12 Years women to take preventive action against the disease as leaks should be troubling for the world of journal- pheric photo shoot in the magazine W, in a throwback A Slave”. He also got into design and photography. Jolie she did, saying “knowledge is power”. And to the end, the ism. “It is my belief that going after sources for series evoking 1950s marital life - complete with five chil- started directing movies, to relative critical acclaim. Her image of Jolie as leader of the couple remained: It was leaks using the Espionage Act is a prelude to dren. And the myth was born. On Tuesday it emerged that best known film was “Unbroken”, which came out in 2014. she, not Pitt, who filed for divorce and sought sole cus- going after the journalists who receive that infor- Jolie has filed for divorce from Pitt, spelling the end of a The couple also made wine on a property in southern tody of the kids. —AFP mation,” she said. “It hasn’t happened yet, but it is possible.” Washington Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan also broke with the editorial Pitt: Eye-candy turned board, calling for Snowden to be pardoned. Jolie: Rebel beauty with “Snowden did an important - and brave - service for the American public,” Sullivan wrote in a col- toughness to match Hollywood heavyweight umn Tuesday. “Without his decision to bring the information to journalists, it is very unlikely that By Frankie Taggart blood around her neck during their 2000-2003 By Veronique Dupont Street” and a few low-budget movies. It was in we would know what we do about mass surveil- marriage. Her relationship with Pitt became “Thelma and Louise” (1991) that Pitt got his break, lance in the post-9/11 world.” attooed rebel, red carpet queen, good- the stuff of speculation in 2004 after they rom a screen debut as a bare-chested pret- displaying his talent - and swoon-worthy body - as will ambassador and anti-cancer warrior: were seen looking cozy on the set of “Mr & Mrs ty boy to the Hollywood top table, with a the two-bit thief who seduces Geena Davis. ‘Ignominious Feat’ TAngelina Jolie is a silver screen beauty Smith.” Pitt announced his split from “Friends” Fname that can carry an indie flick or a block- Secondary roles followed in “Kalifornia” (1993) and A more blunt response came from Glenn with convictions to match, and a record of tak- star Jennifer Aniston the following year - and buster, Brad Pitt has come a long way. Pitt came “True Romance” (1994) and he finally made it as a Greenwald, a member of the Guardian team that ing tough decisions without looking back. “Brangelina” was born. into the public eye 25 years ago with a much- headliner later that year alongside Tom Cruise in met with Snowden and now an editor at the After a decade in the Hollywood spotlight as The megastars married in France in Aug talked-about debut as eye-candy in the hit movie “Interview with a Vampire,” and Anthony Hopkins online news site The Intercept. “The Washington one half of the “Brangelina” celebrity couple, 2014 after living together for several years, and “Thelma and Louise” - and went on to become a in “Legends of the Fall.” Post has achieved an ignominious feat in US the 41-year-old filed this week for divorce from have six children together, three of whom are household name. A three-time Oscar nominee for If Pitt needed any further affirmation of his tal- Brad Pitt, it emerged Tuesday. The split opens a adopted. But Jolie is now better known for her his acting - also twice named the “sexiest man ent, he got it with “Seven,” the acclaimed 1995 media history: The first-ever paper to explicitly new chapter for the thrice-married mother of humanitarian work than her tabloid-ready alive” by People magazine - Pitt took home a thriller in which he played a policemen spun editorialize for the criminal prosecution of its own six - whose rollercoaster life has taken her from comments. For several years she served as a golden statuette for best picture in 2014 as a pro- along by a serial killer. The success continued the source - one on whose back the paper won and movie star glory to refugee camps in Africa, to goodwill ambassador for the United Nations ducer of “12 Years A Slave”. following year as Terry Gilliam’s “Twelve Monkeys” eagerly accepted a Pulitzer Prize for Public a role as an outspoken champion of women’s High Commissioner for Refugees. In 2012, she And as half of one of the world’s most famous saw Pitt nominated for an Oscar as best support- Service,” Greenwald wrote. health. was promoted to special envoy and has visited celebrity couples - known to fans simply as ing actor. The high from that accolade did not last The debate comes amid increasing calls for a Jolie was propelled to stardom with her refugees around the world, from Syria to the “Brangelina” - he was never far from the gossip long, however, being followed by two commer- pardon for Snowden, who has been living in role in 1999’s “Girl, Interrupted,” taking home a Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. pages, up until Tuesday when it emerged that cial flops in 1997, “Seven Years in Tibet” and “The Moscow out of the reach of US law enforcement. best supporting actress Oscar for her portrayal Made an honorary dame by Queen Angelina Jolie had filed for divorce. The Hollywood Devil’s Own” with Harrison Ford. The critics were The Post editorial argued that not only should of a rebellious woman in a mental institution. Elizabeth II, she has been a vocal advocate for glory is all a far cry from Pitt’s early days. Born 52 also less than impressed with his pairing with Snowden not be pardoned, but that he should She went on to play everything from a fairy victims of sexual violence in war zones, co- years ago in a middle-class family in Oklahoma, Julia Roberts in “The Mexican” and Robert return to face charges and argue his defense tale villain (“Maleficent”) to a sexy video game hosting a global summit on conflict rape in William Bradley Pitt studied journalism and adver- Redford in “Spy Game,” both in 2001. “before a jury of his peers”. The editorial acknowl- heroine (“Lara Croft: Tomb Raider”) to the wid- London. Jolie is also one of the world’s most tising at the University of Missouri before following But the actor won a new legion of fans along- edged that Snowden justifiably exposed violations ow of murdered American journalist Daniel visible advocates in the battle against cancer, thousands of young Americans and heading to side Edward Norton in “Fight Club” (1999), and hit of law by the National Security Agency which Pearl (“A Mighty Heart”). having undergone a double mastectomy and Hollywood. Pitt supported himself with a series of the commercial big time two years later as part of helped lead to reforms. But it added that Snowden Jolie once flaunted a decidedly punk sensi- removal of her ovaries and fallopian tubes to part-time jobs, including as a chauffeur, removal a star-studded cast led by George Clooney with also “leaked details of basically defensible interna- bility, scandalizing the public with declarations prevent an aggressive form of the disease that man and even dressing up in a chicken suit to the remake of “Ocean’s Eleven.” tional intelligence operations” and “disrupted lawful of bisexuality and quirky behavior such as killed her mother, grandmother and aunt. advertise a fast-food chain. But from 1987 the work wearing a vial of actor Billy started to trickle in, with bit parts in television World’s Sexiest Stars intelligence-gathering, causing possibly ‘tremen- Bob Thornton’s Decision to Go Public series “Dallas” and “21 Jump Pitt’s position as a Hollywood golden boy was dous damage’ to national security.” In both cases, Jolie publicized her surgeries, now assured, and his commercial clout was only But Fortune magazine media writer Matthew triggering a global discussion about the pros strengthened by his 2000 marriage to “Friends” Ingram said it was troubling to see the comments and cons of the procedures as a preventative star Jennifer Aniston, which made them one of from the Post, which has a tradition of investiga- measure. Jolie said she made the decision the hottest couples in the world. If the symbol- tive journalism which dates back to leaks in the to go public so that other women could ism of his playing the unstoppable Achilles in Watergate scandal and Pentagon Papers case. learn from her story. It was with her chil- Wolfgang Petersen’s “Troy” (2004) was not “Attacking and undermining the source that dren in mind that Jolie decided to under- clear enough, he starred in another box office helped the company win a Pulitzer Prize looks hyp- go the surgeries. “I can tell my children smash that year (“Ocean’s Twelve”) before ocritical at best and craven at worst, and is almost they don’t need to fear they will lose me 2005’s “Mr and Mrs Smith.” certain to make future Snowdens think twice or to breast cancer,” the actress wrote in the It was while filming the latter movie that even three times about going to the newspaper Times after her mastectomy in 2013. “They Pitt encountered Jolie. The match-up of two with a leak or a classified tip,” Ingram wrote. —AFP know that I love them and will do any- of the world’s sexiest stars was commercial thing to be with them as long as I can.” dynamite but did little for his marriage to Her father is Oscar winner Jon Voight, Aniston. They announced their split in early hailed as one of the finest actors of his 2005. “Brangelina,” as they were quickly dubbed All articles appearing on these generation, who rose to fame after bravu- by the media, were soon an item and in May 2006 pages are the personal opinion of ra performances in now classic movies like Jolie gave birth to their first biological child, a girl “Midnight Cowboy”, “Deliverance” and the named Shiloh. The couple have six children, three the writers. Kuwait Times takes no Vietnam drama “Coming Home”, for which of whom are adopted.The actor scored another responsibility for views expressed he won his Academy Award. Her mother hit in “Babel” (2007) and earned his second Oscar therein. Kuwait Times invites read- was an actress who appeared in US televi- nomination in 2009 for “The Curious Case of sion series, but abandoned her film career Benjamin Button”. ers to voice their opinions. Please to raise her two children. On the other side In recent years Pitt has stepped behind the send submissions via email to: opin- of the camera lens, Jolie made her directorial camera, and successfully tried his hand at pro- [email protected] or via snail debut in 2011 with “In the Land of Blood ducing - taking home a golden statuette for mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. and Honey,” an unflinching drama about best picture in 2014 as a producer of “12 Years rape as a weapon in wartime Bosnia, saying A Slave”. Through his firm Plan B, he was also The editor reserves the right to edit she hoped to use cinema as a force for recon- involved in Martin Scorsese’s Oscar-winner “The any submission as necessary. ciliation. Jolie was married twice before, to Departed” (2006) and “A Mighty Heart” starring actors Jonny Lee Miller and Thornton. —AFP Jolie, released the following year. —AFP THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 SPORTS

UEFA president hopeful of Stop fantasising about Back to school for Champions League U-turn Dominguez’s sacking Korean icon Park LONDON: Newly elected UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin yesterday reit- TOULON: Toulon president Mourad Boudjellal insisted yesterday that under-fire LONDON: Retired South Korean football great Park Ji-Sung is embarking on a new erated his belief that it may be possible to block planned changes to the for- coach Diego Dominguez was not in his crosshairs after a poor start to the Top 14 challenge on a top sports management course at De Montfort University (DMU) in mat of the Champions League. The European governing body announced season. The three-time former European champions, beaten in last year’s domes- Leicester, England. The 35-year-old former Manchester United midfielder-who won last month that England, Spain, Italy and Germany will each be guaranteed tic final by Parisian arch-rivals Racing 92, currently stand eighth on 11 points, with the Champions League and four Premier League titles with the club from 2005-12 — four berths for their clubs in the tournament between 2018 and 2021. The just two wins from their five outings so far. Last weekend, Toulon were hammered said he saw it as the best avenue for him to potentially pursue a career in the Korean move was criticised by smaller European nations and although it by Racing 41-30, two late tries giving a gloss to the final score of a match in which football league administration afterwards. The course-run by the Swiss Centre International d’Etude du Sport (CIES) and delivered by DMU- has been ratified by UEFA’s executive committee, Ceferin they were comprehensively outplayed for large periods. “You need to stop fanta- sising about the sacking of Diego Dominguez,” Boudjellal said of the ex-Italy fly- was last year named as Europe’s best sports management course suggested the changes may not be set in stone. When it half, with his side due to play in-form league leaders Clermont on Sunday. “Diego and the year before that claimed top spot in SportBusiness was put to him that it will be impossible to change the for- Dominguez is not a target today,” he said, adding: “If we lose 95-0, that reopens International’s world rankings. “One of my colleagues said it had mat of the Champions League before 2021, he replied: “I the debate, but that’s the case for every coach.” Boudjellal, who made his fortune been a great experience and though many players go into coach- don’t necessarily agree with you, so let’s see. “Of course from the comic book publishing business, continued: “Diego’s not under pressure. ing or management, I wanted to improve my knowledge of football it’s not good for the small and mid-size associations. But Toulon are not playing well because we don’t have the players” due to a raft of around the pitch and then perhaps work in the South Korean foot- as I told you, it was my first day yesterday. I have to check injuries. Toulon have Australian wing Drew Mitchell and South African Bryan ball league,” Park told the DMU website. Park, one of 31 foreign stu- what were pluses and minuses about that decision. “There Habana away on international duty, while the likes of captain Duane Vermeulen, dents taking the year-long course which also includes semesters in were certainly pluses and minuses and I will look on it and playmaker Matt Giteau, flanker Juanne Smith, wingers Vincent Clerc and James Milan, Italy and Neuchatel in Switzerland, said looking back on act. Everything can change.” — AFP O’Connor, and prop Jean-Charles Orioli are all out injured. — AFP his career there was one clear standout campaign. — AFP SA recall ‘rusty but ready’ Lambie

JOHANNESBURG: Fit-again fly-half Patrick coaches and pundits for wholesale changes Lambie was recalled by South Africa coach amid widespread social media unhappiness Allister Coetzee yesterday for Rugby with his team selections. Championship Tests against Australia and The coach, who succeeded Heyneke New Zealand next month. The 25-year-old Meyer last April on a four-year contract, had playmaker was badly concussed during a heightened expectations of a clean-out when June Test loss to Ireland in Cape Town and he said “there would be repercussions” after returned to action only last Saturday for three straight losses. Target number one has Sharks in the Currie Cup. been Jantjies, who replaced Lambie in Cape “Rusty but ready,” was the verdict of Sharks Town but has struggled during six subse- coach and former Springboks scrum-half quent starts to replicate the form that took Robert du Preez after Lambie kicked two con- Golden Lions to the 2016 Super Rugby final. versions in less than 20 minutes on the pitch. “Flaky as a croissant,” was how one New However, Coetzee cautioned against Zealand pundit described a 26-year-old fly- assuming that Lambie would replace off-form half whose handling error led to the first All Elton Jantjies against Australia on October 1 Blacks try in a 41-13 Christchurch rout last at Loftus Versfeld stadium in Pretoria. Saturday. After a bright start to his Test career “We want to ascertain his readiness and this season, scrum-half Faf de Klerk is also confidence for international rugby or whether battling to recapture excellent Super Rugby he rather needs to play another match in the form with the Lions. There have also been Currie Cup for the Sharks,” he said. “Patrick has calls for full-back Johan Goosen, centre Juan been included in our squad so that our med- de Jongh, prop Tendai ‘The Beast’ Mtawarira ical and conditioning team can get first-hand and flankers Francois Louw and Teboho ‘Oupa’ feedback.” Mohoje to be dumped. Fullback Willie le Roux, axed after poor performances in a fortunate 2-1 series win Squad over Ireland, is also back in a 31-man squad Forwards (16): Willem Alberts, Eben comprising 16 forwards and 15 backs. Etzebeth, Lood de Jager, Steven Kitshoff, Tighthead prop Julian Redelinghuys and Vincent Koch, Jaco Kriel, Francois Louw, Bongi lock Lood de Jager have recovered from Mbonambi, Oupa Mohoje, Franco Mostert, injuries and were included. Utility prop Tendai Mtawarira, Trevor Nyakane, Julian Lourens Adriaanse is the only Springbok Redelinghuys, Adriaan Strauss (capt), Pieter- dropped from the previous squad as South Steph du Toit, Warren Whiteley Africa seek to snap a run of three consecutive Backs (15): Damian de Allende, Johan Cheick Sallah Cisse Rugby Championship losses. After a last-gasp Goosen, Bryan Habana, Francois Hougaard, home win over Argentina, they lost away to Elton Jantjies, Juan de Jongh, Faf de Klerk, the South Americans, Australia and world Jesse Kriel, Patrick Lambie, Lionel Mapoe, champions New Zealand. Coetzee resisted Malcolm Marx, Lwazi Mvovo, Rudy Paige, calls from former Springbok players and Willie le Roux, Morne Steyn. — AFP Ivorian hero Cisse targets Tokyo 2020 after Rio gold

ABIDJAN: Cheick Sallah Cisse has gone from the African nation with Ruth Gbagbi becoming the dream come true for Cisse who was born to a mod- obscurity to national hero after winning the Ivory first Ivorian women’s medallist with bronze, also in est family in the central city of Bouake. He took up Coast’s first Olympic gold, but insists his celebrity taekwondo. martial arts at the age of eight, beginning with status won’t distract him from his taekwondo title Both were honoured by Ivorian head of state shotokan, moving on to dedicate long hours to defence in Tokyo. “People look at me differently Alassane Ouattara on their return home. Cisse taekwondo despite the opposition of his father now, I’ve become a national symbol. I can’t walk in pleaded for an improvement in conditions and who wanted him to focus on his studies. the street without being recognised, I’m a star,” the training for athletes, and Ouattara promised to His passion saw him crowned African champion 23-year-old told AFP. examine what could be done. “We were support- in 2014, drawing inspiration from the Iranian teach- Cisse clinched the men’s under-80kg taekwon- ed. The Government did what it could...but we ing method “for the spirit, the strength of character do title with a dramatic last-second move in Rio need new laws passed so that athletes can live off of their fighters”. and was honoured for his exploits on his return their sports,” declared Cisse. The majority of Ivorian “I like everything they do. They highlight the home, receiving a new house and a 50 million CFA athletes train in difficult conditions and find it hard qualities of a good taekwondist namely the heart, franc (75,000 euro, $84,000) cash bonus. Before Rio, to raise funds to meet their costs. courage.” He insists that despite his new-found the Ivory Coast had only one medal to its name-the “We have talented boys and girls in taekwondo fame his feet are firmly on the ground. “The great- men’s 400m silver picked up by Gabriel Tiacoh at ... we have to help them,” insisted Cisse. “I want to est motivation (to win again) is to relive once the Los Angeles Games in 1984. That all changed tell my little brothers to believe in their dreams. again (the honours on returning home). “People when Cisse stunned third seed Lutalo Muhammad “I’ve gone from nothing to become someone, with- approach you, they congratulate you, it’s nice, of Great Britain with a four-point score right at the out any help.” touching, all this gives me strength to achieve Patrick Lambie death to win 8-6. Rio proved a breakthrough for Claiming a coveted Olympic gold has been a even more.” —AFP

NBA star Tony Parker plays at the Top of Europe

he NBA star and European Basketball Europe, Australia, America and Switzerland talent of our ambassador, with our partner we have done today.” athletes. The basketball game with NBA star Champion Tony Parker played on were there to witness this exceptional event. A Jungfraubahn. At Tissot we are a big family At the Jungfraujoch, several sports events Tony Parker is the tenth edition of the event TSeptember 14, 2016 on the Jungfraujoch. very special guest also took part in the event, and we love bringing everyone together, as have already taken place with world famous series. “It is always a challenge to bring inter- He was faced with a team of Swiss basket play- Tissot’s Swiss Moto2 ambassador Thomas L¸thi. nationally renowned Sport personalities to the ers and demonstrated his speed and agility at The fact that Tony Parker, Tissot’s ambassa- Aletsch Glacier. We were delighted that our 3454 meters above sea level. dor, came to the Jungfraujoch is no coinci- partner Tissot and their ambassador Tony For the occasion, a big basketball court of dence. Tissot and the Jungfrau Railways have a Parker wanted to take part” the CEO of 33.55m by 20.78m was put in place in order great relationship. Their renewed partnership Jungfrau Railways, Urs Kessler said. After the for the classic 5X5 game to take place on the emphasizes their long-standing and successful event, he added: “After football, tennis, boxing, Aletsch glacier. Faced with the fresh yet thin alliance, which was initiated for the commem- cricket and basketball, I can’t wait to see what air of the mountain, the great athlete did not oration of the centenary of the construction of world sport will be the next.” sway. Tony Parker has earned his reputation as the railway’s tunnel. Last year, the CEO of Tony Parker is one of the most successful one of the fastest and best players in the Jungfrau Railways, Urs Kessler and Tissot basketball players in history. He is a French world. He was quick to pass the ball to his President Francois Thiebaudtook it to the next professional basketball player currently with teammates and passed by his adversaries with level by inaugurating the summit attraction” the San Antonio Spurs of the National agility at the Top of Europe. the First Cliff Walk” and a Tissot shop on First, Basketball Association (NBA).Parker has After the basketball game Tony Parker took above Grindelwald. helped the Spurs win four NBA championships time to answer the media’s questions. He said: President of Tissot, Francois Thibaud com- in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2014. “I’m always up for new challenges, so when mented: “We are very proud of our partner- Employing his pace and high field goal per- Tissot, my long-term partner suggested I play a ships. It is an honour and great pleasure for us centage to great effect, Parker has been named match at the Top of Europe I thought it was a to be able to share the beauty of such an to six NBA All-Star games, three All-NBA great opportunity to do something exception- extraordinary place as the Jungfraubahn, with Second Teams, and an All-NBA Third Team. al. We don’t often get to play in such extreme the Swiss Alpsand the fresh air of Switzerland Parker was also the star of the French national conditions.” Over 100 journalists from Asia, with our loyal ambassador Tony Paker, and the basketball team until he resigned in 2016. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 SPORTS ICC says Pakistan must satisfy on security to get visits

LAHORE: Pakistani officials must satisfy the three one-day internationals and as many advising the teams, and that’s really out of the assurances of the country’s government ation where teams are willing to play inter- concerns of visiting security experts if they Twenty20s-but that failed to change the our control.” He was speaking in Lahore, and the Bangladesh Cricket Board. national cricket in Pakistan,” he said. want to host major teams again, the chief views of most security experts. where he came to present Pakistan captain Richardson acknowledged overall Misbah meanwhile praised his players for executive of cricket’s world governing body “It’s actually quite easy for you to con- Misbah-ul-Haq with a mace after his team improvements in Pakistan’s security situa- making it to number one without playing at said yesterday. Most international sides have vince me that international cricket returns to reached the world top Test ranking. tion, with a marked decrease in militant home. “We’ve been playing on foreign soil stayed away from Pakistan since an Islamist Pakistan, but unfortunately it’s not me or the Richardson’s remarks come as England attacks and casualties this year and last. since 2009 but we are not only strong enough militant attack on the Sri Lankan team bus in ICC that needs to be convinced,” said David prepare to tour Bangladesh next month “I know that the Pakistan government but we are right at the top, especially in the Lahore in 2009, which killed eight people Richardson, chief executive of the despite an attack on a Dhaka cafe in July and the Pakistan Cricket Board are doing top format of this game,” he said. Players, he and injured several cricketers. International Cricket Council (ICC). that left 20 hostages including 18 foreigners whatever they can to try and persuade the said, had to compete outside the country for In 2015 Pakistan hosted minnows “It’s the security experts, it’s the security dead. It was claimed by the Islamic State people and make the security situation bet- almost six to seven months. “Credit should be Zimbabwe for a short limited-overs series consultants who are advising the players, group. Security experts cleared the tour on ter in Pakistan. Pretty soon we’ll get to a situ- given to the families.” — AFP Captain Kohli admits India need to play spin better

KANPUR: Skipper Virat Kohli conceded yes- Kohli said of his opposite number Kane terday that India must bat better against Williamson. India, who start the series spin, as the favourites prepare to take on a strong favourites after their recent 2-0 dangerous New Zealand in the first Test in away victory against the West Indies, are Kanpur. Kohli pointed to India’s loss last also eyeing a return to the top of the year at the hands of Sri Lanka’s spinners on International Cricket Council rankings. a raging turner as evidence of his side’s India recently toppled Australia from the weakness, as they begin their quest to top of the rankings, only to be leapfrogged regain the number one world ranking spot. by their archrivals Pakistan. His team take on the Black Caps today in India’s spin king Ravichandran Ashwin is the first of three Tests and India’s 500th in in form, picking up 17 wickets in the total, at Kanpur’s Green Park which is Caribbean, while batsmen Lokesh Rahul expected to prove favourable to spinners. and Ajinkya Rahane have also been in good “It’s an area where we can improve, we knick. Williamson said his young side would have lost a Test match in Sri Lanka because be looking to build on their success at this we couldn’t play as well as we would have year’s World Twenty20 when they reached liked,” Kohli told reporters. “The team the semi-finals. “We have got some excit- wants to improve on that aspect of the ing young talent. We showed that in the game, (its) something that (we) surely need T20 world cup.” to get stronger,” he said, adding that his “That was huge for us. Yes, the formats batsmen were working on this. are different, but I am hoping we can build Sri Lankan veteran spinner Rangana on from those experiences,” the 26-year-old Herath claimed seven wickets to skittle said. New Zealand, who recently suffered a India for 112 last August in a stunning vic- 1-0 loss against South Africa, will be count- tory, although India went on to win the ing on its spin bowlers including Indian- next two matches. born Ish Sodhi, along with Mitchell Santner Kohli, known for his aggressive brand of and Mark Craig. cricket, said he was impressed with New “Yes, how our spin bowlers bowl will be Zealand’s “fearless” style of play in recent important. But at the same time we are times and believes the visitors will prove hoping for a bit of reverse swing and that tough opponents. “I think Kane is leading certainly brings the seamers into it,” said the side very well. We expect very good Williamson, who heads into his third series competition and good hard-fought cricket,” as skipper. — AFP

KANPUR: New Zealand’s captain Kane Williamson, front, catches a ball during a practice session ahead of the first cricket test gainsta India in Kanpur, India, yesterday. — AP New Zealand aim to turn tables on spin kings India

KANPUR: New Zealand captain Kane very experienced in these conditions. But we deteriorates quite quickly and reverse swing and Williamson believes his slow-bowling trio can have got some exciting young talent. We have spin naturally become big factors,” he said. prove a handful for India in their own spin- shown that in the (World) Twenty20,” Williamson “How our spin bowlers bowl will be impor- friendly back yard in the three-test series start- said, referring to the impressive display by leg- tant, but at the same time we are hoping for bet- ing today. Rolling out raging turners and spinner Sodhi and left-armer Santner in the tour- ter reverse swing. We will have to see how things unleashing the spinners has been the tried-and- nament in India earlier this year. unfold.” Williamson conceded spin might make tested formula behind India’s formidable home “Yes, the formats are different but we are or break fortunes in the series but did not agree form, and the cracks on the track in Kanpur’s hoping they can build on from those experi- fully with team mate Ross Taylor’s suggestion of Green Park Stadium suggest the trend will con- ences,” Williamson said. “There were a lot of employing the sweep shot frequently to negate tinue against the Kiwis. learning experiences to be had, certainly this the Indian spinners. India have won each of their last three home being one of them, being exposed in these con- “I think it’s certainly up to individuals. Some series, against Australia, West Indies and South ditions which will certainly suit spin bowling. guys sweep more than others,” Williamson said. Africa, without losing a test. “We are certainly hoping they can play a big “I suppose sweeping is a big part of an But New Zealand seem to have done their part in the series.” Williamson had a good look at Indian player’s game. They’ve got great foot- KANPUR: India’s captain Virat Kohli gestures during a press conference ahead of the homework and have included a trio of specialist the wicket in Kanpur and the 26-year-old spot- work, they get forward, they get back and first cricket test against New Zealand in Kanpur, India, yesterday. — AP spinners-Ish Sodhi, Mitchell Santner and Mark ted a silver lining in the dry track, in the form of come down the wicket. “You can learn a lot Craig-in their squad with a reasonable chance of reverse-swing potential. “Coming into it, and cer- from the way they play but at the end of the all three playing in the series opener in Kanpur. tainly watching the previous series here, without day, it’s up to individual players who are the England’s Anderson could “They’ve got very good spinners, naturally much grass on the block, obviously the ball most comfortable with it.” — Reuters be rested in test series LONDON: England fast bowler James no matter what the format you’re desper- Skipper Misbah lauds Pakistan Anderson may sit out some of the test ate to play,” Anderson told reporters. matches on their tours of Bangladesh “But there may well come a time and India, he said yesterday. when it will get managed. At 34 I proba- The 34-year-old, England’s leading bly have to manage myself, be managed, achieving No 1 test ranking test wicket-taker with 463 victims, was quite well. named in the squad for the tour to You want, if possible, to play every ISLAMABAD: Misbah-ul-Haq has paid credit to Bangladesh where they play two tests test but India is going to be five back to his players and their families for earning test next month. England travel to India in back and that’s a huge ask for any cricket’s No.1 ranking while exiled from playing early November for a five-test series. bowler,” he added. “There will probably home matches for the past seven years. “It’s a tough one because as a player if come a point where we try to look and Having earned the No. 1 spot last month, you’re fit you want to play, simple as that, maybe I’ve got to sit out.” — Reuters Pakistan’s test captain Misbah was handed the test mace by ICC chief executive David Richardson at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore yester- day. “It’s one of the best days in my life, it’s the happiest day in my cricketing career and I like to congratulate everyone who has been part of this achievement and part of this journey,” Misbah said. Pakistan has played its ‘home’ tests in the United Arab Emirates since 2009 when Sri Lanka’s team came under terrorist attack in Lahore and other nations subsequently refused to tour Pakistan due to security concerns. “We are playing away matches and are not playing where we are brought up; even Dubai and Abu Dhabi are foreign soil,” Misbah said. Zimbabwe is the only test-playing nation which has toured Pakistan since 2009, but that was only for a three-match limited-overs series, also in Lahore, last year. “Credit should be given to the families,” he said. “The families of the players really sacrificed lot of things ... we have to play almost 6-7 months out of country and that’s difficult.” Misbah, in the twilight of his career at age 42, has been instrumental in reshaping Pakistan test LAHORE: Pakistan cricket captain Misbah-ul-Haq holds the ICC Test Championship mace in team, especially after Lord’s test spot-fixing fias- Lahore yesterday. Pakistan achieved the number one ranking in the Test Championship table co in 2010 when three players were banned for after the Test match series drawn 2-2, between England and Pakistan at the Oval in London on five years. Over the last five years, Misbah August 14, 2016. — AFP became Pakistan’s most successful test captain ing months. India is the biggest threat as it could tour Pakistan, but hoped the government and and also whitewashed both England and become No. 1 if it beats New Zealand in the the Pakistan Cricket Board can convince foreign Australia in the test series in the UAE. three-test series at home. ICC will award $1 mil- teams to resume tours. Richardson pointed Misbah’s captaincy as lion to the team which stays No. 1 on April 1, “Circumstances in the world really have got one of the reasons for Pakistan achieving test 2017 and Pakistan has at least three tough series quite difficult from a security point of view (and) cricket’s No. 1 spot for the first time since the - against West Indies, New Zealand and Australia Pakistan has been probably hardest hit than any rankings were introduced in 2003. Revised rank- - during this period. other country,” Richadson said. “It’s not me or the ings showed Pakistan would also have been top “West Indies is unpredictable like Pakistan, ICC that needs to be convinced. It’s the security in 1988 if the current measures were used “This they can be so strong at a given day so we really experts, it’s the security consultants who are is a remarkable achievement given that the last can’t say they are easy side,” Misbah said. advising the players, who are advising the teams RAWALPINDI: Pakistani director and bowling coach of Islamabad United Wasim 24 series had all been played away from “Then two tough tours. New Zealand has a and that’s really out of our control. Akram (2R) and his wife Shaniera Akram (3L) take a selfie during an exhibition match Pakistan’s borders,” Richardson said. strong side especially at home and then “I know that the Pakistan government and at Rawalpindi Cricket stadium in Rawalpindi on Tuesday, to celebrate their triumph “Any player if he can put on his CV that he Australia ... I hope we can be competitive there the PCB are doing whatever they can to try and in the Pakistan Super League earlier this year. Dashing Australia batsman Dean was part of the team that was No. 1 ranked in and prove ourselves where normally teams from persuade the people and make security situa- Jones has tipped Pakistan’s resurgence in Twenty20 cricket following the success of test cricket, that to me will be a pinnacle Asia struggle.” tion better in Pakistan. Pretty soon we’ll get to a its new domestic league, saying fierce hitter Sharjeel Khan can revive the country’s achievement for any player.” Pakistan face a stern Richardson said it was not in the hands of the situation where teams are willing to play inter- fortunes. — AFP test to keep its No. 1 ranking intact in the com- ICC to convince other nations that it’s safe to national cricket in Pakistan.” — AP THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 SPORTS Ahli United Bank welcomes Kuwait National Paralympic team

KUWAIT: Ahli United Bank (AUB), one of Honorary President for the Kuwait tinued support towards special needs, Kuwait’s leading Islamic banking institu- Disabled Sports Club, Sheikha Sheikha and the strong role that the Kuwait tions welcomed yesterday the Kuwait Khalifa Al Sabah, as well as the club’s Disabled Sports Club plays to train young National Paralympic team at the Kuwait Chairman, Shafi Al Hajeri were present to athletes to represent Kuwait in a number International Airport upon their return welcome and greet the national team of international events. In addition, the from Brazil. The bank’s latest initiative upon their arrival to Kuwait. bank’s sponsorship is in line with its over- reflects its keenness to celebrate the AUB has been a supporter to Kuwait’s all social responsibility approach and sup- proud moments and successes achieved national special needs team, and was porting special needs, an initiative that is by the team. Despite the level of partici- amongst the first to welcome them back also reflected in the bank’s tailored servic- pation, all members of the Paralympic to honor them for their participation at es for them. team are winners. the Paralympics. Bader Al-Debasi, from AUB said, “We His Excellency, Sheikh Salman Al The bank thanked Kuwait’s champions, believe in our youth’s abilities to over- Sabah, Kuwait’s Youth and Sports Minister specifically Ahmad Al Mutairi for winning come any challenge and prove their abili- and her Excellency, Hind Al-Subaih the first place and gold medal in the 100 ty to represent their country. Despite the Minister of Social Affairs & Labour/ meter competition and representing the results they have achieved, they continue Minister of State for Planning & country in an internationally acclaimed to be our champions who deserve to be Development Affairs along with the event. AUB’s sponsorship reflects its con- honored.” AUB employees meeting and congratulating Ahmad Al Mutairi. Ortiz, Bradley HRs carry Red Sox past Orioles

BALTIMORE: David Ortiz broke open a tight game with a three-run homer in the seventh inning, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 Tuesday night for their sixth straight victory. Jackie Bradley Jr. also homered for the Red Sox, who stretched their lead over Baltimore in the AL East to five games. After sweeping four games from the Yankees, Boston has won the first two of this pivotal four-game series. Trey Mancini homered in his major league debut with the Orioles, who trail Toronto by a game for the first AL wild card. Kevin Gausman (8-11) allowed five runs and 10 hits in 6 1/3 innings. Eduardo Rodriguez (3-7) pitched 6 1/3 innings of two-run ball for his first win in 11 starts since July 16. Craig Kimbrel worked the ninth for his 28th save.

