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By A Saleh and Agencies The Real Fouz makes SHARJAH: Two Kuwaiti students, including a member Kuwait Times debut of the royal family, were sentenced to death yesterday by the Sharjah Sharia Court for the torture and murder Kuwait Times is pleased of their roommate. Kuwaiti Mubarak Meshaal Al- to announce a collabora- Mubarak, 19, a first-year student at the University of tion with one of Kuwait’s Sharjah, died at the University City Hospital in Sharjah most beautiful and well- on Feb 24 last year after suffering internal bleeding, known local personali- burns and multiple fractures sustained following several ties, The Real Fouz. days of physical abuse. The victim’s family had asked the Known for her amazing judge to give the duo the death sentence. beauty tips, lifestyle The verdict was issued by Judge Hussain Al-Assofi. advice and much more, The suspects, ruling-family member Y S, 20, and H A, 19, The Real Fouz will be were found guilty of depriving the victim’s freedom, tor- offering Kuwait Times’ readers a weekly column on ture and premeditated murder. A third man, who fled a range of topics. (See Page 37) the UAE, was fined 1,000 dirhams in absentia for cover- ing up the crime and failing to report it to the authori- ties. Y S and H A admitted to investigators they tortured Mubarak, who was sharing an apartment with one of News them, and claimed that they did it over a financial dis- in brief pute. They also claimed that the victim was harassing the sister of one of the suspects. It is understood that Mubarak had borrowed 100,000 dirhams from one of Belgium bars Suwaidan the suspects. Authorities indicated this explained why for alleged anti-Semitism Mubarak maintained his silence despite four days of tor- BRUSSELS: Belgium yesterday banned a Kuwaiti preacher ture and did not report the matter to the police. from attending an event in Brussels, accusing him of making Police also found a six-minute video recording on anti-Semitic remarks and being a threat to public order. one of the student’s mobiles that showed the victim Tareq Al-Suwaidan, described as a leader of the Muslim KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Shiites flagellate themselves as they take part in a traditional mourning event during being physically abused and tortured. Brotherhood in the state, was due to speak at the Brussels Ashoura commemorations yesterday at a husseiniya in Daiya. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat (See Page 3) Continued on Page 13 Muslim Fair this weekend. But Belgian Interior Minister Jan Jambon ordered officials to “take the necessary steps to forbid Tareq Al-Suwaidan access to the area or Gunmen kill 8 to stay in it”, his office said in a statement. “It was the only decision possible,” Jambon and Prime in attack on Minister Charles Michel said in the statement. “This preacher has Saudi Shiites unacceptable anti-Semitic beliefs and his presence here is a threat to Tareq Al-Suwaidan public order.” Reacting to the 4 killed in shootout Belgian ban, he said on his Facebook page yesterday: “Under pressure from the Zionist lobby, the Belgian government RIYADH: Masked gunmen killed eight Shiite worship- has decided to block my access to its territory (even though pers in Saudi Arabia during a major religious festival, I have a valid visa).” The event he was meant to speak at police said yesterday, in an unprecedented attack high- draws thousands of people. lighting sectarian tensions in the Sunni-dominated kingdom. Two suspected militants and two security offi- cers were later killed in a gun battle. Police said 15 peo- State tenders carried ple were detained after the shooting late Monday in out properly: Minister Eastern Province, which came as Shiites prepared to KUWAIT: The entire process of fielding tenders for mega mark the peak of Ashoura, one of the holiest festivals of state projects is completely their faith. Nine other worshippers were wounded in above board and is carried out the attack. with the utmost transparency, Three assailants fired machineguns and pistols at the Minister of Public Works and crowd in the village of Al-Dalwa, police told the official Electricity and Water Abdulaziz SPA news agency. Footage posted online showed Al-Ibrahim said yesterday. He corpses lying in pools of blood after the attack in the was referring to the tender for oil-rich eastern region, where most of Saudi Arabia’s two the new airport, which he million Shiites live. Bloodstains were seen on the carpet assured has not been awarded Abdulaziz Al-Ibrahim of the hall where the commemorations were being to any entity yet. He said it was held. Seven of the eight people were killed at the Shiite premature to say which company is going to build the place of worship in Dalwa. The other person was found project, noting that a committee would be formed shot dead in a car in a neighbouring village, a ministry shortly to determine who would get the tender for this spokesman said. Twelve others were injured. vital project. Continued on Page 13

Gulf energy subsidies worth $160bn a year KUWAIT: Arab states in the Gulf, which pump a fifth of the Alwaleed says world’s crude oil, spend more than $160 billion on energy subsidies annually, a top World Bank official said yesterday. “Gulf states spend around 10 percent of their gross domestic oil reliance product every year on energy subsidies including fuel and electricity. That amounts to $160 billion,” said Shantayanan ‘dangerous’, Devarajan, the bank’s chief economist for Middle East and North Africa. “The GCC and other MENA states must start calls for SWF cutting energy subsidies now otherwise problems associat- ed with them will get worse,” Devarajan told a news confer- JEDDAH: The fall of crude oil prices below $80 a bar- ence in Kuwait on a World Bank report on subsidies. The rel proves Saudi Arabia’s reliance on petroleum rev- report said the Middle East and North Africa region, which is enue is “dangerous”, billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin home to 5.5 percent of the world’s population and boasts Talal said yesterday. “Clearly the fact that the price of 3.3 percent of its GDP, accounts for 48 percent of global oil went down to below 80 proved that we were cor- energy subsidies. rect by asking the government to have other sources of Americana shareholder income,” Alwaleed told in talks on stake sale reporters in the western Saudi DUBAI: Kuwait Food Co (Americana) said yesterday that a city of Jeddah. “Saudi Arabia major shareholder, Al Khair National for Stocks and Real depends 90 percent on oil, Estate Co, was in preliminary talks with “various parties” to which is not right, it’s wrong sell its stake in Americana. The company, which has a market and it’s dangerous, actually,” value of around $4.3 billion, did not identify the parties but added the prince, who is a stressed that no final agreement had been reached and no nephew of King Abdullah. binding commitments had been made. Al-Khair is owned by The prince is one of the the Al-Kharafi family, which controls Americana with a 66.8 Alwaleed bin Talal world’s richest men, whose percent stake. Several factors may affect the completion of a investments span a range of deal for Al-Khair, Americana said, including a review by the sectors including global media and hotel brands. He franchiser of franchising contracts granted to Americana; is also a philanthropist known for his outspoken views regulatory and legal approvals, including one by the US in the conservative kingdom. His comments came as Department of Justice; and the determination of a fair price the benchmark US crude price hit a three-year low of for the company. Continued on Page 13 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014 LOCAL

KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince with HH Sheikh Nasser Al-Sabah at Bayan Palace yesterday. —KUNA HH Sheikh Nawaf Al-Sabah with CBK Governor Mohammad Al-Hashel Crown Prince receives top Kuwaiti figures, foreign guests

KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Kuwait (CBK) Mohammad Al-Hashel, Finance Gnassingbe addressed to HH the Amir Sheikh a letter from Mauritanian President Mohamed Diwan Affairs Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah and Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Minister Anas Al-Saleh and Togolese Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah about Ould Abdelaziz addressed to HH the Amir Undersecretary of HH Crown Prince for received at Bayan Palace yesterday His Economy and Finance Minister Adji Oteth means to bolster bilateral relations. Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Protocols Sheikh Mubarak Sabah Al-Salem Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al- Ayassor. HH the Crown Prince also received and focuses on bilateral relations. The meet- Al-Humoud Al-Sabah. HH the Crown Prince Ahmad Al-Sabah. HH Sheikh Nawaf also Ayassor handed over HH the Crown Prince Mauritanian Minister of Economy and ings with Togolese and Mauritanian ministers also received Deputy National Assembly received Governor of the Central Bank of a letter from Togolese President Faure Development Sidi Ould Tah who handed him were attended by Deputy Minister of Amiri Speaker Mubarak Al-Khurainej. — KUNA VIVA top in social media in Kuwait, region

KUWAIT: VIVA, Kuwait’s fastest-growing Middle East, gaining major popularity and most developed telecom operator, across the region for both individuals has always been committed to provid- and corporations when it did so. VIVA ing high quality, competitively priced has been leading on this front and now telecommunication services to maxi- has over 300,000 likes on its Facebook mize customer satisfaction and loyalty. page, which it actively uses to highlight Since the company’s inception, VIVA the company’s developments, promo- has been a pioneer in the launch of tions and competitions to its audience. numerous new services, promotions The company has run many competi- and adopting new technologies to facil- tions on these social media channels, itate communicating with its cus- engaging with its customers on an on- tomers. going basis, letting them know the lat- VIVA’s leading social media presence est in technological advancements on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, while they are on the go. VIVA has also KUWAIT: Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled meets members of the journey’s board of trustees. — KUNA when compared to its peers, stems from continued to highlight events and the company’s strong belief in using activities from its partnership agree- social network sites as a medium to ments with two of the leading football FM receives Hope journey board interact with Kuwaiti audiences. VIVA’s teams in the world, the Spanish team Instagram account @vivatelecom has Real Madrid and the English team successfully reached over 100 thousand Manchester United, bringing their fans KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and the Journey of Hope Youssef Abdulhamid Al- iting Togo’s Finance Minister Adji Oteth Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al- Jassim, and board members, expressed grati- Ayassor, and his accompanying delegation. The followers, making it the number one all the up to date news and statistics. Hamad Al-Sabah received yesterday the board tude to Sheikh Sabah Khaled for the support meeting was attended by the Foreign Instagram account in Kuwait amongst VIVA has regularly displayed its com- of trustees of the Journey of Hope and con- and facilities offered by the Foreign Ministry Minister’s Office Director Ambassador Sheikh the telecom operators. VIVA had also mitment towards corporate social gratulated them on the successful tour around and diplomatic missions overseas during the Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah, launched a dedicated Instagram responsibility (CSR), playing an active the world. tour, which helped realize the set goals. Acting Director of African Department Hamad account for football fans (@dawriviva) as role in supporting the Kuwaiti commu- Sheikh Sabah Khaled said the Journey of The delegation included Sheikha Sheikha Sulaiman Al-Meshaan and other officials from a way of building on its five year exclu- nity on many levels. Today, the compa- Hope had achieved set targets, namely high- Al-Abdullah Al-Khalifa Al-Sabah, Captain Faisal the Ministry. sive partnership agreement with the ny takes pride in being seen by the lighting Kuwait’s civilized and humanitarian Thanian Al-Ghanim, Dr Modhi Al-Hamoud, The Foreign Minister also received the cre- Kuwait Football Association (KFA), local community as one of Kuwait’s image as well as the country’s support to the brigadier Khaled Al-Kandari, Saoud Faisal dentials of the newly-appointed ambassador bringing audiences ever-closer to the leading socially responsible and envi- disabled. Alghanim and Rehab Boresly. of Kazakhstan to the State of Kuwait, Almas action. VIVA’s @dawriviva account ronmentally aware commercial organi- Board Chairman and Executive Director of Separately, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled met vis- Abdramanov. —KUNA showcases the most important stories zations. VIVA’s CSR activities can be and hottest talents that Dawri VIVA has reviewed on the company’s website at to offer. Through the @dawriviva www.viva.com.kw/csr and these are account, football fans and sports enthu- also highlighted throughout the com- siasts have exclusive and instant access pany’s social media channels. to breaking news, results, develop- VIVA plans to increase its attention ments, previews, live sports reports, to LinkedIn, a business-oriented social match timings, as well as the latest play- networking service, aiming to attract er announcements and unique photo- both local and foreign talent to the graphs of players and games. company as it grows and expands in VIVA has also been an active tweep the market. It will also use the platform on Twitter, with a verified account to communicate with its peers in the which has over 177 thousand followers, business community more frequently. enabling customers and followers know VIVA is immensely proud of its social the latest developments from the com- media success and its ongoing engage- pany. VIVA’s Chief Executive Officer, Eng ment with its customers, and will con- Salman Al Badran has been a strong tinue to utilize its media expertise to advocate of social media, with 145,000 reach the widest possible audience. followers on his personal verified twit- To find out more about VIVA’s ter page, to respond and update his awards, initiatives and latest competi- customers with the latest develop- tive promotions, products and pack- ments by the company. ages, visit one of the 58 VIVA branches, CBK concludes employees training program Facebook was one of the first social or the VIVA website www.viva.com.kw, media channels to open its door in the or call VIVA’s 24 hour call center on 102. KUWAIT: The Commercial Bank of Kuwait (CBK) attended by CBK executive administration team Mohammed Amin stressed that enrolling celebrated the graduation of six employees from members and a group of bankers. The course employees in specialized training course was a special training course titled ‘Newly was recently held under auspices of the Central part of the bank’s policy to give them modern Graduating Kuwaiti bankers Recruitment and Bank of Kuwait. Speaking on the occasion, CBK’s knowledge and skills that would positively influ- development Program.’ The celebration was Human Resources Department Manager, ence their jobs performance.

KUWAIT: Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to Kuwait Murat Tamer hosted a reception at his residence on the occasion of the proclamation of the Turkish republic. Senior officials, diplomats, members of the Turkish community in Kuwait and media representatives attended the recep- tion. — Photos by Joseph Shagra WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014 LOCAL

KUWAIT: Shiite Muslims in Kuwait marked the martyrdom of Imam Al-Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him), at Husseiniyas (Shiite mosques) around the country yesterday. Imam Hussein ibn Ali, son of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the fourth Caliph in Islam, was killed in the Battle of Karbala on the tenth day of Muharram on the 61st Hijri year (680 AD). The battle is commemorated on an annual 10-day period, starting on the first day of the lunar year and culminating on its tenth day, known as the Day of Ashura.—Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat Shiites mark Imam Hussein martyrdom LOCAL WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014 Kuwait stresses support to regional, international security Interior Minister calls for intensive international anti-terrorism efforts

MONACO: Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al- Sabah underlined yesterday Kuwait’s belief in compre- hensive regional and international security. “In the State of Kuwait, through our unshakable belief in the all-embracing concept of regional and international security, and full commitment to the res- olutions and mechanisms of the Interpol, we affirm our uninterrupted efforts to enhance joint interna- tional security cooperation,” Sheikh Mohammad Al- Khaled told the Interpol’s 83rd General Assembly. The Minister is leading the Kuwaiti delegation to the Interpol meetings that kicked off in Monaco today. He said that Kuwait last September signed the Interpol’s Travel Document agreement to ease travels by Interpol officers to member countries on official Zain’s Pink Corner at Al-Hamra Luxury Center missions. The documents is intended to reduce response times for personnel deployed to assist with transna- Zain concludes breast tional criminal investigations, major events or emer- gency situations by waiving normal visa requirements. cancer awareness campaign He also appreciated the invitation by the Interpol Secretary General Ronald Noble to take part in the ‘Women’s Day Off’ initiative 83rd General Assembly that coincides with 100th anniversary of the first International conference, to promote early testing Monaco 1914. The international police cooperation has achieved a lot over a whole century thanks to MONACO: Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled with members of the Kuwaiti delega- KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommunica- breast health and routine checkups. exchange of expertise, as tools and technologies have tion at the meeting. — KUNA been developed to counter all forms of crime on the tions company in Kuwait, recently conclud- Furthermore, the participants took part in gathering, as well as the talks held by Sheikh the field of countering crimes. regional and international levels. ed its annual breast cancer awareness cam- different health checkups Mohammad Al-Khaled with counterparts and senior He also lauded the exhibition held on the side- Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled and the Kuwaiti del- paign, which aimed at raising awareness ultrasounds/mammograms depending on officials from member states taking part in the event. lines of the 83rd General Assembly focusing on secu- egation had talks yesterday morning with ministers, about breast cancer through promoting the their age, background and family history. For Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled, the wide participa- rity information and monitoring, offering the latest officials and delegates of the member countries tak- importance of early testing. As part of Zain’s internal strategy, the tion in the Interpol’s meetings offers “an important technological solutions in criminology and genetic ing part in the General Assembly on enhancing inter- Zain, the owner of the largest advanced company also held an internal event for its chance” to discuss the challenges and difficulties fac- fingerprinting (DNA), as well as other tools for pro- national security cooperation and coordination for network in Kuwait, stated that it organized own employees, with the aim of informing ing the Interpol, in addition to the developments in moting joint security action. — KUNA enforcing security and peace. a number of breast cancer awareness relat- them of the importance of early testing. The Prince Albert of Monaco presided over the open- ed activities during October, most notably event also focused on the “Women’s Day ing ceremony of the Interpol 83rd General Assembly, its Pink Corner event that was organized in Off” initiative, where the company provided and gave a speech. The event, attended by delegates Amiri plane to fly Odah collaboration with its strategic partner Al- its female employees with free mammo- from 190 member states, is held under the theme of Hamra Luxury Center. gram and ultrasound checkups at Dr. Noor’s “Turn Back Crime: 100 years of international police back home today During Zain’s Pink Corner event, the clinic, as well as 50% off for two of their cooperation.” company organized a number of activities loved ones. Zain’s male employees also took Interpol Secretary General Ronald Noble also By A Saleh MP Khalil Al-Saleh yesterday urged the parlia- that aimed at spreading awareness about advantage of the offers by encouraging addressed the opening ceremony saying that the mentary interior and defence affairs committee to breast cancer, in addition to promoting their friends and family to benefit from the international police cooperation had turned over the KUWAIT: An Amiri flight has left for Cuba to bring quickly discuss the weapons collection law and Zain’s “Women’s Day Off” initiative, which free and discounted checkups on their past 100 years from and individual activity to coordi- back Kuwaiti Guantanamo Bay detainee Fawzi Al- prioritize it pending approval because of its great saw the company giving its female staff an behalf. Zain’s solid Corporate Social nated collective measures and practices. Yesterday’s Odah to Kuwait today, said Kuwaiti human rights importance in view of the regional security situa- entire day off to conduct important medical Responsibility and Sustainability strategies ministerial meeting focused on the difficulties, crimi- activist Prof Ghanim Al-Najjar, pointing out that tions. “Both powers must prioritize this bill that is checkups. primarily focuse on the wellbeing of the nal threats and challenges facing the international the flight route would not be revealed for security mainly concerned with national security in view Additionally, the event witnessed the entire nation. For that reason, the company security as well as the formation of new partnerships reasons. Notably, an American judicial council had of the spread of weapons and bloodshed in some for a safer world. attendance of health professionals from has maintained its support to all kinds of allowed releasing Odah and given the green light neighboring countries,” he underlined. Breast Care Kuwait, who answered visitors’ initiatives that spread awareness and help to return him to Kuwait while his compatriot Global issue questions and informed the crowds on the make a difference. Fayez Al-Kandari remains detained. Minister, MPs to visit Shadadiya university importance of early testing. It is worth noting that Zain invited all of Following the meeting, Sheikh Mohammad Al- Khaled called for intensifying international coopera- Minister of Education Bader Al-Essa stressed On another level, Zain organized a spe- its partners, consisting of private and gov- tion to counter terrorism and crime making the best Islamic Salafist Alliance rejects charges that he knows nothing about the Shadadiya uni- cial visit for a number of female social ernmental entities, to pursue a similar path use of the Interpol instruments and expertise. No The Islamic Salafist Alliance yesterday rejected versity so far and that he would visit the construc- media influencers to visit Dr. Noor Al Huda of allowing their female employees a day doubt, terrorism is not an issue that concerns a single ‘foreign’ accusations that the Islamic Heritage tion site next week along with some lawmakers to Kirmani’s clinic with the aim of providing off to perform the necessary tests and state, but the world, Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled, Revival Society supports terrorism. “The society is check the progress. Essa also stressed that he them with breast care related facts to reach checkup as well as informing them of the told KUNA and the Kuwait TV, calling for further coop- a charity devoted to dawah according to Salafist would not allow any political interference in edu- out to the maximum number of women. importance of the early detection stage to eration and coordination on the international level to criteria and has nothing to do with supporting cation. He also said the ministry was becoming The visit included professional explanation prevent potential cancer patients from counter the phenomenon. any terrorist activities”, it said. obsolete and that it needs ‘complete revival’. by Dr. Noor regarding the importance of acquiring the disease. Terrorism tops the agenda of the five-day security Crime Report Mother charges ex with assault

KUWAIT: A citizen accused her ex-husband of beating her following an argument over custody of their children. A security source said a citizen submitted a medical report to Fahd Al-Ahmad police station with injuries she received at the hands of her ex-husband. Police are yet to question him over the incident.

Car on fire An unidentified person stole the car of an Egyptian man from Taima, which was set on fire in Salmy. The man said he left his car parked in Jahra Industrial Area, and when he returned, he found his car miss- ing. Detectives found the car on fire in Salmy, and police are investigating the case to find the culprit. Separately, a drunk man who failed to steal a car set it on fire in Khaitan. Firemen rushed to the scene and put out the fire. The car owner said that he was stopped by a person with a sharp object who was The suspect with the drugs seized in the operation unsteady and reeked of liquor. Farwaniya police are Man held with investigating. Drug dealer caught 1kg of hashish A citizen who lured young men to sell drugs was arrested in Mangaf. The citizen, a 46-year-old woman, had 30 gm By Hanan Al-Saadoun of shabu, 70 Captagon tablets and one stick of hashish. She admitted the drugs were for sale, and was sent to KUWAIT: Narcotics authorities arrested an expat with one concerned authorities. kilogram of hashish, 500 gm shabu and illicit tablets. The drugs were found at his home and he told authorities they belong to him for sale. He was sent to concerned authori- Woman beaten ties. Police arrested a bedoon who beat and forced a citi- zen to sign six cheques worth KD 26,000. The suspect Security campaign also attempted to enter her house and threatened to Ahmadi governorate police carried out inspection cam- kill her, but the maids managed to get him out. He paigns against violators, resulting in the arrest of eight admitted to the charges and will be sent to the pub- wanted persons and 11 without IDs and expired iqamas, lic prosecution. while 20 vehicles were impounded. Four persons were arrested in an abnormal condition with seven bags with 60 bottles of locally-made liquor. They also had drugs for sale. Search for molester A vehicle reported stolen was found, while a wanted citi- A female student was surprised by a stranger touching zen was arrested with a piece of hashish, a shabu envelope her hand and neck inside an elevator in the same build- and 15 Captagon tablets. They were all sent to concerned ing she lives. The girl screamed for help and the suspect authorities. escaped. The girl’s mother lodged a complaint at the police station about the incident. French forces in Kuwait to partake in joint drill Forgery Residency affairs detectives arrested an Egyptian KUWAIT: The first batch of the French forces arrived expat for forging contracts and official transactions. yesterday to partake in the upcoming joint Pearl of the He had links with a central prison inmate serving a West Drill 2014, slated for 15-27 November. jail sentence for forgery and dud cheques. Army General Staff’s Moral Guidance Department said in a press statement that the French forces were welcomed by several senior Kuwait Army officials. The Man conned joint exercise shows Kuwaiti Army efforts to upgrade A man was conned by a woman who took KD 40,000 the performance of its personnel and to enhance mili- from him for a project, but did not deliver. The victim tary cooperation with friendly countries, it added. complained to Surra police that he agreed with a citi- The drill involves contributions from the land, sea, zen to be her partner in a project which she manages and air forces of both armies and is taking place in and provide him with profits. After he gave her the implementation of an agreement signed previously by money and asked her for a report, she did not submit both nations. — KUNA one nor did she answer his calls. Investigations are underway. — Al-Rai LOCAL WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014 Food poisoning cases on the rise

By Nawara Fattahova Emergency medicine consultant Dr Ziad Al-Alyan spoke about food poisoning cases and intestinal catarrh. “It’s KUWAIT: Although poisoning cases are common in always better to go directly to the hospital than the poly- Kuwait, there is no special toxicology center in the country clinic, because the polyclinic is usually overburdened with - all cases are treated in hospitals. According to Abdulaziz, other cases. A patient will be transferred to the hospital if manning the hotline of the Health Ministry (151), a patient the case is serious,” he pointed out. should not waste time with consultation on the phone, He also said that during his work at the emergency and should seek treatment at the nearest hospital. “We department, he always encountered cases of food poison- don’t advise the patient or the parents of a child who ing. “A great number of the patients were children. We also might be poisoned to wait for advice through the phone. received cases of suicide attempts by consuming drugs, This is an emergency and time matters, so the patient which is also a case of poisoning. Some cases not of food should immediately go to the hospital and not waste time, poisoning may include criminal suspicion. In this case, the as it may get worse,” Abdulaziz told Kuwait Times. patient may be transferred to the investigator, which is According to a recent report by KUNA, food poisoning common procedure in all cases with criminal suspicion cases increased during the summer in Kuwait due to high such as accidents, fights and others,” explained Dr Al-Alyan. temperatures and consumption of fast food. The most The medical history of the patient is crucial. “The infor- common symptoms of food poisoning are vomiting or mation the patient provides matters, such as if he is sure diarrhea with high temperatures in some cases, and could of suspicious food he ate from a restaurant for instance, cause physiological or neurological disorders. According which indicates food poisoning. But if he says he didn’t eat to this report, the number of poisoning cases is not accu- outside, and no other family member is experiencing any rate as many cases are not reported and are treated at complications, then there is a criminal suspicion,” he home without medical help. added.

Mohammed Al Othman receives the award from Global Finance Minister: Kuwait needs genuine NBK best foreign exchange boost to e-government programs provider in Kuwait, Middle East 2nd E-Government Forum kicks off Sunday KUWAIT: His Excellency Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah Al- business processes, human resources, and documentation or doc- Mubarak Al-Sabah, Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, Minister of uments throughout all government departments. Only Arab bank on Global Finance list Justice and the Chairman of the Board of The Central Agency for Second: Develop and put into effective use the standards and Information Technology said that he believes that the upcoming methodologies that should guide the implementation of e-gov- KUWAIT: For the second consecutive year, National and Standard Bank. 2nd E-Government Forum: Future Trends of Government ernment programs by all government agencies to ensure that Bank of Kuwait (NBK) was recognized as the Best NBK continues to collectively enjoy the highest Datacenters comes at the right time as Kuwait needs a genuine they develop e-services that meet the functionality of each gov- boost to its e-government programs. Al-Abdullah added “It gives ernment agency, yet can integrate with other services of different Foreign Exchange Provider in Kuwait and the credit ratings from the three international rating me honor and pleasure to represent His Highness the Prime government agencies. Middle East 2014 in an exclusive survey compiled agencies; Moody’s, Fitch Ratings and Standard and Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah during the Third: Develop a centralized automated portfolio/program/pro- by the world renowned financial magazine Global Poor’s. The Bank’s ratings are supported by its high opening ceremony. Kuwait’s political leadership is keen on sup- ject management system that monitors the execution of govern- Finance. NBK is the only Arab bank enlisted among capitalization, prudent lending policies, and its dis- porting such conferences and forums, since information technolo- ment information technology projects. This online system should the World’s Best Foreign Exchange Providers. ciplined approach to risk management, in addition gy plays a major role in developing modern information based provide a single source for monitoring these projects. The execu- The “Best Foreign Exchange Provider 2014” award to its highly recognized and very stable manage- societies. We are fully aware of the role that IT is carrying out in tion of projects that cost huge amounts of money and resources various fields such as the economy, education, health, security, cannot be left out to conventional manual monitoring processes. was presented to Mohammed Al Othman, NBK’s ment team. NBK also maintains its position among and industry, to name a few. Looking around towards technologi- Commenting on the participation of many technology indus- Assistant General Manager, Consumer Banking the 50 safest banks in the world for the ninth con- cally advanced countries, including our sister GCC countries, we try giants in the Forum, Al-Abdullah said “Kuwait was always a Group. secutive time. realize that we still have a lot to achieve. We hope that these center of attraction to technology companies that happened to The rankings, compiled by international finance events help us get there.” spread the computing era at the same period during which World’s Best Foreign Exchange magazine, Global Finance, are based on input from His Excellency Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al- Kuwait became an independent state and triggered moderniza- Providers 2014 by Global Finance: Sabah added “The 2nd E-Government Forum comes at a time tion and growth. The recent technology trends drive these com- industry analysts, corporate executives and technol- when The Telecommunications and Information Technology panies to participate and showcase their solutions. It remains to ogy experts. Criteria for choosing the winners Middle East National Bank of Kuwait Regulatory Authority as well as the Electronic Transactions Act us to benefit, since technology is one of the main advancement included transaction volume, market share, scope North America Citi started their implementation phases. We hope that both the drivers of modern societies. This is exactly what His Highness the of global coverage, customer service, competitive Western Europe Deutsche Bank Regulatory Authority and the Central Agency for Information Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah foresaw Asia­Pacific HSBC pricing and innovative technologies. Technology, as well as all other government datacenters work when His Highness initiated agreements with various countries in Central and Eastern Europe Societe General together in order to bring forward their e-government programs order to transform Kuwait into a modern information based socie- NBK is the only Arab bank enlisted among the Southeast Asia DBS through the following: ty. To realize this vision, His Highness issued the Amiri Decree 266 World’s Best Foreign Exchange Providers along with Nordic countries SEB First: Develop a strategic, integrated, comprehensive plan to for the year 2006 by which the Central Agency for Information major international financial institutions such as Africa Standard Bank develop the e-government programs throughout all government Technology was established to lead the change. Finally, Al- Citi, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Societe General, DBS, Latin America Citi agencies. Developing integrated e-government programs Abdullah extended his best wishes to all attendees and partici- requires integrated planning that covers all aspects of technology, pants. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014 LOCAL

In my view Human trafficking

By Labeed Abdal

[email protected]

regional training workshop on international Acooperation and victims of trafficking kicked off recently in Dubai, where it was organized for the first time by the UNHCR in cooperation with the Dubai Foundation for Women and Children. This is an impor- tant step to face a dangerous phenomenon facing those with low income, and take a stand against inhuman practices in which some greedy individuals take advan- tage of their need. There are huge existing challenges, as some individu- als gather young men and women, even children, from villages in Asian and African countries, before selling them worldwide in a multibillion trade. The presence of these inhuman practices emphasizes the need for efforts to combat human trafficking, and legislations

The presence of these inhuman practices emphasizes the need for efforts to combat human trafficking.

that ban and prohibit this kind of trade. Meanwhile, more collaboration is needed between institutions to join this fight, in addition to steps to improve investigation and trial efforts against human traffickers. This includes improving law enforcers’ skills in indentifying the suspects and protecting the victims, while determining the mechanisms to provide legal, medical, psychological and social services for the victims. There is no doubt that this case has cultural and civil dimensions, which requires instilling the principles of human rights within people, and seeking efforts to defend those principles. Joint regional and international kuwait digest efforts are required to combat human trafficking, which is a crime with destructive effects that is not less effec- tive compared to other crimes such as drug trafficking. Sweden recognizes Palestine

By Abdullah Erakat kuwait digest he Swedish government declared Israel closed a site that is holy to both Europeans are fed up with the Israeli ity on the ground and the result is that Prices overburden Tthat it recognizes an independent Jews and Muslims, a move Palestinian delay in the peace process and the the people, in this case the Palestinian state, making it the Authority President called “a declara- Israeli practices, which are jeopardizing Palestinians, will face an increase of first major European country to official- tion of war.” The Israeli move came after the possibility of establishing an inde- hopes rather than a real change on the family budgets ly recognize the state of Palestine. a Palestinian tried to kill an Israeli pendent Palestinian state and the two ground” he said. “It’s an important step that confirms activist who advocates Jewish prayer at state solution,” Khatib said. Khatib also Mixed feelings By Dr Bader Al-Daihani the right of Palestinians to self-deter- the site. The activist was seriously expects other European countries to be mination,” the country’s foreign minis- wounded and police shot and killed encouraged by Sweden to do recog- The Palestinian publisher of “This ter, Margot Wallstrom, wrote Thursday the suspected attacker during a fire- nize Palestine. Week in Palestine,” a monthly magazine he majority of citizens (96 percent) work for the in a Swedish newspaper. “Sweden’s tra- fight. Mustafa Barghouti, the president of that covers cultural, social, and political government sector where salaries hardly exceed T ditionally close ties with the State of “The EU has always said it would rec- the Palestinian National Initiative or Al issues, says he has mixed feelings KD 1,000 a month, while pensions are way below that. Over 25,000 Kuwaiti families receive monthly Israel are now complemented by an ognize a Palestinian state when appro- Mubadara party, said the Swedish about the move. “This gives a boost to social aid from the state. equal relationship to the other party.” priate. The recognition itself is in the move is a “big defeat for Israel because Palestinian dignity and aspiration to an Taking inflation rates (as per the US statistical Israeli officials were not pleased, to hands of member states,” Shadi it nullifies Israeli officials creating facts independent state, however, it also department that show that inflation increased by 3.16 say the least. Foreign Minister Avigdor gives a false boost to the two-state percent in September compared to the same period Liberman called the recognition “unfor- solution which in my opinion is a dead the year before), conspicuous consumption resulting tunate” and said in a statement that it horse,” Sani P Meo said. from oil-provided financial abundance, the stress this would only serve to strengthen the The Swedish government needs to understand that In 2012, the United Nations General imposes on families, deterioration of public services, Palestinians’ “unrealistic demands.” the Middle East is more complicated than self- Assembly voted to upgrade Palestine’s having to spend some families’ wages on private “The Swedish government needs to status to non-member observer state, a tuitions and taking treatment and education into con- understand that the Middle East is assembly furniture from Ikea and to act on the status which grants Palestinians access sideration, a family’s breadwinner’s salary can hardly more complicated than self-assembly to UN agencies and the International pay for the necessary expenses. furniture from Ikea and to act on the issue responsibly and with sensitivity Criminal Court, where they can file for- In view of our social life patterns and the luxuries issue responsibly and with sensitivity,” mal complaints against Israel. “This that this imposes that are becoming necessities in he said, getting in a dig at the Sweden- move by Sweden is more than symbol- many cases, we have to imagine the psychological based retail giant which has several Othman, Communication and on the ground such as settlement ic, because it gets us closer to exercise stress small families suffer by sometimes paying more mega-stores in Israel. Information Officer at the Office of the building.” our right and take Israel to the ICC,” than half of their monthly income in rent and a large In response, the European Union European Union Representative said. He said he doesn’t expect the United Barghouti said, adding this was a result part of the balance to cover fixed monthly expenses, said that its objective is and always has States to stand with Israel as it usually of the grass roots movement. leaving barely nothing sufficient till the end of the been a two-state solution with “an European bridge has in the past. “The US is severely Fadi Elsalameen, an adjunct senior month. Things will get worse unless the government works independent, democratic, viable Palestinian official Sabri Saidam humiliated by Israel’s behavior,” fellow at the American Security Project, on controlling prices after lifting diesel, kerosene and Palestinian state living side-by-side called the move by Sweden a Barghouti said. a Washington, DC think tank says the aviation fuel subsidies because private sector compa- with Israel and its other neighbors.” “European bridge towards all-out Saidam agreed, telling The Media Swedish recognition is symbolic, but nies are expected to make consumers pay the differ- The EU says in order to achieve this, recognition,” although it was not clear Line that Sweden gave “a vote of confi- could end up in the long run cornering ence by increasing their goods’ prices. direct negotiations between Israelis if other European states like Denmark dence in Palestine and a vote of discon- Israel. He says he thinks Netanyahu has Therefore, the unwise calls to have the government and Palestinians should resume as and Norway would follow. tent with Israel.” strained the US-Israel relationship to a overburden citizens because of its bad financial admin- soon as possible. US-sponsored talks Political analyst Ghassan Khatib says “It’s a vote of encouragement to the point where it’s difficult for any istration through the so-called ‘rationalization’ of public between Israel and the Palestinian that the Swedish move reflects grow- US to vote in favor of Palestine at the American diplomat to come to his aid expenses which literally means cutting social subsidies Authority broke down earlier this year, ing frustration with Israel in Europe. UN Security Council and vote against on this topic. “The U.S. will say what it and rushing to put the World Bank and IMF-dictated and were further strained by heavy There are also tensions between Netanyahu’s arrogance,” he said. said before but will do nothing to stop vicious neo-proletarian policies such as privatization, fighting between Israel and Hamas in Israel and the US, as evidenced by an Israeli journalist Gal Berger down- countries from recognizing a will surely lead to worsening people’s living burdens, if Gaza over the summer. Currently, ten- interview with Bloomberg this week in played the significance of Sweden’s Palestinian state, especially as long as approved by the government, and this will lead to sions are running high in Jerusalem which an unnamed Obama official is move and believes it could do more Netanyahu continues to prioritize the increasing the number of the poor, the absence of mid- with daily clashes between Israeli quoted as calling Israeli Prime Minister harm than good. survival of his premiership over making dle classes and leaving wealth only in the hands of a police and stone-throwing Palestinian Binyamin Netanyahu “chickenshit.” “Everybody knows that these kind of peace with the Palestinians,” minority! — Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Jarida youths. The latest clash came after “It’s a message to Israel that the verbal measures do not create the real- Elsalameen said. — The Media Line

kuwait digest Once upon a time

By Abdul Mohsen Al-Meshari

nce upon a time, there was a young, apples without your knowledge, and today I you forgive me,” the young man offered. mind. “I will be patient with her in this world speechless. “I am blind to seeing forbidden Opious poor man who was devoted to am asking for your permission and forgive- The owner then thought for a while. “Son, to avoid accountability for the apple on things, dumb for saying evil things, deaf for learning and the quest for knowl- ness,” said the young man. “I will never for- I will forgive you on one condition,” he said, doomsday,” he thought, and headed to the listening to them and never took a single edge. Severely stricken by hunger, he one give you till doomsday,” the owner shocking- and it was a great relief for the young man. owner, telling him that he accepted his con- step towards them. day went out in search of a something to ly answered, which kept the young man des- “Go ahead, Sir. What is the condition?” asked dition. “OK, son. Your wedding will be next I am my father’s only daughter and he has silence his grumbling stomach and stopped perately begging. the young man. “You have to get married to Thursday at my house and I will pay your been searching for a pious husband for me by a garden full of apple trees. “Why don’t I He even started crying, begging and my daughter, but she is blind, dumb, deaf dowry,” said the father. for years, and when you came asking for per- just grab one of these apples and eat promising to do whatever the man wanted and crippled, and I have been looking for On the wedding day, the young man mission for eating an apple and crying for it...nobody will see me and just one apple will to be forgiven. The owner remained long for a husband for her who would accept walked very heavily and heartbroken to his forgiveness, he thought that whoever fears not be missed in this huge garden,” he unmoved and started walking, while the her as she is and honestly take care of her bride’s house. unlawfully eating an apple will surely fear thought, then plucked an apple and ate it. young man followed him all the way to his despite her handicaps. If you agree, I will for- After a short chat with the father, he took Allah in safeguarding me,” explained the girl, Just as strong believers do, he started blam- house door. The man went in leaving the give you. Otherwise, you will be my oppo- the young man’s hand leading him to his figuring out what was going on in his mind. ing himself right after returning home. young man crying outside and waiting for nent before Allah,” the owner said. wife’s room, wishing them both all the best. A year later, the young lady gave birth to a Accordingly, he thought how he had eat- him to come out for Asr prayers. Coming out, Deeply in shock, the young man thought Entering the room, the young man found a baby boy who later on became one of the en an apple belonging to another Muslim the owner found the young man still crying about such a dilemma, especially that he very beautiful girl with fair complexion and most prominent and smartest boys and grew without asking his permission. He then went and his beard wet with tears, which gave his would have to live with it while he was so long silky hair who walked up to him, shook up into one of Islam’s most famous and out- inquiring about the owner till he found him. face a bright light of belief. “Uncle, I am ready young. He started wondering about how his hands and welcomed him in the sweetest standing scholars and imams. Do you know “Uncle, I was very hungry yesterday while to work as your gardener for free for the rest such a wife would take care of him and of voice he had ever heard. who that is? It is Imam Abu Hanifa! passing by your garden, and I ate one of your of my life or do whatever you want provided household errands. Finally, he made up his Stunned by the shock, he was almost —Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Jarida WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014 Democrats brace for defeat in Shiites mark Ashoura in defiance of jihadists midterm polls Page 8 Page 9 Where are the stateless? LONDON: At least 10 million people are not recog- nised as nationals by any country. The United Nations launched a campaign yesterday to end state- lessness within a decade. Here are examples from around the world.

MYANMAR: The Rohingya from western Myanmar have suffered a history of abuse. Unlike the majority population which is Buddhist, they are Muslims of South Asian descent. In 1982 Myanmar passed a law which denied them access to citizenship. Many fled to Bangladesh in 1991 and 1992 following a govern- ment crackdown. Tens of thousands more left Myanmar following ethnic violence in 2012. There are an estimated 800,000 to 1.33 million Rohingya in Myanmar and 200,000 to 500,000 in Bangladesh. Some end up sold into slavery on fishing boats and plantations.

KUWAIT: Many people among the nomadic Bedouin tribes failed to acquire citizenship when the country became independent in 1961. Their descendents are known as bedoon, which means “without” (nationali- ty) in Arabic. There are an estimated 93,000 to 140,000 bedoons in Kuwait and many more outside. They are barred from free education, healthcare and many jobs. In recent years, bedoons have staged protests calling for the right to nationality.

IVORY COAST: During the 20th century, Ivory Coast encouraged millions of immigrants, particularly from Burkina Faso, Mali and Ghana, to work on its coffee and cotton plantations. At least a quarter of the pop- ulation is estimated to be of foreign descent. The issue of who is or is not Ivorian helped to fuel the country’s two civil wars. The UN estimates there are 700,000 stateless people in Ivory Coast. Legal reforms in 2013 allow those with deep roots in the country to apply for nationality.

SYRIA: In 1962 many Kurds in the northeast were stripped of citizenship. Human Rights Watch says the move was part of a plan to “Arabize” the resource-rich LONDON: Antonio Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, is seen with a UNHCR report during an interview yesterday. — AP region. Before the war there were an estimated 300,000 stateless Kurds in Syria. In reaction to the Syrian uprising in 2011, President Bashar Al-Assad promised to give nationality to many stateless Kurds. A 2013 estimate suggested the number of stateless UN to eliminate statelessness had fallen to 160,000, but this is most likely because so many have fled the war. Experts have also warned GENEVA: that babies born to Syrian refugee women living in Ten million people worldwide have no nationality, leav- Lebanon and Jordan could end up stateless. ing them in a devastating legal limbo, the UN refugee agency said yesterday, launching a campaign to eradicate statelessness NEPAL: Hundreds of thousands of people are within a decade. “Every 10 minutes a new stateless person is born,” UN refugee chief Antonio Guterres told reporters in believed to be stateless in Nepal although there is no Geneva, describing the situation as “absolutely unacceptable” official figure. Part of the problem derives from laws and “an anomaly in the 21st century”. which prevent women passing their nationality to With its “I Belong” campaign, UNHCR aims to highlight the their children. There is also a stateless population of “devastating life-long consequences of statelessness” and push people who were expelled by Bhutan in the 1990s. countries to rectify their laws to ensure no person is denied a nationality. “Often they are excluded from cradle to grave, being THAILAND: More than 500,000 people are stateless. denied a legal identity when they are born, access to education, Many are from ethnic hill tribes such as the Yao, health care, marriage and job opportunities during their lifetime Hmong and Karen who live in the mountainous bor- and even the dignity of an official burial and a death certificate der with Myanmar and Laos and have distinct lan- when they die,” the agency said in its report. “Statelessness makes guages and cultures. The government denies them ID people feel like their very existence is a crime,” Guterres said. cards or access to state services, leaving them vulner- People can become stateless due to a range of reasons, like able to trafficking. The stateless ‘Sea Gypsies’ along discrimination based on ethnicity, religion or gender, or when a the Andaman coast live semi-nomadic lives. nation state falls apart. War and conflict also often make it diffi- cult to register births.The report does not count the case of the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Over the past decade the Palestinians, since the UN General Assembly had recognised the Dominican government has made changes to its citi- State of Palestine, Guterres said. The problem for many of the 4.5 zenship laws mainly affecting people of Haitian million of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza and the millions descent born in the Dominican Republic. A 2013 more living as refugees around the world is that the State of court ruling, along with the earlier changes, has left Palestine has yet to approve its nationality laws, he said, insisting an estimated 210,000 stateless. that this “very specific situation” required a “political solution”. The largest number of stateless people are to be found in IRAQ: The number of stateless has been estimated at Myanmar, which denies citizenship to some one million 120,000, but the government disputes the figure and Rohingya Muslims, according to Guterres. Myanmar considers it was under review until the current crisis hit. There the Rohingya illegal migrants from Bangladesh, which in turn considers the ones who cross the border illegal migrants from are several groups of stateless people, including Faili Myanmar. In both countries, the group viewed by the UN as one Kurds. In 1980, 220,000 to 300,000 Faili Kurds were of the world’s most persecuted peoples faces widespread restric- stripped of citizenship and many forced across the tions, including curbs on movement, education and marriage. border into Iran. Under a 2006 law those who were When nation states break apart, people are often also left in denaturalised can reacquire Iraqi nationality and limbo, with more than 600,000 people for instance still left state- many have. less after the disintegration of the Soviet Union more than 20 years ago. In situations of war, conflict and turmoil, it also often ESTONIA/LATVIA/RUSSIA: When the Soviet Union becomes difficult to register births, especially among refugees, broke up, many ethnic Russians were stranded in the leaving them stateless. A full 70 percent of babies born to Syrian new Baltic states and defined as “non-citizens”. In refugees in neighbouring Lebanon and Jordan have for instance Estonia and Latvia, ethnic Russians have trouble not received legal birth certificates, Guterres said. A number of obtaining citizenship and are often discriminated countries, including Iran and Qatar, also deny women the right to against. UN figures for 2013 show there are over pass their nationality on to their children on an equal basis with 90,000 in Estonia and over 280,000 in Latvia. In Russia men, “a situation that can create chains of statelessness that span there are 178,000 stateless people. generations,” UNHCR warned.