BLUE JAYS 10, MARINERS 2 J.A. Happ became the major leagues’ sec- ond 20-game winner and Russell Martin and Michael Saunders each hit a two-run homer, lifting Toronto over Seattle to move into first in the AL wild-card race. Toronto took the lead with an eight-run fourth inning and moved a game ahead of Baltimore. Detroit remained 2 1/2 games behind the Blue Jays. Seattle lost for the fourth time in five games to fall four games behind Toronto. Happ (20-4) allowed two runs, six hits and a walk over five innings, striking out eight while winning for the 14th time in his last 15 decisions. He’s the first Toronto pitcher to reach 20 wins since Roy Halladay in 2008. Martin and Saunders each homered off Hisashi Iwakuma (16-12) during the Blue Jays’ big inning.

GIANTS 2, DODGERS 0 Eduardo Nunez and Brandon Belt homered to help San Francisco overcome injuries to All- Star pitcher Johnny Cueto and shortstop Brandon Crawford. San Francisco pulled into a three-way tie for first place in the NL wild-card standings with the Mets and Cardinals. The Giants are five games behind the NL West- leading Dodgers with 11 to play.Cueto exited with a strained left groin in the sixth inning. Crawford came out with a dislocated left pinky in the second. A team trainer checked on Cueto with Andrew Toles at bat. Cueto stayed in and walked Toles, then motioned that he was done.

ASTROS 2, ATHLETICS 1, 10 INNINGS George Springer hit a go-ahead single in the 10th inning, and Houston beat Oakland.Tony Kemp, who tied it with a pinch- BALTIMORE: Boston Red Sox outfielders Chris Young, from left, Jackie Bradley Jr and Mookie Betts celebrate after a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles in Baltimore, Tuesday. hit double in the seventh, got things going Boston won 5-2. — AP with a leadoff double against Sean Doolittle (2-3) and Jake Marisnick sacrificed him to third innings of scoreless relief to earn the win. even with the New York Mets, who lost at BRAVES 5, METS 4 er to securing the NL’s best record. Lester (18-4) to bring up Springer. Chris Devenski (4-4) Dellin Betances got three outs for his 12th save. home to last-place Atlanta for the second Mets nemesis Julio Teheran pitched seven extended his scoreless streak to 21 innings struck out four in 3 2-3 innings of relief for the straight night. Wainwright (12-9) gave up four more sparkling innings and the last-place before Jose Peraza’s RBI triple in the fifth. He win, and Ken Giles escaped a bases-loaded TIGERS 8, TWINS 1 runs in 5 1/3 innings. Daniel Descalso, Charlie Braves blunted New York’s bid to extend its NL stayed in after Joey Votto’s comebacker in the jam and closed it out for his 13th save. The Matt Boyd breezed through eight innings, Blackmon and Gerardo Parra homered for wild-card lead. The Mets nicked the Braves’ sixth left him with a welt on the wrist of his Astros remain in the mix for the AL wild card. backed by home runs from James McCann Colorado, and Jorge De La Rosa (8-9) allowed bullpen for three runs in the eighth but could- glove hand.The Cubs’ 96th win reduced their Jose Altuve’s eighth-inning single gave him and Miguel Cabrera, and Detroit stepped for- eight runs - seven earned - in 4 2/3 innings. n’t complete the comeback. The Braves have magic number to three over Washington for 200 hits in three straight seasons, the first to ward in the AL wild-card race.With Baltimore’s the worst record in the NL, yet have won four clinching home field advantage throughout the do so since Ichiro Suzuki from 2001-10. loss to Boston, the Tigers cut the deficit INDIANS 2, ROYALS 1 straight. Teheran (6-10) gave up five hits and NL playoffs. Josh Smith (3-2), making a spot Oakland’s Danny Valencia was ejected at the between them and the second spot to 1 1/2 Pinch-hitter Brandon Guyer hit a game- left with a 5-1 lead. Dating to the final time he start in a bullpen game for the Reds, allowed end of the ninth by plate umpire Marty Foster games with 12 to go. Boyd (6-4) allowed three ending RBI single, helping Cleveland inch clos- saw the Mets last season, he’s 3-0 with a 0.73 one run and three hits in three innings. after striking out. hits, including Robbie Grossman’s seventh- er to the AL Central title. Guyer’s two-out hit ERA in five starts against them. Jim Johnson Brandon Phillips had two hits for Cincinnati. inning homer. McCann, in the designated hit- off Joakim Soria landed just fair in the right- pitched the ninth for his 16th save in 19 YANKEES 5, RAYS 3 ter role for the injured Victor Martinez, con- field corner and scored Coco Crisp. Guyer was chances. Robert Gsellman (2-2) lost in his fifth PIRATES 6, BREWERS 3 Rookie slugger Gary Sanchez hit his 17th nected for a three-run shot during Detroit’s a the third pinch hitter of the inning used by major league start. Andrew McCutchen, Jody Mercer and Josh homer in 42 games this season, a three-run four-run sixth against Hector Santiago (12-9). manager Terry Francona. Cleveland leads Bell each drove in two runs, and Pittsburgh shot in a four-run seventh inning for the Detroit by seven games in the division. The CUBS 6, REDS 1 kept its faint playoff hopes alive.The Pirates Yankees. The banged-up Yankees are 3 1/2 CARDINALS 10, ROCKIES 5 Indians haven’t won the AL Central since 2007. Jon Lester overcame an injury scare to throw have won fifth of six to improve to .500 (75-75) games behind Baltimore for the second AL Adam Wainwright was shaky on the mound The Royals, the reigning World Series champi- seven strong innings, and the Cubs moved clos- for the first time since they were 69 69 on wild card. and shined at the plate with a career-high four ons, will be eliminated from contention in the Sept. 8. Jared Hughes (1-1) pitched an inning Sanchez gave the Yankees a 5-2 lead with RBIs, helping St. Louis move into a three-way division if they lose to Cleveland tonight. Alex for the win and Tony Watson worked the ninth his drive off Brad Boxberger (4-3). Mark tie for the top NL wild card. The free-swinging Gordon singled in a run for Kansas City, and for his 14th save. Milwaukee right-hander Matt Teixeira hit a solo shot in the fourth for New Wainwright lined a two-run double in the sec- Brian Flynn (1-2) got the loss. Andrew Miller (9- Garza was charged with five runs and eight York, which was swept in a four-game series at ond inning and brought in two more with a 1) got five outs for the win. hits in four-plus innings. Boston last weekend and had lost seven of bloop single in the fifth. Matt Adams and Jedd eight overall. Luis Severino (3-8) pitched 1 1/3 Gyorko homered to help the Cardinals pull RANGERS 5, ANGELS 4 PHILLIES 7, WHITE SOX 6 Rookie Nomar Mazara hit his 20th homer in Odubel Herrera homered and drove in another testy game with multiple ejections three runs, leading Philadelphia to the win. MLB results/standings and the Rangers moved closer to their second Tommy Joseph and Roman Quinn added two consecutive AL West title. Texas (90-62) cut its hits apiece and combined to drive in three magic number to two to clinch the seventh runs for the Phillies. Herrera, who hits between Boston 5, Baltimore 2; Philadelphia 7, Chicago White Sox 6; Atlanta 5, NY Mets 4; Cleveland 2, division title in franchise history. Mazara hit a Joseph and Quinn in the lineup, is 15 for 28 in Kansas City 1; NY Yankees 5, Tampa Bay 3; Miami 1, Washington 0; Chicago Cubs 6, Cincinnati 438-foot drive off rookie Daniel Wright (0-4), a his last seven games. Melky Cabrera hit a 1; Texas 5, LA Angels 4; Detroit 8, Minnesota 1; Pittsburgh 6, Milwaukee 3; St. Louis 10, two-run shot in the fourth that put the three-run homer for the White Sox, who have Colorado 5; Houston 2, Oakland 1 (10 innings); San Diego 5, Arizona 2; San Francisco 2, LA Rangers up 4-3. Nick Martinez (2-3) worked 3 lost four straight. James Shields (5-18), winless Dodgers 0; Toronto 10, Seattle 2. 1/3 scoreless innings in relief, and the right- since July 26, allowed six earned runs and nine American League National League hander made a spectacular play in the fifth, hits in 5 1/3 innings.Trailing 7-3 in the ninth, Eastern Division Eastern Division when he reached behind his back for a no- the White Sox pulled within one on a two-out W L PCT GB Washington 88 63 .583 - look snag of Andrelton Simmons’ hard liner wild pitch and a two-run double from Adam Boston 87 64 .576 - NY Mets 80 71 .530 8 and turned it into a double play. Sam Dyson Eaton. But Michael Mariot got Tim Anderson to Toronto 83 68 .550 4 Miami 76 75 .503 12 worked the ninth for his 35th save in 40 ground out for his first career save. Baltimore 82 69 .543 5 Philadelphia 68 83 .450 20 chances. Philadelphia’s Jake Thompson (3-5) gave up NY Yankees 78 72 .520 8.5 Atlanta 60 91 .397 28 three runs and four hits over five innings. Tampa Bay 64 86 .427 22.5 Central Division MARLINS 1, NATIONALS 0 Central Division Chicago Cubs 96 55 .636 - Giancarlo Stanton homered to back a PADRES 5, DIAMONDBACKS 2 Cleveland 87 63 .580 - St. Louis 80 71 .530 16 strong outing by Jose Fernandez, who pitched Adam Rosales homered and drove in four Detroit 80 70 .533 7 Pittsburgh 75 75 .500 20.5 eight innings and struck out 12 for the runs and rookie Ryan Schimpf scored three Kansas City 77 74 .510 10.5 Milwaukee 68 83 .450 28 Marlins.Fernandez (16-8) allowed three hits times to lead San Diego. The start of the game Chicago W Sox 72 79 .477 15.5 without a walk to outduel Washington’s was delayed 70 minutes by rain. It was only the Minnesota 55 96 .364 32.5 Cincinnati 63 88 .417 33 Western Division Tanner Roark (15 9) who pitched seven innings seventh delay in Petco Park’s 13-season history, Western Division and allowed one run. David Phelps pitched the the sixth because of rain. The other one was LA Dodgers 85 66 .563 - Texas 90 62 .592 - ninth for his fourth save in 10 chances. The due to a swarm of bees during a game in 2009. San Francisco 80 71 .530 5 SAN DIEGO: San Diego Padres’ Wil Myers Houston 80 71 .530 9.5 Nationals were held to four hits in their fourth Keith Hessler (1-0) got one out for his first tosses his bat after flying out against the Seattle 79 72 .523 10.5 Colorado 72 79 .477 13 consecutive loss. Stanton connected for his career victory and Brandon Maurer got his 12th Arizona Diamondbacks during the third Oakland 66 85 .437 23.5 San Diego 64 87 .424 21 27th homer in the sixth inning. Stanton also save. Zack Godley (4-4) allowed two runs in two inning of a baseball game in San Diego, LA Angels 65 86 .430 24.5 Arizona 63 88 .417 22 homered in Monday’s 4 3 win. innings and got the loss. — AP Tuesday. — AP THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 SPORTS Kaepernick reveals death threats over anthem protest

SAN FRANCISCO: San Francisco 49ers rather than standing. The 28-year-old says threats being acted upon. “It’ll be loud emblematic of the issues Kaepernick is over the next 10 months, while launching quarterback Colin Kaepernick said he is protesting racial inequality and injus- and clear why it happened.” protesting against. “This is a perfect a website to detail how the money is Tuesday he has received death threats tice in America, including the actions of The quarterback said he had anticipat- example of what this is about,” spent. Meanwhile, Kaepernick won backing over his national anthem protest as the law enforcement towards minorities. ed the backlash before he embarked on Kaepernick said. “It will be very telling from 49ers legend Jerry Rice, who had ini- killing of an unarmed black man in Kaepernick told reporters on Tuesday he his protest. “I knew there were other about what happens to the officer that tially criticized the quarterback’s protests. Oklahoma sparked renewed outrage. had received threats from different things that came along with this when I killed him. They shot and killed a man “I support @Kaepernick7 for bring- Kaepernick has staged a silent boycott of avenues since starting his protest. “If first stood up and spoke about it. It’s not and walked around like it wasn’t a human ing awareness for injustice !!!!” Rice “The Star-Spangled Banner” during 49ers something like that were to happen, something I haven’t thought about,” he being,” he added. tweeted. “As Americans we all have games this season, pointedly sitting or you’ve proved my point,” said Kaepernick said. The killing on Friday of 40-year-old Kaepernick meanwhile said he will rights! Im (sic) hoping we all come kneeling during renditions of the song when asked about the possibility of the Terence Crutcher by police in Tulsa was donate $1 million to local communities together#solution.” — AFP Five players who fell out with their club

LONDON: Four-time African player of the year Yaya Toure is out in the cold at his club Manchester City after Pep Guardiola said he would not play until his agent apologised for remarks he made. AFP Sports looks at five other examples of players who either refused to play or were barred by the manager from doing so:

Bastian Schweinsteiger (Manchester United) The former Bayern Munich enforcer has incurred the wrath of Jose Mourinho by turning down a loan move to Portuguese side Sporting Lisbon after being told by his coach that he would not feature for United this season. The 32- year-old is training on his own and rolling up to pick up his wages of a reported £190,000 ($246,000, 220,000 euros) a week.

Carlos Tevez (Manchester City) The adrenalin burn Argentinian international striker played up to his nickname of ‘Apache’ by refusing to warm up to potentially go on as a sub- stitute in the last moments of a Champions League PARIS: France’s Renaud Lavillenie competes in the Pole Vault contest of the “Fly match in September 2011 with Bayern Munich. Manchester City’s Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure. Europe Paris” European Athletics Circuit event in Paris yesterday. — AFP City coach Roberto Mancini said Tevez, then 28, demotion to the reserves. Spurs complained to much he wanted the player to leave just weeks would never play for City again. But a combination the Premier League about United ‘tapping up’ later. Bogarde dug his heels in and stayed for four of his massive wages and the huge fee City were the striker but eventually sold him on years, despite being dropped first to the reserves Fly Europe ‘to take off’ asking meant there were no takers, as Tevez holi- September 1 that season for £30million. and the the youth team. He justified his behav- dayed in Argentina and considered retiring before iour by declaring in his biography: “This world is despite Paris lethargy eventually returning to the first team in March. He Winston Bogarde (Chelsea) about money (he was on a reported £40,000 a was to leave in 2013 for Juventus. Another Dutch international to cause his club week), so when you are offered those millions endless headaches. Signed aged 30 and appar- you take them. Few people will ever earn so PARIS: The Paris leg of the new European for fans to see who reached terminal veloci- Pierre van Hooijdonk (Nottingham Forest) ently without the knowledge of then Blues man- many. I am one of the few fortunates who do. I athletics circuit “Fly Europe” may have ty. In pole vault, the bar isn’t systematically The Dutch international striker’s goals had ager Gianluca Vialli in the 2000/01 season, the may be one of the worst buys in the history of attracted few fans yesterday but organisers raised as those still in the competition try been instrumental in Forest returning to the latter’s successor Claudio Ranieri disliked him so the Premiership but I don’t care.” — AFP believe it is set to take off. to clear it, but competitors pick a height to Premier League at the first time of asking but Despite the presence of French pole attempt without their opponents’ knowl- went on strike at the beginning of the 1998/99 vault star Renaud Lavillenie, the world- edge. Lavillenie delighted the home fans season because he was furious key players had record holder, the Parc Andre-Citroen in by clearing 5.80m for the 115th time in his been let go. He then trained at his old club NAC the west of Paris was hardly buzzing with career. It is such innovative and original Breda and demanded a move which was reject- excitement. “The aim is to see and sell ath- regulations that provide part of the attrac- ed. He yielded only when the club would not letics in a different way,” said Marco Sicari, tion for the series, which takes place on the budge and then manager Dave Bassett felt com- an Italian Athletics Federation official. streets as opposed to in a stadium. pelled to play him. The depth of antipathy at the His is one of five countries-alongside The Fly Europe circuit in Germany took club was reflected when he scored his first goal Britain, France, Germany and Spain- place in Berlin 10 days ago in the shadow on his return and the players congratulated involved in launching the Fly Europe circuit. of the Brandenburg Gate. Scott Gemmill for creating the chance and not “In 2017 the idea is to organise the five The concept for a series of street events him. Forest were relegated and he left, Vitesse stages during the second half of has been going strong in the German capi- Arnhem buying him for £3.5million. September, after the Diamond League,” tal since 2011 but is now being exported added Sicari. Coming so close after the around western Europe. All that was lack- Dimitar Berbatov (Tottenham Hotspur) Olympics and being barred from some of ing from Paris was a stand-out perform- The moody Bulgarian international striker Paris’s more iconic venues due to security ance, but other street events have been tested the patience of the Spurs hierarchy and concerns may have affected the turnout, blessed with startling successes. In manager Juande Ramos as he looked to engi- but those who ventured into the park- Belgrade earlier this month, home favourite neer a multi-million pound ‘dream’ move to intentionally or not-were impressed. Ivana Spanovic beat her long-jump nation- Manchester United at the beginning of the “Seeing them so close, the beauty of their al record with a leap of 7.10m, a month 2008/09 campaign. Appropriately for a player movements, it’s almost like works of art,” after winning Olympic bronze. who learnt English by watching the Godfather said Yannick Bruno, a jogger. That same day, September 11, Kenyan films he awaited an offer Spurs couldn’t tun “You can imagine the effort it takes to 800m world record holder David Rudisha down. He refused to play in the Premier League get to that level.” Men’s pole vault, men’s set a new world best time over 500m of game with Sunderland and was threatened with Manchester United’s German midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger. sprint and women’s long jump were on the 57.69sec at the Great North CityGames in card in Paris, although with some crucial northern England in front of 20,000 people. differences. The most notable is the sprint Usain Bolt has previously raced the being judged on top speed and not the Great North Run in Manchester while Syrian teenager who swam time it takes to cover a set distance. Wroclaw in Poland hosts a yearly hammer Special speed guns linked to giant competition in which competitors fling the screens were used to give real-time results weight over the river Oder. — AFP at Rio Olympics honoured LONDON: A Syrian teenager who saved fellow This week Mardini, who now lives in ing social change for girls. Tennis chiefs plan revamp refugees from drowning and then swam for Germany, told world leaders at the United The social enterprise DoctHERS, which the refugee team at the Rio Olympics was Nations summit on migrants and refugees that brings healthcare to vulnerable girls and of Davis, Fed Cup finals among those honoured at the inaugural Global she wanted to change perceptions of those women in Pakistan, won an award for its cam- Goals Awards in New York. displaced from their homes. paigning work. It matches trained junior LONDON: Tennis chiefs plan to adopt the “Right now we know who are in the Yusra Mardini, 18, who fled Syria with her “This experience (the Olympics) has also female doctors in Pakistan with rural women NFL’s Super Bowl model, by selecting fixed- finals but we don’t know where it is going sister in 2015, received the Girl Award at the given me a voice,” she said. “I want to change and girls via telemedicine. venue cities in advance for their showcase to be.” ceremony on Tuesday night honouring cham- perceptions of refugees. It is not a choice to Aimed at rallying support for the Davis and Fed Cup finals. The switch away Croatia will host Argentina for the 2016 pions for women’s and girls’ rights worldwide. flee your home, and refugees can achieve any- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from one of the finalists hosting the Davis Cup title after winning their respec- Mardini, who had to swim for her life when thing.” Rebeca Gyumi, a lawyer who fights agreed last year to tackle poverty and decider is part of a broader strategy aimed tive semi-finals last weekend. But a host her overloaded boat broke down in the against child marriage in Tanzania as head of inequality by 2030, the Global Goals Awards at developing the men’s and women’s inter- city has yet to be named. Mediterranean on the way to Europe, captured the Msichana Initiative, was also honoured at were judged by a panel comprising the 17 national team events. “This is all part of our “It is really hard to plan and get viewer- headlines when she competed for the 10- the awards, curated by the U.N. children’s SDG advocates who advise UN Secretary- mission to make the appeal of tennis broad ship and fans excited,” Haggerty said of the strong refugee team at the Games in Brazil. agency, UNICEF. She won the award for achiev- General Ban Ki-moon. — Reuters and wide,” International Tennis Federation current format. “If you have a fixed site, President David Haggerty told Reuters. people can begin to plan and look ahead. Other options under consideration “Last year we had a fantastic final in Ghent. include a tweak of formats to reduce the But the reality is, Britain could have sold Puig knocks Kvitova out of Tokyo length of matches, and expanding the top- out the (13,000-capacity) stadium. Belgium tier Fed Cup competition to feature 16 could have sold it out, too.” In the women’s TOKYO: Rio Olympic champion Monica Puig nations. Haggerty, elected president a year competition, Haggerty is eager to intro- beat seventh seed Petra Kvitova 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 ago, hopes to have the new hosting system duce an expanded Fed Cup top group, and with a dogged display to reach the Pan Pacific in place by 2018. introduce a “Final Four” format. Open quarter-finals yesterday. “Davis Cup is 135 nations,” Haggerty “We are going to spend the next nine Puig, who beat Germany’s Angelique Kerber said. “This is a way to unlock potential rev- months working with players, with our in last month’s Olympic final to capture Puerto enue which will help grassroots tennis.” nations, talking about other possibilities, Rico’s first ever gold medal, recovered from a Speaking at his Roehampton office, in a such as formats. nightmare start in Tokyo to stun Czech Kvitova, a suburban district of south-west London, “Should it be in Davis Cup two out of two-time Wimbledon champion. Haggerty did not name a figure cities three sets, or three out of five? It could be “The balls felt heavy today with the roof would have to come up with to host the looking at a two-day format.” Haggerty said open,” said Puig. “It took some time to adjust to final, but said he thought it would be “sig- one of the prime benefits of the “neutral the conditions but I kept fighting and that’s nificant”. “We’re waiting for cities to distin- final” plan was to unlock more potential what got me through.”In other matches, former guish themselves,” he smiled. “And we’ll see revenue. “This can then be used to grow world number one Caroline Wozniacki also what it is. I don’t want to prejudge what it our mission, which is to distribute funds to advanced, the Dane toppling fourth seed Carla might be.” grassroots tennis, especially to nations who Suarez of Spain 7-6, 4-6, 6-4 while Japanese The ITF membership will vote on the need money for development. teenager Naomi Osaka upset Slovakia’s plans next August. In American football’s “Because right now the hosting country Dominika Cibulkova 6-2, 6-1. Super Bowl, the host city is selected well in is the one that gets all the glory, and the Osaka, born of a Japanese mother and advance, usually three-to-five years before money. This would enable us to distribute it Haitian father and who models her game on her the game. Similarly, European soccer’s gov- in a far better way to achieve our mission. idol Serena Williams, insisted she paid no atten- erning body, UEFA, selects the host city for “Our mission is to make tennis broad and tion to rankings after thrashing the world num- the Champions League final two years in wide. We have 700,000 spectators that come ber 12. “I honestly don’t care about that,” said the advance. to Davis and Fed Cup each year... about 3.6 18-year-old tournament wildcard, herself ranked billion people view it on TV, but it’s got to be 66th. “Maybe she didn’t know much about me.” PRIME BENEFITS more than that. “It’s got to be bigger than After her upset win, Osaka revealed that her Haggerty said he hoped to see cities, that, and with a neutral final venue we can mind had wandered during the match to what federations and their sponsors come work with our broadcast partners and make she was going to eat for dinner. Asked to pin- together to bid for 2018. “The most likely it a much bigger show than just two nations point how her game has improved over a break- scenario would be for two-to-three-year that know they’re playing each other. “We out season, Osaka replied cryptically: “I don’t TOKYO: Monica Puig of Puerto Rico hits a return against Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic terms,” said the American who won a four- can make this into a much more massive know. To be honest, I kept thinking that I’d fancy during their women’s singles second round match at the Toray Pan Pacific Open tennis tourna- year presidential spell in 2015. win for tennis.” — Reuters some grilled meat.” — AFP ment in Tokyo yesterday. — AFP THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 SPORTS Protests put Asian referees on the spot

SEOUL: A rash of complaints about con- penalties in the 81st and 87th minutes Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors against and on their way to a 3-1 win, Brazil’s O times, the referees’ decisions are troversial decisions has put Asia’s foot- by Qatar’s Khamis Al Marri. They scored Shanghai SIPG in the AFC Champions Globo newspaper gratefully ran the unknowable. In Indonesia there is still ball referees on the spot despite strenu- both to win 2-1. League quarter-finals. However, the inci- headline “Arigato” (“Thank you” in the same bad quality of refereeing as six ous efforts to raise standards. Such controversies are hardly new to dent was quickly forgotten as Jeonbuk Japanese). years ago as referees are scared to make Japan and Thailand both lodged offi- football, but they have raised fresh ques- went on to win 5-0. Later that year, Nishimura was again big decisions.” cial protests after key decisions went tions about refereeing standards as under fire when he turned down Al Ghotbi said that while improvements against them in this month’s World Cup Asian football strives to match other ‘ARIGATO’ Hilal’s repeated penalty appeals in their have been made in Asian officiating, qualifiers, while standards are mixed at regions. Former Iran coach Afshin The Kuala Lumpur-based Asian AFC Champions League final defeat to more could be done. club level. Japan were incensed after Ghotbi, who has also taken charge of Football Confederation refused to com- Western Sydney Wanderers. “Compared to... other continents, Takuma Asano’s shot crossed the line clubs in Thailand and Japan, said referee ment on individual referees. But it has The Saudi club issued an angry state- there are differences in judgement of against the United Arab Emirates, but selection was a sensitive area. After been increasingly active in referee devel- ment alleging corruption and calling the referees, their management and interac- went unnoticed by Qatari ref Japan’s “ghost goal” in Saitama, Japanese opment and education, holding semi- game a “black spot in the history of tion with players and coaches,” he said. Abdulrahman Al Jassim. They lost the fans on social media questioned nars and courses all over the continent. Asian football” which had “looted the “Most judgement errors has to do game 2-1. whether the Arabic-speaking Qatari ref- Strides have been made. Ravshan rights of an entire nation”. with experience and understanding the And Thailand complained when eree was biased in favour of the UAE. Irmatov of Uzbekistan has taken charge In a continent which has endured a context of the game... obviously, there is China’s Fu Ming awarded a penalty in the “Assigning an official from an Arabic- of World Cup semi-finals and quarter- litany of match-fixing scandals, suspi- a longer history of professional football closing minutes of their qualifier against speaking country close to the UAE in a finals, and Iran’s Alireza Faghani officiat- cions of corruption are never far away. in other regions, and Asian football is Saudi Arabia, which consigned them to a game between Japan and UAE placed ed at the 2016 Rio Olympic gold medal But Alfred Riedl, coach of Indonesia trying to close the gap.” 1-0 defeat in Riyadh. unnecessary pressure on the officiating match. One high-profile outing didn’t go with spells in Vietnam, Laos, Palestine China also complained about a disal- “The penalty was not our mistake. In team,” Ghotbi told AFP. so well. In the opening match of the and Kuwait, said sometimes the quality lowed goal in the 0-0 draw with Hong fact, in the first half, we should have “Confederations can improve by 2014 World Cup, Japan’s Yuichi of refereeing is simply not good enough. Kong in November which appeared to been awarded a penalty,” Thai coach assigning officials to matches to elimi- Nishimura was roundly criticised when “The standard of referees in have torpedoed their World Cup qualify- Kiatisuk Senamuang told reporters. nate even a hint of influence or bias.” he gave Brazil a highly disputable penal- Southeast Asia is simply not adequate ing campaign. But, as is the way with Five days later, Saudi Arabia were Al Jassim was later criticised for disal- ty against Croatia. and is often really bad,” Riedl told AFP. such protests, the result was allowed to trailing Iraq 1-0 until they were awarded lowing an apparently legitimate goal for After it put the misfiring hosts 2-1 up “Everyone makes mistakes but too many stand. — AFP Sevilla tops Real Betis in Spanish league derby

MADRID: Sevilla provisionally moved to “We played with intensity and had our second place in the Spanish league after chances, but we let them score on a set defeating Real Betis 1-0 in the Seville derby piece. A lot of times matches like this are on Tuesday. decided on details. We didn’t have luck on Argentine defender Gabriel Mercado our side.” Betis stayed with five points, scored the winning goal from a free kick dropping to 13th in the standings. delivered by midfielder Samir Nasri in the 51st minute at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan MALAGA 2, EIBAR 1 Stadium. Mercado redirected the ball just Teenage Moroccan striker Youssef En- enough to beat goalkeeper Antonio Adan. Nesyri scored a 76th-minute winner to give “It was a great atmosphere,” Mercado Malaga its first league victory. said. “I’m incredibly happy to have experi- Nano put the visitors ahead from inside enced this, scoring a goal and helping the the area in the 42nd but Sandro equalized team earn this victory.” for Malaga two minutes later and En-Nesyri Sevilla reached 11 points with its third sealed the win by curling a left-foot shot win in five games, moving to within a point into the far corner after a breakaway. The of leader Real Madrid, which hosts Villarreal 19-year-old Moroccan, one of Malaga’s on Wednesday with a chance to win its fifth most promising players, was making his match in a row. Third-place Barcelona, first-team debut at home. three points behind Madrid, plays fifth- Malaga had lost two in a row after con- place Atletico Madrid at the Camp Nou. secutive draws in its first two games. It pro- Just two minutes after Sevilla took the visionally moved to 12th in the 20-team lead, Real Betis had a goal by Alex Alegria standings with five points from as many disallowed because of offside, although matches. Eibar hadn’t lost since a 2-1 result replays indicated it should have counted. at Deportivo La Coruna in its opener. The “We didn’t deserve to lose this match,” Basque club remains seventh in the stand- Real Betis midfielder Joaquin Sanchez said. ings with seven points. — AP

LIVERPOOL: Everton’s Enner Valencia, front, and Norwich City’s Youssouf Mulumbu battle for the ball during the English League Cup, Third Round soccer match between Everton and Norwich City at Goodison Park, Liverpool. England, Tuesday. — AP Fabregas downs Leicester

SEVILLA: Sevilla supporters display a giant banner before the Spanish league foot- ball match Sevilla FC vs Real Betis at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium in Sevilla as Everton crash out on Tuesday. Sevilla won 1-0. — AFP

LONDON: Cesc Fabregas made an emphatic lead in the 10th minute before Bournemouth Chuba Akpom. Perez got his second in the 71st PSG claims French league top point to Chelsea manager Antonio Conte as his equalised through Lewis Grabban’s 53rd minute minute and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain got double sealed a 4-2 win at Leicester, while penalty. Dan Gosling put the hosts ahead from Arsenal’s fourth in stoppage time. spot with win against Caen Everton and Bournemouth suffered shock third- close range in the 76th minute, only for “It was a motivated team against us and we round exits from the English Football League Makienok to force extra-time in the 85th minute had a complete performance. The speed and PARIS: Edinson Cavani scored his sixth league LILLE 1, TOULOUSE 2 Cup yesterday. and then win it for Simon Grayson’s men in the movement of our play was fantastic,” Wenger goal of the season and teammate Lucas net- After not scoring in the French league for Fabregas has been limited to three substitute 111th minute. Lucas Perez’s first goals for purred. Liverpool, last year’s beaten finalists, ted his fourth as Paris Saint-Germain returned 15 months, Swedish striker Ola Toivonen end- appearances in the Premier League since Conte Arsenal inspired a 4-0 rout of second-tier remain on course for a return to Wembley after a to the top of the French league with a 3-0 vic- ed his goal drought in style, netting twice as took charge over the summer, but the Spain Nottingham Forest at the City Ground. 3-0 win against Championship side Derby at the tory over newly-promoted Dijon on Tuesday. his new club Toulouse won 2-1 at Lille. midfielder proved he can still be a game-chang- Gunners boss Arsene Wenger, who has never iPro Stadium. Estonia centre-back Ragnar Klavan Following a stuttering start to the season, Toivonen spent last season on loan from er with an influential display capped by the deci- won the League Cup, made 11 changes from the took advantage of poor Derby defending to fire the four-time defending champions followed Rennes at Premier League side Sunderland sive two goals in extra-time. team that thrashed Hull on Saturday and the home in the 24th minute. up their 6-0 rout of Caen with a convincing and joined Toulouse this summer. “I was happy to play from the start! Hopefully understudies went ahead in the 23rd minute Philippe Coutinho doubled Liverpool’s lead in win at the Parc des Princes. Cavani, who hit Toivonen’s goals, combined with another this will shut up a few journalists talking rubbish through a long-range effort from Switzerland the 50th minute and Divock Origi put the result four against Caen in the space of 45 minutes, superb performance from teenage goalkeep- all the time,” said Fabregas, who has been linked midfielder Granit Xhaka. beyond doubt four minutes later. doubled PSG’s lead from the penalty spot in er Alban Lafont, helped Toulouse to its first with a move away from Chelsea. Spanish striker Perez, who arrived from Newcastle defeated Championship rivals the 26th minute after Hungarian defender win at its northern rival in 10 years.After Elsewhere, second-tier Norwich spoiled Deportivo La Coruna on transfer-deadline day, Wolves 2-0, Leeds beat fellow second-tier side Adam Lang scored an own goal when he Toivonen put the visitors in front in the 12th Everton’s impressive start to the season and opened his Arsenal account in his third appear- Blackburn 1-0, while Reading won 2-1 in another deflected a cross from Maxwell. The Uruguay minute with a clinical finish past Vincent inflicted Ronald Koeman’s first defeat as Toffees ance with a 60th-minute penalty after a foul on all-Championship clash at Brighton. — AFP striker is now the league’s joint top scorer Enyeama, Lafont denied Younousse boss with a 2-0 win at Goodison Park. with six goals, the same as Lyon forward Sankhare’s header. He was powerless when Bournemouth were the other top-flight casu- Alexandre Lacazette. Marko Basa headed the ball home form a free alties as second-tier Preston won 3-2 thanks to a Lucas completed PSG’s win in the 67th kick to level in the 35th but kept out a close- hat-trick from Denmark striker Simon Makienok. Forgery claims hit minute with a header past goalkeeper range effort from Nicolas de Preville just after At the King Power Stadium, Shinji Okazaki Baptiste Reynet from Maxwell’s cross. The win halftime. Toivonen scored the winner with 13 put Premier League champions Leicester ahead provisionally lifted PSG to the top of the minutes left, connecting with a cross at the in the 17th minute when the Japan striker pun- AC Milan takeover bid league standings. Level on points with PSG penalty spot and sending Enyeama the ished terrible Chelsea defending to head home but with a match in hand, Monaco can claim wrong way. Toulouse moved to a provisional from close range. MILAN: A Chinese consortium looking to pur- buyers through contacts with Chinese finan- back the lead when it travels to Nice later. third place, two points behind PSG. — AP Okazaki followed his first goal since March chase AC Milan has been accused of providing cial institutions, and it continues to work to with a second in the 34th minute. Gary Cahill false documents during its initial negotiations finalize the deal by the end of the year.” reduced the deficit on the stroke of half-time, with the Serie A giants, according to reports The claims, reported widely in the Italian the defender heading home after being left yesterday. Sino-Europe Sports Investment media, have cast a shadow over a deal that unmarked at the far post from a Fabregas corner. Management Changxing Co, led by business- could see Milan, one of the world’s legendary The Blues equalised four minutes after the man Li Yonghong, has already paid 100m football clubs, following in the footsteps of interval through Cesar Azpilicueta’s blistering euros to Fininvest, the holding company of AC city rivals Inter Milan in being sold to Chinese long-range effort. Milan owner and president Silvio Berlusconi, investors. Leicester had to play extra-time with 10 men who is expected to sign off on the 740m euro Inter, Italy’s last Champions League win- after Marcin Wasilewski’s 89th minute dismissal deal by the end of the year. ners, in 2010, are now owned by the Chinese for elbowing Diego Costa and Fabregas made But a report by the Bloomberg financial group Suning, who bought a majority stake in them pay, finishing a flowing move in the 92nd news site, which cites a statement from the the club several months ago from Indonesian minute and drilling home again two minutes lat- Chinese lender whose name appears on the Erick Thohir. AC Milan already pulled out of er. Everton are second in the Premier League but documents, alleges that false documents were one deal with Chinese investors last year, and Koeman made six changes and his stand-ins used in the initial negotiations. recently the new bid was hit by doubts. were brushed aside by promotion-chasing The report claims Sino-Europe Sports pro- Sino-Europe Sports issued a statement last Norwich. The Canaries went ahead when former vided documents on “what appears to be Bank week to quash claims it was struggling to Everton striker Steven Naismith slipped as he of Jiangsu Co. stationery, purporting to show gather the necessary funds for a successful went to shoot and inadvertently lobbed the ball transaction details of a consortium member’s takeover. “Sino-Europe Sports confirms that into the net. Josh Murphy’s superb strike from corporate account”. everything is progressing rapidly towards the the edge of the area in the 74th minute com- It added that “after reviewing the matter, closing for the acquisition of Milan,” the state- pleted the upset. “I can’t criticise the players. We Bank of Jiangsu found it hadn’t issued any ment said. “Yesterday [on Friday] David Han played well but weren’t clinical enough. The dif- such document detailing the account’s trans- took part in a series of planned meetings with ference was Norwich were clinical with their two actions”. In a statement to AFP on Wednesday, his advisors and Fininvest. All the parties are chances,” Koeman said. Fininvest said it would “not confirm” that it had working to close the deal in the planned received the documents in question, adding: timescale.” PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain’s Uruguayan forward Edinson Cavani (L) celebrates with “and we do not intend to comment on the According to preliminary negotiations Paris Saint-Germain’s Argentinian forward Angel Di Maria (R) after scoring a penalty HAT-TRICK HERO At Dean Court, Makienok, who hadn’t scored affair.” The Bloomberg report claims, however, between the parties, the deal is scheduled to during the French L1 football match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Dijon that: “Fininvest checked the soundness of the be completed by the end of the year. — AFP (DFCO) at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, on Tuesday. — AP in his previous 19 appearances, gave Preston the Ivorian hero Cisse Skipper Misbah targets Tokyo 2020 lauds Pakistan after Rio gold achieving 15 No 116 test ranking THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

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TORONTO: Carey Price #31 of Team Canada eyes the puck next to Kyle Palmieri #23 of Team USA in the third period during the World Cup of Hockey at the Air Canada Center on Tuesday in Toronto, Canada. Canada won the game 4-2. — AFP USA out of World Cup after Canada drubbing

TORONTO: Patrick Kane was on the verge of tears as the victories against Canada and the Czech Republic “Just sitting around the house tonight with my dog. Felt that I didn’t think we were even close to being as good final horn sounded on another American loss to would’ve advanced the Americans, and now the final like I should be doing something important, but as we’re capable of being,” Canada coach Mike Babcock Canada. A 4-2 wipeout eliminated the United States round-robin game Thursday is a matchup of lame-duck couldn’t put my finger on it.” It was just his third tweet in said. “We weren’t as good as we’re capable of being from the World Cup of Hockey on Tuesday night, ending teams. US general manager Dean Lombardi said in June the past year, one of which was a picture of him raising tonight.” what was perhaps the best chance for this generation of that his goal was to build a team that could beat the Stanley Cup. After mistakes led to two Canada goals The US was not nearly as good as it was capable of, players to win an international competition. Instead, the Canada. The American roster, heavy on size and grit and by Matt Duchene and one each by Corey Perry and despite the star power left at home. Defenseman US flamed out in two games, leaving disappointment, light on speed and skill, was widely panned when it was Patrice Bergeron, US players brushed off Kessel’s tweet Dustin Byfuglien left Duchene alone on his first goal, frustration and plenty of questions about the direction announced, and it took more hits this week. and criticism of the roster construction. and winger Max Pacioretty failed to clear the puck on of the program. “You guys can beat up the roster all you want,” coach “Everyone that was here deserved it,” said captain Joe his second, the kinds of mistakes no team can make In the aftermath of a dominant, clinical performance John Tortorella said. “You look at some of those players Pavelski, who like Kane and fellow star Zach Parise against Canada. by the tournament favorite, and a lackluster showing by on our roster, there are some pretty good skilled players struggled to generate scoring chances. “There’s deci- “It was very important that if they were going to get the US, top players were shell-shocked by the early exit. and we just simply did not do enough offensively and sions made and that’s the way they went and that’s the something, they had to earn it,” Tortorella said. “I “Two games here and you’re done,” said Kane, who we self-inflicted quite a bit in two games.” way that group was put together. It doesn’t matter who thought we had a good start, but we gave them a cou- doesn’t have a goal in nine consecutive games in a has here or who wasn’t. It was a job for us to get it done, ple of freebies there and you just can’t do that.” Team USA uniform. “It’s just amazing. It’s crazy the way CRITICISM and we were not good enough.” Goaltender Jonathan Quick continued his strong hockey is. It’s definitely frustrating being an American Tortorella said he’s still waiting for the US to generate The US continued to be not good enough against international play, stopping 30 shots to keep the score and having these opportunities and have nothing to some offense. It got an early goal by defenseman Ryan Canada, falling to 1-5 against the world’s top hockey from being even more lopsided. But like Kessel sitting at show for it.” McDonagh and a late one by T.J. Oshie well after the power dating to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. On home with his dog, Quick couldn’t get goals at the oth- A shutout at the hands of Team Europe, a group of game had been decided. Tuesday night Canada was the better team from about er end to keep the US from another head-shaking loss. players from eight countries, and then a mistake-prone Forwards Phil Kessel, Paul Stastny and Kyle Okposo, the five-minute mark on, getting two goals 14 seconds “I feel like we let our country down, we let ourselves loss to Canada was enough to keep the US from reach- and defensemen Justin Faulk and Kevin Shattenkirk apart to move past McDonagh’s and benefiting from 34 down,” defenseman Ryan Suter said. “You come into ing the semifinals. Canada and Europe clinched spots. were among the players left off the roster who could saves by Carey Price. this not knowing how many more chances you’re going What Kane called a “dud” against Europe put the US have provided more offense. Price’s international shutout streak ended at 228:41, to get and to be out after two games is extremely dis- in a must-win mode against its biggest rival. Regulation Minutes after the game went final, Kessel tweeted : but Canada got the job done. “There was times tonight appointing.” — AP Rome Mayor Raggi rejects Ceferin unveils Euro 2020 logo LONDON: New UEFA president Aleksander “What better way could there be than to city’s 2024 Olympic bid Ceferin unveiled the logo for Euro 2020 at the take the tournament, for one time only, to all tournament’s official launch in London yester- four corners of our beautiful continent?” day. The logo shows multicoloured fan silhou- Matches will also be played in Azerbaijan, ROME: Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi rejected the process and costs. He urged her not to put the ettes standing either side of the competition’s Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, city’s bid for the 2024 Olympics yesterday, effec- motion to the assembly. “Don’t talk about things Henri Delaunay Trophy on a green bridge, rep- Italy, the Netherlands, Romania, Russia, tively dooming the capital’s candidacy for the you know nothing about,” he told a news confer- resentative of the links between the 13 host Scotland and Spain. Ceferin was accompanied second time in four years. ence at the headquarters of the national Olympic countries. The 2020 European Championship is by Greg Clarke, new chairman of England’s If approved by Rome’s city assembly, Raggi’s body. Malago said the committee would contin- being staged in 13 cities across Europe to mark Football Association, and Mayor of London motion to withdraw the bid would leave only Los ue working on the bid in the absence of a formal the 60th anniversary of the competition, with Sadiq Khan. “We’re looking forward to welcom- Angeles, Paris and Budapest, Hungary, in the run- vote, noting the next dossier must be submitted the semi-finals and final to take place at ing supporters from across Europe,” said Khan. ning for the 2024 Games. The International to the IOC on Oct. 7. London’s Wembley Stadium. “As a truly international city, London has a Olympic Committee will decide on the host city “If there’s no formal act, we can continue,” he “UEFA wanted the 2020 tournament to be a fanbase for almost every nation on earth. One in September 2017. said. “They can’t just declare it in a news confer- ROME: Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi smiles true celebration of the game we all love and of the great things about football in our city is At a news conference in city hall, Raggi said it ence.” Indeed, rival cities weren’t ready to count during a press conference after she did not cherish,” Ceferin said in a speech at London’s that it brings people from different back- would be financially “irresponsible” to pursue the Rome out altogether. “There is no confirmation show up at a scheduled meeting with a dele- City Hall municipal building. grounds together.” — AFP bid any further given the city is barely able to get that Rome has departed from the 2024 race and gation of the Italian Olympic Committee, in its trash picked up. She highlighted the debts as such it is not appropriate for us to offer any Rome, yesterday. — AP that previous Olympic host cities have incurred comment except to wish our Italian colleagues and the unfinished infrastructure already dotting well during this period of difficult time,” the Italian city. “We’ve lost all credibility, if we pull Rome from previous sporting bids as reasons to Budapest Olympic committee said. out,” he said. “Because they’ll think people in Italy justify the withdrawal. “In light of the data we Raggi, who was elected in June representing are not serious.” Previous Mayor Ignazio Marino, have, these Olympics are not sustainable. They the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, cam- who was forced out over an expense account will bring only debt,” she said. “We don’t want paigned with the message that an Olympic bid scandal, had supported the bid. And Premier sports to become another pretext for more was unsustainable for a city struggling to emerge Matteo Renzi has been a big fan of the candidacy cement foundations in the city. We won’t allow it.” from years of corruption and poor public servic- since he helped launch it in 2014. He has said the Raggi drew up a motion to withdraw the bid es. She said she was merely being consistent with bid would be doomed if Rome’s mayor doesn’t Wednesday and put it before the city assembly, her campaign position. support it.A budget of 24 million euros ($27 mil- which has the final say. There was no immediate Her rejection marks Rome’s second withdraw- lion) has already been allotted - much of it spent word if and when the council would take it up. al in four years after then-Premier Mario Monti - to the bid committee, even though candidacy Raggi had been scheduled to meet with stopped the city’s plans to bid for the 2020 head Luca Cordero di Montezemolo has no Italian Olympic Committee president Giovanni Olympics because of financial problems. salary. Raggi’s rejection was another stinging Malago before going public with her decision. The Rome bid was approved by the city blow for the IOC’s “Olympic Agenda 2020” pro- But about 45 minutes after the meeting was assembly last year with 38 votes in favor and only gram, which was designed to make bidding for scheduled to begin, Malago and the rest of the six against - meaning Raggi will have to put the and hosting the games more flexible and more delegation left city hall saying Raggi hadn’t issue up for another vote to officially end the affordable. shown up. candidacy. “Rome was able to bid only after the IOC LONDON: Mayor of London Sadiq Khan (L) and UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin Raggi said she was just running late. But The IOC requires bidders to have support changed its rules with Agenda 2020 and reduced (R) pose for photographers with a replica cup mounted on the logo at an event to Malago bitterly complained about what he called from the government and city. Malago ruled out the costs of putting together a candidacy,” launch the logo for the 2020 UEFA European Championship football tournament in Raggi’s “disrespect” and ignorance of the bidding a bid for the 2028 Games, even from another Malago said. — AP London yesterday. — AFP Denmark eyes looming skills shortage as economy picks up Page 22

Why it matters: Business Minimum wage Page 22 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 Peppered with tough Japan tweaks policy, keeps interest rate unchanged questions, Wells Fargo CEO is taken aback Page 25 Page 23

YANGON: This photo taken on September 1, 2016 shows bankers counting Myanmar kyat notes at a bank. —AFP Myanmar banks on mobile money Nation spinning through a thrilling economic revival

YANGON: Carrying her wages in wads of cash country the size of France, experts say it will Don’t bank on it everyone would talk about in mobile money ior is a crucial step on the path out of poverty. across Myanmar was once a risky, onerous but take years to build enough banks to reach the In one of its first moves since taking power conferences because it was so untouched,” Physical assets like gold cannot be cashed unavoidable ritual for maid Khin Myint Oo. But 51 million population. in April, the government passed regulations said Wave Money CEO Brad Jones. Yet unleash- quickly, forcing the poor to turn to loan sharks now she just pings off a text to move the mon- Many also have bad memories of 50 years of allowing non-banks to enter the e-money ing the technology’s full potential rests on in times of need. ey to her children back home as mobile bank- military rule, when bank runs and currency col- market and offer services to the country’s overcoming an age-old obstacle: trust. During Mobile money is Myanmar’s best bet at ing sweeps into a country whose people have lapses were frequent and painful. But change is oceans of “unbanked”. “In terms of things you its economic heyday under British colonial swiftly linking its poor to safer, more regulated for decades been locked out of basic financial afoot. Khin Myint Oo now wires home to her could do straight away that would improve rule, Myanmar was home to the highest con- financial services, said Paul Luchtenburg from services. Myanmar is spinning through a children in a matter of minutes using Wave people’s lives ...this (policy) would float right to centration of foreign-owned banks in the UN’s Capital Development Fund in Yangon. thrilling economic revival since shedding junta Money, one of the first mobile banking firms to the very top,” said Sean Turnell, an Australian Southeast Asia. But its fortunes swiftly “If it was only bank-led, it would take a long rule in 2011. But with an embryonic banking roll out services. The company, a tie-up economist advising the administration. Mobile changed after a military clique grabbed power time because the banks are so busy just get- system-an estimated 90 percent of the popula- between a telco operator and a private bank, money began in Kenya a decade ago and is in 1962 and nationalized all banks, the first of ting their house in order,” he told AFP. In Dala, tion still do not have an account-the country’s has built a network of 4,000 mum-and-pop now used by nearly half the population. many policies that sunk the nation into pover- a muddy suburb across the river from Yangon, new civilian leaders are banking on mobile shops around the country where clients can Similar systems have since taken root ty. Faith in the financial system tanked after a those who want to save money have two money as a shortcut. deposit and withdraw cash by phone. across Sub-Saharan Africa and in other devel- flurry of demonetization decrees in the 1980s options: take the boat to a bank in the city or “People keep money in their homes in a Referred to as “human ATMS”, these stores oping nations, providing millions of people wiped out nearly two thirds of the cash in cir- bury it in the backyard. Like much of the coun- box,” explained Khin Myint Oo, who moved to are far more accessible and numerous than with safe ways to move and manage their culation, triggering bank runs and driving try, there are zero banks or ATMs in town. Yet Myanmar’s biggest city Yangon to work as a bank branches. Wave constantly monitors their money. Myanmar’s promise as a frontier mar- many people to convert any savings into gold. several shops have started offering mobile housekeeper and support her children in liquidity and dispatches agents to replenish ket is beginning to show especially as phone banking services. “When this service becomes northeastern Shan state. With no bank shops running low on cash. “The advantage is towers are erected. Just four years ago only 10 Gold and gem stones more popular, it will be so much more helpful branches nearby, the family faced two it now takes very little time to transfer money,” percent of the population had a mobile “Getting people to trust ephemeral mone- to people than banks,” said Zaw Zaw Oo, options: long trudges to the nearest teller or Khin Myint Oo said from inside the apartment phone-now it is 60 percent, with most using tary value will be the first challenge. If people whose small convenience store is now part of shipping stacks of tattered notes by bus. With she cleans for $2 a day-a sizeable raise from her smartphones. have any surplus at all they often buy gold and Wave’s network of “human ATMs”. Until then, just some 1,500 branches in a largely rural days as a farmhand. “Myanmar was always the market that gem stones,” said Turnell. Changing this behav- they’ll have to wait for the next ferry. —AFP Gulf mixed with Saudi Airbus: US grants license outperforming peers for planes in Iran deal DUBAI: Airbus announced yesterday that the US gov- A320neos, 27 A330ceos, 18 A330neos, 16 A350- ernment has granted it a license to sell the first 17 air- 1000s and 12 double-decker A380s. MIDEAST STOCKS planes involved in a landmark deal with Iran made Base model A320s are currently listed at an aver- possible by last year’s nuclear agreement. The age of $98 million, while A330s start at $231.5 mil- DUBAI: Bourses in the Gulf were mixed yester- derived 11 percent of its net income from cor- sale to focus on Middle Eastern markets. announcement comes as Iranian leaders and US offi- lion. That puts the value of the approved 17 aircraft day with Saudi Arabia’s bourse supported by the porate banking in the first half of the year, Dubai’s index failed to hold onto small gains cials are gathered this week in New York for the United in the first license around at least $18 billion and petrochemical sector while Egypt lost steam as jumped 4.9 percent. from earlier in the day and dropped 0.3 percent Nations General Assembly and serves as a sign that possibly much higher based on list prices, though local and regional funds exited positions. Saudi The exchange will be closed today in obser- as declines in blue chips weighed on the the outgoing administration of President Barack buyers typically negotiate sizable discounts for bulk Arabia’s index rose 0.4 percent in moderate trade vance of the kingdom’s national day holiday and exchange. Emaar Properties retreated 1.3 per- Obama will honor the economic terms of the accord. orders. Most Iranian planes were purchased before as Brent prices firmed over $46 a barrel. Saudi will resume trade on Sunday Sept 25. Qatar’s cent and Dubai Investments lost 1.0 percent. But Airbus received the license from the US the 1979 Islamic Revolution that ousted Shah Basic Industries, the petrochemical heavyweight, stock index slipped 0.04 percent, after advancing Abu Dhabi’s index rose 0.2 percent although Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, Airbus Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and brought Islamists to climbed 0.9 percent. 1.0 percent on Tuesday as passive funds flowed activity was lower than previous sessions this spokesman Justin Dubon told The Associated Press. power. Out of Iran’s 250 commercial planes, 162 The insurance sub-index, usually actively into the companies now included in the FTSE’s week. Union National Bank, which has shed 6.7 He said the first 17 planes will be A320s and A330s. were flying in June, while the rest are grounded due traded by day traders, added 1.7 percent as secondary emerging market index. percent since Sunday, added 1.0 percent. He declined to offer a breakdown of how many of to lack of spare parts. almost all the constituents advanced, recouping each are involved in the initial sale, but said Airbus The announcement by Airbus will be closely some of the heavy losses of the week. BUPA Dubai drops Cairo retreats hoped to receive a second license allowing it to sell watched by Chicago-based Boeing Co., which has Arabia, a mid-sized medical insurer, rose 2.9 per- Seven of the 22 shares which are now FTSE Cairo’s main index retreated 1.4 percent in the remaining planes to Iran. an agreement with Iran that Iranian officials have cent. But banking shares were mixed, with the members pulled back, with Ezdan Holding this week’s highest volume of trade as both local Iranian officials had no immediate comment and suggested could be worth as much as $25 billion. sub-index losing 0.2 percent as the sector’s Group dropping 1.2 percent, while five of and regional funds cashed out, bourse data its state media did not immediately report the Such a deal would be the biggest between an heavyweights diverged. Al Rajhi Bank, the them advanced with Masraf Al Rayan adding showed. All 30 shares declined with real estate approval. Though based in Europe, Airbus was American company and Iran since the Islamic largest listed Islamic lender, dropped 2.7 percent. 0.3 percent. But mobile operator Ooredoo, developer Amer Group Holding slumping 6.9 required to get the US Treasury’s license for the deal Revolution and US Embassy takeover. In a June let- “There is an overhang from the construction now a member of the FTSE emerging market percent and Qalaa Holdings dropping 5.3 per- as at least 10 percent of Airbus components are of ter to the US Congress, Boeing said the deal involves sector on Saudi banks, but we believe that the index, added 2.4 percent after the company cent. “Investors are hopeful, but are not holding American origin. In January, national carrier Iran Air Iran Air buying 80 aircraft with a total list price of capital buffers in top-tier banks are sufficient,” said late on Tuesday it had no intention of their breath waiting for the IMF $12 billion loan signed agreements to buy 118 planes from Airbus, $17.6 billion, with deliveries beginning in 2017 and said Kunal Damle, institutional sales for broker- selling any of its interest in Indonesian sub- and the host of policy actions that should be estimated to be worth some 22.8 billion euros ($25 running until 2025. Iran Air also will lease 29 new age at Bahrain’s Securities & Investment sidiary Indosat Ooredoo. There had been taken to secure it,” said a Cairo based portfolio billion). The deal included 21 A320ceos, 24 Boeing 737s. —AP Company (SICO). Samba Financial Group, which media speculation it was considering a stake manager. —Reuters THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 BUSINESS Denmark eyes looming skills News in brief

India wants UAE, Saudi shortage as economy picks up oil for strategic reserve MUMBAI: India is talking to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia to fill half of the 1.5 million tons of the Population ages while youth shun vocational jobs Mangalore strategic storage, along with Iranian crude, its oil minister said yesterday. Dharmendra Pradhan told a COPENHAGEN: After a lackluster recovery news conference India is exploring two to three other from the 2008 financial crisis, Denmark’s models for sourcing oil to fill the remainder of the storage. central bank has warned that the labor During Saudi Arabia Energy Minister Kahlid A Al-Falih’s visit market faces a squeeze as unemployment to New Delhi in October, India plans to discuss the filling of falls, the population ages and young peo- the Mangalore strategic storage, and investments in refin- ple shun vocational jobs. At Technical ery and petrochemical projects. Globally, most of the Education Copenhagen, traineeships for biggest crude oil consuming countries have a strategic another 20 to 30 lorry drivers could proba- storage capacity of at least 50 days, but India currently bly have been found if only people were stands less than 10 days. interested in them, according to Anders Wendelboe, a head of education at the vocational training college. Qatar budget back to In a country where work-life balance is near balance by 2018 highly valued, a wrongful perception that DOHA: Qatar’s budget should be back to “near bal- the job came with irregular working hours ance” by 2018, as it overcomes the shock waves from a was putting some people off, he speculat- global fall in energy prices, economists at Qatar ed. “Young people today would like to have National Bank have forecast. The QNB, in its “Qatar leisure time, they would like to have a fami- Economic Insight” report, predicts that rising oil prices ly,” he said. A lack of skilled workers was and the introduction of a value-added tax will help also threatening growth at Teccon Form, a Qatar recover from the deficits expected in 2016 and company in the western town of Holstebro 2017. “The government’s budget balance is expected making tools for injection molding, to register a deficit of 5.3 percent of GDP in 2016 and employing around 20 people. “There has 2.2 percent in 2017, before recovering to near balance probably been too much focus on having a in 2018,” the report said. “The government’s revenue is university education,” chief executive expected to recover in 2017 with rising oil prices. Michael Nederby lamented. “There has “Furthermore, the introduction of a value-added tax been a slightly higher status around that, (expected at 5 percent rate) should boost the govern- and we are fighting against that,” he said, ment’s revenue in 2018 by about 1 percent of GDP.” adding that he had been forced to raise This year Qatar faces its first budget deficit in 15 years- salaries to compete with other employers. expected to total more than $12 billion-as the emirate copes with the oil price slump. Central bank warning Denmark’s central bank last week warned that the country was technically at full employment and that the economy Egypt’s current account could be hit if the country did not find COPENHAGEN: This file photo taken on September 18, 2006 shows a man searching for jobs at a job center. — AFP deficit rises to $18.7 bn ways of growing its labor force. CAIRO: Egypt’s current account deficit rose to $18.7 billion “Unemployment has now reached its ‘struc- property bubble during the 2008 financial Still, as Denmark’s population ages, that ting pressure on the Scandinavian coun- for the 2015-16 fiscal year that ended in June, from $12.1 tural level’ ... There are, so to speak, no labor crisis and growth has lagged the is unlikely to be enough. “A shift is taking try’s welfare state. While some professions billion last year, central bank data showed. Egypt’s econo- reserves among the unemployed,” it said in economies of neighboring Sweden and place in the labor market,” said Stine facing labor shortages, such as bakers and my is struggling to recover after a mass uprising in 2011 a quarterly report. “There are already signs Germany. The country’s central bank Pilegaard Jespersen, the head of labor mar- butchers, could offer opportunities, that drove away tourists and foreign investors and created of pressures in the labor market. The clear- believes economic output will edge up 0.9 ket and education policy at the refugees were unlikely to play a major part a shortage of foreign currency that has sapped its ability to est indications are reporting of labor short- percent this year and 1.5 percent in 2017. Confederation of Danish Enterprise. “More in fixing the problem, Jespersen said. purchase from abroad and relaunch key industries. The ages in both the construction and manu- elderly are leaving the labor market ... and A survey published by Denmark’s inte- trade deficit for the financial year stood at $37.6 billion facturing sectors,” it added. No quick fix the young who are coming in are much less gration ministry in May showed that 55 compared with a deficit of $39.1 billion last year. The Seasonally adjusted unemployment “The problem is the greatest among likely to have a vocational education than percent of newly arrived refugees had only improvement was “due partly to the decline in world oil stood at 4.2 percent in July, according to vocationally trained labor with technical those who are leaving,” she added. Two of completed primary school, while eight prices, which had a bearing on Egyptian exports and data from Statistics Denmark based on the skills, such as electricians, industry techni- the country’s top markets for foreign labor, percent had no education whatsoever. imports”, a central bank statement said. Total exports for number of people on unemployment ben- cians and mechanics,” said Steen Nielsen, Germany and Poland, also have ageing pop- “What we typically see with refugees is the financial year tallied $18.7 billion against $56.3 billion efits and in labor market activation pro- head of labor market policy at the ulations and will also see their workforce that they don’t have very strong skills. in imports. Those were each less than the $22.24 billion grams. The number rises to 6.2 percent Confederation of Danish Industry. A previ- shrink over the coming decades, she noted. Many of them are very young and don’t exported and $61.31 billion imported last year. Tourism under the so called ILO (International Labor ous reform raising the age of retirement, as Denmark received 21,000 asylum seek- have a lot of schooling, and they also don’t receipts roughly halved to $3.77 billion from $7.37 billion a Organization) measure, which is used to well as using foreign labor-mostly from ers last year, and many Danes worry that have a lot of work experience,” said year earlier. Egypt’s tourism industry, a cornerstone of the compare unemployment in different coun- other EU countries-would help plug the the new arrivals-like previous generations Nielsen. “On top of that there is a big lan- economy and a crucial source of hard currency, has strug- tries. Denmark was badly hit by a burst skills gap in the short term, he added. of refugees-will struggle to find work, put- guage barrier,” he added. — AFP gled to rebound since 2011.