EUROPE: The Roma, an ethnic group with origins in ‘Statelessness is Inhuman’ India, are concentrated in central and eastern Europe. The world’s perhaps most famous stateless person was Albert Tens of thousands have no nationality. The break-up Einstein, who remained stateless from 1896, when he renounced of Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia caused difficulties his German citizenship, until 1901, when he became Swiss. In an when successor states claimed they belonged some- open letter, Guterres, UNHCR special envoy and Hollywood star where else. Other Roma in Kosovo and Bosnia have Angelina Jolie, UN rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, Nobel Peace become stateless due to war-time displacement. Prize laureates Shirin Ebadi and Desmond Tutu and others Roma families often do not register a child’s birth and described what living without a nationality can mean. do not hold official property titles, preferring to pass “Statelessness can mean a life without education, without med- ical care or legal employment,” the letter said, adding: houses to relatives informally, making it difficult to “Statelessness is inhuman. We believe it is time to end this injus- prove where they are from. tice.” MALAYSIA: The campaign aims to gather 10 million signatures with the Tens of thousands of children in the petition in its bid to eradicated statelessness within the next 10 Malaysian state of Sabah in Borneo are stateless. They years. The good news, UNHCR said, was that much progress had are the children of Indonesians and Filipinos who already been made towards resolving the issue, with more than have migrated to work, often in palm oil plantations. four million stateless people gaining a nationality in the past They have no rights to education or healthcare and decade due to legislative and policy changes. A court ruling in many end up as child labourers. Mass deportations Bangladesh in 2008 had for instance allowed 300,000 stateless mean some children get stranded without their par- Urdu-speakers to become citizens. “Unlike many armed conflicts, ents. — Reuters it is wholly within the power of every concerned government to resolve statelessness,” Guterres said. — AFP p8_Layout 1 11/4/14 10:27 PM Page 1

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014 INTERNATIONAL

(Left) Iraqi Shiites cut themselves with swords and knives to show their grief during Ashoura in Basra yesterday. (Right) Lebanese Shiites take part in a self-flagellation procession during Ashoura com- memorations in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh yesterday. — AP/AFP Shiites mark Ashoura in defiance of jihadists

,KARBALA، Iraq: Huge crowds of Karbala from Dhi Qar province in the sands more in Baghdad and along harsh interpretation of Islamic law and held in the Syrian IS stronghold of Raqa Shiites gathered in Iraq and Lebanon south. routes to the city. committing widespread atrocities. said the Syrian Observatory for Human yesterday to mark a key holy day in In Beirut, Nasrallah told supporters Concern over the rise of IS prompted Rights. The Britain-based monitoring defiance of jihadists from the Islamic Self-flagellation Ritual in the city’s southern suburbs that Washington to form a coalition of group said it was unclear why some of State group. Police and troops were out A small minority of Shiites mark the Sunni radicals, known as takfiris, “have Western and Arab nations that has car- the hostages had finally been released. in force as hundreds of thousands of day with a self-flagellation ritual called no future”. “These takfiris will be defeat- ried out a barrage of air strikes on its The highly visible battle for Kobane has pilgrims massed in the Iraqi shrine city “tatbeer”, cutting their heads with ed in all areas and countries, and we positions in Iraq and Syria. In Syria, the absorbed much of the focus on Syria in of Karbala to commemorate Ashura. swords and spears in mourning for will feel honoured that we played a role strikes in recent days have focused on recent weeks but on Tuesday French Tens of thousands more rallied in Hussein. Hundreds were seen on the in their defeat,” he said by video link. the besieged town of Kobane on the Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius called Beirut, where the head of the Shiite streets of Karbala with blood flowing Hezbollah has sent thousands of fight- Turkish border, where local Kurdish mili- for more help to also be given to rebels militant Hezbollah movement, Hassan down their heads and over their white ers into neighbouring Syria to fight tia have been holding off an IS offensive in the country’s second city Aleppo. Nasrallah, pledged “victory” against the robes after the ritual self-harming, which alongside the troops of President for nearly seven weeks. At the weekend Fabius said that the coalition should Sunni extremists of IS. has been condemned by some Shiite Bashar Al-Assad against the mainly the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection not battle IS to the exclusion of sup- This year’s marking of the day has tak- clerics. Thousands dressed in black took Sunni rebels battling his regime. Units (YPG) militia defending the town porting rebels fighting Assad’s regime. en on new meaning after IS seized con- part in a ritual run to the shrine of Imam Beirut’s southern suburbs - a Hezbollah was reinforced by about 150 Iraqi Kurd “After Kobane, we must save Aleppo,” trol of large parts of Iraq and Syria. The Hussein, before men on horseback re- stronghold - have seen a string of dead- peshmerga fighters with heavy Fabius said in an article published in jihadists consider Shiites heretics and enacted an attack on his camp, setting ly attacks, many of them claimed by weapons. several newspapers. “The city is almost have targeted them in deadly attacks, fire to a tent that collapsed in a sheet of jihadists, since the group started send- entirely encircled,” Fabius wrote of the including bomb blasts in Baghdad on flame, sending a dark cloud of smoke ing fighters to Syria three years ago. 93 Syrian Kurd Hostages Released rebels in Aleppo. “The regime is seeking Sunday that left at least 18 dead. This rising over a massive crowd. “We want to win the final victory... so The jihadists were reported yester- to destroy the resistance through cold year’s commemorations are “about defy- There were no reports of attacks that the region does not fall into the day to have released at least 93 Syrian and hunger.” Rebels seized most of the ing (IS) because they declared their hos- against the pilgrims in Iraq by midday hands of beheaders... and rapists,” Kurds from Kobane who were kid- east of Aleppo in July 2012, confining tility and made threats to kill Muslims yesterday, after more than 25,000 mem- Nasrallah said. napped in February while en route to government forces to the west, but and bomb the cities and holy shrines,” bers of the security forces were IS declared a “caliphate” in areas Iraq. About 160 Kurds were abducted at they have come under renewed assault said Saad Jabbar, 54, who came to deployed in Karbala itself and thou- under its control in June, imposing its the time and the hostages were being in recent months. — AFP Drone strikes kill 20 militants in Yemen

SANAA: Overnight drone strikes killed at into Sunni majority areas. The Rada area is least 20 suspected Al-Qaeda militants in confessionally mixed and has seen deadly Yemen, where Washington has conducted clashes in recent weeks. a sustained drone war against jihadist lead- Armed tribesmen killed 22 rebels in a ers, tribal sources and witnesses said yes- series of attacks in the area late on terday. The twin raids targeted Al-Qaeda Monday, tribal sources said. The attacks positions near Rada, a central town which came as a four-day ultimatum expired for has been the focus of deadly fighting the rebels to withdraw, one tribal source between the jihadists and advancing Shiite told AFP. The rebels captured several areas rebels, the sources said. The United States is around Rada late last month after a sus- the only country operating drones over pected US drone strike and raids by the Yemen, but US officials rarely confirm indi- Yemeni air force killed dozens of Al-Qaeda vidual strikes. militants and their Sunni tribal allies. The Washington regards Al-Qaeda’s Yemen Houthis have seized on chronic instability branch as its most dangerous and there has in Yemen since the 2012 ouster of veteran been no let-up in the drone war even as strongman Ali Abdullah Saleh to take con- the jihadists battle the Shiite rebels along- trol of large parts of the country. The fight- side Sunni tribes. The rebels, known as ing has raised fears that Yemen - which Houthis from the name of their leading neighbours oil kingpin Saudi Arabia and family, overran the capital Sanaa in lies on the key shipping route from the September and have since advanced south Suez Canal to the Gulf - may collapse into from the mainly Shiite northern highlands a failed state. — AFP

Saudi, France seal $3bn TEHRAN: Iranians are seen at an anti-US demonstration in front of the former US Embassy during the holy day of Ashoura yesterday. — AP Lebanon weapons deal Iranians mark versary RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and France sealed an ism, at a time when Lebanon is under agreement yesterday for Riyadh to finance threat.” Lebanon’s main northern city of the delivery of $3 billion worth of French Tripoli was rocked by three days of devastat- weapons to the Lebanese army, which has ing fighting between troops and suspected of US embassy takeover come under mounting jihadist attack. Al-Qaeda loyalists late last month that left at French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius least 11 soldiers and five civilians dead. In hailed the conclusion of the deal, first August, troops fought deadly clashes with announced last December, as a major boost jihadists of the Islamic State group and Al- American, Israeli and British flags burned to the Lebanese army’s ability to tackle “ter- Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front in the town of rorism” at a time when the former French Arsal close to the Syrian border. The jihadists TEHRAN: Thousands of Iranians chanted “Down stormed the US Embassy in 1979, claiming it Western sanctions imposed on Iran in exchange colony is under mounting threat. The deal withdrew across the border after a truce with America” at a major anti-US rally yesterday was a center of plots against the Persian nation, for ensuring that Tehran cannot produce a comes as the poorly equipped Lebanese deal, but took with them several dozen cap- marking the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of and held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days. nuclear weapon. The two sides have a Nov 24 army battles jihadists, including militants of tive Lebanese soldiers and police, three of the US Embassy in Tehran, just days ahead of a Ties between the two countries were severed deadline to seal the final deal. The West sus- the Islamic State group, both along its whom they have since executed. key meeting between the two nations’ top after the siege and formal relations have not pects Iran’s nuclear program is aimed at produc- porous border with Syria and in its second Last December, OPEC kingpin Saudi diplomats over Iran’s controversial nuclear pro- been restored since. ing atomic weapons, a charge Tehran denies, city Tripoli. Arabia agreed to finance a $3 billion pack- gram. The gathering outside the former The anti-US gathering this year also had a insisting it’s for peaceful purposes only. The deal was signed in Riyadh by Saudi age of French military equipment and arms embassy compound in Tehran, which has religious character as most Shiites world over Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Finance Minister Ibrahim al-Assaf and for the Lebanese army. And in mid-June, at a become the annual venue for rallies commemo- yesterday observed Ashoura. One of the rally who has final say on all Iranian state matters, Edouard Guillaud, the head of the ODAS conference in Rome, the international com- rating the embassy attack and other American- speakers, cleric and university professor Ali Reza has repeatedly backed the talks even though he organisation set up by France for the export munity pledged its backing for the bashing protests, was smaller compared to last Panahian compared the US to enemies Hussein has expressed doubts about the intentions of of defence equipment, a diplomat told AFP. Lebanese military. But in September, year’s event, which drew tens of thousands - a faced in his final battle in Karbala in present-day the six-member group - the five permanent UN Lebanese army chief General Jean Kahwaji Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil Iraq. “Today, the evil arrogant powers have Security Council members and Germany - in the was also present at the ceremony, the diplo- said his country was still waiting “impatient- sign of improved Iran-US relations since moder- mat said, without giving details on the list of ly” for the delivery of the French-made ate Iranian President Hassan Rouhani took office learned that they should not attempt to thwart negotiations. In Oman’s capital of Muscat next weapons to be supplied-a clause that had weapons. last year. us in the same way that enemies of Hussein week, US Secretary of State John Kerry and his stalled the agreement for months. A French In August, Saudi Arabia pledged a fur- But the rally, organized by hard-liners, still encircled him,” Panahian said. He also Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif are source told AFP that the contract would ther $1 billion to strengthen the Lebanese puts pressure on Rouhani, whose policy of out- denounced talks with world powers over Iran’s to hold trilateral talks, which will also include now “be rapidly implemented”. army and last month Washington reach to Washington has faced harsh criticism nuclear program, claiming the negotiations can- European Union’s foreign policy chief Catherine The French foreign minister said: “This announced it had delivered a new shipment from opponents at home. Many in the crowd not change the Iranians’ anti-US stance. State TV Ashton. Zarif’s adviser Ali Khorram said Iran-US agreement, financed through Saudi aid, will of Hellfire missiles and would also supply chanted “Death to Israel” and “Death to Britain,” said similar anti-US rallies took place in other relations have now changed from being openly contribute to strengthening the Lebanese light aircraft. Announcing the supplies, US neither of which has an embassy here. Several Iranian cities and towns yesterday. hostile to friendly but that “it’s a friendly relation army, guarantor of Lebanon’s unity and sta- ambassador David Hale said the aircraft protesters burned the American, Israeli and the But despite anti-American sentiments on the not based on trust, not yet”. Khorram said the bility. “It will help it to carry out its mission would be paid for out of the additional British flag. Following the Islamic Revolution in streets, Rouhani’s government has pushed for a two have “common fields of cooperation in Iraq to defend national territory and fight terror- Saudi funding. —AFP Iran 35 years ago, militant Iranian students final nuclear deal that would end crippling and Syria” against Islamic State extremists. —AP Sudans to resume work on border

KHARTOUM: The presidents of Sudan and South the Heglig oil field on the frontier before Sudan Sudan’s ambassador to Juba, Mutrief Siddig, told Sudan agreed yesterday to resume work to demar- took the area. The conflict led to the signing of reporters Kiir would spend an extra night in cate their contested border, a dispute that boiled agreements in Sept 2012 appointing a joint body Khartoum because his plane had suffered “techni- over into armed conflict between the countries in to create a buffer zone between the two, although cal problems”. 2012. The south split from the north in 2011 under this was suspended in May. a peace agreement ending 22 years of civil war, The presidents said in the joint statement read Oil Threatened and the two remain at odds over unresolved issues by Foreign Minister Ali Karti that they would again Clashes between the rebels and troops loyal to from the secession, including the frontier. South cease “supporting and hosting the rebel groups Kiir have also raged in South Sudan’s Upper Nile Sudan’s President Salva Kiir arrived in Khartoum on from both sides,” without giving further details. state, another key oil-producing area, further threat- Tuesday for talks that followed a new flare-up of Last week, rebels attacked the oil town of Bentiu, ening exports though Sudan, a key revenue earner fighting in his country’s 11-month civil war. capital of South Sudan’s Unity state on the border, for Khartoum. Southern oil exports through Port Kiir and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said ending a lull in fighting during the rainy season, Sudan were also on the agenda for the talks, along a joint committee would resume meetings to over- which renders roads impassable to military vehi- with security issues, Sudan’s ambassador to Juba see “the demarcation of the buffer zone on the bor- cles. A visibly tired Kiir said he would work with said ahead of the meeting. The South’s secession KHARTOUM: Sudanese president Omar Bashir (right) walks with South Sudan der, with the deployment of troops outside the Sudan to “lift its foreign debts,” without elaborat- saw it take most of the formerly united country’s President Salva Kiir upon his arrival yesterday. —AP buffer zone”. Juba and Khartoum briefly battled for ing. He had been due to leave late yesterday, but 470,000 barrels per day of oil production. —AFP INTERNATIONAL WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014 US Navy SEALs told to stop spilling secrets

WASHINGTON: The commander of US Navy SEALs public notoriety and financial gain, which only November 11th and 12th,” spokesperson Carly the highly-trained troops, with publishers and producers has issued a stinging rebuke to troops who have diminishes otherwise honorable service, courage Shanahan told AFP. keen to sell their stories to a hungry audience. Another broken the elite force’s hallowed tradition of secrecy and sacrifice,” said the letter dated October 31. Navy SEAL who was part of the team that carried out the and humility by publishing memoirs and speaking The strict code of humble anonymity represent- When ‘Quiet Professionals’ Talk May 2011 raid on Bin Laden’s Pakistani compound, Matt to the media. Days after the Fox News network ed a “life-long commitment and obligation” and The Pentagon could not confirm if the commando Bissonnette, ran into trouble by publishing a memoir announced it would broadcast a documentary with those who flouted it were no longer teammates “in identified in the documentary took part in the May 2011 without submitting it to the Pentagon for review before- a commando who claims to have shot Osama bin good standing,” it said. The commander warned in raid but said all troops are legally bound by non-disclo- hand. The US government accused him violating his Laden, Rear Admiral Brian Losey, the head of Naval the letter that “we will actively seek judicial conse- sure agreements promising never to discuss classified legal obligation to allow the Defense Department to Special Warfare Command, wrote to his troops quence for members who wilfully violate the law” information, even after they retire from the military. “If in check the manuscript before publication to ensure no denouncing anyone who seeks fame or fortune by by revealing classified information. The documen- fact this individual was associated with the military unit sensitive secrets would be exposed. Bissonnette’s lawyer revealing details of secret missions. tary titled “The Man Who Killed Usama Bin Laden” is that carried out the UBL (Osama bin Laden) raid, which is has been in talks with government attorneys to try to “A critical tenet of our Ethos is ‘I do not advertise due to air this month. Fox News said it had no plans yet to be determined, he is still bound by his Non- settle the dispute but the commando remains under the nature of my work, nor seek recognition for my to cancel the program.”Fox News has not been con- Disclosure Agreement to not discuss classified informa- criminal investigation, officials said. Bissonnette’s book, actions,’” Losey and the top enlisted sailor, Force tacted by the Department of Defense or any other tion, especially in a nationally televised interview,” “No Easy Day,” was a bestseller and now he is poised to Master Chief Michael Magaraci, wrote in the letter, government agency expressing concern about spokesperson Commander Amy Derrick-Frost said in an release a new memoir, “No Hero: The Evolution of a Navy obtained by AFP on Monday. “We do not abide wilful ‘The Man Who Killed Usama Bin Laden’ special and email. For a force known as the “quiet professionals,” the SEAL.” But this time he agreed to the Pentagon vetting or selfish disregard for our core values in return for we have every intention of airing it as planned on 2011 Bin Laden raid thrust an intense public spotlight on the manuscript before publication. — AFP Fugitive Mexico mayor captured

MEXICO CITY: Mexican police have cap- Unidos within the Iguala government. group said in a statement. tured a fugitive former mayor and his Separately, gunmen killed a Mexican Nuevo Leon’s chief prosecutor, Adrian wife who the government says were the general sent by the government to tame de la Garza, had earlier said authorities probable masterminds behind the violence in a northern state plagued by were checking whether the general was abduction of 43 student teachers feared drug cartel crimes along the US border, one of the victims. Tamaulipas authorities massacred in September, officials said authorities said Monday. General Ricardo said Nuevo Leon prosecutors had con- yesterday. Police working with a local Cesar Nino Villarreal and his wife were firmed his identity. drug gang in the southwestern city of killed as they drove Saturday in Vallecillo, in De la Garza said the general usually Iguala abducted the students after clash- the northern state of Nuevo Leon. But their travels in an armored vehicle with a securi- es there on the night of Sept 26, sparking two-door car and the bodies were found ty detail, but the victim was unarmed and a huge manhunt and embarrassment for only Sunday by people who were driving in a civilian car. Nino Villareal survived a President Enrique Pena Nieto. by on the road linking the cities of previous attack on Oct 9 when unidenti- Jose Luis Abarca, who at the time was Monterrey and Nuevo Laredo, said the fied gunmen shot at his armored vehicle in mayor of Iguala, and his wife, Maria de los security task force of the neighboring state Linares, also in Nuevo Leon state. Angeles Pineda, were captured in Mexico of Tamaulipas. More than 100 high-caliber Before his appointment in Tamaulipas, City, Jose Ramon Salinas, a spokesman for the federal police, said on his Twitter account. A government official said the pair were caught early yesterday and were being questioned by prosecutors. The cou- ple was arrested by federal security forces in a house in the eastern district of Iztapalapa, Mexican media reported, one of the most violent parts of the capital where they had been hiding out for several weeks. The government is still searching for the students, whose disappearance shocked the country and undermined NEW YORK: A woman leaves a voting station yesterday. — AFP Pena Nieto’s claims that Mexico has become safer on his watch. The Mexican government said last month that Abarca Democrats bracing for and his wife had ordered local police to stop a group of about 80 students from disrupting a political event on the night of Sept 26. Six people, including three stu- defeat in midterm polls dents, died in the ensuing clashes in the IGUALA, Mexico: A picture taken on July 3, 2014 shows former Iguala may- violent state of Guerrero. Shortly afterward, or Jose Luis Abarca and his wife Maria de Los Angeles Pineda during an the mayor and his wife Pineda went under- event at the Municipal Palace in Guerrero state. — AFP ground. The government says Pineda Elections to deal rebuke to Obama comes from a family of high-profile drug traffickers. bullet casings were found at the scene of Nino Villareal was head of police in the Investigators said the police handed the shooting, officials said. Nino Villarreal Nuevo Leon town of Cadereyta. The mili- WASHINGTON: Americans began voting yesterday in key legisla- McConnell extending his lead. “The wind is at our backs,” Senator over the students to a local drug gang, was one of four military officers who was tary took full control of security in tive elections expected to deal a stinging defeat to President Rand Paul, a potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate, Guerreros Unidos, who many officials sus- deployed by the federal government in Tamaulipas in May after scores of people Barack Obama, with Republicans poised to take full control of told CNN on Sunday. “I think people are ready for new leadership.” pect of killing the youths. Despite dozens May to stem a surge of violence in died in a series of gunfights between war- Congress by wresting the Senate from his Democrats. The party of Republicans have hammered home their message that a vote for of arrests and the discovery of the remains Tamaulipas. The general was in charge of a ring cartels and clashes between gangs an incumbent US president historically fares badly in elections in Democrats is a vote for a tarnished Obama and his policies. “This of at least 38 bodies buried in the hills near northern zone that includes Nuevo Laredo, and security forces. the middle of his second term, and this time is expected to be no is a referendum on the president,” Paul told NBC. Iguala, it remained unclear what happened a city bordering Texas which has been the The state has been plagued by turf different for Obama. Many Republicans have essentially based In the House of Representatives, where all 435 seats are in to the students, who belonged to a radical scene of turf wars between cartels fighting wars between the Zetas and Gulf drug car- their campaigns on attacks against the president and his policies, play, experts predict the Republicans will gain more seats. A third leftist all-male college in Guerrero and over control of the lucrative drug traffick- tels for years. Both gangs have been weak- particularly his health care plan. Many Democrats even avoided of the 100-seat Senate is also up for grabs. Three top forecasters were studying to be teachers. According to ing routes. “The government of Tamaulipas ened by the arrests or killings of top lead- including the president in their campaign rallies and photo ops. now give Republicans between a 70 percent and 77 percent the testimony of a captured gangster that condemns and deeply laments the death ers.The most recent violence has partly The first polling stations opened in the states of Indiana, chance of winning the Senate as well. was made public by the attorney general’s of General Ricardo Cesar Nino Villarreal and been blamed on infighting within the Gulf Kentucky, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York and office, Pineda was the boss of Guerreros his wife,” the state’s security coordination cartel. — AFP Virginia, with the rest of the country to follow. Although the econ- Perhaps No Clear Picture Soon omy has been improving gradually since the recession of 2008, But however successful the Republicans are, a complete pic- the national mood is far from buoyant. Much attention has ture may not emerge yesterday. There are strong prospects for focused on recent flashpoint crises like Ebola and advances by the runoffs in Louisiana and Georgia, where rules require a second Islamic State jihadists in Syria and Iraq. Democrats currently hold round if winners do not earn more than 50 percent of the vote. a 55-45 seat advantage in the US Senate, while Republicans con- Add to that a probable days-long ballot count in remote Alaska, trol the House of Representatives. where there is an unpredictable and tight race, which would also If Republicans take a net six seats in the Senate, Obama will delay matters. Louisiana’s runoff is Dec 6, but a Georgia runoff spend his last two years in office facing a hostile Congress as he would be on Jan 6, three days after the start of the new Congress. contends with Ebola, Islamic extremists and improving the econo- Polls - and history - show that Republicans would have the my. The race for the Senate has been very expensive - an estimat- advantage in overtime in both states, although there would be ed $423 million in TV spots about Senate races, according to the intense ground games and ad wars, especially if the fate of the Washington Post. Recent polls show Republicans pulling ahead in Senate were still up in the air. While both parties have rolled out the battle for power in Washington despite races in Alaska, North their surrogates to rally voters, Obama all too aware of his status Carolina and other states remaining very close, and they as a lightning rod for Republican criticism - has largely steered expressed confidence in the home stretch. clear of the campaign trail. And his schedule yesterday showed a “We intend to be a responsible governing Republican majori- president seeking to appear above the fray, scheduling a series of ty,” the party’s top Senator Mitch McConnell told ABC News as he meetings on defense and Ebola - but no last-minute stumping for barnstormed his state of Kentucky. The veteran politician is locked Democrats. Vice President Joe Biden said he does not “agree with in the tightest race of his career with resilient Democratic chal- oddsmakers” and feels Democrats could hold the Senate, a senti- lenger Alison Lundergan Grimes, but two weekend polls showed ment the White House said Obama shared. — AFP Guard fired after Obama visit: I’m not a convict

ATLANTA: A security guard fired after President Barack Obama’s trip to Atlanta said Monday that he lost his job because he snapped a picture of the presidential motorcade to send to his mother and is humiliated by news reports wrongly claim- ing he’s a convicted felon. Kenneth Tate, 49, worked as a guard for Professional Security Corp, a security contractor at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. As part of his job duties, he carried a concealed .40-caliber handgun issued to him daily by his employer. He rode in an elevator with Obama during the president’s Sept 16 visit to the CDC, though the US Secret Service was apparently unaware that Tate was armed. That incident was publicly revealed after a ATLANTA: Kenneth Tate, a former security guard for the Centers for Disease man scaled the White House fence and Control and Prevention, poses for a photo on Monday. — AP entered the building. Those security breaches and other embarrassments led Service, said a whistleblower had provided the child. His employer knew about that to the Oct 1 resignation of Secret Service him with the same information the Post history, and it was also vetted by a Georgia Director Julia Pierson. initially reported. The president of state agency that licenses security guards. Tate said the affair cost him his liveli- Professional Security Corp, William Banks, Tate said he never hid the fact that he hood and his reputation. “This is a night- told The New York Times that Tate did not was armed, and no one in the Secret mare. My whole life (has) been changed have any felony or misdemeanor convic- Service asked. His employer gave him a upside down,” Tate said. “I’m trying to fig- tions. The Times first reported Tate’s ver- gun at the start of every workday, and his ure out which way to go. How do you go sion of events. Banks did not return multi- license to carry is documented in an anywhere when it seems like the door has ple calls from the AP seeking comment. Internet database available for public been closed on you? Your reputation (has) inspection. CDC spokeswoman Barbara been tarnished. The embarrassment.” The Never Convicted Reynolds confirmed Tate worked as a Washington Post initially reported that Tate said he was twice charged with security guard at the agency’s campus, Tate had been convicted of crimes, but misdemeanor offenses in the 1990s, but and she said CDC officials requested that subsequently corrected the claim. The AP he was never convicted. One incident Tate’s employer reassign him after has found no evidence of a conviction involved an argument with a girlfriend Obama’s visit. She would not comment on against Tate. who is now his wife. Tate said the second why the agency made that request. US The office of Republican Rep Jason incident resulted from a dispute over how Secret Service spokesman Robert Hoback Chaffetz of Utah, who has helped lead his sister was treating a newborn baby. declined to discuss Tate’s description of Congress’ investigation into the Secret Tate said he was later awarded custody of events. —AP p10 2_Layout 1 11/4/14 10:12 PM Page 1

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Hope and dismay in Burkina’s burned-out second city

O-DIOULASSO: At a roundabout in the meters away. grey remains of hundreds of documents centre of Burkina Faso’s second city of “We watch what is happening there. blowing in the wind. “If there was a word Bobo-Dioulasso, a statue of the late Then it comes here,” said Adama Salou, a stronger than disaster...” she said. Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi now 28-year-old local. Just as the parliament “Specific places were targeted: the prose- stands alone, watching over an endless building was stormed and set ablaze in cutor’s office, the district court. stream of backfiring motorbikes. Ougadougou, so the town hall in Bobo- “They have only hurt themselves. Gaddafi’s likeness once stood alongside Dioulasso was set on fire. The burned-out Now, it will be impossible to get any- that of Burkina’s long-standing president shells of two cars lie in the approach to thing. The courthouse is closed.” Calm Blaise Compaore, but some of the pro- the house of mayor Salia Sano, which has returned on Saturday, a day after testers that helped end his 27-year rule also been gutted by fire. “When the peo- Compaore fled the country, but not for last week came along and tore it down. ple came on Thursday, they burned long. With the military announcing it From his small kiosk in front of Place everything,” says Sano’s son, Hamed, a 37- had taken power, there were fresh Blaise-Kadhafi, Sibre Yameogo watched year-old scrap merchant. “These guys protests on Sunday. “People were pan- on Thursday as the huge bronze statue came for political reasons, but the next icking a little with the military not want- was pushed over by a group of young day the looters arrived.” ing to give up power,” said one local, men with their bare hands. There was Alexandre Bayala, 38. “We wonder if the great joy when it fell, he says, “and they Worse than disaster army is going to work for the people or kept hitting the statue with their sticks It looks as though a hurricane has torn not.” Meanwhile, the site of the town hall afterwards.” An hour later, city authorities through the court complex in central has become a playground for children, came to recover the toppled effigy, leav- Bobo. Half a dozen buildings and many who laugh and play among the ruins. ing Kadhafi solo in his sunglasses and more vehicles are blackened wrecks. “I One is picking through the rubble look- Bedouin headdress to look over Place was on the frontline-people didn’t agree ing for scrap to sell, but all he turns up Blaise-Gaddafi. The town of Bobo- with burning down the courthouse,” said are a few bits of copper wire and a cou- Dioulasso has seen a spasm of violence Adama Salou, who works in a hotel. “But ple of plastic boxes. “There’s nothing OUAGADOUGOU: A car burns outside the parliament building in Burkina Faso over the past week, mirroring events in the delinquents had their way.” One left,” he says. “They destroyed every- as people protest against their longtime President Blaise Compaore who seeks the capital Ougadougou, some 400 kilo- employee surveyed the mess and the thing.”—AFP another term in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. — AP Kosovo mired in worst crisis

PRISTINA: Just when Kosovo appeared to drop three criminal cases, including one for be heading for a degree of stability and murder, in 2012 and 2013. Local media normalcy, feuding politicians and fresh cor- reported that chief prosecutor Jaroslava ruption scandals have plunged the fledg- Novotna, a Czech national, and former EU ling Balkan nation into its worst political chief judge Francesco Florit of Italy were crisis to date. A quirk in the young nation’s offered 350,000 euros ($440,000) each. constitution has left Kosovo in a seemingly EULEX bosses have promised a “thorough unfixable political deadlock that could yet probe” but their first step was to suspend force fresh elections only five months after Bamieh on suspicion of leaking confidential the last vote. The constitution decrees that documents. the party with the most seats gets to appoint parliament’s speaker and try to Impact on Serbia ties form a government. The chaos could undermine hopes of That means the Democratic Party of normalizing Kosovo’s relationship with Kosovo (PDK) led by former guerrilla Serbia, which has never accepted the deci- Hashim Thaci, which has been in charge of sion of its former province, made up mostly the country since it declared independence of ethnic Albanians, to break away. Violence from Serbia in 2008. But a coalition of between Serbs and Albanians at a recent opposition parties have banded together Euro 2016 football qualifier in Belgrade to repeatedly block the PDK’s choice for served as a reminder of the continued eth- speaker and attempt to form their own nic tensions in the region. government. It appears there is no way out A planned visit by Albanian Prime of the stalemate since the constitution Minister Edi Rama to Serbia, the first such does not set any deadline for electing a visit in 68 years, had to be postponed in the speaker nor any limit on how many times aftermath. Meanwhile in Kosovo, the the issue can be put to a vote. nationalistic Self-Determination party has The PDK might be the biggest party-still taken a prominent role in the opposition riding the popularity its leaders earned coalition, demanding that it leads negotia- during their insurgency against Serbian tions with Serbia as the price of its support. CHELTENHAM: Photo shows an undated image of GCHQ in Cheltenham England released by British Government yesterday. US-based social forces in the late 1990s but with only 37 That threatens the already tricky process of media have become “command-and-control networks” for terrorists and criminals, and tech companies are in denial about their misuse, the deputies in the 120-seat parliament it has ironing out details from a landmark 2013 new head of Britain’s electronic eavesdropping agency said. — AP little hope of governing alone. If the stale- deal between the two countries, in which mate continues, says Pristina-based analyst Serbia agreed to let Kosovo govern itself in Belul Beqaj, it could deal an “irreparable exchange for continued influence over the blow” to Kosovo’s international standing. Serb community. “Kosovo is losing any resemblance to a nor- Analyst Haki Abazi says much of the Web ‘a command mal country and is slowly taking the path blame for the crisis lies with the brinkman- towards becoming a failed state,” he said. ship politics used by Thaci’s administration. “Triggering crises is the only way they EU corruption know of governing,” he said. “The last eight Beqaj fears Kosovo will once again be years have been characterized by a succes- center for terror’ forced to fall back on support from US and sion of mistakes.” Economists fear the dead- European diplomats, who have all but lock will stop next year’s budget being micro-managed Kosovo’s politics since the agreed, jeopardizing public sector wages. Islamic State harnessing Internet to stoke jihadi threat war. But the credibility of foreign emissaries Kosovo’s average salary amounts to just to Kosovo was called into serious doubt 350 euros ($440) per month and unem- LONDON: Twitter and Facebook are so impor- reports based on previously top secret docu- Internet using it as a modern drop box or secret this week by accusations that officials from ployment is at 35 percent. Almost half of its tant to militant groups that the US technology ments stolen by Snowden, a US citizen who now ink, Islamic State is noisily using it to advertise the EU’s law mission took payoffs from mostly-Albanian population of 1.7 million giants should give security services greater lives in Moscow, laid bare the extent of American itself, radicalise new recruits and intimidate with organized criminals. A British prosecutor lives in poverty. Reforms cannot wait for access to allow Western governments to foil and British surveillance, including demands grotesque videos of beheadings, he said. “The with the European Union Rule of Law another round of politicking, said Beqaj. “A attacks, the head of Britain’s eavesdropping spies made to telephone and technology com- ISIS (Islamic State) leadership understands the Mission (EULEX), Maria Bamieh, accused poor country like Kosovo can not afford to agency said. The new director of Britain’s GCHQ, panies. power this gives them with a new generation,” two of her colleagues of taking bribes to hold early elections.”—AFP Robert Hannigan, said Twitter Inc, Facebook Inc In the wake of the Snowden revelations, Hannigan said, adding that militants had used and WhatsApp were in denial about their unin- GCHQ, which stands for Government World Cup and Ebola hashtags on Twitter mes- tended role as “the command and control net- Communications Headquarters, was accused by sages to pitch their views to a wider audience. works of choice for terrorists”. privacy groups and some lawmakers of the “The extremists of ISIS use messaging and Security breach not Islamic State militants are harnessing the widespread illegal monitoring of electronic com- social media services such as Twitter, Facebook power of the Internet to create a militant net- munications. British ministers denied any illegal- and WhatsApp,” he said. Hannigan cast GCHQ, work with near global reach just a quarter of a ity and top spies dismissed any sinister intent, which fishes for intelligence in the world’s cyber noticed for months century since the creation of the World Wide saying they sought only to defend the liberties oceans from a futuristic building called the Web, Hannigan said. “The challenge to govern- Western democracies. The director general of doughnut in the western English spa-town of WASHINGTON: A cyberattack similar to pre- questions about why the company and the ments and their intelligence agencies is huge - the MI5 Security Service, Andrew Parker, warned Cheltenham, as hindered by technology compa- vious hacker intrusions from China penetrat- government failed to ensure that outdated and it can only be met with greater co-operation last year that the revelations were a gift to terror- nies and a mistaken assumption that privacy ed computer networks for months at USIS, background reports containing personal data from technology companies,” Hannigan wrote in ists because they had exposed GCHQ’s ability to was an absolute right. the government’s leading security clearance weren’t regularly purged from the company’s the Financial Times newspaper. “If they are to track, listen and watch plotters. “Young foreign “It can seem that some technology compa- contractor, before the company noticed, offi- computers. meet this challenge, it means coming up with fighters have learnt and benefited from the leaks nies are in denial about its misuse,” he said. “I sus- cials and others familiar with an FBI investiga- better arrangements for facilitating lawful inves- of the past two years,” Hannigan said. pect most ordinary users of the internet ... do tion and related official inquiries told The USIS’ handling tigation by security and law enforcement agen- not want the media platforms they use with Associated Press. The breach, first revealed by Details about the investigation and related cies than we have now.” ‘ISIS IT department’ their friends and families to facilitate murder or the company and government agencies in inquiries were described by federal officials Twitter and Facebook, which owns GCHQ, MI5 and Britain’s foreign spy service, child abuse.” Emma Carr, director of the Big August, compromised the private records of and others familiar with the case. The officials WhatsApp, declined immediate comment before MI6, need greater support from the private sec- Brother Watch civil liberties group, said technol- at least 25,000 employees at the Homeland spoke only on condition of anonymity U.S business hours. GCHQ also declined to com- tor, said Hannigan, who singled out US technol- ogy companies had assisted spy agencies and Security Department and cost the company because they were not authorized to com- ment on the article. Such a strong public warn- ogy companies in particular. No British-based that the government had failed to provide evi- hundreds of millions of dollars in lost govern- ment publicly on the continuing criminal ing from one of the West’s most powerful spies companies were named. Hannigan said Islamic dence to substantiate claims the companies ment contracts. investigation, the others because of concerns indicates the gravity of the perceived threat and State militants, who have seized swathes of land were being obstructive. “The government and In addition to trying to identify the perpe- about possible litigation. A computer foren- a sense of frustration felt by many spies about in Syria and Iraq, were harnessing the power of agencies have consistently failed to provide evi- trators and evaluate the scale of the stolen sics analysis by consultants hired by the com- the damage done by former National Security technology in a new and dangerous way. While dence that Internet companies are being active- material, the government inquiries have pany’s lawyers defended USIS’ handling of the Agency contractor Edward Snowden. Media Al- Qaeda mainly hid in the shadows of the ly obstructive,” Carr said.— Reuters prompted concerns about why computer breach, noting it was the firm that reported detection alarms inside the company failed to the incident. quickly notice the hackers and whether feder- The analysis said government agencies al agencies that hired the company should regularly reviewed and approved the firm’s Ukraine crisis deepens after rebel vote in east have monitored its practices more closely. early warning system. In the analysis, submit- Former employees of the firm, US ted to federal officials in September and KIEV: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko His sentiments were echoed by the White and not for separatist ballots aimed at bringing Investigations Services LLC, also have raised obtained by the AP, the consultants criticized called an emergency meeting of his security House, which condemned what it called “illegiti- in leaders of breakaway entities who seek close the government’s decision in August to indef- chiefs to discuss new ways of dealing with the mate, so-called ‘elections’” and warned economic association or even union with Russia. initely halt the firm’s background investiga- separatist challenge in the east after rebel elec- penalties on Russia “will rise” if Moscow contin- Instead, Alexander Zakharchenko, a 38-year- tions. USIS reported the cyberattack to feder- tions that were denounced by Kiev and the ues to violate the Minsk deal. “We are concerned old former mining electrician, easily won elec- al authorities on June 5, more than two West. The rogue votes, which Kiev says Russia by a Russian Foreign Ministry statement today tion as head of the “Donetsk People’s Republic”, months before acknowledging it publicly. The encouraged, could create a new “frozen conflict” that seeks to legitimize these sham ‘elections,” an entity proclaimed by armed rebels last April. attack had hallmarks similar to past intrusions in post-Soviet Europe and further threaten the Bernadette Meehan, spokeswoman for the In a similar vote in Luhansk, a smaller self-pro- by Chinese hackers, according to people territorial unity of Ukraine, which lost control of White House National Security Council, said in a claimed pro-Russian entity further east, Igor familiar with the investigation. its Crimean peninsula in March when it was statement on Monday. Calling for “adjustments” Plotnisky won more than 63 percent of the vote, Last March, hackers traced to China were annexed by Russia. to be made in the way he handled the east, a rebel representative said. Kiev and the West reported to have penetrated computers at Organisers of the twin ballots said insurgent Poroshenko said he intended to scrap a law that will now be looking to see if Russian President the Office of Personnel Management, the fed- leaders had emerged victorious in both Donetsk would have offered “special status” to areas in Vladimir Putin will formally recognize the validi- eral agency that oversees most background and Luhansk-two Russian speaking areas of east- the east including those controlled by the rebels. ty of the election, despite their entreaties to him investigations of government workers and ern Ukraine-throwing down the gauntlet to This would be among points to be discussed not to do so. A Russian deputy foreign minister, has contracted extensively with USIS. In a Poroshenko, who vehemently opposed the elec- in a meeting of Ukraine’s security and defence Grigory Karasin, made no mention of formal brief interview, Joseph Demarest, assistant tion. In a statement, the Ukrainian president council, he said. The “special status” law envis- recognition but said the newly elected leader- director of the FBI’s cyber division, described denounced the vote as an “electoral farce”, aged allowing the Donetsk and Luhansk regions ship in eastern Ukraine now had a mandate to the hack against USIS as “sophisticated” but repeating that it violated a bedrock deal struck to run their own affairs and also offered sepa- negotiate with Kiev. Up to now, Kiev’s leaders WASHINGTON: Federal Bureau of said “we’re still working through that as well.” in the Belarusian capital Minsk on Sept. 5 intend- ratist fighters freedom from prosecution. Kiev have refused to hold direct talks with the sepa- Investigation (FBI) seal is seen on the He added, “There is some attribution” as to ed to pave the way for a settlement of the sepa- says the Minsk agreement provided only for ratists, whom they refer to as “terrorists” and lectern following a press conference at who was responsible, but he declined to ratist problem. election of local officials under Ukrainian law, “bandits”.—Reuters the Newseum in Washington, DC. — AFP comment further. —AP

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014 INTERNATIONAL Indonesian women’s killings shock Hong Kong HONG KONG: Inside the sleek, metallic a Facebook page set up in her honor who appeared disheveled and dazed grey apartment tower rising from the showed her smiling widely, dressed in a before appearing in court Monday, had heart of this financial capital, police glittering silver cocktail dress, perched recently quit the job he had since 2013 uncovered an unspeakable crime that on a bar stool. Hong Kong police identi- in structured equity finance and trading has jolted this city proud of its reputa- fied the other victim as 25-year-old for Bank of America Merrill Lynch in tion for safety and order. One of the Sumarti Ningsih, who was in Hong Kong Hong Kong. He’s expected to cooperate Indonesian women’s bodies was found on a tourist visa that expired Monday. A with police on Friday in helping recon- stabbed in the neck and buttock. picture posted on a Facebook page set struct the crime in his apartment. Another’s was stuffed into a suitcase, up in her honor showed her smiling As recently as Oct 15, Jutting had with lacerations to the neck. Police widely, dressed in a glittering silver cock- posted a picture on his Facebook page immediately arrested 29-year-old British tail dress, perched on a bar stool. apparently of the glass-and-steel bal- banker Rurik George Caton Jutting, who Speaking to TV reporters yesterday cony where Ningsih’s body was found in had led them to his upscale apartment from the village of Gandrungmangu on a suitcase. All the friends “liking” the where the bodies were found. Indonesia’s Java island, Ningsih’s father, photo were young Asian women, mostly Now, the families of the victims as Ahmad Kaliman, demanded justice for with Filipino names. Other photos on well as Hong Kong police and the crimes. “The perpetrator has to be the Facebook page show the pro- Indonesian officials are trying to figure sentenced to death, or at least life in democracy protests that have filled out how the horror unfolded and who is prison,” the 58-year-old said. He noted Hong Kong’s streets since late going to pay. Indonesia Consulate the suspect’s profession and added, “He September. On Sept. 30, Jutting even spokesman Sam Aryadi confirmed yes- also has to pay money to help support posted the movement’s yellow ribbon as terday that one of the victims was 29- Ningsih’s 5-year-old son in the future.” his profile photo. Jutting graduated from year-old Seneng Mujiasih, who had The two women appeared to be among Cambridge University, where he was come from the city of Muna on Sulawesi the thousands of migrant workers drawn secretary of the university’s history soci- Island on a domestic worker permit. She to Hong Kong, one of Asia’s biggest ety. He has yet to enter a plea in the had let the visa lapse, Aryadi said, and financial hubs, looking for better pay. case. The consulate was arranging for HONG KONG: This undated photo reproduced with permission by the family of ended up “hanging out” in the red light About half of the 319,325 migrant the bodies of both women to be return Indonesia woman Sumarti Ningsih shows Sumarti (left) sitting on a bar with an district of Wan Chai. domestic workers in Hong Kong are home for burial. “Both of the women unidentified friend at a Hong Kong bar. The parents of Sumarti, who was mur- There she had gone by the Filipino- Indonesian and nearly all are women, came from small cities,” Aryadi said. “We dered in Hong Kong, called yesterday for her “sadistic” killer to be put to death, a sounding alias of Jesse Lorena Ruri, according to a report by human rights are working to have them sent back to day after a British banker appeared in court accused of killing her and a second another official said. A picture posted on group Amnesty International. Jutting, their families.”—AP woman. — AFP India steps up safety on most dangerous roads Indian road accidents kill 1.2 million in last decade