First oil in 2 years leaves Why it matters: Minimum wage Libya’s Ras Lanouf port

WASHINGTON: Modest income growth for million workers, or 1 in 4 employees nation- late their positions. Hillary Clinton says she recession. That reflects what economists call BENGHAZI: An oil tanker left the Libyan port of Ras most Americans, strikes by fast-food work- wide, according to the liberal Economic supports raising the minimum wage to $12 the “hollowing out” of the workforce, as tra- Lanouf for Italy on Tuesday, an official said, the first ers, and the rapid growth of low-paying jobs Policy Institute. But it would also boost costs an hour, rather than the $15 supported by ditional mid-level positions such as office shipment since fighting erupted over control of the at the same time middle-income work for employers and may slow hiring. And it advocates for low-income workers and by administrators, mail clerks, and factory pro- “oil crescent” two years ago. Oil is war-ravaged Libya’s shrinks have combined to make the mini- could lead to higher prices at clothing stores the Democratic Party’s platform. But she also duction workers are cut in recessions and key asset, and rival administrations have been vying mum wage a top economic issue for the and restaurants and for other services. supports state and local efforts to push it never fully recover their previous levels of for control of its oil wealth and territory since the 2016 campaign. Millions could benefit: higher than $12. Donald Trump is harder to employment. Higher-paying and lower-pay- 2011 uprising that overthrew Dictator Moamer Raising the federal minimum wage from Where they stand pin down. Last fall he opposed any increase ing jobs, meantime, have both surpassed Kadhafi and plunged the country into chaos. $7.25 an hour to $12 would lift pay for 35 Both candidates have struggled to articu- in the minimum, saying that overall wages their pre-recession levels. “The Maltese-flagged vessel Seadelta has just left were too high in the U.S. In July he said the Contrary to popular myth, low-wage Ras Lanouf port with 776,000 barrels of oil, going to minimum wage should be $10, but added jobs aren’t dominated by teenagers earn- Italy. This is the first shipment of oil from Ras Lanouf that states should “really call the shots.” ing extra spending money. About half of port since November 2014,” said Omran el-Fitouri, oil fast-food workers are 25 or over. And one- exports coordinator at the port. The shipment is also Why it matters quarter have children. That has probably the first to leave any of the four ports in the area Income for the typical household has been key to a willingness by fast-food since they were seized by military strongman Khalifa fallen 2.4 percent since 1999, even after a workers to demand higher pay. The push Haftar last week. big gain in 2015. That has elevated the issue for a higher minimum has won consider- His forces handed the ports over to the National of wage growth over other economic con- able success at the state and local levels. Oil Corporation (NOC), which said that crude exports cerns, particularly as the unemployment Twenty-six states have lifted their mini- would resume “immediately” from Ras Lanuf and rate has fallen back to pre-Great Recession mums in the past two and a half years. another of the four, Zuwaytina. The NOC says it is loy- levels. And low-wage industries are increas- California’s will be $15 by 2022 and New al to the Tripoli-based Government of National ingly where the jobs are. The three occupa- York’s will be $15 by July 2021. Accord (GNA), but also to the rival parliament based tions with the highest employment in 2015 A wage floor at that level makes even in the east which supports Haftar’s forces and has were, in order, retail salespeople, cashiers left-of-center economists nervous. It is dou- refused to give the GNA its vote of confidence. and fast-food workers. Together they ble the current minimum, a much bigger On Sunday, fighters loyal to the UN-backed unity accounted for 11.3 million jobs, or 8 percent jump than previous increases. Most eco- government launched an attack aimed at retaking the of the nation’s total. They are also growing nomic research suggests that modest key eastern oil ports, but were repelled by Haftar’s quickly. Of the 10 occupations that the increases cost few, if any, jobs. The forces. The fighting forced the Maltese-flagged tanker Labor Department projects will produce the Congressional Budget Office estimated that to turn back out to sea for safety, abandoning plans to most jobs in the coming decade, five pay a a $10.10 minimum could reduce total load crude oil at Ras Lanouf. Other ports in the cres- median wage of less than $12 an hour. employment by 500,000, or just 0.3 percent cent have been operating intermittently in recent Meanwhile, according to Georgetown of all jobs. The CBO also found it would lift years, but if the breakthrough at Ras Lanouf-one of University’s Center on Education and the 900,000 people out of poverty. Still, $15 an Libya’s biggest ports-is sustained it could lend support PITTSBURGH: In this April 14, 2016, file photo, union organizers, students, and sup- Workforce, in 2015 the US still had fewer hour is uncharted territory, with little to the status quo after the tussle for control. — AFP porters for a $15 an hour wage march through the Oakland section Pittsburgh. — AP middle-income jobs than it did before the research on its effects. — AP

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Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. Canadian dollar 230.490 Nepalese Rupees 3.840 Hong Kong Dollar 0.036937 0.039687 Turkish lira 102.110 Malaysian Ringgit 75.560 Indian Rupee 0.004260 0.004649 Swiss Franc 310.190 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 45.770 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000019 0.000025 ASIAN COUNTRIES Australian Dollar 230.090 Japanese Yen 0.002863 0.003043 Japanese Yen 2.952 Thai Bhat 9.710 US Dollar Buying 301.550 Turkish Lira 103.555 Kenyan Shilling 0.002981 0.002981 Indian Rupees 4.519 Korean Won 0.000259 0.000274 Pakistani Rupees 2.892 GOLD Malaysian Ringgit 0.069839 0.075839 Srilankan Rupees 2.079 20 Gram 266.420 Bahrain Exchange Company Nepalese Rupee 0.002809 0.002979 Nepali Rupees 2.827 10 Gram 136.130 Pakistan Rupee 0.002745 0.003035 Singapore Dollar 222.610 5 Gram 68.910 CURRENCY BUY SELL Philippine Peso 0.006278 0.006578 Hongkong Dollar 39.034 Sierra Leone 0.000050 0.000056 Bangladesh Taka 3.860 Europe British Pound 0.385785 0.395785 Singapore Dollar 0.216326 0.226326 Philippine Peso 6.353 South African Rand 0.015668 0.024168 Thai Baht 8.706 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Czech Korune 0.004442 0.016442 Danish Krone 0.041106 0.046106 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001657 0.002237 Euro 0.0331217 0.0340217 Taiwan 0.009504 0.009684 GCC COUNTRIES Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Thai Baht 0.008358 0.008908 Saudi Riyal 80.776 Norwegian Krone 0.032304 0.037504 US Dollar 302.950 Romanian Leu 0.075547 0.075547 Qatari Riyal 83.207 Canadian Dollr 229.665 Arab ani Riyal 786.772 Slovakia 0.009020 0.019020 Sterling Pound 393.480 Swedish Krona 0.031080 0.036080 Bahraini Dinar 0.796349 0.804849 Bahraini Dinar 804.440 Euro 338.070 Egyptian Pound 0.024054 0.029172 UAE Dirham 82.471 Swiss Franc 0.301912 0.312912 Swiss Frank 298.030 Turkish Lira 0.097272 0.107572 Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000085 Bahrain Dinar 800.870 Iraqi Dinar 0.000183 0.000243 ARAB COUNTRIES UAE Dirhams 82.710 Australasia Jordanian Dinar 0.422783 0.431783 Egyptian Pound - Cash 29.050 Qatari Riyals 83.925 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 34.480 Australian Dollar 0.219950 0.231950 Saudi Riyals 81.510 New Zealand Dollar 0.214188 0.223688 Lebanese Pound 0.000150 0.000250 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.216 Jordanian Dinar 426.885 Moroccan Dirhams 0.019789 0.043789 Tunisian Dinar 137.460 Egyptian Pound 34.019 America Nigerian Naira 0.001248 0.001883 Jordanian Dinar 427.340 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.079 Omani Riyal 0.779814 0.785494 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.018 Canadian Dollar 0.223892 0.232892 Indian Rupees 4.512 Georgina Lari 0.136713 0.136713 Qatar Riyal 0.082333 0.083783 Syrian Lira 2.0159 Pakistani Rupees 2.890 Saudi Riyal 0.079633 0.080933 Morocco Dirham 31.471 US Dollars 0.298600 0.303300 Bangladesh Taka 3.854 US Dollars Mint 0.299100 0.303000 Syrian Pound 0.001283 0.001503 Philippines Pesso 6.328 Tunisian Dinar 0.133691 0.141691 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Cyprus pound 159.675 Turkish Lira 0.097272 0.107572 US Dollar Transfer 302.750 Asia Japanese Yen 3.970 Bangladesh Taka 0.003305 0.003889 UAE Dirhams 0.080989 0.082689 Euro 338.470 Syrian Pound 2.405 Yemeni Riyal 0.001368 0.001448 Sterling Pound 394.030 Chinese Yuan 0.043845 0.047345 BUSINESS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 EU scraps time limits on free mobile roaming plan

BRUSSELS: The EU yesterday scrapped to put some clear safeguards on resi- their home country-meant exactly Oettinger. But they also ensure “that “If the company has doubts, it notifies a controversial plan to limit its land- dency,” EU Commissioner for the that, without conditions or caveats. operators have the tools to guard the customer who has the right to jus- mark free mobile phone roaming poli- Digital Single Market Andrus Ansip As a result, they responded angrily against abuse of the rules,” he added. tify the usage,” Oettinger said. cy to 90 days a year, after an outcry said at a news briefing. to the 90-day “fair use” limit, charging Instead of time limits, the new The Commission’s proposal now from angry consumer groups. While The Commission announced the that Brussels had caved in to the pow- Commission proposal will allow oper- goes to the EU’s 28 national regulators doing away with time limits for roam- original “free roaming” plans with erful telecoms companies for whom ators to crackdown on people whose for negotiation, in order for the plan ing across the currently 28-nation huge fanfare in early 2015, but when it roaming charges have long been a phone usage abroad “significantly” to be implemented by June 15 next bloc, the European Commission said it unveiled the details earlier this month lucrative source of extra income. The outweighs their domestic calls. It will year as originally promised. At the will instead impose checks to curb consumer groups were outraged by new rules, which require approval by also allow mobile operators to cancel heart of the row over free roaming in abuse of the system. “We will not put the limit. They had assumed the the EU’s 28 member states, end roam- SIM cards found to be used almost Europe is the huge discrepancies in any kind of limits on duration or, how Commission’s pledge to end mobile ing “for all people who travel periodi- exclusively abroad by customers tak- prices for phone and data usage many days (travelers) can enjoy no roaming charges-additional costs cally in the EU,” said the EU’s Digital ing advantage of lower tariffs than across the EU, a market of 500 million roaming surcharges, but we decided when people use their phone outside Economy Commissioner Guenther those available in their home country. people. —AFP

Zara owner Inditex profits rise as quick-trend model pays off

MADRID: Zara-owner Inditex posted a rise Concern over growth prospects in first-half profits yesterday thanks to a While H&M regularly challenges it for well-honed business model allowing the the global number one spot, Inditex is cur- Spanish group to beat rivals in whisking rently the largest fashion retailer by sales, new trends to the shop racks. The world’s based on the two companies’ first-half largest fashion retailer by turnover, owned results this year. But Noel Byrne, a business by the publicity-shy Amancio Ortega who strategy professor at the Madrid branch of has become the world’s second richest Boston’s Suffolk University, warned that the man, said higher clothes sales and a rise in Spanish group was bound to face tighter new stores around the globe drove the competition in the coming years as rival eight-percent jump. retailers adjust their own processes to Profits rose to 1.3 billion euros ($1.4 bil- match its quick delivery times. lion) in the six months from February 1 “When you are making big profits it is while sales were up 11 percent at 10.5 bil- one of the most dangerous times in busi- lion euros, said the company which oper- ness because the competition want a share ates eight store brands including Zara, of that, and they smell it and they inevitably upmarket label Massimo Dutti and teen come,” he told AFP. As Inditex continues its chain Bershka. push outside of Europe and plans to ramp Chief executive Pablo Isla said the main up activities in China, it will also need to reason behind the sales jump was “the exe- adapt its business model for Asia by open- cution of our business model globally,” with ing design and production centers in the the opening of more than 80 stores in the continent, Byrne added. first half, including in the new markets of International expansion is crucial for the Aruba, Paraguay and Nicaragua. While its growth of the group, faced with Europe’s competitors prioritise low production costs slow economic recovery. According to a and outsource manufacturing to China, study by the Barcelona-based EAE Business Inditex makes more than half of its clothes School, China, Russia and South Korea are in factories in Spain, Portugal, North Africa, the countries where clothes spending has Turkey and Eastern Europe-relatively close increased the most since 2004. Spain, mean- WASHINGTON: Wells Fargo Chief Executive Officer John Stumpf prepares to testify on Capitol Hill. —AP to its main markets. while, only represents two percent of global This business model allows it to get clothes spending, and its share in Inditex’s clothes to stores much faster than its rivals turnover has gone from 45 to less than 20 and avoid excess inventory. Clothes made percent in just a decade. Despite the good Peppered with tough questions, for Zara, for instance, can go from the results, shares in the group fell 0.89 percent design stage to store racks in a mere two to 32.39 euros in mid-afternoon trading due weeks. By comparison the process takes to a mix of profit taking and concern over Wells Fargo CEO is taken aback Inditex’s nearest rival H&M six months “growth prospects in the second half that because it sources its collection further are slightly lower than before,” said Manuel away in China. Pinto, an analyst at brokers XTB. —AFP Calls for resignation from harshly critical senators

WASHINGTON: Facing bipartisan outrage from to stem “this unacceptable activity.” He promised ucts - trying to draw customers into taking on a Senate panel over accusations of employee to assist affected customers. The bank says it has more - as “deepening relationships.” Senators misconduct, Well Fargo CEO John Stumpf already refunded to customers $2.6 million in underscored the irony of bank executives boast- appeared taken aback by the intensity of the fees charged for products that were sold without ing on one hand to investors about the prof- verbal lashing. At a few points, he seemed flus- authorization. itability of cross-selling, while also firing 5,300 tered and stumbled a bit over his words. He bris- sales employees for related activities. The sena- tled at assertions that the alleged opening of ‘Gutless leadership’ tors also challenged assertions that Stumpf and millions of customer accounts without their per- After being lauded for navigating Wells other senior executives at the bank didn’t mission was a “scam.” through the financial crisis that struck in 2008, become aware of the problems until 2013 - Peppered with criticism for nearly three hours Stumpf faces what may be an even greater chal- when the sales misconduct was reported by The at a hearing Tuesday, the CEO of the nation’s sec- lenge. Senators of both parties were unrelenting Los Angeles Times. The practices apparently ond-largest bank faced calls for his resignation in their attacks. Sen. Bob Corker, a conservative began several years earlier, as Stumpf suggested from harshly critical senators. They pressed Republican from Tennessee, said it would be under questioning. Stumpf about claims from regulators that Wells “malpractice” if Wells Fargo did not claw back A major figure at the hearing who was not Fargo employees opened the unauthorized executives’ compensation. Elizabeth Warren, a present was Carrie Tolstedt, the former head of accounts, transferred customers’ money into Massachusetts Democrat and frequent critic of the retail banking business. She announced in them, and even signed people up for online Wall Street, called for Stumpf and Wells Fargo to July that she would retire from the bank this year banking in a feverish drive to meet sales targets. be criminally investigated and asserted that and is expected to leave with as much as $125 Debit cards were issued and activated, as well Stumpf had shown “gutless leadership” during million in salary, stock options and other com- as PINs created, without customers knowing, US the long-running sales misconduct. pensation. Senators hammered Stumpf on and California regulators said as they fined San “It struck me that he was berated in a way Tolstedt’s compensation, demanding that he Francisco-based Wells Fargo a combined $185 that shook him a bit,” said Chris Kotowski, an explain why the bank’s board of directors - million earlier this month. While partly political analyst at Oppenheimer & Co. He contrasted which he presides over as chairman - hasn’t exer- ARTEIXO, Spain: This file photo taken on March 18, 2015 shows Spanish tex- theater, members of the Senate Banking that with Stumpf’s usual “poised, deliberate” cised its authority to take it back from her. tile giant Inditex CEO Pablo Isla arriving to a press conference announcing Committee showed rare bipartisanship in their manner when speaking in other venues. Wells Questioned again by Warren, Stumpf said the condemnation of Wells Fargo, and weren’t satis- Fargo, familiar to customers for its stagecoach bank had not considered firing Tolstedt. Under the company’s year-end results. —AFP fied by Stumpf’s show of contrition. logo, had also long been known in the banking the settlement with regulators, Wells Fargo nei- “Words that come like a San Francisco fog on industry for its aggressive sales goals. The aver- ther admitted nor denied the allegations. It later little cat feet won’t cut it,” Sen Sherrod Brown of age Wells Fargo household had on average more said it plans to eliminate the sales targets by Jan L’Oreal building solar projects Ohio, the panel’s top Democrat, told Stumpf. than six products with the bank, a metric Wells 1. Stumpf offered some detail at the hearing “These were not magically delivered ‘unwanted top executives would highlight every quarter about who was fired, saying “bankers, bank man- at Arkansas, Kentucky plants products.’ This was fraud; fraud that you did not with investors. The bank even had a “Gr-Eight” agers, managers of managers, and even an area find or fix quickly enough.” Stumpf said he was program aiming to raise that number to eight. president.” They ranged in pay from about “deeply sorry” that the bank failed to meet its Wells never reached that level. $35,000 to $65,000. Not high enough up the LITTLE ROCK: Cosmetics maker L’Oreal USA see as a result of both of these projects responsibility to customers and didn’t act sooner Stumpf defended the cross-selling of prod- chain, senators retorted. —AP announced Tuesday it is building thou- that it is feasible for companies to reduce sands of solar panels at its manufacturing their electricity costs while simultaneously facilities in Kentucky and Arkansas, a move purchasing clean renewable electricity,” the company says will help cut carbon Halter, Scenic Hill’s chief executive officer, Investors ask German court for emissions and create two of the biggest told The Associated Press. “I’d characterize solar-powered projects in each state. it as a triple win of lower electricity prices, The subsidiary of the L’Oreal Group said predictability in your electricity costs and 8.2b euros over VW’s ‘dieselgate’ it plans to install 5,000 solar panels at its producing sustainably with clean renew- Florence, Kentucky, plant and another 4,000 able energy.” at its North Little Rock, Arkansas, plant. L’Oreal officials said the two sites made FRANKFURT: Volkswagen investors be a one-year deadline to lodge Work is expected to begin later this year, sense given the size and history of the two have filed 1,400 lawsuits seeking 8.2 complaints. On Monday alone 750 with the panels that will generate electricity manufacturing plants. L’Oreal has operat- billion euros in compensation from new claims were registered. The for the plants operational by the middle of ed in Kentucky for more than 25 years, and the car giant over its emissions cheat- court said it has taken on extra staff next year. The company said the Kentucky the plant is the company’s largest manu- ing scandal, a German court said yes- and hired additional storage space project will be the largest commercial solar facturing site in the US and its largest terday, adding to a long list of legal to cope-as the avalanche represents array in that state and the North Little Rock worldwide by tonnage of products pro- woes for the embattled firm. Investors half the number of cases the tribu- project will be Arkansas’ third-largest com- duced. The Arkansas plant has been in say the automaker failed to disclose nal normally hears in a year. “The mercial array. operation for more than 40 years. L’Oreal details of the case in a timely way, complete registration of the claims With the projects, L’Oreal USA said it will employs more than 400 people at its leading them to lose money as the arrived up to now should be finished have reduced its carbon dioxide emissions Kentucky plant and nearly 500 at the group’s share price plunged by 40 per- in four weeks,” it said. by 80 percent from 101,634 metric tons in Arkansas site. “These are some of our cent in two days after the crisis erupt- A single plaintiff will be designat- 2005 to a projected 20,059 this year. The biggest sites worldwide and therefore we ed last September. ed “in the fourth quarter of 2016 at projects also mean the company’s five man- have a responsibility to drive the perform- The $9.1 billion in claims is mostly the earliest,” it went on, to represent ufacturing plants in the United States will ance of these sites from an environmental made up of “bundled” actions con- all the investors wishing to join rely entirely on renewable electricity, L’Oreal perspective,” Richard Jones, head of North taining lawsuits from multiple plain- forces in a common case designed to said. The company will have 16 solar instal- American manufacturing for L’Oreal tiffs, many of them private investors, save legal costs. German law does lations across the country with the addition Americas, told the AP. according to the court in Brunswick, not allow for class-action suits. The of the two new ones. “We are committed to The panels will produce 10 percent of close to VW’s Wolfsburg, Lower case’s prospects for success may be being a sustainability leader in the United the electricity of each facility, with the Saxony headquarters. The US govern- FRANKFURT: In this file photo taken on October 1, 2015 in a limited, however. “History has shown States and are proud of the progress we remaining power coming from local ment and several German state gov- car workshop in Frankfurt an der Oder, eastern Germany, that it’s very difficult to prove dam- have made,” Frederic Roze, chief executive hydroelectric plants. The 1.5 megawatt ernments are also among the shows a measuring tube sticking in the exhaust pipe of a ages of this type in Germany and win officer of L’Oreal Americas, said in a state- Kentucky array will be installed on the roof claimants. Two of the claims lodged Volkswagen Golf 2,0 TDI car during an emissions test. —AFP a legal case like this,” analyst Frank ment released by the company. of the 687,000-square-foot plant, while the with the Brunswick court, from Schwope of Nord/LB bank told AFP. 1.2 megawatt Arkansas array will be con- groups of institutional investors Mounting costs string of legal claims and investiga- VW might strike out-of-court set- Clean renewable energy structed on eight acres adjacent to the including Blackrock, the world’s Volkswagen’s troubles began tions around the world. The VW tlements with some plaintiffs, while Both projects are being developed by 446,691-square-foot facility. L’Oreal said largest fund manager, account for a after it admitted in September 2015 group has set aside 18 billion euros the court is unlikely to award the full Little Rock-based Scenic Hill Solar. L’Oreal the projected carbon emissions reduction total of 2 billion euros alone. to installing so-called “defeat to pay for the legal costs of the crisis, amount of compensation investors will own the solar panels and Scenic Hill will from the Kentucky array will be equivalent A spokesman for Volkswagen reit- devices” in 11 million diesel-pow- and has so far agreed to pay $15 bil- seek, he said. The carmaker will not operate and maintain them, said Scenic Hill to eliminating more than 2.8 million miles erated the carmaker’s position that it ered vehicles worldwide, which lion in compensation and fines in find itself reaching for its pocketbook Chief Executive Officer Bill Halter. Halter, traveled by passenger cars per year. In “continues to believe that we compre- increase exhaust treatment when the United States alone. Analysts soon as “the case could last for years,” who is also Arkansas’ former lieutenant gov- Arkansas, it will be equivalent of a 3.2 mil- hensively fulfilled our obligations the car detects it is undergoing reg- estimate the final bill could reach up he went on. Volkswagen’s share price ernor, said the two arrays combined will lion mile reduction per year. Each project under capital markets law and that ulatory tests. The software deacti- to 35 billion euros. remains around 20 percent lower produce about $7.5 million worth of elec- will employ 25 construction workers for the claims are unjustified.” There was vates the emissions system when than it was before the crisis broke. tricity over the next 30 years, and described about four months, Halter said. The com- little reaction on the Frankfurt stock the car is on the road, leading to lev- ‘Difficult to prove’ But while the financial pain bites them as models for other manufacturers. pany declined to say how much it is market to the news, with Volkswagen els of harmful nitrogen oxides in the Investors had rushed to file com- deep for the firm, recent figures “We hope others will follow and we can spending on the two projects. —AP shares gaining around 1.3 percent by exhaust many times higher than pensation claims at the Brunswick show sales are holding up despite 1030 GMT. allowed. The admission led to a court ahead of what they believe to the blow to its reputation. —AFP THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 BUSINESS Mylan set to defend EpiPen Russian parliament faces prices amid public outcry

WASHINGTON: The head of pharmaceutical examine ways to encourage greater compe- tougher economic times company Mylan is defending the cost for life- tition in the EpiPen market. “Our goal is to saving EpiPens, signaling the company has work together to ensure that critical med- no plans to lower prices despite a public out- ications, like the EpiPen, are accessible and Election win might prove a poisoned chalice cry and questions from skeptical lawmakers. affordable for all of our constituents,” “Price and access exist in a balance, and we Chaffetz and Cummings said in a joint state- MOSCOW: A crushing victory for Russia’s ruling believe we have struck that balance,” Heather ment last week. party at parliamentary polls has been hailed as a Bresch says in prepared testimony released Bresch has some familiarity with Capitol big win for President Vladimir Putin-but for the by the House Oversight and Government Hill - she is the daughter of Sen. Joe Manchin, deputies elected it might just prove a poisoned Reform Committee ahead of her Wednesday D-W.Va. But lawmakers so far haven’t given chalice. With Russia locked in a damaging eco- appearance before the panel. any deference to her because she is related nomic crisis and its cash piles dwindling, the The price of EpiPens has grown to $608 to a colleague. Several other committees authorities are facing a balancing act-juggling for a two-pack, an increase of more than 500 have called for investigations into the matter. the need to slash spending against keeping percent since 2007. Republicans and EpiPens are used in emergencies to stop Putin’s popularity high ahead of presidential Democrats have said families struggling to potentially fatal allergic reactions to insect elections set for 2018. pay for the emergency allergy shots have bites and stings, and foods like nuts and Eventually, analysts agree, the country will every right to be outraged by Mylan, a com- eggs. People usually keep multiple EpiPens need to carry out tough reforms-potentially pany whose sales are in excess of $11 billion. handy at home, school or work, but the increasing the age of retirement, cutting back on Bresch says in the testimony that she wishes syringes, prefilled with the hormone epi- job security and raising taxes. But for now there the company had “better anticipated the nephrine, expire after a year. is little doubt which way the wind is blowing- magnitude and acceleration” of the rising Bresch noted that Mylan has said it will ensuring Putin gains a fourth term is the priority prices for some families. begin selling its generic version for $300 for a and any radical changes are on ice until then. “We never intended this,” she says. But she pair. That will still bring Mylan tens of mil- “Changes are definitely coming. They will be says investments are necessary to ensure lions of dollars while helping it retain market unpopular and controversial but they are now more access for those who need it and the share against current and future brand-name inevitable as the country can no longer afford company has made strides to more widely and generic competition. The company has not to make these changes,” said economist distribute the drug to schools and others. also offered coupon cards and has doubled Chris Weafer of Macro Advisory told AFP. “But I “We don’t want to go back to a time - not the limit for eligibility for its patient assis- don’t see any possibility of any of these meas- that long ago - when awareness of anaphy- tance program. ures being even publicly debated until after laxis was much lower and epinephrine auto Critics have said the coupons, discount Putin is re-elected in March 2018.” MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, takes part in a live video link at injectors were only available in schools with a cards and patient assistance programs aren’t the Novo-Ogaryov residence yesterday. Putin had the video call to officially open a prescription for an individual child,” she says. real solutions because many customers “Achieving this level of expansion of aware- won’t use them or won’t qualify for them. In ‘Unpopular but necessary’ new oil and natural gas field in the Yamalo-Nenets region in Siberia. Russian state- Analyst Alexei Makarkin wrote in Vedomosti ness requires significant investment.” her testimony, Bresch says she understands controlled natural gas giant Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller looks, second right. Igor there is considerable concern and skepticism business daily Tuesday that the new Duma- Sechin, Russian oil giant Rosneft CEO is on a screen. —AP which is entirely subservient to the Kremlin-will ‘Critical medications’ about the pricing. She says some think the House Oversight chairman Rep Jason company makes $600 off each EpiPen, but be forced to adopt “unpopular but necessary” economy but wiped out savings and jobs. the rearmament of the Russian military, which Chaffetz, R-Utah, and the panel’s top that is not true. She says the company makes measures, but only following the 2018 elections. is conducting a bombing campaign in Syria in Democrat, Rep Elijah Cummings of about $50 per pen after rebates, fees, materi- Austerity measures already adopted in the past Power struggles support of the regime. Maryland, have said they also want to als and other costs are subtracted. —AP few years have included major job cuts in the While major reforms are not on the cards for These behind-the-scenes power struggles public sector and caused the purchasing power now, some in the Russian government appear to come as the finance ministry has warned the of state employees and pensioners to fall. be pushing for spending cuts to go further government against depleting its financial Although the measures did not undermine faster. The Russian press has reported that the reserves built up from oil export revenue in pre- Putin’s popularity, they resulted in a string of country’s finance ministry could be lobbying for vious years when crude prices were high. “As small-scale protests and strikes in different parts the next budget-to be debated in the legislature always it will be Putin who will act as arbitrator of the vast country-a rarity as protest activity next month-to include spending cuts for the oil in this battle,” Weafer said. Putin will be reluctant stands at an all-time low. Russia’s economy con- industry, state media, space programs and the to cut spending on defense and social pro- tracted 3.7 percent in 2015, mostly due to a military. grams-precisely what the finance ministry has crash in global oil prices, and is expected to drop Suggestions of slashing the military budget- reportedly been calling for-but would also by at least 0.5 percent this year before a small which already represents more than five per- dread weakening the country’s already fragile bounce back in 2017. cent of GDP and has considerably increased in financial situation which could spur higher infla- The crisis has seen Russians’ living conditions the past decade — seem to be have unleashed tion that would quickly hit the pocketbooks of slip, with the population’s real earnings last a power struggle between different factions of Russians. “He will not want to risk Russia being month falling 8.3 percent year-on-year. Putin the Russian government and business commu- placed in a vulnerable financial position,” Weafer has pledged to push forward with liberal nity. Russia’s Kommersant daily reported that said. “To be seen by the West to be in that posi- reforms but has dismissed the possibility of Finance Minister Anton Siluanov and Defence tion would undermine his geopolitical bargain- “shock therapy” changes like those in the 1990s Minister Sergei Shoigu had heated exchanges ing position as well as risk losing public support that swiftly transformed Russia into a market at a recent government meeting addressing at home.” —AFP Proposal to revive royal yacht draws fans and foes in Britain

LONDON: The UK may be sailing take a lot more than a yacht, but we terday’s Guardian newspaper. “Her yacht, with its teak deck and brass into an uncertain future outside the need all the reach and profile that power was cosmetic. She floated on fittings, traveled more than 1 million European Union, but if campaign- we can get.” nostalgia.” miles as transport for royal visits and ers have their way, Britannia will Others, however, said bringing vacations, a reception venue for dig- rule the waves again. A back a symbol of empire and Floating monument nitaries and the honeymoon vessel Conservative lawmaker and the monarchy would send the wrong Launched in 1953, Britannia was for royal couples including Prince Daily Telegraph newspaper are pro- signals about Britain to the world. the last in three centuries of royal Charles and Princess Diana. Her final posing to re-commission the royal “Britannia was always a wisp of yachts, a floating monument to a voyage was to collect the last British yacht Britannia , former berth of denial because, essentially, she nation that built an empire on naval governor from Hong Kong when the Queen Elizabeth II, and send it sailed through imperial decline,” power - an empire it was then in the former British colony returned to around the world as a floating wrote columnist Tanya Gold in yes- process of losing. The 412-foot China in 1997. trade mission. The government of then-Prime The yacht was retired in 1997, Minister Tony Blair decided the cost and is now a tourist attraction of replacing Britannia was too high. moored in Edinburgh. Legislator The royal family, whose popularity Jake Berry says it should either be was then at a low ebb after a series brought back into service or a new of scandals, acquiesced - though the yacht built to help “bring in billions queen wiped away tears at the of pounds’ worth of trade deals for decommissioning ceremony. Berry post-Brexit Britain.” Anticipating has secured a House of Commons that some will label his idea “a vani- debate on the yacht on Oct 11, ty project,” he says it should be though his plan is unlikely to funded by donations, rather than become a reality without govern- taxpayers. ment support. Prime Minister Former Foreign Secretary Theresa May has not backed the William Hague has backed Berry’s idea, though when asked about it proposal, saying that when he was she said she recognized Britain’s in government he found that no “proud heritage” as a trading nation. one, however wealthy or powerful, “The important question is how do could resist an invitation onto the we get out there and promote royal yacht. “Leaving the EU means Britain, promote Britain as being we need to communicate the BANGKOK: In this Friday, May 9, 1997 file photo, a long-tailed open for business, promote the advantages and attractions of our boat passes by the British Royal Yacht HMY Britannia as it is interests of people investing in country more than ever,” Hague tugged to port. —AP Britain and for our businesses actual- wrote in the Telegraph. “That will ly exporting overseas,” she said. —AP World stocks get a lift from BOJ

LONDON: World stocks rose yesterday, led by a surge more, making the policy difficult to emulate. BOJ is trying to overshoot an inflation target it has in bank shares, after the Bank of Japan overhauled its Doubts about the sustainability of the market’s struggled to hit has raised eyebrows, Athey said. “The monetary policy to target interest rates, though the moves crept in quickly, particularly for the yen, which Bank has effectively told markets that it has a royal yen recovered initial losses against the dollar on skep- reversed direction against the dollar hours after the flush, and the markets are questioning Kuroda’s poker ticism those moves would stoke inflation. BOJ decision. “Markets seem a bit confused by today, face,” he said. The US dollar rose as high as 102.78 yen, With the global economy showing few signs of and rightly so,” said Aberdeen Asset Management but had slipped back to 101.36 yen by midday in rebounding and investors fretting about the limits of investment manager James Athey. The fact that the Europe. —Reuters monetary easing by major central banks, the BOJ’s move initially came as a welcome relief for markets, particularly financial sector shares. Investors’ focus now shifts to the US Federal Reserve policy decision later yesterday. Expectations of a rate increase have all but evaporated after some weak economic data, and Wall Street looked set to follow Europe higher. Europe’s STOXX 600 rose 1 percent as euro zone banking shares rallied nearly 3 percent. The bank shares were poised for their best day in more than two months. Futures on Wall Street were up 0.4 per- cent. The BOJ maintained its 0.1 percent negative interest rate, but abandoned its base money target. Instead, it set a “yield curve control” under which it will buy long-term government bonds to keep 10- year bond yields around their current zero percent. “The fact that the flattening of the yield curve has gotten to a point where it has elicited a policy response could mark the beginning of the end of quantitative easing,” said Michael Metcalfe, head of global macro strategy at State Street Global Markets. “Just as interest rates have reached their lower bound, asset purchases, in government bonds at least, may have reached their upper bound. Other central banks, the ECB especially, will take close note.” A similar move would solve many of the European Central NEW YORK: In this Oct 8, 2014, file photo, people walk to work on Wall Street beneath Bank’s own problems but would probably pose even a statue of George Washington. —AP BUSINESS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Warba Bank activates e-signature services & unveils ‘Express Finance’

— Photos by Joseph Shagra

KUWAIT: Warba Bank announced, during a Civil Information, and helps save time and Faster than before public and private sectors, and the transforma- regards. Clients can obtain the e-signature by press conference, the signing of a cooperation effort in performing banking transactions and “This service allows the client to authorize tion towards electronic transactions.” Al-Asousi visiting the e-signature registration office at agreement with the Public Authority for Civil procedures. The e-signature can be used in the bank through the e-signature to view his also noted to the efforts exerted by the Public the head office of the Public Authority for Civil Information to activate the e-signature service confirming the person’s identity online when information on Ci-net without having to be Authority for Civil Information and Warba Bank Information, where they can sign the e-signa- for the bank’s staff and the banking services it accessing personal data, in addition to finish- personally present to sign the application. to remove all obstacles in order to finish this ture use agreement before the e-signature provides. The bank also announced the release ing online transactions with security for per- With this service, financing transactions can be step. He emphasized that his cooperation can certificate is uploaded to their civil ID with a of a unique and exclusive service called sonal data without having to go to the bank. done faster than before, and require less num- help provide extra benefit to a larger number password. “Express Finance” which came as a result of The e-signature is also used to sign most ber of visits to the bank’s branches to com- of clients, and save them the need of visiting Warba Bank strives to improve its electronic this agreement. It allows clients to authorize online documents such as contracts, agree- plete the transaction,” he noted. the branch to finish their transactions. This services, as it recently upgraded its interactive the bank through the e-signature to view their ments and transactions, with the option to Al-Ghanim further explained that those also helps reduce pressure on branches and and easy to use website. It also revealed the information in the credit network (Ci-net) encrypt them. It also can be used to sign e- who desire to obtain financing from Warba improve service quality there. Express Account service, the first of its kind of without having to be present personally in the mails in order to confirm the sender’s identity. Bank can visit the bank’s website, click on the Al- Asousi elaborated that PACI welcomes Kuwait, which allows clients to open an branch. As a result, Warba Bank has taken the Commenting on the agreement, Shaheen “Express Finance” page and fill in the required all cooperation meant to facilitate the transac- account online within five minutes without extra mile to be the first bank in Kuwait that Hamad Al-Ghanem, Warba Bank’s CEO said: “We information. The client will then be transferred tions in both public and private sectors having to visit the branch. The bank also plans releases services based on this technology, are glad to cooperate with the Public Authority to a gateway to the Public Authority for Civil according to law number 20 for 2014 with rel- to activate the e-signature service in this serv- thus adding to its list of leading achievements. for Civil Information to activate the e-signature Information’s website in which his personal evance to electronic transactions which states ice in order to save time and effort in finishing The e-signature is considered a person’s for staff and banking transactions by using information are confirmed, and where he can in its 23rd clause that PACI is to handle the sur- banking transactions. The bank continues its electronic identity. It represents a digital cer- smart IDs and digital certificates. Based on this perform his e-signature on the application. veillance on the e signature infrastructure approach in development by being a pioneer tificate that allows for him to confirm his iden- agreement, we are proud to be the first in Meanwhile, Musa’ed Mahmoud Al-Asousi, design and management for the nation of in presenting innovative and unique service tity through online transactions. Based on Kuwait’s banking sector to have the initiative to General Director of the Public Authority for Kuwait. All authorized entities are committed and products that establish a new era for the that, Warba Bank released this leading agree- present an innovative service, which is the Civil Information said: “This cooperation with to coordinate with PACI according to its terms Islamic banking sector characterized by ment in the field of information technology, “Express Finance” that is based on the e-signa- Warba Bank comes as part of efforts to and conditions which have been elaborated in modernity, flexibility and innovating while which is provided by the Public Authority for ture service.” improve electronic connection between the collaboration with specialized entities in this complying with the Islamic Sharia. India to fund major gas Japan tweaks policy, but keeps pipeline to boost states minus interest rate unchanged NEW DELHI: India’s government will states,” Pradhan told reporters after a partly fund a $2 billion gas pipeline proj- cabinet meeting. “The prime minister ect linking five eastern states to help wants energy justice for all,” he said. Aggressive moves look to perk up sluggish growth kick-start economic growth in a region India’s economic development has been that has trailed the rest of the country, concentrated in the western and south- TOKYO: Japan’s central bank opted yesterday to keep the oil minister said yesterday. The 2,500- ern states, where there is better infra- its policies mostly unchanged, with some technical km pipeline is to be built by state-run structure and more accessible energy adjustments to how it controls interest rates. World GAIL (India) Ltd, and this will be the first supplies. These states get piped gas sup- stocks rose after the decision by the Bank of Japan, time the government has offered finance plies for household and transportation. with Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index jumping 1.9 for such a project as part of Prime Pradhan said the government was percent to 16,807.62. The adjustments to the BOJ’s Minister Narendra Modi’s plan for more hoping the new pipeline would help policies were widely anticipated, though many ana- balanced development. attract investment in the agro processing lysts had been expecting an interest rate cut or other Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said industry in the eastern region. The gov- more aggressive moves to perk up sluggish growth in the government will meet 40 percent of ernment has already removed the cap on the world’s No 3 economy. the cost of the pipeline that will run foreign direct investment in the sector. The BOJ meeting wrapped up just hours before through the states of Uttar Pradesh, The new pipeline will also help in efforts the US Federal Reserve was due to announce its latest Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and to revive three fertilizer plants, which policy decision. Economists expected the Fed to leave rates unchanged after the end of its two-day meeting Odisha, which together account for near- Modi’s campaign had promised to do in yesterday. While the Fed is weighing an eventual ly 40 percent of India’s 1.3 billion popula- his 2014 election run. increase in rates, the BOJ’s policy statement said its tion. It will be the biggest pipeline proj- India’s gas demand is expected to go short-term policy rate will remain at negative 0.1 per- ect in the country and had won govern- up by as much as 10 million cubic meters cent. The central bank is charging that rate on excess ment approval in 2007 but could not a day once the pipeline is completed in a reserves it holds for banks to encourage them to lend move forward. little more than two years. Natural gas more and said it might cut it further. “This will be the first time that govern- accounts for about 6.5 percent of India’s The central bank said it will continue its asset pur- ment spending will be made for pipeline overall energy needs, far lower than the chases at a rate of about 80 trillion yen ($787 billion) a infrastructure. This will help in achieving global average. India plans to raise the year. But it will aim to push yields on long-term the prime minister’s vision of the eco- share of gas in its energy mix to 15 per- Japanese government bonds higher, while keeping nomic development of the eastern cent over the next three years. — Reuters short-term rates low. For now that means at zero per- cent or below. The tinkering with policy highlights the SHINJUKU: In this Tuesday, Sept 13, 2016 photo, people walk through a street in Kabukicho in limits of the central bank’s options but may alleviate Tokyo’s Shinjuku entertainment district. — AP concern the BOJ is “crowding out” other investors with Thailand, China its massive purchases of government bonds. businesses to spend more was taking time. “With a meeting in December. regard to the outlook, sluggishness is expected to In December 2015, the US central bank raised rates ‘New framework’ remain in exports and production for some time, and for the first time since 2006. It was widely expected to agree on $5bn for rail Pushing yields on longer-term securities higher the pace of economic recovery is likely to remain hike rates several more times this year, has held off as will be a boon to life insurers and other big institution- slow,” it said. Analysts expect the BOJ to eventually the US economy sputtered, hobbled by weak global al investors that have seen investment returns plunge slash its policy rate further. growth and a strong dollar that makes American project’s first phase after the BOJ imposed its negative interest rate policy “With underlying inflation set to fall to zero in com- goods pricier in foreign markets. in February. The BOJ’s “new framework” to strengthen ing months, we expect the policy rate to eventually Meanwhile, European Central Bank chief Mario BANGKOK: China and Thailand agreed yes- funds for technical systems. The first phase monetary easing also it to pushing past the 2 percent fall to minus 0.4 percent,” Marcel Thieliant of Capital Draghi is asking for help from the governments of the terday that the first phase of a planned will focus on a 250 km track from Bangkok inflation target it set more than three years ago. Economics said in a commentary. The world’s other 19 counties that use the euro currency. The ECB on high-speed railway project will cost 179 bil- to the northeastern Thai province of In a 61-page assessment, the BOJ said its “quantita- major central banks have spent years struggling to Sept. 8 left its aggressive stimulus measures lion baht ($5.15 billion), Thailand’s trans- Nakhon Ratchasima, with construction tive and qualitative easing,” monetary policy, known rejuvenate their economies, to raise inflation and get unchanged. It called on European governments to port minister said, with both countries call- starting in December. as QQE, had succeeded in ending deflation, or falling businesses and consumers to spend more. In the spend more on infrastructure projects and to enact ing for closer ties following rocky negotia- “Both countries want to begin this proj- prices. But it said that fostering the scale of “inflation United States, the Federal Reserve is expected to raise reforms to make their economies more efficient and tions. The 873 km rail line will link ect by the end of the year and there is limit- expectations” that might encourage consumers and short-term US interest rates - but probably not before business-friendly. — AP Thailand’s border with Laos to the ports ed time remaining,” said Wang Xiaotao, vice and industrial zones in Thailand’s east. chairman of China’s National Development Beijing has ambitious railway plans to and Reform Commission, who was present Ride-hailing firm Grab pulls gory Indonesia ad connect the southwestern Chinese city of at Wednesday’s talks in Bangkok. Thailand’s Kunming to Thailand, through Laos, and junta has targeted infrastructure spending JAKARTA: Ride-hailing startup Grab has with- the woman refuses to use the drivers not working Azwar, marketing director for Grab Indonesia, said Thailand wants to modernize its ageing rail as a long-term fix to help boost the econo- drawn an advertisement in Indonesia after the for Grab, the app appears on her phone and the the firm had hoped the video would be “thought- network. Earlier this year China put the my in light of weak exports and consumer video’s portrayal of a woman covered in blood blood disappears. provoking” but added: “We acknowledge that the project cost at 560 billion baht ($16.09 bil- confidence. sparked an online furore and drew comparisons The 45-second ad ends with her walking graphics may have been grim and disturbing.” lion), which Thailand said was too high. Thailand has moved closer to China with a zombie movie. Singapore-based Grab is con- towards a motorbike taxi driven by a man working “Our intention was not to shock, but to rein- Agreement over the project’s framework and away from its traditional ally the sidered the leading ride-hailing platform in for Grab. Netizens were shocked at the graphic ad, force the consequences of accepting lower safety comes after months of sometimes tense United States, following a 2014 coup by Southeast Asia and plans to expand its presence in however, and the video was pulled late Tuesday. It standards,” he added in a statement. The controver- densely-populated Indonesia. was replaced on Grab Indonesia’s YouTube channel sy over the video came as the firm announced it negotiations, officials said. the Thai army, through an increase in The ad, released online as part of a campaign to with a 15-second, blood-free clip. The original had raised $750 million from investors to expand in “This project will cost 179 billion baht. diplomatic visits and joint Thai-China mili- highlight Grab’s safety standards, shows the young sparked a storm on Twitter, with many saying it burgeoning Southeast Asian markets, where it This is what we agreed upon,” Thai Transport tary exercises. But disagreements over woman becoming progressively blood-spattered looked more like a trailer for a zombie movie than aims to build its lead over US-based rival Uber. In Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith told details of the rail project, such as the cur- as she walks down a street, with a voiceover saying part of a safety campaign. addition to Indonesia-one of Grab’s key markets- reporters in Bangkok after a three-day rency of payment, threatened future she is about to make a “big decision”. By the time “Why are you making a scary ad? Is it for zom- the firm also operates in Singapore, the Philippines, meeting between China and Thailand. negotiations. “We will have to work she reaches a group of motorbike taxi drivers-a bies or for a service,” said @Imanakbar08. User Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. Its core product Arkhom said Thailand will bear full con- through any disagreements or misunder- common form of transport in Indonesia’s traffic- @AroonP added: “So Grab campaigns for platform includes private cars, motorbikes and taxi- struction costs, while China will provide standings,” Arkhom said. — Reuters choked cities-she is dripping with gore. But when #ChooseSafety with an ad full of blood.” Mediko hailing services. — AFP THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 BUSINESS ABK CEO Michel Accad named ‘Bank CEO of the Year’

KUWAIT: Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) tution, and more importantly, part of the for its customers, which revolves around proudly announced that ABK CEO Michel exceptionally talented team that has made offering more security, convenience and Accad was named ‘Bank CEO of the Year’ by it possible to put into action the ideas and speed. In line with this strategy, major CEO Magazine, an ITP affiliate. Mr Accad strategies developed.” enhancements and developments have received his award at the ‘CEO Middle East “Today ABK has taken its operations to been made to the Bank’s systems and Awards 2016’ ceremony, which was held in a whole new level, from the innovative processes that have yielded significant Dubai, on 20 September, 2016. The CEO solutions it delivers through its new improvements in the ways ABK delivers its Middle East Awards recognize and reward ‘Simpler Banking’ strategy, to its expansion products and services. the most successful and innovative CEOs in to the Egypt market. I can confidently say Moreover, ABK recently also won the the Middle East. This year’s awards hon- that we have marked the start of a new era Africa Region ‘Deal of the Year’ award by ored top CEOs that have delivered out- for ABK and we will spare no efforts to The Banker, an FT affiliate, under the standing results, as well as those that have make this journey a rewarding and suc- Merger and Acquisition category, for the made a vital contribution to the vibrancy cessful one”, Accad added. acquisition of Piraeus Bank Egypt (PBE), of business across the region. The awards “I would like to thank the organizers for which was finalized in November, 2015 as represent the benchmark of success for this event. This is not a testament to what I well as ‘Best Bank Transformation’ in the senior executives in the Middle East. have achieved as a CEO, but rather to what Middle East by Euromoney. The Bank’s new Commenting on this achievement, we have achieved as a team at ABK, and I identity is being rolled-out in Egypt over Michel Accad said: “I am honored to thank each and every one of our staff for the entire 39 branch network. This acquisi- receive this recognition. We have come a their hard work and commitment”, Accad tion is part of ABK’s efforts to expand its long way over the past couple of years and concluded. ABK’s ‘Simpler Banking’ strate- presence across the region and further I am proud to be part of this financial insti- gy aims to create a Simpler Banking model solidify its role as a leading regional bank. Etihad Airways launches children’s activity packs for young explorers

ABU DHABI: With millions of families planning and looking forward to their next holiday or trip abroad, Etihad Airways has introduced a new range of ‘Etihad Explorers’ children’s activity packs and a Flying Nanny Kit, to keep its younger guests occupied while onboard. Etihad Explorers is the airline’s new children’s brand and will feature on activity packs and meal items, and aims to instill a sense of excitement and anticipation during their journey. The new kits were launched at a colorful children’s tea party hosted by the airline at its state-of-the-art Innovation Training Academy in Abu Dhabi. On inbound flights to Abu Dhabi, a new col- lectable character bag for three to eight year- olds contains an activity booklet, crayons, card New focus on investor games and a color-in mask. The pack on flights from Abu Dhabi includes a unique suitcase boardgame which allows parents and children relations amid regulatory to play together, a foam lion character, color-in postcards, crayons, and a handy waterproof trav- change discussed at MEIRA el wallet. Having a different pack on each leg ensures that children are kept well entertained DUBAI: Capital market stakeholders To coincide with the event, Alex on both journeys. attended the eighth annual Middle East MacDonald Vitale, chairman of MEIRA, For nine to 13 year olds there is a more brought to life by our amazing Flying Nannies. uniform rebrand into the children’s brand and Investor Relations Association (MEIRA) announced the society’s move to become a mature activity pack which is guaranteed to puz- The new kits will help these talented crew logo including geometric shapes to reflect the Conference and Awards, held at The registered professional association, reflect- zle and delight, containing Sudoku, mazes, lined members with the tools they need to provide Abu Dhabi landscape. As part of Etihad Airways’ Address, Dubai Mall, reflecting the growth ed in its new name of The Middle East notes and join-the-dot games. These packs also our young guests, and ultimately their parents, ongoing commitment to ensuring all passengers of professional investor relations practice in Investor Relations Association (MEIRA). contain an Abu Dhabi themed pencil case, pen- with a truly memorable flight.” enjoy a truly exceptional hospitality experience, response to changing market regulation. “Regional markets are rapidly adapting to cil, a dual-function bookmark and ruler, and a The new kits were created by Milk Jnr’s & a new Children’s menu will be launched in The conference is the regional flagship the changing economic landscape, and notepad. Tech savvy tots can also enjoy a range Kidworks, a UK headquartered agency which December focusing on healthy choices for platform for investor relations professionals working hard to attract interest from for- of films, television programs, games, and child- specialises in creating engaging kids activity younger fliers. to discuss regional developments in eign investors. With this change comes an friendly albums and CDs through the dedicated packs for some of the world’s biggest family Zoe Telfer, Milk Jnr’s Client Services Director, response to rapidly maturing capital mar- expectation of best practice in IR and ‘Just 4 Kids’ section on the Etihad Airways E-BOX brands, in partnership with Etihad Airways’ said: “The aim of this project was to create an kets, and drive change through collabora- investor engagement. The move to become in-flight entertainment system, all of which can Flying Nannies and product development team. engagement solution for families travelling with tion and the implementation of best prac- a registered member of the Dubai be enjoyed on the touchscreen and/or handset. The project also saw the agency re-illustrate and children on Etihad Airways flights. We created tice, while providing members with net- Association Centre is welcomed by the For guests flying long-haul, every aircraft is incorporate four existing Etihad Airways charac- kids packs for long and short haul flights that working opportunities. industry and our members, as we take the staffed by a Flying Nanny. Trained by the UK’s ters: Kundai the Lion, Zoe the Bee, Jamool the really stand out and reflect Etihad’s premium Influential market players from listed organization to the next level.” world renowned Norland College, Flying Nannies Camel and Boo the Panda. Milk Jnr’s incorporat- service and reputation, while paying careful and private companies, investors, family The 2016 Investor Relations Awards were introduced by Etihad Airways in September ed elements of Etihad’s recent livery and staff attention to the airline’s distinctive brand.” offices, the exchanges and regulatory Ceremony also recognized the region’s 2013, and are onboard to provide an extra pair of authorities were among the participants leading investor relations professionals, hands and allow parents more personal time addressing this year’s theme “Forward shift acknowledging their contribution to devel- while they entertain the children. The new Flying in MENA: a new vision beyond oil”. oping and raising investor relations stan- Nanny Kit promotes greater interaction between Speakers at the event explored recent dards across the region. A full list of nomi- nanny and child and contains an extensive range industry developments including the nees and winners can be found on the of fun items including Origami, games, pom- opening of Saudi Arabia’s exchange, ongo- Association’s website at www.me-irsoci- poms, flight certificates, tools for magic tricks ing macroeconomic challenges and the ety.com. MEIRA is an independent non- and face-painting, and a ‘Flying Nanny stamp of outlook for regional capital markets, as well profit organization dedicated to promoting approval’ which the nanny can use to reward as the impact of competition for capital, best practice IR in the region. The children during their in-flight activities. and how IR professionals can best drive for- Association benefits from the support of its ward best practice. sponsors, partners and members. ‘Family-friendly products’ Calum Laming, Etihad Airways’ Vice President ABK announces winners Guest Experience, said: “We understand that fly- ing as a family can often prove daunting for par- ents and children alike, especially when travel- of 20th & 21st ‘Double ling long-haul. That’s why we’re continually look- ing for new ways to develop family-friendly Your Salary’ weekly draws products, like the new children’s activity packs, so everyone can be fully entertained from the KUWAIT: Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) held moment they board. its 20th & 21st ‘Double Your Salary’ weekly “This is just a part of our wider efforts to pro- draws on 20thSeptember, 2016 at the vide enhanced service and hospitality to our Bank’s Head Office in the presence of a rep- valued family fliers, an effort which is also resentative from the Ministry of Commerce, announced the names of the winners for this period. The promotion includes weekly draws, with two winners per draw. 7 days remaining for KFH launches New customers who transfer their salary to ABK receive KD 100 and will automatical- ‘Ratbi-Link’ ly be entered into the weekly draws to dou- Al Danah’s KD 500,000 ble their salaries. Existing customers who online are already transferring their salary to ABK draw on Marina FM inquiry service are entered into a separate draw. The next ‘Double Your Salary’ draw will will be made through the media with the be held on 27th September 2016, where winners’ names. For more information KUWAIT: Kuwait Finance House (KFH) has two new lucky winners will be about ABK please visit eahli.com or con- launched a new online service titled “Ratbi- announced. All winners will be contacted tact an ABK customer service agent via link” as one of the new innovative electronic personally and a weekly announcement ‘Ahlan Ahli’ at 1899899. solutions applied by KFH to better serve its customers by using modern technology. Service provides through links on KFH web Burgan Bank wins prestigious pages and KFH web site kfh.com contain all available information concerning salaries and Thomson Reuters Lipper award benefits credited in customers’ accounts. The service aims to provide easy and fast response KUWAIT: Burgan Bank announced yesterday financial services, industrial, and banking. to all customers inquiries in this respect. that its Burgan Equity Fund has been named as Burgan Equity Fund’s cumulative return since KFH had conducted a study on the most the ‘Best Equity Fund over 10 years’ in the pres- inception on 9 December 2001 has increased question asked through social media by cus- tigious Thomson Reuters Lipper Award MENA in value by 115.9% as of end of December tomers and realized that inquiries about Markets. For more than three decades and in 2015, while in 2016 till August 2016, the fund salaries and benefits are the most asked ques- over 20 countries worldwide, the Thomson has outperformed the Kuwaiti Stock Exchange tions made by the majority of customers dur- Reuters Lipper Fund Awards have honored weighted index by approximately 7%. ing the last third of the month. Considering funds and fund management firms that have The ‘Best Equity Fund over 10 years’ award the major market share which KFH enjoys in is a recognition of the Fund’s consistent long- this field and the speedy credit of customers term outperformance compared to its salaries in their accounts KFH has designed benchmark, which is a result of efficient asset and launched a new service that provides rap- allocation where Burgan Bank played the role id and immediate answers and information to of fund manager, in collaboration with KAM- customers concerning the salaries and bene- CO Investment Company, as external advisor fits credited in their accounts at KFH. of the fund. The new free service “Ratbi-link” which can Burgan Equity Fund, a collaboration KUWAIT: Gulf Bank has announced that its KD Al Danah account at any one of the 56 Gulf be accessed at any time enables customers to between the fund manager Burgan Bank and 500,000 draw is scheduled to take place 7 days Bank branches in Kuwait. Those who already obtain updates on their salaries and benefits the external advisor KAMCO, focuses to pro- from yesterday at 1pm, 29 September 2016, on have an account can increase their chances of credited in their accounts at KFH. The services vide unit holders with excellent returns by Marina FM’s Diwaniya Show. winning by increasing their deposits. This will saves customers the time and effort and mini- excelled in providing consistently strong risk- investing the Fund’s assets in shares of compa- The Al Danah draw will be for a cash prize of also increase their chances of winning one of mizes the usage of other communication adjusted performance relative to their peers. nies listed on Kuwait Stock Exchange (“KSE”). KD 500,000. In addition, the Salary & Red the two KD 1,000 prizes, which are drawn each means to obtain this service. In a joint press release, Burgan Bank and Within the 5-year period, which started in July Account draws will be taking place and include working day. Accordingly the bank provides a better KAMCO Investment Company declared that 2011 until July 2016, the Fund generated a brand new Cadillac and cash prizes up to KD For further information about the Al Danah, high level service and enables the bank to The Burgan Equity Fund follows a balanced cumulative alpha of 16.4% over the KSE 1,000. The draw event will be held in the pres- Salary and Red accounts and prize draws, visit focus on marketing other KFH products. investment policy that targets long-term capi- weighted index. The Fund is considered one of ence of a representative from the Ministry of one of Gulf Bank’s 56 branches, or call Gulf Indications and results show that this service tal gains with minimum risk. The fund invests the best performing funds on a risk adjusted Commerce and Industry. Bank’s Customer Contact Center on 1805805. has achieved remarkable success since day across a wide range of sectors including con- return basis (based on a basket of 10 funds To participate in the Al Danah draws, cus- General information about Gulf Bank’s products one as the above link is being used by nearly sumer services, oil & gas, telecommunications, with minimum asset under management of tomers must have an Al Danah account contain- and services, can also be found at the Bank’s 10 Thousand customers daily. basic materials, consumer goods, real estate, KD 10 million). ing at least KD 200. Customers can open a new website at www.e-gulfbank.com technology THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 Google’s smart messaging app hits market NY Times teams with Google parent to tame comments

SAN FRANCISCO: US Internet giant Google to whether its user’s style is usually an emoji or writ- newspaper said it would work with Jigsaw, a tech- to help this process, based on the moderated com- launched yesterday a smart messaging app aimed ten response. Like other messaging apps, it has tools nology incubator at Alphabet, to improve and ments in the newspaper’s archives. The open-source at muscling into a busy market with popular rivals for personalizing chats including changing the size expand its comments section. The move comes system will also be made available to other online such as WhatsApp and Facebook’s messenger. Allo’s of emojis and a choice of stickers. Allo was unveiled amid frustration at many media organizations which publishers, according to the statement. “smart” capabilities aims to make it easier to by Google in May at the same time as Google Duo, have been seeking to boost reader engagement “We believe open sourcing nearly a decade of respond to messages and over time adjusts to users’ an app for video calls, which hit the market last without allowing abusive and offensive comments. Times comment archives will benefit the entire jour- own style, Google said in an official blog. The app month. Google faces carving a place in a sector with “Maintaining a civil and thoughtful comments nalism industry and potentially make it easier for introduces Google Assistant where users just type already popular messaging apps such as WhatsApp. section is no easy undertaking, as evidenced by the other publishers to manage comments on their @google to ask the US search engine questions and Apple has also sought to catch up with rivals, number of publishers who have shut down their sites,” Wilson said. The Times “hopes that the project have it help you directly in chats, it said. upgrading its own messaging app in its latest iOS 10 comment capabilities in recent years,” said Kinsey will expand viewpoints, provide a safe platform for “You no longer need to leave a conversation with launched last week. In July, Facebook said the num- Wilson, the editor for innovation and strategy at the diverse communities to have diverse discussions friends just to grab an address, share your favorite ber of users of its Messenger application had Times. “But the Times has been and will continue to and allow readers’ voices to be an integral part of YouTube video, or pick a dinner spot,” it said. The topped one billion. WhatsApp, which was acquired be dedicated to providing our readers with a safe nearly every piece of reporting,” according to a app works on phones using Google’s Android sys- by Facebook for some $20 billion in 2014, also online community to discuss the most important Times statement. tem and Apple’s iOS. “Google Allo can help you counts more than a billion users. issues.” Currently, the prestigious daily employs a In 2014, The Washington Post and The New York make plans, find information, and express yourself Meanwhile, The New York Times said Tuesday it team of 14 moderators who manually review some Times agreed to work together on a project funded more easily in chat. And the more you use it, the was teaming with Google parent Alphabet in an 11,000 comments each day. Only about 10 percent by the Knight Foundation to create open-source soft- more it improves over time,” Google said. effort to help filter its online reader comments to of Times articles are open to comments because of ware that can be adapted for news websites to get a It said, for instance, the app will adjust according maintain a “civil and thoughtful” atmosphere. The the time required for review. Jigsaw uses algorithms better handle on online discussions. — Agencies US drone case tests rights to air space Whose sky is it anyway?

LONDON/WASHINGTON: When a small town with the global industry surging, all parties, the aircraft”. Boggs’ lawyer Mackler said the case American roofer took legal action against a including Merideth, and Boggs’ lawyer, Mackler, is not about payment for the damaged drone neighbour for shooting down his drone, the agree the use of drones in lower air space but about carving legally clear boundaries local dispute sparked a case that could help urgently needs to be clarified and defined. “To between unregulated lower air space and per- shape the newest frontier of property rights law be honest with you, at the time I did what I did I sonal property. If the case is heard in the District Smart Link, six clients sweep - who owns the air. Drone owner David Boggs was reacting as most homeowners would, pro- Court, he said, it will not be binding in other filed a claim for declaratory judgment and dam- tecting their property, their kids ... I didn’t know federal court jurisdictions but will be influential top honours at MECC Awards ages in the Federal Court after his neighbour who was operating the drone or for what pur- in other courts. However, if it is appealed and William Merideth from Hillview in the southern pose,” Merideth told the Thomson Reuters sent to a higher court, it could create a prece- DUBAI: Smart Link Contact Centers, a lead- various sectors. Smart Link has managed state of Kentucky blasted his $1,800 drone with Foundation. dent for the country. ing business process and contact centre to build a highly integrated, sophisticated a shotgun in July last year. “In the end, I’m hoping that laws can be put outsourcing provider in Saudi Arabia, yes- service structure in a very short period of Boggs argued to the District Court in into place to protect not just the home owner Opening the Skies terday announced that it has received two time, across diversified sectors in terms of Kentucky that the action was not justified as but the individual who owns the drone. They Despite the lack of legal clarity over air prestigious awards at the Middle East Call service, technical expertise and opera- the drone was not trespassing nor invading have rights too. It is a huge grey area and for space, the United States moved to free up the Centre Awards (MECC) 2016 held in Dubai tional excellence. anyone’s privacy, while Merideth - who dubs now nobody knows what they are allowed to use of small drones on Aug 30 by relaxing rules recently. Smart Link’s efforts were also Smart Link’s efforts were also appreciat- himself the “drone slayer” - said it was over his do.” Mackler estimates about a drone a month is requiring drone operators to have a manned recognised as their clients - Saudi Arabia’s ed when six of its clients won awards at garden and his daughter. After a year of count- shot down in the United States as residents pilots licence and specific FAA approval. These Human Resources Development Fund the event. er argument, a decision on which court jurisdic- grapple with the legal confusion about what have been replaced with a new class of FAA (HRDF), Saudi Electricity Company, Saudi • The Human Resources Development tion should hear the complaint is expected constitutes their property and their rights. license which is much less onerous and less Credit and Savings Bank, National Aviation Fund (HRDF) was awarded the Best Mega within weeks and this could set new prece- “What happens typically is that law enforce- expensive, allowing the use of drones weighing Service, Saudi Post, General Authority for sized Government Contact Centre - dents for US law. ment doesn’t know what to do and civil suits are less than 25 kg for routine educational or com- Civil Aviation (GACA) also won top honours Operationally ≥ 400 Seats under the Best Experts are watching the case closely as the uncommon as most people don’t want to get mercial use such as power line and antenna in a diverse range of categories. Government Contact Centre Category and burgeoning drone industry, fuelled both by involved due to the costs,” he told the Thomson inspections. The MECC 2016 Awards, organized by the Mega Size Contact Centre Manager Of hobbyists and commercial operators, highlights Reuters Foundation in a telephone interview. The rules stopped short of allowing package Insights, recognizes the performance and The Year in the Individual awards category. the lack of regulation governing lower altitude Boggs’ complaint states that the drone was deliveries, as proposed by Amazon.com Inc, and service excellence of the best contact cen- • The Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) air space not just in the United States but glob- flying at about 200 feet (60 m) above ground currently drones can only be used in sight of the tres in the Middle East. Smart Link won the won the Best Government Utilities Contact ally. “We are in an interesting time now when level for around two minutes over residential operator and not over people. The FAA expects Best Business Development & Sales Centre under the Best Government Contact technology has surpassed the law,” said Boggs’ Bullitt County when it was blasted out of the within a year 600,000 drones will be used com- Strategy Award and the Best Sales Leads Centre Category. lawyer, James Mackler, a former Blackhawk pilot sky. The height at which the drone was flying is mercially - up from 20,000 registered now for Generation Program Award under the • Saudi Credit and Savings Bank (Saudi and partner at Frost Brown Todd and one of a disputed as Merideth insists it was much lower - commercial use. Anglo-American property law Outsourced Services Provider Commercial SCSB) won the Best Government Finance handful of attorneys specializing in unmanned an integral part of the legal case because higher scholars trace the first principles of law for the air Growth Category. Contact Centre - Lifestyle under the Best aircraft law. airspace used by commercial planes is clearly back more than 800 years to the Latin “cujus est In addition to these recognitions for the Industry Contact Centre Categories and the “Operators need to know where they can fly defined in law. solum ejus est usque ad coelom et ad infernos”. Company, Eng. Safwan Al Khatib, Managing Best CRM Analytics Award in the and owners must know when they can reason- For now, there is no real agreement on who This effectively meant that earthly property Director of Smart Link was honoured with Operational Excellence Category. ably expect privacy and be free of prying eyes,” owns the air space below that height and there ownership was deemed to include everything the Lifetime Achievement Award for his • Flynas won the Best Industry Contact said Mackler whose work involves advising both are also no rules that identify who has the right below land to the centre of the earth and role and overall contributions towards the Centre Award - Airlines in the Industry corporate and government clients planning to say how it can be used. The court challenge upwards in the sky to heaven. But with the development, support and commitment of Specific Areas of Expertise Category and commercial drone use. The landmark case filed by Boggs in January shows Merideth’s advent of commercial air travel this principle the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) the Best Service to Sales Program Award in comes amid a sharp increase in the global mar- defense for downing the drone hinged on his was laid to rest because property owners and Customer Care Contact Centres indus- the Commercial Excellence Category. ket for drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles, belief it may have been taking video or still could not be considered as owners of the air try in the Middle East. Eng. Khatib’s efforts • Saudi Post (KSA-SP) won the Best with research firm, Markets and Markets esti- images of his daughter. When Boggs challenged thousands of feet above their homes if air in showcasing how the BPO industry can Government Monopoly Contact Centre mating an annual growth rate of 32 percent his neighbor, Merideth warned him that not travel was to prosper. In the United States, the be both a commercial as well as profitable under Best Government Contact Centre every year to a $5.6 billion industry by 2020. only was he was protecting his family’s rights legal principles that emerged over the 20th investment were lauded. Category. but he was not to come any further. century focused on nuisance: flights at great Smart Link was recognized for its • Saudi General Authority for Civil Rights Above? Police were called and Merideth was charged heights came to be permitted without regard ongoing excellence in terms of customer Aviation (GACA) won the Best Government The U.S. Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) with felony, wanton endangerment and crimi- to the rights of property owners, while low services and providing unparalleled high Contact Centre - Critical Services Award in forecasts about 2.5 million drones will be nal mischief but Kentucky District Court Judge altitude flights, including take-offs and land- quality services as well as its flexibility in the Best Government Contact Centre buzzing in US skies by the end of 2016 - and Rebecca Ward last October dismissed the crimi- ings, had to factor in the impact on nearby expansion, growth and diversification in Category. that number will more than triple by 2020. But nal charges, saying he “had a right to shoot at property. — Reuters

Kaspersky announces machine readable threat intel platform

DUBAI: Kaspersky Lab announces completion and full Kaspersky Lab’s Vice President, Enterprise Business. availability of its Machine-Readable Threat Intelligence Threat Data Feeds: expanded and running at full Platform, part of the Kaspersky Security Intelligence power. Services product range. Machine-Readable Threat The optimum solution to the problem of fast inci- Intelligence provides Threat Data Feeds and tools to dent discovery is actionable security intelligence. This integrate with the world’s most popular SIEM platforms. means being able to spot an attack at any point using a This combination gives enterprises an unprecedent variety of methods. While typical prevention tools focus view of the threat landscape and supplies their Security on analyzing activitity on endpoints, an additional layer Operations Centers with Indicators of Compromise of security has to be in place. In case endpoint protec- needed to identify and block a multitude of cyber tion is circumvented for some reason, a security system attacks as fast as possible. Within the Threat Data Feeds has to be able to spot an attack on other levels. This is package of malware indicators for desktops and exactly what Kaspersky Threat Data Feeds provide: mobiles, malicious URLs has been amended with IP • Indicators of malicious programs (Malware hash- Reputation - a new data stream that helps customers es). Regular updates of this feed provide enterprises bring their threat intelligence to a new level. with the right insight into the threat landscape in According to Kaspersky Lab’s “Measuring the almost real time. Financial Impact of IT Security on Businesses” report, • Malicious URLs, Phishing and Command & Control the fast discovery of security breaches has a direct and URLs. This data stream may serve as the first clue to dis- measurable impact on recovery costs. Based on feed- cern regular activity from a well-hidden cyber attack. back from more than 4,000 company representatives Includes data about URLs associated with malware, PITTSBURGH: Waze system operation engineer Gil Disatnik holds a Waze beacon in this city, where the beacons from 25 countries, Kaspersky Lab estimated that every phishing and botnet operation targeting PCs and have been installed in two tunnels. — AP day a security breach goes undetected costs large busi- mobile devices. nesses US$100K on average. The overall recovery bill for • Mobile Threats. A special package aimed at the a security breach that remained undetected for a week telecoms industry with information about the latest Waze sets out to eliminate can be as high as US$1.1 million, while an average cost malicious programs for mobile devices. of recovery from a breach detected within hours is less ª IP Reputation data. This is a new feature available than US$400K. This monetary proof calls for an efficient from August 2016. The IP Reputation feed is invaluable detection strategy of active security breaches based on in identifying active breaches thanks to Kaspersky Lab’s ‘tunnel blindness’ on maps the modern concept of the Security Operations Center. worldwide, constantly updated data on command and “Threat intelligence gathering is the very nature of control servers and sources of cyber attacks. SAN FRANCISCO: The popular navigation app Waze is put- costs about $1,200 for the 42 beacons required to provide our business. In some cases it becomes much easier All feeds include additional contextual data that ting a new twist on the phrase “tunnel vision.” It’s trying to coverage for every mile (1.6 km) within a tunnel. Each bea- to integrate Kaspersky Threat Data Feeds into cus- helps enterprises to fine-tune their threat detection ensure drivers relying on digital maps don’t lose their way con is guaranteed under warranty for four years. tomer’s SIEM, than run migration to change existing algorithms, define priorities of their Security Operation when their GPS signal disappears in tunnels. Waze plans to Plans already are being drawn up to install the Waze anti-malware products. These feeds allow our cus- Centers and speed up incident response. These include keep drivers connected in those GPS-less situations by beacons in tunnels in Rio de Janeiro and Paris, too. Waze tomers to be protected by Kaspersky Lab without any timestamps of a recorded event, the list of the most installing low-cost, battery-powered beacons that will isn’t projecting how long it will take to realize its goal of significant changes to their enterprise security sys- affected countries, related IPs for URLs and domains transmit to smartphones and tablets in tunnels that the blanketing all tunnels with the beacons. The transmissions tem. Threat Intelligence is more than just prevention: and other information. company has it its database, covering about 12,000 km from the beacons will be unencrypted so other digital map we provide machine-readable data which empowers In addition to previously announced support for around the world. The beacons can maintain map connec- services, including Google’s and Apple’s, can also connect enterprise SOCs with the ability to identify and reme- Splunk, Threat Data Feeds can now be integrated with tions, as long as the drivers turn on their Bluetooth signal. to them through Bluetooth when there isn’t a GPS signal. diate even the most sophisticated and targeted IBM QRadar and HP ARCsight SIEM systems. Kaspersky The beacons will be turned on Wednesday in two Waze’s solution for tunnel blindness was developed by attacks. Finally, with the completion of support for Lab is working to expand the availability of its Machine- Pittsburgh tunnels, Fort Pitt and Liberty, and another in one of its systems operations engineers, Gil Disatnik. He got three world-leading SIEM systems, our Threat Readable Threat Intelligence on more enterprise plat- Israel, where Waze was founded before Google bought it in the idea after losing his GPS signal in 2014 while driving Intelligence Platform can be deployed swiftly within forms to help businesses enhance the capabilities of 2013 for $969 million. Waze is trying to persuade all tunnel through a Boston tunnel and missing the turn he needed to the majority of enterprises,” said Veniamin Levtsov, their Security Operations Centers. operators, mostly government agencies, to buy and install take to get to the airport. After working on the tunnel bea- the beacons that it designed to address the problem. It cons, Disatnik also got a new nickname: “Waze Mole.” — AP THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 HEALTH & SCIENCE