NEW DELHI: This year, the family of Rakesh Pillai, in fines and prison sentences for dangerous driv- busy road near a shopping mall. It involved driv- a bank employee, achieved a long-held aspira- ing. It will create an authority with a sole focus on ing in a straight line, pulling into a right-hand tion. After hauling themselves around on bicy- road safety, impose stricter regulations on car lane, making a U-turn and then another, before cles and scooters all their lives, they bought a manufacturers, and employ technology, such as arriving back at the start. It took all of 90 seconds. white Suzuki Wagon R, one of India’s best-selling automated driving tests, to cut down on corrup- The examiner, standing under an umbrella, compact cars. It didn’t matter that no family tion. Drivers caught speeding or who drink and didn’t get into the car and tried to keep track of member knew how to drive. Pillai immediately drive will face a fine of $800 - 10 times the aver- more than 10 vehicles and motorbikes taking the took the car for a spin around his neighborhood age monthly salary - and the threat of jail. The test at the same time. India has one the world’s in New Delhi. He almost knocked down a couple current maximum fine for speeding is $16 and for fastest-growing car markets, with two million of pedestrians, scratched a car door on a gate drink driving $50. sold every year. In a nation of new drivers, much when making a turn, and bumped a wall while “It is not going to change road habits of the road etiquette has come from how people trying to reverse. “In India, the main rule for most overnight, and any success will depend on a lot walk. Drivers seize any space in front of them and drivers is that you don’t stop for anyone,” said of work from the government to ensure these tailgate whenever possible. On the highway, if Pillai, 31, who wears frameless glasses and sports laws are implemented,” said Piyush Tewari, who drivers miss a turn, they stop, back up and try NEW DELHI: Indian Shiite Muslims men flagellate themselves in the inner courtyard of a neatly trimmed moustache. “Cars don’t stop for founded the SaveLIFE Foundation to reduce acci- again. Adding to the danger, drivers share roads a local mosque at the end of a Ashura procession in the old quarters of New Delhi yes- walkers, and walkers don’t stop for cars.” dents after his teenage cousin was killed in a with camels, elephants, bullock carts, trucks, trac- terday. Thousands of faithful gathered for a procession that ended at the mosque. India has the world’s deadliest roads, the crash. The new law was inspired by the death of tors and cyclists. Roads are pot-holed and pedes- Ashura mourns the death of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, result of a flood of untrained drivers, inadequate Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde in trians dart out into traffic. It is common to see (PBUH) who was killed by armies of the Yazid near Karbala in 680 AD. — AFP law enforcement, badly maintained highways a crash in June. Munde, a close ally of Prime broken glass, overturned trucks and crumpled and cars that fail modern crash tests. Alarmed by Minister Narendra Modi, was the third senior cars by the roadside. the increasing fatalities, the new government has politician to die in a car accident since 2000. The Cutting road deaths and injuries could add Christian couple killed begun a five-year project to cut road deaths by a legislation, to be introduced in a parliament ses- three percentage points to India’s economic out- fifth every year, part of the most ambitious over- sion starting this month, will be a test of Modi’s put, the World Health Organization estimates. haul of highway laws since independence in ability to win cross-party consensus because he India has few drivers relative to its population, for ‘desecrating Quran’ 1947. About 1.2 million Indians were killed in car lacks an upper-house majority. with just 41 automobiles for every 1,000 people. accidents over the past decade, on average one That is roughly equivalent to the figure for the LAHORE: An enraged Muslim mob beat a practices, with a study by the Bonded every four minutes, while 5.5 million were seri- Ten at a time United States in 1917. But the numbers promise Christian couple to death in Pakistan and Labor Liberation Front Pakistan estimating ously injured. At a test centre in Delhi last week, Pillai stood to keep soaring. “Sadly, I predict we are going to burnt their bodies in the brick kiln where that 4.5 million are indentured laborers. While road deaths in many emerging markets in a queue that snaked outside into the autumn keep seeing a spiral in road deaths,” said Harman they worked yesterday for allegedly dese- Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has have dipped even as vehicle sales rose, Indian sunshine, where touts told candidates they could Singh, of safety campaign group Arrive Safe. “It is crating a Quran, police said. The incident constituted a three-member committee to fatalities have shot up by half in the last 10 years. skip the line and the test for a fee of about $30. easier to pass a law than to change the mind- took place at the town of Kot Radha fast track the investigation of the killings The government is proposing a drastic increase After an hour, Pillai was called for his test on a set.”—Reuters Kishan, some 60 kilometers southwest of and ordered police to beef up security at the city of Lahore, and is the latest exam- Christian neighborhoods in the province, ple of mob violence against minorities an official from his media office told AFP. accused of blasphemy. “A mob attacked a Blasphemy is a hugely sensitive issue in Christian couple after accusing them of the majority Muslim country, with even desecration of the holy Quran and later unproven allegations often prompting burnt their bodies at a brick kiln where mob violence. Anyone convicted, or even they worked,” local police station official just accused, of insulting Islam, risks a vio- Bin-Yameen said. “Yesterday an incident of lent and bloody death at the hands of vigi- desecration of the holy Quran took place lantes. A Christian woman has been on in the area and today the mob first beat death row since November 2010 after she the couple and later set their bodies on fire was found guilty of making derogatory at a brick kiln,” he added. remarks about the Prophet Mohammed Another police official confirmed the (PBUH) during an argument with a Muslim incident. The victims were only identified woman. An elderly British man with severe by their first names, Shama and Shehzad, mental illness, sentenced to death for blas- and were a married couple. Pakistan’s brick phemy in Pakistan in January, was shot by kiln workers are often subject to harsh a prison guard last month.— AFP

Indonesia first family blaze a modest trail in Southeast Asia

JAKARTA: With a wife who eschews His six children allegedly amassed for- designer outfits and a daughter happy to tunes by enjoying privileged access to queue at public health clinics, Indonesian lucrative business deals during his three- President Joko Widodo’s family are setting decade rule, which was marked by massive a modest example in a region where lead- corruption. He was toppled in 1998 by the ers’ relatives are better known for greed Asian financial crisis. The most controversial and corruption. Southeast Asia’s ruling fam- is youngest son Hutomo Mandala Putra, ilies have not generally espoused austerity- popularly known as Tommy. A playboy with from the controversial children of late a taste for flashy cars, he served four years Indonesian dictator Suharto to the wife of of a 15-year prison term for hiring hitmen to BEIJING: Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani (2nd L) listens to China’s Premier Li Keqiang (2nd right) during their meeting at the Malaysia’s premier, who is criticized as a murder a judge who had sentenced him to Great Hall of the People in Beijing yesterday.— AFP spendthrift, and the excesses of Brunei’s jail for corruption. He was released in 2006. royals. In contrast, the wife, daughter and two Rejects fancy handbags sons of Widodo, known as Jokowi, appear When it comes to Widodo’s family, his Beijing stamps out humble and down to earth, more represen- wife Iriana, 51, has forgone the designer tative of the country’s rapidly emerging clothes and fancy handbags beloved of middle class than an aloof elite. “Even now many first ladies, normally opting for plain Jokowi has been elected president, they shirts and trousers. His eldest son has set still want to live like other ordinary people,” up a catering business in the family’s funeral fashion fires Anggit Noegroho, a friend of Widodo’s who hometown of Solo, on Java, and drives a helped him during numerous political cam- Mazda hatchback. While his family spent paigns and has known the family for a several days in Jakarta before Widodo’s BEIJING: Beijing authorities have banned clothing of the deceased will be suspended” headlines as thousands of runners battled a decade said. October 20 inauguration, the 27-year-old people from burning the clothes of dead rela- from November 1 to 15 due to APEC, accord- thick white haze at the Beijing Marathon, with They present the same image as 53- did not leave until the day before due to his tives-a traditional funerary rite to ensure they ing to the Beijing News. “We kindly ask your some athletes donning masks as the pollution year-old Widodo himself, Indonesia’s first heavy workload. can dress in the afterlife-as an anti-pollution understanding for any inconvenience this soared to 16 times the World Health president from outside the political and “I will be able to leave the city only once measure for an international summit, state- may cause,” the notice reads. The burning of Organization’s recommended maximum. military elites, who rose from a modest my catering jobs are done,” he told the run media said yesterday. The move comes clothing to make it available to the deceased- Organizers had rejected calls to postpone background and has pledged clean gover- Jakarta Post newspaper. When Widodo’s days ahead of the opening of the Asia-Pacific along with paper representations of other the race, saying it would have been “very diffi- nance in one of the world’s most corrupt daughter, Kahiyang Ayu, injured her hand, Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, when goods-is part of the rituals of death in much cult” as a significant portion of the athletes countries. However observers caution that the 23-year-old reportedly insisted on it could be tough going for a family unused being taken to a community health centre Chinese President Xi Jinping will host leaders of China. came from places outside Beijing. Ahead of to intense public scrutiny-and point out it is instead of an expensive private clinic and from the United States, Russia and Japan It is not the first time that small-scale the APEC conference, however, authorities not hard for them to look good, given what waited to be seen by a doctor. A blog by among others. Authorities in the notoriously smoke sources have been targeted in the have sought to clear the skies, which have went before. The children of Widodo’s pred- Widodo’s youngest son, 17-year-old smog-ridden capital have imposed tight limits country’s battles against pollution, with been clear in recent days. Hebei province, ecessor, ex-general Susilo Bambang Kaesang Pangarep, has shone a light on the on car use, ordered factories to close, and are streetside barbecue stands sometimes which borders Beijing, will suspend produc- Yudhoyono, sometimes courted controver- first family’s private life, with tales of his giving public sector employees a six-day holi- blamed. China’s heavy air pollution is primari- tion at more than 2,000 companies and halt sy, with one of his sons having to fend off father playing practical jokes and worries day, with some neighboring areas also follow- ly caused by the enormous use of coal to gen- work at nearly 2,500 construction sites, accusations of corruption, but it was the about what to wear to school adding to the ing suit with restrictions. erate electricity to power a booming econo- according to the state-run China Daily news- offspring of Suharto who provoke the most sense they are just normal, middle-class A notice at Beijing’s sprawling Babaoshan my, and by more vehicles on the roads. Last paper. “Blue skies ready to greet APEC”, read a anger in Indonesia. folk.—AFP cemetery states that “the incineration of the month, the toxic smog made international front-page headline in Tuesday’s paper.—AFP NEWS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014 Lifetime of perks in UAE help cushion wealth gap

UMM AL-QUWAIN: The United Arab an Emirati woman. A debt settlement encourage the private sector to allo- Emirates contains the world’s tallest fund provides a onetime bailout to cate training and jobs for Emiratis building, an artificial indoor ski slope entrepreneurs who need it. On some who would otherwise look to the and man-made islands shaped like occasions, the UAE’s rulers have paid government. Yet throughout the oil- the world. Dubai’s fleet of police cars the debts of Emirati nationals ahead rich Gulf Arab countries, the need for includes a $2.5 million Bugatti Veyron of major holidays. The welfare system jobs is outpacing available work. The and a $500,000 Lamborghini emerged when seven emirates joined International Monetary Fund says Aventador. Look past the blinding to form the UAE under Sheikh Zayed’s that out of 1.6 million youths in Saudi glitz, though, and you discover a gulf leadership. Lifting Emiratis from Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar separating the elite and their riches poverty through a lifetime of aid coin- and the United Arab Emirates who from most Emiratis. Yet in contrast to cided with transforming the UAE from will enter the workforce by 2018, 1 much of the world, a note of com- a nation of disparate fishing villages million could fail to find jobs. plaint is seldom heard here, and the into one of the world’s leading invest- “The key challenge to the UAE is to reason is simple: Most Emiratis live ment and commercial hubs. find the incentives for the local labor lives of comfort that they owe to a to join the private sector,” said George bounty of perks and benefits from the Welfare State Naufal, an economics professor at the government. “The federal government is a huge American University of Sharjah. With The welfare system, built more welfare society and welfare state,” said most Gulf states propelled by high than four decades ago under Abu Abdulkhaleq Abdullah, a professor of birth rates, the collective cost of gov- Dhabi’s Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al- political science at Emirates ernment benefits is accelerating. Nahyan, helped forge long-standing University. “This is a fact of life, and “Think about it in terms of a father political loyalty. “We came from this people appreciate that.” The UAE’s hinting at his children that it is time hard life, but because of this man - three most developed emirates - Abu for them to be independent and may God rest his soul - we now have a Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah have man- make their own economic path,” good, beautiful life,” said 60-year-old aged to attract global experts to help Naufal said. “At some point, this Jumaa Al-Shami, who lives in the transform themselves into sparkling should happen.” northern emirate of Umm Al-Quwain. metropolises. Until recently, the four It won’t come without hardship. The question is how long it will other emirates - Umm Al-Quwain, Without government support for last. Officials and economists warn Fujairah, Ras Al-Khaimah and Ajman - housing and school fees for children, that the lavish government spending still had dirt roads and endured elec- the number of Emiratis living on less that has long sustained a robust tricity outages and subpar healthcare than 80 dirhams ($22) a day would Emirati middle class could eventually facilities. rise by 21 percent in Dubai and would DUBAI: In this Aug 5, 2014 photo, an Emirati man with his son and other Western tourists visit a 1950 mock- be curtailed. Analysts say the United Even with gaping disparities double in Sharjah, according to a up of the main souq and the creek at the Dubai Museum. —AP Arab Emirates’ economic viability among the seven emirates - and a study conducted in 2009 by the requires guiding more Emiratis into constitution that defines each emi- Dubai Economic Council, an advisory has helped reinforce long-standing up to $545 million a year is spent on ment in the United States is 62, in self-sustaining private businesses and rate as its own economic unit entitled council to the Dubai government. political loyalty. Shami recalls harder 13,500 pensioners and beneficiaries Abu Dhabi the average is 45 for weaning them from the state’s open- to its own natural resources - revenue When street protests erupted in other times before the region’s oil boom. in Abu Dhabi alone. women and 55 for men. Once an handed patronage. The government from Abu Dhabi’s vast oil reserves areas of the Middle East in 2011, the Equipped with little more than a bas- Emiratis pay just 5 percent of their Emirati mother has completed 15 benefits that Emiratis have long tends to flow into the federal budget crown prince of Abu Dhabi pledged ket, rope and stones to weigh them salary toward retirement pensions. years of work - whether in the public enjoyed would be unthinkable in and across the country. Nearly 90 per- $1.6 billion to upgrade the electrical down, men would sail into the The minimum monthly pension is at or private sector - she can retire and most of the world: Tax-free income. cent of Emiratis who work are and water systems of the less-devel- Arabian Gulf waters in search of fish least $2,800 a month, though it can begin receiving benefits so she can Free high-quality healthcare. employed by the government, which oped northern emirates. and pearls. In the desert heat, women go much higher for people who spend more time with her family. Subsidized fuel. Generous govern- provides long-term job security along would walk to fetch water from the earned top pay before retirement. By When an Emirati man dies and leaves ment-funded retirement plans. with far more disposable income than Political Loyalty closest wells. Bread and tea were lux- contrast, Americans pay nearly 8 per- dependents, the government ensures Access to land to build homes with workers in most other countries It was an acknowledgement of the uries, rationed by British colonialists. cent of income up to $117,000 for an that his widow and children are pro- interest-free loans. Free higher educa- receive. destabilization that a sizable wealth Homes were made of palm tree average monthly Social Security dis- vided for until his daughters are mar- tion, even when pursued abroad. Increasingly, though, the govern- gap can kindle - and the role of gov- branches. There was no electricity, no bursement of $1,294. The tax-free ried and his sons find work. And To ease marriage costs, the gov- ment appears intent on scaling back ernment-backed spending in pre- hospitals. Paved roads were few. income for everyone in the UAE is when the daughter of a deceased ernment gives Emirati men 70,000 its support. As part of that effort, the venting such disparities from igniting Today, Shami lives on a $2,800 especially unusual. Around a quarter retiree marries, the fund gives the dirhams ($19,000) when they marry UAE has embarked on a plan to social upheavals. The welfare system monthly pension from having worked of Emirati men work in the armed bride six times the value of her for the government after the UAE’s forces. Though few of them hold uni- father’s monthly pension as a wed- formation. To earn some money on versity degrees, more than 60 percent ding gift. “We do not have feelings of the side, he’s returned to the sea, earned over $5,000 a month when fear or insecurities about experienc- Gunmen kill 8 in attack on Saudi Shiites where he can now afford to hire the most recent study was published ing a financial crisis or that one will Continued from Page 1 Turki Al-Rashid. published on the ISNA news agency. South Asian laborers to fish for him. in 2009. Numerous pay increases retire and the government will not Members of Saudi Arabia’s Shiite “The Saudi government must ensure Khalaf Al-Hammadi, director general have been granted since. stick to its promises,” Hammadi said. Two security officers were also minority clash sporadically with the security of religious ceremonies of the Abu Dhabi Retirement Consider the retirement age. “The government is there assisting wounded in the gun battle yester- police in their region. But Monday’s and identify and punish those Pensions and Benefits Fund, said that Whereas the average age of retire- people.” — AP day in the town of Buraida, north of shooting was the first direct assault responsible for this terrorist act,” she the capital Riyadh, the official Saudi against them by unknown gunmen. said. Press Agency said, citing an Interior “It’s very surprising because it’s the Protests and sporadic attacks on Alwaleed says oil reliance ‘dangerous’... Ministry statement. Buraida is in first time,” said Nasima Al-Sada, a res- security forces have wracked Shiite Qassim Province, heartland of the ident of Eastern Province. “We are areas of Eastern Province where the Continued from Page 1 in this open forum is to have an active sovereign wealth austere Saudi Wahhabi school of shocked.” Radical Sunni groups con- minority community complains of fund, and to put in it all the excess foreign exchange that Sunni Islam. The statement added sider Shiites heretics and have tar- marginalisation. Tensions escalated $75.84 yesterday before recovering slightly. Brent North you have, all the money you have...” Alwaleed said. “Clearly that 15 people had been detained geted them in deadly attacks else- last month after a Saudi court hand- Sea crude dropped to $82.02 at one point - its lowest level the income from our sovereign wealth fund would not cov- on suspicion of involvement in where in the region, including bomb ed down a death sentence against in four years. er all our budget, but at least should cover a good size of it.” Monday night’s shooting. blasts in Baghdad on Sunday that leading Shiite cleric Nimr Al-Nimr, a Prices had already begun falling heavily on Monday Saudi Arabia said in June it was preparing to launch its first “The presence of a number of left at least 18 dead. driving force behind the demonstra- “after it was reported that Saudi Arabia cut its selling price sovereign wealth fund. people suspected of involvement in Saudi Arabia’s supreme council of tions. Protests erupted in the region to the US possibly in a bid to compete with US shale oil”, The mustachioed Alwaleed made his comments during commissioning the terrorist crime Sunni clerics condemned Monday’s in Feb 2011 after an outbreak of vio- Singapore’s United Overseas Bank said in a note to clients. a visit to the site of Kingdom Tower, which will rise more was noted, and that they gathered attack as “criminal”, urging Saudis to lence between Shiite pilgrims and The kingdom is the biggest producer in the OPEC oil cartel, than one kilometre to be the world’s tallest building. in rest areas in the Al-Mualimin dis- “close ranks in standing up against religious police in the Muslim holy which is to hold a key production meeting on Nov 27 in Alwaleed’s Kingdom Holding is a founder of the company trict of Buraida in Qassim Province,” the treacherous criminals”. “The ene- city of Madinah. They escalated after Vienna. International Monetary Fund chief Christine developing the project, first announced three years ago the statement said. It added that the mies of our religion and our home- the kingdom’s intervention in neigh- Lagarde has warned that oil-dependent Gulf states will face and which will top Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, currently the record- gunfight started when the suspects land aim to attack our unity and sta- bouring Bahrain later that year to budget shortfalls if the decline in oil prices persists. They holding skyscraper. Kingdom Tower is slated for completion fired machineguns at police bility,” the council said in a state- support a Sunni monarchy against have fallen sharply since the middle of June owing to a in 2018, Alwaleed said. Cranes tower over the four-storey attempting to arrest them, leading ment. Predominantly-Shiite Iran an uprising led by the Shiite majori- global supply glut. foundations of the building, whose final height will only be to a gun battle. It named the slain “condemned” the attack, according ty. Hundreds were arrested in a sub- Alwaleed said the price fall points to the need for Saudi declared later. “It’s very confidential,” said Alwaleed, adding security officers as Captain to a statement by foreign ministry sequent crackdown, according to Arabia to have “an active sovereign wealth fund and to put the building would include a hotel, apartments and offices. Mohammed Al-Onaizi and Corporal spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham Amnesty International. — Agencies in it all the excess foreign exchange that you have, all the He denied it would add to a glut of office space in the money you have, and have it earn somewhere between kingdom. “This is a very mixed-use project,” he said under a five to 10 percent”. Saudi Arabia should therefore set up a tent in the humid air, as hammering sounded within the sovereign fund similar to those of Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, metal, wood and concrete building skeleton behind him. Death penalty for Kuwaiti duo who killed... Singapore and Norway that could earn 5 or 10 percent a “We are in the process right now of pre-sale,” he said. “All year, Prince Alwaleed told reporters. The annual earnings of underground work has been completed completely and Continued from Page 1 ings and requested the presiding judge to hand the pair the fund would cover a large part of the budget deficits right now we are on the verge of building a floor every four the death penalty after they refused a blood money which the government may now run because of cheaper days. Clearly we expect demand to be tremendous.” The A witness told prosecutors during a previous court offer from one of the killer’s families. Prosecutors have oil, he said. 170-storey tower is being developed at a cost of 4.6 billion hearing that Mubarak collapsed in front of his restau- tried to extradite the third man, who is believed to be in The International Monetary Fund has estimated Saudi riyals ($1.2 billion) as “a global icon of Saudi Arabia’s rant before being taken to the University Hospital by Kuwait. Yesterday’s judgement can be appealed within Arabia would need an average oil price of $91 a barrel in progress, success and achievements,” its developers said in one of his friends. The victim’s family attended the hear- 15 days. 2015 to balance its state budget. “What I’m asking for now a statement. — Agencies WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014 ANALYSIS

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ourists and locals panicked by Latin America’s high crime rates face a far deadlier regional Tthreat, with automobile accidents claiming more lives each year than the region’s notorious under- world. Whether in Bogota or Caracas, the scene is the same: motorcycles zigzagging between cars like skiers on a fast-paced slope. “Look,” a Montevideo taxi driver grumbles to himself after speeding through a right turn and nearly plowing down a pedestrian, “she thinks she owns the road.” Saudi trip to Latam evokes 1990s oil troika The story is the same across Latin America, where crosswalk lights are more decorative than functional, By Jonathan Leff Oil prices have tumbled nearly 30 per- conference in Mexico. Naimi has long been an indication that the world’s biggest speed limits are ignored, right of way to pedestrians is cent since June, with U.S. crude falling the kingdom’s envoy to global climate exporter had shifted strategy toward a myth and traffic lights are disdained. On Friday, 14 ome 15 years ago, a troika of power- below $80 a barrel on Monday, but the talks, but he has not been to Venezuela defending its market share, even at the Jehovah’s Witnesses died in Honduras when a bus ran house oil producers forged a secret open hostility and panic big oil producers since 2006. But the visits will also afford a expense of lower global prices. But that off the road due to “speed and recklessness,” local pact to revive oil prices from a crisis- faced nearly two decades ago is largely chance for Naimi - who was involved in the veiled criticism is a far cry from the open authorities said. And nine people were killed and more S inducing low of near $10 a barrel. In a series absent. Even if Naimi were rallying support late 1990s talks - to explain the kingdom’s hostility between the two nations in the than 39 wounded Sunday in two bus accidents on of private meetings from Madrid to Cancun, for action, Latin American producers strug- relaxed stance on oil prices to Venezuela, late 1990s, when Saudi Arabia sought to Venezuelan roads. Such stories are common in Latin ministers from Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and gling to maintain output would likely be his one of the OPEC members at greatest risk punish Venezuela for revving up output in American, where in 2013, 16 in 100,000 people died in Mexico set aside months of acrimony to last stop. “This (trip) is very much a sign of from falling crude revenues. It may be a excess of its OPEC quota by flooding the road accidents, according to the International hammer out production cuts. This week, business as usual without any panic,” said precursor to more difficult conversations market - the last of several price wars with- Automobile Federation (FIA). In France - a country Saudi Oil Minister Ali Al-Naimi will make a Paul Horsnell, global head of commodities down the road. in the cartel. Now Venezuela is fighting to known for its high rate of deadly accidents - the num- rare visit to the two other nations involved research at Standard Chartered Bank. Less than four weeks before the keep output from falling. “Right now if you ber fell closer 6.4 deaths per 100,000 people, the in that effort. But veteran oil analysts see no The visits may be an early indication Organization of the Petroleum Exporting wanted to get production cuts the last World Health Organization (WHO) said in a 2013 sign of a new coalition in the making, that the three countries - once fierce com- Countries meets in Vienna, there is no indi- place you would go is Caracas or Mexico report. And in Iceland, the rate was at 0.3 people. despite some parallels to the late 1990s - a petitors selling heavy crude into the premi- cation that the group’s core Gulf members City,” said Nathaniel Kern, president of Worst off is the Dominican Republic, with 41.7 deaths structural downturn in oil markets and talk um US market - are finding common cause are in any hurry to tighten the taps. Foreign Reports in Washington. per 100,000 residents, according to WHO. of a price war among producers. facing the fast-emerging threat of North Without a reduction in OPEC output or a Mexico, not an OPEC member, was If anything, Naimi may simply seek to American shale and oil sands. “There are sharp slowdown in US shale production, enlisted as an “honest broker” to get the ‘Mootoo-Taxi!’ explain Saudi Arabia’s latest stance on the some interesting changes and opportuni- some analysts expect prices to keep sliding two countries talking, said Horsnell. Oil Causes for the high rates are many: non-compli- market, a tough message about how all big ties today given the fact that the United into next year. Officials in Venezuela and prices had tumbled 40 percent after the ance with rules, a proliferation of motorcycles... and producers must be prepared to endure a States has become a major light sweet pro- Mexico declined to say whether any direct Asian financial crisis of 1997. In the end, general bad habits. “Why wear a helmet when it’s period of lower prices in order to slow the ducer,” said Amy Myers Jaffe, executive discussions between oil officials were Algeria’s oil minister acted as a go- hot?” Leandro Perillo, an FIA official, told AFP in march of their newest rival: the United director of energy and sustainability at the planned. between during months of cloak-and-dag- Montevideo. Bikers shouting “Mootoo-taxi!” weave States. “I suspect that Naimi will tell the University of California, Davis. ger petro-diplomacy, involving unmarked through traffic in Caracas, where entire families carry- Venezuelans the unvarnished truth - prices jets, secret trips to Europe and, finally, a ing luggage can be seen traveling on one bike - wear- Tough Talk or Friendly Chat? have to go down quite a bit and stay Climate and Natural Gas Venezuelan officials have publicly March 1998 output deal in a rented room ing no helmets. The result? Motorcycle passengers down,” says Philip K Verleger, president of The stated purpose of Naimi’s trips is lamented talk of a price war following at the Madrid airport. Naimi’s trip shows account for 25.73 percent of Venezuelan road accident consultancy PKVerleger LLC and a one-time benign: he will attend a climate change Saudi Arabia’s move last month to cut that talk of a current price war is deaths, according to the Road Safety Observatory. adviser to President Jimmy Carter. conference in Venezuela and a natural gas export prices of its crude, seen by some as overblown, says Horsnell. —Reuters The majority of Latin American countries have vast- ly more road accident deaths than homicides, accord- ing to UN statistics on murder, even though crime reg- isters at the top of their populations’ major concerns. In Uruguay, “it’s more likely that you won’t return Syria better-offs seek fun as war grinds on home due to a car accident than assault or murder” Pablo Inthamoussu, executive secretary of the coun- By Diaa Hadid ing song “Turn Down for What.” The small the sprawling complex of water fountains, State group. In another alleyway, a woman try’s National Road Safety Unit, told AFP. Largely con- crowd hooted as three men flipped and brightly-lit shops and flashing lights. ate ice-cream in Damascus’ most famous sidered the safest country in South America, Uruguay’s vampire, a medieval knight and a spun around to lyrics “Fire up that loud/ Children slid down red, yellow and blue gelato shop, Bakdash. Even here, the usual- road accident death rate is 21.5 people per 100,000 man dressed as an Islamic militant Another round of shots! Turn down for slides in a water park. Some residents fas- ly crowded shop was half-full on a recent residents per year, compared with 7.9 for homicide. Awalk into a blue-lit bar in a Damascus what?” One young man posed for photo- tened themselves into ball-cages that were day as many Syrians grow too poor, even And yet, two out of five Uruguayans said that inse- hotel, all determined to have fun at the cos- graphs with his girlfriend. In a booth, the hurled into the air. Others rode a pirate- for ice-cream. But for those who could still curity is the country’s biggest problem according to tume party. The music is pounding, a break chain-smoking DJ spun music, as another ship style ride that flipped them over. Some come, the ice-cream was a treat. “I always the latest report from the Latinobarometro institute. dancer stands on his head and in the DJ man working the lights frequently paused smoked water pipes in an outdoor area come to Bakdash, it’s part of our heritage, “The population doesn’t take into consideration the booth, a man and woman are kissing. Over to kiss his girlfriend. Outside, the sound of decorated with Hellenic statues. and the ice cream is delicious,” said Nawal, a extent of the problem. Road safety is not part of their the loudspeakers, a droning voice intones: aircraft bombing a nearby rebel-held town 50-year-old housewife. concept of insecurity,” Inthamoussu said. Across the “Welcome foolish mortals. There’s no turn- shuddered through the city. Frivolous She fled her home in southern region only Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Guatemala, ing back now.” This year, more attention than ever has The amusement park’s management Damascus last year because of shelling; lat- El Salvador, Honduras and Panama have more murders Amid a conflict lapping at the edge of been paid to how middle-class Syrians wile wouldn’t allow AP to film, saying they were er, her nephew was killed. Nawal said she than deaths due to road accidents. Damascus, Syria’s better-offs spend their away their time amid war, as businessmen worried the project would be portrayed as preferred not to say how he died, common Laws exist and can be quite severe in some coun- time in cafes and at parties, strolling a opened a mall in the coastal city of Tartous, frivolous at a time of war. Many other societal code for the boy being a rebel. She tries, but they are difficult to enforce. Cuba, Peru, gleaming new mall and enjoying the con- and a smaller one in Damascus. A new Syrians find relief in more traditional parts gestured to the ice-cream before her. “We Colombia and Uruguay are among the countries mak- trolled adrenalin of amusement park rides entertainment center called “Uptown of Damascus. In the city’s cavernous bazaar, want to live our lives to the fullest, we want ing the biggest effort to enforce rules and educate the overlooking a city skyline of buildings and Palace” in Damascus features amusement Bader al-Deen Ali smoked a water pipe to overcome what has happened to us. If population, reducing tolerance thresholds for drinking columns of smoke from bombings - striving rides, a shooting club, bowling and sports with his buddies. For eight years, he has we didn’t, we’d become depressed.” and driving and increasing traffic police. to deny war its miserable monotony. Yet as fields. For activists, it suggested a certain smoked at the same cafe, a ritual made The poorer find relief in the grand the Syrian conflict grinds on, well into its callousness toward the suffering of ordi- only more important because of the war. “It Umayyad mosque of Damascus, a light- fourth year, almost no family has been left nary Syrians, who have grown visibly poor- means a lot for me to be here. This is where filled soaring space. Fayza, 44, leaned on Ravines and Old Cars untouched by death, injury, poverty, home- er since the conflict began to threaten the I come to breathe,” he said, gesturing the mosque’s outer wall, taking in the after- In Lima, buses circulate at breakneck speeds. “I’m lessness or missing relatives. rule of President Bashar Assad. around the cafe. “I should buy stocks here,” noon sun after finishing her work as a afraid whenever I get in one; we’ve already had multi- “We want to change our boring routine,” Businessmen say the new entertainment he joked. cleaner. One of her sons, a soldier, was ple accidents,” Victoria Aguilar, a cook, told AFP. And said Naja, a she-vampire with fake blood options are a form of defiance at a time of Other nightspots, in rebel-held territory missing in southern Syria. Another was that’s not to mention the cars, coaches and trucks full drooling from her reddened lips. “Every day war; their patrons say they are badly need- in towns outside of Damascus, are no-go wounded in fighting and she had to flee of passengers that crash in ravines in the Andes in we live a horror show (in Syria) but this one ed distractions. zones now. When asked about the prospect her home in a nearby town because of Peru and Bolivia. Argentina is no exception either: is a comedy,” she said, laughing at the hotel Television footage of Uptown Palace of entering the rebel-occupied suburbs, Ali clashes. “We have so many worries,” said the Road accidents are the country’s number one cause of Halloween party. Nearby, a woman painted from a summer’s day showed the amuse- made a slicing gesture across his neck and woman in a tidy brown robe. “I come so death of people between age one and 32. “Neither war makeup on arriving guests, turning them ment center packed with families strolling said “Daesh!” Arabic slang for the Islamic that maybe my heart will rest a little.” — AP nor natural disaster is responsible for such tragedy,” into vampires or Spiderman. Beside her, said Alberto Silveira, president of the NGO Let’s Fight Cleopatra and a two-faced man posed for for Life, which advocates to help prevent traffic acci- photographs. Like most Syrians, Naja only dents. gave her first name, worried she would Meanwhile in Cuba, the problem also lies in an cause offense to government officials in a ever-aging fleet of antiquated cars, the majority of country that brooks little dissent. which are Lada and Moskvitch models from the Soviet Inside the club, one man sported a fake era and older American models from the 1950s. Ideal luxurious beard and a flowing robe. “I came for tourist photos, these rusting relics pose just anoth- as Caliph Al-Baghdadi because he is a er threat on the road. — AFP frightening person, he’s scarier than Dracula,” said a 42-year-old lawyer, Hassan, referring to Iraqi Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, the leader of the militant Islamic State group. All articles appearing on these The group has massacred rivals, enslaved pages are the personal opinion of women and children and decapitated ene- mies in seizing swaths of Syria and Iraq. the writers. Kuwait Times takes no Baghdadi has declared the captured terri- responsibility for views expressed tory a new Islamic caliphate. “There are therein. Kuwait Times invites read- even films where Dracula does good things, but there is nothing good about ers to voice their opinions. Please (Baghdadi),” Hassan said. He came to the send submissions via email to: opin- party with his wife and child because, he [email protected] or via snail said, “We are here to live, and defy the cul- mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. ture of death that they want to drown us in.” Hassan’s wife was a kind-of vampire, The editor reserves the right to edit because they weren’t sure if Baghdadi had any submission as necessary. a spouse, he shrugged, laughing. Break-dancers performed to the thump- In this Oct 30, 2014 photo, a woman attends a Halloween party in an upscale Damascus hotel. —AP WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014 SPORTS

Police asked to probe Chile eyes 2030 World Cup, Wales recall Warburton, Twitter abuse of Toure Argentina not interested Halfpenny for Cardifft Test LONDON: The police have been called to investigate claims that Manchester City’s SANTIAGO: Chile is interested in hosting the 2030 soccer World Cup LONDON: Wales have recalled flanker Sam Warburton and fullback Leigh Halfpenny Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure was racially abused within hours of re-activating but Argentina will not be bidding to stage the tournament, local media for Saturday’s test against Australia in Cardiff. Hooker Richard Hibbard and scrumhalf his Twitter account on Monday. reported yesterday. Chilean soccer federation president Sergio Jadue, Rhys Webb, who also missed this year’s tour of South Africa due to injury, were also The 31-year-old left Twitter five months ago to focus on the World Cup but with- who was re-elected on Monday, said his country had spoken to soccer’s included in the starting line-up. in hours of sending his first tweet on the social network site since then, he was sub- ruling world body FIFA about hosting the competition, either alone or George North and Jamie Roberts form a formidable centre partnership and prop jected to racist insults, the Anti-Discrimination group Kick It Out said in with Uruguay. Paul James continues in the front row alongside Samson Lee and Hibbard. Wales have a statement. Jadue has previously expressed interest in Chile holding the 2030 lost their last eight tests against Australia by single-figure margins. “We have Toure, tweeting about City’s derby win over Manchester United World Cup, building on its experience of hosting next year’s Copa spoke a lot about this autumn and the year ahead and we are really excit- ed to kick off the campaign this weekend,” coach Warren Gatland said on Sunday, wrote: “Great to be back on twitter after a good win America regional competition and the Under-17 World Cup. yesterday. “We have had a couple of very hard weeks at training, the yesterday. Now my focus is on the next game... Happy Monday Argentina has also been mooted as a possible host for 2030, but everyone!!” But shortly after posting the message Toure was sent squad have been put through their paces but have come through well. Miguel Angel Silva, the Argentine soccer association vice-president, “It’s good to be able to bring back a number of players who missed the abusive and racist messages from other Twitter users. appeared to rule that out. last two tests, and they add to what is a very experienced side.” Wales Kick It Out was so appalled by some of the messages they con- “Argentina is not thinking about the 2030 World Cup. We haven’t team - 15-Leigh Halfpenny, 14-Alex Cuthbert, 13-George North, 12- tacted the police. A Kick It Out spokesperson said: “At this stage even considered it yet. If you asked me concretely, Argentina will not Jamie Roberts, 11-Liam Williams, 10-Dan Biggar, 9-Rhys Webb; 8-Toby we have received complaints about two separate bid to organise that World Cup,” Chilean local daily La Tercera quoted Faletau, 7-Sam Warburton (captain), 6-Dan Lydiate, 5-Alun- tweets of a racist nature aimed at Yaya Toure and him as saying. Wyn Jones, 4-Jake Ball, 3-Samson Lee, 2-Richard Hibbard, now we are informing the police. The 2030 World Cup will mark the centenary of the global soccer 1-Paul James. Replacements: 16-Scott Baldwin, 17- “Yaya Toure has been on Twitter for a mat- competition which is held every four years. The 1930 World Cup was Gethin Jenkins, 18-Rhodri Jones, 19-Bradley Davies, 20- ter of hours and he has already received hosted and won by Uruguay and many people would like to see it Justin Tipuric, 21-Mike Phillips, 22-Rhys Priestland, 23- abuse of an appalling nature. —Reuters return to South America for the 100th anniversary. —Reuters Cory Allen. — Reuters Humbled Australia scuttle away for home comforts

ABU DHABI: Australia head home from Fortunately for Clarke, Australia’s next Abu Dhabi this week with plenty to pon- test series is at home to India, who were der after a humiliating rout by Pakistan routed 4-0 by a mediocre Australia side brought a shuddering halt to their the last time they toured in 2011-12. upward trajectory in test cricket. Clarke took at least some positives After the 5-0 Ashes drubbing of from the Pakistan series, most particular- England and a dramatic 2-1 series win in ly the 164 runs all rounder Mitchell South Africa around the New Year, Marsh scored with the bat in his first two Australia would have returned to the top tests. of the test rankings if they had beaten “There’s have been some individual Pakistan in both matches. Instead, positives but as a group we need to defeat in Dubai by 221 runs and Abu assess where we didn’t go particularly Dhabi by 356 runs for a first series loss to well and that’s over all three facets of the Pakistan in two decades plunged game,” Clarke added. Michael Clarke’s team back into the deep “As a team, there’s no doubt we’ll be trough they inhabited after a 4-0 sweep happy to go home and play in condi- in India last year. tions that we’re accustomed to, that’s for “We have got to obviously talk about sure.” The 33-year-old’s own batting form what’s just happened, we were hopeful — 57 runs in four innings-was as much that we learnt some lessons from our of a concern for Clarke as it will be for his trip to India, but it doesn’t look that way,” country. Clarke told reporters in the Emirati capi- “I’m probably most angry with tal. “Your goal has to be to try and myself,” he said. “I have always prided become better, I say that regularly but myself on leading by example and in the our performances here weren’t any bet- series that we’ve lost since I have been ter than what they were in India. captain, I have been able at least to KHULNA: Bangladeshi cricketer Tamim Iqbal (center) plays a shot as Zimbabwe wicketkeeper Regis Chakabva (left) looks on during the second “The best teams win away from home stand up and lead from the front where- day of the secondcricket Test match. — AFP consistently, it just shows we’ve got a lot as in this series I haven’t done that. of work to do,” he added. “That’s a pretty “I don’t have any excuse for underper- accurate reflection of where we are as a forming and I’ll be judged like every oth- Tamim, Shakib hit tons team, we’re much more comfortable er player that is underperforming, playing in our own back yard.” there’s no doubt about that.” — Reuters KHULNA: Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal scored centuries as Bangladesh took charge of SCOREBOARD the second Test against Zimbabwe in Khulna yesterday. The hosts, who plodded to 193-3 on the opening day after electing to bat, made 433 KHULNA, Bangladesh: Scoreboard on the second day of the second Test between Bangladesh in their first innings before being dismissed in and Zimbabwe in Khulna yesterday: the final session of the second day. Bangladesh 1st innings (overnight 193-3): 426 (Taijul), 9-433 (Shahadat), 10-433 (Jubair) Zimbabwe ended the day on 53-1, still trail- Tamim Iqbal c Ervine b Masakadza 109 Bowling: Panyangara 29-10-49-2 (nb2), ing by 380 runs with nine wickets in hand, after Shamsur Rahman lbw b Chigumbura 2 Chigumbura 22-5-60-1 (w2), Chatara 27-7-61- left-arm spinner Taijul Islam trapped Sikandar Mominul Haque c and b Panyangara 35 2(nb1), M’shangwe 40.5-7-127-1, Waller 23-4- Raza leg-before for 11. M Mahmudullah lbw b Panyangara 56 65-2, Raza 11-2-31-0, Masakadza 6-1-28-1. Hamilton Masakadza was unbeaten on 15 Shakib Al Hasan b Waller 137 and Brian Chari was on 21 when stumps were Mushfiqur Rahim run out 11 Zimbabwe 1st innings: drawn. Bangladesh lead the three-match series Shuvagata Hom c Chari b Waller 15 S. Raza lbw b Taijul 11 1-0 after winning the first Test in Dhaka by three Taijul Islam c Masakadza b Chatara 32 B. Chari not out 21 wickets. The left-handed pair of Tamim and Shahadat Hossain c M’shangwe b Chatara 18 H. Masakadza not out 15 Shakib put Bangladesh on top with a fourth- Jubair Hossain lbw b M’shangwe 1 Extras (b1, lb5) 6 wicket stand of 132 on a slow pitch. Shakib Rubel Hossain not out 0 Total (for one wicket, 19 overs) 53 made 137, his third Test century, with the help of Extras (b6, lb6, w2, nb3) 17 Fall of wicket: 1-17 (Raza) 18 boundaries and two sixes. Total (all out, 158.5 overs) 433 Bowling: Shahadat 4-0-12-0, Taijul 8-2-21-1, Tamim scored a painstaking 109, his fifth Test Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Shamsur), 2-78 (Mominul), Shakib 3-0-3-0, Jubair 3-1-11-0, Rubel 1-1-0-0 hundred and the first in four years, with 10 fours. 3-173 (Mahmudullah), 4-305 (Tamim), 5-322 Zimbabwe trail by 380 runs with nine wickets When Tamim reached 100 off 312 balls, he (Rahim), 6-376 (Shakib), 7-383 (Shuvagata), 8- in hand. recorded the slowest Test century by a Bangladeshi batsman-surpassing his elder brother Nafees Iqbal, who needed 309 deliveries Tamim fell to part-timer Masakadza, before innings by claiming Jubair Hossain leg-before to to reach a hundred against the same opponents Malcolm Waller dismissed Shakib and Shuvagata earn his maiden Test wicket. The third Test in 2005. Hom (15) to ease the pressure on Zimbabwe. between the two lowest-ranked teams- Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim played Taijul hit a quick-fire 32 off 44 balls to carry Zimbabwe at number nine and Bangladesh at 10 31 consecutive dot balls before he was run out Bangladesh past the 400-run mark. Tendai — will be played in Chittagong from November NEW YORK: Rick Nash No. 61 of the New York Rangers is stopped by Brian Elliott No. 1 for 11, but Shakib broke free to reach his century Chatara got rid of Taijul and Shahadat Hossain, 12-16. The Tests will be followed by five one-day of the St. Louis Blues in the shootout at Madison Square Garden. — AFP with a straight drive off Tinashe Panyangara. before Natsai M’shangwe wrapped up the internationals. — AFP Blues outclass Rangers Chappell denies NEW YORK: Vladimir Tarasenko scored in Square Garden. The Rangers lost at home in the third round of the shootout to help the a shootout for the second straight game, fol- St. Louis Blues stretch their winning streak to lowing a 1-0 defeat against Winnipeg on Tendulkar’s book claim five games with a 4-3 victory over the New Saturday. Alexander Steen also scored in the York Rangers in the NHL on Monday. shootout, and Patrik Berglund and Jay Tarasenko, who had a goal and an assist in Bouwmeester added goals in regulation for MELBOURNE: Greg Chappell has denied an allegation reportedly regulation, fired a shot past Cam Talbot to the Blues, who lost a 2-1 lead in the third in Sachin Tendulkar’s book that he tried to persuade the star bats- end the game and give the Blues their period before tying it at 3. Brian Elliott made man to replace Rahul Dravid as India captain before the 2007 eighth win in their last nine visits to Madison 36 saves. — AP Cricket World Cup. Chappell, a former Australia test captain who coached India from 2005-07, said he was surprised by the com- ments in extracts from Tendulkar’s autobiography, which will be NHL results/standings released this week. “Whilst I don’t propose to get into a war of words, I can state quite clearly that during my time as Indian coach I never contemplated Sachin replacing Rahul Dravid as captain,” Boston 4, Ottawa 2; Toronto 3, Chicago 2; Tampa Bay 4, Washington 3; Florida 2, Philadelphia 1; New Jersey 3, Columbus 2; Winnipeg 1, NY Rangers 0 (OT); Pittsburgh 5, Chappell was quoted as saying on the Cricket Australia website Buffalo 0; Carolina 3, Arizona 0; St. Louis 3, Colorado 2 (SO); Minnesota 4, Dallas 1; yesterday. “I was therefore very surprised to read the claims made Vancouver 3, Edmonton 2; San Jose 3, NY Islanders 1. in the book.” Sections of Tendulkar’s book, “Playing it My Way,” were released Western Conference Eastern Conference on Monday by the Press Trust of India. In it, Tendulkar claimed that Pacific Division Atlantic Division while Chappell was visiting his home, the coach said, “Together, W L OTLGF GA TS Tampa Bay 8 3 1 42 32 17 we could control Indian cricket for years.” Anaheim 10 3 0 36 24 20 Montreal 8 3 1 31 35 17 Tendulkar wrote he was surprised at Chappell’s attitude and by Detroit 6 2 3 29 24 15 Vancouver 8 4 0 38 34 16 Boston 7 6 0 36 32 14 his plans to drop all the senior India players for the tournament. Calgary 7 4 2 37 29 16 Toronto 6 4 1 32 28 13 “Just months before the World Cup, Chappell had come to see San Jose 7 4 2 41 35 16 Ottawa 5 3 2 28 26 12 me at home, and to my dismay, suggested that I should take over Los Angeles 6 4 2 28 26 14 Florida 4 2 3 14 18 11 the captaincy from Rahul Dravid. I was surprised to hear the coach Buffalo 3 9 1 16 43 7 not showing the slightest amount of respect for the captain, with Edmonton 4 6 1 29 39 9 Metropolitan Division cricket’s biggest tournament just months away,” Tendulkar has Arizona 4 6 1 28 42 9 Pittsburgh 7 2 1 41 22 15 written. Chappell yesterday said he’d been to Tendulkar’s house Central Division New Jersey 6 3 2 33 36 14 only once. “During those years, I only ever visited Sachin’s home Nashville 7 2 2 29 22 16 NY Islanders 6 5 0 36 39 12 NY Rangers 5 4 2 30 35 12 once, and that was with our physio and assistant coach during St. Louis 7 3 1 29 23 15 Philadelphia 4 5 2 33 38 10 Sachin’s rehabilitation from injury, at least 12 months earlier than Minnesota 7 3 0 35 18 14 Washington 4 5 2 35 33 10 what was reported in the book,” he said. “We enjoyed a pleasant Winnipeg 6 5 1 22 26 13 Columbus 4 7 0 28 37 8 afternoon together but the subject of captaincy was never raised.” Chicago 6 5 1 29 23 13 Carolina 2 6 2 21 35 6 Chappell quit after the team failed to get past the preliminary Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth Dallas 4 3 4 34 39 12 stage of the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies. Tendulkar, who JAMAICA: In this photograph taken on March 4, 2007, Indian Cricketer one point in the standings and are not was part of all three World Cup sides but never captain of a squad, Sachin Tendulkar (left) tosses the ball as Coach Greg Chappell looks on dur- Colorado 3 5 5 31 38 11 included in the loss column (L). retired from international cricket last year. — AP ing a training session. — AFP WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014 SPORTS A smaller star, a larger supporting cast in golf

SHANGHAI: The stone clubhouse at players.” “Yes, some of the top players Sheshan International should have a aren’t here, whether because of injury or plaque that says, “Tiger Woods was here.” personal reasons,” Morgan said. “The key That’s not an indictment on his absence point is the majority are. And there are this year. It’s a reminder of the role he great new golfers coming through. We played in getting the HSBC Champions feel there’s kind of an evolution going on to where it is now. in golf the last seven or eight years.” “He was the firepower who got the That much is clear. The host hotel has needle moving,” said Giles Morgan, the images of the top players on all the ele- global head of sponsorship and events at vator doors - Adam Scott and Justin HSBC. Woods has not played this World Rose, Martin Kaymer and Graeme Golf Championship since 2010, which McDowell, Rickie Fowler and Jimmy marked his fourth appearance in six Walker, Henrik Stenson and Sergio years. The HSBC Champions began in Garcia. Golf is at a stage where it’s time to 2005 as a European Tour event and it has end this fascination that it can’t be a big grown into more than organizers ever event unless Woods and Mickelson - and imagined. It is regarded in this part of the now McIlroy - are playing. world as “Asia’s major,” which is not to Woods turns 39 next month. He will suggest it’s one of the four majors or ever be compelling in any capacity until he will be. stops playing, though he does not look Woods never won at Sheshan capable of dominating the way he once International in four tries. Riviera (eight did because of age, mounting injuries times) is the only other course he has and competition that is younger and played more often without winning, stronger. Mickelson is 44. Time moves on. although that is not - or should not - be A new era is emerging, if it is not related to his absence. He was not eligi- already here. Woods has been behind the ble in 2011 and played corporate outings wheel for two decades, with Mickelson, throughout Asia and Australia the next Ernie Els and Vijay Singh taking turns rid- FORT WORTH: Brad Keselowski, driver of the No. 2 Miller Lite Ford, practices at Texas Motor Speedway. — AFP two years. Woods was never expected ing shotgun. McIlroy is no longer the heir this time while he recovered from back apparent. Winning four majors at age 25 injuries. He is just now hitting balls to makes him the next driver. Boy Wonder Are there double standards prepare for his own tournament in will never have the level of worldwide Florida the first week of December. appeal as Woods. But what he has is a The HSBC Champions is celebrating its supporting cast that is stronger and 10th year with its strongest field - 40 deeper than when Woods ruled the for driver Brad Keselowski? players from the top 50 in the world world of golf. ranking. That’s an increase from 28 of the Morgan was agitated a year ago when CHARLOTTE: In the closing laps at Martinsville bers when Gordon approached. grabbed at Keselowski’s firesuit but was quickly pulled top 50 when it received WGC status in Wood didn’t play because he was in Speedway, Jeff Gordon could see Dale Earnhardt Jr. The reality is, Gordon and Keselowski were never away. 2009, and 13 of the top 50 when it began China at the start of the week for an exhi- ahead of him with enough time to formulate a plan on getting close to each other to have a reasonable dis- in 2005. bition with McIlroy. That didn’t diminish how to handle his teammate if Gordon could catch cussion or even a fight. There’s always a cavalry of NASCAR is reviewing the entire matter, and Golf is about star power, however, and his appreciation of what Woods has him. Earnhardt had been eliminated from the Chase adrenaline-fueled crew members who jump into these Hendrick Motorsports said Monday it was also doing it’s difficult to consider any field without meant to golf for two decades, and for for the Sprint Cup championship field one week earlier post-race confrontations, and Sunday night’s was a an internal review. Kenseth dodged a penalty after paying more attention to who isn’t play- the HSBC Champions in its infancy. and was racing only for a trophy. Gordon, still eligible Hendrick Motorsports schoolyard brawl. Punches were Charlotte because he didn’t throw a punch at ing than who is. And it doesn’t help that Where would the HSBC Champions be to win the title, wanted to win last week to grab the thrown from every direction and multiple video angles Keselowski, and NASCAR doesn’t have much of a rea- automatic berth into the final round of NASCAR’s play- today if Woods had never played when it show Keselowski took at least one to the face and one son to punish Gordon or Keselowski. But the goonlike the three biggest names in golf are not in offs. So what would have happened? “I would have to the back of the head. The most egregious action behavior from the crews must sternly be addressed - Shanghai. Phil Mickelson is not compet- was just getting started? “Tiger was an moved him for sure. There’s no doubt in my mind,” came from a member of Kasey Kahne’s crew who and halted. The drivers started this on the track and ing again until late January. Rory McIlroy enormous catalyst in the growth of the Gordon said after finishing second to Earnhardt at rushed in from behind and threw haymakers in had the right to end it off of it without the assistance of was the big blow. He announced last HSBC Champions,” Morgan said. “The Martinsville. “Everybody who is out there racing has to defense of Hendrick driver Gordon, who at one time others. — AP month that he would miss both events in momentum has taken the sport into a weigh risk versus reward. For me, to win this race, it’s China because he needed time to pre- much bigger force than one individual, worth taking a lot of risk, even if you upset your team- pare for a February court case involving and that’s a great indicator for the mate. “I think everybody out there that’s not in the his former management firm. He might strength of a sport when it is greater Chase understands that if that guy can win that race even have time to get that wisdom tooth than one or two individuals.” and put himself in Homestead for the championship, removed. Yes, he is disappointed that McIlroy you can pretty much guarantee that you’re going to get the bumper or get slammed or something.” “Of course it’s disappointing,” Morgan withdrew, Mickelson is resting and Well, Gordon got slammed on Sunday at Texas said. “But it doesn’t detract from the tour- Woods is recovering from an injury. “But Motor Speedway and he didn’t like it one bit. He con- nament. It’s their responsibility to turn we’ve got momentum behind us,” fronted Brad Keselowski on pit road following the race, up and play well. It’s our responsibility to Morgan said. “We’re beyond needing a and an exchange of words escalated quickly - with an present the stage. ... We have no doubt in player to turn up to get some PR and assist from Kevin Harvick - into a full-blown melee the future the world No. 1, whoever it is, instant gratification and media coverage. between the crews. Both champions were left blood- will be back. All the great players will. We’re not interested in that. We’re inter- ied - Gordon’s lip and Keselowski spitting blood after You’re always going to lose one or two - ested in genuine growth of the sport. taking a shot to the cheek - even though neither driver we’re quite sanguine about that. But we And we’re sitting on top of a fantastic appeared to throw a punch or get close enough to each other to actually fight. know we have 80 percent of the top new chapter.” — AP But for the second time in four races, Keselowski was attacked in a post-race fracas because his aggres- sive driving upset someone. It happened at Charlotte last month when Denny Hamlin had to be restrained from going after him, then Matt Kenseth jumped him from behind before he was quickly pulled away. This time, Gordon was primed for a smack-down. He called his shot on his team radio when he said he was going to beat up Keselowski, who on a restart during an overtime two-lap sprint to the finish tried to wedge his car in between Gordon and teammate Jimmie Johnson Jeff Gordon, driver of the No. 24 Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet, speaks at a press conference to grab the lead. There were two laps left at the time in this file photo. —AFP and Keselowski, in a hole in the Chase standings, need- ed that win to grab one of the four spots in the Nov. 16 championship finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. He saw a gap and went for it, just as any driver with his Hamilton, amid title chase, season on the line should have done. Gordon himself said just seven days earlier everyone should expect talks post-racing options Chase drivers to be aggressive. The problem was that Keselowski and Gordon AUSTIN: Lewis Hamilton is already planning times world champion in 2006 but returned made contact, causing Gordon to spin after his tire for a life after Formula One even as he zooms with Mercedes in 2010 for a disappointing went flat. Racing for a win and a spot at Homestead in on a second world championship. The 29- three-year comeback in which the German moments earlier, he wound up finishing 29th and is year-old Briton, who has 10 wins this season failed to win a race. fourth in the eight-driver Chase field. and leads Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg Ferrari’s 2009 world champion Kimi It’s understandable that Gordon was angry. But it’s by 24 points with two races remaining, has a Raikkonen also returned after taking two unfair to hold Keselowski to a different standard, even year left on his current contract and a long years out. “Mika (Hakkinen) tried to come if his body of work has drawn the ire of the majority of racing future ahead of him. back because it’s just like a drug, you can’t get the garage. However, Hamilton told British reporters away from it,” said Hamilton. “At some stage Keselowski had as much on the line as Gordon, and when I retire ... I’ll have something that I’m it was a go-for-broke, risk versus reward moment after winning Sunday’s U.S. Grand Prix that he where Keselowski let it all hang out. “Brad Keselowski is had started thinking more about what he also really interested in that is a substitute. So wanted to do when he eventually hangs up that’s kind of what I want to start working on Tiger Woods in action in this file photo. a champion who competes to win in every race, which is what I expect of him,” team owner Roger Penske said his helmet. and building on.” in a statement Monday. “While the actions by others He gave few clues but indicated he would The 2008 world champion has ended a following the race in Texas were unfortunate, Brad has want to do something different. “A lot of the management arrangement with Simon Pistorius prosecutors my 100 percent support as we now move on to drivers come back and do reporting and com- Fuller’s XIX Entertainment, although he said Phoenix for the next stage of the NASCAR champi- mentary. I would personally have different they were still close, and may not need a file appeal papers onship.” The late Formula One champion Ayrton Senna plans and aspirations,” he said, speaking at a replacement. said repeatedly throughout his career that drivers race where at least five former world champi- “I feel quite comfortable to do it myself,” he always compete to win. “If you no longer go for a gap ons were involved in some sort of media or said when asked who would be negotiating STELLENBOSCH: Prosecutors filed for shooting Steenkamp multiple times. that exists, you are no longer a racing driver because promotional work. any new contract with Mercedes. “Nico did his appeal papers yesterday against the ver- She instead found the double-amputee we are competing, we are competing to win,” he said in “It’s positioning myself so that when I stop, himself, Sebastian (Vettel) did his himself and dict and sentence in the Oscar Pistorius athlete guilty of a lesser charge of culpa- 1990. Senna and so many other greats raced under I have something to continue on with. There’s there’s no reason why I couldn’t do it. Whether case, the initial step in a process that ble homicide, or manslaughter. those standards. Gordon himself said just a week ago going to be an undeniable urge to want to or not I will, I haven’t decided. “I hope to see a could see the Olympic runner convicted Prosecutors said the appeal against that aggression is warranted at this stage of the sea- get back in the car,” he acknowledged. long future with this team, as hopefully they of murder for killing girlfriend Reeva that verdict was “based on the question son. Why is not OK for Keselowski to do the same? “I’ve been racing since I was eight years old do as well. Nothing really needs to be Steenkamp. of law,” meaning they think Masipa made Some other elements of the Sunday night fight that so that’s going to be natural as it was for changed too much,” added Hamilton, who a mistake when she acquitted Pistorius should be addressed: Michael (Schumacher), as it was for every driv- ruled out his father Anthony returning as of murder. Prosecutors have said they er.” Schumacher retired from Ferrari as a seven manager. — Reuters HARVICK THE PUPPET MASTER: The pit road fight believe Pistorius should have been found might never have happened had Harvick not rushed in guilty of murder for shooting four times from behind the scrum and shoved Keselowski in the through a toilet cubicle door in his home, back toward the tempest. Fists were flying seconds lat- hitting Steenkamp in the head, arm and er, and Harvick backed his way out and returned to a hip. The 27-year-old Pistorius would face bystander role. Harvick is the quintessential a minimum of 15 years in prison if con- Machiavellian character in NASCAR. He’s always loved victed of murder on appeal. stirring the pot and pulling the strings from behind the The papers were filed yesterday at the curtain. It’s part of his game, and climbing into the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, head of his competitors gives Harvick an edge. He knew exactly what he was doing with that where Pistorius’ seven-month trial mur- shove: Also in a hole in the Chase, Harvick benefits der trial was held, the NPA said in a state- from all the other title contenders being locked into a ment. Prosecutors started their appeal drama that disrupts their focus as they head this week exactly two weeks after Pistorius was to Phoenix. Harvick has won three of the last four races sentenced to five years in prison for at Phoenix and should be the favorite Sunday. But killing Steenkamp. The terms of his cur- Gordon was in another league when Hendrick rent sentence mean he could be released Motorsports tested at Phoenix last month, and PRETORIA: A file picture taken on from the hospital wing of a prison in Keselowski has already proved once in this Chase (at October 16, 2014 shows Paralympian Pretoria, where he is being held, after 10 Talladega) that he can produce in must-win races. Oscar Pistorius. — AFP months to complete his sentence under Unless NASCAR takes issue with Harvick’s role as instigator in this brawl, he walks away scot-free as two South Africa’s National Prosecuting house arrest. of his top rivals find themselves in an uncomfortable Authority said it had filed for leave to Judge Masipa will consider the appeal spotlight. appeal, which are papers filed to Judge and rule in a court hearing if it should be Thokozile Masipa to request permission referred to the Supreme Court of Appeal. CREW MEMBERS: Harvick contends he was simply to appeal her decision. The NPA did not provide any date for the telling Keselowski to handle his business after the on- AUSTIN: Mercedes AMG Petronas driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain corners before winning Masipa acquitted Pistorius of murder appeal hearing. — AP track incident with Gordon, and there’s been fan back- the United States Formula One Grand Prix in this file photo. — AFP lash that Keselowski was hiding behind his crew mem- WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014 SPORTS Top nations look to lay down World Cup marker

LONDON: Europe will again become the centre of England produced one of their greatest per- just one point to New Zealand in their previous Test said Wales lock Alun Wyn Jones. “We are not in the attention for international rugby union as top formances of all time to beat New Zealand 38-21 at last month. business of dwelling on the past.” southern hemisphere countries arrive for this Twickenham two years ago. South Africa look to be adding backline flair to month’s end-of-year Tests. However, since then they’ve lost their last four SCRUM WEAKNESS their traditional crushing forward power, a combi- This latest round of November internationals Tests against the All Blacks and another reverse this Australia have a back-line the envy of many a nation that enabled them to beat New Zealand in has additional significance as the matches will take coming Saturday would raise questions about country, although both England and Wales-two of Johannesburg in October and which makes then place less than a year before the start of the 2015 whether they can win a second World Cup title to the Wallabies’ opponents in the World Cup will look especially dangerous opponents first-up for an World Cup in England. set alongside their 2003 triumph. to exploit any hint of the scrum weakness that has Ireland side who’ll also play Georgia and Australia Reigning world champions New Zealand, South But England fly-half Owen Farrell, who played in been a feature of the green-and-gold recent World in Dublin this month. Argentina arrive fresh from Africa, Samoa and Australia will all face England at the team that beat New Zealand in 2012, dismissed Cup campaigns. an inaugural Rugby Championship win over Twickenham, the venue for next year’s World Cup all talk of ‘scarring’ should New Zealand win on Michael Cheika’s reign as Australia coach began Australia and the Pumas should provide stern final. Meanwhile the ‘big three’ of South Africa, New November 8. “I can’t imagine walking onto a pitch with a win over the Barbarians but he expects a opposition for Scotland, Italy and France. Zealand and Australia will also play Wales in Cardiff not believing England were going to win,” the 23- much sterner contest in Cardiff on Saturday. As for France, it is remarkable to recall that after this month. Both the All Blacks and the Wallabies year-old Saracens star told Britain’s Sunday Times. “Wales will lift the physicality and aggression the supposedly volatile Marc Lievremont stood have already had a hit-out, with New Zealand “When it comes to the 2015 World Cup, we will side of things considerably,” he said. “That’s when down as coach after ‘Les Bleus’ had come within thrashing the United States 74-6 in Chicago on have unbelievable belief.” Injuries to key personnel, the real physical business will start in earnest.” one offside decision of winning the 2011 World Saturday, hours after Australia were pushed all the the latest seeing powerful second row Joe And yet Wales, for all they have won three Six Cup, there was much talk of how new boss way before seeing off the invitational Barbarians Launchbury ruled out of the whole November cam- Nations titles and reached a World Cup semi-final Philippe Saint-Andre would bring order amid the 40-36 at Twickenham. paign with a neck problem on Sunday, while-with during coach Warren Gatland’s six years at the chaos. Yet the fact Saint-Andre has started six play- One benefit of the match in Chicago was that it the possible exceptions of full-back Mike Brown helm, have a dire recent record against the ‘Big ers at fly-half alone during his time in charge, is an allowed All Blacks fly-half Dan Carter to make a and Farrell-it appears England coach Stuart Three’. indication of how rarely France have hit the return from his latest leg injury. “Absolutely stoked Lancaster has still to decide on his first-choice back They’ve lost their last nine Tests against heights which their player pool suggests are still to get back on the field,” Carter said after starring at division. The furore surrounding the fall-out from Australia, have beaten South Africa just the once, in within their grasp. Victories over Fiji, Australia and Soldier Field. “It was important for us. We have an the Kurtley Beale text pic scandal that led to the 1999, while you have to go back to 1953 for their Argentina this month may not silence the important game against England next week. We resignation of former Australia coach Ewen last victory over New Zealand. doubters, but they would do wonders for France’s worked on a couple things for that match.” McKenzie has overshadowed the fact they lost by “When you lose, it motivates you to go again,” esprit de corps. —AFP Good health, good result for Kennedy swimmers

MARION: On a day full of season-best times and even a state record, the Cedar Rapids Kennedy girls’ swimming team flashed its substantial potential when competing with a healthy roster. Kennedy recorded five wins and finished no worse than third in 10 of 11 swimming events Saturday at Linn-Mar Aquatic Center and held off host Linn-Mar, 485-430, for its second- straight regional championship. “They talk about swimming being an individual sport,” Kennedy Coach John Ross said. “To me, it’s a classic team sport. It’s still participating as a group. Making it a common goal, a common journey. Today was a great example of what some healthy kids can really do.” Ross has been forced to juggle his line- up much of the past month as walking pneumo- nia riddled his team. With the roster now fully intact, the day got off to a rousing start in the FRANCE: Britain’s Andy Murray returns the ball in this file photo. — AFP 200 medley relay. Junior Kirsten Siebenga anchored a season-best finish of 1:49.72 to edge Linn-Mar by 45 hundredths of a second. Murray seeks London Siebenga later started a 200 free relay victory (1:38.25) and won the 50 freestyle in 24.36 sec- triple crown onds, both school records. “I’ve been looking at that school record for a while,” Siebenga said of the 50 free. “So it felt so PARIS: He is the man who sparked joyous him the middle finger after the Spaniard good to finally get it today. Everybody had such scenes of celebration across a grateful saw another five match points vanish as an awesome meet.” Kirsten Siebenga in action in this file photo. nation when he ended Britain’s 77-year Murray triumphed in Valencia. Senior Sam Jacobsen became a four-time Drake wowed the overflow crowd and surprised results of a full taper by shaving a whopping 17 wait for a Wimbledon men’s champion. “With my ranking having dropped a bit state qualifier in the 100 backstroke with a victo- even herself with a regional record of 2:04.51 in seconds off her season-best time in a 500 free Yet 14 months later Andy Murray’s tow- and obviously I hadn’t won a tournament ry in 58.85 seconds, another Kennedy school the 200 individual medley and a state record of victory (5:17.51) for third-place Cedar Rapids ering frame was missing from the eight- for a while... last four of five weeks have record. Jacobsen also swam the opening back- 54.51 seconds in the 100 butterfly. Washington (307). man lineup featured on the giant billboard been very good for that,” said Murray, who stroke portion of the medley relay victory and “I was so excited,” Drake said. “I didn’t have “When I got out there I felt really good, really posters plastered across the streets of only secured his place for the ATP Finals anchored the 200 free relay. Sophomore Brooke really any expectations coming into the meet strong, really fast,” Nelson said. “I’m just happy London to advertise the ATP World Tour during last week’s Paris Masters. Timmerman won the 100 breaststroke in a sea- because I’m not fully tapered. I’m not really with the outcome.” Decorah placed fifth with 202 Finals. While organisers scramble to Declaring that “it has been three or four son-best 1:08.76. tapered at all. ... I just went out for it and it was points, and Cedar Rapids Jefferson was eighth replace the out-of-date banners proclaim- years since I felt so well”, he is raring to get Super sophomores Kelsey Drake and Jenn really fast and I was really excited and I couldn’t with 98. Tipton rounded out the 10-team field ing “Get Ready London. They’re Back”-with going again. “The way the finals have been Jenks provided their own share of fireworks for believe it.” She broke the record of 54.57 set in with 46 points. The top 24 regional times across ones featuring Murray, the Scot is unlikely won, I saved (five) match points in two of runner-up Linn-Mar. Jenks won the 100- and 2007 by Alexa Mehesan of West Des Moines the state in each event qualify for this week’s to lose any sleep over the omission. them and also in the third one Ferrer was 200-yard freestyles with season-best times. Valley. Freshman Emily Nelson showed the state meet in Marshalltown. — AP What he will be more keen to focus on serving for the match (in Vienna). So they will be the thought of completing a unique have been very, very tight, close matches treble of London titles. Having bagged a so it has been nice to get a few wins. gold medal from the 2012 London “I don’t know how I’m going to feel in a Luck leads Colts to big Olympics and won the 2013 Wimbledon week’s time but, providing I do all the right championship, Murray will get his first stuff to prepare, if I get enough rest, and chance to complete the hat-trick at the O2 recovery... I’ve played enough matches, I’ve next week after missing last year’s season played enough tennis to give it a good go win over falling Giants finale following back surgery. there.” It seems many of his rivals also think “It (winning the treble) would definitely Murray is doing the “right stuff”. Three years mean a lot,” Murray told Reuters in an inter- after he pulled off a coup by hooking up EAST RUTHERFORD: Indianapolis quarter- view in the run-up to the Tour Finals. with eight-times grand slam champion Ivan back Andrew Luck threw four touchdown “I know what it takes to win at the high- Lendl, the players’ lounge at the O2 will be passes to guide the Colts to a 40-24 road win est level so I will just make sure I prepare buzzing with the presence of no less than myself in the best possible way to give five ‘super coaches’. over the New York Giants on Monday and myself the best chance of success, but I am While Murray is now guided by Amelie solidify their lead in the AFC South. playing well and enjoying it right now. Mauresmo, ‘80s rivals Boris Becker and The defeat leaves the Giants (3-5) facing “It was disappointing not playing last Stefan Edberg will be on hand to oversee the prospect of a third season without playoff year when I had to withdraw because of my the progress of Novak Djokovic and Roger action as they fell further behind Philadelphia back. It has been a tough year, but I feel like Federer respectively. Goran Ivanisevic and (6-2) and Dallas (6-3) in the NFC East. I am fully fit now, and have had a great last Michael Chang will also be at the Tour The Colts (6-3) go into their bye week two six weeks and I can’t wait to return to the Finals with London debutants Marin Cilic games clear of Houston (4-5). Quarterback O2,” added Murray, who has also won three and Kei Nishikori. So does Murray think of Luck delivered an interception-free perform- Queen’s Club titles in the capital city. “You himself as bit of a trend setter in tennis? ance and totaled 354 yards through the air, do appreciate how much you enjoy the “I don’t try to do things that are left field. while veteran field goal kicker Adam Vinatieri sport and how much you enjoy playing You would think that working with previ- had a four from four night. when you are unable to do it. That was ous great tennis players would be helpful, “To get a win is always good, especially on tough last year.” in my view it wasn’t thinking outside the the road on Monday night against a very It certainly has been a remarkable six box,” said Murray, whose union with Lendl good Giants team,” Luck told reporters. “It weeks for Murray. Following his quarter- helped him win two grand slam titles and wasn’t pretty by any means, and there are def- final exit at the US Open, he dropped out of an Olympic gold. initely things we can shore up, but good fight the top 10 for the first time in over six years. “Sometimes people are maybe worried by the guys in a big victory. That sparked fears among home fans that to ask to see if they (former champions) “We just buckled down and focused in (the Murray might miss out on the season finale want to do it because it’s a lot of time, and second half) and knew if we could get a but the 27-year-old was soon enjoying the travelling. It’s a big commitment to coach benefits of a punishing fitness regime that on the tour and not many people who have touchdown on the first drive that would be sees him train even on Christmas Day. played for 10-12 years want to go straight big. We just kept rolling and the defense did a back and want to do it. “With Ivan that heck of a job as well.” EAST RUTHERFORD: New York Giants running back Andre Williams (44) fumbles as he is hit by RIGHT STUFF obviously worked out well in terms of The Giants have now lost three in a row Indianapolis Colts nose tackle Josh Chapman during the first half of an NFL football game. — AP He survived five match points against results so I’m sure some players would have after putting together three consecutive vic- Tommy Robredo to emerge victorious in looked at that... and saw that maybe that tories. Two-time Super Bowl winning quarter- Shenzhen. The Scot subdued David Ferrer would work.” The Barclays ATP World Tour back Eli Manning threw for two touchdowns NFL standings in three exhausting sets in the Vienna final. Finals will be held at The O2 in London and 359 yards but much of his success came He then left Robredo jokingly showing from Nov 9-16. — Reuters late in the game when the Colts were out of sight. American Football Conference National Football Conference AFC East NFC East The Colts scored the opening touchdown W L T OTL PF PA PCT Philadelphia 6 2 0 0 234 177 .750 when Luck hustled off the snap before the Al-Arabi Club to meet New England 7 2 0 0 281 198 .778 Dallas 6 3 0 1 230 195 .667 Giants could challenge the previous play and Buffalo 5 3 0 0 178 165 .625 NY Giants 3 5 0 0 178 209 .375 passed to Coby Fleener for a 32-yard score. Egypt’s Al-Ahli on Nov 12 Miami 5 3 0 0 211 151 .625 Washington 3 6 0 0 197 229 .333 Vinatieri’s boot helped the visitors to a 16-3 NY Jets 1 8 0 0 154 252 .111 NFC North halftime lead and they extended that margin By Abdellatif Sharaa event, to carry out marketing campaigns AFC North Detroit 6 2 0 0 162 126 .750 early in the third quarter as T.Y. Hilton scored before the match, and give the winners Cincinnati 5 2 1 0 194 187 .688 Green Bay 5 3 0 0 222 191 .625 from 31 yards from another Luck pass. KUWAIT: Preparations are underway for prizes in an initiative by the bank, which Pittsburgh 6 3 0 0 248 219 .667 Minnesota 4 5 0 0 168 199 .444 the highly anticipated match between is keen on making the event a success. Andre Williams rushed over from a yard for Cleveland 5 3 0 0 185 169 .625 Chicago 3 5 0 1 180 222 .375 Egyptian Ahli Club and Kuwait’s Al-Arabi He said preparations are going on the Giants to give them some hope of a Baltimore 5 4 0 0 240 174 .556 NFC South Club on Nov 12, 2014. Tickets are being very well. He said the match will be held comeback at 23-10 down, but Luck’s 40-yard AFC South New Orleans 4 4 0 1 227 198 .500 sold at Al-Arabi, Qadisiya, Salmiya, at 9 pm, and expressed satisfaction scoring pass to Reggie Wayne cemented the Indianapolis 6 3 0 0 290 211 .667 Carolina 3 5 1 0 177 236 .389 Tadamon and Kheitan clubs. towards cooperation between the com- Colts’ win. Indianapolis tacked on another Houston 4 5 0 1 206 197 .444 Atlanta 2 6 0 0 192 221 .250 The organizing committee made pany and Al-Arabi Club from all aspects. score when Luck threw a two-yard pass to Tennessee 2 6 0 0 137 202 .250 Tampa Bay 1 7 0 2 150 245 .125 arrangements with Amiri Diwan officials Deputy chairman of the organizing Dwayne Allen and another Vinatieri field goal Jacksonville 1 8 0 0 141 251 .111 NFC West to receive the visiting team at the VIP committee Hamid Khishawi said Al- padded the scoreline to 40-10. AFC West Arizona 7 1 0 0 192 156 .875 lounge on Nov 11. Media Advisor at Al- Arabi Club will be ready to host the Manning brought the Giants a degree of Denver 6 2 0 1 245 185 .750 Seattle 5 3 0 0 202 174 .625 Mustaqbal Plaza Company Dr. Suleiman match and that the club will be respon- respectability with scoring passes to Larry Kansas City 5 3 0 0 200 138 .625 San Francisco 4 4 0 0 168 178 .500 Al-Asousi said that it was agreed that Al- sible about the organizational affairs Donnell and Corey Washington in the fourth San Diego 5 4 0 0 205 186 .556 St. Louis 3 5 0 0 149 220 .375 Ahli Bank, the major sponsor of the inside the stadium. quarter. — Reuters Oakland 0 8 0 0 129 211 0 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014 SPORTS North Cyprus stranded in football wilderness

NICOSIA: Senegalese footballer Ibrahim Faye When he left Senegal seven years ago, Faye FOOTBALL REUNIFICATION headache for organisers as a top division could not moved to Europe dreaming of playing against the thought he was bound for Turkey. Instead, he Erol Cagaloglu, Cetinkaya’s coach, said international accommodate all Turkish- and Greek-speaking clubs. It best teams and ended up in a tiny league isolated arrived in north Cyprus and signed for Nicosia- competition would dramatically improve the Super would also increase competition for lucrative from the rest of the world. based Hamitkoy SK. He signed this year for League. “Our young players cannot progress because European qualification spots. The Super League in Turkish-occupied northern Cetinkaya, the most decorated club in north Cyprus the situation won’t open up in the future. We play only For Hasan Sertoglu, president of the Turkish Cypriot Cyprus is light years away from the Champions with 14 Super League titles. at an amateur level,” said Cagaloglu. Football Federation, the ball is in the south’s box. “We League fever which is sweeping the southern part Faye admits he did not know that there are two Instructing his players with a harsh voice, his back have done what has been asked of us. Now they have of the divided island. Cypruses when he travelled. “It’s not bad here for a straight and arms folded, Cagaloglu is a former star at to react. They must have pity for these poor young While Greek Cypriot clubs face off against start. But if you have a good agent you can go and Cetinkaya and once played for Turkey’s Besiktas. He people,” he said. But a footballing unification also Europe’s elite-with Nicosia’s APOEL playing at Paris look elsewhere,” said the 29-year-old who dreams of regrets that “young people in north (Cyprus) and the depends on a relative peace between Greek-Cypriot St Germain on Wednesday and hosting Barcelona moving on. His teammate Mehmet Simsek shares south cannot get together and meet up”. Such con- and Turkish-Cypriot supporters, which is far from later this month-the breakaway north is caught in a that dream. finement has pushed clubs in the north to seek reunifi- assured. At the end of September, Demetris Vassiliou, dead end. “I want to play against other teams,” said the 23- cation with the federation of Cyprus, which is affiliated 35, became the first Greek-Cypriot to play for a north- Since its creation in 1983, nine years after Turkish year-old defender. “I would like to gain experience with global governing body FIFA and Europe’s UEFA. ern club in nearly 60 years, provoking outrage in the troops occupied a third of the island, the Turkish and earn more money but it’s impossible.” In November 2013, there was a glimmer of hope in south. He claimed to have received death threats. Republic of Northern Cyprus has only been officially For Turkish-Cypriots like Simsek, the best salaries the form of a merger agreement signed under FIFA’s Sertoglu condemned the Vassiliou outcry but insisted recognised by Ankara. So no sporting associations are typically around 1500 Turkish lira (500 euros, auspices. But details of the deal have never been that football reunification is achievable. “Political prob- can join an international federation. And no team $625) a month, and all footballers have a job out- revealed and progress has since ground to a halt. The lems only interest politicians. We’re just footballers,” he can take part in international contests. side of the game. logistics of a single Cypriot federation would be a said. — AFP Bayern target Roma for quick qualification

BERLIN: Bayern Munich are making short Robben said. “We won in Rome 7-1 and we work of the Champions League group beat Dortmund. stage, the German giants aware that a “But we always have to remain critical, home victory over Roma today will improve things, never let off and think that advance them to the knockout round with it will just happen by itself. It does not but two games to spare. we are on a good path.” The Bavarians, who recorded their biggest away win in the competition when TITLE DEFENCE they crushed Roma 7-1 in the Italian capital It is difficult to see how Bayern can last month, are in scintillating form and top improve on current form as they march Group E on a maximum nine points from towards their seventh straight knockout three games. stage in Europe’s premier club competition. The German champions have won 12 of In their three group games so far, they 15 games in the Bundesliga, German Cup have netted nine times and let in just one and Champions League this season, draw- goal. In the league they are equally as ing the other three matches to remain effective, scoring a staggering 23 goals and unbeaten in all competitions. conceding three in 10 matches as they plot They received a further boost to their a smooth course towards a successful confidence on Saturday when they came Bundesliga title defence. from a goal down to edge past fellow Roma had a far less successful weekend, Champions League club and main domes- slumping to a 2-0 defeat at Napoli to slip tic rivals Borussia Dortmund 2-1. three points behind rivals Juventus at the More pleasing for Bayern coach Pep top of Serie A. Coach Rudi Garcia knows his Guardiola was the performances of Arjen team have a mountain to climb at the Robben, back from a minor knock, and fel- Allianz Arena on Wednesday if they are to low winger Franck Ribery, who is gradually maintain their challenge for second place returning to his best form after a long ahead of Manchester City, who are two LONDON: Manchester City’s James Milner in action in this file photo. — AP injury break. Dutchman Robben was a con- points behind them after three matches. stant source of danger and also converted Roma have managed at least one away win an 85th minute spot kick, awarded after in each of their last four Champions League Man City have no margin Frenchman Ribery was brought down fol- group stage appearances and there would lowing a surging run, for the winner. be no better time for a victory on the road “We are playing good football at times to restore some pride after their thrashing but there is still room for improvement,” at the hands of the Germans. — Reuters for errors against CSKA

LONDON: Everyone at Manchester City is flying CSKA on one. Anything less than a home win will Zenit’s winner at CSKA on Saturday. Injuries and high after the 1-0 derby win over Manchester put a huge dent in the home team’s hopes of suspensions have hit CSKA hard in Europe this United at the weekend but they could all come advancing to the last 16. A CSKA victory would season but coach Leonid Slutsky welcomes back crashing back to earth after today’s meeting put the Russians back in the hunt if Bayern, who Alan Dzagoev and Pontus Wernbloom on with CSKA Moscow in the Champions League. handed City a lifeline when they thrashed Roma Wednesday after both served three-match bans. The English top-flight champions, with striker 7-1 two weeks ago, beat the Italian outfit again The Russians will still be without young for- Sergio Aguero in outstanding form, should in today. Despite a surprise recent defeat by West ward Kirill Panchenko and Swedish midfielder theory be too strong for their Russian counter- Ham United, City are third in the Premier League, Rasmus Elm who has yet to feature this season parts at the Etihad Stadium, a year to the day six points behind leaders Chelsea, and their form because of a serious stomach problem. since City won the corresponding fixture 5-2. domestically is far superior to their results in “We are treating Elm in Sweden and in The omens are on the side of the home team Europe. Russia,” said club president Evgeny Giner. “I was too. CSKA have never won in England in five told that 10 footballers in the world suffer from appearances while Aguero has scored seven SCHIZOPHRENIC CITY this condition and nine aren’t playing football. goals against Russian clubs in four outings for Midfielders David Silva and Frank Lampard “If Rasmus is allowed to play the minimum he City and previous club Atletico Madrid. are sidelined against CSKA through injury while is risking is to become an invalid...the maximum However, City’s performances in Europe this Aleksandar Kolarov is a doubt after being hurt in risk is he could die.” Seydou Doumbia, who season have produced two draws and a defeat the warm-up against United on Sunday. scored a second-half goal and earned the penal- from three Group E matches and they are now While City are showing somewhat schizo- ty that Bebras Natcho converted in the 2-2 draw battling to stay in the competition. phrenic form in the two biggest competitions with City two weeks ago, is still looking to get MUNICH: Bayern’s goalkeeper Manuel Neuer catches a ball during a training session The second of those draws came in Moscow they play in, CSKA travel to Manchester seeking back to full fitness. The Ivorian has been restrict- prior to the Champions League Group E soccer match against AS Roma today. — AP two weeks ago when they let a 2-0 lead slip in to salvage a season that is beginning to slide. ed to appearances as an impact substitute the closing stages, allowing CSKA to recover for The Moscow side trail leaders Zenit St recently as he tries to overcome injury problems. a 2-2 draw, but they have no margin for errors Petersburg by seven points in the Russian top- “His ankle is still not allowing him to play to the PSG keep focus on Europe now. flight after losing 1-0 to Andre Villas-Boas’ side at best of his ability,” said Slutsky. “Seydou did not Bayern Munich lead the way with nine points the weekend. even train with the main squad during the past PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain have their “They get men behind the ball and it followed by AS Roma on four, City on two and Javi Garcia, who used to play for City, scored week.” — Reuters eyes set on sealing a place in the last 16 is difficult to find spaces against them.” In of the Champions League when they recent times, PSG have saved their best entertain APOEL at the Parc des Princes performances for Europe, such as their 3- Suarez seeks first Barca in Group F today. 2 win against Barcelona at the end of The French capital club are unbeaten September, while in Ligue 1 their dis- at home in Europe in eight years and a plays have often been laboured. win against the Cypriot champions will However, this week they could per- goal on familiar territory be enough to take them through to the haps be forgiven for prioritising domes- knockout phase in the competition for tic matters with a crunch home meeting AMSTERDAM: Two defeats in as However, Luis Enrique’s men the third season running providing Ajax with their bitter rivals Marseille-whom many games has not been the will not be taking Ajax lightly hav- fail to beat Barcelona in Amsterdam in they trail by four points at the top of the dream start Luis Suarez sought to ing suffered their first defeat of the night’s other game. table-awaiting on Sunday evening. life as a Barcelona player, but one last season in the Dutch capital 2-1 Laurent Blanc’s side, who have not Blanc’s injury worries have eased of of his old hunting grounds offers despite playing against 10 men for lost at all this season, dream of winning late, with Brazilian centre-back the chance to get up and running the majority of the second-half. the Champions League but their display Marquinhos returning to the side after a as the Catalans travel to Ajax “They started very strongly and against APOEL in Nicosia two weeks ago, month on the sidelines in Saturday’s 2-1 today. over ran us in the early part of the when they required a late Edinson success at Lorient while Zlatan The Uruguayan scored 111 game,” midfielder Sergio Busquets Cavani strike to secure a 1-0 victory, Ibrahimovic is on the road to recovery goals during a four-year spell with said on Monday. “When they went means they will not be taking the group’s from a heel injury. the Dutch champions before mov- down to 10 men and we scored it supposed outsiders lightly. “I think this The Swede, still PSG’s top scorer this ing to Liverpool in 2011, but has changed. We hope that doesn’t match will be similar to when we played season, has been sidelined since yet to find the net since sealing his happen again.” Busquets has been them last time. Nicosia are a difficult September 21, and while he has been club record �75 million ($120 mil- one of a number of Barca players team to play against, aggressive in the called up by Sweden for a Euro 2016 lion, 96 million euro) move to below par in the last two games, right way and with good individual tal- qualifier in Montenegro next week, it Barcelona in July. but he refuted suggestions he was Barca’s star-studded front three still feeling the after effects of a ents,” Paris goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu seems unlikely that he will be ready to of Suarez, Neymar and Lionel hip injury picked up towards the told the club’s website. return just yet. Messi were denied by a fine goal- end of last season and accepted Cavani will therefore once again lead keeping display from Sergio the scrutiny that will come their the home attack while right-back Alvarez and the woodwork four way after back-to-back defeats. Matches on TV Gregory Van der Wiel and midfielder times as Celta Vigo recorded their “It is normal that there is a Thiago Motta will start before sitting out (Local Timings) first away win at Barcelona since debate and everything is looked at the Marseille encounter due to suspen- 1941 on Saturday, just a week after with a magnifying glass. If you lose sion. APOEL may only have one point so Barca were beaten for the first you have to improve because you UEFA Champions League far, from a 1-1 home draw with Ajax, but time in the league this season at are not doing everything well, but they were only beaten 1-0 in Barcelona Real Madrid. we always analyse ourselves, as Man City v Moskva 22:45 before almost holding PSG two weeks “The match against Ajax is the much when we win as when we beIN SPORTS 5 HD ago and they need a result to boost their most important at the moment,” lose. Ajax v Barcelona 22:45 chances of at least finishing third. The said Suarez, who played the full 90 “We need to keep working and beIN SPORTS 2 HD Cypriot club, coached by former Greek minutes against Celta for the first improving, we can’t do anything Bilbao v FC Porto 22:45 international Giorgos Donis, are four time since his four-month ban for else.” Ajax need to win to retain biting at the World Cup. any realistic hope of reaching the beIN SPORTS 6 HD points clear at the top of their domestic “It is clear that it is a club that last 16 and midfielder Lasse Bayern Munich v AS Roma 22:45 league after beating Ethnikos Achna 4-0 away at the weekend with Irish former gave me everything. “I learned a Schone believes lightning can beIN SPORTS 1 HD lot and I will always be thankful strike twice for Frank de Boer’s PSG v Apoel Nicosia 22 :45 Celtic striker Cillian Sheridan scoring twice. for that. To return and play in the men. “Everyone then had written beIN SPORTS 3 HD us off last year, but we won,” Their most dangerous weapon is the Champions League with NK Maribor v Chelsea 22:45 Barcelona will be great.” A win for Schone, who scored twice in veteran Brazilian Gustavo Manduca, beIN SPORTS 4 HD Barca at the Amsterdam Arena Saturday’s 4-0 win over FC although the former Benfica player is allied to victory for Paris Saint- Dordrecht, told the club’s website. Shakhtar Donetsk v Borisov 22:45 nursing a hamstring problem and Donis beIN SPORTS 7 HD Germain at home to APOEL “The more people say we can’t do has a concern at left-back with Marios Nicosia will see both the top it the better. Barcelona are better Lisbon v Schalke 22:45 Antoniades and one-time Monaco man AMSTERDAM: Barcelona’s Neymar kicks the ball during a training at seeds in Group F into the last 16 than last year, but again there is Arena stadium ahead of the Group F Champions League match beIN SPORTS 8 HD John-Arne Riise injured. — Reuters with two games to spare. always a chance. “ — AFP against AFC Ajax. —AP WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014 SPORTS Al Hilal demand probe into ‘black spot’ final