Kuwait PHFS launches ‘Fashion for Hope’ ovarian cancer awareness

KUWAIT: Some of the biggest names in Kuwaiti disease that causes more deaths than any other “AstraZeneca has a deep-rooted heritage in (1) All women are at risk of ovarian cancer. fashion have joined “Fashion for Hope”, a nation- cancer of the female reproductive cancers, and for ovarian cancer therapy and together with the Ovarian cancer can occur at any age, although wide campaign launched by Patients Helping Fund which the need for early diagnosis and treatment Society, we hope to make a real impact in helping women 55 years and older are at higher risk. Society (PHFS) in Kuwait, in partnership with is vital”, Dr Al-Sharhan added. women in Kuwait understand their risks and take (2) Awareness of the symptoms of ovarian can- AstraZeneca Gulf under the ovarian cancer aware- Lioness Couture, CharbelZoe, and Anfal Al Saleh control of their health,” Hallaq added. Dr cer can help women to receive an earlier diagnosis, ness initiative, Listen To Your Body. The campaign, are of the top notch local and international fashion Mohammad Al-Sharhan said “As there is no specific when the disease is more easily treatable. When launched to coincide with ovarian cancer aware- designers in Kuwait who have donated their time diagnostic tool for ovarian cancer, symptom aware- the cancer is detected and treated at an early stage ness month this September, invites women in to produce exclusive teal garments and share their ness remains of key importance. Some of the com- (when it’s confined to the ovary) it is possible to Kuwait to vote for their favorite teal colored gar- support for ovarian cancer awareness. Speaking on mon symptoms of ovarian cancer are bloating, overcome it so it’s essential to learn and to be ment, the color of hope and survivorship for ovari- her participation, Anfal Al Saleh, Kuwaiti fashion pelvic or abdominal pain, difficulty eating, or feel- attentive to the symptoms. Every woman is differ- an cancer, through PHFS official Facebook page. designer, said: “I am honored to design an exclusive ing full quickly,” he said. ent and might experience different symptoms. The The campaign was launched following the teal item to raise awareness of ovarian cancer in “Obviously not every woman who has these most common are: Pelvic/ abdominal pain; alarming findings from a nationwide survey com- recognition for all the women out there who suffer symptoms will have ovarian cancer, but those are Bloating; Urinary frequency/ urgency; Feeling full missioned by AstraZeneca Gulf, which revealed from this disease and their families who support the symptoms to watch out for and women are after eating a small amount. 79% of women living in Kuwait were unable to cor- them. I hope this initiative encourages Kuwaiti recommended to visit their doctor if they experi- (3) Diagnosis at an early stage vastly improves a rectly identify the symptoms of the disease. women to educate themselves on the subtle symp- ence symptoms more than 12 times during the woman’s chance of survival. When caught in its ear- Ovarian cancer has often been referred to as a toms that shouldn’t be overlooked, and of course course of one month.” Another concerning result liest stages, ovarian cancer survival rates can be as ‘silent killer’ affecting 250,0002 women worldwide - potentially be one of the lucky winners of the from the survey was that more than a third of the high as 90 percent. Regrettably, however, early meaning women are less likely to be diagnosed exclusive items.” respondents did not know why it was important symptoms of ovarian cancer are difficult to diag- until the cancer has spread, significantly reducing To be part of Fashion for Hope, women in for them to find out whether they had inherited nose, or go undetected, which leads to nearly 75% the chances of survival. Kuwait are invited to like the PHFS Facebook page the BRCA gene mutation. Dr [name] highlighted of all ovarian cancer patients being diagnosed in In the GCC, it is estimated that around 1,350 www.facebook.com/PatientsHelpingFundSocietya that this further demonstrated that more aware- advanced stages. women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer each nd click on the ‘Fashion For Hope’ tab to vote for ness was needed, as women with BRCA gene (4) Ovarian cancer is often diagnosed at a late year, with 750 dying from the disease3. Ovarian their preferred garment throughout the month of mutations are more likely to develop ovarian or stage. Ovarian cancer is frequently diagnosed when cancer can occur at any age, although women 55 September, during which awareness and educa- breast cancer. the cancer is already at an advanced stage and years and older are at higher risk. Dr Mohammad tional Listen to Your Body messaging will run in “A BRCA mutation is a mutation in either one of women often delay seeking help. This may be Al-Sharhan,Chairman of Patients Helping Fund parallel to equip women with all the information the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, which are tumor sup- because the woman confuses the symptoms with Society said the survey highlighted the challenge they need to know about the disease. Voting will pressor genes. It’s recommended for women who other common stomach and digestive complaints. of detecting ovarian cancer in the early stages. close at the end of the month and Fashion for have a strong family history of cancer to be tested (5) Knowing your family history of cancer could “Unfortunately, the symptoms women experi- Hope winners will then be announced. for BRCA mutations to help inform medical profes- help with early diagnoses and treatment - If you ence with early ovarian cancer often mimics non- Commenting on the collaboration, Samer Al sionals and patients about monitoring and preven- are at high risk for ovarian cancer because of per- serious causes, such as the menstrual cycle or Hallaq, Area Vice President for AstraZeneca Middle tion strategies,”Dr. Mohammad Al-Sharhan added. sonal or family history, your doctor may ask you to indigestion. East, said: “AstraZeneca Gulf is delighted to be For more information on ovarian cancer or to take have more tests, including some that give informa- This means women may delay visiting their doc- working closely with Patient Helping Fund Society part in the Fashion for Hope initiative visit tion about your genes. These tests may help you tor until symptoms progress to the late stages and to help increase awareness of ovarian cancer,” he www.facebook.com/PatientsHelpingFundSociety make important decisions about cancer prevention chances for survival are reduced to a five-year sur- said. “This year’s Fashion for Hope campaign under and click on the ‘Fashion for Hope’ tab. for yourself and your children. There are benefits vival rate of 30-50%5,” he said. “Kuwait is a hub for the “Listen To Your Body” initiative aims to encour- and risks with genetic testing, which you should fashion design and Kuwaiti women are known for age women to do just that through awareness Ovarian cancer discuss with your doctor. Blood tests can find out if their love for fashion, through which we hope to activities and resources being made available 5 things women should learn about ovarian you have a BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene, which can cause spread the needed awareness of ovarian cancer, a across Kuwait over the coming months.” cancer: ovarian cancer as well as breast cancer. World leaders pushing to end overuse of antibiotics Rising concern over drug-resistant germs prompts UN response

NEW YORK: World leaders are pushing to end because germs are getting ever more difficult to for the wrong reason, or if low levels of the drug the overuse of antibiotics and to encourage the treat, few new antibiotics are being developed, are common in the environment, the germs can development of new medicines, driven by con- and the problem appears to be global already. survive and adapt. Doctors are already facing cern that drug-resistant germs could lead to “We believe it’s probably everywhere,” said Dr situations in which they are helpless against millions of deaths and undermine the global Keiji Fukuda of the World Health Organization, infections that used to be easily treated with economy. For only the fourth time in its 70 year of the resistance to drugs. Here’s more on the antibiotics, Fukuda said. All types of microbes, history, the United Nations is holding a special issue, and why world leaders believe it’s so including bacteria, viruses and fungi have been meeting yesterday devoted to a health issue: important. shrugging off attacks from the medicines This time, on the rise of untreatable infections designed to stop them. Experts estimate that that is being propelled by the way drugs are What’s the problem? 700,000 people die around the world each year overused and misused in both people and ani- Germs have higher chances of developing from drug-resistant germs, and they expect the mals. Health experts have long worried about resistance to a drug if the drug is not used prop- number to grow sharply. Dr Tom Frieden, direc- the issue, but it is getting more alarming erly. If a drug is not used long enough or taken tor of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said the problem may also affect This undated handout shows an adult female brown widow (Latrodectus geometri- doctors’ willingness to do chemotherapy, organ cus). Widow spider males, known for their tendency to end up as a post-coital snack, transplants, or other treatments that might put have developed a rather gruesome method of saving their own skins, scientists a patient at risk of uncontrollable infections. “It revealed. — AFP can undermine modern medicine,” he said.

Why these drugs? Science reveals male widow Often because of good intentions and bad decisions. For example, antibiotics don’t work spider’s dastardly deeds against viral illnesses like colds and flu. But doctors often prescribe them anyway to PARIS: Whenever the “widow” spider is the brown widow (L geometricus), there is patients looking for some kind of treatment for mentioned, people tend to sympathize high competition among males for mating their respiratory infections, experts say. with the hapless male-best known for its rights with females, which are several times Companies that raise livestock routinely pre- tendency to end up as a post-coital snack. larger than them. Many males get to copu- scribe antibiotics to try to stave off costly Well, pity them no more. Widow spider late only once in their life before being eat- infections in herds and flocks. males have developed a rather gruesome en-sometimes even during the encounter. method of saving their own skins, scien- Females, on the other hand, may mate Few new antibiotics tists revealed on Wednesday. To avoid more than once-thus reducing their origi- A major reason is that it is very hard for drug- becoming the lunch of adult females, nal male partners’ chances of fatherhood. makers to earn any money selling new antibi- some males have taken to inseminating otics, so they don’t want to spend the money juveniles which have no external genitalia Precision required needed to develop them. Patients don’t need to yet-penetrating right through their The researchers noticed that in the labo- be on antibiotics for very long, which means exoskeletons to deposit sperm. ratory, and in nature, males mounted they won’t be buying large amounts of the The females retain the sperm and pro- immature females whose genital organs drug. And doctors are likely to prescribe any duce offspring later, when they have and openings were still covered by a shell- new antibiotics only in cases where older, matured. Unlike mating with adults, this like exoskeleton, which is shed before the cheaper ones don’t work first. option “rarely ends in cannibalism” of the creature reaches adulthood. It appeared males, the research team wrote in the Royal the males used their fangs to cut through Why now? Society Journal Biology Letters. “This means the shell, then deposit their seed in the One factor is that world leaders are starting to that many males actually have the chance females’ sperm receptacles, called sper- worry about the economic threats from the to mate more than once,” study co-author mathecae. “They manage to do this quite problem. A 2014 report commissioned by the Maydianne Andrade of the University of carefully, opening only this part of the United Kingdom projected that by 2050 it will kill Toronto Scarborough told AFP-boosting shell, and as far as we can tell, without more people each year than cancer and cost the their chances of reproductive success. causing any injury to the female,” said This illustration shows a group of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae bacteria. The world as much as $100 trillion in lost economic Andrade and a team were conducting Andrade. And they had to do it at just the image was based on scanning electron micrographic imagery. In 2016, for only the fourth time output. The World Bank this week released a unrelated research on two species in the right time-as soon as the genitalia and in its 70 year history, the United Nations is holding a special meeting devoted to a health report saying drug-resistant infections have the “Latrodectus” or widow spider genus, when sperm storage organs are fully developed issue: This time, on the rise of untreatable infections that is being propelled by the way we potential to cause at least as much economic they observed the behavior. In both the but not yet exposed-just a few days before over-use and misuse drugs in both people and animals. — AP damage as the 2008 financial crisis. — AP Australian redback spider (L hasselti), and the final moulting. — AFP Nothing to see here: Southeast Asia flummoxed by haze study

JAKARTA: Indonesian, Malaysian and Singapore’s Ministry of Health said short- This year’s fires have affected a smaller area in Singaporean authorities have dismissed term exposure to haze will generally not cause large part due to unseasonal rains. research that smoky haze from catastrophic serious health problems. The study was “not Jamal Hisham Hashim, research fellow with forest fires in Indonesia last year caused reflective of the actual situation,” it said, and the International Institute for Global Health in 100,000 deaths. Some even contend the haze the overall death rate hadn’t changed last Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, said governments caused no serious health problems, but year. In Malaysia, Health Minister should not dismiss the study even if the esti- experts say those assertions contradict well- Subramaniam Sathasivam said officials are still mated deaths are arguable. He said decades established science. Last year’s fires in Sumatra studying the research, which is “computer of air pollution research that followed and the Indonesian part of Borneo were the generated, not based on hard data.” “People London’s killer smog in 1952 has established worst since 1997, burning about 261,000 have died but to what extent the haze con- the relationship between fine particulate mat- hectares of forests and peatland and sending tributed to it, it’s hard to say,” he said. “If an 80- ter and premature deaths, particularly in peo- haze across the region for weeks. Many were year-old fellow with high blood pressure, dia- ple with existing respiratory and cardiovascu- deliberately set by companies to clear land for betes, heart problem and exposure to haze lar diseases. palm oil and pulpwood plantations. died, what did he die of? This is hell of a diffi- “The pollution level that occurred during The study in the journal Environmental cult question to answer.” the haze is severe enough to cause premature Research Letters by Harvard and Columbia The dry season fires are an annual irritant in deaths. That is indisputable,” he said. “The researchers estimated the amount of health- Indonesia’s relations with its neighbors study is a wake-up call. We need to be shaken; SOUTH SUMATRA: A woman disembarks from a boat as the Ampera Bridge is shrouded in threatening fine particles, often referred to as Singapore and Malaysia and the finding of a we have become too complacent with the haze from wildfires in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia. — AP PM2.5, released by the fires that burned from huge public health burden has the potential haze.” Joel Schwartz, an author of the study July to October and tracked their spread to worsen those strains. The 2015 burning sea- who is regarded by his peers as one of the deaths, he said, while Singapore’s claim that what they would be without the haze rather across Southeast Asia using satellite observa- son, which was worsened by El Nino’s dry con- world’s top experts on the health effects of air short-term exposure does not have serious than a comparison to a particular year, he tions. In Indonesia, a spokesman for the coun- ditions, also tainted Indonesia’s reputation pollution, said authorities in the affected effects is factually incorrect. said. Separately, Singapore’s health ministry try’s disaster mitigation agency said the globally by releasing a vast amount of atmos- countries have not offered any details of how The Singaporean statement that its death did not respond to a question on why heart research “could be baseless or they have the phere-warming carbon. The Indonesian gov- they reached conclusions critical of the study. rate was unchanged from 2014 did not disease and pneumonia, both of which can be wrong information.” Indonesia officially count- ernment has stepped up efforts to prosecute During the haze, Malaysia suffered air pollu- demonstrate anything, Schwartz said, due to bought to fatal conclusion by fine particle ed 24 deaths from the haze including people companies and individuals who set fires and tion at 10 times the level that the World a worldwide trend for declining mortality. The exposure, had increased as a percentage of killed fighting the fires. also strengthened its fire-fighting response. Health Organization says causes premature study’s premise is that deaths are higher than deaths in 2015. — AP THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 HEALTH & SCIENCE

Entrepreneur sells the ‘untouchable’ foods to challenge Indian caste bias

MUMBAI: A former rebel fighter and died of cancer. “Food adulteration is a member of India’s “untouchable” big problem, and is probably the caste is taking on caste-based dis- biggest reason for our health prob- crimination with packaged foods lems today,” he said. “And yet, I saw that would have been regarded as 80-year-old Dalits who were healthy impure just decades ago. Chandra and doing hard labor, largely Bhan Prasad, 58, was born into the because of what they were eating: Dalit Pasi community of pig rearers in pure, unprocessed food,” he said. northern India, considered untouch- able in the ancient Hindu social hier- ‘Superfoods’ archy. Prasad and his wife recently The domestic packaged food mar- launched ‘Dalit Foods’ online to sell ket is forecast to be worth $50 billion spices, pickles and grains. “I was born by 2017 from about $32 billion last impure. But I have the right to sell year, according to the Associated pure,” Prasad said by phone from his Chamber of Commerce and Industry office in New Delhi. of India. Recent food-safety scares “I grew up with segregation and have led to greater awareness of untouchability, but India has adulteration. While growing up, changed. I want to see how those Prasad said he and others in his com- who are born pure respond to my munity were forced to eat coarse offering,” he told the Thomson foods that were reserved for cattle Reuters Foundation. India banned and for servants. These included caste-based discrimination in 1955, unpolished rice and millets. “Millets but centuries-old attitudes persist, were considered inferior food then. and lower-caste groups including Today, they are called a superfood,” Dalits are among the most marginal- he said. “We want to make Dalit foods ized communities. Dalits were barred like these popular,” he said. SILVER SPRING: Photo shows the Food and Drug Administration campus in Silver Spring, Md. In the last two years, the FDA has placed several from public places including temples A large hotel chain is buying Dalit limitations on opioids, including adding new warning language to immediate-release opioids such as Vicodin and Percocet. But prescriber and water tanks frequented by high- Foods on a trial basis, and the num- training remains optional, even after a second FDA advisory panel again recommended the step in 2016. — AP er-caste Hindus. Many higher-caste ber of customers - largely urban Hindus considered food cooked or Indians - is rising, Prasad said. Dalits served by Dalits to be impure. are still often the targets of violence, Tribal leaders push against opioid abuse It is this custom that Prasad is tak- with tens of thousands of crimes ing aim at. Dalit Foods sells a small reported each year. Last month, Northern New Mexico devastated by heroin, addiction range of spices and grains, including thousands of Dalits in Gujarat state chilli powder, turmeric powder, man- pledged to boycott the dirty jobs ALBUQUERQUE: American Indian tribal leaders cials say heroin and opioid addiction especially lages don’t have treatment centers for drug go pickle, barley flour and lentils. traditionally thrust upon them in from northern New Mexico - an area of the has hit American Indian communities across the users. Earlier this month, tribal officials in the More products will be added, Prasad protest against the lynching of Dalit country devastated by heroin and opioid addic- country as the number of overdose deaths from southwestern Alaska village of Quinhagak ban- said. For three years, Prasad was a men by upper-caste Hindus. “We tion - met with the US Justice Department over prescription painkillers has soared overall, ished six people over illegal drugs and alcohol. fighter with India’s Maoist insurgency have made a lot of progress, but ways to combat opioid abuse amid high over- claiming the lives of 165,000 people in the US The move came after the village of 700 residents that claims to fight for the rights of Dalits are still not equal to the upper dose deaths among Native Americans. And both since 2000. A National Institute on Drug Abuse saw four apparent heroin overdoses in one day. poor farmers and landless indige- caste,” Prasad said. “My business is a sides say much more needs to be done. survey found that American Indian students’ Meanwhile, a nonprofit prescription drug nous people. He became a Dalit cam- social experiment to see if India has Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohris annual heroin and OxyContin use was about abuse prevention program in Maine is helping paigner and a champion of economic really transformed, to see if people spoke with representatives and police chiefs two to three times higher than the national make available the drug Narcan to the state’s empowerment to end caste bias. are willing to overcome their biases from the eight northern New Mexico Native averages from 2009 to 2012. five Native American tribes. Narcan, whose He became interested in food and customs for food that is pure,” American pueblos Tuesday as part of a push to Heroin and opioid abuse have even stuck in generic name is naloxone, is a prescription drug after three members of his family he said. — Reuters combat heroin-related deaths across the state, the most remote parts of the country among that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose. including Indian Country. American Indians. In Alaska’s Yukon-Kuskokwim The program set up five clinics on tribal land They discussed ways for better treatment, Delta region, for example, state health officials thanks to a federal grant. The Justice the need for more law enforcement resources say the isolated area of Alaska Native villages Department meeting in Albuquerque is part of and the desire for an educational blitz targeting and 25,000 residents has around 500 people the New Mexico Heroin and Opioid Prevention American Indian children as young as 8. “Here in addicted to opioids. Most of these Alaska vil- and Education Initiative — AP Study: FTO gene ‘not New Mexico we are facing an epidemic,” US Attorney Damon Martinez said. “One of the obesity life sentence’ (pueblo) governors brought pictures of these hypodermic needles they are picking up on a daily basis.” PARIS: People who carry a variant in pute. The latest review showed that New Mexico’s drug overdose death rate was the so-called obesity gene, FTO, react participants in weight loss programs the second highest in the nation in 2014, just as well to diet and exercise as who had the FTO variant started out according to the latest available numbers. For those without it, a research paper said almost a kilo (about two pounds) heav- years, the northern New Mexico city of Espanola yesterday. This means that people with ier on average than those without it. and northern Rio Arriba County have had some the variant, which appears to be linked But changes in weight were similar in of the nation’s highest heroin-related death to a higher risk for being overweight, people with the variant and those with- rates. The crisis has overwhelmed cash-strapped are not necessarily doomed to remain out it, regardless of other factors such law enforcement agencies and emergency so, according to a meta-analysis pub- as ethnicity or gender, the authors said. workers who often struggle to combat Mexican lished in The BMJ medical journal. In 2014, according to the World traffickers who provide users lethal “black tar” “Individuals carrying the (variant) Health Organization, more than 1.9 bil- heroin via a sophisticated system that resem- respond equally well to dietary, physi- lion adults globally were overweight. Of bles pizza delivery. cal activity, or drug based weight loss those, more than 600 million were “It’s a wildfire that’s taking off,” Pueblo of interventions,” wrote the authors of the obese. Carrying excess weight has been Pojoaque Gov Joseph Talachy said. “It started off small, but then it took off.” But now the users review of eight studies involving some linked to heart disease, stroke and cer- have gone underground, and the pueblo strug- 10,000 people. This meant that genetic tain cancers. Commenting on the latest gles to bring non-American Indians to justice predisposition to obesity “can be at research, Public Health England agency because of jurisdiction, Talachy said. According least partly counteracted through such chief nutritionist Alison Tedstone said to the new numbers released Tuesday by the interventions.” the causes of the obesity epidemic may New Mexico Department of Health, Rio Arriba Scientists have previously shown an have little to do with genes. The study, County had the highest drug overdose death association between a variant of the she said, “adds to the evidence suggest- rate in the state with 81.4 deaths per 100,000 FTO gene and surplus body fat, but lit- ing that environmental factors might residents last year. tle is understood about how the link dominate over at least common obesity “The fact is, our state continues to suffer works. The relative contribution of linked genes”. Such factors could from drug abuse. One overdose death is one ALBUQUERQUE: US Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohris (left) talks with Santa genetics and lifestyle to the global obe- include a high-sugar diet or insufficient too many,” New Mexico Health Secretary Clara Pueblo Gov J Michael Chavarria during a forum on opioid addiction at the Indian Pueblo sity epidemic is still very much in dis- physical exercise. — AFP Designate Lynn Gallagher said. But health offi- Cultural Center in Albuquerque. — AP WHAT’S ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Rimal celebrates Commemorating second Greetings Eid Al-Adha anniversary of HH the Amir Happy 6th Birthday to being named Humanity leader our dear son Joshua imal Hotel and Resort celebrated Eid Al- Adha with a range of recreational activi- Wish you dear son a nder the aus- ties and special events for children such very happy and blessed R pices of as face painting, competitions and entertaining birthday. May Lord Sheikha shower His blessings games and playgrounds soap, handicrafts and U Fareeha Al-Ahmed Al- upon you in the years to cartoon characters popular for children, such as Sabah, writer Abdullah come and may you be a Barney and also henna and awards inscription. Abbas Bowair will blessing to others This allowed Rimal’s clientele to enjoy the hold a special recep- around you. Stay smil- green spaces and swimming pools. The Director tion at the Crowne ing and joyous like ever. General of the resort Yaseen Mahdi provided Plaza on Monday, With lotsa’ love and complete luxury and privacy away from the rou- September 26 to com- blessing to our little tine of everyday life. memorate the second Joshua. Abeer Qouta, Director of Public Relations and anniversary of UN Best wishes come, Information, said that the experienced team naming of HH the from : Appa, Amma and insured their utmost to ensure a memorable hol- Amir as ‘Humanity Chechy (Joana Angelina iday feast for family and commensurate with the Leader’ and Kuwait as John) atmosphere of the summer. ‘Humanity Center’.

Sebamed participates in an MOH ceremony to mark World Alzheimer’s Day.

A traditional Tajik music ceremony took place in Abdel Hussian Abd Al Reda Stage with the presence of diplomats. WHAT’S ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Honoring distinguished artists under the patronage of Sheikh Duaij Al-Khalifa Al-Sabah at Crowne Plaza Hotel.

Eid Al-Adha celebrations at ICSK-Khaitan special assembly was conducted on Monday, 19th September, 2016 by the students of ICSK Khaitan to celebrate Eid Al-Adha. Beautiful and informative charts were displayed on the school notice boards to mark the auspicious occasion. A large number of pupils took part in the special Eid Assembly. Speeches, videos, Power-Point presentations and group songs by the students acquainted the School Awith the religious significance and history of this solemn festival. Eid Al-Adha is celebrated as the sacrificial feast to spread the message of charity and love to the less fortunate. Muslims throughout the world greet each other “Eid Mubarak” on this day. At the end of the programme a delicious treat was also organized by the staff.

ASDA’A B-M wins PR Agency of the Year in MENA for 6th year running Embassy of India SDA’A Burson-Marsteller won wonderful to see our ground-breaking bronzes, one for Media Relations and Public Relations Agency of the work on behalf of our clients recog- one for Consumer Product marketing. Kuwait Year in the Middle East and nised on the international stage. This The Agency’s campaign for the A ndian Embassy Auditorium is available to various Indian Africa for the 6th year running at this unprecedented win is a testament to Federal National Council Elections 2015 Associations in Kuwait for holding their socio-cultural year’s International Business Awards, the hard work and creative energy of won a silver in Public Affairs, as well as activities, etc. Some guidelines for Auditorium use are: while the 8th Annual Arab Youth Survey our teams across all of our Practices.” a Bronze in community relations, while I * Use of Auditorium is available to Indian associations 2016 won three Gold Medals, as the PR The International Business Awards the campaign for Emaar’s Launch of registered with Embassy for bonafide activities. Campaign of the Year in the categories are the world’s premier business Dubai’s New Icon at Dubai Creek * The interested Indian association can approach of Reputation / Brand Management, awards programme. The 2016 Harbour, won three bronzes, in Events Embassy for booking the Auditorium. Contact persons for Public Service and Global Issues. International Business Awards received & Occurrences, New Product Launch this purpose are Shri Yashwant Chatpalliwar, SS (HOC) In the agency’s best performance 3,800 entries from more than 60 and Reputation/Brand Management. (Mobile: 97229915) Mail:[email protected] and Shri ever at the IBAs - known as “the nations and territories. The award cere- The Islamic Banking Index for K.S.S. Naidu (Mobile: 65668644) indcommunity@indem- Stevies” - ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller mony will take place in Rome, Italy on Emirates Islamic won two Bronzes, in bkwt.org. dominated the PR categories, winning 21 October. Marketing - Business-to-Business and * User fee is: KD 350/- for maximum 4 hour event (with 23 trophies in total, including four The campaign for the Global Investor Relations, and ‘Minds + food served) or KD 300/- for maximum 4 hour event (with- golds, 7 silvers and 12 bronzes, result- Education & Skills Forum and Global Machines’ - GE’s Digital Industrial out food served). ing in being awarded a coveted Best of Teacher Prize 2016 won Silver in three Transformation in MENAT, also took two * Two weeks advance intimation is required for booking the IBAs Award for the first time. categories: Public Services, Global Bronzes, for Marketing: Business-to- Auditorium. Once the booking is confirmed by Embassy, The ‘Grand Stevie’ ranked the Issues, and Events & Occurrences; while Business and Reputation/Brand the concerned association shall deposit the requisite user Agency in third-place in terms of total Warriors in Pink for Ford took two Management. Finally, the campaign for fee in cash. awards, tied globally with the tech Silvers, in Community Relations and the Initial Public Offering of L’azurde - * In the event of cancellation of booking of Auditorium heavyweight Cisco Systems. Public Service, and a Bronze for Social the largest gold and jewellery designer, by an Indian Association, the amount deposited will not be Sunil John, Founder and CEO of Media. Ford & Lincoln own the 2015 manufacturer and distributor in the refunded. However, if the Embassy cancels the booking ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller, said: “This is Dubai International Motor Show took a Middle East - took a Bronze for Investor the user fee deposited will be refunded. a tremendous result for us, and it is Silver in Events & Observances, and two Relations. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 TV PROGRAMS

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SHARQIA-1 FANAR-1 THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 3:30 PM SULLY 12:45 PM SULLY 11:45 AM THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 6:15 PM SULLY 2:45 PM THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS 1:45 PM THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 9:00 PM PETE’S DRAGON 4:45 PM PETE’S DRAGON 4:30 PM THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 11:45 PM AL BAB YEFAWET AMAL 7:00 PM THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS 6:45 PM ASHAN KHARGEN 8:45 PM THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS 9:30 PM MARINA-3 AL BAB YEFAWET AMAL 11:00 PM THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS 12:15 AM THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 11:30 AM SULLY 1:00 AM SULLY 2:15 PM FANAR-2 PETE’S DRAGON 4:15 PM SHARQIA-2 AL BAB YEFAWET AMAL 11:30 AM PETE’S DRAGON 6:30 PM PETE’S DRAGON 11:30 AM AL BAB YEFAWET AMAL 1:30 PM SULLY 8:45 PM THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 1:45 PM ASHAN KHARGEN 3:15 PM HAVENHURST 10:45 PM THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 4:30 PM AL BAB YEFAWET AMAL 5:30 PM THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 12:45 AM THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 7:15 PM ASHAN KHARGEN 7:30 PM THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 10:00 PM AL BAB YEFAWET AMAL 9:45 PM AVENUES-1 THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 12:45 AM ASHAN KHARGEN 11:45 PM LIGHTS OUT 12:00 PM LIGHTS OUT 2:00 PM SHARQIA-3 FANAR-3 PINK - Hindi 4:00 PM THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS 12:15 PM HAVENHURST 12:00 PM OOZHAM - Malayalam 7:00 PM HAVENHURST 3:00 PM HAVENHURST 1:45 PM BOGET FAKARA (Kuwaiti Film) 10:00 PM THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS 5:00 PM HELLIONS 3:45 PM BOGET FAKARA (Kuwaiti Film) 12:15 AM HAVENHURST 7:45 PM PETE’S DRAGON 5:45 PM THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS 9:45 PM HAVENHURST 8:00 PM AVENUES-2 HAVENHURST 12:30 AM HELLIONS 10:00 PM THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN -2D- 4DX 1:30 PM 270123001513, have HAVENHURST 12:05 AM PETE’S DRAGON -3D- 4DX 4:15 PM CHANGE OF NAME changed my name to Shaik MUHALAB-1 THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 12:30 PM PETE’S DRAGON -3D- 4DX 6:30 PM Navab Shahabuddin. THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 11:30 AM THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 3:15 PM THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN -2D- 4DX 8:45 PM I, Mrs Fatima Mary Lancy THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 2:00 PM THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 6:00 PM THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN -2D- 4DX 11:30 PM Fernandes daughter of Moshes Kota S/o Joseph Fernandes, holder of Chandranna, holder of Indian AL BAB YEFAWET AMAL 4:45 PM THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 8:45 PM Indian Passport No: Passport No. P0376514, Civil PETE’S DRAGON 6:45 PM THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 11:30 PM AVENUES-3 K4564810 & Civil ID No: ID No. 267010141109 has AL BAB YEFAWET AMAL 9:00 PM THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS 1:15 PM 265011009768 has changed changed my name from Kota HAVENHURST 10:45 PM FANAR-5 THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS 4:00 PM my name to Violet Mary Rajendra Kumar to Moshes HAVENHURST 12:45 AM SULLY 12:45 PM THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS 6:45 PM D’souza hereinafter in all my Kota old name hereinafter in SULLY 2:45 PM THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS 9:30 PM dealings and documents, I all my dealings and docu- MUHALAB-2 SULLY 4:45 PM THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS 12:15 AM will be known by name of ments I will be known by SULLY 12:45 PM PINK - Hindi 6:45 PM Violet Mary D’souza. (C 5216) name of Kota Rajendr Kumar SULLY 3:00 PM THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 9:45 PM 360 º- 1 22-9-2016 (old name Moshes Kota) PINK - Hindi 5:00 PM THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 12:30 AM THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS 12:15 PM (new name Kota Rajendr MAJNU - Telugu 5:00 PM THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS 3:00 PM T. Marimuthu S/o K. Kumar) (C 5211) MATRIMONIAL ASHAN KHARGEN 8:00 PM MARINA-1 THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS 5:45 PM Thiyagarajan, holder of ASHAN KHARGEN 10:15 PM SULLY 12:30 PM THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS 8:30 PM Indian Passport No: J0364840 SITUATION WANTED Alliance invited for a 28 year SULLY 12:30 AM SNOWDEN 2:30 PM THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS 11:15 PM and Civil ID No: old Marthoma boy with mas- 277062006098, has changed BEN-HUR 5:00 PM Premiere Show “Bilal: A New Breed of Hero” A well-qualified (MBA, CPA), ter degree in mechatronics MUHALAB-3 ASHAN KHARGEN 7:30 PM 9:00 PM my name Farhan. Hereinafter Indian Finance Professional is from University of Victoria - THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 1:00 PM ASHAN KHARGEN 9:45 PM THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS 11:45 PM in all my dealings and docu- looking for a change in job. 12 Canada, and currently work- PETE’S DRAGON 1:30 PM SULLY 12:05 AM ments I will be known by years of experience in ing in Canada. Proposal invit- THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 3:45 PM 360º 2 name of Farhan. (C 5214) Investment Banking, Real Estate ed from parents of educa- 21-92016 THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 6:30 PM MARINA-2 AL BAB YEFAWET AMAL 12:15 PM & FMCG in the middle level posi- tional girls. Email: THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 9:15 PM THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 12:45 PM AL BAB YEFAWET AMAL 2:15 PM tion in Kuwait. Excellent commu- [email protected] I, Shahabuddin holder of nicator and adaptable. Please THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 12:05 AM ASHAN KHARGEN 1:30 PM AL BAB YEFAWET AMAL 4:15 PM (C 5215) Indian Passport No. call 65094498. (C 5213) 22-9-2016 J4437667, Civil ID No. 21-9-2016