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal have its competitions, and the need to ensure demanded an investigation into the con- the absence of any effect of betting troversial AFC Champions League final, offices scattered among football”. calling it a “black spot” on Asian football Saturday’s game ended in ugly scenes as and raising suspicions about possible Al Hilal’s Nasser Al-Shamrani spat at match-fixing. Matthew Spiranovic, sparking a melee. Al The Saudi giants took aim at the Asian Hilal players also removed their runners- Football Confederation (AFC) after going up medals as soon as they received down 1-0 on aggregate to Western them. Sydney Wanderers in a two-legged final Al Hilal urged the AFC to investigate which ended in acrimony on Saturday. who was responsible for selecting the Al Hilal had several penalty appeals match referees, claiming they waved waved away over the course of the two away two “explicit penalties” in the first legs and Japanese referee Yuichi leg and four in the second. Nishimura, known for a spot-fix blunder The club took particular issue with the at this year’s World Cup, took charge of appointment of Nishimura, who was de- the second fixture. “What happened in selected from World Cup duty after giv- the second leg of the AFC Champions ing hosts Brazil a highly debatable penal- League final is a black spot in the history ty in their tournament opener against of Asian football and looting of the right Croatia. “Appointing him as a referee for of an entire people who has been wait- the match is a big mistake that requires ing for happiness and enjoyment of fair investigation and causes punishment,” competition,” a statement said. the statement said. It added that “blunders” in the final There was no immediate response “appeared suspiciously and tarnished the from the AFC. The Wanderers became reputation of the AFC, which raised the first Australian team to win the Asian many questions about the AFC champi- title and they were mobbed by fans on onships and the integrity and fairness of their return to Sydney. — AFP Klose scores twice as Lazio survive fightback

MILAN: Miroslav Klose scored twice in a back after the break when Lazio’s Edson minute to help Lazio beat 10-man Braafheid deflected the ball into his own Cagliari 4-2 on Monday, although they goal three minutes after the re-start. had to survive a second-half fightback Cagliari had Colombia forward Victor from the unpredictable Sardinians. Ibarbo sent off in the 73rd minute for Lazio raced to a 3-0 halftime lead as retaliation on Lulic, who escaped with a Stefano Mauri turned in Lucas Biglia’s yellow card, but the visitors still scored shot in the seventh minute before former again through substitute Joao Pedro Germany forward Klose sprang into with six minutes left. Substitute Ederson action. sealed Lazio’s win with a goal in stop- Klose, who became the World Cup’s page time. LONDON: Crystal Palace’s Marouane Chamakh (background) competes for the ball with Sunderland’s Sebastian Larsson (foreground) during the highest scorer with 16 goals after scoring Lazio’s fifth win in six games lifted English Premier League soccer match. — AP twice in the tournament in Brazil this them to third in Serie A with 19 points year, added the second from close range from 10 games, three behind neighbors in the 25th minute after Senad Lulic nod- AS Roma and a further three adrift of ded Antonio Candreva’s pass into his leaders Juventus. Cesena and Verona Fletcher’s brace sinks Palace path. One minute later, the 36-year-old drew 1-1 in Monday’s other game, featur- struck again with a shot which deflected ing two sides in the lower half of the off Luca Ceppitelli. Cagliari came straight table. — Reuters chased victory. Fletcher scored the third on a minutes of medical attention on the pitch with breakaway in added time to wrap up the points central defender Brown replacing him in a Sunderland 3 and ease the pressure on manager Gus Poyet. reshuffled back four that had Vergini moving out “I am pleased because it was a day that was to the right. all about winning, fighting, playing ugly when Towards the end of the first half Vergini you have to and pass when you have to,” Poyet almost put Sunderland further ahead when Palace 1 told the BBC. “We scored three goals but Julian striker Connor Wickham pulled the ball back to Speroni made a couple of good saves as well.” the edge of the box where the Argentine Palace boss Neil Warnock added: “It is a cruel volleyed a stinging shot that brought a reflex LONDON: Sunderland striker Steven Fletcher game football. We have ended up losing 3-1 diving save from Speroni. scored in each half to help his beleaguered side which on paper looks a poor defeat but I can’t Palace’s equaliser 10 minutes into the second earn a much-needed 3-1 win at Crystal Palace in fault the lads tonight but decisions change half came from Sunderland’s fourth own goal of their Premier League match at Selhurst Park on games.” the season, an indication of their defensive Monday. problems. Sunderland’s second league win of the sea- PENALTY APPEALS Goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon made a brilliant son, after conceding 10 goals with no reply in Palace had two penalty appeals turned down save on the line from Marouane Chamakh’s their previous two matches, lifted them out of in the first half, one in the opening minute when header but Frazier Campbell backheeled the ball the relegation zone to 15th place with 11 points Frazier Campbell ran onto a headed pass by into the middle and the unfortunate Brown from 10 matches and left Palace 17th with nine. Marouane Chamakh and went down when chal- turned it into the net. “I couldn’t believe we The visitors went ahead after half an hour lenged by Santiago Vergini, though the scored another own goal,” said Poyet. “Wes when Fletcher rose to direct a header into Julian Argentine did not appear to make contact. Brown could not believe it himself. I don’t know Speroni’s bottom right hand corner from Patrick The second appeal came in Palace’s first if you can train that out of players but we need van Aanholt’s cross after the left back was fed attack after they had conceded the opening to get back to basics.” out wide by midfielder Jordi Gomez. goal to Fletcher when Van Aanholt looked to Sunderland’s Vergini powered another effort Palace equalised thanks to an own goal by have brought down Wilfried Zaha on the right at goal close to the hour only for compatriot substitute Wes Brown in the 55th but Gomez put edge of the box though the challenge appeared Speroni again to make the save but there was lit- Sunderland back in front against the run of play to be just outside. tle the keeper could do to keep out Gomez’s by rifling a low shot from the left into the bot- Van Aanholt hurt his shoulder in the tackle precise finish and Fletcher’s last-gasp goal that tom far corner in the 78th minute as Palace and was carried off on a stretcher after three sealed the points. — Reuters Macleod gets Scotland call

LONDON: Rangers midfielder Lewis Macleod was (Nottingham Forest/ENG), Graham Dorrans (West Forwards: Steven Fletcher (Sunderland/ENG), yesterday awarded his first call-up for Scotland’s Bromwich Albion/ENG), Darren Fletcher (Manchester Lewis Macleod (Rangers), Chris Martin (Derby 2016 European Championship qualifier at home to United/ENG), Shaun Maloney (Wigan /ENG), James County/ENG), Stevie May (Sheffield the Republic of Ireland and friendly at home to McArthur (Crystal Palace/ENG), James Morrison (West Wednesday/ENG), Steven Naismith England. The 20-year-old has been capped at every Bromwich /ENG), Charlie Mulgrew (Celtic). (Everton/ENG). — AFP international level from under-16 to under-21 and has impressed national coach Gordon Strachan with his recent performances, scoring seven goals in the Scottish Championship. “I get good reports from our coaches, people who have played against him, people who have worked with him, and I look ITALY: Lazio’s Marco Parolo (left) and Cagliari’s Albin Ekdal vie for the ball during a forward to seeing him,” Strachan told a press con- Serie A soccer match between Lazio and Cagliari, at Rome’s Olympic stadium. — AP ference. “I saw him in the first game of the season and I caught up with videos and obviously other people watch games. So it is easy to find out if a Corinthians head to US player is playing well. We think it will be good for us to have him along.” Stoke City full-back Phil Bardsley has been for training, marketing recalled following an injury to Aston Villa’s Alan Hutton, while Celtic midfielder Charlie Mulgrew SAO PAULO: Corinthians are to visit “For a long time now the club has returns after injury and suspension. the United States on a pre-season tour been looking for an opportunity to Scotland host the Irish at Celtic Park-where in 2015, in an attempt by the Brazilian promote itself in the U.S.,” said Edu Strachan, like Ireland coach Martin O’Neill, once side to both prepare for the new foot- Gaspar, the former Arsenal player who managed Celtic-on November 14 before returning ball season and promote the club in is now Corinthians Director of Football. there to face Roy Hodgson’s England four days lat- markets outside their homeland. “We have managed to find an er. Ireland are currently level with Poland on seven The 2012 World Club Cup champi- important competition with clubs that points in Euro 2016 qualifying Group D, with ons will spend almost two weeks in are equally important and under con- Scotland three points further back, behind world Florida and take part in the Florida ditions that suit us.” champions Germany on goal difference. Asked by a journalist if he would accept a ‘tank- Cup, a four-team tournament that will Florida is the most popular destina- ing’ (heavy defeat) against old enemies England if it also feature Fluminense, and German tion for Brazilian tourists to the United meant beating Poland, Strachan replied: “Depends sides Bayer Leverkusen and Cologne. States, and Cruzeiro, Fluminense and what the definition of a tanking is! No, I wouldn’t. Corinthians will spend their first few Sao Paulo all trained and played friend- After a pause, he added: “No, I definitely wouldn’t days training at the Fort Lauderdale lies there this year. take a tanking by England!” Strikers’ home base before moving to Sao Paulo have particularly close Scotland squad announced on Tuesday for 2016 Orlando to play Cologne on Jan. 15. ties to Orlando City, with the Florida European Championship qualifier at home to the They then head to Jacksonville to take club, whose owner is Brazilian, lending Republic of Ireland on November 14 and friendly at on Leverkusen two days later. them Kaka and agreeing to play them home to England on November 18: The trip is primarily to prepare play- in a friendly early next year. Goalkeepers: Matt Gilks (Burnley/ENG), Craig ers for the start of the Brazilian season, Although Brazilian clubs are Gordon (Celtic), David Marshall (Cardiff City/WAL). which runs from late January until ear- renowned for their conveyor belt of Defenders: Phil Bardsley (Stoke City/ENG), ly December. talent, most of them are light-years Christophe Berra (Ipswich Town/ENG), Craig But the club, which recently signed behind the Europeans and North Forsyth (Derby County/ENG), Gordon Greer a marketing deal with 20th Century Americans when it comes to marketing (Brighton and Hove Albion/ENG), Grant Hanley Fox International which sees The and commerce. No Brazilian side fea- (Blackburn Rovers/ENG), Russ Martin (Norwich City/ENG), Andrew Robertson (Hull City/ENG), Simpsons stickers adorn their team bus tures in Deloitte’s Money League of the Steven Whittaker (Norwich City/ENG). and the cartoon characters wearing top 20 grossing clubs although Midfielders: Ikechi Anya (Watford/ENG), Barry Corinthians shirts, also wants to Corinthians are the only non-European Bannan (Crystal Palace/ENG), Scott Brown (Celtic), expand its commercial reach. club to make the top 30. — Reuters Craig Bryson (Derby County/ENG), Chris Burke Lewis Macleod Tamim, Shakib Luck leads Colts hit tons to big win over 15 17falling Giants WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014

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MELBOURNE: German horse Protectionist with jockey Ryan Moore on board wins the Melbourne Cup horse racing at the Flemington Racecourse yesterday. — AP Protectionist wins Melbourne Cup Japanese favorite dies after finishing last, Araldo put down

MELBOURNE: German raider Protectionist timed said of the 7-1 shot in a trackside interview. “Very stallion hit the front he was never going to be steward Terry Bailey told reporters. Racing Victoria head of veterinary and equine wel- his finishing burst to perfection to win the good horse with very strong pace. Once he got caught. “We have had great success all over the “Our vets are on hand and the horse will fare, said in a statement. Melbourne Cup yesterday, but the race was over- the space, he’s amazing.” planet but this is the biggest of all,” said trainer undergo an autopsy. We will have to await those “The horse received immediate veterinary care shadowed by the death of two horses including Protectionist’s success was the third for a Andreas Wohler. results for the cause of the death.” His death fol- and was transported to the University of favourite Admire Rakti, who collapsed and died European horse in the last five years after “(Moore) was so patient, he couldn’t have the lowed that of French mare Verema, who was put Melbourne Veterinary Hospital, however, sadly the after finishing last. Americain (2010) and Dunaden (2011) and will position he wanted to have but he was so patient down after snapping a lower leg bone during the fracture in its pastern was not repairable. “The Araldo, who finished seventh in the A$6.2 mil- not ease concerns among local trainers about “for- and when he came around the last bend he just race last year. owners made the decision to humanely euthanise lion ($5.38 million) race, was later euthanised after eign” raids on Australia’s top silverware. needed the right gap. Ryan is a superstar. “It’s Araldo was taken to a nearby veterinary hospi- Araldo in the best interests of the horse.” injuring its hind leg in a freak accident after the English nine-year-old Red Cadeaux (20-1) was unbelievable. Later when we think about it, it’s a tal where he underwent X-rays to determine the The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty race. second for the third time in Australia’s most moment in your life that you won’t forget.” extent of an injury to one of his hind legs. to Animals (RSPCA) said it was a “tragic outcome” The deaths at the “race that stops a nation” are famous race after 2011 and 2013, while New Japanese-trained Admire Rakti, the 5-1 The Mike Moroney-trained stayer, who had fin- for the horses and called for a “full and transparent sure to reignite the debate over the welfare of Zealand-trained Who Shot Thebarman (16-1) favourite and an impressive winner of the ished seventh, was spooked on his way back to investigation” into both incidents. horses in the sport. With another bumper crowd came in third. Caulfield Cup last month, had faded badly over the mounting yard when a spectator waved a flag “Events like these are a stark reminder to the packed into Flemington Racecourse, Protectionist Irish mare My Ambivalent had overhauled the last few furlongs. at him, kicking out at a fence and injuring the community of the real risks to horses associated was boxed in for much of the gruelling 3,200 Admire Rakti over the first few hundred yards and Carrying the top weight of 58.5kg, the horse limb. with racing,” it said in a statement. “Sadly, injury metre handicap but stormed down the final set the pace for much of the race before Red was clearly agitated after the race and his stall was “It is with sadness that we confirm that Araldo and death are the price some horses pay for our straight to win by four lengths, giving Germany its Cadeaux took the lead coming off the final bend. soon covered in a protective screen. “The favorite has had to be humanely euthanised as a result of entertainment in a sport that puts intense pres- first winner in 154 running of the Cup. Protectionist had found its way through the Admire Rakti on return to the stalls after the race the injury it suffered in a freak accident following sure on animals to perform to the limits of their “He’s very easy,” English jockey Ryan Moore field by now, though, and once the five-year-old has collapsed and died,” Racing Victoria chief the Emirates Melbourne Cup,” Brian Stewart, endurance.” — Reuters

Nets silence Thunder, Grizzlies maul Pelicans NEW YORK: Brook Lopez scored 18 points in ROCKETS 104, 76ers 93 the Mavericks hang on for victory against the his first regular-season game in about 11 James Harden had 35 points and nine Celtics after going up by 30 before halftime for months as the Brooklyn Nets routed the rebounds and Dwight Howard added 11 the second time in two home games. injury-depleted Oklahoma City Thunder 116- points and 14 rebounds to lead the Rockets Boston’s Avery Bradley had a chance to tie 85 on Monday in their home opener. Alan past the 76ers. with three free throws when he was fouled on Anderson added 18 points and Deron Williams Trevor Ariza hit six 3-pointers and scored 24 a 3-pointer by Monta Ellis with 39 seconds left had 17 points and nine assists for the Nets, points to help Houston improve to 4-0. The after the Celtics trailed by 31 in the second who got their leading scorer back on a night Rockets made 16 of 34 3-pointers and domi- quarter. But he missed the second one. the Thunder, already without Kevin Durant nated the Sixers 47-31 on the boards. After Ellis put Dallas back up by three at and Russell Westbrook, lost yet another player Harden made his first 17 free throws and 116-113, Parsons won a jump ball with Jared to injury. the Rockets had assists on 27 of 32 field goals. Sullinger, tipping it to Ellis, who was fouled by Reggie Jackson scored 23 points in his sea- Tony Wroten led the winless Sixers (0-4) with Rajon Rondo on a drive and made both free son debut after missing the first three games 20 points and K.J. McDaniels had 14. throws. Dirk Nowitzki had 27 points. Jeff Green with a sprained right ankle, but the Thunder led the Celtics with 35, and Bradley had a left just as short-handed as they entered when KINGS 110, NUGGETS 105 career-high 32. starting guard Andre Roberson sprained his Darren Collison scored 21 points, including left foot. He played just 11 1/2 minutes of the three free throws in the final 16.2 seconds, as CLIPPERS 107, JAZZ 101 first half. the Kings held off the Nuggets. DeMarcus Blake Griffin scored 31 points and Jamal Cousins added 19 points and Reggie Evans Crawford added 19 to go over 15,000 in his GRIZZLIES 93, PELICANS 81 grabbed 14 rebounds as the Kings started the career as the Clippers defeated the Jazz. Marc Gasol scored 16 points, Zach season 3-1 for the first time since 2010-11. Reggie Bullock scored all of his 12 points on Randolph had 15 and Tayshaun Prince added Sacramento showed no signs of fatigue after 3-pointers and Chris Paul notched his first 14 as the Grizzlies extended their home win- beating the Clippers the day before in Los triple-double with the Clippers, finishing with ning streak to a club record 16 straight with a Angeles. 13 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds. Paul victory over the Pelicans. Collison secured the win by hitting two free showed no ill effects after spraining his left The Grizzlies, off to a team-best 4-0 start, throws with 8.7 seconds remaining. The foot a night earlier. Los Angeles went 3-1 play- got three double-doubles. Randolph had 11 Nuggets had seven players in double figures, ing four games in five nights to start the sea- rebounds to give him a double-double in each led by Arron Afflalo and JaVale McGee with 16 son. Crawford had missed Sunday’s loss to of the team’s four games. Gasol (11 rebounds) points apiece. Wilson Chandler scored 12 of his Sacramento because of bruised ribs. He and Tony Allen (12 points, 11 rebounds) also 14 in the fourth quarter. returned to go over the milestone on a float- finished with double-doubles. Tyreke Evans ing jumper at 6:53 of the fourth. He has 15,003 led the Pelicans (1-2) with 21 points. New MAVERICKS 118, CELTICS 113 points. Gordon Hayward scored 27 points for NEW YORK: Brooklyn Nets guard Alan Anderson (6) dribbles around Oklahoma City Thunder Orleans shot only 34 percent from the field. Chandler Parsons scored 29 points to help Utah, which has lost three of four. — AP guard Reggie Jackson (15) in the second half of an NBA basketball game. — AP Qatar to become first Mideast clearing hub for China’s yuan

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COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan fisherman carries his catch to be sold in Colombo yesterday. The International Monetary Fund has noted that Sri Lanka is one of the fastest growing economies in South Asia, but the island was also vulnerable to sudden external shocks because of high levels of foreign commercial borrowings. — AFP Saudi adds to oil power with new refineries Saudi becomes refining powerhouse with new plants DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s tighter grip on the oil market from domestic and international refineries with a total worldwide sources said. “One thing I think is very sure you are going to Saudi exported 6.663 million barrels of crude per day in the desert derrick to the petrol pump, thanks to two new refining capacity of 4.9 million bpd, of which its equity see in the next 3-5 years is going to be a shift in Saudi August, down from 6.989 million bpd in July, according to refineries, is redefining its role as a crude exporter and share is 2.6 million bpd, making it the world’s sixth-largest exports away from crude and towards products,” Bob the latest official data reported by the Joint Organizations OPEC kingpin. The two state-of-the-art plants will give it refiner. McNally, a White House adviser to former President George Data Initiative (JODI). The August crude export figures were 800,000 barrels per day in refining capacity online in 2015, In the kingdom a 400,000-bpd refinery, known as W. Bush and now president of the Rapidan Group energy the lowest since March 2011. At the same time, products part of an ambitious downstream drive which will see its SATORP, in Jubail, reached full capacity in mid 2014 and consultancy, said after a recent trip to Saudi Arabia. exports in August were at record high at 1.023 million bpd, refining capacity rise to 8 million bpd in a decade. While a another 400,000 bpd plant, the Yasref refinery in Yanbu, the highest since at least 2002, the start of JODI’s records. lot of that will target its rapidly growing economy with the started trial runs in September with the first gasoil export OPEC role That was up from 707,000 bpd a month earlier and com- majority likely to be consumed domestically after 15-20 cargo seen in December. Aramco’s CEO Khaled Al-Falih said Aramco Trading was set up in 2012 to trade and sell pared to 621,000 bpd in August 2013. years, for now Riyadh is to become a major exporter of in May the company’s downstream investments would products directly to refiners. Other national oil companies, That would take total oil exports from Saudi in August to refined oil products such as gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. exceed $100 billion over the next decade as high growth including China’s Sinopec and CNPC, have significantly 7.686 million bpd, close to its crude export levels last year. “There is clearly a rebalancing in the kingdom as it is markets of the Far East and the Middle East “will make us increased their trading arms too. Traders are keeping an eye The forecast shift to products exports could weaken its becoming a bigger player in the downstream. While Saudi one of the largest downstream players on the planet by vol- on Aramco as it starts direct sales of gasoil cargoes in hand in the Organization for the Petroleum Exporting may lose on crude exports, it will be gaining as product ume.” Europe, reducing the role of middle men traders. Privately Countries (OPEC), some analysts say. “By 2018-19 Saudi exports rise in the coming years,” said Yasser Elguindi of The company has set up offices in Europe and Singapore traders say if more companies followed Aramco’s model it Arabia will be producing two thirds product and one third Medley Advisors. “So you are giving with the right hand to sell more oil products, industry trading sources say. It has could squeeze them out of their niche markets. “They are crude. That will have great implication for OPEC,” Fereidun even if you are taking away with left.” Crude exports from been exporting hundreds of thousands of tons of product very active. They have a lot of volumes of gasoil, they are Fesharaki, chairman of energy consultant FGE, said on the the OPEC heavyweight have been sliding in recent months monthly to Europe and Asia and snapped up spot deals going to target end users, European customers and they sidelines of the Oil and Money conference in London. “You to their lowest levels in almost three years. State run Saudi through its trading arm to supply jet fuel to the United Arab will be moving cargoes that way. We have also seen them can’t be the king of crude if you’re not the number one Aramco and its subsidiaries own, or have equity interest in, Emirates, and gasoline to Kuwait and Bahrain this year, the moving jet fuel this year,” said one Gulf-based trader. exporter.” — Reuters Slow Food sows a message in Africa Grassroots organization promotes ‘good, clean, fair food’ BANDA KYANDAAZA: Powerful herby coffee, sun- schools to taste and test products. In the school gar- of the Slow Food Foundation of Biodiversity, who dried fish and succulent beef from Ankole cattle are den in Banda Kyandaaza, students are now growing coordinates African activities. “It’s fascinating the just some of the Ugandan delicacies in a mushroom- cassava, cabbage, pumpkin, African eggplant and diversity of products and recipes that Africa has.” ing movement across Africa to safeguard traditional black nightshade, as well as eggobe. With about 85 percent of the population foods. Slow Food, a global grassroots organization involved in the sector, Mukiibi called agriculture that promotes “good, clean and fair food”, is spreading Boosting rare produce Uganda’s backbone. Slow Food was working to its reach across Africa after making its first inroads on Recent Ugandan additions to the list include address the “many injustices” facing the country’s the continent a decade ago. Today the movement small white mushrooms called Namulonda, as well small-scale farmers. “You find some supermarkets counts 30 African projects as food communities pre- as the Nakitembe banana, which is traditionally importing potatoes from France and South Africa,” serve, and rediscover native breeds, plant varieties and presented by the groom to a bride’s family, but is at he said. “Slow Food creates a market for the local products, from Moroccan Zerradoun salt, to Ethiopia’s risk of disappearing due to the “continuous and uncommon products to compete.” In the traditional Tigray white honey, Zulu sheep in South Africa and indiscriminate hybridization of bananas.” “We use Ankole kingdom in southwestern Uganda, the Sierra Leone’s Kenema kola nuts. the gardens to restore the crops that are at risk of indigenous long-horned Ankole cow symbolizes For Ugandan schoolboy Isaac Muwanguzi, that disappearing,” said Edie Mukiibi, 28, a Ugandan wealth. “From its milk come so many traditional meant finding a vegetable known as eggobe spring- agronomist who was in February appointed co- dishes and other products,” said Mukiibi. These ing up in his school garden when he returned from vice-president of Slow Food International, along- include the eshabwe ghee sauce, also listed in Slow the holidays. “In the village it’s very rare,” said the 13- side the influential US chef and author Alice Waters. Food’s Ark of Taste. year old, whose country is at the heart of Africa’s slow The country’s capital Kampala may now be home But Mukiibi said many years ago an influx of revolution. Eggobe, which has a plantain-like taste and to a handful of international fast food chain outlets, imported animal breeds began being mixed with softens when steamed, is also said to be handy for but Mukiibi said he was “proud” that Uganda had local ones, encouraged by “the NGO world.” Now, treating diabetes, hypertension-and even reportedly been “slow” to adopt fast food compared to other some locals are starting to discard the Ankole cow, for increasing the size of one’s manhood. It’s one of a countries he’d visited. saying it takes too long to grow and gives very little handful of vegetables a group of students at the pri- Late last month he accompanied about two milk. Slow Food are working with one of Uganda’s mary school here at Banda Kyandaaza, a village about dozen Ugandan students, farmers, cooks and restau- biggest slaughterhouses in Kampala, so producers 20 kilometers outside Kampala, are hoping to put rant owners to Slow Food’s Salone del Gusto, the can sell the animals they raise directly to them. back on Ugandan plates. world’s largest food and wine fair, and Terra Madre, a They’re also providing training on improving meat Eggobe has been nominated for Slow Food’s Ark of concurrent global gathering of food communities in quality. Meanwhile, in the school garden, students Taste, an online “living catalogue of delicious and dis- Turin in Italy. About 450 delegates from 45 African who used to view farming as a punishment are now tinctive foods facing extinction.” Founded in 1989 and countries took part-and Ugandan bananas, vanilla realizing the value in spending two hours a week out headquartered in Italy, Slow Food started with one and coffee were on display. “We musn’t only speak of class, learning everything from how to water crops MUKONO: Duncan Senoga, a volunteer with Slow food International in Uganda, Ugandan local chapter in 2008, since growing into 13 about poverty in Africa, we have to speak about cul- to managing an agriculture enterprise. “You farm, you helps pupils of Buiga Sunrise Primary School in Mukono District, Uganda. — AFP across the east African country. In Uganda, they’ve ture, about the natural richness that you have in dif- get food,” said Muwanguzi, bending over in a cab- helped students create 75 gardens in more than 50 ferent recipes,” said Serena Milano, General Secretary bage patch. “You farm, you get money.” — AFP BUSINESS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014

NEW DELHI: An Indian laborer sorts coal at a roadside shop at Trilokpuri in eastern New Delhi yesterday. India has one of the largest reserves of coal world-wide with the country ranked third in global coal production. — AFP More Indian firms look to sun as outages bite

Power-hungry businesses build own solar plants

MUMBAI: Fed up with constant electricity cuts and gov- on demand. Across the country, businesses are forced ernment-enforced “power holidays”, Indian IT firm to buy costly back-up generators in case of outages. ValueLabs has turned to the sun beaming down on its States in the arid north and west are building big solar head office for help. In July, it finished building a 13 plants at the fastest pace, though smaller commercial megawatt solar plant - enough to power 6,000 homes - projects are cropping up across India, where nearly all to keep the lights on and computers humming for more states enjoy year-round sunshine, analysts say. than 3,000 employees at its base in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. It is even selling surplus electricity Cost hurdles back to the grid. “We plan to use the entire quantum of But, as for many in growth economies looking for power generated from these plants in the coming years ways to cut back on oil imports, costs are high on the for our existing and upcoming campus,” said Krishna whole and even early adopters say solar is only part of Reddy, a senior ValueLabs executive. the answer. ValueLabs spent 1 billion rupees ($16.3 mil- Factories and businesses have installed over 30 MW lion), which it expects to make back in eight years. It is of rooftop solar panels in the last year, data compiled by keeping its back-up generators. The Kanpur-based New Delhi-based consultancy Bridge To India shows. Indian Institute of Technology is installing rooftop solar That is a small amount compared with India’s solar panels. Yet some 70 percent of its energy will still come capacity of 2,700 MW, but demand may accelerate from conventional sources. Despite Modi’s plans to tar- under Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has made get up to 100,000 MW of solar generation by 2022, far renewable energy a priority. Bridge to India forecasts more than an existing 20,000 MW target, India remains compound annual growth will hit more than 60 percent heavily reliant on conventional thermal energy. in the next five years, as falling panel prices make instal- Today, solar power generation accounts for about 1 lations more alluring. In a sign that even big business is percent of installed energy capacity and a fraction of the warming up to alternative energy sources, India’s sec- 26,000 MW China can produce. For now, individual com- ond-largest IT exporter Infosys Ltd is building a 50 MW panies say it is falling panel prices and government sub- solar plant in southern Karnataka state to meet 30 per- sidies that have made solar more appealing. Infosys says cent of the company’s power needs. its own solar-generated power will cost it less than the Bridge To India estimates that commercial rooftop 6.15 rupees per unit it pays for electricity from the grid, and smaller utility plants have the potential to provide even after factoring in depreciation expenses. It did not up to 83,000 MW of solar energy, more than half of say how much lower the costs were. “The economics of India’s potential solar capacity out to 2024. “With the doing this has improved. If you can get solar at a reason- new government coming in, we see a clear intent to fur- able efficiency level...then it makes sense to have it as a ther increase allocation of solar in the energy mix,” said main power source and have the grid as a backup,” said Sujoy Ghosh, India head of US-based First Solar. Along Kalpana Jain, a senior director at Deloitte India. with SunEdison, First Solar is among foreign panel sup- More broadly, securing stable demand is also not pliers expecting to profit from rising demand in India. easy - a pitfall illustrated in China’s huge solar market, The new Indian government is hoping to ramp up where insufficient subsidies and poor infrastructure renewable energy, and wean the country off of a mean demand has not kept pace with supply. India’s dependence on coal and oil and fulfill Modi’s election electricity distribution companies, which are ordered by pledge of bringing power to all. politicians to keep prices low, have little incentive to While India’s overall installed capacity has risen 20 buy renewable energy - roughly 15 percent pricier than percent in the past three years and peak-hour shortfalls thermal - because they cannot pass this on to con- have eased, not enough power reaches end-users due sumers. But for companies, choosing solar is still better to rickety transmission lines, and when it does, supply is than the alternative. “We want to ensure we are free often fickle. Many southern states, where ValueLabs and from power disruptions in the future,” said ValueLabs’ Infosys are based, enforce power cuts to keep a check Reddy. — Reuters EXCHANGE RATES

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NEW YORK: It’s a $95-million view from York Observer complained about “hellish Sons are leaving West 57th Street next the tallest residential tower in the experience,” “dynamite blasts” and “inces- year after selling their 1925 flagship Americas. But the newest addition to sant screeching” endured by residents showroom, where Rachmaninoff prac- Manhattan’s iconic skyline has attracted and office workers from mega projects ticed, to JDS Development Group for a cloud of controversy. Still under con- in development. $46 million. “It’s definitely changing our struction and with US flags pinned patri- skyline and it’s certainly changing the otically to its shell, 432 Park Avenue ‘Ghost ships’ character of 57th Street, which used to soars above Midtown, casting a shadow Opponents complain that city regula- be a very quaint street of art galleries over Central Park and designer bou- tions provide no public review process and piano stores,” said Herrera. “Now, it’s tiques on Madison Avenue. At 1,396 feet in Midtown, that historic buildings are a street of billionaires who don’t really (425.5 meters) the tower by Uruguayan being demolished in their wake and that live there.” City voters last year elected “starchitect” Rafael Vinoly is higher than billionaires squeeze everyone else out. “I Democrat mayor Bill de Blasio on a ticket the 1,250-foot Empire State Building-but think it’s very controversial,” said Alex of greater equality after income gaps eclipsed by One World Trade Center, Herrera, director of technical services at widened during the 12-year tenure of which rises to 1,776 feet including a 408- The New York Landmarks Conservancy. billionaire-philanthropist Michael foot antenna. The Los Angeles-based “We have never seen anything like this Bloomberg. developers CIM Group have already sold before.” The 1920s Drake Hotel, where the top penthouse for $95 million and Frank Sinatra, Muhammed Ali, Judy Fuels local economy 50 percent of the apartments, which Garland and Jimi Hendrix stayed, was De Blasio has an ambitious affordable start at $17 million, before opening in torn down to make way for 432 Park housing plan in the wake of middle class Spring 2015. Avenue. professionals leaving Manhattan and The view-marketed as a helicopter Herrera calls mega towers “ghost while an estimated 21 percent of New view-offers vistas that stretch from ships”-bought as investments by inter- York city residents live in poverty. WASHINGTON: Construction cranes are silhouetted against the early morning Central Park to the Atlantic Ocean and national billionaires, who visit only a Neither is New York a capital city and sky as work continues on Smithsonian’s new National Museum of African Connecticut. And it’s not alone. A string couple of weeks a year and so tall that while historic buildings are preserved, American History and Culture in Washington. — AP of super-tall, super-luxury buildings they cast shadows across Central Park. In it’s a business city driven by profits. services, he says. as a status symbol. Others feel alienated have sprung up and are still in develop- a few years, 432 Park Avenue will be Herrera wants 57th Street landmarked to “Folks who are residing in those by the overt display of wealth pushing ment changing the city skyscape forever. eclipsed as work progresses on a taller protect the other historic buildings. apartments probably spend more mon- out public sector workers and creative “They appeal to a very specific buyer tower being built by developers Extell “What we’re looking for is a balance,” he ey and inject more dollars into the local workers on tighter budgets. “I think it’s pool and that buyer pool has proven to round the corner on West 57th Street. said. But Knakal insists there is a balance economy than the average New Yorker absolutely ridiculous to spend that kind be very aggressive and very deep,” said Extell has already built a 90-storey condo and credits the city planning commis- does in the whole year.” But members of of money to live there,” said wealth advi- Robert Knakal, one of New York’s top real designed by famed French architect sion with doing an “excellent job” on the public are at best divided over the sor Lawrence Bogar, who works in the estate brokers and chairman of Massey Christian de Portzamparc on the same zoning. And even if billionaire residents, expansion. Many say the super rich have city but lives across the river in New Knakal Realty Services. But not every- street. don’t stay all year, they still pay real earned their right to live and buy what- Jersey. “You could spend the money on one’s happy. A recent op-ed in the New Master piano makers Steinway and estate taxes and don’t consume public ever they want, seeing the skyscrapers far better properties.”— AFP

Qatar to become first Mideast clearing hub for China’s yuan

BEIJING: Qatar will become the Middle East’s from Qatar and some of the surrounding first hub for clearing transactions in the Middle Eastern countries,” said Candy Ho, Chinese yuan, in a step that could over the global head of yuan business development at long run help Gulf oil exporting countries HSBC. reduce their dependence on the US dollar. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China’s Financial centre Doha branch has been appointed as the Qatar, which has some $43 billion in net for- clearing bank for yuan deals in Qatar, China’s eign currency reserves and an estimated $170 central bank said yesterday. billion in its sovereign wealth fund, is the “The signing of the MoU and the appoint- biggest supplier of liquefied natural gas to ment of the renminbi clearing bank will China. Its overall trade with China soared to increase the strong ties between China and 41.9 billion riyals ($11.5 billion) in 2013 from Qatar and position Qatar as the regional cen- just 1.5 billion riyals a decade ago, with petrole- tre for renminbi clearing and settlement,” the um gases now accounting for over 60 percent, Qatari central bank said. Seeking to promote data from Qatar’s statistics authority shows. The global use of the yuan, China has in the past clearing deal with China appears to represent a two years appointed clearing banks for win for Qatar in its competition with other Gulf Taiwan, Singapore, London, Frankfurt, Paris, financial centers, particularly Dubai, which is Luxembourg and Seoul. Kong Kong and the region’s largest banking hub. Macau had clearing banks earlier; Sydney is “Having a renminbi...clearing bank in expected to join the list under a deal to be Qatar would not only serve the renminbi fund signed later this month. flows in and out of the country through trade A clearing bank can handle all parts of a and investment. It shows Qatar’s decision to transaction from when a commitment is draw business from other Middle Eastern made until it is settled; having such a bank countries in the region to pursue trade can reduce costs and time taken for trading, through Qatar,” Ho said. Private bankers boosting activity in a financial centre. At pres- believe officials in Dubai and the United Arab ent, the Gulf’s wealthy oil and gas exporters Emirates have been considering the idea of rely heavily on the US dollar; most of their becoming a yuan clearing centre, but there currencies are pegged to the dollar, and most has been no movement publicly on the issue. of their huge foreign currency reserves are UAE central bank officials were not available denominated in dollars. This is largely to comment on Tuesday and there was no ATHENS: A consumer stands outside a shop at Ermou Street, Athens’ main shopping strip during the mid-season sales. Greece’s government because their energy exports to China are comment from the Dubai International says mortgage holders could be allowed to pay discounted rates for up to 15 years, as part of a major effort to reduce the number of non-per- mainly denominated in dollars, the currency Financial Centre. forming loans in the bailed out country.— AP of choice in oil and gas trade. The yuan is still On Monday, the Chinese and Qatari cen- believed to be years away from becoming a tral banks signed a 35 billion yuan ($5.7 bil- fully convertible currency, limiting its attrac- lion) currency swap deal, equal in size to a tion for use in central bank reserves. three-year currency swap agreement inked Euro-zone ‘fragile’ Although the yuan is now used to settle between China and the UAE in 2012. The over 24 percent of China’s total trade, up from deals allow the central banks to swap curren- 3 percent in 2010, according to estimates by cies if needed to ease trade and investment, HSBC, bankers believe the share for Chinese and could be used to diversify the Gulf central Germany resists EU pressures trade with the Gulf is much lower, at about banks’ foreign reserves. However, bankers half that level. However, Qatar’s deal with believe there has been little if any use of the BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said have hurt some German firms, had caused an must play a role in boosting the faltering euro- China suggests it is looking ahead to a time UAE’s swap arrangement in practice. Central yesterday the euro-zone was extremely fragile and uncertain business climate. “The economic risks zone economy, leading to reports that ties when that will change. As the Gulf’s trade and bankers in the Gulf have in recent years said made clear Europe’s biggest economy would not may have risen for the German economy because between Draghi and Germany had become investment ties with China boom, the yuan is they will eventually consider making the borrow more to invest, resisting pressure from of the geopolitical situation but at the same time strained. —Reuters becoming increasingly important to the yuan a significant part of their reserves, but some of its partners to do more to boost growth. we can say we still have a stable situation,” she said. region. “It’s a clear signal that there is demand that they are in no rush to do so.—Reuters Much economic progress had been made in the Merkel said it was important to maintain credibility euro-zone since the height of the bloc’s debt crisis, in Europe’s deficit rules, or the Stability and Growth Bonuses critic Merkel said, noting Ireland, Portugal, Spain and pact. “We want to stick to the Stability and Growth Greece had completed or were close to exiting Pact. This is also about growth and that is why we says WB retaliating Australia central bank keeps their bailout programs. “But still the situation in the must reject a debate about austerity against against him euro-zone remains extremely fragile,” Merkel told growth. This is mistaken and takes us no further,” interest rates at 2.5 percent the BDA employers association, adding structural she said, arguing both were needed. WASHINGTON: A French World Bank official reforms needed to be implemented in some coun- Germany is bent on achieving a balanced budg- who criticized large bonuses given to senior SYDNEY: Australia’s central bank yesterday Australian dollar hit a four-year low of 86.43 tries. et next year and while Merkel and Finance Minister staff says he has been placed under investiga- kept interest rates at a record low 2.5 per- US cents in October. While an unprecedent- The European Commission said earlier the euro- Wolfgang Schaeuble have said they will increase tion for leaks allegedly in “retaliation,” accord- cent, maintaining an unchanged outlook ed boom in mining investment has helped zone would need another year to reach even a investment in Germany, it will not be at the ing to internal staff memos seen by AFP. for the country’s economy as it continued the economy avoid a recession for more modest level of economic growth, revising down expense of that goal. “Investment is needed but Fabrice Houdart, a Bank officer for northern to call for a weaker currency. The Reserve than two decades, an expected sharp fall- its forecasts and predicting more low inflation and not with new borrowing,” Merkel said. “(The aim of Africa, said he is being falsely blamed for the Bank of Australia has kept the cash rate off next year had seen the Reserve Bank high unemployment. Export-oriented Germany has a balanced budget in 2015) is seen as excessive leak of a document on looming changes to steady since August 2013, and since maintain accommodative settings to stimu- slashed its growth forecast for this year and next to saving. But in light of the demographic challenges the bank’s “Safeguard Policies,” by which it February has flagged a “period of stability” late growth in non-resources industries. 1.2 percent and 1.3 percent respectively, blaming in Germany, it’s ... simply sensible behavior.” sets environmental and social standards for in monetary policy as the economy transi- The strength of the Australian dollar, which modest global growth and international crises. Its She said in addition to state spending, the gov- countries receiving loans and grants. After the tions away from mining-led growth. “In the had remained above parity against its US previous forecasts were 2 percent and 1.8 percent. ernment was looking at how to attract greater pri- document was leaked earlier this year, the board’s judgment, monetary policy is counterpart for the best part of two years It has also been hit by weakness in some of its vate investment and that pension contributions appropriately configured to foster sustain- before declining last year, has also been European partners, especially France and Italy. would be reduced. Merkel also said European Bank came under strong criticism from social able growth in demand and inflation out- blamed for the difficulties experienced by Merkel said the domestic economy was stable Central Bank President Mario Draghi was right to and environmental groups for allegedly loos- comes consistent with the target,” the RBA export-facing industries. but international hotspots, such as the Ukraine cri- say monetary policy cannot make up for political ening its standards. said in a statement following its monthly Barclays’ chief economist for Australia sis which has brought sanctions against Russia that failings. Last month Draghi said governments “I have been placed under investigation,” board meeting. “On present indications, the Kieran Davies told AFP the Reserve Bank Houdart said in an internal Bank blog post most prudent course is likely to be a period would be watching the US Federal Reserve published on October 26th. According to of stability in interest rates.” The Australian to see if it will raise interest rates next year Houdart, in mid-October three Bank investi- dollar, which was trading just below 87 US after ending its quantitative easing stimu- gators seized the memory of his scanner-copi- cents before the statement was released, lus this month. “I think (the RBA) will be er as part of a probe launched three months edged up slightly to 87.30 US cents. hoping that the Fed is confident enough to earlier over the leak of the Safeguard Policies “Lower for longer is the short summary,” raise rates next year and that should see a document. “Of course, this is only a pretext. As Westpac’s senior currency strategist Sean stronger US dollar and a weaker Aussie off a mere senior country officer for the Maghreb, Callow told AFP of the central bank’s the back of that,” Davies said. “I think the I had no access to the highly confidential doc- stance. “The ‘period of stability’ has proven RBA would be quite pleased if it plays out ument that was leaked,” he wrote. “This is how to be longer than they thought at the start that way, because they’ve argued that they retaliation works: you are always accused of of the year. “While rates have been felt that the market’s not pricing in enough something else, not of blowing the whistle,” unchanged, the balance of rates around risk of higher US rates.” Houdart wrote. the outlook has moved towards weaker The Fed announced it would end its global outlook and certainly a lot less need quantitative easing program of buying Houdart did not respond to AFP attempts to raise interest rates.” The central bank bonds in late October, after pumping tril- to contact him. In September, Houdart posted strengthened its rhetoric against the local lions of dollars into financial markets in a on internal staff blogs strong criticisms of the currency slightly, saying that the Australian move drew investors to higher-yielding bonuses offered to senior officials even as the dollar “remains above most estimates of its currencies like the Australian dollar. The bank implemented sharp spending cuts as fundamental value, particularly given the Reserve Bank’s decision came as the part of a sweeping reorganization of the further declines in key commodity prices in Australian Bureau of Statistics revised up its 16,000-strong staff launched by President Jim recent months”. September unemployment rate from 6.1 Yong Kim. The criticism was most directed at percent to 6.2 percent, the highest in FRANKFURT: Photo shows the logo of the European currency Euro pictured in front of the chief financial officer Bertrand Badre, who Unprecedented boom almost 12 years. The statistics bureau will European Central Bank ECB in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The European Central Bank after some weeks of controversy and a gener- It said in October that the exchange rate release its October jobless rate tomor- assumed its role yesterday as Europe’s banking watchdog under a new system aimed at al staff meeting called by Kim, turned down a remained “high by historical standards”. The row.— AFP shoring up the financial system to ward off another euro-threatening crisis.—AFP $94,000 bonus. —AFP BUSINESS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014 Europe outlook cut weighs on shares Japan stimulus effects still felt in market LONDON: European shares were mixed and core the back of in-line quarterly earnings. “There is in line with or ahead of downbeat forecasts. bonds outperformed yesterday after the still nervousness in the market about the euro But investors have had to balance the earnings European Commission cut its growth forecasts, zone’s economic outlook,” said Gerhard Schwarz, momentum against disappointing economic sig- offsetting a positive string of company earnings head of equity strategy at Baader Bank in nals from China, where data on Monday showed as oil prices extended their fall. The Commission’s Munich. “Certainly another year of sub-par manufacturing activity hit a five-month low, as new outlook indicated the euro zone would need growth into next year is not something that the well as downbeat euro zone manufacturing PMI another year to reach even a modest level of market likes because investors have been bank- numbers. “Earnings have been better than growth. Meanwhile, US equity futures were down ing on a recovery in corporate earnings and that expected overall and this is offsetting the bad 0.1 percent on election day, as Republicans were might not (materialize) in this environment.” US macro data seen in Europe lately,” said Alexandre poised to make major gains and possibly recap- crude oil was trading down by more than $2 at Baradez, chief market analyst at IG France. Asian ture control of the US Senate in a midterm vote $76.73 a barrel, while Brent crude futures also fell stocks dipped yesterday as the latest signs of that could serve as a public referendum on to $82.65, extending losses after top oil exporter slower growth in China and the euro zone damp- President Barack Obama’s job performance. Saudi Arabia cut prices to the United States. ened the mood, although Japan bucked the trend Experts expect to see a focus on key environ- and rose to new seven-year highs on the back of mental and energy issues after the midterms that Gloomy euro-zone the monetary-stimulus momentum. could affect markets, such as a potential jump- The after-effects of the Bank of Japan’s surprise MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares start to energy-friendly policies that could shore stimulus move last week were also still being felt. outside Japan was down 0.2 percent. Tokyo’s up oil-and-gas companies. The US economy is The dollar took a breather but was still near multi- Nikkei was up 2.7 percent after advancing to a leading a broader global revival that is nonethe- year highs against the yen and euro and with peak last touched in October 2007, boosted by less being held back by the euro- zone’s faltering raised expectations that the ECB will eventually the yen’s continuing weakness. Japanese finan- recovery from its financial crisis. This is becoming have to adopt quantitative easing. The shift cial markets were closed on Monday for a public a wider concern as the currency bloc generates a towards safe-haven assets such as core govern- holiday. “Investors who missed the initial move fifth of global economic output. The pan- ment debt pushed German bund futures up 0.3 are positioning themselves for the next lurch European FTSEurofirst 300 index was up 0.1 per- percent. “The macro backdrop in the euro area higher,” said Raiko Shareef, currency strategist at cent at 1112 GMT, paring early gains after Spain’s remains quite gloomy and there’s no inflation, Bank of New Zealand. Repercussions from the Banco Santander reported a jump in third-quar- and in this environment central banks need to yen’s broad depreciation were felt in South ter net profit and German luxury carmaker BMW remain on an easing track,” said Jan von Gerich, Korea, where exporters extended losses on wor- AG said its third-quarter operating profit came in fixed income chief analyst at Nordea. Despite the ries that a softer Japanese currency would erode LAO CAI: Ethnic Hmong women sell vegetables at the mountainous Bac Ha weekly ahead of expectations. broader economic gloom, the European report- their price competitiveness relative to Japanese market in the northern Vietnamese province of Lao Cai. The weekly market contin- Shares of closely watched US-listed Chinese e- ing season is not turning into the rout investors rivals. South Korean shares were down 0.9 per- ues to be the main location for ethnic minorities living in mountainous areas to con- retailer Alibaba were up in pre-market trading on feared, with cost cuts helping to deliver earnings cent. — Reuters duct business. — AFP Gold edges up as dollar rally pauses

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Ex-UBS banker cleared Softbank profit up News FORT LAUDERDALE: A US jury cleared former UBS in brief banker Raoul Weil of tax fraud Monday after prosecu- tors failed to show he had conspired to help Americans despite Sprint woes Kuwait to increase hide billions of dollars from authorities. Weil, who was oil exports to Egypt an executive at UBS’s global wealth management busi- KUWAIT: Kuwait plans to raise its crude oil exports to Egypt to ness, jumped for joy and kissed his wife at the Florida Sprint to cut 2,000 jobs after hefty loss up to 100,000 barrels per day from 65,000 bpd now and is court after jurors returned the not-guilty verdict in less ready to supply it with refined fuel too if needed, a Kuwaiti oil than two hours. Weil, who had been extradited to the TOKYO: Softbank’s quarterly profit jobs, or about 5 percent of its staff, to China will rule the world,” he said. official said yesterday. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United US to stand trial, had faced up to five years in prison nearly tripled as gains from the IPO of cut $1.5 billion in annual spending. China has overtaken Japan as the Arab Emirates have together provided Egypt with billions of and a hefty fine if found guilty. Prosecutors at the Fort Chinese e-commerce company Overland Park, Kansas-based Sprint, world’s second biggest economy and dollars in grants, loans and petroleum products since former Lauderdale trial, which started on October 14, had tried Alibaba offset losses at US mobile car- which announced a separate round of will in the future grow bigger than the President Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood was to convince jurors that the 54-year-old Swiss citizen rier Sprint. The Japanese telecommuni- job cuts in early October, reported a American economy, Son said. overthrown by the army last year, providing a badly-needed helped US clients conceal $20 billion in assets from tax cations and Internet-services company $765 million loss for the quarter. But But he said the place to watch economic lifeline. Kuwait was studying Egypt’s need for petro- authorities between 2002 and 2007. Weil, in his role reported yesterday a fiscal second Softbank is eyeing Sprint as a long- next is India, where the population leum products, said Nasser Al-Mudhaf, managing director for based in Switzerland, had supervised overseas activities quarter profit of 483.1 billion yen ($4.3 term investment. “We are heading is young, English-speaking and international marketing at state owned Kuwait Petroleum that served some 20,000 customers. billion), up from 165.8 billion yen a toward a turnaround,” said Softbank boasts excellent software engineers, Corp (KPC). “We are ready to provide it with diesel,” he told His attorney Matthew Menchel said his client was year earlier. Quarterly sales surged 23 founder and chief executive Masayoshi praising Snapdeal as India’s equiva- Reuters before travelling to Cairo. Kuwait has said it would not aware of any irregularities committed by subordi- percent to 2.11 trillion yen ($18.7 bil- Son, noting that Sprint’s new chief lent of Alibaba. The Tokyo-based ship around two million barrels of crude oil a month in early nates. “There is no document to prove” any wrongdo- lion). Softbank, the first to sell the executive, Marcelo Claure, tapped from company, which also owns the October to Egypt, giving it priority as a buyer ahead of sales ing, Menchel said during closing arguments. After the iPhone in Japan, has widespread glob- cellphone distributor and Softbank Softbank Hawks baseball team, from storage into the Mediterranean market. The petroleum verdict, Menchel told reporters: “This is a case that al investments including Chinese e- unit Brightstar, was achieving results. recently invested in two Indian tech- aid has not, however, managed to noticeably ease Egypt’s fre- should never have been brought.” Fired by UBS in April commerce company Alibaba, which Son noted that Alibaba has become nology companies, Snapdeal, the quent power cuts, even in upscale areas. Saudi Arabia sent 2009, Weil joined the wealth management firm Reuss listed in New York earlier this year after one of the world’s top 10 companies, nation’s largest digital marketplace, Egypt $3 billion worth of refined oil products from April up to Private Group in 2010 as a consultant, then became a record-busting stock sale. Softbank with solid growth profits, rising from and Ola Cabs, which runs the tech- the first week of this month, an official from Egypt’s state oil head of the company in early 2013. That career came to said it gained 599 billion yen ($5 bil- its humble beginnings when he invest- nology to connect consumers with company said. an end when he was arrested in October 2013 after lion) from the listing. ed in it about 14 years ago. He com- cab drivers in India. Another compa- using his real name to check into a luxury hotel in One sore spot is Sprint, which pared his approach to valuing, instead ny in which Softbank is a stakehold- Bologna, Italy and he was extradited to the United Softbank bought a majority stake earli- of killing, the goose that lays golden er, Yahoo Japan, has switched its QIA, CITIC to launch $10 States. er this year. It said costs from layoffs at eggs, depicted in Aesop Fables, but electronic commerce style to more billion investment fund Sprint will total 17 billion yen ($150 warning that patience was needed. like Alibaba’s, a move that has BEIJING: The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), one of Immunity exchange million). Sprint is eliminating 2,000 “I’ve long said that whoever rules proved a success, he said.—AP the world’s most aggressive investors, has signed an During the trial, Weil seemed relaxed and he smiled agreement yesterday with CITIC Group Corp to launch a often. Prosecutors called several witnesses, mostly for- $10 billion fund that will invest in the region, the chief mer UBS bankers who collaborated with the US govern- executive of the Qatari sovereign wealth fund said. QIA, ment in exchange for immunity. Menchel had said in which is estimated to have around $170 billion, and state- court that such witnesses had merely tried to save owned conglomerate CITIC Group signed a memoran- themselves by incriminating his client. “Who... should dum of understanding to launch the 50-50 investment be punished instead of getting sweetheart deals?” fund, QIA Chief Executive Ahmed Al-Sayed said at an Menchel had asked. Menchel had criticized Martin investment conference in Beijing. The joint-venture fund Liechti, the former head of UBS operations in America, appears to be part of QIA’s efforts to diversify away from whose detailed testimony formed the backbone of the its traditionally Europe-focused portfolio as the European case. During his five days of testimony, Liechti had por- economy continues to stagnate. “We’ve just done a deal trayed Weil as a greedy character who prioritized profits in Europe, and we’ll continue doing deals in Europe,” Al- ahead of the law. During closing arguments, prosecutor Sayed told reporters. “But as a global fund, also we need Jason Poole had said “this is a simple case.” “Mr Weil as to diversify asset allocations and geographical location early as 2001 was aware of what this business was but we will continue in Europe, of course.” QIA is looking about, and it was something he participated in.” for new partners as it plans to invest between $15 billion UBS has been cooperating with US authorities under and $20 billion in Asia in the next five years, he said. an agreement reached in February 2009 that resulted in a $780 million fine. The bank has turned over the names of many of its US clients suspected of tax fraud. Weil has Virgin Money revives been living in New Jersey under the supervision of plans for market float authorities after being freed on bail of $10.5 million last LONDON: Richard Branson’s Virgin Money bank has revived December. He had been ordered to surrender his pass- plans to list on the London stock exchange, it said yesterday, port and wear a GPS tracking monitor. The Weil case one month after halting the move owing to market turbulence. was a high-profile part of the massive US crackdown on The announcement comes one day after US airline Virgin alleged offshore tax dodging, particularly in America-which is 22-percent owned by Branson-launched Switzerland, renowned for its banking secrecy.—AFP WILLISTON: Austin Mitchell walks away from an oil derrick outside of Williston, ND. Lower oil prices, while good for the broader US economy, are a threat to what has been a surprising and dramatic surge in oil production in the plans for a New York stock market listing. It comes also after US, and to drilling communities that have come to depend on oil money. — AP last Friday’s devastating crash involving a spaceship belonging to the Virgin Galactic project owned by Branson’s Virgin Group conglomerate and Abu Dhabi’s Aabar Investments. Virgin US sues Southwest Money yesterday said it would float 25 percent of its stock by Low crude prices send late November in an initial public offering (IPO) to raise up to Airlines Co over £150 million ($240 million, 191 million euros), in line with plans that had been put on ice in October. Branson owns almost 47 maintenance issues chills through oil patch percent of the bank, whose second biggest key investor is Wall Street billionaire Wilbur Ross with a 45-percent holding. DALLAS: The federal government is suing Southwest WILLISTON: Marcus Jundt moved to pay for drilling rigs, and develop new current projects are complete. “Access to the public capital markets has been a long-term Airlines Co after failing to reach a settlement with the carri- Williston from Minnesota almost four technology. Drilling in fields that aren’t very pro- strategic objective for Virgin Money and we are now ready to er over allegations that repairs to dozens of planes didn’t years ago and has opened four restau- lific will stop because it won’t be prof- take this important step forward for our business,” chief execu- meet safety standards. The Justice Department sued rants there since. Food isn’t propelling US oil boom itable. For example, drillers in North tive Jayne-Anne Gadhia added in a statement. Southwest on Monday in federal district court in his business, though. It’s oil. “Everything Places like Williston, a once-sleepy Dakota’s Burke County need $81 a barrel Washington state. The lawsuit seeks to enforce $12 million I’ve done in Williston is a derivative of farming town, thrived with increased on average to break even, according to in civil penalties that the Federal Aviation Administration oil,” he says. That oil has averaged $96 a economic activity, well-paying jobs and the Department of Mineral Resources, Sedco Capital eyes more announced in late July. The government says that starting barrel over the past four years, fueling rising tax revenue. Prices would have to while the price is just $28 in McKenzie European investments in 2006, Southwest hired a contractor to make extensive more drilling, more hiring, and bigger fall lower, and stay low for a while, to County, the state’s top oil producing DUBAI: Jeddah-based Islamic investment firm Sedco repairs on 44 planes to prevent the aluminum skin from appetites in North Dakota, Texas, turn the US oil boom into a bust. Wells county. North Dakota Department of Capital is pursuing more European real estate deals on cracking. The FAA says the contractor, Aviation Technical Oklahoma and elsewhere. Now oil has that are already producing won’t be Mineral Resources director Lynn Helms top of $300 million already invested in the sector, and will Services Inc., failed to follow proper procedures. hit a rough patch, plunging to $79 from shut off and enormous projects with says companies are looking to cut costs soon distribute its Luxembourg fund range via two “We dispute the FAA’s allegations and look forward to $107 in June on fears of a global glut. long-time horizons will still be built. on such things as electricity generation European investment firms, its chief executive said. Sedco the opportunity to vigorously defend Southwest’s record in Many expect these lower prices are to Many drillers have funded next year’s and water disposal. He says the average Capital, a fully owned subsidiary of Sedco Holding, a court of law,” Southwest spokeswoman Brandy King said stick around for a while. drilling plans by selling oil in the futures operating cost of a well has risen 36 per- already distributes its funds through Credit Suisse, seek- Monday night. The Southwest case is the second-largest Lower oil prices, while good for the market. Still, a $20 drop in the price of cent in the past year to $15,000 a penalty that the FAA has ever sought against an airline, ing a crossover opportunity between ethical and sharia- broader US economy, are a threat to oil means $170 million less in revenue month, mirroring an industry-wide compliant investing to widen its investor base. “Soon behind only a $24.2 million case against American Airlines. what has been a surprising and dramat- every day for the US oil industry. struggle with higher costs. The analysis enough we will be in the platform of two major institu- Typically, airlines negotiate with the FAA to reduce the ic surge in oil production in the US, and Investors are less willing to take on firm IHS calculates in a report released penalties. The FAA hit Southwest with $10.2 million in to drilling communities that have come the risk of funding new expansion with- Monday that the income that oil and tions, one is a European bank and one is a specialized penalties in 2008, and that case was settled a year later for to depend on oil money. “If the price out hopes for a big reward and oil com- gas companies made on the capital they fund platform,” chief executive Hasan Aljabri said on the $7.5 million. The government’s decision to sue Southwest gets low enough and stays there long panies big and small are left with less spent has fallen by half since 2000, even sidelines of an industry conference in Dubai, declining to barely three months after announcing the most recent enough I’m sure it will affect the num- money to go and drill the next well. BP, as oil prices increased. “The recent price name the two new institutions. The firm will also make a penalty indicated the wide gap between the two sides. ber of people and the amount of money Chevron and Shell told investors last drop in global crude prices will only add final investment in the next quarter for a 500 million riyal The most serious allegation in the current case involves that will be spent in the greater commu- week they would reduce spending on to these financial challenges,” said IHS’s ($133 million) Saudi real estate income fund which the replacement of parts of the fuselages on 44 planes. The nity - and I have exposure to that,” Jundt new development because of lower Daniel Pratt. For now, boomtowns like firm launched last year, said Aljabri. Last month, the firm FAA said Aviation Technical Services workers under says. US oil production has gone up by prices. Mike McDonald, co-owner of Williston are still going strong. Hotels Southwest’s supervision put sealant under the new skin launched the first fund managed by its own in-house 3.5 million barrels per day, or 70 per- Triad Energy, which usually operates 1 are full, restaurants like Jundt’s are team, expanding its asset management capabilities panels but didn’t install all the rivets fast enough for the cent, since 2008. High prices fueled the or 2 rigs in Oklahoma, says that low packed with tired roughnecks and roads sealant to be most effective, which could create gaps for ahead of the opening of the Saudi stock market to direct boom, providing oil companies the prices have stung and now he’s not are choked with hulking oil field foreign investment early next year. moisture to penetrate and cause corrosion. —AP profits and investor cash to buy up land, planning to get another rig going after trucks.—AP WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014 BUSINESS

The new Mercedes-Benz ML 400 now available Driving Dynamics and Increased Efficiency

KUWAIT: Abdul Rahman Albisher & a highly responsive suspension sys- addition to this, the SUV continues dentials of this vehicle, whose com- Zaid Alkazemi Co, the authorized tem and shock absorbers ensuring to impresses with the smallest turn- pact proportions are defined by a General Distributor of Mercedes- driving stability, safety and ing circle in its market segment. large wheelbase and short over- Benz in Kuwait has announced the enhancement of the occupant’s The optional ON & OFFROAD pack- hangs. arrival of the new ML 400 to Kuwait. wellbeing. With electric steering age for the new M-Class has six The new generation of the for dynamic on-road handling and driving modes for optimized driv- Interior with a first- Mercedes-Benz M-Class maintains extensive off-road capability fea- ing dynamics and handling safety, class ambience its strong off-road vehicle heritage tures as standard, the all-wheel for an extremely wide range of on- The interior design concept while continuing to fascinate and drive SUV has options for all modes road and off-road operating condi- clearly combines an authentic SUV excite through its unique combina- of driving and driving situations. tions. experience with a sense of wellbe- tion of driving enjoyment and agili- Michael Ruehle, CEO Abdul The six transmission modes in ing that is usually the reserve of ty with superior ride comfort. Rahman Albisher & Zaid Alkazemi detail:Automatic - covers most top-class Mercedes-Benz saloons. The new BlueDIRECT V-shape Company said: “We are pleased to everyday driving operations; While an expressive dome shape six-cylinder bi-turbo petrol engine announce the availability of the ML Offroad 1 - light terrain, dirt roads embodies the power of an SUV, the delivers a highly convincing per- 400 with the new V6 engine in and tracks; Offroad 2 - challenging gently sloping contours of the formance, generating maximum Kuwait. With increased power and off-road terrain with hilly stretches; dashboard in the front passenger output at 333 horsepower and performance, we are certain Winter - for driving in wintry condi- area afford an outstanding sense of play once again provides internet place during the compression allowing the premium SUV to accel- Mercedes-Benz customers will be tions on slippery roads, on snow, space, thereby highlighting the access in the M-Class. As an option, stroke before ignition, and is a sin- erate from 0-100 km/h in 6.1 sec- impressed by the new addition to ice or with snow chains; Sport - vehicle’s suitability for long jour- COMAND Online is available with a gle or double injection depending onds with a top speed of 247km/h the already popular M-Class.” more adventurous, dynamic driving neys. The spacious, bright interior 6-disc DVD-changer. on the characteristic map. In the and an increase of maximum on winding roads; Trailer - opti- offers substantially more elbow ultra-modern 3 liter V6 engine, the torque by 29.7% to 480 Nm. The High level of comfort mizes moving off, maneuvering room thus enhancing spaciousness. Engines: Latest-generation V-angle between the cylinder compact low weight design partial- The new ML 400 offers a high and braking with a trailer. Despite Eye-catching features on the dash- The ML 400 4MATIC petrol- banks has been reduced to 60 ly made from light-weight materi- level of comfort, dynamic on-road so many options, for the driver the board include a large trim element engine model features the ground degrees, enabling the balancer als, features state of the art engi- handling and outstanding off-road decision is always very clear: the that matches the trim used for the breaking technology of the new shaft compensating primary vibra- neering which underpins outstand- capabilities. The M-Class chassis setting is made intuitively, and the doors and therefore creates a har- generation of engines from tions to be omitted. As a result the program selected is shown in the monious wrap-around effect. As Mercedes-Benz. At the heart of the driver notices an outstanding level multifunction display as well as in with other ML models, the seats in BlueDIRECT technology package of comfort. very realistic, almost photo-quality the new ML 400 have been lies the enhanced third-generation The design highlights of the 3 imagery on the screen of the designed to offer greater long-dis- spray-guided direct petrol engine liter V6 include a completely new COMAND system. tance comfort and optimum lateral with piezo-electric injectors. In air intake and exhaust system in support. All of the key settings can combination with multi-spark igni- conjunction with a variable reso- Impressive credentials be adjusted electrically. tion, this technology offers further nance intake manifold and opti- The new generation is instantly The M-Class comes with the possibilities for fuel savings. The mized inflow and outflow. Result: recognizable as an M-Class by its Audio 20 CD system, which com- V6 engine in the ML 400 4MATIC with the same displacement, the characteristic body design with the prises a radio with twin-tuner, a col- utilises a stratified combustion output compared with the previ- hallmark C-pillar shape. Like other or display with a 14.7 cm screen process with a considerably ous 225 kW (306 hp) model is M class models, the ML 400 com- diagonal, an MP3/WMA/AAC-com- extended characteristic map and increased by 8.9 percent to 245 kW bines high levels of design, appeal patible CD player, a USB interface fuel-efficient lean-burn technolo- (333 hp). In parallel with this sub- and ease of use to create a power- with CD Cover Art display (if saved gy (“homogeneous stratified stantial increase in power, ful presence. The front of the vehi- on the storage medium), an AUX-IN mode”). As the name implies, HOS Mercedes engineers have main- cle is dominated by the powerfully socket in the centre armrest and a is a combination of homogeneous tained an equally impressive self-confident design of the radia- telephone keypad. The Bluetooth lean-burn and classic stratified reduction in fuel consumption. ing fuel economy and a number of with steel suspension features tor grille with its centrally posi- interface also allows hands-free combustion. The new V6 petrol engine in the comprehensive energy efficient selective damping, while electric tioned Mercedes star, giving it that telephony and Audio Streaming for The first injection is sprayed ML 400 4MATIC consumes as little measures. steering assists the driver to ensure typical M-Class look. Seen from the the transfer of music. The COMAND into the intake stroke, forming a as 8.81 liters per 100 kilometers, Further strengthening the new the optimum level of assistance for side, the elongated lines give for- Online multimedia system with a homogeneous basic mixture. making it one the most economi- ML 400 4MATIC’s feature portfolio is the current driving situation In mal emphasis to the on-road cre- high-resolution 17.8 cm color dis- Actual “stratified” injection takes cal petrol models in its class.

KIPCO announces Hyundai and Kia in 26% rise in profit ‘record settlement’ KUWAIT: KIPCO - the Kuwait Projects lion ($424 million) for the first nine Company - has announced a net profit of months of 2014, an increase of 27 per KD10.1 million ($ 35.1 million), or 7.36fils cent from KD96.6 million ($342 million) (US 2.6 cents) per share, for the three reported for the same period in 2013. Carmakers to pay $350m for overstating mileage months ended Tariq AbdulSalam, WASHINGTON: Korean carmakers Hyundai the emissions from powering more than 433,000 after Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, according to September 30, 2014, an KIPCO’s Chief Executive Motor Co and affiliate Kia Motors Corp will pay homes for a year, the EPA said. exchange data on common shares, a spot it had increase of 26 per cent Officer - Investments, $350 million in penalties to the US government “Businesses that play by the rules shouldn’t held since March 29, 2011. Hyundai and Kia both on the KD8 million said that the company is for overstating fuel economy ratings in what offi- have to compete with those breaking the law,” increased their shares of the US new-vehicle ($28.3 million) profit, or on track to achieve dou- cials said on Monday was the biggest settlement said EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. McCarthy market in the past decade, particularly during 5.56 fils (US 2.0 cents) ble digit growth in of its kind. The deal comes on top of $395 mil- said Hyundai and Kia had committed the most the economic downturn of 2008 to 2010 when per share, achieved dur- 2014. Indicators point lion the automakers agreed to pay last egregious violation of the reporting standards. consumers craved fuel-efficient and relatively ing the same period of towards healthy per- December to resolve claims from the owners of She declined to say whether other violators may low-priced vehicles. the vehicles, bringing the companies’ total cost also be fined. “Every automaker will be looking However, Hyundai has lost US market share in 2013. KIPCO’s net profit formance as anticipated for the mileage overstatements to more than carefully at its current testing procedure to avoid the past couple of years, as US and Japanese during the first nine earlier in the year: “As $700 million. Monday’s settlement with the US a similar penalty in the future,” said Karl Brauer, rivals made a comeback. Hyundai said on months of 2014 came to we forecast during our Environmental Protection Agency, the US senior analyst at Kelley Blue Book’s KBB.com, Monday that its US vehicle sales fell 7 percent in KD31.82million Shafafiyah Investors’ Department of Justice and the California Air who noted “frustration in the gray area between October from a year earlier, lagging the market’s ($110.5million), or 22.63 Forum in March, our Resources Board resolves an investigation of the automakers’ stated MPG numbers and the real- 6 percent gain, with weaker sales of the Sonata fils(US 7.9 cents) per third quarter results South Korean carmakers’ 2012 fuel economy rat- world results experienced by car owners”. sedan offsetting demand for its Santa Fe sport share, an increase of 22 Tariq Abdulsalam have maintained growth ings. In November 2012, Hyundai and Kia conced- utility vehicles. Kia’s US shipments rose 12 per- per cent on the KD26.1 million ($92.3 mil- patterns in double digits across core The penalties were the largest ever under the ed they overstated fuel economy by at least a cent in October. “We are pleased to put this lion) profit, or 18.22fils (US 6.4 cents) per businesses in 2014. Revenue from our Clean Air Act. “This will send an important mes- mile per gallon on vehicles after the EPA found behind us,” said Hyundai US chief David share, reported for the same period last financial services and media segments sage to automakers around the world that they errors for 13 Hyundai and Kia models from the Zuchowski. The company added that it believes year. have increased by 25% and 35% must comply with the law,” said Attorney 2011 to 2013 model years. Hyundai said at the its process for testing vehicle fuel economy The company’s total revenue for the respectively over the last nine months, General Eric Holder. Under the accord, which time that the affected cars’ reported fuel econo- meets US guidelines, and the overstatement involved the sale of 1.2 million cars and SUVs, my would be adjusted by 1 to 2 miles per gallon. was a result of a data processing error. first nine months of 2014 increased by while revenue from real estate opera- the South Korean car firms will pay a $100 mil- Hyundai Motor shares fell as much as 4.4 percent Hyundai’s US chief at the time, John Krafcik, 19 per cent to KD438.3 million ($1.5 bil- tions rose by 17% for the same period. lion penalty, spend around $50 million to pre- in Seoul trading on Tuesday, extending a slide stepped down after his contract expired at the lion) compared to KD369.5 million ($1.3 These results reflect the strength of our vent future violations and forfeit emissions cred- that has dragged them to their lowest in over end of 2013. Kia in a statement said its priority billion) reported for the first nine core companies. We believe this growth its estimated to be worth more than $200 mil- four years. “remains making things right for our customers months of last year. Operating profit will continue throughout the remainder lion. The greenhouse gas emissions that the for- The decline knocked Hyundai from its perch through our fair and transparent reimburse- before provisions rose to KD122.2 mil- of the year.” feited credits would have allowed are equal to as South Korea’s second-most valuable company ment program”.—Reuters Over 100 thinkers converge for summit on Global Agenda

DUBAI: More than 100 thought Davos in 2015. al level to find the best possible been launched within the leaders and experts from the On this occasion, His solutions for the challenges framework of the country’s UAE and Arab countries are set Excellency Sultan Bin Saeed Al facing the Arab world. This will relentless pursuit to contribute to converge in Dubai for the Mansouri, Minister of Economy help achieve greatest level of towards providing innovative Summit on the Global Agenda and Co-Chair of the Summit on satisfaction in Arab societies solutions to global humanitari- 2014, which is being organized the Global Agenda, stated: “The and contribute to their sustain- an challenges, in partnership under the theme ‘UAE active participation of elite able development.” with the Summit on the Global Brainstorms for a Better World’, Emirati and Arab thinkers and The participants in this inter- Agenda. from November 9 to 11, 2014. experts from academic, scien- national event include a num- The campaign provides a Hosted by the United Arab tific and government fields, ber of experts and innovators summary of the UAE experi- Emirates for the seventh con- along with their international in the fields of renewable ener- ences as part of the country’s secutive year in collaboration counterparts, raises hopes for gy, climate change, competi- efforts to contribute towards a with the World Economic effective recommendations tiveness, multinational compa- better world. It includes inno- Forum, the summit will provide that will help alleviate people’s nies in emerging markets, ener- vative programs, especially pio- a major platform for partici- sufferings and ensure a better gy security, institutional gover- neering initiatives such as the Mohamed Nasser Al Ghanim Mona Al Marri Sultan Al Mansouri pants to focus on the most life for every human being on nance systems, social innova- National Innovation Strategy pressing global issues and rec- the planet.” HE Al Mansouri tion, media and entertainment, launched by His Highness to make the UAE one of the based on four pillars: smart and effective solutions that can ommend appropriate solutions, added: “The UAE brainstorming infrastructure, intellectual Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid most innovative countries in government, future of media, complement international which will then be taken up at initiative is a call to move for- property, and internet security. Al Maktoum, UAE Vice the world within the next seven competitiveness, and innova- efforts to overcome hurdles in the annual meeting of the ward to broader brainstorming The ‘UAE Brainstorms for a President and Prime Minister years. The ‘UAE Brainstorms for tion. The aim is to adopt inno- vital sectors and improve World Economic Forum in efforts on the Arab and region- Better World’ campaign has and Ruler of Dubai, which aims a Better World’ campaign is vation in providing practical human life. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014 technology Questions still unanswered in spaceship crash

LOS ANGELES: Federal accident investigators have an early sense of what went wrong before an experimental spaceship designed to ferry tourists beyond the Earth’s atmosphere broke apart during a test flight. But they still don’t know why the craft prematurely shifted its shape prior to the deadly crash. And another question looms: How far will the accident push back the day when paying customers can routinely rocket dozens of miles into the sky for a fleeting feeling of weightless- ness and a breathtaking view? National Transportation Safety Board investi- gators worked Monday at the main wreckage area where Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo fell to the ground in the Mojave Desert, but also NEW YORK: Tourists ride on a bus advertising the newest installment to block- collected tiny debris 35 miles away. The acci- buster video game “Call of Duty” in New York on November 3, 2014. — AFP dent killed the co-pilot and badly injured the pilot who parachuted out of the ship Friday. Acting NTSB Chairman Christopher Hart said Battle lines drawn as ‘Call cockpit video and data showed that the co- pilot unlocked SpaceShipTwo’s unique “feather- of Duty’ goes on sale ing” system earlier than planned. The system works somewhat like the wing flaps that air- SYDNEY: Australian gamers yesterday Sledgehammer Games to be the first planes use to slow for landing - except that LOS ANGELES: In this November 2, 2014, photo provided by the National Transportation were among the world’s first to get new lead studio for ‘Call of Duty’ in a SpaceShipTwo’s twin tails rotate up at a far Safety Board, NTSB investigators stands with the WhiteKnightTwo in Virgin Galactic’s hangar their hands on the latest installment of decade,” Activision’s chief executive Eric more extreme angle, to a position that creates in Mojave, California. — AP Call of Duty, as publisher Activision Hirshberg said in a statement. “We strong resistance and slows the descent. for years, and Branson originally predicted pas- Administration has not overregulated test sought to boost the blockbuster fran- believe that those decisions have paid But while the co-pilot unlocked the system sengers would be enjoying the wonders of flights during the past decade, according to chise amid concerns about consumer off, resulting in a fantastic game.” before planned, that action alone should not flight by now. In the weeks before the crash, he Diane Howard, an assistant professor at Embry- fatigue. EB Games, which is launching “Call of have been enough to change the craft’s config- said he hoped to fly in 2015. Riddle Aeronautical University who specializes While the video game has been one Duty” in Australia, said the latest instal- uration. Activating the feathering system Branson still plans to be on the maiden voy- in space law. of the industry’s bestsellers, with the ment was already the year’s biggest requires the pulling of a lever, not unlike a gun age, with his family. He said that day will not But the crash could allow the FAA to pro- 11-year-old series moving more than pre-selling title. “‘Call of Duty: Advanced fires only when the trigger is pulled, not just come before a new round of crew-only flights. pose new rules that would affect future Virgin 100 million units and raking in billions Warfare’ is off to a cracking start with because the safety has been disengaged. “We need to be absolutely certain our Galactic flights, and “it will be very interesting of dollars in revenue, some analysts tens of thousands of fans attending Questions abound: Why did the co-pilot acti- spaceship has been thoroughly tested - and to see how Congress and the FAA and industry expect a drop-off in sales for this year’s midnight and early morning launches vate the system at that moment? Why did the that it will be,” he said. “And once it’s thoroughly respond,” Howard said. “Advanced Warfare” installment com- at EB Games stores across the country,” tails begin to rotate without the co-pilot start- tested, and we can go to space, we will go to The FAA did not immediately comment pared to 2013’s “Ghosts”. the firm’s national brand manager ing that process? space.” Monday. The agency is able to initiate a rule- Activision Publishing is confident the Debra McGrath said. NTSB spokesman Peter Knudson said Friday’s crash could trigger increased gov- making process that would affect the design or newest title will continue to be its stan- Parent company Activision Blizzard, Monday that investigators believe once the ernment regulation. operation of a spacecraft involved in a fatal dard-bearer, and has brought in studio a leading US video games publisher, in feathers were unlocked, “aerodynamic forces” To give the fledgling commercial space accident, but is unlikely to do so before the end Sledgehammer Games and Hollywood August reported a 8.22 percent rise in buffeting the craft as it hurtled along about 760 industry space to innovate, the Federal Aviation of the NTSB’s investigation. — AP actor Kevin Spacey to reload the fran- second-quarter net revenue to US$658 mph caused the feathers to start rotating. chise, which first launched in 2003. million from the previous year, driven Within a few seconds, the craft began to disin- “Three years ago we made some big by strong digital sales from games such tegrate, NTSB investigators determined. decisions to invest in a three-year as Call of Duty, World of Warcraft and The main wreckage was spread over a 5-mile A look at Virgin Galactic’s development cycle and to enlist Diablo III: Reaper of Souls. — AFP area, but Hart said Monday that parts have been recovered up to 35 miles away. He said feathering technology they could have been carried that far by the wind. LOS ANGELES: The Virgin Galactic spaceship mum altitude at the edge of space, the craft’s SpaceShipTwo is carried aloft on the under- destroyed when it broke apart high over the pilots begin to prepare for descent by unlocking side of a jet-powered mother ship. It then drops Mojave Desert was designed to take tourists on the tail sections. This begins a two-step process from that ship and fires its own rocket to head a fleeting thrill ride through the lower reaches of for rotating the tails upward. higher. The feathers are not supposed to space. With the tail sections in the raised position, engage until the craft reaches a speed of Mach On the way back down, the tail sections of the craft’s fuselage moves parallel to the hori- 1.4, or more than 1,000 mph, the NTSB’s Hart the rocket-powered ship are supposed to sweep zon. This configuration results in extreme drag upward to slow it for the return to earth. The told reporters. and allows the craft to begin slowing down at “featheringÅEsystem is now being reviewed as Knudson stressed that a final cause will take a high altitude, which reduces forces on the part of the investigation into Friday’s deadly months to determine, and that investigators craft. accident that caused SpaceShipTwo to disinte- Despite all the drag, the feathering forma- were looking into other factors, including pilot grate, killing one pilot and badly injuring anoth- training, mechanical failure and design flaws. tion is also stable - so stable that Virgin er. Here are some answers to questions about Galactic officials have said pilots can take their how the system works. Celebrity passengers hands off the controls. And with the craft’s low weight, re-entry temperatures remain low Passenger jets typically fly about 7 miles What is feathering? compared with other manned spacecraft, high. Virgin Galactic envisions flights with six SpaceShipTwo is designed to take two pilots making heat shields or tiles unnecessary. passengers climbing to more than 62 miles and six passengers into the vacuum of space on Once SpaceShipTwo hits about 60,000 feet, above Earth. Seats sell for $250,000 and the the power of a rocket engine after being company says it has booked passengers includ- launched from a jet-powered mother ship at an the tail sections automatically return to their ing Justin Bieber, Ashton Kutcher and Russell altitude of about 50,000 feet. Like with any other original configuration and the ship glides back Brand. space flight, the return trip has proven to be one to earth. The ultimate goal of Virgin Galactic co-own- of the biggest technical challenges and periods er Richard Branson is to create an industry that of greatest danger. Designer Burt Rutan’s inspi- Why is the system being reviewed? can move people around the globe in a fraction ration for the design was the badminton shut- Although the cause of the crash has not of the current time it takes passenger jets, by tlecock, which relies on its aerodynamic shape been determined, investigators have said the rocketing them into space and back down. to control orientation, speed and altitude. feathering system was unlocked before the But the company now lacks not only a craft SpaceShipTwo’s feathering system is based craft reached an appropriate speed. The sys- to fly, but also an understanding of what on Rutan’s designs. Its entire tail structure can tem requires a separate command to activate. Deployment must happen at the right NEW DELHI: An Indian man browses the Google-run hindiweb.com website in New caused the crash. rotate upward, giving the craft the ability to time, shortly before the craft reaches its maxi- Delhi on November 3, 2014. — AFP Though rival companies also are pushing slow down and float like a feather as it re-enters ahead, the dawn of space tourism seems to the upper atmosphere. mum altitude. Missing the mark could cause have been pushed beyond the horizon yet problems given the speeds and structural again. How does it work? forces being exerted when the spacecraft re- Google seeks 300 million SpaceShipTwo has been under development Just before SpaceShipTwo reaches its maxi- enters the atmosphere. — AP Indian language users NEW DELHI: Search giant Google route for Indians to get online, but they TABLET REVIEW announced Monday the creation of a lack content in their own languages. new Hindi-language website in an ambi- “We must build content in people’s tious bid to add 300 million Indian own languages-otherwise we’ll miss the Tablet Review: Amazon’s Fire vs Google’s Nexus Internet users by 2017 and bridge the boat,” Anandan said. “The net will not be country’s linguistic digital divide. very useful for them,” he said. NEW YORK: New tablet computers from Amazon and Google both run on The website, www.hindiweb.com, Offering local languages would boost Google’s Android operating system, but that doesn’t mean they work the new Hindi-language voice-search and India’s already exponentially growing same. In the new Fire HDX 8.9, Amazon continues a practice of modifying Android extensively to drive you to Amazon services. Google Inc’s new Nexus Hindi keyboard are part of Google’s push online shopping market, for instance, as 9 offers as pure of an Android experience as you can get - which means driving to incorporate more Indian languages well as advertising markets, Google exec- you to Google services. into content in the next few years. utives said. Hindi and English are both Two tablets. Good for different reasons. Customers will need to decide: Google said nearly all of India’s 198 official languages for federal government What do they want a tablet to do? million English speakers are already business while India’s constitution recog- online. nizes 22 official languages. Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 (Starts at $379) Now Google is targeting the around The government sees greater use of What’s New: Apps open slightly faster and sound is much better in this one billion people who do not speak Internet technology as a means to spur year’s version of the tablet. There’s less distortion using speakers. For head- English, starting with Hindi, listed by 41 growth in Asia’s third-largest-economy phone use, the new model supports Dolby’s Atmos technology for three- percent of the 1.2 billion population as where more than 700 million people live dimensional sound, though Amazon’s video service is only starting to make their mother tongue, according to cen- on less than $2 a day, according to the Atmos movies available. Amazon is also bringing the Firefly feature intro- sus data. World Bank. Google said it was setting duced in its Fire phone over the summer. Firefly uses the device’s camera to “To reach our goal of 500 million up an Indian Language Internet Alliance- pull out phone numbers, scan bar codes and even identify everyday products Internet users by 2017 (from 200 million made up of newspaper, television, web - which you can then buy through Amazon. You can use it to compare prices currently), we need to make the Internet content companies and other players-to in retail stores, but its size makes it difficult to stay discreet. accessible to those who don’t speak promote growth of local-language con- Also new -Amazon now lets you share tablets with separate profiles for NEW YORK: This combination made from photos provided by English,” Google India managing director tent. two adults and four kids. The kids’ profiles offer time limits and other restric- Amazon and Google shows the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, left, and the tions, such as playing games only after spending a half-hour on educational Google Nexus 9. — AP Rajan Anandan told reporters. Google said it aimed to offer web books. An upcoming update also will let you share Amazon content across The announcement chimes with the services in at least eight major Indian multiple devices, similar to what Apple has done with its Family Sharing fea- Android. Lollipop lets you interact with email and other notifications right languages, including Bengali, Telegu, goal of the new Indian government of ture. from the lock screen, and it lets you unlock the device using the presence of a Narendra Modi which has embarked on Marathi and Tamil, but declined to give a Even without a major change from last year, you’re still getting one of the trusted device, such as an Android smartwatch. Like other Lollipop devices, what it calls a “digital revolution” to bring timeline. The company’s Indian-born sharpest displays, at 339 pixels per inch. The Fire is also lighter than Apple’s the Nexus supports multiple profiles - up to eight, with no restrictions on more Indians online to access govern- search architect Amit Singhal, who is super-light iPad Air 2, though you’re also getting a smaller screen at 8.9 inch- which are for adults. A swipe from the left gets you the Google Now virtual ment, education and health services and based at its California headquarters, said es, as measured diagonally, compared with the iPad’s 9.7 inches. assistant, if you’ve turned that on. transact more business. the Hindi website would make the Like the previous model, the Fire offers one-button access to live customer Made by HTC, the Google-designed device is slimmer and lighter than the “The web holds great potential to Internet “more accessible for people like support. Amazon’s Mayday advisers appear in a video box on your screen previous Nexus 10. The dimensions have changed to match the iPad’s and are empower many Indians economically my mom”. and can help you find apps, operate the camera or figure out why something now better for viewing photos, Web pages and documents. The Nexus also and socially, and thanks to the smart- Singhal, who has steered develop- isn’t working properly. It’s a great tool for the less technically inclined. comes with a near-field communication chip, enabling mobile payments phone revolution, many millions of ment of Google’s global search engine, What’s Unique: What distinguishes the Fire most is its tie-in to through Google Wallet. Apple’s iPads lack this chip and allow Apple Pay only Indians will be coming online for the first said his mother understands English but Amazon.com Inc.’s services. The home screen offers quick access to Amazon for online purchases. That said, I promise to make fun of you if I catch you time in the next few years,” Anandan said. would be much more comfortable using videos, songs, e-books and shopping. If you use a lot of Amazon services, the waving a giant tablet to pay for groceries. her native Hindi to access the Internet. Fire is the tablet for you. If you want to stray from Amazon services, you might By Comparison: The new dimensions have created a lot of wasted space ‘More accessible for my mom’ - But among problems faced in encour- run into problems. Many leading apps are available, but it’s not the full selec- when viewing video, unlike on the Fire and many other Android tablets. tion available with Android. For instance, I wasn’t able to download Android The Internet initially was mainly the aging Internet use are still low web Audio wasn’t as loud, video as bright or text as sharp as on the Fire at maxi- apps to check my personal bank account or to track results for Sunday’s New preserve of India’s affluent, urban, speeds. India’s plans to connect villages mum settings. Google clearly tries to steer you to its services, with the default York City Marathon. I used Google’s Nexus 9 for both. home page icons consisting entirely of Google apps such as YouTube and English-speaking middle-class. to fast Internet through the National Gmail. But there’s a vast selection of other apps you can install. Although Tens of millions of increasingly afford- Optical Fibre Network were meant to be Google Nexus 9 (Starts at $399) many apps still come to Apple devices first or have more features for them, able smartphones are being sold each completed by 2013 but now the govern- What’s New: The Nexus offers you a taste of Lollipop, the latest version of most Android apps work on the Nexus - but not necessarily the Fire. — AP year in India, and are becoming the new ment is targeting 2016. — AFP WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014 HEALTH & SCIENCE