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Arrival Flights on Thursday 22/9/2016 GFA 221 Bahrain 14:20 JAI 573 Mumbai 00:10 FDB 076 Dubai 13:10 Airlines Flt Route Time FDB 057 Dubai 14:20 MSC 404 Asyut 00:10 FDK 802 Damascus 13:15 MSC 415 Sohag 00:10 SVA 500 Jeddah 14:30 JZR 1540 Cairo 00:20 JZR 786 Riyadh 13:20 THY 772 Istanbul 00:10 KAC 742 Dammam 14:55 MSR 615 Cairo 00:30 MEA 407 Beirut 13:35 JZR 239 Amman 00:20 OMA 645 Muscat 15:10 FDB 072 Dubai 00:30 FEG 932 Alexandria 13:55 JZR 267 Beirut 00:30 ETD 303 Abu Dhabi 15:10 MSC 416 Sohag 01:05 MSR 611 Cairo 14:00 FDB 069 Dubai 00:55 FDB 8069 Dubai 15:20 KLM 411 Amsterdam 01:05 THY 767 Istanbul 14:10 DLH 635 Doha 01:00 ABY 127 Sharjah 15:35 JZR 502 Luxor 01:15 UAE 872 Dubai 14:15 QTR 1086 Doha 01:15 JZR 359 Mashhad 15:40 THY 773 Istanbul 01:40 FBA 832 Al Najaf 14:30 JZR 539 Cairo 01:20 UAE 857 Dubai 15:45 DLH 635 Frankfurt 02:00 AXB 394 Kozhikode 14:45 KAC 1802 Cairo 01:30 NIA 251 Alexandria 15:50 SAI 442 Lahore 02:30 PAL 669 Manila 14:45 SAI 441 Lahore 01:30 RJA 640 Amman 16:00 PGT 859 Istanbul 02:40 KNE 382 Taif 14:55 PGT 858 Istanbul 01:40 FDB 051 Dubai 16:10 ETH 621 Addis Ababa 02:45 KAC 773 Riyadh 15:00 ETH 620 Addis Ababa 01:45 JZR 1331 Al Najaf 16:10 THY 765 Istanbul 02:45 KAC 673 Dubai 15:05 RJA 642 Amman 01:45 QTR 1072 Doha 16:15 AXB 396 Kozhikode 02:50 FDB 058 Dubai 15:05 THY 1464 Istanbul 01:50 JZR 535 Cairo 16:20 KKK 6505 Istanbul 02:55 GFA 222 Bahrain 15:05 AXB 395 Kozhikode 01:50 KNE 531 Jeddah 16:35 KAC 177 Vienna 02:55 QTR 1079 Doha 15:15 JZR 555 Alexandria 04:15 JZR 787 Riyadh 16:45 UAE 854 Dubai 03:45 KAC 617 Doha 15:15 AVV 653 Alexandria 04:30 KAC 562 Amman 16:55 THY 769 Istanbul 03:45 JZR 188 Dubai 15:50 FEG 931 Alexandria 05:00 KAC 118 New York 17:00 RJA 645 Amman 03:55 KAC 613 Bahrain 16:00 THY 1414 TZX 05:05 SVA 510 Riyadh 17:15 OMA 644 Muscat 04:05 SVA 505 Jeddah 16:00 DHX 170 Bahrain 05:10 GFA 215 Bahrain 17:30 FDB 068 Dubai 04:05 BON 102 Sarajevo 16:05 THY 770 Istanbul 05:15 FDB 8053 Dubai 17:45 ETD 306 Abu Dhabi 04:10 OMA 646 Muscat 16:10 QTR 8511 Doha 05:25 JZR 177 Dubai 17:45 MSR 613 Cairo 04:15 FDB 8070 Dubai 16:10 JZR 529 Asyut 06:00 KAC 678 Muscat/Abu Dhabi 17:50 PGT 861 Istanbul 04:30 ABY 128 Sharjah 16:15 PAL 668 Manila/Dubai 06:25 QTR 1080 Doha 17:55 QTR 1077 Doha 04:35 ETD 304 Abu Dhabi 16:20 KAC 412 Manila/Bangkok 06:30 KAC 176 Geneva/Frankfurt 18:20 RBG 552 Alexandria 04:45 NIA 252 Alexandria 16:50 BAW 157 London 06:40 JZR 483 Istanbul 18:20 JZR 560 Sohag 05:00 RJA 641 Amman 16:55 JZR 1541 Cairo 07:10 MSR 620 Cairo 18:30 LMU 511 Cairo 05:00 FDB 052 Dubai 17:00 FDB 5061 Dubai 07:15 KAC 774 Riyadh 18:35 JZR 1332 Al Najaf 05:15 KAC 675 Dubai 17:00 IRA 673 Ahwaz 07:15 KAC 786 Jeddah 18:35 AVV 654 Sohag 05:30 JZR 266 Beirut 17:10 JZR 503 Luxor 07:25 KAC 502 Beirut 18:35 FEG 934 Sohag 06:00 JZR 512 Sharm el-Sheikh 17:15 KAC 382 Delhi 07:30 JAV 621 Amman 18:45 THY 1465 Istanbul 06:00 QTR 1073 Doha 17:25 KAC 346 Ahmedabad 07:35 KAC 542 Cairo 18:55 RJA 643 Amman 06:25 KNE 532 Jeddah 17:25 KAC 206 Islamabad 07:40 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Dhabi 09:00 KNE 381 Taif 20:10 KAC 173 Munich 08:35 KAC 285 Dhaka 19:40 ABY 125 Sharjah 09:05 ABY 121 Sharjah 20:10 SVA 513 Riyadh 08:50 JAV 622 Amman 19:45 IRA 667 Esfahan 09:05 MEA 402 Beirut 20:15 KAC 671 Dubai 09:30 GFA 218 Bahrain 19:50 IRM 1180 Mashhad 09:10 OMA 647 Muscat 20:20 KAC 619 Doha 09:30 FDB 064 Dubai 19:50 QTR 1070 Doha 09:20 JZR 189 Dubai 20:25 JZR 534 Cairo 09:30 ABY 124 Sharjah 19:55 JZR 482 Istanbul 09:45 RJA 648 Amman 09:30 MSR 618 Alexandria 20:30 FDB 060 Dubai 20:30 FDB 055 Dubai 09:40 QTR 1088 Doha 20:35 ABY 126 Sharjah 09:45 UAE 876 Dubai 20:35 SAW 703 Damascus 09:45 FDB 5053 Dubai 20:55 JZR 358 Mashhad 09:50 JAI 571 Mumbai 20:35 SYR 341 Damascus 10:05 KAC 174 Munich 20:55 UAE 856 Dubai 09:50 KAC 331 Trivandrum 20:45 UAE 873 Dubai 10:40 ETD 307 Abu Dhabi 21:05 KAC 100 London/New York 10:00 GFA 213 Bahrain 10:40 UAE 859 Dubai 21:15 ETD 302 Abu Dhabi 10:05 DLH 634 Doha 20:50 MEA 404 Beirut 11:00 ALK 229 Colombo 21:20 IRA 668 Mashhad 10:05 ABY 122 Sharjah 20:50 JZR 561 Sohag 11:25 KLM 417 Amsterdam 21:25 RJA 649 Amman 10:15 KAC 353 BLR 20:55 RBG 553 Alexandria 11:30 THY 764 Istanbul 21:30 IRM 1181 Mashhad 10:25 KAC 343 Chennai 20:55 ABY 129 Sharjah 11:35 KAC 676 Dubai 21:35 QTR 1071 Doha 10:35 KAC 543 Cairo 21:00 JZR 1329 Al Najaf 11:40 QTR 1082 Doha 21:55 FDB 056 Dubai 10:40 KAC 351 Kochi 21:00 JZR 165 Dubai 11:50 GFA 219 Bahrain 22:00 SAW 704 Damascus 10:45 KNE 232 Riyadh 21:10 AVV 651 Alexandria 12:05 ETD 309 Abu Dhabi 22:10 KAC 677 Abu Dhabi/Muscat 10:50 JZR 554 Alexandria 21:15 FDK 801 Damascus 12:15 NIA 151 Cairo 22:10 KAC 153 Istanbul 11:00 MEA 403 Beirut 21:15 FDB 075 Dubai 12:25 JZR 125 Bahrain 22:15 KAC 501 Beirut 11:00 OMA 648 Muscat 21:15 JZR 241 Amman 12:30 AIC 981 Chennai/Ahmedabad 22:25 SYR 342 Damascus 11:05 MSR 619 Alexandria 21:30 MEA 406 Beirut 12:35 MSC 501 Alexandria 22:30 KAC 561 Amman 11:20 QTR 1089 Doha 21:45 UAE 871 Dubai 12:45 JZR 185 Dubai 22:55 KAC 165 Rome/Paris 11:25 DHX 171 Bahrain 21:50 FEG 933 Sohag 12:55 JAI 574 Mumbai 23:05 KAC 741 Dammam 11:35 FDB 5054 Dubai 21:55 MSR 610 Cairo 13:00 MSC 403 Asyut 23:10 GFA 214 Bahrain 11:35 ETD 308 Abu Dhabi 21:55 KAC 620 Doha 13:10 MSR 614 Cairo 23:30 MEA 405 Beirut 12:00 ALK 230 Colombo 22:20 THY 766 Istanbul 13:10 JZR 513 Sharm el-Sheikh 23:30 KAC 541 Cairo 12:05 KAC 381 Delhi 22:25 FBA 831 Al Najaf 13:30 FDB 071 Dubai 23:35 UAE 874 Dubai 12:10 UAE 860 Dubai 22:25 AXB 393 Kozhikode 13:55 JAD 301 Amman 23:45 RBG 554 Alexandria 12:10 KLM 417 Dammam/Amsterdam 22:25 BON 101 Sarajevo 13:55 ABY 120 Sharjah 12:15 THY 1401 ADB 22:25 KNE 231 Riyadh 14:00 Departure Flights on Thursday 22/9/2016 JZR 1330 Al Najaf 12:30 KAC 301 Mumbai 22:30 QTR 1078 Doha 14:05 Airlines Flt Route Time AIC KAC 785 Jeddah 13:00 KAC 205 Islamabad 23:00 KAC 672 Dubai 14:05 976 Goa/Chennai 00:05 AVV 652 Asyut 13:05 GFA 220 Bahrain 23:00 KAC 178 Vienna 14:15 BBC 044 Dhaka 00:10 JZR 176 Dubai 13:10 ETD 310 Abu Dhabi 23:05 s34 ta r s THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

CROSSWORD 1378 STAR TRACK

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

You may be especially dynamic and assertive. There is a lot of enthusiasm General good feelings with a sense of support and harmony make this a and drive available for whatever you want to accomplish. You could be most happy time. If it makes sense you love it and if it does not you feel guilty about it: that’s persuasive with others and may find that the ideas or feelings you have will get great what it’s like now. A loving attention to details and a sense of satisfaction in doing what is reception. The situation is a natural for self-expression and lends itself to your particular right are some of the qualities that come to your attention now. Discovering what you tru- ideas. There has been an increase in your physical and mental energies recently, giving ly believe in-fighting for it, even-is a high personal priority now. Religion, law, politics, trav- you a boost in your confidence. You may feel ready to conquer anything put in front of el and higher education are some of the arenas where this takes place. This is a time of you today. Shopping with a friend, you are curious about some new invention. Wait a testing your limits to see how far you can go. You are able to grasp and appreciate new while longer before purchasing new electronic products-a hard-to-resist sale may tempt trends and concepts at the very forefront of technology. A new item of technology may you; however, even new and better products are on the horizon. keep you busy studying this evening. Communication improves.

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

There could be some worry about not being useful or being left out of the You could find it difficult to gain any free time for yourself today. The pres- scheme of things today. This can be eased by jumping in with both feet and putting your sure is on in the workplace. Time limits and time schedules may have you huffing and puff- thoughts into action. This is a time to take risks and dare to be a little eccentric. You will ing. You have probably noticed that this may not be the best time to chat on the phone to prosper through new insights and an independent point of view. Your career could open your lover. There will, however, soon be a time to relax and sit back and see the productive up now-keep your ears and eyes open so that you do not miss some important opportu- success of your efforts. There is an opportunity to increase your earnings but now is not nity. Beyond whatever external considerations may be present, you exude a contagious time for a raise in salary; make sure you make notes in your work diary that today is the thankfulness and fondness for things and people. These inner, loving qualities are experi- day you made great headway for the company and succeeded in whatever was necessary enced as a very real good. The light in your eyes says it all: your mind and ideas are central to have positive results. When it is time for that pay raise, you will have a report of your suc- to your inner and philosophical life. Someone new is coming into your life. cesses. Make sure the outside birds have water.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21)

The energies are working in your favor in all areas of your life. If you are not a Before you act on a new idea today, consider the sources of your informa- boss or owner of a company, you might consider this a good time to request a raise or tion. Make sure a new method or idea is a sound one by checking facts. promotion. You naturally gravitate toward positions of power and authority. Others see in When it comes to mental work, you are an expert at research and investigation. You enjoy you a great practical ability and will easily accept you as a leader or authority figure. You examining and analyzing, particularly when it comes to psychological areas of the mind. ACROSS DOWN value fairness in all things and go out of your way to be just. You have an innate sense of Your ability to sift through the debris and come up with what is essential every time is 1. A licensed medical practitioner. 1. African tree with edible yellow fruit resem- how to work with and guide others in making decisions. You understand the choices and exceptional. You like to discuss and communicate, again always at a psychological and 4. Discharge from the external ear. bling mangos. can spot the right ones. You may be able to complete some of those projects that have very personal level. Others may find you very focused. Your career always seems to get 12. The seventh and last day of the week. 2. German industrialist who was the first in been left hanging the past few days. Communication with superiors is positive. A time the support you need. This is the area of life that usually runs smoothly. You seem to 15. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the with loved ones this evening is fulfilling. understand what the public wants. Mass marketing could be considered. public. Germany to use an assembly line in manu- 16. Principles of the founders of the Oxford facturing automobiles (1871-1948). movement. 3. Coffee trees. 17. Electronic equipment that provides visual 4. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated Cancer (June 21-July 22) images of varying electrical quantities. silica of variable color. Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 18. An oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex 5. The amount that a tub will hold. You may not appreciate the emotional energy of someone you meet today- and Keflin and Keftab) commonly pre- 6. A mouth or mouthlike opening. patience. You may be in the mood for deep and penetrating conversations or thoughts, There could be some communications difficulty with a customer today. You scribe for mild to moderately severe infec- 7. A widely distributed system consisting of all especially with a close friend, but you are wise to wait and allow things to develop on their realize that if you are not challenged you cannot grow-you swallow hard and move for- ward. You learn from the difficult situations that seem to call out to you for your aptness. tions of the skin or ears or throat or lungs own. You may be pleasantly surprised at what one or two positive words will do to help the cells able to ingest bacteria or col- You may feel like exercising or getting out during the noon hour today. By the end of the or urinary tract. move things into a positive direction. This is a good time, when your efforts in the work- loidal particles etc, except for certain day you will see much progress. There is good eye-hand coordination and a sustained 20. 100 sente equal 1 loti. place can really pay off. This afternoon you have an opportunity to work without any inter- 21. The month following July and preceding white blood cells. effort that makes almost any task run well. Consider a new picture for your wall or nook September. 8. Any of several annual or perennial Eurasian ruptions thereby producing many good results. It is your turn to cook and you may decide while shopping this afternoon. A new or renewed love relationship in your life creates an to show off a little by cooking several choices of foods that are intriguing, healthy and fun. 22. Important European leguminous forage grasses. upbeat type of mood for you all day long. Nothing disturbs your good feelings. There is You can teach healthy habits through your efforts. plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet 9. Of or relating to or supporting Hinduism. much laughter in your heart. flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay 10. Standard time in the 5th time zone west of crop. Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridi- 24. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromag- netic trivalent metallic element of the rare an. Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) earth group. 11. Congenital absence of an arm or leg. 25. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to 12. A fraudulent business scheme. The middle of this week may find you daydreaming. Be particularly vigi- lant when signing contracts or performing duties that are made up of little details. You This is a special time when you may notice that everything is going your drink the blood of the living. 13. Wild sheep of northern Africa. way. Circumstances seem to bend to your will and things have a way of working out may have a hard time being clearheaded right now. Thoughts and ideas that come may 27. (Akkadian) God of wisdom. 14. A one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient smoothly. There are real opportunities to complete and work out difficulties and projects be inappropriate or misleading. Give yourself time to think things through and refrain 28. An extinct Semitic language of northern that require both long-term effort and a high degree of discipline. Listening to other peo- Rome. from making rash decisions, including those that pertain to spending money. Eat light Syria. ple talk about their investments you may pick up some good advice. Be careful of the 19. An official language of the Republic of meals today and find a way to insert some exercise activity into your day-perhaps a long 31. Any of numerous local fertility and nature South Africa. quick-win type of investment; this almost never works out. A good investment can start deities worshipped by ancient Semitic walk. Look for the funny side of life and laugh as much as possible-you will cheer yourself 23. Any culture medium that uses agar as the small and grow beyond your wildest dreams-be on the lookout for opportunities that are peoples. and others. Visiting with neighbors or friends is enjoyable this evening. Music or a comedy reliable and come from a reliable source. You may be in the mood for fun conversations 33. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) gelling agent. movie on a dvd may be the perfect end to your day. this evening: a good time to enjoy a family meal away from home. issues from volcanos. 26. The highest level or degree attainable. 34. (prosody) Of or consisting of iambs. 29. 100 avos equal 1 pataca. 38. The blood group whose red cells carry 30. English translator and Protestant martyr. both the A and B antigens. 32. A loss of will power. Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) 40. Any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous 35. A state of northeastern India. You can be an aggressive prime mover in the workplace and today is your substances obtained either as exudations You need to live in an ordered environment, whether it is a work, school or from certain plants or prepared by poly- 36. Conducive to peace. opportunity to show your talent in this respect. You are able to initiate and get things 37. Departing or being caused to depart from home situation. You can become quite frustrated when too many different merization of simple molecules. moving so that others can pick up the slack and move forward. You are never happier matters grab your attention. This is a time to realize that unless there is a fire, you will have 42. A genus of Mustelidae. the true vertical or horizontal. than when fully engaged in productive work. There could be some times of introspection time to think through each matter separately. Perhaps by writing out a plan, you will 43. Beat through cleverness and wit. 39. Law intended to eradicate organized crime and a break now and then is a good idea. A difficult co-worker is easy for you to under- become more focused on the steps you need to take. Learn methods of planning and 47. A sodium salt of carbonic acid. by establishing strong sanctions and for- stand . . . You do not feel threatened and you are not condescending. Others learn from organization by reading a guidebook, or taking a class in some management skills. As a 49. Adult female chicken. feiture provisions. your techniques. Higher-ups and supervisors are impressed. This evening is a time to high achiever, you can turn some of your business associates into friends-they will help 50. Having lost freshness or brilliance of color. 41. A resident of Iowa. laugh, interact with friends and loved ones and celebrate the adventure of life. Tonight you progress in your career and teach you the art of focusing. A successful businessperson you might absorb and take in new impressions. Enjoy! 52. A writ from a court commanding police to 44. A brittle silver-white metalloid element is developing-you! There are some photo opportunities this evening. perform specified acts. 54. The branch of computer science that deal that is related to selenium and sulfur. with writing computer programs that can 45. Straggling shrub with narrow leaves and solve problems creatively. conspicuous red flowers in dense globular Word Search Yesterday Solution 55. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary. racemes. 56. A republic in northwestern Africa on the 46. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was Mediterranean Sea. mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in 57. A small cake leavened with yeast. ancient mythology. 59. Someone whose business is advertising. 48. Formerly a large constellation in the south- 62. In operation or operational. 63. Being one hundred more than three hun- ern hemisphere between Canis Major and dred. the Southern Cross. 64. A highly unstable radioactive element (the 51. A software system that facilitates the cre- heaviest of the halogen series). ation and maintenance and use of an elec- 65. The rate at which red blood cells settle out tronic database. in a tube of blood under standardized 53. Of or relating to the kidneys. conditions. 58. East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots 67. A public promotion of some product or that grow down into the soil forming service. 69. A former copper coin of Pakistan. additional trunks. 72. A flask that holds spirits. 60. A young woman making her debut into 77. Hawthorn of southern United States bear- society. ing juicy acid scarlet fruit often used in jel- 61. A Buddhist who has attained nirvana. lies or preserves. 66. A British doctorate. 80. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which 68. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann. the pilot is talked down by ground control 70. Kamarupan languages spoken in north- using precision approach radar. 81. Title for a civil or military leader (especially eastern India and western Burma. in Turkey). 71. 100 lwei equal 1 kwanza. 82. Having a sophisticated charm. 73. The United Nations agency concerned with 84. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or civil aviation. water or to keep out the sea. 74. An agenda of things to do. 85. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of 75. Someone who works (or provides workers) the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expand- during a strike. ed its boundaries and developed its 76. God of love and erotic desire. bureaucracy. 86. The widening of the chambers of the heart 78. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized between two contractions when the by behavioral and learning disorders. chambers fill with blood. 79. An operating system that is on a disk. 87. A loose sleeveless outer garment made 83. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali from aba cloth. earth group.

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uring the era of US racial segregation, a handful of Urgent need for mathematicians flight in 1961 of astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American in black female mathematicians managed to break social The heroines of the story are Dorothy Vaughan, Katherine space. They also calculated John Glenn’s course, as the first Dbarriers and propel the US space agency to new Johnson and Mary Jackson. The US involvement in World War American to orbit the Earth in 1962. heights - and soon their story will be a major motion picture. II in 1941 opened the door to them, Shetterly said. The coun- According to the book, in 1962, Glenn asked that Johnson This remarkable story has been told in the book “Hidden try needed engineers and scientists to come up with new herself re-check the figures one last time before he embarked Figures” by Margot Lee Shetterly, which was published in technologies to help planes fly higher and faster. But segrega- on the mission. Johnson’s math talents later helped determine September. tion was still a reality. There were dozens of African-Americans, the trajectory of the Apollo 11 flight that landed Neil The movie comes out in January, starring Taraji P both male and female, working as mathematicians and physi- Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the Moon in July 1969. The Henson-known for her role in the TV series “Empire” and for cists for the US space program, even as they were forced to women in the story are among about 80 black female mathe- her Oscar nomination in the 2008 film “The Curious Case of use separate bathrooms from whites, and were barred from maticians who worked for the US space program from 1943 to Benjamin Button”-and Octavia Spencer, who won an the same restaurants and schools frequented by whites. 1980 — a time period that saw about 1,000 women employed Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2011 film “The The black women mathematicians at the center of “Hidden there, far fewer than the number of men. Help.” Some of the female mathematicians worked with the Figures” were nicknamed “colored computers,” working apart author’s father, an engineer at NASA’s Langley Research from the rest of the math unit in the west wing of the Langley Medal of Freedom Center in Virginia, a southern US state where racial segrega- Research Center. By the end of the war, there were around 25 In November 2015, US President Barack Obama gave tion was the norm. Shetterly, herself an African-American, black women and two white managers in the unit. Soon how- Johnson, who is now 98, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, was born in 1969, and remembers the women as “normal” ever there was a new war, as the Cold War broke out between the highest civilian honor in the United States. Dorothy middle-class types, the mothers of friends who serve the United States and the Soviet Union. The USSR launched its Vaughan, played in the movie by Octavia Spencer, died in peanut butter sandwiches to kids. first satellite, Sputnik, in 1957, raising the stakes for the United 2008. Mary Jackson, who died in 2005, was an aeronautical The mathematicians provided pivotal contributions to the States in the space race. engineer and is played by Janelle Monae. “Talent is distributed US space program, starting in the 1940s through to the By 1958 NASA was formed, gathering all the nation’s space among all populations, whatever the color of their skin,” said 1960s, when the nation first sent men to orbit and then walk activities, and the Langley Research Center was in charge of Shetterly. “Given a chance, people can excel in these fields.” on the Moon. It was not until Shetterly’s husband heard the Mercury project, the first US manned space program. It She described the story of these women as “powerful source about the women, during a visit with Shetterly’s father, that was then that the black mathematicians were integrated with of inspiration” that “we can learn from the past, in terms of she realized their story could-and should-be written in book the rest of NASA and tasked with making complex calcula- opening the doors for people to excel today.” — AFP form. “My husband was like, ‘Wait a minute, I cannot believe tions about rocket launches. In 1959, Katherine Johnson- this. How can nobody knows the story’?” she recalled in an played in the movie by Henson-and a white colleague were Janelle Monae interview with AFP. the first to calculate the parameters of the first suborbital Leonard Cohen at 82, darker and solitary before God

eonard Cohen has spent a lifetime medi- Darker,” Cohen appears to be reflecting on his tating on his relationship to God and, at own mortality yet, paradoxically, questioning L82, he finds himself solitary as he wres- the heaviness of the burden of assessing tles with the ultimate metaphysical questions. one’s life. “You Want It Darker,” the 14th album by the “I don’t need a reason for what I became / Canadian singer and poet, brings out Cohen I’ve got these excuses / They are tired and at his most classic and at his most probing as lame. “I don’t need a pardon / No, no, there’s he ponders the nature of the individual and no one left to blame / I’m leaving the table / of the Almighty. Celebrating his 82nd birth- I’m out of the game,” he sings to a dark waltz. day yesterday, his record label announced that “You Want It Darker,” produced by his Late-career burst of creativity musician son Adam Cohen, would come out Cohen, his influence and legacy undisput- on October 21. ed, had unofficially retired in the 1990s and The album immediately opens with a retreated to a Buddhist monastery in the Los Master chef of Canton 8 restaurant, Jie Ming Jian poses Master chef of Tíang Court, Justin Tan reacts on stage after the announcement of his flashback to the cultural icon’s Montreal child- Angeles area. He initially resumed music for with his cheapest dish of ‘prawn dumplings’ in front of three stars award of the Michelin Guide Shanghai yesterday. — AFP photos hood with a rich yet mournful chorus from his an unspiritual reason-his longtime manager the restaurant, which was awarded two Michelin stars. hometown’s Cantor Gideon Zelermyer and was found to have stolen much of his savings. Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue choir. Yet the But Cohen has found a new burst of creative signature sound on “You Want It Darker” is energy since his return, with “You Want It sparse, with resonant acoustic guitar and Darker” following the emotionally intense yet string bass, the music reinforcing Cohen’s more musically diverse album “Popular lonesome spiritual quest. Cohen-whose best- Problems” in 2014. known song, the oft-covered “Hallelujah,” Cohen, who has been quiet on the public explored God and the meaning of music- stage for the year until releasing the album, returns to biblical heritage on the title track has made clear in ways other than his music of “You Want It Darker.” that he is aware of his advancing age. After “Hineni, hineni / I’m ready, my Lord,” the death in July of Marianne Ihlen-the Cohen intones in his husky voice, employing Norwegian woman with whom he lived on Hebrew to say “Here I Am.” Cohen in the song the Greek island of Hydra and who inspired struggles to reconcile with the existence of his song “So Long, Marianne”-her friend evil-and how his life’s own bourgeois con- revealed a final letter from Cohen in which he cerns stack up in comparison. “They’re lining declared his “endless love” and wrote, “I think I will follow you very soon.” With the serious- up the prisoners / The guards are taking aim / The ‘prawn dumplings’ is the cheapest dish of the Canton ness on “You Want It Darker,” Cohen shows lit- Master chef of Canton 8 restaurant, Jie Ming Jian cooks vegetables in the kitchen of the I struggled with some demons / They were 8 restaurant. middle-class and tame / Didn’t know I had tle of the more ironic side that gave him a restaurant, which was awarded two Michelin stars. permission to murder and to maim,” he sings. pop culture mystique in the 1980s. Yet there may be a hint of his old playful ‘I’m leaving the table’ side. After releasing his last album, he joked The album reaches its most powerful that his resolution at age 80 was to resume Michelin launches first mainland China guide in Shanghai heights with Cohen’s melody-forceful, yet smoking after years of depriving himself for made lighter with a dash of jazz-on “Treaty,” health reasons. The cover of “You Want It which appears twice on the album, the sec- Darker” shows a grim, unshaven Cohen sport- he famed Michelin food guide launched its inexpensive two-storey restaurant was filled with ond time with a string quartet. Cohen on the ing a top hat-and a cigarette dangling first edition in mainland China yesterday, only around 20 diners feasting on crystal prawn song questions the volatility of the heart, between his fingers. — AFP Tawarding stars to elegant luxury establish- dumplings and lobster porridge. Regular patrons using a treaty as a metaphor for a truce ments as well as a humble haunt serving up expressed pride Wednesday in the recognition of between lovers. “I wish there was a treaty we Cantonese staples. The inaugural edition covers the their local favorite, where tables were packed and could sign / I don’t care who takes this bloody commercial hub of Shanghai and gives stars to 26 reservations required for lunch. hill,” he sings. Repeatedly on “You Want It restaurants, including the world’s least expensive two-star establishment Canton 8 — a popular ‘Overdue’ recognition lunchtime spot catering to local families. “Canton 8 A cosmopolitan city with a sprawling, tree-lined is a reflection of what can be found in Shanghai- French Quarter, Shanghai is the latest Asian city to masterful, delicious and very good-quality cook- feature in the guide following the launch of edi- ing,” said Michael Ellis, international director of the tions focusing on Hong Kong, Taipei and Michelin guides. Singapore. “What makes Shanghai particularly Master chef of Tíang Court, Justin Tan, prepares a Lunch there can cost as little as 48 yuan ($7), exciting is it’s been an economic and cultural cross- desert in his kitchen at the Tíang Court restaurant. Michelin said. Chef Jian Jieming of Canton 8 said roads for decades and the gastronomy of Shanghai he had “never dreamed” of making the list. He cred- “Our role is to promote quality food every- really reflects that rich history,” Ellis told AFP. ited the fresh ingredients and “comfortable atmos- where, not (only) French food.” The China guide International recognition of Chinese cuisine is phere” of the restaurant for its two-star award. The awarded its highest three-star rating to T’ang “overdue”, said Fuchsia Dunlop, a cook and food publication of the inaugural mainland China edi- Court, a cosy six-table Cantonese restaurant in The writer specializing in Chinese cuisine. “China has tion follows the company’s first guide to Singapore Langham hotel, famous for dishes that include the most amazing gastronomic culture, and for his- in July, when Michelin inspectors gave stars to the braised sea cucumber and Wagyu beef. “The talent- toric reasons it has not been at the forefront of city-state’s famous street food stalls. ed and creative chef Justin Tan offers cuisine in international gastronomy,” she said. But she was The guides, first published in France more than which traditional Cantonese dishes rub shoulders not convinced Michelin’s approach of sending indi- a century ago to promote automobile travel, now with some very modern dishes,” Ellis said. vidual reviewers could truly identify the country’s cover 28 countries and spotlight diverse cuisines After learning of the award, chef Tan told AFP he best restaurants. Chinese cuisine traditionally including Brazilian, Burmese, Cajun, Peruvian, and “never imagined” winning three stars, adding that caters to groups, with family-style meals consisting Tibetan. But they are not without their critics, who he was now “very nervous”. Restaurants that have of several shared dishes, she said. “If you have one question whether the quality of street fare in won a star from the culinary bible have in the past person going out to eat, it’s impossible for them to places like Hong Kong and Singapore can compare built big businesses after being recognized, with get a sense of a full, balanced Chinese meal,” she to the French haute cuisine on which the guide’s Hong Kong’s Tim Ho Wan and Taiwan’s Din Tai Fung said. “Even if you went 10 times, you wouldn’t get a reputation was made. “We have to adapt to the turning into international franchises. Canton 8 can sense of a meal with all the contrasts.” — AFP This file photo shows musician Leonard Cohen as he performs at Madison Square Garden country,” Claire Dorland-Clauzel, executive vice likely expect to see a similar surge in customers. On in New York City. — AFP president at Michelin, told AFP. Tuesday night, before the release of the guide, the ‘Misery’ actress Kathy Bates gets Walk of Fame star