Australia PM defends coal after UN warning on climate

SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott “For the foreseeable future coal is the foundation main source of global carbon emissions but also coal”. And since coming to power in 2013, he has yesterday defended using coal to generate energy of our prosperity,” he told reporters in Sydney. the backbone of the world’s energy supply. abolished a carbon tax on greenhouse gas emis- as “the foundation of our prosperity”, after the “Coal is the foundation of the way we live In its landmark review the UN’s sions as well as a mining tax on coal and iron ore United Nations warned that carbon emissions were because you can’t have a modern lifestyle without Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) profits. Following the release of the IPCC report, leading to disaster. UN climate experts said on energy. You can’t have a modern economy without warned that unless carbon emissions were arrest- the Australian Greens called on for the nation’s coal Sunday that emissions of three key greenhouse energy and for now and for the foreseeable future, ed, warming would bring worsening drought, industry, worth some Aus$39.8 billion (US$34.6 bil- gases were at their highest levels in more than the foundation of Australia’s energy needs will be flood, rising seas and species extinctions. Abbott, lion) a year, to be scrapped. “Four degrees is an 800,000 years and Earth was on track for tempera- coal.” Abbott said the fossil fuel was also crucial for who once said climate change science was unliveable planet, it is death to humanity,” Greens tures to rise by at least four degrees Celsius (7.2 the world’s energy needs and would help raise liv- “absolute crap”, has previously made comments leader Christine Milne said on Monday. “Coal is bad degrees Fahrenheit) by 2100 over pre-industrial ing standards in less developed countries. supportive of the mining industry, which produces for humanity and Tony Abbott is bad for Australia- times. “If we are serious about maintaining and the country’s top two exports-iron ore and coal. he is actually driving global warming with his eco- Asked about the issue, Abbott said that coal, a improving living standards in countries like In opening a Queensland mine last month, he nomic policy and putting our future at risk not only key export commodity for Australia and source of Australia we have to be serious about making the declared “coal is good for humanity”, adding that it environmentally and socially, but economically as energy, was still critical to the nation’s economy. best use of coal,” he added. Coal, gas and oil are the was “very important that we sustain our faith in well.” — AFP

WHO recommends naloxone to prevent overdose deaths GENEVA: More than 20,000 deaths might Intranasal approach be prevented every year in the United “If opioids are easily available in people’s States alone if naloxone, used to counter bathroom cabinets, it might make sense for drug overdoses, was more widely available, naloxone to be equally available,” Clark the World Health Organization said yester- said. Previously its use was limited by the day. Few countries have such good data as need to inject it, but recent advances had the United States, but the WHO estimates shown it was effective as a nasal spray and about 69,000 people around the world die it could work within 2-3 minutes, with no each year from overdoses of heroin or oth- side effects. “We’re happy to recommend er opioids, with Iran, Russia and China the intranasal approach as an effective known to have high numbers of opioid approach,” Clark said. “Naloxone is cheap users. but it’s limited really to emergency depart- Naloxone, a generic drug, is used to ments and some ambulance departments.” counter overdoses of heroin and prescrip- Addiction experts writing in the British tion opioids including hydrocodone, oxy- Medical Journal welcomed the new guid- codone, codeine and tramadol. Opioids are ance, saying it would help save more lives prescribed for chronic non-cancer pain among heroin addicts. Last month, such as lower back pain, but they are the Scotland, the first to introduce a national most addictive substances in common use programme to provide naloxone, released and the most commonly prescribed drugs results showing a marked reduction in opi- in the United States, said WHO expert oid overdose deaths among people just Nicolas Clark. released from prison, a particularly high The United States has seen a tenfold risk group, from 9.8 percent in 2006 and increase in prescription opioid use in a 2010 to 4.7 percent in 2013. decade, and they caused more than 16,500 Schemes to make naloxone available are deaths in 2010, while heroin deaths num- being implemented around the world after bered about 4,000. Most people overdose Scotland’s national take-home naloxone because they misjudge the dose or their program began in 2011, with Wales’s own tolerance for the opioid and their scheme starting the same year. City and death is often witnessed by a family mem- state schemes have recently started in ber who would be on hand to administer parts of the United States, Europe and naloxone, Clark said. Australia. — Reuters US scientists say uncertainties SINGAPORE: A customer smokes a shisha or “hookah” pipe at a cafe yesterday. — AFP photos loom about Ebola’s transmission Singapore clamps down ven as government officials express infectious dose of virus depends on how confidence that researchers know it enters the body, Pavia said. Ethe key facts about Ebola, many questions crucial to preventing an out- Bodily fluids on shisha smoking break in the United States remain unan- Also unknown is whether the time swered, scientists told a workshop at the between exposure to Ebola and the National Academy’s Institute of Medicine appearance of symptoms depends on SINGAPORE: The Singapore government said yesterday it would phase ing in Singapore, including at shisha bars and cafes, is 18. The shisha is also in Washington on Monday. Virtually all which bodily fluids someone contacted. If out public shisha smoking to protect young people who feel that smoking known as a hookah. the unknowns have practical conse- it does, then someone exposed through, tobacco through water pipes is less harmful than cigarettes. Faishal “Due to the sweet-smelling smoke and passing of the smoke through quences, participants emphasized, mak- say, saliva rather than blood might incu- Ibrahim, parliamentary secretary for the health ministry, told a legislative water in the apparatus, there are often misconceptions that shisha smok- ing it foolish and perhaps dangerous to bate the virus for longer than the 21 days session that a ban on new licences for shisha imports and sales would ing is less harmful and addictive,” Faishal said. Singapore’s Muslim quarter, base policy on weak science. officials have repeatedly said is the outer come into force this month. Existing importers and retailers will be given known as Kampong Glam, is a popular haunt for shisha smokers, with For instance, virologists believe that limit of the incubation period. That was the until July 2016 to shift to other businesses. dozens of establishments offering a shared smoke outdoors at prices start- Ebola is spread when people come in longest incubation time during the 1976 “In view of the health risks associated with shisha smoking and to pre- ing from around Sg$15 ($12). Experts have warned that since it takes contact with the virus-laden bodily fluids Ebola outbreak, said Dr C.J. Peters, a field vent the proliferation and entrenchment of shisha smoking in Singapore, longer to smoke than a cigarette, a shisha is more dangerous. Singapore, of those who are already sick and then virologist at UTMB. But “I would guess that my ministry intends to prohibit the import, distribution and sale of shisha,” renowned for its tough social controls, already bans smoking in indoor touch their eyes, nose or mouth, allow- 5 percent of people” can transmit the virus Faishal told lawmakers. Faishal said government surveys showed the pro- public areas as well as a long list of outdoor public places. It is one of the ing the virus to pass through mucous after incubating it for more than three portion of students using alternative tobacco products had increased from costliest cities to buy cigarettes, with a pack of Marlboros costing around membranes and enter the bloodstream. weeks, said Peters, whose battle against two percent in 2009 to nine percent in 2012. The minimum age for smok- Sg$12. Electronic cigarettes are banned. — AFP But penetration through intact skin has the Ebola outbreak in a monkey colony in not been definitively ruled out, said Virginia was recounted in Richard Preston’s hemorrhagic-fever expert Thomas 1994 book “The Hot Zone.” Ksiarek of the University of Texas Medical Health officials emphasize the impor- Branch (UTMB), who co-led a session on tance of taking the temperature of those Ebola’s transmission routes. exposed to Ebola, since people are not “Does bleach or hand sanitizer,” which thought to be infectious until they run a people in West Africa are using to pro- fever of 100.4 F. (38 C). But at what temper- tect themselves from Ebola, “make the ature patients start shedding virus is not skin more susceptible” to being penetrat- definitively known, said Dr Michael ed by the virus? Peters wondered. “It’s a Hodgson, chief medical officer of the question that has to be asked.” Another Occupational Safety and Health crucial question is whether the virus can Administration. Environmental mysteries be spread by people who do not show also remain. Scientists do not know symptoms. For months public health whether foam, gas, or liquid decontami- officials in the United States and else- nants are most effective for cleaning sur- where have insisted it cannot. faces that might harbor Ebola. Nor do they But the possibility of such “subclinical know whether it can survive in sewers transmission” remains very much open, where, said Paul Lemieux of the National said Dr Andrew Pavia, chief of pediatric Homeland Security Research Center at the infectious diseases at the University of Environmental Protection Agency, rats Utah. Nor do experts know whether the “might pick it up.” — Reuters SINGAPORE: A customer smokes a shisha or “hookah” pipe at a café. SINGAPORE: Charcoal burns over a “hookah” device at a café. Ebola crisis highlights China’s philanthropic shortfall

BEIJING: China has contributed over $120 million ment. The World Food Programme (WFP) last Research Initiative and a professor at Johns to fight the spread of the Ebola virus, but its bil- month called on Chinese firms and tycoons to Hopkins University. “They probably also wouldn’t lionaire tycoons - it has more than anywhere out- donate more to fighting Ebola. “No one’s been will- trust that cash donations to these governments side the United States - have, publicly at least, ing to do anything big yet,” said Brett Rierson, the would be used responsibly.” donated little to the cause, underscoring an WFP’s China representative. China’s Foreign Ministry, though, said it was immature culture of philanthropy in the world’s The Ministry of Commerce said Chinese firms encouraging businesses operating in Africa to second-biggest economy. As the ranks of China’s and industry associations had pitched in to help make their own contributions, but did not note wealthy and the success of its corporations grow, transport medical equipment in the region and any specific examples. “We encourage these com- donating to good causes has yet to take off in a donated around $600,000 in cash, food, oil and panies to leverage their strengths and help these significant way. China sits towards the bottom of motorcycles to local governments. The state- countries,” Lin Songtian, director general of the the list of countries where people give money to owned China-Africa Development Fund plans to ministry’s Department of African Affairs told a charity, volunteer or help a stranger, according to contribute $450,000 to Liberia, Guinea and Sierra briefing on Friday. “Chinese citizens in those coun- The World Giving Index, compiled by the Charities Leone - the three countries most affected by the tries have a responsibility to share their experience Aid Foundation. Ebola outbreak, said Fang Aiqing, vice minister of as long as they can do so while remaining safe.” Donations to charities totaled 98.9 billion yuan commerce. Dudley Thomas, Liberia’s ambassador to China, ($16.1 billion) in 2013, according to Chinese gov- said his government was in talks with China-Union ernment data, recovering from two straight years Roads, clinics (Hong Kong) Mining Co Ltd, a unit of Wuhan Iron of declines. For comparison, Americans gave more Charity experts say Chinese construction firms and Steel Group, and the China-Africa than $335 billion, according to the National with projects in the worst affected regions could Development Fund, which facilitates investment, Philanthropic Trust website. Many big Chinese donate building materials and labour. “They could about possible donations. He said Liberia secured companies have invested in Africa - China is Africa’s easily step in and say: ‘we’ll help you clear roads one donation of $100,000 from a large Chinese leading trading partner - and some 200 operate in and put in emergency roads and clinics’,” said Gary construction firm that has projects in the country, West Africa, where Ebola has been at its most Rieschel, managing partner at Qiming Venture but few other contributions. “China’s involvement lethal, killing close to 5,000 people. These include Partners. “If they put their shoulders behind mov- (in West Africa) has been increasing year by year, construction, infrastructure and telecoms firms ing some of the infrastructure for healthcare, they the share of their engagements is also becoming such as Huawei Technology Co Ltd, China Henan could be incredibly valuable.” Fang at the Ministry much bigger than before,” said He Wenping, direc- International Cooperation Group and China of Commerce said aid from Chinese firms should tor of African Studies at the Chinese Academy of Communications Construction Co Ltd. be led and coordinated by the government. Social Sciences. “I think companies should aid A Huawei spokeswoman said Africa was an “They’re unlikely to come forward independ- countries impacted by Ebola.” He said Chinese INDIA: Indian Bollywood film actress Gul Panag runs with members after the launch of important market, but declined to comment on ently and would assume the government, which firms operating in West Africa and elsewhere in the the Nike+ Run Club in New Delhi yesterday. All around the world, Nike+ Run Clubs train philanthropy or specific ventures in Ebola-hit coun- does have experience in contributing for emergen- developing world are generally more likely to con- everyday atheletes to achieve their personal best and realize their full potential by pro- tries. China Henan and China Communications cies, will be better at knowing what to do,” said tribute to relief for natural disasters, such as earth- viding participants with overall conditioning, training tips and expert advice. — AFP Construction did not respond to requests for com- Deborah Brautigam, director of the China Africa quakes and floods. — Reuters WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014 HEALTH & SCIENCE

SUKKUR: Pakistani World Wildlife Fund (WWF) project co- ordinator Uzma Noureen discusses the rescue of black spotted turtles at the fund’s quarantine centre in the southern Pakistani city. — AFP photos

Mechanism for spontaneous HIV ‘cure’

PARIS: French scientists said yesterday they had found the genetic mechanism by which two HIV-infected men may have experienced a “spontaneous cure”, and said it offered a new strategy in the fight against AIDS. Both men were infected by SUKKUR: In this photograph black spotted turtles swim in a pool at a quarantine centre. the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), one of them 30 years ago, but never developed AIDS symptoms. The AIDS-causing virus remained in their immune cells but was inactivated Fight to save endangered Indus dolphins, turtles because its genetic code had been altered, the scientists said. SUKKUR: Local legend has it that Pakistan’s Indus River dol- The change appeared to be linked to increased activity of a phin was once a woman, transformed by a curse from a holy common enzyme named APOBEC, they theorized. The “appar- man angry that she forgot to feed him one day. After thou- ent spontaneous cure” throws up an intriguing avenue for drug sands of years swimming the mighty river the gentle, blind engineers, the team said in a statement. “The work opens up mammal is under threat from a combination of uncontrolled therapeutic avenues for a cure, using or stimulating this fishing and damage to its habitat caused by man-made enzyme, and avenues for identifying individuals among newly- dams. Conservationists are fighting to save the dolphin as infected patients who have a chance of a spontaneous cure.” well as the river’s black spotted turtle, at risk from poachers The work, published in the journal Clinical Microbiology who hunt it to sell to collectors and traditional medicine and Infection, was carried out by scientists at France’s Institute dealers. of Health and Medical Research (Inserm). HIV replicates by The dolphin, which can grow up to 2.5 meters, is one of invading human CD4 immune cells, which it reprograms to the world’s rarest mammals, with a population of just 1,400 become virus factories. A rare group of people-fewer than one living scattered along a 1,200-kilometre (750-mile) stretch of percent of those infected-are naturally able to rein in viral repli- the Indus, which rises in the Himalayas and flows out into cation and keep the virus at clinically undetectable levels. the Arabian Sea near Karachi. They are classed as endan- They are known as “elite controllers”, but the mechanism by gered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature which they keep the virus at bay remains a mystery. The French (IUCN) red list of threatened species, which says the popula- group looked at two such individuals, a 57-year-old man diag- tion, has fallen by more than 50 percent since 1944. nosed HIV-positive in 1985, and a 23-year-old diagnosed in Functionally blind, they use echolocation-a form of natural 2011, and sequenced their virus genomes. Though they sonar-to find fish, shrimp and other prey in the muddy river remained infected, standard tests could not detect the virus in waters. Sticking their snouts and heads from the waters, the their blood. The team found that in both cases, the virus was dolphins bring serenity to the river in the shadow of the SUKKUR: In this photograph a blind dolphin swims along the Indus River. unable to replicate in immune cells due to mutations in its Sukkur Barrage, built by the British, around 470 kilometres genetic code. (300 miles) north of Karachi. and the link canals to keep vigil on any trapped dolphin and were smuggled from Pakistan to Taxkorgan in China’s The researchers suggested spontaneous evolution report it to conservators. “We have different awareness activ- Xinjiang autonomous region in June. Pakistan officials trav- between humans and the virus, a process called “endogenisa- Isolation ities among local fishermen, communities and other people elled by road to bring the turtles back home to the sanctu- tion” that is believed to have neutralized other viruses in The monsoon season draws families and picnickers hop- about the dolphins’ habitat, threats and the importance of ary in Sukkur, where they were held in a makeshift quaran- humans in the past. A similar process has been witnessed in a ing to catch a glimpse of the dolphins.But the series of dams its existence in the river,” Malik told AFP. tine. population of koalas that has integrated an AIDS-like virus into and barrages built across the Indus since the late 19th cen- Fisherman Gajan Khan Malah is one of the WWF volun- “It is like we rescued a ship from the clutches of pirates. their genes, neutralised it, and were passing resistance on to tury to help irrigate farmland have divided the dolphin’s teers who plays a role in monitoring the dolphins. “Some We are now releasing them into their natural habitat and it is their offspring. “We propose that HIV cure may occur through habitat into 17 separate sections.The dolphin has died out in years ago we saw a dolphin stranded in shallow waters, a great accomplishment for me and my whole team,” said HIV endogenisation in humans,” the team wrote. 10 of these sections, according to a recent study published while we were fishing,” Malah said. “We called the WWF offi- Javed Mahar, chief of Sindh Wildlife Department, as the tur- “These findings suggest that without therapeutic and pro- in the PLoS One journal by experts from Britain’s St Andrews cials and they came instantly to rescue her and we netted tles were slipped into a tributary of River Indus. Pakistani phylactic strategies, after several decades of HIV/host integra- University, and the sub-populations are left more vulnerable the dolphin and handed her to them. They released it in the customs authorities recently recovered at least two consign- tions and millions of deaths, it is likely that a few individuals by their isolation. river,” he added proudly. ments of hundreds of protected turtles, which were being might have endogenised and neutralised the virus and trans- When the river recedes after the heavy rains of the mon- smuggled abroad from Karachi airport. mitted it to their progeny,” they added. “We believe that the soon, the dolphins can become stranded in isolated ponds Illegal turtle trade “There is an alarming rise in smuggling cases of the black persistence of HIV DNA can lead to cure, and protection, from and tributaries, starving them of food and making them vul- As the WWF and other Pakistani agencies strive to save spotted turtles because of the lucrative market in countries HIV.” The approach hitherto has been the opposite: to try and nerable to predators.Another threat to the dolphin, whose the dolphin, a new threat to the Indus ecosystem has like Thailand and China,” said Ghulam Qadir Shah, researcher clear all traces of HIV from human cells and from cell reservoirs pinkish-grey skin breaks the surface of the turbid waters as it emerged: smugglers hunting black pond turtles, also known at IUCN. A turtle can fetch $1,600 dollars overseas with where they hide. “We suggest that persistence of integrated comes up to breathe, comes from fishing. as black spotte turtles, to sell them illegally to clients in prices kept high by both passionate turtle enthusiasts look- HIV DNA is not a barrier, but on the contrary, may be a prereq- “Narrow fishing nets trap the dolphin under the water China and Thailand. “There is a market for every species, and ing for pets and others who want to consume the flesh or uisite to HIV cure,” said the study authors. “We propose a new and she needs to come out to breathe after every one to this is a very unique turtle. It has a black color with white use the species for traditional medicine purposes. Shah vision of HIV cure through integration, inactivation and poten- two minutes,” Muhammad Imran Malik, from the dolphin and yellow spots, which is fascinating for many turtle lovers stressed the need for regional coordination to protect the tial endogenisation of a viral genome into the human genome.” protection project of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) told AFP on who keep them as pets,” said Uzma Noureen, the WWF proj- turtles. “We are planning with other Pakistani departments — AFP the riverbank in the town of Sukkur. The WWF has set up a ect coordinator at a sanctuary for rescued turtles. Around and wild life protectors to stop the smuggling of this beauti- network of fishing communities on both banks of the river 200 turtles, which are listed as vulnerable on the IUCN list, ful creature”. — AFP WHAT’S ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Greetings The Phoenician Riders’ Charity Ride to Bayt Abdullah Children’s Hospice

ayt Abdullah Children’s Hospice was honored to have the Phoenician Riders come out in support of the children of BACCH at their annual charity event. The Bevent was organized by the Phoenician Riders Kuwait and attended by the fol- lowing group riders: Phoenician Riders, Hog Kuwait, Kuwait Riders, Harley Brothers, Sons Of Kuwait, Kuwait Dragons, Bmw Club Kuwait, Spiders Kuwait, Scooter Club, Ducati Club, Pharoah Bikers Kuwait, Phoenix Riders, Brothers Kuwait, Attawya Group, Moto Lady Club. The Phoenician Riders will be riding for the community for the upcoming year, and the first ride of the season was dedicated to Bayt Abdullah Children’s Hospice, which will be followed by other more rides during the year to oth- er charitable institutes within Kuwait.The event started at 3:30 PM from Costa Coffee Al Bidaa, and included over 250 bikes that arrived at BACCH by 4:15 PM. The riders were seen by many spectators along the path towards BACCH. We want to thank the main sponsors of the “Phoenician Riders” which include Nestle Toll House, Mais Alghanim, CEGC, Lilly Whites & Red Bull Drink, and also the supporting sponsors Boushahri Group, Coca Cola & MaYa International. The “Phoenician Riders” also donat- ed generously to the children of BACCH. Following the event, the riders entertained the kids to enjoy.

Engineer Ali Ahmed Morsi recently celebrated the wedding of his son, Ahmed to Basma Nash’at Ali. The wedding ceremony was attend- AWARE GUIDED TOUR ed by friends and family members. Congratulations and wish you a happy life. ARABIC CALLIGRAPHY 18, 2014 at 7 pm. This tour meets directly Workshop: Introduction to Arabic at the Arab Organization Headquarters. Calligraphy. Thursday, November 6, 2014 @ 7 pm. USE OF NATURAL DYES IN Kuwait Times This workshop is scheduled once a TRADITIONAL SADU WEAVING Calendar of Events week for 5 weeks; classes are 1 hour each By Dr Ali Alnajadah in AWARE’s tour of this desolate fort to Tuesday, November 18, @ 7 pm. arab gain an insight into Kuwait’s history. Fee: org.jpg. November KD 25 (materials included). Bus & refresh- This lecture will be followed by din- 8 - Fun Fair - Charitable fun fair and carnival to raise funds ments provided by AWARE. ner. for children with diabetes. Held in the parking lot of Please note: a minimum of 5 students He has been studying natural dyes for Discovery Mall in Kuwait City, Saturday November 8 from is required for this workshop. If less than 5 some time now and in particular the Noon to 9pm. Telephone: 9664-7490 or email registered, this workshop will be can- ones favored and used by the Bedouin [email protected] celled. Limited Seats. Prior Email registra- weavers in Kuwait in particular and has 8 - Bark in the Park - Organized by K’s Path at the Al tion is required at [email protected] participated in International sympo- Ahmadi South Public Park. Fun day for families and pets. siums on natural dyes. The latest being From 11am to 3pm. Email [email protected] or Telephone: GRAND MOSQUE the International Forum on Natural Dyes 6700-1622. Saturday, November 8, 2014 @ 9:15 am. and Weft in Taiwan from 15th and 16th 8-9 - UK Education Exhibiton at the Regency Hotel. Al For a rewarding, spiritual & informative October 2014 in collaboration with Dr. Futouh Ballroom. On Saturday from 5-9pm and on Sunday experience. This tour is one and a half Keirene Canavan of Cardiff Metropolitan from 8am to 12:30pm and 4pm to 9pm. hour tour and is one of Kuwait’s most University and a Reaserch Fellow for the 14 - The English School Winter Wonderland Bazaar. Held famous landmarks. Ladies are required to Al Sadu Weaving Cooperative Society. at the school premises in Salmiya. cover - long sleeves and long ankle length Advance Registration is required at 14 - Punjab International Cultural Society presents skirt, otherwise the mosque will provide a [email protected] Punjabi Sabhyacharak nite 2014 on November 14, at 4 cloak. If you have your own scarf you’re pm onwards in Indian Model School - Salmiya. For pass- welcome to bring it. Cameras are allowed. SADU HOUSE es contact 98021003 or 98021004. Children are welcome. This tour meets Fee: KD 3 per person. Monday, 14 - Kala (Art) Kuwait NIRAM-2014 Children’s Day directly at the Grand Mosque This tour November 24, @ 5:00 pm. The Sadu painting competition at Indian Community School, does not require prior registration. House is the place to discover the Khaitan, on Friday, 14 November. Clay modeling compe- Bedouin art of weaving, its styles and tition also will be conducted for 7 - 11 standard stu- ARAB ORGANIZATION history. Established in 1979 and now dents. Visit www.kalakuwait.net, or by e-mail at HEADQUARTERS renovated it exhibits a wonderful collec- [email protected] or call 99489078, 97959072, This tour is a marvel of innovative tion of textiles. Souvenirs are also avail- 97982935. architecture displaying modern technol- able for purchase in the on-site shop. 15 - Arpan cartoon - caricature competition, work- ogy combined with traditional artisan Perfect gifts for friends and family back shop with speed cartoonist Jitheshji at Indian craftsmanship from Tunisia, Syria, home. This tour includes a Sadu Weaving Community School, Khaitan on Saturday, 15th Morocco, Egypt & contributions from Demonstration. Advance reservations November. Caricature competition for 5- 12th Std and Kuwaiti designers. Tuesday, November required at [email protected] adults at 9 am, workshop at 11.15 am. Students can reg- ister through https://www.facebook.com/arpankwt or http://goo.gl/forms/u0CQcedoxT. For details: 66784867 / 99794883/ 66610292 or [email protected] Events at TIES Center in November 15 - Day Out Fiesta to be held at Wahran Park in Quran Quotes and Tafseer Ladies Night: Your Child’s Health Islam regarding Muslims’ beliefs, acts of worship, November 12 and 26 @ 6:30pm (Ladies Only) Shamiya. Interested in participating pls call 6000-01186 by Hassan Bwambale by Dr Asmaa Farag Quranic verses, and the Prophet Muhammad’s from 4-9pm or email [email protected]. After reading Quranic verses aloud and explaining Ladies and children are encouraged to join (PBUH) life. Every Thursday in November at 7pm Kids Yard Sale them very briefly, Hassan will illustrate the various Dr Asmaa Farag for a live Q&A on “Child Care: Sell, Swap and Buy at the TIES Center connotations of some words and phrases to show Myths and Truths”. Learn to distinguish between Italy’s Ancient Foods Reach Kuwait Kids Yard Sale. Young entrepreneurs and ‘Breaking the chains the literary beauty and miracle of the Quran. The fact and fiction when it comes to the health and by Sussana Graziano parents are invited to participate by reserv- of addiction’ medical class will involve an open discussion in a casual, wellbeing of children. Wednesday, November 5 Susanna Graziano will host an enjoyable ing a table. All are welcome to stop by and relaxed setting with the aim of reflecting and pon- and 19 at 6:30 pm (Ladies and children only) evening dedicated to Italy’s culinary roots, support our young business men and seminar by IWA dering verses from the Noble Quran. In addition to where the lesser-known Italian regional special- women. Also, enjoy other fun games and that, participants will get some insight into the Basics of Islam for New Reverts ties and their history will be highlighted. Local outdoor activities. This event is a great moking, drugs, alcohol or any other habitual activities Quranic Arabic. Every Monday in November at 7 by Sharaf Al-Nisaa chef Maryam al Nusif will show the growing opportunity to be creative, help kids to clear can turn into addictions that negatively affect our lives pm Educate yourself in important life issues. This demand for a return to simple foods in Kuwait, out old or unused items, and learn some Sand those of our loved ones. Often addicts do not recog- weekly class for new reverts covers important which can be found in the Shakshooka Market. principles of commerce while having fun at nize these signs or are in denial and need help to overcome Culturally Relevant Education Islamic guidelines in all aspects of life. Students Tuesday, November 11 @ 7pm the same time! To reserve a table, you must these habits. Recognizing a need for “Breaking the Chains of by Dr Teresa Lesher will also learn and improve Quran recitation with register before November 10. A Kids Yard Addiction”, the Indian Women’s Association is organizing a In her thesis, Dr Teresa Lesher demonstrated tajweed of short chapters essential for prayer. Womens’ Rights in Islam Sale Guide for set up and sales will be pro- seminar that addresses these issues under the Reach for Health that teachers can improve student achievement Every Thursday in November at 5 pm (Ladies By Zeinab Ashry vided when an adult and child register. Price initiative. Join us on Monday, 10th November, 2014 from 5 - 8 by making classroom instruction more culturally Only) Join Zeinab Ashry for an intriguing look into of table: 2 KD for half table, 4 KD for a full pm at the Gulf University for Science and Technology relevant. In this lecture, she will define culturally Women’s Rights in Islam, a four part series that includes table Saturday, November 15 @ 9am - 12pm (Auditorium W6-500) where leading experts will speak about relevant education, describe Kuwait’s cultural pro- Islam 101 by Hassan Bwambale the position of woman in pre-Islamic Societies, the sta- The TIES Center is the social and educational the causes, prevention and cures for common addictions.The file, summarize the results of her study, and share If you are interested to know more about tus of Women in Islam, and the rights of Muslim women hub for English-speaking Muslims in Kuwait. For seminar is open to all and completely free of charge. tips for increasing cultural relevance in the class- Islam, join the TIES Center for information, dis- in all spheres of life including finance and politics. This more information, please call 25231015 or email room. cussion, and a chance to ask any question about comprehensive course is free of charge. Wednesday, [email protected] or visit www.tiescenter.net. WHAT’S ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Inventor Mohammad Al-Azmi’s win at the 66th iENA International Trade Fair in Nuremberg, Germany, is a new achievement for Kuwait, said an official yesterday. In a press release, Director General of Sabah Al-Ahmad Center for Giftedness and Creativity (SACGC) Dr Omar Al-Bannai said that Al-Azmi’s automatic fire extinguisher attracted the interest of the exhibition’s organizers, winning the gold medal at the event. The invention’s first prototype was devel- oped in 2012 at the SACGC’s creative center, said Dr. Al-Bannai. From October 30 to November 2, the 66th iENA saw some 730 inventors from 60 countries participating in the exhibition. There were more than 900 inventions present- ed at the event.—KUNA Kuwaiti inventor’s win in German exhibition ‘new achievement’

Kuwait Embassy in US celebrates family center opening

irst Secretary to the tries. The number of patients traveling Ambassador to the United to the hospital around the world varies FStates, Faisal Al Enezi, repre- year to year, however patients from sented His Excellency Ambassador Kuwait make up approximately 40-50% Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at of all international patients that visit the inauguration of the new Global Children’s National for care. Dr Services Family Center at Children’s Newman further added: “I would like to National in Washington, DC., one of the recognize that our hospital’s relation- leading pediatric hospitals in the ship with the people of Kuwait goes United States. The event took took back nearly 20 years. In that time, in place on October 22nd at the Sheikh addition to having patients travel to Zayed Campus for Advanced Children’s our hospital for medical care, our Medicine at Children’s National, and physicians have also been traveling to was attended by a number of officials Kuwait to collaborate with their peers and representatives from the Kuwait on initiatives to further strengthen the Embassy in Washington, Children’s care being delivered to Kuwaiti chil- National executives and faculty, and dren.” several of the hospital’s Kuwaiti patients and their families. Addressing Children’s National Health System the embassy team in his opening Children’s National Health System, remarks at the ceremony, Dr. Kurt based in Washington, DC, has been Newman, President and CEO of serving the nation’s children since Children’s National, said: “We are hon- 1870. Children’s National is Magnet ored to have you join us with some of designated, and is consistently ranked our Kuwaiti and GCC patient families as among the top pediatric hospitals by The Palms Beach Hotel we celebrate the official opening of our US News & World Report. Home to the Global Services Family Center at Children’s Research Institute and the Children’s National, which was Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric designed to meet the needs of all our Surgical Innovation, Children’s National & Spa beat diabetes international patients and their fami- is one of the nation’s top NIH-funded lies. “Secretary Al Enezi joined Dr. pediatric institutions. With a communi- Newman in cutting the ribbon to the ty-based pediatric network, seven new Family Center. The inauguration regional outpatient centers, an ambu- roven that social activities has an effective ways to prevent the chronic diseases, which body is protected from lot of diseases such as ceremony was then followed by an latory surgery center, two emergency role in establishing a high volume of notably diabetes. diabetes, heart diseases, vascular diseases ended Pawareness that might assist preventing The walkathon extended from the Yachts to the chronic mental illness. open reception, with embassy officials rooms, an acute care hospital, and col- chronic diseases, The Palms Beach Hotel & Spa club to the Green Island, with the participation Finally, the Palms Beach Hotel & Spa team and guests being shown around the laborations throughout the region, joined beat diabetes walkathon which was held of hotel staff and management team driven by showed their appreciation on joining this event brand new facilities”. The family center Children’s National is recognized for its under the patronage of the Ministry of Health the Hotel General manager Rabie Al Sukhon and while believing that walking is the most impor- provides a comfortable space for all expertise and innovation in pediatric and Dasman Diabetes Institute, raising the slo- the Director of Sales & Marketing Ahmed El tant regime to add on the lifestyle to reduce the international patient families to meet care and as an advocate for all children. gan of ‘beat diabetes’ that carry a positive mes- Dackrouri, who assured that preventing chronic risk of having chronic diseases. with physicians and wait for their chil- For more information, visit sage targeting the increase on awareness of the diseases should be a lifestyle to ensure that the dren while they are undergoing proce- ChildrensNational.org, or follow us on dures. Children’s National receives over Facebook and Twitter. 1000 international patient visits every KUNA, KCBB launch blood donation campaign year from Kuwait and other GCC coun- uwait News Agency (KUNA), in cooperation with the Kuwait KCentral Blood Bank (KCBB), launched yesterday a blood donation campaign for the agency’s employees. Speaking to KUNA, KCBB’s coordinator Dr Rana Al-Abdulrazzak told KUNA that the bank was committed throughout the year to gather blood donation from will- ing volunteers. The campaign at KUNA is part of the KCBB’s plan to increase donations from two to 20 percent, said Dr. Al- Abdulrazzak, noting that those able to donate blood should do so to help the cause. Meanwhile, Public Relations Coordinator at KUNA Abdulrahman Al- Mutairi stressed that the agency was eager to provide assistance to the blood bank, noting that a high percentage of employees have donated blood during the campaign.—KUNA Faisal Al-Enezi, Dr Kurt Newman and Abdulaziz Al-Harbi during the function. TV PROGRAMS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014

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Kuwait SITUATION WANTED KNCC PROGRAMME FROM THURSDAY TO WEDNESDAY An Indian dental doctor (30/10/2014 TO 05/11/2014) (BDS) with more than 5 years of experience seeking an entry-level position in a clinic hospital. Mobile: SHARQIA-1 51457151 or 96917259. JOHN WICK (DIG) 4:00 PM THE EQUALIZER (DIG) 4:45 PM (C 4795) JOHN WICK (DIG) 1:30 PM BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP (DIG) 6:00 PM FURY (DIG) 7:15 PM 3-11-2014 JOHN WICK (DIG) 3:30 PM JOHN WICK (DIG) 8:00 PM FURY (DIG) 10:00 PM JOHN WICK (DIG) 5:30 PM BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP (DIG) 10:00 PM FURY (DIG) 12:30 AM JOHN WICK (DIG) 7:30 PM JOHN WICK (DIG) 12:05 AM Looking for job, driver, JOHN WICK (DIG) 9:30 PM AL-KOUT.3 knowledge of Kuwaiti JOHN WICK (DIG) 11:30 PM MARINA-3 BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP (DIG) 1:00 PM areas, have Kuwaiti valid JOHN WICK (DIG) 12:45 PM WOLVES (DIG) 3:00 PM license. Call: 66347485. SHARQIA-2 THE BOXTROLLS(DIG) 2:45 PM BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP (DIG) 5:00 PM (C 4793) FURY (DIG) 1:45 PM FURY (DIG) 4:45 PM WOLVES (DIG) 7:00 PM 30-10-2014 THE BOXTROLLS(DIG) 4:15 PM WOLVES (DIG) 7:15 PM BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP (DIG) 9:00 PM BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP (DIG) 6:15 PM FURY (DIG) 9:15 PM WOLVES (DIG) 11:00 PM FURY (DIG) 8:15 PM FURY (DIG) 11:45 PM BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP (DIG) 1:00 AM CHANGE OF NAME BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP (DIG) 10:45 PM FURY (DIG) 12:45 AM AVENUES-1 AL-KOUT.4 BELLE AND SEBASTIAN(DIG) 12:30 PM THE EQUALIZER (DIG) 12:45 PM I, Autilda Julia D’melo SHARQIA-3 Seats-225 BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP (DIG) 2:45 PM JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 3:15 PM holding passport No. Z- JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 1:00 PM BELLE AND SEBASTIAN(DIG) 4:45 PM JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 6:15 PM 1170911 resident of H. No. WOLVES (DIG) 4:00 PM KNIGHT OF THE DEAD (DIG) 7:00 PM JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 9:15 PM 60, Bairo Bandh Santa Cruz, HAPPY NEW YEAR (DIG)(HINDI) 6:00 PM HAPPY NEW YEAR (DIG)(HINDI) 9:00 PM THE EQUALIZER (DIG) 12:15 AM Ilhas Goa, hereby change JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 9:15 PM BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP (DIG) 12:45 AM BAIRAQ-1 my name from Autilda Julia WOLVES (DIG) 12:15 AM Mergulhao to Autilda Julia AVENUES-2 THE BOXTROLLS (DIG) 12:30 PM MUHALAB-1 WOLVES (DIG) 2:15 PM JOHN WICK (DIG) 2:30 PM D’melo as per my birth cer- tificate hereafter in all my Mahboula. Tel: 65607334 or THE EQUALIZER (DIG) 1:15 PM WOLVES (DIG) 4:15 PM THE BOXTROLLS (DIG) 4:30 PM FOR SALE THE EQUALIZER (DIG) 3:45 PM WOLVES (DIG) 6:15 PM JOHN WICK (DIG) 6:30 PM dealings and documents I 51580185. (C 4798) JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 6:15 PM WOLVES (DIG) 8:15 PM JOHN WICK (DIG) 8:30 PM will be known by the name 4-11-2014 FURY (DIG) 9:15 PM WOLVES (DIG) 10:15 PM JOHN WICK (DIG) 10:30 PM Autilda Julia D’melo. Pajero model 2006, full JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 11:45 PM WOLVES (DIG) 12:15 AM JOHN WICK (DIG) 12:30 AM (C 4799) option, good condition. Contact: 65757463. MATRIMONIAL MUHALAB-2 AVENUES-3 BAIRAQ-2 I, Edwin Luis Pereira, holder (C 4794) BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP (DIG) 12:45 PM HAPPY NEW YEAR (DIG)(HINDI) 12:45 PM HAPPY NEW YEAR (DIG)(HINDI) 1:45 PM of Indian Passport No. 2-11-2014 Guy new in Kuwait, middle THE BOXTROLLS(DIG) 3:00 PM HAPPY NEW YEAR (DIG)(HINDI) 4:00 PM HAPPY NEW YEAR (DIG)(HINDI) 5:00 PM F6437170 dated aged, from New Zealand BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP (DIG) 5:00 PM HAPPY NEW YEAR (DIG)(HINDI) 7:15 PM JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 8:15 PM 21/02/2006 a resident of looking for a God fearing HAPPY NEW YEAR (DIG)(HINDI) 7:00 PM HAPPY NEW YEAR (DIG)(HINDI) 10:30 PM JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 11:15 PM H.No. 297, Agas Loliem, ACCOMMODATION BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP (DIG) 10:15 PM JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 10:30 PM NO SUN+TUE+WED woman to marry. Email: BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP (DIG) 12:15 AM BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP (DIG) 11:00 PM Canacona Goa hereby [email protected] 360º- 1 change my name as Edwin A guy new in Kuwait look- (C4797) MUHALAB-3 HAPPY NEW YEAR (DIG)(HINDI) 2:00 PM BAIRAQ-3 Herand Pereira. (C4851) ing to share (accommoda- 4-11-2014 JOHN WICK (DIG) 1:30 PM HAPPY NEW YEAR (DIG)(HINDI) 5:15 PM BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP (DIG) 1:00 PM 5-11-2014 tion) preferred with family FURY (DIG) 3:30 PM HAPPY NEW YEAR (DIG)(HINDI) 8:30 PM FURY (DIG) 3:00 PM between Bneid El Gar to JOHN WICK (DIG) 6:00 PM HAPPY NEW YEAR (DIG)(HINDI) 11:45 PM BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP (DIG) 5:30 PM JOHN WICK (DIG) 8:00 PM NO SUN+TUE+WED FURY (DIG) 7:30 PM JOHN WICK (DIG) 10:00 PM BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP (DIG) 10:00 PM JOHN WICK (DIG) 12:30 AM 360º- 2 BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP (DIG) 12:05 AM No: 16333 JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 1:30 PM NO SUN+TUE+WED FANAR-2 JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 4:30 PM BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP (DIG) 12:45 PM JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 7:30 PM PLAZA JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 2:45 PM JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 10:30 PM BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP (DIG) 3:30 PM FURY (DIG) 5:45 PM FRI+SAT JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 8:15 PM 360º- 3 BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP (DIG) 5:30 PM JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 11:15 PM WOLVES (DIG) 1:15 PM HAPPY NEW YEAR (DIG)(HINDI) 7:30 PM WOLVES (DIG) 3:15 PM JOHN WICK (DIG) 10:45 PM FANAR-3 WOLVES (DIG) 5:15 PM FURY (DIG) 1:15 PM WOLVES (DIG) 7:15 PM LAILA FURY (DIG) 3:45 PM WOLVES (DIG) 9:15 PM BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP (DIG) 6:00 PM HAPPY NEW YEAR (DIG)(HINDI) 6:15 PM WOLVES (DIG) 11:15 PM JOHN WICK (DIG) 8:00 PM HAPPY NEW YEAR (DIG)(HINDI) 9:30 PM WOLVES (DIG) 1:15 AM FURY (DIG) 10:00 PM FURY (DIG) 12:45 AM AL-KOUT.1 AJIAL.1 MARINA-1 JOHN WICK (DIG) 1:30 PM KATHTHI (DIG) (Tamil) 3:45 PM THE EQUALIZER (DIG) 1:00 PM THE BOXTROLLS(DIG) 3:30 PM FRI+SAT HAPPY NEW YEAR (DIG)(HINDI) 3:30 PM JOHN WICK (DIG) 5:30 PM ROAR: TIGERS OF THE SUNDARBANS (DIG) (Hindi) JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 6:45 PM JOHN WICK (DIG) 7:30 PM 7:00 PM JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 9:45 PM JOHN WICK (DIG) 9:30 PM ROAR: TIGERS OF THE SUNDARBANS (DIG) (Hindi) BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP (DIG) 12:45 AM JOHN WICK (DIG) 11:30 PM 9:30 PM NO THU MARINA-2 AL-KOUT.2 KATHTHI (DIG) (Tamil) 9:30 PM BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP (DIG) 2:00 PM FURY (DIG) 2:15 PM THU

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Arrival Flights on Wednesday 5/11/2014 IAW 157A Al Najaf 12:15 MEA 402 Beirut 21:20 KAC 175 Frankfurt/Geneva 10:40 Airlines Flt Route Time UAE 871 Dubai 12:50 ETD 307 Abu Dhabi 21:30 QTR 1071 Doha 11:00 JAI 574 Mumbai 00:10 MSR 610 Cairo 13:00 FDB 073 Dubai 21:35 GFA 943 LCA 11:00 JZR 239 Amman 00:25 CLX 792 Luxembourg 13:15 GFA 219 Bahrain 21:45 GFA 214 Bahrain 11:25 JZR 267 Beirut 00:30 IYE 826 Sanaa/Mukalla 13:30 QTR 1074 Doha 21:55 IRM 1181 Mashhad 11:30 JZR 539 Cairo 00:40 IRC 526 Mashhad 13:30 KNE 480 Taif 22:00 IRA 664 Shiraz 11:40 THY 772 Istanbul 00:45 KAC 672 Dubai 13:55 JZR 135 Bahrain 22:05 KAC 501 Beirut 12:00 FDB 069 Dubai 00:55 QTR 1078 Doha 14:05 ETD 309 Abu Dhabi 22:15 KAC 541 Cairo 12:05 QTR 1084 Doha 01:00 MSR 575 Sharm el-Sheikh 14:15 FDB 059 Dubai 22:30 AXB 890 Mangalore 12:15 DLH 637 Dammam 01:15 MSC 4401 HRG 14:20 AIC 975 Chennai/Goa 22:30 KAC 103 London 12:20 PGT 858 Istanbul 01:35 KNE 472 Jeddah 14:25 BBC 043 Dhaka 23:10 JZR 776 Jeddah 12:20 ETH 620 Addis Ababa 01:45 SVA 500 Jeddah 14:30 JZR 185 Dubai 23:15 MSC 402 Alexandria 12:25 THY 764 Istanbul 02:15 SYR 341 Latakia/KAC 14:30 FDB 071 Dubai 23:45 MEA 405 Beirut 12:55 GFA 211 Bahrain 02:30 FDB 057 Dubai 14:30 Departure Flights on Wednesday 5/11/2014 KAC 785 Jeddah 13:00 MSC 403 Sohag 02:30 GFA 221 Bahrain 15:00 Airlines Flt Route Time IAW 158 Al Najaf 13:05 UAE 853 Dubai 02:35 KAC 788 Jeddah 15:40 AIC 982 Ahmedabad/Hyderabad/Chennai 00:05 IRM 1189 Mashhad 13:10 JAI 526 Chennai/Abu Dhabi 02:50 KNE 462 Madinah 15:45 ETH 3718 Addis Ababa 00:05 JZR 786 Riyadh 13:10 FDB 067 Dubai 02:55 ABY 127 Sharjah 15:45 UAL 981 IAD 00:10 IAW 158A Al Najaf 13:15 RJA 648 Amman 03:05 UAE 857 Dubai 15:45 FDB 072 Dubai 00:45 JZR 176 Dubai 13:45 MSR 612 Cairo 03:10 FDB 051 Dubai 16:00 JAI 573 Mumbai 01:10 MSR 611 Cairo 14:00 ETD 305 Abu Dhabi 03:10 KNE 460 Riyadh 16:00 DLH 637 Frankfurt 02:15 UAE 872 Dubai 14:15 CEB 7694 Manila 03:15 KAC 562 Amman 16:20 ETH 621 Addis Ababa 02:45 IRC 527 Mashhad 14:30 KKK 6507 Istanbul 03:20 JZR 787 Riyadh 16:25 THY 773 Istanbul 02:55 IYE 827 Mukalla/Sanaa 14:30 OMA 643 Muscat 03:25 JZR 357 Mashhad 16:30 PGT 859 Istanbul 03:25 CLX 792 Hanoi 14:45 QTR 1076 Doha 03:45 QTR 1072 Doha 16:40 MSC 404 Sohag 03:30 MSR 576 Sharm el-Sheikh 15:00 MSC 401 Alexandria 04:05 RJA 640 Amman 16:55 UAE 854 Dubai 03:50 KAC 673 Dubai 15:00 THY 770 Istanbul 05:35 ETD 303 Abu Dhabi 16:55 FDB 068 Dubai 03:55 QTR 1079 Doha 15:05 DHX 170 Bahrain 05:40 SVA 510 Riyadh 17:15 ETD 306 Abu Dhabi 04:05 FDB 058 Dubai 15:10 BAW 157 London 06:40 GFA 215 Bahrain 17:30 MSR 613 Cairo 04:10 KAC 617 Doha 15:15 KAC 412 Manila/Bangkok 07:10 IRM 1180 Mashhad 17:35 KKK 6508 Istanbul 04:10 MSC 4402 HRG 15:20 KAC 204 Lahore 07:45 FDB 075 Dubai 17:45 OMA 644 Muscat 04:15 KNE 473 Jeddah 15:20 FDB 053 Dubai 07:45 GFA 944 LCA 17:50 QTR 1085 Doha 04:30 SYR 342 Latakia 15:30 QTR 1086 Doha 07:50 JZR 777 Jeddah 17:55 CEB 7694 Manila 04:45 SVA 503 Jeddah/Madinah 15:45 KAC 352 Kochi 08:10 UAE 875 Dubai 18:00 MSC 406 Sohag 05:05 GFA 222 Bahrain 15:45 KAC 302 Mumbai 08:20 JZR 177 Dubai 18:20 JZR 560 Sohag 05:10 KAC 773 Riyadh 15:50 KAC 382 Delhi 08:20 JZR 483 Istanbul 18:40 QTR 1077 Doha 05:15 ABY 128 Sharjah 16:25 KAC 206 Islamabad 08:25 ABY 121 Sharjah 18:40 FDB 070 Dubai 06:30 KNE 463 Madinah 16:30 UAE 855 Dubai 08:40 FDB 063 Dubai 18:40 JAI 525 Abu Dhabi/Chennai 06:35 KNE 481 Taif 16:50 KAC 362 Colombo 08:45 KAC 786 Jeddah 18:45 THY 765 Istanbul 06:55 KAC 741 Dammam 17:00 KAC 344 Chennai 08:45 QTR 1080 Doha 18:50 JZR 164 Dubai 06:55 JZR 266 Beirut 17:05 KAC 284 Dhaka 08:50 KAC 618 Doha 19:15 RJA 649 Amman 07:05 FDB 052 Dubai 17:25 ABY 125 Sharjah 09:00 KAC 774 Riyadh 19:15 GFA 212 Bahrain 07:15 KAC 545 Alexandria 17:30 ETD 301 Abu Dhabi 09:20 KAC 674 Dubai 19:25 THY 771 Istanbul 07:30 QTR 1073 Doha 17:40 FDB 055 Dubai 09:40 KAC 542 Cairo 19:25 FDB 054 Dubai 08:25 UAE 858 Dubai 17:45 QTR 1070 Doha 10:00 GFA 217 Bahrain 19:30 BAW 156 London 08:45 JZR 538 Cairo 17:45 GFA 943 Bahrain 10:15 KAC 166 Paris/Rome 19:40 QTR 1087 Doha 08:50 ETD 304 Abu Dhabi 17:50 IRM 1186 Tehran 10:20 KAC 502 Beirut 19:50 KAC 671 Dubai 09:25 RJA 641 Amman 17:55 GFA 213 Bahrain 10:40 KAC 102 New York/London 19:55 ABY 126 Sharjah 09:40 SVA 511 Riyadh 18:15 IRA 665 Shiraz 10:40 KAC 742 Dammam 20:00 KAC 787 Jeddah 09:50 GFA 216 Bahrain 18:20 AXB 889 Mangalore/Bahrain 11:15 JAI 572 Mumbai 20:05 UAE 856 Dubai 09:55 FDB 076 Dubai 18:25 MSC 405 Sohag 11:25 FDB 061 Dubai 20:20 JZR 482 Istanbul 10:00 GFA 944 Bahrain 18:35 JZR 165 Dubai 11:30 OMA 647 Muscat 20:20 KAC 117 New York 10:05 JZR 184 Dubai 18:40 JZR 561 Sohag 11:45 ETD 919 Abu Dhabi 20:30 ETD 302 Abu Dhabi 10:20 IRM 1187 Tehran 18:45 IRM 1188 Mashhad 11:45 MSR 606 Luxor 20:45 KAC 561 Amman 10:25 JZR 238 Amman 18:50 MEA 404 Beirut 11:55 DLH 636 Frankfurt 20:50 JZR 356 Mashhad 10:30 JZR 134 Bahrain 19:10 IAW 157 Al Najaf 12:05 ALK 229 Colombo 21:10 FDB 056 Dubai 10:35 ABY 121 Sharjah 19:20 DIAL161 FOR AIRPORT INFORMATION 34 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 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CROSSWORD 715 STAR TRACK

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

Ambition and achievement can be a tough path to follow. You win reward, You enjoy working in group or team situations; there are special people in recognition and authority through hard work and knowing the score; you your work with whom you enjoy a friendship. You may be accepted as just may wisely realize that otherwise someone hungrier and in the know will overtake you. the person for a particular job. If you have always been the follower, you may find yourself Some of the major issues for you now are who owes what, who owns what and who a leader. As a leader, you could appoint a co-leader to help you plan and coordinate. decides what. This could be a time of developing ideas for working out of your home. You Radical and inventive ideas hold the key to realizing your ambitions and advancing your have a deep yearning to express your talents and may feel that you are held back. Working status-a shakeup could be in the works. You draw emotional sustenance and a sense of in your own home would place you in the role as your own boss. Talk to people who have security from friends who give you support. Your relationships and partnerships are very businesses in their homes; go to conventions where home-based businesses are adver- important to you. They are capable of transforming you at the most basic level. A time of tised. Careful-someone you work for or with could be your first customer. real inner growth is encouraged through other people.

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

There is a yearning for adventure and far horizons. To roam, to wander and The energies of the universe just now are creative, sensitive and moody. wonder, seeking freedom and experience and to go where no one has gone before. This Using these emotions to your advantage would be to take this day as an could be a time of romantic escapades, a universal love that might not be too particular. opportunity. Think about writing a new poem or song or beginning a journal. You might This may not be the best time to make important decisions that affect your living situation also find yourself constructing a creative presentation or a sales pitch. You should do quite or life circumstances. There are a need for change, a desire to break with outmoded pat- well in the workplace today, particularly if you allow others to talk first. You make good terns from the past and a longing for the new, the different and the unique. In-depth dis- progress with whatever you set out to accomplish as you quietly move forward. There are cussions and probing conversations with co-workers or friends may give you some focus. new friends, new ideas and strange feelings that seem to come to your attention all day. This afternoon you will find concentration easier-you are at your mental best. Your analyti- Those strange feelings may come from the amazement that another birth year has passed. cal abilities are at a high point. Tonight is for family. Use that journal and list your next three goals.

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

You are valued for your ability to make sensible decisions concerning group You are a very forceful speaker and communicate with great enthusiasm. issues. Fairness is always an issue when there are so many personalities Words just flow out of your mouth and always seem to give rise to an emo- tional impact that brings the listener to attention. You have no trouble putting your feel- ACROSS involved; you seem to do very well in creating a good balance. At the noon break you may predicted the existence of antimatter and find an art store in the area of your work and become entranced over some tools that you ings into words. You may, however, have to exercise some control over your tongue when 1. A slight amount or degree of difference. the positron (1902-1984). could use with your own hobby. Consider a sketchbook to keep your drawings in-you can it comes to personal relationships. Partnership issues are important-you will be successful 4. Woolly aphids. practice your art most anywhere. Try pencil at first and then you can even consider some in finding gentle ways to communicate just what you mean; think before you act. Perhaps 4. Constituting or having to do with or sug- a unique restaurant this evening will help to bring a difficult day to a peaceful ending. 12. One millionth of a gram. gestive of a literary epic. classes if you want. Science, philosophy or religion are likely to seem as if they hold the answers for you this evening. Conversations with friends or family will find you dealing Consider forming plans for the upcoming seasonal activities. Family and winter goals are 15. American prizefighter who won the 5. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation with subjects from a philosophical standpoint. your areas of concentration now. world heavyweight championship three equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated times (born in 1942). material. 16. Hard dry sharp-flavored Italian cheese. 6. 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GOSSIP Ed Sheeran: enry Cavill is set to star in new action-thriller ‘Stratton’. The 31-year- Music is overcrowded old actor - who’s best known for his role as Superman in ‘Man of d Sheeran thinks the music industry is “over- HSteel’ - will play the part of John Stratton, the character from the crowded”. The ‘Thinking Out Loud’ hitmaker Duncan Falconer series of novels, with the film set to be produced by Cavill’s recently joined his friend Sam Smith on stage Promethean Productions. He said: “Having the opportunity to expand my E at his gig in Manchester last week and he thinks it horizons into film-making is incredibly exciting.”Getting to work so closely is a shame too many other artists are too “competi- with my brother in this venture is equally so.” ‘Stratton’, the first in a series of tive” to help and support their chart rivals. He said: eight novels by Falconer, is set in southern Italy, Rome and London, with “Sam’s had the same outlook as me, we both hero- shooting set to begin in the spring. Meanwhile, Cavill is set to appear in the worship classic musicians from 20,30, 40 years ago much-anticipated ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’, which will also fea- and they all hung out and sung together. “The ture Hollywood star Ben Affleck. In a recent interview, the 42-year-old actor music industry is so overcrowded and competitive insisted the film won’t be another ‘Daredevil’, the 2003 superhero movie. these days that everyone is fighting for a spot at Affleck told NPR: “I have regrets about ‘Daredevil’. “I have regrets about all the top and no one wants to jump on stage with the movies that I don’t think were executed properly. Look, if I thought we another or help each other out. It’s nice when that were remaking ‘Daredevil’, I’d be out there picketing myself.” However, happens.” Ed has a host of celebrity fans who have Affleck praised the behind-the-scenes team working on the film. He said: “It

to star in Stratton attended his gigs but he was most surprised when was written by Chris Terrio, who wrote Argo, who’s not a comic guy. And it’s Hollywood legend Samuel L Jackson appeared at directed by Zack Snyder, who’s an incredibly magical sort of visual stylist, his dressing room door looking to get his picture who’s steeped in the comic world. “And you have this sandwich of talents. I Henry Cavill taken with him. He said: “Sometimes you get pre- felt very confident about it. I thought it would be nice to make one of these warned because usually they want to come back movies really, really good.” and say hi. Who was least expected? Samuel L Jackson, who turned up on the tube. He got the tube, watched the gig, came back for a selfie with me and then go off.” Ed admits he sometimes favors public transport in London because it is effi- cient, but he would rather travel alone. He added on ‘The Official Chart’ on BBC Radio 1: “I get the tube now and again but that’s not to prove any- thing, it’s just because there’s a lot of traffic. “I like sitting in cars more than the tube but it is easier to get the tube.” Sir Ian McKellen says ‘luck’ has been key to success

he Lord of the Rings’ actor Sir Ian McKellen says much of his recent success is down to “luck”. Sir Ian McKellen ‘Thas attributed much of his recent success to “luck”. The award-winning actor - who was knighted in 1991 for services to the performing arts and was awarded a Freeman of the city of London last month - says a number of his contemporaries would have fared as well in the iconic role of Gandalf in ‘The Lord of the Rings’, including John Hurt. Speaking at TimesTalks London, Sir Ian - who was sat beside his ‘Vicious’ co-star Sir Derek Jacobi - remarked: “We have been so lucky right through- oxy Music have officially broken up. The anniversary touring the world and playing sell-out out our careers. It’s not just actors our age who perhaps don’t band’s guitarist Phil Manzanera announced shows. Phil admitted he had grown tired of play- work anymore. We’ve had friends right throughout our careers - Roxy Music split Roxy Rthe news in an interview with Rolling Stone ing the same songs over again, after a proposed of our age - who didn’t have work, who should have had work. magazine, following three-and-a-half years of new album failed to get off the ground, and now “We’re no better than a whole lot of people. But genuinely, inactivity by the legendary band. Confirming that Roxy Music are no more he is planning to launch a being quite honest about it all, it’s luck. John Hurt could’ve Roxy Music - also comprised of lead singer Bryan solo album of his own in 2015. Speaking to Rolling played Gandalf.” The 75-year-old star has also starred in the ‘X- Ferry, saxophone player Andy Mackay and drum- Stone, he said: “Musicians like to do new things. Men’ films as Magneto. mer Paul Thompson - had split, Phil said: “I don’t It’s unfortunate for the fans, really, because they think we’re going to do any more shows. I think would like you to play the same old stuff forever our job is done. When we stopped touring in and ever. And they go see it and they feel like, 2011, Andy and I looked at each other and said, ‘Man, they aren’t as good as they used to be.’ “I’m ‘Our job is done here.’ “ Together the art rock band very happy doing new things. I’ve got a couple of released eight albums in their career, which began albums coming in the next year.” in 1971, with their last album ‘Avalon’ being released in 1982. After dissolving in 1983, the group reformed in 2001 to celebrate their 30th

Stryder keen for Dappy collaboration inchy Stryder wants to work with Dappy again. The 28-year- old rapper - who had a number one hit with the 27-year-old Tstar with 2011 single ‘Spaceship’ - has admitted he has “always got time” to team up with the N-Dubz singer and hinted they could join forces soon. Speaking at the ‘Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’ Day Zero event in east London last night, Tinchy exclusively told BANG Showbiz: “Dapz is super-talented, super-cool. I haven’t seen him for a while now but we’ve got that connection from when we see each other in the studio. “It’s never ever planned. I hope he’s good, man, Dappy is cool. One thing you can’t take away from him is that talent. “He brings that energy and as a person, a good heart. I’ve always got time for Dapz.” The ‘You’re Not Alone’ hitmaker also Hunger Games: scored a chart-topping hit with the aptly-named song ‘Number 1’ in 2009 alongside Dappy’s group N-Dubz, who he is in with his cousin Mockingjay Part 1 sountrack Tulisa and good friend Fazer, and Tinchy thinks everything the pair touch turns to gold. He added: “When we get together we make riana Grande has recorded a song for ‘The Hunger number ones.” The rapper has likened being in the music industry Roberts and Nyong’o Games: Mockingjay Part 1’ soundtrack. The ‘Break Free’ nowadays to being a professional footballer because he has been in Ahitmaker has teamed up with electronic music project the studio just as much as a Premier League player goes training. bonded over family Major Lazer for a track to feature on the upcoming film He said: “I’m treating it like football now. Footballers train every day sequel’s soundtrack, which is being curated by Lorde. The of the week, and we’re in the studio making music every day of the ‘Royals’ singer previously released snippets of what fans could ulia Roberts showed Lupita Nyong’o pictures of her family the first time they met. The ‘12 expect to hear on the collection, including her own track week.” Tinchy was speaking at the ‘Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’ Years a Slave’ star instantly clicked with the 46-year-old beauty as soon as she was intro- Day Zero event in London. To celebrate the early availability of the ‘Yellow Flicker Beat’ and her collaboration with the Chemical Jduced to her, so much so the ‘August: Osage County’ actress started showing her personal Brothers and Miguel titled ‘This Is Not a Game’. The track list game, ‘Call of Duty’ hosted an extra special livestream where the photographs of her husband Danny Moder and their kids Hazel and Phinnaeus, nine, and sev- also featured names including Kanye West, Chvrches and public were able to be part of a celebrity team. ‘Call of Duty’ is out en-year-old Henry. She said: “The first time I met her she took out her phone and showed me now on all major consoles. Charlie XCX, while “Track 5” had been left blank, until now. photos of her family. “To me, that’s the modern day symbol of peace and goodwill.” The 31- Lorde took to her Twitter account yesterday to announce that year-old actress has rubbed shoulders with Julia, Penelope Cruz and Kate Winslet since join- Ariana and Major Lazer had joined forces on a song called ‘All ing the stars as Lancome’s latest ambassador, and she admitted she finds Julia particularly My Love’. She wrote: “yup.. track 5 from mockingjay: part 1 pleasing. She added: “I genuinely respect and admire all of them, so I know I’m in very good soundtrack is ALL MY LOVE - @MAJORLAZER feat. the one and company. “I’ve met Julia a number of times and she is just as warm and personable as she only angel pipes sista @ArianaGrande (sic).” She later retweet- appears.” Lupita won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in ‘12 Years a ed a message from Ariana herself which simply read: “all my Slave’, but she insists her rise to fame hasn’t affected her life too much. Asked how it has love (sic).” ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1’ is set for changed her life, she told Britain’s HELLO! magazine: “I have a very heavy award. But you release on November 21 while the soundtrack is expected to know, besides becoming more visible, I can’t really tell you how it affects my life directly be available on November 17. because I’m not the one in conversation about it. “To me, it’s a reminder that things that seem impossible can be possible.”—Bang Showbiz De Niro and Pattinson’s Idol’s Eye ceases production roduction on Robert De Niro and Robert Pattinson’s ‘Idol’s Eye’ has been shut down. The heist thriller, Pwhich was to star De Niro, Pattinson and ‘The Mummy’ actress Rachel Weisz, has ceased production just days before filming was set to commence in Toronto, Canada. The movie’s production company, Benaroya Pictures said in a statement: “Due to the criteria for financing not being met by producers, Benaroya Pictures has formally decided to dis- continue financing the motion pictured titled ‘Idol’s Eye’.” The film was to be directed by film maker Oliver Assaya, fol- lowing on from his Cannes Film Festival entry ‘Clouds of Sils Maria’, which starred Juliette Binoche and Pattinson’s ‘Twilight’ co-star and former girlfriend Kristen Stewart. Benaroya Pictures boarded the project as producer and financer earlier this year, shortly after De Niro had signed on to star. Shooting for ‘Idol’s Eye’ was originally scheduled to begin last month in Chicago and Toronto but Benaroya Pictures - who have previously made films including ‘Margin Call’, ‘Kill Your Darlings’ and the upcoming Pattinson co-star- ring ‘Queen of the Desert - claim they were forced to shut down production after other producers failed to meet financing deadlines. lifestyle WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014 FEATURES The Real Fouz Hair tips of the week uwait Times is pleased to announce a collaboration with one of Kuwait’s Kmost beautiful and well known local personalities, The Real Fouz. Known for her amazing beauty tips, lifestyle advice and much more. The Real Fouz will be offering Kuwait Times readers a weekly column on a range of topics. known to help with hair growth whilst I tend to go for more natural and organic locking in moisture into each strand. hair products and hair masks than chemical 2. 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the career that I do, I tend to dye and get my hair done a lot. Styling your hair almost on a daily basis tends to take its tolls on your hair about 15 minutes. and how healthy it would look. So, here are It is really important to know what products some tips and some products that I’ve used or chemicals you are using to clean out or in order to help my hair stay healthy at home style your hair. Sometimes ingredients in with no need of purchasing chemical masks, the product are more harmful than useful on a chill day at home! for us. This is why I try to educate myself by reading more about masks or organic DIY (Do It Yourself) Hair masks: treatments that will actually be more use- ful in the long run, for example, using 1. For an itchy scalp: Use a half and half mix- Sulphur-free shampoos are less damaging ture of lemon juice and olive oil once a to your hair. However, it is difficult to find week for 20 minutes. your scalp and extract moisture. those here in Kuwait. Some things can be switched over with a more organic option, 2. For a hydrating mask: Use a ½ a cup of 3. For oily and greasy hair: Use 1 table- honey on your hair and scalp with 1-2 spoon of cornstarch and sprinkle it all or, we should always try to revitalize and tablespoons of olive oil to loosen the hon- over your scalp and hair and use a comb restore all the moisture, vitamins and min- erals back into our hair in a healthy way. ey application. Let it sit for 20 minutes to brush it down all over your hair. You can and smelling amazing. be pretty expensive, but why buy them I don’t usually use all these masks; however, with damp hair. do this every other day. 4. For frizzy hair: Beauty specialists swear when you can make your own in your sometimes your hair goes through phases Or Or by avocado, not only to moisture but to kitchen? Here are some masks I found depending on what you do with it, in Half a cup of yoghurt and 2 tablespoons of Blend ½ a cup of strawberries and massage it keep your hair healthy. Mash up ½ an avo- helped and worked with keeping my hair terms of styling. The heat and weather honey (to avoid the weird smell of yoghurt into your hair and scalp. Strawberries have cado and massage into damp hair for looking, feeling and growing great! alone) massaged into damp hair for about changes also has an affect on your hair. a high level of Vitamin C and trigger the about 15 minutes, I think once a week 1. Almond oil and coconut oil mixture: Can’t wait to share more tips and tricks with 15-20 minutes will hydrate your scalp and production of Sebum which removes the would be enough for this mask. Mix half and half coconut and almond oil you beauties next Wednesday! hair. The honey will also kill the dryness on oils on your scalp leaving your hair feeling Most masks/treatments for hair growth can and massage into scalp. These oils are also Fouz xo In violent Venezuela, bulletproof everything

enezuela is known for its obsession with beauty contests and plastic surgery. Now, Vthe latest fashion rage is bulletproof clothes and cars to protect against rampant vio- lent crime. Miguel Caballero, a Colombian designer known for his bulletproof clothing, told AFP that over the past seven months up to 30 percent of his sales are with people sporting his style-meets-safety duds in Venezuela. The oil- rich country has a huge gap between rich and poor, and sadly, it boasts the world’s second- highest homicide rate. Costly precautions like protective clothing, armored cars and bodyguards used to be the stuff of presidents and entertainers like pop star Ricky Martin. But Venezuela is a violent mess. Participants of the Miss International beauty pageant 2014 (right ): Miss Britain, Nearly four kidnappings per week are reported, Victoria Charlotte Tooby, Miss America, Samantha Brooks, Miss Slovakia, Lucia according to the government, 65 people a day Semankova, Miss Turkey, Hilal Yabuz and Miss Sri Lanka Tamara Makalanda. (2nd die violent deaths, according to NGOs, and the row right): Miss Vietnam Dang Thu Thao and Miss Thailand Punika obsession with survival is spreading everywhere. Kulsoontornrut visit a sushi shop at the head store of Mitsukoshi Department Caballero says his customers are Venezuelan Store in Tokyo on November 1, 2014. — AFP businessmen and politicians but also foreigners who “just to play it safe, when they travel to Workers assemble an armored car in a garage in Caracas, on October 21, 2014. — AFP photos Venezuela, wear our clothes.” ment on the whole family or business to single and bodyguards to take young people or adults Yes, the country sits on a sea of oil. But mil- out spots vulnerable to criminals, said Franklin out for a night on the town are soaring, said Ivan Japan’s star sushi chef warns lion of guns are out there too, and the homicide Chaparro, a security consultant and former sen- Rouvier, head of Black Hawk and other security rate stood at 54 per 100,000 inhabitants, sur- ior intelligence official. “Most people invest in consultant. “It is very much in fashion and costs passed only by Honduras, according to UN fig- security when something happens to them,” 6,000 bolivars (around 1.000 dollars) for a six to of raw deal from overfishing ures. Aware that demand for his garments in Chaparro said. Then, they set up cameras and eight hour shift, he said. People who cannot apanese sushi maestro Jiro Ono, whose deplete.” Their basement restaurant, which Venezuela was reaching that of Colombia or alarms at their homes, panic buttons or GPS afford that expense organize parties or outings creations were recently enjoyed by US seats just 10 at a counter, opened its doors in Mexico, in April, Bogota-based Caballero set up a devices in their cars. to start and end earlier. Or they spend the night JPresident Barack Obama and are reputed- 1965 and has remained in an ageing commer- local distributor here. In Caracas, distributor Rafael Cadalzo, head of a security firm called at the home of the person hosting the party. ly the best in the world, warned yesterday of a cial building in a corner of the Ginza district Rodolfo Asensi showed AFP a sample of the bul- V-Safe, said he has even made the windows of Still others, well, they just stay home when night sea change in ingredients due to overfishing. ever since. letproof wear. It looks normal. But touch it, and his house bulletproof. Rentals of armored cars falls. — AFP “I can’t imagine at all that sushi in the future It has gained fame for Ono’s rigid disci- you can feel it is lined with aramid, a strong syn- will be made of the same materials we use pline and pursuit of perfection, earning three thetic fiber. Asensi’s family endured a kidnap- today,” the 89-year-old master told the Michelin stars every year since 2007 when the ping. Since then he needs a bulletproof jacket Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan. Ono Tokyo edition of the gourmet guide was or vest for protection, he said. owns the three Michelin-starred Sukiyabashi launched. When US President Barack Obama Jiro restaurant-dubbed the world’s best sushi travelled to Tokyo last April, he joined a long Bulletproof windows establishment-and was the subject of the list of Ono’s celebrity guests, including French So far, he has had many clients who are store 2011 documentary “Jiro Dreams of Sushi”. master chef Joel Robuchon and Hollywood owners, businessmen looking to protect them- “I told my young men three years ago stars Hugh Jackman and Katy Perry. As selves and their bodyguards, foreigners and even sushi materials will totally change in five Obama and Abe went straight into “business- wives looking to protect their husbands and chil- years,” he added. “And now, such a trend is like talks,” focusing on trade, the senior Ono becoming a reality little by little.” Ono referred kept serving his own selection of 20 pieces as dren. All of them ware willing to fork over up to in particular to a short supply of high-quality he does to everyone else, his son said. 2,000 dollars, depending on the garment. “Here domestic tuna, which has prompted sushi “He (Obama) seemed to like chu-toro we work in line with the fears of the person. dealers in Japan to source Atlantic bluefin (medium fatty tuna) very much because he Depending on how afraid you are in your day to varieties instead. His eldest son Yoshikazu, 53, winked when he ate it.” “The president ate day life, you will decide whether or not to buy a who helps Ono run the restaurant, explained them all,” the younger Ono said, apparently in jacket,” he said. But wait, there is more, and it is growing demand for tuna amid a global sushi reference to reports the president had even more cumbersome. You can get your car boom is leading the domestic industry to stopped halfway through the meal, praising rendered bullet proof. More than 40 companies depend more and more on farmed fish. the way he skillfully tackled the delicacies. “He offer this service today, compared to 18 in 2007. The younger Ono also warned of a shrink- said three times, ‘This is the best sushi I’ve A businessman who asked not to be named ing stock of highly prized shellfish such as ever had in my life’,” he added. About 70 per- paid 40,000 dollars to beef up his car and his abalone and ark shell, which need more than cent of Ono’s customers, who pay an eye- wife’s. “It is a lot of money, but I do it for the safe- five years to mature. brow-raising base price of 30,000 yen ($265) ty of my family,” he said. He also walks around “They catch them all together (before for a set of 20 pieces of sushi, are now said to with a bodyguard who earns 2,500 dollars a A worker checks armored windows of a car shot with bullets in a garage of armored cars in some are ready), pushing the stock to be foreigners. — AFP month. Others prefer to carry out a risk assess- Caracas. lifestyle WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014 FASHION Domestic designers open Sao Paulo fashion week

ao Paulo’s fashion week opened Monday with three dozen domestic designers parading exotic tunics and Sa generous hint of silk, before Stella McCartney and Donatella Versace unveil one-off collections for Brazilian consumers. Proceedings at the Candido Portinari exhibi- tion park in Sao Paulo opened with a glittering selection of designs by home brand Animale, whose models took to the runway sporting patterns inspired by the famed Silk Road trade route. Bell-bottomed trousers, roomy white blouses and woollen coats, as well as touches of velvet and Models present creations by Uma Raquel Davidowicz during the Sao Paulo Fashion Week lace all conjured the image of a footloose-but-feminine 2015 Winter collection in Sao Paulo, Brazil. — AP/ AFP photos fashion-conscious woman. “We live in an era which questions, reviews, indulges in large-scale overhauls,” said Sao Paulo Fashion Week direc- tor Paulo Borges, noting that the event he helped to create is approaching its 20th anniversary, having debuted in 1995. Prior to that, Borges reminisced: “Nobody spoke about fashion in Brazil. Nobody thought it could be what it is today-internationally recognized and respected world- wide.” As the afternoon progressed, other marques each took a share of the spotlight, from Uma Raquel Davidowicz to Tufi Duek and Cavalera. Others, including Pedro Lourenco, Joao Pimenta and Osklen-already making a name for itself well beyond Brazil-will join them through Friday in Latin America’s biggest fashion show. The Brazilian fashion industry is home to 300,000 firms and Borges estimates 90 percent of production is destined for the domestic market. Despite that home focus, leading lights from abroad will be making their presence felt in Sao Paulo this week, as McCartney and Versace launch collections designed to appeal to Brazilian tastes in a market of 202 million peo- ple.McCartney will launch creations for the C&A chain, while Versace is teaming up with Brazilian department store Riachuelo. Adding a dash of home glamour will be top model Gisele Bundchen, the face of Brazilian label Colcci. — AFP Victor Dzenk

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Cavalera A model shows creations by Cyinthia Fransisca. lifestyle WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014 MUSIC & MOVIES Christian Bale pulls out of Steve Jobs biopic

ritish “Dark Knight” star Christian Bale has pulled out of a planned Bbiopic of late Apple founder Steve Jobs, industry media reported Monday. Bale-the second actor to decline the role after Leonardo DiCaprio-discussed the part with “Slumdog Millionaire” director Danny Boyle, but no deal was reached, according to industry journal Variety. The Oscar-winning star had conflicting feelings about the role, and concluded that he simply wasn’t right for it, sources told the Hollywood Reporter. Oscar-win- ning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin File photo shows announced last month that Bale had Miranda Lambert been chosen for the role. “We needed the performs at best actor on the board in a certain age Fashion Rocks at range and that’s Chris Bale,” he told the Barclays Bloomberg Television. Sorkin, who won Center in the an Academy Award for his screenplay for Brooklyn borough, “The Social Network” about Facebook and of New York. — AP its co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, said giv- ing the lead role to Bale was an easy call. “He didn’t have to audition,” said which received lukewarm reviews. Sorkin, although the writer said “there Bale received a best supporting actor Miranda Lambert is was a meeting” before the British-born Oscar in 2011 for his role in “The Fighter,” actor was given the part. Sony Pictures is in which he plays the older brother of a in discussions with US comic actor Seth washed-up boxer struggling to revive his Rogen to play Apple co-founder Steve career. The actor had a breakout perform- ‘All About That Bass’ Wozniak, according to Variety. The Apple ance as the lead actor in the 2000 movie inventor’s storied life already has been “American Psycho,” and also earned a lead rendered on the big screen in last year’s actor Oscar nomination for his turn in last lake Shelton isn’t the only person Miranda times this summer on the tour, so I already know “great match.” drama “Jobs” starring Ashton Kutcher, year’s “American Hustle.” — AFP Lambert is texting these days - she’s also it, obviously.” “I think we’re probably going to feel like Bbeen chatting it up with breakthrough “Bass” is spending its eighth week on top of we’ve known each other for a while,” she said. singer Meghan Trainor. The country star, who the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Trainor, who “Probably feel like we’re kindred spirits.” Trainor will perform with the “All About That Bass” singer released an EP this year, will drop a full-length grew up in Nantucket, Massachusetts, but at the Country Music Awards, said she has yet to album in January and launch a tour a month lat- recently moved to Nashville, where she was meet the newcomer with the year’s biggest hit. er. The doo-wop pop song has sold more than 3 signed to a publishing house. She wrote songs “I’ve not met Meghan yet, but we’ve been tex- million tracks so far. “It’s a song about positive for Rascal Flatts and others. “Maybe we’ll spike ting back and forth,” Lambert said in an inter- body image and kind of rocking what you got, up a friendship (and) we can write up some view Monday in Nashville, Tennessee, where the and I am all about that,” Lambert, 30, said about songs together,” said Lambert. “That would be CMAs will be held Wednesday. “We’ve listened to “Bass.” Lambert, who is the lead nominee at the amazing. She’s a great writer.” The 2014 CMAs ‘All About That Bass’ probably about a thousand CMAs with nine, says she and Trainor will make a will air live on ABC. — AP Swift pulls music from streaming service Spotify

potify stopped streaming Taylor Swift’s us who want you to stay, stay, stay,” Spotify said. should fight to be paid what they are worth. music at her request Monday, setting up a “It’s a love story, baby. Just say yes.” A spokes- In this image released by Open Road Films, Jake Gyllenhaal, left, and Riz Ahmed Sbusiness struggle between the leading woman for Swift, whose single “Shake It Off” was Paying customers appear in a scene from the film, “Nightcrawler.” — AP purveyor of a new music distribution system and the most-played song on Spotify last week, did “Music is art, and art is important and rare,” the industry’s most popular artist. The music not immediately return a call for comment. The Swift wrote in the Journal. “Important, rare streaming service sounded like a spurned decision means that a large number of fans will things are valuable. Valuable things should be boyfriend in a statement announcing the split. It have only one option to hear Swift’s new album, paid for. It’s my opinion that music should not be “1989,” and that’s to buy it, which hundreds of free, and my prediction is that individual artists thousands of people have already done. Music’s and their labels will someday decide what an Gyllenhaalto reteam with most influential artist is simultaneously making album’s price point is. I hope they don’t underes- a political statement and a savvy business move. timate themselves or undervalue their art.” More than 700,000 people bought “1989” in Spotify says nearly 70 percent of the revenue it the first two days it went on sale last week, receives from paying customers goes back to Fuqua in ‘The Man Who Made It Snow’ according to Nielsen SoundScan. That already rightsholders in the form of royalty payments exceeds the year’s biggest one-week seller, and the more people who pay for Spotify the Coldplay’s “Ghost Stories,” which sold 383,000 in more money artists get. People pay $9.99 a ake Gyllenhaal is set to reteam with his role gives Gyllenhaal another edgy thriller May. Nielsen music analyst David Bakula said month for Spotify’s premium streaming service. “Southpaw” director, Antoine Fuqua, in to add to his career and also gives him an Swift, who announced Monday that she would But artists are getting more vocal in their Jthe IM Global drama “The Man Who opportunity to work with Fuqua again after launch a world tour next year, is on pace to chal- complaints about how music streaming is dam- Made It Snow.” Michael Kingston and Brett filming the boxing pic “Southpaw” with him lenge the 1.2 million copies she sold the first aging their ability to make a living. Singer Tabor are penning the script, which is that will bow next year. Gyllenhaal’s latest week her last album, “Red,” went on sale. Music Rosanne Cash, in a Facebook post this fall, called based on the true story of Max film “Nightcrawler” earned him some of his streaming services and file sharing have sharply music streaming “dressed-up piracy.” “I’m in this Mermelstein, a Jewish hotel engineer, who best reviews of his career and overper- cut into music sales for artists over the past cou- business and I see young musicians give up their transformed a small mom-and-pop drug formed at the box office making more than ple of years. Many artists complain that the fees missions and dreams all the time because they organization into a billion-dollar enterprise $10 million on an $8 million budget. He can Spotify pays to record labels and music publish- can’t make a living,” Cash wrote. “Someone has known as the Medellin Cartel. also be seen in the Working Title pic ers, with a portion eventually funneled to musi- to speak up for them.” IM Global is financing and will be selling “Everest,” which bows next fall. He is repped cians, is too small. It’s unclear whether Swift’s move will start a international rights at AFM this week. The by WME. — Reuters The “1989” album has never streamed on trend with other musicians, many of whom Taylor Swift performs on ABC’s “Good Spotify, although “Shake It Off” was allowed on might not want to risk cutting their fans off from Morning America” in Times Square in New the service. All of the music Swift has officially a way of hearing music that’s growing increas- York. —AP released in her career, including “Shake It Off,” ingly popular. It’s similar to when several artists Beyonce announces boxed-set was pulled on Monday. Swift’s move has prece- were reluctant to let their music become avail- said Swift’s management told it to pull the music dence. She briefly pulled “Red” from Spotify able on iTunes when that service started out, late last week and it was done Monday, so all of around the time that album came out, although although most eventually came around, said after new album rumors her songs are no longer available to its 40 mil- she didn’t remove her entire catalogue and “Red” Keith Caulfield, associate director of charts and lion users. “We were both young when we first eventually appeared on Spotify. This summer, sales at Billboard magazine. Swift “is in a fairly saw you, but now there’s more than 40 million of Swift wrote in the Wall Street Journal that artists unique situation,” Caulfield said. — AP ‘Ouija’ scares off ‘Nightcrawler’ at Halloween box office orror movie “Ouija” held off creepy thriller network, was just a fraction behind on $10.4 mil- from retirement to take revenge on gangsters who “Nightcrawler” to stay atop the Halloween lion. Third place was taken by the Brad Pitt World attacked him, raked in just under $8 million in tick- Hweekend box office in North America, War II tank drama “Fury,” with $8.8 million, ahead of et sales to take sixth place. industry figures showed Monday. “Ouija,” which David Fincher thriller “Gone Girl” starring Ben “St Vincent,” a comedy starring Bill Murray, went straight to number one last weekend, earned Affleck, which added another $8.5 million to its Melissa McCarthy and Naomi Watts, held onto sev- $10.7 million in its second week in theaters, box five-week haul. enth place. The film, about a young boy who office tracker Exhibitor Relations said. Animated comedy “The Book of Life,” featuring befriends the crusty war veteran living next door, Entertainers Beyonce and Jay Z attend an NBA basketball game between the “Nightcrawler,” starring Jake Gyllenhaal as a sleazy the voices of Zoe Saldana and Channing Tatum, earned $7.2 million. Disney’s “Alexander and the videojournalist who patrols Los Angeles at night was in fifth place at $8.2 million. “John Wick,” star- Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day”-based Brooklyn Nets and the Oklahoma City Thunder, Monday in New York. — AP hunting for gory footage to sell to a local television ring Keanu Reeves as an ex-hitman who returns on a children’s book of the same name and starring eyonce yesterday announced an with an image of what appeared to be a Steve Carell and Jennifer Garner-came in eighth expanded boxed-set of her multi- record company memo describing an place at just under $6.6 million. Legal drama “The Bmillion-selling self-titled album after upcoming Beyonce release, raising hopes Judge,” pairing Robert Duvall and Robert Downey speculation that she would drop another among her fans. The purported memo said Jr, was ninth with $3.4 million. surprise release of new material. The pop that a four-disc set would be physically Action-horror film “Dracula Untold”-depicting sensation said that the platinum edition of released on “Monday, November 25”- the vampire as a flawed hero in a tragic love tale- “Beyonce,” with two CDs and two DVDs, November 25 is a Tuesday-with an iTunes- rounded out the top 10 with $3 million. Elsewhere would feature two new songs, four new only release on November 14. Beyonce’s this weekend, Nicole Kidman suffered her worst remixes with star collaborators and a con- announcement made no mention of an large-scale opening in the thriller “Before I Go to cert video. The edition-which goes on sale iTunes version. Sleep,” which took just over $2 million after a wide on November 24 ahead of the holiday Beyonce enraged some major retailers release across 1,935 theaters. shopping season-also includes the full by releasing the self-titled album last year The movie stars the Australian Oscar-winner album “Beyonce,” which she released unex- first on iTunes, brushing aside the usual opposite Colin Firth as a woman suffering from pectedly in December 2013 on iTunes with practice of timing digital and physical sales chronic amnesia who wakes up every morning no prior publicity. together. “Beyonce” sold more than 3.5 with no recollection of her life from her early 20s The announcement will temper specu- million copies worldwide, broke the iTunes onwards. The weak opening marks another disap- lation that Beyonce is planning another record for debut sales and spawned hit pointing flop for Kidman after “Grace of Monaco,” surprise album of new material. Since the singles including “XO” and “Drunk In Love,” which was booed at the Cannes festival earlier this weekend, social media have been abuzz performed with her husband Jay Z. —AFP year and savaged by critics. — AFP Christian Bale pulls out of Steve Jobs biopic39 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014

File photo shows an actress dressed as Glinda, the Good Witch of the North from the Movie ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ performs in a plastic bubble on the South Lawn of of the White House in Washington, DC before President Barack Obama and the First Lady will welcome local children and children of military families to trick-or-treat on October 31, 2014.—AFP Spanish gallery showcases Ai Wei Wei’s works Spanish gallery yesterday inaugurates a ret- rospective of works from the past three Adecades of dissident artist Ai Wei Wei, who has been banned from leaving China since 2011. The “On the Table” show at Barcelona’s La Virreina gallery spans photos, videos, sculptures, installa- tions and architecture models from Ai’s stint in New York in the 1980s to recent works. “There are over 40 objects with a selection of items from the begin- ning of his career as well as works that are now iconic and well known and works made especially for this exhibition,” the show’s curator Rosa Pera said. The goal of the exhibition is to show how China’s best known contemporary artist uses images to explore “the tension between truth and lies, evi- dence and ambiguity, control and freedom,” she said. A sculptor, designer and documentary-maker, Ai has irked Beijing by using his art and online pro- file to draw attention to injustices in China and the need for greater transparency and rule of law in the world’s most populous country. Despite his fame, Ai has been banned from leav- ing China since being secretly detained for 81 days three years ago by China’s authoritarian communist government for reasons that were never specified. After his release in June 2011, Ai’s design firm was slapped with a hefty tax bill, which he fought Dogs trot around in a spa and grooming room at the Wagington luxury pet hotel. unsuccessfully in Chinese courts. The centrepiece of the exhibition is a table and luxury pet hotel featuring air-conditioned suites, ten chairs normally installed in Ai’s studio in Beijing spa services and gourmet meals was unveiled yes- where he meets to discuss his projects. He sent it as Aterday in Singapore, further raising the level of pet a symbol of his inability to attend the show in per- pampering in the wealthy city-state. The 4,317 square-foot son. The public is invited to sit in the chairs, take (401 square-meter) Wagington hotel is located in a con- pictures and then upload them on social media verted British colonial-era bungalow in the diplomatic sites, a preferred medium of the artist. quarter. Lodgings cost up to Sg490 ($271) a night for three “When you put something on the table ... you do dogs sharing the “royal suite”, which boasts a chandelier, a not keep any cards up your sleeve and you show television and faux leather orthopaedic beds. everything you are capable of doing,” said Pera, Designed largely for dogs, the hotel can also accept explaining the title of the exhibition which will run cats. “If we deserve the best in life, shouldn’t your most loy- until February 2015. One of the works made special- al companion deserve it equally?” founder Estelle Taylor ly for the show is an installation consisting of pieces said in a press statement. “Being animal lovers, we feel of marble that simulate grass sprouts emerging strongly that there should be a place where pets can be from the ground. left that makes them feel at home.” The walls of the room where the installation is It is not all lazing around at the hotel. The furry guests displayed are decorated with stamped images of an can exercise at its bone-shaped swimming pool and artifi- extended middle finger. Among the items on dis- cial turf garden, and indoor treadmills can be used on rainy play is his “Study in Perspective” photo series, where days. Owners can also order spa services, including groom- the artist’s middle finger is positioned in front of ing and trimming, a “pawdicure”, mud masks, micro-bubble global landmarks, such as the White House, the baths, fur dyeing and aromatherapy massages. British parliament and the Sydney opera house. The hotel also provides limousine services to shuttle The show also includes some of his most famous works, including an ancient ceramic jug decorated pooches to and from their homes without hassle. with a Coca-Cola logo, a map of China made out of Singapore is a densely populated island of 5.5 million peo- wood from ancient Chinese temples and a small ple, most of them living in high-rise apartment blocks but sample from the 10 tonnes of porcelain sunflower with a high per capita income. There are more than 250 seeds which covered the floor at London’s Tate licensed pet shops, many of them operating in shopping Modern as part of his 2010 installation “Sunflower malls. One businessman offers weekend boat cruises for Staff members take dogs for a swim in a bone-shaped pool (above and top) at the Wagington luxury pet hotel in Seeds”.—AFP pets and their owners.—AFP Singapore yesterday.—AFP photo