S actress Kathy Bates, best known for her por- author played by James Caan in the 1990 film gonna keep this short and tell you that if I could be a trayal of an obsessed fan in “Misery,” accepted “Misery,” based on the Stephen King novel. “Sixty woman, I’d be Kathy Bates.” Ua star on Tuesday on the Hollywood Walk of years ago I stood not far from this very spot with my The actress who has survived both ovarian and Fame and dedicated the honor to a young girl bat- beloved aunt Lee,” she recalled, speaking in front of breast cancer dedicated her star on Tuesday to an tling an illness. The 68-year-old actress spoke emo- the TLC Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. eight-year-old girl named Emma, whom she said tionally at the ceremony, recounting how she “We were going to see ‘The King and I.’ And then 34 was like her battling lymphedema, a condition often believed her career was over several years ago until years later I came back to this very theatre with associated with cancer patients and which causes she was offered a role on the series “American Horror another king by the name of Stephen with a movie swelling of the limbs. — AFP Story.” She said the award-winning show created by called ‘Misery’ that changed my life.” Ryan Murphy had “literally brought me back to life,” Shirley MacLaine and Billy Bob Thornton-who coming at a time when she was dealing with health will share the screen with Bates in the upcoming (From left) Actors Shirley MacLaine, issues and the cancellation of her NBC show “Harry’s “Bad Santa 2”-also spoke at the ceremony praising Kathy Bates and Billy Bob Thornton Law.” Bates for her talent and charity work. “She is the type attend the Hollywood Walk of Fame She also recalled her big breakout in Hollywood of actor who is not only loved by the public, the fans ceremony honoring actress Kathy at age 42 thanks to her memorable Oscar-winning and the critics but also actors who know how good Bates with a star, in Hollywood, performance as a deranged nurse obsessed with an she is and what she can do,” Thornton said. “I’m California. — AFP THuRSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 l i f e s t y l e

FASHION

Indian fashion designer Suket Dhir sits looking at his creations in his studio in An Indian tailor works in the studio factory unit of fashion designer Suket Dhir An Indian man pushes a garment rack in the studio of fashion designer Suket New Delhi. — AFP photos in New Delhi. Dhir in New Delhi. India’s prize-winning designer steadies for world stage

e shot onto the world stage after winning a glitter- managed to do that (although) we are a little behind of Indians sought after in international stores. “More than a ing international fashion prize previously given to schedule.” handful are stocked but only a handful have been noticed Hdesign icons Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld. The judges of the prize, awarded in January, noted and get consistent business,” she said of Indian designers. Yet India’s Suket Dhir-hailed by Vogue as a potential “global Dhir’s attention to detail in his collection of tailored jackets, “It’s a very significant prize because the door has been fashion superstar in the making”-is uneasy about the sud- shirts and loose pants which were inspired by his child- knocked down for you. (But) You need to be able to man- den attention that has come with winning the hood spent with his grandfather in Punjab state. The lin- age your quality, your numbers, your deliveries,” Vasudev International Woolmark Prize for menswear this year. “I nev- ings of his jackets are block-printed with small motifs such added. She pointed to the international success of Indian er thought of myself as a top designer, more of a glorified as umbrellas, and the buttons on his shirts are sewn on designer Rahul Mishra, who won the same prize for wom- tailor,” Dhir told AFP at his small, busy design studio in the with different types of thread. Dhir said his clothes, some of enswear in 2014, as an example of what was possible. On backblocks of New Delhi. which are mixed with silk and use the traditional ikat tech- the road to becoming a recognized designer, Dhir worked Indian fashion designer Suket Dhir looks at one of his cre- Dhir is now in a race against time to deliver his award- nique-hand-tied and dyed yarn-to pattern textiles, are in a call center and sold mobile phones and also spent sev- ation, as he holds a garment in his studio. winning collection to prominent department stores in New meant to be worn every day. eral unsuccessful years in college, infuriating his family. York, Paris, Tokyo, Seoul and Sydney from next month-as “I was clueless about what to do with my life,” he said. well as around $75,000 in prizemoney to build up his busi- ‘Don’t do bling’ He then enrolled at the National Institute of Fashion ness, he also gets to provide a capsule collection for key “When I think of my grandfather, I think of these beauti- Technology in Delhi before starting his own label in 2010. retailers worldwide. The 37-year-old faces challenges ful jackets and blazers that you could pass on from one Dhir said the first few years were rocky financially, largely unique to India in preparing the collection of contempo- generation to the next,” the father-of-one said. “I can’t do because he refused to design outfits to cater for India’s lav- rary Western menswear with an Indian twist. Dhir uses tra- anything blingy,” he added. Indian menswear often ish annual wedding season, which many designers rely ditional weavers located close to the villages that they involves garish outfits such as heavily embroidered jackets upon for income. “I don’t do wedding gear and that’s come from, along with dyers and block printers from all and bright silk kurtas or long shirts. Leading fashion jour- where the money is. But this acknowledgement, this over the vast country to make his clothes. nalist and author Shefalee Vasudev hailed Dhir as one of an recognition (of winning the award) has happened because But the artisans are not used to working with the increasing number of Indian designers making subtle, con- I have stuck to my aesthetic,” said Dhir, the first Indian to wool that is required for the collection and which can temporary clothes. win the award for menswear. “We are breaking even at the change shape in India’s blistering heat and humid mon- “His fashion is meaningful. It’s not screaming for atten- moment which is really good. I wish I had a swankier office soons. “This was my first experience weaving with such tion. It’s not saying ‘look at me, I’m so great’ and that’s and a swankier car but we’ll get there.”—AFP difficult fabric on such a tight deadline. These designs refreshing in Indian fashion,” said Vasudev. She said the were one-off pieces and (now) I’m reproducing this col- coming months would be critical for Dhir-and will deter- lection for five or six stores,” he said. “We’ve successfully mine whether he can become one of only a small number An Indian tailor works in the studio factory unit of fashion designer Suket Dhir in New Delhi. Youth to the fore as Milan fashion week opens ilan fashion week kicked off yesterday with collec- of fashion’s system of twice-yearly menswear and wom- tions from Italian labels Grinko and Blugirl setting a enswear shows is up in the air because of trends towards uni- Myouth-orientated tone for six days of catwalk creativi- sex collections and clothes being made available to buy ty. Blugirl, the sexy younger sister of designer Anna Molinari’s immediately, rather than four months after the catwalk show. main womenswear brand Blumarine, served up a typically For Milan that could have significant consequences. “The irreverent, mix-and-match collection on the opening morning. indirect benefits to the city of the last fashion week in Bohemian romanticism was to the fore in the form of 70s-style September were estimated at 48 million euros,” said deputy off-the-shoulder tops with puffball sleeves. mayor Cristina Tajani, who said the industry could do more to But the look was hardened sometimes with biker boots help its host city. “We have done our bit by putting some of and sharp fringes helping to create a ‘rock chick’ edge, while a the city’s symbolic venues at the disposal of young designers military theme was balanced out by ultra-feminine, delicate for their shows,” she said, urging fashion houses to get touches including frilly neckties. Next up were newcomers involved in organizing events that are accessible to the gener- Wunderkind, the youth-targeted branch of Germany’s Joop al public rather than just fashion insiders. which is one of three Milan debutants among the 71 catwalk Capasa said his organization was already doing that. “We shows scheduled between now and Monday. are putting a lot of emphasis on the special events that will Paris-based couture star Giambattista Valli has shown his take place in the city in parallel with the shows,” he said. One own younger line, Giamba, in Milan before but Friday’s show event that will be strictly invitation only will be Bottega will be the first time it has been included in the official pro- Veneta’s show in Milan’s Academy of Fine Art. For the first time gram. The other newcomers are Chinese label Ricostru, the lat- in its history, the couture house will show its menswear and est up-and-coming talent to benefit from the patronage of womenswear collections together amid the artworks to cele- Giorgio Armani. They will display their 2017 Spring/Summer brate its 50th anniversary and designer Tomas Maier’s 15 years collection on Monday at the Teatro Armani, which has been as its artistic director. Gucci, whose look has taken a gender- entirely given over to young designers in a move that has bending turn under Michele, has already announced it will been branded something of a gamble. show its men and women’s collections together from Armani himself usually presents his main collection on the September 2017, as has Antonio Marras. — AFP final day of Milan, thereby helping to delay the departure of hundreds of buyers and media for the next leg of the global fashion circuit, in Paris. This year however the veteran designer is showing his main line on Friday and his Emporio Armani collection in Paris, generating fears the whole circus will decamp to the French capital on Sunday evening, after Dolce and Gabbana’s afternoon show. Carlo Capasa, the head of Italy’s Chamber of Fashion, defended the decision. “I have a very high regard for young designers and I think it is right that we have a day just for them: the day of the future,” he told reporters.

Gender-bending Alessandro Michele’s latest offering for Gucci was set to be the highlight of an opening day on which Alberta Ferretti, Roberto Cavalli and Philipp Plein are also showing. The future

Models present creations for fashion house Blugirl as part of the 2017 Women’s Spring / Summer collections shows at Milan Fashion Week yesterday in Milan. — AFP photos THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 l i f e s t y l e

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In this May 5, 2014 file photo, Tom Brady, left, and Gisele In this Dec 1, 2014 file photo, David Beckham, left, and In this Jan 10, 2016 file photo, Jada Pinkett Smith, left, and In this Feb 1, 2016 file photo, Amal Clooney, left, and Bundchen attend The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Victoria Beckham pose for photographers upon arrival at Will Smith arrive at the 73rd annual Golden Globe Awards George Clooney arrive at the world premiere of ‘Hail, Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating ‘Charles James: The British Fashion Awards 2014, in London. at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Caesar!’ in Los Angeles. Beyond Fashion’ in New York. — AP photos Farewell, Brangelina, but wait: Celeb royalty abounds

on’t worry, celeb watchers: With the unraveling of 4-month-old son, Brooklyn, was their ringbearer. And they Brangelina, you’ve still got plenty of reigning couples matched in ivory - his hair was a golden blond then. Victoria Dto obsess over. Some cases in point: donned a huge gown with a little royal crown on the top of her head. How did they celebrate their 17th anniversary? By The Wests gushing about each other on Instagram, natch, posting then He, Kanye West, puts on fashion shows that try the and now photos. They, too, have been rocked by rumors, in patience of some critics, drops new Yeezy shoe designs that this case an alleged affair between David and an assistant that sell out in minutes and is currently performing high above got the tabloids going in 2004. Victoria later told W magazine devotees on a platform during his “Life of Pablo” tour. She, Kim in a joint interview with her husband: “I’m not going to lie. It Kardashian West, poses now-routinely in the nude for maga- was a really tough time. It was hard for our entire families.” zines and on her massively popular Instagram account (because she loves her body). She lays her life bare on her own The Bundchen Bradys app and her family’s popular “Keeping Up With the The Brazilian bombshell, supermodel Gisele Bundchen, Kardashians” reality show. and the New England Patriot, Tom Brady, have two kids Together, they’re Kimye, and they rarely make a move that together, 6-year-old Benjamin and 3-year-old Vivian. We know isn’t heavily documented on social media, either by them- this because Bundchen and Brady guard their kids’ privacy but selves, their fans or all those people who love to hate them. she recently posted a rollicking ‘gram of the good-looking lit- The two married on May 24, 2014, in a lavish ceremony in tle ones playing outside by a tree. Bundchen has been the Florence, Italy. They have two young children, including 3- world’s highest paid model since 2002, earning roughly $44 year-old fashionista North West. million a year. They married Feb. 26, 2009, after a couple years of dating. The Carters Bundchen said she fell in love with Brady because he’s a “kind He, Shawn Corey Carter, is Jay Z, a high-living rap mogul In this Feb 20, 2016 file photo, Beyonce and Jay Z attend In this Aug 28, 2016 file photo, Kim Kardashian West, left, man,” but she told Charlie Rose on “CBS This Morning” last who might or might not have cheated on his famous and the NBA basketball game between the Los Angeles and Kanye West arrive at the MTV Video Music Awards in November that she had considered leaving her “Deflategate” influential power wife, Beyonce, as she seems to imply on her Clippers and Golden State Warriors, in Los Angeles. New York. quarterback after learning his former girlfriend, actress mega-hit visual album “Lemonade.” The two got hitched April Bridget Moynahan, was pregnant with Brady’s child back in 4, 2008, in a private ceremony at their Tribeca apartment, and 2007. Trying times hit again with Brady’s football-tampering have a daughter, 4-year-old Blue Ivy. Her fan base is known as like emergency refugee policy. On Monday, Amal pushed for been married a mighty long time, sealing the deal on Dec 31, scandal. He’s two games into a four-game suspension, plan- the Beehive. Jay’s loyalists love to flash him the Roc Symbol, a the United Nations to investigate and prosecute Islamic State 1997. That’s about how many years they’ve been battling ning to return to the field Oct 9. “I think we’ve been through a diamond shape and reference to his Roc Nation company, group commanders for genocide, saying on the “Today” show break-up rumors. The divorce mill got so busy that Will took to few tough times together,” Bundchen told Rose. “I think that’s which includes a record label, talent agency, touring and con- she discussed her effort to legally fight the IS group with her Facebook in August 2015 to declare, in part: “NOT GETTING A when you know who are your friends, who loves you. ... No cert production, music, film and TV production and a music husband, and he understands “this is my work.” George, once DIVORCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:-) I promise you all - if I ever decide to matter how challenging it was, we’ve always been supportive publishing house. among the world’s most sought-after bachelors, joked last divorce my Queen - I SWEAR I’ll tell you myself! #Dumb People of one another, and I think that’s the most important thing year on late-night TV that he loved his gig as Amal’s arm can- Should Have to Wear Scarlet D’s” For her part, Jada took to you can have in life, a support system and love.”— AP The Clooneys dy. “Shiny and pretty,” he told Stephen Colbert on “The Late Twitter: “My king has spoken.” She, a British international human rights lawyer, used to be Show, “that’s mostly what I do.” an Alamuddin, until she married him, the dashing movie star, The Beckhams and became a Clooney. The two wed on Sept. 27, 2014, in The Smiths As in David and Victoria. The two Brits, he a soccer legend Venice, Italy, sending the paparazzi into high gear, but there’s He’s Will Smith, striking movie star, and she’s Jada Pinkett and she the former Spice Girl turned fashion designer, married more to this Hollywood royalty. They take meetings with the Smith, striking TV star. Together they have a couple of striking July 4, 1999. They met at a charity soccer match and wed at likes of German Chancellor Angela Merkel to talk about things teenagers, Willow and Jaden. In LA LA land terms, they’ve Luttrellstown Castle in Ireland after a two-year romance. Their

Key moments in Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s relationship

ctress Angelina Jolie has filed for a divorce from married until everyone in this country had the right to get actor Brad Pitt after 12 years together including two married,” he said. Ayears of marriage, the end for one of Hollywood’s April 2012: Jolie and Pitt announce their engagement most glamorous and powerful couples. Below is a timeline after she is spotted wearing a large diamond ring designed of key moments in the A-list couple’s relationship over the by Pitt. years: May 2013: Jolie reveals in a New York Times op-ed that January 2005: Brad Pitt and “Friends” star Jennifer she underwent a double mastectomy after learning she Aniston separate amid rumors that he and Jolie had an had inherited a high risk of breast cancer. She said she affair while filming the upcoming spy action thriller “Mr made the decision in part to reassure her children that she and Mrs Smith.” Neither party confirmed the rumors. would not die young from cancer, as her own mother Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz Demi Moore and Bruce Willis April 2005: Photos appear in media of Pitt with Jolie Marcheline Bertrand did at age 56 in 2007. and her adopted Cambodian son Maddox, vacationing August 2014: Jolie and Pitt quietly marry in a small cer- together in Kenya. emony at their Chateau Miraval estate in France. All six chil- ‘Brangelina’ split: Five other January 2006: Representatives for Jolie and Pitt con- dren took part and Jolie wore an Atelier Versace white firm to People magazine the actress is pregnant with Pitt’s dress featuring colorful designs drawn by her children. child, the first time the couple acknowledge their relation- November 2015: Jolie and Pitt appear at the premiere ship publicly. A Los Angeles judge grants Jolie’s request for of “By The Sea,” a drama directed and written by Jolie in Hollywood power couples Pitt to become the adoptive father of Maddox and daugh- which they play a married couple drifting apart. ter Zahara, changing their last names to Jolie-Pitt. September 2016: Jolie files for divorce from Pitt in Los May 2006: The couple’s first biological child, a girl Angeles court, citing irreconcilable differences and s Angelina Jolie files for divorce from Brad Pitt, here’s a took off, with Moore the best-paid actress in Hollywood by 1990 named Shiloh Nouvel, is born in Namibia. requesting sole physical custody of the children. Pitt look at some of the other off-screen Hollywood romances and Willis working on the “Die Hard” series. They remained friends July 2008: Jolie gives birth to the couple’s twins responded with a statement to People magazine saying he Athat have kept audiences enthralled: after their split, even spending holidays together to give stability Vivienne Marcheline and Knox Leon in southern France. was “very saddened.”— Reuters to their three daughters. September 2011: Pitt appeared on Ellen DeGeneres’ Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart show while promoting “Moneyball” to discuss marriage The sultry Bacall made her debut aged just 19 opposite Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman plans with Jolie. “I’ve said that we would not be getting Bogart, 44, in “To Have and Have Not” in 1944. They got married a The pair met on the set of “Days of Thunder”, a high-adrena- year later; the age gap did not stop them from becoming one of line racing movie starring Cruise as an ambitious young driver Hollywood’s most mythical couples. Bacall cemented her status and Kidman as his neurosurgeon love interest. It was released in as a film noir icon with appearances alongside Bogart in “The Big 1990; they were married by the end of the year. “I was a baby Sleep” (1946), “Dark Passage” (1947), and “Key Largo” in 1948. They when I married Tom, but I don’t regret any of it,” Kidman later said. were married until Bogart’s death from cancer in 1957. The couple adopted two children and starred in two other films together-”Far and Away” and “Eyes Wide Shut”-but divorced in Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton 2001. Cruise later married actress Katie Holmes, gaining the Taylor and Burton’s famously turbulent romance began in celebrity moniker “TomKat”. Their six-year relationship, ending in 1963 when the pair were filming “Cleopatra”, she in the title role 2012, was heavily scrutinized by the press, largely because of and he as her Mark Antony. Both were married to other people at Cruise’s growing involvement in the Church of Scientology. the time but their instant chemistry was plain to see. They were married twice: for ten years from 1964, and another year from Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz 1975-76.Both unions were marred by alcoholism and furious Spanish actress Cruz-another former lover of Tom Cruise- arguments, though they remained close into their later years. began dating her Oscar-winning “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” co-star They starred in eleven films together, including “Who’s Afraid of Bardem in 2007. Married in 2010, the couple have two children Virginia Woolf?” (1966) and “The Taming of the Shrew” (1967). together and are fiercely private. They sparked a Hollywood row In this Nov 12, 2006 file photo, American in 2014 when they signed an open letter blasting Israel’s bom- actress and UNHCR Ambassador Angelina Demi Moore and Bruce Willis bardment of Gaza. But both released follow-up statements clari- Jolie, left, with her daughter Zahara, and Brad Married for more than a decade from 1987, Moore and Willis fying their comments, amid rumors that Israel-supporting Pitt, right, with Jolie’s son Maddox, walk near were one of the most prominent Hollywood power couples of Hollywood executives were furious over the move. — AFP the Gateway of India in Mumbai, India. — AP the late 80s and early 90s. Both blamed the collapse of their rela- tionship on not having enough time together as their careers THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 l i f e s t y l e

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This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Marion Cotillard, left, and In this June 28, 2001 file photo, American actors Brad Pitt and his wife, Jennifer In this March 14, 2000 file photo, actor Brad Pitt, left, and actress Jennifer Brad Pitt in a scene from, ‘Allied,’ in theaters on November 23. — AP photos Aniston, arrive to attend Giorgio Armani Spring/Summer 2002 menswear col- Aniston, arrive at the premiere of the new film ‘Erin Brockovich,’ in the lection presented in Milan, Italy. Westwood section of Los Angeles. Jolie and Pitt’s romance, divorce bookended by films or Angelina Jolie Pitt and Brad Pitt, it started with Throwing flower petals Pitt said, requesting space for the children. The gossipy, tequila and dancing in the rain in Bogota and ended It was a strange story to fall in love to, but not uncom- tabloid origins would always at least partially define Fon the French seaside with white wine, pills and tears. mon in the entertainment business, even if Pitt was mar- “Brangelina.” But after the media upheaval, Jolie Pitt and Hollywood’s most storied modern couple only appeared ried at the time to Jennifer Aniston. Jolie had already been Pitt eventually settled into their own unique kind of globe- together twice in the movies. The first time, in 2005’s “Mr & married twice, to Billy Bob Thornton and Jonny Lee Miller. trotting domesticity. They were seldom-seen Hollywood Mrs Smith,” they fell in love. A decade later, “By the Sea” “We just became kind of a pair. And it took until, really, the royalty, their image predicated more on parenting than would come just a year before their relationship would end of the shoot for us, I think, to realize that it might partying. come to an end with Jolie Pitt filing for divorce. Both times mean something more than we’d earlier allowed ourselves In this Jan 27, 2008 file photo, Angelina Jolie, left, and they played a childless husband and wife whose passion to believe,” Jolie Pitt told Vogue in 2006. Ambitious director Brad Pitt sit together before the start of the 14th Annual had turned to resentment. Monday’s divorce filing comes after 12 years together The pair adopted children from Cambodia, Vietnam and Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles. Their real life together was full of public declarations and two in marriage. The couple wed in August 2014, pri- Ethiopia. In 2006, they formed the Jolie-Pitt Foundation, to and displays of love, children, philanthropy, humanitarian vately at their French chateau in the Provence hamlet of which they funneled many of the millions they made sell- work and glamour. In the movies, though, their surface Correns with their children serving as ring bearers and ing personal pictures to celebrity magazines. Jolie Pitt, beauty was only a mask for the rot and boredom under- throwing flower petals. An attorney for Jolie Pitt, Robert who became special envoy for the United Nations in 2012, neath. Still, even through tears and gunfire, they always Offer, said Tuesday that her decision was made “for the was an outspoken voice for refugees, as well as for breast smoldered. “You can absolutely madly love the same per- health of the family.” She is petitioning for physical custody cancer treatment after undergoing a double mastectomy son you want to kill,” Jolie Pitt said in 2015, seated on a silk- of 15-year-old Maddox, 12-year-old Pax, 11-year-old herself. Pitt built homes in New Orleans for victims of sheeted bed next to Pitt on the set of “By the Sea,” filmed Zahara, 10-year-old Shiloh, and 8-year-old twins Knox and Hurricane Katrina. Both expanded creatively, too, but on their technical honeymoon, but it could have easily Vivienne, with visitation rights for Pitt, who said in a state- mostly separately, Jolie Pitt as a burgeoning and ambitious been about either. In “Mr & Mrs Smith,” they are actually ment to People how “saddened” he is. director of both war epics like “Unbroken,” and languid trying to kill each other after all. “What matters most now is the wellbeing of our kids,” melodramas like “By the Sea,” and Pitt as a producer of socially relevant films through his Plan B production com- pany, including the Academy Award-winning “12 Years a Slave,” last year’s “The Big Short” and the recently debuted festival hit “Moonlight.” “By the Sea,” which Jolie Pitt wrote while grieving for her In this May 28, 2014 file photo, Angelina Jolie and Brad mother, who died in 2007, was sold nonetheless as the big Pitt arrive at the world premiere of ‘Maleficent’ in Los on screen reunion of the couple who changed tabloid cul- Angeles. ture and our expectations of what exactly is possible on a movie set just 10 years earlier. But it fizzled with critics and audiences, making a mere $538,000 at the box office domestically. The “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” spark that enveloped its own stars and titillated audiences to the tune of $186.3 million domestically had given way to something infinitely more real. “When we first worked together it was very different because we didn’t really know each other and we were young and, it was really a fun film, so we thought, maybe ‘By the Sea’ was going to be that kind of fun, but realized very quickly that it wasn’t,” Jolie Pitt told The Telegraph in 2015. “Then we joked that this is what happens after 10 years of marriage.” — AP

In this April 13, 2016 file photo, Jennifer Aniston This file photo provided by Universal Pictures shows, Brad Pitt, left, and Angelina Jolie Pitt in a scene from the film “By arrives at the Los Angeles the Sea.” premiere of “Mother’s Day.”

After split, London’s Madame Tussauds separates Jolie, Pitt wax figures

ondon’s Madame Tussauds museum said yester- attraction,” a Madame Tussauds spokesperson said. day it had separated its wax figure replicas of “The couple’s wax figures, which were launched in LAngelina Jolie and Brad Pitt after the Hollywood 2013, have been split up and are now featured at a power couple announced their split. Jolie’s attorney respectful distance from each other. Angelina is keep- said on Tuesday the actress had filed for divorce from ing Nicole Kidman company and Brad Pitt is with his Pitt, her romantic partner since 2005 and husband of several time co-star Morgan Freeman.”— Reuters two years. “We reacted quickly to yesterday’s news of the separation of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt and their plans to divorce by mirroring the separation in the A look at Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s property portfolio

ith the unexpected news that Angelina Jolie filed for million and the price plummeted to $5.65 million before it was along with indoor and outdoor swimming pools, spa and gym divorce from Brad Pitt-legal documents cite irrecon- taken off the market in mid-December. Listing details from the facilities, a professional-grade screening room, a video game Wcilable differences but celebrity gossip juggernaut time show that in addition to a “Magnificently renovated” arcade, a dirt bike course, and a couple of helicopter landing TMZ reports she became “fed up” with his pot smoking, con- main house with elevator, Venetian plastered walls and a pads. Miz Jolie, nominated for an Oscar in 2009 for cerned with his “anger problem,” and unhappy with his parent- “gourmet kitchen” with “top of the line appliances,” the prop- “Changeling” and an Oscar winner in 2000 for “Girl ing methods-we thought we’d have a quick poke around the erty has a two-story guesthouse with one bedroom and 1.5 Interrupted,” has owned a 1,232-square-foot apartment on a couple’s impressive international property portfolio. In three bathrooms, a private and spacious courtyard with swimming high floor of the elegant and architecturally distinguished separate transactions during the mid- to late-1990s Mister Pitt pool, and off-street parking for two cars. Ansonia building on New York City’s Upper West Side since paid a total of $2.55 million for three contiguous properties in December of 1997 and in 2003 she bought a traditional home an affluent and celeb-soaked pocket of Los Angeles’s Los Feliz Numerous structures on almost 100 acres in Cambodia’s Battambang Province area. Giovanni Ribisi owns one of the neighboring properties In 2008 the now erstwhile pair rented Chateau Miraval, a where she later bought about 12,000 acres of land she turned and Rooney Mara owns a nearby home she scooped up in ear- sprawling, multi-residence estate near the village of Correns in into a wildlife preserve. And, finally, in late 2000, shortly after ly 2015 for $2.9 million from Alexander Skarsgard. Subsequent the south of France and they purchased the approximately Mister Pitt married his first wife Jennifer Aniston, the six-time to the Jolie-Pitt’s coupling the almost freakishly attractive pair 1,200-acre spread in 2012 from American businessman Tom Oscar nominated and one-time Oscar-winning actor paid an added two more adjoining properties that combined cost Bove for a reported $60 million. Just over an hour by car north unknown amount for an 11.5 acre ocean-front compound $2,387,500. of Toulon and roughly 1.5 hours by car west of Cannes, the vil- along a rugged and otherwise unspoiled stretch of beach just All together, according to property records and other lage-like compound has numerous structures, some of which outside of Santa Barbara, California. online resources, the gated and, no doubt, heavily secured date to the 18th-century. In addition to a main house that Of course, this property gossip doesn’t know an apple from compound cost a total of $4,942,500 and encompasses 1.9 some reports say has 35 or more rooms there are several and apple cart so we really can’t say what will come of the acres with at least four structures including a 1915 Craftsman smaller cottages for guests and/or staff, a Romanesque chapel Jolie-Pitt’s numerous properties but we assume without any that clocks in at 6,692-square-feet with six bedrooms and sev- where the couple wed, and a recording studio. inside intel that each will keep what they brought to their ten- In this May 21, 2007 file photo, American actor-produc- en bathrooms. In the latter days of 2006, not too long after The property, which they bought from American business- plus year union and that Chateau Miraval and their New er Brad Pitt, left, and American actress Angelina Jolie they hooked up but almost eight years before their August man was once owned by French jazz pianist Jacques Loussier- Orleans pied-a-terre will be sold off. We shall see, butter arrive for a photo call for the film ‘A Mighty Heart,’ at 2014 wedding, the Jolie-Pitts splashed out $3.5 million for a where Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Muse and Sting have all been beans, we shall see. — Reuters the 60th International film festival in Cannes, southern 1930s masonry mansion in New Orleans’ famed French reported to have recorded. The property is has pine forests, France. — AFP Quarter. In May 2015 they put the mansion up for sale at $6.5 olive groves, a private pond, and extensive organic vineyards Farewell, Brangelina, but wait: Celeb royalty abounds

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Visitors attend the media preview of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei Italy’s first major retrospective “Libero” at the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence yesterday. The exhibition will start on September 23 and will run until January 22, 2017. — AFP Painting the town for peace in South Sudan n bakery walls, buildings and roadside sheeting in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, street artists fed Oup with war are painting for peace as young musicians, actors and artists campaign to end decades of conflict. A mural of a child in a singlet working at a sewing machine reads “the young who are tired are the ones who will sew the fabric of our nation back togeth- er.” A white-washed bakery wall features stark silhou- ettes wielding axes while a container doubling up as a cultural center shows an AK-47 shooting doves instead of bullets. The anti-war street art burgeoning on the roads of the hot, humid South Sudanese capital on the banks of the White Nile, the scene of heavy combat as recently as July, is the work of a newly-created movement called #AnaTaban. #AnaTaban tags itself on twitter as “a com- munity of young South Sudanese creatives who are tired of seeing our people suffer.” The world’s newest nation won its independence only five years ago after decades of war. But the fighting continued, degenerat- ing into a particularly brutal civil conflict that has driven more than one million people out of the country and displaced many more. Villages have been burnt to the ground, almost half “What is happening now in South Sudan is corruption, A member of the new the population relies on food assistance to survive and war, conflict,” said painter and cartoonist Thomas Dai. Last activist movement women and girls are raped by government and rebel week a report commissioned by actor-activist George #AnaTaban, paints a new forces, according to rights groups. So with no end in Clooney alleged massive corruption and war profiteering mural at the Aggrey Jaden sight, some 40 entertainers and artists in Juba set up by its leaders, saying the key factor in the fighting was cultural centre in Juba. #AnaTaban with the support of exiled compatriots “competition for the grand prize-control over state assets also involved in the arts. They hope to spread to other and the country’s abundant natural resources,” notably In this file photo, a model of the future Abu Dhabi branch of the Louvre muse- cities such as Wau, Yei, Aweil and Yambio. its oil. “Those things, we want to put them out, we want um by French architect Jean Nouvel is on display as part of a sample collection to throw them out,” said Dai. “We want to say these things at the museum in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. — AP photos ‘I’m sorry’ are not good. That’s what we want to show to the people “What #AnaTaban is doing is actually to create a plat- through art, painting, graffiti, on the street”. Poet and rap- form for other young South Sudanese people to raise per Asif Kafi described the group’s work as “art-ivism”, Abu Dhabi names Louvre outpost their voices, to speak out their mind, so we all have combining art and activism. “We have musicians, we have everlasting peace in this country,” said co-founder Joyce artists, people ... portraying a message of peace and rec- Maker. Maker, an actress, brings theatre, playing out onciliation,” he said. — AP director, plans 2017 launch dire scenes of conflict, while #AnaTaban musicians have recorded a first song- and are preparing another under the theme #AnaMalesh-”I’m sorry” in Arabic. Over the rt lovers will have to wait a bit Guggenheim museum. The district, coming weeks the group plans a series of public events, longer to visit a much-anticipated known as Saadiyat Island, has for years on streets, in hospitals, schools and even in prisons. AMideast outpost of the Louvre, been a focus of criticism over the treat- which will be headed by a Frenchman ment of thousands of low-paid migrant involved in the project for years. The Abu workers involved in its construction. Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority said The Tourism Development and Tuesday the branch in the United Arab Investment Co, the project’s government- Emirates capital won’t host its first visitors backed developer, put in place policies until sometime in 2017. It’s the latest in a designed to protect workers and monitor series of delays for the project, which was compliance at the site. Rights activists say originally slated to open in 2012. It most the reforms were not enough to prevent recently was expected to be finished by exploitation and abuse. One worker died year’s end. while working on the Louvre last year. The tourism authority named Paris Curators have acquired 600 pieces of art museums veteran Manuel Rabate as the so far, and plan to display them alongside museum’s first director. The 40-year-old 300 others on loan from French muse- has worked at the original Louvre and ums. The collection includes works by served as CEO of Agence France- French painters Paul Gauguin and Museums, which is charged with carrying Edouard Manet, as well as religious out France’s commitments in developing pieces, including a 6th-Century Chinese the UAE museum, since 2013. Designed Buddha sculpture and a more than 500- by renowned architect Jean Nouvel, the year-old Torah from Yemen. — AP sky-lit, domed museum is the centerpiece of an ambitious waterfront cultural dis- trict that will also include a branch of the Painter Thomas Dai (left) and musician James Aka, both members of the new activist movement #AnaTaban, talk in front of Thomas’ latest graffiti in a street in Juba.